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RBTABUBBIS 1850. I
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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
tHF M WS ok the two states
TODD IN' PARAGRAPHS.
n,.th Of * Gallant Old Soldier at Dal
t,.n-Th* Horrors of the Griffin Boiler
Mp ,o,ln— Kn.'.arraeeed Grocer* of
lugusta Sell Out for the Good of Their
Creditors.
GEORGIA.
. W ,m Griffin. Ordinary of Twiggs
‘ .jted a few days ago.
t - at a dozen aspirants for the position
A p..-ter at Hawkinsvillc.
y \V. Kesley. of Cochran, lost a roll of
. .j,, ; rung $195 a few days ago.
t . r ■ f the Richmond Hussars at Au
t t o:te<l $l,lOO daring the first three
w T were, T. J. Williamson and H. 8.
re the successful candidates in
; tnie race at Rome Tuesday.
v . r one and a half miles north of
rposes to teach school at 5 cents
i aMe in corn, meat, wheat, etc.
U Wilson, colored, had his left arm
-team gin of W. T. Knowles, at
-t week. The saws ent the bone in
two.
,; Whitehead, of Warrenton, recently
ij for two Hancoek fox dogs. They
and untrained, but of the Pinks
nation for county officers in Taylor
take place on l>ec. 12. All recog
: l>, u >crats will be allowed to vote in
, j: ,j nomination.
of IMck Griten tjuigg. on Mrs. J.
_ - plantation about 1 miles from
-.- t urned Tuesday night. Nothing
■ r two beds were saved.
t ladies in Douglas countv had a
_ ;,t hint Sunday. One was badly used
. tin- other was arrested and had to
f.,r her good behavior in future.
. - Aldermanie election Wednesday
i the retention of all the members
n-< nt touncil except in the Third
n . hich will now he represented by Jas.
A. Dffim.
V • regular meeting Mondav night the
, it of Americas settled the Mitchell
s i case by declaring it no nuisance,
r board of Health to the contrary notwith
standing.
T- • of the workmen on the new Baptist
- at Monroe narrowly escaped being
l ■ the other day. A large piece of slate
the top of the building, missing their
. - barely a hair's breadth,
u 1 rsyth Wednesday Jas. D. Proctor was
Mayor over J. J. Leary bv 15 majority,
r was only nominated the'night before.
T fourths of the negroes, it is estimated,
: r Proctor, while three-fourths of tne
t - supported Leary.
T re is in Americas a man whom the dogs
t lar the sight of. The most ferocious
. will tuck his tail and dart away when
-ee him. By a distortion of his’ under
and drawing back the corners of his
U, dogs will skip away as from a pointed
gun.
An old man named Pitman, living near
w iterville, was lodged in jail Tuesday night
cr three warrants sworn out bybisdaugh
r. the first for assault with Intent to rape,
id the second for incestuous adultery, and a
eace warrant. P.itman is about 55 years
i ld. and has borne a good character up to this
time.
The Rev. David Hines, colored, was tried in
the county court of Dougherty, for whipping
- wife, and was acquitted. There appeared
to no doubt about his having whipped her,
t ut the jury evidently thought, from evidence
br ncht out in the trial, that he had to do it.
ate! lie was therefore acquitted. He plead
his own case.
Haleyondale correspondence News, Dec.3:
T t aliment that Messrs. W. S. Blitcli ,t
l;r . of Eureka, had no insurance on their
-i kof goods burned last week, is found to
. rroneoas. There was an insurance of
s . ii the stock, and their probable loss is
< . about $5OO, as there was only about $2,000
y.-.rth of stock burned.
- nrtly after the machinery was started
W n .-s tay morning, fire was discovered in
t i r room of the Muscogee Manufac
t r ; 4 Company at Columbus, but bv the
t.r ,pt use of the fire apparatus, with which
L,-mills are supplied, it was soon put out.
1 . i image was slight, hut it was a narrow
e- ape from a great conflagration.
1 gin house of T. A. Brown, of Coweta,
na, red -Sunday night by some unknown per-
, but was fortuuately discovered before
an damage resulted. Also, the same night,
ti ■ vacant dwelling house of Mrs. C. L. Da
, which she had cotton stored, was set on
.mi the cotton was considerably darn
i_. i I'cfore it could be extinguished.
A • nit three months ago A. F. Leaptrot, of
county, had his horse injured by fall
. r.iiigh the bridge on the line of Houston
an i b • "unties. He claimed damages from
unties to the amount of $lOO. At the
Birt'tn g and tne Bibb Commissioners on Tues
i , they agreed to give Mr. Leaptrot two
ta.r :-nf the damages, $66 66, leaving Houston
to pay the other third.
.1 .viting horse race occurred in the vi
• !;. ; Mount Pleasant, Henry county, last
> a* owners being Thomas* Glowers and
i V. Glum, of Hampton. Tommie's line yel
v re won the race and carried oflT the ri!>-
. < ating 100 yards in a three-quarter race.
1* - iv stated that James Haud anil James
and will soon have a race between their
in ii:u- speckled horses, provided they can
ure the services of the same two riders.
A b lately. Tuesday, about sundown, the
r- nr- in jail, namely: Berry Lawrence,
rron and Jim Balter, called to the
■r, Air. Chipstead, to bring them some
water, and as soon as the door was opened by
Mr. t lupstead the three men rushed upon
. knocking him down, and made good
t r . - me. They had evidently been fur
"l with tools of some kind, and had
r k> n open their cell doors, and as soon as
!! ■ tr at door was opened, they being in the
a wav, had but little trouble in overpower
ng Mr. Chipstead and “skipping” for other
clime-.
Athens Bt-mer- Watchman". The scourge
w killing so many iieoplein Virginia
la-> • through trankliu county tlicn, now
Bants, in 1*54 or 1855. The physicians did not
nu.T=taud the disease, and all efforts to
v. - kit proved a failure. We recollect one
ntieman living on the Hudson river who
v-; live -randchiluren and about twenty ne
ftr' - He hml two grandsons dead in the
h:.- i. tone time. Nothing that the physi
"t: mid do would stop it, and it seemed
t: it the plantation would soon tie depopu
. until lr. Doster, of Jefferson, was sent
r. ui. l he prepared a medicine that soon
: e't the dreadful scourge.
' * k-ou Law and C. 11. Boyd, book agents,
'-a arrested near LaGrange, charged with
-ued bogus railroad pusses to ne-
Mr. Boyd’s family reside in McDuffie
v. laming of the trouble Juliau Boyd,
rofc.U. Boyd, went to LaGrange to
i- ii the matter, and found that the
>: . ur had been greatly exaggerated. A
r t negroes in the vicinity ol LaGrange
*ere u-irons of emigrating to the West, and
r pp-.-t.-i one or more of the young men to
v rr, ud with parties in Texas or Arkansas
‘.-certain what terms and assistance they
get. This becoming known, the young
a. were arrested for violating the law
i. x -jsl emigrant agents, but when the facts
* v r ertained they were promptly and
r, ity acquitted ami discharged.
t)‘; .ty sheriff Clem Green was Wednesday
Vvpc.EtcT temporary receiver, and as such
v nargeof W. G. Rooinson’s box factory
' Pr r street, at the corner of Hunter
Atlanta. Tuesday one of Mr. Kobtn
- n iitore came to Atlanta and sued out
iv. attachment, but immediately after this
i,tig other creditors appeared, and a
ing for the appointment of a receiver
and Judge Hammond named Mr.
i-temporary receiver, and designated
ni Tinnz as the time when he would
• application for a permanent re
r argued. In the bill asking tor the ap
i - > niol a receiver it is asserted that W.
,J U ci'.in, .Jr., sold out to his brother, and
■at i:.at -ale was fraudulent; that there are
fflertirages on the stock held by John Conley,
.* :i are also fraudulent. The bill also asks
art to restrain the defendants from
'at away with the stock. The assets are
'll <d to lie about $8 000, with the liabilities
here in the neighborhood of $12,000.
Asicusta CAromici*: Rumors were current
'treets yesterday of another failure,
st: , -libation disclosed the fact that the
and popular house of Roberts & Cos.,
*■ -a grocers and liquor dealers, had
'V i their stock to Charles JC. Staples, at
a a. i. it ri.moderation, subject to the mort
- and claims against it. The following is
a -up ment of assets and liabilities:
•'h*:k In trade $23,000; notes
accounts, $43,000, of which
on! v are good, making the total assets
The liabilities for general |inerehn
.-.■•utit to $27,000, and the firm owes the
'..uusta $22,90* 52, secured by uiort
**-■ . I. u. Harris $7 tf. secured by mort
; K. a. Timberlake, $l,lOO 45, secured by
“Wgage; amount of borrowed money un
<cured, f'.ii.coo. or a total liability of $71,-
The members of the Arm, Messrs. W.
