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PIKE COUNTY,
SUBSCRIPTION’, $1.00 PEE ANNUM.
1889 EDGAR L. ROGERS 1889
NEW QUARTERS, NEW GOODS!
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Contemplating a more, I made it n point last fall to run my stock down. J did this and can
now- to my .vmt.mtm that m „,y STOCK OK GOODS WORTH $35,000 th*. i. jot. WJ »£
Double the capacity of any other Store
in our city—Now ocupying two Urge store*— find am gratified eveiy day to he-r he expulsions
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Xor the cash RB'I get all the inside fiijruros, and take all the discounts allowed rx<» ami proclaim
40 the vvorM that I can sell goods in must instances as cheap a 3 other nierchuat* can buy them,
l cunt afford to waste tnv time ami tax the people’s patience by trying to enumwiE even in part
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Spring ^ So', just let that in a few things I havo Season. tho
mo »ay
-iS–UJE TRACK
YARDS WINDSORS PUTS 5 – (i CITS
All uiher merchant have to pay C#e. to start these goods from any market. Of ' ©member that I
will save you 1 or 2 cents per yard on Calicoes.
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I have secured the exclusive control of Stransc A Bros, and VoortMses, ut-Ker – Hupei's tine
clothing. Ttie*». with my other advantages m tho clothing market., enable me to offer to the
trade I.XTILAOKIliNAItV INDUCEMENTS.
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My trade ill »\\ kinds of fine drew —m well ns cheaper-good* is a living #vMcnee of my power
to do and to dare! ASK THE LADIES who c arries all the Novelties in Drsa* Goods and Trim
mings and I will be content to abide their decision, 1 carry everything, besides goods mentioned
Hats Shoes, Trunks, Notions, Domestics,
Umbrellas, Parasols, Et Csetera.
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Give me a chance to show my goods. Tell
THE MB TIDINGS OF Iff PRICES!
and 1 * ill male the small fish awim close to the shore.
YOURS TRULY,
EDGAR L. ROGERS,
BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA.
jt, _Messrs. Lewis A. Collier and John F. I low an.’ are with me and are
ever ou the lookout for all their friends.
HOME INDUSTRY!
Qsftorn k Wolcott
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
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CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND WAGONS.
FINE VEHICLES MADE TO SPECIAL ORDER.
Repairing done neatly, substantially and with dispatch. Homs-made wagons waj
ranted. A car load of
Tennessee Wagons Just Received.
Best hand made harness always on band. We can suit yon. Don’t lose your
money by investing in worthless vehicles and machine made harness. Dealers in
Rough and Dressed Lumber,
Every kind of House Material constantly on hand, and can make anything you
want. Manufacturers, also, of
ENGINES AND BOILERS,
SAW MILLS, SYRUP MILLS FARM
MACHINERY, ALL MANNER OF CASTINGS
Carry a full line of Pipe and Pipe Fittings and engine Fixtures, Can make or
repair anything from a Baby’s Cradle to a Locomotive.
Smarateffi «;• – -> Murpliey l
HEADQUARTEKS FOR
Uarifisiges, Brngglti ami
6 OOO PLOW-HOES AT BOTTOM PRICES!
Barnesville, Ga.
like Cotmta OttttMl
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ZEBULON, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1889.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
AN rriMtZKD ACCOUNT OX WUAT IS OOINO ON Ot
IMTOBTANCK IN THE BOUTREBN STATES.
A ^ Qn Mond destroyed the build
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As m MsL and MM.
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c j lLUrc j ]l | u Orleans,
*»lm. F. bo*, a well-known lawyer.
of Gloucester O. H., V ft., who was on
bull uncle, wtlit iog Hughes, ft secoud trial himself. for killing his
Ueo. shot
tliey*8o *not"*come J ofteiTto "Tennessee^
make a decided impression when they do
come. Every bush and tree is laden
with the pests around Sewanec.
A great sensation was created on tho
exchange in St. Louis, Mo., growing out
of the suspension of a dozen of the
younger members of the board of trade
for blowing toy whistles on the floor
during trading hours.
A negro who had committed burglary
near Columbia, La., was captured ou
Sunday. While the sheriff was return
ing to Columbia with the prisoner, a party
met them, and, taking the the negro from
the sheriff, hung him to nearest tree.
