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SANDERSVILLE. GA.. TUESDAY. APRIL 26. 1887.
NUMBER 52.
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AN ARCTIC EXPLORER DEAD.
Mnlrlite nl' I.lriilrnnnl Dnnrnlion-or. ot llie
Arrilr Exi.lorlna 1'arty.
Lieutenant John W. Dnnenhowcr, of
Arctic fame, was discovered at 10o’clock
Wednesday morning dead in his quarters
at the naval academy, Annapolis, Mil.,
with a bullet hole in his right temple,
lie was found lying on his rug in front
oftheflro place with a tag tied to his
button hole, saying:
"Send to my brother nt Washington."
Although lie hns had menial trouble
since he returned from the Arelicregi ms,
"hat immediately led to tho suiddei-
thought lo lmvo been the recent ground
ing of the Constellation on it,a way to
Norfolk, which ho had charge of, and for
which it is supposed lie had fearof being
courtmnrtialcu. Furthermore, lie was
very intimate with young Robert W.
Late wood, who recently committed sui
cide on tlm Carolina, and whom lie saw
111 dead). It is supposed that Ibis death
suggested the mode to him His wife,
formally Miss Sloan, of New York, is
?"'*y "’hit her parents. Lieutenant
Diuienhowcr leaves two children, lie
"as about do years old nnd an intelligent
,ll| d polished officer.
LAND GRABS IN MEXICO.
I rrirniiN Who Are Soon Ins l.nrg" Tr.irn
nr l.nnil.
St, Louis, Mo.,—Advices from Mexico
stale that the following American invost-
menls in Mexican real estate have been
dosed recontly, A syndicate compo-ed
of Chicago capitalists and Uliitid hiatus
mniv ollicers lmvo purchased a tract uf
6,000,0(10 acres lying in the states of
Coahulla, Durango and Chihuahua, north
era Mexico, The tract is traversed by
the Mexican Central, and also by the In
ternational road, which Huntington is
building from Fugle 1’iish to Larc.lo. Ol
this tract 1,000,000 iic-cs is the finest
cotton land in the country. It is ihe
fatuous Lnipina district.
A company composed principally of
Hurt final, Conn., capitalises has bought
600,onii acres lying in Sonora mill < Jliiluia-
hun, nil grazing i.u 1 ngricnltnr.il luiid,
A purchase uf 235,000 acres Ins bee:
tnude in the western part of Chihli don
a)' Utah men. As this tract is ndj lining
the ..Ionium colony, the purpose of the
Purchnse can be readily guessed.
LEPROSY IN LOUISVILLE.
' 0,lng Man Uoulrnele iIih Loulhaonie Dl*>
°n*e nnd Keeps It u Heerel.
genuine case of leprosy 1ms lrecn
ni t0v ^ c( l * u Louisville. The victim is
*°* ln dustings, wlio lives with his pn-
’• Re is of a roving disposition, and
v';"* hvc years ago, reaching Hono-
’ u . lu , where
re ho was taken sick. When
le. tn t l Unproved ho returned home,
kn 0vC J°pod after his return. He
knn-i"i 1 '''s ailment was. but kept his
him/ir » l|U ' ot i «»d has been troating
, r two years- The discovery
Unde * o U 011 Sund °y l |ls L and he is now
dans' | care of two of the best physi-
i city.
- }> S T !!‘- Last it would be set down us
. UCIllO ennui fiilw.L.niL... L..I- ;*■ -Jo n
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
THE IMPROVEMENTS IN VARIOUS
SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH,
ftlNUiirnriui-litu nail Other llaal**** lal*r-
It o.i in In | New Hnllroada, Eto.
An Ice factory will be establiahed at
Durham, N. C.
Kolmar Brothers will build an opera
house at Troy, Ala.
A bucket factory will be established at
Greenville, Ala., shortly. -
Tho Lutherans will build a $15,000
church at Little Hock, Ark.
Air. Eastin will build a large hotel on
VValnut street, Lexington, Ky.
$10,000 have been subscribed toward
building a hotel ut Oxnnn, Ala.
Toebclman & Company have started a
shoo faotory nt Gnlvcston Texas.
James Y. Whittcd has built a new to
bacco fnctory nt Durham, N. C.
There is tnlk of building one mile of
street railroad nt Rockmnrt, Gn.
A company hns been formed to build u
$50,000 hotel nt Tuscatnbin, Ala.
A large cotton factory is to bo started
during this yenr at Little Rock, Ark.
A carriage fnctory will shortly be built
at Owensboro, ICy.,by Indiana parties.
The Elyton Land company will build a
large planing mill at Birmingham, Ala.
New machinery is to bo erected at the
Ophir mine in Montgomery county, N. C.
Operations nrc to bo resumed nt the
Cagle gold mine in Moou county, N. O.
