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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER f>, 188G.-TWELVE PAGES.^llR
jlME TMLHijRAPHt
rTBUf tid; et*bt vet ** the k*T\m sisli
BY THE
illijraph and Messenger Publishing Co.,
87 Mulberry Street, Mooou, Go.
">• : wn y la fisllvareo by carrier! In the city or
g,i >o <>"•»?* free to subeonbere, for 51 par
n:rtk, 73.50! :r three monthi, $5 for all month!,
M (10 a you,
•I .a vaaaLt la mailed to subscribers, postage
aa, at 11.35 ayaar and 75 cento for air montha.
Macon and the School of Technology.
Ther interest manifested by the public
over the location ot the State technological
school and tee excitement in tbo three
A Story With a Moral.
The latest number ot thu Chicago Cur
rent contains a little story which should 1 e
read by every jonni; roan who lias aspiri-
Xrantiont advertisements will be taken for the j (j eor g[ a that these cities and others are so
Dtii» ». ei per °* ° r . ij," alive to the importance of the enterprise
1 at 'naertom, end so cents for each eubsequeni in* i r r
I ration, and for the Weekly at (1 for each Insertion, j as to hold public meetings and to pledge
notices of desths, funerals, msrrlsitee snd births, large sums of money to secure it. Rut
(L there should be no jealonsies and heart
Belssted communication* will not lie returned. turnings over the matter, nor should the
Correspondence containing impo “ newt committee into whose handr the matter has
IkOntelcneof living topics ie solicited, hot muatne i ... . . , ...
0,1,1 end written upou but one elds of the paper to i been placed be embarrassed by any fact
that does not bear directly and legitimately
cities that are striving tor it are justified tt<*ns to become an officeholder. It is given
ln the shape of a letter from Peter Green to
bis mother in Bumpville, Ga. Peter is a
young man who has left the farm and gone
to Washington npon the promise of office
from a friend of his dead father’s, who has
been snddenly elevated to a high position,
lie details the difficulty be has had to get
an interview with the official dignitary and
the final humiliation he receives at
his hands. It is the old
Washington story so well-known and
often heard; weeks of weary waitiog, un
by the magnitude of the resnlts that
through good management are bound to
he obtained. It is natural that tbe citizens
of Macon, Athens and Atlanta should make
strong efforts to secure the school, aud to
believe that their respective coramimities
present the best claims. It argues well for
tart attention.
Bamltunoea should be made by express, postal
(tie, money order or registered letter.
Atlanta Bureau 17* Peachtree street.
all QOmmunlcatioui abould be eddreeaed to
THI TELEGRAPH,
Macon, Ga.
bo built and maintained there. Although
the enterprise may he said to be a child of
I upon tbe object in view.
While the Tkoeuiiai-h sees in Macon the
best of all positions for the school, aa will
presently be explained, it ia conscious of
the strong fact that the State's interests
in this matter arc larger and of more im
portance than tbe claims of any city or
community. Tbe school is for the whole
State. If the whole State can be better
helped by loeating tbe institute in
Athens, then to Athens it should
n. u, ha»u”=i, | go. If Milledgevi!!.:, then MiHedgeville
THE government receipts” durinir tbe U*onld be chosen; and if Atlanta pre-
month of September were about $32,000.0001 ““»■ «*• situation, then let the school
and the expenditures about $18,000,000.
The last fifteen million bond call of the I jj aooI)i j lere originated, fostered, and by
treasury includes nearly thirteen millions I jt acon influence brought to its
of bonds held as national bank aecn ities. I p re3e nt condition, the facta do
We dally expect to have the Mscoa Telkobaph j no t constitute a claim upon the
assert with due gravity tbst prohibition was the I L . 0luui iit,. ai which is governed by the llinita-
cause^f manjsexpuUlon from P*ra iom»» t j 0QH ,j, 6 act appointing them. It is
T "arni'so'it"was, and prohibition did not «“-ir duty to ignore everything but the
prohibit. Result, a lot of cheerful idiots to [.State's best interests in the matter.
1 . . The Tei.kiiraph bus always diBii
make folks tired. I .. . .
1 - .. , Macon as the proper place for the hchool of
As exchange says: • The question is still 1 * ... ...
A h 1 . I Technology. The reasons that make it so
ooen and is; Who is the fool, Wiggins, or . . . ,. , ,
open, nuu .. ,. are not new. They existed before such an
the min who seriously credited bin predio-1 , . . ,
vu . .. . I enterprise was dreamed of and underlie the
tion of awful earthquakes? It seems to us ‘ Macon , 9 located in
that the man who published ft■ The centre of the State, in tbe centre of the
pronheov Bhould be allowed to compete tor . . ....
propuwj suviuu I State s great railroad system, within easy
the prize. _____ reach of every section, and access
If the editor of tUc TanauawB would read ,tbo I H not only easy and quick, hut
facte iu the local papers lusted of bxslcu 111. views ... .. .
onwhathlioonmipondsi.»«y..b. would probably cheap. Moreover, it is nearer tbe centre of
find some good In tbe capital.—Atlanta Capitol. population than any other City. Her clt-
There are many good men and things in mate is magnificent, her water abundant
the capital, but we never find anything | and absolutely pure, her health better and
about them in the local papers of the town, death rate smaller, not only than those of
We get the facts from our special corns-1 any other Georgia city of its size, but of
pondent. any in the United States.
