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, ESTABLISHED 1850. I
j J. 11. EsTILL, Editor and Proprietor. {
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
the news op the two states
TOLIi IN PARAGRAPHS.
\ Ills Boom at Senola— !
r Municipal Ticket—Coal for
the 1’ T ’9 of Rome—Death of a Promt -
rrn: t fliien of Augusta — Murder near
I'aS^ara.
GKORGIA.
(/■ 6 Mary A. Frierson, of Athens, lias a
,• ; t plant over twenty-lire years <*id that
‘ full of buds.
J; unhridge is boring another artesian well.
, , ,\ t m well is 908 feet deep, anl the second
11- down already $25 feet.
, i ileorgia Padfic Railroad has o fit-red to
irt tie “Liberty Bell" fron Philadei -
,i to New Orleans free of cost.
% st. '-i men's man has sent loan Atlanta
-d, for his (.hristmas dinner, six eight*
1 potatoes of h.s own raising.
!. A. Mr Knight, a colored sctiool teacher of
y nwether connty, has recently finished a
\ _v and eomplete'school building.
Two of the prisoners who escaped front jail
• f.vr'M.rn the other day, havefbeen captured
Ta upoosa. where they arc now in custody.
O. M. Gay, a clothing merchant of At*
r’H. has assigned. His liabilities, according
. ' ■ „’,,wn estimate, arc $25,090 and his sssetd
J.y-.oeo-
y oil r brick buildings are now going tip at
c r r..',vick within a stone's throw of each
and two new blocks are waiting for
rial.
i .tion Averett, of Blakeley, killed a fine
. r the other day which he found feeding
i th a herd of goats in an old field near the
dams mill pond.
\. .1. Dunaway, who lives near the Lincoln
. \\ likes county, has tour guinea hens that
411 eggs during the laying reason this
r. as roon as frost came ihey took a rest.
ir. Ell-ha Green, of Elljay, died in that
.• on Dec, 15 trom the effects of a surgical
•'(■ration, made necessary in e of
./ Vl . gun-shot wounds received during the
war.
The increase of taxable property in Irwin
ntv m l's 4is 124.943. The total property
■ r - ‘ is 1108.212. The total nuin
, t of i>oll-returned for 1881 is 703, being an
n , rc.c-e of 52 over IS3.
Thnr-day morning W. 11. Dinkins and F. M.
... a I Kith of Kllavilte, were struck by the
ng of a small pine which stood just below
liro.’s stable. Mr Dinkins was quite
injured, bis right arm being hurt.
•j r j the tree struck them a second sooner the
.e-td might have been fatal.
Jane Morgan, an aged negro woman living
ili. suburbs of Columbus with her daughter
itaad, Bob Woodson, fell in the
,i. as. while having a stroke of apoplexy,
ring their absence and perished l etore s
- ran-e c vald arrive, being burnt to a crisp
; horribly disfigured and drawn up.
lames W. 'until sold I.‘ooßales of cotton
me tune ago to be delivered in Athens at
c. tic brought in the first lot of 112 bales
\bindav. It tAok 32 wagons to haul that
■in.l from his plantatiou. Mr. Smith had
, ■me splendid teams and the convicts that
. .me w ith the wagons were well clothed and
wemed t > be enjoying good health.
<>n Tuesday morning last, while a son of J.
. Slapncy, near the Plainsof Dura, in ."Sumter
• .untv! was handling a breeeh-loading gun
• ear tii ■ house, it accidentally went off, and
charge entered the head of a negro toy
... wu- standing off about ten steps, tearing
< tone eve and severely injuring tile side of
- I. ad! The boy, it" is ieougnt, will get
welL
Athens Banner- Watchman: Some time since
stranger came to Athens and discovered
Tub, the blind and hideous beggar, on the
:r. et. 11c at ouce bad his picture taken and
- at it to Barman, the great showman, with a
graphical sketch of the negro, de
- nbing him as an 'African chief who had
n di-tigurcd by his people for a high crime,
b irnuni was about purchasing Tub, when he
■seovered the imposition.
Lome Courier: Col. John C. Printup has
i sly volunteered to donate four tons of coal
. the poor women and children of the city
• i providers. lie will deliver at
warehouse 2)0 pounds of the coal to each
woman or child who comes to him indorsed
■ if the ladies of any of the mission so
t '.-ties. He requires this indorsement as a
ili ran tee that the applicants are worthy,
i'ae pxvr people of our city will duly ap
• rei late Col. Printup's generosity, lie never
. -forgotten them.
Hawkin-ville Die patch: Col. Lucius M.
.mar. of this county, is announced as a can
iuleforthe United States Marshalsbip of
r.mrgiu, and it is believed by his friends that
■ > chances for obtaining the appointment are
' very good. This office, as well as many others,
will be very likely obtained through the in
• .enee of Georgia's United States Senators,
brown and Colquitt, and Col. Lamar has
laiins upon bo h of the Senators, having sup
.Kirtcd both of them in their more recent bil
ler contests for Gubernatorial and Senatorial
honors.
• inly one vessel cleared from Darien last
week, and there were no arrivals for the
• k. Six vessels that had previously ar
ved were loading witli timber and lumber.
there is some timber ready for rafting on the
• K-mulgee betweeu Hawkinsville and Lumber
•,'ity, and will go down on the first rise of the
waters. The Darien market is quoted at |sto
*6 per 1.000 for square timber averaging 000
lift, and at to $9 per I,OO J averaging 900
feet. Scab timber is quoted at $5 to $S per
i.ooo for SOO average, and IS to $9 for 500
verage.
At Fairburn, Thursday, the Justice Court
committed a negro to jail for larceny from
uie house. The Sheriff took charge of him
and started to the jail. On the way the
i isoner asked permission to get some sand to
it on the floor of his cell to spit on. He
ked up the sand in his hands and went on
uietly till they reached the jail door, when
' prisoner suddenly turned on the Sheriff,
i hed the sand in his eyes and leaped for
•ertv. The Sheriff, though suffering and
Minded, overtook him a.- and soon had him cry
g for mercy. He was safelv lodged in jail.
There has been on exhibition at Augusta lor
" vt ral lays past a handsomely framed sieci
> n of artistic pen work bys. H. Blocker,
rofessor in the Neliicville colored school.
Across the face of the chart, in a graceful de
- gn. appears the following: “For the
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial
r xposition at New Orleans, La.” In the left
-Pier corner is a picture of J. W. Lyons, in
■ centre one of Prof. A. R. Johnson, and in
:h* right corner one of supt. Lawton IS. Ev
while at the bottom is a picture of the
-r;i"t himself. Two bank notes are finely ex
ecuted.
Kastman correspondence News, Deo. 19: !
fhe citizens of Kastman met at the court
Bight ami unanimously nojiinaied
Mon. tVni. Put Kastman for Mayor by acela-
W. W. Ashburn, J. K. DeLacy, C.
U. Murrell, and J. D. Herrman were nomi
iat' and for Aldermen. This ticket gives gen
-ral satisfaction, as will be attested at tl:e
n on the second Monday in January.
The nominees are all good, substantial men,
1 win give Kastman'an excellent munici
t -s.Ternment. Tne meeting was charaoter
/■**i by entire harmony. There was but little
*>l> position.
Mrs. Patience Everett, a widow lady aged
J-. *out 60 years, committed suicide at her home,
the Third district of Dooly county, on
; sir-day evening last, fche lived in the same
with her son and his wife. The old lady
q’.u-ntly lost her temper, and threatened to
i . herself. She sent word to a neighlior to
ue over and see her body prepared for the
fr.ive. Her son took from her a vial of lauda
: m. After that she went into her room and
k>d it and the next dav|the room was
or , and open and she was found dead. It was j
- ~rer< and that she had taken strychnine from
■ ole that had been hidden in her trunk.
At Augusta, Friday night, after several j
" *■' ks of serious illness, Charles Spaeth '
■ thed his last He was Sti years old, and ,
• l been a resident of Augusta for more than
during which time he was a promi- |
• representative of the German element of |
i- popnlation, and a worthy and high- j
> respected citizen. He was a Lieutenant in ,
'V ashington artillery and took a cor.spic- 1
~ part at Pensacola and Shiloh, receiving j
■' painful wound in the latter battle. He was ;
ihe first President of the German Schuetzen
v :b, and was one of the most popular Ger- j
mans in Augusta. He had a remarkably fine ;
voice, and was a member of St. Patrick’s j
C; urch choir for many years past.
fair burn Xuntlett*rl On last Saturday night j
i here was a frolic at a negro house on Mr, ,
Afh smith's place in Inion district. At the j
r lie there were, among others, a negro ]
named Willis c’leckler, and his uncle, Joe
’ heckler, tioth diunk. The two got into a j
,; gbr. and the latter was killed. Joe caught i
1 "id of Willis, and passing a knife in front of •
urn, said: "Willis, I could kill you mighty .
easy if I wanted to.” Willis gave him a push I
ard they both fell to the-ground. Willis was j
the firsi to regain his feet, and when he arose j
had in his hand a rock weighing about ;
Kree pounds. As soon as Joe got up Willis |
•truck him a severe blow on the head, from :
which he died almost instantly. A Coroner’s !
cry held an Inquest over the remains, and in I
■heir verdict expressed the opinion that the
killing was murder. Willis made his escape, ;
and has not yet been arrested.
