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PRICE 5 CENTS. MACON, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1885. NO. 51. THE INSIDE OF ATLANTA. REPRESENTATIVE MEETING OF THE ANTI-PROHIBITIONISTS. I Eloquent Speeches l>y Albert Cox, Judge Tompkins and Other*—Tlie Ordi nary’s Arrangement* for the Election Completed. * TO-MORROW'S ELECTION. Making All the Necessary Arrangement* for the Voting. Atlanta, November 23.—Judge Calhoun, Ihe ordinary, called together this morning the managers and clerks for the election and explained to them tho lav regulating the same. There were present Judge Henry It. Tompklnfi and Col. S. 1'. 'Westmoreland, chairmen respectively of the anti-prohibi tion and prohibition general committees, Jndge Tanner and Messrs. Fleish and Mar tini managers of the Month Atlanta precinct, nnd Jndge Landrum nud Messrs, oick Spaulding nnd Jerry Goldsmith, mana gers of tho North-Atlanta precinct, were all on hand. In addition to this thirty-six clerks were present, half of them are nnti, half prohi. This army of clerks will be divided among the two city precincts. There aro three ballot boxes at each pre cinct nnd there will be nix clerks at each box—three of a kind. All this, it would seem, will tend to insnro a fair election. Jndge Calhonn offered some suggestions. The print* 1 tickets most bear the words “F.or the Sale" nnd “Against the Sale." Duplicate lists of the voters m%t be kept at each ballot- box, and after the election one list must be sent to the clerk of the Superior Coart for tiling, the other to the ordinary, who will settle nil contests, if any. The lists and ballot boxes must be kept separate, the lists at each box correspond ing io the ballots in tho samo. i Judge Calhoun rood the statute governing elections for members of the General As sembly nnd stated the coming election mnst be regulated thereby. The minor dc- tails of, conducting the election was left to the arrangement of the managers, BACKED DOWN. Atlanta, November 18.—The prohibi tionists have ignominionsly backed down from that proposed joint discussion be tween Messrs. Clayton and Haydn nnd Messrs. Hawthorne and ltichardson. The members of tho prohibition executive com mittee, who was so nnxioas for the de bate, and who guaranteed the use of the tent, nnd who also promised without doubt that the dienssion should be had, now Bays bis ex cuse is that tho tent is engaged for overy night this week, and that the prcUbition- ists need all the tirno they have to get in their beat licks for themselves. The idea of tho joint diaenssion had awakened this town to the highest pitch of excited interest, and tho backing-down of tho other side is n humiliating confession of the want of ability in Dr. Uawlhorno to meet Mr. Clayton, who in tho most 'incisive ami, at tho same time, wittiest debater in Atlanta. To the honor of Sir. Richardson, be it said, he was willing to go into the debate, even at the peril that threatened him. It is confessed by prohibitionists, and claimed by antis, that the running of the prohibitionists from the face of Messrs. Clayton and Hayden, is a retreat witbont glory, nnd one that will cost the prohibi tionists many votes. AN ANTI-PROHIBITION MEETING. An Itnmenso Croud of tho Itest People Present. Atlanta, November 19.—Tlie meeting of the anti-prohibitionists in the basement of court bonse to-night was one of the largest and most cnthnsinslic meetings ever held in this city. It was a representative meet ing of the business men, the property holders, the working mrn and of the best in each class. There was not a woman or a child ill the crowd, but voters, voters, voters, and nothing lint voters. Every seat was token, the aisles were peeked, tho doors were choked and hundreds were turned away. The executive committee of the antis sat on the platform. Jndge Henry B. Tompkins, the chairman, called the meeting to brder in a few well-timed re marks. The other side, he said, have missed the real issue in this campaign. It was not simply dosing the liar-rooms, as they held. The, reel issue wss for tho sole of liquoror against it. This in- clndes the wholesale interest, the brewing interest, nnd all the active business inter ests of Atlanta nre involved. The prohibi tionists are the intemperate party, not tbe antis, who have been conservative ill their conduct of the campaign. They have appealed, not to paaaion, hut to reason and common sense. He an alysed the bill. It was an oatngeona one, and the prohibitionists had no right to put it upon the people and deprive them of their property. Mr. Alick C. King, one of Atlanta » most ispswlwjiil lawyers, was introduced. He mud* - - -pit d ■ 1- 11.0 01 0-M1II-.I pr ti, .11 M, 111; HI . Il ■ I .1 ! nr. - li-ll.l. . I- ■- nisch-noticed, no feeling. lie wss „ |,i, i.' !,:•■!' Il” lmm : ■ > - ’ i„it; m Io put down intemperance; bnttUs bil u 1 not do it. It will not accomplish BUad Too many wet places are within pmy t, ; ii ■ • ' l i oil I, bin O I oil id' rnniiiogin. Tii- i--a,-is not whisky. Hie bill [ i. I.il i- tie >.'