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ELKIN, N. CM THURSDAY, APRIL U897.
HUBBARD & HQTH. Fubliebers- NO. 24.
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Condensed Paragraphs of Incidents
'of Interest
NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED.
SWAMP LAND TO BE RECLAIMED.
Fifty Thousand Acres of Valuable
Land to be Redeemed State Board
of Agriculture.
Senator Maultsby, of Columbus
county, who liaa been in Paloigu the
iBHV hcvorl days attending the sossions
nf the Directors of the Department of
.Agriculture, is actively connected with
the Columbus Drainage Company,
which has for its object the draining of
about f.0,00i acres of swamp lands,
kuown as White Marsh.
'the charter for the company was
pl anted by the Legislature of lotto, and
a renewal frrautod by the recent Gen
eral Assembly, Mr. Maultsby says that
there is every indication tba work will
commence early in September. Steam
dredges will be placed in July.
The main drain channel to be cut will
be I) feet by 40 feet, aud about 22 miles
long, extending trom iiiaaon county to
the lV'socamaw river. There are also
two lesser channels cut each of which
will be 8 feet by k!4 feet, and extending
tne same distance.
it the efforts of the company are sno
cesfiful in the making of those swamp
lauds, avuilablo for farming purposes.
they will be capable of producing from
73 to 100 bushels of corn to the acre
for a hundred years without the use of
an ounce of feruhzerr
The Senator is quite confident of sno
cess in tne enterprise, lie appeared De
fore the fetttte Board of Education and
was granted an extension of time for the
option which he hao upon the lana,
which is owned bv the State. An ex
tension to luuo was granted. There is
a suit pending in tne Supreme Court
involving the title to the lands, but the
citato it oar u nas nine lear oi saining
the case. Tho case is entitled "The
Htate Board of Education vs. Samuel
Harrison."
The Drainage Company has already
E laced orders for the steam dredges to
e used in the prosecution of their
work.
State Board of Agriculture.
The State Board of Agriculture met
Wednesday morning. The new offi
cials agreed on by the caucus wore duly
elected, .lames Ju. juewnorne, com
missioner; J. L. Eamsay, secretary;
James H. Young, colored, chief fertil
izer inspector; 0. Kelly, -a anoup,
James hheek and J. M. Siterson, as
sistant fertilizer inspectors, the sal
ary of chief inspector was raised from
81,000 to $1,200, and the number of
assistants was increased bv one. One
of the reasons given for the election of
Wewborne and the defeat of J Jr. u.
Heid Parker, was that Mewborne was
elected two years ago but was knocked
out of the place. 1). Keid Parker was
a Pritchard man. That was another
reason.
A very destructive fire occurred at
Monroe xnnrsday. At 11 ociock ii
broke out on the cotton platform, near
the freight depot, and in just the right
place for the wind to sweep it across
the entire platform. It was some
time before the tire could be controlled,
and at least 250 bales of cotton were
burned, more or less badly before it
was pnt out. I he guano bouse oi .
L. Bundy was burned, with about 700
bags of fertilizer. W. 8. Lee's guano
bouse was also destroyed. The Monroe
Cotton Mills, Brown Bros., and Heath,
Morvon & Co. owned moat of the cotton
that was burned. .. .
The commissioners of the town of
Rutherfordton have ordered an election
to be held on the same day as the town
election, next May, to see whether the
town will adopt the dispensary law
which the last Legislature passed. A
peculiarity in the enrollment of the bill
is that the bill states that whether a
majority af votes is cast for the law or
against it, the law will be "in opera
tion. " From present appearances the
advocates of a dispensary will have a
Vu ge majority of the votes cast.
Mrs. Lula E, Clayton, of Laurin
burg, has qualified as administratrix of
ber husband's estate. Mr. W. E. Clay
ton was the ill-fated engineer, who waa
killed iu the fearful wreck that oc
curred on the S. A. L. road last 1 hanks
giving 1 'ay. Mrs. Clayton has entered
suit againtt the company for &r0,000
damages, and her raso wi II be conduct
ed by Attorneys M. L. John, of Laur
inburg, and Irank McNeill, of Wil
mington. The case will be tried be
fore the Superior Court of New Han
over county.
