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the mercury. nattered «* Second-cla ft* Matter at the Sandertvllle Vostoffice April 27, tSSO. S&ndersville, Washington County, 6a. PUBLI8HED BY A. J. JERNIGAN & CO. Proprietors and Editors. Subscription: $1.60 Per Teat. THE MERCURY. .4, J, JffltyiQAy «C- CO., Proprietor DEVOTED TO I.ITERATUDE, AORICULTUUK AND UEN'BRAi. INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION': $I.B<> Per .liiiMim, VOLUME VIT. SANDERSVILLE, GA.. TUESDAY, APRIL 5. L887. NUMBER 4!). THE MERCUHT. iOBLiSHED EVER! TDESDRI. NOTIOE1 Ail Communication* intended for thie Paper must be accompanied by the full name of the writer—nel neceeearily for publication, but ae a guarantee of good faith. We are <n no way responsible fbr Mia views or opinione of corr—pond- mi*. E, S. LANGMADE, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, Os. jTi) KTii**. B. D. Rvaxi, Is EVANS S EVANS, ATTORNEYSAT LAW banderville, oa. F. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY at law, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Will practice in all the Courts of ths Middle Circuit and in the oonntiea mrrounding Washington. Speoial at* tention given to commercial law. H. N. HOLUFIELD SANDERSVILLE, OA. Office next tloor to Mil. Iinym-'a Millinery Itore, on Harrli street. BUY YOUR SFECTACI.ES FROM JBB IfcTI 0-A.3ST, (None genuine without our ttado mark.) O.V It A V/) AND FOR SALK SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks AND JEWELRY REPAIIISD BT JB RNIGAH. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. 1TIMS OF 1 NTF.REST FROM OUH SATlOyAL CAPITAL. U lull I- llrlnu Dune Itv llir Ifrnvt* nl Our Ouvi-riiiiii-iil-Tlii- Uri k'H Iti-vlew. SOUTHERN STATES. NEW8 NOTES CATHERED FROM VARIOU8 SECTIONS. Wasiiinotdn, n.C.—It is now regarded assented tint Assistant Secretary Fair- field will succeed Mr. Manning ns sccrc- turv nf the treasury, and that his appoint ment will bo announced tlie latter part of next week. Solicitor McCuo and Comp- trol ci Maynard are spoken of as possible successors of Mr. Fairchild as assistant Ri retary. The former, however, is said tn prcler the new circuit judgship in Ni vv York city, and tlie latter is said to pilfer his present position. Third An •liter Williams and Chief Clerk Youmans ure also said to be aspirants to the assist ant seeretnrysliip. Nothing has yet been settled in regard to the treusuiyship. Mr. .Iordan's resig nation 1ms not yet been accepted, and, while lie requested the president to re lieve him of the duties and responsibili ties of the office about the ild of April, >t is thought ho would consent to retain the position a while longer if the presi dent m di sired. The dinners arc, how ever, that the president will lie nblc to select his Mieeessor before the date speci fic I by Mr. Jordan. it is said that tlio president desires toselect a new treasurer from the west. I here was considerable comment nt the treasury department over the failure of cmigiess to make any provision for pay ing tiic salary of the now circuit judge of Neu York, The net creating the office tixcd the compensation, $0,000 per nn- m "n, l>ut no provision for its payment "ns made in any of tlio regular appropri ation bills. Tlio new appointee will, therefore, Invo to look to congress to sll PI'ly the omission in tlio next deficiency “Pproprintiim bill. It is not likely that the ollieo will lie declined for this ronson, now tin; money must he i’.ud. 1 he first comptroller of the treasury 'ms decided an interesting ipiestion in regard to tlie execution of the act passed nt the last session of congress, providing | or the redemption and sale of school 'arm lands, now held in the Beaufort, S. * •, by |hc United States. One of tlio provisions of tlio act is that “before such redemption shall be awarded and title restored on any such application and proof, Hindi applicant shall pay into the treasury of the United Suites tlio amount "f the tax, penalty, interest and costs properly cluirgcablo against the lands ttescrihod in such application, together wuh the cost of advertising the sale of ttiid hinds," etc. A question uiosc ns to "nether it will lie in compliance with 1 uv , if tlio money is paid or deposited to 'lie credit of the secretary of the treasury "util invested in United States bonds; tuul also whether if tlm money is paid ‘"to the treasury it can lie invested in "iled States bonds without a special appropriation. The first comptroller has decided that as the act specifics that the """'ey shall be paid into the treasury, it. "oulil not be in compliance with the law deposit it to the credit of the sccre- "T. 