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desarlUe INHiMai, April U, lit
Bwdemllle, WatMafUm Cavity, Gft>
A.. J JERNIGAN,
rsenuns us pmnto
Mayor.'
\Vm. OAIjT.AIIER.
Aldermen.
IVai. Rawi.inos,
A. M. Mayo,
AV. H. I.awboh,
R. T. Walk tin,
Monitis Harr.
Clerk and 'JVcasurcr.
O. W. H. VlllTAKKB.
* Marshall.
J. E. M’kpdon.
1WK OJf TKNOTU.B,
\Mayor%
oils- C. Uahman.
Ahlcrmcn.
P. J. Pipkin,
J. F. Mf.ukkh on,
J. N. Rogers,
IV. J. JotNitri,
Clerk.
S, II. R. Massey.
Mar.dml’,
J. C. II A.Mil,TON.
E. S. LANGMADF, ,
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SANDER8VILLR. GA;
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£ VAT*S & tLVANS,
Attoriiovs At Law,
hANDEUSVlT LV, OA.
If. I HARRIS,
A i ! ORMJY AT LAW,
HANDE1WV.U.E, OA.
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vii-l'.Vltftn
nu ix-iill )**•,
n nil (lie Courts of Uin middle
II"' eotinlles Mini,iiml u«
| ^pcriiil atlcnlion given to coin-
F. H SAFFOLD,
ATTOHNF,Y AT T,AW,
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V V! pit lee in sit 111. Com I. <>r the Middle
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' ?*• *TecIul attention *. ven to ecm-
c. C BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BapdersTllle, Ga.
..will prnotloe In tbe state and United State*
Vourta. oaico In Coui t-liousa
O. n. Itooias
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
8ANDERSVILLE, GA.,
will praotlee In tlio eountto* of Washington,
Jeirenion, JohnKon, Emanuel and WllUlnson,
Wotnf ill* “if ,:oUn ‘ fur th * Southern Ws-
reml!! f Yti„; , " KH , st. n “ ln baylng ' * 0, " ng 01
Ooi U-tf° U W *' 1 * l<u 01 Publl ° 8< > u * r *-
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician and Surgeon,
Saaderavllle, Ga.
Dr. H. B. Hollifield,
Having recently grad unfed at tho Unlver*
■‘ty of MfliylHUcf and returned home, now
olTor* his professional services to the oitizens
of Bandernvllle and vicinity. Office with
Hr. H. N Hollifield, next door toJMrs. Bayne's
millinery atore.
O. W H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
BandersTllle, Ga.
ncRMs CAsn.
OtTlce nt hla Residence, on Harris street.
DR. J. II. MAY,
BANDER&YJLLE, GA.
• 'flora his services to the citizens of Banders-
; l '• and arljaocnt country. All culls, day or
, *i i *t* " i!-l b° promptly responded to. Otfioe
j.' ' !l ? ri Hidence on Mrs. Pittman's lot, corner
Jy uria tt »*d Church streets. janl5-1884tf.
J. s. wood & ono.,
SAVANNAH, HA.
oounuiaaion or other expenses charged
I f'onsijruniontH of Wool,
Highest market price guaranteed at time of
6ep2’84-ly
Savannah, Ca.
I ’ ''""ceded lo be tho most oomfortablo and
7 fir the beat conducted Hotel ln Savannah.
mtes, $2.00 Per Day,
M. L. HARNETT.
lachine Needles,
Oil and Shuttles,
I 1 , 1 KINDS OF MACHINFfl, for sale,
i wui ftIho order parte of Machine*
‘•Hatget broken, for which uev/
Pi roes are wanted.
•t. .TKinviea-Aiv,
Caslcrn and Mlddte sia,„.
IIAHRIOAN &; HaUt’r Tli n t ,, ,
W-known nlnrol nr ^ Lo,u,{ l no f
in New fork, iviu Z n } m *
A Kl I:Ip. il.-ivi . ..
- uuuuug saved.
Wh^Vlxon o l f l lvI^wTn'T ot •}!“
*£*legato Iik^c n t., : ‘-'r.' * ?*._ V iho
y un ot CftmbHd-e. N
e^gieg.ito losses abc about *10a,(KX).
ghcatH from An..mJ ^iid nbout 200
M}rncuse were presclii, ^'' y ’ I ' ufr,ll ° "'"1
BOIUO ills! linens werovrr v'' i ""i* t ‘ 1; l, KIKU1 '"
lives wore loet. Nea^Vdoien Kib'''' 1 '" 1
'Vie roportod wivclied" 1 M
gDwtmmwty sta,'" o'", 'V'^.Mass, Ibe
riuinlng, ibioiKTutlves n^ i" 1,1 i 11 " rt , l ' oa11
llioro is no tii k nf n si." i. 1 0, "l | loynl,mid
wng.«. nll< 1 n stl lku l'oduetion of
Plfe RWgo nN n E ’ "i ' voll k ' m ' V1 ' stowksopor
11."
t *“l'°‘l. '"'L «'<>s mpture i in V’utcr K u
I'm-. Iti-ilLI. f ... .
,.i - ' i m nuoibO.l.
unusii nliip i^r
theocounsteniner Cornwall, in
about, ti'io,ono. ‘ Mo£ l " " 1 ' U “ J C;U 'K° is
KiNosmumdt, N. A" „ , ,
wbicli at Dirtli was «i* lm h CT
woigbisl esa.., | v ol-vr,, omu'e. i t w^ u " .
Ulo/niidpower. 1111,0
bw KlwiSCgrcan < : Il 1 .""" i ?
of"a'l™(i" 1 " 00 11 ' ' time sixacna
of od noiu allnme. All the Imil,ling, on tho
ffio,“''nUl^ r cbTllD,0^.'' e, ' U LU ""'““ K
SOIIII, and Ween
l »"^?.'«L' M 'i. h S^'‘wreekb. atnUn
OBoIiuk IV. Wai.kuu olio. ol the most
I'lomniont lawy. is In Northern \ iririiiiu
oommulod sulddo. lie bad lost a lea fti tlio
Contederate service, and suil'ered nm. li Von,
pam in tliu stump.
lUiLitoAii ten die |,i Colorado him been
Boiious j impelled by u siiinv blockade; nmiiv
,“ bl Z '“ Vo '"i" ' 1 . n'" 1 "' 1 by tho weiubuif
be snow, and luisne’ss In sou,.. i,| IU e, leu
been paiiiuli) suspended. . 1
U b.'^o," U, AI \V IK "| 11 '"‘""by resident ot
hJh ' "as bound and gnu ■ - I in
hie bousu by tliroo umslted burumrs' and
burned loml.ly with a r.d Imt m.Ker to muku
hun give up his money. ||.. was turiuivd
lor three liuuia, and Im I lo,i v-tlin<■ l.mv
ns body. Numerous robberies, uer,,mimn,..d
0 brutal livnt-iiout, have mvurrel re.eu.ly
In IMioellng, mill u geiierul IlvIiii - ,e ins .
curity iwrvmlea the elty. “ M " b '
Thk ecu rotary of tho (lardeld Nation il
Monument association, .1. ||. Hh 0 l. s of
Uovu.mid. ,V|, Il ls Hint (he coiilrilmii.ins lo
up to Dis-emlsT Id weio
Hixtkkx business bouses at Clarksvillo,
lemi., iiuvo boon d -stroyod by a llro.
A Hi'Himi Tlack (Un, i ilispatch says that
be, !». Ojeryot hug.' veio.oi gold on No,6
•U'liunmii Inis now been supplemented Dv tuo
liseoyeiy ol silver in won lei iul y id I, in'eon-
<‘jUv in o oi i\ hu h there i*. ^rcut oxclttmient
111 Unit seeliun, umt men m llocKlng there
Horn nil parts ol the country. ' *
1 Djim dentes by lire wore ren irtisl Iho other
day, as toliows; I nu men ai tho hurniAg ot
a plain elevator m Diilius. Te.vas; the oeeu-
pmit o. a burning I,lock in Day City, Mirli.,
lb year olddmiruter ol I'unner
Aulisoii in Clay cuiuily, \ u., by l.er ciiess
catching lire.
