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NEWS OF THE STATE,
Gathered from the Mails, the
Press and the Wire.
•'QUEER” DOLLARS IN HABERSHAM
Conye rs is on such a boom that house room
Is nut to be had.
Stewart county on prohibition on the
filth, iiu-l H;uh ■ k c not vol - < n the . ih.
About £30,000 was Mrade by dealing in fu
tuii ‘ in Mn:< 1 .’• > >ii- -n the Inal’iew days.
Alfred Herrington is now sole editor and
pro. netor of the ".Swainsboro Pine Forest.”
The population of Elberton has about dou
ble 1 in u.u la i V n year.-, and it is still gradually
increasing.
Tbo three warehouses in Hawkinsville had
received, up t> Put l lay night lust, 14,207 bales of
this year • cotton crop.
Mr. lAVilcy Smith, of Washington county,
will make about 17b gallons of syrup from a hull
•acre of land.
S. W. Bloodworth, of Griffin, has a grape
vine which has grown three crops ol grape* thia
year, 1 h vine wn- plant'd in 18' 2.
The Wilkes gold mine in the northern part
©i Meriwether county wim feopened this week, and
mining the precious ni-tal wilin’ w go on in earnest.
The South Georgia conference will convene
In t-audcrsville on \\< Im lay, the 11th of Decern*
ber. Bishop 11. N. McTyiere wdl preside.
The cotton crop of Wilkes county brings in
Ho .rly ft million dot In r. J . 'this gives an arum mos
►b« ui sixty dolbus to every man, woman and child,
White and black, in the country.
Master Oscar Dabney, of Conyers, a young
innn n t'out 11 yen tn old, killed a chicken ha.vk ln.-t
Non H hi thr upper pu tof town that men urtd 1
feci and 2 fn< lr ir ni tip to tip of Its wing-.
Mr. C. W. Brack, who farms near Condor,
ha. ftpi udy j’inm d nine baler: of < niton, avurng ng
m< r 1 than U p .m; !». pci little, and ha< half n bale
yut un; ick' d, .<ll being m .<lc on ten acres of land,
Usher .0'; nI- fi_ '<uiio to the acic.
While W. G. FoireM, D. I*. Murray and
l.i.n ’li;rr, . ■ r-v •<; king’he romi Ini he 17th
di :i nt,n- nr Bott l rd, their does jump-d a wild
cat, :.n !uf i a th.." ol halt an horn tn I it, when
h v,n- • ’.< I. It v.eighi I t en y live p< nub.
At Albany, Buford Waltera fdinibmi up to
lie- (’;■’■• M 11 ' R > <1 .. bl’ -I ”1
capture Ift l> ! / .->ir<i a mi dr indy rat unnin«.' nfa
raven pinhiii • I i <■ i; ■;it i» li. A. Hall s ware
hoi. a-. I ; • • i i li. I ■ I, li U il aiound its
11 < k an<l iil I e.
"Mr. V. amii Nash, land agent for Mr W.
7. M \ t.iur, ot bo-ha < .n t , vJ iL- during
th:oii|. h the country ni ar '' >bbv die, war> lift d upon
twh >■ i-j : inn in - n and n aU" . n prot\ 1 a
tuna U-y, he • a, cl unhurt, thong-) hir horse io
<•< ive ! lie conn ins ol one Iwr I ui the gun. There
Is no clue io who did t’« shoot.ng.
Doctor William I’ardl dlnd at his home in
AVldlH. il<• e nty icvvotly. About thirty yearn ago
fee Whm a . mid l> • i ran nt the lunatic asylum.
Alter I. .iii_ the > ima he local* din Rome, where
be pramired his • r<i» n for many years. S«»me
p-i;r.< n, ole i. 1 du .<m practice of medicine
and i o’, e i to Im farm in Whitfield.
Captain Grant D. Il< a<d.of (’ovington, has
the rentali<»i the obi Untile flag ot the > :d Georgia
re.lia' itl ia Ids p-<« hi. It is "all tattmed and
tom," and Imn lw« nt\ two l-ullci holes in it; but it
atlll has the words ■■ >::d Ga. Regiment” plainly
printed upon it, and is n relic of tho war which is
w< il worth po ierviu . . < aptain Heard commanded
th.- "color <• unpftny, and was the senior captain in
the regiment.
Mr. D. B. Wells has some turnips, two of
them very large, both <»f which weighed nin and
©no ha f pounds One wi n of the <dobu vnr'oty
and weighed four and one half )x»iinds, and the
Other u .'t. the I lai Dutch variety ami measured
twenty i"iir Inches in clrcuniforence. They weiu
©d tine turnips ns we have ever Men in this county
Mr. I‘ope Jones is one of Coweta’s best and
Bloat enterprising tannera. Hu rai.v everything
that our s-11 am! climate will produce, and It is n
de. tdedly o|f year when I c inftkv 14 ft failure of any
crop. He has been e\| crimunting recently with
Bitgur cane, and the result this year has been most
gratifying in every r< On one Hero of ground
be Ima made three hundred and twenty gallons of '
fine syrup, bo-ddes heed for another yea’ s planting.
Th© DeKalb Chronicle claims John G.
