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Grirtln U the Hve'lret, plueWeot, mo?t pro
t grewiTOtown in Georgia. ™s te astosper
f olicft! description, m the record of the last
It:-.' 1 ire yetrs will iliOW.
During thet ttn»»t *»«» built a«d Out Into
.acceaiful operation a 1160,000 cotton
aatorr and l* now building another with
nearli twice the capital. It has pntupi
iron and braaa foundryr« fertiliser fac
a *e bottfing works, «
25 ory, sa immWtee ice and
blind faetory, n broom factory
ooeued op the finest granite quarry in the
it, ited State*, and baa many other enter-
oriaea in ontemplatiou. It has secured
another allroad ninety mile# tong, and while
oeatea he Central, on the has great^.y.tem secured connection intbe^t,, with its
pendent connection with Chattanooga and
he W< st, and has the .president of a fourth
n sf ** '3
oharches, it is now building a $10,000 new
Pre-byteriau ehoroh. It baa Inoreased ita
population by nearly one fifth. It has at.
traded around ita borders fruitgrowers from
nearly arery State in the Onion, until it m
bow surrounded on nearly every side by or-
It is the home of the
____
<ne msking caf.ae.ty has
' successfully
soil'Id s, witL
___ second
a seven years carricalam, to a one.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and simply shows the progress of an already
admirable city, with the natural advantage.,
of having the ttneet climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffli, i* the county seat of Spalding
county, situated in weat Middle Geo-gia, with
a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1160
feet above tea level. By the census of ISA), it
will have at a low estimate between 0,000 mid
7,000 people, and they are allot the ,tgh.
sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxious to secure do
sirabie settlers, who will not be any less wet
some if they bring money to help build Op
the town, t here is about only one thing wc
need ba liy Just now, and that is a big hole.
We have several small ones, but their accom¬
modations are entirely too limited for our
business, pleasure and health seeking guest*.
If you see auybody that mm* a good lona-
on or a hot* I in the South, just menti'.u
Qrifin. place Where the Griffin
uritfin ta me
N swa is put lift od-dsfly hud weekly-toe
OestlWteitete. m the Empire state of the
Georgia. FI u enclose stamps In seuding
mu. By January let, 1889, it WlU have to be.
changed to keep j > with the times.
KHOftSSIOilA, DIRECTORY
henry c. PEEPLES,
t’COtt N E X 1 ! LAW
uawrros, ot-nra*.
Practices In all the -•* t«* and Fcrfsrid
Gouna. ,ct9d*wly
JMO. J. HUNT,
LTTQRSBX AT LAW
gbirms. gbohgia.
Office, #1 Hi* fittest, Op Stalra, over J. R
White’s Ulothiue Htore. marUad&wlv
n. msnvns. *• *■ colons
DISMUKE It COLLINS,
LAWYEH8,
GRIFFIN, GA.
Hufios^retroom in Agricultural BuUding
ITHOSw ft. MILLS,
JTOSNET AT LAW,
Wl GRIFFIN, GA.
in the 8taU and Federal
ever George A Hartnett’s
OXM J>. STBWABT. non*. T. DANIEL
STEWART * DANIEL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
^»e1n H ?h?tM n *K 6 eSera
WUl prai >anl-
woarta. % iCk §
D. L. PARMER,
attorney at law
WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA.
#11 specialty. aprfidly
For Rent!
JOSKY HOJSE,
7 Rooms, Wove Room ’from
cardan spot and ataqle. __ block
from centre Hill street Well located for
hoarding house. Alio.
SHELTON HOUSE,
Os Poplar street, 5 rooms and one acre. 8tb
: Haw 3 room house and 12 acres land on
rty.
G. A. CUNNIBGHAM,
Mbal Estate Agent
[OTRL CURTIS
9 RIFF Of, GEORGIA.
Under Hew Management.
U DANIEL, Prgp’r.
rtova moot all trains,
WORK IN CONGRESS.
Amendments to the Sioux Res¬
ervation Bill.
mS PRESIDENT-ELECT’S AR¬
RIVAL IN WASHINGTON.
Demon.trut.mil En Route—Great Excite¬
ment at the Capital—Repnbllcah. in
Their Glory—Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
will Remain in Washington a few Days
the Quests of Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 86.— In the
bouse the senate amendments to the bill
to. the o cuing to settlement of a por¬
tion of the Sioux reservation were con¬
curred in and a conference ordered.
