The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, March 08, 1887, Image 1

Previous Issue Next Issue

Clip Visible Area View Page Text View PDF

Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCURY. altered as Second-class Hatter at ae Sandersville Postofflce April 97, 1880. Sandersville, Washington County, 6a. PUBLISHED BY i J, JERNIGAN & CO. 4 * Proprietors and Editors. subscription: $1.60 Pet Tear, U LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Os. B. D. Rum, .ft g D. G?*x». EYANS ft EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW gANDERVILLE, QA. F, H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will practice in nil the Courts of lbs Middle Circuit nnd in the counties ,urro imling Washington. Special at* tention given to commercial law. H. N. HOLUFIELD, SANDERSVILLE, OA. OITico next <loor to Mrs. Bayne's Millinery {tor.', on IllirrU xtreel. BUY YOUIl -FROM- JE^ISTIQ-J^IST, (None genuine without our trade mark.) O.V HAND AND FOB SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks AND JEWELRY RKI’AIBBD DT JIE! IRrlSTIQi -A.2ST. FIRE IN COLUMBIA. Tint Alnritl* In ono l>ny.—I.lttlo Damage Dono. Two lire nlnrma wero sounded in Col- mnliiii, S. Tuesday. The first caused some excitement, the tire being in n rloscly-lniilt nnd lmndsomo block on IIlin street. Tile stovepipe in tho art pillory of W. A. Reckling fired the roof, ft d things looked Imdly for nwtiilo. fit roams were soon playing on the roof, uni the lire was easily extinguished. The loss is slight, is duo chiefly to damage from water, and is fully covered by in surance. Tlie other lire was in a small wooden huii'ling in the southern part of the toxvn, ooiti|»iod l>y Frank Jackson. Ho was at : . regular work clcscwhcre, his wife had a "it Mime errand, and their three <bil'IroTi were locked it|> in tho house. ! -rt 1111atolv, tho lire was soon discovered, '■'w the children would probably have I ea burned to death. SUNDAYS FIRES. Irmnllnry Flro In l.yiirliliurg, Vn.—Eloe Mill IlnriH’il nt New Orleans. A dcstruciivo incendiary lire occurred Sunday morning at !1 o’clock, on Main street, Lynchburg, Vn., destroying tbc Hill City livery stable, tho feed store of T. M. Harwood and W. A. Woody’s car riage factory. Sixteen valuable horses and two mules were burned to death. Two firemen were badly injured, Charles H Jortl was arrested and partially con fessed t]m crime, implicating several other persons. The loss is $10,000; in surance $5,000. The Mariposa rice mill, Nos. GO to 07 St. Joseph street, New Orleans, Ln., and an adjoining building were burned Sun day. The loss is estimated at $15,000, fully insured, Tho fourth story of the building on the eastern corner of Canal and Chartres streets was burned nlso. The loss is estimated at $10,000. W0LSELEY ON LEE. THE MERCURY. A, ,7, JE11NK1A V it- CO,, Proprietors, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $l.SO Per Annum VOLUME VII. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY. MARCH 8. 1887, NUMBER 45. ACt Communication* intended far this Paper must be accompanied W Die full name of the writer—not I ssscetsarily far publication, hut as 0 guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible far the views or opinions of eorrsspsnde ante. SOUTHERN ITEMS, NEWS NOTES GATHERED FRPM VARIOUS 8EOTION8. ALABAMA. Mobile lias secured nearly all of her baseball team. Mobile has a new afternoon called the Evening Telegram. Workmen are paper During _ Saturday's storm in Dawson, the outbuildings and sheds of the Dawson Manufacturing works wore blown down, tho water tank of Hnldwin & Sharpe’s mill, their shed nnd stables. SOUTn CAROLINA. In Berrien county, while M. B. ClyaH, son of M. B. Clyatt, was harrowing n \ pleco of ground, in somo way the tooth of the harrow, seven-eighths of an inch thick nnd ten inches long, struck his foot nnd ponetrated through it, pinning it to the ground. Valdosta’s treasury is in a healthy con dition, When tho now council took j now digging tho third X‘" u - V., V , , artesian well in Eufnula. charge of the ailmrs of the town in Feb- 1 ruary, 1880, thcro was nbout $700 in the It is reported thnt a company will soon 1 bo formed to work the phosphate beds j between Marion and Hamburg. A convention will be held in Mont- | gomery, 011 March 15th, looking to tho 1 removing of obstructions to navigation in ' frop the river near Bninbridgo this the Coosa river. spring, probably a pnrt of tho govern ment plant mado several years ago hero treasury nnd no considerable debts on the town. They retired Inst week, nnd turned over to their successors nbout $1,900, and 110 debts amounting to anything. A fow fine white shad have been tnkon Dr. J. II. Beeves, a farmer nenr Eu- faula, takes off tlie hub of the horn of a calf when it is live or six months old, and thereby