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BCBscp.irnoN, *1.00 per annum.
The city of G.nev.i, Switterlnml,
means to attract viritors in August by a
gigantic International Musical Festival,
for which 11, 000 Invitations have
already been i««ued.
One of the suggeslions for the
Chicago World’s Fair ia a gigantic iron
tent ci varing 2J0 acres, with an iron
tower in the centre 1500 feet iu height,
corresponding to the tent pole.
It would appear that to call a p-raon
•Thuss-an” in Franca is an insult of ao
bi ter skied that it juuiflcs homicide.
A man was brought up before the Pails
C- urt of A size recently to be tried for
manslaughter. The defence was that
bis vie im ha 1 called him ‘'Prussian.”
and that this lisl so incensed him, as a
man and a Frenchman, that he had
beaten him to death with a club. This
defence was found a good one by the
jury, and the man was a quitted.
Dr. Nansen, tho Arctic explorer, in a
leeiuro at Christiania, Norway, ex
phoning his plans for a North Pole ex
pedition, advocated tha employment of
a ship bui.t with a special view to
strength, and having its sides con
structed at such an angle that instead
of being crushed by the ice the vessel
will be raised by it. The route pro
posed by Dr. Nansen is through the
Behring Btraits, where advantage is to
be taken of tho favorably current to
carry the vessel northward and thui at
tempt to reach the New Siberian Isl
ands as soon as possible. Here the ves
sel would enter tho ice floes and would
proceed townrd tho North Tole, in
which direction the current would
probabiy carry it.
A law passed by the Illinois Legisla
ture, and which goes iato effect on the
1st of July, entirely prohibits tho hold
ing ot real estate by foreigners, Alien
ownership of land has become a serious
evil in several of tho Western States,
and threatens them with such social
disorder as the like causa lias created in
Ireland. More than 1,000,000 acres oi
Illinois land is owned by foreigners,
aud under tho new law alt this property
will revert to tho S:ate, unless i:s own
ers become citizens of tiie United States
before the 1st of next July. Nebraska
has also adopted a similar law. The
American Cucheator considers that the
“United S:atea laws should also forbid
tho purchase of Government land by
aliens. Whatever money thus comes to
the counlry does it more harm than
good.”
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It is hard to believe that a man cat
unite in one person two such widely
different characters as minis or and
butcher, aud succeed in each. Yet
such a one is tho Bov. Ilaisoy W.
Knapp, who from 4 to 11 A. M. man
ages one of the largest retail and whole
sale muit places in N:w York, and the
rest of the twenty -Uni. ho in is a busy
nnd I enevoient ciergym in. Tie u
about fifty years of ago. with a fquro,
solid and mmcti'ar build, so c mmon
tom ikem n, brack hatr and board
and rosy c m i ex or. IIj is a brother
of Professor K rapp, tho distinguishe 1
scholar of Yule C 'llege.utid wai intea led
for asm ar career, but whda in lus
teens he manifereol su h a lovo for the
butcher business, and such a dista'.o for
studv, that he was a.lowed to have his
own way.
How much are a man's eyoi worth ia
hard cash. If one absolutely loses the
sight of both of them because of the
negligence or something worse of n cor
poration, what amount of damage!
ought to be awarded him? Tirese points
were iately discussed in Si. Louis, be
fore tho United States C rcuit Court. A
man had both his eyes burned out while
in the service of a sleamship company.
He brought suit and the jury gave him
$10,000. Whereupon the counsel for
the company appealed on the ground
that the award was “excessive.' 1 In
doing so ho failed to state the amount
which the company would not regard
as excessive. Pel haps it felt that $12.50
would be about tho right figure. It
will, however, says the New York Tri
bune, be apt to strike the average stu
dent of values that man—a creature
only a little lower than the angels—
must be getting to be a drug on the
market if his eyes arc not to be regarded
as worth at 'erst $10,000.
i A Historic Chestnut.
S A historic tree on the old Eider Win
Bon farm in Johnston, R. I., has been
^hlied. it was a chestnut, and “had
Kn utilized by the Dorritcs in the ex
Bling times of the Dorr war as a hiding
pluce for guns. ” It stood in an open
fiei'd on the farm. The trunk, which
wan nine feet four inches in diameter,
had been hollow as long as “any one
living can remember,” and a tall man
could enter and stand erec% with
several inches to spare above his head.
One of the limbs measured four teet in
diameter. The tree was ent down be
cause there was danger of its failing.
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VOL. 11.
AT THE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON
GRESS IS DOING.
