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ft^NA.'FRIDAV. FEBRUARY. 27. 1891. wttMBER 9.
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\ Of the 611 colored men in the employment
of the Federal Goverment, 159 are
in the Interior Department.
r "
f There are some ^xty-seven banks in
the New York Clearing House Association.
The annual clearances of New
some $85.000.000.000. . _-0
Alexander the Great had a copy of the
"Iliad" inclosed in a nutshell, and it is
quite certain that it could not hare been
written without tho aid of a microscope.
Fiji is commencing tho cultivation o!
jtobacco, the enterprise being assisted by
*
The Boston Cultivator believes that
f'the abundance of cheap and fertile
iland in tho West, and its possession by
ifarmere of small means and roving tendencies,
has operated to lower the standard
of American agriculture."
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The heaw increase in tho "RumIm
army and navy estimates will furnish inHo
resting reading for continental diplomats.
It shows, concludes the San Fran'
cisco Chronicle, that the millenium, wheq
bitration shall succeod war, is as far ofl
as ever.
- ' The Boston fTcmld thinks that the fact
that only three persons wero killed by
llectric light plants in New York State i
last year, whilo eight lost their lives by
"blowing out the gas" rather goes to
thow that it is less dangerous to monkey <
With electricity than to fool with gas. 1
The statistics of the trades unions in j
Germany show that about 2,000,000 I
workmen in that country have an annual 1
Income of less than $155, and that in '
the weaving districts of Saxony and Silesia
there are thousands of mcu earning >
k..< *
"? ? o i?cr year Dy incir trade.
The Society of Virginia Antiquities
will probably remove the bones of Captain
John Smith from London to Richmond,
annoufcik the Atlanta Oonstitu- E
tion. Smith wjj^thb first great warrior
of Virginia, and it seems eminently fit=
ti
Sheep raising may bo profitable, nfter p
all, admits tho Boston Transcript, if a
this story of tho experience of a young
New York woman in true: Two years <
ago her brother, liaviiig money invested tl
in sheep in Utah induced her to put '
$1600 into the investment. She has late- 3I
Jy sold her share to her brother for v
j$85oa ?
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i A six-year-old boy in Ottawa, Canada, c
hi^ng invented tho verb "to smallon"? , tl
a synonym for decrease or diminish?a c
writer in the Critic thinks that the word (i
ihould find a place in our new diction- iV
tries. It is a pretty good word in its h
#ray, but we fail to soo "that tho idea "
that it conveys caunot be otherwise ex- <j
pressed without a cumbersome circumlo- ^
tution." What is the mattor with "ro- j
luce," "decrease" or half a dozen other j
verbs? asks tho New York Telcoram.
E. L. Godkin, iu the Forum, under- j
^akes to prove that the expedition to rc-i t
lievo Eruia was clearly a piratical under-, '
taking, since it had tho sanction of no
(Government and its leader was rcsponsi-, [
ble to no power. In the course of tho J
Argument Mr. Godkin shows the sympathy
for Emin which caused tho ex- ,
jpedition to bo undertaken wa3 a scnti- <
rnent born of tho Gordon myth, and he
points out the curious fact that the peo-. ,
pie of Africa, owing to tho slave trade, i
has always been regarded as lit spoil for '
pirates even by civilized nations who hold ''
110 such notions even about any other <
ravages. Mr. Godkin expresses the high, 1
est. admiration for fUanlev'a courage o?d
endurance, and approves or his conduct
of the expedition. It is its legal character
only that ho criticises.
King Kalaksua, in his life or in his
<deatb, stood alone among monarchs,
muses tho Now York Commercial Advertiw.
A King without what might bo
called a kingdom, hecamn to a Kepublio
to breathe his last. Another peculiarity
of his majesty was that ho was a protege
of a people with whom it is an article of
faith that kings are cumbcrcrs of tho
earth. But then ho oncumbercd so very
little of it that we forgavo him. "Wo
rather pAtted him on the head with a
certain half-conscious pride that we too
of the western hemisphere had our specimen
of royalty to show. And if it cannot
be said that his passing away has convulsed
principalities and powors, it has
at least, if we mistake not, removed a
good fellow from tho world. And really
good fellows are raro, whether in palace
or in hovel. That ho has loft as successor
on his microsoopic throne tho wifo
of a Yankee merchant adds pungency to
the situation. That looks like the beginning
of the end. The Sandwich Islands
will not be long in following in the wake
of Brazil, in adding still another name to
|the liit of republios.
HANGED BT A MOB.
Citizens of a Florida Town Dispose
of Two Men by Lynching
Methods.
Gainesville, Fla., [Special]. ? Mike
Kelly, while, and a negro named Champion,
members of a gang of outlaws and
unevcs, were imaged acre Tuesday night
by citizens. Ever si nee Sunday night
the city lias been in turmoil. That night
Dr. Phillips was tired on by three unknown
men. The marks of the bullets
were found about the position he occupied
on his front porch, but he escaped
'njurv.
