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tits: Gossiping Over
I ' si -'* ' ®f * Veiled Lady and a
SEOROIA.
I at Lumpkin Friday.
| ■ La* been relieved of by
I f drought of Southwest
'ken by a rain.
. ■ ■ 'njored at Acworth by
I : ;el Fruity night.
-ter. a well to do farmer of
f • *’ f Dahloaega, was mar
r 1.. W'i son.
• ir Cataula. rndei ho- life by
>- fc-und dead with his throat
,t .ili ihe railroads leading;
n- ne. their passenger rates
'' been found guilty of
'•wen* at Miron last Sep
- **’ bas not yet lsien passed.
Montezuma J?#<wn>etrav
toe plaintive wail that tfie
I be harmonica ought to die.
• 1 id Johnson county man.
I'd of the murder of his
-hortly appear before the
t ’■ rough his counsel,
i lie .7. am if there is a chicken
- rus ’he Sabbath stnctlv.
usual Saturday night and
:*g*u uutil Monday morning.
-toner W. H. Cocroft last
-.xtv-three school teachers of
, fraction over *4.000. The
h teacher ranged from Lilli to
- .f Forsyth, exasperated ly the
•e mcen liaries, haye organized
- ■ otion. which will devote it
-* out the > ulpnts ar .,i bring
on the southwestern Rail
ir An i. r-onvilleSundav morn -
s ! i the track for quite a distance
i a few car*. A broken switch
thirteen manned Confederate
M.icn who draw pen-ions from
1 ti.*e with a leg cut off .ilhivc the
i. r> three y*-ar* *100; below the
with an arm cut off abme
below . *trt.
■ a negro child living in what is
- Pleasant Hill, near the \ ineville
- unhiding distance of a thickly
iistri’-t of white people, who saw
■ ’* for the-first time in its life
The child is nearly * years old.
M and Marion Southerland. in .jail
" . ille charg- and with arson, made their
Thursday night. No blame can lie
ito the "sheriff. It Was on account of
arc ail. i* a resident of dur
ountv aud * utlierlandlived near Blairs
■rc i a similarity between wives and
Probably the man who wields the
. ’ be offi-e of the Jesup .s'- ntinel had
t r in mind when he wrote the first
the billowing sentence for his last
I \ mule is a hard thing to drive some-
I.ee. a stewart couuty desperado,
- • jo* through a back door w hile
" rft Holder, revolver in hand, was
. o front part and waiting for rein
- : i aid him in at .eking the bot Me.
attempted to till the sheriff with
i • is indicted for stabbing another
ent is on foot at Augusta to or
.-.r ass.- 1 at ion. with a view to iiav
-1 races next fall. Then* is every
. c-s. a* mueh interest is matii
- proposed to purchase land and
budding'. The old fair grounds
ite parties. Pacing men prom
. stork if a fair is held.
: ‘Sir, op says: **l{ev. C. A. Evans
>st eloquent sermon at the First
ureh on Sunday morning.
'■■,r~c of his remarks he said:
woman earning her -i l.port in
! k a -ome man is not doing his
r were several staid old bachelors
ed under his utterances at
l it. Dublin H.iz‘tte gives the
iu"ti the benefit nl his experience
•■Veter ask an old maid her age,
. .r .-<■ her ire." The same scribe
"C t a philosopher by perpetrating
g in the same issue: **JuiJl- arc
■ ..mu < i-t ". many times taken from
f one g-xsse to spread the opinions
' in Atlanta, according to the
• tin p’htical war is about to
'i the local Republicans. It is
in -nths t 01. John Fi. Bryant
. r bon. I.ongstreefs berth
- al " oftice. In the meantime,
_ sect holds the fort against the
.of the other officeholders. It
-i t*> have the General provided
\t least that is the aim of
i wal opponents.
u ■ ays: “Across the line
! Wilkinson counties, last Kri
. i" Stanley and Simon Du
ng for the possesion of a
.itter was shot tnrough the abdo
g death in about six hours. No
i r. —■ nt, and Stanley claims tlpit
in fun. and that the gun wa*
- harped. In the agonies of
I -v. that it was not ae
tt pi in another breath say that
. No arrest has been made.”
■r P. 11 r r says: “We learn
i lent that occurred near
hur.h, in Chambers county, last
... was to have taken place,
i Mr. Dav la, Rev. Mr.
i iF'aveite. who xvas to perform
. and quite a itutulier of friends
■ i to the home of the intended
M "Meadows. The soon-to-be-mar
w • :ii into a room to themselves,
- tat ion, railed in the preacher
him t< announce to the crowd
sg. wa* indefinitely post (Mined.
' " w - given, and the countenance of
- •-i ih. ir disappointment."
v *cp,t/i o> l Vps< *j*r says:
*' -a that tlie Hazard estate.
•' t. amounting t0*18,000,000,
pwards of twenty years, is
' > red bv the heirs' in this
. ularty Vo a Macon is rep
the claim bv a prominent citisen
- ws. can. 'There is no doubt that
- itw-ie; there i* uodifficulty in
owestral line, and we hear that
is ver is now in England in the
. heirs. Mr*. Floyd, w ife of ihe
i !.••! < a union countv. on.,
. .xn i through ber one-third ~f
-* .-state will go to the Floyd
’.iniiiv, which is represenleil by
■ 4 s.vvanhah. T.a.: t'ol. Mc
' x\ iic. Tenn.; Ir. Blackstiear,
'! - F i.oii. of tirecn C ove spring,
or two other*. We earnestly
- aforesaid will recover the es
m hick **|*yy their due.”
. ► age a lad> whose face was
thick vail boarded a train at At
' • carried a baby and had a ticket
N-• sn on reaching there she weut
' be hold, ordered rooms ami oriicr-
J* seat to her room. The porter*
tel v she w ore her vail all the time
,n Wr presence. On the next 4aj
bwp and. s.-rii<e-l. was se>n to enter
• about two and a half miles east of
' *n, whoremaiussl there almut an hour
- i.rwed to tow ii. On the next day she
-. or t ng in the direction of ihe woods
o the follow tng dav a negro, who
* Sonf.ir.g n ttu sum womfs,found a white
b" . * iii four weeks old lying on it>
. covered up and very well clad. The
report’slai on. •- to tlie authorities, who
.sol Dr. Theo. B. Davis and went to
ibe child was found. Dr. Davis says
i was ucariv starved. The last Atnic
, nous lady was seen she Iwnight a
tCMMlurit. c'arml! county. Noth
r ha* been hi'apl of her. The child is
i barge of ihe jailer.
• • ; rather chilly for fish stones,
r> v of snake yarn*’ conttnu-s pienti
. the n. -i extravagant of the sea
!..> ng from the Dublin
the tn.vst remarkable snake story
ur ever h aixleiimes from old l*tne
lathis countv. !( is no story*
- cched for by some of the lest men
..who saw the wonderful tnon-
M'rs. Urvanl A.Gav ordered :i Is'cf
puslsl out one which was -mall
. *i. iking that it would never be of
i ne cow was four rears old, and
rka'ky small size had frequently been
• t comment. After Ue beef was
ibe dtsetubowuliug p“> ess gone
Mr. C as* Abbott noticed that in one
argrr intestine* something was
more and keep lip a constant
e'er *-ity )rd him to cut it
as thi waa done, a very large
- * the voachwhip. ran on the ground
-"i". but was killed. By this mi me
ntion Mr. llover Gav and Capt.
ere almost ronfoundeil. but pro
's ;th the process of butchering; but
r. Ipipe was opened mid the sack
- tfc* ’lijTOi*' or lungs, tlev were
riouaded to discover thirty-seven
xke of the same species. Each one
• taddieg on to the lungs, and thus,
- me. ~e, wring life. After dressing
:mh weighed eijthty |avnnds,, The
sea .inpro)-able, but not more so
h am! the whale. It inav have
.ra-uca) fungus, but the gentlemen
.: affirm that the parasites, if such
•>-na them, were snakes, and the
’ cd coachw hip, a variety in which
' * vpaii cvieatry a wound-.*’
FUNUA.
• • >n htf beta (nvt bitten.
'*"•** ;-**■ In (UilT milt now.
- the wm of a lively building boom.
, - !. treat k>U at New 8m; rna sell for
' ’ 5 '• - ice ,'aetorr U ready to begin op
„ - itH taat Gen. I*hil Sheridan will
ia F !->r;<la on military business some
, ■ r -ag this winter.
• •a* of Enterprise have prevented
_ “t biuors, wines anil beer at the
1 ** thi* season.
.**" line- has lioughi the Fannie
-* 4 ' " f ,!w defunct independent line, anti
; w n . • the plata of the burned steamer
? ,/ 'aTitt,•< Orange Citr. baa sold his
‘ ■ ** grove to Hon. William Laugh
•, ra-membar of Congresa from lowa,
* £v< men that were wounded in the ac-
.
