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The Stolen Heiress.
j HLE OF NEW YORK IN 1835.
BY PROF. WM. HENRY PECK,
AUTHOB Of
• n< C"" n ’ , Secnt," * Tht Tower of Gold, 1
• '[he Half-Breed ,* “Jfarold'e Hate,"
• The Bride of Barcelona.' Etc.
CHAPTER XXX.—Cojctinued.
“If yon please, Senora, hoar me. I sup.
hose I may speak of our business attain
before Senor Bettis, Senora the GripporJ?”
"Ccrtain'y. It is about next carpi
1D ii the supplies for your next voyage, “j
believe- Yes. You may listen, Pettis. ”
“With the greatest pleasure, Dame Grip
bard,” exclaimed Bettis, always pleased ti
hear tvhat was none ot his business, and (c
talk of it to others.
Balbata continued, airily:
“We have consulted upon the nmonn
I necessary, b’enora—Senor Bazilio and I
I We have made estimates. . „
onr
I "And Air. Bazilio thinks my commissioi
I demand not too large, I hope,’’ remaikei
lh,i dame, bending a ferocious gazo at Bn-
I | tiJio's bold stare. “I certainly Air. shall no
| make my demands any less. Bazilio.
Money is very scarce in theso times, and 1
| I «m infilling not of that put kind of in peop'e their pockets. who will ” d<
to money
| Bazilio met ber ferocious gaze with t
smile of defiance that cut her to hor soul
| I She She was said amazed to herself: by his supposed effrontery
“As I am a living woman, th s yonnf
scoundrel has ten timos as much and ai
strung ner\e as his Captain. Yet I am mm
ho Ittrued palo when the Captain first let
him know that 1 knew he was an assassin
What a keen and strong eye he has! Ho, i
wonder why he makes me think of Braclriv
[ It must instant bo because I I thought first noticed of that that villain tiglj
for an when
Dutchman below. Biackly was a very
j bamlsomo hidrous. man. This Tho wretch below villam—thii iB elm-
ply assassin, fresh young done
Lore voung from murder
in this very’ house last night—with the
body of tho man he killed very near him—
darer stare into my eyes as if to say, ‘Bah’,
Yon can not frighten me! Yon want money,
and you know I have it, and that you can’t
get it withont letting me go sc'ot free!
That's what his stare says, confound him!
All the abov6 flashed through the dame’s
brain in the wink of an eyo. Sho then
turned her attention to Balbata. He had
meanwhile taken a package of papers from
his pocket and pretended to examine and
figure upon them very earnestly. He said:
‘Yes, I am sure that cur estimate is eor-
reel. Senora Giippard.”
“Just before Mr. Bazilio nnd Bettis came
Jl>, ‘'you Captain," she responded, carelessly,
said you thought yon would have to
put six thousand four hundred pounds sler-
ling into xny hands to disburse for you fot
your ea-go and other matters. I think. That
is a large sum for one to disburse to tbe
satisfaction of others, is it not, Bettis?”
Aever “Perfectly prodigious, Dame Grippard!
in ail my life havo I held so great a
sum in my hands. Six thousand four hu
fired pounds sterling! Good Lord, delivei
ns from temptrtion and covetousness
Some people havo been known to com¬
mit murder to gain such a sum, Bettis,*
remarked the dame, with her eye again
upon Bazilio Bazilio, and ferociously.
returned the gaze with a grimace
of defiance. Bettis exelnimed:
“Some! A\ by, hundreds have murdered
for less than that, dame. Thousands havo.”
“I believe you said, Captain,” continued
Dame Grippard, as sho scowled at Bazilio,
but hiding tbe scowl from Bettis, “that Air.
Bazirio would pay that sum into my hands. ’
smiling j have sneeringly. the sum, dame,” said Bazi-io,
lie drew from his bosom a large pocket-
book—tbe same which wo have already
seen—and took from it several notes, say¬
ing toward carelessly, and as he extended the notci
the dame:
Here it is, Dame Grippard. Six-”
'Tease givo them to Mr. Pettis, Air.
naziho,' she interrupted, with a show ol
“11 ber teeth. “Bettis, count the notes fot
mo and take a duplicate list of their num¬
bers. h. ep ono list till I ask you for it
“Pfi give the other list to me. Sometimes
notes are counterfeit, you know, Bettis,
ana we want to trace Uie ntteror of them
“nilpunish him." '
Bazilio give the notes to Pettis. Bettis
““fie many grimaces of longing desire to
•to permanent possessor of them ns he took
' a * n hieir numbers. At last he gave thorn
{ le tho dame. She placed them in her wal-
‘. saying;
kiu» etllR -’ 1 wam r oa » 0 t to let any one
m w without my consent, tuat Captain
" a and Bazilio have put this
j, f 0Bei Uto . my hands t disburse for theii
0
1 fion't want all the tradesmen in
e city running after mo to get a share of
® OI10 V - 1 wish to spend it as I like,
ii. t the - best advantage for tho brig,
“emberthis, „ Bettis.”
„ ertamiy I will, Dame Grippard.”
Don BOn T<ni retllrtl to tbe countirg-room,
-
ls : Ka y nothing to any ono of what bus
. ' ’ , 8ed here—under
I penalty of wy riis-
^ <m know wllat that means,
Most assuredly, Dame Grippard."
