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THE STATESBORO EAGLE VOL. 7. THE EAGLE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year, in edvsnoe,... $ 1.00 Bix months, in advance, 50 - Advertising rates mad© known >a uj j lication. Obituary notices 5 cents per lin We are not responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents. Entered at the Statesbor . u»., as lecon 1-class mail matter. T/IE EAGLE Is pub i-hed at Statesboro, Bullock coun¬ ty, Georgia, on every Thur day,at one dol¬ lar a year. St. tesb iro is ihe county site, and is situate 1 in a fine farming section. Bullock hM-V.pppulation of about 10, 0C0, three-fourths of wi>oi2 are white rP fr <.urgia. fL&'mg ■rY The farmers are Enterprising, aud each t,’ the wealth and population ^Tne county. } • Statesboro is conr.ectid by railroad with the C. If. R., at Dover, and a per¬ manent boom h: s struck our town, and a new era dawns upon our people. Tna Eaqlb is the official organ of the the county, and has a largo 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 Thu Eagle caunot bo excelled. The merchants of Savannah, Augu-ta and elst-where, 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 Tna Eagle. - 1 '<• i?r;rfr’t4rv Ea 'c at low , We Tr keep on nuuh, . __ _ ^ prices, Justice Court Summons, ’ Eiecu tions, Blank Deeds, Mortgages, &c. Job work of all kinds neatly, beauti¬ fully nnd promptly done, at prices that will compare with city prices, such as Letter Heads, Bill Heads, &c. BULLOCH CQUOT DIRECTORY Judge Superior Court— R. L. Gam¬ ble, Jr. Solicitor General— B. P. Evans, Jr. Stenographer— S. W. Sturgis. Clerk —J. E. C. Tillman. Sheriff — S. J. Williams. ' Court convenes the fourth Mondays in April and October. Ordinary —A. R. Lanier. Court first Monday in each month. Tax Collector —Francis Akins. Tax Receiver— W. B. Akins. Treasurer-— George It. Beasley. . Coroner— D. C.^ Proctor. County Surveyor —R. H. Cone. JUSTICE COURTS. Forty-fourth (Sink Hole—John Rush¬ ing, J. P., Green P. O. Court, first Sat¬ urdays. Forty-fifth (Club House) -Geo. Trap rell. J. P., Metter P. O.; Joshua Everett, N. P., Excelsior P. O. Court, second Saturdays. Forty-sixth (Lockhart)—R. F. String¬ er, J. P., Rocky Ford P. O.; II. M. La nier, N. P., Endicott/P. O. Court, firs Saturdays. Forty-seventh (Briar Patch)—U. M. Davis, J. P., Ivanhoe P. O.; C. A. Sor¬ rier, N. P., Areola P. O. Court, fourth Saturdays. Forty-e’ghth (Hagins)—J. G. Chitty, J. P., Mill Ray P. O.; W. H. McLean, N. P., Mill Ray P. O. Court, second Saturdays. Twelve hundred aud ninth (Statesboro) —W R. Akins, J. P., Statesboro P. \).: * J. B. Lee, K. P., Statesboro P. O. Couvt. second Mondays. Thirteen hundred and twentieth (Las ton)—Madison Lanier, J. P., Bliss Ford P. O.; E. W. Con-art, N. P., Cocky P. O. Court first Fridays. Thirteen hundred and fortieth (Bay)— John Donaldson, J. P., Harvillc P. O.; Samuel Hatville, N. I’. Fatal, Ga., P.O. Court, third Saturdays. L1,1(11 k BFIIL THE CLOTHING LEADERS! Wk are Rea. y io r the FALL and WINTER demands of our large clientage —with the LARGEST, MOST VARIED and STYLISH STOCK under any SINGLE ROOF in GEORGIA, and arc pre-eminently the ONLY COMPLETE MALE OUTFITTING HOUSE in the State. PERFECT FITS for MEN, BOVS and CHILDREN, FOR FAT, THIN, SHORT and TALL MEN. CLERICAL SUITS, WEDDING SUITS, FULL DRESS SUITS, S. 159 Congress Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: Congress has adjourned, and the possibility longer hangs of an extra legislative session no tho basis over business, so that monetary cannot now be af fected by any law of its making earlier n °- i3 t 6re mU hat any serious change t will -u i tatefsilaS appropriations voted and liberal that the treasury surplus mart be considerably reduced and the available S Zl ™ y 1 r°llT Z re n ! y lncr W , l‘° ea f leSOme d Wlt faCt0 hm . , th r 13 .