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THE-MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 15,1867.—TWELVE PAGES.
wenoTIATIOKS TO PURCHASE TIIK
SB ° RISING FAWN FURNACE.
»“ Company—A Poor
DUtpei*—Work of the
“ e' oiu aoA tho Police—JPoatal
polnts-Few 00 * 1 ®
. . «rr» Febniary 9.—It has been re-
negotiations are ponding
a strong party of Georgia capital-
»***? Senator Joseph E. Brown for tho
““JSlfoftlM «»«•« lar « e inUre8ts in
l^wdnc Fawn Furnace and tlia Dado
*^*1 m'hid If consnmatod it will bo a
£j£,tion of great magnitude involving a
*S mount Of money. In reference to
S« rumor th# Atlanta Journal had tho fol-
in«ios ibis afternoon.
whispered to a Journal reporter
,hk ootning' ono of the biggest deals
SfYbusines* way which has ooourred in
Si, nart of GeorgU in some time, was now
•hTtania; and would bo consummated
UiSn a few hours. Rumor has it that
2r.mr Joseph E. Brown is about to dis-
°~~ 0 f t,is interests in the Dado coal mines
Ft.v,. Rising Fawn furnace to a syndicate
Ses&tGUU. Efforts were made to trace
Su rumor this morning, bnl none ol the
rtita who are said to bo interested could
„Lnd, though aevoral times called npon.
i/oomal reporter waited for nearlyanhour
iiii ifteruoon to secure an audience with
astor Brown, bnt without bucooss. Very
, wopio seemed to know anything about
though all that could be learned
[med to confirm the rumor. Tho name
Mr S. M. Inman is mentioned in con-
efioa with the matter, bnt several efforts
u« him were unsuccessful. It is not
died that the deal has yet been made,
mt that it will be to-night, or very aeon
isreafter. if not already made."
jnqoirj this evening among aome ot the
,the. alleged to be interested in tho deal
[cited the intormation that whiie the
msctiou has been contemplated, bo far
definite steps have been taken. If there
anjthing in it the Telegbaph will get the
Justifiable Homicide l>y a Bslllfr.
I jtTusn, February 9.—News reached hero
r miduigbt of a killing in a settlement
r Uibleton yesterday morning. A negro
- b»y sworn out a warrant against a
Kits can named J. T. Olaridy, charging
j with stealing a shotgun. Bailiff John
urested Claridy and deputized a
Etumto guard him fora few momenta
kfilha returned, as be was called away,
the citizen bad the bailiff’s pistol. As
Jlen elected off Claridy picked up a big
kind threw it at him. Allen dodged,
1 walking backward took his pistol from
ke citizen. Claridy seized another rock
bd advanced. Allen said, “Stop or I will
lut you.” Claridy advanced and Allen
let him in the left arm. Claridy
it his hand in bis pocket and continued
f sdrsuoe. Allen said, “I don’t want to
KiUvon, but you must keep back;" bnt he
lould not, and Allen fired again, wounding
"im in the right leg. By this time Claridy
Li drawn a big knife from hia pocket, and
rudisbing it over his bead rushed upon
Jlec, who shot him through the breast,
eai ^e heart, killing bim. Bailiff Alien
kve himself up, was arraigned before a
Mtice ot the peace, who, after hearing tha
pridence, pronounced the killing justifiable
ildde and dismissed the case.
A Pamlly In Deep Distress.
llTLaaia, February 9.—At No. 0 Factory
low there is a sorely afflicted family In ex-
mely destitute cironmstanees. Mr. A. T.
unas, th* head of the family, is in bed
Eering »itb a broken arm. ills daughter
a beso coufload to her had for waalts
ith a sprained ankle and baa high fever to
ll' mt two son* luge enough to work
f tick with ohiUs and fever. The other
ildrttire too amall to work. There ere
Jht ia its family and their only support
Ith. mother, who ia quite feeble but man-
ts toget $3 a week for her toil A aal-
r, dor iqualld, darker, more diatreestul
due than is here presented would be
i to find this side of a New York tone-
it
leben our able and humane general conn
l(rt tkrooga bickering over the problbi-
li folly they might Rive a Uttle time to
knlitf of juat anch families.
pE BIG(1»8T RuBBtsUY IN THE HIS
TORY OK THE CITY,
iTuvra February 10,-The biggest rob-
H Vhich ever took plane In Atlanta wae
pitted at police headquarters thU mom-
Captain Grim told tho counla that t,.
must search their apartment Demon,
“h. Smart oblS
He did not object, but in the most oolite
Z™ T J Dnted in. He mWe a
thorough search of their persons, effects
and the room, but found none of the mim
ing treasure. The parties have heen.JSL
jectod to a vigilant watch all day long and
w,u . n ? t 1 , b B allowed to leave. The K rone
P' r ° babmt ’ r » ‘bat both will be put unde?
arrest some time to-night. 1
Jacob Miller, tho Quaker, ia a medium
”!. a “ abont , 48 Jeers old. His face is
olean shaven and his hair ia long and black
He wears a snlt of hom*made jeans iho
coat cut like a preacher's and bnttonod’ clenr
iR w°nnM th f chin -u H ® d ® o! »es to talk.
