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i HE CONYERS WEEKLY
VOL. XI.
DEMOCRATS MEET.
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The Democratic National Convention
began to gather in the early hours of the
morning on Tuesday, at St. Louis, Mo.,
and long before noon ten thousand hu
mau faces gazed upon the high desk re¬
served for the presiding officer of the
convention, as yet empty, hut with its
gleaming white silver gavel, the gift of
the Nevada delegation, full of curious
interest for the expectant multitude.
The decorations were simple, with but ef¬
fective. The stage is hung red,
white and blue buntiug, relieved by fes¬
toons and borders of evergreens. Upon
j pedestal on the right of the entrance of
the stage, stands a bust of the president,
rad suspended upon the heavily face of framed the gal¬
lery above the stage, in
gilt, is a large portrait of the President
in oil. On either side are similar por¬
traits of Cleveland, Hancock, Tildeu,
Hendricks and ex-Governor Marmaduke,
of Missouri. The balcony and gallery
pillars and face of the long winding
galleries and fronts of the balconies are
profusely decorated with American flags
in alternate large and short festoons,
caught up with large red, white aud blue
rosettes. Festoons of American flags
and red, white and blue buntiug hung
from the open woodwork supporting the
roof and the high, graceful pillars which
support the rafters are bound with encir¬
cling garlands and ropes of evergreens.
In the background along the ball is a
more elaborate attempt at decoration. A
heroic statue of Washington on Horse¬
back, framed in a festoon of large Ameri¬
can of the flags, which are caught in the centre
frame above the head of the statue,
by an American shield, surmounted by
tbe American eagle with widespread pin-,
ions, grasping in his talons a sheaf ol
green wheat. The statue, which has
the appearance of maible, is highly re¬
lieved by a background of rich browr
[plush, silk draped curtains.
Beneath the Cleveland portrait is the
familiar quotation from the President’s
I message: that “It is a condition, not a theory,
I confronts us.” Under the Tildeu
portrait is tlic motto: “Let there be peace
land fraternity throughout the land.” Be
Ineaththe Hendricks portrait: “The ne
Icessities of war cannot be pleaded in time
|o Itrait Peace.” is^ written Beneath the following the Hancock quotation por
■from ins letter of acceptance: “The great
■principles of liberty are the inheritance of
|tne I ^ainnan people.”
|de-k I Barnum advanced to a high
on the platform, and at 13:35 the
|xast I r,, m assemblage the gravel, was and silenced the by Democratic a stroke
■convention of 1888 was formally in ses
■ion The chairman introduced Bishop
in' ■opened Granberry, the proceedings of St. with Louis, who He
■''■Kiercd devout prayer.
■’fmehts thanks for the many
which this country had received
■ r °rn the hands of Providence; prayed
J ,,r na the called continuance down of those bounties,
the Divine blessing upon
n / and all those in authority.
L iir 1 hen stated that acting
fi un¬
. ut bority
tie v phonal i‘ conferred upon him by
d Democratic Committee, he
ou i present the convention the names
f poisons selected by the committee to
e over and officer the temporary
ir c <mizations _ of the convention. As the
read the name of S. M. White,
invention ‘ alifornia, as temporary chairman, the
"reefed greeted it with cheers, sis it
1 the of F. O. Prince, of
'l-is-achusetts, , name
e reat ^ng of as secretary,
no- u the list of officers hav
om couc ‘Bided, the choice of the
tot was ratified by the unanimous
L ® °‘ tire convention. The chair ap
t t, P- Gorman, of Maryland, C.
Wtv! C D r of °hna, . 0hl °- and committee F. W. Dawson, to of
Itn*,, as a eon
i it >]•
ifferrvf a 6 ’ resolution Gov. Green, adopting of New the rules Jersey, of
■ ie
fc e r 5^ ‘’“-'dug convention as the rules of
L lr at convention, subject to the
la g modification : “That in voting
1 , r , 1<lates for
ie-irt tuml President and Vice
en -’ no state ’"'til be allowed to
“, lts v °fe until the roll call of
5 , s as r been
- made and
every state has
lonttfl V 0te- ' Tbe resolution was
:W„-In fter . a P°rnt of c-fier from Mr.
order ° f Miss °’ Jri th at it was not
nt! >
e rrm a report had been made by
l on credentials, had been
eroded by the chair.
