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. ~1 l-HED 1850. i
jil t , Editor and Proprietor. I
j ami FLORIDA.
I . ... H\ TATES TOLD
Hi'' Vi; \<*K VI’HS.
I . ! -£•'!•. Not to Be Fro#**-
I . rt>t Ttietr Child
1 . •: \ Kevident of Talia
fYi' I iUd with Shot by an
Q 3,
gffi| .r. i .o Athens thirty feet
EH •.Tli rul of a 23-pouud
..vn agitating the eiti
tiai discarded Us
Bm % - ■ ivrca settlement think
HI - *.*•-. mm'liosed for the
BB -. -f an artesian well at
||| i ... !h- coalmen'cd.
HH -and slmoltßpi continue
HB ameal of cold weather.
EE ' '-ter cus. has invented an
nB a tor which be will have
HI k- connly. got 3,000 fr
3m Kiver—maki|f a clear
SB ■ .ry C Vance will leave
H . lay* for Buford, where
EE •- has been placed on the j
HH and will remain in Cura-
EE -idployed a.- cook in Au- 1
Hb 'iue*t in her will of ftson
E| Mayor, and the old Coun
-181 . * * attersville affairs until
B • f t e lartown. will have
H smart Male and Kent tie
9| uiiilist at an eight-iegge 1
Pj - are compelled to he sat is-
Pg ' suinbu'ijarkey offiTs a re-
H mutton which will lead to
W. - ■ has jnt pa rfonned the ras
m f gorging himself with a
■ ~-d dim Wingfield fell <tea<l
m - mng out crass, m Washing
-11l . .it he died f heart disease.
B ractor from raw ford to Lox-
B „-tssSoa year fora daily mail.
B -eteral applicant* for 'it next
B lUrroa.uf Athens, says the Rv,-
m pointed ti a rests.nsihle ratl
■ within the s-tate of Ueorgia. lie
■, :cr. aged 25 vears. committed
■ w.ssis near Monroe, a few dais
I '* unsiuml mind and had ,n-
B “de s 'lTal attempts al self-.le-truc
if ating for the reservoir ot theAlh
■ works, the foundation of an <tld
m u was found. The obtest inlial.it-
I al tin- early settlement of this
I philoeophicallv says: -If Mrs.
E < credited Camming w ill lie the
E > f -r a couple of weddings dnr
-1 la-t ’em roll! i inn mini;
E :ie candidates for matrimonial
1 1 —ter arrived in Thomas-
E 'la', with Heteher Tav
■ . a)h Several aliases, and wto
1 the sheriff in Pike counlv
I , . . i-eing wanted in Talbot coun"-
| ilc.rst. aged 1*!. of Cedartown, is
B oes chairs, bedsteads and
vie to sing an air which is a
tr. • i save: "Kirbr started
~ la-, evening, and would have
that I lie Utile mule he
. unruly and threw Kd to
-' - -Mr. Ma 8.
. 1 - arrived in An
ol the Son then Tele
-. to which he has been
s i rintcclent McXavin,
led tc the ofli ein >a
s inner, who is charged w ith
m a reward of SSOO was
rities ot Alabama, has
■ lartes mian.ha Iwqih
HramS'leU.of Gilmer coim
■: working at the mine
Hr. t.. 1.. Mason, near Ten-
Nir. !. 1.- McCrea was aji
. . omprotnise lx-tween M.
Umar. Kankin A Lamar,
and liiisley Bros, .v i
r - re dunce will receive
• -timable w idow lady, who
Q kitmaa. on the east
was so badly injured on
’• : \ is iag thrown from
running away of her mule.
- , One'of her sons, a
' . Cithers the following:
1 . near >m’.thl*>r". has a
r a cock nor a hen. This
of a rooster. Inn never
e k!e- like a hen. and is
1 Uncle J. intends to keep
he will not tarn to a turkey.”
net to (OSS a forged i lieck
tßcials having failed to
; .nt pic e of evidence—the
n obtained a blank cheek at
• while before going to
- - ud that the ink w ax haidly
meeting of the torgia
• I-t with the Banksville
vr Harm miy timve. Jackson MU
. i- ever 3u members. One
- ad-.|ite-l in the recent
eh grange should keep up
ihe year a school in its
- sars: "Al.vpaha
~ and is one of the nicest
Waycross and Albany.
-. svl. blit make a very good
*' N two churches—one white
-(lute a number of dnrel
...vha. The brightest land*
-.imvx: -OnTlntrs<lav
s * ■* . auctioneer, sold for the
M man. between *5 and 100
goat*, over 100 ftieep. atmut
...'os horses corn, folder.
-"-that this is the largest
. i. r nil'ii' in Sumter, and
:<1 the monev and stamp
i.r hn p vxt ofiiee of fi worth of
. . ■ ntx id mom y at supper time
. *ete-l lodd wae the breaking
k* It t* xiii>pned that the
. n and accreted tiimseif in the
-s t:-i i>ef.*re closing aud went
* the back dtxir. which was found
, . I'sndt KrgUter says: -An
r ket m inc (Htsecxsion of A. I’. ( ar
* • iwn ns K vMMMf by John A.
-. rot I'nah M llcr. and wa* made
i ladv prior to the revolutionary
- >'ear* ago. It is needle-worked
, iw beautiful colors aud was present-
Joiin x Miiler. who afterward served
r IT.t.- .t, of Athen*. printed
apt. Oliver -v. the day he visited
we!!"* famous ttreenc count v farm he
home plow, at work and was lay
•n rows seven fret wide. This is
largest grain farms in the South,
-u rietor* are now devoting atten
k-raising, having about 50 broo>l
.. nerallv known.” says the Am
; . little city of Athens boasts
‘•oean nobility. We
, -cendant of the old Welsh
. cr of one of the oldest families
and the cousin of a Prussian
H have also a number of citizens
- to fortunes of Liit.DuO.OoO or up
ol I country
- cot without its sad side, as is
o following from the Orirtin Xh*:
nines on apaee the young
• u’t make more than isr.'i per
5 -th it h hadn't spent so much for
wonders how he will give his
. present worth $25 " itli a cap
go no and an unpaid tailor’s
t lom m the face.”
.. -• • -: "Mi - rs. Ir
,v i ... h i'.- -Uipixul a number of
cotton seed t*> the mill-in An
ts i.iu I I.atirange. Thev get about
* -i-.ei for them, but the milts, in
* instance, make return* for short
* '■ -iet:mew a car load will varyas
.always in favor of the mills.
. ..• whether it is the fault of the
-c.lies or of the mill men.”
;-t hurrh at Katonton has a
’.it. It has raised fi.577 07
-1 Decemtw-r. IS*-. Of tliHfidl 73
< 'rubai,Home. fAX) for missions
i r ni-sions by the ladies and the
■ for the old preachers. 11l 63 for
ute. f*s 70 for the Sunday school
- - Emory yol ege. fl 5 for church
i tl* for the bishops. Some money
erican Bible tnwntjk l>r.
•ee * ollegeand some for Uw MU-
lndian M-hoois Its Sun
,. t " teachers an 1 echol
•f ' i -pec a! to the t'n^n.r wdiu says:
last .Mr. and Mrs. Walter A.
us in Baldwinnlle, throe miles
* ** here, went to Butler to visit a rela-
M-- Its! twin’s, carrying their two
Iren. Sunday evening, nu their
•*, in crossing Jeuks’ bridge over
1 *-s'e creek, five miles northwest of
’- 'he Males took fright at some ohj. ct
igc. throwing the buggy off the
-- td Mr. aud Mrs. Baldwin and the
- *'-re precipitated to the ground.
!•! Iwbe, 3 months old, received
_ ’ “ta wh.ch it died.”
- *j l%s tray the Gainesville Sautl ro* see,
i TM ' there arv quite a number of negrn
* - soout the cur who arc very active
i. and it is said and we he
at tUair activity la bought with
’’ *h.i their flocks are paid off with
: ’ * ! candy. These creature* have
■*i*t .ctcreM in our city government that
in a K PO, . a . tO jatCh ’ and no morf.
Our tax payers should see to it that these
hired vagabonds do not control by their votes
and pretended religious influence the citv
government, to whose support they do not
contribute one cent, not even street tax.”
Linton Lewis, of Taliaferro conntv, while
crossing Little river on horseback last Sunday
night, was shot bv a white man with a sbot"-
gun. He was leauiug down on his horse,
w.iirh was swimming, and was peppered from
nca<! to foot with the shot. His wounds were
serious but not dangerous. It is ,aid that
f.' en V'' n , ln< i 0 -. 4 shot have been extracted
j?," 111 "is body. A certain man is suspected of
the attempt to assassinate Mr. Lewis, audit
is thought jealousy was the caust*. A dozen
armed men were looking for the would-be
assassin at last accounts. The band, who
were all mounted, were also keeping a lock
out for a hor.e thief.