'uid that after the money lias been deposited in the treasury it cannot be "•awn therefrom, but in consequence of appropriations made by law. ■' t'Ai'Eit in Brunswick, Me., says Wo hoard tlio other day of three peo P'o m this village making trousers at t oents per pair, for a clothing hou-o elsewhere; tlio mother and daughtor do to sewing on a machine and the atlier the pressing, and the utmost 'Inch they can accomplish in a day s the making of three pairs, the total earnings not being over i)0 or 35 cents '•r tlm three, 't hose nro indeed stur- auon wages, with from 15 to 18 hours "ork. oEonoiA. Washington county claims to havo the tallest man in the State, Mr. James; he js 20 years old, weighs 200 pounds, and is 0 feet 7J inches high. Mr. II. C. Walker, formerly of Twiggs county, but now of Laurens, has just in herited $10,000, loft him by his uncle, John Walker, of Louisiana. Tlio mineral ^excitement nround Tunnel Hill i» at fever heat. Ncnrly evoiy man in that neighborhood lias discovered iron 'and manganese on his plnce. The Dalton eotton mill stock is selling nt 115, when offered, but is held nt 120. Tlie Cherokee factory stock will go to 110 beforo n wheel is turned. Temple is about as good chicken mar ket ns any town of its siz.o in Georgia, The merchants of that plnce buy from 1,000 to 1,500 chickens a week, Tlie Spring Place Times lias been shown this week a recent assay of tlio Legal Tender mine which shows four ounces of silver and twenty-one pounds of tin to tlio ton. A very fino specimen of iron ore lias been taken from T. C. Napier’s plnco near Hock Spring, in Wnlker county. The ore is brown hematite, and tlie indi cations arc that it exists in largo quanti ties. Mr. Chnrles F. Durr, formerly of tlio Homo and Decatur railroad, has discov ered a silver mine about eight miles from Home. Tlio ore contains fifty per cent of silver. He will sink a sliuft in a few days. Major Cross, who is working a gold mino near Tnllnpoosn, lins a beautiful nugget worth ciglity-ilve dollars just taken from his mine. Ho now bus a stnni]) mill in operation, and will proceed to sink shafts. Lost Monday morning the colored peo ple’s church nnd academy, in Rockmart, were consumed by lire, tlio origin of which is unknown. Loss $1,200; no in surance. John Swinson, a young man living about four miles north of Dublin, re cently through mistake swallowed strych nine for a doso of calomel. Ho discov ered his mistake as soon ns he took the poison and at once swallowed mi emetic which saved his life. On the 10th nnd lttli of May a conven tion of all the counties on the Flint, Clinttnliooclio and Apnhichicola rivers will meet in Columbus for tlio purpose of securing nmplo appropriations for this work, and greater activity in prosecuting it. The counties of Lee, Worth, Dooly, Macon, Taylor nnd Crawford nro entitled to two delegates each. Last Thursday night a man named Davis, for somo years a resident of Tnt- tmll county, but formerly of Goldsboro, N. C , was taken to Itcldavillo nnd com mitted to jail. Ho is from the Perry Mills neighborhood, and is charged with bigatny nnd tho murder of bis first wife (married in N. C.). Tho body of tho unfortunate woman has not yet been found. Mr. John H. 'Williamson, an industri ous farmer living about four miles south west of Butler, lost his dwelling nnd its entire contents by lire Saturday morning. Mrs. Williamson was engaged at ironing when the fire occurred, nnd tlie house was enveloped in flames beforo it was discovered, consequently it was too Into to save any of tlio household effects, tliero being no assistance present, except Mrs. Williamson nnd, perhaps, n few small children. NORTH CAROLINA. Near Cunningham's More, in Person county, Saturday, Sir. John Hendricks nnd his nephew were killed by a runaway horse. It is reported that a block of mica was recently found in Jackson county which measured 20 by 80 inches, and was 18 inches thick, weighing about 1,000 pounds. The old Stewart mansion, located on the hanks of the Catawba river at the point where Sugar creek flows into that stream, was totally destroyed by fire last Thursday evening about dark. The poor-house of Wilson county, sit uated about one mile from Wilson, was destroyed by fire Friday evening about four o’clock. Insured in German Ameri can insurance company of New York for $1,500. The freight office of the Carolina Cen tral railroad company at Monroe, was broken open Friday night, and a small amount of change and a bunch of keys stolen. It was known that on Friday an amount of gold bullion was plucod in the otlico for shipment, ami it _ is believed that tlie thieves were after this. Oil Inst Tuesday Mrs. Murray, the wife Mr. W. J. Murray, of Frogsboro, was burned to death. Mrs. Murray has boen in feeble health nnd confined to the house for some time. On that day there was no one at tlie house with her but a little girl, and she went out for some purpose nnd'on her return found her mother lying out in the yard dead. It is thought her clothes