NO. 24
VOL. III.
SALISBURY, N. 0. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1890.
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AT THE CAPITAL.
WHAT
TUB FIFTY-FIRST
18 DOING.
CON.
APKMQSHra&STS BT PRKStDEST HARRI80N---WfcASCBES
OF NATIONAL IMPORTA5UR
AS ITEMS OF GKXEftAL WnSREIST. "
t ine nrst taree-qiiaers of an hout 'ol
Miq -Iressipa of the house -Wednesday
pmorningwas consaed in a deiultory
discussion as to the status pa the calen
dfcr of private claims reported tram the
5burt of claims. hsX the SDeakei- "reserved
JSus decision, 15r. Cannon, from the com-
Janittce on rales, teportcd a resolution set
ting aside Wednesday and Thursday for
the consideration of the Oklahoma bill.
The resolution was adopted -ead accord-
gijr nee noHse weni inio 'committee oi
4he whole m the Oklahoma bill. Mr.
Kelly, -of -Kansas, offered 'fen amendment
psoviingthat a general -status of Kansas
(instead of Nebraska) stall extend over
the territory, until after ihe first session
of tke legislature.
The-senate, on Thursday, confirmed the
nomination of Lieutewant Colonel Wil
liam "Smith, paymaster general, with 'the
rakof brigadier geeeral. Collectors of
'sustoms E. C. Duncan, district of Bcae
fort, .TT.-C. Collectors internal revenue
Virginia, P. II. McCrull, wxth distaict:;
J. W. Brady, second district. If. 11.
W-UKams, United States Marshal, wuth
rn district of Florida.
Hn the house on Friday Mr. Perkins, of
IKansas, .stated that an erroneous impress
ion had gone out that, according o the
Oklahoma bill passed Thursday, tbe'Cfacr-
' ok eo outlet had been declared open to
tticment uuder the homestead .laws.
'Under the provitions of the bill thoCher
jkee outlet was not open to settlement.
iThe statement should have been that the
i public land strip,, not the Cherokee out
: let, had been opened to settlement. The
Cherokee outlet, he said, was embraced
within the limits of the new territory, but
was not open to settlement under the
; homestead law. The house then went
i into committee of the whole on th8 prl
v-ate calendar. The bill authorizing the
president to retire (JeneralJ. C. Fremont
with the rank of major-general was taken
up. The bill was laid aside with a . fa
vorable Tecommendation. This, with
several otiier Dins, was suDse?ucntiy re
ported to the house, but no final action
wa taken, and at 5 o'clock the house
fiooK a recess until 8 o'clock, mm -evening
session to be for the consider&tien of private-
pension bills. The usual Friday even
ing routine was somewhat enlivened by
a-discussion of the bill granting a pen
non of $40 per month to Francis ;Den
ning, of Michigan, on the ground of
blindness. This is one of -the bills
vetoed by President Cleveland. Thi3
bill and one other pension bill were re
ported from the committee of the whole
to the house, but before action could be
taken upon them, Mr. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky, moved au adjournment, which
called for a vigorous protest from Mr.
Perkins, of Kansas, and Mr. Allen, of
Michigan, against the action of gentle-
men on the other side in defeating pen-
tin r cy l .
uoa legislation, ine nour oa iuoo nav-
Jnl the senate on Friday Mr. Hale, from
the committee on appropriations, reported
' the urgent deficiency bill. . ...Mr, Blair's
ttA 1 A V CTuL. bUO AAUUSG ttUJUUlUCU.
educational bill was taken up at S.:lo as
unfinished business and Mr. Teller ad
dressed the Senate in support of it. . Mr,
Call gave notice that ha would
V move to modify certain rules as to execu
tive sessions, the object of the motion be
ine to allow consideration of the nomi
nation of Charles Swayne Joseph and N.
Struggling as judge and distriet attorney
for the northern district of Florida, to be
considered in open executive session
Mr. Cullom presented a resolution relative
to the death (on March 9, 1889) of Rep
resentative Townsend, of Illinois. He
nronounced an culogium on the dead
member and also named Messrs.
Ho jr. Kellv. Nutting. of New
York.; Laird, of Nebraska, and -Gray,
of .Iowa. Hu.cn occasions, ne said, were
lolemn and the more often they occurred,
the more solemn and startling they
seemed. After feeling and appropriate
remarks by Messrs. Vest, Hale and Jones,
. ' ' of Arkansas, the senate, as a further mark
of respect, at 3:33 adjourned.
