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Tl|e Gn'Fpin Daily New
VOLUME 17
Griffin, Ga.
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Gritliil 1* ilit< liveliest, pluckiest, most pro
gressivetnwn iuGeorgiu. 'I tit* lx no hjper
ollval de*cri tioil, as the record of the lust
Are years will show.
During that time It lias built a id put into
most successful operation n (100,000 cotton
factory and Is now building another with
nearly twice the capital. It lias pnt up a
; b ge iron and brass foundry, a fertilizer fae-
ory, an immense ice and bottling works, a
sash and blind factory, a broom factory
opened np the finest granite qnarr; in the
United State", and has many other enter¬
prises in outemplatiou. It has secured
another allroad ninety miles long, and while
ooatcu on the greatest system in the Seuth,
the Central, has secured connection with its
important rival, the East Tcunsssee, Virginia
and Georgia. It has just secured direct inde-
pendent connection with Chattanooga and
he W< st, aud has the President oi a fourth
railroad residing here and working
to its ultima'e completion. With
ta five while and three colored
churches, it is now building a $10,000 new
Pre-byteriau ohurcb. It has increased its
population by nearly one fifth. It has at¬
tracted around its borders fruit growers from
nearly every State in the Union, until it is
now surrounded ou nearly every side by or¬
chards and vineyard. It is the home of the
grape and its wine making eapaeity has
doubled every year. It has successfully
Inaugurated a system of public schools, with
a seven years curriculum, second to aane.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and simply shows the progress of an’ already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Qrifiin is the county scat of Spalding
county, situated in west Middle Gee gia, with
a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150
foot above sea level. By the census of 1890, it
will have at a low estimate between 6,000 and
7,0(10 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-uwake, up to the timee, ready te
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de
sirable settlers, who will not* be any less wel
come if they bring money to help build np
the town. There is about only one thing we
need badly just now, and that is a big hotel
We have several small ones, but their uecom-
modabons are entirely too limited for oar
buainess, pleasure aud health seeking guests.
If you see auybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, just mention
GritBti.
Griffin is the place where the Gaims
N kwh is published—daily aud weekly—the
twal newspaper in the Empire State ot the
Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending
far sample copies.
This bnet sxetoh will answer July 1st
1(WS. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to bo
changed to keep up with the times.
PROFESSIONAL ) < - CTOfl
H ENRY C. PEEPLE3,
A : I'D Lt N E Y A 1 LAW
HCMPTOs, Ol'.OBOlA,
Practices m all me State and Federal
Court*. oct'JdiSwly
JNO. J. HUNT,
AT 1’ O It N E Y AT LA W
GRIFFIN, GKOKGLV.
Office, 31 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. 11 :
V\ Lite’s Clothing Store. •narSSid&wl v
D. DlSMl’Sk. N- M. OO 1,1,1 N8
DISMUKE & COLLINS,
LAWYEU8,
GRIFFIN, GA.
Office,first room in Agricultural Building
Stairs. marl-d&wtf
THOS. R. MILLS,
TTORNEY AT LAW
GRIFFIN, GA.
□ Will practice in the State and Fedetal
tfc.urU. Office, over George «ft Hartnett’s
a >rnet. uov2tf.
LWS h. KTEWART. JtuBT. T. DANIKL
STEWART Ic DANIEL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Over George &'Hartnett’s, Griihn, Ga.
Will practice in the State and Kedi idertt
courts. iatit.
D. L. PARMER,
attorney at la w
WOODBURY, tGEORGIA.
a.ompt attention given to'all business
Will practice In all the Courts, and where
ever husli.css calls.
I Collections a specialty. aprbdly
Pnre KenincSy Bye WMsKies
-AND-
HEADQUARTERS FOR FLAT SHOALS
CORN WHISKY.
Also, all kinds of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars such as are kept in a first
class establishment. Everybody No. 4d, is
nvited to call and see in© at
West side Hill street.
sSld&wSm JOHN ISON.
New Felts
JUST RECEIVE DO AT
MBS. M. L. WHITE’S
Millinery Store.
Building. -Corner ofjHill and
Broadway. '
m. de lews idoi
American Capitalists May Yet Take
Hold of It,
WHAT. A PROMINENT WALL
STREET MAN SAYS.
1 he Cunet May be Finished by Uncle Saul,
and Make It au International Af¬
fair—Tbo Probabilities of
the Course Pursued.
Ni.tv York. Dec. 19.—The Panama
tan.il matter engrossed the attention of
several .ending bunkers downtown yes-
terda . . ml the -nutation vva; fully dis¬
cus*©.! ai u in etiag held by those who
are itne.esied in the rcheuie. J. & W.
