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VOLUME V. ADVERTISING RATES. One inch, first insertion SI.OO Each subsequent insertion 50 Professional Cards, per year 5.00 Reading Notice.-, per line 10 §3F“Legal advertising must be paid in advance. reduction made by con tracts for advertising to go in larger space or longer time. All bills for advertising are due after first insertion of advertisement, un less otherwise agreed. B. T. BROCK, Editor. E. C. QRISCOU. Local Editor. Price $ I .©©„ in Advance* An International Exhibition of appli »nces for the prevention of accidents will be held in Berlin in the summer of t££Q _____________ When they don’t like a stranger down ;n Costa Rica, asserts the New York Sranhic. they present him with money inough to pay a cabin fare and wine bilj ;o San Francisco and politely ask him .0 “move on.” Mr. S. S. Cox. the witty New York eongressman, has the name of being a free trader, but when it comes to the lorests he is a protectionist. Ho wants ite splendid woods still remaining in ;he United States protected, not from :he foreign lumberman, but from the lomestic axe. An exchange reminds its readers that Russia leather is made in Connecticut; Bordeaux wine is manufactured in Cali fornia; Italian marble is quarried in Kentucky; French lace is woven in New ifork; Marscillies linen is produced in Massachusetts; English cassimere is made in New Hampshire; Parisian art work come 3 from a shop in Boston; Spanish mackerel are caught on the Mew Jersey coast, and Ilavanna cigars ire rolled by the million in Chicago. The New Yoric Times observes that lome one with more time and patience than usual has found out that the Prince >f Wales has 17 brothers-in-law, 16 mcles, 57 cousins, and 58 nephews and lieces. He is a near relative of all tho reigning families, besides the Orleans family and the royal family of Hanover. With his mother, his wife, and his five :hildren his family counts 53 members, leaving out distant connections. There mould be peace and harmony all over ;he world, did blood connection mean anything. The owner of tho best outfit on tho Erie Canal is said to bo a woman, an jlderly woman, too; indeed she is a grandmother of seventy years, but she tan give the poky male skippers points In business and navigation. She is Mrs. A. M. Hamilton, owner of the steamers Daptain DePuy raid Charles II imilton und their four consorts, worth the tidy sum of $26,000. and slio looks after their running herself. She i 3 c nrao 3ore, with her two sons captains of the fleet. According to the official statistics of the tobacco n lustry in Italy for the fiscal year 1886-'B7 tho number of acres Under cultivation was about 10,000, and the number of plants 66,000,000. There Wero brought during tho year to tho government warehouses 11,000,000 lbs. 6f raw tobacco. The government fac tories turned out nearly 40,000,000 lbs. of manufactured tobacco, inclu line: IC.* 500,000 lbs. cf cut tobacco, 14,500,000 lbs. of cigars. 8,000 0)0 lbs. of snull, and about 500,000 lbs. of cigarettes. The turks Lave projected a railroad from Constantinople to Bagdad, the historic city of tile Caliphs, tho very heart of that romantic and magical re gion, observes tho New Orleans Pica yune, which is celebrated in the gor geous stories of the “Arabian Nights.” Its length is to be 1400 miles, and it is estimated to cost some $70,000,000. A thousand years ago Bagdad was the seat of the mightiest empiro on the earth. Now it is a placn of but little importance, and is almost destitute of any regular communication with tho rest of the world. To day Bagdad has about 80,000 pop ulation, composed of people of every race and color. Arabic is tho common language. The principal commerce of the city is in wool and wheat, which are exported down the Tigris river in boats to the Persian gulf. Tho country over which the railroad will pass was one traversed by tho caravans which brought the treasures of tho east into Europe. The railway is rapidly driving oht of every country the romance which, it appears, was inseparably connected wth tyranny, oppression, poverty, squalor and general misery. Romance and civilization do not co-exist. NATIONAL CAPITAL. WHAT THE SWELTERING PUB LIC OFPICIALS ARE DOING. IT.OCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS IMPORTANT ACTS OP PRESIDENT CLEVELAND —AP- POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS, ETC. I.'ONCJ ItESSIONAI,. Senator Wilson, of lowu, on Monday, submit.ted to the Senate the majority report of the judiciary committee on the •Jackson, Miss., election riots. Two sub jects, the committee says, were