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mABUSHSO 1850. t I j, H. rSTILL, Iditor nd Propfi*t*r. i GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. THF. 'GWS of thk two statks told in paragraphs. People Attacked by a Crazy Cat In tV!hißß ,on County—Macon to Have ihe Electric Fire-Alarm System Thomas County’s Fourth Annual Ex hibition of "took. GEORGIA. i,wart < ounty does not owe any debts, and > 4 money in the treasury. ' mi-take in Sunday’s paper a Bainbridge letter aa- credited to Albany. ■ v. * o negroes attended the Baptist As at I.utnpktn last Saturday ami Sun day . ~ar rane crop m Stewart county was .• s complete failure on account of the i Walker, the man who was shot by Eu ‘ i art 11, at Spring Place, last Wednes 1. -'ht, died Sunday. I x i . Hector Ard, of Stewart county, issued : executions last week against delin tax-payers, most of tbem being ne * \\ p. Pullin, of Henry county, who has for . time been a great sufferer with rheu ni4 t -in, bad bis right leg amputated above the knee Saturday. \ p.irtv of hunters from Dublin went up to . , ,i. it-tl," an almost impenetrable part of , nr . n<e swamp, ten miles above Dublin, ja-t Friday, ami brought back over 100 squirrels. my farmers speak of sowing oa'ts at ~ ... v> lule others fear a freeze about Chris t .. . aril; kill them, and will not begin to sow late in December. Tie* ladies of Atlanta entertained the lailies •Iravtn to the city by the MethwHst confer tu, e at a reception at the executive mansion, \|,i; ;;e afternoon. Mrs. McDaniel was pres till x- line of the hostesses. t . nty Treasurer S. S. Everett, of Stewart county, notilied holders of county orders last k that as there was plenty money in the irea-ury to pay all outstanding debts, that no tn ed would be allowed on orders after Nov. i;,v. S. Vi. Bartley, a Baptist minister of H irri- county, widely known, died suddenly .it -j o'clock Sunday, of heart disease, ageu 50 . r-. lie was in charge of Whitesville, i non. Bethel and Piney Grove churches. 11. leaves a wife and several children. A catalogue of the library of the late Gen. \\. i.im M. Browne, of Athens, will make its aj.p. trance tttis week. Gen. Browne left a ,1-jje library. Among the number of books ire -cveral very valuable works, which will -ought after when they are put pn sale. The Chattahoochee river has risen several to l since the rain last Saturday night, and boats will have no further difficulty in in iking their regular schedule time. Large •{Uiinttiies of cotton aud other freights are matting transportation on the lower river. LaGrange Reporter'. Mrs. Maria A. Hall has 27 grandsons, IS granddaughters and 18 ercat-gramtchildrcn, making a total of 63 de ■ endantsof the second and third generations. <if all her sons and grandsons only one is ad - dieted to the use of tobacco. There are grand children dead three, aud great-grandchildren dead two. She is still very stout, has never used glasses, ami her hair is not yet gray. The Griffin coti.'ii^ac tory started up one loom on Wednesda”and on Thanksgiving day had eight going aud turned out about .'Mu yards of 1-4 sheeting. They are starting up ►even or eight new looms a day, and will soon l,c in full bl .st. The electric lights have been put up and will be in operation, and will make the handsomest illumination seen in i.nilln. A tire wall is being built between the engine and boiler rooms. ’. thens Banner: Joe Fleming had a large 1..\ sent to him. Friday, from near Max . vHe chained him in the warehouse, but luring the night the fox broke the chain, and h now at large in the warehouse, which is tilled with innumerable articles. Mr. Flem ing got up a pack of dogs, consisting of one smalt-sized terrier, to see if he could not run it, tint to no purpose. The fox is safely asd, but hunger may bring him out. Uoine Courier: l’rof. Slappey’s magnifying •_ .a-.- came near causing another conflagration Thursday afternoon,and it would have proved ain -t disastrous one this time. He left his get-- sitting in front of a window in the sec ond -tory of Noble’s building. Assisted by tin' rays of the sun, the glass set Are to a lot of .-.mibustible material. The lire was discov ered and the electric alarm brought the lire department promptly to the rescue and the flauir- were stayed before any great damage could lie done. sandersville Mercury: “James IT. Floyd's horse was attacked by a crazy cat on Thurs iay. between his place and the city, while he an- riding him, and he had to disTnount and **at it off; but the eat bit the horse before Mr. 1 loyd eould drive him away. It then got over in Prof. Lawson’s yard and seized one of hi-. as: Iren, a little boy. by the leg and fast ened hi- two fangs in so fast that the largest l) .. who went to his rescue, and lieat it . ;a ; base ball bat, killing it. Dr. Brantley tiled in and cauterized the wound. The eat wu- the property of Mrs. X. E. Brown, who says it weut crazy at times. Albany Medium: A party of boys, Harry he p, 'Robert Forrester and Tommie Ma li- us. went out shooting a day or two ago. When they grew tired of the'sport Harry Kemp discharged his gun preparatory lb e : v home, and (it is never possible to tell those things happen) the load weut into hi- fu.-e, inflicting a very bad wound. His e nu,anions, of course, were sadly frightened, one tainting—they were but children. Tom mie Mathews, a manly fellow of thirteen, succeeded m getting the little sufferer home, a distance -of live miles, carrying him in his arm- part of the way. The wound is serious hut not fatal. Dalton jlrv’'-*:Three weeks since Tom Bax ter knocked John Banks in the head with a i rickhst. Ten days after Banks died, llis death was attributed to the lick, and Baxter left for l hattanooga. Monday Marshal Tiirailkilt brought him back, and on Wednes day a preliminary trial was had before Judge L tigb-v, m which the prisoner was put under almd'of $250. It appears that Baxter and another boy were passing Banks’ house and the latter accosted the former with intimacy with hi-wile, which finally developed into a row, and Banks followed the boys for some • ; -t nice with a drawn ax. swearing ven geanee. Finally being told to stop, and not doing so, he was struck with the brick. AVt csunJ Adcertieer: There were i goon’ many people in Albany yesterday, ;ut t ye.nture to say none of them felt bet ter than li. C. Walters, an old Lee county )• iro. The defeat of Blaine does not worry the old fellow at all. This is why he is r. dm.' and contented. Not long ago he !tight a farm, and went to work to pay for it. tie knew the meaning of the wonts “in lust rv" and "economy.'’ So his farm has paid for and is well stocked, and the old mania- a year's provisions on hand —the guarantee of another erop. He has |2oo’iu his ait 1 is oat of debt, and can see the year i lost-with the consciousness of having earned a living “in the sweat of his face.’’ ■* l her negroes can do just what K. C. W alters na- a nc, i>y adopting his methods. This true story is a sufficient auswer to Blaine’s Au gusta speech. Among the contemplated improvements m Ala >n next year, and which the new Board of Aldermen will endeavor to make, will be the introduction of the fire alarm system. Chu f Jones said that a paid lire department for Macon wonld not cost the city less Ilian $20.0 ■ per annum, whereas the present vol unteer itepartment Is run at a cost of about J.eir. iu view of such avast difference, he desires to increase the efficiency of the de i irtu ent and the facilities for fire protection by in expenditure of about ss,ooo, which would put the fire alarm system in operation over the city. He proposes to have three !* \es in the First ward and four in each of the other wards, making fifteen in all. These boxes i -t sl2, each; two strikers, one at the eii hail and the other at the court house. $750 > ach ; ten gong-, one at each engine house and at residences of chief and two assistants $25 e-eh: making a total of $:1,025. The wire and jotes will cos. hut little. At AiUens Monday Chief Oliver arrested <> tr Thresher a large, burly mulatto from Otkui-e county, for insulting his wife. The 1 -nef mil oc iiim anil started witn him to the lockup. When near Clayton street tte mulatto jerked a pistol from bid hip pocket anappetl it in Chief Olivet face. He Juux:ketl the pistol out of the boy’d hand and f in. -truck him with his stick. The Chief knocked the negro through a side gate, and got hitu down on some steps that led to an office on the corner of Lumpkin and Clayton •reels. Tin- negro got -under the Chief and V-w him off and broke to ruu. As soon as 1 l>j ver recovered he followed after him, -vi Kg i-iose the negro turned and com striking at him. The licks were “ tE, ;ed - ltt the meantime Chief Oliver ■ ;<.U, iok, \vuk!i caused the negro to : <i a good . ' The chief caught him after f-ke to hi- heels. os'ricd him to jail. Two rt race and -out against tug negro-- warrauts were swor. weapons ana one lor carrying conce- -ojiydcr. wr assault with intent to the fourth Thursday was the time set •- J’rout Lake Am. a! exhibition of stock at ‘ Jhomas ”ark under the auspices of the . m The County stock Breeders’ Association < goad n! >-u itmal sale of trotting colts, owne<- fii-.'l by t. c. Mit-hell, proprietor of Tre ' Lake farm, was also advertised to come on foe same date. Owing to the very inclement leather, the officers of the association de <u led to postpone the stock fair till Jan. 10, oat Mr. Mitchell, loih to disappoint any who 'U -i ionic to buy, decided to have the sale. Ac ~r,iingly, those who could brave the fre quently falling showers repaired to the park. Notwithstanding the postponement of the : 'ir. quite a cumber of fine Jersey cattle aud '--led horses wen shown. A trotting race, heau, best two in three, between Almont aa i Revoke, the fine stallions of C. P. Davis an, i f. C. Mitchell, opened the programme. At the conclusion of the race the sale com menced. The colts were standards and from to t> months old. and though but few buyers “ere present, the colts brought from sllO to . Considering that this was the first sale 01 the kind ever made in Southwest Georgia the bad state of the weather, the prices obtained were encouraging. These sales will “ereafter be made annually, and, being com bined with our fairs, will tend to increase the ■uterest already felt in this eection in the im provement and raising of fine stock. After the sale, Mr. Mitchell spread a fine dinner invited all to partake. Following this Ame a couple of glass ball matches, which nosed the day’s programme. i The cjfixeos of Berrien countv held a meet , 8 Brooksfleld, and adopted the following .agreement, to which they signed their names: ,*!