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VOL. XXIV -NO. 283.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER ;!0, 1882.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Twenty-Fourth Ray’s Proceeding*.
The Legislature to Ac jour a On
the O-h of Deoomber.
NIHATB,
Hpeclal to the Euquhe.-rjuu.)
Atlanta, November 20.—The senate
was called to order by President Boyn-
ton at 10 o’clock a. ui.
A number ol report** from commit-
tei-H were received.
senator Frederick introduced a reso
lution requiring iliu committee on the
pouiieulmry to investigate the killing
ol Mouroo Frederick, a convict em
ployed on the Marietta aLd North Geor
gia railroad.
By consent, Senator Hughes witli-
diew bis bill to riguluto the sale ol
seed cotton lu Georgia,
The bill to repeal the act exunpting
v.ugfcs of ineubanlcs from garnialimcut
was taken up and laid ou the taols.
A number of senate bills were read
the second time.
HILLS LOST.
A bill to give policemen authority to
make arrests in certain cases,
A bill deferring the duties of execu
tors.
A bill to amend section 14. r >G of the
revised code.
ARGUMENT.
The resolution to lake a recess on »lie
8th of December to the iirsl. Wed tie*-
day in July, 1883, came up for action.
Theyeasaud nays were called, lesult-
ing in yeas 27; nays 10. Ho the resolu
tion was agreed to.
8KNATR DILLS I’AsSKD.
A bill to prohibit the sule of liquors
In Monroe county,
A bill to change the time ot holding
tho superior court of Twiggs oouu'y,
A bill to repeal an act providing for
tho keeping ol a record in each county
of the wild lauds lying and being
therein.
A bid to amend an ant with regard to
advertising fees uf olilceis.
A bin to prohibit the railroad r un
mlnslonerH or tnelr clerks from taking
fees in cu i tain eases.
NKNV J1ILLS.
Ry Mr. Foster—A bill to repeal an
act to rt gulate the prvctioo of medicine.
By Rena or D ivis—To piuvide com
peuHatiou lor taking tehtimony in cer
tain cases.
Jiy Senator Jones—A bill to requite
corporations owning mineral ortituhei
InterestH to reiurn the same for taxa
tion.
Hvnato ndjouued until 3 o’clock ibis
ali-emo' ii. at which time they will ue-
cide to adjourn until Friday morning.
UOlINfi.
The house wss called to order at ten
o’clock by Speaker Gariard.
Mr. Short, of Marion, was assigned
to the committees on agriculture, rail
roads and penitentiary.
Reports on bills referred to them
were made by several com mitt o'-a.
The rules were suspended and the
lollowing bills acted on :
The bib to give defendants convicted
of misdemeanors In the county courts
the right ol appeal to the superior
couits. Head a second time.
Senate hill to amend the act to enable
purchasers of rahroads to form cor
porations. passed.
The bill accepting the donation of
Joseph E. Browu to tho State Univer
sity whs made a special order lor Fri
day morning next.
On motion of Mr. Little, tho rules
wi ro suspended, aud the house lock up
the general appropriation bill for the
fiscal yeat s, 1883 and 1884, and went
iuio a oommillte of the whole to con
sider the same—Mr, Kaukiu, of Gor
don, lu the chair.
After spending somo time in consid
ering the bill, adopting the fir*tsection,
aud amending the second section by
striking out $20,000 and inserting $>6
000 as tuo appropriation lor tbe deaf
aud dumb institute, tbe committoi
rose, reported progress, aud asked leave
to sit again.
Th * house took up and concurred in
tho senate resolution fora recess from
the 8th instant to tho first Wednesday
in July nexi, amending it by inserting
12 m. as tbe hour for adjournment ou
the 8th. Yeas 109, nays 41.
The senate resolution lor adjourn
ment from to day until Friday, l».r ob
servance of Thanksgiving, was also
concurred in.
Adjourned to 3 p. ro.
Kledlou Trouble* lu VlrglnlM.
Special to knquirer-Muu.l
Richmond, November 29.—Uuited
States Commissioner Pleasants is to
day examimug a largo number ot wit
nesses as to the process used by the
commissioner of reveuuo of Richmond
and his deputies in qua)if\ing demo
cratic vote*s to vote. It appears that
many' of ir.ese wiiuesses were not
uastssed in person, that most of
them wore a*set*sed l>y proxy
aud few without any authority
at all. I)■strict Attorney John S. Wise
holds that ibis is a violation ot tho fed
eral eltoilou laws, whi.o the democrats,
through their counsel, maintain tho
contrary, and that the law does not re
quire the person MlftMt'd to appear
person, 1 hero arc charges of false
teatai ion ol assessment papers. Several
of the deputy coiluuhmoi.era i
nue are ui dtr arrest awaiting the action
of the United Himes commissioner.
Tin* Wuilrond War.
Special to Euqnirer-Huu.i
New Yohk, Novemhor 29 —The
opinion grows in Wall Street that the
railroad war is due iu a measure to
grain speculation, those railroad uiana
gers who were seriously cutting rates
being sellers for fuiuin delivery, and
hoping to induce ireoshipment* while
rates are low. Not much is expected
from Saturday’s conference. President
Porter, of tho Si. Paul ami Omaha
road, sticks to his asset lion that
he will enter no conference which has
uot for Oneof its objects a dr
territory oil greatly defined linen, while
Ihe Milwaukee and St. Paul peo
ple reutUrm adburrcuce to llroir policy
of building whenever their interests
require, and at the same time they de
nounce i he demamis of the Chicago und
Rock Island people as unreasonable,
WASHINGTON NEWS.
THE REDUCTION OF THE l'UnLIC DBHT
Special to Enquirer-Sun,J
Washington, D. O., Nov. 29,—It is
estimated that the reduction of the pub
lic debt for the present month (Novem
ber) will amount to about 95.500,000.
WHEN DICKSON WILL HE TRIED.
The trial of William Dickson, f ire
man of tho star route jury, lor complic
ity in briberies is set dowu for Decem
ber 5th.
TIIE INDIAN APPROPRIATION COMMIT
TEE.
The house appropriation committee
to-day practically completed the Indi
an appropriation bill. It was decided
to reduce the bill to the extent of |67,-
000 loss than the appropriation for the
current yoar. Notwithstanding this
net reduction, 9115,000 more is alio wo i
iu this bill for purposes of education
lhau the amount allowed for the cur
rent year. The committee adjourned
to meet Monday.
STATEMENT OF THE TREASURER.
