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v-srrTJELE W CONSTITUTION, ATT, Ayr a ^ TUESDAY DECEMBER 2 1884- TWELVE PAGE3.
A WOMAN???S WILE
2>tt??inr ?? ??<'?????"*) *t Breakfast Mrs, KaoDufT Sh*9ta
B>r Hu??toatd~Arrsixn*diD, Oodst She fell** .
t'tracf ??? fiterjr aa to Sow Bha Mad* Bar
Llvlif by Flay lug a Distressed I-SOy ,
Nsw York,' November Hiv-iTohn S. Mite-
4ufl, tL< wealthy diamond broker, who wa*
- . *h<d In the buck by hit wife* ^hurs lay after*
sewn during a quarrel between the two, aj??-
perred in the YorkviJIe p*??lioo court yesterday
and entered a complaint agpinst his wife.
, , Although the couple have b??c?? .married but
/*^ tbirfaer. tnonlBl, there has be??*il trouble be-
a,\ tweiu them.almost tho wholoiime. Mrs.
????? , li 'MacdufT, according to her husband/ entered
ri > an ft career of extravagance almost i no ru<t li
ft! cl y after their marriage, and fuis-continud
ever since, despito his protestations. V*'hi!c
*' larakfssting on tho morning in question her
Utdcn^y to spend money waa the subject of a
betted Otf/'r.Bfcion, which culminated iu Sir.
Ifrrdtifl*remarking that it was time to <*ry . ;
qt???tTT AND 8f:rt*ATK.
???With this he repaired to his room and be^au
packtiig hlf trunks. TJiowjfo followed, him,
. ABoUUr quarrel arpeeu-i to the ownership of
tome r,f the articles he had taken. She tbrceit-
, rued to lmvo him arrested, and left tho hotjo:
in f*??n'h of an ofllcer. When sho returned,
however, .Mr. Maeduft noticed that she Was
concealing something under her cloak, fiat,
paid no attention to it. Aa soon as ho turned
Wa back to her ho hoard a pistol
???hot and felt a slinging sensation in
tho shoulder*. 71?? staggered against tha wall,
but before he fell to tbo floor ho was cntight by
hit wile's mother who had entered tho
room.
"For Hod's sake, Minnie,", sho cried,."put
that pistol down."
"I shall shoot him again," cried tho lnfari-
ated woman. "Make room for me."
The courageous mother snatched tbo weapon
from her daughter's hand boforo aho could
file another snot, A physician was colled iu
and attended to the slight injuries which Mr.
MacduB' sustained, but was unoblo to extract
tho ball. This was tho last of the matter until
both parties appenren in court, the husband
as complainant and the wife ns prisoner.
tiie wick's siony,
Mrs. .M acd u ff looked per Ibctly i>c]f. possessed
and at ??wo. Hbo is a pronounced brunette,
??? With large, Hashing eye??, n soft, mellow com-
pfexion m.d a rather coquettish expression of
oountsiwrms. Hlic was richly attired in n dark
cloth suit, with diamonds flashing from her
ears and Angers, while n hat that could hardly
be sten in h6r wealth of linir wasndorued with
two love birds. She recounted her woes in an
??*My narxativft style and without tho usual
supplement of tears. If what sho related i.i
true, her story throws a now light on tbo
methods of tho diamond brokers, and giro*
? - *femb justilifation for her actions .yesterday.
Bbo said:
???l have been n tool in Ills hands ever since
we woro married. lie inserts advertisements
* l* 1 the papers to tho effect that a lady who is
in financial distress wishes to dispose of her
diamonds or to borrow n few hundred on
them,???and then makes me answer the callers.
I always given Petitions niuiu> and say that
the valuables nro by potheen fed with Mr.
Macduff. Of course, people believe mo to be
a???Weal thy woman in tomporory difficulty, oml
>rrP rct J eom tho diamonds from
lked??th n, * n f( ,lQV0 y?? 11 ???wiudlod?"
"About fifty," Mra. Macduff answered.
Continuing, sho said: "I told iny husband
that 1 was tired of the business, JIo called
moa f. M,jmd threatened to kill me, and I
houso while ho. was packing his
(Mink. Ihrdthepi.li
it wbefa 1 returned. .My a
... J??. y 1 ??^'i iViViP'Affly.f ???
****flAit!
iltt
MR. VAi'M'VF DlXttnt IT,
Mr. MneduXL when oxatuiued,emphatically
denied hfawHwa charges amt stated whatever
swindling she bad done was without his
knowledge, lie stuck to the story ot her ex
travagance-and iiunrrelsomness. and claimed
that ho not only lind no idea ci shooting her,
but .had no pistol with him nt the tlmo.