In the Superior Court at Raleigh,
Thursday, John Groves, white, was
convicted of murder in the second de
gree and sentenced to 20 years in the
penitentiary. The crime of which he
was convicted was the killing of Uenry
Wall, colored, on the 30th of January,
at Forest ville, in this county. Notice
of appeal was given.
In the SnperiorCourt of Surry county
Tbxrsday Kobert Mosely was sentenced
to fifteen years' imprisonment for man
slaughter. The crime of which he was
convicted was the killing of W. M.
Gayer about a year ago. Mosely is 80
years old and has a wife and six chil
dren, - The election for aldermen at Wil
mington under the amended charter,
resulted in the election of three Demo
crats and two Republicans. Under the
amended charter, Governor Russell ap
points five aldermen, four of whom are
Republicans.
"The Box," a place of ill-repute in
tho mountains near Rutherfordton, con
sisting of two bouses occupied by four
women, has been cleaned out A party
of citizens burned the bouses, includ
ing the women's household goods, ami,
whipped one of the women. Two of
the latter have left the neighborhood
and two are in jail.
Trof. E. B. Setzler, of the North
Carolina College, Concord, has placed
bis resignation in the bands of the sec
retary of the board of trustees of that
Jntitotion. to ak effect at the end of
prst Una.
Southern Pencil Pointers.
Attorney-General Boyle has ruled
that the anti-trust law just passed by
the Kentuoar Legislature applies to la
bor organisations.
The ofllce of shipping commissioner
at Mobile, Ala., has been abolished by
Secretary Gage, and the same action
will be taken with reference to the same
position at Brunwick, Ga.
Martin Wise & Fitzhugh, of Faris,
Texas, one of the largest cotton firms
in the South, assigns.
Mrs. Chas. A. Collier, wife of At
lanta's mayor, died at her home Wed
nesday of nervous prostration.
Tbo Louisville Chair Compony bns
assigned. Liabilities are KUO.OOO. It
is claimed the assots are much larger.
Col. John Churchill, owner of the
celebrated Churchill downs, died at
Louisville. Ky.,aged7. lie loft an
estate valvud at 0700,000 to his wife and
child.
B. It. Biordnn, formerly a Charles
ton (8. 0.) journalist, but recently liv
ing In New York, died at his residence
in the metropolis March 21. lie was
a native of Virginia and 09 years old.
John D. Smith, a negro preacher,
was shot dead at fioottsboro, Ala. He
was oharged with outraging the wife of
a white farmer.
3. It. Littleiobn assaulted his wife, at
t- it, u i i- i : 1 1 i:..u
uanviue, va , Dealing ner wnu a .nun..
He was arrested and locked up and
later was found dead in his cell, having
taken laudanum.
At Houston, Texas, Walter Huorhos
was shot dead iu attempting to kidnap
a daughter of Frank Dunn, a wealthy
resident of that city. The purpose of
the would-be-kidnapper was to keep
the girl in captivity and demand $40,
000 ransom for restoring her to her
parents.
Geo. E. Bennett, formerly of
Pennsylvania, committed suicide at
Fayettev He, N. C, by drinking four
ounces of laudanum, ile left a letter
attributing his reason for suicide to a
faithless wife.
All About the North.
Iron ore produoers of Pittsburg, Pa. ,
have made a cut of from $4 to $3.03 per
ton.
Five children, all under 13 years of
a.re. were burned to death at their
home at Laddsdale, la., Wednesday
morning.
The bursting of a flywheel in the
Ldear Thompson steel works at ntts
burg, Pa., wrecked the building and
fatally injured two persons.
The largo factory of the Acme Bicycle
Manufacturing Company. Reading. Pa .
was burned Thursday, causing a loss of
875.000. on which there is an insnrance
or $ro,oou. uver 400 hands were ren-
3 3 !ll . Mil ill 1 !ll
uerea laie. xne company win reuutiu.
George Dixon, champion feather.
weight pugilist, defeated Frank Erne
of Buffalo, at New York Wednesday
night in the rist round.
At Centre Citv. Minn.. Tuesday
morning George Kelly was bingod in
the county jail for complicity in the
murder of Edward Paul and Jacob
Hayes.
