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TOLI> IX PARAGRAPHS.
A Brace of Negroes Indulge in a
Pistol Practice at Cnionville— A Pro _
ject to KeIBOVC I.istniau s K Hotel
to Macon—The slayer of e*
Moore, of Columbus, >ot y tt Voder 1
Arre-t.
(IKOBOIA.
i, rg ■ - siflhave !•- Jf lawyer#.
Am tt**r ste&mtug to s .j,ied t o tlie ;
r n-vr.. k fleet.
•>. tman's new fire ongjne is on hand In
readme-* for a fray.
1 e law.* r- of At' j ns w ifh odc or twocx
; • are at! fo" . imbibition.
Patrick Harry ono „f the oldest and best
ti - •■ f Atbe died Thuralty.
flail fell so heavily near Gordon that it
. . red the ' round on Monday last.
Ab .! |J* ,i worth of goods have been con
rr uted j the Dawson military fair.
:• ..tr n u ill ship 14.000 bales of cotton this
ir. a e increase of 2,*M> over last year.
\. J . Mitchell has tieen elected Town Mar
r.r Greenville, with a salary' <> f 125 per
n* • jth.
’f: prohibition counties in North Alabama
. paid Home ofer #i,SOO this year for
StnMlanU.
I f-,- great want of Greenville just now is
,■ ~r- residences. A dozen good dwellings
.... Ibo rented for next year.
In i oh.ud i county a Magistrate will sell at
. ~ ic outcry, at an early day, one pair of
ts. rece.vcd in payment of costs.
Hev.F. Goode has been called to preach
he Toecoa. Hudson Biver, Nail’s Creek
r : ill !,.til * reek Baptist churches for Issj.
Tt. public school term for Meriwether for
v-d. w.ll include the first four months of the
ar—lanuary, February, March and April.
I p to last Tuesday exactly one hundred
- have been hwed in Meri
w..;h,-r county since Jan. Ibid. Of these 43
re issued to whites and SS to co’ored par
. Ten or fifteen more may bo granted be
ts the year is out.
i, v. McDaniel will !e busy for the next few
- -.going comiahsiona. Within the next
; r . week- he will have to commission about
.! -te .—of the Peace, about 1,1(a) county
: rr iml several hundred commissioners of
ru.;.'- and revenues.
,!.i ..Chapman occupied the position Of su
•ri —ing architect ami elerl* of the work on
i, t'rederica Church at Itriinswick. and on
~nnt of alleged negligence of his duties
, ; I or bred by a I star and of arbitration to
to the trusiees'of the church $3OO.
a y*. r ;_o the sale of whisky in Green
v, i nlu-tood by vote—the election beiug
i,!,bra #p-,-ial act <f tlie Legislature.
I. nri.iority for prohibition was 15. Tho law
i never been repealed nor declared uncoil
uitional. but has been <iuietly ignoreil and
practically laid aside.
1 relay the colored people in the Sandy
. r neighborhood of (glet!iorj<e county had
a gander-pulling. Anyone paying the sum of
, nts was allowed a chance at the gander,
and tv one pulling off the head had the right
the fowl. \ big Christmas tree was had
and ii gbt after the pulling. A large crowd was
on hand.
v -hooting affsiretook place at t'nionville,
. the Columbus road, Friday afternoon
W I s-eabrooks an i another negro nmed
•.! rire P.rown had some high words when
—■ i rooks went into the hack part of a store,
.! taxing no a single-barrelled breach-load
■■■■£ -liotgnn, loaded with N0..; shot, tired at
. the load taking effect in the arm be
ns in the elbow and shoulder. It is thought
t-.v. Brown eannot live. Seat-rooks fled.
America# Rtemlm Sunday afternoon a
. • • uitar incident happened as the up passen
_ r train was about half way between Smith
. and Americas. A Mr. Bass, of Albany,
w.i-, n the train, and in some manner his hat
■lew off. The train was 20 minutes late, and
w . trying to make up lost time. Without a
■ !.. nt's hesitation, however, Mr. Bass
imped from the train, and the last the pas
-en-g.-rs saw of him he was roiling down the
embankment.
The Colored Firemen’s Association of Geor
- asscmiited at Waiters’ rial). Augusta,
Thursday, President A. F. Hawkins, of Ath
• a-. presiding. The regular annual tourna
ent will la? held at Macon on the first
Wednesday in .July, 1385. A. F. Hawkins
•v is unanimously re-elected President, and
. tv. Pitts. ..t Macon, was elected First Vice
Pr,-i-leat. After having gone thi-ough the
ir routine business the association ad
orned to hold its next annual session at
:n. ru us. in December, lss.
Piedmont Prw. Mr. sanderson, of Hayes
-4 viN. C., one of the richest men in all his
*-■'•' ;on, while riding in a wagon over a rough
mountain road a couple of weeks since, fell
it. -Inking tits head against a sharp stump,
w ch penetrated it. lie lived in mortal
—' >ny until la-t week, when death relieved
<>f his suffering. Mr. Sanderson married
• widow of the celebrated Dr. Stephens, of
Bra-# Town, Towns county, Ga.. and thus
ime into possession of large mineral inter-
He leaves a wife and several children.
\ any Wtr: All the negro guards at the
i.it,-Hilary camp on Lockett Itawls’ place
•vv been di-oharged. by order of Gov. Mc
. ‘an <I. and live white men arrived a few
sav# ago to take their places, ( ant. li. A.
be tis-tier has also been removed as’ overseer
t whipping boss. by order of the Governor,
w hat the Governor’s reasons were for order
tv the removal of ('apt. Ledbetter we are
’inabb- to say. but those who ought to know
-a; that the Captain was a very efficient man
the position he occupied, and that his place
will lie hard to till.
\ company isliemg formed bv A. 11. Powell,
Macon, to buy the famous Uplands Hotel
Kastman and remove it to Macon. The
u-e and furniture cost Mr. Dodge |75,0C0.
He now offers it for sde at |13,00t), and it will
Him** l to remove it from Kastman and
put tup in Macon. It is designed to make it
w liter hotel for Sortheners, and we learn
■ tint several sites have been proposed, one on
ittnall square and the other on the oH|Kim
ill H oi-e. corner Cherry and Fourth streets.
The hotel has 100 rooms and is furnished with
-thefinest furniture.
TU, Atlanta Base Ball Club has obtained a
wb‘r from the Superior Court, and will at
• n “ make all arrangements to give the pub
rilliant ball playing next season. The
> iui- has already signed the following players:
' !>-m and Lang, the unsurpassed battery,
>t> i-.ke. the brilliant third baseman, and Bitt
#:an. the U-st .-ecomt baseman in the South.
Ma.-ran, who made an excellent record last
'• a. will probably lie engaged. The man
agement are now corresponding with other
a.vcra for the remaining positions, and will
i -r:lf- give to the public a oase ball aggrega
m that will certainly captur*|the pennant of
he Southern league.
The most distressing accident of Christmas
vat Macon happened to Willie Pearson,
.. ■ i 15. who lives in Vineville, a suburb. He
w,>-on his way down town, when someone
i rew a large lighted cannon crackerover the
and i e. The cracker exploded when within an
ara of his face, and tilled his face and eyes
with the powder. He was carried at once to
•t. Gibson’- office, and was veiling with
■ ‘I he doctor put a couple of drops of the
w ana sthetie, a solution of hvdroclaorate of
h’ a| ie. in tl.e eye, and in this way all pain
• inshed. With an instrument the'grains of
iv li-r were picked out of the tioy's eyes, and
•re i- every possibility of their becoming
-“ : right in a few weeks.
Xo arrests have lieen made at Columbus in
.< Moore and Holland homicide case as yet.
’* Holland, it is ascertained, received a
'■ m the left sliouider, where it is now
mliedded. Mr. ilo!lan<i states that he is.
■y for trial when railed on, and will de
er liim-elf up. Dave Bishop, one of the
rt. ipants. is rep-,rted to have lied. The
ilty a- the result of a feud, all arising
r-t 11. in the killing of Col. Land Holland,
cither of Harry Holland, several years
• by W. L. Cash, which the Hollands
uni Mr. Moore was indirectly a partv to.
Ti.makes three men who have lieen killed
ta|th:- t r-1 cause—Col. I.an Holland. Maj.
. L. t-a!isbnry and Capt.T. T. Moore.
-\uiens B,inner-Watchman: Gaines & 110-
r * '•* the Dayton, Ohio, nursery, sent down
r -cuts through the South and rcpre
ntcd to the people that they had a branch
! ursery in Atlanta, where they propagated
■ trees, an-1 it they found this climate did
> ’ --at them they were sent back to their
nursery in Dayton. Several persons bought
r " s irom these parties with the understand
'V t. at they had lieen acclimated bv being
anted in the Atlanta nursery for the past
.wo years. The whole thing has been inves
■gate i. and there is no branch nursery in At
ilt a. or anywhere near there. Several par
refused to take the trees on this account,
-ml their orders were put up and sold to the
ghest bidder; an 1 now- this Dafyton nursery
ureatens to sue all the parties for the differ
- nee in the i uited States court.