't’ti* acme of dime novel demoralization Those are facts that entered into the
seem* to have boon renohed in Maasachu- establishment here, as tbe architects tes-
setta. A half dozen Dedham boys about | «ty. of the Confederate armory, laboratory,
twelve years of age placed ties upon a rail-
SI I HKDS AND PATCHKK.
Aiuniiilown is a candidate for mayor of New Votk.
He will l*.—Boaton font.
Llbsl xntta will not keep » man warm In cold
It ia I otter to listen to others than have other*
tired of listening to you.—Whitehall Times.
Uucle Ram la not a dude, but be has a Real ring
on hia bands in Alaska. It la an expensive decora
tion, too.—Washington Post.
ammunition factories and arsen.ils. After
roadtrackto wreck * passenger t’raiu. Tney [ » careful examination of aU Southern cities,
had bo*n reading blood and thunder stories I Macon was selected to become the ‘'Spring-
and wanted to raise money by robbing the tleld ot the South." The same facts
dead paiscngers, to goWeet and exterminate underlie the establishment here of
the Indians. I K P 1 «“ dili colleges for
—1 i ,, , ] I the education of the young, among them
Jons SuEtisiAN, in Jus latest oratorical . ... .. ,.
. , 1 the first college for females in, the —
outburit said; “There wero no rascals to 1 . . . ’ .
turn out. But lie appointed rascals with-
rirld.
Macon’s natural advantagea made her the
nt number. More iriijbWs.Tonvict. and I «“*"«* RnJ 1 '"•* iH
defaulters were appointed by Mr. Cleveland * he •a theseadvautagestlm they
in a year than were appointed by hia prede U™ *‘ nd « nU . flum f «* thc
1 3 . a su ..otbvtBssi 1 Union. IheHe uaiuo facta nmde Mncou
oosaora .. twenty years. ohn m afilu.Usl ^ ^ * p ^ fcM .. ^ >nmmor h(Jme o(
with the samu an * e ^ I planters, and finally wrought a grand com-
m ih ua >ro er _i_- I merc j H j metropolis with a trade exteudiog
ritort.r. who wonder where all the_dona- tUtonghont B „ rro , m ding States. They built
tiona and collections tor the 1 mot Society I p heuutified her waste places and
go, will read this item from the New \ jrk pU(|£( j het in tho k , a ,( of all growing Oeor .
sun with interest: “The reports of tbo I . ft cl , ieg> with a rt c 0 rd of nearly
American Tract Society show that about j t j, toe ID im 0 n K spent in improvements in
$U5,IW0, or within $4,Wk) of the sum received j y eanlt and finally behind these was
in donations, legacies, etc., is expended an- deve!ope( i t he splendid railroad facilities.
Dually for aalariea. The hard worked col- j nQW and which in two years will be
porteun get about $20,000 of this. It is j ^ cent, greater, than enjoyed bv uny
■aid that the officers of the society die. bnt #f her compeUtorH ,
never surrender their fat places." Upon those same fsoU Macon hoses her
Tbe Macon »mi l ioruU Air i.tuv Mbd »l*ro- j cluiuin ha the beat point for a State School
ponml connection. I 0 £ Technology, llere, it iriti bt reached by
In another column we present a comma* I greatest number of people in leg* time, ami
nicalion as to tbe Macon and t lorida Ait I U f l( jimoiier expense than etseithcre in fieor*
liiue, which may be found of interest by I ^ thia claim is ttacktd up irith an qi
out readers. When that rood ia built it annuities that equals the beat
may And an eastern outlet which will be of jr J)on thij( tht cltiJ ta rut( jy tl , Jt , i, e f„ re //,
great advantage to Macon. Colonel Win.
Johnston, of Charlotte, North Carolina, an ^ .
old railroad man, once the president of the | .. w \ . .
um luuaw umu, uu.. . From the press dispatchis in yesterday
Columbia and Charlotte railroad, ha. •►L,,! U learned, that the frost on
eeiv^ a letter from Mr. Machen. who i. considerably damaged the
wril known to our citizens. Mr. Machen ^ £ Telegram* from the princi-
»y. that his eompany is bm ding a line of tobacco F coanlif . TenncMec lhat
railroad coming up »-oro Honda through ^ damaged the tobacco
to Athens. Georgia, and that tho, «.«»-", ^60^^
nnll, interested m having a mUoad built Wh#n |t „ c0 ‘ nrider «, ^ tobacco U the
fromtoatimint totlberton and through u of the Bection that „ ff#red
to Abbeville and Chester or to Cbsrlotte. I • , r . ... .
i f rom the front, it will be easily com pre-
hendetl that the dsmsge causes s very seri-
exhausted purse, heart sick with hope de
ferred and fioAl despair. But Peter meets
with a venerable friend of bia mother s, a
kind, wholesouled old gentleman, who en
tertains him, and before bidding him good
bye furnishes him with money to get home.
