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) J. n. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j
GEORGIA AM) FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOED
IX PARAGRAPHS.
Sudden Death at Columbus of the I.&st
Survivor of the Custer Massacre—The
Matrimonial Desires of a l’oang La.ly
of Eiberton—A Horse shoe Half a Cen
tury Old.
GEORGIA.
James Bern has beenelectedsuperintendent
of streets at Atlanta.
Mrs. Green T. Dodd, of Atlanta, is danger
ously ill at Thomasville.
Mrs. Ifettie Holland, one of the oldest resi
dents of Columbus, died Monday.
Nineteen residents of Ifart county have
just emigrated to Texas in a body.
H. C. Smith, of Blakely, has settled with his
creditors at 60 cents on the dollar.
X. P. Harben. one of ihe oldest citizens of
Dalton, died at hi* residence there Tuesday.
Wliistv won the day at the flogansville
election.’ Dr. It. H. Jenkins is the new Mayor.
Col. A. E. Bin k, of Atlanta, is confident of
Farrow's appointment to the Erskine Judge
ship.
West End, the new Atlanta suburb, begins
the new year with $4,375 70 on hand above all
liabilities.
\ groom near Athens gave a friend 410 to
hand to the preacher, but the friend pocketed
the money himself.
Joel Webb has killed Hugh Price at Milton,
ie victim is alleged to have been of a quar
relsome disposition.
A proposition to raise the w hisfcv license at
bumpkin to *1.001) will be discussed by the
Council of that place to-night.
Mr. Locke, the Petroleum V. Nashy of Con
ftderir A Bonds fame, and the celebrated
p lid -her, Mr. bheppard, arc at Atlanta.
I . I. Weston, of Dawson, was to have beer
i. arried yesterday, but instead lay nigh unto
• utii. with his fiance overcome w ith grief.
Hundreds of young ldgs and chiekeus arc
• . rlcd to have lieen frozen to death in the
Mule dnringthe recent arctic-like weather.
Keener T. Merrill died suddenly at l.aw
i.-t.ees die a few days ago of paralysis. He
wa j once a Judge of one of the County
i ni ls, aid a man of wide acquaintance.
arles Burkhalter, the negro who inur
!. r*-d Allen Gresham, another negro, in
Mai: ui county, on Friday nigiit. was cap
tur'd by -lieritT Itnshin on Sunday. He is now
in mil in Buena Vista.
A letter published in the Griffin -WtM has
re iniled two 1 rothers who hud been in igno
rin' e of each ottier’s whereabouts for forty
year-. Due of them is John Boatncr, of Mc-
Donough. The other is in Texas.
(’ey. lr. Bunting, of Galveston, was called
to the pastorate charge of the Borne Presby
ter.m Church .Sunday. V full congregation
u a-present, anil the call was unanimous.
Tie- -alary was fixed at lI.SOO per annum.
W. G. Whidby, of the Southern World, has
i, invited to address the East Tennessee
i niters’ Convention, at Knoxville, m May
. \t. upon “The Southern Industrial Empire
Her Resources, Needs and Possibilities."
Frank Jones, a train hand on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, had his left hand bad
, rrushed between two bumpers while trying
to nmole two freight ears at Atlanta Tues
day. The thumb and little linger required
amputation.
Frank Lewis, a flagman on the East Ten-
Moe Road, had his right foot crushed at At
lanta Monday, lie had just jumped from a
freight train and lit upon the track in front of
.. -witch engine, which caused the accident.
The foot was amputated.
ft is thought at Washington. D. C„ that all
the Georgia counties which have not yet lieen
-ir.'. lied with carp by the National Fish Com
mi -ion will be accorded their quota in the
ring. The counties alphabetically below
Hancock arc the ones still in expectation.
Mr-. J. D. Minor, of Merriwether, swapped
\ ■ liens for a slioat year before last. On tlie
.ill of lasi March tin’s shout brought ten pigs,
v. hi eh were raised about the yard on slops.
' in liu-second day of January'these ten pigs
killed, and weighed 1,7i>8 pounds net.
\ negro girl, about 12 years of age, the
A ter of William Pace, was burned to
.iitt a few days ago on the farm of Mrs. If.
i\ Pitehford, in Harris county. Her clothing
.-anght. and before the flames could be ex
tun; ished she was so badly burned as to
Tin-municipal officers to serve the town of
Aeworlh for the ensuing year were elected
Saturday, resulting in the election of J.J.
N ■:lit. Mavor: J. T.. l.einonc, J. N. John
-,•".<). Aw try. C. C. Phillips and R. M.
'! I noil. < ommis.-ioners. and L. If. Tanner,
s- tors Brow n and i olquirt called on the
!';■ ient Saturday with a petition for the
.'■•irdon of George Rice, eonvioted and en-
H l ' . lto three years in Albany, N. Y.. pe.ni
tentiary, for robbing the mail at Lula about
two years ago. A strong showing is made
for his pardon.
i >iof Dr. ('atrrer'e buft'alos died at Colr.m
- Sunday of indigestion. He had not lieen
■ iistomcd to eating corn, and bavmgbegn
i on it a good deal, was unable to digest it.
He u .is the w ldest of the lot, and Dr. Carver
■ - that it was always very dangerous to at
teinpt to ride him.
Baldwin Superior Court will cuiuhii* next
Mu : l.i>. The case of the McMillan*. Wilson,
nil.iii(tnuld for the killing of John Tollison
'he 10th of November will come up for
r ;!. ; ipgontd, who escaped at the time of
.1 killing, came ip last Saturday and gave
;,nsdf up to the Sheriff.
John S. Harris and l|*i? Cora McMullen
■ married at (juitfnun ;; <Jav or twtf ago.
di.-ra four year* courtship. The wether of
-.•lady did not regard the marriage with
" i r. and it adds another to the runaway ro
- which have been so frequently cliron
••d m the State of late,
i—.in of mules ran away with a heavily
i uiit>on at Talbotton. and it was sent
'i.'O.ng uowu steep embankment. .!. W.
. tittle boy was ir the wagon and went
. , with it. Everybody wuo caw the acci-
Mipjuwed that he would be killed,
ge to narrate, however, iic escaped un
tlr-t quarterlv meeting of the Catania
• , t of the Methodist Church was held at
■ r's church on Saturday last. The fol
■ assessments were made for thesup
■>f the ministers for the year: flower's
, s-j.vi; l’earce Chapel, $200; Shiloh
; i., t'. o; P.igham Chapel, s!<“-; Asherrv,
i making a total of #750.
At Talbotton Wednesdi:. John and Tom
I' -. both colored, aiui agv’d 'ivulv t!
i 4 years, were playing wiwi nntsjyvib
f -Ml. which thev found in the residence of
■ M. Uethnnel John dropped the w eapon
. went off. the bullet entering Tommie's
< .tot producing a wound which caused
oi tb in less tuan ia hour
i i:> railroad uicn at Montgomery arts vrork
. hard for Robert Lvnn, who kilted Lou
l'- .i; at i lilplev about ten days ago. They
. .ntUtent that Lynn will bo cleared. A
u'~i- lias alreadv been made up toe his de
and C apt. W. A Little, of Columbus,
\. Russell, of Chipley, and H. C. Cameron,
■i Hu :!tou, have tieen employed as counsel.
iiii-t. McFarland, a noted character in Tal
■ i'Unty died at nie home sooth of Talbotton
•: Tuesday last at an auvyticed age. William
;! aged' SO years, also wide.. Lgown, died
, itie -..me county about tiie same
n rto i lie war he was reported to tie worth
o. but lie mod a poor man, his large
, -iK>rt i having dwindled aw ay, Both had
: iired enviable reputations as hamsters.
The North Gcsirgia Conference of the Ain -
hi Methodist Episcopal Church has closed
•raion iii Marietta. The reports showed
.t, at progress in religious work. The amount
"f money raised during the year was *2,obft,
' of which was appropriated to the build
fund of tlie Morris Brow n < 'ollegc, which
- bt eft 1 R'd in Atlanta this year. Dcle
wcrc- ejected to the General Conference
. h i- to meet in J’-flitii'"' r e on the lir.-t
iv.yja.v Mky aesu.
x. U. i'lVitar. of frattalHirg, has -
'* r - '* •—'* j •■•rectaferehce. Tlie
' : ~' 1 ~" !> e, •- •••ot 0 ; ~a-' the old
- was cast from the . - >. filu
■ :tgc horses at Daviston, 'J ayloi —py
years ago. and was taken up and prese. .
• late David Lockhart of Talbot county, ,
and disposed of at the sale of bis personalty ;
■ut ten year.-, ago. This makes the shoe be
')'crn 50 and GO rears old. Daviston was a
stage station on the old wire road between ;
Macon and Columbus.
Judge Tompkins has procured from the Su- '
r, 'iue Court .a rule nisi calling on the otlleials !
• bo have in custody the Yarbrough lans and
:r associates,recently convicted ofkti-klux
in Hanks county, to show reason why the
'■risoners are detained. The date for hearing
! c habeas corpus was left blank. An early
tie will be fixed for the argument. The rule
i -i applies to the three prisoners in the Al
ny penitentiary, as well as the three in the
ustody of Marseal Longstreet. The const i
i inalityof the law under which the con
viction was had will be tested when the case
is heard.
The matrimonial desires of Miss Emma But
v. "f Eiberton, has led to strange complica
i‘S. The lady has for several years been
. ■ popular, and counted among her ad
os Marcus Moon and D. G. Seymour. l"p
--’ both she smiled sweetly, and to each in
iurn-he pledged her hand, and each looked
■ Hi jealousy upon the other's visits, not
knowing the real truth. At last to end sus
bvisc each lover pressed that the day be
! onod for nuptials, and to each the same day,
cut one hour's difference in time, was given
!" r the pledge which was to make each a
ii' c.iu husband. Licenses were procured, and
- Mr. Moon's appointment was for the earlier
ii 'Ur the couple were married. While rela
i j s and friends were congratulating Mr.