S f y “ r,hat the detectives had
told, him to say “nay, nay." to all
queries from newspaper men. It was
learned, however, that the Quaker’s door
:£SL l0 S ed , Vb X D , he r ® tIred - and be
stated to the landlady that he thought
hi°« t ^ B k 0 t f c t” y r 8 i argtl SDms of money in
hisi pocket when in hia colony at Lebanon
and had never lost any before. He seems
to b ® 8 m B nof verylitUe knowledge of the
world. Captain Crim and Detective Bed
ford are working the case for all it is worth,
and developments are expected before mid-
night.
The Clerkship ot tho United States Conrt.
Atlakta, February 10— Interest in the
matter of the clerkship of the United States
District Coart it on the increase, as tho im*
pcession prevails that Juagn ftAwman will
make the appointment in a few days. The
list of applicants has grown to large propor-
lions, and neatly all the divers political in-
nueneea in Georgia have, in one way or
another, been enlisted. Among the
latest applicants for the place
that are reported are.' Dr. King, father,
in-law of Henry IV. Grady, who is now
in the government service, and Mr. Edgar
Thompson,^brother-in-law of District-At
torney B. H. Hiii. Among tho different
rumors in regard to the appointment is that
U°J. E. A. Buofc, who is now and has been
bolding for fonrteon veara the position of
clerk of both the District and Circuit
Courts, and enjoyed the doable salary
for that period of $7,000 per annum, will
be retained in tho position- It is suggested
that this will be done in recognition of,
and in deference to the civil service reform
policy of Prtaident Cleveland. As Colonel
Back is a Maine Republican, and has held
the office lot g enough to grow rich out of
its fat emoluments, this would hardly be
palatable to Democrats. It ia to be hoped
that Judge Newman will be able to find
and have the nerve to appoint
a good Democrat who has been true to tho
principles of the party, and bears honora
ble soar* of its battles. He will have no
tronble in finding one.
Judge Newman was to have left for
\V asbiugton but was forced by sickness to
postpone the trip. He may probably go
to-morrow, and I understand from a relia
ble source that bo will make the appoint
ment immediately upon hia return to the
eity.
QUICMaN.
Scott Found—Snlclile
ik -'nob Miller came down quite early
■ »t»ted that ho had been robbed of
jut 128,000 at hie boarding home, No. 83
Ifiitcn itreet, last light. Ur. Miller ia a
T*ztr, who hallt from Lebanon, O, He
p* to thin city about three weeks
1 to negotiate for land In this
ipon which to establish a
7 JM truck farm. He represents a ool-
Quakers who kra said to be worth
i* Yesterday Mr. MtUar concluded
ipuehue of a tract of land lying between
■oaUtcd the Chattahoochee river. The
• ofthe land was $28,OOo. The pipers
.'***• yesterday and tha agreement
MW they would be turned over to-day
"u tie payment of the money.
, nought aa the representative of the
, and claim* to have been robbed of
[JJ 0, Jj»at night which bad been an-
■pm to him to make the purchase. He
* ,0 om on the third floor of tbe
{•““I! homo of Mrs. A. D. Smith, at 33
fr® He baa occupied that room
I ouoat three weeks past. Last night
Allred he says that he had the
aim cl money In his vest.
Iff* » check for $10,000 on th*
tir. bank of Cincinnati, two
oo«. for $8,000, the other for
> ., °® ffia hank of laibanon, Ohio. In
pl'on to tau he had $3,840 divided aa
Five one hundred dollar bill*,
even hundred dollars In fifty,
iff'. t ff* Ild flve dollar bills and forty
Iff. of smaller denomloatlois
K «*• in hia out-Me ves t
7| biR bills and tbe eheoka were
Ito^PO'bet of hia vest which was
T^n ba undressed last night be laid Ua
^ * 0a * «hMi it avaaL
h ® “°*® th “ ™‘ »*»
|aiory n ^*^money gone. That is
lct»aL C fe and DnteeUva Bedford wrre
kcSm ,1^!? wo,k °P ‘be case. Cap-
k h B1 i,I 1 e fI dr * d ^ 0 , t ba boarding home of
M 8 o clock and at once en-
IlciC.'fffP investigation. It was
H JcoffffLT.? oec ?W a room on tha
KltoibJuJ UUte d00n fn>IB ******
The Body ot W. .
With a Shot Gao.
Quitman, February 9.-.The remnina of
\V. E. Scott, whose disappearance was re
ferred to in Monday's issue of tbe Txlx-
oiunt, resebed town this morning, having
been found about 15 miles below here and
fully that divtanoe from hia borne.
It was a clear case ot suicide and tbe
weapon used was a double barrel shot gun.
Tbe load entered jnat above the left eye and
tore off a large portion of hia head.
Information has been wired hia family,
bnt up to this hour nothing has been heard
from Ifieia. Tbe icmulua are at present at
the undertakers.
HaWKl.NBVlbbB.
ZtcU ltanls’s Heavy Sentence tar Kllllns
Ur. Brown's Dor
HAWKn»sTn.t.it, February 10.—Zack En
nis was tried and convicted on the charge
of poisoning Ur. Carroll Brown's dog. Tbe
jury retired to oonault at 13 o'elock hut
night and at 3 o'clock in tho morning
brought out a verdict of guilty. Judge L.