A freight train on the Chicago Bur
lington A Quincy Railroad was derailed
two miles west of Macon, Mo. Five oil
tanks heavily exploded loaded and burned sixteen
freight cars. Iirakenian
Joe Klotz jumped nnd received fatal
injuries.
.Monday was observed ns a public holi
day at various points in North Carolina.
It was the anniversary of the Mecklen
burg declaration of independence. All
the business at public buildings was it
suspended, anil flic banks closed, as
is one of the principal holidays of the
year.
Dr. A. B. Ashworth, a young dead physi- in
cian of Atlanta, Ga., was found
his office, and a coroner’s jury on Mon
day decided that hie death was caused
by an overdose of morphine. 1J is life
was insured for step-iAother. nearly $10,000 which
will goto his
Grand River, near Chillicotbc, Mo., is
greatly swollen, and bottoms are flooded.
Great damage and some loss of life is
reported. lodged Three teams tho and wagons around were
found in driftwood
the bridge at Jimtowu, three utiles
southeast of the city.
Warren Fench, of Newark, N. J., died
while bathing in the surf at Pablo
Fla. lie was anvil to throw Up
his arms and sink while in water up to
his neck, lie was subject to fninting
fits, and it is supposed death was duo to
heart disease.
The nineteenth annual session of the
Colored Alissionary Jicld Baptist in Atlanta, Convention Ga.
of Georgia was associations, 1,500
There were 52
churches and 167,000 colored Baptists
represented. There were about 400 del
egates present.
A large fire broke out on Wednesday wharf
in the large warehouse on the of
the Cape Fear and the Peoples’ Steam
boat Co., at Fayetteville, N. C. The fire
made rapid headway, the warehouse be
ing stored with spirits of turpentine.
The fire was incendiary.
In the criminal court colored, at Birmingham,
Ala., Minnie Moses, was sen
tenced to hang June 27th for highway
robbery. Not a muscle of the woman’s
face moved as she heard the sentence
pronounced, and she returned to her seal
as unmoved as if nothing had occurred.
E. J. Wilmoth, living in Atlanta, Ga.,
committed suicide on Wednesday, laudanum, by
taking two ounces of lie
was a baggage master on the Richmond
– Danville Railroad. He affection was despond- his
ent on account of an of
throat, which prevented his taking food.
O. S. Barnes and Milow Parker, two
prominent citizens of Hamilton, Ga.,
had a difficulty about a business trans
action on Tuesday, Barnes called Par
ker a liar, and tho latter struck him.
Barnes pulled out a knife and stabbed
Purkcr in the side, inflicting a serious
wound.
All tho passenger conductors on tie
Decatur division of the Louisville –
Nashville Railroad filled havo been by freight discharged,
and tho vacancies con
ductors. No reason for the changes can
be learned, but It is understood that
similar changes are being modo on every
division of tf,o«y.*o>a.
The passenger steamer Johns Hopkins,
belougingto the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Co., caught fire while
lying at Locust Point, Baltimore, Md.,
and was burned to the_ water’s edge. She
had just Lad arrived from Boston, Monday,
and taken aboard her cargo for the
return trip.
The East Tennessee farmers’ conven
tion met at Chattanooga, Tenn., on
Tuesday. About two hundred delegates
were present, and the session promises to
be one of great interest aud importance
to ail farmers. Papers were read on for
estry, raising blooded stock, improved
of terming and other subjects.
A memorial has been presented in tho
legislature, who assuming independence, to come
Cubans, want
to pay Spain $20,000,000 for
The Florida legislature is asked
initiate action in the United States in
of the movement. A United States
is asked pending tho pay
of tho money.
The Richmond – Danville Railroad
has just concluded a lease, which
the Georgia Pacific division of that
a through line from Atlanta,Ga.,to
City, Ark., an important the Rich- west
connection. This gives
– Danville system an unbroken
from the seaboard into Arkansas,
connection with Gould’s Missouri Pa
system.
Two negro youths, Albert Bartlett and
Higdcn, engaged in an altercation
Amcricus, Ga., which resulted in the
of the latter. They fell out
a nickel, which one claimed the
owed him, and a fight ensued,
which Bartlett picked up a four
pound rock, and with it dealt his antag
onist a terrible blow on the back of his
SAMOAN AFFAIRS.
SHIPWRECKED SAIROR8 COMING HOME—
WHY SUAW ARROW WAS ANNEXED.
