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VOL. If.
WINTRY CHEER.
Three hundred years ago, or so,
The best that could be had for gold,
To set before the queen herself,
Might make a carving-knife run eoldj
A peacock stripped and roasted! Then.
Served in its feathered skin and orest,
And glorious in the amethyst, .
Emerald, and sapphire of its breast,
With curving throat of azure lights,
) And in Its gilded beak a flame,
Held high by some fair lady’s hands
' On a great silver dish it came, * *
And Cleopatra’s purple sail
Was duller than that streaming tail!
When that great gorgeous bird was fit,
I wonder how one lifted it 1
Talk of the good old times! Just think
Of all the feathers and the fuss 1
The times we have are best of all—
The best is good enough for us!
Look at this phenis, crackling hot, •'
Done to a turn of its brown breast—
From last year’s ashes here again—
And never mind the peacock's crest!
What will I have? An outside bit * n
Whose praises epicures might sing—
The wish-bone, thank you, or perhaps
L The luscious picking of a wing 1
iCome, let a royal feast begin
When Mary brings the turkey in!
For all their crests, and peacocks, too,
I wouldn’t change with them—would
, you?
—Harriet P. Spofford, in St. Nicholas. ,
r VIOLA GAMA, 'v ~ I
. i-JP HAVE - fought the
batttes of life for—
ft ' ahem, let me see—
ft- pSw vIC fifty years ’ and up
t pESr ward, and I' have
aH never yet been
I HH worsted in a fair
/ ||l|| struggle. Ido not
V HH* see should per-
A Jrmit myself to be at
tacked, routed and
i\ pursued in a matter
* hke this. No, de
,J cidedly no; I think
I have the key to the situation!”
Although the Colonel’s words and
manner were indeed bellicose when he
delivered this ultimatum, the occasion
which prompted the outburst, like the
gentleman’s title, had no actual military
foundation. The affair was purely
civil in its nature, and the Colonel had
only as much license to speak after the
|fashion of a field officer as belongs to
a man who has once been a loyal* atrd
enthusiastic member of the militia. It
was quite true, however, that he had
suffered less than most men from the
cruel perverseness of things which con
front U3 in this life. Bora rich, healthy
and virtuous, and endowed with a
charming capacity for shunning dis
agreeable things; he had lived his life
thus far in the most optimistic manner
possible.
Just now, however, his stronghold of
serenity was threatened with vigorous
assault. His only son had sent word
from a remote Yorkshire parish that he
was on the point of marrying the eldest
of a family of seven daughters, the
property of the vicar, a clergyman
whose peculiar theological preferences
had relegated him to obscurity and a
stipend of £IOO per annum. “She’s
the sweetest thing imaginable,” Geof
frey had written, with the fine discrim
ination of a lover. “Just wait until we
reach New York and she shows on the
avenue.”
The Colonel lost no time in cabling his
most emphatic paternal dissent. He re
ceived an almost immediate reply to place,
the effect that the marriage had taken
This intelligence put him into a state
that was exceedingly uncomfortable
while it lasted, but it did not endure.
Perhaps the time-worn expedient of dis
inheriting his refactory heir did not
occur to him, for his indignation ex
pended itself in a message devoid of
congratulation, in which he requested
his son and Mrs. Geoffrey to linger in
definitely at the vicarage. He
intimated that an early applica
tion for his parential blessing would
prove to be for them a real ignis fatuus,
but he tempered the severity of the state
ment by sending a check for a sum which
should have done wonders in allaying
the sting of paternal displeasure.
It was a real grief for the Colonel—
the most poignant he had known since
the death of h:s estimable wife,
which had happened long before Geof
frey was capable of inflicting any serious
domestic wound; but he had much to
console him,' and, most fortunate of all,
he had a hobby; it was the most delight
fully and absorbing and self-engrossing
distraction that a.man can have—he was
an amateur organist.
It must not for an instant be believed
that he was a mere wanton trifler with
the noblest of musical instruments. His
whole soul was in it, and he was be
lieved by his friends to boa virtuoso.
