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VOL. VII.
There are twenty-seven States with
over one million population each. At
the previous census there were nineteen.
The distance traveled by Stanley in
the interior of Africa is estimated by him
at 5400 : lilcs.of which all but 1000 were
c:i foot. The expedition occupied three
years, and rescued 300 persons, at a cost
of less than i' U, 030.
It appears that there are people in
Italy who derive a dismal satisfaction
from being admitted to watch the pro
cess of cremation at a charge of $1 a
head, and that it is the revenue from this
source that defrays the cost of cremating
the poor folk of that place.
The Belgians are fretting under the
burden of oppressive taxation, and it is
all the popular leader? cad do, states the
Courier-Journal, to prevent them break
ing into open rebellion, The Govern
meat will make efforts to stay the crisis,
hut sooner or later Belgium will follow
the example set by the American
colonies in 1770 and assume a republican
form of government.
Fortune lias coquetted with Ton:
Cruse, of Montana. Three times she
made him a millionaire, and three times
reduced him to poverty, where site
originally found him. Cruse did not
despair, however, and is now worth
$5,000,000, with good prospects of his
retaining his wealth as long us he will
require it, as he is now an old man. He
made his money in gold and silvei
mines.
There are now under consideration two
projects, which if carried out, predicts
the Commercial Advertiser, will have an
immense effect on the trade of France.
The first is the project of making Pan'
into a port by canalizing the Seine, so
that sea-going vessels can make the pas
sage from Havre to Paris. The second
proposal is for the construction of a canal
to connect the Mediterranean with the
Bay of Biscay, with the intention of in
tercepting a great part of the shipping
which at present passes through the
Straits of Gibraltar.
Of novel applications of electricity
there is no end, exclaims the New York
Times. Bakers are now using the elec
tric motor as a bread mixer, and are thus
enabled to do in four or five minutes an
amount of work that would otherwise
require hours of hard labor. A writer in
a medical paper say' ne has frequently
obtained much relief from freial neural
gia by applying an incandescent light to
the part effected. He suggests that the
lamp could also be used in practicing
advantageously, It could be laid ovei
a flaxseed or otner form of poultice, and
constant heat could be thus secured.
Professor Asaph Hall, who has usee,
the big telescope at the United States
Observatory in Washington for measure
ments of Saturn during the last fourteen
years, finds the time of rotation of the
planet to be about ten hours, fourteen
minutes, twenty-four seconds, This is
nearly fifteen minutes lessthan the period
stated in most of the astronomical text
books published in the latter half of the
present century, but is remarkable as
being only 100 seconds less than the pe
riod assigned to it by Sir William
llerschel. That astronomer of a century
ago obtained his results in this particular
by the aid of an instrument far inferior
to many of the so-called smaller tele
scopes of to-day, and the fact is testi
mony to the wonderful ability of the man
whose name was for years given to the
planet he discovered, now generally
called Uranus.
In regard to the bill which passed Con
gress creating a national park, to be
known as Sequoia Park, the Saa Fran
cisco Call remarks: “The land to be
inclosed in the park will cover 50,000
acres. It embraces nearly the whole of
the tract which is well known to the peo
ple of Tulare as the region of the Big
Trees; is situated forty-five miles west of
Visalia, at an elevation of from 6000 tc
7000 feet, and spread? almost without a
break from Kings River to Kabweah
River. In Mariposa. Calaveras and Hum
boldt the giant sequoias occur in clumps
in the midst of forests of other growths,
[a Tulare they are almost continuous;
the traveler can journey all day on horse
back without ever losing sight of them.
They are nearly, if not quite, the most
gigantic of the sequoias; trees have been
seen which measured 100 feet and ovet
in circumference at the base and over 30C
feet in height.
BLACKSHEAR GA. THURSDAY, OCTOBEI 23. 18!I0.
FARMERS' ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS.
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
THE GREAT ORGANIZATION.-LEGISLA
TION, NOTES, ETC.
The Alliance Exchange, Henrietta,
Texas, is giving satisfaction.