Miller, ot >n.nv Mountain, uh tlie to.-a fannur of !'•
Kalb, and the claim K'«mn to be biuted on solid
factß. H. h t«just received a premium from Phila
delphia of M) tor the hugest water melon grown in
the I nltcd Suites. But he <locn not rely on water
in lons alone. Hu has made th|» year corn enough
to do hitn for two years and twenty une bales of
Cotton with two hors -H.
In Enterprise, a colored woman filled ft »yrup
boiler with w it* rto scald a hog. When the water
reached wry iw uly ti.e b i li :: jeint, she b f: her
two uiall euildrm in the yard and aunt to a hoi
n-nr by. tmu of the eldhtrcn a till of s or 10
veins of ngv 'limbed <».i He b ick wuk ol
tboimna c and sat down with iivi buck to th? be-1
er. By wne nieaiis .‘■he lost her balance and fell
bnekwat t into tho boiling water. She sirup:: e t
and i.uallv }ot out. Her heartrending cti s aitrii --
ted a I tun '..on, and he was found in a most pdil
c.-n.litiou. H r suite lugs wore intense, but nt
liixht death put an end to her pain.
Dr. C. 11. Gibbs, of Clarkesville, had ono
day hist Weik, a counterfeit silver dollar, wiiiu.h
wiiMftlmusl |u: tort in tts appearance, the onlj Haw
being *i slight defect in tho milling. It was ir.tt.le
Ilf uuwteror s »mv other base mehil, neatly g Ivan
zeu so as t • | t-rfe lly trs mbie illver, but hveke I
three tenths of coming upto a proper weight, it
Was dale 1 ISH.3, Dr. Girl s «a\s he has no idea win n
©r whore he got it, ftnd <iid li t know it wiv» (onn
torfiil until he went to oxpiu-s »>me money, when
the detected and caled his attention to it.
General Longatreet appeal's to be in better
Jiealih than nt any time for the past on veil-,
itarring tin p.uin ptralyslS of his slmuldvr. cans, d
I»y th * seri<.i t * wound he icvuivvd in Hie war, 1 e is
ft- hearty and vigorous as many mtn manv
wears ymtuipr lb >i I tributes this improvement of
©in health to the virtues <»; a mineral -prin : he has
dtsuuteradu ar h- red.lunce He sa > thnt for
ftomeycer-i neda v I not take ft klommol siiuriv, a> ii
Invariably ilo.v to his to» .., and lie was thu a cm I
ul'h gout, .-in* uLu cemmencol using tins Wat r
th-- yinptoi havu dl-ap! -o I, and tie cun now
tiMwinu an I eat heartily without exieriuneihg
any bad ei‘uc s.
Milt Jarvis foil from the top of a w. 11 sixty
five feci dt'Cp, >n I •: i e d;o eVvu'iui, in <dhnVr
Soimty. and was instantly killed ||.< and Sum
Md&m had just draw n out the water from a well of
loti. J. P. Cobb, and hu i prepared uiervthing for
Jarvis t > d '.in and m out ti e mn'danddlth
l»<\retv I n > t . i-H. il. .lasiM'i <iiiuit, a
hand wo km. ( thul.-vu f Mr. Cobb, nt
fi‘ r t • ■ t b“:i mI v. Ing Jarvis. Tl ejhshd
the r. ; e ■ >’f d and swinging on It pr« vii usl - .
nnd.n--iu.il ( nd:-.; Mr Col.>b‘s n-pnTl ■. r i
Inys to 1 i enn-fu; it .he rope, and if h wa- n>l
•u eluiiiiy i - >• (o town a Her a new one,
J.ll Vis !' • I ’ . --Il ug < .o w. h ’.<• Lu
li c nv. 1 . i:i. ;n;o th, bin : a d’> ■
Jx-t and h I li! ? ■ ' (b..- . < r ., nt i y PU
l\ut -i p. o- • li•s ov -. 10, < | the maU. A t < I
the wl. I as had ui w u.i about ten teut. Jan - »
ftt d *»o l by< to Mi. c .-'. s little twelve \eat old
gon. Withe, who answered lac* g»a»d bve, wl. n no
►'oner said tbnn the n-p-■ t-roke and dumj e<i the
body of Jaivis down the narrow
defde oi tho wII t » 's ro< k trnttom. ih.
Well is u y r. in-w cn I -as b’a !■'l n b ’it
80 i«t n• m 11.«• 1 -t. ■i w < h left tin >. i s <»t the
well studded with tho shiup points of rock alt
►round. Hi- cm; on n, Indent to him trom
ftUive. l>ut no nsp . . amc fi ■•the horril>leduatti
pt b 'tow. save <. .-dim- no se of the
*n- u n !"• iL? '• ot d.'iith. A messenger was dis
iw’.uhtsl to town to carry tin -news and to phnnin a
»0.-. n I roj e l>» draw up the l»o iy. The news sprt ad
rapidlx. a d k> in quite- a n anbvi eanio fto «. xuni’.r.e
the situation. Mr. W y Hany wu- the lirb*. num
grill' enough W» eoiib ill to' go down the wi .l
►ilenity Air] *-L.»w h hu w«x low ciud, ami witm. -, >i ■
•done i e rigbtlUl one', al met Ids t .a e i i i
weird' nfinv the da k■ed pt. I.; • ■ j 1
the mil ss'amirn am’ c ;• abom ,
©f water on l e 1 v. e; s J. . w idle the HMlgh s c ’
©film bo’.loiQ was ih-veru'l over m mud. Jarvis w >
•tim i ng on 1 biwadinthu water, dead, and tils
Um’ s ciouehed and urmhed about him. The tin e
was tied are nd Lis hdv ar.d drawn out of tm
wr« I n m Wo th •.O }*e ’’..-ken. n 1 two ■
very i G -i-. < * cut on I p bva<l, one over hh right I
ext unHli. thur HvroM toe 1p ot his he..J. h> 1
right hin u cap was crushed and right heel .ul a -.d I
•h’-vin d’o. ily otr Scwal brni e t phi.-, > wc u ,
©ver i islkuty w bid: turne-l black nearly all over.
