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VOLUMK XVI.
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TUESDAY MORNING* <TuVjSrUAT Y 8, 1884,—TEE PAGES.
PRICE 5 CENTS
PUKING THE WEEK.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF CITY AND
COUNTRY ARE DOING.
Tbo Cold Wssthor—Bu*tn*s« Failures far 1683—The
Mississippi Lfxlalsture- KmiIm in Baltimore—
A Sis Turkey-Poisoned by Eating Eggs
—Intcreatlng News of the Old World.
Taeaday* Jaaaary 1.
A gang of Italians employed at the Lynn, Maes.,
waterworks were engaged In digging a tunnel at
' North Songns, when the earth suddenly caved in,
buryl-g nine of them. They were at once dug out
and live of them were very b*dly injured, the fore*
man named Larry, fatally. Ia a wrestling match
In San Francisco octween Muldoon and Bauer for
$1,000 a side and the championship of the world,
the former won after three hours struggle, and was
carried in triumph on the ehoulders of tho admir
ing crowd. John C. Marsh, alawyer, and his wife,
James Boylan and Reese Blair, were poisoned by
eating e^ga at B'aver Bam, Union county. North
Carolina. March died but the others are supposed
to bo out of danger. The eggs arc supposed to have
been poisoned for tho purpose of killing rata, and
had been put ou tho breakfast table b? mlstAke.
A fire, supposed to bare been of Incendiary orlgn,
I destroyed MarueU’s hotel and fourteen business
houses In Whitssboro, Texas The ceremony of
representing tho foqeral of. O’Donnell who was
banged in London, took place In Ban Franclico.
11 w&slntouded lo make it a grand demonstration,
but the board of an ps:visors .yid prominent Irish
organisations dertKuiu u> Uk#. part, and the result
was a dismal fAintro. There were only about COO in
the procession.
/ w in jiieciiy.
Therenre twenty four prisoners In the city chain
. gang. Tho Atlanta streetcar company is spreading
' iron hr f new track to West End. Rev. F. M.
jDauIel, pastor of the Central Baptist church, has
accepted a coll to the pastorate of tho Baptist
church in Cartenvlllo, Ga. Frank Porter, a young
’white man, fell fr«m tho top of a honso which he
jwas roofing and sustained a dislocation of his right
; (shoulder and a fracture of his right.
Wedaeaday, January >.
I The murder of Lieutenant Colonel 8udelken on
^IPriday night wsscommitted In the Ruthoff build-
l fingrnear tho Mesoow railway station in Bassia. It
\, Upbears that ho waa killed by several nihilists who
\ \ ad gained accesi to the promises disguised as do-
i.lectlves.* Tho meetings of both Nationalists and
ifrasgcmen were held in Dromoro, Ireland, and
\Wonty thousand people attended tho meeting of
0flM, * emon * Henry Hanc, a German, in a
;llunken jealous frenzy, attempted to brflu his
t<uo with an ax at San Antonio, Texas. About one
hudrsd and fifty tobacco growers, representing
t’ New England states, mot in convention in
L tford to farther protest against the recent de-
c. m of tho sicretary of tho treasury whereby
vo pj>or leaf tobacco is virtually admitted at a rate
of J cents per pound.thus avoiding the intent aud
,. v «r it of tho law. Measles are prevailing in Balti.
m o, there being upwards of four hundred cases
. . lnjhatclty,
\ IN the CITY.
llorida travel Is expected to bo at its beat during
T)it city official* are busy making up their annual
reports. Charles Halt, A negro man, bad hfi right
^n^tnahed off by a Central ralJroai freight car.
’.\h' ,,, * seen cqftfc The Ha-
x }jare 11? • Ooo|j“*LJaij .1^,005.000'
“rtllMrexof UlTP-vr aro greater than
m* W- 11874. ThO doer-sue in the public
if f jJl-i *nbor was itfarly twelve million dol-
j wAK fo total decrease since tho noth of June
^ was over fifty,-three million dollars. Tho Indica
tions are said to point to a brief session of congress,
devoted exclusively to business. The largest single
lost by tire last year In tho United States was the
L_ Kimball house in AtlsnU-SCOO.OOO. Phiulzy &
L Jl’q.’* cotton warehonse In Augusta, Ga., was dam
■ aged by fire. Tho obsequies of the late Archbishop
■ Percho, which took place in New Orleans, were of
V a very Imposing character. The suspended Ver-
■ mont Natlouol bank of 8t. Albans began to pay its
" first dividend to depositors, amounting to 12'/$ per
cent. Rev. Horses Warden, seventy years of Ago,
was attacked at hts gato In Quincy, 111., by three
foot pads and robbed and so brutally beaten that
it Is thought ho cannot live.
IN THE CITY.
Etta Burtson was arrested on a warrant charging
her with tho larceny of a pair of shoes. Morris II.
Marcy, of Hartford, Conn., committed suicide at
the Markham house by shooting himself through
the head wlih a pistol. There aro now fifty thous
and brick a day laid 011 tho Kimbtll house.
Friday, January 4.
George Dunn died in I'aUsdegt. Ala., from astab
received a few days ago by Joe Savory. Both were
<f ..student* of the Talladega college. Ou the second
. y January eight moa went to old man tplngler’ i
/house lu Walker county, Alabama, and robbed
/him of twenty-seven hundred dollars, tilx of the
J men havobeen arrested and fifteen hundred dol-
lars recovered. A destructive fire broko out on
North Main street, Weatherford, Texas, aud lasted
two hours. George Harris and John Bennett, two
noted eow thieves of Day too, Tenu., were arrested
in Chattanooga. Thero seems to be 9 band of cattle
thieves operating In that vicluity and three reanow
under arrest. The 8au Saba mall • well was robbed
near Seuteifltt by three unmasked men.
IX TUB CITY.
This Is harvest time for tho coal dealers. The
•ovoro weather has completely stopped work on
now brick buildings. Hugh Quitman, a negro
man, was arrested upon a warrant charging him
with burglary.
Saturday, January 6.