Mis, Bolus, the woman's mother, is to bo
examined, when It is thought the true story
of lbe trouble will bo told. Mrs. McDuff, iu
default of 12,000 bail, was locked up. As sho
was led away she bowed with great ceremony
t* the judge, klstod her mother and smiled as
rleusnnUy us if she were going to her own
l??*me.
DEVILS IN HER BYES.
A Splrltunltrtio Doctor Nearly Blind* U??s
Wife.
Cmsi.Awn, November M.???Tho coroner
held an inquest yesterday on tho body
??I Mra. Borah Welker, who was murdered by
a apiritualistio doctor named Burris, at Until-
bier.
Tbo wife of Itnrris, who was examined, said
that the doctor came home from tho bedside of
Mrs. Welker and >aid there were devils in bis
wife???s eyss.
lie then beat her unmercifully and tried to
put out her eyes to destroy the devils, until
the poor woman???s sight wa* almost destroyed.
Mra. Welker's ??UUr testified that Dr. Harris,
who professes to 1* a healing medicine man,
claimed to bo under the iufiueneo of on In*
dlnn chief.
"My filter died in my arms," she said,
Bomlay night between 7 and 8 o'clock. Lilo
???aaaiued to be extinct. 1 felt her pulse and
could not feel It beat, lturris 11-toned for her
???beau to beat, film remained In this condition
about Ally minutes. Bhe esmo back to Iito
.alter that perloit. 1 had laid her on the bed
before aho came
"Wheu she revived she raised up in bad
and laughed. She said: "Why, 1 have
come hack. The spirit told mo 1 had a tie
hero and must come back." I asked her
what she had acett. 8he said sho had seen
people dressed iu nil colors; they seemed so
ttrnay.**
??? Theeoroner has not rendered his vordiet.
Meanwhile the people in the neighborhood
vre terribly excited and have even threaten*
. ed to lynch Burris.
Seven Prisoner* Urnkc Jail.
Mn?? vs, Ark., November 30.???Seven color-
. rd prisoners and convicts, confined iu the
Phillips county jail, overpowered F. M. Brick*
?? T, the jailer, and made tnotr eacape. iirickoy,
* althougn stunned by a severe blow, which
knocked him down, recovered in time to draw
his revolver and shoot at the lleeiug criminals.
His aim was correct, ax two bullets struck Beta
Walton, a negro charged with rape, who was
captured shortly afterword, but will die from
thwefTectsof tho wounds received. All the
??4hers have so fur eluded tho large posse who
are In pursuit.
With Ha??ki amt Dark Lantern*.
Troy, November M.???William Haro, a
farmer, of Chester, Warren county, was called
to tho dear of hfa house Wednesday night by
a ptraoa who said ho had been sent to notify
him that one or has relatives was sick. As
Baras opened the door he wax salted by two
men and bound. They then placed revolver*
at bis heed end compelled him to give up his
gold watch, after which they searched tho
house and secured The robbers wore
masks and bad dark lanterns.
A tit range Death.
Cxotakooga, Tenu., November 3d.???[Spe
cial.]???News reached this city knlsy of e
strange, phecomical accident near tho Ten*
ncesee line, a few miles from Somerset, Ky.
JalHn Babb, a fanner living in that vicinity,
was instantly killed by a meteor descending
threogh n tell tree, cutting the limb od and
then r eased throngh Babb** baly, from the
nhenlder obliquely, end buried itself fa-the
earth. It penetrated the sank several font and
was dag out by tho natives. The wrallta was
nbeutlhettzeofaL aenp. The Incident create*
great exdktteat and widespread alarm
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION,
No Delay in the Day vt Opening???A Survey
of the Exhibits.
New OntAJtg, November r<0.???Director
General Burke, and tho- building committed
of the exposition* after a thorough, tfnsppctioz^
of ail the buildings and machinery and th??l
grounds ot the exposition, have decided tba^
there will * * 'be no delay id
the openiog, which will tak<|
place December J5fh. The exhibits have bicij
arriving f.??r twenty days, and up to dhte
about ouo thousand car load*, have boeij
received.. The exhibits nr<- now arriving, cud
the director xtiicni estimates that 2,60J c&r|
loads v. ili !?????? r^eofred before the opening. Al|
the aj-f.ee c.fUiiii to <.-???rc.lt Britain, Franco!
Ifii**ie, I*, r,i, Austro-lfiiugary, Italy, Jaj
pen, JiisM,Cliiiit*. Torkey,Mexico,Guatemala!