0. ltyan, of tbe County Court, before
whom the cue was tried, sentenced Ztck
Ennis to a fine of $150 and all cotta, or six
mouths in the chain-gang. The case was
represented on both aulee by eminent law
yers,
rhomaatoa-Tlin 8urv>y ot the Birming
ham ltoad.
TnoxASTON, February 9. —Captain Watt
and hia surveying Corps of tue Macon,
LaGrange snd Birmingham railroad, com
pleted their suivay to this place yesterday
evening. He crossed Flint river at Riggin s
Ferry, and tbanee by the Thundering
8prings, Hendricks and Warm Springs,
and reports the route a very practioal one.
In view ot tha building of the Atlanta and
HawkinsvUle and the Uaoon, LzGrange and
Birmingham railroads by this place the
town is getting on a considerable boom.
We have received since September 1 about
15,000 bales of cotton, end there have b«n
•old here since January 1 between $00 and
400 mule*. Business of all kinds has in
creased 35 per oent, and our merchants are
feeling good.
ing to form a stock company In that town
to keep the works in operation. They pro
pose totakebalf the -Sock, ami ti manu
facture their machinery for tLoir b.r,;o Sjiuh-
ern trade.
Athena Bancer-Watcbman: Last Friday
Mr. Wm. Roberta, an honest and higbly-
re3pcctod old man, who farms on Mrs.
Sarah Timor's place, cn the outskirts of
Jefferson, started to Athens in his wagon,
driving two horses. He was in apparent
good health when he left home. As his
wagon passed Clarkesboro, bo was seen to
be banging over tho front board of the ve
hicle, with his face cast down and one hand
and one arm swinging loosely. Tho peo
ple who saw Mr. Roberta in this position
thought ho was only in deep meditation, or
probably watching some part of tbo run
ning gear of bis vehlelo, and did not sponk
to him. He passed others in this position,
and at last reached Harrison's, abont eight
miles from Athens. Here tbo attention of
several ponies was direeted to the peculiar
ly uncomfortable poai'ion of Ur. Roberta,
and also to tbe fact that he was vary black
in the faee. The team was stopped and on
touching tbe driver his head and face were
found to be cold and his heart stilled in
death. He was taken ont and his family
notified of the sad discovery.
a narrow escape.
A Tonne Somoambnllat Steps from a Train
at Full Speed.
Cincinnati, February 6.—A dispatch
from Xenia, this 8tate, tells of a wonderful
escape from injury of a child who fell from
an express train running at full speed.
Mrs. T. Andrews, of No. 90 Madison street,
Newport, Ky., was on her way homo from
Cleveland with her four small children.
She was on the Pan Handlo express, duo in
Xenia al*4:65 a. m. Her children wero all
asleep, and she dropped asleep for a few
minutes herself. When she awoke sho
was horrflipd to find that Charlie,
her nine-year-old boy, waa miss-
ing. „bnnt for him waa
instituted by tue tnuuiueu, but he cuulu nut
be found, and it became evident that, either
asleep or waking, he had wandered ont on
tho platform of the car and fallen off. Tbo
train waa nearing Xenia, and when it
reached the station the determination waa
at ones reached to aend a party buck to look
for tha lost boy. Several trainmen and pas
sengers mounted a yard engine which waa
nt hand, and ran slowly np tho track. Lights
were so placed on the engino aa to enable
the party to distinguish objects for a littlo
distance on both sides of the track. Tbe
searchers hoped for nothing better than to
find the remains of the boy, perhaps horri
bly mangled, bnt after a ran of eight mUes
they caogbt sight of him cronched
down by a barbed wire fence. An exami
nation showed that ho was not only alive
bnt bad not reoeived tbe slightest injuries,
not even a brniae could be found. A light
waa thrown acrosB afield from a window ot
a farm honse, and tho boy bod made an an
successful effort to get through the fence
and gain the direction of the light. He had
no recollection as to leaving his mother and
falling from the train, which has glvon rise
to tho conclusion that he was walking in
his sleep. Upon tbe return of the party to
Xenia the train proceeded, having Men de
tained by the incident one hour and forty
minutes.
THE DAY LN WASHINGTON
DEBATE RENEWED ON THE EADS
SHIP RAILWAY BILL.
Valdoata—itaaolt of the Town Election.
Valdowta, February 19.— B. P.’Jonw waa
defeated for mayor of Valdosta yesterday by
W. L. Thomas “Hia people” do not seem
to appreciate hia late efforts in their (?) be
half to aeouro fer them (?) tbe building of
the Macon sod Covington railroad. The
full ticket elected ie ea follow*: M-yor, W,
L. Thomas; Aldermen, J. O. Varnadoe, J,
C. Hunt, N. E. Fry and T. M. Cook,
Valdoeta’i boom is atilt booming a email
pieoeof Undoes back itreet which two
reers ago would not sell for $100, sold be
ars the court house door ou the first Tues
day iu this mouth for czab at $l,ouu.
The Oeorcla Frees.
Ooel bea been discovered within two
miles of Rome.
A breekdown o* the engine at the water
works caused a water famine for four hours
in Savannah Sunday.