Good coon dogs are worth from 985 to f50etch in
Nelson county,Kentucky. The returns to R. G. bun
A Co,'* mercantile agency show that the business
failures of tho last week number, for tbe United
8tatee. 319, and for Canada 29, a total of 14*, proba-
J4y a larger number of commercial casualties than
before reported In a similar period. James L
,.*ollu:Vtr.\d A. J. Rogers, conductors on the Penn
sylvania railroad, aud William B. Pettit, Pullman
. palace car conductor, were arrested in Philadel
phia and oommitted upon charges of embozzillag
tickets aud moneys belonging to those corporation*.
A truck farmer near Arrldonda, Florida, has con
tracted for the sale of his strawberry crop at €3 per
quart. The prosecution brought oy tho city bond
of health of Lancaster, Pa., against a number of
promiueu: clergymen and physicians of that
city for a violation of sanitary laws, have been
withdraws on tbe defendants paying costs and
promising to obey tho laws In the future. A
< turkey gobbler lu Soots county, £y„ weighed 35
pounds grots. A number of Inmates of the convent
of Kotro Dame de Lonrdes in Montreal, Canada,
were poisoned by ea'lng meat pic.
xx THE CITY.
'j Tbe National hotel passed into the hands of the'
o sheriff. The remains of Marcy, the young man who
suicided at the Markham house, were cent to his
In Hartford, Conn.
Kt4*r, Jaaasry C.
Another Pullman ear conductor was arrested In
Philadelphia changed with embezzling tickets be
g to tbe Pennsylvania railroad company,
nrg, Briggs A Co., wholesale dry goods, To-
their temporary burying place to tbe chapel In tho
pintheon, took place In Rome, Italy. The weather
throughout the United States Is the coldest known
for jears.
IX THE CITY.
Nora Fleming, a small whito child, fell from a
porch on Lukin street and sustained a fracture of
the rla h- arm lflow the elbow. Tho residence of
Mr. Johu Fowler, on Thompson street, was enter
ed by a burglar and several articles were stolen,
now, end the coldest weather-whew! By a pre
concerted effort the citizens of Atlanta distributed
00 \ coni and c'.othlug ameng the iudigent poor of
this cUv to-day. Mr, Kimball and other prom-
nent citizens were oailed upon and agreed to lend
their servlets for the good woik. The r^mbers cl
the relief committee were bnsy all day supplying
thensedy with the means of life.
ICE AND FLAME.
Dow the Mercury ltu« Down ISulow Zero- One
Hundred Mule. Killed.
Chicago, January 6.—Tho thermometer at five
o’clock this morning dropped to tweuty-spvon de
grees below zero, which, tafcan with the cold record
of yesterday, makes it the severest showing in the
way of extreme weather known here in many years.
At eight o’clock the thermometer was still twenty-
four degrees below, and at the ssmo hour Kanras
City reported twenty-four degrees below, £4. Paul
1 twenty, Omaha thlrtyfour, Dubuque thirty-two,
X>es Moines twenty-four, aud Keokuk twenty-live
below. The effect in this city has been to paiiUUy
p realize tho ordinary course of busiutrs. A nuxqbcr
larger wholesale houses have not lont 'ont
their heavy trucks, and those-teamsters and strojt
car drivers and conductors who are out braving
wither are tullbriog greatly. Fire alarms have
been more numerous than usual and last night
proved to be ono of terror to the members of tho
department, Three fires after midnight served to
keep practically the whole, foroo on duty, and
tho services required of them under tho circum
stance* such as taxed their endurance to the
fullest extent. Ia addition to the burning of
several , buildings on Randolph street
the fluo private stable of Marthal
Field, on Pftrio avenuo, was burned!
low, 920,000. At 4 o’clock In the morning a tiro was
dlfcoveredlu BonrlvageFlat,on Michigan avenue,
■ of tne most imposing restounoo structures * *
The escaping occopanta took refuge in tho Le land
adjoining the burning building ■
a tire broko out early last evening at 24« Ran-'
dolph street aud wtuextluguhbcd with apparently
small loss. The flame* reappeared later aud cauiei
a (Jamago of 940,1,00. The chief sufferers were Man-
sou A Co., rubber billing, aud Kothsoniid Joseph
[A Co., corsets.
THE CRY FOR RELIEF.
jTheievCro weather earned a great many ncody
people aud proiffct-ioE&l tramps to beteiyc tho i(-p
lief agencies and tho police stations. Several train[
loaded with live stock are still snow bound!
TZ^HHEZZ^Htdllei from tho stock yard
Homo cattlo were frozen to death I
and others were partially frozen, and had to be
killed. Hogs suffered lets than the cattle Corn,
‘ ^ tbo same trains with tho Ajugju
a used for feed. The luff
fur water is great. The men sent to dig out tbe
1 rat ns were offered 60 cents an hour, but were ob-j
llged to return to the city nearly frozen.
Til t BAftDB CF THE THERMOMETER.
he; L ak., January 5.—Tho coldest weather
krown in ten years prevails here Thursday night.
Tbomercury.'vseended to thlrcy-nlno degrees be
low 7.k\o, lwst u> thiriy-tt-o e/Ugrces below,
■'.-.v.roflrotai ii-c
Jjs< iNXATi, Ohio, January 5:—Tho tbermomolcr
tetKOio’CicclMhlia. m. stood twenty degrees be-
here 1 or years. . , .
Clcvelaiid. Ohio, January 5 —The weather is tho
coMest reported In years. Tho thermometer has
tmlkaledas low as fourteen degrees below z^ro in
s^mo places.. There Is a dear sky aud the air Is full
Chattanooga. JAnuary 5.-Tho tomperaturo foil
to two degiees Above this morulug. Ii is tho coldest
wt-amor here slnco 1877.
CouncilBLurrs, Iowa, January At t o’do« >
!a.st night ihe thermometer recorded twenty-four
degrees Delow zero, tne coldest weather in twenty-
nve >eui. At Lincoln Nebraska, at 2p.m.,
nineteen below, Quincy Ulluoie, 11 p.
in.. twouty below, thu coldest
n-mperaturo slnco 1878. At Cedar Rapids. 121». m,
22 below. None of the towns lu tbe above lint re
port any rare* of freezing to death, or any datnaso
to property from frost, in Chicago there was a
nr.mher of miuor cat-usUlt*. Including the break-
i:ig of plate glass windows by the Inteuit) cold.