• ”i • '• t>tl.ing i pt ^mtestic wines. Ii prepense vat to take |,U,i\ I . . - ' 1 - 1 lOl.lO'i -l her growth with the. liqnor HERtmoM of the arms that en- ubl, d I to grasp prosperity. Cut it off, ^■UsjfMltmw Atlanta behind, her Hk will not be improved, lon csn't men's tante for was received with great cheering. Ho took the andicnce by storm, making a brilliant, eloquent nnd logical attack upon prohibi tion. He carried the war into Africa. There were too many nntis in the crowj. Ho would talk to the prohibitioniats. Onr aide hod been conservative and fair. The other aide have assailed ns with nothing but abuse. We had been charged with fav- orig vice, immorality mid deviltry. The respectability and brains of Hub audience was a complete answer. The whisky busi ness was hot a bod business. It was a legal ized traffic, and the men engaged in it hail a right to be protected in their rights. Il was surprising, tho sadden love of the prohibitionists tor tho negro. They pre tended to have a pious, holy regard for him now, but when the election is over they will meet in their churches nnd gather pen- niea to send to Africa nud China, and leave the negro just ns ragged os before. They claimed to represent tbe God and morality side, and said the devil represented our side. He had fallen into very respectable com pany, then, and it would ao him good. [Applause. [ They claim to have a mo nopoly of the prayers, but we havo the voters. A man dreamed he went to hell. He saw a big gang of prohibitionists and n few antis. The pro hibitionists were holding the negro between themselves and the tire. [Continued cheers.] They would try to hold the negro to their bosom on election day, but he would get away and vote the other ticket. [Laugh ter and applause.] Chief Justice Towney has decided that it was ‘‘impossible to prevent the importation the of liquor. Tbe government gives the right to make nnd sell it, nnd yon can not violate the right. He wonld pnt the opinion of this great jurist against the opinions of Atlanta law yers on tho prohibition side. Mr. Haydn's speech completely captured the crowd. Ex-Mayor J. B. Goodwin was called and made a few sensible remarks. Prohibition is impracticable in Atlanta. No city of equal population is this country has fewer drunkards. The 1 ill is unjust, fanatical, and will be defeated. It struck at vested rights. Why should snch a sacrifice be made to save a few sots, Charley Beermnn, the pub lic spirited lessee of tho Kimball Honso, was worth more to Atlanta tlmn all the drunkards in it, and yet it was songht to rain him to save them.und at lost yon cannot save them. Tho only onswer that the other side hnd ever deigned to give to Julius Brown's strong arguments was another “Daniel come to judgment,” Vote prohi bition down md then let us all pnll together for the good of Atlanta. Then the great crowd dispersed. A CHANCE FOR TROUBLE ON ELEC TION DAY. Atlanta, November 20.—'Tho prohibi tionists propose to mitko things very lively for the voters on election day. They have a special committee at work at the court- house to-day, diligently engaged in compar ing tho printed list of voters with the tax books of the connty. They havo announced their intention of challenging ell voters who have not paid their taxes. They ore preparing to go into tho wholesale challenging busi ness. Of courso that will tend to dcluy the polling of votes nnd make people mod. It is also given ont that they intend to indict all persons whose names aro cheeked off as not having paid their taxes. This sort of business may be all very well, but from the intense expressions against it on the street, it is clear thnt if persisted in there will bo serious tronble on election day. There aro scores of voters whose names do not appear upon tho tax books, and yet who have paid their taxes. If snch names shall be checked off liy this committee and the voters interfered with st the, polls somebody will probably get hurt, Tlie wisest plan wonld seem to be to let *11 vote whose name* appear up- on the registration books, and after the election, throw out the illegal ballots, if any should be proven beyond a reasonable donbt to be so. Atlanta, November 20.