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Jf|e Criffin
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Griffin, Ga.
Griffin la the liveliest, pluckiest, moat pro
gressive town in Georgia. 1 hit U no lijper
olieal description, m the record of the last
ire year* will show.
Daring that time It liaa built and put into
most successful operation a $ 100,000 cotton
factory and is now building another with
nearly twice the capital. It has pat up a
arge iron and brass foundry, a fertilizer fac-
ory, an immenae ice and bottling works, a
sash and blind faetory, a broom faotory
opened np the finest granite quarry in the
United 8 tat$«, and hae many other enter¬
prises in .outemplation. It has secured
another. ail road ninety miles long, and while
ooateu ou the greatest system in theJSontli,
the Central, has secured connection with its
important rival, the fleet Tennessee, Virginia
sad Boeqria. It baa jus* ee ene e d direct Inde¬
pendent connection with Chattanooga and
he Wist, and has the President ot a fourth
railroad residing here and working
to its ultimate completion. With
ta five white and three colored
ebnrchee, it is now building a $ 10,000 new
Presbyterian church. It has inoreased 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
pow surrounded on nearly every side by or¬
chards and vineyard. It is the home of the
' grape apd its wine making capacity hae
doubled every year. It has successfully
inaugurated a system of public schools, witL
a seven years curriculum, second to aone.
This is part of the record of a half decade
aud simply shows the progress of an already
admirable eity, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
wiuter, in the world.
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding
county, situated in west Middle Georgia, with
a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150
feet above sea level. By the census of 1890, it
will have at a low estimate between 6,600 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to ttie times, ready to
weleouse strangers and anxious to secure de
iirable settlers, who wi'l not be any less wel
come if they bring money to help hnild np
the town. There ie 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 and health seeking guests.
If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, just mention
Griffin.
Griffin ie the place whers the Gbiffin
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HENRY C. PEEPLES,
attorney A r, L A w
HAMPTON, UXOBttlx.
Practices In all ttie State aud Federal
Court*. oct9d<fewly
JNO. 4. HUNT,
ATTORNEY A T LA YV
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Office, 31 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H
White's Clothing Store. mar22d&wly
XI. I>1SMUSB. N. M.
DI 8 MUKE * COLLINS.
LAWYERS,
GRIFFIN, GA.
Office, first room in Agricultural Building
.Stairs. marl-dAwtf
THOS. R. MILLS,
IT1BNEI AT LAW,
flumti, GA.
nwill practice in the State and
gourU. Office, over George &
a iruer. nov2 tf '
l_«S 1). STBWART. BOBT. T. DANlBh
STEWART A DANIEL,
attorneys at law,
Over George A Hartnett's, Griffin, Ou.
Will practice in the 8tate and Federa
. ourte.
D. L. PARMER,
attorney at
WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA.
41 unapt attention given to'all
Will practice im all the Courts, and
ever business calls. 6 - diy
ST Collections a specialty. „ apr
Pure Keitncty Bye
—*»AND-
HEADQUARTERS FOR FLAT
CORN WHISKY.
Also, all kind* of Wines,
and Cigars such as are kept in a
class establishment. Everybody No.
nvited to oall and see me at
West side Hill atreet. ISON.
s21dAw3m JOHN
New
JU 8 T MCCEIVROn AT
MPg 1L L.
Millinery Store.
AID VISE MED OF
The Nution’s Capitol Will Spend a
Merry Old Christmas.
SOLOUS WHO WILL BE LIVELY
THIS WINTER.
Great Uu.li to Attend the White House Ile-
loti* — Hundred* of Curd* of
Prominent People— Why the
hems.' ore Happy,
Y' a kington', Deo. 34.—Christinas eve
ha. i o i.e at t ie capital of the nation.
Tile i j is gay and b .stling. but new*
scur t , The shops and ths streets have
been mu dud ali Gay, and the express
com a lie . me Going a land office busi-
ne.v. Friends a home are lieing remem¬
bered by sojuumeis at the capital, and
even express train leaving here bears
packa.es consigned to towns and ham¬
lets in every state and territory in the
tjnion. An official of an express com¬
pany informed your correspondent that
more than 80,000 packages, evidently
Christmas presents, were consigned for
transmission by his company during the
past week. To-day the express offices
were t-G thronged: and extra clerks were em¬
ploy line like people people had to looking wait their for turn mail
m ,
matti r at the general delivery window
of a pooo.lice. The shops making a
specialty of ( hristmas goods are doing a
treu.i ndous trade, and the prices charged
are n ■ • riy double what are charged in
St. I*..; s or almost any other city in the
tout!) v. it. The YVashington merchants
ma’.e ,t spe ia’.ty of bleeding patrons at ■
Christ mantide.