SPrOINTMF-NTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL IMPORT ANCB
AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
In the house, on Friday, Mr. Catmon,
of Illinois, from tho committee on appro
I riations, reported a joint resolution ap
propriating $I5j,U00 to enable the secre
tary of war to distribute rations for the
rel.cf of the destitute people In the dis
trict overflowed by the Mis issippi andits
tributaries. The secretary ot war is to
co-operate with the state authorities In
distributing the relief here provided. The
joint resolution was passed -139 to 24.
On motion of Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio,
yeas, 120; naVS, 100—the house went
into committee of the w ole (Mr. Payson,
appropriation ot Illinois, in the bill. chair), Without on the completing legislative
consideration of the bill the committee
rose and the house at 5 o’clock took a re
cess until 8 o’clock, the evening session
to be for the consideration of private pen
sion bills.
The Senate, on Friday, resumed con
sideration of the railroad land forfeiture
bill, and Mr. Cull went on w ith his argu
ment in favor of the amendment offered
by him as to the firfeiture of railroad
lands in Florida, Mr. Blair, noticing the
inattention of the few senators who were
in their seats, called attention to tho fact,
and, on his htotion, a call of the Senate
took place. Mr. George spoke in favor
of Mr. Call’s amendment, and said some
pretty severe things about Hie absence of
senators from their seats. The bill went
over without action until Monday. At
3:15 o’clock the Vice-President announc
ed that he had signed the jo.nt resolution
appropriating $150,000 for the relief of
sufferers by the Mississippi overflow, nnd
the joint resolution was sent to tiie Presi
dent fof his si/re ntttKR Th. IS. note bill
appropriating $75,009 fur a public build
ing at Fayetteville, X. the was passed. Mr.
By appointment of speaker,
Burrows of Michigan, house acted Saturday. as speaker On
pro tom its the on
motion of Mr. Lee, of Virginia, a bill was
passed road from appropriating Alexandria, $7,000 Vu., to to construct the na
a
tional military cemetery near committee that place.
The house again Went into of
the bill. whi A le on of the legislative house appropriation ordered
cal! the was
Only 101 uivuilscrs responded to their
names. The dreary scenes attending the
call of the house were then etmVted, while
the sergeant-at-arms wits engaged in Alter the
task ot huu fug up in absentees. this
five hours consumed weary man
ner, further proceedings under call wen
dispensed with. The house then, at 11
o’clock, adjourned. Monday, legisla
In the house, on the
tive, executive and judicial appropria
tion house bill then passed without into committee division. of The the
went
whole i Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the
chair) on bills relating to the district of
Columbia.
In the senate, on Monday, Mr. admission Black
burn introduced a bill for the
of the stute of Arizona. Referred. Mr.
Call gave notice that on the 15th of May
he would address the senate on the joint
resolution, heretofore offered by him, as
to opening of negotiations republic. with Spain The to
allow Cuba to establish a
land forfeiture bill was the : taken up, the
pending question being Mr. Call s amend
ment in relation to railroad lands in Flor
ida. The two Florida senators carried on
a colloquial discussion for over two hours.
The bill went over w ithout action, Mr.
Plumb giving notice it that Tuesday. lie would ask
the senate to s t out
Iu the senate, On Tuesday, after the
rrtf AmjiR/ I'UtlllllD DllSlflCSS Ol
little public importance, the consideration
of the land forn-iture bill was resumed.
The debate on Mr. Call’s amendment was
continued by Messrs. Plumb, Berry,
.Mitchell division.....The and Call, lire McKinley bill pissed with
out customs
administrative bill was then taken up,
read and amendments recommended by
the committee were agreed to. Othci
amendments were submitted by Messrs,
Evarts, Dawes and West, and went over
without action. The senate then ad
journed. Tuesday, lively
In the house, ou a bout
whs indulged in by the Speaker and Mr,
Mills, lege. on a question of appropriation personal privi- bill
. . .The postoflice
was reported and placed on the calendar.
The house then went into committee of
the whole ou the bill providing for the
classification of worsted cloths as woolens.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill to the house. On the passage ol
the bill no quorum voted, mid there being
no quorum present, Mr. Dingley, in view
■jf the fact that a republican caucus was
called for the evening at 7:30 moved au
adjournment, which was carried.
NOTES.
provide The president for the erection has vetoed of the extension bill to
an
to tiie public building at Dallas, Texas.
The senate bill appropriating $1 +0,0 30
for has a been public reported building and at placed Tampa, Fla., cal
on the
endar.
President Harrison, in a communica
tion obstructions to Attorney officers General of Miller, alleging
to the United
States courts, instructs the attorney gen
eral to use every power to protect court
officers in discharge of duty.
The secretary of the treasury has award
ed a gold life saving medal of the first
cla«s to Richard F. Warren, of Wilming
ton, N. C., for extreme and heroic daring
in rescuing Mi-s Carrie Moffett from the
surf at Wrigbtsvillc Beach, N. C., iu
June last.
