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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01
THE NEW SOUTH.
Its Prosperity During the Year
Just Closed.
6spso advances Msae in An ~asus CT
Business Many ke~ Enter
prises Launched.


BAtTIsosE. Nd. Dec- so-The
Manufacturers Record publishes IN
thiS weeks Issue ia annual review of
the industrial progress OF the South fof
1879. showing great activity and pros
perity throughout that section, The
total assessed value Of property for
1880 is nearly 400 ees. oeo, a gain
of s27o 600 oeo over 1859 and Of 81 .oou,-
coo. 600 over 1889 The nlnnter Of Ma
tional banks in the South is sso. with az
aggregate capital Of Ssa, ssS,Eoa. an
Increase durihg the year Of ies banks
and xlo.sSs 900 IA capital Only two
the year. and both these failures were due
TO dishonesty IA management accord
Ing 10 Government reports. During the
year =. $50 miles of railroad were built
In the South. against :, $40 miles in 1859.
The total value Of foreign exports
from all Southern ports for the first
eleven months of 1880 was SOS, go, 900,
An increase of seiiai.olo over the cor
responding months of lssa. while the
increase in the balance Of the country
was only S4,sSs.sss, the increase
at Southern ports being five
t'mcs as great as the com
bined gain ut all other United
States ports. The production of pig
irou for the year foo,s up about $50
900 tons. or gain of SOS 600 tons oser
1889 and $50. 600 tons over 1855. and of
more .han 900. 600 tons over 1897. The
total production of cotton for the last
six years has been 10000 bales.
worth. including the value of the seed
sold. about 8. 500, 900. 900.
The consumption of cotton by South
crn mills was $40. 4?s bales last year.
against zoo. 900 bales in 1855, gain of
over 100 per cent. During the year
s.ai7 new manufacturing enterprises,
covering every variety of industry from
tack works 10 steel works, were organ
lied in the South, making a total dur
ing the last five years of over 1900
new enterprises
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Affairs Of the North River Bank of New
York Difficulties OF Other Firms.

York Difficulties OF Other Firms.
NEW YORK. Dec. 3l.-Rcceiver Hig-
gins. of the North River Bank. which
failed recently. reports actual liabili-
ties of 2,255.663; actual assets, 81, $751;
103; deficiency, S42o. 55s.
Schedules in the assignment OF Col
bron. Chauncey & Co, brokers. to Rich
ard w. q. yelling, filed Tuesday show:
Liabilities, S200,l4 nominal assets.
s7l0.aa3; actual assets, $4,000. The
difference between the nominal and
actual assets is due TO depreciation in
the value of securities, etc.
The firm Of Batcman &, Co. the we'll
known bankers at 81 broadway. have
decided TO make an assignment because
of the failure of creditors on whom
they had relied to meet their oblga-
tons. Commodore Arthur t. Bateman.
senior member of the firm. will
also make an individual assign
mcnt. Batcman & Co. were interested
in the Atlantic e. Nashville rail
road. doing business for some English
capitalists who are believed to have
been caught in the recent financial
troubles, and the railroad being too
heavy trade for Bateman x Co. in
connection with the tight money mar
kct probably carried them down. No
estimate of the firms liabilities or as
sets could be obtained.
WELLINGTON. Kan. Dec. s1.-Shore
Bros, dry goods merchants. clo,ad their
doors Tuesday morning The liiIn did
the largest dry-goods business In South
western Kansas and has branch az
Harper. Liabilities, $4,000; assets,
$4,000
WooNsoCKFT. S. D.. Dec. 3l-I,eon
L. Stevens. president of the S.nborn
County Bank that closed its doors here
on the Goth inst. has been arrested and
is now under guard. His physicians
say at present Stevens is insane aud in
a critical condition. His liabilities are
perhaps 100000. and the assets are be-
lieved TO bc small.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

NEw YORK. Dec si.-A man giving
the name Of George Huttlemaisr was
arrested here on suspicion Of being .
mem Der Of the gang which has FOR
some time been robbing istter-hoxes n
the Wholesale district Of this city.
When taken 20 the station house. the
prisoner made q fell confession. Checks.
bonds and drafts representing over
500 coo were found secret~d about his
person They were of re valBs 20 him,
but eeite loss to The osvners
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

