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Gh'iffin,
Griffin It tin* liveliest, pluckiest, most pro
grcssive town hj Georgia. ! hi* is no lisper
olicsi dosori tion, us the record of tlie last
rive ye»rs will show.
DuriiLX that U:::« it lm< built and pul into
iiostsncetesiful oporutiou a $100,U«) cotton
aotory a»d Is now building another with
nearly twice the capital. It has pnt up a
ge iron and bl ase foundry, a fertilizer fac-
ory, un immense ice and bottling works, a
sash and btiud history, a broom factory
opened up the tlncst granite quarry in tho
United State", and has many other enter¬
prises in .on'emplation. it has secured
anolhei .ulroad ninety miles long, and while
ooateu on the greatest system iu the South,
the Central, ha*secured connection with "lie
mportont-rival, the East Tenn&esee, Virginia
and Georgia. It has just secured direct inde-
pnnJi-st connection with Chattanooga and
he Vf> st, and has the President of a fourth
railroad residing here and working
to its ultima'e completion. With
ts live white and three oolored
ehorches, it is now building a $10,000 now
Presbyterian charoli. It hits increased its
population by nearly one fifth. It lias at¬
tracted around its borders fruit growers from
nearly every State in the Union, until jt is
now surrounded on nearly every side by or¬
chards and vineyard. It is the home ot the
grape and its wine making capacity has
doubled every year. It has successfully
•inaugurated a system of publio schools, with
a seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and simply shows the progress of an already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
ot having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffin is tho 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 1S90, it
will have ata low estimate between 6,000 and
1,000 people-, and they nre all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to tho times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de
siruble settlers, who will not be any less wel
come if they bring money to help build up
tbc town. There is about only one thing we
need badly just now, and that is a big hotel
We have several small ones, but their accom¬
modations are entirely too limited for our
business, pleasure and health seeking guests.
If you see auybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, just mention
Griffin.
Griffin is the place where the Gbifvin
J i bws is published—daily and weekly—the
nest newspaper in the Empire State of the
Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending
for sample copies.
This bnet sketch will answer July 1st
IHSS. by January 1st, 1689, it will have to be
changed to keep up with the times.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HENRY C. PEEPLES,
\ r T O U N E Y At LA W
HAMPTON, (IKOBGIA.
•Practices in all tho State and Federal
Courts. ■ octthhfcwly
J NO. J. HUNT,
A V V O RNEY V r L A W
OaHFFIN, ARoBflU.
Office, 31 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over i J. if
White’s s Clothing i Store. 'bar'd: h’d&wlY
D. DJ8MUKK. S'. M- COLLINS
DiSMUKE & COLLINS,
LAWYERS,
GRIFFIN, GA.
■ Mice,first room in Agricultural BuUding
Stairs. luai'l-d&wtf
THOS. R. MILLS,
TTORNEY AT LA W
GBIFFIN, GA.
Q Will practice in the State and Fedeiai
Courts. Office, over George & Hartnett’s
Dorner. uov2*tf.
t US D. STEWART. BO.BT. X. DANIEL
STEWART & DANIEL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OYCI Over George UCUIgC Ut & Hartnett’s, UltitUCttn, Grifbn, viiiim, Fede Fedora Ga. ** *
Will iVifl practice iirai-tic-c in in the the Statu State and end
-ourts. sanl
D. L. PARMER,
ATTORNEY AT LA W
WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA.
»lumpt attention given to'all business
Will practice in all the Courts, and where
ever business calls. . aprCdly
3ST Collections a specialty.
Pnre Kentncty fiye Wliskiis
-AND-
HEADQUARTERS FOR FLAT SHOALS
CORN WHISKY.
Also, all kinds of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars such as are kept in a first
class establishment. Everybody is
nvited to call and see me at No. 43,
West side Hdlstreef.
s21dAtw3m JOHN ISON.
New Felts
JUST RECEIVED!) AT
MBS. M. L. WHITE’S
Millinery Store.
Clark Building, Comer ofJHill and
Broadway.
both WE UK i) ISCAI.S
Disappointed and Deserted. Poor Mias
Brown Goes Mad.
MARITAL VENTURES WHICH
DISMALLY FAILED.
ri eiuoi-Mhng ill Face and Figure un.l Alone
dm Avomge in Intellect, u Young
■ lllnole Woman Web—Both
liiubitiidfi ;ue .Ini loti.
C.'i: i, 111., Dec. 27,-MUs Melissa
Brown. a comely young woman, came
from ( iiio to White county. 111., some
ye ,rs ago. She was proposers,ing in ap-
peatau e. of more 7 ,Ai*an th$ average ' V*_°6v 111 in
.
inttll- ct. aud toon became a favorite in
the society in which her fortunes cast
her. She wa lacdost aud unassuming.
