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■ ■ . . A, 5 • '. r • I* * News. ^ — - l": A A : w VOLUME 17 Griffin , Griffin is tbe liveliest, pluckiest, most |>ro greoite town in Georgia. This is no hjpcr oil cal descri. tion, as the record of the last (Ire years will show. « During that time it has built and put into most successful operation a $100,000 cotton faotory and Is now building another with nearly twice the capital. It has pnt up a arge iron and brass foundry, a fertilizer fac- ory, sa immense ice and. bottling works, a sash and blind factory, a byoom faotory opened up the finest granite quarry in the United State*, and has many other enter¬ prises in -outeinplation. It has secured another ..ttlroad ninety miles long, and while ooateu on the greatest system in thcJSeuth, the Central, haa secured connection with ih> important rival, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. It has just secured direct inde¬ pendent connection with Chattanooga and lie Wist, and has the President of a fourth railroad residing _ here and working to its ultimate completion. With ts live white and three colored ohurchcs, it is now building a $10,000 new Pre-byterian churob. It has increased its population by nearly one fifth. It has at. traded arouud its borders fruit growers from nearly every State in tbe Union, until it is now surrounded on nearly every side by or¬ chards and vineyard. It js/hfi home of the grape and its wine making eapasity lias doubled every year. It has Successfully inaugurated a system of ptiblie sciioojs, yvifU u seven years curriculum, second to none. This is part of the record of a half decade and simply shows the progress of nn already admirable city, with the natural advantages of having tha finest climate, summer and winter, in tbe world. Griffin is .tbe county scat of Spalding county, siturTed in west Middle Georgia, with a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet above sea level. By the census of 1800, it will have at a low estimate between 6,000 and 7,(MX) people, and they are all of the right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready te welcome strangers and anxious to secure de suable settlers, who will not be any less vvel come if they bring money to help build up the town. There is about only one thing we ueed badly just now, and that is a big hotel Wc have ssveral small ones, but their accom¬ modations are entirely too limited for our business, pleasure and health seeking guests. If you sec anybody that wants a good loca¬ tion for a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. Griffin is the place where the Griffin News is published—daily and weekly—the nest newspaper in the Empire State of the Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending for sample copies. This briet stretch will answer July 1st 188$. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to be changed to keep up with the times. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY HENRY C. PEEPLES, 1 rOli.NEY Al LA W HAMFTO.N, OKU Will. Brae tines m all the 8tate and Federal Courts. octbditw 1 y JNO. J. HUNT, ATTORNEY- AT LA W GRIFFIN. OEOUGIA. Office, 31 Uill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H White’s Clothing Store. mtirdh'd&wlv D. DISMUKK. N. M. COLLINS DISMUKE * COLLINS, LAWYERS, GRIFFIN, GA. Udloe, first room in Agricultural Building Stairs. marl-dtfcwtf THOS. R. MILLS, TTORNEY AT LAW GRIFFIN, GA. rtwill practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office, over George & Hartnetts nov2-tf. o rrner. 4 Hn D. STEWART. BOBT. T. DANIEL STEWART A DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Over George & Hartnett’s, Grifi>n, Ga. Will practice in the State and Federa vOurts. inn 1. D. L. PARMER, attorney at law WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA. »i ompt attention given to'all business Will practice in all the Courts, and where ever business calls. aprbdly jar Collections a specialty. Mitsftf Rye Whiskies -AND- HEADQUARTERS FOR FLAT SHOALS CORN WHISKY. Also, all kinds of Wines, Liquors first and Cigars sucb as arc kept in a class establishment. Everybody No. 43, is nvited to call and sle me at West side HtU street. s‘21d&w3in JOHN ISON. New Felts JUST RECEIVED!) AT MRS. M. L. WHITE’S Millinery Store ’Hr v* — . ft Hill and Cirner j . beat London, It New York and Brooklyn Form a Single Municipality. ENGLISH VERSUS AMERICAN THESPIANS. Hoary E. Abbey’s Lieutenant Asserts The Superiority or the Itrtton—Stanley’s Hook, If He WritesU—Uicli- ur*i Keutr —Gossip. New York, Dec. 22.