' u r?' and James M. Roberts, are popu
lar ad highly esteemed gentlemen in Au
ptst 1. and have the sympathy of the people
! n t:., ir business misfortunes, which have
• -rougbt about by the general depression
-t. ercial circles and their inability to
to ■ * *. the money due them in the country.
u t-lay night when the Central Rail*
r ii [ passenger train rolled into the car shed
Atlanta one of the porters found a large
-j k tied on to the rear platform of the rear
- ii- The sack was swinging from the plat*
* -un, and was only two or three inches front
railroad track. Clots of dirt here and
" "c indicated that the bag had struck the
cirth trout tune to time. An examination re
t--. 1 that the bag was addressed to Coroner
h- -.rn and coDtaine<l four cat*, all alive and
ateowtng vigorously. The train ran at the
taicof forty miles an hour and their berth
was decOn-ily dangerous. In fact so danger*
* jU - that it is thought that each cat lost part,
; >u: n M a ti, 0 f his nine lives, When taken
* r "m the sack ihcy did not seem to realize
-at they were anv better off than when tied
vn teat car. Around the neck of each cat
*=ti i a red ribbon, and to the ribbon was
hed a card on which the cat’s name was
written. On one can! was written “Frank,
-another “Charlie,” on another “Henry"
4a ‘i on another “Jim.” The cats evidently
Zl 1 * sent to Coroner Uilburn by someone
prized them, and who thought that
-yr r.er Uilburn would appreciate the gift.
1 Coroner believes that the cats were sent
“ U 1 -y b.iae Inend in Griffin. He decided,
twt>er, to keap them, and, throwing the
over his bacJt, carried biß cats home.
The boiler explosion on the Wuluroui. place.
Mar Ofian, Tuesday, was a most hideous oc
eurrence. John Vfaldroup, the engineer, had
Pme to Sunny Side cn business and left Bud
Andrews, a colored boy, to run the engine, till
“I s return. Andrews, it is sunpoeed, allowed
** water to run down in the boiler, which
caused the fatal accident. Doc Willis a n
* i . tera *y Mown to pieces, not a
Tlaw; b€ a ,ng found in “"y one
,ou *L d ,n n orchard some
S"" 1fro “ fbe engine. When found.
Ru'd iTiTIJL*** n * I the fragments.
blown 1 al , Bf ' colored, hac his head
mown from his body, and was other-
Talffied l,or to b| y m,,n^,ed - Two mules at
wmkilM.nj M kMWI or. cotton
Sv tl ini thc c< J ,ton mattered promis
tions ‘ iu yards or more in all direc
iiodo. 800 Andrews, enziueer who war
e en * Jl i c ’ ha<l right leg broken
below the knee and a wound iu his b.-ad. His
lUiVJ 168 o? ay prove fatal. One piece of the
boder weighing 500 pounds was hurled 200
yards or more, narrowly missing an old negro
man who was sitting on a stump near by. 8
N. Apple, who lives about forty yards'from
the gin, bad just finished dinner and gone into
his wife# room, leaving his little girl, aged
SirntL 2 y e ars. sitting at the table, when si
hl U h^ ne ? US y W i. lth thc rt ‘J M,rt o f the explosion
“_bard a crash an-l rattle that startled him.
V* ck \ Dt ? tlc 'lining-room lie found his
table cleared of its dishes, one leg cut nearly
in two by a puce of the flying boiler, which
narrowiy missed his little girl, ard would rcr
tainly have Killed him if he bad been sitting
at the table.
”?* ■ tk * am P ‘f ie, l Tuesday morning
at his residence near Dalton. He had been in
failing health during ibis year and his death,
although quite sudden, was expected. He
\v as bb years old. and has been a resident of
Georgia for nearly 5 years. He leaves a de
voted wife and seven sons to mourn his loss.
At the ojicrung of the late war be tween the
Mates, he enlisted in the Thirtv-sixth Ten
nessee Regiment and was elected Major. On
April lb, lsbs, he was one of the 120 ine ß who
volunteered under Gen. Tyler to defend Fort
Tyler at 11 est 1 oint, Ga., which was attacked
by a large detachment of Wilson’s raid. The
federate numbered 8,000 men under
• i 1 Laorangc. It will l>e remembered
that tne sharp and gallant defense was seven
days after Gen. Lee had surrendered
at Appomattox Court House. Vet this hand
ful of gallant men, true to the cause they
loved so well, and unconscious of the fall of
the Confederacy, went to battle with the same
fcpartan heroism that their comrades before
them had died for. It was at II o’clock Sun
day that the battle opened, which lasted until
b in the evening, until the last round of shot
had been fired, and the Federal bayonets
bristled around the breastworks. Then, and
not till then, did this gallant handful of men
run up the white flag. Among
those who were wounded that
day was Major W. A. Camp. Both of his
eyes hail been shot out, amt for nearly 20
years, without eyesight and in common with
all our Southern heroes, he has to the best of
ms ability been trying to rebuild uji a fortune
shattered by the ravages of war. Before and
since the war Major Camp was noted as a fine
hotel man, and iu that capacity, alone, made
thousands of friends who will regret to hear
of bis death.
FLORIDA.
Ice formed iu Tallahassee last week Tues
day.
Tampa is to have a number of new side
walks.
Ducks are becoming numerous in the St.
John’# river.
Dp to last Friday night 12,r,93 crates of
oranges had been shipped from Plant City
this season.
A cluster of seven oranges raised in Suwan
nee county weighed seven pound-. Howell
Hawkins was the original owner of thebnneh.
The new steamer Governor Safford arrived
at Cedar Key last Friday She will run be
tween Cedar Key and Southern points on the
coast.
The largest pomegranate of the season was
raised by J. M. Landon, of Oklahoma, it
measured 18 inches in circumference and
weighed 214 rounds.
J. M. Peak, who was arrested some time ago
at Cedar Key for forging Mallory steamer
tiokeU, pleaded guilty la-t week and was
held in SSO lor the next term of court.
A large uumber of Georgians passed through
Jacksonville Wednesday morning on then
way to points up the river. There were
fourteen males and females in one party.
The first frost of the winter visited Enter
prise last week Tuesday morning, but it was
not heavy enough to do-any damage. The
thermometer at 7 a. in. registered 14 degrees.
In a saw mill at Bloomingdale last week a
piece of bark and wood was thrown by the
saw, striking a man in the face, breaking his
nose and bursting his eyeball. He is recover
ing.
The mud is so bad on the road from Enter
prise and Port Orange, near King's Bridge,
that a mule was stuck there #o badly last
week that it was not gotten out until the next
day, and was almost dead.
E. C. Roberts, of Santa Rosa county, busi
ness manager of the Blackwater Mills, out of
the ordinary ehinalierrv wood, has had con
structed a mantel which iu its present fin
ished state is a “thing of beauty.” This piece
of workmanship is specially designed for the
New Orieans Exposition, and was built at the
planing mill of C. 11. Overman.
The ladies interested in the founding of an
orphanage asylnm iu Jacksonville held a
meeting Tuesday afternoon at the_l,ibr >ry.
The name of the organization waPchanged
from Orphanage to Orphanage aud Home for
the Friendle-s. Tne amount of funds in thc
treasury was truly encouraging for a society
which has been in existence so short a time.
Judge# Doggett and Archibald, and Messrs.
J-C. Greeley and O. L. Keene were elected
trustees. A committee on constitution and
bv-laws was also selected, consisting of Mrs.
A. Doggett, Mrs. S. F. Gale and Mrs. f. Hart
ridge.
Palatka -Vein: The trustees of the Presby
terian Cuurch have had a meeting and de
cided o rebuild on their old site. Several of
the members favored selling the present site
and building in auother part of the city,
where the congregations would be less apt to
be disturbed by trains and stcamlioats. but
the title of the ground is so vested that it can
not be sold by the congregation or used for
other thi.n church purposes. The new build
ing is to be made as elegant aud comfortable
as the old one was in every respect, and some
improvements over the olu will be made. The
tower is to have a large city clock placed in
it, which will prove a great convenience to
our citizens. A committee has alreadv been
apjiointcd to confer with builders and make
all contracts for the immediate rebuilding of
the church.
Orlando correspondent News, Dee. 8:
Orlando, the county s-at of Orange county,
is only 22 miles distant from Sanford, and has
a population of 2.500. There are seven
churches, well attended, all sustained by able
ministers; a seminary numbering t>o pupils,
under the management of Profs. Saunders
ami Duggar, the former a graduate of Emory
College, the latter a graduate of the Univer
sity of Georgia. 'Ve congratulate the citi
zens of South Florida, and especially of Or
lando, on securing the services of these cul
tured gentlemen. Seven large hotels give
ample accommodation to hundreds of winter
guests, besides adding greatly to the beauty
of the city. The largest is thc Charleston
House, under the proprietor-hip of Mr. A. M.
Hyer, a liberal-hearted Georgian. Mr. C. T.
Gooding is the popular manager. The Uranjt
County Rei>orUr. published in this eitv. is a
most excellent pajier, devoted exclusively to
the interest of South Florida. It is rapidly
growing in circulation. An ice factory, saw
mills, novelty works, etc., add to the enter
prise. In addition there are 38 or 40 whole
sale and retail commercial houses, one bank,
and an opera house. The Huntley Dramatic
Company will fill an engagement here for
Dec. 1, 2 and 3. Thanksgiving day was duly
observed. At night the old people gave a con
cert at the Opera House. In the suburbs of
the town many beautiful orange groves are
cultivated. The entire surrounding countrv
is divided into lots upon which are grown
groves of oranges, lemons, pine apples.gu ivas,
and other trouical fruits. The climate is
salubrious, and the surroundings pleasant.