Jr «u the | " ! ti n when discovered ho hiuM have 1
fiuivu with Lead downw awl.
WU.KI s I'.OO I ll'S D! kKY.
Uncoin's AK*i»»»<niition Ke<all«-d Hy thr \n
nrchtat Kxerutiwna.
WAKftivc.K-x. N.noirUr 1’ The
tiath.nuf ITe.klent 1 ncoln bv John Wilkt s
li..Uh, and the bunging ~f I‘ayne. Atz-'ii.t,
llarehl mid Mr*. Stu-, it * . u,.’ip.,1~ ji .1 ~<•!
•OMir.cm in that crinio, Ih.m> been , , O . ro
<MUhxl within the ;:• .t be. ,i : i,s |,y ~r cm : ni
ce* and incidents e> inmtvd witli tlie tt u an.l
execution of the Chi... anarchi*is. ar.d 7 „>
by Uu ;.1 li;ini IH ti_ re . tin the .mar. In*t .’
Ca*r by .etierai RenJ. E. Butler bes r. tile Su
{ironic V..U11 of the I lifted State* The eh at ze
ia* fn«|Uotitly been made bv ilStiliguished
sUl.Mmn. a well as by profound jurist*
<me« b> an a . an luber <>: ;h.- cabinet m a puN
lie ape.*ll in limn,,, i yjr,. Kuriatl. one <.f
tli.’ pei*'u;s i.be i; t .,t ~,,4 executed f. r
the minder of .President Innoidn. w.as**ille.
K*. b hung tat af.a was an
■‘im.ucent woman" Con. Butler, on the
►fc. r ' ' 1 . v,■ .
Mg* lai
the a- .m li.«>th. .n ■ in th« war det art
■lent, austained the alienation* a* to the tnn<>-
cemenf Mis Miirnit. With but oneoxcet>.
timi hinr .d t1,.. m-i.t,. wl
the eoutenta of the Booth diary had ever se.n
or examined that book, which was then lock' d
up in an iron .-.*fe in tho war departin' n< a> d
pul dir examiiiiti ten of it n, fused by r ‘dor of
Bccr* iary Stanton. With the < >:* option of a
brief period it bus been thua locked up to this
day. A few days ' a corn . ]••.nd* > nt ob
tained poi niiHsiou of th ■ seer. t:»ry of ; r and
made a • -py of tin routi-ms of the diary. 'The
text, which ]•-, in h <| peiic il, is «uh follows:
“April 1;, r ;’i|; j i.< . I‘ntil today noth
in. u; * .-I* t. f.n 1 .s, * iriir to our co> n' <y s
wioi g.Fr sx i * ii v. h*l work .1 to oupt ’<•,
but. our cause < in ■ a.most i*»- t. som>-th u : <lur-i ive
find great m .st I * 1 >n'.‘. But 1: < (allure was owing
t > ctiiers v. ho 'lid j■ J ’nd e f'm country w hi. a
heart, i s ruek b . dly, and rot a the pn| 'rs say.
I walked 1 ith a i rm *-tr.p il routrh a tie u-nnd of
his friends; wi<- i.i pi ed, but pushed tin. A cib-nel
was nt ids side. I 8 tailed, ‘bdc mper* bet-.re 1
fired; in jumping broke rn v leg. J pc. * d ail hl
p.t k* ts R de dxty miles, ’.hat nizbt with the bone
of my leg teai Ing tor -h at every lump. I can
never repent it, ti ou /h we hat’-d to kill, our coun
try t.we’f all i (ji troubles to him. ffod birnply made
me ihe instiumcnloi ills pimi hue t. ‘J i.ecountry
is not what it was. This mried unit nis n a what I
have loved. I r are n t what becomes of me. I
have nt> desire to outlive my country. The night
before the d* <‘d I wiote a 1 Hiy al lied'- end left it tor
one of the ediUirs rd tiie National Intelligencer, in
which I fully set forth our reason for our proceed
ing. He or the tt'Hith. ’
At. the top of another page further on the diary is
resumed iw follows lx.low:
"Friday, 21st.—After Icing hunted like a ting
through swnmpß nntl w -ods, and hist night la-lng
chased by gunlKiftte (id I was fort e<l to return, wet,
cold and slfti ring, wd(h every man s imnd Against
me, lam herej in despair and why? lor tiding
what Brutus w> b 1 cmored for, what made d ell a
hero. Ami yet 1, for Bill king down a greater tyrant
than they ever knew, am looked upon asa common
cutthroat. My mt wa*-purer than eitherof tiieirs.