Jamestown, Dak.,Jsminry 5.—Yesterday was tho
coldest day ever known in this locality. It was 48
oegrees buiow z-.ro lu tbe tnotulug and 42 below at
no *o. Tho air was filled wlto fro*.t. bat a stiff
bri-i zo from the northwest calmed down last even-
ti g, aud tho weather moderated. No trains have
run ou the Jamtsiowu and Northern road to Car
iiigtoa since Tuerday.
FIRE AXU ICE IX FT. LOUIS.
8t. Louis, January 6.—About ten o’clock last
night a Are broke out In the old 8t. Nicholas hotel
bull log on Fourth street, which resulted in its
total dc MtructJou, tho walls alone remaining. Tbe
oulldlng was mainly <rcu| iul by Charlcaiv Lewla,
dealer in undertaker’s goods, and C. O. Baxter,
mmuftcuinor of picture frames Lewia'astoc* was
valued utt85.0i:0aud insured for KW 000. Thu loss
and iusurai.ee of Julius Morris hardware, Is not
kuowu. Thero were about thirty rooms on the up
per floors which were usnd as a lodging houss. Thu
occupants saved their perreual effects, but the prop
erty 1 nl thu housu waa destroyed. The loss 1* uot
knowu. C. O. Baxter & Co.'a office aud simple
room was destroyed, hot the loss has uot bocu as-
corialucd. The entire building waa owned by tho
nat. hardware and upholders’ trimmings, 175,00c to
93J.0CO, insured for 952,000. C. O.
KAX'er St Co., mouldings and frames,
945.000, Insured for 92*' 500. II. F Fabrlctus
U ya. etc., 920,000, insured for 914,000, building
175.000, Insured lor $C0.(ai0. 'the other small
l<»aei will probably amount to 915,000, making ~
will be saved. Another Are At the corner
and Walnut atre*ts to-day damaged
several small shops and offices to the exteut
of about 910,000. The loo* ia covered by iuautaucu
The meicur) fell to 23 degrees below zsro early thia
morning, but since has been rising, and at noon
was 17 tlegreea below. I his iv tliu coulrbl day here
alnee January 11, 18C4, when tbe thermometer
marked 26 degree* below, the lowest ou record at
this point. A very heavy ice is still running
through the harbor. No gorges are yet reported
below the city.
AX INDIAXA FIRE.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Jaqusry 6.—A Urge tbfee
story frame business building at LaGrange, Ind.,
known as the Will block, was burned early this
morning and with it five storer.vWill and Clngston,
dry goods, were tbe principal loser*. Loo* 9jO,OCO.
clevcland, Ohio, January 5.—Tbo beautiful
new Fark Greater, built to bo fire proxyf, was
burned at eight o'clock *bl* forenoon, the tire la
raid to hare originated lu the stage from a lamp
explosion. The loss is perhaps |2(X).COO, partly In
sured. George H. Adams’s Uumpty Dumpty com
pany lore* from eisht to uiue ttourand dollars
worth of property, and will have to cancel its Lou
isville engagement next week. Wyok bank block,
immcdia'ely in front of the theater, the Flrs^ Pres
byterian church on one aide and the county court
house ou the other, are in great danger a t 10 o'clock.
1he thermorae er is at zero, and the firemen
work with tbe greatest difficulty. No accidents or
lots of life are reported »hus far. bat danger l*
feared from falling walls and from the stcetde of
thechuicb. Ihe tire is now under control. Tbe
courthouse, Jail an J other adjoining bul dtnaa were
saved. Thu lost ou the stone church it I45.00J
FIRE AND FROST IX CIXCIXXATI.
Cikcixxati, January 6.—A fire oa Front street
to-day caused a loss of about 910,COO in money, but
its result* to the flremea were serious, A number
of them were badly injured by the cold, one
John Schuler, being drenched with water which
CARL1SLEF0R PRESIDENT IK
yout g ambitious spirits who are lu tuuo with af
fairs of to-day. They make better executive offi
cers while they sre immeasureably more valuable
as political lieutenant*. With a now term to begin
and no such depressing difficulties os aurrouuuud
him in the shadow of Garfield’s death tho presi-
deUtmlgaSCh006rtanahlr.nl nt • - *
would j w.ect
for . toe active
affairs tbAn that which Hirromidn him now and
for wolcr.beis ouly partially rmponainlo. It is not
Mich h wUd sport as may bo imagined to speculate
what Arthur would ioifho were elected president
mxtNovember. No ronn in the republican party
hi* as goal a show for the nomination ami thu moat
hopeful rfomoernt cannot without aaerlflclug hi*
common qmiao. dsny that tho republlcana luive a
living d^utce" to elect whomsoever they may
All tha Pressnt Candidate* Except Tilden Ziegarded
as Unavailable, While the Speaker fa Consid
ered to Unit# all the Quantisations Nee- -
ecaary-Latest FoUttoal News.
Special Iq Tho CanatltutioD,
Wabhik^tox, January 5.—In conversation with
one of tho mont prominent and observant demo
crats of tito present congress to-dsy, he said:
"I do not believe the democrats have a fighting
chance in the next race with any of the old lead
ers, barriug Tilden, who Is said to be out of tho
race. Hancock. Thurman, Cleveland, McDmald,
Hendricks, Morrhou—which of these can kindle
genera! enthusiasm or organize a groat victory?
None of them. No one ot Ultra has the magic to stir
tho popular heart.”
‘‘What is to be doua then? 1
‘‘We must take a uow man. We must dlsrlecc
Unsold singers with a fresh man, as tho republicans
did with Garfield in 1880. Wo want a men that
represents some now, living issue, and about whom
tho young, ambitious elements of tho country can
rally. There is ono such man in tho pasty, and
only ono.”