-enoia correspondence News, Dec. 18: Se- j
r, >:a is on a big matrimonial boom, or it sorter
"oUto. J. C’. Hardv and Miss Mamie Hardy
married a few days ago, W. S. Travis and
k'teila Pining, and Mr. McLane and Miss
MoUie Bridges, D. Conch and Miss Lizzie
■ •rake, K. H. Long and Miss Lizzie Cotter. Mr.
Cole and L. E. and to-day Prof. F. W . ;
*ver and Miss Lizzie Van House were mar
':vd. The latter left on the down traiD. Se- j
sf'ia can boast of as many fine young ladies !
a- any town in Middle Georgia to its size, and
there are several nice young men too. senoia !
- °he of the dry tow'ns, having no whisky I
and no drunkards. There are fine schools and !
irches, and good moral societv. and that is :
'noi.gh. .Since Senoia has dispensed with all
srruoms several good families have moved
togatner with several good business men.
-hty *y it 19 because there are ue barrooms .
here. Our wives and daughters can go every
where they please in town without being in
sulted by drunken men’s oaths.
Atlanta special. Dec. IT; Ten days ago
' hief Connolly received through the 10-iil an
anonymous letter notifying him that poker
was being played every night in certain lo
cations. The letter was written by a lady.
The writer as-erted that she was constrained
to inform because of her attachment to an
other lady, whose husband lost heavily. In
a few days the police located and planned a I
raid for Thursday night of : .ast week.
B hile awaiting the coming ot Iris compan
ions the Captain szt down near a window.
In a few moments he heard someone tap on
the window, and as he looked up somebody
on the outside disappeared. At the same in
stant something white flutter and through the
window, droppirg at the Cuptr in's leot. Pick
ing it up the ( aptain saw that it was a letter,
lie lore the envelope open trad found a note
notifying li:m that the pei-ous had become
frightened an i moved. Tins letter was writ
ten by the sir ne person who wrote the firat
one. Last night about dark a lady so heavily
veiled that her features were completely hid
den, appeared at police headquarters and
sent to the chief a letter fa which was a com
plaint against the room. The Chief attempt
ed to approach the lady who sent the note,
but as soon as she saw him leave the main en
trance she disappeared. The Captain and
two patrolmen went to the place indicated.
I There they separated. When the officers
reached the room they found the door slightly
ajar, and, looking in, saw several men around
a table playing poker. After watching the
: game awhile, the Captain knocked on the door.
••Wonder who that is-” said one of the play
ers, baking around. As the player turned
his head be saw the police uniform, and see
ing that they were trapped, he good-humor
edly said. “Come in boys, we arc ready.”
The Captain and his two men walked in, ami
in a few minutes they and the half dozen
players were at the City prison. Among
them were a Sheriff and a County Judge, two
members of the Legislature, a groom and a
! preacher who were to be the principals in a
' marriage feast to-day, and several others.
The high position of all the parties makes the
I raid interesting.
FLORIDA.
>miller county claims a population of 10,-
000.
Okra is blooming in the gardens of Talla
hassee.
Sweet potatoes go begging at Yalaha at 25
cents per bushel.
There is a considerable demand for cot
tages in l’alatka.
Hernando county has a citizen who claims
to be the father of 25 children.
A single grape vine in Levy county yielded
this season I,OUO pounds of fruit.
The new town of Whitledge, in Polk county,
has been rc-named Winter Haven.
A brace of Woodcock were shot near Palat
ka, Friday, a rarPYhiug in Florida.
Tliehrst annual session of the FtoridaCliau
tuuqua Assembly will open on Feb. 10.
More long staple cotton than usual has been
produced in Gadsden county this year.
Tallahassee is to have r.ew brick sidewalks
on Monroe, the principal business street.
The second crop of figs, as large as guinea
eggs, are to lie seen on trees in Tallahassee.
Half a dozen families from Chattahoochee
county, Ga., are settling in Orange county.
A numlter of prospectors and visitors hat e
arrived at Tallahassee during the past week.
Noah Taylor will be hanged at Ocala on
Friday, Jan. 2, for killing Deputy Sheriff
Gramling.
The architect of the new court house at
Gainesville says that work will be begun ou
it this week.
Hie Gainesville (white) public school will
have vacation from the day before Christmas
to the Monday after New 1 ear.
A gentlemau from New York is in treaty
with Mr. Strack, of Del.and, to erect a steam
laundry and bath house' near his well.
JSThe 500 feet of new fire hose purchased by
Jacksonville has arrived from Now York.
The fire department cow has about 1,500 feet
; of hose.
F. L. Robert son retires from the Brooksville
! Creecent, giving place to W. J. Barnett, who
will conduct the paper in the future. The
j office will also issue the Sentinel and Watch
| man, a religious pap?r, ot which Rev. H.E.
. Partridge, of Ocala, is editor.
! Wild cats have been playing havoc with the
! poultry on the place of Hon. 1!. J. Earle, at
i Waldo. They have destroyed all his turkeys
and geese aud a large number of his chickens.
: Notwithstanding hunters have assiduously
pursued the varmints, they have not yet suc
; needed in capturing or killing'any of them.
Tallahassee Land of Flatter*: A farmer
: living on Ilie Ocklockounee river informs us
■ that nearly all the hogs in his neighborhood
were Tilled the summer by chol
. era. Now the cattle are dying up with a dis
| ease that proves fatal in a few hours after
attacking, lie says that his neighbors call it
cow cholera, but tliat it is unlike any cholera
: he ever 6aw. The cattle, lie says, are in gvod
: order, and will lie down at night apparently
! in perfect health and are found dead the next
morning, sometimes three or four in a bunch.
Daytona Journal : The steamer Greenwich
was built in Wilmington, Del., in 1579. She is
1 100 tons net. Capt. Fulford, her commander,
has made 154 trips over Mosquito bar without
an accident inflicting auy personal injury
upon crew or passengers, or without any ma
terial loss to cargo. For the year ending July
j 1 she carried 3,200 tons of general freight to
: the coast, and 630 tons of honey, oranges and
I turtles from the coast; also 542 passengers.
The schooners in the same time, as nearly as
j can lie estimated, 1.290 tons of freight and 100
1 passengers. The increase in freights this
year is very much 'arger, especially the
| shipment of orauues, honey and fish from the
I coast. With railroad facilities the increase
j would be enormous. The arrivals by stage
■ fiom Volusia and St. Augustine during the
i same time noted for the Greenwich and
i schooners have more than equaled their total.
Considerable merchandise has also come by
land.
FLORIDA OX THE WIRE.
Neither Fruit nor Vegetables Injured
by the Present Cold Snap.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dee. 20.—Vice Presi
dent-elect Hendricks and wife will visit
Florida early in February.
Two Boston women in Dr. Mary Walker
costume appeared on Bay street this morn
ing. creating a sensation.
The weather has moderated to-day. There
was no ice this morning. Oranges have taken
a brisk advance in price.
There are many dangerous characters in
the city. Robberies are becoming frequent.
Northern travel is lighter, in consequence
of the proximity of the holidays.
Orange- in this vicinity have not been in
jured by the present cold snap. Tender vege
tables have not been seriously affected. Hoses
and other flowers are still "blooming. Thin
ice formed in exposed pUe.es yesterday.
NO HARM AT PALATKA.
I’alatka, Dec. 20.—1 t was quite cold in
this section last night and the niglit before,
but no frost and no injury to vegetation of
anv kind has resulted. The weather mode
rated to-day, and all danger of a freeze is
probably over.
NO INJURY AT BROOKSVII.UE.
Brooksville, Doc. 20.—The cold snap in
no way hurt vegetables or fruit in this sec
tion.
. BARTOW'S ESCAPE.
Bartow, Fla.. Dec. 20.—The late cold snap
did not affect oranges, nor even the tenderest
plants in this vicinity. ...
Track laving on the Bartow branch of the
South Florida Railroad Is completed to within
one and a half miles of this place. The com
pany intends riintung in by Dec. 21. \ isitors
are coming in rapidly from colder climes.
(JEOIIGIA'S FAT OFFICES.
T. F. Johnson Denominated—The Out
look for Other Candidates.
W ash ini. ton, Dec. 30.—President Arthur
to-day nominated Tomlinson F. Johnson for
Collector of Customs of the district of Savan
nah. The President’s first intention was to
hold all the Georgia Federal appointments
until after the holidays, but without consult
ing any one he suddenly resolved on Wednes
day to make two appointments as personal
Christmas presents for E. C. Wade and T. F.
