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'^Zred n* Second-clan Matter at lh ~Saii < l<”' 8V,lla l‘o it office April 27, tiso. Sandersville, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY a J. JERNIGAN & CO. **' proprietors and Editors. Subscription: $1,60 Per Year. THE MERCURY. THE MERCURY. A. J. JERNIGA V ,C CO., Proprietor! UB\ 0TEI) TO LITKKATUIIE, AGRICULTURE ANJ> GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. E. S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVIELE. Ga. VOLUME VII. SOUTHERN PROGRESS.' THE IMPROVEMENTS IN VARIOUS 'Eartoys of the south. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 Per Annum, NUMBER 50. PUBLISHED EYERY TUESDAY. NOTIOE! AU Communicationa Intended for (Ate Paper must be accompanied by the full name of the ivrlter—net necenartly for publication, but ae m guarantee of good faith. We are In no way reeponettde fir a vleme or eptntone of cormpond- mil. . ,,,, uas c 0 ., cnpital stock $100,000, 1ms been organized at Dayton, Tenn. The company arc leusing them nM<1 WiH S,10rt, y ’’ e R in developing I. |), E»**», B. D. EtARI, Js EVANS & EVANS, ainmiriirlurliiR anil Other IliialneM l>>>, "" ••°®mlii#—New lUllr.^* K f c . Knox county Texas will bnild a $10,- ATTORNEYS AT LAW 8ANDERVILLE. GA. | 000 jail. A brick yard will be started at Monte- zumn, Qa. F. H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, 8ANDERBVILLE, GA. Will praotice in all the Court* of the iiiille Circuit and in the oonntiee f ro imling Washington. Speoial El ution given to commercial law. A hotel will be built at Athens, Qa.. to cost about $100,000. A iarge roiier flour mill is to be erected at Greenville Texas. Tho Newport' News A Mississippi Vul- ley Railroad Co., (office Kichmonu, Va,,) will enlarge their machine shop and build a new paint shop, at Huntington, vv. Va. A WHOLESALE LYNCHING IORKV1LLE, S. C. A company has been organized at Selina Ain., to manufacture stoves, also one to establish chain works- The capital stock of each is $2.1,000 and has been sub scribed. H is rumored that a silk factory will »>c built at Waldcsboio, N. C. A. 11. Love joy will build n $10,000 hotel, at Alcxcxander City, Ala. H. N. H0LLIFIELD. I here is talk of a cotton factory being ccrcctcd and Slate Springs, Alias. A large briok-ynrd has been started lately at at Mount Pleasant Tcxns. A meeting lias lately been held at Shreveport, La., for the purpose of or ganizing u stock company to build a cot ton factory to cost from $300,000 to $400,000. The Gerards’ Rectilinear Propellor Jb Rotary Lngine Co. has been incorporated at New Orleans to manufacture engines etc. Tho capital stock authorized is $1,000,000. SANDERSVILLE, GA. OfUee next door to Mi». Bayne's Milliniry 5t..r.', "ii Herb Hire*!. BUY YOUlt mwJ ppj LU! from JEK,l<rXC3-A.2ST, None genuine without our trado mark.) O.V HAM) A NR FOR SALE ES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc,, Etc. Watches, Clocks AMI) JEWELRY nEi’AiniD nr JERzlsTIQ-AXT. A company 1ms been formed to build a hotel, fnxlOO feet at Renton, Tenn. A bill will bo introduced in the legis. lature of Virginia to ullow Danvillo to appropriate $100,000 of a certain fund There are prospects of a lnrgc hotel ] f ? r u . w K ,“ s works an<1 Ur improving the at Morristown Ton,, streets, etc. being erected at Morristown, Tenn. Klins Hurley has established a sh, block factory at Swift Island, N. C, Elias Hurley has established a shuttle | nwu, r i‘i k .2 0 '’* ll i“ S b , e< : u l^orjioratod at Birmingham, Ala., by Mr. M. T. Sum- a ono i • o ... 1 ! nc . r l,ud oth ‘ , rs. Tho company will A 200-bnrrcl flour mill will, it is said, I build works to manufacture 100 000 soon be built at Sauta Anna, Texas, 1 A hirge 3-story building will be erect ed nt Lyncliburg, Vn., by George Mur rell. Works will be built to manufacture steam engines extensively at Anniston, Ala. Arrangements are being made for the erection of a canning factory at Raleigh, 8. Rosenbaum & Co., and others will build a furniture factory nt Columbus, Miss. A company will be organized soon to erect un electric light plant nt Winston, N. C. bricks daily. A $400,000 stock company will be or ganized at Florcneo, Ala., to erect a charcoal furnace and chemical plant with W. H. Wood as president. The site has I" s i secured. ■ In- Memphis. Arkansas and Texus imlmad company, capital stock $2,600, 000, has been chartered to build a ruil- r<md from Memphis. Tenn., via Mariann and Clarendon, Ark. The Birmingham Strcot Oar Factory Co., capital stock $100,000, has been or ganized nt Birmingham, Ala., to muiiu- lacture street cars and will soon begin building their works. A canning factory will be Htartcd at Blue Ridge Springs, Vn., by T. F.Weeks & Son, A HORRIBLE MURDER. Pinal.Wiinlcis mill Mi an lliii-na III* Wllu nrnr Adit, Alii. Hip p'lrlieulars of the most horrible