‘‘And that is 1
“Mr. Carlisle, tho present speaker. Had Randall
.wtr-svjedcd fh tho spe*k*r-Mp mco ha would hav
ibceii on mo high road to the presidency now. Wh;
should not Carlisle, who defeated him so over
whelmingly, succeed to hi* ambition and bis op
portunlt? ? ne represents a living Itsue—ono that
is aggre$siro and elore to tho populftr heart. Its
tremendous strength iu the democratic caucus m*y
indicate a similar strength in the people behlud
tho caucus. He is a man cf ability, of lino record,
an ou thu slat, tic following, and few antagonists.”
“Bat he fs a southerner.”
‘‘True, but during the war that mado this ob
Jcction significant, ho was* conclateui nulon man.
On tho southern issues, to which the north objsc-
tod, he was with tho north. The poiut then of his
being a southerner has purely geographical signifi
cance. As to that he was born and now Uvea with
in two mllea of the exact center of population of
tho republic, a* fixed by tho last census.”
“Have you heard hisctndldacy discussed?”
“In quiet circles. I believe it is being sefiously
thought of, and I should favor It. Tho lune ou
which he wss elected has vastly outgrown tho
plaoe to which he was elected. It has set tho pace
for the presidential campaign. No matter what
leader wo select, we shaU be fought by tho enemy
and Judged by tho peoplo on the Issues involved In
Carlisle's election. Thero is but ono honorable,
and, In my opinion, but one safe, course to pursue.
That Is to promote onr leader as his causo is pro
moted—send him to the front on tho platform of his
own maklug. and appeal to the country boldly and
frankly—I believe i would win.”
the public .lands committee.
Representative Cobb, chalrmau of the hoove
committee on public lands, has made tho follow,
lng assignments of Eub-commlttcei: Homestead
and pre-emption—Measrs. Scales, Healey and An
derson, Desert, swamp and overflowed lands—
Me*firs, OAte's Balford and Pavoon. latud grants
and lurfeltures— Messrs. Cobb, Payton,Oates. Lewi*
and Audcrcon. 8cbool lands and timber culture—
Messrs. Straw, Van Eaton and Brents. Roaorvailon
mineral land*—Messrs. Ueuley, Beales and Betford.
Land offico and surveys— Ueatri. Lowls, strait and
Brents Claims of ataus to net proceeds of sales of
chuso u> i ut forward.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
tiitnpM* <f Men unit rhl.ijr* in «nd Around IhaCap-
■ Uni—Minor I optm of Talk,
ffptctal ti-Thu (kmstliuUou.
WAkHirM|rox, Januaiy 5 —That waa a cad fall of
Clarence flartou I Two j^ars ago one of tho bright
est and' c ost popular journalists In Watblugiou.
To-day a fugitive with a half dozen forged checks
left behind; and a wife and daughter lu thu midst
of tbu pc ?r-'e who are retaillug hi* shame. Bartou
will be rt't&mbftcd as tho night editor of the Re
publican, thorn A. V. Sotcldoaudhis brother went
up to weA ulglit two years ago lo demand satis
faction an article ho had written concern itig
Fotcldo. iplght ensued, iu which tho elder Sotcldo
id Barton almo.-t mortally wounded,
t been definitely setiled whether
his own brother or whether ho re-
Barton's bullet*. Boteldo was tried
hterand arquiited. How much bet-
aave been it Barton had received a
t night!
icatlous ol 1876 disclosed tho defects of
Ion as to thu manner of counting the
j, Uar field’s ossasaluatlou aud the
Arthur's death, which would havo
ument without a head, tho scuate
nopreaideut pro torn, showed how
Led for is tho prctldcuiial succession.
Important poluta legislation la need-
Chad. But tho multitude of suggeat-
r to that number of remedies etR-iied
iizlng frleuds when a fellow has a cold,
i# remedies In either caw would prob-
patientflekcr than befoto. Mr. Katun
.who has been studdying our govt ra
nee Its foundation, mcaua to In-
. 11s to regulate tbo presidoutlal
ono to rcgulato ihe successor. **
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING
AND DOING.
All tho Loading Crimea, Casualties and Othor Events
-How the Crops Throughout the Country
Stand-Talk About Politics and Business
-Matters of Oenorol Interest. Etc.
tons is
from
To take
ably mn
of Coniv
meat all
uoduce
count
thinks th« chief justice of tho aui»emo court
ought to o-irr.a next to the speaker of the house in
b'ie line of promotion,
of the famotM “Metimsc.” The handle is a little
a fao clmilo of thcoo ou tho gun
istor is very proud of his stick and
Auatoon Iho lillj'g of hotel lobbies
stories, of Which holias a thou-
friends in cougrWHHPMH
■msldcr the case In which tho cotirt
verdict of aoveral mllitons against
iri.vn ever ^ u 10 mat couri auu covere eleven
uudred pacHof closely written manuscript.
Thcnuu irmsyriob isan insiltuiion attracting
tteutlon h- re. Haudso.ue rooms hsvu been fitted
attention In-ra. _ .
up oppti*I*.«,Willard*, and forty members, tepre-
jilluK lu -ding ncw'pupcra in all parte of the coda-
the lottery successful.
t'ortiuusU- .-era?
public lzuds—Mosers. Bltaw, Van Eaton and Mtralt.
w f’ ,r TT v> — %
Judge'1'wfggsarrivert to day and called cn tho 0(1
president. Ho seems hopeful of tbo appolntmeut
aa Ersklne’a successor. J. It. Ha ussy and John
O’Farrell, ot Savannah, are added to the alroidy
bxtonilvo list of candidates. Itlshlutid thatBlghy
1 as excellent chances. Farrow, however, elsima
Jo b* lu the lead of the others, tiptor is putting iu
what work ho can for him. The appointment will
bo made sometime this month. 1
TUB OEOEGIA PottoFFICKS.
■Postmasters commissioned for Georgia to-day]
pTre: Mary Lingo, Dry Branch; John W. Cccnrap,
Frankvlilo. Tbo bond of Honry^J. Bmith, pos:-
master at Jacksonville, Telfair county, waa ac
ceptcd. Marctllus Thornton has returned, and
ARTHUR’S ADVISERS.
ronto, failed. Tha MlaM^ippi legislature will meet ^ w ^ m
on January 8th. Tbe caemony of txanamitting the j hawe’iUiptYi*running'and the fcny boauT'eaunot
remain* of the lata King Victor Emanuel from j lusttau.