"r. Randall reported the sundry civil
The recommendations of thecom-
ittee on appropriations relative to the
amendments were agreed to, and
a oonferenoe ordered.
The bouse then went into committee
of the whole on the deficiency appropri¬
ation bid.
In the senate the bill tor the relief of
Wm. P. Wheaton and Chas. Cbamfcer-
laine. of California, formerly regl ter
and receiver of land o mo n Caiiforni,
whi h was m vetoed a .^.^. by the ore ident. was
s s over to#, veto
..._ ............... that Pandall
wl.l make an effort io pass his gag rule
in the house. He willn t succed thi.ngh,
as the inced democrats that the are now t orou E*y the
oon amendment to
rules pro used by j an ah will be a mo t
dangerous and vi ious precedent to es¬
tablish for he republicans who ex ect
to control the n xt h ,use. But there
Ri.n llbea iali lively fight from over the matter, back, and as*
,s a tighter the way republicans
vllhi B tne suppo t of
solidly, and fiom 8 > to 80 democrats
fiom the to acco growing states.
Mr. Mil sand he t ri * re.orur demo¬
will ha dlv consent to the consid¬
eration of ’the amendment to the ru es at
becau e if the uestion came up
s juarel before the house, Randa 1 a a
weak-kneed would d-morats aided by the
the rules thro gh. probably M ills will;m be awe to
he rules with resolution ag
oni e i a ro re
rn hetari bill to the senate, w ith the
on that t e sen. te was ass min -
no- warranted., by the co.,sti-
i.
T.sre are several appropriation bills
be Randall passed yet. and it is t robable that
will de ide to take there
anri ilitvof ■ efeating them. It iS cer-
that if he forces the a enfiment to
ru es, all other busi ess will be sus¬
ihe session or postponed wi i be and exha hs sted remainder in dila¬
motions and parliamentary tac.ics
GEN. HARRISON ARRIVES.
Large Crowd In Waiting for Him St the
Depot—Demonstrations Kn Route.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 88.—A special
n wi.h President-elect Harrison and
comimnions arrived here at
and after a short stop, during
Gen. H .rrison spoke a few words
a large crowd whin had gathered,
them for their frie..dlv oh demon¬
the train proceeded ward to
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 86.— The Harri¬
train arrived at 1:15 and left for
hington Ho at 1:88. h°s A large -cade. crowd Hie wai
s ee we e
wifi reach Washington at 8:46,
Washington, Feb. 28. ~Gen. Harrison
here shortly before 8 o'clock. A
ciowd was assembled at the dep t,
the oheer.ng w s intense, 'the de-
Cleveland n was reception something of euua ing the
four years
o. Tue republicans here and whdfy
Mr. Cleveland’s Personal Effects.
Washington. D. O., Feb. 36.—It is
present intention of President and
Cleveland to go tb the house of
and Mrs. Fairchild after the
,
eeremo ies are over and re¬
here several davs. Before Weir
for New 1 ork, Mr. Cleveland
hie wife will accept nvitations to
e tended rule- here. by pers ns prominent
society c busy Ca*p day *nters and the
a.e every at
,liouse its packing up the personal T
of p esent occupants. e.-e
ive l.brary ana many articles of
Wive* of the Outgoing Ministers,
Washington, I). C., Feb. 26.—Gen:
and party will occupy apart¬
in the Johnson annex to the Ar-
hotel. It i< now definitely settled
none of the wives of the out-going
o cers will attend the inaugural
better This is general! for it is co tain ce ed tha. to the be
p an, e
crowd of ino mere wiif ta the ca¬
of the hall to the utmost, a d the
They Don’t Lika Speer.
New York, Feb. 2H.—The World’s
on spe ia] says: Gen. Long-
it is thought here, will succeed
Joseph E. Joh ,ston a scorn mis ioner
the ta.ifio railroads. Gen. Harrison
known to be friendly to Gen. L ong-
and the appoin meat in ruestion
i« acceptable to ught to the .atter. the A
o.t cer is to be above
ecutive bn capacity iant ot a man of wh, tiding di i not
a success a
is St* in es marshalship. and made Gen. Long
town, nas arrange¬
about short.
Judge amorv S eer is also here, but
disclaims any know led e f this
sou ice of the ru ore associating his
is frowned upon by straight out
southern ledge republi Judge ans Speer here, wh / do not
heknou They a a represen¬
of their party. declare that
a: pointment to the federal b, nch was
to toe , erronal favor of President
Arthur, and to no service be w.-
rendered the republican party.
