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Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCUHr. filtered ft* Sccond-cl a aa Matter at the Snnderavlllo Poatofllce April 87, 1880. Sandersville, Washington County, Ca. PUBLISHED BY A. J, JERNIGAN&CO* Proprietor* and Editors. THE RGURY. A ' * ***MaAX ,C- CO., PropHetora, UEVOTKD TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND OENERAI. INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME VIII, SUBSCRIPTION.- y.,50 Per Annum, THE WORLD OYER. F.riTQ'itE OF THE INTERESTING NEWS OF THE BAT, The Irl'li Trouble*—Labor Asltntlon liverr. wbrrr-Wbnt I* Dalii* North, K**t, WmI null Across the Men*. The Oar of Russia caught the measles nl Copenhagen, Denmark. A statue of the Lief Erickson, the Icc- Jsndic explorer, who is believed to have discovered this continent, was unveiled in Boston, Mass. News from llonululu, by steamer Aus- irilii, indicates tho probable overthrow id the present government and tho re* .«\'fruetimt of tlie cabinet. <leu. Perron, French minister of war, !, i> prohibited military music at Cler- imit-Ferrnnd, because it promotes de- 10IISIrations in favor of Gen. Boulanger. The Scotch yacht Thistle, which left New Vorlt arrived nt Greenock, Scotland. hail a good voyage. The best days run was 258 miles, the worst 75. She be* §35£SS= and in an endeavor to avoid tho pul* limited express, stepped uwm ?!,„ ^ g ° "i-o.mck ES » was struck with terrible force by tho hi coinotivo and instantly deeapRd hli mod being found in a ditch'by a ncit y- Wo formerly owned tho around. “~;r b » ih « ..5 SANDERSVILLE, GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1887. i cam])* ACCIDENT NEAR ROME, GA. A conflict between tho State and Fed- ml forces at Round Valley, Cnl., has ■■'•■a avoided by the withdrawal of’tiio i J. nl forces until tho matter in dispute cltled in llie courts. The old John Street Methodist church in New York city, tho oldest Methodist "litirrh in America, celebrated its 121st nnw'versnry. Five services were held and I were largely attended. Gov. Itnsk 1ms determined to take on- igrtie stop* to clean out tho infamous dio' ia Hurley and other places in the lunlier districts of Wisconsin. Unless tin' < ..uiiiy authorities act very promptly I no governor will remove them. I lie i hamhov of Commerce of Cinein* ! ,h "L rejooted tho application " 1 Rima, a well-to-do bootblack, i”i iiiiiiMssioii to that body, and lias re- that hereafter no snloon-keepei II " r "ootblacks may become members. Advices from Sierra Leono to •'.''“dan, England, say that the natives I Samn hoo have risen and massacred " :iln ' u i'olico and a number of people I iiC nilllwilltu Ani-ftii IH.,1 DL.1.. ..'ll 1 Adi inn in sale of decorations, committed Min i.le in Paris, Franco, by shooting liim-Hf with a revolver. The police ' . re about to arrest him and after a dcs- p iatu attempt to escape, ho shot himself. Sir Charles Rilke has published an nr- A Itallrand Train Pall* Through * Trc.l,.- ■ ®' T P«*sen*nr* linn. A lind accident occurred on the Rome & Carroliton Railroad. A train was np ] ronchmg Rome at a speed of ten or (if. "7 ",' llu9 »n hour, amt when With”. 50 feet of n trestle over a dry ravine the passenger conch left tho track, but’ con- vhen , ° r,U1 - , Thc ™ reach, whin tho conch was disconnected from w truck, mill rolled over tho trestle inti the ravin,*, thirty feet below. Thc cone '"rue" completely over nnd landed on it side. J. M Sims, of Codurtown, was on hoard \\ hen tho conch rolled over the trestle he grasped a window and was not hint, lie ut once wont to work, and w"h the aid of two negro men, rescue. aMis. Daily, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Liddell nnd passed them out through tho win ‘lows, lly this time other aid arrive, and soon all tho passengers were moved. Mrs. Daily was taken to the residence of Mr. Jones, near l.v, where she still is. All others weio brought to Home Into in the afternoon, and are he properly cared for. The following i list of the injured: Mrs. J. (}. |j„j| v spine injured; is seriously and perhaps fatally hurt; Mrs. Jonas, of E«om Hill injured about tho head nnd body, bui supposed not seriously; .Mrs. |)r, Liddell of Ccdnrlown, injured, hut not .hinge ’ ously; It. II. Brewer, Cedartown, arm broken; Mr. Wlilfc, of Floyd county slightly hurt; Gus Young, Cedartown' sliglitly hurt; Rev. A. J. Watters, Home’ slightly hurt.; Conductor Moody, ribs broken, severely injured; Allen Pat,, negro brakemsn, thigh broken; Mr. Ibir- rod, slightly hurt. Several of the pas- PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. NOT toe I All Commitntcattona intended fee this Pap er must be accompanied'in the full name of tho ■*— ll -r nti “ “ Mi WASHIMGTON ITEMS. P/C T»r S u TItE DOIK °8 AT the national capital. . " l,l, n* Down to limine*, Aanln-The Nailon’* Fln*n e e*-Appoln«. ttirni* nnd KrmnenU-ronannl*. SECHETART WniTNEV SICK. Information from New York states thnt secretary of the Navy Whitney spent the , a * 'ijiietly nt his home in that city. Dr. Loomis culled to see him in the morbinu „„ , : mm in me morning and pronounced him better, but repented ernl days, Cullers were told ho wcUld he well in about a week. Ho was not allowed