Mr. Arohie Baxton, of New York,
olerk to the Assembly of that State for
many years, will be appointed Second
Assistant fostmaster-uenerai.
The handsome residence of the late
A. A. Cohen at Alameda, Cal., has
been destroyed by fire. When built it
was said to have cost, wittvits contents.
over $800,000. The total insurance on
house and contents was $155,000.
A sharp earthquake was felt Tuesday
evening at Malone, N. Y. Also at
Montreal, Can. , a heavy shook caused
great alarm. Dispatches from various
points in eastern Ontario report simi
lar shocks, but without any damage of
consequence.
The three most dangerous convicts in
the Joliet (111.) pemtsntiiay escaiwd
Monday morning by sawm the iron
bars of the window in two. They are
all noted oounterfmters.
At Center City. Minn., George Kelly
was hanged for complicity in the mur
der of Edward Paul and Jacob Hayes.
Seven Chicago, 111. , women have lost
$25,000 by following an astrologer's ad
vice in wheat gambling.
Christian Kielnecker. of Philadel
phia, died in a hospital from blows re
ceived in a prize fight.
The Franklin sugar reflneiv. at
Philadelphia, Pa,, will soon be started
up again, giving employment to 1,000
hands.
Ten persons were injured and one
killed in a wreok on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad near Oakland, Md.
Sllscellancous. '
Valuable estates in Peru have been
destroyed by recent freshets on the
River Joro.
The Fans Figaro sava the ' covern.
ment will ask the Chamber ef Deputies
to vote a credit of $160,000,000 for the
construction of 45 new warships and 175
torpedo boi ts.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Chester G. Brush of
Conneoticnttc.be recorder of the gen
eral land office. -
PfAfliriAfit AfoKinlftv lifts or.ntAil a
respite to four men, who were to bare
teen nangea xuesaay at santa t e, ew
Mexiao.
Reports from London to the New
York Times tell of shocking revelations
of the custom of wife and husband
murdering in Austria and Hungary. - A
chemist made the remark that all the
village cemeteries in Styria were full of
arsenia
Ian Maclaren is to be called before a
Presbyterian synod to give an account
of his alleged unorthodox holdings.
According to the War Office statistics
Spain has sent, up to the end of 1896,
1W8.047 men and 40 generals to Cuba
The deaths in the field and from yel
low fever and other diseases were
four generals and 22,781 men and
officers.
The celebration of centennsry of Em
porer William I, who was born
March 23, 1797, which began Monday
was observed throughout Germany as
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Report of the Proceedings from Day
to Dayi
SENATE.
MohdAt. The legislative session ol
the Senate lasted about 40 minutes, the
arbitration treaty between the United
States and Great Britain being taken
up thereafter, behind closed doors. In
the short open session nearly 200 bills
were introduced and many others wer
reported back from committees. In
eluded in the latter were the "free
homestead" bill, and the immigration
bill, with the provision as to Canadian
laborer eliminated, both of whioh were
under consideration in the last Con-
r tress, the latter failing to become s
aw owing to President Cleveland's
Veto. The four great appropriation
bills, the agricultural, the Indiana, the
sundry civil and the genoral doticlency,
which also failed for lack of Mr. Cleve
land's signature, and whioh were re
introduced and passed last week by
the House, wore referred to the com
mittee on appropriations. The House
joint resolution was passed extending
until December noxt the investigation
as to the use of aloohol in the arts, by
a joint commission of Congress.
TcKgDAY. -The Senate indulged in
an almost one-sided denunciation of the
civil service law and its administration.
Only one Senator, Lodge, defe ated the
taw, ana tne upsnot oi it an was mat a
motion was agreed to, without a divis
ion, but amended so aa to mstruot the
committee on civil service and retrench
ment to inquire and report whether the
civil service law should be continued,
amended or repealed. Turpie (Dem. ),
of Indiana, made an argument in favor
of a constitutional amendment to make
United States Senators elected by the
popular vote instead of by the State
Legislatures. These bills were passed
by the Senate: Directing the Secretary
of War to furnish a thousand tents to
shelter and relieve the sufferers from
the flood in the Mississippi ri er; ta
amend the aot repealing the timber cul
ture lawn. A constitutional amend
ment to make the 80th of April
inauguration day was introduced by
Mr. Hoar.
