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JUG TA‘
January fS, 1889.—
finds our business men
. Ivj&I^enfew.
Messrs: Hodges & Camp have removed
to the Lanier building, and Messrs.
Smith d; Cai ithers have bought out tbe
furniture business of Boone Bros., which
will be added to their already replete
stock of merchandise,
Election for major and council passed
off quietly to-day. The issue was ‘’low
tea’ 1 and “high tax.” Tbe former was
carried as follows: Mayor A. A. Camp,
council R. T , Carithcrs, Z . F. Jackson,
Ju^o If. Jackson. J. T. Hodges, Treas
urer, C. W. Harris.
FREE STATE ELECTION-
Danielsville, Jan., 3.—Col. T. Larry
Gantt spent Tuesday night in our vil
lage. JWr*
We are sorry to report the severe ill
ness of Mrs. Hugh Langford’s daughter
who is suffering from St. Vitas’ dance.
: Col. John J. (Strickland returned home
yesterday after spending a short time in
our town visiting his mother.
. The election for county officers took
place to-day, and everything passed off
quietly. The returns have not all come
In at this writting, but as far as known
Daniel...has been re-elected Ordinary,
Scarhotbogh, Sheriff and O’Kellv,
Clerk.
MAYESVILLE ITEMS.
Mayesville, Jan. 3*.—Mr. W. J. Sa-
viltc, of Banks, is in thb city.
The election passed off’fauietly yester
day. Ordinary Hill, oT Batiks, received
73 votes, both his competitors 18:
Prof. Quillian has become a citizen of
onr town, his school begins Monday
next
John Bryan, Tom Atkins and George
Deadwyler, Jr., returned to the Univer
sity yesterday.
FROM OGLETHORPE.
Cuawvobd,.Ga., Jan. 3.—The election
passed off quietly yesterday for countv
officers, and enough has been heard to
iqsnre thc election of the following:
Clerk of Court, G. H. Lester.
Ordinary, J. J. Bacon.
Sheriff, Ed Maxwell
Treasurer, W. T. Young.
Tax Collector, J. W. Bridges.
'fax Receiver, E- J. Bray.
Mf. Maxwell’s majority over Mark
foefag for sheriff will be from two to
e hundred.
THE ELECTION IN JACKSON.
Jefferson, Go, Jan. 3.—Ordinary—
II. W. Bell.
Clerk and Treasurer—W. T. Bennett
Sheriff—A. McEllbannon.
Tax Collector—J. X, Williamson,
llecojver—W. P. Boggs.
SafvOyor—A. C. Appleby.
Coroner—W. A. Worsham.
Vote light
Cabnksyille, Ga., Jan. 2.—Married at
the residence of Judge L. "N. Tribble,
Sunday morning by Rev. J. F. Goode,
Mjl& Alice Tribble and Mr, Ambrose
Martin, both of this county. The cou
pie hate the best wishes of a large circle
of friends.
The holidays have been unusually
lively here. There has bien parties and
. entertainments some where almost every
night since the 24th., and still the fun
goes on.
Prof. Q. L. Williford visited his old
home in Madison county this week.
MriSHenry Williford, of the Universi
ty, spent several days here during the
Miss Lula Burruss, who spent the
holidajfe’ at Toccos, has returned home
and reports a most enjoyable time.
Rev. P. F. Crawford, of the Baptist
University at Louisville Ky., was here
Friday on a short visit.
Misses Mollie McDaniel and Lula
Burruss, of Salubrity, Ga., have rented
rooms at the Franklin House, and are
1 going to conduct a dress maker’s and
inillijacrjJbufeiness.
The tax coilectorins issued fifas
against the defaulters. They are about
150 in number, and will hardly pay
expenses of issueiog, as several of the
parties have absconded, and left uothing
with which to pay their taxes.
Mr. W. F. McConnell made several
excursions to Hart county during the
week.
Remember the .Drawing
'or our prizes—a top bug
gy,- a Domestic sewing
machine and a Charter
Oak stove. Renew your
subscription, and have
your name placed in the
jrize box. Drawing 21st
of January.
S. M. Harrington,
Asa M. Jackson,
rOK SHERIFF.
John W. Woir, 1.C92
FOB TREASURER.
G. J. O’ Farrell, 1,039
W. W. Tamer. 621
J. C. OlT, 5
FOB TAX COLLBCTOB.
H. H. Linton, 1,673
FOB TAX BECEIVEB.
David E. Sims, 1,184
W. T. Carter, 487
FOB CLKBK SUPERIOR COURT.
C. D. Vincent, 1278
S. D. MOchell, 890
FOB COUNTY SURVEYOR.
C. B. Daniel, 1,652
FOE COBONER.
J. A. Pitner, 997
A. M. Center, 505
A. Ross, 139
C. B. Veronee, 15
V. W. Skiff, 2
ED. FRY SENTENCED TO DE ATH FOR
murdering his wife
ticket Ed. Fry, alias EJ. Williams, is to be
hanged Friday,January 2Sth,at Marietta.
t It is reported that a number of citi
zens of Marietta are trying to get a re
prieve for him from th9 governor, but no
intercession has yet been made, and it is
thought that none will be made, as being
useless. -
ELECTION IN ELBERT.
Elberton, Ga. ; .Jan. 3.—[Special.]—
Election of county officers came off here
yesterday. A strong fight was made for
the offices of Sheriff and Ordinary which
resulted in the election of Starke for
Ordinary, and Almond for Sheriff.