'tHIKKLN. UKUROIA. WEDNESDAY MUKMiMI. FEBRUARY 27, 1**9-
ROW IN OHIO,
Feralur Dotermlnod to Whip Shormaa—
The Cans# of Use Trouble.
Detroit, Mich., Feh. *#.— Early in
December, when Gen. Alger vis¬
ited i ff ' nt-elect Harrison, the latter
told the ..chigan sta esman that he in-
tended to put him In the cabinet as sec¬
retary of w*r and for him to arrange his
afiairs to that end, which he proceeded
to do. When information reached Sen¬
ator Sherman that Alger was to go into
Harrison's cab net he sent one ot his
trust *d lieutenants to the president elect
with «message before the that if for Alger's confirmation name
came senate
he would move for an investigation into
his methods of securing so hern dele¬
gates at the Chicago convention,. and
that when the facts c:.me out It womd
be impossible to secure b s con rmati n.
lm edfttel after tbia message torlSna was
conveyed to Harris n he sent or
McMillan, of M chi att.b> whom he sent
a verbal message to Gen. Alger express¬
ing his regret that be found it im ossi-
b.e to make a place in his cabinet for
him. loth Alger a. d McMi lan were
indignant, the former d .cla'ing that it
was “Uisgra eful to use a United States
senator as a district messenger, and that
Gen. Harrison tould have sent one A
h s clerxs to Michigan or transmitted
the messa e of dismissal by mail."
learned In the meantime. Gen. Alger sponged had
the tree reason for being
off the cabinet slate, and when he came
to the Din 18th. oln an uet in this cite, on
February he vomaiun cated the
facts to Governor Foraker. The latter
at inevitable once accepted between it as himself the opei ing of Sher¬ the
an i
man for the a cendenc j n Ohio, and
made the banquet the Occasion to eulo¬
gize Alger and a .sail Sherm n as a dig
appointed bulker. The assault wa the
present cause of the row in the Ohio re-
put ilcan ranks. Alger, of course, will
back t or.tker in toe greast t g t to break
Sherman's in.iuence and down him in
next fad’s campaign.
A LUCKY PRINTER.
Why Fred A. Upwjomb will not Walk to the
Inauguration on a Bat.
New York, Feb. 36.-Fred A. Lips¬
comb, the 56-year-old printer who was
to have started on his tramp to Wash¬
ington yesterday because he had bet on
Cleveland, has gi en up toe trip. It
wa n’t is fault though, he says, as he
has been ready to jump right in all
along, it was in the contract, tboug.i,
that George T. the Gri...th, be,, should the Philadelphi¬
an w. o won in carriage inMs acco walk, mpany but
Lipscomb he di<int like a he idea of freezing in
a
coach in thn kind o. weather, and want¬
ed to call it uu. Mr. Lipscomb raid:
•We he,d a confe ence at the Hodman
house at noon, esterday, and Gritntb
said he wo .Id give me $£0J and call it
onf. 1 accepte. his o er ”
It is get ing expensive for Griffith,
who. according lo Mr. Lipscomb, lost cn
q ov HiU'a iko Talk ion forfeited #1 OOU
rathertoan to Albany.
Financial Scrapper* Go at Ik -
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 28.—W. G.
Em rson, cashier of the Meade County
National b n t, at Meade Centre, and a
repu lican e ector in the last election
recently business sued Edwin McDaniel, McDanttI a tried promi
n -nt man. to
sell property to pay a deb. to Emer on.
out the tatter, ic is baying al.eged, the inuuen- ed
pure aniel asers against the bank nday, property. and
Me went to M<
duri aniel g a wordy with quarrel fcmeraon butt. A struo ,
Me. a tevoiver regu¬
lar pri e fight followed. , Mel aniel won
the fir t round, and ‘in the. second
kn eked Emerson ne. rly through the a p ate
g ass front of the bank. Is third
round he again then knocked Emerson down.
Emerson drew his revolver, but
McDan el dared him to use it. and he
laid it aside and ticked up a chair to hit
McDaniel.' Fri nds interfered then.
Each man claims to have had the best of
the fight.
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In Hd ft Mordcmr?