to sec visitors. Tiiv gunboats Acrou and Elect.) will pro'' mongers were on their way home from a uni lo tho scene to suppress the fising. [holiness meeting nt Cedartown. The ii orge Buy, an accomplice of Gen. I). cause of tlie accident cannot lie definitely ascertained, but it is supposed that tho break beam of the passenger coach fell. EDITOR O’BRIEN ARRESTED in k in which he says England is totally V 1 " al, 1 i, ‘ 10 ,,n l'° with any of the Powers. H Thinks she ought to spend about ten liilomi pounds in equipping and orgnu- imrg the army nnd in the building of for mications. A I ultimore special to the Chicago, HI.. Inter-Ocean says that J. Gould is mcniiccl by a now rival in the tclograph iiiisinesa, Baltimore capitalists urc to nirmsb the bulk of ti.o money necessary to ir.iilil and equip a more complete rival 1 'graph system than any yet organized. •hnnv Lind (Madmno Goldschmidt), uic celebrated Swedish singer, died at her ■ionic in Loudon, England. She was sixty-six years of age. Blie retired from die stage after her marriage in America, m 1853, Imt reappeared nt various con "rts in aid of charities. She bad not appeared in public since 1800. Ihc propeller Vernon, of Milwnuk n “ a is, B ‘ " , ('apt. George Thorpe, was lost Jjflko !>ll iicri.ir in ■> mi I n «*•«/! ..II „.. ».... Superior in a gale and all on board —nearly BO persons—were drowned. The Stoamer Superior attempted to rescue I "h i’dt ano could do nothing, ns slie oecai.ne unmanageable on account of the steering gear getting out of order. Dr. John 'Murray Cnrnochnu, one of tin' most distinguished physicians of Now 'ark, died very suddenly in that city, j, • Uarnochan was horn' at Savannah, duly 4, 1817. He received his ''Ucntion in Scotland, of which his father a native, and was graduated from university of Edinburgh when 17 J'Mrs old. tin Utc ■Ui explosion occurred in one of tlui irtridgc buildings of tho American For wder company nt McCaiusville. rs,, J'. Four persons were making at tlie lime, namely: John fartii I ,,'! ui | k< 7 l,e '"'y Dodd, Philip Myers and ' l McDedo, agfid from fifteen to ' nt\-lour years, and with tho build- ln k s , they wero blowm to ntoins. A lx mt ;ioo job printers, over half of no "li"ti' number in Chicago, ill., wont 01111 ’"tiiko for nine hours u day. A member of the strikers’ executive com- J'ltiee Ulid iliat several of thc largest of 11 f' yielded before tlie hour set for tlie 8 ri T’- Employers generally express ',"ili«li nco of victory and intimate that j 1 7 ""jin line of action will be to fill 'fir ollices with non-union men, At ;i mooting of tho Chicago, 111., Livo ‘ , (K ' Exchange, resolutions were adopt 'd Risking Congress to repeal tho oleo- "argariiic bill and to foster in every way j'"ssil)|,, (] 10 cattle trado,in order to fncili- .' l; ' '.""I'ctitiofi with Australia and South mcr'cu. Tho resolution also complains "l the action of the Bureau of Agricul- tur, u unjustly declaring the existence "l"mi(i.p m .nmortin in tlie greatest cattl. t of tiic licinisplicro, thereby depre- ' ">g die price of cattle about $5 pci • rs Rate Miller, of Cincinnati, Oliio, '-n to the third story, as she said, to :. lll ' r two children. Upon rcach- 2 the room she seized her nine-year-old daughter Viola and • - - - 1c, hurled her through '" MV to the sidewalk and instantly ' out, after her. Mrs. Miller’s head Miller- n, iiid has been thought to he im !,!." “fief over the loss of ft liabo n " ago and by neglect of hoi [Otlsbniid, who ' *' • Dc Hrieka Anil n Krcnr nf Tinbnlnnco llntur*. The I'ropli, Anaambln hr Thmisnnil*. Tho appeal of William O’Brien, editor of United Ireland, against tlie sentence of three months’ imprisonment imposed on him by the Michclhtown court,Was been refused nnd the sentence of tlie lower court confirmed. The charge of which he was convicted was of using seditious lan guage under tlie crimes act at the na tional league meeting nt Mitchellstown. A most exciting scene ensued in the court room at Middleton when tho de cision .confirming the sentence of the Mitcheltown court was announced, Tlie room was immediately in nn uproar, and people clustered around Mr. O’Brien to prevent tho law officers from arresting him. Mr. Harrington contended that tho police had no right to arrest Mr. O’Brien. A terrible struggle took place in thc court room aud in thc passage leading to the street between Mr. O'Brien and his friends on one side and the police on tlie other. The police finally succeeded in arresting Mr. O’Brien. Tho pep pie re mained in thc street outside the conft clamoring for the rescue of Mr. O’Brien nnd vengeance upon the police. The vi cinity of the prison at Cork, where Mr, O’Brien won taken, was occupied by a strong forco of pol ce. Fully one hun dred ears followed the ear occupied by Mr. O’Brien, which was driven rapidly through the city to the prison, On ar riving at tile prison Mr. O’Brion com pelled tlie police to remove him forcibly from tlie carriage, lie was accompanied to prison by tlie mayor. 