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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY AUGUSTST-TWELVE PAGES.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Whitfield County Instructs
for Hon. J. E. Shumate.
NOMINATION IN STEWART COUNTY.
from a Mule’* Kick—IlawJdnsvillo
JSascballistH Heat the Cochran Nine
—Protracted Religion* Ser.
vice* In Cedartown.
Dalton, July 30.—In a mass meeting
lield Saturday delegates were elected to the
Congressional convention which nmets at
Cedarfown on September Otli, favorable to
the nomination of Hon. J. E. Shumate.
The legislative race is wanning up, there
being three candidates, Hon. W. C. Glenn,
G. W. Head and James Hamilton. The
situation is not such as to warrant an
opinion as to the final result.
The waterworks are nearing completion,
water having already been turned on a
portion of the city.
The First National Bank of Dalton will
commence business on September 1st. The
new bank building, a handsome two story
brick, will be ready by that date. The
officers of the ban are: Col. It. J. McCany,
president; Dr. T. F. Feck, cashier, and S.
a. Scott, teller.
So far we have had good rains, and
crops are fine in this section.
Marriage—One-Fare llate-The Squad
Drill Wind Htorm—Republican*.
Opelika, July 30.—Friday evening, at
the residence of Rev. D. M. Banks, Mr.
Irvin John and Miss Florence M. Lane
were united in the holy bond, of wedlock, efroyed on his place a few days ago by
lightning. He and ins uroiher had j;.t
ent b afraid to say just how high the ther
mometer went. ,
Congressman J. D. Stewart is at home
smiling on his constituency and wearing
his same old common-sense ways We are
justly proud of our Congressman
CEDAKTOIVN.
Heavy Wind ..torm-Workmen Iliisy-Pro-
trained Services-Personal
Cedartown, July 30.—Polk county
never had a finer crop, but rain is much
needed.
A wind storm visited us last week, blow
ing down trees, corn and unroofing Stobbs
& Co.’s new warehouse.
Every carpenter in Cedartown has more
work than lie can do.
The Methodist church is nearing com
pletion.
The new school building is going rapidly
up. . .,
Buildings are going up on every side,
and our prospects were never brighter.
Rev. Mr. Bachman is conducting meet
ings for the Presbyterians. The interest
is considerable. . . ,
The heat is great and there is some sick
ness in the shape of dysentery.
Edilor Folsom has been sick bnt the last
issue of his paper is the best. He lias
doubled his subscription list.
SPARTA. »
Itellgtou* Services—Promising Crops—A
House Destroyed by Lightning.
SrAKTA, July 30.—Yesterday Rev. Carl
W. Minor preached at the Baptist church
and Rev. Mr. Lester at the Methodst
There is a protracted meeting going on at
Powelltown. Mr. Minor was accomp-nied
on his visit to Sparta by his brother, Capt.
Thomas Minor. ,
The crops i.t Hancock are in a very
promising condition. Very few, if any,
arc suffering from rain. We had a line
and very general rain yesterday.
Mr. Buck Kennedy had a house de-
Mr. John is of the firm of John Brothers,
foundry and machine shops, and is one of
our most enterprising young men. who, by
his integrity and industry, has gained
many friends and built up a fine trade.
Miss Lane was musical directress in the
Opelika Seminary, and is a most worthy
lady. There were no cards.
Mr. JC. T. Charlton, general passenger
agent, has given a one-fare rate from Bir
mingham, Macon, Columbus and Alexan
der City, and also from all points on the
East Alabama railroad. Invitations have
been extended to the Mat on companies to
participate in the squad drill here on Au
gust 23d.
A severe rain and wind storm passed
through LaFayette last night. Many
trees were blown down, several houses un
roofed and the court house chimney blown
over. No one was injured.
The independent Republican convention
convened here to-day at the court house,
with A. H. Hendricks,colored, as chairman.
Hendricks was nominated for the Senate
hut declined. There were no other nomi
nations for Senator. The following nomi-
inations were then made; S. L. Mullins
and Joel Allen,for Representatives; J. H.
Erwin, for treasurer; Jtfl H. Williamson,
lor tax collector, and C W. Scott, for as
sessor. There was no tomination for sher
iff. The convention then adjourned.
HAWKINSVILLE.
Ttio Athletic* Defeat the Cochran Club-
Personal Mention.
Hawkinsville, July 30.—Ilawkins-
villo on top again.
