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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY. $ 1.00 CASH, $ 1.50 ON SPACE: AND WORTH IT.
VOL. XIV.
pOYAt
• POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
'mis™ Pwder never vanes. A marvel of
purity, strength and wnoTesonieness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot he sold in competition with the mul
titude of low test, short weight alum or
phosphate powders. Sold only in cans.
Royal Bakino Powdkr Co., 106 Wall street,
New York. novl3-ly
GRIFFIN FOUNDRY
. AND
Machine Works.
ITTe announce to the Public that we are
It prepared to manufacture Engine Boil
ers ; will take orders for all k'uds of Boil
ers. We are prepared to do all kinds of
repairing on Engines, Boilers and Machin
ery, generally. We keep in stock Brass
fittings of all kinds; also Inspirators, In
jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Guages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of every Description.
ONBOUA' A WALCO'IT,
PROFESSfOXA L C.i R PS.
jyt. «. i». awPBUMa
DENTIST.
McDosocgh (Ja.
Any one desiring work done can he ac
commodated either by calling on me in poi
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
Geo W. Bryan j W.T. Dicker.
BRYAN .V lUt KH.%
ATTORNEYS AT RAW.
YfcDoNOIC.H, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court. api'27-ly
■j" AS. 11. TIIirWHK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counti< s composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marl 6-1 y
J 1 .1. RIIA<« AA,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. *
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
j FWA..
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MoDonouuh, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. octs- 711
-yy A. BROIVY
'ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonocgh, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties “compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. jnnl-ly
J j A. PEEPLGB,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
llajifton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tiongivento Collections. oet 8; IHBH
Jno. D. Stewart. | R. T. Daniel.
STEWART A IP AAI EI„ *
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Griffin, Ga.
JjK. IC. J. AKAOEIP.
Hampton. Ga.
I hereby tender my professional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country, Will attend all cal's night and
day.
LAW CARD.
I have opened a law office in Atlanta, but
will continue ray practice in Henry county,
Courts regiilar'v, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. Will he in Mc-
Donough on all public days.
Office —Room 26, Gate City Bank Build
ing, Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L. TYE.
January Ist, 1885.-
ALL
Notes and accounts of D. KNOTT k CO.,
must be settled now l’lea e call on me at
tie old stand and find out your in- cbted
ness. We need the money and know that
vou cannot censure us for giving this, our
last warning. M. i'. LOW E,
5-Ton Cotton Gin Scales, S6O
btsili BOX
Brass Tare Beam.
Warranted for 6 Y ear*
' "7 acents"Wanted.
~ - Kcfid for lera*.
“JONES HE PAYS THE FREIGHT.”
Ftyr Frre Prire Lint, Addrta
JONES of BINGHAMTON, Binghamton. N. T
IMMOVABLE MURRAY
The Defense Cannot Budge the
State’s Star Witness.
INCIDENTS OF THE LECONEY TRIAL
Garrett Murray Sticks to Ills Story of
the Crime During a Rigid Cross Kx
umiuutiou —William Smith Gives Dam
aging Evidence Against the Accused
but Mixes Matters on Cross Examina
tion.
Camden, N. J., Feb. 12.—The pro
ceedings of the Leconey murder trial
were token up by the cross examination
of Garrett Murray and William Smith,
the witnesses upon whom the prosecu
tion depend to establish Clialkley Le
coney’s guilt. Murray is an interesting
witness. There is a good deal of sang
froid and easiness about him, and on
several occasions he succeeded in
evading questions which would have
embarrassed more experienced and
acute people. Mr. Grey questioned
hfm closely and searchingly us to the
details of everything that occurred on
tlie morning of the murder. The facts
stated in his examination in chief were
not in any way affected, and he in no case
contradicted himself. What he didn’t
know he said he didn't know, and ho
made no rash assertions as to anything
he only partially remembered.
Could Not Trip llim Ip.
Much of the examination was devoted
to whether Murray had told several peo
ple that on leaving the yard with Le
coney for the citron patch on the fatal
Monday morning he had seen Annie
standing by the shed with a bowl in h< r
hand calling the dog. Murray emphati
cally denied that lie had made any such
statements and declared that many of
the people to whom he was supposed to
make them were unknown to min. The
defense failed to trip him up in any
part of his evidence.
William Moitii’ii Evidence.
Murray was followed by William
Smith, wiio had been locked up in jail
with him as a witness, and who gave
some damaging testimony relative to
Clialkley Leconey s alleged visit to him
about 5 o’clock oil the morning of the
murder, when he says Leconey told him
he had hurt Annie; out the witness was
mixed up on a number of little matters
on cross examination.
The accused was, as usual, calm and
composed, and sat throughout the pro
ceedings with the father and mother of
the murdered girl on either side of him.
rush For the reservation
Roomers Take Possession of the Newly
Opened Sioux Reservation.
