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00NYER8 WEEKLY. «;s.
VOL. XI.
It is said there is i single county of
Iowa that raises more wheat each year
than all the New England States.
An English authority computes that in
•the last three or four years more pigs
have d ied in the United States from
cholera than have been raised in the
British Isles.
A Swiss engineer named Ritter wants
the City of Paris to adopt his plan for
obtaining an “ inexhaustible ” supply of
•water from the Lake of Neufchatel,
Switzerland, 312 miles away, The cost
is given at about $60,000,000.
The new metal turrets with which
Trance has been experimenting have
proved unable to stand the new projec¬
tiles hurled by the modern high cxplo
swes. This, says the London Times,
condemns all ironclad ships without
giving them a chance of showing what
they could do.
The National Cemetery at Fredereks
burg, Va., is the third in size, there being
over 15,000 soldiers buried there, drawn
from the neighboring battlefields of
Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania and the
AYilderness. The cemetery itself lies on
the battlefield of Fredericksburg and in
the midst of most solemn associations,
yet only two Decoration Day services
have ever been held there. These were
in 1886 and 1884.
Some idea of the extent of the use of
natural gas in Pittsburg, Penn., and
vicinity, and the profits of the business
maybe had from the report of one of the
companies just presented. It states that
on February 29 the last of tlie treasury
stock had been sold, so that the entire
capital stock of $7,500,000 is now sub¬
ject to dividends. Rents, operating ex¬
penses, interest and taxes for the year
amounted to 46.65 per cent, of the earn¬
ings, or $1,709,792.74. Monthly divi¬
dends of one per cent., amounting tc
$842,626.50 have been paid. The num¬
ber of house connections made from the
lines of the company during the year
18S7 was 4712. A year ago the com¬
pany contracted to operate the lines of
two other companies. The united busi¬
ness of these three companies amounted
on March 1 to the supplying of 673
manufacturers and 11,955 dwelling
houses, and, through other distributing
companies, the supplying of 113 facto¬
ries and 10,961 dwellings, or a total of
23,707 contracts.
<l The spiritualists of France, ” -says the
New York Commercial Advertiser, “have
lately been celebrating the anniversary
•of the death of their great apostle, Allan
Kardec, who was removed an almost in¬
appreciable distance from this world in
1869. It will probably surprise mo3t
people to learn that about a hundred
spiritualist journals are now published,
of which M. Birmann, who spoke at the
Kardec celebration, gave some account,
and that, according to his estimate,
there are about two million spiritualists
in the world. What seems unaccount¬
able is that more of their journals are
published in Spanish than in any other
language. One is printed in Hindostanee,
fourteen in France, one is issued at
beneva, four in Belgium and one in
Buenos Ayres. The Sphinr, the great
German spiritualist organ, is published
at Leipsic, and is said to be ‘purely
scientific,’ being problematically so and
according Lted to the science of the late ill
Dr. Zollner, who, if we remember
tightly, was a Professor at the University
fl ‘ Beipsic, went mad over spiritualism,
died in a lunatic asylum.”
The New York Sun’s resident corre
‘■pendent at Stuttgart, Germany, sends
n- extraordinary account of precocious
' cpravity. A hoy of eight, living in
me little village of Oberndorf, became
the possessor of a new pair of boots
*hieh excited the envy of a comrade of
twelve This premature highwayman
“ e the little proprietor of the boots into
a everted quarry, crushed in his skull
Wl *h stones, took off the coveted boots,
put them on, walked home, and supped
with. a good appetite. The body was
cund, and the boots, of course, revealed
e murderer. The boy’s monstrous de
fattf^ a PP ears Bub-Bed t° be hereditary, iu prison as his
io b a term
ror To set off this tale of
^ Ut ^ tvickedness, here is of
one even
j° Jsnk^' re P rec ^' ocious D ^ !> heroism. An inquest at
anf on the body of Frank
lnS ' a e< ^ s * x months, moved the
’urv °
jY. a vote of admiration for Johnny
a ’ ns a ff e< t four hav
i n ee ’ years. Frank,
° to P la J with a lighted
lam
on fire. Johnny, whe
c Barge, took the baby out of Ms
shon^ lng an< B>r ^ drag assistance. S ed Bim down neighbor stairs,
nho - A
kteto came and put the flames out was too
seethe child.