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Fah. 88.— About
a week ago Detective Somers, of Lin-
wood, Neb., telegraphed the authorities
here that be had arrested John M aters,
charged with murdering Mrs. Sheri O’Neil in
this city, two yearaairo. t Von
a sell sent all the doc menta that might
lead to the identi cation of Waters, and
also a picture of th ■ murderer. Last
night the sheriff received an ther tele¬
gram fr.,m the detective saying, “I ha e
K ot the ri ht man. Co re on and get
him.” Sheriff Van Tassel .will apply to
Go Gill for a requisition for the alleged
Waters.
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-y.e ^ ^ •
A Smallpox Scan. _
■
Falls City, Neb., Feb. 26.— Agcod
deal of exoitement prevails throughout
the southern part of this country and
across the lm into Kansas over the re¬
port hat fmallpox is iaging there. Ihe
■■Mi city Wednesday council and held quarantined I a special the mee three ng
cluding bri ges from U.e from south, #nta posi Ing ively the city ex¬
that any one of vhi
fiom guarded part country. Rulo
i has toe the h. approaches the epidemic to that Is city
f i om sou ns raging
j among the ndians on the reser ation.
Famous Humorist Dead.
New York. Feb. 26.-The funeril of
Philip H. We ch' the humorist, took
place attended from his b home in of Brook,vo. the fa It
was tome most
mous littera eurs and news; a, er men of
the cit . and there were many i.orat
otierin ;s
Welch was one of the bri .htest humor
ists of the co mry, and bis work on the
Phil ‘.elpbia Call. Puck, the. Epoch and
the New Y ork Bun won him a national
reput tion. He died of cancer of the
tongue.
Amortaao Balt Team at Goaaa.
Florence, Italy, Feb. 28.-The <?hica
go and All-American teams left here yea
terday as per previous thoi thoroughly ous arrangement, delighted foi
Genoa ith They « ere in the the of Kubens.
w their stay or city „
and walk spent thro t e morning in taking ______ a final
gu it. ^
ihe j re»eni programme is. to play a
game at Nice to-morrow. This pro¬
gramme may be changed, however.
New York. Feb. 88.-WiUiam Griffin,
27 years old. of Hicks and Doughty
buckle’s streets. Brooklyn, mills an emplo.e tbs of of Jay At-
eoifee at foot
street, yesterday met de ta in a peculiar manner
g=5wai He woe
PIGOTT CON FESSES
He was the M*n who Forged
the Parnell Letters.
i ■■■ —-—--‘-’’V ■
THE VILLAINOUS PERJURER
DISAPPBARB
He Makes a Written Deriamtiou tlefam
WfiMim or His Fwd«»y and Has Net
Been Seen Since—The Document Pro¬
duced la Court—Mow -Bow Fan ForoeU Takas It—
The Time*’ i mtolPmol
London,F eb. *6.—P»«t>tt has confessed
that the alleged Pirnell letters, upon
which the hopes of tire Times are based,
iaElS.MwmWk.-e said had
sembled. Sir Charles Russed he
a statement to make. He then caused a
sensation by saying that on Saturday
Pigott went to Mr. Labouohero's office
and in the presence of Mr. G. Augustus
Sala, signed a confession that the ; *Par-
nell letters" were forgeries.
Sir Charles Russell, after making this
statement, applied to the presiding „us-
tioe, Hannen, for a warrant for Pigott’s
arrest. Sir James Hannen said that the
wan ant would be ready injm hour.
Ihe Times' coun el were then asked if
thev would pro eed with thcr case.
Attorney General Webster rep.ied that
they had no other witness ready, and it
would be necessary for them to consiuer
what cour e they w ould take, and also of
whe her thsy would returns any part
the case. called toe stand
and Lat,<a— Pigott waited was for i.im to to take his
the court
place. Th - witness, howe tr, did not
appear, and his ca n el asked wh.re he.
was. The latter enlied that Pigott had
left his hotel last night at li O'clock, and
that he (counsel was ignorant of his
present whe eabouts. 'ibis caused a gen¬
eral sensation, and th© p eva hi ling opm
ion was that i igott had made escape.
Sir Charles Russell stated' to ihj court
that he pos essed letters and documents
whivh fixed Pig tt as toe former of tue
letters. confessed .
He also raid that Pigott . bad ,
to Solicitor Lewi., that ne was tue forger.
TNE CLAYTON MURDER.
Arkansas Cltlwns are Alarmed Over the Re¬
port of Watkins' Arrest.