In the house, on Saturday, Mr. Lodge,
of Massachusetts, from the committee
on naval affairs, called up the bill to
transfer the revenue cutter service from
ihA trpnsnrv denartment to the navy de
partment! Pending decision of the joint
order that the bill must be considered in
nmmittrjG of the whole, the hour of 2
o"fcloek; arrived, and, pulillc "business
heing suspended, the house proceeded to
pay its last tribute of respect to the mein
orv of William D. Kelley, of Pennsyl
vania Fflftlintr and eloouent tributes to
naid bv Messrs. O'Neil.
f Pennsrlvania: Holman, Banks, Mills,
nriririW. Bingham. Wilson, of West
Virginia; McKoeny, of California; Reily,
f Pennsylvania: Beckenridge, of Ken-
nw TZrrr. of Iowa: and lleyburn. of
Pennsylvania. iu
journed.
house then ad-
X4YTES.
JLUC i.U2ilUJivM-v
.-i Trl tn the house the militarv
.fldfrnv appropriation bill. It calls foi
f 430, 6liC. y
The secretary of the treasury on
Wednesday received a conscience con
v.ntinn -f S20.25 from an unknown
rr-.iiidr.nt of Charleston, S. C.
It is "iven out thnt the republicans of
the house election committee on W ednes
dav decided to unseat Iuis W. Turpin,
of Alabama, ana onn w iuvtli rua Vi.v.
Tinffie) to take his place.
mu trvmintr nfria oost-masters
were appointed Saturday: C. D. Mays, at
tuac. Wancn county: B. R. Bums, at
OwlfthorDe county: Levi
strend. at Yatesviil.c, Upson county.
TTii'ino -Jias aske d for a dc-
? .-r-;f; to de-
fay he' expenses of the international
Thr nrimnal an-
ciarnimc tuuiuvw. -.-s
pronriation of $20,000 was entirely inad
equate, i , .
The McCommas anti-gerymandenng
bill, to nullify the effect of the Ohio re
. distVicting act, will be reported favorably
to the house from the. committee on elec
tions of president and representatives, to
which it was referred.
The grand jury, on Friday, after ex
minin2 the witnesses who testified. at tha
inquest, prefeted Kincaid for the mur
der -of cx-CotJgressmaa fTaulbee, and the
district attorney was directed to prepare
an indictment to be submitted to cour.
The senate on Wednesday proceeded to
vote on the resolution to exclude from the
the CmgremmalBeccrd the interpolations
made by Mr. Call in the report oi the
discussion with Mr. Caedler on tne otn
of February. The resolution was agreed
to yeas 30, nays 14,
Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. iWanamatier, Mrs.
Russell B. Harrfo(!, Miss Wnamaker,
Mrs. Wildon, C Philadelphia ; Miss
Robioon, of Nw York; Mf. Russell B.
-Harrison and Hairs. Hammond, ol lren-
ton, left WatSaagton Thursday morning
in tibe private sr of J. H, 'Inman, rresi-
dt of the Richmond and Danvilli rail
wad, for a south. I
The seeate -on Wednesday confirmed
tike f ollowlnff 'nominations : . Collector of
customs, -A. E. Tjee, St,
ielP. Bcolh, Mobile.
ITnitca States mr
southern dBtrict
shals, Simon Mathews
of Mississippi: George L
Cunningham,
Brown, wes
South Carolina i James W.
tern district 'of Tennessee: William E.
Craig, United States attorney, western
district'df Virginia. Post-masters, Mis
sissippi; W. F. Elgin, Corinth ; Virginia,
C. XV McCabe, Leesburg ; Parke Agnew,
Alexandria.
SRepreaentatives of her Florida orange
growers appeared before the ways and
means committee on Wednesday to request
an aaduionai measure
of protection for
their industry. J. E.l
Hartridge present-
ed their case in &m argument, dunne
which he dwelt at length upoa the prac
tice by importers of securing undue re
missions of duty upon (damaged fruit. He
believed that the duty should be hxed at
f 1 per box, and the provisions for damage
allowance should bet strickei from the
law. ' . i
:I)r. McCune, a high officer in tike al
liance, and editor of the National JZcono-
wiist, told the committee on agriculture
that the alliancemen of the South were,
divided on the compound lard bill. He
said many favored it, and many opposed
it. The southern members, however,
said he was not correct: that every
farmer in the cotton states was opposed
; to the measure, as it was a direct attack
upon cotton seed, and j would reduce their
value to almost nothing. All the efforts
of the southern men are now being ex
erted to smother the bill and committee.