Two more territories are to be unde
states. This time they are New Mexicoand
Utah. The republicans of the house :om
mittee on territories have decided to report
the two bills favorably. The democrats
of the committee also favor the admission
but are making strenuous opposition to
certain certain nartisan partisan features teatures of ol the the bills bills.
benator Jones, of Nevada, chairman of
the committee on contingent expenses,
on Monday, signed warrants for the pay
ment of witness’ fees to correspondents
subpoenaed by the special committee ap
pointed proceedings to investigate the publication of
of executive sessions of the
inmate. The expenses of the investiga
tion have amounted to about $2,000.
The house committee ou war claims has
authorized a» adverse report cm the bill
ZEBU LON, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1890.
appropriating $281,300 to reimburse tho
towns of Frederick, Hagerstown and
Middletown, levied Mil., the war assessments
on them by Gen. Juba I Early in
1864, by way of retn iation against the
United States. The committee also de
cided to report adversely the bill intro
duced by Representative Fcnster, appro
priating $882,390 to reimburse the state
if Kansas for money expended in the set
tlement of claims of cit zens of that state
for property captured or destroyed by
confederate forces during the late war.
CURRENT NEWS.
CONDENSED FROM THE TELE
GRAPH AND CABLE.
THINGS TUAT HAPFEN FROM DAY TO DAT
THROUGH JUT TUB WORLD, CULLED
‘ FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
The carpen ers' strike in Chicago is
having ing tha effect on lumber of decreas
sales.
Three men were drowned by tho cap
sizing Vt., of a boat on tiie lake at Newport,
Tuesday.
The Pittsburg Commission company,
the greatest bucket shop in Pittsburg,
failed on Saturday.
suading Leading Boulangists of Paris are per
General Boulanger to take part
in the labor demonstration on May i.
The striking carpenters of Chicago hare
sent a memorial to Secretary Blaine,
stating their grievances against the con
tractors.
Ex-State Treasurer Archer, of Mary
land, was on Monday indicted by the
grand jury at Annapolis for embezzle
ment.
The French ministerial council on
Tuesday in the budget decided the to make retrenchments of 20,000,000
to extent
francs.
Thirty-eight Of the Vienna rioters have
been sentenced to terms of imprison
three medtj varying from eigtit mouths to
years.
The coroner at Newark, N. J., was on
Monday sentenced to one year iu tiie pen
itentiary for having received $2,000 refund on a
$200 check and refusing to the
difference.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com
pany on Monday granted the demands of
theit 1 employes for an advance, conduc- giving
day conductors $2.75, and night
tors $2.90 a day. Brnkemen will bo paid
$2.50 and night men $2.70. Ten hours
constitute a day’s work, This is the first.
to break iu the railroad lines.
Mr. Vest’s bill, which has been favora
bly Indian reported by provides tho senate’s committee compul- on
affairs, for the
sory education of Indian children. The
bill he interior makes it the duty of industrial the secretary board- of
to establish
ing schools on every Indian reservation
where the population of adults exceed
five hundred.
Exports amounted of specie from New York which last
week to $271,040, of
$202,587 was gold and $08,453 silver.
Of tho total exports $0,081 gold and all
the silver went to Europe, and $103,940
gold to South amounted America. Imports of
specie which last week gold to and $58,040, $48,113 of
silver. $10,525 was
The Homestead bank, doing business
at tiie corner of Tenth avenue and Fifty
third street, New York, shut down ou
Tuesday. Its affairs are now in ihe
hatlds of N/A. Chapman, who was con
nected witli tho Western National bank.
Everyone w ill receive the money duo him.
l’he bank was not profitable, withdraw and the tlieir de
Hoslrero were usKeit to
money.
In the cortes, at, Madrid, Spain, a bill
was introduced Tuesday morning which
prohibits the employment under of boys of under
ten and girls twelve years age.
The from measure being employed also prohibits in mines, all circuses, minors
or in any unueatthy occupation. All
holidays, Hundays aud fete days arc to be
secured to such minors, and a maximum
day’s labor is to bo five hours.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
BY THE UNITED STATES COURT IN THE
“original package” cabe.
Tho United States supreme court at
Washington, D. O., on Monday, ail render- States
ed an opinion of great interest to
,n which prohibition prevails. Gus Leisy
– Co. arc beer brewers in Peoria, Jli.
They sent some of their products in sealed
kegs and eases, by means of railroads, to
Keokuk, Iowa, where their agent, a non
resident, offered it, for sale in original
cases. The liquor was seized by A. J.
