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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAFB. TUESDAY, AUGUST IT, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES,
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money ordera, check*, etc., ahonld be made pay*
It* it H. C. Hattaos, Manager.
Galveston bag receive 1 one hundred and
thirteen bales ot cotton of the new crop in
one day. Verily, the opening of the busi
ness season is not far away.
FnoninmoN in Vermont exists in name
only, tho consumption of liqnor, according
to all accounts, being as large as ever. Pro
hibition on the statute books and prohibi
tion on the liquor traffic are two entirely
different things.
Tnx secret has leaked out. In the war
with Mexico the Gate City will give no
quarter. Every Mexican caught daring
the frightful struggle will be held nntil
Captain Whack Bailey pours a dipper of
Atlanta water down him.
It miRht be a good thing all around if the
Mexican editors who lately circulated in
the United States, should intorm their read
ers that tho country is more than a mile
and a half wide, and that there are enough
of the veterans who scaled the walls ot
Mexico left to do the job over.
"In consequence of importations of Em
glish steel blooms the price of home-m tde
steel blooms has dropped $1 per ton, mnk-
ing American steel cheaper than the foreign
after paying tariff dues. This little inch
dent shows bow the tariff operates to skin
the consumer,” says the Philadelphia lie.
cord. And it shows how reduction operates
to skin the laborer. The manufacturer does
not lose the SI.
Tiik suppression of the saloon in Iowa
has produced an extraordinary increase of
slight maladies requiring alcohollo treat
ment, although the death rate of the State
is no higher th&n it was in the golden age
of the dram-Bhop. A druggist in a town of
3,OOU inhabitants filled eighty-four liquor
prescriptions in one day; and in one connty
with no large town 5,000 pints were sold for
medicine during the month of June.
Signs ot Disintegration.
Signs of the disintegration ot political
parties as they now stand ara not wanting
in any Bection of the country. Now York
is always considered a battle ground of im
portance, and the Ilerald says of the ap
proaching contest there:
"The issues of the coming New York
State election are uncertain and compli
cated and the reanlt correspondingly donbt-
fol. The causes that tend to efface party
lines in national affairs are operative also in
those of the State*, and the disintegration^
that began with the last Presidential elec-* 1
tion continues in both.”
John Kelly is dead. We shall not see
soon again n man who can manage and
lead Tammany as he did. Hubert Thomp
son is dead, and the County Democracy has
lost its foremost leader.
Mr. Tilden is dead, and his first lieuten
ant, Mr. Manning, is badly, perhaps perma
nently, disabled.
There was a labor meeting in. New York
qnite recently, numbering over twenty
thousand people, called together on short
notice.
On Thnreday evening last there was a
secret meeting of trades and labor organiza-
tions in New York City. There were 402
delegates present, who represented 40,200
people, on the basis ot onodelegate to every
100 members. A very long and stormy
session was held to consider the advisibihty
of entoring the political field during tho cam
paign. After much discussion the proposi
tion was finally anbmitted to a vote, and
was carried by 2G9 to 133. It was agreed that
organized labor in New York city should
take independent political action this fall—
that is, nominate their own candidates for
the varions offices and anpport them to the
fullest extent of their power. The tenor of
the speeches made during the evening was
that past efforts in politics had been dis
msl failures, owing to workingmen not
working with a common interest.
The prohibitionists have gone into poli
tics everywhere, and are becoming exceed'
ingly active.
We may possibly get through the present
campaign without much ot u shock, but gen
tlemen who follow politics os a profession
should be preparing tojdeal with fresh ques
tions and new and powerful organizations
in 1888. Both the Democratic and Bepnb
lican parties may survive in their present
organizations, bnt they most be prepared
for heavy losses in the rank and file.
Tile New York Sun say: "It is now
generally admitted by Republicans that
Mr. Tilden was elected President Ten
ears have produced a striking change in
the feeling of all bnt the bitterest and most
wrong-headed of his opponents. The sense
of justice of the American people was not
appealed to in vain, and Mr. Tilden had
the satisfaction in the last years of his life
of knowing that the party which committed
and profited by the crime, had ceased for
the most part to deny or palliate it. Those
who remember how eagerly and
generally it was defended by
the Republicans nine years age
will understand the change. To Mr. Tilden
this changed attitnde of the Republicans
might seem like a tardy apology for a crime
beyond apology and forgiveness. Bat no
more striking than the respect and honor
which Mr. Tiiden's political opponents
show for his character and bis services, is
the deep and general contempt into which
the miserable man has fallen who got by
fraud the office to which Mr. Tilden was
elected. For Hayes, even in his own party
there is no respect The outcast of poll
tics, he has no friends in any party, and is
regarded by all with the contempt which
his career and hi* qualities deserve,
'The close
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
to get artesian water for u-
sUil the good work "
HOLDS ITS SEMI ANNUAL MEETING
IN CAllTKltSVILLE.
