The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 03, 1897, Image 6
eft as a Soldier on
the Battlefield.
Was Foremost in His Tnougbts ;
For It He Labored, Dying
at His Work.
New York, Oct 29-Henry
George, candidate of the Jeffersonian
Democracy for, mayor of Greater
. .Kew York, is dead. It has been a
critter of questioning remark all
T%1OB? bow jong Mr.; George, an old
man, could withstand the strain of
bis remarkable campaign against
bossism.
?ri^tharder .^e works,, the stronger
he gf?wsj$ was the wondering com
-'i^?^..^.|^^'^ttfce wear and j
ie*^o? s hasmad?
w$3 too mach, and after a round of
-apeecbes at College Point and Flush?
ing .L L4 and a long jump to the
Sentrai opera boase in this city, tbe
man who bas made possible the defeat
ay, who has caused Croker
hissed in bis own meetings,
ive op his life for the
canse be espoused .
b| Mrs. George accompanied him in j
ibis ronnd of speeebes last night and
: : retoraed with bim to bis hotel. Those
y wb^ mef; bim remarked that be did
I not look like the bale old man who
b*&: entered the campaign a few
weeks before A haggard and pincb
- ^ face ; a roving eye, with a wist?
ful, tired look, was what they Baid.
; But the nerves were steady, the voice
?calm, and as be listened to tbe re?
mporte of toe Tammany: celebration,
^w^ere Croker,, bis particular mark of
attack, bad been jeered, a look of
satisfaction crept over bis tired face
and;expressions of gratification es
* caped him. , .
v Mr4 George arrived at the hoteLj.
^ifeoci I o'clock ibis morning. He
v badf jost come from-several large mass
meetings in the borough of Queens
and Brooklyn. The work of the
nfghtseemed to have told on him.
fie-comp?ained of being -tired, ont
bis friends and relatives who awaited
bim thought it only the natural fa
tigue that follows such hard campaign
^ wo^ps; Mr. Georgejiad been doing.
?^j'S^^iAet reaoHng the fcptel
ne ri^re4. M?s.
him it?room 22 of
ab^|:30o'
I wi^ Awakened She found
Geo%e sitting ia an arm chair.
: - **?am not feeling quite comforts-J
: le," said Mr. George to. bis wife, .
" Won't you go back to bed ?" in
quired Mrs. George anxiously,
**f will sit here awhile." was the
ifflswer
. Mrs. George at once grew anxious
^ ber husband's condition. Mr. j
'??eprge -gradually grew ' incoherent
; and lapsed into semi unconsciousness
A call was sent to Dr Kelly. Mr
(forge's family physician, and he
. came wimont dejay
Dr. Kelly said that he saw Mr
George.a few days ago and than he
was theo in better eon dion than he
bad been at the opening of the cam?
paign. When asked to whether he
bad advised Mr. George to enter the
canvass. Dr Kelly replied evasively ;
"i don't think that any power in
Christendom coold have prevented
Henry George from sacrificing himself
in tbe cause io which he was enlist
ed, and I knew bim well."
In the death certificate Dr. Kelly
said: "I hereby certify that I attended
the deceased from September 1881,
to October 1897 ;4hat I last ?aw bim
ah'Te on the 29th of October, 189?,
at 5 o'clock in the morning, and that
to tue best of my knowledge and be?
lief the canse of bis death is here?
under written :
" 'Chief cause, apoplexy (cerebral);
contri bating cause, asphyxia ; dura?
tion of. disease, one half hour 1 "
NEW YORK BECOMES A
CITY OF MOURNING.
The Public. Sorrow.
Kew York, Oot. 31 -A mourning
city, a grief stricken people, to-day'
showed honor to the mao who had
fatlen in the battle for what he believed
tc*be tbs right. Henry George, apos
tie of the single tax, leader of the new
Jeffersonian Democracy, e trick en co
the eve of election was honored as no
private citizen of America was ever
honored before.