'Throughout the proceedings tlie wildest enthusiasm was shown. Deaths nEPonTED. „, Th? , “"^a' reCords of tho'Maritime nttspita Bureau show tho continued ox- stencoof yellow fever nt Tnmpn, Fin., hut nowhere else in tho state. Reports have been received thnt cases have, ap pealed nt different points in Pasco cotin- >)’• I hey nrti being investigated, but ns yet have not been confirmed. There have hemi between 225 nnd 250 cases and 34 Oeaths from yellow fever nt Tampa. Tho number of cases under treatment on that •Into was 80. neceaaarily for publication, but me l_ guarantee of good faith. We are in no wag reaponoible for IM view or aptnione of eorreopond* mt*. CLAIMED FOR DEATH. SOUTHERN FARMER. the united states court re fuses THE ANARCHISTS’ WRIT. PLEASANT ITEMS TO READ COOL EVENINGS BY THE FIRESIDE. 1‘rrpnratlon* In Chlc**o, III., (or the I!*ecu. I Ion-Friend* Excluded From the 1’rl*. on-U. M. Troop* Sent to the Scene. Chief Justice Waite, of the United States Supreme Court announced the de cision in the Chicago Anarchist case, in i ■ ■> .• a long and exhaustive opinion, concluding up the pine forests of South Georgia, ns follows: “To give us jurisdiction un- Auojttt 1(000,000 would have beon re- dcr section 700 of thc Revised Statutes ‘l«irpd. At least $2,000,000 could now .Iron! Vnlue In I'lne Formta-HIce doing Up, nnd Cotton Holding It* Own—Cotton i Tnx to llo Keruudrd- FINE LANDS ADVANCING. Six venrs ago, D. C. Bacon, of Savan nah, cfa. L , proposed n schemo for buying “running nrotlnd.’’ First plowing or siding wns doue with a cultivator, subse quent plowing with sweep. The gen eral plnn observed was deep breaking and shallow cultiVntlon. Tho cntlro cost of producing tine crop, according ized statemen t furnii' SOUTHERN OFFICER KILLED. A dispatch hns beon received at tho Na vy Department stating that thc body of 1 assed Assistant Surgeon George Arihur w as found lying by tho railron.l ur ’’J 1 mnruuu track at — — --- —— -i- 'Vest Salem, Vh., having evidently fallen I l )r0 P or court below, thc judgment of tli from the train. Dr. Arthur has been for I court in tho action is conclusive si. far as tho right of review is concerned. Tho question whether the letter, if ' becauso of the denial by tho Stato court of any title; right, privilege or immunity claimed under tho Constitution, or any treaty or statute of tlie United States, it must appear that such title, right, priv- iloge; or immunity was specially set up or claimed,” at the proper time, nnd in the proper way. To be roviowable, a de cision must be against a right so set up or claimed. As the supremo court of the Stato was reviewing u lc decision of tho trial court, to make thc question roview- nblc there, it must appear that the cliiin was mudo in that court because tlie su preino court was onl^ authorized to r view the judgment of that court for e rors committed there, and wo can do no more. This is not, as seems to he sup posed by oucof tlie counsel for tho peti tioners, a question of a waiver of right under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the Unitqd States, but n question of claim. If not set up or claimed In the lie realized Iiooiii made. years past on duty nt the museum of hy- giene m Washington, and left there for Shelbyvillc, Tenth, where lie was to "‘Vo been married. lie wns appointed to the navy from Maryland in 1877. defenseless sea coast. 1' or the event of a war, we arc no more prepared than wo were a year ago,” says Admiral Dorter in I'Jn _ liis annual report to the Secretary of the Navy. Ho Bays that the harbors of both tho Atlantic nnd Pa cific coasts, and tho hikes nnd tho Gulf ports as well, are entirely defenseless, even against a single modern ironclad, nnd that u llect of heavy ironclads could commence at the easternmost port, and, si earning along the const to Galveston, lexas, could lay every city on tho sea- hoard under coi tribution. WORKING MEN rARADE. Tho organized Inboring men of tho District of Columbia, to the number of about 0,000, made a demonstration by marching through thc city with bands of music, banners and transparencies. All of the stiects along which the procession moved were brilliantly illuminated with colored fires and Chinese lanterns, borne by the marchers. The men made an ex cellent appearance and were loudly Leered by the crowds which filled Penn sylvania avenue nnd other principal streets. A noteworthy feature of tho parade was tlie total abscnco of violent or lical inscriptions or transparencies. tuined ns claimed, would have been compe tent evidence is not before us, nnd there fore no foundation is laid under this ob jection for tho exercise of our jurisdiction, As to the suggestion by counsel for Pe titioners Spies and Fie I den, that Spies born in Gcrmnny, and l iel- having been den in Great Britain, they have been de nied by the decision of tho court below, tho rights guaranteed to them by treati between the United States nnd their r snectivo countries, it is sufficient to say, that no such questions wero made and decided in either of tho courts below,and they cannot bo raised in this court for tlie first time. We have not been referred to on thnt investment had it There is money to be mnde Ipiyir^g Georgia pino lnnds or holding i hem at present figures. Tho pine belt is rapidly diminishing, nuil tho reputation and uses of pine nrc multiplying# Indeed, all southern forests aro valuable. Pros pectors mre buying thorn up in vnst