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THE MACON TELEGRAPH. BlUblliktd 189ft. VT«l*f rapb PobllabUf Co*, PnblUlMr, MACON. GA„ SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1894, I Do Hr, §7.00 » Y«t*r I l»*gl«0#pjr, § C«ui« lit Mil It 111. Little Hopefalaess in the Reviews of the Great Commercial Agencies. OUR IMMENSE SHORTAGE ON GOLD YwtBty-Two Mllltoa* Deenua In Two Waaka* Tlna-LagliUtlon at Wath* ingion Is Al»6 Having Its Dapraiilng Effect* New York, Dec. 21.—-Bradsitreet’fl to morrow will say: “The yoluime of general trade eon- tiimies small, as expected from evi dences of Shrinkage W.tfcta the montlh. Umusually unseasonable weather con* Ernies to check distribution of coal, heavy clothing, slices nod rubber goods Northwest, South, anil throughout the central Western and Eastern states, al though at larger cities the favorable re* poets as tr> holiday goods and special ties at reUiil are for rthe greater part the outcome of the bright, nr.Id ■weather. Ooown goods are weaker and sales of them are slow. Sales at New York re sulted favorably, indicating that the trade <w£ll stock* up at the lower price.. Business in woolens is at a standstill and will remain so until afiter January 1, when the nefw tartff piwislons go Into effect. Prices at which woolen mills a re willing to take orders discount the prospective changes In the tariff, and It is declared American mCI3s will hold their share of the trade. Sales of wool, too, are lower. “Pig iron breaks all records by break ing to $9.55. Ait larger Southern cities general trade remains quiet, unchanged or of moderate volume, except at Au gusta, which reports a light shipment. At Savannah and Jacksonville the <118- ir.bulion of staples is relatively most active, and at Chattanooga, where col- leotfiODs arc satisfactory, the Indebted ness of merchants is lass than for sev eral years. Siiipanoius of Indian com from Now Orleans conitinue free. At Galveston, Birmin-ghaim, Atluni’li, Mem phis, ’NarihvClle and Charles ton, 8. O., there is K title prospect for increased ac tivity prior to the new year.” DUN’S KEVU3W. *R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade tom-onvw wtU say: “But for die large exports of gold and imcerttnSnry iwtnh the linunclal leg islation, the indAoations would be mo^e encouraging. Some increase Is seen in orders g.ven to manufacturing works, hhotfiztr until tho-year ends the force actually at work n-VtAirmay diminishes. TCie holiday trade has been rattier poor at most points, partly owing to the mild weather. There is distinctly more confidence shown about the future de mand for industrial products, though prices nre not better. ‘Domestic exports increase a little, 'though exportable staples are not bat her In pfcOce. In November the exceru ctf merchandise exports over imports was $2!),357,891, besides $2,931,031 gUver, and December returns indiealte os large an excels. * or this very reason the ex»?onts of $5,332 071 in t,old since last Friday and 'the withdrawals of about three times as much gold from the treasury are the more no».iced. Money continues to accumulate here, and there ts no enlargement in 'the legitimate demand for commercial loans, -though some of ferings of paper, apparently to .prepare for yearly settlement, have excited re mark. “Larger orders for manufactured pro ducts ihlave appeared, yet, except In boots and rihoes, the general tendency of pribes 1b downward. ‘•Steel bUflefts sell at $15 ait Pittsburg, arfd Bessemer ipdg at $9.50 at Valley ADills, and to other products the lone is on the wh-dle weaker, except In struc tural -beams, which hold the recent small advance. Yet quite large trans actions arc reported In pig iron anil billets, and Improved demand tor bars and) nails, white nothing is doing in rails, and business in sheets and plates Is llghit. CompcUtiort ibeiiXveen the works In operation for business which is ntoit enough to keep them employed pushes prices in many lines below the ordi nary cost of production. “The heavy auction sales of cotton goods resulted in prices about 10 per cent, below those previously cunnenft, and the announcement of numerous re ductions in prices by agents are bey some deemed evidence that many mills have accumulated larger stocks in ad vance of consuming demand thlan had been supposed. Quite large sales have followed, but the market is still irreg ular and uncertain. “The volume of domestic trade does not gain except In comparison with lust year, when Jit was declining. Ex changes for the week here were 7.09 per cent, larger than last year, but 33.1 per cenlt. less than in 1892, and for the month the daftly average has been 6.9 per cent, larger than teat year, but 