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ITIIE TELuGRAPII AND MESSENGER: FRIDAYS AUGUST 21 1885 fHE NATIONAL CAPITAL Month* Extension of Time T "\,” d br McCulloch Now Ro- * ,*,.d~For.l«n Mnll.-The Oklahoma Boomer*. Vtuanot. Ango.1 15.-Mr. MlUer. " Inionerof internal revenue, yester- $„telf|!rsi>hea to all collectors who have receiving transportation or export*- hT bonds In which tho time specified for XjL t l„g «>« 'Pi' 11 " » P° rt ,or .."tii thirty d.ya th.t they are not ““| ye inch bonds .iter the 15th inst., rtodaj) This Is virtually a repealing of ihtstven month, clause contained In the Znlar of January 3,1885, extending the bonded period. Collectors were further iutrocted tint they are not to approve transportation ox exportation bonds after the expiration of the period of three years nlioned in the warehousing bond, there- ‘ ne month al- i January 15, A CYCLONE IN NEW YORK. br shortening the time by one tored under otrcular 283, of J 1SS5. lire Secretary of War has instructed flaneral MHei, in oomm.nd of the Depart- “,„t of Missouri, to hold troops in readl- nrss to enforce the President’s recent pro- damstion in relation to the cattle men on the Cbeienne and Arapahoe reservation. Br tbe terms of the proclamation the cat- Ue-r.en will be compelled to move their bards by Septem er 1th. Tbe troops will he held at Fort Reno. Captain F. E. Pierce, of the First Infan try baa bean appointed Indian agent at the Ban Carlos Agency, Arizona. It Is probable that officers of the army will be placed in charge of all agencies where the Indlsus are troublesome. roxnox NAILS. The Post-office Department has been in formed that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company will continue to carry certain mails until the expiration of its contract with the New Zealand government. Tbe superintendent of the orelgn mail aarvice basiffititled the superintendent of tbe rail way mail service that the direct mail eerv- lot from Shn Francisco to Australia has bean rammed, and that mails for New Zealand and the Australian colo nial and correspondence for the Samoan Minds will be dispatched from Ban Francisco direct per ateamer Zeaian- dls. to mil thence on tae 29th Instant, and that not il further notion all oorreapondenoe for des inatloni above named will be dis patched from San Francisco direct, unleaa (specially addressed to be forwarded via Brindisi. The contract referred to expires on the 29th of November. Tbe S cretary of State o( Guatemala has requested tbla government to forward Guatemalan malts via New Orleans ai d Livings tone. This Is the route which the Post-office Department hnd already se lected. It has the advantage ol tlx sail- irga par month, as rgalnst three by tha old route, and ia eight days shorter. THE OKLAHOMA BOOMXSS. Tha Attorney General has been nrged to discontinue the criminal prosecutions lnatitnted against tha "Oklahoma boom ers,” but hsa declined nnltl he shall re ceive assurance that they have perrna- manautly and Id good faith abandoned their attempts to enter the forbidden ter ritory. TDK TSAxaria fir con. IUe laid by certain officials of theTreas nry Dapartn-eut that tbe action of Treas urer Jordan In ordering the transfer of - -i fr, m New ' i-.’eai.- to Washing ton by United 8tates war vessels is In vio latlon of the terms of the contract with the Adams Express Company for tbe trans portation of publie moneys. The contract, whkh has never h‘eo annulled, was ezt- ctited by Secretary Sherman February 1st. 1875. It provides, among other things, that “the United 8t«t*s hereby agrees to employ said company aa ltaexclusive agent for tha transportation of all moneys and securities belonging to the United States, and to give it aa such agent for transportation all each moneys and securities of every kind which are to be transferred from one point to any olber within the territorial limits n. this contract. This exclusive agency shall not be held to Induce securities in transit f rom.the Trensuiv Department to the sub- treasury at New York, or from the latter to the Treasury Department, which have not become effective by deliwring to pur chasers.” It is learned that the express company has not as yet taken aoy steps in tbe matter, but it is Intima ted that a suit will eventually ba Instituted egalnst tha Secretary ol tha Treasury ior brearh (f contract. Thecoat c f transport n.; f . i.l a Ivor from New Orleans t) Wannlngton under the contract with the express company would be 312.3 0 nr at the rate of flt'i for 310 000. ana not 3125,000, aa baa bean published, nor is. The Comptroller of tbe Currency baa ex tended fur twenty years the corporate ex istence of tha First National IlaLk of Ljdc hurg. Va., the Ft rat National of Charlotte N. O, and the Fust National list k of Harrisonburg. Va. An t Ulcer of ihr marine hospital service has been lnstruclid lo invi-cgate the a! leged case of cholera in Cantden, N. J. Obscene Pictures Sail'd. CmcAuo. August 15.—Yesterday after- ooou two policemen, armed wlib a search warrant, arrtsted the proprietor of r well-known periodical agency and aelz.d 100 or mors photographs which were tli-played In the windows, and which they charged were obteene. The case was called tbit morning, aud contin ued until the LBth. The photographs di-.ilaved were mostly copies ol French paintings exhibited in the Luxembourg, and ati are copies of celebrated painters. The police department are ot opinion that wide the picture* are not in th.miem. iv< tv obaetu*, tbwf became so by i ring displayed In wm-i .ws, as much fur the pnrpoi -- J tbil g elae. “ Railroad Travel Interrupted and Much Damn** Done. Nxw Yoee, August 13.—On account ot a a waibont on the New York Central rail road at Hcffman’a Ferry .near Amsterdam, yesterday, there have been no tralna from ilia Wait time laat evening. A notice posted on the bulletin board at the Grana Central depot lays that no tralna will ar rive from polnta west of Albany before 19 0 clock to-night About fire hundred feet of track was washed away by a water •poot. Tha Chicago fast train was not started this morning, bat all other tralna d< parted aa nvnal. bcHKttiCTAPY, N. Y„ August 13.