One ho|K*«l to he L’roftt himself; the other Ift ! n<>t
t nly bis country but ids own wrong to revenge. 1
hoped for no g; in. I knew no private wrong. 1
struck for rny country, and that alone—ft country
grand b<n;:uh this tyrnn iy and prayed for this
<-nd, am! yet now H. ludd the cold hand they extend
to inc. Go ! cftiiuot | urdon me if 1 have d tie wrong,
yet J canLOt s'-e any except in saving n . e
generate j o jpl<-. dhe little, \cn Huh*, i left be
hind to <'e r i.jj r.-.m. tie m*'. er.’iment will not al
low to I < -pi Intvd. lot ii y (-o'lntiy I have given
up all that m.'il'!'.' IHe sweet ami holy. I roi’ghtm R
cry upon my family, an I am mho there is no pardon
in Leaven for m<- s.n <■ man coml uni- so.
"J Laveoiiiy h< ard *>f what Las t een done (cx-
C j I w.'iut Idi ! i.i;. IF, ft.id il fills me wh li horror.
<i*d! try ami ft t pi v> • n.** nr. I L!< ss my mother. To
night I willon c mor<* try the river with the 'nten
tion t i < t* s, th in.’.’h I hn.\ e n greater *i* B're ind al
most a m.n i i<i : -t un io \\ isiiim.hin ami clear
my name, which 1'•1 I< un do. I <’.o not repent
the Mow I r.ru- ’ . I I :_• I Chao my <«;d. b;; not to
ma '. It. hik I ha’ ■■ dme well, though lam aLi n
<h. n <1 v. th tbe » nr,. <>i (’idii uj»o'.i me, when if t:tc
wo rlti km-w my heart, thiit one blow would liavc
m.’de tm* - .“.it, t!'oti;;h I <’.ll «b sire no greatness,
"foni.bi lu> to u i pc the bloodhounds once
m ile. V h w Ik> <an r* -I this talc? God s will Lu
doii.'. 1 1 !:..v t o■ r at.. .. -ul to die like a criminal.
Oh, may Euspare me that, and let me die bravely.
1 Lit - tl’U entire v.o id 1 have never haled or
v rom ■■*! ;nr <-nu. 'I I < la. t was not n wrong mf'-ss
<<od u< i m - it so, am! i 1 with him to damn or bb ss
me. And tor this brave Imv with me, who often
prays, i.\es. I < lore ami sime will, a tru*' and nin
< vie Le t: I, w. • it; 3. iin him.' If so, wby can he
pray the‘■amv? I <lo not whh to shed a drop of
bb (al. ■ut I must ; g' t ti c cause. Tis all that's
let! me."
The ‘brave Loy” to wh’*m Booth alludes above,
was Harold, on*- nf tho assassins, who was after
wards tr.vd and hung with the others for tho mur
der of President L tiuoln.
EXIT GliOKGi: ! ItANC IS TH Al N.
Disgusted with the I iiitcd >t al os, Ho Takes
Itofuge hi the Dominion.
Bangor, Me., November 17. —George Fran
cis Train is in this city today, on his way to St.
John, N. 8., which place he proposes to make
Ids future domicile. To a reporter he said
that free speech bad become a thing of the
past in America, and he would not longer
live in this country. Jlc denounced
the anarchists as fools. De made arrange
ments to speak here tonight, and at 7 o’clock
this evening, accompanied by a boy whom he
had engaged at the Bangor House, be entered
I the opera house with a kingly stride. When
I be came upon th<? stage lie stop|Hid very sud
denly up« n noticing the very small size of the
audience which greeted him ; then, with a de
termined movement, he threw olf his coat and
stepped out to the footlights.
lie called his audience into the orchestra,
.saying that he would <' taluish a little town
meeting there for their benefit. Then he
launched out into the r< a**-ns f* r his journey
to St. John. He said that the gieator j».u ; -f
tho Boston merchants w ho stole the tea from
tho vessels in the harbor l»efore the revolution
stored it in .John Hancock’s cellar and then
sold it for three pri. es. wi ro dow n there and
ho promised to find and live with them. Jump
ing from this subject be read an epigrammatic
Kip Van Wiukh ism, which he wzote in the
Barker house, Boston, last Sunday. lie
brought in the mimes of a score <»f old Boston
ians who have passou away. It was intcnf.’ed
to be a pathetic and striking reference to
them.
Citizen Train said that his family was one
of the oldest in }!.o-sacßus-. (U, his sire a con
tinental, and his dam the revolution. He had
surmounted in knowledge everything in this
country, bad become disgusted with iu* laws,
customs and ignorance, and would now take
himself out of it. Ho drew a diagram in which
he represented himself as on the top of a high
mountain, exec- ding in knowledge every
body else in the world. Hu placed Har
vard college graduates in the bottom
layer, bunco i teerers next al>ove them and
the next layer w.is Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"You will notice,” >.»id Train, “thatthree of
the greatest rn. < als in the w*.rld have just left
thiscountry Jay Gould, Koburl Gairett and
Vanderbilt. Gould got aboard the I’mbria
only by the skin of his tei th. He knew that
he hat! two courses, one to leave this country,
or to hang to a lamppo -t w ithin forty-eight
hours. He ov. es me £130,000 on the k'an.aus
ro id alone. Mark my words,|Gould Will never
return to this country.”
