The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 05, 1895, Image 7
THE LATEST NEWS. ,
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS.
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Important Happenings, Both Home ,
and Foreign, Briefly Told. Q
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Southern Dots. n
A special to the Age-Heruid from Fork land, n
Ala., .says that during a thunder-storm there h
Tuesday, two negroes who had taken shelter t
under a tree were instantly killed by light- tl
ning. 2
At Lincoln, Ala., on Tuesday, James A.
Hackney, while standiug in the doorway of ''
his residence, was killed by lightning. " His
wife, who was standing close by, was badly v
shocked. *
The quartette of 'oyclista who left Knox- ^
ville, Tenn., for a run to Washington, GOO .
miles, made the trip in twelve days. The j.
distance covered each day ranged from ,j
thirty-three to sixty-five mile9.
At Grove City, Fla., Tuesday,Mrs. Richard ,
Talbott was carried out into the Gulf by a
huge tarpon. Iler husbaud was fishing in a
boat and he rescued his wife as she was
dragged past by the fish. The lady w.-u not
seriously injured. T<
Mr. Robert B.u ringer Kramer Aud Miss Ida
Irwin Howell were married at tlio First
Methodist church in Atlanta, Ga., ou Wednesday
night. The groom is the city editor In
of the Constitution, and the bride a daughter jU
of Captain Evan 1*. Howell aud a sister of .
Mi . Cla-fc Howell, editor of the Constitution.
Iron was advanced $1 a ton by the Teuu- i*'1
essee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, at Pl
Birmingham, which make* ntotal ndvauce of -pr
2.75 a ton s'nce the 15th of March, and the th
indications are that k is uot done rising yet. jec
"Bad" Tom Smith, was hanged at Jackson, icc
ICy., Friday for the murder of Dr. Rodes. He 'flj
made a full coufcssion to the jailer before the |di
drop fell. |T<
The Georgia fruit growers are fighting the
Georgia railroads, on account of alleged ex- ijv
cossive freight charges, before the State rail- jK
road commission. The railroads claim that :11
fruit ?s the most difficult of all freight to j
handle, that ice must be provided, aud hence .
the high rates. ^
Miss Nellie Murphy, while out ruling near re
Uraideutowu, Fla., was attacked by a vicious hi
stallion, chased for two m'les and bitten sj,
several times. ar
Lightning struck the barn of W. A. Gilles- gc
pie, uear Charlotte. N. C.. some time in the re
early part of Wednesday night, set lire to it, re
and the whole building was oousuuied, in- tr
eluding all of Mr. Gillespie's wheat, which he th
had just finished hauling aud gettiug uudex
cover, uud his wagon. fr
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Crime. pt
A. C. Love, formerly assistant postmaster
at Col vert, Tex., stole ?2,600 postotHee m^ney 1,1
and escaped. studied medicine, and made off _
to Central America. The postal authorities st
have caught hiin at Panama. ^
Louis O. Desforges, a convicted boodle ?(:
aldermau in New Orleans, has been refused Q(
a re-hearing by the courts. I
Private Secretary Cole Thursday morning. th
under instructions from Governor Morton, of vr
New York, informed Mrs. Annie Buchanan ail
that the Governor must decline to hear any 1,
further appeals tov clemency in uehalf o( tr
Dr. Robert W. Buchunan, now uuder sentence ic
of death at Sing Sing prison. p<
Fires.
A llro in Minneapolis resulted in the loss ol
six persons, crushed by falling walls. A t.
wholesale crockery establishment was burned
at tl loss of $90,000. J
Sun Francisco, Cal., was visited Thursday
night by the most destructive fire in thirty D(
years. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000, m
with $800,000 insurance.
