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..,il!i;iA AND FLORIDA.
v f **l THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
t.irl’s Strange Death In Coffee
~ MilleilstrillcN City Hall has
N , llicape from the Flames—A
Kilinl iu Self-Defense in Berrien
GEORGIA.
i.row]ing about in Coffee county.
Rh - lee. one of theoldest citizens
< ounty. *iie*l Saturday uiorn
ha.* been re-elected Mayor of
er Col. F. <>. Wilkins, bv about
.11 in Pike county is said to be
• • .*f Spring Hill. He is 10*5
• at 'j> aria is to have an ad
r :* i.tar; force, in the sha|>e oi a
rry t. k the prize offered for the i
number of the Americus Light I
- has bought the Uyington prop
l V.iil. y, and will soon In-gin the !
.. .< .-.*> hotel on the lot.
' 't ter has resigned his meinbor-
P.-anl of Trustees of the Middlc
iry and Agricultural College.
* idles of cotton have been
Dalton market for the present
- >'e r.v>j bales were marketed
- on foot to increase the capi- j
l ir-t National Hank. Koine, j
: t . to $ 12.'>,0W, to $200,0u0 and
-t ended was the heaviest in
fdcr department of the yost office ]
i ever had. The business for the
money or*ler office aggregated j
- - - person left the switch o|>en at
--t M-.nday morning, aad the en
e.i-l bound passenger train was
' -in the track, causing it to be de
- v.-rsl hours.
\! read and Hope Mobley were, in
i". or t--nrt last-week, convicted of
S' Mary, the daughter of Dick
. ami were- sentenced to the peui
.< fli. for five years.
~atnrday night a factory woman
■ ..rrir Myers threw herself under
■n the Georgia Pacific Railroad.
' r un bv the foot-board from the
. while badly bruised, was not fa
- tru • in Jefferson aniiaat a gen
uh-i invested his wards' money iu
ib -tui They sued him for it and
! !.U'i for tbe wants to the amount of
* -nfederate Ismil- were worth at
the investment was made.
•“ii"ls of the newly elected Mayor of
-'•'die celebrated their victory by a
-nt | roecsston ami other demonstra
cxultation. Several lamps were
sci fn>ui a bracket in the < ily Hull ami
•irons fire was averted with difficulty,
ng the vear ending October 1, 1883,382
• nt- were taken to the Mille.lgeville asv
u- Gist barged, remove*! ami died. 23n. On
ntl at close of year 1,131. Of these there
w li.ic mi!.-, 501; white ftimnlrs. Ht;
- 1 males. colored females, 142. The
r capita per tiiem was 33 l-lo cents.
| uWit-Mion of The II ,r. „ .... < rltci-f
rarity suspended. Subscribers will
if the resumption by receiving tile
• ii-iial. though from another point,
—ary arrangeinenteconseijuent upon
■va' from Htimerville will occupy
time. The name of the paper will
hanged.
i rstlay the grand jury of Cobh couu
i a true hill* against lay Lassi
'• i P us. Beri.iauiiu Nicholson ami
-. three white ami one colored,
-with intent to murder one Steve
Prat is is the negro who was shot in
- ■> i arty of masked men on the
lcih of last June.
• - -mi- one made three attempts
idrvad culvert, but the dames
- r. -i each time and extinguished.
i-1 -ven burned a passenger
n all probability have been
of the theories is that the per
il lich IS incensed against the
•e tie failed to secure as much
:i payment for cattle which was
mp.-tny's rolling stock.
- 'i ". R. Thaxton. two miles
. was burned Wednesday night.
• Ito have caught from the en
• II running during the day.
. i one and a half hales of cot -
- -evcral hundred bushels of cot
r a t-ital los. The press wag
•ged condition. The loss is
i -ie insurance S4OO. This is the
at Mr. Thaxton has sustained of
- izette says: “A Miss
r <-ld daughter oi Mr. John I
nty, who had been unwell
• ii!i a bad cold, was suddenly
• - - last Monday, while in it
with a little sister, and died ]
ruing about daylight, without j
'i suffered considerable I
urs. from the time she was
death relieved her. Her ease
• mv, near Alapaha, a Mr.
c. untv. made an attack.
. on J. W. Tatom. of Tatom
i- li-tillers, and the latter, in
. k him in the breast with a ;
a door-bar. which is sup
- -ken tue breast-bone. press
> art. from thi* effects of
: ;-i :i!s,at two hours. An
"ednes-lav, and the Coro- !
-M i a verdict of justifiable
c --v- -ays: "The destruc- i
• ■ of the Chamber of Deputies
ilhelos- -if Hie new Con-titn
iraft. with the document of the
<-t it* Igium. recalls the fact that
lien kmans, who was buried
_ in Summerville, was a
iration and one of the prime
. ivi nicnt for the liberation ot
1 palace, with these valuable
- roved upon the very day of
: l*r. Itcrckmans."
FLORIDA.
■ has been discontin
a,.-.- hi oi* yams weighed eleven
.* • ■ - an oyster canning estab
it' Wildwooil was su-qiended a
• nc of the Jack-onville hotels
•i and a watch Friday niglit.
• more inquiry for Jackson
Is than ait any time since the war.
. editor of the I.ci-shurg AVirs. is
! inning will continue the publi
the paper.
of stone- were received
cue last week, which will be
t for a nursery.
F. 'i.-aly. formerly of Marianna,
Hempstead, Texas, who has been
ir- from Marianna, is visiting his
. ■ ne of the attaches of Dan Rice's
wa- sick in Marianna, died in
• ii was buried at that place on Mon
' - 'ii tree in Florida was fired the other
• tin- occupants summarily evicted
inn of bats, followed by a living
. x ivech-owls, various oilier night
- two coons aud one opossum.
Mr. ltrevard. of 'anap-on county. Keu
. who was ill at Marianna, died Wednes-
Hissonhad been telegraphed for, but
not arrive in time to see him.. His liody
a forwarded to his family the same day.
\ gentleman from New A ork has secure*! a
■ of land near I.ady Cake and will engage
-mg poultry . lie proposes to raise noth
B Bttd Hooded chicken-. He will hatch
. means of an incubator. This is the
:erpn*i of this kind in the county,
rglars entered the residence of Col.
M ir-y at Jacksonville, Florida, and fired
at that gentleman when lie was
:I- hisn ife. Neither took effect and
•b and. The Colonel lost his pantaloons
r j-.- ket contents, his vest, shirt and
... ' h eh has been steadily worn
Hl*, aMWit of its in
• a .** was highly prize*! for its associa-
••Mr. L. A.
rv- (mg on Itig Saiupson Lake, six
Ithweat of the city, has fortj’iw
- "runite trees, from which lie sold
worth of oranges this sens n, Mr.
li'inple. the young and indefaligahlc
• r.t of Temple's Mills, being the uur
fff very much doubt if the largest
mat ion in the state has paid as well
r a- Mr. VVvnn's forty-live orange
No people under the sun are getting
-t r and more easily than th< farmers
-e growers of Bradford county."
KAIL lIUA D liI’HBLINOS.
! . Flashes of Intelligence frotu Near
and Afar.
1 acksonvilJe. St. Augustine and '
■ \ Railroad have just received two
u s, and anew locomotive isex
i*" ted daily.
; -'pie of SllghvlUe will build a
ad from the Florida Southern
i at Lady Lake to the above
■ place, a distance of tour miles.
i Li southward bound train of the
-ton and Savannah Railway and
** northward bound train on tin- Savau
-1 H rida and Western Railway,
- ' a large number of passengers to
•or city last night.
Nupreme Court has decided that
: the theatrical manager who sued
itral Railroad of Georgia for dam
' account of a delay which pre
lim from giving a performance, is
entitled to compensation equivalent
• i "ice of his railroad tickets.
( Finance Committee of the Augusta
'“■•.'••sal Club has addresses! letters to
, *'*• railroads running into that
■ "Lug that they give one-fare rates
-- ..-r> coming to Augusta, and re-
; r,! rr cc on a day that may be determined
Uiis week, next week and Cbrist
•‘i* eve. to enable parties living outside
' -usta to go there for their holiday
In >s. Alien, Savannah, tia., says:
“ ‘ s cured of dyspepsia of many years
* liU B hy using Brown's Iron Bitters,”
■-.•** .
Wt? Simrotmlt SNoiiiiitq
A FIGHT WITH HARD GLOVES.
Two Pittsburg Sports in a Battle of 113
Rounds.
Pittsburg Special to Xeic York World , Uth.