. c n I voder, ^djdd.???irR; lTopilbras,'Jamaica ond
Lbili;h !.??????? l.-em'' Idcutod with ex-
hibUgf red e-j'f tc A??!l. Th<- <li???i[>1ny of rntj
chizny froi.i toteigu rountrirs is very CueJ
Every hi?jd;;g ii full to overflowing]
end fuitfici i:tlo*npnIkvdn .only??? M
made an rxhibithrv who hivd
brill ailotUd rimw failed to accept within Uni
jrojc-ilimr. .???.ow t applications will only bq
rrccivfd subject iu location in esse ot vacan-j
cies occurring. Tho director general aunounj
eta that mtetuiipff <xlMb|tor?? CiUUig .<o^ep??K
fcnrei'd'???their exhibits or Dills of la-lib**
will forhit thrir apneo. ???Exhibits will
b?? r.ccivcd until, tho day of oponing.
C' jDfviuhnoTs from twouly- fivc stales and
territories are now hero placing exhibits in
the building for the government and state ex
hibits???. Coeoenuf, India rubber, popper,
grape fruit, camphor, banana and palm trcoa
are arriving from Flbriilo. General Diaz hat
canned a ship load of pnlmii and the choicest
shrubbery of Mexico to ho collect?,[
from tbo rivers ond roast of Mexico. Ho will
send a collection of the rarest plants for (iho
Mexican garden.
l'aynn'a Mexican band of seventy tmnielans
gave the christening concert iu rousle hall on
J'rUtoy.
A imol* TOO MUCH.
; A HORRIBLE DEED.
A FATHEn , KILLS THREE OF HIS
j OWN CHILDREN.
With Aconite and Chloroform i.e Attempt* tha Life
of Four of ZZia Chlldran, a::d THev Take* tbo
tisnit Dc$9 Iliauc'f-Uo i:??oora:> From
Hii and la Jerked late Jail,
Ilotr n Flaak of Whlaky olmngeil (lie
wy of Two Blot.
From tho Chicago Tribune.
At a private house on tho We. t Hide th ??? oUi-
er night, some men vero chsttiug about tho
viclssitudf* of presidential t leetious, nnddliat
part played by Jtick in every pcr<na???j life.
An incident ns trivial as a showr of rain haa
turned many a victory into a Waterloo. A
fool utters an illitcratlvc sentence and t,ho
destiny of tho nation is perhap; chaugcd, and
history hongs upon a silly phrase, t'love-
Innd???a alleged luck was particularly touched
upon, and while it wns under discussion tho
host said: ???By thowoy, I sometimes flatter
myself that I mado Grant president."
The speaker was evidently serious, and ns
he is on old and well known merchant in Chi
cago, there is bardlg any reason to doubt tho
singular story that ho told.
"The year tho war broke out," Jiff said, "I
wrsn (hummer for tho old grocery house; of
Smith A- Williams, on Lako street. X frequent
ly visited Mattoon, 111., and tho Inst time 1 did
so wos during that eventful year, Tho month
I forget, but I know it was summer time, Tor
1 wore a duster, a curietts garment then in
vogue, having a capo instead of sleeves and n
couple of capacious poekots. I know tho
firm of Monro?? Bros., at Mattoou, consisting
of Frank, James and Bird Monroe. Frank
was tho senior partner and managed the busi
ness, but tbe others were lively fellows, ond I
wps accustomed to go on shooting trips with
them whenever I visited tho town. This
limn I went to tho at nro as usual, and asked
Frank whero his brothers were. *11 you
want to see them,' won she reply, ??vou must
go out to tho camp. They bavo joined tho
army.??? ??
"Tho ??imp of iho ragiuapt, whoso num-
th?? outskirts of
??... .vm, her l^forjtot, was on
frHfrnri >???*?_ *????-
1 * r ? iffliliR. aa tlioy
vast' eoul??ln???t^ct_j(nythln^ of that V/i???t^dn..cjiQtp^
???vTrrr??" ???- - ??? walked over toiiriihlm* bar and got two
flat quart ilnsks oi his best liquor, putting ono
in each pockct, Thou oil 1 went. I mntlo
iny way fo the camp all right, and soon ran
across my two friends. While wo woro chit
ting I told them whnt I bnd in my p.ickatn,
and asked them whero 1 should unload. ???Como
to the colonel's tent/ said ono of thorn; 'lio is
an old olliccr and ho appreciates u drop of
something ns woll cs nny one/
"Wo went to tho colonel's tent, and I was
introduced to a red-faced, sturdy-looking man
who struck mo as a typical sohliur. lie was a
man of Irascible temper as 1 afterward
learned, but he lind dono good service in tho
field, having served with distinction iu tbo
Mexican war. Well, wa nil sat down and bo-
gau. drinking. Tho timo quickly slipped
away, amt one quart llask was empty. Wo
began on Iho oilier. I soon foil that I find taken
enough, and that Iho host thing I could do
was to get out of camp uu 1 attend to my
business. So I said good-by to tho boys, and
left them.
