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-.,t-rorra mod rt .Y.w>0 *rr 1 m m '• v Filtered ft* Second-Mane'Matter at the SandcrsvlUe l'o*to fit ce April 97, iSSO. Sandersville, Washington County, Gi PUBLISHED BY A. J. JERNKrAN & CO, Proprietors and Editors* —— — t Subscription: $1,60 Per Year, THE MERCURY. £2 A, J. >J ERXIGAN A- CO., Proprietor*. DEVOTED TO LITERA.TUEE, AOIUCULTUItE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 Per /Itiniim VOLUME VIII. SANDERSVILLE, GA.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1887. N UMBER 21. I .A PUBLISHED EVERY TtlKUAt;’;*; NOTlOXi'“ ,,< All Communication* intended ft# ** this Paper must he accompanied M 'i the full name of Uie- writer—net necessarily for pubUcnUtn, bjut u m \r guarantee of good faith. We are in n<f way remponetblm for » 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. ~tt iu, if g - . 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.