Hardin, marshal of Keokuk, under the
prohibition laws of Iowa. Leisy – Co.
brought suit against the marshal, alleging
that the seizure was unconstitutional and
void, being in violation of the clause of
he constitution giving the United States
exclusive right Keokuk to regulate interstate decided in com- fa
mcrce. The court
vor of the liquor men, but on an appeal prohi
to the supreme court of Iowa, the
oitionists won, whereupon United the liquor States irieu
brought the case to the
court where the decision of the low su
preme court was reversed. The case has
become widely known as the “original
package” case aud lias attracted a great
deal of attention.
UNCLE SAM WINS.
A CONTRACTOR SUES THE GOVERNMENI
—AN INTERESTING CASE.
Mr. W. F. Bowe, a contractor who'
built a number of houses for the govern
ment at the new barracks at Atlanta, Ga.,
brought suit in the United States Circuit
Court to recover $10,000 damages, decided against and on
Tuesday the ease was
him. He claimed that lie w as damaged
/>f j! c 10 »Pt«'U j U . m Jacobs, "} the *'■' officer J.' 1 ’ '°b m rfcrencc charge,
' or whldl hl; swA ,hc government. 1 he
f ,„ e wag i, rmig ht under tiie provisions 3rd. of
thf; act o{ C0D g r ess of March 1887.
which provides that all claims against the
U. 8., involving an amount not less than
$1,000, and not over $10,000, except
what is known as war claims, may be
brought in the U. S. Circuit Court, nnd
tried by the court without a jury. The
case has been watched w ith a good deal
of interest, as it was the first to be tried
in the United States under tbe new law.
ALLIAKCE NOTES.
WHAT THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS ARE DOJNG.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO TOE FARMER,
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF
THE COUNTRY,
It is assorted by the foreman on the
arm of the lata Hou. Primus Jones, that
ne lirst bale of cotton this year will conn
trom that farm. Hu suvs the examples
■ nd met hods of Colon -1 ,1<>uus tire being
•tri.-tiy followed,bn tint .arm.
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The County Alliance of Gwinnett
minty, Ga., different favors the holding of pri
ll,iries in the mi ilia districts to
•ominate emblv, and cand for J*le.,.vtvs dates for the general iis
{rissional to thouexteon
convention and for governor.
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The cotton bagging factors’ for Ameri
G‘ , is an enterprise already assured
for tb it wide awake city. It is an Alli
ance counties necessity, invited and the thirteen adjoining
to take stock in the <iu
terpri-e should respond with alacrity.
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A grand reunion of the Alliance of that
section of Goorgii, aud the old soldieis
will be held jointly at Flat Rock camp
grou Livingston d, Heal'd county, July 24th. Col's.
and Northern will address the
Phil Alliance, and Gov. talk Gordon, and Gen.
Cook will to tho soldiets. A
big time is anticipated.
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If the farmers Alliance continue* to in
crease for a yeti or two more at tho rate
at which it has been gaining during the tho
last twelve months it will soon be
largest organization ever known in thin
or any other country; and if it sticks to
gether and properly exercises its great
power tt tovnhiHnn^n will bo easily able to accomplish
such n will the in legislation giving of the
country as result the far
mer, not only his fights as a citizen, but
after breaking up the trusts and combines
which now roll him of much of his earn
ings, will also place legislator the farmer in posi
tion to become a in the inter
ests of his county s inn his claims.—Ex.
***
Our farmers are: taking moro real intet
est in their farms this year than we ever
have known before; there are moro ter
races, and the soil is better prepared titan
at tho same time any previous year in the
history of Georgia. Jit least, this ia "ui
opinion believe after a that careful observation. We
further tills state of things is
due mainly to the AiHinnco movement.
Then let the movement that has brought
such it result go on in its proper sphere
until the “red old hillii” of Georgia are
made to blossom as the rose, every farm
is free from morq .tge, arid the inmates .if
every home contented and happy.— South
ern Alliance Farmer.
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The Southern Alliance Farmer (Atlan
ta, Ga.;) inis the following to say regard
ing one of tiie dangers Alliancemon that confronts the
Alliance: If all will be true
to the cause and withhold their votes
from men who are not, and have nevet
been, in aud sympathy with only the those struggling
masses, will support whose
past records, not only iti Office but at
home, show plainly that that their they hearts are
with the people, aud aro ol
pure character and worthy of confidence,
our success is assured. Our danger lies
in division. Alliancemen have their per
sonal be friends induced among to vote the for politicians, them when and
may in full sympathy
they know they are not
with ns. Sectional, county, question or town pride who
should be loft out of the Men
are true to our interest are the men to
support. will As wc dr, have said before, simple
ability not would do for if it huim. was turned
gainst us it great Tin
neart must be right We can no more
afford to turn our legislation over to men
who serve the money powers than we can
afford to leave our children’s inheritance
in the hands of a faro dealer. Being a
farmer or an Alliancemim only, does
not fit a man for office, but being and having in full
the sympathy will and with ability the people, work their inter
to to
est, does make a man worthy of support.