— [Special.]—How tho world would stare at tho consolida¬ tion of Gotham and liruukl n 1 Of course he i i u is not a new one. 1 remember soo.i after the great diaft riots the question was hotly discussed—rand dropped, it has b en discussed and dropped a good many times since then, but the discussion will assume practical shape at the next meeting of the 1 gista¬ ture, whi n my friend, es-State Senator Thomas J. Creamer, who lias been-elect¬ ed to the ass mbit. will bring the matter before that body. Some people estimate- the present pop¬ ulation of New York at something in the neighborhood Brooklyn o 1,600,000 and tliat'of of 800,000, which, if doubled in the course of thirty years, would give a consolidated city a population of MoO,- 000; therefore:, tile administration of the involve a city o" this magnitude of questions would that the settlement occasion alarm among conservative citi¬ zens who always antagonize radic8,l.T>Y grand improvements, which become £aee solute!) necessary, the W< J with metropolis which undoubtedly of t__ ^ destined , is heniispbj metropolis of both River I asked Creamer if the East not prove a serious obstacle to the per¬ fect cohesion of the two cities. ”No.” he said, “many of the grpkt cities of Europe are divided by rivers— London and Paris—whose attractive features are the parks, drives and imj rovements along the Would river banks. A consol dated city here resemble, in one respect, London, Which embraces two counties, Middlesex on the north bank of the Thames, and Sur¬ rey. tho southern portion of the city.” ■‘What suggestions have been made concerning the name “There has been much speculation as regards the name of the new metropolis. the change One thing is certain, when does take place the new city won't be called Nqw Brooklyn. shall Whether is the name of York continue a matter re- serious deliberation. Dudley Field some time ago sugg. sted, in case of union, that the city should regain original title, which wa>- Mun- and that tho city should he called Manhattan. Charles The U, present in honor name of Was brother, given it the by duke of Y’ork, 1 believe it is a question of a very short time tho people of both sides will fully appreciate the importance of having but local government, and that the op¬ position to the same will vanish as rap¬ idly as did the well known Ho-tility to tho attempt to construct the bridge over the East river. Brooklyn is simply the outg owth < f New York.ior without the latter .he former never would have been heard of, and while a few. for seliish po¬ litical reasons, may antagonize the con¬ solidation, the bulk of the people will soon ascertain that it wi’l I e for their general good. There will be an < nor- tnous increase in the value of property in Kin .s county, and there is not much occasion to he alarmed at the possibility Cha¬ of New York domination. will Mayor pin's prophesy that there he more people in Kings county than on Manhat¬ realized tan island will probably he within fifty y< ars. *** The discussion about English and AiAferican actors is waxing not. The shoals of unfortunate gentlemen of the dramatic profession who are to be seen uti Broadway and about rhe stage doors of theatre- are eloquent on the subject, aprl there will toward unquestionably backing be tbe a strong movement up of effort to keep English The companies who out this country. managers are ’ petition amend the opposed to the to contract labor law and protect Ameri¬ can actors Henry will combine E. Abbey shortly. will be Very at likely Mr. he is the most largely their head, as question. man One of Mr. interested in tho Ab' ey’s lieutenants, remarked in speaking that of the the nntie vesterdav, announced that New York papers had tlf Gaiety Burlesque company at the Standard was far superior to any similar corupan ■ eotopo- ed of American actors on this side ot the water. “This is not or^ly the unanimous ver¬ dict of the papers.’ he said, “but it is the judgment of all men who are well up in theatrical affairs. There are no dancers in America among women who tfould not be benefited by teeing Letty Lind and ahead Sylvia Grey dance. and They the best are miles of our people, could have. sort of instructors we Mr. Le.-lie The tame is true of s and Miss Farren’s work. Even the most patriotic of American citizens will admit that Mr. Henry Irving s pro¬ ductions ifi this country had a direct ten¬ dency Voufd toward have elevating had the our stage. magnificent We haver of “Tho Taming of the .roduriton if it had been for Sbretr” by Dalv, Irvigg. not Instead tho example set by Mr. c f our actors being crushed by the com- letitfoaof S$c the English rival profession, them.* It they is should start in and a ^©rTpetition sort of a claim, anyhow, for the which Messrs. Sanger, Aid- rich rich apd apd Merry M-—. have — sent to congress — an- nounces that there are 20,(b0 actors and those dependent upon them in America, and there are two hundred English act¬ ors keeping the bread out of the mouths of the twenty thousand. showing Two hundred against is not a very dangerous American twenty thou iaad. RptofS ought to have more snap and aid them¬ selves instead of calling such on congress to protect them aga'nst Tips a assertion puny num¬ of ber of rivals as this. the committee that the average earning of the American actors is $1.0 hi a year, is also incorrect. An American actor cannot a&rp more th&u $1,000 a .fitter ho actor at all or else a ! American S be claimed that I at once, ould 5 e. i stir* to GRIFFIN. <JEORGI A. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2 a, 1888 - • it is well known that there are many timid ladies in New Y’ork who nave never yet ridden cat the elevated roads. They are somewhat like the elderly maiden who fears to lo< k under the bed because a pair of boots might lie discov¬ ered there. But a colons i man from wuy down in Dixie capped tbe climax for all timid ones on the elevated rtads on Friday last. It Was his first visit to town. He was a big, strapping fellow, and with route friends got aboard a do v n train at Eighth street, on the sixtli awnue line. As the train sheered off to to turn the at right, Third preparapfy street the negro’s to making eye's the be¬ gan around to bulge, and as the train swung the curve and was apparently dashed rushing into the buildings on the left he forward, swung open the door and roared ih horrified tones to the guard, ' “Fore Gawd, tuns a, let me out o’ here !” His friends in the hack of the ear to were back, roaring and at laughing the frightened him one the come at with most explosive thoroughly heartiness. But the and newcomer atpod was the platform frightened at the amused on Bateman. gesticulating He through went the same antics as the train turned the curve into the Bleecker street station. In fact his fright increased with every moment, and when the gates were thrown open at the statio&p he Hung himself through them and ran •wildly down the stairway. His friends had chorus opened cite windows and were sending tt of jeers after him. i «** “I should like," aid a prominent hook of this city, “to get the job of publishing write Hie volume thutSinnleV will as soon as be makes his way out of Africa, if he ever comes out alive. That v oiome will be the most prodigious success of the” nineteenth qpntury. It will-be read by the whole civilized world, into .all the languages of the coppright printing trade,. If there were a general make nim law, Stuniey's bpok would enrich him, a millionaire, and it js sure to of tlie Dark anyhow. \Vhat mysteries Continent he wiU be able to •reveal. Think of the •dvSntures and exploits. ples and lie will teii of the strango peo¬ customs he will tell of the ex periences Ion he has had during his the long wilds period of concealment in of Africa. In short, he is sure book of to the produce the most books popular times. His other nave shown that he is a vivid writer, pos¬ sessed of the ability to.