rime in the criminal records of Alabama vc just 11 m • lo light. Last Tuesday ornini! Tni'lcion Steele, colored, mur- iri'l ami then burned his wife, near Ada, M nigomcry county. About two clock in ike morning they bad a quart cl ‘‘I l"’t winds led to blows. Tiulcton nuk bis wife on tho bead with an axe “dh*. killing lo t- almost instantly. He 1 it""!. I lie body and carried it olf to 1'iiciy |i!:ico in the woods, a mile from 5lM 'i tbiuw ii in a gully, piled trudi and raw 1,11 it, llii’it poured kerosene oil on ie lienji ituii stuck lire toil. Ho then •turned home anil left (lie body to be einatctl. Tho gentleman on whose aco he was living missed tho woman, 1 s 'iii| nothing about it, mid tho inur- wr remained on tho plnco a day and K"t nfter the crime was committed. Jllrf| l'*y morning he wont back to the oo'ls tunl 1 o'iin 1 that the body had not "(entirely burned up. lie put trash tie- ic iiaiiiH, but having no match to ift the lire again lie fled. Suspiidon had been aroused, and the " ih"M seaiehed thu woods and found '■ ’'‘"willing portions of the body. Tits inlerer was captured ten milos distant '" "ight to Montgomery to jail. Ho “' ii lull confession of the terrible ll h md says he burned tho body to "'i'J 1 ,be crime. The murderer is a , '' :l( negro about twenty-five venre A stock company has been formed at Goldsboro, N. O., to start a furniture factory. Tha consolidated Coal & Iron Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn., have made a propo fol sitiou to build tho Cincinnati, Huntsville & Birmingham Railroad from Huntsville to tha Tennessee river. A Mob Talma froiu the Jail Kl*e Ainu Ac. oaoed ef Murder and linns Ibem all to Trees. Most every body is more or less famil iar with the story of tho brutal murder on tho 80th of last November of little Johnnie Lee Good, near Yorkville S. C , and the subsequent arrests made and con- lessions developed. This most horrible murder bad a fatal termination on last Tuesday in the lynch ing of five of tho prisoners arrested as principals and accomplices. The story of the lynching is tolu fully in the fol lowing special from Yorkville: In per fect security Yorkville retired Monday eight, little expecting to awake up next morning and find five dead bodies dang ling from the limbs of trees, almost with- in tho corporate limits. The men chose for the time of thoir work the early morning, and at half past four, the sher iff, who is also jailor, was awnkoned by a noiso at the door. He rushed nip to the crowd iu his night dress and on refusing to surrender the keys, his visitors pro ceeded to tho third floor and commenced on the same door that hud partly yielded to similar treatment only a few’ weeks before. Tho sheriff was powerless to offer re sistance and endeavored to attract atten tion to tho jail by tho rapid and succes sivo firing of his gun. This had tho effect to bring to the scene a few persons, but by the time they arrived the lyueli- ing party had gained entrance, secured the men thoy wanted and left. The wooden door, before alluded to, was opened by cutting out the large plate lock with on ax. Tho padlocks securing tho doors subsequently were broken, but tlcrlliifi Held In Vnrioun I'lnrce lo Kxpreta (Sympathy for Irolniul. An immense muss meeting was held in the Academy of Music, of Philadelphia, Monday evening for the purpose of pro testing against, the proposed coercive legislation by the government of Great Britain. Fully 1,000 wore present, and a largo number who were uiiiublc to gain admission had an overflow meeting in the streets. Besides Governor Beaver there were present all living ox-governors of the State and many prominent persons of the State and city. The regular meeting was called to order by ex Attorney Uoneral Brewster, and after several stirring speeches lmd been made resolutions were adopted ex pressing the sentiment of the meeting, anil the following was ordered telegraphed to Messrs. Gladstone and Parnell: "An immense anti coercion meeting this evening. Five thousand people present. 1 housands unable to obtuiu admission. Tho governor of Pennsyl vania presided. Every living ex-govor- uor consenting to bo present to express kis sympathy. No speaker Irish. All Americans. Strong speeches were made denouncing the bill and i expressing amazement that such a measure shuttld bo proposed in tho lOtli century by a civ ilized government. “Resolutions expressing the sentiment of our city of ouc million lluhubitunta, nud our State, of live million inhabitants, in favor of Irish home rule,I were unan imously and enthusiastically adopted.” Tho cablegram was signed by Governor Beaver. A TERRIBLE DISASTER. ITEMS or INTEREST FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL. Wliat I* Hein* Hone by tlie Ifenila of Our Government-Tile Week’s lteylew. these were replaced by new ones and the cells