We congratulate ourselves that we are in
Florida, and intend remaining here until our
love for Georgia shall carry us home again.
MEWS IN A NUTSHEL.Ii.
Interesting Tittle Flashes from the
Wires I’rinted in Condensed Form.
There has been an alarming increase of
crime in Paris, France. Organized bands of
juvenile thieves and burglars have been dis
covered. The Prefect of Police has ordered
special police patrols at night and other
measures to stop the evils have been pro
posed.
At Rondout, X. V., yesterday morning,
while John Tully, Anthony llrockley and
George Bush were daring each other to goon
thin ice. on Gross' pond, the ice broke and the
three lads were drowned.
The Skye crofters are declaring in favor of
the no-rent policy. They are resolved to re
tain the grazings which they took and to ig
nore the writs of landlords. They maintain
that the island by right belongs to them, and
that they have been illegally deprived cf their
grazing lands.
The Western rate war nas been resumed
through scalpers by the Ohio river lines. At
Chicago, yesterday. brokers were selling
tickets over all north and south lines at the
following rates: Cincinnati fii, regular rate
$H 85: Louisvillesß, regular rate $9; Indianap
olis $3 75, regular rate $7 50.
At Lenoir, X. C., yesterday. Ed Roy.
charged with the murder of the brothers.
Burleson, in Mitchell county, was convicted
of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in
the penitentiary. Anderson, also concerned
in the crime, has vet to lie tried.
Mr. Armstrong, of Manchester. Pa., Sheriff
of IJelaware county, with hi* wife and
daughter, were walking on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, in West Philadelphia last night,
when Mrs. Armstrong was struck by a train
and instantly killed. The accident occurred
in enclosed property of the railroad company
and it is not known h„w thv party got upon
the track.
At Toledo a motion for anew trial in the
case of Xeiville, the bigamist, was argued
yesterday, and was overruled. Xeiville was
then sentenced to seven years imprisonment
at hard labor in the penitentiary, that being
the full extent of the law. He was taken to
Columbus last night. *
The committee-of the Frencu Deputies has
decided to propose to the Chamber an increase
in the duty upon foreign corn to 2 francs and
40 centime's per centner, on flour to 7 francs
per barrel, on oat* to 1 franc and *0 centimes
per centner, and on parley to i frauds per
Government has submitted to
the Reiebsrath bills to prolong for a year
the suspension of trial by jury tn \ lenna,
Rorncnburg, and Wiener Xeustadt.
Eight Tears in Stripes for Gomez,
New York, Dec. 4.—Henry Gomez,
mate ol the vessel Julia Baker, whose
captain died in Southern waters, dnd who
assumed ctimmand and piloted the vessel
to a port in Fortune Island, where he sold
ths car >o and appropriated the proceeds,
Was convicted recently of piracy on the
high seas. When arraigned in court to
day he was sentenced to State prison lor
eight years.
WASHINGTON WISEACRES
SENATE AND HOL'Se ASSAIL. THE
SURPLUS REVENUE.
Senator Cameron Believe# that the Big
Pile Should be Reduced by Subsidizing
the Merchant Marine—Mr. Morrison’#
Bill Alin# at the Redemption of Gov
ernment Bonds.
Washington, Dec. 4.—ln the Senate
to-day among the bills introduced was
the following:
By Mr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Pen
sion Committee—Granting a pension to
Gen. U. S. Grant.
Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, sub
mitted the following resolution, which he
desired to lie over and be prfnted. saying
that he would take early spportunity to
call it up ior consideration:
At HEKKAS, The shipping trade in American
vessels is and has for years been depressed,
and the export trade in American produce
is languishing for want of a market that
might be reached if the shipping trade was
in the hands of citizens of the United States;
therefore—
Rtnolted, That the Committee on Finance be,
and is hereby directed to inquire whether it
would be expedient to expend the surplus
revenue of the United States, or anv portion
thereof, for the purpose of reviving the ship
ping and exiort trade by allowing a rebate
from the tariff duties on foreign goods im
ported in ships built and owned in the United
States, and by also allowing a premium on
American grown products amt articles of
American manufacture exported in Ameri
can ves-els, and report by bill or otherwise.
lhe resolution was laid over.
- Tt, e announced the appointment of
Mr. Sheffield, the new Senator from Rhode
Island, to membership of the Committee on
Claims, the Committee on Mine# and Mining,
the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and
the Committee on AA'oman Suffrage. The ap
pointinent of Mr. Sabin to the committee on
the examination of the several branches of
the civil services, Mr. Dawes to thc Committee
on Naval Affairs, Mr. Slater to the Commit
tee on Indian Affairs, Mr. Morgan to the Com
mittee on Fish and Fisheries, and Mr. Man
derson to the Chairmanship of the Committee
on Printing.
After some debate on tlic bill for private re
lief, a message was received from the Presi
dent, whereupon the Senate, at 1:30 o’clock,
went into executive session, and when at 1:40
o clock the doors were reopened, the Senate
adjourned to Monday next.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day, bv unanlmousconsent,
the Speaker proceeded to call the States for bills
and resolutions, as on Monday. Under the
eall a number of measures were introduced
and referred. Among them were the follow
ing:
By Mr. Oates, of Alabama—To establish a
Court of Appeals.
By Mr. Morrison—Relative to the surplus
revenue. The text is as follows:
Be it enacted, etc.. That thc Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to apply the surplus revenues at any
time in the Treasury in excess of $100,000,000,
not, otherwise appropriated, to the redemption
of 1 nited States bonds, and when any of the
bonds are redeemable at the pleasure of the
governmeht it shall not be lawful to apply any
portion of said surplus to the purchase of
bonds at a premium.
By Mr. Dockery, of Missouri—To repeal all
laws authorizing the appointment of special
Deputy Marshals at thc polls and the appoint
ment of supervisors of election.
Jty Mr. Browne, of Indiana—To prohibit
distinctions being made in the army agairist
any class of American citizens.
By Mr. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio—To prohibit
the removal of any honorably discharged sol
dier, sailor or marine, or any widor or de
pendent relative of the same from any office
in the civil service of the United States, ex
cept for specific cause.
The House then resumed consideration of
the unfinished business, it lieing the inter
state commerce bill. Speeches were made
upon the committee bill and Mr. Reagan’.-,
substitute by Messrs. Anderson of Kan-as,
Shively of Indiana and Hopkins of Pennsyl
vania. Without further action the House, at
2:30 o’clock, adjourned till Monday.
A SILVER CHAMPION
Senator Hill Opposed to Stopping the
Output of Silver Dollars.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Mr. Hill sub
mitted the following resolution in the
Senate to-day:
Rexolred, That in the existing depressed
condition of tiie industrial interests of the
country, and iu the presence of the great fall
which has taken place and is still in progress
in the wage# of labor ami in the prices of the
product of farms, workshops aud mines the
recommendations of the President and Secre
tary of the Treasury that the coinage of silver
dollars and the issue of silver certificates shall
be immediately and unconditionally prohib
ited are calculated to create alarm and
thereby aggravate the difficulties of thc situ
ation, and that to the end that the public
mind maybe quieted by the assurance tiiat
if the total volume of the currency i# not cn
larged in accordance with increasing popu
lation and exchanges of the country, it shall
at least be reduced by suspending the coinage
of silver dollars, the senate dclares its opinion
to be that no valid reason exists at the present
time for imposing any new and additional re
strictions upon either the coinage of silver
dollars or the issue of silver certificates.
Mr. Hill desired the resolution to lie
over for the present, and stated that he
would call It up and address the Senate
on the subject matter at an early oppor
tunity. The resolution was laid over ac
cordingly.
SIMPLICITY AT INAUGURATIONS
Mr. Robinson Wants All Pomp* and
Display Prohibited by Law.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Mr. Robinson,
of New York, has prepared a joint reso
tion which he will offer on Monday next,
providing for the return to simplicity of
inaugural ceremonies a9 practiced by
President Jefferson. It prohibits the erec
tion of triumphal arches and display of
bayonets in Washington on inauguration
day, and provides that the Chief Justice
shall call on the President elect and accom
pany him, either on foot, or in a plain car
riage drawn by not more than two horses
and without decorations or livery, to the
capitol, where he shall take the o’ath pre
scribed by law, and address such citizens
as may be there to hear him.
SPRINGER’S EYE ON CINCINNATI
A Committee to Investigate the Recent
Election Frauds in that City.
AVashington, Dec. 4. —Mr. Springer’s
committee will hold its first meeting to
morrow. One of the subjects with which
it will deal will be the selection of a sub
committee to conduct the Cincinnati elec
tion investigation. It is understood that
several witnesses will be subpivnaed iu
this city and examined before the sub
committee leaves for Cincinnati, but the
course of the proceeding will not be fully
decided upon until the sub-committee is
formed. It is expected that the sub-com
mittee will leave Washington about the
middle of this month, and its sittings in
Cincinnati are likely to consume about
three weeks.