Ssepniak, the nassa writer % RIA
san ieplss, asrised 81 New Aark Tue
esy. /
TsvSc flsa4faos veins os e<sal weu'
-T7TIT7Ia 10 feet below ths surf4ce nee
C&mhridse, Ia. Tuesday.
Al I.elsi2ere, III. the gathering 1
The annual ice orop has commences.
The hoe Is nine inches tascS.
ollic Hester. aged 80. af nanslile. III
While Walking in her sleep fell cat :
. window and sustained fatal injuries
Miner Haas. aged IS. while eutiin
timse three miles east Of Itaess q
WAS caught by . falling tree az
crushed 10 aeaih-
The President Tuesday signod Il
commission Of Henry H. nrown.
Michigan. a. Associate Ja&tleo Of Il
Supreme Court ct The United States
Rev Il s. McMichsel. Of carlinvlk
. patient IN the Insane hospital
Jacksonville. NJ, hanged himself Tue
das morning with rope made from /
bed-eloihes.
Daniel CuIren. who for the past &c
enty-hre years has been = resident
Lima, o.. died Tuesday al thu age
los years. he was born In l7ss Ia ker
County, ireland.
John c. Foster. principal az the pun
lie schools at Columbus. Pa. was izills
Tuesday while taking a walk In Il
woods by limb falling from a tree al
striking him on the head. crushing h
skull
Owners az iron furnaces Ia the n
honing and shenango valleys oocids
Tuesday 10 close indefinitely the
furnaces on January 10 They say TIA
railway rates and sals> values are I,
high.
While preparing 10 be married ut Blu
lington. la, Monday night William
Schweiger Was arrested on charge
securing "a watch under false preiense
lie gave bail, was married, and me-
ifronght suit for Sic. 900 damages IL
said 10 have been case Of mistake
identity.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01
ILLINOIS AT GETTYSBURG.
Preparations to Erect Three Mopume
on the Bzttle-Iield.

SPrrSeFIrIp. III, Dec. sl.-Tbe &C
mittec appointed under an act OF
Illinois Legislature 10 appropriate So.s
for a monument en- the oettysbu
battlefield where the illinois roc
opened the engagement has Submit
a report 10 the Governor. After visitif
the battlefield the committee repof
that all the loyal States except Iilin
have erected monuments there 20 The
dead. Most Of these monuments. mo
than go ia number. mark the plac
where regiments stood in battle. +
committee has contracted for thr'
monuments 10 cost $1,000, which W
be Of granite and are 10 be plac
in position by June !. 1891,
the ground occupied in bat
by the Eighth and J~el
Illinois Cavalry and the Twcnty-sec
Illinois Infantry. These monura,
are 10 be dedicated in September. !
by tho survivors OF these regime
and the Governor is asked To sGrgcs .
LIBERIA. appropriation TO defray the
Denses OF the dfsd fCalton.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

TToSrsTA. Pa. Dec sl.-At Clsri
ton. this county. Edward 5 Shipi
member Of the firm 81 Shipper IL
Lumber dealers. shot and Instsn
killed J. W. Say. one Of The employ
of the firm Bad blood was epgeDder
by Say coming TO work late and bei
sharply reprimsnded by Mr.. shirp
Sav struck shipper Mr. Ship
claims The shooting vas dcne In .
defense.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01
A LITTLE SPLIT.
Republican Senators Not Gait On Impo
tant Questlons.


WASHINGTON. Dec. 81. - The vi,
President laid before the Senate N
credentials Of Mr.. Frederick I. Dubo
is Senator from the State Of Idaho f.
the term beginning March 4. 1891. Tho
were referred 10 the committee {
privileges and elections.
Senator Hoar Mass spoke in fsv
of the elections bill, and was fellows
by Senator wolcott lCol. who made o
animated speech against the measure.
At the close of Senator Wolcoti
speech the elections bin was laid ash.
informally and the bin reported fro
the finance con nliss>e was taken up.
which Senator Stewart New proces
ed 10 address the Senate. The purpc
Of the bill. he said. was TO purchs
2,ooo. 900 ounces Of silver now held
speculztors and issue $500. 0oo. 900
bonds. 10 bc held as basis Of Nation
bank circulation Its provisions W
for the relief of gamblerA silver spe !.
lators and National banks. Be cha
tcrizcd the transaction IA improper
immoral. and subject 10 severe
cisn. lie refused 20 place him
where an explanation would be
ouired of him.
Senator Reagan Tex spoke In Is .
of the free coinage of silver and aga
the pending measure He also .
dressed the Senate in opposition u \
elections bin and the proposed clio .
rule. Senator Teller gCol.) mad,
forciblc attack upon the latter prop
ton. and Senator Hale (Me.) critic.
what he termed the derelictness of
Republican managers Of the elect y
measure In not bringing II 10 a vote.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

