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ESTABLISHED 1850.
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
MATTERS OK INTEREST IN THE
twoNtates.
The Wesleyan College Muddle—Again
the Deadly Pistol—The Gainesville
Mystery—Tbomasville and Tallahas
see Railroad—Attempted Burglary-
Burglars Abroad.
GEORGIA.
The Report of the grand jury on the finan
cial condition of Glasscock county is
published. They And the amount
on hand in the Treasury at the
August term, 1882, to be s4lb 86; received
since that time, $2,001 10, making a total of
*2,120 26; amount paid out on proper vouchers,
!!.o3S ST, leaving abalauceon hand of $1,361 68.
The educational interests of Glasscock
county have not been neglected in the midst
of the general prosperity of the county.
Twelve white and seven colored schools are
-u,tamed by the county—32s males and 219
females in the white, ami lt>4 males and 82 fe
males in the colored schools, a total of 730.
The receipts for the *up|x>rt of these are
SI,OBO 65, and the expenses for the same $9Bl os,
leaving a balance on hand ol $99 61.
At the place of Mr. Sanford Massey, about a
mile from Amerious, on Tuesday last Bill
Wiley, colored, while fooling with a pistol dis
charged it. the ball striking Josephine How
ard, a colored woman, in the thigh and rang
ing upward into the abdomen. The same shot
carried away a portion of one of the Angers of
Wiley- The wumau in very iniMiy if not
fatally injured, as the doctor who was called
to the case could not And and extricate the
hall.
Home is enjoying a temperance boom of
considerable dimensions. At the last meet
ing of the Good Templars eight new members
were initiated and at the next meetiug six
more will become workers in the temperance
cause.
Messrs. Eagan and Kinsey, the Northern
capitalists who are furnishing the Ananrial
backbone of the Marietta and North Georgia
Kailroad, passed through Marietta last Tues
day night with funds to meet the debt of that
road, and to rush the work to completion.
Mrs. Sarah Mathews and the man Bowles,
who were arrested last week on the confession
of Miller, a* the murderers of Shaner, were
discharged Wednesday at Gainesville after a
five days’ investigation on a preliminary ex
amination. Miller recanted his confession,
and declared it was all false. The public
opinion as to the guilt of the parties is divided,
and the mystery of the horrible murder lias
been mtenMed. Miller is still held in custody.
-hurley, the Treasurer of Glascock county,
who was charged with having opened and
robbed the county safe, has been honorably
acquitted.- the grand jury of the county having
failed last week to And a true bill on the in
dictment.
The Home Courier says Mr. Tom Turner
; aid an egg upon its editorial table on Tues
day—the largest it ever saw. It measured
three-quarters of an inch iu circumference
around the large end. and eight inches in cir
cumference longitudinally, weighed 4’,
ounces, and is the seventh of a laying, the
..rher six being proportionally large. This
show- what kind of roosters they have in
Floyd county.
The farmers of Hancock county are talking
about the reorganization of the Hancock Agri
cultural Club. It strikes us that it would I>e
a move in the right direction for tin* farmers
iu every county to organize iu this manner,
and by concerted action promote their inter
ests, as do other important professions, call
ings and industries, for in this as in every
other interest, “in union there is strength.”
Thirtv-tfine young doctors were turned
loose on society by the Atlanta Medical Col
lege yesterday. Most of the graduating class
were Georgians. The number of students m
attendance during the past year was one hun
dred and twenty-six, of which ninety-four
were Georgians.
Mr. >eth Daniel a Ane old gentleman of
seventy years, hut very feeble, died very sud
denly of heart disease, at the residence of
Judge Win. Mcßae, his father-in-law, near
Kastman. Wednesday night.
The contract for rebuilding the Butler Fe
male College recently burned will lie given
out in a few days. The building is to be 60x
7" feet, with two stories, a balcony and col
onnade. aud is to cost S7O,UUO.
The Baptists of Home have determined to
build a $20,000 church. The Buildiug Com
mittee met Wednesday night, and an archi
tect was instructed to draw up a design at
The Thomson House, at Irwinton, occupied
by Mr. 8. A. McCarty, was burned on Tues
day night. The contents were entirely con
sumed, and the owner of the house suffers a
heavy los-. a- it was the only piece of prop
el ty he had and there was no insurance on it.
Col. Josephus Camp, of Emanuel county, a
gentleman well known throughout Southern
Georgia, died suddenly at the post office at
Swain-boro Wednesday night, while the mail
was lieing opened. He lived but a few sec
ond- after being attacked. His many friend®
iu -avannah will regret to learn of his sud
den death.
l>r. John W. Tucker was shot and killed by
I'. Ethridge, three miles Inflow Chauncey,
yesterday about 2 o'clock.
Mr. James F. Algood,' of Elbert county,
killed over 4.000 pounds of meat this season to
which lie had not fed an ear of corn or had the
hog- penned a -ingle day.
Mr. Frank Ivey, an employe on the Georgia
Railroad, in attempting to mount a tram as it
wa- leaving <icoifee for Buekhead on Monday
evening last, fell and had his leg just above
the ankle badly crushed.
About3o'clock yesterdav morning, at At
lanta. while officers Stroud and Brooks were
pathiling their beat on Decatur street, they
found the back door of Councilman Zaeh
Adamson's store standing open. They entered
ami found the safe blown open and a sledge
hammer, some chisels and a brace lying on
the floor.
The gun- for the Augusta Academy battal
ion have been ordered for some time and are
expected to arrive every day. They are ex
actly the same as those used at the West Point
training school, except that they have been
cut off shorter, which will enable'the smaller
members of the battalion to handle them with
greater ease.
A man by the name of Martin, of Floyd,
wa- warned to work the road by an overseer
in the 1120th district G. M. of Floyd county,
hut refused on the ground that he was not an
American born citizen and never had been
naturalized. He was court martialcd and
tried lieforc the Koad Commissioners
"f said district and sentenced to thirty
•lays' imprisonment in the couuty jail, where
he now languishes.
Mr. D. T. Underwood, living near Sparta,
had bis stable blown downon Miturday night
Sa-t about 8 o'clock, killiug a cow and so seri
• -Iv injuring his buggy horse and a mule
that he had just bought as to necessitate kill
ing them both to relieve their suffering. This
is a heavy loss to Mr. Underwood, amounting
to about Huo. This stable was anew one. just
and this was the Urst night his
stock had occupied it.
The barn and gin house belonging to Mr. W.
J. Metcalf, about four miles west of Coving
ton. on the Yellow river, was destroyed by
fire about 1 o'clock last Thursday afternoon,
with 250 bushels of corn, 1,200 bundles of fod
der. a lot of cotton seed aud various other
things. Mr. S. A. Wheeler, the overseer, and
a negro man were in the barn only a few min
ute- i>efore the Are was discovered, but they
saw no signs of it until it was discovered to
he in flames. Nothing was saved from it. It
b not definitely known how the Are origi
nated
Col. B. 11. Bateman, an intelligent and
practical Houston county farmer, doses an
interesting letter to the Mirror and -4</rer
tvr as follows: “I am now determined to
raise every hog 1 can, and raise peanuts and
i-'tatoes to fatten them. I intend to raise, if
' can, 1.000 pounds of pork for every plow I
run. 1 cannot live and give two iloiiutls of
■ '.ton for one pound of bacon. The entire
•'••uutry i- dependent upon the farmer, and
e must show ourselves equal to the occasion
and not become disheartened and weaken our
energies by croaking. We must look our
troubles square in the face and cotne up to the
scratch like men.”
The Executive Committee of the Wesleyan
female College held a meeting Tuesday for
the purpose of appointing a committee to in
stigate into the affairs of the institution
growing out of the rebuildiug of the college,
and to make a thorough examination of the
Biutier expenditures, in order that the truth
7 the entire matter may be learned. It was
'•j del to ap|>oint a committee of Ave, ex
pulsive of and having no connection with the
■ vs utive Committee, and living outside of
Macon, so they cannot lie influenced by pnyu
, e- and be‘free from any and all auimns or
favoritism. The following'is the committee:
“‘•hop Geo. F. Fierce;* Hon. E. M. Butt, of
Jar. n county; Judge E. 11. Pottle, of War
feuton; Rev. Geo. G. N. MacDonell. of Sa
vannah, and Rev. J. E. Evans, who has just
’Gently moved to Macon. The committee is
*® excellent one. and will thoroughly dis
charge their dutv in the premises. They will
e*t in Macon on March 7, and at once begin
‘ueir labors.
•in Albany correspondent writes under
***** of February 27tli to the Macon Telegraph
M follows: “East night Conductor Bunting,
•"l Urn fast mail between here and Tbomas
' •e. at or near a station below Camilla, went
“Oder the car to Ax the cylinder of the air
w hich had become disordered in some
• While attempting to get out from under
o*-car he -tumbled ana fell, and the whole
f* ln passed over his foot, mashing and mang
■“? it terribly. The train went ahead, not
~"2J rin S but What he was on board and en
‘gnoraat of any accident. After pru
some distance he was missed by the
*fr'o nanils. The train was immediately
, 'd'L*'d and proceeding back found him lying
the track in great agony. With a cool
er]' and presence of mind that few men have,
nad cut his boot off and bound his mangled
.'"f U P iu his pocket handkerchief. He was
“inwilately taken aboard and carried to
*b i la * where medical aid was summoned
every comfort administered.”