I'pon being interrupted by some slight levity,
Train exclaimed: "Now you arc listening to
no itim rant lecturer, but to tho greatest mil
limure in the country. 1 have mure money
than anyone else in the country, ami it is
where no one can lay a hand on it, not even
nn self.”
Then Train described the $20,000,000 tract
of land which he ow ns in the heart of Omaha.
"1 held this audience in my band,” he said,“by
mj sup t iiur power. I telly u, by the same
; power, that you ate < n tie l evo of tho most
i gigantic bankruptcy the world ever saw. It is
coming, ami is very near us -not over thirty
da) s aw ay.”
He r< furred at length to his connection with
the anarchist inatteis, saying that ho never
left his bench in Madison s juare park until
he hud been assured by the se\en condemned
pu n that they would die like men. “and,”
he said, “they have done so.” Those men
wore at a peaceful meeting, one br<»ken up,
alter ibe n \ r of Chica.>» bad said the re
would ! ' nt’t: b\ pviicemc n, and for the
reason that ti,< ‘r chief bad a pvr-onal grudge
against those men. There is nothing in the
constitution which says that men cannot make
iniltHmnatery talk, that they shall not
own tings, curry revolvers, bombs or
any other arms.’ Dad I been there 1
j would have fought over again the battles
j of Ihmkui 11 ill, Concord and la 1 xington. There
; is not. and there cannot be found, a law in the
: I mted S;au umbtwhs h th-- e men could be
| rightfully hat'> 4. and the ederl is sure y to
; precipitate a civil war in this country. TL.o <•
bombs were plat ed in Lingg’s cell to'prcjudiee
Governor Oglesby . it being learned that lie had
! a reprieve all ready for the condemned men. 1
( know the man who did it. but he has been
inurdt.-d tq >i;uneo him. The fulminating
■ cartridge wlm h destroyed Lin.i.g’s life was in
a candle w hich was given him so that he could
I read. I in. , was murdered, ami make no mis
take about it.”
Belief a»»*t llcilt’i to Your < hi Give ns . - M r
, WlNSl.t W'S SOOTHING SY KCT for chil
j dron .23 cents a ludtlo.
(iuoruin** Governor.
’ Frvmf • Augmo-, Gn.» Gu. cUe.
th a has never bad n governor of wider
orU’tar i.aUetud tau.v than hex present executive.
HU very < u-ni’.< s have becu forced to admit tho
ho a'Nly nn i patr etism of bis purposes, as set forth
in h.i< public mt s‘ and tho nutvuctism ot hii pies
»• < ■ i-'mine < u>. vt y state m the unk u. The
’ Gazette rej. i>-c< la the brightuvm of bls taint and
i ' p• w. i .»f hh 1 .tin ■•.'c, because it believe that
’ ( i w) ho. .o> <• cxetie ifur the glory v.
i the stale and li.c .uuxl <4 the
A foci at uqiv .- a■». 1 tn,keV’ ’
So stod A' Ui u' Striws shew which way the
wind blows, and there are as, or* of x\ riptom*
ftnvonvcf w..ieh shews the cxi-ume ’>! c t
t.iiih. Neglected, it wu'.l S.btbe h. .. ! of its
purity ami lie stem ol ,ts '’length. Get Dr.
K'gvst Mtarrh Remedy. U cme> even long
standing ras > .-.s li: -u,-x ; l»fy. uit;sh aid
be med hr u ’s m t. c i.• d. v. ,< h often
i result in in ’ tn. d cA.anh.
THE MEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1887.
•WASHINGTON.
A Batch of News From the Na
tion’s Capital.
LIEUTENANT SHERIDAN'S REPORT.
i a
Wasti r.x’GTox, November 15. —Lieutenant
General Sh(-ri<’an ha pr< rented bis annual re
port to the si rret.iry of war. At the date of
the last consolidated returns the army consis
| ted of ofiicers and LH.S’G nu n, including
Iridian scouts. The lieutenant gemual briefly
sums up the condition of the various df . isii'iis
of the army, and of the division of the Mis
souri says while it has been free from Indian
hostilities of any magnitude, many operations
of a minor nature have been rendered neces
sary. Troops have been continually occupied
in patrolling the Oklahoma country, and have
been successful in keeping intruders out of
that region. The gradual spread of
railroads throughout the territory can,
nowever, ultimately have but one
effect, and General Sheridan is now of the
opinion that congress may well consider the
advisability of opening up polrions, at least,
of this country to settlement. General Sheri
dan expresses regret that tho very rapid de
crease in the number cf desertions from tho
army, during the previous two years, has not
been continued. Tho increase is, however,
very slight, being only about one-half of one
per cent more than last year. The recruiting
service, it is said, has been properly conducted
during the year, and an increased number of
men of good standing has been obtained. Tho
discipline of the army is good, ami almost all
the ofiicers ami men seem to be animated, with
the spirit of obedience to th© law.
