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GEORGIA NEWS.
EVENTS Os A WEEK IN THE EM
PIRE STATE.
Tersely Telling of Passing Evente Calculated
to Catch the Eye and Interest the
Header—Other Matters.
Jug Tavern, Ga., May 2.—(Special.)—-Mr.
John Armistead, a fanner living about four
miles from this place in Gwinnett county,
was run over and instantly killed u.itay
by the Georgia. Carobna and Northern
local freight train No. GO.
Beusse and Brlgas Acquitted.
Athens, Ga.. April 30.—(Special.)—The
jury in the Cadle case rendered their ver
dict today at 3 o’clock.
The defendants. Allie and Henry Beusse
and W. I’. Briggs, were found not guilty.
So the most sensational trial Athens
has known has ended.
A Hang.ng in Georgia.
Harlem, Ga., May s.—(Special.)—Jesse
Yarbrough was hanged at Appling today.
The crime tor which he hanged was the
murder of -Jabez Williams, in November
last. Williams was returning from mar
ket where lie had disposed of a load of cot
ton seed and Yarbrough waylaid him tend
shot him in the back.
Is Caught.
Americus, Ga., May I.—(Special.)—Pat
Westbrook, a young man who assaulted
Depot Engram at Andersonville, a few
weeks ago and afterwards escaped, was ar
rested here by the police this afternoon,
lie has been in Worth county since the as
sault was made. He was bound over to
the grand jury in the sum of ijt.HlO for as
sault with intent to murder.
«.ajor < t»..» !<*.> .‘.I <»ri is
Athens, Ga.. May 3.—(Special.)—Today
has been one of the saddest the university
has ev< r known. Major Charles Morris,
that venerable ami superb gentleman, great
ly beloved and honored tutor to whom
thousands of Georgians were so strongly
devoted, died at his home on the campus
early this morning of a complication of
pneumonia and rheumatism.
For twenty years Professor Morris has
occupied the chair of belles letters and
Greek.
A I rightful Sirlit.
Waycross, Ga.. May 3. (Special.)—Two
little children who live near here were bad
ly frightened by a tight between a rattle
snake and a black snake, while playing near
a spring yesterday.
The snakes fought desperately and came
nearer to the children every ininnte. As
they wore gainst a high fem - , and cut oil
from the path to the house by the snakes
thov remained perfectly still.
As the fight progressed it became more
frightful. For fully an hour the children
were kept in suspense, and then the rattle
snake succeeded in killing the black snake.
The victor then crawled away. The fright
ened children ran home and were not calm
ed in spirits for several hours.
A Kitting in Bibb.
Macon. Ga., .Wav <>. (Special.)—There
was .-i shooting affair this morning at
Dames's ferry, fifteen miles from Macon,
near ti e llibb county line i:i Monroe county.
Mr. W. 11. Gr vti', a well known farmer,
killed a negro named Bob Carson.
They became involved in a scnllle,
dur tig v. inch the" negro Carson
took th’ gun from Green. Green then ran
into a neighboring store and getting a Win
ch.stet riih came to flic door. As he ap
peared t ’arson tired at t«;een with Gi ven’s
gin Th- load of bird shot look effect in
Green’s breast., bat did not prodiic< a ver,-
>er wound. Green then tire ! iho Win
chester and the hall - ri.ck Carson between
t’.’fc ei. ering the brain and kil'mg him
instantly. Green did not attempt to run
away, but remained on the scene awaiting
the arrival of the coroner ti hold an in
quest.
Bartlett fm- Supreme Judex.
Among the political rumblings of the hour
is one to the effect that certroi friends and
poetical supporters of lion. Charles J.,
Bartlett, at present judge of the Macon su
p-ri,.!• court <-ircmi.. are desirou,; that mi
shot !<1 become a .-andid.-.t • f>>r associate
justice of the supreme bench of Georgia at
the eleeiiou before the legislature that con
venes ui October, 189-1. It is not known
to the writer what .Judge Bartlett’s inten
tions are in th > matter, but whether he is
considering it or not, others are considering
it for him. ami Tie t^onsti-ution’s corre
spondent is assured that Judg- Bartlett is
1> ii.., favorably memion.-d in various parts
of the state for the supreme bench.
The position on tin- supreme b“m-h to be
filled by the next legislature is that at pres
ent held Ijy Associate Justice T. J. Sim
mons. It i- not known whether or not
Judge Simin >ns will candidate for re
election, bur the presumption is that he will.
M. M. Jlauck. wall paper, paints, shades,
picture frames. Sum i’S sent. Atlanta.
Muidsr "ihel Foul.
Douglasville. Ga., May -
One of tec most diabolical, ciiwardly and
revolting crimes that has ever blackened
and di graced the eseutehi’on of a c’lizetlcd
community, recurred last night about 11
o’clock, just inside the city limits at Dithia
springs. ~
I. \\-is the assassination of .K. Glover,
a highly resp.•••;<■<! citizen of the town.
He was found this morning fifty feet
from where he stood, in the dense thicket,
lyi g- ujiou his back with his hat in his
hand.
The community became excited beyond
precedent. The coroner was summoned and
an autopsy was held, in the investigation
it was ! mud that seven Imckslm: had pen
etrated, his left side, one breaking his arm
and two entering the back of Ids head.
No evidence .as adduced that would
tlir > ■ any light upon the perpetrators of
the i-owr.rdiy d-ed. The jury's verdict was
that he -aii.e to his death by shotgun ami
pistol 'v-mmis i the hands of unknown par
ties ami that the same is wilful murder.
lio not despair of curing your sick head
ache warn y<c <;m so easily obtain Carter’s
kittle Liver Pilis. I hey will effect a prompt
and permanent cme. Their action is mild
and natural.