Society is preparing for a gay reason.
In ill da; s i>ieo cial y ceremonious sea¬
son wii begin. At er tlie 1st of Januarv
the • i , [.lest form - . n i ceremonies will
take ou a new meaniii and a fuller sig-
niiica ion. '.Vitho.it ilie traditions and
hereditary U>rof long centuries and of
courts u;ni courtiers to guide direct
It • social law s, this country has still a
formal etiquette that lias descended to
the present generation from the fathers
of ti e i onstitution. Unlike the arbitrary
rules aud regulations that govern society
under a monarchy, the official etiquette
of the United States is modeled to suit
the needs and exigencies of Hamilton a rapidly Fish in¬
creasing during population. Mrs. able
tire Grant era was to return
in person all her calls, and everybody
who went the rounds on cabinet day,
expected to have the carriage of the
secretary of state stop at her door
some day. The cabinet ladies of the
present administration found th?m-
selves utterly unable- to return the calls
made upon each week. It was a physi¬
cal impowibility to do so. As many as
1,500 and 2,000 cards are left in each cab¬
inet house every YVednesday. The ladies
hold a meeting and decided to return no
visits and to make only the calls that
official duty re mired. So they make
the first calls upon the wives of the jus¬
tices of the supreme crur . the wives of
senators and of foreign ministers. To
those looking for monarchical tendencies
it would appear that the cabinet ladies
only made this new order of tilings when
they found themselves princesses of the
blood royal, as it were, and after the bill
had passed turning the presidential The simple suc¬
cession into the cabinet. en¬
tertainments that take place in Decem¬
ber will not be possible in January. In
December the cabinet lady receives introduces her
ca’lers as her friends and
them to each other. In January be all of
those familiar courtesies will out
place, and the wife of official a high go capacity. eminent A
official receives in an
nice question now arises as to whether
the calls that have been laboriously ex¬
changed among the families of official
and congressional official circles visits. this Happy month
really hostesses count as their ts at dinner
can seat gue
As they choose before the meeting of
congress. -When the -‘season" is on they
will send their dinner lists to the White
House for the master of ceremonies to
diagram. Mrs. Cleveland is preparing to signal¬
ize her last months in the YV hite House
with a good deal of gayety. Arrange¬
ment have been made for a series of
State dinners and receptions that prom¬
ise to eclipse in splendor anything of the
kiud during the present administration.
The southwestern sta esmen, as a gen¬
eral rule, are not teri nis votaries of f <5
ciety. Mrs. Cockrell, it is true, it one of
the molt graceful and accomplished is bril¬
leaders at the capital, b it she a
liant e ception to the general southwest¬
ern rule.
Bud although the commencement of
th s .cial season fills the mind of the av¬
erage Washing oniaii with longings and
expectations, the male portion of the
'community maintain a close grip on
matters political. It is the r business,
and thev should be commended for pay¬
ing clia; attention to it. Heed is the on¬
ly candidate for speaker of the house of
the “list congress who ventured to return
h me for Christmas. Heed has a habit
ot .aking things easy, and . e dom dis¬
plays excitement. He has a profound and be¬
admiration tor his own qualities, old rule of
lieves to B large extant in the
the survival of the fittest. He will re
ceive the support of his party friends
from New England on th republican
caucus, and hopes for little more until
the forces of McKinley*.t annon and Bur¬
rows tegiq to dissolve. Heed s home sup¬
port is not very interna*. 1 he Blaine
people think that he is booming should too
prominent and that it is time he
take a back seat. The repul bean politi¬
cians who are credited with the greatest
quantity of foresight declare, not for
publication, hut in good faith, that Reed
wili neither be »]«aker of the next
house, nor chairman of the ways and
means committee. Resd had the effront¬
ery to declare himself a candida’e for
Breaker without consulting Blame and
in the end must be brought to his senses
Discipline is a great thing..and what is a
commander iu-chief for if lie does not
force obedience and issue orders
The Napoleonic McKinley, the meli
fiugiit Cannon, and the breezy Burrows
continue to tmih* in the hotel corridors.