—The most gigan tic frond ever attempted was basely perpe trated upon seven thousand people to-night in.the prohibition tent Col. T. P. West moreland, when the meeting was ready for business, stepped up on the rostrum and said that one Saturday night while an in temperate lay drunk in a bar-room, n dying mother sent her young daughter to the bar room for the father, where the child plead ed for her father to come home. That in cident bail keen set to mnsie. The leader of the prohibition choir, knowing of the music anil song, secured it, and she hnd found a poor waif, a beggar girl on the streets of Atlnhta, who wonld sing tho song entitled, “Father, dear father, come home permit liquor to be sold to minors, because it is ruinous to mind and body, und yet law permits this enrse to stand in tbe pathway of every yonng man in the State. Every law in Georgia regulating the liquor traffic is a confession before God and man that the traffic is a crime. I do not change our fathers with wrong. They acted up to their light and wisdom, but if they can look down on us they will thank God that their sons have advanced beyond the beaten way of them, onr fathers. I am not a fannatic on tbe ' question. I have many personal friends in.the liquor traffic, many of them. God knows my heart, I would nse at any hour of the night to accommodate them. This hill has nothing to say against the dram drinker nnd those who drink at home behind the door, but it comes with all its force nnd power against the dram seller. While the Doctor was speaking, n pro cession of 500 negroes entered the tent und for nwliilo there was such enthusiasm that speaking was postponed live minutes. The negroes wero preceded by a one-eyed white negro named Fletcher, who has been an uc- tivc temperance orator. Dr. Felton concluded his speech by sny- iug the demonstration there to-night settled the fight in favor of prohibition, virtue nnd freedom of wivea and daughters. The Doctor made a conservative harangue, such as a prospec tive temperance gubernatorial candidate would make. Rev. Quigg, of Conyers, and Rev. Carter, colored, followed Dr. Felton in short talks. Dr. Hawthorne urged the crowd to give three cheers for prohibition, which was led by him waving his hat frantically. Then he asked for three groans for some thing or somebody which the band kept me from hearing. Alcohol Would Not Do. Atlanta, November 20.—A physician who says alcohol will answer all medical purposes, yesterday called in for consulta tion at the bedside of a very ill patient a physician who believes liquor a valuable medicine. The condition of the patient de manded a stimulant. The liquor doctor asked tbe alcoholic Esculapius what stimu lant he wonld give. “Oh, good brandy, of course,” was the rC| With a smile npd a wink the rod badge man repliad: “Wouldn’t a little alcohol dilated m water do quite aa well?” “Go along with youi nonsense; of course not." Yet that alcohol doctor's name has been In the paper as an advocate of alcohol in stead of liquor. The names of the dootors can bo hail by any worthy curious prohibi tionist men nnd children and about one-fonith antis. Jackson McHenry, the hackmnn, presided. 1 ha meeting was so small that everybody felt sorry for tho little thing. Tho prohibition balloon busted and some very lmd gas escaped in the form of feeble speeches by three colored brothers snd a white professor in one of the colored schools. The meeting was a dismal failure in every respect and was ns himo nud tnrne as a Kentucky mule in the last stages of the blind staggers. The dry ticket 1s dy ing to slow music and no mistake. Bet ting to-night is two to one on the nntis, with no takers. I witnessed to-night the preliminary exercises of tho jugwnmps' funeral, which takes place on the 25th. Front seats reserved for blue-badge mourn ers. ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON. THE EFFORT TO CHANGE THE RULES OF THE HOUSE. A Rcvl*lon Salil to bo NecoMary on Account of the Senate** Object ion* to Ergl*lu- tlvo Rider*—Gen. King’* Ans wer to Mr. Jone*, Etc. Where I toes John Paul Jone* Stand. Atlanta, November 21.—John Paul Jones is tbe principal owner iu the Atlanta Jour nal. Lust night he went into an Alabama street saloon and drank whisky straight. The Journal is the reddest hot prohibition paper in Atlanta. Tbe barkeeper said: “Why, Mr. Jones, I am siirpriacd to find yon bore in a ‘doggery,’ and drinking whisky.” “My good fellow, it is all a joke with us. We know that you will win.” “It is no joko to me, for I havo had to spend $200 or $300.” “Well, the fight hnd to eomo some time.” “Yes, but I do not get $1,000 for tho fun as it is reported yoa newspaper men gob” The colloquy ended hero. A llad Report from Gainesville, Atlanta, November 21.