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VOL IX TIIENEWS IN BRIEF Items C dlcc’cd From Every Quarter of the Globe. Mhort Sonthcrji It is said lli.it l-'eer' miy Hnko Smith’s r<- •iKua.t ion is in the h r Is of President Cleveland. Tim tug Dauiith- s i- said to have left Brunswick, Ga., with ai :s and muni tions of war for tlio Cuban insurgents. Colonel Tomlinson I'. Johnson of Sa vannah denies the report that he is to I ■■ K-public.»n caiidiuatc for gov i nor of Ccofgia. lion. £’<>;>■■ Brown of Pulaski has been unanimously elected president of the Georgia State Agricultural society for the en .my year. A cable ,'r.on receive 1 in Atlanta an nounces thj death in Austria of Mr. Charles 1;- .man, I .m Jy proprietor of the Kimball 1! v The Republic.:as of Tennessee have nominated U. N. Tillman of Nashville lot | overm.r, 11 Clay Evans having <lo cluie.l to be ti candidate. The dirue,fi ; s of tb*i Planters’ ti<<i mil!, at y.ivannah, will h v. is destroyed by tiin a 1 mi. two weeks have do <-id»'d to ir mid the prop ml y. Bill Wluteick, a negro who mnrdcrn I Sheriff Holiday, m ]\>i.ytii comity, Tenn., was hanged in the jail yard at Homerville, Tenn., Friday. llu died prote Img his mnoc neo. The nunii .1 reunion of the Western North Caro.ma Confi'diuato Veterans’ association will bo, held this yem at Sylva, in Jackson county, N. C., the •late being Aug. 19, 20 and 21. The president has appointed George O. folbels assistant pay mast: r in ti.o navy, subject to examination. Heibels is from Alabama. Th re were more tlinn 150 applicants f. r th > place. An explosion < ccurrcd at Smnm ford’n sawmill, near Mav.i da, Tex., killing William Heiny, Ben Johns’>n and Jam's Wiesers. M B. Henry, Ned Henry and Edward Johnson wore injured fatally. The census of the state of Florida far the year 1895, shortly to bo published, shows a population of -161(>39. including 39 iedians. The white population is 271,5(11, tm increase of 48,520 over 189). Congressman A. M. Dockery was re nominated by the Democratic congres sional c >uvolition which mot at Came von, Mo. This is his eighth consecut ivo luaYr>rt+i<.fHib. v 01Tj^yMU8i ! frt«k-pf 1110 Third district. ~ The Snead & Co. iron works of Louis ville, employing 300 men, has given no ticw'of u 10 percent reduction in wages, owing to the depressed condition of business resulting from tho agitation of the money question. Rev. 11. F. Buchanan, a Baptist min ister well known throughout North Georgia, and who at one time was tho pastor of the Third Baptist church of Atlanta, died at his homo in Conyers, Ga., of heart failure. Edward Harlow, u freight conductor on the Louisville a id Nashville road, was killed at Big Stone Gap, Via, while looking between ears for tramps. His head was ground oil under tho wheels. His home was at Corbin, Ky. Tho August returns to the statistical! of the department of agriculture show a reduction in tho condition of cotton during the month of July from 92.5 to 80.1, or 12.4 points. Tho condition of tho North Carolina crop is 93. While eating dinner at St. Augustine, Fla., II A. Brooks remarked to his wife: “I have taken strychnine and am dy ing.” Brooks immediately went into convulsions and soon died. Despon dency, duo to financial troubles, was the ' cause. Mr. George Ivoster, a farmer, about 40 years old, living ten miles from Toocoa, Ga.. was drowned in Tugalo river. He was floating a log down the river to a sawmill, when the log turned, throwing him m very deep water, where he sank. T{ie following cadet appointments to the milita-y academy at West Point have just been announced: Walter H. Smith of Thomasville, Ga.; Louis N. Raphael, alternate, Houston, Tex.; James Knox Roach, alternate, Rock Hill, S. O. Albert Wade, formerly assistant cash ier of the First National bank of Mount Vernon, Ind., who absconded 18 months ago with $40,000, was arrested nt Nashville < n a telegram from Mount Vernon. He will return without requi sition paper*. Tho comptroller of the cur. encyhas been informed of the failure of the City National bank of San Angeles. Te.x. It was capitalized for SIOO.OOO. The lia bilities, including deposits and loans, are $71,000. Examiner Cannon has been directed to take charge of the bank. Baron Fava, the Italian minister, had a long interview with Acting Secretary Rockhill Saturday regarding the lynch ing of the Italians at New Orleans. The baron supplemented his note sent a few days ago and urged that steps be taken to secure tho punishment of the lynchers. The entire crew of the Portuguese bark Sereia has been arrested at Savan nah under warrants from the Portuguese consul charging them with mutiny. While at the Sapelo quarantine station the men refused to uulmwl > aßast, and THE CHATTOOGA NEWS. otherwise declined to obey the orders of Captain Chcriaria. • A