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)ICKINSON IN DETROIT.
?HE PRESIDENT LAUDED BEFORE
A BIG CROWD.
I Unique Word Picture of the Im
pression the Chief Magistrate
Created When He First Began His
Administration-His Character Illus
trated by the Narration of a Couple
of Stories.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 26 —The cam
aign in this city was opened to-night by
he democracy with a big demonstration in
onor ef the visit of Postmaster General
lickinson, Gen. John C. Black, ex-Senator
oseph E. McDonald and other distinguished
uests. At S o’clock a parade, composed of
■innerous ward clubs, first voters, visiting
elegations, etc., was reviewed from the
aicony of the Russell house, and then
lie guests were driven to the
.arned street rink, where th ty were
rent ed by an audience that filled every
.neh of available space. Postmaster Gen
ral Dickinson was the first speaker. He
sid he had unexpectedly been called upon
a preside at this great meeting. He had
ild the committee of arrangements that
would not be just to the other guests for
im to tnuke any extended remarks. He
muld be m Michigan two weeks during the
smpaign, and all his friends would have
n opportunity of hearing him on the issues
f the campaign.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
The committee, however, had insisted
hat he should say something about the
'reodent. and this he would proceed to do.
ie said:
1 have been asked to tell you something of the
resident, ami in the brief time remaining to
ie, 1 ran -ay but very little of what is in my
lind and heart on the subject. Jn the first
lace, he has been all the time, since March 4.
485 President of the United States. No usur
lation of executive functions, no trenching
ron executive privileges, no pruning
the powers of the people's chief
lag strafe, no encroachment upon the
fficiaj rights of the chosen of 60,000.000
f free men have been tolerated or permitted,
everal early attempts of the kind were vetoed
ith a power and virile force respectfully borne
i mind by the upper house of congress. His
ugged. masterful personality since he took his
-at. his robust patriotism, like the heart of a
real- system, has sent a vital current of health-
Iving honesty pusl mg through all tile arteries
f the public service.
PUBLIC OFFTCIt A PUBLIC TRUST.
Public office is a public trust has not, as used by
im been merely a smooth phrase—catch words
f stutiipand canvass. Consistently squaring his
Ificial notion by the spirit of the maxim, as by
ie commandment, he has made it his rule of
induct, practically of every day use in all pub
c business, in every department and in all the
ighways and byways of executive and admin
trative action.
In the political atmosphere of the capitol the
re-ident was for a long time a phenomenon,
lizzie and an enigma to those accustomed to
le old conditions. It is said that at one time
i the history of ZululanJ there was an abnor
ini season of rainy weather, the heavens were
rereast for weeks and months, and life had
•tiled down to accommodate itself in its ordi
arv avocations to the change. Suddenly one
ay there was a remarkable appearance in the
’est: a light, like tire, streamed up to the
•nith and down to the horizon from a common
ruler.
ONLY CLEARING OFF,
Kins and court, awe stricken at what seemel
portent, summoned the wise men from all
rer the land to interpret the sign, or to ac
nutit for it. Some save one explanation, some
bother; some said that it was the beginning of
ie end of the world; some that the moon had
illen. At last, in the confusion of counsels
ad contradictory theories, a plain old fellow
om the baokwoois came along, took a look at
le wonder, and sail; 'Why. it's just simply
sing to clear off:' and that what they saw was
ie old-fashioned, familiar God's sunshine and
glimpse of the blue vault of heaven.
A STORY FROM DICKENS.
Dickens tells us that one time there was great
tciteinent among the learned men of England
ter the discovery of strange figures and char
rters upon fragments of stone which came to
ght in some excavations. Archaeologists, stti
►nts of Roman antiquities in Britain. scholars
r.d readers of ancient Egytian inscriptions,
unscrit scholars and others gathered from tar
bd near to view, and if pos
ble, decipher this message from
, prehistoric age. Scholars quarreled,
leones c ullicted. several societies went to
leces for opinirin's sake, the world of culture
las in an uproar, when a very common person
line along, looked over the fragments and
roken lelters. changed them nboul. made the
leces fit, and spelled out “Tom Nokes, his
lark . " and so the politicians of the country,
ecustomed to pen cried statesmanship and
erverted methods and jierverted policies; those
iho were trained for a generation to consider
übHc men and p> litics as tne games of game
lers. did not at first make out this President of
firs. As he .darted on his own way the Sen
te attempted to crowd him. The chariot of
be American house of lords drove against him
■and was ditched.
TREATED LIKE A COMMON COUNCIL.
The senators then said: ‘This man treats us
* if we were the common council of Buffalo,
nd he is an insignificant though stubborn man,
niy fit to be the mayor of a small town/'
ater on they said he has ability of a certain
ind and a sort of low cunning, arid he is a bold,
ad man. l.aler on he rose in their vocabulary
f epithets to the dignity of usurper. Soma
“publican politicians praised Mm for a while,
toking at his acts through the flared
nd cracked glass of their own notions,
eeause they thought he was about
> betray his party. A few demo
rats, who learned politics in republican
thiols. irritated at the changed politics arid
banged methods, believing in the doctrine Hint
ecatise his piedecessors did all things fora fvor
e should exercise full license to do the like for
Ivor, said he was a Tyler, and Mould ruin his
arty. Theories continued to multiply about
im, bis character and his purposes.
