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H VOLUME 17
trllHti i- thu Hveliest, pluckiest, most
gSwessiv*town in TUU u n " hJ ! >, r
ir f p".i description, as the record of the
Ei?e years will show. time It has built a>ul put
During that
j r > successful operation n *100,000
j*jtory and Is now building another
j|ikl gSjw r twice and the brass* capital. foundry, It has fertiliser pnt up
iron a
tm immense ice and bottling works,
ftushand btlnd faetory, a broom
* opened up the finest granite quarry in
Italted States, and has many other
f prises in .outemplatiop. It has
paother atiroad ninety miles long, and
ooateu ou the greatest system in the
th» Central, has secured connection with
f important rival, the East Tennsssee,
mtd Georgia. It ha* Just secured direct
pendent connection with Chattanooga
he W< st, aud has the President of a
Vail road residing here and
to Ua ' ultimate completion.
ts five white and three colored
I- ebarehes, it i* now building a $10,000
p pre-hyteriau ohuroh. It lias increased
fe population by nearly one fifth. It lias
I tracted around its borders fruit growers
F nearly every State in the Union, until it
now surrounded ou nearly every side by
je ( bards and vineyard. It is tiie home of
grape and its wine making capacity
doubled every year. It has
inaugurated a system of public schoo's,
yseven yearscnrricnlnm, second to None.
This is part of the record of a l.alr decade
and simply shows the progress of an
admirable city, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
muter, in the world.
Oriffin is the county sent of Spalding
county, situated in west Midale Ueo'gia, with
a healthy, fertile nod roiling country,
feet above sea levol. Ky the uensus of 1890,
will have at a low estimate between 6,000 and
T,000 people, and they are all of the right
jort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
weleowestrangers pud anxious to secure
lira tile settlers, who will not be any less wel
«ome if they being money to help build up
the town. There is about only one thing we
need badly jnst now, and that is a big hotel
We have several small ones, but their accom¬
modations are entirely too limited for our
business, pleasure aud health seeking guests.
If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, Just mention
Grilfiu.
Urltfin is the place where tiie flair ft N
Nkws is published— daily and weekly—the
tiest newspaper in the Empire State of the
Georgia. Please enclose stamps in sending
for sample 'copits.
This brief sKetch will answer July 1st
1 HSS. By January 1st, 1889.it will have to be
changed to keep up with the times.
RUKESSIUNAL -> » . CTUrf
H ENRY C. PEEPLES,
I T O li N E V A « L A W
HAMPTON, OKOBOIX.
firm lives ui iii! tne State and Federal
I'ouri*. oettlddiw 1 y
JNO. J. HtiNT,
v L' f O It N E Y AT LA W
OBIFEIH. OEoKCHA.
Office, SI Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H ;
White’s filotbin* Store. iaar22d«fcwly
J). DIHML'KK, N. M.OOLLIN8
Or.'SMUKE COLLINS,
LAWYERS,
griffin, qa.
i>.lice,first room in Agricultural building
Stairs. marl-d.twtf
THOS. R. MiLLS.
TTT8NEI AT LAW
GRIFFIN, GA.
Qivitl practice in the State and Federal
•Lotte. Office, over George A
«i >rn»‘t. novlML
< hn i>. stbwart* boot. t. DATtllSL
STEWART & DANiEL,
attorneys at law,
Over George & Hartnett’s, GritLn, Ga.
Will vni nrHoWo* practice in the Statu ana remora
inn!.
D. L. PARMER,
vttobnby at la VV
WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA.
a lumpt attention given to "all business
Will practice in all the Courts, and where
•ever business rails. aprbaty
j 5 gf Collections a specialty.
fm touch Efb WMsKies
-AND-
HEADQUARTERS FOR FLAT SHOALS
CORN WHISKY,
Also, all kind* of Wines,
and Cigars sucb as are kept in a first
class establishment. Everybody No.
nvited 10 call and see me at
West side Hill streel.
s’ildAwRm .JOHN ISON.
New Felts
JUST RECEIYEDD AT
MSS. M. L.
Millinery Store.
Ctark Buitdiag. Corner ofSHili
Broads,
ife
iRLFFIN. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 19. I88».
HAS JUS EYE ON US.
The Coming President Wants
Southern Republican.
general longstreet not a
* POSSIBILITY.
Baxter or Tennessee lias a Boom—So Has
Ouvls or West Virginia—Bullock of
Georgia — Other Men for
the Coveted Place.
