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MILES & STIFF, 29 Marietta Street, ATLANTA, &A. E|li Grade Pianos and Orps. FULL LINE SHEET MUSIC. Terms and Prices Right. |3F"8end for Catalogue* GEORGIA NEWS NOTES. Items of Interest Gatbered at Random from All Dyer tie State, There has been an increase of $1,209, 000 in the taxable property of Macon du¬ ring the last year. Commodore William Hone, one of Sa¬ vannah’s best known citizens, and to whom is ascribed the invention of the Chatham’s famous artillery punch, died at his residence in that city last Wednes¬ day from Bright’s disease. the Mr. Sam C. Hodge, superintendent and Florida rail¬ of Georgia Southern road, has tendered his resignation to General Manager Jeff Lane, to take effect immediately. The office of superintend¬ abol¬ ent of the Georgia Southern will be ished. * The committee, W. G. Raoul, T. B. Gresham, Frank H. Miller, have made their report to tne Southwestern stock¬ holders advising them to accept stock in the new organization rather than oper¬ ate the Southwestern road, as one or the other must be done. * At an election held a few days ago $50,- at Newnan on the question of issuing 000 for waterworks purposes, 288 votes were cast for bonds and 19 against. The total registered vote wes 348. The elec¬ tion excited a good deal of interest and there is much rejoicing over the result. * Judge Speer granted a temporary in junction against the mayor and council of Macon at the instance of W. L. Hen¬ ry and the Georgia Packing Company, butchers. The council imposes certain market regulations the which named conflicts parties. with the interests of above * # * Major A J. West and Lieutenant Sat terlee visited Camp Northen a few days ago for the purpose of having some changes made and the buildings of the camp remodeled. They have done much the grounds to improve the place, both in appearance and for the comfort x>f the soldiers. * There has been already delivered at Powder Springs to farmers 600 tons of fertilizers, and in all probability the amount will run tip to 800 tons. The amount in former years has been about 500 tons. One reason of this is that all the cotton seed has been sold and not much compost has been made, and farm¬ ers aie buying fertilizers for both cotton and corn. * Another furnace will probably future. be erected in Rome in the near It will be similar to the one erected by the Rome Iron Company. Mr. L. S. Colyer, who has managed the furnace bondhold¬ 60 succes fully, has made to the Rome ers a proposition for the building of another sixty-ton furnace, and the suc¬ cess of the first has been such that the are giving the matter seri jous consideration. * v * Upon the completion of certain deals that are now on foot in Cherokee county for some of her finest mineral biggest properties, and there is coming one of the best booms that north Georgia has ever knoWn. The county has some of the richest and most varied mineral deposits in Georgia. The facts have been made known to some leading capitalistic concluding enter¬ prises and they are now ne¬ gotiations that mean millions of money and many splendid industrial plants within a very short time. Work will be begun at once on the erection of repair shops at Atlanta for the Southern Iron Car Company. A tem¬ perary structure will be put up now and will be followed by a permanent build¬ ings. They will be large and will em¬ ploy 300 men. The company will send 100 cars to the undertake shops for the repairs work. as soon This as they can has thousands of and has company cars long wanted to see a large car manufac¬ turing and repair plant established. Chitting tired of waiting for such an es - tablishment, the company determined to build a plant large enough to repair its own care. Later the plant may be turn ed into manufacturing shops. X Carrol county leads the state in many things, and one of these is in the number of postoffices. According to the late post guides there thirty-six postoffices in Car •©11 county—three more than any other sounty in the state has. Corroll also,ac¬ cording to the census of 1890, has nearly double the nnmber of farms of any other aunty in Georgia, The county has a white population of twenty thousand, •td there are more land holders among th* above number of white people than «&f other two counties in the state. In tb* number of postoffioes and post roads, the the number of farms, pretty girl*, children, aunber of schools and school Car»ll county leads Georgia. • * * Georgia at the Capital. Tb* Georgia congressmen are being floodsd with applications for office, and there Is not one of them who is not in daily