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< .# i If M l'. 17 ''-■ *#*, Griffiu is iu«« liveliest, pluckier, mosi grtssive town in Georgia. J his i* no h) prr oliea'. (lorn lion, as the record of the fire year* will show. Daring that time it has built a id pot Bioat MCCMaftil operation a tlUO.UOO > otton factory and i« now building another nearly nwui twice .w.vw the mi« >h.|' capital. i».i. It lias pot up arge iron and brass foundry, a fertilizer ory, an immense ice and bottling works, •aeh and blind factory, a broom opened op the finest granite quarry in United State", and ha* many other prisea in oulemplatiou. It has secured soothe' ailroad niaety miles long, and while ousted on the greatest system in the the Central, has secured connection with important rival, the East Tennaaaee, and Georgia. It has just scoured direct pendent connection with Chattanooga and Iks Wfst, and has the President of a fourth railroad residing here and 10 It* oltima'e completion. With its five white and three colored eharclies, it is uuw building a $10,000 new Presbyterian oharoh. It lias increased its population by nearly one fifth. It has at. trseted around its borders fruit growers from nearly every State In the Union, until it is now surrounded on nearly every side by or¬ chards and vineyard. It is the home of the grape and its wine making capacity has doubled every year. It has successfully inaugurated a system of public schools, will s seven years curriculum, secund to none. This is part of the record of a half decade sad simply shows the progress of au already admirable city, with the natural advantages ef luring the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. GriOn is the county scat of Spalding county, situated ill west Middle Oeo gia, with a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet above sea level. By the census of 18110, it will have at a low estimate between 6,000 and 7,060 people, and they are ail of the right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to weleomestrangers and anxious to secure de sirable settlers, who wilt not be any less wel¬ come if they bring money to help build up the town. There is about only one thing we need badly just now, and that is u big hotei We have several small ones, but their accora- uiodations are entirely too limited for our business, pleasure and health seeking guests. If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬ tion for a hotel in the Mouth, just mention Orilin. Griffin is the place where the Gbiffin News is published—daily *U<1 weekly— the neat newspaper in the Empire State of the Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending far sample copies. TUI* briet saetoii will answer July 1st 1888. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to be changed to keep up with the limes. hOFLSSSUNAL DIRE. ClCh HENRY C. PEEPLEs, A r T O U N E V At L A W axis ptom, u to no la. Practices in ail the Slate and federal I'oun*. oetWd.fcWly JNO. J. HUNT, ATTORNEY AT LA W griffin. grorgia. VltHoe, 31 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H*. White’s Clothing Store. <>mr23d<fcwl V U. UlBMUKa N. R. COLLINS OISMUKE & COLLINS, LAWVEH8, chuffin'. ga. <> Xux, first room in Agricultural Building stairs. marl-dAwtf THOS. R. MILLS. TTOENET AT LAW OBIFFIN, 8*. '•Will practice in the Htate aid1 federal fourts. Office, over George A Hartnett s iiraer. novl'-tf icmn D. STBWAKT. BOBT. T. I>AMR! STEWART A DANIEL ATTORNEYS AI LAW, Will Over George & in Hartnett’s, the State Gritbn^Ga. tnd Federa practice ?i»?| ) .sjurt*. D. L. PARMER, ATTORNEY AT LAW WOODBtJBY, : : GEORGIA nuiapt attention given to all business Will i practice practl la nil the Courts, and where ever bushes* calls. aprfidly HT Collections a specialty Pure Keitiicky Ryi Wiiskies AND- MEADQUARTERS FOR FLAT SHOALS CORN WHISKY. Also, all kinds of Wines, Liquors and Cigars such aa are kept ins first ciasa establishment. Everybody is ■sited to call and see me at No. 4d, West side Hill street. §2l4&w3m JOHN ISON. New Felts JUST RECEIVEDD Al MBS. M. L. WHITE’S Mlllisery Store. Chrtf Building. C#m«r and RriFFir ‘ GRIFFIN. <rEOR(JlA. TUESDAY MORNING. DKUFMRFR I. issa. THE MESSAGE • j f Grover Cleveland’s Life Work Climaxed. --- j TARIFF REFORM THE SAME j OLD WATCHWORD j Congress , Listened Spell-Bound His Words. ! j Various Questions of Public Policy Are Discussed. j WsHueios, December 3.