Her ilisj osition won the admiration of
the rus.ics in her neighborhood, and
many young men battled for her smiles.
Among the many admirers was a man
named Myers, who won her love and af¬
fection. She w as married to liim. Iu a
short time after their marriage, Myers
was arrested for passing a forged note
and sentenced to the penitentiary for a
term of two years. His wife speared a
divorce and married a man named Moo¬
dy. who was shortly after sen o the
penitentiary T»e for stealing bacon.
sequel of the young lady's adven¬
ture is that to-day she is a raving mani¬
ac. Melissa is rather a young looking
woman, of stout build, and apparently
26 years old.
She is confined in the jail, and will be
taken to the insane asylum at Anna to¬
day, having been adjudged insane by the
county court.
MISSISSIPPI RACE WAR.
The HI lies Sent for Arrive—Intense Excite¬
ment Among the Whites.
Memphis, Dec. 27. —[Special.]—The
blacks and whites are again clashing in
Mississippi.
In Benton county the whites are arm¬
ing in all directions. The negroes are
collecting forces in the woods, and fears
of an outbreak are increasing.
Winchester rifles telegraphed for last
^jiglit, warded, from and Lamar, were the promptly for¬
are now < n way.
The excitement is intense.
WEST VIRGINIA'S CGNiaU'.SS.UGN.
0ov. YVllsun Has Issucti Two Certilicateg
bnt Hovers Between Other Candidate*.
Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 27.—[Spe¬
cial.]—Gov. Wilson has issued certificates
to'Jolm O. Pendleton and W. L. Wilson,
congress men-elect from the first and s< c-
ond districts. He has not yet issued cer.
tificatcs to McGinnis or Smith from the
third and fourth districts. He says a
protest has been entered against his do¬
ing so. The governor’s powers are un¬
derstood lo bo purely ministe i;.l in such
matters, giving him no right to go behind
the understand returns. People here are at a loss to
his action.
An KucapeJ Tri^uner < 'aught.
Boos vn, le, Mo., Dec. 27.—Joe Terrell,
who had been confined in jail for four
months, charged with jail breaking, bur¬
glar.' and larceny, and who escaped last
Saturday, was Terrell recaptured desperate at Palestine
yi sterdav. was a char¬
and i- the man who stole the tools
the reform school building a lew
ago and assaulted Sheriff Smith,
who was preventing his escape.
Ilcpubllcan Daily Suspends.
Chattanooga, Dee. 27.—[Special.]—
Daily Commercial,republican organ,
suspended permanently. It is ru¬
that another republican daily will
started the first of February, w ith ex-
A. G. Sharp at the head.
Millionaire Arrested for £iinuggliu£.
Bismarck. Dak.. Dee. 27.—[Special.]—
is believed, as the result of the exam¬
and confession of James Curran,
with opium smuggling, with
n en engaged in it, that ytarswill smug¬
1 rom Canada for many
exposed. Curran has been held.
A Nojfi’o Cut tu l’iocv*.
Little Rock, Ark., Dee. 27.—The re¬
of a man w ere found strewn along
Iron Mountain railroad track north
the city yesterday, so terribly man¬
that the stain h! was the largest piece that
and from it was learned
man wa - u negro
Cold TV:tv:» Coming:.
Washington. Dec. 27.—Observer. At¬
Ga., 10:<|a. ni.: H it id wave
temperature will mu about 16
by 1 a. tn„ December 28th.
A. W. Gukely,
Chief Signal Officer.
Congressman Mills’s Trip.
New York, Dec. 27.—[Special.]— Con¬
Mills, after spending last night
company with Congressman French,
Connecticut, left this morning for
Conn., where Mr. Mills will
a few days.
lieu Hopkins’ Son Arrested.
Cincinnati, Dec. 27. —[Special]—
the former of fifteen thousand
on local hanks, has confessed
Wm. GUI. Hopkins, lA -pau,., for, of Ben ---- assisted Hopkins * , in .
r Fidelity r:.uid.- KunL- bank nntsiriGtv notoriety, assisted m
forgery. Hopkins has been arrested.
Snow a Foot Deep.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—[Special.]—Yester¬
a storm extended throughout Iowa.
and Wisconsin. The snow in
places is oyer a foot deep, badly
railroad traffic,
Sunk in Five IjUbom.. 4
U/ADV.'. London, Deb. 27. -[Special.]—The I f --- -
steamer Storm Queen lias found-
in the bay of Biscay. The captain
five others were lost
A Bran Mew C»rdlD»l.
Bore, Dec. 27. —[Special. ]—Monsignor
has been created cardinal
-• -. iu.AiNK’s hum 'Mir."