The Macon Graphic says there is a great
possibility of the fire alarm telegraph being
established in Macon. Mr. Henry Horne
whose every action is Ailed with energy ami
enterprise, is at the head of this new move
ment, and the prospects of success are very
Ane. superintendent Dillon.of Savannah, isex
pected to arrive in Macon shortly, and if the
system is adopted in Macon Mr. Dillon will
superintend the erection of the alarm. It is
proposed to have forty boxes, established in
various parts of the city, and every engine
house will be connected, and a register be
placed within the engine house which will
index or-show from wiiat box the alarm
it ,8 ,ve “> and the Arernen, knowing
the location of ,the boxes, will immediately
be informed as to the locality of the Are, anu
the engines aud hose reels can go immediate
ly to tne scene of action. There will be a gen
eral alarm bell stationed at the city hall,
which will be connected with the alarm tele
graph, and the bell thus rung by electricity.
It will not require more than four hundred
dollars to establish the above svstem, aud this
amount will, no doubt, be readily subscribed.
Macon undoubtedly needs the Arc alarm tele
graph, and we will hail its establishment with
much delight.
The Warrenton Clipper publishes the fol
lowing amusing account of how the Glascock
court went a Ashing on a moonlight night:
“The moon shone beautifully last week, while
Glasscock Superior Court" was in session.
Judge Pottle, Senator A. s. Morgan and law
yer James E. Battle concluded that a Ashing
excursion would be glorious. So they ordered
nets to be strung about through Dr. Usrv’s
mill i>ond. At the proper time this legal trio
appeared at the Isjat’s landing. They secured
a narrow 'dug out’ or a boat similar, and in
spite of remonstrance Ihey launched out and
made for-the nets. Senator Morgan began
lifting the ilripping meebes, and soon catne nu
with a flouncing sacker. In making sure of.
hi® prize ha gave ls>at a' -light
• HR, an® m iiit ikfm isi.i nmsM
quickly moved in that direction to get a
glimpse of hi- Ashship. This so completely
overbalanced the boat’s centre of gravity that
jt emptied its entire intelleetual freight out
into the eold pond. Senator Morgan swung
his arms around a tall stump, ami did sonic
energetic hugging, while Judge Pottle and
lawyer Battle each ascended a slump and
took a seat on top. Thus was the court sud
denly organized ‘on the stump’ under the blue
canopy of hpaven, shrouded in moonlight,with
theeverlasting waters beneath and all around.
As Senator Morgan couldn’t go higher up the
stump, he concluded to conic lower down, and
fortunately found he could touch bottom by
wading chin deep. Lawyer Battle swam out,
and the two recovered the boat, rescued the
Judge, and so the court adjourned for the
night."
FLORIDA.
The bodies of Mr. Glover and the colored
boy. Wm. Whitehead, who were drowned on
last Tuesday evening while crossing from the
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax
Kailroad wharf, on the opposite side of the
river from Jacksonville, have been recovered.
Mr. Glover’s body wa# discovered about Ave
o’clock Tuesday tloating near the bank on the
opposite side of the river, and the bodv of the
negro boy was found nearly iu the same
place on Monday afternoon.
Two car loads of colored laborers from the
Howland's Bluff Kailroad passed through Tal
lahassee last week bound for Chattahoochee,
where they will be put to work on the Climax
extension.
English peas and Irisii potatoes made their
appearance in Tampa market nearly a month
ago. Tampa must certainty be beyond the
frost line.
Strawberries are selling in St. Augustine
for $1 per quart.
The survey of the railroad Is completed lie
tween Orlando and Tavares, and the line is
located.
The old court lonise and jail of Sumter
county, located at latesburg, will Is* sold at
public outcry on the second Monday in March.
A steamer with four separate hulls is to lie
used on Indian river for passengers and
freight.
A steamer will be put ou soon to run be
tween Cotar Kevs, Dunedin, Auclote. and
other ]H>ints soutli. This will no doubt be
cheering news to the people of the western
end of Gevy county.
Over twenty miles of steel rail is now laid
on the Jacksonville and St. Augustine Rail
road. This is over one-half the distance.
Seventy-five men are at work daily. At this
rate the St. Augustine people will soon be
able to hear the welcome sound of the locomo
tive whistle.
On Tuesday night last In Pollard's store, at
Winuemisset’t. Orange county, E. Doughia.-s
Shaw aud Edgar A. Watson were disputing
about the sale of some orange trees, which
ended with a nnmber of serious and ugly
gashes received on tile back of the head and
Back by Shaw. It was Urst thought that the
wound's were fatal, but we have since learned
that a recovery is probable.
The jury impaneled to view the body of
Charles Smith, Battery G, Third Artillery, a
native of Allentown, J’enn., who committed
suicide in St. Augustine, ou February 15th,
having jierfonned their duty as the law pre
scribes, and made all inquiries within their
power, from all inquiries so made arc of
the opinion that the deceased came to his
death by cutting his throat with u razor with
his own hands.
The officeof the St. John’s Railway at Toeoi
was entered on Tuesday, the 13th, by a party
of burglars between the hours of 12 midniglft
and 4 a. m.. at which time the steamer Fannie
Dugan made Tocoi landing, and as it is sup
posed frightened the burglars away, leaving
behind them a portion of their tools, etc.
Thev hadsucceeded in boring two holes in the
safe] and in all probability would have
effected an entrance had not the timely
arrival of the steamer frightened them away.
Tlie Executive Committee of the Thomas
ville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad
Company had a meeting of the directors held
at the office of the company in Tallahassee
Wednesday, at which meeting the President,
Hull. Charles 11. Adams, of New Yolk, Hon.
11. I>. McCulloch, of Wisconsin, Col. A. P.
Wright, of.Thomasville, and others were pres
ent. The'board directed the Chief Engineer
to proceed at once with the location, survey
and contracts for grading, preparatory to
eross-tieing and ironing the road. It may lie
-afelv premeted that lieforc the assembling of
the next Legislature Tallahassee will lie in
direct communication with the North ami
Northwest and with the Gulf of Mexico by
this road, which the wisdom aud lilierality of
tlie present Legislature has secured to Middle
Florida.
DIAZ IN NEW ORLEANS.
Honors to the Distinguished Visitor by
the People.
Sew Orleans, March I.—The steamer
bearing ex-President Diaz, of Mexico, and
party, arrived here this morning, and the
distinguished visitors went direct to the
hotel. After breakfast the party took a
drive through the city and at noon return
ed to the hotel, where a committee awaited
them and arranged for a formal reception,
which took place at City Hall. The com
mittee represented the Federal, State and
city officers, the Mexican Consulate, and
everv commercial body of the city. i
At 2:3oo'clock General Diaz and party
were escorted to the Mayor’s parlor in the
City Hall, where they were formally re
ceived by Acting Mayor O. M. Logan and
the reception committee. The remarks of
welcome were eloquent and appropriate,
and were replied to m a fitting manner by
the distinguished guests. A tender of the
freedom of the city was then extended to
General Diaz and'his escort, after which
a collation was served, toasts were given
ami responses made, evincing the friendly
relations existing between the people of
the United States and Ylex’co.
General Diaz and party will leave Sat
urday for Monterev by rail, a special ear
having been placed at their service.
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
The Jacksonville Extension Bill Passed
—A Uniform Municipal System.
Tallahassee, Fi.a., March I.— Both
houses were engaged in general legisla
tion. The Senate passed last night to a
third reading the Jacksonville extension
bill, after another long debate.
Mr. Speer, of Orange county, was
elected President of the Senate pro tem.
-'The Senate was engaged this afternoon
in the discussion of the bill for a uniform
system of municipal corporation.
The Jacksonville extension bill passed
the Senate this afternoon.
Speedy Retribution.
New Orleans, March I.—An Austin,
Texas, special savs: “A gentleman just
from Elgentown says a negro boy, seven
teen vears old, attempted an assault on a
girl of thirteen while on her way to school
on Tuesdav morning. He was detected,
marched to town, had a trial before a Jus
tice, and was found guilty. He was taken
from the jail on Tuesday night and hanged
to a tree.”
Another Iron Failure.
Cincinnati, March I.—A special to the
Times-Star from Steubenville, Ohio, says:
“The Cleveland Furnace Company,
operating under lease the furnace and
mines af the Steubenville Furnace Com
pany, failed this morning. Liabilities
$90,000; assets from $30,000 to $50,000."
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., March I.—lndica
tions for Friday:
In the South Atlantic States, slightly
warmer, fair weather, light variable
winds, and lower barometer.
Liver, Kidney and Bright's Disease.
A medicine that destroys the germ or
cause of Bright’s Disease, Dialietes, Kid
ney and Liver Complaints, and has power
to root them out of the system, is above
all price. Such a medicine is Hop Bit
ters, and positive proof of this can be
found by one trial, or by asking your
neighbor*, who have been cured by it.
yesterday in congress.
THE SENATE CONFEREES SE
CURED AT LAST.
No Democrat on the Committee—Another
Discussion of the Mississippi Levee
System—A Disgraceful Scene During
the House Night Session—The Public
Debt Statement—Nominations.
M ashington, March I.—An informal
meeting ot the conferees on the tariff Dill
was held this morning, but no aetiou was
taken owing to the absence of the Demo
cratic members, and an adjournment was
had to wait thg action of the Senate
touching the declinations of Messrs. Bay
ard and Beck to serve. At 12 m. the
vacancies not having been tilled, the Re
publican members of the committee again
met in the room of the Senate Committee
on Finance, but again adjourned without
action.
Representative Carlisle, ope of the
Democratic conferees on the part of the
House, raised a point of order that the
committee could not proceed to the con
sideration of the business with which
they were charged unless each body was
fully represented: that in the absence of
two members on the part of the Senate
the committee would not be a full con
ference
After some discussion Mr. Morrill.
Chairman ot tfip conference oommUtee.