This afternoon one of the most terrific
hard-glove encounters that ever took place
in western Pennsylvania came off in a
grove hack of Ross Station, on the West
Pennsylvania Railroad, nine miles from
Allegheny city. Patrick Moran and James
McCoy were the principals, and 113 rounds
were fought, Moran coming off the victor,
to the surprise of nearly all present. The
fight has been awaited with interest for
several months. It arose from a mutual
desire on the part of the men to settle the
question of supremacy. A purse of S3OO
was the monetary consideration.
Some months ago Moran met McCoy in
a friendly soft-glove bout at a sporting re
sort, and, notwithstanding the fact that
lie is 51 years old and a grandfather, his
agility and the manner in which he put
up his hands induced a number of gentle
men to make up a purse and hack him
against McCoy for a hard-glove fight. Mc-
Coy, who is a mill worker,Was then wear
ing his laurels won in his first tight with
Jack Callahan, though his ardor was sub
sequently dampened by the one blow he
got from Sullivan when he faced the cham
pion at McKeesport.
The preliminaries were arranged yes
terday, and Ross station was selected as
the place. When the crowd that stepped
off the 2:20 train entered the enclosure,
not a dozen jiersons were to he seen.
Within the next 15 minutes half a score
of buggies and hacks drove down the
road, iu one of which were Moran and
his seconds. McCoy had come up on the
train.
McCoy-was the first to step inside the
improvised ring, where he took a chair.
He sat niutlled up in a horse blanket suck
ing a lemon. It was fully 15 minutes
later when Moran hopped nimbly into the
circle with a buttalo robe around his
shoulders.
“Gentlemen,” said the referee, as he
stepped into the ring, ‘‘the man that gets
this money must win it fair."
The hard black leather gloves were then
fastened on the men by tlieir seconds, and
on the call of the referee both stepped
nimbly forward, stripped to the waist, and
shook hands. They tought under the Lon
don prize ring rules, which compel the
men to keep at their work until one or the
other goes to grass. At 3:24 time was
called and the terrible work began.
In the first round McCoy knocked the
old man clean oil' his pins by a terrific
blow under the leit eye.
In the second, though Moran got in sev
eral heavy blows on McCoy’s short ribs,
he was again sent to grass by a blow that
caught him in the mouth with terrific
effect, cutting both lips and drawing first
blood for McCoy.
In the next ten rounds Moran was ham
mered unmercifully about the head, nor
did he get any work in on his antagonist.
In the thirteenth round Moran kuocked
McCoy down by a blow on the left ear,
which cut it badly. Moran then began to
drop quickly to avoid punishment. Early
in the tight McCoy crippled his right hand,
and fought to the end with only one hand.
The fight throughout was in McCoy’s
favor. Before the sixtieth round both
men were nearly blind, and the blows
sounded as if someone was pounding a
piece of raw l>eef.
In the llrtth round Moran staggered up
and dealt McCoy a terrible blow on the
neck, and he dropped like a log. lie was
carried to his chair by his seconds, hut
was dazed by the blow. He broke away
and tried to get out of the ring. He was
forced hack, and the men went at it again.
Once more did Moran deal him a blow
in the same place, and befell. His seconds
then threw up the sponge,
At the beginning of the forty-fifth round
rain began to fall, but the men still fought.
Before they finished darkness had set in.
The fight lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes.
McCoy is 27 years of age. Both men
were terribly punished, and could hardly
see as they staggered from the ring.
ANTICS OF A LUNATIC.
He Arranges a Miniature Deluge to the
Discomfiture of a Dinner Party.
Winchester ! A'y.) Special to Cincinnati Com
mercial Gaaette.
Martin Pindar, one of the noted charac
ters of Winchester, is now iu jail here
awaiting his trial on a writ de lunatico
inqnircndo. Years ago Pindar was one
of the foremost citizens of Winchester,
until one unfortunate day he got into a
difficulty with a man named Madigan,
who struck him a terrible blow ou the
head, fracturing the skull. Pindar was
carried home insensible, and for a long
time it was thought that he could not re
cover. Finally, however, his bodily in
juries were healed, hut his mental facul
ties were destroyed, and lie soon
began a series of crazy freaks,
which have characterized him up to
the present time. The last episode in the
career of this strange being occurred at
his home a few days ago. Some time ago
Pindar leased the lower rooms of his
house to an Irish widow and her son, and
he and his wife moved to the upper rooms.
That part of the upper floor over the din
ing-room below was made of green poplar
boards loosely laid. These have shrunk,
leaving numerous and wide-gaping cracks.
One day last week Pindar’s tenants had
company for dinner. In the morning of
the same day Pindar procured two coal
oil barrels and put them in the room
over the dining-room. Then he carried
water up stairs by the bucketful
until l*oth barrels were filled. The
barrels being in position to suit his de
signs, he took a stand and waited for the
auspicious moment of action. Tilings be
low progressed serenely. The hostess and
guests felt happy and secure, without a
single suspicion’ of the storm that was
about to burst upon them. The dinner, a
substantial least, came on smoking lmt,
and the party gathered around the table
to do justice to the occasion. Then there
came a maniacal yell from above and a
flood of water that drenched them to their
skins and literally washed the dinner from
the table, l’indar ran out and danced
lor jov and shouted at the top of his
voice ’ that he was having lots
of fun. Just then he caught sight
of Marshal Oden, who was approach
ing the scene of the deluge, and he ran
back up stairs. Oden loilowed, and was
met at tbe head of the stairs by Pindar
with an axe. Oden then went away, but
soon returned with his deputy. Pindar
was still at bay, and baeked about him
furiously with the axe when any attempt
was made to arrest him. Finally, at the
risk ol losing their lives the Marshal
and deputy made a grand rush at Pindar,
and were fortunate in securing him
without the loss of blood. He was put in
jail, where he wiil remain until sent to the
asylum.
The Colored Juryman.
(ialeeston Xnos.
Gen. Thomas Harrison, who was com
mander of a Texas regiment during the
war, and known by the hoys as the “Jim
Town Major,” was, soon after the war,
elected Judge of one of the districts of
Texas. Snortly after his election he visit
ed one of the counties in his district for
the purpose of holding his court. He ar
rived at the county town on Sunday even
ing, and sent for the Sheritf and asked
him if a jury had been summoned for the
i court, and if any upon the jury were col
ored.
The Sheriff replied he had summoned
a jury, but there were no colored men on
the jury, and but few in the county.
Judge Harrison told him, under the re
cent order of the department commander,
no legal jury could be impaneled unless
one or more negroes were on it, and or
dered him to have some negroes in attend
ance on the following morning, to be
placed upon the jury. The Sheriff, after
some trouble, succeeded in finding three
or four negroes, and, upon organizing the
court. Judge Ilarrisou placed one on
each jury.
About the first case called was one
against a party for murder. After hear
ing the evidence, arguments of counsel
and charge of the court, the jury started
down stairs to consider their verdict, the
colored juror happening to be in the rear.
Following them was the attorney for the
defendant. At the head of the stairs (and
in hearing of the coloied juror) the attor
ney was asked by a friend how he thought
the case would be decided. The reply was,
"1 think the defeudaut will be acquitted
or the jury will be hung.”
The jury went down the steps and out
in the yard, and upon looking around the
colored member was missing. Upon in
vestigation, they saw him making 2:40
time in the direction of the brush. The
Sheriff was called, and, after a vigorous
pursuit. Mr. Juror was captured and
brought before the court and asked why
he had run away. His reply was: “He
had heard a gentleman say if the man
wasn't cleared the jury would be hung,
and as he hadn’t done nothing he didn’t
want to take any chauces.”
Ireland and the Irish.
New York, Dec. 9.—The Central Labor
Union met to-day and passed a resolution
urgently recommending the President of
the United States to interfere in the case
of O'Donnell, the murderer of James
Carey, and endeavor to procure a stay of
his execution.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
THE INFLUX OF HILLS TO COMr
MEXCE TO-DAY.
A Probability that Nearly 2,000 will be
Introduced Before the Roll-Call of
the States is Completed—Representa
tive Converse to Ask the Restoration
of the Old Duty ou Wools.
Washington, Dec. 9.— One of the
things that the anti-Carlisle men predict
ed so confidently was that his election
would cause a panic in New York. There
has been in the past few days a falling off
in certain stocks in New York and an
etiort has been made to attribute it to Car
lisle’s election. A prominent broker from
New York.whcrarrived in the city to-night,
said that the effort would fail because it
had nothing to base itself upon. “The
stocks which have fallen off have done so
because of their own demerits. Only a
few brokers are trying to create any im
pression other than this,” he said, “and
they are heavily interested in the declin
ing stocks. The nomination of Carlisle,”
he continued, “has affected the markets
no more than the nomination of Randall
would have done, and that means not at
all.”
