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THE WEEKLY CONStrTUTION. ATLANTA. GA.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17 1885. TWELVE FACES.
AT THE CAPITAL.
HEWSOFTHEWEF.K by our special
CORRESPONDENT. *
Tba rettoffic* ApproprUMoa Bill-Woflsn'sRafrrare
>Itf|ui»ti«v the Railroad* - Rena'oM BW
*ad Colquitt ili« Jadlolirjr Com-
■>tte«-Tu »oi««
linpi
In tbo senate tbe bill wna panel appropria
ting $650,060 for tbe purcheia of a site for tbe
extension ol the postofllce building in Wash
ington. The pension billwas passed substan
tially ns it came from the committee. The ap-
proprintion bills were discussed all tho wqslc.
In the bouse tbe appropriation bill* occupied
meet ot the time aad butincts remained in a
tangled state during the week.
W s rut kotow, February •.—[Special.]—'The
decided vote in the house to day in favor
ef taking up tbe |><-»t--liii*o appropriation Litj
show* a disposition to finish all the regular
appropriation bills at an early day, and thus
remove nil jwiriibio occasion lor an extra sere
aion. None of the lenders on either aide in thj
house think an extra session at 'all
probable, ami characterise the talk
one as Idle gossip. The 'oppropria*
•ominlttce will keep one or more
ready hr consideration constantly
in til tl ey are all disposed of.
R« nit tor llutler to-day iMroduoed a bill to
apprt printe $600,006 to continue the improve-
ri ents of Charleston harbor, South Carolina,
lie alsov introduced a bill to appropriate
$100,000, lo Le expended by the secretary of
war. in the purchase of a steam dredge to>be
mid in tbe improvement of tbe harbors on the
ciftstof South Carolina. Georgia nod Florida.
The senate is doing lisrdly morn than tho
house. An hour of its time eras given up to
F#l.stor I'slrncr, of Michigan, n gentleman
famous for bis bank account, lie called up a
proposition of his own to incorporate the right
of woman's suffrage in the coustitnlion, and
read e ponderous mass of manuscript on the
subject.
C< tigress at every session is assailed by tho
dear old ladies who are devoting their lives to
this crusade for tbe right of the ballot. I n tho
fnty.third congress they mustered over fifty
votes in tbe bouse, but they have never been
aide to make any appreciable impr+mlon on
either (•ranch of congross since that tima.
hiill they have some staunch friends in con
gress. Tbe senate tins n special committee on
woman suffrage, a majority of whoso members
•re in favor of the proponed constitutional
amendment. Mr. Hoar, of Mcs-uchutetfa, is
the most pronounced advocate of this species
of woman's rights to bo found in tbe senate.
Pointer Dawes, bln colleague, fa its lukewarm
friend. Hebator Blair, of Now Knmpshlro, is
ready to do battle for tbe oatree al any
time and Senator Fair bat a strong leaning
toward tho women suilragista. Senator I’nl-
liter has made biinself solid with them by
the ixtreiiMi position in their favor taken in
his recent speech.
iix-H|cskir Keifor Is the loader
of this reform idea in tho house. hint
sc**jon be delivered himself of an ardent
eulogy of woman ami her mission to purify
the ballot Ih'X. The lurid Bel-
ford, of Colorado, is another
champion of this romantic cause.
There are n few western men on th©
liit of tlit ir allies, but not one from
the south. In wit their nieetiugs they
devoutly pray for the south in
•'benighted region, suffering for the want
of the light in which woman's titlo to tho
ballot ran be clearly rend.
aRCri.AtlKO THK RAH.ROADS.
The advocates of inter state commerce reg
ulation, not content with wasting a groat part
of this session iu "laboriously doing nothing,"
•re only awaiting the first opportunity to
•gain ask congress to lay aside ita real oust-
lies# and listen to a lot of apeeebes that cannot
pr-raibly bring about any practical re-
ault. There is a . gulf hotwesu the
stunt© and the houso on ibis question which
no compromise cau bridge. If the Iteagim
bill were put to a vote in tne senate it would
be beaten by • big majority. The Culloin bill
has iuat gone through the sonuto by a ■two-
thirds vote, but it ouly awaits a certalu death
in tbe hour©. In tho contest raised in both
homes between the plan to regulate through a
com miss ion ami the plnu to regulato by direct
appeals to the courts the lines were sharply
drawn. Tho champions of the Juttor plan,
which ia embodied in the Reagan bill, atturkod
the commission idea ns worso than no logfala
•ion atoll. There gentlemen havo control o
the In use, and will fnae no time in expressing
their irrccrneilenblo opposition to tho L'ullom
bill. They w ill doubtlcia try to amend it so ns
to destroy its distinctive features and scud it
back to tho seuatc.
The he use realising (ho utter futility of any
further efforts at legislation on this qiiortion
at the present session la in no temper to givo
up more of Its valuable time to theoretical
statesmen. ^Tho inter state commerce bill
will l>e promptly antagonised whenever it
may b# presented, ami it will be promptly
brushed iuto tbe waste basket of tho forty,
eighth congress.
