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F.TARLIHED 1850. i
,1 H KsT I l*l. Editor and Proprietor.t
MS IN THREE STATES.
, , , \. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
( VUOLIXA PVT IN TYPE.
, ,r DiKlMam l'oDtnilß( the
t of th. Kwordi In Habersham
(„ > How a White Woman Ktsdrd
► , i >* .nil Married a S*tro-Llabll
-4 t iprrM Companies on Whisky
GEORGIa.
. 5 "lerslor at Harmony brote
- te the Georgia editors a ruus
ie to-day.
*o p'Dttemaa is using a pocket
has carried since 1537.
• lli-pilal and Benevolent Home
nttnued after April 1.
l>r. T. I*. Janes, of Greene countv,
..n h f i5,t00 or $20,000.
- summer residence, near Da
>- n irned. The loss is 12,000.
•rr-S tiiat steps are being taken to
■.it court house at Isabella, Worth
.. avers of Hanen will meet to-mnr
- ivr the advisability of boring an
rv at work at the old Alatoona gold
. r Acwortb. They are "panuiug
\a: Darnel!. of i.ritlin, died at At
■i from the effects of a difficult
i (.ration.
- ot soil siilipo nas issued by
.r .n l jury of Madison, most of them
vs .n foot to secure the weather
r V us. and have the signals dis
jta tue Commercial Hotel.
■ i. tu sof the I'mrersity of Geor- .
John W. Daniel, of Rich
i .... as commencement orator.
l in wreck a work train near
|. cmg a large piece of scantling
■ - was mate Saturday night, but
: ui.-uccessful.
r.r on. of McDonotirh, has knit six
; -un-a-i* in the past fourteen months,
• r.-,t; . iniaming oJs.COO stitches, or an
.s c of 4.10i,M10.
• • - have broken oat in C'umming.
- hoo! is badly crippled, as quite
ibe stu lenu are sick and others
ped going to school.
• melon, who in Greene county two
iz • .hot a negro girl naui-J I.omsa |
w -f mnl g..ilty, but recommended
• - ; y the court last week.
. .’in excavation in the northern
is. . It. It. vard for the turn table
\ .•. A >. it. It. at Augusta a number
• u bones were dug up. They have
- la.a there a century.
moisTi of the Columbus Guards are
. y in earnest aad working hard to
r- a t rue at the Mobile drill. They
• n drilling nightly for the past two
•. and purpose to continue to do so until
.e inter-state conte.-t.
. i iizeasof Buzzard lloost. a few miles
r Mac->ti, on the Macon and Brunswick
t vr taken a sudden dislike to the name
the place bears, and have taken steps
.1 -liangf-l They have selected for
- . . -n the more euphonious title of West
. and will in all probability succeed in
trra-g- incuts have I-eon perfected with
-of th M ttlorv Steam-hip Line f-*r
. rate from Sew York to Darien.
•f Sailing will l>e signed in New York
ri.-n. and the steamers will touch at
i-w,- k on their way to Kernamlina m
.l --I. as formerly, "on their way to New
It;- this change goods leaving New
y.-rt. --n In-lav will lie delivered in Darien
on Tuesday following.
\ pelttion has Is-.-n filed in the Ordinary’s
forth- pro'll Ite of the will of
H i,ham liaie, late of I larke county. The
will - made on April2l. ladl, and wi'tnes-ed
- Wm. II I.ampkin, Archibald M-wn and
s It w:i- written on C-infe-l- r
pa, 'T and sealed up in an old homi'-inade
. Mr. Hale was srt years 01-l at the
>, * *e i h. Ills estate consists mostly
lan-ts in county,
v k- n corn -p"ndencc News. March it;
. ; n.ght aiut l o’clock the residence
D. M. Bonder, a* the cast en-l
If rl -tr*ct. was found to be on
|- ■ hr aad fain'lt closed up the
-and went-m a vi-it t-> the country.leav
>at unlay evening, leav
th< house. When tbe fire was dis
. : .t I >1 m.t-le such progress that it was
. t • ,-avi anything. Everything was
a even ih.-ir clothes were aavefi;
it f-o-l in accounts ami note* were
, l. Ihe lose on the house and furni
, at . The property toleeared
caret 1 Mur lace t ompauy of New
-rf' This is the first fire we hare
the advent of the railroad
lwell Away back in the misty !
Hart a free neghv won the affections
it woman. The law was against the
-rsnieol the races in the Southern
and tlo-v were too well known in Hart
:npt it." The couple went to South
iu. and repaired to a magistrate over
I he iii .gi-trale bad a suspicion that
art was a Caucasian, an-t told her i
would have to make oath that she 1
■ -1 iu her before he could marry
- . give np iu leepair? Not bv "a
- - l.u-j -rity. She announced her
.t.. take the oath. Making excuse '
• ir,.-meats’ absence, she induced her
er to cut a small vein in his arm.
.z a -mall quantity of the dark red
. . it. and then procee-ling to the ]
.- truthfully swore that she had
r ;ii '-o<l in her.”
• eorreapondence News. March
. , <ht the bar of Mathew- A Chas
house beonging t-> K. A.
.- •' -trove N l hy fire. About 12 o’clock ;
t.-.dwnt catNe in front the Oehloeko- ;
where he feld bees fishing; he j
- • mi Houses on his way home: he I
• -iit t *i yar-t * from tiie business ;
had’ ouly been home a few
w ton he went out in the yard and
tire just coming through the top ;
\1 tth-’ws A Chastain’s store.
t!v - aught on the inside, but •
was accidental or inc*adiary is
Their -took and store was covered
, The house of Mr. IVrry is a
-- ; , tr.surance on it. He hal some
• ..j [; it which he saved. The store of ,
V Anderson barely escaped being |
t , r-'-f caught fire, but was extin- -
r- much damage was done. They
their stock of goods out in the j
w< re badly damaged by rough
z i • in- tire blowing on them Their ;
. - : image I at least i5 per ceut. One I
rr -vi- Collier was arrested on sus- (
-a -rntug, but be proved an alibi I
- Pappa and C. n. Beiderman tr-rc
: ziinu in a suit which was before ;
u -i.i .-rior Court a day or two ago. '
- . and neither could speak
i tv r.H-coa .Wim thus describes the
;r j I’appa could not speak English’
-to-tuuonv- througli interpreters. •
- ' •rt s aub and llenrv Sizg were I
w nierpreuws. The lawyers, or the \
in : uu-lersiand one word the wit
\ ..-t.-uon w.-uld be asked the in
, -, K -r. and he would ask the ,
t u -s in Swis- and tho iu*
V - J*e answer of the wit- 1
‘ .‘V try. This method of
' ‘ ’ : ' ’ ’. i * rebaa county
M ' ovel to . These
; r lu.- il muchmt. word of
understand i- Sam
• ! therefore, amusing U, , ht< i
. r I*,us- Barrow, atterneys . .
. imsi-Ifamt turn to the witn
i -ton winch he cannot under
t i- e-iuallv as amusing to hear the
i-h Hi- Swim to "-peak lou-ter. so
may hear, etc.” The Swiss Wit
• evince embarrassment, on the
- seem to realize that they are
lie protected. Henry Sizg and
- tub -eem to enjoy themselves in the
‘A interpreters; they seem to enjoy
-•f the situation, and evidently re
al ’ Hey are t-erforming a task which
- himself could not perform,
g --1 naiured, clever, intelligent
- rves well at the hands of Haber
a.M the question was raised
lien and the revenue
-Hi pi a m C. O. D. of jugs and
. - !_-<•- of whisky. The que-lion was
*. I-* the Commissioner of Internal i
. who finally, after a great deal of
tei.ee. decided, in view of the bar I
e legitimate trade, that he was
t the matter remain in abeyance
„■ had been decided by some Uni
- .1 ikdge. W hat gave rise to the
u-.... this: Kichard Roe, living in
, c- !eT from John Doe. a liquor
Maras, a gallon of whisky to be
D. The w hisky is carried by the
ntpany anil the amount -lue
i bv the same. The revenue i
airae-l that the express j
was an agent, and was liable for '
This was frequently done along -
r.-a-t- where lie the prohibition ;
- The ion- was recently decided in |
I- tat*— District Court of Illinois by I
- ir it The decision was about this:
r.isaresbippedbvaven
■.-n'.--. to be paid for on delivery, i
r i- the agent of the vendor; that !
r< niatn the property of the vendor
the carrier until tne condition
" • • . j nrment) is complied with; that
* made at the time when and the
' r, th.- g h> ts are delivered on pay
ih*t liability to a special tax ns
■r. under the internal revenue
is* .rred bv the vendor, for that time
5 N-.w that the question has been
J . >: • revenue collectors are allowed
, ' r. i, a n<l will proceed to collect the
- -ix .:. all cases coming to their knowi-
A '-' * lAiawr- Watekma*: The Superior
* ' llaiK-rsham county closed its session
l li. and from all accounts it has been
v-ntful one. so far as several of the
re are concerned, and also to sev
xve not had tbe pleasure of holding
w 're in the ring. Groves, tbe Ur
, :he county, was triedformaiprnc
r t leogihv trial the jury brought
t-.f gu*i!iy. The evidence of several
w • n. -s. -was very damaging not only
■-.hat to other part'es. Groves will
r anew trial, au-1 it will probably be
i ar tiefore the people wdl see him
- i-cnaltv. The evidence about
‘ r rv of the safe in the Ordinary’s
* hicli was given in before the grand
out. It seems that
J / ’ tuat countv, has a true bill against
r ih-- -ante offense that Groves, the Or
>* charged with. Fuller U the unde
--n Martin, the man who turned State's
Groves came to Martin and told
? t;, “ if certain books and papers were
v-*n frons the safe in the Ordinary’s office
it wonld bp impossible to convict Fuller,
• proposed to Martin that he should get the
-as, aad pa a cjruio night the sate would
< ® JHoi'uiirg
be unlocked, that he could, after getting
of the H°° k n’ e,< ’ brpak the kuob
of the safe, and otherwise mutilate it. Mar
ri„, n nce V nt i nto ,l,e tra *' thinking to
clear his uncle, who reared hun. of a serious
charge. Ihe safe was accordingly left open.