COMMON SENSE TO THR RESCUE.
In the midst of the confusion the strong
ESfUnon sense of the people come to the place
t the expounder and interpreter. “It is a very
Im pie ease, gentlemen/’ said common souse.
You wore all looking beyond, below, around,
n.vwhere but at the simple nature of things,
'his curiosity at Washington, this President
rho seems to you to be lnscrutible in his ways
rid strange in his methods, so rare
a this life of yours, is simply—‘an honest
tan,' and an honest man with a great
ruin. Intrepid hearl and tireless vigor; an
onest man of indomitable perseverance,
bsclute fearlessness and conscious power; an
sinest man wh > stands for the right with the
• miles* and serenity of the rock of ages itself,
it last, know n and appreciated of all men, he is
ted and reviled with the bitterness of par-
Isan malignity by the hoßts of error, and he
i st ill loved for the enemies he has made and is
baking Ihe irritation and anger of a few of
ns own part.v soon quieted into contemplation;
nntemplatiun compelled re*|s*ct and regard.
,ud these have liecofne reconciled to the ad
ninistration.
HIS PRIVATE LIKE
tn private life lie is a plain American citizen
f simple manners, of singular gentleness and
iadness of heart. His consideration for those
•bout him. from the highest to the lowest, has
ton all hearts. Those who are nearest to him
nve him most. He has an embracing sympathy
or distress, which can feel for the sufferings of
•eople, or, as I know , can take from the pelting
torrn to the shelter of his carriage, a ragged
tars foote i, frlghtene I child from the street,
rvtng tells us that Washington was assailed
rith more vile scurrility and abuse than any
na i of his time. The epithets and
band,ils applied to Jackson by his
lefamers were sought from the gutters
hid sewers of life. Yet the names of these two
ben shine with increasing splendor as tlm
<olls on. and the posterity of these whotradueed
Item, thank <4od that the meinori's of their
tacestor* have rolled from the annals of time.
Itanding out against the horizon of the history
if the age, one of the noblest figures In the life
*f the republic will lie that of Grover Cleveland.
will Ist written of him, that he was on un-el.
(sb American statesman, and that he serted
lie people.
MICHIGAN VEiiY DOUBTFUL.
the Chances of the Democrats as
Good u& Those of the Enemy.
Washington, Sept. 38.— Before l’ost-
Inaster General Dickinson left for home ho
kxpre-sed the opinion that Michigan would
to democratic by a Mnall majority in
ioveinbor. This was the result of the in
formation he had received lieforc his de
parture. A friend of his who has lies and
from him since he went a wav say no is of
tie same opinion Still. In 18S4the demo
fat* carried tbs lower p<rtof Michigan,
the reput..ican majority being g urn i on
hi*iy in the upper peninsula by J. . i.ubb I
uid his methou*. Two ysai s ago tbs upper
peninsula gave a very* small republican ma
jority. If it does not give at least as large
a majority as in 1884 this year the demo
crats will certainly carry the state, for they
have gained constantly in lower Micnigau.
All the Michigan republicans in congress,
recognizing that it is a doubtful state, have
gone home, followed, of course, by the
democrats.
BLAINE NOT TO BE A SENATOR.
No Doubt But That Mr. Frye Will Be
His Own Successor.
Washington, Sept. 26. —'Whatever else
Mr. Blaine gets in the next twelve months,
he will not get a seat in the United States
Senate. Senator Frye, whose term expires
on March 4 next, will succeed himself.
Over 100 of the 150 republicans in the
Maine legislature have personally assured
Senator Frye that it will give them great
pleasure to vote for his re-election next
winter. The friend of Mr. Blaine who
started the story that Mr. Blaine would
supersede Mr. Frye evidently did not know
what he was talking about.
HEROES OF THE CONFEDERACY.
Many Prominent Officers Invited to
the Fair at Athens.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 26.—At a meeting of
the board of directors of the Northeast
Georgia Fair Association this afternoon it
was decided that the following prominent
ex-confederate officers be asked to attend
the union of Cobh’s legion to be held here
during fair week: Ex-Gov. Wade Hampton
of South Carolina, Gov. Lee of Virginia,
Gen. K. A. Pryor, now of New York, Gei.
G. T. Beauregard of Louisiana. Gen.
Jubal Early, Gen. P. >l. B.
Young of Cartersville, Gen. W. P. Phillips
of Georgia, Gen. C. J. Wright of Georgia,
Gen. M. C. Butler of South Carolina, Gen.
Edgar M. Butts of Georgia, Col. Geo. A.
Mercer of Savannah, Capt. Robert Fallt
gant of Savannah, Col. C. C. Jones, Jr.,
and Capt. Edgeworth Ere of Augusta.
Secretary Morris has been instructed to
extend immediately the invitation if the
fair association and Confederate Reunion
Association to the above named gentlemen,
and prevail upon them to be present in
Athens during tie reuuion. The names of
other prominent ex-confedernte officers
will be added to the list in a few days.
SHOT BY A BURGLAR.
