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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUajJAY JANUARY 5, 1880.-TWELVE PAGES.
THE HENDRICKS MONUMENT.
President Cleveland Expmiri a Dealre to
Aid In It* Erection.
Washington, December 29.— Last even
Ing Senator Voorheen received the following
letter from the President:
Exkcctivk Mansion, December 2S.—Hon. Daniel
Vt. Voorhee*—My Dear Blr: I understand that a
movement is on foot to erect a monument to the
memory of the late Vice-President, and that it la to
l»e a tribute to hi* worth and service* on the j»art of
hi* friend* and associate*. The project ia ao fitting
and appropriate that it aeema to me it must meet
with general approval. My relation* with Mr. Hens
dricka, both personal and official, were aucb that il
would be a source of f"ueh satisfaction to me to set
thia work promptly begun, and at a proper time -
hopo I may be allowed to aid in the undertaking.
Tour* sincerely, Ghoykb Clkvkland.
In reply to the President’s commnnica-
tion. Senator Voorhoes wrote as follows:
United Ktatkh Sknatk, December W.—Mr, Presi
dent: I Lave the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of vonr highly e*te« med favor yesterday. On l»e-
halfofthe immediate ]>ersnnal friend* of the late
Vice-President, and of the great body of tho people
of Indiana, I feel authorized to tender you their
very grateful and sincere thanks for your kindly
and timely interest in a movement so honorable
to his memory and so well earned by his public
services and his private virtues. Permit iue to as
sure you that no aepon your part, in the rnidst of
your inreenant labors for the public good, will bo
longer cherished or more highly prized by the peo
ple of his State than your sympathy in their efforts
to erect a monument to bis fame. With the highest
respect snd wannest personal regards, I sm very
faithfully yours, D. W Voorhkk*.
Didn't Know their Record.
Washington, December 29.—The au
thorities of a New England town re
cently applied through their Congress
man to the War Department for transcripts
of the military records of the soldiers fur
nished to the army by the town during the
VANDERBILT* WILL.
The Instrument Ia Admitted to Probate
and the Kxecutora Qualify.
New Yoiik, December 29.—William H.
Vanderbilt's will was admitted to probate
to-day by the surrogate. A waivc-r was
procured from Mrs. Elliott F. Sheopard,
one of his daughters, who returned from
Europe yesterday, of the service of citations
to attend the probate proceedings, and also
a waiver from the widow and daughters to
the same effect. All members of the family
then waived service of citation., and con
sented that the will should he admitted to
probate *ustuntly ( without waiting until
to-morrow, the return Jay of the citations.
With these consents, counsel appeared this
afternoon before the probate clerk and pre
sented them to him. With counsel were
the witnesses to the will. The probate
clerk took their statements, which were alike.
They said they had known the testator
for about, twenty years; that ho signed the
will on the day it was executed in the pres
ence of the witnesses; at the time tho tes
tator signed the will he declared it
last will and testament, and thereupon each
witness signed his name at the end of the
instrument at the request of the testator
and in his presence. Each witness then
declared that at the time the will was exe
cuted the testator was over twenty-one
years old and of sound mind and
memory and understanding, and not
under anyjrestraint or in any respect in
competent to devise real estate. These
witnesses were ex-Judge Charles A. Repel-
lo, Samuel F. Furger, C. C. Clarke and J.H.
Chambers. Upon this statement of facts
of tho rebellion. To furnish these was the surrogate signed a decree admitting the
against the ordinary rules of the depart
ment, but os they were for historical pur
poses to be used atsomo approaching nn-
niversaryf a concession was mode. The files
wero examined and disclosed the fact that
the names of about sixty citizens of the
township had been drawn in the wheel and
twenty-four of these persons were upon ex
amination accented Further search dis
closed the fact that twenty-three of them
furnished substitutes and tho other tied to
Canada.
Agricultural Statistics.
Washington, December 30.—The esti
mates of the statistician of the Department
ot Agriculture for tho principal crops of
1885 are computed, and tho aggregate
bushels are as follows, in round millions:
Corn, 1,038,000,000; wheat, 357,000,000;
oats, 029,000,000. Tho area of corn is 73,-
000,000 acres; of wheat, 34,000,000; of
oats, 23,009,090. The valuo of corn
averages nearly 33 ceuts per bushel and
makes an aggregate of $035,000,000- $5,-
190,000 less than tho value of tho last crop.
9be decrease in tho product of wheat is 30
S Brcont., and only 17 per cent, in valua-
on, which is $275,000,000. Tho valuation
of oats is $180,000,000. The reduction iu
wheat is mostly in the valley of the Ohio
and in Californio. The States of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas last
year produced 170,000,000 and this year
80,000,000, a reduction’ of 90,000,000 bush
els. 'The production of all cereals is 53
bushels to each inhabitant, and tho aggre
gate volume is larger than any former year.
PROSPEROUS SOUTH CAROLINA.
A Review Showing a (lain of 9(1.1,000,0(10 In
Wealth lu Five Years.
Charleston, December 31.—Tho News
and Courier will priut to-morrow a review
of the industrial growth and resources of
Bonth Carolina, covering tbe period of live
years since the United States census of 1880.
