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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE BAYARD HOME CIRCLE AGAIN
INVADED BY DEATH.
The Mother Follow* the D**|hter to the
Tomb—Whet Congress Mill do ThU
Week—Conquest Clarke'*
Resignation.
Wt*tiittTO», January M.—Mrs. BayarL
the wile of Secretary of State Bayard, died
here this morning. The immediate cause
of her death was congestion of the brain,
brought on by the shock of her .laughter's
sudden death two weeks ago. For the first
week following that event she stood the
■train and excitement quite well, but a
week ago last Friday she was compelled to
take to her bed, and gradually grew worse
from day to day. On Thursday congestion
of the brain made its appearance. She was
unconscious for twenty-four hours before
her death. Although for years Mrs. Bayard
had been a confirmed invalid,
abe had for the last six months
been in better health than for
many years. Last summer she was very ill
at her borne in Wilmington, Del., with a
complication of diseases of the liver and
stomach, and her recovery at that time was
considered doubtful. At'tbe solicitation of
her daughter, Miss Kate, she put herself
under care of Dr. F. A. Gardner, of this
city, and under his treatment she had im
proved so mnch as to be able to go into so-
ciety this winter, and, althongh still an in
valid, she was in comparatively good
health when her daughter died. She was
about fifty-one years of age. With the ex
ception of her daughter, Mrs. Warren, of 111 , n
Boston, and her son, w ho is in Arizona, the
family were present when she died. The
laxly will be taken to Wilmington for burial
to-morrow, and the funeral will be held
there on Tuesday.
The death of Mrs. Bayard will have a
marked effect on social festivities at the
capital. It closes in absolute mourning for
a week the White House and the homes of
the cabinet ministers, and withdraws from
aocieiy the President and Miss Cleveland,
the members of the cabinet and their fam
ilies. On the announcement of the sod
event the President directed the im
mediate recall of invitations for a
state dinner to the Supreme Court,
which was to have been given
Thursday evening, and Secretary and Mrs.
Eodicott withdrew tbeir invitations for a
cabinet dinner on Friday evening. Miss
Cleveland will not he at home to callers
during the week, end het Saturday after
noon reception will be abandoned. Secre
tary and Mrs. Whitney bad issued cards for
a scries of Thursday evening receptions,but
their house will, with others, he closed for
this week, and all acceptances of invita
tions by cabinet families for that period
■rill be revoked.
Mra. Bayard was prevented by ill health
from appearing in society last winter, and
her, place was most acceptably filled by her
accomplished daughter, whose sudden death
shocked Washington, but two weeks ago.
This winter Mrs. Bayard's health was so
mneb improved that she took her place as
the head of the cabinet ladies anil assist
ed at the President’s reception on New
Year’s day. At Misa Cleveland’s first Sat
urday afternoon reception (lie filled the
place of honor aa hostess a part of
the time in the blue parlor with a distin
guished grace and marked cordiality which
wes noted as a most pleasant feature of the
occasion. At the President's first state
dinner, that was given in lionor of the
cabinet two weeks ago Thursday night, she
occupied the place of honor at the Presi
dent a right and the exchanged congratula
tions which went about the circle of the
official family on her improved health and
buoyant spirits added much to the pleas
ure* of the gathering.
The cessation of social festivities which
the foregoing announcement records, is hut
• feeble indication of the personal loss
which every cabinet family falls in the ter-
rible bereavement which lias befallen the
Secretary of Stuto, It ia well understood
that there would be a more marked expres-
kion of sympathy anil condolence on their
part, did not Mr. Bat ard prefer otherwise
in his characteristic consideration for
others and hia desires that his private
griefs, almost unbearable ns they would
aeem to be, should not unduly affect the
jmblte.
The President was immediately notified
of Mrs. Bayard's death, aud ho at once
sent Col. Lament with a note of condolence
to the Secretary, anil late in the day Miss
Cleveland called at the house.
There will be no funeral services in Wash
ington. The remaius will be taken by
special car to Wilmington and deposited In
the old Swedish Church, where they will
remain until 2 o'clock Tuesday ufternoon,
when the Episcopal burial service will be
read and the body placed in the tomb. Mr.
Bayard hat naked that no official ilemoustra
tion be made, and the President wilt not go
to Wilmington. Several members of the
cabinet, however, will attend the funeral.
Cabinet officers, Senators, Representa
tives, diplomats and public men generally
liavo called at the Bayard mansion to-day
to express their sympathy with the Secre
tary in his aUiction.
Mrs. Bayard was horn In Baltimore in
DtilS. Her father, Joshua Lee, was one of
the leading business men of that city
thirty-five years ago. She met the Secre
tary while bis father was * Senator from
Delaware, and they were married in 1850
There were twelve children born to them
seven of whom are still alive. Up to seven
or eight years ago Mrs. Bayard was leader
in society at the national capital.
consultation to-morrow morning between
Senator Harrison and Senator Hoar, having
these measures, respectively, in charge,
as to which shall be firat proceeded with.
Whichever is first taken up will probably
consume the greater part, if not all, of the
week. The bill to divide the Sioux reser
vation holds its place at the bead of the
calendar for the morning hour. It
was near the point of action more
than a week ago, bnt every time it
has been reached a new entire Indian ques
tion has been opened nnp, and the morn
ing hour baa not beqn found long enongh
to dispose of the fresh amendments which
this fruitful topic suggested. Attorney
General Garland's letter declining to fur
nish papers called for by tbe Senate, rela
ting to the Dublin case, will he laid before
tbe Senate at the next executive session.