*>.the undersigned, do solemnly and firmly *™ihat we must have the following prices * BBcK: k killed on the Brunswick and West {■■JGplCpad, to wit: For norsee and mules £“**?> lo S2OO, for cattle sls to $75, for sheep ,or B° u $1 50 to *2, according to Mttauty and kinds killed, and half price for all stock crippled by said road. Also for the auYn n Ue„ P , ay , the n ? one r for £k to the .. a ? ent *? f each station once each airlr H T In w eply *° the a **>ve. General Man *! nt the following letter: llsn.w ’ Nov - 25.—Messrs.Charles Reaves, and others, Broofc "f.J;',. a - bear ' Sirs: Tour letter of Nov. 15, an exorbitant price on stock fufure ~k ille,i or crippled in future. has been received. This is . cxtraor,llnar y Proceeding on the comitr f ct : *h ) Vh ° I J ave the welfa ' e of their at heart ’ ac,J an unjust discrimina ,,r,„YalDßl a corporation which is most ben cflcial to your interest. It owns a right of a charter for its road and should a 'cng*,ts and privileges equal to any other property holder in ourcommunitv. That you antlc 'late the damage to stock by our trains, so as to fix value on each head is preposterous, and the figures vou name are absurd. The company has done nothing to u, t on your P an - for certainly the cattle ki led in your section by this road !^^: 0081 company more tlian the market value. \\ hile we believe the road should be run for the mutual benefit of its owners and patrons, and for the good of the country yet the company is extending privi leges which are not remunerative, and it your people persist in the coiu*e intimated we shall feel compelled to abaifflon all stations on our road which are not profitable.” FLORIDA. Micanopy is to have a lumber yard and wareeouse. J Large numbers of horses, ponies and mules are being brought into Florida. Aliout 6,000 crates of vegetables were ship ped from Darbyville last season. About Feb. 10 next the Florida Press Asso ciation will convene in the city of Gainesville, Seven years ago the orange crop of the Wild wood vicinity was less than 1,200 boxes; now it is over 20,000. The Bartow Informant and Key Went Demo <rat have liroupunced in favor of Judge Mitchell as his own successor upon the bench of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. Dr. C. L. Mitchell, of Fort Meade, has pick ed in his nursery at that place an orange leaf from a sweet orange tree measuring 9 inches across and 12 inches in length. There are 2,000 acres planted in tomatoes in the vicinity of Kllenton and Palmetto, on the north side of Manatee river. The tomatoes are now ripening and are being shipped North. There arc seven gentlemen, all stopping at the same house in Tampa, whose aggregate height is 42 feet 6 inches. The tallest is 6 feet 7 indies high, and the shortest 6 feet and onc half inch. W. C. Cnun, President of the Hillsborough County Horticultural ami Agricultural So ciety, says that the county fair will be held on the last days of January or the first days of February next. Tom Dromgoole, of Gainesville, on Thanks giving day fired at a partridge which he saw sitting on a rail near the ground, and killed eight others which he did not see, that were sitting in a bunch on the opposite side of the fence. Baker county truck farmers are preparing their grounds for early spring vegetables. Marrow and McNie! peas have been planted, and are up, growing nicely A larger area will be planted in this section over last season by 25 per cent. Bilker County Star: Tile Johnsonville pre cinct is entitled to a post office, and wecall the attention of Senators Call and Jones to the fact that the large territorv known as Jobn sonvilte is isolated, having' to go 14 miles to Sanderson and 12 to Darby ville for their mail. One hundred hands arc employed at the log camp of McClenny A Bars., some eight miles from Darbyville. Train after train of logs pass through Darbyville daily en rouie to Jacksonville, loaded with logs'from t'ne vari ous camps aliovc this point. Each train averages twenty cars. The saw-mill men of the district within reach of the South Florida Railroad, between Tampa and Kissimmee inclusive, intend forming a saw-miller’s association, and a meeting of saw-mill nropne ors and mana gers will be held at Plant city to-day for the purpose of forming such an association. A tine horse belonging to the Pensacola lee Company was run over bv an engine on Sun day morning last and oiie of his hind legs mashed into a jelly. The animal was attached to a dray at the time, and taking fright at the approaching locomotive, backed the vehicle on to the track. The dray was turned com pletely over and the horse thrown across the rail with the above result. The liorse was subsequently taken into the woods and kilk.lT Fairbanks’lately formed Library Associa tion has 40 regular members aud a donation of over 100 volumes of good literature. It Ins a full set of officers and a surplus in the treas ury. The readiug room in connection with the library has a tile of over 20 dailies anil weeklies from all parts of the Union, besides a number of the most popular magazines. They have very comfortable temporary quar ters over one of the stores until they can get a building of liie r own. A stock company is now formed for that purpose. The a socia tion will rent the building of the stock com pany. so as to insure an interest of 10 per cent, to the stockholders. The reproduction of the original liounds of the De\\ ees grant, at the mouth of the St. John’s river, by State Engineer H. S. Duval, originally located nearly 100 years ago, has been recently approved by the Commissioner of the United States Land Office, at Washing ton, w hose decision in the matter, together with the report of Engineer Duval, is now on file iu the United states Surveyor General’s office, at Ta'lahassee. This resurvey, made under many difficulties and despite numer ous impediments, presented by parties whose interests depended upon the establishment of the locations made by United states Deputy Surveyors Washington and Kaudolph, which have stood intact for over 50 years, throws all lands, heretofore represented and sold as government lauds, north of the McQueen grant into t lie body or the lie Wees grant, and was made about two years ago, since which time every effort that interest aud hu man ingenuity could suggest has been made by the interested parties to contest it and have it set aside, and the former locations re tained. The commissioner, in his elaborate decision, declares that the accretions and de cretions of land by the action of the adjacent water, upon which the accuracy of the re survey largely depended, have been “so in telligently illustrated” by Engineer Duval in his report, and that he executed his duties “with such evident impartiality,” that he (the commissioner) is constrained to approve the re-survey, and allow (.0 days’ notice (which lias doubtless leen officially given) to the parties adversely interested to appeal from his decision. A NEW KIND OF DEADHEAD. Queer Freight which Express Compa nies Often Find on Their Hands. AVir York Telegram. “Oh, yes, corpses are shipped every day by express,” said the manager of one ot the large express companies in this city. “In most instances some of the friends or relatives of the deceased accompany the coffin on the same train, hut very often we take a corpse the same as we would any article of merchandise. Of course we do not take them ‘collect on delivery,’ unless it should be the re mains of someone who has left consider able wealth behind, or when the person who attends to the shipping is well known to us. It is necessary to be very particu lar on this point. 1 have known express companies to get into a bad pickle by tak ing a corpse ‘C. O. D.’ Of course we charge more for shipping a corpse than any other kind of freight, and require a deposit to insure luneral expenses in case it should be left on our hand. “We do this because there have often been cases where express companies had to pav for the burial. Not long ago a corpse was shipped here from Cincinnati. It wus consigned to a family living in Fiftieth street, but they re I used to allow it in the house, as the brother of the dead mail, who had lived at this place, had moved away no one knows where. So we were obliged to bury it.” “I know of several other mistakes simi lar to this. About a year ago a man com mitted suicide in Detroit. He was a hotel clerk and considerable money was found upon him.liesides a card with the address of a family living in Brooklyn. It was known that his wife lived with her father and mother in Brooklyn, and it was concluded that it was her address that was on the card Acting on this supposition his re main’s were snipped to the address. Early one morning a few days afterward, the ex press wagon landed the coffin at the door. In the meantime, however, the people had been notified of the shipment by tele graph Thev refused to allow the casket ui ttie boose,' saving they had never heard ot the man. The express company were compelled to employ an undertaker to keep the body on ice while the case was 1 investigated. The dead man’s wife was * inallv found, but as she had been ill >*£ed by her husband, 6he refused to in tr. ♦ cereielf Rbout the burial of his body, teres. fox iho express people the Fortune -<t sufficient money to pay his man had to funeral expens % man died at Hot “Last summer . - his death he Springs, Ark. ’liable property stated that he owned * d -*hl>ed state menth" wJs ’believed and forth*: rea !