Mr- Hu'-kworth, who lives about six miles
east of \v arwiek, in Worth county, tells a re
markable narrative about the water famine
in his_ neighborhood. Tlic wells there are
■P’™ 2->to.’sj feet iteop, iiut sincefthe drought
they have lieen inereaseil to 65 and 75 feet,
und now well diggers are in demand again,
and the wells are being made 105 feet deep
and over, and even at that depth only enough
water is obtained to do the cooking. The
dreams are all dry, excejd in a few places,
an*l htoek has to get along the best way they
can. should the drought continue much
longer the lo**se will become irreparable, if
they are not so already
FLORIDA.
Wild Wood is taking tile preliminary steps
necessary to secure incorporation.
A lire, which started near the gas works at
Jacksonville Saturday, was extinguished
liefore it spread.
At Fort White on Saturday last John K.
h.iun shot and seriously wounded Thomas J.
Monaker in tlie left shoulder. Koon was
placsd under an SBOO build tor his appearance
at Circuit Court.
An unjust attempt was made to ostracise
anew -comer al Siarke because he was a
Jew. The which exposes the
attempt, justly defends the Jewish residents
of the Mate as among the best part of its
population.
Henry Shockley, of East Jacksonville, with
three friends, who had just arrived from the
North, started for Jacksonville fraturdav noon
in a small sail boat. When off the mouth of
Long Branch, near St. John's mill wharf, a
gust of wind struck the boat and capsized her.
Air.-dioekley’s brother, about 2o years old.
w..s drowned. The others clung to the boat
till nearly exhausted.when thev were rescued
by a fishing lioat.
The Green Cove Sprinjt says: “On last Sat
urday night, at a dance, a ijuarrel occurred
li tw ei n iw o colored men. Mclver and llerrv
Gibson, but no blows passed, and the latter
*-1 left the room to escort his partner in the
and nice to her home. When returning he was
met by Mr Ivor in a secluded spot, and after a
few words, indistinctly heard by persons who
wei-e near by. Melversliot him through the
head and ran off. A uumlierof persons were
quickly on the spot, and the unfortunate man
wa~ taken into the court house, while
lr. Merrill was sent for. He found
the brain obtruding from the
wound, and death ensued in a few
hours. On bunday much excitement pre
vailed among our colored liopulation, a large
number of whom turned out to hunt tile
fugitive, owing to a report that he had been
-< iii in the vicinity in the early morning.
Nothing more was heard of him, however,
although men were out during most of Sun
da.' night. A Coroner’s inquest was held
upon the body and a verdict returned in
accordance with the above facts. Both men
were of bad reputation; Mefver was under
strung suspicion of several crimes in .Middle
t londa. and Gibson wnsau unworthy adopted
- ui of our respected colored schoolmaster. I)
AT. Gibson.”
The A' ild Wood "rungs says: “Last
week a drove of eighty-Uve Texas horses was
put off the cars here, it is claimed, in a dam
aged condition. They were brought from
Gonzales. Texas, by Mi ssrs. Fitzgerald,White
mere and \\ iseniau. It is alleged lv these
parties that they w ere not allowed to feed and
water their stock every twenty-four hours,
.•riling to the stipulations of the contract;
that they were detained at Pensacola tiftv
Iniiii-. during w hich time their stock were
neither fed nor watered; that they were de
tain'd at Waldo forty-four hours, and were
no! allowed to feed and water the stock.
The . have brought suit in the I'nited States
< ourt at Jacksonville for heavy damages.”
The Jasper 77ii savs: “The underground
pa-sage of Oetahatehie Lake, near Bellville,
broke bn.se one day week before last, and in a
few hour- the lake was dry with the execu
tion of that portion known as the sink and a
.-i ream which flowed into it Trout, bream
and perch were caught liy the hundred, and
everylwdy had a good time generally. This
lake is certainly one of nature’s curiosities.
When lull of water it covers an area of
several hundred acres, being from one
hall to three-quarters of a mile wide and
nearly, if not quite, a mile and a half
long. A subterranean passage connects the
west end of the lake with the Withlaeoochee
river. This passage some times becomes ob
structed or clogged up in some wav, and
whenever it occurs, its a bold mill creek flows
into the lake at the eastern end. the entire
basin of the lake is soon filled with water,
sometimes it is years before the obstruction
in the underground passage will break, but
w heuever it does it is 01113- a few hours until
it I* dry. It is surrounded b.v rich hummock,
o ik and hickory lands, beautiful hills and fer
tile ' alleys, am! the natural scenery for beauty
i- certainly unsurpassed.
Darien Items.
Corre*iH>ndenee of th* Morning Sews.
Darien, <! a., Dec. 15.—During the past
few days there have been several million
feet of timber brought to market, and still
the rivers are low. The timber measurers
have smiles upon their faces, knowing
that now they will lie able to make their
holiday purchases. Two vessels cleared
during the week with cargoes valued at
over $13,000, and there are now 1” in port.
The Mclntosh Light Dragoons held a
meeting on Thursday night to make ar
rangements lor their parade and tourna
ment ou the Bth of January. Mr. John
M. Donnelly was elected Second Corporal
in the place of Mr. John S. Barclay, de
ceased. They have decided to have a
grand ball on that occasion.
itir Episcopalian friends propose to
give a grand entertainment shortly, in
w hich the musical taleut of your city will
l*e an attractive feature.
The firemen will have one later. They
have appointed their committee to make
arrangements.
The ease of James Tison, who was con
victed in Mclntosh county Superior Court,
fall term, IVSg, of cow stealing and sen
tenced to the penitentiary for four years,
and which was carried to the Supreme
Court, lias been called and dismissed by
that tribunal, and he now awaits the pen
itentiary guard.
Mr. Matthew Scott, an old and highly
respected citizen of this place, died at his
residence on the Bulge on Wednesday
night last.
Mr. C. H. Stubbs, from Abbeville, Ga.,
who had just sold his ratt of timber for
while leaving the city lost the whole
of his earnings through a hole in his
pocket. He had the check cashed, conse
quently it will lie a heavy loss to him.
The i’resbvtcrian Church bell gave the
alarm of fire on Friday night about ft
o’clock, and it was found that the build
ing formerly used as a school house was
on fire. It was owned by Mr. Wm. McW.
Young, and he had hay stored in it to the
value of S3OO. No insurance.
The mails have been considerably out
of order, but the rivers are so low and
water so scarce that the engines on the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad are de
layed several hours—sometimes waiting
for the water to spring in the wells, and
the bands with buckets carry it as fast as
possible. De. R.
A New Drink in Nebraska.
luira Stote leiuler.
Anew industry has taken root in Omaha
v\ hich is startling in its full development
when one thinks to what results it may
lead. It is nothing more nor less than a
new rival for liquors, being a palatable
and invigorating substitute. The Omaha
l'moil has the following account of it.
“The *>eef-tea trade i9 looking up,” said a
dispenser of drinks to a Union reporter,
whin the latter had dropped into the
place under the impression that it was
the rooms of the Young Men’s Christian
Association. “What lias beef tea got to
do with votir business?” asked the scribe.
“Since the early part of last fall there has
been a demand for beef tea at this
bar. At first we laughed at the
idea of going to the trouble of
making it, but now we laugh because we
do make it. We sell over 100 drinks per
day, and as it is a l.Vcent drink there is
no reason why we should not smile. Who;
drinks it, do you say? Why, everybodyt
the man about town who has been out
with the boys comes in here in the mot n
ing and calls for beef tea; the business
man comes in the afternoon and braces
his system with beef tea; the temperance
man "who drops in with a bibulous friend
takes beef tea: and, in fact, everybody is
becoming a slave to the mixed bovine.
The sick even are very sensibly forsaking
the drug stores and coming here for beef
tea, preferring it to the nauseating mix
tures put un by the druggist and ordered
bv the family physician. Why, if the
tea only holds out we will wreck every
drug store in the city. The possibilities
from this are manv. Beef tea is at once
a tonic and food. It does not corrode the
stomach and fire the brain. It does not
madden, and vet it exhilarates and
strengthens, llail to the drink of the fu
ture! Hail beef teal
Josiab Davis' Trouble.
Josiah Davis, North Middletown, Ky.,
writes: “I am now using a box of your
Henry’s Carbolic Salve upon an ulcer,
which, for the past ten days, has given
me gfleat pain. This salve is the only
remedy I have found that has givan me
any ease. -MY ulcer was caused by vari
cose veins, and was pronounced incura
ble by my medical doctors. 1 find, how
ever that Henry’s Carbolic Salve is effect
, ing a cure,”
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
BILLS WHICH MR. CLEMENTS
WILL INTRODUCE.