Martin went in. got the records and battered
up the safe, and next morning the good
people of Clarksville were notified that
the court house had been burglarized.
■ uspiciou rested on several, but it
Wa . s . n w Tur definitely settled who did the work
until Martin came before the grand jury and
made a clean breast of the whole transaction.
The reason Martin gives for turning State s
evidence is that the books and records taken
from the safes did not implicate his uncle,
ruller, in the least, but mainly put it on
Groves, who liad put up the job for his own
benefit. There are several others -.hat true
bills have been found against, but tbe ouly
charge against them is that they traded for
-ome of the stolen orders, knowing them lo
. n Btnlpn * Nearly all the legal talent
of Athens Gainesville and Clarksville have
te *n emtiloyeil by the <lelen*e or the State.
Some neb development* will be made before
it IS over, and a great many more will proba-
I bjy be implicated. The better class of people
of this mountain city are very indignant at
the outrages, and are determined to have il
| sifted to the bottom.
FLORIDA.
The Presbytery of East Florida will meet at
huatice, Tuesday, March 24.
The Supreme Court has unanimously de
cided that the bill abrogating the charter of
1 ensocola is constitutional.
Among the eighty families that make up
t-e population of the settlement of Point
l ineilas there is not a single Smith, Jones or
Brown.
The proprietor of the steam mill at Ock
lockonee bri<lge says that he has been forced
to stop running his mill because he finds it
impossible to get transportilion for bis lum
ber, and it is heaped up in hisyard until there
is not room for more.
Madison county has within her borders two
of the largest factories or mills of their kind
in the State—the Madison Cotton Ginning
Company of that place and the car factory of
Bucki A Cos., at Euuville. The first named is
probably the largest establishment of its kind
in the >outh. The machinery of the estab
lishment is kept in operation night and day
now and has been so for some time. The la-t
uamed has been In operation now but a few
dais, hut lias contracts with one railroad
Company for l.Oiiu cars and with another for
4 S>. The capacity of the factory is ten cars
per day.
A few days ago C. C. Parker and others
were digging in the mound near the shore of
the hay on tne Fort Brooke reservation, ami,
after going down several feet, unearthed a
section of a hollow cypress log. still having a
portion of the hark up >n it. Within the log
were found the remains of two hum n ske’e
tons, wrapped in what appeared to be the
remnants of blankets, which were, of course,
much decayed. Of course the hones were
disjointed and the skeletous in pieces. All
the bones, however, were found. One of th •
skulls was well preserved, even the teeth
being all in place. Near by were found a
number of broken pieces of earthen pottery
an-l several iron spikes.
Sanford J'nirn<tl: “Three years ago the
writer of this article passed through Sanford.
It was then not as large as it is now. not more
than one-third as large in fact. The addition
to the Sanford Hou-c had not been made then,
the Everglade Hotel bad not been built then,
neither lia-1 Commercial Bios', DeForesl’s
nor any of the substantial buildings that one
sees on every hand now. The roll ing stock
of the South Florida Railroad was very
meagre. The engines numbered al-out four,
among which were the Herald and Seminole,
i The line had just been completed to Ki sim
me.*, two trans being run through per week.
The Journal then was a seven-column paper,
an-l printed on a Washington hand press.
We know, because we tried to get a job on it
as “devii" and failed. Verily, the three
i years past have been years of great pros-
IKirity for San for. I, an-l three years hence,
who can predict what they will bring forth?”
SOCTU CAROLINA.
There will be a military review at Hampton
; to-day.
The guano dealers in Anderson are doing a
| goo-1 business.
Tiie municipal election in Newberry will
be held on April 14.
It is said that there are eight or nine appli
cants for the Anderson post office.
There is talk of opening several new streets
in the town of Pro-perity, Newberry county.
There will lie some 3/.00 acres p anted in
watermelons in Barnweil county this season.
A medical association has been organized
in Lexington county with thirteen members.
It is said that a'siiit six hundred a~res of
ti -accowill be planted in Spartanburg this
spring.
The town of Spartanburg will tie one hun
dred years old ui I.S-7. They speak of having
a “i-ig centenuiai.”
Dr. William J. Mittonl, a prominent physi
cian of Anderson county, died oa March 0 in
the 72d year of his age.
•I. A. Kliiott. of Anderson county, has re
cently patented a combined cotton planter
and guano distributor.
The Baptist* of Sumrncrton. Clarendon
county, intend in ashort time to build a hand
some church at a cost of about f 1,200.
Anew postofliee will be established the first
o July next at Dr. D. A. Cannon’s, in Xew
bnrv county, to be named “Utopia.”
Municipal politics in Georgetown are lively,
two tickets are in the Held, one headed by it.
K. Fraser and the other by F. W. Macuster.
There are over seventy applicants for the
position of mail agent on the Port Koval aud
Augusta Railway. There are only three
places to be filled.
The shipments of cotton from Winnsboro
during the season of will not exceed
5.500 bales. The shipments during the season
of ISS3-SI reached 10,000 bales.
The Treasurer of the Clifton Manufactur
ing Company, of Spartanburg county, pub
licity denies the report that his company has
decided to reduce wages.
J. A. Washington, of Beaufort, S. C., was
one of the unfortunates on the “fraud roll"
who suffered by Secretary Manning's first
attempt at retrenchment in the customs ser
vice.
The managers of the Newberry County
Agricultural Association are trying to get
“Bill Arp,” Major Charles 11. Smith, to de
liver a lecture at the next fair of the associa
tion in October next.
The pens tofliec has been reopened at Mount
Carmei, Abbeville county. It was closed just
after the war because the postmaster could
not take the iron-clad oath which was re
quired at that time.
John D. Cochran, of Hodges, Abbeville
county, has planted nearly three hundred
pear trees, expecting to raise fruit for the
market. M. A. Cason m.vle|2J last yearfrom
the fruit of one tree.
Keowce Courier: Our first court since the
passage of the prohibitory act Is now in ses
sion. It is worthy of remark that this is the
first term of the Court of Sessious in the his
tory of the county in which there is not a sin
gle’case of assault and battery.
A lady gardener in Georgetown, who be
lieves in early vegetables, sowed, as she sup
posed, some mustard seed, anil after patiently
waiting for the plants to put in an appear
ance, found on investigation that she had
sowvl a lot of gunpowder belonging to her
son-in-law.
The literary societies of Newberry College
have not received a reply from Senator Vance
to their invitation to address them during
commencement. If on. W. C. lienet, of Ab
beville. has been chosen alternate, and if
Senator Vance does not accept the invitation
Mr. Benst ciay.
T. Stobo Farrow, Clerk of the South Caro
lina by special appointment called on
-nt Cleveland Saturday afternoon, and
in the nun ' of Dov. Thompson, presented to
him an engross.'* 1 ‘‘"Py ° f ‘> e concurrent ireso
lutions adopted by ‘be Genetal Assembly of
South Carolina in favor P 1 cml service re
form. .
The announcement is made in the Armyand
Saru Journal of the promotion of Bleat. John
L. navis from the rsnk of Third lieutenant
to that of Second Lieuuoant is Die United
States Revenue Marine Service. J lent. Davis
is now serving on board the steamer Hallis on
the northern coast of Maine. He is a Char.es
tonian.
Kinaetree County Record: Some of the ne
gro bovs do a brise business at the depot on
the arrival of the night train at th's pmec lo
se ling pods of cotton to Northerners. The
sharp fellows get the old emptv ho’ls and till
them with liot cotton, and thereby deceive
the passengers with the belief that the cotton
grew thus. They are as sharp as their Yan
kee friends.
