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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1891)
Auuioia' Mana capta. Macaulay wrote on fooUcap and in a very Urge baud. George Sand wrote neatly upon nicely ruled note paper. Robed Louis Stevenson’s manuscript Is easily deciphered. Charlotte Bronte wrote in the minutest of ch «actors in ad minutire note book. Miss Alcott did some of her best work OB the back of her fathoi’s old manu¬ scripts. Charles Di’kens covered every inch of his manuscript, as though pup~r was scarce and dear. Some of Murk Twain’s jokes arc said to hare originally occupied entire sheets of cardboard. Douglass Jerrold jotted down his witty Inspiration- ou nurrow, riboou-like strips of blue paper The novelists, Charles Reade and Vic¬ tor Hugo, preferred immense tbeets of pa|>cr aud the coarsest of pens, Bartley Campbell scrib >led off his famous play, “My P.ir ner,” on common pencil. wrapping pap< r with u blunt lead Heart Failure. Sadden Death. The iirayi-r or tho Christian ntoads for rUftidtlKlflitp akainat suddoo doAtn, nnd yet aJuH, how many loave tho world for better or for womo without a nlimle moments warning. He died of heart failure. Tho tired and weary heart failed while envaKed in Us moinenums task of puni|>in({ the blood from the arteries and foreimr it into every big and little vein that the waatiUKtissues of the flesh minkt be replenished, flow important then th>t tlie groat stream of life he kept pure and its cor¬ puscles red and active, lest tho fluid grows Slogged tra ordinary and slU effort igtib, snaps and without the heart a signal in an ex¬ the thread of lls muscular strength. It is your duty as one who loves the life that God lias riven him, to assist nature in maintaining fret' aetion of the < in ulatory purify system and by he.iltn. keep¬ ing the b ood In a state of Mature has suppli- d healing and strengthen¬ ing herds for Inis purpose. Science has dis¬ covered vvlmt t hey are and the < mluent l>r. John hull, of Louisville, Ky., has blended them Bull's i'll his Sarsaparilla. sup rlor preparation Demand it known of your as Hr. druggist. 'J ake no other. To the untrue man tho whole universe Is nneessarlly false-. The Failure Of Uie kidneys and liver to properly remove the lactic or urte aclil from the system results la atICIIMATUUf. Ttils sold accam ulatoe In the fibrous tissues, pnrtlcu tarty In the Joints, and causes Inflammation uud ths terrible pains anil aches, which ore more agonfsiag every Urns u movemeut la made. T1IS WAV TO CUBE KheumoUsm la to purify the blood. And to do this take the best blood purifier, Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hosts of trleuds testify U> cures of rheumatism It has effected. Try Ik Hood's Sarsaoarilla Hold by all druggists. (I. si* for $1. Prepared only By (J. 1. uouo A UO.. Apothecaries, Lowell, Maes. IOO Doses One Dollar rs Flower” August Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca, Mo*, during the past two years has been affected with Neuralgia of the Head, Stomach and Womb, and writes: “My food did not seem to Strengthen me at all and my appe¬ tite was very variable. My face was yellow, my head dull, and I had such pains in my left side. Iu the morning when I got up I would have a flow of mucus in the mouth, and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes «ny breath became short, and I had such queer, tumbling, palpitating I ached sensations around the heart. all day under the shoulder blades, in the left side, and down the back of my limbs. It seemed to be worse in the wet, cold weather of Winter and Spring; and whenever the spells came cm, my feet and hands would turn cold, and I could get no sleep at all. I tried everywhere, and got no relief before using August Flower Then the change came. It has done me a wonderful deal of good during the time I have taken it and is work¬ ing a complete cure. 1 t U. G. GREEN, Sole Man’fr,'Woodbury. N.J. VASELINE {TOR A OXK-nOl.LAK HI 1.1. wnt m !.y mMI ■t wilt iDllr r, fn » « nit eliarires, Ho any w'-son l» ■ta Unit U State*, all of tbe fotlowlim articles, oar* ■tally t>ack* ; twivounfe tattle of Pore Viotellne. - . 