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r HIE BLACKSHEAR TIMES
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THE BLACKSHFAR TIMES,
jllnckehcar, Ga.
it is proposed—tne idea originated
with Mayor Harrison—to extend the two
mile water tunnel at Chicago four miles
further into Lake Michigan, and with
the earth and rock taken out as the work
goes on to construct an artificial island
at the spot selected for the end of the
tunnel. Tho uses of this island would
be various. In the lirst place, it would
be the terminus of the great tunnel de
signed to supply the city with pure lajce
water; then it would bo used as the
location of a lighthouse; and finally
turned to account as a summer resort,
lawns being laid out and Federal trees planted Gov
on it. The consent of the
eminent would be requisite, of course,
the lake at such a distance from the shore
being in the jurisdiction of the United
States, but no The difficulty formation on that score island is
looked for. of the
would be made around the granite crib
piles being driven below the waterline,
Hnd the interstices filled with loose rock,
The Mayor is very sanguine about tho
feasibility of tho project. “I believe,”
he says, “that capitalists will be willing
to invest in it, pnd not only build the
island, but bore the tunnel for the priv
ilege such a summer resort would furnish,
1 have been informed by prominent en
gineers that the scheme is feasible, and
a prominent contractor has to!d me that
he could raise the monev for such a pur
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pose without an effort. Chicago hasn’t
got a decent lake resort to her name,
Such an island would as soon as it is
completed become th? one city. of the most pop
ular resorts of During the
summer months it would be visited l>y
thousands of people every day and night,
The privilege of landing excursion boats
there woul4 be worth a big sum, and
other concessions would swell the
imount. I am confident the city could
easily obtain the consent of the b edcral
Government.”
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
WAYCBOSS SHORT LINE—TIME CARD.
Schedule of through trains to Florida and Southern Georgia.
In effect July 2, 1893.
Going South—Bead down. Going North—Itead up.
-H _ 35 i 23 j 14 78 6
8 lOp 8 28a 0 10a Lv ..........Savannah....... Ar 12 09p 8 32p 6 201
10 20p 10 Ua 8 00a Ar. ...............Tesup......... Lr 10 28a 6 25]> 3 20a
12 30 11 14a 9 15a .........Wayeross......... <J 15a 5 15p 1 00a
i ...... .........Brunswick....... 7 20a 7 00p
7 20a ......11 30a ..... 8 46fj
10 40a' ...... 2 lOpl...... .............Albany........ 7 00 2 OOp G20p
8 25a! 1 15p 12 00n ...... .........Jacksonville...... 15a a 7 56a
5 55p 5 55p!..... ........... Sanford........ 1 ......
10 15p 10 20pi...... .............Tampa......... 8 OOp
1055p HOOpi..... ..........Port Tampa...... 7 30p
...... 3 35p...... ...........Live Oak........ 8 00a
Wio£occcai«.£ ii ..........Gainesville...... ...... 3
28a — — ...........Valdosta........ ...... 28p
......j 1 02p...... .........Thoma-ville...... ...... 2 lOp
......j 3 25p...... ........ .Monticello....... ...... 1145a
......i 2 23p...... .........Baiuhridge....... ...... ! 12 57p
........Chattahoochee .... 3
............Macon......... 3 35a 10 55a
..........Columbus....... 60a
e. ...........Atlanta......... ..... 7
8 40p .........Montgomery...... 7 30p 7 35a .
.. ............Mobile.........
.. 3 05a Orleans.....
.. 7 35a .........New ......
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No. 19 leaves Savannah daUv, except Sunday, 3:55 p. m., amves Jesup 7 20 p. m. No. 208
leaver Jeaup da;]v except Sundav, -4:^5 a. m*. arrives Savannah 8:3 j a. m. These trams stop at
all stations between Savannah and Jesup.
sleeping cab bfrvice and coxyECTioys.
Trains Nob. 35 and 14 carry PaUmancird between New York, Savannah and Port Tampa. No.
ass
r.are lioiwet-Q Havamiah and Chicago, and on We InosdAvs and Saturdays No. 5 carries Pull
man sleeper to Suwannee Springs, and on Thuisdays and Sundays the sleeper returns from
“Tram No^nnects at Wfor MVcon, Nashvi.le. Atlanta Cincinnati, and the St. west. Louis Train and 23 Chicago. connecU Through at Way
cross for Montgomery. New Urbans with Alabama Midland railway for
Pnl min sleeper Waycros* to Chieigo, Train 23 conuects
Montgomery and the southwest. secured and ..... ticket
T cki-t-B.l 1 to all points and slecpnz car b-rtbs at passenger stations,
office 32 Bull street. E. a. Armmd, Citv Ticket Agent.