An< 5 ° u mn y s»y to Miss Roland thai
slio a sed > not wait for but return to
. i, mo, otu
„ “ko just as soon as she likes. And in
hcr' | a y J " 1 ^ 1 ‘ Hawksworthy, if it suite
Ho, damo; p do.”
1 lu ay not return to mv cottage for som,
h , r etlis tel1 rand
kuter heaven ’ A 0,1 mf »y “Y fe' '
~ bless hor sweet face
Z* Un(i Mr Ha whs worthy are lovers, yoi
-
‘ ra aware now, Bettis?”
U d 1 nm ’ Jame—and a very hnud-
inn SOn m iwr . they
are, too!”
11 C! t n to11 auy one you like that they
iron. ,h® d lovers, Bettis, that I hav<
“onsented -m, . nnd
to their marriage.”
hloi llan you flame- I shall take grea
P ensure • ’
>t you in speaking of the affair. ’’ fact
Petti must understand another
bit 1 hey shall never marry in my cot-
, ° r anywhere beforo his fathor writei
to i consents to the mnrriago.
:
iuv Vftr fl my grand-daughter to go inti
f only unweleomed, l’ettis. Be
no) - surt
, reP6lt 1110111 Bettis
Ri T w hot I sav,
to",I,! -^ eand 11,11 really Set married afraid secretly that they this mc-ai
oight very
“u°t 0d Hord, deliver us!”
to writo 1> e ,t18 - Now - to gain timi
see wl,!/? , ha ? Hawkworthv’s t l0 T about ik father, I *olrt and the
lovers n do i * 'hat »»y they could get married
as ... n “ V
marn„ hou ami insisted th.
i H-i.T hf ? k'’ fl e take them place from in eloping my cottage, to
night , b a
befom wot! T l * to 8 *ffiorrow, or Bouie reply day from soon, Mr
Hawks e get a
uni °i th t, y« father, you understand. I
slop,. fZ, teat'ful. however, that they may
X rl hqpe my cofiu Um « e wULapi! this very night Dpa’tys* Oh,
sobJbwW somewhere f°r H 0 V“ tune cIopo fora lind keo lone P Riddel
o' le St 1,11 fby «wmaknV«5 very time
«i h 1, f f er ‘\ < 0 yon hee? - T And with
too, on I pniti ottis r for '. I shall he m.
eJopo. And if they do very angry if ther
.von to let eve.ybody know elope, I'ettis. hive I warn C
no ,ire thoir that I
.., Indeed I will, elopement. ”
Dame Urlppard. ”
Old ... / Anchors-to on miy begin this very dav—out 01
their elopement, talk of my disapproval oi
father s convert, Pettis.' or marriage withont hb 1
1
I will, Dime Gripperd. I wtii « D eak ol
it Uckal as soon «< there i! no dancrar of talkin! h
by tho young gentleman for
nbout his affairs. He look's as if he could C U d
kick hard-—’*
“You are an id ot, Pettis' Liston Ton, d^
going to write to his father this v'erv
and tiy to persuade the old gentleman to
come light down from Albany to give his
consent or to prevent the match—just as ha
may see tit. Oh, I hope they will not dope
t0 to-night. Pett I will put spies on my cottime
"v* ht .V l R - If they do not elope to-
night I think I can send Yerneena some-
whore to-morrow for a time—till „■,)
Colonel llawksworthy sends me word, 01
arttves 1 fU/.iiio, in I person. hope Captain Balbata and Mr
yon will have eyes kept on
Mr. lliiwkswoithy, so that he will not get s
ch i ce to elope w.th my grand-daughtet
to-night?” “Most
IheCapt assuredly in, wo will, Senora,” gaiij
‘Certainly, DamoOrippard,”said Bazilio.
“ We will put a pair of keen eyes and n
pair of strong arms on guard, Senora,"
continued tho Captain.
“Our new male might serve for that post, ’■
remarked Bazilio. ’
“Yes. Senora," added the Captain; “as
Urbandt was formerly one of the city's
night watchmen, he is perfectly familtai
with every part of it. He is tho very mas
to employ in this matter.”
“Well, Bettis, you can go now. Beturr
presently with that man. I can’t bear thi
sight of him, but the Captain and Mr. Ba-
zilio seem to estimate him highly. Now,
Captain Balbata, a little private conversa¬
tion with you.”
Bettis departed at once. The Captair
ind tho dame began a whispered converse,
tion. Bazilio began to plan bow to rank*,
bimse’f recognized by his mother without
ittracting the notice of the Captain.
CHAPTER XXXr.
BAZILIO’S TATTOOED KBEAST AGAIN.
r»azilio was extremely anxious now t<
obtain a private interview with Dnmt
Grippard as soon ns possible. He dreadec
lest somethin;; might chance at any instant
to prevent this. She might at the next
moment command him to depart to dc
work for her elsewhere, and keep Balbati
near her.
Tbe interview he desired must have nc
witnesses, llc-r presence elsewhere might
at anv moment be called for. As soon at
she should quit that room his chances fot
such au interview would be reduced tc
mere chance indeed, or be utterly lost.
YVh le Bazilio was hesitating what coursi
to adopt to gain his desire, Bettis returnee
with Urbandt.
