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VOL. XXVIII—NO. t> 1
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The September Agricultural Report
Shows Better.
They Have (Jot (Jeronimo llut Don't Know tViiat
to l*o With Him—The Honored Fay Hull of
Army Pensioners—Wasting Mouey on Wur Yen-
eels.
Washington, September 10.—The Sep
tember report of the department of agri
culture shows a butter yield of spring
wheat than was expected a month ago.
The improvement is in the north belt of
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota. In
Nebraska there has been a decline; in Iowa
little change. The general average Is 84,
an increase of four points. The average
yield of the crop sc far as the results of
threshing are reported exceeds 11 bushels,
and many reach 111 bushels per acre. The
threshing of winter wheat in the Ohio
valley, gives a better return than was ex
pected at harvest, and there is some im
provement in Missouri and Kansas. In the
middle and eastern states the percentage
of July is not materially changed. In the
south the harvest is disappointing and
rains injured the product in the shock.
The returns indicate an average yield of
about .121 bushels per acre. The entire
wheat product will apparently exceed that
of last year by SO,000,000 to 90,000,000
bushels. The exact determination of the
area harvested and the results of threshing
are easily equivalent to a variation of at
least 2 per cent.
COHN.
Corn has declined from 81 in August to
77. In the states where it is principally
produced the status is as follows: Ken
tucky, from 87 in August to 90 in Septem
ber; Ohio, 88 to 89; Michigan, 80in both re
turns; Indiana, 90 to 92; Illinois, declines
from 77 to 72; Missouri, from 75 to 62; Kan
sas, 72 to 62; Nebraska, from 76 to 68; Iowa,
73 to 67. The loss west of Indiana is caused
by drought. In the south Atlantic states
there has been an improvement. On the
gulf coast there is a slight improvement
except in Texas, where the drought has
reduced the condition. The present crop
prospect with no further decline is 19
per cent, worse than lost year, and indi
cates over 21 bushelB per acre, or nearly
1,600,000,000 bushels.
COTTON.
Cotton returns show a vigorous condi
tion of the plant, with a lateness and de
ficiency in fruiting. There has been an
improvement in most of the states, with a
decided decline in Texas and a little in Ar
kansas. There is an indisputable reduc
tion of the condition of last month in the
south and west. Texas has been empha
sized in this return. The average of the
condition of the crop area, 82, is slightly
above that of August 1 for the first time in
September in fifteen years. With a long
and favorable autumn it indicates an
average crop. Yet a decline in the con
dition after this date is usual. Insects
have appeared in most of the states with
little loss so far, more from the boll worm
than from the caterpillar. The states’
averages of condition are: Virginia 77,
North Carolina 82, South Carolina 81,
Florida 83, Georgia 81, Alabama 80, Missis
sippi 82, Louisiana 81, Texas 76, Arkansas
93, Tennessee 95.
OATS.
Results of threshing make the condition
of oats at harvest time 91, a small reduc
tion from the earlier expectation.
BARLEY, BUCKWHEAT. ETC.
The average of barley is 63, indicating ail
average crop. Buckwheat averages 90.
Potatoes have declined from 8.83 to 8.14
from the effects of local droughts. In New
York the decline is from 97 to 89, and it is
heavy in the dry area of the west.
The condition of tobacco averages 81.
The number of fattening hogs is appa
rently less by about 6 per cent., with some
reduction in'the average weight.
BIGGEST SORT OF BLUNDERS.
How They Were Made in Planning Wnr Vessels.
The Advisers Wasting Time and Menus.
Washington, September 10.—The rea
son for the long delay in issuing the ad
vertisements for proposals for the con
struction of the four new ships authorized
to be built under the act of March 0, 1855.
has at last come to light. It wid be re
membered that two of the ships were to be
protected cruisers, of about 4000 tons dis-
g lacement, the other two were to be gun-
oats of about 1700 and 870 tons respect
ively, all of them to be built of steel.
It is understood that the designs for the
gunboats were completed arid approved by
the board about the end of last May. The
designs for the 4000-ton protected cruisers
were completed about two months ago. In
the meantime Secretary Whitney con
cluded to have one of the 4000-ton ships
built after the plans of the Japanese crusier
Naniwakan, which had attained the extra
ordinary speed of 18 9-10 knots. After the
plans for the other 4000-ton cruiser were
laid before the board it was discovered
from calculations made thereon that the
ship would be deficient in stability it built
upon these plans, and that to make her
seaworthy she had to be made wider. Ac
cordingly her beam was increased from 48
feet to 49 feet 1$ inches. Her length was re
tained at 300 feet, and the draught at 18
feet 9 inches. This necessitated the draw
ing and designing of a new set of lines.