—A water clond hurst in Qleonlle township, near the New York Central aud Hudson River railroad track, six milaa west of Schenectady, laat night A railroad cat* vert and the road bad were washed away, making a break of one hundred and twenty feet Entire flw’da of rye and hay ware washed away. New York Central and Hudson River trains were delayed last night, hut this morning trains meet at the washout and passengers are trans ferred. Nobwood, N. Y., August 13.—The dam age by tne cyclone here laat night has been somewhat estimated Tbe loss of life, ao far. lnclndea only Michael Martin, a farm hand, and Mrs. David Fitzgtbbon. The injured are Maria Or mi by, aged eighteen, probably fatally hart; Mrs. Geo. Cramer, Mrs. Oliver Snndeman and Rotas King and Chsa. Miner. The storm raged over a territory fifteen miles in length and from one-half to three-quarters of a mile In width. The wind was accompanied by a terrific bail atorm. The damage to the growing crop and fruit cannot be esti mated. The principal losers in Norwood are the Norwood Lumber Company, tbe Ogdensbnrg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company Dy damage to the bridge and- station, and A. M. H. Pearson, by damage to broom handle and hoop factory. Over 100 resiliences and innumerable barns were destroyed or damaged. The damage in Norwood and the immediate vicinity is estimated at 3150,000. Utica, N. Y., August 13.—There has been a great deal of confusion in railroad travel, owing to the washout at Hoffman's Ferry, which old railroad men say is the wont that ever occurred on tho Central road. Trains were held here nntil the yard was full, and then orders were sent to hold them atByraonse. One hundred and fifty-five passengers who arrived this evening state that they do not see how cars cao pass the point where the washout occurred for many boon, for at 5 o'clcck only three piles htd been driven and tbe work of repairs was going on from the western •ide only. Tha transfer around the break la slow and difficult, and many passengers f refer to remain here rather than attempt it. It is stated that the rain which caused the damage til tell within two boars, and tha stream which washed out the track la usually so rmall that it ia harmless. If la raining hard here to night Tbe atorm extends into Mohawk Valley. At Hoffman's Ferry, tl e ictne ot the washout, the water has risen so much that the triniterhaa beei abandoned for tho night, rhe New York Central made up a train of forty passenger cars and lent " west this tvaning. Tboy, N. Y., August 13.—A dispatch from Saratoga says: “Today’s storm, including ram, wind, thnnder and light ning, exceeded anything fait hitherto to fifteen yea’s, and over four inches ol rain fell in foar and a half hears. A team- star named Cballerton was struck by light ning and instantly killed' The tRg poles on tho Grand Union hotel and Victory spriog were shattered Lightning also struck several other places There were leveral land slides and wash onta In the lower nart of town. Theetreeta and ctllars wars doodad. LICHTON AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT. Hon. M. J. Condon Entlghtana a Georgia Legislator--On the Railroad Commissions. Knoxville. Tenn., JcumaL A member of tho General Assembly of Geoigla desired light on the question of a railroad commission. In order to get it ho addreaied a latter to Hon. M. J. Con don, one of the oommlsalonera elected last fall. Mr. Condon willingly oompUed with ills request, and gave him the desired in formation, He tells him why the com mission was •crested, who asked for It, what its powers were and wbat it accom plished. We are permitted to publish the inquiry together with Mr. Condon's spicy, pointed and trnthfal reply. The correa- poLdance is as follows: Thomasvilli, Ga., July 29,1885.—Dias Sr a: As a member of the present General Assembly ol Georgia. I have been mik ing as thorough an Investigation of tha railway It-gi-lation of the several States aa tha time at my command would admit. In the line nt investigation, I would like to ask yon a few questions, which your po sition as railway commissioner will enaole yon to answer; In what year was yonr railway commis sion created? What evils or complaint* gave rise to the passage oi tho law creating yonr commis sloo? Have yon been able to prevent what are popularly called unjust discrimina tion? Have yon the power to fix rates? To what extent hog your commission met and satisfied the demands of the people? I pot these questions to all the com missioners in the twenty-one States having commissions in order to gat a* much light as possible on this Important inbjeot lucre are several important bills now pendiog to be acted opon by the Legisla ture next month and I dsalre all tbs lnfor- rnation I r* n get. II yon will be kind enough to answer my questions I shall be grateinl for the kindness and will be glad to avail myself of the first opportunity to reciprocate. Hoping that 1 may bear from yon soon, I am, yours respectfully, S. G. McLendon. To M. J. Condon, Esq. Ivertisement as any- _.!ows «s dress-d be came a nuisance by attracting crowds of men ai d (.trending a large num ber of women. The officers do not prop'ie to interfere with tbett.es of tbe p'.ctarea to artieta or such other f>ersont as uesire them, but soy that they must not be openly displayed. The Louisville Exposition. Lqcuyillb, Kr., August niKita are nearly complied for tbe lhlrd station of tiM Loci* nlle Southern Expo* liiionto morxoY, ttiedi?