There is a muddle; over the world's
fair bill,- and it looks somewhat like there
will be no fair after (all. The Chicago
people are asking for two million dollars
for the government exhibit. In this con
nection there is an interesting develop
ment. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, chairman
of the appropriation qommittee, has re
cently been making strong ;resistance
against the extravagant appropriations
for public buildings. The .advocates of
public buildings argue that if the gov
ernment is in such a financial pinch that
it cannot afford th necessary public
buildings for its own ase, it has not :the
money to spend for a great exhibit at a
world's fair in Chicago. Mr. Cannon
has taken such a decided stand against
public building appropriations that he
can hardly change jtactics even for
Chicago, con sequent! vj the Chicago men
are very much agitated over the turn af
fairs have taken. Chicago's delay in
taking anyl active steps toward getting
tip the show has caused a feeling at
Washington that she I cannot handle it,
and the whole thing might .drop .through
yet.
A PREMATURE
EXPl-OSION
IK WHICH SEVERAL TEpPLE WERE XttLEt
AXD MANY ISJORED.
An explosion of dynamite occured at
Brooklyn waterworks;, near Rockviile
Center, N. Y., Thursday, by which
several men were kjiled and a number
injured. Dynamite was being used for
blowing up tree stumps on the line of
extension of Brooklyn ) acqueduct, -a half
mile east of llockville Center. Two
laborers, who were walking near, were
blown to pieces, a part of their bodies
uiug loiruwn m every airection. two
others were fatally iniured. The hock
of the explosion created consternation.
Many houses were shaken, and a number
of window panes brokien.
LYNCHERS C
ONVICTED.
TKHEK OF THE
PHrSCirALS
to be nxrsa akb
ABOUT TniRTY
Others piked.
The trial of the Blair lvnchcrs. at Whit-
haU, Wis., was finished Thursday after
noon, and the jury returned a, verdict of
guilty of murder in the first deoree
against Mrs. Oleson, Qlehansen and Oles-
letto. me firet two xiamed were the wife
and son. respectively, lof Oleson. who WAA
dragged from his bed and hanoWl hv
mob last November. (About thirty other
persons who took port in the outrage
! pleaded guilty to not and were fined $100
i -
eacn.
WILL THE
Y COME ?
SOME DOUBTS EXPRESSED ABOUT THE TAK
AMERICANS COMING SOUTH.
It looks like the southern trip of the
Pan-Americans will be a "very decided
failure. Some doubt$ are expressed as to
whether they will go at all. Only twelve
of the delegates have accepted Secretary
Blaine's invitation to) take the Southern
trip at the expense jof the government.
Twelve delegates have declined, and the
others have failed to reply at all. Diplo
mats, however, say j that the excursion
must take place, no matter how few will
goon it, for invitations have been sent
out and acceptances returned. .
CHINESE TO VACATE.
BAX FK.Oi CISCO'S ORDINANCE FOR THEIR
COLONIZATION.
At San Francisco,
Pond approved an
on Friday, Mayoi
ordinance recently
passed by the board
of supervisors pro
viding for the removal of the Chinese
population to a prescribed section in
South San Francisco district located on
the outskirts of the city. The Chinesa
will test the constitutionality of the ordi
nance, and will take no steps toward
abandoning the district until the question
of its constitutionality is decided.
CURRENT NEWS.
CONDENSED FROM TEE TELE
GRAPH AND CABLE.
THCrea THAT HAPTEN FROM DAT 10 DAT
' THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CULLED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
The ballot reform hill passed the Mary
land legislature Thursday. . t
At London, Wednesday evening, th
house f commons rejected the Irish land
tenure bill by a vote of 231 to 179.
The Illinois democratic central com
mittee has decided to call a state con
vention, to meet at Springfield oa -ifune
4th. .'
Tidewater Land and Timber company,
at Baltimore, has made an assignment to
John W, Denny, trustee. Bond for 30,
000 was filed. -
A landslide at Troy, New York, Satur
day morning carried away a two-story
dwelling in the southern part of the city,
aad three lives were lost.