On Monday night T. B. McPlierson,
living about two miles from town, was
W%Vi. Umid
lips waa attempted Iwcausc he was able
to identify some of the members of the
b,-tud. The murder of McPhcreou was
perpetrated as an art of revenge because
his testimony had sent a numlrer of the
gang to the penitentiary.
On Tuesday night the Sheriff nud a
posse lay in wait for the baud near the
house they weie believed to use as their
headquarters. They exchanged shots
with them, and the negro, Champion,
was wounded and captured. Two others
escaped and dogs were put upon their
track. They are the same men who
obbed and attempted to burn Braeey's
gunshop, for watches ami skeleton keys
/ * '
..*iv, Kiiiiiu 111vim i nnmpion.
Kelly was captured at Kochclle. He
was the lcatlcr of the gang. When
1 nought to Gainesville last night lie was
met by an excited crowd and a noose
was thrown over his head, but. the ShcriIT
managed to slip it oil and got him
safely to jail. Guns were levelled at
him but no shooting occurred. j
A iKKMintl cohmcct man wis 'soon arrest- '
d for Kelly, and Champion
harged that he was the mrn who had
lircd at Mr. Phillips. About 11 o'clock
i party of masked men went to the jail,
overpowered the jailer aud guards, and
locked them up in cells. They then uuocked
the eells where the two men were
ontined and led t hem-out to a grove not
ar from the jail.
They were allowed twenty minutes in
vhieli to pray, after which they
vere then strung up to two oak trees.
The mob was so dense that no one could
?e recognized. Two more of the. gang
ire. at large. One is badly wounded.
A NOBLE GIFT.
itanloy Will Give Millions to the
Cause of Humnnity.
Ci.kvhi.ano, O., (Special). ? Mr. Ilea
IjJdgJ^jy^giTtrfo fttP rausc ot llvimiuiitv.
Ic intends" to obey llir .livinc cumniniKi
r> sell all thy goods and give to the
oor. His manager, Maj. J. M. Pond,
nnounces that the great explorer has
etennined to donate to Gen. Ilooth, ol
iie Salvation Aninv, the gifts he has rceiveit
from crowned heads and others
he proceeds to be used ill furthering the
unse of (ho poor in London.
These gifts constitute one of the most
uperb collections of the kiml in the
,-orld, ami are valued at over $.">00,000.
ilinost every ^pne and potentate in
lurope and in Asia and Africa, heides
educational and geographical koieties
all over the world, have evinced
heir admiration for the deliverer of
rjuatorial Africa by costly girfts.
Queen Victoria has been especially goitrous,
and many of the most valuable
rticles in the col lectio tt were given by
er. All these testimonials of princely
ppreciution Mr. Stanley will devote to
lie noble cause of bearing light into
IRsfcgl fmlyd" w
hut the articles will sell for four or five
imos their value, thus bringing into Ocn.
tooth's control over ifr?.00t>.000.
Canadians Want Our Trade.
A recent dispatch from Chicago says:
icury Wilbanks, a merchant of Charleson,
S. C., said here to-day that the
ommercial interests of Charleston are
ust at present actively engaged in organizing
some scheme to capture the
ommercc between this country and
raninicn. The commerce, he said, is
low in imminent danger of being rap
urcd by Canadians, who arc agitating
be subject of subsidizing a line of steatosis
to ply between Canadian ports and
Jamaica, and of making special inducelientstoturn
the current of trade of
lie United States from New York, which
iow enjoys the most of it, to the Do
uinion. But Charleston people are
llive to the probability of turning the
trade to South Carolina, and if negotiations,
now going on between them mid
the flour men of Minneapolis, whence
comes most, of the flour now used in
ta?v?
i liue of steamers will l?e nut on (he
route, nod the much-desired trade sc
cured.
A Song1 of Progress.
Greensboro, N. ('., made great progress
last year* 230 dwelling, stores oftice
and other buildings were erected and
many others weie remodeled and enlarged.
A sewerage system was established,
and much pipe was laid. Twelve new
stores were opened and 21 new industries
started, in< hiding a cotton factory
of 5,000 spindles and a hosiery mill with
a daily output of 75 dozen pairs. Nin$
corporations were chartered
with an aggregate capital of
,731,000. Heal estate has been in active
demand, and unimproved lots have
been disposed of at private sale for figure*
aggregating 11200,000. The merchant
have made fair profits, and there has net
been a single failure. Population has
increased about '20 per cent. Thjje summary
tells something of Greensboro'*
solid progress.
The N. C. Delegation in Congress.
Wariiinoton, IV |Special.)?The
Democratic members of the North Carolina
delegation in Congress met Thursday
and resolved to urge the election of Representative
M< Clammy of North Carolina
to the clerkship of the next house.
Lord Scully, an Englishman, own#
1(0,000 acres of land in Illinois, and
draws thence an annual income <>f $200,.
000. Other foreign landowners iu.i u|
other sections to a total of $32,000,000
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
Happenings of Importance For A
Week.
