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MS LV THREE STATES.
, 1 out. l V FLORIDA AXI) SOUTH
, \KOLANA PUT IK TVP E.
, t . ;ins Affrays at Columbus in
\ltht- A Derr Run Down toy a
Near Kissimmee—Humanity
i' rest with Bird Shot at Beau
aaoacia.
2.W0 |>erons liable to road duty
artesian well has reached
1 >4 tw feet.
' •’ Barton died at lug home in
■ r \ n ednoeday. aged SI years.
- water works reservoir has now
? a at-r at the dam, but as it will
U'A.fl*fl gallons i*. will be
sya yet in ailing up.
- 'atnnlay a difficulty occurred
I; r Hunter and To* Wilson,both
w ■\i the former mflicteil an ugly
• the other with a knife.
Koine will hereafter open
a< N i*!o o'clock and close in the
o’clock. They make this
c. ■ r to adjust Ihem-dves to the
' m * ; stables of .lohu Cline, at
II i. were burned Thursday night.
■ ■ a buggy and a considerable
i rovendcr. The fire was proba
cnotary origin.
W , n . son of Capt. W. F. Wal
i- rc county. has been appointed,
■i ncTidation of Hon. Jess.' Witn
!*bi| in the l.corgta Milttarv
T • appointment was unsolicited
• xpe tol by Mr. Walton. *
■ f tin' passenger train on the
<,irrd Railroad broke down
- :r.m Columbus Saturday after
"*' n, d able to proceed further.
xa- -ont front < ohitnhu- to take
••n to Troy. A delay of three or
pi was caused by the accident.
■ rof a 'team >aw null belonging to
' t>ois. of c hambers county, Ala..
'' c luc-day, killing three negroes
another so seriously that he is
to ri’cov r. Mr. Meadows, the
•add is a brother of Mr. Mcad
s-l.t • icrk at the Central Hotel, in
ambu* Saturday night a difficulty oc
•u. cii George Hawkins and'Bod
. white, in the -ocond story of the
ling, on Oglethorpe street, in
■ iter received a dangerous e:tf on
- an 1 three or four gashes on the head.
a i lo’g llawkiM Bd to the (4her
• river. None of the main arteries
. t .••ugli the wounds tiled freelv and
i icgenuts. Hawkins found Nobles
- to hi- wife and became jealous.
!- ii.-t-I t’nintji EUtilizer rays: “A
smash up happened on Me--rs. \V.
■ . A Co.’s Kallroad, near Rogers, on
■ . Railroad, on the tfsth ult. Five
- wen split into kindling wood, as it were,
negro was haled outright and another
bed since from injuries received, thirteen
■iviotg. an., three guards. Lovel Lanier. C.
Bachelor and G. T. Tiler, were badlv
WOWded. and tru< ks were scattered over two
acres ot land. The wreck was simply terri-
ThcW.il liesls.ro ?>!,c Citizen savs: ‘‘Rev.
V Bonnet. colored, who is in jail charged
‘ burglary .n the night, made an attempt
real. ..ut a few <sellings ago. and came
1 ceding. lie had pulled off a facing
'■R. of the windows, and had loosed one
an iron bar some two or three feet long.
" vs m a fair way to get otf the other end
■•' wo- discovered, and a stop put to bi
os. This would have given him an
vi instrument to work with when he
—n have liberated not only himself
• ■ other prisoners. The fact is, the
■'nog more than an old trap in which
’ wouldn't stay long enough
-avs; “Them
n the store of Messrs. K. 11. Eden
on last satunlay evening, lietween
'• Mi l.eod. a meiitlier of the aliove
m. and Mr. .loseph Green, a voting
lb. nlty, which i- deplored by the,
iriiiinity. the real germ of which
- -.ud. Green had been sued on a
Mcl.eod held against him. Mr.
i-- ruck twice on his left arm and
••ad w ith a wooden door liar in
Mr. McLeod, the effects of which
-a b-d him for the time lieitig. but
r; hi- death, as he is still insensible
cry precarious condition. Those
■ p - non to know say that Mr.
'! led on the defensive.”
FLURIPA.
i Institute at tjuincy has closed
, --mu.
hc near having a very lively
\ nights ago.
'•! U . .1. Harlow, of Live Oak. will be 105
-tiuas day. if he lives till then.
>,! farmeiffiecontly had a w agon
. : jsitatoes in Tallahassee which
i-etnd and a half each,
ught. >n. of Apalachicola, lost all
--. --ions by tire a few days ago.
eus made up a purse for his
nice r. ‘ter-S.reet says: “As en
-•in. tion ear No. !. Mr. Keller
v " ill am-, of Capt. Kabul’s party,
K -siinmee Friday, they started
of novel character, the nimble
along the side and keeping his
- well ahead. Unluckily he tried to
■'es in front of the engine and was.
tito . rted venison on the sjioi.”
SOI Tit I AKOLIXA.
ink is in full blast in Newberry.
•Top* in Edgefield county are in
■ \ cut condition.
i: f tempers for the last llseal year
mlv of llarnwell $2.553 00.
get own Itiee Milling Company
. it anew tug, the Henry Lloyd.
'I ln r was unanimously re-elected
: co of state Supreme Court last
>• I mips ha- shipped this year 80
- grown on his farm in Oconee
- ike. of Newberry conntv, got his
i ii. a cotton gin last week and was
in i and thirteen hands are now
•’> the Kairmount cotton factory in
Btr- well county.
. and Moore, living near Camden,
woended in the hand last week by
atal discharge of his gun.
1 K. .th I Virg in has accepted the
manager of the Mount Vernon
' Stum for Darlington county.
" ■ >t. .!r.. tia lieen appointed Post
il unettsville in the place of Mr. J.
i. who has filled the ofiice for the
■ed two years.
.—et-.ger coach has list been lnilt*at
• dumlea an 1 Augusta Kail
-bop- at Florence. It is finished in the
- -!yie an. east $5,200.
■ wn is beginning to pass as a win
- for Northern travelers. A large
i- K-eu built and the accommodations
sr said to be first-class.
' man fell under the car while at
g to board a tntin on the Camden
id last week, and w as so badlv crushed
■ died from his injuries.
'■ 1 time dirk knife was found last week
mbedded in a pine tree in Orangeburg
y. by Mr. G. IV. Wilson. The mystery
' it got there is not explained.
> people of Williamsburg are getting up
tition asking the Legislature to pass an
.inhibiting tint catching of fish in Black
i cr during the spawning season.
Eugene Dibble and Jim Johnson, liolh eol
■ .1. arv trying to get the appointment as
posima-tcr at Camden. They have gone to
" ashmgton to work up their eases.
The to- irgetowti telegraph line is now be
g rapidly stretched over and along the rail
ed svute to lsines, and in about ten ilays
ha m marking order to that point.
1 he turpentine -till of Hazard Bardin, in
.• .reburg eouuty, was burned last week,
.. dier with about 250 barrels of rosin and
ween SO and 75 barrels of spirits turpen
. • • colons! people were drowned in Berke
.-t week, Cornelius Wilson fed over
at Kinloeh'sLanding,and IHira Durant
‘.rowned in Four Hole Swamp. Both ae-
M A DeCaradeuc, of the South Carolina
’■ ay Company, has begun the survey ot
- nof the Barnwell IJail-
T!k- line to be run goes tow ard Duu
■ •ton via Seven Pint's.
v Newberry. IHnember tth. Mr. George
• t- accidentally shot in the face by Mr.
"ert.-. It seems that Mr. Werts was
g at rats, and as he tired Mr. Mills put
■ to a crack in the house, and the shot
fi t in his face, putting out one eye.
residence of Mr. Jb O. Stansell. in
!• i-nw-li county, was burned on 'un
' icrwoon. The fire was of accidental
Most of the furniture and personal
- ••{ the family were saved. The first
' the house was $2.25i>. It was insured.
" arnamaker. colored, a Trial Justice
rominent lmlilieian under the Radical
e. w as found dead in a well in the town
- Matthew*, in Orangeburg county, last
" annamaker had fallen into the well
n drowned eleven days before his body
wa- f. and.
'.me<-.B Eaves, near Blarkville, had his
irnedon >undav night. The family
- nt. ami everything was burned ex
■ o la-i iing. which was taken from the
before it was set ou fire. This hed
-*- -covered, and le<l to the arrest of
■ i woman, who is now in jail aw aiting
•r>: f.r the burning.
Beaufort, on the it h Constable Charles
.-•si in jail one Dick Maniganlt, col
• ■•. under pretext of acting constable,
JU* Btt November undertook to ar
-.plors of the German bark Enter
ng at Cowiw, as deserters. The four
y . : -e names are Charles Hansen. Frank
-. George Burgess and James Reed,
•n their wav to Beaufort, and
the vicinity of Max’s store, on
• '■>*• l-land, were waylaid bv
. J " ashmgton. a constable o'f
-tie* Mtkell. wha armed with a war
red their surrender. U|K>n their
... * ,;i ' k Manigault, aceompanTing him,
s mt.rf rashness than prudence.'fired his
•** tore of one of the sailors, deposit
t ' * . of small shot in the forehead and
' ’• °*e of them. James Reed, and inflict
- • rious though not fatal injuries in the
ce of both eyes, one of which he will
?. y. lrt t entirely. Upon finishing his
„ '•Amgault fled, and evadeil capture until
> evening, when a warrant, which was
, r * on the day of the shooting scrape, was
•c effective by the Sheriff’s deputy, who
o pepper Manigault with a load of small
in bit bach before he would succumb to
-rm of the law iavokeii for his arrest.”