The secret proceedings of the Senate there
after are likely to be very interesting to
participants, and if they are allowed to leak
out, will be equally so to the public.
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Couple or Team* liainblers Shoot Each
Other.
Houston, Tex., January 31.—A fatal
shooting affair occurred here last evening
between Jack Crowley, a sporting man of
this city, and Jack Hanlon, a Galveston
gambler. Crowley wan almost instantly
killed and Hanlon serionsly wounded, two
bullets entering his body, one of them pene
trated his lung and the other lodged in his
noin. The shooting occurred in the par
lor of the residence of John Delaney. Both
men had been paying attention to Miss De
laney. It appears the lady aent Crowley
to Galveston on Friday bearing a
sealed missive for Hanlon. Both
came here on the same
train yesterday, and Hanlon look a carriage
for DtLaney’s residence. Crowley followed
on foot. Crowley entered the house a few
moments after Hanlon, and was apparently
unknown to the latter. Miss DeLaney says
she was in the rear part of the bouse when
the shooting occurred, and that she is en
gaged to marry Hanlon. She is a very hand
some brunette. Hanlon will probably die
from bis wounds. Both Hanlon and Crow
ley were widely known among sports.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Sailor Kill* Two Women anil Attempt*
UUOwn Life.
Cleveland, O., January 31.—Alf Smith, a
sailor on the lakes, murdered his wife and
her companion, Louisa Jane Wilson, some
time lost night and then attempted suicide
by cutting bis throat. The razor failed in
its work, however, and he will recover.
Mrs. Smith was a clairvoyant, anil for two
years occupied rooms in the Crocker block,
on Superior street. She and
her husband came from Oswego,
N, Y., where they were born an!
reared. She was thirty-five years old, and
quite a good looking woman. The pair hail
two children, a girl sixteen years old and a
boy ten. Smith has been a worthless fel
low, and compelled his wife to support
him. Lately he has been very brutal, and
his wife, on Friday, applied for a divorce.
Lost night or early this morning he entered
her room by means of a window, anil killed
the women by beating them over tho head
with a carpenter's hammer.
ENGLISH POLIT1C8.
Cabinet Resignations Received, and Glad
stone Summoned to Osborne.
London, January 20.—The Queen has ac
cepted the resignations of Lord Salisbury
and his cabinet. Lord Salisbury returned
to London this evening from Osborne. He
was closely guarded by detectives. The
Queen has summoned Gladstone for con
sultation,
Tbe deadlock between Mr. Gladstone
and Lord Harrington continues, tbe latter
bolding that tbe repression of disorder in
Ireland is primarily necessary.
Tbe Fortnightly Review publishes s
political article which is generally supposed
to reflect the views of Joseph Chamberlain
on the present courses. Tbe writer ex
presses great regret at the “timidity of the
Whigs," who seem to be afraid to face the
land question. Their opposition, he Lays,
failed in former attempts to settle this great
issue, and he urges them to reconsider the
whole subject now. A frank concert with
the Nationalists sbonld be proposed, the
article continued, and if Parnell refuses
to negotiate on the basis of solving the
Irish problem by an adjustment of the
land question, then the Liberals should
try to deal with the Home Rulers through
Mr. Healy. Tbe writer says he thinks a
few months will reveal dissentions which
maintains as uow dormand in the national
ist party, anil intimates that a falling off in
A 'nerican donations to the League treasury
will bring Mr, Parnell to the point of con
forming bis demand to what Englishmen
may justly grant. In conclnsion the wri
ter nrges the rejection of all other schemes
of the home rule yet proposed, anil saya if
England ever yields to the Irish demand
for home Parliament she will have no
guarantee against an eventual separation of
Ireland from Great Britain.
Previous to Mr. Gladstone's being snm-
tnoned it was reported that the Queen hesi
tated between the ex-l’rcmier and Harring
ton and has ordered the ministers not to
surrender their scats of office till Mondiay.
The Daily News says that, although Lord
Harrington has not indicated his intention,
it is certainly premature to presume that he
wonld decline in the event of his being
asked to assist Mr. Gladstone,
FIFTY LASHES.
Arnold Foster on the Irish,
London, Januajy 20. --The latest number
of the Nineteenth Century contains an
article by Arnold Foster, which bas created
a sensation here. The writer recalled that
Irishmen were at the bottom of the Molly
Magnire conspiracy in l’enns> lvania; that
Irishmen plotted against officials and
Chinese in San Francisco; that the Tam
many ring was largely ^supported by Irish
citizens, and that the Boston police were
tampered with by Irish politicians of that
city. The history of the world shows, he
says, that the Irish engage in conspiracies
wherever they may be, and he advises that
the English government exercise firmness
in its treatment of Ireland, os otherwise a
relinquishment of that country wil| be
necessary.
A LEVEE BREAKS.
. Land
Thirty-Five Thousand Acre*
Inundated—The Lot*.
