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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 26, 1890.
NO. 318
WE NEED MONEY!
And have entirely too many WRAPS, therefore we will not refuse any reasonable offer
for any of our Fine Plush Wraps, Newmarkets and Jackets. A choice lot of Fine
Jackets, worth $8 to $15, reduced to $5. Another lot worth §4 to $6, reduced to $2.50.
A similar cut in Children’s Wraps. x
Buy a Silk Dress for Christmas.
To encourage you to do so, we will make a special reduction of 10 per cent to any
one buying a Silk Dress to make a present of.
In Our Millinery Department
Can be found many suitable articles for Holiday presents. Received last week a choice
stock of Infants’ and Children’s Silk Caps. They are the very latest in design and are
lovely. We continue to sell our Trimmed Hats at half price and our Felts at greatly
reduced prices.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
or Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Table Sets, Handkerchiefs, and anything in the
Linens. It is a well known fact that our Towels are lower priced and altogether
better values than can be found in any other house.
Kid Body Dolls 25c.
Our stock of Dolls is growing beautifully less. The reason for it we are selling
them at less than others. We are turning out from our Millinery Department Doll
Hats and Caps made from scraps at 25 to 75 cents. They are exact duplicates of the
prevailing styles.
J. A K1RVEN & CO.
A MOST BRUTAL MURDER. LITERARY LUMBER
THE VICTIM A GALLANT VETERAN
OF TWO WARS.
A BRUTE ASSAULTS HIM IN THE PRESENCE
OF HIS FAMILY—HIS LIFE TAKEN
WITHOUT PROVOCATION.
a meeting of the chief justices of subor- 1
i dinate lodges of the State to meet here to- i THAT
| day for the purpose of establishing a State !
1 lodge. A sufficient number of chief jus- j
I t'ces are present, representing subordinate
I lodges recently organized in the State.
The meeting is strictly secret and no de-
ALL NEW CONGRESSMEN
FALL HEIR TO.
Norfolk, Va., December 25.—There ' tads be gl ven out for publication. Ap-
was a most brutal murder here this after- P ication J. are being received by the su-
noon shortly after 12 o’clock. A veteran P reme ®" lcers for dispensations to organize Washington, December 25.—[Special.]
of two wars, C. J. Calcutt, an ex-Confed- De Y d .® es .throughout the United States, 1 Some of the new members who have been
erate, and a brave soldier in that war and ! ^ indications point to rapid growth unexpectedly thrown into Congress by the
useless books published at great
COST—WHAT BECOMES OF THEM.
LANGSTON ON THE RACE
PROBLEM.
the war of this country with Mexico, was j tbe order "
the victim. Until very lately he was one !
of the most trusted members of the police j
force, and, for the past few months, he |
has been the private watchman of j
the wharf of the Boston and Bal-1
timore line and the Merchants and Miners
SAD BALTIMORE MASONS.
THEIR MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE GUTTED BY
FIRE YESTERDAY.
Baltimore, December 25.—The Ma-;
Transportation company. Atari early hour j ® on ' c temple was bured today by fire,
this morning, a man named J. E. Brady, a ! Luckily, the burning took place just before ;
fireman employed by the compress asso- i Forpeaugh’s theatre, which is in the tern-i been accumulating for as much as thirty
ciation of this city, applied to Calcutt to I hU wou ld be opened for the day’s per-
arrest a man in the street who had been ] ,.
offensive to him. Caicutt replied that he I . e building is reduced to a mere shell,
had not seen the affair, and, in addition,
upheaval of the 4th of November, without
previous preparation, will find themselves
suddenly possessed of a wealth of litera
ture. Libraries of astonishing size and
extraordinary dullness will be found to
their credit. Stowed away in the cellars
and dark recesses of the capitol, and in
warehouses rented for the purpose are
thousands of volumes, some of which have
years. •
UNCLE SAM's BIG BOOK BUSINESS.
Uncle Sam runs the most extensive and
i least profitable publishing house in the
HUNDREDS OF LADIES AND GENTLEMI N
CROWD DAILY THE
MAMMOTH OUTFITTING STORE
OP
Chancellor & Pearce,
Purchasing Christmas Presents
Gloves to Please All,
Kid, Fur-Top, Do?-
Skin, Fie* ce Lined, Drivers’
and Railroad, and any style, from 25c to $3
NECKWEAR
Suited to old and young, ladies and gen
tlemen. Mufflers, Initial Silk Handker
chiefs (50c to $1), Socks, etc,
5 Dozen Xmas Slippers
Will be opened today.
We sold more Fine
Slippers last Xmas
than any two houses.
This season we expect
to do better still. On
Men’s Fine Patent Leather, Calf, Kid and Kangaroo Shoes
we have no competition—simply do the business. Our close
prices and immense stock the secret. Note this fact and
examine the line.
CH4NOELLOR & PEARCE.