W nhliin^tuu.
Commodohe WiMiEi.DS.,Schley tviuiuoui-
inafed to bo chief o( tho bureau of o<jtii|ui ( tmih
tiud recruitiu-r in flieih j'm tnicnt of the navy,
with tlie i auk of coinmo.lore.
HknaTohs nro heemnin^ dissalisflxd with
the size ot tho daily CuntjrcssioiKil itreon/,
and ho are endeavoring tOMipj)ies> tho “Jeavo
b* print ’ habit in the House. Hy Lli.b habit
many irombors yet, lony si oehes printed
which are never delivered.
B. Platt ('aiipentkh, of Now York, h is
been confirmed by the Bena'o as goverm r of
Montana, and William B. 'J'hompson, of iho
1 ostoiih-o department, as second a si.daut
Ijostmastcr-yoneral, in place of Mr. Lyman,
resigned.
The naval appropriation bid, over which
the two liou.v.i have been ijuarrelin; dneo
last session, has finally been passed by llio
oena to.
The secretary of slate has written a letter
to 'Senator Mil.er, chairman ol the coimmttco
on toroign relat.oas, answering the objections
to the reciprocity .spani'di treaty, which is
boforo tho bon ale for rntilic.ilion or r-'joc-
Iion. Mr. l ivlinghuysen considers the treaty
from a constitutional standpoint, and sets
forth tho beuelits nceruing to our agr.cul-
tu al, commui'i iid and manufacturing inter-
•sta by tho treaty.
j>v:!?midaijlk organization of Russian
nihihVs, under tho guise of nu i ■;» i ting
ilrm, has In on unearthed in London.
The liahiiilicsof theBohomian Land Credit
company, whieh ■ewpendel re •• nde, am .:mt
to coo, oj n ,,, „ ,n i.ind
fire involve 1 i 1 t : fid up, mi 1 s cue are
un ncd. : harohold'Ta lasu tlu wiio e amount
ot tluir investm mis.
A noDv.of SA.thM Chi.. • e tr o-n. under r.i
Hung Cluoi '.a • m i s‘d at 1 e:lm, to i ly lo
at lack the P*. 0.1 h.
The bteamer ( iiel > Ira and tlieb.u k Holme-
fetrand col.ide.l o.r KddysMm*. Ihiglain', and
both vessels sank. Tho crows eu ape.i in tho
beats.
NemEliot's towns in Spain were well slia-
kon by an enrllujuuko. At .Malaga two pir-
fions were killo 1 »>y falling '.vails An oili- i d
in tlie Vole/, telegrnjih olli •»; was ki'do I. Olio
pcivon was killed and ilia ly were injuro l at
Mot id. '1 In viila' ot Alouuuolas i<i Grana
da was nearly de:,: joyed.
A In:.'in brigantino bound for Boston
stmek on a b ind bar oil' the Nova Scotia i-oast,
and six of her crew lost their lives.
onK savki) cm;t ok mkvkn
A dispatch from Halifax, N. S , rays: The
A. »S. II. encountered a heavy ga'c and thick
snow storm on tho lUtli, which drove the
viHHcl toward Hahlo Island. The captain see
ing tho W- st Knil light endeavored to take her
olT» horc, but a heavy f quail striking the vo.*Hel
she was thrown upon lie. beam ends, upset t ug
her. Four men were washed away, when the
only survivor, with tho captain and another of
tho crew look to the boat, which was imme
diately capsized, and tho occupants were
swep'. ashoro in the surf, two b ing dead.
The survivor managed to crawl to the door
of t lie lighthouse and gave an alarm.
H- archers were immediately sent out, and three
budies were found on the shore. Tho bodies
of th* captain, s« eond mato Baptiste and the
steward were found near tho wreck, while that
of a sailor named Noblong, a native of llriitany,
was picked up three miles distant. Tho
mis ing are Arculo and Goridine,
li, and
namoil Bonifthue. Tho vessel
is completely broken up. Tho name of the
lii>t math, the only one saved out of seven, is
| bourns JI no t, of k. Malo.
The Sale of nieomni unrlne.
In New York city Morris Marks was charged
with selling oleoinargsriuo for butter. Too
case came off in the Gcnc.-al Sessions. the
jury was out but a few minutes, and then they
convicted Marks. Recorder Smyth fined
Marks $ 100. and directed that he snind com
mitted until the line wa< paid. His conns 1
asked for a stay'd proceedings as to Ma ks,
pending nil appeal, lie said that it was the
li tention of those who deni in oleomargarine
in Now York city to make Marks’s cane ah st
ra*o to dotormino who'her the action of tho .
Legislature in giving dairymen a monop >ly of
the sale of butter, by prohibiting tho man-
ufacture of oleomargarine, is constitutiom',1. I
Hundreds of Lives Lost ThrOugli
out Spuim
Entire Towns Swallowed Up and
Province? Ravaged.
A Madrid dispatch says that the details of
tho disastrous earthquake throughout Spain
are arriving slowly, and aro being gradually
published by order of tbe government, as tbe
accounts which nro now being received con
tinually increase tho number of fafalitios and
tho damages incurred. Tho excitement in
Madrid ovor tho news from the ROiitU
of ffpnln is ihtoffse, as tlio
latest reports horn Andalusia give
hi\rrdiving details of Biiitering and dentil in
that division of Spain. No loss than forty
towns ami villugoi in Andalusia woro vio
lently shaken and badly dnnmgcd by tho pro
longed shock, which lasted fifty seconds. The
town of Veloz MnlAgn, population about fif
teen thousand, was half destroyed Aild ninny
of the inhabitants killed. The work of recov
ering tho bodies proceeds slowly oil account
of th" searo produced by slight shocks which
occurred nt intervals, an I which eausos the
workmen to move slowly in their undortnk
lug.
'Iho village of Alhuqucro. near Ornnndn,
was also half demolished, nnd two hundred
Ihjisoiih wore killed by tho Hist shock, which
caused a number of buildings to fall in before
the occupants had time to escape.
A mi us dol Key was nearly destroyed. Tlio
number of killed is yet unknown, hut forty
buhos hnvo since been recovered from the
mins.
Hafnrrnnjn was eomplotoly wrecked ahil
but few of the Villagers enrapcd utthurt. Al
ready the bodies of twelve men lmvo boon re
covered from tho mills. Tho town of ( anil
las \Vns also destroyed, ami tho numtior of
jan-fionfl killed is as yet unknown, hut is sup
posed to lio largo. Hovorul bodies wero taken
livm tho ruiiiK Tlio town of Kstepona also
KUllered severely. Tlio dispatehos from there
mention the fact that tlio handsomo church
anil municipal and other buildings have
1 ceil destroyed, but say that tlio number of
Heaths cannot as yet he ascertained, but it is
I eared will bo heavy, as many persons nro
missing. Fight bodies have boon recovered
from tlm ruins.
Dispatches from tho different towns
Halo that tho rescuing parties are very
timid, and each recurring shock caused
them to desist from tho work and
•< ek open places, bonce the work of recover
ing the Ixidies proceeds slowly. The pooplo
all over Andalusia are terribly alarmed and
nro afraid to return to tho houses left stand
ing, preferring to camp out in tho Helds ami
open squares.
b’o fur us known 200 poisons woro killed in
Andalusia. Tho Alhambra, Iho fnuious
palace near Granada, wns not dnuinged.
A second Madrid dispatch says: Official
reports show that 2.7) i»ersoiis woro killed in
the provinces of Malaga and Granada by the
i'Q-cut earthquake, 'iho population c.f Ufa
inula aro still encamped in the squuros, and
tho richer classes nio l‘»dg;ng in carriages
“long t no promoan le. Tho facade of the ca
I “‘Ural was Siuioisly dainagotl bv tho shoi'k.
Many houses were destroyea in Uim< na, and
•i whole family was killed in tho
village of (ajar by tuo falling
of a chimney, Over half of tho inhabitants
of Albunuoiui were UUlod. Alic.imn is most
ly in ruins. Tho province of Malaga suf
fered equally as much damage as did Grana
da. Commerce is pnralyzocl. Two hundred
houses at Alfnrnetoio were damaged. The
panic is subsiding. Tho shock was not felt in
tho northern and northwost provinces. The
g ivornmeni has granUU $5,OJO from tho Na
tional Calamnlty fund for tho relief of the
suffeful’s in tlio province of Granada.