The Georgia railroad now eella ticket* to
Hillman, where thoeo seeking tho famous
electric well leave the train.
Dr. Gerdine, of Athens, whose eevetn at
tack ot pneumonia bae already been men-
tioned in tbia column, U no better, hi*
conditkm being very critical.
A little negro girt, Lixxie Clark, was ran
overby ajirmin of c«i at Anguata TWay
morning, and both lags cut off below the
knees. She is thought to be fatally hurt.
Mr. Lawrence Hanley, a young actor for-
merly of the Ford Dramatic Association, of
Savannah, ha* signed an engagement for
next season with the Booth-Barrett combi-
nation. Ho U at preseat supporting Robert
Downing.
The Rome Bulletin refused to accept an
advertisement from the Adamleee Eden
Company, but give it ehelf oolffmn notice
on iti editorial pege. Tue noffco waa not
fffa-oo abtldna. Brtk
ln th* city. Tbe man
|rt« ofiKmi • ffjooth-faeed handsome
\i*»V aD031 **• Gw woman k n —■*
h* *b°ut 30. Kmart aays
ft?$£* **?• H* cltinu to bo a caa- company in tbe way it like* test.
U taJa'tff. 0 * boob?- It wav learned ' Frick ACo-.ot Weyne.ljoro. Pe.,
Its Art vantages Urged by Ollnon and noar-
Ths Consular Bill la zlie House-
Tbe Money Bill* Badly Be
hind— Notes, Kto , Ktc.
MR. THURMAN DECLINES.
Not Willing to Serve on the National Rail
road Commission— Tho Applicants.
Wsshlnxton Special to th* World.
Senator Reck called upon the President
this morning to nrge the appointment of
General Cerro Gordo WilUama to tho rail
road commission. In tho conversation the
President detailed tho extent of tho troublo
and worry bo had sneonntered from the
throng of applicants who were daily —«W«o
hu lira a burden.
"There hu been nothing,” laid the Presi
dent, “that hu given mo more concern
since I earns into office than the care neces
sary to tho selection of tbe proper persons
to be appointed npon the commission." It
ia a certainty that Mr. Kernan will go npon
tbe oommiuion, though the President wu
at first inclined to offer a place npon the
oommiuion to Mr. Kernan a father, ex-Sen-
ator Francis Kernan, who declined it and
recommended the appointment of hie Son
“Jim," as the ex-Senator expressed it, who,
he aald, was the smarter man of the two.
Ex-Senator Thurman wbb tendered a place
on tha oommiuion, bat declined and aaked
that hia son, Alien W., be lelccted. This,
however, the 1’roaident ia considering,
though It is not probable the young man
will be recogni/.cu, as he does not, Accord
ing to tho President's idea, possess the
necessary qualifications. If ex-Senator
Thurman had aoceptcd it wu the purpose
ot the President to appoint him for the
short term, whloh would give him the op
portunity of reappointing him before the
oloae of the President'! term, thus giving
Mr. Thurman the long term on reappoint
ments.
THREE TAKEN PUT DEAD.
Plrtmen Bnrlert Uortsr a Wall—Lincoln's
Hears* Dtstroyed.
St. Louis, February 10.—Atnol's exten
sive livery stable, cn Chestnut strict,
burned at midnight, causing a lost estl
mated at $150,000; insurance $30,-
number of firemen were buried
under a falling * wall, and three
were taken out dean. One bu been identi
fied u Joseph Schimper, foreman engino
No. (I Three firemen were rescued bedly
hurt. About 100 horse* burned and the
ht tree which carried the remains of Abra
ham Lincoln ti bis tomb wu alao con
earned. Us owner had never allowed it to
be used for any other purpose after con
veying Lincoln's body. It had been built
(or that special purpose, and wu treasured
u a relic, maoy extravagant offers for its
purchase having been refused.
Shot Ills HIxie-n-Ysar Old Sweetheart.
William DavUson, tbe lH.yssr.nld non of
State be .ator Daria son, of Missouri, on
Saturday night, shot and fatally wonnded
bis sweetheart, Lizzie Oregon, a handsome
little glrl of sixteen years. For a year put
Daviuon hu been importuning her to
marry him. Being of a j talons disposition
be followed and annoyed her. Several weeks
ago he informed her that be wonld kill her
if she did not marry him. Saturday eve
ning, in company with a troop of children
ana older people abe wu sliding down an
improvised toboggan slide on 13lh and Hic
kory street* when Davisson appeared at the
foot of tbe incline. “Who are yon sliding
with?" be demanded. “With these people,
said tbe girl laughingly, pointing to several
ladles and gentlemen. “Come and taka a
slide, Billy,” she aald, and tbe words were
scarcely uttered when Daviuon drew bis
B tol and fired, the ball striking her in the
t bn-ut. Tho girl fell on the icy st.'-el,
and Davisson disappeared down an adjacent
alley and escaped.
Saft, Mara and Hpaadj.
5o titenxal remedy ever yet detUed h*a to full)
acd noqaMtlODably met the»e threa prima condl<
t*ot$ k* $’.;ca*$luHy m Allcoek'* ?• rtm* l'U»t*ra.