[ jsji bring nearly all arranged. Owing to the large number of displays from distant foreign lands, tbe waeoo wblbe the— log one of tbe series. The art collections inctodee the pictures of American Art Association's i» f e fund exfaioition, which was held In New York last April, anil some two hundred others. The opening ceremonies will Include a review of tb fire d*partmen t and *»Uitm*i by the may or aod Governor, and an addicts by Hon, John Y, Brown.af er which Gov. Km ' will dec are tha exposition open. The i portion will not close until October 21 tb. A Terrible Accident at Trov, A (\|' Kh. • <« l AUaJU-t ; — A b, t the Et'pmer-fc'un from Troy, Ala , says In a ahaiu buttle at a TttM f W. J. Ulan, potl Me nd ore er. ith hi the accident was doe to a failure the gun. Ilian is still alive. A Walking Skeleton. Mr. E. Bpringer. of Mechinsbarg, Pi writs*: "I was mi'.tcted with a long f» and ab*ceea on hn<? % , and reduced to a walking skeleton. G »t a free trial bottle »covery for 1 THE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. Delegates Appointed to Visit Europe— Items of Atlanta News. Atlanta, August 13 —Tbe Agricultural Convention ol Georgia, in session at Mari etta, has elected Hon. L. F. Livingston preaidant for tbe ensuing year, and will ho'd Its next session at Colombna. The general report was that crops are ex cellent Before adjourning tha following reeolnltoni wera adopted: “Rewire./. That tha Georgia Stall Agrl- cultural Society,shall ba represented at tbe American Exposition to be held in London in 1888, by a commI«aion of three, appoint od bT tbe president from Its members, whose duty it ahall be: lit, to visit said exposition, to carefnily take notes and gather lnturroatloo from all possible eonrees of all agricultural and mechanical matters, and 10 report fnliy on them inbjecta. Sec ond, to inquire into and report upon the progress of agriculture In Kugland and upon tha continent Third, to aid as far as possible in the establishment of direct trade between European and Georgia porta." nct~. Tha Macon cityconrt bill ia before the Governor ter hia signature. It would have been approved to-day bat for ids absence t-om the city. The Ninth Georgia had a plea-ant re ar, i m at Ponce de Leon to-day. Cobb county tamed loose tbe tanners and politicians to-day. and most ot them are here to-night, on their way home. tuscoxx ceor. The August com crop report of J. T. Heoderatn, State commissioner of agri culture, jtut Issued, lays: Tb. Indications point to a yial.1 greater than that of any year since1882. Then wilt be an abund ant home supply made in moat of the coaoties, and In soma then will be a large aarplna. In aorae localities the e-op baa been tpjored by dronth and in soma by wet weather, but tbe general cc ndltion is much abort tb. aval age. The oondidoo and prii-pact as reported by correspondents la in North Georgia 110, In Middle Georgia 106, In Southwest Georgia 92, In East Geor gia 06, In Bonlheut Georgia 102, and tbs average for the whole State 101. wife Murderer Harged. Tboy, N. Y., August IX-James Horae. Ji n-s was hanged at tb. Troy jail at 10 JO this morning, for tbe murder of hia wife, Amelia Jonee, July 3, 188b Laat nigh’, in hia call Jones made tha following will: *‘I gin and bequeath to Ear. Pater Hit- arm ana, my spiritual adviser, my body. I hop. and trait be will aee it burled decent ly aud protected from mutilation. I also give and bequeath my heart to Rome and ray soul to heaven. I appoint Father Havermaneexecntorof my will." Jonea la a Catholic. Ha walked to tha •cafiold with a steady Hep and exhibited great ooolntM throughout tbe final preps- raltona for bla execution. Tb* drop (all at 10:30 and Iwelye minutes later ha was pro nounced dead. A Bold Bank RobOerr. San Joes, Cal., August 13.—A actuation rat caused hers yesterday by tha bold rob bery of tha San Joe* Safa Deposit Bank ol Serines. In tb. afternoon a man entered the bank and obtained a small bill of ex- ebange. The cashier and manager wars In the bank at the time. A few minutes af- tertbaatrangerdi t tray contemn f dollar ptroaa. *n alarm was immediately given and March was made, bat without result It is behaved that two or more were engaged In tbe theft end that s tbe attention of the bank officials __ engaged by the men In front, the others stepped Inside tbe counter end stole money. The bank haa offered a ra id ol 31.000 for the arrest of tha thieves or the retnrn of the Knoxvillx, August 13,1885.—S.‘ G. Me- Linpon, Seq, Tuomakvillk, Ga.—Dear 8-r: Yonr favor of July 29th, received. Your letter was addressed to Nashville instead of Knoxville. I have received several letters in the last few months making inquiries about the working of the Tennessee commis lion and have decided to publish my answer to yon so that I can hereafter mall it to any one making Inqui ries similar to yours. The commission was Granted in our State In tha spring of 188X The piiocipai reason for enacting tbe commission taw of Tennessee was to create and make office for CoL John Sav age, the leader of the repudiation party 1 our State, as CoL Savage w -s a candidate at the time for the United States Senate; and in order to give the Senatorship to Isbam G. Harris, the king ol Tennessee Democracy, after he changed hia views on tha debt question of Tennessee to be in line with the party. Tne basinets men and nearly all those that had anything toehlp or had dealings with tha railroad, were opposed to any railroad commis sion. The only ones who advocated a commission were those that never have anything to shin, small politician* and a few country editors that wanted to be clerk for the commission or have their father or some other relative appointed as oommlaaloner. In answer to yonr second question, viz: Have we been able to prevent what we properly called unjust discrimination? Yea; every citizen of Tennessee has that power through oar State courts by an act of tbe Legislators, passed In 1865 and ISOS. At that time nearly all the roads in the State were bankrupt asking State aid, and it was granted upon condition that to dis criminate against any citizen or place witniq the State, the railroad guilty would be subject to a severe penalty. In answer to yonr third question, viz: Have yon the powsr lo fixratas? Weil, tin- In* Hint was pit'-,I in 1883 omtlng tbe commission gave the aame power to tbe commissioners as li tha road were their own personal property. Tbe com missioners fixed the rates for