-fill tbe ears oif the world. I should like to pay him a Small fortune for the privilege of BtatdsT* publishing his next book in the L nited #** i A western iiterary man now in this city lyrics is trying 6f to make a collection dr the Kealf, who the lived youthful singer, Hkjhard prairies a quarter on of the century trans-Mississippi and a ago, turned off many piei es of rare beauty and delicacy, besides others of heroic quality, well deserving of preservation. He was born in England, ami there used to be romantic stones about his being a natural son of Lord Byron. He is said to have borne a marked re¬ semblance to Byron in face and feature, and the last too <?/ hla lifo warlike weir adventure passed, « and Byron's weft, in which lasted poetic creation, death- up lipnded to the year of his Soon after ne at the port of New York in the fifties, he struck out for the plains of Kansas, where he joined the abolitionist OssowKltomle. CTugade under old John Brown of and he was the hero till the many time vicissitudes of his death from that tragical period under circumstances. The merit of Realf’s poems will bo seen alter their publica¬ tion. Cadb-Gavl A FI it man’s Heroism. Sp&i.nufihld, Mo., Dec. 00.—A second attempt to wreck the Texas express train on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad was made at Lyman station, about four miles ea^t of this city. The switch lamps were removed and the rails spread t6 throw the train over an ern • bankmont. Fortufia$eiy wild for 800 pbQj on the train a engine was ru ahead, the rat6 and of plunged 40 miles through the Th^ sw; at an hour. gine was demolished. aftkie, dragged The flreywt hiffijje! un.whh a brok* n lelf for more than a mile ana flagged the o train, saving it from destruction. Denied at Aberdeen. Abbkdkeji, Dak., Dec. 22.—The report sent from this city that a call itad been issued for a convention to take measures to prevent, if possible, the division of Dakota, is absolutely false, the only thing approaching such action was an editorial expedient. in the To Republican this and to u urging tfie efforts such an to of a the crank false newsj&per corresporii There iponaent is are due statement. ganlzed effort against division city, all stories to the contrary nol standing. The Collision. PiTTSBl'EG, Pa.. Dec. 32.--[Special.j— The west bound express on the Panhan¬ dle road, leaving this city about mid¬ night, struck the side of a freight train at Idlewiid, killing W. T. Barker, fire¬ man, gine and of Pittsburg, No arid passengers wrecking were the en¬ in¬ ears. jured. Kilntlii £Bd Sullivan Will fright. New York, Dec. 22,-^{Special.]—J«k» Kilrain's backers to-day deposited $6,000 .with the editor of the Cllpjer to bind the match with Sullivan to fight for $10,000 aside. Kilrain will propose that the battle be fought witpin two hundred miles of New Orleans fir Sioux City. Snow Enongti tor Logging. N EGA CNEE, Mich., peo. 22.—A heavy daj^ .now fall during the paijt few makes lumber ma n happy. The snow fall of the season tiuUtb week was too 1: for logging. Several thousand liinj men, who work have been waiting for s: will go to » Fitoh.d late the Belmont, DL, Dio. 3h—Mr. K. T. Spencer, editor of the Dllcpoiis State Center, was assaulted hy Harry Werren, Copp i Qg|L BpgT^N, Deo. 22 —Warrco P. Capp the defaulting Saagn* tax Collector, is laid to te in the cigar hasineas in Can- wnfenze nt. HAYESFORSHKRMAN For this Reason Went Rutherford to the Political Mecca. ICEBERG JOHN MAY BE THE WINNING MAN What Uarrlaou Told a Prominent I Italian- ajKjlttan—l«e Admire. SltMWM'a KurnoatnoM, But Muy tie Compelled to Yield. IndianA i’ous, Dec. 22.