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THE STATESBORO EAGLE. \ VOL. 5. THE EAGLE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year, in advance,.., $ 1.01 Six months, in advance, .60 Advertising rates made known on a] { lication. Obituary notices 5 centB per Hu • We are not responsibb for opinions i sprouted by correspondents. Entered at the Statesboro, Ga., post ofi.ee as THE EAGLE Is published at Statesboro, Bullock coun¬ ty, Georgia,on every Thursday,at one dol¬ lar a year. Statesboro is the county site, and is situated in a fine farmiug section. Bullock has a population of about 10, 000, three-fourths of whom are white people, It is admitted that it is the best farming county in Southeast Georgia. It is solidly Democratic, being known as the “Banner County.” The farmers are industrious and enterprising, aud each year adds to the wealth and population of the county. A railroad is projected from Dover, on the C. R. R., to the county site, which, when completed, will add greatly to the convenience and pros¬ perity of the county. The Eagle is the official organ of the the county, and has a large and increas¬ ing circulation. Its aim is tc. aid all things that tend to the advancement of the people and the upbuilding of the county. As an advertising medium, Thk Eagle cannot be excelled. The merchants of Savannah, Auguvta and elsewhere, get trade from the county, and the city merchants, as well as the county merchants, will find it to their advantage to advertise their business in the columns of The Eagle. We keep on hand, for sale at loiv prices, Justice Court Summons, Execu¬ tions, Blank Deeds, Mortgages, &c. Job work of all kinds neatly, beauti- 5n "b-«nd promptly A«aa. at nrices that will compare with city prices, such as Letter Bill &c. Bullock County Directory. Judge Superior Court— James K Hines. Solicitor General —Oscar H. Rog ers. Stenographer— J. A. Brannon. Clerk —J. E. C. Tillman. Sheriff —S. J. Williams. Court convenes the 4th Mondays in April and October. Ordinary —A. R. Lanier. Court 1st Monday in each month. Tax Collector— Francis Akins. , Tax Receiver —W. B. Akins. .a|Tbeasurer —Geo. R. Beasley. jCcRONEB—D, jb»UNTV- Surveyor C. Proctor. R. M. Cone. — - JUSTICE COURTS. 44th (Sink Hole)—John Rushing, J. P., .limps P. O. Court, 1st Saturdays. 45th (Club House)—Geo. Trapwell, J. P., Metter P. O.; Simeon Wallace, N. P„ Metter P. O. Court, 2d Saturdays. 40th (Lockhart)—R. F. Stringer, J. P., Rocky Ford 1*. O.; H. M. Lanier, N. P., Eudicott P. O. Court, 1st Satur¬ days. 47th—(Briar Patch)—U. M. Davis, J. P., Ivanhoe P, O,; C. A. Sorrier, N. P., Areola P. O. Court, 4th Saturdays. 48th (Ilagins)—J. G. Chitty, J, P., Mill Ray P. O.; W. II. McLean. N. P., Mill Ray P. O, Court, 2d Saturdays. 1209th (Statesboro)—E. C. Moseley, J. P., Statesboro P. O. Court, 2d Mon¬ days. 1320 (Laston)—Madison Lanier, J. P., Bliss P, O.; -J. II. Sear boro, N, P., P. 0. Court 1st Fridays. 1340 (Bay)—John Uonaklsou, J. 1 J ., Harville P. O.; Elias Hughes, N. P., P. O. 3d PROFESSIONAL CARDS. R. J. Williams, J. A. Bbannen, 8wainnboro, Ga. Statesboro, Ga. WILLIAMS & BRANNEN, Attorneys at Law. STATESBORO, GA. Will practice in all the Courts of the Middle Circuit. C. A. SORRIER, -ij-cola, Georgia, —AGENT FOR- life Insurance, ffi BOUNTIES OF Tatnall. iEAN, kST, STATESBORO, GA., THf/fliDAY, AUGUST 22, 1889. EXDELSIOR HIGH SCHOOL L. W. PERDUE,A.M., Principal, A. V. REIVES. ... . ... Mbs. V. REAVES, Music Fall Term Begins August 26th, and continues months. TUITION: $2, $2.50 and $3 per month. Board, $8 to $10 per month. The trustees desire to say to parents and guardians that, having secur d the services of Prof. Perdue, who brings to his aid the experience of 25 years in the school room, they can oiler as great ad¬ vantages as any high school in Southern Georgir* llis plans of instruction arc thoroughly modern, ai d his aim is to send out from his school men and women who are original thinkers, and prepared for the duties of life. Our Music Teacher, Mrs. Reaves, can¬ not be