The shipwrecked ofiice.rs and crows of
the United States mcu of-war—Trenton
and Yftudalia—leave Apia, Samoa, on the
steamer Roekton for Marc Island navy
yard. Tho Roekton arrived there from
Sydney, and when she was Trenton first sighted and
outside of the harbor, the
Va tidal ia sailors, who havo been living
in tho barrackston shore since the storm,
greeted her with loud cheering. All of
the survivors of the Vandalia, including
8 officers and 148 men, and 13 officers
and 300 men from the Trenton, were and
sent aboard. Betides the admiral
his staff, ten office r* an d seventy-five men
rima TlMiHTif’Si in at ^^Tllors relief, is greeted with a
as Apia is not large
enough to accormeodatc such a number
of men without’ great confusion result
ing, and it has been feared that sources
of illness might break out in the (own
owing to the crowded quarters of tho
men. An Associated Press correspond- Mntaafa.
ent. had a short interview with
lie said his people published were greatly pleased admi
with tho advice in tho
ral’s proclamation, and felt, very grateful
for the interest Which the Americans had
taken in their ctuso. The present war
was a great hardship to the country, and
the people wantfd peace. They had no
desire to fight, Twnnaese or the Germans,
lie said ho would like to sec the Ameri
, :lli go verpmentj declare a protectorate
over tho Samoans, avoid lie thought that tho was
the best way to trouble, fighting as na
tives were continually consuls tho United among
themselves, when of
States, Germany and England had equal
power. The, natives have succeeded in
recovering the safe, containing German $15,000, gunboat
from tho wreck of the
Eber. Native divers arc still at work on
the wreck of the Eber, making an effort
to save the guns. The battery and other
articles of value of the German cruiser
Adler were taken asliore some time ago.
The rudder for the Nipsic, which Admi
ral Kimberly had made under his per
sonal supervision, has been completed protable
and plnced in position, nnd it is
that the Nipsic will start for Auckland
as soon as the Alert arrives. The British
man-of-war Rapid, which left Apia ten
days ago, returned. Her captain been re
ported upon his return that he had
to Suawarrow, a small island about 400
miles east of Samoa. He staled that the
island w’as occupied several years ago by
a resident of Auckland for Ihe purpose
of raising cocoanuts, nnd that at the lat
te. ’s request the Rapid had gone there
jnd raised the .British flag and formally
annexed the island as a part of the Brit
ish posesseions.
ELECTRIC EXPRE8S.
AN INVENTION WItrcit I'BOPKT.S A CAII
HI AGE TWO HCNDltEI) MILES AN HOUR.
A new scheme of transportation is and t<
be introduced between Now York
Boston, whereby Surge packages of mail
and even cars containing passengers, can
bo whisked from one place to another,
a distance of 200 miles, in loss than an
hour. This would be equal to experiment a speed of
four miles per minute. An
with the new machine was held in Bos
ton in the presence of many scientists,
including Prof. A. E. Dolbear, of Tufts
college, who announced .that he was
thoroughly satisfied of the success of the
system. The machine consists of a mag
netic car hanging from a single rail,
where it follows a streak of electricity.
With one horse power it is said that one
ton can be thus transported a distance of
1,440 miles a day at a cost of thirty
cents. T his, in mail matter, would rep
resent 2,880,000 letters, and by this sys
tem packages of mail could he sent off
every five minutes if necessary, thus pre
venting large accumulations. Tho sin
gle track is to be carried on tri
pods some distance above tho ground,
arid the car will pass through eoH* of in
sulated wire nt intervals. Jn the experi
ments the carriage exhibited was mount
ed on a wooden track, on posts about
three feet high, with an ascent of six
inches in fifty feet, and it ran on one
wheel at each end. The scientific prin
ciple involved is said to he that by which
a hollow coil of insulated wire will draw a
magnet into itself, and in the aerial rail
way the ear passing which through a coil cuts
off the current, goes on to one
ahead.
BISMARCK WILL STRIKE.
The “scene” in Ihe German Reichstas
kt.c-.u 1'iini.u BlmiarCk and Herr Rich
ter is the sole topic of conversation in
political circles. In consequence of
Prince Bismarck’s remarks, the liberals
have resolved not to attend the fruin
Bcboplien to he given by tho chancellor.
When Herr Ilichter uttered the exclama
tion which aroused tho wrath of the
chancellor, the latter, turning angrily
toward the liberal members, raid! and
pointing his finger nt them,
••I do not know what he refers to, but I
regard it ns an expression of hatred. You
gentlemen have borne me for years. As
a Christian, I can pocket it, but as chan
cellor, as long as I stand here, I will
trike astiiker and insult an irisulter.”
