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Canaljr-Haw Frlmua Jonea Gach-
•ntlisVinl Bala -Baal Batwcca
lAUllsaior au4 Sparrow*
A tinzro boHbr tiio rtarno of Solomon corded in railway circle* of a melon train
M. criminal oxperi- wan.mado tot woekbjr a.i*dal from
ences cn Broad street, AlUn.v, Thursday.
He flays that ho*ias been in jail twenty-
t«'o times, and each time but one for
fighting. H»hwnevaraervedtt«entexioo
irrtue pcnitcntsury or ckain-gang, on«i
aoeins to lw iierfectly happy in the
thought-of his long continued good luck.
A gentleman of Athena says that ono
.day Got week he bought fifty, one and
tvso gallon jugs from a single bl mu tiger,
and every ono hdd been reoeutly filled
with conn whisky. There are ft large
Dumber of peisous engaged in Athena in
(lie illicit sale of liquor, several of them,
it is said, keeping beer on ieo nil the
time.
This bit of news is from the Savannah
News: An alligator and an English
sparrow were teen to engage in a 1 nttle
near Darien the other day. The gator
provoked the fight by snapping at the
bird, which in turn Hew furiously at its
ugly antagonist, aiming with precision
at the eaurian’s eyes. The ’gator finally
gave up the contest, and sought safety
from the sparrow’s attacks by hiding
itself under water.
Dr. P. L. Hilsman brought into Al
bany Friday a twig from a Kelsey Japan
plum tree that was not over fifteen
inches long, yet contained a cluster of
twenty-four plums Hint weighed one
pound five ounces and a half. The tree
from which it was cut was planted cm
the place now’ owned by John Slappey
..f K.Q I,., tin. ilnpfnr 'I'
the spring of IS>8. by tho doctor. Tlie
fruit is very line and ripens about
August.
At Warrenlon, during a heavy rain
storm Tuesday noon, lightning struck
the office chimney of tho livery stable
and ran down it into the office, literally
tearing asunder tho chimney and piping
that connected with the utovew 'Jhero
were two gentlemen ami a negro in the
office at tho time, all of whom wero un
injured, tare a momentary uumbuefs of
their sensibilities, caused by the sudden
and violent shock that accompanied the
stroke of lightning.
Atlanta Journal: Green Dodd believes
in luck. He is haviug a foundation con
structed in tlie part of his building which
is to be used as a bank. A few days ago
he placed & ailv cr quarter undor a stone
for luck. Next day ho overheard oao of
tho negro workmen say to tho other: *‘I
tell you dat was a good find, picking up
dat quarter from under dat rock. How
decs yer reckon it got dere'r’ Mr. Dodd
said nothing about tho quarter to the
workmen, but handed ono of them a
nickel—it'was as much as ho cared to go
on a second turn—and said: “Put this
nickel under a stono for luck.” And ho
stayed there and saw it scaled away un
der-the masonry.
Last Friday Hon. C. A. Candler of
13cKalb county introduceJ a bill in the
Sc£mumui«. n.c bill was iu prohibit
codk fighting or betting thereon, ami to
prescribe a punishment for tho same. It
is ako a fact that cock fighting—onco a
popular sport in DeKalb and adjoining
counties—has been on tho wano for a
long while and feas almost died out. The
fights have been few and far between of
late days. But it is also a fact that on
Friday there was the biggest chicken
fight, just over the line, that over
occurred in DeKalb countv>..Jt is tho
•Ad gave hi* antagonist a terrible kick
on the shin. Tho blow broke the leg.
and the severe pain threw the negro off
his guard. Ho bent nis body _ forward
ontbclapped his hands lo-his ehir. This
was what tho soldier wanted, and when
the negro's head was low enough ho
struck him on his wind plpo with the
sharp side of his hand with sufficient
force to break the negro’s neck. There
was a groan, and tho aogro dropped to
the ground dead.
Ono of tho fastest “runs” yet ro-
Vnldosta, (la
special train
r» loaded w
lock on Ti
left Vald.
to Boston, Mass. Tho
was made up of twenty
,h watermelons. At 2:25
sday morning tho train
tho Savunnah, Florida
and Western railway. It pa-sed over
tho Charleston ami Savannah railway
and (ho Atlantic Coast Lino safely and
very rapidly, and reached Boston at
'clojk on Friday morning., It was
rapid “run.” The entire distance
from' Valdosta to Boston is 1,825 miles,
and tho sj>ecial traveled over tlie route
in fifty-eight hours. Tho fastest time
made during tho trip waa over tho At
lantic Coast Lino between Wilmington
and Weldon, when tlie train went at the
same rate of speed as tho regular passen
ger train
At Atlanta Hon. Primus W. Jones of
Dougherty county was talking about how
he managed to raiio tho first balo of cot
ton every year. “I plant mv cotton
GEORGIA’S PEACH BONANZA
THE VELVETY BEAUTIE8 BRINGING
FORTUNES TO THEIR GROWERS.
Some Remarkable Facts About Peach
(ironing Around .vfarnhallvlllc—
The Great Quantity ot Crate Ha*
teiial—Fair Crate fiakem,
e.'irlv in February,” Haul lie. “This is a
good d .'a I curlier than my neighbors plant
theirs. Then I follow tiio intensive sys
tem of farming. 1 manure heavily and
work rapidly. That's tho reason I got
Uie first b do of (I corgi a cotton.” “How
much land did you go over to get that
bale?’ “Oh, about 100 acres, anil I
lidn't wait for the bolls to open. I had
to pry some of them open to makeup
o bale.” “Every year," said tho Colo-
1, “my friends doubt my word, just a
little,'you know, alxmt that first bale.