Philadelphia, l’a., Dec. 18.—Whilo
the New York situation is bothering the
eastern statesmen, (Jen. Harrison is de¬
voting more of his time to the consider -
at.ou of the south and the representation
it shall have in th cabinet. It is known
that lie has been going over the not ver.
large list of southern republican states¬
men carefully', in tiie hope of finding a
man who shall lie of cabinet size, and at
the same time a fair repiv emative of
that part ot iIum-u, ntry. Mahone would
be one of the mo.. ttlLta&tcful men, per¬
sonally, that Ueu. Harrison co.dd liave
in his official family, lie leans to men
less well unQv\ n and less di diked by the
bulk of the southern p. o, le. The nature
of the material from which ne has to se¬
lect, makes it natural that tin- attorney-
generalship thought in should be the place most
of connection with a southern
man.
fair Georgia ought to be able to furinsh a
representative of this element in the
south, but no s| ecial names from that
state are mentioned yet. It is not be¬
lieve,1 :iiafc Gen. Longstreet is among the
cabin possibilities. lie belongs to an
o!d regime, that is good enough for dip¬
lomatic places or subordinate places at
home, but will not mix well with the
young and energetic blood that General
Harrison expects will dominate bis cabi¬
net and iiis administration.
who Young Lawyer Baxter, of Tennessee,
was put in tiie running early by
Congressman His Houck, is still talked of.
father had a narrow escape from be¬
Hammond, ing Garfield's attorney general. Judge
the well known ex-Confeder¬
ate,but guaranteed now to be thoroughly
reconstructed, is said to be among the
few men whose names are down on Gen.
Harrison’s list as cabinet possibilities.
Alcorn of Mississippi, and Bullock of
Georgia, cords being are other fellows whose re¬
are looked over, if the law¬
yers tail to pan o:it. an available man, or
if an attorney general shall be selected
from some other section, the new and
pushing business feat element that forms so
prominent a , re in southern life at
present, may get recognition. For such
a case Gen. Harrison, lias his eye on
Henry whom G. Davis < fViT- -t Virginia, with
his personal relatinps are inti¬
mate, but whether Air. ID vis would ac¬
cept such a place is do til fid, in view of -
his extensive finnu al interests that
need personal looking after.
I BOM WASHINGTON.
A lit* publican Caucus —Matters lie fore the
National Congress.
Washington, Doc. 18. —[Special.]—
A caucus of republican senators was
held to discuss the question of adjourn¬
ment. -Vi its conclusion Senator Allison
said;
‘•\Yo have about determined to hold
tiie senate here through the holiday .sea¬
son. We will agree to a resolution per¬
mitting the house to ud.ouni, and we
vvill remain in session, The question of
adjournment was the onlv one dis-
cussed. "
When Mr. Merrill’s resolution for
evening sessions came before the senate
to-day, Senator Vest said there would
not lio any factious opposition to the
tariif liili, but lie gave notice that the re¬
publican senators day and could night, not and force the
senate to meet could
not force the senate to remain in session
through the Christmas holiday's.
in the house to-day. Mr. Springer said
he would call a meeting of the commit¬
tee on territories to-morrow, to deter¬
mine upon tHo he t time for calling up
the South Dakota bill.
The house them took up the legislative
appropriation bill.
To bo Courto/l at a Fair.
Fay mires, Pa.. Dec. 18.—Two pretty
young women, who are noted in this
section of the state as being first-class
housekeepers, members of church and of
goo l character and manners, have con¬
sented. with a desire of making a Sons
ui America fair, possible, shortly to he held, as
j-routable as to he chosen in
public to he the’wives of any two young
men who may prove The acceptable to them
aud their parents. young women
•will he at the fair every evening, and
will have charge of booths. Any young
man who is serious ami Imm-st in his in¬
tentions to marry, will lie required to
say publicly n a loud vo ce in the hall
where the fair is held: "I am here.' To
tfiis ihe young lad . who is nearest, will
promptly is to take answer; place ' .So in am the I." sight The of woo¬ all
ing
spectators,and arrived it if is an agreement be publicly to signed, marry
is at; to
the witnesses thereto to he selected from
the audience.
Republicans May Huy It.
St. Louis, Dec. 18.— It was currently
reported in the Southern hotel rotunda
that a number of wealthy capitalists had
formed a syndicate to publish a republi¬
can paper in this city The in opposition to
the Globe-Democrat. syndicate is
headed by Mr. R. C. Kerens and John
pending W. Gatos. for Negotiations the purchase are of said the Post- to be
Dispatch plant, and a committee repre¬
senting the capitalists is now in New
York on that business. Mr. Pulitzer is
said to be looking and for a purchaser likely for that his
western paper, It is quite
lie fore the end of the present week the
bargain will have been completed.