26.4 per cent, less thtin in 1892, “The withdrawals of gold from the treasury have been over $2,100,000 since December 8, and are attributed in part to reiplucemcob of bank gold, which vsua reduced by the purchase of bonds. Yet it Is plain that the desire of foreign offices to get gold instead of **>tes rapidly /takes tram the treasury (Whatever was gained by setting bonds. “Failure hove been somewhat more Important, «with liabilities for the sec- on week of December at $2,714,607, and for -two weeks of December -the aggre gate has been $6,840,401, Of which manu facturing ltebibti'es were $2,466,114 and the trading liabilities $4,071,629. But last year the liabilities in tWlures of the same two weeks were >11,679,996, of which no less ithao $5,174,494 were of mamrtVioturing and only $5,301,784 of trading concerns. The failures for the past week have been 349 in the United flutes, against 344 last year, arid 96 in Canada, against 37 last year. NEW ORLEANS CROP STATMT5NT. New Orleans, Dec. 21.—The crop state ment fro ir.-September 1 to December 21, inclusive, issued by the New Orleans Cot ton Exchange is as follows: Port receipts, 4.750.287 bales, against 816,819 last year, 3,324,876 yea rbefore last and 4.404,680 for the same time In 18W. Overland to mills and Canada, 779,6®. against 511,518 last year, 617,797 year be- fore last and 742,924 In 1891. Interior stocks In excess of September 1, 494.818, against 391 JBt last year, 340,636 year before last and 566,938 in 1891.' Southern mill tak ings. 308.41*. against 307,264 last year, 292.- 453 year before last and 270,103 in 1891. Crop brought Into sight during 112 days to date. 6,328,163, against 5,027,455 last pear, 4.475,762 year before last and 5,983.645 In l&L Crop brought into sight for the week. 463,288, against 391,513 last year, 260,- 086 year before last and 375,591 In 1891. Crop brought Into sight for the first twenty-one days of December, 1,421,708, against 1,499,796 last year. 903,968 year be fore last and 1,201,413 in 1891. Comparisons In these reports are tnade up to the corresponding date last year and year before and in 1891, and not to the close of the corresponding week. Comparisons by weeks would take In 113 days of the season last year, 114 days year before last and 116 days in 1891, against only 113 days this year. KILLED FIFTY MALLARDS. Fine Spot For President Cleveland on Thursday. Georgetown, S. C., Dec. 21.—Dr. L. L. Williams of the United States Marino Hospital service and Dr. C. Williams Bai ley of this city visited the presidential steamer Wistaria today on a visit to Dr. O'Reilly, the president’s physician. The gentlemen returned this afternoon on tho United States steam launch which had tarried them down and expressed them- vselves os highly pleased with L)r. O’Reilly and their visit generally. Today at 12 o’clock the United States launch Waoco- maw arrived here from the lighthouse tender Wistaria with a large number of mallards which were shot yesterday by the president and party, and they were expressed on the afternoon train to friends North. A more beautiful lot of ducks was scarcely ever seen in George town. The Wistaria dropped down to South Island tills afternoon, where the presi dent and party will hunt in the early morning on the lands of Gen. Alexander, returning to Georgetown later in the day so as to arrive in time for the reception to be given in the WInyah Indigo Society hall at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The hall was tastefully decorated with ever greens and flags by the ladles of the city. The hall tonight presents a most at tractive appearance. Large palmetto trees in their natural state grace the ap proaches to the hall and nothing is being left undone to give the president a most complimentary and warm welcome. Yesterday the huitlng party bagged ninety-six mallards, the president bring- ihg down fifty of them with his trusty gun. The weather has been ideal for the past three day’s in the marches, there being enough wind for the purpose and still not so cold as to be uncomfortable. The result of today’s shoot has not yet been learned. The president continues in good health and spirits and he is having a glorious time. The owners of the residences and stores on Front street have been hard at work all day decorating the fronts of their buildings gracefully and attractively with innumerable flags. The street to night presents an elaborate holiday ap pearance never before seen in George town. The people are determined to sus tain the reputation they have of never doing anything by halves. Everyone is deeply interested and Is anxious to do all they can to impress the president with the sincerity of their hospitality and their deep admiration for him. HARDEE NOT GUILTY. The State Failed to Prove That He Mur dered Miss Kaiser. •Titusville, Fla., Dec. 21.