submit ted for inquiry; first, the alleged sup pression of the votes of colored citizens of Jackson, Wss., tit the recent munici pal election in Jackson; and second, the alleged participation in such suppression by the United States district attorney and by the deputy collector of internal revenue and deputy United States mar shal. The committee, in conclusion, offered a resolution for adoption, as fol lows: “Resolved, That the Senate, in view of the report made to it in obedi ence to its resolution of January 12th, 1888, in the respect of the suppression of the votes of the colored citizens of the city of Jackson, Miss., and the participa tion in such suppression by certain United States officers as set forth and de scribed in said report does hereby express its strong condemnation of the conduct of said officers, and it also expresses its deliberate judgment that every officer of the United States, engaging or partici pating, should be promptly dismissed from the public service as soon as authentic knowledge of such engagement or participation is brought to the atten tion of the appointing power. Resolved, That a copy of this report and of the tes timony on which it is based be delivered to the President of the United States There were a number of vacant chairs in the House when that body was called to order, and an unusually large number of requests for leave of absence were sub mitted and granted. In a few words ex-' planatory cf the importance of the imme diate passage of the measure, Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, called up and the House passed the Senate bill to perfect the quarantine service of the United States. The Senate on Friday took up the Senate bill appropriating one million dollars to reimburse depositors of the Freedmen’s Savings aud Trust company for losses incurred by the failure of that company. Mr. Edmunds moved to strike out the words “In whole or in part ol African descent.” He desired to get rid of the race question. Mr. Beck opposed the amendment. The w r ords, he said, had been inserted at the request of Mr. Trenholm, the commissioner, the object being to exclude white depositors, who had wrecked the bank, and to coniine it specially to the poor colored people who had been defrauded of their little sav ings. The amendment was rejected. The bill was passed without division. The Senate proceeded to the considera tion of bills authorizing the construction of bridges, and passed the following House bills with amendments: Across the Oconee River, in Laurens county, Georgia; across the Tennessee River, at Lamb’s ferry, Alabama; across the Oe mulgee River, Georgia; across the Black Warrior River, at Foster’s Ferry, and the Tombigbee, in township twelve, in Ala bama; across the Halifax River, at Day tona, Volusia county, Florida, (a pile bridge,) across the Hillsborough River, at Smyrna, Volusia county. Florida; across the St. John’s River, between De Land Landing and Lake Monroe, Fia., across the Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tenn.; across the Oostanoula River at Rome, Ga.; across the Chattahoochee River, Georgia; across the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers, Georgia; across the Alabama River at Montgomery, Ala. After the passage of several bills upon the calendar of minor interest, the Sen ate on Thursday passed the House bill supplementary to the Pacific railway acts (with amendments). This is the bill passed by the House on the third ol March, requiring the Pacific railway company to construct, maintain and oper ate telegraph lines, and to afford equal facilities to all connecting telegraph lines. Mr. Chandler modified the reso lution offered by him on the 15th of June directing inquiries into the election ol Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, and or. motion of Mr. Blackburn, the creden tials were taken from the table and placed on file. The resolution was laid on the table .In the House, on motion of Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, Sen ate amendments were concurred in to the House bill authorizing the condem nation of land for sites for public build ings. Mr. O’Neil, of Missouri, asked unanimous consent that Tuesday, July 31st, be set apart for the consideration of bills reported from the committe on la bor, and be withdrew it after some de bate, and offered a resolution which was referred to the committee on rules, as signing the 31st day of July for the con sideration of labor billq, The House then went into committee of the whole on the tariff bill, and Mr. Springer made a long speech in advocacy of the