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Mortuary. ui
Julius Rufflno was fouud dead iu a Pullman A
car near Lynchburg, Va., Thursday. ai
Mr. George Lee Todd w.is fouud dead in
bed Friday morning at his nephew's, Mr. J*
Mac Jamison's, three miles from Charlotte. ,u
Mr. Todd had ueea sick for some time w'th |*
dropsy. He was 70 years of ago. ~
Foreign. te
'ilie insurgents uuuor 1110 comxami 01 -y
Admiral Da (Jama, in vbe proviuoe of Rio do
Sul, Brazil, huve been defeated by tbe govorumeut
troop9 at Campos. Admiral Osorio
was Wounded and captured; be suosequeutly
succumbed to his injuries. Admiral Du Gama,
Uridine himself overpowered, committed
suicide. Ge:i. Tavarez assumed couimaud of
tbe lebels.
Miscellaneous.
Independent manufacturers of telephones
and telephone supplies are organizing iu as
Pittsburg for iho purpose of fighting tho Bell pf
Telephone Company.
The Southern Railway reports lor May
gross earnings of $1,389,503, au increase of
$90,837; expenses and taxes, $1,184,379, In- $(
crease, $45,815; not, $205,334. increase, $45,023,
aud from July 1st to May 3rd, gross.
$15,789,935, increase. $386,806. expense* anil *|
taxes, $10,902,658, decrease, $258,486; net, ril
$4,887,256, increase, $645,292.
J. L. Eisenberg, of South Bend, Ok la., m
publisher of the Wuve and tne author of the bt
scurritious articlo that lead to the killing of re
'Register Patterson and Marshal W'lliams, sn
loft town to avoid being mobbod. Tbe people 8t
on roadie# tho articlo, became so incensod p<
that threats of a mob vroro froely mado and w
had ho been found ho would have been sara- 01
inarily <lealt with. Threats are made against pi
the Wave office aud it was with great diffi- tii
culty that the crowd was kept from tearing tr
the building te pieces. pr
While this is about tho dullest reason of the w
year for railway freight traffic, receipts show ' 11
a good increase ov.or last year's business. '
Tho net gain of 82 lines iu the flrjt week of
Juno was 10.18 per cent. Only 58 hnve re- I"
ported as yet for the second week, aud the'.r of
not increase is about 8 per cent.
The Contract Fulfilled.
In tho marriage of Brooks Townes, a vji
young Atlanta lawyer, and Miss Fannie Rosa l\
Atkinson, at Kirkwood, Ga., Wednesday, a <o<
contract mailo twenty-one years ago was <,rt
ful III led. When the two were infants their l'?
mothuis plighted them. Mrs. Atkinson gave f?"i
a deed for her daughter to the Townes baby r"
boy. Thechildren did not see eacli other <*?
from the time they were three years old until
they were twoniv wh?? they ;..el by acci- '"It
?louf. liach knew of the contract, and they. t'r
proceeded to fall in love with each other anil A!
carry out tho agreement. Or
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Iirice Chosen hs Chairman. to
The central State committee of Ohio md.
at Columbus on Tuesday and selected Springfield
as the place and August 20th and 21st
as the date for holding tho Democratic State
convention. United States Senator Brie* b<
was chosen astemporary chairman, receiving n
18 oat of 21 votes. L
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H\RO!N FOR COVER MOR.
rii? Kentucky Democratic Convention
Adopted "Sound Money" Ueaolutinne.
A victory for "sound iniuoy' was
von in the Kentucky Democratic State
Jonventlou sic Louisville, but a free
liver sympathizer. P. Wstt. Hardin was
lomlnated for Governor on the first ballot,
ienator J. C. S. Blackburn made h speech
efore the Convention, and pleaded for haraony
sind a broad double standard. He
sited that a compromise plank be adopted,
ut it was rejected by a vote of nearly throe
e one. Here is the financial plank which
he Convention adopted by a vote of 643 to
34: .
"We reaffirm, without qualification the
rinolples au:l policies declared by the Naional
Democratic platform of 189*. and delare
that our present National Democratic
.dministration is entitled to the thanks of
he party for its honest, courageous and
tatesmanlike management of public affairs;
ud we express our undiminished conlldence
j tho Democracy and patriotism of Presluut
Orover Cleveland and his distinguished
l-udviser, Secretary .John <1. Carlisle, ef
L ntuolty."