The review shows nu increase of $25,142,805
in tho value of real and personal property,
or nearly 20 per cen^. and a decrease of
moro thnn$500,000 in tho public debt of the
State during tha samo period. In 1880 the
value of the productions of the State
and of agricultural machinery was
$74,189,819; in 1885 the valuo is
$114,908,077—an increase of $40,718,798,
made np ns follows: Incrous sd value of live
stock, $9,018,350; agricultural production
$8,629,221, agricultural machinery $1,405,-
978, manufactured products $21,605,219.
The individual deposits in Stato and Na
tional banks during the post year show nu
increase of $911,085. Tho corainoicinl capi
tal ia estimated at $46,982,000, as compared
With $40,156,000 in 1880. There are 3,256
manufacturing establishments in the State,
hs compared with 2,708 in 1880. The capital
employed has Increased from $11,205,841to
$23,367,510, while tho products have in
creased from $16,738,008 to $38,403,267.
During the five yea;**< 240 miles of railroad
have been built, at a costof $2,600,000. , In
fine, tho roviow shows that the people have
added in five years $63,000,000 to the total
wealth of South Carolina.
Properly Destroyed by Masked Men.
Dvnvkr, December 30.--This morning,
at 3 o'clock, throe masked men entered the
engino room of the Marshal Coal Companies
works nt Erie, on the Colorado Central
railroad, forty mileH from Denver, captured
the engineer, took him several hundred yards
away, tied him and then returned and set
fire to all the coal in the company s hoisting
works. Tho engine house, tramway and
several cars of tho railroad company were
completely destroyed. Tho loss will reach
over $1,000,000, while several hundred men
are thrown out of employment. Three weeks
ngo the wages of the men in the company’s
miners were cut down, when the Knights of
Labor ordered a strike—but the miners
rather than to be without work at this
time of year refused to obey.
This morniug’s outrage is supposed to
be another outcropping of the Hock Spring
trouble, which was said to be instigated
by the Nights of Labor aud a few striking
miners.
will to probate. The probate clerk then
proceeded to the Vanderbilt-mansion, where
tho widow of the testator and four sous
qualified as executrix and executors, de
claring they would well, faithfully and hon
estly discharge the duties. Letters testa
mentary wero thereupon issued to them.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Right Men Killed, Several Wounded and
Property Destroyed.
Mobile, Ala., December 29.—One of the
boilers of tho Gulf City Oil Works exploded
with terrific force blowing ovt the east and
west, walls of the building and destroying
adjoining buildings. At the time of the
explosion, J. H. Staunton, of Social Circle,
Ga., foreman, and twenty-four col
ored hands were at work. A crowd soon
collected and began extricating the wounded,
whoso cries could be heard from all portions
of the wreck. When the debris was cleared
ft way it nas found that eight men wero
killed or injured, ns follows: J. S. Staun
ton, fatally injured; Israel Brazv, fatally
scalded, has since died; Archer Hicks, fire
man, fatally injured; T. P. Jones, fatally
scalded; Morris Wallace, Willis Black,
Daniel Jackson and Peter Chastoyn were
burned to-death, their charred bodies be
ing found in the debris. Richard Hunter
and William Borden were also seriously
injured. The whistle had just blown for
lunch, or tho casualties might lmvo been
greater.
l*astrur'rt Patients.
Paris, December 29.—M. Pasteur to-day
inoculated Charles Kaufman, of Franklin.
N. J., who was bitten by a supposed mad
dog on November 21st aud sailed from Now
York on the steamer Labrador, December
16. Tho operation was successful. Pasteur
severely sentenced Kaufman for his inat
tention to his injuries nt tho time he was
bitten, but he hoped, notwithstanding the
long time that had elapsed, to prevent any
development of hydrophobia. M. Pasteur
will inoculate Dr. Ludwig R. S.ither, of
Orange, N. J., a veterinary surgeon, who
was bitten on Deceinl>er 13th, once a dav
for eight consecutive days. Tho four chil
dren, Austin Fitzgerald, Patsy Ryan, Willie
Lane and Patrick Reynolds, who were re
cently bitten by mad dogi in Nownrk, N.
J., and who have been under treatment by
M. Pasteur, will leave for home Sunday
next. They aro all well.
An Insane Mother.
Sr. Louis, December 29.—At about eight
o'clock this evening, Mrs. Emma Lickeus,
residing on Cornelia street, attempted to
throw herself aud her two children into a
well containing four feet of water. One of
the children is a girl six years old, and the
other a boy of four years. The screams of
tho little ones attracted tho attention of
their father, Wm. Lickens, who rushed to
the well iu time to prevent tho mother aid
little girl from falling iu. The little boy,
however, slipped from his mother’s grasp
and dropped into tho water, but his father
secured a ladder and rescued ldtn. The
woman came out of nn insane asylym only
a few weeks ngo, aud it was in a fit of in
anity that she made tho attempt at murder
and suicide last night. She will bo sent
buck to tho asylum.
Hu*p*ctr«l of the Austin Outrages.
