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J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah. Ga.
Tbe
of Mr.
that ci
vas th
Cap!
win? s
Au?u>
skill in
Mr.
Lyon,
by sho<
cause i
ticorffia Affairs,
an Jfrrald aunounces the death
ia s Bolton, at his residence near
ninety ffcars of age, and
L *st citizen of Coweta county.
II. Bogardus, the champion
{ the world, is expected to visit
>n anu give an exhibition of his
II
have
of It.
A :
and a
Town
to dla
in the
land Lyon, of Macon, son of Judge
uninitted suicide on Monday last
ng himself through the head. No
issigued for the act.
•r to the Columbus Enquirer sug-
the ladies of the Memorial Asso-
i.;t they place all the names of those
•inory they wish to perpetuate on
•derate monument in a glass frame,
•ed within the shaft of the monu-
a height at which they may be
i is a novel idea but it will
1. Besides the liability of
5 to get broken, glass win-
,* stone shaft would not be
y good taste.
[thy. The Courier says:
his locality are about the
: know of. They do not
ce and everybody is glad
Th
citizens of Macon, Dooly
unities will assemble at the
outezuma on the 25th inst.,
raeticability of establishing
rst class cotton and woolen
lam
party
themscl’
away in
A new
been st;
the first
fully col
Frank ,
and we ’
On Mi
closing his late war claim
mate, said : “ Mr. President,
flest man in the Democratic
i way, who was it that, once
vrole something about “ the
humility ?”
> the Seniind the tramps
l have already begun to palm
as British sufferers, driven
r homes by the Zulus,
called The Sunday Visitor has
i Rome. We have received
t is neatly printed and taste-
mid is very readable. >Ir.
i is its editor and proprietor,
suece
side:
' Mil
Tues
cabin
chil«l
An
Calhi
last Mr. B. W. Wrenn, so well
ghout the State, received a
tinsr that his father, who re-
peper, C. H., Va., had been
paralysis and was very low.
Jevilie I’nion remarks that last
light a week ago Mr. N. J. Carr,
ck county, had one of his negro
burn up with two little negro
Little negro children arc mighty
lings to burn cabins up with,
iividua! eiguing himself Henry
Forsyth. Georgia, on the 17th inst.
6ent to Messrs. John J. Cohen & Sons, bank
ers of Augusta, a check for four hundred
dollars, and requested it to be cashed. The
check was on New Vork. and was drawn by
hier of the Atlanta National
of Miss Lula HentzeL It
trance, and an investi-
hat it had been raised from
dred dollars.
dependent: “We hear corn
's in sections of this county,
le water courses and cause
erflow, and In the summer
with corn planted within
lomes. An energetic trap-
nds the business, can find
P. Ri
Banl
had
Rati,
four
fa
us api
plaint
They ,
goodl
thev n
eut v
i lamia
e of this kind either on the
or Pataula creeks.”
ton o:
to liv.
bp lld J
West,
and with
coal su
at tw
literal!
no
ofca t .
future
our sui
have v,
dilfere
margii
petit ors
the pro
city of At!
of graded
a manufacturer says to a Con-
orter that the factories of that
urcha?e coal for two dollars a
up. They pay now from four
rs, while in Chattanooga it can
1 for from one and a half to two
says the proper reduction can
1 i y building the Georgia
tail road and pushiug It
' the Alabama coal beds.
says he, “look incredible
iese inexhaustible beds of coal
)r sixty miles of the ctyy, beds
d than that we art now using,
-■iity of these fifty miles already
ooks incredible, I say, that we
!y down and see our industries
'nr growth stop for the lack of a
f railroad. I tell you, sir, we
pute the growth of this city if
.1 that cheap and abundant
With coal abundant in Atlanta
liars a ton, the city would
ff'le itself in ten years. There
• of it. It would bring millions
re almost at once. As it Is, our
th is not only threatened, but
acy itself is endangered. We
nuch the advantage of Chat-,
id, indeed, of all competing
o nt, but we may lose it. The
the price of coal represents the
rhieh most manufacturers are
>rk. If 6harp and capable com-
hattanooga wore willing to put
:>wn to this margin, they could
ear freezing us out.” Lie also
understands a company is ready
■A and push it through if the
ita will give it the twenty miles
ad aud £ 100,000 bODUS.
Mon
the lo
twent’
the co
breaki
of tl
our;
uina Wrfdy: “On Monday night,
inst., a party of about fifteen or
cn rode into the village of Vienna,
v site of Dooly county, and after
open the doors of the jail, liber-
Ipri'oners w ho were held under two
av,-t c harges known to the laws of
- ' hie of the prisoners, Spradley.was
PW - cfTor the murder of a man in Florida,
about two wars since. Wilkes, the other
nocTutcd prisoner, wa6 held on a
cnarpe of rape. It seems that after being
laken from jail the prisoners named were
showed to depart for a more congenial
ciime Our informant says that tbe party
id the jail breaking were from the
neiimhorhood of Henderson, Houston coun-
\s' one of their number, Mr. John
-• hss turned State’s evidence aud
he manes of eleven of his compan-
As the whole matter will come before
un for investigation, we withhold any
rut for the present.”
fersville Courier • “A few mornings
'•inan Thomas, a colored man of this
. . rose from his bed in his usual
neatth, ate his bieakfast, smoked his pipe,
f au k ,|i: his horse to attend church, drew a
ouckvt of water, and while in the act of
the second^bucket, dropped dead.
Sic
give
ion*
the i
Frt
county,
He L sun
the
osed to have died from disease of
, -andersville Courier records the fol-
owingact of heroism by which an entire
laimiy were saved from what seemed to be
r am death ; “On Friday morning as Mr.
i t. Duggan was returning from Warren
ounty with hts wife and three little chil-
tca, liis carriage horses became frightened
t a weight on the bridge over Big Ogeechee
ll Ver > 0 ’ J the Sandersville and Warrenton
, 0a , • ai ‘d broke loose from the carriage,
packing it off into the stream. All but Mr.
Dui
he
g?an went under the water. As soon as
out^a q 16 k^P^diog danger, he jumped
J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
made an effort to prevent tbe
accident, but was too late. The car-
a 2e turned completely over, breaking
if®. to P to pieces and burying the
nine children underneath. Mr. Duggan
Plunged Into the water Instantly, and by his
O'-roie efforts saved them all, the youngest
oi which was an infant six weeks old. This
as a most miraculous escape from the jaws
oi death, and should be a warning to Road
j-oinmiseioners to put strong and substantial
"Clusters on all the county bridges. Mrs.
iJuggau was very badly 6tunned by the fall,
att i recovered sufficiently to be able to
attend to her domestic affairs. The distance
•urn the bridge to the water measures about
jeu or fifteen feet, and the fact that no limbs
ere broken by the fall, is almost as re
markable as the escape from death by
Augusta Chronicle: “Both at home and
abroad there is a confidence—which is well
placed—that the city of Augusta will never
repudiate any of its obligations or seek to
pay less than every dollar that it has
promised. The bonds are promptly taken
up as they fail due and the interest paid
without fail. The creation of the Sinking
Fund Commission, through which a
large number of bonds are retired annually
reducing the debt each year, so that
at the end of the time for which it
was organized the city will hare a
comparatively very small debt, has added
to this confidence, and to-dav thsre are no
securities more sought after than Augusta
bonds. Of the sixty-three thousand dollars
new six per cent, bonds recently ordered to
he issued by Council to take up that amount
of bonds falling due this year, thirty-one
thousand have already been sold at par, in
advance of the printing. All of these, with
the exception of three thousand, were taken
in Augusta. These new bonds are the first
six per cents issued by any city south of
Richmond, Va. The seven per cent, bonds
falling due this year will be promptly paid
in cash as they are presented.”
