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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, MAitv< 22. lSCT.-TWElA E PAGES. 1 !
FAILED FOR A MILLION.
PRESIDENT OF THE GATE CITY GAS
LIGHT COMPANY.
-Waller E. I-awton, of Now York, DI«»p-
peara, Carrying with him a Groat
Deal of Money Belonging to
Kercral Other People.
New Yobe, Mjrch 17.—Sheriff Grant hva
neiitd «ho place of business of Walter E
LawtoD, at! 3 Broadway, «ho did business
tinder tbo firm name of L.wton Bros, in
fartilizerj, nnder an attacLment from Judge
Donahue, of the Supreme Court, on credi
tors’claim a amounting to $245 000. It is
charged that Lawton has absconded lo de
fraud bis creditors; that he has diepoied of
hia propetty and taken a la’ga amount of
money with him. Lawton’s diaappearanco
has created a great d- al of epprehecsion,
and it ia believed that be ie bankrupt. He
left hia office Tuesday afternoon, aa usual,
to go to bis homo on the Hudson, and has
not been seen since. To-day his oaahier
states that several attachments were ob
tained, but outside of that nothing ie known
The amount of hia liabilities is estimated
at about $1,OOC,000. Lawton is a widower
and the sole representative of the firm,
his brother, who was associated with him,
having died aome time ago. Rufus T.
Kirkland, Lawton's oaahier, states that
Tuesday Lawton withdrew all hia fnnda
from the different banka in which he bad
v ’deposited and took the money with him.
Lawton, before his departure, destroyed all
suits, checks and papers of every liud from
■which sny ioformation could be fecured ss
to the disposition of the funds. Joaeph D.
Jones plaeed in Lawtou’e care on Tuesday,
on behalf of hie company, $120,000. This
is also gone, Kuaiauu elate that Tuesday
he had an interview with Lawton at Broad
way and Wall streets, and that Lawton re
quested him to go with him to the officers
of the Third National B.nk and introduce
him. This ho did. Lawton also asked
him to ezeemte a blank warranty deed
for the conveyance of real estate in New
Jersey, and to meet him at (he New York
Hotel. Ho met him there with the blank
deed, and both went to the Grand Central
THE RUSSIAN BEAR’S CLAWS.
Some Account of the Claris Facilities for
Carrying on War.
Sew York World.
Tne great Colotana cf the North has been
retting nneaaily in his bed ever alnoe the
rude sttrring np he reoeived lost cummer,
when his pet projects in Bolgaiia were bo
nm ipeotedly upset by Alexander of Batten-
bnrg and the national party. Not a mo-
meat's quiet has he since enjoyed, and bis
most viul energies are now emplovedin
preparation for a awoop, first npon Bulga
ria aa the etspe and then npon Constantino
ple aa the final aim of Panslaviet aspira
tions. On the ouo band Russia’s diplo
mats have been laboring incessantly
to lessen the degree of opposition
to be expected from internal powers,
and on the other millions have been
expended in strengthening her military sys
tem. Ai d with what result all thl.-? Sim
ply that instead of having to face a ooali
lion between Austria, England, Italy and
Turkey, with Germany os a “sleeping”
partner in the background, Russia, thanks
to her foreign office, is now assured of the
willing neutrality of Germany and Italy and
the forced neutrality of Austria. This
leaves Eogland and Turkey to be accounted
for. But England will have little money
and fewer meu to squander in defense of
Constantinople when she find! ft Urge llu.4-
sian army quietly concentrated at Aekabad,
in Ce tral Asia, by nuana of General An-
nenkoff's newly completed Trans-Caspian
railway, and marching from there to Herat,
not mnch over 300 miles to the south. So,
practically, Ru.aia has the field clear. She
knows it, and will never allow the golden
moment to psaa nontiliz-d.
•Tie a grand, a gaudy array that the Czar
can marshal beneath his colors. In the
ranks of bis army the Mongol brushes
agaiust the Scandinavian, the Slav against
the German, the T'urooman against the Es
quimau, the Tuherkesaian against the Lip.
Rnasia's military strength consists of a
regular army and tbeOpoitsohinieor Laud
Webr. The law prescribes the duration of
service to be six years in the standing army,
nine years in the reserve and six years in
the Opoltechenie, covering the period from
the golditr’s twentieth year to bis fortieth.
The emperor thus, in oase of necessity,
could place over four million well equipptd
soldiers in the field, halt of them being rug.
taxation, but they are held to service from
the age of eighteen to thirty.eight
The whole military bLtory of Rnssls,
from the days when Suvaroff led the vic
torious legioDS throughTuik. y, Boland and
Northtrn Italy to the campaign of 1877, is
replete witl; their achievements. They
were ever in the van in battle and in the
rear in retreat An important addition to
this excellent foroe has recently been aa
quired by the annexation of Mcrv and the
incorporation in the Rnseian army
of fully 60,000 Turcoman ir
regular cavalry. These Tnr-omana
proved their fine fighting qualities durir g
the Lomakin campaign of 1879 and still
later at Geo Tepe. It was they moreover
who drove the Afghans iu great slaughter
over the bridge at PnUkhisti, opposite Penj •
deb, nca-ly two years ago. It ia doubtful
whether their equals could be found in the
Anglo-Indian army.