The other plans were patched up l>y draw
ing red lines around them and adding ex
planatory notes. , ...
It was then thought that the advertise
ment could be issued in a few days, and in
formation to that effect was given out at
the department. After the advertisement
had been made out fur the signature of
Secretary Whitney it was discovered that
a blunder had been made in the plans tor
the 870-ton gunboat. The hoard
where they will probably be tried by court
martial.
Washington, September 10.— General
Drum, acting secretary ot war, has given
instructions that Ueronimo, Natchez and
other hostiles, who surrendered with him,
be stopped at San Antonio and kept im
prisoned there until a determination is
reached as to what course of procedure
can be undertaken against them. It is of
ficially known that the surrender was not
made without conditions, but what the
conditions were beyond an agreement that
they should not he surrendered for trial In
Arizona has not yet, beeu reported. It was
incompliance with this condition that
General Miles started with the hostiles for
Florida. The determination of the course
of procedure will probable be made by
the president, but not until tlio terms of
surrender and all attendant circumstances
shall be officially known. With the pres
ent knowledge it seems probably that
the offenders can neither be tried by mili
tary court martial, nor by the civil
authorities; but they may be tried as the
Modocs were, by a military commission.
This is a tribunal for the in
stitution of which there are
many well recognized precedents in our
own history, though it is one which as
yet has no recognition in statutory law.
The atrocities of these prisoners, terrible
as they were, are not thought to be such
ns would bring them within the jurisdic
tion of a court martial, which is very
limited; nor would the civil court, in the
absence of witnesses, meet the require
ments, although guilt is notorious.
PREFERRED CREDITORS
Have lie™ Given Sourly a IHIIIon of Dollars.
Washington, September 10.—Hon. C.
K. Faulkner, of Indiana, chief of the
record division of the pension bureau, says
the whole number of pensioners who, on
account of the rebellion, have been borne
upon the pension rolls in the period from
1861 to June 3(1,1886, is 561,881. The whole
amount paid for these pensions (luring that
period was 8830,840,020.18. During the fis
cal year ending June 30, 1886, there were
issued 81,422 pension certificates. For the
month of June alone there were Issued 10,-
375 pension certificates, and for the same
fiscal year the payments were 865,747,380.
The new names added to the rolls foot up
43,166, of which 2314 were restorations.
During the present administration the
payments in several instances were very
heavy. Fi
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SATURDAY MORNING, SKDTKM
CENTS
And Preparing for Business in the Fu
ture.
Nil* Tlmt Makes L’k Wo nl runs Kind Still
lleatlnu fur the Sufferers-- l'I»e New York
fhumbrr iff fntiiiiiorcc'* Contriloitloii -Aid Of-
fun'll from Buyonil the Sou - 8 inn (■ I-ti III III -
(i Ivors.
iugliam ami Atlantic will resign and the
Kansas City, Memphis mid Birmingham
will elect new officials to fill their
places. 11 is thought this name
of Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic
will be adopted by the new owners. The
transfer will comprise, that portion of the
present line now hi operation from Mem
phis to Holly Springs. The sixty miles
from Holly Springs to Tupelo, Miss., now
under contract to the Virginia Construc
tion Company, will be turned over as soon
as completed, which will be October 1.
This will give 105 miles of completed road
from Memphis to Tupelo, where the line
crosses the Mobile and Ohio.
eavy. For instance, a pension was issued
company
His first i
to Samuel W. Robertson, company K,
pay-
Fourth Kansas Volunteers,
ment was 811,933.56.
Marcus D. Richardson, of company E,
Fifty-third Indiana, was granted a pen
sion for total blindness. His first payment
was |11,741.13.
Moses McFadden, company E, Twenty-
eighth Illinois Volunteers, was, on Sep
tember 3d, granted a pension for total in
sanity, involving a payment of fll,064.76
and $72 per month after said date.
A pension of $12,355.09 was granted to
Frederick Walk, of company B, Fifth
Pennsylvania cavalry.
Secretary Manning.
Washington, September 10.—Aeting
Secretary Fairchild denies the statement
credited to Treasurer Jordan that Secre
tary Manning will return here about the
middle of the present month. “If,” said
Mr. Fairchild^-the secretory returns at all
it will not be until some time in October.
We have fully as hot weather here in Sep
tember as any time during the year, and it
will not be very safe for him to return yet.
In truth, the secretary is yet in a vacillat
ing mood regarding his return here. On
days when he feels well and is ambitious
for something active he makes all his plans
for return. Then a bad day overtakes him
and he gives up all hope of getting back.”