General Plillllp. a Candidate for President
of the Society—Macua Offers the
Park for Permanent State
Pair Ground*, Etc.
A mono the many opinions of the late Mr.
Tilden expressed since his death is the fol
lowing from Fitz-Ungh Lee, which voices
the sentiments of th* Sontb to a large ex
tent: "I was one of those who thought Mr.
Tilden was too modest in asserting his
claims to hold an office to which ho had
been fairly and iqnnrely elected by the
majority of the electors of the republic.
The underlying principle of republican
government U that a majority of the legal
voters ahall determine who will be their
chief magistrate. A majority of the voters
decided that Mr. Tilden wai duly elected
President, and I firmly believe that a
majority having mnde the decision, should
havo been equal to putting him in the
office to which they had elected
him. Wero I a Republican I would have
cheerfully acquiesced in the deci
sion of tbo people, because the perpetuity
of our republican institutions would have
been strengthened by each acquiescence.
In other wards, if one political party at
tempts to cheat the other political party out
of its victory. It becomes easier in the years
to come for the party in power to play the
same game upon their opponents, and
many men would reconcile their consciences
to it by the precedent which had been set.
I think that Mr. Tilden waa n safe and
splendidly informed Mentor of the party,
bnt I cannot help saying that he failed to
lead when a leader was required; or, in
other words, he failed to lead when it was
decided that he should lead, lie wes, how
ever, a great statesman, a pare citizen and
in Virginia we will greatly deplore his loss.'
8laveit is being extinguished both in
Cabs and Brazil. In both Cuba and Brazil
there are, ot oourae, some drawbacks to tho
philanthropic schemes of emancipation.
The cooiio trade in the island has often
been spoken of, and in Brazil there have
already been efforts to subatitnte farm labor
on contracts lasting several yearn which
Tho Moore Case.
The case made against Moore, an ex-po
liceman, now confined in onr jail, is horri
ble in the details which have reached the
pnblio. There is a suspicion that all the
foots have not beon brought to light by tho
partial investigation of a recorder’s court.
It is not strange, that a yonng orphan
girl should seek a relative and a home in
this city. It is very strange that she should
have been the victim of such an outrage as
described in onr local columns.
The public la asked to believe that she
was recommended to Moore as a suitable
guide and protector, by a lady, a chance
acquaintance mot in the waiting room of a
railroad depot, and that Moore happened in
just at tho opportune moment.
That this yonng girl should havo been
dragged in two different hacks through the
thoroughfares of the city in tho early hours
of the evening, being subject to the brutal
indignities of a drunken and depraved man,
carried to two notorious bagnios, where vi
olence at length aronsed mild interference
of the police authorities, is almost beyond
comprehension.
The facts not only warrant the strictest
and moat immediate investigation, bnt de
mand it An outrage has not only been
committed egainet a defenielees girl, bnt
against pnblie decency, the lawe of the State
and tho good name ot this city. It this
ease has occurred under the circumstances
detailed, what la to prevent Its repetition
when opportunity may be offered to mole
brutes and their female accomplices?
The community will be more than disap
pointed at any hesitation in this matter upon
the part ot the chief of police and the eolio-
itor-gcneral. There is reason to believe
that all the facta and all the ectore have not
yet fallen into the hands of the law.
AWasbinoton special says:
of Congress has brought to the minds of
many the fact that Senator Jones, of
Florida, allowed the session to pass with
out ever appearing on the floor of the Sen
ate chamber. Thongh be bos not partici
pated in legislation, he did not foil to send
at the end c! each month, through a De
troit bank, a draft for bis salary. These
drafts came to the clerk of the Senate with
great regularity, always arriving hereon the
fourth day of the month. The Senator wi 1
never return to the Senate again. He will
take np his residence in Michigan. He has
written Governor Perry, ot Florida, saying
he will not be a candidate for re-election
before the next Legislature, and unless
necessary, in order to diBposo of his prop
erty, will not return to Florida. He will
open a law office in Detroit. His friends
havo asked him to resign from the Senate,
but that ho declines to do, saying he was
elected for six years and he means to serve
the term out."