U. G. Fleming. Superintendent. W. M. Davidson, General Pass-nger Agent,
North Georgia Agricultural College
-A.t DaDloncga.
A BRANCH OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Spring Term begins First Monday in February. FaU Term begins Fira
Monday in September. students with limited The militarv
Best school in the south for means, 7
training is thorough, being under a U. S. Army officer, detailed by th*
Secretary of War.
BOTH SEXES HAVE EQUAL ADVANTAGES.
Students are prepared and licensed to teach in the public schools, by act of
the Legislature. and Sciences bv distinuished educators and scholavs
Lectures on Agriculture unsurpassed. Altitude Zl feet.
For health the climate is ->.
Board $10 per month and upwards. Messing at lower rates.
Each senator and representative of the state is entitled and requested to
appoint one pupil from his district or county, without paying matriculation
fee during his term.
For catalog or information, address Secretary or Treasurer, Board of Trustees,
BLACKSHEAR, GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14,1893.
1 A Shield for Soldiers.
I An old soldier of Philadelphia
I by
{ !STsTtoid!nrK n
materiel, circular in form, and meant to
! dta.'tt “ corrugated SghS el for i»°he>,"Tnd the £ of
i surface is purpose
i deflecting bullets. The inventor does
I not pretend that it furnishes a complete woulil
protection, but lie believes that it
be found indispensable by skirmishers,
and in a general engagement would be
S3T”wta.C“; SfK&t Zt
ed into portable compass and worn at the
side like a bayonet. When expanded
and fastened to the rifle-barrel, an aper
ture on the line of sight is shown, which
enables the soldier to take aim and use
his piece effectively. Ilia idea of the
invention » already applied to large
rifled guns on vessels of war. 1 ho m
veutor has brought his device to the at
teution of military experts, and they have
indorsed it as practicable in operation.—
[New Orleans Picayune.
t i f t i i? 11 • <
1 market, for Farmer Predd declares thal
there has appeared on his farm and ad
joining farms a destroyer of the potato And
.nig that can discouut Paris green.
the most important part of it is that thi«
new destroyer does not cost anything,
for it is a living creature and seems to
be working for the mere pleasure of th«
tiling. The potato bug appeared in
Montgomery county in unusual mim
bers this season, which was thought speak
strange, as there had been none to
if for the past two seasons. The othei
day Farmer Fredd went out in his potato
field to dpse the ravaging beetles with
Paris green, when ho was surprised to
see none of them on his vines where lie
started in, but they lay dead on the
ground by hundreds. He went on, and
soon found an explanation of the curious
sight He discoveted a swarm of insects
the like of which he had never seen o.
heard of. They were longer than the
potato beetle, but narrower, and had
red wings. They were pouncing could down
on the potato pest as far as he see.
One would seize a potato bug, and evi
dently sting or bite it in the neck, when
the potato hug would drop instantly tc
the ground dead. So fierki and untir
ing from was Colorado this winged that not Nc^ig of left the alive bug
c > was
in its path the ground being covered
with the pests between the rows. 1 he
destroyers followed systematically the
rows of vines, some going in one direc
tion across the field and some in another,
There were thousands of the red-winged
insects, and so rapidly did they work
that they cleared the ticldipf Inner potato bugs
in a few hours. (Since i Fredd
made his report on the discovery of this
strange but beneficent insect, other far
mars have come in with word that the
same fly is at work on their potato fields,
and there is consequently much joy in
that potato-growing neighborhood.
SODTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
Drift of Her Progress anfl Pros
perity Briefly Noted.
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Pithy Paragraphs.
An im p 0rta nt railway deal was com
menced Wednesday at Memphis,Tenn. Memphis
it j 8 the attachment of the
k LitUe Kock rai]road to the East
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Tho Richmond, Va., local optionisto
won in Tuesday’s election by 142 ma- j
jority, in a total voto of 3,509, there
tlio by carrying tho city against licensing
sale of intoxicating liquors.
The Clark Foundry .} and Machine
Workg ftt KnoxviU L 9 wero de .
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w Wednesday night. Fire .v had , been , left
in tho coke ovens. Tho loss is 820,000,
but is said to be fully J insured.