A Lawrenceville special of Dec. 24 says:
During the war Mr. E. a. Wilson, of Frank
-1 ■ *"2-. while a soldier in the Federal array,
sa-a mcmberof a raiding which sacked
-neeitvof Home. Among the articles cap
-ured Mr. W ilson came into possession of a
udy s autograph album, which he sent to a
sdy iriead in Ohio. A few days ago this lady
wrote t Mr. Wilson, suggesting that the re
nin of this relic to its owner, if ~he could be
•ound. woaid be a pleasing Christmas nres
• nt. Mr. Wilson sent the album to the Post
-ter at this place, who received it to-day,
and finds from the inscriptions that it be
nged to Miss Mary O. Hutchins. That lady
t;, * vv the wife of "Bill Arp,' the famous
"onthem humorist, anil to her it was sent to
ay. and will be 111 hir hands to-ino: cow
n ruing. The album contains verses written
• tier by her then suitor and now her hus
ho married her ia IstS. lu a letter tc
M.* Wilson Bill Arp'writes: ’Thirty-five
<.r„ ago 1 wedded the owner of the album.
**"! "bo still lives to bless and comfort me and
,r O'Bd-rous lovely offspring—eix sons, four
'.lighters, and nine grandchildren. We have
•urvived the shock of the war, am! are living
f peace with all mankind.’”
% 'Lreciioß c-f the general counsel of the
- .j Tennoesfs;. \ irginia and Georgia Kail
, * ,as *■' Brown has transferred, at
a Gant*, another hatch of cases from the City
.r utK iT! or 1 ourU 10 lhc L’nited States
couit. These transfers are made on the
sworn statement of J. W. Frv. of the Fast
Tennessee Itoad, that he has reason to believe,
and does believe, that from prejudice and !
local influence the r. ad will not be able to j
obiaia justice in the courts named. The cases !
removed are as follows: William H. Frank- 1
lm, sud and verdict for #2 sbo and motion for |
new trial already granted; Henry Sells, suits
lor damages for injuries su.-tained hv being
struck by the Nelson street bridge; William
..awson, suit for SI,CCQ for injuries sustained
by neing on a hand-car into which a passenger
train ran near Mcltonongh; Thomas Eggles
*? n kn’ T-v-owe and B. Jacox. suits for
$J,tOo each f.- damages sustained while en |
route to Jacksonville by being left over in
Macon by a train which pulled out ahead
or time and left them at supper; Davi.i i
Horton, 6uit for $5,000 for crushing his foot.
I etcr Turner |l,fGo for injuries sustained on
?,!!?} , rn pr*n. J. K. Simp'oD, suit for
♦ l.Obe for injuries sustained by reason of a
bridge. F. M. Jackson, by liis next friend,
suit for $25,000 for personal injuries. Jordan
Jackson, suit for SIO,OOO damages sustained by
being njn over. W. T. Dozier and wife, suit
for so,ooo damages for being roughly handled
and badly treated by the train men at Silver
Creek. W.T. Newman, suit for $5,000 dam
ages for rersoual injuries. B. T. Wllson, suit
for f.i,ouo for injuries sustained by being
kuocted down by an engine. David Glover,
suit for SIO,OOO for injuries sustained in jump
ing from his engine in a collision at Powder
Springs. Kobert Persons, suit for $3,000 for
haying his hand mashed. J. It. Reynolds,
suit for injuries received at Constitution. L.
H. Sewell, by his next friend, suit for $20,000
for having his leg cut off by a train.
FLORIDA.
John Bush has been sentenced to he hanged
in Tallahassee.
Miakka, Manatee county, will probably
have a store soon.
Nearly every town in the State has taken
steps to give tramps and vagrants a warm re
ception.
The dealers of Tallahassee have upon
a rise in the price of nu11,.
12 instead of 15 quart*, as hervto^^^n
The Florida ( •inference ot
Episcopal cl.urrii south v.:.! i.e at
< •allied die on \\ id lie-day. n ! Oil
dan. as heretofore published.
A burglar entered the tlie e<ii-
I rof lie a 11• 111•*
ago. Had he tarried a than
he did. the cl t T ~i> i| -'H;i and hate
needed the attention uf the Coio^^fc
Al*out a year ago l>r. A . J. r pur
chas'd a half interest in the <if
■olin I’. - \vi ad i
r. 1 i ’.loll- iiere.
for. N>.w ;t is s'at, and Unit the
ceived a tivi ietel of i2 percent. :ti
vestment.
Tallahassee FloriJian\ I’rof. It
left f**r S. w
• r i*.i
work f"C lie- c\!.isil;.,ii. Maj. iHH
*
hilt of i r.-- *:; :;,I:• - connected
••fli--e. dep-.ilizcf Pr*.f. F. :kel to \.sit
position hts-1 ', *• that the work -o
done hy the pupils and 'tii'leiits of
schools mi l eolleai s was properly
Maj. Bussell will go to New ' iricaus after"
! holidays.
Tallahassee Floridian'. John Brooks. H
Jefferson county, has a flag of Perry’s brigaiH
in his possession. We are told that after (■
staff had been shot in two three, times MB
Brooks took up the flag and carried it until
he was captured. He wound it around hil
body beneath his clothing, and thus preserve*
and brought the flag home with him. Catitl
Moseley will endeavor to hive .Mr. Brook*
an*l the flag, which bears many evidences ofl
having lieen in front of the enemy, at the in
auguration of Gov. Perry, on Jan. 0.
ELEVEN STOIIES BI BNED.
Lauricburc, S. C'„ Devastated .by Fierce
Flames at Daylight. *
Baleiuh, N. C., Dec. 27.—At daylight this
morning fire broke out in the business portion
of the town of I.auriuburg, on the Carolina
Central Railroad, near the South Carolina
line. It originated in the large dry goods
store of Everett Bros. & (fill, which it des
troyed. together with ten others, the bestjand
largest in the place. The origin of the lire
was accidental. The insurance is reported
as very light.
A COTTON FACTORY IN RUINS.
Indianapolis, Dec.27.—About 10;:ioo'clock
to-night fire was discovered by a watchman
in the picking room on the third floor of the
Indianapolis Cotton Factory. The building
is located in the extreme western part of the
city, and by the time the lire department
reached the scene the entire upper part of the
structure was in flames. The building was
completely destroyed. It was leased and
operated bv Brower * Lane Bros., of Utica,
N. Y., but "the mill had not been in operation
for about six weeks. In the meantime steam
had been kept up, and it was intended to re
sume work on Monday next.
When the property was purchased at
Sheriff's sate recently, Henry Sehmell, rep
resenting the bondholders, paid $41,000 lor the
entire plant. The original cost was $185,000.
There was $30,C00 in-urance.
A KANSAS CITY BLAZE.
Kansas Citt. Dec. 27.—North, Orrison A
Co.’s furniture store in this city was burned
this morning, and an adjoining building oc
cupied by Woif Bros., dealers in general
furnishing goods, was badly damaged. The
loss is SIOO,OOO. Botli buildings were owned
by W. G. Lowlienstein, ami were insured.
A HOTEL BURNED.
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 27.—The Warm
Springs Hotel, at Warm Springs, N. C.. was
burned to-day. The hotel was one of the lar
gest in the South. Nothing was saved, The
loss is $150,000 and the insurance $50,000. The
hotel, in which Col. Rtimhaugh owned two
thirds interest, will he rebuilt.
A BRIDGE COMPANY’ CLOSES DOWN.
Pittsbi'RG, Pa., Dec. 27.—The Keystone
Bridge Company closed down to-night for an
indefinite period, throwing out of employ
ment about 000 men. The Arm recently or
dered a 10 per cent, redaction in wages, which
the men refused to accept, and the shut down
is the result.
A KNITTING MILL ABLAZE.
Tboy, X. Y., Dec. 27.—Fire broke out in
Egbert'sJkni*.ting mills, at Cohoes, this after
noon, causing a loss of probably $50,000, which
is covered hy insurance. 11 was a large eight
set mill, and gave employment to 350 ope
ratives.
A FLOIUDA STEAMER BURNED.
The ••Dictator” Meets Her Fate lu a
Roaring Mass of Flames.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 27.—The steamer Dicta
tor was burned last evening. The lire caught
from a donkey boiler. There was but light
insurance on the boat. The Dictator was one
of the line of steamers between Cedar Keys,
Tampa, Manatee and other places on the Gulf
coast of Florida. She was an old vessel, and
was formerly the favorite steamer of the line
between Savannah, Charleston and Florida,
under the command of the late Capt. L. M.