Stockton, Cal., Jannary 31.—The cross
levee, which separated the lower division of
Roberta' Island from the middle division,
gu»o way yesterday, allowing the water to
cover 35,1100 acres of land, of which 13,000
sores were in wheat. The levee wUch sur
rounds tbe island broke at the middle sec
tion several days ago, flooding a section
which comprised 12,000ucres ingrain. This
brought a heavy pressure of water against
the cross levee, which was being constantly
strengthened, bat, ns it proved, without
avail. Most of the inunduteil land is owned
by the Glasgow-California Land Company,
composed principally of foreign capitalists.
The entire loss is estimated at $000,000.
A Comprehensive Platform.
Boston, January 31,—Tho eighteenth an
nual conventiou of tho New England Labor
Heloriu League was held here to-day. Itei-
olutiona wero adopted declaring all govern
ment robbery, trades unions repressive
monopolies, knights of labor tyrannous
pirates, silveritea and golditea a warring
set of thieves, mm and mormnnism the
representatives of personal and religious
liberty, and marriage, church und state, all
hindrances to pi ogress,
A Jail Delivery Frustrated,
Chaleston, 8. C., January 31.—At Chea
ter to-day, eleven colonxl prisoners at
tempted a jail delivery, by attacking Sheriff
Hotxl, With tbe assistance of another
prisoner, Hood succeeded in beating his
assailants hack, shooting one of them, Al
len Good, in the head. Good will die. The
prisoners, finding tbe attempt abortive,
rushed bock to their cells.
nismarck and the Reichstag,
Beblin, Jannary 29.—In the I’ruisian
Landtag to-day, daring a discussion ofi the
spirit monopoly bill, Prince Bismarck] de
clared that if the spirit monopoly we
fused, the government would be force* to
impose an enormona license upon del .
Referring to bis remarks in relation to the
Reichstag in the Landtag yesterday, in "
discussion on the subject of the cxpali
of the Poles, be declared that tbe govern
ment did not intend a dissolution of the
Reichstag nor any other coup il’elut.
Polish Revolutionists Kxrcnted.
Warsaw, January 29.—Kunilzky Bor-
deuski, a Justice of Peace, Petruszyski and
Oszwaski, recently condemned to death tor
belonging to Polish Social Revolutionary
Association, styled tbe Proletariate, were
executed to-day. Levy, a captain of engi.
neers, and Schnousa, a private gentlenan,
also condemned to death, had their ten
tencea commuted to twenty years servitude
in Siberia.
A NEW MOTOR.
WITH A COTTON HOOK.
A New Judge Sentences a Prisoner to be
Publicly Whipped.
Deputy Sheriff OTry, of the City Court, snd a
Tzlkoiufh reporter arrived at the Bibb county jail
yesterday morning jnet in time to witness the pro
ceedings of a court that was not organized under
the btate laws.
Tbe court wss In aetslon in a corridor surround,
lag the cells in tbe rear part of the J*U. Tbe judge
was s negro named Andrew Jackson, who is in du
rance vile on the charge of stealing a hone. The
solicitor-general was a negro named Brown, who is
awaiting trial for a misdemeanor of trifling import
The sheriff wse s negro named Taylor, who stole
somebody'! ehoee, and will answer for tho offense
' i the City Court
The court wss engaged In the trial of one Noah
Bobinson, a small, black negro, who will answer
offense at the next term of the United States
District court. He was charged with stealing three
peas from a fellow prisoner. His connsel was a
jeilow negro named Smith, an indlrldnal of great
, rare legal attainments, nod wonderful clo-
Ijueu.e.
The jury wss a study. Green Bickerson, con-
vlrtrd of the murder of the hsekman. Harrison
Brown, wss the foreman. The other members con
sisted of thieves wife-beaters and cut-throats.
The solicitor general had the floor, and was en
gaged in staUng the case against the prisoner.
"Die nigger, Bobinson," he said, "was seed by
fo‘ witnesses, stcalin' de ‘fo* said peas Turn anod-
der nigger. De ev’dence 'gin him am stronger dan
de iyun bars what we's got 'tween us an' de jailer
pertectlon 'gin de col* weader. De law In
am plain as de nose on de jedge's face.
Hit's writ in all de big law books, an' bit say dat de
m&n what steals peas mus' he larruped ter de chune
ob fifty lashes, or 'quired ter pay de line ob fifty
cents In cash money-." •
■D.it nigger ain't got no fifty cents," said one
of the jurors. luterrupUug.
"De cullere J hroder am 'tlrely too previous," shout-1
cd the sheriff. "Die co't ain't gwiue ter be fooled
wid by no nigger on de jury, tihet up, au' pay 'ten-
tion ter de perceediu's.”
Tbe juror subsided, snd the eolicitor continued:
"Please de co't, I done Interduced fo' witnesses
what ’dares de nigger stole de peas. De case am
made out ter de aatisfacsbnm ob do law. I axes
de—"
•Say, nigger." said the judge, addressing the so
licitor general, "gimme a chaw o' texhaccer."
The solicitor general handed the judge a small
ieee of tobacco, a look of infinite disgust mantling
[is ebony countenance aa he did so.
"De co't do'n' wau' ter hear no mo' Cum de
rlic'ter." said the Judge, after he had placed the
tobacco beeween his teeth. "Let de Iyer ob de
prisoner shoot off his jaw a while."