Dwellers in City and Country Get a
Write-XJp Here Free of Charge,
and No Questions Asked.
VIRGINIA.
The graud lodge of Knights Pythias,
of Virginia, lias completed its annual
session at Roanoke.
By the explosion of an ammonia tank
in an ice factory at Suffolk, one mas was
killed andjseveral injured.
nwf?? Wftrt W Ww i Vpfth to
his family.
The Farmers' Border Alliance had an '
important meeting Wednesday in Dan- '
villc. A proposition to establish a cicar- (
ettc factory was agreed to.
The Vetera a Zouaves of Elizabeth, N. '
.1., arrived at ltiehmond Tuesday from '
Charleston. They were met at the station
by two companies of the 1st Virginia regiment
ami escorted to their armory,
where breakfast was served, after which j
they visited the principal points of interest
in the city. They left for home the
next morning.
John L. Sullivan signalized his stay j
in Richmond last week by taking to
drink, swearing in the dining-room of
his hotel, nud, on being remonstrated
with for his blackguardism, making a
tierce assault on bis waiter who called him T
to order. *
A special from Bedford City announc- t
es a sad tragedy a few miles from that
town. Robert. Left witch and his wife
got .Into n^ifticulty, and nftur a violent
struggle Mrs. Leftwitch drew a pistol ?
and shot him through the forehead fatal- JJ
?
A syndicate, comprising gentlemen
from Roanoke, Norfolk, Winchester and .
Chaileston, W. Va., have taken up 1
their option on the Reck Icy marble prop- v
arly at Fiueastle for which Mr Becklev i ^
received $ 100,000, and deeds were made *
to the syndicate on Tuesday. These gentlemen
will at once proreed to develop ?
the fine grains of the lithographic stone r'
and varigated marbles. ?
NORTH CAROLINA. h
Four stores in Wadesboro went up in "j
flames Tuesday.
The CSrand Central hotel, of Asheville,
has been sold to a syndicate who will
improve it. _
The North Carolina Steel aud Iron tj'
Compony will erect a 120 ton coke iron u,
^X^rnanec at Orccnsbon^
ternville mid #20,000 subscribed toward
the building of a cotton factory.
Walker ?fc Meyers have erected a saw
mill at Plymouth with a capacity of 80,000
feet of lumber per day. (1
A lire occurred at Vincent in the northern
part of Alatnauce couuty Wednesday, el
by which the store aud stock of general d<
merchandise of .I. AV. & W. A. Murray tc
were entirely consumed. tr
.1. A. 1). Stevens, an accomplished min- P'
eralogist of Stntcsville, is jircparing a
cabinet of North Carolina minerals for fr
exhibition at the Columbian Exposition M
in 1802. m
Tl.n i n.:-'-' --? ?J
1 (Itiu lil 1 11 I I | < (| Will
In; finished in twelve months. It will h#
pass through a great tobacco section.
A portion of the Alexander estate, on w
the French Broad river beyond Asheville, ClJ
has been sold by order of court. General OB
It. B. Vance purcliased the Inn and three
hundred acres ofjayrl,, forwhich he paid
$18,000. *" w
SOUTH CAROLINA. lit
The British steainshib Ilibernia which ^
cleared \t eduesday at Charleston for
Bremen, carried 0,.r>00 bales of cotton.
General Thomas F. Drayton, a class- |a
mate of Jefferson Davis at West Point, r
died a Florence Wednesday. He was
the last survivor of the class. The body w
was interred at Charlotte, N. C., on Friday.
V. S. Civil Engineer Mackay has ar- g
lived at Port Royal to superintend the al
construction of the new government dock w
at that point.
Frank Fiost aud Geo. S. Holmes have rj
lioi'ii imiininti-d Itv (Juv Tillman on ?i
tlie hoard of county school examiners for j,
Charleston County. lj
It was resolved by the Phosphate Com- w
mission last Wednesday that on and aftor
the 1st of March to grant, general rights
to mine phosphate lock and phosphatic C
deposits in Coosaw River.
The contest, of Thomas E. Miller
against Congressman Wm. Elliott of the I1
7th District, seems to have taken new ^
life. Miller wants to get some testimony h
about the election even if he does not o
secure his seat. '
A fox came galloping down Broad (
street, Charleston, on Tuesday, and was J?
ipiickly pursued by a crowd of the youngsters,
t>ut managed to easily escape by
doubling into the new Postoflice site. "
Cunning Reynard ?<?<?k solitary refuge be- v
iiiud a wall, and win n they went to look ^
for hiin In- wa-n't there. It is not known v
wln n; he rami' from or where lie went.