His musical suppers were the talk of the
town; to be bidden to them was tuneful
surfeit, and not to know them unmelo
dious gnashing of teeth. It was a de
light as well as an apparent necessity for
the appeasing of the constant yearning
of his musical nature for him to direct
the musis in a large and fashionable
church.
He was at this particular moment in
charge of the music at St. Nero’s where
he assumed the entire expense of the un
dertaking, and supplemented his gener
osity by having the organ rebuilt to
meet his particular requirements. The
music was quite as elaborate as any in
town, and the diversion went far toward
Estate of lafie Ictus.
easing the pang of Geoffrey’s unfilial con-
-
But the season advanced, and the
ultro-fashionable worshipers of St Nero’s
deserted their temple and fled tosumincr
resorts.
It was then that the Colonel began to
bestir himself to secure an assistant, for
he did not suffer his passion to interfere
with the still potent magnetism of New
port. He advertised; there were many
who were willing,’and a : time was ap
pointed for a comparative trial. When
the moment arrived the Colonel stole
away to the darkest corner of St. Nero’s,
resolved to eschew personal appearance
and to let merit win the test. •*
The candidate who played last was
the one that best met his ideas of what
was required. Entering-the organ loft
by a side door he saw a rather fragile
looking young woman perched upon the
bench.- *.— ■ *.• •<**#
“Parden me,” he began, with a good
deal of astonishment in his voice and
manner. “Are you the * person who has
just been playing the Bach fugue so
well?” -
She turned with a startled Hook. “I
was trying it,” she admitted, “but I am
afraid I made sorry work of it.”
“By no means,” dissented the Colonel
gallantly. “It was well, done—quite as
well as I could have done it myself. We
are very fortunate to have found you,
Miss—what may I call you?"
She colored and seemed to hesitate.
“Gamba—Viola Gamba,” she replied at
last. ---
Then she turned away and began to
finger the stops nervously.
•After that they talked a little about
her engagement, and then the Colonel
took his leave. ■; > ,*. k>-
Miss Gamba from the first was a great
success. She managed the great in
strument in a manner that was little
short of masterly. She also made a de
cided impression upon the members of
the quartette. The Colonel, who was
early on the ground, was not long in dis
covering that his new assistant was as
pretty as sho was clever. The tenor was so
distracted by her charming individuality
that he took a throaty note in the mid
dle of his solo. The soprano confided
to the alto her intention of going
straight home after service and repro
ducing the newcomer’s bonnet while
the impression was fresh. The alto in
return called attention to the heavenly
fit of Miss Gamba’s gown.
Now that he might,the Colonel did not
at once leave the city. The weather be
came very warm indeed, but he lingered.
He came regularly to all the rehearsals
and services, but never once showed any
disposition to resume his place at the
organ. He seemed content to sit quietly
in the organ loft.
About midsummer the services were
discontinued and the great oaken doors
of St. Nero’s were to be closed. Before
that time the Colonel had admitted to
himself that Miss Gamba was the most
interesting of women. He more than
once found himself regretting that he
must conduct himself toward her in the
paternal fashion befitting his years, and
he often sighed deeply. He realized all
at once that his interest in neckwear was
reviving, but the climax of his new con
dition wa3 reached on the eve of the
last Sunday before the close of the season
at St. Nero’s. It happened, as he was
about to put on his hat upon leaving his
club, that his eye caught a glimpse pf
the band of crape which he had worn
for so many years in unsuspecting and
unvarying repetition. He held the hate
ful thing at arm’s length and gazed at it
with horror. Then he called a waiter
and bade him take the hat away.
“Where shall I take it, sir?” the as
tonished man asked.
“Anywhere—take it anywhere—to a
hatter, and have him remove that band
instantly. Do you think I can go about
looking like a hatchment?” demanded
the Colonel, indignantly.
In due time the man appeared with
the offending tile, now shorn of its
ghastliness. The Colonel, properly re
habilitated and rejuvenated, went to a
florist’s and secured the most satisfactory
boutonniere that money could demand.