Johnson. Mr. Johnson’s nomination as Col
lector at Savannah was sent in to-day. It
can be stated on the highest authority that
no appointment will be made to the district
Judgship nor to the Post mastership at Savan
nah until after Christmas. The former has
been vacant a long time. The candi
dates are just the same as at the first—
Farrow, who is backed by the Republican
noliticians; Cunningham, of Savannah, and
Goodwin, of Atlanta, who have the indorse
ment of the lawyers. The reason that the
President does not appoint Farrow at once is
because he is not satisfied that I arrow lias
the necessary qualifications. He is at present
believed to lean towards Cunmngham. The
Postmastership of Savannah may be held In
abeyance for some time. It will not come be
fore the President until Postmaster General
Hatton returns and passes upon it. The pres
ent probability is that the incumbent will be
reappointed.
Served up by Regulators.
Omaha Neb.. Dec. 20.—James Lctson, of
Frontier countv, who, in cold blood, last
Tuesday shot and killed Eugene Sherwood,
was taken from tne custody of the >herlfi on
Thursday night bv regulators, who shot him, |
cut his throat and hung his liody un to freeze, j
Kellogg Gives Notice of a Contest.
New Orleans, Dec. 20. —William Pitt Kel
logg has served on K. J. Gay notice of a con
test of the election in the Third Congressional
district, charging bribery, corruption, vio- (
lenee, intimidation and falsification of the
election returns. 1
DODGING THE DEAD LOCK. |
BOTH BRANCHES OF CONGRESS
STAND THEIR GROUND.
No Formal Ad journment over the Ht
idayg, but Christmas Turkeys to he
Eaten at Home—The Senate to Meet
Monday and the House Thursday, but
a Quorum not Expected in Either
Case.
Washington, Dec. 20 —ln the Senate to
day at the conclusion of \hc morning business.
Mr. Vest called up his resolution objecting to
sending the proposed surveying expedition to
Nicaragua. Mr. Morgan moved that the
matter he considered in secret legislative
session. The motion was seconded by Jlr.
Cameron, of Wisconsin, and the doors were
ordered closed. While the order was being
executed Mr. Conger said: “I call for the
other side,” to which Mr. Cameron, of Wis
consin. replied: “There is no other side to
it,” which raised a laugh at Mr. Conger’s ex
l>ense. as the rules provide that on a demand
j being at any time made by two Senators, the
: doors of the Senate shall lie closed. TbeSen
' ate then, at 12:20 o’clock, went into secret
j legislative session.
During the secret session the doors were for
i a few minutes considered opened for the pur
pose of receiving a request from the House
for a further conference o the naval bill,
which request was granted. When tliAAecret
legislative session closet! the Senate wdwt Into
executive session. At 3:43 o’clock the doors
were reopened, and Mr. Hoar moved to take
up for consideration the House resolution,
providing for adjournment from to-day until
j Jan. 5. Tiie resolution was taken up. Mr.
i Hoar asked Mr. Allison, Chairman of the Ap-
I propriations Committee, as to the condition of
] things in case the senate should agree to the
I resolution in question.
Mr. Allison said that if the Senate passed
this resolution, and tne iwo houses should
adjourn to the date named there would on
Jan. 1 lie no money from which the navy
could be paid. Every Senator could, there
fore, judge for himseif whether it was the
duty of t tie Senate to adjourn.
Mr. Hale said that tlm Senate had yester
day, by a unanimous vote, supported the
position of its own committee, and insisted on
Its amendments. The House was advised of
this fact. Jt appointed conferees and sent the
bill back to •he senate, where it arrived at 2
o’clock to-day. In the Senate further con
ference was ordered, and conferees were
appointed. He (.Mr. llale) had sent word to
the House conferees thav tlie Senate con
ferees were ready at any time to meet them,
but the House conferees had not appeared.
The Chairman of the House committee had
assured him (Mr. llale) that the conference
was useless unless the Senate would recede
from its position. The House was determined
that the Senate should follow Ihe rule adopted
by the House of t iking the appropriation bill
of last year and giving one-half us amount
for the coining half year. The statement was
made that the House would never back down.
MR. M’FUERSON DEFENDS THE HOUSE.
Mr. McPherson said that he hail heard too
much criticism of the House of Representa
tives. The true difficulty was that the Senate
had insisted ou attaching to an appropriation
bill a provision for a steel cruiser- a clause
that had no place there. After twelve or
thirteen months the Senate was still insisting
on that provision (improper in that place),
when it knew that the House would not yield.
Mr. Male said that the House did not'even
give tile Senate an opportunity of receding
from that or any other amendment.
Air. McPherson thought the House quite
right in its position as long as the Senate in
sisted on that amendment.
Mr. said that the position of the House
conference committee was that it would not
take up or consider the bill prepared at the
last session by the House itself and amended
by the Senate.
At 5 o’clock a message was received from
the House of Representa'ives making pro
vision for the naval service fer 31 davs Irom
Dec. 31.
Mr. Butler called for its immediate con
sideration. The bill was read and after some
debate, in which it met withopposition on the
same ground as did the ei.v months’ bill, Ylr.
Butler withdrew bis call for its immediate
consideration.
Mr. Logan, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported the military academy till,
and it was passed without debate. It appro
priates in all 1309,395 for the support ot the
academy for the next fiscal j'ear.
The House concurrent resolution, providing
for an adjournment from to-day to Jan. 5.
was then taken up anil voted on by yeas and |
nays, and was not agreed to by 8 yeas to 23
nays. The vote in detail was as follows:
i'eas— Messrs. Bavard, Colquitt, Jackson,
Jones of Florida, George, Gibson, Hampton
and Lamar—4.
Fays —Messrs. Aldrich, Blair, Call. Came
ron of Wisconsin. Conger, Culloin, Dolph,
Edmunds, Frye. Hale, Harrison, Hoar, Lap
ham, Logan, McPherson, Manderson, Maxey,
Miller of New Y'ork, Morgan, Platt, Pugh,
Sawyer, Sheffield, Walker and Wilson—23.
The vote developed the fact that there was
no quorum present, whereupon at 5:45 o'clock
the Senate adjourned till Monday next.
IN THE HOUSE.
Immediately after tiie reading of the jour
nal the House resumed consideration of the
inter-State commerce bill. Mr. Henderson,
of lowa, moved to strike out the section pro
hibiting railroad companies from charging
greater compensation for transporting freight
a g shorter than a reater distance. He be
lieved that the section was deadly to the
interest of the part of the country which lie
represented—a great agricultural interest.
Air. Reagan, of Texas, supposed the section
not to prohibit a greater rate for a shorter
than a longer haul was to submit to the rail
roads the regulation of the commerce of the
entire ciuntry.
After further discussion Mr. Reagan yielded
to Mr. Randa 1, of Pennsylvania, to permit
him to report the conference disagreement on
the temporary naval appropriation bill.
Mr. Randall said that there should be no
I ill-feeling between the two houses on account
of the disagreement. He did not think that
the position of the House conferees had been
stated fairly in the Senate yesterday, and,
therefore, he would express' the unanimous
voice of those conferees as to what they had
maintained. It was well known that the'Navy
Department had been administered during
the past six monthjunder a temporary appro
priation. The continuance of ilie provisions
of this proper bill was objected to by the Sen
ate. The senate conferees desired that the
bill which should be made the basis of confer
ence should be a bill that was passed last
session by the House and amended by the
Senate, but which was laid aside and never
became a law. That bill xvas based ou an in
crease of appropriation approaching $5,000,000
and would bring into tiie conference newsub
jects not legislated upon at all.
What the House conferees wanted was to
take the existing law, am',*if necessary-, re
peal it by items. TJiey did not want to use
the drag net and bring in other matters of
legislation and appropriation. The question
of appropriations for the new vessels formed
the buruen of the debate which followed.
At its conclusion the House insisted on its
disagreement to the Senate amendments, and
a further conference was ordered.
Mr. Raudall moved that when the House
adjourn to-day it lie to meet on Wednesday,
Dec. 24. Tiie constitution, he said, prohibited
adjournment for more than three days with
out the concurrence of the Senate. He asked
unanimous cousent that it should be agreed
that on Dec. 24 a further adjournment should
be had until Dec. 27, tben to Dec. 31, and then
until Jan. 5, and that on those days no busi
ness whatever shall be transacted. This
would accomplish the judgment of the House
on the question of the holiday recess. There
was barely a quorum in the" House to-day,
and it would be imiKjssible to get one next
week. Mr. Randall's motion was agreedjto,
blit unanimous consent was not given to the
agreement for further adjournment.
INTER STATE. COMMERCE.
C onsideration of the in'er-State commerce
bill was then resumed. The amendment of
Mr. Henderson, of lowa, was rejected by 57
veas to 118 nays.
