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Volume 17
IV ; ' Griffin,
Griffin U the liveliest, pluckiest, most pro
gressive town in Georgia. I his is no lijper
■K olical descri, tion, as the record of the last
fire yea"r» will show.
During that time It lias built and pot Into
most successful operation a $100,000 cotton
actory and is now building another with
nearly twico the capital. It has pnt up a
arge iron and brass foundry, a fertilizer fac-
ory, an immense ice and bottling works, a
sash and blind fnetory, a broom factory
opened up the finest granite quarry in the
United State", and has many other enter¬
prises in outemplatiou. It has secured
another allroad ninety miles long, and while
oouteu on the greatest system in the;;South,
the Oontral, has secured eonuection with its
inportant mat, the East TeuuBSsee, Virginia
and Georgia. It has just secured direct inde¬
pendent connection with Chattanooga and
he Wt st, and has the President of a fourth
railroad residing here and working
to its ultimate completion. With
ts five white and three colored
churches, it is now building a $10,000 now
Pre.byteriau church. .It has increased its
population by nearly one fifth. It has at¬
tracted arouud its borders fruit growers from
nearly every State in the Union, until it is
now surrounded ou nearly every side by or.
cliards and vineyard. It is liiehoma of the
grape and its wine making eapaaity has
doubled everyryear. It has successfully
inaugurated a system of public schools, with
a sgven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the reoord of a Lalf decade
and simply Bhows the progress of an already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding
county, situated 111 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 6,000 and
7,000 people, and they" are all of the right,
sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de
siiable settlors, whowill not be any less wel
tome if they bring money to holp build up
the town. There is about only one thing we
ueed badly just uow, and that is a big hotel
We have several small ones, but their accom¬
modations arc entirely too limited for onr
j 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.
Uriflin is the place whers the GaifFiN
News is published—daily and weekly—the
i.esi newspaper in the Empire State of the
Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending
for sample copies.
This brief axetch will answer July 1st
J8S8. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to be
«hanged to keep up with the times.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HENRY C. PEEPLES,
V T O it N E Y A i LA W
HAMPTON, OKOKOIA.
Practices m nil mo State und Federal
Coin*!*. o c.tyd&wly
JNO. J. HUNT,
A r r O R N E Y AT LA VV
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. ii
White’s Glothiurr Store. eiar22d&wlv
Jl. D1SMUKK. N. M. COLLINS
DISittUKE & COLLINS,
LAWYERS,
GRIFFIN, UA.
t ..lice, first room in Agricultural Building
.Stairs. marl-dffiwtf
THOS. R. MILLS,
f I'TRNET AT LAW.
GRIFFIN, OA.
r a ill practice in the State and Federal
Office, over George A Hartnetts
a truer. nov'J-tf.
r HS 1>. STKWAKT. bout. T. DAN I El.
STEWART «t DANIEL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Over George & Ilartaett’p, GriiLn, Ga.
Will practice in the State end Fedora
ourts. ianl
.
D, L. PARMER,
\TTOBNEY AT LAW
*- WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA.
lumpt attention given to'all business
i all the Courts, and where
Will practice In
ever 'Jig- bnsinbas calls. aprGdlj
Collections a specialty.
Pure Kitty Eye Wlisw
-AXD-
HEADQUARTERS FOR FLAT SHOALS
CORN WHISKY.
Also, all kinds of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars such as are kepi in a hrst
class establishment. Everybody No. 43, is
nvited to call and see me at
West side Hill street,
s21dAw3no .JOHN ISON.
New Felts
JUST RECEIVED!* AT
MRS. M. L. WHITE’S
Millinery Store.
Corner of Hill and
clever GaM- sitikme.
The Judicious Use of Printers' Ink to
Boom Blaine.
CANDID (?) REASONS WHY HE
SHOULD BE CHOSEN.
John W. Foster, *x-MlnUt*i' !.> Spain, In¬
land* Soul* of HI» Super lluous Views
—Of Course, .Jimmy Staoukl
Become Secretary.
Washington, Dec. 26.—There are in¬
dications tiiat there is a Blaine literary
bureau at work manufacturing reasons
why the Maine statesman should be in
the new cabinet. The Cost contained
what it is pleased to term an “inter¬
view ' with a "prominent diplomatist.”