The ***
Farmers’ Alliance will build a
large flouring mill at Graham. Texas.
*
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The Alliance is educating the masses,
which makes the pobticians tremble with
fear. — Lasso.
***
West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylva
nia, Michigan nnd New Mexico are the
latest Alliance States.
*
* * *
The Citizens’ Alliance of Kansas, now
has more than 16,000 members, and is
rapidly increasing. It is now proposed
to make it a national order.
¥
'4:
The sub-aliiances of Floyd comity,
Ga., have a movement on foot looking to
the building of co-operative stores.
They have the money oti hand for the
purpose.
•s *
The Gibbon (Ncb. i Reporter says: The
“hayseeds” are numberless in Nebraska
this year. The independent movement
might rightly he called an uprising of the
common people against their arch which enemy lias
—trusts and corporations—
been robbing them of the fruits of their
labor for the past twenty-five years.
* *
The Farmers’ Alliance of Kansas,
which now numbers over 145,000 mem
bers. has and organized a mercantile handle depart- their
ment, propose to
own appointed grain and live stock. handle They
have agents who will
their shipments in tlie markets of Kansas
City, Chicago and St. Louis, by which
transaction the farmer will save the com
mission which he usually pays the middle
man.—Texas Lnbor Union.
***
Tiie National Alliance (Houston, Tex.)
says: “The Louisiana Farmers’ Alliance
expelled nine members, who were also
members of the legislature, because they
had voted in favor of the lottery bill.
The Farmers’ Alliance means business, if
it isu’t politics], well and take the future law
makers may as notire and not
injure the people unless they want to
be retired from public service. The col
ored Alliances are white working Alliances, in perfect
harmony with tho and
are helping to settle the race question by
united effort along lines where all can
agree.
* *
Among other things tiie Labor Journal
(Ky.) says: “The sub-treasury bill may
be faulty, but it embodies our plan of
relief, and every true member of the Or
der from Maine should to Texas, contend fromJFlorida for its to
Washington, en
actment into law. If the individual
member, if any State, county or sub
union is allowed to antagonize it, the
national measure of relief formulated,
endorsed and sent forth by the National
Union, admitting it impracticable, even
absurd, as some say, how can avc expec*,
should we hit upon a plan that is practi
cable and free from absurdities, to secure
that unity of action so necessary to the
attainments of our aims and purposes.”
Farmers, now is the time to use your
influence where it will borefit you.
There never was a time when the people
had the leverage they now posses. The
balance of power is in your hands, and if
yott use it you are sure to win. A third
party, if successful could not do more
for you than you can do for yourselves
by holding the balance of power which
is now in your possession. The Times gives is
in favor of any movement that
promise of success, and therefore it fav
ors the plan of selecting for the offices
the men who are the best fitted, rather
than by organization of a people's enough party
before the farmers are strong to
make it a success. Let us make no mis
takes in the liegiuning.— The Alliance
Times (Ind.)
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day A Topeka. On Kan., the dispatch arrival of of the Wednes- train
says: Wilson and
bearing Polk, Livingston,
Stone, delegates to the Topeka State Alli
ance, there was drawn up in line a com
puny of old veterans to welcome and
escort them to the hall. On the entrance
to the hall 500 delegates rose given to greet for
them, and three cheers were
Georgia, her representatives and
Colonel Polk. Colonel Polk was
first introduced, and made a
ringing, captivating speech of fifteen
minutes. Before taking his seat he in
troduced Colonel Livingston as the irre
pressible Alliance ieader of Georgia.
Livingston caught the crowd, and for
twenty minute* held them. Livingston
then introduced iison and Dr. Stone.
Both gentlemen made some happy hits
and were greeted with applause. These
representative men have, indeed, had a
roval welcome.
.
The following are some of the resolu
tions adopted at the last session of the
State Alliance of Georgia:
Resolved, That this, the Georgia State
Alliacce, now assembled, do reaffirm our
allegiance to our National Alliance plat
form. and do most earnestly and unqual
ifiedly demand that all members of our
order who may become members of the
Georgia legislature do not vote for any
man as United Bute? senator unless he
or they subscribe to the Georgia State
Alliance platform, to-wit;
“To a reduction of slate and na
tional taxes.
