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SOUTHERN BRIEFS
DAILY OCCURRENCES IN THE
SUNNY SOUTHLAND
Curtailed into Interesting and
Newsy Paragraphs.
Alexander II. H. Stuart died, at Staun
ton, cabinet. Va., Friday. He was in Fillmore’s
Judge killed Wilson Lewis, of Pineville, with Ky.,
was Thursday by his sou.
whom he was quarrelim*
Three hotels, wooden structures, burned
at Wichita insurance Tex feo,000 Fridav ^ Toss #50
00(L ’
Hie Chattanooga lliursday, Chamber _ endorsed of Com
meice, on the re
cipiocity agreement with Brazil.
The government, on Saturday, awarded
the contracts for the completion of the
jetties in Brunswick harbor, to Gayuor &
Green, of Savannah, Ga. They have
orders to make preparations, secure mate
rial and commence work March 1st.
A Chattanooga dispatch of Thursday
says: Judge Warder’s physicians declare
him insane and say his life is in great
in danger. His hand, which was wounded
the fight, has quit healing, and may
have to be amputated. Ilis condition is
very critical. His mind is undoubtedly
dethroned.
Fire broke out in one section of Phil
lip’s & Parish’s cotton warehouse, Eight at
Selma, Ala., Thursday afternoon.
hundred bales of cotton were burned.
Two negroes, suspected to have sot the
building on fire, were arrested and com
mitted to jail. All the cotton was cov
ered by insurance
At Armor’s ; ... ferry, Eatonton, T , , Ga., „
near
Saturday evening six negro men were
thrown into the Oconee river while cross
mg in a boat The stream was very
much swollen from recent heavy rains,
and when about midway the river the
boat capsized Two succeeded in reach
mg the opposite shore, and four were
rownec.
A Charleston dispatch of Friday says:
Mr. Cleveland’s silver letter has been
much commented on by all classes here,
The bankers and the old-line politicians
are loud in their praise of the stand taken
by Cleveland. The alliance element is
for free coinage of the freest kind, and
they regard his letter as political suicide.
The Anglo-Australasian Steam Naviga
tion Company got a judgement for over
$8,000, against E. L. Penniman in the
United States district court, at Savannah,
Saturday. The complainant chartered a
ship to the respondent to carry a cargo of
cotton from Brunswick to Europe. Mr.
Penniman, who is a cotton shipper of
Brunswick, broke the charter.
IN NEW HANDS.
Idle Cotton Mills of Mississippi
to Start up Again.
A ... dispatch , , from ,. Jackson, . , ... Miss.,
says:
On Saturday Governor Stone approved
the charter of the Delta cotton and wool
en mills at Carrollton Miss. Them
corporators ere A. E. Randle of Wash
Z °hi ' it rs-Martin, Oscai C.
Brothers J. T Walter w Head and T. M.
Miller of Mississippi. Hus company
bought the plan of the Carrollton cotton
mi s which had been idle for years and
will at once prepare to begin operation.
The capital stock of the new company
will be $1,000,000. Mr. Arther h.
Handle, the proprietor of this purchase,
sage ^y °tlie ordinance ^ the fat^oS'
tudonal convention exemptingnew facto
nes rom axa or n rears.
WILL SERVE THEIR TERM.
Dillon and O’Brien Voluntarily
Surrender.
Willim O’Brien, accompanied by John
Dillon and Thomas P. Gill, left the port
of Boulogne Sur-Mer, France, on Thurs¬
day, for Folkstone, England, It is ex
pecied that Dillon and O’Brien will be
arrested the moment they set foot on
British soil in order that they may be
compelled to serve the terms of impris¬
onment imposed upon them some months
ago, by the Tipperary court Smith-Barry for conspir¬
ing to incite tenants on the
estates not to pay rent.
A later dispatch from Folkstone arrival says •.
Dillon and O’Brien, upon their vol¬ at
this place from Boulognc-Sur-Mer, the
untarily surrendered themselves to
authorities there.
THE LAST SPIKE DRIVEN,
And the United States Connect
with British Columbia.
A dispatch from Fail-haven, Wash.,
says: The last spike in the track which
unites the state of Washington and. Brit¬
ish Columbia was driven at 11 o’clock
Saturday, in the presence of about 3,000
persons from both sides of the line. The
Fairhaven and Southern road forms the
American line, and the new Westminster
Southern the British Columbia. A tele¬
gram was read from James G. Blaine,
secretary of state.
HAP GRADUATED.
Crabapple—Don’t you believe, Miss
Swe.cte, that I could teach you to love
me? Sweete—Possibly; but I have
Miss is rather late ns to
made my debut it go
back to a tutor.