The outlaw swaggered into the room at
the heels of Bettis, with all the effrontery
of an old sailor who knows bis value as s
seaman and marine officer. Damo Grip¬
pard c ist a glance of instinctive dislike al
him, nnd then said to Pettis:
“ileturn to your duties below, l’ettis. 1
have no further need for yo;jr presenct
now.”
“Ceit.viuly, Dame Grippard," responded hour,
Pettis. “Aucl it is about my dinner
too!” he added to himself, as he departed.
“Captain Balbat i,” continued the dame,
“you will please givo*your mats his orders.
1 wonder, ’ she added, in thought, “what
makes me hate the very presence of thif
noseless, hideous-looking Dutchman as 1
do! YVhv does he stare so boldly at me?'
The outlaw storied boldly at hor becanff
he was perfectly coufident that she could
no‘. recognize him, nnd because audacity
was a Bailout characteristic of his nature,
as it was of his son’s.
“Air. Urbandt,” said the Captain, “keep
a covert watch on the movements of the
young naval officer below—Senor Hawks,
worthy- all day. Report of the same tc
sue at my hotel from time to time, as
bhance to do so may favor you. But be
Sure not to lose sight of the man so lonfi at
any time as to throw yourself off his wake.
After two o’clock of to-day you will find
mo at my hotel—in my room where you
saw me this morning. If I should bo ab¬
sent at any time you may call, you will
find Senor Bazilio there to receive yout
l-eport. Return to the counting-room now,
and keep your eye secretly upon tbe young
man’s movements, lie will probably Senorita soon
depart from these premises with
Roland.” Roland?’ croaked
“Aud who is Senorita
the outlaw. “The handsome lass below, 1
suppose—since I have seen no othei
senorita hereabouts.” grand-daughter,
“That young lady is Grippard, my after dart¬
man,” snapped Dame
ing another glance of dislike and disgust at
the outlaw. “Her name is Aliss Y’erneena
Poland. Come, Captain, dismiss this man
somehow his presence makes my fiesta
- around
jreep as if a snake were coiling my
She whispered the last of the above to
Balbata. Ho smiled, and bade the outlaw
iepart to his duty. Urbandt exchanged ft
quick and significant glance with Bazmo,
ind turned to depart, when the Captain of ex- the
jlaimed, with his oyes toward one
windows of tho room: -from the
“Mv faith, Senora, there goes with the
main gate-an ouon carnage, it. A
sonoritu and Senor llawksworthy in offi¬
boy follows the carriage on tho young
cer’s horse. ”
, window . . and .
The damo hastened to the
looked from it. I ettis told ,
“Yes, it is they! I suppose
my grand-daughter that she m’ght go
homo, and bo accompanied by hor lover.
It does not matter. Go, man,” she nuaed
to Urbandt, nnd keep that young man in
your sight all day. ”
‘ Meanwhile Bazilio had found an oppor¬
tunity to whisper to the outlaw:
“Do as they bid you. We shall meet
often during the day. I am going to let
her know presently who I am. Have no
fear. It is plain that she has not the least
suspicion who you are. Keep keen watch
on Hawkswortby. Wo are to do for him
to-night. ”
Urbandt left the room the next moment,
and the dame returned to her former seat
near the Captain. she thus seated that she
No sooner commanding, was though subdued
said, in a
tone, to B.tztlio: Bazilio ALfantl. .
“Come near to us, Mr.
You are too distant at present to hear my
orders when spoken as it is prudent I havo de¬ to
speak them. The Captain and
cided the part you are to perform to-night.
You are to do some necessary work to-day ,
also, and to begin it as soon as possible. slowly,
Bazilio advnnced toward the pair
and with an air of utter indifference, say-
" “The^old woman has that conceivod fact in her a bitter eyes.
dislike for me-Iread to grant
I hear it in her voice! If I ask her
mo a private interview the Captain be a sus¬
picions of my fidelity will at once ex-
cited, and she will tty into a rage at what
she will deem presumption on my par*.
EIXAVILLI 5 . GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH
,i,, doBnbow 0 P lRncd a <'bair BO that when he sat
««a few inches nearer the ilame
h, m wa <'the Captain. Ho now had JJ„ 1-
b , to ‘’V* F‘8 ht nnd «t h '« elbow on that
de , few ’
' ', a inches behind his front. Each
tb D0W !? {" two oed feet J, ame fr0U1 Grippard. her neit.hor more
-
Cunning and audacity, wo have Bazilio! said.
were prominent characteristics of
was m,w r<3ad y to use each against the
dftI “°’ ft nd to tr Vninko known to her in
, 8 P without
re «enoe, exciting the
Utters suspicion m tho least, that he was
r lon K-Hupposed dead son—her “darling
« Marrmo!”
Balbatn’s suspicions would not ba
ar °' lse(l " nl#S8 1,10 dame wero to scream
out in her surprise at the discovery that
be 5,? ou „" ,ul ulive l,c£ “ rH her.
IiUt ’ Ba ifl BazL*. to himeelf, “if she is
t i more “« rvous and less wary and
i ber . on
8 ,mrd , to conceal her emotions, than
to b ?’ h bo Wl11 not dCl more
^ e care chaupe that coIor tho Caption ior , “ momont. does not I must that
oh , see
? In u ««’ the act of sitting
, down he drew from
bt« pocket a large folded sheet of paper,
on whioh were written many names and
mR n.v figures gave it to the Captain with a
carele *“ air, saying at the same time:
“Bead this, Captain, please. It is the
list ot 41,0,0 who have agreod to. buv. The
reading will please you.”
