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THE MERCURY. Entered aa Second-clan* Matter at the SanderevtUo Post office April 87, ISSO. Stndersvllle, Washington County, Gi PUBLISHED BY A. J. JERNIGAN & GO. Proprietors and Editors, Sabscription: $1.00 Per Yeu. City of SandorsTille. Mayor. J, N. Gilmore, Aldermen. W. R Temper, B. B. Rouohtoh, J. B. Robsrts, A. M. Mato. S. G. Lano. Clerk. 0. 0. Bnomr. Treasurer J. A. Ikwir. Manhal. 1, I. WlDDOR. A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 105 Bay St., Savannah. Ga. -WILL PRAOTIOH IN At.L THE OOURTS. E.S. LAN6HADB, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 8ANDERSV1LLE, Ga. B. D. Evans, th EVANS & EVANS. attorneys at law SANDERVILLE, GA. F. H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, 8ANDERSVILLE, GA. Will praotics in nil the Courts of ths Middle Circuit nnd in the counties lurrounfling Washington. Speoial at tention given to commercial law. F. R. Hinss. O. 11. Rooms, HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, 8ANDER8VILLE, GA. Will practice in Iho countlea of Washington, Jifforion, Johnston, Emanuel and Wilkinson, and in the U. S. 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DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $l.BO Per Annum, - _ QLUME VIL SANDERSVILLE. GA., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1867- NUMBER 41. THE MERCURY. P11BLISBBD EMI TDESMl NOTIOEl AU Communication* intended tee (Mi Paper must be accompanied fry the full name of the writer—net neeeaearily for publica tion, but me • guarantee of good faith. He groin noway twqmwtHa/hr R^ta eietee or opiniene pf eetnreeeietedo •seta. NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOU8 8EOTION8. OBOROIA. Lm been received at Milled™. Mile 10,000 bales of cotton this season, " exceeds last year’s receipts by fifty Treasurer Jamos M. Sapp has had placed to the credit of Dodge county in the Exchange bank of Macon the snug sum of $2,810.28. * Somo of Polk county’s best citizens nave ordered pecan trees with a view to 'lying the experiment of their growth in that county. T he canal cut by Mr. Sweeney and others around tho drift in the Oconee uver is washing out handsomely, although there have been no freshets in the river since tho canal was cut. Mr. Tol Lester, of Clarke county, last week killed sixty blackbirds at two shots besides wounding others. Ho also fired at a covoy of partridges in a patch of btoomsedgo, ana killed ten at a single tiro. Wednesday while Allen Holt, a colored man of Americus, was working in a cut on tho A., P. nnd L., about two miles beyond Lumpkin, tlio sido of the em bankment caved in and covered him up. tic was terribly crushed before he could bo extricated, and his life is in danger. A mnn living in Haralson county went homo ono night about ten o’clock, while about three sheets In tho wind, and feast ed upon a buzzard, which his good wifo had cookod for tho oil that was in tho fowl. It is said that the mnn ate all of this bird, thinking it was a chicken, and when he was told of what ho feasted up on, lie then and there “swore oft*’ and went to preaching. Tho senson for woods fires has arrived, and tho woods are being “burned off” throughout tho pinoy woods, or wiro grass region. The open pine woods are burned off annually for the benefit of the sheep and cuttlo that have to subsist up on what they gather from nature’s plant ing. After tho wiro grass, which gets hard with half a year’s growth, has been burned off to the surface a new and ten der growth springs up from the roots and stubble, making the best of grazing for sheep and cattlo. A good portion of the woods on the oast side of Flint river has nlready boon burned. Opposite tho McAfee house, nnd just in front of Chnrlio Hill’s barber shop, in Hmithvillc, in the road whero vehicles pass, a mysterious and well rounded well can lie soen ns tho result of the sudden and unexpected caving in of tho earth which has hitherto kept its locality a se cret. Tito ground gave way na a heavy loaded wagon passed over it tho other day, and n well with 10 fectof water and 20 feet in depth from the top to the bot tom can now ho seen there. Various speculations ns to tho origin of tho well were hnznrded by the crowd which quickly collected around it, bnt nothing definite is known about it, though it is supposed to bo a well made by tho rail road men whon the Central waa being built. Tho