A Georgia Boy Ma.le Page-Extraordi
nary Nepotism—Representative Has
kell of Kansas Dead— Carlisle to An
nounce His Committees on Friday—
But Little Business to be Done This
Week.
M ashixgton, Dec. 16.—Representative
Clements will introduce to-morrow bills to
appropriate $300,000 for the Coosa river;
to indemnify the Catholic Church at Dal
ton and the Presbyterian Church at Ma
rietta for occupancy by Federal troops;
granting a pension to Rufus Barker, of
Floyd county.
Mr. Beese has secured the appointment
of a little son of Philip Carrol!, of Au
gusta, as a page.
REPRESENTATIVE HASKELL DEAD.
. Representative Haskell, of Kansas, died
in this city this morning after a lingerin'*-
illness. Mr. Haskell was born at Spring
field, N t., in 1842. He was elected as a
Representative in the Forty-fifth Con
gress, and had served continuously since
that time. In the last Congress he was
Chairman of the Committee on Indian
Affairs and a prominent member of the
Ways and Means Committee. 111 the lat
ter position he was generally recognized
as the leader of the Republicans in the
discussion of the tariff bill. To his inde
fatigable _ labor in connection with the
tariff legislation is largely attributed the
ill health which ended In hits death. The
funeral will take place at Lawrence,
Kansas, on Thursday next, and will
be attended by committees from both the
House and Senate.
Representative Anderson, of Kansas,
says that he will announce the death of
his colleague, Representative Haskell,
early to-morrow in the House. This will
cause an adjournment and the cutting off
of much business which it was thought
would result from the first Monday of the
session, when the rules could be sustain
ed by a two-thirds vote.
PLANS OF THE SENATE.
It is expected that the machinery ot the
Senate will be put In order during the
week. A resolution to proceed with the
election of officers will be introduced
Monday or Tuesday. Should It come up
to-morrow it will go over under an objec
tion from the Democratic side until Tues
day, on which day a caucus of the Demo
cratic Senators wgl doubtless be held to
decide upon action with respect to the
reorganization. The most trustworthy
opinion expected as to the course of the
Democrats is in effect that they will not
attempt to delay the election of the caucus
nominees of the Republicans beyond the
time necessary to deliver a tew "speeches
upon civil service reform as
exemplified by the proposition to eject the
Democratic officials. In reply the Re
publicans will of course seek" to justify
their course by the necessities of the case,
and by the precedents established by their
opponents. The discussion may consume
two or three days.
CARLISLE'S COMMITTEES.
Speaker Carlisle now intends to make
the announcement of his committees next
Friday,and it is expected that the holiday
recess will begin with the adjournment
on that day. and continue until Friday,
January 3, or until the beginning of tlie
following week. It is not likely that the
House will assemble more than once be
tween Monday and Friday, and then onlv
as a formality.
GLARING NEPOTISM.
In reorganizing the House force a strik
ing case of nepotism in the last House has
been brought to light. Doorkeeper Brown
low had liis wife on the rolls as his clerk
at $1,200. She did nothing. He had his
son, who was in knee breeches, in the
foldiug room at SOOO, and a brother-in-law
in the same room at the same salary.
None of them did any work.
LABOR’S WORST FOES.
Herr Most anil Other Impracticable
Fire-Eaters vn tlie Rostrum.
New York, Dec. IC.—A mass meeting
oflaboring men was held to-day in Irving
Hall to tender a reception to the French
delegation of workmen. The stage was
decorated with French and American
flags and communistic mottoes. Victor
Drury presided and made a speech of wel
come. which was responded to by M. C'ali
not in behalf of the delegation. He said that
the delegation represented the working
men, net of Paris alone but of all Europe.
MM. Saint Martin, a blacksmith, Balin,
a painter, and Ribanier, a tinsmith,
also members of the delegation, ad
dressed the meeting in French. Jus
tus Schwab and Herr John Most
spoke in German. L. R. Petroli,
in Italian and Mr. Baudiech in Bohemian,
llerr Most's speech was of a most incen
diary character, aud lie was repeatedly
interrupted by cries of “Vive la Com
mune !” and “S'ive la dynamite!” Resolu
tions were adopted expressing sympathy
with the Workingmen’s International Rev
olutionary Association, and pledging the
assistance of the American workingmen
in any struggle that might arise between
labor and capital. At a meeting of the
Central Labor Union to-night, a resolu
tion was passed recommending all work
ingmen to “boycott” the Tribune in con
sequence of its refusal to grant the de
mands of the striking compositors, and
advising newsdealers not to handle it.
Ravages of tlie Flames.
St. Lons, Dec. 16.—The Glucose
Works, situated at the north end of East
St. Louis, were burned to-night. The loss
on the works is $40,000, and on the stock
SIO,OOO.
Akron, 0., Dec. 16.—The Akron Straw
board Works of John F. and Monroe Sie
berling were burned this morning, except
one building. The loss is $40,000, and the
insurance SIO,OOO.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 16.—A large part
of the village of Dubois, Pa., was de
stroyed by fire to-day. The loss has not
yet been ascertained.
Galveston, Tex., Dec. 16.—A special
from Corsicana says:. “Seven business
houses on Collier street were burned this
morning, causing an aggregate loss of
$09,000. The insurance is $49,000. The
principal losers are Powell A Strauss
SIB,OOO, insurance $8,000; and M. M. Bur
gess loss $23,000, insurance $16,000. The
fire is supposed to have been of incendiary
origin.”
Murdered and Burned.
Galveston, Dec. 16. —A dispatch from
Houston says: “Last night a shanty in
the Fifth ward, occupied by an old man
named Carmichael, was burned. When
the flames were extinguished the charred
remains of Carmichael were found. It is
supposed that he was murdered, and that
the house was set on fire to conceal the
crime. Carmichael’s housekeeper, Ame
lia Redmou. was arrested, and the police
are looking for a male acquaintance ol
hers. Carmichael was a carpenter and a
Republican politician. lie was some
what dissipated. He was once a wealthy
slave-owner in Alabama.”
Rome’s German Visitor.
Rome, Dec. 16.—The Mayor of Rome
has issued a proclamation saying that the
German Crown Prince will arrive to-inor
row as the guest of the King to draw a
closer bond between Germany and Italy,
and adding: “Rome will know how to re
ceive him. May he regard oiy welcome
as the homage of all Italians."
Cardinal Jacobini, the pontifical Secre
tary of State, and Baron von Sehloezer,
the’ German representative at the Vati
can, held a conference to-day with refer
ence to the proposed visit ot the German
Prince to the Pope, which meeting is now
considered as assured.
Memorial Services for the Lost Fisher
men.
Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 16. —Me-
morial services tor the lost fishermen
were held to-day at the Universalist
Church. Rev. Mr. Rider, pastor. The
services were deeply impressive. As far
as known, these fishermen have twenty
nine widows and thirty-five children, but
the number is probably much larger. Two
more vessels are overdue, which, it proven
to be lost, will swell the number of vessels
lost to twelve, with probably 150 men.
The number of lives lost during the year
will not fall much short of 200.
Hamilton Institute.
New York, Dec. 16.—Gen. Armstrong,
Superintendent of the Hampton. Va., in
stitute for the education of young colored
men of the South, addressed a large meet
ing to-night in the Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Rev. I). S. Fissell, chaplain of
the college, and flooker Washing, of Tus
kegec, Ala., one of its graduates, also
spoke. Negro revival melodies were ren
dered by a quartette of students.
Wages to be Reduced.
Providence, R. 1., Dec. 16. —1n conse
quence of the recent break in the prices
of cotton goods, leaving, it is claimed, no
good margin for profit, notices of a re
duction of wages will be posted to-mor
row in mauy of the leading mills in Rhode
Island.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1883.
THE RECENT HOTEL HORROR.
Miss Reiser Wronged by the Bride
groom Before Whom She Died.
The New York papers publish interest
ing details of the suicide of Miss Rosa
Reiser, an account of which appeared in
our dispatches Saturday morning last.
Miss Keiser, it will be remembered, shot
herself in the room of G. W. Dunn and
wife, in the aristocratic Windsor Hotel,
New York, last Thursday.
The Coroner, after disposing of the dead
bodv, visitid No. 162 West Forty-fourth
street, where Miss Keiser had rented a
room lor some time. The house is a board
ing-house, and is kept by a Mrs. Florence.
In Miss Keiser’s room were lound, in ad
dition to some dresses and under gar
ments, lying on a bureau drawer a pair of
diamond earrings, a pair of pearl earrings
and a pair of gold bracelets. Mrs. Flor
ence said she knew nothing of her board
er’s habits, except that she claimed to be
a stenographer, and said that she had
been employed by several wealthv down
town firms.
Dunn called at the police station and
admitted that he had been “sparking”
Miss Keiser.