It attracted a good deal of attention
among politicians here. It is credited
very generally to John W. lister, form¬
erly minister to Mexico and Spain, aud
one of the ablest diplomatists, really,
that this country, which does not deal
much in diplomacy, can boast of. This
gentleman starts off this way:
"I,\vould remark, in the first place, so
far as one cabinet position is concerned,
that all fair minded men should protest
against the unfair etiort which is being
made by some of the leading democratic
papers and some injudicious colleagues
of tion the and republican press by denuncia¬
clude from misrepresentation to ex¬
consideration the name of
Jan.es G. Blaine as secretary of state. I
do no; claim—for such a claim Mr.Blaine
would himself repudiate—that he is the
one man of this party. There are other
republican long experience leaders of sound judgment,
and equal patriotism
anion; whom the president may safely
choose. Neither would I assert that to
Mr. Blaine's campa gn speeches was due
the victory of his party, for other men
contributed as earnest and effective work
to the linal result. But I do claim that
Mr. Blaine’s letter m reply to President
UIe\eland's message struck the keynote
of the controversy ami furnished the cen¬
trystalized tral point around all the wtiich general was successfully
disaffection
with the democratic administration,
which undoubtedly existed in the coun¬
try. claim that
"i also liis unselfish and pa¬
triotic renunciation of a candidacy be¬
fore the convention was an act which
largely and influenced deserves the the great republican
success graceful recog¬
nition of the party ho preferred to him¬
self. These are great lervines
and, even if supi osed, party
interests or personal influences should
suggest or induce some other appoint
merit, the iidlest and most generous jus¬
tice should be rendered to the state mafi
nine-tenths who made them. 1 honestly desire belie\ e that
of the party and ex¬
pect Mr. Blaine's appointment and that
there is no mail in that party \vho could
or would attract to the administration a
more lair and torcible consideration from
the democrats. But above all, and in the
interests of the country, tiie party and
the president-elect himself, I would pro¬
test against the opinion expressed with a
sneer anjl with atfi ctrd regret by oth rs.
that Mr. Blaine would be an un-afe s.c-
v tary of state. It would be impo sible,
with the time and space now at my
command, to review Mr. • Blaine's short
and abruptly broken career as s c ;. tary
o: state. itfrt I venture to a-« ;i that,
short as it was, and confused by inca¬
pacity in his successors to concave a
wise or to do a brave thing, he did de¬
clare the principles of himself, an American pol¬
icy, to quote from authoriti dang since of
enunciated by the highest s
the 'government and now in 'lie ndg-
ment of the president integral i r.uly d im¬ n-
woven as an a
portant part of our national pol cy. and
to-day, when the condition of the Pana¬
ma canal is attracting the attention and
exciting the apprehensions and far-seeing of some states¬ of
the most cautious
men of both parties, his letter to Mr.
I. oveil in June. 1881. is a declaration
upon which the honor and interests of
the country may safely rest. Indeed, it
s a very curio..s fact that much that
was charged as the extieme of rash in¬
termeddling on the part of Mr. Blaine,
has found itself repeated by the present
administration of our foreign affairs, with
which certainly cannot be diplomacy.” charged
an ,' spirit of adventurous
This is the style "talk. of the reviews “distinguished the
didlomatists's" He ca¬
reer of Blaine as Garfield’s secretary of
state mast tulsoinelv. and winds up by
declaring that there is no man in the re¬
publican party besides Blaine capable of
inaugurating and carrying out an Amer¬ The
ican poliev, whatever that may he,
distinguished diplomat did not say any¬
thing about the Peruvian guano ring.
Foroker and the
Columbus, O., Dec. 26.—[Special.]—
Col. Holloway, of Indianapolis, was in
the city yesterday, and had a long con¬
ference with Gov. Foraker. It is be¬
lieved his mission was for the purpose of
getting some expression from the gover¬
nor as to his acceptance of a position in
the cabinet.
Blaine Has No Show.
Indianapolis, lnd., Dec. 26.—[Spe¬
cial.]— Rev. Dr. McLeod, who is very in¬
mate, personally, with the Harrison
family, says positively that “Blaine has
positively no more chance of going into
the cabinet than 1 have.’’
No On® Him Yet Been Called.