The report of United States Treasurer
Glltillou of the operations of tho treas
uryfor the fiscal yoar ended June 30,
1882, lias beeu submitted to Secret\ry
F tiger. The following is a summary:
The receipts of the government show an
increase over those of 1881, of
822,2.51,054 23 in revenue; from customs
811,233,209.04; from internal revenue
82,651,277 20; from sales of public lands
810,707,410.3-1; and from miscel-
laueoGs sources; making the
total increase in net revenue 842 742,-
569.75. The total net revenue was $403,-
525,260.28. Tho net expenditures
decreased from $200,712,887 59 to
$257,081,440.20, a roluctiouor $2,731,-
147.37, which added to the increase in
receipt*, makes an Increase of $45,474.-
405.10 in suipius revenues upjdiosule
to the reduction of the
public debt. The expenditures on
account ol'interest ou the public debt
shows a reduction of $11,431,534 30
from 882.5C8.741 18 in 1881 to $71,077,-
206 79 in 1882. Tbe excess of revenues
over expenditures was 8145,543,810 08
and the amount apttHnd to tho reduc
tion of tho debt 8100,281,505 55.
Receipts for the fiscal yoar on
account of tlie post tlice depart
ment were $41,308,002 30 aud ex
penditures 939,265,299 43. Of these
amounts $20,211,991.78, or about one-
half. was received and expeudod di-
rtclly by post masters v/ithout bt
deposited iu tho treasury. The
uuount colleotod from national banks
no account of the seml-an ui d dtuy
accruing on their capital, circulation
and deposits during tho year
$9,150,684 35. Tho total amount
looted on this account since the be
ginning of tho national banking Hyattin
is $118,005,706 25. There was iu the
custody of this office at the
clo«o of the fiscal year $370.(117,700
in United States bonds held In t> u«*t for
national banks, of which $2160 772,700
was held as security for circulation and
$15,925,000 to secure deposits of public
uiLiiey with notional hank depositories.
During tho year 8120,474,400 iu bonds
were deposited for these purposes, and
$128,(528,100 withdrawn. Tho auiount
of United States currency outstanding
** the close of the yoar was $362,464,-
582 50. There was redeemed during the
year $105,773,706 05 iu United .States
currency, silver certilicetes aud
notes of failed liquidating
reducing national banks, making total
redemptions since the first issue of cur
rency, $2,405,914,779.41, The issues of
silver certificates during tho year were
$21,300,000, and redemptions $20,-
133.290, leaving the amount
nominally outstanding at the
close of the year $66,096,710.
United Slabs bonds were redeemed
during the year to the amount of $160,-
204,450, of which $60,079,100 wore ap
plied to tho sinking fund. The total
amountof bonds retired by purchase,
redemption, conversion or exchange
from March 11. I860, to June 30.
1882, is 8214,954,925. National bank
notes amounting to $76,089,327 wore re
deemed during the yoar, making the
total redemptions of these notes under
the act 6f Juno 20th, 1874, $1,175,735,322.
Commenting upon the foregoing fig
ures Treasurer G billon says the most
noteworthy change in last year is the
decrease ol gold coin and bullion held
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE
Fourteenth ILy’s Proceedings.
Bills Introduced and Passed—
Providing for the Betti* ment
of the Debt of Boms of Our
Neighboring Counties.
a r«im l.'itiiuiij,
Kperial to Enqalrcr.Bnn.J
Lynohuuhg, Va., November 29.— A
difficulty hero this morning resulted
iu tho killing of 15, D, Cradderick
yardmaster at the Richmond aud Alle
gheny i ail road station, by Booker
Robertson, a miner of Nel.-um county.
The origin of the affray was a (juarrel
about shortage) in the weight of
Cradderick was shot through the heart
and instantly killed. Robertson wa*
severely beaten before he used his pis
tol.
Ncnmlttl lu lllati idle.
Hpeclal 'O Knqmrer-aun.J
St. Louis, November 29 —St. Louis
lttcouvulsedovera scandal in high life,
Involving the shooting of oneof tho
parties to-day and tho breaking up of
ouefamily. Frank J. Iglehart, former
ly cashier in the banking house of liar
tualow, Lewis A. Co , was shot in the
arm by Rush H. Tevis, a well known
merohaut, aud Tevis has separated from
his wile, taking with him tho only
child. The parties are all wealthy so
ciety people.
by the treasury from $176 791,506,41 to
$153,047,904.12 aud tho increase
ol standard silver dnllai*
trom $65,949,279, to $92 025, <60;
the decrease in gold of $23,743,662 29
and the increase in silver dollars of
$26,076,071. Deducting the auiount neld
for redemption of gold certificated, the
gold belonging to the government In
the treasury on the 30'h ol September
was $154,987,371 29 in 1879.
$128,160,085 77 in 1880, $169,552,716 41
iu 1881. and $148,110,524 12 in 1882 Not
withstanding tbe decrease in last year,
the gold owned by the government la
nearly $20,000,000 more than two years
ago, the iiiiioiiut held last yoar having
been swelled by tho deposit of gold
ooiu for exchange on tbe
west and south, Deducting in
alike man nor si! ver certificates actual I y
outstanding the stnudard silver dollars
owned by the government were $30,-
366,054 on September 30lb, 1879, $35,-
P55,363ou tho same dale iu 1880, $13,
108,839 iu 1881, and $.-8,099,970
1882. T.*e fund for tuo
demption of nr tes of initio
banks which have failed, gone into vol
untary liquidation or made deposits o*
lawful money for a reduction of their
circulation increased durimr t> e voar
from $31,152.713 60 to $38,607,029.10
Silver certificates actually outstanding,
after deducting the amount hold by
tbe treasury,irom $52,840,410 to $03,325,
380; United State* notes on band from
$28,422,170 to $32,918,260; and fractional
aiiver coin held from $26 343,-
477 17 to $27,429,246. The aggregate
amount of gonl and silver coin bullion
held bv (he treasury increased from
$269 706,998 7(5 in 1881, to $276,114,150 05
in 1882 Tne amount now held is more
than fifty-three million dollars great
er than that held in 1879, and
nearly sixty-two million gioator than
in 1880. Tho gross assets of f he treasury
increased during the year irom $311,-
481,210 11 to$340,552,990 39, although the
balance remaining alter deducting
moneys held for the redemption
of gold, silver aud currency certifi
nates and for the payment ol matured
debt and interest aud tho umount to
the credit of special or trust funds ran
down from $151,336,116 73 to $143 964,-
893 79 The excess of the cash uhhoi*
>f the government over its net. demand
liabilities on the first day of Novembei
instant, was $135,151 688 99.
The report concludes with the follow
ing line: “No loss of public money
has occurred in this office during the
last year.”