legal tondor silver mine, in Mur ray, which so much excitement was made about somo years ago, is being operated upon again, and a better quality of ore is now being gotten out titan over before. Considerable excitcmont is growing out of the new find, The mine is in Oohutta mountain, about six miles from Spring Place, Mr, McIInu, who owns a tract of land near the mine, lias had an option taken on his land for $4,000. There is millions of wealth in Old Cohutta which only needs operating on to bring it to tho eyes of tho capitalists. Captain W. C. Tilton’s tine talc mine, four miles from Spring Place, is shipping tons of talc daily. There is not a day passing hut what wagons unload the talc in thocrudo state at the Dalton depot for eastern markets. There nrc the finest talc mines in Murray county that are now known in the United States. ALABAMA. Henry county has only nino barrooms. There is talk of a $10,000 hotel to be built in Alexander City. Birmingham talks of giving a charity hall to raise fund* for the proposed hos pital. There are about 3,000 handi at work on the extension of the Columbus and Goodwater road to Birmingham. The Macon and Tuscaloosa railway company, a projected line from Macon, Miss., nud Tuscaloosa, has been incor porated and an organization effected. It is thought that work will commence at once. Uniontown is situated in the raidit of the noted canebrako lands of west Ala bama, which are the finest and most pro ductive farming Innds in the south. This town hns been very unfortunate in bciug twice burned; but its enterprising citi zens have now rebuilt it more substantial thnn ever. The business portion of the place is solid brick. Near the town is located the state experiment farm for the black belt section. A fine artesian well is being bored in the business portion of the towa. They have already reached over aix hundred feet. A meeting of citizens waa hold in Havneville to inaugurate a movement having for its object the draining of the swamps on Big Swamp Creek. W. C. Griffin presided and Tom Baine was sec retary. A committee was appointed to arrange for a grand meeting of all citi zens interested in the undertaking to he held at an early day. Also a committee to investigate and report to that meeting the most practicable plan of draining these swamps and the cost of same, and iuo aslo w P hat amount of the lands re- claimed will be given by the owners to any company doing the work. The land, that would bo reclaimed are as fine as Sere me in the world, there being act- ially no bottom to the soil. They would ,,nt to about 175,000 acres. The drainage would also add vastly to that section country* Bradentown is trying to erect a scliool- house on the joint stock: plan. Parties have been prospecting for the past fow days with a view to establish ing a sanitarium at Cedar Key. The Fernandina Building and Loan association has completed its organiza tion, and is now receiving subscriptions to its stock, Thomas A. Edison, who has been very ill in New York, is recovering, and will soon be able to return to his winter home at Fort Myers. There is (hipping from Governor Drew’s mill at Columbus City, and John W. Dowling A Co., at Lake Ogden, from 125 to 150 cars of lumber per month. Columbus county exported $750,000 worth of her own products in 1885, and the acreage in tobacco this year will run up ths value of her exports to $200,000 more if the tobacco is sent out in its man ufactured state. If it were, however, made into cigars the value of her exports would be much higher. Cedar Key has been considerably ex cited for the last two weeks over tho mysterious disappearance of T. W. Gora, a young grocery merchant doing business at the Bradshaw old stand. Mr. Gore did aot even take his clothes, hut leaving the store in charge of young William Moore, took his gun and hoarded a freight train, since when no news has been had of him. It is believed now that, realizing the fact that his business was in such a shape that it would he impossi ble for him to pay out and continue, lie became discouraged and concluded to lave something from the wreck and seek a new field. It is not known what amount of money he carried away. Attachments have beon levied on the stock remaining, and those owing him have bten garni •need by tho creditor*. SOUTH CAROLINA, An old woman named Piada, livieq Port Royal ferry, wag burned to dosth by her clothing