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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. APRIL 22. 1884. TtTEUTT: P 4 a WRT
METROPOLITAN MEN
THE OREAT STOCK SPECULATORS
OF GOTHAM.
A Talk With Ex-H>jm Wiekham-Tk. Brmark.bte
Carr??r tf J.j Go*ild-Rtu??-U Six* a.dusrca
W. neld-OUtr rramt^ui llan-
Fariooal Falala.
[The serin of aketchaa and lllai'ra'lonacontinned
In ihl?? number of Tint Coxarrrtrrrn.v are copy
righted by the author, and all rights of publica
tion In any form are named ]
Nxw Vosk. April 18 -Ex-Mayor William C.
Wickham, who la now a broker In Wall tlreet, and
the head of the home of Wickham dt Il-lstcad, one
of the moat popular afecciea of the large claaa of
cltlzenawhoapccnlate on margins, talked to me
the other day of the phenomenal dnllneas of atock,
and without dltcunlug the came he mentioned,
aa Illustrating the condition of the market that hla
own, among m??ny other concern*, InWall atreet,
were not making their office ex
pense*. Everywhere one can hear
ot the redndlon of expenaea consequent on the
atagnatfon of apeculatlon. I encountered at lunch
one day laat week four young men who had Juat
been discharged by a single house which bad con
cluded to dissolve. The drat of May, which la at
once the begtnnlcg of the decal year and the clear
ing day for all New York will wltneaa many re-
movala to cheaper offices, a general reduction of
office renta, the wholaale discharge of unnecessary
help, aud an unusual number of dissolutions of
coparlnerablpa and retirements from the business
of brokerage. Seats In the stock exchange have
not been as cheap as they are now for many years
put, nor vacancies as numerous. The
chief underlaying trouble la explained lobe that
men bavo ceased to be apecnlaton and have tamed
Investors.
"The street??? no longer offers the attraction of
quick and excessive deductions, which lslhe
(diarm for the purely speculative element of those
who would be inddenly rich. The number of safo
Investments offered hu so enormously lncrcued of
late yean that the solid peoplo with a tew thous
ands to lay away pm their money and themselves
bayood temptation by Investing fn governments or
anraly dividend paying Insurance, railway or tele
graphic atock, which speculative manipulation
never seriously affects. The ???Money Kings" of the
country havo concentrated in Wall atreet as
the dnanelal center of the union, and
have combined, not by any preconcerted plan, but
by an unwritten compact dictated by mutual Inter
ests, to (maintain Ibe values 01 the Investments in
which they have embarked. Thcae are so many
and so large that to sustain them la to sustain all
securities which are not absolutely worthless. It
la cbledy owing, yon wlll.be told, to tbe cooserva-
itira of capital that apeculatlon baa declined and
iastagnant. While Vanderbilt, Gonld, Mills, Bage,
Field, Mcckay, Huntington, Flowers Porter end
others among the balls are held rtsroualble for the
lnfl'tlon of the stocks which they bold, they ere
credited at tho same time by tho theorists
wbo aro of this way of thinking with
tbe prevention of the speculation which
the bears like Cammach, Heath, Osborne, Woela-
hoffec, etc., wonld Inflict on tbe market for tho
benefit only of tbe broken.
In this view of the altuallon the retirement of
Charlee J. Oaborue, from Wall street, bae more
than algnlllcance. He la a representative bear, hie
home has for many years had tbe pick of the bear
speculative cus'cm: heavy gamblers on margin
sought hla advice and followed bla play, r
Urea, not because he has money enough or because
grown old, but simply becanso there is Utils
money end Ices excitement in speculation. Be
doca not aeek repow, he merely desires to eacege
dullness which to a man of hla aotlvo temper
ament la next lo death. Ho will come
back to'theatreel??? someday; they nil do In tlm??,
but it will not be until tho flamee of apeculatlon
flare fitfully and uncertainly again.
"Charier ??? Oeborne???everybody calls hlmio-la
curious combination of the bon vlvant and ahresvd
man of business. You cannot offar him too much
good wine alter bmlucai hours, but you cannot In
duce him to touch a drop, no matter how superior,
while the exchaage la open. He la Jovial, kindly
and liberal at the table, sod In the acetal circle of
ai evening, bnt at hla office or In tho exchaage
during bmlnea boars he Is cold, serious, eloce and
calculating, trusting few and auspicious ot most
men. He is hla own counterpart aud changes hla
nature with tho natursof bis business. When he
was Jay Gould's broker Gould wee chiefly a bear,
seeking to be rich on the false principle that proa-
perity muat be built on the ruins of others; now
that Gould la rich and a confirmed bull, he and
Osborno have parted company, tha latter remain
ing a bear by Instinct rather than reason. Bulat
the same Ume O-borne???s business asa speculator's
broker has left him and he retire*, nl e Gould la
getting deeper and deeper Into businesses an In
vestor, note speculator, and as such remains the
most powerful lufloenoe en the "atreet."
JAY GOULD.