MORTGAGE LIENS.
Mr. T. L. Gantt is selling a superb
and the best mortgage lien ever printed.
It was drawn by Judge W. M. Reese, of
Washington, and approved by a number
of the leading lawyers of the State. The
mportant feature of this lien is that all
msocuTed dues must first be paid be
fore the mortgage is cancelled. No
lien ever {printed includes this clause.
Price, 100 $2.00. 200 $3.75.
One dollar each additional hundred
including names of firm printed there
on. Blank liens 2cts each. Send orders
to Star, Elberton, Ga.
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LIVE SPEECH.
Delivered at a Colored Meeting In Ea»'
Athens.
The Chairman after being appointed
said:
Gentlemen—Dis meetin’ am called to
order, an’ I wants you all, de gemmen'
dat am goin’ to speech, to 'spick the
speakar, an’ no gemmen’ will be allowed
to spak ober ten minets. Recolec'’dat
now. Mr. Alex Winfrey has de floor.
[Cheers.]
MB. WINFREy SPEAKS.
Gemmen one and all. I’se ’afore vou
for ’de Bpress purpis to ’nounce to *’dis
meetin’ ’de ’fluence of ’de colored voters,
an’ dat your ’tention am ’spectly ’vited
to hear ’do words of ’dis speaker. I’se
no ’fluence man on the speech, but I’se
hear for ’de spress purpis’ of gibin Mis-
tur " de record he am observed
ob. [Cries of yes, give it to him.]
I tell de fac'—de plain fac’, an’ dat is
you must pull for . De time am
come when de nigger mus’ know de
station ob. his ’fluency. [Cheers yes
yes.l
W har are we now standin*, yes sar.
I say whar am ’de colored man at, nte’
hear on dis floor, an’ de soonar you all
knows ’dat fac*, de soonar you’ll ’vince
yoursef* ’dat am de chois’ ob
dis meetin’.
I want ebery man in dis hear meetin'
to go to de noals; an’-put fa his vote for
Mr. —[Data right.)
De politics ob de day am on us, de
’spress purpis am afore us all, for why
—cas I’se goin’ to pramulate de prem
ises for de choice of de. colored man.
Dis am a nice gemmen, dat same Mr.
, an he’s servin’ ob de ’fluence
an’ sport of you alt, , Do you hear; am
dat rite; well put dat down. Mr
am go|n’ dar, yes Sar he am flying rite
S5F. ,!0W » an ’ whep de posts closes, and
smoke ob de battle am cleared away, de
same victry what m* Je him g gemmem,
will ’l«ct him to do spons&bel offis ob
de county. Gemmen I thank you all for
’sportin’ me frough de try ing times of
dis meetin’. [Loud and continued ap
plause.]
Danielsville, Ga, Jan. 2.—Cols. J.
J, Strickland and T. W. Rucker, two
prominent attorneys of Athens, were in
town yesterday.
I»r. T. J. Wills, "a prominent' young the
practitioner,of this^plac^ks returned to
Danielsville after spending 1 the dhrist-
mas holidays with the “old folks at
hom»” in Jackson county. ->■
Yesterday was public sale day here,
and quite a crowd of people were in at
tendance. All the property sold brought
good price.?.
Prof. L. J. Brown, of Athens, was in
town yesterday, attending -the public
sale. t ’
Politics are at fever heat here how,
and the candidates are all bnsv shaking
hands with the boys. The greatest in
terest in the election conters in the race
for Ordinary between Dr. Geoige Dan
iel, the present incumbent, ana Hon.
James Meadows. This race will be a
very cl**«e one indeed, and a count of
the ballots is all that will settle who
will be next Ordinary of this county.
syrup Ot MBS
Is Nature’s own trne laxative. It is
the most easily taken and most effec
tive remedy known to Cleanse the
System when Bilious or Costive) to
dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fevers, , SU q<
to Cure Habitual Constipation,, Indi- ~
gestion, Piles, etc. Manufactured only
by the California Fig Syrup Company;
San Francisco, Cal.
Keep your blood pure and you will
not have rheumatism. Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla purifies the blood, and tones the
whole system. '
SALE OF THE OLD CAPITOL-
THE G., C. AND N. ROAD.
Cel. E. C. Machen stated yesterday
that there was .little doubt but that the
G-, C. and N. road would be built. Col
Machen is now agitating the building
of a branch rdad from Watkinsville to
Elberton via Barnett Shoals. It is pro
posed to run this line in connection
with Col. .las. M. Smith’s road. Mr.
Bloomfield has been urging Col. Smith
to build his road to Barnett Shoals.
BAN IS Eli-WATCHMAN AlHEN-i,
A CAROLINIAN BOOM.
George Vanderbilt Proposes to Make
a Soathern Tuxedo. -
HIS LAWYERS SIZING UP THE
SECTION.
A GOVERNMENT STILL
Mr. A. T. Odell, more commonly
known as the Reduumd of Georgia, and
who had three blockade stills taken from
him latt year, has reformed and has
started up a government still in Madison
county.
A LARGE CHECK.
Maj. Lamar Cobb received yesterday
a check for $26,082.07, tbs yearly ap
propriation tor the University. He also
received the last quarterly installment of
tbe fifteen thousand dollar appropriation
for the experimental station. He is
thereby recognized as the official agent
of the government for receiving this ap
propriation.