Haines, tlie Boy Murderer, Hanged.
( olumbia, S. ('., May s.—(Special.) Made
Haines suffered death on the scaffold today.
He eirliel - went to pis fate with a black lie
on his lips or is the innocent victim of as
remarkable circumstances as ever circled
their fatal links around a human being.
Haines was sixteen years old att the time
oft lie foul murder of Miss Florence
Hornsby and for over two years he stayed
in the penitentiary calmly doing his work
and answering the questions as to his guilt
in the negative. Twice was he tried and
sou ■ times respited and during all this time
nothing but circumstantial evidence could
be brought to bear against, him.
It slmuld be stated that there are hun
dreds of persons who believe that he suf
fered death for another man’s crime. The
people of the neighborhood where the crime
was committed, however, believe him guilty
ami have been clamorous for bis death.
When Haines stepped on the scaffold at
11 o’clock today he folded his hands and
In a deep bass voice addressed the little
crow present:,
"l iiiii going away.” said lie wiffl a wave
of his Land, “going away from this sin-curs
ed world to a land where there is no sor
row and where pleasure never dies. Al
though I have been prosecuted wrongfully,
I can suffer the death of the innocent.”
Haines displayed most remarkable nerve,
never flinching. His hands did not shake
and his voice was perfectly steady.
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. MAY 9.1893
JUST FROM GEORGIA.
When the Colonels All Come Home.
The fields are full of blossoms and the mead
ows smile as sweet
As a maiden, when the daisies make a car
pet for her feet;
And the crows are eawing gladly, and the
larks are in loam.
And there’ll l>e a jubilation when the colo
nels all come home!
The jaybird's song is ringing to the ether,
wild and free,
And the splashing streams are singing as
they race toward the sea;
And the cotton bolls are bonding, and Hie
furrow’s white with foam.
Anil there'll be a jubilation when the colo
nels all come home!
O, colonels— Georgia colonels—where the wild
I’otoinac Hows,
Do you ever think of Georgia where the wa
termelon grows?
Where the pumpkin’s globed in yellow, where
the mules unbridled roam?
O, there'll be jubilation when the colonels
all come home!
Minted II by a Week.
Deacon—We collected SSO yesterday for the
benefit of the heathen.
Editor—.Tust my luck!
Dea. on—What do you mean? ,
Editor— Why, 1 went and got religion a
week ago!
One nf the Home Guard.
The folks that’s not. fer office is goin’ to the
fair,
An’ they're sweatin', an' they’re frettin', an'
a-bettin’ they'll be there;
Thev'rc niakin’ hay in Maytime, an’ I reckon
it's all right—
But I'm fisliln’ in the daytime an’ sleepin' in
the night!
The kurmils-they’re In Washln’ton; they’ve
left the unties to graze,
An’ the woods is all a fire, an’ the cotton's
In a blaze: £
It's “Grover, an* the clover,” an’ I reckon
they nir right—
But I'm tisliin' iu the daytime an’ sleepin' in
tlie night!
It's good to bo in Georgia—ain’t got no wish to
roa m
As long ns tlttir is fishin' in the rivers here
at hfltne:
Fer some's done lost the 'pintments an’ cuss
in' out <>' sight—
lint I'm tisliin’ in the daytime an’ steepin’ In
the night!
A Natural Mistake.
The editor wrote: “Let the galled jade
wince,”
But wide did the public grin,
(The new proof reader’s been absent since!)
When they read: “Let the gallon jug win!”
Don't All Speak at Once.
Who wants to rim for guv’nor?
Tin it ain’t a single town
But's trottill' out her candidate, from
lt.bville cl •a>i to Brow i!
An' the kurnuls fresh from Washin'ton, that
missed a Clevelau’ place,
Is turned the cattle outi to graze an’ galloped
in the race!
Who wants to rim for guvnor?
Each feller's got a slate,
An' tlie plum crop's jits' a bloomin’ in the
cross roads o’ the state
An’ the man that missed the mission, an’ the
other feller too,
is ciitnin of them plum trees an' reachin'
fer a few!
Who wants to run for gnv'nor?
Jes let 'em come to taw!
The race track's jes the biggest that a feller
An’ the plums are bangin’ heavy, an’ the
peach is gettin’ brown.
An’ the feller with the longest reach 'll pull
the biggest down!
To Some of the Growlers.
Just dry your eyes,
For tlie flag si ill flies.
And there ain’t any use to frown;
And we'd like to say
In a plain, Blount way.
That you can't keep a good flag down!
tie Needs ’Em.
“What are the rules in sending poetry to
a nows' aper?” asked the poet.
‘•Stamps, sir,” said the editor, “not for
publieatios, but as a guarantee that the editor
will get iiis mail off!”
One Hope for Good Democrats.
“Has Brown been removed froju office yet?”
“Yes; died last night,”
The Day of the Receiver.
They're still on the trail
Os ti e roads of'the rail.
An' the courts are a-makiu* <<-in grieve;
An' this is the cry
Os the judges so high;
“Make us thankful for what wo receive!”
Now for Cumberland.
Let all the Georgia editors
Rejoice in their boots:
The average linen duster
Will make ten bathing suits!
Now. Smurk Vour I.ips!
O, what's the use o’ grievin'?
We're jes In love with life;
For the blossom's on the moi on
An' the edge is on the knife!
Where It Kims in the Blood.
“.And you say you’re a veteran from Geor
gia?”