They are making a warm c#m for the
boMhip of the gavel. They have aom
mi Bloated in soothing term* with every
republican-elect of toe next eongree*.
nrffi all throe are footing cheerful and
confident
The seuttnwui o lUwcrat- M
i I b»div dm«i*d TUe 0 !Hf rats
GRIFFIN. UEORU1A. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 188«.
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sneaking the prize. li.q*> that , ee.t wi.l ,.ip.„.,>
I total is rather )ri u nr • ua
the demo, rats. He is a b.igli . (.ovj-
liatured fi-How witli a good deri o; i tuod
in liis veins. McKinley, though suni-
such iously courteous, is cold, and Burrows is
democrats an injudicious ould partisan that the
vv not consider their side
of the lio tse s. euro if he held the gavel.
The senatorial clique, who are jealous
of the prominence and influence of the
Plumed Knight, will try to get in their
work with the presid, melee (.during the
recess, will visit it is Indianapolis, reported that and most of them
those who
won't will send registered packages
there addressed to Gen. Benjamin Har¬
rison. There is no doubt that the sena¬
tors ing Blaine. are tremendously They kept serious their in oppos¬
qfiiet for while, but When it leaked opposition
a out
and got into the press, they
threw off reserve and are now
engaged What in a more or less open legislation fight.
influence the tords ot
rison does not yield to the senators they
will closely scrutinize his nominations,
and in other ways make things unpleas¬
ant for him.
lican To-day a leading New England repub¬
went among the politicians declar¬
ing that he had a solution of the dinio tl-
ty. His ) Ian was that the white-souled
Hoar should he made secretary of state
and Frye secretary of the navy, thus
opening a way Th for anti-Blaine Blaine's people entrance to
tne senate. * would
not accept this. They would as soon
have Blaine in the state department as
in the senate. Besides, the warm sena¬
torial ad vocates of Sherman for the state
department are mainly influenced by a
desire to get Sherman out of the senate.
If the real truth were known it would be
plain that Honest Jim John is the as unpopular
as Crooked witli senatorial
clique.
The opponents of Blaine are putting
him and Tom Platt in the same boat-
saying that if one is made secretary of
state the other must be the
minister of finance. The Blaine
people about this. They deny that Blaine
and Platt have any alliance. They say
that Blaine belongs to the republican
party and not to any faction thereof,
ami scorn the suggestion that he lias to
lean on any kind of a prop for support,
even if that prop represented the com¬
bined strength of the machine of the
empire state.
In the meantime the democrats are
feeling delightfully cheerful. The splen¬
did overhauling the monoplists' engenders tariff
bill is receiving in the senate
general democratic satisfaction, and the
magnificent row among the republicans
over their inheritance, liodes nothing
but democratic prosperity for the future,
The democrats are fueling well, and are
quietly house’for discussing the speakership of the
the fiitty-second congress.
It might interest Gov. Foraker of Ohio
to know that every democrat in con¬
gress w ill indorse his application for a
cabinet portfolio under Harrison.
Home-Clipping on a Wager.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 24.—A novel
match was contested at half past ten
o’clock to-night on the stage of the Adel-
phi theater. A. J. Berry had bet Hial
Stoddard $250 that he would clip his bay
horse, Edwin F, quicker than Stoddard
would his roan horse, May S. Both hor¬
ses were got upon the stage after a great
deal of trouble and fastened on
opposite sides. A rotary clipper horse was
used, and Stoddard clipped his in
twenty-six minutes. Edwin F was un¬
used to the footlights and balked so that
his clipping occupied several minutes
more, no official time being taken. Dur¬
ing the the match in both lively horses fashion, pranced and about
stage a foot injured by being one
young man’s was
stepped upon. Edwin F. Roche after¬
ward challenged anybody' in New York
state to a similar match for the same
amount. He said that his man started
at the wrong end to-night; that the leg*
ought to lie clipped before the body.
From Burlesque to Tragedy.
Tamaquf., Pa., Pec. 24.—C. R. Coon,
manager and treasurer of Pauline Mark-
ley s burlesque company, has absconded
witli the company’s cash, leaving the
entire companyjstrandcd. Tfie member*
held a consultation, and decided to give
their entertainment here to enable them
t alize;l
vidua!. All of the company, most of
them women, managed to wrth get enough the
money to get out of town, ex¬
ception of two women, who are still
here They have gone to work in the
knitting mill to their earn home3. money enough to
take them to
Mi. Stole H*r Own Jewel*.
Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 24.—Miss
Jennie AJstone, whq boards with Mrs.
Rogers, complained lo Chief of Police
Marsh that she had been robbed of con¬
siderable jewelry, which had been taken
in small lots from her dressing case, Th*
police were baffled, but a sjster of Mjss
Alstouu sut up In Miss Alstone's bed¬
room. About J o'clock the dressing sleeper rose
slowly, walked to her ease.
Nothin*' remained but an ivory-handled
but on hook. This she seized and secret¬
ed within the hair mattress. She then
made her bed and lay down to sleep. All
her missing jewe|ry was found within
the mut'ress
AgRlnst Foreign Actor*.
New York, Dec. 24.—The Actors’ Or¬
der of Friendship lias put itself in the
hand* of its friend. Col. Ingersoll, with a
nice retainer and the campaign for pro¬
tection againsr foreigners now assumes a
legal aspect. No further action is going
to be taken, however, until congress as¬
sembles on January 3d. The opposition
has not organized Daly its being forces unablsto yet. Mr.
Abbev and Mr.
bring the other m onager* ------has. Ths
_____ Aronsons have si gniAsd _ likely willing¬
ness to join them, and it is that a
meeting will b* held in a tow days.
BaveS by oa l*teUtp*l l»*»
HiUBICW, Pa.. Dec. 34.—Lawrence
Leaver was saved from drowning by an
intsUtgHxt dog Ths too was thin and
the bey broke through. He struggled
for msm time until Baas went to too
rescue, with rare intelligence the aoi
Swi'ih mal stretched ‘sLrirlrZe. its hind lag toward to*
toe dag
pulled with vigor ang, after great I effort.
i unihb iittie play male
THE EAST CAME
Victoria's Spaecfc From the Throne,
Proroguing Parliament
MAHONE’S FRIENDS URGING
HIM FOR THE CABINET.
One of til* Itliamte DymmlGn ttontroood to
Two Vrti m —Growl f lood*la Pibhu
FatoHfeto* to Row Vork —Th*
C or—*r U*|it Buii.
London, Due. 24 -—[Special.)—Parlia¬
ment was prorogued to-day, and the
Queen’s speech tn read. U express**
regret that the fisheries convention fail¬
ed to receive tin* approval of tire Arneii-
can senate, and trusts that temporary
crrangeiiK-nix will prevent immediate
inconvenience.
Ikey Wilt Not Rot Turk*?.
N*w York, Dec. 24. Special, j—The
coroner has been unusually to-day. Ter¬
rence Hundertmuck, aged 35, a shot -
inrker, met death t>y asphyxiation early
tnis morning. Col. Charles H. Coster
died suddenly last night while walking
through known East Seventieth street. A un¬
man. about 53 years old, was
found unconscious at the corner of
James and Park Row early this mortiing,
with two severe wounds on his head.
Mrs. Dietzer. 20 years old, died at 10
o'clock this morning from the effect of a
dc.se of par is green taken last night dur¬
ing a dispute witli her husband. Two
men were found dead in bed, and three
other sudden deaths have been reported.
Mahons Rill Kmioy HI* Fowl.
Richmond, Dec. 24.—(Special.)—The
first delegation from Virginia to visit
president-elect Harrison will leave here
this week, headed by OoL Wm. Lamb,
former mayor of Norfolk. The commit¬
tee consists of personal friouus of Gener¬
al Mahone, whom they will commend to
Mr. Harrison as a candidate for his cab¬
inet.
Hi* Turkey Will lorn Flavour.
Gknkva, 111., Dec. 24.—(Special.]—
Eaureisen, indicted for complicity in the
dynamite conspiracy, has been found two
guilty in by the the penitentiary. jury, and sentenced to
years
From Ccatnl aud South Aiuti-iqu*.
Panama, Dec. 24.—[Special.]—Typhoid
fever is quiet prevalent in the capital of
Guatemala.
The Guatemala coffee crop will come
fu lv up to the genernl average, though
the rainfall has been light.
mid o. is from continue the so. er highly andgold rhlv satisfa satiafac- mines
liras
tory.
« Nicaraugua Ice Company hae
be n formed i*______i with ;»t. a capital i.. i of $04,000. pAA
A convoked new extraordinary Lima, congress has
been at to consider press¬
ing financial questions of the state.
COAL IN MINNESOTA.