were lc‘ locked. were left comparatively safe The Warren County Manufacturing Co., capital stock $100,000 inis been in- Bishop & Son contemplate erecting a i c ' or P. or( d°d to manufacture all kinds of new wagon nnd carriage factory at Rtce- villo, Tenn. Macon. Ga., will dcoidc by vote April 23rd whether or not to build a $20,000 market house. Mr. Cook has purchased 18 acres of land nnd will start large brick works, at J Portlnnd, Ky. goods from cotton, and oil from cotton seed at Vicksburg, Miss. Tho St. Helen’s Laud, Coal aud Iron Co., capitnl stock $1,000,000, has beeu incorporated at Frankfort, Ky., to de velop 12,000 acres of coal and timber lands in Lee county, Ky. Five prisoners were wanted, it seems, instead of six, us on une former occasion, and those taken wore Giles Good, Bailey Dowdle, Prindley Thomson, Dan Rob erts, andMose Lipscomb. Theiridentitv wus insured by means of a dark lantern, with which the party was provided. As j far as can be known no resistance, el even outcry, wns mude by any of tli" doomed men. The spot selected for the execution of thu deed, wns a knoll on the road leading northwest from the jail and only a short distance from the stone, mnrking the first mile from the court house. The ropes used were ordinary cotton, AT llOSTON on the same eveuiug Funeuil hail was packed by a thoroughly American nudi- | cnee, tho occasion being a meeting to express condemnation of the Irish crimes : “cL Governor Ames, Lieutenant Gov ernor Brackett, Mayor O’Brien, Senator ! Revenue Collector Fitzgerald, Mayor Russell, of Cambridge, John Boyle | O’Reilly, deputy collector, were among | those prelent. Governor Allies, Senator I Hoar, Mayor O'Brien, Rev. 0, A. Barton, ! John Boyle O'Reilly, Lieutenant Gover- ! nor Brackett, Rev.' A. A. lilincr, Rev. i Father Teeling, of N’ewburyport; John ] K. Fitzgerald, Rev. Father Connnlly, of Worcester; ex-Mayor Donovau, of Low ell; Father McKentiy, of Marlboro; and W. JO. Lord, of the Advertiser, were the speakers. Telegrams were seni to Messrs. Gladstone and Parnell, und over $1,100 collected for thu Irish league. AT DK8 MOINES THE NATIONAL DRILL. The entries for the national drill to be held the last week in May closed Satur day night. A number of entries not yet recorded are on their way, nnd will bo received, having been mailed beforo the date of closiug. 1 ho entries recorded are distributed ns follows among the differ ent branches of the service: Regimental drill 4, battalion 5, artillery 7, gntling guu 2, infantry companies 0.7, school cadet corps 7, zouave 5, individual drill, nbout, 82, rifle practice, shout, 08, mili tary bands and drum corps, about, 22. The Montgomery (Ain.) True Blues, the Atlanta (Ga.) Rifles, the Mobile (Ala.) Lomax Rifles, and one or two other com munes from the south, who lmd previous ly entered, have announced thoir un willingness lo enter the contest with ne gro companies and have therefore with drawn, This action the part of these companies lias caused considerable com ment. A CIVIL Mill VICE ora 1-loN. The district supreme court, itiguner.il term, rendered a decision Monday in the case of Morris S. Miller against thu civil service commission, brought before the court upon a petition of right, in which the petitioner complained of nets of the commission and asked to have the civil service law declared unconstitutional. Judge Hagner, who delivered the opin ion, said that tho court had given the pe titioner a hearing, but could not grant the relief prayed for. Tho application was, therefore, dissmissed. The inter- stuto commerce commissioners are being flooded with petitioners from every sec tion, aud from present indications they will have their hands full for some time to come. The following rule of proceed- ure has been promulgated by them: Ap plications made for ofHeiai action by this commission (shall be made by petition which petition shall set forth'the facts on which they arc founded, and be ver- rifled by the oath of the applicant or some authorized agent. A Nember of Men are Han’ocatrd In s Mil* nt Snvnnim, I. T. > A special from Venitn, Indian Terri* tory, referring to a mine disnster nt Sa vanna, says: The body o^ras tired must"’ have been immense, to' render flames of such magnitude. It wns followed with such concussion ns to startle every ono lor miles around, and people in tho im mediate vicinity were severely shocked. The engine house and lifting works struc ture, over a hundred feet long nud two stories high, was blown into splinters by' the current drivcu out of tho slope nnd in a few minutes was enveloped in flame*. From the character of the building nnd being literally saturated with oil, it waa not possible to save anything from tho flames. There were six men in the mino at the moment of the explosion, which occurred nt ten minutes past ono o'clock. These men were all killed, Thoir numea areas fpllows: Miles Jnrrett, Dave Jonqs, Hugh Dooley, William Baines, Chnrloa Parson*, and Bert French. Tho moat distressing part of the accident is tho suffering of thirteen more, who woro at tempting, witli others, to renoh the fated, uicu through an adjoining mine. Following are their names: Jamea Ward, James McGinnis.