The Critic says to-night: “Chief Clerk
Youmans, priffir to returning to Washing
ton from a tour of inspection along the
New England coast, went over to Watch
Hill to call upon Secretary Manning. ‘Sit
ting in a chair and talking with the secre
tary,’ said Mr. Youmans, ‘no one would
imagine that he had any trouble, for his
color is good and there is no perceptible
decrease in the fullness of the face. But it
is when he attempts to walk that the e.x
tent of his malady is manifested, and my
opinion is that the secretary will not re
consider his’ determination to retire from
the treasury department permanently by
October 1. His friends and his family arc-
averse to his picking up the reigns again,
as it will only increase his feebleness, and
i do not think his physician will allow it,
either.’ ”
I Charleston, September 10. -The night
1 passed quietly. There were no shocks in
[ the city, and with the nppearace of the
' sun this morning there wore renewed
signs of activity in removing the debris
and an increased disposition on the part of
the people to return to their houses.
| Mayor Courtenay lias sent the following
telegram acknowledging the reception o''
J a contribution: ‘‘lion. W. W. Corcoran,
Washington, D. C.: The live I
; thousand dollars is received. Only [
! tile loftiest sense of duty and !
; citizenship could prompt your noble deeds. |
, Charleston with one voice honors an A mer- j
1 lean citizen who ever rises to the height of
his privileges, and of whose bounty it may
truly be said ‘there is no winter in’ it.’ .
[Signed] i “W. A. Courtenay,
“Mayor.”
The rains of yesterday have just now j
begun to affect the shattered walls, sev
eral of which fell to-day.
THREE SLIGHT SHOCKS WERE FELT
j in Summerville yesterday. The relief cora-
1 mittee arc at work distributing botli pro-
| visions and money, and their chief concern i
'is to prevent the falling of relief to un-
I worthy persons. Two hundred and ninety
I tents were received to-day from the gov-
erfior of New Jersey. They
were accompanied by his private
secretary and ail officer of the quarternuii-
ter’s department. One hundred and sixty-
six tents have also been shipped from
Ohio. The committee, with many thanks
to the American people, authorize the
statement that
THEY HAVE TENTS ENOUGH
to meet all pressing needs. No shocks
have been felt to-day, and the streets are |
now unusually lively.
Not much is stirring to-day beyoud the J
evidence everywhere of putting things la
shape again. The board of survey is busily
at work and has recommended that sev
eral buildings be pulled down, Most of
the massive front of the News and Courier
building and its job office must come
down, but the building containing the
composing room and press room is pro
nounced absolutely safe. There Is little
room for doubt that the injury will exceed
the estimate of $5,000,000, as every day de
velops damages previously unknown, as
in case of the News and Courier building,
for example. The relief committee has
opened a registry for mechanics desirious
of employment, where citizens can com
municate with them and make engage
ments. As the First Presbyterian church
is iu ruins and the congregation are unable
to rebuild they appeal to members of their
denomination elsewhere for assistance.
Rev. W. T. Bdpson, D. D., is pastor, and
will receive remittances.
After 2 o’clock to-day the relief commit-,
tee Issued 21,000 rations. CanvassbiA
have been appointed tor each ward to as
certain who are needy and deliver rations
to them, so as to avoid imposition. The
total subscriptions to the relief fund
amounts to over $161,000.
STILL GROWING,
Auil flu- Sisters Willing to Take the Children.
Charleston, September 10.—The relief
fund up to to-night amounts to $127,000 and
is still growing.
Cardinal Gibbons has issued a circulur
letter to the clergy of the country ordering
the taking up of a collection in all Catholic
churches on the 2titk for the same cause,
and the Sisters of Mercy in this city have
signified their willingness to assume
charge of twenty-five orphans if necessary.
(Jcaeivais (livers.
! New York, September 10.—The Charles
ton relief committee of the chamber <
j commerce met to-day. It was reported by
Treasurer Brown that up to the present ho
had received $33,122, out of which the
lli'Wihif loll In Eimliiiilti.
St. Loris, September 10.—The Globe-
Democrat’s Engle Pass, Texas, special says:
“The long threatened revolution in Coa-
huiln, Mexico, has at last developed in a
definite shane. The news has been re
ceived from l’ledras Negras that a band of
revolutionists yesterday seized tile town of
El Pann, Mexico, and took complete pos
session of it.