Chamberlain, S. D., Feb. 12.—The
loud report of a eannou yesterday after
noon was the signal for the boomers to
enter the Sioux reservation in ac
cordance with the president’s proclam
ation. Hundreds of teams with great
loads of lumber started on a dead run
across the river and the hundred or
more Indian police placed as a guard to
prevent any premature invasion stood
dazed anil helpless as they viewed the
great and irresistable rush for the reser
vation.
A most novel sight was the moving
of a large building under which had
been placed heavy timbers and wheels.
This, like the other wagons, was pulled
across the river by galloping horses.
There were a number of smasliups in
the rush, but as yet no fatalities have
been reported. Houses were being
erected last night by the light of lan
terns and the morning sun shone on
scores of new house,-., many of them
grouped in the new town on the west
6ide of the river.
Tlie President’s Proclamation.
Washington, Feb. 72. President
Harrison issued a proclamation throw
ing open to settlement tlie relinquished
portion of the Sioux reservation in ac
cordance with tiie terms of tlie act ap
proved last March, dividing the reser
vation into two separate reservations
and providing for the relinquishment of
Indian title to the remainder.
The proclamation throws open to set
tlement a. 000.000 acres of land which
will l»e disposed of to settlers under the
provisions of the homestead law'. In
addition to fees each settler will be re
quired to pay $1.2 ) ix-r acre, and upon
the full payment of the money due will
be entitled to a patent.
A Mother*# Heroism.
Belvidehk, N. J., Feb. 12.—Mrs.
George Jeffries, of Pleasantville, ac
companied her husband on his yacht to
Ludley’s Thoroughfare. While Mr.
Jeffries was absent from the boat their
little son, in romping around on deck,
accidentally fell overboard. The mother,
who was in the cabin, hearing the loud
splash, ran up on dock, and. upon dis
covering her tioy in the water, leaped
after him. She reached him just as he
went down for the last time. <at hing
him under one arm with the other she
kept herself and her precious burden
afloat until the stern of the ya lit was
reached. Throwing her son up on deck
she clambered in over ihe side and then
fell exhausted. Neither mother nor
son sustained serious ill effects from the
accident.
Proceeding, in Congress.
Washington, Feb. 12.—1 n the house Mr.
Henderson presented the conference report
on the bill to remove snags, etc., from the
Missouri river, and it was agreed to. Mr.
Cannon, from the committee on rules, re
ported back the new code of rules, and the
house proceeded to consider it. The debate
continued during the rest of the day.
The senate passed a bid appropriating BS>I),-
00U for a site for a public building iu New Or
leans. A bill appropriating shxi, 00 for a pub
lic building at Chester, Pa., was pin -si on the
calendar. Consideration of the bill to pro
vide temporary government for Oklahoma
wan resumed.
Another strike in Salem.
Salem, N. J-, Feb. 12.—Just as the
fires in all of the Cram Bros, glass
works had got start- ( an i everything
working smoothly, the boys struck for
an advance of $1 per week and work in
all the factorii-s has again stopped and
the streets are filled with men and boys
thrown out of work.
To Prevent G«rr> tntnd«rlns
"Washington, Feb. 12.—Mr. Wick
ham, of Ohio, iutrodu- ed in the house
for reference a bill to prevent gerry
mandering in the states. it provides
that the representatives elected to the
Fifty-second congress shall --■ returned
from the same district > as similar repre
sentatives elected to the Fiftv-tirst con
gress.
mcdonougil ga.. Friday. February 14, isdo.
THE WORLD’S FAIR.
The House Committee l’«rf©et* Two
I lam* for tho < elebrai l«*n.
Washington, Feb. 12.—A meeting of
the sub-committee appointed by the
world's fair committee of tlie house to
prepare a plan for the selection of a
site was held. Chairman Candler pre
sented his report and lie was authorized
to submit it to the full committee for
action.
The report submits to the house the
two bills prepare 1 by tlie committee,
one containing provisions suitable for
holding tlie fair in Chicago, New York,
or St. l.ouis and the other making it
-possible for the fair to bo held in Wash
ington. A resolution is also contained
in the report providing that it shall be
left to tlie house to decide on a site and
that after a discussion of tlie two bills
tiSfloting shall begin an ! shall continue
until one of the four cities shall receive
a majority of all the '■sites cast. When
the site has been disposes! of. the bill
suited to the selection will lie taken up
for passage.
Mr. Candler expects to get Jlio full
committee together today and should
he be successful lie will submit his re
port to the memliers. After action by
the committee the report will be sub
mitted todhe house at tlie first oppor
tunity.
Outwitted by Platt.
Albany, Feb. 12. —The conference
committee of the world’s fair met in
Lieutenant Governor Jones’ room at 5
o’clock last evening. There was gen
eral discussion on the bill,but no change
of sentiment was noted. Mr. Hitt, of
Albany, suggested that the bill be
changed so as to recommend Albany as
the spot for holding the fair. Judge
Robertson suggested that tlie committee
adjourn over until Wednesday morn
ing and the Democrats voted lor it with
the Republicans. After the session the
Democrats discovered that this move
had been ma le by direction of Mr. ITatt
so as to allow the fair committee, which
meets in New York today to pass reso
lutions indorsing one of the bills.