M; i. Moon upon their nuptials, the sec
i idal party, consisting of Mr. Seymour
I , 1 - attendants, drove up, ami were sur
' ■ ,u God tliat the previous marriage had
I o ; llla ' to his visit fruitless. The affair
I ‘ quite a sensation, and only good mau-
I ' > ' kept the male priucipals'apart.
I Tr *" m Wilson.of Dr. Carver's Wild West
tr Vi suddenly at his room at the Cen
-11 .at Columbas, Sunday night. He
, ■ confined to his bed since his arrival
V . ■ about a week ago. with asthma.
■*: night, about 11 o'clock, the bov
• ' v; i- sleeping in the room with
y discovered that he was dead.
tV -tory goes, Wilson was quite a hero,
4 ‘f" n T the sole survivor of the Dead
n,; '—acre, some twelve years ago. He |
ap,', —enger on one of the’ stage coaches, j
H, --Jot in several places by the Indians
br,"[ massacre of the innocents.” Wilson
s to Columbus with him a medium
I hav,!. rk roan horse, which he claimed to
I of hi, 11 riJti en by Gen. Custer at the time
I incj' 1 * f*. Wilson was about five feet eight
I *r:ic', , V‘ l A u ' l S ,I t. slim figure, and wore short,
I ren- r >e; ' n l aud mustache, and was appa- |
■ *i fe * forty years of age. He has a
I bru.t& ' i several children at Fremont, Xe- !
■ tiniokr'. J; h y*ieian examined the body some-
P ihtt u‘.!‘ r '‘oath, and gave it as his opinion
wte Saramtalt doming JjJaus.
FLORIDA.
The disbursements of Hillsborough couutv
last year were $2,581 28.
Twenty-nine was the nearest the ther
mometer" went to zero at Apopka.
An old-time “sugar foot dance" is one of
the recent dissipations at Key West.
The Cork post office has been removed to
Plant City, and its name changed accordingly.
The company of the Tampa ice factory ex
'pects to t>e ready to manufacture Ice by the Ist i
of next mouth.
Mrs. B. 11. M. Davidson, wife of Congress- I
man Davidson, died last Thursday at her !
home in Quincy, Fla.
Mr. Collier, of Marco, recently shipped to I
the North 330 bushels of tomatoes, from which |
lie netted $4 per bushel.
It is reported that the late cold snap did no j
injury to the oranges hanging on the trees in j
Hillsborough county.
The services of Rev. A. F, Randall, as pastor j
of the Baptist Church, at Tampa, have been I
secured for the present year.
A number of new buildings are soon to lie
built in the northern part of Tampa. Most of !
them are contracted for, and are to be com
pleted by spring.
“The average number of pounds of fish j
shipped from Cedar Key per week is estima
ted at 125.000 pounds, at four cento per pouud, I
amounting to $500."
A daily evening newspaper, to be railed
The A isirs, is shortly to be started at I’alatkit.
by Benjamin Harrison and Eugene P, 'peer.
It is to be Democratic in politics.
At Tampa, Sunday night, Rufus King, who
was boarding at Mr. Prevatt’s. went to bed,
com plaining of feeling a little badly, and on 1
Monday morning was found dead in his lied.
A farmer on the Alalia river, while grinding |
sugarcane the other day, got five and one
half gallons of juice from ten average stalks
of cane. This was second year stubble, and
grew on pine land.
The Speer grove of six acres, near Sanford,
will yield this year nearly, if not quite, a
million oranges. Nosuchcrop has been known
on it for ten years. Its average yield is a
thousand dollars per acre.
At Key West, last Saturday, the schooner
Rosebud was offered oyer $i,400 for sponge
gathered in a -ix weeks' cruise, but refused to
-ell. The spongers upon the bars are doing
remarkably well so far, some getting as high
as 1.500 bunches.
The Hillsborough County Commissioners, at
their meeting last Monday, appropriated the
sum of $350 to aid in the ’construction of the
bridge across the Ancjpte river, near Tarpon
Springs. The citizens arc to make up the bal
ance of the amount required, and arc to have
the bridge built.
Captain Vogel, of the City of Palatka, re
ports that anew channel has formed at the
mouth of the st. John’s river.rtinningparallel
w ith the South Beach, and about a half mile
distant from the chaunel in use for the past
four years, which has entirely closed up. The
depth of water in the new ’channel at half
tide is from twelve to twelve and a-half feei.
The annual meeting of the Grand Division
Sons of Temperance convened at Jacksonville
Tuesday. The following grand officers were
elected for the ensuing term: Prof. William
N . Sheats. G. W. I*.: Mrs. C. C. McLean, G.
tv. A.: Dr. J. M. Fairlie, G. S.; Joseph
Thomas. G. TANARUS.: William C. Andrus, G. c.;
Maj. A. .1. Russell, G. Chaplain; Rev. L. W.
Kickliter, G. < .; William \\ right, G. S.
The conductor on the freight train bound
from Fernandina to Cedar Keys, on the Tran
sit Road, while at Brandy Branch, was at
tempting to couple two cars, when the three
first fingers of his left hand were caught be
tween the bumpers anil mashed flat. He
took the train on to Baldwin, where he was
relieved by another conductor, and returned
to Fernandina. The general impression is
that the three fingers will have to he ampu
tated.
The Tampa Guardian says: “Mr. Joseph
Bourquardze brought to our sanctum this
week a strange looking fruit of the citrus
family, which grew on a tree iu Mr. .Tames
Madre's grove, at Clear Water. To look at
the fruit one would suppose that they were
luxuries, but the taste of it is more like the
crape fruit, only far more dainty and delicate
iu flavor. They grow in clusters, and are of
a bright, pretty color, and look as if they
might be a cross between the seedless lime
and sweet lemon. At any rate they are a very
delicious, juicy fruit, and would be well worth
cultivating extensively, as the tree seems to
be quite hardy and a prolific bearer. Mr.
Bourquardze thinks Mr. Madre’s tree which
lie took the cluster from that he brought us,
has all of 5,000 on it."
The Grand Lodge F. and A. M.. of Florida,
assembled in annual session at Jacksonville
Tuesday. The Grand Master announced the
following committees: Returns and Creden
tials—Driuly, Harris and Richard:-, l iitin
islied business—Gruntbal and Slager. Propo
-itions and Grievances—Beunett, Wyly, Liv
ingston, l.ec and Timmons. Finances anil
Accounts—Ended, Delaney. Robinson, Hall
mark, Fox and Bynum. Dispensations and
By-Laws—'-tivendor. Glogowski, Miller and
ll’vniiin. Jurisprudence— Anderson, Russell,
Long. McLean, Stewart and l’asco. Visitors
—Hallmark, Schwerin. Thom and Hicks.
Education—Russel, Caldwell, stark and Ma
| gruder. Printing—Dawkins, Robinson and
! McLean. Foreign Correspondence—Daw
i kins, Wasgale, I’asco and Baltzell. Memo
! rials—Weller, Wasgate and Perry. Grand
Secretary Dawkins t hrirman of the Commit
tee History of Freemasonry in Florida, stated
i lliat during his researches t o had discovered
that a lodge of Masons existed as long ago as
1768 at .St. Augustine, working under a char
i ter from the "Grand Lodge of the Soutb
j ern District of North America."
The Pa-t Master's Degree was conferred in
[ Jacksonville Chapter. Past Grand Master
" (Agate as R. W. Master.
At the 'date Capital.
Atlanta, Jan. 10.—The Capitol Com
mission met this afternoon. Nothing
definite can be done immediately, as all
the specimens ef granite and marble are
i to be tesien and ai| plans examined by
| some competent architect not interested
iin the matter. Humphries & Norr
man, of this city, and I>. B.
Woodruff and F. Wilcox, of Macon,
1 exhibit handsome designs and complete
I plans. The others are lrom K. E. Myers,
1 of Detroit, Midi., a magnificent and elab
! orate affair in colors, Professor J. H. Wil
! iiamson, of the Virginia ylilitary Insti
tute, Hatterson <x Ketter, of Hartford;
I Conn., Ed brook & Burnham, of Chicago,
! and C. E. Youmans A- Son, of Seneca, II!.
i Others are expected to-morrow.
THE RAILROAD COMMITTEE
is still in consultation.
THE WEATHER
... a!HI bad and cold. Bain is falling to
; Uig'iit. _____
A Schooner uii the Hocks
Washington. Jan. 10.— Wreck'Station
No. 4, near Wash Woods, M. C., re-
I ports the three-masted schooner L. A.
Bom melt, of Philadelphia, from Charles
ton, bound to Baltimore, loaded with
! phosphate rock, with a crew of six men'.
it ashore two miles north of No. 4. All
were saved, and assistance will be sent
! immediately. The vessel lies easy.
Washington, Jan. 10, 11:30 p. m.—
Wrecking Station No. 4 reports the
schooner L. A. Bommell lying solidly side
on full of water. Her decks arc two
tturu. fished away. Her masts are
likely to go at say fitne. The port side is
gone entirely. The cabins aro washed
s"t, The crew and Captain lost all theii
eueets, even to their private paper#. ' The
wreck was boarded by a life-saving crew
and tiie Captain of the vessel at i o’clock,
but they were unable to jo anything. The
; vessel will probably be a total loss, The
wrecking steamer Resolute is in sight.
The Reply to tlie Spanish Crown
Madrid, Jan. 16.—The debate on the
address in reply to the King's speech was
resumed in‘he < hamber of Deputies to
day. ?effcr Marios, Minister of the Inte
ildi, made an exhaustive- speecp in he
leuVe tpe government. He r.ilybcafetf
• -'-sal suffrage, feifOfSi Qf the consti
um\c. • hjiißary oeiqipe, ps
tution, Obliga. . ah alliance fic
tional sovereignty, an,. I|q
tween Monarchists and Democrats,
maintained that Senor Sagasta was an- |
swerahle lor tlie rupture of the negotia- ■
tions between the different Liberal groups, |
and that if the government and the Cortes j
were unable to agree the Cortes shOißd
dissolve. Senor Alartos declares himself
an unconditional supporter of the King.