CONYERS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1888.
THE WORLD OVER.
condensation OF FACTS BY
’PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
SOMETHING ABOUT CONVENTIONS, RAIL¬
ROADS, WORKING PEOPLE, CAPITALISTS,
EUROPEAN CROWNED HEADS, ETC.
Gen. Diaz has been reelected president
of Mexico.
Italy is to give the elective franchise
to women.
Sir John Henry Brand, president of
the Orange free state, is dead.
Immense saw mills at Louisville, near
Quebec, were burned on Saturday. Loss
$ 100 , 000 .
Gen. Ben Harrison, the Republican
candidate for President, has been quite
ill at his home in Indianapolis, Ind.
The centennial celebration of the in¬
auguration of civil government under
St. Clair was celebrated at Marietta,
Ohio.
Littlefield's boot and shoe factory at
Avon, Mass., burned on Saturday, caus¬
ing a loss of about $100,000; partly in¬
sured.
At Marybovo, Ireland, on Saturday, the
Kerry moonlighters were sentenced to
penal servitude for terms ranging from
seven to ten years.
The DeBers mine in Kimberly, near
dent, Capetown, the scene of the recent acci¬
has been explored, and the fatalities
foot up 24 whites and 200 natives.
The Emperor William departed on
Saturday on his journey to St. Petersburg.
The royal yacht Alexandra, bearing the
emperor and his suite-, sailed from Pots¬
dam for Spaudan,
The hhat has been unparalleled in Ath¬
ens, Greece. The temperature stood at
104 degrees in the shade. Many deaths
occurred. The currant crop has been
damaged 25 percent.
Advices Horn Rome state that the re¬
cent meeting of Irish bishops, which
seemed to reopen the questions closed by
the Papal rescript, surprised and dis¬
pleased the Vatican.
The Bethlehem, Pa., Iron Company will
start up their rail mills under the hew
scale, which reduces wages from five to
twenty per cent, ahd guarantees contin¬
uous work Until January.
A dispatch from Rome to the Cltron 'it-lt
says Cardinal Moran is about to go to
Ireland by order of the Pope to urge
upon the Irish bishops more complete
submission to the Vatican.
A motion was proposed in the French
Chamber of Deputies, to confiscate prop¬
erty in France and belonging to Orleanist
princes Us'e the proceeds for the
erection of an asylum for the aged.
Gen. Boulanger, who was wounded in
the neck a few days ago in a duel with
Premier Floquet, cf the Flench govern¬
ment, is ill a Jire'carious condition and
may die at any moment.
Fire destroyed the lumber mills owned
by H. R. Morse, communicated at Alpena, Mich., on
Thursday, aud to over 200
other buildings, million Causing a loss of nearly
half a of dollars and rendering
1,300 persons homeless.
Gambetta’s statue, in the Place du
Carrousel, was unveiled Oh Friday. M.
Floquet) prime minister, who fought a
duel with Boulanger in the morning,
delivered the oration. Leroyer, De
Freycinet, Meline and Spuller also spoke.
David M. Pascoe, in a compositor Philadelphia, on Pa., one
of the daily papers charge of having
was arrested on a ap¬
propriated $1,220 from the international
Typographical Union of North America,
of which organization he w r as formerly
treasurer.
A fire occurred on Saturday afternoon
in the storehouse of the Hamilton Cotton
Mills at Lowell, Mass. There were 1,200
bales of raw cotton and 800 bales of man¬
ufactured cotton in the storehouse ready
for the print works. All of it was more
or less damaged. The law cotton was
valued at $60,000.
The Chicago, IH newspapers are e„
gaged m a war of rates. Afortmg ta
the Times , Which has been selling at
2s "•?£ /ss?xsrj?.ts
has all along been a two cent paper, cut
down the price to one cent.
