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Boll’s Baby Syrup Facilitates en >s> *s «”<«• tiiHai tr»nAt»7Ungulate* the Bowels! gjgjjj For tha cure of _ Oouh I Bronchitis, the I___ relief of and for j Consumptive AtdrnajuU. persons. »5cts. ' (fRIFFIN, GEOEGIA, U S. A. —?— Griffin in the beet and most promising little i ty in the th. Its record for the past hall deeade, its many new enterprises in oper¬ ation, building and contemplated, prove this 0 be a business statement and uot a hyper- olical description. During that time it has built and put into most successful operation a FIDO,000 cotton actory and with this year started the wheels of s seeoud of more than twice that capital. It has put up a large iron and brass foundry, a fertiliser factory, an immense ice and bot¬ tling worts, a sash uni blind factory a broom factory, opened up the finest granite quurry in the United States, and now has our large oil mills in more or less advanced stages of construction, with an aggregate au tborized capital of over half a million dollars. It is putting up the finest system of electric gliting that can be procured, and has ap¬ plied for two arters for street railways. It has secured another railroad ninety miles long. and while located on the greatest system in the South, the Central, has secured connec¬ tion with its important rival, the East Ten- uetsee, Virginia and Georgia. It has obtain- d direct independent connection with Cha t tnnooga and the West, d will break groun n a few days fora fourth road, connecting with a fourth independent system. With its five white and four colored church jt has recently aompioted a *10,000 *>•— - Pieebj rt wi an chwrch. it hoe increased its pop¬ ulation by nearly one fifth. It has attracted around its borders fruit growers from nearly every State in the Union, until it ia now sur¬ rounded on nearly every side by orchards and vineyards. It has put up the largest ruit evaporators in the State. It is the home of the grape and its winemakingcapacity has doubled every year. It has successfully in augurated a system of public 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 of having the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. Griffin is the county seat of Spalding coun¬ ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a ealthy,fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet above ecu level. By the census of 1890, it will hove at a low estimate between 0 000 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¬ sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel come if they bring money to help buili up the wn. 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 usine g, pleasure and health seekig nguests 1 you see anybody that wants a good local tion for a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. Griffin is the place where the Griffin News m published—daily and weekly—the best news¬ paper in the Empire State of Georgia. Please ndo»# stamps in sending for sample copies and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin. This brief sketch is written April 12th, 1889, and will have to he changed in a lew month o am braes new enterprises commenced and ompteted. KEW YOBIilTHETEMPLL VELVET AND PLUSH Velvet iUftbons, Velvet Baby Caps. Call and see the new arrivals from New fork. Especially the Black Silk Velvet at #1,25 and upwards. Colored Silk Velvet 75c. Cardinal Plush, extra width @ #1 -ALSO,- New lot Velvet Baby Caps at #1 and upwards. Handsome Buching at 10c. to 50c. -{ORDERS.}- W* keep constantly on hand a large and varied stock of elegant trimmings for t he se¬ lection of patrons and orders are promptly executed by accomplished artiste. MRS. L. L. BENSON’S Art Temple. No. 20 HILL STREET. Merchants and Planters BANE, Griffin, Georgia. Capital, : : : : *100,000 Organised July 1, 1889. Prompt attention to all business intrusted to us. Accounts solicited from bnnks. firms and individuals. Piwiident—J. D. BOYD. Vice President—8. GBANTLAND Cartier—D, Asst Cashier—J D. PEDEN. C. BROOKS. Kincaid, 8 Grant! Dwwtobs—J, D. D. Boyd, N, W. TV .1 Ore H. H Bass. R. and, H. Peden. octfidAwSm wry, P. 8t rick land. Ity GriFpfn The New Distemper Prevails Throughout the Land. EXTENDING its grip westward. Chicago Ha, Juat fH „ 8ht U ( . olumW _ Politico.,. Sneezhij. Comparative Im¬ munity or Cleveland and Cincinnati, lucre*-*!njt In B,„ton-l>artl« ul « rl , vern in New York and Vicinity. New York, Dec. 29. The number of persons in New York and Brooklyn suffering from influenza is very large and constantly increasing. In most cases the patient is subjected to severe muscular pains, catarrh, great debility, etc., with numerous concomitant dis¬ comforts varying , , different cases some the bowels cases and running into affections of others to those of the lungs. While no instance of death due directy to tullu nz.t h.is been reported, tiie number o! < • tii-» from pneumonia has so increased as to indicate some Connection in'tw.