REPORT OF COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY.
The report of John J. Knox, comp
troller of currency, is also submitted
Its prominent feature is tho di&oussi >n
of tho plan to be pursued under tin* na
ional banking laws ot tho redemption
bonds which continues at Its present
rate until ail are redeemed that can
legally be called in which will be com
paratively a short time. Tho comp
troller thinks that by authorizing the
use of tho bonds issued in the aid of
Pacific railroads which have a long
lime to run as deposits for securing
natonal t>nnk circulation, these, with
other United States bonds which
have a definite period of liln, will be
sufficient lor banking purposes for tho
next twenty years, the total ol such
bonds being ono thousand and fifty
million of dollars,
Special to Euqulror-8uu.]
SENATE.
Montgomery, Ala , November 29 —
Bills were introduced hb follows:
Mr. Hargrove—To prevent cruelty to
domestic animals.
Also—To amend an act to complete
tho geological survey of the state.
Mr. Brewer—To sell the land knpwn
as the state convict farm.
Mr. Jouos—To pay sheriffs for fool
ing prisoners confined for contempt of
court.
Mr. Harrison-To amend the act to
incorporate the Chewacla Lime Com
pany.
Mr. Gardner—To prevent stock in
districts in which stock is prevented
from running at large, from ruuning at
large iu other districts.
Also—To prevent salos and giving
credit to students without permis
sion.
Mr. Ssay—To better secure fines and
coats in criminal eases.
Bills were passed as follows:
To allow defendants to muke a state
ment in their own b'balf.
To amend section 2944 of the code.
To amend stetion 5,027 of the code,
To regulate compensation of sheriffs
for removal of prisoners.
IIOUME.
Bills wore introduced as follows:
Mr. Dunklin-To amend section 5,033
of the code.
Mr. Burnatt—To amend section 1,644
of the code.
Mr. Robinson—To prohibit tho sale
of liquor within four miles of White
Plains academy, in Chambers county.
Mr. Hunt—To regulate tho fees of
probate judges
Mr. Oriue— 1 To amend an aetto amond
section 4358 of the oodo.
Mr Hanford (by request)—To estab
lish a new charter for Opelika.
Mr. Brown, of Tuskaioosa—To reg
ulate tho discharge of patients from the
old insane hospital in r ortain cases,
Mr. Griffin—To regu'ato tbe sale of
liquor in Troy, Pike county.
Mr. ll-ury—To prohibit the running
of freight trains on Sunday or tilt per
formance of labor upou railroads on
Sunday.
Mr. Browne, of Talladega—To re
quire solicitors to report to the attor
ney-general.
Mr Wood—To regulate indictments
and trials of misdemeanor punishable
under sections 4106, 4107 and 4203 of the
oodo.
Also en act to amend an act to amend
section 1817 of the code.
Mr. Hawkins, of Jefferson—To
amend section 1811 of tbe code.
Mr. Samford—To repeal an act to
ablish a new charter for the city of
Opelika.
Mr. Baker—To exempt opera’ors
working in cotton mills and machine
shops, who live in Lee and Russell
counties, from public road duty
Mr. F stor—To amend sectlou 8316 of
the coue.
Also, to amend an act to establish
normal school for colored teachers in
Tusiteg^e.
Mr Lnngdon—To protect the farmers
of tho sta'e in the purchase of cominer
olal fertilizers.
Mr. Mul Ion -I i relation to advances
of money upon warehouse rocoiots and
forgiving lawful force and effect to
such warehouse receipts as negotiable
and transferable instruments.
Also, to repeal an act to amend sub
division 6of section 362 of the code
Mr. Langdon—To regulate the prac
tice of medicine and surgery.
Mr. Hamilton—To amend section 470
' the oodo.
Blllls were passed as follows :
To repeal an act to prevent the de
struction offish in rivers and creeks in
Bullock county.
To regulate the buying or selling ol
oysters in the shell by measure
Kellogg’* Cltli'nnhip.
HpoelRl to Euqnlrer-Hun.i
New Orleans, November 29. —Hon.
J, H. Acklen has prepared and sub
mitted to Governor McRnery a brief,
in which he denies that Kellogg is an
inhabitant of the state, within the
moaning of article one, section two of
the United Htatos constitution, or arou
identof the third congressional dls
trlct under tho provisions of tuo
Louisiana constitution. On that subject
he maintains that Kellogg abandoned
his Louisiana citizenship, if he ever
had any, in 1878; that he disposed of
all his property and lnvestod iu Wash
lngton; that he owns no property in
Louisiana row; that the records of the
register’s olfioe here tall to show that
he ever registered or voted iu Louisi
ana, and a certifica’o is filed from the
state register to that effect; that he
registered in Iberia Parish only,
on October 16, 1882; that lie
never voted there; that he never has
owned and does not now own property
tbero, and oortlficates from assessors
aud the clerk of the court to that effect
are filed; that tho voters ot thethiid
congressional district prior to Ihe elec
tlon were notified in public speeches
>y himself aud others of Kellogg’ sin-
jflgibilKy; that both the law and the
facts sustain the position ho has as*,
sum^d, and that under the Louisiana
laws the g ivnrnor is both om|>owerod
and ri q til red to decide tho question of
eligibility.
New Finlander* in North Carolina.
Special to Knquirer-Hau.l
Raleigh, N. G., Nov. 29—John M.
Liule, John F. Wood and F. W. Grif
fin, representing the Now England
Manufacturing and Mechanics’ Insti
tute, arrived here to-day, and bail an
interview with Governor Jarvis about
th e pr >pised exhibit of North Carolina
at tbe next fair of that body at Boston.
Governor Jarvis respwdei favorably,
and pledged his best oxertlonsto have
lu the exhibit siv diners of North Car
olina minerals, forost products, etc.
The committee loft this evening for,
Columbia, S. C., whence they go to At
lanta, Ga.
« kianura.
Special to Euqulrer-tluu.J
Knoxville, Tknn, November 29—
Win. Rule, editor and propietor of the
Ktv xviUe Daily Chronicle, tbia even
ing sold his paper to a joint stock com
pany f»rf 16,000. CoL Henry R Gih-
pon, win or rf the Knoxville Weekly
Republican, w ill edit the Chronicle.
Gibson's p-*por pnonorted L C. Bank
wliodofea'sd Win. Rule for congress at
therecen' election, Hank ami Rule bo
ingibe nominees of rival lacLious of the
A GIGANTIC EVIL
That; Legislation On y Can * b Uo.
Munil)ll> g Kith ('O'nrrs
Th* Mnnnrr In wl.l*h h To. 4 »|.l.