George W. Dunn is a native of Phila
delphia. His father was a sea Captain,
and when he died he left au estate valued
at $30,000 in charge of an executor named
James, in Chicago, to he transferred to
George when he reached his majority,
l’he executor lost the bulk of the property
in speculation. George was for a long
time clerk in a shipping house in Phila
delphia, and left the firm under a cloud.
Subsequently he achieved some notoriety
as n expert poker player. In 1878 he mar
ried Lydia Burton, a woman of reputed
wealth, and came with her to live at the St.
James Hotel in this city. His reputation
as a skillful card player followed him,
and he was also believed to make consid
erable money in mining speculation. Be
tween one and two years ago Mrs. Dunn
died, and was buried in Woodlawn Ceme
tery, Philanelphia. Dunn has been in
terested in one or two mining companies,
and was regarded as a shrewd man in
business atl'airs. His mother is a native
of Brussels, and still speaks with a
slightly foreign accent. His father is
said to have been of an aristocratic Irish
family.
Rose Keiser belonged to a well-known
family in Utica. Her lather died several
years ago. He was a native of Alsace,
and founded the Utica Staats Zeitumj. He
was somewhat of a politician also.anil rep
resented his ward in tlie Board of Super
visors. lie had seven children, live of
them girls, two younger than Rose. Rose
was seen much in public and was never
without admirers. She was light
hearted, kind and vivacious, and was
a favorite in her circle, which was
not always chosen with care. Before
leaving Utica, two or three years ago, she
was at times thought to he too indifferent
to tlie opinion of her neighbors. She was
very respectably connected, and has a
large circle ol relatives. Of her relations
with George W. Dunn little is known ex
cept that she met him at a party in Utica
about tliree years ago. It is said that she
went to New York as his private Secre
tary. Last summer she spent some time
with him and his mother at Saratoga.
She was about 26 years old.
Her affection for Dunn was so strong
that even after this occurrence she drew
sl.ooo from her guardian and gave it to
Dunn to pay his and his mother's hoard.
1 hey then came to New York, Dunn and
his mother going to the Windsor Hotel,
while Miss Keiser went to board at the
house of Mrs. Florence, No. 162 West
Forty-fourth street. Dunn was a constant
visitor upon Miss Keiser at the house in
Forty-fourth street until about two weeks
ago, xyhen his visits suddenly ceased.
At this Miss Keiser became much de
pressed, and began to act strangely.
About a week ago she became acquainted
with certain rumors to the effect that
Dunn was about to marry a wealthy lady
named Alexandre.
Mrs. Lillian E. Alexandre came to the
Windsor about three years ago, and has
lived there ever since, with the exception
of an occasional absence in the summer.
Bhe was a widow, and was introduced
thereby the daughter of a gentleman in
this city from whom she had been taking
French lessons. She was supposed to
earn a competency with her pen, and
worked industriously in her rooms at her
manuscripts. When Dunn came to board
at the hotel an intimacy was begun which
terminated in the recent marriage.
A SALVATION WEDDING.
The Nuptials of Cap*. Jolly and Capt.
Rainey.
Trenton (.V. J.) Special, Dec. It.
About 100 salvation soldiers sat on the
platform in the Chancery lane barracks
in this city to-night. The lads and lasses
were all in uniform. Major Moore, the
head of the army in America, presided.
The occasion of the gathering was the
hallelujah wedding of Capt. Mary Ann
Jolly, of Trenton, to Capt. Samuel Rainey,
of New York. The Mayor and other city
officials had been invited, but did not
come. Capt. Jolly had her salvation bon
net tied down and trimmed with a red
frill. She wore a knot of flowers at her
throat aud a continual blush on her at
tractive face. The exercises began with
singing and prayer, with which
continual shouting was mingled.
About every five minutes somebody would
say, “Oh, what a jolly time we are hav
ing.” Then everybody would laugh, and
Capt. Jolly would blush more than ever.
Once in a while the enthusiasm ran so
high that the soldiers had to stand on the
benches. After an hour and a half of sing
ing and shouting, the two Captains who
were candidates for matrimony stood up,
one on each side of Major Moore. A gray
haired lass with spectacles stood by the
bride. A little soldier whose chin reached
only to Capt. Romaliss’ shoulder, but
whose enthusiasm touched the ceiling,
was groomsman. Two soldiers waved
salvation banners over the couple. Maj.
Moore react a long ritual, which started
off with a solemn promise that neither
married tlie other solely for his or her own
pleasure, but for the help of the army.
Then Capt. Rainey promised to take this
woman to le his wife, to love and to cher
ish in sickness and health, and Capt.
Jolly took Capt. Rainey’s and repeated
the same formula. Maj. Moore produced
a ring, and there were more formulas.
Finally the two wore pronounced man
and wife, and the enthusiasm broke loose
again.
DUCKING A DUDE DRUMMER.
Decoying a Married Lothario by a “Per
sonal" and Ducking Him in a Pond.
llarrodeburg, Ky., Special, Dec. lU.
Last night Charles Italie, a drummer
traveling for a wholesale jewelry estab
lishment in Philadelphia, arrived here,
and was recognized by his appearance be
fore he registered at the hotel. He was
decoyed by a personal advertisement, pur
porting to be from a llarrodsburg lady,
printed in a Cincinnati paper. The co"r
respondence had been kept up for a
long time, and a place of meeting
hail been appointed. Dressed in
elaborate style, he set out from his hotel
for the place of meeting, recognizing the
spot by a diagram he had received in the
course of his correspondence, but, instead
of meeting the young lady, he fell into the
hands of a dozen hoys, who took him to a
pond on tlie United States Government
Asylum grounds. The day had been ra
ther pleasant, hut the night was raw and
chilly. He begged, but the boys had no
compassion. They divided into squads,
and each squad took its turn at ducking
the drummer in the pond. At midnight
he crept into the hotel dripping wet. This
morning he purchased new clothing, and
quit the town, begging that the story
should not be made public. Cnarles
Italie is said to be the husband of one wife
and the father of two children.
COSTAL TELEGRAPH.
Prospect* for Legislation.
Washington, Dec. 15.—There has al
ready been much quiet talk in Congres
sional circles regarding the various postal
telegraph projects which have been
brought forward. All of the bills except
one, that of Congressman Sumner, of Cali
fornia, have been introduced by Re
publicans. Inquiry develops the fact
that the prevailing opinion among the
Democrats is decidedly hostile to the
proposed legislation, and that there
will be among the Republicans active and
formidable opposition to all of the schemes
lor the establishment of a government
telegraph, either by leasing the service or
constructing new lines. It is not im
probable, however, that the Senate Post
Office Committee will report to the Senate
a bill relating to the subject, which will
he made the basis of an elaborate debate.
The indications are that none of the bills
proposed, or those which will be intro
duced, will receive the favorable consid
eration of the House.
Delevan, Wis., Sept. 24, 1878.
Gents —I have taken not quite one
bottle of the Hop Bitters. I was a feeble
old manot 78 when I got it. To-day lam
as active and feel as well as I did at 30
I see a great many that need such a
medicine. ' D. Boy ce.
NO HOPE FOR O’DONNELL.
AMERICA’S EFFORTS PROVE
FRUITLESS.
The English Authorities Fail to Find
Ground for a Stay of Execution—The
Gallows Subjected to a Final Test in
Preparation for To-Day’s M’ork—Vic
tor Hugo Appeals to Victoria.
London, Dec. 16.—O’Donnell passed a
good night, and continues cheerful. His
appetite is lair. He was visited this eve
ning by Father Fleming and another
priest, and was attentive to their exhor
tations. The strictest reticence is ob
served by the prison officials. A special
guard of twenty-four men is on duty in
side the prison day and night, and sev
eral detectives are stationed outside.
The streets in the vicinity of the prison
are empty and quiet. Some uneasiness
being felt about Hangman Binu’s drop, it
was thoroughly tested to-day and the ma
chinery was again overhauled. It seemed
to work well. The exclusion of represen
tatives of the press from the prison and
the difficulty of obtainiug information
cause much dissatisfaction. The execu
tion will certainly take place at 8 o’clock
Monday morning. Victor Hugo has writ
ten to the Oueen, asking her to pardon
O’Donnell.
\ ictor Hugo, in his letter to Queen Vic
toria, says that the Queen of England has
shown more than once her greatness of
heart, and that the Queen will grant the
condemned man, O’Donnell, his life and
accept tlie unanimous and profound
thanks of the civilized world.
The police leaving duty at the prison
this evening report that O’Donnell con
tinues as firm as a rock. Everyone is
much impressed with his nerve. O’Don
nell is fully prepared to meet his fate, hut
has remarked that his death will be
avenged on England.
M ashixgton, Dec. 16.—0n Thursday
last, tlie 11th inst.. Secretary Frelingliuy
sen telegraphed Minister Lowell, stating
that the House of Representatives had
brought the ease of O’Donnell to I’resi
ident Arthur’s notice, in the hope that
the latter might secure reasonable de
lay in tiie uxecution of the sentence, and
might ascertain whether the prisoner
was an American citizen, and whether
there was any error in the trial.