Washington, Dec. 2*».~ A bushelfull
ca Gi n et gossip is set at vest bv a state-
ment made by General Harrison. There
is the highest possible authority for
quoting the president-elect as saying
that nobody had lieen invited into the
cabinet yet, and no intimation had been
given to any person that he would be in¬
vited. left This doubt was said of what with General an emphasis Har¬
that no settles the that
rison meant. It rumor
Platt has been given till January 1 t h to
determine whether he wants tin navy
department. It al»<» a spo es of the ato
riea about John Bhertnau having e eived
an iutimaiiou that General Harrison
would like to have » for the state de¬
partment or the liens .ry. The same
high authority whuff gives the inform*
tion that no public man has ever had a
hint that the president elect is thinkir
of him for the cabinet, can be quoted of to
the effect that there.) business put
...» the cabinet together ia not likelf to
tie begun till the middle of- January
GRIFFIN. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1888.
:.l . tlfcli IN A HOOT-CASK.
A Katin*r Too Xi»®iiy to fay HU tudarttk-
•r*# BUI*
Wilmington, Del.. Die. 26.—diaries
McDonald, a ship carpenter, living in
this city, buried his infant daughter in a
common wooden shoe box covered with
cheap flannel. Several years ago Mc¬
Donald » wife died, but be failed to pay
the und riaker his hill of $27. When
the child died he went to an undertaker,
who examined the list kept by the local
undertakers’ association, and he found
that McDonald was still in arrears to one
of its members. The bill for burying
McDonald’s wife was presented, but he
refused to pay it, and became very an
gry. The undertaker then refused to
proceed, and all of McDonald's efforts to
Recure an undertaker failed. He then
obtained an order to get a coffin at the
almshouse. but the superintendent there
refused to recognize the order when he
learned that McDonald was well abL to
pay for a coffin. Finally, in desperation,
the shoe box was procured and fitted up,
and the body was followed fo the Catho¬
lic cemetery by many coaches.
Kilucatton In South Dakota.
Rkdfield, D. T.,Dec. 26.—[Special.]—
The sixth annual meeting of the South
Dako’.a Educational association began
in this city to-day and wilt continue for
three days. Tlie general theme, “The
support and needs of our public schools,”
will receive expert truatnleiit by promi¬
nent territorial educators.
To-morrow evening Gov. A. C. Mii-
lette will lecture on the topic, “An Out¬
sider’s view of our educational methods.”
Jones, Friday afternoon Olivet, the Hon. A. Sheridan
of will discuss the sub¬
ject, “Does the Sioux Falls constitution
meet our needs as a state V” President
Oko.i, of Dakota university, lectures in
the evening on “The American Univer¬
sity.” Alter the lecture, the association
members will be entertained at a ban¬
quet at the Foster house.
HOW’S THIS GOVEKNOIt FOItAKKR!
You Said There Would he no More White-
Cup Whipping* in Ohio.
Coli’Mbus, O., Dec. 26.—Richland
county, Ohio, the home of John Slur
man, has been visited lately by tome
warning white caps, and tne citizens
have become terrorized. Many of the
people at Mansfield and Shelby, in that
county, have looked on these warning*
as a hoax. Dozens of citizens have
warned to mend their ways or they
would ba taken by the nightriderx and
whipped, still. and probably punished more
severely As time passed by and
nothing came of those notices the excite¬
ment died out. hut lias broken out again,
for Saturday night “Vick” Fisher, who
resides four miles west of Shelby, was
taken from his home by a hand of night-
riders. who had white caps and masks
on. and w as whipped in a severe tieated. mannei It is
and otherwise brutally wife
claimed that Fisher whipped his a
short time ago and the regulators notified
him that they would give him a dose oi
his own medicine.
Harrison Writing Ills Inaugural.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.— [Special. j—
General Harrison began a new- order of
affairs to-day by declining to see callers
or others who had no imperative bust
ness with him on the grounds that he
mu t have time to attend to present
dutie as preparing to write his in¬
augural addrefla.
Tin- c\ i- no callers from out of town
to day m.it tub president-elect has been
busy all day with his secretary.
AS THE WORLD WAGS-
Unvarnished Talus Compiled from the His¬
tory of a Busy Day.
George TJ. lb non and Burt L. Keuon,
father and on, and Ammon Veasv.Nvete
droivi ud in Round bay, mar Lake Vil¬
lage, N H.. yesterday "afternoon, while
skating Lldor Renon was forty year*
old, his son thirteen, and Veasy fifteen.
The latter's body lias not yet beeh recov¬
ered.