The old gentleman's final admonitions are
pregnant with good sense, and Peter tell.* of
them in his lust letter:
Wp wire Rental nt the Httto diultiK table, and
while I ate ble latab and drank Ui« claret he kept
np a coiitinnoua atream of talk.
•*Vou think jonreelf very unfortunate,” Mid fce,
“hecanve yon have to go tmek home Instead of re
maining here in this place perked on a stool in
one of the government ofiicea. Lad, believe me,
it In tho beet thing that could have happened to
you. Mr. L. h»a shown himnelf to be a aelflsb and
an ungrateful and an unfeeling puppy; but. with
out intending it. he haM done you a real aervice.
Tbe anbordinate place* women and men get here
in the Mervk-e are Bought after aa If they inanred
one’a futnre for all that ia pleasant and desirable.
Never was there a greater mistake. I don’t know
that I can go quite so far as Milton's .Satan, who
said he would rather reign in hell than serve In
heaven, but there ia a solid element of truth in the
ventiiuent. I know Washington well—have known
it for many years. I love to spend a good part of
tbe j ear hero, becauNe it is such a rare place to ob
serve people and stndy human nature. I bavn long
made it a point to watch tho effect ot tbe service
on the government employes, and the average out
come of many years of such life. The conclusion
I have arrived at is that a young man on tbe
threshold of life can begin by cracking rock on a
turnpike and stand a better chance to succeed in
the world, and to make hiuuelf useful, honored
and loved than by securing a clerkship in the
service. Here he grows to be a mechanical thing,
a walking, breathing calculator, or copyist, a mere
sblance «f * man. Year in and year out, with*
variance or shadow of turning, he plcda along,
and his life, as respects fore •.bought, effort or aspi
ration, Ih as ignoble and flat a« it is possible for hn-
existence to be. (Jo home to your mothor.
Determine to ►tay with her, snd to be her joy and
coufoti. Do not thiuk that yon can do noth-
for yourself in your own little town. We
ericans are such nervous. reNtless people,
always craving a change, always running about
the earth searching fur riches and happiness.
Isove of place and hallowed home association* are
getting to t>e unknow n things. Do not go West,
Ka-t, nor in any other direction. Utay at homo
and make au active, useful man of yourself th<
among your own iieoplo. Consider tht absolute
dltions with h determine rucccnr, no matter
where yon live, and accustom your tnlnd to the re-
itivin that tn*-*e comiitioua ought to !>o per
iled in the place that gave you birth. Is It a
i py old pUc»> Oo to work aiul wake it up. l!e-
Mir yourself in something that naiurally offers.
d you and ■**«* what this Is. aud take
hold of it. Your eAmple will be followed by
others aud as oue man may letd an army, or guide
state, or found an empire, surely one m&u may
up a local community and teach it to be
Tprising and prosperous. Do aa 1 tell yon. lad,
and vou will indeed make a min of yourself, and
help, and a blessing to others. Cardinal
Wclaey aald to his servant and friend. Cromwell
thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate
thee. Corruption wins not more curtainiy than
honesty.
Si'll in thy right hand carry gentle peace
To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not:
Let all the euds thou altu'at at he thy country's.
Thy (Jod's. aud truth’s.
A man called at the Home for Little Wanderer* in
Bontou the other day and wauted to know if they
admitted undersized tramps.—Burlington Free
Press.
••Was that yonr wife I heard talking Jnst now?”
*T gness not. Hhe’e closed for repairs." “What d’ye
mean?" "She has gone to the dentist's.”—Lowell
Citizen.
Physician—“I would advise yon, sir, during tbe
hot weather to take an alcohol bath every day."
Patient (eagerly)—"Er—Inside or outside, doctor?”
—Tid-BiU.
An exchange attributes tbe death of the subject
! an obituary notice to "a very painful and flatter
ing disease.” He was a public man probably, and
sneenmbed to tbo address epidemic.—Toronto
Olobe.
Boarding-house wit: Adolphus (takes the last
ple<e)—••This is very good bread, Mrs. Thompson.”
Mr. Thompson, the landlady—"Yes; and I think
it’s better bred than some of my boarders.”—Bos
ton Beacon.
‘•Does the rock hurt you much, Pat?” inquired a
sympathizer of an Irishmen whoso foot was im
prisoned under a rock. “No, it don’t hurt me a
bit.” gr"»n*d Pat. "it's me foot that hurts me.”—
Plttsbnrg Dispatch.