i se anT “ 3 coring }L Pierson, the indulgence of Missouri, of
n nv -, fcntton •’ the
in behaif of the state of Col-
oraflo, presentecl to the convention a
gavel manufactured of Colorado silver,
richly chased and burnished. It was, he
said, a modest offering from a youuger
member of the Federal Union to that
party which had restored silver to that
high plane from which it had been de¬
graded by and the which congressional had conspiracy since
of 1873, ever re¬
mained its constant champion. Let the
announcement, be made throughout the
civilized world, through the silvery tone
of the gavel, of the second and unani¬
mous nomination of the people’s choice
for president, Grover Cleveland. [Loud
Applause.]
Chairman White, in accepting the
gavel, pleasantly remarked do that as far as
the gavel would it, the convention
would have to be ruled by silver. [Ap¬
plause.] The chair then recognized
Senator Gorman, of Maryland, who pre¬
sented a resolution providing that the roll
of states be called, and that each, state
name a member of the committee on cre¬
dentials, a member of the committee on
permanent organization, and a member
of the committee on resolutions, and that
all resolutions relating to the platform be
referred to the committee on resolutions
without debate. The resolution was
adopted, and the states proceeded to
make the appointments.
On Wednesday, the convention was
called to order by the temporary chair¬
man and prayer was offered by Rev. J.
R. Green, of Missouri, who especially
invoked the Divine blessing upon the
members of the convention, who had
been entrusted by the people of (lie
states of the Union with the performance
of an important the convention duty. tbc The credentials chair laid
before ol
delegates from Alaska, and they were
referred to the committee on credentials.
Congressman T. J. Campbell, of New
York, seut up to the desk, so that it
might be read, a long preamble and res¬
olutions prepared by himself and signed
jy a large number of prominent Demo
rats, The resolution declared that the
perpetuity of the republic demands the
inforcement of the Monroe doctrine in
ill its length and breadth, and that ter¬
ritorial aggrandisement by foreign pow¬
ers in America should be discouraged
rnd discountenanced by every means in
:he power of the United States Govern¬
ment, so that it is highly wise that this
republic should maintain friendly rela¬
tions with our sister republics, Mexico,
central and South America, and with
Jther home-ruled powers of America,
ind that we should extend to them our
'rieudly aid to maintain themselves and
protect themselves against the encroach¬
ments of foreign -powers and that if
accessary to maintain our supremacy on
this continent, the prepared republic of the United
States should be to declare aud
Qaintain our authority by every means
n the power of the great nation. The
resolutions also contained a resolution
providing that it be presented to the con¬
vention in order to call the attention of
this great body of Democrats to this
great question. It was referred to the
committee on resolutions without de
bate.
Mr. Mallory, of Florida, offered the
following resolution which was referred
to the committee on resolutions:
“Resolved, That this committee here¬
by approves and enunciated indorse the principle President of
tariff reform by
Cleveland iu his first message to the
present Congress, and to the policy rec¬
ommended by him for the practical ap¬
plication of those principles to the Gov¬
ernment, we give our unqualified and of
universal support.” The mention
Cleveland’s name was the signal for a
round of applause which again broke
out, as the reading of the resolution was
completed. called for reports
The chairman then
from the committee of organization. Mr.
Cassidy, of Pennsylvania, its chairman,
reported that it had unanimously agreed
upon Gen. Patrick A. Collins, of Massa¬
chusetts, for permanent chairman. II.
H. Ingersoll, of Tennessee, was delegate recom¬
mended as secretary, and one
from each state rs vice-president They and one
as assistant secretary, said: were
elected- Chairman White
“Thanking you for the favors you
have extended to me, and your indulgence
accorded me so far in the proceedings in of
this great convention, I take pleasure presiding
introducing to Patrick your permanent A. Collius, of Mas¬
officer, Hon.
sachusetts.”
Mr. White then passed over to Mr.
Collins the silver gavel and retired.
There was another burst of applause, and
when it had subsided Mr. Collins ad¬
dressed the convention. Mr. Collins
spoke in a voice, which although not
great in volume, was sufficiently clear and
distinct to enable him to be heard in ev¬
ery portion of the hall.