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 36.—Deputy
Marshal Faulkinburg left for Conway
county yesterday with more summonses
for wi nestes in the case again t Robert
Watkins for complicity in the assassina
ton of John M. Cla, ton. Among the
wi.ne-.-ses subp t naed a-e Depu.y Sheri.i
A^O W ^rtLu C
iminati ‘ n o
will hardly ue concluded - ‘ before ‘ Th ~ rs-
day, owing to the imposaibili v of get-
gIPBpiL county late „ last ______ ni ht. ... Speaking away of hi
he said: 0
trio,
« ent to Morrillt n, the oounty seat,
and ser ed subp^nas on several witnes
Wh n I s.eppeu from the rar at the
depot there was a visible stir in the
town, and as I walked up street men
gathered in knots of three or to tr and
exchanged whispers wh.le scanning me
curia osiy. The new# ot Watkins arrest
had pre eded Watkins me, c ,using is well excitement known
and alarm.
here,and his connection with the charge
o« which he was arrested is. of course,
no secret to those equally involved. I
saw Sheriff Sheiby, He showed me his
plans of operation, and reiterated toe
claim that he was doing all in that his the power,
it i, no exaggera ton to say peo¬
ple of the lo-vn and county are living
under a reign of terror, it seems to me
that o e man is afraid of another; that
neighbor I suspects neigh similar <or. in condition all my
life have never seen a
of afiairs. A business man told me that-
the murder trade, of and Clayt bad n dem< had almost ed par- the
alyzed whole country. He said when ran the assas¬
sins were run in the people of Couway
county wou.d be relieved of a terrible
oppression.”
A NEW VESSEL.
One of tho lout Acta of Secretory Whit¬
ney’* Officio! Career.
Washington, D. G, Feb. 26.-The
secretary of the navy opened at noon
toe proposals that had been received for
the construction of an armored coast de¬
fense vessel of 4,000 tons exclusive of
armament.
The bids, of which there were several,
were eec» accompsnie .be 1 by a forfeiture
ot five per cent on smo nt of toe
propos 1. The contract w.ll not be
a» arded for tome days, a ic wifi require
considr able time to d ecover who is the
lowest bi .der. Th** proposa s’are divided
into three c.assee. as f. Hows For the
constr iction of be vessel and machin¬
ery accordi g to the secretary’s pi ns:
lor the c> ustruction according to these
plane, with modli at en proposed by the
bidders' ot for the construction of the
vessel according to the plans provided
by the seer ta ,. the contracto to put
in ti.e machinery of hts own design.
The material used in the construction of
the vessel is to be of American produo
to n manufactured in the w nited States.
The armor, rmor brita and .accessories
to be furnished by the government, the
contractor to fix an I secure the armor
to the vessel The ves el is to be com-
ple e-i within thiee years from the daw
of the execution of the contract.
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Tobaeao Ora win' CoaveBtfon.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 86*— Representa¬
tive tobacco growers from the twenty-
liBW whioh Kentucly produce and the three bulk Ohio of the counties white
burlay crop, assembled here to-day ia
convent on. The object sf the meeting
was stated as being for the agreement
upon action to limit tire proauction of
white burley Tor this year to such an
amount a- to in,are a fair profit to the
farmer. The resolutions adopted at the
woke tow
be restricted to lift,
rest j ear, end that all prevent houl i u •
their imiuenoe to sec ia re uuani nftv of
action among farmers thi redu tion.
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HE FOUGHT IN CHURCH.
Startling Seme In an Ohl«u Saantuarj—A
Dread Maniac. .
Lira, Ohio, Feb. 28.—iguite a comino-
ti u was created last Sunday at the Gar
man Reform d church by a well dressed
stre ger entering toe church.during the
ser ices, and wa king rapidl down the
aisle to toe puipit. He raised. a small
era# above his he d, and said that unless
everyone in hey the church boaedbeto.e hfj§
tha cross, would go to
The congregatio i n an a anted at the
stra ger’s acti n. and st* eral of thenm ordered e
him but approached stoutly him refill an
out, he
him. and. showing after fight struggle they to>k him far
and a i ot as
os and tne ve.tibtiie, when ne began cur ing
it was wit i di ncul.y that he waa
taken on the outside ana taken to the
police Tha a ation.
fellow I# an t
vicinity, him. and nothin
except that h 8
He is a raving maniac,
time of religi n. He
cross h nd suspended from
rafeea con it abo tontly. hi* and every hoai 1
e a
a mething ad ad give inaud ble, and He Cannot be c« held per-
s. to Identified, it up. .f wifi ® '
until he is
SwaUoweO a Splinter and Died.