bill. After a short and sharp exchange of courtesies between Messrs. Keed aud Springer, the discussion and considera tion of the bill in committee of the whole closed, and upon motion of Mr. Mills it was reported to the House with favorable recommendation. GOSSIP. Melville W. Fuller has been confirmed as thief Justice by the Senate. Dr. Murray of the Marine hospital ser vice, stationed at Key West, has been ordered to take charge of the yellow fe ver arrangements at Manatee, Fla. Surgeon-General Hamilton, of the marine hospital service, received a tele- DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TnE RESOURCES OF DADE COUNTY. TRENTON, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1888. J gram Sunday night stating that there j were seven ca-es of yellow fever at Plant i City, Fla. The Police Department has just com- I plcted a census o; the District of Coium -1 bia Its report shows that the total pop ulate m is 218,157: white 145,635, aud col ore) 72.522. The President lias pardoned James C. C. Tsson and John A. C. Isson, convicted in South Carolina of violating internal revenue laws. A pardon was denied Joseph F. Hernandez, convicted in Flor ida of stealing from the mails. The Secretary of the Navy, on Monday, directed the dismissal of the following cadets as a result of the “hazing” court martial trials at Annapolis: Richard H. ; Leigh, Mississippi; George Shepard, i Wisconsin; Bion B. Bierer, Kansas, and Charles W. Lyle, Virginia. Lieut. F. V. Abbott, of the Corps ol Engineers, submits the following esti | mate for the works under his charge for : the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890: Im- I provementof harbor at Charleston, S.C., including Sullivan’s Island, to complete, $1,525,000; for next year $750,000; im provement at Wappoo Cut, S. C., for next year and to complete, $10,000; im rrovement of Edisto river, S. C., to complete, $17,385; for next year $10,000; Salkehatchie river, S. C., for next year and to complete, SB,OOO. The crop bulletin issued by the Signal Office says; “The weather during the week has been favorable for growing crops in the wheat and corn regions ot the northwest.” Reports from Kansas indicate that crop? have been considera bly dt muged by hail. Reports from Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisi ana, Alabama and Mississippi, show that the crop conditions have been improved by favorable weather during the past week. More rain is needed in North and South Carolina, although iu the latter state the we ather was favorable for cot ton.” The Senate bill to perfect the quaran tine service of the United States, which passed the House on Monday, and now only-requires the signature of the Presi dent to become a law, provides the pen alties of tine and imprisonment for any trespass upon the grounds belonging to any quarantine reservation. It makes the following appropriations for additional quarantine stations: Delaware Break water, $75,000; Cape Charles, Va., $112,- 000; South Atlantic Station, (Sapelo Sounrl), $38,500; Key West, $88,000: San Diego Harbor, $55,500; San Fran cisco, $103,000; Port Townsend, $55,- 500. An appropriation of $15,000 is also made for the gulf quarantine, for merly Ship Island. LABOR MATTERS. The disagreement in district assembly 46, of the Knights of Labor, in New York City, caused by the conduct of Mas ter Workman James E. Quinn, which Master Workman Powderly attempted to adjust some time ago, has at last cul minated in a split. At a meeting held on Sunday, Quinn refused to open the proceedings unless four men whom he had expelled for insubordination, left the room. As they declined, Quinn and his friends left the hall and established them selves at another place taking the charter with him. Delegates from 138 local as semblies went with him, and those from 87 assemblies remained. D. A. 49 owns Pythagoras hall, but Quinn’s opponents are in a majority in the board of trustees, and they hold the fort.... About five hundred men, representing the engineers, firemen, brakemen and switchmen of the roads running out of Chicago, 111., held a meeting on Sunday the object of which was to take political action on questions of interest to the order. It was claimed that those in the meeting represented about 30,000 voters throughout the state, and they would hold the balance of power, as far as the legislature was con cerned ... .At a meeting of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers and Fire men held at Pittsburg, Va., arrange ments were made for a grand union meet ing of all lodges iu that section, to be held three days, commencing