Where will you find such men? The
time when a few politicians in each
County, district or state, can meet to
gether atld apportion out the different
offices is at an' end. The people will take
a hand in this business and have deter
mined to have representation.
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In Col. Polk’s argument beforetht
senate committee on agricultures Wash
ington, on Tuesday, tie stretched the do
cline iu agricultural values iu the face oi
the marvelous progress and development
of their industries arret interests d uring
the passed decade, and insisted that
something should be done for the farmers,
lie charged the fault upon which tho financial
sys cm of the government, had re
suited in high-priced products. suggested, The
remedy, Colonel Polk was
three-fold—first, restore silver to Its dig
nity and place as money metal with ail
rights of coinage and all the qualities second, oi
legal tender which gold possesses; direct
issue sufficient amounts of currency
to the people, at a low rate of interest,
to meet the legitimate demands of busi
lies- of the country, and which shall be
legal tender for all debts, public issue and
private; third, secure to such basing equal it
dignity with money metals, by
on real tangible, substantial values,
Mr. Polk was followed by Dr. W. C.
McCune, chairman of the national com
mitten on legislation of the Alliance, who
addressed himself more the particularly to of
the merits and details of system
warehonses as outlined in the bill. He
asserted that merchandise tints stored
would not dctcrioato below the market
jtandaid, feasible and and practicable that the system in had California, proven j
where the Grangers’ bank, in 1879,loaned the j
$3,000,000 on certificates issued to
farmers on wheat deposited in warehouses
owned and controlled bv them.
ELEVEN OF THE MOB KILLED I
__
Troops Fire on Anti-Semitic Rioters
With Terrible Results.
An anti-Semitic „ ... mob . numbering . 1030 ,! pore j
sons, aftei invading the town of B.ata tri
the Government of fcnedlee, Galicia, saeg«| ,
the shops an - ! dwellings of tbe Hebrew i i
°Th–w killed were and called out wounded. and etevnn t-.
•ous were many
MEMORIAL DAY.
IT* OBSERANCE IN ATLANTA, GA., AND
OTHER PLACES.
The observance of Memorial Day at
Thousands Atlanta, Ga., of was a glorious all success. of
thronged veterans trom while points the
the compass thestruets,
well-arranged programme of the day was
faultlessly carried out. The first duty to
be performed home which was to will lay tho shelter corner tho stone dis
of the
abled veterans who fought for the lost
cause. Tho hour for the laying of thu
c>>rner In stone the was purposely appointed
early- day in order to give every
body an opportunity the city to be time present, and
yet to return to in to taks
part in the memorial services at the opera
nouseaud appear in the pfoeession. The
early morning tiains brought freat
crowds of visitors to the city. Severn'
military companies were among them.
By noon the crowd begun mov ug toward
Marietta street, and a half hour later the
sidewalks and streets near the old
capital thronged. and DeGivfc’s opera house were
By 3 o’clock the opera house was full
The Confederate generals and a few prom
inouent citizens occupied the stage, with
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Gen. Kirby
Smith occupying seats close to each near
the center of tho front row. When the
generals took their places on the stage
they were lustily cheered. As Gen. John
ston nnd Gen. Smith took their places
they were given an ovattoft. The opera
house rang with the cheers of the vet
erans, the ladies waved white handker
chiefs and men and women stood up
Ti e generals and bowed their acknowledge- in the
ments took their places center.
Gen. Clement A. Evans then introduced
the orator of the day, Iiou. J, C. C.
Black, of Augusta, Ga. Major Black de
livered a beautiful and touchingeulogiutu
in commemoration of the dead heroes.
At tho conclusion of Mr. Black’s speech
General Johnston was called for. He
rose aud thanked the veteraus for hts cor
dial reception closing by expressing the
hope that all of them would meet again
tip yonder. As ho said this lie pointed
toward the sky. He was given a renew
ed ovation. General Kirby Smith was
then called for and said a few words in
ncknbwludment. Gen. A. It. Lawton
was also called for and made a few brief
remarks.
Promptly at 4 o’clock the procession,
which had been fohnet.1 and waiting for
t lie termination of the opera house exer
cises, began moving. the It was a magnifi
cent demonstration, battle-scarred ve
terans of ’61 marching in line with their
old leaders, aud the glittering uniforms
and flashing arms of the the largest citizen that soldiery.
The formed precession in was Memorial Day. evet It
Atlanta on
and reached from thousands the capital who to crowded the cemetery, along
the
the line of march were Interested ami ini
pressed with the spirit which inspired
such a demonstration.