Bach, then, is the great force that at no
very distant day the Cztr of Rnssta will send
beyond his frontiers on the one side to swal
low np the Bn<gar and Tnrk and on the
other the Afghan, Persian and perhaps the
Sepoy of India. At no previous period in
her history has Russia been better equipped
for the fray than she is ot present, and
never before has the eame combinatien of
oToumstances favored her designs. If aha
fails, therefore, it is safe to say that her op
portunity ia past forever.
A COUPLE OF FIRES.
SOME SPECIAL PREMIUMS
GRAVEYARD INSURANCE.
depot. Lawton told Kirkland ho intonded
leaving New York on the train, that he hod I ^ars'arKrthTbti'lanco'miHu'a!
drawn out all money on depoeit, and that Tbg teRolgr army u diwi ied into nineteen
he waa ruined. He d*a not know what to I arm y cor p ( . | and attributed amon# lour-
do, and ho would probably ojmmlt t-utoide. j teen m qj [llt y districts. Its field troops on
Lawton further raid he had exhausted all g fot.tincr number 192 regimen's of in-
his resources. He Uft Kirkland t> take the (liU , |v with 60 battalions of strelki or
train. One of the attachments was issued >ljtt[( ; B ' u0oUtgi together 16,11(5 offleere and
at thelnatanoeof the Chemtoal, Ammooiate 45Util meD . 6G regiments of cavalry and
and Oil Company; delivered hv Lawton 1 t , 0 H q U adtons, making 2,626 oilioers and
promissory notes of the value of61270 men;342 batteries ot artillery, with
intruat, to discount the notee and hold the 1 632oaunoI1H 3 273 offlce rs and 68,371
proceods for the company s benefit. In mon , nd oo 2 78 engineers, officers and
ditloD, he reoeived $8,000 in money. He men Tbfn f „ llo „ lbo .. lU nding” reserve,
discounted the notes, kept ths proceeds, namberinR 4 325 0 ffi 0 „ r « RU d 99,315 men,
and converted them to his own use. ,be standing troops of 401 officers and 18.-
The associates of W. E Liwton look upon I (d4 meD lbo Kr »-c»lled local troops of 1,927
his disappearance as pat.of a gigantic officer* and 97,778 men, and last, but not
«* ndlO' and believed that he sailed on one I bg ,^ tho Cossacks and irregulars, the for-
of Wednesday’, steamer. He hoe a brother l orljnmb rl 28c ut ho „ e> m
in Sussex, England, end it U supposed that L otnlM otio ot and 21 batteries, or 2.169
ho has gono there. Several different par nffloere Qnd 44 920 men, and the irregnlars
ties hod put securities in his control, nod 1 g r 7u boraemen. If we add up these nnm-
before h . departure he converted every- berg w , flo(| , d tolgl of “b.nt 800 ,u00
thing into cash end drew out all hi? bank m(n to congt t t 5 u effective of tha ltus-
accounts, and got a boy to h' >P, r * m0 7' ! L ian regular arm yon a peaoe footing. Iu
M time of war tfii? force .wells to the ennr-
lightly filled. H‘« credit was high, and he I , u> fle on 3fi(( &73 m# „ uh 3C6
was rated at over $1,°0°,00° by the com- ^ bor J t , god 3 87( . oannoIJK . The yearly
merciU agencies. military budget U about $152,000 000.
At the office of JLG. Dunn A Co., the I Tbe nominal commander-in-obief of the
news of tho abaconding of Lawton was, os I n, lss j an arcl y j*, ot course, the Czar hint-
on® of the offleera expressed it, ™ a 1 Directly under him stands the minis-
thunderbolt The firm was rated oa a good I ,, r () [ W1) ^ Ht p r ,. sen j General Adjutant P.
one, and the agency never had the slightest I Vannov*ky, in whoso hands tho different
intimation that trouble was to be feared. | i.renehe* of tho uiilitafy system aro central-
Superintendent F etcher, of the produce iwd> To (goillUU) bis relations with the
cvcLangc. save Lawton Bros , who have sn I ot warj t h 0 Emperor has recoups
offlesin the Ezohango buildlog, ssked him I ^ g military cabinet, composed ot tha
to telegraph to the exchanges iu Sb Liuis, , ldl4dMlmi ' generals, generals a la suite,
Now Orleans, Philadelphia, Boston slid 110 Xbere is nlao a superior of war eonn-
’5°." «*'.«* *hlch the war mini.t.r is president,
Tho Secrets of the Business Unblasliinglj
Given Away.
Lansio, Mich., March 11.—There were
Borne etortling developments in tbe House
Committee on Insurance to-day,.the subject
of graveyard “insurance" btingnndir con
sideration. The most damaging admissions
were made. Freni, forgery, theft snd ex
tortion were sdmitU d with a sangfroid that
staggered the oommittee. N. A. Donning,
of Mason, said he had done some graveyard
insnranoe business, and was willing to tell
the committee about it.
“There were fiye of us," said Mr. Dun
ning. “We got our license under the law;
limited the age of tbe person insured to
eighty years; charged a fee of $15 for the
first $1,000 and $20 for $2,000, and made
money. We pretended to have a medical
examination. The blank form was gener
ally made ont by tho agent or beneficiary.
We asked no questions. We bad annual
dues of $3 and kept out twenty per cent, of
sll SBiCBsmeuts to pay expenses and afford
us a profit.”
What," asked Chairman Cross, “was
your object in starting the companj? ’
Mr. Donning looked surprised ut this
question, and answered:
'’Why, to make money.”
Then the more deaths the more money?”