Wasiiisuton, February 10.—[Spoejal.]—The
judiciary committee of the senate bad u called
meeting this morning, and considered 8poor's
mminstUn for th*. mdgeahip ot the southern
Georgia district. All tbe members ot the
committee except Logan were present. Kent-
tors Brown aud Colquitt attended. Senator
Colquitt laid before tho committed at longth
•he reasons tor which ho opposod Speer's con
firmation, and pr< tented the protests which
had been sent from *evoral cities in tha south
ern district. At tha conclusion of his ro-
marks, tbs committee adjourned until to
morrow. Senator Itrown will then address
•he committee in favor of tha confirmation,
atd Senator Colquitt may say something fur
ther.
In tho house to-day the democrats charged
•he republicans with the intention to force au
extra session, and none of their leaders ro
felled it. Still they emphatically deny ii
private conversations that they have any such
J mrpeso. Tha democrats are mistaken in tho
situ that they will past all tho necessary leg
illation before tho fourth oi March.
During tba last few days I-amor has loomed
Into treat prominence as a cabinet probabili
ty. Many well-informed parsons boro be
reave that Bayard it still hesitatiug about ac
hat been censured for his too great forbear
ance with White. Ono/eaeon for his kindness
is tUribuMble, possibly, to the foot
that White once made n personal ftUsdt on
the speaker in one of lus furious harangues.
There was au instant demand that his words
bo taken down, and tho houso wasi j
mood to deal harshly with him, but felty' Car*
lisle calmly raid: "I hope th« words im! not
bo taken down. I hope that n<» notice what
ever will be taken of them." Everybody aavr
at once bow ridiculous tho frenzied folly of tho
gentleman from Kentucky became whoa' it
wus conceded to bo too insigniiieant for the
slightest attention. \ •
Mr. Budd, of California*before he booajna a
llwjer mbs asign painter. In the oi-np&tgn
of Inribe made his early science useful -by
travel ire in a soring wagon all over his qi*«
Irict ana inscribing in huge patent rnedfatne
letters on neks end fotices “votof for Buddl"
The people mw and read and voted for Badd
until they elected him to congress. Thu cli
mate of \t's*Kington gftA'e him rheumatism ami
lie declined to ruu again. ID*has made a very
toed member.
“Richelieu” R .Wnson.of Now York, started
out in congr«i - by making nne«-r tw<* seasiblo
appeals for a high* r tone of national dignity
and a nitre sensitive rtgu/d for tba rights of
our citizens, bntthe old g«-t;llcmau rapidly ran
into extreme and ii.difcriminate attacks
on «*nr own government ns well
as « n the outside world. Tim simple name
of Fngiaiid never failed to elicit from him a
parsionsto burst of nonaeoAi*. He was retired
to private Ufa L'-l before be hud out-lived hli
| >>»ribiliti* s of iiM-fult:©**
Tl.*- force (out Finerty Is shelved with Robin
son. JVJford, of Colorado, is going too.
b« came one ot the ao-culled humorists of the
In uso two yenra ago, and after that he con
ceived it to bo his duty to enliven the pro-
eftdirg every day with two or three speechee,
At last members reaped to laugh and poor B.d-
ford was classed among tha bores by common
consent.
Washikotok, February 14.—[Special.]—A
f«w days ago an ©xlro session of congress
was imminent. To-night there is not
the slightest probability of such
an event. Tho house wasted time un
til the real danger of an extra session could
ro longer be concealed. When it was realized
it brought tho determination to aettle down to
Lusinraa and obviate an extra session which
would have been absolutely incxcttacable.
In .short to-day's work leaves congress
In fin* spirits, and apparently meaning buii
TJ»J * Afllv jlJilUllillllfl t/% AKlIJflflli
caplin* the state portfolio, and that in the
event he declines it, Cleveland will at onee
tender it to Latnar. Others say that
Bayard and Latnar will both surely be in tha
cabinet—Bayard as secretary »f state and
Lamar aa secretary of tbe interior. I.atnnr is
vary strong among the northern democrats,
and many of them have urged Cleveland to in
vite him into the cabinet. Lamar's nearest
It lends say he carts very little about it.
WASaiXOTOX ItVISTY
la wiser. It appreciates the situation. It is
ia the midst and at the height ol a gay sea-
son with o 1 oyg stretch ol dull spring and
aviutner months ahead, and the wisdom it ap.
plica to the improvement of tho passing hour
is ad toil able. The season at the white house
ia about over, except tor the favored few who
nr* odiuitted to the inner courts of it* ordinary
hc-si usiity, but every wbers else there is music
•mi gayety and luxuriant pleasures to gild and
hasten tbe languid hours, Tbe families of ions-
tors.rt prescnuii\ ssjudges o| the sapresuecourt
V J **«Pjr f'ur ..I ttm ux w.irlil.
V.*.' *. *' ll > rcjulnr KrtMionn.
rulii...... "..InDfion m.»