BILL DAYS IN THE HOUSE.
The regular order ol the business in the
House of Representatives to-morrow will
be the call of States for the introduction
ot bills and joint resolutions for reference
only.
On the first “Bill Day” of the last Con
gress 722 hills were introduced before ad
journment, at which time “Massachu
setts” had been reached in the call of
States. By unanimous consent the same
order of business was continued during
the next parliamentary day and a portion
of the third. When the call of States was
fiuished 1,955 bills had been introduced.
It is exacted that the opportunity
to-morrow will be very gen
erally utilized, and that
jierhaps as many measures, new or old,
will be precipitated on the tiles and into
the pigeon holes of the newly organized
House by the time the call is completed,
as on the occasion above referred to. It
is probable that no business of importance
other than the introduction of hills will
be transacted by the House during the
week, and that not more than two or
three days will he passed in session.
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.
There is not as much talk of investiga
tions by the House as there was before
Congress met. It is apparent, though,
that there will be some investigating.
Most of this will be done by the Commit
tee on Expenditures in the Department of
Justice. For this reason there is
an unusual amount of competition for
the chairmanship of that otherwise
obscure and unimportant committee.
The subjects which it is now thought will
be investigated are the conduct of the star
route trials and the payment of the spec
ial counsel in those and other eases, es
pecially the election cases in South
Carolinia, Mississippi and Louisiana.
There is also a good deal of talk about
investigating the charge that Stanley
Matthews’ appointment as Justice ot the
Supreme Court was the resultof a bargain
between Hayes and Jay Gould.
CHANGING THE WOOL TARIFF.
Representative Converse, of Ohio, has
prepared a bill which he will introduce
to-morrow if possible, providing for the
restoration of the rates of duty on
clothing wools, combing wools, carpet
and other similar wools, to what they
were prior to the enactment ol the present
tariff law. Mr. Converse had a conference
yesterday with Mr. Delano, President of
the National Wool Growers’ Association,
at which the latter gave the proposed
measure his indorsements,and to-night Mr.
Converse said to an Associated Press re
porter that he had no doubt that his bill
would pass the House by a two-thirds ma
jority.
POSTAGE TO BE FURTHER REDUCED.
It is apparent from the way many
members talk that there is every chance
of a lurther reduction of postage this ses
sion. The recommendations ot the Presi
dent in his message meet with much ap
proval. The members are very general
ly in lavor of reducing postage on
local or drop letters to one cent, and in
creasing the weight for the lowest limit
of postage on other letters to one ounce
and on newspapers to five ounces. The
success of the postal reduction of the last
session has convinced most people that
further reductions should be adopted.
THE RULES.
The report of the Committee on Rules,
embodying important changes in the con
duct oi' legislation, is ready to be laid be
fore the Senate and to be acted upon. In
the absence of other matters this report
may be taken up, though it is likely that
the Senators will prefer to take a longer
time to examine the proposed changes be
fore acting upon them. It is not prob
able that any measures oi importance
will be reported from the committees dur
ing the week.
THE COMMITTES.
The membership ot the Senate commit
tees will doubtless be finally arranged by
the Republican and Democratic cau
cuses to-inorrow morning, and the
“election” of the committees by the Sen
ate will quickly follow.
A BILL TO PROMOTE SHERIDAN.
Congressman Davis, of Illinois, will in
troduce, to-morrow, a hill providing for
the promotion of Gen. Sheridan to the
rank of General of the Army, and of Gen.
Hancock to that of Lieutenant General.
EXTENDING THE BONDED PERIOD.
The whisky men will, by petitions
which will be introduced to-morrow, lay
the basis lor a hill, to be put in hereafter,
extending the bonded period two years. .
HAMMOND OUT OF DANGER.
Mr. Hammond is regarded to be out ot
danger.
THE SALVATION ARMY.
Tli* Mayor of Now llavon Prolilfill s
Their Parades—They Decline to Desist.
New Haven, Conn., Dl-c. 9.— Owing
to many complaints from citizens. Mayor
Lewis last night issued an order, ad
dressed to the Chief of Police, prohibiting
the members of the Salvation Army from
occupying the streets or public squares
as heretofore, and directing them to re
frain from singing, blowing horns and
beating drums and tambourines in ac
cordance with the city ordinance prohibi
ting disturbances of such a character.
When the notice was served a member of
the army said that they would
beat drums and keep on
parading as heretofore. They would obey
God before they would the Chief of Police.
They marched through the streets to-night
as usual. The police will enforce the or
der to-morrow, and if the Salvationists
jiersist in their determination they will
all he arrested.
El Mahdi’s Revolt.
Constantinople. Dec. 9.—The Sultan
has dispatched an aide-de-camp to Iledjaz
and two court Dervishes to Soudan on
errands relating to El Mah<\i’s revolt.
Cairo, Dec. 9.—News has leached Aden
that a great force of hill tribes attacked
five companies of Egyptian troops which
were reconnoitering outside of Suakirn on
the sth inst., and that severe fighting
ensued, in which the Egyptians were
completely annihilated and their artillery
captured.
Another account of the Egyptian defeat
at Suakirn on the sth inst. says that spies
entered Suakirn and reported that hill
men were hovering near the town. On
hearing this Mahmoud Taper Pasha, anx
ious to ett'ace the defeat at Tokkar, on
the tith ult., on account of which a court
martial was pending, sent forward 500
black troops and 200 liaslii Bazouks
against the hill tribes, be, himselt, re
maining at Suakirn. At a distance of
three hours’ inarch from the town, the
Egyptians were attacked by several thou
sand men. The Egyptians fought stubborn-
Iv, Out were cut to pieces, fifty of whom,
half officers, escaped. This defeat of
troops which have hitherto been regarded
as the flower of the army has caused great
consternation here, as it tends to show
that the task of defending the route from
Suakirn to Berber with the material at
Baker Pasha’s disposal is nearly a hope
less one.
Italy's Recent Duel.
Rome, Dee. 9.—Signor Lovito, who
fought a duel with Baron Nicotera on
Friday last, has resigned the Secretary
ship of the Ministry of the Interior. Both
duelists will be prosecuted.
Prince William at Seville.
Seville, Dec. 9.—The German Crown
Prince arrived here to-day. He was re
ceived at the depot by Due de Montpen
sier, who gave a banquet in the Prince's
honor this evening.
Mr. A. H. Moore, Mill Ray, Ga.. says:
“I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters for
dyspepsia, and am happy to say with best
results.”
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1883.
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS.
What the Washington Correspondents
Have to Say About Men and Things
in General.
BLAINE ON THE DEMOCRATIC CANDI
DATE.
Mr. Blaine thinks that the Democratic
Presidential nominee may he Col. Mor
rison, of Illinois. He so expressed him
self at a little dinner a day or two after
Mr. Carlisle was nominated for Speaker.
Mr. Blaine has no respect for the Mc-
Donald scheme. First, because he doubts
its success in Indiana. Second, because
he believes that it will not prove very
dangerous anywhere else. But he savs
that Morrison represents the Carlisle idea
in respect ol the tarift', being even more
radical than Carlisle. He also regards
Morrison as a politician of no small
ability, and points to the eauvass Mor
rison made for Kerr aud for Carlisle.
He says that Morrison is a Union
soldier with a hole through his
lungs, made by a Confederate bullet, and
predicts that he will go into the Demo
cratic Convention with the solid vote of
Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and perhaps Georgia. It is a fact that
a good many others are of Mr. Blaine’s
way of thinking, and if Mr. Morrison has
been told once, he has been told a hundred
times that Carlisle’s election as Speaker
makes him (Morrison) the Democratic
nominee for President, whether New
York wants it or not.
Mr. Blaine does not regard Morrison as
a very dangerous opponent. He is said
to regard Abram S. Hewitt, of New York,
as the best man lor the Democrats to
nominate, though he believes that nomi
nation impossible, because New York
would not support Mr. Hewitt with a
solid vote.
WHAT THE PRINTING COST.