■nrkthhffflmr ptfntor orfleuJml Kom
mittee at 12:50 adjourned subject to the
call of the Chairman. There were present
Senators Morrill, Sherman, Aldrich,
Representatives Kelley, McKinley, Has
kell, Carlisle and Speer.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Yii the Senate, Mr. Bavard, rising to a
personal explanation, said he wished to
make a statement as to the reason which
had impelled his colleague ( Beck) and
himself to withdraw from the
conference committee on the tax
bill. After reading the resolution
adopted by the Senate vesterdav
directing its conferees to withdraw i'f
they found a full and free conference
could not be obtained, he said his col
league and he had been unable, under the
information brought before the committee
by the House conferees, to come
to any other conclusion than
that it was not a full and fair conference.
The house conferees were Ixnind by the
action of the body which selected them
and could not confer fully and fairly with
the Senate. It was from a profound sense
of what was due to the Senate;
it was from an equal
sense of what was due to
the co-ordinate branch of this government
that lie and his colleague had obeyed
what they believed was the clear intent
and clear and positive instruction of the
Senate. The privilege and constitutional
power of the Senate to possess and exer
cise a co-ordinate share of the legislative
powers of the government should never
be and eould never l>e subjected
to the individual judgment of live nieiii
liers of the House, or of the House itself.
When the House had declared that the
Senate had not the power to engraft tariff'
legislation in the internal revenue bill, its
oouferees eould not change at their will
the formal, emphatic and clear express
ions of the Mouse. The Senate conferees
could not act in such a tentative and ca
pricious proceeding as this, and it was
their duty to have submitted the matter to
the Senate.
• Mr. Sbprman interrupted and protested
against Mr. Bayard arraigning the con
ference committee in violation of the rules
of the Senate.
Mr. Bayard replied that he was not
talking of what was the duty of the com
mittee; he was speaking of what was the
right and duty of tlie minority. His as
sociate and he had felt their obvious duty,
under the resolutiop adopted by the Senate
yesterday, to refer the matter "back to the
Senate. Under the action of tlie House
there was an unfair and fettered confer
ence. It was fair and unfettered on the
part of the Senate, and it was for the Sen
ate to determine whether it was
equally fair on the part of the
House. He had been earnest in
his endeavors to olitaiu some redaction of
taxation, but acting under the direction
of the Senate it would have been a breach
of duty on his part had he remained to
consider with the House committee the
question whether the Senate had or had
not the power to engraft tariff' legislation
on the internal revenue bill.
Messrs. Bayard and Beck having asked
to be excused from further service on the
conference committee on the tariff'. Mr.
Garland offered a resolution instructing
all the Senate conferees to withdraw from
the conference^
Mr. Allison • injected to the present con
sideration of the resolution, and it went
over till to-morrow. Messrs. Bayard and
Beck were excused by a vote ol 49 to (1.
Mr. Morrill asked consent that the
Chair should have authority to till vacan
cies on the committee, which was agreed
to.
The President then appointed Messrs.
Voorhees ana McPherson.
Mr. McPherson asked to lie excused,
because he was not in accord with most
of his Democratic colleagues on the tariff
question, and also liecause of the instruc
tions given by the Senate yesterday to its
conferees, lie was excused, and the
President appointed Mr. Harris, who de
clared he was in full accord with Messrs.
Bayard and Beck on the subject, and
asked to be excused. The request was
granted.
Mr. Voorhees then rose and declined to
serve, giving no reasons. Hg was ex
cused.
The President said he had no means of
ascertaining who would consent to serve
unless by goin<r around and interviewing
every Senator, but he might rind someone
during the day. [Laughter.]
The .Senate then proceeded to consider
the sundry civil appropriation hill.
The following Senators were appointed
by President Davis upon the conference
committee, and each in turn declined:
Messrs. Harris, Morgan, Gormau, Davis
ol West Virginia, Jonas. Butler, Maxey,
Ingalls, and Miller of California. Messrs.
Mabone and McDill finally agreed to
serve, and the live conferees on the part
of the Senate were secured. During
the proceedings, and tiefore the President
had recourse to the Republican side, he
said he wished some Senator would ad
vise him whether there was any Demo
crat who would consent to serve on the
committee. Such information would re
lieve him from embarrassment.
Mr. Harris thought the Chair would be
warranted by his experience so far in as
suming that no Democratic Senator would
serve.
Mr. Cockrell presented a joint resolu
tion of the General Assembly of Missouri
setting forth the great importance of the
improvement of the Mississippi and its
navigable tributaries as a means of cheap
transportation, ami requesting the Sena
tors and Representatives of that State to
use their best endeavors to secure the ap
propriations for the next fiscal year re
commended by the Mississippi River Co
mmission.
Mr. Dawes presented the conference
report on the fortifications appropriation
bill, which was agreed to.
The President appointed as a committee
to inquire into the improvement of the
navigation of the Mississippi river Messrs.
Logan, Jones of Nevada, McMillan, Jonas
and Walker.
The consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was finally completed,
and the hill wag reported to the Senate
and passed.
The river and harbor bill was received ,
from the House and ordered printed, and j
at 12:50 a. m. the Senate went into execu- I
tive session. The executive session lasted j
till 1:15 a. in., when the Senate adjourned.
house proceedings.
lit the House, Mr. Forney, of Alabama,
presented the conference ’ report on the
fortifications appropriation bill, and it was
agreed to. The bill appropriates $670,000,
Wing $295,000 more than when it passed
the House.
The House went into committee of the
whole and took up the river and harbor
bill. The discussion was interrupted by :
a message from the Senate announcing \
the appointment of Senators Mahone and ]
McDill as conferees on the internal reve- j
mie bill to fill the vacancies occasioned
by the declination of Messrs. Bayard and
Beck, an announcement which was re
ceived with laughter by the Democratic
side.
The item relative to the Mississippi
river having been reached, Mr. Robinson,
of Massachusetts, offered an amendment
prohibiting further construction or re
pair of the levees sxcept in the perform
ance of ex ! stihg contracts.
In opposing the amendment, Mr. Hatch,
of Missouri, referred to tlie benefits which
the East had received from the Federal
Treasury, and said that the young
West had grown strong and now knew her
rights, and in the future dared to main
tain them. and that notwithstanding the
clamor of a subsidized press and subsi
dized representatives, if it would be nec
essary to build a granite wall from St.
Paul'to New Orleans, in the name of the
people of the West, he told the House
that It would be done
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1883.
Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, energeti
cally opposed the levee system, believing
that the building of levees was not essen
tial to the improvement of the river. He
was constantly interrupted with much
warmth by Messrs. King. Gibson, and
Ellis, of Louisiana, who denied the cor
rectness of his statements.
Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, antagonized
the amendments as tying the hands of the
Mississippi Commission.' Common fair
ness and the commercial importance of
the work demand that the commission,
struggling with one of the graudest ques
tions which ever engaged the inind of the
scientific world, should be allowed to go
on with its hands loose.
Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio, opjwsed the
levee scheme until further experiment
should show their utility, and Mr. Gibson
called attention to the fact that there was
nothing in the bill as to theorizing ou the
construction of levees.
Mr. Butterworth went on to sav that
though the levees might be built with the
avowed purjiose of im})roving*navJgation,
the incidental protection of ripriau Jands
was the ultimate object.
Mr. Gibson—The "gentleman does not
state that fairly.
Mr. Butterworth—l want not only to be
fair, but liberally just, in this matter. So
far from opposing the levee system, if ac
tual. experience will demonstrate that it
will operate well, I shall be glad to favor
it.
Mr. Mormon, of Illinois, said that he
was opposed to the building of levees for
the ii'(Valuation of alluvial lands, and if
that" "IF" "W7TTT* “Ytlif ~ amendment
means I will not vote for it.
[“So will f,” came in chorus from the
Louisiana members.] But if it were neces
sary, in order to improve the navigation
of the Mississippi, to build levees to that
extent, and that only, I would lie iu favor
of their being built. The commission was
a good judge of what was pro
per, better than the six or eight
members who had been sent down the
river on a pleasure trip by the House. It
was not a commission selected in order to
pool issues or to protect certain interests,
as some commissions had been, and
he was iu favor of acting
upon its recommendations. He said
this although he was not very
partial to commissions, because he
believed that, next to conference commit
tees, they were more prolific of personal
jobs and schemes for public plunder than
any other legislative instrument that
could be devised. [Applause and laugh
ter on the Democratic side-]
Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, moved to
amend Mr. Robinson’s amendment by
adding a proviso permitting the buiiding
of levees necessary for the improvement of
the navigation of the river. Agreed to—
-97 to 91.
Mr. Robinson’s amendment as amended
was lost— 39 to 74. The clause as finally
agreed to is as follows:
“That the sum of $1,500,000 tie and is
hereby appropriated, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the improvement of the Mississippi
river from the head of the passes
to Cairo, including the harbors of
New Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Mem
phis, and the reaches at Plum Point and
Lake Providence, and the deflection
of the waters of the Red and
Mississippi rivers from Atchafalayariver;
$500,000 from Cairo to the Illinois
river, including Alton harbor, and
$150,000 from the Illinois river to Des
Moines Rapids, including the improve
ment of Quincy Bay: which said sums
shall be expended under direction of the
Secretary of War in accordance with the
plans, specifications, estimates ami re
commendations of the Mississippi River
Commission; provided, that no portion of
the money hereby appropriated shall be
expended at any other point than those
herein specified.”
The committee then rose, and a recess
was taken till 7:30 p. in.
At the evening session, a struggle for
precedence of hills began at once. Fi
nally the deficiency appropriation bill was
passed, and the House resumed, in com
mittee of the whole, consideration of the
' river and harbor bill.