THE SILVR RITES CALLED
o Meet In Washington, D. C., An*
gust 14. #
Whon the silver convention recently held
Memphis, Tenn., adjourned, a meeting of
-eminent silver Democrats was hold to forulate
plans for the organization of a najual
Democratic bi-metallic league, the
lrpose of which wa3 declared to be to so
srfect tho organization of silver Democrats
iroughout tho country as to place them in
mtroi of the county, state and national
In their cvnressions unou the
iuncial question. Senators Turpie, of latum;
Jones, of Arkansas, uud Harris, of
mnessee, were the leaders In the moveent.
It was decided to issue an address to
Ivor Democrats throughout tho United
ates, asking their oo-operation in the work,
iis letter has been prepared and a copy is
i follows:
"Dear Sir : Soon after the adjournment
the silver convention held in this city on
u 12th aud 13th instant, many Democrats,
presenting several states of the Union,
lid a meeting hero for the purpose of conilorlpj
the best uimuud oi securing tho free
id unlimited coinage of both silver and
>ld into full legal tender money of ultimate
idemption, at the rntio of 16 to 1, without
igard to the financial policy of other counios.
and it was unanimously agreed as to
e court dent opinion of that conference:
First?That the only hope of securing the
ee and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to
Ls through the action of the Democratic
irty.
"8econd?That a large majority of the
emocratic party of the country, and a very
rge majority of the people of the United
ates, irrespective of party, favors such
linage.
"Third?That tho success of the Democratparty
in the campaign of 1896 largely, if
>t wholly, depends upon the earnest, active
Ivocacy of the free and unlimited coinage
silver.
iiVnurfh?Tlmi a ihnrmiffh nnrAnir.atlnn of
e Democrats of the several States who fa>r
the free and unlimited coinage of both [
Iver and goid on terms of equality, at 16 to I
is a necessary and proper means of conoiling
the notion of the national Democratoonvention
of 18W upon this vitally im>rtant
question.
Fifth?That in order to avoid friction and
e complaint of such Democrats as oppose |
iB free coinage of silver, we will now invoke j
ib action of the remaining machinery of |
ie party, whose duty it is to act for tho !
hole party without regard to differences of
>in(on, upon a single question.
'Therefore, we, the undersigned, were ap. \
jinted a committee to take such steps as j
ay be necessary to a thorough national or- j
inizatlon of silver Democrats, and for that i
jrpose we respectfully invite you to meet
i at Washington, D. C., on the 14th day of 1
ugnst, '895, in ordor that we may oonfer I
id co-operate in establishing such organizaou,
and you are also requested to bring
ith you such Democratic friends as are in
ill sympathy with this purpose. It is imirtant
that some Democrat acceptable to
ie Democracy of your State, and willing to
ipresent it on a national executive commlte
should attend this conference.
"An oarly answer addressed to Hon. Casey, j
oung, Memphis, Tenn., will greatly oblige, !
"Respectfully,
"Israii O. Harris,
"J. K. Jo MRU.
"XLavxd Tubus."
IURUAN BELMONT BOND DEAL.
hey Make a Good Profit Out of
Uncle Sam.
The syndicate's payment of gold Thursday '
fg negated over $6,500,000, completing that
irt of the contract, a ml raising the Treasury
>1(1 reserve above the $100,000,000 mark. |
y the terms of their contract they received i
>2,150,000 iu 4 percent, bonds, for whi-h
ev have paid $65,116,275.