“Good, Seuor Bazilio," said tLe Captain;
*» he eagerly took, the paper from the,
other s hand and began its perugal. “We"
•had need all we can get.for on* notes, as
Senora Orippard seems determraed to deal
hard with us.
“Excuse me a few moments, Sonora, * he
added, with h bow to her, “while I merely
8 laoce over this paper.”
wbll .‘ 8 be e 7 C8 were speaking, eagerly upon the pnpox
° WR8
fro be continued, i
THE ONLY FEMALE MAYOR.
How Sho was Elected, and IVhy
She Fails to Please Soino People.
“Female mayors are no good,” said
the ex-city marshal of Argonia, Kan.
gonia. “Why Airs. I used Saiter have has hotel just killed Ar¬
to a there and
was tho city marshal, but I couldn't
stand it, so I just scooted, and I expect
I’m to blame for her election, too.
“You know she wasn’t nominated in
any of the conventions. About nine
o’clock on’lection day all us boys were
feeling gay, and agreed to meet at a hall
and nominate a candidate to knock out
Wilson. Jack Ducker—-he is the tough¬
est man in the place and the undertaker
—got up in tlie meetin’ and nominated
Airs. Susanna Aledora S liter for mayor,
and the nomination was made unani¬
mous. We rushed into the streets and
commenced to work for our candidate.
At noon her husband came to us and
begged insult us to quit his the wife. racket, We wouldn’t sayin’ it
was an to
do it, and the voters commenced to
come our way in clusters. We got full
of whisky and enthusiasm, and at 4
o'clock every one was votin’ for our can¬
didate. Well, you know as how she was
elected. Wo had a jollification, and
when sho took her seat like a man all
our fun was busted.
“I sent up to Kansas City for some
crab apple cider just to please the hoys.
She heard of it and asked me to stop it.
You can’t fight a woman am! she tlie
mayor. Then I started a lit Je poker
room, more for sociability than anything
else. Chips were only ten cents. She
heard of it and came to me and I had to
stop. Then the druggist, before she
was elected, used to keep blue grass bit¬
ters, lemon rye and extract of malt, and
a few other things like that. Ho don’t
do it now. The mayor heard of it.
Tben the two billiard rooms were run¬
ning. They’re closed up now. The
mayor don’t think it is fashion able to
push tho ivories. 'J hftts the way it is
with everything. I just oouldn t stand
tho town and so I came up here.
“She s the only woman mayor on
eartli, u? she not,
“That s just what she is. . You ought
to see the letters she gets-fomgn lot-
ters and; the hke-askm for her auto-
tat When I was marshal I used to act
under her, and many’s the letter she’s
shewn me from abroad.^ ’’-Indianapolis. ‘
j , ;
A Marked Improvement.
Q ' A 5 ! ? i
THT
A ¥ m, r lL
j
Wv A \
Wife (contemplating Iter husband,
who, toming home late from a ward
meeting, had crept into bed without
waking her)—“He ain't quite so drunk
ns he was night before last; lie took off
his overcoat til’s time.'’— Siflino*.
Not If She Knew It.
The door bell of the Vanity house
ran? at about eight o’clock the other
night, and •Airs. Vanity said, excitedly,
to her husband : tho
U" There, Charles, I just know that's
furniture van coming with the new beel-
room set we bought to-dav, and if it is J
just won’t receive it, that's all.”
“Why not?” asks Air. Vanity. “Do
“Why not?” repeats Airs. V.
you think I’m goiug to pay $175 for a
chamber set and then have it sent out
here after dark so none of the neighbors if I
can see it when it isjbrought inf Not
know myself, I don’t ."—Detroit Free
Frees.
Before and After.
BARBER
O
83 ia<
lie didn't spring have his hat.— luiir Life. cut before buy¬
ing his new
NATIONAL CAPITAL
IXTEREST1KG DOTS ABOUT OUU
UNITED STATES' OFFICIALS.
tioHUip About the White House—Ariii.v and
Navy Alnttem-Our Relations With Other
('ouutriOM and Nation'*.
CONOItKSSIONAU
In tho Senate, a number of bills were
reported from committees. Among them
were the following: House bill for the
construction of a revenue cutter in
Charleston, the Soutli Carolina, in place of
cutter AleCulloch. To authorize the
construction of a bridge across the Cape
Fear and oilier rivets in North Carolina.
To formation and admission into the
Union of the states of Washington and
North Dakota (with a minority report).
Further bills were reported from com¬
mittees and placed on the calendar, in-
cludrng the House bill for the purchase of
swords of General James Shields....
In the House, Air. White, of New Y’ork,
offered a resolution requiring the Post-
mas General to inform the House what
instructions, otherwise, if any, by circular, letter or
have been given to subordi¬
nate officers with regard to mail matter
received from Canada, which arc intended
to prohibit American seeds from using
United States mails on the same trains
with citizens of the dominion of Canada
living ing in the same vicinage and compet¬
in the same branch of business. In a
decision, ^ hich took place about the pub¬
lic printing office, Mr. O’Neill, of Mis¬
souri, declurcd that if the eight-hour law
was would not passed, to set a good example that its
be followed in private business,
passage was a piece of hyproc-risy to play
upon the working classes. It was passed
in the hope that thousands of idle men
would be absorbed in the ranks of indus¬
try. That was the spirit of the law. The
public printer violated that law, and it
was also violated in the bureau of engrav¬
ing and printing.