Comptroller Cicneial Ellerhe has prepared
>i circular to the county auditors
instructing them how lo pioceed in tlio
assessment of bank stocks. (
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>'?;nnessee. h
The M !foal Company, of Chatta- f.
nooga, w\ -a at Jasper, Marion county, r
has madfr^n assignment for the benefit of ti
its creditors. t'*<"~
The Knoxville Tribune ha9 opened *
fight on the gamblers of that city. The '
sjiorting men are doing a great business f
<
and the courts appear to bo sublimely ig- |
norant of the fact. 1
The magnificent new iron bridge across t
the Tennessee river, connecting Chatta- ^
nooga with the north side of the river, 1
was opened Wednesday with impressive ]
ceremonies. It is the first public bridge ]
built across the river since the old war
bridge was destroyed. It cost $2f?0.O01
and is 2,J?0 feet long and 10r> feet above
low water mark.
The south bound limited passenger t
train on the Illinois Central Itailroad '
jumped the track near Medina about 5:30 t
o'clock In Um morning. The cat took 6
Are snd were consumed. The pass ngvrs
miraculously escaped. | T
The District Farmers' Alliance i rt at
Humbott and were addressed by lloo.
John McDowell, the president < I the
State A'liance, upon the importat 'c of g>
thorough organ!a^on. at
The local br^k of the Oi Iholic
Knights of Auirjffa hare decided o a*- R
sist Bishop Kadcmacher to remove at her
Walsh as priest at Chattanooga. Fric- ?.
tiou has existed between the prif aud .
Rome of his members for some tin/
A.bill discouraging the bringife of di- ri
vorccs by providing that no rad? could bt
bring suit Vithout first executing a bond It
for the costsv was pasaedby/ife Legisla hj
l)b commenced whetfcy the United ^
States government vriMicquirc possession
of the lands on vach tha battles of *1
I'liickaruiuigr. and Jnattanooga were
fought. The whole cf^hat battle-scarred
territory is to be tranformed into a peo- "
pie's school and ple?*rc ground, to be
.-ailed Chickamauga rational Park. "
GEORGIA. T
The Rev. Geo. Tunton, rector of St. Pf
Phillip's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, died
Tuesday morning afteta brief illness. cr
The young man, Thomas J. Woolen.
vho aceideotally shot himself in tin- arm ' "
ast Friday at Kiugstou. died from the
fleets of the wound Wednesday after
lo<>n' su
A State bank, capitalized at $80,000,
rill open at Summwvillc April 1st. The
took has all l>cen istilwcribed and the 8p
lank will begin operation in building
o be elected. - cu
Brunswick is to lurVo a male college,
'rof. W. W. -W?itlu^F^iit' commence the an
rcctlon of an immense three-story bulbing
with accommodations for 100 pupils, hi
'Ilia will trivn PnmbfiW* 1 - 1
mif v uy9n*V a UViU Illitic HlllI hf
enisle colleges. "sy' to
Macon is to knvo^Gnothcr railroad, to
c called the Macon Terminal. The road g?
.ill l>c in the nature of a belt liuc. It ?*
. ill be thrco miles long and will coat
45,000. an
The South Georgia Melon Growers'
[invention met at Albany, and was call- "
il to order by President G. R. McCree,
ho stated the object of tho meeting to ' "
c the consideration^)! the increscd aerobe
planted in melons this year, and to . j"1
evisc some plans for the movement of . n
ic crop. Committees were appointed. ,
Julm Oliver Daniels, of Brunswick, is jn
colored man who is attached to the fG(
ydrogrnphic coasT^i^y. In connccon
with that busiil,-ft. has a school qq(
lUnliciing over l^^u^jolars, which lie w
ldKiigl'ish
FLOmDA.
gn
A Gun Club lias} been organized *? fyi
iini Cove Springs * 1
Charics Richard Dodge, the expert in wc
large of the fiber investigation of the coi
I'partuient'of Agriculture at Washing cai
hi, D. C., is in Florida studying the dis- ho
ibutiou and cliartfterization of fiber mc
lauts of the State.i
While accompanying his children homo
0111 school at Foster Park, last week II. JJ'I
orrisou was attacked by two cata- '11
mints, and after a terriftie struggle he
ove theni off, but only alter they
id badly clawed his horse.
Dr. Harris of Fort Mvfffi. offers ? ? <?.
aid of $100 for ta&nmation which will Co:
nvict the per ri jrtlo cut the bud of
ie of his finest CQCfcuut trees at Villa
ranca recenlly.'W.wF
t- ? . ' * . B ont
Jesse McAbge. J>ybe: Lan<h corner out oy
allies so uiry^uts wft'rJ?. Up Trunxwy-rK;
has shipped ovi r 00,000 boxes from tru
ie crops he has purchased. soi
The Hamburg, (Gorman) company,
ivning nbout 1,000 acres of phosphate * '
nds near Thompkinsville, are preparing : ''
> uiine their possessions with German "
bor. It will lie lager beer and Dutch .
en. ra!