The difference between the price paid? I
104.4946 per flOO?and ri3>.;. which is the
mug market price now. is what the syudl- j
ife ami tbo.se associated with 'hem have j
ude by reason of the advanced price of the !
inds. This latter price, however, has been i
ached by easy stages, and tiie exneuse of
ipplying sterlings exchange since February j
ll to the present time, and the further ex- J
?nse of furnishing it until October 1st next
ill have to bo deducted from their apparit
profits to ascertain thuirapproxiinate net
oilt from the entire bond transaction. At
ties, during the period covered by the conact.
exchange has been below the exporting
int. at other times the cost of stipplynig it
as slight, whde at some periods (lie exi
tnge ra'e was so high that the cost must
ive boon ?111 it?t heavy. Only the syndicate
p>escntaiivim know the amount, a.- 'Iiede- .
ir'.aieut In- nothing to do wi'.U 'his feature j
t tie '. r.,:i ' 'on,
Convicted Twice.
At Atlanta, fi i , Wilbam Myers was < >u.
ated for the second time of the tnifder of [
rest Crowley. The murder was commit, j
I last August, when Mayers fled and wt\ j
ptured at Cincinnati. lie denied having i
mmitted the crime and declared that a t
end of his named Brown Alcn was tlie I
al murderer. Mayers stated that lie n<* |
mpttniod Crowley aid Allen to the an burii
nark ? >?? Crcr.'...? ?vas Killed, but lit
limed that Crowley ami Alien left htm sitig
in a buggv and they went off together
leu came tiiielc and said that lie had killed
owley. The verdict is witiiout reconimee.
Mon to mercy which moans hanging uutes)
tew trial can he ob'atnod or the Qoverro:
mmu'ej.
Mobbed.
John Freya young white man, and memir
of a gang of fire bugs, was caught tiring
house in Gretna, a suburb of New Orleans,
a., aad was banged by a mob.
HORR1RLK A<rrs OF A MADMAN.
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Ho KUIs His Wlfo, Mortally Wounds <
One Boy and Trios to Kill Others. i:
A horrible affair occurred near v
Huntersville, N. C., Friday afternoon,
the facts in the case as nearly as could ?
bo ascertained being those: J
A white man named Huns, who is a (.
farmer, was at work in his cotton n
patch. Throe or four boys of the
neighborhood passed along and holler- t'
od at Sims, not meaning auv harm, but e
bo took it as an iusult, aud turned on 0
tho boys, furiously. One of the bravest
in the crowd picked up a rock and '
threw it at him. Sims put his hand to p
his hip pocket, drew forth a pistol u
and lired at the boys. The ball struck tr
oue of them (name not known) under
the eye,it is thought, mortally wound- 3
ieg him. Sims t.heu rau across the field
toward Ins house. His wife saw him ( j
comiug, anddiviuiug iutuitively that
ho meant harm to her, ran out of the ,'i
house and across tiie field. >|
He pursued and caught his wife, who,
frightened nearly out of her wits, had
hidden iu the field Tho demented q
husband, put the pistol to bis wife's
temple aud fired, killing her iustautlv.
Sims left his wife in the field wel- *
tering iu her own blood and went tc
Huntersville aud gave himself up. He
said the reason he killed his wife was
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VUUV IIt5 IVUW? UO WUUIll ciuuct uc uuug
or sent to the penitentiary for life for fj
shooting the boy, and he con hi not bear
to he separateu from her. j
Tho boy who was shot was taken by ( ^
the othor boys iu the crowd to a neighboring
house and a physician summon- n
od His chances for life are slim.
Suns made the following confession c
to a reporter of the Charlotte Ob t,
server: I,
"I was on my way homo from tho ^
low grounds and had a 'square' in my J*
hand which t had used iu measuring a 0'
ditch. It was about 4 o'clock in the h
afternoon. I had to pass a field along 2
the roadside where a lot of young men h
were at work cutting wheat. They
were Ben Barnett, Grant Stewart, Ar- <
thur and Will Alexander. They were
near the road and hollered at me, asking
me what I was doing with the *
square, at the same time using some
bad language. Will Alexander spoke p
up and said 'you had better 'square' n
things right now.' I became incensed tl
at what the boys had said, and said to 0
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.IOIIN SIMS. ))
Alexander: 'Come out in the big road
and you and I will fight it out here, ti
and if you are afraid to come let any of
the gang come and I will 'square' ?
things.' . ?'