Coxetter, who was the largest owner in the
ves-el. She was sold five years ago to parties
iu New York, and sent South to run between
Tampa and Cedar Keys.
The Dictator was within half a mile of
Tampa, and was waiting for the tide to enter
the river. She had on board only a small
crew and no passengers or cargo. There is
no probability of anv loss of life. The vessel
is probably a total loss. She was valued at
#42,000. The insurance is unknown.
LOST HER UPPER WORKS.
Fortkess Monroe, Vi., Dec. 27.—The
steamer Lady of the Lake, from Washington,
arrived here this morning. She lost her upper
works on the port side forward of the wheel
bv collision with a schooner in the bay last
night.
Burial of the Burned Orphans.
Nfw York, Dec. 27.—The funeral of the
orphan children who lost their lives by the
late fire at the Brooklyn Asylum took place
to-day. Tlie charred remains of the 21 vic
tims were placed in three coffins, taken to the
Church of Our I.ady of Victory, where they
were placed in the main isle and covered with
a black pali. The edifice and altar were
draped in mourning and the church was
crowded. Among those present were the Sis
ters of St. Joseph, who had charge of the
asylum,and many of the orphans from the in
stitution. Kev. Father Mahoney celebrated
solemn mass, assisted by Kev. Fathers
Creighton and Brosnas. The remains were
intern’d in the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, at
Flatbush. in a plot given by Bishop Laughlin
for that purpose.
A Bad Break In East Tennessee.
New York, Dec. 27.—Nothing was done at
tue East Tennessee directors’ meeting to-day.
knot her session will be held on Monday. It
is rumored on the street that the interest on
consols will not be paid, but the directors
will not state whether this is true or not.
Consols broke from 47& t o 44d$44',and the in
comes from 11 to !b it is unofficially stated
that the offer of G. I. Seney to raise s<oo,ooo
to meet the interest charges oi the East Ten
nessee Railroad Company, provided the di
rectors subscribe $3C0,0:0. has been refused.
Mr. Senev’s offer carried with it ae a
condition the retirement of the present board
of directors an l the election of Gen. Hinde
kooper as President.
Florida on the Wire.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Dec. 27.— the
-tate fair grounds is making
Everything ia being put in fiigTcondition.
several stables of fast liorsesj® be in at ‘
W | apt. Davis is gaining f° r speaker
of the Assembly. ,
Y.reen peas, tomatoes^^K plants, etc., were
ia market this morning. ■
A BARBER’S COOL CRIME.
AFTER BUTCHERING HIS WIFE
HE SHAVES A CUSTOMER.
An Effort Made to Hide his Terrible
Deed by Burning the Corpse—The
Story of his Sister-in-Law and Tell-
Tale Blood Stains Lead to his Arrest i
—Lynching Expected.
Thomastox, Ga., Dec. 27.—E11a Drake,
wife of John Drake, a negro barber of
this place, was found in her .house this
morning with her skull broken, throat cut
and the house fired. The fire was extin
guished. The circumstances point to her
husband, who is under arre6t, as the mur
derer.
The Coroner’s jury rendered the following .
verdict: “The woman came to her death from
wounds inflicted by her husband. It is a case
of cold-blooded murder.’’ John Drake is a
young negro aliout 20 years of age and lias
lieen married about a year. At the Coroner’s
inquest to day the fact was developed that
Drake and his wife had frequent quarrels.
Her sister yr*e in the house and Heard them
quarreling this morning just before the mur
der. In half an hour after she left them
smoke was seen issuiug from the house. Drake
had broken his wife’s skull with an ax, cut
her throat, placed her on the bed, set fire to
the bedclothing, locked the door and went to
his shop.
TELL TALE BLOOD STAINS.
The ax and his knife were found in ilie
house with blood upon them. Bloodstains
were ou hi*, pants, and he wiped the blood
from his hands on the towel in liis barber
shop. The latter, he claimed, was caused
from, accidentally cutting a customer while
shaving him. This the customer denied. Be
fore the flames could he extinguished they
had burned the bedding and all the clothing
from the body of the victim. The blood
stained clothing, knife and ax of the prisoner,
all bearing undoubted evidence of his guilt,
are now in the hands of the Sheriff, and Drake
is safely lodged in the county jail. He firmly
denies the charge in the face of this over
whelming evidence. There is great excite
ment among tlie negroes, and frequent threats
j of lynching by them has caused the Sherifl' to
i take extra precautions for the safety of the
' prisoner to-nigal. At preterit tilings are
| quiet. Many expect that an attempt will be
made to-night to get possession of the prisoner
for the purpose of lynching him.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Identity of the Man Killed by Gas—a
Very htmtli It eg Ist rati on.
Atlanta, Ga , Dec. 27.—The Coroner's in
quest held to-day upon the body of a white
man who died from suffocation by gas night
j before last in a room in the James’ b'ork rc-
Lyealetl the iact that his name was Bradley, a
Briurr resident of Atlanta, but recently ficm
Biili Carolina. Bradley, it seems, was here
p : r *-* gel ting an allowance liviii
for a h g lost in the defense ot the
The de -eased has a family r**
in Palmetto, tlns State, to w hum m-
*>! i.IS (loath was telegraphed iln-
1 he remains were laid away.
rrsi '.railin' for the election of county
|H'! - t*. I'O bold Jan. I to-night, show -
the names of only MOD voters,
per cent. of whom are white.
to pay taxes is the cau-c of the small
in this county, which on pre-
Hu- occasion- ha.- polio I ii.sm) \ otes. Ilu re
ago with the exception of tin* eoroner-
w inch, being it fat berth, will he hotly
for hy three candidates.
orclary William Harris, of the Senat**.
Him has been quite ill in bis room here since
M adjournment, was well enough to-day to
Htc for home.
General Hardeman, of Macon, tel-
Mr. Nelms, keeper of the peniten-
to return at once the convict Ben dol-
taken from jail in Macon Thursday as a
had been granted in the case, it
that while Ben was sentenced to three
for stealing some articles from Dr.
Hi a copy of the judgment in liis ease had
sent to Nelms, because a now trial
pray or for. When William Turner
1 Macon after prisoners Ben was taken
The New* at Macon.
D. c. 27.—T0-day a white man
Taler, working for'B. L. Henry
on dropped dead sudddily of
m tin' heart. The
• dec; p and no: to bold an
The re removed to an undertaker’s
establishment. Sensational rumors began to
circulate, was held. The
-Tjijb? • JHs
Wit' * . £| 'j,
AT
i \ i top..:* .
the
D. • . ■ tM'- \
t -■ titl'd Ol
1- ally m.ooti people wore grounds and
until :: o'clock they gave up to the
enjoyment of their
At" that time a rumor that the car
drivers had struck, and a pelt nidi
rush was made for the sexßHdcpots in the
hope of returning down ,-ueh cars as
might be at that end of did not take
long to satisfy the people the live lines
ot railway running from three
had entirely suspendedopcraHns. Of the re
maining two the I’eytonia line was
onlv permitted to run courtesy of
the drivers, while on the street
line each car was believed to last, con
sequently as many as could crowded
themselves into the cars at
of the condition of affairs
tion management to
the Illinois Central ,'om
panv, and in short order
were run to the grounds over the
had hitherto only been used for
Steamboats were likewise pressed int.nHp
vice, and the multitudes were
means to return to the city proper. With
reaction the crowds centered in Music Hal”
and with numerous little ones were made the
recipients of gifts from the Connecticut
Christmas tree. This tree will occupy its
place until after the holidays. Among the
to-day were 1.500 school teachers
from Tiliio. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ne
braska. 1,000 of whom were furnished quar
ters hy the accommodation bureau.
For to-morro\v a grand programme, em
bracing a concert anil divine services, ringing
of chimes, etc., is announced.
A MERCHANT LYNCHED.
The Wrecking of a Train to Avenge the
Death of Cattle the Cause.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 27.—A few
days ago some miscreant placed an obstruc
tion across the Queen and Crescent Railroad
tracks, near Purvis, Miss. A passenger train
dashed Into it and was ditched. The engineer
was killed, several Pars wrecked and a num
ber of passengers injured. Railroad detec
tives succeeded in tracing the deed to a mer
chant at Purvis, Miss. It was ascertained
that his cattle had been killed by a train. He
had appealed for damages, and failing to re
ceive any was embittered against the road
and took this means of wreaking vengeance.
His son a sisted him. The populace were
driven to furv over his diabolical deed, and
to-day at daybreak took him from iail and
hanged him. The wretch confessed the deed
before he was hanged, and exculpated his
son. His name has not been learned.
#OO,OOO in Oil Hint Canvas.