WARNED OF DEATH IN A DREAM
The Vision that Appeared to Christopher
C. Brooks and the Fatal Results.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Brooks, of
Baltimore, lost their youngest son, Chris
topuer C. Brooks, aged 17 years and 5
months, by death front paralysis of the
heurt in Brooklyn, on Wednesday after
noon under peculiar circumstances. The
Baltimore Sun says that Mrs. Brooks
was traveling in Europe, and had
written her son, who was employed in
New York and lived in Brooklyn, to join
her. He responded, naming the time of
his starting. In the interim he was taken
ill, and on the day Mrs. Brooks received
his letter she received a cablegram sum
moning her home on account of his
sickness. On her arrival she tound
hint able to go about, and his physi
cian had no fears as to his perfect
recovery. The youth stated, however,
that a former teacher and friend of his, a
Mr. Hall, who died about five months ago,
had appeared to him in a vision and told
hint he would die of heart trouble on Wed
nesday, December 5, at 3 o’clock p. in.
Young Brooks had never had any trouble
with his heart, and his friends to whom
he made the statement were in no way
concerned about it. Dr. Maw, his physi
cian, laughed at it, and said he was cer
tain, on the contrary, he would get well.
The young man was, however, thoroughly
impressed with the belief that he would
die at the time indicated. A few days
before that time he sent flowers to some
friends with a note, saying: “I shall never
again be able to express my appreciation
of your kindness.” He accompanied a
lady friend to an entertainment the after
noon of December 4, spent the evening in
her company, and received a promise that
if he wrote for her the next afternoon she
would come to say good-by.
Wednesday morning young Brooks rose
as usual, ate an unusually hearty break
fast. aud to all appearances was good for
a long life. The physician left him with
out a trace of uneasiness as to his con
dition. The young man insisted that his
mother should not stay with him. telling
her: “It would kill you to see me die.”
That he might not' take the matter too
much to heart she did not oppose him, but
consented to leave him, Intending to re
turn to him in the latter part of the after
noon. Whiletakingjunch with the family
as usual at 2 o'clock he complained of
feeling faint, and asked to be assisted
to his room. After resting in the
bed a few moments he wrote to
the young lady, and in about twenty
minutes she arrived. He died in the
presence of the family at 3:10 o’clock.
His physician and his mother arrived but
two or three moments later, ami were
shocked to find his prediction fulfilled.
His father had returned to Baltimore
from visiting hint some weeks ago. On
Wednesday at breakfast his lather re
marked it was the day which his sou had
appointed to die, but with no thought that
the prophecy would he ttilfilled. and was
astounded when intelligence of the death
arrived. lie was a young man of strong
character, exceptionally good mind aud
splendid physique.
Horrors of Graveyard Insurance.
Boston, Dec. 10. —Relative to the
“graveyard” insurance, recently alleged
to have been practiced at Fall River, a
special dispatch from that city claims
that there has been a collusion between
two medical examiners, agents and others
for the past two years. Broken
down drunkards, consumptives and un
healthy persons have been insured for
sums ranging from SI,OOO to $.'i,(KN, and
physicians' agents and others would hold
the policies till the death of the insured
and then pocket the insurance or sell the
policies to rum sellers, who would give
their victims enough rum to hasten their
death and then collect the insurance.
The Proditc Rank to be AVouud up.
New York, Dec. 10.— The directors of
the Produce Bank, at No. 6!l Barclay
street, have decided to place the bank iit
liquidation, and notice has been sent to
the depositors to draw their balances,
which will lie paid in full, and close their
accounts. Mr. Suydam, Cashier of the
bank, said that its clearing house
representative, the Continental National
Bank, was the only creditor besides de
positors. and that the assets of the bank
were ample to pay all the demands.
The bank will be reorganized under
another name.
Monsignor Savarees Turns Protestant.
Rome, Dec. 10. — Mgr. Savarees, Doctor
of Civil and Canon Law, and until recent
ly the Pope’s domestic prelate, has left
the Ro"ian Catholic Church. Yesterday
he was received into the communion of
the Episcopal Church by Dr. Nevin, in
St. Paul’s American Church, on his con
fession of the Nicene creed, and his abjur
gation of the dogmas of the Immaculate
Conception and papal infallibility. He
asks for the guidance and protection of
the Anglican Episcopate against the
usurpations of the Bishops of Rome.
The Graphic Company Sued for *25,000.
XK\v York, Dec. 10.—Ernest C. Brown,
of Chicago, has brought suit in the Su-
Itreuie Court of this city, against the
Graphic Publishing Company, to recover
$25,000 which he claims is due him for ser
vices as the western agent of the company
since 1*79. Judge Lawrence to-day issued
an attachment against the property of the
company in this city, on the ground that
it is a foreign corporation, deriving its
charter from the Canadian Government.
Dragged from Death's Door.
Lacrosse, \Yts., Dec. 10.—A number
ot lioys, while playing about a haystack
in this city to-day. discovered the ema
ciated but living form of Louis Anderson.
It appears that the stack fell on and bu
ried him November 1", and that he has
been there ever since through some very
severe weather without food or water.
He is a mere skeleton, but is able to
speak, and it is believed that he will sur
vive.
An Honest Man's Misfortune.
Watertown, X’. Y., Dec. 10.—Rogers,
the missing Lewis county Treasurer, was
seen at Norwood Saturday, and went east
from there. Being of an excitable tem
perament, it is believed that he became
insahe because he could not make his
books balance. He thought that he owed
the county SI,OOO, when the county owed
him sl7. Friends are searching for him.
Bishop Hood Sustained.
Raleigh, X. C., Dec. 10. — At a meeting
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, held here on Saturday, Bishop
,T. W. Hood was sustained in his decision
made at the Kentucky conference whereby
Bishop W. 11. Hillery was silenced and
his conduct on that occasion severely
criticized and strongly condemned.
Suicide in Berrien County.
Tv Tv, Ga., Dec. 10.—Dr. T. M. Cher
ry, aged about 35 years, well known in
Worth and adjoining counties, died from
the effects of chloral yesterday at a sec
tion camp near Brookfield, in Berrien
county. It is supposed that the chloral
was taken with suicidal intent.
Snow in Mexico.
Galveston, Dec. B.—A dispatch from
Saltillo, Mex., says: ‘‘There was snow to
a depth of four inches in Saltillo this even
ing. The occurrence is unprecedented
and greatly alarms the more superstitious
and ignora'nt of the Mexicans. It is re
ported that the snow is four feet deep in
the mountain gorges near Monterey.”
Cuban Affairs.
Havana, Dec. 10. —Gen. Manuel Armi
nan. the recently appointed Vice Gover
nor-General of Cuba, arrived here to-day.
The Gazette publishes a statement
showing that on November 8 the patrosi
nados in Cuba numbered 99,566, while in
the census of I*6B the registered slaves
numbered 385,355.
Massachusetts Mill Hands Strike.
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 10.—One
hundred operatives in Johnson's cotton
mill at North Adams struck to-dav against
a reduction of half a mill per yard,
amounting to 9 per cent. Both the opera
tives and the company say they will hold
out.
The Emperors Not to Meet.
Vienna, Dec. 10. — Die Presse semi
officially denies the rumors that there is to
lie another meeting of the Emperors of
Russia, Germany and Austria as a result
of M. de Giers' conference with Prince
Bismarck.
Shot His Brother for a Burglar.
East Saginaw, Mich.. Dec. 10.—Wil
liam Ramsey, head bookkeeper for Wells,
Stone & Cos., of Saginaw r City, shot his
brother last night, mistaking him lor a
burglar. The" brother died in thirty
minutes.
Alfred Tennyson a Baron.
London, Dec. 10.— The Queen has made
Alfred Tennyson, the poet laureate of
England, a baron.
Sixteen Heaths from Cholera.
Cairo, Dec. 10.—There has recently
been sixteen deaths from cholera near
Assiout.
Mr. H. Tamm, Savannah, Ga., says: “1
have been greatly benefit by using
Brown's Iron Bitters for kidney disease.”
CONGRESS AXb ITS WORK
**24 BILLS INTRODUCED IN’ THE
LOWER HOUSE.
Interesting Proceedings in Both Bodies—
Tlie Composition of the Senate Com
mittees in Full—Morrison Promises to
Protect the Rice and Sugar Interests—
Georgia and Florida Bills.
Washington, Dee. 10.—This was res
urrection day in Congress. The Senate
did not do as much body snatching as the
House, tor it adjourned rather early; but
it managed to bring forth from their
graves many of the old corpses of the last
and preceding Congresses. A large num
ber of bills were introduced in that body.
