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2 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. THE WONDER OF HEALING! ottHUif^fi^n&srsK Eesd,kc. Oar" Catarrh Care,???'specially 1 rci-ard to meet serfou* cavs^cuotalo* sB th* cuntivo properties of the Extract 1 ocs (Vasal Hyrfaco farsfnatfo for use fn eaten* Lai tfiectlou*, ii*kup!*au4 Incxwmstn ??? JE&eumatiam, Neuralgia. ; CtMkMcnrcdBOtvsnvjroracf IhefoOhircas- skill oil private, chronic, nervous and special 'ttseaaoe. DR. CLARKE is the oldest Advertising Physician, ns files of Paper* show and all tSt 1 * A???srvons disease* (with or without dreams,???, or debility and toss of nerve power treated scientifically by new methods with never falling success. pT It malr??* no difference what you have taken or who haft Cv ???.rf to cure yct??. Young mrr. an/, mid ??? c-ngefl wen and ftHwho suffer, should -consul* -.he celebrated Dr, Clarke at opau OT The tcrriblo poisons of all bail blood and skin dl ^acs of every kind, nSBttSSnd nature completely ??-???*. xicated. Bornum- cer, ths^one horrible ifliean??, If neglected or improperly treated,curaes the present -???nd coming generations. Diseased discharge? cured promptly without hindrance to business. Both sexes consult confidentially, if In trouble, cad or write. Delays arc dangerous, "FrocraMI- , cation Is tbo thief of time." A written irnmniy t*g euro glvcu tes UJidrrtrd-ca. ^ " iFff^* , ???itwaitnnnsfor celebrated WO 1 !** q on Cfaro J'.uT.NirvotisandDvBcate Diseases. You m have su oshnu-ativo symptom&tolcgy by q v/hich to *tnCht.your ownosusos. Consultation, J personally or rty letter, ftee. ~ocsaltL???ic old Doctor. C^ouiands cured* cflier* and Dnrlore ^rlvhte, You sec no one but tho Doctor. Before confiding your case consult Dr.CLABKB. /!> f ricatty/ettcr or call may save future suffering end shame, andr.dd golden year* to life. Medicines Efintercrywhcvv ceturofrom cx|??S3ure.???Hours, 8 to fi: fcuedej-j 0 to IS, AQstaa letters: F. JD. LXAKKE- M. D. t No, i!5Q VINE 8T n CINCINNATI. O CfitabllshetS I840.< TBS miBRATKS i ???BRADFORD". PORTABLE MILL* CORN, WHIST A Hit,, roots sitbiicBiiatr* Sen* fcr ScacrlpttT* Ches lav. Addna l THOS.BRIDFORO ICO; PS Hi, 1T?? IT. 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Fo#Pi!c, niBfl, r.lrodlncf or Itch, in,, UU tia grttlw?? VTvma wdjr. ; Fa,ri??n,OMRomn0^1T',??A OndUn^-POSD'S EXTRACT hu tab*. - 17:, muU. la. tta writ "JVXD'a r.ITtttCT > liw, <?? lit itaft MM HT^An ,rrnif-:. :ri .. mirntniiit, hkf Vtafmr. JfeM j:>ji??rc,k>U<*(3Ucrt/wnnrk t rnruLTu^ ?? ??iia nsem. rrOSJ'S CXTRACT Mfe SIM, SI.7S. iTtilrt Cresa I.CC Cstirrh Ctro 75 ,C:-t:fri<0 53 CSofcc 25 TdWS<nf(3Cike).. 50 ..SO Raster 23 WsIertCIsiiSOcJi-IM l^al Sjrhc?? 25 U^lcstod Paper-.- 25 w??? ran;, ernc^e, tl.CO.??? .L>ni??,TMipieMl^]\u ??c4 Mrf OTT frm toUA* ^ hid. Mcoa^k. okI?? boule. IFVnXn>FnniinmSiRai*onm l - gOND???S EXTRACT CO., 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 NASHVILLE TELEGRAPH COLLEGE No North Cherry Street, Nashville, Tennessee Tuition $jo, in Advance. Time Unlimited nuns IS THE OXLY COTXlffB THAT HU J .CT??rtiOTto-l>wd hr th. VjSTi? unrl.nl of Uw wEBTSBl. !'MON TELEOBAf* COt-PAJty. Write !??I Hrtico'm. .... HYj A. A-nHIiIT PjIbc ,CJ<