A I'mt, ;■ by Suiuuv Displayed
lis a Suit York Wtinloa.
New York. Dec. 27.—A photograph
in Sarony’s window shows the face St a
young girl, pretty beyond question, with
hair tastefully arranged and a becoming
dress, cut \ - liapo in front, disclosing a
well-rounded throat, the modesty of
whose a; ntvi is in keeping with the
features, whose expression is demure in
the extreme. Under the photograph are
the wo ds: “Mrs. James G. Blaine. Jr.”
Tho exhibition o ’ this picture is the first
professional act of Mrs. Blaine's career
as an actress. Her father. Col. Kevins.
I ing s the in public only one Her op <> , J to her appear¬
mother loo ;s forward
anxiously ter’s and hopefully to her daugh¬
success. Mrs. Blaine is tall—not to
ungainliness. However, .-he has square
shoulders that w.mld ) ut many a dude
to bin h: ’ lomie hair—not of (he bleach¬
ed hue, but more on the golden shade;
blue eyes that express volumes when en¬
gaged in corner ation, and a resolute
mouth that be okens the determination
which she posse , e . She spent Christ¬
mas with her father and mother in the
city.
Sailor l.uten by Shark*.
Brownsville, Tex., Dec. 27.—On iast
Monday one of the sailors on board the
French bark Leco j, o Bravos harbor,
disappeared. Ou examination and thor¬
ough search the following morning it
was discovered tint; the man had taken
all his clothes and a life-preserver and
had let himself down by moans of a rope
ladder. it is believed he was either
drowned or has fallen a prey to sharks,
its him. nothing The hu ; been seen or heard of
man' name was L. Mahalott,
and lie was about 28 years of age.
l ater advices stale that the life-pre
server and thqt has the been sailor found has on probably Padre Island,
the coast, following Padre Island, gone up
an un¬
inhabited waste, a distar.es of 150 miles
to Corpus have Christi, him though the sharks
may got after all.
I'asi-batl on I’linUtmas.
Havana, Cuba., Dec. 27—[Special,]—
Several thousand '
persons witnessed a
game of baseball on Christmas day be¬
tween the Havana club and a team of
American j layers, which arrived liyre
oti McMahon Saturday.- The American battery,
and Collins, proved too strong
for the Cubans, and the game was won
by tho Americans—9 to 5.
AS THE WORLD WAGS-
UiiYSU'nitfltcri Talcs Compiled from tlio His¬
tory of a IIuhv Day.
The Paris bourse xvas depressed yester¬
day. Panama canal dropped twenty
francs.
tho A Whig dispatch from Richmond states that
newspaper of that city lias
been sold to the Daily Times.
The comptroller of currency has nu
thorized the First National bank of John
son City, Tenn., to begin business with a
capital ot $50,01)0. ,
The pope has sent to the bishop of Pia
cenza $4,000 for a training college foi
missionaries, to be sent to America to
care for Italian emigrants.
Governor Hill, of New York, has or¬
dered an extraordinary session of the
court of oyer and terminer for the trial
of the so-called “boodle’ aldermen.
Kolert Hull, fireman on the Norfolk &
Western railroad, and brother of Allen
Hull, general committed passenger agent of the
same road, suicide by taking
laudanum, at Lyn hburg, Va.
Near Harrodsburg, Ky.. [Frank Green,
who killed three men in the course of his
life while escaping from officers by cros s¬
ing the Kentucky and river in aski.T, capsiz¬
ed his boat was drowned.
The Chicago police prevented Mrs.Lucy
Parsons, the widow of thv executed an¬
archist, from lecturing, according to ap¬
pointment. She and her sympathizers
were much excited, but her > was nodis-
turbanc .
A private Memphis t.-legram -aying was receive I Thurs¬
day at Lamar, there was a ne¬
gro riot in progress at Mis*., and
asking that some Winchester rifles be
sen; on the first train. Lamar is twelve
miles south of Grand Junction. Term.,
on the line of the Illinois Ceniral rail¬
road. Every effort has been made to get
at the fa ds, but no response to telegrams
sent have been receive d up to midnight.
I; is rumored that two whins and five
negroes have be 1 n killed.
The remains of Gen. John l.ogan were
yest rday reui .ve l from the Hutchison
vault in Hock Creek cemetery, where
they were placed chapel two in the years National ago, to the
new Logan Sol¬
diers' Home cemott ry. and the guard of
rev. n regular art! 1 .tv men who have
kept watch over the body since it was
deposited in the Hutchison vault was re¬
lieved. Th ■ !■ moral was made without
ceremony, ini ' members of the Logan
fa il and half a dozen friends being
pr ;0 !:.