Se.igumu was one of the banking houses
repre ented. 1 avid Seligman said:
“A meeting of hankers has been held,
but i cannot yet give the names of those
who were pro.-ont nor tell what was
done. The situation was pretty fully
discussed, and in a day or two we may
have something to say in the way of
suggesting a me.h id out of the dilemma
into which the a hairs of the company
seem to have :alien. More than this I
cannot .-ay at present."
So far ;-.s could he learned, it soems to
be the general bed a teat these tiunkers
might be .nd.u od to take Itoid of the
canal scheme an ! make au arrangement
whercb itco-dd be contioiled in this
contrv, and finished with American
capital. One gentleman, in speaking of
the matter, said :
■•I dtinot believe New York bankers
wou d t. ke hold of the matter unless
they co :ld wipe out all liabilities at say
5u cents on the dollar. Then they could
start 1 esh with a general mortgage over
the whole property and free the compa¬
ny °f it present complications of loans,
and) t en by bonding it the v might be
aide o do omething. lt would bo a’tre-
nuti o .s ing tiling, and for these shares now
o s tin the lottery loan, bonds
are ic.itiered all over France, and, as
inoit of tliem are no. register© I, hut sim¬
ply made payable to bearer, it woufd be
a hard job to get hold of all
ot them. The amount held in
this country is much smaller than most
persons believe it to be. 1 think $500,000
would cover tlie value of all the'securi¬
ties of the canal Company held by Amer¬
icans.’
Richard W. Thompson, ex-secretary
of the navy ami the American agent of
M. de Lesseps’ Panama canal enterprise,
was at the Fifth avenue hotel yesterday.
It will he remembered that Mr. Thomp¬
son resigned from Mr. Hay i s’ cabinet to
go into the canal scheme, lfe receives
a salary of $.5,000 a year. ’Thompson, A g eat many
luormln people called oo II l/t on on Alt- Mr. 'f'l...... . .... but 1 ..a v ery
few saw him. He __________ said he did ______ not be-
lieve the crash was as bad as reported,
and he had come on here to ascertain the
facts. Tlie collapse of the canal project
He would has seriously considerable afl'eet Abram S. Hewitt.
money invested in
a d;edging company operating on the
canal, and has thus far drawn very fat
dividends.
White I’ttjm ar« ViimhnrtMl.
Kansas City, Dec. Id.—A farmer liv¬
ing near here says he saw the White
Caps pass his house on two different
nights. Their caps bore numbers, and
they appeared to be under command of
a bugler. He followed them the second
night bold i:nt.1 e.l. they halted and seemed to
a com The chief, instead of
calling his men by name, would address
them as "No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, Nos. 8, 11
und 19. were appointed to go to some
place that n Joe ght. The next morning a
tenant on inned Milgrove's place found a
notice ; on his door, reading thus ;
"Frank Saojc :—We have you on the
list. If you don’t quit we'll cowhide you.
Let this warnin’ be sufficient. We’re or¬
ganized to clean this county out of ob-
jictio.ia 1 characters. Don’t try to bluff
us, but in ml: we mean hu mess.
"White Caps."
Prutoifaiiti Attacked In Spain.
Madrid, Dee. 19.—[Special.J—The lib¬
eral government tries in vain to enforce
a spirit of toleration among the people.
To-viny, in Biscay, an agent of the Bi¬
ble society was attacked and insulted by
twenty young students, who deprived
him of his liihles, Te taments and tracts,
an i made a bonfire of them. The Span¬
ish judges, after carefully in estigating
the c.ise, dt ci ied to send the offenders
before the tiil.u.uil for Ihe assault and
the d’Siru lion of the property of the
f oreign Bible so iety. The students will,
however, lure e to appear lie fore the mu¬
nicipal nutg'stiae. eoiivicte but this official, fine if
they are days' imprisonment. i, can only inflict a
and a few
Whilst this treatment is meted out to
foreigners, the Spanish courts of justice
send journalists the to religion. j en d servitude for
critic.sing state
(ielia.ul Hui-ri un im. Present.
Indianapolis, itc. 19.—[Special. J—
A new i on mendary of the Loyal Legion
fio be known as the Commandery of In¬
diana. was instituted to-day with appro¬
priate ceremonies. The star of the occa¬
sion was President elect Harrison, E*-
Dro-ident R. B. Hayes, commander-in-
chief of the o dvr iu America, officiated
at the ox ‘nit *. There were many vis¬
itors present from Cleieland St. Louis. Chicago.
Cincinnati mid .Many veteran
officers of this state are members of the
order through presumed the that Ohio commandery, wifi
hut it is they now
ti ansfer do ir membership to the Indiana
commandery.
International Copyright.