Later nilvhos show that ht'O lives wero lost
at Alhama. Seven hundred and fifty houses
and a church woro destroyed and thirty
persona killed at i’eriuna. 'J ho Town Hail
and many lions":; wero damaged at Torrox,
where the inhabitants Hod from the town
1 aid : stricken. It is now estimated tlmt ton
- us wero killed in tho Drovincoof Malaga,
eluding tlioso killo l at, Allinmn.
l)i:STROV lit) BY A DRINK BN MOIL
In tho morning at seven o’clock an armed
mob of a hundred nun, mostly from Wilmot,
attacked the (limit House in Traverse, tho
county seat of Roberts county, breaking in
every door and removing the county sate. Be
fore making the attack a strong guard, armed
with Windiest'r riticL was stationed at tho
end of t-very street, ami no ono was permitted
to inter or leave tho town. An immense
amount of property was destroyed. Not satis-
iiod with tho large safe, tho nuib attacked and
carried away nil the private properly they could
ibid. But few of the | c pie ot Universe were
Htin ing when the mob arrived.
Slier if Cummings a'tempted to resist tho
mob, but was immediately coven d with a
dozen \Sinehesteis. iho people, not wishing
to sue bloodshed, made no icsistance. Tlio
mob remained about an hour and then left
with the safoaud piivati- property.
The inside of the Com t House is a perfect
wreck. Kvory man in the in<»b was under
th" influence of liquor. The United States
mail carrier was st >p| ed and tho
muii overhaul'd. Iho Pod Office Depart
ment law been notille.1 of thiH outrage. Tho
safe confined no valuable records or papers.
The mob destroyed a large number of papers,
among which woro several chattel mor.gages.
All the other county roco ds me safe, the
County ( J, ih having removed them from the
Comt House. A imt.ee Inis been posted on tho
Com t House door to the effect that tlio records
are safe ami that husinr.iH will bo transacted
as usual. Tho affair was a county seat troublo,
such as aro fioqiient in the West.
On unday a conference of 150 men was bo-
iug held in Mann’s office at Wilmot, tho Chair
man standing on top of the stolen safe. lie
said that tho combi atiou had been tclc-
giaphed for, and if it wero not re ceived nt
once the s.ife would be blown open, lie a-kod:
“What Hhall we do if tlio hooks aro not in the
safe?”
A motion was made and carried amid cheers
and howls to again go to Traverse and sack
mid burn every bui ding amt hang eveiy man
found. Ail. the men at the meeting wero
urmed with Winchesters and shotguns.
Ou receipt of this news tho Traverse officers
ordered the woin.n and children to leave tho
town, and tlio order was rapidly obeyed.
Troops woro ordered to Traverse, and help was
sent for throughout tho county.
HAD LOSS OP LIFE.
The burning of tho Roman Catholic Orpt.au
Asylum for bo\s, known as St. John’s Home,
in Brooklyn, proses to Iiuvo boen uttnided
with greater Iojs of life than was ut first be
lieved. Tho Home contained 780 children and
orphan hoys. The tiro started in tho (living
room over the boiler room, and broke out
about 8 o’clock in tho afternoon. Had it oc
curred in the night when tho children were
itsliop the loss of life would have been t,< riible.
Tho childion wero turned out m tlio cold
storm and their sufferings were gro it.
L is believed that tlio only life lost was that
of Bister Mary Josephine, who fell from tlio
roof of the building and died two horns la er
in 8t. Mary’s Hospital, whither she was taker
in an ambuluno *.
At daylight a so arch of the ruins commerced
Between half-past seven and eight o’clock those
in • barge camo npon a pile of charred human
bodies lying near the wuil under u heap of
ruins. It was impossible to tell how many
bodies the | ilo comaim d, as they lay huddled
together and fell a| art as they were handled.
Littlo flesh remained ou the bones. Thu
romnanta of human Indies were placed in
blankets and carried into the sewing room in
tho basement of the main building. There
were live parcels of these hones.
Of tho bodies found nine wero those of chil
dren; the other was that of an adult—the wo
man who lmd been seen to fall hack into tho
flames from tho infirmary window. Her nanio
was McG’arron, and she had gono to visit her
child, who doubtless had perished with her. It
is known that tliore wero twelve victims of the
lire—the ten mentioned above, Sister Mary
Josephine, who fell front tho coruico of tho
Mansard roof and died in 8t. Mai v’s Hospital,
and John Ryan, tho hoy who fell from tho
tlurd story.
lenltB)
A lnrgo number of remonstrances againal
the rati Meat ion of tho Hpmiish treaty wore
presented and referred. A bill was referred
by which tile l kvaident was authorized to
Final to the proposed exhibition of American
Arts and Manufactures, to bo held
in T*oudnn, Knglnnd, 1880, tho govern
ment exhibits now at the Now Orleans
The new Tci&s oapitol building la progress
ing.
A $25,000 opera house is planned for Key
West.
Atlanta, Ga., proposes to have a new stove
foundry.
^position, and appropriating $:KM.OOO to do-
>onso—After somo debate tlio
fray tho oxpu^....^™ B „ luo ut .,„ue tIIO
navy bill wns pnssod sulislantially ns it came
from tho committee... .The intor-stato com-
moi’co bill came up, and Mr. Slater submitted
n projx so 1 amendment to ho moved by him,
embodying tho provisions of tho lieagai
House bill.
Mr. \ est Fuhmit'o l to the Senate a joint
resolution declaring tlmt without tho consent
or authority of Congress the projiosod Nica
ragua surveying expedition ordered by the
secretary of- the navy was illogal, ami di
recting iho secretary not to enforce 'the
orders for tho expedition unt il Congress had
takeni final notion on tliD resolution..-..
Mr. \an Wyck introduc 'd a hill to increase
the jicnsions of widows nnd dependent rela
tives of doceasod soldiers and s.-dloin, and to
grant pensions to invalids mi l dojicndent sol
ctiors who servod tliroo month
hi tho war of tho rebellion... .Mr
Culm m railed up tlio Inter-State.
Commerce hill, tvhl< h provides for a comttlis-
* of five Ihomltcrs, to be appointed bv tho
I rcsi».out and Senate, who shall Kii|>crv!so all
nutters pertaining in the ngulution of ’corn*
men o nmoug the .States and Territories and
the method of oiieration of transportation
companies.
Mr. Gcorgo made an argument for tho intor-
stato commorco hill....Mr. Halo roportod
that tho conference committee on tho naval
appropriation hill had boon tumble to ngroo.
Ho said that tlio lions» conmiittcQ insisted
that tho Senato must tako tho Houso bill,
which mado a lump appropriation for tho
coming half year, and tlmt tlio Senato eom-
tnittoo insisted tlmt tho basis of confer
ence should he the regular appropriation hill
passed by the Houso at tbe last sesshtu, and
which tho Senate lmd am mded. Tho HonaU
insisted on its amon liu .'ut by a uuaniuioui
vote.
Ilouae*
The Houso resumed iho consideration of the
intor-stato commerce bill: the j>onding ques
tion being on the motion to table tho mo
ti >n to reconsider the vote by which the
lb two on tho previous day adopted tho amend
in nt offered by Mr. O'JIara providing against
(lis iiminatioij. The motion to recoil-
sulci- was tabled. Yens, 141); nays, 120.
Mr. Crisp offered an amendment providing
thut. nothing in tliis act contained Khali ho so
construed as to prevent any railroad company
from providing separate accommodations for
white nnd colored persons. Mr. J’roekonridgfl
off.‘i cd as a substitute for Mr. Crisp’s amend-
m nt an amendment providing tlmt nothing
in this net shall Ikj construed to deny to
railroads the right to provide separ
ate accommodations lor passen
gers as they may de'in host for tho public
comfort or safety, or to make such regulation!
«s relate to transport it ion Ik*tween iioiiit*
wholly within the limits of one .State. Mr.