Poblie griefs have been many in tbe
greu metropolis of the west; many
have been sincerely tn on rn ed, bot none,
save be wbo went to eternal rest after
having served his people as a leader of
soldiers and as chief executive of tbe
land, bad laid at bis bier snob evi
fences of public grief, widespread sor?
row and sincere grief, as was laid at the
bier of Henry George. No ene would
perm?t a reminder that he had been a
candidate for public office and bad beeo
carrying oo a bitter warfare on those
wbo be believed were enemies of tbe
public weah, no one recalled the strong
words of denunciation tbav fell from
bis lips, while on tbe political rostrum,
be was remembered only as a mao wbo
so loved the poodle* that be gave bis
life for them. From the day dawe far
into the night the outward manifesta?
tion of grief lasted. Thousands gazed
upon the familiar beloved features, cold
death* yet smiling serenely in sleep,
other thousands heard stirring orations,
magnificent ea I og i es apon the martyred
?ead. Io every temple of God, wher?
ever men gathered to worship or gath?
ered to bear lectores and philosophy
taught, garlands of eulogistic praise were
bestowed upon the memory of the re?
vered dead.
In the vast anditorium where the
dead rested, inspired meo, teachers of
all faiths, JewB and Christian, Catholic
and Episcopalian, with hearts wrong
with pain, spoke words which confess*
edly fell far short of the great waves of
emotion.that sought to find utterance.
Not a dissenting voice was heard to
the declaration tnat.Henry George was
a lover of the people, who, he believed,
were being Oppressed, and that be gave
his life that humanity might live.
The eulogies uttered, tile day gone,
streets became filled with people who
siled tears to see the funeral cortege as
it passed io solemn procession down
New: York's greatest streets, thence
across Brooklyn bridge, thence through
Brooklyn'* great streets to the Brook?
lyn city hall.
There the public gate over the body
to the family and the casket was taken
to the modest home io Fort Hamilton,
from which it will be borne to i's final
resting place in Greenwood to nroTrrow
morning
At the lowest estimate 125,000 peo
pie.saw the casket a? it wended its way
to that7 point where the public was
oompelled to stand aside in reverence
and sympathy while the family claimed
it own.
HENEY GEORGE JR., IS
SUBSTITUTED ?
On the Thomas' Jefferson
Democracy Ticket-Sketch
of the Young Man's
Career.
New York, Oct. 29 - The Thomas
Jefferson Democracy substituted the
name of Henry George, Jr., for the
name of bis father, Henry George, as
candidate for mayor of Greater New
Yprk, and he has accepted the nomina?
tion.
Henry George, Jr., was born in
Sacramento, Cal , in 1862. He was
educated in the public schools of San
Francisco. He was taken from school
and pot to work in a printing office
and helped to set type for Press and
Poverty. He came east with' his
father in 1880.
In 1888: he went to England as his
father's private secretary. After his
return he was employed for some time
on the editorial staff of Truth, a daily
p/per then published in this city.
Afterward he was assistant to the late
Jumes Redpath, ' when; the latter was
editor of the North American Bovie w
Wheo The Standard was foooded by
his father the recognized exponent
of the siogle tax movement, he became
managing editor of the paper, holding
that position until 1891. Then he
went to Washington as special corres
pendent for a number of western papers.
Io 1892 he spent sis months in Eng?
land as correspondent for several promi?
nent American dailies, writing letters
on social sod political topics.
In 1893 he went to Jacksonville to
assume the news management of thc
Jacksonville Citizen. He held that
petition for two years and then retired
to act as his father's secretary and to
assist io the revision of the new book on
political economy, which was nearly
completed.
Football Tragedy
Young Gammon Dies of In*
juries Received.
j J -
GEORGIA UNIVERSITY.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 31 -Von Gam?
mon, one of the players on the Univer
sity of Georgia football team, died this
morning from the effects of injuries re?
ceived ic a game between that team
and'the team from the University of
Virginia played in this city yesterday
afternoon.
Gammon was unconscious afcer a
scrimmage at the begin o in g of the
second half and never regained bis
sen fees after tbat time. He was an ad?
mirable athlete and one of the star
players of the team. His body was
taken to Home, Ga., his former home,
this afternoon, where ioterment will
take place.
His death has stirred prejudice
against the game and members of the
State legislature, which is now in ses?
sion, are opposed to any further games
by the members of the university. ?
number of legislators expressed them?
selves-to-day as bitterly opposed to the
game, and it is thought that a bil) will
be passed in a few days making it a
misdemeanor to engage in a game of
football io this State.
The faoolty of the university bas de?
cided that the team shall play co more
games this year and will prohibit it io
the future.
Tennessee Exposition Closed.
Nashville, Tenn., Oe?. 30-This
was the last day of the Teonesree Cen?
tenial Exposition. To-oight at 10
o'clock, after a magnificent display of
fireworks and a concert, there was held
the closing meeting in the auditorium,
which was packed. Numerous addresses
were delivered, sixteen guns were fired,
and then, with the Doxology, in which
the audienoe joined in singing, the ex?
position was declared closed.