Mr. Htockton will have a serial story in tbe Cen
tury for the entire year, beginning with the Novem
ber number. It is entitled "The Hundredth Man.”
He is the chapthe "Niiiety aud Niue” have been
waiting for.—Picayune.
Mr. Machen
Charlotte c
tion by
an
wants to know it |
give him connec-
indepemlent system |
ona and a very large loes.
Early frosts nre aiwaye
a threatening
through Durham to Weldon, and, if so, . **“*» “T" ' ” —f " . TT .
.juolnT, I Aanger to the tobecco id the two Htatee
I whose staple crop it is. Here
| ir. Georgia there is comparatively
what belpcooldhe expect from that section.
He also requested Colonel Johnston to muke
whatever suggestions be might think proper,. ^ a™,, | rom the asms cause. For this
and in response to this Colonel Johnston I .. n . .. ..
. ... ; ”. , I reason and because Georgia noil, as well ss
assured Mr. Machen that Mecktonburg conn- adapted to tobwco raising,
ty would aid liherally in tho building of the e0C0 ^ m V eni u held ont fot gro £
road through her borders. As to the most * . .
advisable route for thn road. Colonel John-1 ® !? .'
• i.in.uio luji.uji iw , needs illrersified staple cropa.
ston auggeate that H be tun from Athena to | ,
I'.lberton, to Abbevillte, to Lanrens, to I The Philadelphia Times i ays: “Samuel
I’uion, to Yorkviile, thence to Charlotte; I J, Randall's renomination moans that the
aud from Charlotte to Albemarle, to Fitts-1 tariff buzz-saw will go into business et the
Uuo, to Durham, to I.ouisburg, to Weldon. I 0 ld stand in tbe Fiftieth Congress. Possi-
This route, aside from opening up a vast I bly it would be well to csrry the news to
lection that ia now untouched byarailr ad, | Morrison now.
would be ahorter by 1&0 miles than any ex-
Ho was a-woary. A loafer was run in by tho po
lice. “What were you doing stretched out on a
bench in a public thoroughfare at that time of
night?" inquired the magistrate. “Me? Oh! I was
awaiting the solution of the Bulgarian difficulty
Tid-ilit*.
Little Dot—Mitmins. I wish you'd soak my head.
Mamma—Mercy! child, don't talk that way. "Well,
don't «*«» why. Last week when I had a headache
you soaked my feet, you know.” "Why, yes, bufe-
have yon a headache now. pot?” “No, but my foot
hurts.’’—Omaha World.
Ha* prohibition proved a failure in your town?”
asked a gentle:uau of a man who bad just come
down from ?the bills. "You bet it hain’t. W’y
odner. we cau get more licknr now than we could
get lie fore. No failure about that, is thar?”—
Arkauxaw Traveler.
Boy—Mister, do you wknterhire a hoy ? Young
doctor (dublou a ly) -What can yon do? “Read, write,
cipher? * "Have a recommendation from your last
employer?” "No. sir; but I’m a dreadful liar, and I
know every bill collector in the city." "Come
around to-morrow morning at 9.”— Philadelphia
all.
In Racramentr, Cal., the water Is of a sort of
blonde color. Tbo other day a native of that city
m In Ran Francisco, and strayed Into a rt-staa
rant. When the waiter placed a glasu of water be
fore him be looked at it a moment and angrily
claimed: "Yon can't fool me. That ain’t water;
water’s yslier.” _________
Grandma—Clara, do yon think yonr mother
wouht approve of your sitting up so late ? Clara —
Why. grandma. It was only hslf-pat>t t*«n when
Frank left last eveulua- Grandma—Clara, your
grandma happened to be awake just as Frank was
leaving, aud didn’t she hear him say; "Now,
Clara, just one ?*'—Boaton Beacon.
POLITICS AND POLITICI ANS.
THK COLOKKD EXHIBITION.
Opening; Day of the Industrial Fair at
Bethel Hall.
Wednesday’s Washington Htar.
The ioduhtriAl exhibition of tho colored
citizens of the District v ill be formally
opened this afternoon At 4 o’clock at Bethel
Hall on M street, between Hixteenrh and
Seventeenth streets. While there is not
that appcaraoceof incompleteness about the
exhibits which is always observed on the
opening day of similar exhibitions, still
enough hue already been done to show what
tbe exhibition will be. The manager* com
plain of the tardinesa on the part of the ex
hibitors, but are of the opinion that if the
exhibition is ever to be opened it must be
done on the day advertised, aud in tbi« way
the exhibitors will be hurried up. Every
thing admitted to the exhibition is the work
of colored people, and there is a great deal
that shows not onlv inteliiget t mastery of
the principles involved, but hIho skill and
taste in the execution.
Koine of the work exhibited by the ladies
would bear comparison with some of the beat
results attained in n decorative art school.