An Atlanta Policeman Receives a Very
Dangerous Wound.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.—A dastardly
assault with a pistol was made upon a po
licemau by* a negro burglar this morning at
4 o’clock. The shooting occurred on Wheat
street, at the corner of Fort. Patrolman
Veal was shot while guarding an open win
dow while Patrolman Harper went across
the street to awaken Mr. Reese, one of the
owners of the store. The shot was fired
from within, and the burglar jumped
through the window immediately after
ward and escaped, though several shots wore
fired at him. Patrolman Veal was taken
to his home, where he now lies in a critical
condition. Patrolman Veal was shot in the
center of the breast, and the bullet took a
co: rse to the left side. Every elfort that is
possible will be made to apprehend the ne
gro, who is wanted for a double crime.
Chief Conally has offered an individual
prize of SIOO for his arrest. Patrolman J.
TV. Veal was elected on the police force in
April, 1887, and has made a faithful and
pure officer.
AUGUSTA ANNALS.
Fences not to be Rebuilt—Fakirs
Swarming into the City.
Augusta, Ga., Sept 26. —Many of Au
gusta's prettiest homes will not have the
fences that were swept away replaced, but
will terrace the lawns down to the sidewalk.
Rev. Lansing Burrows of the First
Baptist church is the first person to pay his
pro rata of the extra tax levy to repair the
city.
Augusta is filling up with fakirs, who are
tending this way from all parts of the
c untry, in anticipation of rich harvests
during the exposition.
An Augusta gentleman iu Hendersonville
wants the quarantine removed so that he
may return home, and he wrote to Mayor
May yesterday to remove the quarantine.
Hugh Campfield, a negro car greaser in
the South Carolina railroad yard, to-night
a 8:30 o’clock fell through a trestle and
broke his hack. He was removed to his
home in Hamburg, and is suffering great
pain.
ATLANTA’S BOGUS VANDERBILT.
He Threatens to Disclose a Startling
Social Scandal.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 26.—Augusta to
day turned over to Atlanta the fraudulent
Vanderbilt, alias George Howard, the
swindler, who operated extensively in that
eity, but had not got his work in here be
fore he was arrested. The prosecution here
was withdrawn in order that Atlanta might
have him. He goes up to-night under an
escort of ati officer of the law. Howard
says he will make some startling statements
if they push him too close, as he knows of
a lively sensation in which an Atlanta
party was concern xi at Old Point Comfort
this summer. This is only regarded as a
piece of blackmail in keeping with his
conduct while in Georgia.
COLUMBUS CHAPTERS.
A Couple of Marriages—The Harris
County Fair.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 26. —The Harris
county fair will be held at Hamilton to
morrow and Friday. The people of the
county are tuking great interest m it as
liberal premiums and an attractive pro
gramme have been arranged. An excur
sion train will leave this city at
7 o’clock to-morrow morning, and return
late in the afternoon. A large number
of Columbus people will attend the fair.
In Girard last night, at the residence of the
bride's father, Uev. Howard, J. M. Long
and Miss Mary Loy Howard were united
iu marriage.
Mrs. J. J. Gains died in this city to-day.
She leaves one child, 8 years old.
Dr. E. B. Schley, a prominent physician
of this city, and Miss Nannie Pitts of
Waverly Hall, were married to-day.
A Home for the Poor.
Augusta, Ga., Sept, 26.—The Pike and,
Newby places, near Augusta, have been
purchased bv the trustees of the fund loft
py the late Pjinily Tubman for the founding
ot a home for unfortunate poor. The plot
contains 108 acres, and is in every way
adapted for the purposes chosen, being high,
saluoi ious and in a splendid grove. The
home will be erected next summer, and as
the fund is liberal, something handsome
may be expected.
At Large in His Night Clothes.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20.—Gus Speer, the
negro who was robbed and beaten almost
insensible Thursday night near the gas
j works and who was carried to the Ivy street
I hospital for treatment, escaped from that
| institution last night in his night c.othes.
I Hince his confinement he has shown indie -
j lions of being insane. It is beloved that he
| is making iris way to South Georgia, where
| he hus relatives.
Now Convict Camps.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.—Gov. Gordon
issued on order to-day allowing the estab
lishment of two new peuite.iiiary camps in
liodge c uiut}, one at Empire, under con
trol of (jonip'i nes g and It, and the other at
Demos y, under control of Company No. 2.
Pays Its Tax
Atlanta, Gx./Sept. 26.—The Charleston
aim Savannah railway paid in its lax for
t.u. ~var to lire slate treasurer today,
n I <■ n-d.l .g to $619 46.
’TiE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1888.
HARRISON AS A TEMPTER.
RETURN OF DIRECT TAXES HELD
UP AS A BRIBE.
Indiana Would Come In for $ 1,000,000
if the Bill Became a Law —The Fail
ure of the BUI Laid Upon the Con
gressmen from the South.
Indianapolis, Sept. 26.—1n a speech de
livered to a delegation which visited him
to-day, Gen. Harrison said:
I have recently been talking, and have one
thing furt er to say about the surplus. [Cries
of “Gotd, good,” and ‘‘That’s what we
want to hear about."] There is a very proper
use, I think, that can lie made of more than
320,000,000 of it. During the civil war, our cus
tom receipts and our receipts from internal
taxes, which last had brought under tribute
almost every pursuit in life, were inadequate to
the great drain upon our treasury caused by
the civil war Ohr congress, exercising one of
the powers of the constitution, levied a direct
tax upon the states. Ohio paid her part of it, In
diana paid hers, and so diu other loyal states.
none prom the south.
The southern states were in rebellion and did
not pay theirs. Now we have come to the time
when tli- government has surplus money, and a
proposition was made in Congress to return this
tax to the states that had paid [Applause.]