WHISKEY’S EFFECTS.
Barry Koehler,while crazy with drink,
ran amuck through the streets of Joilet,
III. In his course he shot and seriously
wounded a young lady, Miss Della Hart.
A crowd gathered and began search for
him among some freight ears. Just then
a freight train moved past aud at the
open door of one ear a man was seen.
be crowd called out that it was Koeh
ler nnd an excited policeman fired at
him, inflicting a fatal wound in the head.
'Then it was discovered that the wound
ed man was not Koehler, but William
Hansen, of Chicago, on his way to
Oklahoma, and Koehler .was captured
the next morning.
another earthquake.
Dispatches from what is termed Middle
California, report an earthquake at about
3.15.Sunday morning. At some points, the
especially in the San Joaquin and valley, few
shocks were quite severe, in a
cases, the tops of chimneys were thrown
down. The shock was city sufficiently
heavy in San Francisco to awaken
GENERAL NEWS.
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND EXCITING EVENTS.
NEWS MOM EVEBXWHEBE—ACCIDENTS, STH1KES,
VIBES, ANlJ HXPBENINQS OX IKTXKIBT.
Tho yellow fever In Vera Cruz, Mexico,
is very bad.
Prince Georgo, of Greece, has joined
the French navy.
Forty-five persons lost their lives
through tho floods in Bohemia.
In tho Illinois House, tho bill to pro
hibit the manufacture or sale of liquors
was defeated.
The coal miners of tho Dortmund
(Uermnny)regiou general strike. have again entered upon
a
King Emperor William, of Germany, treated
view Humbert, of Italy, to a military re
on Wednesday.
The Agawam Woolen Company’s
mills, situated in Agawam, Mass., were
entirely destroyed by fire.
Internal Rovenue Collector Webster,
pf increased Iowa, slates tho sale that of tho liquor prohibitory in law
Iowa.
A number of towns in Central and
Southern Minnesota rcpor.s had frost
Wednesday, etation. doing some damage to veg
A nowspaper of Munich has been con
fiscated and tho editor arrested for pub
lishing a scandalous obituary article on
Quecu Maria, of Bavaria.
Tho Lutheran Norwegian College, at
Decorah, Iowa, was burned Monday
night. The coilego was built by contri;
buttons, and was dedicated in 1860.
The Canadian government has received
a cablegram from tho imperial authori
ties, stating that work on the Pnciflc
coast defenses will be tao +i.:„ u..,„
inn.
Tho Parisians express great dissatisfac
tion over the fact that the American sec
tion of tho Exhibition,and also a portion
of tho British sections, arc closed on
Sundays.
Mrs. Folsom, the mother of Mrs. Cleve
land, was married in Jackson, Mich.,
Monday, to Mr. Perrin, a Buffalo mer
chant. Mrs. Cleveland was present.
There was much secrecy about tlru affair.
Mrs. Gladstone was on Wednesday Fed
presented by the Woman’s Liberal
eration, of London, England, with a
diamond brooch containing a miniature
of Gladstone, copied front Miller’s por
trait.
A terrific wind and win storm, which
afterwards turned into a cycioac, swept
through the Lackawanna (Pa.) vaiusy
Monday. Many houses -were wrecked,
fences blown down, bants demolished
and whole orchards ruined.
Capt. James Chester, of the fid artil
lery, United States army, stationed on
Governor’s Island, N. Y., became vio
lently insane on the street. He was
taken into custody and was turned over
to the military authorities.
Archbishop Fcelian, in tho presence of
40,000 people, laid tho corner-stone of
l)o La Salle institute, at institution Chicago, Ill., in
the first Roman Catholic
the West designated for exclusive use an
a high school. The building will cost
$200,000.
Tho steamships Cynthia aud Polyne
sian, collided Wednesday, near Long
Point, a few miles from Montreal, Cana
da. Eight lives are reported to have
been lost! Tho Cynthia, Capt. Donald
son, was a freight steamer and was bound
inward from Glasgow. Tho Polynesian
W i bound outward with freight nnd
•
passengers for Liverpool.
The British steamer, German Emperor, the
from London to Billion, ran into
British steamer, Bcresford, from Hartle
pool for Bombay, •while the latter was
lying at anchor on Goodwin Sands.