Swainsboro Herald: “Mr. IraT. McLemore
is one of the best and most successful
farmers Emanuel county can boast. He
made last year, with one mule and three
hands, 10 bales of cotton, 250 bushels of
com, sugar cane sufficient to manufacture
four barrels syrup, potatoes, peas aud other
farm products in proportion. That is what
cultivation and energy can do on Emanuel
county lands.”
STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVEN
TION.
En Koine to Ilawklnsvillc-Tlie
Preparation—The City aud Un Pros
perity—The Opening Ceremonies—
Colonel Kibbee—Colonel Livings
ton and President Hardeman fflakc
Addresses.
Hawkinsville, February 18. —Editor
Morning News: We had a small but pleasant
crowd aboard the train from Macon on yes
terday. Iu the number were Colonel H. H.
Jones, of the Macon Telegraph; Colonel B.
C. Yancey, of Athens; Malcolm Johnston,
the efficient Secretary of the Agricultural
Society; Dr. Twitty, and several others
whose names I did not learn.
Along the line of road I noticed but little
preparation for farm work. The winter bus
been so unusually cold that Sambo has
hardly yet got thawed out. He has grown
very tender since freedom, a fact which
Senator Windom ought to take into con
sideration before he beguiles the poor un
fortunate government w ard to seek a home
in Minnesota or Wisconsin. The scarcity of
laborers in the field is not the lack of men,
but the want of Inclination to work.
At Cochran we had time to visit the
“burnt district.” The fire was disastrous to
the owners of the houses, but a blessing to
the town, as preparations are being made to
erect substantial brick buildings In the place
of the old frame ones recently destroyed.
Hawkinsville has made the most ample
preparation for the entertainment of the
members of the convention. A home is pro
vided for each one, free of charge. The
citizens, with commendable unanimity,have
opened their doors and their smoke houses,
bidding all a hearty welcome. The society
has never before had such unbounded hos
pitality shown it. The whole communi
ty 6eems interested, and are determined
to make the entertainment complete,
and every member to feel at home. In this
general distribution, the representatives of
tbe press were not forgotten, and most com
fortable quarters at the hospitable home of
Major J. H. Pate were assigned to your cor
respondent.
Through the courtesy of Major Pate,
whose splendid pair of bays and carriage
were placed at our disposal, Judge Pate,
brother Woods, of the Dispatch, Colonel
Jones, of the Macon Telegraph, and the wri
ter, visited the various points of interest
about Hawkinsville. Our friend Woods has
many singular traits. To show us what pro
gress the community was making he first
carried us to the graveyard. It was a grave
showing that he made. The entrance is ele
gant and tasty in its arrangement, with
shelter from the storm and sun, and seats ar
ranged for comfort and rest. The cemetery
is laid off iu streets aud walks admirably,
aud contains some elegant monuments.
This resting place of the dead has only
been used for about twelve years, and is
susceptible of being made very attractive.
In our ride I was astonished to note so
many signs of improvement. New houses
are going up, and old ones are being repaired.
Iu fact, there are more evidences of pros
perity here than any place I have been in
for many a day. The whole country round
about, the citizens tell me, is in better con
dition than at any time since the war.
Trade has been good, and cotton receipts
are in excess about 4,000 bales over last
year. And last, but by no means least, as
evidence of prosperity, Woods’ subscription
list to the Dispatch is larger than ever be
fore, and it ought to be; he deserves it.
To-day the crowd increased almost beyond
the capacity of the hall in the court house.
The brass band welcomed the gathering
crowd in sweetest strain. Order once re
stored—for every available space was occu
pied to the fullest extent—Col. Hardeman
called the convention to business.
An address of welcome was delivered in
Col. C. C. Kibbee’s elegant style, as Mayor
of the city. This was responded to in a very
happy vein by Col. Livingston, of Coving-
t —i.i .lin is Phsiirman of the- Committee Ot
ton, who is Chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture in the Georgia Legislature.
The speeches were enthusiastically received
ard applauded.
President Hardeman delivered his annual
opening address iu his usual eloquent man
ner. He depicted the genuine man gov
erned by principle and ennobled by mind,
his peculiar characteristics being intelli
gence, energy and enterprise. True gov
ernment is founded upon tbe will of the
people, and the agricultural class is the ba
sis of all prosperity. He extolled the State
Agricultural Department and commended
the Agricultural Society. He insisted on
permanent homes as the surest evidence of
final success. He put in a special plea for
the preservation of our forests. It was an
able aad earnest effort, and will detract
nothing from the speaker’s reputation as a
profound thinker or an eloquent orator.
Tbe newly elected Vice President and
members of the Executive Committee were
called up and duly installed. Colonel Geo.
R Black, of Scriveu. is the Vice President,
and W. H. Cone, of Bulloeh, as member of
tbe Executive Committee from tbe First
Congressional District.
Messrs. Mobley, frym Harris, and Cary,
from Troup, offered resolutions inviting
tbe Mayor and Council of Hawkinsville and
the members of the Pulaski Agricultural So
ciety to seats on the floor, aud the citizens
and ladies especially to visit the sittings of
the convention.
Colonel Livingston, of J.ewton, offered a
resolution inviting the representatives of the
press to seats on thefloor.
The contest for the State Fair between
Macon and Augusta is growing interesting,
with chances in favor of Macon.
SIPE SOTES.
Mr. R. B. Woods is building a steamboat
here with a capacity to carry five hundred
bales of cotton. It is intended to be a trad
ing vessel on tbe Ocmulgee.
Hawkinsville has two excellent academies,
affording the best of educational advan-
ta 'The new brick hotel is not finished yet; but
then, what is ttS use of a hotel when every
body opens their doors and invites you in ?
Woods adheres to the old adage, “Re
member the rock from which you were
hewn,” and recurs affectionately to the
gourd vine, and now affirms that even his
apple trees bear gourds.
Iu speaking of the health of Hawkinsville,
II. H: J. remarked that the city had no
doubt greatly improved in this
when Woods replied: “Why, sir, all the
sickness we have had fora year past were
three strangers and two mules that had the
chills, and one horse died of the pneu
monia.*’ , ,
Speaking of H. H. J., I never had seen
him over-matched in a conversation until he
was attacked by an up-country gentleman
the other day. Tbe contest was spirited
and energetic, but at the end of the first
hour the Colonel showed signs of weariness,
x-._a._J J — Q "(l
and soon retired prostrated, demoralized an.
utterly outdone. _ , , , , , _
There are nearly three hundred delegates
present, and from the number of doctors
among them it must he very healthy
throughout the State Jxcg Plasb.
Aspirants for the stage are not rebuffed
in Boston, if their ambition tends toward
the variety shows. The Boylston Muse
um advertises that “any lady or gentle
man desirous of adopting the stage as a
profession can appear on any Friday
night;” and the promise is made that
amateurs who appear shall receive pres
ents, consisting of watches, rings, over
coats, tons of coal, barrels of flour, dress
patterns and bonnets.