Mr. Epton Appointed.
TO SUCCEED NORTON AS
COMPTROLLER GENE?
RAL.
There was much uncertainty ail of
yesterday morning as to what Comp?
troller General Norton was going to do
about resigning bis State office, having
reoeived his certificate of election as a
member of congress. Mr Norton,
wheo seen, could not tell what he was
going todo; io fact it was hard to tell
whether Mr. Norton knew anything at
all about the matter He would have
QOthicg whatever to Ray about the mat?
ter one way dr the other. Gov. .El?
lerbe, wheri seen, said that be knew
nothing about-Mr. Norton's intentions,
but reasserted that he was 'then ready
to announce tbe appointment of Mr
Norton's successor, and would do so the
moment he received the resignation of
the incumbent.
It vas joit as Gov. Ellerbe was leav?
ing the state capitol, about 215
o'clock, wben Mr. Norton's resignation,
a very matter of fact paper, was hand?
ed to him. It was, of course, at ooee
accept sd, and tbe governor returned to
bis office. In a very short time Gov.
Ellerbe announced that Mr. L. P. Epton
the present auditor of Spartaoburg
county, bad been appointed to succeed
Mr. Norton as comptroller general.
This announcement created oo surprise,
for it had been generally coooeded that
the governor bad selected this gentle?
man to fill the vacancy in bis cabinet.
The only surprise was that this appoint?
ment did not cause tbe surprise that
Gov. Ellerbe had tbs day before pre?
dicted it would. The governor having
made this appointment, then proceeded
to appoint Mr. Eber Breoton^o succeed
Mr. Epton as auditor of Spartaoburg
county Mr. Brenton is at present tbe
clerk in the sheriff's office in his cono
*? . -
Tt is supposed that tbe new comptrol?
ler will come down to-day or to-mor?
row aod that Mr' Nerton will at unce
turn the office over to him. The new
man comes in at a time he will find
plenty of work to do, inasmuch as the
annual reports are now being made up,
and this is no small undertaking. It
is not thought any change will be made
in tbe clerical force of tbe office;
Chief Clerk Derham and Bookkeeper
Smith will doubtless retain their posi?
tions.
There is oot much to be said about
the career of the oew comptroller gen?
eral. He is a young man, being only
about 30 y ears of age. He is regard?
ed as one of the best aod most pains?
taking auditors io the State, and is
said tr be well fitted - for bis duties as
comptroller. Mr. Epton is a young
farmer ; some years ago he bad the
misfortune to lose one of bis arms io a
threshing machine He is a married
man. His first appearance io public
life was when be was elected auditor of
his county To this office be bas beeo
twice re elected, showing the confidence
the people had is bim. When appoint?
ed to succeed Mr. Norton be was serving
his third term as couoty auditor.
.Tbe State.
/
First His District, Then he
Will Look After the Inter?
ests of His State Gen
rally.
The Hon. James Norton, tbe newly
elected congressional representative
of the sixth district, leaves Columbia
early this morning to go to Washing?
ton to take -a little peep at his oew
duties up there and see bow his con .
gressiooal chair fits. He will make
only a brief stay, expecting to be back
io Columbia to-morrow aod initiate bis
successor as comptroller general.
In speaking of his plans to a Regis?
ter reporter yesterday, Congressman
Norton said be would remain in Co
lumbia with bis family uotil after the
state fair, when be would remove with
bis hoosebold to bis old borne at Mul?
lins, where be would remain till con?
gress convened, to straighten out bi*
private affairs. He would be in
Washington promptly when congress
opened in December and get down
to work for bis district and bis state
at once. His family would join him
at Washington after the holidays
44Well," said he, when asked what
be was going to do for bis country
when he got to congress. **I haven't
definitely mapped out my plans yet.
About the first thing I've got to do, is
to unload a lot of petitions for post?
masters in my district.
"The experience ? hare gained from
the service I have bad in public affairs,
will be devoted first to the interests of
the people of my district, and next to
the people of the state at Urge.
"If I can aid Columbia in any way
at any time or if I can assist any of my
old Columbia friends, it will always be
my pleasure to serve them.
"lam very much interested in the
ports of Charleston, Georgetown and
PoTt Royal, and I am going to see
what can be done towards facilitating
the work of improvement going on
there, and I will use my best ncdeavors
to have Charleston** inland navigation
improved. There are great possibilities
in those harbors, and thf-y shall receive
my study and most careful attention.