caught fire and she ran out of the house and was unable to extinguish the flnntcs. Mrs. Nancy Byrd, who lives near Lilcs- ville wns taken, during tlio early part of the year with what she deemed her last illness. On Saturday, the 2(!tli ult., she gent to the store for goods out of which to make her burial garments. When tlie goods arrived she examined them care fully gave minute directions for then cutting and making, nnd superintended the work during its progress. When fin ished she dismissed the subject from her mind and composedly awaited the end. On Wednesday night, she suid to a friend who had just arrived, after having.trav eled many miles to see her, “James I want to turn over.” She was carefully jilnced in the desired position, and in less than five minutes passed away without a •truggle. flOUTU CAROLINA. The Eutawvlllc railroad scheme it a very fertile theme of conversation and speculation in Sumter now. There is an old ladd seventy-three years old, living in Union county, who lost her teeth somo fifteen years ugo, and now has a full new set neatly developed. Captain George P. Anderson, n former citizen of Greenville, died at Santa Rosa, California, on the 23rd of February. He was onco well known hero, was a stu dent of Furman university and s nephew of Judge Pressley. The lnrgc nnd beautiful residence of Colonel S. M. Rice, in Union, caught on firo nnd was consumed in a short while, It is supposed flint the fire originated by rats with matches, ns it caught in the garret, where no fire lias been used. Very tow of the household effects were saved, nnd n large amount of jewelry and silver was consumed. The insurance is about $8,000, which will not cover tho loss by a great deal. I ho court in Chester lias been engaged for sotni) time in tlie trial of Hay Rob bins, colored, charged with the murder of Preston Vaughn, colored. The kill ing occurred in June, 1885, in a bateau on Rroad river. A jug of whisky belong ing to Preston Vaughn, and which, In some way was broken, led to the difficulty between him and Huy Robbins. The state’s witnesses established a clear case of murder. The defendant, without any justifiable provocation, stabbed atid after wards shot his victim, producing almost instant death. He swore that Vaughn made threats against him nnd attempted to draw a pistol upon him, but his testi mony was wholly contradicted by other anil disinterested witnesses who wers present. It undo its impression, how ever, u|ion the jury, us they found him only guilty of manslaughter. A ease of general interest and consid erable importance Ims been tried in Barn well. Eugene T. McCreary was nrraignod for the homicide on the 8th of November last, of Thomas J. Rountree, a brother of Mr. 8. Rountree, who represented Barns well in 1870 in tho famous “Wallaco" house. McCreary, the defendant, was represented by the tuo famous criminal lawyers of the second circuit. Colonel Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, und D. B. Henderson, senator from Aiken. The day was consumed in the trial, and the courthouse was crowded to its extreme capacity. Many witnesses were exam ined nnd the main defense relied on (self- defense) seemed to lie sustained by tho evidence. The gentlemen charged with the conduct of the prosecution and de fense made strong arguments, and after the judge had fairly stated tho lsw ap plying to tlie case, it was given to tho jury, who, after ten or fifteen minutes’ deliberation, delivered n verdict of “not guilty," The question of paving tiic principal streets of Tampa is being urged in that city. A rrnugemonts are being perfected to Btnrt n citizens’ bunk nt Dayton in a sht.rt time with n capitnl of nbout #50,- 000. Tho laying of iron - on tho Silver Springs, Ocubi nnd Gulf railroad is pro gressing rapidly. Another catgo is ex pected soon. Tlie orange growers of western Hills borough lire just now shipping the bulk of their oranges, and are receiving satis factory prices. Tlio Tallalinssee railroad fund has reached $3(1,000 thousand tints far. Monticello has subscribed $10,000, and tlie enterprise, it is believed, will be a success, McMeckin is one of the largest orange shipping stations on tlio Florida South ern. The crop of this season will reach nbout twenty thousand boxes. The proposition to change the name of Gainesville to Alachua, lias been voted down by tne city council. The propo sition is unpopular with nearly every cit izen. The large saw mill of George W. Rob inson, at Millview, valued at $00,000, und tliree million feet of lumber was de stroyed by fire last Thursday. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Over eight hundred water oak trees linve been set out ulong the streets of Grceu Cove during tlie last thirty days, prompted by a resolution of tho town council giving 25 cents for setting out, aud 25 cents additional, twelve months hence, for all that are alive at that time. A convention of tlie people living in West Orange county has been called on to decide on tlie creation of a new coun ty, composing a part of Marion, Sumter and Orange. The call issued calls for a representation of live delegates from tho cast of tlm Ooklawaha river to meet in convention at Fort Mason, on Saturday, March 27. The new county will be called West Orange, and probably will select Eustis as tlie county site. The neighborhood of Peniel embraces many fine groves, and its people are cul tivated and refined. One of the hand somest places in this hamlet, about five miles from Palatka, is that known as the Taylor grove, until lately owned by Milo Patterson. No one suspected that the place was for sale, and many were amazed to learn that tlie deed was exe cuted and the purchase consummated. The consideration wns $5,000, but tlio form in which the cash was tendered con stituted the novel feature of the transac tion. The $5,000 will he paid in tlie shape of vinegar, at twelve and a half cents per quart. _ NKW TRIAL REFUSED. Tlie supreme court of appeals of Vir ginia, nt Richmond, lias rendered a de cision in the case of Holmes B Puryear, convicted of tlio murder of his wife by poison, in Didwiddle county in June, 1885. The prisoner, when brought to u trial, askcil for a change of venue on ac count of prejudice against him in Din widdlo This wns granted, mid he was tried'.a Prince George county, was con victed of murder iu the first degree, and sentenced to he hanged October 29tli of the same year. The decision of the su preme court sustains the judgment of tho lower court, aud Puryear will ho hanged on a day to bo hereafter fixed. WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Aatlelpateil BITed of the Interstate Com merce l.nw*—Fluctuations of the Money Market. R. G, Dun & Co.’s weekly review of the trade says: “April is close nt hand nnd some anxi ety as tc the money market is usunl at this season. The hanks have been send ing large amounts to the interior, through deposits nt tlie treasury nnd tho issues of silver certificates elsewhere, and there hns also been a heavy demand for Phila delphia exchange, so that a further de cline in reserves is expected. Westorn and southern demand for money has been caused by the desire to shin products be fore the interstate net and change of rates go iuto effect. Though tho demand nt Chicago is reported diminishing, rate* are 6 to 8 per cent. All circumstances make it comparatively ensy for the oper ator to produce a tight if he pleases. The interstate bill causes great activity in shipments of dry goods and other mer chandise to anticipate a change of rates on April 5th, hut this menns dullness af ter that date, and complaints of indus trial and commercial inactivity, respect ing business that depends on future rates, grows more numerous. Coni meu nro nwniting tlie proposed new rates for transportation. Dry goods merchants protest earnestly against the new classifi cations, and especially against the clinrgo of higher rates for goods in box thnn in the bale. The selection ot commission ers is thought to foreshadow a strong ef fort to adjust rates according to distance. General Fink thinks the law will tend to the crushing of the small by the larger companies, and Mr. Adams thinks it hastens tho swallowing of tho weaker by the stronger ronds. Montiis of uncer tainty must clnpsc before tlio effects of the act can be understood. Railroad business ltna been large. The temporary activity of March does not indicate a larger business nftcr a change of rates, however, uor is the building of 020 miles of rond, against 2110 to dutc lost year, a safe indication as to the future. Reports regarding tlio iron business nro not favorable, imports evidently having a depressing effect. British shipments of iron nnd steel to this country were 117,453 tons in Febru ary nnd 04,151 tons in January. Pricei of kinds largely imported show a weak ness. Pork products have reacted a little. Wool is lower, the demand for goods be ing slack. Wheat hns declined otto cent, corn about half n cent, nnd onts a shade, with unusually small sales and largo re ceipts. Cotton has advanced a quartet and corn hnlf a cent. THEY WANT THE OFFICE. l{no-\Ynrrnntu Nulls Drought til n North Inrollim Court. A cuse of quo wuirnnto, involving tlie right to the office of register of deeds of A simile,-N. C., the fees of which amount to nbout three thousand dollars per an num, lias for several months awakened a deep public interest at that place. A democrat, -I. H. Patterson, is tlie present incumbent, and tho relator is Robert Cole, n republican, elected at tlio Into election and failed to tile a bond on the day directed by tlie statute. A learned aruirncnt wns made by Major