Tliis year, as 1 got it out several (lays
•arlier than usual, I had some burrs sent
up to provQ that the staple had been
thisr ever had. It was actually going _ „
while the clerk of tho House was reading
the MU to prohibit cock fighting or
bettiikK thereon, and to prescribe a pun-
isluaunt for tho same.
dolphstreet got rid of the mo^iultoes in
his Bed-room at the expense of his mat
tress and three Uni sluts, a tiro alarm
and nil excited crowd that swaruu-d
about the home from all parts of tho ('id
Fort. A telephone alarm was sent in t »
headquarters from tho Tybeo depet m
7:45 o'clock, and Assistant Chief Firc-
num Mouro, who was at headquarter-,
went out witli tlie No. 8 engine and nvl,
but tho fire hod been
picked from tln-m this season.
’iliors ray that Sir. Jones is a very
•Siful farmer. Inst year lie raised
twenty-live baits of cotton to tho mule.
This year lie exuecta to raise forty,
Rome Tribune: A rather sensational
•port reached the city last night that
evi Foster, who lives iu tho North Caro-
na district, had run away with his
idowed stepmother. It appears that
ver since the death of his father, about
•vo years ago or more, he has been
itiirr attentive to his father's widow,
Nothing was thought of it, however,
util Sunday morning, when it w as dis-
ivered that Foster and iiis step mother
ero missing. A courier was at once
nt to Home to ascertain if they had ob
tained a license from Ordinary Johnson,
1 being informed to tho contrary,
ler points of the compass were fol
lowed. Instead* of coming to Rome they
had taken a Rome and Decatur train for
.’odar Bluff and went ovorland to Center,
where it ii reputed they obtained the
necessary pajx'rs and wero united. The
brido is fully 40 years of ago, while tho
groom is not over 22. At lust accounts
they hud returned home, and wero os
happy as they over mako them,
but it is a term which may bo applied to
some of Atlanta's citizens. The majority
of men, as a rule, dislike to serve on
juries, and will invariably attempt to
excuse themselves. But there aro men
who make it their business to serve on
all kinds of juries, and in that way make
their living. There aro several ‘ such
men it Atlanta, and all of them aro well
known to tho court officials. They
watch for a coroner’s inquest, and nearly
* jury lias
PArtera neighbor* U-f»ro‘‘ifw"!lnLei, I ““S"/l?J
arrived. Tlie family had been annoyed ' ■ — * l oUler
by mosquitoes, and to get rid of tiio
pests hail put some rags in a wash pan
and placing the i*an under tlu- i. i
applied a match to the rag*, thin Ling
that they would stuotIn r .iml sun-ke to
the general disgust of tl««» mosquitoc h,
which would look elsewhere for a »up-
per. Hie family left the bouse shorn v
after to call on a neighbor, forgetting
the mosquito exterminator, or etc n. t
thinking tlmt woolen rug* would hl;ue
up, but blaze they did. In a few mo
ments more the entire bedding would
have been consumed, and the house,
which is a two-story frame building,
would ha vo been in danger.
Capt. John Miiloago will now devote his
whole time to the state library, and
proposes to mako it a great institute,,*.
The state has about 80,000 volumes of
law and iniscollaniHnis books, but a
small number of which have bceu
cessible heretofore. When tho seat
government was moved from Milledgiv]
ville to Atlanta, al*out twenty years ago,
a large mass of books was brought there
and stored in tho fifth story of the build
ing which for twenty years lias answered
to the name of capital. -But a small pro
portion of them could lie gotten into the
ahelves of tho liljrarv, and about -10,000
volumes were packed away, and tho rest,
18,000 or 12,000, were put into the shelves
down stairs. The 1 >ooks accumulated
year by year until tho tofal number has
reached 60.000, In the new capital shelf
room will lie found for ull of them, and
40,000 or 50,000 volumes, tho character
of which wua unknown, will he system
atically classified and catalogued. Tlie
library, which many consider the liand-
room In the new capital, extends
through Hie-tlories clear across tho north
end of tb s building and lias slit-lf room
for 20.U. J volumes. The rest and by far
flte largest part of tho books will lie
kept on shelving in rooms on the base
ment floor.
Atlanta Journal: I’rfzo lighting Is now
all the talk a
i^anr pwsor.s ru
Buy are ke» ping
Kilting men, and
JI die sporting frator-
: eye • a tho bullivan-
Mrange and fatd
rMobile, Aia.,
r r t published. A
\aukt ebcl-
. i> burly, heavy
i had to
prizefight occurred
aU-iit which lntlohi
find pro’oabiv iiot ii-i -
wiry, ntlileric, li, h •
dirr was pitted m .iii
weight negro. Th,*
about 125 poun is ; i!
Tba Yankee km v. th.
and wrestling, wink
depend upou in.t w-
figltwasjUWuM...
•ach man to go in t»
war be couliL TIm: icciw of UrfJ
was near a Yankee ramp three miles
% Mobile. Tho time wax early enc jjuu-
moming. Koch man was itijpj* .!
/Tho n»gn> was barefooted
*r wore heavy h o- don ton-
.’•re destin' d to pUv it ton-
ill the battle.- The two
kldged about the ling
Suddenly the little
3 Of his heavy uuuiaL
vhip tlie
around tho justice courts when jury
day comes, and noariv always manage
to get on the jury. Sometimes
when tho regular list of jurors has been
exhausted in the city court or the supe
rior court, they manage to get on a jury
mere. For serving on a coroner’s jury
they get one dollar. If they aro on the
justice court jury they get twenty-five
cents for each case tried. If they try
four cases in a day, which is not an un
usual number, they make one dollar a
day. In tho city court or suncriorcourt
11 icy are j aid ono dollar a day, arid so
a is that i hey average about a dollar a
day. fiomuofthe courts are in session
it all times of tho year, coroner’s juries
. demand, and in one
the jrofoMioral juror
manages io obtain comjiarativcjy steady
employment, paying him on an averago
of one dollar a day.