August 26th. Among those\who will be present are Chief Arthur, Grand Master Sargent, Vice-Grand Master Ilannahan, Chairman Hogue and Eugene B. Dobbs. The ob ject of the meeting is not known About 2,000 Italians assembled in Kelly’s hall in Philadelphia, Pa., to protest against the statements that had been made that they were a pauper class, and that the recently appointed committee proposes to investigate the matter. The following resolutions were presented, with a long introduction in Italian, and went through with a rush: “This meeting condemns the action of the Ital ian societies of immigration in humilia jng the name of Italy as the land of slaves aud padrones. That we are obey ing the laws of this glorious republic, and pray and hope no law of ostracism will be passed against our immigration, as it is contrary to liberty and the civili zation of this country.” The circular which called the meeting together had the flavor of revolutionary language about it. THE CHINCH BUG. The secretary of the Board of Agri culture has received information of the action of the farmers of Crawford coun ty, 111., who have resolved not to raise any wheat, barley or rye for the next three years, in an effort to exterminate the chinch bug. These farmers will ex ert their influence to this end with the farmers of adjoining counties. YELLOW FEVER. The brig Teneriffc, which arrived Sunday, at Lewes, Del., from Havana, lost two meu at sea from yellow fever. Two cases have been transferred to the hospital there. SOUTHLAND ITEMS. PARAGRAPH*, SAD, PLEASANT AND TERRIBLE, INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS —TIIE EXCURSION FEVER—RAILROAD ACCIDENTS-SUICIDES DEE A I,CATIONS—COTTON REPORTS, ETC. Alabnmn. Frank Buhl, a German bar tender thirty years old, committed suicide in Birmingham on Monday, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. Buhl went to that city two weeks ago, from Louisville, and went to work in th' Exchange saloon. He died with an u opened letter in his hand from his \\ jfe. Florida. Fifteen carloa <s of steel rails have been delivered for the Sugar Belt Rail road, and the work is progressing as rap idly as possible, a large number of hands being at work. The house of C. C. Singleton of Camp bell was struck by lightning on Thuisday, almost knocking out one end of the bouse and passing through it in several ways. Mr. Singleton was stiuck on the hand, the fluid passing thence up the arm and down the body and leg to the end of the toes, burning and tearing his" clothing completely tearing up one of bis shoes. A child 3 years old had his dress torn off and burned from head to foot, raising some large blisters on his body, and a little girl was severely wounded by a large splinter being driven through her leg. Gforsisi. The 35th Georgia infantry had a grand reunion at Conyers. News has beeu received in Atlanta that C. C. Nelsou has been treed at Trenton, Ont., almost opposite Rochester, N. Y. The depositors in his bank will prosecute him to the extent of the law. C. C. Casey, of Savannah, a member of the Chatham county commissioners, died Sunday. He bad been afflicted for a long time with asthma and heart troub les. He was torn in New York state 63 years ago. He was a large contractor and builder. The grand lodge of Old Fellows of the state of Georgia, will hold their annual meeting in Gainesville on the 15th and 16th of August. Arrangements have been made to tender the members of the body an excursion to Tallulah Falls on the 17th of August. William Gaines, chief porter at the Hotel St. Simons at Brunswick, had his hen i blown off iu the cook room of the hotel on Monday while handling a gun belonging to one of the guests, who carelessly failed to warn him that it was loaued. Gaines was formerly employed at the Kimball House, in Atlanta. John Hill, a colored farmer, of Albany, has been experimenting with the manu facture of syrup ii'H watermelons. The juice is squeezed through a cloth and free lrom pulp and seed, is boiled until the required consistency. The syruu is of a clear, reddish amber color, closely re sembling in taste and appearance, the syrup made from sugar cauer, Kentucky. A boy named Linnell Combs, 11 years of age, has been sent to the penitentiary at Frankfort, for life, having murdered a three year old sister. • 11. W. Henry, one of the most bril liant young lawyers in Western Ken tucky, shot himself on Monday, at his residence, dying instantly. He had been out on a political speaking tour. He was only thirty years old. Maryland. The rive story brick warehouse, Nos. 109 and 111 North Gay street in Balti more, owned