The state of Indiana would have received Si,-
000,000, which my fellow citizens of the state
know would have been a great relief to our
taxpayers in the present depleted condition of
our treasury. [Cheers.] Ido not recall the exact
amount Ohio would have received, but it was
much larger.
WHY IT SHOULD BE REPAID.
If any one asks, Why repay this tax? this
illustration will be sufficient answer: Suppose
five men are associated in business. The corpo
ration suffers losses and its capital is impaired.
An assessment becomes necessary, and three
members pay their assessments while two do
not. The corporation is again prosperous, and
there is surplus money in the treasury*. What
shall bo done with it? Manifestly justice re
quires that the two delinquents should pay up
or that there should be returned to the other
three the assessme it levied upon them. [Great
cheering.]
THE DIRECT TAX BILL.
A bill providing for the payment of this tax
was killed in the House of Representatives, not
by voting it down, but by a filibustering ma
jority of the House being in favor of its pas
sage. And those who defeated the bill by those
revolutionary tactics were largely from states
that had not paid the tax. [Cheers]. I men
tion these facts to show that $20.tx)0,000 of the
surplus now lying in the banks, where it draws
no interest, might very righteously be used by
us to greatly lighten the real burdens of taxa
tion now resting on the people, a burden that
the people know to be a tax, without any argu
ment from our statesmen. [Applause and
laughter).
A DARING BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
Two Convicts Killed, One Recaptured
and Two Escape.
Dallas, Tkx., Sept. 26.—Five white
convicts made a break for liberty here
yester lay. Two were killed, two got away
atid one was recaptured. The convicts were
under lease to the Missouri Pacific railroad,
and five were taken by one guard some
distance from where the main body was at
work. The guard was armed with ad üble
barrelled shotjjuu and killed John Davis
and Charles Wells. The third he pursued
and captured. The other ttvoskam Trinity
river and disappeared in the timber.
SWITCHMEN AMALGAMATE.
The Proposition of the Firemen Ac
cepted at St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 26.—The switch
men’s association adjourned this afternoon,
and will meet again next year at Colum
bus, 0., on the third Monday in September.
The plan of federation as proposed by the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen at
Atlanta, Ga., was unanimously adopted.
The Knights of Labor will be taken in, but
only so far as they can identify themselves
with the various railway organizations.
They will not be taken as Knights of Labor,
but as railway employes only, and the Or
der of Railway Telegraphers will be ad
mitted on the same terms.
Jute on the Florida Islands.
Cedar Keys, Fla., Sept. 36—On the
islands of the gulf coast, on the west coast
of Florida, grows a plant which is said to
be identically jute. A gentleman from
New York, woo visited this place last year,
culled attention to it, and said it was the
very same jute plant about which so much
fuss was made in Scotland a few years ago.
If this is so, the jute trouble can be quickly
ended. All these Islands can be readily cul
tivated to this plant, and the south be made
to furnish her own cotton covering inde
pendent of itnpi rt duties or trusts. To any
one wh > will enclose address and postage,
James O. Andrews, secretary of the board
of trade, will send by mnil a specimen of
the plant for investigation.
Auburndale Annals.
Aubuhndale, Fla., Sept 26.—Next Sat
urday delegates from Haines City, Winter
Haven and Auburndale will meet here to
name a candidate for county commissioner.
The rainy season continues to raise the
lakes and cause the orange trees to put on
remarkable growth. The orange crop here
is beginning to ripen, but all markets are
shut oIT by quarantine. A large surplus of
many ki ils of fruits has been wasted from
the same cause.
Norfolk and Western’s Dividend.
Philadelphia. Sept. 26.— The directors
of the Norfolk aud Western Railroad Com
pany held a meeting to-day in this city and
decided to pay to tiie shareholders per
cent, out of the net earnings of the current
year, which are estimated at $1)00,000.
Ti e company has not paid a dividend for
five or six years, but the street had antici
pated the action of the directors, and it,
therefore, created no surprise. The divi
dend is made payable Oct. 25.
Deficiency Bill Conferees.
Washington, Sep. 26.—1 u the Senate
to-day, a committee of conference was
ordered on the deficiency bill, and Messrs.
Hale, Allison and Cockrell were appointed.
The Senate then, at 4:45 o'clock, adjourned.
In the House to-day, the Senate amend
ments to the general deficiency appropria
tion bill were nonconcurred in and a confer
ence w as ordered.
Juetlce Matthews Very Feeble.
Washington, Sept. 26.—Justice Mat
thews of the supreme court continues iu
a very feeble condition and he will in all
Crob ibility be unable to take his seat on the
eneh when the October term of court be
gins. He is suffering from catarrhal diar
rhoea and the membranes of his stomach
are said to be so inflamed as to prevent bis
retaining food.
Two Bills Passed.
Washington. Sept. 26.—1n the House
to-day Mr. McKae of Arkansas, from the
committee oil public lauds, re|K>rtod, and
the House passed, without debate, the bill
to f irteit certain lands granted to tuo
Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
The .Senate bill was passed changing the
boundaries of the fourth collection district
of Virginia.
Rescued from Mormonism's Clutches
Nkw Yokk, Sept, 26.—The twenty-one
little gilds, ranging in uge from 9 to t 4
years, who were brought here yesterday by
Mormon elders from Europe on the steam r
H i cousin on route to Salt Istko City, were
ordered to-dav by Collector Magane to be
sent i ack to Kurope on the return trip of
the Wisconsin.