Will Cm 11 an Extra Session.
Indianapolis, Dei’, 18. —[Special.]—
Gen. Harrison has accidentally let fall
his opinion that there will be an extra
session of the fifty-first congress called.
A delegation froth Brooklyn called on
the president-elect and invited him to
attend i>0tb. The the general memorial said day it exercises impossi¬ May
was
ble now for him to promise to be with
them. as. he would be verv busy about
that date, and and probably there would congress be would
he in session a num¬
ber of bilk before him for consideration.
IN TICK.NATION AT. GO WRIGHT.
of th. Printing Tmde* in Op.
putetiun to the Ponding lull.
New York, Dec. 18.—An organization
the Printing Trades Opposition to
International Copyright Bill lias lieen
here, and is extending through¬
the country. It has reached a mem¬
of about 2,000 in this city, aud
forwarded to Washington lengthy
against the passage of the bill.
claims that tho early endorsement of
hill by several local branches of
Typographical Union was se¬
without a full discussion
understanding of its merits
that the measure is really antago¬
in a (Denounced degree to the in¬
of the artisans of tne printing
and also o. small publishers, the
and j a, cr trade. It asserts
the present system of free oompeti
in the publishing business gives the
tiie cheapest literature in the
while it furnishes employment to
much larger number of printers, press¬
electrotypers, binders, artists, en¬
and newsdealers, and consumes
prices larger quantities of paper, than raised if
the higher of foreign English reprints level, were
as is pro-
by the copyright bill. The or-
recommends that compensa¬
be guaranteed to foreign authors,
that Americans be relieved from the
of pirating foreign foreign by literature, by of
grant to writers congress
right to collect a reasonable royalty
their books reprinted here, leaving
publishers books as free present, to repro¬ and
foreign as at foreign
operating in this monopolies claims of that
country. It of
pending hilt is practically anil a powerful grant
to a few men
houses in London and on our
seaboard to control the publish¬
business and in its of results the English-speaking raise the price
to
books and make the dissemination of
more costly, and, hence, less
KILLED IN SELF-DEFENSE.
lee, u Clayton County HuHi*?, .Shoots
a N ejf ro.
Jonesboro, Gn., Dec, 18.—A homicide
keen committed in Clayton county.
negro named Homer Griffin used force
recover a horse which had been sur¬
to satis :y a ft. fa. from the
in fi. fa., who was taking the
fo his home. The plaintiff sought
arrest under a warrant, and two offi¬
went from Jonesboro to make the
The officers became separated,
one of them, a bailiff, named Jeff
found Griffin and attempted to ar¬
him. The negro resisted, fought
stoned and beat Lee until he was
to shoot him in self-defense. The
is dead.
Creation of Cardinal* Postponed.
New York, Dec. 18.— The Catholic
has published a dispatch from
stating that, contrary to expecta¬
the pope has postponed the crea¬
of new cardinals until the March
i ecause of a disagreement
France over the nominations. The
also mentioned tho recent con-
made by the Vatican to Russia
regard to episcopal and other appointments and
lhat country that the benefits matters, the holy
to
will come sooner or later in the res¬
of the temporal power of the
Diplitherla at Sioux City.
Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 18.—There is
prevalence here of typhoid fever
diphtheria. There are scores of
cases, and the disease has
unusually fatal, death; among
being especially frequent. cold weather It
was in hoped that would as soon be ns diminution of
lucre a
cases, but the red cards are as nu¬
as ever.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
The house met at 9 o'clock.
Mr. Clifton, of Chatham, introduced a
from several working people
Savannah, asking that the general as¬
look into the evils of the convict
system, and take measures to cor¬
those evils.
Mr. Patterson, of Bibb, announced the
ath this morning of his offered colleague, resolu¬ Mr.
0. Chambliss, and a
which was unanimously o'clock adopted,
the house adjourn and at 12 as a
of respect, that a committee
three from the senate and five from
house be appointed to attend the fu¬
The chair ap; ointed on this c iiumittee
Huff. Johnson of Ciawford, Do-
Goodwin and Williams of Upson.
In the senate, after the reading of the
Mr. DuBtgnon presented a me -
sUned l.y a largo number of tho
men of Savannah.
