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V< I . XVIII. riiOFESSIOXA L CARDS. rj«:o. w. iikvan, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in ‘.he counties comprising the Flint .ludici.nl Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. yyrw. t. i»k ki:>, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing he Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court 0! Georgia and the United States District Court apr27-lv j^.KKA«A*. ATTORNEY AT LAW. McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all tike Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and other collect ions. Will attend all the Courts At Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over The Weekly office. yy a. imowA. ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all the counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. janl-ly TOH* 2.. i v ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gale City Natioal Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices in (he State and Federal Courts. j.j A. PEEPIjIIM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hampton, Ga, Will practice in ail the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court ol the United States* Special and prompt tiongiven to Collections, Oct S, tn f | pi. S*. CAMPBGM. DENTIST, McDonough Ga. Any one desiring work done can he ac eommodated either by calling on me in per son or addressing me through the mails. Terms cash, unless special arrangements \re otherwise made. WILL SELL DURING MONTH OCTOBER EXCURSION TICKETS TO WORLDS FAIR AT ONE-HALF RATES THROUGH SLEEPING CARS EYERY DAY B. ‘W. WEEHIir, General Passenger and Ticket Agsnt. KNOXVILLE, TENN. t t t t t t WM. BOLLMAHN, Watches, (: Speclacfo. Clocks. c . r / () S. Broad St. JEWELRY, (: Silverware. :) Atlanta, Ga. A I J- + + +_ PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM | Cleanse* and boautifie* the hair. Promote* a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to Restore Gray | Hair to its Youthful Color. Cure* scalp dt»ea.e* k hair falling. CON S U M P TIVEI Ce ParkfirTo inffer VA ak Luii':*, Debility, Indigestion, Pain, Take in time. 50 ct*. loNDERCORNS. The only sure cure for Coma. i--p» aHpaitL lie. at Druggist*, or 11ISCOX k CO., N. Y. Indispensable in Every Good Kitchen. As every good hou ewi e knows, the difference between appetiz ing, delicious cooking and the opposite kind is largely in deli cate sauces and palateable gra vies. Nov/, these require a strong, delicately flavored stock, and the best stock is Liebig Company’s Extract of Beef j r netery, Lawn, Poultry and Rabbit Fencing. . 13C8ANDS OF MILES IN USE. CATALOGUE FREE. FREIGHT PAID. > McMullen woven wire fence cc. It, 116, US and 120 N. Market St. Chicago, HL FOR SALE. Any one desiring a nice house and lot in McDonough, cheap, and convenient to de pot, school and church, can get it by calling upon the un dersigned. G. P. CAMPBELL. Postell s Elegant Flour. THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY THES GR AT* STAR STORE, .J ' KO ! E'FGIA., T2rJLiii . j ORE S i Jaclison Mcrcfui,tilc Co., ! Proprietors STAR Store, - Jackson, Ga. His Contribution. “I suppose,” said the advance agent, “that you have heard of Jos eph Brooks, who manages W. H. Crane. Well, Brooks is forever do ing things which make people laugh at him. One time awhile ago there was a benefit for the Lamb’s club, and the committee which had the af fair in charge opened what they caUed a ‘contribution hook.’ This was circulated among the people in the profession, and those who wished to give anything wrote their names in the book and the article or sum of money contributed. Somebody, his tory does not record his name, wrote, ‘I contribute one magnum.’ “The next person who got the book was Brooks. He looked the contributions over, and that mag num struck him as a pretty tart thing. So he wrote: ‘I also contrib ute one magnum. W. H. Crane, under the management of Joseph Brooks.’ A member of the club saw the inscription, and meeting Brooks said, ‘Hello, Joe; I see you and Crane have contributed a magnum for the benefit.’ “ ‘Yes,’ said Brooks, ‘I intend to give a magnum if there is one to be shot in this part of the country.’ He had an idea that a magnum was a sort of fowl evidently, and until this day he does not know why the Lambs guy him about that contribu tion.”—Buffalo Express. Horse bread is still made in some parts of Sweden, the Tyrol and Switz erland. When the driver reaches an inn, before indulging himself, he buys for his horse a broad, flat cake or scone of oatmeal. The trichinae found in infected pork are sometimes so numerous that 80,000 have been found to the cubic inch. See Ilie Wurl<r» l’siir lor Fifteen fcnlN. Upon receipt of your address and fUtecn cents in postage stamps, we will mail yon prepaid our Souvenib ok the World’s Columbian Exposition the regular price is Fifty cents, hilt as we want you to have one, we make the p'icc nominal. You will find it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of art. If not sat isfied with it. after you get it, we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book. Address, H. E. Bucklen a Co., Chi cago, 111. Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia. THE * STAR STORE Bach Day Brings New Custo .. -a.a! Bach Day Brings N ew Trade! Every Train Bri gs New Good! People are now visiting Jackson who were never here before. As soon as they teach the edge of town they begin to enquire the way to THE STAR STORE. They buy their goods ot us. They load their wagons and buggies ; ••• they go home telling their neighbor —and so the good work goes on from day to day. CLOAKS! CLOAKS ! ! Big stock of Cloaks just re ceived from a lriend, who bought them in a bL r bank rupt stock at Sheri id's sale. We can surprise you in Cloaks. A great many customers visited our store last week and failed to get waited on. This we regret, but will try and be better prepared in fu ture, by putting on an extra force of Clerks. Come Direct To THE STAR STORE. (JpjTGood Hitching Posts In Font. * THE * STAR # STORE * McDonough, ga., Friday, November 3,18*m. # THE * STAR STORE oM. -t* * THE * STAR * STORE * V?>* Pure Oxygen. A number of processes for the man ufacture of pure oxygen from air have appeared recently, all following in a general way the suggestions of the well known “Brin” process. Herr G. Kassner, in The Chemiker Zei tung, claims a superiority for a salt of calcium, the calcium plumbate, Ca 3 Pho4, his process being briefly as follows: The plumbate in spongy porous pieces is exposed to the action of moist furnace gases which have previously been well washed. Car bonic acid is absorbed by the calcium salt with decomposition, forming cal cium carbonate and free peroxide of lead. This decomposition is unaccompa nied by a change of form. The result ing mass is transferred to a strong retort heated to redness. Oxygen is disengaged and the evolution facili tated by a stream of superheated steam. Finally carbonic acid is given off, and in the last stages this is pure. In the intermediate stage the gases are passed over calcium plumbate and the carbonic acid there absorbed, leaving the oxygen pure.—Science. Lost ami Found. A man in this city recently found a $5 goldpiece in a store, and a clerk endeavored to persuade him to turn it over to the proprietor. The man refused to do so, and the floorwalker showed him a rule of the establish ment relating to lost property. The man still refused, claiming that the proprietors of the store might make for their employees what regulations they pleased with regard to lost prop erty, but that such rules could not be made binding on the public. Ab stractly he was right. Property that has been lost belongs to the finder until the owner appears and proves his ownership. It does not matter so far as the merits of the case are concerned whether the property be found in a store, in the street or in the desert. The finder has a right to it that precludes all claim but that of the proved owner.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. What’s In a Name. “Maybe I have an ugly color, as you say,” said the Carrot to the Beet, “but when I am gone I hope some one may say a good word for me. It seems to me a dead oarrot has a better chance for respect than a dead beet ” And the beet turned even redder in the face and had nothing more to say.—Philadelphia Times. THE SOUTHERN NEWS. Daily Happenings of Interest Re - ported During the Week FfiOM ALL POINTS IN THE SOUTH. Condemn'd a. Much as Possible to Give tlie Sense, and I*reparcd especially for Readers Who Are In a Rush of Rueinesa. Macon, Oct. 30. —Mack Lucius, a well known motorman of the Metropolitan company, walked into the police station and surrendered himself As the slayer of Preacher Everett, a negro, Saturday night. He said he, wiafi. a companion, were going up the streetwhen the negro offered an insult, and words followed. The negro pullet! a large butcher knife and advanced rapidly on Imcius. when the latter, to protect himself, fired two shots, causing immediate death. Lucius is in jail. Only one of the, com panions of Lucius witnessed the killing. There is not ono word from George Holmes, the popular police lieutenant, yet. He has either met foul play, his friends say, or is in Oklahoma to escape domestic trouble at home. His friends are very anxious about him. Carnesville, tta., Oct. 31. —Fountain Martin shot and seriously hurt Perry Looper three miles east of Carnesville, at Looper’s home. The first of the trou ble originated the night before at a dance, at which Looper claims Martin insulted his daughter. Both were drink ing and reports are conflicting as to whether or not Martin was justifiable. Martin made his escape. Both are white. Martin is single. Physicians think Looper’s chances are favorable for recovery. John Teasley shot Wi3 Price one mile north of Carnesville. The trouble start ed from a game of c:rds, there being money at stake. Price's wound is seri ous, but probably not fatal. Both are negroes. Teasley is at large. Raleigh, Oct. 30.