Websmbat. The Senate spent only
half an hour in . open session
today, the remainder of the time
being given to the consideration
of the arbitration treaty, behind
cloned closed doors. The agricultural
appropriation bill, one of the four
money bills that failed at the last ses
sion, was reported back in the shape in
whioh it passed the House last week,
and was placed on the calendar. It rill
be acted on at an early day.
The attack upon the civil service law
and its administration, whioh distin
guished yesterday's proceedings, was
followed up today by the introduction
of two bills, one by Mr. Allen, Popu
list, of Nebraska, for the repeal and
annulment of the law and of all execu
tive orders issued under it; and the
other by Mr. Pritchard; Republican oi
North Carolina, chairman of the com
mittee on civil service and retrench
ment, modifying it in its application to
the Government Printing Office.
While in executive session the Sen
ate confirmed the nominations of Bin
ger Hermann, of Oregon, to be Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
and Ernest O. Timme, of Wisconsin, to
be Auditor of the State Department.
Thubsb at. -t-Among the bills intro
duced and referred was one by Mr.
Foraker, Republican, of Ohio, to pro
vide a modern organization of the ar
tillery of the army. Mr. Pasco pre
sented, in an amended form, the cre
dentials of John A. Henderson as Sen
ator from the State of Florida, uudet
appointment by the Governor, until the
next meeting of the Legislature in
April next. Mr. Hoar stated that no
aotion bad been taken by the commit
tee on privileges and elections in the
matter oi the admission of Senators, the
appointment of Uovernors.
At 12:20, on motion of Mr. Davis, Re-
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uwuiwii juiuumuiK nuking uumi
man of the committee on foreign rela
tions, the Senate proceeded to the con
sideration (with the doors closed) of
the arbitration treaty. At 8 p. m. the
doors were re-open'ed and the unfin
ished business, tne bankruptcy bill, was
taken up, the bill being read in exten-
bo. 1 he reading of the bill occupied
exaotly one hour. Some formal amend
ments were onored by Mr. Hoar and
were agreed to. Mr. Nelson. Republi
can, of Minnesota, offered a substitute
for the bill, which was also read in full,
and when it was concluded, the Senate,
at 4:20 p. m.. adjourned.
Three minor nominations only were
con firmed by the Senate, of local inter
est to New England and Ohio.
Friday. Mr. Gray. Democrat, of
fered a resolution for printing the re
cent decision oi the hupreme Court in
the Trans-Missouricase. Mr. Cullum.
of Illinois, stated in that oonneotion,
that he had received a large number oi
letters and telegrams, asking for taint
ed oopies of the decision and that a
least 1,000 copies ought to be printed.
Mr. Cockrell, Democrat Missouri,
suggested that after the decision waa
printed as a Senate document, addi
tional oopies could be ordered, within
a cost of $500. The resolution was then
agreed to.
Mr. Morgan offered a resolution
which was agreed to, direoting the At
torney General to inform the Senate
whether any, and if so, what agreement
has been entered into by the President,
or any of the departments relating to
the fntnre disposition of the Union
Pacific Railroad property, by sale or
otherwise.
A resolution was offered bv Mr.
Lodge, Republican, of Massachusetts,
calling for sopies of all papers and cor
respondence, diplomatio or otherwise,
on file in the State Department relating
to the arrest and imprisonment in Cubs
of two American sailors, Richelia and
Bolton, A large number of bills wer
introduced, among them one by Mr.
Quay, Republican, of Pennsylvania,
hv reaneet. to snonress nnnrmm ! nH
by Mr. Cullom, Republican, of Illinois,
to promote aerial transportation.. At 4
o'clock the Senate adjourned until
Monday.
HOUntfi.
Moitbat. The tariff debate was fair
lv and recrnlarlv started in tha Hons
The reading of the bill occupied nearly
two hours and a half, although thort
waa no pretense on the part of the clerk
that he was following the text in fall.