At the cemetery the veterans marched
to the confederate monument, which
overlooks the graves of the soldiers who
are-buried there. The military portion
of the of procession the was halted and the at the en
trance iu line, cemetery, extending troop;
drawn Up on Hiintei
street toward the citv.
By tiie time the head of the procession
entered tiie gates of the cemetery, tin
crowd of sweet-faced women had in
creased until it embraced all ages, from
the silver-haired grand-mother to tiie tiny
school girl in short dress s. And main
and matron joined in tiie sacred task oi
decorating the shades graves of Oakland. those who sleej The
beneath the of
“Unknown” were not neglected, flowers and
many a wreath of choicest was
laid on the lowly mound where sleep tin
heroes of the procession confederacy. reached the
When the mon
ument and i he various companies formed
around it General Joseph E. Johnson
and General Kirby Smith were driven uj
to the base of the tali marb c shaft. A
great yell went up that drowned tin
throb of the drum and the clamor of the
baud. Cries of “Johnson! Johnson!'
were heard on every hand, and when the
old warrior his raised up in his carriage wild. am
lifted hat, enthusiasm when
Cries for “Kirby Smith!” brought tha
old hero to his feet, and in a lew word
he expressed his fealty to the south and
her people, and liis appreciation of tin
distinction conferred on him by tin
veterans.
At last, when the bugles sounded th
retreat, and the Atlanta Artillery had
fired the last salute over the graves ol
their fallen comrades, the crowd began
to disperse. The day was generally ob
served throughout the South with ni ttin
and appropriate ceremonies.
COTTON STATISTICS.
REPORTED BY THE NEW ORLEANS COT
TON EXCHANGE.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange
issued on Saturday tho following state
ment, covering the cotton crop movement
from September 1st to April 25th, inelu- from
give, based leading on telegraphic returns and rail
nil the cotton centers
roads crossing on the Ohio, shipmets Mississippi
mul Potomac rivers: Net over
land to North American an 1 Canadian
mills for the week ending April 25th,
8,910 bales, against 5,902 for the same
wce k last year, 892,067, making against the total 900,238. for the
season to date
phe American mills have taken during
thirty-four weeks 2,132,348 against 2,-
129,51$ last rear, of which, by northern
spinners and Canada overland, 1,728.040
against 1.725,711. Northern mill takings
during the week, less stock corrections,
were 5,795 against 10,709 for tiie corres
ponding* seven days of last year. The
amount of American crop brought into
sight during against the 31,525 past for week were days 23,715 last
seven
y K „, ending April 25th, making April tlm total
thus fur for the month of 89,020,
af , a j n »t 117,244 for the corresponding
twenty-five days in April last year,
| he amount of tho crop now in sight is
7,007,123, against 0,728,801 up to this
date last year. The foreign exports dm
ing the week are 10,112 bales less than
these for the corresponding seven days date
1 1 t season, reducing the excess The stock to
over last year - to 324,201. leading interim at
ing port9 an ,l 290
jiern mar (cets were aggregate reduced
((urillg the week 40,908, against a falling
^ time last year of 48,071, and
arts now 180,781 bales less than they were
at this time last season.
NUMBER 28.
SOUTflERN NOTES.
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALL
POINTS IN TUE SOUTH.
GENERAL rKOGRRSS AND OCCURRENCES
WHICH ABE HAPPENING BELOW MA
SON’S AND DIXON’S LINE.
A Scotch-Iristi association for the state
of Alabama was formed in Birmingham
Saturday.
The New Orleans cotton exchange de
nies that there is any danger to that city
from the high water.
The congress onal committee invesit
gaiing in the timber ca os of Alabama, were
session at Mobile Tuesday
Rome, Ga., is hurrahing over tho fact
that a $1.10,000 spiegie iron fun.au* is
soon to be erected in that prosperous city.
Iti a letter received at Louisville, Ky..
Mary Anderson, after continuing the re
port of her engagement to Navarro, stale
ihat she wilt never again appear bclore
the footlights.
Tho town of Seneca, 8. C., was visited
by the fire fiend on Sunday morning, and
an entire block of buildings in the busi
ness center was laid in ashes within a few
outs. Over 15,000 worth of property
was destroyed.
Twenty-three years ago Mrs. M. A
Schaeffer took charge of the Monroe, Ga..
postoflice, and has held the position the con
ununlly ever since. One of most re
markable facts in connection with this
long tenure is that sho lias never lost a
day on account of illness.
The labor unions Ga., and organizations seriously ol
Brunswick, have been
agitating the' nine hour movement. This
movement, as was decided at the Iasi
regular meeting of the building and trade
emlncil of DmllSlVICk, will be put illtO
effect on 1lie first Monday in next Septem
ber,
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch prevails of Mon
day, says: Home excitement at
Nottingham, over the disappearance bank oi
Gary Pittman, cashier of the ol
Nottingham, and diligent search is being
made lor him. Pittman is also treasurer
of Albany, Ga- The condition of tin
bank is not known except through re
ports.