The influenza is raging at Teheran,
Persia, causing 70 deaths daily. Several
members of the y shah's household
-among the sufferers.
. Several snow storms and frosts are
re-
ported in England and in various parts
of Europe. Among the regions visited
are Some and Trurerc.
; Harrison & Loeder, wholesale dry goods,
at 379 Broadway, N. Y,, made an assign
ment Thursday, Liabilities between $300,
000 and 400,000 ; nominal assets exceed
the liabilities.
The Bauerle (Mich.) company, wooden
ware factory, burned early Friday morn
ing. Loss $ 100,00(1, insurance f ;6,ow.
A. large number of feands were thrown
out of employment. The company vill
relniild.
A successful test was made of the
Justin explosive cartridge Friday, at Per
ry ville, Falls, K. Y. The test demon
strated that dynamite could be fired from
a rifle using gunpowder as the projectile
force.
All members of the Brotherhood ol
Railroad Firemen and .Trainmen on the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad met
at Danville, 111., on Monday afternoon tc
consider -the advisabilty of
general
strike upon that road.
There was a long meeting of the
trust in New York on Thursday, ' and be
fore $t ended interested parties every
where had 'information that a cash divi
dend -of two and a half per cent had been
declared for the present quarter.
- It canie out in an English court a fevr
days ago that 100 worn-out horses had
just been shipped from tha. country to
Germany and Belgium, to be used in the
manufacture "of sausage, and that uch
shipments were a regular thing.
Kane county, III., courthouse was
burned Friday night, together with its
contents. The county records in the
vault are believed to be safe. Eighteen
prisonera in the basement were remved
to a hotel, where they are closely guarded.
United States Indian Agent Wood has
notified a cattleman . that in accordance
with an order from the commissionef of
Indian affairs, dated March a, 1800, he
will at once instruct the police to djivc
from the reservation the cattle of all who
use it for grazing purposes under grants
made by the Indians.
The thirty-eight cotton mills at Fail
River, Mass., with a cash capital ol
$18,550,000, earned and paid $l,858r000
during 1889, or an average of 9.8S per
cent on their capital. Of the entire nfim
ber, thirteen mills, with $7,250,000 Cap
ita!, paid from 10 to 24 per cent, an av
erage of 14 per cent. r
A special from Kirksville, Mo., sys:
Fire destroyed the south portion of the
business block Saturday morning. It star
ted from a building occupied by B. T.
Lawkins, dry goods. Loss $200,000 ; insu
rance $75,000. Lawkins is loser to the
amount of $30, 000. The First National
bank building, with several other lousi
ness houses, were completely destrojed.
A dispatch from Jefferson City, TfLo :,
says: Governor Frances has appointed
Lou V. Stephens, of Booneville, State
Treasurer of Missouri, to serve until the
second Monday in January, 1893. The
appointment was made late Wcdnedlay
afternoon and at 6 o'clock Mr. Stephens
appeared before Judge Block, of the su
preme court and took the oath of office.
A NOTABLE GATHERING
THE CHARITY BALL AT ST. AUGUSTINE,
A GBAXD AFFAIR.
LA.
A dispatch from St. Augustine, Fia.,
says: "The charity ball Thnrsday night at
the Ponce de Leon was the greatest suc
cess of the season All New York's irar
hundred were transported bodily hire,
and the wealth and fashion of the wole
country was represented. The ball iras
given for the benefit of Alicia hospal,
which was built by Mr. Flagler, and 4dU
be supported by the Ladies' Hospital aiso
ciation, for whom the ball was gifen.
Among the prominent guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Calvin S. Brice, of Ohio; B. F.
Jones and wife, Fred Vanderbilt ind
wife, Admiral TJpshUr and wife, Wash
ington; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Flagler, jn
nie Flagler, Legrand R. Cannon. H. Le
grand Cannon, W, Bayard Cutting, Jacob
Lorillard, Jr., and a hundred of oiher
distinguished New Yorkers ; L, Harrison
Dulles, Miss Butcher, Mr. W. G. Warden
and daughters, Philadelphia; Robert
Garrett and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore,
George J. Appold, Baltimore ; H. R.
Mallory and family, New York. Th
hotels are crowded to overflowing and
the season is the greatest ever known.
TO BE USED AS A MUSEUM.
THE HOUSE WHERE JEFFERSOX DATIS
LIVED IS RICHMOND, VA.