N. B.—Great reduction on Overcoats. They must be sold.
... the records °f the Grand Lodge since , Jeasl prontaDle 1)u
did not think his jurisdiction extended j than a century ^o, ^^17. Over 1,000,000 books printed
outside the wharf. Brady left, but came ' P.P . . ' . ’ ' r< ls of mdi-1 and p U blished at government expense were
back just as Calcutt was eating .'^ bU^s ^ly baftners rel.es that sent P out from 1Jouse fol( £ ng room
bis dinner, which had been : re £ laced -andl the fine library of ; durin „ the flrst session of this Congress
brought to him by his wife' . . . ,? . , ‘ l , rlle . ' The mas- j an d this was by no means all that were in
and two little grand children, who re-; “JXh ^ lra “ ens . e b< ! at i print, thousands being stowed away
rriamed to help cheer up what would other- j * blcb with.n,but the east end of the ; because the me mbers to whose credit thev
wise have been a lonely Christmas meal, j *° utb " ail was forced considerably out , wer0> did not c!ailn tbem . Xot less than
While the meal was in pi ogress, happy 1 P;“ n ‘ J and wdl ha y e . t0 j half as many more were sent out from the
laughter and bright jokes going the round j The fire broke out in the • Senate folding room. Each member is
of the little- circle, Bra.ly returned, aad : . t ^® at f r ’. on the second and i finished with a catalogue covering
going into the office where Calcutt was i ■ ,, ’ " !’" ls occupied by Fore- n j ne t een pages, giving inerelv the names
eating, applied a vile epithet to him and there ’ ( tbe spread to . of the various b o 0 ks to which he is en-
called on another watchman of the wharf j tbe ,=> e room . s upstairs. The burning titled bv virtue of his office,
to arrest him, which was refused. ! structure was isolated by a paved yam thousands of volumes
Brady then made at Calcutt j *( om 4 ald ® 1 resbytenan Episcopal ‘ ’
the Other watchmen interfere.! and ! church on the >■ orth, and from the ware- Each title represents perhaps hundreds,
separated them. Calcutt went out into : and factory of P. Hansonhiss Com- perhaps thousands of volumes Of the
the yard to put Brady out. so that his vile ! P a ">' ° n the So “ tb - fire ra S ed ou the • f.S” c ( lltura! re P orts alo “ e 4d0 ; 000 are P“ b -
language could not be heard by his wife i to P. . floors - Tbe firemen took up hsbed each_year and divided among the
and little grandchildren. Calcutt put his P 0SltI °us on the roof of neighbor-
hand on Brady and the latter jerked away, jbuildings, and heavy streams
drew a pistol from his overcoat pocket and
it would free the banks, who charge inter
est, from their manipulation and so leave
the volume of currency undisturbed to do
its legitimate functions. There is nothing
in Mr. Carlton’s bill, he declares, that fa
vors the bondholders, but on the contrary
the great body of the people would be re
lieved by its passage.
THREE MEN MILLIONS.
Mr. Carlton called attention to the fact
that three men in New York—Gould, Sage
and Vanderbilt, held more money than all
the National banks in New York com-. „ t- n , .
bined, and when this trio saw fit to corner ! It0r S e ® e Ft white, was s.abbed in s
J * .j 1 saloon row by an unknown white man
A PAY OF CASUALTIES.
HOW CHRISTMAS WAS CELEBRTED
IN THE MAGIC CITY.
A WHITE MAN STABBED AND ANOTHER
KILLED—A ROY LOSSES HIS
EYES—OTHER VICTIMS.
Birmingham, December 25.—[Special.]
The following is a partial list of Christmas
casualties here:
the money market they found it easy
going.
One clause of Mr. Carlton’s bill pro
vides that not more than ten per cent, of
the bonds deposited shall be redeemed by
the owners in any one year. E. P. S.
GIVING THEMSELVES UP.
fired, the ball striking Calcutt in the ear
and coming out on the other side of his
head. Calcutt fell, and death was almost
instantaneous. Brady was at once arrested
by those around and taken to the station
house. The affair soon became noised
around and Brady would have fared badly
if the crowd that gathered could have got
ten hold of him. The police authorities
are strong enough, however, to prevent
any summary proceedings, and the law
will take its course, though there is great
indignation.
the roof of neighbor- j members. From this number it runs down
and heavy streams to four or five sets of some of tbe rarer
were poured into the windows. Finally and more expensive publications to each
the fire was under control. The Masons member,
stood sorrowfully about, among them
Grand Master Sliryoek, contemplating the
wreck and ruin. The fine building, which
had cost $450,000, was entirely gutted.
The loss will be very heavy. The crowds
THEIR ENORMOUS COST.