Commlsaionor of Indian Affaire.
Washington, Sep*. 26.— The President
to day nominated Civil Service Commis
sioner John H. Oborly, of Illinois, to tie
Coinmisdoner of Indian Affairs, vice John
1). C. Atkins resigned.
New England's Shores Storm Swept.
Boston. Sept. 26. —Reports from all
along the o .ast show that tho storm of last
night mid to-day has not been exceeded in
severitv toe man v veer*.
ORLANDO BRIEFS.
Prospects of a Large Orange Crop—A
Diminutive Minister.
Orlando, Fla., Sept. 26.—'The Savan
nah News is now the only paper that
reaches here on the day of publication with
the full press dispatches, and it is more
than a welcome visitor. It is eagerly
sought for when the fast mail comes in.
Orange county his established a very
strict quarantine'. No one is allowed to
come in from any of the adjoini g counties.
There is now only one train a day, and that
is the fast mail. Passenger travel has been
shut out entirely.
The oranges are coloring up fast. There
will be a large crop in this section. Some
of the early varieties are in the market
now.
This city was never in a more healthful
condition than now. It has no sickness,
and never has had any that amounted to
anything.
a. J. Adams has been nominated by the
republican executive committee for county
clerk, vice VV. D. Holden resigned.
An orange auction, shipping and packing
company is to be operated here this season
by Wheaton & Sperry, and the fruit will
te auctioned off in the same manner as it
was in Jacksonville last year.
Rev. A. S. Sawyer, a Baptist minister of
Key West, was in town a day or two ago.
His hight was only 30 inches and he is 27
years old.
There are a great many Europeans here
and they have formed themselves into an
association. They lie and a meeting a few
days ago and passed several resolutions
urging their countrymen to register, act
independently and vote for the best man
irrespective of party.
Papers have been served on the several
“ciubs” in town.
There is some building going on and all
the grocers report a big trade. Merchants
anticipate a lively winter.
RACING IN A SEA OF MUD.
The Brooklyn Jockey Club Flyers
Given Uphill Work.
New York, Sept. 26.—The rains of Tues
day night made the track of the Brooklyn
Jockey Club a sea of mud to-day. The
events were as foliows .*
First Race— Three-quarters of a mile. Ban
nerbeurer won, with Sorrento second and Speed
well third. Time 1:1754.
Second Race One and a quarter miles. Favor
won, with Tristan second and Huntress third.
Time 2:15.
Third Race —One and one-eighth miles. King
Crab won, with Montague second and Marauder
third. Time 2:t)0
Fourth Race— One mile and a furlong.
Bessie June won, with Eurtis second, and
Aurelia third. Time 2:01 >4.
Fifth Race Five-eighths of a mile. Escola
(filly) won, with Cracksman second, and The
Tartar third. Time 1:05%
Sixth Race —One mile. Una won. with Pasha
second, and Refund third. Time 1 ;46%
AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, Kl, Sept. 26.—T0-day’s
races here were as follow's:
First Race —Six furlongs. Finality won, with
Maori second and Dick Delaney third. Time
1:17%
Second Race— One mile. Birthday won. with
Tenacity second and Catalpa third. Time
1:42%
Third RACE-rSix furlongs. Hindoo Craft
won, with Nyleptha second and Julien third.
Time 1:1694.
Fourth Race— Seven furlongs. Tom Nichols
won. with Go Lightly* second and Ten Strike
third. Time 1:31)4.
Fifth Race—Nine furlongs. Comedy won,
with Overton second and Osceola third. Time
1:5894.
Before the Railroad Commission.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.—The hearing of
the complaint of the citizens of Shadydaie
against the Covington and Macon railway
was concluded to-day at nooa and decision
reserved.
The complaint of the lumber men of
Southeast Georgia was then taken up and a
number of lumber men testified as to the
injurious effect the new freight tariff would
have upon their industry. The hearing
will probably be concluded to-morrow
afternoon. There are a number of railroad
and lumber men in attendance, and much
interest is taken in the outcome of the com
plaint
A Gin at Work in Human Flesh.
Covington, Ga., Sept. 26.— John Cook of
the firm of Cook & Morris, six miles from
town, merchants and public ginners,had the
misfortune to have his arm severed from
his body yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Everett, a farmer, living in the west
ern part of this county, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the breast with a
shotgun a day or two ago. No cause is
assigned.
End of a Railroad Case.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 26.—The Rome and
Decatur railroad case was concluded to-day
by Judge Maddox ordering the road to be
delivered by D. Callohan, contractor, to
Judge R. T. Gorsey, receiver, who appointed
Maj. R. A. Bacon his superintendent, and
possession was taken by the receiver at
noon.
Monthly Bill of the Capitol.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.—The capitol
commissioners held a shi rt meeting this
morning, with the full board iu attendance.
The estimate of the work done sinfie the
last meeting, amounting to $27,273 79, was
pa sed up. The board adjourned to meet
Oct. 4.
Mr. Arnheim Renominated.
Albany, Ga., Sept. 26. —The democrats
of Dougherty held a mass meeting here to
day and nominated Hon. Lewis Arnheim
for the legislature by a unanimous vote.
Tnero was much enthusiasm.