“That our representatives in tlie
i national legislature laws shall will advocate the
passage of such as prevent spec
ulation wifh and combines, that seek to inter
fere prices of pr mo necessities and
productions. “To abolition of the national
an
hanking system, ami the substitution of
legal treasury notes in lieu of the national
bank notes, and in sufficient volume, in
conjunction with gold and silver, to do
the business of the country on a en$i
basis.
“That the sub-treasury bill of the Na
tional Alliance, now pending in congress,
or some bettor system for the relief of
the struggling musses, be passed.”
***
The following arc among the resolu
tions and demands reported by the Mich
igan State Alliance, recently organized at
Lansing:
Resolve 1, We demand the abolition of
national banks and the substitution ol
legal tender treasury notes in lieu of na
tional bank notes, issued in sufficient
volume to do the business on a cash sys
tem. regulating the amount needed on a
per capita basis, as the business interests
of the country expand, and that nil
money issued by the government slialj be
a legal tender for all debts, public and
private. Wo demand the free and unlimited
coinage demand of silver. governmental control of
We
all railroads, telegraph and telephone
lilies in the interest of the service public, in the
same manner as the postal is now
manipulated. demand that eight hours shall
Wo con
stitute a legal day's work in all factories,
mines and shops.
We demand a graduated income tax,
by placing the burden of taxation or.
those most able to bear it.
We demand a government loan to the
people on real estate security.
We demand a strictly secret ballot
known as the Australian ballot system.
We demand the election of President
and Vice-President and United States
Senators by a direct vote of the people.
Whereas, Wc believe that an inflexible
volume of currency depresses prices when
the farmers’ produce is placed on the
market, and inflates prices after the prod
uct is in the hands of the speculator,
therefore, demand law situ
Resolved, That we a
ilnr to the sub-treasury bill, aocalled,
that will secure a flexible volume of
money commensurate with the needs of
of the people.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
IIU.N.N A CO.. REPORT GREAT IMPROVE
MENT IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
The weekly review of li. G. Dunn A
Co., says: In all directions the bonnes'
outlook improves, and the recent cnor
mou i increase of circulation, notwith
standing the money markets, are growing
stringent. Exports have become re
markably large, and domestic trade is
such that the exchanges outside of New
York exceeded last, week’s by 155 per
cent. Trade i? strong everywhere. The
output of cotton is increasing. The
shoe trade is brisk. The supply of
leather equals consumption. Philadelphia. Almost Through- all
trade is good in
out the west trade is fair to good. At
St. Louis trade is strong. At Savannah
trade is brisk.
The increase in the output of pig iron
in September, according to The and Iron
Aye's report, was 44 per cent, the
weekly output, 179,263 tons, was 13.6
per cent larger than a year ago. Yet
four more Virginia furnaces are to begin
work within a few weeks, with a capaci
ty of 3.500 tons weekly. Of the textile
industries the increasing demand for cot
ton and wool bears witness, though the
production of print cloths at prices is
Itcht unprofitable. packed
The number of hogs at the
west from March 1st to October 1st was
7,965 090, aga nst 5,920,000 las*, year, an
increase of nearly 35 per cent.
Speculation in wheat has made further
progress this week, the price rising 14
cents on small sales. But exports are
practically bushels, stopped; against ill September only
595.250 2,223,104 lust
year, went from Atlantic ports. Corn also
goes abroad but little, having advanced
during the week only 1-8 cents, while
oats have risen 1 j cents. But the export
movement of cotton i- extraordinarily
large in S ptember. 207,000.000 pounds, and
against 176,000,000 pound' last year,
in October thus far there is a large in
crease, helped by a yielding in price of
1-16 cent this week. Exports of provis
ions are also very heavy in September.
$11,918 416 and in this value, against $8,707,645
last year, also continues, prices
being steady.