The Athletics, of Hawkinsville, the
crack ball club of South Georgia, under
the management of Minor Lewis, played
a game with the Cochran nine Saturday
afternoon and defeated them by a score of
1C to 8. The Athletics play good ball ami
seldom let a visiting team get away with
them.
Mr. Thomas J. Capers, formerly con
nected with the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia in this place, but who now
resides in Gainesville, Fla., is in the city
shaking hands with his many friends.
Misses Mattie and Pearl Lewis leave to
morrow for New York via Cincinnati
where they will spend the month of
August.
Mrs. A. L. Adams and Miss- Edna
Roberts have returned home after Bpend
ing several weeks at Indian Springs.
Lucious SI. Lamar, Jr., of Slacon,
came down to the city last Saturday to be
present at the reunion of the “United
vrdcr of R. H.’a,” of which he is presi
dent.
The genial Jere Traylor, of Virginia,
than whom there is no better man, is in
Hawkinsville this week.
CAVE SPUING.
District Primary to Select Delrgntei
Instructions— Picnic.
Cave Sr*no, July 30.—On Saturday
the Cave Spring district, in a primary,
elected delegates instructed for Clements
for C ingress.
For Representatives from Floyd county
the delegates are instructed to vote for
Junius Hiliyer, J. W. Turner and J. M,
Walker. Mr. Walker is one of the pres'
ent representatives.
The general meeting of the second dis
trict of the Cave Spring association is in
progress at Cedar Creek church, five miles
Irom town. The attendance is good and
the lunch provided is rich and abundant,
Captain Corput is erecting a ccmmodl
ous room for storing his wine.
The Floyd County Agricultural Club
had a picnic in the Hearn school campus
this week. The crowd was just large
enough for a pleasant time, and doubtless
the nrrastnn was ninrh enjoyed. Most of
these pretent presented the appearance of
amateurs.
lelt the building before the lightning
struck it.
The Democratic executive committee of
this county at its meeting last Saturday
passed a resolution calling a mass meeling
of the Democrats to take plate on the 11th
inst. to elect delegates to the Congressional
convention ol the Eighth district.
Adntruville Items.
Adaiksville, July 30.—Mr. J. J.
Stephens, with his associate, organized an
a liance of farmers in this immediate sec
tion with twenty-five members, who are
governed by their elected officers: Messrs.
1-ewis Wilson, president; N. Cunningham,
vice-president; Mark King, secretary;
Wm. Trimble, treasurer. Much interest
was manifested in this association of farm
ers. Their final meeting before going to
active work will be on the first Saturday
in August.
Mr. W. T. Dozier, once of this section,
is now proprietor ol the Sargeant House,
at Rome, and keeps a hotel that deserves a
large patronage.
Sun Hill Notes.
Sun Hill, July 30.—We had a fine rain
yesterday, lasting two hours, which was
much needed.
Crops are very poor in this section and
can’t make over three-fourths of a crop
witii a good season. Must of the funnels
are done '‘laying-by” and fodder pullitg
will be the order of the day. ,
Mrs. J. Ben Wilson left for F'ort Valley
Friday and will spend the balance of the
summer there.
Mrs. Vallie Thigpen left for Macon and
Forsyth yesterday and will spend some
time with relatives and friends.
could no* go on the water, by Mrs.
Vance, the truly charming wife of Benawr
Vance She called it a “Mother Hubbard
ATLANTA ADVICES.
party.” Only ladies were present. Reci-! Chautauqua SeUSatlOU of
character were given by several | 1
High Proportions.
MR. BLAINE VISIT CEORCIA.
Friend* of Mr. Hartlett Anxious to Slake
Him a Candidate For the Pre*ideucy
of That Hody—More Keister-
ing Place* Wanted.
Macon Twjwbaph Bubbau, )
No, 3H Whitihali. Rtrket. V
Atlanta. Ga.. July 30. 1888. I
The Journal this evening amazes it
young ladies—mirth provoking to the last
degree—then a song or two equally as full.
of fun; a clogdance, the prettiest any body
ever saw, by a young lady of Augusta.' \W|||
And then, when old eyes were shining
with glee and lovely young faces were
dimpled with laughter that would not
cease, then some one said: Now, Mrs.