There are designs worked on plush and vel
vet with the needle and the brush thut aro
beautiful in effect, and where they have
been upholster**! on chairs aud cushions
fine attistic furniture is the result. Per
haps a step still further in tho decorative
arts is seen in the plaster figures, which are
well-proportioned and very creditable pro
ductions. Specimens in painting in oil and
wuter colors are also exhibited as well as
sketches in crayon. There is also a great
deal of fancy work exhibited as well as tine
needle work, and be nearly all tbe
exhibits in what might be termed the decora
tive art department are made by women it
may be seen that the colored women are
devoting a great deal of attention to what
is sometimes known as feminine accom
plishments. 1 nere is no reason for thoce
interested in the colored people to feel
ashamed of this class of exhibits.
The men, however, are also well repre
sented in the exhibits, which show their
skill and knowledge in the tarious trades
For instance a brick doorway is being con
structed iu the building, and also a brick
fire place, which is intended to show what
excellent work tho colored brick masons
cau do. Then there is furniture and cabi
net work exhibited, which shows not only
a knowledge of tho trade, but con
siderable ingenuity in making combinations
that one piece of furniture ean be made
serve a variety of purposes. Tbe Katur-
lay clat-s of Howard University, which is
composed of boys from tbe city who are
not students iu the university, have placed
exhibition a miniature house, with gluz^d
movable windows and doors that can be
opened. The roof is covered with orna-
lueutul shingles. Ah the class has only
been under instructions for a few months
this achievement of the class will be con
sidered worth placing on exhibition. There
are two miniutnro vessels on exhibition l
one a steamboat ami the other a three-
masted schooner. Every detail of a real
ship is fully carried ont in tbeao vessels,
and the work done required considerable
nicety iu manipulation.
1»>«,
handsomely entertained at Inn'], y .
commandant. A salute of ailH, ' 7
was fired from the Mintingbsttei*
of the Rnssisn admiral. K le,} 10 ^oot
A BOY'S II* KH
He Kills »(Hrl „„„
It may not have been generally noticed,
bnt it is a fact, that whenever the ’possum
crop iu Georgia ia a good one, business is
brisk during the season tbft follows. We
is Justified lu pushing himself into pot
Utea and Ihe ptlhllo service. The cluing It so M much
u It 1. dons In our country Is s public calamity,
Determine to be a man of character, iuieuiseu,
and Industry. Then. K your t wu, your county,
your HUte caUs upon you to do public aerv Ice,
d to the call, and conUuue to ba Iu all respecta
cau your people have known yoo to be.
man tbne In office le the trustee of a sacred trust,
and he should be able to enueuder It at any
moot with lienor aud without rogret.
It but roituds off this useful sketch to
shite that Feter Green returned to tbe old
farm with a strong determination to make
the place pay and to build up for himself
name and soharacteramoDg tho penp.e with
whom bis father' i lot bnd been cast.
It is a proverb in Washington, mors or
less true, that the man who spends more
than tbr e years in a department
unfits himself for life elsewhere. Cer
tain it is that Washington wreaks
multitudes of young men not manly
through its vicious resorts, but by educat
ing them to habits that cnnnnt be mode to
fit tho business portions of the oountry.
Those who have yearly beheld the distress
of discharged clerks turned adtift without
capital in the shape of business capacity or
m mey, look with regret upon tbe appoint
ment of every young man to a government
position. The writer of this, in 1872,
knew several hundred clerks in the
Washington Post-office Department. Ten
years later he passed through the office**,
aud of all his acquaintances bnt three re
mained. No man has a right to expect
there that his term will exceed four years,
and with a young man the four yean usually
falls at that period of hia life when at home
be would have made a name and character,
the foundation npon which his whole life
would have rested.
There is no place far Georgians like Geor
gia. To this conclusion tho experience of
the vest majority who leave her pleasant
valleys snd old red hills points unfailingly.
And the young men here have tbe advan
tage over every ixidy.
Time ia leaving its mark upon ex-Kpeeker
Keifer, of Ohio. Ilia hair and whiskers
riling route.
Col. Johnston snd the people of Char
lotte, and other portions of North Carolina,
Vhieh'wh n cno^tad^will oroy^o/Ur^t I bav ** roul quartern that the'powum i were whiter as he stood the other day in
-hioh when completed will prove of peti phenomenal one. U*e rctand. of the Kitlh Avenue Until than
advantage to Macon The M«con and Cov- * * w h„ n he left Congreaa a couple of yeans ago,
ington road hoe already begun business, by | Ann now it transpires that the race (or ' end there ve'e other indications of ad
duniping into our city a load ot cotton, | secretary of stats in Minneaota ia to lie bt- I T “cing age. In all probal iility Mr. Keifer
while other towns have been talking shout | tween candidates one of whom ia aon-in- j ^“‘’He^wbellen^n* for^'cto*
Louisville Courier-Journal: The earth
quake scare in Georgia indicate* a great
lqss of confidence in Senator Joseph
Brown.