During the circus in Piedras Negras all
abb-bodied males wore arrested and press
ed into the military service and placed in
the l Uartel for safe keeping during the
night. This morning, 150 strong, they
mounted confiscated horses and accompa
nied I... lot* regular soldiers, were taken to
El Paiia lo combat the revolutionists, who
uve supposed to bo under the leadership of
“El Coyote,” Mexico’s most celebrated
bandit ami revolutionary leader.
When theniiposing forcesci me together
hard fighting may be expected. The revo
lution just inaugiirati d will be hard lo sup
press, for !he rebels are ably commanded
and v, oil supplied with money and provis
ions. There is a vast amount of dissatis
faction in that state with the government,
and this fact alone lias drawn many to
the revolutionists’ standard. People who
are best acquainted with the Mexican
character predict a great political up
heaval within six months.
A SUICIDE’S ESTATE.
AdmInlstrntiirs A|ipolnIi-l Itrhirr (lie I'lln('rid
to l.onli After Hunker ('lirlNtn|ili’n l’ro|ierl).
Chicago, September 10.—Attorney Ros
enthal and County Treasurer Siepp ap
peared before Judge Knickerbocker yes
terday afternoon, and secured lettersof ad
ministration upon the estate of Banker
Christoph, who committed suicide Mon
day night. The court appointed as admin
istrators the widow, Mrs. Ilattie Christoph,
and T. L. Loftons in bond of $1,000,-
000, which was fhrnished by the
administrators and W. C. Seipp
and George Schneider, the banker.
Tlio Exact Condition of the Crop Up to
Dato.
| A Cheerful Oiitlimk tile Crd|i Stinted llitilly nml
Avernireil Lint Until August—III tin- Atlantic
Sliiles mill Hie Territory Bust nf 1’ie Mlsslssliipl
There tins Been n Sternly I ill I'luvemi-n l During
Aiigust.
New Orleans, September 10.—The
National Cotton Exchange crop report ,
made up by C. 11. Parker, secretary, for
the month of August, based on full re
turns from all parts of the cotton belt,
says: In contrast to last year the cotton
this season Imd not. nearly so good a
start, and low averages prevailed during
the early months except west of the Mis
sissippi and in Tmiiosseetbut in the Atlan
tic slat as and nearly all the territory east
of the Mississippi there has been an In
make any engagement with Prince Alex
ander. In view, however, of party struggle
In Bulgaria and the agitation of the public
mind which the proclamation has caused,
Russian agents in Bulgaria have been in-
s.ruoted to inform the Bulgarian people
that unless Russia is disposed to exert her
influence to establish party concord and
restore quiet, Russia will not withhold
her support from any legally
constituted nrovisional government guided
by non-partisan interests and conducted
for the general wellfare. Russia Is willing
to apply herself to the task of removing
dissensions from the painful consequences
o.'which Bulgaria has already suffered too
much. Russia hopes that the Bulgarian
ration and her representatives will be able
to appreciate these counsels and act ac
cordingly.
THE CITY OF~BRIDGES.
Programme of M. Limb
Hu 1 exposition mill III
(Jain Season, inclttiiiiif
' Knight* Ti'iiqilur ( ou
st. Louis, September 10.—The opening
states of Texas, Arkansas and portions of
Louisiana, the plant has suffered from a
lack of sufficient moisture, hill and
prairie lands being, of course,
the most seriously affected, and shedding
lias beeu quite general. Taken altogether,
however, the loss on the one side has been
more than counterbalance by the gain on
the other,and the general condition of the
crop is Improved. Worms have appeared
in very many localities, bul us yet have
done no damage. Labor is plentiful. The
audition of tlio crop by states for the past
It covers personal property valued at
ides widen tne deceased
e worth $120,000. The $800,-
peronal property includes the
of Mr. Christouh’s bank, de-
jceivable and all other assets.
$800,000, besld
lef ' '
v _ | | on ad
ditional vessels, either in ignorance of the
law which required this vessel to be built
of steel, or in defiance of the law, had ap
proved of designs for its construction on
the composite system—that is, with iron
frames and wooden planking. v\ hen tne
fact that these plans were not in con
formity with the law was brought to the
attention of the navy department only a
few days ago, there was great excitement,
and Naval Constructor Wilson, who was
on leave, was ordered home at once. I he
drawings for this ship will have to he con
demned and a new set of plans for a steel
ship will have to be made.
Probably more than $25,000 have been
paid to draughtsmen alone for designing
these ships and the result of their labor is
one design which is condemned, one
found deficient and patched up, and a
third which may yet be found equally de
ficient. These failures are not due to the
inefficiency of the draughtsmen, for they
have simply obeyed orders.
THEY'VE GOT GERONIMO.