~rThe Fiftieth congress assembled for its second and final session at tioou to-day. Long before that hour the galleries began to fill and at 11 :.'S0 all but the diplomatic and executive galleries were crowded. The executive gallery was empty. As the hands ot the big senate clock moved on to the meritiian mark the chamber rapidly filled with members, and a general hand¬ shaking was going on iu all of the aisles. At 12 o’clock Senator Ingalls entered the chamber, escorting the chaplain, Mr. But¬ ler. When the gavel descended there were forty.two senators presenf. Mr. Butler’s prayer was brief. He asked for blessings on the president and presi¬ dent-elect. At the conclusion oi the praytl Mr. Ingalls announced the senate in ses¬ sion. Mr. Sherman offered a resolution in¬ structing the secretary to notify the house that the senate was ready for the transaction of business. The resolution was adopted. Under a resolution offered by Mr. Morrill and adopted, the president pro Item ap¬ pointed Mr. Morrill and Mr. Salisbury a commission to notify the president. The senate then went into formal f eras to await the president’s message. For fully an hour before Speaker Car¬ lisle, at 12 o'clock to-day, struck his desk with a brand new gavel and called the house to order, a scene was presented on the floor which whs highly noisy and mirthful. The desks -i the members were nearly all occupied, sml each man talked to the other in a loud time of voice, explaining the election in- aidants am} accidents. There was lamth handshaking. When Mr. Kandal), looking fairly well, entered and took his seat, a few minutes before 12 o’clock, he was Immediately surrounded and heartily congratulated upon his eonvalescenee. Mrs, Cleveland and her mother, Mrs. Fol¬ som, occupied the front seat of the diplo¬ matic gallery. Other galleries were tilb d to overflowing. After the blind chaplain, Rev. W. H. Mil- bnrn, had offered supplication and the reading clerk began to call the roll of the house, the members recommenced then chatter, continuing it while the secretary of the senate was announced and read the announ ement that the upper body ol congress hail reassembled, was ready for business, and had appointed a committee to act with a similar committee on the part of the bouse to wait upon and notify the president that congress awaited hi* pleasure. Messrs. Holman of Indiana, O’Neill of Pennsylvania, ahd Turner ol Georgia were appointed members of the committee to notify the president, and the heuse took a recess till 1 :30 p. ill The President's Message, fl> tb* Congrtti uf the United States: A* you assemble for the discharge of the duties you have assumed as the representa¬ tives of a free and generous people, youi meeting is marked by an interesting and impressive incident. With the expiration of the present session of the congress, the first century of our constitutional existence as a nation will he complete. Our survival for one hundred years is not sufficient to secure us, hut we no longer have dangers to fear in the maintenance, with all its promised blessings, of u gov¬ ernment founded upon the freedom of Un¬ people. The time rather admonishes us to soberly inquire whether In the past we have always closely kept in the course of safety, and whether we have before us a way plain and clear which leads to happi¬ ness and prosperity. When the experiment of our government was undertaken, the chart adopted for out guidance was the constitution. Departure from the line there laid down is failure. It ?s only by a strict adherence to the direc¬ tion they indicate and by restraint within the limitations they fix that we can furnish proof to the world of the fitness of the American people for self government. The equal and exact justice ol which we boast as the underlying principle of our institutions should not he confined (o the relations of our citizens to each other. The government itself is under bond to the American people, that in the exercise of its functions and powers it will deal with the body of our citizens in a manner scrupu¬ lously honest and fair and absolutely just. It. bas agreed that American citizen¬ ship shall be the only credential nec¬ essary to justify the claim of equality be¬ fore the law, and that no condition in life shall give rise to discrimination in the treatment of the people by their govern¬ ment. Tin- citizens of our republic in its early days rigidly insisted upon full compliance with the letter of this bonde, and saw atretching out before him a clear field for individual endeavor. His tribute to the support of his government was measured by the cost of its economical maintenance, and he was se¬ cure in the enjoyment of the remaining recompense of his steady and contented toil. In those days the frugality of the people was stamped upon their govern ment, and was enforced by the free, thoughtful and intelligent suffrage of the citizen, combination*, monopolies, and ag¬ gregations ol capital were either avoided or sterulv regulated and restrained. The pomp and glitter of governments less free, offered uo temptation piain and presented no de¬ lusion to the people who, side by side in friendly competition wrought for the ennoblement and dignity of man for the solution of the problem of free I government aud for the achievement of the j grand destiny awaiting like land which j ______,__________ God had given them. abiding — A century places of : Massed arid cjtizja are the wealth and luxury; our manufactories yield fortune* never dreamed of by the lathers of the republic; our business aien sre madly striving in the race for riche* aud immense -aggregations of capital out¬ run the imagination the magnitude of thair undertakings. We