Boats Wi r« launched from flic Bcresford
and succeeded in rescuing three persons
from the German Emperor. Six men
belonging to the German Emperor are
missing. All the rest were saved.
The elegant Caldwell Ala., hotel, just com
pleted at Birmingham, at a cost of
$300,000, is the to ho stockholders sold at auction. held A
meeting Monday of and it was found
afternoon, $50,000 was addi
that tho company owed in
tion to the bonded indebtedness of $150,
000. 'lhc hotel is yet unfurnished. Tho
Hotel is the finest in the South, but has
cost so much money in proportion to its
size, it is doubtful if it ever pays interest
on the investment.
The counsel for Dr. W. T. Hodge, of
Wake county, N. C., entered complaint
in the office of the cleric of the superior
court, in Raleigh, against ail the rail
road companies in the state, forty in
number, for failure to report their busi
ness, as required by law. The code re
quires every railroad corporation in the
state to make an annual report to the
governor of their operations, which re
port is required to be verified by the
oaths of the officers, nnd to be filed in
tho office of the secretary of the state.
A storm of cyclonic character swept
across northern Texas Saturday. The
dwellinghouse of J. Atcrhtiry, south of
Bonham, was demolished, and bis wifo
seriously injured. At Forest City, in
Montague county, a school house was de
stroyed. Two children were killed and
many seriously hurt and three are miss
ing. Another school house at Stcphens
ville was blown down a few minutes af
ter school had been dismissed and two
children somewhat injured. Great de
struction to crops occurred.
Tho executive committee and the in
vestigation commissioner of the Colored
Emigration Association of North Caro
lina,met at Goldsboro Wednesday. Tho
objects of the meeting were to commit- arrange
tees for sending Arkansas, investigating Slississippi, Kan
to
sas and California, to ascertain tho
actual situation of affairs there, and to
sec what inducements or advantages
those sections offer negroes who desire
to become residents. Intelligent colored
men will be sent to the states named,
and will interview tho governors and
other prominent men, and see what can
he. dime.
A contemporary IaUgh ooeftsfon to re*
mark that “next March a Chief Justice
from Chicago will ad minister the oath
of office to a; President who was nomi*
NUMBER 27.
SOUTHERN POLICY
TUB FARMERS ARB UNANIMOUS IN THB
OHOIOB OF COTTON FOR WRAPPING.
A correspondent had a special inter
view withX. X. Polk, vice-president ol
tho National Farmers' Allisuce, who re
turned to of Raleigh, the N. C., and from Wheel the con
ference Alliance the at
Birmingham, Ala. Col. Polk says that
there was some things done at the confe
rence, which have not until now been
made public, The remit of the
conference was that the Alliance has for
mally declared that it would use only
bagging made of cotton to cover cotton
bales. It was also decided to give spe
cial notice to all members of tho Alii*
ancs to sell no cotton seed, of tho pre
fpnt crop, for less than twenty cents per
bushel, and not to make any contracts
for tho sale of any Cutton seed of tho
coming crop until advised to do so.
This is directed at the cotton oil trust.
The third matter which was arranged
was for tho supplying of all Alliances
with school books ana stationery at spe
cial prices. It was discovered that there
is a trust composed of hook publishers
and dealers, and this action was an at
tack upon this particular combination,
which, it was found, was putting a big
profit upon its goods. Col. Polk says it
has been stated that the vote on use of
cotton as a covering for cotton was not
unanimous. He says this is false. Upon
a call of tho states, oach delegate voted
for it, and afterwards, to make the de
cision more emphatic, the convention, as
a whole, voted for it unanimously in a
rising vote, amid much enthusiasm. This
is not an act of resentment, prompted by
a feeling of anger on the part of the Al
liance, hut it is Ihe laying of a founda
tion of a system of manufactures which
will utilize Southern textiles, Southern
capital and energy, and Southern mills,
operated ul tUC I by Southern men. The action
. ... ’eyei . oVi'iffl
the Alliance has opened There the will be
Southern burners. an am
plo supply of bagging for the use of tho
million members of the Alliance, and
whatever affects that great order affects
all the other farmers. All theso matters
were thoroughly discussed, and it was
found, after tho most careful investiga
tion, that it will pay to use
cotton ns a covering. It is the
greatest movement ever inaugurated will in
the South, and no trust baggage bo
sold or even handled. The cotton is the
cheapest textile, and the conference did
not arrive at, its definite conclusion until
it was satisfied that it was ihe true pol
icy to utilize it for this specific purpose.