—Commissioner of Internal Revenue Miller has issued an order that all whisky 4ii#llerieß shall pay tax on three gallons of whisky for each bushel of corn claimed by the distillers that .they can not make so much whisky pi M of one bushel, and that only UteaiqAlistiHerios can do so. Nearly all North Carolina distilleries are very small. 1f * Officers of the Distillers’ flsK)cf&{ion will send a deputation**!) cal} pu Omn missioner Miller and lay thajuaiiter be fore him, and will clax» thfb«nost dis tilleries cannot make jfefef tuffi gallons to the bushel. It is thought illicit dis tilling will receive an bipetus. Knoxville, Oot r *L:Ap» Jockey was killed and another frigStraliy mangled in an accident on the Southside racetrack here. The horse ridden by Jce Bums, a well known jockey in the south, fell, throwing Bums over the horse’s head. Another horse, ridden by Boyd McDan nel, was close up, and he fell over the other horse. Both horses, in trying to regain their feet; trampled on Burns, in flicting fatal injuries. McDannel may recover. The horse ridden by Bums was so badly injured that it was neces sary to shoot him. Richmond, Oct. 28.—J. Milton Wal dren, colored, was arrested, charged with forging a check on the Citizens’ bank of Richmond, purporting to have been drawn by Postmaster Otis 11. Rus sell, for the sum of sl2. Wahlren claims that he is connected with Postoffice In spector Arrington’s office in Washing ton. A number of keys belonging to the mail bags wore found in his posses sion. Waldren is also said to be a fugi tive from Atlanta, where he is alleged to have shot a policeman more than a year ago. Villa Rica, Ga., Oct. 31. —Jim Coop er shot Charley Piron through the body killing him almost instantly. The ball entered just lielow the ribs and come ont at the small of the back. All the par ties who saw it aie n groes, but they say the shooting was without provocation. The shooting took place near the negro church, beyond the old town, on the line of Douglas county, but on the Carroll side. Piron died in Douglas county. Cooper made his escape. The negroes let him get away after disarming him. Raleigh, Oct. 28.— John Burman is a merchant at Whitakers. Three years ago he married in this state and applied himself to business. A few weeks ago a woman made her appearance, and claimed that she was Burman’s real wife. The case went into the courts, and it was proved that the story of wife No. 1, who came from Europe, was true, and Burman was convicted of adultery and sentenced to a term in jail. Savannah, Oct. 30.—A negro, about 18 years of age, who was employed at the residence of Mrs. Sarah C. Walden, cleaning a staircase, coolly walked up into Mrs. Walden’s room and with a kney that he had mysteriously obtained, opened her jewelry cabinet and took a vuluable gold watch, about S3OO worth of diamonds and S2OO in money. The thief then slipped out of the house and made good his escape. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 28.—Upon appli cation of the Southern Jellico Coal com pany, of Tennessee, Judge H. C. Roney has appointed A. K. Miller and John J. Cohen receivers of the Augusta glass works. The amount of indebtedness stated in the application is from $50,000 to SBO,OOO. There is about 2,000 labor liens against the factory. Dallas, Tex., Oct. 31.—The Moss Rose saloon was burned here and T. M. Brown and his son, W. 11. Brown, who occupied lodgings over the saloon, were cremated. News has been received here of the destruction by fire of a large jior tion of the business section of the town of Kyle. Madison, Ga., Oct. 27.—Ike Williams, the condemned murderer, spent the night in praying and singing hymns. Tlnee preachers were with him all the morn ing. About 3,000 negroes were crowded THE i about the jail, hoping to get iv chance to see inside, but they were disappointed, as the Home Guards were called out and pickets placed aliout the outside fence, m the yard and in the jail. The trap was sprung at exactly 12 12 o’clock, and the soul of the negro, Ike Williams, sped to his Maker. Louisville, Oct. 20.— District Attor ney Jolley, in the United States court, asserted that he was prepared to prove that of over $30,000 collected by Collec tor Scott and Deputy Collectors Shaw and Riley, for campaign purposes, they could not satisfactorily account for but SIO,OOO. He charged that tlioy had planned deliberately to obtain money from the government employees under them not for political purposes, hut for their own private ends. Charleston, Oct. 31. —Information lias just been received here of a fatal accident which occurred on the South Carolina railroad at 7:80 o’clock. The accident occurred at Ridgeville, a small town about 15-miles from here. Through freight No. 83, for Augusta, ran over a a cow, ami the entire train of 11 cars was derailed. Engineer John Whaley, of this city, was killed, and the fireman was badly hurt, Birmingham, Ala., Oot. 2(l.