"The boys stepped out into the road 11
and Will Alexander said he was ready "J
to meet mo. At this juncture I ran to ^
my hou3e, about 30 yards away, and 01
got my pistol and was returning >\ nere h
the boys were when they, the bovs, be- G
gan throwing rocks at me. When I ,l
had gotten near tncm Will Alexander
spoke and said: 'Goon back to work and
put your old pistol up. 1 am not afraid
of you or your pistol either ' I said:
'I am not afraid either.'' Alexander t[
again said: 'Shoot if you dare; cotr.c
out in the road and I'll tight you," and
picked up a rock and advanced and
threw it at me He was about 30 yar '. J*
away from me when he threw the rock
I pulled my pistol from my pocket ai.i j r,
ran toward Alexander and fired two | w
shots. The S2Cond shot cutered the ; p<
face under the left eye. or at least r j in
looked that way to me. I was sure I ;
had killed Alexander, and the next n!
thought that entered my mind was
my wIKK.
"I could not think of going to jail and
leaving her. I turned and ran toward
the house. My wife was out at the
road, about ten steps from the house, 1 o:
talking to John and Jim Johnston, who ' rt>
had passed the field where the fracas I ^
occurred. I supposed they were talk 0f
ing about what had occurred between ad
me and the boys. When 1 got near '
where m v wife was she sr r<?? in?>il nmi lif
said, 'Oh, John, don't shod.';uul ran hI
to the cotton Held near the house. 1 !:l
ran after her with pistol in hand, him j'J
when I was about 30 yards from her. m
fired, She wheeled and foil. ItPou.-lii ,
I had killed her, but aft?r examining !
her closely I saw that, the sine oni, |
took effect in her hand. While I *vm- I
preparing to shoot iter a if* in she m \or in
spoke, but lay as if she were dead. I ! !lc
placed the pistol to iter forehead and t|,
tired while she was lying senseless on ,.0
the ground. ru
"1 turned and went back to where th
the Johnston's were standing, and said br
to them: 'I killed my darling wife, i 1"'
and will go at once and give myself up.'
Before leaving for Iluntersville I went
back to the Held l.i .r.vd ui; wite
auo said, 'darling, meet me ir. Heaven '
When asked what he meant by kill- c'
ing his wife, Sims said he couldn't C<
bear the idea of being bung and leav- f(]
ing his wife behind: that he dearly n,
loved her and they had always gotten
along together nicely, with the exeep
tion of one or two little quarrels they '
had had, and they didn't amount to '
anythiog. His wife was always good Hto
him and treated him kindly on all C
occasions lie said, furthor, do family
troubles whatever led him to the rash
sot. m
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.Sims was married four months ago to
larah Martin, the woman he murderid.
Sho was 18 years old last May.
Ihe is the daughter of J. C. Martin, 1
rho lives near Caldwell's Station, on
le Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Rail- '
oad. Sims will be 25 years old tooorrow.
His weight is about 100
lounds. He has sandy hair and musaclie,
and has a very good counten- ']
nee.
His last words to the reporter were <
liat "he had given up everything and ,
xpected to be hanged, and that his ]
nly hope was to meet his wife in
Leaven." Ho made a request that the t
ood people pray for him. and that the ?
reaohers visit him and pray with him. A
[e seemed perfectly sane, and when
iked if he had ever had any mental "
ouble, replied that he had not. He (.
lid he let his temper get away with
im when he shot Alexander, for which
e was sorry, and that he hoped God ?
ould forgive him for what he had ?
Jne. ?
COMMERCIAL REPORT .
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THE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING. ,
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3uslness Improving Despite the Crop t:
Prospects.
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It. O. Dun A Co's trade review for the ^
ast week says: The half yearly report of L
li lures next woek will include about 6,900 '
gainst 7.039 for the first half of last year, j
ud liabilities of about $88,000,000 against ?