Nominations and Confirmations.
Washington, Dec. 4.—President Ar
thur to-day sent to the Senate another lot
of nominations covering appointments
made during the recess of Congress.
Among the most important are Otis P. G.
Clark, of Rhode Islam}, to be Commis
sioner of Pensions; John E. Bryant, of
Georgia, to be United States Marshal for
the Northern District of Georgiaj Wm.
C. Wells, of Alabama, to be of
the Land Office at Huntsville, Ala., s®l a
louif list of army promotions. The Senate
confirmed the nominations of Wm. P.
Dunwoodie, of lowa, to be member of the
National Board of Health; Frank Hatton,
of lowa, to be Postmaster General, and
John Schuyler Crosby, of New Tork, to
be First Assistant Postmaster General.
Bowgate’s Indebtedness.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The Solicitor of
the Treasury has received from the Sec
ond Comptroller a transcript of the ac
counts of Capt. Howgate, late of the Sig
nal Service, which shows his indebtedness
to the government to be $183,000. The
Solicitor has directed suit to be brought
against Capt. Howgate’s sureties, one of
whom resides in the Southern district of
New York and the other in the District of
Columbia, to recover the above amount.
The transcript will be used as evidence
by the United States District Attorneys of
those districts in the proceeding which
they have been instructed to institute.
The Ways and Means Committee.
Washington, Dec. 4.—At a meetingof
the Wavs and Means Committee to-day a
rosolution was agreed upon providing for
the distribution of the President’s message
among the various committees having in
charge the subjects treated by it. No
reference was made to the subject of the
tariff.
A Bill with a Slim Chance.
Washington, Dec. 4.— as the Judici
ary Cttsmittee is devoting all Its energies
of the bankruptcy
bill, the chances oi the International
copyright bill are slender.
Florida on the Wire.
Jacksonville, Dec. 4. —Postmaster
General Hatton and Secretary of the In
terior Teller, with their families, will ar
rive in this city Dec. 9, making a short
tour of the State. The party is en route
to New Orleans. Anew contract is to be
made for carrying the mails on the river.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1884.
GEORGIA'S LEGISLATURE.
Mr. Northen’# General Local Optlou Bill
Passe# the Senate.
Atlanta, Dec. 4.— ln the Senate to-dav
the Committee on the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum made a report recommending an
appropriation of $27,000 for the enlarge
ment of the building, and the securing ot
better comforts lor the inmates. It was
ordered printed.
Mr. Humber, Chairman of the Lunatic
Asylum Committee, submitted a report
commending the officers in charge, and
recommending an appropriation of SIBO,-
000 for 1885 and $190,000 for 1880 for the
support of the institution. The report
stated that at present there were 1,219 in
-1,1 The report was ordered printed.
The general local option Dill, as printed
with the amendments, was taken up at
the request ol Mr. Northen. Nearly
the entire morning was taken
up in discussing the measure.
Mr. Northen and others advocated the
bill while the measure was fought by
Messrs. Davidson, Falligant and Caban
iss. When a vote was reached the bill
passed the Senate by 20 to 12, and was or
dered transmitted to the House. A prom
inent feature of the bill, which was se
cured by amendment, is giving the people
the privilege, if they desire it, to vote on
the question in ajjy locality every two
years upon filing application with the
Ordinary. The bill defeated last year
prohibited the anti-prohibitionists from
having a second trial at the question and
at the same time gave prohibitionists the
right to hold an election whenever they
wanted to. Under the bill passed to-day
the defeated party can call for another
election in two years, provided they se
cure a sufficient number of the names in
a district, city, town or county, as the
case may he, to authorize the same.
In the House Mr. Colvin offered a resolu
tion to prolong the session over forty
days, long enough to finish public busi
ness. Refused.
At 11 o’clock the contested election
case from Burke came up as the special
order. 3lr. Lovett, of Burke, one of the
members whose seat the contestants are
after, made a long speech in behalf of
himself and his colleagues. At its con
clusion, Mr. Tite, one ot the signeesof the
minority report wbich favors seating the
contestants, secured the floor and held it
until the hour of adjournment. Tbe
argument in this case will be resumed
to-morrow.
FIFTY HORSES ROASTED ALIVE
The Stable# of a Baltimore Street Car
Company Burned at Dawn.
Baltimore, Dec. 4.— At 4:10 o’clock
this morning fire broke out in the stables
of the Ilall Springs Passenger Railway
Company at Darley Park, in the extreme
northwestern part of the city, which com
pletely destroyed the large * building,
together with many of the company’s cars
and fifty horses. The flames started in
the hayloft and spread so rapidly that
only filteen of the horses could be taken
out and one removed.
The stables were owned by the Balti
more aud Ilall Springs Railroad Com
pany, of wnich James F. Heyward is
Superintendent. The last ear at night
leaves the city at 11:30 o’clock and the
first one in the morning does not leave the
terminus until G o’clock, so that all the
cars were in the barn, and the company is
entirely without rolling stock. None of
the buildings adjoining the stables were
destroyed. There were 68 horses in the
stable when the fire was discovered by the
watchman, and so far only 17 are known to
have been rescued. Some of those are
badly scorched. One was so severely
burned that it had to be killed. The lire
started over the front entrance, and after
their halters had been cut the horses re
fused to be led from the burning building.
Ten cars were burned. The building was
125 by 50 feet, constructed of wood, and
in the upper front where the fire origi
nated there w’ere stored 300 bales of hay.
The damage is estimated at $20,000, with
SIO,OOO insurance on horses, cars and
building. The fire was of incendiary
origin.
fatalities at a brewery’s burning.
Newark, N. J., Dec. 4. —The greater
part of Fergenspan's Brewery, in this
city, was burned to-day. Two employes
were varnishing the inside of a vat w hen
the varnish ignited from a lamp. Both
men were frightfully burned and will
probably die. Several firemen were in
jured by the falling of the roof of one of
the buildings. The insurance men esti
mate thc loss at $75,000.
MADE SUICIDE BY A DAUGHTER.
De Wolowski Kills Himself Wliile
Cliargert With Incest by His Child.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Prof. Alexander
De Wolowski, a music teacher, recently
arrested upon a charge of incest preferred
against him by his daughter, committed
suicide last night by shooting. He was
out on bail, and the suicide was commit
ted in bis own house. He left several
letters to his daughter, his couusel, the
Chief of Police,, and one long communica
tion to the President and people of the
United States. The letter to the daughter
has not been made public, but the others
have, and in all of them he protests his
innocence of the crime charged by his
daughter, asserts that his daugh
ter’s mind is not strong, and
that she has been influenced
by designing persons to accuse him in or
der to obtain his property. He was a
Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and
Knight of Honor. He was of Polish birth,
but came to this country when a boy, and
had been a musician of considerable
prominence and extensive travel. When
he was arraigned on his daughter’s
charges his counsel stated in open court
that the daughter had abandoned his house
and had taken with her $4,000 w*orth of
diamonds and jewelry, and that her
charges had been gotten up to further a
scheme to get possession ot the remain
der of his property.
SUITS OVER THE COLUMBUS.
Judge Nelson Render# a Decision on
the Petition# for Limitation of Lia
bility.
Boston, Dec. 4.—Judge Nelson, of the
United States District Court, has ren
dered a decision on petitions for a limita
tion of liability, in the cases brought
against the Boston and Savannah Steam
ship Company for damages arising from
the loss ot the steamship City of Colum
bus. He says:
The limited liability statute extends as well
to claims for personal injuries suffered by
passengers as for the loss of life of passen
gers. The question whether the owners of the
steamship are liable at all for the consequence
of tiie stranding and sinking zif that vessel,
and if liable whether their liability is to be
limited to the value of the steamer and her
freight,must be determined in the proceedings
instituted by the owners, and now pending in
this court to obtain the benefit of the statute
of limitation. In thc meantime further
prosecutions against the owners of suits for
damages growing out of the disaster,whether
in this court or iu courts of the State, must
be stayed. The insurance effected by the
owners on the steamship and her cargo is not
interest in such vessel and freight, which
they are bound to surrender for the benefit of
the claim within the meaning of the Revised
Statutes.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
10,000 Negroes Wanted for Arkansas
and California—A Notable Marriage.
Atlanta, Dec. 4.—At St. Luke’s Ca
thedral this morning George D. Sanger,
formerly of Washington city, now a drug
gist ol Atlanta, was married to Miss
Johnetta Brockenborough, niece of Mrs.
J. W. Beckwith, wife of Bishop Beck
with. The attendance was large. The
ceremony was performed by Bishop Beck
with.
J. W. Jones, of Arkansas, was here to
day making rates for 500 negroes whom
he w ill take to Arkansas. Half the num
lier will go from South Carolina, and the
remaining half from Atlanta, Jones says
that he wants 5,000 for Arkansas and
5,000 for California.
Williamson H. Goodwin, father of
Mayor Goodwin, died this morning at 7
o’clock at his home near Marietta.