surpassed in her department. She gives lessons on the Piano, Violin and Guitar. The place of Assistant Teacher will be filled soon. The trustees are determined to spare neither pains nor expense in giving our youth a thorough education. Give us a trial. Students may be met at Ogecchee and conveyed to Excelsior by notifying the trustees or teacher when tiiev will be there. All correspondence to be addressed, W. F. Brewton, Pres. B. T., Or L. W. Perdue, Excelsior, Principal, Ga. SCHEDULE. Central Railroad, In effect January 8th, 1889. Standard time, 36 minutes slower than sun time. JaV ouvatnittii; ... i xu a m CCMCO^-^OWOO 20 p sssasass A Macon.... 1 4u ]i m 15 a “ Awgosca..... 11 40 a m 85 a “ Atlanta 5 40 p m 30 a “ Colum r is..... 05 a “ Birmingham.. 10 p “ Montgomery 10 a .. “ Eufaula...... 4 20 a m 30 p Lv Atlanta 6 50 a m 7 15 p in “ Macon , 10 60 a m 11 Ou p m “ 'ugnsta. 12 1a m 9 10 p m Ar Savuun th..... .i (0 pm 6 15 j) m Tm u having Savannah at 7.10 a. m ' 1 arrives at Oliver at 8.37 a. in.; at Out land, 9.00; Millen, 9.45. Train leaving M icon at 10.30 a. in., arrives at Ogeecbeo at 3 p. in.; at Out laud, 3 09 p. in.; at Oliver at 3.34 o. m. 1’ne Millen accommodation leaves Sa vann ih at 5.40 p. m., arrives at Guytor 6.40 p. m.. at Ogeechec 7.50 p. m., a( Millen 8.25 p. m. Leaves Millen at 5.0C a. m. ; arrives at Ogeechec at 5.35 a. m.: at Outland 5.44 a. m. John S. Boiidley, E. T. Charlton, T. A. G. P. A. Savannah. Ga. The Era of the Aztecs, complete The period for of fifty-two the Aztecs, years and formed they a era questioned whether at the end of that period the great heavenly might clock, having performed its revolution, not stop forever. This era menaced a considera¬ ble number and of the population once in their lives, some of them perhaps twice. The night on which the fifty second year would expire was a solemn moment to them, and was signalized by extinguishing and the sacred private fires hearth¬ in the temples and bv those breaking on all vessels that stones, had contained provisions, and tho even¬ ing was passed in darkness, with trembling and fear. The day was in November, when tho Pleiads would cul¬ minate at termination midnight, of and the this moment was the century. As the hour sacrificed, appeared, the the sticks human victim was and were rub¬ bed over his still quick body for striking the fire for his funeral pile and the in¬ auguration of the new era. Men were waiting with torches ready to be lighted, with which the new fire was to be dis¬ tributed to all the provinces. The moment of midnight world was had bailed with shouts of joy. Tho not come to an end, and men could hope that it would last at least through another tlio era. Those who could not attend public ceremonies watched kneeling on the roofs of their houses.—[Popular Science Monthly. Coaches TJp Pike’s Peak. The opening of the Pike’s Peak toll road is announced. Tho winter’s snows upon tho road which winds its way up among the clouds, have been removed, and now a broad, smooth driveway is accessible for carriages to tho very sum¬ mit of the famous peak. No more is it necessary to climb a rough, fallen rugged timber trail and for tavelve miles, over from which rocks, to reach that elevation tho world’s greatest panorama of tho plains and mountains is seen. The car¬ riage road has succeeded tho trail, and now even tlio child, tho aged or tho in¬ valid lias access to tho summit of Pike’s Peak over as smooth a road as Denver’s best drives. The road is comparatively last fall. new, as it was completed ouly —1 Denver Republican. SOUTHERN NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA R10 US POINTS IN THE SOUTH. 