‘Precisely.”
'Does the other 80 per cent, go to the
beneficiaries?”
“Not all of it. We used to oompromise
when we oould.”
“There are 20,000 old people in Michigan
insured in 'hose companies,” Mr. Donning
continued, “and not 1,000 of them know it.
When a death occurs tho assessment brings
in twelve times as much as is needed to
pay one loss.”
Continuing, Mr. DunniDg said that dur
ing the yearns was with the onmpany tho
highest death loss paid war $500, of whioh
the beneficiary got only $75, while the rest
went to the man who compromised the case
for the oompany. He said the returns were
falsified so that the State Insurance Com
missioner would suspect nothing.
Warren Pond, of Charlotte, teld a story
similar to Mr. Dunning's.
Baltimore to notify them that it was no*
* m ir b . n„ h K® 8 I *»<<» general stsff, organiz'd on'the Pros-
office of the firm is at Havana, Cuba, Their I t > w ;, b Gtncrul Obiut‘cheiff just at
zequest was complied with. I |, rrH , [lt , f llt assisted by General Kou
PBOFEBTT attached is ATLANTA. I roupuikiiie. one of the most promising ofib
Atlanta, Marob 17.—This afternoon oere nf the Ruasiau army. The general in.
Hon. N. J. Hammond A Son, attorneys o! apeutor ot tne entire unlit try foroea of the
thte city, received a telegram from the Delta I empire ia the Grand Duke Mtohael, but bc-
Azatiu Company, of New York, stating that side# him there ore special inspectors for
Walter E. Lawton, secretary and treasurer I each of the four breaches, via., the iu.
of tho Gate City Gas Light Company, has faulty, cavalry, artillery and engineers,
absconded. Tbe telegram also stated that I The (jfilo.ra ot tho Ruaaiaa army are
Lawton's Indebtedness to the Delta Azttin I taken from three dialiuct sources. First
and three other corporations in N>w I (rom ths imperial c >rp< of pages, to which
York aggregates $388.(X4) a and in 1 area«dmitte<i tbo children of great families,
structcd Uummond A Son to attach or e I who, after nine years of military ednexlion,
thousand shares of (took of the Gate City I receive the rank of ensign or cornet iu
Gas Light Oompany at tbia point, ths lame I the guard or line; second, from tbe yunker
being the property of the absoonding sec-1 or cadet schools ot each arm, to which a
retary aml.trca- uri r. I aucccaafnl examination admits all applicants
The attachment was made at 8:40 to-1 ft t tbe sgs of sixteen years, and third, from
night and is returnable to the Jane term oil the niuks of those who volunteer in
lho City Court. An attachment was also I advance ot lb* conscription and according
served for five hundred dollars, the same j t o thiir qualtfioallona may be appoioted
being for a fee owed by Lawton to Robert I non-ciMUm.ealoued c llleeis after several
Van Wlok, lawyer of New York. Lawton's I mouths service and the posting of a special
headquarter were iu New York, but he baa I examination. Promotion * iu the lower
eften visited Atlanta to look after tbe I grades ie by selection and seniority, In tbe
fain of tho Gate City Gu Light Compaoy. | nigher grades by seniority alone.
The guard have scarcely aujr insignia to
distinguish them from the lino infantry;
hnt each regiment has Its special name.
WHO RUNG HIM UP?
The Famous Getaa of ltu„Ia.
In tbe cany part of tho preeent e*“^^^^ter^^^re!?afov^^
the attonuon of geologists waa directed to gfci /, ltorgl j. uaneUted the Tranaflguration)
eastern Ruula as a probable diamond region I j| ( oooree, the ereck corps. The great
on account of lte ros.mblanco, ' ®f l«iperur reernitod it from the ranks of hU
its natural features, to Brazil. A few years oompanione, and his faith in its
later theee genre were actually o‘* or '»' r ' d , I fiithty was ntvorVonco misplaced. It was
by Humboldt and Rose, on the we»t si to o( j » t fb# bcad 0 ( this famed regiment that
the Urelian chalD, in the gold-beariDg al.u- c.itherino 11, its colonel, niado her entry
vtnm on tho backs of the rtver Adobekoi. I , oti> p uter> burg. Every cxerowttoh is I
eeveral feet above a stratum conUtning (X uooted to taka commend of tne Preobra-
fossil r,mama of the mammoth, » b i“.“*» I jeuskis once in her lifotime, end. in fact, 1
minent ihe position is an hcnor alt tmoenat mem-
led some
that the diamond of this region
■ vie for. Prioee Oboteneky is the pres-
since tho exterinloadon of this giaamio | ent gnd tb# Cz „., brother Hertnue
The Strange Story Told by eu Undertaker.
■There's just one feature about the tins.
iness I don't like,” said a popular urder-
teker to a Detroit Free Press reporter, “and
that ia tho ringing of the telephone bell."
Do peoplo make mistakes iu ringing you
up r
“It isn’t that, but something happened
once that 1 oould never aooonut (or. And
when I hear the bell ring I always feel
nervous until I take the message."
■What was the expeiieaoe you bed?"
•Oh, that boppeued some lime ago when
the telephone WrS first in. You knew old
Mr. , a nice old gentleman, aud always
good company, lie used to like to drop iu
hero and obat with me about my business,
hours at a time. Aud he often said, joking-
ly, that he intended, when hia time came,
to patronizo me.”
“And did he?”
