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