With but rare exceptions they were all
old ones. In the House the amount of
resurrecting that was done conveyed the
impression that the Congressional Gabriel
must have blown his horn. It was the
first call of the States and Territories for
the introduction of bills and joint resolu
tions this session. The whole list was
not gone through, but no member ol any
delegation whose State was called failed
to jump on his feet with a handful of bills.
Gen. Rosecrans, of California, took the
cake in number. lie put in 53 bills, or, as
be said after the House adjourned, “I
got in the full deck and the little joker
top.” The other members were not far
behind Gen. Rosecrans. Many of them
were very good seconds to him. In fact,
the record was very high down through
all the States called. Nearly all of this
avalanche was reprint. Bills which have
been introduced in Congress annually for
the past ten years were to be seen. There
they were, yellow with age, but as
imposing in verbiage as ever. It
there is a question of any interest
whatever in this country, it was the sub
ject of one or more bills.' It is yet to be
found out that there were numberless
bills on subjects which are ot no interest
whatever to anybody in the country.
The Printing Clerk said as he waded
through the tons of hills: “I am renewing
old acquaintances. 1 knew most all of
these fellows of old. I have known many
of them for years. There are very few of
them with whom l am not on speaking
terms.” The number of bills and resolu
tions put in the House was 824.
The list of States was reached
alphabetically no further down than Mas
sachusetts. There are many large States
to be called to-morrow. The number will
be fully as large then as to-day. At about
4 o’clock a motion to adjourn was made,
but members loaded with bills wanted to
be fired off and the thing dragged along
for three-quarters of an hour more. The
petition box was filled. They were prin
cipally [ictitions for private claims. The
majority of them have been rejected one
or more times by Congress, but they bob
up again. To-day was a great day in the
House for lumbering the calendar with
dead material.
THE SENATE COMMITTEES.
lii the organization of the Senate com
mittees. announced to-day, it is to be
noticed that both Mahone and Riddle
berger get chairmanships. The latter is
made Chairman of the Committee on
Manufactures, and the former of the Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
In addition to this they get good places
on other important committees.
Of the Georgia Senators, Mr. Brown is
on the following committees: Foreign
Relations, District of Columbia and Rail
roads, and Mr. Colquitt on Manufactures,
Private Land Claims, I’ensions and En
rolled Bills. Mr. Jones, of Florida, is
Chairman of the Committee on Revolu
tionary Claims, and also a member
of the*following committees: Naval Af
fairs. Public Buildings, Privileges and
Elections, Woman Suffrage, and
Grounds. Mr. Call is “on the
following committees: Patents, Edu
cation and Labor and Engrossed Bills. In
addition to Mr. Jones, oi Florida, four
other Democrats get chairmanships, as
follows: Mr. Bayard the Committee on
Private Land Claims; Mr. Harris the
Committee to Investigate the Introduc
tion and Spread of Epidemic Diseases;
Mr. Maxey the Select Committee on
Claims ot the United States Citizens
against Nicaragua, and Mr. Vorhees the
Joint Select Committee on the Congres
sional Library.
The following is a complete list of the
Senate committees, as arranged by the
Republican and Democratic caucuses and
appointed to-day by the Senate:
STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Privileges and Elections —Messrs.
Hoar, Cameron of Wisconsin, Sherman,
Frye, Lapham, Saulsbury, Vance, Pugh
and Jonas.
Appropriations —Messrs. Allison. Logan,
Dawes, Plumb, Hale, Beck, Ransom.
Cockrell and Call.
Foreign Relations —Messrs. Miller of
California, Sherman, Lapham, Edmunds,
Wilson, Morgan, Pendleton, Vance and
Brown.
Finance Messrs. Morrill. Sherman,
Jones ot Nevada. Allison, Aldrich, Miller
of New York, Bayard, Voorhees, Beck,
McPherson and Harris.
Commerce —Messrs. McMillan, Jones of
Nevada, Conger of Michigan, Frye, Miller
of New York, Ransom, Coke, Farley and
Vest.
Manufactures Messrs, ltiddleberger,
Sabin, Dolph, Williams and Colquitt.
Agriculture — Messrs. Miller of New
York, Blair, Plumb, VanWyck, George,
Williams and Fair.
Militant Affairs— Messrs. Logan. Cam
eron of Pennsylvania, Harrison, Sewell,
Hawley, Cockrell, Maxey, Hampton and
Camden.
Xaval Affairs—Messrs. Cameron of
Pennsylvania. Anthony, Hale, Mahone,
Miller’ of California, McPherson, Jones
of Florida, Farley and Butler.
Judiciary —Messrs. Edmunds, Logan,
Ingalls, McMillan, Hoar, Garland, Bay
ard. Lamar and Pugh.
Public Lands —Messrs. Plumb, Hill,
Blair. Van Wyck, Dolph, Walker, Mor
gan, Slater and Gibson.
Indian Affairs— Messrs. Dawes, Ingalls,
Harrison, Cameron pfWiseonsin, Bowen,
Coke, Walker,;Slater and Gorman.
Private Land Claims —Messrs. Ed
munds, Manderson, Bayard, Chairman;
Jones and Colquitt.
Pensions —Messrs. Mitchell, Blair, Van
Wyck, Cullom, Sabin, Slater, Jackson,
Camden and Colquitt.
Post Offices and Post Roads —Messrs.
Hill, Sawyer. Mahone, Palmer, Wilson,
Maxey, Saulsbury, Groonte and Jackson.
Revolutionary Claims —Messrs. Jonesof
Florida, Gat land, Williams, Anthsny
and McMillan.
Claims —Messrs. Cameron of Wiscon
sin, Hoar, Pike, Dolph, Manderson, Jack
son, George, Gibson and Kenna.
District of Columbia —Messrs. Ingalls,
Aldrich, Riddleberger. Pike, Palmer, Har
ris, Vance, Brown and Gorman.
Education and Labor —Messrs. Blair,
Mahone, Miller of New York. Aldrich,
Butler, George. Call. Pugh and Groonte.
Patents— Messrs. Platt, Hoar, Mitchell,
Lapham, Coke, Call and Camden.
Civil Service and Retrenchment —Messrs.
Hawley, Dawes. Mitchell. Miller of Cali
fornia," Pike, Walker, Williams, Lamar
and McPherson.
Territories—Messrs. Harrison, Platt,
Conger, Manderson, Butler, Garland and
Vest.
Railroads— Messrs. Sawyer, Hawley,
Sewell, Sabin, Riddleberger. Cullom,
Lamar, Williams, Jonas, Brown and
Kenna.
Contingent Expenses —Messrs. Jones of
Nevada, Platt and Vance.
Engrossed Bills— Messrs. Saulsbury,
Call and Allison.
Rules —Messrs. Frve, Sherman, In
galls, Harris and Pendleton.
Mines and Mining —Messrs. Wilson,
Bowen, Van Wyckl Jones of Nevada,
Hampton, Fair and Camden.
Improvement of the Mississippi River —
Messrs. Van Wyck, Mitchell, Cullont,
Jonas, Cockrell and Jackson.
Revision of Laws— Messrs. Conger,
Platt, Hale, Pendleton and Kenna.
Transportation Routes to Seaboard—
Messrs. Aldrich, Cameron of Pennsylva
nia, Manderson, Palmer, Farley, Slater
and Gibson.
Joint Committees on Printing— Messrs.
Authonv. Hawley and Gorman.
On Library— Sherman, Hoar and Voor
hees.
Enrolled Bills— Messrs. Sewell, Riddle
berger and Colquitt.
Public Buildings and Grounds— Messrs.
Mahone. Morrill, Cameron of Wisconsin,
Jones of Florida, and Vest.
To Examine the Branches of the Civil
Service —Messrs. Cullom, Dawes, McMil
lan. Hampton, and Groome.
To Investigate the Condition of the
Potomac River in Front o f Washington —
Messrs. Ransom, Vest, Gorman, Conger,
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Sabin and
Hill.
To Make Provisions for Taking the
Tenth Census —Messrs. Hale, Morrill,
Sawyer, Wilson, Pendleton. Morgan and
Fair.
Epidemic Diseases —Messrs. Harris,
Garland, Jonas, Hampton, Sewell, Bow
en and Frye.
Nicaragua Claims— Messrs. Maxey,
Groome, Beck, Hill and Dolph.
Woman .Suffrage— Messrs, Lapham, An-
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1883.
thony, Blair. Palmer, Fair, Jone# ot
Florida and Brown.
Joint Select Committee on Additional
Accommodation foi the Library —Messrs.
Voorhees, Butler and Dolph.
TO EXTEND THE BONDED PERIOD.
Representative Willis, of Kentucky, has
received and will shortly lay before the
House a number of petitions from distil
lers, bankers and merchants in various
parts of the country, asking for an exten
sion of the bonded period for two years,
upon all distilled spirits remaining in dis
tillery warehouses on December 1.