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•Mil rlwu w fc.K p..i, «ua .unixr until
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tb.n hnx.litr. rU.. It i. 0)B .
naii.a ,. t « 0 ( (h « hwa.hiM
it I.rtlumt t-Utki that lUev mait V-' m
worli .t mil. nVAt tight tl..r j!. . kr#
<B I txehaa it „p, n . ilr».hr.»t
Bt t.itai, loni-li »t two .nit ilinn.i.t »ix. ti
tk. w. * d.il; -ro.il j. , trT ^t i„ wh
hsro nitty DUrr ititiy. to fo With it.
Fotiruinr 1»._I8f>Bri,l 1_\(r
John It. WUt«,of K«t»k* P b.riio«“;
C fiy ^*11 known to the couiitrv during his
r year* ol eongrt S s*f*iial s«-rx iec. Hi, nj
M the nciateet and most frreprewible member
•f the houso has loeg be. u undispuud.
J an. Ho
«e*». Tkr only disposition to obstinate
resistance to the current of legislation arises
in connection with the river aud harbor bill,
and ia displa}cd by the champions of the
(•nlvestou liarhor nud Ifonnepin canal. Those
two enormous assaults on treasury have boon
pooled by their friends. Galveston baa been
rut from marly tight million down to five
hundred thousand. Tho Hennepin canal has
been about killed outright. Turner,
of Georgia, struck it a blow this
morning from which it will not recover. His
point of order wss that tho river and harbor
committee had no jurisdiction over »tich mat
ters. But if tbc-y hud, they must come through
the committee on railw ays nud canals. It avoa
argued with masterly ability. Mr. Hammond,
who was presiding over tho committee of tho
whole, reserved his decision, but
the friends of tho enuai havo
made up their minds that Turner’s position is
impregnable, and am now threatening to do-
defeat tho bill if it docs not contain their
rlausc. They expect assistnneo from tho
champions of Galveston. Hennepin and Gal
veston, with all the strength they can muster,
will not be able to befont tho bill, unlovi they
resort to fitlibustering.
Now Washington is discussing tbo latest
escapade ol Butler Mahon©, tho sun of tho Vir
ginia mister. This young inmi has
been the hero of various sensations in Virginia
and Washington, but his Inat effort cclipies nil
previous achievements. Lust night ho cntoro-1
Welcker's hotel nud demanded a drink. He
was refused on tbe ground Hint ho wa* already
intoxicated. A negro waiter offered to take
him up stairs to nia room, and succeeded iu
getting him Into tho ©levator. Here he
becsina furious, but was finally put into his
room and left alone. In » few minutes he
lushed madly down stairs^and into th# parlor,
N-ying, 11 Where’s that d^*-d negrot" Ho es
pied .John Willis, tho waiter for whom ho was
(coking, attending sovernl gentlemen In* tho
parlor. Mebono draw n pistol and fired at
Willis, wounding him in tho finger. Uo fired
again and the bailpassad through Mr. John
Welcker’s hair. The third shot tmriod itself
in the Avail. By this timo
the hotel was tho rcene of the wildest coulus
ion. Mtihono flood alono in tho deserted par
lor, waving his revolver aud ssraaring he
inran't to kill Willis. After tearing down the
Isco curtins and stirring up the furniture, the
rampant rca<Uuster loft tho hotel.
About ft o'clock this morning ho was nr-
reattd in n down town barroom and releas'd
under a fifty dollar b»ud for disturbing
the peace. This afternoou ho
wfta arrested again on a warrant
charging assault with intent to kill. Willis
expresses mtontiou to prosccuto him. Mahono
ia known as one of the moat pronouncod dudes
of Washington, lie draws a salary of two
thousand dollars as assistant disbursing clerk
of the senate. Senator Mahono Is said to be
indignant at hia son’s arrest. Uo expressod
his disapproval to tho proprietor of Weleker's
hotel this morning, and was told iu reply that
he would gratify tho proprietor by vaoating
his rooms, which ho bos done.
IK TRR BRKATK.
In tho senate tho consideration of the In
dian appropriation bill will be continued, nu t
probably concluded to-morrow. Tho nrricul
tural bill will then be disposed of. The un
finished business of the senate in the morning
hour is (ho Des Moines riyer land
hill, and alter the morning hour tho oontr.mt
labor bill. The Texas FncIAe forfeiture bill,
the anti silver bill and tha bill for the admis
sion of Tacoma are the measures most likely
to be pressed lor consideration when tho labor
bill is diapeaed of, if no appropriation bills are
then ready for discussion. F. If. U.
THI WORLD'S EXPOSITION.
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
ATrssio Murder la Texas-Btttb of a Brldas-
JCiIled Bis Rwovthcavt-Dssta frost fju! Osa
—Suicided After Sixty-Thro* Years of
Life-Blood* affray-Buford’s Death.
Mr. Carlisle ia a mUd-manncird
Thrra Thousand Hardy Agriculturists
In Council,
Nsw OatRAKft, February: !0.-t*pcctal.)-Th«
wotld's rottou conrculfou. held under the auspi
ces ot the national cotton planters' association,
net in uiuslc hall, tbe world's exposition, at two
o'clock this afternoon. Three thousand delegates,
vcptoetnting the cotton Industries ot the world,
the various agricultural and industrial organ las-
tiona, were promt. Fully ten thousand people
AMicaucinblvd to uitnesa the opeuiug ceremo
nies.