I have known Jay Gonld tor fifteen yean put
And have watched his remarkajilo career
tlons, htahabits exeot and regular, bta resolutions consolidated Mall end Express Into a .^tall atreet
With great interest, acme admiration
and no> a little amesement Nothing
In It la qiflta so icmarkable u hla darelopment In
the lest few yeara u an lnvaator, aad It U a perm-
liar feature of hie career not generally regarded or
appreciated. It le a new character In which the
public which had coma to regard and dlitrnst and
curse him. Is not fully prepared to accept him.
Everybody la so accustomed to look upon him u a
speculator that the whole city seemed astonished
recently, when It became neoemary for him to
???natatn a falling market by a display of hla stock,to
find that he had bnllt a vault for hla valuable
Broadway, as well u a mausoleum
for hla body In Wtacheater. That
he ehonld be quietly clipping coupons
when everybody else wu polling op margins
seemed to grieve u well as astonish ibe bean who
lately hemmered Villiud and Northern Pacifies
ont of all ahap*. "Ha la ao much of a speculator,???
wrote Collla I\ Huntington, a former friend, that
It la difficult to tall Juat wham hla interest la.??? It
la tha popular Idea ol lie man, and yon can hear
him damned at any honr of any day by persona
wbo attribute their losses to fancied manipulations
ol bla.
Jhe chief characteristic of Jay Gonld la bla per
sistency. It la expiaarad In hla face, ha la hud,
firm and almost Immovable of countenance; hie
ayes never betray hla emotions, If he hu any.
and they art not tha windows of hla soul (If he
hu any.) Persistency la expressed in his
every action, his manner and hla language.
lie begins by assuming that yon art ot hla way of
thinking, and that yon will nnhealutlDgly adopt
and carry ont hr s plana. Tha same qualification
la obterved in almost every Incident of his career.
He tells that ha ones faltered by tha wayaldt and
sought strength la prajer. ???Be was evidently re
freshed and strengthened by praying ???aald one
who Imagined himself a victim of Gonld," be-
cause he hu been preying ever since.??? Hla man
ner. cold and formal, bla ipeech precise and can-
firm and unchangeable In short, ell hla visible
characteristics conTey the Idea that be la of el*
thing* doggedly peratatent, Hla struggles In early
life bear wlueii to Its possession from birth, hla
entire domination of Erie In tn the lime ot tte
greatest trouble*, bis gradual accumulation of tel-
egnphlo and railroad properties In whl:h It wu
believed he wuonly speculating all confirm tho
Idea that persistency la hta most prominent trait-
Daring sometimes, bnt patience la always displayed.
The popular conception of Gould as a bold and
reckless speculator aeema to have largely grown cut
ot his early operations when awodated with James
Flak. The antics of that grotesque figure In finanoe
were largely placed to Gould's discredit. Fisk way
regarded at the Ume u the muk that Gonld wore
the clown whom the magician employed to dlatraot
attenUon from himself while preparing bla tricks
On ???Black Friday??? of 1889 lr was Flak hot Gould
whqloet hts bead and drove hla broken Into In-
a??lty. That wu on Gonld'a part leas a specula
tion In gold than a heavy investment In grain. He
wu trying to force Europe to take its balances In
the grain of our fields rather than In the gold ot
onr mines; and If control of prices had
not been lost tho movement would hevo been re
garded as a commendable one, and Grant and all
theothers who were abused u Gauld and Flak'
allies would have been praised. It la not, I think,
generally known Ural Fisk's erratic course in tbe
"Black Friday??? panto undermined Gould's coufl
donee In hla discretion. Ills lalrson with Mias
Mansfield and the pubUthy In lhat connection
which Flak courted, Increased bis distrust; and
Gonld repudiated and parted with him some time
before Flak wu sbal by Edward 8 Stokes. Booming
about the Krtectllcc/,In the Grand opera homo, en
the night when Gonld wu deposed from tho con
urol ol Erie, I found printed coplee of a circular
letter directed to all employes o( the road, order
ing them no longer to recognise Flak's authority u
vice president and treasurer. II was dated several
weeks before Fisk's death.
To compromise the Erie suits against him Oould
made resliluilon of nine millions of dollars in
bonds and lauds; It wu conaldered one of the
biggest transactions ???tbe street" had ever heard oh
and It is said that Gould largely recouped bis loss
by bulling various stocks affected by tho Erie set
tlement. The Atlantle and Factfio telegraph com
pany was an Investment rather than a apeculatlon
It does not disprove tblr fact nor detract from tho
Interest In It to know that he went Into tho enter
prise Involving several millions' tlak to aid hla
friend General Thomu T. Eckert, and only discon
tinued It aud contented to lla consolidation with
Western Union when that friend wu made one
the managers ot the latter company. When ho wu
reported speculating In Union Paelflo atock he wu
accumulating the bonds of that great thoroughfare
A friend whovltlied Gould???a vaults In tho Equita
ble building wu shown $20.(40.090
of Western Union, and counted $10,030,000
of Missouri Pacific bonds. He did not atop lo count
further, bnt rushed off to bit Well atreet friends
with the usuranco that Gonld wu not a bear In
bla own stocks. Taken Into tho Eleralcd rallwa
management originally lo arbitrate between con
tending director* ne aeema to bavo quickly accum
mula'.cd a crntrolllng Interest in theae roads, aiill
holds It, and to day a decision ot tho supremo
court relieves him of charges of frond fn arbitration
and tecummulatlon.
