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VOLUME VIII.
SANDERSVILLE, GA.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1887.
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Ik* vtewa or Opinion* *f correspond*
Tlio Railroad Qnxctte staiowtlinUit la ft
well-know a fact among railroad men that
on mitAmds ritniiiil^ftrtrtli and south the
w ,sfc vails ^vapnr out thu faster; that tjvo
rails will wear out on the westsido of the
tract \vhilo throe nro doing service on tho
cast tiflo- ’>
The »Sihie and leather Reporter says
that the strikes in the shoo trade during
tin- last year have cost in wages from
000,000 to $(1,000,000. Koarly half
this sum is said to have boon lost in tlio
live months’ slriko in 'Worcester county,
Mass. Tho Wilmingkm-strikeof moroo*
co workers lasted seven months and cost
$225,0001 Tho strikes at Salem and
l’ealmdy, Mas*., entail a loss of $11,000,-
(KIO iri wages. Lesser strikes bring up
Hie total.
DOTS FROM WASHINGTON.
preparing por hard work
. next winter,
The monument over tlie grave of Israel
i’ntimm, tho Revolutionary hero, at
llrookline, Conn., for which the State
appropriated $10,000, will lie dedicated
June 17, 1888, the anniversary of tho
battle of Hunker Ilill. The remains of
General Putnam, in remarkable preser-
vilion, were lately removed from the
Hrftokline cemetery to the now site, and
the old tombstone, with tin: inscription
prepared by President Timothy Dwight,
of Ynlo College, was deposited in tlio
rooms of tlio Htato Historical Society at
Hart for«l^__^_a >>i _ B>> ___ > __^_ < _
A careful cstlmntu lias been made by
officials connected with Slate Attorney
Grinncll’a office in Chicago ns to tho
amount of morioy stolen by the Cook
county thieves ill the two years from Sep
tember. 1881, to September, 188(1. Rot
less than $ia,l),Q(K)AYa* stolon hi 1881 ’80,
and fully $520,000 in. 188(1 ’87. Tho
total i*’ csjii unted at $1,000,000 for tho
two years. The’tax levy for county pur
poses for tho saino period was $2,500,-
(100 —$1,200,000 for 1881-’85 and
$1,300,000 for 1883 ’8(1. The stealing,
according to tho estimate, amount to
forty per cent, of tho levy in both years.
Afipolniment* orsooiliorn Men-tiilrrri'liig
Iti-porls nt Rrmriuirnt (Mil err*-Nolin
About Noted Ofllclnla.
TtrE THOKI1E-OAKMBLK CASE.
The testimony in Urn contested election
j ease (if George II. Thocbe against John
| 0. Carlisle, 0th Congressional District of
Kentucky, was opened by the Clerk of
the Hourc alulordered printed. Mr. Car
lisle appeared in his own behalf and
Den. J. Hale Hypher, cx-memher from
Louisiana, appeared ns counsel for Mr.
Thocbe.
BOYCOTTING.
Tho (list prosecution' brought in
Washington to test the legality of the
boycott, was initiated by the alrest of
nine musicians, members of the Wash
ington musical assembly No. 4,3118
Knights of Labor, upon warrants sworn
out by Fran/. Krouse. The prisoners de
manded that Krouse, who wns leader of
the bund, should pay the sum of $73 on
account of tines, and to prevent, by
threat, a number of musicians whom he
employed from pursuing t heir calling nml
to boycott them.
VUKSmi'.NT CLEVELAND THANKED.
Tile final session of the ninth interna
tional congress of doctors was called to
order by President Davis. Many of the
American members had already left tlio
city for their homes, and the attendance
wns, consequently, not as large ns usual.
Dr. Druilcy Hewitt, of London, arose
and said that ho wns requested on the
part of tins foreign members of the con
gress to express in a few words the sense
which was entertained by them of this
congress and of tho efforts which had
been made by the executivecoininitteo of
this congress for tho furtherance of the
objects of this great meeting, and to
convey to them tho grateful thanks of the
foreign members for the attention be
stowed upon the matter, and their grate
ful appreciation which lias attended their
efforts. Resolved, Oil tho part of the
foreign visitors and officers of the con
gress, wo desire to convey to the Presi
dent of tho United States, our best thanks
for his presence at the ceremony of the
inauguration of this congress.
A DEATH TRAP.
Two Negro Well-Diggers Arc Hiifloc-ntcil hv
Unisonous Unsses.
Lewis and Jack Hates, two negro
brothers, met liorrlblo deaths while
cleaning out a well on Simon Tajlor’s
place, tlireo miles north of Greensboro,
Ala. Lewis, whilo digging in the well,
suddenly cried out to Ids brother, then
at tho windlass, to draw him up, ex
claiming in a gurgling voice: “I am
chokin’, chokin’; I. am dyin’, dyin’.”