Vice* I't©sident*clcct Hendricks, who was to havo
delivered tbe address ot welcome, teas suddenly
calk'd away ty imperative duties, and
Colonel tins A. Breaux, ot the board of manage*
wmt of the rxpociiion, iris sutnMuted In his
stead.
General C. K. Hooker, cx-member of centre**
from Mississippi and an acUrt member ot the
plantin' aMociaiiou, rvapoaded in in bchslf. The
effort of General Hooker wa* pronounced toe best
>1 his life. Ho showej how the
xfosilltn bad been projected by tho
national cotton planters a»<oei*liou. to whom
ccuttcis had klviu a charter on whieb wa* ba-o-1
the Icsji of tl,iC(\000 from the f.m'rnment.an 1 all
tbe Mate appropriations. The ixmventton i* the
larjrot o^he kind ever held iu the world. »urp&w
ItgalUipictatlcat.
a « mean-. February U.—Tbe sitandan-eat
the World’s exposition to-day wiu grvrtcr than at
Ime since the opening. It is estimated that
.•OiCO pnens vbited tbe exposition grounds.
Tbe l rttrd stateslUheoiami^iott steamer Albs-
, captain B. L Tanner cvuimstidinf. arrived
yesterday, and will he stationed at
o ©spoil cn as a t *rt oi the foh
•intuisiion exhibit.
l»aae Watta Wot as utt’e ?l»w.
Ha said to »!x tall quitting friands who
seked how h© felt among ao many man, "that
ho was a sixpeneo among six pennies, worth
them all." HOZODOXT is just ao; among
many preparations for the teeth, it ia worth
them all.
CoirwiM, Tenv^ February 9.— A tragh
murder occurred Saturday night at tho ranch
of A, J. Nathan, ten miles north of hero,
about dark a stranger rod© up, and without
diemounting, approached tho floor and asked
tbe woman to tel) Dudley Henderson to coiiio
cut, as to wanted to see him.
After Henderson appeared in tho yard tbo
stranger covered him with a revolver and said
to severei by•Usdanst
"Now, seo me .kill him I
Before any one oould interfere, he sent
bullet through Henderson's heart. After Hen
derron had In Hen, tbo atranger tired four more
bullets into the body, any of which would Iiavo
proved fatal. Bidding Nathan good evening,
the itrauger rode away .
Henderson waa a handsome young fellow,
who, it ia now learned, had sought this se
eluded «pot to hide away from an infuriated
and wronged husband, who ia a wealthy stock
man, residing some fifty miles from Coleman.
This man’s wife and Henderson had keen
schoolmates in Georgia, and when aha mi
ried the Texan, Henderson followed her
this state about n year ago.
F.y an accident the husband discovered tho
wife’s un faith Ini ness. He sent her back tc
Georgia, and began hfs search for Hendernofi^
which ended last night. Henderson nnd tho
unfaithful wife belong to highly rcspcctabio
families. The sheriff is in pursuit of tbo
murderer,
Namhvillk, Term., February i*.—Jim Carter,
An old market gardener, was assassinate^ pt
Gcnnatt's old blacksmith shop, Saturday even-
ing. A lady saw the three Hawyers broth
era, who are neighbors of Co:tor, lay in am
bunk in a thicket in front of tho old black
smith shop until Carter drove by in lilt mar
l:*-t wagon, when one of them shot him with v
double-barreled gun. Tho motive for the
crime was the enmity which Obe Sawy*-r
one of the brothers, had for Garter, who sin
him laht October in.n quarrel about the trcH
passing of »*itne geese on ( artcr’s place. Two
of ihc brothers engaged in tbe shooting
arrested ami taken to Franklin, but the other
ded in making good hi* escape. Carter
was found lying in the bottom of his wagon
* tl wit Ii a fond of buckshot in hi* face, nis
ily covered with blood, writhing in tbo
agony of death. Tho wagon bod was thickly
bespattered with blood, and • inrgf t>*>oi
of clotted blood lay on the bottom of tbe
wagon in which tha old man’s body was lying,
A lady sow tho throe Suwyer brothers lying in
amburh behind the hreeb-wood thicket, just
opposite Gennctt's old blacksmith shop, near
the pike. After they had waited there a short
time Jim Carter drove by in his market
wagon. When ho got directly opposite tho
thicket ho looked surpris'd nnd threw up hi*
right hand, immediately upon which she
h«ard the report of a gun, suw smoko issue
from behind tbo fence in tho thicket, t
thrn saw Carter’s body fail into the wagon
The Sawyers brothers lived about two hun
dred yards from Jim Carter’s farm, and tho
vendetta between tbo two families has been
the talk of the ncigborhood for many' month
past. This talk .was increased,!^ the attempt
about three month* ago to anas ii no to obi man
Carter, when he was driving by tho Genmlt
thicket on hts way to market one morning.