The caption of the memorial is as fol¬
’
:
the General Assembly’ of Geor¬
gia :
We, the underigned, citizens of the
in who various are industries by occupation and working¬ employ¬
desire to enter our solemn pro -
against what we believe to be an in¬
wrong to the free 1 iln>r of the
and one never contemplated by
law-making power. For the last few
certain lessees of state convicts
pay the stato for their services a
pittance, and who in greedy desire
personal profit have so far disiegaAdr
the rights of free and hon.-.-t labor as
bring in of competition business in with the it-upon conduct the
of
private of these industries felons. the chains and
-kies As citizens of
state who obey and respect the laws,
whose living is earned by the sweat
our brows. We earnestly call to your
by this memorial our com¬
in the premises, and respectfully
relief and redress.
To the petition was nearly 200 signa¬
of well known workingmen of Sa¬
of whose character as citizens
DuBignon bill spoke highly,
A Griffin senate Street was Railroad passed incorporating
company.
Vice- Pre*id «nt Smith.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 18.—It is stated
good authority that Orland Smith
continue the vice-presidency of the
and Ohio railroad.
AND PINS.
Naughty LMss Debars Handled
Them Gracefully.
THEY CLOSED JAIL DOORS
BEHIND THEM.
O'l)rlia in the “Picture ot Health,”
Which Ik a* Faria the Picture tine
an She Will Oo—L»wy«r Marsh
In Hull a Believer.
New York. Dec, 18,—[Special.J—Ann
Disn Debar, the producer of spirit
has been released from tbs pen¬
ou Blackwell’s Island Both
and her husband have been exem¬
prisoners during their incarcera¬
She is the picture of health,
has worked faithfully in the
room every day.
Once in four weeks slit- has lieen
to receive visitors, but these have
not been many Laws er Marsh's nephew
has called a few times, and
O'Sullivan, the great spiritualist who
figured in the Diss Delxir trial, baa been
ft visitor on several occasions. No re¬
porters have been allowed to annoy her,
This was in response to her
request.
Gen. Dis-i Debar, who wjll leave a day
later than his spouse, has been employed
a clerk in the pin shop, and has not
missed a day's work since his term be¬
The madam has lost fifteen pouiuls
weight, white th r general has in¬
eight pounds. Lawyer Marsh is
re [ sir ted to still have plenty of faith in
her manifestations and mediutnship, and
has sent her many delicacies.
nephew was at tho foot of TwentyMhird
to day with a carriage to receive
the madam, and she will presumably be
to Lawyer Marsh’s house.
BIG RIVKB OVERFLOW.
Much Done to Dwelling's Kallroad
Tracks, Etc., In I’cnutfjlvfMilii.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 18.—[Special.]—
High water caused tho I ackawana river
overflow during the night, flooding
of houses on the Scranton dia¬
and Providence flats, carrying
away barns and outbuildings, and caus¬
ing great damage. People were forced
to h ave their homes in many cases by
bouts.
At Pleasant valtey a portion of the
and Lehigh in this railroad city track Than was carrried mile away,
more a of the
Central track was torn away,
while part of the Delaware and Hudson
suffered a similar Ids.;. thousands The total dam¬
age will resell many of dol¬
lars.
A Most Miserly Wretch.
Wi»mritu, Manitoba, Dae. 18-—The
most miserly man on the continent of
America, has just been discovered at
Clan William, a small settlement a few
miles from this city. His name is McRae,
and ho is a Scotch farmer, who lias lived
in the district for some time.
On Sunday his wife contributed fit)
toward the building fund of tho new
Presbyterian church. When MeRae
heard of this he went almost crazy, and
going into his barn he tied one end of a
strong rope to a raf er of the ceiling and
the other end around his neck, and at¬
covered tempted him, to hang and himself. with His wife dis¬
tho assistance of
a friend cut him down in time to save
his life. He was determined to put an
end to the misery he experienced over
the loss of his money, however, and later
in the drowning, day attempted but to commit suicide
by "Filially ihe church was authorities again rescued.
decided
to return the man his money, and he is
now happy.
They Will Kwu|» I'lacos.
Maysville, Ky.. Dei'. !«.—It is said
said that Postmaster A. C. Bespesa and
Mr. Kobest Fickiin, agent of the Mays¬
ville and Big Sandy and the Kentucky
Centra! railroad companies, have made
arrangements to trade places. The post-
ina-ter will turn his office over to the
railroad man. and the railroul man will
transfer his will job to then the send postmaster. The
postmaster in his resigna¬
tion and recommend Fickiin a< his sue
censor, using his influence, through Sen¬
ator Bick. to have Fickiin appointed.