The taxes falling due upon
distilled spirits from December
0, 1883, to August 24, 1884. will amount to
more than $25,000,000. Tlw petitioners
say that large sums of money have been
advanced upon distilled spirits in distil
lery warehouses, and that if the owners
of such spirits are compelled to pay the
taxes it will result in a great depression
of values and the serious tinabcial em
barrassment of many firms of high com
mercial standing. The petitions are
signed by business men and distillers of
Kentucky, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, Belle’Vernon, Pa., New York, Bos
ton, Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit,
Omaha and Denver, and by members of
the Western Export Association, repre
senting 78 distilleries in the Northwest.
ROBINSON GIVES THE LION’S TAIL A
TWIST.
Richelieu Robinson, by bis O'Donnell
resolution, commenced to* worry the Brit
ish lion again to-day. In conversation
to-night he said that he is going to intro
duce a resolution asking how it Is that
Minister Lowell, at London, while hold
ing office under this government is allowed
to accept the Rectorship of.St. Andrew’s
College, an office under the English Gov
ernment. This, he says, is in conflict
with the letter and spirit of our glorious
Constitution. He has even another resolu
tion ot inquiry ready to be tired off.
lie is going to ask why Rear Admiral
Baldwin, of the United States navy, who
attended the coronation at St. Petersburg,
under the law accepted as a gift a $1,500
snuff box from “that greatest of modern
despots, the Czar of Russia.” “After
that,” concluded Mr. Robinson, “I will
have more ready for him.”
GEORGIA BILLS OF INTEREST.
The Georgia bills of interest introduced
to-day are as follows:
By Mr. Blount—To appropriate $125,000
for a public building at Macon; to appoint
a clerk each for the United States Circuit
and District Courts in tne Southern dis
trict, one clerk to reside at Savannah and
the other at Macon.
By Mr. Clements—To appropriate $lO,-
000 for a road from Marietta to the Fede
ral cemetery near there; to settle the
claims of Southern railroads on the basis
of the Western and Atlantic settlement.
The same bill has been introduced in the
Senate by Mr. Brown.
By Mr. Nicholls—To direct the Court of
Claims to examine into all claims of citi
zens of Georgia for the cotton or other
property seized during the late war and
certify them to the Secretary of the Trea
sury for transmission to Congress.
By Mr. Turner—To pay to the State of
Georgia $27,000 for money expended by
her in her defense during'the Indian war.
A BOY WHO DISLIKED THE IRON-CLAD
OATH.
A boy about 10 years old was appointed
page in the Senate Saturday. He was
called up to-day to take the oath of office
before the Scrgeant-at-arms. The iron
clad oath was commenced to be read to
him. lie called a halt and said that he
did not want totakethatoath. He wanted
to be sworn in by the modified oath. The
Sergeant-at-Arnis was amazed, but laugh
ingly consented to administer the modi
fied oath to the youngster who could not
conscientiously swear that he had never
borne arms against his country.
PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS ABROAD.
Senator Morgan introduced in the Sen
ate to-day a bill to define the rights ot
United States citizens residing abroad.
It is identical with one offered by him in
the last Congress, and names as among
such rights that of security of the person
and house of a citizen, and his papers
and effects, against unreasonable search
and seizures and the right on demand of
himself or counsel to be informed of the
nature and cause of the accusation against
him when under arrest.
FEDERAL AID FOR THE SCHOOLS.
The bill which was introduced by Mr.
Hewitt, of Alabama, in the House to aid
in the support of common schools, is the
old Sherwin measure, except that it pro
vides that for ten years instead of live
after its passage $10,000,000 shall be ap
propriated annually by the Secretary of
the Treasury to be apportioned among the
States according to illiteracy.
VOORHEES’ ELECTION PLAN.
Mr. Voorhees ottered a joint resolution
the same as that of the last Congress pro
viding for an amendment to the Constitu
tion requiring all Postmasters, Revenue
Collectors, Judsres, Marshals and United
States Attorneys to be elected by the peo
ple of the States in which their duties are
to be performed, the several Legislatures
to prescribe the methods of election.
FLORIDIAN BILLS.
The following bills, of Florida interest,
were introduced: To appropriate SIOO,-
000 for a public building at Key West;
to appropriate $50,000 for beacons and
lights for St. John’s bar; to pay the State
$92,000 for money expended in Indian
wars; to appropriate $150,000 for a public
building at Jacksonville.
A BLOW AT SPECIAL LEGISLATION.
Representative Springer, of Illinois,
offered to-day an amendment to the Con
stitution prohibiting special legislation
by Congress, and requiring all claims to
lie adjudicated by tribunals provided by
Congress for that purpose.
PENSIONS FOR MEXICAN VETERANS.
The Mexican war veteran reunion,
which has just closed here, certainly gave
the proposition to pension those veterans
a boom. At least one-fourth of the mem
bers who were heard from to-day intro
duced Dills to that effect.
RICE AND SUGAR NOT TO SUFFER.
Representative Morrison, who will be
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, has assured the Louisiana mem
bers that the rice and sugar interests
shall not suffer.
THE GEORGIANS IN THE HOUSE.
Georgia will have but four or five sub
ordinate places under the House officials.
The fishes are sadly incommensurate with
the fishers.
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
Tlie Wsrk of tlie Two Bodies Narrated
More In Detail.
Washington, Dec. 10.—When the
House met this morning, on motion of Mr.
Hiscoek, of New York, a resolution was
adopted extending until January 10th the
time within which the committee on the
equalization of the salaries of the officers
of the House and Senate may report. .
Under the call of States, the following
bills, etc., were introduced and referred:
By Mr. Herbert, of Alabama—Fixing
the compensation of United States Mar
shals and District Attorneys; also pre
scribing the time of service of jurors.
By Mr. Oates, of Alabama—To prevent
obstruction of the navigable waters of the
United States. Also, to prevent the retro
active operation of the naval appropria
tion act of 1882 limiting the number of
graduates of the Naval Academy to he
retained in service. Also, repealing the
pre-emption laws and amending the home
stead laws so that patents may issue
after three years’ actual occupancy.
Also, to devote the proceeds of the sale of
public lands to. the education of the
people.
By Mr. Hewett, of Alabama—Granting
pensions to survivors of the Mexican war.
By Mr. Dun, ot Arkansas—Declaring
forfeited lands granted to the following
railroad companies and to States in aid of
such companies: Gulf and Shin Island,
Alabama and Florida. Coosa and Tennes
see, Mobile and Girard, Coosa and Chat
tanooga, Alabama and Chattanooga, Pen
sacola and Georgia, North Louisiana and
Texas. New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg, St. Louis and Iron Mountain,
Houghton and Ontonogon, North Wiscon
sin, Wisconsin Central, St. Paul and Pa
cific, St. Vincent extension and Brainerd
branch, Hastings and Dakota, Ore
gon Central and Texas Pacific.
Also, a resolution calling on the Secretarv
of the Interior for information in regard
to the attempted assignment and transfer
of lauds granted to the Texas Pacific, to
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
of New Mexico, the Southern Pacific, ot
Arizona, and the Los Angeles and San
Diego, of California. A similar resolu
tion was introduced by Mr. Holman.
By Mr. Pavson, of Illinois—Declaring
forfeited the following land grants:
Texas Pacific, involving 15.000,000 acres
in California. Arizona ar.d New Mexico:
Gulf and Ship Island; Tuscaloosa and
Mobile; Mobile and New Orleans, ag
gregating 1,500,000 acres; Savannah and
Albany, involving 1,200,000 acres; Iron
Mountain, of Arkansas, involving
1,130.000 acres; Memphis and
Charleston, involving 800,000 acres;
Mobile and Girard, involving 482,000
acres; Ontonogon and State Line, involv
ing 142,000 acres; Oregon Central, in
volving I,l3o,ooo acres; Elyton and Beard's
Bluff, involving 800,000 acres; Oregon and
California and California and Oregon (.un
patented lands), involving 410,800 acres;
part of the Northern Pacific, involving
5,500,000 acres; New Orleans and Jack
son, involving 1,000,000 acres; Iron Moun
tain, of Missouri, involving 601,000 acres;
part of the Atlantic and Pacific, involv
ing 15,000,000 acres.
By Mr. Nicholls, of Georgia—For the ad
judication ot the cotton and other claims
of Georgia.
By Mr. Blount, of Georgia—For the re
demption of internal revenue stamps.
By Mr. Clements, of Georgia—To repeal
the internal revenue laws.
By Mr. Finerty,-of Illinois—For the
construction of four gunboats and three
additional cruisers for the United States
navy.
By Mr. Cobb, of Indiana—To prevent
the Secretary of the Interior from issuing
patents for lands granted by the United
States to aid in the construction of rail
roads, when said railroads have not been
completed within the time fixed by the
various acts. Also declaring forfeited
lnftds granted to certain railroad com
panies. This is substantially similar to
the bill introduced by Mr. Payson, of
Illinois, and to one subsequently intro
duced by Mr. Holman, of Indiana.’