A Vela Discovered Near Jarkaon a* a
Depth el 130 Feet.
Jackson, Minn., Dec. 34.—About four
weeks ago a party of men from Mil¬
waukee lea* od several tracts of land in
Petersburg township, along the Des
Moines river, for the purpose of milting
coai. A crew of men were put to work
drilling holes in the bluffs and was con¬
tinued steadily until tbs present time’
A report now come* that coal has been
discovered at a depth of 130 feet, and
that it is of depth the same quality width as of the the Iowa
coal. The and vein
is, as yet, a matter of uncertainty, ae the
drill has entered but eighteen inbhes.
Another bole will be drilled about half a
mile from this one to ascertain the ex¬
tent of the bed, and if suffleieht to make
mining profitable a shaft will be put in
at once. The Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railway company furpiehea the
capi a! and whole proppse Des to thoroughly Moines valley inves- In
tigat • the
this vicinity.
Ul AF ON IOI1ARKK.
H* Says that It b Battled that Ftraalonn
Will Kate* th* Cabinet.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 24.—While
no one for a moment has doubted the
republicanism of Dr, W. D. Spurlock,
many have doubted the assertion that
ha was a candidate for the Fargo post
office, whatever his chances might be
for spc-urlng the same. The general im¬
pression was that he would not accept
the place if tendered him, owing to a
large and lucrative practice. Cons*
quently the following doctor letter from Chair¬
man Quay to the will be read
with surprise:
lNDU.NAPOU8.Dec. 18.—Mv Old Friend:
I leave here to night for Washington,
and 6 m in a rush. You can, hewever-
pin your everlasting faith on the ap¬
pointment for Fargo, is as it is already set.
tied that Foraker sure for the cabinet,
Quay.
HI* Cnwd CT M Troubled Him.
CoLUHBUTS, O., Dec. 24.—A letter was
received at the ’State treasury Saturday
from an ex-member of the general as¬
sembly, with $10 inclosed, which the
writer wanted paid into the consciece
fund. In explanation he said that when
a memler of toe general the assembly he
drew stationery from state to the
amount considered of $10 more R his than duty be required, for
and he to pay
it. Fred Bienkner doe* not believe toe
writer of the letter was ever a member
of the general assembly
Marshall, Ukt. Dec. 34 —A father
tad daughter by the name of Echwl were
huned near he** Wedwmday The dough
Mr dted In T<*rea Haute whet* she *m
working A frT phMMss after her bady
was brought m’o to* huuee, toe f ath e r
bo di e s were beritd at
I A VAL KI1TDSIOX.
A ( *• of Powder sot OH t»| e Ceniwi*
Sire i r*eh*r.
Ht.UWA. Yrk., Dec. 34.—Mr. Roberts.
iloru. of >a<h’» landing, Mine., about
ci-iit miles above Helena, met with an
aicident lait nigh: that may cod him his
life. His cook, a negro, ’«a** shooting
some fire crccker* in ins store,, when a
fragment of an exploded tire cracker fell
behind ihe counter. Horn ran to extin¬
guish it, and us lie stooped down ,o find
it a 2 -Vj ouud can of gunpowder expksled .earing
with the storehouse terrific violence, in twain, literally hurling Horn
across the room against a red hot stove.
He was frightfuUydburned BB and mangled,
and hut for the of some negr.ee
would undoubtedly hare burned to
d.-sth. A bystander, John Harris, a as
a'so liadly burned. The cook who caused
the di>g*ter twi Nixon. H with Horn’s but deA, fow inju¬
ries. Milton was
badly hurt. If Horn recovers, which is
extremely doubtful, he will lose both hie
eyes. *
NO TURKEY FOR HIM.
Tl*#* Him ytrii Turned on and U« Died With¬
out (toeing Chrlitmu.
Bouton, Due. 24.—A man aged about
34 years, whose name bos not yet been
ascertained, was found in his room at the
Shuwuiut hotel, at 10 o'clock last night,
asphyxiated. The gas was turned on.
Whether the cock had been purposely
opened or the jet blown out there was no
means of deciding. The man took the
room Thursday night. Friday forenoont
as he had not appeared, W. II. Lanigai*,
the proprietor, went to the door and
knocked. His guest answered “Ail
right.” Still he did not. show himself,
o'clock and the the summons was This repeated there at 8
in evening. time
wasnoanswer. Between Sand lOo'clock
Mr*. Lanigan and smelled heard the man Tne breathing door
forced heavily, gas. the was
and the occupant of room was
found unconscious upon th* bed. He was
removed The-p to the city hospital he by asked the the po¬
lice. understood roprietor say*
man if he how to manage
gas and he answered in the affirmative.