Ttajmnfc towqM naM M MMm
dnuit uA are maoafactnroA upon teianttftc pn:.
dp *• Of fi.-tl lc-. Til*) *rw *1.1•*. tfK.ee Lot!
gW$UMart<jalrad. Tb>
Washington, February 10.—In the Sen
ate, tbo presiding officer presented resolu
tions ot a joint convention of the
houses of tho General Assembly of
Indiana (the Republican member*) protest
ing against the validity ol tho election of
David Turpio as United States Senator.
Referred to the committee on privileges and
election*. .
Also a message from tho House of Repre
sentatives, with a substitute for tho Senato
Chinese indemnity bill. Mr.jEdmnndusaid
the two bills appeared to amount to the
same purpose, exeept that perhaps tho
House substitute did it in a more simple
•vay. He moved that the substitute be con
curred in. Agreed to.
Mr. Butler presented resolutions of tbe
New York Chamber of Commerce heartily
indorsing the proposal of an immediate
and liberal appropriation to expedite tho
completion of the Charleston harbor jetties.
Referred to the committee on commerce.
The Honse amendments to tho Senate
bills for public buildings at Huntsville,
Ala., and Augustn, Ga., were concurred in.
Tho Augusta building bill, as passed, limits
•he coat of site and building to $169,000,
and provides that the erection of tho build
ing shall not be commenced until the site
has been purchased and plans made for a
building to cost a sum not exceeding the
amount remaining of $150,000.
Tbe Honse bill prohibiting the importing
and landing of mackerel eangbt during
the spawning season was, after
some further debate, passed, with
amendments—yeas 31, nays 11. The nega
tive votes were: Blackburn, Call, Eustia,
Erats, Kcnna, Miller, Saulabnry, Sewell,
Vance, VanWyck and Walthonr.
A committee of conference was ordered
and Messrs. Palmer, Gray and Hale were
appointed.
■ he Senate at 3:45 resnmed consid
eration of the Eads Tehnantepeo bill, urn!
was addressed ky Mr. Gibson in support of it.
Ho indorsed any and all attempts to pierce
tbe isthmus, and waa not even jealous
of De Lessep's Panama scheme. He was in
favor of the Nicaragua canal, but be pre
ferred this Tehnantepeo route nbovo all,
because it waa wholly upon the territory of
a friendly neighbor who proposed to aid it
materially, and because it would bo wholly
free from international complication, and
would bo defentible if need be by a force
which could roach it from the United States
wholly by laud. Ho had no particular fear,
he said, of tbe British lion. If treated
properly, that animal was a peaceable ono.
He proposed to legislate on this question
without reference to aoy re
sentments that might still
Unger in the minds of some against
Great Britain. The people of the United
States and of Great Britain understood that
whenever an American right was invaded
the United States were (iu the language of
JohnC. Calhoun) one and inseparable.
Air. Hoar spoke in favor of tbe bill as
one of the moat important steps that the
American people had taken for a generation
and of which tho prize was to be tho con
trol of the markets of the world. After
sketching the oonne of commerce in the
past and in the present, he said that here
after, oommeroe waa to seek direct paths,
although continents had to be severed. He
wished to disclaim th* suggestion made the
f£BBjtbjUT§ciinS wa' 0r sul\ m’*foroo
and conld be enforced on Mexloo; also tbo
suggestion that tbe CUyton-Bulwer
treaty had expired through lapse of time.
Both those proposition* w.r. t-n.-niinigul
by declarations of the American govern
ment through it* Secretarle* of State, from
Calhoun himself down to BlaiDO, which
estopped tho American government from as
serting cither of those propositions. He
held that the theory of the Clajton-Bnlwer
treaty (aa applied to the location of tho
Nicaragua canal) waa the only theory con
sistent with the true interests of the United
States. Without finishing his argument,
tbe Senate, at 4.35, adjonraod.
.frff^boSntwJiL^ Frick A Co., of Wayne.lk.ro. 53g»i'.OTr
t h..‘ff d 7 d J that boarder* in her pu ha*cl the Pioneer Machine Borks of i-.f •
*^**“8* man Smart come down Thomas Camp, at Covington, are endeavor- J -n .ala.
Rouse of nepnentatlvei.
Washington, February 10.—Iu tbe House,
Mr. Herrimau, of New York, was appointed
a member of tbo eommittee on naval affairs,
to fill tho vacaney caused by tho resigna
tion of Air. Hewitt.
On motion of Mr. Thomas, ot Hlinoia,
Wednesday next wu Mt uido for the dcliv-
eiy of oologies npon the lata Senator Lo
gan.
Tbo Speaker announced the appointment
of Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, a* one of tho
conferee* uponylio anti-Mormon bill, to
place of Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, who bed
been called away on account of the death
of bis daughter at Natchez, Mias.
In tbe morning hoar, Mr. Weaver, of
Iowa, on behalf of th* committee on ex
penditures In the Interior Department,
t ailed up the Senate bill providing that In
tbe General Laud Offloe there shall be ten
chiefs of division, who shall receive a salary of
$3,000 each. Air. Wearer explained that the
•impla purpose of the bill wu to pot chiefs
of division in the General Laud Office on
the asms footing u chiefs in other bureaus.