10 ct*. two-oieioe bottle of Vanellae Pomaule, - US “ e Jar of Va*. line Cold ( r*«ra, - - - II* » <:-k<* of V*aell e Cam. hor ice, - 1 ©ae CaVe of Vamd’nasoap, atweeut' - - 10 s Oat 0»» Cake of Vaael neSoan, eaqiilaltelT eoented. JB 7 two-ooao* bolt • of Wblte Va^altae, • ■ » 1 fir for •i. to MmS t'ottnn" >Cnmp» any tinolr artlclt at thr prica On no account be ftmuaJcH bo arrrtC from CbUhu poui truptf't labelled any VarrUnr or fmepamtion bemue- fVrfOvm trill our nan. you rue fltaftafy pfc«».«broiifb rcviie an imitation tWu.-A hue tittle or >h> rafu* M> . C*., i 1 Sute St , Jf. V. f*ROF. LOISETTE»<? NEW MEMORY BOOKS. CrltlolWT,* on two rrrert Memory System*. Beodj Bbont April 1st. Full Tables of Contents forwarded tally to (hose who send stsmoed FRKX dlrectc! envelope. Also Prospectus POST of tbe LotaeMiau An yt Never FnrKetttmr. Address Prof. I.OISKTTK, ffl? Fifth Ave., New York. BAbliT (; re€1 y Fant stretcher Adi pled !*>’ «t Hurtcd. Amhont md oth*: at«u t»> pra»{H<v»u»u.-k« au t Uaan#a ra#u *r *rf If not f • r »\« •* i i your tmr i »”ui S-jO. t» B si. CUUtKl.Y W aaluiutun SkPR»*«t R witt'X. *m. ■ mil U I B mm Md un-d WMskeyHablte at ti,»mc un ff* 411 ■ c ■ ■ nMo it pain. Bookntpar ■ ■1 . sent t llEE. Witl.mu.tio. O.i: V UK,‘^Whitehall St —-—— ----- YAPfllli myylRAMtv * tC *° r A1UAUI •< 0 * 0 Cu«n>t >r*«t , y l.ta«l* IWklfl 4 Lm too c»o !• A SI RK (XltE. The Grnt Svccemn «f One of Atlnntm'o Best pbjoicmu*. Dr. B.M. Woolley, who ha. mad. the study over of opium and whi ky a life work^i* known^all Person* who have been addicted to the awful smvk 7Lu:miTr*L hS «'h ”ri"d experiences wHi them, that he is able at once to d ugnose the . a o and tell the «««* ‘^ di ^ ease has pro^ sael, thus rendering it poss b e for him to tell thoprobable length of time Urn. will lie requ r«l in treating the case. Dr. Woolley has for a number of years been a progrersiveandactivecitzen of AtUnta, largely interertod in Atlanta’s w lfare, and esteemed by i er c lizcng as au upright, h norable Chr stian gentleman. It is safe to say that he bas effected hundieduof cures, and in now better prepared than ever before tot. eat people addicted to the opium aud wb »ky habit. Hm scientific treat “•L"**?oe«‘X .Ivon 1 wbotw liavj been given up in < esp«ir, mis wiione hopes have been blasted, and who. e ery hash en pi itul to behold. dootm’B wonderfu?'power over'dit^opiurn Jackson, and whi.ty habit, wo give what Julia H. or White Plains, Ga.. huH to say: I was.curedlot “Borne four or tree years ago iifn^be^Sc'iurainoumo/rixty grama when (-me I began liotiie) of morphine .reatmeut.lt cvere has three days beet.four your now or to my bus nes« w thorn any difficulty. Your treatim nt lu.8 d< ne all and more th in I could have Imped, as 1 am satinfiod 1 wo uld now be in ai.v grave had I not mud ■ our medicine, and I hope every one who i» ■ filic’.ed ny he uBe of •.P'au-Hvv.ilput them-el ve »“nder v°nrue» went . uu i be made f.ee aud happy fc' as 1 am. BhouW BSjJtr'JStf !SXTl Wijl take pleasure in icpiyins to tbeir iottern, as I feel the deopcHt ayuipathy for all such hi fl.etid, afflict a gyinpa.hy ibat those who have never heeu d cannot h.tva for the unfortunate Oi'ium-eater. venitn.o while I ex,<erianced ihe mediOiU no pain being or inoon- able attend taking . to With to myboBuieev f dtm. continued gireainum. my bout wislitrB r your suo cess ju relieving suffering humanity, 1 am, [Signed.] Voiu