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Irwin County News
Official Organ ot' Irwin County.
ii (!. b LOACH, Eliioraiiil Proarietor-
SESSION ENDED.
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C EORGIA LAW MAKERS AD-
JOURN SINE DIE. j i
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Closing Scenes—Resume of the Last
Days’ Work of Both Houses.
Both branches of the legislature ad-
j nrnied sine die at midnight Wednes¬
day night. Thu senate’s last session
oame to an end promptly at 12 o’clock,
while that of the house continu' d a
few minutes after the midnight hour.
The house spent a busy evening con-
sidering senate bills, A number of
measures were read the third time and
put upon their passage, but no bills of
general importance were taken up.
The closing hours of the session
were characteristic of the usual scenes
inoident to the adjournment of the
house. The mock session, which be¬
gan after 12 o’clock, was character¬
istic of the usual merriment.
Speaker Fleming took a graceful
leave of the bouse after having rt ceiv-
ed a vote of thanks from that body.
He thanked the members for their
kindness and courtesy, and made the
statement that he would not bo a can¬
didate for the speakership. He took
occasion in the close of his remarks to
make a privileged statement concern-
ing the incident between Mr. Frank
Callaway, private secretary to the
governor, and himself. He pre¬
sented an affidavit from the page
who carried the message to Mr.
Callaway to the effect that Mr.
Callaway had said that the whole
business, meaning the house, and not
Mr. Fleming, might go to the devil.
The incident referred to occurred
Tuesday. Mr. Callaway appeared in
the house with a message from the gov¬
ernor. The body was busy with the
consideration of a point of order, and
the speaker requested the secretary to
wait. He waited for a half hour and
then returned to the governor’s office.
After the lapse of a few minutes a pa ,g e
was sent to Mr. Callaway by the speak¬
er to say that the house was ready to
receive the message. Mr. Callaway,
impatient at the delay, is alleged to
have remarked that the' whole business
might gt> the devil.
In his statement Speaker Fleming
said that it was not an issue between
Mr. Callaway and himself ; that he did
not consider the message as personal,
but that he understood that it was
meant for the house. He had nothing
against Mr. Callaway, and had kept
the remark from the house because, if
reported to the house, it would have to
go upon the records of that body. He
had intended to say nothing about it
until the publication of an interview
with Mr. Callaway rendered it neoes
sary that he make an explanation. In
this interview it appears that the in¬
terview had been directed to the speak¬
er himself. The speaker presented the
page’s affidavit to show that it was not.
Mr. Branan’s bill to put the Fulton
county officials on a salary was the first
matter before the house Tuesday
morning. On Monday evening Mr.
Branan had succeeded in getting his
bill to a second reading and succeeded
in getting the adverse report of the
committee disagreed to. It developed
later that some of the hoys determined
to have some fun with Mr. Branan, and
to that end they all turned in and dis¬
agreed to the adverse report. The re¬
sult was that on its passage, fifteen
votes were cast in the affirmative and
seventy-eight in the negative. Among
many bills passed were the following: the
To confer on the judges of supe¬
rior and city courts of tljis state juris¬
diction to hear motions for new trial
in vacation without any order there¬
for; To amend section 21 of an act
which relates to the issuing and grant¬
ing corporate powers as applies to in¬
surance compsnies; To amend the law
defining and regulating court con¬
tracts; To authorize the governor and
treasurer to issue bonds and negotiate
the same to pay off the amount of pub¬
lic debt maturing July 1, 1896; To
amend the act creating a new charter
for the town of Carrollton; to regulate
the sale of domestio wines within the
cities of this state; To amend the act
establishing a system of publio schools
for the town of Carrollton; To provide
that a master may not contract with
the servant exempting himself from
liability for injury sustained; To amend
an act making it the duty of the clerk
of the county court where there is one
and the clerk of the superior oourt
vyhere there is no clerk to select
ft judge should the parties liti¬
gant refuse; To provide for the
application of .all public school
funds to the Douglassville col¬
lege that are distributed to the school
children .within the corporate limits
of said town. A resolution was adopted
requesting State School Commissioner
Glenn and Dr. W. E. Boggs, chancel¬
lor of the University of Georgia, to
print their addresses to the legislature.
Also a resolution of thanks to General
James D. McBride for his donation to
the state. A resolution asking con¬
gress to purchase all the battle fields
around Vicksburg to be used as a na¬
tional park was adopted.