-e-.i th • epidemic of so call'd in Ufi'Ai >i d pneumonia. For the post o.m* w eks the number of death* iium pneumonia lias tieen re- speUivcly as follows: 5,, 7i, 77, 7.5, 72, CO, 8,, ej, | Ui . j figures are for the week en :nig 21. The figures for the we. .. ending today will probably be over H i). Its J.tlacm c it idenpread. There is hardly a business house or an office down town whose force of clerks lias not been shortened more or less by “la grippe.’ Quite a number of police¬ men and firemen are laid up. Hie same state o allairs exists in Brooklyn boards x_>t and all Jersey three tty. The health cities claim that there is no danger from the epidemic. Winn reminded that t le disease is tak¬ ing on a more serious form in Europe they point to the lightness of the attacks here and say the malady could grow much worse without becoming danger¬ ous to life. As to the existence of three cases of claim typhus that fever in the city, the officials there is some doubt about the diagnosis in these cases, and assert that at any rate the measures taken to isolate the patients would prevent any spread of this deadly disease. Chicago f utf-hos It. Chicago, Dec. 29.—The Russian in- fiuenza is said to have readied this city. Dr. T. O. Summers, a physician and surgeon epidemics who the has disease jrassed through two of in Russia, re¬ ports that since last Monday he had fif¬ teen cases for treatment. He predicts that in a week the disease will prevail in all sections of the city. Dr. Mont- gumciy, ui me neaitn office, said mat. several cases of supposed influenza had come under his notice but he was not prepared to state that they were the genuine type of Russian influenza, al¬ though the symptoms were similar to those of the imported article. Ohio rolltlcian* Affet-tetl. Columbus, O. , Dec, J').—There BCores of ( ases of influenza in this eity, tym^‘ epidemic The will healffi not malignant epidenne form here will and not those assume assume suffering a a from it go about their business as usual. It prevails mostly among children and young folks, though some of the state politicians assembled for the senatorial fight are sneezing to kill, and make the corridors: of the hotels resound with the current “la grippe.' Treated as Epizootic in Dm ah*. Omaha, Dec. 29.—“La grippe, Russian influenza, is prevailing estimated hei e that in epidemic fully two-thirds form. of the peopi ie suffer- are ing from it at the present time. It is in mild form, few of those attacked being confined to their beds if medical treat¬ ment is promptly given. There have been no deaths, Physicians look upon it as a developed stage of epizootic and successfully treat it from that diagnosis. Ob the Iucreaze in Boston. Boston, Dec. 29.— The influenza is on the increase here. It is safe to say that over one-tenth of the population is af¬ fected by it. The symptoms are more like tho.e of dengue lever than like those of the common influenza. Affec¬ tions of the lungs are a s > more numer¬ ous than in .a!, out physicians do not consider the situation alarming. Not the Genuine Sneeze in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Dec. 29.— No cases of genuine influenza have as yet been re- porteil here. This unseasonable weather offers unusual chances for taking cold, and many persons have not let the op portuuity pass them unutilized. There are many cases of sore throat and severe colds, but the “ia grippe' 1 has not reached us yet.__ Very Little in Louisville. Louisville, Dec. 29.—President Galt, of the board of health, states that there ia no epidemic of influenza here at present. Dr. Clinton Kelly and other leading ,7: practioners state that alleged eases ussian influenza have yielded ■ readily to treatment, and if the disease exists at all as an epidemic it is of a very mild type. only u l ew Inara ill Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Dec. influenza 29.