"Thatafternoon, I romeinber, I transacted
nil my buaincss, and early the noxt morning
was on my way to Chicago. Op tho train 1
bought copies of tho Chicago papers, and was
surprised to tee, figuring In blark head-lino*,
the name of my colonel. I rend beneath
a dir patch dated the night before from Mat-
tocn, 111., giving an account of serious trouble
in tbo camp that I had visited. It seem* that
tho colonel became violently drunk, engaged
in an altercation with one of his officers, and,
drawing his sword, severely wounded the lat
ter. Niifli an occurrence, of eourse, mt-la a
terrible ectmlnl, and tho colonel wus parent*
torily discharged from tho army.
"At this time U. B.Graut had his hand* in
his pockets waiting for n job. Ho hud high
recommendations to ihe??? governor and was
promised tho first vacancy that would occur.
Tbe colonel's discharge undo n vacancy for
him in tho regiment at Mnttoon. Ho???took
tho place, and from that day he followed
fortune from one victory to another, until he
entered the white house as president or the
nation.
"1 mot tho Monroe boya afterward in Ken
tucky during tho war. I remember one ot
them said to iue then: ???That whisky of yours
docidod the conduct of this war.* No it did,
and perhaps the destiuy #f tbo republic/???
"Where are the Monroe boya now?" asked
ono of the party who had listcnod to this
story.
"They came beck from tho war and settled
in Charleston, lib, where they were when 1
last heard from them.'*
"And what become ol the colonel V*
"After hie discharge he died from chagrin.
Ho was an experienced and able soldier. Who
knowa that but for the incidont I have de
scribed his name might have figured in the
history of the rebellion among the distinguish
ed generals of the north? And who knows,
too,that but for the same incidont Grant might
have remained in comparative obscarityT???*
"True." said a member of the party, getting
at tho pith of the story more quickly, '???your
bottle of whisky seut one men to the white
house end the other to e drunkard's grave/*
Bii.ix??;nEr.D,.Oi!iio,'yoT??i*|5#rSr.??? jgpeciet,]
Orfc wile from this city, on thffdjiurnpfko, in a
beautiful grove of maples, stands a fine brick
monsicn, in one room of which-* tragedy, so
terrible that the recital
chills the blood] - vraa J enacted this af
ternoon. The beautiful place.ha* f?? r tlie F Mfc
ten years been the happy home of Dr. John
Maxwell, one of the most popular and affable
meji in this section - of lbe Dr* Max-
Well was born and raised In HpringS Jd. His
family name bus been a part of the history
of this city Irons its earliost
days. Kflrlyin life Dr. Mn :wc-lj showed him
self to be a mnn of great ability, and when ho
graduated in bis profession lerfd offered his
services to the people of Springfield he encoun
tered no trouble in securing a large and
remunerative practice. JIo was
then independent and worked more
tecauso ho could-do good far other* than to
acquire wealth.' When yet I young man ho
married one of the most bcafrtfful and cul
tivated ladies of the city and sobn his homo
become the great social center of Springfield.
Ho ond his wife w ere devoted %i each other,
and the Maxwell family, wa*^ known
fur and Wide as the happiest of atonic. But a
few year* ago Dr. Maxwell -net frith business
reverses, and it was then that tUo weak point
in bis naturo became apparwif. Ho could
stond Eiiccese and prosperity and could wear
tho honors easy, but^ when ad
versity come lie 4fcgnvo way
completely ond ns a consequence became in
volved in a quarrel with ayoung physician to
whom many of bis old patrons went. The
quarrel grew bitter find Dr. Maxwell was fi
nally indicted for libellinghbgkcessful rival.
This added to his financial cffibnrassmcnls,
made life a burden to him, and yesterday
lie sought to end bis d6y??. KHrly in ihe nftor-
??? noon ho induced his wife to ride into tho city
to purchase sonic articles, and while sho was
away tbo most tcrriblo tragedy was enacted.
Dr. Mnxwdl was tho father of four children,
tbo. eldest a beautiful blue eyed, golden
haireu girl of twclvo years, while'
tho youngest was a bright boy
ol four)Cars, llii children v.vrohis especial
love, and as soon as bis wife's carriage wasont
of sight, ho entered his luxurlou 3-parlor, arid
celling them about him, began nmuaiug them.
But oil tho tiftio o'terrible Crime wa? matur
ing itself in his dRfed, and
before bo left them ho had given
them a lhixturo of aconite and chloroform.
To induce his children to swallow the deadly
poison he took a small dose himself, but not
??iiough'td hurt him. Boon the children be-
Aan to grow drowsy and wit hie smifo up6n
bis face the murderous father watched thqir
cyelids'Cs they began to droop. Then ns oho
after another fell asleep ho picked them up
and carried them to his bedroom andjnjd
them side by sUlo on their m. ther'.s bed. Dr.