Collided with 11 Lamp Tost.
Winthrop, Me., Feb. 12. —A serious
coasting accident occurred here last
rnglit. Five young men, Thomas Put
nam, Walter Webb, Charles Reiuick,
Ellie Martin and Ovid Howard, were
sliding on an ark down High street,
ar.d when near the depot collided with
a lamp past with a terrible crash. Put
nam was knocked insensible. Webb re
ceived serious injury to his leg and a
deep gash in his knee pun. Romick was
insensible and apparently dead when
taken up. Martin and Howard are un
injured.
Hitllot Reform in Jersey.
Trenton, Feb. 12. —Chairman Mar
tin, of the joint committee ol the legis
lature appointed to draft a ballot reform
bill, gives notice that the committee
will meet ill the senate chamber of the
siate lion-ie this afternoon immediately
after the afternoon session of the senate.
\t this time an opportunity will be
given all persons interested to speak for
and against tlie proposed bill.
Earthquake in St. Eout#.
•St. Louis, Feb. 12. —At 7.03 o'clock
last evening two distinct earthquake
shocks were lolt in this city. The dis
turbance was most powerful m the
southern part of the city, where many
people were- so badly ;Tightened they
ran into the streets. The bottles in
drug stores and barrooms were sliakeu
together and in some instances broken.
The President Can’t Go to l*itt»biirg.
Washington, Feb. 12. —Tlie President
lias abandoned his proposed trip to
Pittsburg. Pa., to open the Carnegie
library in that city on Thursday. Feb.
13. Recent sad events here have inter
fered so much with his attention to
public business that he does not feel
that lie can spare the time to go away
for a few days to the neglect of urgent
public business.
Mrs. l’nrnell Appeals t*. Governor Abbott
Trenton, Fab. 12.—Mrs. Delia T. Par
nell last night called on Governor Ab
bett and asked bis co-operation in se
curing tlie passage of her pension bill
now peopling in congress. The gov
ernor wrote a warm letter of indorse
ment and promised to write to the New
Jersey congressmen in iier behalf.
Joined the Strikin'* Spinner#.
Nashua, N. H., Feb. 12.—The 140 em
ployes in the carding room of the Nashua
company joined tlie striking mule spin
ners and weavers in a demand for restor
ation of pay. The mule spinners and
w eavers met and rejected the agents’
proposition to return to work at the re
duction (lending arbitration. This makes
the outlook more gloomy than ever.
Cook County ltoodler* Sot Free.
Chicago, Feb. 12. —Tlie Cook county
Ixiodlers, ex-Commissioners Michael
Wass uman. Adam Ochs, J. Van Pelt
an t Michael Leyden and ex-Warden
Harry Parnell finished their sentence of
two years imprisonment yesterday, and
were released from the Joliet peniten
tiary at 4 o'clock p. fa.
Redistricting Ohio.
Colt; MBUS, 0., Feb. 12. — The redis
tricting committee of the Democratic
caucus lias completed its report. It is
understood that it indorses the plan of
los4. This gives tlie Itepublicans ten
and the Democrats eleven of the
twenty-one congressmen of the state.
Tim Engineer Fatally Sea!de<l.
Roanoke, Va., Feb. 12.—There was
another wreck on the New river branch
of die Norfolk and Western railroad.
Several freight cars were destroyed.
Engineer Drown was terribly and
fatally scalded, and the fireman and
front brakeman were seriously hurt.
Tlie Cronin Juror Jlrlber..
Chicago. Feb. 12. —The trial of the
men charged with attempting to bribe
the Cronin jury, was begun in Judge
Waterman’s court. In the absence of
John Graham, the chief defendant, who
is reported to have lied to Mexico, the
j court adjourned until Wednesday.
Notwithstanding Hi# Elf© Long Pall.
Milwaukee, Feb. 12. Congress
man Van Schaick announces that he
will retire from political life at the end
of his current term in congress, al
though he has a life long puli in his
district.
Decline# an Increase of Salary.
Pittsburg, Feb. 12.—E. S. Morrow,
city controller, declines a proposition to
increase his salary from $4,0u0 to $6.0U0
a year. He says the office is not worth
any increase
MORMONSCRYFRAUD
Badly Beaten in the Municipal
Election at Salt Lake.
THE GENTILES WILD WITH JOY.
Tlie Most Memorable Election in the
History of Utah Result* in a Gentile
Victory —The Saints Feel Sore ami
Their Adversaries Indulge In a Jollifi
cation.
Salt Lake City, Feb. 12.—The muni
cipal election yesterday passed off
quietly. The city was crowded with
special police detectives and deputy
United States mar-dials fOA ,teu‘ purpose
of preventing illegal voting, which, each
party claimed that the other would re
sort to. It w;is feared that an attempt
to challenge and arrest voters would re
sult in riot and bloodshed, hut this an
ticipation was not realized: and though
the excitement was so intense that half
of the business houses were closed order
prevailed.