In this telegram Mr. Lowell was in
structed as follows: “As before instructed,
you will consider O’Donnell’s citizenship
as established. There being in Great
Britain no judicial examination on an ap
peal of proceedings at a criminal
trial, possible errors can only be
corrected through anew trial or by Ex
ecutive action upon the sentences. There
fore this government is anxious that such
careful examination be given to the pro
ceedings in this case as to discover any er
ror, should one have been committed. You
are therefore directed by President Arthur
to request a delay of tlie execution of the
sentence, and that a careful examination
of the case he made by Her Majesty’s
Government, aud that the prisoner’s coun
sel be permitted to present any alleged
points of error.”
Secretary Frelinghuysen is now in re
ceipt of a telegram from Mr. Lowell, who
states that ou the 12th he received the above
telegram and immediately communicated
its substance to Lord Granville, who ac
knowledged its receipt and stated that it
had been referred to the proper authori
ties, and also that on Saturday, the 15th
inst., Mr. Lowell received Lord Gran
ville’s reply in which the latter,
alter referring to Mr. Lowell’s com
munication, stated that the counsel for
O’Donnell, having submitted the repre
sentations he thought advisable on the
prisoner’s la-half, those representations
and all the other circumstances of
the case had been carefully ex
amined and considered in the man
ner usual in cases of capital convic
tions, and Her Majesty’s Government had
found no grounds upon which they would
be justified in advising the Crown to in
terfere with the sentence of the law or its
execution.”
MRS. CHI4ISTI ANCY'S DEATH.
What was Thought ami Said About It
In Washington—Addicted to Morphine
and Liquor.
Washington Special, Dec. 74.
The friends in this city of Lillie Lugen
beel received the announcement of hpr
death in Brooklyn with deep pity and re
gret; but inasmuch as they had been
aware of the tits of mental and physical
depression to which she was subject when
the divorce proceedings were pending,
they were not greatlv surprised by the
circumstances attending it.
Mr. Oliver, who acted as her counsel,
said to a reporter to-day that during the
whole course of the proceedings, when
her sensitive nervous organization was
strung to its utmost tension and when
she was suffering from nervous prostra
tion, he never knew her to do an immodest
act or say an immodest or improper word.
During tlie hearing in the case, however,
Mrs. Cbristiancy often acted in a very
eccentric and irrational manner, as, for
instance, when on a cold night about two
years ago she left her house at midnight,
attired only in her night dress and stock
ings. Thus arrayed she walked from her
home, which was then at No. 311 I) street,
to the office of her counsel. Messrs. Cook
& Cole, corner of Sixth and D streets. She
was discovered in the street by a police
man, and a gentleman, who was passing
in a carriage, had her placed in the ve
hicle and driven to her home. A friend
of hers states that she was at that time
addicted to the use of morphine, and he
suspected, also, that she sometimes
sought relief from mental depression in
liquor.
a creature of impulse.
A friend of Mr. Cbristiancy, who was
acquainted with his divorced wife, said to
a reporter to-day: “I never knew a wo
man in whom the Scale of emotion was so
long. It ranged from the loftiest exalta
tion to the deepest depression. She was a
creature swajed by impulse. One day
she would be buoyant with hope and the
next day wretched. It was in one of
these extremes that she married Mr.
Christiancy and in the other that she told
him on her wedding night that she did
not love him, and cursed her fate. How
ever, she soon returned to her state of
exalted happiness. The Senator told me,
even after his divorce proceedings were
begun, that in her happy moods she was
one of the kindest and sweetest women in
the world. You may not believe it, or
you may think he is a fondly loolish old
man, hut Senator Christiancy loved that
woman with his whole heart and he loves
her now.”
LIVELY ROW IN A CHURCH.
Excited Canadian Politicians at a
Church Fair.
Ottawa, Ont., Special, JUh.
A disgraceful scene occurred at Kings
ton last night in connection with an elec
tion held under the auspices of St. Paul’s
Church. The feature of the evening was
a bazaar. As the people of St. Mary’s
Cathedral had recently realized hand
somely on voting as to which was the
most popular representative ol the city in
Parliament, Messrs. Gunn or Metcalf,
the Anglican Church ladies thought
they couid do well by setting up two
local politicians. Dr. Sullivan was put
up by the Conservatives and Mr. Harty
by the Liberals. Voting during the
day went along smoothly, but in the even
ing the political friends of the candidates
assembled In force. As 10 o’clock ap
proached the excitemeut increased, the
vote standing, Harty 1,917. Sullivan 1,827.
The Rev. Mr. Carey finally declared the
polls closed. A leading Liberal passed
around the booth to speak to the scruti
neer, and, suspicious of his movements,
the Sullivan party rushed uj>on the polling
booth. In a moment there was a collapse
and dreadful confusion. The pole which
held aloft one side of a flag struck a lady
upon the forehead, and she fainted. As
she fell the official record of the vote was
secured—Harty 2,117, Sullivan 1,962.
During a scuffle Mr. Sullivan’s friends
got hold the ballot box and stuffed it,
and claimed that their candidate was in
the lead.
The scene when the booth was knocked
over and afterward was most exciting
The church pastor looked on pityingly but
helplessly. He is now satisfied that poli
tics should have no place in church
affairs. Capt. Gaskin, one of the most
violent of local politicians, grabbed up a
fancy chair which was to l>e given to the
one having the highest number of votes,
and carried it to Mr. Sullivan.
A FATHER-IN-LAW’S CHARGES.
Claiming that His Daughter was Shot
and Killed by Her Husband.
Indianapolis Special, Dec. 14.
Capt. E. T. Johnson, of this city, who is
located temporarily in the government
pension service at Knoxville, Tenu., came
home recently, bringing with him the
Rev. Dr. Wakefield, of Richmond, Ind.
Capt. Johnson wished to persuade his
wife to accept treatment for mental
troubles, and thought Dr. Wakefield’s in
fluence would aid him. They failed to
obtain her assent, and Capt. Johnson
went to a hotel, he savs, where he re
mained all night, while Dr. Wakefield
went to the house of a friend. The next
morning Mrs. Johnson was found dead in
bed in her own room. It was pronounced
a case of suicide, and Capt. Johnson re
turned to Tennessee. Within the last few’
days the matter has been reopened, Capt.
Johnson’s father-in-law. Dr. Griffith,
having charged the former with having
killed his wife.
Dr. Griffith says that Capt. Johnson re
turned to the house during the night, pre
sented to his wife a letter, which he forced
her to copy, and which he left where it
was found, and that he then shot and
killed her and escaped by the frout door,
which was found unlocked. Dr. Griffith
also claims that while Capt. Johnson was
at West Haden Springs he became ac
quainted with a young woman and repre
sented to her that he was unmarried; that
they corresponded, but a friend ot the fam
ily put a stop to it.
Dr. Griffith also charges that Johnson
carried off jewelry worth $13,000, which
had been in the family for years, together
with all the solid silverware, leaving the
pi a tew are behind. Capt. Johnson, who
returned here to-day, was surprised when
informed of the charges made against
him, and said that he would without diffi
culty prove them untrue. Rev. Dr. Wake
field has written a statement of the cir
cumstances attending the death of Mrs.
Johnson, and also of the unhappy rela
tions existing between her and her hus
band. It is alleged that these were due to
the wife’s infidelity.
WHAT IT MEANS.
Logan Among the Possibilities.
Washington Special , 15th.
Many comments are being made here
as to the political meaning ot the selection
of Chicago tor the meeting place of the
Republican Committee and of the Logan
triumph in the National Committee. It
is conceded that in an unexpected way it
has brought Gen. Logan to the front as a
Presidential candidate. A friend of Gen.
Logan, as w-eli qualified as any one to
speak for him, gives this explanation of
the reasons which induced him to make
the campaign for Chicago: “Prior to start
ing on his trip down the Mis
sissippi river Gen. Logan itad
not formed any plan . with respect
to tlie National Convention, nor had he
politically any preference where it should
be held. Just before starting with that
committee, however, he read an editorial
in which, treating of Chicago with respect
to the convention, it spoke of Gen. Logan
as haying little interest in Chicago, and
as being rather ‘the gentleman from Jack
son’ than ‘a citizen ot Chicago.’ From
that moment Gen. Logan determined to
do what he could to bring the National
Convention to Chicago, and he has suc
ceeded. That was the origin,” said this
gentleman, “of Gen. Logan’s purpose to
secure the convention in the city where
he resides.”
OPPOSITION IN CHICAGO.
One of the Chicago committeemen gives
this piece of gossip to show, as he thinks,
that there was some opposition in Chi
cago, for political reasons, to holding the
convention there. He said: “As soon as
it became evident that an effort would be
made to hold the convention in Chicago
an attempt was made to enlist Western
members of the committee in opposition
to Chicago.”