—This evening the Jury In the case of Mentellus Hardee, accused'of the murder of Miss Katherine Krfliwr last Mayrbrouglft In a-verdict of not guilty. The case has occupied the attention of the court for a week and has been very sensational, owing to the prominence of the parties involved. Miss Kaiser was found dead in the woods last May, her head being severed. Hardee was arrested about two months after the crime. The state tried to prove that he had seduced the girl and then had murdered her in order to escape marrying her, but failed to make out the case. • KILLED BY A TRAIN. Papers Found on His Person Showed That He Owned Property. St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 21.-The corpse of Robert J. Aldrich was found this morn ing by the railroad track with a hole in Its skull. He was drunk last night and it is supposed he went to sleep on the track and was killed by a passing train. The dead man’s mother, Mrs. Rosa Aid- rich, lives at Barnwell, S. C., and from papers found on Aldrich’s person It ap pears that he was entitled to an interest In a large estate. WHITECAPS ACQUITTED. They Were Tfioughit to Have Been Lynched, but Were in Custody. Mo-bile, Ala., Dec. 21.-—George Brunson land Lee Brown, men presumed to be outlaws of Meacham’s beat, Clhrke ctounty, who were reported lynched, but reatiy were safely lodged Vn Jail at Grove Hill, were erled December 19. and yesterday .proved an alibi and wero discharged. Clarke oouwty people are indignaoit that wild reports impugning Hflicto* oharacier for absence of Jaw have been cirouHuted. new hurricane signal. WaHharngton, Dec. 21.—The hew hur ricane signal, which Will toe displayed sit all the weoit/hec stations on and af ter January 1, will oonsist of the two red flaks with black centres, shown one above the other, and will be used ito announce the expected approach of tropical hurricanes and also of those extremely severe and dangerous storms Which occasion nCOy cross the Wkes and the northern 'Atlantic coast. The flag will be the same as «ttve ones now used, for storm signals, the penrtant being omitted. No distinctive night hurri cane stgmJi will be displayrtd, but when «hls signal is ordered during the day and Is not lowered or changed before dark the night storm signal will be displayed. FIGHTING THE GREAT OIL TRUST. 81oux Fa**, 8. D„ Dec. 21.—Coates & Sells, wholesale oil dealers, of this city, h£Te begun suit against Deputy Oil Inspector Arthur of Iowa for fraud ulently rejecting oil shipped to Akron, Iowa. The allegation is made that a Standard oil agent was with Arthur &t~&he time of inspection, and that the whole shipment was rejected /after ex amining one or two. barrels. The plaint iffs have been making a vigorous fight against the trust for several years. NO BUTTERINE FOR MARYLAND. Baltimore, Dec. 21.—As a result of Justice Harlan’® recent decision sus taining the Massachusetts law pertain ing to the sal* of oleomargarine, Ar mour A Co., who were perhaps The largest dealers In butterine in the state, have decided to discontinue hand ling tire article in Maryland. All of tbe other wholesale dealers in oleomarger- tne have also closed up. TWO N1EJW COTTON MULLS. Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 21.—Move- cneaus are on foot here to buMU two new cotton tntfhs in this city, one on the old plan of paying up tshe capital stock at once, «nd the Other on the Instalment plan. Indications are favorable to the success of such an enterprise. The cot ton receipts at this port have reached 196.263 hales, which Is 1,400 In excess of the entire receipts L-uk season, and the largest on reooctf for this port. Joe Isom., a Well-Known Farmer,Shot Down by a Negro Named Pike. THE MURDERER IS AT LARGE. Inn 1 , If.lgbbon in gearing lb, Cow trjrln l.nrfib ,f lb. VDI.ln, ,nd Tber. May B. a Lynching— Rollb.ll a Fr.lght Train. Quitman, Ga\, Deo. 21.—(Sptclal.)— Ou top of" Brooks county's already black record of crime, I will have to chronicle two more—one which is per haps the foulest murder «hat will ever ha recorded In history of this county. 