Kraslue the Color Line In CanmrfL
Halifax. N, S,, Jan. 16.—The City
Council lias passed a resolution permit
ting the children of colored citizens to
enjoy the same school privileges as white ]
children. The city school board has not
yet come to a decision in tue matter.
Hitherto negro children have not been
allowed to enter the public schools, in
ferior ones being provided where they re
ceived instruction.
A Salvation Captain in .lail.
Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 16.—Capt.
James Hunter, of the Salvation army.was
arrested ou a warrant on his arrival here
from New York last night, charged with
a violation of the city ordinance In lead
ing a procession through the streets on
Monday evening. He was committed to
jail for 10 days, having refused to pay a
tine of $5 and" costs.
A Fenian Court Officer Removed.
New York, Jaij. 16.—John Savage,
who was formerly at the head of the
Fenian organization in this country, and
who for many years has been Chief Clerk
of the Marine Court, now known as the
City Court, was to-day removed from that
office by the Judges of the court.
Fifty-two Degrees Below Zero.
St. John, N. 8., Jan. 16.—1,a9t night
was the coldest of the season and all over
Victoria county reports 52 degrees below
zero at 6:30 o’clock to-day. Woodstock
reports 20 degrees below. At St. John 20
below was recorded. At Cornwall, Ont.,
the thermometer registered 31 degrees be
low.
Premature Loss of the Hair
May be entirely prevented by the use of
Burnett's Cocoaine.
Housekeepers
Should insist upon obtaining Barnett’s
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
MR. EXAMINER BA LI,FAN TELLS
ABOUT THE M ARSHALS.
Gen. Longstreet’s Accounts 811,000
Short—Brewster, Attorney General, to
be Asked for Light on Col. Bliss’ Big
Bills—Neither Manning nor Chalmers
Seated.
Washington, Jan. 16.—Ralph Bailen,
one ol the examiners who have been in
vestigating the United States Marshal’s
office, was before Mr. Springer’s Com
mittee to-day. He pronounced the
Marshal’s office in South Carolina, under
Mr. Blythe, who was requested to resign,
to have been in a worse condition than
any other in the country. There was
every conceivable species of fraudulent
accounts tinder Air. Blythe. Language
too strong could not be used In describing
the looseness and irregularities under
him. In regard to the present Marshal he
did not know exactly how he stood, but
said that an agent had been sent to South
Carolina to investigate and report. The
Florida Alarshal is all right, so was R. D.
Locke, of the Southern Georgia district.
In regard to the Atlanta Marshalship
it was different. Air. Fitzsimons, the
former Alarshal, was guilty, he sttid, of
the grossest kind of irregularities. He
still, had charged against him a shortage
of about $23,000.
Gen. Longstreet’s administration had
also been loose and irregular. There
were irregularities under him in lees,
commissions and bad accounts. He put
Gen. Longstreet’s irregularities at about
SII,OOO, of which between $5,000 and
SO,OOO could be explained by allowances.
Attorney General Brewster will soon be
summoned before the committee. One of
the points upon which he will be exam
ined will be the fees paid in the star route
cases. This examination w ill bring out
some very interesting correspondence be
tween Air. Brewster and George H. Bliss,
in which it will be shown that whenever
an attempt was made to cut down Air.
Bliss’ pay he always held that there was
a contract that he should receive SIOO pet
day and expenses. Air. Brewster never
admitted this, but always referred to it as
a contract which Mr. Bliss alleged to
have lieen made, but of which there was
no record. Air. Bliss claims that there
was a verbal contract between him,
Wayne AlcVeagh, ox-Attorney General,
and the late President Garfield. The ex
amination of Mr. Brewster on this subject
will also bring to light the fact that Air.
Bliss, at critical moments of the star
route trials,, threatened to resign when
any attempt to reduce his bills were
made.
THE MEXICAN TREATY.
No apparent progress was made with
the Alexiean treaty to-day, although the
Senate devoted nearly four hours to its
consideration. Senator Morgan, who be
gan a speech in its support yesterday,
concluded to-day, after which a number
of short speeches were made, chiefly In
opposition to the treaty. Its friends
are much less confident of its
ratification to-night than they were early
iu the week. The division of opinion is
found to be on neither sectional, political
nor economic lines. Free traders and
protectionists, Southern, Not thorn and
Eastern Senators, Democrats and Repub
licans, are found upon both sides. The
South, with the exception of the Louisi
ana Senators, was expected to lie nearly
unanimous in lavor of the ratification,
but ii the present estimates oi j
the opponents ot the treaty are trust
worthy the expectation was not well
founded. It is said that nearly one-half
of the Southern Senators have expressed
either open opposition to the treaty or
strong doubts of its utility. They sav
that it opens no market for Southern
staples, as neither meets nor cotton pro
ducts can be exported to Mexico under
its provisions. Petroleum, said one
Southern Senator, will be the chief export
to Mexico, and the Standard Oil
Company the chief beneficiary. No
disposition to kill the treaty by
indirection has been developed
since the motion on Monday to recommit
it, and its friends believe tliemselvesin an
undoubted majority and able to secure a
vote upon it. At all events Senator Alii
ler, of California, Chairman of tiie Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, has given
notice that ho will try to get a vote to
morrow. It is possible, however, that
he will consent to-morrow night to
an adjournment, with the understanding
that the vote shall he reached on the next
day. Such is the usual course when it is
desired to bring a long debate to an end.
Asa large number of Senators have not
yet made up their minds how to vote, the
result is a matter of doubt. It will re
quire a two-thirds majority of the Senate
to ratify. The friends of" the treaty are
expected to make strong arguments in its
support to morrow.
THE CATTLE AILMENTS.
The bill introduced by Senator Aliild
to-day, to provide for the suppression and j
extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia ’and '
other contagious diseases among domestic !
animals, directs the Commissioner of ]
Agriculture to organize a bureau of i
animal industry. The Secretary of the j
Treisury is to take such steps I
and adopt such measures as he may deem I
necessary to prevent the exportation of I
diseased live stock. The co-operation ot j
the States and Territories is invited, i
and, it it be not given, authority j
is conferred upon the President to j
declare the States and Territories I
or districts wherein contagious disease j
exists in quarantine. The transportation j
of diseased cattle is made a criminal of
fense. •
relief to re asked for greel4 .
The Secretary’s ot War and of the Navy j
appeared before the House Committee on
Appropriations to-day in behalf ol an ap
propriation for a Greely relief expedition.
It was suggested by the committee that
to properly get the subject before it it
would be best to have an executive com
munication sent to the House. Both Sec
retary Lincoln and Secretary Chandler
were ot the opinion that the communica
tion could be prepared and sent to Con
gress to-morrow,
dingley’s popular rill.
The sub-committee of the Senate Com- !
mfttee on Commerce, consisting of Sena- i
tors Frye, Miller of £cw yorj,, and j eet,
agreed to report favorably to tlie full eofh
mitlee the pingley shipping bill, with an
amendment embodying the provisions rer
ported at the last Congress for carrying
United States mails. An amendment
will also be reported, but will not be sup
ported bv a majority of the sub-committee,
providing for the admission of ships and
the materials entering into their construc
tion free of duty.
rtit. CATTie plague.
The committee appointed to represent
the live stock interests of tlie country;
which recently prepared a mil for the ex
tirpation of idedro pneumonia and other
* 4 " ub among domestic ani
mals,"submitted a measure to the House
Committee on Agriculture this morning.
The following members of the latter com
mittee were appointed tQ COfiifider the
bill: Messij. Hatch Dibrell, Winans,
Cullen. Wilson And Oebuiiuc. Te r ;ib
committee will meet to-in of row morning.
NEITHER CHALMERS NOR MANNING
SEATED.
The House Committee on Elections to
dav decided bv a vote of 7 to 6. not to 6eat
el tier Mr. Chalmers or Mr. Alanuing on
the prtiha lacip evidence in the case. The j
yeport of the corn’ll!ittee w ill piobally be i
submitted to the House to-morrow and tfie j
case ba considered on its merits.
TOBACCO REBATE L-LAfTIS,
Mr. Blount got through the House to- |
day a resolution authorizing the Appro- '
priatious Committee to report at any time !
a resolution providing for the payment of ;
tobacco rebate claims. The committee
will get in a resolution for that purpose :
as soon as it receives the Treasury De- |
parjjpdpt's estimate of how much money j
is needed to j.)je claims,
“CHROMO’’ OCHILTREE. .
Tom Ochiltree to-day defined his posi- ]
tion to the Morning News correspon
dent. He said tiiat he was for netting all j
he could for Texas, especially for its cat- j
tie trade. “And I want it fully under- !
stood," he said, “that 1 am no fancy j
member." He certainly is not so regard- -
td. i* pretty generally called “the j
chromo statesman-; by !;i= fellow mem- !
bers.
TEN ADVERSE WAR CLAIM REPORTS.
It is significant that of the ten reports
ou war claims made by the War Claims
Committee to-day every one of them was
advers?.
MR. SNEED REMOVED.
J. R. Sneed, editor of the old Savannah
Republican, was to-day removed from the
position of Assistant Postmaster of the
Senate.
Mr. I. A, Bacon, Savannah, Ga., says:
“I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for nervous
ness aud indigestion and found It excel-
SAVANNAH. THURSDAY’, JANUARY’ 17, 1884.
IX TllF SENATE AND HOUSE.
Detailed of the Proceedings iu
Both Bodies.
Washington, Jan. 16.—1n the Senate
to-day a large number ot petitions bear
ing several thousand names of members
of the Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union and other societies and citizens of
New Hampshire, Alassachusetts, New
York and other States, were presented by
Senators Blair, Dawes. Platt, Sherman,
Jackson and others and referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor.
A message was received from the Presi
dent transmitting the correspondence re
lating to discriminating duties between
the United States and Cuba and Porto
Rico.
Air. Plumb reported from the Commit
tee on Public Lands a bill restoring to the
public domain the lands granted to the
Iron Alountain Railroad Company, the
road not having been built on the line
contemplated. Tlie bill was read three
times and passed.
At the conclusion of the morning hour
the Senate look up, and after slight amend
ment adopted the joint rules.