The Ladies' Holly wood Memorial asso
ciation of Richmond, will petition tha
city council to have the house occupied by
Jefferson Davis during the war preserved
from destruction and turned over to the
association to be used as a museum of
confederate relics and a memorial halL
The association invokes the assistance of
all who are interested in such an endegror
and asks them to contribute to the enter
prise and furnish memorials and relict of
the late war to be placed in the build
ing.
ORDERED Tp SKIP.
PRESIDES KARRISOS'S PROCLAMATION
TO
THJE BOOJtlais,
The president on SaturcUj issued- the
following proclamation:
'To V bom it May Concern : The
lands known as the Cherokee strip is not
open to settlement. The bill pending in
congress fend intended to provide a ciril
government for the country known as Ok
lahoma does not provide for opening the
Cherokee; strip or outlet to settlement,
and has hot as yet received the" vote of
the two houses of congress or the ap
proval ofj the president. The entrance of
settlers upon these lands is unlawful, and
all persons are hereby warned
against entering thereon. "When the
land shall become open to settlement
prompt public notice will be given of the
fact, but! in the meantime it is my duty
to exclude all settlers therefrom, and
those who enter unlawfully wm only in
volve themselves in unprofitable trouble.
is they will be immediately removed.
L "Bek Jamtn Harrison. "
Adjutant-General 'r Keiton, has tele
graphed General Merrltt. at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., to use troops, if necessary,
and with! the prudence as heretofore, to
inforce the foregoing proclamation. This
order is sent by direction of the secretary
of war. It wilt probably take 3,000 sol-
V i I il - t. . n . 1 A T
aiers to anve ineiuoomcrs trona tne strip,
and trouble is feared.
SOUTHERN NOTES.
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALL
POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
OEJvBRALt FROORESS AND OCCU1JRKNCES
WHICH ARE HAPPEXtXO BELOW MA
SON'S AND DIXON'S LIXK.
The Kentucky legislature, on Wednes
day, pasted a bill calling a constitutional
convention. 1
The first cargo of Florida phosphate
will be exported from Savannah this
month fdr Liverpool, v i
The Richmond chamber of commerce is
making Arrangements to entertain the Pan-
American delegates.
Jacob Fuller, librarian of Washington
and Leo university. Lexington. Va., died
Wednesday, aged seventy -five yeais.
Arrangements are being made for three
large excursions, through Virginia, of
representatives of the New England asso
ciation. -
Five prisoners were enabled to escape
from jajl at Moulton, Ala., recently
through a big hole torn irt the roof of
their prison by a bolt of lightning.
The Chattanooga, Tcnn., News states
that cx-jGovernor Foster, of Ohio, and
his party! will take the Pudding Ridge
propertyrat Trenton, Ga., consisting , 61
about 30L000 acres of coal and iron land
it $1,100,000. as fast as the titles cm be
made out for it.
A buzzard pounced down upon
Charleston, S. C, Sunday morning with
out warning from the signal office. In
twelve hours the mercury fell from seven
ty to twenty-four degrees, and everything
was frozen. The loss to the truck grow-
rs will be counted in hundreds of thou
sands of j. dollars. " f
A dispatch from Richmond, va., says:
Mercie'sj equestrian statue, in bronze, of
General Robert E. Ijee, has been accepted.
The statue was made in Paris, and will
be shipped at once to this country. At the
recent session of the legislature, resolu
tions were adi&ted accepting the monu
ment on behalfbf the state of Virginia.
At Hunts ville, Ala., on Friday, under
a decree of the United btates court in
chancery. Sheriff Murphy sold bonds of
Sheffield and Birmingham Coal, Iron and
Railroad company, amounting in value
to $251,$00. The highest bid was $100,000,
the bidders being E. W. Cole, of Nash
ville, and J. C. Neel, of Memphis.
The members of the Tailor's union, at
Atlantai Ga.. are out on strike. They
made a demand upon employers for an
increase sin wages, which wa refused.
It is reported that the strikers are or
ganizing into a joint stock company for
the purpose of opening a co-operative
itore and embarking into the merchant-
tailor business for themselves.
The iSouthern Press association v.rill
meet in Charleston, 8. C, Wednesday,
April 80. The South Carolina Press as
sociation will meet there at the same time, ,
and Henry Watterson, editor of the;
Louisvilc twiner-Journal, will, on April
80, deliver an address before that body.