"By the way, speaking of Charles?
ton and Port Royal, while ? was in
Walhalla recently, I was forcibly im?
pressed with the importance of complri
ing the old Blue Ridge railroad. The
finishing of that road through the moun?
tains, in my opinion, would make i
Charleston and Pore Koyol the most
important ports in the Soc th The
taunel through the Blue Ridge moan
tains is almost complete as it stands,
and the masonry, which is said to be
the finest to be seen on aoy railroad, is
still incant and perfectly sound. This
road should be completed, and I am
going to look into the matter
Thanksgiving Day.
Washington, October 29.- President
McKinley to day issued his first
Thanksgiving Day proclamation, set?
ting aside Thursday, November 25, as
a day of thanksgiving aod prayer.
HAD BECOME A'CONVICT
Having Murdered His Neigh?
bor-Idea of Life Term in
a Cell Was Too Much
for Him.
One night in a felon's cell in th?
State penitentiary with the prospect
oi spending the remainder of his
life within those massive stone walls
and grated doors and windows
proved too mach of a strain for
Stephen Bryant, a white convict who
had just been received at the prison,
to stand, and he has ended his life
He secreted a pair of scissors about
bis person while working in the ho
siery mill on Thursday and daring
Thursday night he plunged them
into bis neck twice, fell over on . the
floor ead died His life blood qaick
ly flowed, out through the gaping
wounds he had made. The guards
discovered him jnst as he was breath
ing his last. The body lay as it was
.found on the cell floor, making a
ghastly picture, until yesterday
morning when the coroner went
down to the prison and gave a per?
mit for the removal of the body. The
story of the unfortunate man who has
th as died by bis own hand rather
than face a life term in prison is a
readable one.
. . Only a short time ago Bryant was
ilving quietly upon his farm in Ma
rion county ; close by lived another
white farmer named Prevatt. It
seems that one day Bryant's 12 year
old brother in law went over to visit
Prevatt Uffcn going home be told
Bryant stories about the domestic
affairs of Prevatt When Prevatt
heard of it he warned the boy, who
later came to see him again and once
more told tales. Then Prevatt gave
the boy a moderate whipping. This
made Bryant very angry and getting
his gun he rode over to where Pre?
vatt was working in his field. He
called him np and asked him why be
had whipped the boy. Prevatt fully
explained tbe matter.
"Will yon do so again ?" demand?
ed Bryant.
"If he gives me the same provoca
tion." was the cool reply.
"Then take that, and that," scout?
ed Bryaot as be discharge' first one
and then the other barrel . his gun
at the head of Prevatt, almost tear?
ing it off and killing him instantly. ,
At the trial, which took place in
Marion and was ended last week, the
evidence against Bryant was over?
whelming, but on account of ^tbe
plea of unsound mind, Which was
worked for all it was worth by the
counsel for Bryant, the jory, while
while finding Bryant guilty, eaw fit
to recommend him to the mercy of
the court, thereby securing a life
sentence for him instead of giving
him death upon the scaffold.
Bryant was brought here to begin
bis life term in prison on Wednes
day He was put to work in the
boisery mill and given a comfortable
cell in the main building He man
aged to get through Weduesday
night in hie cell, and on Thursday
appeared to be passive and resigned
to his fate. He had then determined,
however, to kill himself, for he
watched his chalice during the day
and slipped a pair cf scissors into his
jacket while working in the mill.
At 5:30 o'clock he was sent to hie
cell for the night Nothing more
was heard or thought of him until
10:30 o'clock at night At night a
"key man," a trusty convict, is kept
in the corridor inside the main cage,
to attend to the wants of the prison
ers during the night in case they are
sick or anything of that kind.- On
Thursday night Convict Hunter was
on this duty. In answering a call
from one of the cells he had to pass
by the cell occupied by Bryant. He
heard a strange gurgling sound in
the cell and notified the guard.
Corporal Smith came quickly and
the cell was opened A revolting i
scene was presented On the floor
lay Bryant breathing his last ; the
body lay in a pool of the man's life
blood, which was still flowing from a
gaping wound on the left side of his
neck. He died in a very few mo
I merits Still tightly clinched in his
hand weie the scissors with which
he had ended his earthly career.
Straightening the body out the cor
poral and the guards once more locked
the door and left the building to
await the coining of day. Then
Coroner Green was notified and in a
short time he was at the prison He J
entered the cell and saw enough to
convince him that it was a case of |
self destruction and that it was not j
necessary to hold au inquest Ac?
cordingly, he granted a permit for
the burial of the body and it was re?
moved to the prison morgue-?tate
Oct 20. 1
GOV. ELLERBIE'S ORIG?