Air. Hoar then called up his bill pro
viding for the count of the electoral vote,
and being the same in all particulars as
the bill which passed the Senate during
tiie 47th Congress, it was again passed
without debate. Tlie Senate at 1:40
o’clock went into executive session, and
when the doors were reopened adjourned.
During the consideration ol the rules,
when the rule was reached, which prohibits
the sale of spirituous or malt liquors in
the capitol building, Mr. Bayard stated
that while entirely tavoring the exclusion
of spirituous liquors, he did not favor the
exclusion of the less dangerous and en
tirely wholesome malt liquors which for
15 years to his knowledge, and the
knowledge of all persons about the capitol,
had been for sale in the restaurants ot the
capitol. He believed that the new rule
was the same as the old, and he was not
in favor of having the rule unless
obedience to it were insisted on. There
should be nothing like concealment about
the matter. Questions involving the inva
sion of personal tastes were unwise, and
he thought that by removing the dangers
which might arise from spirituous
liquors, everything necessary in this mat
ter would be accomplished.
Air. Frye, Chairman of the Committee on
Rules, said that, the only difference be
tween the new rule and the old was in the
present addition of the word “strictly,"
which the committee had added because
tlie old rule had not been enforced. “J
have seen," said Air. Frye, “the restau
rant of one of these Houses become an
ope in notorious, low, miserable groggery.
I have seen a man with his pantaloons
inside his boots, and with his coarse
blouse on, standing at the bar ot
tlie restaurant of the House of
Congress drinking miserable whisky out
of a cup."
“A tin cup?” inquired some member.
"No, sir!" said Air. Frye. “A crockery
cup. and I have seen whisky ordered
again and again and called tea, and
brought and served in a cup and sau
cer.”
Air. Bayard called the yeas and nays on
the adoption of bis amendment, but the
differences were adjusted without a vote
by striking out the words “spirituous and
malt," and inserting the word “intoxicat
ing." This word, Air. Frye said, was sat
isfactory to him, as it was the language
of the prohibitory statutes of Alaine. It
was also satisfactory to Air. Bayard. The
rule was adopted.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House, owing to some confusion
which existed in the tally list of the vote
to adjourn yesterday, the roll-call was
read in full this morning, and the reading
of the journal was not completed until
12:30 o’clock.
Mr. Hatch, of Alissouri, Chairman ol
the tom mi t tee on Agriculture, reported
back the resolution calling on the fcecre
t-urv ot the Treasury for" information in
regard to the number of quarantine sta
tions established for the care and shelter
of imported meat cattle. The resolution
was adopted. lie also reported back the
resolution requesting the President to
transmit to the House copies of all corre
spondence had by the State Department
with all foreign governments on the sub
ject of the importation of American hogs
into their countries. It was adopted.
Air. Van Alstyne, from the Committee
on Expenditures in the Department of
Justice; reported a resolution calling on
the Secretary of tlie Treasury for a state
ment showing the gross and net earnings
pi r annum each of the United States
Marshal, Attorney and Clerk from the
beginning of the fiscal year 1873 to the
end of the fiscal year 1883. It was adopted.
Air. Shelley offered a resolution request
ing the Secretary of War to report on the
necessity of making immediate appro
priations for continuing work on the im
portant river and harbor improvements
until tlie appropriations for the next
fiscal year become available. It was re
ferred.
gdr. Hotter introduced abiil to maintain
the currency against injurious fluctu
ations by the issue of 2 per cent, bonds
and their deposit as security for bank
note currency, and for remitting taxation
on circulating bank notes when secured
by the deposit of 2 per cent, bonds. It
was referred.
Mr. Lamb, from the Committee on For
eign Affairs, reported a resolution calling
ou the Secretary ot State for the informa
tion in his possession concerning the
alleged arrest, imprisonment and torture
of J. E. Wheeloek, a citizen of the United
States, by the Government of Venezuela
in IS7!>. It was adopted.
Mr. Blount offered a resolution, which
was adopted, authorizing the Committee
on Appropriations to report at any time
by appropriating such sums as is neces
sary to pay the claims for the rebate of
the tax on tobacco.
Air. Slocum introduced a joint resolu
tion authorizing the Secretary of War to
permit Antonio Barrio, of Guatemala,
find -Josa Seavala, of Nicaragua, to re
ceive instructions at the West Roint
Military Academy without expense to the
United States, aud suspending in their
case the provision of the law requiring
military services. It was passed.
Air. Dorsheimer introduced a bill to
place jute and jute butts, when imported
in the raw and crude state, on the free
list. It was referred.
Air. Throckmorton offered a resolution
instructing the Committee on Ways aud
Moans to inquire into the expediency of
abolishing or consolidating-any of the
customs apd internal reyeiiue districts.
It was referred..
The House then went into committee of
the whole, with Mr. Cox, of New York, in
the chair, on the Senate bill appropriat
ing $1,000,000 for continuing the work of
improvement on the Alississippi river.
Air. Skinner, of New York, opposed the
bill, saying that it was true that “West
ward the course of empire takes it way,”
but lie was not willing to admit that the
Mississippi river was the only river in the
United iit’ates. The gentlemen semned to
forget the great lakes and water ways
from the West to the East, through which
nine-tenths of the commerce of the West
flowed. He believed that when Congress
had poured $50,000,000 Into the Alississippi
l iver navigation would not be better than
it was to-day.
xir. .. artier, of Ohio, said that the ob
ject of t’>e bdl being the building of levees
It involvea noi si.otX. s o(iQ pgr 2100,000 000
but ii the plans of tl>e commission were
carried out the Treasury might be emptied
into the river and no good would be ac
complished thereby, and in the end there
would be the same trouble from overflow.
Mr. White, of Kentucky, stated that his
obiection to the bill was that the House
aitt nut before it the report of the
'Commlssibn! This measure was recom
mended by the President in a’ special
jjjessfige.and for that reason the House was
risked to Rasp the bill. During the last
Congress the President baij vetoeu tfie riyef
and harbor bill, and the veto was not in
the Interest of cheap transportation, but
in the interest of railroad corporations. If
he expected to control the Chicago con*
vent ion on the 3d of June by bidding for
the Southern votes by recommending this
Alississippi river job he had better look a
„„aro.
Air. Brok’uo, A Indiana, opposed the
hill, predicting that if wottld be olemaft
strated that this Alississippi River Com
mission plan was the colossal waste and
extravagance of the age. He favored the
outlet system of improvement.
Mr. Breckinridge asked, Did the House
mean to set its judgment against the sci
entific-in vestigatioii of engineers? Did it
nman to say taat, though it hail not inves
viMuiea the subject, It knew more than all
the engineers put together; and would
wreck the entire business? Should Cou
greas, on tlie first symptom of a cure, dis
charge the practitioners r |f tlie oommis.
sion were left with empty hands the Mis
sissippi river, from the character of the
soil an 4 the nature of the stream, could
destroy in a few hours the outlay of a
year’s toil and millions of money." The
time for general debate having expired,
Mr. Holman offered an amendment pro
viding that the money, except so much as
is necessary to protect the works in pro
gressAnother jx>sitions of the river from
the continuance and completion of the
works on someone reach now in progress
of Improvement.
Air. Jeffords said that there was not one
word in the bill on the subject of levees.
When the proper time came those who
were in favor of levees would be ready to
discuss the matter. Under the general
welfare clause or the Constitution Con
gress would be asked to appropriate
money for levees.
Alessrs. Ellis, Gibson, and Wilson, of
lowa, opposed the amendment. Mr. Ilis
cock supported it.
Air. White, of Kentucky, moved that the
committee rise aud report the bill to the
House, and ask its reference to the Com
mittee on Rivers aud Harbors, with in
structions not to report It back until the
Secretary of War shall furnish the House
with an itemized account of the expendi
tures for the improvement of the Missis
sippi river from July 1, 1879. to January
16. 1884. It was lost,
Air. Holman’s amendment was lost by
10 to 132. -
Air. Hiseoek offered an amendment pro
viding that the money appropriated shall
be expended on the Plumb Point and
Lake Providence reaches, except as far
as may be necessary to preserve the prop
erty of the United States and preserve
other works already commenced, but not
to further extend the same.
Air. Belford opposed the amendment,
and in the course of his remarks asserted
that 95 per cent v of the anptopriation
heretofore made by Congress had gone to
benefit Pennsylvania, New York and New
England, and he called upon his South
ern friends and Western friends to demand
that in distributing the money which
they had contributed to place in the
Treasury, they should have a just and
honest share.
Air. Potter said: “Only let it be shown
that the plan of improvement was a suc
cess and the whole land would be willing
to go on with the work, and appropriate
$100,00'), 000 tor the purpose.”
Alter further debate. Air. Iliscock’s
amendment was rejected by a vote of 104
to 110.
The committee rose and reported the
House and Senate bills to tlie House.
Air. Hiseoek moved to commit the Sen
ate bill to the Committee on Riyers and
Harbors, with instructions to report it
back with the addition of his amendment
offered in committee of the whole.
Pending a vote the House adjourned.
A JOINT REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Senators and Representatives Organiz
ing for the Great Battle.
Washington, Jan. 16.—A joint Re
publican caucus of Senators and Repre
sentatives was held in the hall of the
House of Representatives to-night to ap
point Congressional committees. Alore
than 125 members of Congress were pres
ent. Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, pre
sided, and Representative Afiller, of Penn
sylvania, acted as Secretary.
In taking the chair Senator Edmunds
said that the outlook for the Republican
party in 1884 was, at this early period in
the campaign, better than at any time in
the past fifteen years, There was every
reason to believe that the party would be
successful, if it only exercises wisdom in
selecting the candidate. The following
resolutions were offered by Senator Hoar:
Resolved, That it is tiie sense of this meeting
tlvat the Republican Congressional Committee
be immediately organized, consisting or one
member from each State and Territory having
Republican Representatives, for the prepara
tion aud circulation of documents concerning
subjects pending in Congress and other politi
cal information, and for the execution of such
other campaign work as may he agreed on bv
that committee and by tiie Republican Na
tional Committee.