“I— hardly—knoa? One night about 11
o'eloek I was sitting here reading the Cas
ket, one of our professional papers, when
the telephone bell bega.i to ring It often
rings at night—yon know w* ere called np
freqaently in our work -bat I never heard
it nog in that way before. I thought the
wit<a wtTo crossed and that it was a mis
take; but no, when I took tbe cell I heard a
voice I immediately recognized at M ’a:
“ ‘Coats to No. Bring every
thing necessary. Do not lose a moment.”’
“Tnen the telephone wav rung off. I
knew Mr was ill, bat ea that was his
voice, snpp sod he was oat egitn, and de
cided that it unut be a child that bed died.
I tried to get them again, bat failed, and,
os my horse was standing ready by that
time, I took my moo and went at onoe lo
the bouse.”
“Welt?”
• They did not expect me. Mr. M
woe d'ad, sud they had telephoned to tbe
family undertaker, but ss 1 was there first,
they accepted my aervioea."
“Who telephoned t# you?”
“That iv what I could never find out.
None of the family did. aud it oould not
have been Mr , for he was—oh, pebawl
Let’s talk of something else."
The Paid Fire Company’s Qnlok Work In . Which Go to Swell the Already Attractive
Getting Ont and Steady. Premium List of the Fair.
At twenty.five minntes past 7 o'clock last The first sixteen pages of the premium
night a telephone mtBsage was rtoeived at list of the Georgia State F.ir, which opens
the watchman's office at the city hall to in Macon Ootobtr 4, have gone to preta and
ring the fire alarm bell. In exactly three the other pages will aeon follow. Frcm
minntes from tho time the bell sounded the Secretary Grier the followiog list of the
alarm the doors of No. l's engine house special premiums offered by merchants of
were tbro rn open and tbe reel, with Chief Macon and Mr. W. O. Wadley were ob-
Jones snd three rnnners seated upon it, tained yesterday:
dashed ont. The eastern sky was Ut np By W. O. Wadley, for the beat pen of fat
with a red light and on the firemen dashed cattle, $100.
to reach it. When the city bridge was By W. O. Wadley, for tho best pen of fat
reached, Chief Jones saw that the fire was lambs, $25.
far beyond the Umits of tha city, and then By R. A. Nisbet, for the best Georgia
as ho turned tbe mules* heads townward he raised mule colt foaled in 18:5, a fine regis-
was told that another fire was burning at tered Jersey pig or $10.
tbe store of W. A. Doody A Co., corner By W. T. Johnson, for the beat oolleotion
Tumi and Cherry streets. No time was of breads, an Excelsior cooking stove,
lost in getting to that locality, and on By T. J. Hunt, for the best slipper pat-
arrival the steamer, which had tern by a lady, one pair French kid shoes
left tbe engine house two minutes after the valued at $7.
reel, but which wont direot to tbe Btore, was By H. B. Erminger, for the beat gallon
ready for work. In tbe meantime the Georgia eane eyrup, $10.
steamer and reel of volunteer No. 1 was at By W. O. Turpin A Co., for the host
work, the advantage being gained by the bread, one barrel of flour,
paid reel going to the East Macon fire. By W. O. Turpin A Co., for the best bis-
The fire st Doody's was first discovered cuit, one barrel of flour,
by Mr. Frank Jeter, who was on his way By Mix A Everett, for the best boy rider
home and saw through the grating at the under twelve-years old, $10.
front part of tbe store a blaze in the cellar. By Jere Hollis, for tbo best boy rider
Wa'chntan Cherry, who is on night duty under twelve-years-old, $10.
on the block, also saw the blaze and then By Sol Hoge, for the beat display of poul
the alarm was sounded, Mr. Geo. T. Harris try, $10.
being the first to respond. Officer Wagnon By W. B. Sparks, for tha best display of
ran to Putxel's restaurant and telephoned poultry, $10.
to tho city hall. Then he returned to tbe I By J. IL A W. W. Williams, for the lady
store to keep the crowd which was colleot- making the beet display of cokes, water
ing rapidly from going into the store. A service valued at $20.
clerk was first to arrive ot the store, closely By tbo Southern Seed Company for the
followed by Mr. Ike Block, of tbe firm. best display of cereals, a Planet Jr. onltiva
Tbe firemen were placed at a disadvant- tor.
age. The fire was in the cellar and there By Johnson A Lane, for tho best six
was no means of getting to it from the ont- stalks of cotton, a Thomas emoothi :g her
hide. Two atrc.ms of water were poured | row. valued at $30.
into the cellar through the grating, but I By R. E. Park for the best drawings made
they were not of any service. After some by either girl or boy, $10.
littlo time the hose with a ent-off pipe was By Campbell, Van Sjokel A Co., for the
carried into the store throngh the side door beBt display of cereals, a 600 pound Buffalo
and then into the cellar through the eleva- scale,
tor well. The water was turnedon and the I By Branch House of J. W. Burke A Co.,
fire soon extinguished. for the beet oil painting (other than por-
It was imnossible last night to determine trait) by an amateur nnder 20 years old,
the loss. Tits cellar was filled with baled born and reared and now living iu Geor-
goods and Borne of the bales near the front I git, one real gold-leaf, life-size frame, say
of tho store were burned. The greatest I 25x30 inches.
damage was done by smoke and water, of By Branch House of J. W. Burke A Co..
which there was an abundance. It is I for the host crayon drawiog, by an amateur
feared that eome ot the goods iu the store under 20 years old, same stipulations as
are also damaged by amoke. This, of above, one bronze frame, life size, say
coarse, oould not be ascertained last night. 1 25x30 inches.