Smith, the prisoner's counsel, arose from spile
of blankets and proceeded to address the court:
"Please de Jedge and gcu'temans ob de Jury, de
ut I’rtirrrtituh ob dis case am restin' on my feeble
shoulders. I feels de sponslbility ob setlin' forth-
settiu’ out, eettia’ in, or settiir under, or how.
soever odderwise do legality oh do time ob day
'quires me ter disputabus on de case, an’ I fern ter
de las' ‘cislon ob de S'pretne Co't on deso pints.
De born freedom obde 'Mertc.fi citizen, 'cordin' ter
’ de prophets, am dat he shall be tried in de
light ob faith, hope an'charity—an' de greatest ob
dese am charity- by his pairs. Now, whsr am de
niggers’pain? He am oue, but whsr am de odder!"
"In the chain-gand," suggested the solicitor*
general.
"De s'lic'ter am mighty pert." Smith continued
rut he 'tirely subbllcates de question. What
am —7"
'Pears ter do co’t," interrupted the judge, "dst
case is too much mixed. I do'n' wan' to hear
iuo' f'um nobody. I fin's de nigger guilty, mu'
mils’ stau’ de fifty lashes or pay Ue titty cents.”
I What jer gwiue ter do wid do Jury ?" asked
tbe foreman of that august body.
“Usug de jury," replied the Judge. "Mr. Sheriff,
take dat nigger inside an' lay on ter him fit tf laehes.
Kf he got nfey cents, c'lect dat a’terwards."
’Dar ain't no nigger In do county tail what
One Negro Inflicts » Probably Fatal Wound
on Another** Heed.
At 1 o’clock yesterday, Sara Tyson struck
Peter Hammock on the head with a cotton
hook, inflicting a wound that will probably
cause Hammock’s death. '
Tyson and Hammock are negro porters,
employed at the freight depot of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad.
They have been in the habit of jokingly
using very rough language to each other.
About an hour previous to the difliculty in
which Hammock was injured, Tyson used
an expression which offended Hammock.
Some quarreling ensued, but ended without
blows. , _
A few minutes before 1 o clock, Tyson
and Hammock were unloading nails from a
freight car. In trucking out a keg, Tyson
accidentally struck Hammock on the leg.
The Utter* became enraged, and nccus -d
Tyson of purposely running the truck over
his foot.
“1 didn’t touch your foot,” Tyson said,
“and you know I didn’t. If I’d run over
your foot, you couldn’t walk.” ^
“You did run over my foot,” said Ham>
mock, “and I don't like it. I don’t„ like
what yon said to me just now, either.”
At this point, according to Tyson, Ham
mock dropped his trucks and placed his
hand behind him. Tyson dropped his
trucks bIko, and tried to get out of the way.
Hammock followed, using very abusive
language. "When the two men got out on
the platform, Tyson told Hammock that he
did not wish to have a tight the depot, but
was willing to have one after work hours.
Hammock refused to stop, but continued
to follow Tyson, still threatening him. Fi
nally, when close enough. Hammock drew
a knife and raised it to strike. Tyson, see
ing what was coming, pulled a cotton hook
from his belt, and raising it high in the air,
brought it down with terrific force on Ham-
moc's head. The point sunk in, near the
right temple. Tyson ran back a few feet,
and then stopped. Hammock did not fol
low him, but at once went home and sent
for a physician.
Tyson* was arrested at 1:30 o’clock, and
lodged in a cell at the city prison. Soon
after, a message was sent to the station
bouse by Hammock's physician, to the ef
fect that it would be well not to release
Tyson on bond, as Hammock would probab
ly die from his wound.
A ••CHESTHUT" n* MIKADO DRE.H*.
A man in apartments of luxury lay
On hi* pillow, his pillow, hit* pillow:
The clock had struck ten. but he slumbered away
f lmme fifty lashes, exclaimed the prisouer, plac-
dk himself in a boxing attitude.
"Den,” said tho Judge, "ef do co’t ain’t gwlne to
le ’•pected, ITperfuses ter bo Jedge no mo’.”
This remark brought about a speedy adjourn
ment. and the court once more resolved Itself into
criminals wboee "day In court" is yet to come.
Before leaving the jail, the reporter interviewed
8mtth, the prisoner's counsel.
’luded ter de fac’ way back in Jerry’s time!
••Who was Jerry?"
••Sho. now, ain’t yer never heard ob Jerry ? Dey
calls him Jerytulre, dese days, but his fust name
was Jerry."
“Do you mean the prophet Jeremiah?"
••Dat a what I done say—de prophet Jerrymlre.”
••Why was his name changed from Jerry to Jere-
jolah?’*
“Well, you see, in dem ole times Jerry was a
mighty ban’ ’gin wickedness. Ue preached de word
wid fo* eight an* bin’ sight at er name time. De
Romans beard obhim, an dey ’termined to squelch
nlm. So dey come outen dey city wid dey battlin’
axe«, an’ dey cotchcd Jerry when he wasn’t
’■pectin’ ’em. Dey put him down In a deep duugln.
what had bit’s bottom fuU ob mud. lilt was de
meanest place in do worl’. Well, dey kep* Jerry
down dar lu de mire seven hundred an’ seven
years. Den, ono day, dey went down dar au’
cotched him by de hair ob his head an* pulled him
yer born.”
Tbe reporter departed, a much wiser man than
he ever thought he would be.
Twenty-two Men Hurled by a tinow Slide.