“J am, sir!”
“What command wore you in?”
"None; veteran by birth!”
V. ant to Redeem Themselves.
“I see one of the magazines published a
good poem this month?”
“Yes; they're trying to compete with the
newspa fters now. ”
What a Fi eeCoui.try!
The president to the gov'nor:
“Look out for them Chinese!"
The gov’nor to tlie president:
“Keet, iu your own yard, please!”
Advice to Office Seekers.
Don't worry when your cash Is slim,
Nor hard at Fortune frown,
Fot if she placed you in the swim
It's ten to one you'd drown!
A Great Country, This!
From ’possums down to rattlesnakes,
old Georgia’s still the best;
You simply press the button
And the rattler does the rest.
Practical Poetry.
“When Laura smiles, it’s summer time,”
A poet, doth express.
Would she could smile this way awhile
And make our coal bill less!
—FRANK L. STANTON.
ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.
(tONTEN I'S : Dyspepsia ami its causes. Experi
j ence <>t a suiter t. J.iver complaint a twin
qioordtr. Constipation a result ot dyspepsia.
Food to be taken. I'ooil to be avoided. Maned
tree to any aduress.
JOHN H. Ale A I. V IN, Lowed, Mass., 14 yrs City Treas
Mention the Constitution. fol n rm e bw
A Bloody Day in Monroe.
Forsyth, Ga., May 6.—(Special.)—A ter
rible tragedy was the iiuale of Monroe
county's annual picnic today al High Falls,
the noted Towaliga falls, situated about
twelve miles from Forsyth.
Just as the immense crowd began to dis
perse tiiis pfternoon a diiiiciilty arose be
tween a man tituued Watkins and Jack
Grin'll. Watkins tired and ran. Green pur
sued, firing, whereupon Watkins turned and
opened fire again, killing his opponent in
stantly.
During the melee a random shot struck a
boy, Charley Collier, in the neck and an old
mtin named Crawford received a bullet iti
the leg. Great excitement prevailed for a
time.
Green, the man killed, received several
bullet —one in the bowels, one in the chest
and one in the mouth.
The origin of the affair is not known.
Immedititelj- after the shooting Watkins left
for parts unknown.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
HAPPEJfTKOS OF A WEEK IN THE
SDMI SOUTHLAND.
Georgia Alone Is Not Our Domain —We
Cover the Entire South from the
Potomac to the Rio Grand.
Richmond, Va., May 2 The lower branch
of tlie city council has passed an ordinance
fixing the license for turf exchanges at
$4,500. It is believed this will practically
shut off their reopening in this city.
Killed by Liglittiing.
Knoxville, Tenn., .May 1. —(Special.)—
Mrs. W. 11. Peek, one of the most promi
nent ladies of MeWinn county, was killed
by lightning this afternoon >t 4 o’clock.
She was in the telegraph < ftice at Grady
talking to the operator when the bolt
came which killed her.
General llutlrdge Dead.
Charleston, S. C., May 1. —(Special.)—
The news of the death of General B. H.
Rutledge, which occurred yester
day. although not unexpected,
lias e:u<sed a profound sor
row throughout this city and state, for in
his life was blended the character and in
dustry of the old as well as the new Caro
lina.
Another Nashville Bank Goes.
Nashville, Tenn., -May (T.—The Capital
City bank, of Nashville, chartered under
state laws, has gone into voluntary liquid
atiiou. The bunk's business has been trans
ferred to the Fourth Nationiil bank' and
depositors will be paid in full by that bank.
The officers of the Capital City bank state
that the stockholders will receive 70 cents
on the dollar of their stock.
Their > t*rk>
Columbia, S. C., May 2. —(Special.)—Gov-
ernor Tillman today commuted to terms in
the penitentiary the death sentences of three
colored men and one woman who were to
lie hanged at Chester next mont h for murder.
The reason given is that there was no will
ful or mal'cious design entering the kill
ing, ami that it. was the result of a sudden
quarrel in which the deceased injured sev
eral others, and that with proper medical
attention the deceased might not have died.
<1 Deputy.
Fort Smith, Ark., May 3.—On Saturday
night l.ist John Ross, a negro deputy marshal,
attempted to arrest John Davis and Bill Binge,
who were on the train with some whisky.
Binge jumped from the train and killed him
self. jiavis was arrested and Ross got off
will, him at Illinois station. While there,
waiting for Davis. Ross Binge, Jeff Eiffert
and Jack Starr arrived on the scene ami
rescued Davis. The officer got Ids Winchester,
and went in pursuit of them. He overtook
Davis ami Starr a few miles out and Starr
opened tiro on him. Several shots were ex
changed. one wounding the marshal in the
side, after which he abandoned pursuit.
There was No I' iclit.
Memphis. Tenn., May 7. —The duel between
Colonel W. A. Collier, owner of Tlie Appeal-
Avalanche, and E. W. Carmack, editor of
The Commercial, did not occur at Holly
Springs. Miss, as was anticipated. Owing
to his arrest here Mr. Carmack did not ar
rive at Holly Springs until an hour after
the nppolnted time of meeting. Colonel Col
lier ami his party were on board their train,
which was about to pull out for Memphis,
when Mr. Carmack arrived on ills special.
The sheriff and severtd of his deputies were
at. the depot, and, fearing arrest, all re
turned to Memphis, arriving at G o’clock
p. nt.
Traccdy in a Court Honsw.