Izast Friday morning Mr. U. H. Sav
age brought iutoAloauy four iiumc-nso
bear feet, which atir icted considerable
attention qml interest. They were cut
fivm a monster bear which he kilkdm
Thursday on Mr. J. D. Beall’s Hickory
U-vel ] Jantation. Mr. Savage had scon
the trucks of lM>ars that wero making
depredations on his corn i n tho edge of
ti e Kiokce swamp, and detonahiml to
kill ono if possible. Rising curly on
Thursday morning ho wentdoun into
the field; ’ ' *
shells, ||| .. .
buckshot, lie had not bocu iu the field
long before he heard bruin nt work, tear
ing oil tho succulent ears of corn, and he
cautiously proceeded in tho direction
of tho noise, keening ou tho swamp edge
of tho field. Mis search wnssoon re
warded by tho sight of a stalwart bonr
sitting on his haunches enjoying his
morning meal. Mr. Savago approached
Marsha llvili.e, July 11.-—[Special. ]—
Marshall ville ami the surrounding coun
try are lioiling over with work. She is
fairly crazed with the peach industry,
but it is not to Iw wondered at when it
is remembered that she must in twelve
days gather from 300 acres planted in
Elberta and other varieties 1C 0,000
bushels peaches which are now selling
iu New York at $8 per bushel.
SOME REMARKABLE FACTS.
This is not drawn from an oriental im
agination. Let facts bo submitted to a
candid world :
There are about 1,000 acres in trees in
this community ; 000 at least are bearing
this year ; 200 already shipped, of the
early varieties; 100 late varieties, not
included in the alwve, leaves 300 acres to
be marketed ill two weeks. 150 trees per
acre gives 300x150—45,<.'CO trees which
will average 2$ bushels or 112,500
bushel*.
CHECK AFTER CHECK.
I have seen check after check for fg
per bushel. 113,500 bushels at $3 gives
$563,500. Thai is tin way the calcula
tion stauds; but the growers aro not
selfish about it, but will accept tho half
of it, and I really believe they will make
the third of it. I saw two days ago a
check of $1,160 net for one carload of
800 bushels. Five carloads wero sent
from hero yesterday which averaged
350 bushels per car or 1,750 bushels.
$35,OjO in crate material.
It will take $25,000 worth of crates to
pack these peaches in. Mr. Samuel H.
Humph, the father of the peach indus
try, ordered at ono time worth,
but the crop has so far exceeded expec
tations Unit this is scarcely ono-third
enough.
WHITE GIRLS MAKING CRATES.
Tliis crate material is bought in St.
Louis, Petersburg, Va., and in Illinois,
in carload lota iu fiats, that is, thin
vpncoring -hingles !8 Inches wide ar ‘
24 inches long. These aro cut up he
in proper size anil heads of heavier ma
terial shipped here. These aro then
nailed together with wire nails 1 inch
long, making tho ono-third mul three-
quarters bushel crates. It is real charm
ing work to nail these up, anil some of
tho fairest hands in Marshall ville, hands
and lingers which can skillfully render
the symphonies of Bcthovenand Mozart,
have learned to use the tack hammer
deftly and have this material haulod to
their homes and make up these crates.
Ton-year-old boys make fifty cents per
day at it.
a crate factory needed.
Thousands are made a day and still
CORN, WHEAT AMD TOBACCO.
opening here for a paying investment in
putting down a plant not only to make
these crates but to get out the raw ma
terial, and the progressive citizens of the
place are ready to aid such an enterprise
In land or stock, and if some Yankee
does not come along soon they will fl(j it
themselves. It is a commentary on
Southern enterprise if the South con
tinues to transport this material from
the North.
ifltrofcRATOR CARS.
Peaches reaching the depot are placed
in caVs kept down to 40 dogs. foil, with
three /tons of ice. Two rival lines of these
cars are always upon tho sidings here.
Freight per 100 in thoio refrigerator cars
is $1.48.
A largo evaporating establishment
with five engirci is running, converting
such i o relies its ore not marketed into
dried fruit, which sells for three times
as much os those dried by sun.
FOUNDER OF THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.
Ham. H. Humph, quito a young man,
“to tho manor horn," is tho founder of
this industry, He has wonderful busi-
m .-s skill and great executive capacity.
Ho is really a benefactor, but he is not
the onlv one, by any means, engaged in
the fruit business now. It is very ox-
xtensive. There aro the oilier Humphs,
Moon-s, the Fredricks, Baldwins,
Murphs, Sperrys, Kellers, Niles, men of
means and character, who plant because
there is a profit in it.
Til., Ii-iD L-iti uni I
Thu half has not been tohl. It is a
romance iu reality.
WHAT THE MII'RIFFS WANT.
Proceeding* of the Convention ol
Cieorglu Mierinx Iu Atlanta.
Atlanta, July 11.—[Special.]—'The
state convention of sin r iTs, in session
king his shot gun with four yesterday, proposo the folio wing changes
led with twelve low-mould iu tho fee bid and will ask tho legisla
ture t<» so au o id the law:
1. For summoning a panel cf thirty-
six jurors for each term of tho siqierior
court, $10; for each additional juror
summoned, 20 cents each.
2. lor summon in; juries in city courts
having jurisdiction of over §100, tho
same compensation ns is allowed in the
superior court.
3. Summoning juries in county courts
with $100 or under jurisdiction, §5.
4. For attendance on superior, city or
county court, §5 a day; for attendance
at elections, as required by law, $5.
5. In all divorce cases tho actual costs
to bo deposited with the clerk of the
court before filing suit.
6. That when sheriffs shall bo required
to leave their county to execute any
warrant placed in their hands they shall
receive §2 per day ami 3 cents mileage
each way. and actual necessary expenses
to lie paid by ti c county.