Mr. Steels, of Indiana, inquired whether
the effect of the bill would not be to take
thou offloe* ont of the proviaiouaof tho
civil service act, and npon receiving an
affirmative answer moved to strike out tbe
enacting clause. The Republican* refrained
from voting and left tha House without a
■inomm, in which condition it remained
until the morning hoar expired.
The Home went into eommittee of the
whole on the consular and diplomstlo bill
Mr. Alien, of Mississippi, attacked the bill
in a humorous and sarcutic speech on the
ground of its extravsgauee. It approrri-
Atad, he said, $116,000 more than the bill
under which the lut Republican adminis
tration operated, and It wu cloarly in vio
lation of the pledgee of the Democratic
party.
Mr. Hitt, of HUuoil, defended the bill.
The increase ot the appropriation he said
wu due to the change made by the bill In
tbo method of payment of consuls from
feu to salary, and the feu of the service
would become part of tbe revenue.
Mr. Clements, of Georgia, defended Ike
bill, and especially the consular provisions
of it, contending that tha interests of the
people would be beat conserved by a change
from tbe fee to the nalary aysti-m. If the
people knew the truth of the foreign aer
vice they wonld demand of Congress that
that service be made efficient and honi-st.
Ur. Belmont, in closing the debate on tbe
bill, replied to tbe attacks made npon it.
Alluding to tbe differences ot opinion with
r.-vsrd t-i tbe bill which existed
upon tbe Democratic aide, be said
lie did not care whether gentlemen on the
Kepuhli -an -i iu were interested or riot
those differences, because he believed many
jeara woold J.a„s b- toru th-y wo.d 1 uU-.m
any benefit irotu them. The bill, b-- -a.d,
waa an merea-e over the aetnal jurat Car
ried by the lull ot last year of fl - but
the merea-.e-l collections to the tr-.e-ury
, under it wou.d, at tbe lowest estimate, be
$150,000. Tbo whole bill war, therefore,
an iocreM# over last year ot only some
$40,000:
Tbo committee then rose and the Home
adjourned.
The Cotton Crop of 1H80.
Washington, February 10.—The final re
port of the cotton crop of 1880, shows tho
average date of tbo oloaiog of tho picking
•eason, the proportion of crop marketed on
tho 1st of February, tho quality of the
staple, the price of seed and an t.Innate of
tbe product compared with that of 1885.
Tbo close of picking ia reported tbe
same aa last your in the Caroliuta and
Texas, one day eailicr in Mississippi, two
days inter iu Georgia and Louisiana, four
in Tennessee ami twenty-one in Arkansas.
Tlio dates are: North Carolina, December 2:
8outh Carolina, November 30; Georgia, De
cember 1; Florida, November 27d Alabama,
December 3; AlisHissippi, December 7;
Louisiana, December 12; Texas, December
3; Arkansas, December 25; Tennessee, De
cember 16. The late maturing of the crop
extended tbo season slightly in a few
States. Only in Arkansas was tho season
lengthened by inability to pick tho heavy
harvest early.
The returns of tho proportion marketed
made the averago to February 1 a little over
85 per cent. At that date about 5,650,000
bales had gone from plantations. This
wonld indicate a crop ot abont 0,400,000
bale*, a mere trifle above tbe November in
dications of tho rata of yield. Proportions
by States are as follows: North Carolina 87,
South Carolina 88, Georgia 85, Florida 83,
Alabama 87, Mississippi 84, Lonlsiana 83,
Tex** 86, Arkansas 81, Tennessee 83.
Tbe quality of tho crop is superior.
Rarely, if ever, have tbo returns of
cleanness of and oolor, combined
with length of staple, equalled
thoso just received. Tbe price of seed is
low, Oomplainst is made of oomoiuationa
of oil millers to rodnoe price. Reuters will
sell at any price, some times as low as five
eight cents per busboL The best plant-
i refuse to sell at ruling rates. The ave
rago iu Mississippi and Louisiana is ten
coots, eleven in Arkansas, twelve in Texas
and Tennessee, thirteen in Sooth Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama, and sixteen in Flori
da. The feeders of oattle and sheep pay
tbo bigbest rates.
Tbe prpdnct ia larger than lut year in
Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas,
and smaller in tbo other States. The ave
rago result, from careful analysis of the
present returns, ia an aggregate less than
;wo per cent, lower than that of last year,
THE NEW YORK STRIKE.
Evidence ICemalni Abont the Whatvet
that a Strike Is In Pro^reu.
Nrw Your, February 10.—Along the
river (routs to-day there was no Indication
that any difflonlty existed between the long,
shoremen and railroad and steamship lines.
At tho railroad piera the loading of cars on
big floats waa being carried on with regu
larity, and at the coastwise and Sontbern
port steamship companies' docks ail evi
dences of tho recent struggle were obliter
ated. Tho steamer City of Atlanta, of tbe
Clyde Line, which reached her dock Mon
day, discharged her cargo yesterday, and is
now on tho dry dock, being examined as to
tbo damage done by tbo collision with a
schooner off Chsrleston harbor on tha -ltb.
The superintendent aays tho work of dis
charging her had been done quicker than
tbo old hands wonld liavo accomplish! d it.
Police Captain Murphy Bnid tho strikers
remained in their houses now and caused
no trouble. Everything wu aa quiet ns
before the Btrikc.