The Capitol Commissioners to-day have
been examuing the excavations where the
foundations are to be placed. They have
telegraphed for Architect Eibrooke, and
he will be here to-morrow.
Brunswick’s llose Worthless.
Brunswick, Dec. 4.— The city’s new
hose was tested to-day in the presence of
a large crowd, and burst five times.
They are worthless. A lawsuit may re
sult because they had not been tested be
fore the fire, and property was lost there
by.
Beauregard Edwards killed John
James at a private entertainment by
stabbing him in the temple about two
months ago, and has been convicted of in
voluntary manslaughter. Both were
negroes.
HENDRICKS IN WAR TIMES
AN ADDRESS TO A DELEGATION
OF INDIANA SOLDIERS.
The Vice President-Elect Refute# Some
of the Slander# of the Recent Cam
paign-Opposition to the Draft Bill
Admitted and Explained—He Voted
for the War Appropriation.
Indianapolis, Dec. 4.—A delegation
representing the Marion County Demo
ocratic Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Veteran As
sociation called on Vice President-elect
Hendricks this evening and tendered their
congratulations on the result of the re
cent election. In response, addressing
the spokesman of the party, Mr. Hendricks
said:
I am very much gratified that you have
been the medium of your comrades in ex
pressing to me the sentiments of your own
speech and of the address of vour association.
You would distrust my sincerity did I say
that I am not grateful at the houor you have
done me, and the congratulations from you
and your comrades are specially gratifying
wheu I consider the fact that you and I shared
in the contest of last summer, the greatest
political contest ever known in our countrv.
With success we have come from that field of
contest sharing in its responsibilities and
its glories. Y’ou have referred to
one characteristic of the contest which
I hope never to see repeated in our country.
The personal attacks and slander that have
been indulged in, arc unworthy of American
politics. I have not troubled myself to an
swer misrepresentations to which I have been
subjected. Four times these fabrications
have been before the public of Indiana, and
four times they have giyeu them the lie. As
to these fabrications, f have not turned to the
right nor to the left, and will now but briefly
repeat them. During the first month of the
war I found it necessary to correct one of
these misrepresentations.
HIS tVAR TALK.
At that time I used the following language:
“Since the war commenced I have uniformly
said that the authority of the Government of
the United States is not questioned in Indiana,
and T regard it as the duty of the citizens of
Indiana to respect and maintain that authori
ty, and to give to the government honest and
earnest support in the prosecution of the war
until, in the providence of God, it may be
brought to an honorable conclusion and the
blessings of peace be restored to our country,
postponing till that time all controversies in
relation to the causes and responsibilities of
the war. No man will feel deeper solicitude
in the welfare and proud bearing of Indiana’s
soldiery in the conflict of arms to which they
are called than myself.” The sentiments
thus expressed guided my conduct throughout
the war. One of the political leaders of
the times has charged that I failed in my
duty in opposing the law for the draft. To
opposing the draft I plead guilty. I found
army volunteers encourage! by suitable
bounties, and during thc first month of my
service m the United States Senate I said:
‘I desire to express the opinion that Congress
ought to encourage volunteering rather than
rely upon what of necessity must be an un
popular measure like a government draft.”
1 did not regard the draft as reliable support
for the army. Prior to that time 125,000 men
had been drafted, 0,000 entered the service
under the draft, 10,000 substitutes were fur
nished and 20,000 were induced to volunteer
by bounties.
A QUARTER PUT IN THE FIELD.
The draft of 125,000 resulted in 30,000 so'-
diers being put in the field. 1 believed then,
and I have believed ever since, that volun
teers, encouraged by suitable bounties, re
lieving them from anxieties about provision
for their homes, wai the best assurance of
support to the army. The same politicians to
whom I have referred, speaking of myself,
said that he did not vote in favor of any meas
ure that looked to carrying on the war. I
will refer to but two acts in the Senate in
answer:
On April 23, 1864, I offered an amendment to
the army appropriation bill to increase tbe
pay of soldiers and non-commis
sioned officers reasonably in pro
portion to the then depreciated condition
of the currency. 1 thought that the propor
tion was an encouragement to the army to
enlist men. My colleague. Col. Lane, voted
with me on that subject. On the same day I
voted for the government appropriation bill
for the army for the eoraiug year. I believe
that it was the largest appropriation bill ever
passed by this government. Five hundred
and thirty million dollars I believe it was,
and it was that appropriation that carried
the army to the close of the war, under which
many battles were fought, under which
Sherman marched to the sea and Lee’s sur
render was made to Grant.
Mr. Hendricks closed by returning his
thanks for the call. The delegation then
shook hands with the Vice President-elect
and social courtesies were exchanged.
A MINISTER’S WIFE ELOPES.
Her Lover a Politician, ana Florida Be
lieved to be Their Destination.
New York, Dec. 4.— The villagers of
Riverhead, L. 1., were very much excited
this morning when it was stated that the
wile of Rev. W. A. Downs, pastor of the
Northville Church, had eloped with G.
Mitchell Terry, one of the leading meu of
the village and a deacon of the church.
Rev. Downs is one of the most popular
clergymen in the eastern part of Long
Island. He is heart-broken at his wile's
infidelity. He tendered his resignation
as pastor, but it was not accepted by the
deacons. This morning the clergyman
received a telegram from his wife, which
told him that she was “happy with her
dear Terry, and would never return to
Riverhead.” It is believed that the couple
have gone to Florida, where Terry has a
sister who eloped some time ago with
Capt. Penny, leaving four children after
her. Terry was an active politician in
Suffolk county.
LOOKS LIKE A JOB.
A Bill to be Introduced Which Will
Greatly Benefit Rig Stock Companies.
Washington, Dec. 4.—On Monday a
bill will be offered in the House by a New
Y’ork member prohibiting the importation
of rags and paper stock which are not
disinfected abroad or here. This bill is
said to be intended to induce paper stock
importers to use the disinfecting process
which has been patented by a New York
er named Parker. By this process rags
can be disinfected at the port of importa
tion at from $5 to $lO a ton. The Parker
patent is owned by a company whose
capital stock is $500,000, It is expected
that at the present rate of importation
the stock would, if the bill
referred to should be passed, pay at least
100 per cent, the first year. The repre
sentatives of the process have exhibited
it to Surgeon General Hamilton, and pro
pose to exhibit it to Congress. The rag
men will fight the bill.
THE CUMBERLAND’S PLAGUE.
A Correspondent Finds the Number ol
Deaths as Large as Reported.
Louisville, Dec. 4. —A correspondent
of the Courier-Journal sent a dispatch
last night from Mount Pleasant, Harlan
county, Ky., stating that the scourge in
Eastern Kentucky is fully as frightful as
had been intimated in previous dispatches.
In Harlan county there have been 200
deaths since the latter part of August,
most of them from flux. The correspond
ent estimates that in the Kentucky coun
ties he has visited—Harlan, Bell and
Knox —the total number of deaths is 400.
fie thinks that the disease has been most
deadly in the Virginia counties to the
east and one or two Kentucky counties
north of the district named. The corre
spondent is now on his way to Letcher
county, Ky., where the disease is re
ported as sweeping away whole families
at a time.
A GAS BUOY FOR CHARLESTON.
Its Position Minutely Described for the
Benefit of Mariners.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The Light
house Board gives notice that on or about
Dec. 5, 1884, a lighted gas buoy will be
moored in the gap of the jetty in Charles
ton harbor, South Carolina. The approx
imate position, as taken from the charts of
the coast and geodetic survey.is as follows:
Latitude 32 deg. 13 min. andso sec. north;
longitude 79 deg. 51 min. and 5 sec. west.
The magnetic bearings and distances of
jirominent objects are as follows: Rear
beaeon, Sullivan's Island range, N%W
IK Dautical miles; Fort Sumter lights
house. NWiN, nautical miles;
Charleston (main) light-house, SW%3,
2% nautical miles.
Dr. Paret to be Maryland’s Bishop.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 4.—A majority
of the standing committees of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church in the United
States, have signified their w illingness to
the consecration of Rev. Dr. William
Paret, ol Washington, recently elected
Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland. After
the consent ol the Bishop arrangements
will be made for his consecration, which
will take place in Washington early in
January.
Clerk Smith Acquitted on One Count.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 4.—The examina
tion of Wm. R. Smith, charged with em
bezzling State funds, was continued this
morning in the Police Court, and resulted
in his acquittal in one case In which he
was alleged to have embezzed $1,552. The
trial of tho other case against him was
postponed until Saturday, and he was
admitted to bail in the sum of SI,OOO.
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
Representative Hill Declares Them the
Country's Financial Salvation.
Washington, Dec. 4.—“ What are the
prospects for action by the House on the
Canadian reciprocity resolution?” was
asked of Mr. Hill, of Illinois, who pre
pared the favorable report last session.
“The whole subject of reciprocity
treaties will probably come up for dis
cussion when the bill putting in opera
tion the Mexican treaty is argued,” he
replied. “That time will probably be in
the near ftuture.”
“Do you anticipate strong opposition to
that measure ?”
“The Louisiana delegation will un
doubtedly bring all their forces to bear to
defeat it, but I think it will eventually
go through.”