Sporting men in Connecticut are
alarmed at the discovery that there is
upon the statute books a provision that
every horse used in races on which any
wager is to be laid or any purse or stake
offered shah be forfeited to the State.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Repeal of the Jurors’ Test Oath.
BILL FOR THE PAY OF LETTER
CARRIER PASSED.
BISHOP FOLEY'S DEATH.
Resumption of Work by the Liver
pool Strikers.
DISASTERS AT SEA.
ITEiseeliaueous Foreign and Domes-
tic Notes.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, February 19.—The Senate
passed the House bill to fix the pay of letter
carriers, and the Senate bill to incorporate
the United States Railway Mail Service Mu
tual Benefit Association. The Senate re
newed the consideration of the post office
appropriation bill.
When the Brazilian mail steamship subsidy
amendment was reached a point of order
was made that it was not germane to the
bill, but the Senate decided it was in order,
and considerable discussion ensued, during
the pending of which the Senate adjourned.
The House is in committee of the whole
on the legislative appropriation bill.
The point of order made last night against
the amendment offered b}' Mr. Herbert, of
Alabama, repealing the jurors’ test oath,
and regulating the mode of drawing and
the pay of jurors, was discussed at some
length, and was overruled by the Chairman
(Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky,) deciding that
it was in order.
The House, in committee of the whole,
agreed, by a vote of 107 to 85, to the amend
ment offered by Mr. Herbert, of Alabama,
to the legislative appropriation bill, fixing
the pay aud regulating the manner of select
ing jurors, and repealing the jurors’ test
oath.
The question then arose upon an amend
ment offered by Mr. Southard, repealing
the sections which authorize the appoint
ment of supervisors of elections. A long
aud interesting debate followed. Messrs.
Hale, of Maine, and Garfield both speaking
for the Republican party in the House, de
clared that they would use every parliamen
tary device to defeat the proposed amend
ment. The discussion was of an excited
character, and the members on both sides
earnestly declared their purpose to 6tand
firm in their views, either for or against the
measure.
The proposed amendment was pending
when the House adjourned, and as the
Democrats insist upon Its adoption, the in
dications are that the bill will fail. This
will necessitate an extra session.
During the debate, Mr. Wood, of New
York, recited the history of the laws which
were proposed to be repealed. They were
but a portion of a series of laws passed iu
order to keep the Southern States as
stipendiaries of the Republican party that
had been intended for the South,
but it was now applied to the
North. The gentieman from Maine (Frye)
assumed to speak for his party when he
said that he would resist by every means
in his power the repeal of those laws.
He (Wood) could not speak for
his party, but could speak for one
man, when he said he did not care
what became of the appropriation
bills, ne believed it was a higher question
than that of appropriating money. lie could
stay in the House as long as any gentleman.
The Democratic party could resist as long
as the Republican party, and he would not
consent to vote for a dollar until this amend
ment should be engrafted on the bill.
Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, said he had not
spoken ou the points of order, because he
did not regard the question as one that was
beiug considered deliberately. Ordinarily
this was a hall of deliberation, but now they
were called upon merely to register the edict
of a party caucus, under the rule of a per
son who was under orders to decide that the
amendment came in under the rule.
This remark caused an immediate explo
sion of anger on the Democratic side, and
there were calls to order and a demand that
the obnoxious sentence be reduced to writ
ing and read at the Clerk’s de^k, but the
Chairman (Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky,)
expressed a wish that no point of order
should be made, but that he (Blackburn)
should be permitted to respond, and that
wish w»s acceded to.
Mr. Garfield proceeded with his speech,
exhibiting in its delivery much feeling and
determination. He said: “The Chair will
perfectly understand that I meant no reflec
tion on him personally.” (Derisive laugh
ter on the Democratic side.) “What I
mean to say is that where a party
caucus resolves, against the will
of its own minority, its whole party must
act as one man here, without regard to its
opponents within its own part}*. Then it
ceases to be a free deliberation, and it be
comes a dictation from the outside, and not
the deliberation of States.
Mr. Blackburn having left the chair came
on the floor, and, reading the objectionable
extract from Mr. Garfield’s speech, asked
the latter if he still stood by that.
Mr. Garfield replied that the extract did
not show his full meaning; that all he said
or meant to say was that the Democratic
6ide of the House, including the Chairman,
was acting under the moral duress of cau
cus dictation, and that in saying so he meant
nothing personal.
Mr. Blackburn then said that he accepted
the explanation freely and ungrudgingly.
He denied, however, that he was acting
under any instructions from the caucus,
and stated he had never seen or heard read
the amendments until they were presented
in the committee, and that no member was
bouud by the action of the caucus.
There was a good deal of excitement
throughout the discussion, and Mr. Black
burn was frequently applauded on the De
mocratic side, as Mr. Garfield had been on
tbe Republican side.
Before the actual opening of the filibus
tering proceedings, which appear now to be
inevitable, the committee rose without ac
tion on the amendment, aud the House ad
journed.
OVATION TO THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR LORD
CHELMSFORD.
London, February 19.—The Third Bat
talion of the Sixtieth Rifles left Colchester
this morning for the Cape of Good Hope.
The streets were decorated with flags, ever
greens and mottoes. The corporation pre
sented an address to the troops, wherein the
hope was expressed that they would recover
the colors of the Twenty-fourth Regiment.
Colonel Pemberton replied. 'The troops
then inarched to the railway station, accom
panied by four regimental bands.
CAUSE OF THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS’ EXILE.
London, February 19.—The communica
tion *for which the Grand Duke Nicholas
of Russia, son of the Grand Duke Constan
tine, has been exiled to Orenburg, was a
pamphlet in favor of the speedy construc
tion of the Orenburg and Tashkend Rail
way by way of Kara Turgail and Sir
Darya river, in order to force England to
abandon her resistance to Russia’s Eastern
policy.
STRIKERS RESUMING WORK.
London, February 10.—The large engi
neering firm of Westwood tfc Bailey, at
Blackwall, have opened their works to the
old hands at unreduced wages. Some of
the other masters are expected to follow
suit in a day or two, though a few are endeav
oring to obtain hands from the provinces.
The strike committee, however, are confi
dent that they can persuade any imported
hands to return to their homes.
A DEMOCRATIC GAIN
N. Y., February 19.—The
ABANDONED AT SEA.
Havre, February 19.—The American
schooner Oliver Jameson, from Bermuda
for Charleston, S. C., «nd the British bark
Lord Raglan, from Savannah for Liverpool,
were abandoned at sea, the former on the
23d of January, and the latter on the 28th.
The crews of both vessels were rescued and
landed here.
ELECTIONS.
Harrisburg, Pa., February 19.—Mayor
Patterson, Republican, was re-elected yes
terday by over 300 majority, and Treasurer
Shelsby by about 500 majority. The Comp-
trollership is undecided. Ihe Democrats
elected both branches of Council.
DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CONSUL.
New* Orleans, February 19.—The steamer
Ward brings the news of the death of F. E.
Frey, American Consul at Bay Islands. His
funeral on the 11th, at Ruatan, was attended
by the Governor and other prominent offi
cials.
DEATH OF BISHOP POLRV.