Vance, you read us something.” She
took up a book, and _ in
the most exquisite fashion,
the most tenderly pathetic way, she read
“Ole Miss ami Sweetheart,” and laughter
ceased and dimples fled, and tears took
their ’places, and now and then a mur
mured “oh how beautiful!” or “oh how - ea( ] er8 an( j sets the town agog over the
natural!” or a deep 6tgh came for an . ,, .. „
accompaniment. After it was finished following very sensational 1 revelation:
somebody said, nodding toward where I! . “The Journal is in poaMuamn of informs-
sat, “She says she knows him,” meaning tion that leads it to believe that the tnvt-
the author. “Oh! doyou?doy<>u?” An3 »* Fonnnent Republican to speak
I felt as if a little glimmer of! glory was « Chautauqua means something else
for the minute about me too, when I conld , revenue. ,,
reply with quite a touch of pride, “Yes, I , ll ! 8 » d “ ,tted U ! at the management
live not very far from him. and have 1 b, a ™ » V1 d . prominent Democrats and
Republicans to speak there in order to in
duce largo crowds and thus make the en
terprise a success financially, but oiher
elements have come to the help of the
management, and it is not improbable
that the whole scheme may take on a
political aspect before the exercises are
concluded.
“The Btory is this: That the managers
of the Chautauqua are given credit for an
live not very far from him, and have
known him for some time. Very truly, A.
SOME B tll.WAY MATTERS.
Rumor tlmt Important Systems will Com
bine to Deduce Expeuset.
There arc rumors afloat of an exceed
ingly important deal in Southern rai way
affairs. It is announced that what practi
cally amounts to a pool is about to be .
formed try the leading railroad companies honest desire to make expenses and also to
in the South, whereby competition will be j have speakers of both sides of such promi-
maintained and mutually beneficial ar- j nence and such mental equipment as will
rangements will be put in operation in j insure speeches or lectures that will in-
many directions. struct the people who hear them.
Three important roads, reported to be all “But in order to get some speakers to
ready for this clo er arrangement, are the ! come, certain influences must be had. To
Georgia Central, the Atlantic Coast Line j inifuee McKinley to speak, Colonel A. E.
and the entire Plant sysiem, and the far-i Buck, the leading Republican of Georgia,
reaching group of the Richmond Terminal j wrote and telegraphed him, and it is
Company. No contract has been sealed likely that when Governor Brown pre-
Stewart’* Nominee.
Lumpkin, July 30.—Mr. Geo R. Halil-
dsy was nominated Saturday by the Dem
ocrats as a candidate for representative of
this county.
A rabid dog was killed on the streets
Saturday evening.
Crops are in fine condition, and unless a
disaster of some kind befalls us we shall
have a wonderful yield.
FROM MOItKHK 111 CITY.
A Macon Lady Tell, of WHat She See. ami
Hear. There.
Atlantic Hotel, Morkhkad City,
July 28.—When one runs away from heat
and duit and work to build up the wasted
forces, what does one want more than can
he found here in this delightful “City by
tlie Sea’’—city in name only—for the few
houses which go to make up the little fish
ing hamlet could hardly ho called a vil
lage even
yet, however, delav in the financial con
summation of the scheme beingdue largely
to the extr . peril)a ion expended to induce
the Louisville and Nashville system and
one or two lesser system? to come into
tlie circle. And it is stated that there is
excellent reason to believe that these efforts
will be crowned ultimately with suixess.
It is stated in connection with the al
leged pool that a very rare opportunity
for economy in Southern railway manage
ment exists in the extravagant system of
soliciting business, in vogue on all the
larger roads. Scores of men on large sal
aries arc at work in the le ding towns of
tlie South seeking to gain business for the
various railroads. Whenever one road
comes into competition with another, then
each lias its scouting solicitor at work con
tinually. The salaries of these solicitors
range from $3,000 to $4,000, and so reckless
is this policy that each solicitor has an
extra account on which he is authorized to
draw from $1,000 to $3,000 additional pay
per year..
The work of closing out and reorganiz
ing the railway companies which went in
to bauki uptcy in the di-astrous times fol
lowing the period of over speculation a
few yea; s ago is now nearly completed.
This year, up to July 1, the foreclosure
sales numbered twelve, representing 756
miles of line and a total apparent funded
debt and capital Btock of $31,423,000. In
the same period of 1887 our record showed
nineteen sales, involving 2,418 miles and
$156,938,000—or nearly five times the
amount of capital represented in the sales
thus far in 1888. For tlie entire yenr 1887
the sales numbered thirty-one, covering
5,478 miles of road and the enormous
capital of $328,181,000. Thirteen
roads, with an aggregate mile
age of 2,428 miles, and a total
apparent funded debt and capital stock of
$153,650,000, have acknowledged their in
solvency lince the year began. Compared
with several years pievious, the Railway
Age sivs that this is a discouraging show
ing. For the fint half uf 1887 only five
cases of receiverships apjiointed were re
corded, covering 428 miles of road and
about $28,2l0,000 df capital; while for the
entire year 1887 only nine receiverships
were reported, representing 1,046 miles
and $70,318,000 of investment. In 1886
only thirteen receivers were appointed for
1,799 miles, involving about $70,350,000,
but in the years 1885 and 1884 the receiv
erships were much greater in number and
covered an appalling amount of mileage
and capital.