passengers and freights, ordered such improvements npon the road as they saw fit, and In fact they inpeiseded the atockholdets, the board ol directors, tbe president and an perinlendenta, and ran the road jmt a> Uuy wished. If tbe road was managed by them so that it could not pay the inte rest on the bonded debt and should go into tha hands of a receiver from their mismanagement, they ware not responai- bl. to any one. They war. not mn n qnlred to give bond to administer upon a property worth over a hundred million In answer to yonr fourth question: To what extent haa yonr commission mat and eaitsfled the demands of the people? The first commitaionere we had, wbo wera appointed by Guv. Bate, did net give satis faction, as demonstrated by the election last Nomnbsr. But thotast nnmaitsalon- era, who were elected by the popular vole, gave entire satisfaction, as they were in favor of abolishing the commission, and were elected npon that platform by nearly 0.000 majority, and they, Republicans In a Democratic State that gave Cleveland over 0,0(0 majority. Oar LegUtatara, about tbe tint of teat April, abolished tbe commission to our State and gave tbe rall- nMd property la tb. But. bask oommor i to tb* rightful owners and wa are proud to be abi. to say to capiteliite who think of Investing ban, that they will be sate In Of Wisconsin have ample opportunities ol comparing the merits ot the two sys tems. In llie few countlca in which pro hibition has been adopted the general ad mission is that liquors are very freely sold, or that the law is “only measurably effec tive." While there is small restraint on the liquor traffic and its abases in ths pro hibition counties,. lam amount of reve nue ia lost which, if collected, would aid substantially in defraying the public ex penditure which the traffic not infrequent ly imposes. Aa ths result In Wisoonsln demonstratts, where high license exists there it a public aa well as a private inte rest engaged in ihe enforcement of the law. Hotel keepers and saloon- keepers who pay highly for their privileges can not oompete with the free sals of iiqnor, and they are an effective aid lo tha au thorities In reetroining the abuses of ,the traffic. Bnt where prohibition has been adopted there is nothing to oppoaa tha free traffio in liquor bnt tbe languid atnll- mantof a precarious majority, who era contented with an enactment of the Lf gia- laturo which they leave to take ears of It self. Such is the result of experience In Wisconsin, in lows, in Kansas, and where- ever prohibition has been tiled. SCHOOL OF TECIINOLOQY. olvlnn Credit to Whom It la Due-Loca tion, Eto. MUledgeril'e Chronicle. The lower branch of the Legiaiatme haa passed a bill creating a technological ' branch of the University, and there is not a doubt It will pass the Senate. It will be located at Macon, as it ought to be, and will prove the noblest benefsetion In tbe8tate. Milledgeville ought to have had it, and would have had it years ago had wisdom guided her counsels. The agita tion of the (abject the erection of a great industrial art ooliege for the Sonth Allan- tic and Golf States, was began here under the auspices of the city council, and prosecuted from the spring of 1878 continuously. In 1881 ths Txlb- oBArn and Mxssenokb took up the cue and hit worked manfully for It Hon. Nat Harris, ol Bibb, became folly satu rated with subject and has been its most zealous and efficient champion since. The o ty ol Maccn has given him all the moral end material aid and oomfor in thilr power and now will resp great reward ol their providence. It is to be pat in charge ofn commission of five, of which Nat Harris should be the chairman, l-'or ohms grasps tha Idea—is lmboed with its genins. Many a splendid plan has been bronght to naught by tbe lncompatency of those charged with its ex ecution. The germ of this great idea was implanted clear and vigorous in our own college, and wonld have expanded and de veloped rapidly and logically bad it been fostered aright Let Nat Harris develop his idea. Commit not tbe bantling to strangers, wbo care not for it who know not ita worth, and who will selfishly barter its fortunes for "patty” in their own pooketa. The oppoitanlty of years ia not only ’oat to MWedgeviile. bnt to Georgia, of booming the great Industrial art college, whose Massed ministrations should wad the brain and brawn of gallant yooth from ail the South. Alabama aod other States eava adzed tha idea and utilized It,whilst w e hare weighed dollars against instruction. Halt a loaf Is better that no bread, how ever, and we hail the tnccess ot noble Nat Harris and bis worthy oomtitnenta. Per haps, after ail, it were better for the State tbit Macon have the location. We have anbstantially rejected it. at any rale, and are fortunate that it will stop so near ns. A QUAIL BURIAL. Mala Bird Inters Hia Mate and Than Takas Her Place on the Nest, New York Ban. John H. Osborn, jot Belleville, N. J., in December, 1883, obtained 75 qnails from Tennessee for tbe pnrpoeo of stocking the farms adjacent to his home. Frank Crampton, a neighbor of Oaborn’s, agreed to take care of the birds nntil the follow ing spring. When tha tlmacamo for distributing tha birds Crampton expreaied a wish to try the experiment o( breeding them while in confinement, and built in bis yard, near hia home, a large wire cage, leaving the ground bare. He edected two pairs, and they mated. That spring one ol the birds ballt a neat and laid 13 eggs, aod was about aettlng on them whtD, In conaeqnence of the break ing of a water letder, the neat was destroy ed. Tbe eggs were then taken and put under a bantam and hatched out. That summer the hen qnatl (liid Last autumn one ol the cock birds died. This spring the remaining pair, being a cross pair, mated, ai.il tbe ben bird built a nest and laid 13 eggs. Daring the first week of her aitUok upon them ibe was aken sick, and after moping for two or three days, died. While abe was tick, and after her death, the cock bird manifested some very re- miThahle