The improvement made by the army in rifle
practice is highly commended. General Sher
idan renews his previous recommendations
touching upon increase of the army by 5,000
men and purfe< ting the organization of the in
fantry army by the addition of two majors, and
two companies to each regiment. Kelative to
a revision of tactics, it is said :
'1 he great advatu e in the material of war has also
occftsiom d chmig -s in the manner of handling men
in action, and om ti.cth s are, tlu r ore, no l -TU’er
wi ll adapted Io the present ciuliti ns. Fur these
reasons it is my intention to ns 1 viable at an early
day a board of olllcers to consider thia subject.
Attention is called to the needs of tho armj r
in the matter of improved small arms, and
General Sheridan urges the adoption of meas
ures to . ecure at an early day (he best form of
magazine riile for army use.
General Sheridan concludes the report as
follows:
1 am strongly in favor of tb.e general government
extending all pi.sdble aid to the naiit-nal guard of
the diili rent states, as they e- miitute the body of
troops that in nny great emergency would form an
imjxutiuit part ot our military force. They should
be armed with the best weapons, amply provided
with complete camp and garrison equipage and
instructed in the various drills ami vxerci t > accord
ing to the tact■.<•!* and systems followed in the regu
lar nrmy. According to my observation
and o.xiHTivuce, most of the st. t • troops
n«»w march well and handle the gun
well, but they are deficient in discipline and in all
duties that teach the soldier to take care of him
self while in camp or upon the march. This defect
can best b<- owreome bye ta I..shing some system
of encampment under the control ami direction and
nt the entire expense of the general government, in
the developin'ut of such a measure the entire army,
ns well :v< inysvlf ] crsonally, will be glad to render
such nsHi>tance ns lies in < ur power, and I recom
mend that a favorable cons.deletion of the subject
may be comma© ied to congre s. ’’
IMPROVING THH NAVY.
November I’.—Commodore
T. D. Wilson, chief of the bureau of construc
tion and repair of the navy department, has ;
submitted his annual report to the Secretary of 1
the navy. He renews his recommendan* n that j
two new vessels of about EG*) to©'’ea h. be
constructed to replace the training sb.- - Sara
toga, J amestowu and Port-mouth, wLi h ?.n
--not possibly be kept in service much ’.-?pg< r:
and he a.sks tnat special aut-ioriiy i- „iv.,f-.-r
the repair of the histr'de s!«»p of war Hart
ford. at a cost of §l7”
Kelative. to the adaptftbj?.*v <*f smZ -’ r
’ r ted m -ir r- the - and harbor dr fens?
I Commc-dvre Wilson eax<:
They are now ccii-idcrable c' r p?nse to the
! nary; as they must b<-taken care cd. nos
I being in proper repair, they are of n > to •
the country. If these ve* .< ar© tube kept ■
: cu the naval Ibt. they -hould be placed n f
perfect rapair and be tirteu with st ch modem
I niles as tney are capable of carrying. Within
| six months ail of th> -e vessels could be put in ;
; the s une state of efficiency as they were at j
I the tii< f their construction, at an expendi- '
turcof about 830,(GO. This would give thir- I
| teen coast defense vessels, actually .available, '
; armed with fifteen inch smooth bore guns. ’
I Th’-sc guns could be replaced as rapidly as
p<«ssible by rides. By no other means could
the (same amount of money be spent to give
the country such a valuablo return.
In conclusion, the report says:
The outlook for the navy in the near future is
a very hopeful one. and with the completion of the
ve -.u.s now projected, the ;.avy will consist oi a
number of l i-d rn admirably adapted k>
the varied nee«h> of the service. It the work of r<_-
buil ling the navy is only kej t up as it ia now going
on we shall soon have o. navy tl a- will be a credit
ns well as h protection to our country and our c< nn
t.y’b iuterefcts.
For the miseries of caturrh use Dr. Bull’s
( • gh Syrup. The p»« pie’s remedy. 23 cents.
It outstrips them all. Salvation Oil, the
great pain destroyer. Price only 25 cents.
Atlanta AX nd.
From nn cxcTan-’O.
"Hypocrite,” “liar,” “paid hirelings of the
barrosms," "blasphemer,” "anarchist, ’ “sneak,”
“reverenl fraud,” "political trickster.” "black
guard’—these arc some of the epithets w Inch promi
nent citizens of Atlanta are now hurling nt each
other. Atlanta is much Lett rpi ved now than it
wnsa tew years ago, but while the quantity of At
lanta mud is decreasing its quality apjtears tube get
ting meaner.
Its thousands of cures are the best advertise
ment for Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy.
BLOWN I I* BY DYNAMITE.
JB
An Explosion Which W*a« Heard for Ten
Miles.
Jasi’fi:, Ga,, November 20.—[Special.]
Last night some unknown parties blew up old
man T'ombt rlin’s barn, about four miles
northeast of this place, with dvnamito. The
old ; au i" about ninety years o’d and is quite
an old citizen. The night before some one
turned over his barrel of syrup and wasted it
ail, st me forty gallons. The people fe» 1 wry
indignant at the outiage. The explosion was
heard some eight or ten miles. The family
1 a. e some suspicion, but no proof, as to the
guilty parties.
-i He SWlk HMBHB s liUKE.
The Texas Railroad Men I‘reparing for Hard ,
Times.
Houston, Tex., November 20.—There is no |
j . lonise in the switehinen’s strike at the South !