Five thousand persons assembled at
Hyde Park, London, on Sunday to take
action with reference to the imprison- John
meat of Dillon and the death of
Mandeville. The resolutions adopted
protested against the course of the gov
eminent in the case of Dillon and de
daring the death of Mandeville due to
ill treatment he received while in prison.
Charles H. AVright, for eleven years
assistant superintendent in the mailing
department of the Detroit, Mich., post
office rharff’e was arrested on AA r ednesday on the
of purloining money from the
mails Inspector Smith, who made the
arrest claims that AVright has stolen
letters ever since he has been connected
with the postoffice-about thirteen years,
The Chateaugay , River T) . country, , v- N. v
-,
was visited recently by a terrific cjclone.
For miles the northern Chateaugay
sxzszzxtss =2
Laffin <fc Rands large powder T\orks, |
near Cressona, Pa., blew up on Saturday,
killing George Gilman, Charles Reed and
Henry Birnich. who were the only per
sons about the place. The bodies were
JSSS.
by the fire which followed the explosion,
the force of which was felt ten miles
away.
The waters that have been sweepiug
the valley of the Monongahela and the
waters of its tributaries for the last 60
hours, are again falling into their natural
channels. From Pittsburg to the moun¬
tain fastnesses of Randolph county, West
Virginia, towns have been ravaged,
manufactories inundated, boats sunk,
houses and growing crops have been de¬
vastated. The losses entailed by the
flood will not fall short of $3,000,000, a
large, proportion of which falls upon the
people of the counties of Monongahela,
Marion, Taylor, Harrison, Lewis, Bar
hour, Upshur and Randolph, in West
Virginia. In Pennsylvania, the Washing- losses are
in the counties of Allegheny,
ton, Westmoreland, Fayette and Greene,
the heaviest being in Allegheny, Wash¬
ington and Fayette.
Louis Strohl, a young man about
twenty-three years old, was arrested at
Topeka, Kansas, on the charge of selling
and offering for sale for $1,200,a contri¬
vance alleged to be for counterfeiting
gold coin, but which, in reality, only
brightens a genuine coin, although giv¬
ing the impression that it was spurious. small
In shape the machine resembles a
clock, being round, with a handle about
six inches long. The face is four and
onc-foUrth inches in diameter, and the
instrument is about two and three-fourt lis
inches thick* opening exactly at the
middle, The owner pretended that it
was a counterfeiting machine, and was
trying to sell it as such wheu he was ar
rested. On opening the case two
nickle-platcil cases, in each of which one
side of the stamp necessary to make a
$5 gold piece of 1887 is cut.
SEVERE ACCIDENT.
Express train NO. 52 left Orange Court
House, Va., south-bound, on time at 1:50
on Thursday morning with Conductor C.
__ and Fire¬
P. Taylor, Engineer Watkins
man Felly. About two miles south of
Orange is a trestle known as Fat Nancy’s
trestle, on the Virginia Midland Rail¬
road, and is one of the highest on the
road, being fifty-nine feet above the
creek. Train 52 was on time, ufldei
0. P. Taylor, and moving at engine a slow rate had
having been flagged. The
crossed when the smoking-car went
through the trestle, followed by the mail,
express, passenger coach aftd sleeper,
which dragged the engine into the instant¬ gen¬
eral wreck. The light went followed. out Cries
ly, and total darkness
for help and screams of young children
added horror to the terrible scene and
people living in the neghbofbood hurried
to offer assistance. The engine went
down, the pilot end foremost, thus com¬
municating no fire to the wreck. All the
lights were extinguished in the fall. As
soon as the accident occurred, the engi¬
neer, whb was but slightly injured, and
walked hack to Orange Cox,
telegraphed for asssistance. C.
of Alexandria, of the engineer- Air
in o- department of the Piedmont
Line, was instantly killed; & 8. Whit¬
tington, of Greensboro, N. G., postal
clerk, lived ten minutes; H. C. Bright
well of Prospect, Prince Edward county,
Va.,’postal clerk, W. lited B. Parrott, until he of reached Albert
the hospital; postal clerk, badly in¬
marie county, Walthall,
jured ; J. Q. West and J. L.
of Washington, D. C., postal clerks,
badly injured; Louis Jenkins_, of Lynch¬
burg, postal clerk, slightly injured injured; ; Pot
terfield, express agent, seriously
Z. Jennisgs, of Lynchburg, a passenger, Taylor, of
internal injuries; CapQ C. P.