A company lias been chartered at
Greenville, Miss,, to build a waterworks,
A stock company has been formed to
boro for oil and gas nt Klcmingsburg,
Ky.
A tile fnctory has recontly been estab
lished nenr Okolona, Miss., by Brown &
Bro.
The Keystone Lumber company are
building a saw mill at Boguc Chitto,
A)is*.
A candy nnd crnckcr fnctory will be
built nt Florence, Ala., by James C. An
derson.
David Mitchell will start a factory at
Columbus, Gn., to manufacture bed
iprends.
A $100,000 stock compnuy is forming
to build n cotton fnctory at Juckson, Ten
nessee.
Tho Nashville Teuu., Gas company
will erect n brick meter-house to cost
J10,000.
Tho trustees of the Fcinnle academy,of
Demopolis, Ala., will erect a $5,000
building.
C.W. Collins is rebuilding bis saw-mill
that was burned some time since r.t Ca
milla, Gn.
The Brush Electric Light company
lmvo contracted to erect a plant at Talla
dega, Ala.
The Bear Mountain Mining company
have derided to build a stamp null nt
Bear, Ark.
W. A. Carlton will erect a three-story
iron front building nt Athens, Ga , to
cost, $10,000.
Tho Arkansas Midland railroad compa
ny will extend their road from Clarendon
to Hot Springe.
Arrangements have been tnnde looking
to the erection of n large cotton factory
«t Columbus, Gil
An Atlantu Gn., company have leased
tnnrhlc quarries nenr Sparta, Teun.,and
will develop them.
It is reported that a company lias been
formed to develop 75,000 acres of land
near Allnrdt, Tcnn.
A slock company lias been organized
at Paris, Ky., to manufacture a grain
slid seed separator.
Tito Georgia Midland railroad company
is preparing for a round-house nnd de
pot at Columbus, Gn.
Tho Bessemer (Ala.) Foundry nnd Ma
chine works have hecu organized with a
capital stock of $25,000.
W. II. Griffin will start another brick
yard nt Goldsboro, N. C., with a daily
capacity of 24,000 bricks.
A $10,000 stock company is being or
ganized to erect n fish and oyster canning
factory at Apalachicola, Fla.
It is reported that a stock company lias
been formed at Tyler, Texas, to build a
cotton factory and an oil mill.
Subscriptions are being recul ™‘L t °‘
wards the organization of a company to
build a cotton factory at Spartanburg,
s c.
A Philadelphia syndicate lias purchased
.evcral hundred acres of land «"°“.J t0
tol Tenn., with nview.it h «»“.
erecting a large iron furnace and lumber
manufactories.
The De Bardelebeu Goal and Iron com
Jiv of Bessemer, Ala., have purchased
Jatelv about 50,000 acres more of wincin'
land and will build two more iron fur
naces and 30J additional coke ovens.
The Riverside Land and Lumber corn
s&tSf^-ws
foct'thut fabrication, but it is a
cam borsea in the mountain
viJi-.California 1110 Li winter pro-
Cit ' r 14 1 KU0W shoes. Tho Nevada
ula'c ''"'"Mi’ipt thus describes these
£r„i i\ “-C° make one of tho shoes you
12 in i u . l'ieco of rubber belting about
Biilonf-i diameter. Fasten to one
thn ,ii 11 H b“'‘l plate so perforated that
wo calks nf n.„ i •. \ , Ill
fit j. ’ l kfj °f the horse’s usual shoe will
thi-L. .... 1 by a clump fasten one of
Iv t, " i Clw rubber side down, seenre-
J 10 each foot of the animal.”
J 1 *™- While the Spaniards in Cuba
into Amen -
i l( „. u 1 '} onUM . a born Cuban bates a
J , I’U'uwd with such hatred that, lie
" ill UIn 1.... . - ,1
\Vlll I '4' " oil' II Illicit H CIllLH
tlm Hvht opportunity.
HmlZT,'"™ 8 * st .T iL -ssit:,Munitions
tin,,. - over sixty lussussuiations of
ftyaimu-ds m Havana last year.
\t Murphryville, Texas a jail is to be
built, not to cost over $12,000 and a court
uouse not to cost oyer $15,000.
The Shelby iron company, of Columbi
ana. Ain., contemplate erecting one or
more iron furnaces at that place.
The. Norfolk Terminal company, of
Norfolk, will build a large coni and iron
pic- at Lambert’s Point, Virginia.
M Crawford, of Vicksburg, Miss.,
will' erect a mill for cleaning the lint
from cotton seed, at New Orleans, La.
The capital stock of the Gulf Coal and
Coke company, or Mobile, Ala., will be
increased*from $350,000 to $1,000,000.
y The o7°Cl^.o?fe n N. C C.f-nf trect ,H a
building to cost from $12,000 to $15,000.