IhIIwIn are Able to loj wilti (lie
I'ood nail WrcenaarlcH of llm
People—Nome Trite Ec
amplea.
New Yot a Hun.l
The state senate committee "to in
vestigate the whole system of mak
ing corners and dealing in futurcH,
with reference to its effect upon com
merce aud its liillueuce upon the
public welfare,” met in the Metro
politan Hotel yesterday morning.
F. B. Thurber testified that dealing
"futures” means much more Ilian
sales for future delivery, and in
reality indicates a gigantic sys
tem of gamtding which lias in
fected a large* portion of tho com
munity. TheHtandard Oil Company
began iu Pennsylvania in 1872 with
$1,000,000, which was subsequently
increased to$3,500,000. On this latter
capitalization it paid dividends in
18S0 amounting to $10,321,812, and it
pructtcally controls and fixes the
value to the consumer on u staph
runking third in a nation's exports.
Through its speculative mampula-
tiom it lias within a few weeks more
than doubled the price of crude oil,
and its profits thereby are variously
estimated at from $20,000,000 to $40,-
000,000. A speculative combination
raised the price of wheat in 1879 ft
$1 02 a bushel ill August to $1 H in
December. At various times since tin
ssme system of trading has alternate
ly niised and depressed prices to such
xtent as to seriously d
moralize legitimate trade. Three
hundred vessi Is were idle at olio time
the port of New York wailing oar-
goes which the greed of the specula
tors would not permit tc, he loaded,
and many were obliged to seek cur
goes elsewdiere.
Faiure*.
Special UiKuqulrer-Bun. | f |,oruoumr 00 ,.p H uu......,w.» *
New York, Nov. 29.—'The failure of deulocrat . Twenty-eight organizer
Texu Flection U turn*.
Special to Knqulrer-ttun.l
Galveston, November 29.—Official
election returns roceived bv the Ncwh
show that in 153 counties Ireland,
democrat, for governor has a majority
of 38 003 over JoneH, independent
Democratic congressmen are elected in
all the districts, exropt the seventh,
which gives a majority of about 2,300
lor Ochiltree, republican, over Finley
Mr Robinson, from tho special com
mittee on that portion or the governor’s
message relating to the non payment
of taxes in the counties of Chambers
Loo,TallRpoosu,Rindolpb and Pickens,
reported a substitute tor tho b‘ll in
regard to the manor. (It provides that
the governor shall send throe names to
the senate, and that body shall select
oneof the three as a commissioner to
settle tho debt of said counties ) The
substitute was adopted and^ the bill
pass od.
Montgomery, November 29 —The
legislature, in joint session lo day, ci
vassed yesterday’s vote of tho two
houses separately, and formally an
nounced Morgan’s election as Ids own
successor.
him*’* majority.
special to Enquirei-Sun.J
Richmond, Va., November 29.—The
sta'e board of canvassers concluded
their labors this morning, and award
ed a certificate for congressman-at-
large to John H. Wise (coalitionist).
'I’ho total vote of the slat'* for congress
man at-larim, was Wi»e 99 992; Massey,
democrat, 91,184; Daws >n, colored, re
publican, 4 312; Wise’s majority over
Massey 5,81)8; plurality over Massey
and D iwsju, 1,466,
A Flood of IVsti-r.
Hpeclal lo Enqulrer-Hun.j
Cologne, November 29.—The forts
here, on Account-.f the flood from over
flow of tho river Rhine, arc being
emptied ot stores and ammunition.
Tho zooligical gardens arc inundated
and the animals have boon removed.
Du.siBLLDORF, November 29 —A
house here lias fallen in, having been
undermined by tho ll >od. Fourteen
persons are believed to have been
drowned.
Nouiki Carolina I.ckimIui••• **.
Hertnl to K.nqulier-Huu.]
New York, November 20 —A Co
lumbia, S C., special says the general
asesmbly ot South Carolina met to-day,
James Simons, ot Charleston, waf
elected speaker of the bouse. The com
plexion n| tho legislature is hh follows
Rouse— deraocra's 115, of whom three
m> colored; ropulicans nine, all col
ored. Senate—democrats thirty-two,
all white; republicans three, all colored.
Nun li.
rtpnotal to Enqnirer-Hun.i
Little Rock, November 29.—A
B iteaville special to the Gazelle says
tho upper White river steamer, Lady
B ino, with two hundred bales of cotton
und several hundred Hacks of cotton
seod, sunk yesterday in eight P ot of
water, sixteen miles below here. No
insurance.
Nuow.
Hpeclal to Knqulrer*Huu,l
Washington, November 29.—Snow
la reported nearly every where to-day
north of a lino drawn from Washing
ton to Memphis, Including those points,
and at some places south of that line,
At Memphis snow foil during e’ght
hours.
American Murdered on ForeUn Soil
Hpeoial to Knqulrer-Suu.l
London, November 29,—The Daily
Nows this morning, says: "It under
stands‘hat intelligence has just beeii
received that two American citizens
have been murdered on the west coast
of Madagascar. They wore murdered at
parts to wbloh the Madagascar govern
ment Is prevented by French embargo
from sending a garrison. The News’
correspondent thinks the tragic event
will probably urge the American
government into moro positive action,
and dispose it to lav some share of tho
responsibility on French authorities.’’
Found Guilty or Murder.
Hpeclal to Enquirer-Sun.]
New Orleans, November 29,—A di
patch to tho Pic tyuna from Vicksburg
says: "The trial of Joe The
charged with the murder of Charle-
M Murphey, editor of the Rollingfork
Review, was concluded last night
a Mayeravitle, Miss Tho Jury,
utter being oui fifteen minutes, brught
in a verdict ol guilty ol murder,
charged In the indictment, and fixing
tiie sentence at imprisonment in the
penitentiary for life. An appeal was at
once taken.
Slurder lu Ttia*.
Hpeoiiil to Fnqulrer-Huu,]
Galvestin, November 29—A ape
cial dispatch to the Newn from Kagle
Pass says: “Robert Strickland
murdered last night in his store; it is
soppos«*d for the purpose of robbery
He w is found looked up in the store
with a large wound in the head.
BOYPT.
Hpeoial to Knquirer-Suu.l
Cairo, November 29. —Arabi Dasha,
Mahmoud P.inlia, Sami Toulba Pasha,
AD Fell ml, Omar Rhami and Sulermun
Aarand comprise th« firsi bntoh of
prisoners to bn tried. Omar R-thml and
Suierman Aarand will not bo defondts
by counsel
Heath ot L'clonel Hlack.