receipt of a volume of mail from his district from aspirants for office. The congressmen are doing the best they ana are working like beavers for their constituents, but they are, of course, helpless in providing as many of their constituent* with office as they would like uatil Georgia’s ad apportion¬ justed ment of federal patronage is to BULLOCH TIMES. VOL. I. a fair basis. The matter of justice rests entirely with the departmental heads, and it is, consequently, solely a mat ter for cabinet consideration. The thousands of offices in the different departments presided over by the members of the cabinet are theoreti¬ cally distributed among the states ac¬ cording to population, but practically Georgia has had no showing whatever, having been almost entirely crowded out by the republican administrations. The question of adjustment of the basis of representation is now a big one in Wash¬ ington, and every Georgia congressman, so far heard from, is heartily with the Atlanta Constitution in its effort to se¬ cure just recognition for Georgia. They feel this way about it for two reasons: First. Because they know it is a mat¬ ter of justice for the state, and, Second. Because they want to provide for as many of their constituents as is pos¬ sible. Attacking Wild Land Hales. Another successful attack upon the wild land sales made under a tax fl. fa. issued by Comptroller General Gold¬ smith, has been made and the question small growing out of it seems to be no matter. This time the case is from the superior court of Dooly county, and the issue in the case was whether or not the lands had been advertised the full time required by law. This is a new point of attack on the sales of Georgia’s wild lands. It is a point, which having been decided against the sale, will enter into much litigation that will in all probabil¬ ity come from the southern part of the state upon the validity of these sales in the future. The case so recently decided was argued under Judge Fish by Colonel J. H. Hall and Colonel J. W. Haygood for the plaintiff, who was Mr. Hugh A. McLean. The defendants were Messrs. Bedgood and Royal. The case seems to have been one of unusual interest and lasted several days at the last term of the court for Dooly county. Judge Fish charged the jury that if it appeared day that the comptroller of that and time, meaning Comptroller General Gold¬ smith, did not advertise the land in day’s dispute for four weeks or twenty-eight in the newspaper required sheriff by void. law, the sale made by the was The evidence the jury had on this point was obtained from the dies of the Atlan¬ ta Constitution of 1875, it seems, and from this it was found that the advertise¬ ment had not run the sufficient length of time. The tax fi. fa. was issued in March, 1877. The case was decided in faver of the plaintiff. This means that, if there was no error in^the decision.of the court, much of the wild land that went this same way, will very soon change hands in that section of the state. The case in question will be brought before the su¬ preme court of the state and there will be a continuation of the fight. If the evi¬ dence is as clear as it would seem from the judgment of the court below, then there is going to be a great sensation ex¬ ploded about the land the people live of cen¬ tral and southern Georgia on at present. The Agreement Signed. Last Wednesday morning President J. O. Waddell, of the Georgia Agricultural Society, and Mayor 8. B. Price, of the city of Macon, signed the modified agree¬ ment or contract between the city and the society in reference to the rotation of the state fair. The following is the modified agreement: Georgia, Bibb County—This agreement made and entered into this the 22d day council of March, of 1893, between the mayor and the city of Macon a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of said state, and the Georgia State Agricultural Society, a corperation <My incorporated under the laws of said state: Witnesseth, that, whereas at the held regular the meeting of said mavor and council, on 7th day of March 1893, the following resolu¬ tion, amending the contract made and entered into on the 4th day of April, 1887, by and be¬ tween the said mayor and council, Agricultural of the city of Macon, and the Georgia State Society was passed: State Agricultural So¬ Whereas the Georgia and committee ciety, through ite president modify the contract have expressed the a allow desire the to society to hold their with city to animal fair in other cities by the system of ro¬ tation, and, and wish of the Whereas, It is the purpose city of Macon to aid the society in