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About Haralson banner. (Buchanan, Ga.) 1884-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1889)
Baraloon County Danue, Ae e T PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK ° i T W vt The Buchanan Publishing Company, sAT e BUCHANAN, . - GEORGIA. S ———————————————————— Qalifornia is added to the list of states which have rejected municipa! suffrage for women this season. . The last Rhode Tsland Logislature had eigty-seven Republican majority on foint ballot; the present one has eleven. ' Do At e B There is only one physician to every 8500 of the population in Russia, and yet the destitution amoeng the members of the profession is alarming. At Harvard College $250 has been sabscribed for a cup to be given to the man who, within the next ten years, shall have kicked the highest. A The Mikado of Japan really has ‘no more power than the average monarch of Europe, and his duties and privileges are very similar to those of the queen of @reat Britain. & Lo . A new" parachutist, W. 8. Young, Bopes to outstrip his rivals by dropping with his parachute tied up in a sack. He says he will go so high that de will bave time to release the para ghute and come down as usual. " The commoy school system is meeting with popular favor in Mexico and regu lations for primary compulsory educa %ion will soon be completed, while for the training of teachers a normal school has been established, and the furniture and apparatus for a normal school for fe male teachers is now being put in place. The women of Chicago have estab- Yished the first College of Practical Arts for women in this country. Itis de signed to give women a practical insight into the avenues of business life, such as law, lailroads, life insurance, general office work, etc. The incorporators of the college are Mesdames Helen M. Mott, ©harles B. Smith and Miss Katharine G. Todd. The New York News says that the wonderful success which Mr. Henry @eorge has achieved during his lectur ing in Engiand, Scotland and Wales has attracted the attention of a great many people who hitherto have given little or mo atfention to the land question, and his speeches have had an immense amount of influence upon the political gituation. : i ~ The five Central American republics— @osta Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Sal yador and Honduras—have taken an other step toward a federal union, by agreeing upon a treaty which provides that any difficulties arising between them shall be settled by the arbitration of some foreign power; that none of the Five shall form foreign alliances without the consent cos all, and that delegates grom all shall meet annually to consider maatters of mutual interest. If the cit} of Chicago takes advantage of the annexation bill of the Illinois Leg slature, she will before 1890 become the #ifth city in number of inhabitantsin the world; and she can achieve this by tak ing in the adjoining towns of Hyde Park, Lake Jefferson, Calumet, Evans ton and Lake View. All these vllages are almost a part. of Chicago now; and while their’ incorporation would still make Chicago smaller in terntory than Philadelphia, it would give her 100,000 more inhabitaats, and would place her mexi to New York. A T Says the New York Commercial Ad wertiser: *‘The immediate cause of the @ownfall of Gladstone’s ministry four gears ago was Mr. Childers’ budget, with Its proposal of an increased tax on Deer, There is, therefore, a note of eonfident menace in the protest of the British brewers against Mr. Goschen's st budget estimate, which raises the beer tax one-fourtcenth of a penny per ‘gollon, ~ This is a point ‘in which the Brilish taxpayer’s sensitiveness may be ‘very sorely fouched. Who steals his porse steals trash, but he who filches Bl i & SOUTHERN ITEMS. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH. AN ITEMIZED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOING ON OF IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, . The Union Point and White Plains railroad will soon be in operation. The contracts have been let and work will begin at once. The International Typographical Union has, by a large majority, acce{ned the invitation to%mld its next annual meeting at Atlanta, Ga., next June. The large lumber mill of J. H. Clarke, at Doctortown, near Jesup, Ga., was to tally destroyed by fire on Wednesday. Loss, $60,000; partially insured. Wesley Clark and Harrison Blackburn, both colored, were hanged in Aberdeen, Miss., Tuesday, for the murder of Maj. Pat Hamilton last December, A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says: Subscriptions to the Americus road amount now to nearly $30,000. There maining $20,000 will be raised next week, Frank Smith, of Smith SBtation, Ga., was struck by lightning