Galveston, Tex., December 31.—A i pe
dal to the News from *»ustin say s: Eustacio
Martinez, a Mexican, about tor; y years old,
was arrested last night on suspicion of be
ing implicated in the mysterious murders
■which recently startled the citizens of Aus
tin. Ho lived in a secluded spot near tho
river, and a search of the premises resulted
in the discovery of bloody garmeuts
and several articles of female
apparel. Martinez has no family.
Among the articles found was an ice hook,
■neb as experts testified might have been
used in the murder of Mrs. Ramey and
her daughter,several months ago. A prayer-
book, with the name “Ella R. Ramey”
written on the title page, was also found,
together with two handkerchiefs, one of
which bore tho initials “K. R.,” worked in
silk. The other was marked “M.” The
detectives think the arrest of Martinez will
dear the mystery of the outrage and murder
of the lUmey women. Evidence was also
discovered connecting the prisoner with
the recent murders of Mrs. Hancock aud
Mrs. Phillips, and the amanlt upon the
latter's husband. The wounds inflicted on
Mrs. Phillips’s head are very similar to the
wonnds on the Ramey girl, and were
probably indicted with the same instru
ment. Martinez shows signs of being a
“crank." He admits that he was imprisoned
for two yean in Brow&xville for assaulting
a woman. Old blood stains on the clothing
are being examined by scientists.
Negros Lynched.
Mobile, December 30.—A special from
Macon, Miss., says that near Crawford, last
night, a mob of citizens took Thomas Sly
and Thomas Sharp, both colored, from jail
and hung them to a tree. They were caught
setting lire to the cotton of Thos. Edwards,
who lives four miles north of Crawford.
A Horrible Crime Attempted.
El Paso, Tkx., December 29. —It became
known here yesterday that a hold attempt
was made on the night of the 23d to blow
tip the bridge of the Southern Pacific rail
road across the Rio Grand* river, several
nnles nbovo the city. Dynamite was placed
on the track and the bridge bolts were
loosened. A dozen or more men, speaking
English, seized the bridge-tender, it man
named Malloy, about midnight, botuul and
blindfolded him, ami then marchod him to
his cabin. It was the intention of the men
to blow passenger train No. 20 from the
bridge as it wus crossing, and then plunder
tho dying passengers on tho rocks below.
Tho train was, however, several hours lute,
and as daylight appeared the robbers lied.
Fight on a su-miii limit.
New Orleans, Dwemlwr 29.—The Pica
yune's Vicksburg special says: The steamer
Will 8. Hays passed up the river last night.
While tho boat was under way a shore dis
tance ubove Natchez, Floyd Hicks, a negro
roustabout, made a murderous assault on
Johu Winn, the mate, striking him twice
on the head with a shovel. It was
thought for a short time that Winn was
dead. Captain 0. W. Floyd attempted to
prevent a further assault on tlie mate by
the negro, when the latter turned on the
captain with a knife. Captain Floyd then
fired at Hicks with a pistol, the Imll enter
ing his head, killing him instantly. Winn
is still in a critical condition.
Cases of Trichluosls.
Chicago, December 29.—Cases of sup
posed trichinosis have been developed m
Willamette, a suburb of this city on the
Northwest railroad. The persons attacked
by the strange malady aro Frank M. Winter-
field and hia wife. A few days ago they
K rtook of some pork, which is said to have
en insufficiently well cooked. Both soon
commenced to suffer excrutiating pain, and
were compelled to take to their beds.
Westerfield’s attack is more serions, and at
one time it was thought would end fatally,
but a slight improvement has been no
ticed by the attending physicians. Mrs.
Westerfleld is able to keep up.
A Negro's Long Fall.
Mobile, December 30.—While workmen
were erecting an elevator on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad wharf, the framing, fifty-two
feet high, fell, carrying with it two colored
men. Oue of them. Evans Frvin, was on
top and leaped the whole distance, alighting
on his head. He is severely, although not
fatally injured. The other man escaped
with a sprained ankle.
WICKED FURNITURE.
Modern Devices From the Standpoint of a
Victim.
There is probably at tho pres nt time,
writes “Onr George" in the Belfast (Me.)
Journal, no one article about which there
is so much unblushing deception ns furni
ture. Formerly a table wan a table, and a
bed was a bed, and a washstand was a
wasbstand, hut now-a-days it may be or it
may not You enter a room and see a
handsome bookcase, and attempt to
open the door, when suddenly the
bookcase is transformed into an
elegant bed, all made up, with the shams
taken off and the clothes turned down and
a bill for lodging all made out and placed
consiiicuously on the pillow. Or it may be
a sideboard that attracts your attention,
and vou step up to examine it, and acci
dently touch k, when it kickH you across
the room, and you look around to see what
what bit you, and discover a $150 bed, and
that you couldn’t occupy for less than $5 a
night.
Or you see a writing desk in a corner of
the room, anil lift up the top to get a sheet
of puper, and find a pitcher of water and a
basin, a soap dish and half a dozen towels.
