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i EBTABUBHID 1830. |
} J. H. MTILt, Editor nd Proprietor. (
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
x hf. NRWS of thk two states
TOLD IN PAKAGIIAPHS.
\ Learned Fugitive from Poland Now
tn Oconee County School Teacher—
peaceful Career of a IdeKalb County
Official— A Hermit Who Never Leaves
pnzzard Koost.
GEORGIA.
t irulent fevers are prevalent at Dalton.
q tman'* barrooms have dwindled down
to one.
P ,'t wants an opera house by the next
theatrical season.
i v of Athens has a half-dozen damage
~n its hands.
\ t ■ of Athens was fined $2 50 and costs
,j r . r - • - on the street,
ili. Hobbs has leen acquitted of a
, . ff, rgery at Butler.
(! : s mill, on Sandy creek, Clarke
. | |: rt! . been sold for $4,500.
e, by a vote of the people, has
~ -inued as the county site of Murray,
i, . tv. King, who lives near Grovetown,
I . red ■','!■ bales of cotton from 40 acres.
P, W. A. Carlton will build a three-story
. t business house on bis Clayton
struct lot. Athens.
/ l.odom announces himself a candidate
f,r re election to the office of Ordinarv of
ji. ugherty county.
A tr -ro woman in Albany gave birth to
- u-t tiefore the election. She named one
. .and and the other Blaine.
T Mayor and Council of Griffin re-elected
K •. T. Daniel Judge of the City Court
I -lay night. Mr. Daniel was elected with
dion. This is his third term.
■ \vervt. who lives in the upper portion
. r.-<>n county, lost his dwelling, out*
- ami all his forage by accidental fire
Friday, lie had no insurance.
A Fort Gaines the steam J. A. lias
1, - m * consumed by fire Monday morning,
:ng the engine, press, five bales of eot
iiid about 500 bushels of cotton seed.
transparencies carried in the recent
.ratic demonstration at Macon were
to Gov. Cleveland. He has acknowl
, and their receipt iu autograph letters.
! fail term of Irwiti Sn|erior Court
. i-rn adjourned from the first Mondav
•• :,r to the first Monday in December,
>■-onvene in lrwinvil e on Monday next,
1i,.-. 1.
1 teachers, patrons and pupils of Snow
> r High School will give a musical enter
r, uicnt on Friday evening, Dec. 5, for the
aruo-e of paying the last installment on the
. r. in for the Baptist chureh, and to begin a
ud to purchase a bell for the school.
.!. \V. Evans, one of Clayton's good farm
er-, lad the misfortune to loose a fine milch
one day last week, and on examination
i r the cause of her death, a small sewing
die was found in her heart. It isaupposed
. it the needle by some means had got into
the cow’s slop, and swallowed by her.
A Gordon county farmer went down lo
i:me a few days ago with two Imlesof cotton,
"inch he sold, and pocketed the money.
That night he fell among thieves who fleeced
hun of every cent he had, and the next mom
ma he did not have money enough to get his
team out of the wagon-yard. Bud whisky did
the work. •
There is a small rivulet near Dorminey’s
mill in Irwin county, that has been a puzzle
for two years. The stream Is governed bv the
in.Hin during ilry weather. At the last quar
ter. new moon and first quarter it is perfectly
drv, but as the moon increases it commences
to run. and at full moon it is running ImjUlv,
and then gradually declines with the decrease
until it runs dry.
The adjourned term of Gwinnett Superior
i ;rt wnl begin Monday. No grand jury lias
a summoned for this term and the only
a-uii -s to be disposed of will tie the unfin
• 1 business of the September term. Judge
llutchins expects to have another Judtc to
preside, and dispose of the cases in which he
i* T-iuaiiUed. The court will hardly con
tinue longer than one week.
bast *uiniav night during the storm nine
teii graph (Mists east of the depot, at Douglas
vitte. blew down. Bud Aderhold heard the
n..1-c and went out to see about it, and found
ti m lying across the railroad track. Know
a that it was near train time, he began
nee. rig them, and just as he got the last one
it, passenger train rushed nv him. Had
ti limine.i there is no telling what dam
... might have been done.
Athens Banner- Watchman: An old negro
tv ii ui living uptown said she was very sorry
Mr. Blaine got beat, as she wanted to see one
lor President one time. She irnag
il. t rie was a little off color. Some ora
•>r fure the election told the negroes around
!:-r -r-ville that if the Keimblieans carried
tli day that free rations would be issued to
tl t all in Athens every Saturday night.
There were many fools enough to believe it.
D dmi t'tiizen: About two weeks ago John
Banks, colored, of this city, was strues on the
a stone by another colored indi
vidual named Tom Baxter, who is a bad dar
key in every sense of the word. Last Satur
day night Banks died from the effects of the
Mow, his skull having been fractured by the
co t-u—ion. The diflieulty, it is said, grew
, ~f the fact of Banks refusing Baxter a
ir.i.k of whisky. Baxter fled to Ckattanooga,
; we-captured and is now in jail at this
piicie awaiting trial.
H iU. n Citizen: Not far from the classic
f r is of Buzzard Roost, in this county,
i . w .-stern slope of the romantic John’s
M i tain, there dwells, in a rude hut, a re
• iu-". or. more appropriately speaking, a
in rmit. IDs cabin is snugly located at the
t..i- : in immense boulder protruding from
t:, • ,v side of the cliff, where for years
i- gular individual has resided, hunting
■ ng his principal avocation. His beard and
iv white as the driven snow, and his
■ , "ive brow betokens intellectuality. His
r. - >ii for thus absenting himself from the
haunts of men is a secret which the gray
tired man refuses to divulge.
i >,i Friday morning last a little son of John
1' vi-. three miles north of Cochran, about 7
j. ,r-. Id, went into a Held where a bunch of
lid, • g hogs and some stock hogs were being
P . -ttired, and was followed by two or three
Some voting pigs began* to squeal, and
tie ir mother and the whole flock ol bogs at
:. i the boy and mangled him up fearfully.
Ti,,-. dragged him some distance into the
v. is, an ! bit one of his ears off and tore the
flesh on one shoulder and arm and side and
- on his body and one leg. The
flora while, came to his rescue and
f • - ; : lie hogs off and saved the boy from be
del probably eaten by the hogs.
He lotinds are severe anil very extensive,
l re not considered dangerous
Mat.aha correspondence News, Nov. 26:
W< ; .i,e had several things in the past few
"css for which we should be extremely
Fdi -t. the election of Cleveland*.
; s nearly went wild; exhausted the
■ >! powder in all of our stores in shoot
ir anvils. Then with our heavy
■r -■ „ malarial fever hss nearly abated,
st Sunday we were blessed* with the
i ver that ive could dignify with the
:, i, for the past four months. The
. from want of water in some poi lions
• mitry has been extreme. Small
-i - dried up and cattle had to lie driven
dances for water. —Our little village
< : .mu - to improve, all of our workmen be
• since Aug. 1 there has been shipped
f - -t.ition 676 bales of cotton, large lots
. tallow, beeswax, naval stores, etc.,
a- . (.onion of which went to Savannah,
—"live years ago I swore that 1 would not
- iv, or cut my hair until a Democratic
Tr. - lent was elected,” was the remark I
" r i an old backwoodsman make to-day.
"Boys, I kept that oath. Look at my face
r.nv."— <ur colored people are not much
tumbled aliout their return to slavery. They
iir. t believe anv such nonsense, and keep
T-’li! along at their work.—Locks are not
■ ted much here. It is seldom that one hears
1 r ‘ a 'a-, of stealing.—A negro was killed at
Hi - turpentine farm, a few miles above
' r.day night last. He cursed an
", and be could not brook the i lea of tak
■ - j-o lie pulled out his little pistol and
ti.
‘‘ 'Mtor We were honored Tuesday
n ..-t from Mr. E. Steward, one of the
'.a •. >t the oldest, citizen of the county,
-'r. Steward's father, Absalom Steward, sct
*“ i. ; , county in 1816, two years before
■ ami was purchased from the Indians, and
n w lives in sight of the place where
a s..i :• the jirst log hat that was ever erected
in [• k.t!U county by a white man. Mr. K.
" ward was nine years old at the time, and
**■'-e jiicntlv he distinctly remembers every
*"■’ nt of importance that'has ever transpired
•® l ' K.db county since its earliest settlement.
-aw the gradual encroachment of the
" s upon the reservation of the red man,
s .is here w hen the last Indian left the
■ Dg grounds that his father before him
“Jdnsed, and departed for the West. When
-* v ars of age Mr. Steward was appointed
tor.stabie of his district, but such was the
f- !er and sobriety of the time that in
- \ ;■ . ars during which he held the office
arre-ted one man. He also served as
” • • of the Peace for sixteen years and in
. issued only five warrants. Mr.
''• ward has beat the father of sixteen chil
ven of whom are now alive. These
a ' proven fruitful, and 145 persons
r i::m as either father, grandfather or
' -r , ifather. Since his maturity Mr.