—Since t-x-l'rw- ident Kayes left there has been a great deal of rumor. It is ttudertlood that ills visit was with reference to Senator Sher¬ man, and tliat they talked over the situ¬ ation iii Ohio. Haves haa never bpon a strong Blaine man, but in closely Allied to the Buckeye «enjitof, and it might be taken for granted that he lost no f^r oppor¬ tunity of putting 111 a good word his friend. Whether that was necessary, ‘f course, cannot bo‘said. Here those gen¬ tlemen who are in position to know best have all along expressed the opinion that Sherman, and not Blaine, would he the next Brepiier. Gen. Harrison hitnself haa probably a more kindly feeling for Blaine than any of his friends. This might trouble the smooth sailing of Sher¬ man, and, no doubt will, and would lie in harmony with the belief of some that, notwithstanding the ^trong feeliiig Harrison* for Sherman among General tlie The friends, Blaine will yet- be man. matter lias been very freely disouased to-day, owing largely, perhaps, to the numerous visits of Onio men yesterday to Gen. Harrison and the statement by ex-GoFernor Porter! It ha* brought out the information also that the strongest objection to Sherman come* froln his own state, and that# «»riiy bitter fight is beind made there against his selec¬ tion. Gen. known deal of him. 1 thought a tiling, great though,” said •TU __ geMeiill. tell vou o»e wfll the “He disappoint he a great many politician*, for gate me to understand that he was not going to be hOstv in making removals froln of¬ fice.” this, Major Bickliam did not like ap¬ parently, for he said, with a show of much warmth : “Well, I don’t like that much, for I want to see him turn them *11' all out, atlit and rirritt riglit away uulttT tOO« •Ote ...... I think he 1 wlu will do that in time,’' added" — Grosvenor, ipr, hjs in in___ a conci iiiutbry though, way. and “He He will will take take ms own own time, time, will not be driven to It. I can tell yob ° n ""$hat is that r" asked Major Bick- ham. will be in the •Why. that Sherman cabinet.” think V" and What makes you to Maior Bickman . tumcxl a. a around — a to «- F Gros- von 01 *. “Did Gen. Hagrison tell you so “Well, not exactly that, but he spid a great rnahy things about Shefjnan, spe-uking of him in the kindest way. I was speaking to Jiim about Sherman." continued Grosvsnor, “when he inter¬ rupted me by highest saying: have the Sherman. very Senator 1 sat time in the senate. J know There is no wish that he may have to Which J would not gladly refer, if possi¬ ble Upon all important Questions 1 shall expect to advise with him, and I gjiall always feel safe to depend upon his Counsel and Harnson support” himself just General with his is now and more taken up With message the forma¬ other matters than he is tion of hi* cabinet, and there is no doubt but tiiat bis own mind w])l is not do, fully whom made up as to just what he or he will Hayrlson call into hai h(| eatynet. dropped reading the Gen. he FTlvatp Secreta- - 1 —.pers broke since got he he has ord in, and says 3 k of the cabiuet ouestion. ! be is the worst posted Mr. Halford man on te the country. leading newspapers the every president- day, _ the attention of worthy fMrtg a that strike him as It it JBpteib t^dnr ible that there may be a rep- resen' ____not also only of of his Gen. whole Harrison's brigade regimi sent, t, but bu him on inaliguration Wilmington, day. Col. 0., DoeUe, now lieutenant-colonel a judge in and most of who was commander of the Seventy- the ninth time and Illinois general commanded rogiment, another an regiment of who brigade, (ire endeavoring to arrange the the of the for a turnout of veterans brigade. There is a recently formed Or¬ ganization of the brigade survivors. white Cape After tbe Editor. Acouhta, Bracken Co.. Ky., Dec. 22.— White Caps have made their first ap¬ pearance in Kentucky. On last Monday morning this notice was found posted on a sycamore tree in the public square : * To Whom it May Concern— We, tlie White Caps of Bracken county, demand that the Editors of the Augusta papers leave this county within the next ten da vs, or we will pay them a visit. We also warn bad characters to keep off Take the streets after 10 o’clock at night. warning The White Caps.” This notice was headed with a skull and cross bones, ar ( d a( the bottpm wrs the picture of a wagon whip. the The only newspaper published here is Augusta Chronicle, a Democratic weekly. Brown county. Ohio, lies opposite is Bracken full countv, and Brown county of white'caps. Tl* Chronicle recently (n its allusion to the night riders, has not used cdmplimentary language It is thought they want revenge, and have, therefor*’, crossed into Kentucky All the employees for the purpose of securing it. of the Chronicle have armed themselves, and sav they cannot be driven from Au¬ gusta. Ti e newspaper next week w ill come out with a two-column editorial on white cap outrages in Brown coufaty, Ohio. Stt octgo ten tor 4te r «* RolefoiU). IU.. Dec. 22.