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6ENERAL NEWS.
CURRENT EVENTS ON THIS CON¬
TINENT AND ACROSS SEAS.
Effects of Hot Weather— Drowning** Steam
heat and Knilroad Accidents—Tho
Deadly MuUluiag, etc., etc.
There and was ft white frost at Wcllsville,
N. Yh, the thermometer registered
only forty degrees above zero.
In a fight between strikers and heW
men at the Aden mines; hear Wilkesbarrej woiindhd.
I’a., about a dozen men whre
By neglect of a telegraph operator,
two freight trait's collided at White Hill, of
N: J. Fireman George T. Powell,
Jersey City, was killed.
A fire occurred at Concord, N. H., in
a large warehouse. Eight mernbets Of tt
brass band practicing in the fourth story
were injured by dropping from the win¬
dows.
The scarcity of farm hands in the
wheat belt of northern Minnesota and
Dakota has become alarming, and farm¬
ers the are abundant offering drops. exorbitant wages to save
The roof of Charleton’s Opera-house, huge
in Springfield, Ill., fell, the carrying a of the
mass of debris into center
building. The accident was caused by
heat shrinking the timbers. No one was
hurt.
Africa, A dispatch fedeivgd from hondofi, St. Thomas, England, West
at at
.says; that letters havh bhen received
Stan 1 by Fool ( his from Hbnry M, . Staidey,
announcing arrival atCA.ruhwlmie
Falls, ahd stating that all of his party
were well.
William M. Gibson, the deposed prime
minister of the Hawaiian kingdom, who
was tried on charges of robbing the pub the -
lie treasury, and who escaped from in
sland after his acquittal, has arrived
Han Francisco, Cal., from Honolulu on
the brig John D. Spreckles. He will soon
go to South Carolina, where he formerly
lived,
Hiffatn his Schoonavar, mother-in-law of Browsville, Neb,
i hot iff a wateriiieloh
patch under the impression tljat she whs
a skunk. He was watching for thieves,
and about 10 o’clock at night an approach- object
appeared in the corn and slowly
i d. A dog sprang at it and suddenly
tetreated. This convinced Schoonavar
that the intruder was a skunk, and ho
fired.
. A SECOND DELUGE.
Auffttsta, G«U, la Overflowed, and Much
Destruction of Property Occurs
The rapid rising of the Savannah rivei
at Mount Carmel threw Augusta, Ga., and
people into a fever of excitement,
everyone commenced immediately mak¬
ing preparations to keep the water from The
their business houses and homes.
force of water in the third level canal
blew out one of the gates on Marbary
street, at Clarke’s Globe mills, and the
water flowed through very rapidly, and
flooded many houses down through Dub¬
lin, and extending out by the Central
railroad to the south commons, which
were completely flooded, and there join¬
ing the water from the bend in the river
below the city, thus encircling Augusta.
The water extends on every street be¬
tween Greene and the river down as far
as Cumming, Telfair on Greene as far down as
Campbell, on to McIntosh and on
Walker all that entire portion of southern
Augusta down to the east boundary, ex¬
cepting the extreme eastern portion,
which is much higher than the city prop¬
er. The water is, of course, over tho
first floors of at least one hundred houses.
Many persons sought the second story,
hut those who reside in one story houses
were compelled to desert them and seek
shelter with friends who were fortunate
enough to own or rent a two-story house.
Many rise, people are greatly excited over the
rapid which is without parallel.
KANSAS BOOM.
Boomers are now gathering at Geneda
Springs, a small town six miles north¬
west of Arkansas City, Kansas. They
have been issuing a paper there, and an¬
nounce their intention to take possession
of the coveted country in the Indian Ter¬
ritory. No trouble is apprehended, as
the boomers are not thoroughly organ¬
ized. Companies E, Capt. Price; D,
Capt. Thomas, and H, Capt. Schupler,
of Gen. Miles’ old Fifth Un nited States
Cavalry, under command of Maj. Upham,
just from Fort Riley, are encamped on
the outskirts of the city for the purpose
of crossing into the Indian Territory and
joining several companies stationed there
to bead off the boomers.
NATIONAL CAPITAL DOTS.
WHAT IS DOING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE AND DEPARTMENTS.
President C’leveland Busy HesolUn* Invl
tutions—Interstate CoiinnisstoV Gav*
eminent Affairs Going Well.
savannah’s invitation.
The foil >wing has passed the City
Council of Savannah, Ga.: “Whereas,
It is the desire of the citizens of Savan
nah,that his excellency, President Gleye
land and Mrs. Cleveland visit OttrciWf,
and.the dfesifC being Jn accord With the
feeling of the Council) Resolved, 1 na
the mayor and aldermfeh Of the city of
Savannah join in this request find ex
press the .v u hope that . !• h s excellency onnv will Will
accept the invitation.”
SBiiEQ ates appointed.