Sats tho Boston Herald: "The large
number ot candidates for the federal jndge-
skip in Georgia doesn’t prove that the
Southern section is badly given to office
seeking. The people there dearly love a ti
tle, and the legitimate title of ‘colonel’ or
‘majah’ having grown scarce in these piping
times of peace, they go for ‘jedge’ os the
next best thing.”
Oun neighbor and sinter State is following
fast In the footsteps of Georgia. The Mont
gomery (Ala.) Dispatch says: "The Ala
bama convict boas is crawling away up on
the ladder of distinction.” The convict
bosses now havo supreme control in Geor
gia-
Senator Edmunds says that the Repub
lican party mast go 'Vest for its next Presi
dential candidate, and the New York Even
ing Post hastens to second the motion.
Does this mean John Sherman and the de-
aertion of Cleveland by the Mugwumps?
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
Th* patriotic citizen who l< “in th* hand* of bt*
friend*" Is now abroad la th* land.—Chicago Tele-
The man who Ant remarked that there was no
such word as "tell," never Imagined for e uoueut
the Impoeatbllltj of enforcing prohibition in
town lame enough to oontalu n drug atoro. -Phila
delphia Ilerald.
Better go ont to tho bed around thte afternoon.
Thera', going to be *Bo. gama.' 'Dow dojouknow.
I wea present at Jlin Doolan'a la.t night whan
th* nmplra aold th* gam* to onr bojr*. It waa
fair a deal aa I aver saw.”—Tld-Blta.
Ocu dispatches about the Mexican busi
ness are rather bristling with a diplomatic
correspondence. In the meantime Captain
"’hack llailcy may hold the Atlanta army
at a parade rest.
Of Colonel Brodie, a New York jonrnal
lays: "Brodie, the newsboy who lately
jumped from the big bridge, was mixed np
in some way with the Honduras scheme,
and so was his brother. Steve is now doing
the ‘posing’ act in a dime museum, "’hen
asked yesterday whether he was going off
on s Mexican racket he scoffed at the idea,
bnt he said he had heard talk aboni fitting
ont an expedition to go down and poll one-
half of the ‘greaaar 1 Republic over to this
side of the Rio Grande. It was only gon-
closely resemble serfdom. Ibis aomp of .eral talk, however, in ‘de Fort ward,' and
IK** nlanlavw aiUvw'.tU nn Mm rvmnnd that and Im 'didn't want anvtx/tolv tn miv It ini tin
the planters advocate on the ground that
wlthont it there most be ntter demoraliza
tion of the agricultural system. There are
still persons who look gloomily on the
prospects of the plantation system without
slavery. 8ome people urge the importa
tion of free Africans from the west coast of
Africa, selected for physical strength, as
immigrants to work on the farms of BraziL
A member of the Madeira and Mamore rail
way commission lsst year published some
statistics indicating that along the Madeira
there was then a trade in Indians under
collusion of the autbo ltie*, the contracts
of hire maintaining a virtual state of slavery
upon pretense of liability to work out
debts. There are radical abolitionists in
Brazil, too, who disapprove the whole plan
of compensated emancipation, declaring
that in the mcentime it givee human bond
ag* additional government protection and
Brings the government into the slave mar
ket as a trader; and they predict tkat
- every will cnly cease with revolution or
- .-rvile insurrection.
Caetebsvillb, Ga, August 10.—"'hen
president L. F. Livingston, at 10 a. m.,
called to order the semi-annual convention
of the State Agricultural Society, the capac
ity of the opera house was fully tested.
The morning cession was opened by prayer
by Rev. T. M. Daniel, pastor of the Baptist
church. Griffin, nnd by addresses of wel
come by T. Warren Akin, nnd Hon. 'V. H.
Felton. Dr. Felton looks in good spirits
after the recent campaign. His address
was received with great interest, and it was
one of his usually interesting efforts.
The Doctor was responded to in appro
priate terms by Col. W. J. Hatcher. A
number of distinguished visitors were in
vited to seats and the privileges of the
floor, notably among them the former com
missioner of agriculture, J.S.Newman, pres
ident of tho Alabama State Society of Agri
culture, which meets at Talladega next
Wednesday, also director of the Alabama
agricultural experiment station; Chanoelior
Mel 1 , of the State University, Col. Thomas
Howard, and others,
Mr. G. H. Waring, of Bartow, on the
part of the superintendent of the Western
and Atlantic railroad, extended an invita
tion to the members to visit tho ore beds
of the county. Referred to the executive
committee.