It has got so that a man needs a book of di
rections and a machinist to find out how to
use the furniture in some of our modern
rooms. Even the chairs we sit in are a
snare and a delusion. There is the folding
rocker, and one of these came near being
indicted for murder in Belfast lately. A
gentleman is the possessor of one of these
chairs, which he nos had for a few years,
and, never hnving had occasion to fold it
up, he had forgotten about its peculiur ana
tomy and its gymnastic ability.
They were originally invented to place in
a sleeping room, where they could be shut
up when the occupant of a room went to
bed, and leaned up against the wall so that
if ho got up in the dark he would run his
shins against the end of the rocker, and
make him wish that Columbus has never
discovered America.
The gentlemen mentioned was seated in
one of these chairs discussing with his wife
and a lady caller the probability of his be-
j ti ...;n u. .....
The crowd then piled lightwood around
the negro and set fire to it. Although he
appealed for mercy, after he had roasted
a while the fire was scattered and he was
allowed to fe» 1 the full agony of bnrning.
Then a new fire was built, and this in turn,
after burning some time, was taken away.
Thu* process was repeated three times.
Reed made no outcry, but his contortions
showed that he suffered terribly. When it
was found that be was dead the lightwood
was piled thickly around and the corpse
was reduced to ashes.
DEATH TO THE ROACH.
now Hotel Men Kill Themselves ol the
Harmless, Yet I’eatiferou* Insect.
Omaha Republican.
“Cockroaches!" Mr. Davenport gazed
contemptuously into space for several see-
onds and then looked helplessly at the Re
publican hotel man, who had called at the
Millard in pursuit of information concern
ing the cockroach question os applied to
tho hotel business. “Name seem* famil
iar," said he, “probably stops hero occa
sionally; not registered to-day, though.”
A bell-boy standing near by felt called
npon to snicker outright at Mr. Daven-
SECRETS GIVEN AWAY,
A Man Never Knows What He Brinks Now
adays Unless He Sees It Made.
New York Mail and Express.
“There arc many liquor stores in New
York where a pure glass of liquor cannot be
had," said a bartender to a reporter for the
ing mentioned in Vanderbilt’s will. He was
in a happy mood, and everything looked
rose colored to him. When the caller arose
to take leave, he rose from the chair and
stepped behind it, and placed his bands
on the top of the back, and stood awaiting
the c filers departure. As bo stood there,
he unconscioiiHly rocked tho chair forward
a little, and, iu doing so, he leaned forward
himself anil boro a part of his weight upon
it, when ouicker than a flash of lightning
the chair doubled up and laid its back down
against the seat, and folded its armR and
cnrled its legs up under it, like a boy iu a
cold bed, and collapsed. Just as the grand
transformation scor e was taking place, one
of tho ladies must have said something
verv funny, as they both began to laugh,
anil tho tears ran down their cheeks, and
thoy held their sides, and sank into the
nearest chairs, while the gentleman careful
ly worked his head out from under tho
finish at tho bottom of tho table, and called
together his different components parts,
and reaching for the chair, grabbed it by
tho nap of tho neck nud gave it a shake as
savagely as if it were possessed of life, when
it straightened np its hack, aud stuc^ out
its leg sand unfolded its arms, and gave nn al
most human smile, while the gentleuinn
sauk into it, and the lady caller glided out,
and his wife resumed her crocheting, and
a hush as largo as a pair of $10 California
blankets covered the room, and the sun
sank to rest and darkness cropt over tho
sceno.
Active Military Operations Rcssmeil In
K»ypt.
Cairo, Decomber 30.—A dispatch from
Kosoh says: Lieutenant-General Stephen
son, commander of the British forces in
Egypt, who recently arrivod hero with largo
reinforcements, attacked tho rebels, who
had been menacing the garrison several
weeks. A three hour’s fight ensued, result
ing in the British troops capturing Ginitts,
a villago near Kosoh. Tho rebels wero
completely routed. The cavalry is pursu
ing tho enemy. Two guns and twenty ban
ners were captured. The English lost one
officer killed and tweutv-ono men wounded.
Tho Egyptian allies of the British lost six
killed ami thirteen wounded.
Cairo, December 30.—A recent report
stated that the Arabs at Gcniss and
Aboi numbered 7,000, of whom 1,100 were
rificiuen. They have six guns nnd plenty of
ammunition. Tho guusuicn were pine d in
earth works, and tho line of fire was direct
on the Nile, no as to oppose the passage of
s teamen.
Abdelkaler Pasha, minuter of war, and
formerly governor of the Soudan, in a re
cent conversation on the Egyptian iiues-
tion. said if the English rotire on Wady
Haifa, they must retire on Assoiier; and if
Assouer thon on Cairo. Ev
ery pace in ndvnnco gives tho
English a hundred friends. Every
>ace in retiring gives them 2,000 enemies,
iulf in frontier and half iu rear. The Eng
lish may gam victory after victory, but if
they lire followed by retreat, the English
government has uselessly wasted blood.
There is not one in ten who would not be
lieve in England’s defeat. I say that retire
ment would he fatal."