taking fire from a tire in the yard. She was 70 years old, nnd her mother is living and is over 100 years old. The death of an old mnn from this same neighborhood, tome timo ago, 123 years old, whs reported. In Port Royal many now buildings are going up, i he most, important being tho Inrgc pinning mill of J. O. Cummings, juvl put up nnd now in operation, 'a •rack hns been laid to the mill, and cars are run to it ami unloaded. This mill gives employment to quite a number of hands. Robert Winn shot nnd killed Gcoigc Downing eight miles from Newberry. They quarreled Christmas about seventy- live cents. Winn hid behind a post nnd shot Downing white the latter was passing by, with his wifo. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. A Cindnaatl .Indm- Untied la Ills Iloor and I* Fired Upon. A bold attempt was mado Wednesday night to Assassinate Judge Jnmcs W. Fitzgerald, of the Cincinnati polire court, nt his residence on Findlay street. About 0 o’clock in the evening the side hell of the judge’s residence rang, nnd he answered it in person. He had no more than opened the door when a mail, whose face was blackened, hut whose hands were white, tired a revolver. The bullet passed through the Judge’s coat on the right side, hut not entering the flesh. The judge hastily slammcu the door. The would-be assassin mado good his escape. The police have not the slightest clue to tho identity of the miscreant, hut His motive was undoubt edly revenge for a judicial act. Judge Fitzgerald is the judge before whom one hundred and fifty men, arrested for cock fighting, were examined Monday, when forty of them pleaded guilty and contri buted $25 each to the city treasury, and the remainder were notified that the men who stood trial and were convicted should receive tho full measure of tho law. Another attempt to kill Fitzgerald was mado recently by throwing bricks at him as ho was going home aftor dark. HER DIAMONDS. A SlampbU Hotel Clerk Dccninpi With Fanny llnvenport'a Jewels. Charles Talbot, aged nineteen, em ployed ns night clerk of the Guyosa hotel, Tuesday night, was on duty. After tho performance of an opera, at the theater Edwin n. Price, Fanny Davenport’s husband, left witli him a jewel basket, which contained Miss Davenport’s dia monds, consisting of brooch, rings, neck lace, earrings, etc., vulued at $35,000. Price took a receipt. The basket was not put in the safe, ns it had been lockod, iind Talbot did not know the combina tion, but wns placed in the cash drawer, together with several packages of money which late guests had deposited and which amounted to about $3,000. This money, together with the jewels, is miss ing. Talbot had duplicate keys of tho cash drawer at tho cigar 9tand cf tho ho tel, and it was rifled'of $10 iD chnngo. He cannot be found. UR. MATT ALEXANDER SUICIDES. Dr. Matt Alexander, of Knoxville, Tcnn., committed suicide Tuesday after noon by taking five grains of morphine. He was one of the leading physicians of Knoxville, but had recently been dissi pated. He left a note snying: "I die with malice toward none. I go to hell. Tell my son to go to heaven.” Dr. Alexander was a member of the board of examining surgeons of the pen sion department. KILLED BY BURGLARS. William Callaway and a clerk named McLease in his employ, were shot and fatally wounded Monday night at the former’s general merchandise store in Galloway, Ark. Galloway and his clerk went late in the evening to his store and found a gang of burglars going through the premises. Galloway opened fire upon the intruders, who fired back and mor tally wounded both Galloway and his Clerk, Tho burglars escaped unhurt, A QUEER STORY. RESURRB C TION OF BRIGHAM XOVNG, A Queer Story Told by the IlouerkecPer of a IVoallby KnslUli Mormon-Much Ex citement Amuug the Mormons. Two miles south of Lincoln, Nebraska, stands a palatial residence owned by an English gentleman long identified with tho Mormon church. The residence hug been unattended for tho last two years, save by an old servant named White, who was eonnected with tho Jczrcls, of Lon don, a sect similar to the Mormons. White claims that ho was defrauded by them out of his property, and latterly be came converted to the Mormon faith. Ho was considered a trustworthy man, and was, therefore, partially through ne cessity, taken into tho conlidcnco of tho lenders of the Mormon church of Zion, which, according to his