At tne recent semi-annual meeting of
the National Association of Baggage
Agents, in New York, three important
matters were made the subject of discus-
sented the formal invitation, Mr. McKin
ley was ready to «»y yes. and was anticipa
ting the note. He comes willingly, with
his war paint on, and will put in his best
licks for Republicanism and protection.
“A very prominent Republican was over
heard to say this morning that Mr. Blaine
would speak at Chautauqua before its
close. He spoke as if assured of the fact.
As Mr. Blame is not in America, how
could he know unless the Republican
managers of the North, who are conducting
the campaign against Cleveland, have
agreed that Mr. Blaine shall come as a part
of the campaign.
“The gentleman who overheard the re
mark and who brought the information to
the Journal, truly says the whole thing
begins to wear a political look, as if the
foremost Republicans in the United States
were to be brought to Georgia to try and
stem *he well nigh universal sentiment in
favor nf tariff reform and possibly defeat
the re-election of Senator Colquitt.
“VVc have given facts and made our de
ductions. The reader may take the same
facts, for facts they are, and make his de
ductions.”
By Associated Press.
Atlanta. July 30.—Private informa
tion from Washington announces Mr. Mc
Kinley’s acceptance of the invitation to
address the people of Georgia on tlie tariff
question at the piedmont Chautauqua,
lie w.ll speak on August 21st, or a later
day, as agreed upon.
Jefferson Davis and Governor Fitzhugh
Lee have been invited to attend a reunion
of Confederate veterans at the Chautauqua
on August 11th.
UNIFORMS AND OUTFITS.
jarpenter is manufacturing a large num
ber of log cabins to fill orders, of which lie
expects a big rusli as the campaign ad-
vanees.
FIGHTING FOIt AN ISLAND.
going to put in a stock of them in antici- * Warning Voice from Within tlie n ank „
potion of a big demand. An enterprising ' ''if'.'e" I ‘8' l,l ' 1(,l I‘ hla TeW-ph (itcp.)
—»— i- —---..fc <■ lam.A •>■»« H tll6 * OlUltC Il&S Dot R Eubbtitnfo (
the Mills hill resdv it should have « h
lias had an opportunity to examine Ji
consider that measure for well nieh „ “
seven months pras long athTuffi
House has had in passing it. It eert*,ni
cannot at this late day sav that it » J
ready because it has had 'neither in'ormf
tion nor opportunity essentia! to thl
framing of a proper bill with which tr
antagonize tlie Democratic one. * * *
As for the plea that the House "dawdled"
so long with its bill as to prevent h e
Sena e from doing anything in the prem
tses, the least said about that the
It was not the dawdling of the Demo
crats, not the intelligent, eloquent able
discussion of it by Republicans and ’Dom
ocratE, which prevented its passage throned
the House long ago, but the deliberately
planned and executed scheme of obstrn/
tion adopted by its opponents—a scheme
abandoned only when the good conscience
and intelligence of the whole country im
patientiy protested against it. The Milk
bill would have passed three month? be
fore it did except for this foolhh and mis-
chievous policy of obstruction. * * *
If the Republicans fail to give practical
demon.tration of the faith they profess
they will he justly accused of cowardice
and of waiting, before committing them
sel ves, to hear what the popular verdict
will be at the polls. * * * jj lJt ^
Kentucky nnd Indiana Contesting for a
Valuable Piece of Property.
Special Correspondence to the Globe-Democrat.
Vincennes, Ind., July 28.—There is a
fliece of land in Vanderburgh county
which, in reality, Vanderburgh county
does not know whether she owns or net.
Tlie right of ownership is now in litiga
tion in tlm United States Supreme Court.