Fell from His Wagon.
Alp any, Ga., Sept. 26.—Mr. Rachels, a
Terrel county farmer, while unloading
cotton here to-day, fell backward from his
wagon and was severely hurt.
Gen. Harrison's Frigid Reserve.
Middle Bans Letter to Chicago Herald..
No one who has come iu contact with
him will be base enough to impute to Ben
jamin Harrison any of trie characteristics
of a “magnetic man.” Personally he is a
queer genius, a kind of fifteen puzzle. It
cannot be said that, like George F. Edmunds,
the frigid zone hovers continuously about
him, nor at the same time lias be any of the
personal inspiration that follows from con
tact with a Blaine, a Deptw, or even a
Foraker. He more resembles a clam that,
while opening its shell wide enough to be
able to perceive all that is going on, is quick
to close it with a snap on the approach of
oven one of its own sentries. Almost any
morning and afternoon and evening since
his sojourn on the island the Fosters and
IVoodsand Cmnmingesand Isherwoods and
others of his personal acquaintances may
have beeu found enjoying a social game of
whist orrouuce or—whisper it not in Gath
—of poker in Rey berg’s pavilion or the
porch of the club house. Almost every
night tho genial better half of the repub
lican nominee has tuken a hand iu a game
of seven-up or poker in the ladies’ parlor of
tho club. But Benjamin takes no stock iu
any such recreatiou. When the laughter is
loudest and the hilarity most contagious he
may be taking a lonely stroll on the beach,
hands in pocket, eves on tho ground, or
seated in the library of his cottage, eit ier
gazing abstractedly into space or buried
deep in newspapers. Very little of his cor
respondence has received attention sluce
bis arri. ai. He speaks when spoken to,
but he doesn’t invite a conversation. He
will talk to Gov. Foster or Judge Scott or
Mayor Hamilton for an hour in tho morn
ing and pass all three by without a look or a
nod of recognition in tiie Hfternoon. Not
one out of ton sojourners nt the club where
he refreshes the inner man with regularity
threo times daily have exchanged a “gooii
morning” or u “good evening’' with him.
Lawyer (to prisoner)— You look as if at one
time you might have been a respectable mem
ber of the community.
Prisoner—Ye*, sir; but appearances are often
deceptive. I practiced law until whisky knocked
me oiit.—JFnnrV
FINDING A HIDDEN MINE.
The Wealth Which a Miner Concealed
Before He Died.
From the New York Times.
Helena, Mont., Svpt. 20. —On the sum
mit of Old Bald Mountain, some thirteen or
fourteen years ago, a Frenchman named
Gohnne and his son Jim, a lad of 15, sunk a
shaft 75 feet deep. He was a queer old
fellow and many strange tales are related of
him. One of them is about the marvelous
amount of riches which the old man ex
tracted from this wonderful shaft among
the clouds
It is said that some of the rock he found
was so rich in gold that he cached it, takiug
this precaution in order that no one might
be able to know the richness of his treasure
hold, which oould not be concealed if the
specimens were exhibited or kept in public
places. He worked away steadily and
quietly for more than a year, and, it is be
lieved, accumulated a nice little fortune.
He was not molested, the impression pre
vailing among the miners that he was
laboring under a harmless delusion in wast
ing his time in this bleak and out-of-the
way place. Nobody dreamed that he was
taking out more than enough pay rock to
give him sustenance. One day, while
working at the bottom of the shaft, the
rope broke while the bucket loaded witli its
rich freight was being hoisted by the boy,
and, descending, crushed the life out of the
old mail. Jim removed the body, and the
miners buried it without having any* knowl
edge of the actual circumstances.
It seems the old man had kept concealed
the hiding place of the treasure, and Jim,
after the burial, searched for it for months,
but without success. He went away sorely
disappointed, after filling in the shaft so
that it had the appearance of an abandoned
and worthless property, and he and the old
man were soon forgotten. Jim returned re
cently to the vicinity and related the story
to an old friend, and the two have been
working ever since, both day and night,
hoping to be rewarded by finding the cache.
Last Saturday three other miners were
taken into the scheme, and this afternoon
their labors were rewarded, a large quan
tity of gold having been discovered. The
find has been placed in the hands of an ex
pert, who will report in a few days. Should
the gold turn out all right it is thought that
another gold excitement will be the out
come, as a number of other mines were re
cently unearthed near this point.
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
A Bister Recognizes Her Long-Lost
Brother in New York.
From the .Veto York World.
Twenty-three years ago the McClearn
family—father, mother, three boys and two
girls—came to America from Edinburgh
and settled in Scranton, Pa., where a
brother of the head of the household had
amassed wealth. On a Monday morning,
twenty years ago, Rebecca, one of the
daughters, fitted out Jamie,the youngest of
the family, for school. He was 8 years old,
and disappeared as completely as Charley
Ross.
Trie MeClearns finally drifted to New
York and went to live cn Tenth street.
There Mrs. McClearn died about seven
years ago. One of the sons married and is
iivtng with his wife and family at No. 26
Monroe street. Rebecca married a man
named William Jamieson, who keeps a
restaurant at No. Catharine street and
lives at No. 146 Madison street.
Saturday night five weeks ago Rebecca'
saw a stout, well-built young man pass.
There was something so strangely familiar
about his face, figure and gait that she
trembled and nearly fainted. A few seconds
only elapsed when she thought:
“My brother Janne. It can’t be possible.”