view with prida and aatisfaction Hu* bright picture of our country’s growth and prasmorlty, white oeiy a alone* scrutiny 'le¬ er shailmg. Upon mm «r*- W, find the »»»* •»* »««• ury of our cities mingled with poverty wretchedness and unremunerath'e toil. crowded and constantly increasing population suggests the impoverishment rural sections, aud discontent with tural pursuits. The farmer’s sou, not isfied with his father’s simple ami ous life, joins the eager chase for acquired wealth. Wo find that the fortunes realized over manufacture aud are uo longer the reword of steady industry aud ened foresight, but that they result the discriminating favor of and are largely built upon undue from th« masses ol our people. The between employes and the employ or is stantly widening, and classes are forming, one comprising the very- rich powerful, while in another are found toiling poor. As wo view the achievements of gated capital, we discover the existence trusts, combinations and monopolies, the citizen is struggling far in the roar or trampled 1o death beneath an iron Corporations, which should he the fully restrained creatures of the law the servants of the people, are fast ing the people’s masters. Still ing ourselves upon the wealth and ity of our country, and complacently templating every incident of change separable from there conditions it is duty as patriotic citizens inquire at tho present stage our progress, how the bond of made with the people has been kept performed, instead of limiting the drawn from our citizens to the of its economical administration, the ernment persists in exacting from the stance of people millions which and useless lie dormant in its This flagrant injustice, and this breach faith ami obligation add to extortion danger attending the diversion of the rency of the rmirUry from the channels of business. I' a.a i't he same laws by which these suits are produced, the government mils m inv millions more to be added to cost of tlie living of our people ami to takes from our consumers, which sonably swell the profits of a small powerful minority. The people must he taxed for the support of the •under the operation of tariff laws. But the extent that the mass of citizens are in nrdlnatcly burdened beyond any usefu public purpose and for the benefit of a vorod few. the under pretext of an exercise of its power unte-s gratuitously into with those favorites to their advantage tojthe injury of a vast majority of our pie. This is not equality before the law The existing situation is injurious to health of our entire body politic. It in those for whose benefit it is all patriotic love of country, and tutes in its place selfish and grasping avarice. Devotion American citizenship! for its sake aud for what it should accomplish a motive to our nation’s advancement the happiness of all our peopde, is placed by the, assumption that- the govern meat, instead of being the embodiment equality, is but an instrumentality which especial individual advantages to be gained. The arrogance cf this assumption is un concealed; it appears in the sordid disre gard of all but personal interests, in refusal to abate for the benefit of one iota of selfish disadvantage, and combinations to perpetuate such ad vantages through efforts to contio legislation and improperly the suffrages of the pieople Tlie grievances of those not, within the circle ol these beneficiaries when fully realized, will surely arouse ir ritation and discontent. Our farmers, suffering and patient, struggling in race of life with the hardest ami most ri'inittingjtoil, will not fail to see, in spite misrepresentation and misleading falla ties, that they are obliged to accept prices for their piroducts as fixed in foreign markets where they pete with the farmers of the world; their lands are declining iu value their debts increase; and without sating favor they arc forced by the of the government to pay, for the benefit others, such enhanced prices for the they need that the scanty returns of labor fail to furnish their support or no margin for accumulation. Our workingmen, enfranchised from delusions and no longer frightened hv cry that their wages are endangered by just revision of our tariff laws, will ably demand through such revision ier employment, cheaper means of living their homes, freedom for themselves their children from the doom of servitude and an open door to their vancement beyond the limits of a class. Others of our citizens whose forts and expenditures are measured moderate salaries and fixed incomes, insist upon the fairness and tice ol cheapening the cost of saries for themselves land their When to the selfishness of the of unjust discrimination under our there shall be added the discontent of who suffer from such discrimination, will realize the fact that the purposes of our government, pendent upon the patriotism and tentment of our people, are Communism is a hateful tiling, and menact to peace and organ’zed ment. But the communism of wealth and capital, tlie outgrow»h|cf B i anjDg i