Jack and others began at once to haul
him from the well, but when half way
out Jiis hold gave way, owing to his
weakness caused by suffocation, and lie
fell back to the bottom, dying with
groanings and stifled muttering.*. Jack,
alarmed, rapidly descended into tlio well
to rescue Ills brother, and when lie
reached tho gas, he likewise met the
horrible death of being choked by the
(loathly gas. The other laborers working
at and near the well, bccniuo so terribly
frightened that they ran awny, leaving
the corpses of the two brothers piled to
gether in a gaseous ‘and partly watery
grave. After some hours the bodies
wero dragged from the well by means of
iron hooks, and the scene as presented
was horrible beyond description. Tho
eyeballs of the men lfnd nearly hurst
from their sockets. Doth bodies were
swelled almost beyond recognition. Ex
pressions of awful suffering wns pictured
upon both faces. The muscles were
Imdly drawn, and all in all, the corpses
were a sight most horrible to look at.
lloth negroes were speedily burled and
various are the conjectures of supersti
tious peoplo as to the cause of the sud
den ami mysterious killing of the
brothers.
GENERAL NEWS.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MATTERS IN
AMERICA AND EUROPE.
SOUTNENN ITEMS.
1WDGET OF NEWS GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
IVomo Unlo Agitation—Hotline Pot of
Miiroprnn Politic*- fittbor Mntlnri
nt Homo and Abroad* etc.
Hinny Railroad Accident*-Whnt In Trans
piring In Temperance IHattern—Social
And ItollftlotiB Honnlp*
A French smack reports tho loss of a | The new steamer, Funny Fern, hns
ssel witii fifiv imniio in rim F.nrrlisli commenced
Pnder the Constitution adopted by
Holland in 1814 women were allowed to
vote, the requisite qualifications, how
ever, being that they Bliould pay taxes on
property and be ablo to read and write;
but few of them have cared to exercise
their privilege. Now tint peril threatens
the nation in tho extinction of the royal
house of Orange l>y the death of the
present king, tho women have become
aroused, and regularly attend the polls,
mid by their presence and their ballots
uphold the leaders who are arranging to
defend their country. But more is ot
conic. Of the 17,000 persons just en
franchised great numbers are women;
mid so Holland, which has led the world
in ninny things, will lend it again in
this.
A prominent and experienced railroad
engineer who lias long held an important
place in tlio West, declures that he had
rather have under him men simply edu
cated in high schools and practical work
than graduates of technicals schools. IIo
says the latter are unwilling to take the
advice nnd orders of their superiors be
cause they arc so full of impracticable
book theories which they regard ns tho
highest authority. There is something
radically wrong in teaching which docs
not impress upon the mind of thostuden';
tlio fact that practical experience is tlio
ultimate appeal. All young men just
Blurting out are apt to he over-wise in
their own conceit, and this fact needs
especially to bo kept in mind by instruct
ors in institutions which claim to send
nun out trained for special branches of
practical work.
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NOTES.
Robert B. Riggs, of Dakota, assistant
chemist in the Geologieal Survey, has re
signed.
Otway L. Carter, of Mississippi, lm'
been appointed it special agent for Indian
depredation claims.
The President appointed the following
named postmasters: Henry C. Metcalf,
at Carlisle, Ivy, vice W. 11. Fritts, re
signed; K. It. Wortham, at Greenville,
Miss., vice William Yeager, resigned.
The’ Electrical World presents some rc-
niarkahle figures as to the use of the tele
phone in four European countries—Bel
gium, Holland, Italy, and Russia. Tho
tallies give a list of the exchange sub
scribers in each country. Tho total of
such is, allowing for a few untnhulatcd
exchanges, about 10,000. In other words,
in these countries, with a total popula
tion of 130,000,000, there are only 10,000
subscribers, all told, oronoinovcry7,158;
while in the Uuited States there are 147,-
000 subscribers in a population of 50,-
000,000, or on|j in every 840. Tho dis
parity is remarkable.* There aro ns many
telephone subscribers in New York and
Brooklyn as in all Italy with its twenty-
c 'ght millions of people; as many in Bos-
ton as in Holland with its four millions;
more ill Ohiengo- than in all the domin
ions of the Czar.
An eminent English statesman, Mr.
t'iffon, hns compiled tnbles which show
•a part the enormous sums sent back to
die United Kingdom to the relatives and
friends of emigrants who have gained
homos in the United States. From 1848
f° 1885, both years inclusive, there
"'as forwarded from America through
tertnin hanks and mercantile houses
$153,092,935, a large part of -which
cv entually passed into tho pockets of
h'isli landlords. In tlio last six years
covered by the tables the contributions
"eregreatly increased, the annual average
Being $7,427,4.74.. , Of course the statc-
lnG 0t is incomplete, for certain bankers
declined to furnish the required informn-
f' 01 ', and a great deal of money has
reached Ireland from America without
going through the hands of bankers.
I'm average annual amount remitted
h°m Australian colonics since 1&75 has
Been only $289,000.
MOONLIGHTERS' VENGEANCE.
1'oUNtiibU' WlirlHi nit of till) IrUlt t’onstnli-
ulury, liltIimI Wlille Acting in Heutliiol.