An idea of the vast business of the
government printing office may be realized
Irom the fact stated by the public printer
in his report just sent to Congress that
the pay-roll of the ofliee averages $5,000
per day. The public printer says that the
subject of appointments is a heavy tax
upon his time, and the pressure has been
much greater than ever since the civil
service rules went into effect. He says
formerly the District of Columbia and tiie
adjacent Eastern States had more than
their proper quota of appointments, but
he has corrected this by giving the
Western and Southern States more
of their share. The amount of
matter in the Congressional Itecord
increased 20 percent, iii the last Congress,
caused by the printing of speeches which
were never delivered. The cost of print
ing the eulogy on the late President Gar
field, delivered by Mr. Blaine before the
two houses of Congress, was $14,170. Mr.
Blaine was presented with 1,000 copies
and Mrs. Garfield with 1.000 copies. It
has been the custom to print in separate
forms eulogies delivered ou deceased mem
bers of Congress. This is an entirely use
jess custom, and the propriety of abolish
ing it has been considered for years. The
cost of printing extra copies of the eulo
gies on the late Senators Matt. H. Car
penter and Beu. Hill was over $4,000 for
each.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.
A Republican Senator said to-day that
in all probabil'.ty either ex-Congressman
McCook, of New York, or Edward Mc-
Pherson will he elected Secretary of the
Senate. He said that Gorham’s election
was out of the question. It is probable
that if Gorham finds it necessary to re
tire from the field the Senate will lie reor
ganized.
BLAINE'S LITTLE BOOM.
It is noticeable, as the Blaine talk be
comes more pronounced here, something
like the old fever seizes members, and
they say that he is the only man with
whom they can go to the country w.th a
hurrah, and make a tight for the old flag
and a tariff. Mr. Blaine’s peace of mind,
so necessary to the writing of his hook
with the impartiality that he desires, must
be seriously threatened just now. His
little house on Lafayette square is be
sieged daily. Allison, Sherman, Hiscock
and Miller go there to get enthusiasm,
and seem to succeed. When Mr. Blaine
appears in the hotel lobbies, as he now
and then does, he receives tributes that
must gratify him. Men flock about him,
seize his hand, hang upon his lips, aud
receive his compliments: and more than
once it has almost seemed as though
somebody would toss up his hat and call
for cheers for Blaine. If anybody had
done this, there would have been a ring
ing response.
THE DARKEY IN THE WOOD PILE.
All the students who recently left the
National College ol Pharmacy on account
of the admission of a colored student re
turned last night and took their seats,
with the determination of completing
their course. Although the colored stu
dent remains, it is understood that no
more wiil be admitted to the college, be
cause it is distracting to the school to
have the race question agitated.
BURKE’S DEMOCRACY PUNISHED.
For many years previous to the advent
of Keifer as Speaker, a Mr. Burke, of
Virginia, was employed in the heating
department of the House, under the juris
diction of Clarke, architect oi'the capitol.
Mr. Burke is a Virginia Democrat, but
not a Readjuster. Shortly after Congress
man Paul,Readjuster, caine to the House,
two years ago, he pounced upon Burke,
and, against the protests of Architect
Clarke, secured his removal, through tbe
assistance of Speaker Keifer. Judge
Buckner, who is acquainted with all the
facts in the case, laid them before Speaker
Carlisle to-day, and Mr. Burke, who is an
excellent man lor the work he w -5 fee
merly eugaged in, has been reinstated.
THE CROWN PRINCE.
More Gossip about His Visit to Rome—
Alfonso Gets Himself Interviewed.
Herald London Cable. 7th.
Our Berlin correspondent telegraphs the
following:
“The news that the Crown Prince in
tends to visit the Pope when on his way
back from Spain comes, as a Berlin paper
expresses ii. ‘wie ein Blitz aus heiterem
Himmel.’ The Centre party was quite
ignorant ot any 9iich intention on the
part of the Prince. The visit is con
sidered hero as prospective of peace with
the Papacy and probably the abolition of
the May laws. Noteworthy in this sense
js the fact that Dr. Blum, Bishop of Lem
berg, who was removed because ot his op
position to these laws, has been reinstated.
The Xutional Zeitung will publish to
morrow a rumor current in diplomatic
circles of a probable meeting ol' the three
Emperors, namely, the Emperors of Ger
many, Russia and Austria. It is said
that a meeting was arranged by M. de
Giers when he was visiting Prince Bis
marck here recently.”
ALFONSO AND THE REPORTERS.
King Allonso yesterday received the
German journalists who accompanied the
Crown Prince to Madrid. In the course
of the conversation, which lasted half an
hour. His Majesty, who spoke excellent
German, stated that he was not entirely
satisfied with the troops at the recent pa
rade. The Spanish troops, he said, are un
equaled in attacking, but cannot be re
strained in reserve posi'ions. “Duringthe
nine years I have been in Spain,” lie
added, “great improvements have taken
place, but much still remains to be
changed. The cordial reception of the
Crown Prince ot Germany by the Spanish
nation is partly due to the Paris events,
after which even the Republicans came to
my side. The French have thereby ren
dered me a great service.’’ Referring to
his recent address at the Academy, the
King said: “I know 1 have a natural
gift of speaking with frankness and as
surance. When I landed at Barcelona in
my seventeenth year I had to deliver an
address while in the saddle, and that was
my first speech.”
The ltat in Poetry.
Beluraria. '
Rat is a frequent epithet of reproach.
Sycophants deserting a declining patron
••as rats do a falling house” are vermin.
So are beggars “as poor as church rats,”
(Marvel), and so are thieves. “There be
land rats and water rats, land thieves
and water thieves,’' and so are the Jesuits
in Oldham. But poets do not recognize
rats as animals. They are only “vermin.”
Its two great historical iniquities, eating
Mrs. Throckmorton's bullfinch and Bish
op Hatto, are each the subject of a poem.
Nor is the death of the Bishop at all
beyond rat capabilities; for it is be
yond doubt that men have been killed
iind eaten by rats in the sewers
both of London and Paris, while Prof.
Bell, on the authority of Robert Stephen
son, relates the following instance of the
extreme ferocity of the rat when driven to
hunger: “In a coal pit,” he says, “in
which many horses were employed, the
rats (which fed upon the lodder provided
tor the horses) had accumulated in great
multitudes. It was customary in holiday
times to bring to the surface the horses
and the fodder and to close the pit for the
time. On one occasion, when the holiday
had extended to ten days or a fortnight,
during which the rats had been deprived
of food, on reopening the pit the first man
who descended was attacked by the starv
ing multitude and speedily killed and de
voured.”
A CRASH AT WaYCROSS.
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE WITH
DISASTROUS RESULTS.
A Negro Boy Killed and One Car and
the Depot Demolished—Other Dis
patches which Tell the Story of Sun
day’s Harvest of Crime and Cas
ualty.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 9.—At 12:42
o’clock to-day the Savannah fast mail run
into a Brunswick and Western passenger
train at the crossing of the two roads, the
engine of the Savannah train striking the
mail coach of the Brunswick and Western
train as it was crossing their track,throw
ing it up against the Brunswick and
Western depot and completely wrecking
the building and coach. The agent and
operator who were in the building at the
time narrowly escaped being killed by the
falling timbers. The messenger of the
Western Union Telegraph Company was
buried in the debris, but with the excep
tion of a few bruises came out whole and
alive. A negro boy who was on the plat
form at the time was taken out of the
ruins dead. No other lives were lost.
Telegraphic communication with Florida
was for a time interrupted, but the wires
were soou connected and working.
RAVAGES OF THE FLAMES.
Two Hundred and Thirty-five Hands
Thrown Out of Work by /he Burning
of a Mill.
Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 9.—The
Annisquaw mill at Rockport caught fire
at 1:30 this morning from a lighted lantern
coining in contact with the lint on a belt
in the engine room. The fire spread
rapidly to the upper story. The sprinkler
was at once put in operation, but failed
to check the flames, which gained rapidly,
completely enveloping the interior. The
Rockport fire department was unable to
cope with such a conflagration, but with
the assistance rendered from Gloucester
and Salem the picker room and store
house, containing 400 bales of cotton,
were saved. The loss is estimated at
s4*x),ooo. The property was insured for
$300,000 in the Manufacturers’ Mutual
Company, of Boston, Providence and
other cities. The mill was built of granite
in 1840, and was formerly used for tho
manufacture of duck, but latterly for the
manufacture of corset jeans.. It employed
235 operatives.
Erie, Pa., Dec. 9.—The engine room of
the Mount Hickory rolling mills was dis
covered to be on tire at 2 o’clock this
morning. As the mills were outside the
city limits the tire department refused to
respond to the call until permission was
granted by the Mayor. This caused a
great delay, and the mills were totally
destroyed. The loss is about $200,000 and
the insurance $90,000.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 9.—The Union
Rolling Mill was almost entirely destroy
ed bv fire early this morning. The fire
originated in the pumping room, it is sup
posed from the stove. The loss on the
building is $20,000 and on machinery pro
bably between $50,000 and SOO,OOO.