I10 is getting u hornless lot of cattle. The county treasurer's report of Bul lock county shows a balance of over $3,- 000 in tbc treasury, in addition to over $-100 of line and forfeiture fund, making au aggregate of $3,427. Sellois report an increased demand for guano up to date over sales for last year, there has been at the rate of an annual increase of ten per cent for tlie last five years in tho sale of this commodity. Ozark, in Dale county, subscribed $10,000 to the Alabama Midland railroad on the first, day tho books were opened. It is said that the county will subscribe between $00,000 and $70,000. The sur vey of the road will he completed in about six weeks. The assignment of tho Bray Bros., of Eufnula, is announced. It is an old house, having been in the hardware busi ness in Eufnula sinco 1858. Their liabil ities nru about $25,000: tbc exact amount of assets cannot bo determined until an inventory of stock and other property is lind. Near Bilbra’s creek, in Washington county, last Thursday, Willie Trotter, of Montrose, Baldwin county, was stabbed and killed by Charles McMillan, of the same county. Tho coroner’s jury brought in a verdict that the killing was a “cold, deliberate murder,’’ and recommended the arrest of McMillan, who had fled. Tho City hotel nt LaFayotte was con sumed by fire Tuesday evening. The fire was discovered nbout daybreak in ono of the lower rooms, and is supposed to have been caused by a nit with nmatch. There was a slow rain falling while the building was on flro, but the flames could not he stopped. The hotel belonged to Mr. J. I). Norman, who is in Montgomery in at tendance upon tlie legislature. It was insured for $2,500. Tlie furniture,which belonged to Mr. G. T. Johnson, propri etor of tlie hotel, xtas insured. Frank Winney, u negro ex-convict,was arrested in Tupcllo, Miss., Tuesday nnd carried to Mobile and lodged in jail, charged with tlie murder of Charles Smith, a machinist, in that city on July 4th, 1884. There were some nineteen white men returning from a public meet ing nt Bull’s Head that day, nud as the wagon passed by the Catholic cemetery it was tired into by Frank Winney,who hnd secreted himself in thcro for the purpose of taking revenge for fancied insults put upon him at tlie meeting. Charles Smith was shot through tlie head and killed, and other men were wounded. There is strong circumstantial ovidcnco against Winney, and if lie escapes conviction by tlie courts it is very probable that lie will be lynched. and nt other points. Those caught were taken with hook nnd lino, although they nro seldom over taken except with nets. They were of good size, from two to tlirco pounds, fat nnd juicy. Negotiations aro pending now between certain land owners in Decatur county and a northern syndicate, which promises tlie early sale, for cash, of 80,000 ncrcs of timbered lands nt $1.50 per acre—a deal of $120,000. If consummated there is no doubt of its proving tlie lurgest single transaction in timbered lunds that has oc curred in tlie state in a long time. Ellijay Courier: Wo learn of many in dividuals in tliis county who intend rais ing a crop of tobacco this yenr. The movement set on foot seems to bo gain ing favor with tlie substantial farmers of tlie county, and wc hope to chronicle their experiments as they progress in this money-making business. >Vc should be glnd to bo informed by all persons who engage in tliis brunch of agriculture. Joseph W. Graham was killed at Pax- son’s saw mills, near McRca, Saturday. Ho wtiH running tlie shingle machine at tho mill nt the time of tlie uccidcut, nnd by somo means liis foot and leg was caught in the cog wheels of tlie machin ery, horribly crushing liis log nearly up to tlie knee. Drs. Swinney odd Blanton and Hunter amputated tho limb, but tho shock was too grant, resulting in death at 12:80 o’clock Saturday night. A. few days ngo tho Dado Coal com- pnttylbought of Judge Jus. R. Brown, of Cufl^L and J. D. Thomas, of Bartow coi^^^ nbout 0,000 acres of what is clninHBo be as fine iron and mnugnnose property as there is anywhere lying in Cherokee nnd Bartow counties, on Stamp creek. They paid for tho same some thing over $12,000. This property was ouco owned nnd operated upon by I)r. John W. Lewis, of Canton, and nt ono time had ns many as three or more fur naces upon it and paying well. Stenographer Parrott is nbout to bring suit against tho county ol Clarendon to recover the fees due him for official serv ices during tlie past year. O11 account of tho depleted condition of the county treasury Mr. Parrott lias never received any remuneration for his sci vices. Mr. John E. Peoples, one of Anderson's extensive stock dealers, made a corner on mules last snlosday. lie bought out every drover in the city that day, and lias been selling n great many