The Dallas Tex., Ice company, capital
stock $50,000, lias been organized and
have nearly completed their .ce factory
The Alabama Great Southern railroad
, move their machine shops from
Chattanooga, Ten,,., to Birmmgh.m,
Ala.
The Royno, Iron Mountain and St.
Louis railroad company hns been charter- I
ed to build a railroad from Reyno to
Corning, Ark., 20 miles.
W. D. Wylio and W. M. Alexander |
havo made arrangements for the building j
of an elevated railroad nt Dallas Texas, i
estimated to co&t about $200,000.
Tho Talladega Lnnd and Improvement
company, of Talladega, Ala., will hold a
meeting Slav 0 to increase tlicir capital
stock from $500,000 to $750,000.
Tito Morrow Mining company, capital
stock $140,000, lias been incorporated nt
Birmingham, Ala., by John C. Morrow,
W. A. Walker, Jr., nnd Gcorgo M. Mor
row.
The Newport, (Ark.) Building and
Lonn association has been incorporated,
and will build an opera house at that
place.
lvlleves, Kraft & company have re
ceived the contract to erect a school
building to cost $117,000 at Wheeling,
Virginia. *
The Cnlcra Shoe company, capital
stock $25,000, has been organized nt
Gnlern, Ala., nnd will opernto a shoe fac
tory at that place.
The St. Augiistiuo Improvement com
pany have contracted to erect a $40,000
building for the St. Augustine Gas nnd
Electric Eight company.
Tho Kansns City and Gulf railroad
company will build a branch road from
Ensley City to Bessemer Ala., nnd have
let tho contract to J. W. Worthington
A Co.
Tho Galveston, Henderson & Houston
Railroad compnny have commenced work
on a new bridge across the Buffalo
bayou at Galveston Texas. It will cost
about $80,000.
The Fort Smith, Paris and Dnrdancllo
rnilrond company, cnpitnl stock $1,000-
000, hns been chnrtcrcd to build a rail
road from Fort Smith, Ark., to Darda
nelles, 80 miles.
Tho Sloss Steel and Iron company, ol
Birmingham, Ala., havo purchased the
entire property of the Coalbiirg Coal and
Coke company. The Sloss Steel and
Iron company will only build one new
furuncc, and will, it is snid, begin work
on a steel plunt nt once.
Thu Decatur, Cincinnati and South
western Railroad company hns been in
corporated to build a railroad from De
catur, Ala., to Danville, Cy., and thence
to Cincinnati, O. The same company
has incorporated tho Decatur, St. Louii
and South Atlantic Hnilrond company/"
build a railroad to St. Louis.
THE POPE S DECISION.
A Dlapatch from Kobi G'oncaralae th*
Knight* at Dakar.
The Catholic News, of New York, re
ceived tho following cablo dispntch from
Rome concerning the popo and the
Knights of Labor:
“The pope has decided tho questions
of tho Knights of Labor ik favor of that
organization. This decision will stand
so long as the present metnod pursued in
furthering their aims prevails, The doc
uments of Cardinal Gibbons have been
indorsed. Tito pope further decided that
in Canadn, where a mnndamcnt has bccu
issued against the knights, members of
the order will receive absolution on the
promise of obedience to future decisions
of the holy see. If the knights identify
themselves with theories now being dis
seminated by certain agitators, this deci
sion in their favor will bo rovoked."
ALEXANDER MITCHELL DEAD.
A Railroad Magnate Dial of Heart Disease
In New York.
Alexander Mitchell, president of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail
road, died last Tuesday afternoon at the
Hoffman house, where he has been stop
ping for the last two weeks. Since De
cember he had been stopping with his
wife at Alexandria villa, near Jackson
ville, Fla. When ho came to this city
two weeks ago, ho was enjoying unusuul-
ly good health. For some time ho had
been somewhat troubled from impeded
action of his heart. Last Wednesday
evening he went out and afterwards hud
a chill. He caught a severe cold, which
developed into bronchial pneumonia, and
no doubt directly affected the heart’s ac
tion and caused death. Tho remains
have been embalmed and will betaken to
Milwaukee.
A TERRIBLE CASUALTY.
Palrstine, Ills.,—While viewing the
wreck of the freight trains on the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad, near this
city Sunday, six persons were killed, two
fatally and a number seriously injured by
the bursting of a large water tank. It
is supposed the collision of the freight
trains in the immediate vicinity in the
morning had jarred the immenso tank,
containing one hundred thousand gallons
of water, and loosened or cracked the
hoops, which gave away while the largo
crowd of country people were standing
under the structure, when it collapsed
and fell, burying people under the wreck
age and water.
MORMONS NEAR AUGUSTA.