—A fe^Asolated reported coses of genuine yet epidemic are has in this city, but as no who ' mminent physicians resulted. through i similar plagues ex¬ have been reach here in iil its pect “la grippe to violence betore another month has passei 1. __ Negrora N»t So-ceptiblc. Norfolk, Ya.. Dec. 29. - Norfolk has Russian influenzqjfo a mild form and it is estimated that there are as many as 200 eases of it in the city. Most of those who have contracted the disease move in the best circles. The negroes seem to be entirely free from the epidemic. 1hey Think Thojr llavo It. Jamestown, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Physi¬ cians report a number of cases, the ymptoms of which resemble those des¬ cribing the influenza. No obstinate qoges have vot developed however. They F atter TI.emaiirM. Minneapolis. Dec. 29.-No well de¬ veloped cases trf influenza have yet been reported- The air is too dry. Not Eplalandv in CloveUad- Cleveland, Dec. 29.-There is little influenza in this city. A few r n o isolated cases that are perhaps genuine have been reported and they are con¬ fined to travelers. There is nothing like an epidemic nor any indications of one. Senator Ingalls a Victim. Atchison, Kan., Dec. z9.‘—The first mmr known in this section to be seized with the Russian influenza is Senator John J. Ingalls. He was taken with a cold and aches and pains Thursday night and yesterday was stiff and sore and sneezing all day. He had an en¬ gagement to deliver au address before the State Teachers' association at To- pvka, but his condition, although not serious, leave was such as u >t to permit him to haute with safety. He is in bed and still sneezing, but he expects to leave for W» bin- toil with his family Sunday evening. dmuMKup.imi ,.f (Jul.,l,e it# UloUmnn.l. has Richmond, Va.. Dec. 29.—Influenza not made its apis-arance in this city to to any lie appreciable extent There seenis an cnileintc of colds, run¬ ning feeling from from the the eyes an l considerable bad erf cu of such attacks, hut only one case of s--rious illness has yet been repotte i from the cause. Physicians are n it kept particularly busy from the disease t»ut druggists re¬ port that they sell more quinine than they have ever known before in the sa no time. '-any V.minis in Worcester. gri[)j»e" Worcester, Mass., Dec. 29. — “La has many victims in this city. One large di v gnodi store lias thirty clerks on the sick list. Nearly every large concern reports its prevalence among their employes. As a general thing tin- attacks are not severe, but one patients physician says that among his are several who are almost com¬ pletely prostrated. Hulthuoie Doubtful About It. Baltimore, Dec. 23.—Several cases of influenza have been reported in Balti¬ there more during the j>ast few days, but is no certainty as to their being real genuine grip. About thirty post- office employes are laid up with the trouble. None however, are seriously ill. The symptoms are heavy cold, cough, pain in back and limbs and gen¬ eral lassitude. Haril ( oat mill Imagination in nuUato. Buffalo. N. Y.. Dec. 2 . 1 .—There are several cases here of what is considered by the sufferers to lie Russian influenza, but the doctors without exception diag¬ nose it as a combination of hard cold and imagination. The serious form of “la grippe" has not yet reached here. Influenza In Zanesville. fluenza Zanesville, O.. Dec. 29.—The in¬ has prevail' d here to a slight extent for a week, but in a very mild form. The most serious cases only serve to cause patients to stop work two or three weeks. The distressing after effects have not been experienced. A Goml Grip In Albany. Albany, Dec. 29.—“La grippe” has taken a good beginning grip in Albany • and alarmed. some k people are however, to get light. The attacks, are very In one dry goods store fully twenty em¬ ployes arc at home sick witli the dis¬ ease. N«»t Yt»i tpprnrml Mllwaukee. Milwai kE'a, Dec. 29.- -As yet influ- h J“ llot m *f u its aPP^arance in this , favorable to tbe disease, lie ing in the immediate vicinity of the lake where all troubles of this nature are very acute. It C»o**tn n Thentre. Boston, Dec. 29. —Owing to the ill¬ ness of two members of the Sothern company from influenza the perform¬ ance at the Hollis Street theatre was abandoned last night, money being refunded to ticket holders. Evansville Too Dry for IL Evansville, Ind., Dec. 29.—Dr. U. M. Young and other leading physicians of tiiis city state that as yet there is no signs of an epidemic of influenza in this section. The air is dry and not favor¬ able to the disease. Utica Has Cold in the fiend. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 29 — In Utica and vicinity there are quite a number of cases of cold in the head without cough as is usual at this season of the year. If the disease exists here at all it is in a mild form. __ Itochester ha« Lot# of It. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 29.—There is a great deal of influenza in this city. It is not of a severe type, but extremely anni eying. i’hysicians though kept busy are handling it with success. Duluth Won’t Hove It. DkULUTH, Minn., Dec. 29.—There is no case of Influenza known in Duluth. The atmosphere of Lake Superior is too pure to admit of its existence. Ail Ur 11 at Payton. Dayton, O.. Dec. 29.—As yetnocases of influenza have been reported to the board of health. The |*re»ideut’» Duck Shooting Party. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 29.—The presi¬ dential duck shooting party after visit¬ ing the old Harrison homestead at Lower Brandon, sixty miles up the Jamfo river, returned to Claremont, a few miles below. There tbe party left Commodore Bateman's yacht and pro¬ ceeded in carriages to Waverly, on the Norfolk and Western railroad. Early this morning the party left Waverly by way ot Richmond for Washington. Nprang Before a Trmln- Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 29.—A well dressed man, aoout 80 years old, delib¬ erately sprang in front of an east bound Lehigu V alley passenger trsin at South Elizabeth and was killed. He wore blue trousers, a “corkscrew" coat and waistcoat and a light overcoat. Noth¬ ing was found in his clothing to iden¬ tify him. ____ A Grc»t CittSn. WiLKESBAKRE, Pa., Dec. 29. — A cavern of large proportions occurred at Plains, a suourb, yesterday afternoon. Without warning the surface of the earth settled and tier.jr great holes deep. appeared, St. some of them feet Leo's Catholic church was several damaged, as was tbe parsonage and other buildings. _______ Pr«M ricM te a Purler. New York, Dec. 2#.— G*or fc e Dixon, the young colored I-txex frank Button and Eugene Hornfc*vker, of Harlem, fought in the parlor of i a wealthy last night sport¬ ing man's country r» tence the Dixon knocking out ‘ - ornbacker at end of the second round. The Euro^Mip Pr on the Anglo- Purta£$&* D ffioulty. - BEORETABY BLAINE TAKES A HAHD Humor TUat if.- Will Protect Col. McMiiiJn't in I he Helagou Kir lielieur “• stgoltlcitue* ot Our Squnalrim’. P rm*r<u-» in the Teg 111 . British Ship* fiwul.iloil. nt (iibraltcr. London, Um-aa '.—The continental press, including jjffe <h* semi-official and official organs, evidence of being more {MeturUd yVcr the Anglo-Portu- gueso dispute than any one of the jour¬ nals of tire disputing countries, though in their expression# there is no intima¬ tion that it inay be deemed advisable for any of the powers to interfere in the matter. The Russian jn'ess are inclined to take the part of Portugal in discussing the merits of the qua r.*i and are unani¬ mous in the dectarauon that England has no right to expo :j.hv r [ tne tne sympat sympathy of her . continental nuigitii ngUiiora in her present difficulty, has always since t|e. jer own African selfish, policy ireen and still is ag¬ gressive and bluh lermg. In tne pres¬ ent instance Porta;,al has merely done what England lias been Going for years and m getting a dose of her own medi¬ cine sh‘ shows fo the perversity of the child in refusing take it. The German press as a rule seem no more disposed to side with England than are their Russian contemporaries. The Cologne Gazette takes substantially the same ground as that taken by the St. Petersburg papers in imputing to England a policy of selfish indignant greed in Africa which raises her wrath at the alleged iucroachments of Portugal to the heighth of absurdity. t iiclf sshi'i Fo.'r. r ill the Flo. New York, Doc. —The Evening Sun publishes a long and somewhat sensational statemi'ii ia regard to pos¬ sible difficulties between tiiis country and Portugal. The substance of it is that Mrs. McMttrdo, of Buffalo, N. Y., widow of the liite Cad. McMurdo, an American citizen wito organized Delagoa an Englisli syndicate an.t built the Bay railroad in ALicnn territory now claimed by Portugal, recently waited upon Secretary Blaine, accompanied by a western New York cong, essinan as friend ami counsel, and submitted to tbe secretary convincing proofs that the property rights of Col. McMurdo were being The disregarded by invited Portugal. explanations secretary but from the Portuguese government, received no satisfactory response, of whereupon he sent the squadron evo- co-operate burv that the with Unite.1 Great H Britain ates is icady in forc¬ to ing Portugal to resii'-ct the rights of foreigners in the t< rritory referred to. Lord Salisbury at tbe same tune or¬ dered four British men-of-war from Malta 1 1 Lisbon. Gunboat- at Gibraltar. London, Dec. 26.