When asked whether the question was
insoluble, he replied: “No; it requires
two thingH - first, a fixed policy to crush tho
rebellion; secondly, money. Let England at
tack the enemy in force, an l after the hitter's
defeat open negotiations with nativeVmis-
H.iritH and m moy. England could detach
the soldiers, who are now the backbone of
tho rebellion, and also some of the tribes
who r.ro always jealous of each other."
When asked what sum would be required,
the minister said: “Perhaps two million
pounds, hut this policy would be the cheap
est in the long run."
Caiiio, December 30.— British men-of-
war have been ordered to blockade the coast
of Egypt from Massowah to Suez, iu ordor
to prevent the importation into the Soiulan
of arms aud ammunition for the Arabs.
ROASTED ALIVE.
Detail
of the llurning of the Alabama
Black llrute.
Montgomery Advertiser.
The negro, Alex. Reed, who murdered
Miss Came Boyer, near Gainstown, Clarke
county, Ala, Friday week, was captured
Christmas eve ou the Rhodes plantation,
near the county line. The entire popula
tion. white and black, hod been for a week
on hi» track, and the expressed determina
tion was that he should be burned The
whites offer'd a reward of $150 to any
negro who would capture lteed, and the
capture was effected by two negroes. A
guard of one hundred men w.is formed
aod the march to Gainstown made.
All along the route the desire of th
>eople was that Reed should he lynched,
>ut the captors moved on to the point,
where the brutal murder was committed.
The placed was reached yesterday morning,
and at 2 o'clock Reed was taken out on
the rood and chained to a tree at the place
where Miss Boyer had been found dying
with her head crushed in.
Reed said that he had committed the deed,
bnt that he had not intended k Uiug his
victim. She resisted his attack and his gun
went off, accidentally wounding her in the
neck. Circumstances then compelled him
to murder her, and be did the deed with
the stock of his gun, and thon fled.
port's ignorance on so common a topic of
conversation.
“See here, now; what are yon grinning
at?" naid the hotel man, apparently
tated. “Who told you to laugh? Come
now, you skip. Hear me?"
“You understood ine, Mr. Davenport,"
explained the reporter. “I refer to those
large, black, manv-legged and exceedingly
lively members of the menagerie with which
so many hotel sleeping apartments uro
supplied without any extra charge to the
guests. Cockroancbes—you know what I
mean."
Mr. Davenport's memory was assisted
and his great mind proceeded to evolve ex
pedients by the aid of which he could ward
off n smirch of suspicion which might oth
erwise defile the immaculate reputation of
“The Millard."
“Oh, yes," said he, his memory suddenly
asserting itself. ' •Freeman was telling me
something of the kind he saw the other
night over nt a house on Capitol avenue
Wo were fnll with a large party of cattle
men from Wyoming, who came to attend
the annual meetings of the cattle companies.
There was also a theatrical troupe here and
the hon o was so full that wo didn't have
even aplaco for our night clerk to sleep; so
that the genial individual had to go out to
find a sleeping place. I wouldn’t have re
membered the circumstances at all, only
Freeman had a very strange experience last
night, and it seems that these—a—a—oh,
yes, cockroaches, were at tho bottom of the
whole thing. ju see, when Freeman goes
to bed he always hangs his trousers on the
upper left-hand bed post, where he can get
at era handy—he carries his girl’s picture
next to his heart all day, nnd takes u look
at it the Inst thing at night and the first
thing in the morning—without getting out
of bed. When he woke up the next morning
he felt for his trousers and they were gone. ’
“Didn’t he find them at all?’ T inquire th
reporter, breathlessly.
“Yes, ufter about an hour’s search the
missing pantaloons were discovered behind
the bureau, surrounded by the lifeless bodies
of these—a—vermin. They had looked nt
the picture. Front! Room with a hath, did
you say, sir?”
On his way to the coroner’s office the re
porter stopped in at the Paxton. A well-fed
and genial, nice looking figure, with a pen
behind its ear, rested its hands upon the
register. This was none other thnn the
mortal frame of Joe Hensnw.
“Mr. Heosaw," said tho reporter, “which
do yon consider the best way to destroy
cockroaches?"
“Kill ’em!” ejaculated Mr. Hensaw, swal
lowing a basswood toothpick.
“But how? ’ asked the reporter.
“Well," said Mr. Henshnw, reflectively,
“Frank Hull invented a preparation wheu
he first came here from the Parker house
in Boston, which was a caution to cock-
roaches. The house was pestered with
them, and they became so bold that they
would come up over the counter in pairs
and look at tho register. One mi ruing
Frank came on duty and found that n flig
fellow had registered C. Roach, nnd was
lean ng against the inkstand picking his
teeth. Frank turned as pale as his com
plexion would allow him, anil registered a
vow by all the hones of his ancestors that
from that day he would exterminate every
roach he could find. He went to work and
got up a preparation, nt which the stoutest
heart might quake. It contained equal
parts of railroad sandwich, hotel pie, bones
nnd snuff. Ho ground it all up fine, anil
all of us from Dick Kitchen to the elevator
boy, armed ourselves with the deadly com
pound and waited for the roaches.