A NEGRO PHENOMENON.
Human Skin that Constantly Changes
Its Color.
Springfield ( 0.) Globe.
In this town there lives a young girl
who is and ot right ought to be a mulatto,
but the color of whose skin is constantly
changing from deep brown to a snowy
white and back again to its original hue.
She lives at No. 107 Scott street, and is the
daughter ot a well-to-do drayman named
Janies Keerner. The transition is not ef
fected by a slow process of uniform fad
ing, but by the appearance of successive
white spots which finally monopolize the
entire surface. It follows that at certain
stages of this transformation the girl pre
sents an exceedingly striking aspect. The
reporter, who w as recently admitted to an
inspection of the phenomenon, remarks:
“Very often the neighbors say they are
accustomed to seeing the child* run about
during the warm weather with one foot
and ankle as dark a3 any little colored
girl’s need be, and the other as white as
that of the fairest lady in the land. Fre
quently one hand is a dark mulatto color,
while the other will be spotlessly white
and almost transparent. Often the child’s
face will be entirely white buttheevelids,
they retaining their usual color. When
she closes her eyes the effect is striking.
Quite as often the face will be entirely
brown and the eyelids alone white, giving
the girl an unearthly appearance when the
lids are down.” If Mr. Barnum is wise
he will relinquish his ambition to possess
a white elephant, and secure instead a
spotted attraction which would cause
every leopard in his show to blush with
shame.
An Indian Hero of Eighty.
Lincoln Letter to the Leicieton (J/e.) Gillette.
Heroes are not all dead. Joseph Dana
is only an Indian, 80 years old, and, like
many others, he sometimes imbibes the
exhilarating and intoxicating fluid. He
stands about six feet unshod, is broad
shouldered, full-chested, carries his head
erect, and has a straight spinal column.
On November 19, at about 4 o’clock, lie
arrived at Lincoln on a ride from Lee, a
distance of 12 miles. Being thinly clad
he was cold, and, being * cold,
naturally wanted something warm
on the inside. While in the act of
taking his inner warning, the cry
“A boy in the pond! A boy drown
ing! The ice has broken and lots are in
the water!” sounded on his ear. Like a
chieftain of old of his tribe at the sound of
the war-whoop, he leaped through the
door with Indian stride, rushed to the
scene of danger, and stayed not his pace
until he broke through the ice within
about ten feet of where four small boys
were struggling for life. Then, as a wild
moose escaping the hounds breaks the ice
with his fore feet, so Dana with his lists
and giant arms smashed the ice be
tween himself and the drowning boys.
He reached them, and with the aid
of another Indian who h:ul plunged
into the water, three were landed. The
other, a boy of about 0 years, had risen
and sunk twice, and was then beneath
tlie cold w’ater, far from reach of rope or
pole. It was then that Joseph showed
himself a true hero. Plunging beneath
the ice, nearly chilled to death himself,
he grasped the boy and brought him to
the surface in an exhausted condition.
Life was not quite extinct, and though
the sled rope lie grasped bad to be cut
before it could lie taken from liis bands,
through prompt and skillful efforts the
boy still lives.
The Small Boy’s Long Tongue.
“Idon’t altogether like this young man,
Milliken, who comes to see you so often.
I hear that he is nothing but a poor dry
goods clerk,” is what the head of th*e
family said to his daughter one day at the
dinner table.
“He is a very nice young gentleman,”
replied the daughter. “Besides, he is
something more than a ‘poor dry goods
clerk.’ He gets a large salary and is
manager of one of the departments, and
expects some day to have an interest in
the business.”
“I hope he may,” responded the old
man, “but he strikes me- as a very flip
pant, impertinent young person, and in
my opinion be should be sat down upon.”
“Well, I have invited him to take tea
with us this evening,” said the daughter,
“and I hope you will treat him politely at
least. You will find him a very different
person from what you suppose him to be.”
“Oh, I’ll treat him politely enough,” he
said.
That evening Mr. Miliikin appeared at
supper and made a most favorable im
pression upon the old gentleman. “He is
a clever young iellow, after all,” he
thought. “I have done him an injustice.”
It was just here that Bobby spoke out.
Bobby was a well-meaning little boy, but
too talkative.
“Papa,” he ventured, “you know what
you said to-day at dinner about Mr. Milii
kin, that he was an impertinent young
man and ought to be sat down upon ”
“Silence, sir!” shouted the father, swal
lowing a mouthful of hot potato.
But the little fellow wouldn’t silence.
“It’s all right,” he continued, confiden
tially, but in a whisper loud enough to be
heard out of doors, “he has been sat down
upon. Sister sat down on him last night
for two hours.”
Alter this the dinner went on more
quietly, owing to Bobby’s sudden and very
jerky departure.
Drunken Soldiers liaise a Riot,
London, Dec, 16.—A riot lias taken
place between some drunken soldiers and
a number of Jews at Garmolinizi, in Po
dolia, Russia, resulting in the killing of a
Rabbi and the wounding of several Jews.
The soldiers have been arrested.
Gamier versus Daly.
Lyons, Dec. 16.—1n the billiard con
test between Gamier and Daly to-night,
Gamier scored 600 and Daly 653. Daly
made a run of 309. The total scores of the
two nights are: Gamier 1,200, Daly 1,157.
THE ISSUE IN 1884.
EX-SENATOR JOSEPH E. MCDON
ALD INTERVIEYVED.
Tariff Reform Practically Expounded—
Falsity of Protectionists’ Plea in Be
half of American Labor—lndiana Pres
idential Timber.
The Missouri Hepublican has interview
ed ex-Senator McDonald, who just now
appears to be a very prominent candidate
for the Presidential nomination of the
Democratic party. The following is au
extract from the interview:
“What would be the result. Mr. McDon
ald, of a lowering of the tariff on iron?”
“Of course it would render manufactur
ing less profitable or unprofitable at those
expensive localities with the result of in
clining the removal of furnaces to more
eligible locations, where, while the manu
facturers would realize as much or more
profit, the country would enjoy the reduc
tion in price of iron.”
“Narrowed down, is not the issue in
1884 between New England ou the one
side and the rest of the country at large
on the other?” I questioned.
“I decline to so construe it,” was re
plied; “I am opposed to any arraying of
sections, one against the other, in this or
any other political controversy. It is
quite natural that manufacturers who
have enjoyed the benefits of a protective
tariff should be averse to its modification,
and hence the chief opposition to reform
of the tariff wilf exist in the East, the
manufacturing centre. But in consider
ing this question it is proper to admit its
hearing upon the whole country, our
national interests, rather than that of any
one part of it. Now, we have to find "a
market abroad for two-thirds of the cotton
crop of the United States, in its raw
condition, which is manufactured in
Europe. A part of the manufactured
product of it is returned to our
people, the balance goes for the
world’s consumption. If we manufactured
this crop, instead of sending it abroad in
its raw state, we would have the profits
of manufacturing as well as producing.
This we cannot now do, because our
manufacturing centres, where at present
established, are not able to compete with
Europe in cheapness of manufacturing.
It is no more necessary to send cottftn to
England to be spun than to ship it there
to be ginned. There is no reason why a
cotton mill, with ample size, equipment
and capital, in the cotton belt might not
outstrip an English mill. High protec
tion of an industry in given localities—
keeping up the price of its products, on
consumers—ls injustice to the masses, it
there are other localities the surround
ings of which would, with equal capital
aud labor, enable cheaper manufactur
ing.”
The question of wages of American
operatives has entered so prominently into
the plea ot protectionists, I sounded Mr.
McDonald’s views thereon.
“Y'es,” he remarked, “theprotectionists
lay a good deal of stress on the higher
wages paid in the United States over those
to operatives in England, France and
Germany. That wages here are nominally
higher is true, hut what the excess is it is
difficult to compute since there is a differ
ence in the prices of the necessaries of
life. It is a singular fact that bread is
sold cheaper by the pound or lout in Lon
don than in New York, though made from
Hour New Y’ork ships to London. Neces
saries other than food are very much
cheaper in either oT the European coun
tries named than in the United States,
protection making many of them higher
here. Asa general rule, however, protec
tion enhances the profits of the manufac
turer,
rather than the wages
of liis operative. On this point Mr. Burch
ard’s statistics make entertaining read
ing; they show the cost ol labor in this
country to be a bare fraction of the cost
of manufacturing. For illustration he
gives in the manufacture of textiles 19j£
per cent, as the cost ot labor, tii'A per
cent, as the cost of materials, and 18 per
cent, ns manufacturers’ profit, including
interest on capital; in cotton fabrics,
labor 22, materials 63, and manufacturers'
profits 13 per cent.; in woolens, labor
17*4, materials 62, and manufacturers’
profits 2034 per cent.; in silks, labor 16,
materials 64 and manufacturers’ profits
20 per cent.; in steel, labor 17, material 33
and manufacturers’ profits 50 per cent.