It la very common tohur those who have suffered
on ???the atreet??? attribute their misfortunes
Gould Individually, and he hu been assailed end
threatened repeatedly. Joaquin Miller, for one,
blames Gonld for misleading him
Into buying Wabuh on margin Juat
before It fell off and wiped out tho poet???e account
bnt Gould'i letter to Miller wai at plain a bit of
advice to buy only u en lnveatmont u could heve
been pul on paper. A man arrtsltd a few year*
ago for threatening Gould u tho author of hie mis
fortunes wu ono of whom Gould had never heard
before. I cm told that be felled to prosecute this
fellow solely ont of consideration for a helplers
daughter of tbe prisoner, whom also bo never saw,
aud of wboia dlstrc-a bo cnly beard through the
police detectives. Poeslbly Gould occasionally In
vests a lltlle In charily of this kind, aa well as In
friendship, Uko that he displayed for Iho friend for
whom be pot $8,000,000 tn tho Atlantlo and Paedfio
telegraph venture.
JAY GOULD'S SON OIOIOK.
Mr. Gould's son George la ono of the moat prom
lelng young men of to-day In this city. There
bavo been reports of bis being Inclined to wild
nets,and!twuatonetlmereportod that he bad
gone to Europo with a notorious- actress known u
Lillian Russell, while, u a fact, be bed gono to
London on tho delicate minion ot finding out what
Bennett and Monkey were really doing about a now
Atlinlic cable. George Gr.uld la not even a society
young man tn the common acctptanceof that term.
He le rather a business man, like his father, and
hu many of hla father's trail* and some good
qualities lhat hla father hu not. Like hla fethor
he la unassuming, without tbo pride ot
great wealth, and unlike hla father la candid, out-
spoken and genial, and be has none of thesoft
sllklneta of hla father In spoech aid manner,
aUSSZLL BACK AUD CVECS W. FIELD.
Among others Intimately connected with Gonld
and forming tha "Gonld dlq??e"ara Russell 8*ge
Cyrua W. Field. A wrong
Impression prevails of Iheie (women as of Gould
They are not end saver have teen apecnlaton;
they an inveatenln the same sense that Gonld la
bnt they are plgmle* compand lo this col losses and
have lltlle of the eoop* nerve aad spirit which Gonld
displays In hla enormous ventures. Field la a
large Investor lo the elevated railways;
Ha la heavily In Western Union, but Las no such
corruption of its future and Its posslhlUifce as
have Gonld and Eckert ud Korvtn Green. He
bought two newspapers a few yetn ago to direct a
family boom, and whan they signally (ailed lo
nuke a great lariat out ot hla brother, David
DndUy, and a presidential candidate of hla
brother, the Jostle*, and a public benefactor and
philanthropist ont cl himself he mined the
organ and now offers It for rale at a fabulous price.
Cyme Field Is now every rich men and though
verging on reventy It Is sefe to say be will be still
richer before be reluclaully dies, bnt it will be by
accretion ot bla money ralber than by speculation.
He la a man of tail and straight
figure in rplt* of bta age. Hla walk
la brisk bnt be comes in *ti amble rather than with
astride, u If afraid that a full step tunny direc
tion might comprombo him,
Rnsaell Btge, who la often In Field's company u
be la in thd eccompanylng cut, lathe "cheap John???
ot Wall itreet. He does business In tbe style of a
pawnbroker, he eella you a "put" or ??????call" or
???straddle??? much aa a Chatham street
clothes dealer sella yon a second-band
suit with the whispered aisuranco
that you have not only a good bargain hut that you
are fitted like the paper on the walL Ssge'e
???privilege*" as hla ???pula," "caUa,??? etc., aro de
nominated In Wall atreet parlance. aro regularly
advertised for nle, acd are considered as "A No,
1.??? He lake* no risk In Issuing them. They are
(Imply hla method of lending money at big Inter-
ecu If one bnye a privilege of him It la at a point
or two above or below the ruling rate of tho day.
and Sega at once bays the stcck at the lowest price
and bolds It until It la wanted. He takes no risk
ol loss In theae transactions, but may make largely
by finctnallone adverse to the purchaser ol tho
privilege.
ruteoHAL rollers.
I have been asked if the Illustrations accompa
nying these article* are Intended lo be caricature*.
They are not, bat represent the men caught on tbe
fly es they are to be seen. The questloncrel found
In each Instance regarded the cut of Mr. Conkllng
in your last Sunday's Isaac aa an exaggeration. II
was almost photographically correct ta he ap
peared la the Hoyt will case recently. John I.
Davenport, whoknowa Mr. Conkllog thoroughly,
remarked on the faithfulness wish which ho was
caught Inn favorite attitude.
The old negro mlnitrel, Billy Birch, wia glvon a
benefit recently which netted him about $4 010,
lie offered to "whack n p" with Abbey, wbo la to
have a $<0.(04 benefit next week, bnt the generone
proposal to dlvldo was declined. The former part
ner of Birch, David Wambold, who left tho
company several yeara ago to die of tn Incnnble
dltetae In Florida, wu present at the benefit look
ing the picture of health. Tho old aea captain,
Johnson, who reacncd Birch about forty yeara ago
when wrecked on tbo Central America, wu also
present and occnpled a box at tha opera house.
