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Newspaper Page Textlisp THE MERCURY SSpS — ".77,..ml n« Second-class Haller at J Jahdcrsvtlte Posto/Jicv April 37, I ISO. Sandersville, Washington County, Ga. PUBUSHED BY a j. JERNIGAN & CO. *** proprietors and Editors. THE MERCURY. 'I* J ' * 7lv/{ ‘ Vi,v , V ,t CO., Proprietors. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.60 Per Annum Si.60 Per Tai. volume vm. SANDERSVILLE, GA.. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1887. NUMBER 11. E.S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Oa. j |) K»»N«. B. D. Kvani, Jb EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW SANDERVILLE, OA. Th. saffold, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Will practice in nil the Courts of tin M i d dl 0 circuit anil in the couutici lurroui'ling Washington. Special at- iciition given to commercial law. THE MEHCURU PUBLISHED EVERY TUESMT. NOTICE t X l.i„ Ail Communication* intended fbt this Paper must he accompanied to the full name of the writer—Ml " necessarily for publication, but as ■ guarantee of good faith. IVc are in no tray responsible fmr Ahe views or opinions of correspond* ,.cnt*. ». N. HOLLIFIELD SANDERSVILLE, OA. OIBio next iloor to Mr*. Day ill's Milliner, }l„r, on II iiri< «trcet. HUY YOUR jEi^isrxa*A.jsr. (None genuine without our trade mark.) OS' IIA X11 AN 11 FOll SALE NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY lU r.MIlEO nT jKK/isrxQ^isr. TilK STORY Or MAIIY JORDAN And (lie Milliner In xvliii'li Him wus ’iTeutoil l>y Nhnikey. Slmrlo'v xvns Li lay hanged in u few Treks, mill already the Court of Appeals hail decided ii'citiuufc hint, naiil a Tmnhs oflirer. Mary .Ionian xuik his sxvoot- lieurt mi.I mi to xisit him every duy wall ulneli-likt! regularity. Mary was tlienui.-l ilcvi.led ■ 1 that ever trod tin) •tones of (ho Tombs, Ono day nho caino us in u:ii and went out rather early. The fiuit excited eoimnenl, for it was necessary almost literally to li ar Ainrv »wnv wlu ii tlio gong Hounded for xisi- tors to depart. She worn a veil and was wenping bitterly. Tlio keepers were n»t particularly atruelc with this, for JIarv Innl hern wearing a veil for sovor- »1 weeks, and siuee Sharkey's last hope was gone she had wept a good deal. ! one walked slowly, showing her ticket to each keeper and guard. There w as a fnicd at tlio stairway of the tier and two others on the floor below; a fourth ■ stood ut the door of the old "Wson, a fifth nt the door of tlio corridor" throng,, which exit is made, a sixth at, the end of too corridor, and two others nt the gate- wwv and desk; mid dually there was the turnkey at the street gate. Past all these Mary went, hiding her face in her trembling Innids and crying ns if her heart would brook, Ono of the keepers' Was so deeply ndeotod that he put his “rm tenderly about her shoulders mid ®ml; “I'm awful sorry for you, limy!” Sho unsworn!: '“God bless Ton, sir!” But in the course of half an hour 1 fiinne er wus nerved to the eonviels, and ''ken Slmrkay’s cell was opened then untlie bed lay a woman. The dazed '■''per stared blankly at her as sho , * 'T her head and shrieked with happy laughter. .'!"u li hang Sharkey, will you?” slm ..J'' 1 , “Oh, l guess not. He's miles 'ay from hero now, le.t mo tell you!” •liny was dragged out of tlio coll, inning with happiness, and sweetly m°rnii;d the Warden that she had worn }"° suits of clothes tlint day and had „,,, darkey one of thorn. She was nli'i 111 '• ' n the jail and tried for com- 111 Sharkey’s escape. But what 'W convl °t her? She was not T„Li , however, and stayed in tlio tobs tw° years and a half before slio released. Then sho joined Sharkey whither lie had intulo a suc- WWlll flight. ut do you know that diabolical “ ( hol never m»rriod Mary Jordan 1,., , a h On tlio contrary lio treated j,.| ‘“Mofiilly. Ho was and is yet an ■ lu'ctor in a hotel and lmd abundant rimi'i*' I'* 1 *' girl stood if as long mi sho , un ,B then left tlio wretch. Sho ?l*° ' lll ck to Ameri .‘‘M'Py home. Sin llllfa V OHO II 111 flew lark City now, ioa and found at Inst She married and lives ' Vlt cnni'i™. °. f , PoaR y Comity, Ind., hZ, °. 0ll kl not bo inducod to put his j eM ln 'uuiks, paid tnxos for many fc f | n f'V000 in casli, wliicli lie de- ou In. r 6 h ft d buried for safe keeping i,. “ ilu uurioa tor sate Keeping ton„r v' hlo died n sliort time ago Wtlln V 110 <l the ti.'! “'sclosing tlio hiding place of bean e >. nnc Vhis administrator lias DCl'n ,,, muuiiiiMll ILIOI nan btlmin lnl,lo . to «°lvo the problem. Its •ntir,, ® URHisted, though, by nearly the juilm, f B"l"tlation of the county, to P p mvi fiho number of persons who wo,, l)0| itt)ie pr With i.'/.T" 1 ' 1,110 l'feniisos at night armed tun torus and spades. tes&T' 14 R,lPoi T upon tlio suporin* | sol fiiulim, p-, 100 8 Cleveland, O., and j. i • u HWIUj ) cMUl I it luovci h riu , l 8 ,v hell closo at hand. °f "liich nv'i 'f/ire alarm, ut tlio sound toil «i..., J ’ " -,! ll trained nunils arose & nd |u' , 1 uu ' ' Vo 't trained pupils arose “Rent ,|, i ‘p‘| fc uf 1 fiho building. The „ 1 110 uiy departed for “ fresh Tnr. U-eneh tri (to(lo i,.;?, nve joining the cattlo ^hlo w’(,|.