upidity and selfishness which sidiously undermine the justice and rity of free institutions, is nut le3« iliau the communism of povcity and toil which, exasperated by justice and discontent, attack with disorder the citadel of rule. lie mceks the people who proposes t>i,- government shall protect the rich that they in turn will care, for the poor. Any intermediary between the ple aud their government, or the last gation ol the rare and protection the ernment owes to the humblest citizen the land, makes the boast of free institn tions a glittering delusion -and the tended boon of American citizenship less imposition. A iust and sensible revision of our taws should be made for the relief of of our country met. who suffer under ent conditions. Such a revision should ceive the support of all who love that ju* tice and equality due to American ship, of ali who realize that in this and equality onr government finds Strength and ita power to tect the citizen and his property, all who believe that the competen ■« and comfort of accord better with the spirit of our tions than coll ossa i fortunes unfairly ered ip the hands of a lew, of ali who preciau- ta*t a forbearance and which reeppsign rahte <4 Atoertemt lauaaot »r* ■iiM aurest guaranty ot our national progress and of all who desire to set the piodm-ts ot American skill and ia.'enniiy n i yi ket of the world with a resulting r i a tion of American commerce. The necessity of the reduction of our rev¬ enue is so apparent a* to he gen-rally eon ceded. But the means by which this end shall lie accomplished aud the'suui of <li rect benefit which shall result to oiir.-iM- zeus present a controversy of the inmost importance. There should he no sebenn accepted its satisfactory by winch tlie bur- dens of the people are only apparently i moved. Extravagant appropriation* of publh money, with all their demoralizin consequences, should not lie uikiitieii either as a menus ot relieving ihe trei.-mry of its present surplus or us InrnishiiH pretext for resisting a propti prdpei ind injustice, should be honestly recot lizevi, boldly nun and effectively remedii il There should he uo cessation of the siruggb until a plan is perfected, mi ( ion fair arm iiiim tun.*! const rvn i live toward existing industries, but whirl will reduce the cost to to consumers of ti- necessaries of life, w-Mla it provides for oui manufacturers tlie advantage of free raw materials and permits no injury- to tin in terests of American labor. The cause fm which the battle is waged is comprisei within lines dearly anil distinctly defined It should never lie compromised. It is tin people’s cause. It cannot hi denied that the selfish and vita interests which are so persistent aud ban when efforts are, made to deal in a just am comprehensive manner with overt tariil laws are related to, if they are not res pun sihle for, the sentiment largely prevailing among the people that the general govern mont is the fountain of individual and pii rate aid; that it may lie expected tore lie.ve with paternal care the distress of eiti zens and communities; that from the full ness of its treasury it should upon tin slightest possible pretext of promoting tin general good, apply public funds to tb< benefit of localities and individuals; noi can it be denied that there is a voting assumption that, as against the governtnen and iu favor of private claims and inter est-s, the usual rules and limitations o business principles and just dealing shook bejxaived. These ideas have been uuliap pily much encouraged by legislative nequi esonce. Relief from contracts made will the •government is too easily accorded ir favor of the citizen; the failure u support claims against tin* governmen by proof, is ofteu supplied bj no better consideration than the wealth o tlie government and the poverty of tin claimant. Gratuities in the form of pen sions are granted upon no other real groiinc than the needy condition of the applicant or for reasons less valid, and large sunn are expended i (,r public buildings ant other improvements upon representation: scarcely claimed to be related to publh needs and necessities. The extent to whirl the consideration of sucii matters subordi¬ nate and postpone action upon subjects o great public importance, but involving tit special, private or partisan interest siionli arrest attention and lead to reformation A few of the numerous illustrations o this condition may lie stated. The m-w ed condition of the calendar of the preme court and the delay of suitors him denial of justice resulting therefrom, ha- been strongly urged upon the attention o the congress, with apian for the relief - the situation, approved by those weil abb to judge of its merits. While this sulijee remains without effective conshleratioi many laws have been passed providing fm the holding of terms of inferior courts a places to suit the convenience, of localities or to lay the foundation of an applicat-ior for the erection of new- pithin' buildings Repeated recommendations have beer submi'i d for tlie