Rands paraded the streets anil the
thoroughfares were jammed with cit
izens, who realized that upon tlie re
sults of the day’s battle depended the
future of the Mormon church as a po
litical organization.
Oitly Six Arrests.
The voting passed off quietly and
only six arrests were made for illegal
voting, and these were accompanied by
no demonstration from either side.
Snow began falling in the morning
and continued until noon, when the sun
came out melting the snow and turning
tlie streets into rivers of slush. This
did not deter the voters, many of whom
waded through the mud to the polling
places, while hundreds of carriages ran
between the precinct headquarters and
every part of the city, conveying voters
to and from the polls.
Ihe Mormons Voted Eitrly.
Ily noon 3,000 votes had been cast, by
which the poll books showed that about
75 per cent, of the People’s (Mormon)
registered votes had lieen cast and about
50 per rent, of tlie Liberals (Gentiles.)
At that hour it was estimated that the
returns at the Gentile headquarters gave
them a majority of 207 votes, though up
to 11 o'clock the Mormons had a ma
jority ranging from 200 to 300.
At 5 o’clock it was estimated that the
returns from every ward in the city
ga,ve a total vote of 0,208. divided as
follows: Gentiles, 3,443; Mormons, 2,-
855.
The polls closed at 6p. in. The Lib
eral leaders posted a bulletin claiming
1,200 majority.
Gem He# Wild with Joy.
The news spread rapidly and the Gen
tiles became wild with joy. They
literally took possession of the city, the
Mormons retiring to their homes. Flags
were run up in all directions and lan
terns and fireworks illuminated the
streets and buildings. Cannons boomed,
lon Ores were lighted at every corner
and hundreds of men inline paraded the
streets with drums and torches, yelling
like mad. No such scenes were ever
witnessed before in Utah.
Mormons Cry Fraud.
The Mormons admit their defeat, but
say that it w;is brought about by the
most glaringly ilk-gal methods, and that
the result will lie reversed by the courts.
They do not think the majority shown
by the returns will exceed 400.
NORTH DAKOTA’S PERIL.
Eminent Chicagoan. Express Solicitude
Lest the New Legalise Lotteries.
Chicago, Feb. 12. —Tlie following
telegram signed by John R. Walsh,
Chicago National bank; L. O. Gage,
First Rational bank: William Penn
Nixon, of The Inter-Ocean; Joseph Me
dill of The Tribune; James W. Scott, of
The Herald; Judge Gresham, Judge
Gary, and a large numlier of other
prominent business men of Chicago,
was to Bismarck:
Hon. John Miller, Governor, Bismarck, N. D.:
The undersigned beg to ex pros# to you and
through you to your legislature our deep
solicitude in view of your impending peril in
the astonishing consideration given the so
called lottery revenue bill. We believe that
instead of temporary and future relief its
adoption will irrevocably fetter your state in
all its financial credit and considerations and
in all material prosperity. In our judgment
you cannot Afford to assume the stigma of
transferring to your virgin state and legaliz
ing a practice so pernicious in its effect and
so held in abhorrence by all good citizenship
throughout the country and that in the last
suite that pferforce gives it tolerance.
SIX FIND WATERY GRAVES.
A Towboat Sunk in the Mississippi Near
Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 12.—The to v
hoat Port Eads, Cnpt. Nelson Davis, of
the Bt. Louis and Mississippi Valley
Transportation company, was sunk at
the site of the railroad bridge, two miles
below the city. She carried a crew of
about forty men, ami for a time tlie
wildest rumors prevailed, tlie loss of life
being placed at from twenty-five to
thirty-five.
It is now known that six of the crew,
all colored, were lost. They are: Wil
liam Hickey. watchman; Teerie Jones,
Chambermaid: John McDermott, second
cook; Firemen William Stewkrt and
James Walker and an unknown. The
only body «f> far recovered is that of
McDermott
Printer* Object to h Colored Girl*
Washington, Feb. 12.—A handsome
young colored girl named trances Flood
is raising a hornet's nest in the bureau
of engraving and printing, where she is
at work as plate printer's assistant.
She came from New- Y’ork and was
recommended by Senator Hiscock. One
of the plate printer-; said that the rela
te nship between a printer and his as
sociate were so confidential v and close
that lie thought all of them should have
a choice in their assistants. He thought
everv printer in tlie office would walk
out if the authorities insisted upon hav
ing Miss Flood among them.
A M- tlnwil.l University.
Washington, Feb. 12.—The Past iui
nounces that tlie Methodist church in
tends to found a national university in
tins city, and that arrangements are
making” for the purchase of a ninety
acre tract of land on the lenallytown
road, neir the Oakview, ex President
Cleveland's country home, as - site for
tlie university. liisiiop Hurst, whose
residence is ill tliii city, is at the head
oi ihe move 111 ut. and has paid an op-
I tiou oi oi .boo on the property, which is
I to be sold for *IOO.OOO.