Tuesday while standing in his store door and instantly killed. =He leaves a wife and several children. A middle aged negro entered Magis trate Russell’s court, in Savannah, Sat urday, and insisted on surrendering him self into the custody of thelaw. He said he had been guilty of suicide. Rev. Robb White, of Charlottesville, Va., has been called to the pastorate of Christ church (Episcopal) in Savannah. Rev. Dr. Thomas Boone, the last rector of Christ church, goes to New York. Two boys, Jimmie Freeman, aged 11, and Louis Miller, 15 yeas, were diowned in Charleston, 8, C., harbor on Thursday. They were on the yacht White Wings with a party. The boys were knocked overboard by the main sail boom. The various applicants for the post mastership of Nashville, Teon., were thrown into excitement on Wednesday by the announcement that Postmaster J. H. Currey had sent in his resignation. Dr. Currey’s term does not expire for gome months. James W. Warren, aged nineteen, and watchman on the steamer E. T. Holmes, attempted to step into a skiff from the stecamer while the latter was in motion at Nashville, Tenn. The skiff careened and ‘Warren fell into the river: Being unable to swim he was drowned. j The contemplated Piedmont exposi tion, which was to have been held in Charlotte, N. C., in the fall, has col lapsed on atcount of some disagreement among the committee. If any exposi tion is held it will now require a new organization. R. V. Covington, a popular member of the Brunswick (Ga.) Horse Guards, while drilling, made a slish with his sabre and missed his aim—a post— and flew back, narrowly missing cutting off the the top of his head, and complete ly severing one of his ears from his face. A meeting of the Greenville, 8. C., Farmers’ Alliance was held there in the courthouse on Saturday. About one hundred representatives were present. Nearly ail the sub-alliances in the state were represented. Resolutions were passed adopting cotton bagging to take the place of jute. Professor Richard W. Cone, recently a teacher in the Nannie Low Wurthen institute at Wrightsville, Ga., has been adjudged a lunatic, and was taken to Milledgeville Friday night. He is a| graduate of the state university, and was a man of unusual natural endowments. News reached Augusta, Ga., of the burning of the barn and stables of Mr. Dunbar Lamar, at Beech Islands, 8. C. Besides the building, eighteen mules, three oxen, several hogs, and three thousand bushels of oats were consumed. | It was evidently the work of an in cendiary. ’ > George Handley, a teamster, died at the Birmingham, Ala., charity hospital on Thursday of lockjaw, caused by the kick of a mule. Haundley was trying to put harness on a young mule, when it kicked him in the face. His injury did not appear to be serious, but leckjaw set in ang he died in a few hours. Lieut. Carter, of the engineer eorps in charge of the harbor improvement at Sa vannah, Ga., has submitted a report on the charges brought against him through the press of that city by a discharged employe, that he has been having a cor rupt understanding with his contractors, | ang that he has wasted the public funds. John Lane, a brakeman 6n the Pratt Mines railroad, fell from a moving train in Birmingham, Ala., and was killed. His fall was caused by the efforts of the engineer to stop the train in time to avoid running over a crowd of negro boys who had congregated on the track, and were slow in getting out of the way. ° Governor Lee, of Virginia, whose of ficial duties preclude his attendance, has designated Hon, William Wirt Henry, of Richmond, to represent Virginia at the meeting of the governors of the thir teen original statesto be held at Inde endefiigei;&ll,:_,Phila@elpbh, July 4th. ; Blr._ Hgnt%;@%"a’ grandson’ of Patrick Henry. ufi* e I . The surveying corps of the Columbus Rignland int on the! ir main lire in Ridhort salßlyato Cutbbert:. With this e s road. oo 10 -he bullt by a party of small white lads,and opeped fire odt them with pistols at short range. Walter Wright, aged 16, was agot th.rongh the temple and died within afew minutes. Joseph Lawless, aged 8, was shot through the shoulder. Thos, Mal loney was shot in the arm, producing a painful wound. Hon. William F. Colcock died on Thursday at Charleston, 8. C. For many years he was one of the most distin guished citizens of the state. He was collector of the port of Charleston before and during the war; Was an advocate of gecession, and a member of the conven icn 1860, Bew‘:: a fine scholar, and possessed large wealth and great influs ence, ‘ The total passenger earnings of the railroads in South Carolina last month as reported to the state railroad commis sion, were $186,089.72; showing a de crease under the earniugs from the same sourse during the same period last year of $2,754 .81, The