—An Atlanta gen tleman just from Gainesville says: “I was in Gainesville last Saturday night, when thirty-five men wero arrested for being drank and raising a whoop. Tho fines of tho party aggregated about $100. Sjch a « big haul ot drunken men wss never made in one night in Gainesville before sbe went dry. There is so much saltness in the dry ness np there that they hnve hod to hiro an additional policeman since prohibition went into effect! A LITTLE GIRL'S SONG. The Speaking In the Illg Tent—I)r. Felton's Temperance Talk; with me now." The girl was ltd to the front. Her pitiable appearance moved the vest andicnce. A murmur of sympathy went through tbe crowd. She bod on a torn, dark calico dress nnd a sleeveless brown tlanneljnckct; her head was tied np in u dirty striped ragged shoulder shawl; on her right foot was a worn, low-button slipper, held on by a wliito rag string tied under the hollow of the foot and over the instep; on her left foot was u high, much worn lace shoe, and red rag strings were conspiceons os garters. Altogether a more dejected spec imen of the Arab class could scarcely be found. Miss Etfie Stiff, the leader of the choir uud organist, played the accompani ment while tho breathless crowd listened in eagerness to tbesweeb sed voice plead' ing in dulcet tones “Father, dear father come home with me now." Never was mure sympathy shown, und when the aong was over a generous man called ont: “Take up a collection for lier." The ls-g- S r child retired amidst plaudits that would ttera queen. Now, while the child singing, Mr. Stiff, who sings bass with the choir, and a brother to Miss Etfie Stiff, leaned over to me and said: “That in good. I know, and can get yon her name if you won't U-1L” “Who is she?” I asked. “A child of one of the most fashionable families in Atlanta.” “Is she poor?' “Why, no; she is a music pupil of luy sis ter, but don’t you telL” As Mr. Stiff is no acquaintance of mine, and as he volunteer ed his information, I give it without compunction of any violation of confidence. Tho base deception of seven thousand people is the best answer to Dr. Hawthornes charges that the liquor men ore boosting of buying votes. When the liquor | beggar girl waa done, Mr. II. H. Cabania* They will get it just the i introdncisl Dr. Felton as one of the ablest Mllllt . if prohibition prevails. Tin i ad trr.i-tof Georgian*. ■noun i ..round Atlanta will leek liqnor. It Dr. Felton said the people of Fulton ■Kjmply be scattered, not driven out county are to say as a jury whether or not MKmntroUer'* books showed that pro- they went whisky sold here; it is proper ^^Khes not decreased crime in tleor- that * eloe* watch be kept on the ballot-box, HMPrbe number of convict* is greeter to see that no vote is cast that doe* not be- liow t‘ .long in the box; Unit a man who would BBT Johan Dnyfns, a yonng German, bnb* a voter wonld ‘commit a wrong and -link' XL He thought the evu wee not ! prove a public enemy for selfish motive*, in ' r but the bolt ns in jib* Uqoor traffic, in every enlightened, ^■f influence Raisa your hove drtlUed ^^L(ke home attractive, snd they will j police l.y | country, neht i ike home attractive, and they wrU j police regulation; in other' words. He bed told hi* friend* in Ger- it is practically outlawed. It is * permitted ■ , the ben V*(* free to eat evil; it is the enemy of men, of citotes, of nlli whatthey pleased. lie would be communities, end of families; hut it is an placed under other* word*. shamed t • I lull tl.. I ' ' . UillU'n |'l v ' Mi. M I the hi»t rv it. H I ^ liier’ now mud tell Ui in • nemy that mu*t he permitted, licenced, re are interferring with a; That i* what the governments r»y. It is t . ; permitted and licensed for revenue only. iviewed ‘ why, now, should we tolerate this evil iemned j longer when it is an evil ami so recognized points everywhere? Tocommunity it isehaz- Tlie New Capitol, Atlanta, November 20.—'Tbe iron work is now being put in the basement and first tloor of the new capital building. There are fifty-six iron colnmns, twenty inches in diameter, which will snpport 350,1100 pounds of iron floor-beam*. After setting the iron the brick work will be begun at the first story. The building will be ready for the roof in abont a year. THE TELEGRAPH'S EXPOSE OF A PROHIBITION FRAUD CeuaaffMuch Comment—Mr. Jones fiejr* It Is All a Joke. Atlanta, November 21.