Chew the celebrated Little Edwin
Tobacco, manufactured of only the best
Henry County Va. fillers, by Penn &
Watson, Martinsville, Va. The best
chew made into 9 inch 4’a. Satisfac
tion guaranteed, if not goods to be re
turned at our expense.—Talmadge Bros.,
Exclusive aerenta.Athens.Ga. 6m
Embalmed by tbe Air.
There are on exhibition in the rooms
of the State Mining Bureau at San Fran
cisco four “desicated human bodies “that
were found by Signor S. Marghier in a
scaled cavern at an elevation of 4000 feet
on the eastern side of the Sierra Madeira
Mountains in Mexico. The bodies were
found in a sitting posture,with the hands
crossed on the breasts, the hands inclin
ed forward and facing the east. Two
adults male and female, were 6ide and
side, and by the side of the man was a
boy and a girl by the side of the woman.
The bodies were apparently dried by
the air, no embalming process being us
ed. They are not like any known In
dians of to-day,' the hands and feet being
particularly small, and the woman's
hair brown and silken. The woman’s
forehead is large, and the reasoning
powers were apparently well developed.
In the lobe of each ear is a piece of hol
low teed. The burial garments are of
cotton, hide grasses, and the bark of
willows. In addition, the little girl is
covered with the skin of some animal.—
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
What this Wealthy Tonne Scioa Proposes
to too—But Unfortunately He Be
fore* to Reveal HU Plans—
To Found a College.
New Yoke, Jan. 2.—The disposition
George Vanderbilt intends to make of
the vast tract of beautiful mountain land
he has recently bought near Asheville,
N. C. f has been a ina.tef of speculation
for the last week among New York’s im
mortal 400 and outlying social circles
generally. The properly already ac
quired includes between 2,0Q>' and 3,000
acres, abounding in bewitching s’opes
and va'es and deils, streams and lakes
and splend'd building sites innumerable.
Though undeveloped and somewhat in
accessible, the natural advantages are
instantly apparent.
Thomas McNamee, of the firm of Cbas.
and Thomas McNamee, Mr. Vanderbilt's
lawyers, is still in tbe south searching
titles and adding to the area of ground
already bought. How large a portion of
that particular territory the >ouqg mil
lionaire will absorb before he stops no
one knows.
it has btea said that Mr. Vanderbilt
intended to establish in the sunny south
a rival to boasted Tuxedo, and that his
resort will b» unequaled in North Ameri
ca in point of elegance, comfort and
picturestjueness. But Mr. Vanderbilt,
who, together with his mother, dined
with William D. Sloane in the Fifth av
enue mansion, ; ositively denied l:ist
night that ho .would found a rival to
Tuxedo, and further than this denial be
would not reveal his plans.
.Commodore Vanderbilt once planned
to build on Staten Island an institution
which should be for the education ■ of
women. He died before his plans could
bo carried out, and it is now lelieved by
some of th<re who know George Van
derbilt best, that he means to carry out
1 he idea of his grand-fathtr. and build
such a college in North Carolina. It
would b; a sister to the Vanderbilt Uni
versity in Tennessee, and both together
would be lasting mounments to one of
the mo t remarkable families this coun
try has ever j reduced.
Mr. Garrett Violent*
New York, Jan. J?.—Mr. Garrett was
very violent at his retreat in Riagwood.
N. J., yesterday. He struck at one of
his attendants, who warded off the blow
and it took two men to overpower him
and place him in his room, where he
could do no harm.
Mr. Garrett's excitable condition was
due to a firo that broke out Saturday
night in Mrs. Garrett’s bedroom. The
smell of the smoke and the noise made
by the servants running about the house
to get water to extinguish the flames
aroused Mr. Garrett, and his attendants
had great difficulty in keeping him in
his 100m.
After the fire had been extinguished,
with slight damage, Mr. Garrett grow
more restless, and did not sleep any dur
ing the rest of the night He continued
vio'eut since, but/Tst night was compar
atively calm. ■'/**.*
jRhe fire was cursed by a defective fire
place in Mrs. Gartett's room.
For sale by Wade & Sledge,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
SCHOOL NOTICE.
This is to give notice that the under-
dersigned will hold a public examina
tion of applicants for teacher’s license,
on January 29th, 318h9, ai the cotrt
houso in Athens, beginning at 8 o’clock
a. ro.
Teachers holding first grade license
dated 1888 need not undergo' exaniina : ‘
tion, except they desire permanent li
cense from the 8. S. OomsT. Teachers
holding second grade license, same date,
need not bo present except they desire
to try for a higher grade. Remember
that a lict-nse alone will not entitle the
teacher to draw pay from tho Com nis-
missioner, a con tract based on the lic.-nse
is absolutely necessary.
|H. R. Bernard.
No Bidders Answer The Advertisement.
About the middle of September.,'
of capitol commissioners a<
tisod the old capitol for sale. "
To this time no one has raised the
WLtiMklseuflfe^K forth thM^k
building is five stories high above the
basement,aqd fronts 150 feet on Marietta
and 100 feet and 8 inches on Forsyth
street Tho gas fixtures, vault in the
treasurer’s office—the state funds hav
ing been removed—engine, boiler,tanks,
etc., and the basement and the lot below
it—all were to be included in the sale.