'Mr. Joseph Isom, one of the largest Bind most prosperous farmers’ iu the county, was In Quitman yesterday. While here he had some words with Waveiiy Pike, a negro living la Isom's neighborhood. It passed oft alt light, and Mr. Isom went out of town and coached his home, which Is about ten miles north of here, at 8 o'clock. He unhitched his team and Started hack on foot toward Capt. Tillman's, his filther-in-law, to company with his brother-in-law, Mr. Henry Tillman. They did not get more than about half a mile from Isom's home. When they met four negroes—two on horse back In front of two in a wagon. They recognized Waverly Pike In tho wagon and West McOall ou tile horse. The negroes came up pretty fast, and came very near riding over Mr. Isom, when, Mr. Isom said: "Lookout, boys, don't run over me."'Just as he uttered the sentence, Pike drew his. pistol and fired without a word of wanning. Tho bail entered Isom’s heart, and (he died in stantly. Pike and McOall' nred three shots each at Isom after he fell, none of which took, effect. Pike then Jumped off his horse, got Into the wagon- wtth the two Herring nvgroes and remarked: “By , rve kilted Joe Isom," took the lines and drove oft at the top of tho horse's speed. When he reached home, ho Jump.d out and ran for the woodB, and Is still at large. The two Herring negroes pud McCall were captured and lodged In Jail this morning. The whole oountry for miles around has turned out In search of Pike, and the general prediction Is that If he Is oaugut the standing army ' of the United States could not keep him from 'beta lynched, for Mr. Isom wxls ad mired and loved by everybody—black ana white. The ailher crime mentioned was the robbing of a freight train here by a gang of negroes headed by Dan Car- roll, a negro detective who lias been in tile employ of the Savannah, Florida and We/ltem railroad for the past ten y e&ra.Thj*y t go t on at Valdosta, and brokeTTlto aHx>x car Just before reach ing Quitman, and came very near com pletely unloading It by «he time ft stopped at this place. They then went back and hid the goods th^y had 'thrown off. Carroll was arrested and placed in Jail tills morning. washed to eternity:*;- Mr. Lowe’s Horae Dashed, to His Death. Milton, Dec. 21.—Last week Mr. j. E. Lowe, a 1 prominent merchant of Duluth, came to tills place on business. While returning home, his horse ran away anq threw Mr. Lowe from the buggy. The animal dashed wildly on* reaching the swollen Chattahoochee river, into which he plunged, carrying the buggy with him. The last *??em of the hoivc and buggy they were being washed In the torrent. away KILLED FOR-HIS MONEY, A' Birmingham Dentist Enticed Away by His Murderers. Roanoke, Ala., Dec. 21.—Dr. J. H. Card, a itraweMng dentist from Birm ingham, Ala., had established a tem porary office in this place and wan known to have a tot of money on hla person. Ho was enticed away from town otoout half a mile and in a lonely lane was shot three 'times through «ho head, causing death. His person was robbed <t( a gold watch and chhln and his money. The coroner’s Jury is now In session, but there is no clue as yet to his murderer. THE BODY ROBBED--* A Murder Which Was Evidently Cottn- mfttted by Highway mien. Blrmfingham, Ala., Dec. 21.—About sundiowai this evening near tho fair ground^, three miles from tho city, the dead body of J. F. Thorn'tan was found stark and stiff in the mldle of tho road with ta bullet in his breast. His horses, altflached to a light wagon con taining 'merchandise,* wore grazing near by. Tho dead man’s waitch -was m-Tsslmg and his pockets 'turned wrong side out.' Utobbery was evidently the cause oif /the crime. No cluo os yet. Thornton wias a wtffi known grocery timarchUnt of West End, a suburb of this cJty, and married. Much excite ment prevails. A BURST PIPE AND A DEAD MAN. New Martinsville, Va., Dec. 21.—Yes terday afternoon, while Capt. Jamn Clegg,’foreman of a pipe Wne gang for the new Martinsville Natural Gas Com pany, was caulking a pipe under a thousand pounds of direct pressure, th* pipe burst, throwing Capt. Clegg nearly a hundred feet into tbe air, and killing him instAntly, his neck b*irvg broken. Half a dozen of the workmen about him w*re knocked down and severely injured. A BURGLAR’S RAZOR. Roswell, Gd.. Dec. 21.—Mr. T. F, Gregory,' who lives at Lebanon Mills, two miles east of here, had a struggle with 0 burglar the other night Mr. Gregory w\ra unarmed, the burglar had a razor. By presence of mind, Mr. Gregory saved his throat, on which the burglar made a vicious attack. The coat sleeve and Mr. Gregory's left arm bear the marks of the cooffict. The burglar escaped. BIO cotton CARGO. Charleston, Dec. 21.—The British steam ship Aid-worth was cleared here today for Bremen with a cargo of 10,874 bales of cotton, the largest cargo of cotton ever shipped from this port. The deep water on the bar Is bringing in the big ships. COTTON MILLS BURNED. Jacksonville. Dec. 21.—Early this morn ing fire at Gainesville. Fla., destroyed the cotton mills of Dutton St Co. The loss Is about $10 ( 900. M’a\URIN FOR FREE OOINAGE. Says the Coxiista Scheme ta a Wall Street Mcatmre. Wnetfi-agirain, Dec. 21.