-Mr. Van Voorhis, of New York, moved
to strike out the item for the improvement
of the Saramento river. He claimed that
if the Chairman of the committee had not
lieeu from California no such item would
have been put in it. It is so outrageous,
he continued, so damnable, that nobody
but a gamble and cutthroat would think
of tacking such a thing as that to such a
bill as tins.
Mr. Ilorr, of Michigan, demanded that
the words should be taken down.
Mr. Page—Oh, I hope not.
Mr. McLane, of Maryland—lt is an in
sult to the House.
The words were read at the clerk’s desk
and reported to the House.
Mr. McLane immediately offered a reso
lution of expulsion.
Messrs. Hiscock, McCook, Mills and
Robinson of Massachusetts, and others
asked that an opportun itybenrst given Vgn
Voorhis to withdraw his offensive words
and make the fullest and amplest apology.
None of these gentlemen admitted that
there was an extenuating circumstance
connected with the insult, offered to
the House and to Mr. Page, but they were
willing to give Van Voorhis an opportu
nity to purge himself.
Mr. Robinson, of Massachusetts, in con
cluding, said: “If he declines, if he wav
ers, if he attempts to justify himself, then
I will go to the other extreme.” 1 Ap
plause.]
After a number of speeches utterly
condemning Van Voorhis, the latter was
given the floor. He proceeded to disclaim
any intention of personal allusion in his
remarks to Mr. Page, and apologized in a
halting and clumsy fashion to tne House,
winding up with the statement that he
very much regretted that any exception
should be taken or that he was under the
necessity of withdrawing those words.
[Laughter.]
Mr.McLane then withdrew his resolution,
but Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, ottered an
other resolution censuring Van Voorhis,
and advocated its adoption, claiming that
the retraction did not wipe out tlie of
fense. Gentlemen should not say on the
floor what they would not say outside,
and convert the House of Representa
tives into a mad house.
Mr. Page asked that the resolution l*e
withdrawn in tlie interest of business,
but Mr. Herbert declined to do so.
Van Voorhis was again accorded the
floor. “If,” he said, “tlie river and harbor
men want to censure me after what has
occurred, I suppose I can stand it. I don’t
know but they are in the majority here,
and the only misconduct which seems to
affect my friend from Alabama (Herbert)
is that I have opposed this bill. I Mur
murs of disapproval.] From what I said
before, I meant to be understood as
withdrawing, in the fullest possible man
ner, the language which was objected to,
and in addition to that 1 apologize to the
House for using it. and to the gentleman
from California—if anybody supposed it
applied to him.”
Herliert’s resolution was then lost—6o
to 78.
During this scene there was a good
deal of excitement manifested, and a
number of anything but complimentary
remarks were made in regard to Vaii
Voorhis' * conduct by members congre
gated in groups listening to the discus
sion. The House then again went into
committee of the whole and Mr. Van
Voorhis withdrew his amendment, stating
that he had said all he desired to say be
fore the committee rose.
On motion of Lynch, of Mississippi,
an amendment wus adopted providing
that no convict labor shall l>e employed
iqion the improvements authorized. The
committee then rose, and the bill passed
by a vote of. 112 to 90.
The bill was passed removing the poli
tical disabilities of Sami. H. Lockett, of
Alabama, and the House at 12:25 ad
journed.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent the follqwing nomi
nations to the Senate to-day: James L.
Benedict, of New Y ork, to be Surveyor of
Customs at New York; Chas. N. Graham
to lie Naval Officer at New York; Andrew
J. Perry to be General Appraiser
at New York; Wm. Youngblood, of Ala
bama. to be Collector of Internal Revenue
lor the Second district of Alabama; Elihu
Root, of New York, to be United States
Attorney for the Southern District of New
Y ork; Thomas B. Keogh, of North Caro
lina, to be United States Marshal for the
YYestern District of North Carolina; Silas
W. Burt, ol New Y ork, to be Chief Ex
aminer of the United States Civil Service
Commission; John N. Irwin, of lowa, to
be Governor of tbe Territory of Idaho;
and the following Postmasters; Jackson
M. Rose at Abingdon, Ya., Jonathan I).
YVhite at Greensboro, N. C.
THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The debt statement, issued to-dav,
shows the decrease of the public debt
during the month of February
to be $7,030,678, cash in the
Treasury $306,200,748, gold certificates
$74,850,740, silver certificates $73,295,970,
certificates of deposit outstanding sll,-
340,000, refunding certificates $385,950,
legal tenders outstanding $346,681,016.
fractional currency outstanding $7,016,498.
ADJOURNED TILL TO-DAV.
The conference committee on the tax
and tariff bill adjoin led at midnight until
9:30 a. m. to-morro*s lea sing all the most
important points of Controversy in regard
to tariff rates stjll iu listed.
FLASHES DM >M ATLANTA.
Gv. Stephen* In a Critical Condition—
The Savannah Lahbernieu Secure a
Reduction in Kat I— Fell from u Win
dow—Unfounded I amor—Funeral of a
Florida Journalist |
Atlanta, March L —Gov. Stephens is
now considered by hit, physicians and
friends in a very critical condition and
liable to die at any a oatent. I have seen
him in a similar con ition several times
liefore, aud do not shi re their fears, yet it
is i>osßible I am wrotg. President ,J. 8.
Boynton, of the Senafe, is in the city, and
no interruption wou!4 occur in the public
business by the sudden death of the Gov
ernor.
In response to the arguments of Messrs.
Reppard, Bacon anff McDonough, the
Railroad Commission (have to-day put the
lumber rate at 20 per eent. less than the
standard rate. whies is a return to the
old tariff liefore the last order.
Mr. Julius R. Griswold, a drummer
from Baltimore, fell out of a window at
the National Hotel last night, while in-
aud was somewhat injured
about the head and shoulders.
The rejiorts of the removal of the Green
Lino headquarter® few.. Atlanta are asn.
satfonaT. Rome changes in the organiza
tion may occur, but nothing more.
Henry p. Kennedy, late editor of the
Coast Progress at Tampa, Fla., was
buried from Saint Luke's Cathedral to
day. The services were conducted by.
Rev. Dr. YV. C. Williams, the Dean of the
diocese, and Rev. R. M. Beckwith, the
rector, and were very impressive. The
floral offerings were profuse and beautiful,
and the procession was one of the largest
ever seen here. He was a member of
Hillsboro Lodge at Tampa, and Atlanta
Lodge buried him with Masonic honors.
It was the first funeral service ever held
in the Cathedral. Deceased was the late
correspondent of the Jacksonville Timex,
and his death will be deeply regretted
iu Florida. ,
EIGHTY-ONE BALLOTS.
The Agony Over—Thog. W. Palmer Mich
igan's New Senator.
Detroit, March I.—The first ballot in
the Legislature to-day for U. S. Senator
resulted as follows: Sloat 41, Palmer 21),
Stockbridge 29, YVillits 9, scattering 10.
No essential change from the last vote of
Tuesday.
The second ballot resulted us follows:
Palmer 27, Stockbridge 26, Willits 5,
Withey 10, scattering 11. The falling off
from the candidates in tlie previous ballot
was caused by a move towards Judge
Withy, which just now has special signifi
cance. The Legislature then adjourned
till evening.
Five votes were taken this evening for
Senator. On the fourth a.break was made
in favor of Palmer, Stoekbridge’s forces
dissolving and Palmer's vote going to 40.
On the fifth ballot Thomas W. Palmer, of
Detroit, received 75 votes, and was de
clared elected. Stout received 42fusion
votes and Ferry 2. The contest has bee n
unprecedented in the history of politics
.n this State, 81 ballots in all being taken.
THE AUGUSTINIAN SOCIETY.
A Statement of its Liabilties aud Assets.
Lawrence, Mass., March I.—The An
gustinian Fathers have made the follow
ing financial statement of the liabilities
of the Catholic churches in Lawrence:
Seven hundred and three personal ac
counts, $405,400; account of interest out
standing to January, 18S3, $31,900;
mortgages, $130,000; total, $567,300:
The assets, iu real estate, consisting
of churches, school buildings, and
the parochial residences and grounds
attached, are $569,000. One item
ou this side of the account
is cemeteries, $20,000. This leaves
apparently a surplus of one million dol
lars, but as the market value of the assets
is much less than the cost,, there is u defi
ciency rather than a surplus.
A CHICAGO TKAGKDY.
Elliott, the Pugilist, Killed by a Hacker
of Sullivan.
Chicago, March I.— Between 8 aud 9
o’clock to-night James Elliott, the pugi
list, and Jere Dunn, a well-known sporting
man, and a man about town, met in the sa
loon and restaurant of Wm. Langdon, alias
Appleton, alias “Appetite Bill,” an ex
banco and confidence man, and began
shooting, the result being that Elliott was
killed and Dunn wounded in two places.
The trouble dates back to the time when
Harry Hill and others came here from
New York to meet Jem Mace and Slade,
with a view of arranging a match with
John L. Sullivan, whose backer was Jere
Dunn.
SPANISH NOTES.
Stirring Up u Strike—The Strength of
the Black Hand Society.
Madrid, March I.—Advices have been
received from Xerez, in Andalusia, to the
effect that the anarchists iuteiul to stir up
the laborers to a general strike, lor the
purpose of preventing the crops from be
ing gathered.
The Impartial savs the Socialistic so
ciety called Black Iland numbers 49,910
members, and includes 990 minor socie
ties, with Geneva as the centre for West
ern Europe.
Threatening the Bishops.
Brussels, March L—ln discussing the
government estimates in the Chamber of
Representatives last night, the Minister
of Justice, while opposing a reduction of
the salaries of Bishops, declared that if
the Bishops refused to submit to the de
cision of the f’hamher, the Ministry was
prepared to use repressive measures
against them as energetically as they
were employed against anarchists.