Reunion and William Sponccr.of Utah,
are nt present located at Goodwin’s chap
el, nine miles rrom Augusta, on the Mill-
edgoville road, where they are daily
preaching articles of faith of tho Latter
Day Saints, as founded by Joseph Smith
in 1880. Their meetings havo been
largely attended, but there is now a
movement on foot in that neighborhood
to break up their meetings and run them
out of the country.
VI'BIUNO govkrn.mknt timber.
EIRE IN MIDDLETOWN, KY.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
1TEMM OP INTEREST FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL,
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARI
OUS POINTS.
What la Beta* Deae by the lleuria af Our
GeTernaient-Tlia WarU’u Review.
Sheet I’nrnarnpha Thai Will Prare later-
talala* ta Oar Headeri.
Montgomery, Ala., will (elect city
officer* by primaries instead of by a con
vention.
rnESIDKNTIAL APPtftNTMENTS.
The president has appointed Sigourney
Butler, of Boston, to bo second comp
troller of tho treasury, in place of Judge
Maynard, promoted to the assistant sec
retaryship of the treasury. Mr. Butler is
but twenty-nine years of age. Ho is a
native of Quincy, Maas., and a aon of the
Hon. Peter Butler, who was a prominent
applicant fo£ tho position of collector of
tue port o'
port of Boston when Saistanstall was
appointed. He is a graduate of Harvard
college, and is associated in the practieo
of law with Richnrd Olney, an eminent
nttnrncv of Boston, Ho is a democrat.
Senator Wall proposes to amend the
constitution so that women can vote on
tho liquor question in Fla.
Greenville, 8. 0., will be represented
before the interstate commerce convention
in Atlanta, Ga., on the 96th.
Beal estnto continues to change hands
in Fort Valley, Ga., and many inquiries
are made for both building and storehouse
lots.
About sunset on Saturday evening last
a little colored boy named Alcido Fils,
aged nine years, was playing on the rail
road track near Jeunnerette, La. A bru
tal negro called Bon Williams came along
earning a loaded shotgun. He ordeteu
the boy to kneel and say his prayers. The
terrified little negro obeyed the orders,
when the monster drew the trigger of
the gun, lodging a load of shot in the
neck of the boy, who expired in great ag
on? at 8:80 o'clock next evening. On
being arrested Williams made the old
plea of not knowing that the gun was
loaded.
MUTINOUS CONVICTS.
Mr. MaWorjr’s bill prohibiting free
passes over railroads to delegates to po
litical conventions will probably become
a law in Florida.
Hnslewood township.in Cheater county,
S.C.,by a voto of 277to 87,decided in favor
of a subscription of $14,000 to the cap
ital stock of the Chester and Camden
railroad company.
The money to build a hotel at Oxford,
Ga., has all been subscribed and work is
WANTS A JUDICIAL DECISION,
in relation to the reported conflict in
Maine between the stnto nnd United
Stntcs authorities respecting the authority
of a state court to compel the production
of records of tho collcotor of internnl
revenue for use in tho prosecution of I to be begun on it at an early dnte. It
persons accused of selling distilled spir- 1 will be located near the East Tonnessee,
its in violation of tho stnto law, the com- : Virginia and Georgia railroad depot,
missioncr of internal rovenuo snys that i„ Fayetteville, N. O. Mr Andrew
lus office hns no disposition to interposo , Deal, whilo digging out the foundation
any obstacle to the enforcements of stnto ! for the dam and wheelhouso of the elec-
laws, but that n provision similnr to that trie light mill, came across a rock wall
in the recent Maine law, making the pny- ! and heavy timbers live feet below the bed
' ' of the creek.
ment of an internal revenue tax ns a liq
uor dealer prinia fncio evidcnco of a vio
Intion of slate law, hns beon incorporated
in the statutes of several of tho states;
that the question in issuo in Maine lias
been raised several times in other states,
but never settled, and that it is his desiro
to obtain a judicial decision for futuro
guidance in numerous cases likely to
arise.
A NEW SET OK HULKS.
The commissioner of agriculture has i
issued a new set of rules governing the i
operations of tho department in tho sup-
The general government, at the aolici-
tation of Colonel W. H. Yarborough,
collector of internal revenue in the fourth
district, North Carolina, haa located a
bonded warehouse in Fayetteville for the
etorage of grape brandy,
A Mobile Ala. newipaper aaya at a
recent ball a gentleman wora the ewallow
tail coat in which he was married fifteen
years ago, which aeventeen other bride
grooms had worn, and which bad dona
duty at forty-three wedding*.
The plans of the boys’ school in Annis-
TSa Nanh Carallaa fcnltantlarj iba Sum
at Great Kxrlteatear.
Ralbioh, N.C.—This city was thrown
into a state of high cxcltemcut Saturday
by the riot alarm being given. The cause
of the alarm was a telephone message
from the penitentiary Asking the aid of
the police and military. The Governor’s
Guards, under the command of Captain
Englehard, assembled at the armory and
thence went to the penitentiary, a half
mile west of the city, while the police
and many citizens also hastened to the
ecene of trouble.