Air. Fetors, of Kansas, offered an amend
ment to the "long and short-hand” provis
ion by addiug the words “the longer distance
to be limited to the nearest competing (joint
at whieh two or more railroads compete for
business.” On this amendment no quorum
voted, and a call of the House was ordered.
The call showed IH3 members present.
Air. Deters withdrew his amendment, and
consideration of tbe bill was postponed.
Air. Randall introduced a bill making tem
porary provision for the support of the navy
for the month of January, 14-<5, on the basis of
the six months’appropriation. The bill was
passed without division.
On motion of Air. llopkins, of Pennsylvania,
the Senate joint resolution was passed, deeiar- j
ing Christmas and New Y'ear days holidays ;
for all, with per diem for government cm- j
ployes. The House then adjourned until
Wednesday. Dec. 24. j
Though there is no detiuite agreement that i
no business shall be transacted on Wednes
day, there is a tacit understanding to that
effect, and it is also understood that consecu
tive adjournment shall be taken for three
busißbss days at a time until Jan. 5.
The Military Appropriations.
Washington. Dec. 20.—The Senate Com
mittee of Appropriations to-day decided to
report back the military academy appropria
tion bill with one amendment. The provision
for tbe additional pav of Professors for length
of service is reduced $625.
Postmasters Confirmed.
Washington, Dec. 20.—The Senate to-day j
confirmed the nomination of the following
Postmasters: Vincent L. Tjler. at Brook
Haven, Miss.; W. White Jones, at Greens
borough, Ala., and J. G. Fowler, at Milledge
ville, Ga.
In Favor of Broadhead.
Washington, Dec. 20. —In the contested ;
election case of AlcLean vs. Broadhead, of
Missouri, the sub-committee by a party vote j
has decided to report to the full committee in
furor of Mr. Broadhead, I
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1884.
REPUBLICAN DISRUPTION.
The Blaine G* anil Arthurltes Smiting
Each Other Mercilessly.
Washington, Doc. 20. —Avery pretty quar
rel has been begun by the Blaine leaders and
the Arthur leaders over the attitude of the
kjt’.cr during the recent campaign. The dec
laration of Chairman Jones, of the National
Republican Committee, that President Ar
thur did not co-operate in any way with that
committee, and that neither tiie President
nor any member of his Cabinet made any con
tribution to the committee has aroused the
wrath of the Arthnrites. They say that the
purpose of the attack at this time is to injure
Arthur’s chauches for the Senatorship. The
fact ’ that the hot shot from
the Biaineites is having serious effect
is shown by the eagerness with which Secre
tary Chandler rushes into print to defend the
President and his Cabinet. Secretary Chandler
publishes a card in to-day’s National /lepubli
ra n in which he denounces Air. Jones’ charge
as ungenerous and unjust, and asserts that
during the campaign neither the President
nor any member of his Cabinet lacked desire
for Republican success, or failed to do all that
was asked or could have been reasonably ex
pected of him to accomplish. Mr. Chandler
takes up the gage of battle by declar
ing that “if the warfare in which Mr. Jones
has engaged is to be continued there will
certainly be quite as many blows given as
taken, so far as 1 am concerned.”
Tiie National Republican, which is under
control of Secretary Chandler and Postmas
ter General Hatton, says: “The interests of
the Republican party make attacks like that
of Chairman Jones "very injudicious. Un
doubtedly tiie Philadelphia Pre** and the
New Y'ork Tribune can stop them if they will,
and we rather think they will.”
NICARAGUA’S CANAL.
Senators Discuss the Project in an
Executive Session.
Washington, Dec. 20.—The Senate in secret
legislative session to-day considered at great
length Air. Vest’s resolution declaring that
the Nicaraguan surveying expedition is in
expedient and directing the Secretary of the
Navy not to enforce bis orders on the subject.
The time was taken np chiefly in long speeches
upon the merits of the Nicaraguan treaty and
the benefits to lie expected from the building
of the canal. The Eades railway project was
incidentally discussed. Senator Morgan, who
is friendly to the canal, made the leading
speech in favor of the treaty, and Senator
Vest led in the opposition. During the debate
Senator Edmunds took occasion to say, in sub
stance, that lie strongly favored the ratifica
tion of the Nicaraguan treaty, regardless of
what foreign powers might say or do. Air.
Vest’s resolution, which was forgotten early
iu the debate, remains unacted upon.
THE FEELING IN ENGLAND.
London, Dec. 20.—The interest in the Nica
ragua canal project here is abating. The
Spectator says: "If the statesmen of the
United States would legislate against the
dynamiters a compromise would be easy ”
Vanity Fair says that it sees nothing that
England ought to object to in the Nicaragua
treaty. The English treaty with Nicaragua,
which was concluded by Lord John Russell
in 1860, secures to England the highest
privileges enjoyed even by c icaragua. If the
people of England knew the disgraceful his
tory of the Buiwcr-Clayton treaty they
would desire that it be consigned to eternal
oblivion.
REAGAN’S BILL STABBED.
An Avalunclie of Words Prevents the
Reaching of a Vote.
YVashington, Dec. 20.—The friends of the
Reagan inter-State commerce bill are very
despondent to-niglit. The enemies of the
Util, led by Charles O'Neill, succeeded 1 in
keeping off' action ou it this afternoon by
talking a great deal. To-night Representa
tive Townsliend, of the Appropriations Com
mittee, says that just as soon as the House
meets again for business he will insist
upon the consideration of the District of
Columbia appronriation bill, of which lie has
charg ■. The lteagan bill people are not sure
that they cau secure consideration for their
bill as against an appropriation bill. If they
fail to do so, their bill may be considered dead
even so far as the House is concerned. Their
failure to get the bill through before the lioli
davs discourages them.
RE PR ESENTAIIV ES CH UCKLIXG.
The Outcome of Their Tilt with the
Seua to Looked Upon as a Victory.
YVashington, Dec. 20.—Congress is practi
cally iu recess for the holidays, and the naval
appropriation bill must wait until Jan. 5.
Secretary Chandler will have to bridge over
the first week in January as best he may.
The Senate was left without a quorum this
evening, when it adjourned until Alonday.
It is doubtful whether it will have a quorum
then, for the Senators are leaving for home on
every outgoing train. The trains were
crowded with Congressmen to-n'ght. Tiie
Senate will probably, on Monday, adjourn
over until Wednesday, and so on in three day
periods until after New Y'ears. The members
of the House are chuckling over what they
regard as a victory over the senate.
THE EXPOSITION’S START.
Better Feeling Prevalent at the Week’s
Close Among Those Interested.
New Orleans, Dec. 20.—At the exposition
to-day there was a large attendance. In the
government exhibits Brazil is making a
specialty of her coffees. The foreign and
State exhibits arc nearing completion. The
Exhibitors’ Association rescinded the resolu
tions demanding the resignation of Chief of
Installation Mullen. Fifty-six carloads of
exhibits arrived to-day. and bills of lading
for a great number still en route were re
ceived. The exposition will remain open on
Sunday, the clergy agreeing that it could not
offend.
Director General Burke furnishes the fol
lowing: “The week closed with good feeling.
Three huadre 1 carloads of exhibits have ar
rived since yesterday aud the cargoes of the
steamers Explorer and Arden began to reach
the exposition to-day. These vessels brought
part or the Russian, French, English and en
tire Belgian display, the latter.containing 247
exhibits. The Arden brought a magnificient
collection of tropical plants from the Royal
Botanical Institute of Jamaica and a com
plete exhibit of the product of the island
for exhibition in the main building. The ex
hibits of Russia. Belgium, Austria, Hungary,
Italy, France,.Great Britain, .Mexico, Spain,
Portugal, Chinn, Japan, Siam, Guatemala,
San Salvador,JCosta Rica, British Honduras,
Spanish Honduras, Brazil and Venezuela will
be fully in position by Jan. 1, as they are now
being installed.
KNOWN TO HAVE PERISHED.
Sad Results of the Continuation of the
Search in the Orphan Asylum Ruins.
Brooklyn, Dec. 20.—fiarly to-day search
was resumed in the ruins of the burned Cath
olic Orphan asylum. About noon, when the
workmen had almost concluded that there
were no more bodies buried beneath the de
bris, they came upon a group of six, all of
which were burned to a crisp. This makes
18 bodies in all recovered.
At an executive session of the board of
managers of the asylum, held to-night, a re
port was made that showed the number of
inmates of the institution to be 724 when ap
plication for its share of the excise money
was made to the Board of Estimate last week.
Since then six or eight children might have
been admiite I. Trustee Bradley says that
704 children had been accounted for, includ
ing 20 recovered from the ruins. There were
yet 20. he said, to be accounted for. A body
found just before the workmen ceased work
this evening makes the twentieth found, ac
cording to Mr. Bradley.