7. On ull tax Ii fas under $30. levy 50
cents; settlement. 50cents; ovtr$20and
up to $50, levy $1; settlement, $1; on all
sums over f50, levy $i and settlement §2.
the feasting lx-ar, which must'Have seen
hitu, for it made leisurely toward the
dense swamp. When within about
thirty yards ho took deliberate aim aud
fired. The shot took effect and w:u» fol-
lo\v«d quickly by tho contents of tho
second barrel, w hich brought tho mon
ster down hut failed to dispatch him,
and ho liellowed as if calling for help.
Mr. Kivage quickly reloaded and emp
tied the contents of both liarrels into the
now prustiatc form of tho corn thief
and decamped, fearing lest tho mate
might come and give fight. Going to
tlie house. Mr. Savage took several of
his hands and a wagon down to tho
scone of the killing, and hauled bruin
up. It proved to t>o a male and weighed
400 pounds, the skiu being nearly
largo ;us a beefs hide.
Tlie Mreels of Paris.
Worn tbs Nvvr York Ron.
All Paris is like a huge Kill room, and
lady iov«1 i w Ink* here in the luxury of
;.n skirt-' and shoes. That accounts, I
■ink', for th»* v*rv iiliwoni wMi.> .ISi^w
id dainty hosiery which the French
rlsi un no: helo exhibiting as they go
skipping over the erodings. One fre-
nenUy s.n < a lady in the thinm < t>t of
ippers with delicately tinU d bilk st«H?k-
igsand with white hkitt< that are
• outers on w onders of snowy Lu o wor k,
bis airinru un i pureness of uttiro
nxtqrally I .-uulilies Hie street scenes,
a n-sidt, there is tv» comparison
of a promenade hereon asunsliiuy after-
U“on w ith ono in I>mdmi or Now York.
Th * glii'ip- <■ of feet, the snowy clouds of
•o «in broideries, the glhtening of
**n r h slij p rs, give a seaside fresbiiesa
tho picture.
To Seartli for Corruption.
Washington, July 11.—Tho Secretary
of the Treasury has directed on imestl-
ion of tlie charges of allegt-d illegal
u unauthorized practice on tiio part of
fiiocuhtoms officers at Tampa, 1 la. |n
the mutter of foreiga imporUitioms
A WOMAN PA It BON ED.
Gav. Gordon Exercises Clemency To
ward a Woman Convicted of Infant
icide.
ATI anta, July 11.—[Special.]—To-day
Gov. Gordon directed the sheriff of Ful
ton county to discharge Matilda Petty,
**»**> **•*•> trtivlj LUbMLiCU ill tills COtIIIIV
of infanticide, and given a life sentence.
Bhe was granted a new trial and pleaded
guilty to manslaughter iu the cominis-v
sion of nu unlawful act and sentenced
»one year in Ili« penitentiary.
,S1»«‘ has already been in jail more than
nine months, and on the ro«*nmiiienda-
of the solicitor-general and a nuin-
of Civuuty otlicials aud others the
govern- >r oam muted the M>ntoncc to tin*
time during which sh-j I»;»s almuly been
confineii in jaih
IPporlrd Death of Haj, Ely.
AtiaxTA, July 11.—[(Special.}—A re-
I»ort has reaidusl this city of the stidden
death of Maj. Robert N. Ely, on Ills
plantation in Baker county. Maj. Ely
was at one time attorney-general of
Georgia and his numerous frionds in
this city, whore he resided a number of
years, wore solicitous to-day to ascertain
whether the report was correct, os no
one kciucU to kuow anything about iL
Condition of the Crops as Reported
By the Agricultural Department.
Washington, July 10.—Tlie crop ro-
]K>rt of the Agricultural Department for
July shows a largo falling off of area in
tobacco, amounting to over 23 per cent,
on both cigar and manufacturing l-iif,
the latter sustaining tho most of the Iosa
The preliminary estimate makes a reduc
tion of 80 per cent, in Tennessee, ‘M in
Kentucky, 44 in Indiana and 30 in Illi
nois, with a smaller reduction in Obi
an i Missouri. Tho general condition o
tobacco falls a little short cf 90.
THE CORN CROP.
The Juno crop returns of the Depart
ment of Agriculture make an increase
the area planted in maize of about <>
and a th r l million acres, and a total of
over seventy-seven millions. Thin
only the preliminary estimate subject
revision after tho liioro thorough ceil*
tests now in progress. The largest i
crease is wot of Mississippi. There is
small enlargement of breadth in some of
tho Southern states, hut in the
Eastern aud Middle ."tales,taken together
there is no increase. Tho condition of
the crop is only medium-—lower than
usual at this jeriodof its development.
The excessive moisture has delayed
planting ami tho low temperature and
saturated soil have retarded tho growth
on the Atlantic coast north of Sout'i
Carolina. In tho cotton states May w as
cohl and at mod points dry, and in Ji n?
wet to excess. On tho first of July it
Wrt.s in borne danger of injury from tho
excess of moisture even in Texas, though
the early planted was in tho roosting ear
stage and in some places liarvestcd and
tlie second crop planted.
TOO (OLD IN OUIO,-—
In tiio Ohio valley' tho condition i s
lower than elsewhere. The extremely
cold weather of tho latter part of May
and the find week in Juno was very un
favorable to germination, and the frosts
of that i>eri< d injured or destroyed that
wh'cli was utHjre tho ground. Replant
ing was slow Ell I plants aro therefore
small, though thrifty and growing. In
Michigan there has been some loe« of
area by plowing up and seeding io millet
from the fai'u «• t<» obtain u stand. Cut
worms have been very destructive in tlie
West. The more advanced fields in tliis
region which should liaveivecn cultivated
four times at this date, have only
been plowc 1 twice. Tho crop is
therefore, late and dependent cn July
weather for improvement, while exported
more than usual to jxxssible adverse
conditions. Tho maize of tho northern
border from Wisconsin to Dakota suf
fered from tho abnormal cold of Mav
and early June, but looks quite as well
now as in the Ohio valley. West of
Mississippi in thesub-humed belt and tho
border ot tho arid region, the crop is
generally in a line condition, though in
jured at points by the overflows and ex
cess of moisture. Tho great American
desert is green with the great American
cereal in high development.