Miss Clara liaftbfl; president of the
American national a&dt'iatitffl, Of the
lted Cross, and Dr. J. B. llubbell,’ gen
eral field agent and secretary of the asstf-
ciation have been appointed by represent Presi
dent Cleveland, delegates fourth to interna
the United States at the
t i iful cfinference of the Red Cross, to be
held at Lhe couft of the Grand Duke and
Duchess of Baden, winch OpetiS at Carl
s'.uhe, Germany, on the 22d of next Sep¬
tember.
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.
An important change in the Navy De¬
partment has been made, by which Chief
Engineer Charles II. Loring, -who has
been lot SoiitC yettfs at the head of the
BureaU of fstciim Engineering, has appointed has re¬
signed and th6' President
Chief Engineer George W. Melville in
his place. The new chief is the well
known explorer who took Arctic an expedition, important
part in the Jeannette
and has shown splendid executive fot quali¬
ties in connection with the plans the
machinery of the new cruisers.
NOTES.
A representative meeting of adopted profes¬
sional and bu-iness men have
unanimously a series of resolutions ex¬
pressing a desire that the President and
Mrs. Cleveland should visit Charleston,
S. F:
Secretary Whitney has decided to send
a number of naval officers abroad to study
hull designing and machinery Construc¬
tion. The officers will first go to Paris,
and will probably remain abroad four
years.
Assistant Secretary of State Porter has
conveyed to the President an invitation
front the people of Nashville and Middle
Tennessee, to visit that city, and another
from the chamber of commerce of Knox¬
ville to pay that city a visit.
r l he Indian Office has received the fol¬
lowing froth Indian Agent Sheehan, at
Atkin, Mh.il.: "The killing of the three
Indians at Kimberly was done by the
Indians themselves No serious trouble
between the Indians and whites. Will
remain here with Indians until they are
quieted. Reports in newspapers are sen¬
sational.”
SOUTHERN CROPS.
Official Report of the United States Depart¬
ment of Agriculture.
The report of the department of agr i.
culture at Washington, D. C., is as fol¬
lows: Cereals—The prospect a month ago
was for a very heavy crop of com, and
the rate of yield about the average. Its
condition in all the states of the Atlantic
coast is now unimpaired, and of a very
high promise. In Texas and Tennessee
the condition has declined materially.
The past month has been favorable for
cotton, except that the rainfall has beon
unequally distributed in point of time—a
drouth threatened at one period and
damaging the floods following. In the east¬
ern belt excess of moisture predomi¬
nates as a factor of the depreciation. The
weed is, therefore large and sappy, and
the fruit fall appears in some fields seri¬
ously, and in some cases rust appears. In
Louisiana similar conditions have pre¬
vailed, and only very partially in Missis¬
sippi. Texas has been too dry, though
tho drouth lias not as yet been disastrous
or severe. is The good prevalent for the first status of of the
crop while very recognize this August,
reporters as a criti¬
cal time, and fear the effect of subsequent
drouth upon the green and succulent con¬
dition of the plant. In a comparison of
ten years, the August condition is only
exceeded by that of 1882 and 1885, one
producing a large crop, the other undei
a medium yield. The general average
condition is 93.3, which is lower by three
points than that of July. The state aver¬
ages are: South Virginia, Carolina, 94;2North Carolina,
96 ; Florida, Alabama, 95; Georgia,
94 ; 96 ; 93;
Mississippi, 96; Louisiana, 94; Texas,
87 ; Arkansas, 97; Tennessee, 95.
The first brood of caterpillars has ap¬
peared in several states, but is not gen¬
erally mentioned in the returns, it is
reported in Orangeburg and Berkeley,
South Carolina; in Calhoun, Taylor,
Dooly and Laurens, Georgia; in Hall and
Dallas, Alabama; Starkey, Newton, Is¬
saquena and Oktibbehae, Mississippi; in
Red River, Bossier, Richland, Natchito¬
ches and Therville, Louisiana; and in
Stephens, Camp and Jackson, Texas.
The boll worm is much less frequently
mentioned. Tobacco—The tobacco crop
is in high condition in seed, the leaf
state averaging nearly 100 Except in
Wisconsin, the shipping and unprecedented cutting dis¬
tricts of the West make an
report of low condition; Tennessee, 70;
Kentucky, 59: Ohio, 55; Indiana, 56;
Illinois, 52; Missouri, 60. In view of a
heavy reduction in acreage, only a small
fragment ot the usual crop may be ex¬
pected. The official investigation of area
now in progress, will determine authori¬
tatively the breadth cultivated the pres¬
ent year.
NO. 25.
SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
CONDENSATION OF THE BUST
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK:
Good Crop* Arairfd-Social, RellfloM ud
Temperance Clatfeerinns— Boiled Uaww
Items—Coimlry Generally Healthy.
