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Nothing, muses the Washington Star,
has occurred recently to illustrate the
decline of sentiment among the Ameri¬
can people more forcibly than the sale of
Andrew Jackson’s old coat for $3.50 at
ft public auction in Baltimore.
Ex-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, con¬
gratulates the country upon the fact that
“from 1860 to 1890 tho accumulated
permanent wealth of the country in¬
creased more than $260,000 an hour for
every day, Sundays and work-days in¬
cluded.
_
A gentleman desiring to test the en¬
durance of a horse drove one 1000 miles
to a dog cart, the cart, passenger and
baggage weighing over 800 pounds. The
journey was done in nineteen consecutive
days, an average of over fifty-two miles
a day. The longest distance, sixty
eight miles, was covered on the last day.
The road was selected at random, and
led from London to York, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Carlisle, Nottingham and Lon¬
don again. The horse was fifteen hands
high, what is called “well-bred,” and
returned home, according to the report
of the veterinary, no worse for the jour¬
ney.
Lieutenant Riagely Hunt, in his arti¬
cle on “The Steamship Lines of the
World” (the last of the interesting series
on Ocean Steamships) in Scribner's , gives
the following information about a trip
around the world entirely by water;
“The traveler from New York has been
gone from start to finish, by the ocean
highways to Europe, India, China, San
Francisco, South America, and back to
New York, nearly 200 days; has steamed
over about 40.000 miles of water, and
has spent $4000. He has learned that
there are other lands and other peoples
than his own worthy bis admiration and
study. Let him take a year and $5000
for this rounding the world, and he will
be better satisfied and better informed,
and appreciate more fully that ‘going to
sea clears a man’s head of much nonsense
of his wigwam. i»
The London Lancet, referring to the
firing of the great guns aboard ship by
the officers in the conning tower, raises
the question whether the strain on trained
gunners after an hour or so of gun prac¬
tice carried on in covered caseinates
would not reader the gunners incapable
or decidedly reluctant to man their guns.
The effect, it is contended, produced on
the nervous system by the uncertainty as
to when the guns fired by electricity
from a distance would go off would be
very considerable, and prove exhausting
to the gunners. It is held that if a mao
has to do anything * * which calls forth un
wonted t , effort of kind, he either
any
voluntarily prepares himself for it or the
system involuntarily adjusts J itself ac
cordingly. A sudden and , unexpected
noise causes a shock to the nervous sys
tein, which, if frequently repeated, is
ap t to induce n,„e ten,™, eed b,
nervous exhaustion.
At the New Orleans Exposition in
1885 the only exhibit Pennsylvania had
of , any note was an enormous black bear,
stuffed, which was killed in the Pike
County Mountains. The bear stood over
«■ *■*
Its paws measured fourteen inches in
length and seven inches in width. It
weighed more than 500 pounds and was
the biggest bear ever killed m Pennsly
vania. The county now intends to shed
more honor on the Keystone * State bv
placing . . on exhibition ,..... at ^ the World’s
Fair in Chicago one of the greatest spec*
imens of bluestone ever quarried. The
stone Pike County intends to show to
the world in Chicago was quarried eight
years ago in the Pond Eddy region. In
unloading it at Stairway it slipped from
the riggiDg and smashed a man and two
horses to death. It has lain where it
fell ever since, but was purchased a few
days ago by William Sanford, who paid
$500 for the slab. It measures twenty
aix feet in length and eighteen feet wide,
and weighs twenty-three tons. It is tea
Inches thick. It is to be polished at a
cost of $1000. It is said by experts to
be the most perfect pieoe of flagging
rriii m.
GEORGIA’S S0L0NS
RESUME OF THEIR DOINGS OF
THE PAST WEEK.
Important Matters Which Have
Been Disposed Of.
TIIE HOUSE.