1 CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOINS ON OF IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. „ Reports . from , the ,, , Virginia r . . . tobacco , , crop are ^bcoutaging. Bil1 Westmoreland, a negro desperado, Thursday was hanged at Jacksonville, Florida, morning for the murder of his wife last Spring. Dr. J. B. Wortham, a prominent citi zen of Winchester, Ya., committed sui ride Monday, by shooting himself through for the head. No cause is assigned the deed. • About eighty gentlemen of Boston, Mass., left that city Saturday for Shef field, Ala., by special train. It is stated that the party intend to invest heavily in local enterprises at Sheffield. Matthew Gibbs, supposed to be the oldest man in the state, died at his morning! home, Mr. n ar Center, N. C., Monday Gibbs was 108 years old, and died of sheer old age Ihe dreaded cotton caterpiller , has ap pcared at Hawkinsville, Ga. A prom meat planter of Pulaski county reported on w ednesday that he had seen them in his cotton. Tl>e Chicago delegation which lately visited Tampa, Fla. returned homftyr*? - ■ reported penor facilities Tampa for harbor making as posses^ it a for South and Central sc point America \V est India vessels. Sunday morning-in a gambling den iu Macon, Ga., Herman Bohnefeld andLevy Lowenthal quarreled over a game of cards, A bloody fight ensued, in which Bohne feld was stabbed to death by Lowenthal, Charles Camden, of Lexington, Va., died Saturday night of a cancer, which, m portion one year, literally eat away the lower of his body, starting in the legs. The case resisted the treatment of the most eminent surgeons. v -- « J. F. Shillis, who opened a music store in Birmingham, Ala., a few weeks ago, went in debt as deep as he could and of the skipped.’ sheriff His shop is in the bands under attachments sworn out by numerous creditors. The Tradesman , at Chattanouga, Team, has received authentic informa iL.,i .aJ- w* mam* Wv-lV A.** VL»A.i« organizing to fight the convict labor system aud company stores, and demand be better mining laws. A convention will held in September and the struggle will be inaugurated. At Charlotte, N. C., the jury in the case of state against Police Sergeant Boyle and Policeman G. J. Morris, for clubbing Justice Hunter, could not agree, and the judge ordered their discharge Sunday, entering a mistrial for Boyle. Morris was acquitted. The jury stood five for conviction and seven for acquit tal. A special from Lexington, Ky., says the Arlington hotel at Blue Lick Springs, was burned Monday morning. A hun¬ dred guests were at the hotel, all of whom escaped. Loss, $35,000; insurance $17,000. Senator Blackburn and ex Chief Justice Hargie and family, were among the guests. The heirs of brothers William F. and George W. Norton, deceased millionaires of Louisville, Ky., have decided to give $6,000 to the building fund of the South¬ ern Baptist Theological Seminary, moved there from South Carolina a few years ago. Both brothers made princely gifts to the seminary during their life¬ time. Rozzell’s family, of Charleston, N. C., consisting Monday of a wife and three children, relatives on evening were going to see s in Union county in a carriage, and when driving along a precipice, the i carriage capsized, throwing Mrs. Rozzel/i and the three childien out. All thfc children are badly injured, and it is thought Mrs. Itozzell cannot recover. Extensive preparations are being made at Knoxville, Tenn., to celebrate the 103d anniversary of Davy Crockett’s birthday on the farm where he was born near Limestone. Among the guests will be It. P. Crockett, of Granberry, Texas, the only living son of the frontiersman, and the only living grandson of Colonel It. II. Crockett, of New Gaseny, Ark. A special from Live Oak to the Times Union, of Jacksonville, Fla., says: The first bale of neiv crop upland cotton was delivered here Tuesday by the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad, for shipment to Savannah over the Savan¬ nah, Florida and Western railroad. It was from W. It. Wilson, of Tallahassee, and was consigned to Perkins & Sons, At Carbon Hill, Walker county, Ala., on Wednesday, Superintendent C. P. Seymer, of the Kansas City shot Coal and Coke Company mines, was fimn ambush while riding horseback. officers Some time since L- brought several selling up to stop the moonshiners from mountain dew to the miners. It is