, I’m itic vanls le re. Large quantities of freight j
nwait shipment, ami tho company, this after- j
i noon. aim. uueed its determinaiion to send out
two trnius tomorrow, < ne to New Orleitus and
, another to El i’aso. Tho strikers make no
. threats of resistance, but sr.y that tiro company
| cannot get men to make tlie trains up. No
I attcihpt w;v< made to move the trans today.
Tho switchmen in tlie Missouri I’a-
eitic yards mado a demand yesterday
•tor an increase of wage from $2 to
t > S-’.V per day. On being refused tin'advance,
they o’m> struck last night, while the night
s» it. Inn nin the Texas C< nt nil yards,ln order
to avoid handling tho freight for tho Southern
r I I’ncific company ail r.-igned their positions.
They r. sign instead of striking, because (lie
. | road is in tlie hands of a r. eciver and under
i jurisdiction of the Vniu d States court. Tlie
day swit hmen , n the Texas Central announce
, their determination to ri sign tomorrow. Hits
i , iness is paraly/ed by the strike, and indica
t lions point to its extension throughout the
t state.
Nina Van Zandt J'yiug.
CntCAco. No. i niber 20.—Nina Van Zandt
I is Ndier ed to be dying, food has not passed
lie. bps since Aug’ st Spies perished on tho
• sr.iffo'ol. Tlie on'y n.mris’imcnt'sho liaspar
t.rk< u of in all that time has been a little fruit
s arid an oeesei. nil drink ot milk. She persists
n de. ' wing that she cannot eat. and that site
doe# »4 need fcssl. but it is a st riousipiestiou
) , with her iv.rrvut'if the stiange. s. 11-willed girl
r >i is not det< nnined to abstain from food till
| death COSuee to her relief.
Ilin S MXjl l Mi: MOVED HJ'li.
Mins Mingcrlantl Was Forced to Pity th© ;
Tramp ‘ l:e Found Under Her Bed.
Scranton S: u< lal to New Y«»rk Sun.
Al is' Cel L'a Slin. - Hand is the oldest daugh- |
t r-l ! mu.T W-re/ i iigerln nd, of Benton town
ship. :1; • i.-» nli. .: v. ivy-two years old, hand
s .-i:i. ml brave, Mr. HingerlaTid's
firm a ;u ’.uri.v <i. a knoll near ti e main road,
and Mi ~ ingerbiiuFs sleeping room is on tho first
fiojr, adjoiniii thepo lor. Last Friday the weather
v.; .n mild. : n>l il.e window of bur bedroom was left i
o[< n until she v.cnt tL<.re to retire. At about nine
o\ i ; de' liU r-d the room ah ne, put dtTwn the
window ami had partially disrobed, when a strong
smell of tobacco in the room caused her to look un-
• br'ht-i- l. Sin- ’-•iw ft ditty Iran p lyuig th« re,
with his face toward her. She did not scream, but
till’d:
•‘You rnscftl, you, what are you doing here?”
The trump hustled out without answering and
made for the window, and the plucky young woman
throw her bare nrms around his dirty nock and
y 1 d i r help. He struggled to get the window up,
but Mi* Slingerlnnd held him there until her father
and two brothers rush* d through t) e unlocked door
and relieved her of her dbagrceable charge. They
tin m vd him around pretty lively for a minute or
tv. o and made him beg for his life, and then Miss
Slingerland coaxed them not to hurt him. James,
the el icr sun, suggested that they should give the
intruder a sound horsewhipping and let him go; but
Mr. Slinger land ivould not agree to that, and im
int d’.-.tely sent his younger son, Eugene, over to
Justice Thompson’s to get out .a warrant for tho
tramp’s arrest. /
It was cloven o’clock lx?fore Constable Chase
arrived with the warrant. He took the tramp into
Mr. Slingerland's kitchqn and sat up all night with
him, the tramp getting a good deal more sleep than
the con table. Early on Saturday morning Mr.
SFn,'crlaiid hitched his team to his big three-seated
we 'ii, find with M s-j Slingerland ami himself in
the front seat, the two sons and the hired man in
the mid lie scat, and the constable and tramp in tho
rear scut, he drove over to the justice’s.
3 ! • t ft up was sir n\ned on the char. eof being a
sneak bi i. J ar, and 3! iss Slingerland told the story
i> v : ■ ul foiffid him under her bed. Mr.
Sling r nid and the sons made statements, and
then Jusiiee Thompson asked the prisoner if he
wi iuisiy anythihg. He faced the magistrate
i. - was - ing to plead for mercy, but he did
nothin,’''of tlie kind.
"Your Honor,” he said, "I have given you my
name n< David Kenyon, but you don’t know
wl tlu r that is my name or not. I will s.iy once
fur all tiiat v, 1 ile 1 have had several names within
thej ten years, I have given you my real one. i
d<> not ib-iiy being in this gentleman’s house, but J
do so’emuly • wuar tiiat 1 was not there to do any
harm to this beautiful yci:nz lady. In all my trav
els I have nevur yet injured a woman in the least,
and I sincerely hope I never shall injure one.