W. H. Malone for the relator, and by Captain M. E. Carter for tlie defendant. His honor, Judge Graves, decided in favor of the dcfi-mlnnl and the relator appealed. A deei-ion was also rendered in tlio -imilnr coupon tax cuse of II. A. Carper, j tiler of Pulaski county, Vu.. against Iticlianl L. Fitzgerald. Appeal from the United States circuit court for the east ern district of Virginia. Fitzgerald, tlie appellee in this case, is a traveling sales man for the firm of Austin, Field At Co., of Philadelphia, lie was arrested in Pulaski county, Vu., for doing business without license, after lie hiul made an of- fei of tax receivable coupon in payment for such license. Upon a writ of habeas corpus lie was discharged from custody by Judge Bond, of the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Virginia, sitting ns circuit judge, iu chambers at Baltimore. Tlie state of Virginia, through its jailer, appealed from Judge Bond’s decision to tlie court at Asheville. This court holds that the net of March 3, 1885, allows appeals iu habeas corpus cases only from n decision of the circuit court, and that tiic decision of the circuit judge sitting in chambers is not a decision of tlie court, oven al though such judge may order the papers filed, nnd his order recorded in the cir cuit court. Tlie appeal is, therefore, dismissed. Opinion by Chief Justice Waite. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. A BIO FIRE. Memphis Visited by a 850,(KM) liln/.r A Hruvo It esc lie. Fire started early Monday morning on the southwest corner of Main and Wash ington streets, of Memphis, Tcnn. It originated in tlio cellar of I, Besthoff & Co., second-hand furniture-store, and destroyed tlint building, Allnthornc & Co.’s seed store, William Quinn’s bom-d ing house and saloon mid Jatqcs Curley’s. Tixoli gardens. The four buildings burned were four stories high, and were valued at about $35,000. 'The stocks of goods destroyed were valued at $15,000. Tlie insurance aggregates $21,000, di vided equally between local - und foreign companies, Tlie buildings burned were owned by Capt. James Lee, jr., J. W. McGuire, Col. W. II. Wood and 'ihomas Boyle. There were many narrow cscapas by the inmates of upper stories. Two wo men were rescued by firemen who lmd been cut off from escape and remained in the.third story for half an hour. A gate of wind wu8 blowing, and tho rescue was mnde in the face of clouds of smoke, which poured out of the building aud leatly suffocated the brave firemen. NCALiDUU TO DEATH. Meagre details have been received of a wreck on the Southern Pacific, 300 miles west of San Antonio, Texas, at Dryden station, in the second division. A west bound engine and cobooso smashed full tilt into a freight train coming east. The train meu had no time to jump, and the breakage was severe. Engineer McG'orn- less was pinned aud scalded to death. THE IMPnoVEMKyTS I.V VARIOUS SECTlOyS OF THE SOUTH. Manufacturtag anil Other Ituelne** Inter est* Dooming—New Itnllronite, Kte. Marks * Laird will develop an irou ore mine at Laird. A canning factory is to he established | n t Lexington, Ky. John J. Wolf has erected a saw mill at Rogor8ville,Tenn. An $8,000 school building will be er- j ccted at Calvert, Tex. Jacob Bear will develop a manganese | mino at Greenville, Va. A whecl-bnrrow and tool factory aroto he built at Decatur, Ala. Troutwiue & Bcmones have built a foundry at Union City, Tenn. A company has been formed to build a creamery at Natchitoches, La. Tlio Catholics of Birmingham, Ala., contemplate building a fine church. A compnny lias been formed nt Mary ville, Tenn.,to manufacture churns. Machinery will bo erected to develop a silvor and lond mine nt Mason, Tex. A company is being organized to build n cotton compross at Bayou Barn, La. James Haro is erecting five buildings at Manchester, Va., to cost $10,000 cacti. A horse shoo factory is to he erected at West Nashville, near Nashville, Tenn. A company has been formed to develop ( magnetic iron ore mines in Ashe county. N. C. Negotiations are being made for the erection of a cotton compress at Summit, Miss. A gold mino is being developed at Abbeville, 8. O., and macuinsry will soon ho erected. Tho Nushvillo Iron company will put in their works puddling machinery nnd 10 furnaces. It is reported that the money to build a paper mill nt Lynchburg, Va., has been subscribed. A $25,000 stock company has been or ganized ut Gainesville, Tex., to build a grain elovutor. A Fire-Arm company has been clinr- 1 tered nt Little Rock, Ark. Tho capital | stock is $3,000. It is reported that a company is being organized to build a large marble yard nt Knoxville, Tenn. The Tyler Lumber company will build a pinning mill at Tyler, Tox., nnd havo purchased machinery. Tho United States navy department will build a largo dry dock at