By Mr. Calkins, of Indiana—Proposing
a constitutional amendment providing
that no State, public or private corpora
tion or person shall deprive any citizen of
the United States of equal protection of
the law nor abridge his rights, privileges
or immunities on account of his race,
color or previous condition of servitude.
By Mr. Lowrv, of Indiana—A resolu
tion requesting the President to commu
nicate to the House any correspondence
which has taken place between this gov
ernment and Great Britain in reference
to the trial of Patrick O’Donnell, a citi
zen of the United States, for tlie alleged
murder of informer Carey.
By Mr. Lamb, of Indiana—To pension
prisoners of war confined in Confederate
prisons during the late war. Also’ a reso
lution calling on the Attorney General for
an itemized account of the expenditures
in the prosecution of the star route cases.
The call was interrupted to allow Mr.
Hewitt, of New York, to offer the follow
ing resolution:
“That this House bring to tlie notice of
President Arthur tlie ease of Patrick O'Don
nell, claiming to be a citizen of tlie United
States and now under sentence of death in
Great Britain, in the hope that the President
may 'ecure such reasonable delay in the exe
cution of the sentence as will enable tlie
President to ascertain whether said O'Don
nell is a citizen of the United States, and if so,
whether lie was tried and convicted in ac
cordance with the provisions of the municipal
law of Great Britain, and the requirements
of international law.”
The resolution was adopted.
The call was continued, and a bill was
introduced by Mr. Blanchard, of Louisi
ana, to provide when the terms of Con
gressmen shall begin and end, and when
Congress shall meet. The object of this
bill is that Congress shall meet immedi
ately after the election of meraoers to the
new Congress, instead of thirteen mouths
after, as now, and to provide for two long
sessions of each Congress, instead of one
long and one short term, as now.
Without completing the call the House
adjourned. The call will be resumed to
morrow.
IN THE SENATE.
On the assembling of the Senate the
chair laid before it a memorial of the
veterans of the Mexican war askiug that
their names and the widows of deceased
veterans be placed on the pension rolls.
Ou motion of Mr. Sherman the Senate
proceeded to the appointment of the
standing and other committees of the
Senate, and the 46th rule requiring desig
nation to be by ballot was suspended, and
the names were read from a list handed
to the Secretary, which list was adopted.
Mr. Morgan introduced a petition from
cadets that that part of the act of August
5, 1882, limiting the number of graduates
of the Naval Academy to be retained in
the service each year shall not apply to
those classes who were in the service at
the time of the passage ot the act.
Among the bills introduced was one bv
Mr. Morgan to define the rights of United
States citizens when residing in foreign
countries.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Butler,
which he asked to have printed and to lie
on the table, providing that each senator
except the Chairman of the Standing or
Select Committees shall be entitled to a
clerk or Secretary at a salary of SI,OOO
annually.
Mr. Vorhees offered the following,which
he asked to have printed:
/Uxohed, That in the judsrmeut of tlie Sen
ate tlie public debt is not a public blessing,
and that any measure of financial policy look
ing to the perpetuation of tlie present interest
bearing national debt of this government for
purposes of national banking or on any other
account meets with the disapprobation of this
body, and should be viewed with alarm bv tlie
tax payers of the United Slates.
On the expiration of the morning hour,
Mr. Hill, of Colorado, called up the reso
lution heretofore offered by him calling
on the Soeretary of the Interior for copies
of all papers ou file relating to the trans
fer of the land grant of the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad
Company to the New Orleans Pacific
Railroad. During the debate on this
resolution Mr. Ingalls, of Kansas, said
that he heard it noised about that this
session was to be characterized by an
onslaught on thetSeeretary of the Interior,
on the Land Office and on other depart
ments of the government, but that tlie
Secretary of the Interior invites the most
searching scrutiny of all his acts.
Mr. Ilill, while disclaiming any attack
and asking only for information, said that
he had heard that the session was more
likely to be characterized by onslaughts
by railroad companies to secure legisla
tion in their favor and prevent legislation
in the interests of the people against rail
roads.
At the close of the debate the resolution
was agreed to, and at 2:10 the Senate ad
journed.
THE SENATORS MEET.
President Pro Tein. Edmunds Resigns
and Anthonv to be Elected.
Washington, Dec. 10.—The caucus of
the Republican Senators this morning was
well attended. Senator Mahone was
present. The report of the Caucus Com
mittee upon the membership of the Senate
committees was received and adopted.
The following are the changes made in
the Chairmanships of a majority of the
committees: Foreign Relations, Mr. Mil
ler, of California, vice Mr. Windom; Man
ufactures, Mr. Iliddleberger vice Mr.
Conger; Agriculture, Mr. Miller, of
New York, vice Mr. Mahone;
Post Offices and Post Roads, Mr.
Hill vice Mr. Ferry: Pensions, Mr.Mitch
ell vice Mr. Platt; Mines and Mining, Mr.
Wilson vice Mr. Hill: Revision of the
Law, Mr. Conger vice Mr. Miller, of Cali
fornia; Engrossed Bills, Mr. Allison vice
Mr. Saulsbury; Improvement of the Mis
sissippi River, Mr. Van Wyck vice Mr.
Mitchell; Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard, Mr. Aldrich vice Mr. Harri
son; to Examine the Several Branches of
the Civil Service, Mr. Cullom vice Mr.
Sawyer; Nicaragua Claims, Mr. Maxey
vice Mr. Davis, of West Virginia;
Public Buildings and Grounds,
Mr. Mahone vice Mr. Rollins;
Senators Sherman and Wilson are placed
upon the Committee on Foreign Relations;
Senator Miller, of New" York, fills the va
cancy on the Finance Committee; Senator
Frye holds the fourth place on the Com
merce Committee; Revolutionary Claims,
Mr. Jones, of Florida, vice Mr. Johnston.
The remaining changes are unimportant.
Senator Edmunds was not present at
the caucus. The following letter from
him was read by the Chairman:
Vice President’s Chamber. )
Washington, l). c., Dec. 10, issa.i
To My Republican Brethren of the Senate •
Gentlemen—At the close of the last ses
sion of the Senate, when a large number of
the Republican Senators elect hail no voice in
the selecting ofthe President pro tempore, and
when none of these then in office, who had
been re-elected, could be chosen for the place,
you did me the great honor
to place me in that office. I felt
then that had your range of choice
been as great as it now is another Senator
would have been your choice as he would
have been mine. The difficulties then exist
ing are now removed, and I gladly hasten to
return to your hands-the unembarrassed dis
position of the trust that the Senator then in
office imposed on me. I invite you to proceed
to elect another President pro tempore of the
Senate. VVtth grateful thanks for the un
sought proof of confidence then shown in me,
anil with a wish to be relieved,
I am, faithfully, yours,
[Signed! George F. Edmunds.
The caucus postponed action on Sena
tor Edmunds’ letter for the reason that
Senator Anthony has not yet been sworn
in for the present term, but it was infor
mally determined that when the time for
action is reached Senator Anthony shall
receive the nomination of the caucus for
the Presidency of the Senate.
A motion was made and carried to con--
sidcr the question of electing the officers
of the Senate at a caucus to be held next
Thursday. Senator Riddleberger was not
at the caucus. He is out ot town to-day.
the democratic senatorial caucus.
At the caucus of the Democratic Senators
a list of the assignments of the Demo
cratic senators upon the committees was
reported by the Democratic caucus com
mittee. A few changes were made upon
the suggestion of Senators interested. No
other subject was discussed. The mi
nority Chairmanships were fixed as fol
lows: On Private Land Claims, Mr. Bay
ard; Engrossed Bills, Mr. Saulsbury
Epidemic Diseases, Mr. Harris-
Revolutionary Claims, Mr. Jones, of Florl
tda; Nicaragua claims, Mr. Maxey: ad
ditional accommodations for the library,
Mr. Voorhees.
Mr. Jonas takes the place of Mr. Bar
row on the Privileges and Elections Com
mittee. Messrs. Vance and Brown suc
ceed Messrs. Johnston and Call on the
Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Call
takes the place formerly held by Mr.
Davis, of West Virginia, on the Commit
tee on Finance. The other changes are
unimportant.
WRECKS OF WIND AND WAVE.
Nine Boats and 130 Men of the Glouces
ter Fishing Fleet Lost.
Gloucester. Mass., Dec. lO.—lt is
feared that four more of the overdue fish
ing vessels are lost, making nine In all,
with at least 120 men on board.
TWO CORPSES IN A SMALL BOAT.
Rodney, Ont., Dec. 10.—An open boat
containing two bodies was washed ashore
at New Glasgow last night. The bodies
are supposed to be those of Capt. Quick
and his son, of Pelee Island, near Kings
ville. It appears that they were fishing
and were driven out into the lake and
perished from exhaustion and cold.
SUNK WITH SEVEN LIVES.
Detroit, Dec. 10.—The steam barge
Enterprise was sunk in Lake Huron this
morning and seven lives were lost. The
names of the lost and particulars of the
accident are not yet known.