„ , R n thousand head of J5 f s<liuatp f ''ucntlv bought by a Fronob "m 11m Hunter & Evans ulcutaua ior ^00,000. fierdig’;' fw SOLDIERS’ REUNION. tniAVE Itors IN VLVE AND QUAY EltATEUNlZtl AT GETTY8BURG. ** r |irw! WBlh*r|n» «f Yrtnrnn* Who Toll .... .... «• Totoran* Who T, Of Wbnt 1'imai il Twenlj.Knur Year* A«o—The Era of (iooil Will. Never sinco the famous liutUo which Min (Jnlll’cl.ns,. f.... .1 • me kiuiuuh UUtUO mado Gettysburg famous the world over was the town so full of strangers, or tlio people more enthusiastic, than when the i j. olphia brigade of tlio Federal army dedicated their monuments, mid hud for guests a large delegation from Pickett’s gullaut division of the Confederate army. At an early hour in the morning of the —. W.W..J uvui in mv uiurniDg oi tno first day, the Philadelphia brigade 400 Btroog arrived on the ground, having for their honored guest Airs. George E. Pick ett, tlio widow of the general, who was accompanied by her son. Tlio Philadelphians were dhtinguisliod by white helmets, with a blue hand in front, lettered ns follows in gilt: “18(1:1 —Philadelphia Brigade—1887. ’’ Their left breast was adorned by a badge, cut on tiio bins, in blue and gray. There was inoro or less djsnppolntment that Gen. Webb, the president of ilie College of New York, did not nccompnuy his hoys, ) "WV UVV.U|II|M|| hut the general was detained by family it i uuutiiHju uy in alTairs. Hut all the other surviving eoin- viiiui Burviving oom- mnndersof tho brigade were there-Gens. VV. W. Buriijf, Josliua T. Owens ami Charles 11. Banes, who is now president of the Brigade Association. Mrs. Pickett is a tall, slender and stately woman of middle age. Her man ners indiento absolute self-possession. She was dressed in u close-fitting, tailor- mnde gown, that displayed her llgurc to its fullest advantage, M*. Pickett was quite overcome by the handsome incep tion nccorded to her, mingled with tho recollections of tlio battle and tho part her husband took in it. About forty of tlio old Third and Seventh of Kemper’s brigade had arrived lirst. Cant. O, B. Bar ron, who commanded the skirmish line, tho 24th Virginia, which was the extreme right of the division and Judge Black- well, of the 57111 Virginia, of Armistead’s brigade, a nephew of Gov. Letcher, also met their old comrades in arms at the railway station. Contrary to expectation, Pickett’s men advanced upon tlio town not by tlio way of Baltimore as was gen erally expected, but by the way of Ha gerstown and Carlisle. It must have (lone tlio hearts of the old veterans good to receive the welcome the people of the North bestowed upon them. They must have felt that it was not only as a tribute to Pickett’s nion and to Lce’snrmy alone, hut to the ticoplo of the South that this demonstration of good fellowship was made. At night nil made for the county court house, where the Hirst camp tiro of the Blue and the Gray upon- the historic grounds ot Gettysburg was held. The meeting was called to order by John \V. Frazier. Col. Chnrles H. Bancs then as presi dent of tho Association formerly wel comed Pickett’s men as an ofliciul body, concluding a eloquent address by saying: “We welcome you to this historic Held and its memories with a true soldierly greeting. In the performance of this duty, wo would fail to honorably acquit our selves did we not announce to you that tlio movement of the Philadelphia brigade, in the tender of this reception, lms tlio cordial and practical support of our citizens of all classes and pursuits of life. And now it remains for mo to say to you, men of Pickett’s division, the authority of this brigade association and its friends, that wo desire that you will honor us during your stay at Gettysburg by becoming our guests. We welcome you because you wore bravo soldiers in war ; wo welcome you, because you lire true citizens in pence, and may our stay here bo ono of pleasuro to each of us, and of fraternal greeting that shall guide us to higher resolves for tlio perpetuity of tlin constitution and the union—to manly determination as citizens to meet consci entiously and in tlio fear of God, the questions and issues of the hour, and to such an abiding fuiili ns the magnificent destiny of tho r public as will lead each of us to trust that, the Almighty Being who spoke from the cloud and pillar of tiro to the loader of Israel, saying : '‘Speak to tlio children of Israel, that they go forward,” and who to-day is calling us by llis providenco to higher and nobler achievements in the cause of humanity and the government of tlio people. ” Upon behalf of Pickett’s veterans, Cant C. P. Beeves, oi Kiclimontt, com mander of Pickett’s Division association, responded as