tracts at low prices. So of mineral tracts. We shoiild not sell our patrimony for a song. Tho South is a now Hold and tho coming fioldj an d R "'ill pay to watch and wait. I CROP RECORD. Tho annual report of tho Commissioner '>f Agriculture of South Carolina, esti mates th!o aggrogato vnluo of tho princi pal eropi produced in the state tho pres ent i year nt $109,080,000, which excels tho value of agricultural productions as returned nt tho tenth census by about $5,- 0(10,000, and that of last yenr by abou* ?3,(|i00,000. The yield of cotton is esti mated at 005,114 bales, an increase ovor Inst jyoar’a crop of 75,114 bnles. Tho yield oif corn is 17.490,000 bushels, nn increase'of 8,505,522 bushels. Ilico, 07,- 782,020 I pounds, n decrcaso of 1,848,002 poujids. Wheat, 1,121,442 bushels, a decrcnso of 80,055 bttshels. Oats, 4,001,- 075 bushels, nn increase of 800,318 bush els. Pens. 705,810 bushels, nn incronse ■ >f 1,3,424 bushels. Tha value of farm supplies purchased during tho yenr is es timated at tho snme ns last yenr— $5,000,- OQ0. ' 1 RICE GOINO UP. Owing to the unfavorable spring nnd tho July floods tho rico crop in tho Se van i,ah territory, Georgia, is short fully 40 |)< r cent. Tho recciptn nt thc Savan nah! mills last yenr were 080,000 bushels. This yeiir thoy will not bo over 480,000 Dushcls,! and may possibly run to an item- opnrtmcnt igl furnished the D . of Agriculture, including labor, fertilizers nnd average rent of land, wns $54.02, tho product was 901 pounds of lint cot ton, which sold atO cents per pound giv ing a return of $81.09, to wliich must bo added the value of the seed, 60 bush els, at 20 cents—a low price—$10—mak ing tho nggribgnto return $01.00. De ducting cost! $5-1.02, leaves a net profit on the yield of tho acre of $87.07. De ducting from the cost of production tho value of thosecd, it will bo scon thnt the cost of growing the crop was less than 5 cents per poutod. Mr. Hnnsoin conducted the experimental thc request of the do pnrtmcnt, and hoBnys in his report thnt ‘ d SOUTHERN BRIEFS. READABLE ITEMS CAREFULLY GATHERED HITHER AND YON. Roclnl, Temneraner nnd llrliglmn Slnvc- MrMa-FIre*, Death* nnd Muleldca-HnlU OMratlan* nnd Impt-avxiiinnf*- On the Georgin Railroad, nt Thomson, Ga., one freight train ran into thc roar of another, breaking up five cars, but doing no injury to nny one. A passenger train ovor the Cincinnati Southern Railroad,collided with a freight train near Lansing, Tcnn. Tito lmggagu and mail cars were telescoped nn.l both engines badly wrecked. Tho road wns blocked for five hours. No one seriously hurt. while tho resjnlt. ia nothing wonderful, It is so ^jjtisfactiory— $87 per ncro profit— ns to make it an exceedingly favorable .-bowing for Ihc intensive system of farm ing which lid thinks should bo followed more generally by our farmers, I'itlCK OF COTTON. Leading cotton brokers in Now York say thnt the general reduction of crop estimates has given incccnsed confidence in the value of cotton nt about present prices, nnd tliia lias led to a considerable outside speculation in contracts. This large business, wbicll greatly cncouragei tho commission houses, lins sprung Uj within a few weeks. New Englani spinners have boon large buyers of actual cotton in thlo South—a fact which, in cotton ctrclos, is accounted a very favor ublo feature. 1 MORMONS IN TURKEY. Tlie Mormon Brethren have applied to tho Porto toif permission to establish n community in Turkey, and it ia expected thnt tho request will be granted. PUKMHIYTKHIAN council. nny treaty, neithor are we aware of any, I f ul8,,ti3 > " nd may possibly run 50,000 tinder which such a question could bo lower. 1< or the whole country the short- raised. Being of tlie opinion, therefore, ls , 237,000 barrels, or 2,007,- that the Federal questions presented by i 'bushels. The neren^o of counsel for the petitioners, and which M 00 . .,i P' an ^ e( * Ibis year was they say they desire to nrguo, lire not in H , fv ■ ® SHmo 118 ” U L owing to 5 in tho determination of I ,ho 1 deteriorating causes in growth, hnr- H0RRIBLE ACCIDENT Louis. .Mo., lly Which Two Fnnilllr* Arc Aliiumt lixirrinlnntcil. NOTES. The Acting Secretary of tho Treasury designated tlie Bank of Charleston,S. C., as a depository of government moneys. The Secretary of the Treasury lias ap pointed ElznT. Record to he store-keeper and gauger at Oakland, Ark. Chief Engineer W. II. Harris, of the navy, has reported to the District police that one of Thompson's improve fl indica tors wns stolen from the Navy Depart ment. The Secretary of the Treasury hns appointed John M. AViinmer to bo storc- keeper and gauger nt Salem, N. C., and Win. S. Thompson to bo store-keeper and gauger at Yadkin College, N. C. The receipts of the government for Oc tober amounted to $31,808,172 aud ex pen itures to $12,474,052, being nu ex cess of receipts of $10,328,520. The de mise of public debt for October is u-timated at $14,000,000. The President lias resumed his tri weekly receptions to the public. These receptions nr<j held in the East Room on Mondays, Wednesdays nnd Fridays nt half past ono o’clock, and are intended exclusively for persons visiting the Capi tol who may desire to pay their respects to the President. tho