ve.y truly. II. JacKsos.” Joiix Now, if you are afflicted with ihin awrul dis ea-e 1 r know of uny one who is so. ffl.otud, Dr. rs *53 terms are very mod rate, and you will do well lo open up coi rcHpondcuuu with him at ouoo aud get his book on me subject. Address him at Atlanta, aa. —Atlanta Constitution. Uncle Sam’s Life-Saving Stations. The United States coutrola 10,000 miles of coast—not counting Alasku— mid maintains only 232 life-saving sta lions—ono more ou the Ohio river; in all 283. Forty arc located on the New Jer sey coast, aud thirtv-fine on Long Island, Fr nt tho beginning of this system to the present time something over 4,< 00 disasters have bet n aided by the seivice, 180,OUO,000 worth of property Inis bee n iuvolve I, and $00,003,000 saved, 42,o0() lives have been iu j opardy, only 500 were lost, and the United States ouly ullows $50 a month each to these heroes who save life and property. DURINO the next ensuing fiscal year it is going to be a difficult problem to cipher out the sources from which pension her mon cjs are to be procured, In auo m!! year 000,000, no) r fy and .possibly ‘i I'l^ i^wi $200,000,000 o io i for m l iensiou8 -____-_- 1 he largest dive oil factory in the world will soon be built at Los Gu.licos, in Sonom i county, Oal. The plant will cost $250,000. The company has 60 acres of six-year-old tree-, and is planting 700 Brown’s Iron Bitters eurei Dyspeusia. Ma. laria, Bit ousnow* an i General Debility. U ives blieugth, tildes ui^o-tiua, bmos lU.i for nerves— Narsing crea os appo ite. The best toilio Moibers, weak womeu and children. Just as dis-p 7«7u1irtr,T»^d <1 flmlintf at' perfections. tiding faults, you are wise «t Tlio only true and safe intestinal worm killer is Dr. Ball’s Vegetable Worm Destroy ere. it has bright* bed the lives parent’s of heart. many children null gladdened many a Chinese Gordon was killed at Karhtomn January 27th, 1SS5. C'nturrh Caii't lit* i «i*il ?S.»Soi With Lq ^I*um,itauw^%na AL APl’LltjATIoNN a* they l, "ips« can to cun* it you i avo to take inteinni r mtMiies. l 'ou UireviU w face». iiaU'M a arrh I'ure is n » quack motii «uie.. It wita VMjtaenUid i»v one a uw,ta*t liBysk iaus luiiu. country fi r years, atm is tha a ruKjiiHi' bv-t | ro.-cr.ptUin. it is m un-sou of lollies known, combine.! with the ta-t satA urnD, free. z&rtx&rs&ss F. J. i ’ll en kv & Co , Props., Toledo, O. Sold by urujji.isis, pr.ee tic. Ho You Ever Sfieriilitto f Any person sendint; us their trims an 1 id rriss will reeeivo inform.<tlou that will Ion l to r t'ortuno, Don j. Lewis & Co., Security Building, Kansas City, Mo. FITSstoptast tree ny Du. Hunk’s Orkat >ki;\ Marvelous r Hkstorkh. No Treatise Fits alter and first S.7 day’s trial >>c. euros. hull m ». Dr. Kline. Stll Arch St.. Phiia., Pa. With “No Tr» te Secre’s In ’vm '," cam? a littlu i*i>ok vr» hs-dly hn w h 'W »o nvm. It call* It-telf "FRUU’s AND TRSES; Point* lorPraciirsl tree Plan’srs.” ih» It It'is al loerfher ton nt drat—dor- not <fiv>* a notion of Its real value. It is chuck full of prao leal Infoimstion on ruit ffrowing from i he hi-fU e*t sources, an i just :h-> information one wants. 'Vv* iv >-\'l soa-na to 'oil vrhvt I’ is like. We can only sa , i^END bOK THS BOOK, for Starx ilru, Lmi-dsaa, Will send it free io ail .