The president’s address which followed
wos full of valuable suggestions for the
welfare of the society. He referred to crit
icisms of his action with reference
to the location of the State fair,
and stated that Mayor Price, of Macon,
had declined to give the society a perma
nent location at the park; that the society
tiad determined upon n permanent fair
ground, and therefore had entered into ne
gotiations with other cities.
lu the afternoon session, preeeding and
Htibsi quent to toe essay by Dr. A. Oemler,
of Savannah, entitled “Some thoughts on
fertility aDd manuring," Air. G. H. War
ing offered a resolution looking to memori •
aiming the Legislature on the anhjeot of es
tablishing experiment farm stations.
Mr. Barrett, of Richmond, offered a sub
stitute to establish three stations, one at
Albany, one at Marietta, BDd principal sta
tion at Athens; and making provisions for
utilizing convict labor not convicted of fel
onies.
The society approved the resolutions, and
on motion they ami the substitute were re
ferred to a committee of three, consisting
of Barrett of Richmond, Waring of Bartow,
and General William Phillips of M irietta.
After this waa disposed ot General William
Phillips, of Alariettu, addressed the con
vention oa the subject, "Does farming pay
in Georgia? If not, why not?” In n lncid
manner he portrayed tho woes of Georgia
farmers, giving statistics from Comptroller
Wright to show that Georgia property waa
iocreaaing yearly, bnt fertdizers and other
(xpenses qnite counterbalanced it He
drew a aumewhat doleful picture ot the
present state of farming in Georgia. Gen
eral Phillips, it is understood, will be a
candidate for the presidency of the associa
tion, and qnite a spirited tussle is expected
between tho e indidates.
Major Livingston's attitnde in favor of
labor is boing used against him. I beard
one old farmer say he thought ho was pay
ing all hit labor waa worth.
On motion of Dr. Carey, Hon. W. H.
Felton, of Alacon county, was ro-eiccted
trustee of the University by acclamation.
His connection with the board was highly
eulogized by many of the members of the
society.
A communication from the committee on
fairgrounds of Atlanta waa received, as
suring the Prestdentof satisfactory arrange
ments in Atlanta, when a meeting coaid be
arranged; also one from Americas, from
Alayor Felder, inviting the society there at
the next meetiug, nnd finally one from
Mayor Price, offering permanent me of the
Central City Park for the fair grounds. No
comment—all referred to the executive
committee, who will probably set to-mor
row.
r * „ tfoes on.
Last Thursday Hon. w i
nominated for Stale Kenatn* * M ,
seventh senatorial dUtriet fotthe U«
Tho Waynesboro True Citi«„
* John 8- David-on S,"ns
indent of the
Augusta Now* knowa .
to clip from It u«e* tbeTctim*? 04
Trleoraw, freely Without creSu 0 *
Tho Madisonian says: ■.«? U
Jr., son of Congressman Harri. w
has been solicited to beoin #i '
of a new morning paper m AUanu-
The race in Henry between z,
and Stewart for • ’onpesahS
suid.to very close auTthe couau L
go either way by a very small /
James H. Randall has written '
that will he read at Annapolti, '
10th iust., on tho ooumion of th.
ing of a bronze statue of Baron I
Joshua Jones, of Blnffton
Tho National Cotton Excliarg” of N
lean* Completes tin July Report
New Orleans, August 10 —The following
is the National Cctton Exchange’s crop re
port for the month of July:
Returns have been completo from all „„ u
parts of the belt, and onr revision of acre- admirable President of the s'* "fik
age based on county reports is com- The Augusta News kim„.
plete. Much field work has been
accomplished during the month of July,
resulting, however, in the abandonment of
some lands which were beyond redemption,
and the thinning ont in various localities of
stands from clcaringnp; hut from thepros-
ent indications this abandonment is not
calculated to alter onr acreage basis
Perhaps, no season has shown tc
greater extent than the advantages of thor-
ongh cultivation, for whore this has been
the case the difference in the outlook of the
crop is very marked, accounting to a g> eat
extent for conflicting reports made from
pretty much the same section. Glancing
over the belt wo find thut the two
Carolines have continued on the downwnrd
scale. Alabama lias made considerable im
provement. Georgia, Mississippi, Louisi-i-n
and Tennessee show some advance, while
Arkansas has added neatly to her former
good condition. Texas, however, has just
shout held her own, and fears
are expressed in this latter
state of s threatened drongth in localities and
worms are mentioned, as will be noticed in
State reports, bnt no damage has been
done thus far. Tho bulk of the crop east
of the Mississippi is, however, back
ward, and therefore dependent npon
favorable conditions from now on for the
maintenance of present prospeots. Toe
eondition of the crop by States is as follows:
Virginia, 80 per cent.; North Carolina, 76
per cent.; South Carolina, 71 per cent.