reunion of the Forty-third Georgia volunteers was held at Ball Ground. Ga. Speeches were made by Hon. Carter Tate, Captain H. W. Newsman and Col onel 11. P. Beil. Thirty-three of the Forty-third Georgia volunteers and some 69 of other regiments and 1,009 citizens were in attendance. A letter from Hon. Charles F. Crisp, who with Mrs. Crisp, has been nt Tate Springs, Tenn., the greater portion of the summer, announces that his health has boon greatly benefited during his stay at that resort. He will return home the latter part of this week, stopping a ; day or two in Atlanta enroute. By tho falling of a drawbar, the ca boose of a northbound freight on the ; Louisville and Nashville road, near [ Morris Station, Ky., was thrown from tho track and down tho embankment. i Joshua Wright, a brakeman, was in : stantly killed, and John Stroiger, an . other brakeman, was fatally injured. At White Cliff Springs, a summer ro sort near Athens, Tenn , Will Reynolds, i a young man eighteen years of age, I whose linin'! is in Romo, Ga.. fell from a high bluff and was instantly killed. I The young man is the second son of Hon John Reynolds, a prominent law yer of Rome, and has relatives in Knox ville. Rev Thomas W. Caskey, a Christian preacher of great renown in Mississippi and Texas, died at Jackson, Miss , aged 84. He was born in Mary county, Tenn., Lui went to Mississippi 70 years ago as a blacksmith. Entering the ministry whim 20 years of age, ho has since, had charge of churches at Jackson and at Fort Worth, Sherman and Greenville, Tex. Note* From North, Wfstnnd Abroad, j Highwaymen held up and robbed a I stage near Port Jervis, N. Y. Nansen, the arctic explorer, has ar rived at Virdo Island, Norway. Sir John Millais, president of the Royal academy, died in London. Sixty lives were lost in a cloudburst at Delias .'n, Pa , a .- mil t> ,vn nea.' Pittsburg. Advices received from Bolivia an nounce that i x-President Uampero died on Aug. 12. Ex-President Harrison has decided to soon take the stump in behalf of the Re publican ticket. An American company has secured ! the contract for lighting the city of ' Lima, Peru, by electricity. The Spanish government is inviting ; tenders in England for constructing a l floating dock at Havana. Celia Rose, the daughter of an Ohio i farmer, has confessed to poisoning her | father, mother and br. ther and is in : jail- Since July 1 the United States treas ury has redeemed in gold $21,000,000 of • legal tender notes presented for redeinp : tion. President Andrews of Brown univer ' sity, in a letter to a Denver friend, do ’ dared for independent free coinage of i silver. Professor Otto Lillenthal, the well i known inventor of Berlin, died from ! tho effects of a fall from his flying ma | chine. Joe Choynski and Joe McAuliffe have | been matched to fight five rounds before the Occidental club, at San Francisco, Aug. 28. Dr. A. C. Hickey, aged 65, one of the pioneer organizers of the Grand Army of the Republic, died at Kingston, Ont., of heart failure. Dr. Gallagher, Whitehead, Devany and Daly, soealled Irish “dynamiters,” serving life sentences in British prisons, have been liberated. The wholesale liquor dealers from all parts of the country will meet in Cleve land on Aug. 13 to organize a national dealer's association. Georg© and Isaac Ferguson, aged 10 and 8 years respectively, were drowned while bathing in the Wallkill river, at Middletown, N. Y. Five persons were drowned in the Delaware river, opposite Briderburg, a suburb of Philadelphia, by the capsizing of a small rowboat. The Johnson Steel works, at Lorain, ' 0., have closed down and 800 men are thrown out of employment. The sus pension is owning to a lack of orders. Spain’s premier, in informing the cortes that more money must be raised for the Cuban war, admitted that the war has spread over the whole island. Josiah E. Kelley, assistant cashier of the First National bank of South Bend, Ind., com mi i ed snick; ■? beeai •» his de falcation of 4,00) ha 1 beend covered. Deputv C mptrolier Coffin has ap pointed Joseph Roach of Northfield, Minn., receiver of the First National bank of Minot, N. D., which recently failed. The battleship Indiana will be pre sented with a magnificent silver service, contributed by the citizen? of Indiana, at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, ou Sept. 2i. Patti, the great singer, who is spend ing the summer at her castle in Wales, says if she ever gives up her residence in that country she will make her home in America. Albert Bacon, at Sheffield, Mass, shot aud ki led a negro boy who had as | saulted his little daughter, thus fore- stalling his neighbor* who were hunt ing the negro down. W. J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall were formally notified of their nomination for president and vice