Monday. —A fluctuating quorum pre¬
vented the house from transacting busi¬
ness of p irticular importance at Monday
morning’s session, ------* except *»---------- the passage of ‘
Mr. Boifeuillet’s boycott bill. This went
through without an opposing voice or
vote, and gains for its author the dis¬
tinction of having engineered through
the house one of the speediest pieces of
legislation on record. The only other
general bill pas-ed was also by Mr. the
Boifeuillet, of Bibb. It restricts
number of members of the governor’s
staff to one from each congressional dis¬
trict and two from the state at large. Dr.
Chappell, of Laurens, had his bill to
locate the tax collector’s office of Laurens
county brought up. The bill passed the
house and senate, and was vetoed by
the governor. It was returned, and the
committee to which it was referred elimi¬
nated the objectionable features,
and recommended that it pass. sucli Mr.
Lewis, of Hancock, objected to
course on account of irregularity, and it
was reintroduced regularly and made a
special order for second reading Wednes¬
day. Before taking a recess at 11
o’clfck until 3, the following bills were
passed: Amending the act relating To to the
residence of magistrates; protect
game section in Hancock the county; code, which Amending
2626 of pre¬
scribes the manner in which shares in a
bank or other corporation may be levied
on and sold; To confer police powers on
conductors, motormen and dri¬
vers of street cars in this state....
At the afternoon session the senate school
bill was taken up and put upon its pas¬
sage. The bill was reported back from
the house committee to pass by substitute.
The bill and two substitutes, the bills
originally passed by the house, raised were read.
Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, the point
of order that one bill could not pass by
two substitutes. This brought out a
lengthy discussion. Speaker, Pro Tem.
Trammell, who was in the chair, ruled
that the question involved was not a par¬
liamentary question, but of constitution¬
ality, and left it to the house to settle.
Mr. Lewis, raised the point as to whether
the house would vote for both substitutes
at the same time or separately. If sep¬
arately, he said, the first substitute would
be legal, but the second one would not.
He insisted that the vote be taken sep¬
arately, and wanted the journal to show
that both substitutes were voted on at the
same time. The chair ruled that the two
substitutes constituted but one bill and
both were voted on together, It was a
puzzling question to the statesmen, and
created some lively by-talk, two separate
bills being voted on at the same time as
the substitute of another bill. The house
set a precedent that will doubtless be
heard from in the future. The bill—the
two substitutes—was finally passed by a
vote of 88 to 13.
Tuesday.— The Berner biff was the
bone of contention in the house Tuesday.
First there was a fight between the Ber¬
ner bill and the Ocala platform resolution
on the question down of consideration. The
latter went in defeat for the time
and the Berner bill and its various sub¬
stitutes were placed before the house.
Almost the entire day was consumed in
debate on the bill and amendments. The
fight has narrowed down to a contest be¬
tween the Berner bill and those who ad¬
vocate the farmers’ caucus substitute,
offered by Dr. Chappell, of Laurens.
Both ^. ills F ovid f for practically the
same tive rates—but thing—the enforcement have of competi
they different ways
of getting at it The Berner bill au
tbo rizes tbe ra *' roat * commission to ex
. into the leases of railroads,
»mme
and if they are found to be unconstitu
tional, in their opinion, to institute pro¬
ceedings against the roads in court.
vaule of stocks as long as such cases hap¬
pen to be pending in court, and by the
us ual slow process of the court, they
m ^kt> . be continued in litigation from
one court to another for vears, thereby
constantly lessening the value of the se
curities involved. The farmer bill has
tbe same provisions as to lease etc., but
then have the right to appeal to the
court ^ they believe the commission’s
severe.
New bllls were introduced as follows:
To authorize the mayor and council of
Washington to issue bonds for water
^rks $2o and street paving; to tax peddlers
in each county; to change the time of
holding the superior conn of Bryan
county,
Wednesday.— The discussion of tho
Berner bill and the “farmers’ substitute”
again occupied the whole of Wednesday,
of Judging the from the speeches the opponents
Berner bill and advocates of the
“farmers’ sustitute” are in the majority,
and the chances seem to favor the pass
age of the substitute. An effort was
made to get to a vote Tuesday afternoou
but there were others who wanted to
speak. Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Dr. Hand, Mr.