And Now What Will They Bo With llbn I
Denver, Col., September 10.—An El
Paso special to the Associated I ress says:
Geronimo with thirtv-tVo hostile
Apaches, iu charge of Captain Lawton,
who was mainly instrumental in bringing
about their surrender, passed through r.i
Paso at 2 o’clock yesterday morning on
their way east to Fort Marion, in Floric a,
STILL IDLE,
Bill Hoping to Be Able to bo to Work Soon.
Augusta, September 10.—Notice has
been served upon the operatives occupying
houses owned by the Augusta factory to
vacate, as the houses are wanted for opera
tives who are going to work. Many of the
operatives have been allowed to occupy
the houses belonging to the factories with
out paying rent. Everything continues
quiet ' and unchanged about the
mills, only a few hands working
in the picker room of the Augusta factory.
Efforts are still being made to compromise
the differences between the factories and
employes. Very few of the 1300 hands out
of employment have left the city. They
are waiting for an adjustment of the dif
ference, preferring to remain idle than to
seek work elsewhere.
Wild Nell’* Suicide.
Fayetteville, N. C., Sept. 9.—News
has been received here of the suicide of
N. D. Monroe, familiarly known as “Wild
Neil.” He lived with an only sister in the
woods, about fifteen miles from hero. Be
fore the war he was a man of property,
but lost it in the conflict. With two
brothers he served through the rebellion,
and Neil alone sur’-ived. Returning home-
lie found all in ruins. He retired to the
retreat where he has lived the last
twenty years, taking with him his
only sister. There he built two little
huts about ten feet square, and about one
hundred yards distant. From that day
the couple never spoke to each other. Neil
lived by hunting and gathering roots, lie
would always leave part of his game at his
sister’s door. On the morning of his sui
cide he went over and spoke to his sister
for the first and last time, and then asked
her if she had any coffee. He then returned
to his own cabin, took a piece of leather
and cut off a strap, carried the ladder into
the house, and tied the strap to his neck
and a rafting, and then jumped off. He
was found dead.
Failures for the Week.
New York, September 10.—The busi
ness failures for the past week through
out the country, as reported to It. G. Dun
& Co., number for the United States 149
and for Canada 29; total 178 against 190 last
week and 201 the week previous. The
casualties are fewer in every section of the
United States, but in Canada they keep
fully up to the average.
A CJIrl Killed in Macon.
Macon, Ga., September 10.—Nannie
Wilkinson, white, a deaf rnute aged 16
years, was run over and killed in
this city this morning, by the fast mail
train from Atlunta.
nmvor of Charleston had been paid a draft
! of $20,500, leaving a cash balance of $12,-
i 622. Since yesterday the t’-casurer had rc-
I eeived $7122, .which included $500 from
Jay Gould. 81000 from the Bank ot America, |
j $500 from United States National Bank, j
I and $500 from Robert Lenox Kennedy.
iiiLWW From l>h I lui!i-lpliIn.
j Philadelphia, September 10.—At a !
i meeting of the citizens’ relief committee \
j to-day the total subscriptions for the relief j
| of Charleston was $27,332 to date, of which j
I $3100 had been forwarded. The chairman -
| was directed to authorize Mayor Courtenay !
to draw on the treasurer for $1,5,000.
Can’t Soil Tickets.
New York, .September 18.—The police i
! board has refused to allow policemen to I
sell tickets for the Charleston relief fund j
benefit ut Wallack’s. The commissioners j
decided a year ago to never again allow j
patrolmen to sd) tickets for any purpose, I
and will not now break the rule.
I,linden's Generosity.
Washington, September 10.—Tlie lord i
mayor of London, through Minister Phelps, ‘
recently offered to open subscriptions iu i
aid of the Charleston sufferers. The offer
was communicated to the major of
Charleston and gratefully accepted by him
on behalf of the homeless of the city.
Minister Phelps has been instructed by
cable to convoy to the lord mayor the
grateful acknowledgments of the president
of the United Stales for the generosity of
the city of London.
eft real estate worth $120,000. The $800,-
000 worth of peroital pro
entire assets of Mr. C'
posits, bills receivable
Attorney Rosenthal said the money on
hand would pay all deposits, debts of
every character, notes, drafts, etc., and
still leave a margin, hut how much It will
not be possible to say until an examination
of the books, now in progress, is com
pleted. The heirs of the dead banker ure the
widow, Lesca, a daughter, aged seven
years, and Conrad H., a son six years old.
Tbo real estate and whatever margin of
the personal estate is left after deposits
are paid will go to them equally.