—'The excitement of Atlanta to-day was the r})tone in the Txleoraph ot the frand perpetrated by the K | 'bitionists in the tent last night, in g a rich girl sing the song “Father, Dear Father, Come Home With Me Now,” while the girl was introduced bv Col T. P. Westmoreland as a poor street beggar girl, when sbe la one of the daughters of a well- to-do family. Every one in Atlanta seemed to know of the deception abont an hour after the paper arrived. The Constitution, as usual on goofl items, hail nothing of it, while it ran nearly a column history of a fallen women for the prurient of ita readers.' MTnle Col. Westmoreland declined to be interviewed, there are those who believe he wss deceived abont the beggar girl; but un til be will deny it, I mnst suppose he was not iguorant of the facts in the case; and yet I believe the honor of the Colonel too pare for him to have willfully had part in tbe gross deception of 7,001) Atlanta dti sen*. The local reporter of the Constitution, who wss assigned to the meeting at the tent and who did not report anything of tbe girl’s singing, is an object of dne con sideration by the people in charge, bat nev ertheless the old fact continnes a troth, that for Atlanta news, read tbe Macon Tzleusath. Tbe news of the fraud caused an unusual excitement, and knot* of men gathered here and there in discussion of the unexpected .tactics of the probibi- ists. The antis ordered 10,DUO dodgers containing the export in the TazeriM to be printed and distributed throughout the city at once; and as the item is not copy righted the Constitution may have some reference to it to-morrow. Two things are certain, that a fraud, gross, unwarrantable frand, was perpe trated; and that the TxLxusAru was tbe only paper to give it to the Atlanta readers. why, first look at this blind passion anil prejudice in spite of the light of the Tru- osaph, aa shown in the reportin this after noon's Journal of the beggar girl's singing: CoL Thoms* P. WfatworvtewL advancing to th<- trust, related tbe history of the aoag. -rather, Gome Rome with Me Mow.” A drunken father la at the saloon. Bin little .tea** ter andeblmtheie revelling with boon companion*. and anneals to him tv come home. A liute beaar (tit had been found by the todies on tbe street snd token under thetr care. This tlttl-i girl would *iaa that Sana. A slander girl coma tremblingly forward, her falter ing otrns telling forcibly of bar eaodaaty. A faded autroarrea, a tola shawl lor a rover to nor head of unkempt hair, pule and ptncbrd and COTV worn cheeks aging her features beyond her year*, shod with a decrepit gaiter on one foot and on invalid •Upper on the other, the little beggar girt eryrtal- lira) an argument for prohibition mot* bate*! snd forcible than roald be pnt la wonts. There*., life la IL Bui when her childish voice with tender nothoo pteoded with u besotted father to leave tbe kail of the tempter, la teas rffrciofihel mag upon dccribrd. The srgamrat United State* Criminal* In Fulton Jail. Anlanta, November 21.—There were 119 prisoners under sentence, from one to four months, in the Fulton county jail for tbo month of October. During the month over 200 plead guilty, over 70 of whose sentences wero suspended. No TldlngTof tlie Lott lioy. Atlanta, November 21.—No tidings os •et of Mrs. Fannie Scott's tittle six-year-old >y, who disappeared from his home, 297 Foundry ktreet, last Tuesday. Tho police are watching from him. Supreme Conrt of Georgia* Atlanta. Oa.. November 53. MS#.—So. 13. Macon circuit. Argument concluded. No. ti. Mecon rircnlL u’Uannon e*. tbe Btate. Argued. 8. It. Jemteon by A. O. ltecon for plain. tlffiJ. I. Hardeman. ■oUcilnr-iwm-ral, contra. No. 19. Macon circuit. Falkner v». Bohr. Argued. W. Deeuu. Hill k Harris for plaintiff; Hardeman A Davit, L. N\ Whittle, contra. No. 10, Mania circuit. Central Bailroad and Bunktng Conmarp v*. Freeman. Argued. Leon k Qrestrain. A. u. Lawton fur plaintiff; U1U k Burris, Bacon k Rutherford, contra. Pending argument 'of till* case the court ad' jonrasd to 0:30 o'clock a. m. to-morrow. Atlanta, November 51.—No. 13. Macon circuit, argument concluded. No. 13, Macon clrculL Lord v«. Cannon. Argued. J. W. Lindsay, Hardeman k Darla for plaintiff; W. Divwnn, C. L. Bartlett contra. Fending argument of this ease the court ad journed to 0 o'clock a. m. Monday next Atlanta. November 10.—No. S, Macon circuit. Argument concluded. No. 7, Macon circuit. Oeonta BaUroad and Banking Company e«. cubbed**, llaslebant k Co. Argued. Hill k Harris, for plaintiff; Lanier k An- darson, contra. Not.Sand 0, Macon urvult. Pbysloe v«. 8hea and Ha ana. Argued. 8. U. Jemteon, for plain tiff: Ouatin k Holt, contra. Pending argument of tert named caae, tho court adjourned to 0:30 a. m. to-morrow. Atlanta, Oa„ November 50.—Non, Send 0, Macon circuit. Argument concluded. No, 10; Macon circuit Jemlaon re. Southweatern Railway Cnmiiany. Argued. S. U. Jemteon, for plaintiff; II. r. t-lrohecker, contra. No. 11, Macon circuit Alien v*. Napier, eiecu- tora. Argued. IL W. Stubbs, J. U. Toole, W. It. Wylly, fur plaintiff: II. F. Himhscker. contra. No. 15. Macon circuit Central Railroad and looking Company **. J. K. nuaarU. Argued. Lyon : One tram, for plaintiff: lliutin k Halt, contra. Pending argument of thte cnee, tbe conrt ad- Jonmed to 9:30 a. in., to-morrow. THE SERVIANS SAID TO BE FRO- FOUNDLY DISCOURAGED. Tlie Intervention of tlie Power., Karnaatly Hoped—l'nrncll Withdraw, from tlie Liverpool Contest—ltrlglit nnd Churchill Contest, Fite. Washington, November 23.