The steamer H. B. Plant, one of the
best known of the St. John’s river craft,
burned to the water’s edge Tuesday morn
ing, in the middle of Lake Bofes/ord, 10S
miles from Jacksonville, Fla., while on
her way to Sanford. Three li vos were
lost, all colored. The men are supposed
to have drowned while attempting to
swim ashore.
A dispatch of Monday from Dallas,
Texas, says: About four hundred houses
iu the suburbs have been abandoned oi
account of the flood. Trini y river, at
i his rise, was a fowl inches higher Ruin
that of 1886, which was the highest
recorded within the memory of the oldest
settlers. The damage by the flood will
amount to thousands of dollars.
Mrs. Satlie E. Ilayncs, on Tuesday,
lilcd a suit iu the Atlanta, Ga., City
Court against the Western Union Teie
grah company for $4,500. A message
sent to her announcing her husband's
death, was made to read erroneously death until so
that she did not know of his
after it was too late to see his face again,
stie therefore sued, for $4,50
The stockholders of the Fair associa
tion of East Alabama, bad a rousing
business meeting in Opelika on Monday.
It was unanimously decided to hold an
exposition from October 15th to 22d, in
clusive. The people of Opelika exposition are at
last solidly united upon tho
question, and will have one of the best
expositions upon the above named date
ever held in East Alabama.
THE ARBITRATION TREATY.
THE CROWNING ACT OF THE PAN-AMER1
CAN CONFERENCE.
The representatives of about ten of tin
American nations signed tho i rbitratim
agreement recommended by the Pan
American conference at the state depart
merit at Washington on Monday. Among
the nations which signed Colombia, the treaty Ecuador. were
Brazil, Bolivia,
Giiutemala, Salvador and Honduras. Thi
arbitration treaty is one which was agre e
to in the Pan-American conference urn
recommended to the various count tie
represented in the conference, It coul
not be adopted by the representatives Oi
these countries in conference, but was re
ferred try them to their home govern
ments, which have authorized their min
isters to the United States to meet ii
Washington and sign for them. It is bu
Jjeyed all the countries in the eoufi-renc
will sign it evented/- This is the rrow n
ing act of the conference, as this was the
principal business for which the confer
ence was called.
KEMMLER RESPITED.
GREAT PREPARATIONS WERE MADE BUT A
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT STOPS THEM.
An Auburn, Notwithstanding N. Y., dispatch of Tues
day, says: all the elab
orate preparations for tho electrical exe
cution of W. Kcmmler; notwithstanding professed
the ignorant murderer has liis
readiness to meet death; notwithstand
ing Warden Hurston had officially decided
upon the time notwithstanding of administering that the fatal
current, and most
of the authorized witnesses had arrived,
the whole postponed. proceeding is This stopped and in
definitely accomplished postponement the
has been by serving of
a writ of habeas corpus, and Kemmler
gets a new lease on his life.
OVERFLOW SUFFERERS.
INQUIRIES FROM SECRETARY PROCTOR AS
TO THEIR NUMBER ANSWERED.
Secretary Proctor, at Washington his telegrams has
received several information replies iu to regard the
asking for to
extent of suffering in the overflowed dis
tricts of the south. The g overnor oi
Louisiana said that teu days’ rations New foi
25,000 people should be seut to Dr
leans ier distribution throughout Mississippi the
gate. The governor of said
there are probably 20,000 persons in tiiat
itate needing assistance, and tho gover
nor of Arkansas said that .500 EK e in
Phillips county and a considera num
her in Desha county are in great need oi
relief.
PRINTED EYaRY TUESDAY
—AT—
ZEBULOST - - GEORGIA#
—BY —
PARRY LEE,
A SPLENDID ADVERTISING AGENT,
A LIVELY TIME EXPECTED
AS A RESULT OF THE MANY MAT DAY DEM
ONSTRATIONS.
On Monday morning the Boston Okie
published an article showing the situa
tion in New England, regarding the labor
demonstration to take place .May Will 1st. be It
says that Boston and Worcester
the main battlegrounds for the state,
l’he contest will be for a working day the of
eight hours. The greater part of
3,000 carpenters employed iu Boston Will
strike lor eight hours, but they make no
demand for an increase of the hour rate
oi wages. They believe that a decrease
in hours will cause an increase
in wages cl supply according and y to den't'-i' _ t
rt-w
lu several cities the plumbers,
and Masons will demand nine
.piarn nun ami granite cutters in
will pr bably strike, a.* the bosses; while
.rilling to gram the nine hour system will
not a ree to tite price per hour demanded
oy the workmen, o trikes are expected esterly,
Huong tue granite cutters at \\
tt. {./Concord, mechanics N. H., and Portsmouth, Hallowed,
Alai ne. The at
N. 1L, and carpenters at Portland and
Lewiston, Me., demand niue hours.