Alexandria, who was in the car next to
the smoker when the accident occurred,
was hurt about the head and one leg
was injured. The total number of in¬
jured are estimated at about twenty-five.
It was one of the passenger coaches in
the middle of the train that ran off the
the track, causing the accident. It broke
down the trestle, dragging back the mail
and baggage car and engine, which had
passed beyond the point where the trestle
broke, and pulling them down to ruin it.
The train is always well loaded because
of the through connection it makes be¬
tween Boston and New' Orleans, Augusta carriesl
On On an an average average it it carries
between between 150 150 and and 200 200 passengers. passengers.^ Oncol One of
the t b e sleepers sleepers was tssristrs destined ’ ' by T, AA’hite Sul
dropped at Charlotte- .
phur Springs to be
ville. r “" ’ -----
HE DIEDONCE.
latest about Gen. Sheridan is that
he “ actua lly died once but was brought skill to
a g ain by the matchless human
o{ h £ £f physicians. It was on the A after- hem
Q00n Thursday, June 7
orrhage of the stomach had been fol
, (!( f b v a hemorrhage of the bowels, The
Therc wag n0 pu be, no respiration.
firm j aw bad dropped, glazed and the the eyes hands were
widc operl a nd
were cold as ice. Father Chapelle turned
from the bedside and said: “All is over,
and then passed sadly from the room,
Mrs. Sheridan sobbed in prayer for the
dead hero’s final rest. Suddenly, Dr.
O’Reilly discovered that the heart began
to beat after fine minutes’inaction; the
proper aids were applied and the general slowly
soon grew better. The general is at
recovering at his sea side cottage,
j^ 0Df(U it, Mass.
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W iMv/FfiTIGATE •
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into America says: The Italian
‘ its guard to that
~ eat w jn be on see
a natter tbe the American A “" lc “ nor anv other
i U asures contrary to
SL al law in a-rw opposition to the
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SOUTHLAND ITEMS.
PARAGRAPHS, SAD. PLEASANT
AND TERRIBLE.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS—THE EXCURSION
FEVER—RAILROAD ACCIDENTS-8UICIDES
DEFALCATIONS—COTTON REPORTS, ETC.
Alabama.
The 2nd United States artillery, in
charge been of the Gulf coast defenses, have
ordered to Mont Sano, near Hunts¬
ville, where they are now encamped.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
let the contract for nineteen miles more
of the Huntsville branch to John W.
Worthingham & Co. of Birmingham.
The contract specifies that the work must
be completed and the road ready for trains
within ninety days.
A train on the Georgia Pacific Railroad
went through a trestle near Coalburg.
Engineer Jas. McDougal and Engineer
Kitchen, both of Atlanta, colored Ga., were se¬
verely injured. Three men—
one fireman and two brakemen—were
badly hurt. The engine and three cars
were totally wrecked.
An attempt was made on Sunday af¬
ternoon by unknown parties, train to wreck tlie
the west hound passenger on
Georgia Pacific Railroad, near Lincoln.
Just around a curve a heavy steel rail was
placed on the track, in a position to
strike the engine head first. Fortunately
the train was running slowly when it
rounded the curve, and a broken pilot
was the only damage done to the engine.
Arkansas.
Six persons—three men and throe wo¬
men—were drowned while crossing the
Arkansas river near Fort Smith, on Sun¬
day. Their names were John Logan,
Jess Morris, Tom Davis, Sallie Jackson,
Mary Pettis and Carrie Davis. The party
had been attending a dance, the night
before, and were on their way home
when, in the middle of the stream, the
boat upset.
Florida.
L. W. Vanhaulover has teen appointed
postmaster at Brevard.