™ Se P Sn du iot'lv <*„.•. worth of either real or personal property. The Chilian Government has declared a— •* extermination agrnnM ShunTtasof this bird of prey has become, under the circumstances, a lucrative business, though it seems doubtful, if one considers ilie astoifnding powers of the bird and its w on derful habits, that the government can or ill ever destroy the species, shooting the condor on the wing Is almost ost of the question, for Heads to altitudes far beyond tlie reach of tVisa human 6vc and roosts ou above IJjc clouds It has been seen at altitudes of 20,000 f2t It haunts the whole western slope of the Andes—not only Chili, but Peru, Bolivia and K T itterlv the birds have so m form a scourge, notwithstanding he Uys but two eggs at Vnd that condor hunting! lias been a lucrative calling tot more than a century. FOLLETT’S FIREBRAND. THE HOUSE ALREADY WADING IN GORE. A Motion to Impeach United States Marshal IV right on Account of the Outrages in the October Election In Ohio Strikes Dismay Into the Hear s of the Kepuhlican Henchmen. Washington, Dec. 2.— in the Senate to-day, after the reading of the journal, W. P. Sheffield, the new Senator from Rhode Island, was sworn in. The Chair laid before the Senate the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Comp troller of the Currency, and the report of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, containing a statement of all judgments rendered by that court during the past year. Mr. V est offered a resolution directing an investigation by the Committee on Indian Affairs of all leases of land in Indian Terri tory for grazing or other purposes by Indian tribes, the number of acres embraced in said leases, tneir terms, and the persons or cor porations becoming the lessees; also directing the committee to investigate all the circum stanres under which the leases were made, the means used in obtaining the leases re ferred to, and whether such leases were authorized by law. The resolution went over until to-morrow. The Senate then entered on consideration of bills upon its calendar, but without, result, and at 1:45 o’clock adjourned till to-mo rrow. IN THK HOUSE. In the House to-day, Mr. Wilson, of Xowa, presented the credentials of 11. G. Smith as member elect from the seventh lowa district, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna tion of John A. Kasson. Mr. Smith app Jared at the bar of the House and took the oa.th of office. Mr. Follett. of Ohio, as a question of privilege, presented the following preamble and resolution: “I do impeach Lot Wright, United States Marshal of the Southern Dis trict of Ohio, of high crimes and m isde meanors. I charge him with usurpation of power and violation of the law, in that he ap pointed a large number of general and special Deputy Marshals, to serve at the several voting precincts in the citv of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, at the election for members of Congress held in said city on Oct. 14, 1884, and arming said Deputv Mar shals with pistols and other deadly weapons said to have been furnished by the War De partment of the United Stales government; in that a large number of Deputy Marsh als so appointed and armed were notorious crimi nals and men of known vicious and brutal habits and reputation, and many of them non-residents of said city of Cincinnati and of said State of Ohio, and in that saiti Deputy Marshals, acting under h s orders and directions, aided, abetted and encouiagcd fraudulent voting, intimidation of voters and gross outrages upon the elective franchise and rights of the honest voters of said city in the furtherance of the interests of a political party and its candidates; there fore, Ilenolred , That the Committee on Expend itures in the Department of Justice be re quired and directed, ns soon as the same can lie reasonably done, to investigate such charges and report to this House as follows: “Fire/. How many Deputy Marshals, general and special, were appointed and authorized by Untied States Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio to serve at the several voting precincts of said city at said election, with the name and residence of each, and the voting precinct to which each was assigned. “ Second . \\ hat citizens, if any, of said sev eral precincts asked for the appointment of such Deputy Marshals, with the nstmes of such citizens and the reasons, if any, which were assigned for such request. “Third. Whether auy, and if so how many, such Deputy Marshals have, prior to such ap pointment, been accused or convicted of crime, • r were men of known vicious and brutal habits and reputations. “Fourth. Whether saiil Deputy Marshals were under direction and control of partisans and used the powers vested in them in the iutercst of any political party and aided, countenanced and encouraged fraudu lent and illegitimate voting in the interest of sucli political party and its candidates. “Fifth. What numiicr and kind of pistols or other deadly weapons were put into the hands of said Deputy Marshals, who furnished such weapons, whence they were received, why furnished, and how many such weapons have been returned,together w'itli the names of such Deputy Marshals as have failed to return the weapons furnished them. “ Sixth. What amount of money has been paid to such Deputy Marshals, and by whose orders was the same paid, and at what rate per day. “Seeenth. Any other matter or thing con nected with or germaine to the general sub ject of such investigation. “Resolved, That in making such investiga tion the said committee be empowered to aii l>oint a sub-committee consisting of the Chairm n of said committee, and such other two m< mbers thereof as lie may select, which sub committee shall have full power to meet and hold its session at such times and places as may seem proper, to semi for persons amt papers, to compel the attendance of witnesses to testify, to employ a stenographer and to incur any and all such necessary and reason able expenses as may lie deemed requisite for the purposes of such investigation, such ex penditures to be paid out ot tlie contingent tuna of the House.” MK. HEIFER OBJECTS. Mr. Keifer, of Ohio, made a point of order against the reception of the resolution. The resolution, he said, was a proposition to in vestigate charges against an officer of the United States. It was not a question of im peachment which was presented, and it would not make the resolution in order to say that it looked toward impeachment. Mr. Follett said that in the preparation of this resolution he had adopted the form fur nished by the Thirty-ninth Congress when charges were preferred against President An drew Johnson. The House certainly had a right to inquire into the conduct of an officer with a view of impeaching an officer whom it had a right to impeach. The Speaker thought that under all pre vious rulings the resolution presented matter of privilege, and the House could determine for itself how far the investigation should be proceeded with and what committee should have charge of it. 11c thereupon overruled the point of order. A long debate ensued, several Republican members endeavoring to have the inquiry ex tended. Mr. Follett said that the simple question presented to the committee for investigation was whether certain officers had or had not performed one of the highest possible duties of an officer of the government—the protection of the ballot in pursuance of the law. or in known violation of it. That and that only did he desire that the House should be informed upon. KEIFER LEAPS INTO THE BREACH. Mr. Keifer thought that before the House should prepare to impeach the United States Marshal in Cincinnati, it was important that it should know the whole situation sur rounding that officer when he undertook to provide that there should he a peaceable elec tion. where all persons, of all races, might go and cast their ballots. At the very time when these Deputy Marsha's were appointed in Cin cinnati there were going about the streets of that city officers, or men pretending to be of ficers, of that municipal corporation, seizing men simply because they were colored men. locking them tip by hundreds, ami keeping them there until the polls closed on Oct. 14. He might not be entirely correct, but the newspa pers stateu that iu one station house in Cin cinnati 300 colored, men against whom nothing was alleged, were held through election day in order that thev could not go lo the polls and vote. It ought to he known what condi tion of things surrounded this United States Marshal, and he would like to amend the res olution so as to widen the scope of the investi gation. This broadening of tlie scope of the investigation would help the House to learn whether tlie Marshal had acted wisely and prudently. A RALLY AROUND THE LEADERS. .1. D. Taylor, of Ohio, favored tlie broaden ing of the investigation, aud made allusion to the terrifying of colored men ou election day. Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, regretted that the investigation stopped at the Ohio river. If it passed beyond tlie continesof that stream and went down the Mississippi, sjiending a few hours in South Carolina, Alabama, Mis sissippi and in other Southern states, where no regard was paid to how a ballot was cast or counted, he would be delighted. j. D. Wise, of Virginia, said that he had a resolution prepared looking to an investiga tion of the election in a Southern State. Mr. Miller said that while he believed that in the Southern States they had tried to kill and destroy, the shotguu had been laid aside temporarily, but they Kept up the practice of counting their men in without regard to the ballot cast. Mr. Keifer asked leave to offer an amend ment directing the Committee on Expendi tures in the Department of Justice to inves tigate all the circumstances attending the re cent election of members of the House of Representatives Dorn the First and Second districts of Ohio, but Mr. Follatt refused to yield. MR. FOLLETT IMMOVABLE. Mr. Follett also declined to yield to Mr. HiscocK, of New York, who desired to offer an amendment enabling the Marshal to bring forward facts justifying or explaining his action. Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, in reply to Mr. Miller, expressed his willingness to pro mote the investigation of the election in aDy Southern State. Air. Hiscock made another rain attempt to have his amendment considered. He said that as the resolution was drawn the Marshal ■as excluded from any opportunity to give ' ex-use for his action. The resolution did not involve a {question of intent on the Dirt of the Marshal, and he thought that it shc'jld be amended in this respect so that the Marshal might show that he acted in good * a The resolutions were adopted without di vision. . . G. D. Wise, of Virginia, asked unanimous consent to offer a resolution for an investiga tion cl the conduct of the United States Mar shal for the Eastern ilistrictof \ lrgima dur ing the recent election. Mr. Reed, of Maine, objected. Mr Reagan, of Texas, called up the inter state commerce bill, and the House proceeded Reagan offered as a substitute for the bill re ported by the Committee on Commerce last session the bill generally known as the Reagan hill, and entered into an exhaustive comparison of the two measures, his remarks being listened to with great attention. At the conclusion of Mr. Reagan s remarks the House at 4:IQ o’clock adjourilCO, SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1884. POLYGAMY’S SUPPRESSION. The Utah Commission Makes a Hep art with Many Kecomiuendationg. Washington, Dee. 2.—The Utah Com mission have made a report to the Secre tary of the Interior, in which they say that they believe that the operation of the Edmunds act has resulted in the exclu sion of all polygamists from the polls, yet as a result of their two years’ experience they find that the effectiveness of the act has not been to improve the tone of Mor mon preaching or to materially diminish the practice of polygamy. The past year has witnessed a polygamic revival. The institution is boldly and defiantly com mended, and plural marriages are re ported to have increased, 196 males and 263 females having entered polygamy since the passage oi the law. Regarding the Edmunds act as a tenta tive measure the commission have sug gested to the President additional legisla tion in the nature of amendments already adopted by the Senate, and their passage by the House is strongly urged. THE ELECTIVE OFFICES. Other legislation is also suggested in the direction of a redirection oi the num ber ol elective officers and an increase of the government appointees. The com mission says that it is not unlikely that the Federal Government will find it nec essary to assume all civil power in the Territory. The commission submit a list of Territorial officials, including Probate Judges, County Clerks, etc., who should be appointed by'the Governor and confirmed by the Commission. It is re commended that the jury law be changed to meet the spirit of the Edmunds law, and the jurisdiction of the courts ex tended, particularly in the punishment of contemptuous witnesses, and that the lim itation act be repealed so far as relates to polygamy. Legislation is also recom mended looking to the security of govern ment witnesses. THE REVENUE MARINE. A Fine Showing for the Year Made in tlie Chief's Annual Report. Washington, Dec. 2—The Chief of the United States Revenue Marine, in his re port to the Secretary of the Treasury upon the operations of that service for the past year, says: The work of the year represents a high av erage as compared with tornier years. The revenue vessels have covered in their cruising an average of 217.842 miles. They have board ed and examined in their duty of enforcing the provisions of the customs and navigation laws 26,282 vessels of the merchant service. O f the merchant vessels they found 2,270 engaged in violating i,he law, which they either seized or reported to the proper authorities. The flues and penalties to which vessels so reported were liable limb r the law amounted to s6*3 642. RELIEF WORK. The relief work performed by vessels of the revenue mariue excels that of any former year. They assisted 246 merchant vessels which were shipwrecked or m distress, valued with their cargoes at $7,015,572. Upon vessels thus ossidted were 3,300 persons, many of whose lives were imperilled. Sixty-three persons were saved from drowning by being Picked out of the water. Among the relief work of the year is recorded tlie gallant service done by the Dexter and her officers on the occasion of the wreck of the City of Columbus in January last. The cost of con ducting the revenue marine service for the year is $851,311, which isaboul the average for a number of years. The report notes the fact that the assessed amount of tines upon vessels apprehended through the efforts of this ssrvice during the vear is almost as great as the whole cost of maintaining it, while the value of property rescued through its instrumentality is eight and a quarter times as great. GRANT’S PENSIONING. The Ex-Bresident Represented as Get ting; Nothing from thie Gift Fund. Washington, Dec. 2.—A near friend of the President states that his reason for recommending that Gen. Grant be placed on the pension list was that he knew Gen. Grant to be in very embarrassed cir cumstances. The $250,0C0 Grant fund was invested, at the suggestion of the late ex- Gov. E. D. Morgan, in Wabash Railway bonds, Mr. Morgan guaranteeing 6 per cent, interest lor ten years; but the bonds do not yield any in terest, and the Morgan estate is so involved that it is difficult, if not im possible, for the executors to make good the guarantee; besides the ten years period will expire within the next two years. Gen. Grant caunot sell the bonds, and so is practically without pecuniary re sources. It is understood that Senator Logan will shortly introduce a bill placing Gen. Grant’s name on the pension list, and that it will bo pressed in both houses. The bill will be offered in this shape, and not as a proposition to place Gen. Grant on the retired list, because the latter would be amended so as to place Fitz John Porter and others on the retired list. A SLICE OF KEIFER’S CHEEK. He Falsely Avers that the Democrats will Scali* Eaton's Commission. Washington, Dec. 2.—Mr. Keifer is in a very malignant mood. He feels his severe chastisement keenly. Neverthe less, his remarkable cheek enabled him to come to the front on the Republican side to-day. “The leader of the left,” as a Democrat wittily remarked in defense of the illegal acts of Marshal Wright, of Cincinnati. He was aided by Messrs. Reed and Boutelle, of Maine. To-night the following interview with Mr. Keifer ap pears in a local paper: “Ex-Speaker Keifer says the Democrats in Congress determined long ago to do away with the Civil Service Commission iu the event of the election of their candidate for President, and he thinks that they will attempt to nullify the law by refusing an appropriation to enforce it. He says that such an attempt will be fought by the Republicans.” Of course Mr. Keifer’s statement is false. The Democrats have no such intention as he attributes to tbem. They will not abolish the Civil Service Commission, nor will they enfeeble it in any way. A FIGHT AGAINST CROSBY. .Montana Foes Trying to Keep Him Out of Hatton’s Late Position. Washington, Dec. 2.—The confirma tion of ex-Gov. Crosby, of Montana, as First Assistant Postmaster General is not to be consummated without some opposi tion, and it may be that the opposition will prove slrong enough to defeat the confirmation. It seems that Mr. Crosby antagonized some of the leading Republi cans in Montana during his administra tion as Governor, and these men, headed by the Chairman of the Republican State Committee, are determined to be revenged upon him. Friends ol Mr. Crosby state that while Gov ernor of the Territory he preferred charges against and secured the removal of sev eral Federal office holders, and that they have attempted to balance the account bv tiling counter-charges against him with the Post Office Committee of the Senate. Mr. Maginnis, the Delegate from Mon tana, is, however, an earnest supporter of the ex-Governor, and he will use his Influ ence with the Democrats in the Senate in Mr. Crosby’s behalf, and it is believed that he will be confirmed. AID FOR EDUCATION. Mr. Willis to Get the Blair Bill Before the House This Session. W ashington, Dec. 2. — Representative Willis expects to push the educational bill to passage in the House this session. He has written letters to the friends of the bill asking them to meet at the Metro politan Hotel on Wednesday or Thursday to consider the best method of securing its consideration. The Senate bill, it is desired, should be adopted by the House, but it would be impossible to get it before the House this session under the regular order. The House bill, however, is well up on the calendar, and Mr. Willis’ plan is to move to take up the House bill and then to substitute for it the Blair bill, with some slight alterations, which have been agreed to. He says that he is sure of the support ot a majority, but the Re publicans will be more nearly a unit for it than will his own party. KELLEY ox the yvr6ng tack. He Favors Free Whisky and Tobacco, with Unchanged Import Taxes. Washington, Dec. 2.