Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1888 — THE SOUTHERN STATES. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Silver has been discovered near Georgetown, Ky., the assay, as alleged, showing the silver deposit to be thirty per cent of the ore. A shaft is being sunk, and the company intend extensive operations. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C., says “the announcement that the doors of the State National Bank would bs closed created an immense excitement Charles .E. Cross, the President, and Samuel C. White, Cashier, left on the train for New York three days before. The capital of the bank was $200,000, and the concern was established in 1867. The last statement of the bank showed deposits of $350,000. All of this money is gone except $15,000 in silver and $3,500 in currency. The Joss falls heavily on many people. William R. Poe, 91 years old, loses $50,000, and W. S, Primrose $20,000, mostly in trust funds. The Industrial School loses $20,000, and this will stop the erection of the buildings. The State loses $20,000, the Sheriff of this county $12,000, a Mr. Avera $16,000, and there are several hundred small depositors who lose from SIOO to SSOO, which was all they had.” Ex-Lieut. Gov. William Dobsheimeb, the publisher of the New York Star, died at Savannah, Ga., whither he had gone on a pleasure trip. His death was sudden and unexpected. At Mobile, Ala., Thomas T. Miller & Co., private bankers, failed for $150,000, with assets of about $50,000. The number of hogs packed in the West during the winter season is estimated by the Cincinnati Price Current at 5,990,000, a de-

crease from last year of about 539,000 head The prospective hog supply points to a decrease of 13 per cent