its object; now, therefore, Resolved, That the present contract between the city and the society be so amended as to permit the society to hold their fairs in cities other than Macon; that is to say, the society is Ma¬ shall bind themselves to hold their fairs con each alternate year, beginning with 1898, and that the society shall also bind themselves not to hold their fairs in any city that will not agree to not hold a fair of any kind in the year in which the state fair is being held in Macon. Further, that the fair of 1893 may be held in any city selected by the society, but the Mir of 1894 shall be held in Macon, and in each alter¬ nate year thereafter until the contract with the city terminates. - In pursuance with the aforesaid resolution and in testimony whereof, the mayor of the city of Macon and the president of said society hereby agree to the terms expressed the day aaA therein, affixed their offielal signatures year first above mentioned. signed and The agreement was duly is up attested. President Waddell very en¬ thusiastic about the future of the society and the state fairs. He says that tfce al¬ ternating or rotating plan will arouse a spirit of rivalry among the cities to get the fair and see which can have the finest exhibition. President Waddell further says that he has received numerous let¬ ters from the executive committee and members of the society praising Macon’s magnanimous and liberal action id con¬ senting to the modified contract. V V V T» Geological Rocket. The ste' geological board, at its meet¬ ing in A' rnta a few day* ago, witk one sweeping stroke struck off the heads of all three of the state geologists. They were not only asked to resign, but were literally turned out of their offices and the keys are in the pocket of the vecre tary of the board. This department of state, important as it is, has been prac¬ tically abolished for some time, and out STATESBORO, GA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30,1893. of this act the most notable sensation that has taken place at the state capitol W. for many a loflg day evolves. Dr. J. Spencer, the chief geologist says in effect that he’ll not resign the office which he has filled so well. Professor E. T. What¬ ley, the well-known assistant board. geologist, sent in his resignation to the It was a brief note and simply Profes¬ says he resigns, nothing more. sor Anderson, the other assistant geolo¬ gist, says that he doesn’t think that he de¬ serves such treatment, but in compliance with the instructions of the board, he handed in his resignation with the one protest. The coup de etat was brought about by the introduction and adoption of a resolution dispensing with the ser¬ vices of the above Darned gentlemen. When the resolution had been read and agreed to be by the members of the board. The secretary was instructed to write the following letter and send a copy of it to each of the geologists, which he did: Atlanta, G*., March 22.—Dear Sir: lam instructed by the state geological board, through Governor Northed as chairman, to ad¬ vise you of the action of the board at its meet¬ ing this morning. On moii on it was decided by the board that, owing to t he want of geological harmo¬ ny among the members of th e state survey—the chief and the two assistant geolo¬ gists—which want of harmony has rendered in tffleient the work of surveying the state en¬ trusted to them, the resignations of the mem¬ bers of the survey should be asked for at once. I am instructed iurther to ask that the chief geologist hand their and each resignations of the at assistant meeting geologists of the m a geological board to he had at 3 o’clock this af¬ ternoon, March 22d. I have the honor to be, sir, yours most respectfully, Stanhope Bams When this notification was handed Dr. Spencer he made the following reply: Mb. Stanhope Sams, Secretary State Geo logical Board—Dear date, Sir : Your esteemed favor the of this notifying me that owing to St assistant geologists—which want of harmony has rendered inefficient the work of surveying the state entrusted to them, the resignations of e m ^ er ‘ ° f ^ 8urvey * h ° uld f0C at & once Because of the want of harmony, mentioned by you, and work the consequent inefficiency department, of a portion of a of the geological bothof which were the result of appointing was responsib’e for—the incompetent work I had already repor.ed. I wrote and handed to his excellency tho governor, my resignation wishing in which I gave from my the reasons for to withdraw survey, which was rendered relatively inefficient by the policy adopted by the board itself. I withdrew that resignation which I put into the hands of the governor December 22, 1892, SfrsiizsxsTSissrJt compliance svss; decline to send in my resignation in with the request of the board, made ‘his do morn ing. It may be proper'o say that 1 not recognize the right of the board to demand my resignation, though I am aware that the governor, the appointing power has the right to retnove me for incompetency, inefficiency or misconduct. That I am inefficient, in that my work has been so, except as a result of the SrWfpp SinxS.S.