Then he hurried away to the organ loft
of St. Nero’s, where the last rehearsal of
the season had just been concluded.
The quartet had departed and Miss
Gamba was alone with the great organ.
As the Colonel entered she was still play
in<* some softly reminiscent thing. The
loft was brilliantly lighted. The Colonel
at that moment made up hi3 mind that
St. Cecilia was an overrated creature,
and that she suffered greatly by compar
ison with the glowing picture before his
eyes. * '
Sho saw him in the glass and at once
stopped playing and turned to greet him.
He came up and stood beside her.
“Shall you remain in town during the
summer?" he asked, rather abruptly.
“Really—l hardly know—l have no
plans at present,” see stammered.
“Pardon me,” he said. “I thought
perhaps you might be going to your
friends.”
“No,” she replied, with a slight choke
in her voice. “My friends are very far
away. lam practically friendless.”
“Oh, you must not say that, my dear
Miss Gamba—you really must not!”
She schilled sorrowfuly and shook her
head.
“Really, Miss Gamba, I cannot permit
you to say that you have no friends,”
he went on, reproachfully. “I should
do myself a base injustice if I did not
beg you to recall those words.”
She pulled down the organ lid with a
gentle touch and then began to put on a
TRENTON, GA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16,1892.
"Am I not youf friend? Has not that
fact occurred to you—ever?” he con
tinued, rather eagerly.
“Of course it has—often,” she replied
frankly, giving him the ungloved hand.
“I am so much interested in you. I
wish I could tell you how interested I
am in you, dear Miss Gamba,” he said,
still,retaining possession of the hand.
“You have been most kind—and con
siderate,” she said, looking him full in
thotface. “I am deeply grateful to
you.” *<•-=■ "•“*
“I want to be—l wish you would let
me”—he stammered, getting red in the
face. “I—l am very fond of you 1”
She did not speak nor did she take
away her hand.
“It seems to me now—just at this
moment”—he went on, recklessly,
“that I would suffer anything just to—
to”— - ~
“What?”
s “Kiss you I”
Almost before the words had left his
shamefaced lips the girl threw her arms
about his neck and kissed him once,
twice, thrice.
“I like you so much!” she exclaimed,
with a hand on each shoulder, holding
him at arm’s length and looking him
full in the face.
“I didraot know—l did not think”—
he choked, reaction setting in. “I never
once dreamed of this!” >
- “Nor did I!” she declared, raptu
ously. “I never for a moment suspected
that it could be brought about so easily.
But I had faith in myself to believe that
I eould do it in time. Geoffrey has lost
his wager I”
A sickening light broke in upen the
Colonel’s racked comprehension; this,
then, was the young woman, whom he
had advised to remain in Yorkshire.
With the effort of his lifetime he held
himself erect and in a true military tone
said:
“Madame, permit me to escort you to
my house.”
“But—Geoffrey—l must go to him—
at the Victoria,” she said.
“Never mind Geoff,” he replied,
loftily; “I will send the carriage for
him.”—New York Topics.
Uses of a Monster Search Light.
A. C. Shaw gives some interesting de
tails concerning the -operation of the
Mount Washington search light. Thou
sands of copies of the code by which the
transmission of signals to different points
is effected, have been distributed in the
country around Mount Washington, and
the flashing of the light at night affords
entertainment to the whole country side,
especially to visitors at the hotels, who
gather in knots in the piazzas, and dis
cuss the all-absorbing topic of “search
light” and endeavor to read the messages
signalled from the mountain. Mr. Shaw
was at Maplewood, twenty miles from
tha top of the mouutain by air line,
when the projector was turned on to the
hotel for about twenty minutes one clear
night. The light, even at that distance,
was too bright to be looked upon com
fortably, and by it the time on a watch
could be distinctly told and the type of
an ordinary headline could be read with'
ease. On white surfaces, such as the
front of the hotel, a curious shimmering
effect was produced. Small, dark
patches seemed to float constantly*over
the surface, caused possibly by the mag
nifying of minute particles of vapor in
the atmosphere, or by some other phe
nomena not yet explained. The signal,
ing is accomplished by a metal damper
in the inside of the projector, which can
be lowered between the arc and the lens
by a lever extending to the outside and
by means of which flashes of short or
long duration can be made. While
possessing the great advantage of afford,
ing a means of transmitting intelligence
over a wide tract of country this search
light will be deprived of much of its
usefulness under special conditions un
less it can be utilized in connection with
a secret code, and such a method of
communication will doubtless be made
to supplement that already in operation.