case ns it appears on the face of tlie record, we deny the writ.” Within fifteen minutes after tlie decis ion of tho U. S, Supremo Court known, eight or ten officer citizen's doilies appeared at tho Chicago jail. Two of them stepped quickly into the jail and tlie others disposed of them selves in the criminal court building about tlie neighborhood. Without any previous intimation tho rule debarring vesting and milling, there is a marked diiijinisliment of yield; and, in compari son! with tho previous crop, Louisintin produces but about 07 per cent. ; Geor gia! 77 i>cr cent.; South Carolina, 01 per cent.; North Carolina, 03 per , cent. Moisra. Dan Talmngo’s Sons estimnto tho total eirop at 453,000 barrels, which, combined with 25,000 barrels, stock on hand So'ptcmbcr 1st, gave visible supply for| present year of 478,000 barrels visitois from tho jail was quickly put I "g n f n8t 715,000 barrels in 1880. Tho into effect, and none was allowed to entci 7a , 7, i nUW , < ,0 I’ t .' MIS ^ nr '" tvo ' JCOn tlie building during the afternoon, cx- | ] oo7°°J J ' : ‘ rrU S ’ " K ° U1 7 barrels, Tho meeting of the Presbyterian ecu menical council, which is to bo held in London, England, next year, has been postponed from June 20 to July 3, at the request ol American delegates. THE TRAMP AM) THE WOMAN. A Storey of llie Great West. A terrific explosion occurred in the grocery store of Michael Newman, in St. Louis, Mo. Tho grocery and two ad joining two-story brick buildings were nc.rly demolished, and twelve persons, including the wife and five children of Newman, and two families living in ad- joinin.r houses were buried in tlie ruins, ' ’ it being killed outright. Thc cause of ihe exphwion is a mystery, some at tributing it to tlie criminal use of dyna mite others to powder stored in the building, and others to nn accidental ex- nlosion'of gasoline; the firemen incline to . i 'PI the last theory. Tho bodies of all were covered. One of thc survivors is Miss Hattie Brown, of Columbus, ICy., sister „„d visitor of Mrs. DeVero She states that she invoke to find herself butted be tween heavy timbers. Some v ero against a wall On one side of her a wall of nro lied to the sky, while crashing tim bers and cluttering iron flew in a storm about her. Thc screams of l'° r90119 id joining building were fearful, flow she made her way to the little back yard, where she was found, she cannot tea, ex- 111 that it was by staggering and faU- g m ,d rolling over through or from the ruined house. is now out of business, ■pinouts in the case of the cholera .. patients at quarantine in Nuw ”ik Harbor, sliow that Health Officer 111111 :lh( l t he commissioners of quarantine !!"' 11,11 keeping the public infoimed of IP m 11 ' 7 ltL ' affairs nt tho station. ' mli Officer Smith declines to give any ""a ition whatsoever to the public, ex- M'hag through his daily bulletins nnd ' 111 '• ‘mtigution seems to show, that the, .. 11 " r (| f cholera cases is no$acqurntcly I' " o d and that several deaths from .. ”' l ' n nave been attributed to “measles,” I" 1 'imoiii'V’ and "gastricirritation,” Jackson, eighty years of age, was " ' and instantly killed by a train on CiOOD-BYi JAY! Jay Gould and party sailed fr r Europe ..Hu Tlui nartv consisted of Jny recently 1 “Jata Nellie Gould, Gould, Mm. e d fl' and Oapt.'Shackford. When . . .... . unmou'MHt aged 10 Annie Gould, aged 8, a young Mr Gould had gotten things somewhat b order on shipboard he left his friends, H„,l Hindu himself the center of a group of reporters. Without wasting to be ques tioned ho continued: Wo are going^tc r .., .u.,,. where my yftcht is to meet us. Then wo Will cruise around the Meditor- incnv'u kjv. }»nQinpM‘3.onr uHcan for two months. No busing only pleasure. George is cup ble, and 1 rely 1 -'— of my upon h m, aided JJ^'^S'^eny tlie fr "' mk ' 'that my physician goes with s’atcment l n m ,,ot sick-only in need of rest, I expect to he home iu the early spring.’ POISONED SUPPER. The Participant* in a Menl nl a Hall, Soul to a Hntldcn Dentil. George O. King, who resides four or five miles southwest of Lamar, La., gavo a dance and supper at his residence. Aftor supper wns nearly over, all tlie guests were taken violently sick and a doctor was seat for, who pronounced the s ckness caused by poison of some kind and was unable to render much relii f. cept officers, reporters nnd relatives of tlie anarchists. As soon ns llie news from Washington lmd generally circillnt throughout tlie city, there wns u ru-li of miscellaneous people to see tlie detuned men before it was too late. They entered the sheriff's office iu droves, imt the hitch-string hud been withdrawn,am tlie jail guard was as obdurate as the prison wardens. Friends of tho doome men, bearing baskets or delicacies for them, begged admittance. The dain ties wore passed in, hut only relatives gained an entrance. Said tlie sheriff: “I do not want, to make nny fuss about it, but tlie visits of other anarchists have got to stop. Henceforth the doomed men will not be allowed to have any more recreation hours. Personally 1 would like lo grant them all the favors I could, but I don't think it would b • wise to do so. It may seem fodlish and perhaps it is foolish, but I