mules nt retail here and nt his stable in Greenville. The Jef ferson County (Tennessee) Visitor mnkes mention of the fact, that Mr. John Cottci, of that county nnd state, sold on his last visit to Anniston $5,000 wortli of East Tennessee mules to Mr. John E. Peoples. J. E, Peonies and J. 8, Fowler will sell this yenr $125,000 worth of mules. A correspondent of the Newberry Her ald and News, in a recent issue of that paper, says that just before tlie breaking out of our war, a highly educated Swede, named Hammcrskolu, settled in Lineoln- ton, N. C., to engage in tlie iron business, that abandoning his business to enter tlie confederate army, he became impover ished, and that uftcr tlie war, in order to raise money, ho sold a valuable dinmoud- studded gold sinill box, said to have been a gift of tlie king of Sweden, to Colonel L. I). Childs, of Columbia, who subsequently presented it to Colonel Rion. The correspondent thinks that this is the alleged Orleans smitT box. The snuil box bears tho letter O., and a crown set in diamonds. It lias not tlie Orleans monogram. The initial is probably that of Oscar I, king of Sweden and Norway, born 1790, died 1859. AUKANSAH. Work is progressing rnpidly 011 tho Desha lumber nnd pinning company’s saw mill. It is to lie the biggest saw mill in the United Stntos. MISSISSIPPI. •lust, Gentle, Generally null Honorable Ills Lite a Record of Duty Noilly llano.** i den. Lord Wolseley, in nti article on den. Robert E. Lee, speaks with un bounded enthusiasm of the personal clinr- seter and military genius of that olliccr, Hie article says: “If lie had not been controlled by tho political leaders of the Confederacy, lie would have captured Washington after the battle of Bull Run. Ho wtis the greatest Amcricnn of tho century, nnd is worthy of eulogy with "tisliington. Among the world’s gencr- n ‘ 8 bo was tlie most perfect of nil. Just, gentle, generous and honorable, liis wliolo Mo was a record of duty nobly done.” THE DOCTOR WAS DRUNK did Ho Have Him Pullout Too Much Mor. I>lii u is Mrs. Aun Leonard Loth died nt Rich- Vn., last Wednesday night under oji'cmnstances which led to an investign- ,'° n by tho coroner Thursday Iu tho ybsenco of her regular physician Dr. buries If. Gardner was summoned nnd >c administered morphine hypodermically "lee. The evidence of tho family l’hysician, xvlio was called before death ensued is to tlie cilect that Mrs. Loth (| . e< ‘ from morphine poison and thnt "non lie went to tho house he found Dr Gardner lying on tho bed under tho in- "ronce of liquor. Dr. Gardner was ar rested. TENNESSEE. Professor E. E. Barnard, of Vanderbilt university observatory, says of the now comet: “Since discovery tho comet lias Ijeen moving toward tlie northwest at a very unusual rate, 5 degrees and 17 min utes north nnd 14 minutes of right ascen sion, west, daily. It continues very faint. Its path sinco discovery 1ms been oblique ly across tlie milky way, and its rapid motion continually brings it in front of a small star, which in every case shines through the comet’s densest pnrt with undiminished luster. Tho rough posi tion of tlie comet last night was about 8 or 10 degrees northeast of Sirius (tlie dog star).’’ Governor Taylor, in an interview, said: “1 notice that there is in prison a large number of children under fifteen years of n„ 0 . It is a shame that Tennessee should not have somo pluco of refuge for these poor little creatures, and not place them among hardened criminals Judges and jury should not send children to prison, and I shall deem it my duty to uphold the honor of Tennessee by pardoning them I am confident I will benefit more bv tliis step than by allowing them to re main in a school for crime. I have re quested the wardens to prepare for me a list of tlie names and oiTenses of every person in prison under seventeen. They nor any other child shall remain there while I am governor of Tennessee. The supreme court has sentenced Ben Brown, colored, to bo hanged m Nash ville April 15 next, for tlie murder of Frank Arnold, colored,near Belle Meade, November 9, 1885. Brown manifested no emotion when Judge Snodgrass pro nounced his doom, and nt its conclusion looked nt Simon Fox, ono of his accom- pikes and smiled. Tlie court affirmed the verdict of tlie lower court in the case of Fox, who was sentenced to twenty venrs’ imprisonment at hard labor. Nelson Joslin, Foster Joslin and Bill SUU the other l~ = »"V" < The discovery of iron ore nt Duck hill has convulsed that town. Visitors from a distance arrive on every train, and it is almost impossible to keep up with tho sales of property, nnd some is resold al most immediately nt advanced price. Northers capitalists aro on their wny to town, and many sales aro mado by tele graph. Tho Vicksburg Democrat records a pe culiar case tried