BURNING OF A HOTEL.
Long Branch, N. J.,Dec. 20.—The Alansion
House tiere caught lire at about,l2:3o o’clock,
and. with the exception of the north end,
which was used for a restaurant and bar. was
entiiely consumed. The thermometer stood
at zero and the firemen while indeavorinu to
subdue the flames suffered severely. The
building was untenanted, and it is impossible
to say how the fire originated. M. J. Butler,
the lessee, losses all his furniture. An esti
mate of the loss, which is partly covered by
insurance, cannot yet be given.
A FURNITURE FACTORY DESTROYED.
Loi isville, Dec. 20.—W. Raple’s furniture
and toy manufactory on Fourth street was
totally destroyed by fire this morning. The
loss is $50,000.
DESTRUCTION OF A MILL.
Chattanooga, Dec. 20.—The steam mill of
Thomas Bios. A Cos., near Clinton. Tenn.. was
burned last night. The loss is over SIO,OOO.
Protesting Cigar Alanufacturers.
Key West, Fla., Dec. 20.—Cigar manufac
turers representing a capital of about $1,000,-
000 to-day passed a resolution to send a com
mittee to meet the New York committee at
YY'ashington next montli to present to Con
gress the objections of the trade to the Span
ish treaiy as it stands at present. They will
advoca'.e the abolition of the duty on raw to
bacco, and a reduction of 13 per cent, on ci
gars.
France’s Alleged YVar Talk.
Paris, Dec. 20.—A dispatch from Shanghai
says: “The French Minister has been ordered
to inform China that any further negotiations
are useless. The.dispute must now be settled
by the sword.”
VIRGINIA’S MIDLAND ROAD.
Statement ol' the Company’s Finances
and the New Officers.
Alexandria, Va., Dec. 20.—The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Virginia
Midland Railroad was held in this city to
day. John .4. Barbour read the repoit of the
President and directors showing the gross
earnings for the year ending Sept. SO to have
been: On account of freights $778,749, passen
gers $532,031. express $77,'71, mail $78,8:3,
Manassas rental $89,230, miscellaneous $19,811;
total $1,623,830. The operatiug expenses were
$999,217, ’caving the net earnings $623,613.
The gross earning were $38,373 less than in
18S3. and the operating expenses were
$43,022 more ihau in 1843. The net
earnings in 1441 were $81,390 less than in 1883.
The decrease in the gross earnings was due
to the falling off in the through freight reve
nues. The local freight revenue was only
SSOB less than in 1883. The passenger business
showed an increase ot $2,990,876. Two thou
sand five hundred tons of steel rails have been
put on the main line during 1881, making 100
miles of steel, and leaving* 78 miles of iron
still in the track. Anew iron bridge, 757 feet
in length, has been constructed over the
James river.
THE NEW OFFICERS.
Air. Barbour declined re-election, and Col.
A. S. Buford was elected, with the following
directors: John S. Barbour, George F. Baker,
C. M. Blakefo and, C. L Price, Joseph Bryan,
William P. Clyde, K. A. Coghill, 11. C. Fallen
stock, C. G. Holland, J. (j. Lovell, John Me-
Anery, J. C. Moben, George Parsons, W. H.
Pavne, G. S. Scott and A. D. Shepard. The
following resolution was adopted: “That a
committee of five members of the board
be appointed by the Chairman to con
sider the expediency in the interest of this
company of creating a general mort
gage to secure an issue of 5
per cent, bonds for such an amount, not ex
ceeding $12,50C00, as w ill be sufficient to se
cure and provide for the entire bonded obliga
tions of the company, including its income
bond, and if, in the opinion of such commit
tee, the same is deemed expedient, that they
report their views on tjie subject to a meeting
of stockholders to be called by the President
at such time as the committee may select for
the purpose of considering the subject and
taking such action thereon as the stockhold
e s shall deem best.”
Ales-rs. Buford, Fahenstock, Barbour, Baker
and Bryan were appointed said committee.
A VERDICT AGAINST A PAPER ROAD.
New Y'ork, Dec. 20.—The Gallatin National
Bank to-day recovered a verdict in the Su
preme Court of $32,103 against the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad Company
and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company. The first named company pro
jected a railroad trom Nashville, north to
Evansville, Ind. In 1879 it advertised for
subscriptions to the building fund of $200,000,
which were to be secured by mortgage. The
road was never constructed, an agreement
having been made between the independent
companies by which it was alleged that
t(r Louisville and Nashville company
agreed to pay to the subscribers for bonds
whatever damages they might have shown
through thelailure or refusal of the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Ixiuis Company to con
struct the road. The Gallatin Bank sub
scribed $225,000 to this fund, for which it was
to receive $25,C00 of bonds. By this suit the
bank claimed to have been damaged to the
extent of the difference between the subscrip
tion price and the estimated market value of
the funds. The defense set up that the Nash
ville, Chattanooga aud St. Louis Railroad
Company never bad the right to construct a
railroad north of Nashville, anil that, there
fore, it had no right to call for subscriptions,
and they were not liable because the project
was beyond their power.
MAHONE’S TELEGRAPH SUIT.
The %ourt Decides that It Has Jurisdic
tion of the Case.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 20.—Hearing in the
case of Senator Alahone and others against
the Southern Telegraph Company, in which a
receiver is asked for, began to-day before
Judges Bond and Hughes, of the United
States Circuit Court. Gen. B. F. Butler ap
peared as one of the counsel for the plaintiffs,
and Gen. Bradley T. Johnson appeared for
the defense. The defense moved to dismiss
the suit for want of jurisdiction, and the dis
cussion of this motion consumed the entire
day. The motion was overruled, and the
case was adjourned until Monday, when, the
court said, nominations for a receiver would
be heard. Tne plaintiff, Senator William
Alahone, was in court, but the defendant com
pany appeared only i>v attorneys, and raised
the question of jurisdiction, contending that
the telegraph company cannot be
sued in Y'irginia, it being a
New Y’ork corporation, and they
argued that it did not appear from the record
that any efl'ort had been made by the plain
tiff to have the trustee give an account of the
property entrusted to him, before asking the
court to interfere. John S. Wise and Gen.
Butler contended for the plaintiff that the
jurisdiction of the court was clear and un
questionable, and stated in argument that
i.ondsof the Southern Telegraph Company to
the amount of $1,300,000 had been abstracted
from the vaults of the Bankers’ Loan aDd
Trust Company, by A. W. Dimock,
President of the Farmers’ anil
Merchants’ Telegraph Company, and
are now found in the hands ot the receiver of
the latter company as assets, and although
obtained by fraud they arc liable to pass into
the hands of innocent persons and thus im
pair greatly the value of the plaintiffs’ prop
erty. Nothing but the interference of this
court now. they contended,Swould save the
plaintiffs and others similarly situated from
irreparable injury. There was a large at
tendance, and the arguments were listened to
with the closest attention.
4,000 MINERS TO STRIKE.
The River Hands in Pennsylvania De
cide to Stand for an Advance.
Pittsburg, Dec. 20. —The river coal miners’
strike was inaugurated to-day at a number of
pits. Last night the diggers quit work and
gave notice to the operators that they would
not resume until the price of mining is in
creased from 2'4 to 3 cents in the first, second
and third pools, and from 2 to 2} . z in the fourth
pool. President Costillo has been among the
miners agitating the strike for several cays,
and it is thought that the demand on Monday
will be almost unanimous, though many of the
diggers are in destitute circumstances and
have net worked six weeks in the last six
months. The Coal Exchange met to-dav and
decided unanimously to resist the advance
demanded by the miners. The operators
having stores have notified the managers not
to sell any more goods to miners on credit and
in a few instances the diggers in the fourth
pool, who are behind in their rent, have been
notified by the officers of the law to pay. In
the four pools 4,000 men arc employed.
LONG IDLENESS TO BE BROKEN.
After an idleness of several months, the
steel works of Hussey, Thorne & Cos. will start
up next Monday.
FIVE MILLS CLOSED.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 20.—This afternoon
the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company posted a
notice informing the workmen that the five
departments of their extensive works will be
closed until further notice. The mills closed
are the rail, bar, guide and two steel works.
Several hundred men lose positions.
HANDS DISCHARGED.
Allentown, Pa., Dec. 20.—Sixty of the
hands at theFernandale Car Works have been
discharged, and it is announced that unless
new orders are received work will be en
tirely suspended next week.
The Bethlehem mills have shut down uniil
Jan. 5.
IRON WORKS TO BE RESUMED.
Brilliant, Ohio, Dec. 20.—The Spaulding
Iron Works, which have been closed down
for some time, will resume in all the depart
ments next Monday.
STRIKERS GIVE BATTLE.
Colymbl'B, Dec. 20.—The striking miners
attacked the guards at Murray City, in the
Hockine valley, about il o’clock last night,
and there was some sharp firing. Wlien the
patrol train brought relic! to the guards the
miners were repulsed without known loss.