° that prices nf of commodities f are moving . up, rather, the average having risen more than 1 per cent during the week, and the exports of merchandise are thus liable to clirS' 3Thoth w ta tit , d :,," om .: h L p*s;r ■“ p,r " o, £ , ,h ; i 1 1(SS activity. The south continues to x&g&r-g. matket that has declined tr. during P the ss,e week is the cotton market, receipts showing an increase of 47,000 bales over last year and exports an increase of 12,000 bales. A fall of J put the price even with any recorded since 1851. But wheat has risen over 1 cent, oats 1 j and corn nearly 2 cents, coffee i, oil 2J cents, butter 5, pork products a shade. It is difficult to see why wheat should advance, with western receipts largely exceeding those for the corresponding week last year, with a visible supply well maintained and exports falling off, and thus far this week, for instance, wheat eports are not half last year’s lor the same days; flour exports one-ninth. not one-half, corn exports only The treasury has put out, the silver notes included, only $100,000 more cur¬ rency than it has taken in during the past week, hut the money markets are generally well supplied for legitimate business needs, though at some points stringency is more active. Reporis ns to collections grow less satisfactory, and yet it is the prevailing impression that bus¬ iness in ail parts of the country is on a solid footing and will prosper when good crops come. Failures for the week number 235; for corresponding week last year the figure was 223. A: .. i,-*. TOM HARDEMAN DEAD. The Life of a Patriot, Soldier and Statesman Ended. The great heart of Hon. Thomas Hardeman, Jr., has cea ! e-l to beat, and tho voice of Georgia’s peerless orator is silenced forever. The patriot, soldier and statesman Yineville, passed peacefully fashionable away at his home in a sub¬ urb of Macon, on Saturday morning. For several years Colonel Hardeman had suffered from heart trouble, which finally caused his death. The deceased was the son of the late lamented Thomas Harde¬ man, Sr. He was born in Eatonton, Ga., Putnam county, January 12, 1825, con¬ sequently he was a little more than sixty six years of age. He graduated at Em¬ ory college, Oxford. In college he was noted for his oratorical powers. He filled many offices of trust and honor, and his services in behalf of his beloved state will be a lasting monument to his mem¬ ory. __ THE PAPER PROTESTS Against a Supposed Scheme of Uncle Sam. The lleraldo, a newspaper published at Mad i id, in an article protesting against the government supposed scheme of the United St tes to annex the island ot Cuba, says that Mr. Blaine ought to recollect that the congress of American nations plainly proved disposed that the Spanish-Ameri¬ cans are not to allow themselves to be absorbed by the great northern re¬ strongly public. The Spanish, people and of Cuba, it says, are posed becoming ate of equally op¬ to part the United States. tradesmen, Probably, with the exception ot a few there is no one on the island who is at all desirous of annexa¬ shed tion. Spain, the paper continues, would her last drop deprive of blood in resisting any attempt to her of her colony, fearing neither Cuban revolution nor war with the United States. O. A. 'SORRIER. Areola, Georeia, -AGENT FOB Firs d Life Insurance, FOR TUB COUNTIES OF Bulloch and Tat nail rj fj Shipments a Specialty and L», U. Rule* for Self Measnrement . SENT FEE K to any address. PRIVILEGE OF EXAMINING before Paying. W© Aim to Please. HATS.knox. stetson and oar FL1XORS OVERCOATS. For Men, Boys and Children, all Grades and Prices. Lowest Prices BBST GOODS. Bend for our latest Illustrated Catalogues. STATESBORO, GA., _ '>8DAY, MARCH IS), 1891 ■NEWS AND NOTES CONDENSED FROM TELEGRAPH AND CABLE. Epitome ,, Of „ Incidents T , thst . . T H&p- _ pen from Day to Day. The French chamber of deputies has passed the sugar bounties bill. ! The Idflho legislature, on Tuesday, np P ro T r ‘ ated |20 ’ 000 for an exhibit at the J if ® . * i tnfthe win° m >7n u’ h f ad m l i 0 f p Ray HamiU , ton to probate. j The government of Guatemala has ap pointed Senor Antonio Batres as miuister ; to this country. There was; great rejoicing at Washing¬ ton among the democrats over the news of Palmer’s election as senator from Illi¬ nois. The Missouri annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church has voted against admitting women to tho general conference. A company, headed bv W. J. Murpliey, of Grand Fork, N. D., has purchased the Blethen Minneapolis Tribune from Aider 1 J. for $ 400,000. The Kansas house of representatives has passed the senate bill making eight hours a legal work day for state, county and municipal employes. Secretary Blaine received a cable mes fage Tuesday from Tokio, Japan, an¬ nouncing the death there of United States Minister John F. Swift. throughout Specials received from many points Kansas say that the heaviest snow of the winter fell Saturday, averag¬ ing six inches on a level. Judge Beach in the New York supremo court, Simmons on receiver Saturday, appointed J. Edward of the Americau Loan and Trust company, fixing his bond at $200,000. The president, on Saturday, appointed James II. Beatty, of Idaho, United States district judge for Idaho. The president nominated him to the senate, but the nom¬ ination failed of action. at Providence, R. I., have decided to gota Avork at the old schedule concerning of prices, the differences pendingh-i^fer- bew&?B ence them and their employers. The Methodist Episcopal conference of Philadelphia, decided against by a vote of 120 to 98 has the admitting and women as delegates to electoral general conferences of the churches. 