He thinks the man has been at work the
past summer at Lincoln, Mass.
CARELESS WITH THEIR POISON.
A Fart *1 a Mo* of Rough on Rat* U«t*
Into tlie Flour Darrel.
Indianapolis, Dec. 24.—The entire
family of Edward Finney has been poi¬
soned within the past two days in a very
peculiar manner. Two children were
first taken sick, and next the mother
whs attacked with violent pains in the
stomach. Mr. Finney was taken ill in
much the same way, and his mother
came to his house to take care of the
family. milk dinner, She ata and a lunch attacked of bread and
for was with
acute pains, and had to go to bed. This
caused an investigation, which led to a
suspicion itoould that something be explained, was wrong,
but not as . Mrs.
Finney herse'f bed baked it. The pan¬
try was then searched, and it was found
that a box of "Rough on Rate ’ had been
knocked from a sholf immediately over
the fiour barrel, and some of the poison
is supposed to have fallen in the flour.
It is believed that all the parties will re-
A Rig S«Ui»rt> of VunUott.
Banook, Me., Dec, 24.—State Detect
ive Allen, who is also state fish and game
warden, has made the biggest seizure of
game being shipped contrary to law ever
invoioed mmifi. It copsisted ot thirteen barrels,
as toApty bottles to Hamilton
Campbell, wholesale liquor dealer of
Boston. Mr. Allen's attention was at¬
tracted to this unusual shipment, and an
examination of the car snowed that all
the packages contained venison, amount¬
ing with to over two bottles tons,* outside packed in hay,
a few to complete
their deception ception by by rattling. rattling The venison
was seized, and the sltii rs, who are
known to the warden, wii •alt with
according to law.
Great Flood* at Panama Territory.
Panama, Dec. 24.— [Spscial.J—Detail¬
ed reports of the recent floods at Ban
Pablo have been received here. The
railroad station, one ot the highest points
at Ban Pablo, was submerged, and the
officers boarded the train in a canoe.
The surrounding country was also flood¬
ed, and railroad and telegraphic commu¬
nication wrecks interrupted. In many places
of locomotives and trains of cars
were partially viable above tha-surfaco
of the rising water, ’ Bridges were car¬
ried awav. About twenty houses were
entirely destroyed. The only method of
moving about the lower portion of the
village was by boats. No lives have been
reported lost, but the lose of personal
property is very great.
Secretary Brarlur'i Predicament.
Detroit, Mich,. Deo. 34.—A crowd
gathered in front of Secretary Brucker's
house, attracted there by cries from his
bath room. He was found with both
hands pinioned beneath a heavy window,
and the escaping steam was parboiling
him. It appears that he had attempted
to let down the window for the steam to
pass out.
A ftutcid* In Georgia.
Bainbridoe, Ga., Dec. 24.—(Special.]
A. Robinson, superintendent of Contract
or Joseph's hands on the Alabama Mid¬
land railroad, suicided by taking lauda¬
num. He was from North Carolina, a
mason, and was 55 years of age. The
poikon was taken yesterday evening. He
died to-day.
Harrison IVisb to Enjoy Hi* Turkoy.
Indianapolis, Dec. 24.—(Special.}—
The Journal announce* that Oen. Harri¬
son will receive no callers during holi¬
day week This is understood to mean
that he has. had enough advice for the
presnot, and will go to work in earnest
on his cabinet ana da his inaugural ad
TH* Turk*? CmM Ho«st towUy.
Bt. Paul, Doc 24 —{Spaotol.)—Ysater
day was the warmest Dacamhar day ia
j the history of MmsaMR Many pahs
i toast were os to* threat wsariae Unas
t daet«f» 'A siaamMMt excanto (■
TO WORSHIP ill.
Elaborate ArraitgemetU for Christ¬
mas Services, in Qotluua.
•
ELOPEMENT OF A COUPLE IN
INDIANA.
Ffllsoa** I'tiunogrepa Tatrd Itrluraa fare*
Audlrac*—It* Great FottlWIIliM
A(aln Shawn— \galoot For¬
eign Actor*—Kata*.