Tbe attempt was mode a bout ,*; jj. or., and al
though the shot whizzed near Carter's Hbail,
none of them lodged in his body. 'Kfor iineo
the attempt to iiftsnssinato him tho old man
has inspected tho thicket very closely as ho
drove by it, and this probably accounts for tho
tact that lie received tho entire load of tho gun
in the fare and right band. It is boliaved by
tho neighbors that tho old man saw tho barrel
of the guu pointed ot him ns ho was dfiviug
by-the thicket, and throw up his
to his Inca to protect hitmell. vjlis bund ]]iiW
fare thus befog fn lino, tbo peculiar nature Wf
the wound* is accounted for. The excitement
in tho neighborhood of Brentwood over tho
mmdtr ot tho old inarkctniau is suid to be in
terne.
J'ottjvii.is, Fa., February At Minerivillo
but evening Mbs Marie McCrystai was married to
Wit, Dally, s merchant of that plat*. While tho
uu'dlug feMivltic* were In progrus* Uafcbtide was
attacked with pnraiytb ol tho'LtbrBwiltlU-d In
a tnv hours.
Wwwui.O., February lo.—At shrevo fast night
Wilbur IrtfitM. n jilted infer, shot am! fatally
uouudtil Iutuiii (duster just ushhu was leaving
tho roller eluding rink for her homo. Tun
trim then plac'd tin
Mi w his brain* out.
Mikkravii.mc, Fa.* January II.—At a bril
liant w* «bling near hero tbe controlling par
ties were William Duffy, n popular tnorebaut,
and Miss Mnmio Crystal, u beautiful young
lady occupying a high local ponition. After
th© ccretnonv the bridal party were banqueted
and then held a reception, intendin'* to leave
for a tour of the south, including the New Or
leans exposition. At midnight tUs bride
ntin «l, complaining of feeling Iradly. Within
two Lours the houuchohl was mnionoil t*> her
death bed. Doctor and priest woro o*l!e-l. but
she was toy nud medical aid. Tho hut rites
of the church were granted her and she died
at dawn. Her death is nttriln)ttfd by tiio phy
sician t«> heart discuie. it has shocked the
rrinmunily. The gnrUnds of the wodding
frnsl will be woven iuto chaplets '
tomb.
Ciiicauo, February 12.—Five men were
asphyxiut*d in a sewer late this aftern.
Several day* ago the main sewer in Kiiuie
street, In c foci iu diameter, become clogged.
ml to day a gang of eleven mt-n were sent to
chan it. Niue went iuto the sewer with a
scraper fitting the conformation ot tho sewer
dragging it tiom msn hole to man hob', while
the other two remained uh-*ve ground to draw
up the mini atd dirt through the manholes.
Between Halstead and Union streets, an unu
sually l»ng time was consumed. Finally tho
foreman, bending down at tho mouth or tho
manhole, heard u cry for aid, nnd going down
found the men near the opening, sonic of them
gasping for breath, aud others lying dead,
lhcre was a very strong small
ot gas. A rope was passed down to
him, at tho survivors were unable to climb up
the ladder. Alter two had been assisted up,
the fore man found himself fsiling from tha et-
feets of tho gs*, and was obliged to go to tbo
surface. Another man went down and res
cued three, and tho third assisted the remain
ing five. Four were dead when brought up,
sua another died soon alter. Tito survivors
•ay their first intimation that anvthing was
wrong was whoa one man droppad'.
rHti.Arrt.rnrs, I'euu., February 12.—A very
singular caae of suicide has been discovered in
Beading. John Steinman, aged six tv-throe
years, a bachelor of peculiar habits, and th©
owner of a two-hundred-acre farm, well
stocked with cattle, was found in hia barn at
twri> o o'clock sticking in a barrel, head down
ward, and with Ufa extinct. When discovered
he was burdaned down with weights and
stones tied around his neck, showing
that it was a case of deliberate suicide. It is
cot known how long Steinman w«% dead. He
was last seen alive on Monday. On ir.vaati-
gatien it was found that five of bis cows and
two hones were dead in the barn, alt haviug
their threats cut. The instrument by which
this was committed was found on SteiQtnau'*
person, stiil damp; also, $1,000 in greenback*
were found rowed in hiaeoaL It is not known
what caured the man to kill the animals and
then take his eu n life, but it is supposed he
was laboring under religious excitement.
rt Svith. Ark., February 12.—Another
bivcdy affray is reported to have occurred at a
dance in the Indian territory. Last Fri Lit
Ned lfoonds gate a «Unc© at his home in the
Chickasaw nation, at which whisky tlowed
freely. Nearly everybody f»* drunk. Two
engaged in a fight. Friends of both in
terfered. The tight beeataa geaaral. E. F.
Craig and several strangers were killed out
right and a number of cthsrs wounded*!