by the Mathoit estate, and occupied by Gunther & Fink, manufac turers of furniture, was badly damaged by fire on Monday night. Jacob Hart man, carpets and furniture, occupied the first floor of No. 109, and lost heavily by water. North (nrolina. Mr. Russell, merchant at Topton, N. C., while riding a fractious mule, was thrown and had all his teeth broken into fragments. Mr. Russell sustained no in jury about the mouth, the teeth being at the time in his pocket on a gold plate. The signal corps observer at Hatteras reports the German brig Anncan, laden with turpentine, and bound from Savan nah, Ga., to Glasgow, Scotland, ground ed on Hatteras Shoals. The vessel will probably be a total loss. The crew has been caved. The North Carolina State Guard is now in annual encampment, on Wrightville sound, eight miles from Wilmington. Every company in the state is present. Thousands of civilians and soldiers throng the camp and vicinity. Wilmington is in a flutter of bunting, the buildings be ing handsomely decorated. Nashville has several cases of small pox. Reuben Hobbs, a well-known citizen -of McMinnville, was kicked in the head by a horse, the skull being frightfully frac tured, and from the effects of which the sufferer will probably die. At a mass meeting, held at Iron City, of the agriculturists of Tennessee, pro tection was demanded for iron, sugar and rice, and a charter asked for the Nica rauga Canal Company by the national government. An explosion occurred in the Athens court house. Jim Thompson, the county register was diing some dental work in his office, when the vulcanizer blew to pieces. Thompson and a Mr. Farring ton, of Calhoun, were thrown down and badly hurt. Virginia. The 11th regiment of New York were the guests of the Richmond Grays, ol Richmond. The regiment will visit th< ' battlefield of Bull Run. A collision occurred on the Norfolk & \ Western Railroad on Sunday, eight miles above Lynchburg, killing both en | gineers, one fireman anti five of the crews. , Both engines were completely wrecked, and seven cars were demolished. A | large force of bands worked all day ; moving the wreck, and the track has i been cleared. The loss is estimated at j SIOO,OOO. Gen. W. S. C. Wickham, second vice president and receiver of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, died very suddenly at his office in Richmond on Monday. He was hale, hearty and vig j orous until 1 o’clock that day when he was i suddenly taken ill. He laid down on ! a lounge, and in less than twenty five j minutes was dead. The doctors attrib- I ute his sudden demise to heart disease. | He was born in 1821, was in the Virginia j Senate before and after the War. He ; was successively captain and colonel of the Fourth Virginia cavalry, and later became brigadier general in the caval 17 arm of the service. Wrst Virginia. A sudden flood from a cloud-burst over -1 whelmed Wheeling, on Thursday, and in 1 a short time swept away the Baltimore & [ Ohio Railroad bridge with a number of people on it. The river rose three feet in fifty minutes. The National road trains, roal chutes, houses and all are gone. The Wheeling arid Elm Grove road was swept sway for miles, and the road covered with six feet of water. Over the rivei the ruin is even worse. The storm last sd less than an hour, flooding the streets from house to house. Niue persons liv ng on Hill Run are known to be drowned, ind houses on Caldwell’s Run are gone. The loss in Wheeling will reach $50,000, ind the damage to crops in the country is fearful. A DETECTIVE’S SHOT. Wash Middleton, the noted Bald Knobber of Taney county, Mo., escaped from Forsyth jail last October, and fled to the mountain fastnesses of Newton county, Ark., saying that he would never be taken alive. J. L. Holt, a detective from Colorado, went into northern Ar kansas ?Qr a season of rest among the mountains of that wild region, and hear ing of Middleton and the S6OO reward, at once began to plan for the capture of the outlaw. The detective disguised himself, putting on a suit of very ragged clothes, and shadowed Middleton as | closely as possible, seeking an oppor tunity to “get the drop” on his man so that he might take him alive. There was a picnic recently at the head of Buffalo j river, ten miles south of Jasper, Newton Middleton and his two sons went to the picnic, all well armed and on the alert as usual. The disguised detect ! ive was on the ground also, watching his game. Holt resolved to make a bold vulture and openly face Middleton in the 1 cr™ r d. Middleton soon became sus -1 pieious of the mysterious movements of the ragged