Chicago, February 19.—Bishop Foley
died a few* minutes before four o'clock this
morning. The funeral services will be held
in this city on Friday, after which the re
mains of the late Bishop will be taken to
Baltimore.
PARISIAN NOTES.
Paris, February 19.—The Ministry have
accepted the amnesty bill as amended by
the committee of the Chamber of Deputies.
There is no foundation for the report that
the Municipal Council have resigned.
Watertown.
election of supervisors for Jefferson county,
yesterday, resulted in the choice of fourteen
Republicans and thirteen Democrats.
Democratic gain of two.
RESIGNATION OF NUBAR PASHA.
Cairo, February 19.—Nubar Pasha, the
Egyptian Premier, has tendered his resigna
tion and the Khedive has accepted it.
EVENING TELEGRAMS
REPORTS OF YELLOW FEVER IN
NEW ORLEANS DENIED.
THE VIRGINIA STATE DEBT.
Troubles with Indians in Alaska.
SUIT AGAINST TIIE A. M. & O. R. R.
.HiKcellaneoutt aud Elinor .^latter*,
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
Richmond, Va., February 19.—The House
of Delegates to-day adopted the report of the
Committee on the Courts of Justice, em
bracing the resolution declaring that the
State of Virginia was not liable for certifi
cates issued under the acts of 1871 and
1872, for a one-third of the public debt
apportioned to the State of West Virginia,
except as expressed on their face to provide
for the payment of such proportion of the
amount thereof as may be derived from the
settlement with West Virginia in regard to
the debt as it existed at the time of the dis
memberment of the State. The discussion
of the bill providing for the settlement of
the State debt was begun in the Senate to
day, and the House will take it up to-mor
row as special orders. The indications are
that it will pass in tiie Senate without much
opposition, but in the House the fight will
be obstinate.
In the United States Circuit Court to-day,
in the case of Skiddy, Duncan & Barlow,
trustees, vs. the Atlantic, Mississippi &
Ohio Railroad,a petition w*as flled by a num
ber of dissatisfied stockholders in Virginia
and Tennessee of the railroad company,
asking leave to bring suit against Messrs.
Perkins & Fink, receivers of the first named
road, and others. The petitioners also filed
a bill which assails the validity of the sale of
the State’s stock and claims made by the
Board of Public Works. They impeach as
fraudulent and inoperative the fifteen mil
lion dollars mortgage and ask that the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company
be restored to its independence and autono
my and the possession of its separate prop
erty and franchises. Judge Hughes per
mitted the petition to be filed and stated a
day would be fixed to hear the arguments,
after consultation with Judge Bond.
THE INDIAN TROUBLES IN ALASKA.
Washington, February 19.—Major Mor
ris, a special agent of the Treasury, who has
recently returned from Alaska, received a
telegram yesterday from Surgeon Miner, of
the Marine Hospital Service, by x\gent
Sound, stating that the commander of the
British gunboat Osprey would take his ves
sel from Vancouver’s Island to Sitka, if the
American Consul would request it. The
latter declined to take the responsibility.
Major .Morris then telegraphed to the Con
sul for particulars and has received the fol
lowing reply:
Victoria, B. C., February 18.—Tbe citi
zens of Sitka supplicated the commander of
Her Majesty’s ship Osprey for protection
from the Indians, representing that without
immediate protection fears of an indiscrimi
nate massacre were entertained. The com
mauder signified his readiness to go on an
official request if instructed that the situa
tion was urgent. No objection was made
nor was the protection asked as necessary,
and he so informed the commander. The
Osprey left for Sitka to-day at noon.
[Signed] Allen Francis,
U. S. Consul.
In response to Collector Ball’s appeal for
ai»i. Secretary Sherman has telegraphed to
the Collector of Customs at Port Townsend,
Wyoming Territory, to direct Capt. Seldin
to proceed to Sitka as soon as practicable,
in his vessel, the revenue steamer Oliver
Wolcott, and preserve the peace.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer.
Washington, D. C., February 19.—Indica
tions for Thursday:
In the South .4tJantic States, partly cloudy
weather, and in the northern portions areas
of rain, winds shifting to southerly and
westerly or northwesterly, slight changes in
temperature, and in the northern portions
falling followed by rising barometer.
In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weather,
light variable winds, a slight rise in barome
ter, aud stationary or slight fall in ternpe
rature.
In the Middle States, increasing cloudiness
and snow, with easterly to southerly winds,
falling barometer and a slight rise in tem
perature, followed by winds shifting to
westerly and northwesterly, rising barome
ter and lower temperature.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, areas
of rain and snow, winds mostly from west
to north, rising barometer, stationary or
a slight fall in temperature, and partly
cloudy weather.
DENIAL OF THE REPORTS OF YELLOW FEVER
IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, February 19.—Reports
having been recently published of the exist
ence of yellow fever in New Orleans, a state
ment is made that such reports are untrue,
no cases or deaths from yellow fever having
occurred here during this year. The state
ment is signed by many prominent citizens
and officials, including Dr. Samuel Choppin,
President of the Board of Health, Governor
Nicholls, Mayor Patton and Perry Nugent,
President of the Cotton Exchange.
SALE OF A RAILROAD.
Wilmington, Del., February 19.—A
special to the Every Evening says: “The
Eastern Shore Railroad was sold this morn
ing at Princess Anne, Md. ; to the first mort
gage bondholders,for five dollars, subject to
a lien of four hundred thousand dollars.
The sale was in pursuance of a decree of the
Circuit Court of Maryland, issued January
2J. *
REDUCTION OF SALARIES.
Raleigh, N. C., February 19.—The Sen
ate to-day reduced the salaries of the State
officials as follows: Governor |3,000, Sec
retary of State $2,000, Auditor $1,750, Treas
urer $3,000, Attorney General $2,000, Supe
rior Court Judges $2,500, and no additional
pay for extra courts.
CONFIRMATIONS.
Washington, February 19.—The Senate
to-day confirmed Wm. L. McMillen to be
Postmaster at New Orleans; Algernon S.
Badger to be Collector of Customs at New
Orleans.
LOUISIANA POLITICAL CASES ASSIGNED.
New Orleans, February 19.—The Tensas
cases are continued to March 4th. The
Natchitoches cases are set for February 24th;
the Caddo parish cases for the 26th.
NOMINATION.
Washington, February 19.—Alfred Ar
Tuflts is nominated for Receiver of Public
Moneys in Camden, Ark.
Necessity of Sunlight.
Instead of excluding the sunlight from
our houses, says the Manufacturer and
Builder, lest it fade carpets, draw flies
and bring freckles, we should open every
door and window, and bid it enter. It
briDgs life, and health, and joy. There
is healing in its beams. It drives away
disease and dampness, mould, megrims.
Instead of doing this, however, many
careful housewives close the blinds,
draw* down the shades, lock the door,
shut out the glorifying rays and rejoice
in the dim aud musty coolness and twi
light of the unhealthy apartments. It is
pleasant and not unwholesome during
the glare of the noontide to subdue the
light and exclude the air quivering with
heat.butinthe merning and in the evening
we may freely indulge in the sun bath',
and let it flood all our rooms, and if, at its
very fiercest and brightest, it has full en
trance to our sleeping rooms, so much
the better for us. Wire netting in doors
and windows exclude not flies and mos
quitoes only, but all other insects, and
these who have once used it will con
tinue to do so. With this as a protection
from intrusive wjnged crpaturps, one-
may almost dispense with shades and
shutters and enjoy all the benefits of an
open house without any annoyances so
frequent in warm weather. But better
the annoyances with sunshine than free
dom from them without it. Statistics of
epidemics have shown that if they rage
in any part of a city they will prevail in
houses which are exposed to the least
sunshine, while those most exposed to it
will not be at all or slightly affected,
Even in the same house persons occupy
ing rooms exposed to sunlight will be
healthier amd repulse epidemical influ
ences better than those occupying rdoms
where no sunlight enters.