MVoavra, Ohio, February U—Some thro*
years tgo Wilbur Peter*, of fihrova, a small
town Un mil.s from here, began courting
L* urn Chester, a y*ung lady ot Fredericka-
burg. All .went smoothly for a year or more,
tba youcg lady accepting money and gift*
from*her devoted suitor, one was a frequent
fog s» long as a week at a time. About „
ago she changed her mind for some res son,
end accepted the attention* of other young
men. Tin’s waa a terrible blow to young
I'cttrf, aad ho left the village
for parts unknown. She went to tbe skating
rink with Ames Jacobs and there met Peters,
When she started home at about 10 o'clock,
accompanied by Jacobs, abe was met at the
door or the rink by Peters, who drew a self-
cocking bulldog revolver and fired two shots at
her. One shot took effect in the right side,
between the seventh and eighth ribs. When
be saw hfs victim fall to tho floor at his feet,
Ptters turned the muzzle of tho revolver to hia
own bead ar,d rent» bullet through his brain.
There is no hope of their recovery
$• LorifiTiLLf, Ky., February IS— Colonel
Thomas Buford,brother of General Abe Buford,
end the slayer of Judge Elliott,of tho court ot
appeals, died this morning at the Anchorage,
J\y., lunatic asylum, after a long illness from
chronic disease. Buford shot and killed
Judge Elliott for rendering a decision against
Buford’s sister in a case involving considerable
property. After hia trial Buford was adjudged
a lunatic, and sent to the asylum, from which
place he escaped, and going across the river
to Indiana, wnere he lived for about a year
hunting and fishing, the asylum officials being
unable, under the Jaw, to bring him back to
Kentucky. Without friends or money, Buford
grew sick, and finally was forced by want to
go back to tho asylum, where he remained
until hia death. It is only seven years since
he killed Judge Elliott, bul in that time
Buford saw his family lose all their property
and the troubleof his brother waa undoubtedly
the rouse ©f the suicide of the noted turfman,
General Abe Buford, who killed himself lost
summer.
LUNATICS ROASTED.
Tlte Burning ot a riillai1eJ|ihla Insane Asy
lum.
r.ADELritu, February 12.—A fire broke
out in tho insane department of the county
alms hour©, in West Philadelphia, abaut nine
’clock to-night. Tbe llamcs spread rapidly,
and before the .*100 inmates could be released,
nineteen of them were burned to death.
THK f.OCATIOMOF THR HHK.
The fire originated in the wing of the old
building of the insane department of Bloclcley,
which fronts toward the Schuylkill river, and
directly east of the main building of tho alms
lie use. In Him building, where the fire broke
out were 60 separate ceils for violent natlonta,
twenty on each. In addition to this tnero was
e large room on each of tho three floors in
wbien cots for twelve men were placed, all of
which were occupied when the firo broke out,
From all conflicting accounts to be ob-
nlned. it appears pretty certain that tho
grit alarm wa* given by au insane patient on
the first floor of tho main building.
This man, Joseph Nadine, occupied tho
room adjoining the stairway and drying room,
with aboul.H??nty other quiet patients, when,
about ten rofnutei to eight o'clock, he saVv the
tmobe issuing from above tho door which
•pened into tho wing in which the cells woro
itti&tcd. He ran to tho big iron grated door
fronting . on tlic main corridor of
tho building and cried out "FireI" His
alarm wes heard by tho attendant. An at
tempt was made to put oat the flnmca with
buckets ol water, and at firit it was supposed
that the (lames wore only burning from tho
groued floor, near tbo stairway, but in almost
hi instant it was found thut tho real point from
which the duuger came was tlio second tloor,
at tho top of and above tho dry room.
The removal of tho patients was at onco
undertaken, and was attended with the usual
difllcul y iu such casea of haviug to uso forco
somo times. All wero sRfcly gotten out of tho
first and second floor and turned loose in tho
yard. By this time the llamca had full posses
sion of tho corridors of the third floor, where
2K men wero confined, 20 iu soparato colls anil
ight in a. largo common r«om.
come of thoso were rescued by tho firemen
ud.fitondnnts, but eighteen aro knowu to
i*vc foal their lives, (me of theifo had been
n th« institution twenty-two ycat's, nnd in
that time bad killed three ot hia follow unfor
tunates. His hands havo for twenty years
been chained to his body to prevent him from
killing thoco around him. Another w
man who had bc©n for twenty years confined
in o miserable shanty by his parents.
The pIx hundred and thirty inmates who
i ro turned out of the various wards were, as
for os possible ami soon as could bo, provided
in the out wards ami other parts of the
aims house. Many of them, however, escaped
into the city, and wandered about tho streets,
where somo.were captured by tho police, nnd
either returned to the institution or locked up
in tho stationhouses.
Nine bodies wero recovered nnd placed in
the dead mom. Only three ot these had ap-
'arently died from bums received, tho others
identiy having been suffocated by smoko.
During the night many insane persona wero
found wandering iu difl'cront parts of the city,
c me nearly naked. The poor creatures gen-
rally ictuicd unable to understand the sttua-
tit», nt-d in some cases begged the captors
pitccuily not to throw them in tho river.
Others itemed to take it a* a grand joko, und
laughed glutuJ'y when the subject ot tire was
mentioned. Another came fly lug down
South lirect early this morning with
mar.aclo attached to his wrist nnd
few links of chain dangling
from him, shrieking and laughing as ho struck
right and foil among tha frightened people,
’‘was found necessary to use violence and
i<i k him down before he could be secured.