- taken an active interest in poli
: ■ I. with one exception, has never failed
a -ingle county election. For Presi
• Andrew Jackson received his vote in
£•' ■ not an election since has passed that
jy- ' ■ ward has not polled a vote for the
[ cratic candidate. He is still healthy
v vnan Her,ihl: In the summer of 1864,
, ' - the dark days of the war, when the
1 ' ■ and armie- w ere passing through Georgia.
' a town of imixirtance but what was
' : by the enemy's troopers. Though
* ' an was several times threatened with
itelv one thing or another inter
shielded our people. At the sea
specified the Federal cavalry had
r ‘-'"hed the Chattahoochee at Moore’s
eight miles from Mewnan, and the
■ a- burned, by whom we do not know.
r ! ’ "Pie were alarmed, as usual, and were
' their valuables. Mr. W. B.
" rr > and liis father, the late Judge Berry,
, a quantity ot gold coin which they
; •’ '■' keep about them, proceeded to their
jar® on the bridge road, three miles from
f and selected a place in the woods
, r the burial of their treasure. "With
ibort crowbar tliev dug holes as
yi a, tney could reach with tneir arms, de
!bt i '* ,ht packages and carefully destroyed
lar , < ts ' ,!eii rings were taken from four
' so that the spot could be after
th'u , I,ie!lt it>ed. When the wa¥ closed and
, an 15*r overpast, they began to dig for the
- b and were fortunate in finding all of the
zen packages except one, and that was the
containing S6OO. Mr. Berry offered
°. >t as a reward to the finder, and
people searched in vain time and
Last Thursday Mr. George W. bmttb.
y ’ S am ® ,n eiuUin ? with the
missing package, after four or five days spent
in digging, and handed it to Mr. Berrv with
so nn * ,r °Be n - The package consisted of
20 *2O pieces and 40 42 50. pieces. They were
in a larsr eglass t>ottle anl pealetl with planter
of pans, a thin sheet of lead being wrapped
around the l.ottle, Mr. Smith received his
share of the “yellow Iwyg" and went on his
way rejoicing.
Athens Banner- Watchman: For several
ilfn ha ® becn teach ing a little country
a J eDtlem n who is not only
° f . ,he educated and most accom
plished men m our section, but bis life, if
written out, would furnish the thread for a
romantic story. His name is Herman Nor
native of one of the German states,
and who graduated with the first honor from
several leading European institutions. He
ran speak a minuter or languages with great
fluency, and is jierfectly familiar with every
subject that requires brain and study. He de
votes especial attention to gvmnastic exer
nler?’f D hi has lf a P lO, { c of teaching |*eculiar
> ,tnFclf - In his school he has taken
delicate lioys and girls, almost on the verge
of the grave, and not only develoiied them
into robust and healthy things, but
in an incredible short space of time
taught them all the rudiments of not
only the Kngligh but several foreitrn
languages. He is certainly p. remarkable
man, and is wasting his sweetness on the
ueser* air in not connecting himself with
some first-class college. Prof. Normaun hal
to Hee his country for a political offense, and
it would even to this day he death for him to
return. He descends from one of the oldest
anil wealthiest families in Gcrmanv, who
keep him supplied with all the money he
needs, but his wants are few and he seems
perfectly happy and content among the plain
and honest people with whom he has cast his
lot. During the Poland insurrection. Prof.
N., who was an officer in the German army,
deserted his Hag and lent his sword to these
oppressed people. He was prompted by the
purest and noblest motives, and was given a
prominent command in the Poland army. But
all know the history of that ill-fated out
break, and how tnis daring band of patriots
was not only overpowered bv the combined
hosts of Russia. Prussia and Austria, hut the
diameinliennent of Poland was the result.
Prof. Normaun knew that capture to him
meant certain death, and with a few follow
ers he endeavored to cut his wav through the
enemy's lines aud effect his escape to some
neutral country. But his effort was frustra
ted and he was captured and lodged in a dun
geon. where he was kept for several months,
and subjected to all manner of indignities.
His keeper had a lovely little daughter,
only 15 years of age, and her father,
seing the advantage that such a prisoner
would he toward the education of his child,
permitted her to secretly visit him and learn
her lessons. The child's heart was touched
by the sad story of the poor outlaw, and with
out the knowledge of either her father or any
one, set to work to effect liis escape. This she
succeeded in doing, and one dark, storm,
night she unlocked his doors and guarded him
to a place ofsafetv, until he could get out of
the country, which he at length succeeded in
doing. Prot. Normaun says that while hid
ing in an old castle, fed dailv by his little
rescuer, he resolved that the rest of his life
should he devoted to the education and train •
ing of children.
FLORIDA.
It is rei>orted that a paper is soon to he
started at Fort Myers.
Between 500 and 1,000 boxes of oranges are
being shipped from Micanopy daily.
The first ram that has fallen at C'arahelle in
months wet the earth a few days ago.
The average attendance at the public school
at Gainesville during the past week was 12:1
Thirty new buildings have been erected in
Enterprise and vicinity during the pa.-t ;,ear.
The faces of last winter’s visitors are be
coming quite common on the streets of Gaines
vil’e.
There were 1H5,000 cigars, 14 hales of sponge
and 112 hides shipped to New York from Key-
West last week.
There are now thirty-two Sunday schools of
the Methodist Episcopal Church !<outh in
operation m the Tampa district.
Consular invoices have been received at the
custom house. Pensacola, of six cargoes of
foreign merchandise now cn route.
The teachers and pupils of the public
school at Gainesville have formed themselvc s
into a library- association for Hie purp >se of
beginning a library for the school.
Eleven Georgians passed Carabelle in a skiff
a few days ago. The whole town turned out
to get a look at the party. A flag fly ing at the
masthead bespoke the Democratic triumph.
The Titusville Star says that the guava
trees in that section are still in hlooui, and
also hang loaded with green and ripe fruit.
They will probably hear nearly all winter
should no frost appear.
Chas. E. Boynton, of the wholesale firm
of Chamberlain, Boynton & Cos., Atlanta,
Ga.. has rented Bishop Whipple's resilience
at Maitland, and will live there during the
yvintcr. Mrs. Boy-nton is the sister of Dr.
Atticus Haygood, President of Emory Col
lege.
There being no organized eSort at Gaines
ville for the aid of the poor, and for the burial
of strangers who die in needy circumstances,
a relief association was organized at tl.c close
of the service yesterday in the Methodist
church. The movement is not deuominiw
tional.
Tampa Tribune: Capt. James McKay’s new
steamer for the Tampa and Key West line ar
rived in our bay from New York on last Wed
nesday-morning. Her name is the Alicia A.
Waslibnnie. She is but three years old, ami
is rated A1 for four vears longer. She is ti e
same length as the Lizzie Henderson, is 7 feet
wider, and has greater power than tlie Lucy
Miller. She now has accommodations for
about 25 first-class passengers. Messrs. Ward,
Stauton ,V Cos., the builders of the steamer
Manatee, are also the builders of the Wash
burnc.
Maitland correspondent Sanford Journal:
The lion. Lewis Lawrence, who has recently
acquired the tit’eof President‘maker,” has
just returned front Utica, N. Y., to liis
charming home upon the south hank of Lake
Maitland. Through his influence an able,
concise and ringing manifesto was issued by
the Independent Republicans of Oneida
county, X. V., signed by a large and influen
tial committee, of which Mr. Lawrence was
Chairman, and representing 1.200 Republicans
in that noble old county, giving seven un
answerable reasons why they intended to
discard Blaine and vote for Grover Cleveland.
Bartow Informant: Oranges are coming in
at the rate of 30,000 to 40,000 per day, and are
readily taken at figures that place orange cul
ture far ahead of any other industry that is
open alike to all, and the demand grows faster
than the product increases. Here in Polk
county there are thous ndsof acres of hum
mock land that can be bought for $lO to 50 per
acre, that will sustain 60 to 80 trees to the
acre; and while the grove is coming on will
make crops of vegetables and small crops,
more than enough to pay all expenses and in
terest on the money invested, and in 10 years,
if good attention is*given and average success
attained, the grove will pay from SSOO to SSOO
per acre, and 10 years it
will have reached at least *51,200 per
acre, even if oranges are only worth
6 cents per dozen. There is another feature
of this crop too often overlooked, and that is
the benefit conferred upou labor and com
merce by it. For instance, 10 acres in corn,
at an average crop, makes one car-load, while
cotton will onlj'make a car-load to 5j acres.
Ten acres in an orange grove produces 100
car-loads, or more, giving employment to as
many men, and to commerce as much of
freight as 1,200 acres of corn, or 0,000 acres in
cotton. It is easier to handle, more agreea
ble as an occupation, and far more remuner
ative than any other business. And a grove
once set is for generations, no oue yet being
able to tell the living age ot an orange tree.
Coleridge's Defense.
London, Nov. 28.—W. Harrison, solic
itor for Chief Justice Coleridge, has writ
ten a letter to the Telegraph in which he
says that he hopes that his silence re
specting the statements made in Mrs.