Danville, Kv., May 3. — L. D. AVood,
of Cleveland, 0., shot and mortally wound
ed Barney Higgins, ex-mayor of Somer
set. Ky., in the lobby of the courthouse of
this city this afternoon tit 2 o'clock. Hig
gins created a sensation :i year ago by get
ting drunk and while in that condition as
saulted a sister of M’ood in the depot at
Somerset. Miss Moot I has since been de
mented. Diggings was tried and sentenced
to the pen for two years. The verdict
was reversed, and Higgins was given a
change of venue to this country. There
the trial was put off until September. This
infuriated AVood and he walked up to Hig
gins and shot him four times.
Stops Toothache instantly. Dent'a Toothache Gnm
All nnurgists, or send 15c. Dent & Co., ctroit, Mich
Mention The Constitution. Jan2s wl;
HAMPTON'S REGRET
That lie Will Be I’nnbie to Attend the Re
interment of Mr. Davis’s Remains.
Richmond, Va., May 3.—(Special.)—General
Wade Hampton will not attend the reinter
ment of the remains of I’resident Davis,
hero on the 31st instant. In his letter, re
ceived today. General Ilampton-explalus I hat.
he is compelled to start on his tour of in
spection of the railroads subsidized by tlie
government early in this montit and that lie
will be absent Until the Ist. of July. He
adds:
“Nothing but an imperative public duty
would prevent my joining in doing honor to
tlie memory of our great leader, for whom
I had the highest admiration while he was
living Ilnd the warmest affection as a friend.
1 can. therefore, only express the confident
I. i>e that the whole south will join in pay
ing the last tribute of honor, respect ami
,i<!.>etion to our dead president, whose high
<■<•: aspirations during ids life were to serve
t." people faithfully.”
Among those who have accepted invita-
Cons to attend the reinterment and partici
pate In tlie cennonies, are Governor Brown,
of Maryland; Governor Turney, of Tennes
see, ami General Janies H. Lane.
The Davis Train.
lleleigh, N. C., May 4. [Special.]
Governor Carr today received notice that
the funeral train bearing the remains of
Jefferson Davis would come here May 30th
and remain three hours. The body will lie
in state in the rotunda of tlie capitol ami a
great procession will pay honor. The gover
nor will confer with E. D. Hall, tlie com
manding officer of tlie North Carolina Con
federate Veterans. The people of Greens
boro greatly desire that the train stop there,
and the governor notifies them that lie will
do till in his power to secure a thirty minutes'
stop.
Their gentle action and good effect on the
system really make them a perfect little pill.
They please those who use them. Carter's
Little Liver Tills may well be termed “J’er
f ection.”
J’ERI Es TING THE ARRANGEMENTS.
The Board of Directors of the Davis Monu
ment Association in Session at Riclimono,
Richmond, \ a., May 4. —(Special.) —At a
meeting liere yesterday of tue board of
directors of the Davis Monument Associa
tion the president was authorized to arrange
for tlie reinterment in tlie Davis section in
Hollywood egmetery on June Ist of the
bodies of Mr. Davis’s children, which are
to be brought here from other places.
After the board had adjourned, there was
tin informal talk of members ami tit.’ senti
ments expressed were in favor of placing
the bony, to lij: in state, in the rotunda of
the capitol, raijier tna.n in either of the
hails, so that the people, ranged in single
file* may pass in at one door of the building
and out at the other; against all lettering
or inscription on the funeral train; and in
favor of the caisson, which is to be used in
stead of a hearse, being drawn by six
horses, each horse to be led by a soldier. It.
in expected that the columns of the capitol
portico wilt be wrapped with black cloth,
;i.nd that over each entrance to the building
suitable mourning drapery will be placed.
D ill Lie al the Capital.
The committee which is arranging for the
reception of the remains of I’resident Davis
met yesterday and formulated some plans,
'f ile body will arrive here Monday, May 29th,
at 4:30 o'clock p. m. ai.d will remain until 8
o'clock p. m.
I t will be met at the union depot by a large
escort and conveyed to the slate house,
where it will lie in stale the rest of the
afternoon. Governor Northen. all the capitol
officials, the judges of the supreme court, the
eily and superior courts, the mayor and coun
cil and city officials, the confederate veterans
and the sons of the veterans and the citizens
generally are invited to join the escort.
General 0. A. Evans, president of tlie t'otl
federnte Veterans’ Association, will have en
tire charge of the march. The volunteer
military organizations of tlie city and the
state Are requested Io turn out. A special in
vitation is extended to the Gate Cit.v Guard
to meet the funeral train at the J.labama
state line and serve as eseort to Richmond.
This organization was In the war. and hence
has been selected as special escort.
A West Virginia boy ate five dozen ba
nanas. as fast as he could swallow the fruit,
on a wager of 50 cents.
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THE WATERS RISE.
THE PEOPLE IN ST. LOUIS IN DAN
GER OF REING WASHED AWAY.
Several Residences Have Collapsed—Dead
Bodies Found Floating on the Water.
A Muss of Wreckage, Etc.
St. Louis, May I.—Apother foot of rise in
the river; more Hooded villages
on the east side; a collapsed
wtirehouse which resulted in one
death and a prospect for a repetition of the
scene of a year ago. AH these tell the story
of the high water here tonight. The river
at G o'clock this evening showed a rise of a
fraction of tin jnch over a foot since G o’clock
last night, and the water is still creeping
up on the gauge.
Up to G o’clock this afternoon the water
had ceased the abandonment of the greater
portion of East Carondelet street. Tim tele
graph office of the St. Louis connecting rail
way was wrecked this morning and several
small buildings were ivashed away. (
The body of a man was washed ashore
this afternoon near the sight of the wrecked
telegraph office. The body has not been iden
tified. Many persons who had been living
in the second stories of their homes were
forced to move out altogether today and
several narrow escapes happened, some bare
ly escaping before their residences collapsed
or floated aay.