Sara Flood, a negro convict from Charles
ton county, sentenced to the Penitentiary for
five years, tried to escape at Columbia Thurs
day afternoon by swimming Uie Congarce
with his shackles on. A great many shots
were fired at him bv the guard* when he w as
about the middle of the river, and he was
not seen again. It is supposed he wet death
either by shooting or drowning.
Four miles from Johnsonia. Edgefield conn
tv Countv Commissioner Henry Gallman
owns a mill and pond and grinds corn,
etc., for the public. He has a man by the
name of I’ruit who attends to the mill. Fruit
owns a large cat that as soon as the mill is
stopped, by shutting down the gate, will ira
medi&tclv run clown behind the mill &nd fret
on a lojr juat over the sheeting over which the
water is flowing. She will then look very in
tently into the water, which is from eighteen
inches to two foet deep, until she spies a nsn.
She then plnnges into the water, frequently
burying herself under it, but almost always
coming out with a fish. She then quietly sits
• town on a rock near by and enjoys her meal.
Since the inauguration of President Cleve
land the talk in Charleston about the removal
of the United States Court from its present
inconvenient quarters in the custom house
has been revived. It is said that the removal
of the court rooms from the old club house in
Meeting street to the custom house was made
upon the recommendation of an agent of the
Treasury Department, who was sept to
Charleston to make an examination of the
alleged insecurity of the building In Meeting
street It is understood that tne Treasury
agent'reported that the building was inse
cure betaace it was not fireproof, and that,
therefore, the records of the court were insuf
ficiently protected. The removal was opposed
by a majority of the officers oi ibe court and
has resulted in great inconvenience to the
members of the bar. It is u n Jers . a ,
the court officials, except perhaps District At
torney Melton and Circuit Court Clerk Ha
good who it is said, were instrumental in
King the removal, are anxious to move
dowa there again.
When the lips are dry or scarred.
When the teeth are dark or dull.
When the tongue is hot and hard.
And fill* the tainted mouth too full,
The magic sozopont supply,
I And all those ills before tt fly.
REVENUE COMMISSIONER.
J. S. MILL.F.R, OF WEST VIR
GINIA, NOMINATED.
Phtl Thompson’s Friends Greatly Dis
appointed, but the Best Man for the
Place Selected— J. E. Dart’s Chances
for the Brunswick Collectorship Very
Good—Wiue to be Drunk at State Din
ners.
Washington, March IC.— Senator Col
quitt presented to Secretary Manning to
day the formal application of J. E. Dart
for Collector of Customs at Brunswick,
Ga., together with the indorsements
which he has already received. Senator
Brown statea officially that he is not in a
position as yet either to oppose or to favor
any candidate. He will not oppose Mr.
Dart, although he may indorse some other
candidate. Mr. Dart will file some addi
tional recommendations, and will then go
home Wednesday or Thursday. Among
the letters which will be written to the
Secretary of the Treasury in his behalf
will be one from his old commander, Gen.
John B. Gordon. Gen. Gordon says it
will lie “the strongest letter I can find
language Pi peu.” The honorable coutse
pursued by Mr. Dart in regard to this ap
pointment is the subject of much favor
able comment. He contents himself with
filing his application and recommenda
tions without saying anything at all
derogatory to the claims of his rivals.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONER.
Joseph S. Miller, of West Virginia, was
nominated by President Cleveland to-day
for Commissioner of Internal Revenue—
not so much because Senator Gorman
recommended him as because he seemed
to the President to be the best man for
the place among those considered. The
President very soon determined not to
appoint Mr. Thompson. This was not
because ot his tariff’ views or of any other
reason than that he was from Kentucky,
and was indorsed so unanimously by the
whisky makers and dealers. The Presi
dent did not think that he was tbe
right sort of a man to collect the
whisky tax. Mr. Miller is a
bright, active, well read lawyer of
about 4.’> years of age, who had a great
deal to do with harmonizing the Demo
crats of West Virginia last fall. He is in
many resi-ects well fitted for the Commis
sionership of Internal Revenue. Among
other things he is an admirable account
ant. He is said to be a man of high
character and strict integrity. He wuli
administer the office in a non-partisan
spirit, but many removals may be ex
pected among the political Collectors and
Deputy Collectors, especially in the South
and tV est. Mr. Thompson is very much
disappointed. So are the other Kentuck
ians in town, but they console themselves
w ith the thought tbai Mr. Thompson will
get some other good place, or failing in that
can go to New York city and make a liv
ing at the law. He would perhaps be sat
isfied with the Commissionership of Rail
roads in the Interior Department, for
which he is fitted by his service on the
Pacific Railroads Committee of the House.
But bis friends say that the railroads
would fight this appointment because he
got through the House the Thompson bill
amending the Thurman act by increasing
the percentage of net earnings to be paid
into the Pacific Railroad’s sinking funds.
WINE AT STATE DINNERS.
Miss Cleveland treated the delegation
of ladies representing the Women’s Chris
tian Temperance Union who called on
her to-day very diplomatically. Thev
called on her as they called upon the Gar
fields at the beginning of President Gar
field’s administration, in tbe hope that
they might keep wine off tbe President’s
table at State dinners. They did not say
this in so many woj-ds. Miss Cleveland,
of course, aid not refer to this. She ex.
pressed her appreciation of their kindness
in calling on her as a body of Christian
workers, and then presented them to the
President. The latter treated them very
pleasantly, hut said nothing about
wine on the State dinner table.
It can lie stated that there will be the
usual wines on the table at State dinners.
Miss Cleveland said when she came here,
in speaking of this subject: “Mv brother
and 1 are two. While I have my convic
tions on the temperance question, I shall
not interfere with him.”
THE WHITE HOUSE STABLE.
Col. Lamont, the President’s Private
Secretary, does not contemplate any fur
ther reductions of the force at the White
House. He is of the opinion that there
are no more ushers or messengers on duty
theiethan are needed, and that the clerical
force has been sufficiently reduced. Upon
investigating tbe President’s stables Col.
Lament concluded that there were more
horses kept there for the office use of the
White House than will be needed during
the summer, and lias therefore given
orders that all but three snail be turned
into tbe (Juartermastei’s Department,
wnere they belong. There were origi
nally seven office horses’, but Mr.
Phillips, President Arthur’s Pri
vate Secretary, purchased two
sorrels some time ago, which were recent
ly removed. Of the three horses retained
two will be driven to the office carriage
and the other to a buggy tor the use of
messengers, as heretofore. During ex-
President Arthur's administration the
White House stables were well filled, as,
in addition to the seven horses referred to,
he kept ten horses at his own expense,
among them four big bays, which were
often driven four-in-hand. These ex-
President Arthur left for the use of Presi
dent Cleveland as long as he might desire.
Ex-President Arthur’s sorrel saddle-horse
could not be used to any extent, as
it was compelled to breathe through
a silver tube, having undergone an
operation for a tumor in the throat. lie
was, therefore, presented by Mr. Arthur
to*Albert Hawkins, tbe White House
coachman. President Cleveland intends
keeping but two carriage horses for his
private use, and will shortly purchase a
suitable pair, but until then will continue
to use those placed at his disposal by Mr.
Arthur.
EX-TREASURER TRICK’S CALL.
William C. Price, of Georgia, who was
United States Treasurer at the outbreak
ol the war, called at the department to
day. Price has lived in the backwoods
for" nearly twenty years. When he was
Treasurer there were less than twenty
clerks in the office, and the work was
done in one small room. The astonish
ment of the old fellow when he saw the
magnitude of the work to-day was about
like that of Rip Van Winkle after awaken
ing from his legendary sleep in the
Adirondacks. He could not believe his
eyes, and went away dumbfounded. Thus
far the place-seekers who desire to be
United States Treasurer have not made
their appearance, and, as far as known,
not an application has been filed for Mr.
Wyman’s position. Both Mr. Wyman
and hi 9 assistant, Mr. Graves, have won
their present places by promotion from
the ranks for mei it, and it is believed that
they will be retained.
THE POTOMAC’S IMPROVEMENT.
Col. P. C.Hains was asked what effect
the failure to appropriate money at the
last session of Congress for continu
ing tfee improvement of the Potomac river
will have upon that work. “We have
enough money on hand to do lots ot work
this year,” was the reply; “but then we
will come to a standstill. There is be
tween $400,000 and $500,000 available
lrom the last appropriation, but nearly
every cent of it is tied up in con
tracts already entered into. 1 think
these contracts will be completed
by the end of the coming December, and
then nothing further can be done unless
Congress takes action. I anticipate, how
ever, that there will be an enormous
amount of work done before tho end of
the year. Those two hydraulic dredges
are at work now and are doing splendidly.
Soon they will be run at night, and then
their joint work wijl not fall short of 10,-
000 cubic yards <n material dredged in
tweuty-four hours. Before the working
season is over the work on the flats will
show for itself.”
CHANDLER’S FAVORITISM.