statement, is about to perpetrate a fraud to which he is unwilling to become a pnrty. Ho says: “Two months ago there ar rived nt the mansion an old gentleman, healing letters from my master in I,on- don, tho purport of which was to obey his every wish, nnd to keop his presence a secret to all cxcopt those to whom he saw fi t to reveal himself. Within a week person s began to arrive nt the house in twos and threes. They were from Salt Lake City, nnd held long, whispered consultations with my mysterious guest. At first 1 did not care who or what ho was. Littlo by little I gathered from stray remarks that he wns a person of note, nnd soon after the truth hurst upon me that Ho wns nono other than Brigham Young, tho great prophet of our chuich, pparcntly tho dead, and pr preach to the people of Zion ns one having returned from tho grave to toll what lies beyond. That his death nnd burial were a deception will soon bo seen by the whole world, wliilo thousands of his ignorant believers how at his foct, and bp dictate to them their ways of lifo. My guests, the visitors, are men of high (funding, as their appearance indi cates, nnd it wus in conversation with one of them, who supposed from the way I talked that I knew nil, that my sus picious were verified. My informant said that Brigham Young had risen from his grave in Balt Lako City, and was in structing his disciples here, In order to prepare help for tho great event of his coming. My only reason for tolling those facts is that I am an old mnn with but little to gain in this world, ami do not want to sec tho pcoplo deluded ns I have been. Tho Jczrols nbsorbed my competence nnd now the Mormons have broken my fnitb.” IDENTIFIED AS BRIOHAM YOUNO. The old mnn told the story with sin cerity that warranted further investiga tion, and a merchant who formerly uid business in Salt Lako City drove out to tho mansion, and flipped at the door. Receiving no response he started around tho house to apply nt tho rear, when through tho long window ho §aw tho form and features of the old mnn, who was sitting inside. Ar he was unuwure of his presence, tho merchant approached to within a few feet of the window, scanning the old man’s face closely, ana stepped back immediately, pronounced tho mnn to be Brigham Young, whose marked features he had often studied in Salt Lake City, mid which once seen, he Buys, can never bo forgotten. For a fow momonts tho man sat silently, and tiler; raised his linnd to his brow, revealing the scar about the wrist that still further es tablished his idontity. It is a well known fact that the eldore of the Mormon church throughout Utah havo of late been prcnching the return of ths prophet. This, together with the fact that it was claimed by a St. Louis man some months ngo, that Young was seen and recognized in Loudon, that a number of prominent Mormons from Sait Lake City hare lately been upon ths streets of Lincoln; that important legis lation is about to bo enacted to the detri ment of tho Mormon church, and the voll of mystery with which tho prophet’s death lias always been shrouded, makes it almost certain that tho Mormon ban ners throughout Utah will soon be. un furled, announcing that “he is risen.” ROBBERS CAPTURED, A Fatal Encounter In Which Dna Mnn la Killed. Two detectives, accompanied by fouy determined men, with bloodhounds, started a short time ago in pursuit of u gang of train robbers, who have been op erating in the vicinity of Albuquerque, N. M., for the past six months. The robbers were tracked into the halls of n canyon near Bolen station, 80 miles south of here, and when they discovered that they were surrounded, they made a bloody defense at close range. The robr bers proved to be four in number, and well armed. The detectives demanded their surrender, but they answered the demand with n volley of lend, and a reg ular battle commenced. The detectives and their party were victors. During the fight Hnrdy Foster, one of the robbers, was fatally wounded but lived long enough to make a confession implicating the whole purty. Two others were captured, but tho fourth made his escape. One of the captured men proved to ho Charlie Ross, who murdered Mar shal McGuire, of Albuquerque, last No vember, and subsequently broke jnil. Tho name of the other is Leslie Boise, and ho is a native of West Hcrford, Texas. Both men are now lodged by a sheriff’s posse. Lynching is favored, and it is