She called a waiter and told him; “Hurrv,
qu ck. Catch that man and ask him what
bis name is.”
The waiter did so, but he was not quick
enough. The stranger boarded an Avenue
B car and disappeared.
Mrs. Jamieson last Saturday night saw
the same man passing her place again.
This time he was overtaken, questioned
and found to be. as her sisterly intuition
had surmised, her long-lost brother. Sin
cere were the rejoicings over the discovery
among the members of the family.
From his recital it appears that he ran
away on a sudden impulse, aud contrived
to steal a passage on trains to New York.
He wandered about, became a newsboy, a
street peddler, and finally got a position in
a dry goods bouse. He had made money
and lost it again. At present he is a harness
maker for the Belt Line Railroad Company,
and lives with his wife aud two children at
No. 220 Avenue B.
CREATING GREAT PRESSURE.
Another Revolution in Motive Power
Promised by a New Invention.
From the Scientific American.
Several newspapers have referred to a
new invention by one William Timmis,
which, if successful, will revolutionize mo
tive power. The inventor is an unpreten
tious English mechanic, residing in Pitts
burg, Pa., who claims to have invented a
machine by which untold m tive power
can lie stored or used without the expendi
ture of fuel. The story gots that he has
beeu engaged for years in perfecting the
invention, and i? now negotiating with the
fovernments of England, Russia and the
Ini ted States for the sale of the right to
use his discovery, which, if after examina
tion it proves to be what it claims, will
revolutionize the motive power of the
world. He claims to be able to create a
pressure of 20,000 pounds per square inch—
more than sufficient to propel the largest
ocean stoamer afloat, or to move eighty
laden freight cars iu one train.
'The machine seems to be simply an air
compressor of the simplest sort. It consists
of one small cylinder (six horso-power),
with a balance weight of seventy-five
pounds, which runs tiie entire apparatus;
another small cylinder, 5 inches in diame
with 7 inches stroke, compresses the air
into a tank from which the power is util
ized. Under the piston-plate the inventor
has placed two layers of bars containing
eleven different minerals, the magne.ic in
fluence of which is the secret of trie inven
tion. Tho advantages he claims are dura
bility, economy and simplicity. Experts
have examined the machine and pronounced
it a success.
Iu submitting his design to the govern
ments named, Mr. Timmis claims that the
pneumatic generator can not only be ap
plied to war vessels as a motor, but can ba
used as a defense against hostile attacks by
means of air chambers placed behind the
armor plating.
Smlthvillo's Freaks.
From the Smithvilte {Ga.) New*.
There is a nmn in Lee county who has
never been to church. He says he always
gets his sermons at home.
Smithville has a colored woman who is,
according to good authority, 109 years old.
She knows as much about George Washing
ton as she doei about washing.
There is a colored woman in Lee countv
who has had five husbands and fifteen chil
dren. She still lives.
Wo have a inau among us who has pro
posed to seven women and rejected bv them
all. Ho says that, though badly disfigured,
he is still iu the ring.
A man in this county, 75 years old, has
never yet used glasses—either straight or
with lemon and sugar. A groat many
young men would like to lay the same.
A Colored Philosopher.
From the Americas (Ga.) Republican.
A gent leman living down in the Fifteenth
district was trying to make a trade one day
last week with a colored tenant, whereby
t he latter was to pick the cotton from a cer
tain field for one-fourth of the yield. The
African economist looked at the field,
looked wise, pondered over the matter, and
finally exclaimed: “Wliv, boss, dare only
one-fourth dar. Now ef I picks de cotton
who g wine to git de foth? Does you git it
or does If’
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
HALTIWANGER.—The friends and acquaint
ance of Dr. and Mrs. J. R Haltiwanger, D. B.
Morgan, Mr. and 3lrs. W. C. Purse, are re
quested to attend the funeral of Mrs. Halti
v*anger from her late residence, 115 Barnard
street, at 10 ocloek THIS MORNING.
SHEEHAN.—The friends and acquaintance
of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sheehan and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Ballantime, Jr., are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral of the former, at
his late residence, No. 43 East Broad street,
THIS AFTERNOON at 3:30 o’clock.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under "Special
Notices" will be charged $1 00 a Sgu are each
insertion.
SA VA.W.VH TH EATER?
The opera OLIVETTE will be repeated TUES
DAY EVENING, Oct. 2d, at the Theater, by the
Colored Amateurs, who recently performed the
same at Ford's Opera House, the proceeds to
be devoted to the yellow fever sufferers of Jack
sonville, Fla. The patronage of a generous
public is earnestly solicited. Admission 35
cents. Reserved seats 50 cents. Gallery 25
cents. Reserve your seats at DAVIS BROS.’,
Bull Street. a. O. CARTER,
Musical Director.
SELECT SCHOOL.
On MONDAY, Ist of October, MADAME
CHASTENET will reopen her Select School,
%
with competent Professors of English, French,
German, Latin. Music and Drawing.
NOTICE.
Savannah, Florida and Western Ry., I
, Savannah, Sept. 26. 1888. |
This Company is now prepared to receive for
shipment Freight for all points in Florida. Ship
ments are received subject to all quarantine
regulations. WM. P. HARDEE,
General Freight Agent.
C D. OWENS,
Traffic .Manager.