Another bit of favoritism shown by
Chandler just before he went out was the
the appointment of ex-Senator (Jr a gin as
Assistant Judge Advocate in the Wales
case. For this Cragin is to be paid a fee
of SI,OOO. Cragin is a mediocre lawyer of
no particular legal standing. His em
ployment was clearly for the purpose of
advancing Chandler’s Senatorial ambi
tion. He has his plans ail laid for being
elected to the Senate from New Hamp
shire next June. He is perfectly confi
dent of re-election, and has, 1 understand,
made terms with the Blaine people in that
State with whom he used to affiliate Ex-
Senator Rollins will, however, make a
very hot fight against Chandler, as he
hates him for the war that tbe latter made
upon him when he was last defeated.
M’DONALD AT WASHINGTON.
Ex-Senator McDonald came in this morn
ing accompanied by John C. Shoemaker,
proprietor of tbe Indianapolis Sentinel ,
and some other personal friends. He
called on President Cleveland to-day. Of
course the air was full of reports about
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1885.
his purpose. It was said that he was
here because he had keen offered the
English mission; that he would be ten
dered the Secretaryship of the Treasury,
from which Mr. Manning is expected to
retire, and that he would be assured by
the President that he could have the first
vacancy on the United States Supreme
Bench. Mr. McDonald says that he is
here on private legal business,
and that his visit is such as
he makes frequently to Washington,
and without political significance.
His closest friends say that this is tae
case, and further that he will accept no
appointment from the President, because
he expects to be elected to the United
States Senate to succeed Ben Harrison
next year. Of the 25 State Senators who
will hold over and will take part in the
next Senatorial election It! are Democrats
and 9 Republicans. The present Legisla
ture, which has a Democratic majority ou
joint ballot of 4(i has passed an appor
tionment act, which gives the Democrats
great advantage.
DEATH OF MRS. YILEE.
Mrs. Yulee, the wife of ex-Scnator
Yulee, ot Florida, died suddenly this
afternoon. She had been unwell lor a
day or two, but she was able to go out
driving this afternoon. On her way home
she became suddenly worse and soon died.
The Yulees have recently-moved into their
handsome new house on Connecticut ave
nue. It has been said that they moved in
before the house was really dry enough
for occupancy. The workmen were still
in the bouse when they moved in. Mrs.
Yulee’s funeral services will be conducted
by her pastor, the Rev. Dr. Bartlett, of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
CAULS ON CLEVELAND.
Mr. Arthur Pays bli Respects—Rules
for those Socially Disposed.
Washington, March 16. —Ex-Presi
dent Arthur made a social call upon
President Cleveland this afternoon. He
was driven to the White House in the
carriage of Mr. Frelinghuysen, whose
guest he is, about 5 o’clock, and was at
once ushered into the presence of the
President, who gave him a cordial greet
ing. The visit lasted about half an hour.
The constant rush of visitors to the Ex
ecutive Mansion at all hours has so en
croached on the time of the President
that he has felt impelled to make a set of
rules for the reception of visitors. Here
after ho will limit his office hours to from
10 to 1 o’clock, except on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, Cabinet days, when they will
be from 10 to 12 o’clock. During these
hours he will receive all persons w ; ho call
on official business. An hour will also be
set aside every afternoon for the recep
tion of visitors who have no business
with the President, but who merely call
to pay their respects. The President de
sires to reserve the afternoons and even
ings to considering the business of his
office, and will receive no persons outside
of the hours above specified except by
special appointment. The President, ac
companied by bis sisters, Miss Cleveland
and Mrs. Hoyt, attended a lecture given
by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher to-night at
the Congregational Church, on the sub
ject of “Evolution and Revolution.”
LAND GRANT FORFEITURES.
Messrs. Teller and VanWyck Engage in
a Heated Controversy in the Senate.
Washington, March *4o.— Mr. Van
Wyck's “Backbone” resolution was laid
before the Senate to-day, and Mr. Eustis
made a speech declaring the grant illegal.
Mr. Teller defended the action of the
President in ordering aud the Interior De
partment in issuing patents for this Back
bone land grant.
Mr. VanWyck soon took part in the de
bate.which thereafter became largely per
sonal between Messrs. Teller and Van
Wyck, the latter charging Mr. Teller with
acting in the interest of railroad corpor
ations in a number of instances besides
the one directly under discussion, and
Mr. Teller asserting that his action bad
been strictly legal throughout, and that
whatever had been done or omitted to be
done in the interest of corporations
and against the public welfare was
the fault entirely of the ex
isting law, and Mr. Teller charged
that Mr. Van Wyck was fully aware of
the defects in the land laws and land
grants, but had done nothing in his official
capacity to remedy these defects. This
put Mr. Van Wyck ou the defensive, and
the debate became one of charge and
countercharge between these two gentle
men. Finally the Senate at 3:30 o’clock
went into executive session aud twenty
minutes later adjourned.
VIRGINIA COUPON CASES.
Four Arguments to be Heard In the
Supreme Court This Week.
Washington, March IG.—Four cases
entitled Poindexter against Ureenhow,
White against Greenhow, Carter against
Greenhow, and Moore against Greenhow,
which are known as the Virginia coupon
tax cases, and which were assigned for
argument at the loot of the call in the
United States Supreme Court to-dav, will
probably not be reached before Wednes
day or Thursday. In view of the im
portance of the questions involved, the
court to-day gave notice that twelve hours
would bo allowed for argument, so that
the cases will consume the remainder of
this week, and perhaps one day of next.
It is expected tnat there will be a notable
array ot distinguished counsel, including
William L. Royal, Gen. D. 11. Chamber
lain, Gen. YVager Swayne and Senator
Evarta for the bondholders, and R. T. Mer
rick, Attorney General Blair of Virginia,
and Hon. A." H. Garland (now United
States Attorney General, but appearing
in his private capacity), tor tbe State of
Virginia. One of the cases comes from
Richmond City Hustings Court, two
from the United States Circuit Court tor
the Eastern District of Virginia, and one
from the Virginia Supreme Court of Ap
peals.
A CALL ON MISS CLEVELAND.
Lady Champions of Temperance Visit
the White House Socially.
Washington, March 16.—A delegation
of about 200 Christian workers, mostly
ladies, composed mainly of the Women’s
Temperance Union and the Temperance
Alliance of the District,called at the W hite
House shortly before 1 o’clock to-day.
Miss Cleveland received them in the blue
parlor. The call was not lor the purpose
of making any re juests regarding tem
perance matters, but Mrs. LaFetra, who
addressed Miss Cleveland in behalf of
the visitorß ? stated that they
simply desired to pay their
respects and to express their confidence
in her Christian character, and that as
mistress of tho White House she would
perform her duty. A small plush album
wa3 presented to Miss Cleveland in which
the sentiments of the visitors were in
scribed. Miss Cleveland, in reply, ex
pressed her appreciation of the delicate
manner in whicQ the visit was made and
her pleasure at meeting the visitors. The
members of the delegation then passed
into the east room, where they were in
troduced to the President.
SALE OF THE “REPUBLICAN.”
Tbe Paper to Boom Blaine and Criticise
the Democratic Administration.
W ashington, March ’ 16.— The Na
tional Republican newspaper, ot this city,
was sold to a syndicate represented by-
Elias W. Fox, of St. Louis, as purchaser.
TbeT>rice paid was $50,000, of which sum
$16,000 represented the amount paid in
cash for the stock of tho concern and
about $32,000 debts, principally notes
against it, covered by mortgage. The
controlling interest in the stock was held
by William E. Chandler, who some time
ago purchased the interest of Geo. Bliss,
who represented a New York syndicate
that bought out the interest ot Gen. Brady
for $40,000 about two years ago. The re
mainder of the stock was held by Messrs.
Frank Hatton, Clarence A. Snowden and
S. W. Curriden. During the past few
months the paper has been under the man
agement of Mr. Curriden, who, it is said,
has placed it on a paying basis. It is ex
pected that the paper will advocate Blaine
and criticise the new administration.
Oklahoma Boomers Give In.
Washington, March 16.— Gen. Sheri
dan received a telegram from Gen. Hatch
this morning saying that upon the re
ceipt of tbe President’s proclamation con
cerning the Oklahoma lands most of
those preparing to invade Indian Terri
tory decided to return to their homes.
Minister Foster to be Retained.
Washington. Mnrch 16.— 1 tis under
stood that Gen. Foster is to be retained as
Minister to Spain for the present, with a
view to conducting negotiations for a
more favorable treaty, and that he will
probably return bo Madrid in the course
of a fortnight.
RUSSIA’S ARRANGEMENT.
GLADSTONE EXPLAINS IN THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
St. Peterburg Still Professing a Desire
for a Peaceful Solution—An Actual
Collision Between the Russians and
Afghans Rumored at Calcutta—Bis
marck Trying to Avert War.
London, March 16. —1n the House of
Commons this afternoon Premier Glad
stone, in answer to questions regarding
the settlement of the Russo-Afghan fron
tier difficulty, said that the only founda
tion he had for the announcement that an
amicable agreement had been arrived at
was a promise wired by M. de Giers,. the
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, from
St. Petersburg March 5.