INAL PACKAGE CRU?
SADE.
The state i's not satisfied with the
effective concesson it secured from
the railroads in getting them to boy
cot the 0. P. shops and refuse their
loose shipments, but has come down
on the wagons and will hold up and
seize all wheeled vehicles drawn by
horse, mule or other animals which
carry liquor to and supply the 0. P.
competion.
The governor takes the position
that wagons and like vehicles are not
common carriers in the legal sense of
that phrase and cannot therefore
transport liquor into this state under
Judge Simonton's decision as the
railroads are allowed to do.
So the interesting question has
been brought up now as to whether
or not a wagon is not as much o a
common carrier as a steamed vehicle.
This knotty legs! question will have
to be cracked by the courts and in
its cracking much litigation is likely
to be brought about.
Since wagons and such like vebi
des were less than a century ago the
only "carriers** on land, to show
how they have been superceded by
the law as to railroads will probably
prove interesting and intrudive.
Such a question has likely never
been raised before in this country,
and around its solution will centre
the deepest interest
Governor Ellerbe yesterday receiv
ed the following :
Laurens, S C., Oct. 30.
Governor W. H. Ellerbe :
I have Baized fonr wagons and
teams loaded with original pack?
age liquor sent by E G. OConnor to
bis agent at Laurens ; answer.
A. P. Sulliuan,
Deputy Sheriff
Governor Ellerbe wired an affirma?
tive reply.
In ?peaking of the matter Gover
eroor Ellerbe said be authorized the
seizure on the ground that wagons
were not common carriers under the
decision of Judge Simonton as to "0.
P." shipments.
The Laurens liquor will be shipped
to the state dispensary and confisca?
ted as bas been done with other con?
traband s tuff heretofore N
The seizure develops a brand new
point in the 0 P situation, involving
the construction of the phrase "com?
mon carrier," and as a great deal of
liquor is /Coming into the state all
along the borders via the wagon routes
it"is likely that these seizures will
open up & r ew .field of litigation
which will be second in importance
only to the. first tidal wave which was
precipitated by the difference of opin?
ion between the 0. P. men and the
state as to the legal construction of
the term "original package *'-The
Register.
BLANCO COMES,
WEYLER, GOES.
Habana, Oct. 31.-The Spanish
cruiser Alfonso XIII., with Marshal
Bianco, the new governor general of
Cuba, on board, was sighted off Ha?
bana this morning at 5:30 o'clock.
At 7 o'clock the Alfonso XIII, enter?
ed the harbor, and Lieut, Gen. Wey
1er, the Marquis Ahurriada, Admiral
Narvarro and other high military and
naval officers went in a special stea?
mer to meet General Bianco
After a iong and cordial conference
\ Lieut. Gen. Weyler yielded up his
! command to his successor.
At" 10:30 o'clock, Marshal Blanco
landed According to the official ac
count, he was "enthusiastically greet?
ed'' ly the populce, who shouted
' Long live Bianco."
Lieut Gen Weyler and Marshal
Blanco exchanged farewells on board
the Alfoo8o XIII , and the steamer
Montserrat sailed at 1 o'clock p. m.
She was escorted outside the -harbor
by numerous tugs laden with the
friends of the departing general and
the officers of his staff. An immense
crowd witnessed the departure from
the wharves. According to the offi?
cial account, the people cheered for
Weyler the pacificator. ',
General Weyler's escort on the
Montserrat consists of 600 sick sol?
diers.
THE REPUBLIC OP SANTO
DOMINGO SELLS OUT.
Washington, Oct. 30 -According
to a message just received at the de
partaient of state from Consul Powell,
dated at Port-au Prince October ll,
an English syndicate has secured
charge of the customs revenue of the
republic of Santo Domingo for a
period of 100 years, by making a loan
of $7,500,000 to the local govern?
ment According to the terms of the
loan, the syndicates take charges of
the custom houses of the republic,
. jceivesand collects all duties on
imports and exports, and pays over
to the government a certain per cent,
of the revenue thus derived for the
current expenses of the government.
The syndicate assumes the debt owed
to the American loan syndicate and
secures important railway conces?
sions
Caracas, Venezula, Nov 1.-Great !
excitement has been caubed here by j
the discovery of a plot to start a re- '?
volution in Venezula in order to pre- I
vent the meeting o? congress Five |
hundred arrests have been made hy |
the order of the government. The |
country at large, however, remains !