amendment ami change of the laws relating to our pitldi. lauds s< that- their spoliation and diversion to othei uses than as homes for honest settler! might, lie prevented. While a measure ti meet this conceded necessity of reform re¬ mained awaiting tlie action of congress many claims to the public lands and appli cations for their donation in favor of *t or - and individuals have been allowed. The president alludes to the evils of om¬ nibus appropriation bills, private pension bill*, am! tin- securing of large land grant- by railroad- lie deprecates the exten*: i of the scope of federal jurisdiction and leg¬ islation, aud its encroachment into the do main of state rights and local government. Ho insists on tlie duty of observing the lim¬ itations of the constitution. He says: The seventh president of the United States, the soldier and statesman, and at all times the firm and brave friend of th« people, in vindication of his course as tin protector of popular rights and Hus cham¬ pion ol true Amerlcpn citizenship, di¬ ctated : “The ambition which leads me on is an anxious desire ami a fixed determination to restore to tlie ji.-o- plo unimpaired the sacred trust they have confided to my charge,to heal the wounds of the constitution and preserve ;• from further violations, to persuade my countrymen, so far as I may, that it is not in a splendid government, supported by powerful monopolies and aristocrat:, al establishments, that they will find happi¬ ness, or their liberties protected, hut in a plain system, void of pomp—protecting all and granting favors to none—dispensing it* blessings like the dews ol heaven, unseen aud nnfelt.save in the freshness and beauty they contribute to proddee. It is such a government that the genius of our neoph requires, such a one only under which our states may remain, for ages to come, in ite-l prosperous and free.” The president congratulates the country on its state of domestic tranquility, and its peace with ail nation.-, lie saye that tht | intcn.au.>nsi questions that still awai' tleioent are all reasonably within the ;h , main of amicable negotiation, and -us -op: j hie of diplomatic adjustment. He recounts the action of the administr-i tion and of the Bcnatc in regard to the ti*! cries controversy, and says. I am n-> aware that anything ha- since occurred which should be added to the facts therein stateu Therefore t merely repeat, as applicable to the prasi-ni time, the statement which will lie found in my message to the senate of Septemliei 12th last, that since March ;, 1»*7, no ease has la-en reported to the department el state wherein complaint has been made unfriendly or uulawful treatment of Amt r- U an fishing vessels on the part of the tan* dian authorities in which reparation ivj- not promptly and satisfactorily pbtaine i by the United Ktates consul general at Halifax. To meet the exigency created by theju jection of the ireaty, I now again Invoke the vanit-s’ and immediate attention of con gress to the condition of this important question a* it now stand* before them and the country, aud for the settlement of which I am d* epiy solicitous. $ear the close of the month uf pctohei. laat oc- mvnres of deeply regretable nature won h*»«ght to my mind, which made It ’ «W plaint teD ippiuttr* i iMH...................fcti. ; with .s l.nle d h.y at i-.is*- a u--tv per , setial channel of diploma'!' Intel,, ir-r in this country with the goye,-um< :it <■! < ' at Britain. The correspondence in relation >- this incident will in duo course Ihi laid before you, and will disclose tho unpardonable conduct of tlie ofii. s il referri d i . in hi* iuterf. ven.v by advice and r. - u -• i with i. sinfi.iges of American fit! en - in the veiy crisis of tlie presidential elei t. u then ne.sv at bund, and also m his stiK-cquent ! public declaration- t- justiiy M" action. super-adding impugnment of the .-reetitlre and senate of the 1 tilted States ttl r uitiee thm with important questions now iu | !' 1 i The The ntroversy offense offense thus thus between committed committed the two gov ■ niineiits. wu-m wa- i:> s’ s' : trove i >>' • oivlng disastrous possibilities to tie j good relations of tin- United States ami ' iiplonm! -m . i 1 ’he purely dotnuatic. tiffaifs and < »x otiai ,-oveiefgnty of the government t ' bid the envoy wa* accredited. -. • - - Hating fir!-: | fulfilled the just di-mands "I of iincrna'h'mai comity by affording full m opportunity foi her majesty’s government to ad in r !!<j ot tic situation, 1 considered pi.-cong-i'tor tif discussion to be unwarranted, no, thereupon declined to further r.