The loss will not reach $1,000, so it is es-! By Branch Hones of J. W. Burks A Co.
timated. for beat garment made by a young lady un
As to the origin of the fire, it is supposed der 16 years ot age, a file for the Macon
that It was caused by a lighted cigar or oig- Daily Teleobapil
arotte being thrown throngh the grating on 1 By Branch House of J. W. Burke A Co.,
the Third street side. Th re is never any I for best performer on their pianos by a
fire in the cellar, and for this reason tbe I young lady under 18 years of age, a native
cigar theory is thought tho most probable I Georgian, one embroidered piano scarf
cause. I worth $10.
While the firemen were at work the bells I By tho Telegraph and Messenger Pnb-
sounded an alarm from the Third ward, fishing Company for:
and tho paid reel and steamer responded. I Beat loaf home-malo bread, Daily Tzle-
It turned out to be a mistako. Some one 1 gbaph one year.
telephoned that the residence of Mr. W. A. I Best mechanical invention with model by
Davis on Orange street was on fire, but I boy nnder sixteen, Daily rxLiDBAFU ono
such was not the case, and tha paid firo year.
men returned to their quarters. I Bast garment by girl nnder sixteen, work
Tho fire on the East Macon side was tho the test, Daily Teleobaph one year,
store of Mr. Jere Norris, on the Cross Key Largest variety firm and garden produots
road, about a mile beyond East Macon, raised by boy or girl under sixteen, Daily
The property belonged to Mr. Terrell Kay. Teleobaph ono year.
No other particulars oould ba learned lost Largest yield seed cotton from ono stalk,
night. I to be picked and weighed on the grounds,
Considering that the paid boys had un-1 Daily Teleobaph one year,
trained moles, with ordinary harness to The best bushel sweet potatoes, Weekly
hitch up. and that nothing has been nr-1 Tblbobaph one year,
tanged for the quick work which the boys I The best bushel Irish potatoes, Weekly
will do when the department is organized, 1 Teleobaph cue year,
their time in getting out last night was re- The beet bnihel rutabaga?, Weekly Teli-
markable. The boys believe that when gbafu one year.
they get tho horses trained, and everything I The beet bashel apples, Weekly Tele-
gete in ebape, they will be able to get to I obaph one year.
work as qoiokly as any department in tho The best oabbage, home raised, Weekly
South. | Teleobaph one year.
In addition to the above John Valentino
offers a cose of Rhine wine, Jni. D Hndg-
A MADCAP MARHIAcp*"
How Gov. Curtin’s I)an B l,t,r „„ , v
anil Divorced.
Philadelphia Beoord.
ARRESTED AS A VAGRANT.
mammal. Since their Orel aucoveiy these
precious stones have b en found scattered
along tbe wta'ern declivity of theUra s, but
not iu large numbers as in the miuee ot
South America and South Africa.
There is no country of modern times, un
less it is I’cr-i t or Brazil, that hasra more
extenaive collection of dia uonde, wnd eo
many of remarkable i:zi and beauty tbau
Raesia, many of them outwiued by cob quest,
treaty, purchase or inheriunce. The dis
play of wealth in this gem at the Loudon
exposition of 1851 was nneurpused.
Among the exhibits Irom that country went
a magnificent diadem comprising 1,814
brilliants, 1 712 rose diamonds, eleven very
fine opals and aixty.aev.n rubles; besides a
bouquet of diamonds mode in imitation of
the eglantine and the lily of the valley, and
a wretth of diamonds nprsaentitg the
bryony bearing pear-shaped emeralds. It
is reported that a rptend.d necklace of
twenty-two Urge brilliants, with pendants
composed of fit teen diamonds ot large siza,
forms one of the treasures of the winter
pels—i
,m peeiolly high in ths estimation of military
critics. It is composed of two divisions.
Levees Caving into tha Hlver.
Gbzesville, Miss , Much 17.—An unex
pected c tve-in occurred in front of Charlei
Smith's plantation, near this tone, to-day,
and for a time the situation locked very
critical, and fears were entertained that tna
levee, which was built or.ly last year, would
cate in, bat fortunately the caving atoppt d
in time to save tbe lsvea for tbe preeent.
A hoop levte U now being thrown np, and
all danger at this point ia over. Tha liver
commands battalion No. 1,oompoted of the
talleat men in tbe Russian infantry. A
eonl inspiring sight Is a parade of Utia
furious regiment aheu its senior sergeant
bore:* fortn in song snd the remainder ] .in
in the chortle. A peculiar rhyme have their
hymns aud that asms maUucholy cadeuoa
that pervades all Russian muse. Wneu
3 000 turoeta swell the volume of sound the
affect ia truly magnificent.