Hpeclal to ISnqulrer-Hun.J
Charleston, Novombor 29 — Col
Klward D. Black, graduate of West
Point in tho class of 1847, and who
served with distinction iu tho M* xioau
and Confederate wars, died at his broth
residence in tills city to-diy.
Eleven Prnuni Dronnert,
Hpeclal lo Kuqnlrer-Hun.l
.osdon, November 29 —A steamer
has foundered off Portroath, Cornwall
Cloven of tiie crew wore drowned
THE LMJUOK HEALERS
Graham «t Atkin, dry goods Broadway,
was reported yesterday. Liabilities |
$160,000.
counties are still to be heard from
which will increase Ireland’s majority
to over 40,000.
P(«IINilCfllH.
Hpeclal to Kuqulrer-Hun.J
Pf.nhacola, Nov., 29 —There
another heavy frost last night, and the
last of the refugees are returning. Tiie
resumpt ion of business has been rapid
ly giving to the oily its appearance du
ring the boom which was so suinmarl
ly suspended three months ago.
At tho second days session of the
Liquor Dealers’ Association of Georgia
at Atlanta, the following resolution
reported by the committee and
adopted
Whereas. The l usiuess of vending
mall, vinous and spirituous liquors has
existed from remote ages, is ro. og* iz 1
as a legitimate occupation bv every
civilized people, and is licensed by the
state of Georgia; and whereas, the
liquor deal*th of this stale have been
made the objects of invective,
their best business interests are threat
ened by adverse legislation. Therefore
be it
Resolved, By the liquor dealers
eorgta. in convention assemble t
That tn«v will heartily cone
with nvoiy leglsla'ive amendment.
humane endeavor, which seeks to *
vale the moral welfaro of the people
and tends to advance sobriety, indus
try and temperance
2. That it ia neither the interest
the desire of this convention to prevent
oen** nt rnent of true twnpcrence laws
to seek to frustrate them who
... .ted; that they rooognizs the wisdom
of tho statutes against tho sale of liq
to minors audio persons intoxica
ted, and this con ventbm pledges i'self
to sustain these laws by all means in
power.
3. That this convention deprecates
tho present local option laws, and sii li
mits that they are obnoxious to the
system of gotieral laws provided by the
onstltu* Ion of the state; that they fall
o accomplish tho purpose intended bv
them anil involve tho state in useless
and expensive legislation.
4 That this convention express the
hopo that the legislature of this state
will not attempt to pass a prohibitory
liquor law, as auoh an attempt will
bring Into the politics of the state an
issue that is fraught with peril. The
condition of tho common wealth i* pros
perous, the people aro contented and
happy, and the executive power ii»*
by ono whom tho people ad
wiel( — .
iniro for his talents, ami respect I
justice; and, to disturb this calm will
be to.raise a political storm such ms h*«
raged in other states, and which it
the hope of this convention, will
loft untroubled in tho atato we love,
and whose dignity, honor aud glory wo
stand ready to promote.
Rom pec t fully submitted.
Btill another combination, lie said,
obtained control of most of tlie nv» il-
ahlt* supply of pork in the country,
and then advanced prices so that the
consuming public had to pay 50 per
cent, more for its supplies. All these
transactions were undertaken t»y
men who hud first attained great
wealth largely through special favors
from railroad corporations
In answer to Senator Browning,
Mr. Thin her suid these sort of opeite
tiotif- were ex lending ruphlly, espe-
dally in food products, ai.d their
effect was very hud on the social con
dition of the public, iih wed iih m
commercial circles. They were
peciall.v laid lor the laboring man,
raining the price of food, and tending
o extreme dullness at one time and
xlreme activity at another They
were also a source of frequent
breaches of trust. Corners ami inly
ing and selling on imngiiiH, puts,
alls and straddles should be hup
pressed by law.
“How can the legislature discrimi
nate between a man who buys ‘fu
tures’or gambles and a in in who
buys legitimately?” asked Senator
Browning.
It would he hard work, but there
aro many moil who do now what
they would not do if the law declared
it illegal. We might start by making
actual delivery the basis of a remedial
measure. Hettleinei t without deliv
ry should be made an unlawful act;
also, perhaps, 'calls’ ou the ex
change.”
To a question us to laying a repress
ive tax on these transactions, as in
gambling, Mr Thurbersaid he did
not know there was a tax on gam
bling
“Ob! Yes, there is,” said Senator
Browning. "There's tho ‘pinky ’ in
poker and the’split’ill faro. That is
some one told me there was,” h« add-
d, reflectively.
Mr. Thurbtr concluded by saying
that to buy and withhold the neces
sary articles of food from the people
was nothing blit a sheer conspiracy
against human life. Much uc:s were
mmttted by unscrupulous iieisoiis
of great wealth and power, and, being
out of the reach of common law, stat
ute law should step in.
Mr. William Dowd, P e-ddent of
tiie hank ol North America and tin*
Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad,
said that corners were injurious to
both produceis and consumers. Deal
ing in futures wus virtually gambling.
Corners hurt railroads by slopping
freight business fora time, and then
when the corner collapses there D
offeu more than limy can utb-ml !«>.
For the same reason they hurl the
lahoiing interests and the publicgcu
orally by making the price of provis
ions* unwarrantably high. Making
corners at times also causes violent
fluctuations in the money marked
He considered it the duty of the leg
lature to protect the people.
Hetli Hastings Grant, superinten
dent of the Produce Exchange, ex
ilnlned the manner o» doing business
ii ihe exchange. Grain was sold in
lots of 5,000 to 8 0(H) bushels. 'Hie
margin on a single transaction of
that size ran from $250 to $sno. He
ivtd the margins if called up
from each party. Millions ol lunliels
of grain changed hands every day,
and the speculative transactions wciv
largely in the majority. On Wed
uesday $625,000 wus put up as mar
gins, h larger amount in one day
than ever before. Ep to to-day,
Friday. $17,000 non for the yeur lie-
ginning January 1, 1Ss2. had been
but up. The enormous hpceulatiou
began alien the Produce Exchange
began to sell grain by grade about
six yiiirs ago, and Iras increased eon
tinuously ever since. From 15,000.-
000 of bushels in 1879 it liucl in
creased to 44.000,000 in Ihsl.
"How about the sales of grain V
I've been told that only three per
cent, of them were strictly lipiliinale
TIIE MOllbAN MYSTERY.
Ttiiirlo«v Wi-ril’» l*nr»uWhich In*
uitHiii-nletl *hc AiiII-DIamiuIp
AKllallM.