follows: Friends and comrades:—I desire for myself and comrades to tender you our lienrtfelt thanks for the kind, cordial and hearty welcome extended us on tins, an occasion never to he forgotten by us hut cherished and remembered as the biight- est snot in the cheeked pathway of life. If iu the remarks which I desire to make on a subject on which 1 have thought much and felt deeply, I should be cd to say something which might better be left unsaid, attribute, them to the warmth of my feelings on the subject; bear in mind that I am speaking in no representative capacity, blit ! ant solely responsive for tho sentiments I uttei. Dm . cave their lives for a cause they deemed sacred and mortal man can do no more. There’ too, I hope to rest when life a du ties are ended, in the bosom of my dear, native state, loved and honored since L hm loved end honored ”™J wzrsztezz nation when i cause in the late r th r;SE of her efforts to preserve struggle, P‘‘ ,uR , h vf „i calamities the peace and avert tno a ^ ^ eflort k """“ beat back the pitiless storm of war hurled upon her, exhibiting to tho world exam ples of heroic fortitude worthy of tho mother that gave them birth; proudest of all that when, worn oitfund exhausted by their victories, the shattered remnants wore compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resouices, they grounded their arms and turned themselves to tho task of rebuilding tho waste places and restoring their mother state to tho proud position bIic had over held in tho front rank." Speeches were made by Co). Alexander McClure, of Philadelphia and Col. William Aylett commander of Armstead's divis ion, spoke for the hoys in gray, followed by Gen. W. F. (Biddy,) Smith, Gen, Joshua T. Owen, Gen. Iimac P. Wistar, Col. John II. Taggart and others for tho "blue," and by Col. Chas. T. Loehr, secretary of Pickett’s Division Associa tion; Col. J. F. Crocker, Col. Robt. M. Stribling, Dr. J. A. Marshall, Col. Tin- oleum Smith, Co), Kirk Otoy and others on behalf of the “gray." A patriotic letter was received from President Cleveland, who said official duties kept him in Washington, .Letters from other prominent men wero also read. Scrgt. Chas. T. Loehr, secretary of Pickett's Division Association, was main ly instrumental in bringing his Southern friends to Gettysburg, after the refusal of the Gettysburg Memorial Association (a private corporation) to permit them to erect their monument where Armstead fell, lie lms worked day and night, for months to make the Southern end of the reunion a success. William S. Stockton, John W. Frazier, A. W. McDermott, Hugh McKoovor, Wtn, G. Mason, John E. Ilcilly, John L. Bowers, Julius Allen, Win. Prior and Col. Charles II. Bancs, were most active in bringing about tho reunion from tho Philadelphia end of the line, the first five named having been working tho matter up for moro titan Bix months. The happiest Hit of all was tlio combination of the blue and tho gray badges of the California, regimont, tho 71st of the Pennsylvania Lino. .1 ust as the c'.ock in the tower of tho county court-house sounded tlio first stroke of 13, the midnight stillness wits broken by strains fr> m the bugle of “Way Down Upon tho Suwanco River." Scarcely had its notes died away, when members of the Philadelphia brigade and Pickett’s division began tlio celebration of the glorious Fourth with tlio booming of ennuon on East Cemetery hill, and tlio roar of lire crackers iu town. Pandemo nium reigned supreme for mi hour and a half. No such noiso has disturbed this little village since those three meinornblo duys of ’0!J. NATIONAL CAPITAL. WIIAT THE WASHINGTON OFFI CIALS AHE DOING. Romcthtna Ahum President Ulcrelnnd’e aioTomonle—•Southern Aiipolntmrnts— Department Reports, |{to. BKVKltE HKNTKNCK. The President has approved the find ings of the court-martial in the caso of Second Lieut, James H. Wilcox, Seventh Cavalry, who was ordered to be dismiss ed from the service and sentenced to two CONSOLIDATION EFFECTED. The consolidation of Intermit Revenuo districts, whereby twenty-two districts are merged into others, was consummated. Telegrams were recoivcd by Commission er Miller announcing that all the collec tors had ftlod their bonds and completed the transfer of the offices. YELLOW FEVEIt MATTERS. I Sanitary Inspector E. Hobersmith, of I tho marino hospital service, lms arrived at Egemont Roy, Florida. Disinfectants 1 have been ordered from New Orleans to i bo sent to Egemont Key. Passed Assist ant-Surgeon Guiteras has arrived a'. Key j West and assumed charge. Passed As sistant-Surgeon Glenmati left Key West for Egemont Key, to join tho United ; States revenuo steamer Crawford. CIVIL BBHVICE COMMISSIONED. There is a disagreement between the Civil Service Commissioners over tho question of paying the expenses of tlio secretaries of local boards recently sum moned for conference, Mr. Edgerton claims that they cannot be legally pnid—a position which