A Cabinet That Dssa Not Kxasllr *«>t tho PrcaHoat-
B0100 l.osons of Ills Oflolol Career*
Special to Tho Constitution.
Washington, January 5.—If it be truo that a roan
learns something from every position he fills in life
tbo pretldeucy of tbo United States mast to a fruit
ful fourco of suggestion. Mr. Arthur hss, doubt
less, learned a good deal since ho atuumed the chief
migistracy. No loreon can bo more useful to him
than tbe knowledge ho lias acquired of bis own
cabinet, aud concerning good cabinet timber, in
the event that he is chetea for another
term. Probably no president ever bad less cordial
relation! with bis own advisers. With tho cxccp
tlon of Robert Lincoln and William K. Chandler,
nono of tho cabinet officers aro supposed to bo very
near to the president. Hayes had to lean on his
cabinet, especially on Mr. F.varts, who some times
consulted Rutherford about tho sbapo bo fbouJd
give to what wus absolutely lu Kvarts’s admlnis
tration. Garfield’s well kuown vacillation
him te seek tho aggreosivo
forco of Blaice and once secured,
he relied oa it absolutely. Arthur bccamo presi
dent under the most disadvantageous circum
stances that ever surrounded a map on taking that
ponderous care. Ho was not trusted by any largo
e.tmcnt iu hi* own party. The rest of tho coun
try bewailed bis elevation aa a national calamity.
If ever a president needed a strong and helpful
cabinet it was he. It has been more than two
year* since Arthur was sworn in. While
sever been more than a
parllMU aud bas often plsyed tho role
of the politician, tho respect of the country has
largely increased for thu man, and his admlulstra-
Ucn has sometimes been praised,even by his oppo
nents. For this result he ha* no one to thank but
blmoelf. From bis cabinet he bas gained little or
of good
Frefing-
buysen was revoked from a by-gono gerelation
and forced on him by judicious frieuda who taw
the mcesLity of a *>iato policy which would
c -ntraat with Blalne’a rampant ambition
The surest way to find a man who would do nothing
foolish was to get one who would do nothing stall,
lie fitted the bill perfectly.
The Camerons put Brewster in as MeVeagh’s tue-
cessor and great thing* were expected of his star
route prosecutions. They encUd iu a frltietlng
away of the government’-i raw- at a atupcLtleus
c*4it. The department of justice waa never the
occasIou ofzuch serious and varied complaint,
while tho conduct of it» chief otUi-t-1
has been liable, at least, to thu
criticism of an utter disregard of the courtesies and
dignity of his station.
Windom gave up the treasury after doing little
to help It to Kolger, who has proven one of thu
heaviest weight* the president ha* had to carry. It
isau open secret that Lin resignation would have
been acceptable long ago. and that more than one
smooth path has been paved for hi* exit If ho
would only waU out. l hi* he ha* made
up bis mind not to do unit** more emphatic
auggcvtiorji are thrown out. UnattraciiveasCiiaud-
ler is probably he has buen worm more to Arthur
than any other man in tbe cabinet His appoint
ment conciliated strong elements of opposition,
and enlisted in behalf of tire president the keenest
politician in hi* parly. JIo u •*
Mitrae, too. What wecall our 1
nearly vhible than at present
Robert Lincoln sympathized from the start much
more with Arthur thtu with GKrlleid, and settled
more comfortably into his official shoes when the
new regime was ushered la.
Mr. how# was never really io charge of the post-
ofli'-e department because of til bralth and natural
uiifimevi forsucb work. By the time he died Ar
thur had learned what kind of men he needed
and chose Gresham. DIs secre tary of the interior,
Mr. Teller, 1» reported a* a remarkable snecet* in
this rew field after rellnqubhiu: hit position a*
the most tedious of rcoator. The history of hi*
transformed cabinet and the present obj c
lions to it must hire proyen to tho
HflMim
f?, J. »nuary ‘i.i-Judgo i’ardeo, in thu
con.-, to day, rciMrrod an
opinion in tbo duo it tho New Orleans national
[ bank agaluat tho postmaster W. B. Metchaut. Tho
case cam# up on a motlou to dissolve the injunc
tion first Issued by fudge Thuiot, 0! tho civil dis
trict court, which waa transferred to the United
Stales court, enjoining Fostmaaior Merchant from
interfering with the malla addressed to the bank,i
such notion having been taken by thul
S Brtmaater in obt-dlunco to tho oraers of I
■: postraaiUr general, on Ibo ground that letters
Intended for tna lottery company, which hadl
been denied thu use of tho mail*, wore being ad I
dressed to the bank. Thu Judge said it seemed
to him doubtful whether the order of 188u, permit
ting tbe uae of tho malla to lottery cnmpn ‘
abrogated the set of 1879, forbidding their
Tbo court held that tho scheme denounced I
by thu law U tho dlstnhutlou of I
monoys through tho mails by
means of false and fraudulent rcpreseutatlouii.l
Tho facta found against tbe New Orleans national
I bank aro ouulde of tbe law, but the defendant
cauuot bo hold re-sponsible for obeying the orderal
lof his superior, i he court decided In favor of thul
I bank, de- rotlng/thal It waa entitled to the full and
fieu uoo of tho matin, and further ordered that thu
motion to dissovu the injunction bo denied. This
I* the cose that Attorney Oeueral Brewster camej
here with other government counsel to dufcud^M
A PIG POOL.
Msvcmcst t* Bilas all thi Optratara la Vlg Iran
lata a Ursa* Oaaiblaailan.