New York, November 27.—The But-
alo Erpresx of Monday morning pub
lishes h letter of the latoTliuriow Weed,
undnrdatoof New York,September 9,
and attested by Spoueor C. Doty,
a notary public ol this city, as ttiatot
Tburlow Weed. The letter was in an
swer to nn Invitation .loattond the un
veiling of tho monuinout to Captain
William Morgan, and is thus prefaced
by the bUprcts: “The following letter,
dictated by the lain Thurlow Weed blit
short lime before Ilia death, con
tains his sworn statement of Ids knowl
edge concerning the abduction and
alleged murder ol Willi im Morgan,
ami forms a most interesting chsptei
in relation to the honsaiioiial even's
VGiich iu tholr time eaused so great a
social and political convulsion. Weed
begins by saying the occasion is one
that localls an event of startling in'or-
e-d, arousing deep popular feolimr find
ut Hate via, Leroy, Oatmiidalgua
and ffoehostor, and then pervading
our own and other states. Attar
reading (In* proceedings of tho meet
ing at Batavia, with I foil. David 1C.
Evans as presiding officer, I wrote
a six-line paragraph f *r the Koclies-
ter Telegraph, iu winch 1 stated that a
citizen ol It tin via had been spirited
away from ins home and fiunilv, ami
alter a tnysteiions absence ol several
days a village meeting had been lie'll
and a committee ot citi/.oos appointed
lo investigate the matter, mbling that
as it was known linn tho Frre M isons
were concerned In tins abduction. It.
behooved the fraternity, whose good
name was suffering, to takethe label
ing o tr In r«<Kioi ing tlm lo-o mill to Ids
liberty. -That paragraph brought
dozen's of mn most inibiential citizens,
greatly excited, to the office, s opping
l ho p.por and orderl.ig the
diHcnnttint inaoof ihdr advertisements.
I inquirod ol my partner, Roht, Mar
tin, whit had been done to ex asperate
so many ol our friends, lie brought
me the book and directed my attention
to the obligation invoking severe pen
allies a-* punishment for disclosing ilm
stows ol the masons, inquiring what
1 thought ot a mat. who. alter taking
such an obligation, violated it. I re
plied I did not know miy punishment
.on severe for such a perjuror.
I'lm discontinuance of tim paper
embrace 1 so large a number id
miro’is I hat f *aw that, my brief,
Mini, as I supposed, very harm ohs per
il graph uoiild ruin tiie establishmcd,
Une-illing Mu t uiv pann-'r should stif
for, I promptly withdrew, letving the
establishment iu the hands of M r, Mar
tin. The paper was doing wen and,
until that paragraph appeared my bu
si ness in'tire was nil i could desire.
Al Llml tunc an editor was wauled
Utica, whore I had formerly wot kud,
und whore I had many friends,
I ou my offer to go there
decline I. I was equally
f >riunale iu uiy application for edito
rial employment at Troy. Tue ohjoo
lion in both cases was that I had been
too busy iu gelling up tho exciteu
about Morgan.’’
He cloaes thus : “I now look back
through t tin interval of fifty-six yens
illi a conscioussoimo/d having liccn
governed through tho anti-Masm io i s
climnoii I»v a sincere desire, first, to
v indicate the violmed laws of my conn
trv *, and next, to arrest the great power
and dangerous Influences ol secret so
ciciics. We labored mi ter serious dls
advantages The people wore unwilling
to believe that an InstitiiliotiHoaucionl,
to which many of our best
to-d most distingulsiied men bolonged,
was capable • f not only violating ihe
laws, but of MiHluinlug sod pn teniing
offending men ol the order. A vast
j irityof 11|0 Ainei lean people be ievod
that. Morgan was concealed by our com
mitten for poli-ical effect, while w<
were being fiercely denounce I as in
conUiary spirits. Judge 10 nos T
Tliroop, in charging tho grand jury a
(’anamllgua, sp du* of antl-Masonry a.
a blessed spirit—a spirit which, he
hoped, would not rest until every r
implicated in the abduction of Mm
was tried, convicted and punished.
IIONVI, lllMi lilMMII
I li«* *»l I I
of the
Tho forthcoming report
comptroller of lim currency will con
tain tlm following:
Throe imtiouul banks have been
placed in llio hands of receivers dur*
mg tin >ear ctulmg Xovnnber 1st,
I8&2, namely, tiie Mecliunics' Na
tional Bank of Newark, N. J.,oii
November 2d, I SSI; the Pacific Na
tional Bank of Boston, on May 221,
1882, ami the Fust National !Unk of
Buffalo, oil April 221, 1882. Hinco
the commencement of Hie national
banking system eighty-seven hunks
have been placed in the Imndsof re
ceivers and 129 hanks have volunta
rily closed their business by the votes
of shuieholderH owning two thud-
of tin irBlock. Of tin* banks placed
hi voluntary liquidation »*y their
stockholders, seven failed to pay
their depositors, and iu these
eases receivers were appointed
bv the comptroller to wind up their
affairs. Of tin* eighty-seven hunks
placed in the hands of receivers,
fifty-one have hern Vmully closed,
leaving thirty six still ill process of
settlement. The loss to eiedifors of
i hose hanks during the nearly I wenty
years that have elapsed sim «• the pas
sage of the national banking
neur as cun be estimahd, h
jiboiit $7,000,000. Tiie uverage uti-
nual loss lots been, tljerefore, aliou
$190,000 iu tlu i business of corpora
nous having an average capital of
about $150,000 000, and wiiieh hav
been responsible for (.lie safe keeping
• d deposits hi their hands averaging
constantly «»v.-i jsno.nnn,onn, or uhoni
one twentieth of one per cent, of
annual loss to d**|M»sitors. The tolul
amount paid lo creditors of insolveil
national hunks is $20,915,090, npm
proved i Dime amounting to $29,58(1,
55S. The dividends so lur paid dm:
SUPERSTITIOUS VICE.
The Queer Vagaries of Oamblere,
Footpads und Burglars.
Propitiating the Fioklo bodiless with
Pals and Compounds
NAKhvdle American.)
St range creeds und doctrineH,wliile
they to a certain extent permeate
ry strata of society, an* developed
strongest among those whose daily
prosperity or success depends more
upon tiie mandates of fortune tliuu
>m direct results of legitimate work
enterprise.
Among gamblers, for instance, it
would lie almost us impossible to find
who did not entertain nemo pecu
liarly vague ami superstitious belief
as lo find a strictly orthodox minis-
who does not edify his hearers
with a graphic description of the
hurtling pit.
or instance, certain gamblers
while eugaged in playing will, if a
eyed man enters the room, im
mediately cash their chip* ami draw
out of tin* game.