Russia’s military strength is greatly dot
to her Urge and well organized cavalry
foroe. Hnr Calvary of the Guard stands ea
A Man Hailing From New Orleans Acting ins a box of tobacco, C trhart A Phillips
In a Very .Su.plclu.re Mnuner. K nox gilk hati Wood A Bond a fine rooking
A few days ago mention was made of the 1 chair, and the M.tesey Cotton Gin Company
arrest of one J. M. Carons, charged by Mr. I a 40 saw gin, but have notasyetanuounoed
L. Hussey with stealing a pair ot dividers. I the departments for which they ate offered.
The case was tried in the city court and The following have notified the secretary
Gararas was acquitted and Hussey ordered that they will offer special premiums:
to show cause why he ehonld not bo proio- Rodgers, Worsham A Co., W. A. Doody A
outed tor malicious prosecution. Gararas Co., Herring A Juhan, Empire Store. O. L.
represented himself os engineer receiving I O'Gotnran A Co., S. U. Price, J. H. Benner,
$90 per month, and by the direction given E. P. Strong, Wiuthip A Callaway, Gbae.
his oase was made to pose ss a persecuted H. Solomon, A. Berud A Go.. John Ingalls,
innocent, and Mr. Hassey lost several Cox A Corbin, Payne A Willingham, Dan-
weeks’ board thereby. I lap A Wortham, Macon China Store, I'ayno
Yesterday morning Officers Abel and A King, H. T. Powell, G. O. Conner.
Bonner, who always have tbeir eyes open, I Fur the rar.a pnraoa nf attKl are given by
were ca led while passing the store ot Mr. Brown’s Hotel and the Hotel Lanier.
D. P. Askew, on Hazel street, and informed Those who have notified Col. Grier of
by Mr. Askew that a man then in tbe J their tlt-ir.. to offer premiums, and there
atore bod been hanging Hroaad for several not named who desire to do so, will phase
day* and representing himself e.auebg.u.er I givsbiui all information this tn-k that
and then aa a detective, snd that his actions I they may ba printed in the premium list,
were suspicious. He also gave hia name u which will be aunt out next weak.
Vickery. Knowing that he bad figured nn
der another name aad putting this and that
together, the officers ooncluded to arrest I Ths cute/an.! M. mh. ra of No. 1 go on Ae-
bint and make him give a better account of I ttvu Duty,
himself. In the meantime Cararas smelt | When the town clock struck the hour of
Oae of the legislative qommitt,..,
day. ID delving among the arch"'■?
House of Representative! ef er tit C
old committee report, came aero .
ment which poaaeetet a rox* t ie lJ
end recalls a eomewhst exciting irVf
•octal life at tbe State capital in ire,
ntver got into print and was kuo»..'l
a limited circle at the time Th» rfirl
is the original of Honae bill No t
legislative session i f 1866. the into,
-* -*t at the first -
ie House was full, *
iz-d wan tho flr.t act in the legiaUi,.*
reer of Matthew S Quay, now s [kl „ T '
rer and United btutw, Senators,
was a bill to divorce M.rv Wilton i,
nell from her hu-band, Henry Lima
Connell. Mrs. McConnell was tt # ,
and handsome daughter of the then
etnorCurtin, and thereby hangs thl
maneo of this story, Throngh theT*
of Mr. Quay and Senator Lost, t i
Craw font district, this divorce bill ,
going to committee, passed both h 0l
the Legislature in leas than t*o
This was on January 10, 1866 Mr
whose fine hand was seen iu the
ing of tbo Philadelphia magistrate
throngh some weeks ago, evidently ben
get on to the rapid legislative method
soon in bis political career.
Miss Mary Wilson Cartin was a....
when she eame to Harrisburg to UtV
Executive Mansion fine was ipt
good lookirg, and bad- charming mi
By 1865 she had grown to be ooa
handsomest snd most entertaining auj]
sought after of all tbe bnds in society
end in Philadelphia, where she w*
known and is atiil remembered isi
On* evaning st an niitartsintncni .1
Governor's mansion she met yonng {*
Henry Lloyd McConnell, a dashing
of the army, who was taken ill dnrL,
rtoeption and was kindly cured for bj
Governor's family. This led to fr,i
meetings between Miss Curtin and ;
McConnell, who was a fine-looking i
but of no particular social statns, and
not have been listened to by the Got<
as a snitor for tbe band of his du
But Cnpid end the Captain’s stmuldti
played bavoo with the lady's heart
rcsnlt was that one afternoon a pair ot
lovers appeared in tbe office of old "hi
McLaughlin «nd asht d to tie married
yonng lady was veiled. The juitietdi
dteam that eho'was tbo Govcrco:'tdi:
whom he knew by eight ss one of ths
girls of the town. Ho readily agreed
form the ceremony. Hu little
who was present, witnessed the
certificate. Tbe yonng lady g ive her
as Mies Mary Wilson Curtin, with a
accent npon the last tyllable. Ti _
Pquire and his nephew aro both detd,
there are still a living witness to ttii
monyin Hamburg—Willi m
the Justice's bod, who was home fro
war on a furlough, and happened to
tho office at the time. “Captain
nell,’’ said Mr McLangblin ta reltl
story t f marriage, “was a vary hani
fellow; bnt I guess that’s about ill
was in him "
Tbe Captain wilked down ihs *ti
tbe executive mansion and left hia
at tbe door, going to hia own quarter^
tumably to lot the storm blow oter.
the storm never did blow over. Tbs
ernor, as was to have been expected,
in a towering rage «htn he was told'
daughter wliat she had done. The
lady was huiriod off to a boarding k,
and negotiations were begun withttu
band to get him out of the way as v"
a few days the Captain left Uartiahi
was lost sight of by his Irlends here]
subsequently became a United 8‘ltci
iihsi iu the Wist, where be now li-sx
Whether the young bride pretested
tbe summary way in wbieb she wan
ed from her husband's arms is a m-
oonjeotuie, bnt it wu current gom-p
tbe few who knewol theoucumatan-
the irate Governor had looked his d.