It is not Judge Knickerbocker’s practice
to allow estates to be administered before
the burial of the deceased, but in this ease
it was represented that unless administra
tors were appointed, complications would
arise on account of the necessity of the im
mediate payment of deposits in the batik.
Attorney Rosenthal stated that the bank’s
affairs were in perfect shape. Mr. Chris
toph had not been speculating, and depos
itors would be paid promptly on demand.
STUCK ON A SHOAL.
Ami ii Vi-ry Sml but Mu* Men Were.
New York, September 10.—The steamer
Franklin Krlson, the health department
boat, went down to the yuelit race yester
day, with twenty-seven of the physicians
and clerks from the health office on board.
Coming back, she got lost in the
fog, and at 10 o’clock ran aground
on a shoal a mile or more from
Rockaway Beach. For five hours the
whistle was kept going, and ut 3:30 a. m. all
the passengers but Dr. Chapin were taken
ashore hy the life savers of station 86, the
life boat making two trips. The rescued
men tramped through the sand to Roek-
awuy.ana 7 o’clock look the train for
New Vork.
A dispatch
the steamer
tide and was
from Chapin says that
floated off at high
off Coney Island. The
boat was not built for rough weather and
lias no permit to go outside Sandy Hook.
The passengers had all been deathly sick
before the boat struck, and the fearful
pounding and thumping for live hours
made them u very sad lot of men.
A prayer meeting was held In the cabin
such as was never held by health depart
ment men before. All hands wore life
preservers until they were taken off the
bout, expecting a speedy destruction of it.
■i pat !■ y
Charleston, September 10. — United
Stutes Minister Phelps cabled Mayor Cour
tenay to-day that the lord mayor of Lou-
i don 'has issued a strong appeal for sub-
I seriptions for the Charleston sufferers.
Inspector spier.
j Washington, September 10.—Supervis-
! ing Architect Bell has granted the request
of the mayor of Charleston that Inspector
i Spier be permitted to remain another week
in Charleston to assist in the work of ex
amining into the condition of damaged
buildings.
Mure hurtiiiiuukes.
San Francisco, September 10.—Captain
W. E. Plummer, of the steamer Mary D.
Hume, which arrived in port yesterday,
reports that while sixteen miles northwest
of Point Reyes Wednesday, nine distinct
shocks of earthquake was felt, vibrations
! being from north of east to south of west.
' They were not felt in San Francisco.
A lUilroail Transfer.
Memphis, September 10.—Genera) Net-
tieton, Attorney Pratt and other officials
of the Kansas City road arrived this after
noon to formally receive the Memphis,
Birmingham and Atlantic road, which was
i sold to the Kansas City, Memphis and
Birmingham. A meeting will be held at j
| which the officers of the Memphis, Birm-
(Jolllg I Mill I’lllllll-H.
St. Louis, September 10.—Tin Knights
of Labor and members of the Central
Labor Union, and other labor organiza
tions of this city, have combined under
the name of the limited labor party, and
will have n convention of delegates from
various assemblies and unions on October
7, for the purpose '’I'm. minuting a full city,
congressional and legislative ticket. The
central committee has recently been in
conference with the greenback committee,
and an alliance with them will probably
be formed. Prominent Knights of Labor
say that the new party will have the bal
ance of power in the coming election. If
they cannot elect their own candidates
they can elect either of the opposing par
ties# as they wish.
Oil ’('liniigc.
New York, September 10.—The stock
market again relapsed into extreme dull
ness to-day. The first prices were gener
ally i to j above last evening's close. Trad
ing was extremely tame and fluctuations
small, little or no progress being made
until after 12 o'clock, when an increased
business with better prices for other stocks
put a different face upon affairs. The im
provement continued until the close of the
afternoon, which was strong at about the
best figures reached. The result of the
day’s transactions is a fractional advance for
everything on the list. Sales 125,000 shares.
Toned up 111* Buy.
Sandy Hook, N. J., September 10.—The
steamboat Empire State was assisted off
during the night and towed to New York,
her (Ires having been drawn in order to
prevent an accident by tire. The cutter
Gaietea, which was anchored during the
night outside- the hook, was towed up the
bay early this morning.
Independent Candidate.
Raleigh, N. C., September 10.—John
Nichols has announced‘himself independ
ent candidate for congress front the fourth
district.
Virginia I SO
North Carolina | 79
Somh Carolina i 75
Georgia 78
Fiorina j 91
Alabama 75
Tenuesflee 87
Arkansas 90
Mississippi 82
Louisiana 80
Texas 1 98
Average for the belt 83.5
Average for last year ;92
Average year before 85
—r
89; 81
761*1
71 HI
80 84
84 83
82 80
91 95
97 92
84; 87
82 81
98 90
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FATHER AND SON
Have * Difficulty, anil the Father I* Bailly Hurl.