1 he report that tiie steamer Buckeye had been lost near Edmonds, with twen¬ ty-five passengers arrival aboard, was disproved by the safe of that steamer on Tuesday at Seattle, Washington. The Berwitter Manufacturing Company, sash and door manufacturers, at Grand Cross'ng, Ill., failed Monday. Assets placed The trouble at $110,000; is believed liabilities $60,000. to be tempoary. Dudley, Hall & Co., tea importers and sugar dealers, of Boston, Mass., suspended Tuesday. Liabilies about $400,000; as¬ sets indefinite, but largely below liabil¬ ities. The firm was the second largest tea house in the United States. A dispatch of Saturday, says: and There are now over 1.500 carpenters plain¬ ing mill employes the idle in Indianapolis ordered the in fonsetjuence of strike by building trades council, and there are no indications of an early settlement. Mrs. Frank Leslie will muke a new will by which the bulk of her fortune, amounting in to at least $600,000, will bo left trust for the establishment of a great institute for the instruction of wo¬ men and the advancement of higher ed¬ ucation of the sex. Miss Mary Anderson (Mrs. Navarro) has created some stir in theatrical circles at London dresses, by theatrical advertising the sale and of her stage scenery stage properties, thus confirming the announce¬ ment that it is her intention to retire definitely from the stage. informed Attorney tho General Miller, on the Saturday, secretary of treasury that the alleged ill treatment of the Hungarian laborers employed in the con¬ struction of a railroad near Pocahontas, Va., is a matter for state supervision only, there being no United States law cover ing such a case. A republican of officers convention for Providence, the nomi¬ nation state met at R. I , Tuesday, and made the W. following Ladd; nominations: Governor, II. lieutenant-governor, Lyman B. Goff; torney general, Daniel R. Ballou; secre¬ tary of state, G. II. Utter; general treas¬ urer, T. Munford Teabury. At a mass meeting of the journeymen carpenters of Chicago Sunday, afternoon, it was decided that should the master carpenters not conclude to accede to the proposition to arbitrate the differences between the carpenters aud employes a strike of great magnitude will be inaugu¬ rated. Fully 3,000 men were present. Fire, Monday morning, destroyed the printing house of Gibson, Mall, Miller & Richardson, at Omaha, Neb. Loss $200, - 000; insurance $140,000. The fire was caused by a boy smoking a cigarette in the press room. Broaches’ wagon stopk house, adjoining, was covered damaged by insurance. to the extent of $20,000, Tho Irish local government bonrd on Tuesday issued a report that the failure of the potato crop was due to the bad quality of inspectors tho seed planted. estimate Some the potato of the board’s crop failure as equivalent to the loss to neonle affected of their midday meal, and the loss of a portion of their suppers for a part of the year. A dispatch of Saturday from St. Paul, Minn., says: Examiner Knox has pro¬ ceeded far enough with the account of Deputy Couuty Clerk Jay P. Davis to discover that he U short between $25,000 and 80,000. llo obtnined nil the money from County Treasurer Nelson on forged jury certificates during the lilt four years. A cablegram of Sunday tvenging from says: Under the pretext of insults whtclrwcie offered to the Frederick during her recent visit Paris the German forest guard at iiavc compelled tho French 0 - oalyWeans Sftecourt, o! their of a livelihood? An express tr:nl for PliiadclphH, while running at Ijfiven, rover j Pa., rapid .Mond rate of I speed, near Penn °f boys walking ay, 5n (‘ashed into a crows, the track. They \#re on the up track and special stepped passenger9rain. on thepther track They to did escape not ; a see them the express approaching, afid instantly and killed. two of were struck i A cablegram of Sunday from Madrid, Kwh'meth^T^athig 8 l? in > 8a J 9 = A ' c ‘f n ' issi ? n of six raedi- 1 ^ has leported in fair ,5 of the total suspen- haling si '"’ o* that form treatment, it been found, according t > the committee’s t that nf)t fcinglc cure hlld been effected there by the use of the method in question v of At the a meeting!yj'lue Louisvia kl board Nashville of directors road /t at New York, M/. J, the office of chair man of the bom wwas created, and Au gust position Belmont in wwaKpctcd Wf the to New occupy the conn- Y r ork of tree of the compo*. Milton II. Smith, the present vice-jAesident, was elected president, with hi|J oihee at Louisville, on tuck y. i , A Lincoln, Neb., dispatch says: Gov. Boyd, on Tuesday, pled au answer in the ouo the warranto proceedings instituted in supreme court iby cx-Gov. Th iycr. The answer hoids that Boyd is a citizen U. faK?^ cannot^Sce'ffis papal ec.S naturalization Gov. Thayer’s counsel at once filed a demurrer to the answer Th, Sb™, »,,,» taa comolUw, froS V r Hb/m a „ v" , T r day eral, stating that his father had left the family well provided for, and asking them to rescind their resolution that any sur plus of the fund should be given to the Sherman family. The committee res cinded their action. The statue fund amounts to A dispatch of Monday from Madrid, says: The Spanish government is about to dispatch the 6,870 troops to Cuba on ac count of increased political agitation on the island. If the situation becomes worse General Campbell will be appointed against viceroy. Americans The Spanf h press is protesting separatists in encouraging ion the Cuban conncf with the pro posed treaty of commerce. Carnegie’s/ The Edgar Braddlck, Thompson steel works of at Pa , which shut down for repairs several we As ago, will no?rCSu’.me operations for some time. A general resihifpi&>n week^dut was expected by the employes this A rm has dc tided to continue the shnt-TTown -*nr month longer at least. This action en\ forces idleness on nearly 2,000 cause is assigned frr the continued sus pension. l ‘ Assistant . . , „ Secretary , „ Nettleton, , at , ... Wash- , ington, on Tuesday, notified claim agents and others Interested iu claims under the direct tax act, that all payments under that act will be made to the states, in trust for the citizens thereof from whom they are collected, and their legal repre sentatives, and that claim agents and others will not be allowed to examine the direct tax records of the department un less they are authorized. The United States supreme court, on Monday, dismissed four tax coupon cases between individuals and representatives of the city of Lynchburg on the ground and that that pecuniary the matters in were involved, amount^ controversy were not sufficient to bring the case before the court. In three otjjr cases motions to dismiss were deuied’ without prejudice, because the papers were not sufficiently explicit. The exports of specie ended from the port of New York for week March 7, amounted to $1,495,065, of which $900,- 541 was in gold and $504,524 in'silver. Of the total export $675,490 in gold and $566,749 in gold silver and went $27,745 to Europe, in silver and $225,051 in imports went to South America. The of spreie $24,765, during of which the $138,681 week amounted in gold to was and $109,084 in silver. A dispatch The of Monday epidemic from of Ida trichinosis Grove, Iowa, says: in the German settlement continues, and two more deaths have occurred, making five deaths in all. Several new cases have developed, and two more deaths arc expected. Advices from Washington say that an investigation industry will be made by the bureau of infection4 animal to prevent the further swine in that lo cality ’ COMMERCE _*_ C)F BRAZIL. Great Business Activity in the New Republic. Official returns recei red at Washington by the bureau of American republics from Brazil, indicate great commercial activity in the new republic. During the year 1890 corporations Rggregating were $642,004,720, organized, with the a capital months of activity being Septem¬ extreme ber and October, the capitalization in The the latter month reaching $180,000,000. Railway Commnie-GeneraIc of Brazil, has made contn tes in the United States for $4,000,000 worth of rolling stock, and other railw y supplies. The order embraces, nmot g other locomotives. things, 315 cai s and foity-five I aldwin The minister of public works of Brazil has drawn upon tho\reasury foi in $18,000 the to pay "the the share of that republic cost of intejnntiomdrr.iilway survey. A TRIKTED CLERK Raises a Pile Raising Che A Pittsburg dispatclfsays: A. 