np in her room in the Execntivo Ui
nntil the CapUlu was out ot the *sy.
marriage was kept pretiy quiet cji«:
the circumstancee, aud, ailhonghtht 1
did leak out iu society in a puoaa
of way, the partionlars were ue'ar I
and the papers knew nothing of the
As soon ai the Legislature met sdivsi
wse presented, os has been seen. S'
marriage annulled. Binoe then Me*
has married a gentleman in ty?
worthy of her, is well known iu a tier
clesat the National cat Raised inNiv
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BOTH PARENTS WOUNDED.
the first including the hone gusrdsorebev-
alien gardes and gardee a choral, the cui-
resaiera of the Emperor, tbe eairessiera of
the Empress and Ute two regiments of Cos
sacks, til nnder tbe supreme command of
the ezirowiteb. The second division in-
etudes tbe “horse grenadiers." and Utlins
ot tbe Uaard and ot the Emperor, the Hoe-
ears of the Emperor and of Grodno. Tbe
uniform of all these regiments are most
biiiliant. Tbe euirassiere, in feet, with
tbeir white tnnfet, bias trousers, brass
breastplates and eagle tipped helmets have
been pronounced by all odds tbs oust im
posing body of men in Ear >po.
A description cf ths Uasaiso forces with
out some reference to tbe Coaaacks would
be absurd, for they are to tbs Russian army
what Ute Highlander is to tho English, tho
Union to tbe German, and the BeresgUcri
to ths Italian. 'J hay are tbe popular fav-
oti'eo, in other words, sod well they de
ss iv* to ba. The general military law doe*
bank in front of Greenville bos been raving , , .
considerably for tbs lost f*i days, and still t uot apply to Ute Coasoeks. These bold and
continues gradually oU along the river f onL ' ftstleaa warriors art entirely exempted from
A Manalr Kou Attacks scut Injorra Klrry
Member of the Family.
Littls Rock, M iron 13—A family named
LeneUaw, comiatrag of the fs’bor, mother
and foytr grown children—thrio hoys end
one girl— passed lhrou K h bare yesterday < n
rente for Texas. They cau.p d Ret night
fifteen or tweuiy miles from this pLco.
While in town one of ths boys, aged 22,
suddenly d-vdoped symptoms of insanity.
He cltluFoi tha- tbe familv intended to kill
him, and would do so before Texas wss
reached. He insisted on returning to Greene
county. Mo., whence they had come, but
hie father succeeded in calming him and
persuaded him to pursue tho journey.
Early this morning tho young man trees
and, seeming a club, attacked his father
and mother while asleep in tbe wagon. His
mother wee first knocked senseless, while
Ihe father was atrnck repeatedly an tbe
heed,\nd It is feared tbeir wounds will
prove fatal. The ntaniao next assaulted his
brothers and sister, wounding them dan
gerously. After a desperate struggle the
boys succeeded in wreetlng the club from
him, and ha then disappeared in tbe woods.
When secured he will ba placed ia an
asylum.
something wrong and etarted off ia a trot. I midnight last night it sounded a stroke
The officers never lost eight of him, how- each for the twelve men who went on only
aver, and picked him np on Oak street. He at the nucleus of Macon's paid fire depart-
gave hie name as Vickery and said he was I ment.
on bis way to go out on hia engine on the And before the twelve etrokea of tho
Houthwesurn railroad. He even went so I clock bell found tholr echo in the one stroke
fur as to tell the officers to telephone Mr. of the oity ball bell, the firemen were
Gngel at the rsilroau ast-pe »* pe vn 1 stretched out upon thtir beds and ready for
the truth of his aiatsmeoi. I sleep. Their boots, npon which were fas-
The officers knew bia game toned their pants, were carefully placed in
and carried him t.> Ihe ' -it-1 position by the side ot each bed, in order
racks and locked tn.un;>. On his pa- that should the alarm of fire be Bounded
son wa» found the time srd wood-book of I they oould jump into them and get out with
E. A. Viekerv, au < t>gin«er on the East the machine in a jiffy.
Teunrsaee, Virginia aud Georgia railroad, I Engine Company No. 1 is composed ot
an* also some orefts signed by T. B. Elli-1 too following:
eon. He said he got the property of Vick- Henry Fanlk, engineer,
try from Vickery's room in Atlanta, snd J Lout* Tiaaerean. stoker,
the drafts were signed by himself and bore I Dominick, engine driver,
ths nsrue of Lit brother-in-law, who is ini Joseph Uspen, reel driver.
Lonisiana Banners: Harry Bmith, John Btirks,
Csreraesays be la from No# Orleans I James K-aiing, J-mea Donahue, John Mc-
where he worked ss s machinist. His fatb-1 Lend--., Groigi Schmidt,
er was s Knaoiard, end t.is mother is now I These men went on duty last night at 12
living io New Orleans. He left there with | o’clock and will ateep iu the engine bonse
$250 in bia pocket about two months ago, I formerly occupied by Oamnlgee No. 2. Sin*
and the only place he baa worked since ho gle bedsteads were plu.vd m position on
left home was in Wheeling. Ala. Ho came I th“ upper floor yesterday. They will bo
to Macon in search of work and failed to I captaued while in the ci gir... Ij itae ty ij r .
find it. Hs admitted making false rep. Henry Faulk, and at Area wilt I, , under the
resentationi concerning l.imeelf, bnt j exclusive control of Chief L M Jones,
did not think there was any berm in it, sal vrho also went on paid duty last nght
he was only talking As to changing bis Aa soon as the new steamer and hook
name from Camree to Vickery, hs laid that ® n d ladder truck arrive Mayor Free* will
was dona because of getting Into the Una- pnt the other iMtupaniHi on rinfv p-r the
An Old Cttle-n apeak*.