The cost of all these publications is
something enormous, and there are proba
bly not more than a dozen of them that
1 any man would pick out to put in his
PARNELL EXPLAINING DEFEAT.
of people that the holidays gave liberty to : ]ib J rary . The an „ U a) edition of the agri
a the fire, had only one thought, and 1 cu ]t U ral reports, one of the very cheapest
one heartfelt merry Christmas greeting. | publ i C ationsV costs about $40,000. That
How fortunate that the fire did not break is onl about 10 cents a volume . In the
out an hour and a half ater. At that time j case J of the t in which there
thousands would have been in the theatre j are m cut9 the c0 P t of ’ each vo i ume is
and a holocust would have been the result. considera ble. The publications include,
THE THIRD PARTY.
GNAWED BY RATS.
SOME HORRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF PEO
PLE IN GOTHAM.
New York, December 25.—Agnes Mc-
•Quileen, a girl of seventeen, who lives at
1D4 Nevins street, about 6 o’clock this
morning, took a lamp Jo go down in the
cellar for kindling wood, and when she
got on the second landing saw what she
supposed was a drunken man lying in the
hallway. George Herbert, a young man
who lives in the house, was just going to
work, and Agues asked him to get the man
out.
Herbert took the lamp and examined
the body. The nose was completely eaten
■off. Both ears had been gnawed around
the edge, and a large portion of the right
cheek had been eaten away. The fingers
of both hands had been gnawed to the 1 are bei bui:t atld jm prove-
bone. ihe police were notihed, and found | m ^ t8 Qf y £ i(ms kinds are in
CAMP HILL NOTES.
Camp Hill, Ala. December 24 —
[Special.]—Messrs. Walter Spinks, Jesse
Seroyer and LaFavette Walker, have just
returned from Howard College at Bir
mingham. and Messrs. John Watkins and
Oscar Newell from Greensboro. Each of
these young men have bright prospects.
Mr. W. R. Powledge is comfortably
situated in his new home, which has just
been completed.
Messrs. Skins «fc Land have located here
as merchants in Mr. W. M. Pulliam’s old
stand.
The Baptist Church at this place had on
last Saturday and Sunday twenty-two ac
cessions, occasioned by the dissolution of
Mount Pleasant Church, which took place
on the first Sunday in this month, about
half of the members coining here and the
other half going to Waverly.
Quite a number of new dweil-
that the man had on a cutaway coat, two
progress. The two schools which have
vests, two pairs of trousers a white shirt j l ° succeS sful operation during the
and a necktie m which was stuck a pin ! r
with a potato bug top. Two bottles of
medicine were in the pockets, one of which
had been received from the Brooklyn Cen
tral Dispensary yesterday.
It was ascertained that the man was
John McDonald, a barber, of Albany,?.'.
A'. Nothing further is known of him. It
is supposed that feeling sick he entered the
hallway, took the mat from the front door,
made a pillow of it, and either went to
sleep or died immediately.
One worn in who lives in th* house said:
<l Rats ! why they come and sit on a ch. ir
near me while I am eating my breakfast.’
Richard Stocker, an elderly man who
for a long time has lived apart from his
grown children, was found dead last night
in the rear extension of the cellar under a
saloon on the corner of Graham avenue
and Grand street. The face was fright
fully disfigured by the gnawing of rats.
Stocker was last seen on Thursday night.
He was then intoxicated, and it is sup
posed he crawled into the cellar and died
during the night. He was formerly in the
employ of Meyer & Knapp, lithographers,
but during the last few years has not done
any work.
PARNELI. IS FIRM.
Dublin, December 25.—Parnell said to
day that he would go from here to Paris
to offer his congratulations to O’Brien on
the success of the latter’s mission to
America. In regard to himself, he said
that he would not recede one inch from
his positioD. After his return from
France, he proposes to resume his cam
paign, beginning at Limerick.
Mr. William (Buck) Brummit, an
esteemed citizen ot our town is in a low
state of health, and is not expected to live
very long. Our thriving city is fast in
creasing in population.
Quite a number of farmers are moving
their families in for tbe purpose of send
ing to school, and of being convenient to
church and Sunday school.
Dr. C. C. Davis, formerly of LaFayette,
now of Dadeville, and Miss Josie Seroyer,
daughter of non. Jno. P. Seroyer, who
lives six miles east of here, were united
in marriage on yesterday, Dr. Z. D. Roby
officiating. Dr. Davis stands at the head
of the list as a citizen and also as a phy
sician. Miss Josie Seroyer is a graduate
of Shorter College, Rome, Ga., and is one
of those highly educated and refined ladies
which make up a perfect woman.
SEALE DOTS.
Seale, December 25.—[Special.]—The
spelling bee will come off at the court
house Friday night, December 26. An
admittance fee of 10 cents will be charged
for all, Doth spellers and spectators, and
the proceeds given to the cemetery com
mittee to finish paying for work done on
the cemetery. All are invited to come
and spell. Yillula, Longview, Pittsboro
and other suburbs are expected to enter
the lists. Let everybody come.
SNOWING AT THE CAPITAL.