Denver, Jannary 31.—At Tellnride, Col.,
on Wednesday morning last, a anov slide
demolished lour cabins at the Sberidun
mine, burying twenty-two men nuder sev
enteen feet of snow. David Overstreet,
Him Brice, Willliam Harford and Michael
Mitchell were killrd, William Delaney and
Richard Evans fatally injured, anil John
Chichill and John Hanna badly injured.
THIS WEEK’S WORK.
Measures Which will Engage the Attention
of Congress.
Washington, January 31.—After the call
of States in the House of Representatives
to-morrow, it will be in order for auv mem
ber to move to suspend the rules and place
any measure upon its passage or to adopt
xesolutiona expressing the sense of the
House on any qoeation pending in Congress.
An early adjournment is probable, aa a
means of preventing tbe offering of reso
lutions to commit the House upon tbe eilver
question before that subject shall have re
ceived a careful consideration of the com
mittee having jurisdiction over it. Tuesday
■nil be devoted to the delivery of eulogies
on tbe late Vice-President Hendricks. In
the morning hour Wednesday, further dis
cussion of tbe Dinxley shipping bill will
take place. After the morning hour, the
Watson bill to increase the pensions of
widowe will he the unfinished business.
The committee on banking and currency
baa instructed Mr. Adams, of Illinois, to
call np for action, during tbe coarse of tbe
week, bis bill to authorize national banke
to increase tbeir capital stock. Tbe gen
eral bill applicable to the Fitz John Porter
may be called up, if oprwrtnnity offers,
next Tbnnday. Privste hills will monopo
lize the attention of the House Friday.
Upon any day of the week a political din-
cutaion may be fercsd upon the House by
the reply of tbe Secretary ot tbe Navy to
tbe Boa telle resolution.
The Dakota trill and tbe electoral count
bill both stand upon tbe Senate calcndir
as unfinished business ami are therefore in
positions of mutual antagonism as to tbeir
sdei of consideration. Then will be s
Successfully Operated on the Adam* Street
Car Line,
Chicago Tribune.
The Chicago Passenger Railway Con
pany yesterday made a test of tho new
chemical motor, two ot which have betn
imported front Germany for use on tie
company’s line. These motors are similar
in appearance to ordinary street cars, ex
cept tlmt they are minus the usual pis’.-
forms at either end. They are 11 feet long
and 7 wide, aud the motive power is th
rived from a supply of caustic soda, whica
is heated in boilers at the terminus of the
line and forced into the boiler of tin
motor. Motive power in thus obtained
without any fire or steam, and for this rea
son the company claims that it will provt
infinitely superior to any plan yet employed
in the trundling of street can. The snls
stance producing the motive power, it
should be said, can be need over and over
again, the only loesca being the natural
ones of leakage or evaporation, which, it in
claimed, will bo but slight.
The trial trip waa indulged in by several
officials of the company, also Messrs. Bacon
and Khepherd, engineers, of New York, who
are here to examine the motor to see if the
power would he suitable to apply to the
submarine boats they are building for the
government. The trip proved successful
enongh to satisfy the party and to augur
A Mysterious Fire.
CmrAoo, January 31.—A Daily Nows
Alexander, 111., special says; The residence
of Valentine Keyser was burned to the
pound last night, anil in tbe ruins the
roily of Kyaer waa found burned to a crisp.
It ia believed the building waa fired to con
coal a murder.
A Sing'll Mule.
A curious accident occurred at llollls k Corbett 1
livery stable, on Poplar etreet, at 10 o'clock yoslcraay
morning.
Avery tail mule was betuu treated fortbeswlnny.
The animal had t>een rubbed with oil, aud a negro
armed with a hot Iron was keatlns the iU*t-*Ncd
spot. The negro accidentally touched the mule's
hair with the iron, seuina fire to 1L lu au instant
tbe nolle waa covered with flame*. It bellowed
with pain, and ran about the stable plumting and
kicking. The flames soared up Into the air several
feet.
The panic canted by the mule', antics was Inde
scribable. Everybody tied, determined to get out
of reace of the mule's bind bcel*. It appeared, for
a while, that the provender in the stable would cer
tainly he set on fire, end a serious conflagraUon be
started.
Mr. llollls heard tho nntso made by the mule snd
ran into the stable to learo the cause, observing
the danger to tho stable, as well aa the .uttering to
the mule, he ordered the negro to throw tout empty
vacka over the animal. Thi* waa done, and the
name, were coon extlnguiahed.
The mule waa badly burned, hut It la thought
that by proper treatment it will soon be all right
Macon bas had a number of fires recently, hut
nobody expected such a novelty as n mule conflagra
tion.
Insurance uuxnown.
head.
But the style snd the hour unmistakably said
'Two* a plumber thus lyiug so late in his bed
On his pillow, hi* big downy pillow.
A man tossed snd tumbled the whole of the night.
Moaning "Bill. Ob that bill. Oh that hill. Oh!’ 7
Anil got up nutested as soon as 'twas light.
Sighing "Bill. Oh that bill, oh thatbllL Ob!"
He ate a small breakfast and hastened stray
To work—but then it la needless to say
That he bad a big bill for plumbing to pay—
A bill. Oh that awful big bill, Oh!
A new overshoe made of strong, light
waterproof canvas has been pnt ou the
market to take the place of ordinary rob
bers.