feared that it will be carried out. TAKEN OUT AND HANGED. Last Monday William Lud Cornish, of Sharpsburg, Washington county, Ky,sliot Miss Lulu Green through the heart and brain because she would not marry him. He also tried to kill the girl’s mother and sister, but failed on account of his pistol getting out of order. The mother received a severe wound in the head, and was knocked down with the pistol. Corn ish was captured and taken to Spring- field, the county seat. Saturday night a mob, composed of soventy-five men, entered the jail and secured the prisoner. Ho was taken to a farm about $wq (piles north of town and hanged. OUR MINISTER TO GERMANY. He Arrives In New York nnd Talks Akeat Affaire Aeroee The Water. Hon. George H. Pendleton, minister to Berlin, lias arrived and will remain in this country about a month. Ho intends to go to Washington to report to tho secre tary of state. After that he will go to his liome in Cincinnati, whore lie will re main for a brief period before his depar ture for his post of duty. Being inter- viowod, ho remarked: “Tho situation when I left Berlin was very much strained. Tho power of Eu rope, from a general feeling of insecurity, have been making immense preparations. There are tremendous military works nnd nrmnmcnts on evory side. I heard Von Moltkc say that it was a condition oi af fairs that must have a solution. It may have changed sinco then." Mr. Pendleton said that he could not sec that anyone in Germany desired war. In fact, every effort was being made to uvoid it. Bismarck wai not ready for war now. Ho would not be ready until the military bill had been passed and tho army reorganized. “In fnct," added tho embassador, “it scorns to mo that Bismarck would accord heartily with any proposition for pence with honor. Public opinion does not count iu Europo ns it does hero. In Amcricn all questions are discussed freely by the press, who in reality form public opinion. In Germany public policy is decidedly different. Von Moltkc, Bis- mark and two or throe others settle such matters. In Franco General Boulanger lends. Ono peculiar thing would strike Americans in Europe, that is how little people influence tho policy of rulers.” SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH SALE. Fks Property Purchased in the Inlorsst or tho Western Uulon. The Southern Tclograph Company, which wns sold under foreclosure pro ceedings at Richmond,Va., Tuesday, was bought in tho interest of tho Western Union Telegraph Company, which hns owned a majority of tho bonds for nearly a year. Tho price at which the property wns sold was $460,000, but the price would lmvo been csrricd considerably higher, it is said, if the United Lines Company, whose last hid was $450,000, had continued tho contest. The acquisi tion of tho actunl control does not effect the relations of the companies, bo nuso u contract was made between them even before tho Western Union bought a ma jority of tho bonds. Since that time the contract has been altered to moct tho wishes of tho Western Union Company, which was known to he the actual owner of tho property. The salo now gives the company legal ownership. OFF FOR CANADA. A Clerk of ths First National Dunk of Balti more ViaIte the Frovlaee. John D. Liste, discount clerk in tho First National bank of Baltimore, failed to put in appearance on Saturday last while an investigation of the accounts of tho bank was proceeding by tho direc tors. It is now said that he is a default er to tho amount of about eighty thou sand dollars, though tho investigation is not complete. Tho amount of cash which disappeared with him was $3,500, and lie is said to havo deceived the na tional bank oxamincr by substituting forged notes which he destroyed as soon as tho examination was completed. Liste left his home, about twenty miles from tho city, Saturday morning, since which time ho has not been seen by his family, nor by the detectives who are looking for him. UNION MEN TO BE DROPPED. Kalfkia of l*abor Aaiemblles Ordered to Ouat Trades-Unionist*. A sensation lias been created among the Knights cf Labor of Indianapolis Ind., by tho receipt of an order, purporting to have come from the general executive hoard, to the effect that all cignrmakcrs belonging to the international union must bo dropped from membership in local and district assemblies. This is thought to be tho first step toward carrying out the programme