NOTICE.
All persons are cautioned against harboring
or trusting any of the crew of the British
steamship STARLIGHT, as neither the Captain
nor consignees will be responsible for any debts
contracted by them.
Richardson a* Barnard, consignees.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
The Canal Committee of Council will receive
sealed proposals up to 12 o’clock m., of Sept. 28,
at the Mayor’s office, Augusta. Ga., for the
work of repairing the various breaks upon the
Augusta canal as shall be directed by said com
mittee.
Specifications and bills of quantities will be
ready for inspection at said office on WEDNES
DAY, the 26th inst. The committee reserves
the right to reject any and all proposals, or to
award the same as shall be deemed for the best
interests of the city.
WM. E. KIENER, Chairman.
Augusta, Sept. 24, 1888.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Public Schools will be re-opened on
MONDAY, Ist day of October. The Superin
tendent will be in his office at Chatham Acad
emy on THURSDAY and FRIDAY of the
present week between 9 a. m. and 12 m.. to issue
cards of admission.
4V. H. BAKER, Superintendent.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Another invoice of Clothing just opened and
for sale very low at JAUDON’S,
GREEN GROCERY AND BUTCHER
STAND.
I respectfully announce to my friends and the
public that, having withdrawn from the late
firm of Roos It Cos.. I have established myself in
the same business at the northwest corner of
Abercorn and Liberty streets, where I propose
keeping at all times a first-class GREEN GRO
CERY and BUTCHER STAND, where every
thing pertaining to my line will be kept, and to
which attention is respectfully Invited. Hav
ing enjoyed a goodly share of the public pat
ronage for the past six years, it is with some
degree of confidence that I claim for myself an
ability to satisfy even an exacting public, and
therefore guarantee satisfaction to all who
favor me with their patronge.
Telephone 107. JAS. J. JOYCE.
Savannah, Oct. 1, 1898.
NOTICE.
Savannah, Florida and Western Ry. Cos., I
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 20th, 1888. f
Purchasers of tickets from this Company or
its connections are notified that they are sub
ject to quarantine regulations, including fumi
gation of baggage, when the passengers are
from an infected or suspected point. Quaran
tines being established daily without previous
notice, we cannot advise the public of their re
quirements. Passengers should inform them
selves thoroughly before determining their
routes of travel. C. D. OWENS,
Traffic Manager.
DON’T BE DECEIVED.
Ask for ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR, a
safe and reliable medicine, and take no other.
1 have introduced Dr. B. F. ULMER’S LIVER
CORRECTOR in my practice, and find that it
gives general satisfaction. The best evidence
of the estimation in which it is held is the fact
that persons trying it once invariably return
for another bottle, recommending it at the
same time to their friends.
G. A. PENNY, M. D., Cedar Key, Fla
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p. O. ( HEERY, M. It. Atlanta, Ga.
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Tho celebrated F. W. Devoe & Co.'s READY
MIXED PAINTS are conceded to be the boat
manufactured. The most satisfactory Lwtimo
nials can be produced by those who have used
the paint that it is superior to all other. It
gives a beautiful finish, preserves the wood, an l
is put up in quantities suitable to all classes of
purchasers. E. J. KIEFFKR.
PROPOSALS WANTED.
PROPOSALS for DREDGING in jkkyl
1 CREEK. GEORGIA.—U. S. Enoxnkcr Of
fice, Savannah. Ga., Sept. 12, 1888.—Sealed
proposals in triplicate will be received at this
office until 12o'clock m., city time, on tho 15th
day of October, 1888, for dredging in Jekvl
Creek, Georgia, Amount available about $4,500.
For blank forms for proposals and all necessary
information, apply to O. M. CARTER, First
Lieutenant Corps of Engineers, U. 8. a .
PROPOSALS FOR DREDGING IN HU UN'S
I WICK HARBOR. OEORGIA.-U. 8. En
gineer Office. Savannah, Ga.. Sept. 12, 1888.—
Sealed proposals in triplicate will he received at
tliis office until 12 o'clock M.. city time, on the
15th day of October. 1888. for dredging in Bruns
wick Harbor, Georgia. Amount available about
SIB,OOJ. For blank forms for proposals and all
necessary information, apply to 0. M. CARTER,
First Lieutenant Corps ot Engineers, (J. s. A.
PROPOSALS FUR DREDGING IN SWAN/
t NAH RIVER, GEORGIA,—U. S. Engineer
office, Savannah, (4 a.. .sept. 18,1888. - Scaled
propo als in triplicate will be received nt this
office until 12 o'clock m., aty time, on Oct. 15,
1888. for dredging In Savannah River. Georgia.
Amount available about $85,000. For blank
forms for proposals and all necessary informa
tion, apply to O. M. CARTER, First Lieutenant
Corps ot Engineers, U. 8. A.
I TOTTED STATES ENGINEER'S OFFICE, 68
U Caronuki.kt Street. Nkw Okijcanm. La.,
September 7th, 1888.—Sealed proposals in tripli
cate will tie received at this office until 12 o'clock
noon on the 11th of October, 1888, for furnishing
labor aod materials and continuing consl ruc
tion and repairs of jetties at harbor of Subitie
Puss. Texas. Blank proposals aud full iuforma
tli n will be furnished on application to this
office. Money available about $225,000. W. L.
FISK, Captain of Engineers, U. S. Army.
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