The State Normal school, at Athens,
will receive an appropriation for dor-
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SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1895.
mitories after all. The senate adopted
an amendment, introduced by Senator
Sanford, which was attached to the
bill appropriating money to the Girls’
Normal and Industrial college at Mill-
edgeville, appropriating $7,000 to the
State Normal school. The amendment
was concurred in by the house We I-
msdny. Among other bills passed
were the following: Bogulating the
leasing out of penitentiary convicts by
the governor; To reincorporate the
town of Elberton; To amend an act
incorporating the town of Kingston;
To revise the charter of the town of
Bruton ; To establish a new charter
for the town of Statbum ; To authorize
the governor to relinquish all claims
the Btate may have to the Bine Ridge
and Atlantic railroad; To approve,adopt
and make of force the code of laws
prepared under the direction and by
the authority of the general assembly.
A resolution asking an appropriation
from the government for a roadway
from Atlanta to McPherson barracks
was adopted; Also a resolution author¬
izing the governor to borrow money
to make up deficiencies.
At the night session the following
bills passed : To amend the an act to de-
on.r. u,e ouunciiUit u ol -towns amt
cities in this state ineligible during
their term of office to any other mu¬
nicipal office in said town; To provide
for the sale or lease of the Northeast¬
ern railroad; To authorize justices of
the peace and notaries public to pre¬
side in districts other than the one
they were elected or appointed to; To
authorize the judges of superior cotirts
in this state in cases of seduction or
divorce when the evidence is vulgar
or obscene to clear the court of a por¬
tion or all of the audience; To make
more specific the crime of barratry
in this state ; To authorize any writ¬
ten instrument to be admitted in evi¬
dence when subscribing witnesses are
dead, insane, incompetent, etc.; To
require banks in this state where the
capital stock is impaired to make the
same good by transfer from the sur¬
plus profits to the capital stock; To
amend the general law as to the in¬
spection, analysis and sale of fertili¬
zers.
Fannin’s county site will hereafter
be located at Blue Ridge, instead of
Morgantown. The bill passed the sen-
‘ate unanimously at Tuesday’s session.
It was thought that the bill would
meet with opposition in the senate, as
it did in the house, but there was not
a voice raised against it. Mr. Bran-
an’s bill to vest the management
and care of all jails and per¬
sons confined therein under the
control of the county commis¬
sioners, was passed. An amendment
provides that all counties may have a
right to say whether this shall affect
them or not. Mr. Boifeuillet’s bill to
appropriate $25,000 to the Georgia
Normal and Industrial college at Mill-
edgeville for the purpose of building
dormitories, etc., was passed with lit¬
tle opposition. Only three senators
opposed it. A joint resolution intro¬
duced by Senator Lewis, authorizing
the governor to borrow money if nec¬
essary, was passed. Mr. Fleming’s bill
to make the personal earnings of a
woman her own property and not sub¬
ject to her husband’s debts, came up
in the senate and was passed.
It met with opposition, however, from
Senators Munro and Broughton, who
spoke against it, and other senators.
Other bills passed were: To pay the
expenses and per diem of the joint
committee of the general assembly ap
pointed at the last session of 1894 to
examine the work of the oode com¬
missioners; A resolution appropri¬
ating the "sum of $500 to paint the
dome and repair tbe roof of the Capi¬
tol building; To authorize the treas¬
urer to pay the elevator boy at the
capitol for services the sum of $2 per
day. session red-hot
At the afternoon a
report of the judiciary committee was
read. The report was a special one
prepared by the penitentiary commit¬
tee which had been requested in a reso¬
lution passed by the senate to visit
the different penitentiaries and inves¬
tigate their condition. A part of the
report was favorable, while another
part of it spoke out in plain terms of
evils existing in some of the camps.
The report was made up of sub-reports
made by subcommittees appointed by
the general committee to visit the dif-
ferent camps,
At the three sessions of the senate
Wednesday, the three olosing sessions, a
larger number of bills by far than has
yet been passed by that body were
read for. the third time and passed up¬
on favorably. Most of them were local
bills which had been crowded out until
the last day. They were passed in
short order, there being but little de¬
bate over any of them. ’ Among them
were the following: A bill to appro¬
priate $1,400 to the asylum for the
leaf and dumb; To amend the aot es¬
tablishing a city oourt in all counties
having a population of over 15,000;
To 'prohibit the operation of opium
joints in this state; To amend the law
prescribing the granting of charters;
To prevent lynching and mob violence
in this state; Regulating the sale of
milk and butter in this state; To in¬
corporate the town of West Groves;
To prohibit the manufacture of any
kind of liquors in -Coweta county; ip
amend the charter of Shellman; To
amend the charter of Conyers; To es¬
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
tablish board of road commissioners
for Bryan oounty; To compel all per¬
sons selling beef or pork in Liberty
county to exhibit the ears of the ani¬
mal killed; To prohibit the sale of liq¬
uor in Habersham county; To require
all military companies to be attached
to a regiment; To authorize Clarks¬
ville to issue bonds.