Bidders were asked to. send , in -sealed
proposals by Odtober 231; 1888,' accom
panying each by a certified check for
$1,000 as an evidence of cood faith.
This advertisement was published once
a week in four daily morning newspap
ers; but not a bidder bid.
Upoil the opening of* thp recent sess
ion of the legislature, the capitol com-
trissionere rgpfrfcli Hifo ■fluffliil
aembly the result of their advertising.
The legislature adjourned without tak
ing any action upon tho matter, so the
legislature will not “be oft’ with the old
love when it is o t with the new.” It will
have the old capitol td dispose of next
mmer.
old capitol occupies one of the
business situations in the city. It
was designed for an opera house, and
could be used for that purpose, after a
thorough remodeling, as it has become
The United States Fish Commission
Is engaged in the greatest speculation on
record. From an investment of $113 in
four years it produces tbe equivalent of
11,000. This is how it is done. Thus
far this season, for an example, 876 jars
■y shaky.
The state paid $100,000 for it when
Bullock occupied tbe executive chair,
about twenty years ego. Land was
cheaper then than now, but the build
ing has the wear of two decades. Still it
is a valuable piece of property.
AVI! 1 IE IIALL.
J his is a beautiful place only four
miles from Athens near the Georgia
factory and a shipping place .for the C.
and M. road. Whitehall is bound to be
one of the principal adjuncts to Athens
»s a summer resort ami building place
foi the people ol Athens and other sec
tions. It is beautifully situated for
building purposes and the water
h eggs have been taken on
The average) cost the
t is $113 per jar. Each jar
~0 eggs. In a good season
of this take coaj^ ba.hatch-
allowing for a loss of* 80 per
cent., which wonld be phenomenal, the
remaining 20 per cent, will produce in
four years 80,0^0 pounds of fish, worth
at a low estimate Sets, per pound, or $4,-
000. T
A banquet was given in London on
Tuesday to celebrate tho completion of
the “Encyclopaedia Britannica.” The
Duke of Cambridge and many other dis
tinguished persons were present. Adam
Black, in his speech during the banquet,
declared that American enterprise had
helped the work to its successful com-
T ho Constitution of Costa Rica pre
scribes hospitality to strangers as a sa
cred duty, and declares a citizenship to
be forfeited by ingratitude to parents,
abandonment of wife or children and
neglect of the obiligatiens dne to the
family.
7 , —FI
Remember tbe Drawing
for our prizes—a top bug
gy, a Domestic sewing
machine and a Charter
OaK stove. Kenew/ your
subscription, and have
your name placed in the
prize box. Drawing 21st
of January,
THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION.
Among other bills Governor Gordon
has signed the one, To estab
lish in this State an experimental
station and an experiment'd farm to be
known as the Georgia Experiment Stat
ion, to provide for a board of directors
ior the location and management of the
A Prisoner’* Horrible Suloldo.
Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—John Hanlon
a pritiO -.er at the Eastern penitentiary,
met u horrible <h ath in his cell last ni^ht.
ifhn.ion i# some war obtained posses
sion of a match which he secreted about
him. Late at night, after all the lights
had been extinguished and everylhng
was quiet, tho man deliberately >«t fire
to iiis clothing and st etched himself on
the iloor of his coll to await his doom
He tried hard to suppress his uiiesof
pain, hut he was unable to do .->o. and
half a uo'.en keepers re-ponded to his
shouts. Before they could open the door
of Ins cell he was terribly burned, and
when they dashed in and smothered the
flames with two big blankets lie was
dying, lie lived a few moments only,
and his l.ody w as sent at once to the
morgue. Hie prisoners in the adjoining
cells were greatly excited by the man’s
terrible death.
Frank Hatton’* Latest.
Washington, Jan. 2.—It is stated on
pretty good authority that Frank Hat
ton, ex-]>05tmaster general, and Con
gressman Beriuh Wilkins, of Ohio, have
purchased from Stilson Hutchins the
Washington Post, building and fran
chise, for which they paid the sum of
$ Pi0,000.' It is intended to make it a re
publican paper, and it is understood that
New Yora capital is behind tho scheme.
Wilkins is a democrat and a banker, llo
knows nothing of the newspaper busi
ness. The trade has not been closed as
yet. but one of the parties assert that
most of the preliminaries have been
agree d to.
A Suspected 3250,000 Defalcation.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 2.—A year or two
ago a rumor crept inio print that Mr.
Leighton, for many years clerk of the
municipal court, was a defaulter to an
amount of not less than $250,000. The
Tumor was emphatically denied by Mr.
Leigh ten. aitd there was really not much
groundJior the story except that an ac
countant was examining his books. The
matter was dropped. The accountant
was kept at work on Leighton s books,
and he has been at work ever since. The
result of his labors has not been made
public, but it is understood that the de-
licieaces in tho ex-clerk’S accounts will
not be much less than the amount above
stated. ;
Mr. Leighton is still living in style at
his residence at the Pack Bay. lie is
reputed to be worth nearly $500,030.
The New Mississippi Bridge.
St. Louis, Jan. 2.—Ground for tbe
merchant’s bridge and terminal company
was broken to-day. The bridge will
cross the river at Ferry street, and a bid
to construct it for $200,000 has been ac
cepted. STie Iridge will consist of throe
spanS averaging 522 faet, and two ap
proaches, each 425 feet long, the entire
length being little short ef half a mile.