The Irish police, hearing that a party
of moonlighters would visit the house of
a farmer named Soden, nt Lisdoonvnrnn,
made arrangements for their capture, and
Constable Whclchnn, accompanied by a
dozen other officers, proceeded to the
placo designated. Five of the foree were
placed in Sexton’s house and others ill a
shed near by, while Whclchan himself
remained as sentinel in front of the
house. When die moonlighters appeared
on tho scone, the door of the house was
opened nnd three of them rushed in with
loaded rifles in their hands. They were
in the net of searching Sexton when the
police, secreted in an adjoining room,
rushed out and a tierce encounter ensued.
Two moonlighters, who, among others,
had been left outside, now tried to make
their escape, but the police placed in the
shed prevented tbis, and drovothem into
the house. While die fight wns proceed
ing in tlio house, two other outlaws at
tacked Constnhlo Whclehan on the out
side. Policeman Connell ran to Wliele-
hnn’s assistance, hut was immediately
knocked down by a blow from a clubbed
rifle, and rendered insensible. Whfelehan
was quickly dispatched and bis body,
witii a loaded revolver lying alongside,
wns afterwards found some distance from
the scene of the murder, nnd removed to
Sexton’s house. The murdered constable
had been twenty-two years in the service,
lie was detailed to attend the Prince of
Wales duiing the latter’s visit to Ireland
The princo then presented him with a
souvenir in (he shape of a gold pencil
ease. Two of the moonlighters taken
into custody are sons of well-to-do farm
ers, and the others are laborers. All of
them, ton in number, were taken to Gal
way and placed in jail.
I.’tl.DENSE STRIKE.
It bad boon a mooted queslion in
Hazleton, l’a., whether the 25,000 men
employed in the middle coal fields, would
go on sftiko fur the demand of an in
crease of 15 per cent in wages if the coal
operators longer refuse to arbitrate or
grant their request. Individual opera
tors say they are satisfied to grant an ad
vance, provided they aro furnished ears
in case the strike continues for any length
of time. Among tlio strikers are men of
every nationality. Many of the strikers
are preparing to leave for other parts to
work, and if tlio strike should continue
two weeks, hundreds would follow them.
The colleries interested are those of A.
Pardeo & Co., at Cranberry and
Crystal Ridge; Pardee, Sons A Co., at
Mount Pleasant; Pardee Bros A Co., at
Latimer; C. Pardee A Co., at Hollywood;
Coxc Bros A Co., at Drlfton, Stockton,
Beaver, Meadow ; Eckley, Gowan, Tomp-
ken A Derringer, Lindcrman A Skeer, at
Stockton and Humboldt; W. T. Carter A
Co., nt Coalmine; J. C. Hayden A Co., at
Jeansville, Lehigh; nnd Wilkesbnrre Coal
company, nt Andcnrich; Stout Coal com
pany, nt Milnesvillc; D, II. Myers A Co.,
nt Yorktown;G. B. Markle A Co., Jed-
do, and colleries at Trosekaw and Beavei
Brook. So far everything has been quiet,
and tho men scorn determined to carry
their point.
GEOIIH1A LAWS.
A PLUCKY FARMER.
A unique tjglit is now going on between
the Evansville A Indianapolis Railroad
and J. C. Palmer, a wealthy fanner near
Washington, Ind. The road is built
along the lino of a canal, wioh was aban
donee! by the trustees. When the canal
was abandoned the laud reverted to tl
former owners. Notwithstanding this
and the fact that twenty years’ possession
.rives a valid title, the canal trustees sold
Uio following hills were signed by
Governor Gordon aud are now laws: An
act to amend an net. to establish a system
of public schools for the city of Newnun,
Georgia; a resolution directing tho treas
urer to refund to Mrs. S. II. Meador
$21.45, excess over tax and costs, arising
from sale of wild land in 7th district,5th
section, of Haralson county; an act to
provide for the payment of insolvent
criminal costs to the, officers of the coun
ty court of Hancock county; an act to
repeal section “2” of an net to organize a
criminal court for Decatur county, to de
fine its jurisdiction, and for other purpo
ses; an act to authorize corporation of
Sandersville, to organize and maintain a
system of public schools; an net to amend
incorporation of the Columbus railroad;
an act to amend an act to incorporate tlio
Georgia Loan and Trust company.
An act to appropriate the sum
$9,000 for the purpose of coinplelin
repairing nnd furnishing the building
the Georgia Institute for the deaf and
dumb; a resolution for tlio relief of (lie
Staunton Life Association of Virginia;
an act to provide a system of public
schools for tlio city of Covington; an act
to incorporate the North and South Short
Line Railroad Company; an act to con
solidute, amend and supersede the acts
incorporating tlio town of Greenville; an
act to levy and collect a tax of $10,900
upon dealers in domestic wines except as
provided for by the net, to prescribe
penalties, etc.; an act to prevent die
robbing or destruction of the nests of
mockingbirds, of their eggs and young
birds, within the corporate limits of the
town of Madison.
UNVEILED.
the
the, railroad company,
came to he built, however, the fiutncrs
refused to allow the line to cross their
farms, hut the company
raised a force and
completed tho road. In 1885, rainier
( rot a perpetual injunction, and under t
he i arresting tlio train hands from dav
to dav as they try to run trains across his
m d eoins to be in a fair way to
I 11 . . -l.„ .no A HOllOW llllS
and
slop operations on the road,
a number of conductors,
brakemen under bond.