W ashiNGTON, Dec. 19.—[Special. ] —The
International copyright bill which a spe¬
cial order by Mr. Breckcnridge, of Ken¬
tucky. will come up to-day in the houge
for con* dura inn, aud although there is
con id. ruble oypo-ition is thought to it from that sources it will
least expected, it
b- passed with a good majority president, vote. in-
Those who are close to the
tju at - tjiat, "hfidld it reach him. he will
promptly approve it.
A Phonograph }n Court*
London, Dec- 19.—During the triui-qf
a trade'mark suit in the law courts s
phonograph was introduced to reproduce
a letter and other papers. The instru-
gypl v__ worked successfully, trial, and Judge _______
Kay, who and presided pleased. at the was sur
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'jRIFFIN. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2«, issa.
AI..1SKCS HORROR.
v»««llii»iil Testimony ltefore the Congrvo-
»l«»“»l Committee by u Witness.
Washington, Dec. 19. —[Special.]—
teaimony before the house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries in regard
to the charges of immorality in Alaska
und the Seal island was of a somewhat
sensational character.
Wui. Gavitt, s eoial agent of the gov-
erumeut luo*e at St. George’s island, testified
to the state of affairs existing and
the the extensive prostitution through¬
out the jsland. Thy natives, he said
ployees were en of ouraged the in their vices by em¬
Alaska company, and cor¬
ruption was prevalent among the latter,
one of whom told (iavitt that he could
draw a second salary from the company
if he would do a* he was wanted ta.
GOV. WILSON’S NERVE.
The Militia to be Called Out to Pioteet
Democratic Coagfennuea*
Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 19.—[Spe¬
cial.]—It is rumored here that Governoi
Wilso;i_ has decided to callout the militia
to support his contemplated action giv¬
ing certificates to four democratic con¬
gressmen. lt is claimed this action will
give the democrats a majority in the
house. Two republicans are elected on
the face of the returns.
FALLEN THROUGH.
Xugutiutiomi fur tho Control of the 1C. T.,
V. und G. Kuilroad Syvtuui.
New York, Dec. 19. —[Special.]—
Negotiations between the Norfolk and
Western and (he Richmond and Termi¬
nal officials regarding joint operation ol
the East Tennessee system have fallen
through, and the meeting arranged for
to-day has been indefinitely postponed.
WILL agree.
Democratic am! llepublicau Senator* Will
Call a Vote in January.
Washington’, Dec. 19.—[Special.]—It
is now understood that an agreement ha«
been reached between the republican
and democratic senators, by which a
date for a vote on the tariff hill will be
fixed for early in January, and the holi¬
day adjournment resolution passed.
N<‘n»Htiunul Court Soeue iu Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec, 19. —[Special.]
There was an exciting scene in the su¬
preme court, ex-Alderman llarthol-
emew Kenny being the victim of a rnur-.
derous assault by Richard Clark during
the progress of a real estate tran-aetion,
the wife of the ex-alderman being a
party to the case. Clark became angry
and without provocation seized 4 heavy
inkstand and hurled it at Kenny's head,
striking him. Kenny sustained a severe
scalp wound. Clark wag arrested.
Not UinuMtrck’a Moiuhi at All.
Berlin, Dec. 19.— Considerable excite¬
ment w r as caused here this morning by a
report that Prince Bismarck's residence
at Friedrlchsruhe had been destroyed by
fire. A later report, however, stated
that it wus the village inn that had been
burned.
Grant'* lirother-iii-l.au' in a Critical State.
Washington, Dec. 19. —[.Special.]—
Col. James V. Casey, brother in-law ol
the late Gen. Grant, And formerly inter¬
nal revenue collector at New Orleans, is
critically ill at his residence.
Mrs. Waits III.
Washington, Dec. 19. —[Special.]—
Mrs. Waite, widow of Chief Justice
Waite, who has been critically ill ol
pneumonia, is reported better, and will
probably recover.
Mayer Klectcil President.
Baltimore, Mil., D- c. 19.— [Special.]—
Charles T. Mayer I-" Ven elected presi¬
dent of the Balti r« md Ohio road, ic
place of Samuel Spci.cer.
llfrlt Vein of Silver Struck.
Dt’Ll’TH, Minn., Dec. 19.—Word has
been received here that a very rich strike
has been made in the Badger mine, back
of Port Arthur.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
In the house, Mr. Hill, of Meriwether,
offered a resolution, providing for the
prolongation of this session for ten days,
and for adjournment then sine die. Mr.
Hill thought that all business before the
house could be completed in ten days,
aud that a long session next summer
would l* avoided. The lease of the
U estern and Atlantic railroad was a
matter that demanded immediate atten
tion, aud he hoped that the resolution
would meet w ith the approval of every
member. Barker, moved that the
Mr. Jones, of
resolution Ire tabled. Tabled by a vote
of 98 to 5.