‘Hit® Savmuiali ZMQvmrn JJim
- 1111 11 ■ ■ ■
cident on the narrow gauge road at Ocala.
M ednesdav ,ast, are doing very well The
day moving! Were kUIeU Were buried Thurs-
A colored man named Matthews, a driver
leeiV't J company in Ocala, was de
tectid robbing t..e company of three packages
containing *lO3. and on Wednesday he was
arrested. Most all of the money was secured.
Maj. Norris,of Orange City, has sold one partv
l.soo iMJ.xes of oranges from his celebrated
grove at spring Garden for *3 10 per box, to be
voi er vl at the railroad wharves in Jackson-
MNe. ihe grove will yield over 1,000,000 the
present crop.
At their melting last week the Orange City
Couniii decided to employ as teacher of the
school at that place, for the present scholastic
t.-rin, a gentleman w ith whom they liave been
corresponding in New York. The' school will
open the Ist of next month.
The Orlando Reporter savs: “A. J. Race
T-.wn Solicitor of Kissimmee, and formi rlv
J . r T' e l:- ,1 i ~lg. of the‘Committee
••f 1 uhlic safety of New iirleans. was intro
•luccd to the court 011 Monday last by Messrs
A""° Drew and admitted to practice.”
The Orlando Reporter saya; “John lloldon
on Monday last presented us with a tropical
paw-paw—a purely tropical fruit, which is
not grown to any extent iu this latitude. This
sK-rimen, however, was grown upon a tree in
H. Holden’s grove, which has borne the
climate of Orange county and thriven under
the conditions.’*
A letter from a gentleman in Germany
states that he, with a colony of thirty-eight
Germans, mostly men, will sail for America
in a few days ami arrive here about January
Ist. They are all Ixiund for Florida, which
they w ill make their future home, and will
pur* hast-for cash between 400 and 500 acres
probably at (Hen St. Marv.
J. I.orillard has had built at New York two
steamers, which will run ou Indian river.
One of the steamers is a side-wheeler and tlie
other i*i a propeller. The former is 90 feet
l.mg. 14 feet beam and 2 feet depth of hold.
They have been fitted up with passenger ac
c .inundations. They are now on their wav
to Indian river, and will probably arrive
there some time the present week.
The Orlando Rej>rter printed the follow
ing: “A singular death occurred in Orlando
1 i-t Saturday morning. A week ago Dr. FI.
Mitchell and Mr. Charles Griswold arrived
here from Lancaster, X. H., the latter
tHMiig in very feeble health. On Saturday
iiu.rning a young man who had been in
attendance upon Mr. Griswold started
with him for Wilcox. After going half u
mill- he seemed to imagine that someone was
after him, and darted off through the woods.
The young man then started for assistance,
and when Mr. Griswold was found an hour
afterward he was lying in a ditch alongside
the railroad in a dying condition. Drs.
-Mitchell and l’illcy had accompanied tlie
-can tiing party, and did all in their power to
restore bun, but he died in an hour. He was
highly connected, and bis parents are wealthy.
He leaves a wife and one child. His remains
were taken North by Dr. Mitchell.
! The Madison cnrres|>ondent of the Time*.
I /*</< writes us follows: “If you could have
; -ecu tlie scene enacted upon our streets tli ~
afternoon I think you would favor prohibi
-1 tion. George Glass, a young man living in
! the country, has come to town a number of
; times and got drunk, and defied the Town
i Marshal and all others in authority. Once lie
j was arrested, after shooting liis pistol promis
cuously in the streets, and fined *lO. To-day
| he returned and earned on worse than usual,
' running his mule through the streets and defy
! mg arrest. A young man named Stockton
j Smith was sworn in ns Deputy Marshal,
lie then mounted his horse and ran hi n
through the streets yelling as if he was drunk
a!>o. Glass, thinking smith was also on a
pree, stopped his mule and turned round so
they could both rim together, when Smith
* aught Glass' reins and both put whip to their
lior-es,and Smith carried him to the Marshal.
Gla-s fell off his mule and commenced strik
ing the Marshal, who then knocked him down
with his club. It looked for some time as if it
would end in a big difficulty, as a number of
the country |>eo|>!e wanted to interfere. IJuiet
i- now restored, and Glass has given bonds for
hi- appearance at the Mayor’s Court next
Tuesdav."
O'DONNELL IN* THE COI'KT ROOM.
The Scene at His Conviction Described
by Gen. Roger A. I‘ryor.
M~eic York Times.
Gen. ltoger A. Pryor, who was sent to
England to assist iu the defense ofO’Don
nell, tiie slayer of the informer Carev, re
turned yesterday on the Germanic, of the
White Star Line. He B|>ent last evening
conversing with Patrick Ford.ot the Irish
Hor/d, lawyer C. W. Pleasants and oth
ers. lie did not see O'Donnell after his
conviction, but received a message from
him, in which the condemned man ex
pressed gratitude to the Irish-Americans
for what they had done for him.
“How did O'Donnell bear himself dur
ing the trial?" Gen. Pryor was asked.
“Like a hero. Ho was intrepid, deco
rous. and dignified. He was perfectly
stoical throughout. Nobody ten feet away
heard the clerk ask why sentence should
not be pronounced. O'Donnell certainly
did not. 1 did not hear him, nor did Mr.
Sullivan. Three English barristers came
to me to snv that the clerk had omitted
to ask the question. O’Donnell had ready
a ringing speech. He was leaning on the
rail like this when sentence was pro
nounced,” and Gen. Pryor bent over the
table in his library. “When the Judge
said he hoped the prisoner would spend
the time left him repenting of his deed,
O’Donnell straightened up proudly, The
words he uttered when tlie Judge refused
to allow him to speak were: ‘Three cheers
for old Ireland! Hurrah for the United
States! To hell with the British Crown!’
He fs a rude man, and could not fold his
arms like Robert Emmett iu histrionic
grandeur, and makes a dying speech.
Alter the Judge delivered that fatal stab.
Mr. Guy, one of his solicitors, said to
O’Donnell. ‘lt looks blue for you.’ ‘I
don’t care,’ he replied. There never was
a grander hero than that poor untutored
man.”
“What do you mean by the fatal stab
to the prisoner?”
“Judge Denman considered him guilty,
and meant to see that he was convicted.
In his summing up he was lair enough.
He did not consider it necessary to be un
fair. But upon his summing up the jury
was inclined to acquit the prisoner. They
believed that Carey had a pistol and in
tended to use it. When the jury asked
whether, if there was a deadly weapon in
the hands of Carey which O’Donnell
thought he was going to discharge, the
shooting would be manslaughter or mur
der, the Judge evinced, palpably, disaji
poinUnent, not to say disgust. He an
swered the question, and then asked
where the evidence was to show any act
done by Carey to lead O’Donnell to think
the informer intended to shoot. That was
criminal in the Judge, and it was said
in a tone that I shall never torget.
1 said then to Father Fleming, Miss Ford
and Mr. Sullivan. ‘That puts the rope
around O’Donnell’s neck.’ To show that
Judge Denman knew what he had done, I
will tell you an incident. Before the ver
dict was rendered he walked out ol the
court room. He came back with his black
cap by liis sale, and put it covertly on his
desk.’ Any Judge wuo would have used
the words hero that Judge Denman did
would have been impeached. When Mr.
ltussell raised the point that he could tell
the prisoner's story, the Attorney General
objected. The Judge was inclined to sus
tain the objection, but he saw that if he
ruled the statement out he would have to
reserve the {mint. Finally he suggested
to the Attorney General to yield the point,
which was done. Had he ruled adversely
he would have had to give an appeal, and
O'Donnell would then have been acquit
ted.”
“Did the Irish agitation have any effect
on Judge Denman's conduct in the trial?”
"1 did not sin; that it did. That the
Irish question had its effect on him is be
yond doubt. There was a notion among
some that the underground railway
explosions influenced the Judge. I don't
believe the Irish had anything to do with
the explosion. Iu my opinion, it was the
work of discharged operatives. As far as
I could see. down to the interrogatory,
nothing struwk me as unfair to the priso
ner. I was pleased and sanguine up to
that time. An English Judge has far
more power than one in America, and can
direct his jury as he wants it to go.”
“What did "you do to 6ave O'Donnell
after liis conviction ?”
“In England there is no way of recti
fying an error except by respite. Being
an American, 1 said I would not assume
to jioint out the error in the Judge’s
1 charge. I would leave that for Mr. Rus
sell and the others to do, but I was to seek
the intervention ol Minister Lowell.