Bishop's letter, charging Lord Coleridge
with leaving his daughter without a reg
ular allowance, will not be regarded as
an admission of their accuracy. He states
that he himself has sent checks for a reg
ular allowance to Miss Coleridge the first
of every month.
Judge Manisty, whose extraordinary
course in the Coleridge case caused so
much unfortunate comment, is to retire
from the bench. The ostensible reason
therefor is old age, he being To years old.
Alleged to be a Rembrandt.
Louis v ills, Nov. 28.—Herman T.
Linde, of New York, a SbakespCrian
reader, while looking through the poly
technic art gallery, discovered a picture
which he says is Rembrandt’s "Slaughter
of the Innocents,” a painting celebrated
in history, for which connoisseurs have
been searching for years. Mr. Linde pur
chased the picture for $lOO from the owner,
Robert Magness. How the picture came
here is unknown.
The "Great Eastern’s” Coming.
London, Nov. 28.—The steamship
Great Eastern will sail for New Orleans
on Dec. 13. In consequence of reports
that she was in an unsafe condition to
undertake an ocean voyage, she has been
thoroughly overhauled, and her hull and
machinery found to be sound. One hun
dred men are working upon her making
the necessary repairs.
Advice to humeri.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
snouia always be used when children are
cutting teeth. It relieves the little suf
ierer at once: It produces natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from pain, and
the little cherub awakes as “ bright as a
button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, relieves wind, regulates
the bowels, and is the best known remedy
for diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. 2ft cents a bottle.
Young Men ! Read This.
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No risk is incurred as thirty days trial is
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A NATIONAL BANK FAILS
ITS PRESIDENT’S MISPLACED
CONFIDENCE THE CAUSE,
Disobedience of the Admonition of the
Directors Gives the Affair a Bad Col
oring—The Erring Officer Infatuated
with a Bold Speculator—Many Thou
sands in Concealed Acceptances.
Middletown, N. Y., Nov. 28.— The
Middletown National Bank has failed
and its doors were closed this morning.
The failure was caused by its President,
Thomas King, who accepted large drafts
from Benjamin D. Brown, a grain dealer
of Indianapolis, Ind., and Burlington.
lowa, without security. Mr. Brown has
made an assignment. The capital was
$200,000, and its surplus $113,000. The
extent of his loss is not yet definitely
known. Depositors will lose nothing.
President King takes all the blame bn
himself. liis recent advances were made
without the knowledge of the other
officers and directors of the bank. An
examiner is on his way from Washington.
There was a slight run on the savings
banks here, but the latter is in no way in
volved and will stand the run easily. *
President King was considered one of
the ablest financiers in the country, and
the bank was looked upon as one of the
most solid in the State.
The run. which started on the savings
bank, quieted down when despositors
found that their money was forthcoming.
The directors had announced that all de
mands would be met. The American Loan
and Trust Company sent up $30,000 in
currency, and the First National Bank
also helped.
Bank Examiner May arrived here at
noon, and the following notice was dis
played: “This bank is in the hands of
national bank examiners. No business
will be done except the collection of ma
tured paper.”
All the banks in the county have slight
balances on collections, the highest being
the Highland Bank, of Newburg, with
$3,000. All these will be paid.
The board of directors of the bank have
unanimously petitioned the Comp
troller of the Currency to ap
point Moses I). Stivers receiver. Mr.
Stivers is senior editor of the Press, and
for 14 years was Collector of Internal
Revenue of the Eleventh district of New
York.
Houston & Conkling, dealers in grain
and millers, and C. C. N. Ketchuin, a
wholesale grain dealer, have made assign
inents for large amounts. Both firms had
indorsed Brown’s notes heavily. They
have made no statements. There are
many rumors of other losers.
THE BANK EXAMINER IN CHARGE.
Bank Examiner George T. May, of
Washington, is now in possession of the
bank. In July last the directors notified
President King that Air. Brown’s credit
must not be extended, but reduced. Air.
King disobeyed the instructions, and the
bank has gone under. The record ot the
acceptances of Air. Brown’s drafts on the
bank were kept by President King in a
Hook which he kept In his own possession
and concealed from the other officers. So
far as known more than $200,000 of such
acceptances are out,. It is the opinion of
the best informed that the entire capital
and surplus of the institution will* be
wiped out. The directors are County
Judge John G. Wilkin, United States Sen
ator Van Wyck of Nebraska. Col. D. 0.
Dusenberry, Hon. W. H. Clark, Horatio
B. Wilcox, A. H. Vail, U.T. Hayes, Presi
dent King and Cashier Daniel C. Corwin.
The run on the savings bank resulted in
$20,000 being paid out to-day. The bank
is solvent and ready for any emergency.
President King is at his home very ill. It
is not thought here that he has profited by
the transactions, but that he was infatu
ated with Air. Brow n. The latter’s oper
ations have been very heavy, as much as
$500,000 of his paper having been bandied
by the bank in a single week.
COMPTROLLER CANNON’S ACTION.
Washington, Nov. 28.—Air. Cannon,
Comptroller of the Currency, said to-day
in answer to inquiries in regard to the
failure of the Middletown National Bank,
of Aliddletown, N. Y., that he learned of
the trouble in the bank last Wednesday
evening, and ordered a special examiner
to proceed to the bank at once and take
charge of it. The Comptroller also said
that on the report of theexaminer in July
last it was discovered that King, the
I’resident, was borrowing largely from
the bank. The directors were immedi
ately notified that the indebtedness of Air.
King should be reduced to a point to com
ply with the law. Information was sub
sequently received that this had been
done. The Comptroller, however, under
the bcliel that the bank was not being
judiciously managed, notified the direct
ors that its charter would not be extend
ed, and that, aslhe charter would expire
in a few months (May, 1885), steps should
be at once taken to liquidate its indebted
ness. The Comptroller said, further, that
unless, through the action of Air. Ixing,
the bank has been crippled very recently,
he did not think there would be serious
loss to the public through its failure.
INSOLVENTS akrested.
Canton, Aliss., Nov. 28.—Alfonzo Sta
deker, of the firm of J. Stadeker & Son,
which failed Nov. 15 for SIOO,OOO with as
sets of $25,000, and his brother Henry, late
clerk for the firm, were arrested to-day on
a charge of conspiracy to defraud the
creditors of Stadeker <fc Son by conceal
ing goods and other assets of the firm.
Tliey were admitted to bail to appear for
examination Tuesday.
AN ILLINOIS BANK IN TROL BLE.
Carlinville. 111., Nov. 28.—The First
National Bank of this city closed its doors
to-day for the purpose of making arrange
ments to go into liquidation. Depositors
will be paid in full.
THE TOTAL X)F THE WEEK.
New A'ork, Nov. 28.—The business
failures occurring throughout the coun
try reported to it. G. Dun & Co.’s Aiercan
tile Agency number for the last week iu
the United States 222 aud Canada 27, a
total of 249—a decrease of 28 as compared
with the week ending Nov. 21.
WAYLAID 11Y BLACK ROBBERS.
Wright Reeves, of Lowndes County, Fa
tally Shot and His Money Stolen.
Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 28.—Information
has been received here that Wright
Iteeves, a planter living in the southeast
ern portion of this county, was fatally
shot and robbed by two negroes late yes
terday evening, about 10 miles from this
place, on his way home. Air. Reeves had
been to town, sold some cotton, and was
supposed to have had on his person about
$75. The perpetrators of this most atro
cious crime are known to be negroes.
Their names have not yet been furnished
the News correspondent. Dr. Long has
been summoned to attend the unfortunate
victim. Air. Reeves is an honest, sober,
unobtrusive citizen and his fate is sadly
lamented. The authorities are vigilant in
an apprehension of the villains. Should
they l>e caught there is fear of lynching.
CANVASSERS PERPLEXED.
Tlie Rights of Brand and Leman Left
for Legal Decision.
Chicago, Nov. 28.—The State canvass
ing board to-day decided in the Leman-
Brand contest, that from the testimony
given before it it could not decide which
of the candidates. Brand, Democrat, or
Leman, Republican, was entitled to a
certificate of election. The board referred
the matter to Gov. Hamilton for a final
decision in the case next Alonday.
The attorneys for Air. Brand to-night
tiled a petition in the Circuit Court for a
writ of mandamus to compel the board to
certify to the Governor that Air. Brand
had a majority on the face of the returns
and is entitled to the certificate of elec
tion. The petition will be heard Saturday
or Tuesday.
SUNK BY THE “ LAWRENCE.”
The Savannah Steamer Sends One of Her
Own Line to the Bottom.
Baltimore, Nov. 28.—A collision oc
curred early yesterday evening between
the steamers Decatur H. Aliller, of the
Aierchants’ and Aliners’ Line, hence for
Boston, and the William Lawrence, of the
same line, coming from Savannah. There
was a misunderstanding of signals, and
the Decatur H. Aliller was struck just in
front of the fore ring and cut through be
low her water-line. She sank soon after.