—Representative Wm. D. Kelley has been too unwell to attend the sessions of the House. He is not, however, too unwell to condemn the tariff recommendations of Secretary Mc- Culloch vigorously. He says that there Is no further need of a tariff commission. The Hayei tariff commission collected all the information that Congress needed in order to legislate on the tariff question, and Congress passed a good tariff bill on its recommendation. What the business interests of the country now demand is immunity from Congressional interfer ence. Let the. internal revenue taxes be repealed and sufficient tax reduction will be accomplished. RIVERS AND HARBORS. The Appropriation to be Held Down to au Aggregate or $8,000,000. W ashington, Dec. 2.—At the meeting of the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors to-day it was resolved to endeav or to have the bill providing for appropri ations for the improvements of rivers and harbors prepared so that it might be re ported to the House of Representatives by< Jan. 15. The committee decided to make as far as practicable an appropriation oi 25 per cent, of the estimates made by the corps of army engineers, and to limit if possible the aggregate to $8,000,000. Tallapoosa Survivors to be Recom pensed. Washington, Dec. 2.—A bill was in troduced in the Senate to-day by Mr. Hawley for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the Tallapoosa. The bill pro vides that in order to reimburse the sur vivors of the wreck of the Tallapoosa for the losas incurred in that disaster, there shall be paid to them the following sums: To the Lieutenant Commander, two Lieutenants, the Ensign, Passed As sistant Engineer and Passed Assistant Paymaster. $ 1,000 each; to the three mates, carpenter and pay clerks, S7OO each, and to the other survivors of the wreck SIOO each. It is also provided that the legal representatives of Surgeon Black, Sea man O’Donnell and Landsman Foster, who lost their lives in the disaster, shall receive a sum equal to the pay of each of those persons for one year, in’ addition to whatever sum may have been due them at the time of their death. The Visit to the Soldiers' Homes. Washington, Dec. 2.—The sub-commit tee oftheHouse Committee on Military Af fairs, appointed to visit the different sol diers’ homes during the last recess, will report to the full committee in. a short lime. The members of the sub-commit tee say that the homes were found to be in good condition. At the Dayton Home the charges of tyranny and overbearance against Manager Patrick were investi gated. Some of the members ot the sub committee now favor a change in the management of the home. A majority will probably recommend that no change be made. Pennions for Mexican Veterans. Washington, Dec. 2.—Chairman Mat son, of the House Committee on Invalid Pensions, said to-day that he believed that the Mexican pension bill would be taken up within a short time, and passed with slight amendments, that there could be no political objections to it now, and that it contained some revisions of exist ing laws which recommended the passage of the bill without delay. Republican Senators in Caucus, Washington, Dec. 2.—After the ad journment of the Senate, the Republican Senators held a brief caucus. Senator Manderson was selected for the chairman ship of the joint Committee on Printing, a chairmanship which lor years was tilled by Senator Anthony. The caucus com mittee of the last session to consider the order of business was reappointed. ■\ National Railway Coimulsxion. Washington, Dec. 2.—The House will, it is believed, pass the inter-State commerce commission bill, which pro vides for a railway commission with pow ers similar to those of the Massachusetts railway commission, in preference to the Reagan bill. It may pass the Senate. The Postmastei'sliips. Washington, Dec. 2.—Postmaster General Hatton says that he would fill every post office whose postmastei’s term expires up to March 3, but the President is credited with saying that after Feb. 1 he will tiil no post office vacancies. Not to l>e Extended. Washington, Dec. 2.—The House will not extend the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission. GEORGIA’S LEGISLATURE. The Senate Orders the Local Option Bill Printed as Amended. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2.—ln the Senate to day, a resolution offered by Mr. Falligant was adopted, making Mr. Cabaniss Presi dent pro tem. for the purpose ol signing urgent bills. The general local option bill was taken up and the discussion resumed. When the end was reached, the bill was amended aud ordered printed. A num ber of bills from the House and Senate were read the second time, after which the Senate adjourned. Iu the House, Mr. Herndon offered a resolution to shut off new bills unless in troduced by unanimous consent. It was referred. Mr. Gustin offered a resolution to give the electoral college the use of the hall to-morrow, saying that the ceremony was one of great importance and many desired to witness it. Mr. Lumpkin opposed on the ground that the Legislature should attend to their legislative dvties. Mr. HarrisoD, ot Quitman, suggested that it was the duty of the executive au thorities to furnish the college with a place to cast its votes. After much discussion the resolution was defeated. Mr. Galvin offered a resolution that Clerk Hardin would do well to employ lady clerks in the enrolling department. Messrs. Felton and Lamar of Pulaski, assisted Mr. Calvin, while several spoke against the measure. The resolution passed. BRUNSWICK’S NEWS. To Jail for Life—lnsurance Adjusters— Brunswick and Western’s Ownership. Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 2.— Mike Fra zier, colored, was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court to-day and sentenced to hard labor for life. The adjusters of insurance companies have been here and made liberal settle ments. J. B. Wright & Cos., A. Kaiser & Bro., A. Isaacs, J. Matthews, the Masonic Lodge and Crovatt & Cos. will rebuild immediately. It is rumored that the sale of the Bruns wick and Western Railroad has been frustrated and that the Frankfort Com mittee, with certain parties here and at Albany, will take charge soon. AT THE STATE CAPITAL. The Capitol Comiuisssion Meets but Beaches no Important Conclusion. Atlanta, Dec. 2.—The Capitol Com mission was in session this afternoon. All the members were present with the exception of Mr. Miller, who is detained at home on account of sickness in his family. The matter of selecting a Super intendent was under consideration. Quite a number of applications were read but no definite action was taken, anil nothing else of importance was done. COMMERCIAL CRASHES. An Atlanta Clothing Dealer Makes an Assignment. New York, Dec. 2.—S. W. Thornton, keeper of a general store at Talbotton, Ga., has been closed by the Shrieff. Isaac Steinheimer, a clothing dealer of Atlanta, has made an assignment. Florida on the Wire. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 2.—The first carload of exhibits from this section will leave the city Friday for the New Or leans Exposition. Among the articles were 165 varieties of wood grown in Flor ida, and a large number of medicinal plants. There were 21 deaths in this citv during November. A large number of suspicious persons have recently arrived here. The State board of canvassers declare the result in Florida on the Presidential electors as follows; Cleveland 31,769, Blaine 28,031, St. John 74, Cleveland’s plurality 3,738. Misguided Irishmen. New York, Dec. 2.— The Committee on Organization of the Independent Irish-Americans met this evening and de cided to continue the Assembly district organizations under the name of the Irish-American Protective Union. They also adopted an address to their fellow countrymen urging them to organize Irish-American Protective Union Clubs everywhere in the United States to resist English free trade. LEMAN GIVEN THE SEAT. GOV. HAMILTON MAKES THE ILLINOIS SENATE A TIE. A Rumor that a Republican Friend will Cast the Vote Which will Make Morrison Logan’s Successor—The Al leged Frauds to be Vigorously Prose cuted. Springfield, 111., Dec. 2.