Hartridge, Calvin spoke Mr. Wednesday Huff, Lewis and Mr.
but tho argu
mentson the bill and substitute were not
finished and the matter went over till
Thursday.
Thursday. —Contrary to expectation,
the Smith substitute for the Berner rail
road bill passed the house Wednesday,
The provisions of the bill
are the practically bill, and it the victory same
as Berner was a
— ■»«- hm wmm#r« wW>
supported it in preference to liis Fill.
Tire majority of people believed the
Chappell substitute was, certain to pass,
and it was a great surprise It to every defeat¬ one
when it was voted down. was
ed by but three majority, the vote having
stood 74 to 77. Then the Smith sub
stitute was adopted and passed the
house by a vote of DO to 03.
It reads as follows: Section 1. Be it en¬
acted by the general assembly of Geor¬
gia, and it is hereby enacted by the s une.
That from and after the pa-sage of this
act it shall be the duty of the railroad
commission in this state to inquire into
i nn ^ examine all sales, leases, contracts
and agreements heretofore or hereafter
made, by which the operations controlled, of and rail¬
roads in this state are to
this end or notice, railroad non-resident companies
existing in this state, and all
persons, natural or artificial, operating
railroads in this state, shall file wilh the
commission copies of all such papers, and
this shall include contracts between
other corporations or individuals, by
which the operations of railroads in this
state are controlled. In their investiga¬
tions said commission shall have
the aid and assistance of the
JJ torney general (ft - counsel act
lg for him. and the railrod com¬
panies and interested persons shall be en¬
titled to a hearing. In their investiga¬
tions the commission shall consider the
whole question of competition, to deter¬
mine whether the same has beeu increas¬
ed or promoted, defeated or lessened.
And if any sale, lease, contract or agree¬
ment is found to be contrary to the law,
said commission shall fix a reasonable
time in which the said railroad companies
or persons shall resume their proper legal
positions; the commission shall preserving provide
a just and reasonable rule for
or restoring to the people the substantial
benefit of competition. If said railroad
companies or persons fail to comply with
the order or rules of the commis¬
sion, then, said commission shall,
and it is authorized by and with
the advice of the attorney proceedings general and
the governor to institute to
set aside any such illegal sale, contract,
lease or agreement. In said suit the
attorney general shall represent the state,
in whose name the suit shall be brought:
aud if any such sale, lease, contract or
agreement shall be found by the court to
be contrary to the law, the judge presid¬
ing therein shall set a ride and declare
null and void all such illegal sales, leases,
contracts or agreements. Sec. 2. Be it
further enacted, That this act shall not
be construed to withdraw the right from
any person now authorized to bring suit
for the purpose set forth in the first sec¬
tion of this act. Sec. 3. Be it further
enacted, That the railroad commission of
this state, in fixing freight and passenger
rates on tariffs, shall do so. but with
reference alone to the reasonable earning
capacity of any such roads, when econom¬
ically and efficiently operated, and
based on a fair and proper capitalization,
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That when¬
ever, in the judgment of said commis¬
sion, the public interest and the preserva¬
tion of the benefit of railroad competition
shall require the same, said commission
is hereby authorized and empowered to
fix such rates on local freight aud passen¬
gers as will counteract the effect of any
excessive rate on through freight. See.
5. Be it further enacted, That all rail¬
road companies, before increase in their
stock or issuing bonds on any railroad in
this state, shall submit the same to said
commission for their approval. Sec. 6.
Be it further enacted. That all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this act be,
and the same are, hereby repealed.”..,.
At the afternoon session; the educational
bill was taken up. The house insisted
on its amendment and requested a con
ference; the following bills were passed;
to locate the office of tax collector of
Immense county; to refund to J. L.
Crews, of Forsyth county, $40 paid for a
another liquor license not used. the At 4:30 o’clock
anti-Berner fight between Berner bill and
when bill men Meriwether, was precipitated,
Mr. Hill, of attempted
to have the railroad bill, passed at the
morning the session, transmitted did it immediately
to senate. He to prevent a
motion to reconsider Friday morning.