The general averago of condition is
about IK) anil tho averages of the princi
pal states are: New York 80, Pennsyl
vania 88, Virginia 90, Georgia 83, Texas
9*. Tennessee 93, Kentucky 90, Ohio 81,
Michigan 70, Indiana 81. Illinois 82, Wis
consin 83, Minnesota 8?. Iowa 95, Mis
souri 92, Kansas 97, Nebraska 98, Da
kota 83.
WINTER WHEAT.
Tlie condition of winter wheat is well
sustained, notwithstanding the injury by
storm and flood, tho general condition
standing nt 92. Tho former complaints
of threatened injury by drought are (1L>-
S laced by the statenu nU of some actual
amage from abundant rains. Ojauuon-
al reports of injury from tho Ketsian
fly, chinch bug, miage and rust arrvro-
c«ivod, hut the local estimate?* of th? con
dition do not indicate much damage.
Probably the resulting darnago may
Ihj more fully disclosed by tho
books of tho thresheiv. In tho
heart of tho West the liar vest was well
by this dato. It is entirely corafittedjifn
the Bouth and threshing is in progress.
Tho averages of the condition of tho
principal states aro as follows: Now
York, 96; Pennsylvania, 96; Virginia, 90;
Georgia, 94; Texa*, 80; Tennessee, 95;
Kentucky, 88: Ohio, 88; Michigan, 89;
Indiana, 89; Illinois, 94; Missouri, 94;
Kansas, 18; California, 97.
The straw is g nerally short and is
usually well henued and plump in grain,
though iu some pluces it is somewhat
shriveled. Fears were entertained of in
jury in tho shock atter tho harvest,
which a change of weather may prevent.
SPRING WHEAT.
The returns concerning spring wheat
in Dakota are very unfavorable fremthe
results of the long-continued drought.
Tho rains late in Juno hud improved the
situation, but the general avorago as
consolidated is 63. The results vary ex
tremely, from a good yield down to a
b.t.diel per acre. In some sections as re-
jHirted tho grain is nlioudy heading out,
with straw six inches high. Tho aver
ages of Wisconsin and Nebraska are each
95, Iowa 97, Minnesota 87, and tho aver
ages of Montana, Idaho and Washington
are low. The general averago is about
83, which is very low at this stage of
growth.
Rico maintains its condition and bar
ley declines to about 92.
AN OUTLAW RUNS AMUCK.
BLOODY WORK BY ONE OF THE HAT-
FIELD-M'COY GANG.
He Proceeds to “Do” a Town On tho
Border of West Virginia and
Deliberately Murders a
Prominent Attorney.
Charleston, W. Vo., July 11.—Last
evening Frank Phillips, ono of the Hat-
fleld-McCoy gang, for whom there is a
large reward offered in this state, was at
Grundy, Va., and vicinity, handling a
Winchester rifle and a revolver.
HE’D “DO** THE PEOPLE.
Ho said that ho would “do” the people
and ho was unmolested. During his
wild career ho struck William Keiser, an
attorney, on the head with a revolver,
dangerously wounding him.
SnOT HIS MAN DEAD.
Whilo he was punishing Keiser a
young man sprang and caught his arui
as he fired at Keit-or, but Keiser was shot
and killed. There is much excitement
but no arrests wero made and Phillips
has gone to the mountains.
CASH POIl JOHNSTOWN.
II Is Itcsolved to Distribute 9500,000
Among the Flood Sull'ercr*.
Philadelphia, July 10.—At a meeting
held at ( 'reason yesterday a committee
was appointed to preitare a brief state
ment of the general relief work per
formed. From their report it is learmd
that in round figures the expenditures to
date for relief in the Conetnaugh valley,
Johnstown and vicinity aggregate
$1,700,COO. This includes tho work of
the Pittsburg, Johnstown and Philadel
phia committees ami the Flood Counnis-
ion, also the disbursement of thes state
n the abatement of nuisances, and tho
ayment of the militia detailed for police
duty.
The number of persons to be fod lias
AND STILL THEY NTAICYE.
The Coudltlon or the Indiana Nllners
Becoming Dally Worse.
Brazil, Ind., July 10.—At the regular
semi-weekly meeting yesterday of tlie
miners’ relief corouittho 5,743 depend
ents and $462 in the relief fund were re
ported, (which is just seven cents each.
The relief fund decreased $100 whilo the
number of dependent* increased seventy-
nine since Friday.
Trade has become so disorganized that
it is doubtful now if the o|N*rators can
afford to pay seventy cents os at first
offered.
SIX FI It E.U EN OVEItCOMK.
While Ftxhtlng ( hlcago Flames They
Suernuib Io Smoke.
Chicago, July 11.—Firo In tho top
story of the Anglo-American Provision
Company early this morning caused a
loss of $40,0u0 to the firm.
Tho flames were almost inaccessible to
the firemen anil l*?foi> they could l«o ex
tinguished it was found necessary to
thxxi tho entire floor of the building.
^Six of the firemen were overcome by
not improbable that two of them will
HE EOT EVEN WITH FIRE.