In the Senate, Air. Riddleberger, from
the committee on naval affairs, reported
a bill for the relief of the Albemarle &
Chesapeake called Canal Company. Air. Brown
the up a resolution, offered by him on
4th of January, declaring it the im¬
internal perative duty of Congress to repeal the
revenue laws, at the earliest address day
practicable; and proceeded to
the Senate in advocacy of it—occupying
his seat while he read his speech from
manuscrip". Senate Air. Cullom moved that the
bill, reported from the ]>ost-office
committee to regulate commerce carried
by telegraph, be referred to the commit¬
tee on interstate commerce. Agreed to
after a few words from Air. Reagan in
vindication of the post-office committee.
duty ... .Speaker ip Carlisle resumed his post of
tlie House, and was greeted with
a the round fee of applause. 'The bill dollar reducing
for passports to one was
passed. Several private bills were passed,
and one measure referring to the court of
claims, the claim of Hannah J. Jones,
executrix of Emanuel Jones, gave rise to
considerable discussion. The facts in the
case are, that during the AYar, Emanuel
Jones, a British subject, residing in Mo¬
bile, purchased with Confederate money
a number of bales of cotton. In April,
Mobile, 1865, the Federal guard army having took possession placed of
and a been
around the warehouse in which the cotton
was stored. Jones was denied admission
thereto. In August following, the ware¬
house was burned down and the cotton
destroyed. The claim is for the value of
the cotton so destroyed. Air. Ilopkins
proved to lay the bill upon the table.
Vending House adjourned. the action on the motion, the
In the Senate, the House bill to author-
jze the construction of bridges over the
St. Alary's and other railroads in Georgia
and Florida was reported from the com-
mittee, and placed on the calendar....
Ia the House, Mr. Gates, judiciary, of Alabama,
tho committec on J report-
adverscly the biU pro vi di U g that the
^ n ° n 1C 4th of M f ch ’ 1889 ’ Iaced
° n ‘ he « ouse calc , “ (lar ’ Mr Cutcheon, (
? f f M,cll 'P n f from the committee on nuk-
tion tary affairs, reported factory bills for and the erec¬
of an army gun to pro¬
vide for the public defense. Referred to
committee of the whole. Air. Springer,
of Illinois, from the committee on terri¬
tories, reported the omnibus bill the ad¬
mission into the union of Dakota, Mon¬
tana, Washington and New Alexico. Re¬
ferred to committee of tbe whole. The
remainder of the day’s session was de¬
voted to tlie consideration of the bill
granting lands in severalty to the Peoria
Miami Indians which was finally passed.
oossir.
Howard A. Payne was appointed store
keeper and gauger at Hogatrsvillc, Ga.
Comptroller Durham has decided thal
the governors of states can get the $15,-
000 due each state for agricultural col¬
lege purposes without additional legisla¬
tion.
Air. Carl ton, of Georgia, appeared be¬
fore the committee on rivers and harbors,
asking an appropriation of $8,000 for the
improvement of the Oconee river be¬
tween the Georgia railroad bridge and
Scull Shoals.
Rev. Eugene Peck, pastor of the East¬
ern Presbyterian church was struck by a
locomotive while walking on the railroad
track on the outskirts of Washington and
instantly killed. Air. Peck served in the
Union army during the War, and after¬
wards became assistant of the New York
Y. AL C. A.
Services in honor of the late Emperor
of Germany were held at the old historic
German church, at 20th and G streets, at
the same hour which the memorial ser¬
vices took place at “Domkirche” in Ber¬
lin. The services were part German and
part English. Rev. Air. Muller, pastor,
officiated. The Washington Saegerlmnd
were in charge of the musical portion of
the services.
Hon. J. Tarbell, formerly the a deputy depart¬ in
the Comptroller of Treasury
ment, died at Washington. He was
colonel of the 91st New York volunteers
during the War, and at its close settled
in Alississtppi and was appointed Justice
of the Supreme Court of Alississtppi. Af¬
terwards he was appointed deputy which assist¬
ant comptroller of the treasury, in
position he remained until the incoming
of the present administration.
SOUTHERN GOSSIP.
BOILED DOWN FACTS AXD FAN¬
CIES INTER ESTINGLY STATED.
Accidents on I.and and on Sea—New Kilter-
l>ri*e«—StiieidcM ItHi^ioiiN, Temperance
and Social Alatiei’M.
( ol. r. C. Howard, of Atlanta, Ga., t
prominent citizen, died suddenly.
Diamonds have been found on a farm
withiu a few miles of Atlanta, Ga.
The Columbus, On., city council met
and confirmed the $10,000 appropriation
for the Columbus Exposition.
Willie Masliburn,assistant book-keeper
and clerk at Scott’s chemical works in
Kirkwood, Ga., near Atlanta, was struck
bv a train on Hie Georgia road near May-
son’s crossing and died.
Schulze „ . , , s Opera , house, at , Avondale, , , ,
A a., and six cottages near by were to-
tally wardrobes destroyed by lire. All the the Helen stage
and scenery of
V aughn comedy company were destroyed.
Messrs. Isaac Leisy and I). S. White-
head, of Cleveland, Ohio, are in Augusta,
Ga., prospecting president for a big brewery. the largest Air.