don't want these men lo cheat the gallows by kill ing themselves. Thcif friends might give them daggers or poison,and nlthou li I know that if they should want to kill themselves, we would be powerless to prevent it, still, I should notJiko to have it said that if I had attended to my duty, the suicides might have been prewinted!" A significant incident of the day mid its scene nt police headquarters. Tlie mo ment word of the decision was received, all thc detectives iu the building disap peared with surprising suddenness. As p what districts or places they were us- 188G. J'his amount refers only to the tsvarrt movement of the new crop, an i uni iss combined with tlie stock of the old crop nt distributing centres, does not show the uctual distribution or c nsump- tion. The total to date for cash of the respective years is 1(15,000 barrels this year, against 145,000 barrels last year. Deducting these two amounts from flic total stock and crop, leaves a visible supply, 1 first hands, of about 313,000 barrels, against 575,000 barrels in 1880. The partial failure of the potato crop iii Europe has already caused a marked on hirgemont of the demand for rice abroad ; ftiulf nl though t ho output of the Indies wad 0 per cent, greater than last year, tho visible supply is now nearly 30 per cent, dt loss. Three prominent factors determino the course of the domestic rice market the amount produced; the cost of im porting' foreign; the amount produced of other crops—such as potatoes, etc., which are related in a greater or less dogreo to the same channels of consumption as rice. The facts in regard to ttiese show that the crop is nearly 2(;P,000 barrels short of trade requirements east of tlie Rocky Mountains; that the domestic in primary mari etii is below the cost of competing grades In foreign; that there is a marked shortage in crops which are, ordinarily, competitors with rice. These several reasons are thought to clearly indicato that there will he a high range of values throughout tho season, "Madam,, said a tramp as ho eallod nt tho back jdoor of a Sioux Falls resi- denoe, “ginuno a bito 1" “No, sir, can’t do it.” "Why not, madam?” "You’ro ublo to work, sir—I don’t be lieve in encouraging vagrancy. Go on away now, or I shall scream for help 1" “All, right) nmdam—don't holler. But I called nn tho woman next door last evening, and she gavo mo a vory different iinAwor, madam.” “.She was 1 just fool enough to go and give you something, I suppose ?” "Oh, no, 'inndnm, she didn't give mo nothin neither, but slio gnvo a niuoh different reason. Good-by, madam." . “Hold on! just a minute I What did she say?” I “Slie eonie to tlie door nil dressed up in u now yioller dress, nn' seemed vory niueli excited, nnulnin, an' when alio opens tho door I looks in nn’ sees a man in there Hitt in’ in n cheer, madam." "Mercy, bus it crane to tlij^with her! I wouldn't) linrdlv believe it, Here, don’t go nwiny- talio this my good man.” “Tlinnkei>, madam ! Baker's bread? Yes, I geiup’iilly prefers it to lio’-mado bread, 'specially where they aint nuno too good cooks. Tim butter is jes’ ft lit tle tainted, madam. Hnint got no jell to put rai iit, I h'pose? Ob, you have, nil right, jel l improves it nowe'fully. No, tlmnkeo, T, don't keer bout any fruit cake—bettqr throw it in tho slop-pail whore the ojhiUlren wont get it, miulnm. Any pie? All, yes, correct, that cream pie is good, but this apple rntlior lays over it. I'lil put tills ooldehiokon in my pocket. Tjmt’lldo, nmdam, this is 'bout all I can carry !” “But what was it that woman said to in ?” Two freight trains collided on tho Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railrond, near Taylorsville, Va. Both en gines and several freight ears were Imdly wrecked. Engineer Deuell nnd a brake- man named Page, were injured, and n colored brnkemnu mimed Edmund Carter, wns killed. Tho accident was attributed to n misplaced switch. Tho Frank Tobacco Company, wliolo- salo dealers in cigars nnd tobacco, of Danville, Vn,, has failed, with liabilities of about $44,000; assets, a stock valued at from $7,000 to $10,000 and I took ac counts, wliich Mr. Frank says, will show $25,000. There nro preferred creditors to the nmotmt of $4,850. Tlie failure is attributed to dull business, poor collec tions nnd the exponso of doing business! A forco of five hundred hands lias com menced work on tho connecting link be tween Clinton nnd Oliver Springs, a dis tance of twelve miles, through one of the wildest districts in the mountains of Tennessee. Tlie grading is to be eon- pleted January 1, nnd trains running! March 1. This will connoct ihc East! Tenncssco system with the Queen and Crescent route at Knoxville junction, and gives Knoxvillo two outlets to Cin cinnati. About 000 men, including oysfoK oners, boatmen and others iu tho em- S >y of canning companies, nt Biloxi, ss., struck work. Tlie strike was ordered by tho local assembly Knights of Labor. Sometime ago shippers and packers wero notified that unless ten contB per hundred for opening oysters wns paid on and nftcr November 1st,their employes would strike and call off all the boats engaged in fishing. Tho ship pers nnd packers have resolved not to accede to the demand of tho strikers