Rochester, N. Y.. Dec. 27.—Peter Came
ron’s colossal painting of “Niagara Falls in
Winter” has lieen on exhibition here for a
fortnight. It was recently completed and by
everv good judge has been pronounced the
greatest 1 indscape ever none in America. The
Incoming Legis'aturc was to be petitioned to
purchase it for the State eapitpl. The artist
intended to exhibit it throughout Europe next
year. It is valued at .0.000. It has been
purchased by H. H. Warner, founder of the
Warner Observatory, of this city, and will be
placed in his private gallery. It is 9by 18
feet, and judged a masterpiece by all art
connoisseurs. Rochester is very much elated
over its retention here.
A Mysterious Murder.
Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 27.—Horace Law
rence, a well-known citizen of Mayersville,
was found dead to-day on the roadside. He
was shot through the mouth while returning
home on Wednesday on horseback. His head
was horribly fractured, a deep gash extend
ing from above the right eye to the back part
of the skull. When last seen alive, he was
riding rapidly by a house, near where he met
his death. Mysterv surrounds the affair. A
Coroner’s jury, after an investigation, re
turned a verdict of death at the hands of
someone to the Jury unknown.
Indictments at Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—The Cook county grand
jury returned indictments this afternoon
against the stockholders and several of the
editors of the Stunts Zeitung, of this city, for
alleged criminal libel, growing out of the pub
lication of an article {reflecting upon some
members of the present County Board. An
indictment was also returned against Desk
sergeant Patton, of the Chicago Avenue
Police Station, charging him with makiDg a
criminal assault on Martha Seidle, aged 17
rears, while she was under arrest at the sta
tion on a charge of larceny.
De I-’lsle’s Resumption of Operations.
P aris, Dec. 27.—A dispatch from Tonquin
says that Gen. Itriere de l’lsle, the French
commander, will recommence active opera
tions about the middle of January, when de
cisive results are expected.
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1884.
PHASES OF THE NAVAL FIGHT.
Chandler'* Reply to a Letter from Ran
dall to r avor the House.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Secretary Chandler
has in preparation a circular to the heads of
bureaus instructing them in the matter of the
fiscal responsibility of the department after
Dec. 31, beyond which date the current ap
propriations for the naval service do not ex
tend. JU Congress acts at once upon reas
sembling, no embarrassments will result from
the failure to make appropriations in ad
vance. If there should be a deadlock of con
siderable length, the navy department will
continue to exist and may serve various use
ful purposes, though it xvill he at consider
able inconvenience. The pay of the navy
will go on, contracts may be entered into for
the continuance of work which has been al
ready begun under former appropriations,
and supplies may he purchased, hiit for all
these purposes the department will merely
give certificates instead of cash, and the sailor,
officer or contractor will become a creditor of
the government. In cases of emergency the
department may accept the services of indi
viduals or of private vessels, hut cannot hire
or contract for such services. The prospect
for an early reconciliation of the diflerences
betxveen the Senate and House is not good.
Incidental expressions by members oi the
House committee indicate a purpose
not to confer with the Senate upon
either of the three amended hills. Mr. Randall
has sent to Secretary Chandler a copy of the
thirty-one-day bill, as amended by the Senate
so as to provide for six months, with a letter
asking if the amount therein provided will he
sufficient for the department duriDg the re
mainder of the fiscal year.
EFFECT OF THE REPLY’.
There can be hut little doubt that the See~i
tary will declare the amounts named lor
some of the bureaus to be insufficient, which
fact may be used in justification of the posi
tion of the House i* refusing to assent to the
Senate amendments. Should the point be made
that the amounts proposed are too low, the
Senate committee will meet it hy showing
that the disputed measure is a House bill,
prepared last session upon the basis of the
estimates, and only objected to then because
the Senate had hy its amendments made the
appropriations too high. The Senators will
moreover urge that they are not wedded to
the amounts of either of the pending bills,
but are willing to adjust them in conference.
The chief point now made on the part of the
Senate is that the passage of appropriation
bills not baied upon recent estimates is an
evil which can be justified only by much
graver emergencies th-.n now exist. It is
also argued that if at every disagreement
Congress i to go back to former bills the
practice will amount to “a permanent annual
appropriation for the department affected,
and the abolition of such appropriations has
lieen one Of the prospective, and in part ac
complished reforms of recent years.”
PETS PUT IX UNIFORM,
Favoritism and Nepotism the Kale in
Appointment* to the National Acade
mies.
Washington, Dec. 27.—“1 intend to make
an inquiry into a matter xvithin a few days
that will make some fun in the House, I be
lieve,” said a Southern member to the News
correspondent to-night. “It is the habit of
Senators. Congressmen. Cabinet officers and
officers of the army and navy of gobbling up
the military and naval cadetships for their
sons or other near kin.”
“Is that very general, do you think ?” asked I.
“Is that, very general?” repeated the mem
ber. sneeringly. “Well, unless I have been
lied to, it is the ru e. lam told that at least
four out of five of these cadetships are held
bv the immediate families of these officials. 1
am told that the eons of these officials
All more than one-half of the
cadetships. If this is true it
is an outrage and a stop should be put to it.
The law contemplates that the poor hoys of
the country at large, the boys who "have
character and ambition, hut no political in
fluence. shall have just as many of these
places as the wealthy pets of powerful poli
ticians. There is "not an honest man or
w oman in the country hut that will applaud
the one who holds up to scorn these nepotists.
Such nepotism is shameful.”
THE REMEDY.
“How <to you propose to remedy it?”
“By exposing those who are the cause and
by nroviding against it.”
“Do you think a Congressman's son or that
of a Senator or Cabinet officer should he ex
cluded from a cadetship?”
“On general principles I do. I think that
would lie much better than the present prac
tice, but there can be a limit fixed for these
fellows. Only a certain per cent, should be
possible for these men to have. Why, they
would have the v.'holc thing if they could.
Then there is another great injustice about it.
Wlien the sons of the politicians get into the
service from the academies, they are urged
into promotions over poor, frieudless hoy*-
who are more deserving. The Secretaries of
War and the Navy must recogni/. j the de
mands of the fathers, whether pleasant or
not, and the consequence is that great dis
criminations are practiced to the discomfiture
of the deserving. 1 shall look into the mat
ter. It ought to be done by a resolution in
the House.”
LOGAN'S SEAT IN THE SENATE.
Chances of a Failure to Elect hy the
Illinois Legislature.
Washington, Dec. 27. Representative
j Townshend, of Illinois, said to a reporter to
day that the illness of tlie Democratic Senator
whom it was represented would not be able
to participate in tlie coming United states
i Senatorial contest, had been greatly exag
! gerated. “We have had late advices from
j him,” continued Mr. Townshend, “and he will
he on hand when the Senatorial fight opens,
lie has been sick, but the attack was not of a
serious nature.” Mr. Townshend added that
| nothing had developed in Illinois to throw any
I light whatever upon the Senatorial complUa
' tions. “It stands,” he said, “just where it did
at first. There is a tie on the joint ballot in
i the Legislature and I doubt if there
i will be an election of a Senator.”
fcHc said further that the Democrats are fully
to the importance of securing a Senator
n)felllinois, and they have no fears of any
members of the Legisllfture not
doi whole duty to his party. There are
somcsfcif a dozen Democratic candidates,
among fjkjn Messrs. Morrison. Trumbull, W.
J. Allen aW, Gov. Palmer. .Mr. Townshend
saul that T'Vtlie event of the failure of the
Legislature elect he believed that the
Governor wowjt appoint Gen. Logan, though
he (TownsheniNfem of the opinion that no legal
power to appoinngill reside in the Governor.
PLACES UNfrxll CLEVELAND-
Congressmen Hit ISftji a Plan to Bur
den ThemaelveWliik Work.
Washington, Dec. Democratic
members of Congress from many of the States
have quietly arranged a system for the dis
tribution of patronage under the incoming
administration. They are desirous of in
venting a rush of ofiieeseekers upon Presi
dent Cleveland at the outset of his adminis
tration, and to effect this they propo;efib put
themselves, as Congressmen, between the
greedy applicants and the executive. The
Democratic Senators and Representatives
from a certain State agree upon a plan for
the disposal of the offices. Each Representa
tive is to control certain offices of bis district
and certain patronage is apportioned to
the Senators. An applicant i9 refered
to tlie member of Congress who
is to govern the patronage he
is seeking, and is advised that he must have
the indorsement and approval of that Con
gressman. By this means each member has
to shoulder only his proper portion of the
burden, and when he determines whom he
will support for tlie different positions oilier
applicants can be advised of the futiliiy of
efforts in that direction. In this way there is
a general disposition to reduce the number of
applications that will go to l’re6ident Cleve
land.
Internal Revenue Collections.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Collections of in
ternal revenue for the first ."> months of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, were as fol
lows: From spirits {27,971,632. from tobacco
$10,846,806, f. om fermented liquore $8,358,489,
from miscellaneous sourcessl4l,2o3; making
1 a total of $47,322,190, as against $51,317,923 col
| lected during the same period of the previous
fiscal year, a decrease of $3,995,736. There
was a decrease of $3,542,959 on spirits, of
$586,393 on tobacco, and $199,170 on miscella
neous articles. The only increase was on fer
mented liquors, amounting to $776,000. The
aggregate receipts for the month of Novem
ber were $1,371,943 less than for tlie same
month of last year.