Breckenr dgu’s amen Imont was adopted ns n
tuhstituto lor Mr. Crisp h amendment; yeas
1!W; nays, 127, and Mr. Crisp’s amendment as
b<> amended was agreod to. Ye:is, 187; nays,
The consideration of tho Intor-Stato Com
merce hill was re aimed. Tlio motion ta
tabbi Mr. Go.f’s cm a Imont., to prohibit
railroad companies Irom making discriinlna
ti" s "H account of ra.*o or color in trails-
p “ ting passengeis, \va < arried. Mr. Barks-
dales amendment, providing that tho
lui lushing of separate accommodations, with
tspial iacuities and (Hjual ( uuifortsat thosame
charges, hhall not be co'isid i‘ed a discriiniua-
tion, was adopted; I ui Mr. Horr’s motion, to
add to that amendment the words “provided
that such separation shall not Ikj mado on
the basis of ia e or color,” was lost.
....Mr. Curtin offered a joint resolution
which requests the President to ill root that
the go vo i iiineiit exhibit now on display at the
Now Orleans exposition lie sent to tno pro
pose l exhibition ot American arts and maim-
factur.N in 1S8H, and appropriated $7)0,OUT
for that purpose.
Consideration of (ho intor-stato commerce
bill was roMimod. .Mr. Hewitt, of Now York,
offered an amendment iieniiitting ruilroail
pooling contracts when they wore reasonable
nnd just. He made an argument in support
of Ins motion, in whi h ho field that pooling,
if honestly conducted, gave stability to tho
lutes of freight, and equal tertni to every
customer. His nmendin.'nt, however, wns
lost....Mr. Blanchard, of Louisiana, offered
a joint resolution proposing a (onsMtutioiml
amendment, providing tlmt thepc.ver vested
in the J x.'cutivo to make treaties by and
with the consent of tho Somite -Imli ijofc ha
c nstrued to emlirneo reciprocity tieutioa
affecting tho rov.-1 h o" i h * ^ iv -rnmo r.
Mr. Gcorgo of Mississippi, mado an argu
ment for tho Inter-State Commorco bill, and
• hen Mr, llnlo, of Maine, reported that the con-
ler ue. committees on the Naval Appropriation
b ll bad been unable to agieo, Ilo said that the
lb. ue commlttoo insisted that tho Honuto
im st take tho Houso bill, which made a lump
> ) i »»p iation for the coming half year, and
ih t ilm !*enato eoimniitoo insistod tlmt the
basis of conference should ho tho regular Ap-
j'i«>prift ion hill passed l>y tlio Houso at tho
last si soon, ami which tho Senate had amend
ed. Tlio Henato insisted on its amendment by
a unanimous vote.
| Representative McAdoo, of Now Jersey, in
troduced a Joint n solution providing for tho
appropriation of $250,000 to bo distributed by
tho Secretary of the Ticnsmy and exp> nded
under his diiection bv tho proper local author
ities of Now York city. Brooklyn, Jersey City
and Hoboken, to prevent by proper quaran
tine und suni ary mo inures tiio entrance of
cholera into this country, and to prevent its
spread if it should take a foothold.
Til K Hit A KON 111 VOILCR HUIT.
Inh Mill Declared lo Move Been l,o«nlly
Jlurrlod—To Hlniro tlio Honiiior’N .VIII•
lioim.
The Sharon divorce suit has at last heou do-
eid d, and the great 1 gal sensation of tho year
I'm*mo to an end. Judge Sullivan decidos
Mmt .Miss Sarah Althea Hilt, the plaintiff in the
suit, was tho legal wito of Senator Sharon, and
hut as such she is entitled not only to a di
vorce on tbe grou .d < f wilful deseition, but
i so to a share in the common property of limn
«nd wife, wiiicli will p rlmps amount to I
$10,000,000.
Miss Mill in Novemb r. 18i‘), began her suit
n tin Sup rior Court of San Francisco, Cal ,
igainst Senator Sharon. Simon denio t thut
ic was ever married to Miss Hill, and whon
‘hat lady produced tho niainage cont'act in
emit It- denounced ii as a forgery in such
loud and indignant terms that th- Jrnlgo or-
<1 ■' (d him •(> be removed from the court.
Mi-h Hill, at tho instuuoe of tlie Senator, was
indicted for pn jury, forgery and conspiracy.
Mr. William N. Nelson, her attorney, was also
i: die ed on the same charges. Both, however,
• > re admitted to bull.
Judge Sullivan’s decision is very compreluMi-
live, containing 20,000 words. After reviewing
tbe test many lie concludes by declaring that,
i ml r ilm laws of California, the plaintiff is
tbe legal wife of Sharon, aim oh such, on tin
round of wilful dx • rtiou, is entitled to a di-
vurco and diviai »n of tho common property.
The latter is estimated tube worth$10,000,000
Sharon will appeal tbe case.
A cigar factory hss been established at Do-
Land, Fla.
A $20,000 glass factory is to be ercoted at
Morrillton, Ark.
Healey A Harhinson, Trinity, Tex., ere open
ing up a chalk mino.
Vicksburg, Miss., is to kavo a now bank and
an opora house.
An iron foundry is being ereeted at Bren-
ham, Tex., by 0. Banks.
An orango-box manufactory lias been started
at Uainosvillo, Fla. ,
A number of coke ovens Are to be erocted at
Warrior Station, Ala.
Tho ot-ango crop of Florida is largor and finer
than for many years.
Tho now and booming Alabama town, Annis
ton, has threo brick yards.
Arrangomcuts aro being made to establish a
oar factory at Ellavillo, Fla.
Fivo and flve-tenths of native Tonnessoans
were, in 1880, living at tho North.
It is roportod that Ashvillo. N. 0., is soon to
havo several new tobacco factories.
Rich beds of iron oro havo been discovered
At Duck Hill, Miss. Tho deposits aro said to
bo vory large.
A company has been formed to reolaim and
improvo the swamp lands in tho roar of New
Orleans.
Tho wero 1,105,000 cigars and 109 halos of
spongo shipped to Now York recently from
Key West, Fla.
A moss factory is to l>o erocted at Houma,
La., that will require $13,000 worth of machin
ery to run it,
A magnificent hotel is to ho erocted on the
old United Sintcs Ogletlioroo barracks grounds
on Bull street, Savannah, Ga.
The assessed value of Abilene, Texas, is $1,-
400,000. Threo years ago thoro wns only a
wilderness wliero tho town now stands.
A company has been organized in Momphis.
Tonn.. to manufacture a new type-writer in
vented by G. It. Anderson, of that city.
Orango City claims to bo ono of tho hand
somest towns in Florida. Orlando is auothoi
one, and besides is tho liveliest ono in tlio state.
Tho now lighthoUBo at Punta ltassa, Fla.,
has been completed. It is a uiRgnitlcent flash
light, and the tower is of iron and uinety-llvo
feet high.
Important coal Holds havo boen discovered
along tile line of tlie Little Rock and Fort Smith
Railroad, said to ho a semi-anthracite, burning
without smoko.
Mrs. A. Dubroo, of Vicksburg, Miss., has pro-
"* “ lhad
pared a lino display of silk cocoons aud
them noatly framed iu order to bo sent to tlio
World's Exposition.
Mr. Vanderburg. of Vicksburg, will send to
tho World's Exposition tho stock of a tea-rose
(Gold of Opkir} that measures seventeen inches
at teu foot abovo the grouud.
In Floridaihe strong liber of tho leavos of a
species of cactus is turned into ropo, its juioo
into a plonsant boverngo, and tho truuk, aftor
tlio removal of tho pith, into pails.
Near Jacksonville is an inexhaustible bed of
fine white flint gravel. Which cements itself
When exposed to the atmosohoro, aud which
makes a very firm ami durablo pavement.
At Charlotte, N. G.. in a fountain which sends
a stream 208 feet high, icy cold and clear ns
crystal. It has its source in the adjacent moun
tains. aud if scid to he the highest in tho
world.
Tliore areimmonse tracts of cotton wood
along the Mississippi and Its tributaries. The
cotton wood treo reaches the height of seventy
feet, and planks from four to six foot wido aro
easily cut from it. It is perfoctly froo from
knots and pitch.