Small iron safes for jewelry and other
valuables are said now to be made so that a
secret charge of electricity prevents burglars
from either carrying them off or from break
ing the current.
A curious club exists in Paris, whose ob-
jeot is to assist intoxicated persons home
late at night If the patient ia able to in
dicate where be lives, he is escorted to his
lodgings; if ho is too far gone to give the
Information, he is conveyed to the head
quarters of the club and kept till sober.
There promises to be a sharp rivalry be
tween Northern and Southern California in
the near future. Hitherto Southern Cali
fornia has been more talked about, but uow
the peoplo of the North are bestirring them
selves and are determined to beat their
Southern neighbors even in their own
specialty of fruit.
Tiib New York Timet says there has been
a remarkable decrease of arrests for crime,
especially juvenile crime, in that city dur
ing tho past twenty year*. It says this
happy result is due without doubt to tbe
A MATRIMONIAL FERRY-BOAT.
The Charming Plan About to be Adapted
on the Delaware.
Philadelphia Record.
Superintendent Hutchinson, of the Meet
Jersey Ferry Company, was radiantly hap.
py last night over the formation of a plan
that bids fair to render his company fa
mous throughout the length and
breadth of the land. In view of the
large number of people who
have gone over to Camden
to be married since the passage of the mar
riage license law for this State the company
have decided to equip the ferry-boat Baltic
with what is to be called the bridal cabin,
an exquisitely fitted up saloon at the
•‘Jersey" end of tbe vessel, paneled in
light-colorei woods, with gilded beading
and frescoed in sky-bine and pink,
the colors so dear to true lovers, with
gronps of chubby ctipids cutting all
manner of amusing capers over the ceiling,
such as tasting away armfnls of flowers
that will be seen tumbling down the walls,
in front of which the bridal couples will
stand while the ceremony is performed. The
design also includes a heavy velvet carpet
and beveled plush plate mirrors, while the
furniture will be in strict accordance with
the decorations.
• 'It’ll be the biggest sort of a suctess,"
said oue f tbe officials of the company
last evening, “anil I'll eat my gnm boots
if we don’t boom the marriage market
when the scheme spreads about a bit
Why, bow can it help catch on?" he con
tinued, growing more enthusiastic each
moment; “how can it help tickle the pub
lic when they can be married in such
style, including the fee, two witnesses
and the ride both ways, for $2.50, or $2 if
they bring their own witnesses, who will
only have to pay 3c. apiece to go on
board. We're going ?o have a justice of
the peace always ready in the ferry-house
and he’ll be signaled to get ready when
there is a bridal couple oh board, so that
no time need be lost, and they can go back
os man and wile on the return trip unless
they decide to take in tbe points of interest
over in Camden as a sort of overture to
their bridal tour. Oh, yon mark my words,
tbe scheme will score heavy or I’m a frozen
shail!”
Another official of tbe company said that
the demand for such an accommodation
wonld be undoubtedly large, and cited the
case of tbe young man and woman who
were married on the ferry-boat in the
Camden slip on Wednesday, nnd also that
of the pair who were joined in wedlock
on Friday bv Justice of the Peace
Cassidy, they having driven to the boat
from Broad Street station in a coupe, in
which they remained until the boat reached
the New Jersey side, when they were driven
at full speed to Mr. Cassidy’s offic •, were
married and caught the same boat on its
next trip back to Philadelphia.
It wus also said that negotiations wore
progressing favorably with tbe Traction
i jompanv to run a “bfiiilal car" from Broad
and Market streets to the ferry every hoar
between G a. m. and 8 p. m., fitted up ilk
luxurious style and big enough to hold a.
bridal party of twenty-five persons.
THE YOUNG VANDERBILTS.
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.
The young Vanderbilts—I mean Cornel
ius anil William K., the present heads of
the family, have “gone at it” as if they
meant to donble the fortunes tbeir father
left them right speedily. Indeed, I don't
see how they can help it. Cornelius Van
derbilt is 40 now, and be ia worth, I sup
pose, at least $80,000,000, perhaps more.
This st compound interest should dou
ble every twelve years, Which would makfr
it no less than $040,000,000 when Mr. Cor
nelius ia 76. It would increase a good deal
faster than that ot the interest which he ia
to-day receiving on hia Htocka and bonds
but there will come panics, icvcrses, cata
clysms, perhaps, snd he cannot sufely count
on making more tban$4GO,000,OOOin thirty-
six yean.
These yonng men are exceptional charac
ters. They started in the path of life un
der the iron rod of their remarkable-
granilfoth' r, the old Commodore. He
didn’t believe in boys at all; he didn't be-
orguuized efforts which have been made for I }> evc * n ™ UC ^I *“ < ®, , J , en 9 0 ?? 6 "
thirty yean and more in behalf of destitute ] ,ns R»d 'V llUnni K. got out of short clothes
aud street-wandering children. I *"*“ to *“ e ' r
Cut a Worui slut of Ills Cheek.