Of these, where the highest—22 per cent,
—was the cost of labor, the protection
was equal to the entire cost of labor. A
New England statement, which has not
been discredited and is probably reliable,
gave the cost oflabor in the manufacture
of a ton of steel rails at $52 20, while the
duty on a ton of steel rails was S2B and
the selling price of $42. The late reduc
tion makes the duty sl7, instead of S2B.
From these statistics the public can judge
of the amount of benefit our labor has de
rived lrom high protection.”
Mr. McDonald holds that the Demo
cratic party will successfully repel in
1884 the false chargos used against it in
1880, that it contemplated the repeal of all
tariff laws and the establishment of un
conditional free trade, when the govern
mental necessities could not permit the
adoption of such a policy. As early after
the last Presidential election as February,
1881, he put himselt on record in a speecli
in the Senate as favoring tariff' reform in
stead of unconditional free trade in the
following language: “Without counting
upon any great increase in our ordinary
expenses, it will he necessary for
us to raise over $200,000,000 annu
ally, so that our governmental ex
penses require ail the revenue that
we can properly raise by customs duties,
strictly confined to the purpose; there is
no probability that the power to lay and
collect duties on imports will be discon
tinued so long as our government con
tinues to exist, or that the incidental
protection will not be all that ought, in
justice to the great mass of our people, be
imposed. Even England in her greatest
approach to free trade has deemed it wise
and prudent to raise a large portion of
her revenue from customs duties.” It is
upon such practical and conservative
policy, rather than upon any traditional
doctrine, that the party will submit its
candidates to popular suffrage and Mr.
McDonald anticipates a reversal of the
results in 1880.
Indiana will unquestionably offer one,
if not two, of her sons for the office Mr.
Arthur now enjoys. The Republicans are
divided between Judge Gresham and Ben
Harrison, the latter appearing the favorite.
Mr. Hendricks, who has just left for Eu
rope, has some earnest, though not hope
ful, friends. If Mr. Holman, the New
York Sun’s discovery, has any following
it is about his own home in the southeast
corner of the State. Mr. McDonald’s
strong personal popularity gives his name
more than a party recognition in this
city. A leading lawyer, who is promi
nent in Republican councils, told
me that McDonald’s nomination would
spike bis cun and that of many others of
his party. Another Republican of less
prominence, though influential, stated
openly that he would vote and work for
McDonald against any Republican other
than Ben Harrison, while a third, who
had just returned from a trip through the
northern portion of the State, believed
McDonald could carry Indiana against
any Republican. Ex-Judge J. A. Hol
man, a prominent Democrat, says Mc-
Donald possesses, in a remarkable de
gree, the respect and confidence of both
parties; that if nominated, he wili have
the solid vote of his own party in the
State, and, unquestionably, considerable
accessions from the other side.
AVasn't Goins to be Beaten.
National Hepublican.
Col. Thos. J. Whipple, who was made
one of the Vice Presidents from New
Hampshire of the Mexican Veterans’ As
sociation, is quite a character in the Gran
ite State, and several good stories are told
of him. During the war he commanded
the Fourth New Hampshire Infantry, and
during a season of temporary inactivity,
while the regiment was down in Y irginia
a Connecticut regiment in the same bri
gade experienced some religious excite
ment, and many were converted. The
chaplain of the Connecticut regiment, an
earnest and God-fearing man, wanted to
extend his influence, aud so called upon
Col. Whipple to see if he could not obtain
permission for the New Hampshire men
to attend the religious meetings in his
camp. He was enthusiastic over the work
ip which he was engaged and the good
results obtained, and depicted in glowing
terms the benefits resulting from the
meetings.
“Why, Col. Whippie,” said he, in clos
ing his appeal, “1 baptized five men In my
regiment this morning.”
“Baptized five of your men!” said Col.
Whipple. “How long has this thing been
going on ?”
“We have been holding meetings about
a week.”
“Adjutant!” roared Whipple, “order a
corporal’s guard to be baptized at sunrise
to-morrow morning. I’ll be d—d if I will
allow New Hampshire to be beaten by
any regiment from a wooden nutmeg
State. Good morning, sir,” and turning
on his heel, he abruptly closed the inter
view. ...
LASKER’S LOVE.
A Romantic Episode in the Career of
the Great German Statesman.
Galceston Opera Glass.
It is quite by accident that I came
across an old German paper recently
wherein I found the outline of a romance
that may prove interesting to our read
ers, inasmuch as the hero of it was of late
a visitor in Galveston, and made manv
mends, who, though recognizing in Dr.
Edward Lasker one who has led an event
ful life, would scarcely have associated
him with an affair of the heart. Judo-in°-
from the fact that he is still a bachelor, it
may he said to have made a life impres
sion on one who would not generally be
ciedited with having had room for tender
ness in the heart which he seems to have
devoted to his country and to his people,
and to the cause of the oppressed and
down-trodden everywhere.
in 1863 Ilr. Lasker, then one of the most
aggressive of the Liberal leaders, formed
the acquaintance of a voung lady in Ber
lin, a Miss Franziska Russak, the niece
and adopted daughter of a wealthv land
owner, who was, however, a strong sup
porter of the government. The young
lady admired the spirit of the young doc
tor and his steadfast devotion to the cause
of the people, returned the sentiment
which the young man had not hesitated to
impart.
But the current of true love never did
run as smooth as might be desired, and
in this particular case the stream was a
very turbulent one indeed. The uncle
was apprised of the state of affairs by the
suitor, but turned a deaf ear to all en
treaties. He told the doctor that Fran
ziska could never marry one who was
opposed to “the best government the world
ever saw” with lus consent, aud that if
she married contrary to bis wishes she
would not get one cent of the Russak for
tune. To this the doctor replied that he
wanted no fortune, nor anything else ex
cept the lady. Franziska, however, while
willing to forego the fortune, was unwill
ling to incur the displeasure of her uncle,
to whom she was much attached.
After that the uncle tried to arrange
other matches for his niece, but she, true
to her first aud only love, refused all of
fers, no matter how brilliant, and some oi
them were very brilliant indeed.
In a year or more after the first visit of
Dr. Lasker to the Russak mansion thi old
man thought it wrong to balk the girl’s
fancy longer and accordingly sent for Dr.
Lasker, and in the presence of tlie young
lady he withdrew his objections provided
that the doctor would in the future discon
tinue his activity ou behalf of the Liberal
party, and espouse the cause of the gov
ernment. The proposition was scornful
ly rejected by Dr. Lasker, who said on that
occasion that lie felt that his wife would
ever despise him, as he would despise
himself, for so base a treachery.
One day, a few months later, Bismarck
sent for Mr. Russak, and though the result
of that conference may never be known,
it is, nevertheless, certain that on the
next day Dr. Lasker was again 9ent for
by tlie uncle of his idol.
At this interview the old man said that
he had reconsidered his proposition, and
wanted to temper the severity of his for
mer alternative. He represented to the
young man the dangers that were incurred
by any who opposed the government, and
recalled instances of imprisonment of
young men who had gone a step too tar.
He said he would consent to the marriage
if the young man would withdraw from
politics, and while he might entertain
what views he chose, never to express
them in public; and to make this offer the
more tempting, a large sum was named
as beins; at his disposal on the day of the
marriage.
But the convictions and predilections of
the youug man "ore not to be shaken,
ami au interview followed lietween him
self and the young lady, iu which she
plighted her love to him anew, but com
mended his determination to stand bv
his principles.
111 less than a year from that time the
young lady died in a foreign land, whither
her uncle had journeyed in the hope that
new scenes and the excitement ol travel
would cause her to forget her passion.
Dr. Lasker never married. Perhaps
Russak would have been less exacting in
his opposition had he been able to tore
cast the fame that the fnture had in store
for the rejected suitor.
Tlie Falace of a Rich New Yorker.
Chicago Tribune.
Probably the largest private house ever
built in New Y'ork, and certainly the
finest going up during this decade, is that
which is being erected by the Tiffanvs
near Central Park, on Madison avenue
and Seventy-second street. It is 100 feet
square and 120 feet high to the ridge. The
walls are now up to the cornice. It is to
he occupied liy Charles Tiffany, the jewel
er, and his son, Louis C., the decorator
and son-in-law, Mr. Mitchell, of the latter
firm. It is expected to cost, furnished,
some $400,000, besides the lot, and the
owners will be luckv if they escape with
an expenditure short of half a million, as
they will spare no expense in its artistic
decoration. This, however, is not yet be
gun, so I can speak only of the form of the
mansion.