A report that tho brewers and engineers
wero about to strike reached tbe vicinity of
the piers late In the afternoon to-day, and
in a short time there wav* more strikers on
the i»ornp*e/inDOellO the fiuO —-
1 tro seen at oao time sini— iu .«..gsbor>
men and freight handlers ceased work.
The rumor wu reoeived with great rejoio-
ing by the strikers and tbo wavering men
seemed encouraged. Tho managers and
superintendents of tha piers and docks,
however, along the wbolo river front aay
most emphatically that they will not
taka back any of their old hands. They as-
si rt that the lurli tlu-y have nuw are giving
satisfaction, and nadir no circams tances
would they bo turned away.
Jarsar .Civx, N. J., February 10.—The
•Inking freight handlers of tbs Northern
railroad of New Jersey returned to work
this afternoon. They were re-employed
without exception. Tho ItaliacB displaced
by their re-omployment wero set to work
on the Erie docks.
AN INFERNAL MACHINE IN THE
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
MURDER IN NEW YORK.
A Young Itunian Kill* a Girl anil Wounds
ills Ntepinotber.
New Yonx, February 10.—Olto White, 22
eara old, to-night went to tbe residence of
ils stepmother, Elizabeth White, at 315
East Thirty-first street, for the purpose ot
killing her. A servant girl, 18 yean old,
named Lonlsa Wolf, opened the door In re
sponse to White's ring, and, u she did so,
bo fired- The ball puaed through her right
temple, and she sank dead cn the tb<
bold. Mrs. White, who bad retired
with her tbres children, at onoe
ran to the door and her stepson a second
time fired hia piatol, the bullet en
uring her cheek. Then young White fled
and hu not yet been arrested. White's
father died abont three months ago, leav
ing bi* entire estato to hia wife. This an
gered the son, and he hu several times
threatened to kill his stepmother. The
mother was taken to Rellevne hospital.
8ank bj Floating lcm.
New Yoke, February 10.—Tbe British
steamer Wells City, while anchored off Pier
SC thla morning, wu struck by floating foe
in the wake of the engine room and a holi
stove in her. She sank in twenty minutes
in eight fathoms of water. Tho officers and
crew were saved.
■ The steamer wu not cat by lee, but
heavy field of lee coming down the river on
the Outgoing tide i*iii»ei her to drag her
anchor. She had no steam on, and was
helpless. She drifted a mile and a half on
til she ran broadside on tbe bow of the
Morgan Line steamer Lone Star, which wu
also at anchor in midstream. Tbe cat-
water of the Lone Star struck
the Wells City just abaft tho engine room
and cut a whole in her large enough to ad
mil a two-horse truck, and aha sank it
twenty minutes. Those ou board escaped
in their own boats. Tbe Lone Star had all
she could do!to save herself, but finally got
up steam and ran behind spier. She suf
fered only a low hundred dollars damage.
The Welu City is a new vessel, valued a
$150,000, and had a cargo valued at $140,
000—both fully insured on the other aide
of the Atlantic. Tbe Wells City's masts
and smoke stack are visible above the water
opposite Christopher street.
Ponble Homicide In Kentucky.
OlBcujfATt, February 10.—A epecialfrom
MrvHaonviUe, Kv., that Depaty Kheritf
Caton, ajminted by Mr. Cobb, of Sobre,
while Attempting to levy on the property of
a tu&n U4in«Hi McHlory, in Webster county,
f »r tai* M, waa attacks 1 bv M^Elory with
.a*'. Cobb i noKtbly a f.tUl wo *
w heu Caton shot un<! kill*- 1 Mciaory*
V SENSATION AT ’FRISCO.
Paolo Prevented by the Cootn«M of
the llrave Little I»ivw—The Mail
Who Carried the Afucuine
Alone Injured.
Ban Francibco, February 10.—A dra
matic and sensational epiaodo oocurred at
tho (Irand t>j era IIouko lust night Ade
lina Patti vtm giving hor Inst concert of tho
season, which waa announced r!ho »h hor
last appearance in this city. The incidont
will tend to make PattiV. turoweil memora
ble. At 10:20, after Patti had twico ap
peared in front of the curtain in reuponno
i recalls, at the conclusion of an aria from
La Traviata,” And just bh nhe had re
tired again to tho wings, a tremeudouH ex
plosion was clearly heard above the vocif
erous applause, and a cloud of
smoke was seen to mo over
tho railing of the top gallery. Inntantly
every lorgnette in the houso wai focuRHed
the portion of tho hotiRo where tho ex
citing scene waa transpiring, and a panto
waa imminent The people in tho gallery
wero rnshing abont Becking tho quickcHh
means of exit nod it waa only through tho
8elf>po8seeaion of the newppdpor men prott-
ent in the boxee, oonplcd with that ot tho
diva, that a stampede of tbe entire andienco
for tho doors was prevented. The now*-
paper men, who were in tho boxep, quickly
perceiving that nothing serious had resulted
and tho dangor won over, thoy communi
cated by nods and motions wRh Mmo.
