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Colunto^uutr^im. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. 58 YEARS OLD. Daily, Weekly and Sunday. Tta. HJfQtJrRER-StTN is issued every (lay, ex <Mpt Monday. The Weekly is issued on Monday. The I»»Uy (Includlnfj Sunday) is delivered hy «*rrlers in the city or mailed,portage free, to sub anrlbers for 7.V. per month, $2.00 for three raevihs, for six months, or 97.00 a year. The Sunday I. delivered by euni.-r boys in the ttlty or mailed to subscribers, postage free, at .<H» ft year. The Weekly inIssued on Monday, and in mailed ■nbarribers, postage free, at $1.10 ay oar. Transient advertisements will be tak< n for tlie KJNUJy at f I per square of 10 lines or less for the JLrst insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent Sasertion, aud for tho Weekly at f 1 for each in sertion. All communications intended to promote the jjarivato ends or interests of corporations, societies individuals will be charged as advertisements. Special contracts made for advertising by the je*r. Obituaries will be charged for at customary spates. t •None but solid metal cuts used. .Ah communications should be addressed to the Bnqoirkr-Sun. Black .Tack Loqan still maintains iiis silence. Silence gives consent. All the other consent needed now to make him president is that of the American people. Roobr Ticimoitxu, the English claimant, is on exhibition in a Chicago Museum, lie is fully as interesting as the young lady who went through Niagara in a bar rel. As a claimant to a noble title he is a fraud, but lie is much more noble than Lord and Lady Campbell. Tim democratic senators who voted against open sessions of tho senate for jf lie consideration of nominations made a Eaistake. Secret sessions are undemo cratic. There is no occasion to transact the people’s husiness behind closed doors, •with The keyholes stopped and the veil •of secrecy thrown over the proceedings. Tmc Cincinnati Enquirer in speaking .of a railway accident that did not happen, but came very near it, says: “It was only averted by a dispensation of providence, or something of that nature.” This paper’s ideas are in conso- .nance with its actions; and neither indi cate a very clear conception of a Supreme Being. Geougb Alfred Townsend, otherwise ikuowu as “Gath,” after dictating to a (Stenographer several hours, discovered that the young man whs insane. “Gath’s” readers should take warning, it is sup posed that the lettem in the nom de plume “Gath” stand for George Alfred Townsend. The last represents the place he will probably go to when he -dies. employed indiscriminately, and without a just sense of fitness. The lately de ceased congressman, who had directed that no committee of congress should at- | tend his funeral, was doubtless thought eccentric by some, hut it is only because congressional funerals have become so much of an established abuse and scan dal that simpler tastes respecting them seem queer. There arc congressmen whose deaths can bo regarded as a na tional loss; in nine times out of ten the loss is purely local. 1IOW UK WAS HKISKtt. The Missouri Republican Fays that Mr. John Roach, tho ship builder, is rapidly nearing the end of a long, active and suc cessful life, which might huv without a shadow, but for his unfortunate acquaintance with the lion. Sccor Robe son, of New Jersey. Mr. Roach was a fair type of the adopted American citi zens whose energy and push have done so much to build up the new world. Under the suicidal republican monopoly tariff it was impossible for him to carry on the ship building enterprises for the open market. Under the corrupt navy system maintained hy Robeson and his allies it was impossible to build good ships for tho government, because large per centages of tho money appropriated by congress for naval vessels were diverted to the pockets of these political jobbers. Rather than go out of business, Mr. ltoach built the kind of ships and made the kind of repairs demanded by the ring, and which have made the Ameri can navy the laughing stock of the world. In the financial troubles which overtook him at last, Mr. Roach appears merely as an cne-getio builder, brought to the verge of ruin by the greed and corrup tion of republican statesmen. Geohoe W. Cauley, of Detroit, has occasion ally severe pains in his stomach, with curious swellings and bunches. He insists tljat they are caused by a lizard which he swallowed with some water (Yom the Chattahoochee river in Georgia when his regiment, tho Nineteenth Ohio, crossed it in 1804. A trcme-idous appetite and constant thirst are among the symptoms which Carley thinks are due to the lizard. Tho doctors think that imagination has more to do with the case than anything else. Through to Tallahassee. Columbus, Ga., December 12.