At the evening session of the senate
the following bills were passed: Bill
authorizing the payment of pensions
to certain widows of Confederate sol¬
diers who are on the invalid pension
roll; To make penal the offense of
hindering, obstructing or interfering
with officers; Providing for an official
survey of the Western and Atlantic
railroad; To amend the general school
laws of this state; To authorize the
town of Dahlonega to grant any rail¬
road the use of the streets of said town;
To create a board of commissioners
for Fannin oounty; Bill for the relief
of the North Georgia Agricultural col¬
lege; To incorporate the town of Pine-
hurst in Dooly county; Bill to abolish
the city court of Laurens; To amend
an act establishing a system of public
schools for Quitman; To establish a
system of public schools in Cordele.
Appointments Confirmed.
In executive session Tuesday the
senate confirmed the following ap¬
pointments by the governor:
Hon. James T. O’Neill to be solici¬
tor of the city court of Atlanta.
To be trustees of the University of
Georgia: Hon. H. M. V. Miller, of
Fulton; Hon. Henry Persons, of Tal¬
bot ; Hon. Henry D. McDaniel, of
Walton; Hon. H. T. Lewis, of Greene.
To be the board of directors for
Georgia Normal and Industrial college:
Hon. D. N. Davis, of Bibb; Hon.
Patrick Walsh, of Richmond;‘Hou.
B. L. Lamar, of Baldwin.
Hon. Samuel C. Atkinson to be
judge of the city court of Brunswick.
Hon. J. L. Crowley to be the solici¬
tor of the county court of Ware.
At Wednesday morning’s session of
the senate the appointment of Colonel
T. M. Norwood as judge of the'court
of Savannah was confirmed in execu¬
tive session.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Condition as Reported
lor the Past Week.
The reports as to southern industry
al and business conditions for the past
week are that there is continued activ¬
ity in the iron making sections and a
slow but steady increase in the out¬
puts. There is a little irregularity in
prices of some grades of pig iron, but
quotations are well maintained. The
showing of the last eight months in
the production of southern iron has
been the most satisfactory since the
beginning. Both iron and coal mining
are on firm foundations, and with mod¬
ern methods, close attention to details
and increased intelligence of opera¬
tions are making these industries more
important each month. Iron is steady,
at unchanged quotations and coal is
very firm, under an increasing de¬
mand. The lumber manufactur¬
ers make good reports, especially
at points near to water transpor¬
tation. Texas lumber is selling better,
and pine is not accumulating. Pine for
northern shipments and for export is
slowly increasing in demand, The
textile industry is unchanged. Thera
is a good market for all southern made
goods, which are growing in favor as
supplies increase. The reports as to
new textile mills for tho week includes
oof ton yarn mills at Leaksville, N. 0.,
and Luliug, Texas, a cotton thread
m’ll at Fayetteville, Tenn., a knitting
mill at Knoxville,Tenn., and a wooleD
mill at Mount Airy, N. O. Southern
cotton markets are quiet and much
cotton is held at interior points in ex¬
pectation of higher prices. Mercantile
business is quiei.
The reports state that a $250,000
electrical plant is to be built at San
Antonio, Texas; the Empire Press Co.,
capital $50,000, has been chartered to
build a cotton oompress at McGregor,
Texas, the Pensacola Inland Naviga¬
tion Go. has been organized at Pensa-
coia, Florida., with $50,000 capital.
The Thompson Lumber Co., capital
$30,000, has been chartered at Augus¬
ta, Ga., the Gulf Coast Canning and
Preserving Co. has been organized at
Alta Lama, Texas, capital $25,000, the
smelting works at East Birmingham,
Ala., are to be rebuilt at a cost of $20,-
000, and a $10,000 flouring mill is to
be built at Marshall, N. C.
There is also reported a fibre mill at
Melbourne, Fla., graiu mills at Bir¬
mingham, Ala., and Martinsville, Va.,
and an ice factory at Melbourne, Fla.