REPORTS OF AN ACTUAL COLLISION.
There are reports at Calcutta that an
actual collision has occurred between the
Russians and Afghans. The government
is very reticent concerning the frontier
news.
FEARS OF THR “TIMES.”
The Times expresses the belief that
Gen. Komaroff has gone from Askabad to
the disputed territory, and says: “If
Russia is allowed to gain the territory by
trickery we shall have war a little later
both with the Ameer of Afghanistan, dis
gusted with our tolly and Russia strength
ened by the valuable positions gained.”
GLADSTONE’S ARRANGEMENT.
In the House of Commons this
evening the Government announced
that a telegram had been received
from St. Petersburg fully confirm
ing Premier Gladstone’s view' of the An
glo-Russian arrangement regarding out
posts on the Russo-Afghan frontier.
Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, Under For
eign Secretary, in the House of Commons
this afternoon said that England had pro
tested against the treatment of lead by
France ot contraband of war as instanced
in the arrest of the British vessel Glenroy
and tbe seizure of the lead in her cargo.
Lord Fitzmaurice said that the govern
ment hoped that their protest would be
successful, and would result in the re
lease of the Glenroy’s cargo.
Premier Gladstone answering several
interrogatories concerning tbe exact na
ture of the announced agreement with
Russia said that Eugland and Russia had
agreed as stated on Friday last that no
further advances should b 8 made in Af
ghanistan. Tne statement of this agree
ment, the Premier said, was based on un
interchange of communications between
Russia and England, carried on through
the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg.
As yet no reply had been received to Sat
urday's message. Continuing, Premier
Gladstone said that there had been no
time to obtain the assent of the Ameer of
Afghanistan to the terms of the arrange
ment made with Russia. Tho expression
“agreement,” said Premier Gladstone,
“conveys a somewhat fallacious
idea ot what has been ob
tained. I preler the word ‘arrangement.’
The telegram sent by Earl Granville on
Saturday to Sir Edward Thornton was
merely to ascertain whether our under
standing of the details of this agreement
or arrangement was correct. There is no
question as to the substance of it.”
Lord Hartington explained that the
Russians occupy Katan and Askabad and
that the Afghans still occupy Penjdeh. He
refused, on the ground of public policy, to
make any further disclosures.
STRENGTHENING THE NAVY.
In the House of Commons to-night
Sir Thomas Brassc-y, Secretary to
the Admiralty, in moving of the navy,
including the reserves and the navy
estimates said the total strength
pensioners, was 86,000 men. The men on
the active list was 57,000, and would
probably bo increased this vear to 68,000
In the event of war the admiralty had
other and immense resources in the mer
chant service. He assured the House
that his department was working its
hardest on additions to the navy. The
plans for new vessels were being per
fected and modified so as to
admit of contracting outside for
two single turret ironclads in
stead of one. The whole scheme would
include 4 ironclads, 5 iron-belted cruisers,
‘7 scouts, 5 gunboats and 15 torpedo boats.
Ten torpedo boats would be of a powerful
type and able to go to sea in all weathers.
They were not intended simply for coast
ing duty. Sir Richard Brassey said that
the government was about to build anew
dock at Malta, and to increase the dock
facilities at Hong Kong and Bombay.
THE ESTIMATE AGREED TO.
London, March 17,3 a. m.—The House
ot Commons last night agreed to the navy
estimates. The amount this year is £13,-
090,440, against £11,646,000 last year.
BISMARCK’S PEACE OVERTURES.
Berlin, March 16—Prince Bismarck,
it is stated, has, ever since the amicable
adjustment ot the Anglo-German colonial
dispute, been actively exerting all his
influence with Russia to avert the threat
ened war with England.
AN AUTHORITY’S VIEWS.
Vienna, March 16.—Dr. Armenius Vam
bery. Professor of Oriental Languages in
the University of Pestb, asserts that Penj
deh and the whole country between the
Herri road and Herat is now and has been
for at least three centuries an integral
part of Afghanistan. Prof. Vambery is
the greatest living authority of standard
literature upon the countries and peoples
directly affected by the present Russian
advance, and spent the time between 1860
and 1864 traveling among them as a
dervish.
CHINA TIRING OF WAR.
Propositions Tor Negotiating Daring a
Truce Rejected by France.
Washington, March 16.—1 t is authori
tatively learned that there is no truth in
the report cabled from a Paris newspaper
that the Chinese Government has asked
the mediation of the United States with
France.
MORE NEGOTIATIONS.
1 .ondon, March 16.—Advices from
Tiensin state that the French are again in
negotiation with Li Hung Chang,' Vice
roy of Pe Chi Li and leader of the peace
party.
REINFORCEMENTS INDISPENSABLE.
Gen. Briere de l’lsle has returned to
Hanoi. He asks for 10,000reinlorcements
before resuming operations. He reports
that it is necessary to increase the garri
sons which were depleted by the expedi
tions to Langsou and Tuyenquan. Tne
fortress at Namdiuh has a garrison of 50
men. Tbainguen has 160 men. and Hong
hoa 85. Owing to the feebleness of the
garrisons the Black Flags and pirates are
swarming in the river delta. Gen. Ne
grier„ who is stationed at Langsou, reports
that he cannot take the offensive unless
reinforced.
Telegrams from Saigon report that the
revolt in Cochin China is spreading. A
plot has been discovered to set lire to
Saigon in order to give an opportunity for
an irruption ot 3,000 Annamites.
COURBET'S BLOCKADE.
A Paris dispatch says that Admiral
Courbet’s fleet is anchored oft Gutsloff
and is subjecting the north of China to a
vigorous blockade. Seven cruisers and
three gunboats are continually watch
ing for and chasing vessels attempting to
run the blockade.
La Liberie says that China recently
offered to negotiate for peace, provided
France would grant an armistice, but
France refused it.
The prefect of police of Paris has is
sued a decree forbidding a display of red
banners during public ceremonies.
The French Chamber ol Deputies has
agreed to increase the duties on oxen to
25 francs.
ANOTHER BRITISH VESSEL SEARCHED.
A French man-of-war has stopped and
searched the British steamship Stuart, be
longing to the Peninsula and Oriental
Steamship Company. The squadron of
the British navy stationed in Chinese
waters has been ordered to rendezvous at
Hong Kong.
ENGLISH PROTESTS.
The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord of
the Admiralty, in the House ol Lords this
evening, in answer to a question, stated
that the admiralty had freely given ad
vice and assistance to Australia for the
formation ot a colonial navy.
Hung by Vigllants.
Omaha, Neb., March 16.—About 1
o’clock Sunday morning about eighty
masked men went to a house where Thos.
Jones and Thomas Taylor lived, near
Spring Ranch, Clay county, took them to
a bridge a few rods away and hung them
therefrom. They were supposed to have
been implicated in recent robberies in that
vicinity and the murder of Edwin Robins
a month ago. Four other persons in the
house gt tbe time were tieff and guarded
till davbreak. Three of them were
warned to leave the county. Notice was
also served on William and John Jones
to leave the county within thirty days or
suffer the same penalty,
COLUMBUS BEATS LOUISVILLE.
Last Year’i State Champions Open the
New Season Most Auspiciously.
Columbus, Ga., March 16. —The open
ing base ball game of the season at Star
Park to-day was witnessed by a large and
enthusiastic crowd of old admirers, who
fully expected their favorites defeated,
as but one battery had arrived, and the
incomparable left fielder, Hager, being
disabled could not play. Louisville
kindly loaned Hentz to tili his place.
Ilentz did some ti:.e playing. Notwith
standing the fears of defeat the result
showed a score of 12 to 7 in favor of
Columbus. The first inning Columbus
lost the toss, and went to the bat. Collins
led off' with a two-'iase hit and scored,
followed by Hentz. Browning led off for
the Louisville wiih a safe hit to centre
and scored.
The second inning resulted in goose
eggs for both.
in the third inning a home run was
made by Hentz for Columbus.
Browning and McLaughlin scored on
Wolfs &bagger, and Wolf scored on a
passed hall for the Louisvilles.
In the fourth inning Columbus scored
nothing, and Maskey scored one for the
Louisvilles on a passed ball.
In the fifth inning Landis and Hamburg
scored for Columbus. The Louisvilles
made no score.
In the sixth inning Columbus scored 0,
and Louisville scored 1.
In the seventh inning each scored 1.
In the eighth Columbus began to rattle
tbe Louisvilles. scoring 5, Hamburg mak
ing a home run. Louisville scored noth
ing.
In the ninth inning Columbus scored 1.
Louisville went out in I, 2,3 order.
The only double play made was by Col
lins and Lyon, of Columbus. Manager
Hart, of the Louisvilles, says that he is
greatly surprised. Hecker and Sullivan
will be their battery iu to-morrow’s game.
ATLANTA ASTOUNDED.