— 1 The survey of tho Columbus and Florida railroad has been completed to Albany, ami the corps is now on its return to this city, and will run another line to Tallahassee, Fla. The lino being run, Tallahassee and Leon county should be prepared to state promptly how much they will subscribe in land and money to secure the preference of this route over that to Albany. It has been repeatedly stated by the Columbus Enquirer-Sun that the lacation of the road will depend upon the amount of aid re ceived along the line, and we conclude from the tone of the newspapers in thccoumies of Georgia between Leon and Columbus that they are pre pared to do their share It would be treating them unfairly and be injurious to them and dis astrous to us if wc failed to “hold up our end” - to do enough to determine the selection of the route to Tallahassee. But we have no reason to approliend that Leon county, and the portion of Gadsden county immediately interested, will be tound wauling in requisite liberality, public spirit and business sense. — Tallahassee Floridian. Bauboub is the boss county in Alabama to get up novel candidates for state oillccis. Now it is Captain Kulb and Col. Hawkins who ore at. log gerheads and the ofllce of commissioner of agri culture is (vlint they want. M’QUADE’S SENTENCE. lion lie Took It, Anil What Ills Counsel Will Do. Nf.w Ynnit, December 20.—The last act in the McQuude drama seemed to have even more interest for the public than the scene of the trial. This morning Chambers street and the approach to the brown stone court house of general sessions were thronged with hundreds of people. Ad mission w.is free to all, and the large court room in part two was densely packed. The other boodlem were conspicuous by their absence. McQnade was escorted into the court room by Under Sheriff Sexton and Order of Arrest Clerk Martin. There wasn’t the hailfellow uppearanoe about McQuade that characterized him on Friday. IIo took his old seat and very quietly waited for tho hour for his sentence. At 11 a. m. Recorder Smythe entered the courtroom and took his seat on the bench. { Aafter the proceedings of last Friday were clo-ed i read General Tracy, of the counsel for the defense, moved fur uu urrest of sentence on th( ground of the Insufficiency of the in dictment and evidence, a mischargc to the jury, illegal exclusion of certain jurors from the box, and because the trial was suspended December 14 for the bringing of Nesbitt and Vickerman, who signed cer tain affidavits before and in the presence of a juror. II also moved tha.t the verdict be set aside on the grounds that the cou.t had ndmitted Improper, evidence against the defendant and excluded other proper evidence in his favor. The motions wero denied, Tracy taking exception. McQnnde | was ordered to stand up and did so with j his thumbs in his pantaloons’ pockets. 1 “The defendant,” remarked Tracy, “has nothing to say why sentence should not I be pronounced against him. He relies merely on his former good character and 1 the esteem in which he is still held by his I neighbors and acquaintances, who are I many of them here now to ask for the I leniency of the court.” The recorder said in ; substance: “Arthur J. McQuade, you have | been fairly and justly convicted of bribery. You wero elected to perform a public duty aud a public trust. Instead of doing so you violated that trust. Your character as a business man or citizen, father or hus band, is good. I have sympathy'for your wife and family. You should have consid ered them before you did wrong. You did not add to the crime of which you have