-At a special meeting of the city council, a resolution was pa sed expresring tbe belief that the whit* cap businese woe a complete hoax, done to alarm Alderman Holffies. He opnoeed the resolution bitterly, Insisting K2icd termination Blaintefl to resign, to reconsider and expressed h^ a belie f that he was innocent of ebs^ed pmttetBA- -hy tioo in tbe white cap jffau. '- K,n A YKKY NICE ELAN. Kx-MlnUirr to Ub»rt* Yajrlor on Ih* N*- g-ro 1’rultl*** Atlanta, Dec. 22.—l^peokti.]—C. H. J. Taylor (colored-, ex-minister to Libe¬ ria, has just arrived her*, amt is g-dng to solve the negro problem right away. Ail the negroes are to tut if deuiociwla, and the whites are to hold jhe off c*». it is a groat scheme, but it won't work. According to W. A. 1'h-iict-r the notorious darkey politician of the state, all the colored men should have all the offices. Taylor w its admitted to practice law m all the court* 01 this county last April. his Since leaving here he lias been at home In Kansas City. Taylor i- a dem¬ ocrat. and was appointed by fhtsddcut C.eveiand os minuter to Liberia. 'Tay¬ jirtd lor him was he seen stated ter a reporter yesterday brought his to that hcslffid library with hiut and would open an o r - fice here in a few days He said he would tio a general Business practicing in both civ 1. an i dfiminal Atlanta cases. eut He of will tbe a iso Kahtta uot M (Sty Times, correspond demo¬ a cratic paper, sending regular letters to tho paper from Atlobta convert One of tire of Idte* the & colored the lawyer republicans is to some democrat*. into good colored He says he tnmkB ho can cohvert some of them, but he'll have to dp it gradually. Colonel Buck will, he thinks, be the hardeit man with whopj he will have to deal, hut t-ven Buck d^o* n it daunt him, and he will commence tlie work of con¬ version immediaielv. He doesn’t take mto cousuleration the fact that when all the negroes have turned democrats tho tesjioctable whites will all turn republicans. UATUEK SEE HEU A CORI'SE. A I.otilsvllle Mother Afnkt liar Daughter Will Beaome a Nun. LoOisviluc, Dec. M—A proto*tant girl, under the Catholio influence of the Ursulino convent of the Saored Heart here, with tlie prospect of becoming a nun, has aroused anti-Catholic sympa¬ thies both in Louisville and St. Louis. She is pretty eighteen-year-bid Bailie Letcher, of St. Louis. Her family is de¬ scended from one of the original eight fantllio* |U1«I who, wl in I'M. bank when France re- BMffS linjuUhed the tl i in east Louis of under tbe Missis- the St. their of CoL August 8t. Chouteau. “ Unlike ■" the French companions, the Letcher* wete TheFare pure Americans and pro- tostants. Letcbefs of Kentucky, closely relate i to the from whom sprang $ governor of tne state. and The it family L this ha* the considerable Catholics property, want, the mother, Mrj. Laura C. batcher, of 8t. daughter Louis, claims, she on doiS tije othyr intend hapd, the be¬ says not to come a nun, there that the is here in school and that MulUv are no design* on in* /wi kuAAE*. L..C.L*. U#$ 04- 1— clandestipcly last Thursday. Her mother soon begin discovered iter flight and at once a starch of Hi. Loqjs, calling po¬ lice assistance. After twentv-four telegram hours’ suspense situ received a from her daughter, lA>i:i<ville. -aylag she She was had at the already con¬ vent in and found her letters feu from that the she sisters to become the girl, re was to a nun were confirmed. “I’d sooner see her corp ; e than know she had becorn$ a nun,” shid her mother in agony. A day later she received a letter from her daughter, asking for money to coins home. otue. The money was sent, hut the daughter ghter came not. An¬ other letter and asking 1 $ for for money was re¬ ceived, the then Catholic ildic Mrs. Mrs. Letcher believed She site saw purpose. J re¬ fused to send ti tlie money but would Sfiss come Letcher, in persoh when foj or {ip, her tAia daughter. the fo¬ would if her mother _ for her. turn came A Good IX-%1 of tfcst Over Here. London. Dec. 22. — [Special.]