This ioint meeting of the associations is
expected to be the largest assemblage of
newspaper tmm fcera ever seen in a souin-
ern cut. -
THE TRAP WORKED.
POSTMASTER ARRESTED FOR
STAMPS AT A DISCOUNT.
SELLIXCJI
One of "Uncle Sam's" postoffice inspec
tors called on James !. Strain, postmaster-
at Etta! Jane, . C, some time ago and
nrnTHMl t nurchasesome nostacrn ctarnns
nroviaea ne couia gei siuu wortn oi
tamps for f 90 cash. The postmaster did
not hesitate, but bit at the baiti and ac-
commodated his customer, who at oace
arrested Mr. Strain for selhng stamps at a
discount.
NO BONUS.
BASUTACTUBER8 WITHDRAW THK BOUl
OT TSS CE5T8 ON COTTON BAGGUfO.
At a meeting -0f the Southern Manufac
turers association at Augusta, Ga.t
Thursday night, it was resolved that ai
cotton baggmg m& other light material
Packing is unprofitable, the bonus of
lv rrr-' KTr 1UU Ponnd3 for cotton
so
pas.e win not be allowed on
next crop.
WORKING FOR, ANNEXATION.
ORGANIZATION
LOOKS TO A UJflOS SB-
' i. .i ....
UNCLE SAM" A5D CANADA.
A dispatch from Otfowa Canada,
says L-at a league havimr t n TvTZl
YL , k founded forty-
P"w S ieaguca, with a men,
ff. Wt. The total membership
i - , a
now exceeds 6,000, all
RUSHING WATERS.
WESTERN
RrVKRS OVBBFIWrS XHEIR
ASD DTUKDATIXO THE LAM.
BANKS
Flood news from .various points along
the Mississippi river and other streams
Wednesday morning, is that N hue and
Black rivers, in Arkansas, are on a ram
page. Both are over their banks, and
overflowing the country on each side for
miles, neavy rains have fallen, and
continue to fall, along these streams and a
general inundation is looked for. The
Black is a tributary of the White,
and the White empties into the
Arkansas just above the point where the
latter pours its flood into the Mississippi.
At Fort Smith, on the Arkansas, a rise of
over eighteen feet took place in twenty-
four hours, and at last accounts tne swell
was proceeding at a rapid rate. The
great, rise, added to minor floods pouring
out of all the small tributaries below Fort
Smith, will greatlv add to the volume of
water in the Mississippi below the 'mouth
of the Arkansas, and increase the
peril to the lower country. All railroads
in the vicinity of Fort Smith are suffer
ing from serious washouts or loss of bridges
and trains are abandoned temporarily.
At Batesville, Ark., the White river rose
eighteen feet Wednesday and is now ris
ing a foot per hour. At Greenville, Miss. ,
the river stood lorty-seven and a hall
feet and still rising. Latest reports from
the levees along the Mississippi
side were that . the principal leveea
were still iu good shape, but the
strain against them was increasing every
hour. At Arkansas City lt'hasbecn rain
ing for about forty hours, and the crev
asse in the : levee above the city is now
about four hundred feet wide. ' The peo-
pie are much alarmed at the outlook, and
some are. seesing mgner grounu. ax
Poplar Bluffs the situation is
serious. lnc rise in tne AiKan
sas. west of Little Rock, is un
precedented. It is feared another
f ..... . s
day will bring out tne unwelcome news ol
the water's ravages. The flood outlook
at Memphis, Tenn., is more threatening
. than at any previous time since the pres
ent high water began to excite attention.
The Arkansas and White rivers are pour
ing out an immense volume, and the situ
ation below their mouths is anything but
encouraging.
Later reports say : The river at New
Orleans at 8 a. m., Thursday was six
teen feet and three tenths. At 5 o'clock
it was reported by the harbor station at
sixteen feet and nine-tenths, and at 2 :50
o'clock they reported the water at seven
teen feet, but it remained at that point
but a short while when it receded to six-1
teen feet eight-tenths, where it seemed to
make a stand. This was six inches above
the record of other years, and the water
went over the levees all along the city
front at every depression or low place
and soon flooded the streets and side
walks of a large section of the city. The
river at isaton Kouge, rose six mcnes;
Bayou Sam, rose .nine-tenths of a foot:
Natchez, rose six-tenths ; Greenville,
Miss., rose two inches, and below Arkan
sas uity tne water is running over tne
levee. It continues to rain. Donaldson-
ville, La., rose seven inches ; Plaquemine,
La., rose six mcnes. Every preparation
that; ingenuity and man can provide is
being made for breaks that may oocur.