—The gin house of E. A. Cnlpepper and 10 bales of cotton were burned near Camden. The stables and barns of Joseph Strother and W. R. Alford, in Wilcox county, have been burned. All were incendiary tires. William Randolph has been arrested as one of the parties connected with the barn burning. The total loss is about $9,000. It is alleged to be the work of White Caps. Charleston, Oct. 2(l.—Gray Buffalo Robe, an Indian squaw connected with Pawnee Bill’s historic wild west show, favo birth to a papoose on the train. 'lie child was named Carolina in honor of Miss May Lillio, Pawnee Bill’s wife, and the state of her birth. The mother rode in a race tun hours after the child was born. The mother is Telling Stur’s wife, and a daughter of Sitting Bull. CofiuMBUS, Miss., Oct. 26.—Three of the burglars who entered a storo in this city on Monday night have been arrested at Fayette Courthouse, Ala. They board-, ed a Georgia Paid tic train at Fayette and were arrested by a detective. When arrested they had -in their possession most of the stolen property and about S3OO in cash. A fine sot of burglars’ tools were taken from them. Conway, Ark., Oct. 28.—1 tis an nounced here that a shortage of $15,000 has been discovered in the accounts of J. V. Mitchell, county Clerk of Faulk ner county. Mitchell has held the i>osi tion of county dork for the past 12 years. 'He was the administrator of several es tates and guardian for a number of mi nors. Ho is at present visiting relatives in South Carolina. Galveston, Oct. 28.—The News says: Replies from I,£N} ginners, covering ti e entire state, show that up to Oct. 15 there had been 80 per cent less cotton ginned than last year up to the same date, and that tho estimate to be ginned after Oct. 15 to the end of the season would be 29 1-2 per cent less than last last year. Augusta, Ga., Oct., 28.— John Bruce, anegro, was assassinated at Bertt island, six miles below Augusta, over the river. When found ho was lying unconscious in a public road, shot all to pieces. He was unable to tell who his assassin was, but John Dicks, a rival, has been arrest ed on suspicion of being tho murderer. Charleston, Oct. 2(l.—General W. L. Prince, a leading lawyer and citi zen of the Pee Dee section, this state, died Wednesday at Cheraw. He u -is a prominent secessionist and stood high as a criminal lawyer. He was counsel for Colonel Cash after the celebrated duel with Shannon. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 28.—Ike John son, a negro lwy, has been arrested tor committing an assault on a 5-year old daughter of a white man named James Lilly, near Yorkville, 8. 0., and has been brought to jail hero for safe keep ing and to prevent lynching. Spartanburg, 8. C.,Oct. 81.—Charles P. Barrett has been arrested again on the charge of forgery in signing tho name of J. C. Brock to the official bind of the postmaster at Clifton, 8. C., for <3,000. He iB hold by the United States authori ties. but gave bond. San Angelo, Tex., Oct. 26.—Dr. J. M. Harris, postmaster of Robert Lee, was brought to San Angelo by a United States marshal. He is charged with complicity in a stage robbery about three weeks ago while en route from Rois-rt Leo to Ballinger. Shreveport, La., Oct. 26.— Near Kriox Point, Bosier parish, 20 miles above tins city, two negroes were lynched. Details are meager, but it is known that the ne groes were notorious hog thieves. Austin, Oct. 26.—Judge Rosen burg has entered a decision declaring the Sun day closing law unconstitutional. The saloons will run in full blast Sunday for tho first time in ten years. Macon, Oct. 27.—Dr. W. C. Black, i pastor of tho Mnllxrry Street Methodist ; church, in this city, has accepted p-e editorial chair of the New Orleans Christian Advocate. Thomasville, Ga., Oct. 28.—The 1 murder, Henry Spencer, has been con -1 victed and will hang on Friday, Die. 22. It will be private. Roanoke, Vu.. Oct. 27.—Doc Talyo. was hanged at Wise Courthouse, Vo., for the murder of the Malians fand'y May 17, 1893. TEN NEW CASES. _ l*lie Yellow Fever Record of a I>a> Operator’* Funeral. Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 31.—There are ; 10 new cases reported. Five are white and five colored. No deaths resulted from yellow fever. The death ratio is 7 per cent. The funeral of Operator W. A. Ennis, of the Western Union Telegraph compa ny, occurred at 10 a. m. and was largely attended. His death seals the life of a | noble young man. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U S. Gov’t Report. D Bilking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE CHICAGO’S MAYOR KILLED. st Called from tlie Dinner Table anti Bhot Down In Ilia Own House. Chicago, Oct. 80.— The sudden and tragic death of Mayor Carter Harrison Saturday night has caused a sensation which overshadows the great closing event of the World's Fair, as well as casts a dark gloom over the entire sec tion. Tlie mayor was at the dinner table at his house, at the corner of Ashland and Jackson boulevards. His unmarried daughter, Sophia, and several servants were the only olhor persons in the house. Some yne rang the doorbell. A servant went to the door. She found a slender, poorly dressod young man standing on the doorstep. He said: “I want to see Mayor Harrison. I have business with him.” The man did not sit down, but stood in the hall while the servant went into the dining room to tell tlie mayor that he was wanted. Mr. Harrison, when the servant notified him that some ono wished to see him, went at ouce towards the hall. As ho passed through the doorway from the dining room, which opens into the hall, the man stepped for ward quickly to meet him. The stranger said: “Mr. Harrison, 1 have come to see you. You have made promises to me, and you have not kept them. I have come to get satisfaction. I worked hard for you in your campaign. You promised me an office and yon have not given it to me.” The mayor looked surprised. It is not known whether he recognized the man, but it is believed lie did. He had a won derful memory, and knew everyliody in Chicago who had any connection with politics. He replied: “My man, I have not broken my promise to you. There is nothing for which I owe you satisfaction.” Tne stranger immediately thrust his hand into his coat pocket and pulled a 88-calibre seven-shot Smith & Wesson revolver. At the distance of only a lew paces be leveled it at the mayor and fired throe shots. One entered the mayor’s breast, another his stomach and the third went through his hand. The mayor fell in the doorway, but retained consciousness. The butler,who was in the diningroom, ran forward at the report of the pistol stmts. The juan turned iiis pis till upon fTie Tmuer .-VFS7! fired one shot at him, but miss d. Then he thrust the pistol hack in his pocket, rushed down tho hall, out of the door, down the front stops and disappeared in the darkness. The servants and the mayor’s daugh ter lifted Mr. Harrison up and carried him into his room and placed him upon liis bed. Ho was bleeding considerably awl was extremely weak, but was still conscious. But ho recognized tho dead ly nature of his wounds. He said to those bending over him: “I have received my death wound. You cannot do anything for me.” In 10 minutes half a dozen of tho best doctors in Chicago were in the house, but tho mayor’s words woro prophetic. They could do nothing for him. Ho spoke two or three times, but exactly 17 minutes after ho was shot ho died. PrendergAAt Surrender*. A minute or two after the mayor was shot tho policeman on tho beat gave the alarm. About 8:30 o’clock a man, ap parently about 24 years old, walked into tho Desplaines street police station. Ser geant Frank McDonald was nt tho desk. Another police officer and tlie police tel egraph operator were in the room. The man walked deliberately up to tho desk arid said ungrammatically but simply to Sergeant McDonald: “1 am the man. I done it. I done the shooting. ’ Then he pulled from his pocket the pistol with which he hail shot Mayor Harrison and placed it upon tho desk. Then lie said again: “I done it. I killed him. That is the pistol I done it with. I worked for him in liis last campaign for mayor. 110 promised to appoint me corporation counsel, and he failed to keep his prom ise. That is why I shot him.” The man's appearance and his manner indicated insanity. Moreover, he was very weak; in fact he was so weak that he would have fallen had not the s r geant pulled up a chair and shoved him down in it. “What is your name?” asked Sergant McDonald. “Eugene Patrick Prendcrgast,” re plied the man. The sergeant asked no more questions, but locked the man up. llin Wonderful Career. The career of Chicago’s most famous mayor was terminated just when life’s i cup of happiness seemed filled to the brim for him. The plaudits of the : crowds who cheered his every utterance ut the fair grounds must yet have been tingling happily in his ears. His wed ding lay was set for Nov. 7. O. all the politicians who have come and gone in the political arena of Hli i i ois, none was ever more picturesque I than he. He was the ideal World’s Fair | mayor, because he was at home with all nationalities. His versatility did not confine itself entirely to the matter of nr.Uonalit.e His cr' -d;, rli mi o • ciai and political, w.