8. Hodg¬ son. for twenty-five yeips a trusted em¬ ploye of Jutte & Co., coal operators, raised a check on the Central hank on Saturday, from $42 U J$4,200. The cash was paid over wiwjut question, and Hodgson took the tfy H train out of the city. He raised a cRMk the day before from $25 to $2,500 and got the money, but the firm discoverrti the fraudulent transaction before he had time to leave the city. Upon being confronted with the evidence of his cnipo, he confessed and returned the money. On account of his long service, the'matter was not pressed, and (Saturday morning he took advantage of his employer's leniency and raised a second check. SOUTHERN BRIEFS DAILY OCCURRENCES IN THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND Curtailed into Interesting and Newsy Paragraphs. The census bureau gives the popu'a iion of Texas ns 3,235,523. The census bureau gives the popula¬ tion of Louisiana as 1,118,547. The commission appointed to select a site _ for a dry dock on the gult has re¬ ported in favor of Algiers. La. Tuesday, Judge Thompson, of Louisville, Ky., decided that pool-rooms could not. be closed, as they are doing a lawful UU8 ' nefi ® * be indications are that the American T . obacco company, in addition to its cigarette leading factories, is buying up alt the factories of Virginia, David Porten, one of the best known lawyers in Memphis, Tcnn., was shot, and King, fa'ally Wounded, Tuesday, by II. Clay an Arkansas cotton planter. William Dabney Stratlier Taylor, oi Louisville, Ky., is dead. He was a the nephew family and oldest surviving member of of President Zuchrv Taylor Reiver * Chamberin'/ ,, ,, of ,. the . three . C’s SS oMlfe ^nd anlht t °“ boBd I fal po«session ' rr I be , census , bureau has announced the °' cd - 803,716; T"dinns, 04; Chincse/llO; A b dw ’ t ft h of l Tuesday, /.' 1, b 837 - 333 - Breckinridge, P n 1 « of says: Congress “an at 1 eusacola, Ha., nnd Kentucky, the is very who charge, physician is in expresses grave appre easl0 P s f°r his condition. Mr. Breckin ld , suffering from ’ gc 18 an acute attack of * l ^ xvoith Carolina r , ,, legislature ... has ?';? u “ d j “P ' ,8 business. It tnc state < making oi^Ufc ucmo cra .. lc and ? Be d,stncb , ba iippropriated |25,00# f< r aB ex j llblfc at ^ the world^frw, and i $10,000 1( „ for a o e °l°S lcal s?‘ rve y The Texas senate and house met in joint section Saturday aud adopted reso utiomof respeetto the memory of the W ffc « on J,avla - After prayer by ¥ o lap am „ the members paid glowing t‘ibute S to the deceased chieftain of the 0D e,ac y* Henry C. Lamar and Miss Louise King Conreliy were out pleasure riding on the cau ! d at Augusta, Ga., Tuesday, when <un J0at was drawn into the race, or at the bulkhead, at the W arwick Nulls, aud vvus swamped by the rushing cikrent. Y Both were drowned. ? harles A. Dana, of the N* w 5 ork r Sun, , is touring in the bouth. i tc visits hnnnngham, Ala , Brunswick, Ga., and Honda Lolonel points.' lie is accompanied by Lrand Bannon, vice-president of ^' e Delaware and Hudson railroad, aud Chester Griswold, of New York, The Atlanta market on Tuesday, showed an upward tendency of prices in cotton. Au advance of six points were noted within twenty-four hours. This is J ar £°fy due to the bad weather, as it lends to the impression that this years crop will be largely affected nnd short euccl on account ot it. A special from Luray, Va., says: D. F. Koggand J. W. Miller, Luray bankers who failed in business last December, were arrested in Newmarket, Va., 8at urday morning, depositors upon warrants sworn out by various in the bank. A l relinl liar y examination was waived, and lh, l-carancc y wero at ba the J led March [>“ *, 20 court. ! 000 tor thclr “P* Captain John C. Rutherford, of Athens, Ga., died Tuesday in Florida. Captain Rutherford was well knowu throughout Georgia as one of the best nnd most >>ow erfut jury advocatts that the country has known. His work when lie defended Tom Woolfolk was powerful, and he produced a sensation by the masterly manner in which he handled his defense. Josiah Morris, the oldest and best known banker and capitalist of the south, died suddenly at his home at Montgomery, Ala., Monday morning, aged seventy-three. He was the founder of die famous Elyton Land Company, of Birmingham, and that was city. one of His the greatest is valued developers from of $3,500,000 $5,000,000. estate at to A fire at Shelbyvillc, Tenn., Sunday morning, destroyed fivo store houses, build¬ to gether with their