Maxwell then went to his medicine cheat apd
taking therefrom a largo bottle of chloroform
soturated some clothing with it/ The clothing
loaded with death was quietly Maced over tho
children's faces, and a* each A breath carriod
them nearer to tbo grave, the fitber stood by
ond watched. Finally believing that the
children were beyond help, Dr. Maxwell
poured tho fcktof tho bottle on frspK>ngo which
he placed under his * nssc, whero
be made it fast by tying
p string attached to the sponge around his
bend. Ho then laid down bn tlio snmo bed
with big childp^nj..A??-n on^vfeHtir aidq???and
A FJUNCF8 PLEASURE!.
The Woyiri Which .??????rummy" Wales Amuses
J7i w&elff
London Cor. fem Francisco Argonaut. .
I dare say you may remember a story which
, got out last year about a practicil joke that
waa played at Cowes during tho yachting week
on a lady named Mrs. Cast, whoso hornm at
that time every year i* a favorite resort of tho
B rinee of Wales and his followers. It seems
ict Mra. Cast wos told that the French cabi
net minister, M. Waddington, was iu Cowes,
ond the prince requested that ho be invited tc
dinner by her to meet his royal highness. The
invitation was. of course, given, and tho
dinner took place. After dinner the gentle
men came into the drawing-room, and tbero, ir
Mrs. Cost???s presence, nn dtercation soon arose
between M. Waddington and Lord Charles
Bercrford. The rudest,, most insulting cpi
thets were applied to the French people ii
general, end Al. Waddington iu nirticulnrj
the war of words ending in M. Waddington
being hustled out of the room iuto tho garden,
and thrown over the wall into the road.
Shortly after he presented himtelf again,
coyerctl with dust, when, at the earnest solici
tation of Mrs. Cost, who was almost in a faint,
a peace was patched np. Another row
soon began, ending ns before. The oriuco
throughout tho proceedings wnsconvulicT with
laughter. 8omchowr the affair reached tho
cars ot tho French ambassador in London, and
he wroto to Lord Granville about it. Then tho
truth had to come out. It wasn't M. Wadding
ton at nil, but "Bull Ran" Russell, who had
dressed up to represent him; tho whole thiug
being concocted bv Lord Charles Bercsford for
tho amusement of the princo of Wa os.
Such was last year???s fun, and hero is what
happened this year. After dinner, when, as
before, all tho guests woro assembled in tha
drawing-loom, an old woman, dressed in t
French costume, with very short skirts, sud
denly mado her appearance, nnd ono of tho
company being requested to pfav eomo lively
opera boufl'o airs on ihe piano-forte, she pro
ceeded to dance tho can-can. She danced
with much spirit and vivacity, not alto
gether, perhaps, ns n modest old woman
should, nnd, as usual, the prince of Wales
was in shouts ol laughter. At last she
sat down ntnid n round of applouso,
and then a quadrille was formed, the old wo
man requesting tho princo to bo her partner.
Although not exactly tlio proper thing, ho
couldn???t refuse. After the qundrillo sho as
suddenly disappeared, and people were won
dering who she was, when the door was thrown
open ond in walked Sir Harry lvoppol. it
needed bat a glance to see that ho it wn* who
had been masquerading as the anrient French
damsel, and great was tho merriment thereat.
On tho whole, when, one reflects, it wa??
very elevating sight.
filr Harry Ifcppol is n mnn of 75, nnd, not
withstanding his oge, is ono of tho princo???i
meet constant companions and followers.
Thero are people who nccusohimof boing a
great toady, and if one might judge by tho
exploit just mentioned tho charge is not very
uutrao. Fancy a man of Iiia ago and an ad
miral of tho fleet, consenting to such nn ex
hibition of want of dignity on his part, morely.
for tho sake of amusing tho princo of Wales 1
Mir.* Cast, tho lady at whoso house this
Sort of tomfoolery occurs every year for the
delectation ol "Tummy," is a woman of over
Sjkfy. Sho is a Scotchwoman, nnd has always
bc|n Very fust, notwithstanding tlio fact that
she was a Mis* Macdonald,.daughter of tho
chief of C'lanrannld, nnd very plain in look*.
She is nn aunt of the present earl of Brownfi.'.v.
A CONTESTED ELECTION.
Ha FmIi Unit.
From the Rome, Ua , Bulletin:
Helen KUeraan, ihe well-known un town
colored hotel keeper, <m Wednesday bought
n flue turkey gobbler from Bud Ward law for
$1.10. While cleaning the turkey and cutting
open tha giiaard, among iho grit which it
contained was tho battered remains of what
had been a f2.tt geld piece, and at on# time
apparently attached to a enff button. Helen
J ufetly kvk tha discovery down to Allan A
IcOakeria and aold it for $1.5d???just whst tho
turkey coat her. Since Bud heard of it ha has
been???sick.