Iu the provinco of San Pedro, Brazil, the de
struction of &U eucalyptus treos has been or-
dored. It appears that tho treo favora the gen
eration of a terribly dangerous dragon fly,
which attacks all living creatures and whoso
sting is fatul within afow minutes.
At Mount Mitcholl, in Western North Caro
lina is a mine containing a wliito rock which is
called “deception,” for the reason that crushed
into powder, it can ho used for adulterating
sugnr without detection. Tliroo hundred bar
rels aro shipped to Now York weekly.
Iu his m ssage to tho Legislature of Georgia,
Governor McDaniel gives an encouraging no-
count of the progress of Georgia during tho
past year in general prosperity. The number
of now manufacturing enterprises which were
crcatec during tho past yoar added much to tho
wealth of tho State.
TilK NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
Notea by llio Way train Our CorreMpom!-
Tho Exposition was open to the public on
Sunday, umt wns visited by about 10,000 per
sons. The man who paid over $50,000 for iho
privilege of selling b > r on the grounds did a
good busiin ss, though all liquor shops, theatre a
ami H .iiilur placet* arc kept open there ou
Holiday.
About lifty six car-loads of freight were un
loaded Monday, iho daily expenses aro about
$3,000, and Major Burke sais thut ho lias no
doubt tnul tlio management will I t* able to re
pay tho $1,000,000 Government loan.
The livestock buildings are nearly com
pleted, and the $125,00J to ho paid in pre
miums is expected to bring a good display of
cattle und hordes.
The women’s department has hut little in it
yet, hut the $50,000 sot apu t for that display
The art buikfing will not bo ready before the
middle of January.
California makes tlie host dUplay of any
.State.
The 2,000 boxes of Mexican exhibits wero de
tained for two weeks at the Custom Hou-eand
the Mexican officials became indignant and
threatened to return home. The goods were
released.
Binco tho recent rains at Tampa, Fla., many
of the trees in th • orangogrovoa havo begun to
bloom for tho second time and aro now thickly
covered with blossoms. These flowers will pro
duce a second crop of fruit Hint will maturo
several months alter tlio flrst crop has boon
marketed, and will bo vory valuable on that
account.
Tho nutmeg treos grow on tho islands of Asin
and tropical America, and look like small poar
trees. lliey boar fruit seventy or eighty years.
In Jamaica tlicro is ono treo that every year
has on it over 4,000 nutmegs. The fruit is
about tho size of a peach, and when ripe it.
breaks open nnd shows tho seed, which is tho
article known to commcrco aa the nutmeg.
Tho discovery of valuable deposits of min
eral paint inTal adega, Ala ? is attracting tho
attention of capital. Two miles from Talladega
thero is a range of hills containing brown iron
ores, and in basins near somo of these hills are
found tho deposits of iron oxides. These do-
posits cover a largo acreage, aro full of silici i,
and aro of various colors. Tho Talladega Paint
Company is now working these bods, audtluds
& ready market for the goods,
Another Florida Inko lias disappeared through
& subterranean outlet. Peacock Lake, in Bu
wanco county, a favorite resort for picnics and
sportsmen on account of its beautiful surroun
dings and abundanco of fine trout, has disap
peared through a hole in tho ground, lenving
thousands of dead Ash for the buzzards to prey
upon aud contaminate the air. Although heavy
rains have fallen in tho vicinity, tho lake has
been steadily decreasing all summer, and has
probably gono to swell the Suwauee or some
other adjacent river.
Tne Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany will make a large exhibit of Florida pro
ducts, soil, timber, mineral, etc., at tho New
Orleans Exposition. They nsk their friends
along tlio line of the railroads to assist them by
making donations and loans of articles for ex
hibition. All such articles will i e returned froo
of charge, or sold for the benefit of the owner.
Any oue sending articles will receive credit for
them,and a card with name and postofllce of
contributor will be attached to every exhibit.
Bamoles of sugarcane, corn, sweet potatoes,
vegetables, ponders (peanuts), cotton, syrup,
native wood, and grasses, soil, muck, oranges,
lemons, limes, gvavas, citron, grape, fruits—in
fact anything that will show the world that
Florida is one of the best states in tho Union,
and that Sumter county can load the State in
quality and variety of its products.
En|olniiiir tlio Central's Dividend*
A suit to restrain tho payment of tho quar
to ly divid- ml of one and one-hulf per cent < u
the capital stock of the. New York Contru! and
Hudson River Railroad Company, recently de-
c ared by the directors of the company was be
gin in 'lie Hupi rior Court of New Yotk by
Julm Newton, who professes to be the lawful
OW' or of six of tho debenture bonds of tho
company. In lus complaint ho charges that
tho div dead has not been earned, a d that
the* annual report of the company f r tho year
ended Bcpteun er 30, which was recently li.'e I
with iiiu Railroad Commissioners, showed a
delicio cy of $2,490,883 in consequence of the
payment of d.vidomls for the yoar. Tho
plain:iff charges that this deficiency still
exists, and that this sum was illegally paid,
und thoroforo diverted from the proper u*ch lo
which it should have been applied, and his suit
is brought for the purpose of preventing llio
payment of further dividends until the money
for them is earned.
I.ohm ol Tcrenty-one Liven.
The steamer Citv of Now York, which ar
rived at Ban Francisco from Hong Kong and
Yokohama, hi ings advices of a collision which
occurred on November 5 between the Spanish
steamers Butuan and the Maria in the harbor
of Manila, Philippine Islands. Tho -Maria
was cut iu two and sank within a fow minutes.
Twenty-onu persons perished. The captain of
the Maria was saved.
—Philadelphia is kbout to havo an elevat d
A)fld, the company to be 11 tide for all red und
consequent damages, and tho city to have flv*
per cent, of tho gro sreeoipts,
“Htmit Conway” is making $750 in royal*
lies per week on “Called Back.”
The thentro Imsinoss was nover at a lower
ebb in tho West, than nt present.
Mahy Anijkrson Logins her season in this
country in New York Octol>er 12, 1885.
Loris James nnd Mario Wainwright will
Accompany Mr. Lawrence Barrett to Austra
lia.
Baiitlky CamptiBll in flvoyears has made
n profit of $250,000 out of his plays. Ho began
life iw a nowjp iper reporter.
“Victor Durand,” the play just produced
nt Wall nek’s, in Now York, is by Henry Guy
Cuilton, a journalist, and is a groat success.
8 Ait ah Bern ll audt made her first appear
ance in this country at Booth’s theatre, New
Y ork November 8, 1880, iu “Adrienne Lo
om ven r.”
Alexandre DumaN Ims ’presented th^
Coined ie Frnnenlso with a valuable gift, the
only guaranteed oxamplo of an autograph
play by Molioro.
Mu. Boucicault snys one of the two new
plnys ho is writing will lie called “Fnugh-a-
Bnllagh” (door the way, iu English). It will
bo a glimpse of English sporting life.
Ponchiei.u’s now opora. “Aldoim,” re
cently produced iu Hi. Petersburg, is criti-
ciso I in Lc Meneshct ns effective, hut with
out inspiration, nnd frequently vulgar.
IN view of tho approaching bi-centenary of
the birth of Bndi, tlio town of Coin m, in
which ho was organist from 1717 to 1721, is
about to erect a monument 4o tho composer*
ORDEitfi havo boon issued forbidding the
managers of theatres in Germany to produce
any plays iu which ancestors or collateral re
lations of tlio Prussian royal family aro rep
resented.
Huoii AxoiEn, whom J. 11. Ilavorly en
caged in 1882 to sing in “Patience,” has won
his suit against Mr. Hnvorly for broach of
contract. An A'luntn, Ga., Jury gavo Au-
gier a verdict for $1,909.
Howard ( ’a it it* ill, the New York journal
ist, has written a play for Milo, llhoa, on*
titled, “Tho African U nmtess.” It will prob
ably l>o produced in Washington when she
play* hor engagement thero.
Maiiy Andrus in wears, “Juliet.” fivo
elegant costumes—a vory pale blue broendo,
with a largo pattern, yollow aiui gold satin,
sea-green ami pink, puro white and silver
tissue garment, in which she is carried to hor
gruvo.