Georgia, 80 per cent; Florida, 84 par oent.
Alabama, 82 per cent.; Tennessee, 91 per
cent.; Arkansas, 97 per eont; Mississippi, ( I
»t per cent.; Louisians, 82 per cent.; Texas, DuPont Guerry's character and n-
98 per cent The average for the belt is tions. This is the worst of all, gni
85.4, against 86.5 lsst month, and 97 last I tifyiog to the character of Goerrv
year, I not in Gath." *'
Til
bjtpAi
TUI
CROP REPORTS
and he ’didn’t want anybody to mix him np
id it, because it’d break him up In de allow
business by puttin’ de cops onto him.’ ”
JjJColonel Tom Ochiltree remarks: "With
any other two peoples under the snn any
on* of them would have been a casus Mli,
bnt knowing as we do the ntter irresponsi
bility of these frontier Mexicmns, particu
larly of the Northern States of Sonora,
Chihnahna. Tamaulipai and Nnevo Leon to
the national or cential government, we
have never called the Utter to account for
the many outrageous violations of inui-
national comity that have occurred win,
each monotonous periodioy within the last
quarter of a century. In fact, the afore
mentioned States, except in appearance
have never yielded obedience to the Federal
Mexican authority. Each State baa crimi
nal and civil Uwa of Us two, and I can
readily nndenUnd the disinclination of the
Mexican President to trench on the States
rights of the Chihuahnani, particularly ni
he U somewhat short of latuliona to cm
phaaize any such interpolation.”
Tailor—Ton have ncentljr InheriteJ a nice lump
of money from yonr uni te: why don't yon pay met
Customer—I beta ell outward show. I don't want
tt to haaall that my nanly acqnlred wealth haa
caused a departure from my former elmplo habit*.
—Exchange,
Dagley-Coma, air, 1 wish yon would quite put-
Any that amoks In my fac*. I'anatock-bjrsn't hurt
tha amoks my daar air. Baglay—11 hurt* me, air,
datrat th* ama.t of tobacco. Ponetoc1—My deer
•tr, thte I* not tobaoeoi it I* a At# cent cigar.—To
bacco Journal.
A bevy or country |trl> rutted Ocean Grove and
was quite shocked at the immodeat attire of the
he there. Determining to sot them a lesson, they
put on wrapper* to fo Into tha water, fortunately
for them than war* faw oa tho beech whan they
emerged.—Lynn Dee.
Italian peddler (beartaa* tray ot ptaaterot-parta
fliturea on bis bead)-Ab, yonr reverence, It 1* i
An* day. Priait—Indeed it la, ray eon. Th* otlnte
he always with yon. Italian peddler—Yes yonr
ravennes they elweye era. I haven't eold one
this morn ten.—Ttd-tltte.
Corporal to 8o Id ter—Why te the blade o( the sabre
curved inured or straight ? Soldier—It te curved to
Ktva mora (orco to tho blow. Corporal—Bombast
Th* sabra la cursed so aa to At th* scabbard. If it
wee etnlght how won'd get it into th* crooked scab
bard, blockhead!—Prom th* German.
Are yon a philanthropist, ntrT" asked on old
(•ottoman of a young man who woe distributing a
quantity of butterscotch to aorne little children.
'Am t Whan" sold the yonng mu. "A phllaa-
thropUL" “So, air, I'm a denttet" S. B.—Butter
scotch tebad (or tbo teeth -N.w York Telegram
"Whotta yonr husband's buatneeaV demanded
th* canans man hoi. “Be has no biulaoas" replied
the women of the hone*. “Well, whet doe* je
woik atf “He doeen't work at all; ha'a a labor re
former." -Hare enough; and what do yon dot"
"Plain tewing and washing sad Ironing." -Burdette.