“After dinner they began coming out of
tho dining-room arm in arm, and we
swooped down upon them. We caught
each on* of them by the tail, and squeezed
him until ho opened his month w ide, And
then we threw the preparation down his
throat, and, holding nim down on the floor,
we stamped on him until he was dead. Iu
eek we hadn't a roach in the house."
‘Yon are positive that the facts you state
are con :ct,” queried the reporter.
“True &h gospel, every word," said Mr.
Hc-nxnw.
The reporter met Mr. Joe Needham at tlie
front cut ranee of the Cozzens, and pro
pounded to him his qneKtion.
“Cockroaches?” inquired Mr. Needham,
'cockroaches? Simplest thing in the
world, me boy, Charlie Ross, onr night
clerk, takes a lasso and secures them by the
neck (it’s his regular morning work), and
then they are drugged by main forcejto the
deepest ‘dojon’ cell, whtre an immense
triphammer is constantly striking nn anvil.
The roaches are chlofortned anil blind
folded anil hacked carefully under the ever
moving hammer, and then," said Needham,
wining his moistening eyes, “then the hist
sad scene of all, they are scrunched beyond
4 v. iwv«» .I.IA .......t.1 ... ..ii
recognition. Ah, mo boy, this world is all
a fleeting show. In the midst of life we
sre in death. We are hero to-day, and next
week we ure in Council Bluffs."
Leaving Mr. Needham weeping copiously,
the reporter sought Mr. Rumsey, and asked
him it the facts were as Mr. Needham hud
stated them. Tne proprietor cast an
angry glauce at the weeping N?edham, and
said that they were not.
“We kill roaches by turning npon them
the glare of Clu-l-y R ms's diamond s iirt-
stud. If that taut enough, we call Need
ham iu and paralyze them with one of Joe's
stories. It shrivels 'em np every time. If
they don’t die, they are glad to sign an
agreement to go to the Windsor or Can-
field.’’
“Every well regulated hotel is more or
less troubled with them," said clerk Jones,
as he sat bellied the desk at the Windsor ;
“bnt, os Josh Billings used to say, 'they
don't live so much on what they eat ez
whnt they crawl over.’"
“How do yon get lid of them when they
become so numerous?"
“We send them in to the bartender.
They're extravagantly fond of Jamaica rmn
and V. S. O. F. t and when the bartender
empties a bottle on the floor they all walk
np and get so blind drunk that they think
the}'re in the natatorinm. When they're
all in up to their necks the bartender touches
the wh de thing off with a match. Catch
on? It's cheaper than sending them away
Mail And Express recently. The assertion
set the reporter thinking of tho many port
wine Tom and Jerrys he had at various
times quaffed, of the seductive cocktail and
the soothing brandy anil seltzer. Tho
guileless scribe was astounded. The ex
hilarating hot rum which ho held in hand
had lost its attractiveness, its flavor seemed
suspicions, its taste nauseous, And wistful
ly he laid it down nnd called for a seltzer.
* “Worse still,” said his loquacious infor
mant.
The reporter tried to look indifferent, but
tbs quizzical nix of his informant broke
down his assumed nonchalance, and with
desperation he asked;
“What is pure?"
“Nothing hut water," rejoined tho bar-
teuder.
The reporter leaned his shoulder against
the nickel-plated cigar case and ruminated.
Ah he thought of the many times he had
praised the gin-slings nnd other beverages
in which he hail fondly indulged, his face
flushed, his natural dignity oozed out, Knd
his crestfallen demeanor brought a smilo of
pity to the face of the bartender.
“I will give you a practical insight into
the mysteries of our profession," the bar
tender said. “In the first place, before we
g<jt our liquors they are salted."
“Salted/" queried the scribe.
“Well, brought down to a certain degree
by water and powders, so that they have n
delicate and palatable flavor. This system
makes the price considerably less to us.
Then, when we get our whiskies anil bran- 1
dies, they undergo another process.”
“So?”
“Yes, wo reduce them still farther. For
instance, we buy a barrel of whisky which
holds forty gallons. From that we get half
as much again. We.take say a gallon of
whisky aud to that we add a quart of water
and a quart of spirits which we buy at $1.25
a gallon.”
“But that would change the color and do
stroy the flavor.”
The bartender smiled grimly ns he said:
“Oh, no, we have remedies for that. We
use chemicals which give a natural color
and consistency, nml thon we have powders
which impart u flavor. In fact, the system
is ko perfect that inen who profess to be
judges of tho real article pronounce our
liquor perfect.”
“But haven’t you a No. 1 article for sale?”
jueried tho reporter.
“No; what wo sell for No. 1 is tho
superior article blended with iuferior stuff.
For that wo charge 15 cents a pony. The
cost to us is about$3.25 u gallon."
Well, is there not u superior quality of
rum? Surely, that is genuine. You can
not counter!* it the flavor.”
“Bless your heart, that is a simple thing.
We just take the ordinary cheap rum, mix
a pint of molasses to every gidlon, nml then
add a few drops of a certain chemical we
use nml wo have tho widely celebrated rum.
This pure Scotch, which we have so often
praised, is nothing but the common gin.
\Yo simply put a little Scotch chemical
flavor into a bottle of the article, and we
have real old Highland whisky, warranted
pure."