-eag i-.. • tie* diplomatic character of the per- -"ii whose continuance In sueh f im im would destroy that mutual oontidi-nei which is essential to tho good understand ia.g cf tlie two governments, ami w.ff-in consistent with tlie welfare and s*-lt-i ■■ ■;,- - of the government of the United Sen Tic tiMi.il interchange) of coiiimuii - ti a bus since i ontinui d through her majesty': legation iu this city. Mv endeavors U establish by international eo-operutior in ensures for tlie prevention of tlie i xtei- m ination of fur seals in Bebrtu sea have not been relaxed, aud i have hopes of bi ing able shortly to siii iui an effectual and satisfactory conventions project with tin) maritime powers fi r th* approval of the senate. The. president recites the acts of the ad ministration in regard to tho exclusion o' Chinese immigrants. lie alludes to tht revolution in Hay ti, and tho steps taken t< protect the interests of citizens of tin United 8tal.es on that, island, and tlie vari ous other matters connected with our for eigh relations. 1 ic president, summarizes tho reports o tin) tica-nry and other executive depart wonts ot tiie government, giving interest ing information, which wo must reserve fot another isstti----In regard to tlie policy of purchasing bonds ljefort maturity, lie snys: Tho requirements o. tlj<* sinking fuutl Her. have Ihh-u for tho yc‘HJ ♦‘mli’tl .UniD ls'sH, ami for tins r.nrrrn- .v* ar also. |.iy ] tm haso of hoods aftor coiii ply in;: with thin law as poBiiiv'o.Iy ‘require* aim Mifin i< nt fur that purpose had boei bought at ,t premium, it was not doormj* prudonr t»> farfla r uxpemi until authority to do sii .should bo more explicit, A rosolu tion, however, having hron passud by boti h*'USi s of congress, removing all doubt a-* 1<» oxfoiitivo authority, daily puridiasos o bonds won* commenced on the 16<!ay o April, IH88, and have continued until the present time. i;y this plan bonds of t! v ertitucnr not. yet duo have been purchase* up lo and inupitiin^ the .30?h day of N .v»*ru ber, 1>H'S, atoountin^ to 700,400, fi t pn niiuin paid tht it on uuiounting to *’d I he )»i' utiiun added to tin* p: iron p ••! of theso bonds r>?pveNent8an invi"St!u< nf vu-Uliiig ubou two pur rent, interest fot the timo tlie till had to run, and the sav intftd tho ;o v. rmiif-nt is represented b\ ?) dill, r *nce bet .wh n the amount of inter < v two pe. cent, upon the sum paid foi join ip.tl and proinium and what it wuib haVr- paid foi* interest at the rate sfiaeilieo in the bonds if nbey had run fo their ma Unity is about At first siyht U.is would He.otu to bo a profitable and sensible transaction on the part of the government : but as .suggested by th« see ret ary of the treasury, the surplus thm expended for the purchase of bonds vv.i- money drawn from the people in execs* »•} hu> lo t mil need of the government and was so expended rather thm. allow if. to remain idle ill the treasury Ii :hi .--mu phis under the operation of and e»piitable laws, had been left in tin hands >f i he people it would have le • n worth in their business at least b per cent j **r annum. Deducting from tbe amount of interest on the principal and premium of these la nds for the thne they had to run at the rate of 6 per cent, thu Raving uf *j per cent, made for the people l»y purchase** of sueh bonds, the !• s will appi sr t - ]„• S-Vi.TdO.OOO. This calculation would seem to dro .on Rtrate that if excessive and mnnn* ^.n v taxation is continued, and the go'vermm n? is fort i’*l to pursue this policy of pnrohiis- ir'.. it > own bf n Is, at the premiums whit h ir will bo necessary to pay, the loss ?,*> the people will be humlreds of millions ,<! | dollars. Since the purchase <•: bomis was undertaken, a.« mentioned, j m arly all that have been offered were at- j last ac< ‘ It has been made <juito hji- i i parent th;>• 11 . government waa in dangei i of being Mibju *: d to combination* to ra < \ their price, as appears by the instance eit-.’ \ by the 'secretary of the offering ot j bonds of the par value oi 1 only >.'h!h,000 so often thm I the aggregate of the sums demanded f o ! tbeii purchase amounted to more than $lh,7 f h>,bbb Kotwithstanding the lurgi i >m*js ] i;d out iri the purchase of bom!*, the *D;-plu« in the treasury on th** day of N*o\* mber, IrH-h. was ,?5.. , .2-'d.7P.Md, a p r; deducting about SSO/iOO.fJOO, just drawn ' out for tlie payment of pensions,’ The m< ;e thus refers to the efforts oi the administration to recover for nettle- men*, by the people large quantities of ip*, public lands itis gratifying to know that .sometbtny has been *• m* at la w t to redress the Injuries :>t out ju opl and check the perilous t« u dei;. y of the reckless waste of the nation I domain That over eighty million acre- have beon arrested from illegal usur- (ait ion. impMvidenf grants and fraud¬ ulent entries and claims, to J ** taken for the horn* dead* of honest iude-- tr altl.ougb le«s than the greater area thus unjustly lost—rnhst afford a profound gratification to right-feeling citizens as ft t an .f recompense for the labors and «tru„ - gb s f**v the recovery. Our dear experience ought s ide ieudy to urge the speedy enact*- men; f m**a- i s of legislation whiuh will 'ntid< the future ciiaposUioo remaining agricultural land* b* th* uses of actual husbandry and gennf ne homes. Nor should our vast tracts of so-called desert lands bo yleld*Ml up to the monopoly of corporations or grasping individual*, as appears to be much the ten¬ dency under the existing statute. These land* jvqnir* bat the supply of water to j bei rtmt h r ti e and productive. It 1* a problem of nt tat tuumect bow most wisely f»r the puW good titaj. factor shall he furnished. 