I was hungry when I saw that
wind -w open, pnd I went in there
ex] e • ing to find something to cat niter all tl e peo
-Ih-1 a’ . one t > sleep. It is nn.ny a year since I felt
the win m breath of a nice girl on my check, and a
pair of soft arms around my neck, and 1 am willing
to go to jail, if necessary, for the pleasure this
youn.r indy gave me for only a minute or two. This
is all I have to say,” and he hung his head as if
pre; ared to go to jail. The young lady was on lur
feet in an instant, and, addressing the grave justice,
sbu said:
"Please, Mr. Thompson, don’t send the poor fel*
low tojftil. lam satisfied he did not intend to
injuro ine, and, so long as he did no particular harm
in the house, 1 beg you not to imprison him. I am
sure lie is not a very bad man, so please let him go,
won’t you?”
Mi>s SI in gerland’s father and brothers were pro
vok'd at her for this, but she sail she would not ap
p? ar .'i.mlust him if the just c ? committed him to
jail, because the man bad Leeu punished enough
already.
"I'm g ing to do just as the girl wants me to, and
if sLe says again she wants me to discharge this
feE .v. I'm going to discharge him,” said the
justice.
!• .-•? du di?charge him, Mr. Thompson,” Miss
Sllugerb-nd sai L and tho justice did so. Taen the
tramp ihanked her over and over again, and said
that ner kind heart and her sweet smiles would
' cheer Lira as long a- he lived.
FAD I ON JANVARY FIRST
00UU rUl\ » some subscriber who
• 1 : r Ti-.LC K-TiTcnoer will get.r 00in gold
•a : -ienn ML ? Can t guess. Every nmiebent
;z now z.r.d Jinne.rv Ist will be put in a
"i .. - i .. 1 • r-: ’ ar.':e taken out gets It
. y rs. T.. r next name gets OX and so on
. i. ri ~ - ld :s given away. For your SI you
. '■'*2 : w■?'■?. payer in America, and you
□aay ?>?? in g .1. or :2.0 or a small pit.sent.
THE PHOSPHATE REPORT.
>1 ecial Commissioner Roche’s Opin
ion.
Colt’fp.iA. S. C.. November 20.—[Special.]
S:-.eial Phosphate Commissicffier Roche’s
f ithconting annual r* port to the state legisla
■ ire -bows the condition of the great phos
phite industry of South Carolina to be in a
i very serious condition. The stock on hand is
; very largo, and the market extremely dull,
: producers being absolutely at tho mercy of
Layers. Several companies have suspended
operations, and unless a change takes place
further s-.L>p( nsions are imminent. Producers
are compelled to force sales to bring in the
amount nece sary to keep their works in opera
tic n. The commissioner says the situation is
extremely grave, and calls for immediate re
lief from tlie general assembly. Over 500,000
tons of rock was mined during the past year.
Os this, a little over 200,000 tons was river
rock, on which the royalty paid to the state
was $209,000.
• ( aliters Cured.
Dr. A. G. Wollard, of Richmond, Va., is
having great success in curing cancers. Be has
cured hundreds pronounced incurable by other
physicians. Send for pamphlet with refer
ences and certificates. The doctor can be
found at bis office, No. 7 North Sixth street,
(w here he is permanently located), Richmond,
Va. wkßt
ATTHE HEAD.
The Jennings Business College
Nashville, Tenn., Said to be
the Best in the World—The
Principal at the Head of
His Profession.
From tl.? Naihvillc Daily Banner.
When it is rercemlered that R. W. Jennings, the
1 rhieii'ii! of the above college, stands at the head ot
bookkeepers in this country, and that he is perhaps
< onsulie.t ofto.ier than any one else by other I o k
kvu]H‘rs in the solution of difficult pro! lems in that
s- it will be seen that a c urae under him will
be highly beneficial to those who may a\ail them
selves of it.
It is s i l that more than 100 former students of
this sctwol me now occupying go: d positions ni
Nashville, besides. ]»erlui|.s, as many more who oc
cupy podiioiis in other cities, snne of these young
nu ii are receiving as high ns $1,300 per annum.
Many of these stu'oats only attended this school
tw > month'. I’rof. Jenmnus t< allies Ixx>kkeeping
in bb 'Chooljust as ho fonnerly taught in his count
ing room—trom books that hnv v been kept. Hence,
this school is one of the most practical institutions
ot tlie kind in the world.
I HOW TO BUILD A BROODER.'
Till' INTERN YTIONAE BROODER is the
only ITnctieal Out-deor Brooder in existence that
i succesa ully raises thickens in any climate without
extra shelter. .*1 of these machines in use on the
farms of W. K. Vanderbilt, E- p, and Robt. Colgate,
l -i. An cd’S.'lr-’e guirantce that it boats the hen.
Frirc of Brooder from 325 t » SUM. according to size.
I will sell nil the MECHANF Al PAR I’B and a
I t AMPI.ETE FINISHED MODEL, showing plainly
bow to construct this Brooder, for 810, or the model
i j-.; i.e will le >ent by mail, securely packed, for SI.
! vhic'.i will le refunded when "paru” are pur-
Tho "International” Incubator, Portable Poultry
. Her.-e- .Ac ales. Pheasantries. Bantam Houses, etc.
■ Also Models us same. s*tmnp for Circulars.
(HAS L. MARSHALL,
(Name this paper.) B.*x 11, Cedar Grove, N. J.
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