“But your wines. Yon can not adulter
ate those?”
“Not nil of them. Therefore some which
wo bity so cheap that it is not worth while
to tamper with them. Claret, for instance.
French clnrot we can buy nt 33 cents a bot
tle wholesale, and a cheaper grado costs us
25. We can adulterate port wine which is
adulterated when we buy it. Wo mix a
quart of spirits with ench gallon, which
many think improves its flavor. Then to
briog it back to its original color wo mix
howilers with it, nud we have genuine, first-
class wine. Sherry wines, I believe, are
also adulterated with vinegar, sugar unil
syrup, hut of that I know nothing person
ally. I will give you a practical illustration
of somo of our methods. Here is a four
and a half gallon keg, into which I mu go
ing to put three gallons of salted whisky,
throe quarts of water, nnd when I have fin
ished you will hnvo before you some tine
old Bourbon whisky.”
The bartender at this point drew three
pillions of liquor from a barrel and then put
it into the smaller cask. Then he took
nearly a gallon of spirits nnd three quarts
of water, nnd after mixing the two, poured
them into the keg. Then ho drew theft-
frorn a glassful of tho inixturo. It did not
have either tho color or the flavor of the
genuine article aud the scribo looked puz-
zleil.
“Possess your soul in patience, my dear
hoy, aud you will Bee tho whole system,”
Huiil the profesHor. “Now you observe this
Km all bottle with tho dark substance; that
costs $2 an ounce. It is both the fluvor and
the color that wo put in. I take, see, about
two tablespoonfuls and put it ia the cask.
Now I mix it up," suiting the action to the
word.
Then the bar-tender drew a wineglassful
of the nrticlo from the keg aud the reporter
was astonished. No difference could he
seea between the original whisky and that
which had been manufactured.
“This we bottle and sell over the bar nt
10 cents a drink," said the bar-teuder.
‘And your temperance drinks me worse
till ” ho continued. “Seltzer, for initance,
s made of water and mnrblo dust charged
with acids. One or two glasses will uever
hurt anybody, but if you take it regularly
t is bound to fetch you!"
“Well, isn’t there uuy pure temperance
criuk?’
“Well, there is cider, hat even that inn
majority of cases is mixed with imimiu
spirits—sand, we cull it—to prevent it from
turning sour."
The reporter had nothing more to say,
and bidding his candid friend good-by,
went out nnd tasted the first snowi^ake of
the season.
An Antl-Vacclnatlon League.
Montreal, December 29.—An anti-)
cination league was organized to-night, foj
the purpose of restating compulsory vaccj.L
nation and defending members who navi
be prosecuted for refusing vaccination, unl|
especially vaccinatioir, which tlie leaga t (
emphatically condemns. Dr. A. M. Ross i
tho president.
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Panr/atth, or Scaly Skin,
It John J. Ca*e, DD.S., hating practised dentin! set;!
ry In thia country for thirty-five years and beta* t j l# ,
well known to hounsnd* hereabouts, with a view
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past twelve year*, batity that the Cutblcura Rome Chili
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days, after the doctor* with whom I had ccss&Jted cL
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Your CuticuraRentedie* performed a wonderful umlt
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After Sutrerinff f6r Twenty Years.
Midi*on, (Win.) Special.
Governor Rusk has gran tel a full pardon
to George Wilson, formerly of Troy, N. Y.,
who in 1865 was sent to State’s prison for
life for the alleged murder of John Riley, a
barkeeper, at Milwaukee. Wilson served
twenty years, and was pardoned last June
on condition that he h ave the State. That
condition was imposed to favor J. II. C.
Cottrell, who prosecuted Wilson, and whom
the latter threatened to kill if he ever got a
chance. Cottrell died in Milwaukee six
months ago; hence there was no farther
necessity of the condition being maintain-
ed. The Governor is thoroughly convinced
that the murder for which Wilson suffered
twenty long years’ imprisonment was com
mitted by another man who was involved
in the row leading to it
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An old physician, retired from practice. Laving
bad placed in his hand* by an East India missiona
ry the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy aud permanent cure of consumption, bron
chitis, catarrh, asthma and all throat and lung affec
tion*; also a positive and radio il cure for nervous
debility aud all nervous complaints, after havinv
tested its wonderful curative powers in thousand* of
cases, ha* felt it bis duty to make it known to hi*
fellow sufferer*. Actuated by this motive and a de
sire to relieve human suffering. 1 will send five of
charge, to all who desire it, this receipt. In German,
French and English, with full directions fur prepar-
. ing and n*lng. Scot by mail by addressing with
down into P.onijlTtni. to Or. Leaoyne , aump, wmlu IU. paper. W. jl Nojea, it, Puertr.
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Cure sworn to before a Jn**Vn nf the Peace an. 1 * hefor
Henderson's most prominent citizens. | macy
know
lent
Cutteura ftemedics
Are sold by all druggiMU. Price: Cuticura, (50cents.
Resolvent, $i (JO; Roap, *JS centi. Prepared by th*
the
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston.
to hi
ghoul
Send for ’“ffow to Cure Skin Diseases." n qui
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DKNTUsTRY—DR. H. B. BARFIELD,
Ko. 90 J* Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia
Office hours—9 a. in. to fl p. m.