W. G. Jones a most estimable young
man was drowned near St. Augustine.
Several Cuban tobacco planters arc mak¬
ing arrangements to plant near Lake
City.
A pension has been granted to Clan
H., widow of John H. Scott, of Zell
wood.
The American Press Brotherhood, of
Jacksonville, will make an excursion to
the Cincinnati, Ohio, Exposition August
ist.
The Executive Committee of the Flor¬
ida Horticultural Society have selected
Sanford as the place of the meeting ol
the American Pomological Society next
February.
The artesian well sunk at Sarasota, is a
grand success. It has a depth of 400
feet, a six-inch bore, runs 150 gallons per
minute, and rises 23 feet above tide.
The water is very pleasant to diink, with
a scarcely perceptible trace of sulphur.
Rev. R. S. P. Allen, while swimming
in Saddle creek, at Kissimmee, was
drowned. The body was embalmed and
carried to Orlando for burial. He was
one of the first settlers of this place. He
opened the Kissimmee river for naviga
tion and ran the first steamboat.
Geornia.
Buvglars in Atlanta chloroform people
and rob houses at their leisure. Several
robberies in that style have taken place
recently.
Second Mate Brama, of the Belgian
bark Brabant, loading naval stores was
struck by a swinging barrel of rosin at
Savannah and instantly killed.
Mrs. Ann Walsh, a respectable and el
derly lady, living in the southern por
tion of Augusta, fell in the canal on
Thursday, and was drowned before dis
covered. She leaves three children, ail
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A colored boy named Birdie Brown,
was arrested on Sunday, in Columbus,
charged with forging Superintendent
to —. . unsigned
The location of the new brewery foun
dations at Augusta, was settled on Sat
urday, and the work of construction will
begin at once The owners have a rail
road track already to them lot for the
hauling of supplies and the transporta
t.on of tee brewery product The beer
will be ready to flow by the time the
Exposition gates are opened.
Col. B. AY. Frobel died at Montieello
a f te r an illness of four weeks. He was
58 years old and was born near Alexan
dria, Va. He was a naval officer until
the AVar and resigned to enter the Con
federate States navy but was transferred
to the army, serving as an engineer ofti
ce r. At the time of his death Col. Fro
belwas c‘ ief engineer vice-president
and general manager of the Macon A
Covington Railroad.
Kentucky.
The large training stable of AVilham
Rue, at Danville, was burned on Thors
ssssr s? i te«,.£
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T,„,, ry Saturday, , -
low exploded on injuring n
teen men, four of them fatally. ^as is
generated failroad from naptha for lighting bou- at
shops and for use in Mann
doir cars. r l he escape of a small quanta-
Missouri.
That portion of Missouri known as the
home of the bald knobbers, Christian,
Taney. Barry and Ozark counties, is
striving to surpass former records. Du¬
ring the last two or three months it is es¬
timated that at least 2,000 head of cattle
have been stolen in Taney and Christian
counties by the bald knobbers, uplanders,
as they call themselves.
By the spreading of the rails on a lifty
foot trestle ten miles west of Cameron, on
Thursday, the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific construction train with seventeen
men on board was precipitated to the
ground, a distance of thirty feet, The
fireman, Richard Jones, was killed out¬
right. Engineer Wilcox was scalded
and died a few hours later. Brakeman
Cummings’ feet were crushed, and he
also received internal injuries from which
he will die.
The boycott against switchmen Burlington of Kan¬ cars
was put into effect by
sas City. Wabash and Chicago and Al¬
ton officials notified the Burlington com¬
pany that they would continue to receive
cars as usual. Shortly before noon on
Wednesday about twenty-five strikers
made an assault upon C. A. Scanlon, a
new switchman, and heat him in a terri¬
ble manner. George Shcelinn, a striker,
then had Scanlon arrested for flourishing
a revolver, and said the assault was mads
in self-defense.
Tjoulslnnn.
J. B. Carpenter, a notary filed public, against has.
gone to Mexico. Suits were
him for sums aggregating $20,000. It, is
thought that there are enough creditors
to swell the amount to $50,000. It is
understood that in most cases the money
was placed in his hands for investment.