Fears of Filibusters.
Washington, Dec. 27.—The Secretary of
the Treasury has received a communication
from the Collector of Customs at New Or
leans saying that he is informed by the Span
ish Consul at that port that one Gomez re
cently left that city for some point on the
Gulf coast with a view, it is believed, of fit
ting out a filibustering expedition to the
island of Cuba to be conveyed by the schooner
Phienix. The Collector says that he has noti
fied the Collectors of the several ports with a
view to intercepting the proposed expedition.
The Secretary of State has been furnished
with a copy of the letter.
Gallagher’s Political Leprosy.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—One of the charges !
against Com nissioncr J. Gallagher, that of
illegal voting in 1883, was dismissed this morn
ing. His arrest on this charge, it is claimed,
was made simply to insure his slay in the city
pending the investigation of other charges
made against him of complicity in the Eigh
teenth ward election frauds.
AX AXTI-XICA R AGUA LOBBY.
Foe* of the Canal Scheme Organizing
to Compass It* Defeat.
Washington, Dec. 27.— The lobby, which
will work against the ratification of the Ni
caragua treaty, is groxving in numbers.
Several gentlemen connected in business with
M. de Lesseps arrived here some days ago and
began preparations for a systematic warfare
against the Nicaragua project, which is de
signed to materially interfere with the Pana
ma scheme. YVithin the past three days they
have been reinforced by four or five more.
These men differ from the ordinary lobbyist,
in that they are much more diplomatic and
are thorough gentlemen. “Duke” Gwinn also
appears on the scene among the opponents to
the Nicaraguan treaty. He is said
to be here in the interest of
Capt. Eads, who is working hard
for recognition for hi* ship railway project, a
model of which lias been set up in the naval
committee room of the Senate. The ratifica
tion of the treaty would, of course, kill the
railway scheme, and a* there are
several Senators, among them Mr. Conger,
of Michigan, more or less directly
interested in it, Mr. Eads starts in with gome
advantage. “Dick” Thompson, ex-Secretary
of the Navy, besides being identified with the
Panama project has another reason for oppos
ing the Nicaraugua canal. He is anxious that
the appropriation made some year* ago for a
coaling station at Chiriqui should be expend
ed, and he recognizes that if a canal is cut
to the north of the Chiriqui strip there would
be little need of the coaling station. Mr.
Thompson and the (,'hiriqui*people are rep
resented here at present by “Subsidy” Pome
roy, but it is reported that the ex-Secretary
will appear in person as soon as Congress re
convenes. Senators now hero say that. Vhus
far this triple-headed lobby has net made any
particular stir, although tfveral suspicious
qiuner invitations have been received. Early
in January these gentlemen expect that the
tripartite alliance will make itself apparent
around the eapitol.
SPAIN GROWING ANXIOUS.
Evidence* of a Willingness to Further
Modify the Spanish Treaty.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Our State Depart
ment and the Spanish Government are in
eoaetant communication through the Spanish
Legation here in regard to the Spanish reci
procity treaty. The Spanish Government has
cabled its willingness to make some further
concessions in regard to the rates of duty
upon sugar and tobacco to be admitted from
Cuba and Porto Rico into the United States
under the treaty. Some modifications of
these duties may lie agreed upon by the rep
resentatives of the two governments before
the Senate meets again. They might very
easily be. if the sugar and tobacco
men would present practical suggestions
to that end with substantial unanimity with
in a day or two, hut as this is scarcely proba
ble, it seems more likely that no change will
be proposed to the Senate until the objections
to the provisions of the treaty have been for
mally presented. Secretary Frelinghuysen
denied to-day the current report that the
President proposed to withdraw the Spanish
treaty from the Senate as soon as it reconvenes,
for uie purpose of substituting anew treaty
more favorable to the United States. He said
that while changes might he made in the
treaty, should valid objection he
raised to it in the Senate, that for
the present the State Department contem
plated none. There would be no difficulty in
making any changes that might seem practi
cable xvithout delay when the proper time
should come. The State Department thinks
that the treaty will gain friends during the
holiday recess, when member* of the Senate
and others hare opportunity to consider its
provisions carefully.
CHICAGO’S SOCIALIST SCARE.
The First Regiment Armory Under
Guard Chriftma* Night and to Con
tinue So.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—1 t is learned that armed
guards were stationed at the First Regiment
armory Wednesday night despite assertions
to the contrary made by some of the officers.
Christmas eve a partv was given by one of the
companies and in the course ol the conversa
tion it was suggested that it would he a very
easy matter for a body of men to enter the
building and cajituro the arms. A demonstra
tion by Socialists Thanksgiving day. at which
a black flag was displayed for the first time in
Chicago, was talked about and someone said
that a more violent demonstration might
occur that night, and that if there was to be
an outbreak it would be imprudent to leave
the armory unprotected. Finally ten men
volunteered to remain on guard dur
ing the night and the Adjutant ordered
10 rounds of ammunition to he served out to
each man. All night long the guard paced up
and down, hut the enemy did not appear."
Col. IL Knox told a reporter yesterday that
he intended having a regular detail stationed
at the armory. He had received information,
he said, that four regular companies of Social
ists had been organized in the city, and at
least two of them were equipped with breech
loading rifles. An organized outbreak might
occur at any moment, and he thought it pru
dent to take every precaution, so as to defend
the arms and ammunition belonging to the
militia.
TO BLOW I I* A TRAIN.
A Pennsylvania Track Walker Find* an
Infernal Machine on the Ralls.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 27.—0n the Jer
sey Central Radioed yesterday, between Fan
wood and Westfield, a track walker, while
making his round, found a large square pack
age, with shawl straps wrapped around it,
near the outside rail on the down track. The
man. thinking that the package had been
dropped from a train, began to examine its
contents. On top he discovered a square hole
and below it a blacking box filled with parlor
matches arranged so that they could be easily
ignited. After removing these he found fifty
eight cartridges of dynamite and a lot of No.
1 giant powder. Up to this time the track
man saw no danger and continued his search.
He picked up oue of the cartridges and
was about to plage it on the rail to
force it open with his hammer to see what it
contained, when a resident of Fanwood came
along and prevented an explosion. A hand
car was then procured, the infernal machine
was taken to Fanwood. and an official of the
road informed of the discovery. The opinion
of the railroad officials is that it was intended
to blow up the train. Had the package not
been discovered by the track walkers it is
believed that it would have been struck hy
the next train and many persons killed,
THE CLIMATE TOO WARM.
A Defaulting Treasurer Give* a Jocose
Reason for His Flight.
Dousville, Ky., Dec. 27.—0. B. Simmonds,
local Treasurer of the Louisville and Nash -
ville Railroad, left the city on Christmas
day, leaving behind him, addressed to the
company, a souvenir in the shape of a note
stating that his accounts were $34,000 short,
and that the climate was tco warm for him.
The suspicion is that he has gone to join the
Kentucky colony in Canada. An investiga
t on of the books hy the Comptroller develops
a shortage In Simmonds’ accounts of $34,093.
The company is thought to be secured by the
personal bond of Sunmonds and by the Bond
Guarantee Company of North America, and
the railroad company claims that it will lose
nothing. Simmonds is 50 years old. He was
appointed Treasurer under President New
comb, fourteen years ago, and lias held the
position ever since. He was a prominent cit
izen of Louisville, and has been interested in
several large business ventures in this eitv.
NOT MADE LIABLE BY SPARKS.
An Insurance Company Beaten in an
Important Lawsuit at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Dec. 27.— The case of Crandall
against the Goodrich Transportation Com
pany, which lias been on trial here nearly a
month, and the result of which was awaited
with great interest in marine oircles, was
decided against the plaintiff this morning. It
was a test case, and involved about $200,000.
Had the verdict been for the plaintiff, a large
number of suits would have been commenced
against the transportation company at once.
In 1880 Crandall’s house, at Green Bay, was
destroyed by fire. The Phoenix Insurance
Company adjusted and paid a loss amounting
to SO,OOO. The present suit was brought in the
interest of the insurance company against the
transportation company to recover the
money, claiming that the fire was caused by
sparks from the steamer Oconto while navi
gating Fox river, in the city limits of Green
Bay. Some sixty buildings were destroyed
by the same fire.
Death of a Noted Peruvian.
Lima, Peru, Dec. 27.—Dr. Mariategin, one
of the oldest and most distinguished inhabit
ants of this city, having been associated with
the declaration of independence, and holding
a high position in the Masonic community,
died last Tuesday. His Masonic connection
gave rise to a protest from the ecclesiastical
authorities against his interment in the gene
ral cemetery. The governmpii*, however,
ignored this proceeding, and, together with
several charitable institutions, combined to
render honor to the remains of the illustrious
citizen,
Frightened to Death hy a Drunken Man.