New York, Feb. 89.—George Wil-
lia s the 8-year old son of Oe as Wil¬
liams, ot Newark, was bur ed yesterday
from St. Patrit k a cathedral. When he
died a post mortem e animation showed
(hat death resulted trom a piece of wo d
lodged in his rates, raes. a bout a week
lafore ihe boy broke his a a.e tr. me in
* h ol. and » hi e trying to mend It ne
pu a attached piece of in woo . to which Wtiieflxn, a at: ing
«a. bism nth.
the slate the wood and string e.lpped
down uis throat. The boy remained at
s hool until t. e hour of disiui sal, and
was not inc nvemenced bv toe string
and wo d until he started for home,
when he was tasen siek end vomited.
Nau ea and fe. er fotlowe ■ until his
death. The autopsy rev ealed the fact
that the smaller rate tins had become
punctured by the wood. MHH
An Ailaxed British Spy In St Louis.
St. Louis. Mo., Feb. 26.—A street car
driver naoud J. A. Murphy, was arrest¬
ed a d locked up at the i our Courts last
night, watches charged with stealing a couple of
from a fellow employe. The
importance in the ot that his ar est, bo a ever, lies
fact he is alleged <o be a
British spy, and in correspondence with
the British goremmenu He laughs at
the suggestion, but admits that he once
be.ongea both to the government constab ala¬
ry, Dublin. His at Chester, . n^firad and at
ar est has ca rod con ider-
able excitement among the Fenians of
this city, and Irish socieiie gen rail v,
and it .a cla me* that a letter was re¬
cently receiv' d by the ore iden of a .re¬
man organ! ft'th^ ation notifying ^vt him to keep
empto' rittoh rwo^nt.'“
Train Wreckers to be Tried.
Reidsvili.*. N. C., Feb. 2*<.~Two ne-
groes-Geo ge Neal * nd Albert Co b-
are under arrest for wreck J, g a freight
train near he e on the night of January
2ist. the wre k threw t..eutv one co,-
to i cars down a fort foot embankment,
kil.lng ing a brakeman and buried ae iouslv in.ur-
a fireman, who waa under .he
debris, end w as token out after ten hours
of hard work. The pr.s tie s were ar¬
rested by detecii es emplo ed by toe
railroad, who worked and messed with
to. m until they had so won their con.r-
dence tuat they planned to w eek an¬
other rain, it ir said thev wanted to
wreck an express train this time, t-o that
a large sum of m ney cout t be ob ain d,
and that the., meant to w reck an expre. s
tr in and not toe freigut in ti.e first in¬
stance.
An Epidemic nt gearlBt Fever.
Bismarck, Dak., Feb, 26. -Scarlet
fever in this city mid neigh orhood and
Mand .n has reached .Jmost an ala.mmg
stage. Fiom the cases reported to toe
. oard of health on.y few hav recovered
ana it is repor ed th t the fever has
gamed a far greater ead.*ay in Mam.an.
and all commanica* on cetween tho
towns w ill ue re .tricied. All entertain¬
ments and the churches and scuools
have bee.i ordered closed. There is a so
ta k of closing the tegiriature. One of
the mem a rs is over at Man ian resolved today,
a d on his return to morrow it is
by the other Solons to put him through
a tho ough course of fumigation, whetuer
he be wilbng or not.
A Mexican Murdered.
Santa Maria, Texas. Feb, 28.—Apolo*
nice Garcia came from Cuero with an¬
other Mexican in a two-horse wagon
Friday LI evening, and Saturday tha two encamped
at Atiaresano. morn.nv
'*aicia was found wi h a bui.et ho e
through h.s temple, and his companion
wa missing together with the i.orres,
clothing dered and other The 1 ei.ects ody of found the mur¬
man. was con
cealed m the brush near the scene of the
murder. The murdered man has been
aw ay ele en years, t nd nd was re urnrag
to the Rio Grande w ith i Uitl property
to go to wor c i.ero. The muraerer
escaped to Mexico.