THE RUSSIAN MISSION.
Editor Charles Kmoij Smith Appointed.
Other I*l ares Filled.
Washington, Feh. 12.—Tlie presi
dent has nominated Charles Emory
Smith, of Philadelphia, for minister to
Russia, and Dr. Edward Ik-dloe, of
Philadelphia, to lie consul at Amoy.
The place of Mr. William Rood
Lewis, as United States consul at Tan
gier, Morocco, has been filled by the re
appointment of Mr. Felix A. Matthews,
who held tlie office before Mr. Lewis
was sent there by Mr. Cleveland.
Among other nominations are J. Fed
ner lee, of Maryland, secretary of le
gation at Rio Janeiro and John W.
Scliall. postmaster at Norristown, Pa.
Dr. De-lloe was an applicant for tin
consul generalship at Cairo, Egypt, and
it is beliavi*l lit will not accept the
Amoy mission.
Tlie New Minister to Russia.
Mr. Charles Emory Smith, who has been
appointed United States minister to Kimsia.
is at present the editor-in-chief of the Phila
delphia Press. Mr. Smith was born in Mans-.
Held, Conn., Feb. 18, 184 J. Seven years later
he removed with his pH rents to Albany, N.
V. Here lie was educated in tho public
schools and at the Albany academy, graduat
ing from the latter in 18 »M. He graduated
from Schenectady university in iMtii. When
only 18 year# old he wrote leading articles for
The Albany Evening Transcript and in 1885
became editor of The Albany Express. Jn
he wuh appointed private secretary to
Governor Reuben Kenton and in 1870 joined
tho staff of The Albany Evening Journal, be
coming sole editor of that newspaper in 1870.
He had by this time achieved a prominent,
place in the journalism and politics of the
state. In 1870 lie removed to Philadelphia,
becoming editor and part proprietor of The
Press, since which time he has been promi
nently identified with Pennsylvania politics.
TWENTY LIVES LOST.
Estimate of Damage Done by tlie Storm
on tlie < liesapeaWe.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 12.—The storm
which prevailed in this section .Satur
day night and early Sunday morning
proved very destructive to life and ves
sels. A number of oyster ptingies were
blown to sea. The sloop Golden Rule
sunk in Lynn Haven inlet and ( 'up tain
Andrew Jones died from exhaustion
after being rescued by life saving ser
vice men. The sloop Annie is missing
and her crew are tliouglit to have per
ished. Tlie crew of tlie sloop Wyan
dotte which went ashore at Virginia
beach, were rescued by the life savers,
as was also the clew of tlie schooner T.
M. Thomas, which sunk iu Ocrucoke
inlet, near Hatteras. It is estimated
that twenty lives have been lost in
Chesapeake bay and vicinity during tlie
storm.
IraprUonect In an Icepack.
New- York, Feb. 12.—The Dutch
stealuCY Amsterdam, which arrived at
tiiis (xirt from Amsterdam, reports that
on tub. 5 site passed six icebergs appar
ently 150 feet high and proportionately
fiirge. When aliout six miles north of
a big Held of pack ice on Fob. 5, uhe
spoke tlie bjirk Oliver Emery, of St.
John, N. B. The Emery reported tieing
out seventy-five days from Dublin,
bound for Halifax. For thirty hours
she hud been imprisoned in tlie icepack
and was leaking from damages sustained
t<> her hull from the ice. She lost a
piece of her stern, and was short of pro
visions, which tlie Amsterdam supplied.
Tlie Cotton Crop.
Washington. Fei>. 12. —The cotton re
turns of the department of agriculture
for February give local estimates of tlie
proportion of the crop which lias left the
plantation. Ihe consolidation makes
DO 4-10 per cent., leaving 9 0-10 percent,
still to forward, and aliout nine-tenths
of the crop lias therefore been reported
in sight. The state averages are as fol
lows: Virginia,‘B7; Nortli Carolma, 89;
South Carolina, 90; Georgia. 90; Florida,
93; Alabama, 90; Mississippi, 91;
Louisiana, 89; Texas, 92; Arkansas, 90;
Tennessee, 87.
Tli« first Colored Nurse.
Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—Miss Minnie
Hogan, a young colored womun, has
just concluded a course of two years'
training as a nurse at the training school
of the University of Pennsylvania. She
is now in tlie employ of Dr. 1). Hayes
Agnew. The colored people of tlie city
take great pride and interest in this the
first of their race to graduate from this
institution.
Dlflu*t Want to Kuu Out of Cigarettes.
New York, Feb. 12 William
Murphy, an errand boy for John Moan,
a grocer at 825 Seventh avenue, was
held for trial in the Yorkville police
court on a charge of larceny made by
his employer. When arrested he had
forty-eight packages of cigarettes in his
possession, which Mr. Moan charged
him with stealing.