Norristown, Pa., Dec. 27.—A drunken
man, flourishing two knives and shouting like
a madman, last night frightened Mrs. Mary
Rogers so badly that she died three hours
afterwards. She was in perfect health. It is
conceded that her death was due entirely to
mental excitement brought on by the drunken
ffi ;ui's behavior.
BUCK TELLS OF HIS RUIN.
THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE RE
POSED IN WARD.
How Senator Chaffee was Induced to
Dump a Large Sum into the Steve and
Gen. Grant to Become a Borrower of
YV. H. Vanderbilt to the Extent of
SI 50,000.
New York, Dec. 27.—1n the suit brought hy
Senator Chaffee against the receiver of the
defunct firm of Grant & YVard to recover
about $500,000 worth of securities found
among the assets of the firm, but claimed by
Senator Chaffee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., com
monly known as “Buck,” was the first wit
ness, and testified that he was a partner in
the firm of Grant * Ward and a son-in-law
of Mr. Chafl'ee. Ylr. Chaffee g ive the witness
some bonds, on which he borrowed $40,000 and
went to Europe. He intended to repay his
father-in-law. but instead. on his
return, borrowed an additional SIOO,OOO.
This money went into the firm as his
individual interest. The witness had charge of
all Ohaffee’s securities, and owed him $150,0C0.
Mr. Ward suggested that it would be better
to use the money of friends rather than to go
outside, and the witness, after writing M-
Chaffee (who was East) and. telling him y, na {
a good thing it was, obtained his
the transfer of the securities. y’ir. YVard
guaranteed the loan. The was sup
posed to hexssed in b'“, in g government con
tracts, and nixing loans to railroads, with
Uo per cent, profit. Mr. Ward frequency
showed advertisements of government con
tracts, and said that he would try aud get
them. Tho profits were to he divided among
the members of the firm evenly, but some
times when they were smaller than usual, Mr.
YVard would take his share and di
vide the balance. On the profits made
upon the loans from Mr. Chafl'ee,
Mr. Chaffee was to have 50 per cent, profit,
out of which he allowed something to the
witness. Mr. YVard knew that the loans were
from Mr. Chaffee, because the xvitness told
him so. Mr. YVard displayed great knowledge
of what went on in the office, and if the wit
ness had $5,000 or SIO,OOO in the back on his
own account Mr. Ward generally borrowed it.
BIG PROFITS ON TAPER.
When the contracts of the firm with the
contingent profits amounted (on paper) to
$2,000,000 or $3,000,000 the witness asked Mr.
YVard if others could ho let in, hut Mr. Ward
replied that he wanted to build up a hanking
house, and the contracts were outside matters
for which he was responsible. He said that
he had got the contracts away from David
Dows, and somebody might iu turn get them
away from him, so they had hotter be cautious.
The witness said that he had advanced in
clear money for the business various sums.
He had $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 before he went
into the business with Mr. Ward. On Sunday,
May 4. he first learned of the trouble, when
Mr. YY ard came to his house and said that he
was afradl that it was all up with them. The
witness asked him wliat he meant, and Mr.
YVard explained that the - Marine Bank had
drawn heavily on its reserve, and that
there was $750,000 to the credit of the firm
there. The failure of the bank would make
it difficult to obtain loans on the street. Ylr.
Ward said if the money could he raised it
would be all right. The witness said that he
could not realize any money, but his father
might.
Y’ANDERBILT’S LOAN.
The witness and his father then xvent to Mr.
Y'anderhilt and got a check for $150,000. Gen.
Grant told Mr. Y'anderhilt that he thought
that the check of Grant & Ward was as good
as the check of Vanderbilt. The check was
drawn to the order of Gen. Grant. The next
day the witness took the check for $150,000 to
Ylr. Vanderbilt and he regretted tiiat he not
had it certified, as it was drawn on the Marine
Bank. That day the witness received a letter
addressed “Dear Buck,” aud went to sec Ylr.
Elkins, who went with him to Ylr. YVard’s
house in Brooklyn, where they waited till
midnight before Ylr. YVard came in. Mr.
Ward said that the balance in the Ylarine
Bank was about $200,000 or $300,000, and that
if Ylr. Spencer (the Cashier) had said it was
$103,000 he had made a mistake. Ylr. Elkins
thought that the interests of Mr. Chaf
fee should he protected. Mr. YV ard thought
that there were other interests to be pro
tected. Up to that time the witness had no
idea that money was due any others than his
own family and Mr. Chaffee. Ylr. YVard
agreed to meet them with the keys of the safe
the next day, hut did not, when the witness
went to the Safe Deposit Company and in
formed the officers that he was a partner in
the firm of Grant & Ward and had their safe
opened, after which the securities were
counted by Messrs. Laracque aud Elkins.
Further hearing was adjourned to Jan. 3,
1885.
DROWNED BY .LYNCHEIIS.
Two Robbers Meet with an Uncommon
Death in North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. U., Dec. 27.—Few occurrences
in this section have created such a sensation
as the lynching of two negroes charged with
burglary near Clayton. The men wore cap
tured in this city last week. The police as
certained that one of them, Charles Smith,
was the man who entered the store of Barnes
& Hinton at Clayton on Thanksgiving day,
and robbed it of much valuable property and
neatly killed George Cabell, a clerk in the
store, when the latter pursued him. The
crime remained a mystery until Monday. The
other man arrested with Smith was 'Henry
Davis. Both men were taken to Clayton for
trial by a magistrate. On that trial Smith
swore that Davis was an accomplice in the
crime, and this was the only evidence against
Davis.
TAKEN FROM THE GUARDS.
The men were ordered by the Court to he
t tken to Smithfleld jail Wednesday morning.
They were kept at Clayton Tuesday night in
charge of two guards. Just before daylight
a party of masked men sprang out of the
darkness and leveling revolvers at the heads
of the guards demanded the prisoners and
took them in charge. It has now become
known that the masked men placed the pris
oners on horses and rode straight to Neuse
river, three miles distant. There, according
to the testimony of an eye-witness, at the
county bridge they wrapped their prisoners
with trace chains, leaving the handcuffs upon
them, and threw them into the river. The
bodies have not yet been recovered.
EWEN BROS. ASSIGN.
They Give No Preferences Other
Crashes on the Street.
New York, Dec. 27.—Warren Ewen, .Jr.,
and John M. Ewen, composing the firm of
Ewen Bros., cotton brokers, at Nos. 31 and 33
Broad street, whose recent speculations
caused the expulsion of one of the members
from the Cotton Exchange, to-day made an
assignment for the benefit of the creditors to
David M. Ripley, without preferences.
The schedules, etc., of Opdyke & Cos., filed
by William I’eet, assignee, shows debts of
$296,938, nominal assets of $363,839, actual as
sets of $258,055.
At Ooltewah, James county, Tenn., P. W.
Lowe & Bro., general merchants, made an
assignment this morning. Their liabilities
are *B,OOO and the assets J 12,000.
BRIDGE BUILDERS GO UNDER.
St. Louis, Dec. 27.— Henry S. Hopkins A
Cos., bridge builders, made an assignment to
day. The assets are estimated at SBB,OOO.
The liabilities are unknown. The firm was
composed of Henry S. Hopkins, William Mc-
Gully and William F. Hopkins.
A LUMBER COMPANY ASSIGNS.
Providence, R. 1., Dec. 27.—The Provi
dence Lumber Company, Jesse Burdette,
Treasurer, made an assignment this after
noon to D. B. Potter.
Fishermen Trying to Better Their Luck.
Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 27.—A large meet
ing of tiie fishery interest was held in the City
Hall this afternoon to form a national asso
ciation for the protection of that interest
against injudicious legislation through a re
newal of the provisions of the fisheries’ treaty
with Great Britain, whiffi expires next Julv,
and entering into reciprocal relations in fish
ing matters with Great Britain, the dominion
of Canada and in other directions. Glouces
ter was represented by nearly all of its out
fitting firms, fish handlers and master marin
ers, and a large number of delegates were
present from abroad.
Washington’s Masonic Lodge.
Fredericksburg, V a., Dec. 27
burg Lodge No. 4, of this city, in which Gen.
George Washington was entered March 17,
1753, passed Aug. 4, 1753, and was raised Bept.
1. 1753. last night determined to attend the
dedication of the national monument at
Washington. Feb. 21, 1885, in a body. This
lodge attended the laying ot the corner stone
in 1838 and was accorded a place ol honor in
theline. _______________
Another War Over a County Seat.