The 850«mployi eol the Poltstown iron
company’s nail factory, at Pottstown,
Pa., received notice yesterday that their
Kir \ice; were no longer needed. It i*
said that the factory will Okr.-e down,
hut ihere had been a difference between
the com| any and the employes about a
re.lui-tiou of wages.
Com ; ander Cousigny, of the Iowa de¬
partment of the Grand Army of the Re¬
public. ha • been looking up union veter
aus among the evicted settlers of Des
Moines ri ■ < r lands in order to aid the
n edy. lie finds there areTfew union
soldier- among them. There are a large
number of ex-confederates.
Sel a tia-i Hobbs, a farmer living three
miles south of Bird s Eye, in Dubois
county, lnd., was called out of his house
on .Saturday night and two shots fired at
him. One" shot struck him in the abdo¬
men. producing a fatal wound. One
Smith was arrested on suspicion of hav¬
ing done the shooting. Hobbs has made
himself obnoxious to the white caps by
procuring evidence against them and
urging prosecution.
A dispatch of yesterday from New
Madison. Mo., says: A gray haired man,
over 60 years old, was arrested here yes¬
terday for robbing the sheriff's office of
$8,100 Saturday night. He had a com¬
plete outfit of burglar's tools, and car¬
ried large bunches of keys and several
vards of fuse, and is thought to be an
old professional. He gives his name as
Carey.
C hr istmas night the larger portion business of
Marblehead was on fire, and the
portion of the town had been burnt.
The fire started about 10 p. m., in the
basement of D. B. H. Power’s furniture
store on Pleasant street, and was caused
bv the explosion of an engine. Loss
ft 00,000. Among the buildings that have
been burned are: Power's block, Hecha-
bite block. William Goldthwaite’s three
storv building, Mowoo's large shoe fac¬
tory. a three story block occupied by dry
goods stores and Boston branch grocery
on the first floor, of the Maeouic hall on
second, and the skating rink on
third: four story Albert on block. Amen
can Express building, iWl Simon s variety
store, Church dwellings and Thonaaa of Falls. Bjodsn, MfetonJfs box
factory arid othfcr buildings Two fnmi-
liea lived in the Power block, where
fire originated, but fortunately eeraped burned
Nearly the tame territory was The
l over about twelve year* ago. niece.
• started to nearly the tmmm
STILL AT THE GAME,
Democratin Clubs Preparing
the Deal of m
THREATENED STRIKE IN THE
BOLTON MILLS.
t*ulci«le of I^ocwlljr Prominent Politician
iu New York—Attempted K»c.a]h> of
a Couple of Prisoner*—Kl%*e
Npgroei Arretted.
New York, Dee. 86.— The executive
committee of the associated democratic
clubs of the United States sends out a
report in which the causes of the recent
democratic defeat tire discussed, and a
set of principles to govern the campaign
of 1892 are laid down:, The report says
that the national assucilation was formed
too late for the most effective campaign
work during the presidential contest.
"Flic wufkingmen stood firmly by th ■
democracy,” the report continues, examination “as
may be seen by a careful
of the returns from actual manufacturing organization cen¬
ters. Had the club
of the democracy permeated the agri¬
cultural districts as well, Cleveland and
Thurman would have had an electoral
as well as the popular majority. The
honest and intelligent farmers who suf¬
fer the moat and gain the least from the
present excess of taxation, would have
come forward in blocks of 80 to meet
the mercenary and five.” unpatriotic floaters
in their blocks of
The committee warns of the democracy
that the admission territories into tlie
union and the change in the representa¬
tion in tlie states consequent upon the
census of of each 1860 state will “change and the of relative states
power broaden the national group contest.”
and will
The committee declares that the demo¬
cratic party proposes to fight from Maine
to California, and upon the sarue issues
as in the past campaign, upon the prin¬
ciples of Thomas Jefferson, its object
still being:
To preserve the constitution of the
United States, the autonomy of the*
states, local self-government and free¬
dom of elections: to resist revolutionary-
changes and the centralization of power;
to oppose the imposition of taxes beyond
the necessities of government economi¬
cally in administered; to public promote service; economy
all branches of the to
oppose unnecessary commercial restric¬
tions for the benefit of the few at tlie ex¬
pense lation, of the many; to oppose class legis¬
which despoils labor and builds
up monopoly; and maintain inviolate the
fundamental principle of democracy,
equality Tlie before the law.” that the democrat!.)
party will report endeavor says to bring about the
necessary reduction of the revenues and
the necessary simplification and reform
of the tariff, without harm to tho busi¬
ness interests of the country and without
injury to any workingman. monopoly—bribery
“The two arms of
ana The intimidation-must democratic defeat be struck Vrepubfican dp wn.”
was
misrepresentation and the effects of enor¬
mous sums of money handled by the
most corrupt and efficient partisan or¬
ganization ever known in this country.”