president, respect ively, at Madison Square Garden, New York, Wednesday night. Tho Paris police have seized upon 10- 000,000 francs worth of counterfeit French bank notes of three houses in Tunis. The bank clerks were unable to detect the fraud Several arrests have been made. Mohla Reza, who assassinated the Shah of Persia in May last, was hanged at Teheran, Persia, Wednesday morn ing in the presence of an immense con course of people. The agricultural department’s grain crop report for August shows: Corn condition 96, a gain during July of 4.4 points; spring wheat 78 9, a decline of 114.4, and oats 77.3, or 19 points less. Ina cistern beneath a house at Flush ing, L. L, in which lived Mrs. Phoebe Seaman, was found tho ropebound skel eton of her husband, who had been missing for a year. She was arrested. At the Novelty theater, in London, in a stabbing scene, tho spring dagger, made for stage failed to act and Mr. Grozier, an actor, was stabbed to the heart, so that he died in a few minutes.’ The statement made by Tho Temps of Paris that Spain is sending a circular note to the powers in regard to the atti tude of the United States in tho Cuban question is looked upon in Berlin as be ing incorrect. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American branch of the Rod Cross so ciety, has started on her return to the United States, her mission of distrib uting relief to tho Armenian sufferers having been ended. The treasury department has not been officially informed of tho refusal of Ca nadian banks to tako our silver certifi cates except at a discount. Our banks do not accept Canadian or any other foreign silver at par. Baroness Tennyson, widow of the late poet laureate, is dead. She was a daughter of Henry Sellwood, Esq., and was married to Alfred Tennyson in 1850. Her son, Hallam Tennyson, is the present Baron Tennyson. At Anapolis, Thedia, in tho island of Crete, on Saturday, a thousand armed Mussulmans butchered 30 unarmed Christians in the precinct of St. John monastery. Several priests and women and children were among tho victims. Watson, Little & Company, one of tho largest firms in Chicago, made an as signment to Matthew D. Morton. No statement was filed with the assignment. The failure, it is said, was caused by the strike of the workmen at tho company’s mines at Brazi', Ind. Li Hung Chang, tho Chinese states man, who is now the guest of Great Britain, visited St. Paul’s cathedral aud placed a wreath upon the tomb of Gen eral Charles George Gordon, who was killed by the Mahdists at Khartoum, in the Soudan, on Jan. 26, 1885. The observations of tiro sun’s total eclipse, visible in northern Europe,north ern Asia and Japan, and for which elaborate preparations had been made, has proved a failure, both at Vadse, on the west coast of Nova Zembla, and at St. Petersburg, owing to the clouds. It is reported that a British man-of war has seized the Mexican island of Clarion, which belongs to the state of Colima, and that there will be a coaling station established there. It is also as serted that the English have planned to seize tho islands of Revillagiedo, ou the Pacific coast. Prairie fires are raging in the Coman che Indian county, southwest of Perry, O. T. Thousands of acres of grain have been swept by the flames, which are aided by the dry condition of vegetation. The fires follow a term of hot winds which have parched vegetation and caused cattle to suffer. Mail advices from the Orient tell of a rebellion which has broken out in the center of the island of Formosa. Hoo uim, the camphor center, was attacked, and it is supposed the few Japanese there, numbering about a dozen, in cluding the gendarmes, were and it is believed that D. D. Ellis, an Eu ropean, has fallen a victim. The richest gold placer mines of Alaska have been transferred to Cana dian territory, and miners are now pay ing miners’ tax to British authorities. The territory in question is from three to eight miles in width, and embraces the rich placer claims on Glacier and Miller creeks, which, heretofore, were supposed to be in Alaskan territory. Major McKinley made a speech at Canton, 0., lauding the south He sai l the bitterness of the war lias pas J away and that “sectionalism has given place to national spirit, and patriotism has smoothed the asperities of party ism, while the preservation of the na tional honor constitutes the great aim aud purpose of all patriotic American citizens.” Queen Victoria has issued a message to the nations thanking them for their expressions of loyalty and affection as the period approaches when the length of her reign will have exceeded that of any other English monarch, but asking that any national celebration be reserved until she shall complete 60 years of her reign. Queen Victoria was crowned on June 2, 1638. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 19 1896 Till \EIVS IN GEORffi A Column of Interesting and Im portant State Items. HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST WEEK The Southeastern Tariff Association Issuos an Order Increasing the Kate of Insuranre In Savannah Twenty-Five Cents on the Humlred Hollars— The Prisoners In Ful ton County Jail I’l an to Escape, Etc. Savannah, Aug. 17.—The Southeast ern Tariff association has issued an order ; increasing the rate of insurance in Sa -1 vannah 25 cents on the SIOO. The new I rate is to go into effect Aug. 8. I This was due to faulty management at the recent rice mill fire, it being com plained that there wa> either shortage of water or the water supply was not : properly used. There will be a strong i protest against this action on tho part of | the property owners, and it is doubtful if the association can maintain the rates for any length of time. ROAD ORDERED SOLD. The Columbus Southern Will Bo Knocked l>own to the Highest Bidder. Atlanta, Aug. 12.—Special Master James W. English, appointed by the United States court to conduct the sale of the Columbus Southern railway, to satisfy the claims of the bondholders, has ordered the sale of the property to take place on the tenth day of Septem ber at the freight depot of the railroad in Columbus. Tho road extends from Columbus to Albany, a distance of 88 miles. It is bonded for more than $1,000,000, the principal bondholders being Simon Borg & Co. of New York. The road was built by Captain English’s firm, the Chattahoochee Brick company, in 1887. It recently went into the hands of a re ceiver, and Mr. T. E. Blanchard wae appointed to the position. The property is considered a valuable one and the sale will be one of great interest in railroad and financial circles. It is te be sold as an entirety to the highest bidder at public auction. No bid will bo accepted for less than $300,- 000, and the bidder or bidders must make a deposit of $25,000 as a guarantee of good faith. 1 urchasers, in addition to the rani bid, must pay off all the debts and obligations incurred by the receivers having possession of the prop erty. Application for tho sale of the railroad was made through the attorneys for the complainants, Butler, Stillman & Hub bard of New York, aud Little & Little of Columbus. PLANNED TO BREAK JAIL. Fulton County Prisoners Conspired to Kill tho Guards and Escape* Atlanta, Aug. 15. —A bold scheme to break jail has been discovered by the Fulton county prison officials. The con spiracy had been well planned in its every detail. Assistant Jailer Eubanks was to be decoyed into the corridor. Tom Delk, the outlaw, now under sen tence of death, who had made a key to his cell door, would bo in hiding in the bathroom. When McCullough entered the corridor door, Delk was to spring upon him from behind. The cell door of Arthur Hayne, who is to die on the gallows next Friday, was false locked by a trusty who was one of the conspirators, and when the time for action came, the murderer of Spinks was to rush out and aid Delk. The night guard at the door would have been silenced with a knife thrust and the keys would then have been in the possession of the prisoners. Every door would then have been opened, and before an alarm could have been given the entire number would have been upon the streets and probably beyond recapture. When the plot was discovered a search was instituted and two knives, a saw, four pieces of steel aud a heavy iron bar were found in Hanye’s cell. The ringleaders, Delk and Hanye, have been put in irons. Held Up by Two Negro Tramps. Waycross, Ga., Aug. 15. —A crowd of section hands were held up and robbed at their houses between Waycross and Blackshear' by two armed negro tramps. : The section men had just finished cook ing provisions when the desperadoes ar ■ rived and asked for a drink of water, . which was given them. The tramps then demanded food. The section men said they had no food to spare. The tramps drew their pistols on the section men, who fled as a fusillade of bullets was sent after them. When the tramps had frightened the men off they took all the provisions they found in the houses and every other article of value and left the place. Professor Sanford Laid at Rest. Macon, Aug. 11.—The funeral ser vices of Professor Shelton P. Sanford were held at tho First Baptist church in the presence of a crowded congregation. Rev. Dr. John J. Brantley and Rev. Dr. Nelson officiated. Dr. Brantley was for many long years associated with Profes sor Hanford as a member of the faculty of Mercer university, and they were close and warm friends. Tried to Kill the Chilian Minl-t-er. Even s Ayres, Aug. 17. —A dispatch from Chuquisanca (Sucre) Bolivia, an nounces that a merchant named Cuel lar has attempted to assassinate the Chilian minister to Bolivia while the latter was at Chuquisanca. Cuellar fired teveral shots from a revolver at the minister and the latter was severly j wounded. Minister Schellehdorf to Retire. Berlin, Aug. 17.