Unde Sam to-day will stretch out hi*
broad arms from Maine to Oregon from
Minixwota to Texas and aodrcla ia hi*
embrace people of every race, every na¬
tion and every Hu»». He is the great,
the unbounded Santa Claus, who gift*
aie showered on every side and in whose
benevolent heart penury un«i do e fisted-
n?ss have no place.
“Ameiici." said l’aine, ”is the happy
medium between enthusiastic bigotry
and cold-hearted skepticism.’’ We are
a buoyant nation, nevertheless.
“Old Marley was dead to begin with/
wiote gentle Dickens, and so is old
•Scrooge. A new N rooge had risen from
his ashes as unlike the old, stern, austere,
imrsimonious Scrooge a* day from night.
Two hundred and sixty eight years
ago to-day the Pilgrim Fathers celt*
brati-d their first Christmas in Amur ice*
four days after landing, ft was observed
with prayer and scantiness, Indian com
and water. Christmas dinners were
frowned upon and the hand of our an¬
cestors went up in pious horror at the
mention of plum pudding and Yule-tide
joy.
Since then we have evoluted, especial¬
ly in our own land of aunshine and flow-
era, where we celebrate the birth of the
Saviour of mankind with right hearty
thanksgiving.
With us to-day rejoice all Christian
nations of the entire globe. In the
churches the choirs will render up the
anthems and hymns lbat fell upon the
I -tuning cars of our father* and grand-
t.libers, at the board those viands will be
partaken of which so tickled the palates
of mankind of centuries and centuries
ago and in tile hearts Of our people will
abound a glad fullness that no other day
in the whole year con bring, that which
caused the angels of old to cry out, and
the echo of which cry swelled and swell
«1 It down the aae* of time. „ , rr ,„,
“Peace on earth, good wiU toward
men.”
And this is the poor, hard-working
editor's little Christmas sermon.
Tla* Weather.
Washington, Dec.34— ( Special. }— Th*
weather for to-morrow, fair, slightly
warmer.
pew York'* Churekee.
New York,D ec. 24.—[Special.]—Elab¬
orate arrangements have been made in
all the city churolies for Christinas ser¬
vices. Th* interior of Trinity will be
one vast mountain of flowers. Nearly
ail of the choir music will be original,
and several exquisite anthems are to be
sung. large attendances are anticipat¬
ed, as the weather is predicted fur. ■
An I»4l*ii* Hlopameat,
Columbus, fnd., Dec. 34,—Silas Ping
and Mrs. Mary Moore, of Brown county,
left the it y yesterday aftampon and ar$
said to have eloped. Ping and Moore ore
neighboring farters, bath in good cir¬
cumstance*, and ea«h ha* a lustily of
five children. It wm not known that
existed any intimacy beyond a there friendship
between the couple. Both farm*
ers were in the city Thu.
Christmas presents. Thai
note at a dry goods house
friends farewell. Thf
Kentucky.
TESTING THE PHONOGRAPH.
Public Esfaiblliaa of Edteoa's Newly P*r-
ferted InstruosanL
New York, Dec. 24.—The bowling ot
the wind last evening did not prevent
th* attendance of a large audience at the
Masonic Temple. The great attraction
of the evening was a tost of the perfect¬
ed Edison phonograph.
Mr. James Williams, of. the Edison
Phonograph and Graphophone Company,
announced from the <-tage that a baritone
solo by Perugini would be reproduced.
His assistant placed the hewn in position
and the machine in motion. In clear,
resonant tones the strains of a selection
in “11 Trovatore” rang through the ball.
This was followed by a fife and
drum corps medley consisting
of some many of the old popular veterans songs, imagined and for
the battlefield. moment that applause they were again cm the
The following this
encouraged vocal the reproduction phonograph manipulator
to give.a of an oper¬
atic singer. By some inexplicable cir¬
cumstance, however, the note* of a fa¬
tigued serio-comic singer were produced
and as the crusty, heart-broken echoes
of the bifurcated tubes were wafted over
the audience there was a look of horror
upon the fsces of the ladies present. Ma¬
nipulator Williams hastened to explain
t hat the cylinder reproduced only the ef¬
fort of an amateur operatic vocalist, and
the audience received (he announcement
goo ! uaiuredly.
Hie fourth and last number was that
of an itineiant Bowery band, and it was
by far tiie most effective, although every
conceivable modern popular air was
saadwP-fced in alternately with classical
hit and dirges, and toe whole made up
such a medley a* atov 2 an iw*«.t*«»*t»
helpless phonograph c d stand.