A Newburg, N. V., special says; Three
months ago, while Augustus Decker, a
young farmer residing near Walden, waa
eating cheatnnts, he felt a sharp pain in
hia mouth, which waa found to be seriously
inflamed. He consulted several physicians
without relief. The side of bia face
became greatly swollen, the inflammation
extending lo other parts of hia bead,
ceasing intense pain. At length a young
physician undertook the cane under direc
tion of the faculty of the University Medi
cal College of New York. An operation
waa determined on, which was performed
a few days ago. A supposed insect was ex
tracted from the patient's cheek folly an
inch in length and resembling s “thousand
legged” worm in ai/e and color.
well for the companys future ability to
dispense with horses altogether. The sight
of two can trundling along the track with
out any visible means of propulsion con
siderably astonished pedestrians, every one
who aaw them turning about to gaze at the
unusual spectacle. When the cam arrived
at Centre avenue they»were switched to the
[opposite track, and proceeded to the com
pany's barns at an increased rate of speed. I
I’reeulent Weems, n speaking of the new
contrivance, said that it could be handled
with iierfect ease and certainty. It could,
he said, be stopped when running at full
speed-about tbe rate ot ten miles an hour
— in about its own length, and at the ordi
nary atreet-car speed in fire feet. The pres
ent cost of the motors is from $2,01)0 to
$2,500, but the coo'pany intends to bnild
some of lighter weight and equal power.
There ia power enough in one motor to
dmw two cars full of passengers comfort
ably.
The aduiir.Ts of the new motor credit it
with the solution of another and very vexed
problem of street car travel, namely, the
comfortable heating of the vehicles. This,
it is claimed, can be effected by a line of
■metal piping bei“g attached to the boiler ot
Everything Serene.
Work on the Covington sad Macon railroad re
ceived a new Impetus, yesterday.
The force of hand, at the Park almost completed
the embankments aud excavations leading to the
old track of tbe M. aud A. It. R.
Aero** the river. Ferguson It Co., contractors on
tbe find ten mile*, put a fores of tliree hundred
- - " ----- - — engaged lu
Macon from contiguous towns. All will ho g!
employment as soon as they arrive.
The officer* of the road expect to have a construc
tion train running In a few weeks.
A few 0
days after a chetdnut burr was cut out of | the motor n.id t -lining around tbe door of
VI--X.—*. w—-V—L tbe car, the beat thus supplied admitting of
hia cheek. New York expert*, to whom the
supposed insect waa sent, write that it ia a
foreign substance, but have not fnlly iden
tified it or decided bow it came there.
St. Pant'* Ice Palace.
sl Paul Dl,patch.
If it ia ponaible to prosecute the work
upon the Ice Palace at night, a double force
of men slionid lie put on immediately and
not another hour, nor a momsfit, loal from
now until tbe day set for the opening, Feb
ruary 1st There are only six more days,
including next Sunday, to completethe edi
fice and put on the finishing touches. It
would be a great advantage to tbe carnival
to have everything completed on tbe open
ing day, and it men enough can be employ
ed to do the work, it can yet be done.
The Effect or tho Uoycot.
The effect of the boycott of tbe East Tennenaee,
Virginia soil Georgia railroad may be understood
from the following statement of tecta:
Most of the merchants are having all their freight
from the West snd North shipped via tbe Central
railroad. In consequence, that road's business be
tween Atlanta has Increased so much that it ta
pushed to it* utran«t to furnish engine*, cars snd
trains In sufficient numbers to promptly transport
tho frwight.
This information was obtained from a Central
railroad official.
Improvements on tho Central.
The change ot gauge on the Central railroad and
its blanche* will necessitate a number of improve-
The rails now In nse on most of the rood are ot
tho boat quality, snd will not.thercfore.lie changed.
It la not likely, either, that trestles and bridge* will
bo altered to any appreciable client. The princi
pal changes will be made In the rolling stock. The
road bas a number of engines that have been ta nee
so long as to reader altering them to suit the nsw
gauge expensivs and unprofitable. They will be
.old- To take tbeir place, new and powerful en
gines will be purchased. Already twenty hove been
ordered, to be delivered next summer.
Ordinarily, a locomotive engine cost* from fifteen
to twenty thousand duller*. Where as many as
twenty an purchased at one time, they cost about
ten thousand dollar, each. The twenty engtnew or
dered by tbe Central railroad, therefore, will eoet
about two (huodtwd thousand dollars. This
1* a largo mm. but the Centnl railroad u cot In the
The olfl Freeman Tavern, at Morristown,
N. is soon to be iletuoliabeff. It is suid
to bnvo been erected about 1740, and when
tbe American army, was quartered on the
billa about Morristown in the winters of
1777-'81, Gen. Washington there took the
rites of Free Masonry. A grand ball was
also given there by tbe officers of tbe army,
tbe tickets selling for $3U0 in Continental
currency.
An nnusnal spectacle waa presented at a
wadding in Birmingham, Eng., the other
day. The bridegroom was ao drunk that
hia bride had to lead him to the altar, and
the officiating clergyman waa ao disgusted
with the man’s appearance that he refused
to perform the ceremony, despite the en
treaties of the bride, who swooned into one
of the bridesmaid's arms when the clergy
man ordered the party ont of the church.
German foresters and Russian frontier
guard* fought a little battle a few days af
ter Christmas near Uibialla, on the Russian
Silesian frontier, on account of a deer
which the foresters bad killed right on the
dividing line. The Rnsaian soldiers tried
to get possession of the deer, and in so do
ing used their weapons and seriously
wounded three of the Prussian*. They
were finally overpowered, however, snd
deprived of their arms, which were deliv
ered to the nearest authorities.
regulation by means of an ordinary hand
screw.