Strange to say, there are not enough
lawyers in the lower House of the North
Carolina Legislature to make a Judiciary*
Committee.
No Probability of An Extra Session
ol Coaeres#“The Democrats Will
Hlake No Stand on tbe Repeal ol
the SupervI*»or^» , Law — Rumored
Opposition of Georgia Members to
Speaker Randall—No Veto of the
Chinese Bill—The Appropriation
for the Back Pension Grab.
Special Correspondence of the Mamina Neics.
Washington, February 18.—Develop
ments on the extra session agitation subse
quent to my late letter on that subject have
been as predicted. The letter stated that
while the proposition to insist on the repeal
of the supervisors of elections statutes, even
to the extent of making an extra session
necessary, had many supporters in the
Democratic ranks, the shrewdest and most
far seeing of the party thought it would be
the better plan to allow the repeal of that
law to go over to the next Congress, and
that such would ultimately be the decision
of the party. This is the present status.
The Republicans agreed not to make any
great resistance to the repeal of the jurors’
test oath law, and the Democrats decide not
to press to the end the repeal of the super
visors’ law. Senator Wallace, who does the
bulk of the inside management for the
Democratic party, said to-day to the News
representative that there was no probability
of an extra session on account of “force”
legislation. “The Democrats will not,” he
said, “attempt anything of the kind, as we
have concluded that such a course would
be ill-advised—in the minds of some, blun
dering. Of course if Congress cannot get
through with the regular appropriation bills
in time it may bring about an extra session;
but 1 do not see anything that will hinder
our accomplishing that work, though it
must be admitted that we are considera
bly behind hand.” I asked him about
an extra executive session of the Senate. In
reply, he said that there was, a short time
ago, a strong probability of such a session,
but there was none now. The President
would, he believed, send to the Senate, be
fore adjournment, all the nominations of
importance, and that there would be no
extra executive session necessary. He re
peated that the only way in which an extra
session of any kind was in any way probable
was by the failure of the appropriation bills,
on account of too much work to be accom
plished in too short a time. The decision of
the Democrats not to press the repeal of
the supervisors’ law has been known to
Newspaper Row for the past two or three
days. Upon it I based ray dispatch that
there was but little probability of an extra
session. There can be no doubt that this
decision is for the ultimate good of the
party, though for immediate benefit it would
probably have been the wiser course to in
sist on the repeal of the supervisors’ law*.
In the last election for the Speakership
of the House, the Georgia delegation was
solid for Raudall. It is understood that the
re-elected members are still for Mr. Ran
dall for Speaker of the next House. There
are indications, however, that the delegation
elect will not be solid for Mr. Randall. A
letter has been received here from a promi
nent Georgian, who states positively that
John C. Nicholls, Henry Persons, N. J.
Hammond and Emory Speer, the four new
membere in the next Congress from Georgia,
will oppose Mr. Randall and fight him in his
canvass for re-election to the best of their
ability.
The probability of a veto from Mr Hayes
of the Chinese emigration bill is being
talked of. If he does veto the bill he will
be influenced entirely by Mr. Evarts, his
Secretary of State. Mr. Evarts was con
ducting with the Chinese Minister negotia
tions looking to a restriction of Chinese
emigration. He feels very sore that Con
gress should summarily take the matter out
of his hands and pass on it without waiting
the result of his mighty effort in that direc
tion. J-udging from Mr. Hayes’ past utter
ances cn the subject there would seem to
be but little probability of his vetoing the
bill. And again the Republican party would
loose much ground in California by his
doing so; for the measure, looking at it in
any light, Las been ail along one for party
capital alone. The bill as it passed the
Senate was not amended from the form in
which it came from the House. It provides
that no ship from China to the United
States shall bring aboard more than fifteen
Chinese ou a single trip. The Pacific Mail
Steamship Company thus receives a heavy
blow, for its revenues derived from the
transportation of Chinese was very lar^i
forming a good part of their business. The
fear is entertained that for the discrimina
tion made against its countrymen by the
bill China will adopt retaliatorv measures
on our trade with her.
Ex-Representative Caldwell, of Alabama,
is iu the city canvassing for the
Doorkeepership of the next House. At
the beginning of the present Congress Mr.
Caldwell made a very good fight for the
Doorkeeper’s position, acd was only defeat
ed by a very few votes. He is now making
an active canvass, and has many friends. If
it was not too early to deal in probabilities
as to the organization of the next House, it
would seem that Mr. Caldwell has the inside
track.
The question as to how the claims arising
under the arrearages of pensions bill are to
be paid has been settled so far as the House
Appropriations Committee is concerned.
The committee have agreed to report a bill
to the House making a direct appropriation
for the purpose. The total amount that will
be recommended m it will be $25,000,000,
with the additional amounts of $1,800,000
for the payment of claims during the cur
rent year, and $50,000 to pay an extra force
of clerks in the Pension Office, which the
increased work under the arrearages bill >^11
make necessary.
The latest edition of the Congressional
Directory contains an unofficial list of the
members elect to the next Congress. In it
is the entry: “Noble A. Hull, of Sanford,
Fla.; contested by Horatio Bisbee, Jr., Jack
sonville.” Potomac.
Its Present Condition as Described
by a Northern Han.
Some of the Trials of Tall Men.
Burlington Hawkeye.
Just after I left Honeoye Kails, a tali
man sat down in the seat in front of me.
had noticed liim standing wearily
about ou the platform, and I pitied him.
My heart was full of sympathy for him.
I am always sorry for a tall man. Some
times, when I get before an audience,
and have to stand on my tiptoes to look
over the footlights, I wish I was a trille
taller thaa I am. But this longing is
only momentary. It passes away
soon as I see an unusually tall man. You
see, a very tall man is always pursued,
haunted by one unvarying joke. Every
short or ordinary sized man that ap
proaches him, throws back Iris head, af
fects to gaze into the heavens with
very painful effort, and asks: “Isn't it
pretty cold up where you are?” Just
watch the next short man you see meet a
tall one,and see if this conundrum doesn't
follow the first greeting. Just watch
and sec if you do not ask it yourself.
And this must be dreadfully wearing on
the tall man. I have observed that as a
rule big men, tall men, are good natured.
It is we little fellows who have waspish
tempers. So the tall man never resents
this venerable joke by sitting down on
the man who gets it off. He smiles
drearily, and with a weary effort to ap
pear interested, and tries to look as
though he had never hear t it before. It
must be a perfect torture for the tall man
to hear this question fifty times a year
for thirty or forty years. Sometimes,
when I hear a dozen men ask a tall
man of my acquaintance this ques
tion, in direct succession, and see
him endure it so patiently, I
wish I was the Colossus of Rhodes, and
a little man, four feet eleven and a half,
would come up to me some day when I
felt right good, and stare up at'me with
a grin longer than his body, and ask me
‘If it wasn't pretty cold up there?” and
I would hold him up by the neck, and
I would swing my brazen leg until it
got the motion and impetus of a walk
ing beam, and then I would kick the
little fellow so high that he could lead
the names of the streets on the street
lamps in Uranus, and I would sarcasti
cally shout after him, “So; it's red hot!”
ave tall men no rights that we, who
live eight or ten inches nearer the earth,
are bound to rgspect >
Sew York Star.