It is clearly a contest between Indiana and
Kentucky. A few miles above Evansville,
in the Ohio river, is situated what is
known as Green River Island. It is a
considerable body of land. It is about
four nnd one-half miles long and one and
onc.half wide in its extensive dimensions,
and contains nearly 3,COO acres. It is a
comfortably populated island, and crops
arc raised on it with much succeis. Its
soil is very fertile. The island was origi
nally a sandbar. Vegetation finally com
menced to grow on it and alluvium was
deposited by the current of the river, and
even in the memory of persons yet living
the transformatson of this piece of land
could be noticed, so rapid are the alluvial
processes in the Ohio river—much more so cowardly shirk their duty, to throw awav
a I • _ m: : if:. • ..s (npir tyrual (mnni’fiini’fw i . . • . *
into the water, a railroad running right
down the middle of it to the very end.
Two or three stores, where everything is
for sale—dry goods, photographic views,
tin pans, watermelons, hats sea shells, no
tions, and lovely feather fans; two
churches, two or three boarding houses
and the Atlantic Hotel.
That is Morehead.
The Hotel is large, airy and comfortable,
tlie table presents daily a varied bill of
fare of fish, flesh, fowl and fruit. The
cantaloupes and bread deserve special men
tion, for seldom does one see in such large
quantities such high flavored melons, or,
away from a private table, such excellent
bread. The [leople of tlie hotel are atten
tive and obliging, from the proprietors to
the bootblacks. The house is filled with
f ; easant guests, most of them North Caro-
inians, and after that lias been said need
any mere be added ? Surely not to any
one who has ever sojourned among them
and been the recipient of their gentle cour
tesy and honest kindliness. A hand dis
courses sweet music, to which willing feet
and happy hearts keep time, in the grand
old hall room, while those who do not
care to dance look on, and grow better ac
quainted over their tuncy work and harm
less little gossip. Music lends its at-
Saturday three negro boys here were tractions, for in the parlor right
A tongue o'f land jutting out non. The fint was bow to head off the
■ ■ wily drummer, who, by borrowing an extra
committed to jail by the justice’s court on
charge of raping a colored girl. She was
held in bail of one hundred dollars to se
cure prosecution.
OKI1HN.
Death or a Young Man from a Mole Kirk—
The Hottest Day—Personal.
Gbikkin, July 30.—Mr. Judson Mathews,
who was kicked by a mule about seven
weeks ago, died yesterday afternoon after
the most intense suffering. Judaea had
just entered his twenty-second year, and
wm a fine specimen of young manhood,
“is moral character was of the very high
est type and ibis, coupled with his genial
manners, won for him scores of friends who
to day mourn in sincerity and truth the
loss of their friend.
Mbs Hattie Nelms, who has been con
fined to her home for several weeks with
acute rheumatism, has recovered sufficieut-
Jy toenjor short drives,
h Yesterday was among the wannest days
m ever experienced here. Yonr correspond-
often sweet voices or flute and piano com
bine to give rare pleasure to the crowd, as
was tlie case yesterday when Miss ,
of Durham, -ang song after song, uutil at
last she was forced to say “let me rest a
little,” and reluctantly her eager listeners
ceased to ask like Oliver Twist for more,
and then the flute and piano in sweet ac
cord soothed our unsatisfied souls, played
by Miss W., of Asheville, und Sir. D.
Cards add their quota to the gtnier.,1
amusement; in the cool halls and parlors
one constantly sees a group busy over their
silent whist or noisy six handed euchre.
Yesterday the first progressive euchre
party of the season was given, and a metre
time it was until the twelve games were
played and the prizes distributed Sailing,
siill water bathing in the sound, when-
grown men and little tots of children all
can find a safe place to swim, to dive, to
“bob" until they grow tired, and comeont.
Among the ladies are several beautiful
swimmers. The surf bathing i? perfectly
delightful. But the richest treat of the
srsson to me was an impromptu party
givsn to pass a rainy afternoon, when we
ticket from a scalper at a nominal rental,
and having his extra sample case checked
free on the strength of it, beats the rail
road out of its charges on excess baggage.
This was circumvented by the adoption of
a rule that hereafter baggage would only
be checked on the single ticket that any
passenger presented. The second was the
adoption by the association of an improve
ment known as “theexcess bsggage check,”
to better facilitate the transportation of
the baggage of through passengers. This
check, which serves as a
receipt for all baggage checked
by tne passenger, contains a tab with a
written record of the baggage carried by
the owner, the weight ol tne same anil
other points of information. A similar
check is attached to a single trunk of the
passenger’s baggage, thereby enabling
agents on all roads traversed to keep track
ot the bag;, age with ease. The business of
transporting dead bodies was the third sub
ject of discussion, over which there was a
very earnest debate. A committee,' ap
pointed to consider the matter, presented a
series of rules enforcing stringent sanitary
precautions, which it was decided to sub
mit to the national board of health and
the various State boards of health for in
dorsement and possible amendment. San
Francisco was selected as the place at
which their next annual meeting will be
held in January, after which the conven
tion adjourned.