freight earnings fol the month were $327,455.42, showing an increase over the earnings from the same source during the same period last year of $52,349,10. Between midnight and day Sunday morning the Central railroad put a force of hands so work laying the track on its unused right-of-way, about’ a mile from Columbus, Ga , to prevent the Columbus Southern {rom ¢oming in on it. An offort was made to keep the matter a secret, but it leaked out, and before the work was half finished the Chattahoo chee Brick company filed a bill asking for an injunction and Judge Smith granted it. The work was stopped at once. ; In the death, on Wednesday, of Dr. Andrew Simonds,ene of the most con spicuous figures=du the history of Port Bellevue, South-Carolina, has passed iway. Dr. Simonds has been a confirmed dyspeptic nearly all his life. A few days Igo he was attacked with inflammation of the bowels, which fendered a surgical op sration necessary. ! This resulted in his death. He was anative of Abbeville county and a connection of John C. Cal houn, of nullificition fame, his mother oeing Jane Hamilten Calhoun, In 1860 he married a daughter of John A. Cal houn. He orgamzed the Fir-t National Bank, of Charleston| in 1865, was elected president, and fi{fe}l the officé till bis death. . : A thunderstorm, resulting in'consid erable dumage to property, occurred in Newberry county, 8. C., on Wednesday. On one farm a cow was instantly killed. On another, the corn crib was set onfire, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done. On Noah Wil son’s place a colored boy leading a mule to the stable was prostrated and stunned, while the mule was instantly_killed by the stroke. On John Wertz's faurm a team of four mules were struck, two being killed and one crippled. =~ The mnegro driver was thrown/from the mule he rode sod stunned, his hag being torn to shreds and his clothing’ much injured. The barn of George McWhorter, in Colum bia, was struck and set on fire. On Wednesday, at King’s Crossing, a few miles beyond Seville, Ga., two ne groes boarded the train and attempted to steal a ride on the top of the fieight car. When Conductor F. 8. B. Whigham dis covered them he climbed on: top of the car. As he approached, is is supposed the negroes slipped down on the side of the car, and held on by the iron ladder, in order to conceal themselves from him.. As he passed he looked over the side of the car, and one of them fired a shot from a pistol and dropped from the train.. The ball entered the brain of Mr. Whig ham, and he fell to the ground. As-soon as possible the train was stopped, Mr. Whigham was picked up and put on board, and carried to Americus, where he died. A negro has been arrested at Sycamore, who has been identified as-the one who fired the fatal shot. LATEST ABOUT CRONIN. A GLAN-NA-GAEL MAN SAYS THE DOCTOR WAS MURDERED—GOV. HILL'S ACTION. Michael Boland, recorder of Kansas City, Mo., whose name has been con- | nected with that of Alexander Sullivan, | the Chicago lawyer, and other members | of the Clan-na-Gael, in connection with | the Cronin murder wystery, expressed | the opinion he was murdered by menrbers | of the Clan-na-Gagl. He thought that | some of the more ignorant members, | sharing the general belief that Cronin was a Bpy, killed him in mistake, think ing they were benefitting the order. He says Sullivan or any leaders were not even remotely connected with the con 3}iracy. ... A requisition-was presented to overnor Hill of New York on Thursday from Governor Fifer, of Illinois, fur the surrender of John J. Maroney and Charles McDonald, charged with the murder of - Dr. Cronin. The governor denied the application without prejudice to the renewal of the same, simply on the grounds: 1. That the application was not Iccompanied .by an indictment. 9. That no proof whatever was present ed showing that the accused are guilty of the crime charged against them, re quired by the laws of N. Y.,and all other states. The spplication wasbased solely upon an aflidavit made upon ‘‘informa. tion and belief.” . "PLUG TOBACCO TRUST. ~ A special dispateh from St. W4y sugs: The latest reportis trust @of §2O, W;%m*hioh ces n all - the 'flg-rls%g; Wfim S ratnchiom |St self protection; Al manufacturers ill sell out to. ono company, and. then WASHINGTON, D. C. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ADVISERS. APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, The President on Thursday appointed to be collectors of customs, T. .?efierson Jarrett, for the district of Petersburg, Va, and Robert Smalls for the district of Beaufort, 8. C. There is considerable talk of an extra sesgion of Congres. The northern men are of the opinion that it will be held, while the majority of southern men ex press the opinion that the President will await the October elections in the newly admitted territories. The examinations at the military acad emy received on Thursday at the War Department, shows that Cadet Young, of Ohio, the only colored cadet at West Point, failed to pass final examination. On recommendation of academic board, he will be given two months’ time to make good his deficiency if he can. The President on Saturday made the following appointments to be consuls: Gen. Joseph A. Leonard, of Minnesota, at Shanghai; Wakefield G. Frye, of Maine, at Halifax; Zachary T. Sweeney, of Indiana, at Constantinople; Oliver H. Dockery, of North Carolina, at Rio de Janeiro; Oliver H. Simons, of Colorado, at St. Fetersburg; George W. Roosevelt, of Pennsylvania, consul at Brussels; Levi W. Brown, of Ohio, consul at Glas gow. Some excitement was manifested at the State and Navy Departments Wednesday, upon the receipt of a cablegram from Commander Kellogg, at Hayti, In obe dience to orders from the Navy Depart ment, which in turn were inspired by the Secretary of State, Commander Kellogg recently steamed irom St. Nicholas mole (cable terminus) to Port au Prinee. Ie reported to the Secretary of the Navy the result of his observations and inqui ries into the condition of affairs at the Haytien capital. Secretary Tracy imme diately communicated this information to Secretary Blaine, who carried the news to the President. Capt. O’Kane was or dered to sail immediately for the seat of trouble with the warship Boston, whick has just been refitted at New York. 'the June report of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, indicates a slight reduction in the area of cotton on the Atlantic coast, and an increase west of the state of Alabama. Nearly four fifths of the proposed breadth had been planted by the first of May, but germin ation was slow on account of cold and generally dry weather. The replanting of defective stands is general, and some fields were plowed up and planted in corn. The following averages are pre liminary, subject to a revision from a thorough, special investigation now in progréss: - North Carolina 99, South Carolina 99, Georgia 98, Florida 100, Alabama 99, Mississippi 102, Louisiana 108, Texas 103, Arkansas 104, Tennessee 106; general average 101. The nights have been too cold and the seed bed toco dry for germination or vigorous growth. Frosts aré reported in May, some as late as the 30th. Throughout the cotton belt the condition is therefore relatively low—the lowest in South Carolina, the highest in Texas, averaging 86.4; the state averages being: Virginia 85, North Carolina 84, South Carolina 78, Georgia 80, Florida 88, Alabama 83, Mississippi 85, Louisiana 90, Texas 95, Arkansas 92, Tennessee 79. General average 80.4. Replanting was scarcely completed at the date of the report, and in dry land the latest seeding had not germipated. Rains on the last days of May were ex peeted to improve the condition mate rially. In some districts are reports of the presence of lice and injuries by cut worms, DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. On Wednesday, the National Demo cratic Committee met at the sth Avenue hotel, in New York, nearly the en tire membership attending. Sec-- retary Sherrin stated that the only busi-~ ness he knew of that was to come before the committee was the election of a suc cessor to the late Chairman W. H. Bar num, and the admission of his successor, Qarlos French, as a member of the com mittee from Connecticut, and D. M. Haskell, from South Carolina, as succes sor to the late Capt. Dawson. The see retary of the committee made an address on the death of Capt. Francis W, Daw son, of South Carolina, in which he paid a high tribute to his worth and memory and briefly reviewed his lhfe. He also presented resolutions testifying to the regret at his death and high esteem in which he was held by the committee of which he was a member. These were also adopted unanimously, as well as eulogistic resolutions on the death of W. H. Barnum. The nominatien of Col. Calvin 8. Brice to be chairman of the committee was then made by Judge McHenry, of Kentucky, and was sec onded by Senator Gormau. He wasunan. imously elected. : ‘ INDIANA LYNCHING. l TWO ROBBERS CAUGHT BURGLARIZING A A RESIDENCE AT CORYDON AND HUNG. James Deavin and Charles Tennyson ‘were lynched at Corydon, Ind., on Wed nesday morning. They were taken from jail by a mob of two hundred men and removed to a bridge west of the town here an gffort to make them confess failed, and they were strung up. The o men attempted 1o rob he residence of James Lemay, on last Friday night. iy raatad atids wie Bt bk wot Ot ki sabaße RS WOBBOs gondU S e TENNESSEE'S SENSATION. A REVEREND GENTLEMAN SUES SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS FOR $50,000 DAMAGES. ‘The great Howard damage suit is be