Rupture, pile tumors, fistulas and all di
seases of lower bowel (except cancer) radically
cored. Address, World** Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y., and enclose two
(let.) stamps for book.
???Mother SwanVWorm Syrup,"
Infallible, tastclma, harmless, carthariie;
fhr fkxtr, mtictesH*, worms, ooaitipattoa, JJ
cents*
gently stole hi9.sen.1cs, an,iljqBUi hit life ran.
-Wt-Bmlllf ??? 'in tho balance, his wife
coma homo. Soon after leaving
her home u feeling of uneasiness crept over
her. She could not toll what it was, and she
could lictahnlfo ft ofT. It being likondark
cloud before her face, and nimble to stand it
longer ??ho' started homo before her arrival
was anticipated. Tho nearer homo sho got
the heavier grow her heart, nnd at tho lawn
goto fcbo sprang from tho buggy, aud leaving
the hone to core for himstfe started on a run to
the house, flbe sprang into her bedroom only to
l(??< k upon tho horrible picturo presented, and
after vain efforts to arouse hor husband and
children called for aid. A servant responded
and was hurriedly sent into tho city
tor medical help. In! iho mean time the
wifa tore tho chloformcd articles from her hus
band,, and her children's faces, but It was tpo
late." Her first born era* dead and ???all wore
unconscious. When medical aid caiue Dr.
Maxwell was revived somewhat, but two moro
iff the children died, while the third will ???
probably die nfso. Dr. Maxwell
was brought to tbe city nnd placod in jail,
lie refold to talk but had written letters say
ing that he w??& tired of life nml wanted tuo
children to go with him to that (hoy could hot
suffer after his death. He will probably re
cover. Tbe excitement here i* intense and it
is well for Dr. Maxwell that he Is iu jail.
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS,
lbs Members Assembling for tha Opening
??? of th?? Second Session.
WiMiwrr.ros, November "0,???Tho second
scsfden of the forty-eighth congress wilt begin
to-morrow at noon. Ono member of tho aoa-
nto nnd two members of the house have died
during tho recess, and two member* of th??
houso nave resigned. It is probablo that tho
first proceedings in both branches will bo tho
swearing in ot the new members to fill tho
vacancies tlins created. IKhia is accom
panied by tho customary announcements
of deatni, tho two houses wilt
probably adjourn at once at a mark of respect
to the memory of the deceased.. rrocedenU in
Mich casoa, however, give retanalbr tho belief
that no formal announcements of the deaths
will toko place to-morrow, or if they do take
place, will follow the rcadiugof the president???*
message. In this case there will probably bo
no unusnal delay iu tho appointment of tho
joint committee to notify tne president of the
readiness of the two houses to
receive his annual message. A greater num
ber of the appropriation milt arq* in readiness
for the consideration of the sub-eemmltteca of
the house committee ??n appropriations than
have been prepared at so early a date for a
Dumber ol year*. The??e billsfaelnd* tho es
timate* for the Indian, army, navy, military
academy, consular nna diplomatic, poetofllre,
District of Columbia, appropriations. The
member* of tho opproprlationa committee
are of th?? omnion that one
or twoor these bills will be reedy to report
to the house this week. It has boon auggwt-
ed by a number of representatives, that con
gress take it recess about tho middle of tbe
month to give an opportunity for the mem
bers to attend the opening ot the New Or
leans exposition, and that during this pro
posed raeesa tbs appropriation committee will
consider the appropriation bills, so at to have
moat of them ready to report to the heuso aa
soon aa the re-assembling of congress after the
holiday*. .
A Story of a Ullnd Negro,
From the Sum ter ca, Republican,
There passed out of Cotton avenue a two
horse wagtn loaded with flour, meat, sugar,
bagging, and general plantation supplies. On
the lop of th?? load an old negro lay nroatrato
on hi* back, conspicuously, go much so that
attention was colled to him. He had
a flask of whisky between hit lags
which he guarded with reverend
care. The party wnoae attention was exiled
to him aaidne had known tha old negro for
twenty year*. That he lived on the west aide
of Kinenafoonee creek, in Webster county, and
was a good negro, that he went anywhere he
wanted, could find bee trees, could hunt and
catch *p??>uuma and coons, could fish sad do
{ ??nerai errands. Wa suppose ha found bee
y the Kund they make in a tree.
A Report to l>e Made In Favor of tho Sit
ting Delegates From lltirke.
Burke is ono ot the six counties which has
three representatives. There aro at prosont
six gentlemen who arc willing to servo in that
capacity, and who claim the right to do so.