A Lapse of Memory.
The TELEORAm mentioned on Sunday
how Mr. John C. Flynn while practicing
on the horizcntal bar in the Southern
Cadet* armory on Saturday night, missed
his hold and fell to the floor. He was
picked up in an unconscious condition and
carried home. He was at work yesterday
morning as usual, but strange to say he
cannot remember anything that transpired
between the hours of six o’clock and mid
night when he recovered consciousness.
He remembers going sway from the store
si six o’clock, but nothing after that. He
has no recollection of going to the armory
or of practicing on the bar, or anything
about it. That part of the night is a
blank to him.
Costume* to bo More Elaborate This Tear
Than Eter Before*
From the Philadelphia Record.
“It will cost about $100,000 to fit out all
the campaign clubs in Philadelphia,” said
a dealer in campaign goods to a reporter
of the Record. “1 he parades are going to
be larger than ever before, and the style of
uniform to be worn more elaborate and
expensive than in past years.” “What
does it cost to fit a man" out?” “Well,
uniforms can be bought ns low as 75 cents,
and they can be bought for $5, the price
depending, of course, on the (quality of the
goods. 1 have been in this business a
great many years,” said the dealer “and it
seems to mo with each succeed
ing campaign the desire for good parading
outfits increases. Oh, yes, there have been
great improvements in the manufacture of
uniforms. Borne time ago the men used to
turn out with colored paper caps and paper
bands arouud their hats; but you see very
little of that in 'these times. From the
paper caps they changed to oilcloth, and
this year there is a big demand for sub
stantial cloth capes. Oilcloth is but little
used now.
“The wearing of. leggings will also he
very much in vogue. They are made of
canvas, and cost from twenty-five to fifty
cents a pair. Capes can be bought any
where from twenty-five cents to one dollar,
and the torches are telling at twenty-five
dollars per hundred.
“There has been a marked improvement
in the torches. I have patented one here
that is warranted not to leak, and can be
handled all the evening without soiling
either the paraders’ clothes or hands.
There are many novel designs in these
flaming lights, the flambeau of ancient
pattern being the most popular with clubs
that are fitted out regardless of expense.
With some of the torches a very startling
effect can be produced, and at a signal from
the captain the whole column will burst
forth in flame. This is done by means of
an air tube leading from the base of the
flame to the bottom of the torch. By blow
ing in this the flame will shoot up two feet
high.
“Bat the most money is spent on ban
ners. Those that are swung across the
than in the Missouri or Mississippi
In the contest between Indiana and
Kentucky for jurisdiction over this island,
Hon. Joseph E. MacDonald i? acting as
attorney for Indiana and Hon. J. Proctor
Knott for Kentucky. D. B. Kumler, of
Evansville, is associated with Senator Mac
Donald and George A. Cunningham with
Mr. Knott. The taking of the testimony
will soon be completed and tlie case laid
before the Uniied Siates Supreme Court.
Messrs. James D. Saunders, civil engineer,
of Evansville; Prof. Coulter, of Wabash
College. Crawfordville, a noted geologist,
and A T. Whittlesey, of Council Bluffs,
I.t., formerly of Evansville, are among the
witnesses. The testimong of these experts
is very interesting, and gives detailed in
formation on the geological formation of
lands in this neighborhood.
By a special act of Congress the States
of Indiana and Kentucky were authorized
to test the much vexed question of juris
diction without the intervention of any
inferior Federal court. The State law ji
the two States made provision for the pay.
meut of the expenses of the salt, including
attorney’s fe f. By the ordinance of 1787,
Virginia, in ceding the territory northwest
of the Ohio liver, reserved jurisdiction to
low water mark on this side. This prerog
ative descended to Kentucky when that
State was detached from Virginia. It is
believed to be a part of Indiaua now that
the island has grown so extensively. The
inhobitnnts of Green River Island vote in
Kentucky, and pay taxes in Henderson
couuty, Kentucky, and are controiied by
Kentucky laws. Of course the island is
worth a very large sum of money, and if
Indiana wins the suit, will add a large
slice to Indiana possessions.
A/.TEC MUMMIES.
Dried for Centuries In tlie Wonderful Air
of Lofty Mexican Cave*.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
Big. Msrahieri, the well-known archeo
logist, discovered and explored a hermeti
cally sealed cave, at an elevation of nearly
4,0(H) feet on the eastern side of the Sierra
Madre mountains in Mexico, about 200
miles south of Deming, between Coratitos
and Casa Grande, aliout two rears ago.