WASHiNGTON.December 25.—It is snow
ing hard this evening, with every indica
tion of a protracted storm.
HE ATTRIBUTES TIIE RESULT TO THE
PRIESTS.
Dublin, December 25.—In an interview
today before his departure from this city,
Parnell said: “Being aware of the condi
tions we had to fight in Kilkenny, I kuew
that the carrying of the seat was almost
hopeless. I never expected to win.”
“You made allusions to influences used
unfairly against Scully?”
“Yes,” said Parnell. “The conduct of
the priest almost surpassed belief. The
pressure brought to bear upoii the masses
of people who would have voted for us had j '“ 1 1<lu
they been left to exercise their own judg- ! a s<
ment without intimidation, was undreamt
of. Was it kind for the priests to hold
over their flocks threats of spiritual penal
ties? It is a serious matter certainly,
interferance with the liberty of an election
cannot be tolerated. This is not all.
Cases occurred, of which there is the full
est proof, that threats of personal violence
were used. The priests led the people to
tbe polls like sheep. In mauy cases when
they could not coerce the people, they
prevented their voting.
If a petition were lodged it could be
backed with such evidence to prove undue
influence as to make the result in our
favor certain. Scully is a strong Catholic,
but he sees clearly that if the priests are
permitted to similarly influence the coming
election, Ireland will be lost. The general
elections is not far distant and I shall
push forward preparation for it.
“ What view do you hold of the pros
pects of the d.fferent parties?”
To this question Parnell replied: “Should
the dissolution occur soon Gladstone wdll
have very little chance of returning to
power. I piopose leaving Kingstown by
tonight’s mail. I may be detained in Lon
don for a few days on matters concerning
the reorganization of the party. I expect,
on Monday, to start for France to meet
O’Brien. On my return from Paris I shall
MG RATH DECLARES IT WILL BE ORGAN
IZED IN TIME.
Topeka, Kans., December 25.—Me- logy, forestry, astronomy, geology, etc.
Gratii, president of the
besides the laws, the Presidents’ messages,
reports from the departments and special
bureaus of the departments, works on ex-
plora'ious made under the auspices of the
Government, works on entomology, etlino-
I.ARGE NUMBERS OF HOSTILE REDSKINS
HAVE SURRENDERED.
Pierre, S. D., December 25.—Captain
Norville, special agent, has just returned
from Fort Bennett, and reports the Indian
war there over. It seems now that the
Indians have been the most sacred of any
body. They have been afraid that they
would be massacred or they would have
come in before. After the
Indians arrived at Fort Bennett,
several councils of war were
held to determine whether they would give
up their arms or not. Finally they agreed
to when Gen. Miles asked them Agent
Palmer said: “No arms, no rations or
blankets.” This soon brought them to
time and all their arms are now stacked
up at the agency. Capt. Hearst, com
manding officer at Fort Sully,
has received the capitulation of
174 LTicapaps, including seventy
of Sitting Bull’s band and fifty from the
Rosebud agency. Narcisse Narcelle
brought in 412 of Big Foot’s Indians. Out
of this lot ninety-eight stands of arms were
collected. They were nearly all winches
ters of every description and of every pat
tern. Sitting Bull’s men wish
to remain at Cheyenne, and say
they are afraid to return to Standing Rock.
All have surrendered and the best of care
is being given them. All of the trains at
the agency have been started to Dupree to
bring in the sick, and the women and
children. Many of the leaders among the
Indians acted very ugly in making final
settlements, and there was a great deal of
quarrelling among themselves.
who escaped. It is a dangerous wound.
Jack Lynch, white, was cut in the arm
by a drunken miner on Brown's Hill.
Wesley Sparks, colored, met John Jones,
also colored, and said, “Merry Christmas.”
Jones drew a revolver, shot and fatally
wounded Sparks, and escaped.
William Hunter, a beer-wigon driver,
was shot in the leg by an unknown man.
Walter Dennis, a street car driver, was
shot and killed, late last night, by Jim
Griffin, colored. Griffin is still at large.
An unknown white boy had both eyes
blown out by a sky rocket.
THE KILLING AT FLORENCE.
A STRANGE STORY.
Kansas Alliance,
in an interview today said that the legisla
tive c immittee of the National Alliance
will meet in Washington some time in
February. Thirty-five States, he said,
will be represented at the meeting, and
the Third Party movement will be
one of the principal things
to be acted upon. “This movement.”
said McGrath, “will eventually embrace
all labor organizations in the United
In fact, about all of them aie
committed to it now except the “Grange”
and most of the “grangers” are
of the Farmers’ Alliance. I cannot say
when the party will be organized, but it
will be done at the proper time.”
ALL SORTS OF BOOKS.
There are several books on Alaska, sev
eral accounts of Artie cruises, books on | a ,^
n.\lAfi/knn nn/1 ini n f t n 1 Ion? o n ! ^ 0 0
WARNED AND SHOT.