O’Donnell was given the shortest possible
time. Throe clear Sundays are allowed
in England. O’Donnell was convicted at
!• o’clock Saturday night, and his doom
was fixed to be met in sixteen days. 1
urged upon Mr. Lowell that the Lamson
ease offered a precedent for his in
tervention. That was not a politi-
I cal case, but a base murder for
money. If Mr. Lowell had gone to
Mr. Gladstone the respite could have
I lieen got instantly. Communications
i from Mr. Gladstone’ to Mr. Lowell are,
you know, from the most engaged to the
; most engaging man in England. I may
| explain. The granting of anew trial
j comes from the Judge sitting at eonvic-
I tion. The only one to interfere outside
! is the Home Secretary, who may com
‘ mute the sentence or respite the prisoner.
O’Donnell did not ask for a respite. He
j craved no favor of the British Crown. He
j can neither read nor write, but he is far
; above men of his Glass, I had hopes when
I left, but I can see none now. Mr.
: Lowell did not tell me that he would or
would not exert himself to secure inter
vention. He created the impression on
my mind that if his government au
thorized him to interfere he would do so.”
Mr. J. H. Hayman, Fleming, Ga., says.
“I used Brown's Iron Bitters for malaria
fever with most beneficial results.”
AT THE .NATION’S CAPITAL
THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS ELECT
THEIR OFFICERS.
Civil Service Reform Not Taken Into
Consideration—A Railroad to Ivey
West One of Senator Call’s Projects—
Emory- Speer Not to Reap a Big
Bonanza.
Washington, Dec. IS.— Mr. Call in
troduced to-day a bill providing for the
survey of anew railroad from the main
land to Key West, starting from the near
est practicable point to get over the keys
and reefs. The railroad is to be con
structed and owned by the United States
for the benefit of the commerce of the Gulf
of Mexico. The bill also provided that
the survey shall be extended along Indian
riyer to St. Augustine, or elsewhere to
the St. John’s river, in order to ascer
tain the cost of making an inland route
for large steamers from the St. John’s
river through the Indian river to the
western terminus of the proposed railroad.
Ten thousand dollars are to be appropri
ated for the proposed surveys. Mr. Call
also introduced a bill providing for the
purchase of the Mallory lot in Key West
for naval purposes.
Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, said to-day
that it was evident that the railroad cor
porations and other monopolies will not
attempt to do anything with the present
House. lie says “there are no men in the
House for them to handle, and besides,
the railroads and monopolies have got all
the legislation they want.orat least all they
expect to receive. What thev are work
ing for now is to retain what thev have.
They want a check upon what the’House
may do, so they are turning their atten
tion to the Senate. There are fewer mem
bers there. They expect to use that body
to head off any legislation contrary to
their interest that may get through the
House. They are going to let the House
run wild.”
THFI SENATE OFFICERS.
The Republican caucus nominees for
Senate officers were elected to-day, with
out any hitch. Mr. Saulsbury, of Dela
ware, derided the Republicans for even
going so far as to demand a Chaplain of
their faith. He said that the Democratic
Chaplain had prayed as earnestly and
fervently for the Senators as any man
could, but his prayers evidently had had
no effect upon the Republican Senators.
Air. Beck read some remarks made bv va
rious Republican Senators when the Dem
ocrats in 1579 put in a few Democratic
officers. He said that nothing could show
plainer the fraudulent character of the
Republican protestations for civil ser
vice reform, and that every opportunity
they had would be used in trampling un
der foot such reform. He quoted ex-Sena
torConkling on the subject of retaining
the efficient officers of the Senate and
said that Mr. Conkling was an abler man
than any one on the Republican side of
the Senate to-day. At this remark
“Woodpulp’’ Miller, who is Conkling’s
successor, gave a visible start in his chair
and then tried to look as if he had done
nothing of the kind.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Rules ol the House
of Representatives met this morning. It
xvas determined to recommend that two
committees be made out of the old Edu
cation and Labor Committee, to consider
the two subjects separately, one to be
called the Committee on Education and
the other the Committee on Labor. It
was also decided to recommend the crea
tion of a committee on rivers and harbors.
The question of submitting the improve
ment of the Mississippi river to the River
and Harbor Committee wasudiseussed,
but a decision of the matter was left to
the House. It was determined to
recommend the retention of all
the select committees ot the last
House except such as related to
personal subjects. The Census Commit
tee was dropped, as was also the Commit
tee on Accommodation for the Congres
sional Library. Ex-Speaker Keifer was
instructed to report a resolution, without
recommending its adoption for the ap
pointment of a committee of nine on
woman suffrage. The request of the cor
respondents that they be admitted to the
House lobby was unanimously agreed to.
AUTIIIK'S A I*l*ol NTMKNTS.
The Senate Finance Committee this
morning considered the charges against
Internal Revenue Commissioner Evans
and agreed to report his nomination favor
ably to the Senate. President Arthur
to-day sent another large installment of
appointments made during the recess to
the Senate for approval. They are under
the Department of Justice aud the Post
Office Department, and all of the officers
have been for some time discharging their
functions.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of
Lawrence Weeden, of Illinois, to be Judge
of the Court of Claims; Col. Halabird to
lie Brigadier General and Quartermaster
General, and several Northern and West
ern officials under the Department of
Justice and the Interior Department.
TOBACCO REBATES.
A great deal of interest is taken, both in
the House and Senate, in the prompt pas
sage of an appropriation bill to pay the
tobacco rebate claims. It is practically
assured that an appropriation for that
purpose will be an early act of the new
year. The total amount of those claims
is about $3,500,000.
A CORRESPONDENT HONORED.
The Democratic vote for Secretary of
the Senate to-day was cast for Col. L".
Washington, the veteran correspondent
of the New Orleans Picayune. His nomi
nation in the Democratic caucus, though
entirely unsolicited, was unanimous.
SPEER’S FEES.
District Attorney Emery Speer, who
has just failed in the South Carolina elec
tion oases, will not get the fancy fee- that
the other special government counsel have
received. He will receive about $1,500.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS,
A Itacy Debate on tlie Inconsistency of
the Republicans.
Washington, Dec. 18. —In the Senate
to-day, after prayer and the reading of the
journal, several bills were reported back
from the committees and placed on the
calendar. Among them is one by Mr.
Harrison, from the Committee on Territo
ries, providing a civil government for
Alaska, and one by Mr. Hoar, from the
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
to fix the day of the meeting of the
Presidential electors, and to provide
for the counting of the votes lor Presi
dent and Vice President, and for the con
sideration of the questions arising there
on. This is a bill which has passed the
Senate heretofore, but failed in the House.
Its provisions have been already stated
in these dispatches. .Mr. Hoar gave no
tice that he would call up this bill on the
first day the Senate should be ready for
legislative business.
Mr. Van Wyck offered a resolution
calling on the Secretary of the Interior to
furnish oopies of the mortgages given by
the Texas Pacific Railway on lands
granted by the act ot March, 3, 1871; also
to inform the Senate of the names of rail
road corporations now claiming lauds
that were not earned during the lifetime
of the grant, together with the number of
aores claimed by each of said roads.
The resolution was agreed to.
At the conclusion of the morning hour
Mr. Sherman called up and asked for im
mediate consideration of iiis resolution,
offered yesterday, that the Senate do now
proceed' to the election of officers,
namely, Secretary of the Senate, Chief
Clerk, Principal Executive Clerk,
Chaplain and Sergeant-at-Arms. The
vote on taking up the resolution was
taken by yeas and nays, resulting in 34
yeas to 30 nays. The division was upon
strict party lines. Senators Mahone and
Kiddleberger voting with the Republi
cans. So it was agreed to take the reso
lution into immediate consideration. The
resolution was then agreed to by a viva
voce vote.
Gen. McCook was elected Secretary of
the Senate, and was at once sworn in.
The remainder of the Republican caucus
nominees were then elected, the Demo
crats voting tor the present incumbents
as a dissent from the departure from civil
service principles, and as a vote of confi
dence in the old officers.
On the nomination of Win. P. Canady
for Sergeant-at-arms, which was made by
Mr. Sherman, Mr. Pendleton said that the
S resent incumbent, alluding to Col.
right, is the nominee of the minority of
the Senate for this position, but he would
not move an amendment to the resolution
offered, as it would only delay the proceed
ings of the Senate aud would be of no use.
Mr. Beck called on the gentleman from
Ohio, Mr. Sherman, who offered the reso
lution, to state what special fitness the
new nominee has for the office to which he
was nominated.
Mr. Sherman replied that he was doing
just what the gentleman from Kentucky,
Mr, Beck, would, under similar circniii-
SAVANNAH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1883.
stances, do with a straight face and with
out apology, and he (Mr. Sherman) had
no apology to offer. He said that the’gen
tleman whom he nominated was well
known to the Senators on both sides of the
chamber. He was a man of standing, of
character, and well fitted to perform the
duties of the office. He (Mr. Sherman)
did not have a word to say, and did not
safa word against the gentleman now in
office.