There was no loss of life. Both vessels
have iron hulls, aud the collision occurred
about forty miles from this port.
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SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1884.
BANK NOTE CIRCULATION.
Secretary McCulloch Positive that It
Must be Maintained on a Good Basts.
\\ ashington, Nov. 28.—A gentleman
who has been consulted by Secretary Mc-
Culloch as to his forthcoming report,
and who has read it, says that Air. Mc
tulloch has not changed his views
within a year. It is therefore not difficult
to determine what will be the views taken
by the Secretary in his report upon some
of the important pending questions.
About a year ago he authorized a state
ment, of which the following is a synop
sis. Among other things he said *as to
national banks: “The system ought to
be preserved.' I regard it as* one
of the best fruits of ~* the
war. Practical measures to maintain it
ought to be taken. As to practical meas
ures for the preservation of the national
bank circulation the only thing, in my
opinion, that will aflord the permanent
relief which the country, the people and
the banking system alike need, is a reduc
tion of taxation. I thought the changes
in the tariff and the internal revenue laws
last winter would affect It, hut the reduc
tion was not sufficient. If I were in Con
gress I would vote to repeal the to
bacco tax altogether, and Individually 1
might favor the entire abolition of the in
ternal revenue system, although it would
seem pretty hard to take the tax on
whisky off while the duty is retained on
cheap blankets, clothes and other articles
of necessary consumption.
A POSSIBLE RELIEF.
“Asa measure of temporary and partial
relief to the banks it might be a good plan
to allow them circulation on the market
value of the bonds deposited by them, but
1 do not think that the Democratic ma
jority in Congress will be likely to do any
thing which would diminish the amount
of security now required as a
basis for national bank note circulation.
Neither do I think our people will ever
consent that British consols shall be used
as security for the United States bank
issue. The proposition to exchange the
4 per cents for 3s running 24 years is a
good one, and would give the banks a
new lease of life, but it would afford onlv
temporary relief. What it seems to me
should be done, and what I advocated as
Secretary ot the Treasury, is for the
government to issue a bond bear
ing a low rate of interest, which
could be used not only as a basis for
national bank circulation but for the se
cure iuvestment of trust funds. It would
be a great advantage to the people if the
government would issue permanent bonds
to the amount of $100,000,000. Thajtax
would not be felt and the advantSgfe it
would bring would far exceed In value
the outlay required. That would insure
the permanence ami security of the na
tional bank note circulation, which, above
all things in our financial system, ought
to be preserved.”
ATLANTA’S JUBILEE.
Hon. Samuel J. Kuudall Given tfie Free
dom of the City.
Atlanta, Nov. 28.—Little was done in
either branch of the General Assembly
to-day. In the House the attendance was
short and the introduction of local bills
was the feature of the day.
The Senate passed three or four unim
portant Dills. The only one of note was a
bill to remunerate soldiers who lost two
limbs or both eyes in the service of the
Confederacy. The Senate killed the bill
looking to the employment of a stenog
rapher in the Supreme Court.
Hon. S. J. Randall and party arrived in
the city at midnight last night to attend
the State Democratic demonstration.
At noon he and his party visited
the floors of both houses, and were intro
duced to the members. Air. Randall, af
ter shaking hands with them, mounted the
Speaker’s stand and spoke a few words of
encouragement for the Democracy. He
expressed gratification at being in Geor
gia, and thanked the people for the nu
merous acts ol kindness extended to him
while here. He said that he took pleas
ure in congratulating the people of the
country that they have thrown aside the
expressions “solid South” and “solid
North,” and that the people of the whole
country are now united in the cause of
good government.
The parade to-night was the finest ever
seen in the city. Fully 5,000 men
were in line. The transparencies
were of the same character as the
others which have gained notoriety
in the campaign and subsequent jollifica
tions. Air. Randall, Senator Brown and
others delivered speeches, which were
enthusiastically received by the cheering
throngs which crowded around to hear
them. Throughout the evening decora
tions, illuminations, bonfires and fire
works have reigned supreme. The pub
lic pyrotechnic display was a success.
GEORGIA POST OFFICES.
Wlien tlie Terms of the Incumbents Ex
pire and the Salaries at Stake.
AVashinhton, Nov. 28.—The following
is a lull list of the Georgia post offices
which are filled by the appointment of
the President, with the salaries attached
and the dates at which the terms ol the
present postmasters will expire:
Date of E.rpi-
Post Office. Salary. ration.
Albany $1,600 Feb. 12, 1887.
Anterlcus 1,600 Aug. 3, 1884.
Athens 1,000 Feb. 13, 1886.
Atlanta 3,000 Jan. 23, 1888.
Augusta 2,800 Apr. 21, 1886,
Bainbridge 1,100 Feb. 4, 1.888.
Brunswick 1,700 Apr. 7, 1887.
Cartersville 1.40) Feb. 12, 1-87.
Columbus 2,500 Bept. 1, 1887.
Cuthbert 1,500 Jan. 23, 1888.
Dalton 1,400 Apr. 80, 1888,
Gainesville. 1,500 June 15, 1886.
Griffin 1,600 Feb. 8, 1886.
Hawkinsville 1,100 Alay 17, 1885.
LaGrange 1,300 Jan. 5, 1.887.
Macon 2.700 Oct. 25, 1885.
-Madison 1,500 Feb. 10, 1888.
Marietta 1.500 Feb. 12, 18>7.
Milledgcville 1,300 Jan. 23, 1889.
Newnan . 1,400 Mar. 22, 1885.
Home 2,SCO Oct. 25, 1888.
Savannah 3,200 Dee. 20, 1884.
Tliomasville 1,600 July (i, 1886.
Washington 1,400 July 1. 1886.
West Point 1,100 Feb. 10, 1888.
Quitman. 1,100 Jan. 23, 1888.
liarnesville 1,000 Jan. 23, 1888.
In addition to these there is an office at
Valdosta raised to the Presidential, class
last summer, which has not as yet been
tilled. Its salary is SI,OOO.
FLORIDA ON THE WIRE.
Hart's Grain Elevator and Other Build
ings Destroyed by Fire.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 28.—At 4
o’clock this morning lire broke out in the
four-story grain elevator of J. E. Hart, at
the foot of Liberty street. Despite the
efforts of the firemen and the effects of a
heavy rain, the building was reduced to
ashes. It was the only building of the
description in Florida. It was filled with
costly machinery, and was doing a heavy
and lucrative business. Five horses per
ished in the flames. The structure con
tained a laige stock of grain and flour.
The loss is $45,000. It is half insured.
Bonnetheaus’ wood grist mill was also
consumed. His loss is $5,000, and he is
also half insured. Two small steamers,
the Lily and Alabel F., were badlv
scorched. Several other small houses
were destroyed. The total loss is esti
mated at $05,000.
Through sleepers now run from Cincin
nati to Jacksonville.
The heaviest rain in months fell this
morning.
MUTILATED BY A TRAIN.
Horrible Fate of an Aged Man who
Rushed front Home Mentally Dis
tracted,
Port Chester, N. Y., Nov. 28.—Charles
T. Goodwin, of the firm of (Charles T.
Goodwin & Cos., cracker manulacturers,
of Front street., New York, left his house
about 2:30 o’clock this morning, in a dis
tracted state of mind and uttering horri
ble cries. He was pursued unsuccess
fully by his wife and some neighbors.
His mangled body was found about 6
o’clock this morning, near the railroad
track, with tha head aud right arm cut
off. The side of one hand was severed
and the heart and entrails were torn out.
Mr. Goodwin, who was about 62 vears old,
leaves a widow and three adult and two
young children. The recent failure of
his firm is supposed to have effected his
mind. He was an active member of the
Westchester praying band and of the
church of Rev. Dr. Armitage, in New
York. His home was in Brooklyn and
he was spending Thanksgiving day here
with some relatives.
The Phonograph,
Telephone, Telegraph, and kindred elec
trical messengers will all be utilized by
orders for Sozodont, which will be flashed
and sounded over the wires. It is as well
known abroad as at home as a cleansing
agent for the teeth.
REDUCED FIFTY MILLIONS
THE GOVERNMENT'S REVENUE
GRADUALLY FALLING OFF.
Treasurer Wyman Submits His Report
for the Past Fiscal Year—819,639,007
Less Received from Cugtoms, 533,-
134,296 from Internal Revenue
and $48,849,248 from Miscellaneous
Sources.
Washington, Nov. 28.—The annual
report of the Treasurer of the United
States has been made to the Secretary of
the Treasury. It shows that the net
revenue of the government for the fiscal
year 1884 was less than that of 1883 by
$49,707,712, having been $348,519,869,
while in 1883 it amounted to $398,287,281.