before a negro justice in Delta. An ordinance had been made against running a skiff in ccrtnin places ns a ferry and in tlie first, caso he decided against the accused. In tlie second lie was accused himself and he fined his skiff $5 and directed it to be sold for the fine and costs. Reports from Issaquena, Sunflower, Boliver, Sharkey and Washington coun ties nro favorable relative to crop prepa rations. There will be an approximate increase in acreage of about 10 per cent, and tho largest part will be devoted to cotton. Money from eastern and north ern cities is freely flowing to which will enable planters to put iu all their land. Labor is abuudant. The Young Mens’ Christian association of Mississippi will hold a state conven tion nnd training school for Christian workers nt Columbus, beginning Friday night, March 25th, nnd closing Thursday night, March 81st. Prominent members aro being engaged for the occasion Every Young Mens’ Christian association and every college of Mississippi nro in vited to send as many delegates ns pos sible. John Joyce, of Vicksburg, aged fifty years, suddenly stopped talking to n com panion Sundny night in the sitting room of Mrs. Conley’s boarding-houso and re mained motionless nnd quiet until nlann was excited. When the silent mnn was touched lie fell forward, dead and already beginning to grow cold and stiff. A doc tor was called, but could do nothing for a dead man. No inquest was held, as it was apparent that heart disense caused the sudden death. The snfes in tho sheriff's and clerk’s office in Roseville wero blown open Wed nesday night nnd robbed of, as reported, $80,000. The amounts range from $10 000 to $30,000. A large number of the lending citizens f Prescott nro organized into a society termed the “Loyal Citizens,” Its object was for the purpose of suppressing any attempt which might bo made to break tho prohibition law, but its meetings are taking a social turn. W. P. llomim, assistant general man ager of the St. Louis, Arkansas and Tex as railway, offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension and conviction of four unknown men, who, Wednesday night, near tlie company’s roundhouse, brutinly assaulted and left for dead Thomas Bergold, master mechanic.of the Ark-in sas division of the road. In Husselvillo John Sherrill committed suicide by shooting himself with a rifle gun. Shorrill locked himself up in a side room ut liis father-in-law’s house, loaded liis gun and tied a string to tho trigger, by which means he tired tho futul shot. Pile ball entered the left check bone nud ranged toward tlie back of tlie head. Drs. Hill and Drummond were called to sec tlie man before he died. He loomed to be in liis right mind when they arrived nt tlie place where he had committed the deed, lie seemed to waut to recover und called for his wife, lie died iu 11 few hours. in,f'i} VABniMOTON newspaper man gave a I'f'nii * 1a '^ * a8t Saturday, ut which tho j . 1 " ,lS printed on strips of satin in ration a P ro °f> with occasional K j.i° rs atl H proof reader’s marks on the rp „, a 7 a , n excellent imitation of a “cor rected Blip.” crime, arc in .jail awaitmgJriaL^The ernne, ““- “‘ L B Br “ own will bo murder for whit* «« , IBdlville strcet ; q known as the “Bellville strec St”Arnold, the victim, hcac ! six miles from tho city and owned TC81 „U Irm which Ben Brown wished L‘Sr“'or.l,.«igh.orth. r ,a.; to possilss. Arnold was induced to leave homo ona "T."expedition with Ben Brown, BiU Brown, Nelson Joslin, Foster Joslin Hill iirowu, when in a thicket ana w'wns struck with an ax and shot Arnold was The body wa3 cufc m plccesfand the head severed from the trunk. An opera house is nearing completion in Tavares. The jetty contractors arc pushing their work at Fernaudiua. Shipments of oranges are over with, and that of early vegetables are taking their place. A Gainesville advertisement rends as follows: On and after this date the price of the Simonson’s artesian mineral water will be 2Jc. a drink, or $2 a month. Reuben H. Stark, who lives some live miles from Conant, was robbed and mur dered by two colored men named John D. Fuss and “Ytinkco” Patterson, who were working for him. They also shot Stark’s housekeeper, but she will recover, Tho murderers secured $150 in cash, shotgun and a gold watch. At a meeting of the Florida Fruit Growers’ association, held in Orlando, it was recommended that a sub-tropical ex position be held at some convenient point each year, commencing in Decern her and holding open till March, all tho counties to be invited to take part, SEARCHING THE RUINS. SNOWED UNDER. A BIG CLAIM. Further Detail* of tho European Earth, quake. Heartrending dctnils of tho disasters caused by the earthquakes continue to ar rive. At Diuno Mariano, a child of twelve years and licr father wore