The chairman announced that the sec¬
retary would read a petition for the con¬
sideration of the convention. The paper
proved to be a request from the Woman’s
convention recently held in Washington,
stating that two of its members had been
appointed to make a short talk to the
convention on behalf of the women of
America. This request was accompanied
by a promise that it it were gran e ry
the convention the representatives of the
woman’s organization would occupy the
attention ot the convention for ten nun
utes The communication was signed
by Virginia L. Miner and E. A. Merri
weather. Mr. J. J. O Dono ue, o - ew
York, moved that the women be heard,
and it was agreed to Congressman T.
J Campbell of New York arose and pres
ented a resolution which he asked be read
The chair ruled that under the rule adopt
ed by the convention, resolutions
should go to the committee on
resolutions, without debate. Mr
Collins asked unanimous consent but
objection was made by a New Y ork dele
^ Mr. ate , Collins and further insisted objected that the o subject y o mat- ers.
ier of tbe resolutions did not relate to the
rlatform. and therefore did not come ua-
CONYERS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1888.
der the restrictions of the rule adopted.
Objection was made by Mr. Wells, of
Wisconsin, who subsequently withdrew
it, and the resolution was read. The res¬
olution was as follows and was adopted this
by a rising vote: Resolved, That
convention takes occasion to express its
unfeigned sorrow at the serious and dan¬
gerous illness of Gen. Phil Sheridan, [Ap¬
plause], and to him whose noble and val¬
iant deeds will ever be enshrined in tlic
hearts of his countrymen, we extend our
sincere sympathy. We earnestly trust
that the great soldier and distinguished
patriot will meet with speedy recovery,
and that Divine Providence may spare
him to this nation for many years to
come. Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be forwarded to Gen. Sheridan
as expressive of the heartfelt sentiments
of the democracy of the United States.
[Cheers.] Mr. Campbell asked for unan¬
imous consent for the adoption of the
resolutions. The resolutions were adopt¬
ed by a rising vote with three lieaity
cheers for the gallant soldier who is now
engaged in his most despera'e campaign.
Mrs. Merriweather then mounted the
platform, and was received with applause.
She said that she was delegated to ask
that, this fi-reat convention help to make
the practice of this nation conform to its
principles of universal suffrage. Mrs.
Merriweather’s voice was not strong
enough to fill the hall, and she was fre¬
quently interrupted with cries of
“Louder!”and the band struck up an ait
before site had concluded, but slm remained
pluckily at her pod until her time ex¬
pired. When Alabama was called, on
the call of states, the chairman said his
state desired to give way to New York.
The convention and applauded when the at New th:s York an¬
nouncement, of Daniel
delegation presented the name
Dougherty to make the nomination the
great hall rang with cheers, which were
prolonged and grew in volume for nearly
a minute, until Mr. Dougherty mounted
the platform, when it was redoubled, and
as soon as he could be heard, Mr. Dough¬
erty said, addressing the convention at
lengtti: ' ‘1 greet you my countrymen,
with fraternal regards. In your pres¬
ence I bow to the majesty of the people.
The sight itself is inspiring, though sub¬ and
lime. Y’ou come from every state
territory, from every nook and corner of
our ocean-bound continent, covering the
country. You imperial are about duty, to discharge
more than an with the
simplest ceremonial.” In conclusion he
said, “I nominate Grover Cleveland, of
New York.” Mr. Dougherty’s speech
was delivered with effect, in his best
style, and aroused unbounded enthusiasm
When lie mentioned the name of
Grover Cleveland, or referred to his
public acts and utterances, the conven¬
tion fairly shouted itself hoarse. Dele¬
gates mounted chairs, waved their hats,
their canes, and handkerchiefs. Ten
thousand spectators band joined in the
applause, and a in the east gallery
helped along with horns and drums, but
their blare and noise could scarcely be
heard above the general din. It aroused
the enthusiasm of the convention to fe¬
ver heat for the first time during its pro¬
ceedings. The hall was filled with cheer
on cheer, and the great body of people
in the auditorium, balcony and gallery
arose and stood shouting at the top of its
voice till the din became almost deafen¬
ing. Hats were thrown in the air, red
bandanas waved from a thousand hands,
and white, black and gray hats were
frantically thrust upon points of cane and
waved until the owners became ex¬
hausted. Some one on the stage crowned
the bust of the President on the left of
the chairman w ith a laurel wreath, which
was the signal for even a wilder burst of
shouts and cheers than before. Although
the full band of sixty pieces was in full
blast all this time, not a sound from
its trumpets could be heard, Tbe
climax of this great scene was reached
■when the banners of all the states were
borne by delegates to the New York
standard and draped about it. At this
the enthusiasm was unbounded. Specta¬
tors and delegates tore the red, white
and blue bunting from the pillars and
from the face of the balconies and waved
these improvised bandanas all over the
rail with great vigor for ten minutes.