Crawford Sheriff’s Sales.
GEORGIA CRAWFORD COUNTY.-WU1 be sold
before the court bouse door, in tho town of Knot lU01t
villc, Gq., within tho legal hours of eale. on tho first 89 vcri
Tuesday in -Itintiarv, lHStf, the following described sorbet
pn»j»ert.v to-wit: South part of lot of laudnm r ♦
seventy nine (79), containing 101^ acres, more or!,3jJr
lesH. oil of lots tinnils-r* forty-eeven (47), forty niL* m
(«!>). fifty (50) and fourteen and one-half s.'ir* <H v‘‘ d at '
off of tho Mouth side of lot number forty six (4t\ Koatak:
containing M-vcn hundred and twenty-three and »
one quarter acres of lard (723' 4 ». more or It**. flsAA
same lying nnd being in tlie Seventh district ufl ft “ c, ‘ n
originally llouxton, but now Crawford county, ar.i of the
known a* the Wheeler place. Sold for the pun I Cougn
money due on said land. Pr >pcrty pointed out byki ,
plaintiff's attorney. Tenants in possession notice J ' 1
Levied on as the property of M. I,. Cooper to mti.] 0 * ,nv <
fy a fl fa. issued from the Superior Court of Houelfresl) u
< - it ■ nl
oul<]
Sure:
county in favor of Mrs. J. L. Byiugton v
L. Cooper, December 1st. lNta.
decs law4w M. P. RIVIERE Sheriff.
ouho door in Clinton on tl ni/ foi
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA. JONES COTNTV— By virtue of an o
dor of the Court of Ordinary of Jones county,
will sell at tho court hou*o door in Clinton <
first Tuesday in January,
erty lielonging to rutate of «. uiu«i,mn.iwHUM L
situate on the ea*t bank of Ocmulgeo river, ar:ORClie
known as Glover's Mill*; viz.; One-halt Interest iayroileh
on'e thoimand (1,000) acres of land. Including thereaMm
In the half interest in one lane three-ntoiy fin: * ..
class merchant mill; oue saw mill; gin and gin hor.*<|HH e .
for public ginning; one store house for genenUUq wi
merchandise, including all the fixture* pertaiuiuiivhiclt I
to said mills and sttnated thereon; also
ferry established across said river, and all in g«
repair and dally operation. Also ono *toro-hou*i
anil lot at Juliette, on the East Tennessee, YlrgtaU’prk.
sod Gixuyia railroad. All this property is wlthiEaWtflpn
one mile of the railroad. Fino water power; gotxL^-
farta land; good improvements, and In good c”"- 1 ™
dltion. Sold for division. Tlie other half of*
property is owned by Dr. W. P. Glover, who desli
a good partner to purchase this Interest.
Terms, cash. November 12. Ihhs.
W. P. GLOVER,
Administrator and Surviving Partner.
nov24-w«t ■
Administrator’s Sale.
GEOROIA. JONKH COUNTY—By virtue of an c
d« r from tho court of ordinary of June* county,
will sell before the court house door in the town
Clinton, cn the first Tuesday In January. IHHfl, wit! *uiineo
in the legal hour* of sale, fifty acres of laud helm *i; n 11 n
ing to the estate of Mrs. Sarah L. Roberts, deccn hill
in Jones county, situate on Commiodoner Uru t*at -.j
near the Baldwin county line, adjoining D. B. H:l . <
Walker an«l others. Fair land, mostly cleared; t» * u,n
log cabin* thereon. Convenient to railroad. £•! -prtjhlo
to nay
di-clw
GEORGIA, Crawford couuty —Henry D.
shall bss applied for cx« rnptlon of realty and
sonalty, aud setting apart and valuation of hom*l
stood, anil 1 will pass upon the same at 10 o'cloi« ;ir P»*
a. iu., on the ic*h day of January, 18H6, at my 'It QUOl
December 21, ltftUl. lniul, t
' Fort '
GEO. L. HAWYKR. rdlnary
simple remedy Free by'addressing C. J. MASON, 'ft—
Nassau streeet, N. Y. ill i I Iwji III
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Oil has been removed. It ha*fArr«^^Koi]
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with Burch. Arrowroot or Bn gar, |>a
and Is therefore far moro econom-I s |L rr j
leal, cottlng leu than one cent dLBjj
It Is delicious, nourishing
strengthening, easily digested,
•id admirably adapted for tor *
4 numiraiiiy nuapuii iui nn- j “ .
os well a* for persons toheald-V 0 ^!
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V. BASES & CO., DorcIiegter.Hass.fc:
NOTICE.
in wit
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Haddock** Stattosc, Joses Cocntt: Uterizc
All parties indebted to the estate of Mllbrrj 'iariiet
Haddock are hereby notified to come forward ^|L r »«
settle at once. Also, parties having claims again# (>r
the estate wUl present In proper form. “ll
J. M. MIDDLEDP90K8, - w us fl
dec84w Executor. gL gQ
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descriptive circular. Address* ..
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