Reeolctd, That we express our svmpathv.
and will extend onr co-operation in’ all prac
ticable ways to all Southern Republicans who
are struggling to exercise the vital and fun
damental right of freo suffrage in popular
elections, and no less do we pledge our
friendship and assistance to all citi
zens ol Southern States who have not
been Republicans, but are manfully
contending against the proscription or mur
der of voters, and in favor of freedom in poli
tics. honest political methods, and public edu
cation for the whole people, and we recom
mend the prompt and cordial union of Repub
licans with all such patriotic citizens iu com
bined efforts to redeem their States from the
fatal domination of false ideas and dishonor
ing practices.
Tlie resolutions were warmlv applaud
ed by the caucus when read,"and" after
being favorably commented upon by Sen
ators Hoar, Logan and Hawlev, and Rep
resentatives Hi acock and Mayo, they
were unanimously adopted.
The members "of the committee, as
agreed upon by the representatives of the
States, were: California, Senator Miller-
Florida, H. Bisbee; Illinois, G. R. Davis;
lowa, Senator Allison; Kansas, Thomas
Ryan; .Massachusetts, Senator Hoar;
Minnesota, W. D. Washburn; Mississip
pi. Judge Jeffords; Nevada, Senator
Jones; New Hampshire, Senator Blair;
New Jersey, Senator Sewall; New York,
I rank Hiseoek; North Carolina, James
E. O’Hara; Ohio, Wm. AlcKinley, Jr.;
Pennsylvania, J. M. Campbell; South
Carolina, E. \V. At. Alackey; Vermont, J,
\V. ‘te wart, West A irginia, Nathan Goff,
Jr.; Wisconsin, Senator Sawyer; Dakota,
>L B. Raymond; Idaho, Theodore Singiser;
New Alexico, F. Luna; Washington Ter
ritory, T. H. Brents.
When the call was made for a member of
the committee from Utah, Senator Ed
munds remarked:
“Of course that js represented by a
Deniocrat,” '
The other state delegations not being
fully represented, those present asked
leave to present the name of their member
of the committee at some future time/
They were requested to name their com
mittee man as soon as possible. The
Secretary ot ti e caucus was authorized
to call a meeting of the committee next
Monday night at the Arlington Hotel.
At that meeting the Chairman and an
Executive Committee of seven members
are to be appointed.
Voluntary Contributions Wanted.
Washington, Jan. to.—A circular
signed by Edward 11. Hobbs, Treasurer of
the New York Republican Stale Commit
tee, dated October 4, 1884, calling upon
the recipients for voluntary subscriptions
to the campaign fund, has been received
by New York officeholders in the execu
tive departments. Like the Indiana cir
cular, which has attracted the attention
of the Civil Service Commission, the cir
culars were enclosed in unsealed envel
opes, but were received through the mails.
The circular quotes the New York State
statute with the object of showing that
solicitation ol money in the manner
adopted is iawiul, npd it is expressly
stated that the contributions requested
must be voluntary, and that uo person
will be prejudiced by a refusal to comply
with the request.
For a Bankrupt Law.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The National
Convention of Commercial Bodies, called
by the New York Board of Trade and
Transportion to consider the question of
the enactment of a uniform ana equitable
bankrupt law. met at Willard’s Hotel, in
this city, to-night. Eighty-five commer
cial bodies, representing twenty-eight
States and three national associations,
were represented by delegates.
The Ku Klux Case.
Washington, D. C., Jan. IG.—The ha
beas corpus case of the Yarbrough
brothers, ot Georgia, convicted of kuklux
ing; will be argued before the Supreme
t ourt next Tuesday. Judge Thompkins
Will appear for the Yarbroughs, and So
licitor General Phillips and Emory Speer
for the government.
The Sugar Cane Growers.
St. Louis, Jan. 16.—-The fifth annual
convention of the Alississippi Valley Cano
Growers’ AssQgiaJicn rget. tbit, morning.
When atioot 50 delegates Were present,'
representing several States. The annual
address was delivered by President Nor
man !• Coleman, of St. pouis, who re,
Viewed the work of the year. The speak,
er believed the time had come to organize
a national cane growers' association, with
the object of developing the sugar indus
try throughout the country. The plant
ing of cane was yearly extending. The
value of syrup produced from Northern
cane was fully $10,000,000. The meeting
room wa6 filled with a largo number c?
sample* ot sugar made wont Northern
cane, which were inspected with much
interest,
A Texas Gambler Heavily Fined.
Galveston, Jan. 10.—A special from
Dallas says: “In the County Court to
day Charles Alatthews was convicted of
gambling and fined SSO and costs. He
then compromised twenty-four other
oaoeg, paying £1,400 in lines and costs.
Numerous cases are pending against other
gamblers.’!
Nwri.ii Carolina a* Sc>v Orleans.
Raleigh, N. C., Jaii. 16,—T0-day Com
missioner General Morehead appeared
•before the Btate Board of Agriculture in
advocacy of the representation of North
Carolina at the World’s Centennial and
Cotton Exposition at New Orleans, begin
ning next December. It is probable that
a superb display will be made.
... If you lungs take Hale’s
YOUNG NUTT’S REVENGE.
i THE DEFENSE LAUNCHES ITS
PLEA OF INSANITY.
; Mr. Playford Outlines the Event* Which
Led to the Trial—The Family Physi
cian Testifies to the Weakness of the
Prisoner’s Mind and Is Corroborated
by His Relatives.
Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 16.—The admis
sion to the Nutt trial to-day was by tick
ets, so that the crowd outside the doors
was greater than within. There was a
larger number of ladies present than
heretofore among the spectators, all of
whom were evidently of the well-to-do
classes. Airs. Nutt and her daughter Liz
zie were early on hand and
occupied their accustomed seats. Hon.
Daniel Voorhees was also in his
place. He will sum up for
the defense. Promptly at 9.30 o’clock the*
court opened. Air. Playford, for the de
fense, began the proceedings bv outlining
the case. He said: “It has "truly been
said that prosperity la a test of friendship.
On the altar of friendship 1 east my offer
ing this morning, and am here to defend
that boy, whose lather was mv friend he,
fore he was killed. This is a remarkable
case, and it has been conducted in a re
markable way. We do not dispute or
deny the killing. Has it. occurred to the
jury that it would be singular if we should
try to show that there Is nothing singu
lar in the fact that a citizen was
shot down in the quiet of the evening
without moving cause? Does it not,
gentlemen, shew that there was an un
natural cause—an insanity? The Com
monwealth, had they so minded, could
have shown you that a terrible, disgrace
ful scene bad preceded it. Young Nutt
knew not at tbo moment what he was
doing, and that we shall prove. We shall
show you by the evidence that at the time j
he did the deed the past wrongs and out- 1
rages upon his family had made him un
able to control his will; that he
was pressed into the commission
of an act by a controlling influence that
was overpowering, is the defense in this
case. An influence tnat he could not
resist, is our declaration of his part in the
deed performed. We will show you the
circumstances that preceded the shooting
—his affectionate nature, love of home,
devotion to father, mother and sisters. We
will show the deep interest he had taken
in all home projects, and how after the
murder of his father that the boy was
changed. How he became melancholy,
and said that his entire life cur-
rent seemed changed. But up to
the trial of Dukes the boy knew noth
ing about the terrible letters that Dukes
had written, casting terrible aspersions
upon his sister, bankrupting his lamily?s
honor as well as destroying its head.
When the boy heard of those terrible let
ters, the most damnably horrible that a
human being ever penned, fiis n)in<( gave
way. He walked the floor all night long,
weeping; his appetite forsook him; rea
son was overthrown. Not tor fifty vears
has a man been convicted for slaying his
sister’s seducer, and there is no ease par
allel to this. No man who had committed
such a crime as that of Dukes’ could go
unpunished. Dukes knew it himself.
No twelve Indians would hang a bov for
taking in his hands the justice that be
longed to him, and you, gentlemen of the
jury, will not add to the sister’s destruc
tion and the father’s murder the murder
of the brother and orphan son."
Dr. Smith Fuller, the first witness, tes
tified that he had attended the Nutt fam
ily 17 years, and had treated the defend
ant several times when sick; that
he always believed him to be
mentally deficient and without sound
mental attributes, and that he would be
inclined to harbor feelings of enmity
which would increase with tiipe, and tha't
he would probably become a monoma
niac on the subject. Dr. Fuller
further stated that a person of James
Nutt’s temperament mentally, brooding
on his father's death, would unsettle and
incapacitate him from any control over
himself. He considered him an imbecile,
not an idiot. The admission of this by
the defense destroys the prosecution’s at
tempt to rule out the line of a defense of
emotional insanity, and gives the defense
a clear field. The defense put in evidence
letters read at Dukes’ trial not to be read
at present, but It was agreed that the
counsel should be permitted to make re.
marks upon them previous tq their being
submitted to the jury,
Aire. Nutt, the mother of the boy on
trial, his grandmother, Airs. Wells, Jas.
Weils, Airs. Nutt’s brother, and Stephen
R. N utt, a brother of the deceased Capt.
Nutt, testified in corroboration of the
physician. The prisoner was iu tears
during the greater part of the time his
mother, grandmother and uncle Stephen
were testifying.
THE BALLOTS FOR SENATORS.
Williams and Blackburn Still in the
Lend lii Kentuckv.
Louisville, Ivy., Jan. 16.—The Sena
torial contest is still undecided in the
formal ballot taken in joint assembly
yesterday, but by au agreement the Demo
crats voted so that no one was elected.
The caucus met again at night, and, after
six ballots with no definite result, ad
journed until Wednesday night. The last
ballot stood: Williams. 54; Blackburn,
44; Sweeney, 23.
NO RESULT YET IN MARYLAND.