A l ill by Mr. Hill, of Wilkes, appro¬
priating tiie sum of $3,900 to the execu¬
tor* of Gen. Robert Toombs for services
rendered the stale by him was next
taken Up-
Mr. Felton offered to amend by saying
$2,500 inslead of $3,000. The bill was
recommended to the committee on ap¬
propriations. Howell, of Fulton, offered the fol¬
>lr.
lowing join' resolution, which wasaffopt
ed:
Resolved. That a committee of ten from
the house hve from the senate be
appointed to visit the university and at¬
tend the commencement exercises next
June, and report the condition of tht
university. appointed this
The si eaker on com
mittee. Messrs. Howell, Humphries ol
Brooks, Perry, Fleming, Felton, Patter
ton, Tatum, Twitty, and Johnson of
Ford. order for the hour follow
’I he special reading of the journal, bill
ing the a to
accept the $15,000 under the appropriated Hatch by th«
government act, w-a<
displaced. The senate cgnsurred in certam huu«
amendments to a bill incorporating th<
Southern Brunswick Terminal railroad
company. All be bouse bills reported read
were a
first and second time.
Mr. Rice introduced a resolution to
provide for the appointment capito! with of an salary engi
ueer for the new a
not to exceed under $1,900 jfcfi. per rule annum. Laid
over one day
HKARTLESS “REDS.”
Chicago Anarchists Coldly Greet
Mra, Parsons.
THE FIERY FEMALE FLIES IN A
GREAT PASSION.
Aud bu>» vli«.* W«m*t In* IumiiU*! by Ivvni
m Chit-utfo —I h«« Foli€«
on tlao Unit for un> lu-
Chicago, Dec. 19.—Mrs, Lucy Parsons
sjient a -|uiet day. She i» not creating
the stir it was thought her arrival might
bring forth, but. nevertheless, -he is re¬
garded as being infinitely more import¬
ant thau Benjamin Harrison, the
cabinet or the tariff bill at pres nt.
The |Kilice are on the ijui vive, on ac¬
count of the reception which i* to be
tendered her to-monow, and which will
empty nil the slums in the city of "ied*"
and outlaws.
When Mrs. Parsons arrived home, she
went direct to her home.
She expected thut some friendly an¬
archist would have her children at the
dejiot, aud if not there, that they cer¬
tainly would be waiting her at her
in,me. But. not so. She entered tlie
h -use and learned that her little boy and
girl were still with friends on Halstead
street.
A policeman had seen her leave tho
street car and enter her house, and he at
once notified his station, whence the
news was carried by fire to tlie offices of
Chief iff Police Hubbard and Inspector
Bontield.
When Mrs. Parsons heard of this, her
lip curled, the customary sneer lionlield came
upon her face, and she bcored
and his "gang,” as she denominated tho
police "They force. cell Joliet already
have got a at
picked out for me," she said. "They
can put me in it when they get ready,
too, but tho movement will go right on
after I am put away. Bee if it don't."
The movement sl.e ae.erred to was the
eight hour agitation inaugurated last of
week by the American Federation
Lab- r, at St. Louis, which the anarchists
have taken u i|>-
“They'd like to hang don't me,” Mrs. if they Par¬
son* wont on, "and 1 cape
When she found her cluluren wore
not at home, Mrs. Parsons went to the
grocery'store of’Herman Cordits, at No.
835 South Haistead street, where they
have been kept while the mother was
abroad. Mrs. Parsons believes it will
take a terrible uprising to fairly inaugu¬
rate tho doctrine of anarchy in America.
"But It will come,” said she signifi¬
cantly. complaint
Mrs. Strangely Parsons enough, made the arriving first here
on was
regarding the police, and when she was
aeon oRo wa» not in the levst of humors.
Her eyes were snapping and her tongue
unloosened.
“Now, I want to give This you an idea of
the stepped Chicago police. the morning down when
I on car to come here
a lieutenant—I have forgotten his name,
but his face I remember quite well—was
standing on the car platform. He said:
think ’Howd'y do, Lucy lt Now, what insult, do you
of that'/ was an and 1
tu'nedtohiin and said: ’Although yo i
are a police official, sir, still i demand
politeness even from a’Chicago police¬
man.’ "
THE GEN ERA I, RELEASED.
Hm Follow* Hie Frine*.-.** Ann O’Delia from
I.onjf Couiiiienieiit.
New York, LVc. 19.— Geneial Dias
Debar has been release 1 at last from
Black w ell s Island prison. His sjiousc
left yesterday.
Tho general was locked up in another
wing of the prison, about two blocks
away. He has not seen a visitor since
lie was sent up there. He got there a day
after his beloved Ann, end that is the
reason it takes him a day 'eager to get
out. He says that he has uo plans lor
the future.