Tiie D. liver Gas Com} any had 100 men
employed in excavating a ditch, six feet
deep, along-ide of and underneath the
track of the (aide car line, when sudden-
the trick for an entire block fell,
the iif * < ut of auJ imprisoning
the men underneath. Men were imme¬
diately set to work removing the failen
track, and four dead and two badly
wounded have been removed. Other
men escaped with more or less bruises.
It is not known whether any more are
the track or not.
A di atch from Panama says: Work
the canal continues, although on
sections labor has been reduced.
tome 2.000 men have been
during the past two months,
to disputes between the canal
and contractors. It is not ex¬
t d that more The wcrjtmen authorities will be dis¬
witn. consider
total suspension of work a3 very im¬
Suspension could only be oc-
by the scheme complete failure of the
now under con¬
in Paris. There are now about
l aborers actually engaged on the
,
A par tv of "toys while placing at East
nt park. Philaf "aaeldhia, yester-
in the vicinity of the new city re¬
four.d two bundles in a section
new thirty-six inch water main stored
I or curiosity s sake, ope of the
cut the firing of one of the bun¬
and was horrified when a human
rolled o t. Between them the bun¬
contaim d the body crushed, of a man, and cut In
The head waa ev¬
indicates another mysterious
Nothing waa found to identify
remains or g ve a cine o the mur¬
. -
G1UFF1N. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 28, isss.
ALREADY 800 FEET.
The Eilfel Tower at the French Ex- j
position of 1889.
STEAMSHIP LINES ALREADY
FIXING SCHEDULES. .
l>iraclor*(iciiemI Hrif«r Snyd flu* I:\HIJjI-
liou Will OjHfn barely «»-.> Mas Sill—
50,000 SIiow-( aip* Taken—
I«o\v Knit** t» Havre.
Paris, Dec. 27.—Paris is at present
wholly bandied in iter great exposition
Seven th. Min'd .mcchdnace are at work
d«ilv amt every day tens of thousands
of visitors swarm to the grounds to
watch tlijt proves* of construction.
Everything [ <>*Tits to success. M-
Forger, director general of the Paris ex¬
hibition, has decl red that the work is so
far advanced that he is able to assert
with certainty that the exhibition will
open on the day fiscal forthatevent, viz..
May 5 n xt. He also says tfiat the show
casts will not bo empty, as is too often
the ca-e ou the first day- of a great ex¬
position. There will be 28,000 French
and i.v/tOO foreign exhibitors. Among
the latter, Belgium heads the list with
England LOW), Italy comes next with 1,000, and
follows with 800.
Tho Ei/Tcl tower is non- 800 to ct high,
and by February 1st will cap a clear
thousand. Its final altitude, according
to M. Eiffel, is to be 1.45G feet.
About the middle of January there
will be a meeting in Havre of the agents
of transportation and steamship lines to
arrange for rates of excursion to and
from Havre. Nineteen London, Ham¬
burg, New York, Boston and Montreal
steamers have gone Into the arrange¬
good ment, and agreed to fix a tariff to bu
M. l.anzun.one throughout the year.
of the directors, stated
yesterday sion that would lie thought that excur¬
rates lie cut as low as $42.
exclusive of meals, from New York, on
account of the strong competition which
was certain to set in.
ItjfNK SCOUR 1>RI£L3.
l*ro#tcleut Clevfcluml lifiiizod in Kttigy In a
MiKrtvHiri Town.
Bonnie Terre, Mo., Dec, 27.—Citizens
of this place were greatly allocked to see
an effigy of President Cleveland hanged
to a flag pole. Their resentment took
the following form:
Whereas, The sensible inhabitants of
Bonne Terre were shocked and deeply
mortified this morning at beholding sus¬
pended from tiro flag pole in the St. Jo¬
seph Lead Co.’s inelosure, in front of tho
president's in the light office, lmnd a figure placard of a man having hold¬
ing a
inscribed upon it. “Grover Cleveland."
Resolved, That we, as citizens of this
great Terre, nation, and especially the of Bonne
who perpetrated deeply regret this action of those
shameful and dis¬
graceful act of disrespect to the presi¬
dent and ruler of the nation.
Be olved, further. That wo hold the
president Joseph Lead and superintendent of the St.
Co. blameless of such an
act. ami accredit to them the good judg
ment ful conduct, of discountenancing but hold such shame¬
a few unprincipled
hirelings whore political actions and
opinions but are shiped whatever not from r.rinciple,
to conform to they deem
popular favor with their employers, ac¬
countable for this outrage.
Resolved, further. That their action
and dispiosal of tlie figure after taken
down in the presence of the indignant
spectators, in having it returned to its
repo-itory, idu;"" is positive proof of the indi-
viduality of the senseless perpetrators.