Dingley, (Rep.) of Maine, made tb
opening speech, and it was an exhaus
tive explanation and defense of th
measure. Wheeler, (Dem.) of Alabama
asserted thst the prosperity whioh tl
people of the United States had enjoy
ed had been the result of their own in
dustry asd snstgy; not of the protect! ti
system, eta He was followed by Hop
kins, (Rep.) of Illinois, in favor of thi
bill, and against it by Bell, (Pop.) ol
Colorado. At 5 B'olock a recess
taken until 8 p. m., when the continu
ance of the debate was had.
TubsdAt. Tne House had theseoond
day's debate on the tariff bill. The
event of the day was the speech of Dol
liyer. He held the attention of te
whole House, Democrats and Republi
cans alike, for over one hour, and kept
his hearers laughing heartily new ly
from start to finish by his humor
ous descript on of the effects of
free trade, or tariff for revenue only.
His eloquent periods in advocaov
and dofouse of the protective tarifl
pohoy aroused his polifical associ
ates to a high state of enthusiasm.
Other speeches on the bill were
made by Messrs. Gibson. (Rep.) of
Tennessee; I aocv, (Hep ) of Iowa;
Newlauds, (Hil.j of ColoraiK' the latter
of whom spoko as an opponent of the
Republican party's financial policy,
but as an advocate of protection. A
full measure of prosperity, be claimed,
would never be restored to the country
until the old-time parity of silver with
gold was re-established. The speeches
in opposition to the bill were made by
Dockery, (Dem.) of Missouri, who at
tacked the agricultural schedule, par
ticularly, and Mr. McLaurin, (Dem.)
of South Carolina, who advocated a
tariff on cotton and rice, and announced
his opposition to the policy of free raw
material. The Senate joint resolution
appropriating $15,000 to enable the
Seoretary of War to purchase tents for
the houseless victims of the Mississippi
river flood was agreed to.
Wbdnssday Large audiences in the
the galleries, and an unusually large
attendance on the floor of the House of
Representatives, heard the third day's
general debate upon the tariff bill. The
principal speeches of the day were those
of Johnson, of North Dakota; Grosve
nor, of Ohio, and Evans, of Kentucky.
Republioan members of the Committee
on Ways and Means, in favor of the
bill, and of MoMillin, of Tennessee, the
oldest Democratic member, against it
Other speakers were Fox, Democrat, of
Mississippi; Sims, Democrat, of Ten
nesee; Torry, Democrat, of Ar
kansas; Sayers, Democrat. of
Texas, and Maddox, Democrat, of
Georgia against the bill; and by Adams,
Republican, of Pennsvjvania, and
Walker, Republican, of Massachusetts,
in favor of it. The general debate will
be olosed Thursday, when Russell, of
Connecticut; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania;
Steele, of Indiana, and Payne, of New
York, Republicans, members of the
committee on ways and means, and
Bailey, of Texas, the Democratic lead
er, will speak.
Mr. Brownlow, Republican, of Ten
nessee, introduced in the House a bill
establishing a department of com
merce, labor and manufactures.
Thursday, This was the last
day of general debate on the
tariff bill in the House of Repre
sentatives under the order apopt
ed last week but, because Mr. Bailey's
throat would not permit him to speak
this afternoon, an agreement was made
to give two hours to general debate
just before taking the vote next Wed
nesday, which will be occupied by him
self and Mr. Dingley.
The proceedings were nnnsually in
teresting, and they were listened to
generally by a large number of mem
bers and crowded galleries. Speeches
against the bill were made by Messrs.
Talbert, Deinoorat, of Pennsylvania;
Clark, Democrat, of Missouri; MoGuire,
Democrat, of California; Gunn, Popu
list, of Idaho; Simpson, Topulist, of
Kansas; Cox, Demoorat, of Tennessee;
McRae, Democrat, of Arkansas; Burke,
Democrut. of Texas; Lentz, Democrat,
of Ohio, and DeArmoud, Democrat, of
Missouri. In its favor speeches were
made by Messrs. Tawney, Republican,
of Minnesota; Dalzell. Republican, of
Pennsylvania; Russell, Republican, of
Connecticut, and I'ayne, Republican,
of New York, members of the commit
tee on ways and means; and Crow, Re
publican, of Pennsylvania; Colson, Re
publican, if Kentucky, and Hawley,
Republioan, of Texas.