Because til-* sons boru to ex-soldier* ira
mediately after the war will become voters
within a few years General Logan predicts
a large crop of new Republican voters in
1888,
The vote of a Van Wyck club in Omaha
to change its name and refuse to support
the Senator for re-election is one of the in*
dications of the changing sentiments in N
breaks.
The Democrats in Iowa will illurlrete
anew the hostility of their party to regiatra*
tiou lava by making opposition t > tbeCSUt.
uto on that subject their principal cam
paign issue.
With Democratic dissension* anil inde
pendent candidate* for Oougiesa in nearly
every district In Virginia, tho Petersburg
Index-Appeal does not think the Demo-
orotic outlook in that State ia very bril
liant.
The Philadelphia ’ r iine* recently declare*
that CoDkling and Edmonds are to join
foroes to deleat Blaine in 1888. Tbe Bos
tun Herald contemptuously disposes of the
story by declaring that Conkliug has uo
forces.
The Democratic administration ia about
to build a custom home in Louisville. The
corner-stone was laid Saturday. Owing
Henry Watterson's absence in Europe, John
Sherman slipped in and participated in tbe
corner-stone ceremonies.
New York Sun: Edward Spicer Cleve
land is the most popular Democrat in Con
neoticut. Besides, he is about the hand
somest man in the State. The Connecticut
Democrats were wise in nominating him
for Governor, and they ahonld brace up
with an overpowering brace aud see that be
gets not a plurality, but a majority. It
takes a majority to elect a Governor in Con
necticut, and Mr. Ed Cleveland is the man
to get it.
The Washington correspondent of tbe
Baltimore S in says: One of the moat
C minent Democrats of the South, who
a national reputation and whose rela
tions with tbo President ore of a moat inti-
mate character, in spenkiug to-day of tbo
appointment of Msttheva aa recorder
deeds for this District, said it wu one of
the wisest and most sagacious acts of the
President daring his whole admiuritration.
He said be coaid very well understand why
the people of the District of Columbia did
not like tbe appointment, juit the effects
were of comae not to be felt here. The
fact that with one exception the
■olid Republican vote in the Senate
wu cast against the confirmation
of Matthews wu proof that the leaders of
that party were resolved to give a Demo
cratic President no opportunity to eoocil.
ute the co'oreil vote if they could help it.
Bnt the President hod, in defiance of the
Republican Senate, put Matthew* into one
of tile beat officss in bis gilt. He had
shown to tho colored people that Dmuo-
crata of their race eonld and would he u
well taken care of u Republicans, and the
i'ei LOVg.
•r—E«w«-. Y„„
Waterloo, III, i**-r
Bridge, a hamlet located a few
here, wu tbe scene of a terriW. . ‘ ,0 ®
17-day. One year ago Ed Clark a t ? Wy
teen-year-old boy fell in love with . se J®-
mate, Lena Foltz, w-jo «-, s ii„ „ ^“^ool-
years of age. He paid her marked"^
tion and in a short time the olf.i.
served by the kirl^^reu^'ThW
family is one of the best iu the coantw
the attentions of yonou Clark u«r^ U i ty ’ 40,1
aged, more on account of the jouthtX
pair than anything else. The girl 1, .^
to have frequently evaded the wntebS
eyes of her parents to hold cried ,fin. £
terviews with him. Chirks D ‘
tried to dissnarie him f»om a^ 10
but »ithout effect. ‘ mf “ t ’>aUc,,
Finally the Foltz fn-uily adopted .IH.,
gent measnres snd Clatk v>< ,
keep away from the House. He gSn'm^
aged to see the girl, but it L *1“ ?
lately inf. rmed him she would not mareH
him without her parents’ consent ^
To-day ihc dead bodies of the lad » B it v„
sweetheart were found near tbe bridge a
had shot her through the head and the'
sent a bullet into his own bruin. One etorvM
is that she consented to death and l.o
note to that eltect. The other is thut cUrl
lured her from the house, murdered terse
then commuted suicide. The tu«A
caused the greatest excitementin thenS
borhood.
SUICIDE OF A MERCHANT.
Ale*. W. Mrt»jr, a Charleston Metrhut
Oats HI, Throat Whi r l)e.p,,aa.i,t
CnAKLOSTO* October 1.-Tho dead bod
of Alexander ft. McLoy was found thisal
terooon iu a marsh on tbe Cooper nver
three miles from tliecity. Yesterdaymon
tng Mr. McLoy lett home and went to ih
gunpowdtr magazine, near which his bod
was found. When he reached there k
took off hi- coot- and vest, and esth 1
throat with a knife. After doing this h
walked a distune- of 130 feet, and mm’lile
into the marsh, where he was found tii
afternoon, attention being attracted to tk
spot by a Book of buzzards hoveriog nes
Mr. McLoy was a member of tho lute fin
of McLoy, Rice Jt Co., which was cottipsik
to cease business on account of the desL
of Mr. Rice, tbe New Y'ork member of ti
firm. Ho bnd lost alt ho owned, snd hi
been in despair since his business done
It is supposed that mental aherralioi
brought on by despondency, caused tl
suicide, Mr. McLoy was a*-out "wynnol
and was one of tho most highly respo
men in the community. He left a wife
three children.