—Chicago News-Record.
’ A Carious River.
One of the curiosities of Mexico is the
Sonora River. It rises in the norteastern
part of the State of Sonora and flows
southwest until it sinks in about forty
miles of the Gulf. Where it passes
Hermosillo the quantity of water it
carries is immense, but in the short
distance of twenty mile3 there is not the
least vestige of water, and a burning
waste of sand extends from there to the
coast. *-
Whether this water merely sinks into
the sandy soil and is evaporated by the
great heat, or has some subterranean
outlet by which it reaches the sea, has
never been determined; and, as far as I
am able Cos find out, no one capable of
judging such matters has ever visited
the country. —St. Louis Republic.
Salt Baths at Home.
It may; perhaps, not be known ts
everyone that a real salt bath can b*
taken as well at home as at the sea shore,
minus the exhilaration of wind and
wave. A cup of rock salt dissolved ia
water and added to the bath is a most
refreshing tonic to the exhausted body.
But don’t go out of doors after taking
it. The best time to indulge in the
luxuries of a salt bath is just at bed
time. Try this home-made ocean bath,
and note its effects.—Detroit Free
Press. .
THROUGHOUT THE SODTH.
Notes oi Her Progress and Prosperity
Briefly Epitomized
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told,
The First National bank, Mount Airy,
N. C., has filed an application for au
thority to organize.
A Louisville dispatch of Friday says:
The whisky trust has advanced the price
of whiskey five cents a gallon. By way
of explanation the trust says in a circular
that their step is necessary owing to
speculation in the market.
A north bound passenger train on the
Mobile and Birmingham road struck a
box car near Whatley, Ala., Monday
night. The locomotive made a complete
somersault. Engineer Peter Rison was
buried in the wreck. He escaped with
flight? ipjuries.
Huntsville, Ala., has secured the loca
tion in her midst of a Rightmore knit
ting factory, which will operate about
thirty hands and forty machines and
have a capacity of several hundred pairs
of hose per day. There will be dye works.
Operations will begin in two weeks.
Ceremonies incident to the unveiling
of a monument to the memory of the
dead members of the old Richmond How
itzer battalion of artillery took place at
Richmond, Va., theater Tuesday after
noon. The building was crowded from
pit to dome, despite the pouring of the
rain.
Captain George N. Wood bridge, cashier
of the savings bank of Richmond, Va.,
one of the best known club men in the
city, committed suicide Monday morn
ing. The cause for the deed is not known,
although for several days previous he
acted at times in a manner indicative of
mental depression.
The civil service commission has ar
ranged for examinations to be held in
Georgia for applicants for positions in
the railway postal service on the follow
ing dates next year: Savannah. Febru
ary 9th; Atlanta, September, 27th; Ma
con, February lltb; Savannah, October
10th; Macon, October 14th.
A bill was introduced in the Alabama
legislature Thursday making it a misde
meanor for any person to go upon the
land another with a pistol, whether
c nceaTed orfaot, without having obtain
ed permission of the owner of the prop
erty, if unoccupied, or the permission of
the servant or occupant if occupied.
A special of Saturday from Johnson
City, Tenn., says: The shooting of
Henry Gr-‘eu, who was found lsShe road
with a pistol buUet in his bijp,
garded as a sigjsM for of
the Green-Jontlfwar in Hancock county,
Asa consequeme of the feud between
these families twenty people have been
killed, more are in the penitentiary and
others have left the country.