—If the Honso of representatives enters in earnest upon tbe revision of the ruler, as it is ex pected to do, at tho beginning of the com ing session, the subject of tho code of joint rules for the government of transactions between the two houses of Congress is likely to be an element of discussion. The Senate, by a vote of 50 to 2, declared sev eral years ago that there were no joint rules in effect and formally net! fled the Honse of the action, notwithstanding which, how ever, the House, under an old ruling of its old Sjieuker, has held to tbe theory that the code of joint rules wonld remain in force until abrogated by the action of the two houses. since that time matters between the two Houses hnve been by tacit con carrence of both arranged in accordance with tra ditional uange or by specific agreement to meet special necessities. The necessity for a code of joint rules hoe, in the oplnian of Senators, become graver with each succeed ing session. Two yenrs sgo, after re vising its own code of rules the Donate took np a rule reported from its committee on rules, which embodied a carefully digested code of joint rules, and after full discussion agreed to the resolution and sent it to tho Hoi.so for concurrence. Tho latter body caused the resolution to bo printed in the usual way, nnd referred to its committee on rule*, hut uo further action wns taken upon the subject, owing to the habit of the House of Representatives Another* Mtaalu Ho >r Newtol .ill, and Robert Haydn I ardous traffic that must be watched and introdncid and 1 hedged iu by the lew. Georgia will not Atlanta, November 23.—Charley Sirsey, a ten-year-old white boy, wee sent by bis mother from Johnson's wagon yard on For syth street abont 1 o’clock to get a lamp from a photograph gallery. He has not been seen since. HU mother called at the station abont dark and reported the case. Shfe said that Charley wore a bine waterproof suit. It Uher Brat visit to] At lanta. Tlie Armstrong Trial. Atlanta, November 1ft.—Tho court of reverend gentlemen who will preside at tbe trial of Dr. J. G. Armstrong, which takes in this city in January, are holding a secret session at the Mark hem House to-day. They are engaged in arranging the prelimi naries and looking np authorities. Rev*. II. K. Rees, of Cave Bpring, T. G. Fond, of Albany, M. C. Hunter, of Coluiabus, and Charles II. Strong, of Savannah, ere pres ent. The Danfarth Case. Atlanta, Novembcl* 19.—The Dnnforth esse came np Iiefore the Supreme Conrt this morning. After the appellant's ettor- nice hsil been heard, the court decided it did not desire to hear the State's side. It U understood liy thu that the lower court will be sustained, and that Dsnforth will have to accept the venlicL The ritstaltnon* Suit Entered. Atlanta, November 19.—United States District Attorney Hen Hill yesterday on be half of tbe I'nited States filed the suit be fore mentioned in these colnmns against ex-Uorahal Fitzaimous's bond for about received by the lutnhni in excene of emoluments. sturdily snita face. Several of the regular appro priation bilU last session became issues be tween the two Houses, tbe discussion nnd settlement ot which consumed much time and gave rise to no small amount of vexation and ill feeling. In every instance bat one the Senate maintained its ground to the end, and only relented in one instance because of the representations of IU own members that legislative rider in question embodied legislation the pas sage of which waa sorely needed and could bo secured in no other way. Tho new code of joint rules proposed by the Senate con tains an emphatic prohibiting clanso di rected against "general" or irrelevant legis lation upon appropriation bills, and tbe tem- r repeatedly shown by tho Semite during lost session Indicates n probabili ty that the days of legislative riders upon appropriation bills are past. It is un derstood that the proposed code of joint rules will bo reintroduced in the Senato by a member of IU committee on rults and again tendered to tho House. The attitude oi the Senate on this question is in tart one of ths strongest of tho influences which in spire tho present movement to secure a re vision of the roles of the House. The lat ter body having no other method nnder IU present rules of reaching action on many important matters which press upon iu at tention towards the close of the session than to affix them to appropriation bill*, which necessarily have precedence, the re vision of IU rales becomes almost impera tive in view of the prospective loss of this privilege. A Card From Gen. King. Gen. J. Floyd King, of Louisiana, to night furnished for publication the follow ing: A CABD. IVamiinoto*, D. O., November 53, 1HSS—1 hare to-day read tbe tetter or Cnthtiert B. Jone* of the ISth. tut, published la the Mew York Trtbnne of the doth end rrpabltehed tn the New Urteana Ttmee- Demorntof the 51. t and eteewh.ra, and deem It proper only to aay that 1 retard Mr. Jones naan aieaudn, and tn support of my ronclaalon I publish the folios lug unoolk-ited telegram from Oeu. Wm. T. Martin: ■'Natcnis. Mima. Jose 13, IMS.