Tho o reporter tried to g«t from hiru
some idea of what he intended to do,but
did not succeed.
lo the reporter Clerk Crane ; aid:
"The general dozen has seen times, Ann's she broad
hack about t wo but has
not s- en a little hit of him."
“llow- is that
“Well, you see, they both attended the
Catholic church services on Sunday, and
that is the only another opportunity all. Ann they have of
seeing one at was first
there always. The general kneeled away
in the rear. She oould not turn round.
It is against the rules. He could see her
back Wh-p le;v ing church she went
out through a door straight ahead of
her. lie passed out in an opp site di¬
rection ”
The title of her iir*t lecture, or when
she will give it. she r. fus d to disclose,
and, in tact, refused to talk much any¬
way. been guarded in all that
She 1ms very
she has said to reporters. Ann is known
to have n very fair balance at her bank¬
er's, an I hus no fear of starving, even if
she doe* not get work right away
She has received a numlier of com mu
nicati n- recently from John L O'Sulli
van, a prince of spiritualists, and it j.
possible he> may go into partnership
and establish a factory for the produc¬
tion t spirit j ictures.
Died l itfltnrhingl')-,
Hacki nsack, N. J., Dec. 19.— [Spe¬
cial. l—Joim Mvt-pj Dorepieis, why mur¬
dered hi »on, Jacob, iu June last, has
be n ban ed ( ere. Doremus killed his
son will, a cutving knife, because the
latter run onstrated with him forabusing
hi- mother. Dort-uius was perfectly cool,
and died unflinchingly, as lie said he
would.
Ruln-rt Garrett’s Removal.
Baltimore, Hep. 19,—[Special.]—A lot
of baggage ha* arrived from Ringwood,
New Jrree.. from the Garrett family,
and a letter has been received here from
one of tlie attendants, sayjng that Rob¬
ert Garrett \v ill he brought in a few
dgye tq h s < oqiitry s«at. "Uplands,”
near this city.
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Tin is Mol nos Hlvar land coin ran y
ha* deierpi tied to go ahead with lire
evictions.
Lomu.i- - D.dh-io was slot aa-i tiled
at shs i.ikin Pa., by Pierre Chico in a
«.n -irel^otj-.i-aUaJ '.vor agjigg;J y y i*
\» lft V NOP .JOHN I-. f
A Man of ItrnvsR U>uit«tl lor speaker of
t!ir .lift ( on £ re**.
Washington, Dec. 19. --Neputltean
leaders such as Major McKinley and Mr,
Cannon deny there iias been any cou.er-
envo yet looking to the adoption of a
new set of rules in thu next congress.
Mr. C annon, who is on tlw committee on
rules, deni s that hu ha* even talked
with Iiiseo 1- ague on the committee, Mr.
Ket’d, on the matter.
The republican* r.-cognize, however,
that they are going to have a serious
time Leaves keeping the next house in control.
of absence will not be granted
tor fun, snd members vv ho show a dis-
p> sition to stay away «ill receive sharp
party will disci) be line. The presence, of a quo¬
rum the essential thing, and if
they believe have they that tlie control republican the situation. managers
can
A motion is Usually made soon after
the rules meeting of the hew t digress that
the of ihe lad house lie in force
until otherwise ordered. In the ubs. nee
of auch An order tho house would lie
governed by general parliamentary law s.
'1 liis. Mr. Cannon said, d-es notreiog-
ni/a filibustering, and if desirable the re¬
elaliornte publicans could decline to adopt any hail
set of rules until they
framed some that suited them.
In any cas ■ it would bo in the power
of the speaker to d-i something like Kei-
for diil in five forty-seventh congress. It
was in May, 1883, when the case of
Mackey versus Dibble was under con¬
sideration and the committee on rules
reported motions. a new rule democrats forbidding believe dilatory
As the l that
the effort to unseat Mr. Dibble was not
justified tered by the adoption evidence, they the filibus¬
against the Keifer of amend¬
ed rule. Speaker refused to en¬
tertain motions made by democrats, and
held that dilatory motions were not in
order on a proposition to amend tho
rules and prepared to carryout tlie man¬
date of tho republican machine. Mr.
Randall Reed appealed contemptuously from his decision, hut
Mr. moved to lay
tho up|M-al on the table. Mr. Springer
asked to be excused from voting. Tho
stieaker ruled his request out of order
and refused to entertain an appeal. Mr.
Cox pro. enti d a protest signed by 106
members ah of the house against the speak
er's conduct, but the republican pro
gramme was reh ntlesillv carried out.