This remarkable outburst did not cease
until everybody was absolutely exhaust¬
ed. It was twenty-four minutes before
the chair was able to regain the control
of the convention.
The chair put the question and there
w as returned from the convention a thun¬
dering cheer of yeas. The chair, there¬
fore, announced that Grover Cleveland,
having received a unanimous vote, was
the candidate of the Democratic party for
the office of President of the United
States. Before the call of the roll of
states on Mr. Voorliees’s motion was com¬
pleted, it was evident that it -would have
a large majority, and at the suggestion of
the chair, the convention, by unanimous
consent, agreed to suspend the call and
agreed to the motion; and the chair, at
1:50 announced that the convention
stood adjourned until Thursday morn¬
ing.
Notwithstanding organizations the fact that a mm
b er of visiting and indi
vidual strangers ^ left the city ? on Wednes
d f ni £ ht ’ d in J ite of tl e further fact
th lt t e un bui . Bt for th Thursday morn
■ with all lts Summer vigor, rendering ex”
atm0 l hore ia Convention hall
tremely clo se and sultry) there was litt le
appreciable J 1 ; reduction in the attendance
1 tators in the gallerieSi fe llnd in del the
vast area of chairs in the rear of the .
e ° „ ates - seatg . The deviations, which
rude , f handled during the stormy
demonstrat ons fol)owing the nomination
Cleveland the day before, were re¬
stered> and the bust of the President,
flanking ° the chairman’s desk, still wore a
wreath of j aurels jaunti]y j placed on the
.j de of the head LoDg jefore the dele .
„ ates began f t 0 arrive, the band airfrang¬ played
with !ittlt cess . ltio n, a number of
j ° frQm gerious tQ and the
-
tors, intent on applause, and having
nothing upon the floor toexcite their en¬
thusiasm, freequently manifested their
appreciation of the music by a round of
hand-clapping. began to fill, and
The delegation space handkerchiefs broke
the usual battle of
out. Thurman red, and muslin, indica¬
tive of the name of Indian's candidate
being hoisted to the masthead by the re¬
spective admirers of the contestants.
The chairman then stated that he was
advised that the committee on resolu¬
tions was ready to report, and he intro¬
duced Henry Watterson, chairman of the
committee. The assemblage testified its
appreciation of Mr. Watterson by a round
of applause. At the suggestion of a del¬
egate from the Old Dominion,three “Star-Eyed hearty
cheers were given for the
Goddess of Reform.” Mr. Watterson
turned to the chairman, and said that he
had the honor to report the resolutions
unanimously agreed upon by the commit¬
tee on platform, which we give entire:
“The Democratic party of the United
States, in National Convention assem¬
bled, renews the pledge of its fidelity to
Democratic faith and reaffirms the plat¬
form adopted by its representatives and indorses the in
the convention of 1884,
views expressed by President Cleveland
in his last annual message to Congress as
a correct interpretation of that reduction; platform
upon the question of tariff
and also indorses the efforts of our
Democratic representatives in Congress
to secure a reduction of excessive taxa¬
tion. Chief amongils principles of party
faith are the maintenance of an indissol¬
uble union of free and indestructablc
states now about to enter upon its second
century of unexampled progress and re¬
nown; devotion to the plan of govern¬
ment regulated by the written constitu¬
tion, strictly specifying reserving every granted the
power and expressly the entire usgranted to
states or people of
residue of power; encouragement a
jealous popular vigilance, directed to all
who have been chosen for brief terms to
enact and execute laws, and are charged
with the duty of preserving establishing peace, justice. en¬
suring equality and
The Democratic party welcomes exacting
scrutiny of administration of executive
power which four years ago was corn
mitted to its trust, in the election of
Grover Cleveland, President of the
United States, and it challenges the most
searching inquiry concerning its fidelity
and devotion to pledges which then in¬
vited the suffrage of the people during
the most critical period of our financial
affairs, resulting from over taxation, an¬
omalous condition of our currency and
public debt unmatured. It has, by the
adoption of a wise and conservative
course, not only averted disaster, but
greatly promoted the prosperity of our
people. It has reversed the improvi¬
dent and unwise policy of the Republi
can party touching the public domain,
and has reclaimed from corporations and
syndicates, alien and domestic, and re¬
stored to the people nearly one hundred
million acres of land to be sacredly held
as homesteads for our citizens.