A dispatch of Thursday from Denver,
Col., says: Tiie labor situation in Colo
rado Springs is growing more complicated.
Most of the contractors have decided to
grant the demand of the carpenters for
time hours, with ten hour’s pay,but a few
have held off, and the men say that
unless the boss carpenters all concede tho
request by May 1st, there will be a gene
ral walk out. The quarry and brick
are asked to supply no building material
until the trouble is settled.
The Washington, D. C., workingmen
are growing restless and are threatening is
to join the eight-hour srricke. It ro
nortc'l tlmt the iui. lv layers, carpenters
and plasterers will demand on May 1st
that thereafter eight hours be constituted
a day’s labor. Refusal on the part of
die employers mny attention!* lead to a general
strike. Meanwhile centered
on die outcome or the movement in ,
Chicago.
GOVERNMENT RELIEF
FOR MISSISSIPPI 8UFFERERS—MAN?
EBB DEPRECATE IT.
A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., says:
Governor Stone has been requested by
the secretary of the war to assist, the
government auents in a proper distribu
tion of the overflow relief sufferers. provided Many by congress plaut
for the
... „ deprecate the “government ration
business” iu Mississippi, asserting that ,
they can and will feed atid care for tlieit
tenauts till the water recedes, also de
claring that there h no suffering, and
that ‘the distribution of government
rations ia only calculated to demoralize
labor and encourage idleness.
SEVEN PEOPLE DROWNED
WHILE ATTEMPT TNG TO ESCAPE THOM A
BURNING BUILDING.
A New Orleans dispatch of Monday
-ays: The steam gin and saw mill of
Hilaries Lawrence, situated in Sparkly
county, Hiss.,' three miles from Rolling Fork,
mimed Saturday night. The loss
is small. Fifty or sixty of Lawrence's
tenants were quartered in the gin, and iu
heir efforts to escape from the flames
seven w re drowned. The building was
surrounded by water seven feet deep. tho
I'hcy had taken refuge there from
overflow, and it is stated their careless
less caused the fire
An Accident to a Bonnet
A few persons on Twenty-third and rather street dis
recently accident saw a peculiar happen spring
tressing passing down to a now the street
bonnet that was '
on the head of a tall, slender blonde. It
was a very worn lorful hut, with a lac*
top and lace bows and some little luce
ends ill it poised themselves on the crown
like the wings of a butterfly. thinking, The ownct
was walking calmly along well she per
haps, how uncommonly was
looking, when a gentleman who was [Hiss
ing her turned suddenly and gave ouq
startled look at the head gear, then with
one snatch tore the light tiling from he*
head and trampled it underneath his
feet. A light smoke and u little blue
tlame curled up from it as it lay there ttitJ
the gentleman pointed significantly to it
as lie said: “Your bonnet was 011 tire,
Madam.”
Evidently it had been.
“1 was just passing at your side,” ex
plained the gentleman, “when 1 saw
what appeared to be smoke looked coming from
the top of your head. I again
and saw a red spark in the bb gf
then 1 snatched it off.”_„ —■
No'.'r."thcFe is'Ti 0tMng induce in the nature of
a bit of black lace to spontan
eous combustion, and tile only possible
explanation of so peculiar an the occurrence cigar of
is that a chance spark into from the light stuff
a passerby had blow n
and ignited it.
Since the lace bonnet is certain to bo
the suggestion favorite headgear for be the summer, of place
the may not out tie
that the enterprising milliner will the
one who will provide with each bonnet
she sells this season some kind of insur
ance policy against destruction by fire.
—[New York Sun.
A Chinese Sculptor.
I had the novel experience yesterday such ot
seeing aChinesc sculptor, or some
sort of all artist, at work. lie was en
gaged ia carving a heavy hoard of hard
w ood into a bass-relief. Alongside of his
bench he had a series of stencils in slid
paper, it on which the different design was depths traced be- us
would appear at
low the surface of the wood. One of
them he applied every few minutes to bis
work and, with either a pencil senii-aditcsivn or a small
brush powder, marked holding the some next of the
stage Ids
work. He seemed to allow no play purely to
imagination, hut to work in a me
chanical way. One cud of the board was
completed, Itud though very mechanical,
was exquisite in its finish and workman
ship. These carvers are a powerful highest
guild in China, and receive the
wages paid for skilled labor.— [New York
3tar.