RETURNED IIOJIE.
t 0 ]hi M. Carroll, who, two years ago,
disappeared from Staunton, Vn., lias re
turned At die time of ins departure he
»’s»-.sivssr4
:::r,;K-c£
A . mines* Carroll was supposed by
demount, s. fniillv dealt with, nnd
some to have been j n
„t ins remaini . ' - n Vusinoss some-
iliSreinthoNortfi, and returned of h.s
own accord.
Tho soldiers’ monument nt Brnildock,
overlooking tho site where Brnddock
was defeated, wns unveiled recently with
considerable pomp. Between 0,000 and
7,000 Grand Army men and Sons of Vet
erans participated in the parade, in ad
dition to which there was a number of
civic organizations in line. Ex-Gov.
Pierrepont, of West Virginia, and Gen.
Gibson, of Ohio, made the principal ad
dresses. The monument is a handsome
disaster in a church.
A two-story church building, the upper
floor being used for church purposes, and
the lower floor given up exclusively to
school purposes near Manchester, Tenn.,
suddenly and without warning, gave way
with a crash, carrying sixty or seventy
people with it. The fall was thirteen
feet, nnd hardly oiie escaped injury. The
injured were quickly rescued from the
wreck, and three of them found to be
»eriously injured.
vessel with fifty hands ill the English
channel.
Tlio number of nail makers on strike
in Staffordshire, England, nlone, is
15,000.
An explosion of dynamite occurred in
tho custom house at Callao, Peru, killing
six persons and injuring eight others.
Tho St. Louis Browns refused to play
base-ball with colored men. An exhibi
tion game had been arranged, when tlio
club rebelled.
The Iowa Supremo Court decided that
tho prohibition law authorized tho state's
authorities to prevent the exportation of
spirits, ns well as their use in tho state.
Lieutenant-Governor Waterman, of
California, took tlio oath of office as gov
ernor, the executive chair having been
made vacant by the dcatli of Governor
Bartlett.
There were reported fifty new cases of
cholera and twenty deaths at Mossinn,
Italy; nineteen new cases and eleven
deaths at Catania, and eleven new cases
at Palermo. Elsewhere the disoaso is
stationary.
The roof of tho Jewish synagogue, on
Judd street, in Chicago, ill,, caved in,
carrying a number of men who were en
gaged in repairing tho building, in the
mas*. A part of tho walls also caved.
Five men wore seriously hurt.
An American lady lias presented to
Prince Bismarck a pipe of peaco which
lnul been in the possession of a certain In
dian chief’s family from time immemorial.
The present was mode as a token of tho
prince’s services in preserving peaco in
Europe.
The anniversary of the battle of Chn-
pultcpec was observed m the City of
Mexico, with the usual ceremonies and
speech-making, tlio orators dwelling on
tiio gallantry of tho young cadets who
fell defending the cnstlo against tho
American troops.
An cast-bound passenger nnd a west
bound freight train on the New Y'ork,
Pennsylvania and Ohio road, under full
headway, collided 18 miles east of Ur
ban,a, Ohio. Engineer Craig, of the pas
senger train, was killed ; Engineer Kelly,
of the freight train, was horribly inan-
gled.
Gustnvus Winnchman, treasurer of tho
village of Reading, llnwiltou county,
Ohio, presented his resignation in con
sequence of tho discovery of a shortage
in his accounts to tlio amount of $7,000.
He was supposed to bo doing a thriving
business us a saloon keeper, and had just
finished a new building, built with the
people’s money.
Gov. Washington Bartlett, of Califor
nia, died at tlio homo of his cousin, Mrs.
Dr. Backctt, iu Oakland. Ilia dentil re
sulted from chronic affection of the kid
neys. Gov. Bartlett was a native of Sa
vannah, Georgia, and was sixty-threo
years old. He removed to California in
*1844, and lias lived there ever siuco.
Tho destruction by floods on the
Southern Pacific railway, iu Arizona, is
much greater than at first supposed. For
350 miles there are numerous washouts.
There lias been no train from tlio east or
west for nearly a week. One thousand
men arc working, »nd it will require
three weeks to repair the damage be
tween Tucson nnd Benson.
Three soldiers, at Trapan, Italy, wero
sent to perform a disinfecting duty and
wero assailed by a mob who tried to
force them to swullow carbolic ncid,
which they had been sprinkling about
the streets nnd houses. One of the sol
diers imbibed tlio liquid, and soon, alter
died in horrible agony. Tho oilier two
refused to drink the acid and were killed.
Fire broke out in a group of saw mills,
at Minneapolis, Minn., and the flames
spreading rapidly were not gotten under
control until five mills wero totally de
stroyed. Tho losses are approximately as
follows: Eastman, Bovcy A Co., $50,-
000; Cole A Weeks, $00,000; Mariman,
Sparrows A Co., $00,000; C. C. Smith A
Co., $30,000; McMullin A Co., $50,000.
At a cabinet council Gen. Ferron,
French minister of war, reported that lie
was satisfied with the operations of tho
troops recently mobilized. 51. Ilereid,
minister of public works, expressed his
belief that after the completion of means
of transportation, it would lie possible to
reduce (he time required for the mobili
zation of an army corps to one day.
