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TO BE HANGED 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. d-w-lt 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.