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 16.—The Legis
lature in joint convention to-day voted
! for United States Senator. The first bal
| lot stood: James B. Groome, 17: Phillip
F. Thomas, 17; John Al. Robinson, 25;
Thomas J. Keating, 7; E. K. Wilson, 14;
William T. Hamilton, 1; Lewis E. Alc-
Comos, C; Charles T. Westcott, 9: ,lohn
A. J. Cresswell, 15; Robert 1)1x00, 4.
' The second ballot stood 1 Robinson. 23;
Thomas, 21; Wilson, 16; Groome, 14;
Cresswell, 11; Westcott, 8; MeComas, 6;
Keating, 6; Dixon, 5; Al. G. Turner. 3;
H. B. Holton and Frederick K. Stone, 1
each.
The Legislature then adjourned till to
morrow.
MR. PAYNE’S ELECTION.
Columbus, Jan. 16.—The result of the
election for Senator, which took place in
the Houses separately yesterday, was de
clared in joint convention to-day, a;uid
cheers by tile Democrats'. Later a resolu
tion was oflered from the Republican side
ot the Ilouse to investigate the charges of
corruption in securing the nomination.
This was defeated, only half of the Repub
licans voting for it. Air. Payne arrived
to-nignt and was escorted by the commit
tee to the capitol, where the Democratic
caucus was in session, and made a speech
approving the caucus decrees on all mat
ters jiolitical. To-morrow night a ban
quet will be given bv the members of \be
legislature, Stafe oncers and others.
THROUGH SMOKE AND FLAME.
A House Burns Near Norwood and tlie
Owner’s Wife Hies of Fright.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 16.—The house of
E. N. Alilier, near Norwood, was burned
to-day. The tire was 'caused bv a defec
tive stove. Ali'ler’s wife fainted from
fright and died.
A Wealth) Man’s Chari table Bequests.
St. Louis, Jan. 16.—The will of Ralph
•Sillew, who died suddenly yesterday, was
probated to-day. He bequeaths SBO,OOO to
St. Louis institutions, $40,000 of which is
totheAlanual Training School of Wash
ington University, SIO,OOO to St. Luke’s
Hospital-, $10,060 to the Mission" Free
School, apd |S,tX.;O each to fhe' Missouri
Theoretical Society. Episcopal Orphans’
Home, Memorial Horqe, and German
Protestant Orphans’ Home.
Traveling on Sunday.
Boston. Jan. 16.—A decision was ren
dered in favor of the .defendant iu the
United States Circuit Court to-dav in the
case of Duclier vs. the Cheshire Railroad
Company. The plaintiff was injured
while traveling on Sunday, and the court
instructed the jury that by the State hew
the plaintiff could ntR r-eue.'et tiniest he
showed that he was traveling on a mis
sion of necessity or charity,
A Little Girl’s Mania for Fires.
Boston, Jan. 16.—Fannie G. Walker,
14 years of age, a pupil of the Foster
Grammar School, at Somerville, was ar
rested and arraigned to-day on a charge
of having set fire to that httildiug Satur
day last. The girl Is possessed of a mail la
for- netting fires, Which appeared iu the
evidence at the examination Rwlay. hhe
was held for triql.
An Alabamian Fails*
Nashville, T*nn., Jan. 16.—A dis
patch from Huntsville, Ala., says:
“Adolph Adler, a clothing and dry goods
dealer, has made an assignment. His
assets are S2O,(XX) and bis liabilities
$12,000. The debts are mostly owed in
Cincinnati.”
Colden’s Liquid Beef Tonic, imparts
CHINA EAGER FOR WAR.
A Resident of Canton Describes the
Popular Feeling There.
New York, Jan. 16.—A private letter
j received in New Y’ork yesterday from a
gentleman residing in Canton and dated
December ft, contains the following:
Things are coming to a critical point now in
Tonquin. China is determined to light, and
war can only be avoided by the French back
ing clear down to the ground. France has
r e .,? UaW ; fu . l mU(l<lle of the whole affair.
Had she acted with force at first Tonquin
mfoo n Til„M hm ; and ev rything would he
onu t- a J dea , of occupying a country with
onlj a thousand or two of troops is too
absurd for serious contemplation, but that is
just what France attempted. France, in her
delav and want of resolution, has led China
to believe that fear has kept her hack, and this
tie,'? df„ tak n‘ 3U ch hold of the Chinese mind
' nrt I ] O J ‘c satisfied with anything
short of a complete surrender of the positioil
vUiiub trance has assumed in Tonqiiin.
Troops are injuring in from the North and are
ch ! ,n tf • ralse< iei e ’ Proclamations concerning
China s responsibility in the event of
war are daily issued, the latest being
of th?. l * iat t,le sole responsibility
tV^i.P r g?_ l>t Uuscttlod state of a flairs
rests mth trance, and any harm occurring
n l u,t ,x ‘ u “‘ shoulders of
t ranee and not ou China. The latter govern
** responsible for the excitement
caused by the meddlesome policy of France,
.‘ r , Ch ! nai an tqld mo the other day
tnat U is no Use trying to get
a.ang penoeably with a country like
trance, which Is the most troublesome nation
that ever existed. China must rise up as one
inau ami crush the pride of the French
iii U trinnVn* r th < ? V’ b “f altho . u * h shn succeeded
n winning the 'lay, stopped short of the mark.
w .'i th Chin a to complete the
humiliation of the proud and arrogant
trance. Such Is the sentiment of
Chinese from the highest to the lowest. Some,
to avoid it'" ea ‘ WH ‘ and wo,,lrt ~oall Possible
AI5I) EL IvADIR NOT TO GO TO KHARTOUM.
monVh?*’ Egyptian Govern
ment has abandoned its intention of send
*bcl el Kadir, Minister ot War, to
Khartoum The Governor ot the district
ofjßahr-Eld-Ghazal-Gazeile river, a tribu
tary of the White Nile, has asked for re
inforcements to quell a revolt there,which
vv as plainly fomented by emissaries of El
Mahdi.
NOT TSENG.
Jan. 1 14. —Two attaches of the
Chinese legation to Spain and the United
Uates, who are visiting England and
r ranee, passed through Calais on Monday
night and were mistaken for Marquis
lseng and his Secretary. From this arose
the report that Marquis Tseng was re
turning to Paris.
1,600 MORE TROOPS FOR TONQUIN.
I’.irus, .Jan. IC.—lt is stated that 1,500
additional reinforcements will start for
fonquin about the end of January.
CRIAIES AND CRIMINALS.
Burglars Steal Worth of
Jewelry in New York.
New York, Jan. 10. —Burglars entered
tfie shag of Goldsmith & Cq., manufactur
ing jewelers at No. 49 Maiden Lane, last
night, and opening two safes secured dia
mond and jewelry valued at $20,000. They
also opened a safe belonging to J. Bulova,
another manufacturing Jeweler, on the
floor above, aud stole $1,500 worth oi plain
gold rings. The cracksmen were evi
dently frightened away before thev com
pleted their work, as they left all their
tools in the building and abandoned a safe
which they had partially opened. They
must have been at work several hours.
A DESPERADO KILLED.
Galx eston, Jan. 16.—A Davis special
says: “While resisting arrest, W. A.
Alexander, a cowboy and noted desper
ado, was shot and killed on the reserva
tion at Pena Colorado, Tex., last Sunday,
by a detachment of soldiers under com
mqnd of Lieut. Eggleston. Alexander
had been terrorizing the neighborhood.
One soldier, named Ross, was killed and
two others slightly wounded by Alexan
der. Lieut. Eggleston was fired at by the
desperado, but jumped aside and toe ball
grazed his blouse. The verdict of the
Coroner’s jury was justifiable homicide..
CALLED to a DOOR AND SHOT.
Elston, Pa., Jan. 10.—D. p. nil!, a
merchant at Higbbridge, N. ,i., was called
to ins door at U o'clock uionnnsr and
pen shot by taree masked men. Two
balls lodged in fiis head and he is not ex
pected to recover.
EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE.
Delegates of 150.000 Idle French Work
men Call on the Deputies.
Paris, Jan. 16.—The workingmen’s
delegates had a conference to-day with
the members of the party of the Extreme
Left in the Chamber ot Deputies. The
delegates pointed out that 150,000 hands
were out of employment, qr.d they de
manded that the Chamber ot Deputies
make qn arrangement to provide work
for them. M. Clemenceau advised the
delegates to return and obtain a mandate
from the workingmen. The delegates re
fused to withdraw. Other Deputies urged
the delegates to remain calm, saying that
it was necessary before taking action to
have an explicit statement of the work
ingmen's wishes,
WORKMEN TO WIN.
Manchester, Jan. 16.—The opinion
I prevails that the strike in tlie cotton trade
will terminate in favor of tho workmen,
as tlie competition which lias recently
; sprung up among the employers favors
the position of the eperatives.’
STOVE MEN STRIKE.
Lebanon, Pa., Jan, lfi.—The mould-
I of the Lebanon Stov’e Works were no
tified this morning of a reduction of ten
I per cent, in their wages. After a short
deliberation tfie men decided to strike,
i and left the works in a body. About 150
! nfen are affected by the strike.
THE MARSEILLES STRIKE AT AN END.
Marseilles, Jan. 16.—The strike of
the seamen and stokers appears to be at
an end. Most of the strikers have re
sumed work under the old conditions.
EL MAHDI AND THE SOUDAN.
Baker Pasha Pronounces tlie Situation
More Hopeful than He Expected.
LonsK>n, Jan. 10. —A dispatch from
Suakiqi says that Abyssinia is tranquil.
The insecurity on the border is owing to
tlie presence of robbers, with whom the
Egyptian officials are iu collusion. Baker
Pasha has dismissed Muktar Pasha from
the Governorship of Massowah, and has
appointed in his place Mr. Mason, au
American, who has had great experience
in Soudan. Numerous Sheikhs with their
followers arrive here daily fo"declare their
fidelity to the Khedive.' Baker Pasha de
clares that the situation is far more hope
ful than he expeeted to find it.
ENGLAND AND ABYSSINIA.
A correspondent alSuakimsays that he
understands that England i9 prepared to
negotiate with Abyssinia on the basis of
the latter’s receiving material advantages
in return for assistance against the
rebels.
Gen. Gordon Still in the Army.