&'tt.t ad be unfitted, I deny; that I am incompetent That mits of easy di-proval by scientific men. I have been cuiltv or misconduct, official or pnvatqlahode^ J. W. SrBNCEH. How the matter will end remains to be seen. REORGANIZATION TALK. Drexel, Morgan & Co., Will Take Charge of the Richmond Terminal. The New York Herald in its issue of Tuesday says: The leorganizing of the big Richmond Terminal system of more than eight thousand miles of railway by Drexel, Morgan & Co., may now be said to be assured. The plan is about Teady and may be announced any day. One of the first steps toward restoriBg order out of chaos will be the appo intment of a receiver for the Richmond and Dan ville railroad, who will entirely represent independ¬ Drexel, Morgan & Oo., and be ent of either faction in, the company. Samuel 8pencer, who is connected with the banking firm, will be selected for the position. is understood that Receiver Reuben It Foster will be the one to retire. Receiv¬ er Huidekoper will remain, but will act in harmony with the proposed scheme & Co. of reorganization. Drexel, Morgan thus have complete access to the books and all necessary legal steps can be taken without interruption. There bad been extensive preparations for the reorgani¬ zation before the banking firm found their way clear to take charge. AU of the prominent gentlemen who have been associated with the management in re¬ cent times have willingly submitted te questioning and be agreed suggested. to assist any scheme that may JUDGE DUBOSE TO BE TRIED. The Committee Recommends That Im¬ peachment Proceedings be Began. In the Tennessee house of representa¬ tives, Ive appointed Monday, the investigate special committee the charges of to against Judge Julias J. Du Bose, of 8helby county, submitted its report which was to the effect that it was the committee’s opinion that the charges were sufficient for impeachment proceed¬ ings to be instituted. The committee recommended that another committee be appointed to have the charges •worn to. Two motions were made, one to appoint the committee the house suggested into committee and the of other the that go a whole to take sworn statements in sup¬ port of the charges. Montana’s Silver Slatne, The largest silver status ever known since the world began, was successfully pounds cast Saturday. Sixteen hundred of sterling silver were melted in a cruci¬ ble at Grand Croat, the molten mass wan poured into a large mold and Montana's silver statue, "Justice,” of was the mi accom¬ It is plished fact. 'Ilte cost statue, stated, is $70,900. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Happeninss from Day to Day in tie National Capital Appointments in the Various Depart¬ ments—Proceedings of the Senate. THE SENATE. The numerous errors that have come to light in the enrollment of the great ap¬ propriation subject bills of at discussion the last session for nearly form¬ ed the an hour at the time that the senate was in session Monday. More than ninety such errors were stated Mr. Hale to have been discovered by him in the na¬ val appropriation bill alone. Various resolutions as to clerks of committees, changes of rules, etc., were offered, but not acted on, and the credentials senate adjourned Sen¬ till Wednesday. The of of ator Allen, appointed Washington, by the governor read the state of were and laid on the table. Mr. Mc¬ Pherson offered a resolution, which was referred to the committee on education and labor, directing the commissioner fifty- to make a report at the opening of the third congress, comprehending of producing facts in relation to the total cost various iron and steel products, such as bariroD, steel rails, etc., and of leading articles of textile industry, and of other articles, the cost of which may be ap¬ proximately obtained. Mr. Allison of¬ fered a resolution, which was referred to the tographic committee on rules, permitting of certain pho copies to communications be taken in the ancient executive fl| e8 j n the archives of the senate, for Columbia. CX. position. The resolution reported last Monday, authorizing the appointment of five new committee clerks (on the Geological Sur I,ey, National Banks Forest Reservation and Corporations m the Indiau District lands) of Columbia tak Trespassors on and was agreed en up in the senate Wednesday *?