is opposed by Messrs. Oborly and Lyman. It is proba ble that tho First Comptroller will bo asked to decide the mnltur. so persistent tiinr , cou j,i i, e uot Union. Proud of her not emu ° f Tn j 0U Proud ol Her kicked out of tl U ^ h()nonll)le ))C ace, when, failing t° bL i i her when, failing to temu hl;r fully counting the jf uec dbe, bosom to the still , I nf THE SOUTH, ITEMS OF ISTEUEST GAHNF.UCl) ALL OVEU THE LOT. Puela, Fanole* and Personal Dola BrlrTert Pur liner People-A Wei-k’a Nummary of luiereeilug News. bosom to the ami , pilth of all else well lost her sons who SS A&Vftr four ye W . Yellow fever uppenrs to ho on the in crease at Key West, Flu. E’E. A. Bronson, the oldest editor in tlio statu of South Carolina, and proprietor of the Barnwell Sentinel, is dead. On account of tho riotous conduct of some ’longshoremen strikers in Savannah, Ga., tho police had to appear with mus kets. Amionloln, in North Georgia, is in hopes to find the location of a diamond mine from which tho precious stones were picked a half a century ago. Dr. WWitmorcland, of Atlanta, Ga., and Hon. J. M. Smith, of Columbus, are filling the papers with correspond ence, showing that tlicro is an unpleas antness between them. The Continental Guards of New Or leans, La., went on a picnic to Beauvoir, Miss., and called on Jefferson Davis, who received the company with groat court esy, and made a speech to them. At a picnic near Louisville, Ky., a party of picnickers took refiigo»from a sudden thunder shower under n liugo sycamore tree. Tho tree was struck by lightning and two hoys, aged about 17 years each, were instantly killed. George Wcrteubakcr, a bnikeman on the Washington, Alexandria and Fred ericksburg Railroad, was instantly killed by a stono striking him in tho stomach. Tho rock was thrown by‘some drunken roughs who boarded the train at Water loo, Va. Hon. Primus W. Jones, of Baker county, Ga., the redoubtable first-bale man, celebrated tlio Fourth of J illy by ginning and packing the first Hale of cotton of the season of 1887. Tho halo xveighed 453 pounds, and the cotton was classed low middling. A cow walked into Mrs. Josephine Feentz’s millinery store at Louisvillo, Ky., and it took four policemon to get her (the cow) out. In the course of their efforts, she broko |50 worth of show cases and senttorod bonnets, ribbons and laces in every direction. Several weeks since, Stonewall Acad emy, near Quitman, Ga.,was fired and burned down. An improvised school- house was burned down recently. Hope Croft, a tcn-yenr-old hoy, confessed to tho incendiarism, claiming that he did uot like Rev. J. Williams, the principal. Glancos E. Olds committed suieidejn Now York. Papers were found showing that he was born ill Raleigh, N. C. He was a graduate of Yale College, a civil engineer, and had been employed in the pension bureau at Washington. Re cently ho has been employed by a legal firm in New York as a server of subpoe nas. Eugene Crnnberry, editor-in-chief of the Columbus, Ga., Enquirer-Sun, died ut bis home after a lingering illness. He was 43 years of ago, and had been con nected with tho Enquirer-Sun about six years. 11c was at ono time proprietor of tho Hamilton Journal. During tlio War he was aide on Gen. Evan’s staff, in Gordon’s brigade. Hon. Duncan F. Kenner, a prominent and representative citizen, and president of the Louisiana Jockey Club, president of the Sugar Planters’ Association, and identified with many leading enterprises, died suddenly at New Orleans, aged 74 years. Mr. Kenner was formerly a mem ber of Congress and a Confederate com missioner to Fiance. llKDlICINO THE SURPLUS. A QUARTER’S GROWTH. ENCOURAGING STAIISTICS OF SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES. years in tho penitentiary for duplicating his pay accounts. ' PENSION OFFICE. Dudino tho last fiscal year tho Pension Office issued 111,840 certificates. This I showing is said to bo tile best ever mado ; by the office. The statements is also ! made that there is not a case in the Peu- I sion Office that lms not been overhauled : during the last year, and the proper steps I taken to advance it toward settlement. | The Pension Office officials are much grut- | ifled nt the result of tlio year’s work. APPOINTMENTS. I The President lms appointed Julius T. Conrad, of Washington, son of Col. Con rad, of tlio army, and John M. Palmer, grandson of Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, to be candidates at-large nt tlio West Point Military Academy. The President will not have an opportunity to make furl Her appointments to the Academy until after the graduation of two endets-ut largo of tlio class of 1880. Daniel Haggerty, of Maryland, was appointed chief clerk in tho oflico of tlio Second Assislani Post master General. NEW MONEY OllDEK OFFICES. Three hundred and fifty-live new money order offices were eslahlishcd by the postmaster-general. The fol lowing nro in tho South: Alabama, Private