London, Jan. 16.—The Marquis of
Darlington, Secretary of State for War,
has decided to allow Gen. “Chinese" Gor
don to retain his commission in the Eng
lish army, notwithstanding his engage
ment for service in the Congo country.
Gen. Gordon started for Brussels to day.
Coup Get* a yeydlyf fr &15.000,
Detroit, Jau. 16.—The case of William
f. Coup against the Wabash Railroad, a
suit for SIOO,OOO damages for delay aud
injury to the plaintiff’s circus property
by an accident in Indiana in 1882, closed
this evening with a verdict for the plain
tiff'for $15,000.
Herr Lasker’s Funeral.
Berlin, Jan. 16.—A committee has
been formed here under the presidency of
the President of the Riechstag to super
intend the obsequies of the mte Derf Las
ker. It has been iteciffefi'fiaaV the funeral
ceremonies shall take place ou Mondav,
Ul6 jj*th inst. ' ’
The Rights of the Irish.
London, Jan. 16.—1n bis speech at
Newcastle last night, Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, President of the Board of
Trade, said that the government would
not consider its task complete iihtil the
Irishmen possess the same rights ’ and
privileges as Englishmen and Scotchmen,
Krapoikiue’g Prison.
Paris, Jan. lfi.—The Nihilist I‘rlnoe
Krapotkiue has been transferred from the
prison at Clairvour, where he had been
incarcerated the past year, to the infirmary
In this city ou account of the prisoner’s
ill health.
Prussia and be Vatican.
Rome, Jan. 10.—Negotiations between
the Vatican and Prussia relative to ec
clesiastical matters, are progressing fa
vorably, and an agreement is expected to
be reached shortly.
FLORIDA IN MID WINTER.
The Effects of the Freeze Less Disas
trous Than First Reported.
Correspondence of the Morning j Vein.
Jacksonville. F/.a.. Jan. 15,-Accounts
that continue to arrive from the interior of
the effects of the late freeze arc more favor
able than those at first received. A more
hopeful feeling prevails, and the denression
of ast week.s subsiding. There is always a
falling off in business just after the.holid'avs
and this fact,coupled with the gloomvadvices
of the injury inflicted by the cold wave
brought about a pretty general despon t
enc\. Now the sales of the merchants are
encouraging, strangers are arriving in large
numbers, and the countenances of the commu
nity are again irradiated with cheerfulness
\ isitors report terrible cold in the North and
West, and appear delighted to reach a climate
where they can take outdoor exercise without
1 of losing their ears and noses.
• J.;. reaf , tor , t ,”: Preachers of the frost line
theorj should hold their peace, for the dc
bee'n“cvnoi,l'*Vi° lo " K rai^ them has
peen exposed •There arc very few, if anv
nor tions of the State, that are absolutely free
from the nipping touch of Jack Front’s
flULers. \\ bile here and there, there mav lie
u '® areas in which tiie general vesretatkm
has escaped serious injury, tender plants
everywhere have suffered. Due verv gratify
ing indication is manifest, that the beariiur
orange trees are unhurt, except in the blight
lm£n mC ° f th ®7°“*lf shoots, and the shed
i?*'? nesve8 ’ T,| e few late warm days are
bringing 011 considerable exfoliation, mid
many of the trees iu this vicinity will pre
sent a somewhat bare aud naked appear
ance in a fortnight. appear
My acquaintance with the State runs back
within ° f t , hi r t - v J'vars, aud although
ter h tLnT 1 lla T? seen ,he therinome-
L.V„ >wcrlha “ dflring the recent cold snap, I
haee never boforo experienced such a con
tinuance of freezing weather. For seven days
in succession we had tho temperature at
some Ijortmn of Ihe twenty.four Wi- briow
Oldest"in^ha. The number, even of the
oldest inhabitants, is very small who can re
call a similar experience. It is altogether
odd and unusual, and rarely occurs twice in
the same generation.
IT HAS BEES PROVEN THAT Tllfi M4.TIBE
ORANGE TREE
®"£? re V, eater degree of cold than was
supposed, aud also that the tree is capable, bv
a process of acclimation, of habituating itself
to a more severe latitude. It is only llfu-on
InvwlT 6 the , ora, ,' Kt ' fever became epidemic
inn,! ? n ,' M L lt,un that short period a vast
fund of useful information has been collected
relative to its successful and profitable culti-
Ih°i"’ 1 h ° i "’. t ®i c,,e ( r , . encc 1111I 111 ! 1 experiments will add
to this 6tock of knowledge, and tne lime mav
come when a hardy variety capable of resist
tng a temperature of 15 degrees or lower may
be discovered. This would be propagated in
the eastern, middle ami western portions of
Honda, while the more tender aud delicate
varieties would be planted in the southern
sections. Patient research and investigation
lead to great and remarkable results, and
here is a wide field for exploration. This in
dustry is becoming so important, is engaging
so much ability and intelligence, and employ
ing so much cauita!. that skill and talent will
continue to be taxed to devise the means bv
whieh disasters may be averted. The formida
ble insect that once tbreatened the almost
complete extermination of the orange trees
has been encountered and conquered. Meth
ods of escaping the effects of polar waves
must be understood and practiced, and “out
of the nettle, danger, we must pluck the
flower, safety.”
H may be also that the recent experience
will induce some or many to engage in the
cultivation of other products besides the or
ange. It is neither safe, wise nor desirable
that the bulk of any population should confine
themselves to a single industry. Such a prac
tice sometimes leads to widespread ruin and
disaster. Had tlie cotton States abandoned to
some extent the cultivation of the fleecy sta
ple—so long and so universally pursued—ami
diversified their industries by raising larger
bread crops, more swine and cattle, erecting
more factories, etc., who can doubt that their
condition would have been materially im
proved? In Florida there are eo many ave
nues to wealth quite aa certain and profitable
as the orange culture, that prudence should
dictate the epiploymcut of a large proportion
of means and energy in such occupations. To
bacco, jute, rice and sugar all great and im
portant staples, have been wonderfully ne
glected. These crops promise as much sue cess
and remuneration as the culture of fruits and
vegetables, and are perhaps not exposed to as
great and as frequent vicissitudes. These
must, iu the course of time, attract tlioir vo
taries, and the sooner the lietter for the gen
eral welfare. It must be confessed,, however,
that there is a peculiar fascination about or
ange culture, arising, perhaps, from the mod
erate capital required, the almost assurance
of Success, aud the promise of independence
after a comparatively short expenditure of
labor and endurance,
WITHIN A SINGLE WEEK
one useful citizen came to his death and
another man’s life yet hangs in the balance
from the use of the ready revolver in the
hands of men frenzied by wliiskv. The Legis
lature would discharge a duty to society if
they enacted a statuteimposing a heavy pen
alty of not less than SIOO npon all convicted of
carrying concealed deadly weapons, with con
fiscation of the weapon. It should be made the
duty of the Circuit Judges to bring the law
specially to the attention of grand juries
ami to sec to its strict aud rigid enforcement.
The imposition of one or more such penalties
in every county in this State would not only
render the abominable habit unfashionable,
but as dangerous to the wearer as to the com
munity. There are numerous callow boys and
brainless men, who cannot spell the word
“pistol, and who yet consider it an evidence
of bravery never to be without one of these
dangerous implements. It is a sill)’, unneces
sary and cowardly habit, which society should
denounce as dishonorable and the law should
punish as criminal.
Pere Hyacinthq lectured twice in St. .John’s
Church, and attracted large congregations.
As his remarks were delivered in the French
language, only a small proportion of his hear
ers was benefited. It is quite unfortunate
that this distinguished divine has not mas
tered our dialect, as his commanding abili
ties would exercise so much more influence
amongan English-speakiugpopulation. Those
who were able to comprehend his argument*
express the highest admiration of his logic
and eloquence. He went up the river yester
day, and will visit Tallahassee and Pensacola
before taking his departure from the State.
THE GRANR LODGE OF THIS STATE
commenced its annual session to-day, with a
full attendance from the subordinate lodges
About 200 delegates wero present, and as a
representative body they would have attract
ed attention anywhere. Among them were
the veteran grey-beards, thorouglily versed in
the intricate lore of the craft, and experts in
its laws and usages, and young and enthusi
astic workmen fresh from their apprentice
slop, all meeting upon a common level. ’Twas
a goodly gathering, composed of the worth,
bone and sinew of Florida. Delegates were
there from far off Pensacola, and from the re
mote island city, Key West. The order is iu
good condition in Fiorida. popular and pros
perous, and the Grand Lodge, nc,\c in session,
may be accepted as a fair type of a brother
hood respectable iq numbers and influence.
Tho Grand ts also in session.
The Grand Division of the Sons of Temper
ance v, aa also convened this morning. These
earnest and faithful workers are doing much
good quietly ami without ostentation, and
their power has been shown in the shaping of
State legislation. Year by year they are
pushing forward their columns, and they de
serve the sympathy and active support of the
better portions of the community.
A splendid herd of blooded caltle, princi
pally Jerseys, and numbering nearly 100, has
been offered for sale here, and presents a
splendid opportunity for the improvement of
our inferior stock. In Florida much
atteutioji has been given of late to the raising
of fine horned cattle, and it has lieen found so
profitable that tlie business is rapidlv growing
in importance.
IT IS A SUBJECT OF REGRET
that food fishes in our noble river aredimin
ishing In number and quantity. That dainty
fl.-li, tlie shad, is said to lie fast disappearing
Steps are now being taken to restock this
stream. Gill nets and steamboats have fright
ened away the tinny tribes, and from present
appearances this healthy ur,d nutritious arti
cle of diet is likely to become shortly cosily
and uncertain. J
'ihe Jacksonville, Tampa and Kev AVest
Railroad is completed to within fifteen miles
of I‘alatka, and 300 hands went down this
week to finish the gap of twenty miles be
tween Sanford and Tampa, on the South
Florida Railroad. This important line will
soon be in and the citizens of that
section will be happy in quick aud certain
transportation.