characteristics. He teemed greatly distressed. The ben bird had died on her nest The cock wonld ran to her and caress her, and then tarn away ami call her. Ha made queer chirpings end sounds such aa he had never been beard to otter before. At last he seemed to realize that hia mats waa dead. He then polled her off the nest and dragged htr body over to tha corner of the cage with backward move ments o! ids feet. There ba dag a Hole and covered her np with earth, leaving _ . ... . only the long wing feathers of one wing niaklnc any investmenta: that the party <-Tf,oMtl that wonld oonfiacata railroad propcriyMp This dons, without ottering any forthsr BOSTON SLAVE TRADERS, Recollections of ths Dars of Fifty Vania Axo. (Boston Letter in lllnstaam Journal] Very few of the preaent generation are aware of the feet that Boston capital at d Boston merchants were, not many yaara •g>, directly or indirectly interested in the African alive trade. The reeent death of a prominent merchant of this city at an ad vanced age recalls to my mind several etrcumitaneea of which I was either per sonally cognizant or familiar. The slave trade In myyonnger daya was regarded tha same as piracy on the high seas. Ire- member with what sort of awe the boys on Beacon Hill used to regard tha great brick mansion of Mma. Gibba, with ita beantifnl grounds, which aud to extend back from ML Vernon Hroet to Pinck ney street The awe oonsla’ed in tbr- knowledze of the fact that Gibba, a New port man, nal aocnmnlatad his immense fortune in t ihe slave trade, at the lima when Newport was recognized as the cen ter ot this then legitimate traffic. Years afterward, when I became a clerk in n large shipping house on one of the principal wharves, my eyes were opened to a great many things not dreamed of in tha philosophy of tbe mausa, particularly that class of citizens who we e loud iu their denuncialiorj of slavery as an Insti tution and as it then existed under lh- constltatlon. I saw many myatarli.ns things and many mysterious cargoes it, connection with the then trade between the coasts oi Africa and Sonth America. I saw fortunes made in single voyages which ooold not have resulted from in* profits of a legitimate trade. But them ported sudden rise in foreign markets on “wool and ivory,” which embodied Ibe troth bnt did not express the whole tratb, satisfactorily .answered aB carious ques Uons. Vessels were frequently wrecked or reported foundered at sea, bnt the cap tains were always fortunate enough to save the gold and silver, tbe proceeds o' their outward trading. Some personr wonld think, if they did not express tbe thought, that Keglishcrnlsera bad mors to do with tbe wreck or the foundering than tne elements. The merchant, whoso death has been al luded to, was Ihe last of the merchants ot Boston, Marblehead, Salem and Glouces ter who wtmtmpeeiad. I think I eoniit name at least half a score, and npon no one of them did the enrae of retribution fall. If they did not ail die in the odor o' sanctity, they all left great fortunes, which was more acceptable to their heirs. Sum- of turn were bold to rashness. X rtca 1 onoTnerohant, wbo waa bronght np in the dry goods oommlsaion buzineas. ana atoos time partner In a large house, who ran fearfnl risks, emboldened by his high standing and bis invariable success. Bnt detection was on hia track at laat, and die- oorery seemed almost inevitable. Proba bly Ibis conviction bastened his death, and death alone saved hia name from obloquy. Thera is no ona living now who can be affected by this statement of mine, and therefore I give it Yet there are hun dreds living in luxury and ease npon wealth and ease or ginally gained by this most Inhuman traffic. A Democratic Kick. Clxvxlano, Ohio, August 15.—Tbe Democrats of Cuyahoga county met tbi- morning to select delegates to tbe State conrantion.> Thecommitteeon reanintluna were out for an boor and half, fl-ver al of the members wanted to condemn Prnlden Cleveland's administration, others ware anxious to retnrn a mild et drrsement while still others were non-committal. Extract! from ths com ulttae reports are aa follow•: Th»t the Democratic p»rt? having been in fall possetiion of the rot eminent ever sinew March last, aod that a large nomber of ofllces are jet held by of fensive Republicans, thertf ire be it '*Reiolvcd, That we demand our Senator and Representative to hasten the removal ot alt Republicans in office, and that tfflolenl Democrats be placed in tbeir positions." The administration wa* then indorsed mildly. IHE CAT our OF THE BAG. Creene Rlckeraon Tails B.-m*thing About tha Murder Of Harrison Brown. It was stated yesterday that Greene Ricker* ■on the well digger, confined In the county Jell, charged with the murder ot • Harri on Brown, the hackman, had made a confession of the crime to one of bis fellow-prUoner* With a view to lesratoir tbe facta in the case, tbe reporter visited the Jail yesterday and aaked for an Interview with Kickers ni. Through the ccnrteay of Jailer Blrdaong, It wm granted. R c tenon was found In one of the upper cells, where he has been recently transferred. Wneu found he waa in good spirits, and ap* p?ared willing to answer all the question* aikttd him. He raid that he had made no confession of the orime to any of his fellow pri»onera. If they said he liid, It wm untrue, and waa fixed up to entrsp him. He denied ever luring had • conversation with any of the prisoners about the kllllug of Harrison Brown, and stated that no anew nothing •bout it. He Appeared to be very much sur* urised when told that he had confesied having commuted ihe crime, and that tbe confes«if.n bad been m«de public by the prisoners to whom be told It. Many question were asked Rtckerson touch- log points that were noticed in h!a confession, but he denied them ell and penistentlr af firmed that he knew nothing whatever ot the killing of the hacumsn. At last he grew desperate at the Implicating motions that were stked him, and bat God, if He could come down, would say that he was an innocent man. The