Mrs. Frank Leslie and Ibo Marquis de Lenvtlle
have taken steps lo deny the rumor that thoy are
shortly to bo married.
Mr. Tllden'a guarded language In hla letter ol de
clination to attend the dinner of the Iroquois clnb,
Chicago, In which the only thing that be says ebons
hla candidacy la, "IhougbT can no longer aspire
to be one of tho leaden In this ires! work (of re
form 1 Ud ikoec uf yon on whom (his auimt mil
lion may fall God ipeed.???) la regarded here by
moet men a* bearing still upon
the quutlon whether or not no li
In Ibe field, while come profeia to regard tho fail
ure to speak positively as only additional proof
that Mr. Tlldeo will aocept. If tendered, a com
plimtntery nomination. .
Colonel Charles S. Bpencor, long an ardent Ar
thur republican, arid to mo Ibis morning: "J am
rejoicing la the belief that the republicans will
not Ion Naw York stato by tho nomination ol
President Arthur.??? Knowing hla clow relations
at one lime lo Arthur, and to Arthur's present
active friends In this dtv, I am surprised at this
Indication of defection.
General Anson G. McCook, secretary of tho sen
:o, once ruled out of She committee of hla own
district by tho adherents ef Arthur, ta to bo a dele
gate to Chicago In Iho Intercet of Blalno,
James Irving, ono of Iho Ihngsof New Folk, with
wealth enough to defy (he courts for yeara by so
expensive and tedious appeal to Iho highest
court, la stout to go to prison
tast for an aarault committed several
yean ago. living la one of New York'e most dan
gerous characters. He wu an alderman once and
broke the speaker???e gevel over a fellow member's
head. In the assembly he wu similarly rlolont
and was expelled. Ono of hla oyc
pul out with vitriol thrown at him
by hla mlslrau for assaulting her deughler,
a young married woman. Simultaneously with
Use announcement that he most go to prison comes
the cheerful ecoount of Ibngs robbing men on the
ferry boats of the North river and throwing tnem
overboard to drown. William F. G, euanxs.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
fA Am or TUB WEEK IV THE
SOUTHERN STATES.
What the Southern Folks are Dolryf???The
Latest New* by Mail and Wire
to The Constitution.
The storm and flood u-ns from Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, South and North Caro
lina continues to occupy public attention.
The criminal record and the list of casual
ties will compare favorably with the storm
ing of previous weeks.
Crop news generally la as favorable as
could be desired. The suffering caused by
the drouth in Msrrlon county, South Caro
lina, Is something exceptional. Nothing',like
???t Is reported from sny other section.
Louisisna.
The C. D. Hess opera company disbanded In
Mexico, and Merer*, Denham, Taylor, Tama, Ap
pleby end Kccgh, also Mines Abhlo Carrington,
BlucheChepman, Griffith sad Taylor, are In New
Orleans. Heaa la In Mexico. Ho hope* to reorgan
ize. Good botlneas mull Lent and then bad.
The bnffsio gnat is very destructive to poultry,
hones, mules and cow* In Polnte Coupee, Louis-
TRLBGRAPH1C BHHV1TIE8.
Queen Victoria laanfiSring from lumbago.
Froth massacres of Chrlatlani are reported In
The French police favor iho expulsion of tha
dynamiter*.
Thera waa an unprecedented ralnlall In Kenrai
and Missouri jeatetday.
Dr, Oostal Natchlgal, lha German traveller, haa
started for lha Congo country.
Quartermaster Vielle reports that the Mtastaalppi
river sufferer* have all bean relieved.
The pope's encyclical la baaed upon Information
received from a former free Mason.
The cate against Frank Jansen, on trial In nnntr-
viilo for Use Muscle Bhoala robbery, la regarded aa
weak.
Thu house commltteo on reform In the civil
service retuae* lo Interfere wish the civil service
bill.
Arkansas.
Gainuyllk, Ark., April 14???Eight persona con*
fined in Green county Jail assaulted the Jailer lost
night and escaped, after they had secured arms
from the Jailer's house. A oouoof fifty cltlaent
started In pursuit, and a plirhed battled occurred,
In which over 100 shots were fired. A burglar
named Ikckman was killed, and other prisoners
were wounded end secured, The remainder ee-
caped. Tho Jvllerreoclvod dengerona injuries.
The wheat crop ot Arkansas generally luoks well-
IIol 8prlnga, Arkansas, has an awful epidemic of
gold fever.
Florida.
Thlerce are operating free h In Pensacola, Florida
Considerable corn In Waldo, Florida, la knee high
and growing luxuriantly.
The petcb trees in middle Florida aro lsdou
with peaches ready lo color.
Between cno and two thousand quorta of straw-
berries ore shipped dally from Gainesville, Flo.
Tha orange tree* In and around Waldo, Fla., are
fall of green frail as huge as bird ergo. If they hold
liaelr frals (he yield will bo three tlmce as great a
last year.