This ia the first trial of the motor in the
United States. It ten* invented by a Ger
man, who baa been successful in introdr.c-; hsblt of huimUng to moke Urge eipendlwno wheo
ing if in hi* own country as power for the | *• *’ ar f»*e -curing permxu.nt bet
moving of street corn and many aorta ot
machinery, one railroad nearly forty mil. *
long, running from Berlin to the suburb*,
being operated by iff It is protected in the
United Staten by five letters-patent, and
any infringement on the inventor's rights
wilt be vigorously prmaecuttd.
Unlike other exthartlr*. Dr. Pteere's '-Pellet*" Jo
not reo Jer tbe b..weU restive alter opermUoD. but.
on the roctrarr- ceublUb a |«nn*nrtlr keollhj
arUon. Kane ntirclf rey.fdf.fr. no [arttrulsr rare U
skit, using them. Bj druggist*.
A man living in Los Anzelca county, Cal
ifornia, who waa bothered by tramps, de
cided to have the beggars dig s cellar for
him, and accordingly to every applicant for
victuals he proposed to charge an hour's
work for a square meaL At the end of tbe
week be found that he had ninety-seven ap
plications and had secured three hows’
work. |
Dr. Prior, of Bonn, has treated several
cases of whooping cough with cocaine with
good results. He does not consider the
drug a specific, but simply a means of re
lieving und reducing the number of par
oxysms. He used 15 and 20 per cent, solu
tions to paint the fauces, the inter-arytenoid
fossa, and the vocal cords, with the result
of prolonging the interval between the at
tacks and lessening the severity of these.
The treatment waa resorted to twice daily,
great stress being kid on the necessity of
producing at the time complete amestliesia
of the fauces and upper part of the larynx.
Inhalation of a 20 (mr cent, solution four
times a day waa not so successful aa paint
ing.
A touxo man from Kentucky, who has
place in a department, has nice society re
lations. and about a week ago be asked the
daughter of a prominent official to accom
pany him to the theatre. She accepted,
but said that she would be obliged to ask a
lady friend to go along, too. “Certainly,”
said the yonng man. The yonng lady who
waa to act aa chaperone said her sister
wonld not mind taring a member of the
party. Then demoiselle No. 1 said: “Well,
if your sister is going mine would like to
go, too.” The consequence was the yonng
Kentuckian found himself in charge of four
ladies. After the theatre he proposed re
freshments, and the dear creature* accept
ed, and among the “refreshments" that
these angelic fair ones called for were beef
steaks st $1.25 each, to say nothing of other
orders. Hia bill waa $16 for the evening:
he had Ro enjoyment and he has decided to
drop out ol society until the chaperone
system is abolished, or his fortunes in
crease.—Washington Letter.
■Look a here, Billy, boys are no good;,
tbero's only ono way to save 'em, and that
is by putting 'em at aometbing, and mak
ing ’em work like the devil all the while.
Now, stick these boys in somewhere, aud
make 'em come down to it. Don't let up
on ’em."
William H. was not half as hard and ex-
fiexikle as his fsther, but he waa accustomed
to mind that gentleman—as obedient when,
he was forty as when he was fourteen—and
he knew perfectly well that it was better to
kick a hoy out of doors than to pet him and
give bim money; so he told the boys, .as hia
father had told him, that they “must sup
port themselves.”
Cornelias got a little clerkship in tho
Shoe and Leather Bank when he waa 16,
and for four years he got there aa early so
nny clerk, and worked ns late and as hard.
He' allowed himself no extaa holidays, and
neither hia father nor hia grandfather did
anything to make his life easier. During
these years his uncle Torrance, going to
Europe for the Commodore, invited "the
youngster" to go with him, and the grand
father relented and consented. The boy
waa delighted at the chance, hot the ques
tion of salary wss involved. He presented
the matter to the President. “You can
go,” said that amiable functionary; “bnt of
course you will lose your salary, $150.”
That settled it. Cornelius turned bia back
on the temptation and declined to go.
When he was twenty he waa made a clerk
‘at the bottom of tho ladder” in the Hud
son River railroad office, and his younger
brother, William K.. waa put at work them
the next year. For more than eighteen
S ear*, now, they have “bowed down to it"
i that great concern, and they are far bet
ter trained than their father ever waa in all
the details of the bnaineas.
They are no fast men. They own no
yacht. They care nothing for dubs. They
are content, up to the present time, with
one wife apiece. They love their children,
and each family, filing into church, looks
like s pair of gently-eloping stain. They
care little for fast horses. They do not
swear. One of them is superintendent of a
Sunday school, and both are deeply in
volved in the various charities of tbe city.
Cornelius is first vice-president and head
of finance. William K. ia second vice-
president and master of transportation.
Each knows hia business thoroughly. The
most htriking thing shout either of them is
that they work aa hard rut if they wv.ro
hired by the job—which they are. by the
way—and that they are perfectly demo
cratic and accessible to anybody who has
business with them. On the whole, the
present seniors of the hotue of Vanderbilt
arc about the most qviet, unassuming,
well-behaved, well-trained and level-headed
of the New York millionaires of the present
•1»J-
-Senator.ele ! Daniel i* to make the ad
dress st the unveiling of the Ben Hiu
statue st Atlanta.
—The Rev. George Washington’s daugh
ter wss the bride st a recent swell wedding
in Constantinople.