Another mad tnnu caused a panic ia tho street
r by rtuhing in half clnd and with his daco
xrhed and Blacken'd. Uo sank cowering
iu tho corucr. aud it wua soon found more
seared then those who had run away.
Tho report that the streets were full of es
caped-maniacs caused much alarm ia west
'’hilndeluhia, nud straugers looked upon each
ther with much distrust. Tbo firemen arc
still at work on the rums. They are weary
eud half frozen, each mau’s helmet and coat
appearing os hard as armor* but their search
' r bodice is coutinucd steadily. There appears
have been a great deal of unnecessary
trouble caused by the rotten hose, aud tho
scarcity in tho water supply. To remedy tbe
latter tailing,s dozen brawny firemen chopped
a hole in the thick ice <-n the Scuylkill river,
but when the hose was introduced tho mud aud
grinding bite of Ice split the leather, aud the
attempt was a failure.
THE BUSINESS PROSPECT.
rHiLADKUMru,rn., February 13.—The exec
utive committee of the American iron and steel
association, at a lull meeting of its members
held here yesterday, iwu*d an address to all
the iron and steel manufacturers in the Tutted
States. It congratulates tbe American manu
facturers of irou and steel aud the country
©ccraliy upon (ho prospect that the de-
<rendcn iu business, .which has con-
nurd tor about two years. is
'patently nearing its end, and says there is
uch in the business situation to encourage a
tcidirc of hopefulness, and absolutely no
grtTied whatever upon which to bate tho ap-
rreheraigi that u prolonged continuance of
the preaent depression is possible.
New York, February 13.—The business foil-
r*« throughout the country, occurring daring
t week, as reported to the mercantile agency
oi It. G. Dun A Co., number for the United
States 239, and for Canada 31; total 270,
agaicst 329 last week, and 334 the week previ
ous. This large decrease is probably more
appsrent thau real. Telegraphic and railroad
mmunicetion in the wcat and northweat has
t much interrupted by the anow that
iLrabtleea many failure* in remote localities
have nM yet Wn reported.
nrrenr.tf, February OtpTbe E-tgar Thomson
>tcel works, at Braddoeks. will resume operation*
all ii*penmenta to morrow, alvlnf employment
nea*ly 4.CC0meu who have been Idle for eight
weeks.
ADELINA PATTI, th* great MOgrtM,
•ays of Man Palmer's Partomas, Toil* Soaps
and other Toilet artUtoas M l uahesitatingly
pronoanea them superior to aay I overused.*
Principal Depot* H4 an • Paarl uraal, JT.
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX.
Answers te tha Curloaa and the Inquire
fin this department we give brief and pertinent
atkwera to inch queationa as our reader* may do
sha to ask-pruvided the questions are of special
or general interest. Ana wen may delayed for -
weex.l _'
^euo»alL*T, aoadeu, Ua.; tvEst fa tae bo-
method ot tanning dog skins aud others for fu
coats, caps, etc?
h'preao out the akin with the flesh side up: hare i
ready a mixture composed of two partsot mltanc
tw o paits of faltpetreand alum combined,pounded
very nne. Aprioble this thickly and evenly over
th© surface of tbe skin; then roll it up and leave
it a few day* till the applied powder baa become
quite dissolved. Then stretch the skin tlgntly on
a beard and scrape ft until tbe pelt fa quit** fred
from anv adhering bits of flesh or membrane.
I’laco the stretched skin lo the sun till it fa dry
then rub well with neat'a-foot oil, and put In tn<
again for a day or two. Then rcrupo the oil
which nature provides for tbe protection of tbe
animal during tho cold season, fa In tbe best cm
dittos.
Gordon fs an Eoglfsbraan. He began bis career
taa subaitfrn laat
,vtr. In this camp
©oration of the J
t he was a fiptal..... ( . —
thirty, an! coloucl and commauderof the order
of Bath at thirty-two. In Chinn he led the armies
of the c-mpeior agafust the rebel*, gaining
n victory in every battle.- While leading bfa troops
he directed their movements with n little black
nioe.sud thisrsmo to be known as “Gordon’*
tragic wandof victory." In Egypt Gordon sue
tbe couutry npen Its old basts of local govern
meiit. Arriving at Khaitoum he put ttie place In
a condition to resist a siege lor years, and made it
proof against everything except treason.
2. Khartoum is on the wt*t hank of the ft'nc Kile,
about a mile front Its junction with the Wh.te
Nile. 1 lie rrsldcut population fs from 30,000 to
30.CC0, ot which two thirds arc slaves. About 1,300
Furr ream*. Syrians, Capts, Turks ami Jews live Iu
the city. Mats, rot ton cloth, rones and HI agree
silver work are manufactured, and there is a eon-
sldtrablc export and Import trade. Tho houses
at© mrstly oi sun-dried brick, aud there nre very
ftw good bulldingf.
It. J. C., Thomson, Co.: How old 1* the art ot
gla« tmi king?