There was great indignation among
the democrats, and some of them were
believed to lie considering a plan to re¬
move Mr. Keifer from tho chair. When
ho was informed of this by Mr. Cannon
he clutched with hi* lug hand the heavy
gavel and replied :
"If any one cornea up here to lake me
out of the chair 1 will split his head
opt n.”
like Capacity this will and be weighed audacity by to do things
the republi¬
cans in making their selection of the
speaker.
IV rfor hi
Baltimore, Dec. 19.—A lioilcr maker
named Charles Howe astonished the epi-
cu) es at a swell up town restaurant last
night by eating five dozen raw eggs,
shells ami all, on a wager of $5. The
eggs were placed before him on the eat¬
ing bar half a dozen on a plate. He stood
up in front of the ten plates of eggs.and,
ta' ing one after anotlie . 1 roke the
point, lilierately sucked chewed the eon tents and then de-
up and swallowed the
shells.
Af er finishing spirits. the first dozen he asked
for some Whisky tv as offered,
but he preferred nh-olq l. and took a big
drink from the not le that supplies the
spirit lamps twelve I'e to, eated the (lose after
every eggs. : n half an hour half
the eggs and over a pint of alcohol ha 1
been consumed.
lit- After pocketed swallowing th buttoned tho last of the iiis eggs
• $5, up vest,
remarked that he had often eaten nine
dozen egg* in the same manner and left
the group of astonished nun wondering
whether the boiler maker had an iron
plated Howe stomach,
is alive and well to-day.
About Hint lti|f SniU£j£llii|' ( ungpinicv.
Ht. Pail, Minn.. Dec. 19.—There is
every reason to believe that the smug¬
gling conspiracy which the United States
officials discovere 1 here is the formation
of the bund arrested at Denver, and ths
subse ueiit seizure of 800 pound of opium
at 8t. Vincent is mote far-reaching and
of vastly greater proportions than was
at first supposed. It is certain that the
operation* confine 1 of opium, the hut smugglers were not
10 silks and other that costly large quant¬
ities of fabrics
from China have been landed in British
Columbia and ( rougbt to variou-j points
ou the Canadian Pacific railroad, con¬
signed the to the smugglers, ft is known
that governnn-nt officials here have
recently seized several small lots of silks
that are said to be disposed of to St, Raid
and Minneapolis merchants. The offi¬
cials refuse to say anything. Marshal
Campbell far-reaching would only and sav: ' ineludge The case is
so that it may so
many (arson* cannot be given
o it until we have arrested the of¬
fenders.”
ProMiniUnji HU Divor .;«*! Wife for I’erjuiy,
Buffalo, Dec.19,—Mrs. Jennie Pome¬
roy was pla-ed in jail to-day charged
with perjury Pomeroy, by her divorced husband,
Josian 13-ye’ar because she *tolc from
him their old son, Lester. Mis.
Pomeroy s sister, Misa Emma Harris, is
charged with the same offence, but has
not been arretted. Tlie Pomeroys were
divorced when tho hoy w as four years
old, awarded and the custody of the child was
ta the husbaud. While return¬
ing from school recently Lester was seen
by with liiw her n other, friend* who in persuaded Ithica. him There to he go
to
was succea-Jnlly hidden from the detec¬
tives for several weeks. Meanwhile
Pomeroy entered habeas corpus proceed
ing* against 'he mother. She and her
sister, however, swore they knew noth¬
ing about the theft of little Lc»ter. He
was finally fouqd with the Ithaca folks,
restored to hjs father, and the pefjury
prosecution foilowr,.
A Rad Wreck.
Atlanta, Dec, 19.— [Special,]—Near
Allatopua. on the Western and Atlantic
railroad, there was a bad wreck last
night.
Section A of freight train No. 7 left
the city yesterday afternoon with 12
cars. The train was manned by engin¬
eer McDade aud Ftreiqa^ Qelashaw. and
Conductor Smith. When near Ailatoona
about 49 mites froyn Atlanta, it where
the accident happened. Del.ashaw and
a train hand went hurt.
RECALLED BY BLOOD.
Horrible Woolfolk Butchery in
Macon.
BELIEF THAT THE PRISONER
WILL BE FREED.
Attorn#jr Walker FipreMfi Hit Cottvlfttltm
of Hi* iBiiwcimpp—rerltap* the Birmiatg*
hum Murderer May t>«* AUo Freed
for the •same Ileakou—Walt*
ing for Deriiiou,
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 19.— [Special}—
What lias become iff the Woolfolk case?
is tiu* question now almost daily asked.
The Birmingham tragedy ha* revived
tlie horrible murder of the Woolfolk
family in Bibb county, and queries about
the young man who is charged with
uitirdt-ring his own family are? frequent¬
ly made.