Byron, September 9.—A serious and un
fortunate difficulty occurred yesterday
afternoon six miles southeast of this place
between Mr. 8. D. Arnold and his son,
John Arnold. From what I can gathcr
they have not been on good terms for
several years past. This year they had
been farming together, or rather the father
had assisted the son to get supplies to run
ness oxcel those of previous years." The
manngmont have been untiring during the
last three months in their efforts to make
tlio exposition a success, and all agree that
they have signally succeeded. No special
programme has been provided for the
opening beyond a concert by Signor
Liberatti, the renowned cornetist, assisted
by the United States cavalry depot band.
From to-day until the 20th inst. interest
will center in the exposition, whore each
day special attractions will be presented,
among them being a concert given by the
children’s chorus of 3500 trained voices.
Monday, September 20, the Knights Tem
plar are to participate in their triennial
3, which will open the following
conclave,
day, preceded by a parade of all the cotn-
ntanaerios present in full uniform. The
exposition building, where the conclave
full uniform. The
exposition building, where the conclave
will be held, will be gayly decorated in
their honor with flags and bunting, and
the exhibits will be specially arranged on
that day for their inspection. On the same
evening the boulevards and most fre-
t uented streets will be illuminated for the
rst time during the season. It is not ex-
travugant to Bay that the illumi
nation will surpass in brilliancy
and extent anything of the kind ever seen
in the United States. Spanning the streets
at each of their intersections arches ele
gantly and uniquely fashioned have beeu
created. These have been fitted with in
numerable gas burners arranged in fantas
tic forms covered with glass globes of
various colors. Bordering both sides of
the street are continuous ltneB of smaller
arches, which also bear burners shaded
With the colored globes. The effect at
night when the gas is turned on will be
beautiful, and must be seen to be appre
ciated. This has all been made possible hy
Iiopular subscription, aqd been done at au
expense of $25,000, more Than eight miles
of boulevards aud streets being illumi
nated in the above manner.
On the 22(1 inst. the managers have ar
ranged for u grand charity jubilee at the
iSi^whlehhe whffied‘rahf e participate under the leadership of Mr.
tinned *nt n ice in order to carrv Gilmore, and accompanied by a cannon
ft tn d nmrke? and hIsdobo of it [ i i chorus, the proceeds to ho dovoted to a
fitter, r .lfw " ite E thnt i„ to,1 “ d «'
atessras&aea!:: t*.*.."****—s—***
Hlnietl Lll.ll lie WIIIL mull iical itui;i%, nm;..
both of them would carry cotton to Macon
and apply the proceeds to their debts
before using any of their crop for other
purposes. This seems to have exasperate i
the son, but nothing mure was thought of ,
it until yesterday afternoon, when the son |
entered the blacksmith shop where his ”
father was ut work and commence
a quarrel about ginning the bale of col-
ton. In the controversy both of them re
ferred to matters about which they pre
viously bail disputes, and the quarrel
ended by the son’s giving the d—u lie to
un assertion made by the father, When in
stantly his father struck him over tit ■
head with a pair of blacksmith’s tongs-
John Arnold then drew his pistol and llr-;d
three times in rapid succession upon hi-
fnther, each shot taking effect, the firs'
and second shot taking effect in the rigid
and left shoulders, and the third in tin-
elbow of the left arm. At the fourth at
tempt to shoot his father the pistol failed
to fire, and he used it in striking it is full
J iu: l;mi wi;t,tuc ntn«.wu. cavuj/v
of the Knights Templar conclave, wili be
the first week in October, commencing on
Monday, the -lth, on which day the open
ing of tiie state fair will occur. The even
ing following the great vailed prophet.
-iccl by a faithful retinue, will
mint visit to the city.
BURIED IN THE DEBRIS.
Tlio
i n Fall Twenty Foot—Ft
Fatally I iij a ml.
Indianapolis, Ind., Kept. 10.—This
afternoon while a force of men was
engaged in tearing down the old Young
Men’s Christian Association building,
preparatory to tin: erection of a new one,
the springing of au inside wall threw down
an upper tier of joists upon which wore
twentv-one workmen, precipitating them
all to the door below, about twenty feet.
All zil' Mm mnn niOFfi
gleaned. Dr. Baskin tells your reporter
that lie found all three of the wounds of
Mr. S. D. Arnold painful, but not necessa
rily dangerous, all of tfiem being llcsli
wounds. Dr. Sullivan was summoned to
attend Mr. John Arnold. The gash cut
upon his head by tile tongs w:e8 ugly and
puinfiil, hut not serious.