Air. Beck said that he knew that when
ever it suited the convenience of the
gentlemen on the other side of the
chamber, they held the civil service idea
to be a mere humbug. They are now
seeking to remove an officer whom they
know to be the very best officer who has
ever lieen in the office. Mr. Beck read
lrom the Congressional Record some re
marks of Mr. Anthony, made in the
Senate in 1ST!), in which he expressed
himself iu favor of retaining in their
offices the men who had faithfully per
formed their duties. Yet now every
Senator on that side of the chamber
was voting to put out a man
*vho had done the work of his
office to the highest satisfaction
of every man. They had always been
very loud in their clamor when the Demo
cratic party put a man out, and the mo
ment they get the power the civil service
rules are set wholly at naught. The elec
tion of Mr. Canady was effected by a vote
of 32 to 28.
1 he Senate then went into an executive
session and when the doors were re-open
ed went into committee of the whole for
the purpose of continuing consideration
of the new rules. The question pending
was the adoption, first, of the new rules
relating to the election of President pro
tein.. and his right in ease of his absence
to name a substitute who might perform
the duties of the chair for three days.
Ou motion of Mr. Garland a division of
the rule was agreed to so as to permit the
first two clauses, which were not objected
to, to be voted on by themselves. On the
question of agreeing to the third clause,
which gives tlie Vice President the power
of substitution, some debate arose. Mr.
Frye pointed out that in the House of
Representatives the Speaker has the power
to appoint a substitute for a period of ten
days, aud that it has never been objected
to. He called for a yea and nay vote on
the adoption of tlie clause objected to.
Pending the vote on the rule Mr. Frye
moved an adjournment of the Senate,
which was agreed to.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Decisions of the Courts and Other News
In the City.
Atlanta, Dec. 18. —The Supreme Court
to-day finished the following eases: Nuu
ber twelve ami sixteen, that of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company vs. Shot
ter; seventeen, l’oppell vs. the State;
eighteen, Doyle vs. Mclntyre; nineteen,
Morgan, trustee, vs. Harden, adminis-
and case twenty, Meissur vs.
Stein, was pending when the court ad
journed.
THE SO-CALLED KU-KLUX.
To-day Judge McCay rendered a de
cision on the motion for anew trial in the
Banks county ku-klux ease. Five of the
prisoners, Jasper Yarbrough, James
Yarbrough, Bold Emory, State Lemons
and Levick Sweetman’ stated in open
court that they were guilty,but that E. 11.
Green and Dilmus Yarbrough were inno
cent. The evidence as to the last two
will be heard Friday on an amended
motion. The others were sentenced to
two years each in the Albany, New York,
penitentiary and a fine of SSOO each was
imposed. Neal Yarbrough, who is sick in
jail, has not been sentenced.
CUT HIS THROAT.
Joseph Welch, a clerk at Regenstein &
Kutz’s fancy store, committed suicide by
cutting his throat at Ivy Street Hospital
just alter midnight, while delirious. He
was unmarried aud a native of Ireland.
THE COLD WAVE
has departed and a light drizzling rain is
prevailing to-night.
BANGS FALLS IN A STUPOR.
Frank Bangs was so incapacitated bv a
painful sore on one of his legs in Atlanta
Monday night that he fell to the stage in
a stupor in the first act of the play. lie
was assuming the character of a drunkard.
His physicians say that he can appear to
night.
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
Probabilities that the Democratic Con
vention will l>e Harmonious.
New Orleans, Dee. 18.—A special dis
patch from Baton Rouge says: “The
Democratic State Convention, to nomi
nate State officers, met to-day. There is
a prospect of an agreement between the
factions. Each faction appointed com
mittees of three on the organization of
the convention. The anti-administra
tion caucus elected Gen. Francis T.
Nichols as their candidate. All is
quiet. A Conference Committee unani
mously agreed upon J. M. Howell, ol
LaFourche, as temporary Chairman, and
that the Committee on Credentials shall
be composed of seven from each faction,
one to be selected by the temporary Chair
man. The administration faction claim
190 uncontested delegates, giving 150 to
the opposition and leaving 53 contested.
This agreement was carried out. Judge
Howell was made temporary Chairman
and two Secretaries from each of the fac
tions were appointed.
The roll call showed that all the par
ishes tvere represented except St. John.
The Committee on Credentials was ap
pointed and the convention took a recess
till 7 o’clock iu the evening.
Baton Rouge, Dec. 18. —The conven
tion reassembled at 7 o’clock. The Com
mitt on Credentials asked until noon to
morrow to report, and the convention ad
journed until that hour. It is believed that
Gov. McEnery will be renominated on the
first ballot.
Failures in Hiuinesn.
New York, Dec. 18.—The schedules in
the insolvency assignment oi Ferdinand
Myer <fe Cos., cloth dealers, filed to-day,
state the liabilities at $2,700,992, the
nominal assets at $1,985,3(57, and the
actual assets at $1,769,374. Of the lia
bilities $281,181 are contingent.
The schedules in the insolvent assign
ment of J. 11. Morrel, a warehouseman,
filed to-day place his liabilities at $203,117,
his nominal assets at $220,287, and his
actual assets at $20,347. The cause of
the difference between the nominal and
actual assets is stated to be that there
were a large number of claims against
persons who had goods in the warehouse
when burned that could not he collected.
A PAPER FIRM EMBARRASSED.
Boston, Dec. 18. —The Goodwillie Wy
man Company, ot Boston and New York,
dealing in printing paper, presses and
paper-cutting machinery, is financially
embarrassed. The liabilities are $500,000.
The Danville Riot.
Danville, Va., Dec. 18.—The colored
people here have taken no action in rela
tion to the Danville riot. They have held
no meeting and have made no report. It
is said that Col. Sims, who is now in
Washington, will prepare a report based
on the evidence taken in the contest
against Col. Hurt for tho seat in the Vir
ginia Seu.tte.
At a convention held in Norfolk, a few
days ago, stops were taken for the form
ation of an immigration society, by which
homes would 1; furnished for such colored
persons as wished to leave Danville. No
action on that subject has been taken here.
Vulgarity In High Art.
New Fork, Dec. 18.— The trial of Au
gust Muller, a clerk in the employ of E.
F. Bonaventure, a picture dealer, on a
charge of selling obscene pictures, was
concluded to-day in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer. The jury found a verdict of
guilty, but recommended him to the clem
ency of the court. Judge Brady suspend
ed sentence. The indictment against the
accused was procured by Anthony Corn
stock. The pictures alleged to be of an
obscene and immoral character are pho
tographs of paintings by eminent French
artists which were exhibited last vear in
the Paris salons.
College Students Turn Roughs.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 18.—Half a dozen
Princeton students, who occupied an
upper box on the north side of the opera
house stage last night, conducted them
selves more rudely than the balcony
whistlers. They refused to take a hint
when Mr. Mackey stopped in his part and
looked up at them, persisting in their
loud talk and insulting laughter. They
were finally ordered out by an officer.
One of them resisted and was taken to
the city hall, but after a short stay was
released.
•Many a sickly woman, whose sad ex
perience had demonstrated alike the fail
ure of conceited doctors and poisonous
drugs, has obtained anew lease of life for
a few dollars worth of the Vegetable
Compouud and has gone on her way re
joicing and praising Mrs. Lydia E. Pink
ham, of Lynn, Mass.
FERRY’S GREAT VICTORY.
BOTH SENATORS AND DEPUTIES
SUSTAINING HIM.
The Whole Tone of tlie Country More
Warlike—No Chance that France Will
Now Back Out—The French Already
at Hue—Annam’s King Surely Pois
oned.
Paris, Dec. 18.—The Chamber of Depu
ties, to-day, voted a supplementary Ton
quin credit of 20.000,000 francs for the first
six months of 1884. The vote was 312 to
180.
Prime Minister Ferry, in replying to M.
Lockroy., who had criticised the govern
ment’s Tonquin policy, said that the real
question at issue was decided by the
Chambers in the vote of confidence of
the 10th inst., which could not remain a
dead letter. The government could not
remain in a contemplative attitude. The
vote had balfied the tactics of Chi
nese diplomacy. Nothing would tie
changed in the wise policy which
the Chamber had sanctioned. Tne rein
forcements, which it was proposed to
send to Tonquin were calculated to in
sure the termination of the Tonquin ex
pedition within a given time, and givo
France satisfaction.” M. Ferry contin
ued: “No fresh expedition is sent to Hue,
because we are already there. We must,
however, be prepared to support the
French President and the French soldiers
at Hue, if they are threatened. The King
of Annum died a violent death. There is
no revolution at Hue. The French legation
there is not in danger. Tne French resi
dent has not officially recognized the new
government of Annum, but is negotiat
ing informally with it. Admiral Courbet
has gone to Sontay, and will on his return
state whether or not more reinforcements
are necessary. The government cannot
be asked to publish its plans. It is neces
sary to place confidence in the Ministry,
and allow it to conduct its operations
with the necessary secrecy. Otherwise
the House will have to choose another
government.”