St. Louis, January 5.—Tho Age of 8tecl print!
a statement, on tho authority of persons largely
interested iu tho Iron trade, that a scheme ia on
foot to pool the entire pig Iron lndus'ry of the
couutry. Tho plan is to divide tho country into
alx districts, each to he represented
tbo pool, on a basts made up from tho tonnago
producing capacity of the dMrlet, and the profit
earning capacity per ton as thowu by tho work cf a
iwrle* of years, Each furnacu iu the district is to
share fu ihe district share of thu gouerat poof, on
bsfllH determined lu tho Fame way. Quo of tho
chief objects of thu sebemo i* to ascertain
tne exact product of pig la the country and with
This information in tbo hands of tho executive
cMiuulticu having authority to shut down, itcan be
mdc-red at any tun# to let tbu demand cjrtcb up In
upply, and price* bo thus mado regular and
jy. It Is also proposed thsint anytime fur-
uaces are ordered to be stopped fur auy ru*v
each will draw its share of profits
thu pool as though It were in blast. The
jf Bteela*)s tbal tbe scheme origluaied among
tbu furoac? men of the Dehlgb valley, nut strona
effort** wilt be raado to carry it out among furnace
men lu other parts of thu country, aud tnat this is
the first public notice of It.
Uhhnn 1‘vlnr, Ml.-U.lppl,
Opossum Point, Miss, January 2.—The govern-
meut steam launch struck a snag near this place,
and sank lu sixty feet of wstor yesterday morning.
D. J. Patterson, of dt. Louis, the auistsntengineer
and two whlto laborers, whose names uot ascer
tained. were drowned.
Ltilasli*, Keatai-by.
Lexington, Jauuury 2.—W. living Landell, said
to have U-en from Philadelphia, died here last
uisht from hanger and exposure. He reached hero
a few days axo, accompanied by* brother twelve
jenrs eld. He bad only one dollar and he gave
Out to the boarding house keeper for hts brother,
refusing to eat htnuulf. lie fouud employment os
a brokenian, and after thirty-six hours of exposure
iu slevt ».ud snow ha returned here aud died.
Chat las »«sa, Tiaaiwf.
Chattaxocga, January 2— Newton Leverptt,
street car driver of this city, waa arrested to-day ou
a capias from Georgia for tho murder of a convict
arce. Levurett was * convict guard,aud in attempt
ing to strike tbe convict with a whip the latter
raised his arm to ward off the blow, when Leverett
drew a revolver and shot him dead.
Catt*Us)»artf. KaalOBby.
C'atlettsbl'rg, Ky„ January 2 —There was a con
siderable sensation created when it was learned that
adonwtlc in tbe employ of William Bruns, by Ihe
name of Laj han, age-d eighteen years, bad made a
bunglltgcttcmpt at Infanticide. About 3 o’clock
p. m , toe girl went Into the privy and gave birth to
a girl baby, wrapped it up in a cloth and
threw It into the vault, fifteen feet
deep, leaviogn tor dead. Shortly afterwards the
crlmof toe newly born Infant attracted the atten
tion ot passers by and it was promptly rescued from
It* precarious erudition and turned over to its un
natural mother, *?juilogiy unhurt. Hbe received
No arrest has aa yet been r
Specials to Tbe Constitution.
Auoubta, January 3.—The fire which began
about 1 o'clock this morning was the most
disastrous that has occurred in Augusta for
uiauy years. How it started nobody knows.
Phinizy it Co. had one of the largest ware
houses in the city and 3 ; 500 bales of cotton
were stored In It. The fire raged for hours.
It was impossible to extinguish it, and all
tiie firemen could do was to save
adjoining property, the weather was in
tensely cold, arid notwithstanding the flerco
heat from the fire, the water froze almost as
soon as it fell. The burning cotton was in
tho very center of the cotton warehouse sec
tion, and a tremendous conflagration was
threatened. Fortunately the wind was
towards the river, otherwise the en
tire block hounded by Bay, Reynolds,
Eighth and Ninth street* would have been
consumed. The cotton in Phinizy’* ware
house is a total Inis but it is covered to its full
value in various insurance companies. There
was an insurance of $40 per bale on all of it.
The building, worth about $20,000, was insured
for $0,000 in the Home of Hew York. Tho
tiouthern Mutual, of Athens, Ga., had $10,000
on tbe cotton. This company ha* been sin
gularly unfortunate In Augusta of fate.
The firemen worked from one until seven
o'clock, when another alarm was sounded.
This time the fire was in Wheless & Co’s,
warehouse, a block distant, sparks from the
first fire having fallen among the cotton. In
a moment all tbe cotton in the warehouse
was in a blaze and the entire lot, about 500
bales, was either destroyed or badlv damaged.
Thero was $20,000 insurance on this, of which
$10,000 was in the Southern Mutual.
Dalton, January 3.—A fire broke out in
Hodge’s photograph gallery at one o’clock
this morning. The gallery was totally con
sumed. Lose $2,000; insurance $1,000.
J. A. Blanton, dry goods, was totally con
sumed. Loss $0,000; insurance $3,000.
The building owned by Moore <fc Manley.
Loss $2,000; insurance $1,250.
Browniug. stoves and tinware. Loss $5,000;
insurance $3,000.
Building, Moore & Manley. Loss $3,000;
insurance $1,600.
Wooten & Holmes, drugs. Partial loss; in
surance $1,000.
Building, owned by Money estate. Los*
$3,000; insurance $2,000.
, Dr. Gordon, drug* and library. Total loss
$5tK).
Building. Loss $2,000; insurance $1,000.
Cook it DuPrco, dry good*. $000; par
tial loss, no insurance.
Berry Bros., hardware, not burned but
stock damaged. Loss $1,000.
Tire lire wus bursting through thereof when
discovered, and was not easily controlled. Its
origin is not known, hut was probably acci
dental.
'(TVutfiioN, January 1. Oil tho night of the :tlHt
of August, 1881, n dtsyructivo firo Swept tho e
western portion of our square. Calm, quiet
peacefully beamed tho summer moon
upon our town that night,
quietude broken by tho harah clangor
bolls and tho hoarse erics of fire. The balldlngi
burned last night were woodon, and quickly yield
ed to the fire fiend's touch. Then Covington sus
tained her first great fire. Last night, Dco*mber
81st, 1883, the rnthlrss tames laid waste the outiro
north block. The fire originated in the store room
of K. W. fiiKhy, about 8:20 p tn„ and was caused
bv the defective stove pipe. The room is situated
about midway the block aud as all
Ihe buildings on that block were wooden
and coniicctliig.lt was Immediately seen that noth
ing could be dono toward saving any part of that
blocs. The fire quickly caught thu adjacent build
lugs oast and west of It Fint, going west was the
ixmiofflco, W. T. Well*, postmaster; Mr. Wells car
ried also a nice lino of confections, fanef and fami
ly groceries, books, statfooo/y 'etc., etc. I If* loss
personally will not exceed twp Hundred dollars on
hlsstock and tbe building be occupied. The post-
office liwtsboutoue hundred and tivclv.Jdollar .All
the general delivery, and toe Newton Factory mail
was burned. All ihe box and drawer mail was
sav'd, together with the furniture of the offico.