LIKE GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK.
Bessie—Why do you persist “Grandfather’s in refer
ring to George as
Clock?’’
Jessie—Because he has so little “go”
in him since the old man died.
TRADE TOPICS.
Weekly Review of Business by
Dun & Co.
II. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says; There is some improvement
in business at the cast, and a more confi¬
dent feeling, and. at Chicago the tone
very and hopeful. But at most other \\
t-rn Southern poiuts business show,
no increase in volume, and is rather h
Stating. The industrial outlook is modi
villo by the great strike of the Connells
coke workers, which must cut off
lar S e s “PP iies of iron if it lasts, ami by a
ff reat decrease in the output. The coal
market is dull and weak. 1 lie demand
goods are using. Sales at Boston ^ m ,Ian
f 7 ’ 040 ’ 400 I-unds, against
11,339,900 last year, an increase oi
about 50 percent, and the market for
dress goods is particularly active—tments
looking forward to a time of extraordi
nary is prosperity. Trade in cotton goods
fair in volume, and print cloths are a
shade stronger in price. The boot and
shoe trade show some improvement as to
volume, though the prices obtained arc
not trade highly satisfactory. ‘and The grocery
is fair >y active, indicates no
decrease in . the demand, for consumption,
Provisions have beeti a shade weaker,
a If cents in corn, ami wheat
aud oats have declined each u fraction on
smad sales, but coffee and oil are stronger,
ai| d cotton unchanged,
The low price of cotton tends to make
J ra de dull at the south, the farmers hold
Jac c for higher prices: but at New
I, y r ! eans ‘he At general Nashville trade improves dull, ma
Y', it opens very
K .’ n f 1 buyers are cautious, and at other
|! (>ln tS r ?P orlln g ls / m 'y I’ 111 ' or dull,
^ Louis T re P orts a lalr volume, but no
improvement, while Kansas City finds a
better wholesale and a quiet retail trade.
At Denver and St. Paul trade is fair; at
Minneapolis, veiv active in lumber, with
excellent logging prospects; at Omaha,
without improvement, l and at Milwaukee
and Uctroi t uiut The considerably dry goods,
clothing and shoe trades
exceed last year’s. Philadelphia reports
an improvement in wool and a fair trade
in dry goods and clothing; good orders
in jewelry and a fairly satisfactory trade
in 'paints and chemicals. Throughout
the country the money markets are com
paratively easy and undisturbed, though hardly
the demand is good and the supply
’
adequate; at Cleveland and at Omaha
the market is close,
Business failures throughout the coun
try, during the last seven days, number
for the United States, 262; Canada, 35.
For the corresponding week, last year,
the figures were 240 in the United States
and 62 in Canada,
STEEL MANUFACTURES.
Labor Commissioner Wright's
Report Before Congress.
The president, on Saturday, transmitted
to congress the report of Carroll D.
Wright, commissioner production of labor, and on steel the
cost of the of steel
rails . The inquire was directed bv the
act estahhshing ? a department with the
view to ascertu Q the cost of producing
articles dutiable in the United States in
the leadi countr ies where such articles
lu orc j cr to show the difference in the cost
0 f production {. and between this country and
Eu ^ the possible | bearing S of these
diffe > Uc tariff rates
The ^ )r three features, the
flfgt 8 to the cost of producti ‘ on 0 f
the articleg selected ’ the s( oud) relative
„ n4 . ne , [ employed,"“ami a* • ^ ^
ciency Yf a ^ or ’ the thhd
| a The^om^Sn f ^ *» coTof total
emplo ed . of
materials used in the northern and south¬
ern districts of the United States shows a
difference in favor of the South in the
cost of ore and coal to be very great.
The ore used in the northern district
costs per ton an average of $4.40; cinder
.scrap, etc., $2.63; limestone, 79.8 cents;
coke, $3,014, and coal $2,695. The cost
in the southern district for ore is $1,513;
cinder scrap, etc., $1,031, 70,01 cents;
coke, $3,084, and coal, $1,566.
The table shows the results of the in¬
quiry as to the cost of producing steel
rails in thirteen establishments, United two of
them being in the States, eight
on the continent of Europe and three in
Great Britain. In the United States, the
net cost of materials was $21.10, at one
establishment, aud $15.11 at the other.
The cost of labor was $1.54 and $1.38.
The total cost at one, $24.79, and $27.68
at the other. On the continent the cost
of materials varied from $17.69 to $19.-
88; to cost of labor from $1.02 to $4.64
per ton. In three establishments In
Great Britain the net cost of materials
varied from $16.39 to $18.05; to cost of
labor from $1. 36 to $2.54. The totals
therefore varied from $18.58 to $21.90.