Land has increased in prioo one hundred per
cent In Opaka, Florida, during (he past two weeks.
Florida stale medical association will hold its
annual meeting In Jackeonvlllo, June 4th.
The orange crop around PaUtka, Florida, will be
greater this year than ever before.
Texas,
Aureus, April 18 ???Governor Ireland haa Issued a
proclamation restoring In the border counties the
taw against carrying concealed weapons, which,
on account ot tho hostile Ineurelona. of Indians,
waa suspended by proclamation in June, 1881. The
lovernor declares the law to be In full toice and
effect all over lhattatc, on and alter May 1st.
Mznsiui.L,Tcxa-, April 18.???Tho smallpox ta
spreading. Seven additional cases ware discovered
yesterday in the family where Use dtaeaso first ap
peared.
Galyicton, April 19.???Benjamin Illrsbburg, head
of the retail department of Sanger Bros.??? establish
ment, waa, at 7 o'clock tast evening, whipped at
tha corner of Elm and Austin streets. In this city,
by Mrs. Dr. Behnll, who stated aa the reasou that
nirahbarg was Urn causa of tha rain of her family,
Dallss, April 13.???Yesterday morning a terrible
rain accompanied by thundor and lightning via-
tiled this place. Tha oriored church building,
corner Juliet and Itall street, wu struck by thh
winds and completely demolished. It was occu
pied as a colored school. Is contained thirty-two
pupils. Ten children were Injured, oho fatally.
Tho school waa taught by Mrs Ctatrbu Williams,
colored, who miraculously escaped, belog caught
by tho falling Umber*. She rcoelved alight Inju
rtei. Noticing a heavy black cloud and Knowing
the laiecurtty of lha building, ahe dismissed tbs
school but the building foil before tho children
got out
A mad bull In Laredo,To xoa, mode an attack upoq
the unfinished wall of a brick building which wu
eighteen feet high and thirty feel long. Ho suc
ceeded In knocking tho whotoof It to tlss ground
Over fivo thousand alligator hide* were shipped
from OnDge county, Texas, tast week.
The brick layer* and stone muons of Lillis,
Texas, are on another strike for an advene* In
wages from $1 to $4.80 per day.
Austin, Texas, (Statesman: Ttiu will make an
enormona crop (hla season unlem some wonderful
dtautcr overtake* her.
The Waxahachle, Ti xaa. Mirror knowe that Hon,
Olln Wellborn will he hla own successor. Tho
Duetto believe* lhal he will be.
Two men at SaLlne Fast, Texan, have killed end
skinned M0 alligators. They realised $800 on tho
bides.
Texu hu 'onr millions of sheep.
for**.
The Swim government hu resolved to tako st
ringent meulro for Use apprehension of aoerch-
tat mansion.
The steamship. City of Roma took $!,M9 $88, and
tha Briitaalc $191,800 sped* for Ruiop* yesterday,
total |'LU1,480.
Dr. Foliar, ol tb* central Ohio Inaana asylum,
owing lo hta great cruelty, hu been uked by the
trustee* to resign.
The conference
terdey In friusknrg, Fa., retailed In
wblcn may bring oa a great atria*.
. The storeworka of Buck waiter A Co., of Roque*
ford. Fa, are lo he removed to Elisabeth, N, J.,
awing to the continued lnttanidtiion of inelr
bands.
Oca hundred miner* bare been discharged from
the Bower HIU min* oa Charller's railroad. Penn-
???ylrauta, became they refuted to accept lha ooa
trade tribunals awud.
The Howard society, ol London, hu received a
coortcooi letter from President Arthur In which
Ibe Idea of a bureau for the collection of ertet
nalataUstteta Indorsed.
Charles Unveneaghl hu been convicted is con
nection with the Great Eutern life Insurance
frauds oa the mall* In Baltimore, and wu fined
$840 tad acsitecced to Imprisonment for twelve
months.
Tbe Mluonri, Kanou, end other wet tern con
ns have started a movement tn Washington
appolntaunt of a Missouri rivercemmta-
slon. They aak ffi.M0.440 for lb* improvement ol
the rivor. .
Oi trait's Lark.
From tho Philadelphia Fret*.
Georgia will gat $8,240,400of the money distrib
uted under tbe Blair educational bill. Geoigla
can afford to have pie for dinner from this Ume
on.
Tennessee.
CiiATTAgoooA, April 17 ???II ta staled on good an,
thorlly that neither lb* Eul Tennessee, Virginia
acd Georgia or tha Western and Atlantia railroad
will be ablo to resume tha tblpment of freight from
this city to Atlanta for several days Both lion
were badly washed onl on Monday nlsht and 11
will taka some Urn* lo repair Use damages. In the
mean umo tranaferaan being made at the different
points along the Unea to enable passengers to gat
ovor tbe road.
f reijcu City, April 19 ??? James Bice, an employe
of tho Spring City hotel, shot and killed Boae
Muller, a negro employ* of iho Erookman house
Jut Light. The negro wu employed by Broolrman
u a drummer for hta hotel, and June* Rica wu
slallerly employed by the Spring City hotel. When
the train came In from Cincinnati last night, abont
7:30, a commercial tourist got off, and tho two run
ners at ono* made for him, A quarrel arose between
Rice aud lha negro, when tho negro raid many
hard things lo Rlcerand threatened to kill him.