contents. The ings were valued at $20,000, and the total loss on buildings and stocks is be¬ tween $45,000 and $50,000; nearly Bedford all covered by insurance. The ounty Times was also burned out and the stock of several other merchants dam¬ aged by being removed. Information was received at Spartan¬ burg, 8. C., that the large cotton ware¬ house, No. 2, of the I’acolet Manufactur¬ ing Company, was destroyed by fire Tues¬ day night. The origin of the fire is not definitely known, but there is strong reason for believing it to have been incen¬ diary. The warehouse is said to have contained 2,800 bales of cotton, of which 2,000 were lost, 'i he entire loss by th file is in the neighborhood of $85,000. A Charleston dispatch says: The United States court the has issued an injunction their re¬ straining state authorities and licenses river from beds. mining The phosphate Ooosaw in Hirer the Phosphate Company, whose disturbed monopoly of business was recently by the state phosphate commission, will make a stubborn light to retain their exclusive franchise, Millions of dollars nre in* volved. At a joint meeting of the Cotton ex¬ change and Merehauts’ exchange, of Memphis, heid Saturday, action was taken against the measure now prohibiting pending in the Tmmssco legis’ature, freight Suu the movement of trains on dav, a resolution legislation was adopted setting result forth “that such must in turning the business that now comes to nnd passes through this state, mi to and ov. r the lines of will trat delay, sportation hamper iround Tennessee, and and injure our own trade and traffic. Our senators nnd representatives and are peti toned to reject this measure leave the matter free, as heretofore, until such time as congress may sec fit to subject all lines and all markets of the union alike to such restrictions, ” DELUGE OF RAIN WHICH HAS SWEPT OVER THE COUNTRY. Terrible State of Affairs in Va¬ rious Sections. heaviest A Montgomery rainstorm dispatch says: The for months pre¬ vailed there Sunday. During the hours from 8 to 9 o’clock in the morning two inches of rain fell. The storm was ac companied Lightning by a great deal of electricity. struck the house of Love Mor¬ ris, in the southern portion of the city, damaging but it considerably, and severely, inmates. not seriously shocking six of the south of Salem, a town twelve miles Opelika, was visited by a severe cyclone fifteen about 11 o’clock Sunday. Twelve or negro cabins and the negro Methodist church were biown down. The rear end of Mr. Crowder’s residence was blown off. The large two-story res idence of Mrs. Iloitzclaw was completely demolished. Airs, Iloitzclaw, the mother of General J. T. Iloitzclaw, of Mont¬ gomery, died the day before, and her remains and a largo number of friends and relatives were in the house at the time, but fortunately escaped injury. The cyclone was from the northwest, A trestle on the East Alabama railroad was washed away, and the trains stopped run niug. N. C., dispatch ssys: For the past four weeks this section of the state lias been visited by the large-t rain¬ fall for a long while. The country roads are of the simply impassable, and the roadbeds different roads in the slate are in a bad condition, but are carefully w a tolled all along the lines. This state of affairs has demoralized trade in a great degree, their as the farmers cannot get to town cotton. Iu t l> « tobacco sec¬ tion the reuut rams have douo damage to tb»t otoplo. That which was packed down in the warehouses or in the barns, is reported instances as moulding badly, nnd in tome has become perfectly use¬ less. The streams throughout the state are very much swollen, and much more of this kind of weather will do much harm. The news from Nashville is as follows: The heavy rains in this seclion did not ctase until Sunday morning'at daylight. The river reached forty-six nnd three tenths feet. This is a rise of five feet und six-tenth^ considerable ig \ono, twenty-four considering hours, a very that the river had encroached upon the the lowlands along its course; Finally Over will r each fifty-one ps. fifty-two feet. This will run several-Aundred families from their homes , fn the northeastern and northwester', suburbs. A great many have been compelled to move. From Memphis the report is that the rainfall in that city and section of the south inches is unprecedented. had fallen there Nearly during five of ruiu the pa.