“What are the prospects for the ratifi
cation of the Cuban treaty?”
“That instrument will also be most
strenuously opposed by the Louisiana in
terest, but I think the members generally
will support it if it comes to the House.
These reciprocity treaties are just what
is needed to reduce the surplus. They
not only open larger markets for Ameri
can products and manufactures, but by
removing the duties upon articles recipro
cially admitted thev lessen the burden of
taxation.
OF great benefit to all.
“Free trade would of course reduce the
surplus to as great an extent, or even
greater, but free trade would not neces
sarily open markets for American pro
ducts which are not open to the French
man, the Englishman, or the German,
hence the series of reciprocity treaties
wbich have been entered into by our for
eign representatives mav be regarded as
one of the best moves that could possibly
be made for the interests of the farmer
and the manufacturer of the United
States.”
“What great benefits do you expect will
accrue to the American farmer through
the ratification of the Cuban treaty.”
“It will result in placing American
flour at such an advantage in the ports of
the Spanish West Indies that it will
practically have the monopoly of the
trade. Hay products will have an even
greater advantage, and there are a great
many other articles that have never been
enumerated in the published reports off
the treaty that will be admitted to those
islands upon advantageous conditions.”
“Have you seen the treaty?”
“Yes, but Tam not at liberty to go into
details at present. It is enough to say
that the advantages to be derived are very
much greater than are thought, not only
by agriculturists and manufacturers,
but by all classes of citizens. These
treaties are, I believe, only the first of a
series which will prove much more ad
vantageous than any lree trade or anti
protective legislation could possibly be.”
NEW YORK’S REPUBLICAN SPLIT
The County Committee Driving the In
dependents Out of the Party to Stay.
New N ork, Dec. 4. —There was a large
attendance at the meeting of tbe Republi
can County Committee to-night. Anew
constitution was to be adopted, and it
was thought that there would be trouble
when section 2 of article 3 was reached.
This section reads in substance that the
fundamental test of right of any person to
be enrolled shall be that he voted lor
Blaine and Logan unless prevented by
sickness, absence or other unavoidable
cause. Isaac Dayton spoke against the
section. He referred to the dreadful
calamity which had overtaken the party
and posterity. “Can we,” he inquired,
“ask the people to support the
machine and machinery which have
been so disastrous to the party ?”
He was called to order and left
the hall. Col. James M. Yarnum said
that he did not believe in applving the
whip iu time of defeat. He'argued
that no man should be driven out of
the party for all voters were needed, and
there was no reason, he thought, for re
fusing to enroll a Republican, simply be
cause he had not voted for Blaine and Lo
gan. The words “Blaine and Logan”
were changed to “Republican Presiden
tial electors,” and the section was
adopted. Twelve articles were adopted,
when it was found that no quorum was
present, most of the members having
gone home.
THE WHIP IN BROOKLYN.
At a meeting of the First Ward Repub
lican Club of Brooklyn to-night, Gen. B.
F. Tracy introduced resolutions, charging
disloyalty to those members who worked
against Blaine and Logan, but recom-'
mending that all action looking to their
expulsion be abandoned. The resolutions
were adopted.
RIG DAY FOR THE ACTORS’ FUND
The Benefit at the Academy of Music
Pack# the House.
New N ork, Dec. 4.— Tbe actors’ funds
benefit, which took place at the Academy
this afternoon, was one of the most suc
cessful affairs that ever occurred in New
York. Much ot the eclat belonging to it
was, of course, due to the presence of
Gov. Cleveland, who on this occasion at
tended a public entertainment for the
first time since his election to the Presi
dency. The programme was of a
thoroughly interesting nature, and the
vast auditorium of the Academy was
literally packed from the orchestra rail to
the rear wall of the amphitheatre.
Hundreds of persons entered the lobby
only to be able to get within 6 feet of the
inner doors and catch an occasional
glimpse of what was going on on the
stage.
THE GOVERNOR’S TRIP.
Gov. Cleveland came from Albany on a
special train, and the cries of enthusiasm
at the stations along the route when the
train passed wery similar to those wit
nessed during the campaign. The Gov
ernor reached the Academy of Music after
the play had begun, but when his pres
ence was discovered, the entire audience
rose to its feet and the play stopped for
several minutes, the actors on the stage
participating in the enthusiastic demon
strations. Joseph Jefferson and Mr, Her
bert were playing in “Lend Me Five
Shillings,” and, when quiet was restored,
they began where they had left off. The
box receipts amounted to $4,136, and the
outside subscriptions increase the amount
to an aggregate of SIO,OOO.
FAILURES IN BUSINESS.
Heavy Failure in London, with Liabili
ties Stated at $450,000.
London, Dec. 4.— Messrs. D. Nicolo
pulo & Sons, merchants at No. 7 Great
street, Helens, E. C., have failed, with
liabilities of' $450,000. Their failure is at
tributed to the financial crisis in the Dan
ubian districts.
THE TALOATTON FAILURE.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 4.—The report
that the store of S. W. Thornton, general
merchant, at Talbotton, Ga., had been
closed by the Sheriff, is incorrect. It
probably grew out of the fact that a
creditor’s bill had been filed asking for
the appointment of a receiver. The bill
will be heard in this city on Monday nexi.
CRUSHED BY TOO MANY NAMES.
Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 4.—A. P. Fer
guson, a tobacco dealer, doing business
under the firm name of A. P. Ferguson &
Cos., Ferguson. Winter & Cos., and the
Little King Tobacco Company, made an
assignment to-day. His liabilities are
$30,000. He is rated at between $5,000 and
SIO,OOO.
A TRANSFER TO HELP CREDITORS.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 4.— Marcus
Frenkel, of Shelbyville, Tenn., and Isaac
Frenkel, of Pulaski, Tenn., dry goods
dealers, have transferred their stocks to
Henry Frenkel, of New York, for the ben
efit of their creditors. Their liabilities
are $70,000.
The Presidential Vote.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Votes cast by
the electors of the several States for Pres
ident and Vice President were received
by the President of the Senate to-day.
The first which came by messenger was
that of Pennsylvania. The first received
by mail was that of New Hampshire.
BOUND TO BE SAFE.
Speaker Carlisle received to-da7 from
the electors of Maryland and the electors
of Connecticut copies of their certificates
of the casting of their votes for Cleveland
and Hendricks. The constitution says
that these certificates shall be sent to the
President of the Senate. The President
of the Senate received auplicate certifi
cates. It is presumed that the electors
of Maryland and Connecticut want to
make assurance double sure.
Bismarck to be Taken to Tagk.
London, Dec. 4. —ln the House of Com
mons to-day Ellis Ashmead Bartlett gave
notice that he would call the attention of
the House to the disparaging remarks
made by Prince Bismarck in the German
Reichstag yesterday upon Prime Minister
Gladstone and his Cabinet.
LABOR’S HALF-FED HOSTS.
ADDITIONAL THOUSANDS SOON
TO JOIN THE IDLE ARMY.
The Strike of the Philadelphia Shoe
makers not Apt to be Compromised
- Soon—Loom Weaver# Winning Their
Point—Railroad# Feeling the Need of
Retrenching,
Philadelphia, Dec. 4.—The action of
the Shoemakers’ Assembly of the Knights
of Labor last night, in refusing to treat
with the manufacturers, has caused con
siderable indignation among the latter,
who say that the shoemakers’ reply was
mo9t uncourteous, and that they should
have come to some definite conclusion or
suggested some temporary arrangement.
The members of the Manufacturers’ As
sociation express their determination to
close their shops on Saturday. About
3,000 hands will thus be thrown out of em
ployment.
STRIKERS JUBILANT.
The striking loom weavers were jubi
lant to-day over the first break on the
part of the carpet manufacture*#, Thomas
Taylor having agreed to ta ;e back his
hands at the old prices of and 6 cents
a yard. Tb n re are 49 looms in Taylor’s
mill. The loim fixers in several of the
mills, who nad been requested to teach
learners to weave and to weave them
selves, to-day joined the strikers. Those
who have not been asked to teach or
weave will remain at work.
The Knights of Labor this evening
ordered the employes of the Philadelphia
Steel Company to remove their tools trom
the shop and goon a strike. The employes
have not been at work since Saturday,
owing to the refusal of tbe Manager of
the company to sign tbe old bill of price
for work during the next six months.
They referred the matter to the Knights
and the above decision was reached.
THROWN OUT WITHOUT WARNING.
Pittsburg, Dec. 4. —The new mill of
Zug & Cos. closed down last night until
after the holidays. To-day the employes
of the old mill were notified that work
would be suspended this evening. The
reason assigned for the short notice given
for the sudden stop was the scarcity ot
orders. About 1,200 men are thus thrown
out of employment for a month.
The guide and sheet iron departments
of Singer, Nimick & Co.’s mill, employing
about 100 men, closed down last night in
definitely.
The piece workers in the Keystone
Bridge Company’s works were notified
that their wages will be reduced on Jan.
115 per cent. It is probable that a simi
lar reduction will be ordered in all the
departments.
A 10 per cent, reduction in the wages
of the employes of D. R. Speer & Co.’s
planing mill will go into effect next Mon
day.