The point was made that the senate was
not in session, but the chair ruled it had
no official notice of that fact. Mr. Hart
iiuge, in order to prevent the transmis¬ ad¬
sion of the bill, moved that the house
journ, In order to consume time he de¬
manded the yeas and nays. His motion
was, however, voted down by 47 to 68.
Mr. Hill then withdrew his motion to
transmit the bill to the senate, stating
that he perceived it was the wish of the
house to consider this matter again Fri¬
day and the house adjourned.
T1IE SENATE.
Monday.-— It was 11.30 o’clock before
the senate could get a quorum Monday.
The local bills were rushed through in
hot haste until adjournment time. Fol¬
lowing are the bills passed: Milan, To incor¬
porate the town of Telfair
to pre-cribe the conditions under
which firearms shall be carried; to incor
porate the town of Hiram, Paulding
county; to amend the charter of the city
of LaGrange; to permit the commission
ers of commons of Columbus to donate
certain lands; to extend the corporate
limits of the town of McRae;
to amend the charter of Dallas; lo incor
porate the city of Manchester; to incor
porate the town of Trion, Chattooga
county; to incorporate the town of Willi
coochee, Coffee county; to permit the
mayor and council of Lithonia to issue
bonds; to ratify grants of street privileges incorpo
made by Dublin to railroads; to
rate the town of Clarksville, Habersham
county; to authorize the council of Rock
mart to levy an ad valorem tax on real
and personal property; to authorize the
j issuance county; to of incorporate bonds for a the new town jail of in Ty Early bee;
to amend the charter of Beaufort, Qwin
nett coimtT:_tojuitborize the commis-
sloners or roads and revenues in Newton
couDty to appoint an agentto sell liquors
for nodical purposes. The following
new bills were introduced: To prevent
payments of pensions to persons guilty
of felony; to incorporate the Farmers’
and Mechanics’ bank of Hartwell.
Wednesday. —The session of the sen¬
ate was decidedly quiet. On motion of
Senator Nunnally the action on the bill
to incorporate the town of Whitehall,
was reconsidered and the bill was sent
back to the committee on corporations.
The senate bill to extend the term of the
common schools to six months; to estab¬
lish a permanent school fund and pro¬
vide for the disbursement thereof, and
for other purposes was sent back from
the house with substitues. The senate
refused to concur in the action of the
house. On motion of Senator Terrell,
the senate took up the house bill “to
transfer the county of Douglas from the
Stone Mountain circuit, and transfer it
to the Tallapoosa circuit, and to change
the time of holding the superior court in
said county from the first Monday in
March and fourth Monday in No¬
vember, to ihe second Monday
in February and third Monday
in November.” The bill was passed.
The following other bills were Railroad passed:
To incorporate the North Street
Company; House bill, as amended, to
incorporate the Albatty and Bainbridgo
Railroad Company; House bill to author¬
ize the governor and treasurer to issue
bonds and negotiate the same for purpose
of raising money to pay off the public
debt; House bill to amend the law in ref¬
erence to the inspection of illuminating
oils; House bill, as amended, to author¬
ize the building and equipping Ocmulgee of a rail¬
road from Covington to the
river; House bill to incorporate the Trans
vale Railway Company; House bill to in¬
corporate the Tifton and Northeastern
Railroad Company; House bill to incor¬
porate the Wayne and Southern Rail¬
road Company; House bill to empower
the governor to cause to be paid orphan to the
widow or dependent confederate soldiers
children of deceased
the pensions due to said soldiers at the
time of their death; House bill to incor¬
porate the Atlanta and Manchester Rail¬
road Company; House bill to incorporate
the International Railway Employes’ Ac¬
cident Association; House bill to incor¬
porate the Chalybeate Springs Railroad
Company; House bill to establish a pub¬
lic school system in Houston county;
House bill to amend an act entitled an
act to create a sinking fund to pay off
and retire bonds of the state as they ma¬
ture, in accordance with article 7, sec¬
tion 14, paragraph 1, of the constitution
M 1877, by the levy and collection of a
tax therefor; Hoese bill to amend the act
incorporating the Cartersville and Gaines¬
ville Air-Liue Railroad Company; House
bill to incorporate the Tobacco Belt and
Florida Railroad Company.