Just before seven o’clock, while the
convicta were in the yard, a negro pris
oner named Jim Lewis, from New Han
over county, drew a knife and threatened
to kill anybody nnd everybody. The
guards surrounded him, and fiually one
of them struck him such a sharp blow
that he dropped the knife. He was then
eeized and taken to the hospital. As
soon as Lewis was struck some of the
other convicts shouted out that Lewis
was killed. Upon this it appears tho
convicts made signs as if prepni'ing for a
for their i
uijcibhuub vi iuu uupiiruuuui in iuu bun- ' *__ * i* < , _ * . ; i .
preasion and exterpntion of pleuro-pneu- | been received and DUt in
monia and other infectious diseases. Tho *, co .?* r $ c *° r ?i The length
chief of the bureau of animal industry
tnay cause exposed animals to bo slaugh
tered whenever it is deemed necessary to
prevent a spread of the disease from one
state or territory to another. Provisions
is made for tho appraisal of nnd payment
for slaughtered animals. Whenever it is
deemed necessary by the chief of tho bu
reau to supervise and inspect any lines of
transportation doing business in more
than one state and boats, ears and stock-
yards, in connection therewith, he is re
quired to designate suitable inspectors
nnd make all necessary regulations for the
of ths building will bo 138 feet, width
65 feet. It will take the $10,000 donated
by Mr. Sam Noble to complete it.
Sunday Mr. W. J. Bridges’ saw mill in
Fayette county, Ga., was burned to the
ground. It caught from careleaenesa in
regard to burning saw dust. About $1,-
000 worth of lumber wee deetroyed and
about the same amount of damage waa
done to the machinery.
The Athens council only appropriated
about $8,000 this year to the aupport of
the city schools, when the board of edu
cation asked for $0,600. This will be
rush and the guards ran for their guns.
It was not desired to kill the convicte,
but to overnwo them. The convicts ga
thered in therenr of thn yard and blocked
tho corridors and shouted and yelled,but
refused to enter the cells. Thereupon a
call for the police and troops was sent
out. The negro Lewis, who started the
trouble, is in for life for rape, and is a
bad man. An officiul at the penitentiary
said that ha was no doubt the ringleader
in what wa* a plot for mutiny. The con
victs era so well and kindly treated that
they have become bold, and the people
in the city were greatly nlnrmen. To
ndd to the trouble the gas wont out, and
altogether it was decidedly an unpleas
ant evening.
quarantine nnd disinfection of such boats, , supplemented by about $2,000 from the
ears nnd stock yards ns are suspected of { state and poll tax, which will be amply
being affected with tho disease. Should sufficient for the support of the schools.
it be found impossible to enforce rules in
any state, the commissioner, if he thinks | creosote wort's at Feruandina, Fla
the exigency requires it; will declaro the j put in full operntion alld h8g ^ h ;
state in quarantine, nnd any person re
moving nnimnls therefrom, except upon
a certificate of the inspector of tho bureau,
will be prosecuted.
aupport
Tho sinking of the artesian well at the
wet
operntion and hae reached the
depth of over 100 feet. So far a* the
work has gone the contractors find the
indications favorable for a speedy com
pletion.
MUTILATED BANK NOTES.
There was received at the United
States troasury Thursday for redemption
a package of perfectly now United States'
notes of small denomination- $1,000-
The crib of Mr. Joseph McClelland,
full of corn and three horses, was humect
to the ground. A few hours later, Mr.
Emile Poirot’s crib, situated at Plaisance,
La., eight miles north of Opelousas, waa
h1s<> burned. The fires are supposed to
which wero mutilated by punches | be of incendiary origin,
through them, through which a cord had ; Owing to the cold, dry weather which
been passed and then sealed on the out- ; has prevailed for several weeks the stand
side of the wrapper. The packago wns ' of corn is very poor throughout the en-
sent to Washington by express, by a Nn- | tire section around Minden, La. and
tional Dank in Texas. The mutilation until it rains cotton will not come up
was evidently intended as an additional Even now farm work is vory muoh re-
safeguard in transportation. This !b said *arded by the dry, cloddy condition of
to be the practice of many of tho south- ! the ground,
ern express companies in tho transportn-
™ «P re ” companies in urn iransporia- , Fort Val , Q ig „ oodgite for
ton of money to the treasury for redemp- kind 0 f . manufacturingenterprise Oak
tion, but the present is tho first instance ; , , _ . goi.v«ipiioc. »,
i I hickory and ash are found in abundance
around that place, and the hickory is
said to be of tLe finest and most durable
quality of any in the south.
where new, uninjured notes lmvo been
treated in this wuy. It is not known
whether these particular notes were mu
tilated by the bank or by the express
company, but it is thought at the depart
ment that it was done by the bank to se
cure exchange on New York nt the ex
pense of the government. Acting Treas
urer Whelploy refused to receive the
notee and directed their return to tho
A spoke,
hub and axe handle factory is badly need
ed there.
bank at its expense, with the statement
that such mutilation is considered u vio
lation of law and will not be permitted
by the department.