adopted at Richmond by the general assembly, which struck a blow at all trades-unions. The typographers moulders here are very indignant, and feel the blow quite os severely as the cigar makers. western weather. The signal service reports extremely cold weather in Northwestern Montana, the meroury at Fort Assinaboine regis tering 40 degrees bolow zero at 7 o’clock Wednesday morning. Throughout Da kota, Minnesota and Wisconsin it is con siderably warmer, Northern Minnesota points reporting zero weather, while at St. Paul it is three degrees above zero, LaOrosse, Wis., 11 degrees above, and Chicago 20 degrees above. Snow is re ported throughout the Northwest, and in nearly all the states north of the Ohio river, also heavy thunderstorms at Knox ville, Tenn., Louisville and Cincinnati, and ths telegraph service throughout tho Bouthwest is very much impaired in con sequence. A NEW PLAN ADOPTED. STRIKERS WIN IN PENSACOLA. The difficulty between the Stevedores' Association ana the firm of Lear & Gon zales, at Pensacola, Fla., has been ad justed, the firm paying the association $500 to compensate the men for loss of time, and agreeing to hereafter conform to the rules and requirements of the labor organization. THE GREAT STRIKE. It is stated that the next step to he taken by the leaders of the strike is to put into operation the Irish plan of cam paign—that is, orders will he issued to all members of the Knights of Labor and other organizations which can be con trolled by district assembly 49, to refuse to pay any rent to landlords, but to puy rent money into a fund which will go to the support of the strikers. This plan lias been discussed in seriousness by the j strikers, and it is asserted, positively, by somo that it will be put into operation next Monday. The Htrikln* Longshoremen of New York Pnrade the Htreots-Mnss Meeting at the Cooper Union. Thirty-three thousand men were on a strike among the coal shovclers, long- shoromon, freight handlers and men em ployed on the river front in almost every capacity, on the Brooklyn and Jersey shores, Wednesday. An order wont forth from tho headquarters of the longshore men’s union, which was backed hv the Knights of Labor, assembly 49, and the men turned out. Bench walkers wero sent out to cover nil tho various points on the liver fronts whero trouble was con centrated and they had particular in structions to use every means in their power to prevent any disturbances, and nono worthy of mention occurred. Tho White Star steamship Britannic, which was to havo sailed from New York to Liverpool Wednesday, was delayed, owing to inability to obtain hor supply of coal, on nccount of tho striko. The State of Georgia, of tho State lino, nnd the Servin of the Hamburg line, and the In dependent and tho Torio Ruhatino.of tho line to Italy, wore also delayed by tlio strike. Coastwise nnd southern bound steamers, Quinidad for Bermuda; City ol Columbus, for Florida ports; City of Col umbia, for Charleston and southern ports nnd tho Algiers, for Galveston, wore also delayed. Ono of the incidents of tho great striko reported is that one of tho East River Ferry companies became so short of coal that it sent out grocery wagons nnd other vehicles and bought coal by half tons from small yards, both in Brooklyn nnd in New York, but that tho frequent calls of this kind exposed tho scheme and tho dealers rofusod further supplies to their new customers. In Brooklyn, longshoremen, grain shovellers, freight linnd lore, coal handlers, trimmers and other laborers wont out quiotly, pence- nhly and determined, Tho entire polico force of Brooklyn, including reservos, wero put ou duty. Sound steamers suf fered along with the rest, although they employ a large permanent force by tho month. Tho French steamship line is doing more work than any of the ocean companies, having largo gangs, princi pally green hands, and tho White Star also hns a considerable forco. Late in tho day more or less men went to work unloading all the oconn steamers which arrived this morning, but they are work ing at a disadvantage. Tho striking longshoremen and coal shovellers had a largo parade previous to their mass meet ing at Cooper Union. They included men from New York, Jersey City nnd Brooklyn. They formed at Pythagora Hall, with about fivo hundred men in line. The music was a drum and flfs corps. They marched through Brond- way to Eighth, then to Cooper