North Cnrollnn.
Two freight trains collided on the Wes¬
tern North Carolina Railroad, near Ashe¬
ville, wrecking both engines and smash¬
ing up a number of cars. A negro
brakeman was killed, and five persons
wounded, though not seriously.
Smith fnrolinn.
Mose Hampton was stabbed to the
heart by Gus Gray and killed instantly,
near Hamburg. Their children had been
quarrelling and Gray tried to stop them.
Hampton interfered, knocked Gray
down, got on him, and was stabbed
while on Gray.
The delegates from the various sub¬
alliances of the Farmers’ Alliance met in
secret session at Florence for the purpose
of perfecting an organization of large, a State
Alliance. The attendance was so
large that Barringer’s Hall was filled to
suffocation. The enthusiasm of the del¬
egates was unbounded. A temporary
organization was effected. The Farmers’
Alliance is, comparatively speaking, since a
new comer in South Carolina, but
its arrival it has spread and increased
with a rapidity unparalleled in the his¬
tory of any organization of like character
in the State.
TeiineNsee. ,
During the administration of Gov,
Taylor, 217 pardons have been granted, in
Many of these, however, were never but
the state prison, or any other sentenced prison, to
were pardoned after being
fine or imprisonment before this sentence
was executed.
Deputy Marshal Spurrier, of Nash
ville, has arrested an old man of more
than Pennington. sixty years, He known is of immense as “Humpy” build,
but has an unsightly physical deformity
that has given him the name of
“Humpy.” He has been running an il
licit distillery ever since the AVar, but has
never been arrested before. The rifle
that the old man carried was one that
was carried by his son, who was killed in
a feud about a year ago.
Virginia.
In February last, Rawlins'* Rose rnadt
a sale of the old Libby prison, at Rich
mond, to AYilliam II. Gray of Chicago,
III. The price to be paid was $23,300.
On Februrary 27th Mr. Gray made a
cash payment of $5,825 I ho other pay
meuts were to be made in s.x, nine and
tweve months, or sooner, at the option ol
the purchaser. Gray afterwards disposed
of the property to a Chicago syndicate
more'payments
wi p be made, and that the Chicago syn
^ -will sell the property at auction.
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,GREE TING M EETiNG.
Quite a large attendance is looked for
to attend the Southern Becretenal Insti
t ute at Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga,
August 13-26. The object is for the de
ve |pp me nt of workers m the Young Men’s
Christian Association, combined with
pure air, healthful exercise and refresh
; ng res t.
SUMMER SNOWS.
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The weather throughout England is
abnormally cold. Snow has fallen in the
9uburbs of London, and the peaks of
gkidda w and other mountains are cov
Ere d with snow. It is the first time snow
j known to have fallen in that country
s
; n July . -—
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T hE EUROPEAN WAY.
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German policemen broke into the house
Q Natalie, of Servia, seized her
and shipped the young prince back
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e % DracticaUv
over, an , j, general resumption of the
^ a ;’““ ® X^an^ctu^ expected Therc
are ^ ll f f ‘ y ^ h
t have not yet granted
NO. 21.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WHAT THE SWELTERING PUB¬
LIC OFFICIALS ARE DOING.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS—IMPORTANT
ACTS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND—AP¬
POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS, ETC.
CONGRESSIONAL.
On Thursday the Senate had a very
exciting session in discussing sonje pen¬ In
sion vetoes by President Cleveland.
the course of debate Mr. Blair, of New
Hampshire, and Mr. Butler, of South
Carolina, got into an exciting wrangle....
In tlie House, Mr. Ford, of Michigan,
from the committee on military affairs,
reported back a resolution for the ap¬
pointment of a special committee to
investigate the alleged evasions of the
contract labor law. The balance of the
day was spent in the discussion of the
tariff bill.
GOSSIP.
Dr. R. J. Arnold lias been appointed
postmaster at Hamlin, Ga.