*, Fred Rates, Thomas Novell, Mike Kelley, Thomas ' Daniels, George Hill, Pat Glnnoy, Robert Miller, Pat Fagan, John WLllintns, Peter Rcnold and William Hudson. Tho workings of the two mines run togethor far down iu the mine but theso means of communication have, never been attended to or the me'u could have been rescued. Out of tlie first party attempting to reach number two, llvo wore lost nnd are still in the mine, A second party of twelve or fifteen went down. At this writing, eight of theso arc reported lost in the mino, over come with lire damp. This mnkes tliirv teen nlready sacrificed to innttention. There is no telling what mny bo further loss of life in the attempt to rcscuo tho bodies of those now in the mines. Cut ting is now being driven through into •or lifts or onttics. When’ one of tho upper! done, it is hoped they will bo able to at leust rescue the bodies of tlie unfortun ates. Fans have been started in No. 2, by attaching the boiler of a switch loco motive to steam pipes. Everything that is possible is being done to enable the men to reach tho bottom of tlie slope. The Louisvilie-Kentucky Woolen Mills Co. will build a brick factory, two stor ies, (15x77 feet. sicians, but they arrived too late to tun der any assistance to tlie five limb bodies A. Potts, of Danville, is organizing a stock company to build a roller flour mill at Somerset, Kv. Parties from Ironton, O., will erect a wheelbarrow nnd wood-working factory at Decatur, Ala. $15,000 linvc been raised for building a glass factory nt Blnckwatcr, Fla. A site lias been secured. A. 8. Emerson is erecting acorrugated iron building for bis stenm laundry nt Charleston S. C. four MEN DROWNED. r > «<• I inter VVlitlo Itnlllng Timber Hows tbe Oconee lllver. '!' ,' 1 ' Sl "iih, of Dublin Ga,, start’d, llairsday, a largo raft of timber ' ) Lie Oconee river to Darien, with n ' . llr lie ordered the crew u " '"Kin and day n' 1 *! 'Liy night, while turning abend .’ ,lv ' r ' 'Hu raft broke to pieces nnd > the crew except the pilot wore , dr saved himself by clinging ' If ating timbers until lie could •' bank. U is said that the ralt "'K 1 fly-six pieces, which would r “8 e 1,000 feet each. '!;'• bJl, it is said, was poorly put to- 1 B nnd mw r*r«tw 1 A.. and one crew refused to go on it . ' 111 'd' employed another. Smith ' tied by old river men not to nt- ' be running ,,f sueli a raft, ns it "locked, but paid no attention 'nrnnig. lli* timber i* a com- A company is being organized nt Mor ristown, Tenn., to build a soslt, blind and door factory. An $80,000 stock company is being formed at Pine Bluff, Ark., to erect a cotton Compress. A company lias been organized The American Wire Hoop Co., of Juck- ton, Tenn., has been reorganized, anil tho capital stock has been increased to . . - , ,, $000,000. The company will build their i' 10 * found dall g*>ng from trees, four works at West Nashville, 1 f rom one tru0 011 tB® eust side of tho road ‘ ! aud tlie other from the limb of a stout The Southern Natural Gas & Oil Co., ! oak hard by on the opposite side. Life of Wheeling, )\. Va., ltnvo issued $5,-; was found to be extinct. 000,000 of bonds for the purpose of de- | Tito sheriff caused tlie bodies to be cut vcloping their mineral, oil und gas lauds, | down immediately, and on blanket a large and enthusiastic muss convention, ... - . - | rc prescnting the people, of Iowa, wus winch appear to have been used as plow ! held to express sympathy with the people hues As soon as it was possible for tlie of Ireland, nud denounce the Balfour co- shenff to do so, he went to the spot of 1 urcion bill. Uovernor Liinabee was pros- tho execution, taking with him two pli.v- blent, and speeches were made by him Lieutenant Governor Ilill, Secretary of Slate .lucksou, Auditor Lvon, Congress man Conger, Judge Gwinn, several Pro testant and C'utiiolio clergymen und others. THE TEXAS DROU TH. embracing nearly 200,0U0 acres. F. Ponce, of Roma, Ga., proposes to organize a $5,000 chair factory, $5,000 trunk factory and $5,00’0 broom factory, and in connection witli J. W. Rounsa- ville, a $25,000 woodenwaro factory. The Soddy Coal Co., of Chutnuoogn have sold out their property to parties in Cincinnati, O., who will organize a new company, with a capital stock of $000,- 0JO, to develop thu property. Tho now | company will build additional coke j ovens. Tho Fort Smith nnd Van Buren Street Railway Co., nt Fort Smith, Ark :, cap ut i iii.I stock $50,000, lias been chartered to sprend upon tlie