Atlanta, December 25.—[Special.]—
Will Smith, a white man, was fatally shot
by negroes at Bolton last night. He came
to Atlanta yesterday and returned under
the influence of liquor by the midnight
train. Near the depot he fell afoul of a
gang of negroes, one of whom ordered
him not to folliw them, threatening to
shoot if he did. He paid no attention the
warning and the threat was executed. The
wounded man ivas carried to his home at
Chattahoochee where he is still alive.
Richard Erwin and Dick Scott are under
arrest. The former is supposed to have
done the shooting.
foreign relations and international law, an
infinite number of volumes on fish, and
volumes «f eulogies on all the members
who have died in the service. Each mem
ber has the right to have one complete set
of government publications during his
term of office—bound in library form.
These volumes in sheep-skin binding are
piled up like cord wood in the clerk’s
criaiige od } ce document room, it being impossible
mem e s t0 sb jp them off as fast as they come in.
: There is often a car load of them in the
room at one time.
A WASTE OF RAW MATERIAL.
Except this one set for each member the
volumes are bound in the cheapest possi
ble manner in black cloth. They are
bound whether the member to whose credit
they go wants them or not, and the result
is that thousands of volumes are not called
for by the members and they lie about and
get musty or rot.
' A COMMON INHERITANCE.
When a member dies, or retires without
disposing of his books, the books accumu
lated are put to the credit of his succes
sor. Some of the new members coming
into the next House will fall heir to numer
ous volumes of greater or less value in this
way.
WHAT HON. DICK VAUX GOT.
When Mr. Vaux succeeded Mr. Randall,
he fell heir to an odd and very large as-
MYSTEKIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AN AR
KANSAS PLANTER.
Pine Bluff, Ark., December 25.—I).
Y. Brieklev is a man well and favorably
known to all Pine Bluff. He was once
Chief of Police, and since that time has
been a prominent planter, owning
cotton land in the
vicinity of Greely, eighteen miles south
east of here. Saturday morning Mr.
Brickley came here and drew $1200, with
which to pay the hands employed on his
plantation. He left town just before
noon on his return home. Since
that time nothing has been
heard of him. He has disappeared
as completely as though the earth had
opened and swallowed him up. Searching
parties are scouring the country in search
of him, but there is no '.race. Whether
there has been a murder or whether the
missing man is a victim of dementia is a
matter of conjecture. He was in good
health and in good spirits when he left
Pine Bluff.
MURDERED HIS BROTHER
SURROUNDED BY INDIANS.
Dickenson, N. D., December 25.—Maj.
Carroll made a forced march Tuesday
night, with fifty-five cavalry, of sixty-five sortment of books, Mr. Randall having
miles in fourteen hours up the Cannon been one of those who took no account of
Bal), arriving at New England City,at 8 the books to his credit, rhere are very
o’clock a. m., complying with orders from , f ew Government publications which the
Fort Yates, by courier, to the effect that j average city Representative has any use for,
Captain Fountain, of the Eighth ; but to the county member they are so
take a few days' rest. Had another Sun- j Cavalry, was surrounded in the Cave| mucbeam P ai S nmaterial -
d iy elapsed before the voting, it is not im- bil *s by five hundred Indians,
probable that our votes would have been ! Tw o hours rest was taken at New England
diminished. It is a remarkable and an I City and Major Carroll continued his
encouraging fact, that in the district where
people were not coerced by the priests we
polled 00 per cent of the votes. I wished
to penetrate the district around Castle
Comer, but was prevented by fear of blood
shed.”
“You may have observed,” said the re
porter, “that McCarthy lias been saying
that North Kilkenny was one of the worst
districts for the anti-Parnellites to fight.”
“1 intend to resume tiie campaign in
Ireland early in the New Year, opening at
Limerick. From there I go to Ennis,
Waterford and other centres.”
Parnell went aboard tbe mail boct at
Kingstown at 7:•’>’) o'clock this evening.
There was no demonstration at his depar
ture.
A FIENDISH ACT.
forced march southwest in the direction of
| Cave IIills, fifty miles distant. Ilis force
got to Capt. Fountain’s assistance this
morning. Aid may have come in from
tbe south, and if not, the surrounded
forces are thought to be in position to
hold off the Indians till assistance arrives.
Highest of all in Learening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
Baking
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ATTEMPT OF STRIKERS TO WRECK A
TRAIN.
Glasgow, December 25.—A railway
chair was found fastened to the tracks of
the line between this city and Kilbride,
but the obstruction was discovered in time
to 1 r-vent an accident. The purpose was
to derail the night tia : n, and the strikers
are accused of the fiendish act.
Numbers of the Aberdeen strikers are
resuming work. There are prospects that
the strikers in Glasgow anil Edinburg wiil
consent to arbitration.
SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN.