--The British Medi- teraneau squadron, ptepired for action, has been ordere 1 to itn iezvous at Gib- ralter in readiness io proceed to Lisbon at a moment's note . he Teemeraire has arrived at t.i ralter and Collossus and Benbow left i t for that place. The original plan f a- • milling the fleet in the Tagus that was aiuinoiied. because tliere it was feared tie r presence would interfere with t ie progress of ne¬ gotiations I etween Englaml and Por¬ tugal looking to n peaceful settlement of the difficulty. A SureeMfoi torpedo Boat. London, Dec. 29.—Naval circles, are vt ry much distur >e<l at the reports of the successful trial of Lieut. Feral's tor¬ pedo boat in the Bay of Cadiz, the mar¬ velous working of the vessel having especially grave significance England's in view of the presenceofanumlier ships in of best war Portuguese waters. Submerged to the depth knots of forty ltour feet the boat easily made six an of and answered the re jiiiremeuts her guiding apparatus as readily as though she were floating on the surface. Burin K»41y .A (flirted. Paris, Dec. 29.—Tlie health depart¬ ment repoits that on Christmas day 318 all deaths occurred in the city from causes. The average mortality for the corresponding day for several popula¬ years past is 20 1. One-thir i of the tion of Parts i. afflicted with influenza. The editor of The Moniteur Eversal and the soldiers died from the disease at Versailles. _ tut Her Children* Throat*. London, Dec, 29, — At Eastbourne Mrs. Taylor, a widow with two daugh¬ and ters, drank herself into a frenzy cut the throats of the two girls white they were shaping. After committing the terrible crime the woman ran into the street brandishing t e razor reeking with the blood of her cuildren and was caught and disarmed with great diffi¬ culty. ___ A Workmen’* Eichang*. London, Dec. 29. r-A workmen’s ex¬ change has been opened in Leipsic, the object of which is to give general and ait vice and information to workingmen to arbitrate disputes between employes and employers. I pure in M»kololoIan<i. Lisbon, Dec. 29.—The government has received a dispatch stating thoroughly that Makolololaiul has become peaceful: The United States ship Chi¬ cago was inspected by Senhor Garcia. L«*ft Ba*%m 07 a. Zanzibar. Dec. 29.—The Egyptian steamer Mansouvah she left will Bagam proceed <yo for to Mombassa, whence Cairo via Suez. Lieut. Stairs and some of Emin Pasha's troops art on board. latetnc'l lo Slavln an d Jat kson. London, Dec. 29.—The Pelican club will offer a purse of £1.00b as an induce¬ ment to Slavin and Jack-on to contest ia a glove fight in the tdub rooms. Fmtti Has s p *♦'• , Zanzibar, Dec. 29.—Emin Pasha has had a relapae. There is secondary hemorrhage from the ear and great anxiety is felt. _ >'■>« tmpr »onfid f-»r ( rn#lty. London. Dec. 29.—Three nuns of the order of St. 1 rancis have been impris¬ oned at Munich for cruelty to their pupils. i **» ;! - Me t« »«<-«»«. , ifchey / Teknton, Dec 29.--He New council ot education, compoeed ot the leading educatol s of the state, elected the following officers: PreeMeut, Dr. J. Murray Butler, of Patemm; vice president, Stqrerlnten lent Jacobeon, of New Brunswick: ts-retary, G. O. F Taylor, of I ewar:;: treasurer, Normnl Profes¬ sor J. M. Gmr. oi tire Ftate school. The council adopt 'd a resolution, which which was was Teachers' *iib*,',,uentiy Kitl>s.-,,uentiy endorsed endorsed instruct- by by the State a eolation, i----- —liiiutuee to pr pn *■-*“---'■ unto i*«ii So. ... Senator Wet t •. i»st winter, but failed to fa**, calling for tire appoint merit of tne state board of education by the governor in-tea t of by tire te joint leeting nod purel.. on a nonq partisan basts anil for terms of seven years, but one member to go out of office every two years. EVA HAMILTON ANSWERS. she Will Not Allow IUy to Clot • Di¬ vorce by Dthsll New York, Dec. 29.