Leisy is the of
brewery company in Cleveland, and he
wants a Southern annex.
Policemen Buchanan, Bedford, Cason
and Reeves, who havo comprised the At¬
lanta, Ga., detective department for promi¬ two
or three years past, and who were
nent in prosecuting liquor dealers, have
been ordered to patrol duty.
The Evening News, a new afternoon
ham, paper, made its appearance in Birming¬
Ala. Rufus M. Rhodes, late editor-
in-chief of the Daily lferald , is editor and
proprietor. It is a small six-column
paper, without press dispatches.
The turnpike leading from Atlanta, Ga.,
to Decatur is infested by a gang of foot¬
pads, and no less than three attempts to
lob belated individuals were night. reported The at
police headquarters in one
foot-pads were heavily armed,
John Love was run over and killed by
a passenger train on the Nashville, Chat-
tannoga & St. Louis Railroad in a tunnel,
twelve miles from Chattanooga, Tenn.
lie was walking through the the tunnel,
when he was run down by locomotive.
A mass meeting of citizens, in Dan¬
ville, Va., resolved to hold a grand
Southern Tobacco Exposition and trades
display at that place next Fall. There
will be added exhibits of agricultural
products, stock and machinery of all
kinds.
Engineers on the Carolina, Knoxville
& 4VT stern Road begin the survey of the
second experimental route for a line from
Greenville, S. C., -to Alarietta, taking
this time a more central direction through
the country. Contractor Tanner is there
ready to shovel dirt the momeut the line
is located.
Alaj. Robert E. Blankenship, president
of the Old Dominion Iron and Nail
Works (on Belle Isle), Richmond, Va.,
was run over and instantly killed by a
freight car in the yard of the Richmond
& Danville Railway Company, tlie at its de¬
pot in this city. In crossing tracks
ho stumbled and fell forward under the
rear car of a moving train.
John Jones, once of the New Y'ork
Central Railroad, has been engaged by a
railroad company in China for the past
three years, and his mission in Atlanta,
Georgia, is to hire 500 engineers, firemen
and brakemen, to run trains on the
American system in China. It is said the
engineers will be paid $250 $125. monthly, fire¬
men $125 and brakemen All those
engaged will have to sign an agreement
to remain five years with the company.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
l.oroinoilvc Hngincei'H Hmlildcnly (lot “Very
SlcU,’’ln Order to Fvndutlic Law.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En¬
gineers at every point visited are firm;
so are the railroad officials. At the far¬
ther western points the men who are out
seem to be more determined and more
radical than the men East. This is
ings especially held true there at daily, Kansas City. Meet¬
arc and the chair¬
men of the grievance committees of other
roads speak at tho meetings, and with¬
out exception, express themselves ready
to abandon their engines if necessary.
As regards the Brotherhood, the situation
as expressed by Chief Arthur is this: If
they lose tho fight they have inaugurated
against the Burlington system it means
death to their organization. The Broth¬
erhood command $160,000 to $500,000,
and the chief claims that by assessments
as much more can be raised. Therefore
the men are in a fighting in position, and
yet if a break Comes the ranks tile or¬
der will retrograde organized and become by the such an
one as that now con¬
ductors—tm insurance company. As a
rule, the conductors are keeping out and of
the fight. Those of the Chicago
Northwestern are the only ones who are
openly in sympathy with the engineers.
The Brotherhood of Brakemen have a
grievance against the engineers, resulting
from differences which occurred in 1876
and 1877. Y'et, as faras could be learned,
there is not a brotherhood brakemnn who
is willing to act as pilot to non-union en¬
gineers. Grand Alaster Wilkinson, of
the brakemen, is visiting at this time
all points on the Burlington sys¬
tem pledging the support of his men.
All of the switch engines of the Union
Pacific doing work in tho Council Bluffs,
Iowa, yards, were quietly taken to the
round-house by the engineers in charge.
When asked their reasons for quitting
work, they replied It is understood they were they sick and
tired of work. gave
these reasons on account of Judge Dun¬
dy’s decision, but it was very noticeable
how sudden an engineer “Q” became sick or
tired when he saw a All car coupled up
behind his engine. passengers and
dummy trains engine are in running as usual.
Every switch the employ of the
Union Pacific Railroad had its fire drawn
and stood silently in the round-house.
No freight left the city all night. Ordi¬
narily from eight to fourteen freight
trains depart from there daily. The sud¬
den “sickness” which developed among
the engineers recently at the sight of the
Burlington cars, continued to spread
when the night crew came on and found
a “Q” car on nearly every side track.
Eighteen engineers were sick, and only
four of the sevepteen yard engines were
at work.
VOL. III. NO. 26.
A TREMENDOUS STORM
* weep* THvotigh tho North; Traffic h Nui
pended a - d (jrent IlnrUmlilpi* Sullercd.
One of the most terrific storms that has
not been equalled since 1855, swept
through the North, and was very, severe
in the state of Nevv York. Tho state is
Absolutely snowed under. The oldest
person never saw it so severe. Not out
the Central, something unprecedented, of ntilt
Telegrams from distances 200 s
have the same story to tell, namely,
“It’s the worst storm ever known here.”