Upon the arrival in this city of Colonel
Julian Allen, of Statesville, N. C., on
Thursday last, a number of business men
met in the Produce Exchange and de
cided to ask the views of the distinguish
ed visitor upon Southern topics. The
Colonel was agreeably surprised to find
the following letter awaiting him at his
hotel on Friday merning:
New \oiuc, February 13, 1879
Colonel Julian Allen :
Dear 8ir—Will .you permit us to ask
you your impressions as to the condition
of the South? We desire especially to
be informed with reference to the securi
ty of property invested by Northern men
in the South, and the protection of
Northern men who locate there. There
is considerable controversy among
Northern men as to the present disposi
tion of Southerners upon these questions.
Your well known reputation here gives
anything which you may say the greatest
weight, and we avail ourselves of the op
portunity during your visit here to ask
of you as full a statement of your expe
rience in the South as your time and in
clination will permit you to give. With
respect, your obedient servants,
E. T. Backhouse,
President Kings County Fire Ins. Co.
Edmund BriogS,
President Williamsburg Fire Ins. Co.
Jso. H. Baker,
President Mechanics’ Fire Ins. Co.
A. C. Davis,
Attorney at Law, New York.
R. K. Cooke,
Chairman Ex. Com. Produce Exchange.
N. Cothren,
Attorney at Law, New York.
The following reply of Col. Allen
speaks for itself:
New York, February 15, 1879.
Hon. E. T. Backhouse and others:
Gentlemen—Your letter of the 13th
inst. is received, and I take pleasure in
complying with your request, as it
affords me an opportunity of saying a
word on behalf of the restoration of
confidence and kindly relations between
tue South and the North—an event
which has been so long, so needlessly,
and I think I may say so unjustly re
tarded and restrained by a grievous mis
conception in the minds of many North
ern men.
I left Brooklyn three years ago to take
up my permanent residence in North
Carolina, and have since resided at States
ville, in that State. I have during that
time become well acquainted with the
social, political and financial condition
of North Carolina, and I know that there
is nothing in the history of that State
during the time that I have resided there
which can justify or iu any manner ex
cuse hostile or unkindly feeling on the
part of any Northern man. North Caro
lina is a State of extraordinary resources,
peopled by as noble aud patriotic men as
can Ire found in the Union. There is an
excellent State government, the laws are
faithfully and impartially administered,
and all classes are fully protected in their
civil rights. There is scarcely a trace of
ill-feeling noticeable between the whites
and the blacks. Northern men who settle
there are met witli that warm cordiality
and hospitality which has always charac
terized the people of the South.
I assure you that Northern men and
Northern capital are equally protected
with Southern men and Southern capital,
and I may add that it will be difficult to
find a more promising field for the em
ployment of Northern capital and enter
prise. The State is rapidly recovering
from the disastrous effects of the war,
aud those familiar with her present con
dition and resources are unanimous in
predicting that she is now entering upon
an era of unexampled thrift and pros
perity.
While residing in North Carolina, I
have visited rnauy other portions of the
South, and have taken pains to study the
condition, not only of the people, hut of
the country iuthat section of the Union.
So far as I have been able to ascertain
the facts, I believe that what I have said
of the condition and disposition of the
people of North Carolina applies equally
well to the South generally. They are
anxious for peace and the restoration of
fraternal feeling with the people of the
North, and are laboring zealously and
patriotically to promote the weliare and
protect the rights of all their citizens, re
gardless of past differences.
These statements, of course, apply to
the gr#at masses of the people. In the
South, as in the North, there are un
scrupulous politicians who seek often
times to accomplish their ends by un
justifiable or unlawful means, and in
like manner the ignorant classes are often
victimized by demagogues and political
tricksters. But, whether these men he
Democratic or Republican politicians,
the masses of the people of the South
should no more be held responsible for
their action than should the people of
the North be stigmatized because the
same class is fouud in all political parties
here.
The negroes, uneducated as they are
are unquestionably too often the victims
of these designing and treacherous self-
constituted leaders, and are sorely in need
of good heads and good hearts to guide
them iu the exercise of their recently ac
quired political rights and privileges;
but I deny that the great mass of the
Southern people manifest the slightest
desire to deprive them of their civil rights
or to oppress them in any manner. I
reiterate that the laws are faithfully and
impartially executed, and that life and
property are to-day as safe in North Caro
lina as in any State in the Union, and
that fhe government of the State is as
conscientiously and intelligently admin
istered.
I hope I shall soon see sotqe cr all of
you at tny house at Statesville, where
you may observe the condition of our
affairs for yourselves, and learn how
unjust are all the clamors which are
raised in the North against Southern
men, which, whatever may be their pur
pose. caD only result in postponing that
return of confidence and fraternal feel
ing between the North and the South, so
essential to the prosperity and happiness
of the whole country. I have the honor
to be gentlemen, your friend and obe
dient servant, Julian Allen.
A Case That Physician* Say Is the
First Ever Known in Brooklyn
.Ye'tc York Sun.
The first case of death from trichinosis
ever known in Brooklyn happened
according to the physicians, at 184 At
lantic avenue yesterday afternoon. The
victim of the disease was Mrs. Horn
who was about sixty-five years of age,
Site was the mother of Mrs. .Max Grie-
feld, the wife of Max Grisfeld, a book
keeper for Abrahams & Brother, in Ful
ton street. Brooklyn. The family live
over a barroom in Atlantic avenue,
between Clinton and Court streets,
and are educated Germans. The
family was composed of Mrs. Horn
Mr. and Sirs. Griefeld, a little girl,
an infant and a servant girl. T wo weeks
agfl yesterday the family bought half of
a ham in a meat store near by, and they
partook, of it first cooked, and subse
quently they ate a portion of it raw.
To this fact the appearance of the dis
ease is traced. All of the family ate of
the raw ham at the meal except the little
girl and the baby, who alone escaped the
attack of trichinosis. The other mem
bers of the family were taken sick on
the following Sunday, and I)r. Madren
of 1 Hanson Place, the family physician,
was called. His first impression was
that his patients were suffering
from malarial fever, and then,
their symptoms changed, he tested
them for se*er gas fever; hut their tern
perature proved too high for this, and
then he judged that they were suffering
from typhoid fever. But the appearance
of diarchies, abdominal pains, and acute
pains in all portions of the body con
trolled by voluntary muscles, led the
physician to suspect trichinosis,although
he had never met with a case of it. He
carefully inquired into everything Ilia
the family had eaten. When he learned
of the fact that they had partaken of raw
ham, he concluded that his suspicions
were correct.
He at once called Dr. J. C. Skene
into consultation, and the latter paid a
hasty visit to the patients on Thursday,
February C, but being pressed for time
did no more than make a diagnosis of
the cases, and concluded with Dr.