extri cated from tlie debris, when tlie latter expired upon tlie spot. Tho survivors at Diano Mariano say that a majority of tlie victims were killed by tlie second shock, people having rc-cnterod tlicir houses to irocure clothing. Tlie bodies, wrapped n shrouds, lie in tlie middle of tlie streets. At Bassano tho soldiers nro still search ing tho ruins. They liavo rescued twentysoven persons, all of whom are more or less Injured. Tho neopln sleep in carriages nud improvised places of shelter. Signor Gannjn, minister of public works of Italy, has visited Bejardo, and attended tho funeral of 230 victims of tho church cellar, who wero buried iu a common trench in tho cemetery. He also mado arrangements for a temporary hos pital for the Injured. Tlie rolief committees nro being organ ized throughout tho country, but it is impossible to supply the numerous wants. San Remo is deserted. There were 808 persons killed nnd 150 injured in that town. Troops have boon compelled to keep back, nt tho point of tlie bayonet, the crowds of despairing men and women who wero impeding tlie work of excava tion, in tlicir efforts to find missing rela tives. Tho bodies of tlie victims of the disaster aro terribly disfigured. The suf ferings of tho survivors arc great. The supply of provisions nnd drugs and am bulance apparatus being painfully inade quate. Tlio work of tho ro'cuers is at tended with considerable danger. In somo casos they liavo been obliged to lice from tho battery walls, although they could hear tho groans of tho victims bur ied beneath tlie debris. All tlie members W tho family of tho mayor of Bnjardo wero killed outright. Of nnotlier fam ily, consisting of twenty-two persons, named Macstria, only a single member, half demonted, is loft, The half-clothed peoplo aro wandering on tho seaahpro ex posed to tho inclement weather. At Diano Muriano a woman and child were taken out alivo after being entombed tlirco days. Virginia Heir* to tho Hite of tlie City of Louisville. Developments which have recently come to light seem to establish tho claims of tho hcirs-at-law of tho lute Daniel McDonald, of Virgiuin, to the land on which tho city of Louisville, Ivy., is lo cated. Tho particulars nro these: In 1782 a warrant was issued by Governor Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, for mil itary service to said Daniel McDonald for a ccrtnin tract or parcel of land lying in the district of Kentucky, on tho Ohio river. No disposition was mado of tliis land by said grantee, nnd it seems to hnvo boon lost sight of by his descend ants until recently 011c of them, a grand son, General James McDonald, of Rich mond, adjutant general of tho state, in making some investigations in tho lnnd book of Virginia, came across tlie war rant. Ho sent a copy to tho registor of lands of Kentucky, asking if lie could locate the land. After taking due time for tlie investi gation to lie made an answer came from tlie Kentucky lnnd offico thnt from all tho Information thnt could bo had tlie 1,000 acres of lnnd in the name of Daniel McDonald was located nt tho falls of tho Ohio river, nnd that tho city of Louisville was built thereon. The letter wont on further to state that a number of years ago tlie said lnnd escheated to tlie com monwealth of Kentucky, but as an escheat is only good in enso of tho de fault of heirs, thnt amounts to nothing; indeed, is an advantage to tho claimants. Another fortmintc circumstance for them is that tho compact entered into by tlie Stale of Virginia with Kentucky when the latter was permitted to set up as a State solemnly bound the now State to protect and defend tho claims of Virgin ians owning lands in Kentucky and their heirs forevor against any and all comers. Lawyers who have examined tlie enso say that it seems to lack 110 elcmont o’ strongth. Of a thousand things that tho Year mowed under, Tho busy Old Year that has gone away, How many will riso in the spring, I wonder, Brought to life by tho sun of May? Will the rose -tree branches, so wholly hid den That never a rose-tree seems to be, At the sweet spring’s call come forth unhid- don, And bud in beauty, nnd bloom for me! Will tho fair, green earth, whose throbbing bosom Is bid, like n maid's in her gown at night, Wake out of her sleep, and with blade and blossom Gem her garments to please my sight? Over tho knoll In tho valley yonder The lovoliest buttercups bloomed and grow; When tho snow is gone that drifted them undor, Will they shoot up sunward and bloom anew? AFTER THE COUNTY SEAT. When wild winds blow and a sleet storm pelted, I lost a jowol of priceless worth: If I walk thnt wny whon snows hnvo melted, Will tho gem gleam up from tho bore, brown earth) 1 laid n love that was dead or dying, For the yenr to bury and hide from slgMr But out of a trance will it waken