Snow drifts in the business streets of the
Metropolis are as deep as in the country
districts. Grown persons have never saw
1,10 ‘i ko - Ambulance horses at different
hospitals were completely worn out early
1,1 P mH * * 10 I ”* n J r
could riwI , bohv ««* be f " ^ponded New York to. and Brooklyn I he East
was ; frozen hard, and many people crossed
on the ice. Business was down. suspended. All
telegraph * * wires were Most of the
{ . *, 1( . w h 0 got to business were unable
0 t horae , lt ni „ ht , and hotel aecom-
modlltiong wcrc 8lra i„ e d to their utmost.
Stores and offices wero converted into
sleeping apartments for tho benefit of
employes. Alany such girls were com-
polled to accept quarters. A
majority of the theaters closed,
A woman absolutely froze to death at
the coiner of Broadway and Fulton
street, popularly supposed to be the bus¬
iest four corners on the earth. In hun¬
dreds of streets, loaded wagons were
abandoned and the horses taken to the
nearest stables. George Barrymore, an
frozen importer stiff and in dealer in hops, drift in was Seventh found
a snow
avenue, Barrymore lived with his wife
and family in Osborne fla's in Fifty-first
street and Broadway. He started for his
office down town, and it is supposed he
became exhausted and body dropped by Annie the
way unnoticed. The of
Hulpin Fisher, aged about 80 years, was
found in the night frozen stiff in a
hallway in west 89th street, where she
lived. She was once well known in the
social world, but had fallen into bad
habits.
The storm raged at Albany, N. Y. Its
equal has never been seen in that vicini¬
ty. Oidy twenty-three of one hundred
and sixty members of the legislature were
present at roll call, before arid probably it will
Ire several days a session will be
called. A train which left Rochester
was stalled about five miles out. About fif¬
ty members and senators were on board.
No provisions could be obtained for the
snow-bound party until the* next day,
when they ate frosted ham and potatoes.
A Rochester millionaire and a Buffalo
sta'esrnan cooked for provided the hungry for. passen¬
gers until all were A stock
train is snowed in, and the stock all froze
to death. At Saratoga forty inches of
snow have fallen. The wind is blowing
from tdl points badly of drifted. the compass. At Troy The it
snow is
snowed for forty hours, and the ground is
covered to the depth of four feet. A
milk famine is threatened if the blockade
is not soon cleared.
Railroad men who have attempted to
open communication between Baltimore
and Philadelphia report the railroad and cuts
drifted twenty feet deep or more the
snow frozen solid in the broken country
north of the Susquehanna river. The
worst trouble was at. the Long bridge
over the Potomac, where men could not
work on atfeount of the high wind and
intense cold. From Alexandria south,
the wires are intact and will be working
between AYasliington and Alexandria to
afford Southward. prompt Washington telegraphic communication is noted for its
changeable record, climate, hut there is nothing
upon within memory, more re¬
markable than the change from the
spring-like iniidne-s to the furious snow
and rain, followed by the freezing gales.
A GENUINE SURPRISE.
A Strike of Kiitftnerrs on the Atchison, To-
pi ka & Santa Fe Kailroiul.
Thirty-two hundred miles of railway
were tied up in exactly ten minutes by
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
aud Firemen. The entire main line of
the Atchison, Topeka and -Santa Fe com¬
pany, and all its branches, were brought
to a standstill. The stretch of territory
from St. Paul on the north, to El Pusoon
the south—practically the whole breadth
of the United States—is now involved in
tlie struggle that started between the Bur¬
lington company and its employes. The
“tired” feeling that so suddenly attacked
the engine-men in the far West seems to
have infused also their chiefs in Chicago,
Ill. Lights were out at their rooms iu
the hotel at a startling early hour, and
each of the principal executive officers of
tlie army of 80,000 men was apparently
deep knockiugs in peaceful slumber. Repeated
by newspaper men, bearing
bundles of telegrams telling of the battles
spread, were without avail. The first in¬
dication of trouble there was when the
Osage City express was scheduled to de¬
part* when Engineer Higgins quickly
stepped down from his engineer’s cab and
refused to pull out. The train was
finally sent out an hour later, with Bn-
gineer Furst at the throttle. Mr. Furst
is a regular Santa Fc engineer, hut he has
a grievance against the Brotherhood, and
as he mounted the engine, he remarked:
“The Brotherhood gave me the worst of
it once, and now I am going to get even.”
A strike will begin on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Gulf system, and on the
Missouri Pacific. Engineers on both
roads disclaim any knowledge of any
such plan, but the sudden and surprising other
turn of affairs on the Santa Fe the
evening, strengthens the belief in the re¬
ports. Advices from Pleasant Hill,
are to the effect that a Missouri
Pacific engineer was heard to say that
there would be a strike on that road.
There was no notice of a strike or sras - -
pension of work, no notice of any griev¬
ance. On the contrary, there was on tho
part of representatives of the Brotherhood
repeated disclaimers to any purpose Fe to
injure the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Company, or to refuse to perform their
duties as engineers. They also admitted
repeatedly that they had no grievance
against the Santa Fe road, hut that they
sympathized with their friends on the
“<4,” and wanted to aid them in the
tight.
Timothy Bacon, who voted for Andrew
Jackson, is living iu Barre, Mass, He
is 102 years old.
WOULD AT LARGE.
l‘JiN PICTV11ES l‘ArSTI.l> BY A
COUPS OP ABLE ARTISTS.