The decrease in the receipts from customs
was $19,639,007, in the receipts from inter
nal revenue $23,134,296, and in the re
ceipts from miscellaneous sources
$8,849,248. From the aggregate of these
items should lte deducted an increase of
$1,854,840 in the receipts from the
sales of public lands, leaving the
net reductions as stated above. The
net expenditures aggregated $244,126,244,
a decrease from the amount in 1883 of
$2,281,893. The surplus applicable to the
reduction of the public debt amounts to
$104,393,625, a decrease of $28,485,818 from
that of the previous year. The items of
expenditure showing a decrease are as
follows: On account ol the War Depart
ment, $9,481,m9; on account of the Inte
rior Department, $11,469,936; on account
of the interest on the public debt, $4,581,-
152. There was an increase of $2,242,411
in expenditures on account of civil and
miscellaneous and of $2,009,164 in ex
penditures on account of the Navy De
partment.
millions in the vaults.
There were held in this office for na
tional banks at the close of the fiscal year
bonds of the United States amounting to
$351,207,850, of which $334,147,850 was
held to secure circulation issued to banks
and $17,060,000 as security for public
moneys on deposit with such national
banks as were designated as depositaries.
There were withdrawn during the year
$69,701,250 of such bonds and $47,196,600
were deposited, showing a reduction of
the amount held of $22,504,650 and a de
crease in the total movement of bonds of
$422,108,150, the movement in 1883 having
been $539,000,000. There were outstanding
at the close of the fiscal year $362,378,580 of
various issues of United States currency.
The amount redeemed and destroyed
during the year was $85,972,970, making a
total redemption since the fiscal issue of
the currency of $2,453,305,593. Silver cer
tificates to the amount of $52,280,000 were
issued during the year and $20,005,140
were redeemed, making the total re
demption $52,658,309. The amount
nominally outstanding at the close
of the year was $120,891,691.
The issues of gold certificates authorized
by the act of July 12, 1882, amounted to
$41,470,000, and the redemptions to $24,-
567,410, making the total redemptions $32,-
402,040, and leaving nominally outstand
ing $95,777,960. The total amount of gold
certificates of the old issue redeemed to
the close of the year was $978,520,180, and
the amount outstanding $2,614,700. There
were redeemed during the year bonds of
the United States amounting to $99,838,-
300, of which amount $46,769,600 was for
the sinking fund, and $1,329,250 of bonds
continued at 3% per cent, were exchanged
into three per cents. From May, 1869, the
date of the first retirement, to the close of
the fiscal year the amount of bonds re
deemed, purchased, converted or ex
changed was $2,684,031,800, of which $484,-
890,150 was for the sinking fund.
SURPLUS CASH.
If it be assumed, says Mr. Wyman,
that the<icash in the Treasury in excess of
the demand, liabilities should be main
tained at about 40per cent, of the amount
of United States notes outstanding ($340,-
681,016), the reserve fell below that rate
in August only, having been as high as
46.4 per cent, a year ago and being at
present 42.7 per cent. The average for
the five years and eleven months since the
resumption has been 39.5 per cent. If,
however, the percentage be computed be
tween the cash in the Treasury and the
liabilities, including United States notes,
after excluding all certificates and moneys
for their redemption, the proportion
ranged from 58.2 per cent, to 54 2 per
cent., and the average since the resump
tion has been 52.9 per cent. The amount
of silver standard dollars coined to Sept.
30, 1884, was $182,380,829, of which the
Treasury held $142,349,409. Of this
amount $07,094,881 was ior the rdemption
of silver certificates outstanding.
The amount in circulation was $39,801,-
953, or about 21.8 per cent, of the total
coinage. As usual, the amount out
standing reached the highest point in De
cember, when it exceeded $41,000,000, an
aggregate never betore reached. The de
crease to June was not as great as in
previous years, probably owing to the
scarcity of $1 and $2 notes, and on Sept.
30 the amount was $680,717 greater than
on the same date in 1883. From the re
ports of the silver certificates is
sued, transferred and redeem
ed, and of the amounts
received for duties, and the amount, on
hand in the New Y’ork office, it appears
that after allowing for the reissue by
the New York office of a portion of those
paid in, silver certificates to a large
amount have been brought from other
points to New York and used in payment
of duties on imports for which otherwise
gold coin or certificates, or United States
notes, would have been used.
THE LOSS OF GOLD.
Of the loss of gold to the Treasury
through this mode of settlement with the
clearing house there has been made up to
it during the same period $60,844,000 by
means of gold deposits at the New York
office for $39,771,000, of which silver cer
tificates were issued at the treasury offi
ces in the South and West and for $21,073.-
000, of whicn silver certificates were paid
out at the New York office. Asa conse
quence of the inability of the Treasury,
under the existing practice, to use either
silver dollars or silver certificates in its
settlements with the New York clear
ing house, whereby far the greater
part of its disbursements is made
available, gold ran down from
$155,429,600 on Jan. 1, 1884, to $116,479*979
on Aug. 12, 1884, while silver dollars and
bullion on hand not represented by silver
certificates outstanding increased during
the same period from $27,266,037 to $48,-
603,958. At the close of the fiscal year
United States bonds w'ere held in this
office for the account of the Pacific rail
roads sinking fund, established by the act
ot May 7.1878, (20 statutes, 66) as follows:
For the Union Pacific Railroad Company
$2,270,100, and for the Ctmtral Pacific
Railroad Company $838,000.
THE INDIAN TRUST FUNDS.
The bonds and stocks of the Indian
trust fund in the custody of this office at
the close of the fiscal year amounted to
$1,808,016. Interest is due and unpaid on
all bonds of the following named States,
held for the account of this fund: Arkan
sas, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
The interest on the remaining bonds,
those of the States of Indiana and Mary
land, and the bonds issued to the Pacific
railways, is paid to date. The bank notes
presented for redemption during the first
three months of the current fiscal year
are 31 per cent, in excess of the amount
presented during the corresponding period
of the last fiscal year. The Treasurer
commends the management of the offices
of the Assistant Treasurers, and states
that no loss of public funds has occurred
during the year. The Treasurer renews
his recommendation annually made that
an amount be appropriated sufficient to
restore the salaries in his office to the
amounts originally paid.
OKLAHOMA PAYNE DEAD.
The Famous Captain Dies With HJs
Roots on at a Breakfast Table.
Wellington, Kan., Nov. 28.—Capt.
David L. Payne, leader of the Oklahoma
boomers, died suddenly here this morn
ing while breakfasting at a hotel. He
addressed a meeting last night and was
apparently in his usual robust health
when he entered the dining room this
morning. While eating breakfast he
leaned forward and uttered a subdued
sound as if from slight suffocation and
then dropped from his chair and expired
immediately.
An Editor’s Testimonial.
A. M. A aughan, editor of the Greemoich
Review, Greenwich, 0., writes: “Last
January I met with a very severe acci
dent, caused by a runaway horse. I used
almost every kind of salve to heal the
wounds, which turned to running sores,
but found nothing to do me any good till
I was recommended Henry’s Carbolic
Salve. I bought a box, and it helped me
at once, and at the end of two months I
was completely well. It is the best
salve in the market, and I never fail tell
ing my friends about it, and urge them to
use it whenever in need.
REVENUE REFORM.
Mr. Burns Believes In Opening Onr
Sugar Market to the World.
Washington, Nov. 28.— Representative
Burns, of Missouri, an influential Demo
crat, expresses the opinion very positively
that it is the duty of the Democratic ma
jority in the House to pass some bill re
ducing taxation this winter. “We must,”
he said, “cut down this surplus, or after
awhile all the money in the country will
be in the Treasury. The people demand
a reduction, and it will not do for us (the
Democrats) to put off this legislation. My
idea is that we ought to bring in a bill
which will cheapen some of the necessa
ries of life and at the same time cutoff
$30,000,000 or $40,000,000 of taxes. We
might put sugar, salt, lumber and barbed
wire on the iree list.”
“Would not that arouse the anger of
American sugar planters?” asked the re
porter.
“Why, there are only a few hundred of
them,” replied Mr. Burns. “But I
would be willing to vote for a
bill to reduce the sugar tariff one-half.
We admit Hawiian sugar free of duty,and
I can’t see why the sugar of other coun
tries should not be put on the same foot
ing. The sugar raised in the United
States wouldn’t supply one county in
Missouri.
SPRECKLES’ BIG MONOPOLY.
“The treaty admitting Hawaiian sugar
free was ratified in 1876 and the Spreckles
monopoly controls all the sugar product
of these islands. It is an enormous
monopoly. It was Spreckles who paid
for that gaily decorated train which bore
the Blaine delegation from San Francisco
to the Republican national convention.
Blaine was the man Spreckles wanted
nominated and the sugar monopoly put
up an enormous amount of money to
carry the Pacific States for him.
1 can’t see the policy of ad
mitting Hawaiin sugar free and of
maintaining a high duty upon the pro
duct of other countries for the benefit of
a few planters of Louisiana. No, ldo not
believe that such a bill as I suggest would
open up the whole taritt* subject. By
such a measure we would give proof of
the sincerity of our professions that we
mean to cheapen the necessaries of liie
while reducing the surplus constantly ac
cumulating in the Treasury. It is said
that to put lumber on the free list would
benefit Canada. Well, that’s ail right.