1101,578,152 last year. But for tho cordage i
oncern, the aggregate would bo nearly 23
>er cent, less than last year, and tho rnunu- *
icturing liabilities 26 per cent, less but in- .,
'.tiding it, the manufacturing liabilities will t
e about $40,000,000,000 against $41,476,102 P
ist year, and tho trading $45,000,000 against j,
i52,34o,978 last year whi|" miscollaueous lia- t
ilitios were only $2,700,000 against $7,856,- i'1
72 last year. Failures for tho past week
ave beeu 256 in the United Htatos against I
11 last vear and 22 in Canada acrainst 35
ist year. .11
Business is bettor, although the crop out- b
>ok, atTecting prospects beyond the near full
re, is a little less distinct.
Cotton has fallen three-sixteenths to seven gt
ents, in spite of reports of serious injury by
aius in Texas and Louisiana.
A little buying by Northern spinners surrises
the market for their takings have been
lore than enough for the year's consumpIon.
and British returns show a great dorease
in exports of cotton goods. The labor
roubles are passing with frequent advances 1
1 the rate of wages paid. w
The closing of the contract by the syndicate w
aises the Treasnry reserve about $100,000,000
ut the certainty that 110 moro gold is to be S.
nportod by the bankers makes foreign ex- D
hangc stronger, and if a large part of the al
onds taken abroad have been ro-sold to sf
liis country, deliverable as soon as possible, j<i
9 some believe, the heavy merchandise im- 01
orts for June at New York, 48 per cent. g<
irgcr than last year, against exports about
per cent, smaller, will render exports of
old altogether probable. Money still comes 6
ither from tho West in amounts aggregat- ~
ng $250,000 daily, and commeroial loans
re enlarging, particularly on iron and other
lanufacturing paper.
The volume of business represented by ox- C|
lianges through the principal clearing .
ouses is, for the past week, 35 8 per oont 11
irger than last year, a really surprising gain o
nd only 7 to 1 per cent less than in 1892, ^
diit; tho averse for ttie month is 28 8 per r
ei.t. larger than list year and 7.1 per cent
Mjllinn in 1H09 Thu ^tnpn ia I,I,.1,1,. tl
ouragins, in spite of the comparative mugni- a
ido of speculative importations. t<
There ore a few evidences of a revival of b
oneral trade at the South, "but merchants at ,!>
Imost all leading cities in tnat region report ?<
lut the demand continues vqry moderate, *
nd collections are slow. Cotton and fruit b
roos in the South Atlantic States promise b
e 1. and tho business outlook is reported si
icouraging. Incessant rains in Texas have ti
urt the crops. Increased shipments by I<
alveston jobbers are reported due rather to | g
railway freight rate war than to increased ,
cm and.' ti
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Asked to Resign. tl
Governor Morrill of Kansas, has demanded n
ic resignation ol W. J. Hurd and J. J. Barnes, ! *'
le two Populist members of the State board ^
r dircctcrs of tho penitentiary. Hurd and tl
arncs wore hold-ovor appointees of Gover- w
cr Llewelling and constitute a majority of ci
le board. la his letter demanding their I
signations, the Governor charges them ti
ith being incompetent aDd derelict in tho tl
rtrformauco of their duties, calls upon them, c:
i case they decline to rosign, to appear be- b
ire him and show cause why they should ii
31 bo removod. Both say they will not si
ve up their offices and defy the Governor T
i remove them. a
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Vote for Sliver or Resign.
The democrats of Wood county, Tex., have f<
gnnized a strong bimetallic club. In tho Is
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solutions recently adopted declaring for a
e free, unlimited and independent coinage fl
silver at 1G to 1, this resolution was also w
lopted: Xj
"We call on our representatives in both o
nisos of congress to labor for the repeal ot (j
I laws, if there be any, granting the secro- tl
y of the treasury the power to issue bonds h
ttm? of peace, and if any member of either c<
>use of congress refuse to so labor, wo do. m
and his immediate resignation." t(
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2,000 Men Oct a Raise.