ground, laid them side by side under the branches of the tree on which the four were hanged. Here 'ho bodies remained until lute in the after noon, when they were removed for burial. Prindley Thomson’s relatives took possession of his body, and tlie body of Bailey Dowdle was taken possession of by his father, Tho other bodies were buried at the expense of tho county. icli l)iiuni|f(4 to (!ro|ia aud Siifl'i ring among Live MtocL. Galveston WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Mansfield, Ky., to build a cotton seed oil j build u street railroad to Van Buren. At mill and ice factory. The Newport Tanning Co. chartered nt Newport, Ark. build works shortly. has been and will same place a Belt Railroad company has been incorporated to build a street rail- ton I about 8 miles long. a, UII>KNT at BTEEI, WORKS. I the foul'll, i" S p Fbompsou steel works, . abtmt 10 o’clock Tues- rnm ~ a heat of steel had been Pad to a portable ladle, preparatory I "8 >t into ingot molds, when the "Uneti i ’ j all i ‘ , J fP* ode d and was scattered litf„e , ction8, Five pitmen were el, ■' bll !' ned from head to foot. A c.„!'i Pa ?' sill 8 to the pit at the time W f" 11 Jy . tbu Hash and his clothing b ' H body. Two pitmen, it v e » 1 ’ . llro fataliy burned. All oth- ! (li|(,f'l- liri0U8ly ' Ad thu physicians in i vthir Wl re promptly summoned and i ,mj e 8 Possible dono for the relief of Efforts are being made to organize a compnny to build a largo cotton factory nt Mooresville, N. C. It is reported that G. W. Owens, of Dalton, Ga., is organizing a company to develop a marble quarry. Greensboro N. C., 1ms decided by a popular vote to issue $100,000 on bonds for public improvements. E. 1’. Moulton lias sold his lend mines nt White Pine, Tenn , to a company who will develop them at once. flic Wilmore Town Co., lias been or ganized nt El Paso Texas to build a new town in the Rio Grande Valley. T. J. MitchelL has purchased the Sadler mill at Sndlcrsville, Tenn., and will put iu machinery for n woolen mill. P. Schillinger bus purchased a 25-ton ice machine for his brewery, at Birming ham, Ala., nt a cost of $18,000. Tlie Woodward Iron Co., at Wheeling, Ala., are opening » new mine, nnd will build some new coke ovens. A compnny lias been formed to build an icc factory at Van Buren, Ark., nnd will purchase machinery at once. A stock company has been organized to build a cotton compress nt Thomaston, Ga., and will begin work ut once. W. M. Nixon and others have leased and will develop the Half-Moon Island ore mines near Chattanooga, Icnn. J. Chandler has contracted to erect A Philapelphia company, (represented by Evans R. Dick, 147 Fourth street,) owning 0,0t)0 acres of iron lands in the Cripple Creek region, in Virginia, and 40,000 acres of coal lands, contemplate mining coal nnd manufacturing iron nud coke on a large scale, but as yet have formed no plans which tiicy care to mnko public. The Hope Manufacturing Co., of Mason City, W. Va., will at once re- lui.kl their large salt works, which were burned. Robert Iloussols of Linden, has sold mineral lands to Memphis parties, who will develop them and build a furnace on the Tennessee river. The Charleston & Savannah Railroad Co. (office, Charleston) are building a biifnch railroad from Ravenei Station to Voting's Island, 5J miles. a bink'buikl'in'g at South Pittsburg Ten nessee, to cost not less than *40,000. A Company bus been organized lo erect a large sash, door and blind factory at Athens, Ga . nnd have IH.n'olmsod a stte. The p iid in capital stock is $15,000. 'lie ' V| M:<;iCK,ts AT WORK. Dlle mul oim pttasengor train on oil stig;.,, "flway was wrecked at n.| Mim.i’ <:1 ». ,u 'les from Jackson, tlinfi,_ ay , m fe r ht. No ono wus iu- *' th «ghth2 mblv K |,?,u' U1L Passengers were con- ave | H!C 'j 11 U P- The accident .scents switch e to • coin wreckers, as 1 lioltwnc f lH partly thrown and an ». The^V jammed between the ll t tin. 10ll< authorities lay the "ity, JL ,, <n ' 1,1 n ' s idents of that ''"s' 1 - 1 on ti,„ 1 luy rl diii are seeking e,,f tliei,. l : . L ‘ ll 8 1| ieer for running over nt " live stock recently. Survevs ure being mude for the propos ed St. Johns River, Lake Weir & Gulf Railroad, to run from Norwalk to Anclote, Fla., 120 miles. The cotton mills of the West Point Manufacturing Co., at West Point, Ga., will be rebuilt at once. The loss is re ported to be $250,000. It is reported that plans are being pre- pared for the erection of a large ice fac- torv and refiitrerntiug and bottling tory and refiigerntmg works at Paris Texas. ’I lio Standard Gas Machine Co., cap ital stock $100,000, has keen organized at Cfinttanooga, Tenn., Anderson us president. with John O. The Chattanooga, Cleveland & Duck- town Railroad Co., lms beeu incorporated at Nashville, Tenn., by J. T. Wilder, of Roan Mountain nnd others. The Newport