Reports have reached New Iberia, La.,
of a shooting affray that took place be-
fnrr* fit a Pnmnlin dIiiipdIi nf T.iiruniivilln
AN INTERESTING REPORT.
The quarterly report of the chief of the
bureau of statistics is just out, and soows
some interesting figures.
Seventy or more pages of the report
aro devoted to the “consumption of dis
tilled and malt liquors nnd wines,” urnl
estimates made by recognized authority
are given upon various features of this
fore the Catholic church of Lorenuville.
Pierce Herbert and F. Fournet had a
misunderstanding, when one sought re
dress by attempting to eowdtiile his ad
versary. Aftor a short fight for tho whip,
both parties began firing and both were
slightly wounded.
On Sunday night last, a negro tenant
living in a house on Mr. Jake Rhodes’
place about eight miles east of Orcone-
ville, Ala.,went off, leaving five children,
the eldest eleven years of age, fastened
up in the house. While absent the house
took fire, and before any one could get
there, the children had all buraed to
death. Cause of fire unknown.
On Monday night of last week Jackson
subject. In round numbers the consump- ‘ q Bi) wus visited by burglars. The store
tion of distilled spirits, domestic and { 0 f iU-yan & Williams was entered and the
imported in/his country, is shown to contents of their iron safe stolen. The
Timber Agent Connor, of Florida, has
reported to the general land office that a
lumber firm in that state has caused to In
cut and removed from government, lands
in one locality 2,500,000 feet of timber,
valued at $20,000.
The business portion of north Middle-
town, Ky., was almost totally burned on
last Sunday. Loss $85,000.
have increased from 43,000,000 gallons
in 1840 to 72,000,000 in 188(1, Of v im-s I
from 4,800,000 gallons to 22,000,1100. ,
and of malt liquors from 23,000,00 i tn j
640,000,000.
The consumption per capita during j
the same period decreased, as regards 1
distilled spirits, from ubout two and a
half gallons to about one and a quarter
gallons; and increased, as regards wines j
from twenty-nine bundreths to thirty- !
eight hundretlis, and mnlt from less than |
one and hnlf to more than eleven gallons, i
An elaborate statement made by F. N. !
Barrett, editor of the New York Grocer, I
by request of the chief of the bureau, i-
given, which sets forth, among other ;
things, that the present average expen
diture in the country per nnnum for mnlt
and spirituous liquors and beer at retail
is $700,000,000. The drinking popula
tion is estimated at (in 1886) 14,1)25,417.
making an average expenditure per capita
of $45.00.
AUHOUB‘8 SELMA CONTRACT.
The contract under consideration be
tween Armour & Co., of Chicago, and
the Selma Lund company has been closed,
the same having been signed by both
parties, and their extensive warehouse. _
with refrigerator, will be erected there j eleven distinct strata of soil, all varying
safj) contained $700 in currency and two
gold watches. Six hundred dollars of
the money belonged the town council.
The safe seemed lo have been opened by
an expert, as there was no evidence that
force was used to open it. Four hundred
dollars was offered for the apprehension
of the thieves,
Judge Sehani'U, of Greensboro, has an
Fnglish officer's i-avalry sword, which
was found upon the battle ground of
• Guilford court house” in the year 1867,
. ighty-six years after the battle was
fought. It was uncovered by the rains,
which washed a deep gully in the field
near the spot where the deadly struggle
took place between the Scotch Hlghluud-
era and the Maryland Continental liue.
The sword hns beautiful chasing upon it,
und bears the coat of arms of some dis
tinguished family.
Col. R. J. Brownfield, of Statesboro
township, 8. C,, bus the fossil remains of
some unknown animal, which has been
taken from a well over 75 feet in depth.
The fossil consists of the teeth und frag
ments of the jawbone of some smull ani
mal. The teeth greatly resemble those
of a shark, although much smaller.
They were embedded in a smooth, dark
colored rock, which contained glittering
particle* supposed to bo mica. After
striking these fossilH, in a distance of a
very few feet the workmen met with
THE i Hooks entkh.
The troops entered the penitentiary
about nine o'clock at night. At that
hour, all of two hundred nnd fifty con
victs were in cells save about sixty, all of
whom were negroes. These tore up a
part of the brick pavement of the cell
corridor, hut imule no attempt at attack.