At the evening session the debate on
the tariff bill was continued. . Mr.
Skinner, Fopulist, of North Carolina,
in supporting the bill, said that if for
the pust 25 years the South had been
trying for protection as the North and
East had, it would today be the most
prosperous section of the country.
Friday. The consideration of the
tariff bill under the five-minute rule,
for the purpose of amendment, which
it was expected would be strictly busi
ness, opened with the liveliest political
contest of the session, lasting through
the three hours.
Promptly upon reading of the prefa
tory page of the bill, Mr. Dockery,
Democrat, of Missnri, offered au
amendment for the Secretary of the
Treasury to admit free of duty any ar
ticle the production and price of which
was controlled by a trust in the United
States. Mr. Dingley, chairman of the
committee on ways and means, made
the point that the amendment was not
in order in that place. . Tho point was
instained by the chairman, and his rul
ing was sustained by a vote of 158 to
104.
In the course of the afternoon several
changes of dnty were made, among
them being an increase of half a cent on
the duty on carbonate of ammonia; an
increase from 25 to 40 cents a pound in
the duty on sulphurio ether; and in
creasing the duty on the products of
pig lead from 2 to S cents a pound.
At 5:15 p.m. the llonse adjourned,
having disposed of 91 pages of the 103
of thetaiiffbilL
The Diver's Heavy Dress.
The drees of a fully equipped diver
weighs 169 poundt and costs about
$500. It is made up, among other
things, of S 1-2 pounds of thick under
clothing. The dress Itself weighs 14
pounds, and the heavily weighted boots
weigh 32 pounds. The breast and back
piece weigh 80 pounds, and the helmet
15 pounds.
The greatest depth St which a diver
can ordinarily work la 150 feet, though
there are rare Instances of work being
done at a depth of 210 feet, where the
pressure sustained is 8S 1-2 pounds to
the square inch. It is not generally
known that the present system of div
ing was first suggested by the action of
the elephant, which swims beneath tLs
surface, breathing meanwhile through
IU trunk, which It holds above the
water.
A QUICK HEARING
Will Be Had of Appeal In Trafflo AS.
aoclatlou Case.
Attorney-General MoEenna has di
rected District Attorney McFarlane at
New York to take an appeal from the
decision of the oircuit court of appeals,
delivered at New York last Friday, in
favor of the Joint Trafflo Association,
composed of Eastern trunk lines. This
case is closely allied to that of the
Trans-Missouri freight association, in
which the United State Supreme Court
last Monday held that the anti-trust law
was constitutional. The same questions
are involved as in the Trans-Missouri
case with the addition that the Joint
Trafflo Association is charged with vio
lation of the anti-pooling clause of the
inter-state commerce act. The oircuit
court of appeals held that tLj United
States bad no right to go into court in
an attempt to dissolve the association
under either the anti-trust or intcr-stnto
commerce acts. It isoontonded at the
department of juslico that even the dis
senting opinion of the Supreme Court
did not sustain points sustained by tho
circuit court of appeals.
When the papers in the appeal arrive
the Attorney-General will ask the
Supreme court to advance the case
so that it may be heard at the present
term.
Another Road Draws Cut.
The St. Louis and San Francisoo rail
road Thursday gave notice of with
drawal from all the trafflo associations,
both freightand passenger, in the West
and Southwest. This action is taken
on account of the Supreme Court decis
ion on Tuesday declaring the Trans
Missouri Trafflo Association to be il
legal. So far no aotion has been taken
by any of the car service associations.
Newt of the Flood.
. Another break in the levee at Fifteen
Mile Bayou, nine miles below Modoo,
Ark. , is reported. It is now over five
hundred feet in width and hourly in
creasing. Assistant United States En
gineer Notty states that in his opinion
all the White river levee System, from
Modoo south, will eventually go to
pieces.
At Kansas City, Mo., the Missouri
river is within 28 feet of the danger line
and the indications are that it will
go at least one foot higher. The bottom
at the mouth of the Kaw river is over
flowed and the squatters have been
compelled to take refuge on the blurts.
The Belt Line Railway tracks are un
der water in places and eeriouR trouble
is feared. The Armour Packing Com
pany has a large force of men at work
to guard against damage by the expoot
ed overflow.