A crowd of men were discussing poli
tics in front of tho Binghamton, N. Y.,
savings bank, when a rumor got out
that it was a run on tlie bank. Hun
dreds of depositors anxiously presented
themselves, lint as all demands were
promptly met, confidence was restored,
and in a couple of hours tlio rush was
checked. The bank is thoroughly sol
vent.
Blue Island, Illinois, is greatly excited
over a fatal disease which has been spread
ing among the cattle in that vicinity.
Several deaths have occurred, nnd the
symptoms manifested arc claimed to be
similar to those of Texas fever.. Not
long ago n man was engaged in hauling
manure from tlio Union stock yards. This
manure was distributed around on bind
on Blue Island, and it was thought germs
of the disease were transferred to cattle
picking grass where the manure was
spread.
NOT WANTED.
running between Columbus,
Un., and Apalachicola, Fin.
Tho Georgia State fair authorities will
not permit any circus Or side-show to ex
hibit in Macon during the fair.
Macon, Gn., lias stnrtod building a
fine market house, which will be ready
for occupancy about next Jnnunry.
A passenger train ran into a freight nt
Sugar Valley, Un., nnd Engineers Wright
nnd Scott, and Firemen Donnelly, nnd
Wyatt wero badly hurt.
Cnpt.. Jack Cartlege, tlio oldtaptain of
tlie Richmond Blues, of the lOtn Geor
gia regiment, (lied nt his home in Au
gusta, Ga., after an illness of a few days.
William A. Washington, up to his
dentil tlie nearest living rolativo of Gou.
George Washington, and tlio lost male
representative of tho name, died nt
Owensboro, Ky.
Ex-I’ostmaster AY. A. Pollard, of
Greer’s Station, S. O., on the Air-Line
railroad, wns arrested, charged with de
taining nnd opening letters addressed to
other parties. Ho was removed from of
fice several weeks ago for this offense.
J. A. Griffin, a brnkemon on tho Nash
ville A Chattanooga Railroad, who hn3 n
family in Chattanooga, fell from a train
and his skull wascruslicd. Ho wns token
to the hospital nt Nashville and his
| wounds dressed. Griffin is about thirty-
live years old.
Prof. J. T. Newton, principal of the R.
E. Leo institute nt Thomnston, Ga., lias re
ceived nil appointment, in the War De
partment in Washington, at tl salary of
$2,000 per annum, and hns tendered his
resignation to tho board of trustees to
take effect at once.
The trustees of tlio Mnry Sharp eollego,
which is about to be moved to Chnttu-
nooga, from AVincliOBtcr, Tenn., have
held n meeting, nnd aro kicking vigor
ously against the project. They adopted
a long series of resolutions, and wind up
by saying that they will fight the re
moval in the courts.
Sixty hands employed by John Lam
bert, at his new mills at Appleton, S. O.,
struck for an increase of 25 per cent in
their wages. As Mr. Lambert, who is a
resident of Augusta, Gn., has a large
coutrat with tho Georgia and tlie Poit
Royal and AVcstern Cnrolinn railroads to
deliver til om lumber nt once, bo was
compelled to grunt tlie increase.
Dr. Kelly, of Nashville, delivered a
lecture nt Montengle, Tenn., which will
make him beloved by every follower of
that superb soldier, Gen. N. II. Forest,
in whoso memory a monument, it is to
lie hoped, will soon bo erected in Mem
phis. Dr. Kelly wns a colonel in tlie
Confederate forcos, nnd he met Forest in
Memphis in 1801. Ho said Forest was a
man to attract attention anywhere. He
stood six feet high, had a large, massive
head, projecting forehead, calm, gentle,
diguified manner. On horseback his
presence was grand. lie knew a good
horse nnd could ride ouo appreciatively.
Tlio day before tho battle of Sldloli,
Forest was made a colonel, Dr. Kelly,
second iu command, lieutenant-colonel.
In ’03 nnd ’04 they wero sometimes sep
arated. In passing, I)r. Kelley said lie
did not believe Tennessee or tho South
appreciated the fine capacity of Forest.
RAILROAD AFFAIRS,
Smash-Up In Ohio-Attempted Wrecking In
Knnea*—The Heorgla I'eutrnl Ilnrgnln.
On tho Now Y'ork, Pennsylvania A
Ohio Railroad, nu Atlantic oxpress, cast
bound, while running forty-five miles an
hour, collided with a locomotivo that wns
standing on the track nt Peoria, Ohio.
Norman Gregg, onginecr of tlie passen
ger, wns instantly killed, nnd his fire
man, name not ltiarned, had both arms
brokon. John Ililroy, engineer of the
singlo locomotive, was fatally injured.