When a collision oeemed Imminent Rice drew a
knife end started for him, bnt the negro retreated
aud told Rice that ho wonld see him taler. Hta
said that lha friends of Rice advised him If he
valuid hta IJfelo kill the ccgro, end acting upon
this advice Ulcearutdhlmvilf with a pistol, went
to tho Brookman houie aodobotlba negro twice
through tbo heart. The man fall to tho ground,
and Rfea'cooly walked off and resumed his duties
at tha boteL file* wu aot arrested.
The somewhat celebrated case of V. K. Btovenson
re. Iho city of Chattanooga, to decide who owned
tho wbuf end Its Immediate approaches on the
public itraet, wu to day decided in favor of Btaven-
aon. He bad been collecting wharfage from all the
staamere, and tho council passed an ordinance vlr
tually depriving him of that right. U* broogh
anil against tho dly and Use decision of th* court
ta that the wharf and iu approaches an tb* private
property of Stevenson.
The Methodic! church sooth will bavs a $80,(40
cbnrch in Chattanooga.
M fsitlifppi.
Muisux, April 14.-Grenada, Yallahoaba and
Tallahatcht* eonaUc* have loot borsea to Ur* vein*
of half* million by the depredations of buffalo
gnats this season.
Holly Erauos, April 14.???A reward of $3 840 ta
offered ter the arrest of the parUea wbo caused tbs
wreck of tbe passenger train user Duck HllL The
aceddentwu caused by tb* laying of a nUacreu
the track.
Boosiyillx, Mtaa, April 18???Mr*. Winfield, she
wife of Mr. Frice Winfield, gar* birib to triplets???
two boys and a girl-all three weighing 19 pounds.
The little ones are doing well.
TbelnnaUc asylum at Jackson, Mlatatlppl, ta
rcry much crowded, 497 psllcnta fn Fa cure.
Crystal Sprlcga, Mbs., ta shipping largo quanti
ties of strawberries.
Heavy losses of stock in Mississippi, owing to
ravages of bnflalo gpats In some districts planting
ta seriously Inlet (erred with.
Recently there have been several cases of hydro
phobia In dogs end cattle around Canton, Missis
sippi.
Kentucky.
Moukt Etiiubo, April 16.???Fifty mssked men
went to Jackson, Brrathlll counly, Wednesday
night, took Henry KUbnra, white, and Ben Strong,
colored, who were confined In Jill there eed
hanged them. Kllbnra was charged with tbo
murder ot William Thorp lut January, and Strong
wu suspected aa being concerned In the ume
murder. Notice wu penned on one of the viellme
staling lhat all the perpetrators of snch crimes
would receive like pnitahment. Kllbnra bad
killed eight men.
Mount Stxxlino, Ky??? April 17.???Judge Richard
Reid, of the superior court and a prominent candi
date for the court of appeals wu cowhlded last
erenlog by John J. Corn citron, a prominent attor
ney. The difficulty arose orer a cue In tho supe
rior court, (,'orucllsou claiming that Reid hid not
trotted him fairly. When the altercation began*.
Held wu In Cornellton'a office, and raid he wu
first attacked with a cane and tried lo defend him
self with a similar weapon, bnt Cornelben, wbo ta
a powerful man, knocked Ike cano from hla hand,
and then used the cowhide. He followed him Into
tbe alore whore friends Interfered.
Jackson, Kg., April 17 ???Wm. Strong with hta
'gang??? of aomo serenty-fivo In number, b in pos
session of the town, and asya he trill hang seventy-
five of the best citizens In retaliation for Iho heeg
lug of Ben Strong lnd Henry Kllburn, one of whom
wu * member ot the Strong family, II ta also re
ported that he refuses lo let Judgo Biddle hold
court.
North Carolina.
ltai.aroH, April 14???The governor has offered*
reward ot l'2C0 tor tho arrest of the Cabanas des
perado, Bill Meeks. Meeks ta a negro whose name
ta mixed up with aercral minders.
ItccaiNOHAN, April 14 ??? Richmond counly con
tains 4H,917acre*of land, 78 447 In cultivation,
838 880 In fnreali The pepulotlnu ta cosily ??0.100.
There are sovcnty-ilno tcbools, eeveulcca
churches, six manufacturing cstabllKmcnta and
fourteen po* offices.
ClIaxLolTi. April Ih-lbomu L Shields, who
hu been confined In Jail lu Hits ell- under sen
tence of death tor the murdi r ol Ju. o. muon,lari
night made hta escape with thehelpof friendiout-
side. Durlag the heavy thunder atoim, Hardy ent
a faolo In tbe Jail wall, *Ld enlered and
unlocked Bhleldi'a cell, when all fled, making
good their etcape. Tberelsnoclneuto who ibe
parlies were that rescued Shields or the direction
In which they have gone. The sheriff hu offered
areward of $300and other rewards will beofiered.