—1 tis officially an nounced that Minister for War General Bronsart von Schellendorf will retire from office. He will be succeeded by General von Gosler. Six Hundred Expressmen on Strike. New York, Aug. 17.—Employes oi the Adams Express company in this city aud Jersey City, to the number of 6vd, have gone on a strike. ; RESIGNATION REFUSED. Cleveland Rejects the Offer to Re tire Made by the Secretary. Washington, Aijg. 9 .—lt is said tonight that Secretary iloke Smith just before he left Washington to join his family at Lincolnton, N. C., received a letter from President 'Cleveland declining to accept Mr. i Smith’s proffered resignation of ; the interior department portfolio. ! Whether the President accompan ied this by an explanation of his own position, or even whether he made any comments upon the pos ition assumed by Secretary Smith, cannot be learned. It seems, how ever, to bo now assured that if Sec retary Smith leaves the cabinet it will be by his own voluntary ac tion, and that tho President does net propose by anything that he may do, to help the silver men make a martyr of Smith. It is still possible that Mr. Smith may deem it incumbent upon him to compel the acceptance of his resig nation should President Cleveland by any public utterance, directed against the supporters of the Bryan and Sewall ticket place Mr. Smith in an awkward position. It can be stated positively that there is no foundation whatever for the suggestion that Mr Lam nt is considering the possibility of severing his relations with the President. Mr. Pottle’s Second Letter. Tuo years ago Mr. Joseph E. Pottle, a talented and pt pular young lawyer of Milledgeville, an nounced his intention of going into the populist party. Mr. Pottle is the sin of the late Judge Id 11. Pottle, who presided over the Northern circuit so many years. The younger Pottle is a graduate of the State University, and is a man of eloquence and influence. LaaL month Mr. Pottle announc ed that he would renew his allegi anca to democracy. This deter mination has been confirmed by the following to a personal friend and classmate in Savannah. Mr. Pottle hero makes his reasons for democracy clearer than in his first announcement We are satisfied that this letter will be read with renewed interest in Georgia: Milledgeville, Aug. 2, 1896. Mr- A. A. Lawrence, Savannah, Ga. My Dear Sir: I suppose you saw my card in the Constitution of Wednesday, July 22d? To my way of thinking, the populist par-' ty has about accomplished the purpose of its organization; that is to say, tho legitimate purpose. You know, I believe the financial question to be, above and beyond all others, the question, and that on it depends the prosperity of the south. To accomplish the right legislation on that question was all that made the populist party justifiable. Now that the demo cratic party has assumed the lead ership on this line, I think the ex pedient and patriotic course for populists to take is to get behind and push. The whole Chicago ticket should, in my opinion, have been indorsed at St Louis, and the nomination of a different vice pres ident was decidedly wrong. My convictions on these points are very decided, and I shall not hesi tate to express them on proper oc casions. I think now that tho democratic party has done all that! any patriot could ask. She is once ; more the party o f the people in principle as well as in name, and is entitled to the enthusiastic sup-; port of every southern patriot. Joseph E. Pottle. Mr. Pottle’s letter shoul I con vince vr-;’ y populist that if he is in earnest about financial and gov ernment reforms he should work and vote with democracy. To do otherwise would be to allow an empty spirit of partisanship to stand in the way of what they con ceive to be the public good. There are some populists who will turn their backs upon their own princi ples merely because the Democrats have incorporated them into their own platform. There are others who distrust democracy and doubt the sincerity of their doctrines. It is evident that Mr. Pattle doesnot belong to either class. He is earn estly desirous of aligning himself wit h the party devoted to the in- i terests of the people. He believes | that the democratic party has - “done all that any patriot could . ask, ‘ and that it is “the party of , i the people in principle as well as iin name.” Mr. Pottle is once more 1 ; a Democrat. He believes that the 1 i party is entitled to “the enthusias tic support” of every southern m an. A DESPERATE OUTLAW. ■ The Notorious Bart Thrasher, of Bibb