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SOUTHERN BRIEFS DAILY OCCURRENCES IN THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND Curtailed into Interesting and Newsy Paragraphs. Ex-Gorvernor Waterman, of California, died Sunday. The Alabama press convention will meet at Anniston on June 10th. A state convention has been called for May 19th lo take steps to have Texas represented at the World’s fair. Bishop Richard Gilmore died at St. Augustine, Fla., Monday. His remains will be taken to Cleveland, O., lor inter meut. Chattanooga held a mass meeting Mon¬ day night iu the interest of raising a fund for the exhibit of resources of that section at the World’s fair. Ap'plication was made Thursday Consolidated for a charter for the Atlanta, Ga., Street Railway Company. The new cor¬ poration includes all the lines of the old Atlanta or Union company, the Atlanta and Edgewood and the Fulton county lines. At Chattanooga, Saturday afternoon, Chancellor Kep dissolved the vexatious injunctions against the Lookout Mountain Company, allowing the deal to proceed. The company was required to give only $23,000 bond. This is the big deal in which nearly $1,000,000 is involved. The suits of various creditors against the Decatur, Chesapeake and New Or¬ leans railway were decided at Shelby ville, Teun., Friday, judgment being given for the creditors in each case. The most important was that of Ford Wilker son, in which $05,000 was involved. John Jones, of Dale county, Ala., is in jail on ihe charge of assault with intent to murder his nine-year-old son for some trifling offense. He hung the boy up by the thumbs, whipped him die. unmercifully, little and left him there to The fellow was almost dead when rescued by a passer-by. A Raleigh dispatch of Sunday, says: Governor Holt is at Burlington to arrauge matters connected with his office of presi¬ dent of the North Carolina railroad, which he will resign. On his return he' will enter in earnest upon the duties of governor. He has for fifteen years been president of the above named road. The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia passenger and freight depot, re¬ cently built at Athens. Tenn., at a cost of $5,000, was destryed by fire Monday morning. The Athens wool and cotton mills had large shipments in the depot. Nothing was saved except the cash drawer. Loss, $20,000, with no insur¬ ance. A Richmond dispatch says: Clothed iu the confederate uniform and with the badges of Lee Camp and the Army of Northern Virginia on his breast, General John R. Cooke was buried late Saturday afternoon in Hollywood, where rest the remains of A. P. Hill, Pickett, Pegram and other confederate generals. The funeral was conducted by Lee Camp Con¬ federate Veterans. Lewis Booker, who was arrested at Richmond, Va.. on the charge of em¬ of bezzling over $20,000 of the money Mr. Edward Hanewickel, who was, until two years ago, one of his wards, and which created such a sensation in social, church and business circles, has been re¬ leased from jail on a bond of $20,000, one-fourth of this amount being required in each of the cases. An epidemic, caused by poisoning, Four¬ oc¬ curred in Chattanooga Monday. teen victims' have so far been reported, although none have proved fatal. The cause was cream puffs bought from a confectioner's. The medium is thought to be arsenic, which in an unexplained ingredients way became mixed with the of the shell’s puffs. So far nothing pos¬ itive is known, but an investigation is being made. The Kentucky constitutional conven¬ tion, which has been iu session at Louis¬ ville, adjourned Saturday, after a session of 199 days. The convention completed the constitution to be offered the people. It has cost the state about $200,000, and made very many changes in the funda¬ mental law of the state. Some of these are recognized as wise, but very many are untried, and considered of uncertain benefit. On account of the latter, constitution will be opposed be by rejected many strong public men, and may when voted noon in August. A POSTMASTER ARRESTED For Opening* a Letter Addressed to His Business Partner. W. H. Morris, late postmaster at Nel¬ son, Durham county, N. C., was arrested Sunday on a charge of opening a letter and purloining containing therefrom check a check. A letter a was mailed in Raleigh recently to W. H. Hopson, at Nelson. The letter was received but no check. Shortly after the check wns missed, Morris made an effort to get it cashed in Durham. The case came up before United States Commissioner Pur¬ nell. Morris gave bond for appearance at the June term of the United States court. His defense is that he and Hop son were partners in the lumber business, and that Hopsou had authorized him to oDen letters. General Spinola Dead. General Francis B. Spinola, member of congress day from in New York city, died Mon¬ of several night weeks. Washington, after an illness DUN’S REVIEW Of the Condition of Trade for the Past Week. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “It cannot be said that llio business of the country is expanding when there is a decrease of nearly one sixth within a single month in the output of pig "iron. In nearly all quarters the admitted slackening of trade is at¬ tributed to merely temporary causes, but the state of the iron trade cannot be thus explained, change and while it may at any time for the better, it is at present an unfavorable symptom. Anthracite and coke furnaces were producing April 1st 102,898 tons weekly, against 123,030 tons March 1st; 171,108 tons December 1st, and 107,670 tons a year ago. The iron trade is very dull, and some southern furnaces weakening as to price. Another element which may prove of great, though temporary importance, is the decision of a great body of miners to strike May 1st for the eight-hour day. At New Orleans trade is quiet; at Mem¬ phis caution rules, but at Savannah the prospect is bright, and there is an im¬ provement at Jacksonville. In general, and speculative markets are rather inert, the general average price is now 2 per cent lower than it was two weeks ago. The movement of wheat, flour and corn falls far below last year’s. The returns of foreign trade for March appears to in¬ dicate an excess of about $7,000,000 ex¬ ports over imports, but exports cannot be expected to enlarge from this time forward. The stock market decidedly improved railroad most of the week, with good earnings but has and prospects of easy though money, still since grown weaker, averaging about $1.37 per share higher of than a week ago. Probably the fear important labor troubles has some influ¬ ence, the state of great industries is just now altogether encouraging. for Failures for the week number 211; the corresponding week of last year the figures were 176. A BLAZE IN CHICAGO In Which $1,000,000 in Prop¬ erty is Destroyed. Chicago suffered one of the most de¬ structive conflagrations that has occured there since the big fireef 1871, Saturday. The loss is fully $1,009,000. The fire started iu a stable, the property of the well-known furniture manufacturer, John M. Smith, and was located in the rear of his big house-furnishing establishment on West Madison street, near Halstead. The flames speedily communicated to the furniture establishment, and a moment later to Kohl & Middleton’s dime museum. In a marvelously short time both struc¬ tures had turned into a mass of flames, which darted across the street and lodged in the upper stories of buildings on the north side of Madi¬ son sfcrept. ' A moment later firemen alon g theJjioioughfare found themselves working Between two towering walls of fire. After a heroic fight the fire was finally gotten under control. The loss, aggregating over $750,000, is distributed as follows: John M. Smith, furniture, stock and building, $500,000; Kobl & Middleton, curiosities, fixtures and building, $85,000; Neely Bros , boots and shoes, $20,000; Aldebert Kaempfer, jeweler, $45,000; Alfred Peats, wallpa¬ per, $00,000; Baer Bros., bats, $10,000; M. Irrman, cigars and tobacco, $25,000; Hannan & Hogg, liquors, $20,000; Royal Tailoring Company, $6,000; Haymarkct education theater, $47,000; board of property, in rear of Smith block, ‘$50,000; miscellaneous loss. $5,000. POLITZ’S CONFESSION Will Play an important Part in the Grand J ury’s Report. leans A dispatch of Sunday from expected New Or¬ says: The grand jury is and to report during things the c it imiug week, the among other is said that confession of Potitz will be used iu the report. Although Politz protested his own innocence, he acknowledged that he had joined the Mafia under the impres¬ sion that it was a benevolent society. He was present at the meeting when Hen ncssy’s death was decided upon, and was ordered to carry a gun in a sack to Mo¬ nastery's shanty, but refused. * He did not know of the killing until the Sunday following, but afterwards learned the details from Monas tcrio, and they were substantially the sanv: as claimed by the state upon the trial implicating Sheffedi, Marchesi, Bag netto and Monasterio as Ilennessy’s slayers. The state did not use the confes¬ sion, because it had direct proof of Politz’s presence at the killing, which his story denied. Politz is said to have had a brother, who closely resembled him, who has not been heard of since the killing, and is presumably in Italy. Had he been found, the identification might have been transferred to him, and Politz’s confession would have formed an impor¬ tant link in the chain of evidence. HUSTON’S SUCCESSOR. Nebecker is Now United States Treasurer. A Washington dispatch says: Treasurer Huston’s letter of resignation, dated February 24th, and the president’s ac¬ ceptance, dated Monday, have been made public. The resignation takes effect upon the appointment and qualification of bis successor. Monday afternoon the president appointed Charles H. Nebeck er, of Indiana, to be United States treas¬ urer, vice Huston resigned. It is said to be probable that he will not assume charge of the office for some time yet and when he does the usual formalties, such as counting coin the cash, including 45,000 tons of and hundreds of millions of notes and bonds must be undertaken. Winnowings. There are too many of the bonds of iniquity on the markfet. They offer large dividends, and they find too many ready dupes. A gold plated coin will not pass cur¬ rent any longer than a man of no princi¬ ple plated with educational accomplish¬ ments will. A Troy policeman swore as follows: “The prisoner sat on me, calling certify me an ass and an idiot—all of which I to be true.” Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. Ai.r of us who arc worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies or expiating the mistakes of our youth. Make money your servant; don’t let it become your master. To know how t« guide and control it, get a practical edu¬ cation. Tiie nightmare is the effect of injudi¬ cious eating. Business troubles are fre¬ quently nightmares produced by injudi¬ cious education. It is with diseases of the mind as with diseases of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do. Education doesn’t make the man un¬ less there is good material to work with. Soft iron may be shaped into an ax. but it will never hold an edge. Fill your head with good purposes, pock¬ your stomach with good food, your ets with honest money, and your measure of happiness will be reasonably full. Work, work, work was the old motto; but educate, think, work, is a combina¬ tion whose spirit harmonizes better with the progressive spirit of the age. Educated talent is