New woodworking plants are reported
as to be established at Palatka, Fla.,
Macon, Ga., Jackson, Miss., Greens¬
boro and Mount Airy, N. C., Knox¬
ville and Murfreesboro, Tenn., and
Lynchburg, Va. Water works are to
be built at Perry, Ha., Bay St. Louis
and Gibson, Miss., and Charlotte, N. C.
The enlargements for the week, as
reported to The Tradesman, include
an electrio lighting plant at Searey,
Ark., iron works at Anderson, S. C.,
paper mills at Marietta, Ga., a carriage
factory at Knoxville, Tenn., and a
chair factory at Marietta, Ga. A $15,-
000 church building is to be erected at
Valdosta, Ga., and- a $20,000 hospital
at Charleston, W. Va. — Tradesman
(Chattanooga, Tenn.)
'
GATE CITY GOSSIP.
WHAT IS GOING ON AT GEOR¬
GIA’S CAPITAL.
Exposition Notes and Other Matters
of General Interest.
Hon. James F. O’Neill has been
named as the winner in the city solici-
torship fight, Governor Atkinson
made his appointment and it was very
promptly confirmed office by the senate.
The contest for this has attract¬
ed widespread interest.
*__*
A call for a national Christian con¬
ference has been issued to be held in
Atlanta December 18th and 19th. The
oall is signed by some of the most
prominent ministers of the United
States and many Christian workers
are interested in the contemplated
.conference.
*__*
Clearings of the Atlanta banks dur¬
ing the past three months of the pres¬
ent year show an increase in the vol¬
ume of business of $3,766,304.75 over
the corresponding period last year.
No better index of the financial status
of the city can be found than that fur¬
nished by the clearing reports, and
the showing made in the figures men¬
tioned is simply phenomenal.
*_*
Mr. S. M. Inman, of Atlanta, has
been elected a director of the Equit¬
able Life Assurance society, one of the
largest financial institutions of the
world. Mr. Inman is the first south¬
erner to attain such a high distinction
in the Equitable. It is regarded by
insurance men as an indication of a
strong faith in the Equitable in the
future of the south, and a recognition
of it as one of the best of insurance
territories.
* __ *
The bonds of J, J. Rowe and L. N.
Mercier were forfeited last Monday by
Judge Richard Clark, and Sheriff
Barnes was instructed to arrest the
defendants and place them in jail, un¬
less they could give new bonds. The
case of Mercier and Rowe, charged
with perjury, was reached in the su¬
perior court during the morning. The
courtroom was filled when Judge Clark
rapped for order. The cases against
the two men were called, but neither
Mercier nor Bowe answered.
*_*
Detective Tysor has just succeeded
in breaking up and jailing one of the
most notorious gangs of sneak thieves
that has ever infested the city. Four¬
teen members of the gang are now
languishing behind the iron bars of
the city police station and the Fulton
couuty jail. The gang is composed ox
darkies ranging in age from twelve to
forty years, and by their depredations
several hundred dollars’ worth of valu¬
ables have been stolen in recent
months. A large amount of stolen
stuff has been recovered frpm the gang.
*__*
The board of police commissioners
have reinstated Detectives Looney and
Mehuffey and voted them full pay for
the time of their suspension on the
charge of accepting bribes. Detective
Ed. Cason, who has also been suspend¬
ed under a separate charge, was ac¬
quitted of the bribery charge brought
through evidence said to have been
furnished by Madam Grey. This ac¬
tion of the board, which came in the
nature of a complete surprise, was
taken on the advice of Assistant City
Attorney Westmoreland.
*_*
Judge Howard Van Epps will not
serve his entire term as judge of the
city court. This announcement was
made by Judge Van Epps at a meeting
of the Atlanta bar. The courtroom
was filled with attorneys of the oitv
when the meeting was called to
order. Judge Van Epps said that
he had decided to resign and would
vacate the chair early in Janua¬
ry. A few clays ago Mr. Harry M.
Beid was appointed by Governor
Atkinson to succeed Judge Van Epps.
The term of Judge Van Epps expires
January 19th, but as announced Judge
Beid will assume the official duties of
the court before that time.
* _ *
The first practical step toward open¬
ing up active trade communications
between the United States and the
Spanish American countries south of
us was taken Tuesday afternoon at a
very enthusiastic meeting held at the
Chamber of Commerce. The meeting
was the result of the agitation of
Senors Teodoro Mangel and Eicardo
Villafrauca, of Costa Bica. These
gentlemen take the view of impressing
the lesson of the exposition upon the
business men of this country and of
the southern countries and of making
actual the things proven to be possible
by the exposition. For some time
these gentlemen have been agitating a
movement by which actual trade rela¬
tions were to be encouraged and built
up in every way practicable.
i*-*
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The gales , of . the , Cotton _ States , and .