The average earnings in per hour for
workmen ranges the northern district
from 9 cents to 18 cents; in the southern
district from 11 cents to 13 cents; in
Europe from 4 cents to 5 cents, and in
Great Britain from 5 cents to 10 cents per
hour.
DIDN’T FOLLOW THE PRESCRIPTION'.
Dr. Pillsbury—Well, Mr. Sceptic, did
you follow my prescriptions ?
Sceptic—No; if I hud I would have
broken my neck.
Dr. Pillsbury — Why, what do you
mean ?
Sceptic—I threw the prescriptions America. out
the window.—LChicatro
HARD TO FIND.
First Astronomer—Is there any men¬
tion of comets in the McKinley bill ?
Second Astronomer—I don’t know.
Why?
First Astronomer—They seem to be un
usually scarce and high.—[New York
Weekly,
Wiaka
There h no symptom of ill health more <ll»
eonvagiog than weakness. TU«t constant feel¬
ing ot futlgue ami disinclination to exert OUP
•elf. Life to such seems languid reconciled and insipid,
and the invalid almost becomes to
die. Do you suffer thus? Would you be en¬
thused? Do you wish your .SarsuparilU. strength renewed? will
Try a bottle of Dr. Bull’s It
greatly assist your recovery. Soon will you
then experience a feeling of now life and re¬
turning power. No longer will the least ex¬
ertion give fatigue and cause year heart to
palpitate unnaturally. No more will that
feeling of dizziness oppress you when you sud¬
denly get, up from your elmir. No longer will
indigestion and urinary disorders continue to
break down your constitution. natural activity Every and func¬
tion will resume its you
will soon enjoy a glorious feeling of self con¬
trol and confluence. No longer nervous, afraid
And imaginative of gloomy disaster. Ambi¬
tion will take the place of discouragement and
you will he happy in health and kindly hope.—
Caldwell Punt.
1 f some one should discover a country where
people can’t remember, is there any cue In the
world who would not try to go there?
Mart persons are hr ok on down from over¬
work or household cares. Brown’s digestion, Iron Bit¬
ters rebuilds tlio system, aids re¬
moves excess of bile, ami cures malaria. A
splendid tonic tor women and children.
The Pullman Palace and Car drawing Company now
operates 037 :!.(!50 miles sleeping of railroad in this room country. cars
over
Big Inducement lor Druggists.
Tiie druggists throughout the country are
making a specialty of handling lfawkes’ Crys¬
tallized Lenses. They write that they make
more anything money, in else proportion, out in of this These line
than they carry stock.
flue glasses have been advertised extensively
for many years, and have received the en¬
dorsement and approval of thousands of the
best citizens of the United Stales. They are
eagerly sought after by druggists spectacle-wearers
everywhere, and it will pay of and gen¬
eral merchants to put in a stock these goods,
Exelusivesaieisgiven toone firm in each town.
The trade can be built up, and the entire
spectacle business of a large section can be
monopolized with salesroom, these goods. Whitehall Factory, At¬ De¬
catur St., and St.,
lanta, Ga. For terms and prices address A.
K. Ilawkes, 13 Whitehall St., Atlanta.
The little crown prince of Siam has won a
prize in a story competition.
The least exercise tired me out. I could not
get up from my chair without feeling dizzy.
My food and drink and distressed kidneys me. My diges¬ Dr.
tion was poor my weak.
Bull’s strength. Sarsaparilla I recommend gave me hack it to my all health
and my
friends .—Clarence Overton , LaFaiiette, Ind.
An honest, man pays up. The other kind
has to pay down.
A man who has practiced medicine for 40
years ought to know salt from sugar; read
what he says:
Toledo, O., .Ian. 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. ,T. Cheney & Co. Gentlemen:—1
have been in the general practice of medicine
for most 10 years, and would say that in all
my preparation practice and that experience 1 prescribe have never with seen a
could as
much confluence of success as 1 can Hall’s Ca¬
tarrh Cure, manufactured by you. Have pre¬
scribed it a great many times ami its effect is
wonderful, and would say in conclusion that
1 have yet to find a case of Catarrh that it
would not cure, if they would take it accord¬
ing to directions.
Yours truly,
L. L. Gorsuch, M. I)„
Office, Zl, Summit St.
We will give $100 for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured with Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. Taken in'ernally. Props.. Toledo, O.
F. J, Cheney & i o„
l-'YC' Sold by Druggists. 7ue.