OTHER STATES. JJJ
Alabama is enacting a law that will ret
ive the generous sum of $125,000 annu- tw
lly to Ex-Confederate veterans and their $2
iilnwM 'I'll
I). Good and Fonl Johnson had a ter- no
bio cutting duel at HlufTton, Ala. 1't'
iood cut Johnson's left eye out with a
utchet and cut into his face several 1 ''
ines. Johnson cut Good's throat. Both '1
rill die. Thev were drunk and alone.
tin
A parlv of Pittsburg capitalists, chap- cla
roued by Judge W. II. Hudson, are iD
iorence, Ala.
Crrsc;;, a wclhhr.fv.vu regro
olitician and ox-secretary of the State
onate of Louisian.-i, died on Saturday
t Galveston lie was prominent not
nly in politics but held oilicial positions
i nearly all the col" rod lodges and so- ^
ictics in Galveston. He was secretary
f the Louisiana returning board after the ^
'ilden-IIayes campaign.
Tl n Af ieoiueiiMt! V llimico Af n t\11 flipf lit*- V#
. J.l.OT.ro.,.,,, . . -
tig Association, C'antou, .Miss., is to be tli
bartered and condui t a general mnnu- ni
iietuhng business. From all signs, it to
trill be a "go" from the start. hi
tli
* In
Calf Vs. Crocodile. of
Fohkst Park, Fi.a., Feb. 22/- Mi83 ?p
latlin was engaged in household ^
1 ut ies at her home near Staunton when j
be wns alarmed by bearing a ealf on tbo
^rounds lxllowing as if in pain. She.
ushed out, to see what was the matter p'
yyl found that about forty yards from j)(
a*4mmcnso ->r about 1ft
it long haTyrby the j)(
rack of the neck sad M as' slowly drag- M
(ing it into tlie lakoit She very courage- q
inslv tried to reptile leave go
>y throwing at him, but. be
lad evidently OiHgB^ intentions, and in
ipitc of the pr^^^B of a human being,
which is supposeeP'to strike horror to the f,
ticarts of surb animals, he effected his c
purpose and dragged the calf over forty p]
yard* into the lake and Iroth disappeared. t<
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200 Chinese Burned to Death.
San Franc.IPOu, February 17.? Aus |
ml inn papi'i - Ju-t received state that by ,
:lic burning of the steamer Knmed, at I t
IVuhu, two hundred Chinese perished, ' ji
OLD BRICK SWINDLER CAUGHT.
wo South Carolinian* Pay |fi,i)00
for About $1 Worth of Braae.
Atlanta. Ua., [Special].?A shrewd
aid-brick sviudlcr has l>ccn caught here,
id he cftnfoisM bis crime. His name is
8. llall or William Harper, and he
layed his |;amc upon two riti/.cus of
filliston, S. l\ Same time ago llall
ent there and l>eramo acquainted with
casrs. Wcatherby and Kennedy, two well
nown resideuts of the place.
11? told llii-m
av illUUIVUU IIIICO (lUlHlt Ft
ch gold miue in Arizona which lmd
jen discovered by au old Indian. This
idian, ho cxplaiucd, was almost as savr?'
;tR tin- pi Iiuim e red rnao
10 wood.
Hall said tho Indian had with him
leciraena of the gold from tho fabulous
ine, and if tho men would accompany
m to the camp he would show them
lose rich nuggets.
The men became so much interested in
all's atory that thay went with him to
here the Hod American was camped,
lien Hall produced his samples of rich
>ld brick.
He represented that all he wanted was
lough money to begin operations. Then
e mine would be opened, and in a few
ivs he. wouln be as rich as t'npsus.
lie propose*! to sell the brick for
0, so as to get a start. The brick, lie
id, was worth twice or three times that
in.
Hall insisted on having the brick teatto
satisfy the men that it was good
nil.
A drill was produced and a large hole
it. in the brick.
The dust was to be placed in a pnpci
A Ijikon IiapIt #? tltn #? *? 4 *>?. 4... I
One of the men fathered up the dust J
nisclf and put it in a paper. Hull w?id
1 would \v*\p it up and it was handed
him.
.lust at this moment the "Indian" he.
in tearing up tin* earth, animated by an
il spirit.
This attraeted the attention of the men,
d gave Hall an opportunity to suhstite
a paper of real gold dust* for the dust
ired out of the hriek.
The paper of dust was taken t? tin
y and found to In; pure gold.
Messrs. Weatherhy and Kennedy a, '
ee bourrht the brick fur$5,oG0. Tin y
d previously weighed it and believed ^
to he worth several times $5,000.
They also arranged to take much stork
the gold mine where thu hriek was
und.
When Hall got iiis hands on the
0 he and the Indian skipped out. When (
They had if exauiitiad, and were <'hn '
ined to tind that they had |iui< 1 $.*>,00(s
r > worth oi brass.
The polico were notified and telegrams
re sent in every direction to cat eh th<
nlidencc man. One of th&c telegrams 1
ne to Atlanta and in less than five
urs Hull was caught. He hud $-"><) i*> '
uiey und a new pistol.
nail iu ins <-<iuCession says llml, In
stated to go into the scheme, and
>ped up a dollar to decide his fate. (
e dollar said "(Jo," and he went. I
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THE TRIALS OF TALMAGE. ?