* lve Cftr negroes passed
1 55 -"*"*,>#’»<»•“•
| ,• 1 destined 1 10 .. 1 n 1 0 l for ,1< tho ,, lri " I 1 * 3 ’ 11 .
a were mines in
.
van8as -
,
Leidy k Co., retail hats, and ouo of
the oldest firms in Memphis, Tenn., |
made an assignment Tuesday. Lialiili
ties, $31,185; assets nominally, $12,
000. W. L. Cooper is tho assignee.
The creditors are principally New
YmtUt
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Itso assignments were made in
\ Nashville, lenn., Tuesday. Cohen,
j Collier & Co., wholesale clothing and
t notion dealers, failed for $55,000; ns
sets nominally tho same. S, Mason,
who is attorney, also failed, owing
$30,000; assets $23,000.
A boiler connected with A1 Brun
f le i d - s „ r j„ county,’Va., t mi u ftt Hart's Creek in
Lincoln J j exploded Tues
d J morni o]m H . Boyd was in
B t»ntly , killed i n , and , tho ,, witeot Brunhcld ^ 1
J ect ‘ lve d injuries from which slio died
mtm - . Hix other people, whoso names
are u °t fP v(i u, were badly hurt.
The American National lmnk at
Nashville, Tenn., re-opened its doors
Tuesday after being closed nearly four
we eks. Only 87,000 was withdrawn, 8360,
while the deposits amounted to
()()0 T he First National will also
->P°n ____ on Monday and has promises banks of
support. loth of these were
absolutely Bound, but closed because
a threatened run.
A Raleigh, N. C., special of Tuesday
says: The executive committee of the
State Liquor Dealers’ Association has
called a special meeting of tho nssocia
tix>n for Charlotte on November 7th
One of the objects is to appoint a can
vftMe r who will visit all tho dealers
and di «tillers and induce them to join J
the tt8BO(dfttion . It is found iniI , ( )H9i .
ble to otherwise reach the distillers.
A Nashville special of Tuesday says;
J. J. 1’ryor, assignee of the Mechanics’
bank, has brought suit to eolloct the
life insurance on throe policies trims
ferred by the Into defaulting cashier,
John Scharat. Tho suits are against
the Pennsylvania Mutual and i’liilu
delphia for 812,500; the United Htates
of New York lor 820,000 and tho Mu
tual, of New York, for $.10,000.
Htato Comptroller .Tamos A. Harris
and Captain Keller Anderson met m
consultation at Knoxville, Tenn..
Tuesday regarding the funds necessa
ry to remove the standing army from
Coal Creek. Everything is now in
readiness and it is understood that the
move will be made in u few days.
There seems to be no fear of further
l a r dav clay mavbrfnrr may bring forth° forth. ^
The forecast of the crop returns of
the North Carolina agricultural do
partment for September shows a de
preciation of prospects of 25 per cent.
f rom the August report. This is
caused 1 i by il the recent rr.r.«.T.+ fearful fanrhil cyclone ^
that p&BHvd over the J /id uam
age wan done by Bovoro winds and
any other crop. Corn and cotton «r also
were greatly damaged.
A Houston, Tex despatch of Tues
,ia y sa y B : A reduction m force has just
gone into effect along the Southern
Pacific from El Paso to New Orleans.
The reason is .. that ... there is very little ,....
business being done and a smaller
force is competent to handle it I he
however** n jwevtr, and ana is is 3irabh applicable, for'^he lor tne
most part, to telegraph operators and
men doing clerical work in the general
office.
AJaekson, Miss., special of Wednes
day says: The board of control, af
ter a thorough investigation of all the
charges preferred against the prison
management and M. L. Jenkins, war
den, has arrived at the conclusion thal
lhe charges were not sustained by the
evidence. The warden was fully exon
crated. Messrs. McLaurin and As
kew voted against it, and Governor
Stone and Attorney General Johnston
voted in the affirmative,
A dispatch of Wednesday from
Montgomery, Ala., says.: The last
legislature passed an act requiring the
convicts to be taken out of the mines
where they are now being worked. At
a meeting of the board of convict in
spectors a tract of land containing
I
twenty-four hundred acres were select- i
ed and purchased. The land is near
Springner’e on the Louisville and
««t 0be0ftrri0dttBrapidlyft8 ^law
"-hTMlphis ^. C ro P
report for Mississippi, Tennessee and
£"Z
Memphis district below former limits.