Itevislou Agaiu Rejected.
San Francisco, Feb. 1 2.—The vote on
the question of revision of the confession
of faith, which was taken by the pres
bytery of Han Francisco last October
and which resulted against the revision,
was reconsidered by the presbytery. The
ballot again resulted against tho re
vision, the vote being 27 to 22.
Revision Rejected.
Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—The vote on
the confession of faith at the Presby
terian meeting stood: For revision, 14
ministers. 9 elders; against, 2b ministers
and 14 eiders.
The Weather.
Warmer; fair; variable winds, gen
erally southerly.
NUGGETS OF NEWS.
Aaron McGoldrlch, of South Bethlehem.
Pa., was found lyin'* on the Lehigh Valley
railroad at the Bethlehem Iron works, with
one leg cut off. It l# suppott. d he had been
struck by a train.
Count Tolstoi, tlie eminent Itussian novel
ist, is dangerously ill.
The Chic kies <P#.) rolling mill resumed op
erations after a Jong suspension. About fifty
men are employed.
The senate committee on territories ordered
a favorable rejert on the bill for the ad mis
sion of Idaho into tlie Union.
The biennial congress of the National Trot
ting association convened In Bcffalo.
A band of twenty-five to thirty female
negro ’block cap'* in Jiarnwell county. South
(.’iii diua, dragged Hattie Froze, a n egress,
front her home and flogged her. The victim
had failed to uxuressdisapproval of the lynch
ing of the negroes at Barnwell court house.
The Chicago presbytery voted in favor of
rev sioi: of the confession of faith.
Tbl gos eminent has decided to sentence
tho Luke of Orleans to two years' imprison
uiciiL after which he will be pardoned and
exiled.
OIL SUCCEEDS SNOW
Lubricating the Lumber Slides
in Northern Pennsylvania.
THE LOGGING INDUSTRY SUITERS.
The Unseasonable Weather Cripples the
Lumbermen and Will Advance Trices
of Timber, of Which *550,000,000 Feet
Are Still in the Woods—Pennsylvania’s
Forest# Nearly Kxhau#ted.
Williamsport, Pa.. Feb. 12.—1 n thu
lumber regions of northern Pennsyl
vania a curious expedient has been re
sorted to for the purpose of getting the
logs out of the woods. Hundreds of
barrels of crude oil have lieen sent to
the camps and this fluid poured over
the “slides.” This was intended to
take the place of snow. Logs can only
begotten t > the market over slippery
paths, so when there was no snow or
ice they gleased the mountain slides,
but in spite of that the vast lumber’in
terests of the state have suffered to a
serious extent from this uiild winter.
Tlie snow that fell Friday gave the
ltimiH'r princes of Williamsport and tho
idle camp men a gleam of hope. The
thaw immediately succeeding knocked
out all this hope. A snow would have
to fall a good week and be maintained
by thirty days of freezing weather to
bring into the streams the lumber now
lying in the forests.
A New >eh«m<i»
This is tho first time that crude petro
leum lias been used to lubrn ale the
slides to any extent. Some of the slides
are twelve miles long, starting away
back on the summit of a mountain and
rounding through the passes; in some
Instances shooting up one hill and down
another in a series, of inclines. The
momentum the logs gather with dis
tance sends thorn along with a furious
rate of speed, and the crude oil has been
found not to wear off for nearly a week.
At tho upward incline horses are hitched
to the last log. and by pulling this pushes
possibly thirty logs in front, so easy
does the petroleum make the slide.
Last week’s snow caused a sensation
in Williamsport. Thuso figures will tell
why. There are today 25ti.900,000 feet
of timber lying in the woods which
ought to have been in the booms of
Williamsport by this time. In other
words, Feb. 1 lias usually seen that won
derful amount of timlier lying in the
river here, and much of it iu the mills
being finished for the market. This
forest blockade is worth millions of
dollars. Tho logs as they lie felled are
worth $1.50 per 1,000 feet far hemlock
and from sll to sls for pine.
Five Tlioumi»d Idle.
Twenty different firms of this city
are suffering from the blockade, while
5,090 wood cutters In the camps are
idle, drawing no pay. In addition to all
this there art scores of sawmills, port
able and stationary, up through the
forest counties which huvy been shut
down most of the winter because they
could not get the logs from the woods.
This would add Lens of millions of feet
to the above figures. For instance, A.
C. Hopkins, of Lock Jlaven, has 31.-
000,000 logs lying in Elk and CJlearfleld
counties. Thus far he has only been
able, with the aid of greased slides, to
get enough timber down into Sinnaiua
honing creek to form 30 rafts, and even
sinco he has hud them there, there has
not been water enough to liring them
into tire west branch of the Susque
hanna.
Cochran, l’ayne & McCormick, and
Deemer & Co., of Williamsport, are the
largest operators in the state. Mr. J. O.