CruRLorra, April 111.???In Mitchell court there
are four murderer* to be tried. Ray and Anderaon
who murdered three respectable citizens of Hen
derson for Ibe poaietsion of a mica mine, were to
have been tried, hot owing to IhreaU of lynching,
II wu deemed nntdvlssble to bring them In until
a military guard could be secured. The next cue
of interest ta that of Jim Q it sen, who shot hta
cousin Joe Queen, dead. On Sunday three woeka
ago Jim wu walking home wllh hta girl, when Joe
look the girl???s arm and wallaed off with her. On
(bo next Sunday Joo tried Ibe ume gamo, when
Jim abet him dead. The third oaae ta lhat of a
barkeeper who shot an obatreperotu customer
dead.
Tha Mountain Island cotton mills, in Gulon
coonly, twelve mllM wsat of Charlotte, were sold
to-day to William J. Hooper, a capitalist of BalU-
more, for $138,000. Hooper ta a psrtnor la tho firm
of Hooper A Ban, Ibo largest manufacturers of
duck end twine In tho Unltod Stales, and It ta ex
pected the Balllmoro manufactory will bo removed
south to tho Mountain Island site, where coape???
lent engineers have estimated tbera la 30,030 un
used hone power, ft ta undoubtedly ono of Iho
finest water powers In tho Unltod Stales. A largo
and magnificent fsotory building 1* to ho erected
this summer and $49,400 worth of now machinery
will bo pul In at ouco.
Quite a number of new houaea are going op In
Raleigh. North Carolina.
The North Carolina at*to board of education meets
Tueoday.
T he North Carolina Blale Medical aoctaty meets In
Raleigh.
Crop news from North Carolina ti favorable. Tho
trull crop bids fair to ha exoMtlv.ly largo.
More bulldlugi and handsomer are now under
oonalraillou in AihevlUe, North than Carolina,
aver before In Its history.
South Carolina.
Chaslsston, Aprll^.???There Is no truth In the
reporta of great dlstreain South Carolina In ooniev
queue* of the drouth, bns there ta some auffarizg
In Merlon connly due to lut y<
Edgefield and sumo of the upper connllca dlalren
has been caused by tha losses by
Tbe luteretato sabre contest, which took place
brre to-day, under the auspices of Ibo Charleston
Light Dragoons, waa won by the Georgia lluzzars
of Savannah, lha llukall Hangers ot James Island
securing (ho second prise. Seven teems of four
men cech oonteeted. the winning team* (cored two
hundred and five ont ol a maxtu
drtil and forty points.
Tha Fedso Index, published at Marios, In this
stato, uyst Account* from different sections of tho
country report many cam of i
earned by panona being unable toget bread. There
bubcen no year alee i the war when piclalona
hare been ao scarce. There are,
dred In Marlon county to-day who cannot got
enough bread to eat. Tholargial
preratl or starvation In some Inal
No reports hav* boon rcoc
partmout of agriculture giving
such a condition In Marlon county. The crepe of
hut year woresbori, hut the township correspond*
enta in Marion ooonty do notallndetoalackof
food. Their ataUmsnta to lha department show
that farmers are well np with their work, wllh a
good outlook for lb* growing crops The consol
idation of nearly 840 reporta, covering every coun
ty In.lb* state, Indicate ibal small grain prorpccti
art very encouraging, and (bat an aversgt yield of
wheat and oats ta ezpecfed, TI
wheat ta re pot ltd u 94 per cent
metes show that Ilf??? cent more
be purchased thtaaeawn than lut
short crops ef lut year.
Ciuslboton, H. C., April 18,-
Courier will to-morrow publish i
parls of iho stale where atarvailon
exist, which utterly disprove th* i
The dupeteheicover UteooonUea
well, Hampton, Beenford. Orang
and Marlon. Tbav coma from we!
respondent* and show that there!
distress In any part of lha reported
Ckaslzxton, April 19.???In th*
coart to-day. true bills were loan
tlontl Indictment* against Untied
Blythe. In the Indictments he li
convening money from one fund I
atead of keeping different funds; a
ward accounts ol th* sheriff of Rid
amounting lo $1,013, and credltli _
wllh tho same before It had been paid. Three
true bill* In all bar* been found agslnat Blythe
at this term. All the cam against tha tax mar
shal and hta deputise hav* been continued (o tbe
Noramber tent of the circuit court at Columbia.
CNSJUW, 8. C??? April 17.???Sheriff Bpofford, as
sarts that Boggan Cash ta now In Canada He fays
that ha received a letter from Boggan from Merl-
dies, Mias., while ha wu on hta way to Canned*,
and that b* hu heard from him tinco hta arrival
there, stating that he would como beck to bo tried
when It tulled hta convenience or pleasure. Spot-
ford ta the (gallant sheriff who ; went to the
elderCub'e house to arrest Boggan after the mur
der of Richards, and who instead of arreetfng
Cash got drank, U ta laid, on Cash's whtaky.
Spcfford row claims that he had a plan arranged
for Ihccaplnrecf tho murderer, bnt that the auto
authorities Interfered.
Anthracite coal has been discovered on the
place of A. Mark, Greenville, South Carolina.
Tho meeting cf the stale press of uaoclatlon
Bomb Carolina, will be held In Charleston Ibe
mlddjeof May.
Alabama.