CAPTAIN WALLACE POLLOCK, HospltaI
steward: Hodges. private, Company X; Bone,
corporal, Company j: Forrest. private, Com
pany Il: Newell private Company b; Nc
Cue private. Company *: Logan. private,
Company A; Costello, private. Company Is;
Raglan. private, Company A; Christensen. pri
vate Company *; Ranesa. private, Company
d; De Frey private. Company G; William
Adams. private. Company X.
woUNnED-Harry l.. Clifton. corporal, Com
pany X; James Ward. sergeant Company II:
William Toohey, sergeant. Company b John
McElinzie. private, Company b. Harry
II. Thomas private Company j; Christopher
Martin private. Company A: John +. Fritle.
fret sergeant Company Il Daniel Mcmahon,
private Company A: Adam Meter, private,
Company A; Harry Stone private, Company
r: Fred woder. privrtc. Company X; Hugh
McGinnis. private. Company X; William DAVIS,
private. Company X; Edward A sullivan,
private. Company X; Samuel f Smith. pri
vate Company X; Henry Howard private
Company /; Charles Campbell, cuartermaster
sergeant: Gott!ieo Hipp. private, Company l.
Frank Lewis. private, Company u; Alvin H.
Hardwood. prvste. Company II; George York.
private. Company ID. James Christensen. pri
vste Company X Harry Liscoln. private.
Company A: William n Green. private, Com
parry c.; George Lloyd, sergeant Company !:
Herman kraaberg. private. Company A.
George Elliott private. Company X. IRVINE
Scbrievnsr. private. Company c. Ernest A.
Carlinzton Lieutenant Company a.
Thomas Harraa. private Company r Robert
Brunner. pirate Company John Corey
private. light battery, n L Hswtsers FIRST
Lieutenant Second Artiisry
VAsHISeroN. Dec. sl--The Indian
Bureau has received a telegram from
Station Agent Cooper. az Pine Ridge
agency, dated December 80. aunoupc-
ing that the number Of Indians killed
in the late battle aggregated about 100
and that 80 were wounded
PINE RIpeE AeyxcY, Dee. si.-New
incidents Of Mondays horrible hand
to-hand fight came out in conversation
with the various participants. Big
= i was lying IN - ground in front
OF MS tepee untif most Of the rrTng was
ever suffering from hemoTrhage Of the
lungs lie slowly drew himself up.
bat Rad hardly reached an erect posi-
ton when A. least twenty bullets struck
him, and he pitched forward never %
rise again His sqzaw rose u her feet
with q Winchester ia her hand when
bullet struck her IN The heart and she
sprane convuIsively in the ar, rolling
down the bill Ike ball
The firing did not cease entirely unfsl
II o'cfoek. and continued about tro
konrS The hot cart OF tie struxzie.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01
Matthew.' sIa,,r Dn,harred.

CARRoLLToS. Miss. Dec. 31.-A pre-
limipsry trial of Mcbride for the kill
ing of J. p Matthews, postmaster OF
this place. on Christmas day. was held
Tuesday before Mayor Carpenter
Twenty-Five or thirty witnesses were
examined After exhsusting arguments
on the legal points involved. the court
decided that Mcbride acted in self-de-
tense and discharged him.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

CHICAGO. Dec sf--Janes r Gar
field. the second son Of tie late presi-
dent Garfield. on Tuesday night became
the husband % Helen Newell. daughter
of President John Newell. Of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railroad
The ceremony. which was strictly pr.
vate. was solernnized at o'clock in
President Sewans mansion On Ontario
street
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

WV YORK. Dec. sl.-hlsxsrdsr 8.
philipsen. who vas detained q IN.
barge of7ce sometime since on the sus.
pic5op that ne was The Coperkagen
murderer Of that nsrne vyfo had shiTFpe 4
bis victlEn e tbss co88t-T u = barrel of
cement has ssed Collector Erhes5t ard
John Simpson foT s1ee 900 for false ar
ress ard Imprisonment TIE real Fsbsl-
lgsen : Il q a. aepse n Co2s1k4ssA
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01
WILL SOON BE IDLE.
Employees of Harvester Companies. 20 the
Number OF 10000, to re Discharged by