The rain has fallen for fifty-four hours
and the total fall has exceeded five inches.
Dispatches from Memphis. Tenn.. sav:
The rivers are in an alarming condition.
The highest flood level ever reeorded has,
already been reached at many points
south of here and will likely be attained
from Cairo to the gulf within the next
five or six days.
Reports from Arkansas City, Ark., say
the real condition of affairs at that place
have been suppressed. The water from
Sappington break has flooded the town
and surrounding country. Hundreds of
hogs and sheep have been drowned ana
the people are in constant fear of a break
In the leveepi front of the city, where the
water on Thursday was four inches upon
the sand bags on top of the levee.
Saved By a Cut.
itcuiwukcui.n ui a .uncial j auu Cleri
cal Life," the author mentions one of hij
exploits as a schoolboy. A traveling
menagerie came to town. Alljound the
vans ran a rope chain to keep everybody
it a reasonable distance from the claws
and beaks of the wild inmates; I man
aged to smuggle myself under this rope,
undetected by the keepers.
A magnificent old lion lay stretched a
full lengtn witn one paw outside hi,
den. A sudden thought struck
that it would be a line thing to shak1
flanus wim mat non. it was by nc,
meaas te sort of thing to be done every
day. It would place me in a proud po
sition among the boys of the town.
In a moment I laid my hand on the top
of the outstretched taw. It wa RmnAff.
and somewhat velvety, and the lion lay
perfectly still, appearing not to mind me
in the least.
It is not unlikely that I might havf
gone on to complete the operation
I handshaking, but all t ftniinT M
A -
I wmp. across mv lace. I
j hack with the pain and looked f
I At that instant the keeper camei
I pok to me very civillyRfy 7
j nave hurt me, he said, but if
ability the lion would have torf
off, and this was his only wa
uic urt uacn. i ma not feels
vo tne man at that moment
done ever since.
"""Va-" UJ xpre:s, "hoi
We.t, that Ju&tice Steph
son of a Connecticut
'inin Bter, and his nephe
o. x;xdwert ine eon of s
ary to Asia Minori. and
represent, in.the Sup
Justice Miller, of W
this country west of J
Dr. 8. Weir if
rmiaaeiphia phys
unaj received a rl
worn a younglady
nervous inva
of wmte oak chcr
opDyherowiilif
rtantial evidenc?
gained by folio
an open-air
ALLIANCE NOTES.
WHAT THE ORDER AND IT&
MEMBERS ARE DOING.
ITKMS OF INTEREST TO TOT TARUEB,
. OATHERED FROM VARIOTJB SXCTKKTt
OF THE COUSTRY.
Oconee Alliance, in Georgia, has ex
pelled a member for refusing to pay a se
curity debt.
ine farmer who watches the progress
of his growing crop rather than the po
iiueai motion or nis neignbor, w tne
most likely to succeed on his farm.
onf
From all reports the Alliance - in East
Tennessee seems to be in good lyprking
order, united and intent on carryifig out
the plans of the order. Tennessee La
borer. The ' directors of the Terrell couutv.
Ga., Alliance warehouse met recently, and
declared a dividend of 20 per cent. This
added to a 25 per cent, previously de
clared, makes a dividend of 45 per cent,
on the capital paid in. ,
Some men arc holding off to see what
the Alliance is going to do, and after
it proves to be a succes will come in.
If all were just . such there would have
been no Alliadce. It takes men ot
courage to face consequences.
The Alliance warehouse at Griffin, Ga.,
has received nearly twelve thousand
bales of cotton this season. It has $4,-
300 in bank and all expenses paid, and
expenses paid.
I has declared a dividend of forty-five cents
per bale, which amount goes to the mem
beas of the Alliance.
For the triumph of the people, uot only
unity, of purpose, but unity of action,
is imperatively needed, the sooner this
harmony is secured, the easier the accom
plishment of the undertaking will be
achieved. Every day lost, strengthens
the work of the enemy.
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The Ilawkinsville (Ga.) Dispatch says:
The Alliancemen should be careful how
they allow the name of their order used
to further the interests of office-seekcra.