But the republican party “lacks the
moral power necessary to continued suc¬
cess."
Tlie committee reminds tlie party that
“the next struggle for control of the na¬
tional government will begin, not in
1892. but iu the congressional aud legis¬
lative elections of 1819'.”
Tho association hopes there will be *
club in every county of the union. All
clubs are requested to general report fully to tlie
meetings of the committee,
which will be held at an early day.
Until that meeting, the committee will
maintain its business office at 51 William
street, this city, nnd will attend tor all
communications.
The report is signed by Robert Grie.
Monroe, chairman of the executive com¬
mittee.
A Ghastly Find.
Madison, Wis., Dec. 26.—Two men
fishing in the Sugar river, near Mount
Vernon, twenty miles from here, found
a bag containing a human head sunk in
the river. The head was identified as
that of William Cryst, who has been
employed as a cheese maker in a village
factory. -Gi investigation resulted in
the strongest circumstantial evidence
pointing to Joseph Davidson, a cheese
maker, as the murderer. The motive of
the crime which was probably the murdered to get possession
of $400 missing. man pos¬
sessed. Davidson is
Crisis in English Cotton Mills,
London, Dec. 26,—[Special.]—A crisis
is threatened in the cotton trade at Bol
ton. Dissatisfaction is felt by the mas
ters on account of bad work in the mills,
and a partial strike of operatives, and
they say they will declare a general lock
out if this state of things continues. The
operatives have amdle funds, and are
confident they can make is a long resist
ance, a prolonged struggle feared;
Pri*on*rs Attempt to £sc*)m*.
New York, Dec. 26.--4SpeciaL] Two
prisoners attempted to escape from
Blackwell's Island last night. One
them, James Barrett, tried to reach
city by floating on a log. He was run
down by a tug boat and taken back
the island. The othetman escaped.
Th® of Prof. John B. Uolmen.
Laportk, In<L, Dec.
Professor John B. Holmes died last night.
He was a distinguished writer on
tional and political topics, Chicagoan and at
time was editor of the
Daily Republican of Chicago.
Poisoned by Bating Canned Peaches.
Shki.byville, lnd., Dec. 26.—Mrs. K.
E. Midkiff. wife of one of the best
farmers in the county, was almost
ly poisoned at dinner Co-day "by
peaches nut up in a tm can.
Selcide et a Politician.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 26.— (Special.
Judge Robert A, Johnson, one of
most prominent democratic
in Southern Ohio, committed suicide
his home here this morning.
Arreatsd tor Attempt te Iacile a Mlat.
Bivw*. Mo. Dec.
negroes have been arretted by the
for attempting te incite anether riot.
KII.I.KD BV A liKNTIST.
A Woman Who Mas TtWrteoa T«»Ui Ka-
tracted Dios Is lbs OtuUr.
Hakhisblko, Fa., Dec. 26.—Tho par¬
ticulars of a case, which is remarkable
for a husband's cruel persistence, und in
which a dentist's part is none the less ob-
iectionatile, haa just been madn known
here. who lives About near ten Halifax, days ago Fa., Mary complained Heel wig,
to her husband that site Was suffering
with tho toothache. Several dav< paasesl,
during which time she only oec a-idual¬
ly referred to her extreme suifeiing,
when finally her husband ini) etuoualy
remarked that she had better go fo the
dentist's and have her teeth extracted.
Mrs. Seelwi: was of a nervous teui|ier-
ament, and she hesitated about going.
Her husband became angry with her,
and declared that he would leave the
house iflsho did deter not mine;' atop complaining. the
The wife then to go to
dentist's, und after much persuasion had
been used by her the husLind was in¬
duced to go with her. At the denti-t s,
b.'fore sin- grtt into the chair, the woman
almost fainted from nervou-nes-. wh.ch
had the effect of making the husband
quite irascible, but with the assistance of
tlie dentist she was placed in the chair,
nnd the man with his forceps commenced
tlie work of extraction.
