Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
NEWS OF THE hUTH.
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FLOODS, ETC.
The foreign iron masters passed through
Louisville, KY, Wednesday on their way
to Birmingham, Ala.
The Lowe Metallic Paint company, OF
| Chattanooga, has assigned. Its schedule
| of indebtedness foots up to ST, 524t
| assets, not yet known.
The colored people of Richmond, Va,
Wednesday, celebrated the twenty-seV-
enth anniversary of the signing of the
emancipation proclamation.
Gov. Stone, of Mississippi, on Tues
day, appointed Hon. Claude Pintard, OF
Natchez, chancellor, of the fourth dis
| trict, to succeed the Hon. L. McLaurln,
resigned.
The census returns of Lou siana and
Mississippi have been officially announced.
louisiana, lie, 82S; gain, 1882 per
cent. Mis- issippi-1, 2s4, 8s7; gain,
Is. 55 per cent.
Lines interested in Florida travel held
meeting of passenger agents at Cincln-
natl Wednesday and came to an agree
ment to fix tourists and Florida rates at
cents mile for round-trip tickets.
The remains of General A. p. Hill are
to be removed from Hollywood cemetery,
| in Richmond, "a to the lot donated by
| Louis Ginter, not far from the Lee monu-
ment, in the western suburbs OF Rich
mond.
The American Gaslight Association OF
Savannah, Ga, began its eighteenth an
nual session Wednesday morning with
| nearly 200 members present. The dele
| gates were received by the mayor and
| aldermen.
The case of DR.. james Woodrow, de-
| rosed for teaching "evoluiion," came up
ag in few days ago in the Charleston
| Presbytery on the doctors application
for membership. The application was
denied by vote of 6 to II.
During the first nine months of 1890
1882 miles of new railroad were con-
structed by 212 different companies, &C.
cording to the RGilaOay Age. The largest
amount of mileage constructed IN any
one state was in Georgia-S23 miles.
Five hundred Philadelphia business
men arrived in Chattanooga Monday and
were given banquet on Lookout noun
tain during the evening. They came to
attend the sale of lots at Kensington,
Ca, twenty miles south of Chattanooga.
While six persons on horseback were
passing over an unfinished bridge near
Webster Spring, w. Va, Saturday, the
structure gave way and all were precipi-
tated into Elk river, forty feet below.
Five of the six persons were wounded,
two fatally.
The following census figures were
| given out Tuesday: Newbcrp, No,
1859, increase 1883, per cent 81. 56.
State of North Carolina, 1917, $40, in
crease 217, $50, per cent 1884. Kansas,
1923, 485, increase 427, $50, per cent
1891.
On Saturday, Mrs H. L. Whiteside,
mother of Vernon Whiteside, the do
faulting city auditor of Chattanooga,
ing him that she was ready and vii ing
to paw any amount the ex-city auditor
owed the city. The shortage amounts to
$25, 900.
A dispatch of Tuesday says: The New
Town Company just beginning operations
at Bridgeport, Ala, on the Tennessee
river, sold out to syndicate headed by
Robert Bonner, associated with H. b.
Claf1in and Connell and Delamater, the
iron kings. They have organized new
company with capital of So, coo, coo.
A dispatch Of Sunday from Durham,
| N. c., says: There is more tobacco COM
ing into this market now than ever before
at this season of the year. Farmers are
coming from nearly every county in the
| Piedmont 81 ction, and many eastern coun-
ties are represented. About 81, 900 is
being paid out daily for the golden weed.
Information received at San Antonio,
Monday, from Mexico states that there is
great excitement in parts of that country,
especially in the mining districts, oveE
the discovery of gold mines of fabulous
riches near the abandoned city of Chiapas.
that contained 5000, 900 inhabitants CEN
turtles ago. 1t is supposed the ancient
city was veritable Western Babylon.
The directors OF the Mobile and Spring
Hill railroad, on Wednesday, filed notice
| in the Office of the secretary of state at
Montgomery, Ala, that they had author
lied the issue of 500, 900 in per cent
bonds to pay off mortgage debt of said
| company. Notice was filed in compli-
ance with the laws of Alabama regulating
railroad corporations.
Lowenthal & Son, wine merchants of
i Nashville, Tenn, received information
Tuesday evening that they had won the
test case which had been instituted
against them, as proprietors of store in
Louisville, for selling original packages.
The judge decided that packages could
be sold under conditions with which the
urn nan ze'----rliAd The firm was under
lOS indictments and BOND OF &A6. 900,
General Reuben Davis, of Aberdeen,
Miss, died suddenly at Huntsville, Ala,
Tuesday He fWas on his way home
from Chattanooga, selling his book,
"Recellections of Mississippi and Missis-
sippians." He was eighty-two years
old. A few minutes before dying he
was out on the streets walking around.
Apoplexy is supposed to be the cause.
He was a second cousin of ex-President
jefferson Davis, and a distinguished man
of his day.