Mr. J. M. Morris aa old resides! of Boats, Oa,
ears that bo had Vees badly troubled with Liver
Gomplatat fops mat away yetwe sad with Punt
fee tales; " " “
years; at times could scarcely walk sod
bad triad maay re mr dies without WneSt. until bo
began taking Electric
bojas and feet with Onckten’e arnica Halve. This
treatment sMnpded him (rent relief and baetrowflg
BSSTS^|£Z^or B i^w1^tmftI? lit —rttettU—Uoa-v-y few oaaaa aver I the system y«Uriiy“'iad wUl bJgta'iork
by Lamer, ltoukm k Laaor. reach $2,000. I in contest to-day. *'
Killed by a Cyclone at Tamps. J
Jacksonville, Fla , Merab 17 —if
Union Temps special, says s cyclone ■
through that town late to-night, doiil
several houses Two childreo went
ono woman fatally iujared, and
persons were etnoutly hurt. Ttt |
niary loss is about $10 000.
Th< re are many accidents snd dlaesiee e
feci stock, end oeuie aerione Incuneniiewas
to tSe I aimer In ble Work, wbl b iney be t
remedied by tbe use ot Dr. J. U. McLcenivd
OU Liniment
Vitiated Bloo
ScroftilotiM, Inherited and Coi
glulls UumorH Cured
by Culictira
Thronsh the medium at one of yei
calved through Ur. Freak T. Wre.
Apollo, Pa., I beefttu* Acqaal&Ud vim J- ,;f I
cum Bcmcdlcc, and ten* mu opportunity n>«f
to you mat tbeir uaa baa pMiuauantly cur* ■
one of the wor«t can— ot blood pouuutn*. t» ■
Lection with»rjffljH-lM. tut Ibavo
tbia after baring Laen pronounced licnrft^
•oma ot tbe bmt phyaicUna in our conaty.
nroret V.lm.-.irre Ire f~r~Zrt'.ZZ iO JC9
nial. unaUiciioi aa it ia by ion. la *rdar
tr* audit tug from eimUar uaUolaa may
•fad to gimp nrCatleura KomadtM a trial
P a WullLlSlUKB'LnacbMl
Htfarence: Prank T. Vs f «,, UruggUt,i
ECROFULuLtt ULCERS.
Jaxnaa E. Rlcbardaoo, Coatnm Hotta*. V**l
laana, on oatb. «?ya: -In l*7u gowtuto* j"
broke cut on my LoJy until I vaa a ■*»*, f
ruptlon. kvary thine known to tba mad** 1 »
em re. i nett*, au is w»a jieyir.ii - tuirw _ ■
ewuro to tieture C. ». tom. J. D. Cn»»ri , 'l
ONE OF TUB WOUET CASES.
We here been selling soar Concur* f
to, but as he proved to Iu tic wrong man, I In etse s fire thoul I recur the red driver
be was released late In the aftm, un. ‘ihs with two nf tl,. meu will tun to tbe engine
officers were after a man who ha? been nouse 6t No. 5, which is only s short dis-
seen banging around some negro houses, tance off, aud take out the rent that it may
without ooy visible means of support. follow the engine.
The men put on duty tut night ere expe
rienced firemen, sll of them, with one ex-
Tim United States Court Jurisdiction.
Tha lawyers cf the city are somewhat I caption, having' been" oonnected*with" th«
stirred np by tbe new Uw restricting the volunteer department for a number of
jurisdiction of the United States Circuit years Mr. Dominick, while barica no
Court to mil causes where the amount in- great experience ue a fireman ie a or. fnl
volved is over $2,0)0. Heretofore the limit and skilled driver, and with hi* knowlcic.
$500 exclusive of costs. of hone, makes'his appointment7 goS
The bill was the lost passed by Congress I one. ~ t ‘I I'- ,int - La '-i.t a good
at IU late ae-ioo. and was introduced by a All the apparatus for Me fire alarm tels-
membar from Winds. Tha lawyers sty graph ho* arrive.!, and only tha wire Uyet
that It will deatrey the usefulness of the to come Mr. Mullenlx did acme work on
to-dsy.
■CBOrULOtfe, INUESllU). J
And contagion* hanore, with loee of!—S
eraptb a* of th* akin ue positively cure
earw end < uttcura -oep * iwrwsUy. *°2J-V
Beeelteit Internally, wkenall otkee ■*•*—
bend lor Pamphlet.
Concur* he toed ir* are eotd er*rywk*r» —
CwUcbik the Orrat Hun Cere. SO
Soap, aa liootella n»wwil««r, * e—*71
Beeulreat, ihe haw Mood Pertaaf. $**-
Ur Drag and Ie.1 Co., bo*ton.
PI \l MIA Blackhbted*. Hkht ««”
A AHA jt*by Hum. uuCnUcwref—;
How My Bac*c Ach^
Back Ac lav Kidney l‘ !r * .
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P.io r. l-ns in «oe sarjV,,
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