THE PRESBYTERIANS
JN COUNCIL ,lV N. V. MAKE IMi'OHTANT
JtErOMjfENJ'AftoSS A I’T THE NEQItO.
In the Presbyterian general asembly
on Monday at New York, Dr. G. S.
McGill, chairman of tlie stauding com
mittee on Ihe board of missious for
freedmen, made his report. He said
there were 277 missionaries working un
der the hoard, of whom 202 were colored;
also, contributions to the work last year
amounted to $134,450, an increase of
$2,707 on the previous year. Thefroed
men, themselves, gnvo $31,002 for vari
ous parts of the work. Dr. McGill said
that although there was a diversity of
opinion among Presbyterians administration in in regard
to the matter of the
missions for freedmen, they wete all
agreed that the work must be pushed.
Iicv. Dr. Allen, secretary for (he fund
for missions among (lie freedmen, spoke
on tho neeessily colored for evangelical "fit the South,” work
among tlio race,
he said, “there arc 1,840,558 colored
children of school age, and of this num
ber oniy 805,585 attend school. There
illiteracy is on the increuse. It can be
seen in the rapidly growing numbers of
tire illiterate voters, of whom unscrupu
lous politicians take undue advantage.
It is tho duty of America to care for the
negro. I have heard it suggested that
they should be shipped of them to Africa, in the United but ns
there are 8,000,000
States, and ns they are born at the rate
of 000 a day, it would be impossible to
build ships enough for that purpose.
The negro has come to ftay with us, and
wo must give him an education that will
fit him for his duty to God and man.
His past has been a dark one.” Much in
terest was added to Dr. Allen’s address
when it was known that his grsndfather,
his father, nnd himself were recommending all slavo
owners. A resolution
the adoption of tho report and recom
mendations of tiie standing committee of
the board of missions for freedmen was
carried.
BISMARCK WILL 6TRIKE.
The “scene” in (ho German Reichsfng
between Prince Bismarck and Herr Rich
ter is the sole topic of conversation in
political circles. In consequence of
prince Bismarck’s remarks, tho liberals
havo resolved not to attend the fruin
schophen to bo given by tho chancellor.
When Herr Richter uttered the exclama
tion which aroused the wrath of the
chancellor, the latter, turning angrily and
toward the liberal motnbers,
pointing his finger at them, said f
•T do not know what he refers to, but I
regard it as on expression of hatred. You
gentlemen have borne me for years. As
a Christian, I can pocket it, but as chan
cellor, US long as I stand here, I will
trike astiiker and insult an insulter.”
COTTON.
Tho New York Suit's cotton review
says: “Futures opened higher for this
crop in response to a stronger report
from Liverpool, that npeculating soon
relapsed into dullness which continued
to close without incident, except a slight
twist on May contracts, in which there
was said to be still considerable short in
terest. The close was dull, and tone
somewhat unsettled. Cotton on spot in
good demand for home consumption, at
firm prices.”
WARM WELCOME,
Upon the arrival of the steamer City
of Paris in the Mersey on Wednesday, a
special tender decorated with flags, put
out to the vessel for the pnpose of con
veying Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, the now
American minister, ashore. Tho mayor
of Liverpool, England, and members of
the corporation met Mr. Lincoln at the
landing stage and welcomed him to the
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APrOIXTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OIBEB MATniltS
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A daily exchango of registered Omaha pouches and
has been ordered between
Kansas City. ■< j
Information has been received that the
United Stales steamer, Alert, sailed from
Honolulu for Samoa, to take the pfftce*’oT
one of the wrecked vesaols.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
organized 111., tho First First National Bank Bank oi
Pana, and the National
of Burlingame, Kan., with respective
capitals of $50,000 and $75,000.
Prof. YVm. C. Winlock, of tho United
States Naval Observatory, has been ap
pointed curator of the Bureau of Inter
nal Exchanges in the Smithsonian Insti
tute, vice J. C.. Kidder, deceased.
Two new post-offices have been estab
lished in Missouri—one at Saginaw, New
ton County, with Jas. W. Kcinmillor as
postmaster, and another at Whitcomb,
.lackson county, with Francis D. Atkins
as postmaster.
There seems to ho no doubt that Con
gress wlil bo called together in Octo
ber instead of waiting until December.