Tennessee’s Welcome to Randall.
Nashville, Dec. 20.—The County Demo
cratic Committee to-day adopted unanimous
ly a resolution “that the Democracy of Ten
nessee, looking from the home of Jackson and
Polk, behold in the visit of Samuel J. Randall,
as in tiie election of President Cleveland, a
happy return to our place in the nation as de
signed by the fathers, wherein there is no
North and no South, but one united people,
and that one distinguished fellow citizen
comes amongst us, not as a stranger or for
eigner, but as a brother and fellow country
man.” A committee of rcMgjjpn was ap
pointed to welcome Mr. RHdall to Ten
nessee.
Twenty-one Lives Lost at Sea.
San Francisco, Dec. 20.—The steamer City
of New Y ork, which arrived here yesterday
from Hong Kong ami Y’okohama. brings ad
vices of a collision which occurred on Nov. 5,
between the Spanish steamer Butuan and the
Maria, in the harbor of Manila. Philippine
Islands. The Maria was cut in two and sank
within a few minutes. It is believed that 21
persons perished. The Captain of the Maria
was saved;
Southern Coal Minea Leased.
New Orleans, Dec. 20.—Billups, Manning
A Cos., of New Orleans, have teased for a
term of years the Alabama and Mississippi
Coal Company’s lauds in Walker county,
Ala., on the line of the Georgia Pacific rail
road, including the Corona mines, the daily
output of which is nearly 500 tons of the best
quality of grate. The strata lying near the
surface, no machinery is required iu working
the mines.
AT TIIE STATE CAPITAL.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGIS
LATURE UNTIL SUMMER.
Both Dranches Vote $183,000 per An
num for the Ensuing Two Years for
the Construction of the New Capitol—
A Number of Chatham Cases De
cided by the Supreme Court.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—The session of the Sen
ate to-day wasopened by the passage of afew
local bills. The appropriation bill was taken
up and amended so as to make the appropria
tion for building the capitol SIBO,OOO annually
for the years 1885 and 1886, these sums to be
taken direct from the treasury of the State
and at the same time not to be in additiou to
the $1,000,000. The bill was then sent to the
House, where a Irg fight took place on con
currence in the Senate amendment. YVhen
the amendment was read in the House Mr.
Bartlett made a motion that the Hause do not
concur in the amendment. He read the
act of the last Legislature authorizing
the construction of the capitol out
of the surplus funds in the treasury, and held
that no money could be expended until there
was a surplus, and said that the amendment
authorized the payment of SISO,OOO annually
for the years 1885-86 out cf the treasury, re
gardless of its condition in the face of the fact
that the act said that the money must come
from a surplus. He claimed that without the
provision to pay out of a- surplus the act
would never have been passed. He also re
ferred to the fact that Speaker Little was the
originator of the provision.
Mr. Crenshaw said that the commission had
contracted for the construction of a budding,
and it would he showing bad faith to do any
thing likely to retard the progress of the
work, and that the rejection of the amend
ment would stop construction.
Ylr. Bartlett replied that the Commissioners
had the law before them when the contract
was given, and he presumed that the con
tractors were informed of the provisions of
the act authorizing the construction.
WORK OF THE FULTON REPRESENTA
TIVES.
YVhile the discussion was going on Fulton’s
members put in some good work for the bill
by circulating among ihe members, and ar
guing to them the great damage that would
he done by allowing the work to stop.
Mr. Little called Mr. Harris to the chair
and took the floor. He explained the circum
stances under which the act was passed by
the last Legislature, and said that he would
not have voted for the bill without a provision
to build from the surplus. At that time
the State was financially strong, and, though
Georgia is iu fair com’lition now as regards
finances, some portion of the debt had been
paid ofl' and the rate of taxation had not been
increased. He argued that it would be folly
to vote down the amendment and thereby
stop work.
Mr. Abbott spoke for the amendment. The
Governor had made a contract and it would
be treating the contractors badly to retard
the progress of construction. Atlanta liid
done her part nobly. Tin; contract had been
let lower than it ever could be again.
Mr. Harrell, of Webster, while he thought
that the last House made a great mistake in
passing the act owing to the condition of the
State, favored the work going on. and, in his
opinion, the House should vote for the amend
ment.
Sir. Bartlett’s motion of non-concurrence
was lost, and the amendment was concurred
in.
The nouse, by a rising vote, adopted a reso
lution of thanks to Speaker Little for the able
and impartial manner la which he had pre
sided.
The afternoon session was productive of
nothing important further than the remarks
made by the Speaker in taking leave of the
assembly until the recess. These were timely
put aud warmly received.
The general option bill was postponed till
the summer session.
At 4 o’clock both branches of the Legisla
ture, by a joint resolution, adjourned.
NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS.
In the executive session this afternoon the
following nominations made by the Executive
to-day were confirmed: Walter (J. Beeks, to
be Judge of the County Court of Spalding;
W. F. Eve, to be Judge of the City Court of
Augusta; L. A. Dugas, to be Solicitor of the
City Court of Augusta; YV. M. YVeaver, to be
Judge of the County Court of Greene; YV. C.
Adamson, to be Judge of the Citv u^;; r t 0 f
Carrollton; C. I*. Gordey l 0 i JC Solicitor of
the City Court cf (.arrollton; Peter Ingram,
to be Judge of tne City Court ot Columbus: R.
P. Johnson, to be Solicitor of the' Countv
Court of Burke.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Decisions have been rendered by the Su
preme Court in the following cases:
Barnes vs. the State; from Chatham. Re
versed.
Bcndhcim Bros. A Cos. vs. Baldwin; from
Pierce. Reversed.
Elsinger, administrator, vs. Beytagh et al.;
from Chatham. Affirmed.
Guerard et al. vs. Guerard et al.; from
Chatham. Affirmed.
Skidawav Shell Road Company vs. O’Brien;
from Chatham. Reversed.
Ruden vs. State; from Chatham. Affirmed.
Savannah Bank and Trust Company vs.
Hartridge; from Chatham. Reversed.
Charleston and Savannah Railroad Com
pany vs. Russell Johnson et. al.; from Chat
ham. Affirmed with direction.
Smythe, executor, vs. Banks; from Chat
ham. Affirmed.
Smith vs. Smith et al.; from Clinch. Re
vel sed.
Pratt vs. Fountain; from Chatham, Re
versed.
Spence vs. Denton A Wilcox; from Coft'ee.
Reversed.
Walker et al., commissioners, vs. Sheftall;
from Chatham. Affirmed.
Jourdau A Cos. vs. Goulding; from Brooks.
Affirmed.
Kennedy vs. McCarthy; from Chatham. Af
firmed.
Claflin A Cos. vs. Duncan, Johnson A Cos.;
from Chatham. Affirmed.
Sanders vs. State; from Chatham. Affirmed.
Guckenheimer A Son vs. Day A Higgs; from
Apping. Reversed.
North A Cos. vs. Mendel A Bro.; from Chat
ham. Affirmed.
NOTES ABOUT TOYVN.
Gen. Pierce Y oung is being largely endorsed
for the position of Minister to Mexico.
Pennington, arrested yesterday Charged
with having violated the person of Miss Jack
son, waived examination to-day and was
committed to jail.
DAKOTA’S WARFARE.
An Armed Mob Marching on Traverse,
Threatening Dire Vengeance.
Traverse, Dak., Dec. 20.—A party of 100
men from YVilmot, this county, ransacked the
court house, carried off everything of value
that they did not destroy, and left the build
ing a wreck. They were armed with Win
chester rifles, and picketed the streets before
they began operations. The county records
had been taken home by the County Clerk,
who seems to have suspected that they were
in danger, and very little mischief will resuit.
THE MOB ENRAGED.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 20. —The mob which
captured the court house at Traverse, Da
kota, carried away a small safe, which they
supposed contained the county records. l"t
was empty, however, and a rumor from
YVilmot says that the mob is en
raged at finding the safe empty, and
that it is marching ou Traverse. Traverse is
arming as fast as possible. The mob threatens
to burn the town, hang all thecounty officers
and have the records, if they have to’kill half
of the people in town. The records have been
rein >ved to parts unknown, and Traverse
men will defend the town to the last. Gov.
Pierce has been telegraphed for troops.
Nothing but their arrival sometime to-night
will save bloodshed. Men from all parts of
the county are coming to the county seat to
protect the records. The officers are calm
and co;l, and will make the best defense
possible.
FORTIFYING THE TOWN.
In a few hours arrangements will be made
whereby the town will be well protected, aud
it is hoped that the reports are only rumors.
The excitement runs very high. The facts in
the case are as follows: At the late election
Uremot had a majority of votes cast for the
county seat, but on account of ballot-box
stuffing and intimidation the canvassing board
rejected two town 6, thus giving Traverse a
majoritv. A mandamus was served on the
board, but after an argument before Judge
Smith it was quashed. A second writ was
served on the board, in which Traverse won.