*t forty-eight hours. The entire lower part of Canton, Miss., is under water, and all the trains on the Illinois Central railroad are delayed. Penrsiey tiver raised three feet in twelve hours, and all the trains are delayed at Jackson, Miss., no trains Saturday. having arrived Mississippi from tho south since The at Memphis is one ami a half feet above the danger line, and is still rising. The engine of the train which left Ma¬ con, Ga., Sunday road night at 9:30 o’clock on the Georgia for Augusta, plunged into a washout near James station, eigh¬ teen miles from Macon. The engine turned over and tho engineer, Charlie D.wcnport, of Macon, was mashed to death. No one else was hurt and no cars were wrecked. A Greenville, Miss., dispatch of Mon¬ day, says: The river lias reached the danger line and is atill rising. Great alarm is felt. Levees stand are being strain strength¬ ened, but cannot the much longer. LEFT THE TRACK. The Fireman Killed and Two Passengers Fatally Injured. A Jacksonville Southeastern fast pas¬ senger train, over tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, met with a terrible acci¬ dent at Havana, Ill., Sunday. The train consisted of a baggage car, coach, chair car and two sleepers, and was an hour and a half late, owing to the terrible storm which raged all night. At Havana the engine struck a curve at tho switch and left the track. All the cars followed, piling up in great confusion. Under the engine was the fireman, Saddler, Who was instantly killed. Engineer Birken¬ head, had ouo arm and one leg cut off. Many others were more or less seri¬ ously injured, immediately two of whom will die. Tho wreck took fire nnd burned with great rapidity. It was with the utmost difficulty that some of the passengers were rescued, and one or two were burned. The Iobs to the company including death and accident claims, will not fall short of $100,000. Nine New Judges. It is'statcd on the highest authority that the nine circuit judges provided will for at the recent session of congress not he appointed for several months yet, the President being of the opinion that each of the new courts can Wednesday be organized iu at June, the time fixed, the third by the associate justioos of the supreme court, the regular circuit judge the respective and the district judges in each of circuits, regardless of tho fact that the new circuit judges may not then bavo been app ointed, __ A Defaulting Postmaster. Three weeks ago, 8. A. Endsley, post¬ master at Walnut Grove, Jefferson county, Alt., disappeared unprovided very myste¬ for. riously, leaving a family On Tuesday l’ostoflice Inspector Prcer competed an examination of Endsley’s hooka and accounts, and found a shortage amounting to nearly $2,1,00 A reward lias been offered for the arrest of the missing postmaster. Bo sure to suscribe foFthis paper as it contains the latest news, NO. 40. ATLANTA MARKETS. obrected weekly. Fleur, drain and Menl. Floor- First patent *9 50; second patent $6 0) ; extra fancy $5 75 i fancy $6 SO ; family $4 75. Corn—No 3 white 77c ; mixed 75c. Oat*— No. 3 mixed flic ; white 65c ; Kansas rust ft. Of 07c. liar— Choice timothy, largo bales, 95c ; No. 1 tiniot) y, large Irak*, 90c j cb>ica timothy, small baits, 95c ; No. 1 timothy, small Meal—Plain halts, 99c : No. 3 timothy, ojtcd 75c. small Wheat bales. bran— 80c. 78c ; l La go Backs $1 30 ; small sacks ft 85. Cotton tee 1 meal-- $1 30 per cwt. Steam feed—$1 85 per cwt. Q. its—Pearl S3 85. Cirersrlss. Coffee-Roast d—\.rtrackle,s 2th 100 15 cas s; Levei ing’s 24*41. Groen—Extra choice 28'A 18(i|l9o. 1 '; choice 23c; good 21^; ftir 30c; common laled 6%e; Sugar—Grann aied 6%c; 73^0; off granu- white extra C «5c; powdered yebow extra 7>p,cnt C 554c. loaf Bymp—New 0 loans choice 48@50: prime 35@40c; common tatibn 30(ft35c. Moline*—Genuine Cuba 35@38;ixni- - 28@30. T as-Black 35<@55c; green 40@ 60c. Nutmegs 75@89c. Cloves 35@80c- Cin¬ namon 10(^12^4'- Allspice 10@Uc- Jamaica ginger 18'. Roe 7%@8%c- iiiee—Choice Singapore f% good pep p r 16c. Mace $i 00. c ; 6*/£e; common 5%(t?!6o; imported Japan (i@7d S Obeose- ilt—Hawley’* -Full dairy Cheddars fl 50j Virginia 75e cream. lisfc; .km 9@10e. White fish, h.lf bWa $i 10; pails (X’e. Soaps—Tabotv, 100 bars, 75 lbs SS 00 j 3 75; turpentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs $200u2 28i tall .w, 60 bars, COiba $2 25a2 50. Caudles—Pnrafine lie; star 10c. Matches— 400s $4 00; 800s *3 00a3 75; 200* *2 00a2 75; pkgn 60s 5 grots #3 75. Soda—Kegs, bulk 5c; 1 lb Crackers 5c; casts, nssorto XXX soda 1. lbs 6]Jc; 6W’a6JftnJ<J XXX butter lbs fixate. 