Number OF 10000, to re Discharged by
the TruSt.
Sr. LOUIS. Dec. Sic. T.. Kclso. man
ager of the St Louis branch of the ID
NJ. Osborne Company. sa.d that 10000
men would be discharged by the har-
vcst;ng machine combine on January |.
each of the eighteen companies that
went into the CON binc. contin-
ucd Mr.. Kelso, employs from
GOO 10 1000 men. believe fslly
10000 will be discharged" There
had been an ovcr-production OF late
years. he SAID, aud with cut-throat com
petition the companies had been forced
to consolidate The mos. sweeping dis
charge would be OF travelling men. OF
every ten now employed. eight would
be discharged. The greatest harjsn. o
will fall upon the clerks and tho lab
ing men thrown out of work at time
when it is extremely difficult 10 find m.
ploymcnt
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

I,oxpos. Dec ia big robbery b
been committed on the frm Of Pc
Rrofhers. the ~sll-kDown biscp
makers. of Reading. II which Sir Hen
PAX /, the proprietor. A man nam
Thorpe. who 10 employees by the firm
onestion. has eneezzied between g.
900 and 500. ooe and hss sbseonss6
America
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01
WINTER IN THE EAST.
A Cold Wave Sends the Mercury Down 60
so Below in Vermont.

BosToN, Dec. 3l.-ihe mercury at
Richford, VT. I uesday morning regis
tered 40 degrees below zero All
through Vermont the cold was intense.
In Maine the mercury Rugged like
low-down point. At Fort Fairfield the
thermometer showed IS below. at Au-
gusta % below. at West Biddeford q
below. and In other places the Their
mometer ranged from Is TO 20 below.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

ROCK ISLAND. i'll. Dec. 81. -
special election held in the Twenty
Senatorial district Tuesday resulte
the election Of william Payne. The
rublican nominee, bv about i.5oe m
ioritv over w G. Wilson. The fsrme
Alliance candidate. The DeDocrs
maintained quiet denesDor and .
stained from participating "a . rule
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01
FOR SEPARATE SCHOOLS.
Exciting Election in Oklahoma on an Ed
ucational Issue.


OKLAHOMA CRY. o. T. Dec. s1.-
Tuesday the first school-board election
in this Territory was held under the
law to decide whether separate schools
should be maintained for the whites
and blacks or whether they should
be mixed. Trustees in each town
ship were elected. There are
but few returns in. but enough
is known to indicate that the
schools are separate by a big majority.
Under the law women are allowed 70
vote on school matters. and all the ne
gro women voted for mixed schools.
The white women RETAINED from vot-
ing. The negroes made a desperate ef-
fort TO carry mixed schools and are sore.
They claim that the law is unconstitg-
tionsl and are taxing action 10 have It
nGlli6ed-
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

TnrErosr. IL. Dec f1.--Nics SisF
o cattle buyer. val held up by e
Strangers near Frseport Tuesday nigl
xp5 ROBBED Of SO II Bis One 81 :
taisves stepped us bore end gag,
sn5 the ether s.r1eE nin n the 70
ard secured ia roll
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

BCFvkLc. y. Y. Dec sf.-Th-es un-
Known Polish lstorsrs were sfrack bv
The fast mail train On The New YORK
Central tracks IN tsss city Iseso@y
rs 1t sd instantly kll1eA
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

SAY FSssSc5sco. Dec 81 The ship
Rsppzhsnrock. American frcn Hlogo.
Japan. arrived here Monday Che has
= cargo 81 400 tors ~ eoaI Du~irg
The tip from Philadelphia .o Rioso
three sesnen. Herman eranz John
Bauer ar3 Tac--as vegSee. we're kyl.}ed
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

gFv YoKs. Dee - -Tussds- eft
poor ths ro3f "a = building n process
consfrDrtios collapsed. lsurvi1ss M
be- - rper n ne debris. Two q 1
victims Eiet few bcurs later IN 4
bcsy,tzi s3d $50 ct 2 rec etasrt ere
. 1Aagsreas ssEsss.In
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-01

p9ny r.; johnson
ri vate, Company
a: Frey, priva-
Company "a: Dyer,
first sergeant. Com
pany A: Kelley.
private. Company L;
Cain, private. Com
p 3 /; Concy,
first sergeant, Com
pany -: Cook. pri
vate, Company Il;
j o s e p b Murphy,
private. Company
X; kcllner, private,
Company +: Net
ties. first sergeant.
Company E; Oscar
Pollock. hospital
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19

A few days ago while sitting Tn E. der Bros drug store at Tingley, Iowa, MT. T, L. Dyer we'll known citizen, came in and asked for something for d severe cold which he had. Mir. Elder took down q bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and said: "Here i> so ne,hing 1 can recommend. I, commands large sale and gives gen uine satisfaction. It is an excellent preparation and cheap" MT. Dyer purchased bottle and the next day when we saw him he said he was much better, and the day following appeared to be entirely restored. This is a specimen of the effectiveness of this preparation.-( Des Moines Mail and Times.
 H. PETo, druggist, sells the above mentioned remedy.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
PURELY PERSONAL.