A bill was introduced in the Alabama
house of representatives, Friday, fixing
the tax rate at five mills, which is one
Mn advance of the present rate. The
fakes this rate for the two approach
ix years, but the governor is au
thorized to suspend as much of the col
fection as he may deem necessary should
he find that the rate yielded more reve
nue than the government needs.
In the South Carolina house of repre
sentative-1, Monday, a bill was introduc
ed to repeal the act incorporating the
town of Hamburg, known as North Au
gusta. This is in line with the recom
mendation in the governor’s message,
the reason being the numerous disorders
that frequently occur there on Sundays.
The - town was chartered in 1827 and be
fore the war it did an immense business.
A bill was introduced in the general
assembly of South Carolina, Tuesday,
making it a misdemeanor for any person
to prevent an employe from belonging to
any labor organization* or political club,
or to threaten to discharge him
of his connection with such organization.
The penalty is SIOO fiue or six months’
imprisonment. It is hinted that this is
the outgrowth of the charge by the ad
ministration that the corporations during
the Tecent state campaign discharged
employes because they were Tillmanites.
A report reached Charleston, S. C.,
Tue-day that four Itallian miners work
ing in the Horse Shoe phosphate mine,
near Jacksonboro, were shot and killed
by a padrone named Andrins, Jack
sonboro is eighteen miles from Charles
ton but has no telegraphic communica
tion. Quite a number of Italian labor
ers from New York are engaged at work
in the mints and murders are of frequent
occurrence. The latest report from Jack
sonboro is that an armed band of Ital
ians headed by a trial justice, are in pur
suit of the slayer.
It is prediced by reliable and conser
vative cotton brokers at San Antonio who
have received reports from all sections of
the state during the past week the Texas
output this season will not fall short of
2,000,000 bales. That of 1891 was
2,200,000 bales. The weather has been
exceedingly favorable throughout the
state for picking and the high price
has caused planters to pick much
closer than in former years. There
are still a great many fields which have
not yet been touched and the indications
are that the cotton movement will con
tinue heavy in Texas for six weeks yet.
A Greenville, Miss., dispatch says:
Over 100 attachments were made Thurs
day on the property of L. &N. IV isin
ski, bankers, merchants and planters,
who failed on Tuesday. Creditors who
are not included in the preferred list are
indignant, and are determined to have
the assignment set aside by court. It is
now thought the liabilities may reach
$1,000,000. The assets are about the
same, but nearly all are iu real estate or
mortgages and plantations. W. R. Profit
& Cos., who were large creditors of the
Wisinskis. have assigned; liabilities,
SIOO,OOO.
ROBBED THE PASSENGERS.
Two Toughs Take Possession of a
Train—A Passenger Killed.
An attempt- was made at Huntington,
W. Va., Monday night to rob the east
bound Chesapeake and Ohio passenger
train. Two men boarded the train at
midnight. Jloth wore belts heavily bur
dened with weapons. Just after the
train left the depot they put on masks,
drew large Colt’s revolvers and entered
the coach immediately ahead of the
sleeper. They ordered all hands up aud
proceeded to seurch all the passengers.
A PASSENGER KILLED.
One of the first was a Mr. Eiser, or
Tuck, as other reports say, walking in
the aisle. He said he had no money and
resisted. Instantly one of the men fired
two shots into his brain aud he fell dy
ing. A panic ensued duriug which
trainmen reached the scene and a general
fight began. One of the robbers pulled
the bell cord and the train stopped at
Twentieth stieet, where he and his com
panion escaped. A passenger named
Flannegan received a bullet in the foot
during the fight. There is no clue ex
cept a mask and overcoat dropped by tb
robbers.
A SHOT IN THE DARK.
Shortly afterwards Burrell Forgey, who
lived near the scene, heard noises on his
premises and going to the door was as
sailed with revolver shots, one bullet
striking him in the right shoulder,break
ing his arm. No attempt was made to
rob him and it is supposed the despera
does, trying to escape in the dark, were
determined to prevent pursuit.