ginning to assume shape at Jackson, Tenn. The declaration was received. It covers about sixty pages of legal cap, and contains sixteen counts, and claims $50,000 damages. The charges, as pub lished 1n the }"crrked Deer Blade, and the Baptist and Baptist Reflector, briefly arei That the plaintiff has borne the aliases Frederick Howard, Hewlett, Howard; that if he sailed on the shir Tigress in 1878, in search of the Polaris in the Arctic regions, he bore the name of Howlett; that in South Carolina he as sociated with negroes; as trial justice, had committed malfeasance in office; eloped from Robbins, South Caroliua, with C. C. Brown's wife; that his life is covered over with a mass of corrup tion. The defendants plead the truth in justification. The first evidence intro duced by the plaintiff was to jrove the publication in the papers, and it was conspiracy also, to prove that the plain tiff secured his title—doctor of divinity -—from the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Auburn, Ala., in a regular manner in 1883. The defendants opened Thursday. They introduced depositions of Commander Greer, of the Tigress, the officers in the Bureau of Equipment in the navy in Washington, and a journalist named Commague, who ssiled in the Ti gress on the polar expedition in search of the Polaris in 1873; that no man named Howard was on the vessel; that Frederick Howlett was on it as a seaman, deserted the ship in New York harbor in November of the same year. The connection of the case with a historical event like the Arctic expedi tion, is but one of the many interesting points which are to come up during this trial. FIGHTING IN COURT. THE JUDGE, CONSTABLE, PRISONER AND SEVERAL SPECTATORS KILLED. A bloody shooting affray occurred cighteen miles south of Austin, Tex., Thursday evening, in which four white men and five negroes were killed and many others wounded. It appears that in the neighborhood where the trouble occurred, a colored justice of the peace, Orange Wickes, and a colored constable, Isaac Wilson, were recently elected. The justice had issued a warrant for one R. D. Litten, and it was put into the hands of Wilson. Soon afterwards, the latter met Litten, and informed him he had a warrant for his arrest, and proceeded to read it. Little remarked that it was no use to read the warrant, for he would not be arrested by a d—— nigger. Quite a crowd had gathered and Wilson’s friends advised him that he place the warrant in the bands of a white constable. This he did and Litten was arrested, but declared he would not be tried before a colored justice. Notwithstanding his protest he was carried before Justice Wickes, whose court was in session. The room was erowded with blacks and whites. 'ln the courtroom Litten was very abusive, and finally words led to blows, then to the use of six-shootersand Winchesters. Justice Wickesand Litten were riddled with bullets and died im mediately. The constable was also kilied as was a negro named Bell. A spectator was filled with lead and soon died. Houston Moore, a colored boy, was also killed by a stray bullet. Alexander Notch and George Schochf, both white men, were shot down and instantly killed, as was another white man whose name could not be learned. One hun: dred armed men gathered around ready to renew the fight, but all has been quief 30 far. : DRIVEN TO SUICIDE, & SON SHOOTS HIMSELF TO AVOID A FATH ERLY THRASHING. T oty & A voung man named Jarvis Odam committed suicide in Rutherford county, N. C., under peculiar circumstances. He had whipped a smaller brother who had reported the occurrence to his father. The latter is very severe in correcting his children and several times ehastised his oldest son very cruelly. On this occa sion he sent word to him that he would give him a terrible thrashing for whip ping his brother. The young man knew what this meant and went up stairs cry ing. In a few minutes the report of a gun was heard, and when the youns man’s room was ectered, he was foun lying on the floor with a hole in his head. te died in a few seconds. GENERAL TAFT INSANE. TOO MUCH RELIGION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. It is rumored that General Taft, ex postmaster and present eandidate for the postmastership of Charleston, 8. C,, has again lost his mind, and been sent to the state lunatic asylum. Taft lost his mind about two years ago, went crazy on the subject of religion, and after remaining in the asylum for some time, was taken north by hig'wife. He recovered and re turned here,apparently perfectly restored, although his friends thought he was a little off. He was a 'cap%idagg;ftf’b&i@é; _postmastership, and has been to Wash ‘ington recently looking after his interests there, and it is thonlghflh%% havo unsettled hismind, L R ‘dated March 10, sav that Stanley met