Norfolk, Va., to cost $000,000. A. 8. Emersou will erect a shirt and underwear factory lit Charleston, 8. C., two stories, 50x100 feet. Negotiations are being made for tho establishment of n sewing mnehino fac tory nt Little Rock, Ark. D. G. Palmer, Geneva, Ohio, lias pur chased 200 acres of mica land nt Canton, Ga., and will develop it. I. N. Biggerstnff, Forest City,N.C,, has purchased machinery to erect a saw nnd corn mill and cottou gin. The Enterprise Rolling Mill company capital stock $100,000 has been incorpo rated at Birmingham, Ain. Tho Louisville & Nashville Railroad company will extond their Miaornl Rail road, in Ala., to Huntsville. It is stated that a company lias boon organized at Selma, Ala., to build a rolling mill and u nail factory. Tho Bylph Mining company recently organized, havo commenced developing gold mines nt Boonevillc, Ark. Samuel R. Bullock & Co., of New York, havo contracted to build five miles of street railroad at Paducah, Ky. A company lias been formed to build gas works at Decatur, Ala., nnd will also build a similar works at Hnrtsclle. A bill has been pnssed in the legisla ture to allow Winchester, Va., to issue $20,000 of bonds to build a city bull. A bill will be introduced in the logis lature to authorize Gallatin, Tenn., to is sue $40,000 of bonds to build water works. Tho West End Rolling Mill company will bo incorporated nt Birmingham, Ala. to build a rolling mill of 150 tons cu pacify. Tho Tuscaloosa Northern ltailwuy Co., has been organized at Tuscaloosa, Ala bama. Their road is now being ar ranged. Middlebrook Bros, are building a saw mill and a planing mill at Plano, Texas. The capacity of the planing mill is 40 M feet daily. A $25,000 company has beeu formed to start a stove foundry at Morristown, Tenn., by C. R. Johnson, of Girard, ()., and others. A New York company has bought a site at Paducah,Ky., and will erect a hotel to cost $80,009. It is to he completed by January, 1888. The Ripley Cigar Manufacturing com pany hns been organized at Maysville, Ky., und will at once start a factory to employ nbout 50 kaDds. Tho Montgomery Furnace <fe Chemicu. Works, lias been organized at Mont gomery, Ala., to build a charcoal furnace and chemical plant. The Bridgeport Brewing company, Bridgeport,* Conn., will build a large brewery at Houston, Tex. Work will he commenced at once. A. Chance, of Loudon, and Messis. Craig and McMullen,of Knoxville, Tenn., have purchased 125 acrcB of marble land and will open quarries. The Columbia Bridge compnny, Day ton, Ohio, have received the contract to build an iron bridge across the Duck river near Ceutreville, Tenn. The English syndicate have completed the purchase of the gold mines in White county, Ga., und will, it is said, begin to develop the property at once. Boston parties are negotiating for about 12,000 acres of land at Mammoth Spring, Ark., with a view to erecting a The Enterprising Manufacturing com pany, Augusta, Ga., have decided to utilize tho surplus power of their cotton mill by putting in 10,000 spindles nnd 300 looms. The North Alabama Oil & Asphalt compnny capital slock $1,200,000, hns been organized ut Birmingham, Ala. Tlio company owns nbout 2,000 acres of oil and asphalt lauds. Tlie Atlanta & Alabama Railway com pany to build a railroad from Atlanta, Ga., to Selina, Ala, 175 miles, will sur vey their road at once nnd expect to lie- gin building it at an early day. Walter W. Davin. Birmingham, Ala bama has purchased tho tight to manu facture terra cotta lumber by a patent ptoeess, nnd wilt erect a plant nt Bes semer and probably at Sheffield also. The Farmers' Alliances licit! a meeting at Temple, Tex., recently to consider tlio erection of a cotton factory. A charter for a company to build one to cost about $100,050 was drawn and officers elected. The Biimina A* Indian River Inlet Co., hns been formed in Florida to build n canal -to connect the Atlantic ocean with the Biinaim and Indian rivers. A com pany to build a canal, 1,800 feet long, from Lake Ola to Lake Cnrloton hns also been organized. The Bear Mountain Telegraph & Tele phone company hns been chartered nt Bear, Arkansas, nnd will build n line from Hot Springs to Fort Smith, via Bear. The Standard Charcoal, Iron and Chcmlcnl company, Nnshvillc, Tenn., linve licensed a company to build one of thoir churcoal and chemical plants nt New Orleuus. The Roanoke Manufacturing compnny lias been organized at Iloanoko, va.,to sell lumber,coal, etc., and manufacture meal, flour, lime, plaster, etc, Tho enpitul stock is to lie not less titan $5,000 ttor more thnn $50,000. The Cotton Seod company, capital stock $500,000, lius been organized at Vicksburg, Miss. Tho compnny has four machines erected for elenuing cotton soed nnd will soon erect four more. Each has a capacity of ten tons. They will erect more machinery this summer; also nn oil mill. Smith & Sharp, Nashville, Tenu.,liave received tlio plans for n $70,000 stone church to be built by the Episcopalians. Tlio Tulip street Methodist church, satno place, will erect a new building to cost uhout $30,030. 