Patti, who was still in the flies, to coma
before the enrtain. Sho comprehended tho
situation and camo forward quickly, and
giving tbe ono to bignor Ardlti, begin Bing
ing “Ilome, sweet homo.” Tnis had
calming effect on tho audionoo,
although many left to Ascertain tho c mne
tho performance, tho concert was carried
to its conclusion.
As soon ns tho location of tho tronblo
could bo learned a policeman rushed to the
sceno and found a man with badly horned
face and hands moaning with Agony, and
tho remains of an infernal machmo about
him. Ho was placed under nm^t nnd con
voyed to the Irvine Hospital, where be Hinted
that when heitooped to pick up hi*'hat and
cano ho found a package under his seat,
which ho picked np, and that an he raiHed
it to sec what it was it exploded.
Tboagb ho wah badly burned abont tho
faco and hands, it is neliovod ho rcoeivod
serious injuries. No other porson in
believed to bo hurt. Ho govo tho namo of
Dr. Jos. Hodges, aged 71 yearn, dynpep-
sia specialist, residence No. 4 ControlJPlace.
Othera, however, give a different but un
doubtedly correct version of the Affair. A
lady who sat next to him, and who nar
rowly escaped injury, saya that during tho
evening ho mado a number of aigoiftcftnt
remarks, which pointed to tho purposo ho
afterward attempted to carry out. Among
the observations which the lady distildly
remarked wah: "Patti is singing excellently
to-night, bnt sho will never sing any more/'
Ho waa also heard to make uncomplimen
tary and revengeful allusions to J. 0. Flood
ad his family, who were present in a box.
At tho Irving Hospital, after bin wound
was dressed, tno chief of polico attempted
to make him commit himRelf, but tho effort
was a comploto failure. He stoutly main
tained hia innocenco. Tho chief of polico
pronounces him a crunk.
Tho bomb was mado of a can filled with
powder, in tho centre of which wah abottlo.
Tho can was wrapped in piece* of cloth
soaked with inflammable oil, and it is 1^ jicv •
kill Patti and thoso near iho stago. i»»*t also
to set fire to tho building. Tho bomb won
rjrrangod to cxplodo by a number of friction
matcl.es, which w»-ro eonmetrd with u fuse
inserted in tho powdor. Tho thoory in that
tho (uio burned too quickly for tho crank
and tho explosion was premature.
Though Patti performed her part in tho
remainder of tho programme, it won notice*-
ble that tbo occurronoo had oousiderablo
effect upon her and somowhat subdued her
usual vivacity.
Hawaiian Comma roe.
London Times.
Tno cominorco of tho Hawaiian kinKdoui
ia, in proportion to its population, without
nil eqaal in tho worhl. The larucat share
of the tratlo of the kingdom ia done v ith
tbo United State*, foatored not only by tho
proximity of Amerioa, hut by a very favor
able treaty of reciprocity. Many clasu a ot
merchandise from the 1 : n!t*d Ktat'-s are ad
mitted free into the islands, and for thW
cones—ion Hawaiian auga's are admitted
doty free into the State*. Tbe official re-
tarn* for 1885 show n sn^nr production ot
171,350,311 pounds, out c( which tha United
States took 171,346,625 pounds. Tho crop
ot rice for 1885 wu largo, though It full
short of tho proda tlou of tho four preced
ing years. Tho States consumed 7,363,900
pound, ont ot a total production of 7,367,253
pounds. Tbe entire exports of fresh bananas,
60,616 hunches, of goat skins, 19,782, hide,
19,015, and aheap skins, 8,783, wero con
sumed by America. Tho crop of wool,
amounting to 474,121 ponnda, waa exported
to England.
Distance and tho disadvantage of not
having a treaty similar to the American op-
< rill*- greatly to tho detriment ■>! British
trade with these Island*. There is, how
ever, every reason to hope that the c implo-
lion of the Panama canal, the Canadian Pa
cific railway and the proposed British cable
to the oolontes, which i* to tonch at Hon
olulu, and for which the Hawaiian govern-
nienthave already granted a hand aome sub
sidy, may have the effect of improving tho
commercitl relations between Hawaii and
Great Britain and her colonice.
Major Cooper on Atl.nle Prohibition.
Chicago, February 10.—Mayor Cooper,
of Atlanta, O*., aeeompanied by aldermen
and other officials of that city, arrived in
tbe city yesterday. They have come spe
cially to examine into tbu improvements in
fire cxtingui.hing apparatus, and intend to
pnrehue aome chemical eoginea. Tho
party will extend its lour to Baltimore and
New York. Talking with a reporter for a
hieal paper, Mayor Cornier, who ia an anti-
prohibilioniat, said he did not think tlisi
any good had been accomplished by the
now prohibitory laws. All members of the
party declared that drunkenness is a* prev
alent u ever and that no thirsty man nod
anffer for tho lack ot ilqnor.
Manna Lou In Eruption.
Sia FaxNnaco, February 10.—Advioe*
from Honolula report that the voloaoo
Manna Lou, ou Hawaii Island, is agtain ac
tive. The eruption began January 15th
with an explosion of fire, smoke and lava.
Lava flowed down through tiMurtu, and if
iU counu in not changed it will rt jw to tha
sea without doiog much damage. Karth-
quak* shocks were frequent throughout tho
in laud, but were without avrio w court**-
quencea.
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