While carefully guarding interests of
tax payers and conforming strictly to
principles of justice and equity it has
paid out more for pensionsand bounties,
to soldiers and sailors of the republic
than was ever paid before during an
equal period. It has adopted and prudent con¬
sistently pursued a firm and
foreign policy, preserving peace with all
nations while scrupulously maintaining
all the rights and interests of our own
government and people at home and
abroad. Exclusion from our shores of
Chinese labor has been effectually secured
under provision! of a treaty, the opera¬
tion of which has been majority postponed in the by
action of a Republican reform in civil service
Senate. Honest
has been inaugurated and maintained by
President Cleveland, and highest he has brought
the public service to the standard
of efficiency, not only by rule and pre¬
cept, but by the example of his own un¬
tiring and unselfish administration of
public affairs. In every branch and de¬
partment of the Government under
Democratic control, the rights and wel¬
fare of all people have been guarded and
defended, every public interest has been
protected, and the equality of regard all our
citizens before the law without to
race or color lies been steadfastly main¬
tained. Upon its record, thus exhibited,
and upon the pledge of continuance to
the people of these benefits, democracy
invokes the renewal of the popular trust,
by the re-election of the chief magistrate
who has been faithful, able and prudent,
we invoke in addition to that trust by
transfer also to the democracy of the en¬
tire legislative power. The Republican
party controlling the Senate and resisting
in both Houses of Congress the reforma¬
tion of unjust and unequal tsx laws,
which have out-lasted the necessities of
war, and are now undermining an abun
dance of long peace, deny to the people and
equality before the law and fairness
the justice which are their light. Then
the cry of American labor lor a better
share in the rewards of industry is stifled
with false pretence; enterprise is fettered
and bound down to home markets; capi¬
tal is discouraged with doubt, and un¬
equal, unjust laws can neither be
properly amended or repealed.
The Democratic party will continue with
all the power confided to it, to struggle
to reform these laws in accordance with
the pledges of its last platform, indorsed
at the ballot box by the suffrages of the
people, of all industrious freeman of our
land by an immense majority, including
every tiller of the soil, gain no advan¬
tage from excessive tax laws, but the
price of nearly everything they buy is in¬
creased by favoritism of an unequal sys¬
tem of tax legislation. All unnecessary
taxation is unjust taxation. It is repug¬
nant to the cret d of Democracy that by
such taxation the cost of the necessaries
of life should be unjustifiably Jncreased
to all our people. Judging by Democrat¬
ic prinnciples, the interests of the peo¬
ple are betrayed, when, by unnecessary
taxation, trusts and combinations are
permitted to exist, which, while unduly
enriching the few that combine, rob the
body of our citizens by depriving them
of natural competition. Whether con¬
stitutional or not, the accumulation of
extravagant taxations, the Democratic
policy is to enforce frugality in public
expense o, and abolish unnecessary taxa
tion. Our established domestic indus
tries and enterprises should not and
need not be endangered by reduction and
correction of the burdens of taxation.
On the contrary a fair and careful revis¬
ion of our tax laws, with due allowance
for differences between the wages of
American and foreign labor must promote
and encourage every branch of such in
dustries and enterprises by giving them as
surances of extended markets and steady
and continuous operations. Interests of
American labor, which should in no event
be neglected, revision of our tax laws,
contemplated by the Democratic paity,
should promote the advantage of such
labor by cheapening the cost of the nec
tssaries of life in the home of every
workingman, and at the same time secur¬
ing to him steady, remunerative employ¬
ment. Upon the question of tariff reform,
so closely concerning every phase of our
national life, and upon every question
involved in the problem of good govern¬
ment, the Democratic party submits its
principles and professions to the intelli¬
gent suffrages of the American people.”