V
ntractor WillB Threatens to Have f
the New Tabornaclo Sold Out.
rhe trials of Rev. T. F)e Witt Tulmage \
t account of his inability to rnine mou(outside
of his personal resources) for
?*** V<? "I I E
ctor stopped work on the miuaiEig
lie tfnie lirn> luvim'o (??** TTSOHC.y 'iVns
t forthcoming, in spite of the loan of f
25,'Kit) by Russell Huge. (,'onfractor
arles T. Wills agreed to put up the
ilding for $05,000, hut subscquom
lilies were made in the plans which
sed the price to $127,000. He has re.ved
only $05,000. Instead of $i0 - I v
>. which was <Iuc him last August, lie
eived from the trustees of the church '
? notes for $5,000 each and four fo*
,500 each, all due iu four niunths
icse notes, Contractor Wills says, have
t been paid. lie now brings suit
niiiRt the church for the balance due 1
n on his contract, and asks that lit*
iin he made a first lien on the prop
y, superseding even Russell Sage's
irlgngc. lb* will seek to have tlio mi islicti
Tabernacle sold to satisfy liis I
im.
Gov. Nicholls' Jokea.
Gov. Nicholls, of Louisiana, has lost
arm hu<1 a log. hut so deftly have the
tiliciul members been tilted to the
unips that few people aiu in the secret
his loss, says a correspondent of the
r>w York World. "His colored body
rvant was left behind on the occasion
bis last, visit to Vickxhuig, and at his
sposal during bis stay was put a likely
>tlng lad. who was told to try ami take
ic old body servant's place. That
Hlit, when Governor Nicholls was i?; "Jy [
ictiie. he stretched out one of
s legs to Ned and said, 'Ned, unscrew ,
lat leg.' Ned's eyes began to open with j
irror, but lie obeyed and took the leg j
T. Gov. N. then said, calmly stretehig
out an aim, 'Ned. unscrew that arm.'
he hov rolled up his eyes until nothing
nt the whites could he soi ?, but lie
lieyed and unscrewed the on. The
ovcrnor, who now realized his conit
ion of mind, determined to have a little
in with him, so, reaching out his neck,
i? ititkPifw fKitt tioiifl * 1111 ^
i? b'oy never waited to see whether the
cad would come off or not, and no one
icceeded in getting him to go near
lovcrnor NiehoU's again."
Impetus to Sugar Growing.
"W
The financial success of the sugar facuy
at Franklin, La., has encouraged othr
communities in that Htatc to consider
lie expediency of organizing similar cu[ rprises.
The New Orleans Times-Deincrat
says: "It has Ikcd clearly demonstrated
that the manufacture of sugar
a Louisiana can l?e extended and caried
on most successfully with these round
factories; and it is to be hoped,
hercfore, that the State will secure all
i. needs lor this industry."
A GREAT CONSOLIDATION.
The Plan to Combine All tabor in 1
Production.
Proceeding* of the Washington, D. |
O., Meeting of the Fiutnora' Al- |
liance, Knights of Labor and t
Kindred Organisations
lu pursuance of a basis for n confederation
between the Farmers' Alliance ami ,
Industrial Union, National Alliance. (
Knights of Labor and the Fanners' Mu ,
tual Association, agreed upon at Ocala, ,
and approved by the Supreme COMfiil ]
of the Fuuubu AUuutc? and IntVlMftl I ,
"tThlon, and the Colored National ^jfcUli 1
eia' Alliance and au executive eonuuiflec
from the Farmers' Mutual Henelil Association
and the Knights of l.abor, eon- ,
atituling also an executive board to rep ,
resent each individual organization above |
specified of five members each, a call
was made for each executive Ward (< (
meet in Washington city on tIn* ti'Jd das j
or.lanunry, 1S1H. The following lepre
sentatives assembled in the parlor of tieKeumoie
Hotel: 1,. F. Livingston, of
(icorgin, and Hen Terrell, of Texas, foi
the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial I'm j(
ion; T. V. I'owdcrly, John \V. Have. ,
iiiiu a. ?>. Wright for Mm- Knights ol
Labor; II. M. Humphrey, of Texas, ami
.1. .1. lingers, of North Caiolina, for tin J(
Colored National Panncis' Allianee. .
Ralph Beaumont and ii. I*. Wild, o! >
Washington, I), i'., for the Citi/.ena Alii
anec. A temporary organisation \vn n
hail by electing Ben Terrell chairman and
li. 1'. (bunt, of Georgia, secretary.
Messrs. H. C. Brown, of Georgia, C. \V
Marline, of Washington; fi. I1. thuiM, y
Hons. T. E. Winn anil II. M. Everett, o!
Georgia, were admitted the privilege ol
the floor.