Will Mary Leave Ilia Stager
St. Louis; Md., Feb. 26.—Miss Mary
An tera.n spevks openly among her
friends of her intention of retiring from
the stage. Ti ey cia.ra that Miss ander
son s i e Lienee in * n lund has in no
way spoiled tier as an American, having
only cultivated her in-.te in all th ng*
pertaining to home life and surround¬
ings an l excited in her the desire to
build an iueal borne tor hetseXip her
own country.
Carriers* and Sleigh* Burned.
St. Paul. Minn.. Feb. 26,—Just after
the works of the Minnesota Carriage and
Sleigh works of St Paul Park h d shut
down for ihe noon hour, fire was discov¬
ered by toe engineer on he econd t.oor.
and in a short time the factory and c n-
tents were destroyed. The ioas L about
$.i.00 i in*ur d for about $tM,(M>. The
wrrks will be rebuilt.
Fire With to* Diamond*.
C%L.*Fph
der, daughter of Governor Oglesby. Of
Illinois, who has bsett spending n few
days here, was ro bei ut *.18^ worth
of diamonds mad . ewsiry n. D bar. They
were given to a hotel clerk to be paced
in the ref* r*. man and dramoBd.
IMPER1ALWEDDING. w *
The Marriage of the High and
Mighty Chinese Ruler.
EUROPE SENDS HER BEST
CONGRATULATIONS
Queen Victoria, of Rutland. »nd Ki*u»re*eof
India Sends a Valuable tiaea Shawl—Hrr
Patent ae Kin prow on a Sheet of Gold—A
MacnISoeflt Banquet In Honor nt the
Groat Brent,
Peking, (via. Berlin'Feh, 88—The Fm-
peror of China was married to-day with
imposing ceremonies. The b trothal was
HDDOUlH^d om th« 4th of ]
bsgma h J
rites. Ihe
was submitted to the emp
ten da • ago, and after modifying it to
some some extent, was appro ed by her.
The first part o. the ceremony was the
sending of the presents to the bride.
Hie gi t of toe emperor waa ta accord¬
ance with court etiquette, flr*t presented.
Every ruler of Europe sent not only con¬
gratulations. but valuau.e p.ffiente to
the * ride. The gift of i.uet-n Victoila,
of England, was an nd an lave shawl.
At the martiage, which followed, there
was a radiant display of pomp and out¬
er. Atter the worship ceremony and t ihen e imperial
pair jo nei in ter.ed the n patent uride.
seem r ss wa* <o on
The patent was on a sheet wrought o, guli, for with
a golden The seal nett speecially |art of the»ereraony t re
event
was the presenration of the ri te to the
empress followed, dowa width er. the A public ret-eut#* and ftp
at emper, r
press rece ved the feUcitati ns the not only
of th ir own sub ects, but of repre¬
sentatives of e imperial e y loreign banquet go ernui. will nt. be
given, To night and an it is expected be ton t
to mo
brill ant steal event id the history of
the country. The booming of cannon
in ever. city of the country i nno mod
to the in abitants the h< ur at which the
ma: riage ceremony began. The demon¬
strations in h« n r of tne event are gen
eral and will e thusiastic. illuminated The to-nig,.t. prin i nd ai
ci ies ,te
“ ach one has arrange J for a th magni test! item itie*
' of reworks. At
ati plot ending ed O.bM the horn marr lanterns, age there 12.000 * were glass era-
4
lamps and 24,Wo pieces of embroidered
silks.
taken [The place imperial wedding weeks was to A-fire have
whi h some in Peking ago. of
rage l (an account
which was given in in these columns' de¬
asted the i aiace and caused a pustpone-
ment of the he ceremony.—E ceremony.—E d.] d, j
ONE POINT SETTLED.
Tte«. «»U a. e* Reameemtoa 1
tiw Com Ins Suxnuaer.
Washington, D. a, Feb. 28.—There
will be no extra session of congress the
com ng summer. All the arguments
brought for it ard in support of the ex¬
pects, ion of especial session have been
. isposed of one i<y one. Ihe bill has
been , asred i.rovid ng for the n<im reion
of., ti e territories into statehood and
when toe regula sex. ton of tile Fitly-
first congress as enables n Lecembe ,
uorth and sou.h Dakota Montana nd
Washington will ail. probabl , have
taken necessary steps to be*, omo states,
and wi 1 send four < r fite re resentatl es
to swell the republican ma.ority ta the
ItOiM.
