The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-11-14
SOUTHERN FLASHES.
A SUMMARY OF INTERESTING
HAPPENINGS,
And Presenting an Epitome of the
South's Progress and Prosperity.

Two hundred Italian laborers ar
rived in Brunswick, Ga, from New
York Tuesday, and located IN the
suburbs of the city. They will be
placed at work on the sewerage sys-
! tenn.
The United States court of claims
has entered up judgments for extra
pay under the eight-hour law for thirty
! three letter carriers III Richmond, SIX
in Petersburg, Va, and five In Roa-
noke, Va.
The Southern Seating and Cabinet
Company, at Jackson, Tenn, burned
Wednesday night. 1t was one of the
largest plants in the south. The loss ls
probably $25, 900; $15, 900 insurance.
The fire is believed to have been in
cendiary.
William Cruise was shot and killed
in an election riot in South Amreica,
KY, by Tom Jones. Will Jones and
Tom Buchanan were killed by the
Somers brothers in an election riot In
Wise county, Virginia. The murder
ers escaped.
A fire broke out in the Foreigners
hotel at Evergreen, Ala, Tuesday
afternoon, which soon spread to the en-
tire block. "A high wind prevailed and
| carried the flames across the street and
before the fire was stopped property to
the value of 40, 900 was destroyed. The
insurance was light.
General Gordon, commanding United
Confederate Veterans, has appointed
General S. u. Lee, of Mississippi, to
the command of the department east
of the Mississippi. General Gordon,
owing to disagreements, has decided
to withhold the official PRONUNCIATION
of the constitution adopted at Bir-
mingham, and the old constitution is
still in force.
S. M. Inman & Co.'S big cotton plat
form at Toccoa, Ga, was burned Tues
day afternoon. Seventeen hundred
bales of cotton were entirely con-
sumed; loss, $50, 600, fully covered by
insurance. The residence of q. w.
Swilling was also burned. The cotton
compress and Southern railroad cot
ton platform were saved by hard
work.
A disastrous collision between a pas
senger and freight train, resulting in
the loss of six lives, occurred at Rosen-
steel siding, 103 miles east of Pitts
burg. Pa, on the Baltimore and Ohio
road at 40 o'clock Wednesday even
ing. The killed are as follows: En-
gineer Henry Bush, of the passenger
train; his fireman, Mccarthy; En-
gineer Browning, of the freight train;
Brakeman Manning, of the freight
train; two mail clerks, names unknown.
The whaleback steamship Joseph L.
Colley, which put in at Savannah
Tuesday to coal, attracted large
crowds especially on account of her
cargo. She is vessel of GA tons, and
her decks are almost bare with the ex-
ception of cabin and a small pilot
house near the stern. She is from
Tampico, Mexico, for New York, with
ten tons of silver bullion for the
United States government, beside
ct of hides and other stuff.
A special from Dallas says: The cot
ton situation continues to favor the
biggest crop ever raised in Texas.
Bottom, middle and top crops are full.
Many farmers speak of abandoning
what is left. They say it will scarcely
pay the expense of picking, packing,
ties and ginning and marketing. They
scarcely know what else to do unless
the price is considerably raised. It is
certain thousands of bales raised will
never be taken from the stalks. just
about now everybody is swearing he
will not plant seed of cotton next
year.
A party of ten Spaniards dug up
large iron chest, supposed to be filed
with treasures, on the old Christeval
Brova property, at st. Augustine, Fla,
before daylight Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Reddick, who occupies the prem
ises. not knowing what the men were
doing, appeared with a shotgun and
drove them off, but not until they had
loaded the chest, requiring several men
to carry it, into a vehicle. No trace
of the men can be found. Nothing but
hole, some old pottery and an iron
hook and one silver coin were left by
them.
The cotton exchange of Savannah,
at called meeting Wednesday, con-
sidered resolution appropriating $500
to the work of detecting those who set
fire to the cotton ships on Monday
night. This resolution will be passed
at the annual meeting of the exchange.
The board of trade will hold meet