At midnight the gas was again turned
on, Hnd the great building was illumi
nated. No further attempt wns made to
force them into the cells. They wavod
red flags fioin ihe windows of the prison
which were nb«ervcd by hundreds of
g ersons who had assembled near the
uilding. The talk they indulged in
waa very violent. Adjutant. Gcueral
Jones and Wnrdcu Hicks, of the prison,
had a conference with Governor Seales,
who gave instructions that bloodshed
must be resorted only as an extreme
measure, but it must follow the slightest
attempt to escape or attack. He placed
the military under the control of Warden
Hick*. The Utter and a member of tho
board of directors of the institution
spoke to the convicts. Tho latter refused
to go in the cells, saying that they
wanted eertuin grievances redressed. The
authorities informed the convicta that
they must surrender and obey tho regula
tions, and refused to make any terms.
The convicts then promised to obey and
enter the cells, which they did at the
usual hour for locking up. The excite
ment here was remarkable, and was made
more intense by the evident sympathy of
some outsiders with the mutinuus con
victs.
WOOl. DEALERS’ MEETING.
San Fhancisco Cal. A meetingwus held
here Monday by persons interested in tho
wool trade lor the purpose of taking such
action as would induce the interstate
com mcrcc commission to suspend section
four of the interstate law so far as it re
lates to wool. Under the present inter
pretation of tho law the rate ou wool to
New York and Boston is $3 .70, whereas
the rate was sixty-foui and one-half cents
tier 100 pounds. ll was claimed that
if tho now rate was maiutuiued the wool
industry of California would be destroyed,
as the surplus product could not he Bent
east with profit. A committee wus up-
pointed to collect the necessary informa
tion and forward it to Washington ou
Wednesday next. The meeting then ad
journed subject to the call of the com
mittee.
THE ENGINEER’S LAST WORDS.
“Hays, Fla| Ika Train*!”—A Lnr*e Land-
slid* on thn N*w York Cnnirm.
A passenger train on the New York
Central road at midnight, Monday, ran
into a landslide and the engine and seven
cars were thrown from the track. The
engineer wns killed and the fireman and
one passenger badly injured. The slide
was 120 feet long, caused by a heavy
The conductor of the wrecked
train hadl his wits about him. The ex
press train from the east was due, and
the conductor flagged it just in time to
stop it within, seven car lengths of the
slide, which covered both tracks. The
engineer’s last words were: “Boys, flag
the traius!"
FATAL CYCLONE IN VIRGINIA.
Him*** BUwa Dm oad Nivtnl Live*
I.HI.
at onot.
greatly ia color and quality.
Monday night a cyclone visited Suffolk
Va., section with fatal and destructive
effects. Its track was about one bundled
yards wide. The house of John Wright,
six miles north of Suffolk, on the Norfolk
and Western railroad, wns completely
demolished. Wright and his wife und a
young sister and James Luke were in the
house at the time. Mrs. Wright and
Air. Luke were killed, the young girl
fatally injured and Mr. Wright seriously
hurt. Much other damage was done to
property along the path of the cyclone.
TROUBLE IN TONGA.
.4.V UPRISING IN THE ISLANDS
PROMPTLY QUELLED.
Tklrly-slx Uanvertvil Wraleynn Native*
Uaadeinaeit to Drntli.
A steamer which lias just arrived nt Ban
Francisco brings the latest particulars re
garding tho attempted assassination of Prem
ier Baker, of the Tonga Islands, by converted
Wesleyan natives. The con-espondent of the
Sydney (New South Wales) Herald at Suva,
Fiji Islands, writes that Mr. Baker believed
that an organized attempt to kill him and to
overturn the Government was to be mode by
tho Wesleyans. He sent for soldiers, and
n large number of indiscriminate arrests were
made. Mr. Baker put the prisoners through
a form of trial, condemned them to death,
and the sentences were executed tho same
night. Before tho sentences were carried out
tho acting British Vice-Consul, W. E. Giles,
used the utmost oxen ions to prevent tho exe
cutions.
Things wersgrowingmiieter when the newly
qipointed Vicc-CniiKuf, It. B. Leefe. arrived
•ippoinuHl \ Ice-Consul, It. B. Leefe, arrived
at Tonga, and after an inquiry doomed tlint
lie hod no power to interfere. Tho storm
again hurst forth with redoubled fury.
The Wesleyan Mission t.'ollego was in
vaded by nn armed mob. Wesleyans were
brutally beaten nnd their liousos wrecked.
Mr. I,eefe wns again iq>|ienled to. but again
refused to interfere. Among tho earliest
liei'Honx arrested anil condemned to dentil was
an ordained Weslcyuu minister, David I’innn,
a man of the highest position ami repute.
Many persons were under arrest, and six exe
cutions were to tuko place the day after tho
departure of the steamer which brought the
above news to Suva, nnd thirty mnreuio day
following.
The French nnd Germans have sent for
men-of-wnr, ami urgent representations havo
been made to thn Governor of the Fiji Islands
to interefero and deposo either Mr. Baker or
Mr. Moulton, a Wesleyan missionary.