Union. There was no disorder. Lower Broad- wny was -deserted, os the stores had closed up for tho day. When tho parado arrived at Cooper Union, they were nna- hlo to gain admission, ns the hall was pneked, so an outdoor meeting was or ganized. Cooper union hall wns packed with men engaged in tho striko nnd their sym pathizers. Resolutions were presented to the effect that in view of the alleged oppression of workingmen by coal barons, all granted franchises should bo repealed, and that the aystem of hiring men for tho purpose of robbery an 1 murder is highly condemned. Tho resolutions were adopt ed with a yell. The principal speakers were Victor Drury, a prominent homo club Knight of Labor; a man named Grecnau, asocialist, and John McMnckin, Henry George’s lieutenant Tho speech es all denounced corporations in general and coal corporations in particular. Me- Muckin laid the existing labor troubles to the prevailing land system. BREAKING A MONOPOLY. Planters of Lnklsat Stall g Oattea Sail Oil Mill. A serious attack has been organized on tho American Cotton Seed Oil Trust by the purchase of the Mnginnls mills, for tlirce months. Tho Trust has beon in control of the cotton seed oil mills of New Orleans, La., having a complete monopoly of tho field. Two Memphis capitalists, formerly in the oil business, have organized a company and perfected plans for new mills to he run on a co-op erative plan that will assure it a constant supply of seed. Nearly all the leading planters on tho lower Mississippi have been given stock in the new mill, and have pledged themselves to furnish so many tons of cotton seed annually, thus assuring tho mill 60,000 tons per year, as much ns any of tho mills of the Trust company here receive. The site for the new mill has been selected, and necessary barges and steamers contracted for. It is a direct attack on the Oil Trust, in which planters take a prominent part. A MOB POSTPONES* MARRIAGE. Michael McCoy, a grocer of Louisville, Ky, made a narrow escape from a mob. McCoy is fifty years old and a man of family. A year ago he began to visit a Miss Long and to neglect his wife, where upon Mrs.McCoy sued for a divorce and the restoration of her maiden name. Her petition was granted, and McCoy’s atten tions to Miss Long, before secret, became open, nnd Saturday it was learned that the couple were to lie married. As the ceremony was about to take place at Miss Long’s house a mob gathered and made threatening demonstrations Miss Long fled with a female friend, nnd the moD pursued but did not catch her. McCoy in tho meantime slipped out nnd after a search fouud his intended and they were married by a magistrate. GADSDEN’S FURNACES. Work was begun Tuesday on two new blast furnaces to be erected by the land and improvement company at Gadsden, Ala. They will he completed by Decem ber next. The real estate boom is more favorable than ever before, and sales are reported aggregating more than $250,- 000. There are a number of capitalists in the city prospecting for sites for y^pi- pus kinds of interest. CANADA GAINS COURAGE VESSELS UNABLE TO LEAVE THE PORT, England Promises to Bead NIs-sMTst SS Keep Off American Veniola. It is officially stated that the govern ment of Canada, in response to an appeal to tho mother country, has just received from the imperial authorities that men-of- war will be dispatched to the maritime provinces in tho spring tor the purpose of co-operating with Canadian cruisers in the enforcement of the fishery protective service. Tho promise of the English government creates great satisfaction in official circles, and indicates that Ameri can vessels will be more rigidly exclu ded from Canada waters during the next sensoti than in the pikst. A cabinet minister, speaking on tile subject, ex pressed himself ns follows. “It have come to the conclusion that the American leg islators having gone so far, will never yield their consent to tho appointment of a commission. Gloucester fishermen will not venturo into our waters again in force, and next April will witness tho first start ling falling off in their trade. Two years hence tho splendid Yankee fishing fleet will ho n thing of tho paint. Let them resort to retaliation if they will, and the result will be that that game will work both ways. Portland, now the winter port of Cnnnda, will decline, while Hali- fnx, under the new order of tliingB, will flourish. Civil