Both engines were completely demolished
and the track torn up somo distance. An
nttonipt was made to wreck a south bound
passenger train on tho Chicago, Kansas A
Nebraska Rond at Sanford, a station six
miles east of Topeka, Kan. Asthotruin
was coming nrouiul a curve, at the rate of
thirty miles ail hour, tho engineer saw
that tho switch was open. He put on his
brakes nnd reversed his engine, called to
ids fireman to follow him, nnd jumped
from tho cal). Tho engine ran into some
empty cars that wero standing on tlio
track, nnd while smashing thorn was it
self completely wrecked. No lives were
lost nnd none of tho pnssongers were in
jured. An examination of the open
switch showed thnt it had been broken
and turned with tho evident intention of
wrecking tho train. Tho purchase of tlie
controlling interest in the Georgia Cen
tral has proven rather nn onerous burden
to tho now owners. The syndicate which
began buying against tlio Raoul party not
only paid a good round price for what
they secured, but they paid Mrs. Hetty
Green a handsome bonus for tlio block
that she held, with which rested tlie bal
ance of power. They wero utinblo for
somo time to provide for carrying it, ns
tlio amount required was disproportionntc
to tlio earning capacity of tho stock, par
ticularly since tlie Savannah, Dublin fthfl
AVcstern competition lias to bo mot very
soon. Tlio stuck must pay flvo per cent,
at least, in ordor to meet tlio interest of
the bonds, nml until it pays more, then
tlio working capital must be drawn upon
for all expenses. Olio por cent, on the
capital stock of tlio company would call
for $120,000, so that it is apparent that
no dividend can ho possible until tlio
Georgia Central Rond pays moro than
eight per cent.
SINGULAR AFFAIR,
7ifn»
SOUTHERN FARMING. *
.hfH fml-ei >
hints from men if no under
stand THE BUSINESS. ' '
VVImt Ilic SUsnnl Ofllrrr llf|i»rt» L #liIlcf M
liCMon by a booriria Farmer—SomciMa*
About tho (!ro|> of Cotton*
>d3 1 Vein
THE WEATHE11.
k littrgo Number of Ci
a Pernor
rn Nmnnlieil nnd Not
Hurt*
UNDEUKAMalS Hl’OT.
Tho government telegraph lino be
tween Norfolk, Vn., nnd Cape Hnttorns
destroyed by the late cyclono has been re
built and communication established.
Tho wire is in working order and infor
mation has been received relative to tho
great damage dono by tho cyclone.
About $10,000 worth of property was
destroyed, and during its prevalence the
lives of tlio residents of thnt portion of
the coast were in imminent peril. Tho
wind registered ninety-six miles an hour,
Tho ocean roso to nn alarming height
and swept over the narrow neck of land
into Pimlico Sound, carrying everything
before it with almost irresistible force.
Houses wero swept from their founda
tions, sails of vessels were torn into
shreds and the vessels wore dismasted aud
dashed upon the bench, Many familcs
were rendered homeless and took to their
boats as the last resource. Tho situation
wasono which it is hoped will never oc
cur again. Sand nnd water were flying
through the air aud lnrgc limbs of trees
were borne along on tlie wings of the gale
threatening death and destruction to
all in their path. After tho gnlo tlie
beacli was lined with wreckage showing
the damngo sustained to vessols off llat-
teras durfug the storm. Many persons
were injured.
A freight nml passenger train on tlie
Augusta A Knoxville road left Augusta
in the morning. Just as tlie engine ran
on tlie bridge,’the car Iiehind it ran off,'
nnd the engineer felt the bridge giving
way under him. lit quickly threw open
tlie throttle nnd the mammoth ma
chine bounded across, dragging tho
derailed car with it. The others were
not so fortunate, for tho bridge fell, and
ns it did so, nine heavily laden freight
enrs plunged into the waters of tho ea-
nnl. There were nearly twenty ears in
tho train, nnd but for tlio narrowness of
the canal nt that point, the others would
have received the same fate as the nine
foremost cars. They wero stopped by
tlie blockade ill their path. The nine
thnt fell into tlio canal were crushed into
ntoms, and the whole surface of tho
water for hundreds of yards was one
mass of floating freight of every kind
nnd description. Fortunately no one
was injured in the least, although thero
were several narrow escapes. Next to
that of the engincejr and fireman, proba
bly was the escape of the city chaingang,
which was gassing under the bridge nt
(he time of the accident. They wero on
their way to tlio rock beds near the locks,
and when they hoard the bridge com
mence to break, they all jumped to tlie
banks and ran for their lives.
ILL TREATMENT.
The weather lias been reported by. tlio
Signal Officer nt Washington, W. G.» as T
favorable to growing crops in Massachu-
setts and North Carolina, and unfavora-.
hie in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi ‘ ^
and Mouth Carolina. In the'corn gtoW‘ r ‘ 11 ;
ing region, tlie crop is reportWi to hitw
been hnrvcstcd and below averngo ill No- y
braska, ns out of danger from frost, in • c
Minnesota, nnd moro rain needed for late
corn in central nml western Kansas. Cut
ting is in progress in Michigan. - Tho "T
weather is reported to have been too (btl r -oil
in tho cotton region of . South Carolina, 7( ,),
Alabama and Mississippi, aud danifigQ.by^
worms in .Mississippi. Tho tobacco fox , .
gion of Tennessee, Kentucky ntid OnroT _
the deficiencies in rainfnll is reported 1 W
have been injurious, whllfcTn NortU Car-
olina tlie weather lias been fivVOLdfle.-**
Pastures aro reported good from GScUns-lot*
kn, as improved in Miumisptn, Micliigna;,,i*t
and northern Illinois, nml ns dfied up iu i
southern Illinois. A light frost is report,- '*
cd to hnvo injured sweet potatoes ’lh - 1 ' 1 *
northwestern North Cnrolina, nnd te'/ 'H
having occurred in northern Illinois.! , :y
Killing frosts wero reported from contra!