—A Joint reso lution offered by Mr. Livingston (Dem ocrat) of Georgia and was agreed to by the house, pewn'iming foreign exhib itors ait the Atlanta export!oa to bring laborers with them from tholr conn tries to put ittwCr exhibits into order and con duct them while the exposition Is In ex istence. In response to a question from Mr. Wilson (Reimblicao) of Washington, Mr. UvioRNMii said the bdll made no provision for tho enltry ofi foreign , coachmen. (Laughter.) Mr. Satyrcs presented the concurrent resolution providing for a roe-ess of con gress from Saturday, December 22, to Thursday, January 3, and on its pas sage Mr. English (Democrat) of Now* Jersey demanded «• division. Mr. SliyreB asked for «i vote by yeas and nays, and it was ordered, resulting: Yea 8 172, hays 125. The house then wont into committee of tho wflifdo to jemiuie dncuEHlon. of mo eurivmey and banking bill. Tho discussion continued during most of the aftociwoou* mho aptukom being MesHrs. Pendleton (Democrat) of West Virginia, iRukaoII (Ilopubldoau) of Con necticut, Sickles (Democrat), of New York. McLhurin (Democrat) of South Carolina and ltaiwV.ns (Democrat) of Utah. Mr. MoLaurln made a rigorous at tack upon rile policy of the Democratic party upon finunctel maittters in tho past two years. “There is not a single line of Democ racy In the whoCe -measure,” he said, “not a cdntf.e principle of Democracy in its'entire provision, tnor a solitary domaaid ev.cr put forth by a national DemocrulUc convention. It i» fraud upon the pu mo of Democracy an'd tocura upon Jts face the moral tu-rpltude itlhiak .now seams to dominate that gr6at, nlhough somewhat shattered, organiza tion. The Democratic party for years •has asked the people for a change to bring prosperity to their doors. Two yearn ago that request was granted, and what has been the result? Not a single plodfce has been redeemed nor «. BingOe promise kept, but the entire machinery of tho party has Ween plfaced iln the hands of that class of individuals .who have been in the past, and are ‘oven now# tohle curse of the grea't plain people of rthe country. The people had relief to expect from the Democratic party, arid the results of lost November may bo taken us ft lively reminder of their dlaajppoJnt- ment, n.nd I venture the assertion that if the present bill becomes a law the people at (the next election wdll wipe orit the test vestige of lihc Democratic party. Instead of granting tthem relief, instead.' of giving them tree coilnnge o*f silver ,'as hakl been expected, and upon which pledge fully fhTce-qujairlers of tho Democrats of tttie house were elected, they proved recreant to thefr trust and further degraded silver, by ire-pealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, an today there is abso lutely no method by which the volume of ourrenCy can be increased except the chances of gold mining. This places thfcSpfciipla. in a^pos-Raon .where they arc the victims of oil the d'/?us- -ters which wult upon, and are sure to follow, • the stationary or decreasing volumes of currency. This bill is filled with pitfalls and nuagmires, as are all itho finandnl measure which have passed congress since 1860. This 1» not Secretary* Oarliate’s bill. It la the st'aCklilt? home fo-r WVi'll street. It bears tho trade mark of that locality, Which 1s beginning to be recognized In ail parts of the nation.” Mr. McLaurln thorn advocated free coinage of silver no the demand of the hour and the duty of congrewB. SICKLES’ POSITION. Gen. Sickles created much nmuaemc.wt by his answer to a question by G«u iHondereon of Iowa, as 'to what -was hia altitude toward the bill. He said that •While not approving 4t, he stood with the committee on banking and currency t'n favor of the measure. Mr. Rawlins was‘•the last speaker. When he -had concluded t.he committee rose a-nd Mr. Springer pre*en>ted for In formation to the house and griofly dils- oussed Its provisions the substitute ho yould offer at the proper time for the pending bill. He Staten that it was the work of the majority of tho members ;,tf the commitreo on an king and curreti- toeen approved by Secretary Carlisle, oy and that tihto changes proposed had To axperi&Q ithe consideration of the bill, Mr. Walker (Rpublloam) of Massa chusetts suggested that the bill just rend be substituted at once for the pending bill, but Ibis was not agreed to. It was agrood, however, i‘ha.t it should be printed in bill form and pub lished In the Record. Unanimous con sent was also given for members to print remarks o-n tho currency bill In the Record at any time during tho ses sion. The house then, at 5 o’clock, ad journed until tA>morrow at 12 o'clock. THE TREASURY STILL LEAKS. Heavy Withdrawal of Gold for Export to Europe. Washington, Dec. El.