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" ' ' Jf|e Criffin -Ui.UMK 17 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 News is published—daily and weekly—the i.est newspaper in the Empire State of the Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending for sample copies. This bnet ixetoh will answer July 1st 1666. By January let, 1889, it will have to be changed to keep up with the times. 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«. ~~- 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. TO* Hayvtoa* Hava Mas Ha*n»4 Una New York. Dar. 34.-[%estaI.}-M« . ... . rotation. pwthf tb* NUMBER1 _ 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 DAILY MAfiKft SHtPOftTA !*r*cuiu t* • te: | jjsgwrr--