A Dougherty fouuty Negro It urns
Out Ills Employer for Revenue, %
Ai.it any, July 11. —[Special.]—The
stockade, baru and contents, corn, oats,
fodder, etc. of Win, Harrison, an imlu*_
ttipus negro, four miles nl>ove tho city,
wore burned last night. It was undoubt
edly the work of incendiaries, llairi-
»on discharged a wortblom negro em
ploye, and lie told Harrison nt tho time
that he would get even. The mulcc
came near burning.
fS'tvn, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter
cbappM hands, chimUm*. com* arm an hkin
erupt km*, am! positively cans, piles or no pay
required. It in iruanuitecd to cive perfect Hat tv
faction, or money refunded- Price 35 imta per
Vvx. Urws Ly li, J. A
aried from a maximum of 31,950 to the
present commissary roll of 10,000, Tho
numlrer of distinct claims to 1x3 pussed
on. many of them involving tho inter
ests of families or dependent relatives,
aggregate nearly 4,000.
The commi^ion also held conferences
ith tho committees from Chicago,
Williamsport and Johnstowm. Alter
hearing the last named committee,
the commission resolved to appro
priate $500,000 to lx> distributed
among tho verified claimants in the Con-
ciuaugh valley through its representative
Johnstown, H. ; 11. Cummin,‘.as soon
the checks for payments can bo
prejiared, tho sums so paid to Ihj consid-
treu as pnymonts on account of the final
adjustment to bo made upon a carefully
devised system already approved by the
commission.
The details are left to tho judgement
of Judge Cummin, but there is a tacit
understanding that the distribution is to
be upon the registration classification of
the claims already made with much care
by the Johnstown < ommittee. This cash
will average considerably above $100 to
each chiimnnl and in in addition to tho
cash already distribute! by the Johns
town committee. This, it will le re
membered, is besides the general relief
work constantly going forward.
The commission increased tho sum to
be devoted to relief in nineteen other
counties liesides Cambria to $250,000.
The largest single sum will be required
for Williamsport. The sum required for
the Johnstown district will cover all
monoyscorning in the state from out
side source, with -large amounts in addi
tion. The appropriat ions for other lo
calities are from ii:o general contribu
tions made within the state of Pennsyl
vania.
THE SCOTCIi-IIlISil.
Executive Ton nrll of the Congress In
Session In New York.
New York, July 11.—The executive
council of the Scotch-Irisli congress of
America, consisting of President Robert
Banner, New York; Secretary A. C.
Floyd, Treasurer Frierson, both of Co
lumbia, Tenn., and vice-presidents from
various states and territories, met at tho
Glen bam House in this city lo-day to
transact business ot importance. Among
the vice-presidents were T. T. Wright
of Florida. A. G. Adams of
Tennessee, Dr. Hervey McDowell
of KentU' ky, and W. G. McDow
ell of Now Jersdy. Among tho letters
of regret from other vice-presidents tw o
were fiorn Hon. H. T. Wood of Haniil-
t< n, OnL, aud Col. McClure of Philadel
phia.
Tho meeting was enthusiastic and
icensures ivere passed which insure tho
continued and accelerated progress of
tho orgen zation. All matters not defi
nitely settled by tho council wero given
in charge of an executive committee ap
pointed by tho chair. On this committee
were appointed: Seer jtary aud treasurer,
Col, J. r. Johnson of Birmingham, Ala.;
first vice-president nt large, Col. T. T.
Wright; Dr, J. S. McIntosh of Philadel
phia, Profecsor George McToskie of
Princeton College, Dr. Robert Pellow and
Col. H. G. Evans of Tennessee.
The president was added to this com
mittee, which will meet at the Glenham
hotel to-morrow to arrango some im-
|K>rtunt dt tails, notably the publication
of the first Scotch-Irisfi history, which
will be principally under tlie coatrol of
tne secretory.
Tho imnual rates were fixed at $3,
..’liicli also entitles the applicant to a
copy of tho publication. All the mem-
l»ers of tho Scotch-Irish race aro eligible.
Tho organization is social and historical
in diameter, and devoid of political or
sectarian significance.
BURKE IS CALLED BAGit,
AN ORDER FOR THE CRONIN SUS
PECT'S EXTRADITION ISSUED.
Immediately Upon Conclusion of (lie
Argument tlie Manitoba Judgo
(■rants the Order—Beas* Denied
a U’rlt of Habeas Corpus.
IT’S WOK 14 OR STARVE.
The Striking Miners ot llliuyls Corns
to Terms.
Chicago, July 11,—A dispatch from
Joliet, Ills., says:
Tho great strike of miners in tho Braid-
wco J coal region is about to bo broken.
The sheriff of this city is called
upon to protect some seventy-five miners
who have affixed their names to aa
agreement to resume work to-day at tlie
Godley mine of the Chicago, Wilming
ton and Vornullim Coal Co*ni>any, at tho
price set by the operators, 85c. per ton.
Tho sheriff summoned a posse of
twenty-11 vo deputies and left for Godley
bust night. All were armed with rifles,
which had been forwarded by tho gov
ernor.
This first break* in tho ranks of the
miners does not meet with approval
among a majority of the Godley miners
and trouble is feared when tho signers
attempt to enter tho mice.
WHO OWNS IT?
SOUTHERN LtlNDKIinEN,
The Yellow Vine AkitxUliou NIeets
In NIoulgomcry—Freight Rates on
Lumber.
Montgomery,July 11.—Tho Souhtern
Yellow Pino Lumber Association uiet
hero to-day. Delegates wero proient
from Alabama, Georgia, Florida and
Mississippi.
The report of the committee on freight
rates was read and was unfavorable.
The couimittc had waited on and written
to the officials of roads running into
their territory and received many prom-
It Is Relieved in Nnvannali That the
Central Is the Ileal owner.
Savannah, July 11.—[Special.]—Col.
R. J. Danant, receiver of the Savannah,
Dublin and Western Short Line Railway
tv»nv, an;d tC-d» v th.lt he £* -till i”
the dark as to whom the roadway was
purchased for by Mr. Denmark.
It is generally lielieved, however, that
tho Central is the real ow'nor, and it has
leaked out that before the sale tho Cen
tral was working away westward on tho
Eden extension on tho roadway of the
Suvaunah, Dublin and Western.