FORGEY THE ROBBER.
An hour later detectives arrested Bur
rell Forgey for the train robbery. He is
the man who said he was shot in the
right shoulder after the robbery by
prowlers around his house. Forgey cor
responds exactly to the description of
one of the robbers and has been identi
fied by one of the passengers.
POISONED THE FOOD.
Reported Attempt to Exterminate Non-
Union Workmen at Homestead.
The Pittsburg, Pa., Sunday papers
published a startling story of a conspira*
cy to pioison the non-union men at Car
negie’s steel plant, at Homestead, and as
a result it is alleged several persons lost
their lives, while scores are suffering from
the effect of some poisonous drug. The
developments so far made, it is said, im
plicate the members of the advisory com
mittee. the Arnalgated Association and
officers of other labor organizations.
Nine or more persons are under ar
rest, ostensibly on less serious charges,
but really for the purpose of averting
suspicion until the others in the alleged
conspiracy could be apprehended. It is
stated the chief cook inside the Home
stead mills confessed to having placed
poison in the food prepared for non
union men; that he did so at the insti
gation of the strikers’ committees, and
that he was also under pay from them as
well as from the Carnegie company. If
he caused death and sickness sufficient
to frighten the non-union men from the
mill and compel the closing of the mill
he said he was to receive $5,000.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROADS.
A Bill to Give the Commission Power
to Make Scehdules.
A Columbia, S. C., special says: Col
onel Mcßee, superintendent of the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta, Western
North Carolina and Columbia and Green
ville division of the Richmond Terminal,
made a speech Wednesday before the
senate railroad committee anent the Wil
son bill to give the railroad commission
absolute control of the railroads. Receiver
Chamberlain,of the South Carolina road,
and Maj. Ganahl, of the Port Royal and
Western Carolina road, made speeches
against the constitutionality of the meas
ure. The latter speaker declared that
the mil gave the commission inquisitorial
and tyrannical powers, and declared that
the roads, if goaded too far, would resort
to the federal courts. The committee,
after midnight, decided to make a favor
able report on the bill and recommended
eliminate power of the railroad comm’s
sioners to make schedules
WILMINGTON TO LIVERPOOL.
A Line of Steamships to Be Engaged
for Direct Trade.
W. G. Ililton, agent for Barber & Cos.,
of New York, is in Augusta, Ga., to ar
range with the cotton shippers to put on
a line from Wilmington, N. C., to Liver
pool and Bremen. Arrangements have
been made with the Seaboard Air-Line
for freight rates to Wilmington, the same
as the rates to the ports of •Charleston
and Savannah, thus giving Augusta five
comp ti'.ive p irts—Savannah,Charleston,
Port Royal. Wilmington and Norfolk.
Storms in the West.
Advices of Thursday from Arkansas
Indian Territory and Texas, report se
vere wind and electric storms, and several
funnel shaped cyclones. One at Brenham,
Texas, demolished a dozen houses and
injured several persons. Dennison,Tex.,
reports that several houses were blown
down and cattle killed by lightning. In
Indian Territory many cattle and a stock
man named John Wilsmere, were killed
by lightning at Big Prairie. A tornado
-300 yards wide, struck Paragould, Ark.,
Wednesday forenoon and did considers,
ble damage.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEAHINGS.
The News oi the World Condensed Into
Pithy amd Pointed Paragraphs.
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
Prof. John Strong Newberry, one of
the most eminent geologists of the coun
try, died in New Haven, Conn., Thurs
day.
The London Morning Post says the
report of Emin Pasha's death has
been received in London. According to
the report Emin was killed last March
near Ituri river by Manyemaen.
Jacob B. Crowell, an aged and wealthy
citizen of Greencastle, Pa., lost $5,-
000 by a three card monte man Thursday.
It was the usual game of a stranger want
ing to buy his farm.
A Cincinnati special of Friday says:
An expert accountant who has been in
vestigating the books of the local freight
department of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, has discovered a shortage
of $45,000.