been convicted of as Jaebne did, by taking the stand and committing perjury. I have reason to believe that you received as much money os Duffy did— $100,000. That money is not yours. It’s uot the property of your family. If it is left witli them, it will work the inevitable result of ill gotten gains. I would advise you to give up aud pay back to the city the Tine English government is not pre pared to enjoy its Christmas. Tho govern ment has brought the Irish question to a. crisis, and is now engaged in a death struggle with tho land league on the is- •huo of tho “campaign plan.” To add to its inquietude, the British cabinet is dis- I 2,oao,7i tfupted bv interneseinedissi iiHious which .vcm oi '....iks, a lieuc.c. 1 . oi 127,8H, and a decreasi Lid fair to lend to the formation of a netv ! ministry. A ncmhkr of republican contemporn- j ries are copying I lie following current j (paragraph with unction and exaltation : I “General Jackson, who originated the j Democratic party, announced as a cardi- 1 nal principle that ‘To the victors belong | /the spoils J It is tiiu only principle of •that party to-day.” Well, to whom did -the “spoils" belong during twenty-five yyears of republican administration? The Westchester supervisors have zadopted a resolution ordering thecon- tstrnction of a tramp pit six feet deep into which the water can lie turned at will. All able-bodied tramps are to he put into •this pit and they will have to bail the water out as fast as it comes in or stand the chance of drowning. This may lie a joke, but if it is the perpetrators ought to be the first to test their bailing capaci ty in the pit. A supervisor who could •conceive such an idea deserves ducking, .if not drowning. NOTHING HIDDEN THE MANUFACTURERS OF CLEVELAND S SUPERIOR BAKING POWDER HAVE FOR MANY YEARS MADE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF THEIR SPECIAL PRICES -FOB- moncy which you received, and I have no doubt it would work to your benefit. The sentence of the court is that you be con fined in the state prison at hard labor for a term of seven years, and that you pay a fine of $5000.” During the sentence McQuade stood up, his arms folded across his bosom. IDs chin a little elevated, his head inclined to one side and his brow-knitted expression of face being that of one listening to a voice difficult to hear. At its close he sat down, turned immediately and with a busi ness-like air entered into a conversation with General Tracy, as if he were discuss ing a bargain just consummated. After the sentence was given the audience dis persed. McQuade went out with his keep ers and faithful brother, who stood by his side throught the trial. Counsel for Mc Quade obtained a copy of the sentence and then left the room. McQuade was taken to the Toombs, and after the usual formali ties was locked up. KILLED BY MIS BROTHER. A Tragedy Hear Huron, Ga. Macon, Ga., December 20.—Huion Pres ton, the lli-year-old son of State Senator Preston, was accidentally shot and killed by his younger brother, Joseph, to-day. The lads were out hunting. SPRINGER Friday, - - OOHUBKSSIOHAL Fl’SKUALS. A few days ago the Enquirer-Sun called attention to the bill introduced by Hon. W. C. Oates, prohibiting of congres sional committees at funerals of fellow- members, and the draping of the public buildings except by order of the presi dent. it is encouraging to note that very nearly the entire press of the couutry has received this bill with much favor, and anxious for it to become a law. These ^outward demonstrations have no real significance except to furnish the com mittees with opportunities for junketing trips and upholsterers with good fat jobs. There are occasions when such symbols of grief have national significance and appropriateness; when they typify the sorrow and veneration of the whole peo ple and tend to cultivate and exalt in the popular mind respect for the memory and character of departed rulers, and thus in culcate a wholesome lesson, while they also keep alive a sense of nationality and love of country. Yet such occasions are of necessity rare, and they lose much of the impressiveness that rightly belongs Ss them, if the “trappings of woe” are COTTON