—Farmers Call. DrWi'sl h u\w Headache Cure. Harm it, <11,-, t. Quick and positive in action. Sell ) >* I sh’ »n fOM'-l <>f ?1 per lofflc Ac rU) At <i..r— Wyandotte st..KansasCity,Mo T’lntcr. Mineral, Farm Lands nn-’ R-inches uc ytissi uri. Kaions Texas nnd Arkana-is, bought and sold. TvU-r A- Co.. K->"sas City.Mo. Ifafflictcd with sort* eyes u-e Dr. Isaac Thomp- 5t>nV Kye-WHtcr.Druggists sell alStk- per hoit,e. OkUboraaGuide !hwk and Map sent any taw* on receipt o- uiu l y ier <s Oo*.tvaonu City,Mo. PKFCn am '8 Di. us *ct like magic on a We&k Stomach SOUTHERN BRIEFS DAILY OCCURRENCES IN THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND Curta “° ™hf " a Pa --, The private bank of R. E. Fraser, at Georgetown, 8. C., suspended payment Saturday. I The society for the preserva ion of Virginia antiqui ies gave a grand ball in Kichmond Friday night. j Telegrams re eived in Macon from Bal timoresta e that the (’ovington and Macon ra i| roa( ] bon Iholders’meeting adjourned receive Saturday until February 14th to further bios. i The bill creating a fifth judge of the supreme court of Alabama, wan passed by her legisla ure Thursday. The governor is to appoint the judge within ten days after its approval, to hold office until the gene al election in 1802. The North Carolina house of repre sentatives, on Thursday, passed ropiation a reso lution refusing to make an apj for the wor |d’s fair, in the event of-he passage of the election bill. A similar resolution had already passed the senate, A dispatch L.: of Sunday from El Paso, T fr , TH. « W ,».»!.*.««« Chihuahua and Perns A lton, Mexico, W as held nnd'iJfi up Friday night by masked robbers ’ •’ 000 in silver and buHion |f' , en - ^ ,)e In^hwajm . } n esmmdl t p , but the officers are in pursuit It has been hundred . one years since «- ashed “1'ifl Columbia, <* South and Carolina the city was.o.tah at is pre paring to celebrate the centennial 01 that eve nt with due form aud cerem ny. G central . Hampton H ... nas >u n i it 11c d t0 de . livi r the centennial oiation. At Charlotte, .nnU N.C., the Belmont hotel, used 1 as an amux t» to tlu> the <vntral 1 eutral, was 1 de- U( - stroyed by file Saturday night, enta ling a loss of foil,000. A large nunv er ol guests were stopping at the h >tel, and ua turnlly a great panic was created, but - In the United States court at C ,. k harlcs- , t 0 n, Thursday, an order was signed post polling the time for ti e appointm nt of a permanent rec- iver for the Cuarleston, Cincinnati 1 nd Chicago railroad till the 24th of February. The sub was brought ity 'he Pennsylvania Finance Company iu December last, and Samuel Lord was appointed temporary receiver of the road, On T hursday application for a charter for the Haeon, Ga., superior produce exchange The was filed in Bibb c urt. incorporators are O. M. Houser, of Fort ■ Valley; W. E Warren, of Row rsville, and D. H. Lowe, W. S. Deidrieh andT. o. Skellie, of Macon. The capital stock will bo $10,000, w ith the privilege of in creasing it to $25,00,1. Efforts are being made to organize an 0 ( b c>r trausp rtation company at Chntta pooga to put a line of boats on th ■, Ten nessee nvcr . It is claimed that the pres % e Ch«ittanpog» ^ is c0 and St. ilif/iS' I ; ou.s r ilr nd, - ^ vc has'b en taken to . th(J sec , ud company . Severn, Anus have signified j^ their r tidiness to , ib tQ t ‘ ject> and that is as far as it has gone. It is reported from Louisville that S. p. E'win, president of the Kentucky Fanuers > Alliance, was deposed fatur- iu his day aud R 'p. Oiird' or was put place. Thechmgewas owing to Er warning in the alliance p iper, of which he was editor, to the farmers to keep * a wav J from the growers’ tobiicc > warehous of c which , . . ex Senator . John r e S. , has Williams is president. The alliance been supporting this warehouse in oppo sition to the warehouse combination. A < harlotte dispatch of Sunday says: The liquor dealers of ihe state are much exercised over a movement they have discovered to change the exiting law regulating o? the granting of licenses by brairds county commi si nets. The liquor sellers dun that the proposed of i cb[1 third-party , r( , W ould nlace them at t io mercy boards all over the state, as ! the clause which now reads that on cer j { biin 4 *sh;iII conditions issue licenses,’' county as commb been changed ion- r« i ) t0 ri . ad -‘mav ‘ issue ,osul ' 1 1 ceuses.” i United States Mir-hal Walker, receivci ncXH! i.ii,. u r , r J t!