Pierre, Dak., Dec. 27.—Potter county is
undergoing a state of excitement over the
county seat location. A year ago the connty
seat was located at Forest City, on the Mis
souri river. At the last election Gettysburg
claimed to have secured the county scat.
Threats have been made to take the records
by force, and over 200 Indians are now con
centrated at Forest City, ready to meet all
invaders from Gettysburg. Judge Smith is
now hearing the case at Pierre, while Indians
are guarding the records.
Spain’s Cortes Reconvenes.
Madrid. Dec. 27.—The Cortes reopened to
day. In the Senate Senor Mayano, represen
tative of Madrid University, complained of
the action of the President in refusing to al
low a convocation of the council of the uni
versity. The President defended his action.
A vote of censure on the President was then
proposed by the opposition. The session
closed without a vote being taken. The dis
cussion will be resumed on Monday,
IN THE STRIKERS’ CAMPS.
Negroes, Swede* and Poles Blamed for
the Trouble in the Hocking Valley.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—Ylark U. Crawford, who
was deputed by the trades assembly of Chi
cago to visit the Hocking valley miners, re
ports.that the cause of the trouble lies with
imported negroes, Swedes and Poles, and not
with the regular striking miners. He recom
mends that the money collected for them here
be forwarded to them in the form of boots
and shoes and other useful articles.
HOCKING VALLEY COUPONS.
Columbus, 0., Dec. 27.—Notice was given
yesterday by the Columbus ami Hocking Val
ley Coal and Iron Company to their bond
holders not to present coupons for payment
until after the January meeting of the direc
tors. when provision will be made to pay
them. It is claimed that the extraordinary
expenses incurred at the commencement of
the miners’ strike is the cause of the delaj’,
and only recently have the receipts been suf
ficient to pay the extra expenses for hiring
guards and bringing in anew set of miners,
and thus create interest on their bonds, about
$5,000,000 of w>iich are on the market. The
bulk of th“ bonds are owned hy the Original
incorporators in this city.
CAR DRIY ERS STRIKE.
New Orleans, Dec. 27.—Dissatisfaction has
existed among the street car drivers since
Nov. 18 because of the failure of the Crescent
Railroad Company, of which YVatson Y’an
Benthuysen is President, to comply with an
•tgreement made with the drivers when the
last strike was terminated. A conference
was held early this week between repre
sentatives of the trades assembly, the car
drivers and the hoard of railroad presidents,
at which the dereliction of the Crescent City
Company was plainly shown. Still the com
pany failed to rectify the trouble. An
other complaint the 'drivers make against
this company is that they are all
compelled to" report at the starting
station at 5:30 o’clock in the morning,
although some of them do not commence
xvork until 8:30 o’clock or later. This dissat
isfaction culminated this afternoon in anoth
er strike of the car drivers on all the Hues.
Without any previous notice they lett work,
demanding SOO per month for J 5 hours work
instead of from SSO to $55 as now paid. The
New Orleans City Railroad Company agreed
to comply with the demand until a conference
could be hel*i, so there xvas little delay on
their lines. But on the St Charles Street and
other lines no cars were running to-night.
The olficials of the New Orleans City Railroad
Company state that they have fully complied
with their agreement with the drivers, and
blame the officials of the Crescent City Com
pany for the present trouble with the drivers.
They believe that if all the companies had
kept faith with the drivers the present strike
would not have taken place, nor the demand
for an increase in wages have been made. The
weather to-night is rainy and sloppy.
THE SECRET SIGNAL.
A further investigation shows that at 3
o’clock a signal was given, as decided upon at
a secret meeting of the Car Drivers Associa
tion last Friday night, and simultaneously all
the drivers, except those on the Camp, l’ey
tonia and Carrolion line 3 , suspended work.
On these two routes the members of the asso
ciation. who xvere at the exposition terminus,
stated that the cars were permitted to ruu
simply through courtesy to the exposition
management, and that as soon aS the people
xvere all out of the grounds these cars would
also stop. Tills statement was subsequently
verified by a suspension of traffic on these
lines, and at 10 o’clock to-night there was not
a line of street cars in operation in the city,
except on Duane street and one or two on
other down town lines. The strike, while
based on alleged bad faith of the railroad
directors in violating the compromise of No
vember, takes the new shape of a demand for
increased pay over that previously agreed
upon. It transpires that w r hen tire'd of long
hours and small pay the drivers previously
struck it was agreed that their time
was to be reduced to fifteen hours,
and salaries fixed at $55 per month for the
old bands and SSO for new. The change xvas
to take effect within forty days of the date of
agreement. At the expiration of the time,
Dec. 18, it xvas found that all the companies,
except those over which YV. Y 7 an Benthuysen
had control, had complied. Mr. Van Ben
thuysen had, therefore, to be forced into line,
and as warnings passed unheeded the strike
of to-day xvas the result, xvith a demand for
S6O per month, Ylr. Van Benthuysen makes a
general denial, alleging that he kept faith
aud that the strike is the outcome of the dis
charge for cause of some of the old hands.
The present indications are that the drivers
will remain firm until S6O and the fifteen hour
tariff are met.
TO SAY’E A MILLION.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.-The receivers of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany to-day issued an order re
ducing the salaries, to take effect
Jan. 1, of all officers, agents, and
other employes, excepting those of the train
men, wharf laborers, and the crews of steam
colliers and such miners and laborers at the
collieries whose pay is regulated by the basis
dependent on the price of coal. The reduc
tion ranges from 8 to 20 per cent., according
to salary, the percentage of the reduction in
creasing with the amount of salary. It is esti
mated that the proposed reduction will save
to the company $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 per
annum.
2,000 HANDS IN IDLENESS.
Shenandoah, Pa., Dee. 27.—Bear Ridge
No. 1 and No. 2 and the station collieries near
Mahoney Plane, and the Indian Ridge and
Plank Kidge collieries at this place, having
been selected as unprofitable, have shut down
indefinitely. This will throw out of employ
ment 2,C00 men and boys. These collieries are
owned and operated by the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company, and nearly
SSO,',OO per month was paid out lor wages at
the five mines.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
The French Chamber of Deputies will ad
journ on Tuesday.
Paquet, the infidel, who was recently par
alyzed while denying the doctrine of eternal
punishment, at Toronto, died in the hospital
yesterday.
The two chief members of the firm of
Woliitz’Bros., of Lemberg, Austria, grain
merchants and large im porters and maltsters,
have committed suicide owing to business
troubles.
News reached Jackson, Miss., yesterday of
the killing near Oakland on Christmas day of
T. W. Jones, who was shot dead bv his
brother Clint Jones. In a fit of remorse’Clint
killed himself the next day.
An unknown man stepped on the track of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Balti
more yesterday to take a drink from a flask
of whisky. He paid no attention to an ap
proaching train and was instantly killed.
An anti-rent strike is in progress at Lim
erick, Ireland. Tenants demand a reduction
in rents of 20 per cent. Agents of the land
lords object to the reduction. The tenants
have therefore refused to pay their rents.
At New York yesterday additional subpm
nae3 were issued from the District Attorney’s
office, one to each of the twenty-four Alder
men in the city, requiring them to appear be
fore the grand j*ry on Monday ami testify
regarding alleged bribery.
While a party of twenty men in Peters
county, Mo., were treating a newly married
couple to a charivari with cowbells, horns,
pistols and shotguns, the leader of the party
received a load of shot in the side and died
instantly. The shot waa accidental.
At Rucker, Mo., Christmas, Noah Best,
City Marshal, attemuted to arrest W. S.
Akers lor drunkenness and disorderly con
duct. A kers resisted and waa shot by Best in
the forehead, lie died yesterday morning
from the effect of the shot. Akers was a
prominent and well-to-do farmer.
The withdrawal from the Reform Club of
the Right Hon. George J. Gescheu, Liberal
Member of Parliament for Ripon, is due to
discontent at the predominence of Radical
membership in the club. The Duke of Ar
gvle, Mr. Goscbeu, and other moderate Lib
erals, are aiming to form a Liberal Conserva
tive coalition.
At a meeting at Madrid yesterday, attended
by 11 members of the Chamber of Deputies
and 54 Senators of the Constitutional party,
Senor Sagasta presiding, it was decided to
attack the ministry on the Cuban loan, mili
tary administration and the recent manifesta
tions by students. Discussion of the commer
cial treaties was avoided.
The Irish Executive at Dublin has ordered
the Chief of Police to inquire into the charac
ter of the appointments to the detective force
which were made under the regime of James
Ellis French, the disgraced Inspector, who
was convicted the other day of having been
guilty of abominable practices. Such mem
bers of the force as are found to he without
a clear record are to he dismissed.
In the Supreme Court at Cambridge, Mass.,
yesterday, the jury in the noted stone will
case returned a verdict to the effect that the
will was drawn in proper shape, and that
Mrs. Stone was of sound mind. On the
question of undue influence over Mrs. Stone
on the part of Rev. Dr. Wilcox, one of the
executors, the jury disagreed, standing 6 to 6.