They aro Messrs. Lovett, Livoly nnd Hoath,
tho (fitting members, and Messrs, l???crkins, Cox
ond Heath, who aro contesting their
right to represent tho county. Tho
case lins been fully argued boforo
rt^nra rninn 1 ^ c * cct J > < j aB {
1 nwySpfo hdnuffll apt
face oftbe return:, am contesl ... -
IOO moiority. Tho election managers, 'how
over, threw out tho votes cost in three mro*
c!tc.tf,on the ground that the election wai held
in IhiBc precincts at the wrong places, and
by persona not duly authorized. With those
precincts thrown out the silting members have
ii majority. Tho action ol tlio managers in
excluding these returns was fully discussed,
ami tbe conclusion waa reached that the objec
tions to counting tho rejected votes
were' technical. It was tucreforo
dered that tho vote* Be counted
But the sitting members hod another point in
the defense of their titlo to tho scuta tlioy hold,
It was that they had received a majority of tho
lcgol votes of tlio county, because many 0! tho
votes tor their opponents wero cast by persons
who had not paid their tax. After fullovidcnce
on this point tho eommittoo has reached
tho conclusion that it has been
fiutaincd; that a majority of tho legal voles
of Burko county was cost for Messrs. Lovett,
Lively nnd Heath, and that thoy nro entitled
to tho-seats they hold. Last night tho report
of tho committee to this effect was proparod
ned will be introduced in the houso this morn
ing by Mr. Jenkins,ot imtuam, the chairman,
Jt is not certain whether a
minority report will bo presented or not, but
tho Impression last night was that tlioro would
not. bttll the matter may cause some discus
sion when it come* up on tho committee** re
port.
The sitting member* were tho regular dem
ocratic, nominees, while tho contestants ran aa
independent*. l>r. 4 FcrkinaJ wa* a member
of the last house.
A Dream Dispelled.
From tlic Dawson, Go., Journal.
Lett Thursday oncdT JimGricr'alady trienda
from tho country stepped In at J. D. Laing*s
to purchase a piece of calico. Jim advanced
with hia fnco wreathed in last year???s smile*
and fttonco proceeded to display the goods, nt
the same timo discoursing upon their merits.
Everything was moving along nicely and Jim
waa hnppy in tho exj>ectation of makinx a
gredsale;but, olosi everything i* attended
with its disappointments, sad suddenly Jim's
???mile* were banished and his henrt turned into
sorrow By tho lady unceremoniously turning
her quid of tobacco on tho other side and re
lieving her mouth of a large quantity of am-
Bier, which found lodgment on ono of Jim's
feet. 6ho then spit on the calico and rubbed it
to see it it would fade; but Jim didn???t pros* tho
sale any further, and ah* finally left without
purchasing, and Jim sorrowfully replaced tbe
goods, mumbling "Ding a woman that chows
tobacco.??? _
A Brave Act.
From the Doualosvilfa uasette.
Last Sunday night during the storm nine
telegraph posts cast of the depot blew down.
Bud Ailerhold hoard the noise and went oat to
???ec about it, and found them lyiugjaenws tho
railroad track. Knowing that it wa* nearly
train time, he began moving them, aud just
ns he cot tbe last ono otT the pa ascii tor train
rushed by him. Had they remained there la
no telling what damago mighHiavo bon done.
Ito deserves for thia act nu>ro than a vote of
thanks from the railroad authorities.
A UcuiABtle Divorce Salt,
Nxw Yoaa, Novemberf6.???Laura Meulean and
William W. Uouirhton were married tn Brooklyn
In July, 1555. and went to Mobile to reside. Five
months afterward Mr*. Houghton left her husband
and returned to this dty. She charged him with
ill treatment In about a year the couple heeaiaa
tecondlcd, but in lid! the wife again deserted,
making the Muna complaint Honshtoa subse
quently entered the confederate army, and was
later reported to have been killed. Mr*. Hongh-
ton believed this until Mar last when she learned
that bet bn* band was then living
with another woman who claimed to be hta wife.
In*. Houghton visited Mobile and caused Hoath-
county In March, lew, giving him a divorce 1
Rose ann Uoushton. Mr*. Houghton now
that the decree bn set aside as fraudulent on
ground that U had been granted under a l
tthe testimony affecting her 84*1-
The Absolutely Purity and
Wholesomeness of Royal
Baking Powder.
It is a noticeable foot that in tho numoroua
battles between the rival baking powder
makers the absolute purity and wholeaomo-
ntss of the Royal Baking Powder has novor
yet bean questioned.
Hundreds of baking powdors have boon
placed upon the market with groat flourish of
trumpet*, and have strutted their brief hour
in imaginary contention with Royal for tho
patronage of the public, but their impurities
and imperfections were soon exposed by the
cheinist'a skill nnd they speedily pawed
away, tho victims of their own mephitic gases,
or are awaiting tho fiito that soouor or later
overtakes the fraud and the charlatan.