At PhcDnixvsllo, Pa., notices were posted p
all tho departments of the Phoenix Irob si
id Bridge Company Satuiday announcing
tit iho wages ot 2,000 employes of tha j t|
mpany are raised. The works aro now i y
lining full time on some la-go orders and
e work on the material for the Sioux City
idg'\ which which was stopped wheu the
inio began two years ago, has boeD resum.
The works are rinninir niL'ht and daw t
C'ic.MiT i iiited. ?
Cheater County Demon Hi* b.ive de- a
ared for pence ami unity. In the j
onnty Convention called to suggest a
ut men to no run in >ho primary on v
I? 20tli of .Tnlv for delegates to the J
(institutional Convention the follow- c
>, v.? .o noiniuaied by a large majority: t
Jj. C.'onn and A. O. Atkinson, Conrveiives;
(?eo W. Gage and T. J. '
unntpgham, Hefonuora.
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rteorgla peaches by tho carload are on rno ?
ore,
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
The Georgia Press Association loft oa Siit- H
irday for u trip to Camilla.
The forty-third Georgia Volunteers are to
uld their reunion this your at Gainesville.
I'he date in August 17th.
At Bun Francisco, Cat., Saturday. Louis ^
3lauc, ex-troasuror of tho B'Nni 11'Kith So iety,
committed suicido l>y asphyxiation,
lo was short $13,000 in his accounts.
Dr. Oeorge a. Loreombo died at Savannah,,
la., Friday of typhoid fever. He was at
me timo assistant and house surgeon at
Isllevue Hospital, New York city.
The fruit and market garden business of
he south now brings into that section $50,KiO.OOO
a year and in tho uoxt few years it
VilV be doubled.
It**v. Dr. Thornwell. of Fort Hill, 8. O.,
rid Dr. E. Nye Hutchinson, of Charlotte, N.
J., have been appointed delegates to the Pan
Vegbyteriau Council which moots In Lonlon.
George 8. Moore, assistant postmaster at
ilobile. Ala., under H. D. Barker has been
enteucud to two and a half years imprisonn
*:it at hard labor for embezzlement of funds
v'lilo assistant postmaster.
In te.iring down an old house on the Morls',u
place near Jackson Springs, Moore
outity, N. C., a few days since, K. M. Mcl.tukill
found twenty-seven Spanish silver
l-dlars, wrapped iu a handkerchief and sercted
between the walls. Some of them:
-ore the date 1717. The handkerchief was so
Id that when tho boards were removed tho
iionoy rolled out, says the Carthage Blade.
TheCintral Railroad of Georgia, the Geortia
Railroad aud the Atlanta and West Point
tailroad, with an aggregate of about 2.200
niles of track, covering almost the wholel
Hate of Georgia except tbo portion covered.
y the Southern Railway, which will erect an
udependent building, will join in tho orec-j
ion of a handsome building for a display of!
he resources of their respective territories
,t the Cotton States and International Ex*1,
losition ui Atlanta.
A report comes from the town of Ipava,
H., saving a Mr. Budloug, a clerk at the ho-i
el Bloom field, at Mount Sterling, grabbed upj
. small grip, which, from Its size, appeared!
o weigh but a fe - pounds. But it was-thej
>iw}rciiv ui ti ii nyruuK lOuiranumuTO UI ?|
ypo foundry ?nd wan filled with ThOi
??? 4,?r~i-y^ uk? shoulder when ne under*
ook to lift the light valise not expecting a
ieavy weight. His shoulder and side be-,
ame tuflamed. and, u few days later, he
lied. having also symptoms of pneumonia. 1
Several cases of yellow fever are reported
t tlia port of Vera Cruz, but thus far there
ive been few or no deaths. I
At San Francisco. Cal., Judge Ross in the
aited States District Court has decided the
lit of the government against the estate of
10 Into Senator Stamford for $15,000,000.
he decision is against the government.