aud all of them will soon shut down their establishments, throwing thousands of persons out of employment. £kVER AT SANFORD, FLA. you ? farmers’ alliance. The County alliance of tho Farmers’ George King, J. Ben King, Welter Bel Leo Ford, John O’l 'Brien, Jr., Miss Minnie Brown, all white, nndZeke Hill, colored, have since died, aud wifo of Zeke Hill end his six children, Asu Ford end six children, white; Mrs. Louis King mid children, Fronie Welker end child, one of tho Durham boys, Bruce Spiers and Hilliard Butler, wife and children are dangerously sick. Alio Washburns was quite sick, but is out of danger. No motive can be assigned for tlie dnxtnrdly deed. Tho cook is not supposed lo lie guilty ns she is dangerously sick and hei husband and one or two of her children are (load. A I'REACHBR KILLED, "While a colored minister, John Depow, a prominent minister and politician, was speaking to an emigration meeting, near Sturgis, Miss., another colored man on the outside of the house fired through nu open window a load of buckshot, blow ing out his brains. The murderer was arrested and escaped, was captured again, and for a second lime got txway. It hap pens that tho preacher was about to re port tlie man who did the shooting for calf stealing, nnd lie and his brother got up tlie so-called emigration meeting os tensibly for the purpose of discussing Liberia as a future home, but really to get Depew in a place where they could murder him. TIIE EMPEROR SICK Emperor William is suffering from heumatic pains at the base of his spine, liccompnuied by fatigue and lassitude. Hu is compelled to remain in bed. signed, their superiors were non-commuu- I alliance, of Schley county, Ga., met at icative when asked. It is known, how- Ellavillo. Among the most important ever, that for some have laid sealed act as soon as the decision was re ceived. "We will not he caught nap- duys the men business was steps taken for the organi- instructions to | zft (* on pf a State ulliance, therefore, all thc coqnty alliances of the state are re quested to elect delegates nt once to meet in Amejricus, on Wednesday before the third Sunday in November, next, for tho purpose of organizing a Farmers’ Stato alliancp. I THE COTTON TAX. The i Baltimore Manufacturers' Record, in view of the fact that the cotton tax; collected during and immediately nftett tlie War hns been declared illegal by tho United States Supreme Court, suggests that the seventy-five millions of riollars which wero collected from thc farmers olf tho Southern states be restored to the South by Congress to be used as a fund for educational purposes. Tlie money . . , - tv i a r, i belongs to the farmers of llie Southern A special from Pickens, S. C., reports | ^otcH^ and Congress lias nothing to dip but to restore it to the states in which it ping,” was all tlie officers would say. • I wo companies of the Gtli U. S. infan try have been ordered from Foit Douglass, Salt Lake City, to the new military res ervation near Chicago. A number of other troops will be ordered there for tin; present. Hie troops will be avail able in case there should lie any riots in Chicago, but is stated at the War De partment at Washington, D. C., that this ■ s not thu primary cause for ordering iliem there. A NOBLE WOMAN. an act of heroism on the part of a well- known lady of that county. A few nights since, a negro family on the plan tation of George W. Cox, locked their sick child in their cabin and went off to n revival meeting, about two miles dis tant. During their absence the cabin caught on fire, and the flames were dis covered by Mrs. Sallie Cox, whose hus band was absent from home. Mrs. Cox knew that tho sick child was locked up; so without summoning auy assistance, she procured au ax, broke open thodoor, rushed into the burning cabin, picked up the Helpless and almost suffocated child and ran out with it; hut as she reached the threshold a part of the burning wall fell upon her and knocked her down. She held close to the child, however, and shielded it from the fire by wrapping part of her dress around it. Her hus band fortunately arrived upon-the scene and rescued her from the flumes. Tlie brave woman saved tbe i child, but in curred such severe burns that she is not expected to live. was collected. It is a fund which be longs to tlie class which paid it. 1 INTENSIVE FARMING. M. A. Ransom, a farmer in Aiken lounty, S. C., lias furnished the Depart ment pf Agriculture of South Cnrolina a report) on au experiment he hns made" this ivear on one acre in cotton. It shows what can be accomplished with a proper system of fertilization raid cultiva tion. '1 he land mi which tlie crop whs mado wiis good pine hind, with clay sub soil. | It - was in oats last year, but lies been moderately well fertilized for several years. The land was broken early) in March with a turn plow, tunning six or seveu inches deep. In bedding a six inch shovel plow was used,j followed in tlie same furroxv with, ill loi^g bull-tongue, breaking to the depth of ten or eleven inches. Flautied on a low flat bed and “knocked off” with board. A good stand was obtained. “Why, slio scorned oxeited like, ’sif slm w’as goin’ some plnco, an’ she says: ‘Please go ’way, sir, wo