1 cannot but think it peri Ii>os pt suffer either t$t*e ioad* or the aottr* of tte-ic trrigatute to (ail i«to ihe ot which, hr i area depended on lhelr tivmmrtit lot p: , tlie" veil *. Already steps Jbavu lie»n taken t-> a ■ urate at.il ■trleniifi- i»,. fiiri.uitmu <d the conditions, wUich t« tic prim- b «:» uf intelligent action. Until Hit* shall la- , aim'd the course ct wisdom i ]- P-.ir-> cl-arlyto lie in a saapensi-ii ot fur¬ ther disposal, which only promise * to cr< eate rights antagonistic to the remtnott in teresl. Mo harm can follow thin caution ary ooudurt. The land will remain, and the public good presents uo demand hit hasty disposition of national owoershif and control. The tlcs-agn concludes: hut The conssuuusness Imperfect that I have presented condition an statement of the of our ' outitry and it# wants occasion* t>< (ear I' •“ that, tiiro:, nujtuiud anything Glimvcu omitted Is 19 not U'H known and appreciated by the congress, nj upon »horn r<sts the responsibility Intelligent Mad* legislation iu behalf of a gr«*l uatioB confiding shall do people. duty A* well public if wrvftnt* constantly Wa our w« guard tin* rectitude of nttr Intentions, main¬ tain unsullied our love of country, and with im-,i*!ttsli purpose slrsvo for the pub¬ lic good, Gkovkh C*I.*VB«#AXr>. V- ash,ngtoli, D. Dec. 3*1, lSSS*.' HOKUOUS IN' ITfU I to Men, Women am! ('liltdrcn !>> tit* Native Indians. Faxvma, 1V'<\ —(Special.J—Advicw fn»iu IV iu .'in; that the Indiana in the interior of the country are coiumitting dreadful outrage*. A priest was sti.mx? to d- atii. tuii.l hia liioUiur, uiw> t-sim- tr hi: ati-isitance, was killed and her head cut oiT. Another woman who tried to save her «a* stalilaid to death. Th# three hodie* v. ere then thrown into th* river. Anatli nipt to lead a movement foi the ('om ini ho revolutionist leader pre cijiit.ited a riot, resulting in the kiilinji of lit) men, women and children, he side , wounding fifty others. J>l I'EU BTHCOVNUKt l.S. A « iurinnaf 1 (amis; Rob a Conlldlm; Austrl an nt atH.OOO. < i:*:.iNN'ATi, Dec. ii. —[Special .]—A man O' ing Ins name tut Franz Yoloher of Vienna, Austria, arrived hero a few days a^o in company w ill) two met from Baltimore. The men took him out driving yesterday afternoon ami latet went with him into a saloon, aftet which they disappeared, having robbed Voicher of a draft on a Vienna bank foi |RMXt't and several hundred dollar* ir cash. 4r»f»<li**r Co»|ngt«n Mnrdrr, Ati-anta. Go., Dec. <8.—(Special.]— Anollier mysterious murder was com mu cl in Newton county Saturday evi t • in- 1 . 'Tlie murdered man was Mr. Win, •lem *-, one of the best know n and mo t prosperous farmer* in Newton county. The murderer is unknow n, although it i-s known that he committed the deed for tije nurpi no of robbery. Mr. Jones, familiarly known aa Bill Jones, wa- inin of the l est citizens ol Newton county, and was a member of tti hoard of county commissioners. 11« wus (Ui year old. wa. u very peaceable old man and held in the highest esteem ti\ thoro wlio knew him he»t. He leave* an aged wife death. and six grown children tc mourn li .s The peo lo are very indignant over the murdi other r. > oming so close upon Ihe heel* of tin one o mantled at tho I’itti hmi:- e iu Covington, and should tlie mur- i i lM-eatight he will l>o summarily dealt with. i he I ody was removed to the farm, where it was prepared fur burial. ■ -ooking for Io)tt**r* tiiat Nen-r Came. ottowa, Ont., Dec. 3.—For the past thii'C! weeks residents of this city who ev| < i ted registered letters front correa- (Londents in the United States and west em Canada, have lieen anxiously hut vainly looking for their arrival. Th# ;i" lolle authorities will give no expla¬ nation, hut it has leaked out that.not only are there a large number „f regis t. red letters missing, hut the whole mai • Hung in by tho Grand Trunk railway dm- mysteriously disap]>eared, leaving no trace. Mutne of V ictoria’s Husfiatiff- i.o.M'oN Dec. fH)Ks:ial.]—The ded- i i on of the eque-strian statue of the I : in ■ ou-ort, which has just Ih-cu fin- i-!.e l. w ill take place at the beginning of tiie year. Tho statue, which io.it ftSoJtOO, was paid fer by the quean out of tho offering of ulhn.uotj made to her by tiie women of Fm'land a - a jubilee gift. SAWED OFF SHORT. f levi-i Sews Telegrams Curlailf-rt to sul tins tlastT IteaUer. iiaron Hirsch has donated $5,000,000 to the '-taolishment and maintenance!of seh sil" for Jew n ii* t.alicia and Buko- vinu s-'xtoa iir Ijeen re-elected lord mayor of Dublin by a unanimous )ote< f the al- de; men !'..<■ !: -a lurid commission haaorvlered largi* r 1 dm tions in rents in the vicinity of Thm I- . In some cases the reduction* or- high as 4 0 f or cent. ih -governor, secretary of state and hj " ii" general, as state eb-"tion board, si , !