The East. St. Louis dock wtirehouse, imme
diately south of the Eads bride, gave way
before the rush of water about noon, and ful
ly one-fourth of the vast building, with the
heavy contents, fell in a heap, the roof sink
ing and settling upon the wreck. Thousands
of barrels of flour, sacks of grain, boxes of
canned goods, bundles of shingles of both
cypress and pine, and a miscellaneous lot
of other goods were precipitaled through
the ground floor into the water. One of the
laborers, Cicero Bate, colored, was crushed
to death under the debris and has not yet
been found. Two other laborers were in;
jured. The loss on the building and stock of
goods will be quite heavy.
'I h<-nit nation at Alton.
Alton, 111., May 1. —The river hero is al
ready rising and much damage has already
been done. The Missouri I’oint farmers
are applying for aid here and are prepared
to leave at a minute's notice. A bridge
over Wood river was washed away last
night.. The Burlington bridge over the
same stream is so badly sagged that the
company will use the Chicago and Alton
from Brighton to Alton.
The greatest ealnmily lies in the proba
bility of the Burlington's embankment
across the Missouri i’oint being washed
away. It cost thousands of dollars to
build it and it is now gradually spreading
out and sliding into the water. The com
jKiny is now trying to rip rap the embank
ment, but cannot do it fast enough. ■ With
a little wind the whole bank will go.
Rising at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, May I. - The Ohio river at
midnight is just touching fifty feet above
low water and is rising at the rate of an
inch an hour. It s live feet above the gov
eminent danger line and Rat Bow and
Sausage Row are flooded. No danger has
been done and none is apprehended. Unless
there should be more rain the rise will
stop at iifty-two feet.
W.it i-rspont at Tremont City.
Springfield, Ohio., May I. today
an immense waterspout burst, over Tre
mont City, a village near here. At about
the s.imo lime Mad river broke its banks,
and within eighteen minutes the water had
flooded the town, carrying away outbuild
ings and stables and flooding the first story
of residences. No person is reported kill
ed or drowned, but there is a heavy loss
of stock.
At midnight one hundred acres in the
not theastern part of tlie cit.v, containing
two hundred houses, are flooded and the
water is rising a foot an hour. Scores of
families are in danger, and the police and
patrol force together with citizens, are res
cuing the peonle. lions and horses ar*
being used. The electric street car traffic
of the entire city is stopped, the power
house being under witter. The spring
street bridge is go.ie
Dininige Along the Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., May I.—The Arkansas
river is on a boom. It. has risen in forty
eight hours to within a little over three
feet, of the highest mark of the great
Stay flood of 1892. Several houses have
passed down the river today, showing that,
the flood had been encroaching upon civili
zation up the river, while the current
was filled with trees, logs and brush.
Across the river, near the Little Rock
Cooperage Company’s plant, a large por
tion of the bank caved in. but there was no
further damage done in this city. Tlie plant
ation of Zeb Ward, four miles above here,
is inundated and his large plantation furth
er up the river in Conway county is said
to be under water. Captain Harvey Lewis
reported several plantations under water up
the river; that -people were working day
and night on their levees, but had little or
no hope of saving their crops.
\ < lotiilbnrst In texas.
Paris, Tex., May 1. —A cloudburst swept the
Boston mountains and carried away thirty
five miles of the Frisco railroad tracks. The
northbound passenger train, which left Sat
urday was unable to get beyond Mountainburg
and returned. The southbound train was
stopped at Greenland. The Arkansas river is
eight miles wide, and much damage has been
done along Its course. Five farmhouses a
few mill's this side of Fort Smith were de
molished by a whirlwind.
The Raping Rivers.
Cincinnati, 0.. May 2.—The heavy rains
have ceased and cooler wtither prevails.
The danger of a disastrous flood in the (thio
river is not imminent, as it is now but
fifty feet ami seven inches and rising a half
inch an hour. The greater damage is along
the smaller rivers in Ohio. The Miami is
higher than since 18.84. Paper mills at
Franklin and Middleton are compelled to
slop. Along the Little Miami, thousands
of acres of planted ground are submerged.
Along tlie Seito. the same state of affairs
exist. The city park nt (Jhillicothe is flooded
and the bottom lands are all under water.
Floods in Missouri.
St. Louis. May 2. —Advices from southern
Missouri and southeast Arkansas are to
the effect that the third flood this year in
tlie White and Black rivers is now pouring
down in these streams and doing great
damage to all kinds of property. A large
part of the Poplar bluffs, on both sides of
the Black river, is submerged and people
have been obliged to abandon their homes,
'i'lie Iron Mountain railway track is washed
out in several places in the bottom lands
along both White and Black rivers, and is
flooded for scores of utiles and till crops are
greatly damaged or wholly destroyed. At
Steelville, on the Meramec river in Craw
ford county, Missouri, water poured through
the main streets four feet, deep, flooded
houses, and people had Io he taken from
their homes on horseback. The branch of
tlie St. Louis and San Francisco railway,
between Steelville and Salem, which rims
through the iron mining region is washed
out in a dozen places, bridges having been
swept away, and it will take ten days or
more to repair it.
Cyclone in South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C., Maj 7 3.—A cyclone passed
through South Carolina today. Williston anil
Sprintieid were the worst sufferers. Crops
mill houses sit both these places were much
damaged. High winds are reported from all
parts of the state. .Several persons were in
jured but none fatally.