On motion a confederalion was agreed r'
upon to be known as "The Confederation ?
of Industrial Organisations," upon the I'
basis agreed tiprtn at Oeala, to wit : M
1. Eaeli organisation shall be re pre v
seated by a commit lee of live t
2. Eaeli committer of live shall have H
the number of votes corresponding \v?tIt g
the meinhership in its organisation. a
II, The policy aud measures of the i >>n o
federation shall he based upon the St t<
Louis and Oeala platform. I]
i. Eat It shall stand pledged t<> assist ci
when possible in all local efl'orts to bet lei w
he condition of our people. H{
5. National delegates or coriespoudents
hall never he denied the one by the other
to long ns the confederation exists.
tl. The joint committee on ennfedgrn j
ion shall have the power by a majority .
rote to admit other orgauitatlouj _yoU^ '
** fTi T" K|hflBfa
fomr rtjintiTinw on ctnnuBiHHiimtipHpni
tu.i/ co-onerntlou, such organizalion pljjju J *
>e bound to MioDort sueli oImiin fnllJ a&Ji I tt
hccrfully. *
H. K\peases accruing on account o( ni
In* joint Committee shall l?c defrayed by w
ix- respective organizations represented. n
it. Tlx* joint committee on confcdera w
ion shall have power to adopt such by- i>
awn fur the government of the same as U|
hey shall deem best.
A committee to propose business and (M
Icinntidn fW the confederation was up- w
minted, consisting of L. F. Livingston,
if Georgia, A. W. Wright, of Pcnnsylva- s
in, K. M. Humphrey, of Texas, and L. ,
'. Wild, of the District of Columbia.
At the aecoiid day's session an election
ras held for penuaueift ollieers with the ~~
ollowing result:
Ben Terrell, President; K. M. Ilninph
ev, vice President, and J. W. Hayes,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The demands an reported were uuani- ,U1
nou-dj adopted. They embraced de9
For tvnn coinage ot th
lilver. oil
3. Fer a revision of taxation laws. fu
A. For an economical government. w?
ft. For an graduated lax on incomes. t|a,
ti. For a jultt Skate and National con10I
of public transportation.' jtl,
7. For the election of United Stale! W(
ieuatora liy the diicct vota of the peo- a
i?le. IT,
?. Ann resoiveu. ttiat Mm ?onle*i?>ra
iou of industrial org.mi/ations < 1 t in timI N'
hat in each Slate a system shall he prorided
unci faithfully execute d that will cv
nsure an honest and accurate legist rat ion "H
>f all voters, a free, fair, secret ami ctlli- ' '
iul ballot, and an honest public count; I"1
iticI we demand that each State legisla- no
lire shall make it. a felony for any im- tie
iroper interference with tlie exercise of au
on
The Now S. A. & M, Kailroad. foi
The mileage of the Savannah Americas *'J
ir . lonlgoinerv railway in operation from
he Chattahoochee river to Lyons, lift \n
present western let minus of the Eden
xtension of the Central Kailroad of 0,1
[t em gin, is 100. The i<>n?l is now being If
xte nded from Chattahoochee river, the p:
present western terminus, t?? Montgoiu- gt
i-iv, Ala., a distance of H(? miles. Of p:
Ibis. 'Jh miles of track have been laid,
and it is expected that the entire line
will he completed by the time the steel
rirawbridgc across the Chattahoochee
live r, now mirier construction, is ready, J1
whicji will he about .Inly. The mile- j'
>igc of the Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
in operation during 1880-00.
from Louvaln to Helena was 1 Ti miles. 'r
The mileage in operation during 1800-01, 01
Louvale to Lyons, was 175 miles.
the registration, ballot, or count. w
A resolution was adopted lecpiiriug
I lie ini'smi'iH iu invuu iroiii ^
every iixinstiial organization in the conn
try to meet with this body at the next j
regular meeting in 1802. k
February 22, 1892, wan fixed as the
time for the next meeting, and the place
left, to the executive board, to be pub- .]
lished six months previous to the annual
meeting.
The highest priced autograph In ox- 8
istenco is said to be the signaturo of r
Christopher Columbus, which is valued 1
at $800. Next to that is tho only letter c
by Corneille that was ever for sale. This I
is worth about the same as Columbus's j1
signature.
Moro than sixty companies for the
manufacture of cotton goods have been 1
organized in the South during the last li
eight months.
jMfe
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BUILDINGS WILL COST 110,000,
Some StAfffferinff Figures before the
World'* Fair Directors.
Chicago, Feb. 2.1.?Attorney Wilson
if the Board of Directors for tho World's
Knir, at this nfteruoon'H meeting of tho
Kvecutive Commit tec, presented the eonmet
to he signed in regard to the cmiloMiient
of labor on the World'* Fair
milding*. It recognixes the eight-hour
lay, but makes uo reference whatover as
o the employment of union or uon-uuion
urn except to prohibit the employment
>f alien labor. The question of employment
of uniou or non-union labor will be
liseusscd at the next mealing of the
Hoard. No work is being done at JackA
rough footing of tho aggregated
ost* of the construction of grounds,
milding, approaches, and inntallatious
o tlu> Fair, places the expense of the lo al
directory nt not less than $13,000,( 00.