—Great discontent prevails nil over London just now l ecauxe the business of the police courts is neglected by the magistrates. Poor people are kept waiting at a great loss for an tutcopici'nublft Bed & length there of time every dAy. this ia is worse stffi It is claimed that the magistrates, when they do appear, which is -otae tithes late in the a (to: noon, hurry or hr Cases in a manner that is a scandal to the administration of justice. Thpse who have to attend tlie courts Are indignant over the dereliction of thu magistrates, and it is thought the ie mat- ter will b-< brought to the at ten itfoh ’ of parliament. Trying to Save the Wlekcd J ouiuaHst. Chicago, Dec. 22.— Realising the need of evangelical work among that hitherto neglected cla-s, the newspaper publish¬ ers, oiitor:i and reporters, the Young Men s Christian of association the inaugurated a s ries “recaptions” to newspaper fraternity, which will 1« continued at in’ervals during the winter and spring. The programme includes a service of song, prayers and addresses by well known divines and members of the asso¬ ciation. Want Aaotlier Dig Hrldfr. St. Lot in, Dec, .20— It (s announced that the men hunts' bridge project ts a success, and that the entire sum consid¬ ered necessary to carry the project out, $l,500,00o has been pledged, and that work on the bridge will te commenced early in tlie spring. The scheme is to construct a railroad and wagonway bridge across the Mississippi north of the present bridge and within easy access to the centre of the city. latfi Equine Distemper. Lima, Ohio, Dec. 22.— A stiange dis¬ ease lias broken out among the horses in this county and a large number of ani¬ mal* have strangulous dj*d from ft. Tfas disease re¬ sembles distemper «nd baf¬ fles {lie skill of tile beet veterinary sur¬ geons in this pari of the state. Great uneasiness exists among the farmers and horse men. f'ruspM* Hmh st NtaOkra Ftre^. JJuoara FouA. Dre. 2$.—(%ecteLJ— An attooipt to bum the Prospect Hcitfe Igot night wak prevented by the fortu¬ nate diacovery of infia mm a M e material saturated with gasoline, in tbe cellar. A disastrous Save afcd fatal ' onfiogtatioo firl etahwL would r*swilte<i hftd the DEAD IN THE FLAMES Cincinnati Visited by a Fatal Con ft*' gration. AT LEAST SEVEN MEN ftEPOI ED TO Bf BURNED Ik* rtn Original**! •« tho riflk »Uwr ot m Mmmufoeturlog ''omcor* — Huron) Kapidlf tor Mu; Hour*— Harote first •Cincinnati, Dec. 22.—(Special.j—A fire, which broke out in Strobel's picture frame factory lost night, was not ex¬ tinguished till morning. The building wo* totally dostaoyad, with a loss of flftu.eOO It is ini'OMlble to give a full lint if <NuuftUfrM, Tbmry i— firemen in the building, *nd it is roumi- od that fifteen or twenty [ orfch -d, though this is probably « aggareted. Several, however, are still musing. As for os known, the list shows one dead and ten wounded. Cincinnati. Doc 22.--(Special.]—Tho fire originated ou the fifth floor. At one o'clock the 1’aiutw seemed to te under control,but iumiediately afterwards they broke out again with increased fury. The whole interior of the building wa* soon a roaring muse of tiro, despite all efforts wall of the firemen. At 1.4$ the west fell, filling the street with k lest mass of brick anil stone, yell broke irotn thousands 1 I 1 UR Wl B|I«LiU«tDifi os it was known that numerous ni budding, firemen bad been at work on the anti the flames prevented any attempt to render assistance to tbe'vletittu.' The wildest rumots eptead as to the lore of life, fifty and it was os first oajd that at least wind persons driving had perished, sparks was the in toward the Exposition building* alii seized hospital, a square families away, and many in teat di some of w hom moved all their geode to the sidewalk, while distracted women tan about shrieking with fear. —The Cincinnati, fire fire Ohio, . Dec. 22. spontaneoU —(BpeciaLl is is attributed attributed to com bust istiou. i* ’ Latest ‘ ‘ reports say there are seven dead. OHIO WHITE CAPS. They Demolish a Saloon at Uaweoa anti Waste the Uqaan. Findlay, O., Dec. 22 —At an early- hour this morning parties, disguised as white caps, completely demolished the saloon of R. J. Messimore at Rawson, this county. They smashed in the front of the building, broke up the furniture •MO JA/ateo tk*o M^uvia *Ma vises ««aww*y. 1 after which they (tested a notice to the proprietor to reopen at his peril, and Messimore is in Michigan, but when he conies home effort he will doubtless make a strong to know who composed the white cape of Rawson. Great Britain's trni* Reserves. London, Dec. 22.