Corroborating llerdell.
Washington, March I.—ln the star
route trial to-day part of the time was
occupied in a further cross-examination
of Rerdell and in the examination of sev
eral witnesses, whose testimony corrobo
rates Rerdell’s in many matters of detail.
They were Rerdell’s wife and persons
whom he had employed in copying books
and papers, which have been mentioned or
read in evidence.
Dropped from the Roll.
Annapolis, March L—Naval • Cadets
Chas. E. Woodruff, of Pennsylvania,
Chas. J. Gross, of Maryland, and Wm. A.
Magrath, of Georgia, who were engaged
in the demonstration of the 30th of Janu
ary last, the only three of their class who
failed to express regret tor their conduct,
have been dropped from the rolls of the
Naval Academy by the Navy Department.
Accidentally Shwt in a Theatre.
Galveston, Tkx., March I.—C. E.
Douglass, of Crockett. Tex., was acci
dentally and fatally shot last night in the
opera house in this city. As the audience
was dispersing a pistol dropped from the
Socket of T. M. Blakely, Sheriff of Fort
lend county, and the shot took effect in
Douglass’ body.
The Asylum Poisoning Investigation.
Staunton, Ya., March I.—The jury in
the asylum poisoning case concluded the
taking of evidence to-day. The tendency
of the testimoriv was to support the theory
that the poison was administered by a
lunatic. The jury adjourned, subject to
a call of the Coroner.
Cotton Operatives for New Hampshire.
London, Ylarch L— Three hundred wis
men will start front here this week for
New Hampshire, where they will be em
ployed in ,a cotton factor}'. "The Board ot
Guardians has voted £SO tow ards furnish
ing the emigrants with an outfit.
Opened for Business.
Pensacola, Ylarch I*—'The Pensacola
and Atlantic Railroad was opened for
business to-day, aud is running daily pas
senger trains direct to Tallahassee and
Jacksonville.
An Augusta Failure.
Augusta, Ga., March I.—John Jav
Gallagher, shoe dealer, has assigned. IHis
liabilities are $7,000, nominal assets
$9,500; preferred creditors $4,500.
Another Tobacco Factory Burned.
Linchburg, Ya., March I.—The tobac
co factory of R. 8. Lacy, with its con
tents, was burned to-day. The loss is
about $14,000; insurance $9,000.
A Plot Against Lord Hartingtou.
London, March I.—lt is stated that the
police are giving additional protection to
Lord Hartington. YVar Secretary, because
of the discovery of a plot against him.
Ministry Resigned.
The Hague, March 1.-—The Netherlands
Ministry have resigned.
For consumption use Hale's Honey
of Horehouxd and Tab.
DISCUSSING EXTRADITION
" HAT THE PRESS SAY ON THE
SUBJECT.
The Case of Russia and Prluee Krapot
kine Cited—Will England Meet with a
Rebuff?—Excitement In Paris Over
Byrne’s Arrest-r-ParneU Probably Com
ing to America.
London, March l.—The Timas says:
“The•application for the extradition of
Byrne and Sheridan justify the belief that
the government have a strong prima facie
case to lay liefore the French aud Ameri
can authorities. There will be strong
popular protests in France aud America
against the extradition of persons w ho, it
will lie alleged, are being prosecuted for
what is really a political offence. Ameri
can Judges are not inaccessible to political
influences, and a fear of the Irish vote is
ever betore the eyes of American poli
ticians. No candid American or
Frenchman, however, would eon
tead that the case of the Phu
nix 1 ark murders was covered by the
privilege accorded political otl'enders, and
asserted in Great Britain .in the case of
Orsini, who attempted the life of Emperor
Napoleon in Paris in 1858.” But, the
Times says, if only complicity in the or
ganization of a secret society is alleged
against Byrue aud J*berMtft ttretr exfra
umon will possibly lx* refused.
l’he Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on
the application for the extradition of
bhendaii, says: “When Russia wished
Europe to refuse an asylum to the Nihil
ists, the Austrian f remdenblatt declared
thut such a demand would give Europe
the right to ask Russia to terminate the
regime which produoed Nihilism. It
would be upleasant if the United States
Government addressed a similar sugges
tion to Lord Granville, ForeignSecretarv,
if the demand for the extradition of Sheri
dan is based solely on the fact of his be
longing to the Irish Invisibles. It
stands exactly on the same footing as if
Russia had asked for the surrender of
Prince Krapotkine. Not even success in
securing the surrender of Sheridan would
atone for the abandonment of the position
with regard to extradition, which we
have hitherto maintained in the l'aee of
Europe. It would be even worse if the
position were abandoned, only to obtain a
humiliating rebuff’.”
Paris, Ylarch l.—Frank Byrne was ar
rested to-day on the direct charge of as
sassination.
The Univers violently attacks the gov
ernment for its presumed intention to de
liver Byrne to the English Government.
It says England refused to deliver
Bernard, an avowed accomplice
of orsini iu the attack on Napo
leon, and she ' had offered an
agreeable refuge to all our political con
victs and amiable Communists, now, In
simple denunciation of the wretch who
sold those who were his tools the Repub
lic delivers up. Irishmen, who, until
contrary proof is brought, ought to be
held innocent.
London, Ylarch I.—Parnell wrote to
James Ylooney. President of the National
Land League in America, yesterday, in
forming him that if the House of Com
mons refuses a second reading of the land
bill, which he will move on the 14th, and
if there is no prospect of further legisla
tion for Trelandduring the present session
of Parliament, he will forthwith proceed
to the United States to attend the pro
posed convention in Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON.
Smalls Stuft'ed—A Statesman's Teeth—
Tabor’s Triumphs—Ben Butler ou
Dock—Pensacola's Public Building.
Washington, Feb. 27.—1n the old Hall of
Representatives at the capitol there has re
cently been placed a statue of Robert Fulton.
The marble figure represents the groat invent
or seated in a broad-backed arm chair exam
ining the model of a primitive paddle-wheel
steamer. To-day that able colored statesman '
and learned gentleman, Col. Robert Smalls,
of South Carolina, stopped to gaze on the
statue. There were perhaps half a dozen oth
ers engaged in the same thing. Asked Smalls
of a gentleman who stood by him: “Who is
that?”
“Robert Fulton,” was the answer.
“What’s that he’s got in Ills hand?”
“The model of a steaiiitoat.”
“What did Fulton ever do?”
W ith a twinkle in his eye, the man interro
gated said: “He ran the first line of steamers
between New York and England.”
“Ugh,” grunted Small’s, and then— “ls he
running them yet f”
“No,” was the calm and even reply. “He
has sold out to Jay Gould.” Audible smiles.
Smalls was not disconcerted; didn’t know
there was any joke about it; thought he was
getting solid facts.
There is an able member of the House who
has just been made to pay £lO for an upper set
of false teeth. This gentleman is of an
economic turn of mind, lie went to one of
the leading dentists here and ordered
the teeth. The conditions were that
if the job was not satisfactory the
teeth should be returned and no
money paid. They were delivered one
morning. That afternoon the statesman
made a speech. The dentist happened to lie
in the gallery. He watched the result of his
work, lie noticed that the eloquent gentle
man every now and then put up his hand and
fixed more firmly in their socket his beautiful
teeth. That evening Hie dentist waited on
his Congressional customer. He said: “I was
in the gallery to-dav when you were speak
ing. 1 noticed that you had a little trouble
with' those teeth. I can fix them all right in
two minutes.” But the legislator would not
have it. The job was unsatisfactory, he said,
and he would not pay for it. Neither would
he return the teeth. 'The next day the dentist
consulted a lawyer. That gentleman advised
him to inform his debtor that unless he either
returned the food masticators or paid for
them he would take legal process, and just
as he got up to speak next time would take
hack the teeth that lie gave him. This had
the desired effect. The teeth were fixed so
that they would work for both talking and
eating without any filibustering in the pro
ceedings. And the legislator paid the bill.
He now talks a good deal on the floor. His
smile while conversing with ladies is perfect
ly irresistible.
Senator Tabor is credited with adding one
more laurel to his wreath of fame. Dia
monds, two hundred and riftv dollar night
shirts and swell dinners would certainly in
ttie ordinary ifliud constitute fame enough for
one man taken in connection with a service
of thirty days in the Senate. What more
could man want of fame when all these were
added to his millions? But Tabor is ambi
tious. He wants to go out in a blaze of
glory. Such great statesmen as he
cannot be prevented from spreading their
pillions and seeking fame wherever it is to be
found, or word*to that effect. Now what is
Tabor going to do? He is going to get mar
ried! His millions, his dinners, his big dia
mond—and may I say liis $250 night shirts?—
have captured it dazzling belle of the highest
toned society. I will wager that with this
climax Talsir will have beaten the record.
Ben Butler, Governor of Massachusetts and
the horror of Beacon street and all that is
silk-stockinged in politics, has been here for
several days. Benjamin has peculiar ways
about him. He don’t put up at a hotel and
have his arrival noted in the papers. He goes
to some private boarding house, where no
register of guests is kept. He then attends
quietly to his business. When that is through
he emerges into the public view. He was last
uight and to-day very promiscuous around
the capitol. He did most inhabit the cloak
rooms of the two houses. He maintains
his reputation for agility and activity, com
bined with an astuteness that wag never ex
celled. Members and Senators went to the
cloak rooms to talk to him. He is a good
talker. He tells a very good story. His cross
eyed feature and a cunning and most harmo
nious habit of dropping his eyelid adds to the
effect of a wit that is perennial. It is never
dull where Butler is. It was noticed, how
ever that he devoted himself to the Democrats.