—The treasury has lort ih gold withdrawals today $1,400,090, rawing the reserve at the clow* of business $88,900,000. TJu*re was a large drain from mintage sources. Commissioner Miller of the internal revenue bureau reports tiiflt the total reedpto from Interotui revenue sources for the first five months of the pres ent fiscal year aggregate $72,647,551, an increase over the correspoullln* month* of the past fiscal year of $11,212,921. Of tho increase $10,900,000 arises from the Increase of the tax on spirits und withdrawals made to anticipate that increase. CHARTER VACATED. Monteomery’s Water Company Is In a Receiver's Hands. Montgimery, Ala., Dec. 21—The su premo court today rendered an opinion vacating the charter of the Oapit city Water Works Company and placing 0t in the hii/nd* nf a receiver 1o be ap- ,pAnted by the court. TWe demon is not on account of the flnarww of the company, but tho orei- Rtruction of contract. The owners will no’doubt speedily conform to the opin ion and be reinstated. The plant is worth severe 1 hundred thousand dollars. Governor Oa*e» today appolnwifl Thomas R. Ruulhac Judge of the Elev en h Judicial district. This Is ft n?iw circuit created by the present general assembly. PROMINENT TEMPLAR DEAD. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 21.—Edward R. Hastings, grand recorder of the grand <f*nmandery Knlfrhta templar of Alabama, died aft. Ms residence to thta city this afternoon from consump tion. WILL DOUBLE CAPACITY. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 21.—The Montgomery cotton mill is now putting in new machinery which will about double Its present capacity, ft is also preparing to run night and day to keep up "With .orders. Ill PORI PARDONED. He. Is the Negro Who Was Beaten in tbe Dodge County Chain Gang. WORE HIS PLUG TO THE PEN Laird Kept Up Apptarsscjfa on His Way ts Colambaa-No Tsaebsrs* Exam* lnatlont—Thn Small Boy's Firecracker Work* Atlantal, Dec. 21.—(SpectaJ.)—Gotot- nor A'tUnson went do wn to Newman to day to took after his afftiim at home. Before gotng ho signed an order par doning Nat Porter, the ne^ro whose oruel bohUng m the Chainspiug of DoClgo county has been tho cause of so much newspaper eoratnent recently. Porter was In for nlno months for stealing 5 cents. IIo was HtuUborn and refused to work. Then the overseer went to work on him, beUWng htm so brutally that tho grand jury found hint unable to work .when tho case canto to their attention. AH ilte court officials rec ommended the pardon. STAKTlCtD TO COI/UMBUS. (Andrew Jaonson Laird, tho defauOt- log postoffloo olerk at LhUnrage, along wtth ten wtotooappcrs, Jlnt- Lawahe, tho notorious aouniterfotter, and sev eral other prisoners, were s’tuntcd for tho Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary at 2 o'clock this afternoon, tbo party of prisoners .waB in charge of Special Offi cer Case and two deputies. Lalnd was tho most conspicuous man in tho crowd, weiring a (plug hat und being-almost (Ludlshly dressed. Laird stili protests his Innocence and dulms dint corned- erai&oa for others who would have boon Implicated prevented him from bring ing out tho evidence ito dear himself. "But,” ho said, ns ho stepped' aboard tho tiiuiin, 'Vt will adl camo out in tho end.” He is glad, he said, to got oult of Georgia Jails because, being a Ito- publican, he was not treated as iwoll as be dnsetved. In foot, ho thinks his polltf.es tho cause of his present predic ament, asserting that he is tho victim of persooutfon. NO TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. State School Coraimlssioner Bradwell hoe sent nut, to the teachers In thesttnte itttve foKowtag notice, which, explains itself: “For your information, and in an swer to muimoroais inquiries, I am com pelled lt» sity 'that 'there will ■be no examinations _ before Win close of t he year. Tlhe action or tho general assembly and tho sitarmturn of. the governor to tho bills changing the tow Utfd not allow time enpugh. to give tho proper notice.of the examltvatuon before the close of the year. I have uo umthority to order an examination to be held after I retire from office. Just ns soon ua'I dan have access to tho school Mils which have become Jaws I wilt issue circulars giving full Infor mation." ,A RECEIVER APPOINTED. ' Judge Lumpkin today appointed J. W. English permanent reoelver for the Van Winkle Gin Odd Machinery Com pany. Capt. English was appointed itempomrlly acme weeks ago. His bond was fixed at 125,000 And ho war in structed to make an Inventory of the assets. The Van Winkle failure was one of the bigg apt of tbo year in this section. THE