• - - d the c rtitieate of elect! ,n to ' i.ticressnian Caruth, of the J-ouisville i tri- t. liespitu the di«pute of Wilson, topic an candidate, for a recount Bt hop O'Dyer, of Limerick, has inti j ....... I that unit--.- the boycotting ot a man named Ryan. I r taking an evicted . farm, dial! cease. he will close the church is lo ati*I of and the jiarish [tend in all which tlie farm j I *: tv masses. *acrs- ment* and burial*. The pinna corte* w as • ijiened Satur- ( ! • I). Urii • Minister Nagasta. who an! . d- ■ r .j onvoking the session, F.rw m A. t rdner, of Aubtiru. N. Y., | < onv t< t d ot | uuggling_opium, w as sea- I ( and t< • cd lined to iour $10.M» vear.s in Ertg penitentiar President Idaz took the oath of office Jvaturdav This is 1 raauieut Diaz's third ttrui, and -rcooi) eonoecutive term The government made a great display with nring canaest, parade of troop», etc. fhv * al bates of leaf tobaccv Wisuss- to atsc- tten in the DsusviUe m i r ks ! iu waa i.iH.VOB NUMBER 299 CONVENES Ai i. vd. I. ' Congress Again Assembles Un¬ der the Capitol's Dome. : THE MB88AOB OF TSS JHUHIX- dent read. : View, of IOigrewmen «■ Ul# OrMti Foi*#* —Ingolti Uepre*mUttf m C * H> ----------------1 -**rT la Mats AnU VAsauboto*, Doc. Ad ... ys , ^ W 18 0 CtoC * . •"*’ ..a,— !S£|| _ “ The ocene jtnrt before A«tmtoww called to order was an animatod one. Moodier* ran hither and thithw, and page* were kejd bu*y with note*of toon- grain hit ton find ■ ouipiimentary gav * lUlf the member* of tiie bod " of boutonniere# on their breasts. Shortly 1 adore tho 1 Ag clock over th* sp )ker H (leak proclaimed the appointed time, there a noticeable commotion on the galtery stair*, caused by the iwa- sagn of Mr*. Ch-velami and. her aratbe*; escorted by Col. Wilnon. Th# party took •eat* in the executive gallery, and U• came the eynontra of the eyes of He lfiiune. t *< 'tigi eaunan Randall ww in hi* aeot rather Mr. Randall t app.*rtng pale. wa* the reoijHent of conitant congratulniion from hi# fellow-member*. 1 ■The famous Roger Quarto# MitM wa also in hi* scat, but did not attract the attention that he did some months ago. Congressman Thomaa, of llliwi*, w: prominently mentioned as the prospec¬ tive secretary of the navy, was cm the floor apparently quite recovered from tin long i!lne»* which a year ago threat¬ ened in i life. ••jggliB In the senate the attendance was un¬ usually full. Bherman and Allison w*re the principal centre* of attraction a* prospective returned eahinet thanks officer*. that death Roth had chap tains not entered the rank* of congress since ad journment. There were no tpeacdw# at the clo*e of the address, and every every luemlier became anxious for th# committee to notify the president that congress receive wa* a seem hied, and was ready to any communication# from him. '• The tin ♦-ago was received wi h wrapt attention by both parties, At it* con elusion congress adjourned. f J0 urn * L . W Asursotoff, Doc, (8pectoL}~ The corridor# of the hotela are filled with senator* and congressmen, discussing the message. There Is one point on which all are agreed, and that is tka# IVesident Cleveland has not abated one inch of Ids doctrine of tariff reform. Of the re.-it many diversified views arsheard. Senator ingall* sar* the diction is an Im¬ provement on the last document, but tl*at it i* still -tilted. Another senator, a democrat, declares that for flowing rhetoric, masterly syntax and exprs—lv* concmeness, the work is on a pas of tho grandest effusions of Addison, Pitt and Webster. Cosunmn- man Date* thinks that its equal would be hard ti) find among the archives of tk* White House. The Po-t say* it ia a clear sounding echo of the better sentiments of a de¬ feated but hopeful party. New York, Dec. 3,— The message of Grover Cleveland to Congress is the only topic npoken of. All other sub.eetsars eclips* tl. The morning papers will sash devote several columns to arsvtowof the work. Cannon (or Spooks*«f Csegrqss. Birrs 1 st no, Dec. 8.—[Special.]—It to rcjKirtcd by some of Senator Quay's will inti¬ mate friends here that he favo# Congre-i-man Cannon for speaker. trljhtful Batlwny Catootropko. Mkurii.tox, f»nt, Dec. 8.—[BpectaL]— A collision l<etween a freight engine and caboose i* < urred in the Grand Trunk < ard, resulting in the death of three man. Fireman Michael Sherry vvas extricated with both legs terribly mutilated, and died in two hour*. Engineer Williamson was taken from the wreck cut in two. Ho vvas an old driver on this division, Tlie remains of Brakeman Allen wera cut in pieces. The engineer and fireman of the other engine jumped. t( tempted Sole Ida la Norfolk. Norfolk, Ya.. Dec, 3—[Special.]—T Sidney office of Warren, the Norfolk a clerk employed Western in the and rail- read here, attempted suicide in the St. James hotel Uii* morning. Ue placed a pistol the in th" vicinity of his heart, and ball went through his body and lodged in the wall. It is believed he cannot live. DAILY MARKET REPORTS. >r* uu,i stmanto mr lUQOt soatmuj, ATUurrk. do.. DwsAs > Op^ninz or. 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