Next came the jewelor’s office. Captain J. M.
Levy saved all his effect*, but probably
will low aintit 175 damage dono his iowelty.
Next came the storeroom occupied by M. D. Bock-
well, bar, and T. N. Pitt*, fancy grocery and con
fection*. Mr. Bockwoll removed nearly all his
goods. Lotsnotmore than 9150. Dr. Pitta hat his
stock enUrely. Ho owned the building occupied
by Messrs. Hock well, Levy and hall interest in the
building occupied by w. T. Welts. No Insurance
on stock or building. Hivloss will not be less than
92,000. The building waa a two-story buildmg.and
np stairs wss occupied aa a barber shop by George
Johnson, colored. Ho moved the most of hi*
erty, furniture,
bo about
.... .... ,p 7ft
The next building
elegant .. .brick conrthousj.
Middlobroolrs and Kdwards, and ono room by Col
onel Capers Dickson as law office. It waa evMant
to all that our courthouse roust go. Determined
effort* ware mado to save tbo county andoourt
records—fitjcceisifully-evcryflitng of value waa
saved except a few old tax booia and old fifea of
court records. Messrs. Mlddlcbrooks and Kdward*
raved all their effveta. Through rolatako Colonel
Dickson waa reportod aa havlug lost all bis books,
papers, etc. This wo a re glad to state Is amliUkM
and he Duos L*-day that only a few valuable papers
and some books are lost.
Monaok, Ga., January .6 —Three sharp reports of
a rifle, accompanied by the shriek of a woman,
aronaed tbe quiet dtlaousof Centerville. The re
ports came from the residence of Mrs. Whitley,
widow of tbe late George Whitley. The people who
rushed there were horrified to find the dead bod/
of a man lying across Ute threshold, the top of his
beat} completely blown otf % while bis flesh wssstlll
quivering with the last spark of life. Tbe blood
was flowing In great streams around bla shoulders,
whJlo some distance off lay tbe upper half of tbe
dead man's bead Inside Mrs. Whitley stood, wild
and frantic, juat leveling her gun for auother shot,
when one of tbe neighbor* Jumped to hor side, and
knocking tbe weapon downward in time to aend it*
discharge through the floor, exclaimed:
My God, what la the matter 7”
Unhand me!” she shrieked, wildly. “I will
nover submit.”
He clinched her firmly in hie grasp, and aoon
convinced her that she was In the hands of friends,
when the told the atory of the tragedy.
The man waa John W. Dlall, a young man of
high character, whoso standing lr/the community
wax of the highest. Whllo Mi*. Whitley waa en
gaged in tho household duties Dlall came in, and
placing his arm around hor waist, she repulsed him
with a slap on the face. Ho gra/ped her again,
when, by a vigorous effort, the loosed herself from
him and ren out and around the building three
times, cloaely pursued by her assailant. She then
ran into tho house and seizing tbe rifle, which had
been left her b7 her Sato husband, she brought it
to bear and fired just a* hor pursuor had reached
the door. Aa the sharp report rang out the man
fell back. A second and a third time she loaded,
and in her wild despair she was firing wildly at her
imaginary foe*.
The cummunlty is loud In it* praise* of the brave
woman's defense of her virtue. The samults upon
women in this country have been unusually fre
quent of late. Pint, there was Taylor Bryant, who
bad tut served one sentence for an indecent amult,
only to commit two more of a moatjieinous char
acter ou the tamo night for which he was hanged a
few weeks ago. Then there wss another night of
horror on the Gwinuet county line, wherein four
young desperadoes assaulted women m.t n-v.-wii
touses, runniugoff thu men by tho t
Lawrikcevillr, January 4.—Information ha*
Just reached this place that one Mr, Joyce, of Wal
nut Grove, In Walton county, had the top of hi*
head shot off by a lady of the same place Tuesday
nisht. He went to where she waa living, her name
1 oau’t learn, and made iusulting propositions to
hor. Fhe rejt cted him emphatically aud closed tho
shot gun at hta head with wonderful success—he
having his head torn to pi cet, from which he
shortly died There ta no Jury In Walton county
tlut would find her guilty of any crime.
Valdosta, January I —Fuller particulars of the
Uuntcr Padgett tragedy, iu Echols county, havo
come to hand. Tho particulars are abont a* fol
lows: George Hunter lives abont three miles from
hfs father ln-law, J. T. Padgett. Tho latter ha*
been complaining forsoms tirao of Hunter’* dogs
killing his hogs. On the day mentioned Padgett
becarno angry aud determined to take redress in
hfs own hands. He took a doublo barreled gun,
loaded with buckshot, went to Hunter's house nua’*
killed one of his dogs. On hearing tho report of
theguu, Hunter came nut of his house to learn the
cause. Padgett immediately informed him that
he had shot hi* dog nlth one barrel, and would
kill hlai with tbe other. Padgett’s action*
scorned to correspond with bis words, as
he raised his gnu aud made some effort
to curry bl* threat Into execution. Hunter ran
back into bis house, got hfs gun aud killed Padgett
Instantly, The murdered man wss an old cidzen of
Echols county, being over seventy yean of age.
Columbus, December 81.—Joe Delaney, colored,
who has been absent some time, returned last
night, and demauded admittance at bla wife’s
house, which was refused. He left the door and in
a few minutes returned and forcibly entered tbo
bouse. In the meantime his wife had taken
refuge under tho bed, Imagining that she would bo
safe from tho brutality of her husband. The bruto
drew a pistol aud fired It under tho bed. The shot
took effect in three places in the thighs of the
woman. The wounds bled quite freely and,
though they aro not dangerous, are vory painful.