Cyclone in Texas.
Dallas, Tex., May 7. A Denison special says:
Yesterdav evening about 5 o’clock a cyclone
passed along tlie western skirts of Gainesville,
traveling from southwest to norilieast. Four
or five houses were blown down, a number of
buildings were unroofed and a freight train
on the Santa Fe. a short distance north of
Gainesville, was wrecked. A brakeman was
killed and five men were seriously injured.
The train was reduced to kindling wood.
Trainmaster Bivins was in the wreck and
is wounded. The wind was very high at
Whitesboro. A farmhouse near Gainesville
was destroyed, but the occupants escaped in
jury.
The Tornado at Wilmington.
Cincinnati, 0., May 7.—The tornado at
Wilmington, 0., yesterday caused losses es
timated at SIOO,OOO. Every church spire in the
city was blown flown except that of Hie Cath
olic church, and nearly all wore unroofed.
The newly remodeled city hall lost its roof
and was otherwise seriously damaged. The
violence of the wind was so groat that ,it is
astonishing that no one was killed. About
half a dozen persons were injured. The dam
age was all done within a few minutes.
Uni! Three Feet Deep.
Albany, Ga., May 2.—(Special.)—Mr.
Bink Savage came into the cit.v this after
noon and reports that the hail yesterday
afternoon fell in such quantities at Sasser
and Dawson that the frozen drops were
three feet deep, and that all cotton, corn
and every growing cereal has been killed.
CYCLONE AT NASHVILLE.
Fifteen Buildings Wrecked—One Mau Killed
and Several Injured.
Raleigh, N. C., May 4.—Reliable news of a
cyclone which swept through Granville and
Vance counties yesterday afternoon could
not be received until after midnight, owing
to breaks of wires, nor could any specials
tie sent from here to Atlanta for the same
reason.
Fifteen buildings were wrecked at Ashe
ville. One negro man was killed, four men
badlv hurt and one negro fatally injured.
The’track of the storm was only 150 yards
wide and passed through the western part
of town, where there were several large
wooden tobacco prize houses, which were
wrecked, as were also tlie tobacco factory,
tobacco warehouse and some dwellings.
Tlie approximate loss is as follows: R. A.
Gr.-gorv, .$9,000; W. J- Bo.vikn, S5.0O0; T. N.
Burweil, .$4,000; J. F. White. $3,000; Hicks
tobacco factory. $9,000; Monet’s tobacco
warehouse. $3,000; Mrs. L. G. Smith, $3,000;
S W. Barker, $5,00;>; W. R. Taylor, $5,000;
Lyon & Dav. .S6JMIO; R. W. Lassiter, $2,000.
Small damages are too nninerotts to mention.
R. <». Gregory and W. J. Boykin held tornado
policies and tiro fully insured. The storm
passed to the northeast and within a mile
of Henderson and did considerable damage
to country residences, wrecking those of
George Ward. C. B. Church and Mrs. Mary
Church. Church's store wtt's blown down, as
well us his large ginbouse. Many tobacco
barns and packing houses were swept away.
Th" cyclone struck Greystone, near Hender
son. and wrecked several houses. It there
badly injured three persons.
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AN IMMENSE LAKE
Made by tlie Bursting of Lewiston Reser
voir in Ohio.
Bellfontaine, O„ May 3. —The famous
Lewiston reservoir, situated in the north
western part of Dogan county, ten miles
from this city, has burst through its banks.
It covers twenty thousand acres but has
sjiread into a lake stretching into every
direction out of sight. The latest reports
tonight from the scene of the flood ate re
assuring, and it is believed that such pro
gress has been made as will prevent further
opening at the present places, but the entire
lower banks are saturated and in a very
dangerous condition. Should further rains
fall, no human power can stay an awful
catastrophe.
The towns and cities directly in the line of
the floor are Sidney, I’iqtia, Tippecanoe,
Dayton and most of the towns of the Miami
'valley between Dayton and Cincinnati.
Telegrams have been sent, to the authorities
at all threatened places to prepare for the
worst as well as they hastily can and to hope
for the best.
The Lewiston reservoir is said to be the
second largest artificial body of water in the
world.
The big. covered bridge, 150 feet in
length, was swung completely round and
torn loose and swept away. In the course
of the flood stood the houses of Jack Smith
and William DoVault and a large number
of tenement house and squatters and bach
elors' houses. All these are submerged,
though, fortunately, everybody managed to
escape from the danger. People fled in ter
ror from their homes, while the swift, rush
ing flood came down the valley, taking every
thing before it. So far no loss of life has been
reported, but when the flood subsides it
will likely bo revealed that more than one
unfortunate perished. The damage to prop
erty in Logan county alone is estimated at
$5(),0t;0. Many farmers Mill lose everything
and will be financially ruined.
Rev. Sylvnntis Lane, of the Cincinnati AT.
E. conference, says: “We have for years
used Hood's Sarsaparilla in our family of
live, ami find it fully equal to all that is claim
ed for it.”
DISCUSSING TERMINAL AFFAIRS
Pat Calhonn and Others In Conference.
Georgians and Georgia Affairs.
Washington, Ma.v 3.—(Special.)—Pat
Calhoun and his crowd Mere in close con
sultation Mith Senator Butler, of South
Carolina, nearly all the morning. Those
at the conference were Calhoun, Hon. A.
O. Bacon, of Macon: Alexander C. King,
of Atlanta: Neopold Wallaeh. of New York;
and Alexander BroM’n, of Baltimore. They
Mere hammering away at the Richmond
Terminal timbers, but refuse to make any
part of their meeting public, save the fact
that they “did nothing.” and decided, to
meet in Atlanta next Wednesday.