FACTS. Visible Supply—Receipts nt Port*—'Wruthrr, KU. The New York Financial Chronicle of Decem ber 18 makes the total visible supply of cotton decrease as compared with last compared with 1884 compared with 1883 of 31)9,8*22. For the week ending December 17 the receipts at the United States ports reached 260,659 bales, making the total since September 1,3,236,135 bales, allowing iv decrease of 81,911. Tho twenty-six interior towns lor the week end ing December 17 received 103.231 bales, shipped 159,366 and had stocks of 410,953 bales. Same time last year they received 179,833, shipped 132,937 and had stocks of 131.239. The above totals show that the old interior stocks have increased during the week 7273 bales and are to-night 69,073 bales less than at the same period last year. The receipts at the same towns have been 22,276 hales less than the same week last year, and since September 1 the receipts at all the towns are 50,815 bales less than forthe same time in 1885. The exports for the week ending this evening reach a total of 198,910 hales, of which 112,442 were to Great Britain, 15,312 to France and 71,156 to the rest of the continent. The Chronicle comments on its table of re ceipts fVom plantations as follows : The above statement shows—1. That the total receipts from plantations since September 1, 1886, were 3,599,028 Dttlcs; in 1885 were 3,619,613 bales; in 1884 were 3.676,199 bales. 2.—Thut, although the receipts at the outporU the past week were 260,659 bales, the actual move ment from plantations was 269,527 bales, the bal ance going to increase the stocks at the interior towns. Last year the receipts from the planta tions for the same week were 284,907 bales and for 1884 they were 286,755 bales. In the table below we give the receipts from plantations in another form, and add to them the net overland movement to December 1, aud also the takings by southern spinners to the same date, so as to give substantially the amount of cottou now iu sight. OPERA HOUSE. - December 24 th. HICKS &~SAWYER’S 111 In these suspicious times it is not enough that manufactu rers of food preparations base their claims for patronage on the simple statement that their goods are “ absolutely pure." The absolute purity of a poison intensifies tho baneful effects of its improper use. The absolute purity of ammonia, a drug often used in the manufacture of baking powder and in some of the powders most largely advertised, greatly increases the force of the objection made by the most eminent scientists of our day to the use of ammonia in food. This protest of the medical and chemical professions is due to the fact that ammonia—a product of decomposition— when taken into the stomach with our daily meals is exceedingly injurious. Hence the public should insist upon knowing what all food compounds contain and ALL that they contain. Let the edict go forth that no article intended for use in the prepa ration of our daily bread shall receive public support unless the manufacturers’ formula be published. Then shall we have less imposition practiced upon a confiding public, and as a result less injury to the public health. Cleveland’s Superior Baking Powder is made only of strictly pure Grape Cream of Tartar, Bicarbonate of Soda, and a little wheat flour, the latter to preserve the strength of the powder; nothing else whatever. CLEVELAND BROTHERS, Albany N. Y. III \\ ID il 1 1 ) in During the coming week our stock must be still fur ther reduced. p Every Line of Milliner; Goods will be reduced this week. Special sale every day through the week. & CO, 1107 BBOAD STREET, DEPOT FOR Shovel Plows. Watt's Cast and Chilled Plows, Scovil Hoes, best brands of Axes, Trace Chains, Nails, Iron, Shovels and Spades, Wagon and Buggy Timbers. Glass, Imported Cuttlery, Strictly-Pure White Lead Putty, American Cuttlery, Linseed Oils, Sash, Razors, Varnish, Blinds, Scissors, Spirits Turpentine, Doors, Carvers, A CHILD'S SKIN AGENTS Ft HAZARD’S KENTUG0 RIFLE POWDER. Shot, Shells, Wads, Caps, Carpenters' Supplies and Hardware. Mr. A. R. WILKERSON Is with us, and will be pleased to meet his friends and former patrons. decl!) dim 25 PICKED ARTISTS Uttvriiy FROM TUB (nllend^r ami XfliKktotrolu. The Sweetest Singers, The Original Comedians, The Greatest Dancers, UHA.NI) PARADE BAND In their magnificent zouave drill on day of ni- rival ut noon. Admission $1.00. Gallery 50 cents. Reserved seats without extra charge at Chafiin’s. dell 4t NOTICE. Receipts at ports to Dec. 17 .. Interior stocks on Dec. 17 ir excess of September 1 Total receipts from planta tions Net overland to Dee. I Southern consumption to Dec. 1 Total in sight Dec. 17.. Northern spinncra’tnkingsto Dec. 17 1886. 