International Exposition will be or-
mally dosed on the e vening ot tho
VOL. VI. NO. 43.
31st of December. Uuder no circum¬
stances ■will the exposition continue
beyond that limit. This has been de¬
cided by the board of directors, and
the statement is given to the public at
the special request of that body. Hu¬
mors have been afloat for some time
to the effect that the exposition would
remain open for several weeks beyond
the time originally fixed. These ru¬
mors, however, have been without the
least foundation and will be dispelled
by the positive action of the board.
The last days will be crowded with
special events, and thousands of people
will flock to the grounds. Those who
fail to see the exposition this month
will miss it altogether.
Hudson’s Case Postponed.
The case of the state against W. N.
Hudson was called Tuesday morning
in the criminal branch of the superior
court and was set for trial on the the
first Wednesday in January. The
case was not heard on account of the
absence of two witnesses by whom
Hudson says he can prove that the
street -was not crowded on the night
that he shot at the fleeing thief and
killed a bystander and wounded an¬
other man standing on the street. One
of the witnesses is in the state and the
other is in Chicago.
The shooting by Hudson, who was
at the time a member of the police
force, occurred several weeks ago. It
was on Mitchell street that a thief was
pointed out to the officer. The boy,
who was being chased by Hudson, fled
down the street, and Hudson pulled
his pistol and fired at him. The bul¬
let from his pistol killed a negro and
seriously wounded a white man. Hud¬
son was suspended from the force,
pending an investigation. At the cor¬
oner’s inquest he was acquitted, but
was later indicted by the grand jury.
*_*
New Jury of Awards.
A second jury of awards has begun
work at the exposition. The foreign
sections will be inspected and the
awards made according to the decis¬
ions of the new jury. This second
jury is a kind of substitute fdr the in¬
ternational jury for which the foreign¬
ers have been fighting since their
arrival at the fair. It is made up of
C. A. Baratoni, vice-president of the
Italian chamber of commerce at New
York, and vice-president of the New
York hoard of trade; Mr. L DeGive,
Atlanta; Mr. H. Shroeder, Atlanta,
and A. Riocio, Atlanta. Acting with
these will be the committee on adjust¬
ment of awards from the board of di¬
rectors, consisting of Messrs. Bullock,
Spalding, Cosgrove, Adler and Wood¬
ward. At the session of the regular
jury in Atlanta the foreign sections
were not examined and no report was
made on them. There was a vigorous
kick during the whole time from some
of the foreign representatives, as they
claim that the exposition had adver¬
tised to have an international jury.
This kick asserted itself in violent
form several times and formal protest
was filed with the president. He took
official notice of it and as a result of
the misunderstanding the present
jury has been appointed.
*_*
California’s Exhibit.
As the fair goes on the exhibit of
California continues to attract general
notice. This exhibit is one of the best
at the exposition, and has taken away
innumerable gold medals. It is made
by the state board of trade. The state
board of trade is a voluntary corpora¬
tion, organized for the purpose of ad¬
vancing the interests of that state on
any lines that in the judgment of its
directors may seem most practical and
beneficial. It maintains a permanent
exhibit of the state’s productions at
home, distributes California literature
to all quarters of the globe and
corresponds with people in all parts
of the world who want to know
about or are interested in California.
It lends its encouragement to local
enterprises that are calculated to pro¬
mote the state’s development, and it
does exhibition work when others fail
to keep California’s resources to the
front. The importance of the Atlanta
exposition had not impressed itself on
the people of the Golden State up to
the time the biennial session of the
legislature adjourned last March, and
consequently no state appropriation
was made for making an exhibit here
of the state’s resources. When later
Atlanta and its prospective great expo¬
sition began to attract attention in
that distant state and the importance
of making an exhibit here began to
impress itself on Borne of the people,
there was one body, and only one,
that could undertake the work with
any show of success, and that was the
state board of trade.
GREENHCT CASE DISMISSED.
Judge Grosseup Had No Means of
Forcing Witnesses to Testify.
At Chicago, Wednesday, Judge Gross-
cup dismissed the sensational contempt
proceedings against Joseph B. Green-
hut, ex-president of the whisky trust.
The court had no power to compel A.
E. Goodheart, of New York, and his
associates to come into court and test-
ify, and the judge was unwilling to re-
ly upon their depositions.