'Plaus for a $10,000 Baptist church to be built same place are being prepared. HE SOLD THE RACE. THE LONGSHOREMEN SUIT. Tke Citeo AgiiiiiM Hie l.ougoboremen Strl- here In Court. Louis F. Post tiled Monday, with the clerk of tlie United Stutcs citcuit court of New York, answers to James T. Quinn, Timothy B. Putnam, Patrick Me- Gartland, John J. McKenna and James McGrath, Knights of Labor, against whom tlie Olil Dominion Hteiimsliip com pany brought suit for $20,000 damages, and who were held in bail for trial. The case grew out of the boycott of freight handled by the compnny. In their an swers Quinn, Putnam and McGnrtlnnd deny all other allegations ami claim that the longshoremen were “locked out” by tlie company because they refused to nc- cept a reduction of wuges; Hint employes were pnid by the hour only, anu were under no contract for any term of service whatever; that the longshoremen met in a peaceable and orderly manner for the purpose of maintaining the rate of wages of their oruft, and that they, the defend ants, only acted as mediators to settle the dispute. McKenna and McGrath admit being officers of the Ocean associ ation of longshoremen, nnd claim that they were justified in their actions, being under no contract to tho Old Domiujon company. The defendants ask for judg ment dismissing the ense, with costs. THE GREAT ICE GORGE- luterestliiff Incident* Connected with th« Kxtrrme Cold In llukotn* All attempts to break the Sibley island gorge with dynamite are unavailing. A man was seen Thursday evening riding down the river on a cake of ice, frantic ally calling for help, but it was impossi ble to help him. Twelve families near Livonias had a most thrilling experience. After being on the roofs of houses for twenty-four hours a thin crust formed over the river aud on this they walked to the shore, two miles, some breaking through several times,but being rescued. Fort Lincoln army officers at Bismarck are still of the opinion that tlie people opposite the post on the low lands s-iutu of thi! city perished in the flood. This belief is becoming prevalent, and us re ports come in from remote river districts the story .or suffering and loss of life is intensified. TUB SNOW DU1FTN OF CANADA. The snow blockade on tlie inter-Colon- ial railroad is unprecedented. One train lias been'one hundred hours iu covering two miles and snow drifts where it now •stniiuii completely cover the telegraph poles. The outgoing English mail, which left Friday, is still stuck between Riviere de Loup and Rcmouski, while the increasing English mail and an emi grant special train are likely to remain', over tonight ut St. Flave. Every effort is being made to lmvo the line cleared and no expense will be spared. The Canada Pacific railroad cancelled all out going trains Monday and Tuesday. Tlie drifts ou tlie road are very deep. 1IIINU IIY KOUIIEUS. Sunday morning Benjamin Mabbs, oi Ilazen, Ark., was found dead, hanging in his room. Suieido was tlie first con elusion, but iuvestigation disclosed rob bery, aud the conclusion; now is that thieves hung Mabbs up, and let him down partially choked, until he revealed the hiding place of his money and valu ables, of-which he was known to iiav.i considerable, und that they then hung, him up and left him, while they liastene I to secure tlie booty. There is no clue to the perpetrators. The time that elapsed after death before the discovery of the rubbery lias given tlie criminals ample time to escape. Tlie Captnln ortho Dcrenleil Yacht, Danat- lee* Telle a Title. A special from London dated Wednes day, says: Yachtmen were astounded to-day to learn that Captain Samuels, captain of the Dauntless had severed all relations with Caldwell H. Colt, tlie owner of the defeated yacht, and after denouncing all on board hud left the vessel. Soon a dozen or more prominent yachtmen boarded the Dauntless to get further particulars. But little informa tion was volunteered to them by Mr. Colt, who looked upon the sudden de parture of the famous skipper as an out rage. He declined to make a statement beyond the assertion that Caiitain Snmu- - els and five of tho crew hnd deserted the vessel without satisfactory cause. Cap tain Samuels is particularly bitter agninst his former employer, and says in a most positive way, that Mr. Colt is responsible lor the failure of the Dauntless in the race. Ho charges that shortly after tho yacht lost sight of Fire Island light, Mr. Colt became abusive. His language was ungentlcmauly, and it was only when, Captain Samuels alleges, lie was accused of trying to allow