• Mr McPher.on reported b.ck fro. the committee on finance the resolution by him at a previous session, directing the commissioners on labor to make a report 1 at the open X i ng Q f the fifty-third congress as to . the cost of production of iron and steel manufactures and of text He fabrics, amended so as to authorize a ] g0 (be finance committee to make fur .he». With power to send for persons and pa pers. It was ordered printed and tendered laid on the table. Mr. Manderson xns resignation v as president r *• JT pro tem. The resignation .. was on motion of * Mr. vc„ Sherman accepted. Mr. Cockrell offered a resolution declaring Mr. Harris presi <j ent pro tem. j t was agreed to, and Harris e,co,ted b, lb took the chair aim signed the oath of office. The vice president having left the chair temporarily, Mr. Harris ex pressed his thanks for the honor con ferred upon nun. On motion of Mr. McPherson a resolution was adopted di¬ recting the secretary of the senate to wait upon the president of the United States and inform him that Senator Har¬ ris had been elected president pro tem of the senate in place of Senator Manderson, resigned. After an executive session, the senate adjourned. The senate was open ten minutes Thursday morning, when,on motion of Mr. Daniel, it proceeded offered to ex¬ ecutive business. Mr. Call a res¬ olution in regard to the commission to inquire into the several executive resolution depart¬ ments of the government. The declares that the provision of the appro¬ priation act providing for appointment representatives of three senators and three of the 53d congress, by the presiding officers of the two houses in the 52d con¬ gress as such commission, is in deroga¬ tion of the constitutional rights, privi¬ leges, and prerogatives of each house, is otherwise violative of the constitution and absolutely null and void. The reso¬ lution was ordered printed and laid on the table. After spending three-quarters of an hour in executive session, the sen¬ ate adjourned till Monday, ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS. Secretary Carlisle is advised that $500, 000 in gold was taken from the subtreas¬ ury in New York, Tuesday, for shipment ship¬ to Europe. This is the first gold ment since March 11th. offices The following will be raised named fourth-class the presidential post to class April 1st: Cloveport, Ky.: Randolph, Plain view, Minn.; Blue Hill and Neb.; Chandler, Edmond and Hennessy, Okl., and Ripley, Tenn. The following confirmations were made by the senate Wednesday : Frank B. Burke, attorney of the United States district of Indian*; David T. Guyton, marshal of the United States Northern district of Mississippi; William H. Haw¬ kins, marshal of the United States dis¬ trict of Indiana. Frank H. Thomas, of Michigan, has been appointed disbursing clerk and su¬ perintendent of the postoffice depart¬ ment, vice Theodore Davenrort, resign¬ ed. Mr. Thomas held this office during the latter part of Mr. Cleveland’s former administration, der that and for some months un¬ of Mr. Harrison. ■ There are 2,170 postoffices iq Georgia and something over ten thousand appli¬ cants for these plumbs. Naturally the Georgia plexed congressmen are somewhat per¬ to make selections for each office and when the applications come in by the score in every mail, sometimes they almost wish they were not congressmen. A democratic congressman's life is any¬ thing but a happy one right now. nominations The most important the of the Wednes- bach of sent to senate, *.y,w that of Horace H. Lurton, of NO. 44. Tennessee, to be judge of the sixth judi¬ cial circuit, vice Judge Jackson promot¬ ed to tho United States supreme bench. Judge Lurton is the present chief justice of Tennessee, and is regarded as one of the ablest lawyers in the state. He is a young man, !ess than fifty, and was en¬ dorsed by the bar and delegation of Ten nessee. Secretary Carlisle, Thursday, signed vouchers to the amount of $250,120 in favor of the world’s fair commission, which is payable in souvenir half dollnrs. The commission up to this time has re¬ ceived $1,020,120 of the $2,500,000 ap¬ propriated by congress The payable in sou¬ venir half dollars. secretary has reserved $750,880 of the original appro¬ priation until proper security, as pro¬ vided by the United States, is given bj the commission to the secretary of the treasury. Just before sailing for Hawaii Tues¬ day, Commissioner Blount had this to say