Washington, December 25.—8 o’clock
p. m.—The signal office furnishes the fol
lowing special bulletin to the press: The
present storm promises the greatest amouut
of snow in any single storm for several
years. Warning was sent Thursday morn
ing to the railways in Pennsylvania and
New York of the coming heavy storm
which, during Friday, will extend to South
ern New England. From three to seven
inches of snow has fallen today in the Ohio
valley. The snow now extends from In
diana to Virginia. A heavy easterly gale,
with snovr, and low temperature, are ex
pected Friday from north California to
New England.
AN ACCIDENTAL KILLING.
Atlanta, December 25.—[Special.]—
Lewis Cargyle, a half-grown negro boy,
was this afternoon killed by Lula Free
man, wife of a cook at the Capital City
Club. The two were in a party of ne
groes firing crackers in the outskirts of the
city. Some one gave the woman a pistol
to shoot. She is said to have had a dis
pute with Cargyle over the fireworks, and
some think the killing was intentional.
SOME MEMBERS ARE THRIFTY.
j Some of those from way back semi out to
their constituents, not only all the books
that comes to them as their share, but buy
or trade for as many more. Some of them
never fail to send a book of some sort to
A VERDICT OF GUILTY AGAINST ISAAC
SAWTELL.
Dover, N. H. December 25.—Isaac B.
Sawtell, on trial here for some days for
the murder of his brother Hiram, was to
day convicted of murder in tiie first de
gree. Hiram' s body was found across the
line in Main and the chief
effort of Isaac’s counsel was
directed to convincing the jury that what
ever crime was committed occurred in
Maine, and not in New Hampshire. Also,
that the body found was not that of Hiram
Sawtell. The verdict was against them,
however. The case has occupied a large
share of public attention in this section
for a year past.
VERDICT OF THE CORONER’S JURY—A
GENERAL FIGHT.
Additional particulars of the killing of
the negro George Shelton, at Florence,
were received yesterday.
An inquest was held Wednesday over
the body of Shelton and the verdict of the
jury was that the deceased came to his
death by gunshot wounds in the hands of
unknown parties.
The evidence went to show that Shelton
was killed in a general tight. Another
negro, who was in the room at the time,
received a gunshot wound in the shoulder.
Neither of the three negroes appeared at
the inquest as witnesses, and they are sup
posed to have fled the country. The four
negroes are reported to be desperate
characters. They were gambling at the
time the house was approached
by Officer Bishop and his two friends,
Messrs. Cliatt and Moore, prominent citi
zens of Jernigan. According to the testi
mony of witnesses, the negroes were the
attacking party. The fight was a desper
ate one, and lasted for some time. Shel
ton threw Officer Bishop to the floor, and
Mr. Bishop fired several shots at his an-
taeenist while in this condition.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HOW THE GREAT HOLIDAY PASSED OFF
IN COLUMBUS.
Christmas day was a merry one in Co
lumbus, and no incidents of a disagreeable
nature occurred to mar the pleasures of
the day.
Nearly all of the business houses closed
at noon, and many of them closed before
that time. The saloons closed at 10
o'clock, as is required by the city ordi
nance, and were not opened again during
the day or night.
Crowds congregated in groups at various
points about the city during the day to
exchange compliments of the season and
shoot fire crackers.
Last night there was a pretty general
display of fireworks all over the city and
in this respect the night was the liveliest
Christmas night experienced in Columbus
in a good many years.
Good order was preserved during the
day and night, and the day was thoroughly
enjoyed by Columbusites.
A GALLANT COP
RESCUES SEVERAL PERSONS FROM A
BURNING BUILDING.
Washington, December 25.—Fire this
morning in the gentlemen’s furnishing
store at No. 355 Pennsylvania avenue
caused damage to tiie stock and building
to the extent of $1000. Tiie fire was dis-
CHRISTMAS IN BRUNSWICK.
Brunswick, Ga., December 25.—[Spe
cial.]—Christmas in Brunswick has been
lively. Burk’s circus, McCabe & Young's
minstrels, Indian shows and flying horses
have taken the town by storm. While Mc
Cabe’s minstrels were parading tonight,
members unacquainted with the fireworks
orders, shot candles on the street. They I wbo wan t them to send them to their con-
were arrested and will be fined $10 each, i stituents.
every voter in their districts. 4 hey say j covered by officer Kenney, of the police
there is nothing better to gain the honest j f orcej wbo , :fft,er he had turned in the
farmer’s good will than a copy or agricul-; a ] arII1 _ went into the house anil bravely
tural report printed at government ex- rescued a woman anil child who were
pense. \N bile but few of these publica- j s ] eP p- n g f n one G f tiie rooms above. He
tions are of much value to a well-appointed j ^ ben returned to the house, and succeeded,
ibrary, t.:iere are certain thrifty members . a fter some difficulty, in rescuing a servant
girl who also occupied one of the rooms.
wlio manage to make them available.