Mines; Florida, Altoona, Bran ford, Citra, Dernedin, Green Cave Springs, Oakland, Providence. Georgia, Alpharretta, Morgan, Porter Springs, Summer, Tallulah; Mississippi, Ellisvillo Depot, Goodman, Martin, Lataria; North Carolina, Forest City, Frenfbnt, Sanford, Sylvia, Camden, Greenbrier, Mount Eagle, Sovicrvillc; Virginia, Columbia, Hollins, Lovington, McGalioysvillo. One hundred and ninety additional postal note offices were nlso established. * NOTES. Secretary Fairchild recently directed the dismisMtl of John T. Kennedy, Assist ant Inspector of Boilers at New Yoik. The President issued a number of par dons, including one to Andrew Simmons, of Virginia, convicted in November, 1880, of selling liquor without a license. A cavil service examining board haviwg completed the examination of clerks in tlio Quartermaster General’s office, will begin soon to examine the clerks of the Surgeon General’s office. The District debt was reduced $1,255,- GOO last year, leaving the debt at $30,- 881,050. Tlie reduction of tho interest amounts to $00 703,22. There are out standing $14,033,000 3.05 bonds. The Portland Steam Laundry has been awarded the extract for washing tho Navy Department towels at seventy-live a hundred. The Independent Ice Com pany has been awarded the contract for supplying the same Depart men t with ico. Tlio District, police have token into custody Benedict Krebs, a crunk, who is under tho impression that the President lms defrauded him of a vast sum of money, aud who lms been threatening to kill President Cleveland with a shotgun. Krebs is held for a medical examination of his mental condition, being undoubt edly insane. SINGULAR accident. The 140th cull for $10,710 000 three per cent bonds matured on the 1st insi., and since then $15,573,000 on bonds have been redeemed by tho Treasury Department, leaving $4,204,000 of that call outstanding. Of the bonds redeemed $11,000,000 had been deposited with the United Btatcs treasurer to secure national circulation. The three per cent loan amounted to $302,250,000, all of which lms been called. The amount redeemed to date is $204,010,050, so that there is still outstanding $8,280,050. 'I he pay ment of the Treasury on account of pen sions since the 1st inxt., amount to nearly $12,000,000. The expenditures so far this month exceed the receipts by over $0,000,000, and there is every indication tlmt this excess will be maintained,if not increased throughout the mouth. It is maintained at the Treasury Department that largo expenditures to bo made between now and September 1, will reduce tho Treasury surplus to about $80,000,000 by the last named date. At Columbus, Ohio, three boys rigged up a cannon made of a gas pipe, loaded it with powder aud fired it off. The weapon tore from its fastenings and i struck Elisha Meacbam, a delegate in tho j Knights of Labor parade, tearing ] through his moutU aud producing almost ’ instant death, Borne Y*ry Inioreatlns Flatiron Which Provo That tlio Material Advitncc of a t{nnr- tor It a Permanent One* Tlio following is worthy of careful reading, being a report of the leading now industries, and railroad companies organized and projected during the three months ending Juno 80. Tho mis cellaneous industries reported in each state consists pnrtly of land improve ment and development companies. Fol lowing is tlio list: FLORIDA. Tile works 1, cigar factories 2, com- nion factories 1, fertilizer factories 2, flour mills 1, mines and quarries 4, railroads 14, rice mills 1, saw mills 17, street rail ways 2, water works 4, miscellaneous 7. south Carolina. Brick xvorks 8, cotton mills 18, clectrio light works 1, fertilizer works 1, flour mills 1, gns works 1, mines 5, oil mills 1, rice mills 1, railroads 2, stamp mills 1. tobacco factories 1, water works 4, wood working establishments!),miscellaneous 5. NORTH CAROLINA. Brick works 5, cotton factories 0, cigar and tobacco factories 18, electric ligh works 2, fertilizer works 2, flour mills 5» grist mills 7, ice factories 4, mines 17, oil mills 8, railroads 4, street railways 3, wulor works 1, wood-working establish ments 29, miscellaneous 0. LOUISIANA. Cotton mills 1, compresses 4, distiller ies 6, engine works 8, flour and grist mills 1, foundries and machine shops 2, furnaces 1, ico factories 2, minus and quarries 0, natural gas and petroleum 2, oil mills 8, rice mills 5, railroads 4, sugar mills 4, street railways 1, wood-working establishments 10, miscellaneous 8. west yiruinia. Brick words 1, car shops 1, cotton and woolen mills 1, distilleries 1, foundries and machine shops 3, flour millB 2, mines and quarries 13, natural oil and gns com panies 8, oil mills 1, potteries 1, pipe works 1, railroads 7, street railways 1, Water works 2, wood working establish inonts 5, miscellaneous 7. ARKANSAS, Brick works 2, car shops 8, cotton fac tories 4, coiupro8scs4, distilleries 1, foun dries and machine shops 5, flour mills 1, gas works 1, grist