Detroit, Dee. 10, 11 p. m.— The steam
large Enterprise, which sank in Lake
Huron this morning at an early hour, was
coming down in tow of the tug Balize.
When this side of Port Austin she sig
nalled the tug that she was sinking, and
went down three minutes later. Thirteen
men were on board, and six went down
and were lost. The seven others got
aboard the Balize, but the second en
gineer died soon after. The Enterprise
was a Canadian boat, and was built in
Dresden, Ont., in 1874. She was owned
by Mr. Marsden, of that place. Her crew
were nearly all Canadians.
FOUR MEN DROWNED.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 10.—Five men,
out hunting this morning on the Niagara
river, were drowned by the boat capsizing
in a squall.
The names of the unfortunate men are
Otto Hilgenberg, Max and Robert Reisch,
brothers, Rudolph Shoyhtsch and Walter
Schultz. The party engaged a clinker
row boat for the purpose of going duck
hunting down the river, and an hour
after leaving the boat was seen in a help
less condition by a man on the Interna
tional bridge, and the men making des
perate efforts to keep the craft
afloat. The heavy running sea
proved too much for the men, and
before George Nettle, a fisherman
who was a witness of their frantic
efforts to save themselves irom drown
ing, could reach them the boat filled
with water and went down with four
of Otto Hilgenberg was lifted
into the Nettle's toat in an unconscious
condition, but the extremely cold water
and the exertion had proved too much,
and all efforts to resuscitate him were un
availing. The men all leave families.
The bodies of the four who went down
with the boat have not been recovered,
and it is believed that they have gone over
the falls.
THROUGH SMOKE AND FLAME.
A Nest of Saloons Levelled to the Ground
at Pine Bluff.
Pink Bluff, Ark., Dec. 10.—At 7
o’clock this morning fire broke out at
Packard’s bakery, which was destroyed,
as were also the following buildings on
Main street: Schwartz Bros., general
merchandise; Jacobs’ auction house; Mc-
Ewen, general store; Galbreath, grocer;
McCracken f Wilson’s saloon; Cain &
Williams’, William Ray’s, Kaiveners &
Leon's and Levy’s saloons; on Baranque
street, Reid’s barber shop, O’Connell’s
saloon, Brockaway’s saloon, Young &
Mosby’s saloon, Dowell & Ililzheim’s
billiard saloon and the Planters’ House.
Most ot the goods in the buildings burned
were saved In a damaged condition. All
the buildings on the two blocks, except
the store ol Rosenberg <fr Miller, were
burned.
A FURNACE IN RUINS.
Cuattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 10.—The
Coosa furnace at Gadsden, Ala., burned
yesterday. The fire was caused by one
of the gas blowers exploding near a’ fur
nace shell. The latter is a total wreck.
The engine, boilers and 400 carloads of
coke were also destroyed. The loss is
nearly $150,000. There Is no insurance.
A CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ABLAZE.
Cincinnati, Dec. 10.—A special from
Dayton, Ohio, says: 4 4 St Mary’s Institute
(Catholic), was partly destroyed by fire
this morning. The dormitory and normal
school room were burned. The pupils es
caped. The loss is $15,000.”
LOSSES ON BOSTON’S BURNED MILLS.
Boston, Dec. 10.—The loss by the
burning of the Annisquani mills, yester
day, is $200,000. The insurance is $240,-
000. All the policies are for large amounts.
THROUGH THE EVERGLADES.
Tlie “Times-Democrat’s” Expedition
Emerges into tlie Gulf.
Xkw Orleans, Dec. 10.—A dispatch
from Punta Itassa, Fla., says: ‘‘The
Times-Democrat's Everglade expedition
reached the Gulf on the night of the sth
inst., through Sharks river, and has just
landed at this place from a schooner,
which was chartered in White Water bay
to convey the party to this point. They
became separated from the boat contain
ing all of their provisions, and manned by
two of their men, on the night of Decem
ber 5, and then coming down Sharks
river five miles from the Gulf, it having
been taken by mistake for one of the nu
merous outlets flovffng into the Gulf from
that river. The large boat sent from Fort
Myers to convey the party to this place,
on their exit from the everglades, remaius
behind to bring on the missing boat and
men. The expedition carried out its pro
gramme in every particular, under diffi
culties almost insurmountable. Every
man shows marks of the rough life en
dured, but all are in good health and
spirits. They leave for the Ivevs on the
next steamer, w hich will sail on the 13th
inst.
MERCANTILE MATTERS.
Suspicious Transactions by the Bank
rupt Raymond Bros.
Boston, Dec. 10.—On an appeal of the
creditors of the failed firm of Raymond
Bros., of Boston and New York, Judge
Holmes to-day granted a temporary in
junction restraining Raymond Bros, and
Miss Salmon from removing any of the
goods in the Boston store. About the
time of .the failure it is claimed that Ray
mond Bros, made a hill of sale of their
stock to Miss Salmon, their bookkeeper,
and subsequently a corporation was
formed in Portland under the laws of
Maine, of w hich Miss Salmon was chosen
President. The counsel for the firm was
made Treasurer, and the other stockhold
ers were the Raymond Bros.
A Gun Club’s Field Day.
New Orleans, Dei. B.—A special dis
patch from Canton, Miss., says: “The
New Orleans Gun Club’s field trial com
menced here to-day. The weather was
fine and the attendance large. The mem
bers’ cup, alter an exciting trial,
was won by Coleman’s London, beating
setters Flossie and-Dick A., and the point
ers Tyler Lelide and Bravo V. The con
test between Flossie and London lasted
three hours. In the contest for the Derby
stakes, Countess C. won the first prize,
Rush Gladstone second, and Porter and
Dixie divided the third. Dover, Irish Don
and Jack were also contestants. The all
ages stakes will be run to-morrow’.
A Reporter Granted a New Trial.
St. Louis, Dec. 10.—A telegram from
Jefferson City says: “The Supreme Court
to-day reversed the judgment in the case
of Orth Stein, a newspaper reporter, who
was convicted of murder in the second
degree tor killing George Fredericks at
Kansas City some montns ago, and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty
five years. The case was remanded for a
new trial.
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IRELAND AND THE IRISH
THE FIGHT FOR O’POXVF.I.I.'S
LIFE MORE WIDESPREAD.
County Galurav Members of the League
Meet Despite the Government’s Proc
lamation—Mrs. O’Donnell Arrives at
London—Four Members of an Assassi
nation Society In the Dock.
London, Dec. 10.— Mr. Guy, O’Don
nell’s solicitor, in a letter to the news
papers, begs that the members of the jury
which tried O’Donnell will confidentially
communicate with him, as he desires to
address them upon a matter of extreme
urgency. He says that all other means of
communicating with them have failed, as
he was refused a copy of the panel of the
jury before the trial and he has been una
ble to ascertain their identity since.
O’DONNELL’S WIFE IN LONDON.
O’Donnell’s wife, who arrived at Liver
pool from Philadelphia on the steamer
British Princess, has cotne to London to
visit her husband.
PATRIOTIC BROTHERS RETURNING.
A dispatch from Armagh, Ireland, says
that forty men who absconded from U'ross
tnaglen when the members of the Patri
otic Brotherhood were being arrested,
have recently returned from America.
THE O’DONNELL EXCITEMENT INCREAS
ING.
Owing to the growing excitement in
Irish circles in this city relative to the
sentence of O’Donnell, extra guards have
been stationed at all the prisons and gov
ernment offices as a precaution against
any effort that may be made by O’Don
nell’s friends in the way of upris’als.
LIBERAL WORKMEN MEET.
A meeting of Liberal workmen was
held at Torquay to-night to get up a peti
tion to Sir William Harcourt, Home Sec
retary, to commute O’Donnell’s sentence.
A letter was read from Mr. Sanntelson,
Liberal member of Parliament, denounc
ing the object of the meeting, and the mo
tion in favor of a petition in O’Donnell’s
behalf was defeated by a large majority.
ANOTHER STORY OF THE KILLING.
O’Donnell’s brother writes from Letter
Kenney, Ireland, under date of the 7th
inst., stating that what O’Donnell had
determined to say in court if he had been
permitted to speak, was that Carey drew
a revolver altera heated discussion which
was begun by Carey cursing Americans.
O’Donnell struck the pistol from Carey’s
hand, and as the latter was stooping to re
gain it O’Donnell fired three shots instan
taneously. James Paris, the Steward of
the Melrose Castle, who testified that he
was present when the fatal shot was fired,
was not present during the quarrel,
A PROCLAIMED MEETING HELD.
Dublin, Dec. 10. —Notwithstanding the
fact that the government issued a procla
mation forbidding the holding of a Na
tional League meeting at Loughrea,
county Galway, yesterday, a meeting was
held close to that town. The authorities
learned of the assemblage, and dispatched
a force of police to disperse it, but it had
adjourned before the police reached the
spot. A motion was passed by the meet
ing denouncing emigration front Ireland.
A letter from the Bishop of Clanfert was
read, saying that there is room in Ireland
for double the present population.
THE SMYTH MURDERERS.