crying, And push to iny heart like a leaf to the light) Undor tho snow lto things so cherished— IIopos, ambitions, and dronms of men, Faces that vanished and trusts thnt perished Never to spnrklo or glow again. Tho Old Yenr greedily grasped his plunder. And covered it over nnd htirrtod away; Of the thousand things he hid, I wonder How many will rise nt the call of May) O wiso Young Year, with your hands held under Your mantle of oruiluo, toll mo, proyl —Klla IF. Wilcox, in Boston Globe. HEAVY WINDS. Near Roseville, Mr. J. G. Pcndargas, living 011 the farm of W. P. Van Hoozer, bad liis house burned, and with it livo out of nine of liis family. The unfor tunates wero all boys—hearty, robust and tlie pride of their father. Tho house, 0:1 account of tlie high winds, was quickly consumed. Tho house wns n little double story log house, with the stairway leod- iug into the hall entering the upper rooms by doors from the upper hall. It is supposed that the boys, who slept up stairs, set their lamp on a shelf near the door, nnd going to bed left it burning nud flint (lie lamp wiir overturned by tlie wind, firing tho house near tlie door, thereby closing tlie way of escape. Tlie father awoke just before tho house fell in and escaped through n window with his wife nnd two little girls* The screams of the boys, whose ages were from six to sixteen, calling for their father to aid them, was heartrending in the extreme, but tlie flames wero beyond tho power of any living person, nnd on account of tho angry winds was but a short time in de vouring tlicir work. fwo Olilo River Htenmrrs Sunk ut houli* vlllo Ky. A telegram from Louisville Ky., says: Early Saturday morning, tjie wimi com menced to blow here heavily, coming from tlie northwest. It continued to blow a perfect hurricane at intervals un til 0 o’clock tliis evening. Many ncci- dents nro reported und considerable damage lias been done. Tho stern wheel steamer Reindeer, lying at tho city wharf, was so roughly treated by tlie waves that she sprang a leak and sunk in four feet of water. After she hnd settled upon the bottom, a much larger steamer, Hi bernia, which was tied to tlie wharf 0 few yards above, wns seized by tlie whirl wind. Her three large cables were snap ped liko twine, nnd she was cast against the lumber vessel. The latter was badly smashed up and tlie Hibernia reached her moorings with her side smashed. Tho river is rising two inches an hour, nnd if tlie heavy rains of tlie last week continuo, much suffering will follow. The water lias already reached many houses. The hurricane today nlso smashed in about 150 feet of tho western wall oi tlie southern exposition building, doing $1,000 damage. THE WEEKLY REVIEW. THE FIRE FIEND. Twenty Peruana Loan Their Lire* on llio Steamer Gnrdncr of the Tomblabee River. The steamer W. H. Gardner one of the largest boats plying on tho Tombigbe river from Mobile, was burned Tuesday after noon three miles below Gainesville, Sum ter county, Alabama. Tlie boat is a to tal loss, together with four hundred and sixty-four bales of cotton. Loss of life is very large, ns follows: S. C. Black man, Jule Rembert and two children, of Demopolis. Mrs. W. F. Rembert nnd three children, of Demopolis ; Theo L. Graham, R. G. Rutes. And tho follow ing colored persons: John Bryant, stew ard, Green Jenkins, Henry Ford, Hay- wind Hudson, L. Lindsey, Virgil Jones, Anros s Harris, and three unknown. Mrs. Itembcrt is the wife of the clerk and part owner of the boat. The remain ing whites were passengers living in the upper Tombigbec district. No details of the cause and progress of the fire have occn received. The Gardner was valued at $25,000 and is reported to be fully insured. Tho cotton on board was insured for $25,000. A NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The certificate of incorporation of the New York Southern Telegraph company, was filed Monday, states that its capital is $1 ,000,000, divided into shares of $100 each, with tho privilege of increasing its stock to $5,000,000. The incorporators nnd number of shares held by each are ns follows: James B. Pace, Richmond, 8,500 shares; John B. Wiso, Richmond, 1,000; Thomas M. Logan, Richmond, 1,000; J. G. Moore, New York, 4,000, and J. C. Weaver Page, New York, 5,- 000. The wires are to run from Now York to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans and to all intermediate point*. Manx Million* InTOaled In Sotilhoru Entor. prises* During tho post week there have been received reports of the incorporation of the following new companies in the South: Nusliville Light and LIcat com pany, two millions capital; the car com pany, Anniston, Ain., one million cap ital; the South Baltimore Car company, $200,000 capital; the Consolidated Coal Coal and Iron company, Chattanooga, $2,500,000 