war botwcon the Eastern and Western States would follow the adoption of tho retaliatory bill ICE GORGE AT FORT DEPOSIT. Much Dump ft Dane to Property—Poapla Baa ta the mils for (fafoty, Tho Susquehanna river at Fort Deposit, Md., became blocked with ice Wednes day causing tho river to overflow with disastrous results. I In thirty minutes after the flood from above reached tho town tho wator had risen clear over tho wharves nnd to the bight of six feet in Main stlreet of the town, doing uncalculablo dnmago. Every house on the river side of Main street wna flooded in the collars and thle first floor and some on tho opposite sido, and in habitants had to take to higher ground or to the hills nnd tho country back of town. The water alternately rose and foil during tho night and all day Wednesday varying several feet in a couple of hours. In the meantime the pile oi ice innreaiaed hourly, became more dangerous. The damage up to Wednesday evening had been confined to the lumber, ooal, fertilisers and kindred objects on the wharves end such build ings as wero built of wood. Tho outlook is not encouraging, for even substantial brick nnd stone warehouses and factories in the submerged district., Tfhe reraark- nblc sight drew throngs of sight seers from the country to the hills, above the town. LABOR LEADERS ARRESTED. A Halt lnallluiftrt Against Them tor Dobs- nil by a Htcamahlp Osmpaay. Jamos E. Quinn, of the executive hoard of the Longshoremen’s Union, was arrested at noon Saturday by Deputy United States Marshal George Holmes, for conspiracy to Injure ’lie [business of tho Old Dominion Steamship Company, in an action brought in the United States Circuit Court to recover $20,000 damages. IIo wa9 released on $5,000 bail. Tho suit is brought not only against Quinn, but also against J. J. McKenna. T. B. Putnam, Patrick McGarland and Thos. McGrath, who with Quinn consti tute the executive board of the Ocean As sociation. Counsel for Quinn said that none of tho accused would! run away nnd that os soon as hall could Ibe procured for them they would be delivered to tlio marshal. After Quinn's bondsmen hod been accepted it was concluded that no more arrests would bo made. Their counsel promised to deliver the other members of the executive board to the United States marshal. A BIG HAUL, On* Hundred anil Fifty Ulnti Arraigned in n Criminal Comer. I An unusual scene was presented in the police court of Cinciuunlti, O., Tuesday morning, when 115 men wore arraigned for aiding and abetting a cock: fight. Of this number forty entered a plea of guilty and were fined $25 each with costs, making on even $1 |( 000 to go into tlie school fund. Judge Fitzgerald mi- noimced his determination to! punish to the full extent any who choose to exor cise (heir legal rights to a trial and who may be convicted. Tho cocking main had progress in a jegularly constructed pit in a fourth-story room of a building nearly opposite the court house on Main street. A STRIKER’S FINE. One of the drivers of a brewery wagon in Philadelphia, Pa., who took a striker’s place was brutally beaten by three strik er’s, who were placed on trial Wednesday. Only one was identified and convicted. In passing sentence, JudgeMiteliell said: “This man wus badly beaten, and I am sat isfied it was done for the purpose of pre venting him from going to work. There can be no more aggravated offense than to beat a man who is going toi his honest toil, and I propose to stop it iso far us is in my power.” The prisoner was then sentenced to eighteen months at labor in the county prison. AN EX-SLATE’S PENSION. The first colored woman t:o receivo a pension from the government is Mrs. I [czekiah Gibson, wife «|f the pastor of thu Union churoh of Christ Jamestown, N. Y. The pension was granted on ac count of the death of a son who was in the service on the union side during the lute war. Wnen this soni joined the fed eral forces his mother was a slave. The buck pay amounted to about $500, and hereafter Mrs. Gibson will draw $12 per month, THE PROSBERITY OF UHATFANOOSA. The registered real esj Chattanooga, Tenn., in January amounted to $2,(518,885. It is stated that there will al ortljr be estab lished a horse shoe fi.ctoiry, a stove foundry, a woolen and c edge tool factory. Wot March and April on builc to cost mqrc than $1,000 ate transfers at the month of . . ** tton mill and an k will begin in ingu which are 000,_