The new tariff has caused an advance
in prices of some kinds of goods wh oh,
together with tlie rise resulting from the
partial failure of crops, ha? moved up
the general level of price* materially,
though less than 1 per cent on all com
modities since October 2.
Failures number 198 compared with
the corresponding week of last year of
182.
ENGINEERS MEET.
THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD AS
SEMBLE AT ITTTBBUBS.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: The tweu
tv-seventh annual convention (interna
tional) of the Brotherhood called order of locomo- at the
tive Engineers was Engineer to Arthur,
old city hall by Chief
Wednesday morning. There was a large
attendance of delegates, every division of
452 in the organization being represented. calling the
The entire day was devoted to
roll, receiving credentials and perfecting will be in
organization. The convention
session at least two weeks.
TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
BUSY WORLD.
A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIR* CON
DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES
FROM UNCLE SAM’s DOMAIN AND WHAT
THE CABLE mt'lNOS.
Mount Ktua is in a state of eruption.
The Leland hotel, in Syracuse, N. V.,
was totally destroyed by lire Wednesday
night.
T he amount of silver offered for sale to
the treasury department, Wednesday, was
436,000 ounces.
Tlie funeral of Justice Miller, of the
1 nited .States supreme court, took place
in Keokuk, la.. Saturday .
A resolution was offered in the Ohio
legislature, Wednesday, censuring Gover
sion. nor Campbell for calling the extra ses
The new United States tariff law ha?
created a great boom in the shipment, of
potatoes from Nova Scotia to the West
Indies.
The Messrs. Merry, one of the largest,
inuslin and calico firms of Glasgow,
Scotland, have failed. Their liabilities
are enormous.
headed There is a rumor that a syndicate,
by tlie Rothchilds, has purchased
h Bank majority of the stock of the National
of Mexico.
Dispatches from South Dakota state
th:it the crops of Brown county, for three
years, have been failures, and the people
are absolutely without food.
X. A dispatch of Thursday from Syracuse,
Y., says ihe that only four people were
killed in Leland Hotel disaster. The
first report placed the number at twenty
five.
The sultan of Zanzibar lias surrendered
to Germans, for 4,000,000 marks,his sov
ereign rights over that portion of the
East African coast which is leased to the
German East African Company.
Dispatches from Paris say : Tlie suicide city
is horrified at what seems to lio a
epidemic. For some t ime past us many
as twelve to eighteen suicides have been
reported daily. On Sunday the total
was eleven.
It is annonneed that O’Brien and Dillon,
the fugitive Irish leaders, will make a
tour of the United States, and Thomas
P. Gill, M. P., who arrived in New
York last week from Liverpool, will ar
range for their movements.
Original package stores reopened in deci- all
parts of Kansas Saturday under the
sion of the United States court nl Topeka
on Friday, that the old prohibition law
was inoperative against the original pack- of
ages, notwithstanding recent act
congress.
A Washington dispatch says: The talk
about an extra session of Congress thick
ens and broadens. The extreme republi
cans wish one, and if President Harrison
can have his way he w ill yield to the
pressure and call congress back in No
vember.
The Ohio house, on .Saturday morning, the
after a stormy session, refused to pass
senate compromise bill, giving the gov the.
eminent power to remove members of
Cincinnati board of improvements, and
providing for a new board, with an elec
tion next April.
The annual meeting of the Pullman
Palace Car Company w as held in Chicago
Thursday. Over $18,000,000 of the.
capital stock was represented, The
usual quarterly dividend of $2 per share
from the net earnings was declared, pay
able November 15th.
Secretary of State Blaine lias received
a dispatch from Minister Ryan, of the
City of Mexico, announcing that, the
Mexican republic will adopt the American recom
mendations of the International
conference with regard to a uniform sys
tem of weights and ineansures.
Tim Ohio legislature has adopted investi- a res
olution providing a committee to
gate tlii! alleged corruption in certain
hoards at Cincinnati and various depart
ineutsof tin: city government, and another
to consider nnd make suggestions upon a
l Ian of government for that city.