Atlanta, March 16.—Atlanta base ball
enthusiasts, particularly those wrapt up
in the success of the Atlantas, feel rather
sore to-night over the news from Colum
bus that the home team vanquished the
Louisvilles by a score of 11 to 7. The At
lantas do not know what to make of it,
while their friends are unanimous in the
belief that Columbus is not as strong a
team as the Atlantas. Some of the At
lanta boys think that Columbus won the
victory by entertaining their friends too
hospitably. Meltz, the manager of the
Atlantas, says that he is ready to
challenge Columbus, and feels satisfied
what the result would be. To say that
our base ballists feel out of joint, is put
ting it mildly. The Kansas Citys, who
were booked for an engagement with the
Atlantas this week, have canceled their
dates, and no game will be had here this
week, unless some other club will run
down from the West. Smeltz has sent a
number of telegrams to-day, trying to ar
range for a game or two during the week.
The Chicagos will come next week.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Alarmingly Fatal Prevalence of Menin
gitis In the City.
Atlanta, March 16.—The Indications
here are that Georgia day at New Orleans
will be largely attended.
The number of cases of meningitis
which have come to light in the city
within the past week or two are alarming.
Scarcely a day passes without the occur
rence of one or more deaths from this
dreadful malady, and the alarm in the
city based upon this fact is widespread.
Everyone is familiar with the fatality of
the disease,and its distressing prevalence
is sufficient to impress upon our people
the necessity for caution in doing every
thing possible to stay its progress. Among
those who have recently died from the
disease are Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sciple,
A. Logan’s child. Miss Susie Jordan, Miss
Annie Ketchum Meredith, Charlie Mitch
ell, little Rosebud Tolbert and little Josie
Daniel, daughter of J. C. Daniel. Mrs.
Daniel is also sick with the disease. Mr.
Shropshire and others are also afflicted
and not expected to recover. Independ
ent of this malady there is a good deal of
other sickness in Atlanta. Yesterday
there were eight interments at West View
Cemetery, while Oakland had several
burials.
Southern Congressmen passing through
Atlanta on their way home give it as their
opinion that all dr nearly all the im
portant offices to be filled by the new ad
ministration will be given to the West.
Hendricks, the young man who a short
time ago was convicted in Fulton Supe
rior Court of a charge of assault with in
tent to murder Miss Burton, and recently
adjudged insane, has been sent to the
lunatic asylum. If he recovers he will go
to the penitentiary and serve his sen
tence. The Governor signed the order to
day.
KENTUCKY’S DISAPPOINTMENT.
Watterson’s Editorial on tho Nomina
tion of Mr. Miller.
Louisville, March 16.—0f the deleat
of Pnil. Thompson and the appointment
ot Mr. Miller for Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, Henry Watteison will say in
to-morrow's Courier-Journal:
We are not prepared to accept the defeat
of Mr. Thompson as a declaration of war by
the President on the friends of revenue re
form, nor the appointment of Mr. Miller as
evidence that it is tiie purpose of the admia
i-tration to set itself against internal revenue
taxes, which pay more than a third of the ex
penses of the government, and without which
there could be no adequate reduction of cus
toms duties. Personally and iocally we very
much regret the decision, but we trust
that the apprehension of those who have a
right to .a fair interpretation and execution
of the internal revenue laws, and have re
garded the West Virgiuiaas as hostile to them
aud their interest will be disappointed. The
question is economic, not moral, and wo shall
be slow to believe that it will be treatea by
the President and his advisors in a narrow
spirit.
WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Destructive Conflagration in Hull, Eng
land—A Policeman Killed.
London, March 15.—A fire in dull this
morning destroyed Stead’s seed crushing
mill, Belton’s corn warehouse, and a por
tion of the Hull Corn Exchange. The
flames were spread by a largo quantity
of oil, which, while burning, flowed
through the streets in a stream, some
places two feet deep. Two men were
seriously burned during the fire. The
total loss is $400,000. The town hall and
several buildings were also burned. One
policeman was killed, aud a number of
other persons were injure! by the burn
ing oil.
Cleveland at the Opera.
Washington, March 16.—Maurice
Grau’s French opera company opened a
week’s engagement at Albaugh’s Opera
House to-night with Theo Rose Michon
in Offenbach’s “La Jolie Parfumeuse.”
The audience was a large and brilliant
one, including many prominent peo
ple. President Cleveland with Mrs. Man
ning and Mrs. Lamont, occupied
a large double box which was decorated
with flags and tri-colored bunting. Mine.
Theo was cordially welcomed with re
peated recalls and baskets of flowers.
YVatchiuK the Eclipse.
Washington, March 16.—The day
was cloudy during the greater part of the
time that the sun was in eclipse, and but
a lew photographs of the eclipse were se
cured at the Naval Observatory. Almost
everybody who exercised sufficient
patience and was equipped with smoked
glass obtained occasional glimpses of the
obscured disk through occasional rifts in
the clouds. After the eclipse was over
the clouds passed away, and later in the
afternoon was perfectly clear. Very few
points report uninterrupted observations.
Proceed lugs or the Senate.
Washington. March the Sen
ate to-day Mr. Blair offered a resolution
authorizing a continuance of the investi
gation of the differences between capital
and labor. He said the investigation was
practically concluded, and an extension
wa6 desired for the purpose of making a
report. Under objection by Mr. Cockrell,
consideration was postponed until to
morrow.
J. C. Black Confirmed.
Washington, March 16.—The Senate
to-day confirmed John C. Black, of Illi
nois, to be Pension Commissioner.
Grant’s Condition.
New York, March 16.— 1n regard to
Gen. Grant’s condition Dr. Douglas said
to-night: “Gen. Grant did not sleep last
night. He took a pill at midnight. It
lodged in his throat. It irritated the pa
tient and annoyed him. He slept this
alternoon. To-n.ght he is bright and
chatted w:th friends. I gave him a seda
tive to-night. He said he felt sleepy and
retired and slept at 10:30 o’clock. His
pulse is good and his temperature 99.2.
The very best cigarette at the popular
prioe of 10 cents is the Opera Puffs.
GEORGIA’S STRIKE ENDED
THE MACON AND BRUNSWICK
ENGINEERS RELENT.
Chief Cleveland of the Locomotive
Brotherhood Declares their Action
Ha*ty and Induces them to Acknowl
edge their Error—A Portion of the
Missouri Pacific Strikers Want a
Written Agreement.
Macon, Ca., March 16. —Chief Arthur
Cleveland,of Ohio, of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, arrived in this
city this morning. He has been cioseted
with DPision No. 10 all day and the con
ference adjourned this afternoon at 4
o’clool. He took up each grievance
separately presented by the men and
ventilated it thoroughly. He told them
tha: they had acted hastily, and in some
cases unwisely and advised them to ap
point a committee to wait upon Superin
tendent Fry, acknowledge their error and
ask to be reinstated. A committee was
appointed, headed by Engineer Balch,
who went before the Superintendent.
He received them very kindly and told
them that he was willing at any and at
all times to listen to any grievances
they had to make. lie wa3 glad to s. j
the course they had finally taken and
would reinstate all the employes who
were formerly in good standing. lie
would not discharge the present em
ployes, for they had come to the road’s
rescue at a critical time, but would trans
fer them to other divisions as quick as
possible. The announcement of the end
ing of the strike caused a sigh of relief in
business circles, and no one seems to re
joice more at the turn affairs have taken
than the strikers themselves. In reference
to J. K. Porter, who ordered the strike, the
division passed a resolution exonerating
him from all blame. All trains will go
out on schedule time to-morrow. Super
intendent Fry is being congratulated on
the manner in which he managed the
strike, and the public looks to him to
bring the road out of its troubles flnan
cially and otherwise. Chief Arthur left
for the West to-night and Superintendent
Fry for Atlanta. The two men met and
parted on the best of terms.
HOW THEY WERE DOING.
Atlanta, March 16. —Assistant Gen
eral Freight and Passenger Agent Griffin,
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Roalroad, told the News corres
pondent to-day that the places made
vacant by the striking engineers are being
rapidly filled, the Tennessee division
furnishing all the men needed. To-day a
telegram was sent from Macon to Knox
ville that the demand lor engineers on the
Macon and Brunswick division had been
satisfied, and that everything was running
along smoothly.
A written agreement wanted.
St. Louis, March 16.— The Missouri
Pacific Railway officials here state that
the strikers at Sedalia, Parsons, Denison
and Atchison refuse to return to work
unless a written guarantee is given that
none of the strikers will be discharged
within a year from date. At other places
the men have all returned to work. No
action has yet been taken by the railroad
officials. The General Manager of the
Wabash Railroad telegraphed this morn
ing to the heads of the machinery and car
departments of the road stating that
wages will be restored at once to the
figure existing before the cut.
Specials from Marshal Longview, Pal
estine and Jefferson, say that the striking
employes of the Missouri Pacific Railway,
at those points have accepted the settle
ment of their difficulties offered.