A Peaceable Citizen Brutally Murdered.
Providence, li. 1., Dee. 9.— Francis
J. Parmenter, a respectable aud inoffen
sive citizen, 52 years old, engaged in the
w ood and coal business, was found dead
in his barn on Bassett street about mid
night last night. His skull had been ter
ribly fractured, presumably by blows
from a knotted piece of cord "wood, which
was found in the yard outside the barn.
His pockets had been rifled, the murderer
leaving several small articles on the floor
beside the body.
STROR VCH S EXPL AN ATION.
The Charges Made in the Recent Dis
patches Denied by tbe Marshal.
Washington, Dec. 9.—United States
Marshal Strobach, of Alabama, who ar
rived iu this city on last evening, says
that the statements made in a recently
published telegram from the United States
District Attorney for the Middle district
of Alabama, with regard to the removal
of all of his (Marshal Strobach’s) depu
ties at Mobile lor official misconduct, and
with regard to the alleged “vexatious
and trifling cases” commenced by Deputy
Marshals in Alabama before United State’s
Commissioners, are not in ac
cordance with the facts. Marshal
Strobach says that only three out
of twelve of these deputies were removed,
and these three were originally appointed
by Marshal Osborn, his predecessor, and
were removed for offenses committed
while serving under Marshal Osborn.
Mr. Strobach further says that the officers
removed on account of the vexatious and
trifling suits referred to were three United
States Commissioners at Mobile, and that
Deputy Marshals had nothing whatever
to do with the bringing of such suits.
The Little Learning That Made a Chi
cago Man Faint.
Philadelphia Call.
A little 8-year-old Boston girl returned
from school one afternoon and was agree
ably surprised to find that her Uncle
James, who lived in Chicago, had just ar
rived for a visit.
“Well, my little girl,” said Uncle Janies,
kindly, as he lifted her to his knee after the
greeting was over; “so you go to school,
do you? You are rather 'young to go off
to school all alone; and what have you
learned to-day?”
“Oh, we had a short sessiou to-day,” re
plied the little Boston girl, “and did not
accomplish much. In philosophy, a brief
review of nerve centres; in history, a little
research into the political economy of
England during the Protectorate; a spirit
ed class debate as to the feasibility of
adopting phonetic spelling; an hour iuthe
laboratoryexpSrimenting in the compouud
iugof gases, and after a short practice
in conic sections we were excused.”
“Nice to be excused, wasn’t it?” gasped
Uncle James, of Chicago, who was in a
cold sweat; “and what little trifle of a
mind strengthener do you expect to tackle
to-morrow? I'm kinder interested in
these things; they remind me so much of
my own school days.”
“Well,” continued the little prattler,
‘‘to-morrow we bfgin in earnest. Prof.
Parthenon gives us a lecture on the
‘Mound Builders.’ We discuss the glacial
period with Dr. Stratum, do a little Ger
man and French, read Virgil for an hour,
and recite some Greek odes to the master
of languages, have a few astronomical
problems to demonstrate, and in the even
ing, if it should prove clear, we will trace
constellations at the observatory, and—”
Just here the little girl’s mamma en
tered the room and said:
“There, there, dear, you mustn’t bother
your Uncle James. Little children should
lie seen, not heard. Beside, your uncle
has had a long journey and must be quite
tired out.”
But the warning came too late. Uncle
James had fainted. His long journey
from Chicago was too much for him.
’Tributin’ To De Cause.
Arkantaic Traletter .
Old Simon went around to collect money
for the church. Meeting old Jasper he
said:
"Brudder Jasser, de church am in a sort
o’ 6trait. an’ we wants yer ter ’tribute a
little suthin’ ter de cause.”
“Yer’s a good man, ain’t yer, Brudder
Simon?”
“Tries ter be, brudder; tries ter be.”
“Wall, l’se mighty willin’ ter help de
cause, but I ain’t got no money will me.
Would yer ’cept o’ a order on a good
man ?’ ’
“Sartinly 1 would.”
“Wall, I’ll gin yer an order on yerse’f
for $5. Thought I’d dun forgot de time
when yer coteh me drunk an’ berried dat
money from me, eh
“W’y, brudder—”
“W’y, brudder, nuthin’. Go on away
frum heah, yer ashy lookin’ rascal, ur i’ll
frail yer wid a lim’ till yer kain’t holler,”
and when Simon had gone, Jasper added
to himself: “Fooled dat nigger, sho’. It
was me what borried $5 from him when
we was bof drunk. A man’s got ter hus
sel outen bed soon in de mornin’ ef he
pulls de wool ober dis chicken’s eyes.”
Wliat it Did for an Old Lady.
Coshocton Station, N. I\, Dec. 28, 1878.
Gents—A number of people had been
using your Bitters here, and with marked
effect. In one case, a lady of over 70
years, had been sick for years, and for the
past ten years has not been able to be
around half the time. About six months
ago she got so feeble she was helpless.
Her old remedies, or physicians, being of
no avail, I sent to Deposit, fortv-five miles
away, and got a bottle of Hop Bitters. It
improved her so she was able to dress
herself and walk about the house. When
she had taken the second bottle she was
able to take care of her own room and
walk out to hep neighbor’s, and has im
proved all the time since. My wife and
children also have derived great benefit
from their use. W. B. Hathaway,
Agt. U. S, Ex. Cos.
AN EXTENSIVE SHEEP RANGE.
How Eighty Thousand Sheep are Wash
ed—Profits of the Ranch.
San Francisco Call.
The little schooner Santa Rosa arrived
in port from Santa Barbara a few days ago.
She comes up to this city twice a year to
secure provisions, clothing, lumber, etc.,
for use on Santa Rosa Island, being owned
by the great sheep raiser, A. P. Moore,
who owns the island and the 80,000 sheep
that exist upon it. The island is about
30 miles south of Santa Barbara, and
is 24 miles in length and 10 in breadth,
and contains about 74,000 acres of land,
which are admirably adapted to sheep
raising. Last June Moore clipped 1,014
sacks of wool from these sheep, each sack
containing an average of 410 pounds of
wool, making a total of 415,740 pounds,
which he had sold at 27 cents a pound,
bringing him iu $112,249 80, or a clear
profit of over SBO,OOO. This is said to be a
low yield, so it is evident that sheep rais
ing there, when taken into consideration
that shearing takes place twice a year
and that a profit is made oil' the sale of
mutton, etc., is very profitable. The
island is divided into four quarters by
fences running clear across at right an
gles, and the sheep have not to be bearded
like those runuing about the foothills.
Four men are employed regularly the
year round to keep the ranch in order and
to look after the sheep, and during shear
ing time 50 or more shearers are employ
ed. These men secure 40 or 50 days’
work, and the average number of sheep
sheared a day is about 90, for which 5
cents a clip is’ paid, thus $4 50 a day be
ing made by each man, or something
over S2OO for the season, or over S4OO for
90 days out of the year. Although
the shearing of 90 sheep a day is the
average, a great many will go as* high as
110, and one man has been known to
shear 125. Of course every man tries to
shear as many as he can, and-o%ing to
haste frequently the sheep are severely
cut by the sharp shears. If the wound is
serious the sheep immediately has its
throat, cut and is turned into mutton and
disposed of to the butchers, and the
shearer, if in the habit of frequently in
flicting such wounds, is discharged. In
the shearing of these 80,000 sheep a hun
dred or moie are injured to such an ex
tent as to necessitate their being killed,
but the wool and meat are of course turned
into profit.
Although no herding is necessary,
about 200 or more trained goats are kept
on the island continually, which to all in
tents and purposes take the pla-ce of the
shepherd dogs so neeesary in mountain
ous districts where sheep are raised.
Whenever the animals are to be removed
from one quarter of the island to another,
the man in charge takes out with him
several of the goats, exclaims in Spanish,
“Uheva” (meaning sheep). The goat
through its training understands what is
wanted, and immediately runs to the
hand and the sheep accept it as their
leader, following wherever it goes. The
goat in turn follows the man to whatever
point lie wishes to take the band. To pre
vent the sheep from contracting disease
it is necessary to give them a washing
twice a year. Moore having so many on
hand, found it necessary to invent some
way to accomplish this whereby not so
much expense would be incurred and
time wasted. After experimenting for
some time he had a ditch dug 8 feet in
depth, a little over 1 foot in width, and
TOO feet long. In this he put 600 gallons
of water, 200 pounds of sulphur, 100
pounds of lime and 6 pounds ol soda, all
of which is heated to 130 degrees. The
goats lead the sheep into a corral or trap
at one end, and the animals are compelled
to swim through to the further end. thus
securing a hath and taking their medicine
at the same time.