Madren that there was no doubt that the
patients were afflicted with trichina
Dr. Madren subsequently reported to
Dr. Skene certain other symptoms of the
patients, which confirmed Dr. Skene in
his view. Dr. Skene said last night
“The actual presence of the worm called
trichina can only be detected by a mi
croscopic examination of the muscles,
but there can lie no doubt of the actual
existence of the disease of trichinosis.
The presence of nausea and vomiting,
diarrhica, the high temperature running
from 103 to 104 degrees, all show con
clusively. that the trichina were in the
system. The patient who is dead must
have died from dry gangrene, caused by
the local circulation being cut off.
Dr. Raymond, the Sanitary Superin
tendent, first heard of the case yester
day, on being invited to attend a post
mortem examination this morning. He
had no doubt, he said, that it was
a genuine case of the presence
of trichina in the system, and
it was, at the same time, the first case of
the kind that had ever appeared in
Brooklyn. The disease is exceedingly
rare in this country.
The servant girl, who was attacked
with the rest of the family, has been re
moved from her house, but the surviving
adults iu the family, Mr. and Mrs. Grie
feld, are dangerously ill, and their death
is almost daily expected.
Tl»« Way the English Fight theZnlits.
The war in South Africa against the
Killed by a Bull.—A few days since
we mentioned that Mrs. Mary Cochran,
an old lady, had heen severely injured by
being tossed three times in the air by a
bull on the Biatchly farm, Avondale.
On last Friday the poor woman died
from the effects of her injury, and was
buried on Sunday afternoon from St.
Andrew’s Church. It appears that the
old lady had entered the pasture to save
the life of a little child that had wan
dered into it, and in so doing lost her
own, while the little one escaped unin
jured.—Cincinnati Commercial.
At last the Milleritcs have been
aroused to a burning sense of duty.
One Samuel C. Parkyrsop, of Birming
ham, England, prophesies that the final
fireworks are to be touched off July 19,
1880, and the world knocked to flinders.
This is harrowing. We won’t see how
the Presidential campaign will pan out.
■H. 0. Times.
miserable, half starved unclad Kaffirs and
Bushmen, by the British, appears to he
carried on with great barbarity, as
instanced in the following letter to the
Cape Town Argus, by a young volunteer
with a tenderer care for humanity than
his fellows:
Up to the present we have had it
pretty hard, and since I last wrote we
have been out on patrol. We started
from hdre (Koegas) on the morning of
the 29th of October and saddled off at a
place three and a half hours' distant. We
fell in with the enemy on the morning of
the 30th. Our Oaptaiu and his men were
stationed on the Kopje, and ’s men
underneath. Capt. ’s men then
crossed the river to see if they could trace
the spoor. They came hack with the
news that the footprints were going to
wards Langeberg, and c onsisted of Bush
men and Kaffirs, with horses, goats and
one ox. We were on the Kopje when
we received word that the enemy were
in the bush, about 1,000 yards away,
Capt. ’s men then being underneath
us in ttje hush. We then bad orders
to cross the river, and ’s men opened
fire on some of the Bushmen in the
northern part of the bush, whom they
found sitting down enjoying the stolen
ox which they had slaughtered. They
were laughing and singing, seeming to
be very happy, when suddenly they re
ceived bullets to flavor the meat. They
then ran through tiie bush, expecting to
reach the mountains on the opposite
side of the river, but when they came to
the edge of the river they saw 'Vermou-
len's men opposite, so' that they were
completely hemmed in, and thus per
ished forty one of them, and thirty-
four wc took prisoners. S^t q j
our men got leave to cross, as wc were
anxious to be in it, and wp then went—
myself being one of the number—to the
other side of the river, the bullets frotp
our own men whizzing about our heads
by hundreds. IVficr, w« came to the
bush we saw what I do not wish to see
again. Women with children lying there
shot through and through, no mercy
having been shown to them. I came to
one place and a Bushman got up. I
raised my gun, but the man said in
Dutch: “Please, master, don’t shoot me!''
I then saw that h»had already heen woun
ded, aud would have been left to die;
but, as I was speaking to him, a gun was
put quite close to my ear and fired. The
fellow gave one spring and t!;cn fell dead
at my feet. On turning round I discov
ered °ne of s men, who said: “ The
: must not live.” I was glad to have
it out of my hands, as I did not wish to
kill him after being wounded. They
then drew lots as to who had to shoot
the prisoners. I mean to say that those
who could not walk, we had orders to
shoot, and I am glad to say that I was for
tunate enough to be out of it. One girl
was wounded in the upper part of the leg
and could not walk. As soon as she saw
the man who was with me, there being
only ns two at that time present, she
recognized him as having been once her
master, whom she had served for thrte
years. lie wished to help her, and bring
her to the camp, but some of our^llows
went through the hash to see what they
could do as to killing any of the wounded
that the Captain had overlooked. They
shot this girl while she was binding up
her leg with q handkerchief that her
former master had given her, and which
he bad taken off his hat, all of us having
red handkerchiefs around Our hats. No
one escaped.
John Bradley, of Philadelphia, could
not, in consequence of heart disease, lie
down, nor even sit down comfortably.
He had a bed made in such a way as to
sustain him in an upright position, and
in that contrivance he' slept for nine
years. He died a few days ago.
Ought not the rascals who listened for
a moment to the propositions for the sale
of the Southern returning boards, to be
severely punished, seven to eight ? They
didn't purchase the good citizens who
offered to sell out; but is it just to those
estimable returning officials, to permit
those who declined to purchase them to
;o unpunished? Let those respected
Mr. Alexander Henderson, late hus
band of Lydia Thompson, has retired
from the management of the Folly, Globe
and Criterion Theatres, in London, with
a bank account of half a million dollars,
and will spend the remainder of his days
in paying off his debts.
DOCTORS GAVE HIM IP.
“Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey is up anu
at work, and cured by so simple a remedy *”
“I assure you it is true that he is entirely
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters,
qnd only ten days ago his doctors gave him
up and said he must die I”
“Well-a-day ! If that is so, I will go this
minute and get some for my poor George. I
_ .... rr , - - - - . . „ _ know hops are good.”
be vindicated.—Hartford Times. ’ examination will be made, however, * febaj-Th,S,Tmswlm
MTrichin.e.—Thepost mortem examina
tion Saturday on the body of Mrs. Horn,
of Brooklyn, New York, who is sup
posed to have died of trichina:, failed to
detect any traces of disease. Further
Th<» Lighting Committee of the Paris
municipality have reported in favor of a
twelve months’ experiment of electricity
in certain streets and squares; the price
is limited to 2 j cents per hour.
An Eoronnterin which Ihe Aggres
sor sii tiered Severely.
. INGS, plain and silvered-edeed.
~4NCY I
San Antonio (Texas) Oorrwmondenee of the At
lanta Constitution.
Texas natural history is not without
novelties for the scientific or the curious
readers of more northern climes. Among
them is a horned frog, which inhabits the
prairies west of the Trinity; from the tip
of the broad nose arises a cimeter-like
horn, sharp as a knife point, and on
which, if you happen to step with the
naked foot, in a puddle of water, a pain
ful wound is received. Not infrequently
has the otherwise harmless little animal
been forwarded to Northern museums as
a curiosity. But it isn't equal to an
other Texas creature—the tarantula.