SOUTHERN COMPETITION.
The report that the Eastern furnace
men contemplate a reduction of $1 per ton
in order that they may compete with
Southern furnaces, is causing much un
easiness among Pittsburg iron men, who
say that if the reduction is made they also
will be compelled to make a reduction in
order to hold their trade.
ORGANIZING THE MINERS.
A coal operator just from the Kanawha
region says that emissaries of the Pitts
burg coal miners are circulating through
the districts for the purpose of organizing
miners who have heretofore had no orga
nization. The effect of this organization
is already being felt in demands at sever
al prominent mines Within the past week
of one-half centner bushel advance in the
mining rate. The men are now receiving
one-half to one cent per bushel more tliau
the Pittsburg miners, aud any increase
would be strongly resisted by the opera
tors.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RETRENCHING.
Baltimore, Dec. 4.—During the pres
ent week about 150 workmen have been
discharged from the Mount Clare shops
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, of
whom 60 were dismissed from the black
smith department to-day. At all the
shops on the line of the road there will be
a reduction of the force, except in the
bridge department, which is very busy in
building bridges for the Philadelphia ex
tension. In all other departments the
time of work has been shortened one hour
per day,
relief given strikers.
New Straitsville, 0., Dec. 4.— The
Miners’ Central Relief Committee yester
day distributed among the destitute over
$2,000 in cash and about $1,200 worth of
merchandise. In addition, large quanti
ties of goods have been received at Nel
sonville, Buchtel, Carbon Hill and other
places, and ordered to be distributed.
About SI,OOO remain in the treasury at
Jacksonvillfe. Reports from the quarters
which are furnishing relief are encour
aging. A great deal of suffering prevails,
and sudden cold weather would increase
this greatly. No material change is re
ported as to the strike except that the
Syndicate and Coal Exchange say they
are increasing their force daily from out
side labor and that the output will soon
reach the maximum.
A GLOOMY OUTLOOK AT BETHLEHEM.
Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 4.—The indica
tions are that the present winter will be a
hard one for people in the South Bethle
hem section. Tne men on this end of the
North Pennsylvania Railroad were yes
terday notified to work only eight hours a
day, and that their pay would be 13 cents
an hour, making $1 04 per day. During
the summer the same men were able to
earn $1 30 per day. The men at the Beth
lehem iron works are greatly dissatisfied
because out of 150 hands discharged on
Monday last only a few were Hungarians.
Several hundred of the latter class of peo
ple are employed at the works. Thev live
on about sls per month.
CUTS AT SOUTH FRAMINGHAM.
South Framingham, Mass., Dec. 4.
Stowe, Bells & Hawley, shoe manufac
turers at Hudson, have reduced the
wages of their employes 15 to 30 per cent.
At George Houghton’s shop, in the
same town, the hours of labor have been
reduced to 8 hours per day.
No Case Against the Journallgts.
Boston, Dec. 4.—Judge Blodgett to
day rendered his decision in the cases of
James P. Frost and Daniel P. Sanders, of
the Boston Daily Globe , who were ar
rested charged with contempt of court in
refusing to discover to the grand jury the
source of certain recent information
about an old murder case in this city.
The Judge’s decision is in effect that the
facts in the case did not warrant the com
mitment of the journalists for contempt,
as the question was a narrow one and re
solved itself down to a question whether
or not gentlemen should divulge the
names of persons who had given them in
formation. The decision was awaited
with great interest by the journalistic
profession.
A School's Powder Magazine Blown Up.
Lynchburg, Dec. 4.—The powder mag
azine of the Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington was blown up last night. The
magazine contained 500 pounds of cannon
powder, and the explosion was terrific.
The windows of the institute were shat
tered, the lights put out, and houses in
Lexington, a mile away, were shaken to
fheir foundations. The magazine, which
was built of brick, was totally blown
away. Five cadets who were dismissed
from the institute Tuesday lor having
powder in their possession are supposed
to have caused the explosion.
Death Preferred to Arrest.
Philadelphia. Dec. 4.—A Constable
this afternoon went to the house of Thorn
ton Wol finger, an expressman, aged 45
years, residing at No. 962 North Eighth
street, to serve a warrant on Wolfringer
for abusing his wife. Upon entering the
house and stating his business to Wolf
inger, the latter drew a revolver and
sent a bullet crashing through his own
head, dying almost instantly.
Disasters Off New Foundland.
St. John, N. F., Dec. 4.—The loss of
three schooners and all hands is an
nounced from Rose Blanch, on the west
cost. The vessels were coal laden, bound
from Sydney to that port. No particulars
have been ascertained. A fishing schooner
and her crew was also sunk. All of these
disasters occurred during the storm of
Saturday night.
A Writer’s Mind Unbalanced.
Louisville, Dec. 4. —Rufus J. Chil
dress, a well-known poetical contributor
to the daily press and magazines, was re
ported last night to be insane by his wife,
who had to send for a policeman to pro
tect her from the violence of her husband,
who imagines that he is bewitched.
Family troubles are said to have brought
on his insanity.
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CHINA TO FIGHT WITH POISON.
Gen. De l’l#ie Find# a New Foe Put
in the Field by an Imperial Decree.
Paris. Dec. 4.— Gen. Briere de l’lsle,
commander of the French forces at Ton
quin, telegraphs that an imperial decree
urging the natives to poison the French
has been placarded in Loch Nan. It was
issued, he says, by order of the Viceroy of
Kwang Tung.
London, Dec. 2.— The Pall Mall Ga
zette discredits the dispatch received yes
terday from Hong Kong by the Times,
which stated that China was determined
to resist France, and would insist on her
Suezerainty over Annam.
A Hong Kong dispatch says that the
Chinese appear to have abandoned all
hopes of mediation between their govern
ment and France and have determined to
adopt a vigorous policy. Twelve men-of
war have been ordered to sea. Of the
fleet to relieve Formosa ot blockade five
of the men-of-war belong to the Nankin
squadron and the remainder to the Tien
Tsin division. Twenty-four Germans hold
various posts on board the fleet, one of
them_ commanding a ship under a Chinese
Admiral. The above facts cause general
satisfaction, as a short and sharp cam
paign will render one or the other of the
combatants more ready to entertain prop
ositions for peace.
MORLIERE RECONSIDERS.
The Debate on the Senatorsliip Bill to
be Reopened.
Paris, Dec. 4.—ln the Chamber ot
Deputies to-day M. Renault Morliere ex
plained that he had withdrawn his resigna
tion as reporter ot the committee on the
Senatorial reform bill in order not to de
lay the passage of the bill. He said that
the majority that voted for M. Flouquet’s
amendment, providing for the election of
Senators by universal suffrage, consisted
of members of the Right, the extreme
Left, and of Ministerialists. The Cabinet
had therefore decided to provoke fresh
debate when the bill is returned from the
Senate, in order to clear all misunder
standing. The Chamber thereupon adopt
ed the bill complete.
The Senate has fixed the debate on the
Tonquin credits for Saturday.
The Senate passed a vote of urgency
and referred the Senatorial reform hill to
a committee. It then resolved, by a vote
of 150 to 100 to hold a session to-morrow.
PARKER’S SLAYERS.
The Judges Refuge to Take a Lenient
View of the Cannibalism at Sea.
London, Dec. 4.—The case of Capt.
Dudley and the mate of the wrecked
yacht Mignonette, who killed the boy
Parker to keep themselves alive, and
against whom on Nov. 6 a special verdict
was found in accordance with the facts,
was heard to-day by the full bench
ol the Court of Appeal. Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge, in pronouncing
the decision of the court, said that all the
Judges agreed that the act of the pris
oners amounted to murder, and the con
viction must be affirmed. The court will
pass sentence next Tuesday, thus giving
the prisoners time to mo ve an arrest of
judgment. The court ordered the pris
oners to surrender their bail. The Judges
throughout the hearing showed great
horror lor the act of which the prisoners
were guilty, and were unwilling to set a
precedent which would allow such a
crime to be considered other than murder.
ENGLAND’S NATIONAL ISSUES.
The Radical# Showing Their Opposition
to the Redistribution Scheme.
London, Dec. 4.—Agents for the Liber
als who are interested in the election of
executives in Birmingham, Manchester,
Glasgow and other centres, are sending
protests to London against dividing the
constituencies of single-member wards on
the ground that by so doing it will weaken
the force of the popular vote. Tbe Radi
cal discontent against the redistribution
scheme is taking form in London, where
workmen’s clubs are holding meetings to
express their opposition to it.
THE FRANGHISK BILL.
In the House of Lords to-day the fran
chise bill passed the committee without
amendment . It will come up for its third
reading to-morrow,
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
Prince Bismarck Asked to Assent to a
Scheme of Gladstone’s.
London, Dec. 4.—Prince Bismarck has
acknowledged through Sir Edward Malet,
the British Minister to Germany, and to
Earl Granville, the Engliste Foreign Sec
retary, his reception of a note from En
gland proposing plans for a settlement of
the Egyptian debt. It proposed that
Prince Bismarck advise that England
shall guarantee the payment of reduced
interest upon condition of Germany’s
acceptance of the proposition. The Brit
ish Minister at Vienna, after an interview
with Count Kolnoky, the Austrian Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, will come to En
gland as the bearer of Austria’s assent to
the principal'of the seneme, but with
counter proposals as to details.