A gambler in Nashville, a few days
ago, offered five dollars to any one
who would bring him a cold hl&ck
kitten not more Ilian twelve hours
old. Tin*animal wa** secured, and
Lhegumbler, placing ii in his coat
pocket, repaired lo ucertain faro bank
of (lie city, and cubing in ten dollars,
ommeneed to play. By the merest
bancc, of course, he won continual
ly until $800 in chips were stacked up
in front of him, when In* then cashed
in and quit tiie game. He next went
to another game and throw down a
twenty-doliar Dill on the lay-out,
unking for that amount in chips; bill
(Ik* proprietors, who had beeu in
formed of tho sf range luck
of tlit) would he player
which he himself attributed to the
presence of the cat, informed him that
they did not desire his gume, unless
he took the cut out of the house und
left it. But the player would not part
with his talisman, and walked out of
the establishment around to the next
uearest game Here the news of his
luck had preueded him aud he w
"burred,” being informed that ihiIp
he dispensed willi the filine tie ooiild
not situt their table. It is not to he
understood that these proprietors be
lieved in the infallible luck attendant
upon the influence of the domenth
pet, lint tiiat in this particular uiuii’e
case it by some mysterious agency
did have a tendency to cause the curds
to come as its possessor wunh d them.
A certain celebrated newrpuper
mail of Louisville, Ky., is an inveter
ate faro bank player, aud while
gaged in this gume will uumediutuly
draw out and leave the place if any
one around the table, either by acol
deni *>r mistake, knocks n "copper 1
ofl'of any of his bets.
Another gambler, at present in
Cincinnati, hut who is well known
in Nashville, propitiates the imagin
ary gods, whom lie devoutly belie
presides over his destiny, by crushing
into a pulp three distinctly different
kinds of flowers or weedB, und then
smearing the compound over the
money that he intends staking at any
game of chauce.
In New Orleans lives an old time
(“before the war"»gambler, who will
play faro hanks only iu one wuy
will sit around some establishment
ami watch every man who con
and starts to play. He singles out
some forlorn, ragged and seedy in
dividual who has the appearance of
one who is in extrt mcly hard luck
nod who probably ii» the most, ha*
hut a few dinnv, with which he in
tends to make u desperate attempt to
increase his stake, or lose it all
Directly againd this poor fellow’s
system the gambler will play, huvmg
faith that tho ill-luck which lias be
following the unfortunate man for
some time, perhaps for years pus!
will continue tor ail indefinite length
>f time. it is a universal belief
among gamblers that no man iu five
attempts out of a hundred, wIk-h ac
tually iu need, can win utu game of
and the rest gambling,’
Browning.
.Superintendent Grant
that less than three per ct*i
sales were legitimate.
I Senator
-pet
>ui '
l pel
•nt. of the pi
for
i, thiriy-two hanks ha\ing i
the ebiltiM against them in bill
sesHiiKiiils amounting to $-8,101
have been made upon the Bloekle
ers of insol vent national hunks
the purpose of enforcing theD indi
vidmil liability under section 5,151 w
the revised statutes, of which uboii
$;» 2U0 non have been collected, am
$531,08(1.70 during (In* past year.
t bought|
Fa i i ll Gi'kis —Tbe tie
| Pennsylvania istliuttwocrippDd per
* —r- ■ — soils—Richard Huffman and Ivtini
Executioners' Tariff—Korns I Rogers -suddenly and unaccountably
TEKNTH Ckntuky. — A very cutiotiB | got well the other day, eon Ira y to
document lias recently been discos-j tmdteal advice, by
ered in the state archives of JleHse*#geiice io the con
Darmstadt. His the official tariff could ami would t
of Darmstadt and Bi'.ssungeii in tho | alone. Having
latter part of tiie fourteenth century
to tiie executioners ot those towns for
the performance of their duties. Tn
boil u criminal in oil brought the ex-1 cu
ecutiouer 24 florins, while breaking >m
a man on the wheel gave but 5 florins j p»
30 kreutzera. Criminals were hanged Ini
at 10 florins |>er head and burned hi
alive for 11. T> apply tin* tori urn of
tiie ruck brought but 5 florins, and
branding on the back or forehead or
cutting off* nose and ears were the
same prioe,— T/te Antifjuary.
if lion (nut
•t well Dy faith
positive opinion
v. !!, and getting
that you will
w> II forthwith
of the simplest and (•heap. -
cures of winch wo have hei
and we advise tiie people
bly *t Would flllte half the inva
Inis. Tins remedy is lil-e a
litany of the patent medicine*
said to be hi one re-peet *ii lea
will dr. no harm to try it If it does
not cure it w ill not make you anv
worse. Therein no apothecaries'stuff
around ami there are do bills to pay.
l lies
\ hundred volume
lances could be compiled, the object \
>1 the few enumerated, however,
eiug sufficient to royal the churac
•rot the groundless and intangible
chefs that Hull isli among the vo-
dries of i he cloth.
Among the dishonest oleii’ontH of
ociely, especially highwaymen und
professional burglars, who at al) times
hold their lives in their bunds, sit-
it ion prevails the strongest and
most generally. Jesse Juiiish would
tinder ro circumstances rani a hank,
ilia train, nr do any other desperate
•t during ttie dark of tin* moon,
poll the night before some plan was
lo be consummated lie would always
walk nut by himself and take a posi-
•ii win re a lull range of the heavens
>uld he obtained. Should tin* moon
• iu tiie asceiidunt, aud a ft I ill or
otid puss over it, or a circle i»»* do-
rieti around that luminary, he
would abandon tiie proposed raid un
til some other time. l itis vag iry of
his, at several different times, came
disrupting his bund, they being
thus prevented from currying out
Home plot or design that hud been
refuliy schemed perhaps for days
PRICE FIVE CENTS
become alarmed when u bird flies into
tiie house or a strange cut takes up its
abode with them. The popular su**
perstitionn of the "horse-shoe,” the
"fish-hone," "marrying on Fridays”
and a thousand others of us ridiculous
a nature are even too well known
and common place to he mentioned,
the fact of their existence being
known to all.
THE WHINliY TAX.
ennimlMlonrr Baum au«l (he Dlnilllrra
Washington, Nov. 25.—The
whisky men ure moving for un ex
tension of the tax. It is a repetition
of the proposal of last session, when
they got into a muddle out of which
Senator Wiudoiu piloted them, as
Representative Dunncll cun hear
witness. The understanding now Is
that they will have more perfect ar
rangements, ami will act more in
telligently litis time. Concerning
the reduction of the tux they are not
agreed. As for its total abolition,
they will resist the proposal.