only thing, be said, that he had ever told the prisoners, waa that they should all get to praying, and try to help themselvta out of the trouble they were In. Arthur Wilson wu found in his cell. Ho said that a few nighte ago he had occasion to oars Nickerson's cell, and heard him mutter- when he reached his cel), he cov ered his head with the blankeL A f w days afterward, when he had forgotten the clrcum»tsnces, Willie King, another prisoner called him and Willie Clay, to where be waa washing Rickenon’s shirt, and showed him blood stains on the inside. The shirt was the same Itlckerson wore when ho was arretted, and was given U> King by Rtckerson to wash for him. As soon u Rick- eraon's attention waa called to the blood, he seised the shirt and tore it in pieces, wuaon further stated that he waa In Rlsker* n's ceil Monday night, daring the absence Jailer BiMiong, with Willie King and Wll* —i Clay. The conversation tamed npon the murder ut HarrUoa brown, when Ricker*cm told them that he would tell them something li they would not give it away. They prom i*«d that they would uot, when Rlckereon con- feesed that he kilted Brown. He aald that on the night of tbe muiderheknew that Brown r»ad 93) He owed him some money for dig ging a well, and he determined to make him give It to nlm. He met Brown on the street, and went with him in his hack to Whippler's ■table. After they reached the stables, Rick- erson waited at a comer until Brown took out the hone and put him up. When he tvgan to walk towards Rlckerson’s house. When they reached the cut near the bridge Ui< ker«on asked Brown for the money he owed him, when he refused to give It to him, putting him off for tbe amount he owed him. Rtckerson then said, 'Til have It now, or one of ns will die be loro we leave here." He then knocsed Brown down and pullrd oat his knife and cut hia tbroaL Knowing the train wonld pasa la short time be pulled the body the tiack, and left It. ne examined Brown's oocktt and found £>l. He took |20 and left 91. Ia tbe evidence at his committing trial, $1 was funndon Rtckerson. Tbe above is substantially the story told by Wilsoo. It wm corroborated by Clay and King, bothof whom were seen leparately afterward aod quetU'mcd. Neither knew that the other had been s- cn. Tbev added some details about the ace tic of tho difficulty that Rlekenon had given, which only lent strength to tbe »tory. It is a remarkable confession, aa told by the prisoners, and bears ihe ele ments of truth. All said that they bad all been on good terms with Rlekenon, and were good friends of his. Rtckerson denied even having the shirt wMhed, and that the feet that either Clay, Wilson or King htd ever been in his cell. When hemmed us, however, he became exci ted and made many contradictory statements. However considered, the confession 1* an Important one, and lends additional Interest •o the story of one of the most ghaatiy murders that bM ever been committed In the city. TUTTS The Greatest Medical Triumph cf th# Age! SYMPTOMS OF A , TORPID LIVER. leoaa of a ppr t lie, Uo*v«ls coatlve, Pa| n la th« bead, with a dull ■mention In tb# burl* port. Tain under tlio tlioaldrr- blade), Fullness after eating, with Adis- Inclination to exertion of bodr or mind. Irritability <iftrmprr, I.o\r Bplrlt*, with a feeling of linvlng nrglrrtrd Nome duty, Wearinraa, Hlzzlneas, l-'l uttering at tho Heart, Dote before the eve** Headicha over tho right eye, lieatleaaneM, with fitful dreams. Highly colored L'rloei and , CONSTIPATION. 'i * TTJTT’S PlleleSaro especially adapted J They In body to Take •se (he Appettte,anlcauMtb« in Fleali. thin tbat/itrm la , I bythelrTonlc Action on tho lMiieitl veOr^ana.ltc^rular .stoolaara TUTT’S EXTRACT* ’sflRSAPiRILLA Renovates Uio body, make# healthy strengthens tho weak, repairs tho wastes of the system with pure blood and hard muscles tones tbe nervous system, Invi: rates the brain, nn l Imparts the vigor of manhood. $1* Bold by anursrtata. OFFICE 44 Murray St,, New York* REYNOLDS’IRON WORKS, Iron and Brass Foundries ard Msohtn, Slop. Iron Beiliss. Dane Mill,, Sjrnp Keulea, Steam Inftnaa Saw Mill., Iron lrom«, for bunding! Ot a-1 kinds, machinery nl all klndi. lirlst Mini. Repairing steam Knglnea tnd rnarhint-ry a vpeclaltx. Iron and brau ctit- Ingaot eTi-rr de(crlpt'on. In fact, any and ■ tL-rythlinc that la kept or made la first clue Iran works. The proprietor has had an experience, ot over forty yearn in the Iron huilncr.. Off-Wa gnar.ntea tolell you Cane Mills cheaper than anibud;,and that they sill live perfect lallsfactton. „ , A. REYNOLDS, Proprietor. Cor. 1 itth and Hawthorne street-, Stecon. ’is aug 1« d&w tf. Monroe Female College I FORSYTH, GEORGIA. The next session will open tbe first Monday In September, Tne announcement 1* made with plca*ure that the name of Dr. I. K Branham haa been added to tbe already efficient and nicceiaful board of inMru:tIou of Ibis Institution. Hia rlp»-scholanhlp.hls high reputation*!teacher aud his fine social and moral atUinmenta Justi fy tho congratulations extended to the friends of tho institution in having secured his acr- Let friends now rally to the Institution and tbousinds more may be added to the many noble alamn.Ts that have already gone from her walls to adorn the higher waiuofiodtl Ufa. Location healthful, charges reaRonsble, ad vantages superior. ApplT for catalogue to R T. ABBuRY 1'rertdent, or I. R. BRANU AM, D.D.,Secretary, anglfieodJ w&w2 n cause it belongs to corporations are iu the minority and will continue to grow beau tifully leas. This la a history of the trne tnwardnem of the railroad oommlsaion la tbil Bute. If yon were to aek me aa to the bet 4 , method to regulate railroad*. I would say to let ctf-ibu be untrammelled and so invite it to lnvcetment in railroads and thu<i bring about fair and legitimate com petition. Will be glad at any time to give yon any information tbat I may possess. Yours truly, M. J. Condon, •oundt, he returned to the neat and aat oa the egg*, and eventually sooede-d in bringing out a brood oi ten young quail, 'ibe young bird* are now alive. The atory ot tb. burtal la vouched (or by a large nnmb.r ol ultneaws. HICH LICENSE. spuoo. lid doll. tl». All- A Doubt. Tra•Mr. h'AZ PBANCixn, Angnat 13.