Dublin, Dec. 10— In the Court of
Queen’s Bench to-day,before Chief Justice
May, the trial was begun of Roltert Elliott,
Swords, Magrath and LeStrange, on a
charge of conspiracy to murder William
Smyth, of Bardavilla. A true bill for the
murder of Mrs. Smyth, on Sunday, April
21, 1882, had been returned at the Court
of Assizes on the Gthinst., against Roltert
Elliott, and his arraignment to-day for
trial for a minor offense only created sur
prise. The counsel for the Crown re
counted the circumstances connected with
the case, and said that he would prove
that men were waiting on all the
roads leading from the church to the resi
dence of Smyth to kill him. Patrick Mc-
Keon testified that before the murder of
Mrs. Smytli the prisoners met in a barn
and formed an assassination society, the
avowed objects of which was the removal
of tyrants and bad landlords. Five ol the
landlords whom the society condemned to
be shot were Wm. Barlow Smyth, W. E.
Smyth, Earl Longford, Win. Keating and
“Wild” O'Connor.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Supreme Court Cases, tlie Governor’s
Care of tlie Convicts, and Other News.
Atlanta, Dec. 10.— The Supreme
Court was in session to-day as well as
Saturday, which has greatly expedited
the business of the Eastern Circuit. Cases
1 and 24, Epping vs. Aiken; case No. 2,
Lambert vs. the State, and case No. 4,
Ingraham vs. Fisher, were all argued to
day. Case No. 3, Tyson vs. the State, was
dismissed. The decisions rendered to
morrow, it is now thought, will not cover
the Bank of Rome and the Shorter will
cases.
THE DEAF AND DUMB MURDERER.
Carnett, the dear and dumb w ife beater,
is on trial in the Superior Court for kill
ing his wife. Gen. Gartrell, of Atlanta,
and Col. Foster, of Madison, where Car
nett’s mother lives, are bis counsel. The
defense is based upon his irresponsibility
when suffering spells of idiocy, for his
abuse of his wife, which she forgave even
in her dying moments.
MEDICAL CAKE FOR CONVICTS.
Gov. McDaniel to-day issued very strin
gent rules for physicians in charge of con
vict camps, putting them in direct re
sponsibility to Dr. Westmoreland, the
principal physician. The convicts are
not to be worked when physically unable
to do so, but may do light labor under the
care of the physician, who is compelled to'
visit the camp every day, and oftener if
necessary. No physicia’n w’ill be allowed
to neglect his duties, but must give daily
attention to the health, care and food of
sick convicts, and make weekly reports to
Dr. Westmoreland.
FRANCE’S WAR WITH CHINA.
The Deputies Vote the Credits ami Ex
press Confidence in the Government.
Paris, Dec. 10.—In the Chamber of
Deputies to-day the debate upon the Ton
quin credits hill was resumed. M. I’elle
tan reproached the government for its
colonial policy, and compared the events
in Tonquin with what had been done in
Tunis. M. Proust followed M. Pelletau
and supported the course of the govern
ment. He urged the adoption of the or
der of the day expressing the confidence
of the Chamber in the Ministry.
M. Ferry, the Prime Minister, in re
sponse to speeches against the govern
ment, declared that far from leading the
country into the four quarters of the
world in quest of colonial adventures the
colonial policy of the government was
entirely conservative. In going to Tunis,
he said, the government had in view
solely the security of Algiers, and it went
to Tonquin for the sake of the security ot
French Cochin China. M. Ferry asked
the House to give a vote of confidence
in the interests of the army and of
the negotiations carried on by the
government. At the conclusion of the
debate the credits bill was adopted by a
vote of 381 to 146. M. Ferry accepted an
order of the day proposed by M. Berth at
that the chamber was convinced that the
government will display the necessary
energy in delending the influence and
honor of France in Tonquin. This was
carried by a vote of 315 to 200.
London, Dec. 10.—A dispatch from
Rome says that an agent of the French
government applied to the Italian Steam
ship Company for steamers for Tonquin
service, but the company refused to grant
the application.
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Mr. Davln to Keep Mr*. Dor*ey * Legacy.
Washington, Dec. 10.—In the Supreme
Court to-day a decision was rendered in
the contested will case of Stephen Percy
Ellis et al., ooliateral heirs of Sarah Ann
Dorsev, against Jefferson Davis, to re
cover possession of certain real and per
sonal property left to the latter by Mrs.
Dorsey at her death. The judgment of the
court below in favor oi Mr. Davis is
affirmed.
This court holds that the action of the
Circuit Court in dismissing the bill was
right, for the reason that the claim of Mrs.
Dorsey’s collateral heirs was properly the
subject of an action of revindication,
which furnished plain, adequate and com
plete remedy at law, and therefore con
stituted a bar to proceedings in equity.
If disease has entered the system the
only way to drive it out is to purify and
enrich the blood. To this end, as is
acknowledged by all medical men.
nothing is better adapted than iron. The
fault hitherto has been that iron could not
be so prepared as to be absolutely harm
less to the teeth. This difficulty has been
overcome by the Brown Chemical Com
pany, of Baltimore, Md., who offer their
Brown’s Iron Bitters as a faultless iron
preparation, a positive cure for dvepep
sia, indigestion, kidney troubles, etc,
CREAM OF THE 9PECIAL9.
What the Washington Correspondents
Say About Men and Things.
BEAUTY VS. BUSINESS.
tn?G:n 1 a w Sle , came J down from the capi
night,pa e and wea 7- He had been
a J wt^ Peaker ® rO P m all da - v - Great piles
of letters awaited him. A hundred or
more members sought him. Business
and he had not a mS
hlfis f tlI ? e u° s ' e t 0 moß t important
business he has at hand—the formation of
the committees.
But Mr. Carlisle found no peace at bis
hotei. Langtry’s agent headed him off
hrst. Have you decided what night vou
and Mrs. Carlisle will accept the box at
Langtry s performance?” asked the agent.
„hnnf°D n ?ven’tthoughtofit. Forgot all
about it. If you want Mrs. Carlisle to go
all abotU R.”° Speak t 0 her ‘ 1 Bhall foret
“What, forget Langtrv, Mr. Speaker?”
asked a member. p aKtr '
WALSH’S WAIL.
John \\ alsh, of star route fame has
t 0 , the sovernmen? coun
sel, in which he threatens to make dis
closures that will be damaging, provided
his fines on the Prescott and Santa Fe
™, e t ; amounting to about $20,000, are not
remitted. It is reported that Walsh has
la * el . v *h a t be can bring things to
light that will revive the drooping public
K eat u , , n , the ® t f r route matters unless
he is well treated.
MRS. CARLISLE’S TRIUMPH.
Mrs. Carlisle, the wife of the new Speak
fj’''_ 11l o, ‘ ,he J Bl of January take her
place as the leader in official social cir
cles. As long as Senator Edmunds holds
the position of President pro tern, of the
Edmunds will really rank
Mrs. Carlisle, but even if Senator Ed
munds should continue to be acting Vice
1 resident Mrs. Carlisle will be the lead
ing lad\, as Mrs. Edmunds is in mourn
ing for a daughter, and consequently will
not go in society. At all official dinners
this winter Mrs. Carlisle, like Mrs. Keif
ast T, yea r’. W1)I . ra "k her husband, and
it the I resident is present, will take the
position corresponding to his. This offi
cial etiquette seems very strange outside
of \\ ashington, but here where so many
guests at entertainments are official, it is
absolutely necessary that there should be
some rule of precedence, or else there
wmuld be bitter jealousies. At a dinner
the oldest Senator in point of service
takes precedence of all other Senators
present, even though he may lie the dull
est and most uninteresting one present.
In the same way the members who have
served the longest take precedence of the
younger ones.
Mrs. Carlisle is a woman who can fill
any position. She is a Kentuckian, hav
ing been born in the city of Covington,
w here their home now is. Her father was
a prominent man in Kentucky and was
Mayor of Covington for many years. Mrs.
Carlisle inherits the splendid phvsique ot
the typical Kentuckian. She is'five feet
nine inches in height and straight as an
a r r " w - Her figure is as lithe as a young
girl s. bhe is blonde in complexion! with
blue-gray eyes set rather deep under
strongly marked eyebrows. Her blonde
hair is banged and worn slightly
waved in the prevailing fashion. It
is difficult to realize that Mrs. Carlisle
is the mother of two grown sons. The
eldest one was married last spring to a
Covington young lady. Mrs. Carlisle is
very proud of her “two boys,” as she al
ways calls them. Lbe has great faith in
her husband’s political success, and has
alwavs herself done a great deal to insure
it. bhe has been as cool as her husband
during the Speakership struggle, and has
not doubted for one moment that he would
be the next Speaker.
Mrs. Carlisle is perfectlv straightfor
ward and unassuming in manner. She is
loyal to her friends and kind to every one.
On the opening day of Congress when
her husband took the chair as Speaker
Mrs. Carlisle sat in the front seat of the
members’ gallery—the seat which is al
ways reserved for the Speaker’s family.