The owner of the island and sheep, A.
P. Moore, a few years ago purchased the
property from the widow of his deceased
brother, Henry, for $600,000. Owing to ill
health he has rented it to his brother
Lawrence, for $140,000 a year, and soon
starts for Boston, where" he will settle
down for the rest of his life. He still re
tains an interest in the Santa Cruz
island ranch, which is about twenty-five
miles southeast of Santa Barbara. This
island contains about 64,000 acres, and
on it are 25,000 sheep. On Catalina
Island, 50 miles east of Santa Barbara,
are 15,000 sheep, and on Olementa Island,
80 miles east of that city, are 10,000 sheep.
Forty miles west of the same city is San
Miguel, on which are 2,000 sheep.' Each
one of these ranches has a sailing vessel
to carry freight, etc., to and fro between
the island and the mainland, and
they are kept busy the greater part of the
time.
SONTAY.
Description of the Town lVhich Admir
al Courbet Proposes to Attack.
The following interesting details have
been received from Annamite sourccS"
concerning Sontay, the place now men
aced by Admiral Courbet. The town is
on the right bank of the Red river, the
citadel being about half a mile from the
river. The intervening space is occupied
by a number of hamlets, cpntaining alto
gether about eighteen thousand inhabit
ants. On leaving tbe river the traveler
finds a road Which traverses these
villages. He first encounters the ram
parts of earthworks. Then the road
turns, curving around the fortress until
the visitor arrives at the north gate of the
citadel. The wall of earthworks is separ
ated from the regular ramparts by a bank
or causeway 1,400 feet wide, ou which
other hamlets have been built. Between
the encircling road and the citadel can
be seen eight barracks, where the Anna
mite troops are iu garrison.
THE CITADEL.
The citadel has the form of a quadri
lateral, each one of it sides being about
two thousand feet long. It is built of
bricks and masonry, with bastions in the
middle of each side. It is a fortress on
the Cormontaigne plan, aud was erected
toward the close of the last century by
French engineers. It has four gates
corresponding to the four points of
the compass, the principal ones
being the south gate, looking to the
Red river, and the north gate, facing the
interior ot the country. In the centre of
the citadel is a pagoda, at the left is the
house of the Governor General, at the
right that of the mandarin who dispenses
justice, and at each angle is a military
post. Between these are the administra
tive bureaux, the prison and the rice
magazines. The most populous of the
villages surrounding the citadel are those
situated between it and the river. The
French troops now in Tonquin expect an
easy conquest of the place.
Jiopin); in tlie Suliil Citizen.
Detroit Free Press.
lie is it young man with a thorough un
derstanding of the leading traits in hu
man nature. He dresses well, carries an
extra cigar, and he drops in and presents
a card to the effect that he is engaged in
canvassing for an embryo work to be
known as “The Encyclopaedia of States.”
“Y-e-s, but 1 guess I don’t care to sub
scribe,” replies the citizen. “Oh, but I
don’t want you to. The book will be sold
on its merits. lam calling upon a i(w of
the most eminent ” Here he makes a
pause to allow the shot to strike, and then
continues: “Citizens of Detroit—the most
eminent and prominent citizens of De
troit—to secure britsl sketches of their
lives.” “Ah!” says the other, as he be
gins to melt. “We desire to take five of
the most prominent citizens of this
county. In the sketches we desire
to show * how' they have risen
from poor boys to great and honored
men.” [Here occurs another pause to
allow the victim to tickle himself.] “Well
—a —well ” “You were the first of the
five selected,” chips in the young man.
“My mission is to secure your photograph
in order to make a steel engraving, in
the course of ten days I will be followed
by the gentleman who writes the biog
raphies. Have you a photograph?” “Well
—ah—l think so.” “We want one which
does you full justice. The engraving costs
us SSO each. This we pay out of our own
pockets, but are compelled to make a
charge of $5 each for the tint paper and
the reference in the index. Let’s see.
What does the initial in your middle
name stand for?” It invariably stands
for a $5 bill, and the young man leaves
behind him such a pleasant impression
that the victim keeps grinning for two
weeks. At the end of that time he be
comes suspicious, and in the course of a
month he becomes a dangerous man to
society.
What Rosadalis Does.
It is the Great Southern Remedy for the
cure of Scrofulous Taint, Rheumatism,
White Swelling, Gout, Goitre, Consump
ti n, Bronchitis, Nervous Debility, Ma
laria, and all diseases arising from an im
pure condition of the Blood.
Certificates can be presented from many
leading Physicians, Ministers and heads
of families" throughout the South in
dorsing Rosadalis in the highest terms,
We do not hesitate to recommend it as the
best known remedy for cure of the
above diseases.
ATLANTA IN A LETTER.
HOW GAMBLING IS FOSTERED
AT THE CAPITAL.
No Prospect that the So-called De Foor
Murderers Will Hang—Atlanta as a
Rain Centre—The Outlook for a War
Between the Railroads.
Correspondence of the Morning Xeics.
Atlanta, Dec. B.—The gamblers are
again “unroofed” and their quiet greatly
disturbed. Although it has frequently
been stated that the city w as rid of these
men, I have always insisted that they had
only been driven into back streets and
less suspected quarters. So long as pub
lic otiicials gamble, or own gambling
rooms, and leading politicians patronize
them, they cannot be broken up. A few
cases may be made for ett'ect, but the men
who own and uphold them are not prose
cuted. They continue to hold up their
heads in official positions, run the politics
of the city, and associate with our best
citizens. Their pimps and agents, hired
for that purpose, are roped in by the po
lice and fined, hut new ones are readily
procured and other rooms promptly open
ed lip. Money and political influence will
keep gambling rooms open in Atlanta as
long as it remains a city.
If any of the readers of the Morning
News are anticipating an account of the
hanging of Savanger and Brow T n, the two
negroes under sentence for killing the
DeFoor family, they may as well let that
anticipation die out at once. There will
be no DeFoor murderers hung in January,
nor during the entire year, because they
have not yet been caught. Brown and
Savanger, who have been convicted, will
be granted anew trial, or their case will
go to the Supreme Court. By and by
they will follow poor Asa Guun back into
freedom, and then some other poor igno
rant negro will be convicted, sentenced to
be hung, get anew trial, be acquitted,
and go forth to freedom. So the farce will
go on as long as enterprising detectives
think there is a reward near at hand.
There may be trials and convictions of
DeFoor murderers nex| year, but rone of
them will be hung. It takes twelve jury
men and four Judges to hang a DeFoor
murderer, and so far only one Judge has
been secured for that purpose.
I know the farms of Southwest Georgia
would be delighted to enjoy the steady
rain that has been falling here since last
night. Reports from various sections of
Alabama and Georgia give gloomy ac
counts of the prolonged drought. It was,
however, broken in this section several
weeks ago, and occasional showers and
flump days have prevented any very
serious damage to crops and live stock.
The trouble here is that when we do have
rain we have too much; it lasts, with on
ly occasional suspensions, for nearly
three months. Four or five years ago this
was not the case. Atlanta had delight
ful winters, with brief spells of clear,
cold weather, and many Northern and
Western people spent the winter here.
Now our own people, those* who are not in
the best of health, are compelled to go to
the milder climate of Florida, to escape
our long, damp, chilly winters. Why this
change has occurred I cannot say, but we
certainly have lost, for the time "being, at
least, our opce boasted dry and pleasant
winters. Our summer " climate, how
ever, remains cool aud delightful as ever
—perhaps somewhat improved in some
respects.
the secretary of the railroad com
mission
informs me that President Gabbett, of the
West Point and Western Railroad of Ala
bama, has ordered his fast trains to stop
at the stations complaining, and that the
commission will not meet on Monday to
act in regard to the matter. The failure
to stop at several places between here and
LaG range badly disarranged the travel of
parties having business in Atlanta, and
some relief was absolutely necessary.
The prompt action of President Gabbett
saved the commission from interfering in
the matter.
No one can now doubt that the maimed
Confederate soldiers were anxiously wait
ing for the amounts voted them by the last
General Assembly for new artificial legs
and arms to supply those lost during the
war. There has been a steady rush at the
Comptroller General’s ofliee and the
Executive Department of these old vete
rans. There are three classes: One class
do not need the money, yet they draw it;
another class need it, but go right oft' and
squander it, and their families get very
little benefit from it; still another class,
sober and industrious, need the money,
and they make a good use of it. Their
wives and children share it with them,
and thus manv homes are made happier.