Dr. Carver, the rifle shot, has been
attempting to break sixty thousand
balls in six days in Minneapolis.
After bis second day’s work he made
an astonishing and discouraging dis-
Ho lost control of his arms
AS THE WORLD W
—
Hnrarnlilted Tnlrs Compiled from tho HJ»-
torjr of a Bnsjr Boy.
A tobacco a-sedation has b?en
at Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Merritt Owens of Ci
was assaulted and robbfed while
J A. Flinn was assaulted by the pas
tor of the Christi.tn ehtnfch at Columbus,
Ohio.
Sylvester Swith, wanted for forgery
and horse stealing, was captured at Wa
bash, Ind.
Martin Sullivan has been pardoned in
Massachusetts after twenty-seven years
imprisonment.
A revort is current at New York that
Chauncey M. Depew will Harrison s
secretary of state.
There is some talk at Columbus of
Hon. Henry L. Morey as the republican
candidate for governor of Ohio.
The prliminary steps toward the form
ation of a wrapping paper trust have
been taken at Indianapolis.
A colored man named Isaac Carey was
murdered by his brother in the Freed
man’s hospital at Washington-
The first convention of colored Catho
lie societies in the United States will bo
opened at Washington, January 3d.
The lo 8 of life by the Kate Adams
disaster has teen reduced, by a careful
count, to nineteen or twenty poi sons.
Benjamin Ferguson was shot and kill
ed at Menter, lud., by Francis Palmer.
They quareled over a trivial matter.
Christian Kalmback, an Omaha sa-
loonist, was assaulted by thieves as he
was closing his place, and piotiubly fa
tally injured.
C. C. Astwood, for six years past the
United States consul at San Bomingo,
has been dismissed in disgi ace from liL
position.
The explosion of a dynamite cartridge
under a house near McGaheyaviile, Va..
where a dance was in progress, fatally
injured three persons.
Pete Morris, residing near JeUico,
Tenn., attempted to kill aa f id man
named Higdon, near Cumberland Gap.
Higdon's daughter, Martha, fatally shot
Morris.
Adam Chesrown, a witness in the
Chest own case at Ashland, U.. wa» cross
examined for six hours by John Me-.
Sweeney. Chesrown is now a laying
maniac.
Southern republicans whote names are
prominently mentioned for cabinet posi
tions are Hendersen, of Missouri: Go J.
of West Virginia, and Agnua of Mary
land.
Ex-Secretary Teller called cn Gen.
Harrison, He was non-committal on
the sub ect of Ins visit. It is said. how-,
ever, that ho took occasion to pitch into
Blaine.
Gen. G. B. Williams, on behalf of tfte
Washington inaugural commiitoe. had a
conference Friday with Vice President
elect Morton, regarding inaugural cere
monies.
There are thirteen moonahinere
prison at Frankfort, Ky., an! quite a
number more cn route, to be ti ied at the
next term of tho United States court,
which beiriu* January 'itli.
Tom Williams, co!o: ed, was shot and
killed by Ni-ht Watchman John Wool
lens. at Georgetown, Ky., white reuiat
ing ui rest.
Isaac N. Davis, son of W. L. Davis,
who shot W. L. Gregory, at Leaven
worth, ind., for reducing his daughter,
has become insane.
A boat containing six colored persona
was ca| sired in the Ohio river, near Iti
ley, O.. early Sunday morning, and
were drowned.
The chief of the Colt rabua, O., tire de
e rtment reports the loss cn bui d nga
tire in that city during the year was
$t>4,l(i0, and on personal property $162,'
624.
By the burning of a Christmas tree in
the residence of Michael Aaguire, at
Pitt: burg, Pa.. the building was partially
'destroyed. «nd Mary Maguire, aged eight
years, fatally burned.
A vote taken by a Dakota paper on
the question of single or double state
hood .-lion's that a Uttie more than five-
six ths of tho; e answering are in favor of
division und admission as two states.
H O, Stiokuey. a clerk of the Chelsea
Salt company, near Boston, raised i
check for $10, given him by his em
ptoycr, to $3,595, and then skipped.
The Southern Hotel, of A; alachiocla,
Fla., together with the residence of Mr.
A. H. t aiosun, adjoin ng. were burnt,
with no insurance. The loss' was about
$10,000.
Alex. Williams, a well known citizen
residing near Dayton, Tenn., was found
dead in a shallow stream of water yea
terday morning. He had fallen from c
bridge, and was thus disabled from got
ting out of the water.
John Butler, an aged Frenchman fir
ing near Foxcroit, Me., set fire to the
buildings he occupied, killed his volt and
gonta, stab .ed himself slightly four
times, took Paris green and then went
into the woods. He died during the day.
The tine steamboat Natchez, valued at
$73,*100, struck an obstruction in tbs
Mississippi river near Lbke Providence.
La., on Monday night, and was beach*
in shallow water. She had but small
insurance. She was owned by Capta-n
Thoiuus P. Leathers.
A collision occurred on Monday night
on the Mississippi river near Pearl ng-
ton betwt cn the steamers Sarah and ii.
C. Wariuoth, which resulted in the
sinking of the latter boat and the dro-vn
ing of one penon, u colored wou.au,
named Sarah Gabriel, who was a passen
ger on the Warmoth.
Tho Festive Negro Wants a Cabinet
. Place.