Mm. Baglay (U tho academy haU)-8oeh a de
lightful eves log, via* Noser. Mbs gown (gloomi
ly)-I enppoaoao. I am little tntereeted in thee*
gathering*. Indeed. I evported thte very night to
he la Madagascar laboring with tha heothon. and
would ban been eo bad I no* mimed the veeeel.
Mr*. B. (lightly)-Well, yon know, "maaprypoeas”
htii* 8. (mora gloomily) —My ospartencs Mm. Bag-
lay, te that be doesn't.-P UvlelphU Call.
aelec^j
( le Kilt,*
laments: You may taik 'about’’" 08 ' fl
little bee, but what's bDt'icriJe 11 ' 1,5
now ia the busy little flea, and"'? tJV
to contend with are dike the k
flea.*
Thp Waynesboro True Citizen u
Mr. R. L. Phelps has a nt in kit ,
tion os operator of the Merck;,lu' «
Telegraph Company. His uuco*
not been appointed, and we feari
office will be diHcoutinned.
T , h ,Lo 0ny a” 8olid Houth that,
prohibition doea not forbid the tal. J *.
rnestic wines, thousands of mi) "l
wretched stuff, made of btickberbra h
been pat up in the country, and «iin
sold in Athens by the quart oa big
The Brunswick Herald says-
the judioial despot of the Federal’ci, ul
volunteered to appear before the S
judiciary committee to testify
Speer's
GRIFFIN.
french Statesman -I nsdaietiad tkat yon here
Juet funght a dual with M. de Bang Bang, french
Joereabet— Tee. french Htateemtn - Did he kit
yen? French Jonrneltet-No. French Statesmen—
Did yea hi*-himT French Joarneltet-So; bnt It
wee a Borrow eocene (or noth ot as. French
men—Indeed! Freucbjounultet—Tee; my a
who bed charge of the wee pc no. Intel* Id them In
mekhgall the necessary arrangements, *n.l when
we got Is tha Bald we hadn't anything to fight with.
French Matas man—I congratulate yoa. Give mo
From the Federal Agricultural Depart mi ut
to August 1st.
WasnixoToN, August 10.—The spring
Wheat returns of the Department of Agri
culture for August 1st, show improvement
in the condition in Iowa, a small decline in
Wisconsin and Nebraska, and a heavy re
duction in Dakota. Causes of tho deterio
ration are drought and chinch bags. The
brat haa been txcenive in many diatricts
that have produced a fair yield, notwith
standing. Harvest ia two weeks earlier than
usual, and the quality is unusually good,
except in lections where heavy loss from
blight haa occurred.
The general average of condition ia redne-
edtfiom 83.2 to 80.1. At the time of harvest
1 tat year, the average waa 80. A part of
the lose last reason occurred after Anguat
lot. Aa the present harvest i*already near
ly over, and with improving m-trorologiail
conditions, tho final estimate cannot be
much farther reduced.
The present average la 91 for Iowa in
stead of 90 last month. No leas than twen
ty-five counties, each producing from
260,000 to 1,000,000 bushels, retort
the condition at 100, or over.
In Minnesota there ia an increase from 78
to SI. The reduction in Wiaconsin is from
75 to 72, in Nebraska from 83 to 82, and in
| Dakota from 85 to 62
Winter wheat previously harvested ia not
reported this month. There has been a
heavy dentine in the eondition of corn since
thelat of July. The average, which waa
then 95, ia redared to 81.
The heaviest decline ia in Rlinoie, Wis-
eotuin and States west of the Mivtisslppi.
In the Eastern and Middle States
the condition ia well maintained.
It indicate* a crop not much
exceeding twenty-two bushels per acre,
though the future conditions may increaa
or decreaM thaultim-t. yield.
The avtrage of apring rye la 88 4.
Thera has been no material decline in
oats, the average being 87.
Barley baa maintained its condition, and
nearly an average crop is assured. The
eondition of buckwheat la average 91, to
bacco 82, potatoes 88.
Onr agent tn London cables to-day that
the European harvest will be ten per cent.
I'H than hat year. France's ia below one
hundred million hectolitres, Italy fifty-one,
England ten pew cent, reduction tn the rate
of vivid on a reduced arm.
l b-* cotton crop baa suffered from wet
weather in elt the States east of the Mieaia-
efppi; and in Louisiana the avenge eon-
ditioo bae been rednewd from 86 to 81, Vir-
S ol* "’>i North CtfnliDi 74, booth Carolina
r, Georgia 80, Florid* 86, Alabama 77,
Uieeiasippi 79, Louisiana 75. Texas 88. Ar-
kanaa* 96, Trnuea.ee 96. Thera hs* beet,
a slight, advene* in Atkanaaa and Ttxos.