Would that this class could draw SIOO for
every single dollar they now get.
RUMORS WERE ABROAD ON THURSDAY
NIGHT
that the railroad pool was about to “bust
up,” but later reports from the conference
indicated that the explosion would not
occur at this meeting. Both parties are
said to have been firm and defiant, and as
a last resort the matter was turned over
to the board of arbitrators of the company
of which Col. John Screven, of Savannah,
is a member. If their decision is
not agreeabie to both the Central and
the East Tennessee Railroads, lookout for
a lively skirmish, if not a pitched battle,
between these two great lines. Promi
nent railroad men feel somewhat anxious
over the result, and do not dare to predict
what it will be. It is to he hoped, how
ever, that a peaceful solution of the diffi
culty will be reached.
The rumored building of anew and in
dependent track for the West Point Rail
road to enter Atlanta is hardly well
founded. The West Point Railroad and
the Georgia Railroad are now run by the
Central Railroad, and the trains of the
West Point Railroad come into the city
from East Point over the Central Railroad
track. As it is six of one and half a dozen
of the other, I see no necessity for anew
track. The business of tbe Central Rail
road here has largely increased# and
new side tracks have been laid and
other improvements made, and it
is possible that an additional track
may be needed in time from the city to
East Point, to accommodate the increas
ing freight business. Few people realize
the magnitude of the freight traffic of the
Central Railroad to and from Atlanta.
The splendid Ocean Steamship Line from
Savannah has steadily increased its car
rying capacity, and this has given a
steady increase to the business of the
Central Railroad, which is, in every sense,
a great through freight line. Under its
present efficient management it covers
nearly every part of the State, With more
than a dozen termiui, and many import
ant through connections at some of these
points.
GEORGIA’S WEALTH OF MARBLE AND
GRANITE.
1 am almost prepared to assert that
Georgia’s new capitol will eventually cost
her nothing. This is both anew and
somewhat startling proposition, yet re
cent events have made it one that appeals
to reason and facts lor its support. The
clause in the bill providing for the new
capitol, which suggests Georgia granite
or marble (if of good quality and fair
price) has had a most wonderful effect in
bringing clearly and prominently before
the world our immense resources of these
two materials for building purposes.
And not only this, but the variety
of each, as well as the tine quality, has
excited universal surprise. Marble and
granite quarrymcn from the North and
the West have already cast a wistful eye
over these rich deposits in Georgia soil,
and their investigations only confirm what
our own home experts had said in regard
to quantity, quality and variety. And
to-day, conspicuous in the midst of speci
mens from all over the United States, and
some from other lands, the Georgia mar
ble and granite holds its own without a
fear.
TWO GREAT ENTERPRISES HAVE STARTED
from this capitol project, either one of
which, I believe, will in the future bring
enough new money into the State to pav
for the proposed capitol. [am sure that
both of them must do this. The Stone
Mountain Granite Company are already
at work and are doing a good business.
But right here in Fulton county, under
the very shadow of the capital "city, we
have a granite bed of unsurpassed beauty,
compactness, fineness of grain and hard
ness of surface. It belongs to Mr. A. L.
Kontz, a most estimable young man,
and a strong and wealthy company
proposes to open it up. This will cost
nearly SIOO,OOO, and when in operation it
cannot fail to find a ready and profitable
market for all its products. If the Com
missioners should award the contract to
this company, it would largely increase
its operations, bring new citizens to
Atlanta, increase the revenue of the State,
and give more substantial buildings to
our leading cities. Of all the specimens
on exhibition none are handsomer than
those from the Kontz granite bed,
although there are others as "handsome of
a coarser grain,
As to marble, there are numerous speci
mens of various colors and of grain,
ranging from the finest to the coarsest,
The handsomest varieties are from the
Pickens county beds, recently purchased
by James P. Harrison and his associates.
Like the Kontz granite beds, these marble
beds are to be opened up at once by a
stirring company with ample means, and
another SIOO,OOO invested in the needed
machinery, etc. Of course all this will
start up similar operations, on a
smaller scale, at other granite and mar
ble beds, and probably increase the busi
ness of the Stone Mountain Granite
Company, lam confident that tbe move
ment to build anew capitol has opened
up to the world our immense veins of
granite and marble, and that there is
bound to be an influx of capital to develop
these veins and find a ready and profitable
market for the granite and" marble taken
out and put in shane for building pur
poses. lam positive of one thing—that
the commissioners will not be obliged to
go outside of the State for marble or gran
ite suitable for the new capitol. The com
petition in price is the only thing that can
lose the contract to Georgia quarries. I
believe, however, that the Kontz and
Harrison companies will be prepared to
outbid all foreign competitors.
scattered cases of small-pox
are reported in several parts of Middle
Georgia, and it is feared that the disease
will spread over several counties, unless
the most prompt and effective steps are
taken to suppress its ravages.
The Supreme Court is about closing the
Brunswick Circuit to-day, holding a
Saturday sessiou in order to accommodate
the Savannah liar, which is here in force.
The Supreme Court room has been much
improved ami is now quite comfortable.
It was supposed that the Askew safe
robbery was done by experts from abroad,
and O’Shield’s confession has created
much surprise. Young Trippe is a machin
ist at the State Road shops, and through
him the tools were procured to bore the
safe. The work was so well done that all
who saw it said it was executed by a
professional. Trippe, Connelly and Den
man deny the truth of O’Shield’s confes
sion, but public opinion is decidedly
against them.
1 send you a copy of the “Ready Refer
ence Guide” of tbe Cincinnati Southern
Railway, presented byCapt. Tim Murphy,
the Atlanta agent, which your mailing
clerk will find a most valuable help. It
gives all railroad stations, alphabetically
arranged, and the name of the railroad
that touches that point.
Mrs. Senator A. li. Colquitt aud Miss
Lizzie Colquitt are not in Washington, as
reported by a paper of that city, but are
still at their home near Atlanta. Nor is
it probable that Senator Colquitt will
purchase a house at the national capital,
as he has an elegant new residence here,
and is hardly rich enough to keep up two
expensive establishments.
PRESIDENT RAOUL, OF THE CENTRAL
RAILROAD,
has given the Kimball House project a
regular boom. Through his generous ac
tion a side-track has been run to the ruins,
an engine and flat cars furnished, and the
debris carried off rapidly—three cars at a
time. Material l'or the new building will
also be brought to the spot in the same
way, aud payment made in bonds of the
hotel company.
The “rocking” of the Central Railroad
train this side of Milner the other night
was a gross outrage, and steps should be
taken to detect and punish the villain.
The car v,-as full, and your con espondent
was seated on the opposite side of the car.
But for the fact that the blinds were down,
a passenger sitting by the window r/ould
have been hit in the head and sever3ly,
if not fatally injured. There are
few more reckless and dangerous
modes of assault than this, and the pun
ishment should be as great as that for as
sault with intent to murder. This is the
fourth time within the past two years that
I have seen a rock come crashing into a
car window, and the safety of the travel
ing public demands that severe punish
ment shall lessen if not stop this coward
ly mode of attack upon innocent patrons
of railroads against whom some person
may have a spite. Chatham.
MK. RANDALL'S DEFEAT.
A Philadelphia ’Squire Who Printed
Red and Yellow Ballots and Got
Cleaned Out by the Southerners.
Philadelphia Star.
Most of Mr. Randall’s friends and sup
porters have returned from Washington.
The ’Squire reached home last night, and
when he arose this morning his mail con
tained a letter from Washington,
Noticing its familiar handwriting, he
quickly cut the envelope. The letter was
from Mr. Randall, and read:
“1 am defeated, but no dishonor is at
tached. I would like to know all our
friends from Philadelphia who w T ere in
Washington. Please send me the name
and address of each.”
The ’Squire started down the street lor
the required information. He had just
reached Chestnut street when he was met
by a Star reporter.
The reporter noticed that he wasn’t
looking well. He seemed to have had an
exceedingly frigid attack of the chills.
“Halloa, ’Squire, you don’t look well,”
was the reporter’s salutation.
“Look well—l guess I don’t —Pm sick—
I’m done—no more of it for me.”
“No more what?”
“No more politics. They’ve beat Ran
dall, and that settles it.”
“AVe all thought you would pull Ran
dall through again.”