The Prime Minister said that he would
fail iu his duty if he should disclose the
plan of the Tonquin campaign or the Ton
quin negotiations. Gen. Campenon
would state that he would be answerable
concerning the question of mobiliza
tion. Gen. Campenon would allow
no doubt to remain regarding his solidar
ity with the Cabinet.
M. Lockroy replied to M. Ferry.
M. Granet opposed the credit, and de
clared that it was impossible to support
a government which made a principle of
equivocation and had not the loyalty to
declare its object. At this point the
President of the Chamber called M.
Granet to order.
M. Per in also spoke against the credit,
and the House then agreed to close the
general debate. In the course of the de
bate Bishop Freppel stated that although
he disapproved the manner in which the
expedition had been conceived and con
ducted, he would vote for a credit which
would give confidence to the army and
authority to the government. “When
ever,” said he, “the flag of France is
brought to the front it should be fol
lowed.” This was received with great
applause by the majority of the members.
The clauses of the hill were adopted after
a few remarks, and subsequently the en
tire bill was adopted. In the course of
the debate M. Ferry’s reference to Ad
miral Courbet as the “brave Admiral”
caused laughter in the gallery. M. Bris
son, the President, thereupon ordered
that the gallery be cleared.
THE SENATORS ALSO WARLIKE.
The Senate Committee on the Tonquin
credit presented its report to-day. Tne
committee unanimously approves the
credit. It considers ’it impossible to
abandon Tonquin, declaring that a retreat
would destroy French prestige in the
East, compromise Cochin China, and dis
honor France in the eyes of Europe. It is
necessary, the committee say, to act
with vigor and rapidity. The debate on
the credit will be held on Thursday.
ANNAM’S POISONED KING.
A dispatch has been received from the
Governor of Saigon, dated December 17,
confirming the report of the murder of
King lliephema, of Annain, at Hue.
There was no disturbance at Hue, and the
French delegation was iu no danger.
GEN. MII-LOT’S START.
Gen. Millot will start for Tonquin Wed
nesday, to take command of the French
troops.
EL JIAHDI’s BETTER SIDE.
Hicks Pasha’s liravery to be Commemo
rated With a Tomb.
London, Dec. 18.—A dispatch from
Khartoum says: “A well known native,
who was with Hicks Pasha’s army, has
returned lwre from El Obeid, whence he
was enabled to escape because of his
black color, and because he wore no uni
form. He says that Hicks Pasha fought
like a lion, and was the last officer to fall.
The members of his staff fell in one
group. After the battle 150 soldiers
were found wounded. El Mahdi
gave orders that none of the wounded
should be ill treated. The bodies of the
European and Egyptian officers were de
capitated and their heads fixed over tlie
gate of El Obeid. The Arabs resolved to
erect a tomb for Hicks Pasha’s body, be
cause of his great bravery. El Mahdi
has forbidden that Vizetelly, the Graphic
artist, be ill-used. El Mahdi has threatened
to punish Fargallas, because he failed to
join him. The sheikh has sent a defiance,
saying he has 15,000 warriors and seven
years provisions.
Cairo, Dec. 18. —Baker Pasha has
started for Suakim, and will reach Suez
to-night. lie will have supreme coni
inand of Soudan. The Khedive has in
structed him' to endeavor to conciliate
the tribes before resorting to force, the
object of the expedition being to pacify
the country between Suakim and Berber.
The Khedive also advised Baker Pasha
not to begin operations until lie is rein
forced by black recruits, and not to en
gage the enemy unless under the most fa
vorable conditions.
London, Dec. 18.—One hundred and
fifty artillerymen have left Woolwich ar
senal for Egypt.
Dilke's Views.
Birmingham, Dec. 18.—In the course of
a speech delivered here last evening, Sir
Charles Dilke, President of the local gov
ernment board at London, intimated that
the government at the next session of
Parliament would endeavor to pass a
franchise bill, measures for London mu
nicipal reform, for local government and
for the reform of the city guilds. He ad
vocated equality for Ireland in regard to
the franchise, and deprecated cumbering
the question of franchise with that of a
redistribution of the seats in Parliament.
A Bursting Boiler’s Havoc,
Pittsburg, Dee. 18.—Two boilers in
D. P. Richards’ oil refinery, on Fiftv-first
street,on the line of the Allegheny \ r alley
Railroad, exploded to-day at noon with
terrific force, scattering debris in all di
rections. Six men were injured. The
boiler house was demolished, and a por
tion ot one boiler was carried over 300
yards. Two men were very seriously in
jured and will probably die.
A Contract Annulled.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The contract
of P. G. Meath, of Memphis, Tenn., for
the improvement ot the Mississippi river
on the Hard Times levee, Louisiana, has
been annulled tor failure to put on a suf
ficient force of workmen. The completion
of tlie contract has been awarded to Hugh
Carlisle, of Guntersville, Ala.
Washington’s Birthplace.
Washington, Dec. 18.— At the request
of the Secretary of State. Col. Thomas L.
Casey, of the Corps of Engineers of
the United States Army, has been detailed
to superintend the erection of the pro
posed monument to mark the birthplace
of Gen. Washington.
Income Taxation Not Probable.
Berlin, Dec. 18.—In the lower house of
the Prussian Dret to-day, Herr Scholz,
Minister of Finance, introduced a bill for
the taxation of incomes derived from per
sonal property. The bill was coldly re
ceived and its ultimate adoption is doubt
ful.
Miss Keiser a Suicide.
New Tore, Dec. 18.—In the case of
Miss Keiser, who committed suicide at
the Windsor Hotel a few days ago, the
jury, after hearing much evidence, this
afternoon found that she came to her
death by a self-inflicted wound.
Why suffer longer from dyspepsia, indi
gestion, want ot appetite, loss of strength,
lack of energy, malaria, intermittent fe
vers, etc.? Brown’s Iron Bitters never
flail to cure these diseases. They act like
a charm on the digestive organs, remov
ing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as
belching, heartburn, biliousness, etc. Re
member it is the only preparation that
will not blacken the teeth or give head
ache. Ask your druggists concerning its
merits.
THE SONS OF TOIL.
Wages Among the Mills Tending
Downward, and the Outlook Gloomy,
Fall River, Mass., Dec. 18.—a reduc
tisn of wages in the print cloth mills of
Rhode Island and New Bedford, and other
places in this State, is causing considera
ble discussion among the manufacturers
and operators here. Some prominent
mill men say that a reduction of wages
must come in the near future. That this
would be resisted by the operatives, there
seems to be no doubt. The stock on
hand is now over 450,000 pieces, aud
the outlook is not particularly promising.
Some manufacturers urge that a reduc
tion of wages would be followed by a de
cline In the price of manufactured cloth,
and that the reduction would,therefore, not
afford any relief. The suggestion to cur
tail the production by shutting down one
day each week, does not meet with favor.
One suggestion discussed is to shut down
on Saturday next for one week. This
would probably be favorably received by
the operatives, most of whom would cer
tainly prefer it to a reduction of wages.
NO COMPROMISE AT PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg, Dec. 18. —The conference
committee of the glass manufacturers and
their employes continued in session until
a late hour this evening, and adjourned
without accomplishing anything. Both
sides agree that further attempts to com
promise will be useless, and the question
is now one of endurance. The workmen
say that the manufacturers will weaken
after January 1. The manufacturers pro
nounce talk of that kind rubbish. The
feeling to-night is more bitter than at any
time since the strike commenced.
THE CONQUERED ENGINEERS.
lt Winnipeg, Dec. 18.—The Canadian
j acihc dead-lock is practically ended.
Ihe new engineers have arrived, and the
workshops will be opened to-morrow.
Ihe discharged engineers and firemen are
disposed to make trouble ahd to commit
depredations, but are restrained bv the
police.
FIGHTING THE STRIKERS.
Manchester, Dec. 18.—A meeting of
the North and Northeast Lancashire
manufacturers to-day decided to adopt
short time in the mills as a means of help
ing the manufacturers of Blackburn and
elsewhere, whose working people are out
on a strike.
MILL SHUT DOWN.
Reading, Pa., Dec. 18.—The Maiden
Creek Iron Company’s rolling mill at
B kin den, in this county, to-day shut down
lor an indefinite period in consequence of
the dull trade. One hundred and flftv
hands are thrown out of work.
a reduction accepted.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 18.—The work
men in Graff, Bennett & Co.’s Clinton
mill to-night accepted a 10 per cent, re
duction in wages. The firm ODerates three
mills, and the reduction will extend to
all. Fifteen hundred men are effected.