Tlio continued drought is playing
havoc with the cotton plant, and mi
less it rains within a few days the
damage tftlw will droniht be still greater 21^1.1 Tn nSia midl-
1
the boll-worms have added ill reduc
ing the yield. Corn will make three
fourths of nn average.
LABOR DAT.
its Observance General Throughout 1I,r0Ur " 0nt
tile B i oiinirj.
Perfect weather eharaotorized Labor
r,__- ,n XT ... V’f X ,. i^ T™*
[“*?"«• tttblishments, b * Ut ‘ k business . ,wn : a11 n wholo exchanges, . sal ° cs '
downtown offices and most of the re
•««*,*» ZSilY?™
ers calculate that 15,000 men wore in
li no , No disturbance of any kind lias
been reported. In Brooklyn tho pa
rade was one of the largest over held,
By special orders the leaders prevont
ed nny flag from being carried, except
the stars and stripes and trades ban
ners.
at Washington.
tit-. kli * )0 f l )ft y "'as observed . , in . AV ash- ,
ington by an excursion of tho brick
layers association to Bay ltidge,
where tho excursionists were joined
by tho electricians' assembly and tho
horseshoers’ association. Tho only
parade consisted of tho murcli of tho
bricklayers’association from its head
quarters to the depot, accompanied by
» hand of music. A largo number of
individuals from the other organiza
tions of tho city joined tho Bay Ridgu
: nn 1 y
Columbia celebrates.
Tho day was celebrated at Colum
b j a> y C., in grand style. Being In
gal holiday, state offices and bunks
wero closed. Businessalfiowas-geu
erully suspended. There was a grand
parade of unions and citizens. State
music was furnished by battalion B,
of Charlotte, N. C. The exercises
consisted of addresses, bicycle i-t races
and other sport and a lug barbecue.
1 lie exorcises wero attended by an un
mense crowd of people,
There was also a grand celebration
of Labor Day at Florence, 8. C.
At Chattanooga, Tenn., two thoiis
and men in liue marched through the
crowded streets to Electric park, where
Labor Day was appropriately celobra
tod. Every one had a pleasant time
a »d tho weather was line. There was
no other demonstration.
at Cincinnati.
Labor Day celebration at Cinciu
nati whh ahead of tlioso of any previ
ous year. Tho parade was tho great
feature of tho morning. ’The various
unions gathered at the Garfield stutuo
and with flying banners and guy
badges marched through the principal
streets disbanding at the city hull.
About six thousand men were in lino,
BIO procession in louihvillk.
Labor Day demonstration at Louis
v jj] 0) Ky., waa tho largest ia tho liis
t ory „f tho city. Between 10,000and
15 ,000 were in line. The weather was
besmtiful
NO STRIKE YET *
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„ 1|t (he L & N . Employes Arc Awaiting
the Result of a Conference.
» >T , ... fl T' f ia . . ° . T , r|1 •, ll .y sn.ys.
] ’V<- r y t h.r , g is quite in railroad cureles
j" fre
- f u ; n *L ( f H nH n f the conference at
y Louisville between „ the various commit
tees and the officials of the Louisville
and Naebville \ If ordered bv tho com
SiiSJsMSisS -11 thev will all at* X% out
shall remain they will do so. Up to
noon Friday President Thomas Ht.’Louis, of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and
j,ad received no comrnmiiwition from
the representatives of the employes of
l,i ms H road roaa, altnougn „ui, this xnis wan wastne the date uaie m set i
by the union employes for a conference
wlt h him. At the last meeting Major
Thomas told the men that if the bnsi
n<:88 ° f the Vf' '« guJ “
wages would , be restored, but the men
wanted an absolute promise and when
Major Thomas declined to give it they
said they would vote on the matter and
g i ve their answer at a second conference
to be held Friday.
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A W " ek *
A southbound freight train . loaded , , ,
w ‘th merchandise, wus wrecked and
partly burned about ten miles from
Brenbam, Texas, on the Gulf, Colo
rado and Santa Fe, Friday. A prai- I
«« Arc Rad burned away a piece of !
track, and as the train came along at
the rate of thirty miles an hour, it
rushed into a bridge spanning a wide j
creek. Jack Swanson, the engineer,
was killed and Fireman Dameron and
Brakeman Ford were fatally injured,
Two unknown tramps were killed and
number of others are reported to be in
the rnins.