—J. Floyd Kins. Washington: If the Jonae appointed to Collate la Unthbert RulUt Jone*. second euo of Charles Jones, of Catahoula. It con be proved beyond quea. tlon that he waa one of the aaaomina of Oen. Lid dell. and Sed the country to avoid the coneeqnem of the murder. [Signed) “Will T. Mantt*.' Aa Representative in Conanae from the filth Loot*terra dtetrtrL in which the murder occurred, my opposition to Mr. Jonee'a appointment to office bee been earnest and unrompiuublmt. 1 can have no controversy with n nun of hie character, nor can 1 notice tbe aaaault be make* upon a way ae the public might expect 1? it from any reputebte aource. [Signed] J- Flovd Kino. BcLditADg, November 23.—Tbe official re port says King Milan has brought his mnin force into operation with the Drinn anil Marvn divisions, and a decisive attack on Htivnitzn is imminent. It also states that if King Milan is victorious he will agree to nn armistice, so aa to allow the confercitee of tho powers to scttlo tho terms of pence. London, November 23.—A telegram from Sofia says that the Servians hnve bombarded Widdin nnd thnt tlie city is on fire. ‘Bslorade, Novcmder 23.—Only trifling skirmishes took place to-day between the Servians and Bulgarians, as both sides aro awaiting reinforcements. The Servians are ireparing for a powerful bombardment of itivnitgs prior to nn attack by infantry. Meanwhile the popular hatred of the Bul- K rians has dwindled, owing to l'rince exander’s submission to the Forte. Hopes of final victory aro fading, nud there is much depression. Foreign intervention is eagerly hoped for, on account of the strength of the forts at Slivnitza nnd their obstinate resistance. The Servians call thnt town “Flemicia,” or “Little Plevna.” The foreign diplo matic representatives hero arc of the opin ion thnt the powers are about to intervene between Kcrvia and Bulgaria, believing thnt both sides have suffered enough, while tho results are indecisive. Austria alone hesi tates. The Russian government hns requested the Servian minister nt St. Petersburg to notify his government of Russia's formal disapproval of 8ervian notion. - Constantinople, November 23.— Princo Alexander bus requested the Forte to post pone sending n commission to Eastern loumelia nutil the termination of the war. He says aa a soldier ho can only propose nn armistice when on Servian territory. Athens, November 23.—Gen. Sapimdoki, commander of tho first army corps, which is encamped at Tareese, is waiting orders to cross the frontier nnd advance on Soionica. Tho Greeks lower Mnncdonia are rising. They aro forming a force of irregular troops. London, November 23.—A dispatch from Bclagrado to the Daily Telegraph sny«: The Servians hnve evnenated nil positions hitherto ocenpiod by them, nnd Dragoman, llrcsnik, Pemik and Izvor aro in the hands of the Bulgarians. Tho Servians are still rioting. It is said that Bulgarian cavalry have occupied Izoribrad. Atiienb, November 23.—A note from tho Turkish government demands an explana tion of the Greek armaments. bte sad eSccUte. Tbe Trnt Meeting a Failure. Atlanta, November 21.—About four hundred peoplt attended the meeting at tbe big tent to-night, half of whom were wo- Judge Stewart * Remlffnatlon. Atlanta, November 19.—Judge John D. Stewart, of the Flint Circuit, boa sent in his resignation to the Governor, to take ef fect January I, 1886. Georgia I’ntent*. Mr. H, N. Jenkins, solicitor of patents, Washington, D. C., officially report* to the Telsueapm the following complete list of pott-nls granted Georgia inventor* for th* week ending November 17, 1885: Wil liam H. Backet, Atlanta, cotton planter; J. R. Gibbon* end It. L. Flowers, Rome, combination pulverizer, barrow end culti vator; Unsh Thompson, Atlanta, cotton planter. An IMrniled I'opubrlly. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT BRIDGE. Tlie Failure or the “Grip" Cause* a Collision —Many Person* Hnrt slightly. New Yoga, November 23.