SEAMEN STRIKE.
Marseilles, Dec. 18.—Two hundred
and fifty sailors and steamship firemen
struck to-day for an advance in wages.
GERMANY’S PRINCE IN ROME.
A Long Interview With the Pope
Which Excites Speculation.
Rome, Dec. 18, 11 a. m.— Crown Prince
Frederick William, of Germany, yester
day requested Herr Von Sehloezer, the
German Minister at the Vatican, to
immediately announce his arrival to
Cardinal Jacobini, the Papal Secretary
of State, and to express the Prince’s
earnest desire to visit the Pope. Herr
Yon Sehloezer delivered the message, and
Cardinal Jacobini subsequently called at
the German Legation aud left his card.
The Crown Prince breakfasted this
morning with Count Yon Ken
det, the German Ambassador to Italy,
ne will visit the Pope at 1 o’clock
this afternoon. He will be re
ceived with the honors accorded
to a ruling sovereign. After a private au
dience with the Pope the Prince’s suite
will be presented to His Holiness. Later
in the day the Crown Prince will pay a
visit to Cardinal Jacobini. The Prince
will speak in the name of the Emperor of
Germany in any communication he may
make to the Pope during his interview.
Rome, Dec. 18, io p. m.— The Crown
Prince Frederick William and suite drove
to the Pantheon this morning and placed
a wreath upon the tomb of King Victor
Emanuel. The programme for the au
dience with the Pope was fullv carried
out and the Crown Prince visited the
Vatican.
The Pope received the Crown Prince*
with great cordiality and affability. The
Prince expressed in the name of the Em
peror his gratification at being able to
manifest his respect for His Holiness.
The private conference of the Pope and
the Prince lasted an hour. The Prince
upon leaving the Vatican appeared to be
deeply moved.
The length of the Prince’s interview
with the Pope is much remarked upon.
Le Moniteurde Rome says that the Prince’s
visit is the outcome of Prince Bismarck’s
project for federating the Conservative
forces against the audacious Democracy,
and that the place ot honor in the alliance
has been assigned to Papacy as the first
in influence in the world.
The German Crown Prince received
the grand dignitaries of Italy, the Presi
dents of the Senate and Chamber of Depu
ties and the diplomatic body. He fre
quentlv*expressed himself as being deeply
impressed by the cordiality of his wel
come. A state banquet was’ given in the
Prince’s honor this evening, at which
there were present 124 persons, including
the members of the royal family. The
Prince will leave Rome Thursday evening.
AFTER 24 HOURS OF PRAYER.
\ Widow Finding $213,000 Which Her
Husband Had Hidden Before His
Heath.
Akron, 0., Special to Boston Globe.
Harrison Ramon lived for many years
in Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, and
amassed considerable property, most of
which was in cash. He would not trust
his money to the keeping of a bank, but
hid it about his own premises, keeping
the hiding place secret even fr<*rn his own
family. A short time ago he told his wife
that he had hidden about $30,000 in
money, and that pretty soon he would in
form her of its whereabouts, so that, in
case of his death, she would know where
to look for it. He neglected to do this,
and abofit a week ago he died of apoplexy.
After his death an examination of his
papers showed that he had $335,000 in
money all hidden about his premises.
The most thorough search failed to reveal
the hiding place, and the widow began to
despair. Then she was impressed w ith
the notion that if she prayed with faith
the Lord would direct her to the place
where the money was hidden. On
Wednesday she prayed all day and all
night. On Thursday morning she was
impelled to go to the bee hives, which
stood on a bench near the house, and in
the excitement of expectation she knocked
over one of the hives, disclosing to her view
the top of a bench with a pile of green
backs of large denomination upon it. A
search under the other hives resulted in
finding a total ot $15,000. In the afternoon
one of the family dropped a bunch of keys
through the barn floor, which necessitated
taking up a plank to find them, and when
the young man put his hand down he
struck a half-gallon fruit jar, which he
pulled out to And partly filled with S2O
gold pieces. Other jars and a grain bag
were also found containing gold and sil
ver, and when it had all been counted the
total amount figured up over $213,000. The
widow was overjoyed, ana in her state
ment to the correspondent said she be
lieved that the discoveries were in direct
answer to her prayers.”
The ••Graphic” Company at Bay.
Montreal, Dec. 18.—Security for costs
in connection with the petition for the
winding up of the affairs of the New York
Graphic Company has been given, and
the company will have to answer in court
within three days.
A Destructive Storm in the Orient.
Constantinople, Dec. 18.—A great
storm has caused much damage to houses
in the town of Abadia. Six large ships
and fifteen coasting vessels have been
lost in the Black Sea, and their crews
were drowned.
Docks Ablaze.
Lisbon, Dec. 18. — Fire on the govern
ment dock yard to-day destroyed the train
ing brig Camoens, which was on the
stocks. Several warehouses were also
burned. The loss is £IOO,OOO. There were
no casualties.
Maceo’s Confinement.
Marseilles, Dee. 18.—It has been de
cided to transfer the Cuban refugee,
Maceo, from the place where he is now
confined to Port Mahone. 0
Kidney Troubles.
Don’t dose for kidney affections. Use
externally one of Benson’s Capeue Por
ous Plasters over the kidneys.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
A DANISH WIFE WHO WOULD KILL
HER HUSBAND.
Marriage With His Brother and the
Possession of the Victim’s Life Insur
ance the Object of Her Foiled Plan-
Further Particulars of the Fowler
Arson and Robbery.
Chicago, Dec. 18.—A dispatch from
Fowler, Mich., gives further particulars
of the Creasinger arson and robbery as
follows: “Early yesterday morning some
robbers entered the house of S. P. Creas
inger, a wealthy resident of Maple Rapids,
and having chloroformed him ransacked
the premises and secured about $2,500 in
cash and a quantity of valuables. They
then sought to cover up their tracks by
setting fire to the house immediately be
low the room in which the proprietor lay.
He, however, recovered from the influence
of the drug in time to escape, though the
house was wrapped in flames and was
burned to the ground with its contents.
The loss is $23,000, and the insurance
$15,000. Mr. Creasinger recognized one of
the robbers and a search for them is now
in progress.”
MISS BOND’S REVENGE.
St. Louis, Dec. 18.—Specials sav that
the prosecution closed its testimony in
the trial of Montgomery, Pettus and de
menti this evening. Among the wit
nesses for the prosecution were two con
victs from the penitentiary, who occupied
cells in Taylorsville with the men on trial.
One of these, named Burrell, now
serving a term for burglary,
testified that he was in jail
at Taylorsville in the spring, and be
came ucqtlainted there with Montgomery,
Pettus and Clementi. They were all in a
cell together, and he heard a conversa
tion between them. Someone read lrom a
paper that Miss Bond’s underclothes were
torn. Clementi said, “That it was a
and and lie, that they were not torn,” and
Montgomery said, “Shut up; what do vou
know about it?”
At this point Judge Thornton, of the
defense, said to tjie attorneys for the
prosecution: “\"ou may just as well rake
hell for witnesses as to take them from a
penitentiary. The introduction of a wit
ness convicted of one of the highest crimes
to testify against men of good standing is
intamous, and such testimony- is wholly
incompetent.”
lie moved to exclude the whole testi
mony. After an hour and a halt’s argu
ment the court overruled the motion, and
another prisoner from the same jail, a “life
convict” for murder, named Meyer, testi
fied to much the same effect as the pre
vious witness. The testimony of the
other witnesses has already been made
public.
A GUILTY wife trapped.
Denver, Dec. 18.—Last Saturday Mary
Kofford called on Dr. Rose, a prominent
dentist of Leadville, and made the startl
ing request that he furnish her with poi
son which could not be detected by an
autopsy. She ottered S3OO compensation,
reluctantly admitting that she wished to
get rid ol her husband, Ilans Kofford, so
that her husband’s brother, of whom
she was enamored, and herself
might enjoy an Insurance of $5,500
which her husband carried. After making
an appointment to meet both at his office
last night the doctor arranged with the
police aud several interested insurance
men to be present, but concealed. At the
interview the whole diabolical plan was
made known. The man and woman were
arrested and placed in jail. All the per
sons concerned are Danish. The younger
brother is 60 years of age, and the woman
is 35.
AN ABSCONDER.
St. Louis, Dec. 18.—Ernest H. L. Piper,
of the firm of Piper & Cos., jobbers in no
tions and fancy goods, is reported to have
absconded, leaving debts to an unknown
amount. It is alleged that he bought a
considerable quantity of goods from
various drummers on credit, sold them
below cost aid pocketed the proceeds.