These two points having 1 sen dispas d
of. there only remains ti.e tart. ques¬
tion. But although there is * o proba
bility of an thing being done with this
pro lem th.s congress, no one re .dy •-
ment lie e, L* that urgent the necessity to d. maud t r Uh the settle¬ call¬
so as.
ing ogether of congress specially to deal
with it. There are several impor ant
appropriatio.t bills still pending ta the
hou e, tod the two factious ot th de¬
mocracy are > reparing thetn selves fora
prolonged fight on the tariff. Lut it has
ueen so arranged that neither of there
two things will con i t with the other,
so appropria.ion that there is bills no danger of any of toe
afif tailing. Randall
Messrs, .hill haveron-
* luded an agreement, >.y which their
oi. ii war, bated on the Cow e * tobac. o
bill, permit will be »u the pended voting from of appropriations time to time
to ot
and toe a option of < onfemnee . epo ta.
n.v hope that Ihe e tra session men
may have bad ta this dire linn is. there¬
fore. erybi'd. dissij sted. the LntJ. ' blican a icen little side side while ago
e on rep of of the th
ho ,ne ha*e been confident t in in their tlieir belie beta
to t toe in om ng presi entwo ilu find
it necessary to ■ call congress congress together. together.
and Now h-ysreall that it talking would the other other idio idio »ny. way k
say k a n ■ • ic
tiling ’ for him to do so when here would
be i->d democrats, each of whom would
make it a point to n ake the e rim ses-
-iOn as di ma! a failure as pos-ible
. The fact is. they have heard from Gen.
Harris n himself. He w; te a long let¬
ter m
here. ■ ip
was i
cial session, .. and . that .. uently ......... the
coma
am ropriation ills had belt- r he 'deposed
of oon as postlo.s. Now, the only men
who would like events to shape them¬
selves so as to make the regorom ling of
“ ^ are the candiiatao
Those gentlemen
now that they ha-e got
cer*ain know men that pledged the longer toiheirsup the delay ort.and be¬
they he nominati is made,
fore i a the nfore
dangerous will it b come to their
chances, and the more opportunity will
their opponents have o. drawing to
themreires mentors not gentlemen securely
pledged. talking Ooure uently there
are still extra sea ion a a miid
te * onstrathe way, tat their desire i ot-
something wi hstan iing. like it po-itiveneas can now be that s sted with
will remain here during congrea*
n *t the summer
months.
ijoveph Chamberlain’* BrW*.
London, Feb. 28.—At the drawing-
room held to-day by the queen, at Buck-
inghatn paiace, several American led es
wer j pi created to 1 er n n m f. Th i t
was - amp an i ra w, and hence many of
Me " at en nuts, all of whom a pear -a ta
the regulaTion dress, su ered re iously.
l reoeptioa . she <h Mrs. toown „ Joseph the .. h , Chmnberfam, ^ . ctateM* ...
.nd m
°*
TmnxJj’ who wore p.ra eat.
K New York sbownum has offerad
gi^rCtander poubely exluUt hie >lfiO» ear. week if H wttl
CtA,
ttt ft?® t. eorgia.
until be
mous J
a pro
by
of hia deal
, ha. be u i
heart
a house lamp <
r
death, and (
ly bfaWtournt escaped in
i
These
rived at f
«UDOt
dis.urbi
left t
Adi
r
mborers *. —
nectlon beta «
ern and Clevel-
whkh live were
till rty pmT%m£ L
shots UU.__
with knlveadcne,
A special from
rays t» p
exp orioa
su*
e
smau
Taylor <
Ansv
tnanufa ory
5kw? mouth. Pa., «
ream*,
the id i
t ioh at f
to collapse.
Tan girls are dead
kiliea Mr. aad l owelt, one badly toe i
was j
k gs of powd r e p
nation is known “““— s. to *h
The A dispatch ounced fro
an n
of to -Rsad ng .ron
and toe Bi
< o o. went
red .e,tens, to take i
ha e . een onnounc.
other iron mira* thr,.
a ■ valley, and it l
the men u ould i
ied te t nt The
firms caoittioned, I
a .. eeting. w. nt
tion. end it is now.....
ductio.iK announced at c
bo accepted wl.hout ‘
Faria ha* been
mn^rffhtiytol ind due >rth. the wea tar «
w n
instant’s warning, U
ni ,ht. A b ncMaoud ‘
tirecty. know fell ta
ne-s for a lew mom
an actual < Bo?ard.
ran into each other; ca
come rnfc* collision. 1
that tihort cttiftce di
covered wi th no inch
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