It is also said that Uie receiver on the
order of the court took a force of men
there and forced tho, Central to stop
work, cleared away what had been done
and left a watchman to guard the prop
erty.
GIBBET DRENCHED WITH BLOOD
ises, but no reduction of rates.
President J. J. White of Mississippi
stated that the interests of the associa
tion are suffering on account of higi:
rates, ai>d urged tuc members to nnite in
un effort to secure a better rate.
J. M. ltivings, secretary, reported that
he had statements from sixteen mills,
show ing their annual cut for tho year
1888 to have been 165,000,000 feet This
represented about lnlf tho mills in tho
association.
The next meeting of tho astoriation
will be held at Birmingham, in October.
TO HAKE THE LAW HATEFUL.
The Cincinnati Saloon Men Will En
force the Sunday Law.
Cincinnati, July 11.—The mayor has
directod the ixilicc to enforce tho law
against performing common lubor cn
Sunday by arresting all grocers, tobac
conists, ico cream and soda water stand
proprietors, barbers, etc. The order does
not contemplate interference with street
car drivers nor newspapers, as the mayor
regards theso works of nec<**ity.
This action hus^ecn token nt tho re
quest of an organization which is hostile
to tho movement which has caused the
closing of the saloons on Sunday, and is
thought to be in the interest of the repeal
of tho Sunday laws.
A FLOOD OF CASH.
Philadelphia, July 11.—At a meeting
to-day of the Philadelphia citizens' relief
committee it was ordered tint $500,000
of the Johnstown relief fund lie trans
ferred at onco to the state flood commis
sion to l>e disburse! by the commission
among tlie sufferers by the flood in Uie
Concinaugh valley. The committee will
still hare a Inline© on hand of about
$150,000.
HANGED IN MULLEN MLEN’CE.
at Charlotte for !?Iartier.
Charlotte, July 11.—Wm. Wedding,
toil (colored) was hanged here to-day at
12:! 0, inside tlie jail, for tho murder of
Policeman John I fierce of Monroe, Union
county. May 5, 1888.
Weddington made no remarks on the
•atfold. Ail 8-vear-old son of Pierce
itne**Hl the hanging of his father's
slayer.
CHARLESTON AtiAIN HOCKS,
The City Is Shaken hy a Might Earth
quake.
Charleston, B. C\, July 11.—A slight
earthquake shock was felt here at 9:47
to-uight.
The duration of tho shock was about
three bii ondh. The movement was from
north to south, and the motion wu*
vibratory, accompanied by u alight
noise.
July 10.—Juuii
Winnipeg, Man., July 10.—Argument
in the proceeding for the extradition of
Martin Burke, under indictment in Chi’
cago for the murder of Cronin, was con
cluded here Uiis afternoon, and Judge
Bain gave an order for his extradition,
NO HABEAS CORPUS FOR BEGGB.
ChicaOO, July 10.—Judge Tuley in tho
circuit court this morning, declined to
issue a writ of habeas corpus in the case
of Jno. F. Beggs, senior guardian of
camp No. 20 Clan-na-Gacl, now in jail
under an indictment charging him with
conspiracy to murder Dr. Cronin. Tho
writ was asked in order that the prisoner
might lx* brought into court for a hear
ing on the question of his admission to
bail. The state omiosed it in order to
avoid disclosing the nature of tlie evi
dence against the accused at tho present
time.
to prosecute the .murderers.
A special secret meeting of the execu
tive committee of citizens was held yes
terday. Btato’s Attorney Longsnocker
was present. Tho committe j desired to
keep its action from the public. The
fact was definitely ascertained that a
decision was reached to raise a large fund
for the prosecution of Dr. Cronin’s mur
derers.
The judge explained that ho hud given
the judgment immediately as tho full
court wiis now in sitting and tho ques
tion could bo brought Leiore them im
mediately on application for u writ of
habeas corpus. Burke was then
moved to the jail. An application will
be made to the department of justice at
Ottawa at once for Burk's extradi tion,
but the prisoner wilT be given tiffin n
days grace in which to appeal from
Judge Bara's decision.
C'alarrb Cured.
A clergyman,*after years of suffering
from that loathsome disease, catarrh, and
ainly trying every known remedy, at
ijx? which completely
last found
aired and saved him from death. Any
sufferer from this dreadful disease send
ing a self-addressed stamp'd envelop* to
Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 88 Warren street.
New York city, will receive tho recipo
free of charge.
The Titmice of Newbern.
ing down,
Th
The legends
Kray,
. ids say.
titmice Ilia
came that way
ir muted hltM, *
In the haunts of death. Strange ii
Seeking a place ft* n young hero's ui.st.
They chose it column as suited best;
Then with a flip,
nip. flippefy hip, »
Hoppety. iilppety, trippety, trip.
In the mouth «>f the implement mode to kill, 1
muon. The birds, harmed not,
Dismounted the c
With flutter and skip,
And s trip, trip, trip,
Far into tbe woods where 'Iwaa safe to dwell
During the buttle of Newbern.
Magical.
A Facf
IX/ORTII knowing u that blood ,,
w MM. Which all Other remoJk, ; ;;
to euro, yield to Ayer’, Sanatul!^
And on thst day, so the soldi sny, .
After the bluo Lid succeeded t lie gray, r
The bin!* once more l
I ] Came as before I I
I Rack to the haunts of those men of war;
After tbe smoke and the carnage mu! dtv*th }
Kelly, convicted of the murder of Eleanor
O’Shea, near Genova, Nov. C, 1888, was
hanged at Canandaigua at noon to-day.
His tlircat was badly cut by the
roixi that ho was drenched with blood.
Harrison Changes His Mlml.
Washington, July 10.—The President
has appointed William P. Bush to bo
post muster nt Lake City, Flo., in place of
Elijah A. Adams, appointed June 1 lost,
but not cowmi=oioned.