Wlmt U <ioln« on Norlli, Knot nntl Wcit
and Afr«*i III© Water- Tlio < omiua
ropcaii Morin.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has decided to expend $2,000,000 for new
rolling stock, to meet tho demands for its
increasing business in the Southern trade.
Mrs. Ellen Tttpper, known ns the “bee
woman,” and one of the most celebrated
etomologists in the worhl, died suddenly
at El Paso, Texas, where she Was visiting
her daughter. She was widely known in
tiie East and throughout Europe.
A collision occurred between two pas¬
senger trains on the Pennsylvania road, a
few miles east of Altoona, Pa. Two en¬
gineers, two firemen and a brakeinan
were reported killed. Five or six passen¬
gers were injured, but none fatally. Tho
wreck is simply colossal.
The long nnd stubborn strike of the
Reading, Pa., employes wus officially de¬
clared off by a convention of the delegates Read¬
representing local assemblies in
ing employes’ convention, and men were
given the right to apply for their old po¬
sitions ns individuals.
Coal was so short during tho great
storm in New York and Brooklyn, that
$15 per ton was paid for coal. There
is plenty of it in the yards in New Y'ork
and Brooklyn, hut the difficulty is to de¬
liver it. Twenty funerals cn route to
Calvary cemetery, near Brooklyn, N. Y,,
stuck in snow drifts. The corpses had
to be taken ijto houses ueur by over¬
night. Some of the mourners, drivers
and horses had to be dug out, nearly
frozen to death.
THE EMPEROR’S BURIAL.
The official programme for the funeral
of the late Emperor William of Ger¬
many, was as follows: On the 9th, at 11
a. ni., the bells of churches began tolling.
The officers started, and all functionaries
charged with special duties took their
prescribed positions around tho coffin.
In accordance with Emperor William’s
last wishes, the services at the cathedral
were conducted by Dr. Koeglc, who was
assisted by the cathedral clergy. While
prayers wcrc being pronounced outside the over cathe¬ the
remains, the infantry The coffin
dral fired three volleys. twelve senior was
released from the dias by
colonels who bore it to the funeral car¬
riage. The procession through the ca¬
thedral was led by Court Chamberlain,
Count Von Stolberg-Wcrnigcrod. the procession Start¬
ing amid the tolling bells, passed through
crossed the castle bridge, Bradenburg
Under den Linten to gate.
At Siegessilc, members of the imperial
family entered carriages and proceeded There to
Charlottenburg mausoleum. re¬
galia was withdrawn from the procession, The
and sent back to the treasury. can¬
opy over the coffin was lifted off. Eight
lieutenants assumed charge of the horses,
and four captains took the places of the
Knights of the Black Eagle as pall¬
bearers.
AN AWFUL DEED.
A JlJlMOiirl llorlor Throws Vilrol la a
Woman's Face.
Dr. George W. Cox, a prominent and United phy¬
sician of Springfield, examiner, Afo., has
States pension infatuated with a young son
who became a woman
named Effie Ellis, of St. Louis. Dr.
Cox tried in vain to break up the alliance,
and after liis son had become notorious
and had squandered several thousand
dollars upon the woman, the doctor en¬
ticed the latter to Springfield his son’s l>y meaus
of telegrams arrived, signed with and entered name.
The woman a car¬
riage at the depot. Dr. Ccx was in the
carriage and as soon as the woman en¬
tered it, he broke over her head a bottle
of vitrol. The woman’s screams brought
the police, who released her from the
frenzied physician, urrested him and
cared for the woman. The latter is hor¬
ribly disfigured. Both eyes arc destroyed
but she will not lose her life. The doc¬
tor was arrested on the charge of may¬
hem and released on $5,000 bond. There
was some talk of lynching the doctor, '
but the excitement has subsided.
VIRGINIA MORMONS.
Alormon elders have been discovered
working in the remote rural districts of
Botetourt county, Va. They have made
many converts, among them a wealthy
aud intelligent fanner, Mr. Ferguson, will
and it is expected a large number
emigrate to Utah. Many threats have
been made against the elders, and they
have been notified to leave or they will
be lynched.
NOTED MAN DEAD.
Henry Bergh, 0 philanthropist, died
EL y. Henry Borgh was
born in New York in 1823. He wrote
some poems and sketches and a drama.
In 1864 he was made secretary of the
legation to Russia, and also acted as vice- B
consul there, lie was the founder of the
American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals.__
IMMENSE PURCHASES.
Gov. E. Jackson, of Maryland, has
purchased 120,000 acres of yellow the pine
lands in lower Alabama and North¬
ern part of Florida. Nearly one-quarter have
of a million acres of timber lands
been bought in that region by capitalists
from the North West within the past few
weeks.
POPE LEO SICK.
The Pope has been slightly indisposed |
for some days. No serious symptoms
have manifested themselves, but a cer¬
tain degree of apprehension exists in con¬ J
sideration of his age and the lassitude
caused by exertions ho was subjected to
during the jubilee festivities.
SOLDIERS’ HOME.
O. M. Alitchell Post G. A. R. No. 21,
Department of Tennessee and Georgia, is
industriously at work getting up peti¬
tions, etc., for a Soldiers’ Home at Knox¬
ville, Tenn. It will cost $300,000 and
will be for the benefit of Union and Mex¬
ican War veterans.