A special to I lie Sydney Herahl from
Aucklund, Now Zealand, says: "Further
news from Tonga states that Wesleyan* are
being mercilessly plundered and maltreated
by tho King's soldiers. Tho Premier docs not
autici|>ate any difficulty nlxmt French inter
ference in Tonga, and is of tho opinion that.
German jealousy would be aroused by the
uiqiearauce of tho French so close to Samoa
The Tonga or Friendly islands form a
group in the Southern Pacific Ocean. They
were discovered in 1043 and wero visited in
1773-77 by Cook, who gave them the name
of Friendly Islands from the amiarently hos
with from the in
I iitabl* reception ho met
lubitanta. It lias since been learned that it
was fear alone Hint prevented the natives
from attacking Cook, many of the native*
being wild and ferocious. There are 1H2 Isl
ouds, about thirty of which are inhabited.
the population being estimated at from 25,000
to 50,00. They are divided into threo groups,
the Tonga being nt tho south. Tho oli-
Tonga being
mate Is healthy, but humid. Kiirtliquakcs
are frequent, but not formidable; hurricanes
ure loth fns|uent and destructive. The lia
t i v«h cultivates yums,sweet potatoes nnd fruits
and a little corn is grown. Missionurii-s in
troduced tho cultivation of oranges. Cocoa-
nut oil is the only important article of ex
port.
The port of Bee, on Tongataboo Island, is
celebrated as tho place where in 1840 Captain
Croker. of the British sloop Favorite, wns de
feated by the pagan party. In this engage
• • • '
ment, undertaken in behalf of the Christian
missionaries ami their native partisans,
Croker ami many of Ids officers and men were
slain. When |wigan*. tho natives were
devoted to war. Tiie natives offered human
sacriHcrs nnd out oil’ i heir little lingers und
toes u* propitiatory ull'erings to their gods.
Their mythology, l,ke Hint of the other
Polynesians, was n hnv ty|>e of jiolythoism:
the aplrit* of all chiefs go to Bulota; those of
the poorer rlnssm. r erii on earth to feed tie*
sots and lizards.
Nearly all tho people me now Christian*.
They were visited ll. bv agents of the Lon
don Missionary Society, but in 1827 catne
under the care of the Wesleyan Society of
Great Britain. There are three main mis
sionary stations nnd tin* i mailer islands are
intrusted to the suiiervisiuii of native teacher*.
The art of printing has been introduced
and many of tin- natives can read und write.
A king rules all Hie islands. Cstliolic mis
sionaries from France liuve established them
selvea in the southern group of islands and
converted many of the liutives to tliut faith.
SHEFFIELD. ALABAMA.
Aaaaal Medina *f the I,and aad Uaal
* Company.
The leading fact doveloped before the
annual meeting of the Sheffield Land and
Coal company Wednesday was that the
stock was worth three and n half to n>ur
for one. Superintendent A. H. Aloses,
in the absence of the president, A. S.
Colyar, took the chair.
Col. E. W. Cole reported that the
company which he represented, and
which was under contract to build three
furnaces, bud perfected such arrange
ments that they would be erected in
one-half the time contracted. The three
furnaces would turn out 450 tons of pig
iron a day. 100 cars would be loaded
Gaily. This immense output is exclusive
of that of the other two furnaces tfhich
are now nearing completion. He pre
dicted thut Sheffield would become to the
south what St. Louis is to ths west. His
statement was received with strong evi
dences of appreciation.
The old directors were re-elected, and
in turn the old officials were put back in
their places. An important action was
the passage of an order instructing the
board of directors to expend at once one
hundred thousand dollars in the erection
of one hundred residences, to accommo
date the rapidly increasing population.
There is strong feeling in the market and
much demand for stock.
EMPLOYES SHARING PROFITS.
I'rvrtsr tfc URinbls, ol Cincinnati, Acre# to
Divide with Tlieir Kiuployee.
The firm of Proctor & Gamble, manu
facturers, has made an elaborate proposi
tion for nltowing their employes to share
in the profits of the linn. The plan is to
appoint three trustees, two bookeepers
and a superintendent in the firm’s em
ploy, who shall twice u year ascertain
the amount of profits during Hie preced
ing six months, allowing us expenses six
per ceut interest on the capital employed,
and reasonable salaries to members of the
firm devoting their time to their inter
ests, and divide profits between the firm
in proportion to the capital and wages
earned.
The employes have accepted the prop
osition with thanks, and resolved to sl-
low no outside influence to disturb tho
relations between them and their era-
ployeis.
QUEEN OF THE SANDWICH 1SLAN
Queen Kapiolani, of Sandwich Islai
has arrived in San Francisco, en routi
attend the jubilee of Queen Victo
She will visit Washington to pay hei
spects to President G’leveland be]
going to England.