1885. 3,238,135 3,164,224 362,893 465,389 8,599,028 321,366 3,619,613 341,137 105,000 »,000 4,025,39-1 4,049,750 762,650 796,134 in amount in sight to-night as compared with last year, is 24,356 bales, the iucrease as compared with 1884 is 43.340 bales aud the increase over 1883 is 88,057 bales. The Chronicle’s telegraphic weather reports for the week are thus summarized: Our advices by telegraph to-night indicate that there has been an improvement in the weather during the week. The temperature has been higher and but little rain has fallen. Belter pro gress has therefore been made iu marketing the crop. _ Dynamite at Work. Midland Junction. Va. December 20.— An attempt was made at 6 o’clock this morning to blow up Mayor Harris’ foundry with dynamite. The windows of tho easing room and of the adjourning build ing were shattered. No arrests have been made. — The I’roliilis Kail. Winchester, Vn., December 20.—In tho local election t he prohibitionists were de feated in every district, their opponents carrying Clarke county by 300 mujority. _ __ie withdrawal of R. B. Prather. The Boot and Shoe business will be continued at the same place in my own name. f shall keep on hand a full stock of well selected goods nt as low prices as any other h use in the city. Thanking the public lor a liberal patronage in the past, I solicit the same for the future. Mr. Will D. Wotnmack, the prompt and oblig ing salesman, will continue with me and will be pleased to serve his friends. dec21 2w JAMES E. DEATON. ON CONSIGNMENT, 000 Boxes Oranges! Choice, bright St. John’s River Oranges. No rusty or sour oranges in this lot. PEE $4.00 PER BOX. The following number of Oranges are in each box—select sizes that suit your trade: 250 Oranges to the box at about l v *c each. Bargains for the Holidays. The entire stock of Winter Goods reduced in price to close before I he end of the season. Blankets, Flannels, Cassimeres, Jeans, Balmoral Skirts, Dress Goods, Merino Underwear, all marked down. Our Bargain Counters are replenished daily with goods at prices that cannot be had elsewhere. You will save money by calling on J". ZED. CLA-ZRCS-ILILj Ears and Scalp Covered with Eczematous Scabs and Sores Cured by Cutitura. My little son, aged eight years, has been af flicted with Eczema of the Scalp, and ai times a great portion of the body, ever since he wus two years old. It began iu his ears, and extended to his scalp, which became covered with scabs and sores, and from which a sticky fluid poured out* causing intense itching and distress, and leaving his hair matted and lifeless. Underneath theso scabs, the skin was raw, like a piece of beefsteak. Gradually the hair came out and was destroyed, until but a small patch was left, at the back of tho head. My friends in Peabody know how my lit tle boy has suffered. At night he would scratch his head until his pillow was covered with blood. I used to tie his hands behind him, and iu many ways tried to prevent his scratching; but it waa no use, lie would scratch. I took him to the hos pital and to the best physicians in Peabody with out success. About this time, some friends, who had been cured by the Cuticura Remedies, pre vailed upon me to try them- I began to use them on the 15th of January lost. In seven months every particle of the disease was removed. Not a spot or scab remains on his scalp to tell the story of his suffering. His hair lias returned, and is thick and strong, and his scalp as sweet and clean as any child’s in the world. I cannot say enough to express my gratitude for this wonderful cure by the Cuticura Remedies, and wish all similar- , ly afflicted to know that my statement is trn# (■/ ! and without exaggeration. ixmerac