—An accident occurred on the Brooklyn bridge about 8:30 o'clock this morning. A train of three can left tho Brooklyn side, end after Tanning down th; incline reached the cable, and tbe train waa too heavy for the grip of the third car alone, eo that it gave way. The train ran heck and as it neared the station it col lided with tbe train foilowiniL which had inst started and taken the grip. The platform of the descending rear car struck the front platform of tlie sseyndin car, smashing tbe platforms and nearly a tlie windows. A general panic among tbe passengers of both trains followed the crash, snd in tbe mod rush for safety by the passengers many men and women were in jured, but fortunately only slightly. Rut for tbe fact that the braketnen applied the brakes and prevented the cars from coming together with great force, a far more dis tressing accident might have resulted. The brakes of descending care were rendered useless because of the nil* being wet and slippery. The Charleston Fair. Chableoton, November 23.—The centen nial fair of tbe Agricultural Society opened here lest night nnder encouraging ansnices. An address vu delivered by Colonel W. F. Switzler, chief of the Korean of Statistics of the United States Treasury, reviewing the industrial development of the South sines the war, end predicting great progress in the future. The exhibition is the largest ever held here end contain* complete col lections showing the material reeonrccs ol the State. It will continue open one month. Hriglit amt CliurrHIll. London, November 23.—Tiicgr. ntest per sonal intercut of tbo whole election centres in the contest at Itirminghainbet veen John. Bright and Lord Randolph l imrchtil, wlm-lt will be decided to-morrow. Th“ Duelleru of Marlborough nnd lady Churchill are st the head of 3U0 Primrose dailies who have been making a house to house ton vats on behalf of Lord Randolph. Each lady is responsible for e section of the district and returns n number of prewired votes to the central lidiee’com mittee. The Duchess and Lady Churchill, during their progress through tho streets, ■re greeted with cheers by tbe Radicals. Lady Churchill say* that she has visited the poorest houses iu Birmingham, and lias encountenl tbe roughest jico- ile, and with one exception ins been received with the greatest curtesy and politeness. She- lin i also ad dressed workmen in the principal i.ictoriee. Lord Randolph is also a rnudi Into for Fad- dington, where he is certain to bo auccem- fnl. Air. Bright in his speeches refers humorously to the “Primrose campaign. 1 ' A Delimiter's ltetnrn. New Yoga, November 23.— P. U. L. Shepherd, for thirty-five yeara cashier of tbe freight department of tho New York Centnd and Hudson railway, nt Buffalo, teased through here to-day r» route to Ruf- alo in the custody of n detec tive, who hnd arrestc-.l him in Florida. Early in Juno, 1881, Shepherd suddenly left his home nnd position in Buffalo, and on investigating his accounts it was fonnd that he was n defaulter, and that he had appropriated to his own uso moneys of tho comjieny amounting to about $27,1)00. lie wm traced to Canada. There be wss safe from extradition, bnt he left there in April of the present year, and after speudlng some time in Northern New York end New Eng land settled at Coeldo, Fla., where he be came the proprietor of an orange grove nnd where he was am*ted. A Girl Accidentally Kilted. Noefole, Va., November 23.--Yesterday afternoon, in Atlantic City, Annie Dixon, n pretty and attractive girl of 16, was visiting • neighbor, accompanied by Thomas Moss, nn intimate friend, 20 years old. Just an they were leaving. Moss picked np a gun, and ho and the yonng girl began to scutfio over it. lie threw it over his shoulder anil leaving the room when it exploded, tho charge taking effect in Alisa Dixon's throat, making a ghostly wound and killing her in stantly. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of accidental shooting. ltleur Out tlie Oan. Baltimore, November 22. Shortly l- - fore midnight Saturday C. A. Thayer, c. Ferryville, nnd J. White, of Frenchtowu, called et a public house on Gey street, cud asked for lodgings. They were shown to an upper chamber and retir-.d. Nothing wss seen of them yesterday, and nt 11 o'clock to-day a chambtrmnid fonnd tbo d'strlocked. An entrance was effect'd and both men were fouud dead in bed and U.-- K still escaping from the burner. They blown the gee ont end were suffocated. New Youe, November 23.—V. illir.ui W. r- ner end P. licnry Work were indicted to-day by the United States grand jury for r-oi'- spiring to defraud the creditors and stock holders of the Mmine Notional I tank of this city. Several witirease* were before the grand jury to-<lay, but Mayor Grace wm not among them. Abont 1 o'clock the grand jury came into court, when the iu- hcen ate were presenter seuca for the arret end it is expected W« tot ' ml CUAELOTTB, N. C-, No ereuceof th< Atatiuslis l the ; Hi. public sway ytan. Tor is Ureal boublr* Ury an saftr int- r-'ling f.-Evtur- .. I., I., ll.-n.lr.-ii, - Ur, dilci v lth a fell, d- ... Ill 1 u.ll preside. • U:»; trial of H‘ <1 with immoral c« uber of hi;-* clmrg< i",. , fr-... Lu re li.trt..» h Til;