— [Special.]— It is in contemplation at the «ar office to ustil out the army rarerveg for training next year, and arrangements are airmuly in The e strength 0, bul k ie p^ogoeed IS#* to eanmpt fy* Ss ctil all in « county Irish or coustabuk viet vrci ana ancj prison p ployed rTm^tot ' in in "it certified 4aty. ly sud notide t‘ regimsut* depot will be ok the home their rezitconte, voluntoef if corps. corps. ular or militia forces be allowed the ordinary pay of 1 Te Restrain She PaUmaa Robber*. Atchiaox, Kan , Deo. 21 A tall lias teen drawn up byg. anti-monopoly member of the for introduction as soon os ti0t body meets ia January, to ((^uiate the tYie apdtfi* tlou and correct the abuse of Putt- man car service. It provides that the price night of and 1 erths $2 shell 24 hours. not exceed The $2 pfi per upper berth, whan vacant, iqust Le closed to aid ventiiatiou. ^ The *atp.«0 maximum solarir of the porter is week, fixed 1.80 a day, ‘ * tn- eteod of $1.25 a the former rate. tt makes it e misdemeanor for the por¬ ter to accept trow pes-enger* “tipe, or remuneration for sernoes rendered. The measure also deals with the through and local tariffs of the service, and whenever any dUcruuination* have appeared a remedy has Keen proposed. A UooporoAo Uaiy Whea Drunk. 1'ii.BDo, Col ,Dec. 22.—Patrick J. Des¬ mond formerly had a wide reputation as a desperado ani fighter. He hoe been at various times city inhrihal, deputy sher¬ iff and detective, and while a terror to evil doers, wav also a terror to peaceable citizens In the past few yrors h.- has reformed ills disposition and keen a quiet citizen, eio-jpt when drunk. He was Ownbr, drunk last night, quarrelled dying with pistol-shot Frank and ts now of wounds in the breast and shoulder Wwbwtikk Qwtrilva Down. Wahalak, Miss., Dec. 32.—[BpeciaLj After our trouble here, recently, a great deal of fear has teen felt left (here should te more trouble, but present in¬ dications point to a speedy reconciliation. Peace and quiet re-umed reign their once normal more, nod affairs have con¬ dition. No further trouble is ekpeoted. The special correspondents, six in nUifi- ber, have left here, and two extra tete paj^operetor* ocoouipagy then. All BiMSINOHAN.Dec. [BpeciaA j—De- nta in the Hawn 12 is now trunk was pUced thare by uaicwulatu NUMBERS nwisao Pi - News ■epgss tte Qi B ei g et M lS»SM*a Gen. the guest i •*** 15 th. The house committee e&ZmBb 1 dtemws the smwnr Ukh. b*u F) Dr. Ira OhteK & David with Reavw.aC. otn m owid Whim They do^’t nut or a temocrotk) nocratk Tho *^ bfsulj ' 3 other her conferetioea that ti held Mr Jay and Him Wilafington. rostinf, both w , a ■ Frettorick of Both, 1 wedp si on a $t,<w5.' for a forgery, and f „ , The Oalumet, . fire in the mine la out. l»en efowd, and a wocdeu 1 to take *P or ' - . JSk Grant and McPherson, woe at mm M Ehtfbra postal clerk, j 1 Nov Margaret Moore at bigamist, and that the prieet died at rfirt Comm the Ia and the other rifto-m- to e&te -r • tette the ‘ to engage » ofUttoreto the United Stttee the violation of A motion was made by reconsidif the action oh the j the Macon 1 The motion > . ________. be recommitted ' ‘ t te lteard ix-fore tin Bartlett opi o ed tto » u intrcducod the nrat p^lS^^htTSTtS It woe thoroughly dlectern was thoroughly dreCussed in tin 1 aU i artist at mtereet h sufficient norite eriU kiifl tha eVed ndw it te The house A ratal Blew Wuk a Fahsr. WicsitA. Kme, Dte. teacher, 9S.—% who flame a young re a short tine ago hata Mgr Al¬ N. 13 a exp he remonstrated with tbt a free fight enkued, 1 teacher received a fata. —. ■ from a poker In the hands of 4 boy s. DAILY MA RKET RE PORT* ArAiiui stwuam av aCAaoa a «irn<i, atlasia. 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