-re mu > or 1 ! elastic, so that lie was perfectly at ease i with members of any denomination. Carter Harrison was bom in Fayetto county, Kv., Feb. 23,1825. He received a classical education, graduating from Yale college in 1843. He studied law, but was a farmer in his native county until 1835, when he wont to Chicago. He did not immediately enter into act ive practice at the bar, but was a real estate owner and operator. He was se lected as a Cook county commissioner in 1871 and served until 1874. Ho rep resented Illinois in the Forty-fourth con- I gress, being elected as a Democrat. Dur | ing his first term he was as dumb as an 5 CENTS A COPY oyster. He was re-elocted, however, to the Forty-fifth congress, his socond term expiring Dec. 8, 1877. From a very poor loginning, when, at a banquet in Philadelphia, Mr. Harrison attempted to make a speech to tho toast “Agriculture the Basis of Commerce,” and made a narrow escape from igno minious failure, ho rapidly rose to the distinction of being the best after dinner talker, the best campaign speaker and one of tho most eloquent and convincing orators in the northwest, and his name was continually in the public prints. Not until '79, however, when he became the Democratic candidate for and was elected mayor, did the partisan press of tho Windy City begin to vilify him. But despite the most strenuous opposition he was elected mayor five times. Harrison was probably tho host of Chicago’s long list of mayors as far as the welfare of tho city was concerned. He had the wisdom to see that a very necessary condition of political prefer ment was a clean political as well as business record. In 1880 ho aspired to the mayoralty again, but the Democratic convention refused to nominate him, so lie bolted it. Not a newspaper in Chicago during this campaign had a good word to say for him. Ho ran on an independent ticket, cut tho Democratic veto squarely apart and a Republican was elected mayor with less than 2,000 votos to spare over Harrison, who hail about 500 less than the regular Democratic nominee. That election was a lesson to Harrison, and ho bought a newspaper—The Times. When the next mayoralty came round, two years later, lio untamed tho nomina tion, anil was supported by Tho Times. The Tribune, Herald, Inter-Ocoan, Post, News, Record and Journal fought him bitterly, yet he defeated the combination by over 20,000 votos. Hitt Third Courtship. Carter Harrison was married in 1855 to Sophy Preston. Sho died in Europe in 1876, In 1882 he married Marguerite E. Stearns, who died in 1887. In August last, news of his approach ing marriage surprised tho Chicagoans, for he was twico a widower, and it was generally believed that the tender pas sion was now doad in his heart. It was learned that the woman of his choice was Miss Annie Howard, of New Or leans, daughter of the late Charles T. i Howard, who in hi# time was one of the lottery kings of New Orleans. Howard died about eight years ago, leaving a fortune estimated at <120,000,000, of which Miss Howard's portion was said to lie <3,000,000. Miss Howard is 29 years old. CLEVELAND PLEASED. Tho Presldont Wutchcd Every Htag:« of the Repeal BUI. Washington, Oct. 81.—Tho president was a very interested man in the pro ceedings of tho sonate during the last hours of the repeal legislation. He was advised of every step takeu, and was in constant communication with the Capi tol. As fast ns there was a change in the speakers ho was notified, and as the vote began to lie taken tho president was at the other end of the wire connecting tho White House with the various de partments. He was notified of the suc cess of the measure beforo the vote was recapitulated, and simultaneous with the announcement of the result from the vice president’s desk, the wires ticked off the information to Mr. Cleve land that the battle was over, and the day won. In the Senate. The resolution containing tho authori ity of the committee on agriculture to investigate agricultural depression dur ing the recess and next session, was passed. Mr. Gorman, in ropiy to a querry put by Mr. Hoar, said he knew of no agree ment as to tho time of adjournment. The Chineso exclusion bill was an im portant matter that had to be disposed of, and until that was done no one could say when congress would adjourn. The conference report on the urgency of the deficiency hill, presented by Mr. Cockrell, showed that the confreres could not agree on the appropriation of <22,088 to jiay senator’s clerks and per diem clerks during the recess of the Fifty-first congress. This has been repeatedly nasseil by the senate, and on motion of Mr. Cock rell tho senate further insisted upon it c amendment. i In the House. At 12:50 Secretary of the Senate Cox appeared at the main door of the house > and delivered the silver repeal bill to Speaker Crisp. < At 1:30 o'clock Mr. Livingston, of; Georgia, made a request that the silver j repeal hill be taken up at once for im-! mediate consideration. 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