RAISING TIIE BLOCKADE.
Kansas City, Mo., March 16.—The
strikers here received orders late this
alternoon from Sedalia toraisethe freight
blockade, and trains were started out
to-night, the proposed terms having been
accepted by the conference committee of
the strixers.
tiie terms accepted.
Atchison, Kans., March 16.—The local
committee, after a meeting this afternoon,
declared the terms of settlement accepted,
and the railroad strike ended.
strikers carry their point.
Philadelphia. March 16.—The Econ
omy mills ot Sevill, Schofield, Son &jCo.
at Manayunk, which have been closed
for some time past owing to the strike
among the operators against a reduction
of wages, started up again to-day, as a
majority of the hands returned to work.
Several days ago a committee ot the
strikers conferred with the senior mem
ber of the firm, and the matter in dispute
was freely discussed. Mr. Schofield sub
mitted a plan to the committee by which
he agreed to pay the weavers the same
wages which prevailed before the last
proposed reduction which led to the
strike. This was accepted by the strikers,
and they returned to work to-day.
WABABH COMES TO TERMS.
Springfield, 111., March 16.— This
afternoon Superintendent Johann, in be
half of the Wabash Railway Company,
signed an agreement with the strikers,
providing that they all return to work
after Wednesday at the wages paid before
the strikes. It was ratified by the strikers.
STOPPED BY DEPUTY MARSHALS.
Springfield, 111., March 16.—The
strikers on the Toledo and Wabash Road
tried to stop a switch engine this morn
ing, but a United States deputy marshal
was immediately on each car and ended
tho trouble. The company has offered to
restore rates to the strikers, and 2 o’clock
this afternoon was set for a conference on
the proposition.
HUNDREDS OF MINERS STRIKE.
Irwin, Pa., March 16. —In accordance
with a resolution adopted on Saturday,
between 1,000 and 2,000 coal miners struck
to-day for an advance of 10 cents per ton.
The situation of the strike elsewhere is
unchanged. Both sides continue firm and
are confident of victory.
ORGANIZING THE MULE SPINNERS.
Fall River. Mass., March 16.—Secre
tary Howard, of the Spinners’Union, is
taking steps to form a National Mule
Spinners’ Association, for the purpose of
better organizing the mule spinners of
the country for mutual protection, it is
proposed to publish a journal devoted to
the interests of the spinners. Secretary
Howard will probably be agent of the
National Union. At a meeting held at
New Bedford yesterday arrangements
were made to carry out the plans.
QUEEN AND CRESCENT MEN STRIKE.
Meridian, Miss., March 16.—Nearly
all the men in the Queen and Crescent
Railroad shops wentout on a strike to-day
for back pay.
A REDUCTION AT GLASGOW.
London, March 16.—The Glasgow iron
and coal masters have reduced miners’
wages 6 pence per diem.
3,000 STRIKE.
London, March 16.—Three thousand
operatives in the alpaca and worsted mills
at Soltaire, Yorkshire, struck to-day
against a 10 per cent, reduction in wages.'
The News of Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla, March 16—The
post office was removed to its new quarters
yesterday. The rooms are commodious,
convenient, central and elegantly titted
up. It is a great improvement over the
former location.
It is believed that Mr. Gonant, the
missing editor of Harper’s Weekly, is in
this city under an assumed name.
Four days’ races commence to-morrow
at the State Bark grounds.
The Queen of the St. John’s has been
pulled off Volusia bar.
Particulars of the drowning of Fay S.
Wilder have just been received here with
his son Stephen Wilder. He wassailing
his yacht from Rock Ledge to Daytona,
on the Halifax river. The boat was upset
in a squall. They clung to her bottom for
a time, when Capt. Wilder tried to detach
the boom and swim ashore for help, but
was drowned in the effort. Stephen Wilder
was picked up by a passing steamer.
Capt. Wilder was a retired merchant.
A Trustee’s Big Rond.
Baltimore, March 10.—The bond of C.
Morton Stewart, trustee of Pope, Cole &
Cos., was tiled in the office of the clerk of
the Superior Court to-day. It is $1,000,000,
or double the amount of the assets, with
William Keyser, Otho H. Williams,
Robert T. Baldwin and John S. Gilman as
sureties.
FAILURE OF A GLOVE DEALER.
Boston, March 16.—Richard F. Jones,
a dealer in kid gloves, has made an as
signment. His liabilities are about SIOO,-
000 and the nominal assets are of like
amount.
A BRACE OF FAILURES.
New York, March 16.—The failuresof
William Voss & Cos., of this city, dealers
in stocks, and W. B. Williams & Son, of
Charleston, S. C., cotton 1 actors, are an
nounced .
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CENTRAL AMERICA’S STIR.
Fears that Barrios wilt Cut the Ameri
can Company’s Submarine Cable.
Libkrtad, San Salvador, March 16.
The Atoeree issued by Gen. Barrios of
Guatemala proclaiming a confederation of
the Central American States was kept se
cret, and was only brought to the knowl
edge of the other four republics March 6,
when it created the greatest indignation.
On March 14 the Congress of San Salvador
authorized the government to employ all
possible means for the defense of the
country, which it proclaimed in a state of
seige. On account of the attitude of San
Sal vador, which has 8,000 men on the fron
tier and plenty of artillery, and also be
cause of the action ol Mexico In advanc
ing her forces towards Guatemala, the ex
citement here is subsiding. Tbe enthus
iasm in San Salvador, both of the inhabi
tants and government, is increasing, and
they are resolved to die rather than ac
cept the decree of Gen. Barrios.
THE “YANTIC’S” ORDERS.
Washington, March 16.—The Navy
Department to day instructed Command
er Wlldes, of the steamer Yantic, now at
New Orleans, to supply the vessel with
fuel and provisions as soon as possible
and go to Liviugstone, Guatemala. On
his arrival there be is instructed to com
municate immediately with the Ameri
can officials at that place, and to use
every exertion to protect American in
terests.
protection asked for thb cable.
Tbe President of the Central and South
American Cable Company to-day tele
graphed the Secretary of State from New
York that he had information that a
vessel supposed to have beeu sent by the
Government of Guatemala was on its
way to cut the cable line. He asked that
the company’s property be protected.
action of the senate.
The Senate to-day had under considera
tion in executive session the state of
affairs in Central America, and a short
message from the Secretary of State, in
answer to the Senate resolution of last
week, was read, giving a history of the
Barrios project for a union of all the Cen
tral American States, together with the
steps taken by Mexico in view of the
threatened complications. All the points
in the narrative have already been pub
lished. Some discussion took place re
garding the propriety of declaring it to
be the sense of the Senate that steps
should be taken to protect the right of
this country m Nicaragua under the
pending canal treaty. The point was
made that tbe Senate had no knowledge
of the pendency of the canal treaty since
the withdrawal of that sent in last ses
sion. The Senate adjourned without
action.
EGYPT'S FINANCES.
The Ambassadors of the Powers Si£n
an Agreement at London.
London, March 16.—The ambassadors
of the powers concerned signed in this
city to-day the Egyptian financial agree
ment.
PAIN BECOMES FRIGHTENED.
A dispatch from Korti says that Oliver
Pain, the French ex-journalist and ex-
Communist, who is supposed to have been
recently advising El Mahdi, has become
frightened. Pain is now said to have
escaped from Khartoum and to ho de
scending the Nile. Gen. Woolsley has
offered a reward of £SOO for his body dead
or alive.
FOUR MORE ARRESTS.
Alexandria, March 16.—Four more
persons have been arrested as accom
plices of Zebehr Pasha in his treason
against the Khedive.
BOILED THE CORPSE IN HIS
YARD.
A Farmer Mysteriously Disappears and
a Student is Seen Bolling a Body.
Dayton, 0., March 14.—Two weeks ago
Frederick Warner, a prominent young
farmer, came to this city, sold a load of
grain, and has not since been heard of.
He was to have returned home the same
day. The next morning his wife found
his team standing in the ford of a creek
near their residence and his hat about
a quarter of a mile below fastened to
a bush growing at the water’s edge.
It was then thought he was drowned,
and the creek has been dragged
every day since, but to no purpose. Per
sons who have taken an interest in the
affair now claim that he was murdered
and his body boiled by a medical student,
who is now mounting the skeleton. This
idea originated in the fact that several
school children a few days ago detected a
man boiling a corpse in the yard in the
rear of his residence. The head of the
corpse hung over one side of the kettle
and the feet over the other. The police
were notified. They investigated the
matter, but no arrests followed.
The student would make no explanation
except that he was entitled to tbe corpse
and was boiling it to get the flesh from
the bones in order to mount the skeleton.
Warner’s friends claim it was the farmer’s
corpse that the student had in his pos
session. They refuse to make public what
evidence they have to substantiate their
theorv and are besieging the police to make
an arrest.
Outlaws Attack a Jail.