Mrs. See! wig could not tako an an - s-
thetic, and when two or three of her
teeth had been taken out she pulled vio
lently to escape the dentist’s ojieration.
It was necessary to have thirteen teeth
removed, and tlie husband determined
not to permit his wi.e to lea.e the chair
until every one had been taken out. Tc
make the work easier for the dentist the
husband held his wile's head aud arms
so that Blie could not move, and the
work continued until all tho teeth had
been extracted. By this lime the woman
was exhausted and unable to rise from
the chair. The two men realized that
she was in it dangerous condition, and
they at once summoned, applied restoratives. nnd ef¬ A
physician made was to revive the every but
fort was woman,
it was of no avail, and she died two
hours later.
KOASTKD TO DEATH.
An Ageil I-nlty Fatally Burned While Fre
paring Dlimsr.
Nkw Haven, Conn., Dec. 26. —Mr*.
Harry Hepple, a widow 75 yearn old, wa*
burue 1 to death in her home on Grand
auenuo this afternoon. About 1 o'clock
Grocer Stein, who occupies the store
under the old lady’s apartments, smelled
smoke. Hushing upstairs he found Mrs.
Hopple lying on her bed and a mass of
flames. "Hastily attempted wrapping her smother up in the tlie
clothes, he to
(lames, and finally carried her out into
street, where she was laid on the frozen
ground and water thrown upon jier. Be¬
fore a crowd of 51H) fieoplo Hamuel Roth
scliild aud others stripped the smoulder¬
ing garments from her person. An old
blanket was thrown over her to hide her
from the curious gaze of a gaping crowd.
Soon she became unconscious and died
at tlie hospital at 8 o'clock. Tho flesh
v;aa iiack. tmrniul While tr, making a <'ri,p dinner nil her her 1 >mild clothing ^nd
caught fire. She jumped into bod tc
smother the flames. They in turn took
Are and she was roasted alive.
YV, H. Smith as a l eader.
London, Dec. 26.— [Special.]—Parlia¬
ment, when it reassembles, in all proba¬
bility, will find a new leader ou the min¬
isterial benches. Th.s mismanagement
of the business of the house has become
so intolerable that even the government
recognize W. H. Smith and admit leader. the incapacity Morning, of
as a
noon Westminster and night momliers are dragged the to
to make up for time
wastod by the government m,passing
coercion acts and measures to bribe the
Irish leaders. It is a question of from
bed to the house of commons and then
to bed again. Te strain is excessive.
Mr. Smith is himself evidently breaking
down under the harrassing pressure ol
public affairs. how It haggard is ^matter of he
comment and worn
looks. (Irdinarily he | is one of the most
robust of men. To-dav he presented
startling appearance. Tho lines of
face were drawn, and there-was a death
ly pallor in his countenance. He
seek relief from official cares at
temporarily, and will go on the
nent for fecuperatiori.
A MAGNIFICENT STATE-HOUSE.
Th© Dangerous Stone Celling; of
York A»»<iinbly Ctidmh**r Replaced.
Albany, Dec.
the legislature reconvenes,after
a vacation dating From mid-July,
memters will quickly discover that
%iagiiiftcent assembly chamber lias
greatly mollified in appearance; that
1 onderous stone ceiling, weighing
sands of tons, has been replaced with
pleasing ceiling of yellow oak,
only a few hundred tons; that the
ernous galleries have disappeared;
beautiful cathedral glass has taken
place of cheap glass in the large win
dews that light the room, and that
room lias been beautifully painted
carpeted.
The adjournment in July w as
by the ponderous ceiling, which
ened to fail and crush allnenealh it.
chief improvement, however, in the
itol building is the state library.
rooms for the library library surpass in tho in beaut worl
those of any other
The library contains over 150,000
umes. American and is especially history. strong in
on
Strange Diutppearmic© ot m ParnelMt*.
London, Dec. 26.—[Special.]—It is
nearly two months since Jasper
the erratic Parnellite representative
West Waterford, disappeared, and
no motion for the issue of a writ to
a successor to him has been made in
liauient. It was reported that Pyne
his death by fall.rig overboard a
between Holyhead "is and Kinhston,
evidently it not given absolute
.el- nc*. There is a feeling that he
possibly be still alive an t his
uill wait until all reasonable hope of
reappearanca is o'er before taking he
steps to fill (he seat which would
cated bv hia decease It ia not
that the body of a member presumed
be deceased should be discovered
a new writ is issued. There ia a case
record in which, after a writ had
dead ordered, the member alive, supposed to
was found to* to be
a supersedeas to writ was made
HOMELESS BY LIKE.
k Sorry Ending of a Merry Holi¬
day in H ansaehusetts. • •
ANOTHER TATML EXPLOSION
IN CHICAGO.