Do Yon Ever Specular" t
Any person sending us their name and ad¬
dress will receive information that will lead
to a fortune. Beni. Lewis & Co., Security
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Lee Wa’s Chinese Headache Cure. Harm¬
less in effect, quick and positive in action. bottle
Fent prepaid on receipt st.JvansasCity.Mo of Si per
AdeliiifcCo.,.'>22Wyandotte
Fruits and Trees; Points lor Tree Planters
This entire book is ably written and gives
trusty information for everyone growing fruit
of any sort or kind. Sent, tree by Stark Bros.,
Louisiana, Mo .—Orange Judd Farmer.
Fora disordered liver try Beecham’s
Pills.
fits stopped free by Da. KwsFs ghbat
Nebvf Restorer. No Treatise Fits alter and first S'l day’s trial
use. Marvelous cures. Arch St., Pliila., Pa.
lottle tree. Dr. Kline. »31
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranchos
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold. Tyler & Co., Kansas City,Mo.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp¬
son’s Eye-water.Druggists sell atffiia per bottle.
1 ansae City, Mo.
Malaria
Jsbelieved to be caused by poisonous miasms arts
ipg from low, marshy land, or from decaying vegeta¬
ble matter, and which, breathed into the lungs,
enter and poison the blood. 1£ a healthy condition
of tho blood is maintained by taking Hood's Sarsa¬
parilla one is much less liable to malaria, and Hood’s
Sarsaparilla has cured many severe cases of this dis¬
tressing affection even In the advanced stages when
the terrible chills and fever prevailed. Try It.
And if you decide to take Hood’s Sarasaparilla ilo
not be induced to buy any substitute.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by aU druggists. |1; six for $5. Prepared only
by C. 1. HOOD Sc CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
DR. SCHENCK’S
Cirio < d QEAWEED TONIC
Is a Positive Curo for
DYSPEPSIA
And all Disorders of the Digest¬
ive Organs. It is likewise a
corroborative, or strengthen¬
jsnnnmM ing Medicine, and miiy be
takeu with great benefit in all
cases of Debility. For Sale by
all Druggists. Price, Sl.UO per bottle. Dr.Schenck’s
New Book on Lungs.Liver and Stomach mailed free.
Or. H. SCHENCK &
the Soros, R estores Jl’asto and ISmell, and < arc s p VO
:rk m
L- r \4. t /V/i
Gives Belief at once for Cold in Head. I
SO&^Er ts or* Iby^^^ELYBROS./sB Wwrel StT, N.Y. soa
SEVEN SEVENTEEN I SEVENTY CURE Biliousness,
k Sick Headache,
4? Malaria.
This Picture, Panel size, mailed for 4 cents.
J. F. SMITL*3 & CO., 8ILE BEANS.
Makers of “Bile Beans,’’
255 & 257 Greenwich St., N. Y. City
S«& ;
■ft
lA*
ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results •when
Syrup and refreshing of Figs is taken; the it is and pleasaut
to taste, acts
gently Liver and yet promptly Bowels, cleanses on the Kidneys, the
effectually, dispels colds, head¬ sys¬
tem
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. only remedy of %rup its kind of Figs is the
ever pro¬
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac¬
its ceptable action to and the truly stomach, beneficial prompt ki its in
effects, healthy prepared only from substances, the most its
excellent and agreeable qualities commend it
many all and have made it the
to most
popular Syrup remedy of Figs known. is for sale in 50o
and $1 bottles by all leading drug¬
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro¬
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute. *
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N.Y.
“August Flower”
For Dyspepsia. .
A. a -V-, Eellanger, .« -r. Propr., Stove r oun
dry, Montagny, Quebec, writes: “I
have used August Flower for Dys
pepsia. It grave me great relief. I
L 1 v, .
recommend . it to all ., Dyspeptics as a
ver> - priori umcuj. rpnieflv ’’
-
Ed. Bergeron, General Dealer,
Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, writes: “I
have used August Flower with the
best possible results for Dyspepsia.”
C. A. Barrington, Engineer and
General Smith, Sydney, Australia,
writes: ‘ ‘A ugust Flower has effected
a complete cure in my case. It act;
ed like a miracle.
Geo. Gates, Corinth, Miss.,writes:
“ I consider your August Flower the
best remedy in the world for Dys¬
pepsia. I was almost dead with
that disease, but used several bottles
of August Flower, and now con¬
sider myself a well man. I sincerely
recommend this medicine to suffer
ing humanity the world over.” ®
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A.
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£ m
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We are hearing the markktou Watches;
ti e have forced the prices of watches down at
least 20 per cent.; as a result of this wo are
making immense salts.