ANDREW LANG has never been in TO- bust health, and now he is said to be fast becoming valetudinarian.
 MURAT HALsTEAD has ten living chill dren-seven sons and three daughters and has buried two sons.
 PAsTEUR is famous for his absent mindedness. It is said he would fre- quently forget to cat his dinner if some one did not remind him of it.
 DAVID DUDLEY FIELD at eighty-six says that even if the figures standing for his age were reversed they would make him too old for his feelings-and the adage says that "a man is no older than he fcels."
 HENRIK IBsEN was little boor in his boyhood and even his brothers and sis ters disliked him. In revenge for his meanness and unsocial ways they used to pelt him with stones and snow-balls.
 MRS. MAY FRENCH SHELDON, who is about to invade Africa in search of the novel and curious, was a Pittsburgh belle in her youth. It is even declared that she was the most beautiful woman that ever graced the society of the Smoky city.
 MIME. SARAH BERNHARpr expects to return from her tour in America Q mil lionaire. She is to receive S20O a day for hotel expenses and 5000 for each performance, in addition to a third of the gross receipts. She has good grounds for her >elief.
 THERE is not a richer or more sought after man in the New York clergy than Dean Hoffman, of the German thcolog- ical society. He is philanthropist and is worth something over S5, ,O0O, 1000. Be- sides being lucky and learned book collector, Dean Hoffman is a charming speaker and judge of curious bric-a- brac.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
FACTS CY f,ASIiGS.

THERE are 2.OOo, ,00O head of sheep ano l goats in New Mexico.
 TnoUGH tho population of tho Unite, States is in excess of that of Grca Britain, tho British railways last yea
 arricd 755. .0J0,0 900 passengers, as agains;
 405, ,O0O, 900 in America.
 FORESTS occupy 80 per cent. of tho
 total area of Sweden, 3G per cent. O. | Russia, 32 of Austria, 2S of Hungary, 9 | of Germany, 24 of Norway, 10 of Bel, | gium, r of France. Is of Switzerland r
 of Spain, F of Italy, f of Great Britain
 and Ireland and 19 of the United States. ACCORDING to statistics recently pub. | lishcd there is more salt consumed in England than in any other country in Europe. In France the consumption is l 15 kilogrammes head: in Italy, 10; in Russia, 9; in Austria, s; in Prussia, z;
 in Spain, 6: in Switzerland, 4; in En- gland, 20 kilogrammes.
 LAST years floods sent about 400, ,00O,
 900 feet of lumber down the Susquehan- | na, and lumberman's exchange was
 organized at Columbia to reap some | benefit from logs caught. To-day they have 10000, 900 feet of lumber in stock
 in the yards of their saw-mill, and to
 date the exchange has divided $500, ,000 among its members. It is estimated the
 profits will reach S50O,0O0.
 TIE present economical condition of France is considered unusually favor- able by her statesmen. Tho harvest | this year was about 120,000, ,O00 hectO-
 liters 600 quarts) of grain, the largest | of the last decade. The export of man
 ufactures has increased as well as tho | import of raw materials. Almost S50O,- | 100000 lie in the savings banks. The
 railway profits have also increased. EXTENSIVE tests have recently been undertaken in Russia as to color blind
 ness among the various railway servants.
 The result was that of 12,542 points,
 men, 6S were color-blind; of 4,62O sta- | tion-masters, 17 were color-blind; of 6,321 machinists, 21 were color blind; and of 1S,600 watchmen on tho railways, | 140wcre color-blind. The various color blind officials have now been either transferred to occupations where this defect is of no importance, or dismissed. TIE emigration from China in the ten years 1sSO-so was 1,537,3G7 persons, of | whom 1,097,GS6 havc returned home: | l,1G7,0O0 emigrantS went to the Straits Settlements on tho islands, such as Sumatra, Borneo, Java; 107.000 of the
 returning Chinese came from North
 America and 5S1,O0O from the Straits
 Settlements. According to the passen.
 ger record at Hong Kong, Annoy and
 Swatan the increase of Chinese emf" grant population for the decade was in
 North America 3G,425: in the Straits
 Settlements. 357,000: in Siam, 3l, ,G34; iE
 Australia, 4,000.
 L l aa II. o, xal s,1,I tc,-1la