SMALL BOY'S FUN. The small boy with tho big Christ mas firecracker gdt In h'ls first work this season itoday. A youngster threw a. cannon cracker at the driver of a city trash wagon on Moultrie street early this morning. It struck one of tho Ihorses. The team ran awtay nnd throw Bab Reed, .the negro driver, out, breaking Ms back. He 1s now In the hospital, '.table to die of Ms injuries. TWO RAILWAY COMPANIES. Railroad building still goes on in Georgia. Today tteererary of State Oandlcr granted charters to two new companies, tihe Savannah nnd * Termi nal and thn Georgia Northern. Tbe capital stock of tho former is 1500,000. lit .1h to run itihroe miles from Savannah to the river front. Tho capital stock of the second Is $150,000. It Is run from. Pldcock, Brooks county, via Moultrie, Colqutot county, to tb« northern line at Berrien county. ASYLUM TRUSTEES. Mr, Adolph Joseph of Miltodgevlthe bus been appointed to succeed Col. W. A. Huff of Macon, who resigned, ns a member of tihe board of trustees of tho etote lunatic asylum. Dr. G. W. Blan ton of Brunswick has also boon ap pointed on the board to fill tho va cancy oauaed by tho dentil of Hon. W. T. 'McArthur. tA LATTE CROP OF COLONELH. Governor Atkinson added reinforce ments to Ms line of lieutenant colonels todUy, making Mo staff now seventy- four strong. The latest additions are E. H, Caltowuy of AtiaiiSaa, the Kim ball house hotel clerk, who is known far and w»ie; 'Albert R. Burdette «f Newnan, John B. Parsons of Talbot- ton, R. H. Knott of Darien and J. E. Dunoon of LaOrange. DEATH OF CAPT. DARDEN. Milner, Dec. 21.—Capt. J. H. Darden died at hia liocne here last Sunday. Ho had boon quite 111 witth pneumonia for several days. Capt. Darden was a prominent citizen of this section, and lie almost numbered ids friends by his ar(yialntaii>'’ | M. His Christian lifo Het, ft xocxtf example for tho younger genera tion.'He was a member of the Demo cratic executive committee, and had honored In various ways by his fellow citizens. AFTER BOOZE. Ckirrottton, Dec. 21.—A few nights ogo two prisoner# were brought Into town anil locked up by Mr. John Watern. They were a white man and negro, charged with trying to break into the distillery warehouse of Mr. J. W. Hotting*worth, near town. They were willing to riHk mudh to gratify their craving for liquor. FIRH IN CAROLINA. Rock Hill, S. C«, Dec. 21.—Fire Ire this town last night destroyed the Allen St Barber building occupied by F. H, Mc- Fadden Sc Co., buggies and harness; also the boarding house of Mrs. A. K. Allen. McF&dd»n Sc Co. were Insured for about $5,000. Mrs. Allen was not insured. WAS WELL INSURED. Blythe s Store Looted of Goods and a Fire Started. , Thom aevllle, Dec a.-(8p«ciaJ.)—The city authorities made a ten-strike early this morning In the apprehension of fire Incendiaries. The facts are about thesj: About 12:30 this morning a pollco-nan discovered Are burning in tho back yard and back part of T. J. Blythe’s store ou the comer of Jackson street. The alarm was given and the fire stoon stopped, but the police found that the trash and back end of the store had been aaturated with oil, and upon further Investigation found from $500 to $1,000 worth of goods at the house of George A. Griffith, tho only clerk of Blythe’s. Tho goods proved to> have been moved from the storo on yesterday afternoon. Griffith and a negro boy about 16 years old were soon arrest ed. It was learned that Blythe had left town yesterday at noon in company with his wife. News has reached hero that Blythe has been arrested today at Pel. ham, a small town twenty-five miles north of here. Blythe was well insured and some be lieve was implicated In the Intended burn ing,while others believe It to bo a scheme of Griffith to secure the goods without suspicion. None of the parties have t&lke'd yet, but it Is believed that some of them will squeal and give the straight of it. NEWS FROM GRIFFIN. ; A Chaining Visitor—Election of Militaxji Officers. Griffin, Dec. 21.—(Special.)—Miss Nannie Sue Hill, a very beautiful and accom plished young lady of Newnan, Ga., who has been on a very plcawint visit In Macon for aeveral days, arrived in this city yosiorday and will be the guest of Mrs. Dr. K. IR. Anthony for a few days. The Griffin Rifles held a meeting at their armory lost night, where an elec tion was hold for officers of tho company. There wah a full vote polled by tho mem bers and the result was as follows: A. J. Burr, captain. W. C. Elder, first Houtonant. J. M. Kimbrough, Jr., second lieutenant. Capt. Burr will appoint his aides—scar, gents and corporals-In a few days. Tho gentlemen elected aro thoroughly qualified to fill their offices and the company will begin their regular drills after tho holi days. ENTERPRISING POLICE. Carrolrtoo, Dec. 21.