-A terrible double tragedy ocenrrrd on Mad mar. Honiboldt county. Tuesday avaniogi near tea North F.«fe mill. A woman e.med A - . . M. Town*, wbo waa eonkta, at :- aging cup, waa n.nro.rrd In her cabin, having bar ihroat c it from a.r toaar. •-'Mi-ii a man named Bruy | I! livid li. • rttn Wisconsin Thinks Thar Hava Solved th. Liquor TrafTto Question. Philadelphia Record. After many experiments, ranging from low license to extrema prohibition, tb* people o( Wisconsin believe tbat they bar. aoivad tb* vexed nutation oi the llqQortiafficInaiatlalactory way. Under tbe hlgh-licena* law, which baa been In operation abont three months, tbe mini* mum rat. of licens. which tbe savaral dries and towns are authorized to Impose it 3200, and tbe maximum rata ia 3500. Thar* is at tbs tarns lima a local option law in existence in Wisconsin which en ables each city and town in tha Stats deddt (or itaali batwaen high licens* and total prohibition. Tie Milwauk-e Sentinel recently ad dreeaed a circular laltae to correspondent! In all parts of tb* 8 at* inquiring lute tha opantiouol tb* new licetu* taw and lb* prevailing aenttment among tha people in regard to Ita efficacy. Rapliaa have bean received from nearly on* hundred cilice and towns, and from them It U evident tbat tb* pablic sentiment of Wbooatlo Infaroraithe taw (• overwhelming. Aa waa anticipated by Ita advocate., th. chief effects of high license are wltneeeed ia the wholesome restraint which it pate oa the liquor traffic end to th* targe Increase of rayennas. In asTenty-five dtlu and town., including Milwaukee, the decrease to tb* numbar of saioona is 182 and Iha in- crama of ravenna la 3221POL fnaoina eounttoa the number ot ml was remains unchanged, bat In nearly alt localities the number Is Maaaoad. Wh it ia Beady Hears, of POO A Macon Machinist In Trouble. lancuL TiLtaaxM.l Wuums, Ga., Angnat 15.—Charles Gardner, a machinist front Macon, wasar- reatod test night on two warranto, charg ing him with asianlt with intent to mnr- (brand for carrying concealed weapons. He claims to be representing J. B. Scho field A 8oo, of Macon, and has been for the last f.w days repairing a saw mill a abort distance from town. He was sup posed to ba crasy, an l a telegram was tent to J. 8. Bcbofleid A Bon, taking them if he was of sound mind. They replied that they thought ba was not Alter a pre'.im- maty trial ba waa committed to jail to await trial baton Judge Pilcher Monday morning. A Fatal guratcal Operation, ISriCUL TXLZuaAM.j Mill ITT!. Ox., August 13.—News reach ed hen this evening from Atlanta that W. P. Young, a highly respected your of this city, wax dying. Ha went atc«t, is fixsral. proved ao lAttefec- »ho«r ar. Rankin V I.v nn drux ! ■ free trial botU* ut thurvr- uHucy’ throaidiseaiea. I-ar^e r of I in the Keet&ce ol Ui« muxdwcU wvhuul , b..l* \>j tuli! toith hi*(h l;r»nae run* t. , 1 i rokibiugu eiptruneo’., u Uut u.c people ier's life. formed, and Hi from it Ha is a young man of fins bail-1 ness usuries and ia Ulud by alt Tha town will mourn hia lose. At a lata hour tbit tvaning he waa still alive, bnt his death la looked (or at any moment. An Anti-Prohibition Campalani Gxtvxaroa. Aoxoat 13.—A special to the New, from Waco says: United StxtcsSeu- ator Coke began tha anti-prohibition cam paign in tala (McLennan) county to- i.i -tit. Ha announced himself opposed to prohibition because it was an attoek upon personal liberty, and d>c!arrd ft could only be enforced by Inquisitorial measures Incompatible with pertonel liberty; that the movement waa a politi cal one, aimed at and intended to over throw the Democratic party. Maxwell's Last Story. 8r. Lena, Angnat 13.—According to I telegram from Sen Francisco pnthibed ’ere Maxwelt Ihe altered m.-.rde-er o(C Arthur Proffer, nowt.ys that tn due time graffi produce Pin far .ire, *u,t will .lu re be got the body found In the i .vsert. that the body m tru- ! wa. t:o";v n. himself and I‘re I and left i (’.*- hot.; for -die parpoaeof ng th. miuranc. money npon 1.tl Robbery and Attempted Murder. Huntington, Penn., Angait 15.—A dia bolical attempt at murder w&a made ai Anderson, near here, last night Aa Fore man Tbos. Crepps was walking on tbarai. way track he waa aat upon by two tramps knocked down nndgagged. Afteritrahng bla watch and a check for his montb’> salary, which be bad Jast received, tbe miscreants tied him to the track and left Mol to hlx fate. By frantic all iris bo worked blmaelf partially free, bnt a pass log freight train < ut off one the fingers of hie left Hand which ha waa unable to re- leata from therail. Greatexctteinentover the outrage prevails. Twenty tramps bare been (treated aod searched, bnt they were discharged In abiance of evidence against them. A Cattta Quarantine! SrxixortiLh, III., August 15—Tbe Illi nois lira stock commission received a com munication from the Governor of Wyo ming yeaterdsy atating that tbe Territory had quarantined against tha cn-in'lea id Kaaa, Kane, Lnpage. Peoria, Whiteside Morgan and Smnyter. intbfsHtate, on account of these loca'itiea being infected with pleuro paeumonta. Tbe aame Ter ritory has alao quarantined agaln.t cer tain portions of Ksw York. Penneylvanli, New Jersey, Maryland. Ohio, Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, and the whole of the District of Ctdnmbta. The live nock commission bare insist that Illinois Is at present completely free from ptenro pneumonia. Action in tbe matter will ba taken by tba commissioner next week. A Jurr Dlsaaraea. Boston, Angnat 15.—The jury in tha caaa ol Captain Parkar and tha owners of tha brig Mary Cataata, charged with con ■piraayaadwnskliiB th* Taaaai tor the purpeseo! iwimlling the insurance com pute*, came Into coart this morning and ■tales! that they wera unable to egraa. Tba court then d la- mined them. Oept Parkar, lo conversation with a reporter, aald he cal.ed thta morn ing at the borne ot J. Q. Wendell, one ol tha defendants, who has been ill daring the trial, end was Informed that be had loat hia mind antiraly and waa a raving antae, it being necessary to employ two an to bold him last night Smail-Poi Ecldsmlo. Mostuxl, Angnat 13.