Woolfolk is still confined in Bibb coun¬
ty jail at Macon.
i ne of his attorneys, Mr. Frank H.
Walker, was seen-by a reporter yester¬
day and questioned about Woolfolk'*
ca*e.
" Wooffolk’s ca*c is simply awaiting a
final decision by the supreme court,”
said Mr. Walker, “and it will prol-ahly
not be reached befdFe next February. 1
have little doubt but what Woolfolk
will get a new trial, and 1 believe, since
the excitement lias by died away, he jury. „wil)
Ik? found not guilty an impartial
1 never havo believed Woolfolk gui‘
and don't think there was evidence
enough to convict him.'*
'•Why hasn’t before the supreme court takes
his case un because now T was asked.
“Why, the supreme court has
never reached the Macon circuit since
the The appeal Woolfolk vvus tiled." and +
Hawes inurdery
seem so analogous iu cold-bloodedness
the question also be arises, freed will lack the Birmingham of
suspect on evidence)
A GOLDEN WAR.
(•nthaui Jffwellen und Fnwitbrokers Cannot
1‘oMlbly Agree*
New York, Doc. 19.— [Special. ]-5 Tit*
war between the jewellers of Maiden
Lane and tho pawnbrokers, is causing $
feeling of unea*ine»a among the latter,
w ho, having no sort of organization and
no influence, as they assert fear that
they will lie worsted. Of the I’ll licensed
pawnshops in this owned city, by only about
twenty-live are men who
have capital enough to conduct an hon¬
est business. Among those are tlie Simp-
Kins, sons aud nephews of the original
Simpson, ’United Ftvifsirl an lingli ;lishmiu|, who came to
tts.v tht; States Ulotnl more than eighty aloatf
years ago, and in 1822 estabtiohed a
office in < hailiam street. It is said that
the Simpsons, of whom then- are five
cousins, are the only Gentiles in the
paw nhroking claim business. they The i n wubro¬
ker* that are the friends of
tin- juently people was the much, as securing they have been
ire means of the ar¬
rest of notorious burglar* and cracks¬
men. Therefore they think when their
business is L-tug interfered with, they
arc which not their receiving services the the consideration authorities
• to
entitle them to.
J. Hull Wants No futarfan-ncc.
Paris, Dec. 19.—[Special.]—Thepolicy
of the Turkish government with refer¬
ence to the concession of the Ismidt
Angora railway has led to diplomatic
representations iieing made on behalf of
the British and Austrian subjects, repre¬
senting the English syndicate who are
the lessees of the line from Constantiao-
pl ' to Ismidt. This syndicate has bv
virtue of au agreement with the Turkish
government, preferential claims Minor. for all
railway extensions in Asia The
syndicate line refuses to give up possession
of the until their claims are settled.
The Turkish government having threat¬
ened drastic measures. Hir William
White and Baron Calico have presented
very strong notes to the that porte, the Brit¬
ish ambassador stating the English
government would allow no interference
whatever with the rights of the English
syndicate.
A Mlrntcjfl** War Game.
London, Dec. 19.—[Special.]—By per-
mission of the commander-in-chief, a
war game wu> played to-day at the levee
room of the Horse Guards, at Whitehall,
in the presence of many officers and rep
rcK-nlatives of the government.
The general idea upon which the oper¬
ation* were based, was lo the effect that
un army covering laandort lmd fallen
back to Staines and Guilford,'where it
was fining reinforce 1, and was opposed
by Hungerford an invading army which had reached
and Andover, covering the
i ail way lines. It w as also assumed that
W incite-.ter invested. was occupied Lieutenant and Ports¬
mouth Colonel
Cooper King was j riccip.il umpire, and
the players Wingfield, were i aptain Surties and
Lieutenant Lieutenant vvingueiu. of ol the theGolastreai Coldstream
Guard*, opposed to Captains J. V. Dav
son and V. Ferguson.__
1 lot! Slirrlilaii Htatu*.
Washington, Dec. 19.—[.Special.]—
The committee appointed by th© Army of
the Cumberland to erect a statue to the
late Gen. Sheridan will commence active
opp©ration* very short!v. The Army ol
the Cumberland erected in this city the
statue* to Thomas and Garfield. It raised
in each case th- sum of f30.<XlO, and a
similar sum will easily be raistaL to aid
dan. in keeping As in green the two the memory instances, o< Sheri¬
the* government will previous asked to donate
os
tlie site aud tho i»edestal. and the re-quest
will, no doubt, be complied with.
To l ik« a Mteliicaa Sian*. AppataluCaL
Lansing, Dec. 19. — The Michigan
state grange adopted Friday a resolution
requesting the Michigan congressional
delegation to urge upon President-Elect
Harrison the appointment of J. J. Wood¬
man, of Paw Paw, Mich., as oommis-
sioner of agriculture. He is ex-mas tec
of the state grange.