Minnesota nml upper Michigan. Ti
srLENMD cnorriNa. t j
Col. Primus W. Jones, of Albany, Gil, I,,,*
tlie noted llrst-bnlo man, lqis nlrcody
marketed between fourteen and fifteen “
bales of cotton to tho mule,'lias enough
now picked out to swell tho nurnbe* to Ml
eighteen, nnd counts ou-gatlicring seven
or eight moro halos to tho mule,' swoUIiir!T
the number to 25 or 20 halos tp thomuh -
This is oxtrnordiunry cropping,, Lu,t
Tones is u farmer in jbo trvo synsc oj
rilACTlCAT, TAf.lt * !
Goode Price, of Lee county, Ga'., $is'
at Macon, shaking hands with his mtut^'
friends. In response to the query
IIow arc crops?” ho replied; *‘WelkJ * »*)
sir, if I don’t mnkc 250 brtles of .cotton, I bw
I’ll quit farming. Had it not been.for I ■*
tlie big ruins I would htivo gathered 800,. uui
easily.” "That is pretty good f9ratt^_
amateur!” “Well, I cpysjder it so. I
went down there early last spring, ai}i} ,,,j|
put in with tho dc'fprtnlnation to try nur' .
hand nt fanning. You knoiv I BMa Wro 1 *’
working around town and orftlio innd tot - t
some time,and the Vontiiro was solncwhatv .
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.
A DYNAMITER'S TREACHERY.
Affidavits have been made by promi
nent Fenians of Now York, Boston and
other cities, charging O'Donovan Rossn
witii having furnished secrets of tlio or
dor to certain New Y’ork dailies, and
which divulgcnres Rossa is suid to have
charged upon others.
Johan Most, tlie anarchist, made appli
cation for citizenship at the court of
common pleas’ naturalization bureau in
New Ycrk City. In reply to questions
put by the chief clerk, Most suid ho be
lieved iir tho Constitution of the United
States and in the laws passed by prope.
authority, it' they were good laws. If he
believed the laws interfered with (lie
rights of the people he would resist
them by force. Most said thnt he had
“resisted tyranny in every country he
had lived in, and would continue to do
so." Thereupon the clerk declined to
administer Die oath, adding that if he
had made mistakes, the courts would
rectify it.
Dr. L. E. Borcheim, a native of Louis
iana, about 33 years of age, one of the
best physicians in Atlanta, Ga., suicided
at tlie Kimball House in thnt city by
nearly blowing his head off. Tlio deed
was done with a large army pistol and
was brought about by worry of mind,
caused by tho demands of a large practice,
lie was prominently connected with sev
eral Jewish societies and wns surgeon to
the Gate City Guard. He leaves but one
relative in the world ns far as is known-
mi iuvalid sister in New Y'ork.
For several years inmates of the par
ish prison, of Now Orleans, L*i., have
been suffering from a peculiar disease
frequently terminating in death. Thir
ty-nine cases of the disease and live
deaths have occurred since January. Tlie
disease has generally been-attributed to
tho damp condition of the prison. A
physician of the state board of health
mudo a thorough examination of the
matter and his report does away entirely
with tho dampness theory, and states
thnt tho sickness is caused'by insufficient
food. The rations consist of nguip of
tea and a piece of bread in tlio morning
and soup during tlie day. The moat for
soup is provided by contract at a very
low rate and lias several times been con
demned by tlie residents. The surgeon
says this food is wholly insufficient. The
inspecting physician declares that several
of the prisoners presented evidence of
scurvy.
DEATH OF A ULKIMSYUAN.
The congregation of the Presbyterian
church at Decatur, Ga., induced their
pastor, Rev. Dr. Donald Fraser, to go on
a short vacation to Jacksonville, Flu., as
he was sadly out of health. Tlio rever
end gentleman on his return home died
in the cars near Indian Springs, lie was
born in Liberty county, Ga., and at the
time of his death was about fifty-four
years of age. He bad been twice mar
ried. Ilis first wifo was a daughter of
Thomas tj. Cassels, of Liberty county,
aud his second a Miss Keunebrougli, of
Tallahassee, Fla. IIo loft three children,
a son aud daughter, now living at Deca
tur with Mrs. Fraser, and a son, Rev.
Chalmers Fraser, who is p.ist-or of tlie
Presbyterian church at Marietta.
MAHON!) DISCARD HIM.
INCENDIARISM.
The Pennsylvania Railroad new round
house, machine shops, five locomotives,
one of which wns a new one, and six
tanks nt Lewiston, Pa., were destroyed
by fire, supposed to have been of an in
cendiary origin. Favorable winds aud
application o suit saved Loyd Stickney’s
extensive stock of coni and sliutes. The
loss is estimated nt $05,000.
HEAVY LICENSE.