BntNnroNAN.April 14???The Ilyion land com
pany lsined a loMco to day that another dividend
cf 30 per cent upon lie capital stork would he paid
on the 21st of April. This will make 30 per cans
dividend paid durtnglhls month.
Oxnosp. April 34???"I feel foolish about my bead,???
wu the remark ot Iho tick daughter, Min Lillie, of
Mr. Smith, u the trrncd upon her pillow. Dr.
Christian, Ike family pbytletan, had given her by
mistake* dose of morphine Instead of qnfnfne,
Despite ell efforts the died from the effect of It. A
yeer ago Amos Smith, the eldest son of Mr.8mKh,
came to hta death lu Texu from a similar mistake,
end a few data later another ton wubrnlallymur-
dcred In northern Texas.
OrXLigA, Ala., April 17 ???Id Chilton coumy John
Pretaley was killed by John Dickerson, a rejected
suitor of hta tlx weeka??? bride. John Dickerson and
bta brother, George Dlckencn, borrowed Freailey'e
shotgun to go hunting. They did ao.and oo return
ing together, Ihty approached rretalcy, who wu
Handing at tho gate to his premises. Tbo letler
wked the Dickersons if they had e, en anything to
shoot at. John Dickerson replied that they bad
not, bnt saw wmethlog now, referrlog to Pretaley,
and railing the gun lo bta thonlder ihot Preulcy
through the breaat, wbo fell where ho stood and
died Immediately. John Dickerson made his
escape, Hta brother Georgs wu.arrested uan
accessory and is now confined In the jail at Clan
ton.
Bibninobak, April 17 ???The National bank and
the City hank cf Birmingham were consolidated
to-day, and the capital atock will be Immediately
lncroued to $280,000. The deposit accounts ol tho
two banka amount In the aggregate to $700,0C0.
William Bearney, ef the National bank, Is to bo
president; W. H. Cameron, of tha City bank, cub-
lor. Th* new hank will be called (he NallontA
bank of Birmingham.
Tho Blimlntbam lnsuranco company, with*
paid np capital of $100,040, wu organised here to
day. Borne of tho largest capitalists of this city
and New Orleans constitute Iho principal stock
holders,
Huntsville, Ala., April 17.???Frank James ap
peared before the United Stale* court to-day. lie
eat near hta wife and child. Tho morning
version wu occupied In getting the witnesses to.
gelber and empanelling a Jury. Too charge
against James ta conspiracy to rob A. J. Bmlth,
government i Octal, of $8,440 oa March 11.1881
James, Bill Ryan, James III11 and Dick Lid
dell are also Included In the Indictment. Three
witneescs for tho government bolloved thoy could
identify June*, but nr liner of them could swear
positively.
Gaiudsn, April 17.???Geoigo Coates, colored, who
act fira to Jtre Green's houie, whllo Green and hta
wlfewereat church, and four children who were
left In Iho heuse, burned |o death, has been cap
tured acd 1a now In Jail. Threats ef lynching
have caused tho authorities to guard the Jail with
local mlllllt. An attack upon Iho Jail ta probable
before midnight.
fjloNTaoNUT, April 18,-Rov. Dr. Fettle, (he
highly esteemed pulor of Iho Presbyterian church
hero, will deliver next Sunday the ume sermon
which he preached fifty years ago, upon bis en
trance Into Iho mlntatry. Tho Presbyterians are
preparing a filling recognition of auob a rare
event. Dr. l???etilo Is an eminent divine, and been
officiating In Montgomery tinco iho put twenty
lorcn years.
Memorial day will ba generally obterved on tho
311th. Adjutant general Gilmer, of Alabama, act
ing cblol marshal, ta perfecting arrangements un
der iho auspices of tho ladle's memorial airocla-
(Ion,
OrujKA. Ala .April 18???A negro man attempted
to rapo Mis. Chambers, a widow lady living near
Mill own, Cbambeneounty, Thursday night. Too
black flond wu ciplurcd nud.biought hora for safe
keeping. It wu tho third lima ho had attempted
sveh - thing on n wlilln Imly.
MONTOouaar. Ala., April 19 -Captain A. U
Moms hu returned from tho Rbelllald land com-
penymectiog. Tho annual mooting hr election
of officera lakes placeal 8holllold on tho aaeo id
Wednesday in Jano. Tho JJlrmlngbam and
Tennwco rivor railroad is already graded Into
Franklin county, and sovon mlloi of tho traok i??
laid. Can will entor Franklin county on the flrat
proximo, and oa Sfay 8tb, tho day of tho ??a!???? of
ih?? Bbtflleld lola, tho railroad will dellror paaaen*
gcraat tho Sheffield depot.
The only woman editorial writer in Alabama la
Ifrt. I. M. F. Henry, auistant editor of tho Green*
fillo Advocate.
Eufaula, Ala., haa an artesian woll and a cot ton
compreaa,
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Tho Ozler Cotton ha* taken more piemlumi, aud
sell* for more money thin any other cotton in the
market. Hco adrerUMmont In this lame. w
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write to tho Kuwihekdt M'r o Co., New York City,
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broideries, Lace*. Krald*. I???.tichin??s, Robes, Bktrt*,
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