County, Ala, ; Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 12. Bart Thrasher, the notorious Bibb county outlaw, who, by overpower ing the guards, made his second ■ escape from Pratt Mines peniten tiary, where he was serving a term for murder, some months ago, to day slew his fifth man. Shortly s after his escape, while in hiding ' in the mountains of Bibb county, Sheriff Latham and a posse of 1 eight men were in search of the outlaw, having located him. As 1 they lay in wait for their game ■ Elisha Thrasher, Bart’s brother, who had helped him to elude ar rest, came along and was called upon to surrender. Ho resisted and attempted to lire upon the posse, when he was shot dead by the officers. Fro'in that day Bart Thrasher swore that he would a venge his brother’s death by slay ing every member of the possee that took his life. Today he begun the execution of this threat. Bold ly entering the town of Blocton in broad daylight, in company with an unknown pal, both armed with Winchester rilles, the outlaw and his pal went to Dr. Harvey’s drug store, whe:e Deputy Sheriff Grifliu Bass happened to bo. Theyenter- l the roar of the st roandpu hed their rilles through a window in the partition separating the store proper from tho rear room. Thrash er called out: “Hello, Griff Bass ” At this Bass turned to look, when Thrasher and his pal both fired, the balls going entirely through Bass’ body, who, with Dr. Harvey, run at the outlaws and seized Thrasher’s weapon, whereupon the outlaw’s pal started for them, when they desisted. Bass then dashed out and fell -dead in the street. The outlaws then coolly walked out of town, defying arrest. No officers were near, and the citi zens well knowing the outlaws’ reputation feared to molest them. Sheriff Latham and a posse with bloodhounds, have gone in pursuit from Centerville, and if tho des peradoes are overtaken a battle is certain. Thrasher is accredited with shooting three men since his last escape from prison. He is the worst criminal in Alabama. Since 1878 there have been nine epidemics of dysentery in different parts of the country in which Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used with perfect success. Dysentery, when epidemic, is almost as severe and dangerous as Asiatic cholera. Heretofore the best efforts of the most skilled physicianshave failed to check its ravages, this remedy, however, has cured tho most ma lignant case, both of children and ' adults, and under the most trying I conditions, which proves it to bo , the best medicine in the world for jbowel complaints. For sale by 11. 11. Arrington druggist, Summer j ville, Ga. Tho populist platform proposes that tho government shall “own and operate” all the railroads in j the country. It must first buy them, of course, as the nation is ■ not a robber. As we have shown, 1 they will cost $11,115,220.096. Let s see what this m ns. The to i.:l amount of gold in the w ;ole w rid is only $1,135,10’), )00. The t'dal amount of full legal tender silver in the whole world is only $3,6-40,000. The total amount of uncovered notes in the whole world is only $2.455,100,C0. The total amount of subsidiary silver is only $853,400,000. In other words there is in all the world only SII,OBB, 3 * il ’ 200,000 of money of every kind— '■ gold, silver, paper and fractional currency—or more than $350,000,- ; 000 too little to make the purchase ■ thus jauntily proposed. Where is ■ ■ the money to come from? —New i ■ ■ York World. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report RoW-1 BaWpS IWh Powder Abmuiteey ee»ube Silver Circulation. Los Angeles Herald : Compara tive statistics of the amount of silver money at present in the United States and in France, and also their relative populations, furnish at tho moment staple food for reflection. The population of France today is 38,000,000 and that of the United States 70,000,- 000. According to tho figures of a gold standard organ, the United States has $548,000,000 in silver money, and France has $430,000,- 000. These figures show that while France has $11.31 in silver money per capita, tho United States has only $7.82 pox capita. The prosperity of Franco has cei> tain.ly not been injuriously affec ted by the uso of so much silver. To provide an equivalent sum of silver money per capita in the United States, wo would have to carry $213,700,000 more than at present. According to the figures of Pro fessor Munhall, who is probably tho highest authority on statistics in tho world today, tho aggregate wealth of the civilized nations at present is as follows : United States $64,120,000,000 Great Britain 47,000,000,000 Franco 42,990,000,000 Germany 31,185,000,000 Russia 25,445,000,000 Austria 19,275,000,000 Italy 14,815,000,000 Spain Australia G’,865,000,000 Belgium 5,035,000,000 Holland 4,900,000,000 Canada 4,180,000,000 