He is tbe desperado of the spider family;
frequently attains the size of the
hand, and with its great, glaring, black
eyes and frightful claws, seldom fails to
present an appearance so formidable
that a sensitive lady, even if used to see
ing the tarantula,' will scream at the
sight. The taraDtula is, in fact, only
big spider, and usually makes his home
in the open prairie, dwelling with his
family in a nest concealed beneath the
tall grass. If you tackle him in his re
treat you will very soon repent your
temerity, for he springs at you like a
tiger, jumping to an astonishing height
—sometimes three or four feet. He is
one of the most poisonous of the family
of the arachnae, and his bite is said to be
more fatal than that of the rattlesnake.
In a settlemeut called Grapevine Prairie,
near Fort Worth, some time ago, the
son of a farmer named Fealherstone was
one day occupied gathering rocks on
the roadside. Upon overturning a
large flat rock he was suddenly con
fronted by a large tarantula the
size of a man's hand, snugly ensconced
in his nest along with a number
of young tarantulas. The big one was
yellow and black striped, and displayed
the same inimitable colors that nature
bestows upon the "beautiful snake.”
Seizing a good sized stick, Master
Featherstone attacked the enemy in his
stronghold, and was met with an unex
pected resistance. He succeeded in break
ing off one leg, or rather claw, of the
devil-fish of dry brad; but the tarantula,
enraged, sprang upon the aggressor, and
quick as thought, with his great black
eyes glittering with fiendish ferocity,
fastened himself on the boy’s hand and
arm. Before he could be dislodged the
tarantula had inflicted two probably fatal
bites on the hand and arm, both of
which subsequently swelled to three
times their natural size—so virulent is
the poison of this desperado of the
prairies. The boy, however, succeeded
in killing the tarantula.
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Full lines also, of the QUAKER CITY 75c.
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The balance of our stock of Ladies’ DRESS
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ANOTHER CONSIGNMENT OF
On the Stool of Repentance.
From **Haworth's*’ in Scribner.
Upon the occasion of the installation of
the new partner, there was a natural ten
dency to conviviality. Not that the cere
mony in question was attended with any
special manifestation on the part of the
individuals most concerned. French’s
appearance at the works was its chief
feature, but, the day’s labor being at an
end, several gentlemen engaged in the
various departments scorning to neglect
an opportunity, retired to the “Who’d ’a’
Thowt it,” and promptly rendered them
selves insensible through the medium of
beer, assisted by patriotic and somewhat
involved speeches.
Mr. Briarley, returning to the bosom of
his family at a late hour, sat down by his
fireside aud wept copiously.
“I’m a poor chap, Sararann,” he re
marked. £ ‘I shall ne’er get took in part
ner by nobody. I’m not i’ look like
some—an’ I nivver wur, ’ceptin’ when I
getten thee.”
“If tha’d keep thy nose out o’ the
beer mug tha’d do well enow,” said Mrs.
Briarley.
But this did not dispel Mr. Briarley’s
despondency. He only wept afre&h.
“Nay, Sararann,” he said, “it is na
beer, it’s misforchin. I alius wur mis-
forchinit—’ceptin’ when I getten thee.”
‘Things is i’ a bad way,” he proceed
ed, afterward, “Things*is i’ a bad way.
I nivvir seed ’em i’ th’ reet leet till I
heard Foxy Gibbs mak’ a speech to-neeL
Th’ more beer he getten th’ eleyquenter
he wur. Theer’ll be trouble wi’ th’
backbone an’ sinoo, if there is na sum-
mat done. ”
What art tha drivin’ dt?” fretted his
wife. “I canna mak’ no sense out o’
hee.”
‘Canna tha?” he responded. “Canna
thee Sararann? Well, I dunnot wonder.
I wur a good bit afore I straightened it
out my sen. Happen I hannot getten
things as they mout be yet. Theer wur
a good deal o’ talk an’ a good deal o’
beer, an’ a man as has been misforchinir
is loike to be slow.”
After which he fell into a deep and un
troubled slumber, and it being found im
possible to rouse him, he spent the re
mainder of the night in Granny Dixon’s
chair by the fire, occasionally startling
the echoes of the silent room by a loud
and encouraging “Eer, eer!”
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BEAVER CLOAKS $7 50, $S and $10, former
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These goods are guaranteed full 50 per cent.
less than any such goods in this or any other
city.
100 pairs 10-4, 11-4 and 12-4 BLANKETS,
received, at a great reduction in price.
just
20 pieces BLACK CACHEMIRE, just received,
75c., former price $1 15,
Our entire stock of DRESS GOODS. All
Wool, Black and Colored, reduced about 33)£c.
Our entire stock of other styles of DRESS
GOODS are marked down 25 per cent., in order
to close this season’s purchase.
Ladies’ MERINO VESTS, very nice goods, 50c.
The
Arrearages” of Pensions Act.
Baltimore Sun.
ia reported that there is some indis
position on the part of Congress to vote
the “supplies” necessary to carry into
effect the so called arrearages of pensions
act. This is quite easy to understand.
ThcvQ considerable difference between
vciiug for a demagogue’s usele-s and
false measure and voting the money out
the Trejwury, out of the people’s
of
It is neither pleasant nor profitable to
hoar people constantly coughing when they
could be easily cured by a 25 cent bottle of
Dr. Bull’s Cough 8yrup, It
The Vatican is to have itsown journal,
published in Italian, French, English,
German and Spanish. All the Papal
briefs and allocutions in the original text,
but with translations, will appear in it.
scant and difficult earnings, to meet the
requirements of such a measure. The
New York Financial Chronicle says on
the subject that “whatever question
may hereafter be raised as to the average
intelligence of the members of the pre
sent Congress, history will with one accord
mark it down as possessing the softest
hearts ever contained at one time
within a country. Our war closed
fourteen and a half years since. Every
scratch on every soldier in the army was
supposed to have been already paid for
bountifully. Suddenly, however, these
noble representatives had a vision. They
saw these blue coats gathering in little
knots around the polling-booths on a
cold, wintry November day. It was
enough. Their dear, kind, tender hearts
melted at once, and the result is seen”—
in Secretary Sherman’s letter to the
House Committee on Ways and Means.
This letter has probably brought another
vision before the eyes of Congressmen.
They see the indignant taxpayers and
people called upon to pay out of
land $41,500,000—nearly a dollar
apiece for every man, woman and child
in the country—in order that ihese tender
hearted Congressmen may not lose the
mythical “soldiers’ vote.” They realize
h&w the eight million voters of the coun
try will regard a measure which taxes
every one of them five dollars apiece in
order to pay “arrearages” which have
no existence. Under these circumstan
ces no wonder that Congress hesitates to
vote the appropriation necessary to ren
der their senseless measure effective.
The only real wonder is that they do not
at once recognize the fact that neither
the country, nor the Treasury, nor their
own reputatlons.can afford to let such an
&ct remain on the statute book any lon
ger, and seeing this, why do they not re
peal the abortive measure incontinently?
The figuring down of the estimates to
$20,800,000 will not mend the matter in
the point of principle.
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tional value.
Boys’ and Misses’
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VESTS, full line, from
200 dozen DAMASK and HUCK TOWELS,
from $1 per dozen to $12.
The best and largest LINEN HUCKABACK
TOWEL in this city for 25c.
5 pieces Ponson’s and Tilliard BLACK SILKS,
very heavy, and not usually offered in this
market.
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