Let us buy lumber from Canada for seme
years, while our trees grow, and after a
while we will sell it to the Canadians.”
SHORT SHIFT FOR A BURGLAR.
Masked Marylanders End tlie Career of
a Detested Criminal.
Baltimore, Nov. 28.—George Briscoe,
colored, was lynched Wednesday night at
New Bridge, in Anne Arundel county, this
State. He was charged with robbery,
and when he was delivered to a Constable
to be taken to jail at Annapolis a crowd
waylaid the Constable and took Briscoe
from him and hung him. He had been
previously warned to leave the county
because of frequent robberies iu the
neighborhood. The Coroner’s jury ren
dered a verdict that death was caused
by strangulation at the hands of
parties unknown. The place of the lynch
ing was on the public road about fifteen
miles from Annapolis and the time be
tween 7 and 8 o’clock. When Briscoe was
seized he was in charge of Deputy Sheriffs
Grafton, Boone and Tipwells, who had
been summoned to help the Deputy. A
double barrel gun was put in Boone’s face
and Tipwells was pulled from the buggy
and hurt severely. The lynchers num
bered from fifteen to eighteen and were
masked. A lady in the Third district,
who was enciente and was fired at by
Briscoe during one of his robberies, is a
lunatic now trom the assault. Briscoe
was a convict from the penitentiary,
where he had been sent for house-break
ing. When he was in jail here during the
spring burglaries in the neighborhood
ceased. When he returned to the section
they began again. Public sentiment gen
erally approves the act. Briscoe had been
warned several times to leave the neigh
borhood.
HENDRICKS NOT DICTATORIAL/.
Representative Holman Shows the Ab
surdity of Recent Stories.
Washington, Nov. 28.—Representa
tive Holman, of Indiana, who is a close
friend of Mr. Hendricks, says that the
story that a coolness exists between
Cleveland and Hendricks on account of a
disposition on the part of the latter to be
dictatorial in matters relating to the pol
icy of the new administration is without
any foundation in fact. He says that
Mr. Hendricks proffered no suggestion to
the President elect, and will not make
any unless his opinion should be asked.
“No man,” says Mr. Holman, “better
knows the relation of a Vice President to
the President, and he will never
ask that this or that appointment be
made or policy adopted unless Mr. Cleve
land asks his < pinion on the subject. He
is not that sort of a man. He has no de
sire to dictate about anything. During
the Tilden-Hayes contest he did not have a
word to say. For some reason Mr. Til
den did not ask for an expression of his
views and he made no advances.”
A FACULTY ASKED TO RESIGN.
The Troubles at Kings College Leads to
Severe Action.
Halifax, N. S., Nov. 28.— A largely at
tended meeting of the alumni of Kings
College, at Windsor, N. S., was held in
this city last night to consider the exist
ing troubles at that institution. After a
long and animated discussion it was re
solved by a large majority to request the
Board of Governors to call upon the entire
faculty of the college to tender their resig
nation, to take effect June 30 next. The
following compose the faculty: President,
Professor of Divinity, English Literature
and Moral Philosophy, Rev. Canon Dart,
D.C.L.; V ice President, Professor of Clas
sics, Logic and Rhetoric, Rev. W. E.
Wilson, M.A.; Professor of Chemistry
and Geographical Mining, J. Kennedy,
M.A. 8.5.; Professor of Mathematics,
Natural Philosophy and Engineering, W.
I. Butler; Professor of Modern Languages,
A. DeFourentue, M.A. Prof. Butler is
Curator.
SONORA’S AFFRAY.
The Mexicans Finally Persuader! to Re
lease their American Prisoners.
Tombstone, Ariz., Nov. 28.— Later
advices from Sonora regarding the affray
Which occurred on Sunday last between
Mexican policemen and a number of
Americans at the Cararea copper camp,
indicate that it resulted in the death of
an American teamster named Lee and
the wounding of several Mexican police
men. A messenger was immediately dis
patched to the commander of the Mexi
can troops at Santa Cruz, Sonora, and he
sent a detachment of 40 men, who de
manded the surrender of the Americans.
The latter refused to surrender them, but
were afterward persuaded to do so by the
officials of the Copper King Company.
Two Americans escaped and the rest, 15
in number, were marched off to Santa
Cruz. They were accompanied by the
officers of the Copper King Company.
The War on the Bucket Shops.
Chicago, Nov. 28.—1 tis understood
that a partial compromise has been effect
ed by which the Board of Trade will con
tinue to furnish the Western Union Tele
fraph Company with market reports
hev will be sent to all correspondents of
the Western Union Company pending an
effort to set aside certain injunctionsliow
in force against the telegraph company,
which prevent it from cutting off quota
tions from various bucket shops.
Southern Good Sense.
Washington, Nov. 28.—Representa
tive Money, of Mississippi, says that the
people of the South are more eager for
good government than for the spoils of
victory, and as a class they will not em
barrass Cleveland by pressure for office,
but will leave him free to conduct his ad
ministration so as to make it a success
and render the Democratic ascendency
permanent.
Cleveland Not to Visit Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 28.—Gov. Cleve
land has declined to attend a grand ban
quet at the Academy of Music which was
tendered him by a number of prominent
Democratic citizens of this city.
HORSFOKD’S ACID PHOSPHATE.
Well Pleased.
Dr. C. Roberts, Winchester, 111., says:
“I have used it with entire satisfaction in
cases of debility from age or overwork,
and in inebriates and dyspeptics, and am
well pleased with its effects,”
LINCOLN’S DOGS OF WAR.
THEIR CHAINS NOT BROKEN
DURING THE YEAR.
$43,333,876 31 Expended During the
Twelve-Month In Keeping the Fire-
Eaters in Trim for Service—The Arctic
Trip Leads the Son of Mars to Invade
the Realm of Neptune,
washington, Nov. 28.—The following
are extracts from the report of the Secre
tary of War:
The expenditures by requisition under the
direction of the Secretary of War for the fiscal
June 3?, 1884, amounted to $42.-
332,876 21.
The estimates for the fiscal rear ending
June 30, 1886, as revised, are as follows:
Salaries, contingent expeuses, and
postage $2,118,315 00
Military establishment Army
and Military Academy’ 26,429,577 45
Public works, including river and
• harbor improvements, and new
scacoast fortifications 18,497.400 48
Miscellaneous objects 3,805,147 t's
Total ....$50,850,500 58
The Lieutenant General renews the recom
mendation of Gen. Sherman that there should
be made a uniform organization of the three
arms of the service by adding two companies,
with the corresponding majors to each regi
ment of infantry. The reasons for this change
were given at some length in my last report,
and I concur in the recommendation of the
Lieutenant General.
The Lieutenant General reports a slight in
crease in the number of desertions from the
army.
The artillery school at Fort Monroe and the
cavalry and infantry school at Fort Leaven
worth are continuing their work, lrom which
it is believed that very great good results to
the army.
Toe Superintendent of the Military Acad
emy at West Point reports that there were
present at the academy Sept. 1, 1884, 314 ca
rets, and that there has been an improvement
in the tone and discipline of the corps.
The Superintendent of the academy cal’s
attention to the large number of cadets in the
class which will t e graduated in June, 1886,
the class now having 83 members; and he ex
presses the opinion that probably 80 will be
graduated. Unless there shall he a change
in the law, it will not probably be possible lor
all of the class of 1886 to be appointed into the
army if any civilian appointments are maae
before their graduation, as the members of
that class and the one which will be gradu
ated next June, together with non-commis
sioned officers to be appointed under existiug
laws, will probably be sufficient to take up all
the vacancies which will occur in the two
years.
One of the most important duties of an offi
cer is the administration of justice under the
military code. I believe that it would be high
ly beneficial to the army if the instruction in
legal principles given at the Military Acad
emy were placed in charge of a professor of
law of the same rank and tenure as is held by
the other professors, aud I recommend legis
lation which will accomplish that result.
The Adjutant General renews the recom
mendation. in which 1 concurred in my’ re
port of last year, that provision be made for
the retirement of enlisted men on the com
pletion of thirty-five years of honorable and
faithful service in the army’. He also suggests
the propriety, as a means of decreasing the
number of desertions, of a diminution of tlie
term of service front live to three years, be
lieving that there would thus be eliminated a
great source of discontent on the part of men
whose lack of aptitude for the service makes
them dissatisli. <1 and desperate in contem
plating the length of the present contract of
enlistment entered into by them.
The acting Judge Advocate General reports
the number of trials by general courts-mar
tial during the year to be 2,280, which is an
increase over last year of 2957 number of con
victions for desertion, 700; number of trials
by garrison and regimental courts-martial,
10,983, which is an increase over last vear of
1,665; making a total increase of trials by
courts-martial of 1,960. Total number of tri
als by general, garrisou and regimental courts
during the year ending Sept. 30, 1881, 13,263.