— Mrs. Evaiine L. Hamilton has filed her answer to I.obert Ray Hamilton's complaint in a suit for an annulment for their mar¬ riage. The answer is a general denial for most of the assertions in the com¬ plaint. tie never told her of hia inten¬ tion to have their marriage annulled and asserts that sire had not been mar¬ ried prior to the time she married Ham¬ ilton. As a separate d be we sire says that she and her liusba.id have maintained the relations of m ot and wife for the past four years and that he caused her to be recogni ed and treated as his wife by the public up to the time of the com¬ mencement ot his »nit. The verification of tire answer was taken by A. Judsou Rice, a master in chancery of New Jersey. i>«»m 1 «•«!ro’* Plot. Wakhinuton, D. U. , Dec. 29.—Dr. Valeute, the Brazilian minister here, has received a dispatch from Rio Janeiro concerning the in depriving action of tire Dom provisional Pedro of government immediately the annuity allowed him after his deposition, the dispatch provisional states that a plot to overthrow tire government was tit t overed and Dom Pedro was implicated in it. The belief that the it' pored emperor was plotting against the new government the provi¬ sional r. let’s evoked the decree grant¬ ing him an annuity. at » Cremation. Baltimore,D.jc. 29.—Henry Lohmann, aged Turner 70 and years, free thinker, a prominent dted German Christ on Vorwayrts hall was delivered by Mr. A. Schmidt, superintendent of Zion Harmonic school. At the crematorium the Singing society sna a wind of music were in attendance. Huh Awlioro in u Giilr. Halifa::, Dec. 29. -TheschoonerLen- nie from Antagouish for Sparmouth Digby tit niola-.se: ran ashore below Cut during a strong westerly gale. The ae! and cargo are a to.al toss. Capt, ( haries Porter and v.. Hutchinson, a sailor, were drowned. Arr«sitc| f » '1 ui |*r*»ctlco. Pittsfield. Mass.. Dec. 29. — Mrs. Hattie Marshall was arrested on a charge of as iitiu , in the fatal mal¬ practice upon Mrs, . colt for which Dr. Richards is in jail awaiting l i 1. Sire was tinaoie to procure bail ..nd was locked up. _____ Itiiruatl. New York, Dec. 29.—A fire last night in the Everett building, at dam¬ Ann ana Nas.au streets, ca .sed Stei.OOU age, distriouted among u liunu.er of of¬ fice tenants. Heveial firemen were burned I>y “back c; night" flames. \ N»t! or » *..t« KkpJnftio i. Jamk . T.iwn, N. Y.. Iks-, flu - A gas explosion occurred in tire Bush block at about .0 o'clock last night damaging tire Lum.tng to the extent of $150 atm seriously hunting Hattie Baker, an inmate ot tire place. At antu lire king 'latch. Atlanta. Oh., Dec. 29.-The fifty hour walking match ended last night. Luca*, ot chihnl'lphi. 1 , won easily. Score: 'Luc. a. - lximies. Prater, of At¬ lanta, 214; Barker, of Smyrna, U0. \ IO Vl?» r «0 I r f. Clkvi.LaND, Dec. 2 ).—OttoSmith, the 16-year o! i buy on trial tor tire murder of Maggie Thompson, a in girt the of first 8, was de¬ found guilty of murder gree. _ _____ A Duasr K l, Itiu,seif. Savannah, ' a. IJec. 29. -John J. Gibbs, of Bovt . -nasi,, hunting accidentally killed himself wade in fort county, S. V. I ■lurr te ill Haag. Concord. N. H., Dec. 29.—A Palmer, jtardon has lreett rcluaed iamc* derer of Henry Whitehowse, and he will be hanged Jan. l(i. ) i jtlfitll i in LUImmi. Lisbon, Dec. 29. -Two tiwuaand itave the influeii -a. including the qu*-en and Senhor Gomez, the foreign minister. 1 i.e \\ «-»•; , Warmer: fair; southerly winds. NC GET. Of NEW A Contributions to tire conscience! of $625 from Philadelphia received and from New York were at treasury department, Joseph G. Fox. chief professor ia civil engineering department of ette college, died siidd. aiy of aged 56 year*. Jot in Hoos. of Harlem, His., was saulted and robbed of JJ.tBO and thrown into the rivet. His are not known. Charles IL Hockley, who gave Muskegon, 000 for a public horary in has just given $15,Law for a monument ibere, tire city to furnish site. A petition, circulated through homa and signed by .VXi,090 asks congress for the speedy ment of a territorial go vrnmant The senate oommi.fc- on patents have a bearing on the .-c.eject of inter¬ national copyright on Jaa. 9. l! * n«-T ( t<r I N :w Yobs, tier. •JL -.jt, G. Dun A weekly rev* w of Ir.t ie says: A jkiu re in bitJnem B • aaul a! fir end of the v«*ar tm th's ye 1 r nnaeaaonatde weather, and notch fwa-wnirc for m ney at the east make th 1 duiine-a border on depremkm. White pmupate for tire future are generally regn. I with great co:ifi- deui.e the pres< n »t.< e of trade is wot truiie sati.f i ’tor. and in some quarters tile <relay Of e tW ion. causes fear of commercial <ukmu r.is.m.nw. This fat more p,t ti -ula iv n ;ice dite to tire eiotbtng a.iti t uraithin ; tradm at iffttia- oetfilnn CteVelai iland. 