The removal of the Canadian export
duty on logs is showing its effect.
Already there are numerous shipments to
the United States. The United States
treasury department has instructed col
lectors to enter Ganadian lumber at the
rates fixed in the McKinley act.
The census office issued the following
figures Wednesday: G dveston, Tex.,
29,118; increase. 6,870; per cent, 30.88.
Houston, Tex., 27.411 ; increase. 10,898;
per cent, 66. Bowling Green, Ky.,
7,790: increase, 2,676; per cent, 52.33.
Montgomery, Ala., 21,790; increase,
5,077; percent, 30.38. Pensacola, Fla,
11,751; increase, 4,906: per cent, 71.67.
state of Alabama, 1,508,073: increase,
245,563; percent, 19.45.
ON FRENCH OOIL.
MESSRS. O CRIES AND DI: LON AT LAST
HEARD FROM.
A cablegram from Tipperary, Ireland,
says: During the proceedings in court
here Wednesday, >. r. Healy, one of the
counsel for the defendants in the con
spiracy ease was handed a telegram. lAr
ing t ire envelope open he found it contained
a dispatch from Messrs. Dillon and O Brien
announcing their safe arrival at Cher
bourg, France. The utmost reticence was
maintained sinona the nationalists as tr
the manner in which Dillon and O'Brien
eluded the vigilance of the this police and
effected their escape from country.
It is the intention of the government to
endeavor to learn who aided them to
escape, and if their accomplices are dis
covered they will be criminally prose
cuted.
VENDETTA IN NEW ORLEANS
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN Mil. UI.NNI>sY As
8AS8INATTON X PRISONER SHOT.
While the hotly of the late i hief of
jK)liee. David C. llennes-y, mi account of
whose assassination was mentioned in
Thursday's dispatches, New lay in state vuitonio at the
city hall in Orleans,
Sen Hid a, identified as one of his assassins,
was shot and mortally wounded, in the
parish prison, by I liomas c. Duffy.
Duffy informed Deputy Sheriff Andry
that lie called for the purpose of seeing
one of the “Dagoe's” arrrested for the
assassination of Chief llenncssy. as he
believed that he was able to identify him.
Scaftidu came down, accompanied within by the
Deputy Sheriff. and put his face
a few inches of the gate to recognize who
it was that wanted to see hitn. Duffy,
who was standing about a foot from 1 be
gate, with lightning-like hip-pocket motion, and, drew a
revolver from his pip
ing it within u few inches of Scuffidu's
face, pulled tlie trigger and the Italian,
with a groan, fell luck in the corridor,
the blood spurting from the wound in
tlie left side of his neck. Dully said
that it the Italian died lie was willing tc
hang. He said: “1 only wish there were
about seventy-five more men like me."
Duffy was locked up.
When tlie wounded man reached Char
ity hospital, Judge Rringlerwas Jude Hollander, sent for.
and, with his assistant,
arrived in a few minutes. Scutlida was
asked if he hud anything to say before lie
died, and he replied in the affirmative.
He began his statement by saying: “We
knew that Chief llenncssy and the I’ro
venzanos were good people. We were
good friends of Met.ran gits. I am going
to die, and 1 die innocent, My idea is
that Metrangiis did that to keep tlie Pro
vcnzanos in jail, Oil. uiv God! 1 alii
going to tlie," and Scidlida closed his
eyes and remained silent.
More than fifty arrests have been made
of parties believed to be implicated in
the assassination of Hcnnessy.
THE MAYOR NEXT.
Dispatches of Saturday say that tin
vendetta lias spotted Mayor Maeheea, Slmkspenre and as
their next victim. Joseph
other leading Italians, against whom af
fidavits were made Friday, after the
shooting, and partial confession of Hculli
di. were arrested charged with being ac
cessories to tlie murder of Chief lien
nessey. At a special meeting of the
council at noon, Mayor Shakespeare's
message was read, denouncing the mur
der of Hennessey by till) {Sicilians,
through hired assassins; declaring that
terrible secret orders exist In New Oneans,
and that in Ibis instance the chief of po
lice was assassinated for doing his duty
in enforcing American law. A commit
tee meeting of fifty was field Saturday
night, which announced that it would
pursue the investigation to the end, and
bring the murderers of the chief to jus
tice and break up Italian assassination
leagues in the city. A thousand dollats
was raised on tire spot and the committee
expects to have $50,Out) to assist in tin
work.