—Gov. Ham ilton has rendered a decision in the Le man-Brand case. After an elaborate re view of the evidence and a citation of authorities, he awards the certificate of election to Leman, the Republican candi date for State Senator in the Sixth dis trict. The decision of Gov. Hamilton is a very long one. rounding the return of the election judges in the Second precinct of the Eighteenth ward, and the manner in which fraud was per petrated as set forth by conclusive evidence, written and oral, before the State canvassing board. The Governor also used as the basis for Ins decision the Second precinct tally sheet and poll book. He expressed the opinion that the signature of Shields, one of the judges, to the tally sheet was forged, as well as that of Dr. Strausser, which was cor roborated by expert testimony in the latter case. He declared from this evidence thet the changes could not have been made for the correction of clerical errors for manifest reasons. BOLD FORGERY COMMITTED. His conclusion was that bold forgery had been committed to cheat the people of the district out of their just rights, and that the object of the erasures was to change the ma jority in the State Legislature and thereby control the election of United States Senator. He said that he could not in his judgment and conscience find that Randolph Brand was “duly elected” in a just or lawful manner, or that he was elected at all. He finds that Mr. Leman received a majority of 394 votes and is therefore elected. He said that the case was without precedent in Illinois, and that he based his opinion upon the right and duty of canvassing hoards to canvass genuine re turns. WORK OF THE GRAND JURY. The Federal grand jury this after noon returned a lortnal report cov ering the investigation thus far made by them with respect to the alleged frauds in the Sixth Senatorial district. The report declares that the examina tion of the P2jl book and tally sheet shows undoubted evidence ot forgery and fraud. From the examination of the ballots, la connection with the returns, the report says: It became at once apparent to us that a crime, whose boldness and wickedness was only equalled by its grossness, had been com mitted. In other words, there had been ab stracted over 200 ballots cast at said election and bearing the name of a candidate for Rep resentative in Congress from the envelope in which the ballots cast in said precinct were enclosed after and on the night of the election, and there had been substituted in their place an equal number of spurious and false ballots which were never voted. Mr. Leman makes public to-night his reply to the open letter sent last night by Rudolph Brand, his Democratic oppo nent, proposing a recount of the votes throughout the entire district, and a final determination of the contest by the testi mony of the voters. Mr. Leman declines the proposition, claiming that the pro ceedings proposed is illegal and would be void if carried out, and concludes by say ing that inasmuch as the Governor has declared him legally elected, and will issue a certificate to him, he (Leman) will submit to no tribunal except the State Senate. NO INDICTMENTS PRESENTED. It is reported to-night that none of the indictments returned by the grand jury to-day had any connection with the al leged election frauds, that thus far no such indictment has been presented to the court, and that the investigations of yesterday and to-day have gone far to convince the grand jury that indictments against certain judges and clerks of the election are not warranted, and will be annulled unless they are further impli cated by subsequent testimony. The Times will say to-morrow that 8. B. AYright, of the printing firm of Hans com & Cos., testified before the grand jury to-day that J. C. Mackin, Secretary ol the Democratic County Committee, gave the order for the bogus Eighteenth ward bal lots, that they were printed in Hanscom & Co.’s establishment and delivered to Mr. Mackin iu his room at the Palmer House at 10 o'clock at night on Nov. 21, At a meeting of the committee of 30 citizens this afternoon, appointed to prosecute inquiries into the alleged ballot stuffing in the Second precinct of the Eighteenth ward, it was resolved to in crease the number to 80, to raise a fund of $25,000 for the pursuit of its work, and to offer a reward of not less than $5,000 for information leading to the conviction oi the guilty parties. J. C. Mackin being interviewed regard ing his supposed testimony before the Federal grand jurv that he ordered the printing of the bogus Eighteenth ward ballots, neither affirmed or denied its truth, but said that it would give him great pleasure to be called on by the grand jury to testify on that point. MORRISON TO SUCCEED LOGAN. Washington, Dec. 2.—Friends of Wil liam R. Morrison claim that he will be elected Logan’s successor through a friendship with a Republican State Sen ator. L ABOR’S STRUGGLE 1 OR BREAD Steel Works Employing 5,000 Men to Shut Down. Pittsburg, Dec. 2.—Edgar Thompson’s steel works, employing 5,000 men, closes down the latter part of next week and will remain idle until after the holidays, unless there is an unexpected rush ot orders. .$42,000 PER MONTH SAVED. Lists of reductions In the working forces of the Pennsylvania Railroad lines were finished to-day, and the employes whose services were to he dispensed with, were immediately notified. The reduction in cludes 664 trackmen, 225 shopmen, 74 train men, 83 stationmen and laborers, and 60 clerks, making in all over 1,100 men, whose discharge will save the company $42,000 per month. El Mahdi’s Catholic Captives. Dongola, Dec. 2.—A Canuchin monk, Father Vincentini, has started for El Mahdi’s camp to solicit the release of several monks and nuns. He bears a dispatch from the Austrian Consul Gen eral at Cairo addressed to his Mighty Highness, the Mahdi, expressing the soli citude of the Emperor of Austria for the release of the captives, and offering to largely reimburse the expenses attendant upon their release. Failing to release the monks and nuns El Mahdi is requested to give Father Vincentini safe conduct through his lines, and to allow other emissaries to go to and fro for the comfort of the captives. The dispatch promises that the emissaries will concern them selves neither in politics nor the war. 200 ENGLISHMEN SICK. Cairo, Dec. 2.—Two hundred English men are sick with enteric fever at Wady Haifa. Clerk Smith Put Under Arrest. Richmond, Va., Dec. 2.— William R. Smith, Chief Clerk in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, who was suspended by Auditor Morie upon the discovery of irregularities in that office, was arrested at 10 o’clock to-night, charged with the embezzlement of State funds. Two warrants were issued on affidavits of Chief of Police Poe, in which the amounts alleged to have been embez zled aggregate $1,615. Smith will be brought before tne Police Court to morrow morning, when an effort will be made to have him bailed. The special committee of the Legislature appointed to investigate the Auditor’s office to ascertain the extent of the de falcation will begin its labor in a day or two. A. S. Hewitt to Succeed Lowell. London, Dec. 2. —lt is reported here that Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, of New York, is probably to be the successor of United States Minister Lowell. The Fall Mull Gazette says that Mr. Hewitt’s emi nent position as a philanthropist, and his trade views, fit him exceedingly for the position, but whoever comes to England will find Mr. Lowell a very difficult man to succeed. Mr. Lowell denies the report telegraphed from Vienna, Nov. 27, that he intended sending his resignation to President Cleveland, and maintains a close reserve upon the question of his re tirement from the Embassy. President Diaz’s Cabinet. City of Mexico, Dec. 2.—President Diaz has appointed the following Cabinet! Minister of Foreign Relations—Senor Ignacio Mariscal, now Minister to Eng land, Minister of War—Gen. Pedro Hinojosa. Minister of Justice—Senor Joauuin Ba randa. Minister of the Treasury—Senor Manuel Dublan. Minister of the Interior—Senor Manuel Romero Rubio. The Minister of Public W orks has not yet been appointed. HUNTED DOWN LIKE AN ANIMAL. Murpby’s Murder Accomplished by a Pack of Foes Who all Fired at Once. New Orleans, Dec. 2.—A. J. Murphy, who was shot last night, was superinten dent of a gang of men working on Clai borne street. He was sitting on bis door step when two officers of Judge Ford’s court appeared on one side, and while he was looking at them two men in citizen’s dress and one police officer came round the corner in another direc tion and shot at him, each man having a revolver. Murphy jumped into the street and finally got his revolver out and returned their fire. After empty ing his revolver he ran around the corner of Dumaine street, where he was shot down aud killed. He received five wounds, either of which might have been fatal. The following persons were arrested and charged on information received with be ing implicated in the murder: Recorder T. J. Ford and his brother, Patrick 11. Ford, Court Officers AY. E. Canfield. Charles Bader and W. H. Buckley, and Policeman John Murphy. . AN OLD FEUD THE CAUSE. Bad blood had existed between Ford and Murphy for a long time. Some months ago Murphy was arrested charged with a breach of the peace. Recorder Ford fined him $25, with the alternative of 30 days imprisonment, the Recorder stating from the bench that Murphy was a hoodlum, dead beat and city employe. Murphy paid his fine and a few days later placarded Ford, making some very damaging statements af fecting his character. For this the grand jury indicted Murphy for libel. The cagjwas fixed for Thurs day next. Murphy and his counsel, since the indictment, have asserted that thev could prove the truth of the alleged libel. Ford denies all knowledge of the shooting. A man named Fleming, who was sitting on the steps with Murphy, was slightlv wounded. REVERSES FOR M. FERRY. The Chamber of Deputies Rebels Against Some of the Government’s Plans. Paris, Dec. 2.—The Chamber of Depu ties to-day, by a vote of 372 against 175, carried the amendment which places members of the Senate upon the same footing as members of the Chambsr of Deputies regarding the incompatibility between the membership of Parliament and the holding of other public functions. The Deputies also by a vote of 260 against 246 adopted an amendment providing for the election of Senators by universal suffrage and scrutin d’liste. M. Renault Morlier, Secretary of the Chamber aud reporter of the committee, tendered his resignation as reporter, the Ministers having opposed both amend ments. The debate was then adjourned till Thursday. A special Cabinet council has been called to be held at the Palace of the Elysee to-morrow to take into considera tion the above defeats of the government by the Deputies. THE MINISTRY TO RESIGN. The announcement of the resignation of the Ministry was prematurely cried upon the boulevards last evening. M. Brisson, President of the Chamber ol Deputies, is freely mentioned as the probable successor of Prime Minister Ferry. ENGLAND’S NEW LAWS. Conservatives Discuss the Proposed Re forms at a Farty Caucus. London, Dee. 2.