Every effort is being made Uv tlie managers
of the State Fair to demonstrate the fact that,
although we have been recently visited by
destructive frosts, Florida can yet make au
exhibit of fruits, flowers and vegetables that
wilt be remarkable both in quantity and
quality. In this laudable undertaking they
should be sustained by the peoul-j, whose
State pride should induce tju-u to render
every assistance to the enterprise. Let the
response lie genejaj atitThearty, and let the
fact lie conclusively established that Florida,
eveu it scotched, has not been killed or even
1 seriously injured. If the great importance of
such a display is fully appreciated, and a
cordial co-operatior. secured, Florida will
score a triumph cf tvlnch she can justly be
proud.
, Iu a yecont interview with the Jacksonville
'limes- Union that clear-headed General
Manager ot the Plant system, Col. 11. 8.
Haines, said:
“Jacksonville is bound to be the metropolis
of Florida, and nothing can ever cks&ge it.
I will tell you why. It is like the cotton trade
in Savannah. The come here because
tlie cotton is hoe, and’the Cotton comes be
cause the, buyers are here. Tourists wont to
Jacksonville instead of cotton, and they had
to build hotels to accommodate them, there
are thousands of them going into Jacksonville
cverv season, They leave more monev behind
them to*n as many thousand bales o’f cotton
Will, Then, again, the orange and vegetable
trade will be concentrated at Jacksonville.”
Col. Haines is as correct in his ideas as he
Is successful in his enterprises. W. H. j.
Important Work for Ragland's Coin
mqnyjs.
London, Jan. 16. —Premier Gladstone
haq issued a circular to the local mem
bers of the House of Commons, request
ing their attendance at the opening of
Parliament on the sth of February, He
says that it is the desire 0' the govern
ment to submit to the House of Commons
at the oukliest day possible after its open
ing proposals of much public interest and
1 fHICEMLO A TEAR, t
I 5 CENTS A COPT. \
A LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
H. I. KIMBALL IX TRAINING FOR
THE MAYORALTY.
The City’s Cottou Receipts Not to co
Over 150,000—The Claims to the Ap
pling Sword Groundless—A Plucky
Trio of Candlers—The Lessee Deci.
slon.
Correajwndence of the Mamina Xetct.
Atlanta. Jan. 15.—Oar Street Commission
is in a personal wrangle over the spoils of
office, and as a result our thoroughfares are
attractive with mud and slush. The school
and street uroblem is one that Atlanta will
not And easy to solve, as both cost mouey. and
are constantly increasing in the matter of
expense.
It is now settled, I think, that the railroads
do not propose to retire their freight train
switching from the main street crossings, and
M., Ci , ty , win so °" 1,(1 compelled to bridge
hltehall and Forsyth streets. Already tho
dela\s arc unbearable, and pedestrians utter
curses or protests loud and deep against tho
nuisance. Bat the railroads are all powerful.
The mention of the name of Hon. s. M. In
man for the next .Mayor of Atlanta Is both
premature and out of place. We have no more
the? !? ? n<11IO ! ! ? re ‘ l Citizen than he, uor one
tlu. people would sooner honor with the high
est office in the State, but be has frequently
h!, > li, U r Sltlve^ !v declined jKilitiealhonors. Asa
biuniesa man Air. Inman has done great thing*
for Atlanta nud the State, and in that position
stdl serve both. This is his
modet rth lfln ’ aUII “ prou<l ' rilMlt4 to his
■u? ~a nli o t. " anlc . with certainty, the next
AtlauU ' l,ut I Jo know that a cer
tain circle (some people call circles rings) of
lii3 wozc warm friends anti supporter-, are
laying their plana to make H. I. Kimball the
successor of Mayor Goodwin. The man who
made Goodwin our present Mayor is said to
lie faiorable to the “Great Developer,” and
unless something "turns up” we may expect
I? “fhnV,l ecl r' 1 ‘ \ l1 ’ Peevions campaign
was thought to have been successful, but In
counting the votes his opponent made tho big
ger showmg and was declared elected. b
will hardly go much beyond 150.-
000 hales or cotton this year, as she now foots
up only 152,841. an increase oi 20.882 bales over
last season to date. The opening of the Geor
gia 1 aciflc Kailrond has added somewhat to
our receipts, but the short crop has made a
son win 1 ? V lls in r r: -'; iSO - " 0 expected to reach
200,000 bales, which will require a gain of
about u>,ooo over last year.
The Informat ion here is that the late cold
snap did not injure the oat crop as much as at
first reported. The fall of snow in many cases
was a benefit to the land and the crop, and on
the whole, in this section of tho state
the damage was small. The outlook for
the fanners is not without some bright spots
to encourage them in their preparation for
spring work.
Senator Brown’s speech strikes a heavy
Plow-at Mormon ism m Atlanta, ou the prin
cipally that charity begins at home. Until wo
break up the plurality of wives m the capital
citj of the .State it is useless to legislate
against Mormon missionaries in North Geor
gia. it is a case of "beam” on our part and
"mole” on the part of the Mormon eve, as we
can oner no official sanction for our adul
teries.
r. J. BKRC'KMAXS, ESQ., OF AVGUSTA,
the Vice President of the American Borno
logical Society, has been visiting his old school
mate, 1.. DeGive, Esq., the Belgian Consul, of •
this city, and I learn from him that Prof. C.
’ ■ Itilev, the lamous bug man of the Agrieul
tural Department at \\ asbiugton, is to meet
hnn m Augusta ami accompany him to the
February meeting of the Georgia Agricultural
society, in Savannah. Alter the adjourn
meut they will together attend the Florida
btate Lair, at Jacksonville, and when that is
over Prof, ltiley will spend a little time in
looking after the "pests” that are injuring
the fruit trees in the “Land of Flowers."
Tho Shores-Davis elopement is not as
damaging an affair as at first supposed, to the
chief actors. The most serious part of tin
mutter is the four children which the Widow
Davis carried off, and who may yet be made
innocent sufferers bv her conduct.
I was misinformed in regard lothe improve
ments of the front yard at the Executive
Mansion. Col. John A. Stephens, who is
Superintendent of Public Buildings, amt
Governor McDaniel, by a judicious economy,
were enabled to make all the needed repairs
on the Mansion and tlie grounds without
exhausting the *5,000 appropriation, so that it
was not necessary for the Governor to use his.
private funds for either purpose.
Sir. G. T. Speake, of Kinard’s, S. C., sug
gests that the “children of Humphrey Wells
are the true heirs of the Appling sword.”
Hardly. There never was a “true” heir to
this’sword, because the sword never passed
into Col. Appling’s possession, he having died
belore the State itself procured it. It has
therefore, always been the legal property or
the State, and is so now. No other party can
show a shadow; of legal right to it- possession.
There is do doubt expressed here as to Dis
trict Attorney Speer’s confirmation. He is
hacked by the most powerful Democratic in
fluence in Georgia, and this will secure him
Senators Brown and Colquitt, and also coun
teract any opposition from South Carolina,
the outside public may rest assured of one
thing—Emory Speer is “solid” w ith the onlv
power that could crush linn in his new po
sition. r
Congressman Turner has shown his usual
good bense m the appointment of Hon. W. N.
Spence, of Camilla, as clerk of his committee.
No memlier of the Georgia Legislature was
more Industrious, or looked closer to the best
interests of the State. He is not much on
style, but when it comes to ham work and
economical expenditures, Spence is in the
front rank of young statesmen.
The Morning News is quite right in Its
comments on Congressman King’s bill for jnto
seed in Louisiana. What the South needs
first, and without which free jute seed would
be a curse instead of a blessing, ie a really re
liable machine to prepare jute fibres for mar
ket. Col, Bichard Peters, the noted agricul
turist of this city, has fully tested jute cul
ture and its possibilities on Southern soil, but
he insists that up to this time no machine has
come to the relief of the growers of jute, and
the crop is useless unless properly prepared
for market. First provide the machine ami
then give the seed.
THEJSB NEED BE NO ALARM
about a variegated capitol for Georgia. Sec
retary “Tip” Harrison lias already in hand
plenty or plain specimens of marble aud
granite, from our own State, to build a thou
sand capitols, aud variegated specimens sufti
cient to adorn the interior of every one of
them. The Commissioners will be surprised
at (lie wealth of marhie and jrranito Georgia
has poured forth from her bosom to meet their
demands. Tha display of plain and varietra*
ted marUie from Pickens county, by James P.
Harrison and his associate*, i s no t onlr large,
but ol the very best quality, and promises to
add millions to the wealth of Georgia in the
future.
There is nothing bettor than “pluck” for a.
man of good moral character. It will carrr
through all kinds of adversities and snatch
victory from the very teeth of defeat. 1 doubt
if there are three pluckier men of their inches
in Georgia than lion. Milton A. Candler, Kev.
Warren A. Candler, and Col. John S. Can
dler. And they are as fep.rteßS as they are
plucky. A few months ago Col. Candler—the
•,l>oy Colonel” of Gov. Stephens’ staff—had
both his legs cut off near the ankle by the
Georgia Railroad train. Kverybody said he
would die, but lie protested that he would
survive. Cast night he left for Jacksonville,
Ha., to be married. His freedom from to
bacco and whisky had given him pure blood
and a constitution with which to rally from
his terrible misfortune. In bis new career a
brave heart and an honorable ambition will
win for him abundant prosperity. The hcartv
“God bless” of a host of friends follows him
on his mission o( love.
As I stated in ray “special” a few days ago,
the Supreme Court decision in the North
Georgia Railroad convict case has created
quite a sensation in political circles, and the
Anal contest will no doubt be settled in the
General Assembly. The railroad will retain
its present eoaviot force until the Superior
Court acts upon tho facts in the case, and a
judicial decision is rendered, bat no more
convicts will be sent to it. There will
be a stubborn fight In tlie Superior Court
over the facts, and it it bard to tell just when
or how the struggle will end. North Georgia
is entitled to heip in her efforts to reach the
outside woi-ld with her products, and the peo
ple of other sections of the Slate, especially
those who have had State aid themselves, ara
heartily in favor of giving the railroad tho
labor of 300 able-bodied convicts. I know of
no opposition to this outside of the convict
lessees’ immediate circle. Chatham.
pahittg llotttder.
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