capital* United States Crude Petroleum and Gas company, Baltimore, $i,000,000 capital; the stained glass fac tory, Chattanooga, $2,500,000; five blast furnaces as follows: otic at Rome, Ga., ono at Calera, Ala, two at Cartcrsvillc, Ga., ono at Gadsden, Ala., gas mnehino works, Chattanooga; sheet rolling mill, Atlanta; Pawne Mineral company, Asli- ville, Ala., $1 ,000,000 capital; Consoli dated Mining company, Memphis, $1, 000,000 capital; spoke factory, Lexing ton, Ky., $100,000 capital; Bessemer Steel Rolling mills, Bessomer, Alabama, half million capital; saw mill supply factory, Cliattanooga, $150,000 capital. Among the small new organizations arc tlirco Sour mills and a factory at Chat tanooga; seventeen lumber companies, tlireo in Arkansas, two in Tennesseo, one in Alabama, two in Florida, three in Georgia, two in Louisiana, four in Texas, and four railroad companies, two iu North Carolina, one in Alabama, and one from Chattanooga to the top of Lookout mountain. A COWARDLY ASSASSIN. A DllllciiUy In Kniiana Hcaulia In the lillllnii ol'HcTcrnl Men. A serious shooting nffrny occurred on Sunday night nt Coronndo, Wichita county, growing out of n contest between Coronado and Leoti as to which place should lie tlie county sent A general shooting occurred, which resulted as fol lows: William Pains, a druggist, nnd Charles Cotter, both of Leoti, were in stantly killed; Emmet Dimming, livery man, Frank Jcnnness, son of the mayor, David Johnson nnd Albert Bovey, mana ger of the Chicago Lumber company, all from Leoti, wero fatally wounded. Frank Mlloy, real estate agent, Charles Loomis nnd Ezra Loomis, all from Coronado, were ‘slightly wounded. The scene of tho fight is distnnt several miles from the railroad and telegraphic communica tion and all detuils of the fight aro not yet known. COTTON SEED OIL MILLS. Oraaiilaallon Will bn Completed W’lthla Ten Dny*. A special dispatcli to tho Manufac turer’s Record, of Baltimore from nil of ficial source, us to a syndicate now form ing to build cotton seed oil mills ill the south, says tlie company will be organ ized under tho laws of Now Jersey, with a capital of $5,000,000. Tlie mills will be built of largo capacity ut points throughout tho wliolo cotton seed terri tory. Tlie incorporators are best oill mill men iu the soutli nud tlie largest consum ers iu tho north. Four times the neces sary money could be obtained. The or ganization will lie completed within ten days. I’lTII AND POINT. SOUTH CAROLINA SHAKEN. Uhnrleston nnd Hiiiniiirrvllle Agnln Shaken Up by Karllifjiinkca. A 1 out six o’clock Saturday morning a slight earthquake shock wns felt nt Charleston and adjacent country. Tho shock continued live seconds. Tho di rection of the wave was from west to east. In one house a vase was thrown down but no damage was done anywhere. The shock was so slight that many persons sleeping at tho time wero not disturbed. The first disturbance wortli mentioning sinco the first of the new year. A spec ial from Summerville sayB: a decided earthquake shock was felt hero at six o’clock Sundny morning. It was veaj short and no damage resulted. Coming nftcr the earthquakes in Europe, it has made rather a sensation. A gnrno log—Ilindquartor of venison. It is rain or shine with a boothblack. Tlie German Army Bill—EmpororWil- Ham. Taken aback—A boy playing leap- frog. Europe is so peaceful now that it is impos4blo to supply tho universal de mand for arms.—Post-Dispatch. A New York mnn advertises to restoro old paintings. Wonder how many he has stolon.—Burlington Free Press. To admit that our city is well laid out doesn’t necessarily suggest tho inforenco that It’s dead.—Philadelphia Call. Scientists beliovo it impossible for a man to have a double. If this is so, how can n man be beside himself?—Life. As you enn now got two hundred quinine pills for a dollar, wo should say that quinino is getting to be a drug in tho market.—Puck. Tho World soys that tlie woman’s bus- tlo must go. Tho World D mi-taken. It is tho woman that must go. Tho bustlo must follow.—Bazaar. When we see a gooso with a lame leg trying in vnin to keep up with the rest of the flock, it always reminds us of » non-advertising so-called business man, endeavoring to hold his own against his neighbors who advertise.—Danscille Breeze. “Rapa,” said littlo Jimmie Briofless, “what d > you wear whon you go to the court house—your lawsuit?” “Oh, no, my son,” replied tho good bnrrister, kindly. “That is the suita man puts on when ho goes naked. Gnly the clients wear that.”—Burdette. The gray-bearded man who carefully husks a peanut, throws away tho meat and tries to cat the shell probably will not be accused of being in love, as ho would have been thirty years ago, but ho risks winning n reputation for absent- mindedness.