YVilmot then attempted by force to take pos
session, with the above result. A blizzard is
blowing now that may retard operations till
morning. No reply has yet been received
from Gov. Pierce.
BLOODY BATTLE IN A SCHOOL.
Itoutha Attempt to Break Up an Enter
tainment and a Fight Ensues.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 20.—A dis
turbance occurred last night at Chatata vil
lage, 40 miles from Chattanooga, at a school
entertainment which a crowd of roughs at
tempted to break up. In efforts to expel the
intruders a pitched battle ensued, duriug
which three men were shot, one named Hall
four times. Not less than ten persons were
stabbed and a great number were badly
beaten. Great excitement prevails and
further trouble is feared.
The Cornwall Scandals.
Dublin, Dec. 20.—The trial of James Ellis,
the French director of the detective depart
ment of the Royal Irish constabulary, for
scandalous offenses in connection with the
Cornwall case, has resulted in his conviction.
He has been sentenced to two years’ im
prisonment.
CHICAGO’S PURGING PROCESS.
Political Corruption to he Eradicated
Though the Heavens Fall.
Chicago, Dec. 20.—The Federal authorities
arrested YY'illiam Gallagher here early this
morning on a charge ol illegal voting at an
election in ISB3. Gallagher was arrested only
a few days ago for being concerned in the
Eighteenth ward election frauds, but was re
leased on bail. His second arrest was caused
by a fear that he intended to leave the city.
It is charged that he voted here when he had
only left his home in Philadelphia a few months
previously, and had not acquired a residence
here.
Gallagher appeared before a Justice of the
Peace and furnished bail in $2,500, and the
hearing of his case was set down for 3 o’clock
this afternoon. At 11 o’clock Gallagher ap
peared before the United States Commissioner
to answer to a charge of being concerned in
the recent Eighteenth ward election frauds.
This hearing, however, was postponed
until Dec. 29. Arthur Gleasou, a
clerk in the office of the County
Clerk, also one of the indicted in connection
with the Eighteenth ward fraud, appeared
before Judge Blodgett this morning and en
tered a formal plea of not guilty. Consider
able interest was attached to the appearance
of Gleason, as it was rumored that he con
templated turning State’s evidence.
an Interesting report.
At a meeting of the citizens’ committee of
eighty, appointed to take measures for the
detection and punishment of the perpe
trators of the election fraud in the
Eighteenth ward, held this evening,
A. M. Day, of the sub-committee, submit
ted a report on the subject in which he says:
“We have to say tipon the subject of the in
vestigation of the election frauds that from
the day of our appointment our time has been
almost entirely devoted to the business in
hand, and we have made wh&t we consider (o
be very substantial progress. In the very na
ture of the case we cannot disclose to yon
much of the evidence we have in hand, but 1
think I may say with perfect confidence that
those engaged in the prosecution of this work
arc in possession of abundance of proof to se
cure the conviction and punishment of at
least a large majority of the guilty ones. It
was a necessary condition to the enterprise in
which we are engaged that much of the work
should be done secretly, to the end that the
rascals we are prosecuting might not have it
in their power to destroy or make valueless
the evidence we have. Your committee has,
therefore, thought it wise to move with great
caution, making certain each point as
reached. We have the sympathy or active
assistance in the work we are engaged m of
every right thinking citizen of Chicago, and
the contributions to the funds of this com
mittee have been muniiicient in the
extreme. It may be that we
have all the money that we shall
require, but it will be well to remember that
the combinations we are fighting are strong
politically and financially, and very vigilant.
The issue is very plainly made. The ring rep
resents corruption and villainy, so notorious
in Chicago politics, its ramifications reaching
into all the departments of life, and 3'ou now
meet it wherever you go in this city. ’
YVQAT IT MEANS.
‘-It means ballot boxs-tuffing and fraudulent
counts at elections. It means jury packing in
our courts. It means corruption in our
legislative bodies, common councils and
county- boards. It means, in short, too ap
parent dominance of tho criminal classes in
the government and control of the city. The
work we have begun will determine for
years whether this corrupt class are to con
tinue in the control of our affairs, or whether,
by breaking up the ring, tiie honest citizens
of Chicago shall again assert their rights. YVe
do not mean by this that your committee has
been clothed with any authority beyond the
pending election cases, but we do mean to say
that if the conviction of the rascals engaged in
election fraud is secured and they arc prop
erly punished we shall have taken a loDg step
in the direction of honest government, and
the effect of it will be felt for years to come,
even though the work is not continued.”
The report closed by saiung that the sub
committee desired substantial assistance. It
was decided to increase the fund for the pun
ishment of the alleged perpetrators to $25,000
if necessary.
PLANS FOR THE NILE CAMPAIGN.
Gen. Wolseley to Begin His March on
Shendy Jan. 9.
Cairo, Jan. 29.—Dispatches from Korti
state that navigation of the Niie is becoming
more difficult, owing to the shifting of the
sands, Boats have been delayed, and one
whole boat was capsized at tbe rapids, All
the men on board, including two special cor
respondents, were saved, but the baggage was
lost. B 1
Gen. YVolselcy will complete the concentra
tion of his army at Korti in the first week in
January and will begin his march through the
desert upon Shendy on Jan. 9. The distance
from Korti to Shendy is 200 miles, and Gen.
YVolselcy calculates that the march will oc
cupy 16 days, unless he meets with opposition
on tne route from the enemy. A simultaneous
movement will he made from SuaKin against
Osman Digna in order to secure the flank of
the Nile expedition of Gen. YVolseley from
attack. Gen. Stephenson will leave Cairo for
Saukin on YVednesday to assume command of
the expedition for that place. Maj. Chcrmside
reports that out of the garrison at Suakin of
1,200 marines and sailors there are only 100 ef
fective men. Fresh troops will be sent to Sua
kiu. It is reported that Gen. Stephenson in
sists upon the necessity of raising an effective
force of 5,000 men to successfully operate
against Osman Digna.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed In Condensed Form.
A number of foreigu workmen have been
expelled from the departments of Bouches du
Rhone and Alpes Maritimes on the pretense,
that they are Anarchists.
The accounts of the disturbance at Chatta
nooga are greatly exaggerated. G. Martin
was fatally stabbed and one man shot in the
hand. No others were hurt.
A serious hurricane, accompanied by thun
der and lightning, visited the French coast
yesterday between Brest and Cherbourg, do
ing an immense amount of damage.
At a special meeting of the Maryland Jockey
Club yesterday the resignation of Maj. .1. D.
Ferguson as Secretary was accepted. Charles
F. YVheatley, of Kentucky, was elected to fll
the vacancy.
The Kniehtsof Honor Mutual Aid Associa
tion of Louisville, Ky., has decided to dissolve
its membership, having dwindled to less than
1,000 members. The dissolution has nothing
to do with the Knights of Honor.
The statue of the late Rear Admiral Sam
uel Francis Dupont, of the United States
Navy, was unveiled in Dupont circle at
Washington yesterday with appropriate cere
monies. Senator Bayard wa3 the orator of
the occasion.
Bishop YVilliam F. Dickerson, colored, of
the African Methodist Episcopal Church,died
of heart disease at Columbia, S. C., yester
day. Ho was 43 years old. Bishop Dickerson
was a member of the Ecumenical Methodist
Conference held at London in ISBI.
A circular lias been issued b} - the English
Liberation Society, which propose? that ihe
disestablishment of the Church of England be
made the leading question in the coming elec
tions. The circular was issued alter consul
tion witli a number of Liberal members of
Parliament.
At New Orleans yesterday Thomas J. Ford
and his six associates, indicted Dec. 13 for the
wilful murder of A. If. Murphy, were
arraigned before the Criminal Court and
pleaded not guilty. They were remanded
without bail. Only about a dozen spectators
were present.
' The Cologne Gazette announces tiie dis
covery of a deficit of 209,030 marks in the ac
counts ot the government treasury at
Cologne. Count von Baum.ink, the retired
Secretary of the Treasure, who was recently
decorated with the Red Eagle, has been
arnsted in connection therewith.
At Rome, Italy,yesterday a large number
o’ students formed in procession and marched
to the Austrian Embassy, where Jhey made a
disorderly demonstration. Their object was
to commemorate the execution in Austria of
' the Anarchist, Oberdank. The students were
dispersed by police, but it is expected that
there will be a renewal of the disorders,
i The French Chamber of Deputies yesterday
voted the whole of the ordinary budget. The
members of the Right, however, abstained
: from voting. M. Macau explained that the
; Right refrained from voting because they dc
| cliue to be responsible for the bndget, which
misstated the actual deficit in the treasury.
I The Chamber then adjourned until Friday.
Dec. 26.