Nevis it Mississippi Vnl ley Railroad Co., (office, Richmond,) contemplate building a coal pier 275 feet long at Newport News, Va. C. C. Huckabee, owning a cotton seed oil mill in Southern Alabama, has formed a $30,000 stock company to move it to Oxanna, Ala., nnd enlarge it. The Forestville and Printup City Street Railroad Co. capital stock $25,- 000, has hem formed ut Rome, Ga., to build a dummy street railroad. The Newport, Jonesboro & lit, Louis Railway Co., has been incorporated at Newport Ark., to build a 40-mile railroad to Jonesboro. The capital stock is $800,- 000. The Church of the Advent, at Louis ville, Ky., will erect a new edifice to cost about $20,000. It will be of brick, OOx 104 feet. A canning company, with a capital stock of $100,000, has been chartered ut Fort Smith, Ark., with R. E. Doyle as president. The Columbia A Greenville Railroad Co. (office, Columbia, S. C.) will ut once extend the Blue Ridge Railroad to Wnl- halIn S. C. pbe Florence Compress, Packet and Feiry Co., with a capital slock of $50,- 0 () has .been organized at Florence, Ala., |or a compress. Tbo Vote* of Women Rejected nt a Wla- cousin Election. Associated press dispatch from Mil waukee, Wis , dated Tuesday, says: The election to-day was for stato associate judge of tho supremo court. Harlow T. Orton, democrat, was rc-elcctcd without opposition. Milwaukee county voted oil judge of the circuit court and judge of the superior court. The democrat* and republicans placed a fusion ticket in the field ogainst the labor party. At 10 o clock to-night twenty-five precincts have been heard from, giving IJ. II. Johnson, democrat, and George 11. Noyes, republican, fusion judicial candi dates, 1,141 majority over the labor can didates. The seventeen additional city precincts will probnbly neutralize this majority, but seven towns of the county- will go strongly for the fusion candidates, who are probnbly elected by 2,000 major ity. The labor party will elect about hulf the aldermen and nbout one-half the supervisors. Both bodies will probably be democratic, as two-thirds of tho al dermen hold over. In many cities of the state, by preconcerted arrangement, ladies iu bodies went to the polls aud offered to vote, claiming to be entitled to do so by an inference conveyed by tho recent law allowing womeu to voto in school affair*. In Sturgeon Bay one hundred of them voted, but elsewhere their ballots weie refused. In Delavnn, eighty prominent Indies marched to the polls in the morn ing in procession. A lively discussion followed, speeches being made for and against their right to vote. After con siderable excitement tho board refused to accept th« votes of the ladies. The polls wore blocked until after 12 o’clock by ladies who persisted in offering their votes. A test case will be made and carried to the supreme court. Reports from the interior cities are meagre. Co lumbus. Delavan and Totnnh have elected Special telegrams to tho News, Houston Post nnd Fort Worth Gazette during the past week, from near ly every couuty in Texas, indicate the prevalence of a serious drouth through out the slnte, affecting in a'lnifge measure its agricultural ns well a* its live stock interests. Tlie drouth mny be said to bo a continuation of Inst year’H dry spell, ns no general rains have fallen throughout the interior since last September, while local showers have been few and inade quate during tho past six mouth*. The drouth now extends over the grout cot ton belt, jeopardizing tlie outlook for the coining crop by retarding and preventing planting, which is usual 1^ in full progress at this season, but can scarcely be said to have commenced, except in the const counties, owing to tlie extreme dryness of tbo earth. Along the coast cotton is up, nnd reports from several points speak oft’ some damage by the frosts of the past few nights. Of the six great districts comprising tlie cotton belt the south western, containing 23 counties, produc ing 200,000 bales, is suffering worst, ac cording to all accounts, and planting is retarded nearly n month, with no present indications of rain. This is tlie early cotton district of Texas. Winter wheat in central nnd north Texas is inlsu suffer ing from want of rain, showing poor growth. Similar reports are received re garding oats. White spring wheat is de layed. Corn in tho bottom lands along tho Brazos, Trinity and Colorado rivers promises a fair average. Complaints from Austin, Sum Antonio nnd Waco, in central and southwestern districts, are far more numerous than from the Palestine distiict, and the rain- full at these points January 1st, averages less tliun two inches, while tlie moan average rainfall for tlie same, potiod each year lias heretofore been 12.40. The great grazing areas of the west, south west and northwest Texas arc suffering even worse than tlie agricultural