They trade them off at a second-hand book
store for volumes they want in their
libraries, and so get. such works as they
want free of cost. The second-hand man
sells the publications to others members
Some citizens think the arrests are wrong,
as others who were shooting were unmo
lested. The affair raised a breeze and was
much talked of. There were no casualties.
THE PLATE GLASS TRUST.
Pittsburg, December 25.—A meeting
of the manufacturers and jobbers of the
plate glass trade will be held in this city
in the near future. At the recent New
York meeting it was decided to advance
prices 30 per cent, but since the Western
men have made a stand for 25 per cent
advance, the avowed intention of the
fraternal combine is f o keep plate glass
prices at the highest figures possible, and
at the same time keep it low enough t*
shut out all importations.
STRENGTHENING THE STRIKERS.
London, December 25.—English and
Irish railway societies have issued a joint
manifesto asking railroad hands generally
to abstain from helping t»he Scotch railway
companies at this juncture. They are
asked to remain neutral, and if the em
ployers bring pressure to bear on them to
assist the crippled companies, they were
told that they must strike.
BURIAL OF A SOCIALIST.
Brussels, December 25.—The funeral
of Ceser Depolpe, the Belgian socialist took
place today. The remains were followed
to the grave by an enormous concourse of
people. In the procession were deputa
tions from 500 socialist associations, who
carried banners and were headed by bands
of music.
SNOW IN CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, December 25.—Snow be
gan to fall early this morning and has
continued all day, with the thermometer
at 2S and 30 degrees. There has been a
moderate wind. The horse cars kept
The woman, however, protests that it was j going with difficulty, but the electrie and
an accident. I ® able lines run on time '
SECRLT POLITICAL ORDER.
Garden City, Kan., December 25.—
The new secret political organization
known as the “ Knights of Reciprocity” 13
about to form a State organization by or
ganizing a grand lodge for the State of
Kansas. Numbers of prominent members
of the order are now here in obedience to an overjoyed at^tne
order promulgated by the Supreme Judge of
WHAT LANGSTON SAY'S.
Speaking upon the assumption that the
Force bill will fail, Representative Lang
ston said today that the negroes themselves
would work out the race problem. He is
a rarity in that, a negro himself, be makes
a philosophical study of the race problem
and is an advocate of individual effort.
Since he succeeded in his contest for a
seat in the House, he has not taken an ac
tive part in the oratorical part of legisla
tion, as he was expected to do, but he has
been North and South talking to the
negroes.
AN UNRELIABLE FACTOR.
“As the negro starts out for himself,”
says Mr. Langston, “the Republican party
cannot rely on getting his vote. Some of
the ablest of them have gone over to the
Democratic party. Cleveland had no diffi
culty in finding an able negro in Boston
for recorder of deeds at Washington. He
sent a very intelligent negro to Hayti as
minister.”
KEEP YOUR EY'E ON HIM.
The negroes understand the Farmers’
Alliance movement. They appreciate the
advantage it offers them. Many of them
are joining the farmers. Among the
farmers they receive fair treatment. The
negroes are solving the race problem for
themselves, and both the old parties must
keep their eyes open.”
mr. cablton’s bill.
Mr. Carlton’s bill to relieve the present
stringency of the money market and to in
sure hereafter against money panics pro
vides for a deposit of government bonds by
private holders who will be warranted to
receive treasury notes to the amount of
their face value. In other words, he pro
poses to allow the individual bond holder
the same privilege that is now exercised by
national banks.
HOW IT WILL WORK.
5tr. Carlton suggests as an explanation
of money panics that capitalists like Gould
o’brien AND gill re.iotce. wb o own thousands of Government securi-
Paris, December 25.—O’Brien and Gill, ties go to the banks, deposit their bonds
the Irish'delegates who left New York ou | and borrow all their cash, or a sufficiency
the steamer Obdam, arrived at Boulogne j of it to create a stringency and so accorn-
at 11 o’clock this morning. The two | plish their speculating schemes. If this
envovs were met at the landing by McCar- | class who have to be toierated, because
thv and Sullivan. They said they were j they cannot be gotten rid of, were permit-
suit of the recent elec- j ted to deal direct with the Treasury and
tion held in North Kilkenny. 1 borrow on their securities without interest
All, including the officer, were partially
overcome by the smoke.
GRIM HUMOR.
HOW A TEXAN, LOADED WITH WHISKY,
AMUSED HIMSELF.
San Antonio, Tex., December 25.—J.
W. Conley, a man half crazed with
drink, was arrested today and jailed
on a charge of assault to murder.
Conley had corralled ten Mexicans
around a camp fire just south of this city
and amused himself by shooting directly
over their heads and commanding them
to sit silent and immovable on pain of in
stant death. He resisted arrest, but was
finally overpowered and jaiied.
A DRY GOODS FAILURE.