This difficulty between father and son
lias shocked the whole community, and is
deeply deplored. John Arnold is a young
man twenty-eight or thirty years old. and
has been considered by those who know
him best to have been for some time in a
deranged state of ntind. I understand that
he expects Lo go to Perry this morning
where he will give himself up.
iVimt* Arlillnitiou.
Chicago, September 10.—A special dis
patch from Brazil, Indiana, says: The
milting operators and citizens generally
endorse t he refusal of the Miners Federated
Association at Indianapolis to merge
into the miners assembly of Knights of
Labor. The federation was organized
there lust summer. It is a state affair. In
Febuary last West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Illinois were added, forming
tlie organization. Its corner stone is arbi
tration, nor will it permit a strike till
every effort at arbitration through it, and
not the authorities, lias failed. Witere-
ever the order has obtained there lues beeu
but little disturbance and no strikes.
Krooklyn Turf.
New York, September 10.—First race,
at Brooklyn Jockey club grounds, 5 mile;
Princess 1st, Mute 2d, Mona 3d; time 1:12*.
Second race, H miles; Tornado 1st, Ada
L 2d, Catbeart 3d; time 1:58.
Third race, f mile; Ittilala 1st, Fonalon
2d, Maggie Mitchell 3d; time 1:17.
Fourth race, U miles; O’Fallon 1st, Lucy
H 2d, Saxony 3d; time 1:58).
Fifth race, 1 mile; Swift 1st, Three
Cheers 2d, Ferona.ld; time 1:43*.
Sixth race, ii mile; Bonnie S 1st, Selie
Dor 2d, Error 3d; time 1:30.
Bulgarin.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
St. Petersburg, September 10.—The
Novoe Vremicaux says: Of all the signers
of the Berlin treaty England alone appears
inclined to oppose Russia’s Bulgarian pol
icy. Russia must know whether England’s
intention is serious in order to prepare
herself to take measures accordingly, as
Russia will not he brought to it standstill
by England’s protest.
The Journal Dc St. Petersburg says:
Prince Alexander’s proclamation of de
parture contains mention of alleged Rus
sian assurances given him for reasons
useless to discuss “
Albert Sehumaker, of Jitnielas & Schu-
maker, contractors, skull iractured.
B. Dorieth, collar bone broken and inter
nal injuries.
Henry Miller, leg broken and internal
Injuries.
Oliver Warren, hip crushed.
The other severely injured persons are:
Henry Sehumaker, leg broken; Lew Fisher,
scalp wound; Gus Alexander, internal in
juries.
Mr. Scilgwh-k a Miig\tuiii|i.
New York World.
For Home time after 1870 Mr. Sedgwick
occupied the position of literary editor of
the Evening Post, and since that time has
been a regular contributor to the paper.
Many of its leading articles on law ques
tions were written by him. He was also a
contributor to the Nation, and E. L. God-
kin, the editor, is spoken of as his most in
timate friend. During the campaign of
187() Mr, Sedgwick supported Samuel J.
Tilden, and advocated Ins election to the
presidency through tiie columns of the
Nation. Up to that time he had been a
member of the Union League Club,and had
always been a republican. He re
signed from tlio former and became a dem
ocrat. In the last campaign he was inter
ested with George W. Folsom and George
Walton Greene in tiie organization of the
citizens’ committee that supported Cleve
land. After the latter was inaugurated it
was expected that iiis services would be re
warded by appointment to some congenial
position. Mr. Sedgwick’s friends interested
themselves in his behalf, and it was hoped
that he would be booked fo • a foreign mis
sion. in thiitfthey were disappointed, and
the theory of his appointment as the
special envoy of the United States to
Mexico is explained by the efforts made
to have him provided with a good berth.
Lynched Hint.
Augusta, September. 10.—At Way cross,"
Ga., a negro was lynched for attempting
to outrage a young lady. Two other negro
accomplices escaped.
A Crooked Official.
New Orleans, September 10.—Harvey
F. Price, the postmaster at Hookton,
Miss., has been arrested on a charge of
forging his official bond.
Seven Death* From a Colliery Fxploalon.
London, September 10.—By an explosion
in a colliery near BrLstol to-day seven per
sons were killed and ten injured.
Congressional Nomination.
St. Louis, September 10.—W. J. Stone
,, , .-r—— I was renominated for congress bv the dem-
Russta could not I ocrats of the twelfth district yesterday.