The hitch at present seems to be Senator
Beck's illness. Fickiin thinks that if he
can get iu now, being a republican, he
will hold on for the ne .t four years,
Ouay hi Imlianapoli*,
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. iri— [Special,]—
Senator CuR)’. his son Richard, and
Thomas Britton, chairman of the Inau¬
gural committee, passed through
city, oonfe on route with to Indianapolis. Harrison Britton
will • in relation to
th > final arrangements for the inaugura¬
tion. while Quay will talk with the gen¬
eral about his cabinet. He admitted
he nauiaker would for push (dace the claims in the of cabin John -t. Wan-
a
IpnjAStAPOLis, Dec, 18,~[Speciai,]—
Chairman Quay arrived at 9 o'clock and
was driven to the new Denison, He
met by Mr. Halford and Col. Bridgman,
and taken t-> tl.e apartments which had
been prepared at the hotel.
HorrHilf Sight iu a St. l.miU llo\rl.
St. Louis, Dec. 18.—Trie cries of
child attracted the attention of a
officer about 1! o’clock p. m. r and lie
tered one of tie- most wretched
on Madison street. his A sickening
was pre-ent-d to eyes. Herman
Peaser was the lying helplessly and drunk in
corner of room, on tiie only
in the ho se Say th.- dead body of
wife. Three small children, thinly clad
in rags, suffering from cold and
completed the exosed family. The the legs of the
woman were to Knees,
the rats had badly mutilated thorn.
■Cruelty ot m Chief of I'ollce.
Raclse. Wis., Dec. 18.—Last night
the appointed of by tin; mayor,
of vestigated made charges, against cruel liief treatment
prisoner* < of
Frank rSchneJder. It «a- proven that
had horse* hipp d a tramp in
southern part of the city, un i th.it he
wnipped nitnaeif another admits with a strap in a
He that he
mitted these acta.
A ‘t ill >D;il:r...Y WHITE C IF.
tie Uiiin* the i»f a Haw Who \V»*
fitU ItottiUmnti.
Netv Albany, Ind., Deo; 18 .—VVm.
Gregory, one of the alleged White Cups
of West Fork. Crawford county, under
$l,0i* bond, came to the city yesterday
and called at the residence of M. Si,
Hcott. a re*pi viable merchant On State
street, an l met Miss Lilly 1 avis, daugh¬
ter of G. W Davis, a neighbor at West
Fork, who is on his bond for f 1,000 to
an*wet for White Capisin. The young
lady, w ho Is scarce eighteen years old,
had lieen to Mooresville, this county, on
a visit to her aunt, and told hei that her
brother, Will Davis, «a; in the city,
drunk at the Farmers' hotel. 1 revious
to that. Gregory had met voting Davis
and induced him to take a think from a
(1 ask of whisky. and
As soon as young Davis ru o ered
learned that hi- sister and Gregory w ere
seen together, he reported the facts Uj
the police. A watch on the train* was
kept, but nothing could be discovered
•of tiie Whereabouts of tho guilty pair
This morning early young Davis met
his .si-ter on the street, and she at
first denied all knowledge of the where-
<ibouts of Gregory smee early iu-t
evening. ted detective The girl that finally she and admit¬
to a Greg¬
ory hint occupied a room in sonic hotel
in Louisville, where, she could not tell,
and The that heretofore he had accomplished bore good her ruin.
girl a reputa¬
tion in ( rawford county, hlic- i; a large,
fine h oking country girl, weighing aUmt
109 pounds.
Gregory has a wife and three children,
and lives a neighbor to Davis. Jlis wife
has been ill in lied for several weeks,
iiud both families wore vary intimate.
Old man Davis has lieen telegraphed expected to
con e home at once, and is
home. It is believed that if ho or his
son meet Gregory, there will lie blood¬
shed.
Foil* Gregory who is is the believed store keeper have at West
to lieen
wounded Moreland's iu the fight with the white
caps at house last summer.
It is believed that Gregory has fled the
country, and will forfeit his bond when
the white eu trial ’ comes off. '* "" Tiie girl ' '
says he bid u-r going good bye at Louisville, rill
saying lie was home,
A Colored Womiau Turn«?<l Whit a.
New York, Dec. 18. —At Rock street,
near Summit, avenue, Jersey City, lives
a woman who is now white, hut was
formerly black. Her name is Julia ( isco
t
and she is about fifty-two \ ears old. It
was said that she is a Degress, and a re-
iiorter called on her to get an explana¬
tion ot the anomaly.
Mrs. Cisco said that until recently peo¬
ple had she always thought dark, hut her a negress be¬
cause was so that she was
tiie daughter of a Hoomo Indian and a
Black Hawk squaw. In 18-50, when she
lived in Mulberry street. New York, she
one day noticed a large white spot on
her neck. It remained and she wore a
cloth around her neck to hide It. Hhe
was treated for it by Dr. Morton, of
Grand and Elm streets.