The party dined at the Arlington this
evening and left at night for New York.
A Majority Have Deposited.
New York, May 3. -Drexel. Morgan &- Co.
state that more than n majority of l oth class
es of bonds and stocks of the Richmond Ter
minal have been deposited with them. The
plan Mill not. bo made public today. It is
thought that the details M'ill be completed
before Saturday and the plan given out to
holders of securities.
Will be Heard at Atlanta.
Washington, Ma.v, 2.—The suit brought
by Henry Croffutt against Hollins’s reor
ganization committee of the Georgia Cen
tral railroad. Mas set down for bearing to
day before Justice Jackson, of the United
States supreme court, sitting as circuit
judge, but the hearing was postponed till
Slav 25th, M’hen the case Mill bo heard at
Atlanta. Neither party Mas able to pro
ceed with its testimony, records, pages, etc.,
not being complete or printed.
Sale of a Railroad.
Charleston. S. ('.. May 2. The Charleston,
■ Cincinnati and Chicago railroad was sold
today at a private auction under a decree
of the Tinted States circuit court, to Charles
Helli' i'. '>f Boston, representing bondholders,
for .$550.0110. A certified cheek for .$25,000
was put up to bind the trade.
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Waycross, Ga., May 3.—(Special.)—T. B.
Marshall, of county, has the largest
vineyard in this section of the state. The
Concords and yellow scuppernongs are the
principal varieties grown by him. Last sea
son he made forty thousand gallons of wine.
He ships his wine to th<* northern mar
kets. He lias over two thousand gallons
of wine in Ids cellar now. The wines are
pure, and bring good prices. The vineyard
is the source of a good income to Mr. Mar
shall. The community where he lives is
noted for its large vineyards. This section
is fast becimiimr the best grape growing
county in Georgia. , Numerous vineyards
have been pjanted this year and in a few
years grape culture v;ill be an important in
dustry with tho farmers generally.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
CONSTITUTION OFF T CE,
Atlanta. May S.
Local —Market quiet; middling 73-16 c.
Heiow we the opculn- and closing
cotton futures in New York today.
Opeuin?. Cloßlng.
Fday........ •••••• . ••••••• ••**«••••••»••• <.48»6 i• 41■ 'X? •• f
June —7. M 7.54 id 7.5
Jrly 7.65$ 7.67 7.6L# 7.61
August ....... 7.745. ...
September 7.ko<6 7.77 ft 7.7 d
October 7.B6<(i 7.88 7 7.85
November. 7.91(4 7.95 7.90(5 7.91
December S.OOft 7.967.97
January 8.06-ji
Closed quirt, sales 50,609 bales.
Hubbard. Price A Co.’s Circular.
NEW YORK, May 6- Tho statistical positions
as made up by Saturday's Financial Chroaicle, is a,
follows:
This Last Last
week. week. year.
Visible supply 3,6 v 3.306 3,734,707 4,116,911
American 3,108.106 3.199,507 3,452.711
Crop in sight 6,225.674 6,199.L)5 8,660.5)1
Came In sight 29.519 4?,9)1 53,271
Piantat'n deliv’es 9,874 18.605 31,976
NEW YORK, May 5 The following’ is the com
parative cotton statement for the week ending today:
Net receipts at all United States ports 30,331
Same time last year - 51,546
Show-ng a doorcase 31,215
Total receipts.
Same time last year 6,732,261
Showing a decrease. 1,994,149
Exports for the week 63,488
Same time last year 90,535
Showing a decrease 27,047
Total exports to date 3,739,741
Same time last year 5,258.166
Showing a decrease 1,618,425
Stock at United States ports 616,821
Same time Last year 754.811
Showing a decrease 137,990
Stock at interior towns ')»..< 9
Same time last year 89,354
Showing an increase 4,455
Stock at Liverpool 1,583,003
Same time last year 1,729,000
Showing a decrease,... 145,000
American cotton afloat for Great Britain 70,000
Same time last year 80,000
Showing a decrease 10,000
NEW YORK. May 6 The total visible supply
of cotton for the world is 3,683,305 bales, of which
3,108,106 bales are American, against 4,116,911 and
3,452,711 bales respectively last year. Receipts at all in
terior town. 4 13.351 bales. Receipts from plantations
9,871 bales. Crop in sight 6,228,674 bales.
Weekly Bank Statement*
NEW YORK, May 6 - Special. Tho New York
Financier says: If any doubts have been entertained
as to the stability of the banks of New York city the
clearinghouse exhibit of the associated banks must
have thoroughly dispelled that impression. The week
ending Friday night was one of the worst the money
market has experienced for a number of years. Stocks
have fumbled down to such an extent that a man who
owned a lot of Industrial stocks and would have been
considered rich a week ago is today a beggar as far as
the value of his stocks go. Money went up to 40 percent
on Friday, and yet, with all of the panic and havoc in
the street and the wild reports relative to the banks
being in trouble, and currency being shipped to tho
interior by the millions, the bank statement cornea
along at its usual time, and is iu itself a flat contra
diction of all the rumors.
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 6—Tho following is the state*
meat of the associated banks lor the wee* eudiug
today:
Reserve, increase | 679,025
Loans, decrease 262,600
Specie, decrease 533,700
Legal tenders, increase 1,649.500
Deposits, increase 1,747,100
Circulation, decrease 28,700
Banksnow hold $12,835,175 in excess of the legal ro*
quirements of the 25 per cent rule.
Atlanta Clearing: Association Statement.