An Albany, N. Y. dispatch says: Miss
Su3an B. Anthony, of Rochester, the
well known woman suffrage advocate,
was, on Monday, appointed manager of
the state industrial school by Governor
Flower.
The Lackawana Iron and Steel Com
pany, at Scranton, Pa., on Saturday,shut
down its north steel mill owing to a de
pression in the steel rail market. Over
one thousand employes are thrown out
of employment.
A London cablgram of Tuesday says:
A pauper, named Sheridan, an inmate of
the Lambert workhouse, has come into a
fortune of £300,000 by the death of an
aunt, Mrs. Blake. Sheridan has two
sons, both of whom emigrated to Amer
ica years ago.
There is a movement on foot in Indi
anapolis to abolish Sunday funerals,
which bids fair to accomplish its purpose.
The undertakers hold that there is no
good reason why Sunday should be re
garded as a funeral day, and the minis
ters express the same opinion.
The National Brotherhood of Soldiers
was incorporated at Indinnapolis Mon
day. < It takes in both ex-union and ex
confederate soldiers of democratic faith.
Three of the incorporators are ex-union
and two ex-confederate soldiers. Its
motto is “The War Is Over.”
At the convention of the American
Federation of Labor in session at Phila
delphia I uesday, a sensational resolution
was pitseuLeu by Delegate Morgan, of
Chicago, that the convention join in the
plea of the governor of the state of Illi
nois for the pardon of Oscar Neele, Sam
uel Fielding and Michael Schwab.
Henry C. Powers, the chairman of
the civil service committee of the Na
tional Association of Letter Carriers, had
an audience with President Harrison
Monday morning and presented peti
tions signed by 5,000 citizens, praying
thathe extend civil service so as to em
brace the entire free delivery postal ser
vice of the country.
William Ramsey, a pioneer farmer of
Sunman, Ind., eighty years old, met
with a most horrible death Thursday
night. Ramsey had made ready to kilt
some hogs and went into the pen to
drive them out. A large and vicious
boar attacked Ramsey, threw him down
and began tearing his flesh trom the
bones. He was rescued but died in a
short time.
A Brussels cablegram of Friday says:
The bimetnlist delegates are irritated at
the indefinite and double dealing course
of the British delegation, a majority of
whom seem anxious to prevent any re
sult, except failure, of the deliberations
of the conference, while at the same
time endeavoring to hoodwink India and
the strong bimetalist sentiment in great
Britain, by a pretense of sincerity.
A telegram of Monday from Harris
burg, Pa , is to the rff ct that Deputy
Sheriff Ferrell has applied for a requisi
tion on the governor of Kentucky for the
delivery of Robert E. Beatty to the Alle
ghany county, Pa., authorities. Beatty,
is under arrest in Louisville for assault.
There is strong evidence at hand to show
that he is concerned in poisoning non
unionists at the Carnegie works at Home
stead. ,
A cable dispatch from Valparaise, Chile,
states that the news of the ratification by
the siates of the protocol relating to
claim was received with pleasure in
Santiago. It is hoped by the govern
ment that the appointment of arbitrators
will be left to Mr. Cleveland. The press
of Valparaiso and Santiago contain bitter
comments on Mr Eagan’s return. They
hope the government will show him
scant courtesy.
A Chicago special of Tuesday says:
Grand Chief Ramsay is more confident
than ever that the Rock Island telegraph
ers will win their strike. According to
his advices the road is not handling per
ishable freight and most all of its trains
are from one to twelve hours late. Gen
eral Manager St. John says the road is
taking everything from perishable freight
to passengers and claims to be more
pleased than ever over the outlook.
A New York dispatch of Friday states
that the Florida Central and Peninsula
road has succeeded in placing its bonds
to build the extension to Savannah with
a syndicate headed by Vermillye & Cos.,
at about 92J. These bonds will be a
ca ncel mortgage on the whole property at
the rate SIO,OOO per mile, euough being
reserved to take up the underlying born.s
and first preferred cumulative stock.
They will probably be offered to the
public in the early part of the year.
NO. 40.