The "Stevens Watch” i3 extensively known
the best time-keeper in tho market—it is
unequaled for accuracy and durability. Find
t about our improved watch before pur¬
J. 1‘. Stevens & Bro., 47 Whitehall St.,
t lanta. Ga. Send for catalogue.
rMSSlk mil I ■£& 0siK aud Whiskey Habits
Ml ffiBiifcflSE' B Sr, < ' , ' Irt ' tl at home with
i®§ & SiBf | s8$f 1 U? « SnBlout Iff ticulars paiu. Book MILL. of pur
ffiMHnraHra£KnB.JlAV(lOLhi:V.M.I). m sent
Atlanta,Ga. Office 104>4Whitehall St
I prescribe and fully only en¬
dorse Big <4 as th«
w Cure* ta i specific forthecartaincure
1 TO & DAYS. of this disease.
turuMod not _ G. H.INGRAHAM,M. II., Y.
cawStrtoturc. Amsterdam, N.
lira only by tfco We have sold Big G tor
iT*as Cbearau H* Cft many years, best and it has
__ given the of oatis
. L Cmcinaoti.BESgKS faction. DYC’HF. & CO.,
Ohio. wo. D. R. 111.
Chicago,
Trade iflark SI.00. Sold by Druggista
OF ALL
GOUGH CURES « r
DOCTOR
ENGLISH
SOLO IN
ENGLAND
for ls. l%d., and in
AMERICA
for 26 cents a bottle.
IT TASTES
o 250
Ih...... -60- O or
i. ■ mn i?*l75
i
boys
Ss
m
W. L. DOUGLAS
: $3 SHOE centre*
Genuine i t si luUwewod, au elegant a inf
v stylish drees Shoe, which commends itself.
$4.00 Hand*sewed Welt. A fine calf Shoe is*
“ equalled for style and durability.
*3 .50 Ooodyear Welt; is the standard Orem
Shoe at a popular price. is especially adapt®*
$3,50 for railroad PolicemauV farmers, fShoe etc.
v men.
All made in Congress, Button and Laoc.
$9.00 ior Ladies, is the only haud-sewed JShoe
® sold Dongola at this popular price.
$).50 shoe for Ladies, is a now do
i 1 8 ^ 8 t ^“^ I t ;randTt^ped" ty wrm et nan.o on
bottom. If advrrtlwd local agent cannot supply price you.
send direct to factory enclosing advertised or
a postal for order blanks.
W r . L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. lilass.
WANIKII -snoc dea eri.i every city and
town nol occupied to I akc exclusive agency. S(l4
BLUE.
Jfef 4 ^21i
~ :0: ~
Af Hi JEWELER, V |
73 Whitehall St.
1 ATLANTA, - GA j.
Best Goods, Lowest /a
Prices
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Caution!—There have recently been issued
several Webster’s cheap Unabridged reprints Dictionary,aneditionlong of tho 1847 edition of
since superannuated. These books are given
various names,—” Webster’s Unabridged,” “Tho
Great Webster’s Dictionary," ’‘Webster’s Big
Dictionary,” “Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictiona¬
ry,” etc., etc.
Many misleading, announcements body concerning them ar«
very as tho of each, from A to
55, rnaiio is 44 by years photographing old, and printed tlio old from cheap piatea
pages.
VASELINE
FOR. A ONE-DOLLAR BI 1,1. sent us by mad
we will deliver, free ol all charges, to any person to
the United States, all of the foUovrl&g articles, care¬
fully packed:
One two-ounce bottle of Pore Vaseline, - . ssasssa ots. “
One two-ounce bottle of Vaseline Pomade, -
One Jar of Vaseline Cold Cream,..... “
One Ci ke of Vaseline Camphor Ice. - “
- - -
One Cake of Vaseline heap, uneoented, - “
.
Oae Cake of Vaseline Soap, exquisitely scented “
*» * •
article the et.to price
Or for pottage otampe any tingle at
Mimed. On no account he persuaded to accept from
your druggist any Vaseline or preparation therefrom
unlees labelled with our namr, because Httle you will cor
tuMy receive an imitation which has or no value
OlNMebrough '21 State 8t«, Jl« ¥•
DlPPVIfllf pabbi KWtho CC POSITIVELY REMEDIED
GreeJy Pant Stretcher
Adopted by etudeats at Harvard, Amherst and other
Collei fi ®*» also by professional and business men 25c. every
where. If not for ssJe in your town send to
. B. . J. . GKKKLY, 71U Washington Street Boston.
PENSIONS isfassed.ffir^ Great Th© and PENSION Fathers Bill
. w. are en
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