Mr. Hutchins, of Covington, Ga., has
been granted a discharge from the army.
Senator Pasco, on Thursday, introduc¬
ed a bill to pay Salvador Costa, Duval
county, Florida, $850 for the sloop Mary
Lawrence, destroyed dtiriug the War.
The supervising architect of the Treas¬
ury Department has postponed the selec¬
tion of a site for the public building at
Tallahassee,' Fla,, until after Congress
adjourns.
Judge Slewart’s bill to pay S. J. Mor¬
row. el Georgia, hut formerly of Dakota,
$3,498 for buildings, etc., of his at Port
Custer, Montana, appropriated by the
War Department in 1878, was reported
favorably from the committee on claims,
Saturday.
Minister Phelps, of England, will Patrick be
transferred to Russia, and Gen.
Collius; of Massachusetts, will be ap¬
pointed to succeed Phelps. The reason
assigned for such a change is that the
Irish-Americans arc bitterly opposed to
Phelps.
The vacancy in the Russian mission by
the resignation of Mr. Latbrop, has been
considerably discussed, and Southern!
members arc in favor of having signify Gen.
Lawton promoted, and should he
a desire to have it, they will make every
effort in his favor.
The President has commuted to eight AY.
months’ imprisonment the sentence of
P. McKey, convicted in the Western dis¬
trict of North Carolina of robbing 1888,{ the
post-office and sentenced in May,
to two years’ imprisonment at hard labor
in tlie penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio.
Judge John V. AVright, of Tennessee,
Rev. AY. N. Cleveland, brother of the
President, and Capt. It. II. Pratt, super¬
intendent of the Carlislo Indian school,
will constitute a commission to negotiate
w ith the Sioux Indians for a division of
their reservation in Dakota and the snr
render of a part to the United States,
(j 0 l. AY. P. Craighill, engineer in charge
3 f the river and harbor work in Maryland,
yi r gj n ia, West Virginia and North Car
olina. submits estimates for next year, as
follows: James river, $400,000; harbor
a t Norfolk, Va., $100,000; approaches
to Norfolk harbor, $100,000; Currituck
Sound, etc., $20,000; New river, Vir
ginia, $20i000.
rjq ie jj ouse committee on manufactures
at the meo ting on Thursday decided to
con tinue its investigation into subject of
( ,. usts j t , w ill shortly report the evi
_
d cnce go f ar taken in the sugar and
8tanda rd 0 ;i trusts, and will then, in all
probability, within the next ten days or
two weeks, begin an investigation into
the whiskey trust,
Senator Dolph, from the committee on
foreign relations, on Wednesday report
ed favorably the bill to prohibit the com
ing of Chinese laborers into the United
states, reported in the House by Mr.
Kelmont, chairman of thei committee on
foreign relations, as a substitute for all
bills before the committee relating to
Chinese immigration.
ofYh^InS? 0 CommissToner Stocks^ Chatta
" , directed the Alabama &
'
smw R v show cause within
j» o( Jj,
“^AlllSSa. 01 ^
vv / A,
. ™ oh D f the Civil Ser
, ^“ ; OD ’j h« ,}i s preoared a special
r sho difference in the
made by y men and women who
^7®J a bcfore the commission
nation prior to entry into public the
surprise of man v,
have carried off the honors heads by an
increased percentage. Many of the
of departments arc opposed to the em
* of ] dies, and they had hoped
!- lo nt a been just
liat tbe showing would have
the reverge . the of
R L . Hoxie, of corps
_ following esti-
8U bmits the
mate8 for work on the river and harbor
improvements in Florida, Georgia and
Alabama during the next fiscal year:
Apalachicola River. Fla $10,000; Apa
lachicola Bay, $60,000; L-iGrange Bayou,
pf '’ $2o’oOO: $7 000- Choctawhatchee and Convene River.
i.q u Escambia River, Ga.,
Fla $20,000; Oconee
$60,000; Tallapoosa isxtef Kiver. .A a., £ ,-i?
000 ; Cahaba River, Ala., $20,000; Ala¬
i River, 140,000.
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