Tho Eagle flour mills on the corner of
Vance and Tennessee streets, in Mem¬
phis, Tenth, Were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$30,000; insurance, $1,500.
The board of directors of the Decatur,
Ala ; Land company formally ratified the
contract with the Louisville' & Nashville
Kailroad Company for the location of
{heir cousolirlatecl car shops 1 at that place, 1
Mr - Wilson, a farmer on Peachtree
street road, ’ six mile s f rom Atlanta, Ga. r
l he found nearly 2 00 snakes
jn a thick grWe on his farm. They were
rattles, black, spotted and wood varieties.
Thomas Keeter, and who is employed
- n the Nas hville, Tenn., penitentiary as
guard, 8 made an unsuccessful attempt
suicide by laudanum, taking 10
dracTims. He was discovered and saved,
Jte ii,. was was drank- arunK ‘
The new Pearce cotton factory has
been completed at Columbus, Ga., and
has begun operations. Sixteen looms are
in place, but it is intended to increase
the capacity to fifty looms. The new
Muscogee factory is rapidly nearing com
pletion.
Albert Herman Feesc, a young Ger
man watchmaker employed Birmingham, in Harry
Mercer’s jewelry store, left
Ala., taking with him eight fine gold
watches belonging to his employer.
Feese was in the habit of putting the
watches in the safe before closing the
store at night.
Bill Stratford, of his Jernigan, throat while Russell in
county, Ala,, cut meeting is in
church. there A protracted the preacher calling pro¬
gress and was
up mourners, when Mr. Stratford pulled He is
out his knife and cut his throat.
a well-to-do farmer and religious excite¬
ment is supposed to have been the cause
of the rash act.
The Knights of Labor (colored) in
session at Mobile, Ala., devoted a day to
hearing charges of insubordination and
rebellion prepared by Grand Chief Men¬
tor Moses Dickinson against Sir Knighta
J. W. Wheeler and C. L. Martin. The
chief mentor then made his annual ad¬
dress, advocating the formation of state
grand lodges of the order.
Abe Bonner, a colored fireman em¬
ployed on the blast Teunessee, Virginia
& Georgia Railroad, was found on the
track at Macon badly bruised, and died
from his wounds. The theory is that he
sat down on the track to await the leav¬
ing of No. 803, of which he was. the
fireman, and fell asleep, and was killed
by a passenger train, which, having no
headlight, failed to discover him.
John Clay, the only remaining son of
Henry Clay, died near Lexington, Ky.
While giving instructions to some work¬
men about a pump, he fell dead, without
any premonition, of heart disease. Mr.
Clay was 67 years old. He had no chil
dren. He was married about 20 years
ago to his nephew’s widow, Mrs. Col.
Irwin. Col. Irwin was killed at the
battle of Perryville while in command of
a Confederate regiment. He was a farm¬
er and became a Catholic twenty years
ago.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Bismarck Is Said To lie Making; a More On
Holland’s Border.
The following dispatch from Antwerp
has been published in the Brussels Ga¬
zette: “1 am informed that the Berlin
government is about to construct, just
beyond the railway station of Silipelpeld,
on the Dutch frontier, on German terri¬
tory, 26 sidings, each long enough to
convey a train with 1,500 men to the
grand central line Gradients from Aix-la-Cbappelle
to Antwerp. and railways
will be constructed at this purely military
station for the landing of cavalry, and a
reservoir will be built for the purpose of
feeding locomotives. The whole works
will cost 1,200,000 marks. The German
etat-major, which has 300,000 men Cologne, con¬
centrated in fortresses between
Dusseldorf, Aix, etc., estimates that^
with such an installation, within an hour
it would be in a position to throw 50,000
troops upon Maestrecht, to occupy the
bridge there and to prevent the Dutch
from blowing it up. This bridge is un¬
dermined for military purposes. The
German etat-major is also contemplating
measures to put the government in a po¬
sition to throw an army of 50 000 men
under the walls of Antwerp at 24 hours’
notice.” The European correspondents that
of the New York papers report,
Bismarck has designs on Holland, and
has agreed with France to restore Alcase
Lorraine if she will agree not to interfere.
This will account for German military
movements.
NO 80IIA ON SUNDAY.
In the suit of the Law and Order So¬
ciety agaiust a number of druggists, at
Pittsburg, Pa., for selling soda water on
Sunday, Judge Collier affirmed the con
victi. ns of the defendants on the ground
that the sale of soiSi was not ail over¬
powering necessity and that it was not
sold as a medicine, but as a beverage.
The defendants claimed that it was a
necessity, and endeavored to prove by
the testimony of several physicians that
it was medicine.
CH VTTANOO«A»8 INVITATION.
At a citizens’ meeting in Chattanooga,
it was resolved to send a big del¬
to St. Louis, September 26th, to
the grand encampment of the
Amy of the Republic to meet in
in 1888.