A due1 was fought ou Saturday by M.
adaod. e\-miuisler of agriculture, anil M.
eon Mirnmu, Radical-Socialist, member of
ie French Chamber of Deputies for the
irst district of Kbeins. Swords were the
eapous used. Pf. Gaudaud was slightly
ouuded.
A local passenger train, ea3t bound, on the
vjtheru Railway, was wrecked at Fullen's
epot, ninety miles east of Kuoxvilie, Tenn.,
i 8 o'clock Friday. Engineer John Patter >u
of Knoxville, was hilled. His flromau
imped and was only slightly injured. No
ae else was injured, although the oassen.'rs
were badly shaken up.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
ur Regular Correspondent Gives ol
Interesting Letter.
The issuing of that call for a free silver
onference or convention to meet in Wash-i
lgton in August, by Senators Harris, Jones,'
f Arkansas,and Turpie.all Democrats, indl-i
ates that the setbacks which the silver.
lemocrats nave received in Ohio and Ken-]
icky have not caused them to think ofi
bandontng the tight. Just what is expectedl
j be accomplished by thisoouterence has not,
een made public and probably will not be!
rior to the conference; but there are grounds'
>r the statement that one of its purposes j
rill be to ascertain definitely what proba-<
ility there is of making a successful com-',
inatlon of the South and West in behalf of
liver. While many Democrats continue to
ilk of the probability of that party declaring
jr silver at its National convention, the
oneral impression is that the Administration
rill be able to duplicate its success In Ken-i
ucky in a sufficient number of Southern'
lates to give it control of the National coot
onffon. It Is daily becoming more certaiw
lint the Republican National convention will
either declare for silver nor nominate a
liver man for President, although it may
omiDate a silver man for Vice-President,
ccording to those who are deeply studying
So situation, the whole thing will turn upon
rliother ihe silver Democrats And Republic
tins can be kept in their respeotive parties,
f they can be, then silver will not cut ?
gure in the Presidential campaign. Rut, if
lo silver men should all leave the Demo^
ratic aud Republican parties, as many
elieve they will, r.nd act with the Populists
1 supporting a silver man for President,
ilver would be very much in the campaign.!
he leaders of the old parties recognize thls^
nd are doing all they know how to do to
revent the desertion of their silver members,
inch depends upon their successor failure,
Thut the United States is far ahead of the
iremost European countries in many things,
i well known to well-informed people, but it
i seldom that h European will acknowledge
s much. An exception Is Mr. Robert Westeld,
ot London, now visiting Washington,
'ho.savs: "The temneraneo ouostion in the
ulted Slates Is better dealt with iu at leasts
lie particular than the same problem in1
rent Britain. I haye boon pleased to note
int the disastrous effects of alcohol on the
uman system are generally taught in your
immon schools. This is, I think, about thej
lost rational plan. If boys were educated
> know the poisonous properties of spiritous
liquors they would lie lass Inclined to
so them n? a beverage. I understand that
i this country a large proportion of the
ubiirr schools use text books treating on tho'
ibject in a scieofiflc way, yet not above the
>mprehension of the pupil. Tbisrtrikes me
< one of the most admirable ideas In educa-i
on, and I hope that it will beco|;<<*d in in?
Idei countries of Europe."
Georgia as a "Pencil Orchard.*'
On a single railroad system in Oeor????( jj
-> itiporieo, there are 2,OSS,000 peach treo9
I ready bearing, and tho whole State is grudu>lly
developing into a magnifieent peach
irchard. Some single orchards number over
00,000 trees, while almost all tho farmers
ire setting out orchards In tho hopo of desloping
the Industry still further. "Tho
alue of the crop," it Is added, "is not conInod
to the producers alone. Tho railroads
ome In for n very handsomo precentago of
ho profits and the individual canners not
inly make a good deal of monoy which is
nvested in other industries in the State, but'
five employment to a large number of peo<>le,
thus increasing the inducements for'
ttlemeot in tho various districts and in*
r easing the value of land, as well as giving
ho other Stats Industries a big lift"
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