Roads at Half -the Cost.
Written for thc Epitomiat nod pab?i?bed by
request.
Having traveled over a good part
of Wisconsin the past winter attend?
ing farmers' institutes, and the ques?
tion of good roads coming np at
nearly every meeting, I have bad
some opportunity to learn how the
payment of the road tax in cash com?
pares with the old way of working it
out or paying it in labor. I notice
that it is very much like every other
reform in that it meets the greater
opposition from the ones it is most
intended to benefit. There seems to
be a very prevalent idea that the
good roads movement is intended en?
tirely to benefit bicycle riders, and
that at the expense of the farmer.
The ones who make the greatest ob?
jection on this point never stop to
think that while one bicycle rider
goes over the road 100 farmers travel
the same road with teams, and that
about one third of these teams are
pulling heavy loads The time and
effort that is wasted in traveling over
the roads as they are now, if it could
be properly, expended, would more
than keep in first claans condition all
the highwys in the country. Where
the cash system is in use. I find that
the roads are much better. First,
because they are put iu charge of one
man for half or the whole of a town?
ship, who makes a study of the mat?
ter, and soon becomes skilled in the
line, and is able not only see jnst
what needs to be done, but he can do
much more and betiter work than
could possibly be done by any one
unaccustomed to that work Second,
because the road co m misi?n er will
insist upon each and every workman
being at bis post at the proper time
in the morning, and see to it that he
does a full days's work every time,
for unless he can show that the work
is being properly done and the peo?
ple's money is being judiciously ex?
pended, his term cf office soon ex?
pires Third, because the tax payer
himself has a personal interest in
seeing that the commissioner attends
strictly to business, and does thor?
ough and intelligent' work.
Then, again, if the road-tax is paid
in cash, improved road machinery is
used, and it is certain that we can no
more afford to ignore improved meth?
ods and good tools in working
our roads than we can on oar
farms. What would we think of the
farmer who to day would cut bis
grain with a sickle and thresh it with a
flail ? Yet we find more than half
the farmers are bitterly opposed to
any improvement in the system of
roadmaking, preferring to go in the
same old way year after year. Is it
not a fact that oar products come in
competition with the products of /the
whole world, and, if so, must we not
make every effort to get them to
market at the least possible expense ?
; Where the cash system has been in?
troduced better roads are made at
lese than half the cost, and in some
cases only one third as much is now
collected as was formerly paid under
the old system It seems to me that
we could well afford to pay our road
tax in cash, and have the time we
usually spend in woiking it out to at?
tend to our growing crops, even if
we had to pay the full amount we ar?
now paying. Fpr what farmer can
afford to neglect his own home busi?
ness to go on the road at J1 50 a
dav ? If we can get more and bet?
ter work done by paying in . cash
only one half as much as we now pay
in labor (and I believe we can), it
seems to me utter folly to continue in '
the old, unsystematic, expensive
and unsatisfactory way. Let us rath?
er adopt newer and better methods,
and make an intelligent, systematic
effort to improve our highways.
ii J. COE.
Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Gen. Longstreet Succeeds
Gen. Hampton.
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? Washington, October 29.-The
President to day made the following
appointments : Jumea Longstreet, of
Georgia, commissioner of railroads,
vice Wade Hampton, resigned :
Gen. Longstreet, appointed commis?
sioner ?t railroads, is the famous Con?
federate general, who has been promi?
nent io the Sooth since the war, as one
of the leading Republicans. He was a
devoted friend of President Grant, and
bas before held office under Republican
Administrations. Gen. Longstreet was
recently married to a young lady of
Georgia. i
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A nugget of gold weigning 20
pennyweights was picked up in a
field near Gaffney a few days ago.
The Georgia Cotton Oil Mill at
Athens was burned Sunday : lo68
$117,000, insurance $78,000
Richmond, Va , Nov. 1 -Saturday
uight, at Newbern, Pulaski county,
guards stationed to watch a grain
storage house, which had been re?
peatedly depredated upon, saw a man
coming out of it with a bag on his
back. Upon being challenged he
dropped the bag, and they, thinking
he was going to 6hoot, fired and kill?
ed him He proved to be John
Teagles, the newly appointed post?
master of Newbern. He was 35
years old and had borne a good char?
acter.
Rural biind tigers are giving Gov?
ernor Eilerbe and the dispensary au?
thorities much trouble, and two adj;
di' ional special constables have been
appointed to run them down.