I'lie teport of the lluilding and (bounds
ii^iiiik inr rosi ?i luu DuiUt?..*
alone til $10,000,000.
The Secretary of iho World's Ftilr
'oiniiiillci1 on Ceremonies to-day mailed
letter to tin* Adjutant-General of every
hale, apprising him that the formal deai
.11 ion of (lie K.xpositinn Imildin^ will
ake |dine in October, 1803, and that
mottg the a(tractions will he a military
arade, Oct. II, composed of the tlower
f the regular army and of the National
Irian! of the United Slates. Kvery State
? expected to take early action, with a
iew to In-iug represented in tho cererao*
ilea ___
Criminals to Hang ThemielTM.
Under the now Colorado system the
ictim unconsciously hangs himself. The
pparatus for iolf-o*ecution is simple
nough. Given n man at one end of * 4
opo and a 500-pound weight at the
tlicr, tho problem is to make this man
nit m motion tho machinery by which,
t the end of two minutes, tho woighb
rill fall and the man will bob up into
lie air. This problem tho machine has
olvcd by means of n water gauge. This
IlllgO COUNIHIS OI I WO IIUCKCIS, ODO 80t
bove the other. When the cork is pullod
ut of the upper bucket it pours its con*
nts into tlit) lower liuokot nud raises a
out, which regulates a dial iu tho exe*
iition chauiher. At tho same time the
titer, foiiiuiug out of tho upper bucket,
t the cud of a specified time releases a
nil wcighiug twenty-uine pounds, which
ills nnd pulls the trigger that lets tho
'eight full nud jerks the victim into the
ir. Tho wholo machine is set in opora*
lop by a rod which couuects with a plat*
> step upon the platform. As ho does
> tho platform sinktt a littlo and sets the
inchino, in tliu closet hohiud him, at
oik. 11Im feet are strapped and the
ooso adjualed. Tiio priest proceeds
itli his services. The dial is at the
nek of the coudemued man. Hlowly it
|iprouchea the red line which is the
eatli mark. When Joyce entored all
fes were upou the dial, but tho victim
as all unconscious. The priest proicdcd
with tfio services. Suddenly? .
ap, crash?the weight fell and tho vie*
n dangled in the air wfth three feel
id o half of vacancy beneath his feet.
(Ui ira<jo llcrald. 4
b ^
How to Wear Shoes.
4,I)o you know there isn't ono man is ~
0 who knows how to wear shoes?" reuked
a Clark street shoe dealor the
t -1 I ' -
nor wuy. -ine average aiuu buy* *
em away anil buysahflinflf tifcll*.1 W.'UWIL ?->
ight to have at lr?at two pairs of aMJes
r everyday wour, and no pairaliould ba
>rn two days in auccoaaion. At first
ought this may atriko you as a scheme
benefit the shoo dealer, but it is uoth- ^
g of tiic kind. Ma fact, such a plan
mid injure tho business. Two
iin of alioca worn alternately will lost ,.??J
ree times us long as a single pair. Tho
ving, of course, is made in the wearing
the leather. A pair of shoes worn
cry day goes to pieces more than twice
fast as a pair worn every second day.
<iiow that proposition is a staggerer,
it it is true, nevertheless. A man does
t wear out two pair of ahoea in exactly
u same manner. Do you remember hc^/
old pair feel when you first put them
again after they have been discarded
r awhile? They didn't tiA you lilto
ur new allocs, and tho contrast is tctt
irked, nut tbe same thing holds true
the case of new shoes. No two pair
your feet in exactly the same way. In
iu pair the strain and wear of the
at her fall heaviest upon one particular
irt of the shoe, uud in another tho
eateft wear and tear fall upon another
irt altogether."?Chicago Mail.
Aniinoies ror l oisniii.
I have read somewhero a request for
in pie rules to antidote poisons, and the
>1 lo wing seerp to me safe in the handa of r *
homo-folks":
For alkaline poisons, give to drink
cely of vinegar and water, lemon juice,
r acetic acid and water. ?
For opium, strong black coffee.
For acids, lime-water, chalk and
ater, even soap and water may do. *
For burns and scalds: Cover the part
rfth flour, or put on a lotion made of
qual parts of linse6d-oil and lime-watar.
n fact, I would advise every mother to
eep some of this in tlx house. ,
For nose bleed: Roll a bit of
nd place it between the upper lip and
bo gum, producing sufficient pressure to^
top the flow.
Finally?In any emergency put aside
cntiment, suppress all external evidences
?f emotion, encourage your child by
vords of cheer, and do as well as you
:<*n, being assured that few accidents
trove fatal in too short a time to summon ^
i doctor, If so be his help could have
>cen of any service.? The Ledger.
It was estimated at the beginning of i
890 about #600,000,000 were invested
n the electrical industry in the United *
itate#