mills 1, ice factories 3, lime aud cement works 1, mines ami quarries 87, oil mills 8, railroads 20, rolliug mills 1, stamp mills aud smelters 10, street railways 5, water works 1, wood-working establishments 23, miscel laneous 10. Cotton and woolen mills 10, enr wheel works 1, compresses 1, car shops 1, dec- trie light works 14, engine works 1, foundry and machine sliopH>12, flour mills 18, gas works 3, grist millii 1, ice facto ries 7, locomotive works 1, mines and quarries 20, nnturnl gas and oil compa nies 4, oil mills G, lailroads 15, street rnilwuys 0, smelters 2, water works 11, wiro works 1, wood-working establish ments 15, miscellaneous 28. Agricultural implement factories 1, brick works 1, bridge works 1, cigar and tobacco factories 3, compresses 1, cotton nud woolen mills 4, distilleries 1, electric light xvorks 5, flour mills 0, furnaces 1, foundry aud mtfbliino 1, gas xvorks 4, mines ami quarries 80, natural gas and oil companies 2, potteries 1, railroads 10, rolling mills 2, steel works 2, street rail - xvuys 7, water works 7, wood-working cstuulishmeuts 9, miscellaneous 88. GEORGIA . Agricultural implement works 0, brick works 11, bridge works 1, car shops 2, compresses 0, cotton and xvoolcn mills 12, electric light xvorks 4, foundries and ma chine shops 4, furnaces 4, fertilizer works 0, flour mills 1, gas works 5, gi isl mills 1, ico factories 2, liino and cement works 5, mines and ipiarries 22, oil mills 5, railroads 0, rolling mills 1, street railways 15, xvater xvorks 7, wood work ing establishments 41, miscellaneous 32. TENNESSEE. Agricultural implement works 2, brick works 12, cigar and tobacco factories 2, cotton nud woolen mills 3, electric light works 5, foundries and machine shops 11, furnaces 7, flour mills 0, gas works 5, grist mills 2, ico factories 0, lime and cement xvorks 1, mines and quarries 33, natural gas and oil companies 17, oil mills 2, railroads 14, rolling mills 1, steel xvorks 1, street railways 15, smelters 2, xviie works 4, water xvorks 9, wood working establishments 49, miscellaneous 85. ALARAMA. Agricultural implement factories 3, brick xvorks, 81, breweries 2, ear works 5, cigar and tobacco factories 4, cemout xvorks 2, cotton mills 10, compresses 4, car wheel works t, engine works 8, elec tric light xvorks 5, elevators 1, furnaces 5, foundries aud machine shops 17, flour mills 3, fertilizer factories 1, grist mills 1, ice factories 0, locomotive xvorks 1, mines ami quarries 19, natural gas, oil nud asphalt 11, oil mills 2, pipe works 2, rolling mills 8, railroads 13, steel plants 2, street railways 10, shoo facto ries 1, water works 0, xvood xvorking es tablishments 47, miscellaneous 40. THE PR EMI It ENT’S VISIT. Iu accordance with a promise made early in his administration, to visit At lanta, Ga., President Cleveland some months ago nceepled an invitation to he -present ut the Piedmont Exposition, to be held in that city in October next. Ill conversation xvith Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, tlie President fixed the-time of his visit to Atlanta at about tho 15th of October. THEY PARADED- HOOVER COOPERATIVES. CURRENT NEWS, Tlie Manner In Which South Carolina Formers Met n Dintcnlty. In May last, colorod local organizers of tho Hoover Co operative Workers started several smalt clubs in Fairvis GATHERED HERE AND THERE ALL OVER THE WORLD. ■vioxv township, 8. C. Tlie Hoover association xvas started by a man xvlioso name it bears, and Ho xvas shot at Warrcnton, Go., a few weeks ago and badly wounded. The meetings xvoro hold nt late hours of the night and in profound secrecy. The white people gradually heard of these and became uneasy. Their inquiries were baffled ami tlio surmises became re ports of actual facts, amt the agitation grew. Tho people of Fnirviow nro Scotch and Irish, cool, shrewd and de termined, and xvlion thoir young moil grew restless the xvonien became uneasy of nights, and there xvero symptoms of demorallzaoion among the farm laborers. Tlioy proceeded to cut at tho root of tlio trouble. These farmers met at Fairvlow Church, debated briefly, organized quickly, and sent a squad of mounted men to the secretary of tlie nearest Hoover club. Ho xvas found and re quired to surrender ids list of member ship, and a squad xvas sent for each of the seventeen members. Each member came promptly. Then nn informal court was organized, and the Hoover society xvns put on trial, tho evidence of its members being taken in Writing. Tho negroes xvero examined separately, and coincided in the statement tlint tliuy had been induced to join by tlio promise of tho organizer that in July, rations xvouhl bo issued to all members at half the present prices. Homo of them had ideas of a strike some time in the future for $1 .00 a day for farm laborers, but they had no det^nito time or plans. All de nied solemnly that there was a word or thought of action against the landlords or white people. Most of them had been told that if they revealed anything about the society its benevolent plans would bo destroyed, and they would bo arrested l>y the United Btat.es government. The folly of tho whole business xvas pointed out to tliein, aud they xvero notified that (lie white people would not ullow any such organization to exist in secret, Tho same form xvas also repeated nt Hopewell Church, threu miles from Fountain Inn, twenty-one Ifooverites being arrested, questioned xvitli similar results, warned and released. About ono hundred armed xvliite men xvero present, but tliero xvas not a lmrsli xvurd or a symptom nf ex citement. The sheriff mid a trial justice xvero picHcnt to insure peace. !’