™. i n,!, via not to del.ver any more of the timber seized by him as receiver, hs haring been cut on the f«ttf'iteel lands of the Mobile uml Girard Railroad Company. lie ceivcr Walker had b en de.iveriug tim ber to Milligan & Co , that firm giving bond to indemnify th - government in event the leg.1 proceedings are finally decided iu the government’s fav. r. Fayerweather and . Ladew . , who , own he larg- tannery in Chatt: noogn. tue largest... the world have just completed nt rai!rraui;\r S m:hern Walker county, Georgiit, eight mhos south of Chattanoo ft ■- v\ ithin the past month an eu rmous amount of tan bark, delivered aggregating $56,000 wrath, i.as been to the new tannery. The shipmeut will con tin in*, a .d fully $100,000 worth will be secured. The tannery is a big enterprise for Wa ker county and north Georgia. A Montgotnery dispatch ot Phurs ay says: H. C. K^-eble, of Selma, he ,d of the K eblc company, which faiied for $250,o00 a few days ago, has fled the state to escape an expected bales indictment and arrest. Some 6.000 of cotton were consigned . , to the , company, and , he used the warehouse receipts iu a great many cases, and drew money ou them from banks aud others. Persons ad vane- ing money claim Ihe co ton, whit: the consignors also make a claim. Keeble thought it best to leave. His where¬ abouts are not known. The committee appointed at a recent meeting of the citizens of Raleigh, N. </., io solicit a subscription sufficient to have the locanon of the interstate immi ***rSS , , T ®A;^v“ eCU 'T d dTv!dLl°u*S.I JJ! j/ 1 r b Fr" Jjj u ‘ 0 anoke railway will! thi . ^ and th is it is bt> V eved ^ bu supplemented by ^ (J00 from th Richmon d and Danville ‘ j . ... Constitution . c nnd TJnder’ the’new all therwise qualified who failed u t k-gadv assessed to them wbicb they ‘ had opportunity of pavin» 1st,'can- foi lb(J lote mst t „ 0 ye K by February expired not this year. The time n*,n r .i 0 ..,*~ 0 r bu^ness S turctav. it is estimated that the percentage their fail- or white el< ctors disfranchised by ure to p y the r taxes is less than 8 per cent. The percentage of negroes failing . to pay, will, it is thought, reach 40 per cent. Mr. James B. Glover, of _ _ Marietta, Ga., was on Saturd y appointed andNorth permanent receiver of the Marietta Georgia railrond I y Judge New in,, firet on a consent order. Mr. Glover was SS K””,U„d ^ Z trust ,. .• » P company. iequ .. before ' manent receivership came up Saturday Newman in Atlanta morning Bei "thechoiceoftbestock holders and bondholders of th • railroad “ "‘‘“iS.Ts t he irust comnany boTwoftod Mr Glover S ^05 which was furnished. - KErUKi RPPDRT GF UI 1 RTKTNFdQ BUMNEba - „ Wf^ek ' Just 7_ Endsd bv J Dlinn & CO. R. Q. Dum. & Co’s weekly . oi review trade says: Busiucss continues unprece d nte I in volume and satisfactory in character, bei g larger than m any othei ,*r ** mircial circles throughout the countiy is comparatively hopeful, mid money nearly markets all are points. now eas. at The unc rtaiuty regarding the monetary future causes -ome hesitation, especially »• to new undertakings, but there is un¬ dementli an abiding confidence that in t»e fertile genius of the people and the measureless r sources of the country will meet 1 vi ry difficulty. So strong is this feeling that it i- of'en hard to realize tliat the pressure and anxiety of Novem ber and De ember lasted until within thirty days. But there aie some grouuds for caution still. Tho dry goods trade is, on the whole, and very satisfactory for the season, while buying is conservative botn in cot ton and