He did not care to please Republicans except
in a gentle, preoccupied way. He aimed his
tender endearments at the Democrats. Ben
iamin is not hankering after the Republican
nomination in 1884. Therefore, he wastes none
of his sweetness upon that party.
There is a clause in the sundry civil service
bill which authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to erect the new public building at
Pensacola upon ground other than the site of
the building which was burned down. The
•reason this clause was inserted was because it
was desired to purchase some of the adjoining
propertv lor the mew building, which will lie
larger than the old. The ownersof that prop
erty asked an exorbitant sum for it. “There
is nothing like these little things,” said Super
vising Architect Hill to me to-day. “As soon
as the owners of the property that we wanted
to buy learned what was going on they came
down' to a reasonable figure, and we have
bought of them.” Potomac.
Is Your Elver Out of Order?
Then is your whole system deranged—
the blood is impure, the breath offensive,
you have headache, feel languid, dispirit
ed and nervous, have no appetite, your
sleep is troubled and unrefreshing. To
prevent a more serious condition, take at
once a half tablespoonful of Simmons
Liver Regulator, three times a day—it will
soon restore the healthy action of the liver,
bowels and kidneys.
“I recommend Simmons Liver Regula
tor to all my friends, as I have personally
known it to cure all liver disorders and
sick headache. A. Mkkiutt,
“Beverly, N. J.”
Paris letters say that these fur muffs
strive in vain to compete with the deli
cious little fancy affairs called muffs,
made of lace, silk or gold chenille, rib
bons, birds, ornaments, that are grouped
around a morsel of damask silk, plain or
embossed velvet, brocade, and gathered or
plaited satin,
TALLAHASSEE.
Items of the Appropriation Bill—Edu
cational .Matters—The Agricultural
College—The Local Option Law—The
Revenue Bill—Nearing the End of the
. Session.
1 allahasskk, Fi.a., Feb. 28.—The appro
priation hill for the present vear contains the
following itetfis: *
Salaries Executive Department . SIB,OOO
Salaries Judicial Department 33.500
salaries* Clerk Comptroller's office I’’wo
Private Secretary of Governor 500
salaries Librarian Supreme Court soo
Salaries Clerk Treasurer’s office l 200
Salaries Janitor Capitol .
Salaries Watchman Capitol 400
For criminal prosecutions 200
For purchase books Supreme Court 500
ror printing and advertising 5000
For pay jurors and witnesses.. jo’ooo
ror maintenance lunatics 30000
For expenses'Legislature 53^500
ror contingent expenses capitol 1 000
for contingent expenses State 3,000
ror interest on bonds 80,000
For printing during present session iolsoo
for expenses Atlanta Exposition 725
There are also various other items of small
amount. The expenses of 1884 are very much
tlie same as those above given, emitting that
consequent upon the session of the Legisla
ture.
Both houses were engaged last night to a
late hour, and the Senate accomplished an
unusual amount of work, passing some fifteen
or twenty Assembly bills, none of any great
importance, llonjjver, many anxious hearts
were made happy Bv the passage ef bills which
were beginning to look weeerfigTy (tiHttrtTUT.
The Assembly devoted itself with zeal and
earnestness to the consideration of the
finance and taxation bill, and amendment
after amendment was suowed down upon the
desk of the Clerk, which consumed time and
gave rise to debate.
Quite a number of railroad bills have not
yet undergone final action, and those inter
ested are button-holing members in all diree
t.ioiiej. Leas than two davs of the session re
main, aud as the hours glide by so tlie pressure
increases. All the available clerical force
about the capitol are engaged in engrossiug
and enrolling bills, and pages and messengers
look tagged and jaded.
The resolution providing for the payment
of tlie contestant and contestee, for their ex
penses, incurred in the Twenty-fourth dis
trict, was defeated. The subject, however,
gave rise to quite a discussion.
Acts have been passed in the Senate allow
ing tlie loaning of the surplus money of the
common school fund, on mortgage or promis
sory notes, secured by real estate, the interest
to draw 8 per cent. The provisions are very
stringent, and it would seem that sneir loans
. were rendered almost absolutely secure. Such
a use of the money is rendered necessary in
consequence of the high price of Florida
bonds.
Bills have also passed for tlie adoption of a
uniform series of text books for the use of the
common schools, and forbidding all connected
in any way witli the cause of public instruc
tion from selling or acting as agents for school
books. Another bill punishes those who offer
for sale fruits grown in foreign countries as
Florida productions. It was stated that
oranges grown in the West Indies and im
ported into this State had been packed,
branded as Florida oranges and sent to North
ern markets, and that tlie practice had acted
prejudicially to the reputation of the Florida
Business lias fairly opened ou the Pensacola
and Atlantic Railroad, ami through passen
gers are daily passing over the line from Pen
sacola to Jacksonville.
The conditions of the location of the Agri
cultural College at Lake City are as follows:
4 he Board of Trustees require, first, that good
and sufficient titles be executed and delivered
to this hoard of the 100 acres of land tendered
by the citizens of Lake City; and,second, that
the sum of SIO,OOO cash, as tendered, be made
available in cash aud placed at the disposal of
the board within a period of three mouths,
and that the additienal sum of $5,00u be made
ayailable in six months.
Tlie local option tenqterance law forbids
tlie sale of intoxicating liquors to a minor or
intoxicated persons, and imposes the forfeiture
of the license upon a dealer who shall violate
tins provision. (treat discontent prevails
among the liquor dealers, and the stringent
features of tlie law, coupled with tlie nigh
cost of procuring a license, will have the
effect of materially reducing the number of
barrooms. Those who sell beer or wine are
required to pay the same amount for obtain
ing license as those who vend distilled spirits.
At 1 o’clock this morning the Assembly
completed their laliors on the finance bill, and
reported it to the Senate this morning witli
numerous amendments, only a portion of
which were acquiesced in. A committee of
conference was appointed on the part of the
Senate.
Tlie Assembly occupied the morning hour in
considering bills ou their second reading, and
a large number were expedited.
The members of the Senate, or many of
them, were photographed this morning, and
their collective portraits will be frameif, aud
will decorate many a parlor in the wilds of
Florida. Y'ears hence the children of these
eminent patriots will proudly point to the
speaking countenances of their sires, and say
“He was a State Senator in 1888.”
Much of tlie time of tlie Senate this morning
was taken in the discussion of the amendments
offered by the committee to tlie bill of tlie As
sembly for keeping iu repair the public roads
and bridges. Senoiqj differences in opinion
were manifested, and the discussion was re
sumed in the afternoon.
Tlie Senate lias prettv well caught up with
its own business, but still has numerous As
sembly bills to consider. The Assembly is not
so far advanced, and many of their bills will
not reach a second .reading. Less than two
days remain, and as, I have before mentioned,
a large amount of business will, necessarily,
la: left in the hands of tlie committees. Tins,
by many, is not regarded as a misfortune, for,
as a general rule, there is always u vast
amount of unnecessary legislation effected at
each session of tlie Legislature. Each session
witnesses the introduction of numerous bills
for the rejaial and amendment of acts passed
by the previous Legislature.
Several will leave to-night and to-morrow
for their respective homes, and a general
degree of restlessness prevails. The last week
is very trying to all concerned, as the work is
hard and constant, and the near adjournment
is hailed with general satisfaction.
General Gordon is stiff here perfecting his
arrangements, and has disarmed anv little
opposition that may at first have prevailed by
his frank, honest dealing and modest deport
ment. W. H. B.
Reply to “Inquirer”—Oglethorpe’** Mis
take.
Editor Morninq Seirs: ‘‘lnquirer’’ coin,
plains, in your issue of yesterday, of the
ordinance prohibiting the throwing of
tilth, garbage and slops into the streets
and lanes, and asks if the citizens shall
be permitted to “mix slops and garbage
into one enclosure to allure the Waring
cryptogams,” etc. It strikes me, how
ever, that he is advocating that very
course. I, for one, heartily indorse the
action of Council, and trust' they will be
enabled to enforce the ordinance. The
practice of throwing filth, garbage, slops,
etc., into our streets and lanes is a dis
gusting and dangerous one. The soil be
comes saturated with impure matter, and
gives out during the hot weather odors
sufficient to breed pestilence. Walk down
our lanes: The soil is always wet,noisome
and reeking, besides being covered with
decayed matter, fruit, skins, bones and
refuse of all kinds, thrown out w T ith the
slops, where the eye of the careless mas
ter or mistress never looks, but whence
foul smells arise and sweep into the back
windows. 1 sometimes think Oglethorpe
made a great mistake in laying out lanes
at all. The temptation is too great to be
resisted by slovenly servants, and while
the streets in front of the houses are com
paratively clean, the lanes are full of rot
tenness and all manner of uncleanliness,
nnd will continue so until all citizens in
dorse and assist Council in carrying out
their laudable efforts. Did “Inquirer”
ever see a city where the streets are used
as a dump ground for filth or slops or
waste paper, etc., as in Savannah?
Would that all the lanes were stopped up
and the land thrown into the adjoining
yards. It is not necessary to walk up
and down the lane, as I suggested; a
walk down Bull street is enough. One
gets enough in crossing the lanes. What
must strangers think of our neat habits?
The remedy is in the hands of the people.
Solid matter should be deposited in
a neat barrel inside the gate, which
will be removed by the authori
ties. Semi-liquids may be given
away, or sold, as in other cities. There
are plenty of applicants. Liquids should
be poured into an outer drain. That is
what other cities do; and why should we
be any more filthy because we have sandy
streets ? lam thankful to say that I live
where there is no lane, and the back en
trance to my house is as clean as the
front. I do not permit one grain of refuse,
or ashes, or one drop of slops, or even
plain water, to lie thrown out, and would
as soon think of allowing my servants to
empty the garbage in my yard as in the
street, and I imagine it waul'd not be much
worse. Health.