Miss Marik Van Zandt, tho American
singer, has won the hearts of the cold-blood*
od Russians by her sweet warbling. At a re
cent l'orformanco in Ht. Petersburg she was
recalled tieforo the curtain forty time*. Miss
VanZandt will not accept another ongn{cment
iu Paris at any price. The blackguardism of
a certain set of critics lias disgust'd her with
that contro of civilization aud courtesy.
RIGHT PEOPLE 1(0ANTED ALIVE.
Fatal Fire In Dnllim-Three Lives Lost*
Rainwater A Ksrn's big grain elevator was
burned at Dallas, Toxas, on Friday, and tliroo
Jives woro lost in tho Annies. immediately
aftor tho fire started it was imported that two
inen were in tlio building, ami immediately
aftonvatd a hat was thrown from a window in
tlio top story. This wns conclusive proof that
thero was nt lenst ouo man in tno building and
'lint lie askod for nssis nnuo. Thu excitemout
accordingly bee uno intonsc.
Mr. Duvid Rninwnb r offered $2,000 reward
for tho resem* of each of tho men Aipponod to
be in tho building. Nothing, however, could
he done to ic scuo tlio inen.
When tho firo had about half consumed tlio
building tho floor fob nnd tin*grain commonced
pouring through tho doors. Tho cliarrc I re
mains of two men come with it, Tlio bodies
removed Wero charred beyond all rorogn tion*
Tho feet to tin* knots and the hands to tho
elbows Were burned off ami there was not a
votigo of skin by which ui tell whether tho
Qinn had been wliito or black.
Tlio two mon in tho elevator wero John
Koller and G.orgo Evntix. Keller was an uu-
matried whjto man, twenty-two years of age,
and had heou iu iho omploy of ihe elevator for
years.
A hov about twcl.o years of ago, namod
Dean, is missing, and is bclievod to havo been
also burned up, us ho whs generally about tho
elevator and was in tho building a short timo
before it caught fire.
An ArpiI Matron llurnril lo Death.
Bartholemy Dufresne, a French Canadian
farmer, lived ut bt. Elia-, parish or Ht Martin,
C&uada, with his wile, who was about seventy
yours old, and & large family. Early on Christ
inas morning tho family wero awakened to find
their Romo in tlaim s. One lift* r anothor cs-
o ipod out of doors and windows. It waq how-
evor, out of the firo into a severe snowst rm,
the temperature being thirty degroi s b flow
zero. Aloud shiiokwus hoard coming from
tlio burning house, and then the older Da-
fresno kn w that lus wife was hemmed in by
t: e fire. He made dash aftor dash for tho en
trance, and his son followed to save his mother,
hut tlio flames an often drove them hade, while
the screams of the poor woman and of tho
uffrightened and freezing children intensified
tho horror of tho i cession. It was nearly a
mile to tho nearest huiio and shelter. The
family woro for tho most part harohoadod and
barotooted. Being unable to save tho un
fortunate wife and mother, they mado their
way for some distance through snowdrifts and
over fences. At length tho youngost hoy fell,
with both foot badly frozen. Tlio broken
hearted father carriod him the lost of tho dis
tance, and finally reached safety moro or less
frozen and greatly exhausted.
Discovered Koasilna Alive.
O-car Wine, who was employed on a farm
□car Liiiz, Pa., was found lying in Miller’s
Woods, not fur from that place, about 6 o’clock
Friday morning, with both legs in a tiro. Tho
flesh was burned off from the hips to the
kmcH. Ho was removed to tho County Hos
pital and is not expected to live. His story is
that whi o on Ids way home Thursday evening
ho was ovoicomo by tlio cold aud built a tiro,
lmi was so benumbed iliat ho fell into tho
flames and was unable to crawl away.
A Lillie <«lrl Fatally Burned.
Tho flvo-year-oid daughter of W. E. Plumb,
Jr., of Birmingham. Conn., was fataliy burned
Friday morning. Hor mother left hor playing
with her Christmas toys while she stopped out
to a neighbor’s. Boon uftir tlio poor little
thii g wuh found standing in the yard with hor
flesh burned to a crisp, her clothing h ing
completely burned off. Tho clothing or the
child is supposed to have caught firo from tlu
stove, the door of which was open.
Terrible Fate of
u>K Lndy.
Maggie Anknon, eighteen years old, daugh
ter of 1 'hontAH Aukhon, a farmer, li ing on
Porter Creek, Clay county, W. Vn., wns burned
to death on Thursday owning. Tuo young wo
man’s clothing caught firo from an open guile.
From Bleep io u Fiery Denlli.
Daring a firo in the Catlin block, Bay City,
Midi., at one o’clock Friday morning R.iwaru
ruing E hvarii
Tierney, one of the Oicupautq who was
asloep, whs burned ty dc&tli. His body was
found aftor the fire was extinguished.
A NOTABLE MAN.
eh of tlio Into
Robert 0. Winthrop was a lineal descendant
of Gen. John Winthrop, popularly known as
tho “founder of Massachusetts" and the
founder of the city of Ronton. Ho was tho
son of Th'iinas Lindall Winthrop, once Li* u-
teiiant-Gover. or »>( Mhmuc; use t . and was
born in Boston May 12, 180!). lie studied
at tli • Latin Bchool nnd, at the ago
of fifteen yearn, cut"red Harvard College,
gra-'.iiiiting in 1828. He studied law with Dan
iel Web tor, hut did not practice. In 1831 he
was elected to the General Court and lour
years Inter beenmo Spe tker of the lower Ik uso
of the Legislature, in 1S40 ihe^Vliigselect d
him to Congress, and alter serving seven
years in the House he was elios *n us Speaker
for the s s ion of 1848 and 1849. On July 4,
1848, ho d livored th • oration at the laying of
tho cornor-s one of the Washingio • Monu
ment, recoti ly compiotod. In 1-50 ho
was appointed by the Governor of M s-
saclm.'-otts to ruccecd Daniel Webster iu
tlio .Somite. He v,;*s tl.o Whig candidate for
Governor of Mastachusetts in 1H51, but was
defeated. When ih Whig party died Mr.
W nthrop became an independent voter. Dur
ing the war ho net d with the D ono iats, sup
porting McChdldU f* r ;hc Pitsidencv in 18G4.
Mr. Winthrop wrote the biography of his great
ancestor -- 4 The Life and 'Letters of
John Winthrop.’’ Ilo was President of tho
Mas-achusotts Historical Hociety rinee 1855.
Ho was also connected with many other promi
nent organizations. When lust in Europe ho
received the degree of LL. D. from Cam
bridge Uuiversi y, which honor ho had pre
viously received from both Harvard aud Bow-
doin colleges. Ho was President of tne Pea*
rnuoati
body Education Fund.
hoTl't'i cm ‘' ros, of Austria (s in very poor
OovEUNon (’IIITTKNUKM, of Missouri, I* au
ontlmsinst over baseball.
M I’astki ii, tlie notoil French scientist,
Is Ruing to ltio Janeiro to study yellow toyer.
Ki.mi IIUMIIEUT, of Italy, lost twenty
pounds In weight liy Ills Inliors in behalf of
llio cholera snlTerors.
Tun Hov. Phillips Brooks, of Boston, will
preach twice n ixt spring bofore tho university
of C.imbrldg), KnglaiuT.
Hi KAK::ii CaniUHt.K Is sold to receive a
heavier mail than nny other memborof Con-
gross, ami Senator Bogan's stands next
Ilm;. W. II. II. Muruay, the well-known
Anierlrnn minister, Is imining an oyster sa
loon nnd restaurant in Montreal, and (loeshir
own cooking.
Mil. 11. F. Jo.vcs. ebnlrmnn of tho National
Republican commlttoo, Is to Ikj Mr. I). J.
Morrill’s siuccsror ns president of tho Amert-
can Iron nnd Stool nBsocintioti.
(Jkskuat IIazkn, Chief of tho Signal Ser
vice Buronu, has In preparation, “A Personal
Narruti vo of Battles,” in which ho desoribos
In idents of tho Into war, in which ho partici
pated.