The white spot went away, but soon
afterward a manlier of them came. She
feared was washing >he ha-1 for leprosy, foreign sailors, and she
but Dr, Morton
quieted her in this respect, lji 1871 sho
moved (o Jersey City, where one day
she spilled so ,ie hot tat on ihe skin of
her wrist and it became permanently
white, and soon after that she burned
her other hand w ith an arid, it and her
aim heiam whiten* marble, and white
spot* appeared on her neck and face.
These gradually absolutely increased in size until
she became white.
Dr. Pyle raid he had attended the wo¬
man for fifieen years, and that she is
suffering from leucoderina or vitiligo,
which, lie said, meant a loss of coloring
matter in the skin. The case of Mrs.
Cisco is tiie first he ever heard of. ex¬
cepting the case of a white woman in
.Scotland, whose body became covered
with spots whiter than the skin.
\Vrppked liv Opium.
Looansi-ort, Ind.. Dev. 18.-—For some
time past tiie Cumberland Presbyterian
church congregation ami oilier friends of
Rev. Baxter Barbee, minister of that
church, have lieen much aggrieved and
alarmed concerning the unfortunate
mental condition of the reverend gentle¬
man. He ha* a desire to wander, and it
has required his wife much and exertion friends upon the
part of to prevent
him gratifying His wishes in this respect.
Some month* ago Rev. Barbee had been
severely ailing with chronic diarrho-a,
and went south iu hope of recovery.
his Southern condition physicians small do recommended of opium for
os as a
sure remedy for tiie exhaustive com •
piaint. Tins the Rev, Barbee did. Tho
of habit hi* of opium elite, eating The scion desire got po increased session
apj
•with every amount taken, and the size
of the doses wo* enlarged i ntil its use
liegan to affect inveterate tlie brain. smoker, Rev. Barbee
i* al o an and the
combined effect of opium and tobacco
wrought ;i dreadful destruction with the
mentai faculty. he He continued growing
worse, until was hkiii di-covered in a
lamentable plight. Rev. Barbee is 25
years of age, and ha* a wife and one
child. Ho came to 1 oiguusport from
Tenues ee. and is talented and brilliant.
Two ( (Moaimt 'hip* Ott-rthp*,
New York, De -. 18 .— There is reason
to fear that two vessels consigned to
Leopold Schepp, eo-.-oanut dealer and
manufacturer at Hudson and Duane
street*, are lost. One of them is the
echo---net Frederick E. Schepp. from San
Bla* an 1 the Mosquito coast. She is
several days oier due, aud it i* believed
that the w (is pear the coast during the
high wind* of Tuesday. the Tiie other is
the brig Nile, from same regien, and
due a-'uut the satnewrime. The .Schepp
had 600.000 eocoanut* on ixiard, besides
a lot of iron wood and t onoj.se shells.
Tiie shells are of considerable value, and
the cargo all told is worth about $25,000,
The fact lhat a great niapy coeoauufs
Jiave washed upon tha southern Jersey
coast during the past fwo days adds to
the anxiety concerning the vessels. The
brig tarried a small cargo. There were
at least twenty men in the two crews,
llisman-k’s llraldrsw Iluruad.
Berlin, Duo. 17.—[Special.}—' Gast-
wirtlHuhaft," the country residence of
Prince Bismarck, took fire Testerdar
and was totally destroyed. Yhe furni¬
ture, pictures, books and valuable docu¬
ments were saved.
DOOMED iii CliliSES.
They Shut Him Out From His
Own Church.
THE PRIEST CAST THEM
UNDER A BAN.
Four Only fti* Uft In Tell th* Tut*. Ys*t-
»l>hori<-ally £|>* i» l»tn* , and Ttm,
Hum the Ilay Tfcay lnjorri,
Hli (iiml Character,
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 18.—[Spe¬
cial. ]—A young man am! prominent cit¬
izen ha* just died at Holyoke under
strange circumstances
Forty ' earn ago a Catholic priest in
this city, Father Dougherty, w m* charged
with the IwUrayai of a young lady. The
Sunday following the exposure a crowd
of forty or more excited parishioner*
gathered at the church door and refused
rather Dougheity admission to the
church The angry priest thereupon turned
cursed those whoso hands were
against him, and it is declared that near¬
ly all of thoao cursed have died unnat¬
ural deaths, while their children have
not been exempted. Three or tour of
the • accursed" itro still aliie. Among
them is Owen O'Connor of this O’Connor’s city.