The floor was nearly smooth the sides
rough and rugged, and thejvault covered
with stalactites. In the end of the cav
ern Jwere found four dcsicated human
bodies.
The bodies were in a sitting posture,
with the hands crossed on the breast and
the knees approaching the chin, with the
head inclined forward. They were care
fully shrouded in their burial garments
and* placed facing the rising sun. The
male and female were seated side by side.
The elder child, a boy, was seated at the
right of the father, and the younger child,
a girl, at the left of the mother. In addi
tion to the fnneral shrouds the little girl
was enveloped in the skin of an animal,
similar to the method used in the island of
Fuerte Ventura, the better to preserve its
tender frame.
The floor of the cavern and the remains
were covered with a fine dust, bnt no foot
prints of man or beast could be found. The
bodies were carried to San Francisco by
Signor'Marghieri, and were purchased by
J. L Davis, president of the board ot trus
tees of the State Miuing Bureau, and by
him presented to the bureau.
No embalming process was used in the
preservation of these bodies. They were
dried by the air alone. The bodies are
not like those of the Indians of the present
day, because the fingers and hands and
feet are smaller than the average, and the
women’s hair is brown and silken and of
the Caucasian type. The body of the man
must have weighed in life from 180 to 200
pounds, but it weighs now only 14 pounds.
In the lobe of each of the small and well-
proportioned cars is a piece of hollow bam-
boo or reed as an ornament. The woman
had a large forehead and well-developed
reasoning powers.
The little boy weighs hut three pounds,
and thcflgirl only four and a half iMunds.
The burial shrouds on the bodies aro
composed chiefly of cotton, hair, hide,
grasses and the bark of willows.
The bodies may now be seen at the
roomsof the State mining bureau.
COURTLANDT I’ALMElt IN ASHES.
their great opportunity, would be to invite
inevitable defeat.
The Boily of tlie Agnostic Committed to
the Flame*.
The remains of Courtlandt Palmer were
street in front of the headquarters of po-. cremated Thursday afternoon at Fresh
litical clubs cost Iruiu $75 to |200, the cost J roiid, L. I. Only a few pew; rerr plu „„, ilm
varying according to the Rtnount of work | present. The mourners sat down on chairs ow ; n „ )t j ,j )C c ^ ni
.... tti.iiit Of rnursp Banner nn which 1 and Benches in a harctlnnrcil rnntn. with ,
Autograph* Valued nt 876,000.
Prom the New Haveu Palladium.
Tlie late Dr. Edward H. Leffingwell’s
$75,000 collection of autographs has for
several years been kept in a cabinet with
other valuable papers belonging to Dr
Leffingwell in tlie rooms of the Historical"
Society at the old State house. By his will
it becomes the property of a niece.
The signatures consist of the names of
all the people of historical prominence for
the last three centuries. Some even date
further back, as that of Christopher Co-
! limbus.
There are the names of the crowned
heads of England, France and Spain, and
of all the illustrious authors, painters
sculptors, generals and politicians. The
names of actors and actresses find a place
in the collection. Although the collection
is made up largely of names of foreign cel
ebrities, Dr. Leffingwell did not forget
America, and among others' are
the autographs of John Adams,
John Quincy Adams, Roger Williams,
Martin Van Buren, John Trumbull, Zach
ary Taylor, William Penn, James Mad
ison, George Washington, Francis S. Key,
Robert Fulton, Alexander Hamilton,
Thomas Jefferson, J. Fenimore Cooper,
Archbishop Hughes of New York, Henry
Clay, William Cullen Bryant, James C.
Ayer, George Bancroft and Henry Ward
Beecher.
Natural Gas Playing Out.
A Pittsburg, Pa., special says: Selwynn
Taylor, a prominent local mining engineer
and coal expert, thinks natural gas is giv
ing out. He said to-day: “Within two
years at furthest coal lands will be selling
tor what they were considered wcrtli be
fore natural gas was thought of. Thiswill
be due largely to the failure of the gas
fields to supply the demands made u|>on
them. Gas, like oil, will in time exhaust
itself. New fields may beopened.but taking
all in all 1 think the outlook hr coal wm
never so bright since natural gas came in
use. It is not published, but all the large
"as fields are plaving out. Murraysville
as seen its best days, and all the wells in
the Beaver and Ohio valleys are going.