WILL IT BE PAID ?
THE REWARDS FOR IIDRROWn’ ( A P IT UK
MAY NOT MATERIALIZE.
A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says:
The impression bus been that the reward
of $400 by Gov. Heay was for the deliv
cry of Burrows, if captured, to any
sheriff in the state. But such is not the
case. It is for the delivery of the pris
oner to the sheriff of Jefferson county, in
the Birmingham jail. evening This fact became
known Thursday by the publica
tion of the original proclamation by the
governor, which is dated September 29,
1889, just a year ago. As is well known,
the outlaw was killed before be was
turned over to the custody of any lawful
officer. A rumor is current that the post
master general will also refuse to pay the
government reward. As neither the state
nor the federal government can be sued,
the captors may yet be deprived of their
reward, or at least a portion of it, for
Burrows. Gov. Heay refuses to say whether
he will avail himself of the technicality
to opinion avoid prevails paying that the he reward, do but the
will not so.
JUMPED TO DEATH.
A KIX-hTORY HOTEL ISLIINS, (.VISING
FEARFUL LOSS OK LIFE.
What proved to be the most disastrous
fire that, has visit'd Syracuse, N. Y., for
many years, was Uncovered in the Leland
hotel, at 12.30 o clock 1 hursday morn
ing. An eye-witness of the fire sujs it is
positive that at least twenty
live persons have lort their lives,
and many more have been more or
less injured. A majority of the victims
were killed in jumping from the windows.
8o great :s the confusion and excitement
that the identity of those killed and in
jured is wholly unknown. The building
will be a total loss. It was built two
vetrs ago at a cost of $160,000. it is six
stories high and contained 400 rooms. It
is impossible to learn how many guests
were in the hotel at the time the fire
broke out. The 06*1 less will not fali
short of $500,000, and the building if
partially covered by insurance.
DR. KELLEY SUSPENDED
BECAUSE HF. LEFT III* CHURCH TO BUN
FOR GOVERNOR.
A Ned.viile dispatch of Wednesday
says: The Tennessee Methodist confer
enee committee, appointed to try Dr. C. j
C. Kelley for deserting reported his charge and '
running for governor, and suspending him sustain
ing the charges from
alt minist erial connection for s x months.
Over 350,000 bottles of champagne, valued
at 9400,1100, were sent to New York by
French speculator* tariff to forestall the operation?
of the new law.
NO 23.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH.
BRIEF NOTES OF- AN INTER
ESTING NATURE.
PITHY ITEMS FROM A LI. POINTS IN THK
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER
TAIN THK. READER—ACCIDENTS, FIRES,
Moolis, ETC.
The Mississipi i eonvention on Friday
adopted the entire judiciary report.
The foreign ironmasters passed through
Louisville, Ky., Wednesday oil their way
to Birmingham, Ala.
A portion of the shops of the Cincin
nati Southern railway, at Ludlow, Ivy.,
burned Thursday night. Loss, $40,000.
The l.mve Metallic Paint company, of
< huttanoogu. indebtedness 1ms assigned. Its schedule
of foots up to $17,524;
assets, not yet known. %
'I he colored people of Richmond, Vrt.,
Wednesday, celebrated the twenty-sev
enth anniversary of the signing of the
emancipation proelmnation.
Gov. Stone, of Mississippi, on Tues
day, appointed lion. Claude I’intnrd, of
Natchez., chancellor, of the fourth dis
trict, to succeed the Hon. L. McLnurin,
resigned.
The census returns • f Louisiana and
Mississippi Louisiana have been officially announce^.
-1,116,829; gain, 18.82 per
cent. Mis-issippi 1,284,897; gain,
13.55 per cent.