hnint got noth in’ in tho house to eat ’’ ” “A pretty excuse to got you nwuyl But that stfango man—." “He proved to l#hor husband,madam. Ho come mat an' kicked mo through the top of a slind:) tree an' then chased me two blocks |! He’s pizen on tramps, madam ! Good-by—put jes’ a little more cream ih yer pio-crtist an’ it’ll improve it I” ,A Snitor Scnred. She (blushing deeply)—“Aud you wish to pay your addresses to me?” lie (enthusiasti( ally)—“That ha-i been the dream of my existence sinco I first met you.” 8ho—“I scarcely know what to say. I think I ipust consult with mother.” He—“Certainly. I should expect you, as a dutiful daughter, to consult your mother on a matter of so much impoit- nice." 81ie—“You havo never met mother?” lie—“I never had that pleasure." the—“You will be delighted tohnow her. She ( is a noted woman’s rights woman nnyl President of the Society for Female Emancipation." He (somewhat frigidly)—“H’m! Is that SO?” | (proudly) — "Well, yon would think so if you heard her talk. Why, she is just boiling over with fervor on the subject of woman’s wrongs. He (consulting his watch)—“Well— er—I—I—tor— ought to have told you that I—er—couldn’t stay but a minute this evening. My—er—Uncle is iu town and or—Well, I will call again when we can renew the subject of this even ing’s conversation.—Boston Courier. chopped out in the usual way be foie Refus'd to Say the Word. Edward (fishingly)—“[ think of going to tlie Cannibal Islands as a miisionury, Cicely, but you have only to say one little word to Did mo stay, darling." Cicely (after a moment's thought)— “And did tho horrid things eat the. last missionary, Edward?” Ed warn (eagerly)—“Yes, Cicely, yes; they left nothing but the hopes.” Cicely—,“Oh, how exciting! Yes, I think ihut it is your duty to go, Ed- '"aid.”—■Warper's Bazar. Two donllis from fever under suspi cious circumstances in Sanford, Fla., in duced tlie Duvul county board of health to send Dr. Daniel,a yellow fever export, there on a special train, to ascertain tho facts and report them. Dr. Duniel mado mi official report to tho bonjd of health, in wliich ho says that no roliablo diagno sis could bo obtained, but adds: “.There undoubtedly room for gravo apprehension under nil tlie circumstnn- •es, and I am very sure tlie authorities at Sanford are impressed in regard to tho matter them-elves." Preferring to crr on tlie safe side, tho Duval county board of health has de- Jared a rigid quarantine against Sanford. I rains will not be allowed to run into tho latter city, but will stop some miles out and be met there by trains from Sanford bringing the mails nnd through passen gers. Father Hwotnblirgh, tlie Catholic priest who took the place of Father Pe terman, who died at Tampa, lias also died. It is believed the worst is over. WHITE LABORERS SHOT. Tlie striker* shot four laborers at Ti- gcrvillo, La., from an ambush. The su gar plaiitutiou of Mr. Lacasagno, where (lie shooting took place, is iu tho parish of Terre Bonne, op Bayou Blnck, eight miles from Tigerville, and between that point and Ilomer. Prior to tho strike, there wero employed upon the Green wood plantation about sixty laborers, twenty-five white, and tho remainder colored. On Friday the iuttcr all struck for-higlier wages, hut nil tho white hands remained nnd continued nt work ns usual. Lncasngue at once made arrangements for tilling up the number of laborers required upon his plantation by engaging whito men in New Orleans, and forty-live wero .out there. Advices from Raceland, La., ropoit that strikers iu that section are turbulent and threatening, and the citi zens have usked for protection. Judge Beattie has ordered tlie sheriff to leave with a posse. FRAUDULENT EXPOSITION. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West has closed tho seasou in London, England, aud the pro prietors of the enterprise will come out about $250,000 ahead. It was intended to go to Paris this winter, but the Hip podrome there was engaged and nn ef fort to secure the Palace of Industry was abortive. The Wild West would have made nt least half a million dollars in London if it had not been tied up with the no-called American Exposition, which was a shameful fraud. If it had uot been for Buffalo Bill and his cowboys and In dians, the American Exposition could not linvc remained open three weeks. It was tho most paltry, miserable affair that ever bore tiic name Exposition, and ns long us it lasted, was a standing discredit to the United States. INSULT TO AMERICA. Russian advices to the Frankfurter Zeituny, of Berlin, Germany, report, the expulsion from Russia of Van Riper, form erly American consul at Moscow, who at the request of the Russian govern ment, was dismissed for selling medals to Russian exhibitors at New Orleans. Tho government, before sending Van Riper to tho frontier, in formed the Americau government of its intention. UALA DAY. Fair weather and great enthusiasm pre vailed at Charleston, 8. C., during the fall festival; Crowds of visitors entered the city on all trains, and it is estimated i that there are six thousand strangers. ‘-5 irAtV- > ’ *. - . . ' . »‘: *!* C ,'N : •

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, November 08, 1887, Image 1