Thursday.— For a time Thursday
morning the senate was lively. The
finance committee had returned to the
senate Representative Huff’s bill to levy
and collect taxes, with the recommenda¬
tion that it do pass. But the committee
had tacked on a little amendment re¬
ducing $290 to $100, and over that the
senators had quite a nice t me discussing
the same. A motion was finally made to
table. The motion carried. The vote
on the bill was—yeas, 21; nays, 17. The
action will probably be reconsidered.
The discussion over this bill nearly con¬
sumed the entire session of the senate.
After the bill had been disposed of the
senate listened to the first and second
reading of several biffs. Governor Nor
theu sent to the senate a message recom¬
mending the appointment of a compe¬ of
tent man to look after the interests
Georgia in the property of the state in
Chattanooga. The governor further
recommended that the appointee be a
citizen of Tennessee. The message was
not read to the senate and no action was
taken on it.
BILLS TIIAT ARE LAWS.
The governor has signed these biffs:
To charter the Louisville Branch rail
road; to incorporate the town of Love
joy, Chyton couDty; to incorporate
the town of. Adel, Berrien county;
to incorporate the Milledgeville the commissioners Banking
Company; of to require prepared index
Bibb to have a general
of the records in the office of the clerk
of the superior court; to repeal the reg
istration laws of Worth county; to divide
the state of Georgia into eleven congres
sional districts; to amend the act estab
lishing a board of commissioners of De
catur county; to amend section 3921
of the code; to create a pub
lie school system for Marietta;
to incorporate the Jackson Banking
Cornpany; to establish a public school sys
tem in Buena Yista; to cede to the Unit
ed States government juridiction in cer
tain lands; to establish a public school
system for Covington; to incorporate the
American Transit Company; to iucorpur
rte the Athens Saving Bank; to levy and
collect a tax for the support of the gov
ern “ ent -
1 be following . . additional .... , bills
were
signed . by the governor Wednesday: To
incorporate the Smithville and Hawkins
ville Railroad Company; to incorporate
the Thompson and Lincolnton Railroad
the Company; to repeal an in act Chattahoochee incorporating
town of C'usseta
county; to amend an act to incorporate
the Southern Exchange b mk; to incor¬
porate the town of Lyerly in Chattooga
county; to amend an act to authorize and
require the county; registration of all voters in
Jasper to prohibit the sale of
seed cotton in the county of Jefferson
from the 15th of August to the 24th of
December; LaGrange to and incorporate Northwestern tho Brunswick, ’
rail
road; to amend an act incorpor¬
ating extend the Carrollton the Railroad Company;
to corporate limits of the city
of Bainbridge; and to amend an act to coo¬
solidate amend the several acts in-
corporating the city of Bainbridgo; Bain- to
amend the charter of the city of
bridge grauted March 12, 1800, so main¬ as to
empower the mayor and council to
tain a system of sewerage and drainage; to
alter and amend an act to authorize the
ciiy of Forsyth to issuo certain bonds; to
incorporate the McRae, Oealla and
Southwestern Railroad Company, to
amend the charter of the city <>f Macon,
so as to authorize the mayor and council
to issue bonds to build waterworks; to
incorporate the Norihenst Georgia Loan
and Banking Company; to incorporate
the town of Sycamour, in Irwin county;
to incorporate the Merchants’ and Farm
ers’ Savings bank.
TRADE REVIEW.
Outlook of Business as Reported
by Dun & Co.