THE PARTY SHOCKED AT THE
PROPOSITION.
But It Look* Fair Enough—The Coon Put
Harrison In the Presidential Chair,
and Deserves Recognition—
A Few Vague Threats
Indiaxapous, Jan. 2.—A preity state
of affairs is threatening to break up al]
tho plans of the republicans. The negro
is mildly shouting for his rights. He
says that his rights are not embodied in
the offer and acceptance of the post-
office at Wayback or a government
clerkship. He wants a cabinet position,
and uses vague threats in demanding it.
Edward E. Ccoper, ••one of the most
prominet colored- men in the country,”
has the following editorial in his news
paper, the Freeman, and it is exciting
much comment:
At no time since the negro became a
citizen has his vote Leen held so import
ant as it is to-day. Upon the actions of
the incoming adrainistra ion will de
>end the condition of the negro vote in
81)2. If the republicans face tlie coun
try four years hence with a record of
broken promises and unfulfilled obliga
tions ic will not be so e..s>" to explain
away the neglect as it has bc; n in ilie
past, and it v- ill be impossible to prevent
an irreparable break in the ranks.
The colored iuah expects great things
of this new regime, and it _ will not re
well to disappoint him. His increased
knowledge has taught him his strength,
and he is not disposed to continue sow
ing benefits without prospect of reaping
some lit himself. The neg: o vole saved
the republican party in the recent con
test, and because ol this fact the colored
jeople will, and rightly, demand greater
lonors than have previously been con
ferred upon them. Democrats have ex
pressed a b. lief that the negro will be
given tbe cold shoulder in the distribu
tion of offices. The republicans cannot
aiford to have this prediction verified.
We maintain that it would uo but just
and appropriate recognition of the ne
gro’s importance as a political factor to
place a colored n an in the cabinet.
Blanch*! K. Bruce is epok> n of promi-
nenily (by the colored contingent) for
the cabinet, but tbe leaders of tiic party
do not take it kindly.
Alfred Banks, one of the foremost of
the co ored men here, said to night:
There is no nonsense about this mat
ter. The co.ored people appreciate the
importance of their services to the party.
Through their,rote nearly every north
ern state was carried for Harrison, and
without it hardly one in the union could
have been. The colored peop:e will not
be satisfied with servi e appointments.
They expect all through the north to Lo
given recognition in some degree equal
to. their importance to the party. Gen.
Harrison will bo competed to recognh-e
them by the appointment of a co.ored
man to the cabinet. Nothing le a will
give them satisfaction. Mr. Bruce’s fit
ness for the position no ono can call in
question.”
Thi opponc nts of Fred Douglass cite
the fact that he is worth more than
$100,00.1; has had more than he was
really entitled to; does not need the
'IN place, and it is time some Bure enough
aUr l black man was enjoying the usufruct of
office thouglmof course. theii.ntutoroJ
AfricanTUoes'Tiot express it in exactly
this 1 ngtiage. He would be more apt
to say: “Better give de man what ain’t
had nuthin’ a chance to push up to de
troff.”
Washington, Jan. 2.- The news from
Indianapolis that ex-Senator Blanche K.
Bruce, of Mississippi, was hot on the
trail of a cabinet portfolio, attracted a
good deal of attention here and brought
forth comment of a miscellaneous char
acter, but on the whole not favorable to
Bruce. It is a fact that the northern re
publicans are getting very tired of the
political “nigger.” They have been
studying him for tbe past four or five
years and have learned that whereve.
his vote was necessary it had to be pur
chased the same as the votes of othei
‘jfioatera,” singly or in blocks. This con
vinced the northern republican politi
cians that the negro had progressed be
yond the sentimental stage. Being con
vinced of this, the republicans are anx
ious to have it understood that they are
no longer the guardians of the black
race.
Tho northern republicans are also con
vinced that if they could successfully
throw overboard tho ‘ nigger they could
smash the solid south. The republicans
are now exhibiting a desire to proceed
on this theory.^ At hen they are not
laughing at Bruce’s aspirations they are
denouncing his impudence. There is not
a republican here willing to express
even a sign of sympathy for Bruce’s am
bition, or for the promotion of any other
negro republican to the cabinet or o.hec
on.ee of distinction in the federal gov
ernment. In fact, the republican leaders
seem to like to throw out the impression
that the negro is played out in the re
publican party
The republicans feel that thi tariff will
be the issue between the parties in the
future, and that on that line thev cannot
Ker\'m£ tnese _ inuica.ions. anc in ron e,
quence there is a very g*
drop tl»f “nigger as ,i political issue.
it n- ed surprise no peisun that inste-id
cf bulldo ing the south, the .Harrison
adminisii-ati.'U would try to bribe it with
kin-dues-! to abandon its democratic solid,
an tv. If Blaine will be premier of the
new administration. hoVitt urge thi*
poliov, and it is within the langeof
probability that Henry G. Davis, of
West Virginia, hM Ini selected to rep.
resent the new south in Harrison's n,bi.
net. A numbor of_ shrewd politicians
aro betting that Davis will be in the cab
inet, ami that Blaine and Davu will
amaf-h the solid south.
A BRILLIANT SCENE.