A Mother Boasted to Deet*.
Fort Dodge, Iowa,. Deo. -9.—While
Mrs. Wood was working over a stove
dress roasted caught alive. fire Her aad six children she was literally
witnessed
her awful death, some of then being
badly burned trying to save her,
NUMBER 252
Iff tStIZED
l-hilr Now* H»|> to o l o gs Ussitll
t» amw Spa m MS rsHwww.
L* 11meets in Gvdaey's
Y 1 k harbor, with the eioctric
harlair Irnoya, have been so
that the svotetn will fie extended 3
Edward Kennedy, "* Cttfut '**’-* l ^
aUasH^Mvt . ^
charged John liawkin
r.uffifng him. of ft,6
opium joint.
Prcparatii na for ths China* 1
t:on©*| ouding to the AmeriMUS Mi .
mas. are I eing made this^renria
York upon an i
The yellow fyver refuges* i
3*ck onvBla were met with 1
ai.d the city is Itself again. , j
8am Merritt, with a gang Of
went t* tho resort of Andy Fi
smashed Bridgeport, keno Conn., layout. aad with ~
a ■
Rev. Hugh t Griffin,of 1
Manor, Md., celebrated the
of hi* \
Dr. G W Williams, of Omaha, KMs*
charged with a serious crime, took id-
ug»- in suicide.
Manufacturers of window ffhgm ssf
attempt counteract to present organize a pool production in mfmi
over an
low pricea.
Judge Ross, of California, tea t"
that at the i United States had
over Indian* committing crimes,
cordingiy five seven m murderous murderous Two ’___________
to year* imprisonment.
The latent advices emphasise thThand* the ofdn
ion that Stanley is in of thA
Arab*. ' 'H ' ' k *”**“~*~™“
thudox Bishop church, Vladimir, at the M
confirms the _______
made concerning the sale of native j
in Alaska for immoral purposes.
cisco at the recent eleetta. S'
A Baltimore buiter maker rtMtted
Howe won $5 by eating five dozen new
eggs, shells and all. at one sitting.
Tbs injunction CoL^ of Wn. CtmaffM
against ‘ '
solved. l/mg Bi
ship denied.
President 8. B. , at the i
cago, St. Pant and
taken steps to form
waterways and railways
coal and iron ftom St. Paul to PI
John L, Sullivan says that the
for a receipt lacker* for the F IH'ZWW/ money Wf
Kil rain’s was
binding h-ftopen the by match. then in order i
his introduction of a bill in tftmiMMwelf
reqireMcntative* repealing the be •' i interstate
commerce set. *
THK HITTUI owumwffff,
a Si &
OMDtShs
Dem.«*,« Tiasw
Bhidownwt, Conn., Dec. l»,~Th*
hustle has had a blow. Hm Taylor biwtle
di partim-nt in Warner Brae.* corset fed-
t ry has shut down for Hunt week*.
Mr. Taylor, the luventorof titefohiing
hustle, tuu made a fortune off hie afaf
conductor and lias built himself a splen¬
did residence witli the royalties paid him
on his bustle. *
.Miss Hattie bear Do* and Miss
Mullen have been fomwomen ?
bustle departments. When It \
nounced that the bustle factory
shut down, each of the»e. forewa
were presented with a valuable i
ring. Bros.’ factory,la
Warner corea-t 1
thu hustle has been u an of act
tinues to turn out tlie usual 1
waist-s ,uec er*. Dr. Warner
hu inc* lu-vl r was bettex.
AUmt a Gear ago Mrs.
tin? dedicatory etectel by o .cruise* of Bcaslda i
tutc, Warner 1 ro*. lari
u»e of w or ..in* wo nett, waa
With firoidered an exqufa silk :e jair of oorsefe ena*
in m
It i* thought here n w
of Mr. Taylor that it
with (olitic to patent have foiding pr-ented bustle. Mr*
a
The corset business thrive*,
bustle must go.
IIRl'TAL AFKICAM,
Frl*litfal i
LogDOfft, Dec, 19.—[Special.]—A db-
patch from Zanzibar repmrte a horrible
exhibition of faaatMen by the sultan.
He ordered the instant beheading fat a
public ,Greet of four native* charged
with murder, but as yet untried,
sentence wi * accomplished with clumsy
brutality, and the bodies were aBoww
to lie in tlw street until evening. Th*
sultan j r«|K>*es to re(ieat this every day
for a we.-k. there being twenty-four men
and a woman under sentence of
The butcheries have caused a profound
sensation, and common action will he
taken by the represen tail vee of torm ign
I owers here to prevent tbeir reocurreacn.
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