I'ncle Sain’fi \**iv Navy Yard.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.—The naval
commission appointed by Seeretarv
Whitney to select the location of the
contemplated improvements at League
Island navy yard has completed its work
and forwarded a rejiort to Washington-
Commodore Behaur is president of the
commission, and it is understood tliat
the body was impiri ssed with the idea
that League Island i< the best location
for a navy yard in the country, borides
ha-> mg such ample room that no other
navy yard could bu arranged to conven¬
iently with reference to concentration
and facility of operation, or would admit
of so many advantage! in the construc¬
tion of war vessels. If the recommen¬
dations of the commission should lie car-
r.ed out it would require an appropria¬
tion of $4,400,000.
Slept Better on It (?)
Philadelphia, Dec 27.—Mrs. Ann
Davis, 79 years of age, died on Sunday
at her home, 132 Chert nut street, of gen¬
eral ddbility. Her only surviving daugh¬
ter, Mrs. Olivia Harrison Collsley, ar¬
rived from Washington, where the fam¬
ily formerly body, lived, and took charge of
the which was taken to Washing¬
ton for burial. Mrs. Collide v said that
her father, who was killed by being
thrown from liis horse in a severe thun¬
der storm, was a personal friend of Pres
idtnt William Henry Hum-on, and
when the latter’s effects were sold, the
bed and bolsters on which he breathed
his iast, were purchased by Mrs. Davis,
and she also expired on them. Mrs.
Collsley is a god-daughter of the grand¬
father of the president elect.
Millionaire 8neU*tt Property,
Chicago, Dec. 27.—Judge Shepard lias
entered a decree appointing commission¬
ers to partition and divide the real estate
left by the murdered millionaire, A. J.
Snell, among Mrs. Henrietta Snell. Grace
G. Coffin. Alice Me Rea, Mary S. Stone,
and J. Snell, the widow, three daughters
and son of Tascott’s -victim. Mr*. Snell
receives one third of the realty as dower,
and the remainder is to be divided into
four e ,ua! parts, one each to be given to
the four heirs above named. The value
of the realty is upward of $2,000,000.
C oal OH Cxploftion.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—[Special.]—Early
this morning an explosion o^eon-ed in
Lupe s grocery store, on State street.and !
re-on afterwards th* place was on fir*.
Frank Polo, who was paaaing the place
at the time of 4 he exp losion. was severe¬
ly burned. supposed The be body a* of an unknown
man, the to burglar, has been
found in ruins. The explosion is snp>
osed to have resulted from coal oil.
IllO LKUAL WAR.
Ctoutd’s Western Union Battling vrtUi tlie
Union 1‘acIRc Company.
Leavenworth, Kan,, Dec. 27,—[Spe¬
cial. , The case of the Western Union
telegraph company again-t the Union
Pacific railroad was called to-dav in the
fidt ial court. The suit seek to prevent
the Union- Pacific fiom cnnct'liin tho
ton tract existing between tli ■ two com-
fsoie*. by which the tie;, uph i.npany
operates telegraph lines ox el i>iv el along
the defendant’s road
The pot it ion coll tan-1,75 specif! a'.iotu.
Among other thiius.it recites that in
I860 the Western Union, in connection
with the Pacific and. California tst-ite
Telegraph Omaha companies, Mult consfruc ed Sabre)- lines
between and Lata
ououily with the Western Union, becomu by eon-ofi- in¬
nation other companies,
vested with the sole right to ojiei’iite
these tines, and was further amhorized
b . un net of congress to extend t; - Imps
along the track of the Union Pacific us
fust as it should le constructed In Sep
ten b -r, 1869. the Union Pacific, becom¬
ing dis-atisfied with the joint u-o of tile
system, leased its lines to the nlaintiif,
but afterward, under the plea that such
an act was justified by its charter, took
the ioaseil Hues into its own hands. Tho
lieve plaintiff that states the Union that it Pacific has reason is to be¬
contem¬
plating further acts in derogation of this
lease, including tho seizure of the Hues
between Omaha, Ogden anil Ktmsaz City
aud Denver.
The legal representative of Uie Union
Pacific claims that tho act passed tliW in con¬
gress iast August requires Union
Pacific to operate its own lines.
Nl:u YEAR’S KCI-IUSE.
f'ougrc** WTW ho I.aKK**. r <l About it Hint tho
Navy Can’t k«*e it ut all.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Your corres¬
pondent called ou Commodore Walker
yesterday (o see whether the navy de¬
partment had made arrangements to
send out an expedition to observe tho
total eclipse of t|to sun, which takes
place on New Ycat's Day, and for which
purpose congress passed a bill on the JI at
instant appropriating $5,000. The com¬
modore said he had been very anxious to
send an expedition on this highly impor¬
tant work, but no money had been avail-
aide until too lat“.
time “You allowed tee." said the commodore, short, “tho
is entirely too and it
would I e impossible for us to equip and
send out an expedition. To-day is tho
26th. the work and no matter advanced how expeditiously could
together the was we not get
nece-sary instruments and
equipments and reach Nevada ou the day
when the eclipse takes place. I deeply
regret this, as 1 am particularly anxious
that some of should our people from oiit. the naval
observatory had I e sent If con¬
gress only made the appropriation a
week or ten days ago. instead of waiting
until last Friday, everything could liavo
be. n arranged in time. As it is now, we
will have to depend upon private enter¬
prise for a report of tins important scien¬
tific observation.