Number of reports aud opinions rendered
upon proceedings of courts-martial, miscella
neous questions of law, applications for clem
ency and other official business, 1,642; number
of applications from the War and Treasury
Departments and Tension Office for abstracts
of proceedings of trials, answered, 715, and
the number of copies of records of courts
martial furnished to parties tried and to the
Tension Otlice, 223, containing 9.679 pages.
Under the act of Congress approved April
7, 1882, the reservation and military buildings
at Savannah, Ga., were sold at public auction,
realizing $87,381 88, which sum was covered
into the Treasury.
The Surgeon General reports that the total
number of deaths in the army iu the last fiscal
year was 272, of which 193 were from disease
and 79 from injuries. No casualties from ac
tual warfare are reported.
The Taymaster General shows in his report
that his department has during the last vear
duly accounted for $15,180,160 86. He again
recommends, with my concurrence, the re
peal of the law forbidding payment of mile
age to officers for travel over land-grant
roads. As mileage is given to an officer not
merely to pay his railroad fare, hut to cover
other traveling expenses, and as officers of
the army are the only public officers against
whom a discrimination is made in this re
gard, I recommend legislation to correct it.
The Chief of Engineers presents in his an
nual report a review of the modern require
ments for the defense of our important sca
coast cities, and in his comprehensive, but
brief, discussion shows not only the urgent
necessity of beginning the defensive works
which cannot be improvised, but their small
cost in comparison with our national re
sources. Steel forts and turrets to resist guns
which can send a projectile weighing a ton
through 00 feet of sand, and which must them -
selves have like guns, with steam machinery
to load and manipulate them, cannot be built
in the short time which would be given us by
an enemy for preparation after the cessation
of diplomatic intercourse; and, as is said by
the Chief of Engineers, “the contribution
which could be levied from New York alone
would probably pay four or live fold the cost
of all the fortifications of the important har
bors of the country.
During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884,
the entire expenses of the Signal Service were
for the first time kept distinct and separate
from the expenditures for the support of the
army, and the cost of the service for that year,
including the amounts drawn from the Treas
ury up to Oct. 31, 1881. for the expenses of the
above-named fiscal year, under the several
titles of appropriations, was $958,392 95, from
which should he deducted the receipts of mil
itary telegraph lines covered into the Treas
ury during the fiscal year, $17,074 72, leaving
the net expenditure $941,318 23. The appro
priations for the fiscal year 1885 aggregate sl,-
0! 1,228 93. and the estimates for the fiscal vear
1886 amount to $1,552,659 84.
The Secretary of War observes with regret
that the Chief Signal Officer has chosen to
make, in his annual report, a formal expres
sion of opinion that, after the arrival of the
wrecked “Troteus” party on Sept. 13,
1883, at St. John’s, there was still time, “as
known from previous experience and shown
by subsequent facts, to send efficient relief,”
stating that “Captain Melville and others
volunteered to go, giving their full plans for
the relief.”
A contention as to what would have been
the probable result of an expedition to the
arctic regions started in the autumn, with
such preparation as could be made after the
middle of September, is now useless for any
practical purpose, but a few words may prop'-
erly be given to the subject, as there may be
persons whose humane eonsideration for the
terrible situation in which Lieut. Greely
and his party existed for months may not be
accompanied by a knowledge of the opinion
of experienced persons as to the danger of
disaster and the little hope of success of any
attempt to approach him at that season.
To some of the criticisms made by the Chief
Signal Officer in his report no reference seems
to oe required beyond saying that the “Pro
teous” court of inquiry, so called, had the
merit of basing its conclusions as to the offi
cers with whom it dealt upon such informa
tion of facts and conditions as was attainable
by the officers themselves at the time
of their action, as well as bv
th e court. By the expression of
the Chief Signal Officer, above referred to, is
an intrusion of an official opinion as to the
propriety of the course of the Secretaries of
war and of the Navy in not hazarding more
lives in 1883 in a nearly hopeless adventure,
upon his telegraphic requests. This excursion
into an official jurisdiction beyond his own
and his dictum upon the exercise of a superior
responsibility which he was not invited to
share are extraordinary in their time and
place, and are hardly excusable even under
whatever of irritation may have been caused
by the lindings of the Proteus court of inquiry.
Death of Costa Rica's Commissioner.
New Orleans, Nov. 28.— Oen. Miguel
Guardia, of Costa Rica, who arrived here
last Thursday from Port Limen, died sud
denly of heart disease yesterday on board
the steamer Heresselia. about 20miles be
low the city, en route to Port Limen. The
steamer returned to the city to have the
body embalmed. Gen. Guardia came as
Commissioner General from Costa Rica
to the World’s Exposition, and brought
with him many cases of exhibits from that
country. Gen. Guardia was a brother of
the late President of Costa Rica and was
Secretary of War during his brother’s
term of office. He was also a brother-in
law of President Fernandez.
Smuggler and Swindler.
New York, Nov. 28.—Edward Morris,
the Chicago jeweler who was recently
arrested on a charge ol having swindled
several firms and afterward discharged,
made application to the custom house
authorities to-day for his trunk of jewelry.
Special Agent Finkes’ examination of the
jewelry revealed the fact that its value
was over $15,000 and that two-thirds of it
had been smuggled into this country.
Morris was referred to the United States
District Attorney.
Mr. Gough on Silk Hats.
“It would be no violation of the com
mandment,” said John B. Gough, “if a
man were to tail down and worship the
silk hat, for it is not made in likeness of
anything in heaven, or on earth, or in the
waters which are under the earth.” Be
sides it heats the head and causes the hair
to fall off. Parker’s Hair Balsam will
stop that and restore the original color to
gray or faded hair. Not oily, not a dye,
beneficial, deliciously perfumed. A per
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FRANCE’S WAR IN CHINA.
England Secures an Understanding on
the Blockade Question.
1 aris, Nov. 28.—The Chamber of Dep
uties to-day, by a vote of 379 to 35,
adopted an order of the day declaring that
the Chamber maintains its determination
to insure the execution of the Tien Tsen
treaty. Later an order of the day was
adopted by a vote of 252 to 187 declaring
that the Chamber takes cognizance of the
declarations of the government, and re
lies upon its energy to insure respect for
the rights of France.
ENGLAND AND THE BLOCKADE.
London, Nov. 28.—The question of the
French blockade of Formosa has been ar
ranged by Earl Granville, the English
Foreign Secretary, consenting that Eng
land shall abstain from a declaration of
neutrality, but reserving all claims for
damages to English trading vessels.
CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED.
Hong Kong, Nov. 28.— The Catholic
Mission here has advices that the Viceroy
of Canton has closed all the chapels there
and has also razed the entire Catholic
settlement. A misssionary who has ar
rived at Canton from the interior states
that Christians in the western provinces
are fugitives in the wilds of Tonquin. He
also states that the Chinese authorities in
the northern provinces issued a decree
ordering the expulsion of all missionaries.
Upon au appeal to the higher authorities
at Pekin, however, the decree w r as re
versed, and missionaries taken under the
protection of the Chinese general govern
ment.
DYNAMITE AT TRALEE.
Irish Conspirators Cause an Explosion
Under the Noses or the Police.
Dublin, Nov. 28.— An attempt w r as
made at Tralee, last night, which nearly
proved successful, to destroy with dyna
mite the residence of Samuel Hussey,
known as Edinburg House. Many of the
window’s and a portion of the eastern
wall ot the house were badly shattered.
All the members of the family were in the
house at the time, but nobody was in
jured. This was an exceedingly bold out
rage, as the house was under police pro
tection, and at the time oi the explosion
policemen were occupying huts only a
short distance away. No clue to the per
petrators has been discovered, and no ar
rests have been made.
It Is believed that the explosive was
placed in a sewer under the back part of
the house. After the explosion the house
looked as though It had been bombarded.
A split several inches w’ide w T as made in
the main wall, and reached from the
ground to the roof. Great excitement
prevails in Cork, where Mr. Hussey is
exceedingly unpopular. Mr. Hussey is
oue of the largest land agents in Ireland.
It has been known that a plot existed
against his life.
SHOOTS HER TRADUCER.
Parisian Political Circles Stirred Up by
a Sensational Scandal.
Paris, Nov. 28.—M. Hugues, member
of the Chamber of Deputies, whose wife
shot M. Marin yesterday, has been set at
liberty. He states that M. Marin has
been continually sending insulting letters
an.: postal cards to his wife. M. Hugues
has spoken in public praise of bis w’ife
for avenging the calumnies which were
heaped upon her. Madame Hugues avers
that she would have killed M. Marin long
ago if it had not been for her husband.
He kept dissuading her from such action.
The slander circulated by M. Marin was
that previously to her marriage to M.
Hugues the lady had been the mistress ol
M. Lenormont, whose wife was trying to
obtain a separation. He was wounded
yesterday. M. Marin wrote a declaration
in which he said, “I am innocent.” The
public are enthusiastic in praise of
Madame Hugues. It is generally ex
pected that she will be aquitted.
GERMANY’S BUDGET.
Minister Yon Schellendorf Champions
the Army’s Efficiency.