regarding the object of his trip: “The public seems to have the idea that I am loaded to the guards with instructions, whereas, the plain truth is that I have received practically no instructions from president Cleveland tor any one else. My mission is to investigate the whole question of annexation; to determine the sentiment of foreigners as well as of na¬ tives, and to conclude, 89 far as possible from the facts, whether it would be ad¬ vantageous to this country to annex the island.” The senate Thursday confirmed the following nominations: Theodore Run¬ yan, of New Jersey, as minister to Ger¬ many; Walter D. Dabney, of Virginia, as solicitor for the department of state; Edward B. Whitney, of New York, as assistant attorney general; United James States C. Jen¬ cir¬ kins, of Wisconsin, as cuit judge for the seventh judicial cir¬ cuit; Chas. B. Stuart, of Texas, thelndian as judge of the United States court for Territory; Abner Gaines, of Arkansas, as marshal of the United States for the Eastern district of Arkansas; Joseph W. House, of Arkansas, as attorney for the United States for the Eastern district of Arkansas; Clifford L. Jackson, of the Indian Territory, as attorney for the United States court for the Indian Terri¬ tory; Ernest P. Baldwin, of Maryland,as first auditor of the treasury; Thomas Holcomb, of Delaware, as fifth auditor of the treasury. New Nomination*, The president, Monday, sent the following nominations to the senate: James R. Eustis, of Louisiana, to be en¬ voy extraordinary and minister plenipo¬ tentiary of the United States to France; Ihecdore Runyon, of New Jersey, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Germany; John E. Riseley, of New York, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Denmark; James G. Jenk¬ ins, of Wisconsin, to be United States circuit judge for the seventh judicial circuit; Walter D. Dabney, of Virginia, to be solicitor for the depart¬ ment of state; David T. Guyton, of Mis¬ sissippi, to be United States marshal for the northern district Maryland, of Mississippi; Ern¬ est P. Baldwin, of to be first auditor of the treasury; Thomas Hol¬ combe, of Delaware, to be fifth auditor of the treasury; Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, to be commissioner of railroads; John A. Dyson, to be post¬ master at Washington, Ga. The president sent to the senate Wed¬ nesday another batch of nominations, among which are the following: John H. Sejmour, of Connecticut, to be com¬ missioner of patents; Silas W. Lamoreux, of Wisconsin, to be commissioner of the general land office; William H. Sims, of Mississippi, to be first assistant secretary of the interior; Edward A. Bowers, of Washington, D. C., to be assistant com¬ missioner of the general land office; Henry C. Bell, to be second deputy commis¬ sioner of pensions; Horace H. Lurton, of Tennessee, to be United States circuit judge for the sixth judicial consul circuit; Max Judd, of Missouri, to te general at Vienna. A RICH FIND. Workmen Engaged in Excavating Un¬ earth One Million Dollars In Gold. A Durango, Mex., special of Wednes¬ day says: Workmen engaged in exci rating for a new building to be erected on the property of Francisco Ortiz, near the palace hotel, came upon a large earth¬ en box buried about five feet under the surface, Tuesday, which, upon being op¬ ened, was found to be filled with old Spanish gold coin. The amount of the treasure is not known $100,000. to the public, tut it will reach fully A certain percentage of the wealth must be turned over to the general government. It is supposed that the money was buried by a Spaniard more that than time a century large colony ago, as ot there was at a them employed in working the rich mines of that section. A BOX OF DEAD PEOPLE Found Floating with the Current ©1 the Missouri River. A dispatch from ft. Joseph, Mo., states that zr&r&z Compton McCoy, a farmer re the “Ti! **ar •hooting on a sandbar Tuesday evening, when he discovered a large dry goods box floating with the current. He haul ed the box to the shore and, breaking filled it open, discovered that it was with dead bodies, in an advanced stage of decomposition, the remains being so badly decomposed that identification was impossible. those of It family is supposed of the re mains are a from fitt? Halo* 3S1SI four miles RortJi Hty, last fall. f. ;£»# I Is the only Piano manufactured in the South. Buy it nnfl keep your money AT home. Made and sold by MILES & STIFF, ATLANTA, GA. THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And Important Happenings from Day* to Day Tersely Told. The murder case of M. B. Curtitf (“Sam’i of Posen”) will