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10 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.