• rsonol, Political and Illn«rophlcnl Note*, Moaaaiarlxcd In a Pew WoriU, of Ik* Weak’* Front*. Ex-Governor Morrill, of Maine, id dead at the ago of 84. Two thousand men of tho Reading- don Works, Pa., are on a strike. Queen Victoria laid the foundation -tone of the Imperial Institute at London, «ng. At a church sociablo in Amboy, Ohio, .’00 pcoplo x\'ere poisoned by eating ico • ream. Many portions of Illinois have not beon eat blessed witli rain sinco March, and crops are a failure. An opidcmic of measles prevails at ’oint 8t. Charles, Canada. At least GOO ' asoa are reported. Renton Miller, treasurer of Perry l ounty, Ind., is a defaulter to tho extent “f $07,000. He has absconded. Chinamen in New York celebrated tho 1737th anniversary of the birth of Leu Boy, tho founder of Free Masonry in. China. Tho forthcoming marriage of the Em- * “ " illy INDEPENDENCE DAY. Iliilhremw, llnitloim, nml n General Good Tim* All Over the Country. Tammany Hall in New York, had a grand celebration. Governor Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia, being tho orator. Governor Leo’s remarks were received xvith tumultuous applause, and as he snt down, the band broko out xvith the “Bonnie Blue Flag.” Letters wore rend from President Cleveland, General Sherman, Governor Hill, Senator Voor- lioos and Govirnot Gray, of Indiana; Secretaries Garland and Endicitt; Speaker Carlisle, Senators Colquitt, Rea gan and Blackburn and several governors, congressmen and otlrers. Philadelphia, Pu., not having “cele brated” for ton yours, xvuntinto it this year with vim. Ex-Congressman Wise, of Virginia, orated, 1,200 school children snug patriotic songs in Memorial Hull, Prof. Wise xvenl up in a balloon, and a real old-fashioned time xvas enjoyed. Baltimore, Mil., nud Washington, D. C., had no celebrations, but tlie citizens of Richmond, Va., had a fine limn en tertaining Gen. Lauder, Post No. 6 of Lynn, Muss. At Montgomery, Ala., tho day xvns ob served more generally than for ten years past, and at Riverside, a new uinmifac- turing suburb, a grand barbecue xvas given, and in tlie afternoon the corner stone of n monument to industry was laid, xvitli Masonic ceremonies. jioror of China is officially announced, ills wife has been selected. Tlie festiv- .lics will cost $5,009,000. Martial law has been proclaimed in Valencia. Twenty-one persons have arrested for complicity in rioting ngainst collectors of th*octroi tux. Orders liavo beeu sent to tlio arch bishop of New York to excommunicato Rev, Dr. McGlynn, and to publish tlio docreo of excommunication in tlio jour nals. Tho King of Saxony refused to escort Quoen Kapiolani to a roynl supper tablo at Buckiugliam palace, in London, Eng., and was really profane xvlieu tho proposi tion was made to him. Daniel Wilder, alias Dr. McGrnxv, was arrested at Salamnnca, N. Y., ami being jailed, wrenched off tlie window barsiina escaped. lie sold a preparation to tlio ladies to remove freckles xvbich' turned out to be concentrated lye. W. K. Vanderbilt, the Noxv York mil lionaire, has sailed for Europe iu His yacht “Alva,” that cost $1,000,000. Tlio crew consists of 45 men. Tho cost ,of running the yacht and entertaining is es timated at $10,000 a month, or $120,000 a year. Five hundred Fronch Orlefinists, in cluding mauy titled persons, paid a vjsit to tho Count of Paris on the island of Jersey. Tho count deprecated the dem» nnstration, and when a number of vis itors crowded around him and shouted, “Welcome, tho King,” ho ordered them to desist. Halsey Gaines, aged fifteen years, lmd liis scalp partially torn off and ono nrui face deeply mceratod nt Springfield, Muss., by a leopard in ono ol Burnum’s cages. Tlie lud climbed upon the leopard's cage nud xvns peering in when the brute tried to drug liim insi rug mm inside. He was only saved by the efforts of one of the trainers. Chas. II. Grinoly, accompanied by a uexvspnper reporter, made a balloon as cension from Lincoln Park, Portlund,Mo., aud at the height of 3,000 feet tlie bal loon struck a westerly current, nud xvas carried out to sea. Tho men were drag ged through tho water at a rapid rate for soverul miles, when they xvero rescued in an exhausted condition. BISMAROK‘8 SOCIALISM- XVlint I ngllali Stiiirnuien Huy