It will be five stories high to the coping,
style of architecture French, based 011 the
Rennaissance. The walls are of brick of
a peculiar form, manufactured specially
for the purpose at Perth Amboy. Each
brick is lour inches wide, oe and a half
inches thick, and thirteen inches long,
and 0/ the color and texture of fire brick.
In the centre of the building is a paved
court thirty feet square, open to the sky,
the various stories being ranged around
it, and lighted from it, after the manner
of European palaces. This court will he
approached by a driveway forty feet long
from the street, passing through an arch
ed portal under the middle of the frout
of the house. The ground floor has twen
ty-two rooms, and these, excepting the
large hilliard room, are all assigned to the
servants and to storage. In French and
Italian palaces the servants are put on
the ground floot and iu the choice rooms
on the street, so as to take the brunt of
the first attack whenever a revolution hap
pens to break out; but I suppose the Tif
fany arrangement was dictated by con
venienee; for, as there is to be a passen
ger elevator constantly running, the lower
floor will be really the' least desirable of
all.
The first and second floors up will be
occupied by Mr. Charles Tiffany and his
family (twenty rooms), aud tne superb
dining room will run up through both
floors. The third floor and the mezzanine
half floor above it will be the residence of
Mr. Mitchell and family, and the fourth
floor and attic will he the home of Louis
C. Tiffany. The attic will be wholly ai>-
propriated by Mr. Tiffany for his studio,
and a royal room it will lie—so feet square
and 50 feet high, opening on the south
through a great mullioned window, 21
feet by 15, and receiving a splendid north
light on the opposite side bv another win
dow nearly as large. The great chimney
runs up through the middle of the studio,
and around this there will be four fire
places,.one opening each way into the
room, where, in winter, four fires can he
kept burning all at once.
The front of the building i9 not aligned
with the sidewalk, but it is irregular, a
projecting round tower on the corner be
ing an imposing feature. The windows
present to the street a horizontal appear
ance rather than vertical, as several are
grouped together here and there, and di
vided by solid mullions of brick. The
panes will tie some five feet square.
There is only one mistake about this
magnificent palace; there will be no "reen
grass or trees about it. It is the same
mistake that Stewart made and Vander
bilt copied. I wonder why some million
aire doesn’t build in the middle of a
square, or at least half a square, of land,
with the house in the c3ntreof a garden.
The Female Managing Kditor.
Chicago Xeics.
When a very mad man rushes into the
St. Louis Chronicle office with a club and
expresses in emotional tones an ambition
to annihilate somebody, he is politely re
ferred to Miss Fanny Bag by, the mana
ging editor. It is not hard to imagine the
sensation of a person, irothing at the
mouth and thirsting for a human life,
upon being introduced into the presence
of a shy young girl, whose fair cheeks
reek with timid blushes, and in whose
startled eyes comes the look of a fright,
ened fawn. The murderous man col
lapses in a chair and his hideous weapon
of death falls to the floor. The
man thinks himself a brute to have
thus boisterously thrust himself iuto
the presence of a shrinking woman, and
be begins to stutter out apologies, while
the beautiful young editor continues
blushing and trembling in a delirium of
dismay. Yet in reality she is no coward.
Emergencies have arisen in which this
fair journaliste has demonstrated her
pluck and agility. It is to her credit that
she never goes armed, and she will not
even adopt the precaution of keeping a
pistol in the drawer of her desk. But (dm
can slap and scratch with maryaluus dex
terity, and huge, hulking men have been
seen tottering out of her presence with
their eyeballs hanging out on their cheeks
and their noses split open like a quail on
toast.
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■CAPT. FORTIER’S DEATH.
CHAIRMAN J. I). HOUSTON
MAKES A STATEMENT.
The Dead Ogden Leader Alleged to
Have Fired a IMstol at the Prlaoner-
Hls Life Saved by a Vest Button—Hi*
Surrender Voluntary.
New Orleans, Dec. IC.—J. D. Hous
ton, now in the parish pjison, makes the
following statement as Chairman of the
Executive Campaign Committee of the
McEnery faction of the Democratic party:
“It was my duty on the day of the recent
election to receive all the complaints and
visit the various polls throughout the
city. In the performance of that duty I
rode in a cab alone to the Seventh ward
poll. During my stay a disturbance
occurred, which was followed by pistol
shots. Moving from the spot where the
disturbance was going on and while walk
ing across Morales street, I suddenly
found myself confronted by Capt. Fortier
and within a short distance of him. H e
held a pistol in his hand and instantlv,
without provocation or warning, tired
point black at me, tbe ball striking my
breast fully and squarely, and leaving me
under the impression* that it had
entered my body. Believing
myself wounded, I made an examination
at once, and found that a ball from Capt.
h oi tier s pistol bad struck a button on my
vest crushing it, cutting through one
thickness of my vest, lodging in the other,
and causing a severe contusion on inv
chest. Learning later in the day that ah
order had been issued for my arrest. I at
once surrendered myself.” *
BRONCHO LOU.
Some Episode* in the Career of a West
ern Female Desperado.
Denver Xeica.
Broncho Lou was a well-known frontier
character in the recent history of Colora
do. A woman of perhaps 25, with con
siderable pretentions to beauty, she could
yet be tierce as a fiend in her ferocity, or
as gentle as a lamb, or as soft as an a’mwl
in her devotion to those she liked With
her is somehow linked the history of many
ol the desperadoes of Southern Colorado.
In the years 1881 and 1882 cattle and
stock stealing was carried on to a largo
extent, besides numerous highway rob
beries, which did not stop at murder
were ot almost daily occurrence. At last
one of the communities most cursed by
these outlaws determined upon an organ
ized efioit to “wipe them out.” A posso
of citizens was raised, who, armed to the
teeth, started out in quest of the despera
does. After proceeding about six miles
from town tuoy wore found encamped, to
the number of six, as hard-looking ruffi
ans as could be found anywhere. No
attempt at hiding had been made, and the
citizens rode in the centre of the camp
with pistols drawn, and demanded the
surrender of the outlaws. The request
was answered by a volley, in which one
of the leaders of the citizens fell mortally
wounded. Then followed a short but de
cisive battie, which resulted in the death
of two of the oilenders, and the capture
although badly wounded, or three others
the sixth man somehow having made his
escape. The fight occurred on the sight
of an abandoned railroad cam, and was
known as the battle of the grade.
The three wounded prisoners were
taken to town and put under a
heavy guard, as threats of lynching were
fieely made, bo indignant were the peo
ple, however, that the wounded men
would have died for want of attention had
it not been for Broncho Lou. Without
her these men would have been left to a
well-deserved but somewhat inhuman
fate. She, however, assumed their whole
care, and, devoting herself to them
with a humanity and tenderness
worthy of better objects, thev all re
covered, and were placed in *what, was
supposed to be more secure quarters to
await their trial. One morning their
jail door was found open and the birds
flown, with the aid, as was ascertained
of Broncho Lou, who had furnished them
tools to escape, and also horses, which
she obtained from some of their friends
Simultaneously with their escape Lou
disappeared, and it was rightly supposed
that she had fled with them. * 1
A hue and cry was raised, stimulated
by tbe otter of heavy rewards by the town
authorities, and it was not long before the
trail of the fugitives was discovered
marked as it was by a number of fresh
outrages. Not a ranch or small settle
ment near which they had passed but bad
sutiered at their hands, and the pursuing
party constantly received large acces
sions until it formed quite a respectable
company. Riding night and day
for several days they finally came
upon fresh tracks made by their
game. I rofiting, however, by past ex
perience, the approach was made cau
tiously. and soon the scouts reported that
the objects of their search were in a
deserted cabin standing in a dense grove
of aspen trees. Cautiously surrounding
the cabin aud covering every point with
their revolvers and Winchesters, the in
mates were ordered to come out and
throw up their hands, which they quickly
did, and were soon mounted on extra
horses and securely bound, with the ex
ception of Lou, who was allowed tho
freedom of her hands and feet. After
a short consultation it was decided to
settle the desperadoes’ fate then and there.
An open space was sought aud prepar
ations made tor lynching them. Just as
a rope was being adjusted around their
necks, Lou, with a sudden move, toos
from a place of concealment in her dress
a keen knife, and before tbe astonished
gathering could recover from their sur
prise, the three men and woman were
galloping off into tho timber at a rapid
rate. They were never caught, so far as
known, although, their course being south,
there is no doubt but that they formed
a considerable accession to tbe already
criminal population of New Mexico.
Broncho Lou was never after heaid
from. Certainly she was one of the queer
est specimens of womanhood that ever
graced or disgraced a community. An
expert horsewoman, she always rode as a
man; an excellent shot, she was credited
with the death of two husbands in this
manner; an experienced gambler, she
was well known as a dealer in poker who
always drew largely and made big win
nings for her employer. With her asso
ciations and employments, there can be
no doubt but that her end will be a vio
lent one.
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