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New York. Dar. 34.-[%estaI.}-M«
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BETWEEN TMC ’
UlUa C-tuHto* of Live New*, WkM I
Gaffney refuato to serve m i
lion umpire neat tre e as.
Denver baaeb* club win tot
to the Wesaarn ArenHas.
Mr* Margaret W/Va.,, H. •
aged Wheeling,
III years.
Ann
the being railroad run over track ,__ 1
at
At Findlay, a, John!
keeper, oho: JtoMB 1
Bonn will die. Kegntr i# in <
v'iSEd ^
brain* with a pistol. “ ^
was the cause.
Hon. Oeo. W.: of Hew :
enty-nia*
All the switchmen ia the ;
Union Pacific road at Denver are«
a strike for an increase of wag
discharge of an objectionablei>
The national council aft
of the Grand Army ot the 1
cided the date for adding I
campment ing Milwaukee. on August ft, that
Isaac H. Knox, president of to 4
tional stock yards at St Louis, ts
For many year* he was a meawee o
firm of Boorman, Johnson A Co.,
York broken.
The county board of Chicago |
cided to turn James Dugan, the i
commi s s ion e re of New Yarik for i m
portation back to England.
The French
Bordeaux with November merchandise '35, and tor I
leans,
gers. entertained ia several for days her overdue, safety.
are
I>. K. Shook, sgcat af toft;
Valley Elevator Gripped Company, wilft & at
Minn., ha*
employers’ money, end-, I
from toe business men «
went to Canada.
Elias In a Hamper fight opposite
was
William Ellington,
ceived brother pursued the in the
a severe cut arm.
ton eecaped by secreting himself to
boat at the landing 7 :
The breach of premiss - tj
C. Ellis against H
ConnersviBs, raised'by ” ind,, " m,-
the
voree core .a
Oliver Moffett was
bavmg agreed to moke ap.
White the fury In tin
at Batavia, Ohio, was U>
recesa,Theodore Cramer,an
man from the woods, tried to
of their number to
favor of accused. A
itt&n ^Tn hmww iijfi &
to ’LlfZSS&mmm finish with twomtijttS
a
quin of LaFayette. Quetasbuty rates, Nine « MtotK
near fought, when White ~ todleHttag wueg
deoiored the winner. quit >
waa
A dispatch that the of yesterday elegant from M em phi s
reports Kate Adams, running
er, Ml
weekly Arkansas packet between horned M<
Miss., City, forty was miles i
mere**,
phis. pie aboard, BIk- had bound about for Metk two
twenty-five colored cabin r .
The the colored whit** passenger* wer* The aUsamd,1 lest,
pa »engers. so
os cen he learned, are as follows:
Corbet, 8 d clerk, aged 83 years, he
eda yawl, and wm trying Inf
colored women oa the tower t
loaves a wife who reside* in fit
There addition were about also fifteen eight propel
four of whom were white,'
drowned. In the list of ■
three colored women aud
The burning steamer
below r<.ffim«rce and raniL
Buffalo, N. Y„ Deo. $A—fiatmatey
afternoon two elegantly dreg ps g jEKes
entered Dickinson’s jewelry Stocg
asked to see some diamonds,
of valuable ornaments wore I
and they left without buying any
saying they would eett esya
the mots that* ptoeed cl diamond far
found
*400, waa misting. Two
Lag ined the the description jewelry of ‘ thom those who #i
western-bound tne mSSSrt'aS
perintondent 1 teaeratomt.
hoc bad the pair ,
he u; JPrasS
the names of Catharine ,
oline Smith, and re s ide _______
Some jewelry was found to their posses¬
sion , but not th* misting hratwite.
Wont* Two Thottsowt tm rWHMSSi ,3
Louakspobt. Ind., Dec. 34.—One year
ago William Edwards, a bachelor, wJte J
wa» reputed U. be worth $193,000. was
found dead in his bed, sine* which rime
innumerable claims hare bean filed
against his estate, the most novel oste
SUt?. J'mSS’uS _____ —'ii state. Winkiey
claims that fie poulticed Edwards arm
white safferii
cuted to him hi* due MU. The defense
claims that no services res needed, sad
that the due bill is a forgery.
Other UkM i>w*L
Boston, Dec. 24 -OMver »
veteran music giublither, who wm one of ;|
Boston's bete known -bar act o rs.
whose fame l } world wide, b dead
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