sometimes applied to knavish practices, just as good wheat is used in the manufacture of whisky. We value an article, however by the use, not the abuse of it. Tiie most perfectly developed heyse is of no use until he is broken and trained, and the most brilliant and trained powerful mind lies dormant until by a practical education. Education is sometimes called a lad¬ der, but the person who goes to sleep at the foot of it will never secure what it leads to. Education is of no account unless purpose, character and action go with it. The original tower of Babel wasn’t finished because it was found that it would cost more than the original esti¬ mate, and to this day all structures from a chicken coop to a palace follow that memorable precedent. A Utica boy thought he would play letter carrier the other day. His mother thought he was very funuy, until she dis¬ covered that he had found about sixty of her old love letters and was distributing them at the neighbors’ bouses. When you make a mistake don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing in your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in vour uower. Tor impure or Indigestion, thin 'Blood/ and Weakness, Biliousness, Ma¬ take laria, Brown’s Neuralgia, Iron Bitters—it gives strength, making old persons feel young—and young persons strong: pleasant to take. It is best not to dispute when there is no probability of convincing. r, f'j M) ", jtdtfii OJSTIS KIVJOY® Both the method and results when Syrup and refreshing of Figs is taken; the taste, it is and pleasant acts to gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys¬ tem effectually, dispels colds, head¬ aches and levers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro¬ duced, pleasing to the taste and ac¬ ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial la its effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. 50o Syrup of Figs is for sale in and $1 bottles by all leading drug¬ who gists. Any reliable hand druggist will may not have it on whfl pro* cure it promptly for any one wishes to try it. Do not accept anj eubstitute. *’ CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. N.r. LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. mflJilyliliJ pcucmiJQ^SB IS rJSSfill. *.u — WW a w a_a_w_ <n an( , y ather , are en titled to $12 a mo. Fee ,10 when you get vour money. t stt.wlr. tree. MSSTH M. mixrea, AUy, ffeaklactea. •. nipfl phuiiT v KNtco l/U rrc POSITIVELY REMEDIED Greely Pant Stretch Colleges, Adopted bv students by professional a.t Harvard. and business Amherst and other also men every¬ where. If not for sale in your town send 85c* to B. J. GRJEELY, 715 Washington Street Boston. v ‘ / U W C d \ - J Jr' 7 * Spring Medicine Is so important that great care should bo used to_ get THE BEST. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has proven its superior merit by its many remarkable cures, and the fact that Hood’s Sarsaparilla has a larger sale than any other sarsaparilla or blood purifier shows the great confidenc 3 the people have in it. In fact The Standard Spring Medicine Is now generally admitted to be Hood’s Sarsa¬ parilla. It speedily cures all blood diseases and imparts such, strength to the whole system that, as one lady puts it, “I seem to be made anew.” Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only | Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $ 5 Prepared only . by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, llass. by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar IOO Doses One Dollar ■HHI-ELY'S Passages, Allays CREAM Pain BALM— and Inflammation, Cleanses tho Nasal HealsSWi**?™ 1 tho Sores, Restores Taste and Smell, and CuresKwArArARrSy^' A A 14 WFEYERfed U ' ,W| . v Gives Relief at once for Col n Head. mm Apply Druggists into the by JSostrila mail. __ ELY BROS., It is Quickly Warren Absorbed. N. Y. & 50c. or 66 SL, > 11 k . m Mia I f J L<>Co *$|S m pg®f§l V fj ■ =~- 5N.X !r I'fe-SssSisS hi I UN Vv its /3K V 1 - A cough or cold is a spy which has mm stealthily come inside the lines of health and is there to dis¬ cover some vulner able point in the fortification of the constitution which is guarding your well-being. That point discovered the spy reports it to the enemy on the outside. The enemy is the changeable winter climate. If the eold gets in, look out for an attack at the weak point. To avoid this, shoot the spy, kill the cold, using SCOTT’S EMULSION of pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda as the weapon. It is an expert cold slayer, and fortifies the system against Consumption , ScrofulaGeneral Debility , and all Ancemic and Wasting Diseases '(specially in Children'). Especially helpful for children to prevent their taking cold. Palatable as Milk. SPECIAL.—Scott’s Emulsion is non-secret, and is prescribed by the Medical Pro¬ fession all over the world, because its ingredients are scientifically combined in such a manner as to greatly increase their remedial value. CAUTION.—Scott’s Emulsion is put up in salmon-colored wrappers. Be sure and get the genuine. Prepared only by Scott & Bowne,Manufacturing Chemists, New York. Sold by all Druggists. DO YOU WANT ssa A NEW > PIANO? 1 Don’t say you cannot get' it till you i iilM know how we will furnish you one. WSm V Ask by postal card and we will send •V Sra® __ __ you FREE, A CATALOGUE, tell you -.,.™ fifj tfdpfl b our prices, explain our plan of EASY • m PAYMENTS, and generally post you M Hlll-on M the P8ANO QUESTION. : ■—■'V^RBieBpi L i £@“You $50.00 by may save writing us a POSTAL CARD. 33 ANA 183TREP40NT STREET, boston. ivass. Have You a Cough? Have You a Cold? Jk Or Consumption? I^jji^^^jraylor’s Sweet Cherokee Gum and Remedy Mullein of WILL CURE YOU! or Merchant for it. 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