Attachments have been laid on his re
maining stock, but it is not expected to
realize much. Piper is said to have done
business in several Eastern cities.
A POST OFFICE THIEF.
New York, Dec. 18.—The post office
authorities, late last evening, arrested
J. D. McCarthy, a letter carrier in the
general office, having a down town route,
charged with embezzling letters entrust
ed to him for delivery. He was seen to
gather up a batch of them in the office and
stuff them into his pocket. Upon reach
ing the street he was apprehended and 25
letters found on his person, To-day Mc-
Carthy gave bail. He had been in the post
office about nine years.
FRANK JAMES’ CASE.
Kansas City, Dec. 18. —The Criminal
Court at Gallatin yesterday fixed bail
at $5,000 in the case of Frank James for
the murder of Cashier Sheets in 1869. The
defense asked that the prisoner be re
manded to the custody of his sureties.
This the court took under advisement.
The prisoner was returned to jail.
FRATRICIDE.
Mount Sterling, Dec. 18.—In Mor
gan county two brothers, named Deßusk,
working in a field, became involved in a
dispute, when the older, aged 24, shot his
brother, killing him instantly.
WAS IX A LOST COMET?
A Lady Astonished by the Fall of a
Mass of Fire from tlie Heavens.
Oakland {Cal.) Special.
A few nights ago, as Mrs. S. J. Mer
chant was in Brush street, she heard a
swishing through the air, and was startled
by seeing a large mass of glowing matter
fall directly ahead of her in the roadway.
Her superstitious fears aroused, she
turned and ran down Thirteenth street.
She rushed full tilt against an old gentle
man, and the collision threw her to the
ground, with him prostrate over her.
They regained their feet, and she stated
the reason for her headlong pace. The
vicinity at the time was deserted by all
save the two. The burning object threw a
strong but wavering light. The old gen
tleman advanced cautiously toward the
source of the light, followed at a respect
able distance by Mrs. Merchant. He
gained the corner, and his eyes fell on a
strange phenomenon. In the road lay a
ball of tire about two feet in diameter. It
was blazing like a fully ignited chunk of
coal in a grate. The heat from the ball
was so intense it effected the obserYer’s
eyes and he was forced to fall back. Mrs.
Merchant had summoned courage and
advanced to his side. Together they con
templated the mysterious spectacle. They
noticed that the seething flames were
gradually reducing the bulk of the
ball, and that the heat was grow
ing less and less strong. They continued
to progress nearer aud nearer to the
object. Finally, sheltering his face with
his cloak, the old gentleman approached
the mass and thrust his cane into it. The
part of the cane probed in was instantly
consumed, and the investigator’s hand
was singed and slightly burned. He
resinned his position on the corner, and
before twenty minutes the flames had
spent their force, and darkness once more
reigned supreme. In company with Mrs.
Merchant he went up to the’spot again.
To his surprise there was not a vestige
left of the burning body. The ground
was hot and blackened ; but not a trace
of the meteor, if meteor it was, remained.
MORMON MALIGNANCY.
How They Proscribe Utah Merchants
Who Ho Not Agree With Them.
Chicago Special, 15th.
There have been several Gentile trades
men who do business among the Mormons
passing through Chicago in the last few
weeks, either going to or returning from
the East, and they have all shunned the
newspaper reporters, as if they were the
embodiment of leprosy or small-pox.
A prominent Utah merchant became
immersed in a chat with a reporter about
the Mormon question before he awoke to
the fact that he was being interviewed.
When he realized it, he said: “You don’t
intend to publish anything I have told
you?” Being answered in the affirmative,
he said: “My God, you will ruin me. I
am engaged in business in the heart of the
Mormons, and if a breath of what I have
said reaches them I shall be proscribed.”
“Is this proscription so terrible then
that you tremble at the thought of it?”
“If you knew the malignancy of the
woman nature, the bitterness with
which criticism rankles them, vou would
not ask that question. Their principle is
proscription; they practice ostracism of
all who oppose them; they are implaca
ble, irreconcilable and untiring; they
would not show me any quarter.”
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CREAM OF THE SPECIALS.
Points About Men anil Things in
Washington.
ARTHUR NOT OVERBALANCED.
Ex-Senator Spencer, ex-Representative
Crowley, Clint Wheeler and Steve French
were discussing the affairs of the nation
in the office of the Arlington Hotel last
Friday evening.
“What truth is there in this storv,
Crowley, that Grant and Blaine have
formed an alliance to nominate Logan””
asked Spencer.
“Oh! I don’t know,” answered Mr.
Crowley, with a weary air. “I guess it is
just as well to assume that it is true. It
saves the trouble of denying it.”
“But don’t you think Arthur is a trifle
overbalanced with Blaine and Grant in
league against him?” continued Spencer.
“Not at all overbalanced.” was Crow
ley’s quick reply. “If he has Grant and
Blaine against him, he has Wheeler aud
r rench lor him, and 1 am sure that evens
up the load.”
WANTED—A MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Few of the members’ wives come on
until after the holiday recess. Many who
would both adorn and enjoy the life here
stay at home with their children rather
than take them out of school. So a mem
ber, whom I asked the other day if his
wile would soon lie with him, said: “It’s
the same old problem—what to do with
our six children. We are reluctant to
break up their school year, and yet I want
her to share my Washington life. You
see before you a man who yearns for a
mother-in-law. I never hail one. But
what a jewel she would l>e to leave the
children with, so that Mary could come
on here.”
ONE OF SHERMAN’S I’ETS.
Another scandal has come to light in
the Treasury Department. It is alleged
that an employe in the office of the Super
vising Architect of the Treasury has been
tor some years in the receipt of a per diem
compensation of $lO, Sundays included,
and that the only authority for this is an
order of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Secretary who issued the order was
Mr. John Sherman, and the beneficiary,
it is said, helped to build the new house of
the Secretary. He is the only person in
the Treasury Department on a per diem
compensation who is paid for Sundays.
INGERSOLL’S MANOEUVRES.
A politician here says Col. Robert G. In
gersoll expects to be one of the delegates
in the next Republican National Conven
tion from this district. He wanted to be
a delegate to the last convention, but the
opposition by the colored people here on
Account of his religious opinions or want
of religious opinions was so strong that
he failed in his ambition, a number of col
ored ministers leading the opposition to
him. It will be remembered that when
the United States Supreme Court recently
declared the civil rights bill null and void,
Mr. lngersoll took the lead in denouncing
the decision of the court. He has kept up
his protest ever since with the purpose of
conciliating the colored citizens. This, it
is said, insures Col. Ingersoll’s election,
as it has made him so strong with the av
erage colored man that the ministers will
not be able to successfully oppose him
again. Col. lngersoll placed Blaine in
uojnination at Cincinnati in 1876, and it
may come to pass that he will place him
in nomination again at Chicago in June
next.
PROBABLE SWINDLING IN MILEAGE.
Adjt. Gen. Drum has addressed a cir
cular letter to commanding officers of the
several military departments, calling at
tention to the fact that the expenditures
for mileage for the first four months of the
present fiscal year are more than 50 per
cent, in excess of one-third the expendi
tures of last year, without anv apparent
reason therefor, and stating that the Sec
retary of War directs that the mileage
expenditures for the eurrent year must
be kept within the appropriation, even if
he shall be compelled to direct that orders
for travel of officers shall not be issued
without prior approval from the head
quarters of the army.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The President Hears Some Music.
Washington Special to -V. Y. Sun, 16/h.
Washington is a little too select for
fairs, hut it indulges in their methods
of coaxing money out of the pooketo of
the good and the weak. Ou Wednesday
night a concert was given at Castle Stew
art, the splendid house of ex-Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, for the benefit ol the
Blue Anchor Association of Washington.
What is the Blue Anchor? It’s an asso
ciation that sends shoes and clothes to
life-saving stations for shipwrecked peo
ple. The wife of Chief Justice Waite and
other prominent women are connec
ted with it, so they gave an ama
teur concert, for which the tick
ets were $2, and the performance
was well worth it. There was ten dol
lars’ worth of fun in the musical selec
tions alone. It was in the ball roem ol
Stewart Castle, a magnificent room with
a stage, and two alcoves fitted up as pri
vate boxes, one of which was occupied by
the President and Mr. Frelinghuysen,
with a party of ladies, and the other by
Chief Justice and Mrs. Waite xvith an
other party. The programme embraced
such inspiring melodies as “Willie, We
Have Missed You.” Mr. King, of New
York, did some tolerable singing with a
fine voice, but occasionally his voice got
away from him. and he emitted a pro
longed shout, which was invariably rap
turously applauded. A small man de
veloped a basso of such tremendous pro
fundity that it seemed to come from the
depths of the earth. The President, who
has a good musical taste, listened with
out winking, or even showing the dimple
in his cheek, ar and pretended he thought it
was perfectly grand. The audience lis
tened attentively to “Willie We Have
Missed You,” and talked incessantly dur
ing a Schumann symphony, and the per
formers finally got tired of playing and
straggled off the stage one by one, and the
symphony ended somewhat like another
celebrated performance:
“Theie was a Pagan ninny
And lie played on Hie fiddle;
He began several tunes
And lie broke off in the middle.”