be taken up foe its third trial in San Francisco in a few days. R. B. MacDonald’s distillery, mill,, coopershop, dwelling house and office at Falmouth, Ky., burned Tuesday night. Loss $40,000; no insurance. He will re* build at once. The Pittsburg coal king aod turfman, Captain S. S. Brown, has determined to establish a breeding farm for trotting stock in Kentucky. His farm will b* located near LaGrange. The majority of the church pastors ot Raleigh, N. O., decided by reason of tha fact that Moody, the evangelist, evangelist, wsd ill not an ordained authorized was best not to invite him to that city t« conduct a meeting. The action has rais-* ed a great etir. The North Alabama Furnace, tha plant of the Spathite Iron Company, afj Florence, went into blast Tuesday even¬ ing. The furnace will make spathite City, iron from ore found near Iron Tenn. It is a new and valuable kind ot ore, hitherto unknown in the south. Truck farmers of South Carolina met at Charleston Wednesday and took step! for applying to the interstate railroad commission for a reduction in rates oil fruit and vegetables to northern points.. They have called on northern dealers to assist them in making their application. has Captain been employed Harry Jackson, special of counsel Atlanta^ by as the attorney general of the United States to prosecute the Gate City bank case ot cases if more than one grows out of tbo investigation. He was already connected with the case as bank council, but now both are merged. The nomination by the president o£ Hon. S. S. Sims, of Columbus Miss., as assistant secretary of the interior, created much favorable comment at Jackson, it< being genera! iy remarked that Governor SimB will adorn the position, should he accept the same, as he has the ability to serve in any station. The railway commission of North Car¬ olina heard an important case at Raleigh,j Thursday. It was the case of Ormond; against the Richmond and Danville rail¬ way, the complaint being that the rail¬ way refused to refund the unused Goldsbo¬ portiousj of two tickets from Winston to ro. The commission ordered the railway to refund. Dr. P. W. Peoples, chairman of the Central Davis Mooument Association, has issued a call for the directors to meet in the office of the secretary of state, at Jackson, Miss., on Friday, March 31st, at 10 o’clock a. m., to con¬ sider what disposition shall be nqade ossccia^ of| the funds in the treasury of the tion subscribed for the erection of a mon¬ ument to JefLrson Davis. Official announcement having been made by the Mississippi state land com¬ missioner that the state lands would be put on the market April 2d, as prescrib¬ April; ed by law, and it appearing land that commis¬ 2d, falls oa Sunday, the sioner announces that no applications andl will be received or filed for lands, no lands put on sale until 9 o’clock Mon¬ day morning, April 3, 1893. The town of Purvis, Miss., on tbeNev# Orleans and Northeastern railroad,fifteen miles east of Meridian, was destroyed by incendiaries Wednesday night. applied Shortly after midnight the torch was to five buildings in different portions of tho town, and within two hours’ time almost every store and residence in the placo was wiped out. The people the ran panic stricken into the streets and greatest excitement prevailed. The North Carolina railway commis¬ sion is placed in a very awkward posi¬ tion by the supreme court’s decision ms the case of Mayo against the Westero Union Telegraph Company. The court decides that the commissou has author!* ty to enforce penalties it may requir* for failure to deliver telegrams within • reasonable time. Tuesday the case et Yopp against the Western Union for this reason was dismissed for want of juris* tion. Bills were passed legislature,provld Thursday in tha| tbs North Carolina and the ing speakeg the speaker of the senate of the house shall be in the line of sue* cession to the gubernatorial chair in cast of the death of the governor. In th« senate bilia were passed lands ceding the jurisdic* Unite# tion over certain to States for the use of Chick*mauga pi* Naj tional park, and creating the office of vate $1,200 secretary to the governor at a salarj of per annum. KAIULANFS FAREWELL. ghe Thanks the Great American People for Smiles end Handshakes, «. .. V iVtori* Kaiulani” has nro gMSfim Store I lire this I want to thank all tbore whose kindness has mode my visit such a happy clasped, one. Mot only the hundreds th??h£?bs?s£t of hands I.hs** n or the feel tl»t whales^ happen* to me, I *haU never be a stranger te you again. It was to the American people I ^ 1 ^ wcak, ‘ *** now bl *** ’K-wS - ! 1