J8S9
I P hold the great west. On the whole, they
Win. Hanson, five-year convict in the wem to think tnst with, tho negro elim-
.... inat6dfrom the republican party they
can capture three or four Southern states
on the taritf issue placed in juxtaposi
tion to internal revenue, and lunce their
sniffing of noses when a-ked what they
think of Bruce in connection with the
cabinet. And it is not Bruce personally
that .they are opposed to. but to every
member of his race. They will not
stand a negro in the cabinet of HarrLon.
and they will not bo pleased if the no,
covery.
at t aud could hardly elevate his rifle.
M any that ever rippled same, lo apply”the imnuaTdonation raa'de J He had nofc beeQ trained properlv.
from the slones of the ^ C oI. by the federal congress in the acts ap-^ A -
slopes of the Blue ridge,
Machen, of th* " - **
it is bound
i he ISoutb,
healthful and con
2J
r .i m _ ci j —j * -v..u* vuu^icori hi buu aLta d f
i the G. and M. road says that! proved March 2. 1887. and July 31
whl .fi surn “ e r resort of j 1888, of fifteen thousand deliars to ft
! _.i ... *e people find out us support.and maintenance of the same an
lonvtnient
position.
r aJL*«.!,
38,
the
support and maintenance of (he same and
k jot other purposes.
A physician was called in and appli
ed an electric battery to the marks
man’s shoulders. This seemed to give
him relief and by night he was in
much better shape.
penitentiary at Philadelphia, suicied by
building a tiro of books, paper ami straw
in his cell and deliberately holding him
self over tho llauies and inhaling tbe tire
uni smoke. His clothing was nearly
burned o:f and his face horribly dis
figured. He died after a day's terrible
HUtlcring.
John Matthews, o o of tbe condemned
Bald Knobbers, who wua released fioifi
j:.il at Oiat'k.ifo.. a f -w uigj'.to ayo. wni
i r.Mi: lit-huck yesterday Lv OaS. Collins,
who rajituiMl him <,u the road ti.rve
mile* south ol U ark Sunday Ii.g t. ile
was .iliiiii-t hutisuri hv hunger and
col-i. having find nut one iiiki! since h :
lult jail. Mini li »d become daztd and lust,
aud wua uil btokirup.
Carver llreak* th« Kerord.
Minnkap.ii.is, Jitn. 2.—The greatest
feat of uiaiksitmusliip on record had
been completed when Dr. Carver was
gladdened hy the score of 00,000 hits out
of t>0,610 sLot^. There were but few
spectators prerent when ihe doctor fin
ished the hardest task ever lackled. He
looked pretty well worn when the last.;
guti was unloaded. Hie eyes were re 1
and he haiilly looked like a man who
opened lire at wooden balls at 10 o'< lojk
last Monday morning. The lO.G.O car-
ridgeb which he shot weighed 150pounds.
A Much Used Up Topic. r vi
Indian Aro us, Jan. 2.— [Special.]—
Gen. Harrison passed an uneventful dav.
He whs hard at work, and hrtd none but
local cull -rB in the afternoon. Seaaio.-
Blair called again ill the evening, but no
inkling of their conference h-uked out.
is given move in the way of patronage
than the race had under Cleveland.
It- is evident that the southern repub
licans of the so-cnlled decent class have
been comparing notes with their north
ern brethren. There are prominent
white republicans in every state in th -
south who would bo delighted to se i
two-rliirds of tho negroes stampeded to
the democracy. “Poker Jack’ McClure,
of Arkansas v. as th-: first southern re
publican bold i nough to declare himself
on this } o!nt. He did it about a year .ago
in a sneujh delivered at Little ttock. He
said th* white republicans of the south
should leave the negro to hustle for Ip's
own sal.ation, and that so soon os twit
was done the white neople of the f-ojil,
would ai vide on the same i-sues that di
vide the white people of the north.
Since then the white republicans of foe
south have been figuring and thinking-,
and “Poker Jack’s’ ideas have mjju-
converts. In Texas it is known thawfie
chairman of tho republican state cem-
riitteo, Col. J. C. DcGress, would like to
hip the “nigger.” John B. Rector,JEd-
win H. Terrell. Eugene Marshall. Ann.
H. Sinclair aud other republicans of r; : j%.
uta ion and prominence feel the 8an !e
way. In Georgia, Alabama. Mistissipjji,
Tennetsee and Louisiana “republican
white man's parties” ave being organised
daily. The northern, brethren, ara ofi-
Ceremon!ou*ljr U»lierod Into n.
TVliliii House.