The Indian trail that once extended
from Savannah to the Chattahoochee river
passed over the ground upon which our
city is built, crossing a point now covered
by our public square. This trail inter
sected the Indian town Cholekee, which
was then on the present plantation of Col.
Maxwell, which is some twelve miles
I distant from the city,— Ariu-.ricua Hecor-
I drr.
Scarlet, Cardinal Ked, Old
Gold, Navy Blue, Seal Brown, Diamond
Dyes give perfect results. Any fashion
able color, 10 cents.
The pretty standing collars which make
a rim of linen above the band at the throat
of the dresss are well worn as ever, and
are accompanied by narrow cuffs for the
w rist, which ate found convenient, even
though they are covered by the long
gl*ves.
That Husband of Mine
Is three times the man he w r as before he
began using “Well’s Health Reuewer.”
fl. Druggists.
NEW YORK NOTES.
THE WAR ON SALMI MORSE’S
PASSION PLAY.
His Extravagance and Dersisteuce—Ups
aud Downs of the Variety Stage—The
Kernoehan-Pell Episode—“Dink” Da
vis’ Haul at Faro—Rose Coghlan’s
Triumphs.
Nka York, Feb. 28.—1 t begins to look very
much as if Mr. Salmi Morse would have to
indefinitely abandon the Passion play. He
has been warned by the police and by the
eourts, over since he began, that anv ef
fort to produce tlie Passion Play would
be considered illegal, and that he would be
forcibly restrained. He went before the Yfay
or and was opposed at every move. There
was really not a shadow -of hope for him at
any point in tlie city government. From tlie
Mayoi to the police patrolman, every one was
resolved to stop ids play. This was enough to
frighten almost any man into abandoning the
scheme, but Salmi Morse was so much infatu
ated with the idea of producing the Passion
1 lav that nothing could move him from his
determination.
a ani [ ou nred two full dress rehearsals and
Doth of them were stopped by tlie police, l'er
eraptory orders were issued by the heads of
the city departments to stob any perform
ance at Fassiou Hall. But still the indomit
able Salmi Morse went on. He has spent
over two hundred thousand dollars id ready
anil was perfectly reekless in the nse of his
money. Where it all comes from is a deep
mystery. There is certainly an unlimited
supply. One theory is that the money is given
him by the Jews, who wish to bring con
tempt upon the Christian religion and weaken
the cause of Christ by producing this miser
able travesty upon {he life of our Saviour*
others claim that the wealth comes di
rectly from the Church of Rome. Mr.
Morse refuses to disclose the names of his
backers, but goes ou shoveling out the money.
His extravagance is beyond all bounds. One
little Hung will illustrate his utter reckless
ness in the use of money. He had ordered two
huudred gas jets made after a pattern sug
gested In some biblical precept. When tliev
catne to hand lie found that there was a slight
mistake in the design—there was a leaf too
many ou tlie stem of tlie lily that surrounded
the gas jet. He had the whole two huudred
fixtures taken to a junk shop, aud sold at a
miserable sacrifice, and ordered tlie same
number again of a pattern that exactly suited
his critical taste. This was a Waste of a trills
more than two thousand dollars, as the trunks
were brass and highly polished with bronze
trimmings. They were to go around the rows
of the proscenium arch and all along to tlie
edge of the gallery, where they would pass
unnoticed even if they could lie "seen from the
stalls below. Again, for tbe supernumeraries
he ordered no less than 400 wigs, ranging in
price from $lO down to $3. The order was so
preposterous that the man who took it insisted
upon half payment before he would go to
work. lie.said that ordering such expensive
wigs for supers where ordinary flax or tow
would answer the purjaise just as well was a
little short of extravagance. But Morse
insisted upon having tlie most expen
sive kind, and carried his point. Passion
Hail, as he now calls it, is a hole
in which lie has already thrown a good size
fortune. Thus far tlie man Morse himself has
escaped personal arrest until on Saturday
night. He has flown in the face of authority
so persistently that they felt it necessarv to
make a decisive moye. On Saturday night he
went to a Judge of the Supreme Gourt aud
asked permission to give a full dress rehearsal
of the play iu the above hall, which lie calls
ids residence, as lie lives over tlie tlireatre.
He claimed that lie had the same right to give
an amateur theatrical performance in his own
house as Wm. 11. Vanderbilt or as anv other
citizen had. Therefore lie asked permission
of tlie court, but it was peremptorily re
fused. In the face of this he calnitv went
on with his preparation for a full dress re
hearsal, aud issued invitations to no less than
a thousand of the principal citizens of New
) oik. The District Attorney, tlie Recorder,
all the Judges of the Supreme Court and of
the Police Courts were especially invited.
They were told to come at 7 o’clock in tlie
evening. At 7 o’clock the actors and chorus
entered, put ou their costumes and arranged
themselves for the first act, which represented
the Temple in Jerusalem, and at a quarter
after s the orehestfa began to play. By this
time over a thousand well dressed men, many
of whom were among the leading citizens of
the metropolis, sat impatiently in tlie audito
rium waiting for the curtain to rise.
Then Police Captain Williams appeared on
the scene, lie went in at tlie stage entrance
and Mr. Morse stepped up to him and grasped
him heartily by the hand. Ylorse said that lie
hoped there would be no trouble, and the Ca
ptain replied there would be none as he intend
ed to arrest him quietly and take him awav
with him. “The show must be stopped at ali
hazards,” said the Captain, ‘‘but as you wish to
test the legal point I have no objection to your
ringing up the curtain and starting tlie play.
1 will tlicn publicly arrest you, though none
of your actors will be taken into custody, and
you can test the matter in tlie courts, as I be
lieve that is what you intend to do.”
Morse was entirely self-possessed and said
he could not be better pleased if lie bad
planned tlie matter himself. Before the play
had proceeded a few minutes he submitted to
Capt. Williams aud was taken out to the sta
tion house. On the way lie was stopped by
crowds of sympathizing friends and numerous
offersof hail were tendered. He was after
wards discharged in live hundred dollars bail.
Capt. Williams says that the charge against
Morse was a violation of the theatrical act, iu
giving a performance without a license. There
was great excitement iu l'assion Hall when
tlie arrest was r made. The counsel for
Mr. Ylorse jumped up on the stage and
ranted at great length about the burning
shame that a man should be arrested while
producing' such .1 sacred piece us the
“Passion Play.” The lawyer believed they
were not done with the thing yet. That in
the free city of New York Mr. Morse had
rights as a citizen, which the authorities were
bound to respect. While the lawyer was
speaking an old gentleman arose in the
gallery, and after calling for silence, deliver
ed an eloquent speech, in which he said that
he had seen the play in California ami was so
impressed by its beauty and charm that he
went to see it three times in succession. Jxiud
calls were made for the old gentleman’s
name, and he came down on the stage. He
proved to lie Charles R. Thorite, Sr., the father
of the late leading man at the Union Square
Theatre. He spoke at great length about the
outrageous treatment of Mr. Morse, and said
that he would win yet. I guess that Mr.
Morse will find that fighting public sentiment
in New York is not so easy as it was in Cali
fornia. Ttie large majority of citizens here
are professing and believing Christians, and
they will resent any efforts to produce the
Passion Play.
I noticed an advertisement in one of the pa
pers to-day on a contest of colored beauties
over on the east side of the town. The coh
test consists of a lot of big grown women ar
ranged in a row' and their alleged beauty is to
be voted upon by visitors at ten cents a head.
The place is alow dive. What attracted my
attention to it, however, was the fact that
Frank Bush and his specialty company were
advertised as an adjunct to the colored
“beauties.” Nothing could illustrate better
than this the pass to which variety people have
been reduced. There was a time, and
it was not more than five years ago, when
half the theatres in the city*were given over
to variety performances. Song and dance men,
ballet singers, acrobats, female athletes and
comedians of all sorts were sure of continually
successful engagements in the best theatres of
the metropolis. There was a wide demand for
variety talent. Many of the leading people
got salaries as high as 1200 a week, and thev
were the talk of the town. It was something
to be a variety actor then, and the work had
a distinct place in the theatrical affairs of the
day. But a change came very suddenly.
People liegan to drop the variety actors
on all sides and they found themselves w ithout
an engagement. They w ere compelled to go
into the lotvest dives. The case of Frank
Bush show;s how hard it is for a variety aotor
to occupy his time now. They are actually
obliged to play in ten cent museums as side
shows to negresses. When the change came
a few of the more enterprising of these variety
shewmen forced themselves up into the legiti
mate field. Gus Williams for instance, when
he saw the variety stage crumbling under him
left the singing of comic German songs,
had a play written for him, and started out
boldly to be a star of “John Mishler, One of
the Finest.” Nat Goodwin did likewise, so did
William Scaulan, George Knight, Louis Har
rison and Jerry Murphy, but the rest of the
variety actors went steadily down. Now, the
only thoroughly and respectable high-priced
variety theatre in New York is Tony Pas
tor’s. All the others have gone down to the
level of fifteen or twenty-five cent houses, and
the vast majority of Variety actors have gone
down with them.
Society has seldom had such a thorough
going and liona fide sensation as the runaway
match of Miss Kitty Kernochffn. It is such a
rare thing now for a society girl to,run off and
in the face of every sort of opposition follow her
own sweet will and marry as her love directs.