Delany lied and has not beeu captured. No reason
is assigned for tho disperxto conduct of tho
from tho yard of a neighbor early Sunday morning
fell into a well forty feet deep, aud sustained ieri-
ous Injuries.
, Flowery Branch, January 1.—This morning at
eight o'clock, W. D. Hawkins unfortunately got hts
left arm' badly cut in a gin. Tho wound la not dan
gerous but very painful. Wo hopo he may soon bo
able for business again.
Columbus, January 1.—Burglars broko into (ho
store of Mr. T. B. Young last night and robbed hi*
cash drawor of thirty-five dollars In currency. Tho
nunner In which thoy gained entrance Is unknown.
Tho city is sorely afflicted with a sharp gang of
burglars and they get in aomo of their dirty work
nearly evory night.
Tallulah, January 2.—Hone thlovea are operat
ing on the Chattahoochee river aud tho northeas
tern part ot Hall county. Quite a number ol
horses and mules have been stolen within stx mile*
oiLula a/ It is believed that the thieves have goao
towards Macon. Detectives will confer a favor to
keep a lookout.
LawnENcev 1 i.t.e, January 4.—Last month Mean]
K. D. Adair aud Handers Robinson, two clever
yoneg men from this town, left here for Florida to
make tliut Htuto their home, In a short whllo tho
lutu-r returned to hi* father and Im now with him.
Mr. M. L. Adair, father of tho former, last nfeht re
ceived a telegram tocoiui at once to a certain point*
that hi* hon wax dangeron*ly
forer. Jle lull he;», ':\utrt , »u«
i« 1M0 prju is, and r- • *-■•.. »r. '
prosperous home to go to the land ol the mange
<0 into th*- saw mill *“ ‘ “— ‘
all :
bosJjress. 14 Is Jolly to ltav-
id ffotoU*— * —*
ntra igcr* huti 1.
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Anotlier.
Uuinvn.i.1,January 4,—A dimculip
lu OftddUtoirn, tMi county, alow daya .luce bo-
tween Wm. Head and Columbua Ncclau and 111.
brother. Onoof the Nccl.u bon bad hl.hcidipllt
open with a gnu, and la now lying In a eery preoa
lfoo« condition. Head, tho manwhodld thod.m
age, m.de hi.twc.pe and baa not bten caught. Tho
panic fell ont about a .hoot log match.
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shipped the country.
CutvauND, January 4.—Tho Land mine wa> told
horo at constable'. >alo for 10,493, on Tuewlay, and
bought by M. II. Hand, A. V, Underwood, and
othon,
FaaitKLiM, January 4.-John W. Smith .hot
Robert lluckeba a day or two sluco. Ho la thought
to bo dang.rou.ly wound*!. Cue an old grudge,
Tiu.vi.iii, January 4.-Tho ticket offleo ot tho
Northeastern railroad at Athena waj burned Ihl.
inornlug, tbo lira oris
Almtnt everything |
■ana,
tfiutka, January 4,-Mr. B. if. W.ldln took
chart, of Ibo poitomcob.ro last Tunday. Tbo
former pr.tmuler being a democrat, tho change la
attributed lo political dcilgn.
raotroa, January 5.-Judge D. B. Handl mado
let year on 24 acre ol land >ome HI0 bushel, of
corn, ho I. now preparing to «ow It In oat. and ex
pect. to harvet ron. l.soo or 1,300 bushel.. Ho ha.
It
„ Jm-
year* and It I.
Hp era that b. conld not farm without hi. aheap.
Tbe iudai I. on. ol onr prujiu.lv. ...well u .no-
■Untlal farmer.,
Oaatauviua, January 4.—'TbU morning about
four o'clock a .mall four room tenant homo belong
lug to Major A. M. route was entirely destroy, d by
Ore. Mr mouabton. who waa living In lha bourn
at ho time, hot neatly all bla lumlture, eto. Tho
hou.a wu fully luaured.
WatKiaaviua, January 3.—On Christina, day
Ihe whitca and nag roe. of thl. place cam. near
gelling In a general row, canaed by a negro relat
ing. rrtauud an attempt hi rncile by other d.rkejn,
A Mr. IUuaford, called on by the merahal for au[st
ance, waa .truck lu tbe tempi, by Bleb Young, ono
‘“'.party trying to loan tbo prisoner from tbo
bal. They wrm arretted and flntd. To-day
Uanaferd and Young met. Words passed concern
ing tho dimculty. Young thrust bit band In Jila
pocket in a threatening manner, when Hansford
shot him The ball atruea in tn. neater of bit
right band and glanced out at the fleshy aide, in-
■Holing a painful but not by any meant aerlona
wound. A warrant waa lasutd for IiauafOrd'a
arrest.
Caanxa, January .’..—William Adami, a wrung
man living live mllea east of town, wu shot In tho
abdomen by ope tVUllame, at a country dance lut
night, and b expected to die today.
Ur. DanleMI. Malloy, of Telfair county b alio
dead. About ten o'clock on tho eight ol December
23d, Mr. Malloy discovered a firo at bb mill, and
supposed that bb mill house had been flred by an
Incendiary. He rau toward Urn mill, and, in a*
high stated excitement, lost bb balance,stumbled
and fell. He managed to catch on bb bauds, but
the effort was aumetentto rupture a blood vessel,
from wblcb he died lu a few mlnutu. Fortunate
ly the mill houae wu not on Are. Itwua build-
log near by occupied by the miller. About two
weeks previous to tbb, some person or persons flred
th.com crib of Mr. Malloy, end destroyed about
foug hundred bushels of com. Tbe firm of Malloy,
FutMll dr Co., at Temperance, offers a reward cf
on. hundred dollars for lh« party or pasties who
saturate tbo out bouwuwr the mill oulbe night
of Beccmber 23d.
Tbe governor hu pardoned Lon Wormack, a
colored woman who hu been confined In Station
county JUL Bbe wu tried and convicted for as
sault with tnt.nt to murder end sentenced to the
penitentiary, but wu taken sick soon alter one
lut court and la still In a critical condition.
iINDISTINCT PSINT