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ODR LATEST DISPATCHES.!
Ttie Happeningsof a Day Ctiranicledin
Brief amt Concise Paragraphs
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From All Parts of the World.
Tho Troy City, N. Y., paper mill,
after two months’ suspension, resumed
work Thursday.
'The Peabody mills, at Ncwburyport,
Mufcs,, started up Thursday morning
with four hundred hands.
Hon. Hamilton Fish, ex-secretary of
state, died at his country residence at
Garrison, N. Y., Thursday.
The Collins mills, of Collinsville,
Mass., started up with all hands at
work, Wednesday, after a four weeks’
shut down.
A Montgomery special says: The
state of Alabama raised the quarantine
against all cities Wednesday night,
and n hundred quarantine agents lmve
been withdrawn.
Pittsburg and Lake Angelins miuo,
at Ishpomiug, Mich., which 1ms been
working on two-thirds time, Iiuh
placed the miners and surface men on
full time again.
The business portion of tho town of
White Cottage, Ohio, was almost to
tally destroyed by Fire Wednesday.
The loss will amount to 870,000 ; in
surance probably one-third.
Seven seamen who shipped at Swan
sea, Wales, on the steamship Etna for
Russian ports, have died of tho chol
era. The Hhip hail a large number of
Mecoa pilgrims. About two hundred
of these died aboard the ship.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the West Point Terminal
Company Thursday. was Mr. held Lynch, at of New New York, York
was elected chairman. No business
whs transacted and the meeting ad
journed to October 19th.
The Yoiirtrce ore mine and tlio
Russellville coal mines, of Alabama,
which suspended about two months
ago, will resume operations on full
time. About two thousand men will
bo given work. The companies have
Contracts enough ahead to run tho
mines night and day for six mouths.
Reports were received at Arkansas
City, Thursday, that the troops outlet have sta
tioned in tho Cherokee
driven out the “sooners” by firing tho
grass. It is claimed that many “soon
er” were burned, only those having
horses escaping. A great deal of in
dignation is felt in Arkansas City over
tile uction of the troops.
Cashier M. J. Bofferding, of tho
Bank of Minneapolis, committed sui
cide Thursday morning by shooting
himself. It is supposed he took his
life because of sensitiveness over the
recent absconding of Paying Teller
Phil M. Hcheig with $15,000 of tho
bank’s money. President Kirby, of
the hank, declares that Bofferding’* I
accounts are perfectly straight.
A cable dispatch of Thursday from
Berlin states that tho llhino has been
proclaimed officially to bo infected
with cholera, and lmthing in it is for
bidden. All the public baths along its
bunks have been ordered closed and
the authorities of all tho towns in the
Rhine valley have been instructed to
•dojit stringent measures to prevent
the use of tho river water for domestic
purposes.
A New York dispatch of 'Thursday
says: Tho Commercial Cable coin
pauy and the Month American Tele
Rraph. 37 and 39 Wall street, posted
a tll8t th .° Brazilian government
has suspended . all telegraphic com
mnnieation to and from Bru/.il for the
'flu's order however wil! not
interfere with telegrams passing
t-LrouKh Brazil for points beyond. No
explanation for tho order is given.
A London cable . . dispatch .. it# of ri.i Thnrs
day nay*: Tho MancboHtor and Hhof
field Kail way Company ba« tfiven no
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fuel, caused by the miners’strike, they
have suspended the services of fifty
five trains. The Midland Hallway
Company has taken ofl fourteen trains
for the same reason. Each company j
had already j curtailed its train service
in consequence of the coal famine.
A head-end collision between a milk
train on the Chicago, Pittsburg and
^'ort Wayne railroad and an eastbonnd
passenger train on the Pan Handle or
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Ht. Louis railroad, Thursday, killed
twelve persons and injured as many
. Bor< . The baggage and smoking ear
of the eastbound passenger train was
f yrournl to pieces and from this most of
he kil](;d ftnd injured were taken.
A . r Columbia, „, llm bi,. S n C u., special special says, says ■
Governor 1 lllman I hursday afternoon
made reply to the decree of United
States C.rt Judge Himonton impnson
mg his constable, Swann for seizing
» barrel of whisky at the South Caro
lina depot. The governor says the
decree is intended to bring the admin
istration of the dispensary law into ;
disrepute and to paralyze tho state
constables in their efforts to prevent
the importation of contraband liquors
into the state. He says it is so “il
logical, prejudiced and tyrannical that
be feels constrained against his W.
to criticise it.”