—The president of tba local board of health d eel area that amaU-pox ta now epidemic here. Tbe drto hospital is crowded with patients, and a new wing la In progress of erecilon, which will bold fifty more patients. Mostsixl, August 13.—Thera have been seventeen deaths from small pox during tha last two daya, and th-ra are thirty pa tient* In tbe civic hospital. Am ng the new cases reported are Rev. Fathers Lon germ and Ltuxan of Oblate Fathers. The Tessa Cotton Cron. Oxlysstox, August 1L—Tha cotton crop reports from nearly every section of thta Bute received by tbe News to-day and yes terday indicate considi-rah’e damage fr. in drouth within the peat ten date. In nnmbaof place* the plant la reported a. shedding freely and being otherwise In jured. Notwithstanding tbit, there la do report from any tlngie section which doe. not estimate a better cotton yield than teal Some State Fair Notes. Secretary Greer bet jaat returned from a visit to Marietta, white he attended tho ■ion of the State Agricultural Convention. Be mat with the executive commiu.o of the State Fete Aseoclxrioc there oa Tuesday. The rmmlUae took some action with regard to the approaching fair that may be of lute rest at tula lime Among other things, the committee fixed October -- 'h aa tha tlma for holding tha fair. The supcrlul'nilrnts of tha varioua depart ment. wero tllli-1, and arrangements made to ragtn active preparation, for hulling the fair. Among IS* fast urea decided npon w.a a grai.-l nuclton tala of Jersey., which will l.k. pile l on tha second day. Thta will ha .-pan to ail harden. Secretary Oner aald teat night that tha pros- ptcu war* in every way ancouratlng. Afi the member! ol tho cunvrutlou expreued tha de termination ot attending Ihe lair ..id of briof- tLg Urge crowd, with them. He had every r.-a>ou for bellevtOE that the exhibits would tie larger aud more Intereitlng than ever. Xraty attention, ba said, would ha given to amu-emvuu, and several ante ruining features would ba arranged, among them a profes sional game ot baseball between two crack the premjnm Uats era now tn tha hands of Iha printer an l will ha tamed out next week an order lor IL'isj copies haa been given, aud Ural number will ba ts.ued Tn. premiums thli year will amount to »e^ tt Ttuu ill In all. the prnaoecli at this Um. are more Hatter- lug then ih y beys star been, and Iha fair will duuhtleas prove on* ot the moil successful end brilliant tha association bas ever con d octet Eater* THECOLLEOEOF LETTERS, IVIUSIC.and ART Exercises commence September 30, 1885. For proof of the unsurpassed advAntagee aod lowest charges, write for cataiogae. I. F. COX. • • President, LxGRANGE, GA. Jy23d<kw2tu NEW GOODS. A new stock of Notions, Novelties and useful articles has jast been received and wUl be sold at prices which cannot be daplicated ia the 8oatb,at THE FAIR R F. SMITH, Proprietor, 66 MULBERRY STKF.KT. aprBdtfcwtf A Lake Oleaster. KaiAMazoo, Mich,, Angnat 16—Tha Daily Talegraph'a special from Charts ton, Micb., asya: Tha ti.b tag Seawing found ad Cherlevaax this morning a sail boat, foil ol water, with two corpses in It Tha men wera identified ns \V. Gibson and Edward Gallagher, ol Beaver laland. Killed bi a Train. Bvaaccu, N. Y-, Angnat 16.—Wm. Wtutelocx, nognsDriag the Roche. Fost-Kxprr -s at the firemen's convention, wax tan over by a train on tha Va* York Central railrosd at t o'clock tbla murnu. a died an hoar later. Jntlar Blrdaona'a Narrow Eioapa, Jailer Birdsong bad a narrow escape Wed need.y morning. It wu Intended tbat be should be Ibe victim ot * plot but he dis covered It in tlma to prevent Us execution, Tba Itoa cages are m arranged Uut they can be lorksd with a lever Uut operates on •abide ot the corrtdcr, Tha caffs ora locked at ana ton of tba lever, but It a cell la lelt °l«u. It Win sot Interfere with locking the Wednesday, after tbs prisoners ad bean lad, Jailer Birdsong I prisosteis bock to their cells for ponwee of locking the caces. All went In l putted tha dooralogether with tba a Urn of Grata Blr tenon, wbo elated bis only partially. 11a ten It opan Jam aaom. tsahult to mist the rook nod yet appear fast eaad. Bit object In dotal tab was to afford Mm oa opporiaalty to attack Jitter Birdsong when be entered ta* corridor and make bfi eerap*. Tb* plan was foiled byoo* of tbe -rteJaan traarad Jim WilUama, srho noticed w act sad called tat < allct’a attention to' Tournament During tha Fair. Tha gun tournament lost elated, has eicttod ao little Internal tn that popular sport Tba sportsmen preaent left entbosed with their •ipcrleaoe, and wan anxious to bar* tha oe "uwas^earetd yesterday tbat arrange manta will ba mods to conduct another tournament daring tba approaching Huts (air. All tha spoilsmen on anxious for It, tad tae matter did programme wilt be er p-eud that a sombre ef e During tba tournament j, be turaod loose. Tba l „ tebeudaband eariy, tbat it bay ba wotkad np Drowning Yaatardar Af tarnoon. A sad accident occurred near East Macon yesterday afternoon, resulting in tha drown ing of a young man named Edward Richard- son. Richardson Urea In Hazard district, and earns to tba city a few days ago toytelt tha tba family ot Mr. Kd. Klmtrew. Yesterday aftarnooa ta company with a company of bojs, all smaller usd ymtagar than himself, he went to Central I’ond to enloy a swimming I ratio. Shortly alter to tnUredtaa water, h. sss-s -ssawasas"; •dot tae accident and hnrrlad lathe bad after aums difficulty succeeded In Richardson waa Ottlv nineteen yean old and wa» an expert awImmer. Hia death un der Ihe peculiar ctrcumataacee was a sad one. Thousands Sajr to. Mr. T. W. Atkins, UirarJ, Kao.* writes. I DS7er hesitate to recommend your * to fry c j*tourere. 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