On* M<ui Hur-nod to DmUi acul Another He*
»«r«ly—The Lom from tho Ktrblfh
hood ftro Will Koarh Nourly
1*600,000 — yet*.
Maui; ad, Maw., Dec. 26.— It wa*
three o'ci . k thia morning when tho fire
that swept through the town last night
was brought under control. .
It covered ten acres, comprising the
business section and a large jiortion of
the residence section.
Three thousand men are out of work,
and scores of famflien are homeless. It
ia difficult to estimate the losses in de¬
tail, but the total is about eight hundred
thousand dollars.
The boiler hi La favor's shoe factory
exploded at midnight, and ft was ru¬
mored that several men have been killed,
but it is now believed no lives were lost.
The scenes to-day are impossible to
describe. Between two and three thou-
iand families are closely beseiged by
prospects of hunger and want, and
Christmas day had a sorry ending for
this towu
A comu ittee of iadiea front the neigh¬
boring towns of ngaged .Salem, Lynn sub¬ and
Swamp i ott are < the suffering in getting people.
scrip iua s ,n «l l of
It : known now that no less than
forty eight lauiiliesare thrown out mi
the i tree's.
The ia est estimate places the loss by
last night's lire between half a million
and si. hundred thousand dollars. The
old to a n i> a total wreck, and the busi¬
ness center, which includes the whole
Industry existent**. of It tho is place, know ia wiped that the out fire of
now n
originated by the explosion of naptha in
the cellar of Daniel Power’s storehouse,
which was connected with his residence.
A Christmas party wo* going on there at
the time. The explosion shook the whole
building, and the guests rushed in terror
from the house. Mr. Powers was sick to
bed. and was with difficulty removed.
That Copyright BUI.
\V as hi ngton, Dec .26.—Representative
Collins, of Massachusetts, who has the
copyright hill in charge in the house,
said in the relation to the copyright bill:
Tlie prospect is not very cheerful. I
don't juRt now see my way to the passage
of the bill. The measure is, to be sure,
on It the is the calendar, place in but itself that is beyond a graveyard. nope.
There is only two ways in which it will
be possible to do anything with the copy¬
right bill. These ways ft are (1) to gq$
votes enough to call up and pass it on
aumt ww-ptoeUei 4 e y . Ta Awsil tig*
action of the committee on rules in the
hope that tome arrangements may lye of
made by "there that will committee be by means
which an opportunity to
reach the copyright bill.
Chicago's Literary Stride*.
Chicago, Dec, 26. —[SpeciaL]— The
first of a series of ten lectures on Goethe,
under the auspices of the Chicago Kin¬
dergarten club, was given to-day at the
Madeon street theater by D.J.Snider. It
was this society that originated and the Dante the
movement some months ago, M
success exploit is ol not that equaled literary and by explorations intellectual
into the the poetic thought and tho pliilosopl lectures _
of great German master,
will be held responsible. The address to¬
day was an and able his and works. interesting review
of Goethe
An Irifh BUfcop'f Warafogv
Dublin, Dec, 20.— [Special.]— Bishop
O'Dwyer, of Limerick, has intimated to
the parlshonors of Knockea, that if they
persist in boycotting Martin Ryan, who
is charged with taking a farm from
which a tenaiit was evicted, by quitting
church as »n the two past refuse Sundays, he
will close the church and the peo¬
ple the miti st ration of hts clergy. Masses
will n t is- said, the sacrament will not
be adtniui-teeoil. and Christian burial
not to he gjvi n until the boycotting of
Ryan e anew.
litteUttr* Vt»if fl»® Cretldent,
j Nkw Vo *!><•. to.—[Special.}—The
teach rs o hi i i" and Bio .klyn to the
orni i. r ol left to day on an ex¬
cursion to ... h it^ton. The scone at
the depot U- on- .!«- special train which
was to i n!:'. th party to the capital,
atarie.i. wu. b < able h exciting and amusing. the
Af, r i o i.-,idei difficulty, am¬
ple ie-o' the company succeeded in get¬
ting aii th e.vcnrvioiiiata pulled on board, and
at.II o clock the train out for
Washington. The jiarty will be present¬
ed to the president to-morrow, and will
spend ths day > isiLn^ the scenes of in-
torext in and about Washington.