The decline is heavy in tha Carolina*
Negro Outs a Wblte Man Desperately In [
Several risers.
GntrriN, Ga , Augnst9.—Abontl2o’clock I
to-day a dim culty took place at the building
being erected by Major Wood, on Hill I
street. Mr. J. A. Wicker, the master work
man, on Inst Thursday eveniog discharged
one of the workmen, Wm. Rich, a negro
about 18 or 19 years of age. Tho negro was
very insolent, and after receiving his pay I
followed Mr. Wicker to his boarding house, I
complaining all the way. This morning 1
Iii h was hanging about the place nnd at
noon came to tho building and picking up
the water bucket started towards tbo
well with it, when Mr. Wicker
told him to put it down.
Rich told him he be d if be wasn’t go.
ing to tako it anyhow. Mr. Wicker then
picked tip a piece ot scantling, when the I
negro drew his knife and struck at Air.
Wicker, who knocked him down. Rich I
then jumped up nnd cat Mr. Wicker on the
back of the neck a "ash about two nnd a
half inoho- long. Before be coaid cat him I
again Air. Farley, a gentleman standing
near, grabbed hint, bnt Rich, jerking loose,
plunged bin knife into Mr. Wieker'B side
and drew it across his back, leaving a deep I
gash in the small of the back, jnst to the
right of the spinal column. The negro
then ran, making good bis escape. Mr. I
Farmer, one of tho workmen, jumped off
ot the bailding and punned the negro, bnt I
conid not overtekq him. Dr. Collier was
called, and after dressing Wicker’s wounds I
>renounced them serions. He is now rest-
ng quietly, and it is hoped he will reoover. |
A NEGRO WOMAN MURDERED.
The I’copte of tlenry County Looking for
the Murderer to Ueng Hun,
GntfFiN, August 10.—Intelligence reach
ed the city this morning of a terrible mur
der that occurred in llenry county, near
Locust Grove, some time daring Sunday i
Kendrick, a negro, and hi» ITEW ENGLAND CQNSERVA
wife have been living on Mr. Wm. Costel- IM netincm n
lo's place for some time, tho woman doing I JH Df " |VluGlu BoStOfli
the cooking for Mr. Gastello’* family. Thiel THE LARCEST ei.i BEST EQUIPPED
morning the woman did not come os usual, XfOBLD-w!*£»?*»*■
nnd Mr. Castillo,waiting until he waa tired, I Tueinr. riee'am.^onteiv.Uaraoear
went to her house and called, but could I ’?*“ i n 4
make no one hear,
door and upon looking
that would make one's blood ran cold. ■ msylMendlmeaawat
Everything in the room waa in confusion.
Lying partly on the bod was the woman
with her throat cat and neck broken by an
MOST PERFECT
Prepared with ctrict regard to Parity, to
Healthful nee*. Dr. Price's Baking fuse,
no Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Dr. Price'*
Vanilla, Lemon, orange, ate. Barer ddtdre:. ]
PRICE BAKUta POWDER CO., CWcajo utSU
7. Ti* SS-oSTKI ttUSSfe'S
oking in beheld a sight SEw.^ , t'YOL : /Ji;Ei>.T! £ru£u« I*.* 1
MKOICAL DKPART)ftft*f
TUIANB UNIVERSITY OF LOLISiA'l |
ax*. Her clothing and th* bed were" sat-1 (Formerly, lNT-ltuu, the Unlrantty of t
nr*ted with blood. The murderer bad fled I It* advantage# for pra tied Interact*
and no trace of bimoonld be found. H> • msmmot ■
waa teen on the streets here yesterday, bnt I charity lltenlul with its too l-r.lt, ni 1
bis crime was not then known. Hespentthe I ttenta annuity. Student* here ao hear*
night Inst on Mr. Gray’s place about five I 1 *:; »“'■ epeciatlretnictiira t* deiij (■"“ “J]
inline „t,...... tr.ncu.lta .......,1. I bedside of the sick, aa in no other Initln-u -
miles above Here. A posse is now search-1 or information, add™**
Prof. 8. K. CBAILLC. M. D, ,
IP? o Drawsriet. NewOri«euU|
be lynched, the colored people teeming aa I ata*"!"
much or more determined than the whites.