Council Bluff, Iowa, December 25.—
The large dry goods firm of Henry Eisiman
& Co. closed their doors this morning.
The assets are reported at $300,000 and
the liabilities $200,000. The firm is tem
porarily embarrassed, and expect to resume
business in a few days.
LABORERS FOR POSEN.
Berlin, December 25.—It is announced
that the decree which was issued by Prince
Bismarck, prohibiting the admiss ; on of
Russian and Polish laborers into Posen, is
shortly to be rescinded. The reason as
signed for this action is the scarcity of
laborers in Posen.
ANOTHER HEAVY' SNOW STORM.
Harrisonburg, Ya. December 25.—A
severe snow storm set in this morning and
it is still snowing. The country roads are
yet blocked from the snow storm of the
17th and 18th, and travel is almost entirely
suspended.
Tiie Lily' Clay' Combination.—The
theater was filled last evening with a mod
erate size audience to greet the Lily C ay
Combination of “beautiful young ladies,”
presenting three shows in one. The audi
ence was composed exclusively of the
sterner sex, and it was evident that these
shows are losing their magnetic power.
They fail to draw as they did some years
ago. Time was when on a holiday night
such a show would have been greeted by a
packed house. There is nothing specially
“ awful” about the show, beyond the fact
that the majority of the performers are
young women who are airily attired, a lit-
tlcjmore so than eve nin the burlesque comic
operas, and who consider it essential
to be a little frisky. The most attractive
feature in the performance last night
was the trapeze act by two rather attrac
tive looking young girls in red tights. The
feats executed by these daring female
acrobats have not been surpassed; indeed,
it may be said that some of the acts have
not been before equalled here. The skill,
strength and daring exhibited called forth
great applause. The other portion of the
entertainment was creditable, and some of
the specialties were good. Those who ex
pected to see something particularly
naughty and wicked were illsappointed.JThe
company left after tiie performance on a
special train for Macon.
The Presby terian Mission School
Christmas Tree—Promptly at 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon there assembled at the
First Presbyterian Church a hundred or
more children, witli bright expectant
faces. The occasion was the annual
Christmas exercises of the mission school
which took place in the Sunday school
room. The presents were grouped on and
about a beautiful tree, and after the sing
ing exercises and a short address by Capt.
A. V. Boatrite, were distributed to the
children. It was indeed a pleasure to see
so many little faces light up with glad and
happy smiles. The efficient superintend
ent, Mr. W. C. Pease, conducted the exer
cises, assisted by an able and enthusiastic
corps of teachers, who are indeed doing a
good work in their care for the poor chil
dren of the city.
Death in Phenix City'.—Mrs. Mary
S. Willis, aged 63 years, died at her home
in Phenix City at 1:30 o’clock yesterday
morning. For a number of years Mrs.
Willis had been a consistent member cf
the Baptist Church. She leaves four
sons, four daughters, twenty-five grand
children and five great grand-children to
mourn her death. The funeral will take
place from the residence of her son, Mr.
J. J. Willis, in this city, at 9 o’clock this
morning. Rev. J. IV. Howard will con
duct the services.
Before the Mayor.—There were sev
eral cases docketed for trial before the
Mayor yesterday, and all of them were dis
missed except two. One of these was &
Eufaula darkey named Alonzo McLeroy,
who pounded the head of another negro,
Munnie Snead, with a fence pailing. Mc
Leroy was held for trial. He is a brother
of Clarence McLeroy, who is confined in
Muscogee jail on a charge of murder. The
other party held was a tramp who was re
leased Wednesday morning and ordered to
leave the city.
SNOW AT STAUNTON.
Stal'nton, Ya., December 25.—Snow
has been falling all day and i3 now four
inches deep. The country roads are block
aded and business is partially suspended.
JOURNEYING TO PARIS.
London, December 25.—Parnell arrived
in this city tonight, en route to Paris.
The May'OR to the Police.—Yester
day morning Mayor Dozier presented
police headquarters with three handsome
shaving sets, a hundred fine cigars and
blacking and brushes. The gift was an
appropriate one and the police force ap
preciated the kindness and thoughtfulness
of the Mayor very highly.
Marriage Last Night.—Mr. Madison
A. Adams and Miss Mamie M. Kelton
were married at the home of the bride on
Upper Broad street at 8 o’clock last night,
Dr. Robert H. Harris officiating. A num
ber of friends of the young couple attended
the wedding. Mr. Adams is a prosperous
and energetic young business man, and his
bride a loa-ely and charming young lady.
The young couple have the best wishes of
the Enquirer-Sun.
The Races Yesterday'.—There were
two races at Exposition Park yesterday
afternoon. The first race was a pace, best
two in three. * Little Ben and Roanoake
were entered. Little Ben won the first
and third heats, time 2:37.
The second wace was a half mile dash.
Entries: Billy Bush, Hardware and B. G.
JBilly Bush won, time 53.