Washington, Jtm. 2.—The
Year opencl here yesterday with
a bright, clear sky, and
the air as warm as that of spring. The
grand event of the day, the leceptionat
the executive mansion—President Cleve
land's- fourth and last, - reception — 0 f
course overshadowed ever? other festiv
ity. No pains were spared in preparing
for tbe great annual Now Years day
here, when legislators and officials,
diplomats and eiii-oua, soldiers and sail
ors.old and, young, men and tvotaen,
democrats and republicans come to tho
White Hoase to pay ai tribute of re-:pcct
and express good wishes to the chief
magnitude oi im na;fi u. The niuns.on,
with its s hetin decorations, wasren-
de.ed still more attractive by the usual
profusion of tropical plants and llo.ter*
displayed in the* corridors and principal
rooms. Nothing hud been left undone
to furnish briltiant and suitable sur
roundings for the notable occasion, and
the scene from first to la t was one of
brilliance and grandeur. The cabinet
party, who were to assist in the recep
tion, arrived early and were shown di-
nctly upstairs, wtee President and
Mrs.'Cleveland were awaiting their ar
rival. Tho ladies who were to oin fro
ident and Mrs. Cleveland in the re cep-
tion were Mi s Bayard. Mr.-. Fairchild,
Mrs. \\ hitiiey, Mr*. Vilas and Mn.Dick
inson. As usual, the marine U nd. in
br lliant Uniforms, was stationed in the
main hull of the mansion, aud with al
most military punctuality, at 11 o clock,
the hour fixed to;* the leception to begin,
struck up the New Year's greeting
march as the president and Mrs. Cle.e-
land appeared at the head of the .-(air-
wav lead ng from the se- ond floor to the
blue room on the floor be'ow, where the
format preparations wire to made,
immediately behind them came the re
ceiving party. it required bit a mo
ments .ime for the arrangement of; op
tions to he made, and then the reception
began, the diplomatic corps, with their
ladies, entering first. Man -• ot the for
eign representatives were in un itary
uniform and radiant with the insignia of
various orders. Diplomats filed inioihe
blue room in the order of llie'r appoint
ment, and in turn presented the uttmjh.st
of their legation*. Mr. Pre-ton. liiiyiion
minister, dean of the corps, was una
voidably absent from the city. Barou
Dei ava, Ital.an minister, made tho pre
sentations to the president and Mrs.
CleveL.nd. Tho corps, with their ladi a,
t. aired through the ball room and
mo tho large end room, con
vening that apartment into a
scene of an-mated splendor, where <u-
ery thing in the way of brilliant co.tumes,
gay.decoration*, gold lttce and rich trim
mings mingled in dazzling array. Th n
followed the reception -of the supreme
court justices, senators and represents-
ti v es. After these came army and nnvy
officers in lull dress uniforms. All the
grades were represented, from the two
stars and lour stara-of the ma^or-gcnvnd
artd admiral in the 'army and na»y dawn
to the single bar and silver snolior of tlw
army lieutenant aud naval ensign. Fol
lowing these came ofiicia s of the gov
ernment and tho associated ve t-vans of
the war of I84d, G.and Army of tne Re-
puiibo, and members of the old< 8t inhab
itants of the association of the district of
Columbia.
’i h: public ^reception was announ e l
at 1^:35, but'it was nearly 1 o'clock
wht n the gates were thrown op- ti to
admit visitors in tin all *.uads and dc-
tachuun.s. From that time until tho
close of the re o ption th- crowd poure d
ci uselessly through tile parlors. At 3
oYlo k. t!ie hour fixed for the conclu
sion of the reception, the crowd was still
gre at. and tbe president raid that he
w ould remain and rec< ive all who came.
The Inausarallun of Governor HIIL
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 1.—Gov. D. B.
Hill was inaugurated to day, with mn e
than the usual pomp and ceremony ob
served on siu h o casions. There was a
military and civic, demons;ration in tho
morn ng which surpassed anyth ng»f a
like character ever witnessed here. De
tachments of militia and club? were
present from New York. Brooklyn. Troy,
■Rochester, Saratoga, Buffalo and other
cities. Thi senators from New Y'ork
city, all of tvlfom attended the naugu-
ratiou ceremonies, had a banquet at
nigh., at which Senator M. C. Murphy
presided.
Six thousand people participated h a
monster parade. Governor Hill joined
the procession at the executive mansion,
rid.ng in a carriage. He was greeted
with tremendous cheering all along the
line, and received a nreignilicoi.t Ora
tion. On the reviewing f-tan i, as the
various organizations passed, chi er after
cheer Went up from those in the line.
The inaugural ceremonies took pLce in
the assembly chamber.
628,000,000 in Colt!—Rothschild*’ «!»••
Chicago, Jan. 2.—Murat Master on is
in town, having just returned fiom
Mexico. Ho sat:» that Mr. Perkins, an
agent of tho Ro hschilds, has just pur
chased a newly di .covered gold mine,
one of the richest yet di-covered, in the
Bctapolis di->trict. ’
Mr. Perkins feels satisfied that there
is *25,0)0,(WO worth of gol i in sight.
Judge Ma-;ter.-on declare- that nut less
thuu $1,000,000 is paid monthly in 'fih»-
cego as dividends accruing to stockhold
ers from their interests in tlie gold and
filver mines of the United States and
UavIiv. ^
K>:V Hugh Calhiri, M. A., of St Ao-
druse, Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland,
has just returned to his native land fom
a tricycle tour through Palestine, Tiijk-
°y, Bulgaria and Si.-rvia. He wheeled
about 2,700 miles. His tiiycle created
astonishment »nd dismay in many pl* 2 ^ 8 *
and in Jerusalem the people bee*® 9
much excited over it.
The people of Great Britain ** 6
growing more temperate. 1“ the I*®
ten years the annual reveuue ir® m
the consumption of spirits has detain
ed from £21,102,011 to less than £»,*
000,000. The co: sumption of tea,
the other hand, grows steadily- J®
this latter article the imports i*° ia
India and Ceylon are iucereasmg,
wliile the trade from China is falling
off. From the hist named country tie
receipts last year were 111, 1 000, 1 9
pounds, against 145,000,000 ia t] 10
previous years, and from India b-,
000,000 against 73,000,000, the sup
erior strength of the Indian *- ei8 ,Ji C e
counting for tTieir popularity. l n
consumj tion of coffee is decreasing.