MONEY LOADED
l’lka'ft Utiuucnute Convention.
Baunk*viu.k, Ga., August 10,—The Dem-1
ocratic convention of Pike connty aaaem- On Improved Farm and city Property f**
tiled in Zebnlon last Saturday. A moat I apply to
harmonious one was had.
Hon. John F. Madden and Hon. J. E.
Gardner was nominated for the Legists- Jt LAWTON, BiUlkCfi
Hon. John F. Redding was nominated I
for the Renata. Second tbaeL Macon. Oa.
The convention passed the following res-1 apridevlr
0l ”Rt«ivtB (l). That w. are th. organize! S700 tO S2500«* ' 3
Democratic party of the county .and os such | teSi**
Democratic platform.
"Keaolvcd (2). That wo Indorse the ad
ministration of President Cleveland.
"Reorlved (3), That we fully approve of I
the faithful services of Hon. James IL |
Bloont, and are gratified at his reuomina-
tion.
* uS. UlU Mate at, 1!
| JayltwXm
i/'anderbiIjT umyMJI
V Seven Distinct napnrtramte: *■»*«“ 1
i overt ng. Biblical, taw. fb* regJJJV
Dental, free tuition to etudent, h
"Resolved (4), That having the highest *»"•> T^jW:
confidence in the integrity and capacity of ?i!te U TMMf ^gam _ 1J
onr Mlo»-citizen, Col. Johu F. Ridding,
KASTMAN, GEORGIA.
, Private and chronic dteaasca * •K’jJ’S
| drada of certificate# ot cure*. a
alias. Consultation fra*.
oue truoa-cHiz-iu, cot. aonu r. i.milling, — ■ ■ ,
we earnestly recommend our delegates to L)V. J, jit. JiUCfUlll G-
uas a l fair and honorable means to secure 1
his nomination tor the Senate from the
twenty-second Senatorial dtitricL"
Dr. J. L. Fogg, CoL S. X. Woodward, W.
8. Whittaker, JTF. Canthern, lion. J. E.,
Gardner, 0. O. Driver and J. V. ltoper ZT nII>f . yiS £
Ware elected delegates to the convention. I lrJLJLilliO, daye.en4nrvrrieturne-**
■ 1 -!■■* m I nn 1*1** no •umxMltorr. iluftw* , >
An Impromptu Marriage in Cochran. | eimpla remedy Frew by addraeeiug G. J
CocBSkx, Ga , August 9. -Mt. J. Hamp-1 *!
tan Overbey, of Cochran, and Mist Alioe | t
H
i. r.
Tk* Due da Many* drAntUs* ot e polite rasa I*
abeal, obn
I M epenon wUkaoaa n- tt-.uu about
hard to
th* nao* *f year second, wUlyest I've got e little i u,t; ere teM br
•Oetr ot ray own to settle next weeL—Tld-Blu. 1 them."—New To
Terk Telegram.
t boa been on s visit here to I | rev*w»»-
P. Urqnhort, Eaq.,* promt-1 iit,’\\' i ]i|i I of
d merchant of onr town. I bull A III* • tenAteg gut.-•
# Bend *U cent*
Urqnbort, of Florida, wer# married yeater-1 \ ITftUilh.
day evening at the residence of Judge Me- r£ht my then “1*^ *
OHB.in Hawkins ville, Rev. E. j!co*U. ajoJZS.
officiating. I a uK. Terms malted fee*. Tac* * ^
Mias Urqnbort bae be, n on a visit her* to ‘" v ‘
her brother, A. P. Urqahart, K q , a pruiui-1 DVW (Dill ot G"s.bf*
neat citizen and
The partita had bu n engaged a short time, I '* m " ecemu ~_ 1 ^~ fg, clrretete- n
end during a boggy ride yesterday afternoon w !B3oL AOSkCT. its Soalh Clark tew^,,
they agreed to go on to HawktoAvitie anil IIL N. b. w* went ail kind* *<«#*■•
marry, which they did, returning to the I “4 (
groom's borne here l^* * m — » ■— 1 —
to our bv»t families.
Georg
A meeting will ho
Friday night to organize
tary company.
Rev. El win G. Wood, tits of Ang
wiU be consecrated Bishop of Florid
JfccluiOQTille to-morroTr.
Already $10,000 L.it been spent in trj