Ju , Gf0B8cnp took occagio n to
gcore Q 00( iheart for his refusal to ap-
p<jar #nd tostify>
1.00 A Year.
“PATRIOTS OF AMERICA.”
Mr. Harvey Explains the Details of
the New Organization.
W. H. Harvey has given ont a state¬
ment explaining the details of his new
order, the “Patriots of America.''’
Mr. Harvey says the cause of free sil¬
ver is to be enlarged through the
agency of a now political organization.
This form of waging war upon the
single gold standard forces is his own
idea. Mr. Harvey, assisted by several
public men, has placed the plan in
working form by starting an organiza¬
tion known as the “Patriots of Ameri¬
ca.” With the parent sooiety in Chica¬
go and thousands of others in every
state and territory in the union, it is
Mr. Harvey’s intention to make free
silver a reality and a vital issue in the
next national campaign. •
“While free silver is the piece de-
resistance of the organization,” Air.
Harvey says, “It is not the sole one.
Back of it is tho spirit of humanity
which looks to the accomplishment of
better government, the elimination of
personal selfishness from the acts of
private citizens and public officials.
The new order assumes the existence
of ovil influence which is consciously
or unconsciously exerted by wealthy
corporations and individuals upon
government, executives, legislatures
and courts. To successfully combat
thia influence the society will endeavor
to arouse in the public breast the latent
fire of patriotism and love for human-
ity. the Patriots of Amer¬
“The order of
ica, with the national headquarters in
the Fort Dearborn building, Chicago,
has issued a prospectus in book form
giving the objects of the order and the
reasons which have caused the organi¬
zation of such a movement. Its na¬
tional officers are a first national pa¬
triot, a national recorder and a na¬
tional treasurer. It also provides for
a first state patriot in each state who
constitutes a congress of patriots.
There is also to be a first patriot for
each county. The plans provide for
opening lodges throughout the United
States and all power is derived from
the people voting in their lodges.
“It is a non-partisan organization
and will put no candidates in the
field,” continued Mr. Harvey.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Four Men, Killed by a. Blast Explo¬
sion.
By an explosion of powder and dy¬
namite Friday afternoon, four men
were killed at Big Creek Gap, a mile
and a half north of Lafolette, Camp¬
bell county, Tenn.
Four other men are missing, and
their bodies are being searched for in
the mass of earth and rook that was
dislodged by the explosion.
The accident occurred on the works
of the Lafolette railroad near Lafol¬
ette, where a new road is being pro¬
jected from there to Jellieo. A large
force of men were at work blasting for
a cut. Three kegs of powder had been
placed in a sixteeu-foot hole, and four
sticks of dynamite were added to the
deadly charge. A fuse was attached
to the powder and lighted, and the
man ran from the place to a safe dis¬
tance to await the result. They waited
fourteen minutes and the charge failed
to go off. The men were then ordered
back into the hole by the foreman to
readjust the fuse. They obeyed the
order, all being apparently satisfied
that the fire had become extinct.,
Just as they re-entered the hole,
however, the terrific explosion oc¬
curred, and the earth and stone for
many yards around were dislodged and
thrown into a conglomerate mass with
the remains of the unfortunate vic¬
tims.
THE COTTON REPORT.
Issued by the U. S. Agricultural De¬
partment.
Following is cotton crop report is¬
sued by the agricultural department:
A crop equal to 67.3 per cent of last
year’s, or 6,375,000 bales is indicated
in final returns from county and state
correspondents.
More oomplete reports, based on the
commercial movement, will be issued
in 1896, the first of them probably in
February. Mean farm price 7.57
cents, a gain of 65 per cent on last
year’s figures, 4.6 and of 9 per cent on
1893. Returns from correspondents
are almost uniformly unfavorable as
to quantity, the weather having proved
generally disastrous.
The drought caused an unusnally
early marketing throughout the cotton
area, with an almost total sacrifice of
top crop. The lint, however, is gen¬
erally clean so that the quality is es¬
pecially high. Many reports show
crops completely gathered and mar¬
keted.
COURTS TO ADJUDICATE
The' Railroad Assessment Cases In
Tennessee.
The question as to the railroad as¬
sessments in Tennessee has gone to the
courts and the judicial authorities will
lecide whether the state board of ex-
minors has the authority to set aside
the assessments made by the board of
tssosBors because of the insufficient
proof and evidence, and whether the
ssessors can name railroads without
hat evidence, which the examiners
claim is required MV? by law.