sup¬ posed the moonshiners shot him. The Dispatch newspaper of Montgom¬ ery, Ala., was, on Saturday night, sold by its president, Colonel D. S. Troy, to the Advertiser. There will be no hyphen¬ ated name, and the editorial and office force of the Advertiser remains un¬ changed. The $50,600. Dispatch is The understood Advertiser to have lost over has been in existence since 1828, and has absorbed over a dozen papers. A band of cattle thieves is getting in work in the section of Florida contig¬ uous to the Apalachicola depredating River. Tho the band has been upon herds of cuttle for some time, nnd many farmers have been their victims. The community is thoroughly aroused, and it ould )t be sale tor the tanners to get sigb^f of tie gang white -which is said and to be jnegroe t ompo two tuen two ingtonjjKly., A da&rdly attempt was made at Lex Tuesday, to assassinate D. L. ter, a well known newspaper comspSdent, deadly jaehine by which the explosion left of a was at the Leader Vied directed to that gentleman. There , a8 kufficient dynamite in the parcel t and have blown up uny building in the city it only failed to accomplish its deat r purpose because the percussion matche; ailed to ignite, A ho iblc butchery is reported from McDow l county, \V. Ya. The partic ukrs a ’"eagre. It appears that a dfetrictioi wjdowv|Wi£d tut Gillis, lived with in a daugh- remote county two ters retpecta abeutoown. They were poor, but £ people. Friday the neigh bArs f(H d til three dead. They had evident) been criminally assaulted and najuraerp ?j rpetrators . There is of absolutely the deed. no clue A uiaEteh Trom Columbia, (I says: Se < I tar / of btate IS,uln S barters and comm . sa.ons to the nun ?f ° \ »^ustnes which are being or ganized throughout the state. Three charters >f commissions were taken out Baturda . One for the Dekalb Cottou F^tory a t Camden, S. C., one for the ftedmei • Folding Grate Co., at Green v ille, aii another for an Alliance warehous, to be located at Columbia. 0 n Jvil 26, a fire broke out in one of shaft at the Pratt coal mines of Al \ a 1 a miner and sixteen mules I ^ can ht in the mine below the fire, rhe fire /eok, ras extinguished the latter part 0 f and the miner was toon farthe^BSk fouiM^ad. in the The mine, mules and were much not were reacheif until Tuesday, when fifteen of them YtGre found alive. They were in a tetriblk their condition, and too weak to stand on feet, On 'Monday night, at Birmingham, Alg., DE L. Lichstein, recently of Now York, experimented Jiiamcd on himself and a patient L. D. May, with the writhing Brown-Scquard Elixir. Both are now in mortal agony, the pain hav increased ing begun several hours afterward and ever since. Nervousness, a chilly poisoning feeling make and their symptoms condition of danger- blood ous. The lamb bad been dead one hour and forty minutes before ihe injection was ruadil. THE BUSINESS ouTuAt)K. ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM B. G. <fe CO. FOR THE PAST WEEK. R. G. Dun & Co.’t review of trade foi the week says: Changes iu the business world during the week, though but slight, have all been in the right direc¬ tion. There is a little better of products, some improvement iu prospects, with particularly in cotton, and more confidence and strength in stock market, and leas chance of a dis¬ turbing withdrawal of specie for Europe. In manufactures, all changes are in direction of improvement, aud from the interior indicate a volume trade exceeding last year’s, and, on whole, steadily increasing. Of all reporting this week, scarcely one dullness in trade. The glad news that the coke strike has ended, removes in a pprehensicn Pittsburg of district. closing many iron works the Prices of iron and manufactured iron and steel had been advancing. the With steady improvement in reports of food products from Northwest, wriieat has declined about 1 on sales of only 8,000,000 bushels at New York, and corn Jc. on sales of 5,000,000 bushels. Oats are nearly one cent lower and hogs 10c. per 100 pounds. Ity 41 there