woolens, and prices are low enough to embarrass some branches ol pro uetion, trade is cle rly on a more healthy basis, as well as larger iu volume, than it was a year ago. llie increasing demand for wool, though still confined to ac ual needs for consumption, provt s that , cur eat prices, . , low as they , are, do not arrest production. Trade m boots and shoes and leather is somewhat re tarded by the monetary uncertainty. The smb rrassment in iron and sceel manufacture trade is now clearly per ceived to be the resu t of the marked shrinkage in demands for consumption. Accounts from southern cities indicate only a fair trade, with an improvement Jackso at Atlanta, andaslight improvement and at iville, but im reusing receipts lower prices for cotton al New Orleans. Philadelphia reports a good demand for combiq.r w (M ,l The Startling death of Secretary Win dom caused a sudden fall in the price of bar silver from 47£ to 4t>£ cents iu Lon don, it is i-tated in dispatches. But no change wha ever in the financial policy of tl e government is like v to result, though it may easily happen that his sue cessor, however able, may not possess the fer ility of r< > lurces which Mr. Win dom has shown in meeting fcmegencies. The opera*ions of the treasury during the past week have in no w.-,y affected the money market, which is well supplied, Speculation accordingly, grows more ac live, and wheat lias advapeed rents, c m 24 “ cents, ' oats h a cent and coffee 15 c ? nts . Pf 100 l>‘)uaas; , , but cotton is a Sixteenth lower, and oil Vg cents lower. i »•*«««» ft* «■« *«* k o< last S! 8 ; ”“ jc “ r meianures were AaUU _____ 1 crun'ti poo?'-' liU JiVi, 'Opposition _ _ tO Publication . Ol StUt© Text Books. Reports of ^.iinday, _. . .rom •a.vs; Of late thire has been a great deal of discussi n about state publication «f | schoH , lH)oks . c’aUtornia set th-precedent and lhere have be ,. n ^vements in ot er 8tates t() foSloW suit . ■, be Ohio ichool I ! s b ub «’ lk ^ ( h t ^ a “ Tt \ d tbe f. brou oc ‘~ P llt ent j n 13 a sll >“ ed on b v th a « 1 ! the , b ard meludi g Governor Campbell. , i The board goes cxaaustively into the dis¬ cussion of the schoulbook qnes I tion Special attention is paid i to the history of state publi¬ j cation of books iu California. The views of Hon. John Svett and Hon. Fred M. Campbell, i x-superintendents of iustruc tion. and Hon. Jra G. Haitt, present su perint. ndent of instruct im of Cauforni», are qu ted. They all exjiress themselves as opp std to the system, which, they say, is a dangerous assumption of financial power bv the state, and has not, in a sens . a3 vet proVe d succe-sful. The board’s estimate of the co;t of pub Ue ishing thc neces<arv 8C hool books for state of Ohio is $931.3JO. NEWS AND NOTES CONDENSED FROM TELEGRAPH AND CABLE. Epitome of Incidents that Hap¬ pen from Day to Day. M'issonier. the painter, is dead. He was born in Lyons in 1812. The London Press Association an Bounces that the report that Mr. Glad¬ stone intended to retire is unfouu ded. Advices of Thursday received at Buenos Ayres from Chili show that the , insurgents are steaddy gaming ground, The Milwaukee and St. Paul strike is ' ended. The strikers’ executive c >ra [ mittee on Wednesday declared the strike j off. A Boston delegaion, against the free coinage of silver, was in Washington j W ednesday, attempting to get a hearing before the coin ige cominitte •. j -Master Workm .n Powderlv, on Satur dayj issued „ n appeal to the Knights of Lalior in behalf of the widowed and fatherless victims of the Mammoth mine j disaster . , Advices from Mossowah, on the Red ’ state that a terrible storm followed b floods caiKed enormous damage throughout the isla d of Mossowah. Onr 100 persons lost their ives. The Ihe six six-story storv buildiu" bmldmg of or the me Western iv esiern i Refrigerating Company, Nos. 223 to 239 Kiuziestreet.Chica. o.waspimiallyde- caused by the stroyed by lire Thursday, used the explosion kAaachiac. of am.uonia gas in William A. Butner and Wil iam D. Hushes in^iv’.iw of N w York „,.’ c nvictedofforg mg divtuce nawr paper-, wore rp sente 1 ed ca Fri- JJ day by Reco der Smyth— ughes to five years’imprisonment aud Butner to seven i years J at hard labor. Assistant Secretary Spaulding has in formed a tobacco firm that an tobacco imported sine • the act of October 1st, , 8 y 0 took elfect uV will be subject to duty ba w „: (T the time of with i A fire started Friday morning in the town of Cygnet, Ohio. Five b ocks of buildings were burned and three persons burned to d< ath. It is feare i that others h ve perished. The loss is estimated at $100,000, with 1 ttle or no insurance. ! Upon announcement of Secre.ary _ Win- T , T . dom’s dea'h the New York assembly adopte t a resolution eulogizing hisper sonal eharactei and financial udrainistra tioa and adjourned. Ihe senate also ad journed as a mark of respect to the late secretary. j The that Boston, syndicate Md., Commercial of importers Bulletin has says a under the leadership of been formed Jordan, Marsh & Co., to test the legality in of the McKinley bill. They will act concert with Chicago importers and upon much the same Jine. j ' A New York dispatch of Wednesday says: The work of of getting the tele¬ graph wires into something like ship shape * is being continued. The Western Uni on has 0De ouadruplex wire to Phila dc!phia . The Postal Telegraph Company has direct wires to Philadelphia, Boston being and Cllicn , r0 Business is still taken subject to delay, A . _ New T York dispatch of Thursday s^s: Jay Gould, accotnpa.ned by one of the mos * ^st.nguished parties New Y. rk j ever sent south, will visit Atlanta next i iponth with j lr. John H. L man, pi - i dent of the Richmond and Dauyi e r * r iUt \‘ Mr. Gould has largo in eres southern roads, and this is a tour of ob I , servatiou. The party will travel by a ! special Train of four magnificent private cars. | York Rece'pts from Monday for customs last to received Saturday in night New i exceeded any previous like period tor j ; years p isr. They amounted, for imports and withdrawals from warehouse, alto gether to $5,216,198. The great increas# j was due to the activity of importers in ' getting their goods out of the hands of the customs officers before the operations of the McKinley act, which w re sus pended until noon Saturday, went into effect. ____ cmai OfflALLFUA i dav T IN xt mTJVio lEAAb. p raieSime , + . tO , _ Be Placed . TT«/^a* UndCF Rigid Quarantine. a im. im. Texas, ^ says: Following the tenor of a smallpox resolution adopted at a mass meetiug held here, Coum v Judge Powers convened the commissioners’ court. Tha committee appointed by the mass meefc ing presented their memorial to the com* missioners asking for a strict quarantine, ^f ter deliberation the commissioners agreed to submit a proposition to the mayor and city co mcil proposing to es tablish a strict quarantine, provided the city would pay half the expenses. Gtapeland, On the south nnd west. Crockett. Jewett nnd Oakland, and Jacksonville oa he north, have quarantined again*! Palestine. Sho Id the city council ac¬ cept oriiies the proposition joint of the county rigid au tt for the expense of a quarantine, the mea-ure will extend *• i very infected town in the state. UNDOUBTED TKOOF. First Britisher—There goes the Duke of Muddy Water, lie's an absolutely worthless fellow. Second Ditto—Worthless? Oh, I don't know. First Britisher—Ye*, he is. He hs« been refused by three American heir¬ esses. Second Ditto—You don’t say *•. Well, he must be worthless.—fLifa-