ol HI* 8011*010 Fur I’ennlonlus Workingmen. England's political economists are very sarcastic over the new German govern ment measure for peusioning workmen in their old age. They point out that this M’licmc and that of workmen’s compul sory insurance arc socialistic ones, puro and simple. It is evident, they say, that it is not socialism but socialists that Bis marck fights so bitterly, and on account of which lie declares whole regions in a state of siege. Ho does not hesitate to enact socialism in the Reiolistag as a government measure, but suppresses with iron hand any attempt by the socialist representatives of the people to formu late legislation according to their own views. It is admitted that Prince Bis marck can dispense xvith logic so long as lie lms the votes required to carry out his xvishes, but there are mnny who hold that an illogical legislative policy is neither safe nor lasting in its results, and who accord!) g'y predict trouble from the ten dency to.vard State socialism iu Ger many. ABOUT TORNADOES. Lieut. Fiulay, U. S. Signal Service, reports that the number of tornadoes re ported from January 1 to June 11, 1887, is 128. In 1888, far the same period, there were 210, xvliieli shows that taken yearly there are great fluctuations. The figures so far indicate that 1887 is a very much milder tornado year than 1880 In July the Eastern states begin to contrib ute their proportion iu addition to those still due in the Western states. The most important deductions from tho Sig nal Service statistics is tlmt there is no evidence of variation in the number of tornadoes, but only an uppercut increase aaused by better reportoriuj and press facilities. RAIL ROAD DIFFICULTY. A serious riot was threatened at Lin coln,- Nub., between two gangs of men foi ployed in laying tracks for rival street companies on Tenth street. Both companies wero fighting for the possoa- ’ - - — tne sion of the street, and as fast as the rails xvore laid by one gang, the other would tear them up and replace them by their own. Among those arrested for creating a disturbance xvas John Fitzgerald, president of tlio Irish National League of America, nud a stockholder in one of the rival companies. PRETTY DRY. The closing of tlie saloons in Atchison, Mo., lms cut off tho most profitable source of revenue, amounting to thou sands of dollars a year, uud us a result the city lms not sufficient revenue to keep it going, and the police force, with the exception of tho marshal and one officer, xvoro suspended from duty. The mayor lms nlso notified tho firemen that thoir services will be dispensed with. The gas and electric lights will also be shut off. WHOLESALE HANGING. Further paiticulnrs of the recent Oak Ridge, La., plot go to slioxv that subse quently the four negroes who escaped from tho cabin xvero captured and hung. The next day txvo more wero caught and imprisoned, ono of whom xvas afterwards openly hung. The total number killed wus thirteen, twelve negroes and ono xvliite. Several other negroes implicated in the riot escaped, but at lust accounts the whites were in hot pursuit, with tho iutentiou of hanging them if caught. — , v . * SKIPPED WITH TIIE ORGAN. Governor Scales of North Carolina re ceived a requisition from the Goveifnor of South Curohnu for Obcd Miiready, who is uow in jail at Washington. Ma- rendy is the most daring horse-thief iu either North or South Carolina. In Duplin ho stole the organ from a church uml carried it safely away He is the same desperate mini who xvas arrested last April in Beaufort county, B.. C;, but escaped. ... ■Wi BECAUSE HUE WAS COLORED. A citizen of Troy took up a small tre« from a distant field and sot it out in his Mayor Cooper, of Atlanta, Ga., forbid the Salvation Army from parading on the Fourth, but public sentiment voiced through the newspapers was so strong against his action, that he rescinded his ofdcr. The Army made a triumphal march through the principal streets, a raiu storm beating down on them, and xvere loudly cheered. Justice Gorman in the Jefferson market police court at Nexv York consigned Ven- tralia Dan Rarislcar, a 10-year-old colored girl to the House of Mercy, but the Sis ters of Mercy in charge refused to receive her because she was colored, She sent a note to tlio justice in xvliich she asserted that tho girl was not a proper cnudiilate for admission, though she did not state her reason for so deciding. The matter will be investigated. ' ' yard. Ho afterward uptiik'd a.Veyd flut tering around the tree, and on examina tion he discovered in thp brauohos: the nest of a lark. Tliero xvei*8 live .eggs iu the nest, anil the bird had folloxyoa him - homo. I Door mats made from scrap leather into links and strung on metal wires are a novelty. The appearance of mats is good, while they are at tho same time flexible, durable and afford a firm footing.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, July 12, 1887, Image 1