Mns. Aiuiam Oarfiei.d, tho venerable
mother of tlio Into Praeident, Is In vory feeble
health. She is reported to bo brooding over
hoi son s dentil, and not caring tu talk of any
thing else. *
Men with repn’ntions nmko good wngee aa
lecturers. Ingcrsoll is reiHirtod to have ai*
rondy cleared, f id,ono tliis season. Mark
j wnm nnd ti. W, Cable are each iHtcketlnv
about 11,000 n Week. 1 ®
Jldob David Davis Ims succeetleil In re
ducing bis weight frem Osg to »75 inundi.
tie sots ho feers as if lie could (ly. Ito feels
so airy Hint lie roars he will lmvo to weight
himself with load to keep him oil the ground.
II. T. Price, a farmer of Wolsoly college,
™ Oreen Cotmty, Tonn., owns n coat made In
lots by Andrew Johnson, who was afterward
President of tho United Btntes. The coat is
to boon exhibition nt the New Orleans Kxdo-
sitlon.
M it. Moony 1ms boon holding a live days'
Christian convention In Cincinnati, nnd the
r-’i'inirrr snys: ‘The I.ord knows lie s need
ed. ’ It was Ins flrst visit to tbe city, anti Ito
wa. ntlratio 1 tliltlmr by the riots of tho Oc
tober Clodion.
1 iik richest man In Colorudo is (iovornor
1-'tins, worth »l,00(1,000. David MolTnt Is
w rlli f I,W 1,001. Joseph Clmireo took him
out of n stationery store nnd put him In n
i* 1 llbol* i.4 rtliimiiiir Imptf fs-.isn
r , r. 1 • /ut ' ma
bunk. Senator labor is slipping back from
his ’urge fortune.
„ ■« nn Intimate frlond of
Buffulo Rill, anil the two r«xle together iu tho
same carriage on the owning day of the Now
Orleans Exposition, affording tlio delighted
poptilaro tho chance to see the two lions In
ono show, and for nothing.
THE NI'ANIHII EAUrilQU IKE.
Maduid, Dpc. 27.- The dotailfl of tho earth-
iptaHo of Wednostlay night show that it wns
i nro ilUnsliouH than at first Anticipated. One
shock lasted fully fllty seconds, and was felt
throughout the whole of Bpam, hut moro es
pecially in Andalusia, where a number of towns
suffered severely. At Granada the houses
rooked violently nnd the eanh trembled be
neath tho feet of tlio inhabitants ah they tied,
panic-htriek n, from their homes to the fields
on tho outskiits of tlio town. Homo wero
wounded, while Acting through the s treo is, by
falling bricks slid cornices, but non* have as
yet been reported as killed. A number of
buddings were hudiy damaged, ami it will rc-
qu ro oonsidorablo outlay to repair them be
fore liny can lx> occupied witli safoty. At
Malaga dm shock whs mote disastrously felt,
many houses being wrecked and a number of
the inmates buried in tho ruins. Many per
sons woio killed and a largo iiuml er WoUiulod.
'Jhoso who (s a| od without injury <h sorted
their homos am! camped in tho open square*
and iu tho field outH do of the town. Tho
refugees were huddled around hu o iHinfires
which wore kept burning all tho night to kocp
them warm, tlio weather boing colder than
usunl, and nearly alt of them hud fled so hasti
ly from their houses thut they neglected to
provide tliomifdvos with wraps or the heavier
clothing necessary for passing tho night in tho
open air. Fsiutor shocks occurred at intervals
during tho night which increased tho alarm of
tho
slid
people and prevented them from socking
tor iu atyr of tho buildings. To day
largo gangs of men arc at work among tho
ruins of tho wrecked buildings searching for
tho bodies of missing persons. Already a
number of bo ios have neon recovered, ami
many moro aro known to bo still burial an» ng
tho debris. Tlio Government has sent pro
visions, clothing, etc., for the lolief of tlio suf
ferers. aud a subscription list lias also bcou
opened. In Madrid dio damage was slight,
hut tho shock was sufficiently felt to frighten
tho inhabitants. The placet of amusemont
woro quickly emptied of their audiences und
tho p rformanoes brought to au abrupt ter
mination.
THE REBELLION IN Et LABOR.
General Alfaro ( aptarm n Government
Hieatnvr Lauded vvlili Troupa- IOO Aim
Killed.
Nows lias been received from Ecuulor to tho
offoct th it sc.utored binds have tak-ui posscs-
ciou of i>c voral towns, and iu some instances
lighting ocemred, attended by loss of life. In
one of tin so lights,'nil to have occurred on
tlio slope of tho Ootopazi volcano,
tome twenty or thirty men were
killed, ami tne Government force was com
pelled to lo'l’cat. Tho const rebels were
more unfortunate. After tho fight In Tumaco
hi twi n the Alaju hi an I the Nuevo (lu Julio,
Alfsro effected a landing on (lie Ecuadorian
const. On Nov. 33, In* cin'eavored to capture
and ludd l\.i t'/viej *, Lut wus defeated by tho
GnveMiimcnt forces und compelled to sock
safety iu flight. On n. Alfaro tin n icturned to
the Alajuei.i, leaving his men to make for the
interior to Join tlio parties in ret oh. thero.
On the 8th ho moved toward Raids, and
when off Las fjhuziia- foil in with the Gov
ernment steamer Hu oho. lie steamed ulong-
sido of her, aud, after u hca\> fire, curried
her by boarding. Bite wa« full of troops,
to whom her hare hull (fft red no pro
tection, oud it is ssid that at least 400
men were Idl ed or wounded. These be
longed to tliu G .verm:.cut party. Whi e tho
victors wer *. examining then* prize, tin- Nuove
do Julio, another Gov. inment vessel put in
ui appearance. The Iltt chu was useh hh for
fighting, and the AUjueia was damaged and
her captuin dead, ii was then determ nod to
run her a.-hore, take out what could ho re
moved in a hurry, und burn her. This plan
wns followed, und the Nuevo do Jull • pro
ceeded to Rahai with hor cripplod consort.
Towns Kfixed by nn Rarthqimlie.
Tho earthquake of Novemb :r 5, in Central
Anioiica, already roportod as having heou felt
in Cauoa, a p pc am to havo done far moro dam-
ago than was at first l>elieved. its eff'ee’s woro
felt throughout the belt of forritorv which
strotolies from Antiovuia down to the Paciii)
coa-t of Cauoa. It was felt in Medellin and iu
many other towns and villages, where ii did no
daiqago. In (ther place* its effects were
severely felt. Aguulas and I\cora suff'eted
heavily and Mamgales was almo t do-trovod.
All tho churches and public edifices aud many
private houses fell to tlio ground, whilst thoio
remaining standing are moro or l ss damaged
I ho damage done is estimated at from $i50.-
000 to $400,< 00. Subscriptions are bo ng rais d
throughout Cauca on behalf of tiio sufferers.
Every houso. savo four, iu Soloilal. a town of
(’,000 inbahitanla, whs brought-to the ground.
Northwestern Railroads. *
St. Paul, Duo. 27.—Tho annual review of
ra lr< ad building in Minnesota, Wisconson,
Iowa, Dakot:*, Montana etc., is summarized ut
lo lows: Number of miles of track laid, 1,038:
umber of miles graded, only 827; number i /
miles of truck laid iu Minnesota, 256; expondi
tin e for construction, $18,208,011; expenditure
for gonoral improvements, $3 395,705; expend
iture for lo5al improvements, $2,146,247; total
. xpendituro, $21,603,716. In addition to the
new mileage, 827 miles have been graded, and
will he laid with rails next seasou. Compared
wit i lust year, this is a decrease of only 286
miles.
The True .Secret of Economy.
Jiuks—[ can’t see how it is. You and I
have about tho same income and the same
sized families. Yot you fonts* seem to havo
more to show for your mouoy than we have.
Minks—My wife always reads the advertise-
iuenirt.
A bixtskn-yrar old boy in Tror, N. H.,
recently hanged himself luhls sleep.
The emporor of Austria is m ted for haring
the largest collection of pipes in Europe.
The German reichstag will discuss this
winter the abolition of capital punishment.
A ham ic of basehnfi was played in Boston
on a recent Monday night by electrio*lights.