6>jo; XXX pearl oyster 0c: shall and excelsior 7c; ienion cicam 9c; XXX ginger snaps 9c; corn liiils <Jc. Candy—As orted stick 8%C; French m xed 12}{c. Canned goods—Conib nsed milk $6 00a8 00; iraitstion mackeiel #3 99a4 00; sal noon $6 001.7 50; F. W. pvsteiK $2 50a2 60; L.W. 41 60; corn $2 00a2 75; tomatoes $1 75a2 50. Ball potash $3 20. titareh—Pearl 4'Ac; lump 5V«c; nickel packages $3 50; celluloid $5 00 l’ickles, plain Powder—Biff*, or mixed, p nts$l kegs 00.it 40; quart* keg* $1 50al 80. $5 50; sack. $3 09; % kegs $1 65. Shot $1 65 per Provisions. Clear rib sides, boxed ti%o ; ice-cured bel ie* 7c. Sueur-cured hams California 10al2c, according breakfast to brand and average ; 7c ; bacon 9\ Lard—1’uro leaf 8c ; leaf 7a7j*'o; refined 6o. CssBlrr Produce. ffcikrt!vJF*pMWIF-**•»>« Eggs 14*15. Butter—'Western creamery <**»*;:***» SOa - chickens, largo 20a25o ; small 12al4c. Dicsectl poultry—Turkeys 17al8e ; ducks lie ; chickens l5c. Irish po'atoes $4 50 per bbl. Bweet 8al0o pota¬ toes tho 65e comb per hnshcl. 10ul2c. Honey—Strained Onions $6 00 per bbl. ; in 60 1b Cabbage 2a3e per lb. Almeria grapes, packages $6 50a7 60. Frail* and Confections. Apples—Choice $6 50a6 00 per bbl. Lem¬ ons—18 50a5 00. Oranges—Florida $3 00*3 25. ( ocoannts— £c. Fin apples—$2 60a!' 03 per doZ. Banana-—Selected $ I 25a3 60. Fi;» 13» 18. Itaisins—Now California Currant*—7a8c. $2 75 ; Vt botef Lop* $175; x boxes 90c. horn citron—20a25o. Nuts—Almonds 16c ; pw cans 12al4c ; Brazil 15e ; filberts 21>^o; wal* tints 16c. Peanuts—Virginia,, fancy hand p'cl'ej 5x7o, Zi’oitJh Carolina 5a6c. Cotton. Market qniet.—Middling 8J£c. PALMER GETS IT. Most Remarkable Senatorial Contest on Record. The mipt notable senatorial contest in the history ot this country was concluded at Springfield, 111., by the election of John M. Palmer, democrat. The vote stood: Palmer, 103; Lindley, Street- 100; Streeter, 1. Tauleeneck voted tor ■ cr. Moore and Cockrell, the other two F. M. B. A. men voted for Palmer. After being nominated in the state con¬ vention as the choice of the democracy of Illinois for senator, Gen. Palmer made the most remarkable canvass of the stato that has occurred since the famous coif test between Douglass and Lincoln. A Test Case. The supreme court at assigned Washington, on Monday, advanced and for argu¬ ment on the fourth Monday in April, Stenback tho case of Boyd, Sutton, Cox and aeainst the collector of customs of New York, brought for the purpose of testing the tariff law. The government and counsel for importers were both united in asking this action. Peter the Great Set# a Fashion. Peter the Great adopted a rather novel means to convince his subjects that they on list change their clothes to conform with the modern costumes of Western Europe. Believing, as is well known historically, that the future greatness of Russia depended upon the facility with which it was made to assimilate ail Gfht was best in other countries, he had :uc seeded in introducing some iunovalion3 into the half civilized region over which he held sway. At length ho had pat¬ terns of cloth hung up at the gates of the towns, and those who did not conform to the fashions thus set were docked pub¬ licly. Albeit, this was done in as pleasant a manner as possible, for Peter believed in being good-natured with his ■■■ They, on the murred and used the argument, that what was good enough for their fore¬ fathers was good enough for them. “Very well,” said the sagacious Pc'er. in 1703 he gave a dinner at Moscow to celebrate the marriage of one of his jesters, and insisted that it should be conducted in strict conformity with been am ient usage. There had formally lighting i superstitious custom of not a fire on a wedding. So Peter made them do without a fire", although He wouldn’t it was colder give than 9Lw“P n ' ttnd ‘ them liny’wine drank it. because When their they remonstrat¬ forefathers never ed, ho reminded them that it was a poor rule which did not work all around, an l thus, by his people good-natured into greatness, wheedled his new coats— ibout the hardest thing that can be done vith humanity.—(Philadelphia Press. PLENTY OP PRACTICE. Small Boy —Pop wants to know if you’d like to buy some layin’ hens? they good Rural Housekeeper—Are layers? indeed. They all about Yes, know lavin’. They been layin’ for years aa’ years.—[Good News.__ A NEAT WAY OF CUTTING IT. “Bronson calls his termagant.” wife a perfect poem. I think she's a “Well, that’s what Bronson me.mst She is not, easily composed.”