stranger who followed him everywhere through the crowd, and told his sons that the man meant mischief and instructed them to decoy him out of the crowd and he would kill “the sneaking thief. ” Holt kept closely after Its prey, however, and Middleton, seeing that he could not get his man out of the crowd, turned suddenly on the detective and demanded his purpose, saying at the same time: “I have made up my mind to kill you, you sneaking thief.” In an instant Holt’s pistol was glistening a few inches in front of Middleton’s lace and the words, “Hands up; you are mv pris oner,” told the fugitive outlaw that his suspicions were wrnll founded. Although Holt had the drop on his man, Middle ton’s right hand, instead of going up, grasped a revolver at his left side, and the detective fired, the ball entering the cheek about an inch below the eye, pass ing through the brain and coming out at the back of the head. Middleton fell lifele-s to the ground in the midst of a crowd surrounding a lemonade stand. So quickly was the fatal work that the report of the detective’s pistol and the falling of the slain outlaw were the first intimations that the gay picnickers, not over ten feet away, had of the affair. MONSTER BARBECUE. Pearl Park, near Newman, Ga., was the place where a most notable gathering was held on Saturday, the 27th anniver sary of the first bat.le of Manassas, Va. About 15,000 people attended, and a re union of the Ist, 7th and 12th Georgia was held. Generals James Longstreet, “Tige” Anderson, P. M. B. Young, madt speeches, but the gems of the day were by Judge Wm. Lowndes Calhoun, the President of the Atlanta Confederate veterans, and Rev. Dr. Ilunnicutt, of the Ist Georgia infantry; the latter’s advice about taking means to solve the labor question was a thoughtful suggestion and was very favorably commented on by the farmers. Boys Together. Wife (retrospectively)—“l can re member so well. John, how fond you and my first husband were of each other. You were boys together, and your friendship lasted to the end.” Husband (sadly)—“Ah, yes, poor fellow! his death has been a sad blow to lie!”— Harper’s Bazar. A Heavy Domestic Expense. Customer —“Some children’s shoes, please.” Dealer —“Yes, sir. Now, there is an excellent make of shoe. How old is the child?” Customer (with a sigh)—“Child! I have nine of ’em. Show me to the wholesale department.”— New York Sun. NUMBER 21. tJOITY fIIEECfOBY COUNTY OFFICERS. Ordinary J. A. Bennett. Circuit Court Clerk S. H. Thurman Sheriff W. A. Byrd Tax Receiver Clayton Tatum, Tax Collector Thos. Tittle. Treasurer B. P. Majors. School Superintendent... J. P. Jacoway. Surveyor W. F. Taylor. TOWN COMMISSIONERS. W. N. Jacoway, B. F. Pace, J. A. Cureton, J. A. O’Neil, B. P. Majors. W. N. Jacoway President. B. F. Pace Treasurer. B. P. Majors • • * Secretary. Jchn Cuzzort City Marshal. COURTS. Superior Court. J. C. Fain Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr Solicitor General. Meets third Mondays in March and September. Ordinary’s Conrt. J. A. Bennett Ordinary. Meets first Monday in each month. Justices’ Court, Trenton District. Meets second Saturday in each month. J. A, Cureton, T. H. B. Cole, Justices. Rising Fawn Distiict meets third Sat urdf.y in each month. J. M. Cantsell, J. A. Moreland, Jus tices. MASONIC LORE. Trenton Chapter No. 60, R. A. M. S. H. Thurman, H. P. M. A. B. Tatum, Secretary, Meets second Saturday in each month. Trenton Lodge No. 179 F. and A. M. J. A. Bennett, W. M. T. J. Lumpkin, Secretary. Meetings Wednesday night on and be fore each full moon, and two weeks thereafter. Rising Fawn Lodge No. 293 F. ar A. M. S. 11. Thurman, W. M. J. M. Forester, Secretary. Meetings Saturday night on and befe_ each full moon, and two weeks thereaf ter, at 2 o’clock p. m. CHUR H NOTICES. M. E. Church South.— Trenton Cir cuit, Chattanooga District—A. J. Fra zier, Presiding Elder; J. A. Prater, Pas tor in charge; S. 11. Thurman, Recording Steward. Trenton services second and fourth Sundays in each month, at 10.30 o’clock *0- m - Prayer meetings every Sunday night. Byrd’s Chapel.—S rvices second and fourth Sundays in each month at 3 o’clock p. m. Rising Fa wx.- Services first and third Sundays in each month, at 10.30 o’clock a. m. Prayer m etiugsevery Wednesday and Sunday nights. Cave Springs.— Services first at third Sundays in each month at 3o’cio p, m. Furnace at night. EOiRD OF EDUCATION. B. F. Pace, President; G. A. R. Bible, R. W. AcufT, W. C. Cureton, John Clark. NOTICE, Any additions to be made to the abov changes or errors, parties interested would conf r a great favor by notifying us of the same.