The prospects for fields large enough to
take their place in cose of total failure are
not bright ly nny means. The big natural
gas companies recognize this as a fact, and
are expending thousands of dollars on a
process for making fuel gas. This is sig
nificant. In my judgment, two years will
see an end to natural gas as fuel."
This opinion has caused considerable
uneasiness among holders of nalural gas
stocks. *
JILTED BY CRUEL KATRINA.
Jolinnn Schoenberg'* Sweetheart Gets Uls
Money ami Marries the Other Fellows
New Yore, Ju'y 26.—Johan Schoen
berg visited Justice Engle to-day and said:
“I came to this country two years ago
from ’Berlin. Katrina Ilcider was my
sweetheart. She remained at home and
all the money I could spare I sent to her.
The last amount I sent was $100. That
was to buy things for her and pay her pas-
page to this country. The other day I
went to Castle Garden to meet her. A»
she came along I claiqied her in my arms.
‘Don’t, you must not do that, Johann,’ she
said, ‘my husband won’t like it.’ I looked
ab-ut and there at her side was a big fel
low with two children in liis arms.
Katrina had been married to him two
years ago, just after I left home. But the
money I sent her she kept. I sat down
and covered my face with my hands.
When I look up'again they were gone. I
want my money back.”
The jus.ice promised to do what he
could for him if he would first find the
woman.
Host Solomon Inlander* Make Fire.
From the Westminister Review. . .
The native method of producing tire i.
by the friction of a small, dry, pointed
wooden stick on the smooth surface of an
other piece of wood, “which friction, in
some three our four minutes, produces
smoke, and, finally, a fine powder,
has been collecting in the small hole*'
the end of the small groove (made bj’ the
rubbing of the stick), begins to smolder.
After being carefully nursed by the broatn
of the operator the tiny flame is transfer
red to a piece of touchwood, and the object
| is attained.’’ This prmitive method is,
howevei, fust giving away and dyin? •
competition oflucifer match-
Yon ant come ft,’’ said a customer -
druggist who endeavored to palm off *oma
hts own mixture when Dr. Bull’s Cough Bjrup
“kmt tor, and Ball’s be got. Price » cents
• Dottles
on them. Of course, a banner on which ’ and benches in a barefloored room, with e* which the traders now supply. Torch**
there is nothing but the name of the club I their faces to the black grates of the re-, » re used by the natives of BaugainviHe
and iU candidates doesn’t conic very high:, torts. The body was taken to the place of ; Stra ; u .Jnrinir their fishing excursions at
bnt if he pictures of the L’residential and j preparation, removed fiom the coffin j night and during festivals. They are made
Vice-Presidential candidates are wanted writhed in the alum steeped shroud ol * rea j„ H l,j c h seems to be abiind»nb
on it the services of a good photo painler wh rli prevents the fierce heat from lap- * •*
are required and the cost will he lunch, ping the clothing Irom the corpse before
higher. The number of banners now be-! it s* put in. It was then put on the
ing made is much larger than usual, and j “«nolle” and lowered down toan iron crate
every club, no matter what its size, wants on weel*. A round, black door was tqiened,
a banner of some kind. b and a yawning drpih of a deep rosy color
was disclosed, shimmering with intense
heat. In a minute it had received the
cloth-swathed body in its recesses. The
damp ihroud hissed on the red-hot sur are
and the door was closed. The ashes will
to-day he Itent to the undertaker, who will
put them in a casket ami place them in
the family vault at Greenwood. The
costly coffin was broken up, and the plate,
with a record of Mr. Palmtr’s name and
the dates of his birth and death, was alone
“There is also a great demand for trans
parencies. They can Le made at almost
any price, the cost varying according to
size and the nature of the inscriptions to
be put on them. My season lasts from
the middle of August to about October I,
and it takes fifty person* all their time to
manufacture goods.”
Most conspicuous among the novelties
that will appear in the street parades dur
ing the campaign will be the miniatures
f n i - ’ t : u. i)
which ha* a powerful odor, and w ‘ llc | l ,
used hv simply wrapping it con !P , Y
after ii has been powd- red, in a palm i«' r
i which, although outside the resin, answ
(he purpose of a wick. r
PARKED'
HAIR BALSAM
r. - -- rr I i• •
** nt* «Al V.'.G .*,, v
f?' j*L t.i. ^
-V V li-lftaitlYT”' 1 ml
and
of the old log cabin occupied by President' preserved. All the rest of it—valuable
Five- Nice Young Horses
Two Fine Brood Mares.
For sale cheap-