Sevoral more breaks in the levee at
Bird's point have ocourred and a cur
rent of water as strong as a mill race is
rushing through the center of that vil
lage. Already a dozen houses have
been swept from their foundations and
it now looks as if there will not be a
building left in the place. Fortunately
the dwellers had ample warning and
removed most of their household goods
and merchandise.
With one exception, the bridge over
the Flint river, at Albany, Ga., there
is not a public bridge left in the county.
The iron bridge across the Kinchee
foouee creek, reoently built jointly by
Doughty and Lee cornties ana costing
Prt.Ooo was swept away without a vestige
being left.
Bucket Shops Win.
Judge Horton, of the circuit court,
has overruled the motion of the board
of trade of Chicago, the Western Union
Telegraph Company, the Gold and
Stock Telegraph Company and the Pos
tal Telegraph Company to dissolve the
temporary injunctions, restraining
these parties from detaching telegraph
wires from the place of busines of Har
ry E. Wyly and theW. A. Michel Com
mission Company et al., and from re
moving "tickers ' and from cutting off
or in any wise interfering with "the
supply of information as has been here
tofore supplied."
In concluding hisdeoision, the Judge
says: "The defendant telegraph com
panies have been so long permitted to
continue to transmit to the publio the
'market news' and said telegraph com
panies have been so long employed by
the publio so to do that said companies
may new be considered as agents of the
publio for that purpose, recognized as
suoh by the board of trade. "
Free Silver Republicans.
A new political party has been
launohed in Nebraska. It is composed
of members who have heretofore affili
ated with the Republicans, but last No
vember voted for W. J. Bryan for Pres
ident on the currency question alone.
The convention which met in Lincoln
was not largely attended. Charles
Wooster, a member of the lower house
of the Legislature, was made chair
man. The present name Free Silver
Republicans of Nebraska was retained.
Judge D. D. Gregory, of Omaha, was
made the Nebraska member of the Na
tional Committee and a State' organiza
tion was effected. Six Congressional
district committeemen were also select
ed and arrangements perfected for car
rying on an aotive campaign. Contrary
to exudations, Mr. Bryan was not
present .. ' -
Three Friends Seized.
At Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday the
steamer Three Friends, which arrived
in port Thursday, has again been seized
by order of the United States Court, in
accordance with the recent decision of
the Supreme Court, in the bbel case
pending against the boat The bend
waa cancelled, after which a deputy
marshal was placed in charge. The tug
will be allowed to do towing on the
river, pending a trial of the case
against it
Birmingham's Big Cotton Mill.
At Birmingham the Avondale mills,
capital $5oX),000, were formally launch
ed 1 hnrsday night with $400,000 of the
stock subscribed. At a meeting of the
stockholders B.-B. Comer was elected
president and treasurer and David
Trainer, secretary and general manager.
The following were elected a board of
directors: H. h. Comer, Robert Jami
son, W. J. Milner, David Trainer and
M. V. Joseph, Birmingham; C H. t
Hutcbins. Worcester. Mass.: D. M. I
Thompson, Providence, R. L ; and J.
P. Wilson and IL S. Chadwkk, Char
lotte, n. a
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Castorla Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infant
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
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Instead of the various quack nostrums which
ore destroying their loved ones, by forcing
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ending them to premature graves."
DR. J. F. KlNCHELOB,
Conway, Ark.
Castorla.
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H. A. Arciibr, M. D.,
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merit of Castorla has won us to look with)
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Civilisation's Work.
A man carrying an armful of fire
wood would uot ordinarily be made the
subject of comment. When, however,
the man represents a people who usod
to think that such labor was a degra
dation, he is Interesting from a socio
logical point of view. A correspondent
of the New York Evening Post, writing
from Montana, tells of aecing a Chey
enne Indian walking from the brush up
to bis lodge carrying wood. By his side
was a tiny girl with a backload of little
twigs. A few years ago an Indian
would have been ashamed to bo aeeu
doing what he would have called a
squaw's work. To-day the tribes are
directly, and consciously, aud of neces
sity adopting civilized ways. The little
girl at play represpnted the past; ths
man, a promise of tha future.
The Charlotte Observer
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