England’s Claims on the Congo.
Berlin, Dec. 4.—The sub-committee to
which was referred by the General Congo
Committee the questions relating to the
proposed navigation laws for the Congo
river, have concluded their report, which
will be presented to the General Commit
tee to-morrow. The sub-committee is
composed of delegates from England,
France, Germany, Portugal and Belgium,
lhe English delegates, with their associ
ate delegates from Belgium and Portugal,
have agreed upon the terms of a conven
tion upon this question, which will be
formally sanctioned shortly.
The memorial of Sir Edward Malet, as
serting the claims of the English in the
Niger country, has created an excellent
impression among the delegates to the
conference, and a decision by the confer
ence In favor of England is considered
certain.
The Demands of a Spanish Liberal.
Madrid, Dec. 4. — Gen. Lopez Domin
quez has issued a Liberal manifesto, in
which he declares that he is the party of
monarchical and dynastic ideas, that it
aims at constitutional reforms, giving to
the people all the rights of democratic
schools; that it demands trial by jury, in
dependence of judges, administrative de
centralization where compatible with the
preservation of monarchy, the diminution
of customs duties, the making of treaties
of commerce in direction of reciprocity
and the assimilation of laws ol the colo
nies to that of the mother country, taking
account of the special wants of the colo
nies.
Logan’s Successor.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Representative
Moulton. Democrat, of Illinois, says that
there is nothing in the story telegraphed
East from Shelbyvilie, 111., to the effect
that a Republican State Senator in the Il
linois Legislature proposed to vote for
him and so elect him to the United States
Senate. The State Senator referred to is
bis law partner, but is as staunch a R&-
publican as Moulton is a Democrat, and
would not dream of voting for any Demo
crat for the United States Senate.
Miss Hill’s Forged Letters.
San Francisco, Dec. 4.—William H.
Neilson made a deposition to-day before
a notary on the libel case of Miss Hill, the
plaintiff in the celebrated Sharon divorce
case, vs. the Daily Alta, newspaper. He
stated under oath that letters purporting
to have been addressed Miss Hill by Sen
ator Sharon, in which be called her “My
dear wile,” and which she produced in
the divorce trial, were forgeries and that
he had seen them while in the process of
manufacture. The statement created a
sensation.
Arizona Uprooting Polygamy.
Prescott, Ariz., Dec. 4.—There have
been five convictions for polygamy in this
city within a week. In the first three
cases—those of Terry, Christopherson and
Kemps—convictions were found on evi
dence, but in the cases ot Elders Flake
and Shousen, tried to-day, the defendants
pleaded guilty. This Is regarded as a set
tlement of the question of Mormon rule in
Arizona. Sentence will be passed upon
the convicted men by Judge Howard to
morrow.
An Editor’s Heavy Penalty.
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 4.— John Moore,
editor of the Sunday Telegram, who was
convicted a few days ago of libelling a
saloon keeper, was sentenced to-day to
undergo sixty days’ imprisonment, and to
pay a fine of SBOO and the costs of the
prosecution.
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SWAIM ON A NEW TACK.
HIS DEALS WITH BATEMAN NOW
CLASSED AS GAMBLING.
Gen. Grosvenor Trying; to Spring the
‘•Baby Act*’ on the Court—Phrase
ology Furnishes the Field for Incea
rant Legal Tilts—Banker Bateman In
the Witness Box.
Washington, Dec. 4.—A new line of
defense was opened by the counsel for the
accused before the Swaim court-martial
this morning. In substance, it is that the
stock transactions between Gen. Swaim
and Bateman & Cos. were illegal because
there were no tactual transfers of stock,
and that any pretended claim of Bateman
fc Cos. upon Gen. Swaim for losses in these
transactions could not be received in a
court of law.
The point was made by Gen. Grosvenor, of
the counsel for the accused, in an argument
upon the propriety of the question asked by
him in the course of his cross-examination of
\\ itness J. Stanley Brown. He had directed
his cross-examination of the witness to pro
curing testimony as to the manner in which
operat ions in stock were conducted bv Bate
man & Cos., and the witness had testified that
the custom of the lirm was to purchase and
sell stocks on the order of persons operating
with them through their agents in New York,
and that where such operations were carried
on on margins stocks were not transferred to
the individual for whom they had lieen pur
chased, as the broker in New York in such
cases put up the difference between the pur
chaser’s margin and the value of the stocks,
and the stocks were transferred to him.
HINTING AT GAMBLING.
Gen. Grosvenor then asked him if, iu point
of fact, on stock transactions by Bateman &
Cos. for Gen. Swaim, the transactions on Gen.
Swaim's part were not simply that he
(Swaim) het 10 per cent, of the value of a
certain number of shares of stock that that
stock would at a certain time be worth so
much money. The prosecution objected to
this question, and Gen. Grosvenor modified it
so as to ask if the transaction under
such circumstances was not simnly that Gen.
Swaim put 10 per cent, of the value of a
certain purchase to indemnify Bateman A
Cos. against a fall in the value of the stock.
The witness answered that such was
substantially the character of the
transaction, and Gen. Grosvenor
then asked if in these transactions,
when the amount put up as indemnity faile 1,
Gen. Swaim did not forfeit any right to the
interest he had in the stock purchased unless
he put up more margin.
The prosecution objected to this, as asking
the witness to state questions of law. Mr.
Chandler in making the objection said that he
was willing that the witness should state the
facts, but should not be called upon to
questions of law, as although his information
as to the facts was accurate, his information
as to law was apparently not.
Gen. Grosvenor, in reply, said that the
court must sec what iu the end the defense
would claim in this case, which, he said, will
be that anv pretended claim of Bateman &
Cos. upon Gen. Swaim growing out of these
operations in etoeks was iu the nature of a
gambling transaction, on which he could not
recover.
THE RKCOKDS OF THE COURTS.
In view of this, he thought it very impor
tant that the facts in the case should be fully
stated. The courts, he said, had held that
transactions in stocks iu which no actual
transfer of stocks took place are fraudulent.
After some further argument Gen. Grosvenor
withdrew the question objected to and put it
in different shane, when an objection was
again interposed. This was repeated several
times, and ilnaily the question “What was the
course of the business followed by Bateman &
Cos. in these transactions?” was allowed. The ’
witness answered that the course of dealing
was to require a customer to put lip
a margin of 10 per cent., and when that mar
gin became nearly exhausted ami the market
looked as though it would go still lower, the
customer was called upon to furnish more
margin, otherwise the stock was sold when
his margin became exhausted. That was the
course of dealing between Bateman & Cos. and
Gen. Swaim.
Witness Brown was Anally released, and
Mr. Bateman, who preferred the original
charges against Gen. Swaim, took the itand.
The only thing that he was allowed to tell
was that a statement of Gen. Swaim’s stock
transactions, rendered in .Tuly, 1882, showed a
prollt to Gen. Swaim of $270, which amount
was placed to Gen. Swaim’s credit.
Prompt objection was made by the defense
to all the questions asked Mr. Bateman, and
the remainder of the day was spent in
wrangling.
After Twenty Years.
Quincy, 111., Dec. 2. —Twenty years
ago the wife of George W. Haynes died,
leaving him two baby girls. He was poor
and had no means. He gave one girl to
a gentleman of this city, Henry Shley,
now deceased, who adopted her as his
own. The girl is married to Mr. H. Hi
inentz, the brewer, Her foster father left
her a snug fortune, estimated at $50,000.
The younger girl was placed in the/Wood
land Orphans’ Home; thence she was
adopted by some Missouri parties, but
subsequently returned to the Woodland
Home, and was then adopted by Mr. and
.J. J. Wilder, Chairman of Council: Alder-
Mrs. Thomas Potter, of Bayliss, Pike co.,
111., and by them reared to womanhood.
Until now she supposed herself to he their
own daughter. Haynes having accumu
lated some property and Mrs. Himentz
being desirous of finding her sister, some
months ago began search and to-day Alice
Potter arrived here with her foster pa
rents. From the records of the Woodland
Home she has been fully identified as the
daughter of George W. Haynes. The
meeting of the sisters and relatives was
very affecting. Mr. and Mrs. Potter are
weli-to-do larmers of Pike county, and
seem to he greatly worried, fearing that
Alice will be taken from them. Of this
there is no danger, as her father is satis
fied to have her remain with her foster
parents, to whom she is devotedly at
tached. It is seldom that two children
left to the cold charities of the world fare
so well as these sisters have done.
Mother Men riel ban in Takes Wings.
New York, Dec. 4.—Mother Mendel
baum, a well-known “fence,” has jumped
her bail of $14,000 and fled to Canada.
Her trial for receiving stolen goods was
called to-day; but no appearance was en
tered, and it has been learned that her
real estate in this city has been sold, the
deeds having been acknowledged in To
ronto. Her son Julius and clerk Stoude,
also under bail under the same charge*,
have likewise forfeited their bonds.
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