—A meeting of the Conservative members of both houses of Parliament was held to-day to decide up on the policy tobepursued with reference to the redistribution bill. The Marquis of Salisbury stated that perfect harmony had prevailed throughout the negotiations with Premier Gladstone regarding the bill. The contemplated measures, he said, would confer the franchise on 2,000,- 000 citizens with the least possible dis turbance of the existing system. Sir Stafford Northcote concurred in the Marquis oi Salisbury’s views, but Mr. Henry Chaplin, member of Parliament for Mid-Lincolnshire, dissented. He thought that the measures offered little hope to the Conservative party. The meeting decided that the Conservatives should agree to the second reading of the redistribution bill in the House ot Com mons on Thursday, deferring all discus sion of its principles till the bill comes up tor consideration in committee. CLEVELAND’S HAUNTED HOUSE. Strange Visions Seen In the Residence of Shlpherd, the Suicide. Cleveland, Nov. 29.—A sensational story is afloat concerning the stone-front mansion on Prospect street formerly owned and occupied by James R. Ship herd, the milliner, who committed suicide while under sentence to the workhouse. The account is here set down as it was given to the New York Times’ correspon dent by a reputable gentleman, and no attempt is made to explain it or vouch for anything that one's reason would re ject. “You know,” said he, “that Sjiipberd was head milliner in a large establishment: that he was caught taking money for his own use, and that be hanged himself while under sentence to the workhouse. He then owned and lived in that house over there, and going to its garret one morn ing threw a rope over a rafter, mounted a trunk, and swung himself into eternitv. The house was sold, and put into the market for a tenant. Among the things left in the residence was this old trunk. Some days alter the sign was put up a man and his wife called to look at the place. It was late in the afternoon, and the kitchen and parlors had been thor oughly examined. Just as thev were about to ascend the stairs the gentleman thought he heard a groan. Leaving his wife at the loot of the stairs, he followed the noise. On reaching the garret he was horrified to see a man hanging from the rafters. He thought it a would-be sui cide, and ran forward to cut the man down, when the whole thing vanished. His wife met him at the foot of the stairs, and noticing his pallor asked if he was ill. He made some excuse, and after entering his carriage informed his wife that the residence would hardly do. Soon after another man, accompanied by a male friend, went to look at the house. They were exam ining the rooms, when one was attracted by a sound as if someone was walking overhead. They went on up stairs, and reaching the garret, saw the form of a man sitting on the trunk with his back to them. The next instant he was gone. They examined the trunk and the garret, thinking a trick was being played on them, but could find no trace ol any per son. A hired man of one of the neighbors is said to have had a similar experience. A dread has extended through the neigh hood. There has been so much quiet talk that the children in passing go by on the other side of the street, the same feeling being held by many older folks. The house still stands without a tenant.” LYNCHERS IN TROUBLE. International Complications Growing Out of the Hanging of a Mexican. About three months ago, says an Omaha (Neb.) special of Nov. 30, Lucian Padillo, a Mexican, who was sent to the Nebraska penitentiary at Lincoln as a convict from New Mexico, was released from prison, his term having expired. He started south on foot, and near Crete, 20 miles from Lincoln, assaulted a little girl. He was captured by citizens of Crete and vicinity, and promptly lynched. His brother, who is quite wealthy, resides in New Mexico, and is a subject of the Mexican Republic, as was also the lynched man. Through the brother the Mexican authorities were notified, and asked to take action, on the ground that Padillo should have been punished according to the law of the land where the crime was committed. In other words, he was en titled to the usual trial, and if convicted his punishment would have been confine ment for a term of years instead of death. The result is that during the past month the United States government, having been duly notified by Mexico, took steps to investigate the matter, and the Mexi can Minister at Washington also inter ested himself. He employed detectives to obtain the names of the lynchers and all other necessary information, and this work has now been accomplished. It is claimed that the United States will be called on not only to pay a large indem nity, but to bring the lynchers to trial. The affair creates considerable excite ment. Durkee’s Salad Dressing and Cold Meat Sauce. The finest mayonaise for meat, fish, agd vegetable salads, and a superb table sauce. It far surpasses any home made dressing. Everybody likes It. SHOT DOWN IN THE STREET. How the Two New Orleans Sisters Avenged Themselves on Their Be trayers. The tragedy on Canal street last even ing, at which two sisters simultaneously shot two prominent young men of this city for alleged betrayal, says a New Or leans special of Nov. 30, is without par allel in the criminal annals of this city. Numbers of tragedies have resulted from the ruin of young girls, but some male member of the family has heretofore acted the role of avenger. That two sisters, young, pretty and lovable, sisters by ties of blood, sisters in misfortune and sisters in a terrible resolution of taking the lives of those wao ruined them, should avenge their dishonor in a calm and determined manner, is so unusual that the affair is now the sensation of the city, and is likely to remain so until another shall usurp its place. The causes leading to the shoot ing, as given by the brother of the girls, are about as follows: John D. Lagan and Joseph A. Devon shire made the acquantauce of Georgiana and Josephine Conway some months ago and soon became intimate with the fam ily. They escorted the sisters to several places of amusement, young Conway al ways going with them. One night when the brother was absent the two young men called and persuaded Mrs. Conway to let them take the girls to AVest Etid to see a pyrotechnic display. AVhen voting Conway was informed of this he told his mother that no exhibition was given on the night in question, and that the two men must discontinue their visits. La gan and Devonshire called when young Conway was absent, and succeeded in making the mother believe that her sou was standing in the way of her daughters’ happiness, and induced her to move into a house on Dumaine street. In a few days the son succeeded in getting his mother returned to his house, but the girls refused to follow, and went to live with the young men. The mother tells sub stantially the same story. The girls say that in the home provided for them by the two men they led miser able lives, suffering for the simplest necessities. Their love received a fatal blow when, after hours of pleading, the men refused to marry them, and when their brother and younger sister came and asked them to return to their mother they willingly complied. Such was the course of events up to last night. Lagan and Devonshire were walking on Canal street, near Baronne. Behind them tripped the two girls, dressed in cir culars, to all appearances merelv taking an evening constitutional. Thev were perfectly calm and collected and gave no indication of their terrible purpose. AVhen the men were opposite Jayne’s con fectionery the girls quickened their steps, and, coming close behind the men, simul taneously drew bulldog revolvers from their cloaks and fired. Georgiana, the elder sister, shot at Lagan, and Josephine selected Devonshire as her target. Josephine’s bullet grazed Devonshire’s back, just turning the skiu. He immedi ately fled, but was quickly followed by an other bullet, which abrased the skin on his neck. The last shot caused him to tall, but he was quickly on his feet and sought refuge in a store. Josephine was caught by someone in the crowd, and after a desperate struggle was disarmed. Lagan was not so fortunate. Georgi ana’s bullet struck him in the small of the back, passed through his kidneys and inflicted injuries that will probably cause his death. As the bullet entered his body, he turned quickly, wheeled, caught the woman’s pistol arm and attempted to wrench the weapon from her grasp. His wound had weakened him, however, and Georgiana was his match in strength. In their struggle they staggered against the confectionery door, forced it open and fell on a centre table in the saloon. AVhile lying across this table the girl fired a sec ond time, the ball entering Lagan’s cheek and shattering the jawbone. Lagan then released the girl, and, walking into the adjoining store, rejoined Devonshire and was conveyed to the hospital. Georgiana was approached by the pro prietor of the confectionery and asked if she was injured. “No, I am not,” she replied. “I fired twice. _ I did it to protect my honor.” Josephine, when arrested, said: “I shot Joseph Devonshire. He is the father of my child. He will