Gov. Gordon of Georgia has signed the
Dill which imposes a licenso on wine-
rooms of $10,000. Comptroller-General
Wright says the law will be enforced at
once. He would notify tho tax collector
of Fulton county to collect the $10,000,
aud if tho wine-rooms do not pay the tax,
to closo them up.
Lincoln Park Lodge, No. Oil, of Chi
cago, 111., unanimously voted to expel
William J. McGarigle, the convicted
boodler, from membership in tlie Mason
ic order. The lodge debated three hours
before adopting tlio resolutions which
shuts tho escaped convict out of the
chapter, the commandery and tlio Order
of Nobles of tho Mystic Shriuc. He
will be formally expelled from these later
on.
ARRESTED AT LAST.
William O’Brien, editor of nn Irish
newspaper, ii member of Parliament, and
who made a sensation some weeks since
in Canada by nttackiug tho Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Governor Gcuernl, has
been arrested in -Ireland for making
spoeohei against the English government.
My corn crop and other orop* are good, ’ i
uiul my cotton would havo bepn-tt grand „
success but for that wet spell. I tell you,
those Leo county lahds aro all right. All
a man has to do is to cultivate tficiri Well,
and they will respond every tifiw.’!’
“IIow arc crops geuprnllyl’V “ VYqll, tho/,, !,j
cotton crop is cut off ponsidcreljly. , Dj
lias been flooded, nnd is now.burnipg up., *
The crop will soon be bnrVestUd and oh ‘‘ J
tho market. I suppose the general, crop
is pretty near as good ’aft tiftunl. 1 You
know something always happens to cut
it short.” “Do you like your new Yen-’ I
ture?” “Oh, yes; I am dolightod wittt
it. True, it is not like city lifo, at till, . a#
but there aro many charms couucctodj-p
with life in Leo.” M-. Priptm (J :
is well known nil oyer sofitli- _ ‘
west Georgia ns a gonial, comparlionablo
and cnorgotic young man, nnd his many i
friends will bo glad to learn of bis Sue* nr
cess as a farmer. The change of lift) 1
must hnvo cost him a considerable sueri* <»;
lice, but ha lias mot ail demands in a :
most praiseworthy manner.
TIIE COTTON CIt01\ ! .
Tlio Cotton World, of New Orleans,La.pl qu
gives tho following report on the groyriigjM*sl
cotton crop, in continuation of tlio Na- Vi if
tioual Cotton Exchango system: ThoreM,
has been deterioration in the condition oj ' .
the plant and corresponding mmhnitldft r
of crop prospects throughout the fefelt“ *
during tlio month of August. On tlio-
Atlantic const an cxcessivo rninfall caused iId
luxuriant growth of plant, but fruitagp **#
was decreased. In tho upper.part of tho
Mississippi valley and in Texas, protro<g-l
‘cd drought operated adversely. E.v^t v- ;J ,
where there has been 'unusual Iqss frotu ' r
shedding and rust nnd tlie fruitngo ’
been disappointing. . Worms have doriw‘*
considerable damage: in . somo localities*
and poisoning operatiqps have been ri^Dl 1 *
tnrded by inability to obtain sndpHCs (?r
materia) with which to work; As ft rultf *
labor is sufficient for nil requirements. I »•
By reference to the table of conditions i*i
will be seen that tlio figures huto 'bcanu aP
lower on all States, bringing down, tho
average for llio belt below thq Jigurns-qt, .,
a corresponding date last season. Last ® *
year the month of August wns, 1 6u‘thD* * ^
whole, favorable, tlio deterioration re--
suiting from dry weather in Texas and -
west of the Mississippi river bein'gjnoftji.BM
than offset by favorable conditipnqpf the t,->
Atlantic senboaad, so that .the jiycragp-
was marked up one polht. ' I Toeing Ljc-^ ,,
gan somewhat earlier than last .stpisaii'
and is now general in nearly all thfi Jr
States. Conditions by States: Vit-fcffRa
80, North Carolina 80, South OaTOlinS*-'®
87. Georgia 84, Florida 87, Tennos'sce 80^-■
Arkansas 81, Mississippi, 88, Loulfliaiuvi e*
85, Texas 80, Alabama 83. Averago fo*,/
the belt 83.0; average last year 8(^0., »
tt r—q- »*W
WILL NOT SURRENDER. (fd
Mrs. Rebecca Stahlman Jtas, bcWro-tUo
court of common pleas at Cincinnati, O.,
to show enuso wliy she should not bo
punished fop contempt of court in. refnsy—
ing to sign a, dead for the salo of Cpal es- I
fate sold by'order of the court;’ iff an es
tate of which slio was ndmthistritrix. It
was shown that the property had boon
twice sold. Mrs. Staldmon’s son-in-law
bought it for her at the first sale, but
thnt snlc was set aside. At the next, of-
fering, her son-in-law did not anpear,
and the property was , Bold 1w anofht*'
main. Mrs. Stahlman refused td sigtrthd -
deed. Her attorney, in open court urged
her to obey tlie court, but she stubbornly
refused, and the court sentenced her to
ten days iu jail unless she soon consented
to sign the deed. She refused to sign
or to go to jail and had to be taken by
force.