Several of the French Ministerial papers are
attacking what they term President Grevy’s
injudicious use of the executive power of
respite and commutation of imprisonment,
and allege that this is the primary cause of
: the alarming increase of crime. The articles
! are alleged to have been inspired by Prime
Minister Ferry, who is desirous of supplant
! ing President" Grevv at the next national
! election in 1886.
At YVinchester. Y‘a., yesterday the trial of
Clint alias “Tabb” Banks, a negro, who was
indicted as accessory to the killing ot young
Joseph McFali, white, during the Democratic
procession on the night of Nov. 14, after con
suming five days, was concluded, and the case
: given to a jury. After 15 minutes’delibera
tion they returned a verdict of murder in the
; first degree. Judge Clark will sentence the
! prisoner to be hung Monday. Tbe trial of
! Wesley Honesty, colored, a principal in this
murder, was continued until the January
term.
The Count of Paris recently had made
| 100 cravat pins, each bearing, in precious
stones set in gold, the Bourbon emblems, and
i he is giving them to his political friends. This
; alarming sair at the republic causes M. Ferry
i to pull down au eyelid and sneeze every time
I he thinks of it.
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W.M.EVARTS FOR SENATOR
ARTHUR AND MORTON EACH
FALLING TO THE REAR.
The Republican Press of the State Solid
for the Great lawyer-President
elect Cleveland's Host of OWce-
Seekers—The Governor's Close Atten
tion to Official. Business.
Albany, X. Y., Dec. 20.—There is little
doubt about I.evi P. M .rton's position in the
canvass being far in advance of tlio others.
Arthur’s friends are practically abandoning
their efforts for him. Evarts seems to be
looming up as the most formidable candidate
agaiust Morton, and the Republican press
throughout the State is practically a unit for
him, without manifesting any hostility to
Mortou. The effective men influencing the
vote of the Legislature, as well as the strong
est Speakership combination, favor Morton.
It would be refreshing for someone to seri
ously advocate Lapham’s re-election at this
particular time. No man would dare suggest
such a thine when the fight commences in
earnest.
CLEVELAND'S BIG TASK.
Col. Lamont. who will accompany Gov.
Cleveland to Washington as the President’s
private secretary, has much of his time now
engaged in tiling the applications for appoint
ments. A stamp to brief these papers has
been made which gives the following impres
sion: “Xo. . Anplication for .” This
worn now occupies one clerk, and when the
President-elect goes through the number
already received he will find that the word
“work” has no other meaning. All of thesa
applications will have the personal inspec
tion of the President-elect, and whoever fails
to receive an appointment can rest assured
that it was not because their merits were not
properly considered. This personal inspec
tion on the part of Gov. Cleveland of impor
tant clerical work has characterized his
whole administration.
THE PARDONING POWER,
When Cornell was Governor the President
elect came to Albany to intercede for a cli
ent’s pardon, who was sentenced to be bang.
His whole soul was stirred by the peculiari
ties of the case, which led him to believe that
the clemency of the Governor should save this
man. He was unable to obtain aa interview
with Gov. Cornell, and the importance of the
pardon clerk Edward Miguel, who gave
Cleveland to understand that Goveinois had
little or nothing to do with pardons, except to
sign the papers w hen the clerk favorably re
ported on them, led him to dismiss Miguel
from the executive service as soon as he be
came Governor. Miguel is the son of the
editor of the AVre Jllaeter, the German paper
in this city, and had commenced his clerical
duties in the executive chamber under .John
T. Hoffman.
BY A LADY’S LEAVE.
At the solicitation of Mrs. Hoffman he was
retained by Gov. Dix, and being a Democrat
be was retained under Tildcn and ltobinsou.
and under Cornell under the plea of liis ripe
experience m the matter of pardons. But
Gov. Cleveland did not believe that the Gov
ernor of a State was too important to give
such matters the most thorough investigation
personally. This petstion for a client may
have had much to do with his in
exorable rule of knowing all there is of every
case for a pardon himself. But his personal
application to the details of the executive
work is remarkable, and will probably never
be repeated by his successors.
FRANCE’S EASTERN WAR.
The Cabinet Approves the New Plan (<tr
the Chinese Campaign.
Paris, Dec. 20.— The French Cabinet has
approved the new plan tor the Chinese cam -
paign. All reinforcements will be directed t*
Tonquin, instead of part of them being for
warded to Admiral Courbet at Formosa.
Gen. Briere de l’lsle will direct his forces ia
two columns on Larg Sou and Cao Bang,
when solid garrisons will be formed upon the
Chinese frontier. It is calculated that then
5.0 0 men will be available to send to Admiral
Courbet for an attack upon lie Lung and
Tamsui, in Formosa.
It is reported that Admiral Courbet, com
mander of the French fleet in Chinese waters,
has intimated to the government that he is
suffering from ill-health, and desires that h;
successor be appointed,
Raising Postal Notes.
Cincinnati, Dec 20. —A number of small
post cilices near Cincinnati have been paying
raised postal notes. The alteration is easilv
accomplished by the use of the first issue of
notes which had the dollars column to be
punched by the issuing Postmaster. A note
for 20 cents could be bought and made $4 20 by
skillfully filling up the punched cipher and
filling in the word “four’’ in the body of the
note. One office has redeemed ten or twelves
of these raised notes. The work is neatlv
done. It is impossible to accomplish it with
the latest form of postal notes.
The December Freeze.
Boston, Dec. 20.—Reports from various
points in New England indicate an average
temperature of is degrees below zero at T
o’clock this morning.
Dispatches from Central and Northern
New York and New England indicate
that the mercury last night ranged 20 to
40 degrees below zero with high winds, and
manv cattle froze to death. The Potomac
river at Washington is thinly frozen over
above Long Bridge, but it is open below :4e
bridge.
SILAS SAVAGE’S CAREER.
The. Bill for which He Struggled 50 Years
Fassed on the Day of His Burial.
The interest in the spoliation bill in
Congress recalls the romantic career of
“Uncle” Silas Savage, who was buried at
the town’s expense the same day oh
which the Senate passed the bill referring
the French spoliation matter to the Court
of Claims, says a Hartford dispatch to
the Xew York Tribune. Mr. Savage was
one of Connecticut’s French spoliation
claimants, and for more than half a cen
tury lived in constant hope of having his
claim against the government adjusted.
His father, who was a manufacturer of
arms in Middletown, had considerabl e
money invested in the merchant marine.
W hen the nations of Europe formed ths
embargo against Napoleon, four of Mr.
Savage’s vessels, the Daphne, Triton, Ju
no and Polly, happened to be at a West In
dian port, and were confiscated. Silas
Savage, by inheritance and purchase, se
cured the entire interest of his father ia
the spoliation claim, amounting, without
interest, to $175,000, and with interest at
a low rate to $2,000,000 or $3,(F0,000. Mr.
Savage had frequent opportunities to dis
pose of his claim against the United
States Government, but he never consid
ered any of the propositions made him.
In early life he was a bank-teller, and a
man prominent in business afTairs. His
fortunes varied, and eighteen years ago
he was obliged to apply at the” Hartford
Alms House for a home. He remained in
that establishment until his death, this
week. He consulted President after
President about his claim, and from his
heme at the alms house wrote letters t
many of the leading officials attV ashiag
ton,' Several of Connecticut’s llcprcsea
tatives in Congress exerted themselves
from time to time in his behalf. A year
ago the old man said to a Courant repor
ter:
“I’m going to have my lawful posses
sions before I die, but the United States
Government will never outlive the curse
that it has brought upon itself by forcing
me to this terrible lite of poverty.”
He kept his documents in a safe in the
office of a prominent businees house, to
gether with his correspondence witli the
Presidents of the United States, from Van
lluren to Arthur.
A MNF.K at a table d’hote displays signs of
irritation just because the waiter happens to
have spilled a plate of soup over his coat.
“Don’t worry, sir; don’t worry,” says tho
head wader; “it is 7 o'clock.” “What ia
thunder lias that got to do with it ?” yells the
victim. “After l>:30, sir, our soup doesn’t
grease—hot water, sir; that is all.”—L'Ecene
m;nt.
Ben. Bctlep. paid high for his fun in the
late campaign. Jt is represented that his ex
penses amounted to sloo,ooo—about 75 cents
for every vote he received.
The Great Remedy.
Rosadalis is a great remedy for Scrofula,
and all taints and diseases of the blood.
It is well known to physicians, very many
of whom regularly prescribe it. It is a
strengthening medicine, enriching th
blood and building up the system. Read
the following: “I have suffered thirty
seven years with Liver Complaint, Rheu
matism, Sich Headache and Disordered
Stomach. I was at one time raving dis
tracted, rubbing my bands and half crazy
with pain. My wife sent for a doctor,
and he atteneed me nine months. He
said he could do me no good; but one
bottle of Rosadalis did me more good than
all the medicine the doctors ever gave me,
J. H. Walter, My,”