A PROHIBITION DEFEAT.
Tlie Cold Water Mrs Vanquished at hut at
the Polls In Allarta-
NevYoikSnn. '«
Ati.xnta, September 28.—Ever since the
big prohibition movement in November last
Atlanta huu been a gitated aver the liquor
question. Efforts were made to set seine
tho t b otion, bnt the prohibiliomsls
prevailed. Then an attempt wus
made to defeat the law Jor to evade it
on technicalities, but again the prohibition-
bits came out victorious. Lout week, in the
conteat for idtate Senatorial conference nom
inees, tbe anti-prohibitionists put up u ticket
and were beaten by » small majority. The
fact that Atlanta was solid for prohibition
wus telegraobed all over the country. The
nnti-prnhibitiouists reorganized under the
name of conservatives, and to day primary
elections were held for nominees for the
State Legislature. Three nominees were to
be selected. Tbo prohibitionists put iuto
the field a ticket headed by P. Westmore
land, and composed of men pledged to fight
for tlie most stringent prohibition laws.
The opposition, or conservative ticket, was
headed by (.'Urk Howell, night editor of the
Constitution, and a pronounced high liceuse
■nun. The campaign was hot, short, and
bitter, and both sices worked ull day for all
they were worth, Howe of the strongest
Democrats, men who fonntrly favored the
prohibition movement, and who subse
quently hi c .me convinced that Atlanta waa
being injured by tbe prohibition law to the
extent ot many thousand dollars annually,
bolted the tem|>erance movement snd sup
ported the opposition.
The conservatives were careful to select
strong Democrats, and the plea vraa used
thut Howell's ticket waa the atroightout
Democratic ticket. This enabled other pro-
bibitionista who were inclined to cut loose
from the temperance party, but hud bceu
afraid for vanong reasons to do so, to sever
their hoods. The returns show the defeat
of the prahibitianiats. They are utterly
swept out. The Howell ticket's majority is
1,<IU0 ont of a total vote of 4,700. \Vhat
effect this will have npon the other prohi
bition districts of the Btate prior to the
general election remain* to be seen.
bllESTAKOFF.
FOUND BOUND IN A VACANT L0
vea-Vear-Old Anna W* I IT Sure ll<r St
imuli- r i-lactrU her There.
Sew Turk 8nn.
Policeman Martin of the Moniiio
squad, found a saven-year-old girl with It
bund* bound behind her and her leet It
together, behind the fence of a vacantia
' :30 p. in. yesterday. She w«» seen
conscious nun was Very much tumults
At the station house she said she vn tl
daughter of John Wolff, an employs
Hupfel'a brewery, who lives with a thi
wife aud her three chil Iren by two previi
husbands at 3,152 Third avenue. 1
child, whose name is Anna, said that b
stepmother had bound her, and, carrvi
her to a field near where the was ta
told her never to dare to come back.
An agent of Mr. Gerry’s sooiety cared
tho child, while Mr. and Mrs. Wolff w
arrested ss they were dressing for a ‘
They refused to say auy thing. Wolff be
a good character at the brewery.
RUINED BY REVOLUTION,
rrt-,l,lrM goto’* Million* VanWi Is
Honduras Kvp««lltloi>s,
New York. September 2'.).—Tho fail
of ex-President Soto’s recent attempt
revolution in Honduras 1* "aid to have
rionaly crippled him financially. Warn
nor Soto came to New York some five y
age, he was worth io.Oiill (WU. lio bred
magnilicftutatylo ami only a year ago p
$2131,1**1 for the palatial mansion, 554 *
avenue, overlooking tho newt pict
esque part of Central Park. The «
moaH coat of hia filibustering exps
tiou and the support of a small arm;
mercenary adherents in New York, «'
as lu Centred America, have mule “
drafts on hi* resources. He recently t~
forrod bia Now York real estate to hi*
His interests in several mining enterpn
operated by American companies bsve
attached by the Honduranian givtrmw
aud ex-Judge Joochimsen, of this city,
applied, or is to apply, in the interest
Koto’s creditors tor an injunction to
vent one of the companies from aJlo*
Koto to make any transfer on theii t>5>-
the shares belonging to him.
AN ALASKA VOLCANO,
roads, narrow gauge and otherwise. The | law to the other. If this family feature in -
indications ore favorable to a boom in r-il-1 politico develops much more we will suon !
read building, tha times are favorable, and | have a mother-in-law running upon tin- 1
■ 1m-1 woman's a allrage ticket for Governor and
maiiate and earnest attention. There i* | opposed by the aspiring husband of bar
territory in light, into which Macon may [ daughter, with a Kilkenny debate in tviry
l -ch her arm* . i s.-: :ik,:rt»t I county and a tree circua thrown in.