But the exploit of this high spirited and inde
pendent young w'oman has received double
recognition. She married Herbert C. Pell
because she loved him. There is no
doubt about that, because her
fortune is greater than ids, and she
had hundreds of chances to marry. She
comes of what is jierhajis the most aristocratic
family in New I ork. That is, though thev
are not so well connected and influential as
the Astors and one or two others, thev have
always kept up so much tone and style that
they have ranked as the first society people of
the city for years and years. 'Whatever the
Kernochans did was pronounced “proper.”
Miss Kitty Kemoehan was old enough to know
what she was about. She was twenty-four
years old and a girl of vigorous and
healthy imagination. She believed
in marrving for love, and she loved Mr Pell
Pell is himself a very good match for any girl
as he was wealthy and of good family But
Mrs, Kernochan would not consent to her
daughter seeing him. The young people had
kind of secret meetings, and for four years the
youth paid the roost devoted attention to the
maid. In tun* he was ably supported by his
unde, Mr, Ixirillard, the great tobacco manu
facturer, but the mother of the girl was obsti
nate on account of a personal quar
rel between Miss Kemochan’s mother
and Mr. Pell’s uncle, Mr, Pierre
Lonllard. Pierre Lorillard and Mrs. Ker
nochan are brother and sister, and they fought
bitterly some years ago and nothing could
bring them together. Pell is the nephew of
I/irillard, and Mrs. Kerpoohan objected to her
daughter’s marriage to Mr. Pe’U solely on
account of the relationship. The fact that
Pell was Mrs. Kemochan’s nephew as well as
her brother’s, did not mitigate the matter at
all. So the couple went off quietly and got
married, and are now under their uncle’s pro
tection, out o< the reach of gossips an<l be
yond the control of the girl’s father.
It is a jolly good thing to see a Boeiety
girl assert her Independence onoe in a while.
They are led ip to matrimonial noose
} PMf® *lO A TEAR. >
I * CENTS A-COPT. {
against their will, that any independence of
spirit is positively refreshing.
Karo playing Is against the law in New
Y ork. Most stringent measures have been
adopted to abolish this game, and the police
claim there is not now a single faro bank in
the city. Philanthropists and church people
have during the last lew years congratulated
themselves that this particularly pernicious
game had been completely' stamped out of
existence In New Y ork. There was one
temptation less for the young men about
town. It must have surprised them somewhat
ou picking up their papers on Sunday to ob-
Phased manner in which
;" r - Dinky Davis tells of his adventures
in tlie faro hanks of New York, He has just
became famous by winning *65,000 in
four or live days at the different faro banks.
Hits is a surprisingly large sum to make in so
short a time, and it snows Mr. “Dinkv” Davis
to lie a remarkably luckv man. Hut iv also
shows something else. It shows when a man
can win |65,000 at a faro table in New York
and not materially hurt the business of the
fart) banks that a pretty brisk and prosperous
state of affairs prevails at the faro business.
“Dinky," in his interviews in the papers,
speaks gaily of visiting the several houses in
Ann street, throe or four of the principal
places in Barclay street, Twenty-Sixth and
Twenty-eighth street houses! and iu
the big Madison avenue “Hell.” lie
pulled from *IO,OOO to *12,000 out of I woof the
places, sank£a few thousand in one or two
places, and y anked the remainder of his for
tune out of the rest of the houses. Every
body Is asking, how comes it that the police
do not know of this sort of thing? Is it pos-
sible that there are nearly a dozen of nigh
playing faro houses in New York in full blast
aud Urn police ignorant of the tact? It must
be about time that somebody agitated the law
to close up these houses, for'thcv are certain
ly the most fruitful sources of crime in the
city. Nearly every day there are defalca
tions ami embezzlements by scores bv cashiers
down town and they are always put
down to gambling, and jnoliodv seems
to know where the houses arc. “Dinky" Da
vis says that all these houses are doing a
big business, and thev are able to support
losses of thousands and thousands of dollars
in a single night without feeling it. It begins
to look as though some active steps would be
necessary to crush the evil. “Dinky'’ is a
mild man, with soft blue eyes, blonde hair,
ami the general air of innocent good nature.
He says he doesn’t know anything of the tricks
of faro, hut when luck is with him betfc the
limit every time, liesayshe then loses all his
pull in a few minutes, or else gets off the big
winner. He cauuot stand any playing ou sys
tem. '
Bose Coglilan is in some respects the best
actress we have in America. Any wotuau
tv ho could hold the position of leading lady at
\\ allack's Theatre as long as she bus must
possess uncommon genius for the stage.
There lias never been any actress who could
approach Miss C'oghlan iii versatility of talent
and real abilities as an actress except Mrs.
John Hoey, who married Mr. John lloey, of
Adams Express Company, and now lives ou a
comfortable income of half a million a vear.
It is rather odd that Miss Coghlan, who is now
the most aristocratic and reserved of actresses
since she made her first appearance in America
as a burlesque actress in the notorious
pink tights and tinsel troupe of Lydia Thomp
son. Such is the fact, however. She earns
over here from London us one of naughty
Lydia's famous English blondes, and her
beauty was for some time the rage. Then she
strolled about the stage in silken tights,
cocked up her feet merrily and sang some
what suggestive songs. But she had in her
the making of au actress of great power, and
she knew it. She only waited her opportunity.
The opportunity came in time and she began
to do light comedy parts. Wallack saw
her, and ignoring her position as a bur
lesque actress, took her boldly into
nis theatre and gave her the' oppor
tunity she so ardently desired. She was a
success from the start. Aside from positive
dramatic talent, she lias rare perseverance
and tenucity, and worked very hard. In a
year Khe had developed a genius for cornedv
acting, and assumed the leading lady in the
first theatre in America. She was especially
brilliant in comedies of the old school, like
“The Rivals,” “She Stoops to Conquer.” “The
School for Scandal,” etc. Every year she
goes back to Loudon and visits her English
friends, but she isso tliproughly Americanized
that she lias refused several valuable offers
from Loudon managers and still sticks to Wal
laces. sin- has recently shown a very strong
melodramatic tendency, and is making a great
sensation as the heroine of a howling nieki
drama entitled the “Silver King,” which is
now being played at Wallack’s. There arc
very few actresses who work as hard as Miss
Coglilan, and she deserves all the success she
has achieved. Mie is anxious to star through
the country, but. Wallack lias made her such
liberal offers to remain with him, and her lifo
in the city is so pleasant to her, that she will
probably not go away for some years, at least.
At present she is actually the only leading
woman of note in the whole city of New
York. All the test have gone starring on
their own account, and we have to depend
ujion the efl'orts of voting and inexperienced
actresses or else wait, for the combinations
and their stars to visit tis.
lIAI.L-lIAYNES.
815,000
Is the Value of Ticket No. 57,012 In the
Louisiana State Lottery, Held toy
Charles Rigney, Jr., and Mrs. Jack
Burns.
Last Thursday the air wps actually
alive with startling rumors of Louisiana
Lottery lightning. Unejeould hear of its
striking all around, but to find the dam
aged (?) parties defied reportorial skill
and pertinacity for no little while. It was
at length definitely ascertained that
ticket No. 57,012, held equally between
Charles Rigney and Mrs. Henrietta
Burns, of Mavsville, in this county, bail
drawn $ 15,000—Mrs. Burns, the wife of
Mr. Jack Burns, was a Miss. Daniels,
sister of Mrs. Perry L. Harrison and Maj.
•I- M. Daniels, and a most worthy lady.
Young Rigney is a sober, steady arid
hard working boy, the son of Mr. Charles
Rigney, a well known citizen of this
county.
Mr. Rignev, ignorant of his good fortune,
was stopped the morning after the draw
ing, on the 13th inst., in front of the Hunts
ville Hotel by a friend, who said:
“Charley; ticket No. 57:012 drew $15,-
000. ,
Rigney. without a trace of excitement,
replied, “that’s my number exactly (pull
ing out his ticket); yes, sir, that’s my
number.” His friend congratulated him
heartily, and suggested that it was the
time of all times for champagne. But
Charles, observing that such extravagance
was both foreign to his taste and bevond
his means, proceeded quietly to the popu
lar bank of W. R. Rison & Cos., and de
posited his ticket for collection.
Our reporter saw Mr. Rigney this morn
ing. He informed him that the $15,000
had been promptly paid and was now de
posited In bank. He said this was his
first lottery ticket ; that he saw the Lou
isiana State Lottery advertised and
thonght he would invest a little and try
his luck-.
It has been generally rumored that in
the same drawing a well known young
lawyer and politician got the l*;8t of the
lottery by, say SI,OOO. We cannot tell,
and give the report for what it is worth.
Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate , Februarq 21.
HOTtSFOBIVs ACID PHOSPHATE
Iu Sick Headache.
Dr. N. S. Read, Chicago, says; “I think
it Is a remedy of the highest value in many
forms of mental and nervous exhaustion,
attended by sick headache, dyspepsia
and diminished vitality.”
Plastrons or vests laid iu folds or gath
ered in puffs, or made plain, are on most
winter dresses. They are narrow at the
top, widen out on the bust, and taper to a
point below the waist, where they are
trimmed with a large flat bunch of loops
and ends of ribbons.
Silver braiding and cbinchilla fur are
the trimmings for electric blue cloth suits.
Silver buckles clasp the drapery of the
polonaise; there is a neck band and a
half girdle of silver, and there are silver
clasps for fastening the front.
gaiting jporofler.
iSI - -
IS
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel ot
purity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, cannot
be sold in competition with the multitude of
low test, short weight, alum or phosphate
powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL
BAKING POWDER CO., 10U Wall street
SSR-York. At wholesale by HENRY SOLO.
MON & SON, Savannah, Ga.