Your young ladies pounded industri
ously on two grand pianos. This number
on tlie performance was advertised as an
octotte. It is supposed the other four
young ladies were concealed inside the
pianos. Financially It was a splendid
success.
ONLY TWO CRANKS.
A Type of the Remarkable People Who
are Drawn Into the Capital Maelstrom.
Washington Sjftecial Courier-Journal, Dec. lU.
There were two cranks at the capital
to-day. One was aged and the other
about 27 years old. The former went
around distributing prinetd crusades
against whisky and tobacco, and detached
leaves from the Bible. lie had on a pair
of worn-out pants, and a short linen coat
of undoubted antiquity. Across his breast
was suspended a large cardboard shield
with the words “Prepare to meet thy
God” printed on it in big type. On his
back was another shield, with this legend
upon it: “The blood of Jesus Christ
cleanseth all sin.”
The 27-year-old crank appeared just
after the House had adjourned. He was
pale and weak. He was seedy and scant
of attire. He mounted the Speaker’s desk,
and jerking from under his coat a curious
puppet-like arrangement, commenced to
expatiate on its merits. It was, he said,
a patent fire escape from hell, and be
wanted to sell every member of Congress
one. It took a messenger and two police
men to get him out of the building.
The Murdered Millionaire.
San Francisco, Dec. 18.—In the in
quest in the case of Charles McLaughlin,
the millionaire who was shot on the 13th
inst. by Jerome B. Cox, the Coroner’s
jury to-day brought in a verdict that
Cox 6hot McLaughlin in self-defense. The
verdict created a sensation, as there was
nothing in the evidence to warrant it.
Leo Receive* Rome’s Ameriean Prelates
Home, Dec. 18. — The Pope yesterday
gave an audience to the American Pre
lates residing in this city.
Victoria Leaves for Osborn.
London, Dec. 18.—Queen Victoria has
gone to Osborn. Isle of Wight.
What it Did for an Old Lady.
Coshocton Station, N. I'., Dec. 28,1878.
Gents— A number of people had been
using your Bitters here, and with marked
effect. In one case, a lady of over 70
years, had lieen sick for years, and for the
past ten years has not been able to be
around half the time. Aliout six months
ago she got so feeble she was helpless.
Her old remedies, or physicians, being of
no avail, I sent to Deposit, forty-five miles
away, and got a bottle of Hop Bitters. It
improved her so she was able to dress
| herself and walk about the house. When
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POOLE AFTER O’DONNELL.
he also meets death without
FALTERING.
The Loudon Police Guarding Against
Threatened Explosions—Fenian Da
cey's Return also Causing the Authori
ties a Great Deal of Worriment— Irish
Refugees in Paris Vow Vengeance.
Dublin, Dec. 18. —Joseph Poole was
hanged at 8 o’clock this morning for the
murder of John Kenny. The execution
took place in tho Richmond Bridewell
prison. Kenny was killed by Poole on the
night of July 4, 1882, in Seville Place, in
this city. Poole arose this morning at 5:30
o’clock. A priest visited him at 6 o’clock,
and at 7:15 o’clock administered the sac
rament. Both Toole and the priest re
mained in the prison chapel until nearly
8 o’clock. Poole showed great forti
tude during the preparations for
the execution. On the gallows he
frequently kissed the crucifix, and with a
calm demeanor and in a firm voice re
peated prayers until the drop fell. Death
took place in three seconds and a half
thereafter. Poole did not make any pub
lic statement.
THREATENING LETTERS.
London, Dee. 18.—It is reported that
the Lord Mayor has received an anony
mous letter containing threats to blow up
London Bridge and Newgate Prisou. The
detectives who were withdrawn from the
prisou yesterday after O’Donnell was
hanged have beeu sent back. An extra
force of police is now stationed on and
about the bridges to watch the arches, ex
amine all crafts passing, and scrutinize
all persons crossing. In consequence of
the threats made to avenge the execution
of O'Donnell, armed policemen guard
Hawarden Castle, the residence of Mr.
Gladstone.
GUARDING AGAINST FKNIANISM.
Extensive precautions are being taken
by the authorities in consequence of the
police having been informed of the ar
rival of the Fenian Dacey, who was for
merly concerned in the storage of arms at
Clerkenwell, for which offense Walsh was
convicted. A special corps of police,
many of whom speak the Irish language,
has been placed wherever it is thought
that mischief Is likely to occur. All the
the prisons, public buildings and docks
are carefully watched.
NATIONALISTS UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
The Exchange Telegraph Company
states that the police are closely watch
ing the houses of leading Irish National
ists.
MICROSCOPICAL SCRUTINY.
A special corps of police have been de
tailed to guard the Parliament buildings,
Westminster Abbey, the government
offices, the German Embassy, the Mansion
House, the Stock Exchange, and the Bank
of England. Tne luggage of all passen
gers landing from Atlantic steamers is
carefully scrutinized.
VENGEANCE VOWED.
Paris, Dee. 18. —A meeting of Irish
refugees was held in tills city yeßterday.
Resolutions were passed condemning tho
execution of O’Donnell and threatening
revenge.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
ami Afar.
The sale of tlie Peninsula Railroad for
taxes has again been postponed.
Application has been made for a charter
to build a road from Columbus to some
point in Henry county.
One of the directors of the Buena Vista
branch is procuring the right of way.
The right of way will be donated.
The rumor that the Riehmond and Dan
ville contemplate building a line from
At lanta to Columbus is not well founded.
The grading of the Blue Spring, Orange
City and Atlantic Railroad has been com
pleted as far as Orange City, and ties are
now being put in position.'
M.C. Sharpe, who is the new local agent
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad at
Atlanta, is a popular gentleman, who can
not fail to fill the position satisfactorily.
A committee of two from Augusta will
meet the officers of the railroad pool in
Atlanta for the purpose of conferring In
regard to the freight rates to Augusta.
Much dissatisfaction has been expressed
in Augusta in reference to these rates.
Mr. H. W. Tiffins. Bull’s Creek, Ga.,
says: “My wife recovered very quickly
from malaria and biliousness by using
Brown’s Iron Bitters.”
The Merry, Merry, Christmas Time.
The joyous holiday season brings to
mind the elegant gifts presented in the
city of New Orleans on November 13,
by the 102d Grand Monthly Distribution
of the Louisiana State Lottery, under the
sole care and management of Gens. G. T.
Beauregard, of Louisiana, and Jubal A.
Early, of Virginia, when over $205,000
were scattered broadcast. The same thing
will take place again Tuesday, January
15, 1884. the full particulars of which can
be had from M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans,
La. Ticket No. 08,589 drew the capital
prize $75,000, sold in filth at $1 each —one
held by Mr. M. A. Sacerdote, No. 60 St.
Louis street, New Orleans; another by
Mr. N. B. Phelps, a clerk in the City
Treasurer’s office at New Orleans, La. •
the others decline publication. No. 65,718
drew the second capital $25,000, also sold
in fifths at $1 each--one collected through
Bank of Madison, at Jackson, Tenn.; an
other by a party at Malden, West Vir
ginia. The third capital prize SIO,OOO
was won by No. 46,200, sold in fifths also,
two of which were collected by the New
Orleans National Bank. The fourth capi
tal prizes, of SO,OOO each, were won by
tickets No. 14,898, and 33,709, sold in fifths
also’ to Robert Alexander, collected
through Messrs. Lockwood & Cos., San An
tonio, Texas, C. C. Fant, Madison C. H.,
Va., collected through State Bank, Rich
mond, Va., and so on to the end of the In
terminable chapter, among the many other
participants in the Pactolean stream of
wealth.
CHAPTER 11.
“Malden, Mass., Mass., Feb. 1, 1880. Gen
tlemen—l suffered with attacks of sick head
ache. ”
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years In
the most terrible and excruciating man
ner.
No medicine or doctor could give me
relief or cure until I used Hop Bitters.
“The first bottle
Nearly cured me;”
The second made me as well and strong
as when a child,
“And I have been so to this day.”
My husband was an invalid for twenty
years with a serious
“Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
“Pronounced by Boston’s best physi
cians—
“lncurable.”
Seven bottles of your bitters euued him
and 1 know of the ’
“Lives of eight persons”
In my neighborhood that have been
saved by your bitters.
And many more are using them with
great benefit.
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