Fac-SImlle Telegraph,
Charles L. Buckingham in July 8cribuer.
The fac-siiuiiu telegraph, by which
manuscripts, maps or pictures may bo
transmitted, is £a species of tho auto
matic method in which tho receiver is
actuated synchronously with its trans
mitter. By Lenoir’s method a picture or
map is outlined with insulating ink upon
tho cylindrical surface of a rotating
dram which revolves under a point liav-
ing a slow movement along tno axis of
the cylinder, an<! thus the conducting
po nt goes over the cylindrical surface in
a spiral path. Tho electrical circuit will
be broken by overy inkmark on tho cyl
inder which is in this path, and thereby
corresponding marks are ntailoin a spiral
lino by an ink-marker upon a drum at
the receiving end.
To produce these outlines it is only
noersary that the two drums bo rotated
in unison. Tliis system is of little utility,
there being no npparent demand for
fnc-similo transmission, particularly nt
so great an expense of speed, fpr it will
bo seen that instead of making a charac
ter of the alphabet by a very few sc pir
ate pulses, tu is done by'Morse, tlie num
ber must bo greatly increased. Many
dots become necessary to show the out
linos of tho more complex characters.
Tho ixintolegraph is an interesting type
of tho fac-similo method. In this form
the movements of a pen in tho writer’s
hand produce coi responding movements
of n pen at a different station, and
thereby a fac-sinaile record.
(ion, Sherman on Chicago’s Bigness.
While passing through Chicago, en
route to Denver, Gen. Bnerman said, in
answer to the remark of a citix n that
they now had Uie second largest city iu
the United States: “Humph! That’s all
J ou have got. Chicago is getting too
ig for its breeches. I*\ o seen cities liko
it to go all to pieces. Ban Francisco was
bankrupt nine times. It’s a wonder to
me tint you didn't annex Oklahoma.
You might lay out a city from Oshkosh
to IndiutiRpolis, but what would you
l.„v»V It ,« nnt nmn that mft
It is concentration of wealth. By tfio
time Chteagn improves these new towus
by sewers and tho various commissioners
have htvten the annual amount, you
won’t have a cent left. Annexation
means death to Chicago. You are put
ting up tall, slim buildings ou every
corner. In case of disturbance like an
earthquake the destruction would be
fearful. They are calling down such
structures in New York. Ten story
buildings are high enough."
Their Ten Thousandth.
From tie* Manufartiirrr.
fi'ho Baldwin I/x'omotivo Works have
just completed their 10,0i O.h locomotive.
And a huge engino it is, too, being one-
fourth heavier than the hugest freight
locomotive on the Pennaylvarua railroad.
It was built for service on the mountain
division of tlie Northern Pacific railroad.
Five thousand of the 10,000 locomotives
built by these works have been built
durimr the last uinc ytaxs.
thw cannon'* fiery hrnatb.
Tfiejr puin-rcu onco more moss, feathers j
And went In work thrir nest to repair,
"’ith their homvty hip,
_»d their hiiMUi-t blip;
In the now dismounted million tney’d trip,
Beneath the mild spring sun in the south.
Uchuildcd their next in the cannon'm mouth,
And their
dismount e..
Beneath th*- mild spring
........ jj r j r n ,. s t in
After tlu- Littk- of Ncwbcrn,
Thev* small chleadees they com! n<
Which soldier
'll,-
The blue or gru’
Who came that <h
S in and si ay in their o
y sought forth
\>nz and which ft
rn rude way;
aside for the note* to l
Then built in the prim they hod used U‘forn,
And showed contempt for tho way* of war.
With t heir hlppety hip,
Hip, flip. flip. flip.
With their teetmnK tip and hoppety skip;
And this is the legend the soldlersteU
About tho titmice and what in-fell
After the battle of Newbcnw
Tlds home rebuilding by bright chieadec f
For they display
The bluo and gray
In the feathery suiU they wear every day.
i gray
_ . ey wear
n auspice of what v
p."Sj J
ud the Kray,
And a bretherty jirip, FB
Joined In to rebuild w hat the
I'fosl. cuaS rts J;
«“■> cl tUU ,tS
meat come ,,
Land daily. ‘
such deep.tA.t.ji
anditubborncoi.
f taints as Iih (I ,
«>C Goat, ana <h ,
Jlbo, are thoroti.Su
ly eradicated bt
tn« use ol this trots
Uetlul alteati, e .
Sirs. R. l m ,
DodRB, 110 w„1
C-dh ‘troot, S’,,
.• A ^ ’ ,r -' certifiei
discomfort, and liavinc tr: d
remedies, including mineral w a r / 0U *
without relief, | saw S « adJSS
wept iu a Chicago paper that a», an fc
been relieved of this distreuHin™ n **
gafifSsL-fsaixS
It'Vguhfify °f 0 r th cigu 4 |noml5 nd i l< J2
pleased to say that it effected a rm?
P*°t° euro, and that I have since La.i ««
return of the disease.” LaJ “®
i. M ' L Stark * Nashua, N. it
writes: “Ouo year ago I it!
with rheumatism, U-ing confine? 0
house six months. I catue out
sickness very much debilitated, with
appetite, and ny system disordered 5
iivery way. I commenced to use Avt-r’i
pur ilia and in u,. • *
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<"l™. Knlnlti* In stroiistli nn.l ~
covering tny tisnsl boslth. I cannot
too tnuch In praise ot this weil-tno^
. ...... .. to cut ueai or me<1'.
cine, but nothing has done mo »
much good as Ayer’s Sarsanarilia. I
felt its heneflcial effects before I h«H
unite finished ono bottio, and I can
freely testify that it is the test Wood,
medicine I know of.”— L. W. Ward Sr
Woodland, Texas. 1
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