is an advance of Jc., and in </\.ie /agar prices have been lifted | of a cent. is nominal, with 6} cents, quoted js above any bid at present attainable. The stock market has been strong and advancing, commercial and money iu ample supply for use is quoted at about the usual rates all over the country. During the week the treasury took in one million dollar-imore than it paid out, but mer chancvfe exports from New York for the week tare 9th nearly 30 per cent, above last year, an increase of about 20 per cent, commodities imports. have The average prices of Business failures throughout slightly advanced. the country during the week number, for the United States, 164; Canada, 35; total 201, against 210 last week. IS IT TRUET THREE NEGROES SAID TO HAVE ENTEREL A FIERY FURNACE. A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: A most remarkublo religious craze has seized the negroes near Bessemer and intermediate couutrv. For some time past an old negro named Tobias Jackson has been proclaiming himself ns Daniel, the prophet, and doing all kinds of sin¬ gular, wild and queer things. Saturday last ho persuaded representatives thiee young negro of Shad- men that they were rack, Meshack and Abedncgo, three children of faith, who entered the fiery claimed furmjee of that Nebuchadnezzar the furnace where of old. iron lie is melted and cast into all kinds of forms was tho furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, and that they co*ld enter it and pass through without tho smell of fire. Three ne¬ groes, calling themselves the three cliil dteu of Israel, under the in¬ , fluence of their new prophet, the deliberately entered the gate of cupalo of tho furnace and rushed head¬ long into the white heat of the melting iron. When they failed to come out, Jackson, the prophet, proclaimed air with that the be saw them rising \u attended tho by angels smoke of the furnace, and said tliut they would revisit tho earth next Sunday. GENERAL NEWS. CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS, AND EXCITING EVENTS. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE—ACCIDENTS, STRIKES, FIRES, AND KAFFENXXGS OF INTEREST. | Forest fires are raging in Oregon and Washington. Bodies ore still being found in the debris at Johnstown, Pa. A shock of earthquake was felt in the day Adirondacks, in New York state, Satur¬ morning. On Tuesday, Alfred Tennyson, Eng¬ land’s mightiest master of metrical form, will be eighty years old. The Montana convention, by a strict party which vote, passed a proposition by all county officers will have to be re-elected. Mr. King Humbert, of Italy, has appointed Thomas A. Edison the great inven - tor, Crown grand officer of the Order of the of Italy. The mayor of Cincinnati has notified theatrical and baseball managers that will Sunday performances and baseball games not hereafter be permitted. A terrific cloudburst occurred at Pn + - erson, N. J., Wednesday morning. < el lars -were flooded and choked so ihs t the water spurted out of manholes to the height of ten feet. fully According to tlio latest statistics care¬ Johnstown, compiled by the board of injury, at ber of lives Pa., Wednesday, the num¬ lost in the devastated district was about six thousand. There -was a terrific explosion of a natural gas main iu Pittsbuig.Pa., Satur¬ day evening, which resulted in the killing of two men instantly, fatally injuring two more, and seriously injuring some fifteen others. In the constitutional convention held in Helena, Mont., it was decided that Helena should remain the capitol until 1892, when the question shall be voted on. Woman suffrage was defeated by a tie vote. Marlin Burke, the Cronin suspect, rvas identified ou Mouday by Mr. and Mrs, Curlson, owners of the cottage in which Dr. Cronin was murdered, is the man who rented it from them, giviDg the name “Frank Williams.” An investigation of the accounts of W. i--.. <i 0 oistani; postmaster at Boone vile, Ind., whoi is charged with embez¬ zlement in his office, shows that the shortage amounts to $6,000, nnd may reach more. Denny has not yet been ap¬ prehended. While all advices indicate that there has been no noting in the Con'nellsville, Pa., coke regions since Saturday, matters are considered to be in a precarious con¬ dition, and an outbreak of the Hunga¬ rians at any time will not surprise the operators. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 1,043,313 bales, of which 624,313 are American, against 1,050,823 and 694,223 bales respectively last year. Receipts for the week at all interior towns, 1,027 bales. The crop in sight is 6,868,720 bales. At New York, Monday, tho grand jury presented to the court of general sessions, two indictments against Eben 8. Allen, as president of the Forty-second Streep and Grand Street Ferry Railroad Com¬ spurious pany, charging him with forgeries. The stock issued is a trifle over 1,000 shares. The general passenger agents of the leadiug railroads of the United States, in session at Cape May, N, J., on Wednes¬ day, considered the question of reducing Summer excursion rates from Southern cities to Eastern and Northern resorts, and the equalization of fares from New Y"ork to Southern territory, as asked for by the Southern passenger association. It was derided to reduce rutes for socie¬ ties and conventions. Cardinal Gibbons, who returned from Deerpark, Me., Saturday, will be kept busy several weeks advising with the committees and formulating plans for the great Catholic hierarchald centennial celebration in Baltimore next November, nnd other events iu connection with it. There will be a re-arrangement of the cathedral to fit it for the large number of prelates, who will take part iu the celebration. A cable from London, England, says: The memorial to the Government, asking that Mrs. Maybrick be reprieved on tho grounds of the conflicting given nature of the medical evidence at her trial, has been and signed by eight Liverpool. hundred brokeis merchants of Judge Stephens,on Saturday, protested in court against abusive letters addressed to the jury in the Maybrick case. He said he thought they had conscientiously done their duty. The new iron steamship “Kansas City,” built at Roach’s yard for the New Eng¬ land and Savannah Steamship Company, was successfully launched at Chester, Pa., on Saturday. The versel is 350 depth feet over all, 45 feet beam and 27 feet expansion, of hold. Her surface engines condensing aro of the tripple with 54-inch type, aud 33-inch and diameter, 54 inch stroke, supplied with steam by eight steel boilers. She has been con¬ structed to move 10J knots per hour. Her passenger accommodations are 116 first-class aud 120 second-class. When finished she will ply between New York and Savannah, Ga. IN TIIE ADIRONDACKS. “ You’re the most cowardly creature I over met,” sneered tho dog to tho flying doer. 'True,” was tho reply, “but I always die game.” NO. 41. JUDGE TERRY KILLED WHIMS IN THE ACT OF SI.APFINO THE FACE OF CHIEF JUSTICE FIELD. Upon the arrival of the southern over luml train Wednesday at Latlirop, Cal., at 7:30 o’clock morning, United States Judge Stephen J. Field and Dep¬ uty United States Marshal David Nagle walked into the dining room for break¬ fast, and sat down side by side. Soon after, Judge David S. Terry and wife came in. They were proceeding to an¬ other table, when Mrs. Field, Terry, evidently recognizing retired Justice the did not sit down, but to train for some unknown purpose. Before she reached it. however, room) and just as she had left the dining Judge Terry approached Justice Field, and, stooping over him, slapped Lis face. At this juncture Dep¬ uty Marshal Judge Nagle arose from his seat and shot Terry through the heart. The causes which led up to the tragedy are as follows: JuUge Terry was mar¬ ried to Sarah Althea Hill, who claimed to be the wife of ex-Scnator Sharon, while prosecuting her brought claim against the Sharon estate. This him into resentful attitude toward Justice Field, who last year rendered n decision in the United States circuit court, denying