1 an — * 1 ........... in Detroit many lines and of bn 1 *’■' ilwanke*. il anno s *• at good dull ull trade But and 1 the shoe quiet. western point* with scarcely an except¬ ion, the open weather and bud condition of country roads are noticed as cause* of unusual slow code tiona t ouiplsln's f Ueatbsr. In other respects the reports of trade are business generally been satisfactory. large nearly The holiday has at every point The reporting. weak of the situation those trades which points most affected are by are too successive mild winters. The an¬ thracite coal trade is stagnant in the ab¬ sence of demand, and the situation is almost without precedent. More than half of the Reading coal mines have closed, throwing 8,0 it) miners out of work, and it is stated that 20,690 miners The are bituminous working on coal three-quarters trade is active time. more but lacking cars. No definite relief in the woolen g« roods cold business weather can be has expected caused until well prolonged sustained a demand and the clothing bunn necessarily ■»# in all parts of the country mud depend to a great extent upon the weather. To a greater or less extent many other kinds of business are dis¬ absence turbed and sometimes put to strain the by of the demand incident to season, and in all quarters the delay of collections is felt. Iron Contlmum Hfrnngv .On flu* MIhmw Wasw! iU-o. iww . continues to promm. Titough sales of pig Arm are not Philadelphia, very terge, pric,*s and $19.50 are very at w (juoted here for No. 1. Hales of 85,000 tons of steel rails tire rep .rtod with the price steady at $ -5 vat and £ 16.25 at Chicago. Bar iron te firm at 2 cems, and confidence in tire .utufe in all brandies of the iron an t stesd business undiminished. A larger demand for copper has enabled tire syndicate to ad¬ vance lake to 141. with sales of 750,000 pounds; i»ut lea.i is tjn1"t at 8-1.87, and tin lias been depressed at Londoit by speculative realiziur, In sjiecdative i>sing quoted markets at 21 cents her*. there has Isren littte ch t.ige, except in corn, which has drop << 1 2 cents. '1 i III M «m. jr 1 r'lnir*. Tight money continues here anil at Philadelphia and relaxation te not to Ire expected until site the January dis¬ bursements. These are expected to give at November least temporary ease. according The exports, to official reports by tbe just unprecedented completed, exceeded of Siit,65J,7iO, imports and New York sum in lie at comber the exports show a decrease of 5.1 percent., while imjiorta increase ‘is per cent., but even at this rate the ex¬ cess of exports for the whole country would be over $t®,000,0d0. Tire treasury te so conducted as to sustain the money market as far as practicable, and of $3,200,009 this has week, been paid I'Ut the out movement in excess of receipt* $70,000,000 casli from the treasury and the banks to the west and south stnee Aug. I makes the present stringency by no means sur¬ prising. IiitsiiiffiM LMtIurJM Failures during the last seven days for the United htxtes 219, for Canada 3:*, total si )compared witti 3i2 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 276 failures in the Unit -l .States ansi 21 in Canada. ,vi»#on|e N«w Year. Pnu.ADEi.eHiA, Dec. 29. -Yestertlay tire period marking the ening of' new Masonic year, tire Right Worsht worshtp- ful Grand Iresige ige of Free and Accepted Masons assembled in grand annual com- munication in the Masonic temple. Right Worshipful Grand Xaster Clifford P. MacCalla presiding, with all grand otficers in their respective stations. It was an untisually interesting meeting, inasmuch as then- ware present Most Worshipful Grand Master t haries H. Mann, of the graiei lodge of New Jer¬ sey. and Most Wonrtiptul Grand Master Thomas R. Hhryock. o: tire fraternally grand hslge of ceived Maryten Grand I. w ire M wer > >J* -J alia, and who, in by returned inter their acknowl- turn, eiigments for the happy greeting. 1 he W«b«: Jte0 a tptkrr.. Woburn, Mass . 29.—The strik¬ ing Knights of I a w»r leather have issued a statement of their case tire public. They aue.it the ten mstage in va ne of mantifiM tar d prolacte dur¬ ing tire year, but assert tiiat this has ireen fttily 1 alani ed re.luce 1 co t r w material an * lower Wtiger. They ,-av tire inanufac utie. . refuse 1 to with tbe men. \ ■:r,:.o v.a necessary. They express « i bn-tresa toariwtrate the disputed quest HI I*. ittpvfi! ih< r«i *»i ttnuam New Oki f.an> i#ec. •<t — Tlse Tiroes- Democrat s Lai .-do special say#: In¬ formation i* re a-ived i iettf ’Metuerey, Mexico, th.it tire ».