Sweden 3,011,000,000 Roumania 3,180,000,000 Argentina 2,615,000,000 Great Britain has for the past fifty-two years dictated to the world tho value of gold, and yet in tho matter of aggregate wealth the United States stands far ahead of her. Professcr Munhall is also authority for the calculation that, in power of creating wealth, and in capacity of production, the Uni ted States is unapproached by any country in the world. The great argument at present in vogue a gainst tho free coinage of silver is that the United States could not successfully establish a financial policy of its. own without the co operation of Europe. Tho above figures are certainly instructive as to the possibility of the United States establishing and controlling its own ratio of silver and gold. Something to Know, It may be worth something to know that tho very best medicine for restoring the tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor is Elec tric Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable acts by giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys and aids these organs in throwing off impurities tn the blood. Electric Bitters im proves the appetite, aids digestion and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold fur 50c or SI.OO per bottle at H. H. Arrington’s Drug Store. THE MOST remarkable cures on record have been accomplished by Hood’s Sar-'tparilla. ft is unequalled forall BLOOD DICZASES. Col. R. T. Armstrong Dead. Rome, Aug. 12. —Colonel R. T. Armstrong, a prominent citizen, died at his home in East Rome at noon today. He was about 50 years old and leaves a wife and scores of friends to mourn his de- Mnise. He has been in delicate health for a long time. His funeral will be preacb .d hero tomorrow. ll' was the promoter of the Armstrong hotel of this city which was named i after him. Won’t Do It. We wonder if Seaborn Wright, the populist candidate for Govorn s C” thinks he can, as Governor, abol i ish barrooms aud tho licens system? If the Senate and House does not 1 enact a prohibition law, Mr. Wright could not do anything in that line I as Governor. But as W. Y. Atkin- • son w’ill bo the next Governor of Georgia, he will have that duty to . discharge, and ho will approve any law that will benefit Georgia and • her people. Tao Democrats in Georgia are ready to vote for the naked principle of prohibition, but they don’t propose to elevate their ■ political enemies into office to got it. Lot tho naked .principle of pro hibition bo submitted to them and they will vote for it, as they do in every local option election, but they don’t propose to swallow a political flopper like Scab Wright, a man who is without any qualification, save oratory and an oily tongue, to fit him for governor.—Marietta Journal. Your Boy Wont Live a Month. So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill St- South Gardner Mass., was told by the doctors His son had Lung trouble, following Typhoid Malaria and he spoilt three hun dred and seventy-five dollars with doctors who finally gave him up saying: “Your boy won’t live a month.” Ho tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and a sow bottles re stored him to health and enabled him to g<> to work a perfectly well man. lie says ho owes his present good health to use of Dr. King’s New Discovery and knows it to be the host in tho world for Lung trouble. Trial Bottles free at H. H. Arrington’s Drug store. v; .4 VU-LA';’ SAY, but •V- v.'. t flood’? Sarsaparilla Docs, I ho story of its merit and suc -1! .member l Cui'OS. Seab Wright will doubtless make a hard fight to carry Floyd, but of course will not do so. He rep resents no party, now though his political record shows that ho has belonged to nearly every party that has ever had a foothold in Romo ur Floyd county. Mr. Wright is a brilliant speaker, but with a most vulnerable political record behind him. If ho meets an adversary on. the stump his armor will prove ' mere tinsel. He would boa dan gerous leader had ho a record for political stability, but he certainly has not. —Rome Daily Hustler. Tho Democrats overwhelmingly defeated the Populist-Republican fusion in Alabama last week, by It),000 majority, carrying the legis lature by two-thirds majority ami reclaiming fourteen populist coun ties. The people are getting to gether. Tutt’s Pills Cure All Liver Ills. A CLEAR HEAD; good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, are some of the results of the use of Tutt’s Liver Pills. A single dose will convince you of their wonderful effects and virtue. A Known Fact. An absolute cure for sick head ’ ache, dyspepsia, malaria, sour ( stomach,dizziness, constipation 1 bilious fever, piles, torpid liver ' and all kindred diseases. Tutt’s Liver Pills ) ! | NOTICE. 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