THE XV A It OVER.
Thunk Heaven, Cry the New York Mer¬
chant*— rRe Met......- Return.
New York. Dec. 27. (Special, j—Down
town merchants who do business 1*1111
llavti. think that the v. ar in the black
republic is practically at an end. The
election of General Legitime to the pres¬
idency will they ray, sortie the whole
question urflicably.
Mr. Lord, of I.ordA Austin, the a,cuts
of med tho steam-r the entire Haytien situation Republic, by sum¬
Both up Vi the lire north nreidli aud uinl the llin cmith south saying: llncti
.f t /if of lJayti
are tired of the war. If General Legi¬
time gives aiu airlands BB romiae of making a good
executive, will throw down
their arms and rally around him with
I leas re. Whether in that event he
wcu'il condemn Genera! Hippolytc to
iIc:it:-. 1 cannot av."
Mr. I.ordexpects tic lla>ti n Republic
to unite h re during tlie i r.-t week in
January. Genera! Neithc; Minister Preston nor
Contreras returned ft om Wash¬
ington yesterday, and Tecri '.ary I’r at on,
son of the tuinis'er. id tha! he did not
expect them before Wednesday.
SeiiKatton.at Dubltn Lawsuit.
Dublin, Dec. 2b—[Special.]—A suit,
which will attract de*-p Interest both
here and in England, if it should come
lo trial, was instituted to-day. It is
brought by two nieces of the late O'Reilly
1 lease, to annul the provisions of his wilj
the ground that he was of unsound
when the instrument was made
signed. Dea.-.e, who, for several
represented an Irish constituency
the imperial amounting parliament, nearly left ail his
tiic- chancellor the to exchequer $500,000,
of to di¬
the national debt. He left two
the daughters of his only sister,
now institute the suit, in a state of
They appealed to Mr.
proceedings as they idi were averse to ei,-aging
' legal ' ' to ' give ' them ’ a part
the estate of their relative, but the
refused to return a penny of the
Tlie counsel for the plaintiffs is
the opinion tliat it will not be a diffi¬
task to convince a Dublin jury that
Irishman who would leave his fortune
assist tlie English government was of
mind.
Washington Qaari.r. Alrr.dj. , j
WasHINgton, Dec. 27.— (Quarters hava
engaged at the Arlington hotel for
Harrison and party prior to tire in-
ation ceremonies next March.
will l e in tlie party Gen. Harrison
wife, Russell Harrison aud wife. J.
McKee, wife, and two children, ex-
Saunders; of Nebraska, and wife
of Mrs. lfu .' ell Harrison a E. W.
pri.ate The distinguished secretary, wife, and
guests will
here about a week before inaugu¬
day. Their apartments are in the
priiate annex d on ning H street. They will
a room.
On the mom ng of inauguration day
will go to'Willard's hotel, in Penn-
vlvania avenue, and occupy a parlor on
second floor, whence they will view
procession as it forms, ia accord¬
with the precedent established by
Jackson and observed by every
but two since then, President
will call for Prwidanf elect
at Wizard s, andeaoorthim to
OftptCOt.
NUMBER 219
ROMANCE OOiOONE.
A Strange Tale of Novelist Robert
Louie Stevenson.
HERDED WITH FOUL IMMI¬
GRANTS HE SAIL 3.
ilb t>mtiiur«tii un lUud, Willi Hrr Ki-Uun'
lam), Who OK** Her Away With
iitart) A: niulur — A Sew
liihta ou the
Ban t rannisoo. Uni., Dec. 27.—The
New York World correspondent aeudD
the following:
Kolert IxmU Stevenson, the novelist,
who L soon expected back here ft out hi*
urvsuccesful cruise for health among
the South Sea Islands, has been discuss¬
ed a good deal by tire critic*, but many
facts in regard to his per-onai history
have never been published. Stevenson
first came here about eight years ago to
get mtimed, llis bride ho had met in
France when she was the wife of a Cali¬
fornian. When Stevenson waa taking
that trip that bore fruit his book, “An
Inland Voyage,” he met In l’arui Mr*.