Berlin, Nov. 28.—1n the Reichstag to
day, the debate on the budget for 1885
w r as resumed. Herr Bebel, the Socialist
leader, made a violent attack on the mili
tary administration of the government.
Gen. Von Schellendorf, Prussian Minis
ter of War, on the other hand maintained
the excellence of the present system. It
was not true, he said, that military pen
sions were constantly increasing. The
recipients of pensions were nearly always
able to produce certificates showing that
they had been made invalids in the ser
vice. He urged the necessity of aiming
at the highest standard of military effi
ciency. Germany’s position in the'eoun
cil ot nations was largely based upon her
possession of a strong army. Wiih this
army it would not be the part of wisdom
to tamper.
INDIA ON THE EVE OF MUTINY.
The Natives Greatly Exerciged and En
glish Official* Alarmed.
London, Nov. 28. Vanihi Fair quotes
trom private letters received from officials
in India stating that there is a dangerous
condition of affairs in that country. The
feelings of the natives were never so ex
cited against England as at the present
time and foreign emissaries are at work
among the natives, stirring them up to
striie and preparing them to make an ex
plosion. Officers in high command have
sent to England urgent demands for au
thority to form camps of refuge for women
and children in order to be ready in case
of a mutiny. The government has been
warned that it is on the eve of a great
trial.
ALFONSO’S IRON WILL.
The Government’s Policy Toward the
Universities to be Continued.
Madrid, Nov. 28.—A meeting of the
Cabinet was held to-day, the King pre
siding, to take action regarding the con
dition of affairs in the university. It was
decreed to continue the vigorous policy
already commenced against the professors
and students, with a view to the preven
tion of all teachings held to be contrary
to the interests of religion and society.
The government has brought suit against
seven more journals for hostile articles.
Ihe opposition press severely condemns
the arbitrary measures which the govern
ment is employing.
Wisconsin's Vote.
Milwaukee, Nov. 28. —it was not until
yesterday that complete returns on the
recent election were made to the Secretary
of State at Madison. The total vote of the
several Presidential candidates was as
follows: Blaine, 161.147; Cleveland, 146,-
454; St. John, 7,649: Butler, 4,597;
Blaine’s plurality 14,693. With the ex
ception of the vote for Presidential elec
tors, returns are yet lacking from Chip
pewa county, so that the vote for State
officers and Congressmen in the Eighth
district is unknown. The board of State
canvassers will again meet next Tuesday
to canvass the vote on these candidates.
Toronto Rebels Against Pauper Emi
grants.
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 28.— Prof. Gold
win Smith, Chairman of the combined
city charities, has been authorized to wait
upon the Provincial and Dominion Gov
ernments to urge the stoppage of pauper
immigration. Several emigrants recently
arrived here penniless and are now a bur
den upon the city. It is stated that they
were Induced to come by promises of work
made them by representatives of a steam
ship company, which gave them passage
at reduced rates.
County Down Elects a Conservative.
Dublin, Nov. 28. —The Parliamentary
election was held in county Down to-day
for the purpose of filling the vacancy
caused by the succession of Viscount
Castelereigh to the rights and titles of his
father, the late Earl of Londonderry. The
Conservatives elected their candidate,
Mr. Ker. He received 4,387 votes, ivhile
Crawford, the Liberal candidate polled
3,998-
Fire Making the Fur Fly.
Glasgow, Nov. 28.— Messrs. Purvis &
Stephens’ arctic tar yard at Dundee is
burning. The warehouse is filled with
sealskins, whalebone and oil. The fire
is spreading rapidly.
The Throat.
“Brown’s Bronchial Troches” acts di
rectly on the organs of the voice. They
have an extraordinary effect in all disor
ders of the throat.
Adelina Patti,
the great songstress, says of Solon Pal
mer’s Perfumes, Toilet Soaps and other
Toilet articles: “I unhesitatingly pro
nounce them superior to any 1 ever
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SOUTH EASTON’S WIRE WORK
ERS CUT 40 PER CENT.
Unfinished Wire from England Accumu
lating on the Firm's Hands—A Ray of
Sunshine Among the Fall River Oper
atives—The Outlook In Other Quarters.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 28.—Incor
rect reports have been published in regard
to the reduction of wages at the Arre
Mills of Stewart & Cos., at South Easton.
The facts are that the reduction amounts
to about 40 per cent. The wire drawers
employed at what is known as ‘‘eight
size blocks’’ have been reduoed from
$1 40 to $1 per ton, and those employed on
“Ten size blocks” from $1 45 to $1 per
ton. A majority of the wire drawers be
fore the reduction earned between $4 and
per day. Some of them worked eight
hours a day and others ten. Under the
present reduction, by working ten
hours or twelve, the time made
by laborers, they will be able to
earn between $3 and ,f 4 per day. Stewart
A Cos. do not manufacture their own wire,
but finish unfinished wire, which they re
<-eive from England as ballast. The com
pany has been receiving that kind of wire
tor the past five or six years, and handle
on an average eight or ten earloads a
week. At the present time thev have
thousands of tons of unfinished wire
about the works and continue to increase
their stock. All the mills of the company,
including one that has just been changed
irom a rolling to a wire mill, will be
started up on Monday next, when the
proposed reduction will go into effect.
The laborers who were j aid $1 25 per day
will then receive slls, and those who
were given *lls will get $1 05.
THE HOCKING VALLEY TROUBLES.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 28.—The indica
tions are that owing to the persistent ef
forts of the local authorises of Hockiug,
Athens and Perry counties, aided by the
officers of the Columbus, Hocking Valley
and Toledo road, the Ohio coal exchange
and a syndicate of operators, the strike,
which has been in progress m the Hock
ing valley lor the last six months, will
soon come to an end. Indictments have
been found against more than twenty of
the intimidators who made an assault
upon Murray City on Nov. 5, and all but
three or four have been lodged in jail.
Their trials will begin next week. The
detectives employed expect to make new
developments soon and secure the arrest
of a still larger number of striking
miners who took paitin burning bridges
on the Hocking Valley Road. It has been
decided by the officers of the road to pros
ecute these men under the conspiracy act
passed by Congress about 20 years ago.
President Greene, of the Hocking Valley
Road, is of the opinion that there will be
no more intimidation, as arrests will be
pushed to the furthest extent. The
three bridges burned will be in readiness
for trains to pass over to-morrow, when
three additional mines will be opened.
The output, it is thought, will soon reach
the point it had attained before the strike
began, it is also thought that the old
miners, when they learn that they will be
protected from the lawless element, will
return to work on Dec. 1. The com
panies, however, say that they will not
discharge any of the new miners to give
place to the old ones. All the mines in
the valley are now being operated at 50
cents per ton.
A COAL HOPPER FIRED.
At 7 o’clock this evening one of the coal
hoppers at Straitsville was set on fire and
a crowd of men refused to let citizens ex
tinguish the flames. The fire department
was called but did nothing. Finally one
man rushed in and was quickly followed
by others and the flames were soon extin
guished. Several shots were fired for the
purpose of intimidating those who want
ed to put the fire out. A ll the mines in
Straitsville are closed and the company
will hold the county responsible for any
damage to its property.
BETTER CHEER AT FALL RIVER.
Fall River, Mass., Nov. 28.— A1l the
mills started up this morning. There is a
decidedly good feeling among manufac
turers, caused by stiffening in the price
of print cloths. The mills will all run
hero next week, and the general opinion
is that it will not he necessary to stop
during the winter. The market is firm at
3 3-16 cents plus 1 per cent, for 64 by 645,
and there are very few manufacturers
selling at less than cents. The sales
ihis week will not he extraordinarily
large on that account. All the Fall River
manufacturers are now said to be against
a cut down.
A BRACE OF RESUMPTIONS.
Fittsburg, Nov.2B.—The puddling and
horse-shoeing departments of Shoenberger
& Co.’s rolling mills, which have been
closed for some time, resumed operations
this morning.
Chess Cook & Co.’s mills, after being
shut down several weeks, will start up
Monday,
8,000 MEN AT A CLIP.
Pittsburg, Nov. 28.— At a meeting of
the Connellsville coke proprietors’ syndi
cate, held in this city to-day. a reduction of
from 6 to 10 per cent, in the wages of all
laborei s employed at the ovens nt the as
sociation was agreed upon, to take effect
Dec. 1. The reduction will affect about
8,000 men.
HOWE MACHINES OVER-PLENTIFUL.
Bridgeport, Conn., Nov, 28.—The
Howe Sewing Machine Company’s works
in this city were shut down Wednesday
night till Jan. 1, and about 300 hands will
be thrown out of employment.
MACHINERY AT A STAND STILL.
Pittsburg, Nov. 28.— The machinery
department of the Standard Cooper Shops
shut down to-day for an indefinite period,
throwing 300 men out of employment.
Over production and light orders were
the causes of the suspension.
A SHUT DOWN RECONSIDERED.
Wii.KKSBARRE, Pa., Nov. 28.—The or
der issued by the combination fir a gene
ral suspension of work at the mines dur
ing the first week in December has been
rescinded.
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