, r.—••>n»l nomination recently and in such
a way aa to discourage any further attempt
to gain the prize.
John P. Lynch, of Vicksburg, baa an-
nounord himself in n leitir to bis Kepnbli-
oan friends as a candidate fer Congreaa
against Htockdale, tha Democratic candi-
Tba Secretary- of Ills l(ui»lan Navy In
Itrooklja.
Brooklyn Union.
Tbe uavy yard presented a (ala-like ap
pearance to-day. The Hag* were flying
from all the building* and from all the ves
sels in the harbor, officers and officials wore
their full dress uniforms, and there was an
air of expectancy about every one, from
the commandant down to the humblest
marine. Tne reason tor ell tbie prepara
tion was made apparent when, at about
li):3il o’clock two open carriages eontaining
a number of dritingniahcd-looking men,
arraved in tie brilliant uniform of
thu Kuotian navy, entered the New York
street gate. They were driven directly to
the Lyceum building, where Commodore
Chandler and the principal officers of the
navy yard were waiting to receive them.
The party consisted of Vice-Admiral Khosta-
koff, secretary of the Rnsaian navy; Prince
G-ditzin, Lieutenant Eberhard, and the
officers of the Admiral's personal stall. They
came to the navy yard ss the special guests
of the government, under the care of
Lleuteuaut Cowles, U. H. N., who
appointed by the Hecretary of
of the Navy to escort tbe distin
guished Tisltor* around. After remaining
a short time at the Lyceum, aud vie >ing
the museum there. Commodore Chandler
conducted the Russians to the steel cruis* r
Atlanta, uffid showed them all over this
latest addition to the American navy. Vice
- , Admiral hbe.takoff, through Licntenant
effect was greater because it had been ef-1 Eberiurd (who, a* he speaks Knmrih. acted
footed despite the Republicans. He oeid I »» interpreter), expressed to Commodore
the feet (hot Matthews, a colored Demo- Chandler hi* pleasure at seeing an Amer-
erst, era* holding a big office right at the | icon buil. steel cruiser, and said b-i aiw
seat of government wa* known to the col-1 no reason why so great a country as tbe
ored people all over the Kou'h. and that United Stales *Uentd not build
eviden* e* ef the profound impression that, war ships equal to any in the world. Con
it mode upon them were very apparent. ( cernicg the Atlanta the Admiral spoke
This impression wee inereaaad rather than : favorably, and said that aha waa in his
diminished when they found they were liv-1 opinion a well put loi'ether tv».s Tha
login more peace and security under a no- j party spent nearly on hour aboard the
tional Democratic administration than they imiir. examining^bcrnuwuLre^mnS^
had «l*t«l tinder Itennhliesn adminutra. uiuwvy, 8
had enjoyed under Republican odministro- menis for go us. etx
Hone. After a trip throngh the yard and a brief
The Psrlnir Volcano iu Asti""- 1-
lllack too Mile* Distant.
Hxr Fannopmo, October 1.—A Irffff P
lished in the Bulletin to-day, wn«en W
date of Kodlnn, Alaska, Stptiwri-t l
says: The volcanic peak, Psrloff m°an
3UU miles southwest of KodUn.ontheAU
peninsula, ia in a state of eruptin' 1 -
tain Curry, ot the schooner Kodisn,JV
that on August Pith, when 100 ® 11 '*, ,
the volcano, his vessel eras envelop* 1 1
black cloud. The darkness ws* »
that lamps were kept burning fro® i
until 2 p. m. At tbe seme time N**
fell upon the deck to a depth of
dnehee.
The ra’soma at sba WM*
Washington (pedal to the Baltimore *m«i«l
A friend of the President who wi
the White House says the Preaidett w•
I moat simple life. He is up ceiljr, ,
a good breakfast turn* his stu»tt«1
work. Since hia return he hss ta 0
the old habits. Hi* marriage ha* o" 1
changed bia connect living. u
“Will Mrs. Folsom remain at u>«
House?” was a question asked.
I “Oh, yea," was the reply; 71
Mrs. Folsom wa* to iu»s« *“*£.
long os her daughter is in the ft hi
She went bock to Polsomdale aro J
diog to settle np what »te “
cause she had not tieen there >in ",
to Enrol*. But Mrs. Folsom
home. Grandpa Folsom B “ . j*
naturally she wants to b«
ter. Tbe Preahlout U fond of b»h ^
is quiet and does not meddle, J
come. One of the servants i» J
that Mrs. Cleveland and N'*-*
tewer complaints than any ° 5^1,
tVi-r been in theh-uae. Th J rot
kept noat and clean, •‘Of Jh*7 ,, . J
trouble or a fnsa about I
It U taid that Hon.
Couain Ben, whotravetid ahr^ ,
Cfevelandand her moJh«, “ r
ft bite Uoaae a visit this * 1 ®JL pt
Irin is a plsaaant young ?• igd
dety and notoriety, and
xoma 3 aeofthelea.lcrsU.U>*P