section*, as tho drouth is nearly a year old in many of these districts. the new sechktahy and assistant. ! I he president signed tlie commissions "! Charles S. Fairchild as secretary of "lie treasury, und Isaac II. Maynard as assistant secretary of the treasury Friday. •Ir. Fairchild at once entered upon tho ■ lischurgo of his new duties. The officers j ami many clerks of tho department waited INSTANTLY KILLED. M. U. Uray Killed by M. T. I’rlnar—Th* Particulars, M. H. Gray, a citizen of Fannin coun try, Gu., was killed Sunday afternoon at State Lino, in eaifl county, by J.' .Tj •ii him eatTy and 'ex^emkd thdV^conErat- ! P r | nc e- ''fbe parties are both wcll known, illations. The crowd became so great! Pru »ce being a Dailiff. The particular*’ that lie was compelled to ubaudon, for a lime, all ideas of attending to the cur rent work clnimiutr his attention. He claiming his attention, caused a temporary halt by announcing tlmt lie would receive Ilia official friends informally in tho afternoon nfter he had disposed of his mail. He received a profusion of floweis and congratulatory letters and telegram* from nil parts of the country. A majority of tlie telegram* «ere from bankers uud business men. ! Judge Maynard iu accepting his new | office will suffer a loss of $5,000 a year in ( salary. He makes tlie change at the peisonnl solicitation of the president and " Secretary Fuirchild, with the latter of | whom he enjoys the closest personal re- I 'ations. lisnmnT and maynaiid disauhek. We clip the following from the Eve- ping Star of Wednesday: There have | Been mini' r ut* points of controversy be tween Second Controller Maynard and Secretary Kudicott, The secretary of war has not In all cases been willing to qcrept tbo decisions of the second con troller, ami lias tried on several occasions t ( o have them reversed or overruled in some way. There has been a conflict of authority and Judge Maynard has held tlw key to ilm situation. Two or three months ago, Mr. Eudicott wrote a letter to the second controller in relation to the account* of Surgeon Billings, Lieutenant Ray ami Captain Wheeler for mileage are ns follows: Gray wus having some words with a negro who ' worked for. Prince. Prince came up and tried to" stop tho difficulty." Gray thought Prince" wanted to arrest him and began cursiug him. Prince told him to stop or he would shoot him. Gray continued to curse and picked up a rock to throw. Then Princo began to shoot. Tho first shot went through Gray’s coat. The second shot hit him in the loft eye, killing him instantly. After firing the second shot Prince turned and fled. An inquest wus held, the verdict was that “the deceased came to his death by a pistol shot ball fired from a pistol in the hands of John Prince, and that it war a case of murder. Prince is ut largo, a reward of $205, is offered by John Dray, of Blue Ridge, for his apprehension and delivery. TAR HEEL MOONSHINERS. Information lins just been received in regard to several case* of crookednos* in the management of tho government dis tilleries in Rutherford county, N. C. Two of these establishments imve been seized by a government official from Washington, who, ns a detective, worked up the ease. Tlie storekeeper* and dis- tillf ' -- ‘ llers were in copartnership nnd con spired in defrauding the government. The parties have fled. They arc chanced charged while journeying abroad, which ltud been j - V A°A atlon of " tho ruvenue llisallowed, reopened by request of the secretary of war, uud again disallowed; and also to certain accounts of Capt. J.B. Rawles, Majors Smith nud Tucker and qthers. In the letter Mr. Kmlieott an nounced that ho intended to submit the casus to the court of claims under tlie provisions of section 8 of the act of March 3, 1884, which permits mutters controverted in tlie departments to be split to tlie court of claims. laws on a large scale. karroaiis and newspapers. Yesterday just befoic retiring Irom the flier Jutiii Cincinnati newspapers appeared Friday without the customary column giving the time of turival and departure of trains. This is m accordance with the proposition made by the newspapers, jointly, in view of the stoppage of passes to stop the free publication of matter'for the benefit of the railroad but but to uccept' tickets in payment for all advertising. The railroads replied, accepting tlie proposition for ad vertisements which they should order, and intimating tliut the duily publication of time tables should not be regarded as an advertisement'. LABORERS' FIGHT. A Tragedy nt n Cotton Columns in Xnw Orleatia, La. In a fight in tho Factors’ cotton press at Oew Orleans, La., between members of the old and new councils, Tuesday afternoon, Patrick Gilchrist was shot and republican mayors. In Dopcre a fusion dangerously wounded by Alexander Paul, of republicans aud democrats won over a colored yardman.