the Coronet to obtain an Irrecoverable lend, thnt lie refused to listen further to his employer's utter ances. During tho pnssngc across, the nrogtess of the yacht wns linndicapped y her owner. When Captain Samuels saw that Mr. Colt’s ill-iulvised instruc tions were acting to the detriment of tho vessel’s speed, lie determined to fill tho place for which lie wns engaged, or re linquish nil responsibility. But Mr. Colt disregarded his protests entirely and con tinued to givo orders to the various men at the whcol, notwithstanding Captain Samuels ordered otherwise. Finally, Captain Samuels says, the control of the vessel devolved upon Mr. Colt, and he, the captain, hnd only an outside voice. IIo therefore, attributed the defeat of the vosscl to tho mismanagement of her owner, nnd his interference with the standing and well regulated rules of sen. AN EX-GOVERNOR SUICIDES. Ex-Governor Iteynelde, of Missouri, Jumps Dews ■■ Elevator Nbefi. Hon, Thomas O. Reynolds committed suicide at the custom house in St. Louis Wednesday afternoon by plunging down nn elevator shaft from tue third floor. He fell the distance of eighty feet nnd crushed in his skull. The cause of the act wns ihcntnl derangement superin duced by hallucinations that ho wm about to become insane. In his pocket- book was found a letter to his wife, stat ing that two years ago he contracted malaria at Aspinwall nnd hnd failed to recover, the diseuse settling in his spine. Recently he had been troubled. with insomnia and frequent nervousness. Visions invited him to join his dead friends, and fearing lest lie should be a burden to his wife by becoming n luna tic— having twice beforo been troubled witli dementia, nnd his estate of $25,000 being in order, unimpaired und product ive, lie detcruiiued to end his life. Governor Reynolds wns born in Char leston, S. C. He studied in the university of Virginia, and continued his studies in Germany, graduating nt Heidelberg in 1842. 11c spent one year ill tlio university of Baris; and was admitted to tho bar in Virginia in 1844. He was secretary ot the United States legntion to Spain in 1840 nnd 1848. In 1850 lie loenteu ut St. Louis. In 1800 lie was elected lieutcnnnt- povernor of Missouri on the same ticket with Governor Caleb Jackson, nnd in the civil war sided with tho confederacy. At .lie close of tho war he went to Mexico, In 1808 ho returned to St. Louis. He was a member of the commission sent to South America about two years ago in lie interest of commerce with tho United States. In 1854 be fought a duel with It. Grntz Brown, with rifles at thirty paces, on the islands oppoaite St. Louis, over a political discussion. Mr. Brown ,vii8 hit in the knee, but Governor Rcy- ioUIs was not touched. It is believed that Governor Reynolds only intended to maim Mr. Brown. MILLS BURNED DOWN. A aieeo,OUO Fire Take* Piece In West Point —Te bo llebullt. A special from Wust Point, Ga., duted Monday, Says: A tire broke out to-night at 7 o’clock in the West Point Mouufao- turing company’s mills, four aiid a half miles below town. Tlie fire originated in the wheel house, cause uukDown. The building was totally consumed. It was insured for only one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The owners, Messrs. Lanier, say they will rebuild at once. The losses will be borne by about fifteen insurance companies. About two hun dred operatives are thrown out of work. Superintendent Long’s residence is in great danger of burning. The winds are blowing strongly iu that direction. It is favorable to tho warehouses, and they may not be lost. DISASTROUS HURRICANE. West Ylrplnln Vlslled anil Mucb Damage Done lo Property. A terrific hurricane early Saturday morning did a large amount of damage in- the vicinity of Wheeling, W.Va., al though the city itself escaped, owing to sheltered position. At Moundsville the large barn of Charles Jasper was wrecked. Near Cameron Mr. Ott’s dwelling house wtls destroyed. At Littleton three barns and a saw mill were wrecked. The Cath olic church at Broad Tree station, on the Baltimore road, was twisted at right an gles to its former position. Six miles above Wheeling the large stock barn of Edward Miller was blown a quarter of a mile and reduced to splinters. At Bur ton a large amount of lumber was widely scattered. Reports of other damages are constantly coming in. III.OVyiNG VP A CAN A I.. A few nights ago Cecil aqueduct on the canal at Defiance!)., was blown open. Next night armed men drove away tho guards who were watching the reservoir and blew out' the banks in two placet) ami finally dynamite was used t.o destroy ti e lpeks. It will take half the summer to repair tlie damage already done. Tlie governor hns beeu asked for instructions. There was a strong effort made recently to liuve the legislature vacate thecaunl tit tills point.