Lines interested in Florid:* travel hold
a meeting of passenger agents at Cincin
nati Wednesday mid enmn to an agree
ment to 11 n tourists’ ami Florida rates at
•I cents a mile for round-trip tickets.
The remains of General A. !-*. Hill tiro
to he removed from Holly wood cemetery,
in Richmond, Yu , to the lot donated by
Louis (tinier, not fur front the Leo monu
ment, in the western suburbs of Rich
mond
The American Gaslight Association of
Savaunali, Gn , began its eighteenth an
imal session Wed gem lay morning with
nearly 20(t members present. Tlie dele
gates were received by the mayor and
aldermen.
The ease of Dr. Jo rues Woodrow, de
posed for touching “evolution,” came up
agda a few days ago in the Charleston
Presbytery on the doctor's application
for membership. The application was
denied by a vote of 6 i<> 17.
Fire broke out Friday in the oil rooms
of the Cherry Manufacturing Company,
situated within the walls of the Tennes
see tile penitentiary, in Nashville, and destroyed. the en
plant of the company portion was
No convicts were in this of tlie
building.
Chief of Police Hennesy, of New Or
leans, Was shot anil killed from ambush
as ho was entering his house, Thursday
night, four of his assassins were ar
rested and identified as Antonio Beufiidi,
Antonio Haguetti, Telmstinno Incardono
and Petro Mastero, all Italians.
A special from Maxtor), N. C., suy*
that a fearful cyclone passed just west
ol M-ixfon about I o'clock Thursday
afternoon. At I Inly several houses were
blown down, and out) person killed and
several injured. At (floral College the
storm was very severe, blowing down tin:
bcllryof the Presbyterian church, demol
ishing one house and many trees.
'Ihe directors of the Mobile and Spring
ilill railroad, on Wednesday, tiled notice
in the office of the secretary of state at
Montgomery, Ala., that, they had author
ized the issue of $100,000 in 6 per cent
bonds to pay off u mortgage debt of said
company. Notice was tiled in compli
ance with the laws of Alabama regulating
railroad corporations.
The census office, ( n Thursday, made
public the following increase, figures: Jackson,
'Icim., 10,022; 4.645; percent,
86.31). Memphis, Teun.. 64,586; in
ei-ca-e, 30,1)04 : per cent, 1)2.27. Stale
of Texas, 2.232.220; increase, 640,471;
per cent. 40.24. State of Tennessee,
1,765,723: increase, 221,304; per cent,
14,35.
'I he Mississippi constitutional conven
tending tion adopted an ordinance Saturday ex
tlie terms of the present state
oilb riH where installed in January last,
and whose terms would lmve expired in
January, 1804. to Jamiaiy, 1806. This
was done in order to allow the terms of
the county and district officers to be
elected January. 1892, to expire with the
state officers, so that hereafter they will
ail be elected for four years and at the
suite time.
LUMBERMEN FAIL.
AN ASSIGNMENT WITH LIAIULlTIEft AT TWO
MILLION DOLLARS.
It G. Peter* A: Co., of Manistee,
Midi., went to the wall on 'Ihursday.
The liabilities will not exceed $2,000,*
000. and the ussc’s, though largely scat
tered, will exceed that amount. The
failure is attributed to overexpansion
and the close money market. Their in
dividual liabilities are probably $2,500, -
000, and the nominal assets are consider
ably ties larger. timber Peters, land besides vast quanti- and
of iu Michigan
Wisconsin and a silver mine in Canada,
lias a huge plant at Brewtou, Aia., and
another at Cyprus, N. C. Attachment
proceedings have been begun by several
corporations against rhe property of the
company. It is said that at least 200
concini*, large or small, mostly in Mich
igan and Wisconsin, are affected by tha
failure.
JUST LIKE III* IMPERTINENCE.
Old woman preenta herself at the
looking office, and asks for a third-class
“Where for; ... inquired . the . clerk. . .
“Tliat's mv busiujss!" was the reply,
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