charles mckay, Oct. 6,1885. Peabody, Maas. I have seen Mr. McKay’s boy when badly I affected with the Eczema. He was a pitiful , eight to look at. I know that he hos tried onr ! best physicians, and did all a father could ! do for a suffering child, but availed nothing. I know that the statements he has made yon as re gards the curing of his boy by your CUTICURA REMEDIES are true in even particular. william J. McCarthy, 33 Foster St., Peabody, Moso. Cuticura Remedies are sold everywhere. Price: Cuticura, 50 cents; Resolvent, $1.00* Soap, 25 cents. Prepared by the Potter Drum and Chemical Co., Boston, Mass. Nernl for “IIow to Cure Skin IHseaHCM.” PTM PLES, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes and J. 1 Baby Humors, use CUTICURA SOAR IN ONE MINUTE Rheumatic, Neuralgic. Sciatic, Sud den, Sharp and Nervous Pains and Weaknesses relieved in one minute by the Cuticura Anti-Pain Plaster. At i druggists, 25 cents. Potter Drug and 'Chemical Co., Boston. Meeting of Stockholders. Central R. R. & Banking Co. of Ga., Savannah, Ga., Dec. 1st, 10WL The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of tills Company will take place at the Banking House in Savannah, on WEDNESDAY, December Mfl. at 10 o’clock a m. Stockholders and their fami lies will be passed free over the Company’s road to the meeting from the 19th to the 22d inclusive, and will be passed free returning from the 22d t the 25th inclusive, on presentation of their 6toek certificates to the conductors. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, dec7 eod7t Cashiea. Stockholders’ Meeting. Office of Tite Georgia Home Insurance Co., • Columbus, Ga., December 19,1886. HE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of y Ag’t. 2'-,c 2 ,c In 15 to 50 box lots will make special prices. 40 Uhls Fine Northern Apples. \ *AU the above goods now in store aud can fill orders promptly. J. J. WOOD, Next above eodw Central Hotel. Cotton Seed Meal. The best' Fertilizer and the richest and most nourishing Food fo Stock. For sale by M. T. Bergan, D. R. Bize, T. M. Foley, M. Simons. The Brown Cotton Gin Co., NEW LONDON, CONN. Manufacturers of the "Old Reliable” Brown Cotton Gins, Feeders aud Con densers. All the very latest Improvements: Im proved roll box, patent whipper, two brush belts, extra f trout; brush, cast- steel bearintro, lie* improved Feeder, enlarf’--':’. dust proo? 'ondenser. ■x t •.•oi'fif,simpleft*t„us: ruction, durable Jgln fast, ru.-s light, cleans the seed pec- g^gSfTjjfect.^ and produces first class samples. DELIVERED FREE OF FREIGHT at any necessiulc iiolat. Semi for full description and pries list. COLUMBUS IRON WORKS, Agents, Columbus, Ga. B'at&wm T this Company will be held at their office o» Thursday, January 20th, 1887, at 11 o’olock a. m. WM. C. COART, Sec’y. decl9,2I.23<tjanI9,20 Dr. J, W, CAMERON, Practicing Physician. T\ISEASE8 of Infancy and Childhood a special- A' ty. Dr. J, W. Cameron can be found at Evans £ Howard’s Drug Store. Office hours from 8 to 10 a m and from 2 to 5 p m. Residence No. 310 Tenth street, opposite the synagogue. deol4im SEALED PROPOSALS. Sealed proposals will be received at the offloe of P. M. Brooks, clerk of the Board of County Cc mmissioners, until Saturday, the first day of January 1887, for the following specific purposee: For medical attention to the county poor. Fur nishing medicines to the county poor. Burial of the poor. Furnishing coffins for burial of poor. Doing the wood ui d blacksmith work for county, and doing the county printing. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject his December 4th, 1886. decl td Administratrix Sale. P URSUANT to an order of the Court of Ordin ary of Clarke county, Ga., will be sold before the courthouse door of said county, outlie first Tuesday in February next, during flic legal hours of sale, seventeen (17) shares of the capital stock of the Engle and Phenix Manufacturing Com pany, of Columbus, Ga. To be sold as the prop erty of F. A. Lipscomb, deceased, for the benefit of his heirs. Terms cash. De— 7. l -,86. MAR Y A. LIPSCOMB, AdmrX. dec 20-w tds of F. A. Lipscomb, dec. A MONTH ft”* SE.&'&S or Ladies in each county. P. W. ZIEGLER Si CO.. , ocll w8t Philadelphia