For the week 1.362,454.63
Clearings last week 1,000,522.43
VKAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.
vONSLTTUriON OFFIOB.
ATLAWT4. May 6, 13)3.
Groceries.
ATLANTA, May 6 Roasted coffee— Arbuckle’!
22.1u0 $) 100 cases Lion 22.10 c: Levering’s 22.10a,
Green—Extra choice 21c; choice good 20j; fair I9d
common 17dlAe. Sugar—Granulated s^c: powdered
6 <e; cut ioaf 6 ; white extra C New Orleans yellow
clarified o i 7-5 3 c; yellow exi-a o<c. Syrup -New
Orleans choice 4 »c; prime 3540 c; comi aou 20 fIJ VJe
Molasses--Genuine Cuba 35<z)38c; imitation 22di25a
'Lt .s—Biack 33(>‘55c: green Nuteneg 65d)70e
Cloves’..s<• 30c. Cinnamon 10.d.i- >l ao. Auspice 10($lia
Jamaica ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 12u. Mace $1.03
Rice—Head Oe; goo I ••ommon < : sc; imported Ja
pan '”«iX - c. Sait —Haw iey’s dairy $1.50; icecream $1.10;
Virgil.ia 75c. Cheese Full cream, Cheddars 12
flats v 2 l ' 2 c. Whitefish—bbls ?‘.00; pails6oc. Soap—
Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs, $3.iX) turpentine, 60 b irs.
60 us CanJ’es— Paraffin star l’a
xMatchss L00s«4.00; 390 s S3OO/43.75: 200a $2.00.<2,2.7a; 60s,
5 gross, ?3.75. Soda Kegs, bu k, 4c; do. Ilb package.
s\c. c.ise-:, 1 tt» do 1 and S tbs 8c; do. lbs 6 : 4c.
Crackers-XXX soda 6‘- a c; XXX butter 6tyc; XXX
per.rl oysters 6c; shell and excelsior 7c; lemon cream 9c;
XXX ginger snaps 9c; cornhiilu 9c. Candy- Assorted
etick 6- a c: French mixed 12‘ a c. Canned goods—Con
deiised milk imitation mackerel $3.95(04.00;
salmon 5600 <••<7.'m); F.W. jystors $2.09: L. W. $1.35; cora
$2.50.ft3.50; tomatoes $2.10. Ball potaf-h $3.20. Stare tv—
Pearl 4c; lump 4 nickel packxgo s3.oo:celluloat
ss.oo. Pickles -Plain or mixed, pint 1,51.00 <01.40; quarts
sl.sCt«-1.80. Powder- Rifle, kegs, $3./j; kejss2.lj; 54
kegssl.2o. Shot—sl.6o sack.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
ATLANTA. May 6 —Flour First patent $5.09,
second patent $4.50; extra fancy 64. JO; fancy ?3.75; fanid;
$3.25. t orn No. 1 white 59c; No. 2 white 58a
mixed 56c. Oats—Texas rust procif 45; white 45c; mixed
44c. Hay—Choice timothy, large bales, $1.00: No. 1 tim
othy, large bales, 9ec; choice timothy small bales, $1.00;
No. 1 timothy, small bales, 95c; No. 2 timothy, small
bales, 90c. Meal -Plain 57c; boltod 53c. Wheat bran
large sacks. 80c. small sacks 10. Cotton seed meal
—51.30 '44 cwt. steam feed—sl.4 Isa cwt. Stock peas 66
6; 7<»e 1 J bu; white 75e <<SL2S. Buston bean.;
fa bu; Tennessee $1.75 00. Grits Pearl $3.35.
Country Produce
ATLANTA. May 6 Eggs 123113 c. Batter -
Western creamery 28 </. 35e; choice Tennessee 27 2 t3oc:
other grades 10 ■<T2Sc. Live poultry—Turkeys
fait; hens 28 '3O; spring chickens, large 25'u. 35; "small
spring 15<rZd6c; ducks L'o(/;22‘ 2 c. Dressed poultry
Turkeys 17«£18c; ducks 15c; cuickens
tatoes, Burbauk, sl.uO qil.l/ fa bu; Georgia
seed, easly rose $2.50 bbl; peerless $2.
Sweet potatoes, new fa bu. Honey—Strained
8ul0c; in the comb 10 (612 l.c. Onions $1.75(0(2.09 fa tnfl
fa bbl crate $1.25£1.50. Cabbage—Louisiana
2i{i2Uc fa lb; Florida 2<d)2> 2 c.
Fruita and < 'oiiiecrions.
ATLANTA, May 6 --Apple»—Fancy non* on market,
bbl. Lemons $3.50 <64.00. Oranges—Florida sj.OO'f‘3.sO
fa box. Cocoanuts3-D’"4c. Pineapples fa doz.
Bananas—Selected $1.50 ; 2. )0. Fig? 13 1 18 c? Raisins -
New California $2.25; ’i boxes $1.5); ’4 boxes 75c. Cur
rants 7 <«3c. Leghorn citron 20<u25c. Nuts—Almonds 16;
pecans 12 <sllc. Brazil 11 Filberts 11 Wal-
nuts 12‘i(d»16c. Peanuts—Virginia, electric light
Ti'ic; fancy handpicked 6 1 ».t7: North Carolina
Georgia 4.5-4 J-2 c.
Provisions.
ATLANTA May 6 Clear rib sides, boxed 10
ice-cured bellies 13c. Sugar-cured hams 15$l?c. ac-*
cordingto brand and average: California 14c. Break*
last bacon 16c. Lard— 11-Mc; compound