She wore a brown cloth suit, trimmed
with ostrich trimming, with mantle of the
same. A small brown bonnet completed
her costume.
THE SOPS OF THE SENATE.
Gen. E. W. Whitaker, of Connecticut,
who was a candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Senate, to-day sent a letter to the
Republican Senators withdrawing his
name from the canvass in favor of Mr. W.
P Canaday, of North Carolina, a member
o! the Republican National Committee.
Gon. YY hitaker says he is fully convinced
that it would be for the best interests of
the Republican party that the appoint
ment be given to the South. It is said
that Senator Jones, ol Nevada, will be
here on Monday. Senator Anthony ar
rived this afternoon, leaving Senator
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, as the only
absentee on the Republican side. Those in
favor of possessing the Senate offices now
filled by Democrats say that next week
another caucus will be held to determine
the nominations to be made, and if any
two or three Senators oppose the pro
gramme, then a majority will insist on its
being carried out and to put the responsi
bility for not voting for tlie regular nomi
nees publicly on those who may absent
themselves from the session of the Senate
when a vote is taken. The ticket still
stands: George C. Gorhain for Secretary,
Charles W. Johnson for Clerk, James R.
Young for Executive Clerk and W. P.
Canaday and George W. Hooker for Ser
geaut-at-Arms.
THE YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS.
It is a matter of common remark that
there are more young men in Congress
than have been observed among the mem
bership hitherto. In the House there are
fifty members, so says one who has made
inquiry, under 40 years of age. The
youngest member is Mr. Post,
of Pennsylvania, who is now
27. The youngest Senator is Mr.
Kenna, of West Virginia, now 35. The
question of interest is, what is bringing
the young men to the front in politics?
An examination of the faces of the Rep
resentatives as they sit at their desks
will show that the largest proportion of
young men is with the Democrats.
Said a Republican who studies the cur
rent politics attentively, “Oneofmv prin
cipal fears Tor the future arises from the
visible fact that the young Democrats are
asserting themselves. They are taking
control of the party, and that means an
opposition to us of decision and
aggression. The old Democrats have
been made timid by frequent defeat.
They are afraid to take a positive
stand, and their vacillating course has
helped the Republicans to many a victo
ry; but these youngsters are now crowd
ing the old fellows to the rear and their
influence is felt already. Why just look;
the young element has captured about all
the offices of the House. The old fogies
were beaten out of their boots, and I tell
you the Republican party will have to
light hereafter for all it gets.”
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
A Political Affray Ends in One Death
and Several Bad Wounds.
New Orleans, Dec. 10.—A special
from Mechanietown, Miss., says: “A
difficulty occurred at a political meeting
Saturday night, between a colored man,
named Hollen, and a white man, named
Frank Montgomery. As usual on such
occasions, pistols were drawn and shoot
ing commenced. Samuel Finlay, a white
man, was injured, and three negroes were
shot, one named Holden being killed,
another was so seriously wounded that
he is not expected to live, and still
another was slightly wounded. The Cor
oner’s jury found that Holden was killed
by Montgomery. The trouble was caused
by local politic
A RAVISHKR GETS HIS DESERTS.
Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 10.—A special
from Clinton says: “Albert Thomas, col
ored, was arrested here yesterday by a
posse of citizens for an assault on a little
daughter of B. F. Lingor. a prominent
citizen. While conveying him back tohe
neighborhood of the crime he attempted
to escape and was riddled with bullets.”
CRACKSMEN AT WORK.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 10.—A spe
cial from Hot Springs savs: “This morn
ing Hudgins’ dry goods store was entered
by two men, who placed revolvers at
Hudgins’ head and obtained the keys of
the safe, which they robbed of' over
$10,000.”
A JEWELRY store DESPOILED.
Boston, Dec. 10.—Some time between
6 o’clock Saturday night and 8 o’clock
this morning the jewelry store of Bacon &
Cos., on Brattle square, was entered by
burglars, and valuables to the amount of
$9,000 were stolen.
The Old Men’s Home.
One of the most beneficent charities in
existence is that which provides a resting
place for weary and worn out old men.
They have many infirmities and diseases,
one of the most common ot which is
rheumatism. Just here comes in the
advantage of Perry Davis’ Pain Killer,
which has relieved the sufferings of many
an old man by driving away the most
aeyere rheumatic paius.
1 PRICE 810 A TEAR.
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POSTAL TELEGRAPHY.
REPRESENTATIVE SUMNER IN
TRODUCES A BILL.
Twenty-five Million Dollars Worth of
Fifty Dollar 3 Per Cent. Bonds to bo
Issued—The Construction of Lines to
le Commenced Simultaneously in
Many Places.
Washington, Dec. 10.—A bill in
troduced in the House to-day by Re
presentative Suuiner, of California, for the
establishment of a government postal
telegraph system, provides that the postal
8} stem of the United States shall include
a postal telegraph, and directs the Post
master General to proceed at once to the
construction of the linos of said telegraph.
It provides for the issue of bonds to an
extent not exceeding $25,000,000, in de
nominations of $5O, redeemable within
twenty years, and payable within thirty
years, bearing interest at 3 per cent,
per annum, the proceeds of
the sale of which are to be
applied to the construction and mainten
ance ot the telegraph lines. It provides
also that the actual work of building the
lines shall be begun at as earlv a date as
practicable and as nearly as possible si
multaneously at the following places:
Portland, Me.; Seattle, W. TANARUS.; Bos
ton, Portland, Oregon; New York,
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washing
ton, D. C.; Richmond, Virginia;
Newborn, N. C.; Charleston, S. C.; Sa
vannah; Jacksonville; Mobile; New Or
leans; Galveston; Cincinnati; Cleveland;
Detroit; Chicago; Minneapolis; Omaha;
St. Louis; Kansas City; Denver; Salt
Lake City; Yreka, Cal.; Eureka, Nov.;
Sacramento; San Francisco: Los
Angeles and San Diego, and shall
continue along the routes selected
by the Postmaster General until all
the post offices of the country south
of the northernmost boundary of Wash
ington Territory having a population of
400 or more inhabitants, shall have been
created. It provides further, that tho
office of Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral shall be created, and that the person
appointed to this office shall be a competent
and skillful electrician, and shall have
control, under the supervision of the Post
master General, of the postal telegraph
system. It establishes the rate to be paid
for the transmission of ordinary messages
at 10 cents for each ten words or
less, inclusive of the address and
signature, and 5 cents for each
additional ten words or less. The
rate for press matter it fixes at 20 cents
per 100 words. It directs the Postmaster
General to enter into arrangements with
the proprietors of foreign telegraph wires
and cables for the transmission of foreign
messages, and provides also for the ad
justment of the money order system to the
new system of postal telegraphy and for
the survey of a cable route between a
point in Washington Territory and Sitka,
Alaska.
EL MAHDI'S SUCCESSES.
Brave Fighting Done l>y the Blacks lu
the Recent Engagement with the Hill
Men.
London, Dec. 10.—A dispatch from
Cairo says that a Sergeant of the black
forces who were in the late battle with the
Hill men, near Suakim, states that the
Egyptians would have defeated the rebels
but for the conduct ol the llashi Bazouks.
The blacks fought back to back in groups
or in pairs, some with clubbed muskets,
and many rebels were killed. The fight
occurred on the 2d inst. Forty-live men
had returned to Suakim by the 4th, in
cluding fifteen cavalry men. two officers,
who ran all the way with the news of the
disaster, and ten wounded blacks.
A PANIC AT SUAKIM.
The Times has the following from Sua
kim: “There is a panic here among the
Egyptian officials. The fall of the garri
sons at Tokar and Fink at is expected
daily, owing to starvation. It is stated
that Othman, chief of the slave dealers,
was killed in the fight. Her Majesty's
ship Ranger bolds this town, and there is
no fear for the safety of Europeans.”
Tne Standard’s Cairo dispatch says:
“The defeat proves that the rebels are
firmly established south of Suakim, on
the Berber frontier. News of the revolt
at Sennaar leads to daily expectation of
an attack on Dongola or Khartoum.”
A correspondent at Cairo telegraphs a
letter from Suakim saying that there are
only 500 men there tit for service, and 800
men crippled or otherwise disabled.
TKOOPS WHICH WERE TO COME.
Cairo, Dec. 10.—The troops recently
dispatched to Suakim had not arrived
there on the 3d inst.. when the defeat ot
the Egyptians near that place occurred.
The officials of the "War office here be
lieve that El Mabdi has retired to El
Obeid, being unable to advance for want
of transportation, and that he is alienat
ing the Arabs by requisitions for forage
and supplies.
Speer Fails Again.
Columbia, Dec. 10.—The testimony for
the prosecution in the election cases in
the United States Court dosed to-day.
The witnesses for the defense were heard
till adjournment of the court. Tho
government failed to make a case of con
spiracy. *
825,000 Worth of Orange Trees Sold.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Dec. 10.—Honey
moon Hardee, a nurseryman near this
city, sold $25,000 wortiro'l orange trees to
an English company, which is starting a
grove of 400 acres on Lake Butler, in
Orange county.
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