Payne said: '‘There is not more than
50,000,000 feet on the river in the neigh
borhood of Williamsport. This is loss
than a fifth what we usually have on
hand at this season of the year As it
will require at letist one month of con
tinuous cold weather to get the 250,000,-
000 feet of logs out of the woods, and as
this is already late in February, it begins
to look doubtful whether we will have
large stocks on hand this summer.
II Will A fleet Frlrea.
“Of course I think this will affect
market prices for Philadelphia lutnlier.
Tlie very fact that we have had to go to
so much trouble to get out wliat little
we now have must make a difference on
prices. ”
Just to what extent prices for lumber
will increase cannot, of course, be de
finitely stated. There has been a good
demand all along, but not enough to in
dicate a famine. Yet ail these facts are
worth weighing when people begin to
figure on tlie next building season.
Were the roads good they could lie
utilized largely by the woodsmen in
hauling lumber wagons, but Gen. Co
bum, of Bellefonte, says that by the
time the state legislature rebuilds the
Cublic roads in Pennsylvania there will
eno lumber to haul. And that ii nos
very long, either, he says. He allows
six years yet for the exhaustion cf Penn
sylvania forests.
Curious Question, for the Courts.
Ebenkbukg, Fa., Feb. 12.—Who died
first, husband or wife? That is tho
question raised in several contested will
cases growing out of the Johnstown
Hood. It is going to be a mighty hard
problem to settle. Investigations into
the books of the orphans’ court of Cam
bria county give some intensely inter
esting results. Nearly three Hundred
estates have been taken Iteforo that tpi
bunal since the deluge for settlement,
hi most of the cases the wills were lost,
and in many instances heise perished
simultaneously with tho testators. In
Johnstown today it is easy to find wills
extant involving personal property, but
no such property remains, property, but
no wills; wills, hut no legal heirs; heirs,
I sit neither will nor property.
Th. C.ru.al. l.ihritry.
Pittsburg. Feb- 12. —A’t the meet
ing of city councils an ordinance
providing for the acceptance from An
drew Carnegie, Esq., of a free library
was introduced. In his letter Mr. Car
negie offers to expend not less than
*1,000,000, and proposes a central li
brary building with four or five branches
located in various parts of the city. Mr. 1
t :arnegie requires that the city will con
tribute not less th m $40,000 i»er annum
to the support of the libraries.
If© Tr**a«:li©«l for Slaty Years.
W aynlkbi'Ko, Feb. 12.—Eider David
White, who died at his home in Oak
Forest, this county, had preached the
gospel regularly for nearly sixty years
and had preached several times within
the last year. He was horn ;ind raised
jn Greene county, and was a contein
borary of Alexander Campbell, whose
doctrine he armored to.
PLYMOUTH TRIBULATIONS.
Tile Rival Polish and Hnngartan Can
fresattsm SKII In Turmoil.
Wilkesrarre, Pa., Fob. 12. Tho
Poles held a meeting in the Willow
Street church, at Plymoutli. The new
pastor, Kev. Father Szaimanski, pre
sided and Martin Wilkes, the ringleader
of the late troubles there, wanted to act
os t rustee, but the priest said ho would
he his own trustee and treasurer, too.
Hearing this WilUee and a dozen of his
followers left tho church. Tho faithful
remained and paid the priest over fIOO
for current expenses.
The Hungarians held another meeting
in the Girard Avenue Catholic church.
They resolved ts pay Rev. Father
Kosalko no mono money. They want
a different priest. Kev. Father Kosalko
foresaw this state of affairs about two
weeks ago when he went to Scran too
and tendered his resignation to Right
Rev. Bisliop O’Hara. ,lt seems the re
signation was not accepted, for the
priest returned. How the trouble is
gomg to he settled remains for the fu
ture to develop.
HE DOCTORED THE BOOKS.
A Cairtiler Ui«n Hank l'wtwl* for lluiinmM
Speculation.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 18.—Ellis Bard,
cashier of the Lincoln National hank at
Lincoln, this county, is a defaulter to
the extent of $25,000. The peculations
have extended over a considerable
period, and the money was used to as
sist an Ephrata firm. An investigation
of the link's ailairs is now in progress.
No arrests have been made.
third, who is a young man, has no
means of his own, hut his bondsmen are
liable for #BB,OOO, which amount will
probably cover Hie deficit. Tho de
faulter is not believed to have profited
bv the roblery, the whole amount hav
ing been swallowed up in the business
of thu Ephrata firm, where large sums
were loHt. The directors of tho hank
claim to Iwvvo been deceived by Bard,
who doctored the tsjoks and advanced
large sums without their knowledge.
Bard has resigned his position, but no
criminal steps have yet boon taken
against linn. The bank is doing busi
ness us usual, ami President Nissley
rays H cap meet fIU demands.
A RwSagkt’n SuleUls.