A lelter was received from Gen. Black
requesting that liis name be withdrawn.
Before the convention was called to or¬
der, a loud wlioop was heard to come
from the upper gallery, anil an enthusi¬
astic Gray man was seen to uufurl and
allow to hang fluttering down, a roll ol
gray muslin several yards in length, and
the adherents of the ludianian rewarded
his efforts with a succession of cries and
hurrahs. Of course, the Thurman men
could not lee the incident go by without
a counter demonstration, and a cry for
Thurman met every shout for Gray. The
New York delegation was the last to en¬
ter, and she pinned Thurman’s colors to
her standard, and the assemblage rose on
foot and. gave her hearty cheers.
The name of Allen G. Thurman, of
Ohio, was presented to the convention
by the delegation from California. Bal¬
loting was commenced, and had pro¬
ceeded some time when Mr. Shanklih, of
Indiana, withdrew the name of their
candidate—Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana—
and with a tremendous burst of enthusi¬
asm the nomination of Thurman for can¬
didate for Vice-President was made
unanimous, After transacting some
unimportant business the convention
adjourned.
AROUND TIIE GLOBE.
ITEMS GLEANED FROM TELE.
PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
INTERESTING DOTS AIIOUT THE NORTH,
EAST AND WEST—-THE EUROPEAN SITU¬
ATION—DOINGS OF KINGS AND QUEENS.
Rev. .Tames Freeman Clarke, a well
inown Unitarian divine, died on Satur
Jay at his residence in Jamaica Plains,
Mass., aged 78.
The destruction caused by Saturday’s
dorm at Ottawa, Canada, is terrible aud
widespread. Enormous damage forth was
lone to crops, shoots just peeping the ground.
being literally blown out of
Young apple orchards in nearly every lo¬
cality in the district were destroyed. Tim
loss canuot fall short of $300,000. Be¬
sides three persons killed, a large number
were seriously injured. A brick school
house iu Osgood township was blown
down and twenty children were buried
in the ruins.
A terrible holaeaust occurred in Low¬
ell, Mass., on Sunday night. Shortly
before midnight a fire broke out in the
two-story tenement block at the corner
of Rock aud Willie streets, and building spread
rapidly, practically gutting the
before the fire department could make
much headway against the angry flames.
The building was occupied by two fami¬
lies, nine persons in all. Six of these
effected their escape. Three were burned
to death. Their names are Eugenia Val
icrand, aged 18 years, Peter Vallerand
age 8 years, Delia Vallerand, 5 years.
A dispatch from Ft. Y'atcs, Dak., says,
several persons were killed in the great
tempest, on Sunday, by lightning and
flying debris. Those so far identified
in- Shell King, the celebrated Indian
chief, and his son. A farmer living field. two
miles south was found dead in his
The building has been completely
wrecked, and it is supposed the man
had been carried to the point where found
by the wind. Matins Dambrowski, a
girl of thirteen, living atthe settlement,
six miles south, has not been seen since
the storm struck that point, and it is be¬
lieved she wrs blown in the river and
drowned. The loss among the Indians
is severe, as hundreds of them had ev¬
erything they had swept away by thy
winds.
HEAVY SUIT.
Upon proceedings brought by the
Southern Development Company, the
owners of the steamship Eureka, which
was sunk by tbe British steamship Beni
son ofl the capes Marshal of Virginia, Deputy made
United States Myers
his return in the United States Court in
Admiralty, that he had attached the
Benifcon, now at Philadelphia, Pa. The
loss on tbe Eureka and cargo, as stated
in the papers in the suit, is upwards of
$200,000, and the security $450,000. required for
the relief of the Banisoa is
NO. 16.
SOUTHERN SPRAYS.
INTERESTING FACTS BRIEFED
EOR BTJSY HUMANITY.
MOVEMENTS IN RELIGIOUS, TEMPERANCE,
MASONIC AND SOCIAL CIRCLES—FIRES,
ACCIDENTS—INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
Alabama.