not ruin another girl.” The sisters were conveyed to the Central Station and made as comfortable as possi ble. They were visited in their cell by a correspondent to-day, and said they had passed a comfortable night. Georgiana, however, looked somewhat fatigued. Both were perfectly cool, and inquired as to the condition of the wounded men. AVhen told that Devonshire was not hurt, Jose phine expressed regret, saying she was willing to suffer forty years if she had only killed him. Georgiana expressed a similar wish in regard to Lagan. Both saidjliey were en ciente, and added: “we have no statement to make nor aught to explain. AVhat is done could not be helped.” Georgiana Conway is 22 years old, and Josephine 20. Both are pretty brunettes of average height, Geor giana being a trifle the taller and more slender. It is rumored to-night that the girls are of mixed blood and that for this reason the young men refused to marry them. John Lagan is a son of ex-Alder man Mat Lagan, a prominent politician and ioundryman, and had au interest in his father’s business. He was resting easy this evening, but the surgeon expressed little hope. Joseph De vonshire is United States Deputy Marshal. James Conway is a peaceable, quiet young man, of studious and labori ous habits. He clerked during the day and taught school at night, thus support ing his widowed mother and three sisters. He is charged by Devonshire with being accessory to the shooting, and is now in prison. One of Josephine’s bullets struck a gentleman 100 yards from the scene of the shooting, grazing the femeral artery. The wound was dressed, and causes little inconvenience. Public sympathy is en tirely with the young women, and it is probable the only suffering they will undergo will be in lying in prison until their trial. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. Interesting Little Flashes from the Wires Printed in Condensed Form. Col. Thomas Hardeman, formerly of Grena da, the oldest and most prominent Mason in Mississippi, died at Winona, Miss., yesterday aged 86. J It is stated that the French fleet is cholera stricken at Formosa. A quarantine has been established at Saigon. No quarantine has been established at Hong Kong. At a meeting or the County Committee of the New York County Democracy last night it was resolved to attend the inauguration of Cleveland and Hendricks March 4 next. At Madrid all the students at the university refuse to join the classes arranged by the Professors. The situation, howerer, is more pacific, though the students passively resist authority. The Erie Railroad Company has marie an additional cut in rates to all points West of sl. The rate to Chicago now is $9. Brokers are selling at *8 50. The New York Central has met this cut. The reports that have gained currency rela tive to the condition of Emperor William are exaggerated. He has had several falls re cently through weakness of the limbs, but he eats well anti sleeps like a child. The func tions of his brain are not troubled. He takes daily carriage exercise. At the V icksburg, Miss., election yesterday all the regular Democratic nominees, with the exception ol Mayor and one Alderman, were elected. John W. Powell, Independent Dem ocrat, was elected Mayor, and YVestley Cray ton, colored Republican, was elected for Al derman in the Fourth ward. The Chicago Timt* publishes this morning the full text of an agreement made at Chicago a few days ago for the restoration of rates bv the east bound trunk lines. This agreement was signed by the General Passenger \gents subject to the approval by the General Man agers, to whom it will be presented by Com missioner Fink to-day. An unknown man was robbed and mur dered by a gang of thieves 40 miles east of Clarksville, Tex. The gang was overhauled Monday by a posse of officers 80 miles from the scene of the murder. A light ensued in which two of the gang were killed and an other fatally wounded. Two of the pursuing parties were dangerously wounded. At Pittsburg J. M. Kelly, Chairman of the Associated Labor Press, issued a call yester day for a convention to meet at Pittsburg on Jan. 10 to perfect an organization. The asso ciation is composed of labor papers in the United States, Canada and England, who ex change news letters. The call says that im portant matters will come before the conven tion. M. Melene, the French Minis er of Agricul ture. appeared before the tariff committee of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, and ex plained the government’s attitude toward the proposed increase of duty on corn to 2.60 franos per centner. He declared that this sum was to be regarded as the maximum rate only, and that it would be susceptible of reduction or abolition as occasion might permit. A dis patch from Pans says that both Russia and America have protested against the proposed increase of the French duty on corn. The Congo Question. London, Dec. 2.—The Associated Press is informed by the best of authority that England has recognized the African In ternational Association, 1 PRICE SlO A TEAR.) } S O*NTB A OOPV | SWAJM TRIES TOKfLLTIME THE COURT SEES THE TRICK AND STOPS IT. Bateman & Co’s. Original Entry Book* I>rni .tilled In Support of WitnesM Brown'i Statementg—The Copies Held to be Sufficient l>y the Judge—Swaim's Questioning of the Accounts. Washington, Dec. 2.— Upon the open ing of the proceedings before the Swaim court-martial this morning, the Judge Advocate called the attention of the court to the great length of what he termed the interlocutory arguments in this case, and asked for a rule of the court limiting such arguments upon motions, etc., to twenty minutes on each side, except in cases wherein iu the discretion of the court the matter under discussion is of sufficient importance to warrant an extension of time. Judge Sheilabarger, of the counsel for the defense, objected to lie adoption of any such rule. He said that the court can see that the questions which arise in this case from time to time are often of vital importance, and lie hoped that the court would not forget the gravity of tills trial as affecting the. accused or that the accused is enti led to the benefit ol' tlie fullest presentation of his case. He hoped, he said, that no iron rule would be adopted that would cut the accused off from opportunity to make the fullest presentation of his case. The court announced that it would take the question uniter advisement. BATKMAN’B BOOKS. Judge Sheilabarger then read a motion on behalf of the defense relative to the question, pending yesterday, when the court adjourned, whether or not a rule should be made requir ing the .Judge A-ivocate to produce the books of the banking firm of Bateman & Cos. This motion recites that the prosecution having in tiie direct examination of witness Brown put iu evidence an alleged copy of the book ac count, of a prosecuting witness with the accused (meaning the copy furnished toGeu. Swaim by Bateman & Cos., on July 1, 1882), the accuracy of which cannot be fully tested without au examinotion and the inspection of all previous like accounts between the par ties, and, having refused on the demand of the accused to produce such original book entries here for the purpose of cross-examin ing witness Brown, the accused moves the court to rule out and exclude irom evidence an alleged copy of the accounts referred to as having been put in evidence, unless the prose cution bring into court, for the purpose of cross-examination, the original entries in the books of Bateman & Cos. of all accounts of the accused with that firm. The Judge Advocate argued against tho proposed rule. He said that the counsel Tor tho defense knew very well that if the books of the firm of Bateman it Cos. are necessary to the defense for legitimate and proper pur poses they can be obtained by subpuma duces tecum. TUB COURT NOT TO BE FOOLED. He said that the counsel had msde this matter in the middle of tho cross-examination of the witness, apparently with the idea that he could impose upon the judgment of tho court so far as to have the prosecution make the evidence for him for tlie cross-examina tion of this witness. The motion was overruled, and the defense were informed that they could resort to subpicna duces tecum if they desired, and the books will bo pro duced. Witness Brown then resumed his story. He explained more in detail the manner iu which the money obtained by hint as a loan from Gen. Swaim had been placed to his (the wit ness’) credit on the books of Bateinau & Cos., ami afterwards transferred to Gen. Swaim’s credit with Bateman t Cos., when Mr. Brown withdrew from the firm. He was then ex amined at great length as to various stock transactions between Gen. Swaim and Bate man & Cos., and as to the manner In which Gen. Swaim’s accounts were computed. Among tho statements drawn from the witness wa3 . one that Gen. Swaim had frequently complained to him that lie did not understand the ac counts as rendered. The flvst.of these com plaints was mailc, the witness said, when the first account of Goat Swaim’s stock transac tions was rendered, and they continued until the time lie (witness) severed his connection with the bank. The Judge Advocate and his assistant, Mr. Chandler, finally ohjected to the waste of time occasioned by the methods of the defense in examining the witness, and unon their mo tion the defense were notified that whatever objection they made to any part of the ac counts produced in evidence, must bo specific as to items. The court then adjourned. toupuriigs Works Burned. Lawrenueburg, Ind., Deo. 2.—The Bauer Cooperage Company’s works wero burned this morning. The loss of $50,000 is fully covered by Insurance. A TEXAS TOWN DEVASTATED. 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