^ The wounded^ man, the labor party. labor ticket. Kenosha elected a full THEY STRIKE OIL. A special from Chattanooga, Tenn., says: A brief dispatch to the papers Tuesday, announcing that oil had been in James county, twenty miles east of Chattanooga, threw the city into a good deal of excitement und at Ootelwoh, where tlie well was drilled, the people are fairly wild. Two months ago, James Luman & Co., of Pennsylvania, begun to bore for oil in the White Oak mountains, but they attracted no especial, attention uutil Monday, when the oil beguu to who is also a yardman, wns sent to thu charity hospital. Paul was arrested and taken to the central station. Police Su perintendent Adams is concentrating his force at the presses. Paul was seen at the central station, Gilchrist he said, had been threatening him for several days. Today, while standing ut the press, cor nur of Robin nnd Tochoupitoullas streets, Gilchrist approached him. A muu nam ed Burke held Gilchrist back, but lie broke away, drew a revolver and fired four shots. He (Puul) returned the tire, emptying five chambers of his pistol, one bullet tailing effect in Gilchrist's abdo men. Paul is chairman of tho executive com mittee of yardmen No. 2, and is vice flow. There is no doubt but that oil has ; president of the trades assembly. He struck. Two companies were was also vice president of the cotton beeu struck. Two companies were ■ Was also vice president of tihe cotton formed here u few mouths ago to bore | council before the press association difll- for oil und gas anil the discovery Monday culties originated. Gilchrist is well hud n very stimulating effect, us they will known in cotton circles, and has always begin work at once, : borne au excellent reputation. IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE. office of second controlier Judge Mayn aid wrote a sharp reply lo the secretary of war. He suid that the cases had been settled and tlie papers turned over to tht second auditor; that the re-exumiimtioa had resulted in postponing the decision reached in the first instance, and that the npitter would not be ugain reopened. As t'|< the announcement that the secretary oj war intended to send tlie cases to the court of claims he calls attention to the fact that the cases are entirely under the jurisdiction of the treasury department and cannot lie taken to the court of claims by the head of any other depart ment. Moreover, lie reminds Secretary Endicott that the court'could only give up opinion and not a decision in tlie prospects of great success, us Mou'tgom- eftse's, should the secretary go there. Iu tr . v 18 a grand distributing point, conclusion lie says Montgomery, Ala.,—,A movement was inaugurated here Wednesday by one of tho wealthiest corporations in the south' to establish car wheel manufacturing works near Highland pork. Some of -the shrewdest business men anil capitalists are concerned in the enterprise, and (hero is no doubt of its establishment, with “11 the secretary of war had any doubt witli reference to the correctness of his own views upon any or all of the abstract questions of law propounded in his let ter, the opinion of tlie court of claims tl|iereon might be of value to him; but us tl|ii* office 1ms no doubt, and, so far as it ci|m be learned this department lias none, wjitli reference to the correctness of the adjustment of accounts referred to, it is npt seen how a reference of these cases by another department to the court of claims can affect the past or control the luture action of the treasury department tlfereon.” "SNOW STORMS IN ,MICHIGAN. -A special from Hail- says : Decidely the Chicago, III.- cock, . Michigan, worst snow storm of' the season is just over, Tlie snow is thrty-four inches deep, and drifted badly. Tho Hancock aud Calumet railroad is blockaded. The Mar quette train wus delayed several hours, and it took the Mineral Range train sev enteen hours to go thirteen miles, from Calumet to Hancock. For tlie first time > for the season till traffic on the street was ■. (topped. SPEKCT OK THE INTERSTATE I,AW. THE NEW WAR VESSELS. The secretary of the navy has invited ■haled proposals from ship builders of the United States for building five new viessel8; tho “Newark,” authorized by the naval appropriation bill of 1885; two niueteen knot cruisers known as numbers feiur and five; aud two 1,700 ton gun boats, designated as numbers three and fdur. Hahkisbukg, hi. -The Chesapeake nail works, employing 200 men, and the Lockhtll and Paxton furnace have ceased operation until tin* rail coat] and trails- pollution companies reach some conclus ion regarding t'rcigla rates . Mill owners say they cannot continue business under' the interstate act ns iiitcvprcttc 1. t8uv- crat hundred men arc thrown out of employment. . . I sitiSi ■ ... j =