On the Northern Railway extension, near
Brace Bridge, Ontario, two or three days ago
the foreman of a gang of rockmen was en
gaged in ramming dynamite into a drill-hole,
when it exploded, throwing him clear over a
derrick, killing him Instantly, bis hotly being
blown to pieces. Three others were terribly
injured, and are now lying in a temporary
hospital atr Brace Bridge.
J. H. McArthur, District Attorney of Arn
nibago county, Wis., who was shot bv Paul
Steimel Monday evening, died yesterday
afternoon. Steimel gives as his reason for the
shooting that McArthur had been getting
money from him for legal services until lie
(Steimel) had lost his farm. The prisoner is
in jail at Oshkosh, where he was taken imme
diately after the shooting, as fears were en
tertained that he would lie lynched if he re
jaained at Nggoah,
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WOLSELE Y FURIOUS AT JOHN’
BULL’S STUPIDITY.
The Konte to led to Gordon's Rescue
Again Changed by Compulsion—The
Kabbabish Tribe to be Bribed if Pos
sible—The Admiralty Aroused by the
Poor Coaling Facilities.
London, Dec. 27.—The news from Egypt is
not of the most satisfactory character. It
appears that Lord Wolseley has been ordered
to abandon the attempt to reach Shendy by
the desert route from Korti, thus cutting off
the great bend in the Nile. The difficulties of
the way seem to him too great to be sur
mounted with the resources at his command.
Instead of this route he will use the road from
Meraweh to Berber, likewise ihrongh the
desert, but much shorter than the other. He
has accordingly changed the oase for the con
centration of his forces from Korti to Mera
weh. This change of plan places the relief of
Khartoum two months further into the future
man had been anticipated. It is difficult to
prophesy when Geu. Gordon will be rescued
from his present trying position.
WOLSELEY DISSATISFIED.
Lord Wolseley is far from satisfied with the
arrangements for the expedition. He has
sent furious complaints to the War Office of
the inefficiency and absolute breakdown of
the transport and commissary services. Al
though a good two months has elapsed of nce
the pioneer corps left Saraqaonly l.Sw’uv-ii
out of 7,000 composing the f of the ex
pedition have reached K<H. The British
envoys have left Korti on TPmissiou Idf die
Kabbabish tribe, and to other tribes {tWh
are only weakly attached to El Mahdi’s c*j me.
The envoy will endeavor to
tribes in question to enter into an ailiHce
with the English. The chief argument ®sd
to accomplish this desirable end will be of a
financial character.
POOR COALING FACILITIES.
The Admiralty has awakened to the fact
that the present facilities for coaling war ves
sels, both at home and on the foreign stations,
are Dot what they ought to be. It has there
fore appointed a special naval commission to
look into the matter and instructed it to re
port what means can be employed to improve
the present facilities, and also to suggest a
method by which the facilities could be easily
and quickly extended in case an outbreak
should make such a step necessary.
AN IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Paris, Dec. 27.—51. DeLamotte, agent of a
French syndicate, will visit Cairo to urge the
Khedive to assent to a scheme to improve the
river Nile. The syndicate offers to excavate
works for protection against excessive inun
dations, to provide for irrigation in case of
insufficient risings, to utilize and to make the
river navigable from its mouth to the equator.
The project implies large concessions. It is
supported by M. Barrere, the French Consul
General at Cairo.
IMITATION STONES IN A CROWN.
The Empress Eugenie Charged With a
Dishonorable Act.
London, Dec. 27.—A scandalous discovery
has been made regarding the splendid di
adem of diamonds and emeralds which the
Empress Eugenie used to wear. The dia
dem, it will be remembered, was exhibited
among the crown jewels exposed at the gov
ernment sale at Paris. The discovery has
been made that while the diamonds in the
royal bauble were genuine, the emeralds were
bogus. The emeralds were purchased by an
English nobleman for £4O/00, and this
large sum of money was paid over to the
Empress Eugenie, as her claims to the emer
alds as personal property were admitted. The
money, however, was returned when it was
found that the emeralds were only imitation
jewels. La Figaro , of Paris, acids further
complication to the scandal by asserting that
the Empress was aware of the fact that the
diadem was partly filled with false stones.
BISMARCK’S LETTERS.
The Present Chancellor’s Views as Writ
ten Thirty Years Ago.
Bkklin, Deo. 27. —The fourth volume of
Prince Bismarck’s letters, which is about to
be published, contains private diplomatic dis
patches .written to Gen. von Mantcuffel dur
ing the years from I*sl to 1858 while Prince
Bismarck was a Prussian representative at
Frankfort. The letters discuss matters with
remarkable frankness. In some his brother
diplomatists are held up to ridicule for affect
ing youthfulness. In one place the future
Chancellor says:
“I do not see why we should link our sea
worthy ships with the worm-eaten baric
Austria. Everybodv courts our alliance
Great storms suit us best. We can use
troubled times fearles-ly, without considera
tion of others. II we desire to become greater
with 400/00 men we must not be afraid ot
standing alone and leaving others to fight.
We had better isolate ourselves. The greater
tlie difficulties of Europe the more valuable
our alliance, and the greater price we shall
get for
BISMARCK’S BITTER FOBS.
The Ministers iVcide Not to Dissolve
the Reichstag at this Juncture.
Beblin, Dec. 27. —The Cologne Gazette says
that at the last council of the Ministers Prince
Bismarck raised the question of the dissolu
tion of the Reichstag. It was considered that
the present moment was inopportune for the
taking of such a step, and it was decided to
wait for further hostile manipulations before
throwing the country into a fresh electoral
fever.
The Elberfeld Gazette iias opened asubscrip
tion list to raise money to provide Prince
Bismarck with an additional secretary. la
two days subscriptions to the amount of 12,500
marks were received.
SPAIN’S EARTHQUAKE.
Damage to Property and Loss of Life
Greater Than First Reported.
Madrid, Dec. 27.—Late details received
concerning the earthquake show that the
damage to property and the loss of life waa
botli much greater than was at first believed.
The provinces of Malaga and Granada were
the scene of the severest disturbance. Several
places were partially destroyed. The Mayor
reports that many parts of Albuquero are in
ruins and that as many as 150 persons are be
lieved to have perished. At Arenas del Rey
40 persons were killed. Disasters are likewise
reported from other towns. Slight shocks of
earthquake haTe been felt in many places in
Spain since Thursday.
So far as known, 200 persons were killed in
Andalusia. The Alhambra, a famous palace
near Granada, was not damaged.
Congo Neutralization.
Berlin, Dec. 27.—The negotiations with
France for the neutralization of the territory
of the African International Association have
been renewed at Paris. Prince Bismarck
has sent a special communication to Prime
Minister Ferry, urging him to withdraw his
opposition to the scheme. The National Ga
zette says that the majority of the Reichstag
intends to place anew check upon Priace
Bismarck bv rejecting his demand for a credit
of 50,000 marks to conduct explorations in
Africa.
STRAUCH TO CONFER WITH FERRY.
Paris, Dec. 27.—1 tis expected that Col.
Strauch, President of the African Interna
tioxal Association, will shortly have a confer
ence with Premier Ferry on behalf of tlie as
sociation.
WADDINGTON THREATENS TO RESIGN.
M. Waddington.the French Ambassador at
London, has concluded to offer Premier Ferry
the resignation of his post if the French fi
nancial plan before the Congo Conference
shall not be maintained.
Ericsson’s Naval lievolutionizers
London’, Dec. 27. —The Army and Savy
Gazette takes occasion to contradict the
statement made some days ago in the United
States Senate, by senator Blair, of New
Hampshire, to the effect that the British
Government was engaged in negotiations
looking to the purchase of Ericsson's subma
rine gun and projectile torpedo. In this con
nection the Gazette says: “Mr. Ericsson’s in
vention would revolutionize naval warfare,
but financial reasons will prevent its appre
ciation by the various governments.”
Russia’s Naval Reform.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 27.-The Russian
Government has ordered the formation of a
naval station at Navorosisk, at the mouth of
the Tsemesse river, on the east coast of the
Black sea, at a cost of $10,001,000. This will
be connected with the military railway sys
tem. The Black sea fleet will lie raised to a
complement of four ironclads of the heaviest
type, twelve seagoing torpedo boats, and fif
teen armed steamers.
The French Senate has adopted the clause
of the budget establishing principles of
the taxation of religions bodies.
A Quick Recovery.
It gives us great pleasure to state that
the merchant who was reported being at
the point of death from an attack of Pneu
monia, has entirely recovered by the use
of Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam for the
Lungs. N aturally he feels grateful for the
benefits derived from using this remedy for
the lungs and throat; and in giving pub
licity to this statement we are actuated
by motives ol public benefaction, trust
ing that others may he benefited in a
similar RRURI6L