her claim to be the wife of Sharon. Mrs. Terry created a scene in court during the reading of llie derision, charging Jus¬ tice Field with being corrupt, und as she refused to remain quiet, Justice Field directed that she be removed from court. When the deputy attempted to carry out the order of the court she be¬ came involved in Judge n personal quarrel with that offiriitl, dagger and Terry interfered, drawing a from his vest. Ho was disarmed, und both Terry nnd his committed wife were adjudged jail. Newspaper in contempt articles and to were printed intimating tliut E’ield it would and be dangerous for Justice Judge which Terry to meet deemed personally, prudent from fact it was to have Nagle, as deputy marshal, to ac¬ his company the chief justice while on visit to ihe coast. David 8. Terry was at one time chief justice of the supreme court of California, and has always been a prominent figure in the political his¬ tory of the state. THE COTTON OUTLOOK. toe agricultural iepartment sends OUT A FAVORABLE IUCFOBT. The August crop report Washington, of the depart¬ ment of agriculture at D. C., ipakes the condition of cotton 89.3, month. an advance of nearly 2 points during the Since 1880 this average has been exceeded but three times, in 1882, 1885 and 1887. Improvement is noted in five states. Two report the snmc condi¬ tion, while Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee aud Mississippi Show a lower average than a month ago. Rains have been frequent during the month, except in portions of Texas, and in many dis¬ tricts they have been excessive. North Carolina has had too much rain, delaying good cultivation, but the weed shows a condition growth. In South Carolina the has been improved by good seasons, though there was some local damage from excess of rain. Alabama returns show the crop in promising con¬ dition, clean, with a good growth, and fruiting well. Mississippi reports the condition lower than one month ago on Account of excessive rain. In Arkansas, the early season was not favorable, and the plant was ' small and late, but in favorable weather condition, during and July it placed it ing vigorous is improv¬ has fallen rapidly. In during Tennessee the month. the condition The off Stand was generally poor and late, and the excess of moisture has prevented the proper cultivation. The averages of the condition by states are: Virginia63, North Carolina 80, South Carolina 90, Georgia 91, Florida 95, Alabama 90, Mississippi Arkansas 88, Louisiana 92, Texas 91, 93, Tennessee occasionally 78. Caterpillars and boll worms are men¬ in Mississippi and Louisiana, and several counties of Texas, but the ftorn them is as yet inapprecia- TIRED OF WAITING. MINING COMPANIES MAKING ARRANGE¬ MENTS TO EMPLOY NEW MEN. A dispatch from Strcator, Ill., says: A new phase of the mining situation has developed, which will give the striking miners more trouble than they had pre¬ viously anticipated. It is said on good authority that the Star Coal company, whose mine is located at Kanglcy, have completed arrangements by telegraph by which a full quota of men to run their shaft will, inside of thirty Virginia. days, Th« be landed there from West Chicago, Wilmington and Vermillion given company, which has always em¬ ployment to at least 2,000 men, is also said to bo negotiating for men from other points. This company operates mines at Brtiidwood, LaSalle, Seatonville and other places, and has grown tired of the repeated strikes. If the miners of these places desire to resume work, they will have to do it quickly, the operators say, as they do not propose to stand idly by and see Southern operators take all the contracts and let the market for their products be forever destroyed. t]TeY~ ORGANIZE • u THE FEAR PROTECT GROWERS THEIIt SEEKING INDUSTRY. MEAI s Cairo, The pear have growers organized and ai^. 8^4, j Ga., other f* and will petition do the likewise, • the pear belt to meet at some central point i> aM a general association, \\v ;• which will be to devise to piutcd their mdtu'