About two year* ago Mr.
youngest son. Dr. P. J. OCotmur, com¬
mitted suicide at Worcester, aud to-day
another O’Connor, son, et-Mayor Holyoke, and died City of Physi¬
cian of apo¬
plexy. Dr. Su-azey, one of the witnesses
against Father Dougherty, fell through
a bridge near Northampton several
ypar* ago, and was killed. John Cardiff,
fell win, down was one of flight Ute of leading prosecutors, and died.
a stairs
John Topping, another who opposed the
priest, fell instantly thirty k feet filed. in John an ice-house Madden,
and was
who w as one of tho leading salcfNb keep¬
er* of New England twenty years ago,
Caine under tho ban. Misfortunes crowd¬
ed in ujion him, and from a prosperous
merchant with a $100,000 hank account,
.he died almost a pauper. Michael Burns,
of Park street, became an atheist. Ed¬
ward Kile, an old armorer, died of par¬
alysis,, his daughter became insane, and
his son. Edward Rile, is now violently
insane, and in his delirium ha raves
aIxmt Father Dougherty's curse.
Many others, died whose violent names cannot he
used, have or mysterious
deaths, and people are debating the
question, ‘•'Who will he the next victim
of Father Dougherty’s curse ?’*
A WAR OF HACKS
Great Kiritument In Wahalak, MtiuUssfpiii
—Till- I'iiuft of Ihe Riot,
Meridian, Miss.. Doc. t?.—[BpociaL]—
A number of telegrams received here,
state that a riot hud occurred at Walia-
luk, Kemper county, 30 miles north of
Meridian. Holly Morton, of this place,
is reported killed. A jiarty of 60 men
left here on a speciai train for-the seem*.
l ast Thursday the ion of Mr. O. F.
NicoLon was driving a wagon along the
road brought leading to Wahalak. vehicle in and accident¬
ally his contact with
one driven by a negro desperaio. The
negro liegan cursing the youth, when
Mr. Nicol-on interferred in the boy's be¬
half.
The following day Mr. Nicholson told
ins friends of the negro’s assault, and on
Saturday it was determined to organize
a 11 < iH*e and arrest Maury.
Two white men organized the negroes
to These resist white any attempt to arrest known Maury. the
men are to
Jieo; le of Wahalak. hut tlieir names
cannot ed be learned. They will bo lynch¬
ii eaf'ght. whites
The p ■**•■ of baited in front of
Maury h si place. lence, A but few found them it walked deserted up
t i him n
I rom the residence they went to the
smokehouse, These where they found the three
negioes. were asked w in r
ubouts of Maury, hut they pret no- i
they could not tell where he ecu; u-
found. While tho whites were trying io
extract some information from them a
man on the outside shouted:
••Here is Maury. Hupjosc you come
and arrc*t him T
The whites ruslie l in a body from the
building, and a* they emerged were re¬
ceived !»• a volley of muskets and shot
guns. Five white men were fatally
wounded, and others more or less seri¬
ously.
Site wit* HouimI to IJnp*.
Syracuse, N. Y„ I>*-. 18.—Charles A.
Listnian, a prosperous young liveryman,
aged 21 year*, has courted Kittic Foote,
the daughter of n carpenter, for more
than a year. 1 er parents did not want
her to marry i.istiuon, mid. fearing that
*he might run away, they have recently
kept Kittic her ha* 1 e*t clothes reach locked d the up. Miss
now age of 16.
Last we. k List mall called to see her, but
w as driven out of the house. At about
8 o’clock la t evening he drove by the
house iu a carriage. Kitti* ran" out
without a hat or wrap, and jumped into
th • carriage. Her elder sister saw her,
ran ;iflor the carriage, and tried to pull
Ktttie out. but she wai not stout enough.
Then she caught hold of the spokes, but
Listnian beat her hands with the whip,
and rim had to let go. Ttm pair drove to
the Lev. F. C. F. Grumbioes residence,
where they were married Liftman's in his parlor,
and then went to father’s.
Mr. Foote asked the jioiice to arrest his
daughter for eloping, but they refused,
a* -he is old enough to marrv if she
wants to. Kittic says she is sorry to
displease her parents, but she could" not
help it.
'•Ot«I IliOrti" t« 11**1*11.
Chicago, Dec. Is.—A rumor has got
around on the board that Mr. B. P.
Hutchinson was going out of busindka
on January 1st, and that lie would leave
town for awhile for the benefit of hu
health.