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THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
Condensed from Our Most Important
Telegjaptiic Adyices
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blc Paragraphs.
A New York special says: Tho last
trace of acute stringency in the money
market disappeared Tuesday,there be
ing no premium on cash. Tho banks
are now paying out cash freely.
The ingrain department of the Low
ell Manufacturing company nt Lowell,
Mass., started up Tuesday. Tho cot
ton department of tho Hamilton in'll
also started and tlio print works will
start in a few pays.
Advices of Tuesday from Moscow,
Russia, say that thirty-five students,
eight professors and live women of
rank liavo been arrested thero on sus
picion that they wero implicated in a
nihilist plot against the czar’s life.
The lavge plant of the Olivo Iron
and Steel Company and the Haines
worth Steel Company at Pittsburg, Pa.,
were placed in operation Monday
morning with non-union forces suffi
cient to opernto every department.
Monday the National Tube Works
Company, at McKeesport, Pa., re
sumed operations in another puddling
department, comprising twenty-two
furnaces, and Tuesday morning the
continuous rollh of the finishing do
paxtment resumed.
A San Francisco, Cal., dispatch of
Wednesday says: The Imrk Colusu,
sugar laden, from Kahului, bus been
now out forty-nine, and is twenty
days duo. Tho Colusa and cargo uro
worth about 8200,1)00. Thero is con
siderable uneasiness about her non
appearance.
Fire destroyed a seven-story brick
block and purt of the adjoining block*
in New York City Wednesday. Tho
locality is a densely populated tene
ment district. The building* burned
were full of “sweat shops.” Nobody
was hurt, but the entire district was in
a panic for several hours. Loss, $150.
000 .
l)r. II. C. Hooker, for eight yearn
past superintendent of the Arkansan
insane asylum at Little Rook,tendered
his resignation to the state board of
charitable institutions Tuesday to taka
effect at once. l)r. Hooker decline*
to give his reasons. It was one of tho
best conducted asylums in tho wlmlo
country, and has a national reputa
tion.
The statement of pursonal affairs of
Hon. Charles Foster, twice governor
of Ohio and ex-secretary of tho treas
ury was tiled by the assignee, J. B,
Gormley, at Bucyrus, ()., Wednesday.
Tho report shows total net assets of
8622,849, total appraisements of $414,-
258. Tho liabilities are: Bills puyuble
$75,800; and overdrafts on Foster &
Co.’s bank $18(5,000.
The free bridge commissioners
Tuesday rejected all bids received for
the building of tho free bridge across
the Arkansas river at Little Rock, the
bids being considered excessive. The
lowest bid was $545,000. This prac
tically defeats the free bridge question
in that city for some time to come.
It has been a bone of contention be
tween prominent rival faction* for
several years past.
The national World’s fair comini*
sion at Chicago, Wednesday, received
the report of the special investigating
committee exonerating Commissioner
Mercer, of Wyoming, from the
charges of dishonorable conduct uud
finding Commissioner Beesone, of
Oklnhomii, guilty of dishonorable act*.
Tlio report was adopted with only one
dissenting voice.
The republicans, who are prohibi
tionists, tho most important political
om-stion before the people of Iowa
held . . . a state . , convention at .i.vv Dee Moinea, -
Tuonday, and parted company with
tho zL regular republican organization
th . bJ
nominating u candidate for governor
and repudiating the liquor plank
adopted at the August convention
I hree hundred delegates and 1,500
visitors were in attendance.
QUIET AT COAL CREEK.
Governor Turney to Remove the Garri
wn of state Xro K stationed There,
,, 'overnor , r urney, of lennessee, after
an ^““'nation into tho sHuation at
ou r e»- , says he has decided to re
“oje within a weak the garrison of
atate tro “P* that lias been for eighteen
Htat 'onsd there. In their plaee
tw w , ' * nt 7 n- C ‘m Mountain K . aar 4 half
as many. He thinks there will not be
any more trouble.
A Dispensary Deputy Jailed.
A Colombia, 8. C., dispatch of
Tuesday recites that Judge Simouton
has filed a decision in the United
States district court at Charleston,
sentencing Deputy Swan, who took a
barrel of whiskey from the South
Carolina railroad that had been in
chasge eff that road before the dispen
**ry act went into effect, to three
months imprisonment and ordered the
whiskey returned.