—Somerville Journal. “The groat trouble with you, John,is,” said a lady to her husband, who was suf fering from the effects of tho night be fore, “you cannot say ‘No.’ Learn to say ‘No,’ John, and you will linve fowor headaches. Can you let mo have a lit tle money this morning?” “No,” said John, with apparent case.—Puck. OFF FOR UTAH. Two Hundred Converts to the Faltli I*enve for tbe “Land of Milk nnd Honey” Tho semi-annual hegira of Mormon converts from the Southern States to Utah took placo Tuesday. Chattanooga is tho Southern headquarters of the church, and the converts assembled there on that day and left at night, about 200 strong They were in charge of John Morgan, chief elder. They came from all tho Southern States, nnd tlie most ig norant and illiterate class of peoplo. The converts labor under tho delusion that Utah is a “land of milk and honey.” All of the men had large families, and many had only a few dollars left after purchas ing tlicir tickets. There are now 200 elders at work in the South. A Young Man and Woman Whllo Riding In n Wngon aro Fired Upon nnd Killed. One of the foulest crimes evor commit ted in East Tennessee, occurred in Roane county. A young man named Newnjan wns employed to move a woman and her daughter named Weaver, from Kingston to Rockwood. Ho was driving on a mountain road in a wagon loaded with household goods, and beside him sat the fifteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Weaver, when suddenly a man named Epps sprang from tho roadside in front of tho team, lie carried a shotgun in his hand, nnd without a word he leveled it at Newman, and fired both barrels, which were load ed with buckshot. Nowman rolled from his seat a corpse, and the young girl fell back in the wagon with a dozen dullets in her breast. Mrs. Weaver was sitting in tlie rear of the wagon and escaped un injured. Tho alarm was given, and in an hour one hundred men wero in pursuit of the murderer. No one can assign any cnusc for his assassination of Newman and the innocent girl. MURDERED HIS CREDITOR. It. V. Loggins, prominent merchant of Winona, Wis., was murdered Tuesday afternoon by Alexander Crawford, col ored. Crawford had been purchasing supplies from Loggins and had become involved. He failed to bring a mortgage note of a trustees’ sale and Air Loggins went to see him about it and was murdered by the negro, who had prepared himself for the horrible work, hoggins was found cut to pieces. The murderer escaped, but will doubtless bo captured. ELECTION FRAUDS. Tho Baby King of Spain. The baby King of Spain is a fine, handsome child who enjoys robust health, and docs credit to the immenso amount of care with which he i* eur- rounded. Though court etiquette re quires that tlie six-months-old Alphonso XIII. should be treated with tho most rigid ceremony, his mother will never call him ‘the King” unless on very strict occasions, hut uses the simple term of my child.” liis Majesty has his own vast suite of apartments next to those of tho Queen Regent; and a special guard keeps h's bedroom door at night. Ilia foster montlier, the sturdy peasant Ray- muudn, feeds and amuses the baby; but he is washed and dressed accoiding to traditional ceremony by a bevy of ladies of honor under tho direction of his “gov- erne-s,” who held the sumo office toward his father. Doctors visit the baby twice daily, nnd every day he drives out with his governess and Kuyinunda, sometimes with tho Queen. In court ceremonies Ravmuuda must not carry the King; that is the duty of the mistress of the robes or of his aunt, the Infanta Isabella. Queen Christina is a most devoted mother,spending nil her spare time with her boy, and the Infanta Isabella is equally attached to her nephew.—Lon don Graphic. .. The federal grand jury, which has been investigating frauds committed at the election in St. Louis last November, mado its final report to Judge Treat in the United States district court Thurs day., and returned twenty-two indict ments in addition to those heretofore found. A special jury has been called to try these cases at the March term of the court. Her Uenvy Conundrum. “Billy,” quoth Sophronia, as she lis tened to the thundering tread of pater familias come thumping down the stairs at It 1*. m., “when you leave here each evening, ‘by request,’ why is papa, when he parts with you at the f ont door, like your own dear self when you make mo • nice present or tatce mo to the rink?” “I couldn’t say, I’m sure, love,” trem f - blingly replied her best fellow William, whilo preparing to “dust” at her parent’s bidding. “Because he always foots tho Bill!”— Siftings. Bagdad contains the largest Hebrew colony in Europe. There are twenty synagogues and about 40,000 Hebrews in the city. .-,1; ~ ’ aa sSa ... ■MMi'

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, March 08, 1887, Image 1