Dun’s review of trade for week ended
October 3d, says .* Business failures oc¬
curring throughout the country during
the week number, for the United States,
201; Canada, 29; a total of 230, against
244 1st week. The week brought the
expected leaction in stock, with the pas¬
sage of dividend by the Missouri Pacific,
and some troubles among western roads;
but in the business of the cocntry no re¬
action appears, nor are there signs of
d scouragement. In very many cases tho
farmers will realize for their wheat grown
this year more than the entire cost of
their farms. Unseasonably hot weather
has for the time retarded some trades,
but a change is already noticed. It is
fortunate for the country that tho appre¬
hension of a financial difficulty this fall
has powerfully restrained the speculative risen
tendency. Tobacco has
shreeto eight cents in the Connecti¬
cut valley, and producers are realizing
large profits. Sales of dry goods light¬ are
large in the aggregate, but in
weights far below last year’s. Cotton
goods are a little less active, but print
cloths firm at 3 cents, and of prints higher. some
styles are an eighth different or markets quarter not
Sales of wool at are
3 per cent below those of last year thus
far.
Boston reports a closer money market
and satisfactory trade, especially in dry
goods since the cooler weather came. At
Philadelphia money is in fair demand,
building is more active and improvement is
seen in all lines of dry goods and cloth¬
ing, though there is complaint in these,
as in other branches of trade, of slow trade col¬
lections. At Baltimore the shoe
exceeds last year’s. At all improving points re¬
porting at the south trade,i3
except at Savannah, where the great
strike suspends the movement of cotton.
In spite of several more circulars ad¬
vising the farmers declined to hold their wheat,
the price had about 1 cent.
Corn has advauced 2 cents and oats 1|,
and while cotton is unchanged in price,
pork products have changed but a trifle,
and coffee and oil are a little lower.
There is more perplexity than usual re¬
garding yield of cotton, but most con¬
servative estimates conclude that a large
decrease in product is probable, which making
a market for heavy stocks, were
brought over from last year.
Imports of merchandise, though small
or than a year ago. when the movement
was exceptional, are quite large, and ex¬
ports from New York for the past two
weeks are nearly equal to' those of last
year. Railroad earnings exceed last year,
as do exchanges at various clearing houses
outside of New Yprk, though but slight*
ly, and there are as yet no symptoms ol
the artificial monetary pressure which
some have apprehended.
DEBT FIGURES.
September Statement as to
Uncle Sam’s Finances.
The debt statement issued from Wash¬
ington Thursday shows that during Sep¬
tember the. interest bearing debt has de¬
creased $26,337,758.50, of which amount
$7,515,520 is which composed interest of 4^ per cent
bonds, upon has ceased,
but which have not beeu presented,
either for extension at 2 per cent or re
demption, and are now transferred to
the non-interest-bearing debt account.
Total interest bearing debt outstanding
is now $585,024,720. Total debt includ
ing certificates and treasury notes, $1,-
534,142,251,61; cash in the treasury,
$741,668,200.89; net debt, $792,474,
041.71; net cash balance in the
treasury, $-44,987,968.61 $140,784,054); gold certifi
cates outstanding, silver
certificates, $324,936,559; currency cer
tificaies, $19,835,000; treasury notes of
1890, bullion purchase notes, $64,251,-
748; cash balance in the treasury has in
creased during the month, $15,286 428.-
34; the bonded debt has decreased bond’s $17 -
989,180; amount of 4£ per cent
held in the treasury by the treasurer of
the United States for national banks as
security for their circulation at the close
of business. September 80 1891 is
$248,900. These bonds are the property
of fourteen banks located in ten different
states. As they are no longer available
for the purpose stated they will have to
be replaced with interest bearing bonds
SINGLE HANDED.
A Bold Robber Holds up the Ex¬
press Train.
American express train No. 31, due at
Utica, N. Y., at 3:10 o’clock, a. m. Wed¬
nesday was robbed between that city and
Little Falls. The robber brought the
tram to a standstill a mile east of the city
by applying the air brake by meaus of a
valve in the car, and escaped in the dark¬
ness. The robber covered the express
agent with a revolver aud started over
the packages, and took such as he sup¬
posed were valuable. It is not known
L°^?“ $5,000 in ch currency wtls ta! <en was out. concealed A package by of
the agent and saved.