*Lj ami city tax on commercuii traveler# will be Jan. 1. leaving in force only tin- small federal tax <>l that nature. Tire mer¬ chants of Monterey realize that they in¬ jured themwlve# bv having thi# tax posed. S rf : A Dry Oml< ireatev te*.Uarra-aa , New Haves, Dec. 99.—Mrs. Bretxfekfor, dry goods dialer, i# cially embarressed. liabilities, £ SS.iSlW; nominal assets. 5t?,000. Columbia river. HU ( baric* Austin and Mattbaw B»W, two colored sailor*, ware instantly killed. They were askvp in the foreoMtia of tire Clan McKenzie ..ml when the bow of the Oregon struck bar the sharp plate of iron ran into tire bunk In which tire Mulor* were lying, i-nttnur tire two men in half, They were struck ft « the waist fell and tire upper part each boJy Into -tire rtvar ami remit. • ■ dmrtM in.ired life, a vmU paasetof the Ore- gsm, was hut not family. 4«w The Ore ;on wa* rr.hntng bdi and ran her bow on the port tide into tite Oregon’s how tvnapletely and rip¬ ping tip deck* and railing for ab ut forty feet from the stirn. launediatiffy after tire collision th • ship began to oettia and soon sunk in "oar fathoms of water. AH the ere > wer - safely trans¬ ferred to the Oregon w i brought hack to tite effv. The t i nt McKenzie i« a fine iron vomi. ■ THE BRIDGE «». Man tUtied and William* tw WiLLixiiHPOBt, !*»,/ Dec. 1*.—One •pan of the new bridge over the ri*w at Market street which had not beta fully fastened in position went down yester¬ day afternoon when a heavy load of timber was driven upon U. The team and four men went down with ft, fall- mg about thirty feet William Somers, o m of tire mm em¬ ployed on tire bridge, where home is in koctreet Irester, " N, Y.» '' Burt Thompson, Daly and . on, f rank driver driver Cable i‘ of *' tire team; Jdbn fore an wore mere or injured, none of tirem fatally. * l'h« driver was w .raed not to drive MtO» the bridge, hut disregarded the notice. ---—- Twa rrelfbt « roeiM. Pirmt’ 80 , Dec. .9.-In a freight wreck on the Pa., PeninylvanU yesterday railroad sixteen near Altoona. car# were demolished, four enginet wrecked and fireman Cha*. English injured, so that he died. The wreck was the caused by one of two the train* treight parting train* on mountain, collided at Moyer, 151., on the »oUthweA Six branch trainmen of the Pennsylvania mjured, enginetneu radroxd. were badly by jumpfngf ^ lietog hurt * * Amevleow «eet»*ivat orttste' 1 tire American order. '•The origin The following of the j natural era# in the Trenton 1 Ohio and Indiana,’* by Edj of Columbus; and “Tertiary region/ oepo#ns or the Cape Pear river by Wm. B. Clark, of Baltimore. geologist# A large nuwfor of prominent were present Tb* Ora if HoaaUMNSt read*. Atlanta. raised Ga. . Dee. for *29,-Nearly $9,000 itave been a monument to Henry W. Gtady and only a few sub- scription# have been received from out¬ side Atlanta a# yet. Beifotin* that Mr* Grady’s admirer* in all part# of the country desire to help to the work, the monument committee has decided to hold the lists open for some time* .............. He Dted «,1 DyUteitkoble. Die. heir# ‘ erf Danvers, Oilman A, Mass., Kim bail, 2ft,—Tire of Middleton, 000, the amount died of a policy hydrophobia. held by Kimball, who claims that or such death The association is not accidental and tUat it is not liable for payment on the policy. The HevMl fare* Newbukoh, N. Y., Dec. 29.—The famous Mowatt called suit trefore involving dudge nearly Bar¬ $.WO,000 Poughkeepde. was bat owing to the nard at appointed fact that tbe committee to take teettmony in Mexico, Minnesota and Iowa were not ready to weeks. report the ease was adjourned for two Yleiun*tjr A** to t«t th* Eilttw. Ashland. Wi»., uv, 20.- Dtrtrfot Attorney Itosman came into tto pri¬ vate office of Managing : Mi tor Doyle, of The Daily New*#, fort u«hi and made a vicious assault upon Imn.^ A l»nd to hand scuffle en#utvd, but friend# of both parties interfered and the fight wn#- stopped. ___ , < •• Hr* Ia*I<kI r««r*rt* MsSWO, Halifax, Ti. B.. Dec. 29.—A fire which fold lasted forty-** hoars in Canada’s coal shed ha* ^uat been ex¬ tinguished . Tire damage tliere amoun bt ts to in¬ a considerable sum an i no surance. ; ■■■■ - - __ Thd Roman Catholic btsiiopof Havana appealed to the governor of the island to close the cemetery which the Baptiste bad opened in that efir, but the govern¬ ment of Spain has decided that the Bap¬ tiste w ere acting according to the law# This powder never b* sold in low umt. powders. 0o. ' Towns* v K«»r iSitie 9*)