Since hist Thursday night Patrolman
James II. Ghee, of the Birmingham duty po¬
lice force, has not report'd failure for J
Nothing was thought of his to re
port at roll call, but Sunday morning)
bis dead and partly decomposed body
was found lying in a thick wood on the
side of Red He mountain, had been two shot miles through south the ofj
the city. evidently did the shooting
heart and under his 1
himself, as his pistol was lying discharged J
right hand, with one chamber
Fragments of a letter were found near
the body, and they gave a clew to a love
affair, which is supposed to have caused'
the suicide.
Fiorina.
After looking after the soda fountains,
the health inspectors ol Jacksonville
looked the markets over and discovered
considerable spoiled meat, borne of the
refrigerators were found in a filthy con¬
dition.
The car which was sent from Wash¬
ington. I). C., with 3.000,000 shad eggs
for Florida, has performed portion the duty being of
placing them, the largest aud Peace
placed iu the Hillsborough
Rivers.
The new boat of Wright & Railsbeck,
of Floral City, is being fitted up, her
machinery t «ving arrived from Chicago
some days ago. She will run on Lake
Chalapopka and the With!,'mooches Riv¬
er, either to Pemberton’s Ferry or Pana
soffkoe.
Geoi-Bta.
James Smith, a young plumber of At¬
lanta, was drowned on Sunday, being
seized with cramps while bathing in
Angier’s pond, near Ponce de Leon, a
famous resort. His body was recovered.
A syndicate of Northern capitalists, railways
who already own half the street
of the country, have bought the Metro¬
politan railroad of Atlanta, aud intend
to spend a large amount of money in its
improvement. in
Wm. I’. WilsoD, of Atlanta, dealer
sewing machines, being sold out by the
sheriff, suicided by taking strychnine.
Mr. Wilson leaves a wife and a number
of children. He was a member of tlm
Royal Society of Good Fellows, the
Legion of Honor and Confederate Vqter
i i's Association, who buried him with
qipropriate ceremonies.
IsonfafaiiA. ^
Majmr Shakespeare, of New Orleans,
y'flered fifty copies of the license the inspec
:iou books to be turned over to po
nc with instructions that the force lie
r quiied to report at once the names of
all persons who have failed to pay or
have underpaid tlieir license. Chief
Hennessey sent to the mayor the result
of the first day’s work, showing that 853
persons and firms are doing business
without having paid the license required
by law.
'North Carolina.
Two years ago, in a suburb of Char
lotte, a negro woman named Jane Mor
lison murdered lier husband while he
was aslcen. She tied and made her es¬
cape. After two years no tidings of her
could be gatheied. She was found at
Lancaster, S. O., Sunday, aud was arres¬
ted.
Sooth Cnrnllno.
Columbia has organized a “flying ar¬
tillery” company, under Capt. Barron’s
command.
Virginia. Richmond’s
Franklin Stearns, one of
wealthiest citizens, died Sunday, in the
74th year of his age. He was a native
of Vermont, but had been a resident of
Richmond fifty years. He was in prom¬
inent sympathy with the Union cause
during the late’War, and was imprisoned the
on that account. He was one of
largest property owners in the city.
A FATHER’S FURY.
Word lias just been received of a terri-,
l ie tragedy which occurred in Hazlo
Green township, seventeen miles from
Monticello, in Iowa. An old man
named Kothbacker, who was working whip his in
a stone quarry, undertook to
boy, a lad of twelve, but was prevented,
by a fellow-workman. In the evening
the old man again tried to whip the boy,
when he attempted to run. 1 he father*
gave chase, and having captured his head him, off
knockc 1 him down and cut
with an axe. An attempt will be made
to lynch the father when captured.
TWO COUNTIES REPORT
The committee appointed by the
county commissioners of Central City,
Neb., to examine the books of Treasurer
W. S. Webster have reported a shortage Web¬
of about $35,000 in bis accounts.
ster’s deputy, Otto Foster, was also
ound to be short $10,000... .The com¬
missioners of AHegheney county, Pa., on
Saturday, were notified by County
Comptroller Speer that there was a deficit
of $15,650 in the account of Ex-ShenfJ »
Gray, who retired from office a few
months ago
A 31 an to be Avoided.
Lambrequin -“There is Brown crossing
the street: let us turn down here and get
out of the way.” “What’s the matter, do
Robinson— you
awe him anything?” but he has just got
Lambrequin—“No, week’s fishing excursion.”—
back from a
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