Samuel Osborne, of San Franc Leo. She
came of Dutch parentage, her maiden
uame being Van Dcgrift, but she had
married young 8am Onborn*, who waa
private secretary to Senator Stanford
and somewhat < f a protege of the railroad
millionaire. She w as a brilliant brunette
with the vivid coloring and many of the
tartes of a gypsy. Her bua'and had
gone with her on a vacation, but h* had
been recalled on business, anil she was
then staying with friends in the French
capital. Bile and Stevenson fell in love
at first sight. Their literary and per¬
sonal ta les ran in tho same channel*,
and the author spent much time in tier
company. Win #he lift lor home it under¬
n waa
stood that she was to got a divorce from
her husband by means of the easy pro-
cestes of the California courts, arid when
this was accomplished the Golden Stevenson would make
come out to State and
her his wife. Everything was carried
out according to this programme. When
Bam Osborne wax told of the desire of his
wife he made no objection, hut, like a
model American husband, gave his wife
all tlie aid in his power. The result was
that she obtained her freedom. Then
the tidings were sent to the distant lover,
and lie prepared to come “out into the
West” for his inamorata.
Original in everything, ‘ this trip Stevenson de-
tenuin d ' to take this trip in novel fash¬
ion. So lie engaged passage in the steer¬
age of one of the great ocean lines with
the design of writ ing up hi* experience*.
Ho secured plenty of material, for the
voyage was rough and he had a sorry
time among tlie emigrants, who warn
herded together like sheep. him, The expe¬
rience, took hpwever, in didn't emigrant cpro as and he
crossed passage the plains an in that fashion. car
This
was worse titan the steerage trip, as the
people were packed closer, delays and the jour¬
ney, owing to tho many and slow
tithe, consumed two weeks,
When Sto. enson reached San Francis¬
co he was n sorry object. He had a hack-
ing cough spat blood, and had Contract¬
eff a troublesome skin ditease from herd¬
ing with unclean emigrants. Foul air
and iioor food had reduced his strength,
and lie was a semi-invalid. He was re¬
ceived. however, with open arms. As
soon as he was cleaned up by a series of
sulphur baths and a trifle recovered
from the fatigue held. of the The long journey the
wedding was remarkable fea¬
ture of it was Unit Bum Osborne war
present and gave away the bride, his ox-
wife. with the heartiness of manner that
might have been expected in the most
disinterested person, while he cupped the
climax of hi* bride performance* by intioduc
mg to the and groom a handtonoe
and stylishly dressed young woman a*
his affianced wife.
The marriage feast was very gay, and
soon after it was over Stevenson went
with his bride to a dererted mining
camp on Howell mountain, in Napa
county, to recuperate his health. There
he wrote the book which he called “The
Silverado Squatters." He was then finan¬
cially reduced, and he had no reputation
in this country. His book on nia Cali¬
finally fornia experiences the went editors a-U'gging, ahd
Century published it
in sevutal instalment*. It it a curious
fact that Osborne, to whose good nature
Stevenson was indebted for his wife,
disappeared marriage. He shortly dropped after out his of second hie old
life and his old haunts here between two
days, unff no one the ever learned any trace
of him. What cause was also re¬
mained a mystery. The da-thing young
woman u horn he wedded remained here
for several months after Bam deserted
her, when she. too. packed up her be-
longings and departed as suddenly idet and
as mysteriously of them as her spouse. To this
day heard neither bv their old has ever been seen
or of friends.
Here’s a Christmas romance from real
life, with not one word of fiction.
“Cap” B«Htt'< Golden Wretuiug.
Washington, Dec. 27.— [Special.]—
Isaac Bassett, than whom few men are
better know n in Washington, is to-day
celebrating his golden wedding. Fifty,
seven ago years, through the personal in-
fluenceof Daniel Webster, Bassett was ap
pointed page in the United States -enate
He is in the employ of the senate to-day,
his term Captain,” of office having he been unbroken.
“Tlie as is generally desig-
nated. is writing publish his reminiscences, but
J lf , wi jJ not them until the six-
tieth anniversary of his appointment
rolls round.
fra*t lsfkllwte/ Time.
Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 27.—[Special.]—
The Savannah. Florida and Western rail¬
way put on to-day Ike fastest freight
schedule to the west and northwest, via
Albany and Montgomery, making from Florida,
that has ever been run. the time
to St I ouis and Chicago hours: from Jackson¬
ville in seventy-live from Calla¬
han in seventy-three hours and from
Gainesville in seventy-sev«» hours.
Gov. Cjlnbr't Daughter Morrtod.
Springfield, III.. Dec. 27.— [Special. )
The marriage of Miss Olive Oglesby,
daughter of Gov. Oglesby, to Chester
AUyer Snider, of Kansas Paul's City, waa sol¬
emnized at 8 p. in., in St. Episco¬
pal church- A re ception followed at tbs
executive mansion from #M to 11 o’clock.