There is nothing wrong in Alliancemen
seeking office, but they ought not to ride 1
into office on the shoulders of the Al
liance. Many benefits have accrued to the far
mers of Texas traceable to the Alliance -organization.
Every farmer who raised
cotton last year saved 50 cents on each
bale marketed, as the result of the fight
against the jute trust. Every farmer who
purchased a wagon, or other farm imple
ments, saved from 10 to 25 per cent on
the purchuse. The Alliance has taught
the farmers to be self-reliant and wit
they have within their own grasp a
weapon that will bring low any enemy
they combine to conquer SmMtrn Mer-
airy.
'
The Alliance Herald (Ala.) says:
Did not the price of commercial fertili
zers advance about five dollars on thr:
ton, in the fall of '88? Did not the cot
ten crop of '89 bring a bcttei plce than
usual? and would not that fact indicate a
larger acreage, and consequently an in
creased demand for fertilizers for 1800?
And is it not a fact that dealers cannot
now supply the demand for fertilizers!
And yet with all these pointers indica
ting a higher price, Alliancemen,
through the agency of the State Ex
change, have , bought their fertilizers at
six dollars per ton less than the same
brand sold at least season. And yet some
men complain and say they are not reali
zing, through the Exchange, the ad van
tages they have a right to expect.
The compound lard bill was on Friday
reported favorably from the sub-con?"
tee to the full committee on as
at Washington. - It will be,-V
the full committee and re;
to the house, where, iL
certain to -oass.
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If
28tb
vAr faces near, '
1 tbecrs unsteady
As around tQeci" . fc , S-Tf
And a waviBft 7 ,
At thesftion-ben the tram comes ta.
Thenfrom out the baggage car, J
rn. o caref uL lest to jar, " -
ZTJtni narrow box amid tb dh
Comes a long na . .
As the mourners gather round,
Acre's a sobbing, wailing sound -
At ttion-hen the train comes
m... rineiuff of th& bell, 'a
And the whistle, clearly telL
TheyL ready a new journey to begm, .
For it brooks not to be late, ,
There are other hearts that wait j
At the station when wie .
F. O'.VeiM. iFamilU Album. ,
HUMOR OP THE DAY. j -
nerd on a train the inmates of 'cat
tie car.--Merthnnt Traveler. 'i
Furniture dealers always have plentjf
I nf Rtinff goods on hand. iawrwcf
American.
.v-i. -.1 o rt fintnriRa do tnO
most strikes occur?1' t4In clock wrls)
r believe." Epoch. , y '
The commercial drummer is pTobahl t
so called because he performs so; sW
fully on the merchant's ear-drum.--
Rn7i73.fm Jjsaaer. s u
-vr i..Arra a man Iw tnft , limbreii
hecanies; he may have just left an olt
cotton one for it at tne resranrami
patronized. "-Judge. . - , $;
Rh-T like to think of my k
daya He- "Does it hot require,
tort t.r carry yrprvonno,
past?" YanJcee Bladt.
I'd rather be a wild turkATT.i
v J w-uu...
on the prairie," said a littlo boy, Mthaii
be a tame turkey and bo killed , cverj
year."--New York News. f v
Wife (in a tiff) 4 What do you meii
know about a woman's dress? Htuw
band (in a hollow rvoice)-r-,Tho priced
snadame V'JLe Jftgaro. .
The life of a locomotive is from fifteen!
to twenty-five years. jPerhaps if it wdul
7ive tin the bad habit of smoking i
irould run up to nfty. Judge. :j
Stranger (trying to be riendly)-
How is -your health t" Dyspeptic (gTuff
ty) "How do I know? I havent had
ny for the last five years." Time.' J
Although it may not be a vica
Tm sure it is a shame, -4
. That we should always find it nice
To have some one to blame. -
Neva YorkSuA.i
A boy baby generally talks before a
girl baby, it is said. But we've noticed
that the girl usually makes up for all th.t
lost time before she leaves this sphere.
Statesman. : )
First Tramp of the Gang "Say, fel
lers, here's an apple. Shall I cut it up
into quarters?" Second TTamp
cut it up into fifty-cent pieces.',JI?Kr
lington Free Frets. .
Some day there will be trouble bev
cause the purchaser of a load of coal in
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ana iTixn'aJXiJ?viirz rciwo'vj ""u '
he paid
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