But the thousands of analyses, many of
them by tho most celebrated chemists of the
world, the most searching scrutiny by scien
tific bodies in tbis country aud Europe, tho
exhaustive tests before the juries of compe
titive ond industrial exhibitions, and all tho
minuto ond prejudiced investigations by rivals
and their chemists in the endeavor to fiud some
thing upon which to base tho shadow of a
fault, have had but one result, to more fully
determine nnd establish tho fact that tho
Royol Baking Powder aud all its ingrodionts
ore absolute puro nnd wholcsomo* All repu
table chemists, and all but tho most ignorant
makers of the low test, short weight, lirno,
alurn, ond other impuro powders, long sinco
ceased to examine tho Royal Baking Powdor
to find anything impure or unwholesome
it.
While the Royal is proud cf tho unimpeach
able indorsements, nnd highly gratified at tho
result which it has, by tho aid of the most per
fect competent chemists, the adoption of every
available invention, and tho expenditure of
gnjat sums of money, been ablo to accomplish,
its greatest pleasure arises from tho fact that
that its labors havo been parallel with those
great interests tho public sought in tho pro-
f Hu* l??vc.i itndyhenUh of the l^oplc. ^
danger 4s> 1rtS???V >a??urh
from the many impuro and unwliolosomo
baking powders of the market is but faintly
appreciated. The small amouut of injurious
substances imparted to tho system at one timo
in tho use ol such powders is unnoticeable.
They arc therefore continued by tlio consumer
in tho igupraucoof Ihe serious results sure to
follow from the accumulated effects. This
slow, insiduous poisoning, because unpparent,
is more dangerous than a larger do3o at ones.
All th* baking powders upon tho market, ex
cept Royal, have been found to contain lime,
alum, terra alba, or other ingrodionts that
injuriously a fleet tho health of the cou-
uncr*
Tho great advantage" to the public of a
a king powder like tho Royal, whose purity
and wholesomcuess have never Been ques-
??n??d, and whose practical worth hng stood*
the test of cooking for so many'years, will be
pparetit to every consumer.
GREAT SLAUGHTER
CLOTHING
??????at?????? ^ j
35 Whitehall Street J
As announced in a previous advertisement, ???
arc closing out onr stock ol Clothing regardless 1
cost. Wcfcave made j
SweepingfRed action
In prices, and the people arc flocking In, lor *1
goods are cheap. They know they can???t buy ???I
tame goods ehewbero without paying 83 or ctl
60 per cen t more money.
Heductions like the following will bring buycl
Men???s Suits at 37 to, wortu f 10 00. -
Men???s Soils at 9 00 ?????? 12 60.
Men???s Suits at It 10 15 00.
Men's suits at 12 50 " J?? 60.
Men's Suits at 13 60 *' law. ??????
Men's Suits at 15 CO ??? 2*00.
Men's Suits at 18 00 " 25 00.
Children???s Suits at f3 W), worth'ft 60.
Children???s Suits nt -i f??0
Children???s Suits ct 6 On
Children's Suits at r?? ?o
Boy???s Busts at 5 00
Aud so on.
CASH
G 60 ??
i at 7 60 ???
Remember It takes
7 50.
9 00.
10 00.
ON THE SPOT
few days. Row is the lime to boy
GOOD CLOTHING CHEAP.
Wo will still keep up out Merchant Tailoriu?
and Furnishing Hoods Department and givo per
fect fits at reasonable prices.
A. O. M. GAY,
CLOTHIER AND TAILOR,
35 WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, QA.
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r T6 Filth Avo., New York.
LCT22???dli nt ecu wed & wkj textrd at noi
S EOBGIA. RABtN COUNTY???WILL BB SOLD
on tho first Tuesday In December next, before
\ courthoura door in said county, within the
musl honn of sole to the highest bidder for
tbe following land, to-wit: A certain tract ol
known es tho John Oanett improvement, con
taining 160 acres lend, more or less. Bald tend
lying lii the sixth district ol originally Haber-
rnsxii. now Itetera county, bounded by condi
tional lines; loins J. Bff. Smith's land on the esat,
J. F. smith on tho south, Henry Lyon???s on the
north, Samuel Chastain on tho west. Leyte*
m the land of Martha J. Jones to satli
bsued from the Justice court in the ????tj-
of Mild county in favor of Janies a. WwAnaa to*
tbeusc of Mary A. Uick* Levy returned to me by
John T. Gained, constable. T *
notified. October 10th, lSfL
Th* onfr sncerofsl rqaedy for
fienfous Debilily, Vital Weakness.
and PnwtntioB, from* otrr--??wrtrmolkw***++
SI pvr vial, orSrial*aad lane* wal IWW** ir ,*??MA
Sou\MYUncoavtn.or **nt poWwui on iwpty???
povll???wkdeow only
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