—City Marshals Tanner and Croder raided a dance hall tV*re Uhe other night and arretted iwenty-four disorderly negroe*. OUTRAGED POPULISTS. f A Nevrly M»d« Gravo Brings to Light Si Political Mystery. Statesboro, Gft., Doc. 21.—The fob lowing story in the Times is a hit on th» jwlltlmJ situation in tills part of the state; - A nice little story compa from dotVn on the river. Jtr. ItoROre had a ho;.' to die from cholera, and lie carried tior off from tho house by thn river nwanin to bury htr,- to prevent other porkers from catching tho disease. Somebody passed nloiiR that wny and row tho fresh mound thrown up. und nt onco suspected that some third parlyito had been put out of tho way by foul muons. The report went out. and tho aetuiatlon grew till some parties-went to-invoidttai.. When the faithful old Democratio sow was dug up, imatrlhe the consternation—tho crowd dispersed without holding an inquest. , WEDDING AT VALDOSTA. Valdosta, Dec. 21.—(SpeclM).-JMr. A. T. Moore and Mlw Fannie Lbu Brlxita. both of this city, were married yestnr- d«y at 12 o dock at tho Presbyterian C Rd 1 -* -f. P.^Foril offlclatintr. Tho Broom Is offli of VnMortra's moot prominent yountr men. and l» connected with varibuj) enterprises bi this city.: HO Is president of the Unko Park Im provement. Company and a prominent ret I .Sl ate agent. The bride Is a most acoampBuhod and highly ret named young lady, nnd a daughter of Capt. IV. H, Briggs, a prominent hardware dealer, and one of the founders of 0 ur city. The bride was accompanied' to tho alter by her sister, Miss Dottle Briggs tad lUw. (groom ibv Mr. Loo McLendon of UI*«n1*omory. Ala. Thn ushers were **•5*®: A - Sfnjtthj d. A. Denmark. W. E. Thomas nnd Edward W. Lane. The aouple left on the 12:30 train tor Jtow' Orieans, where Un.y will spend tho holidliys, returning to Vnldomta, after January J, and wlil make this city their homo MJATtRAIiAGH AT ELKO. Elko, Dec. 2i,—(Special).—A surprise marriage nccured Inst evening alt t ho residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rmitih mwr this place. The happy ipoir are Mlsu Ulanrde Wa'tsrm and Mr HintSt Donnard . Rev. V. A. Fonrel! officiated. The community Join in -witching thOs young couple alt the Joys aiml htappiness of a married life. Mr. 'W. E. Till has Just opened a. new stock of goods In tlho storehouse re cently occupied by Prof enter Moans. This Is a new wore, Both the Baptist and Mothodlnst Sun- aay-wtthooJs will unljto rind have their Chrt'sltnajr tree on Monday evening next in the chapel of tho Jillo> High fl hoot ■bulnlng. Tne hearts of the little ones will ho made gl'ad, for old Santa etna and hlw wife will bo on hand to d.»- tribute the presents. MARRA1AGB AT DAMASCUS. Damascus, Dec .21.—(Bpednl).-One of the happioftt in in higciH tihitt ovor oc curred in ihUe auction w,ih conwureranteti la«t Ovomnlg by Mies Folk Vivien ditah- towor n'rul Professor Alfred Fwiaeur, Rov, T. D. Dllia iifiiHatin^. Tbe affair was one of NtflSUKft iund rldincM. The church was pretiUIy deo- ora^rti wilth smllax, ivy, roeKH and poifioas. Tho txfl.ie is the younyra«t tiauftlitor of Hon. Lee Hightower, rapresentatlve of Early a>unty. 8he bears the wter- IInix quallthw of tier father, toiretiior with W* d1»Un<ciflsluiri mein.. Tho groom is prffwwu* of tlhe Damascus High School, and hns iwoven himself one of our country's boat educator*. Many costly presents wero nec<4vod on the occasion. Tho wwl<Wl pair will spend the holidays a/l Gordon, Ga„ tile home of the groom. MARRIAGE AT ZEBU LON. Zebulon, DOC. 21.—<Bpec4nl)w—Zobulon wiLnc«ned qtate a romantic mtUTlhcO this morn4r«. Tho ocmitroctinac wr-des were Mr. C. C. Cnstk-n. and MlmUlfLn- nlo CleveUuiH, bw41 6t this plane. Af ter December 27th Mr. atul iMr«. Cas tle rwfll make Cudlodcn tholr honv-. M1*s* CkrvHao>l Js quite an luvimi- plinbed ycwintjf lady, ha vim? xttuluated at R. E. l>*o institute, Thomaaton, On, 6he has qufite a bout of friends who will wish her si! the happlncse that Is pos sible. Mr. tTastlon is one of Cwloden’t most iproiolstnic y*»ung men. and has good niiMlWMS qualiflcatibns. He, too, h*fi« the h**ar lertt of g<xvi wishes from Ills nuMiy /rUfisls. DHAl H AT CULLODEN. Cullodesn, Dec .21.——Mrs. L. R. Vaughan, -who has lw<en a rc*id»-T*t of CuUoden for a number of years, liedt yestnrtiiny afternoon at $ o’clock. She was taken very suddenly, toeing sick only a tow hours. MR. ELLIOTT IH DEAD. McDonough., Ga., Dee. 21 .—One of Henry county's host and cleverest olti- rena Is dead. Mr Floyd Elliott leaven a young wife and a great many r la- tlves and friends. The entire communi ty mourns his death.