A (foifiimiiibuligt'i Fall.
Fort Wayne, lnd., Dec.
lament, of this city, superintendent
the Lament -road-scraper works, in
city, was instantly kiiled at Auburn
morning. He wax at a hotel in that
k.iace, and while in a somnambulistic
State, f. 11 headlong down Tho a remains stairway,
locating hi neck. city Lake Shore
brought to tins on a
fiain this afternoon.
D©ray©it Budy is the Wood*.
Findlay, O. . Dec. 26.—The
body of a man, with his skull
was found by a party of hunter*
tn th- woods about five miles south
Bowling Green The clothing had
rotted aw ay. except the boots on his
and nothing ou or about the body indi¬
cated his name or identity. The
is now making an investigation.
, la Coanbin* th* Church Faction*.
, New York, Dec.
Conference of the general assembly of
Southern Presbyterian church and
committee from the Northern
rian church ha-i begun and will be
here for three days. The object is
bring about a feeling of unity
the two fsotiew*..
ha ~r* ■
NUMBER 2S«
Kaun-mm to ftotoSSI aw
A Writer in Tbo Chinese 1
of Chinese prisons UmUUmi
extortion that goes on is *
mg, and the warders as
The nowcomei
goto to fee the
aleuosS impossible by
for hie his mgm, ft forget ana fulness ne sp
•
out the laverfcigk t the cell m is If thee sel
not
all the insects basaafts
‘luces several hundreds fat
mentof his victim, who
too glad to call his
qu i»«t ion to get rid oi
at Many an exorbiUint’pfioe, of the warders aud
ato tel punishment criminals who by the have omm&on escaped
K
tion is submitted to him, fbtoj
which sets forth the name and ooa
tion of the criminal and
stances of hk crime, is
three parts, The first ooutahwi which _
cases, the second those i
marked the previous year, J
those which It have is said escaped that
two years.
marks about eight names ia
that a a man man who who < caca oes cu
iTIiiw las to to go down to tJba t
to tha place of exoefftion, and uu
arrival neither criminal oor a
know who is to die,
dims only
heorin ring Uiemseiv
have tost escaped penally.
but they havt
and, as they
, theyt
Times.
Monkey*' Aventoa to CraeMgr. ■-.s|
In Ilindortan, where three"
of sacred monkeys enjoy th* I
of every town, thorn four I
stoner* often
forcing the riot
masse for ft the
worried schoolboy t
«fl
_
stouiTthesu* baboon for I
tag physically as wail
qualified position of to the quell fiercest th* og
platform British resident* of a public of Af w
ago, witnessed a scene
character trait in
light ftront Ajrjfr hfld j
MdiadftCC *j
VDOS" tBfWCa"' 1
when the ]
V hotels
leopard that had 1
him in all his ramb
tramp monkeys hod
opposite end of the si
beggar furtablo boy, seemed nod but at to
speckled siesta, intruder the
wl
charged along the ptotfo ppi
squadron squadron of of rpahis. spahis. and, and, too 1
forming a semicircle to ebon about
sleeper, faced toe leopard > *-p-'l with
tling manes, evident 5SS
defeat the purpose of 1
iar Science Monthly. *
WMhin* Mom Tr ent*
An entirely now industry has
established its existence to this wholly city to of F"‘ la$i
owe*
new atmosphere, Add is ba»
fact that the Iron City’s bui
be scoured and made clean.
Fourth avenue bt
remodeling Blank, Brick hartgi
& and Stone
Tho upper stories of too b qUOOI |
ferred to have been built of nice,!
cream colored atone. T -
upon the front old, smoke bizarre st
gave the a i
ous ow> appearance. appearance, But to
stone stone d«u denuer’s" services front were
in, and i lot lot the entire now
the appearance of oew&NA
smoked stone put off
orations. Tito.....
was scrubbed
water, and
the newer _ ____________........
Washed” is toe announcement
must greet the eye hereabouts,
with “WashingandIroning*’ ThennJaumtored an
ilar tog legends. in this city must perforce
i
among its fellows as would a
faced boy to a Sunday arfuNi
cleanly iads and
Bulletin. i
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