“Yes, so did I, so did I; but that-viva
voce did it. You see, we thought
we could catch the Southern fel
lows on a secret ballot, and 1 went to the
trouble of getting a lot of tickets printed
all kinds of colors, you know, like we do
in the Fourth ward—some white, some
red, some pink, some blue, some yellow,
and all sorts, you know.” And here the
’Squire delved into his pockets and ex
tracted a bunch of tickets of variegated
colors, on which was printed :
For Speaker,
Samuel J. Randall, ;
of Pennsylvania.
“But it was of no use,” mournfully con
tinued the ’Squire; “they got on to us;
the big fellows came along and frightened
the little fellows lroin the South, and they
were afraid to stand up and take the rack
et when it was viva voce. That viva voce
did it. Said Ito Randall when I knew it
was to be viva voce, ‘Have you got nerve
to stand this thing?’ and he said,
‘Yes, I’ve got verve enough
to stand anything,’ and so he had;
te was the biggest one of the whole lot ot
them when he went to the caucus after it
was all over.”
‘•How did the Southern people treat
you ?”
“How did they treat us? We wouldn’t
have cared for the licking, but they sent
us home without any cash. I had sll
when it was all over. AVe had over $4,000
in our gang, and it’s all gone—every cent
of it; those Southern whisky people have
got it. You know, whenever we heard of a
bet being ottered on Carlisle we had to go
and take it. It would not do to weaken.
AVe heard of three bets of SSOO
each being offered. AVe went
'for them there. There were three
Southern whisky men’s checks for SSOO
each. AVe took them and got left. Then,
at 6:30 on Saturday night, we heard of
another fellow at AVillard’s who wanted
to bet SSOO. AA’e went there and made
him weaken to sls. Just as we were going
out a Southerner stepped up and said,
‘Mister, please accommodate me with
sloo.’ AVe did accommodate him. Said 1
to McGowan, ‘Here, this is enough of this;
let us get out or some fresh fellow will be
sticking us for $500.’ We did get. Poor
Charlie Mann. Have you seen Charlie?
I guess he is out about $4,000.”
The “Store” Pumpkin Pie.
Peck’s Sun.
The store kind of pumpkin pie has a
6ort of sickly, second-cousin countenance,
and is scarcely over an eighth of an inch
thick, with a crust that almost breaks a
tinner’s shears to cut it. As for taste,
that has to be imagined, as it is a sort of
go-as-you-please flavor between tan bark
and cinnamon. Then again, 100 store
pies will be made of an ordinary 20-cent
pumpkin. Each pie is cut into eight
pieces about the size of two fingers,
which sell for a cents. This brings 40
cents for a pie, or $lO for the product
of the pumpkin. That leaves the store
keejier S3O and 80 cents profit on his
pumpkin, and as 1 the crust is thin with no
shortening in it, 80 cents ought to cover
this cost, leaving an even $39 profit on the
transaction.
A slice of mother’s pumpkin pie the
size of your two hands, that’s the regula
tion cut in home-made pie, and an inch
and a half thick, contains more real pie
than a dozen store pies, and there is no
danger of trouble from indigestion in eat
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FLORIDA AND SPAIN.
SENATOR JONES’ INTERROGA
TION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Speculation Concerning Appropriations
for the Land of Flowers and Work in
the Hirers and Harbors—Col. Mor
gan Rawls’ Chances for Xndemnttica
tion.
Correspondence of the Morning Sews.
A\ ashington, Dec. B. —Many citizens
of Florida are interested in what are
known as the Florida claims under the
Spanish treaty. The settlement of these
claims has long been agitated. Success
has never attended the effort, though
some progress was made in the Senate
last year. Of course it will all have to be
started over again. Senator Jones has
again taken the matter in hand. He said
to-day that by commencing early and
working hard, he expected to accomplish
somethin'? looking to a final settlement
during this sessiou. The text of the
resolution ou this subject which Senator
Jones introduced the other day and which
was unanimously adopted by the Senate
is as follows;
Be it Resolved, That the President be, aud
he hereby is, requested to inform the Senate,
if not incompatible with the public service:
1. A' bother or not, in his opinion, the ninth
article of the treaty of 1819 between the
l nited States ami Spain has been fully exe
cuted by the United States.
2. If it has not been fullv executed, then
whether tht; impediment to its execution
arises out of unsettle*! questions of fact or un
determined questions of law, and what, if
any, are such unsettled questions of fact and
undetermined questions of law.
Senator Jones also said that he has
great confidence In being able to receive
an appropriation for a suitable public
building at Key AVest, Fla., aud legisla
tion to sgttle the claim oi that State on
accomi, ot expenditures made in sup
pressing Indian hostilities. Considerable
progress in the latter measure has, it will
be remembered, been made heretofore both
in the Senate and House.
I ASKED SENATOR BROWN, OF GEORGIA,
to-day what be thought the prospects
were of securing the passage of a com
mensurate river and harbor appropria
tion hill. “I think they are very good in
deed,” he replied. “AVe certainly must
have a river and harbor bill. AVe cer
tainly are going to work for
one hard enough. Adequate
appropriations for the important works
in Georgia, especially at Savannah and
Brunswick, must be secured. I think you
can safeiy predict that they will be se
cured.”
“Another thing,” continued Senator
Brown, “is that I hope to see justice at
last done to Col. Morgan Rawls for the
loss ot his house, near Savannah, which
was destroyed by Federal troops, without
warrant under the rules of war. It is a
good claim, and I will do all I can to have
it paid.”
A bill to reimburse Col. Rawls for the
destruction of his house passed the lower
branch last session, but did not get
through the Senate.
ONE THING IS VERY NOTICEABLE
in the character of the bills which have
been introduced in both Houses so far.
AVhile most of them are old hills, aud
many of them private claims, there are
but very few cotton claims among those
that have so far been presented. Not one
hundredth part ot the claims which here
tofore have beeu sent agoing at the very bet
ginning of each Congress has appeared as"
yet. The Clerks in both the House and
Senate have noted this. They explain it
in this way: The claimants have either
become weary in waiting and endeavoring
to be reimbursed for cotton seized or de
stroyed, or have already spent as much,
if not more than their claims are worth in
prosecuting them. Thus are the land
marks o( measures growing out of the
late war rapidly disappearing.
MEMBERS ARE ALREADY DISCUSSING
the probable date of adjournment for the
holiday recess. Nearly all of them are in
favor of a long recess, though some hold
out that Congress ought to stay here, get
through work and adjourn at as early a
date as possible. This is known to be
impossible. The most experienced mem
bers expect to be sitting in Congress as
sembled when August Ist next rolls
around. You can’t make a long session a
short one. But about the holiday re
cess: The date for adjournment, it
is generally believed, will be the
20th inst., and the date for re
assembling January 10. In the
meantime the committees will be
made up and conferences
and caucuses will be held to determine
more definitely the policy of either party.
By the latter part of next week it will be
found that members will gradually com
mence absenting themselves, no’tto" return
until after the holidays.
EXCEPT THE PRESENCE HERE
of a number of prominent whisky men,
there has been jio sign oi a reappearance
of the whisky' question—the time that
whisky may be kept in bond—which
caused so much discussion in both
Houses last session. It is not
absolutely certain that it will reappear.
In a certain contingency it will not. If
It shall he the policy of the Democratic
party, in which a Republican Senate
would doubtless concur, to remove the tax
from whisky entirely there would be no
necessity for raising the bonded period
question. But I do not think that such
will be the policy of the party. It cer
tainly is not that of the leaders, who do
not believe in removing the taxes from
luxuries. It is, therefore, more than
likely that the old fight about the bonded
period of whisky will he fought over
again this session. Nothing, however,
will be inaugurated until the question to
which reference has just been made has
been settled. Potomac.
A New Kind of Dinner Party.
Pall Mall Gazette, S'ov. 21.
Somebody ought to introduce into Eng
land a form of entertainment which ha 9,
wc are told, been for some time in vogue
in Paris —diners en tetc. At these dinners
—and the rule has been sometimes ex
tended to dances—all the guests are
bound to appear with their heads attired
in some fancy costume. An old gentle
man goes as a Dodge of \ r enice or a Pope,
a young lady as Marie Antoinette or an
Incroyahle. The choice of both ladies
and gentlemen is unlimited, and as the
disguise is of the head alone, the great
expense of a complete fancy dress is
avoided, while at the same time the op
portunity tor accurate imitation of an
tique types is increased through the much
greater facility offered by prints and
paintings which so often give only the
head and bust. AVe commend the novelty
to the country houses. In Paris the func
tion is notified to the guests by the addi
tion of the words “en tete” to the card of
invitation.
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