As the t4d gentleman was not on the
floor yesterday, and when as he was really
looking rather i*dly he appeared
on change this morning, the rumor
gained rc|Kjrtod some liave credence. closed The old nun was of
his trades to yesterday, up nearly and all
in com to have
given notice to one of hie broker* that
bis services would not he required after
January 1st
it is nothing new for the old man to
“fire" a looker, hint neither is It mi entirely
new thing for to announce that tie
L going out of bnsiue**. A* be L not in
good health now, ho • c er, the report
may | msihly h« c < r o ndatioo.
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ITEMIZED IftRCLEVANCMW
Mm* n«w. ttm pp ■ ■i n— «n u » »s » s Tegtfhse-
«* v'o.s s ens e mm* * %» !« ■ «« .
tie:. Fa her Dowling.of Ptrterborpafflt,
t km, has t sen appointed bishop ui Hsns
llton.
«» iuui i-iuent is on foot at CotamtHW,
O., for the establish uit-a t of an asylum
for inebriates,
Thi: tv-Bve divarcs ce ses — si x of whtoh
were tried were disposed of in on* hour
b> » Chicago judge. J;.%
O. W Partridge, n well kMeanm-
piper nun. committed suicideet Kmuss
City by taking laudanum.
A change tor the worse has
in the condition of E. L. Harper, and
U 1 «f is expressed that hi* relief fat
t* uporary
livei lost.
robberies from ►tract letter boxes, were
fo unt guilty.
John ! ..............S5T5.SS oyW,* colored
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an elevator shaft and was probably fa¬
ta 6«v. I. injured.
I'oraker, of Ohio, announose'tlwt
a»v further outrage* on tha part of »o-
c.ilb-d white caps will be attended to
pro aptly by the state. -
Mr*. Albert Kauffman and fr** And .
ter Alma,of Upper Bern (
county. by Pennsylvania, hot ware critically
burned tallow.
Out of »» indictments by the United
States grant! selling jury for northass town, 74
are for liquor without govern¬
ment license, . - .
Wm. J. Calhoun lute
at Wilmington. TTU. lie Del., of — „
arm* t* -9 atr-i ML
penalty is death.
(
It is believed st Washington I
calling of an extra session will
largely upon th* amount <4
tions mad* by the pre se n t cosgraae.
known Jerry McCarthy Now York and John
aliases, aa arrested thieves, in t
were
I., for passing
dollars.
Matt Kennedy, another
Wounded in the attack
Birmingham, the Ala., twelfth te
making plorable
conflict.
A dispatch from Berlin says: Henr He*
rensky, thinks that chief Emin of the has been African *"
that not Stanley. tha white It traveler* is more
*•
Osman Digna is Captain Comte, the
ian explorer.
The dead body ot a wall dressed
man woe found in the w oods aba
miles south of Birmingham, Ala.
were several frightful wound* •
man's head, and i
with blood was f
crime, Robbery was the evidently man’s pockets the ohjoM hod < been
os
turned. The body hoe not yet burnt idea*
lifted.
re «*•■ irn*tmm Tenttavr t# 'few Vhlsest F
Baxter Hpuihoa Kan.. Dec. 18.—(Spa-
cial.}—About one hundred and titty dsi-
egatm from the states and u r l ofM- aw
hare to attend the ’ndbin Terr f^rv cotte ’
veutiou to-day. There is general ntt*
nirnity of sentiment in favor of o. enatff
up the Indian Terri!®.**, Many of
Indians favor the plan b ttowmeat of
land* mid the territorial or .» of got era-
Veil Uete le a Pin steal
Little Fails. Minn., Dec. 18.-
ward Davy, of this city, has
letter from » Umdoa barrister,,
that an aunt of hi*, w ho died t
that city, lelt him t-M!,W0, or
ail invested in British consofs;
valuable tract of tend in NorthC
----r—
To Urge a Nktigw Mao’s
L xmtm, Dee. Iff — The
state grange adopted Friday * i
requesting the Michigan «*
delegation Hat the to appointment urge <m ^^idttiLElact at 3. J, Wood¬
n»on oten^to-
man. of Few Paw, Mich., as
sionerof agricultural. He is sx-mostor
of tiie state grong«.
A Mother ntwttvd !•
Fort Dornut, Iowa., Dm. If.—While '
roasted alive. Her six children t
her awful death, soma of thorn 1
badly burned trying to save bar.
UnitUln* llekeUb j
Nkw Yob*. Dec. V4.~H*rt*r'e Hcnrih-
ly will publish an ilinttrotad «rikd»«$k.f
Dakota n (he February number. Coat*
mi.wtoner McCluie, of the
bun au, is die author of the i
Rich Vsta mt Slim Mnllk
Duluth, Miim., Dec. Iff—Word
been received bore that a vary rich i
has Port b eu Arthur. made in the Rodger mine, 1
of
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