Springer, N. M., March 16.—A desper
ate encounter between officers and out
laws occurred here to-day. Last Sunday
a noted desperado named Bill Todd was
arrested here and lodged in jail. He
immediately telegraphed the fact of his
arrest to Dick Rogers, the leader of the
most desperate gang of outlaws in the
Southwest. This morning Rogers appeared
with a number of followers, went
to the jail where Todd was confined and
attempted to rescue him. The office-s
opened fire from within the jail to which
the outlaws replied. A desperate battle
ensued. The attacking party finally
withdrew, leaving three of their partv
dead in the street. The remainder hasti'-
ly left the town to summon reinforce
ments. Further trouble is anticipated.
The Cameroons Country.
London, March 16. —In the House of
Commons to-day, in regard to the Cam
eroons difficulty the Under Seeretary for
Foreign Affairs said tnat negotiations
were still pending between England and
Germany for a friendly settlement. Tbe
outcome of these negotiations was uncer
tain, but whatever it may be it would,
beyond all doubt, include complete pro
vision for the proper respect of all private
rights in the Cameroons country. The
negotiations for the settlements of the
Camqroons country dispute, Lord Edward
Fitzmaurice concluded, embraced a gen
eral scheme for the adjustment of all
questions in dispute between England
and Germany in regard to their respective
colonial claims in the entire region of
Africa and the South Pacific on the basiS
of mutual concessions.
Ownership of the society Islands,
London, March 16.—1n the House of
Commons to-dar Lord Fitzmaurioe, Un
der Secretary for the Foreign Office, in
answer to an interrogatory concerning
the alleged occupation of Raiatea, one of
the Society (South Pacific)islands by the
French, deDied occupation. He said that
in 1882 the French flag bad been hoisted
at Raiatea. As soon as England heard of
it she protested. France at once dis
avowed the action and said that the flag
had been raised by a naval officer with
out warrant. France requested that the
flag should be allowed to remain up until
England and France should arrange this
dispute about their rights on the island.
Communications concerning these then
began to pass between the two govern
ments and the controversy was still in
amicable progress.
Bayard’s Successor in the Senate.
Dover, Del., March 16.—At the Sena
atorial caucus this evening to nominate a
successor to Senator Bayard, Attorney
General George Gray, of Wilmington, was
nominated on the second ballot, receiving
15 votes to 9 for Congressman Lore and 5
for ex-Congressman Martin. Mr. Gray’s
nomination was made unanimous.
Lost In the Arctic.
St. Petersburg, March 16.—A dis
patch from Irkutsk says that the Polar
scientific expedition, under Baron Toll
and Dr. Burge, is snow and icebound near
Tundren. It is feared that most of the
members of the expedition have perished.
An Attack on Panama.
Panama, March 16.—The city of Pana
ma was attacked at 4 o’clock this morn
ing by a party of revolutionists, com
manded by Gen. Aizpuru, numbering 250
men. The government is defending the
city. Firing is going on incessantly.
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HIS WETTER. TO CLANCY CON
STRUED AS TREASONABLE.
Severe Action by the Government Ex.
pecte! to be Based on the Decision—
The Corporation of Dublin Votes to
Abstain from Presenting an Address
to the Prince.
London, March 16.—Mr. Parnell, it
appears, is to be attacked from an en
tirely new quarter. The manifesto read
by Mr. Clancy at a meeting of the Nation
alist section of the Dublin Municipal
Council on Thursday last has been sub
mitted to the Solicitors for the Crown.
T.:e manifesto was an expression of the
attitude proper to be observed by the Na
tional League towards the Prinoe of
Wales during his coming visit to Ireland.
It advised Nationalists to maintain an
attitude of reserve, make no hostile dem
onstration, and no expressions oi wel
come, and declared that the visit of the
Prince and Princess of Wales to
Ireland was inopportune, while
an unspeakably indecent coterie
remained in possession of Dublin Castle.
When Mr. Ciancy read the manifesto ho
announced that it was from Mr. Parnell,
and in Mr. Sexton’s handwriting. John
Dillon denied the authenticity of the
docuu v. On Saturday Mr. Parnell ad
mitted , . Mr. Clancy's statement was
correct, a.id explained that the document
was prepared for Mr. Clancy’s personal
direction ni: 1 use, and not for publication
at the time as a manifesto. On Friday
the National l eague issued a manifesto
embodying the sentiment contained in
the document read by Mr. Clancv, of
which the latter wus apparently a draft.
The whole matter was placed before the
Crown solicitors, and these lawyers have
to-day rendered an opinion that the mani
festo of Thursday is a treasonable docu
ment. It is believed that the government
will base some severe action upon the
opinion of the solicitors, and its action is
awaited with interest.
NO ADPKKSS TO BE PRESENTED.
A Dublin dispatch says the corporation
of Dublin to-day, by a vote of 41 to 17, re
jected the motion to present an address
to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of
his visit there on April 8. During the de
bate on the proposed address, Timothy
Daniel Sullivan, Home Rule member of
Parliament for Westmeath county, de
scribed the proposed visit of the Prince
and Princess of Wales as an attempt to
politically whitewash Dublin. “All the
perfumes of Araby,” cried out Mr. Sulli
van, “could not sweeten Dublin Castle.”
This exclamation was received with
cheers.
The municipal councils of Kingstown
and Dalkey to-day voted to present ad
dresses of welcome to the Prince and
Princess of Wales upon their arrival.
The Citizens’ Committee of Dublin has
decided to present an address to the
Prince oi Wules on his arrival here and
to invite t rie citizens to attend a ball to be
given in the Prince’s honor.
The Dublin Orange League lias decided
to present no special address to the Prince
of Wales, his visit having no political
significance, but to loyally support the
citizens in welcoming the Prince.
AN ORDER FOR LORD SPENCER.
Premier Gladstone has recommended
Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, to the Queen as deserving
to have conferred upon him some
signal mark of royal appreciation
lor the conspicuous ability he has dis
played in the management of Her
Majesty’s affairs in Ireland.
A DENIAL.
London, March 17,4 a. .m.—lt is denied
that the Parnell manifesto has been sub
mitted to the Crown solicitors.
A FieUt for Memphis ami Charleston.
New York, March 16.—Formal notice
was served upon the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company
to-day, demanding the surrender of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The
stockholders claim that the lease was in
valid at the outset, and that since the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
got into linancial difficulties its terms
have not been complied with. Gen.
Thomas says that the business of the
Memphis and Charleston road will ena
alile him to pay a dividend within twelve
mouths after the surrender of the road.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
Hundreds of the inhabitants of the South
western counties of Virginia are emigrating
to the Western States. The country they
leAve consists of blue grass grazing lands and
is fertile, hut owing to want of railroad com
munication ami the disaster of last year’s
drought, the movement approaches an exo
dus. Fifty persons from one point and 20
from another hoarded the same train on one
dau last week for the West. The movement
has been going on for months.
At Fall River, Mass . the continued de
pression of the printcloth market gives rise
to rumors of another shut down of the mills,
but nothing dciinile has been determined on.
Reports from the principal wheat growing
counties in Virginia show that the crop, which
is comparatively small, has tu a large extent
been frozen out of the ground, and is greatly
damaged.
La mics, of Paris, announces that Crown
Prince Frederick William, of Germany, will
visit Par' 'uring next month.
The Pin . -'ranee, bakers have already taken
advant: if the recent passage of the bill
increasi. the duties on cereals, and have
raised the ? rice of bread. The people are
complainin '-, uvagely against this increase in
the cost of li viug.
In joint assembly of the Illinois Legislature
yesterday 15 senators and X) members of the
House answered to the roll call. One ballot
was taken, when Mr. Morrison received 41
voles. The joint assembly then adjourned.
The Japanese nation is urging China to
withdraw from Corea.
The Reichstag yesterday voted the subven
tion proposed by Prince Bismarck to the lines
of steamers to Asia and Australia, but re
fused to vote one for Africa.
At Jefferson City. Mo., yesterday the coun
sel for the State died an amended petition in
the proceedings against the Gould officials
acting as officials or directors of the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Com
pany to oust them from the latter.
At Mt. Carmel, Pa., Prof. J. L. Richardson,
editor of the Bloomhburg Journal and for
merly Superintendent of the Luzerne county
schools, dropped deal yesterday while trans
acting business connected with his newspa
per. liis death was due to heart dii-ease.
A disease among a herd of cat tle belonging to
a wealthy farmer near Tower Hill, nine miles
eastof I’ana. 111., ha# been pronounced to be
genuine rinderpest by a reputable veterinary
surgeon who has been doe oring the animals.
Five died out of about thirty sick one3. The
doctor prouounccs the others to be out o*
danger.
Frank Strong, a noted cattle thief, was run
down and killed by a posse, who traced him
to a deserted cabin on Wild Horse creek, in
Arkansas.
A train on the Pennsylvania Railway was
derailed near Carpenter's Station, Pa., laet
evening about ti o'clock. Twenty cars were
completely demolished, and the brakeman
and four tramps were killed.
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