This would be necessary to prevont a
long session during the next Summer, as
there was more work for the first session
of the 51st Congress than could he dis
posed of in an ordinary session.
Tho President on Tuesday appointed
about forty postmasters, among them
the following: Charles W. Whitmire,
Mrs. at Newberry Courthouse, 8. C., vice
E. 8. Herbert, commission expired;
Howurd G. Howard, at DeLand, Fla.,
vice II. H. Tanner, removed; James
Sheldon, reifffiW8. :,1 “ *'» vice C. F.
During the past week, tho Treasury
Deparlment has disbursed $11,380,000
on account of pensions, thereby exhaust
ing the appropriation for the $1,750,000. current
fiscal year, amounting to been
An officer of the Treasury who had
looking over the figures, said it looked
as if the Pension Office would spend
about $105,000,000 before tho close of
the fiscal year.
The War Department officials confirm
the report that part of the 4th artillery
at Boston, Muss., has been ordered to
exchange places with the 2d artillery, in
the South. They say, however, that the
troops will not be exposed to yellow fe
ver, as Atlanta, Ga., is in a high apoint belt,
and has been successfully used as
of refuge for troops in exposed fjoutnefSI
stations during the fever outbreaks.
IJe adjutant annotlBtnggLfbe general ias received a
telegram capture of Cy
clone Bill, who was arrested at Clifton
nnd was brought into tho post lay Lieut.
Clark and United States Slarsbal Breck
enridge; and that Commanding Officer
Thomas caused tho arrest on the evening
of tho 16th of M. E. Cunningham, ol
Fort Thomas; that both have been iden
tified by some of the paymaster’s escort
and the woman, Frankie Stratton, i-s be
ing two of tho robbers. The arrested
parties arc charged with the robbery of
Paymaster Wham, at Rocky Gorge,
Arizona.
OFFICIALS KILLED.
AN EDUCATIONAL ROW IN ARKANSAS RK
BULTS IN SEVERAL DEATHS.
For several days excitement has been
high over the proposed and A. school M. Neely election and al
Forest City, Ark., colored, been
G. IV. Ingram, both have
making speeches, advocating the ousting school
of the whites from tho control of
affairs. Neely has been a controlling
clement in tho politics of that county for
some time, having almost absolute con
trol of the colored people. Att election
for school commissioner broke up in a
row that resulted in tho death of three
citizens—Sheriff II. M. Wilson, Parham Deputy nnd
County Court Clerk Tom
Town Marshal Frank Folbre. The last
one killed was A. M. Neely, the negro
who started the whole trouble. Neely,
his father aTttl brother, took refuge in
the Advocate building, where the killing
of I). M. Wilson, Thomas Parham and
Frank Folbre occurred the day before.
Every effort was made to get at the
Neebs, but they proved unsuccessful, as
the negroes were well barricaded. Sev
eral shots were fired into the building,
without avail, in the hope of scaring Sheriff the
negroes to surrender. persuaded old Acting Neely
Vnn Belzard man
Ids other son to come out, and promising tyair
a safe conduct to jail a
trial. A. M. Neely did not appear.
sheriff's posse was not more than a
hundred yards distant with tho two pris
oners, when a number of other members
ol the posse raided the Advocate build
ing, and A. M. Neely was discovered se
utidor the floor, arid was riddled
with bullets, nt least ten shots being fired
into liim. It was thought that others of
Neely crowd were concealed under
tho floor. The posso made an extended
search, but found no more. This last
killing created a great deal of excite
and the people were afraid of a
raid on the town by negroes. The act ■
ing sheriff wired Governor Eaglo the
and asked for help. The governor
that he thought the civil author
ities could preserve the peace, aud ha
not want to order out the militia
unless other menus failed. Tho feeling
was so high against Neely that his death
was looked for every moment from the
beginning of flic riot, and now that hs
has been killed, it i» thought (hat tbS
feeling will subside.
M MYSTERIOUS DOCTOR.
The negroes of Clarendon, Williams
burg and Sumter counties, North Caro
lina, have, for somo weeks past, been in
a state of great alarm. They claim that
there is a white man, a doctor, who can
make himself invisible, and who, having
done so, approaches somo unsuspecting and throws
negro, generally in the a victim’s woman, face. Next
chloroform
ho proceeds to take from the insenslbl*
victim a bucket of heart blood where
with to compound his medicines. The
dead body is then hidden away *o thal