Many invitations bri<hant social to the ceremony, which
waa a event, were issued.
* a . .*:r-c Meant . '2m
II lim'i reffn* lo o« r la Stitt* ml M
wra -Jcu m uli—■ - [§ja
Wa-vHisgtos, I'm*. *7.-Cei.
Awry, of Atlanta, who was being i
hurt a day or two ago by 1
d«« n by a cab bone on PtK&ay
avenue, will b-out agate ky
Monday. C©U Ai#ry kgwatty i
by a report sent by the Wa*
res pon pent of a certain Attest* i
newspaper, which stated teat he i
but instantly killed wad “it
of thought be could recover.”
tel. gram* have j
Lous:'! old fnffe ”
co! <;:-t s upp'oa
oi' er utn - much trouble hast
improving.
Great Nsettt A WtMWtB? t
Di’uutf, Dec. $T.—[Special. H® 00 * tee
return ot the Rev. Canon Larkin from
England, the reports of whatfcteeswi ?
miracle working have been rwMvrn i
The deaf, blind and halt are brought I
him, accompanied by iuor.i.oas crevr4w
Wonderful cure*, are announced. **
niuies and iffm <• of the personas 1
big given- filter firkin w** i _
ordained, and fe a member of ^
vk»-at :re or Prenionuraut order,
excitement prevails. Buffers**
bodily afflictions are being t
journeystt> tho priest, fttii Mini!
sight is restored to th# •
confirmed and cripples have tli* thrown ef
crutches regained use 1
limb*. Th* ( athodc the clergy |
give no countenance to
Mturdered by a Cento.
Atlanta, Ga,.. Dee. {SpeciaL}— .
News has just been recei ved hare that on
December 19, at Camp’ Hammond, on
the Columbus Southern railroad. Rich- S-
mend Carter and Henry Terrell, hate
negro convicts, had a quarrel a hkh m. W.'-.
mil ted in Carter striking Terrell ou ten "<
head with .‘■a-. show!. - ■----- —
a
Terrell lingered until the next day
when be died of itom«wB concumh* of the bntiu,
Terrell wa* in county far
huigiary. and Conor is in tor norm
yeast for criminal assault iu_Do.ighcrty
county. '
('arter will be tried for murder. - ||
A Horrible Vlad.
PlHLADKLFHlA, 1)00. tl.—k J mtf 0#
lioys, while playing in Km* Fainaount
park to-dav, in the vicinity of the new
city reservoir, found two bundle* ixt a
section of now 86-inch water mmmmM
stored there. Out ot curiotity. one ot
ttrc boys «o% th» s S siwr* ■**•
and was horriftad to !>>»>, «» iwawn v* ,
a mutilated human body. The h*ed was
< rushed, aud everything indicate* dR-
other uiyatoriou* murder. "Lfri
Trt a*ury OMetel* TnlM.
Washington, Dec. r7.~>{Speotei.}—
Treasury officials are greatiy wonted tte.
the appearance of another redeemed w
canceleil ten dollar bill for i
The 200 previous dollars bilLs each. which The
were twenty hold* certificates that I
department
Wits now presented The quertion warn who destroyed stele {
maceration.
bill*, Low it teas done, and hotel
were stolen, is great y pu-rling the (
rialAn investigation 1* in program.
Terrible CutUo* Ab«f,
Bloomington, ind., Dec, Sf7.—{Bpg.
eial.]- A terrible cutiitel affair toelt
place at Clear Creek last night at a tnr-
key taff’e. Alex Sno ldy and Jaine* Suh-
inson got into an alteicatkai, and tteods
dv drew a knife and cut Robinson terri¬
bly about the head and face. He will
die.
IhMrtw o* Um rnn fiwa.
Washington, Dec. 27.— [SpectaL]—Dr.
Ilartigan* of Washington, who km
made a careful study ot yellow fever in
the south, says ays he be is not satisfied ...... of tki J
accuracy of the German theory of yellow
fever as indicated by recent •xpenmestte
of Dr. Reeves and othera
A MrH«D|tr lututl; HIUS
Washington, Dec. *7.—[BpedolJ—
Michael Keating, aged M, a mnw ngte
in the war department,while intoxicated,
to-day, stumbled in the corridor on the
fourth floor and fell headlong over th*
staircase to the marble pavement : below, below,
a distance of eighty killed. feet Keating wa*
almost instantly
Speaker Carlisle Deeliaea.
Washington, Dec. 2?.—[Special.}•—
Speaker Carlisle, who was invited to at¬
tend tire tariff reform lesgue banquet in
Boston, declined on accountof important
engagements lurre.
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