Sccttuaak, Ply, Feb. 12. Hubert
Kusegeu, a Germain of Beaver Kails, Pa.,
committed suicide here last night. By
means of a raaor he butchered himself
in a horrible manner, lie cut a deep
gash iu his threat, two in each arm and
one in eacli leg. fie is lielieved to have
lieen slightly demented, but his letters
to the public are well worded and dem
onstrated that he was an educated man.
He ciuno hero about a week ago ami se
cured work in the Kenney foundry. He
is believed to lie a Socialist, as in one of
his letters addressed to the public he
says his I wart is full of liberty, and
rather than be a slave for either his
friends or enemies he would die. He
leaves a widow and three children wiio
reside at Beaver fjalls.
Tb# Caiupslgu In ftinlly'* IHstrlct.
Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—William H.
Ayres, the Democratic candidate for
congress in the Heurth district, is mak
ing a vigorous fight against John E.
Reyburn, his Republican competitor.
Mr. Ayres leeis confident of polling a
larger vote than any 1 icmocratic, candi
date in the district and says he is cer
tain the opposition will lie surprised at
the inroads lie will make into their
ranks.
l'ow<l«rl> 11 an CaliiHcUaa Arr«ate<L
SooTTDAUC, Fa., Feb. 12.—Hon. Ed
ward Callaghan wan arretted here on ,
Grand Master Workman Powderly’s
warrant for criminal libel. Sheriff
Kranbar, of Scranton, made the arrest.
Hail was not asked, its Mr. Callaghan as
sured the sheriff that he would !x> at
Scranton for a hearing on March 2. Mr.
Powderly wants SIO,OOO damages, ( '
lie Chloroformed Hln Victims.
Oil City, Pa., Feb. !2.—Samuel D.
Wnyman, wanted at Springwater, N.Y.,
on three indictments for chloroforming
and robbery, was Arrested hero by Sher
iff Hampton, of Genesee, N. Y. He is
now in the Venango county jail await
ing requisition pa|>ers. Miss Guild, a
maiden lady of Livingston county, N.
Y., was one of his victims.
Draining Floutlctl Mines.
PornmLLK, Pa., Feb. 12.—Prepara
tions are being math; to drain the Eber
vale coal mines, which have been
drowned out for some time, by driving
an immense tunnel. The tunnel will
extend from the mines to the foot of
Buck mountain, a distance of 11,500
yards and will oi>on into the Sutler val
ley.
THE MARKETa
Price* on the Stuck, Produce and Pe
troleum Kxchangeil.
PaiUDO,rau, lfeb. 10. The market was
doll Pennsylvania was quiet, but strung,
heading declined. The preferred income
bond* were steady. Lehigh Valley and Lehigh
Navigation were firm.
Following were the closing bids:
Lehigh Valley Itending g. m. 45.. 0094
N. I’ae. com Mhi Heading Ist pf. 6s. 0094
N. Pac. pf 7b Heading 3d pf. ss. 5094
Pennsylvania .. WH Heading 3d pf. ss. 4194
He;ulii,g .... ASAi ii.andlLT.com. 17
Lehigh NaV 806 H. ami K. T. pf. 44
St. Paul » W. N. Y. and P.. 394
New York Produce Market.
Nww VoltK. 7. State and western
Aeur steady; moderate demand; low extras,
city rw*ir $4.35®L45. city mills
patcHts. yaavft-hhx
Wheat No. 3 red, dull; Vi@Mc. lower and
weak; February. S4»«c.: March, i&Hc.; April,
8614 c.; Ma*’, June, 8594®<*c.: July,
54)40.; August. S4M*®o4 7-16 c.; September,
84>evd October, *794®=: 5-l#c.
Hye—Steady; slate, 57©80c.; western, 50®
the.
Barley- Quiet: state, 33@58c.; western, 4«®
«Bc.; Canadian. 50®76c.
Corn—No. 3 weak; Lye. lower and fairly ac
tive; mixed western, 3u®3794c.
Oats -No. 3 in moderate demand and easier;
state, 3714®Lc.; western, 37®3.V;.; February,
38'4c.: March, *3 3-10 c.: April, 3794 c.; May, 3714
®3?Hc.
Beef Dull; pkite, }7.75®5; extra mess, s7®
7.3 b.
Pork Quiet and Arm; new mess, $10.75
®1I; old mess, extra prime,
$0.35®0.75.
laird -Quiet and Arm; steam rendered, $0.30.
Butter - Quiet and steady-, state dairy, 0®
17c.; state creamery, H&3Jc.; western dairy,
8®17c.; western creamery, 12®2796c.
Kggs Steady and quiet; state and Penn
sylvania, 14&14V4C-; western, 13J4®14c.: south
ern, Ki®s4c.; limed, lOSslle.
The (HI Market.
PbiladeiJuiia. Feb. 10.—Oil opened at
$1.071v and closed at $1.00',4-
Pittsbuiui. Feb. 10.—Dali but steady. Mar
ket opened at 51.07. touched $1.0794. declined
to $1.0094, and at soon $1.07 was hid.
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