All the Atlantic cahlo companies have ro-
dueoti thoir charges for messages to forty
cents a word.
The rate of mortality in the United States
navy is much less than among the dweiian
upon the land.
The recently-elected now mayors of Cam-
bridge, Chelsea nnd Lynn, Mass., art all
under thirty years of age.
The French government is linving thirty
resscls built, half of them in piivnte docks
Fourteen will bo iron-clad and cost $20,000,-
Youno banana trees aro growing finely at
Los Angeles. Cab, and in somo of the shel
tered valleys there will he quite a large crop
of fruit this year.
Iiie spot where, according to tho latest
accounts, William Tell didn't shoot the apple
on his son’s head, is marked by a big monu
ment sixty feet in height.
In Prussia, during 1883, no fewer than 1,628
marriages between first cousins wero record
ed, 147 between uncles timl niece-', and tweuty-
six between nephews und nun to.
i * hce P mid | ij§ are being
killed in soetioiiH of Duknlu l«y wolves, packs
of which lmvo boen prowling about iu tho
vicinity of Bismarck, particularly in the
mountains.
A bturukon weighing 000 pounds was ro-
contlv caught on tlie Pacific coast. Its head
Weighed ninety'-lour pounds nnd its mouth
was twenty-two inches across. It could al
most have swallowed a man.
A Nevada miner nnd capitalist rocontly
returned from Alaska, reports tho finding
there of a remarkably rich marblo quarry, in
which, strange to say, wero both red and
white marble of the finest quality.
A-deposit of vitreous earth Ims been dis*
covorod on n farm in the western jtart of Lon
don, N. Ii., about live miles from Concord
city proper. Lugo quantities of tho deposit
are bo;ii' r nt to Haverhill, Muss., where it
is usod in tiio iiinnufueturo of glass.
—Cowboys took possession of a train on the
Bontliern Pacific ll. lb, shooting <
out the win
dow lights and othorwiso frightening the pas
sengers. .Tlio gang rode 00 miles aud then
loft after robbing iho train boy of his stores.
—Ono of tho compartments of the Mercan
tile Hafoty Deposit vaults, in Now York, was
mysteriously plundered of $24,150 in ooah,
rove al receipts and deeds, and a mortgage
bond for $10,000.
—Thirteen tramps slept on the boilers of the
coal shaft at Lindon, III. Ono of their num
ber accidentally turned tho blow-out valve.
Eight of the mon wero soverely burned and
scaldod Two of them at least will die.
—Tho locomotive engineers have been in
secret session in 8t. Louis, fearing a reduction
of Wiigos on tlie Gould roads.
—Sergoant Iloltnorth, of tho Signal Service,
deuies tho cliargo that ho opened Lieutenant
Groely’s desk to read tho letter from Ilowgato.
Ho says ho simply saw it open lying upon the
dcsk'Siid read it, and informed tlio Bccrotary
of War. Ho also denies that ho had any rea
son to suspect Lieutenant Groely of any cou-
nootinn with Howgate.
—It has Itcen decided that tho inauguration
hall shall ho held in the lower story of tho new
Pension Building. Tho committoo has fixed
Ilm price of tickets at $5, and complimentary
ones aro to ho issued only to the President and
Vico-Piesi'lont and their immediate pHrty.
—Russia is said to bo on tlio evo of a great
revolution.
—Austria has signed tho c nvontiou with
tho African International Association.
—A dispatch from Shanghai fays that
85,000 Chinese tro >pi under Li Hung Chang
are massed at Pot-Ho. The works at P.*rt
Arthur, on tho Gulf of Po-Chi-Ll, built by Gor
man art'llery officers, make tlio strong-
out fortress in tho north of China. They aro
mounted with heavy Gatling and Nord nfeldt
guns. Tlio entrauoo to tho port is guarded
with torpedoes.
—It has heou shown that tho Frenchman
rho coufessod tlmt it was ho who murdered
Sarah Becker, a Jewish girl, is innocent of tho
crime with which ho charged himself. IPs
confession was prompted by insanity.
—Tlio crofters on tlio Kdrau r ostato rocont
ly forcibly prevented tho slier.ff from serving
a number of writs and ejected him from tiio
ostato.
—Rudolph Hclilcko, aged 28, a bookkeopor In
Cincinnati, was discharged two weeks ago on
suspicion that he was an embezzler. lie ut
once killod himself, boing unable to staud tho
disgruco.
—Buperlntondont Walling uttho Now York
police arrested thirty-two p^rsous iu an opium
joint. Tho court discharged thorn. Tlio city
is filling up with these joints.
—Tlio Hon. Btephon C'oloridgo, son of Chief
Jufttioo Coleridge, of England, arrived in this
country on a v.sit.
—Tho schooner Ephraim Williams, off Hat*
tcras, from Savannah for Providence, becaiuo
waterlogged. Tno Capo Hatteras lilo-suving
station rescued tho crow of nine mon through
a heavy huu. The captain aud crew wero
lashed in the rigging without food or water
for live days.
—Gen. Lord Wolecloy reports that the delay
in tho concentration of tho troops at Korti
will retard the udvunce across the desert until
tho second week in February. Tlio prepara
tions for a ilc mount rati n from Buakim havo
hoiu postponed. Military authorities fear
that tho relief of Khaitoum cannot be accom
plished beforo tho middle of March.
—Tho Commercial Cable Company opened
for budnoB* to Great Britain, ireliin I, and
Franco at tho rate of 40 conts per word, which
is a reduction of 10 conts per word from tho
rates charged by tho other companies.
—Treasury excess of assets over domand lia
bilities exceed $137,000,000.
—An explosion of oil gas near Elmira, N.
Y., on Friday caused a firo which destroyed
property valued at $140,000.
—Tho body of John Chattertnn, of Milton,
Out., was stolen by medical students who per
suaded tho caretaker to give them tho body on
the plea of being relatives.
—Elevt n barges laden with coal, valued at
$30,000, foundered on Long Uand Sound
owii g to the parting of a hawser to which
they were con tectod with a tug.
—Dr. Gcorgo H. Atkinson, a prominent
physician of Brooklyn, N. Y., died at hi resi
dence, No. 97 Henry street, from bloodpoiton
ing con traded while iterating on ouo of his
pat outs last August.
—Tho four hoy burglars who escaped from
tlio jail at Lebanon. Pa., went on a spree and
wero arrested while in a drauken sleep iu a
barn.
—In New York city Judge Lawronco rolcaacd
tho injunction Judg * Andrews placed on tho
hoard of Aldermen, and that body was allowed
to do business again,
— Contributions are pouring in for tho dos*
tiute Hocking Valley minors and tho m**n aro
now confident of success iu their strike*
—Abraham Gurnee, who was a wealthy res
ident of Park Ridge, a village on the lino of
tlio New York and tho Now Jersey lta Iroad,
twenty-four miles from New York, was killod
by a negro, whoso object was rohbory. Tho
negro boarded a train, and was identified by
the train boy, who cal ed au officer and h si
him arrested.
—Tho agent of the United Stitci Exp?*,; -
Company ut Panora, Iowa, was robbed '
$3,000.
—Suit has boen brought against a Chioa_ >
live stock company for tlio all-god introduc
tion of tho Texas fevor among*tho cattle of
Western Nebi a ska.
—Tho old Academy of Music in Minne
apolis, afterward occupied for business pur
poses, was destroyed by fire.
- The death is announo d iu London of
William Homy Channing, tho well-known Uni
tarian minister and autuor. Ho was bun in
Bus on, May 25. 1810.
—At BallydufF, coiiuly Waterford, Ireland,
the vault of Col. Hilliers, formerly Impeetor-
Goneral of Police, whs broken open, and Mrs.
Hilliers coffin was taken out and thrown into
a glen.
—The trial of Mme. Oluvis-Hughos for
shooting M. Morin will begin on Jan. 8. Peo-
S lo of all ranks in Paris aro besieging tho
udges for tickets of admission to tho court
during the trial.
— A secret Socialist printing press, togothor
with a quantity of revolutionary documents,
havo been seized at t'esth. Fr.tnz Spielman, a
compositor, and his landlady have been ar
rested.
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