It will seem strange to most people
that tho producers of an article should
wish to have it taxedf-aud should re
sist even the reduction of tiie tux. Tiie
xplanation is that the tax of on** dol
lar, or any amount, is used us the
pretext for adding twice the amount
to the price of the taxed article in the
market. So tin* lax is paid twice over
bv the consumer, or us many times
the producer adds it to the price.
Nor is this true of whisky solely,
but of every artlola taxed. Tin
whisky men will have apparently
good and numerous reasons to give in
support of their cause when tiie linn
Lillies.”
If may seem a little curious that
Commissioner I! turn should be heard
from ut tiie same time as the whisky
ring began to move. It 1h officially
stated tiiat until within a few days
lie lilts been uncertain whether or
not to recommend a reduction of in
tertiul luxation; but since the whisky
have* met lie lias concluded to
recommend eertuiu reductions. Be
tween him ami them there is
necessarily no connection or
undertdanding; but there was
tin understanding between them last
winter, as Seeietiuy Folger is able to
testify. Then the commissioner
warmly favored the idea ofextending
the time for paying the tax, notwith
standing Hecrctury Folger demon
strated that it would take $80,000,000
from tiie revenues, place it virtually
In tiie pockets of Die whisky men,
I upset his culrulutious for manag
ing the finances.
The commissi »ner will this session
he found with the whisky men for an
xteuHion of the time for paying the
tux. The suggestion is already
!e that there be a compromise for
extension of time, and a reduction
of the tax to 40 or 50cents, though the
likelihood in that Ihe witisky men
will stand for the tux as it is and an
extension of the payment of it, five or
seven years, by which time they will
In* ready for its abolition.
Interest is felt to see Brother Win-
doin perform the double bareback
feat of champion l ng the cause of the
whisky men auu Dosing ai a tem*
peranee advocate. The agility with
which lie did it last winter may not
serve him us well again; for then few
wre looking as everybody will be
this time. Representative Runnell
will lie on band to direct attention.
As between these two Minnesota
statesmen the United Stales senator-
ship is somewhere in the perform
ance.
Locusts in Cyimips.—The locust
this district chit fiy directed theii
course toward the points east to
south. 1 took, l>y compass, the di
rection in which fifty-two differeut
armies were marching, and found
that two were steering north, five
northeast, twelve east, ten southeast,
thirteen south, four south west, five
west, and one northwest. 1 huvi
seen two armies marching in oppo
site directions meet one nuother; the
smaller seemed then to turn and join
(lie larger. Nothing seemed to stop
these columns; they kept on their
course through villages and over
walls, and even streams didu ot stop
them; the latter, which hud been
filled by tho rains, produced some-
j times columns of locusts where they
hud previously beeu destroyed. Thu
I locusts in trying to get across wero
drowncil in numbers, but they can
keep afloat for a long time, and very
many were carried perhaps a mile oi
more down lit** stream until they
reached a place where they could
eks
out.
pits
total
“Billy, the Kid,” who terraria d
i • west for years, lobe filially killed
y n sheriff, would exhibit^
,inptoin ol abject tear it an
iglPed <>ii any portion oi a b»*t
Licit lie bappeiK d lo be, and if that
ncttinml bird should happen to bool
c “would not do any more good,’’ to
se u slung expression of bis, for thir
ty days he implicitly believing that
by this agent warned of im
pending danger, and certain defeat
uni death in any robbing attempt
mat In* would make in tiiat leiigthof
time.
.1 dm A Mum II. the noted Tennes
see dc-perado ami iitgli way man, who
bus been known to look death in the
face unflinchingly, would <pi:tkt with
terror il a horse upon wlnon lie was
mounted stunihL-d and fed, believing
implicitly tiiat this accident was but
ait admonition of impending disaster
aud death to him, unless
averted by unusual care
arid walcliluliichs. Tlio fatuous
New York trunk r >bher commonly
known us “Red L*»ary,” would
watch his chances anti upon every
opportunity Ihulolleietl it seif follow a
funeral procession of any prominent
character and cross and tecruss be
tween the carriages of the cortege,
abiding under some strange haiiuei-
nalion it insured good luck in his
burglarious attempts. In fact weie
tiie most conspicuous trails of ui I the
noted thieves, desperadoes and other
criminals carefully investigated it
would he found without an exception
tiiat the superstitious idio»yiicracy
would predominate. Even among
some of our most respected and reli
giously inclined people arethose wiioV
number
were filled:
of those 4 280 were filled in March;
11,188 from 1st lo loth April, 14,741
from 10l!i to einl of April, and loll
in May. On an average each pit con
tained about one cuhicyurd of locusts
and weighed uhnut 300 okes; the to
tal weight was theft uhopt 12,100 Iona,
f do not think the above figures ate
exaggerated. 1 suw lute one after
noon tho head of a column uhou' 40 *
yards distant from a hue of screen-,
where ut one place ten pits bad been
dug joining one another. The nex
morning at about 10 o’clock I passe !
these traps aud found them about
two-thirds full. 1 have often Been,
too, pits over which no traps wer
placed, filled and tilling with locusts;
they were coining iu so fast that wit
their own numbers they weresmotl
ering one another before they ha* 1
time to crawl out. I have timed tlu
filling of pits, ami found that when
tiie locusts are coming fast the y fill i
about ont hour ami a half. At A* •
Serghl-Lissi and oilier places tL •
ground nt front of many of»he screen
1 with pits lilled with lo
ud a-
ecus had to 1
limnenUiry J\>
From the Deai> Letter Okpice.
—A catalogue of It n or tw* Ive thou-
and articles, accumulated iu it .»
dead letter office at Washingtot .
inuy be seen in the office of the as
sistant postmaster at Nashville. A'l
persons who have lost anything
whatever through the postal servo
within the last yeur will do (veil t *
call and examine iltt* list, and r*
claim the articles at once, as sale wnl
commence December fourth. Tho
amount realized by the sale of any
package is made reelaimable upon
proper identification forth • period < f
four years from registration in th *
office of tho third assistant j ostnui
ter general.
Josh IttllluiCH Heard From,
Newport, R. I , Aug. 21, 1880.
Dear Bu ruas-I am li«ro trying t »
nrea 1 be ill ali the salt air of !bi> ooea *.
a id having been a sufferer for morn
limit a your with a relraotory liver, I
was Induced to mix Ihm Hitters wb i
the s«/i tale, mid have found i he Line,
urn a glorious rosult. * • l liavo
boon greatly h pod by tho Bitters, a.. I
am not afraid to si*y so.
irs without a struggle,
Jnsu Billings,