The oldot rperlmen ot pure glass in existence Is
~ molded lion's heml bearing the uaaic of au
itfan king of the eleventh dynuty. It was
e 2,(t<0 years before Christ. Dr. Hchliemann
found gfars In the excavations at Mycenae. lit
fao* it ts hard to tlx a period when glass-making
was cot cat ried ~
Subfcrlber, Rome, Ga.: How does tho present
Indian population compare with tho uumberou
this coutinent nt the time ot its dUcavery?
It fa estimated that nt the discovery of America
thtxc were not more than MO.OCQ Indians in ihc
area now known as tho United States. Aftor 300
years' stragglo with civilization, bullets nnd whis
ky tbe Indians now number Utwceu 300.000 and
4C0.W0.
W. H. Y., F*>t rale-feline, Ohio: 1. Please direct n
rortbem invalid ton good locality in Georgia,
v here he can regain his strength. 2. Tub Coksti
ii tion recently published an article ou tiie "Hulas
hgyjju
Good Templar, Atlanta, On.: What fa the cause
ef the rcolnres between tlw prohibitionists and
Francis Murphy?
Murphy lectures for money. Ho holds himself
in readiness to conduct a tcmpciauco campaign
any where for a cash consideration. Soma of the
problbitionfots think that Mu~phy is iu for tho
money instead ol the catue I Fell.
O. B. C., Crawfish Sprint, Ga.: 1. When and
a change baa been made as
J. 8. 8., Greenville, 8. C.
Booth hurled Jn mid-ocean?
his re-msinH buried?
i. liutMiMdsofahmret Atnrica, havo been told
about tbe disposal of BooluTbody, Booth wa* se
cretly burled under the floor of tho old arsmat ou
the island, til Washington. In February, 1*69,
Prcfeidr i.t Johcscn gave an order for the disinter-
ir. on toll ho brdr. A New York-World report©
wn« present und Men tilled the remains. The cof
fin *• * placed it: n he-x and driven to the depot,
where it was shipped to Baltimore to K In In
Junius Brums M-oth. 2. v\llkc* Booth no
;:nh in tlic ctmvlery at Baltimoro by the hide ot
fa father.
Grctnbsm, Bowmen. Ga.: I’lfase do not con
sider tho question too Mtnplc, but I desire to X
if theerrdiiiUt fa attnehed to the limb at the
ot the nut where the three holes «r»\
The uroanut itself is not attached to th© limb
or twig. Tho nut is enveloped iu a husk about an
A. L. 11. Greenville, Ala.: What*Is n cyclone,
aud tho dlflX-reuee between that and a tornado?
Auordii'g to Get-era) Hszt-u, the word “cyclone”
fame into use about forty years ago to describe tho
Violent Mounsof the hay oi Bengal. His tho name
givni to a sterm who*e path fa irom ouo hundred
to five hundred mRt* wfo©, a storm chsmctsrlzad
ly a tnuul cloud dhc, from whlffi heavy
rain falls; with spiral inward blowing
winds of destructive violence nfar tho center,
but with a calm space (ten or fifteen miles
in dfaiiutei) nt the center itself, knowu ts the
■ ( jc of thottonn." The barometer always records
. lew atmospbciic procure neat the storm-center,
'yelencs have a progre»«Iv© motion, not directly
.risible, but apparent Iu the passing change* of the
weather they bring. They nr© not always violent,
re ottiu accompsntcd by a broad sheet ot cloud
itli tain or.ruow, with nigh temperature in front
ol them and low temperature folio wins them, la
this couutry such rythmic storms never leave a
lianr.w pstn of destructive action along the track
ot their UEtrat pasrng©. liut arc beneficial
...duitsfo . , , .... .
for rev*ml thouMiiid miles Tornado©* are violent
local storms, which appear to he generated only
bleb few struct tires can stand. They advance at
atuoi tw« “ “' ” *■
pondlnR
. tm witninwhich they ...
single tornado seldom endures more than an hour
A number of tornadoes frequently occur
name tornado has been treed since the early part
of this century lit this couutry aud io Europe. Its
replacement by cyrlotic fa very T'-ccnt nnd should
he avoided in order to preveut confusion.
further without the consent of the o'.her powers?
2. Is there such a thing as a de facto king or mon-
an-h? 3. Which are the three oldest governments
now on the globe? 4. Are there more than two
1. No. 2. Yea, Bfamarck fa one. while the czar of
Hursfa fs cot. facanse tie h virtually n pri-oner. :k
Thereof fbtnn, s»n Marino and Knglaud. 4. No
aud yet. 5. Use oxalic acid.
J. D. N., GowrrsvBle, 8. C.: I. ^Vby fa a genuine
. .her dollar ottsw worth foOO? i Are persons
who have money to loan at four per cent reliable?
‘ Was Major Andre shot or hurg?
1. It It fa worth the sum mentioned it fa becinse
is very scarce. 1 H.thcy do not try to get any
thing cut cf yen in advance hut insist upon gut-
c<?re reetirity they ought to be considered very
xcliable. ’3. He was haugsU although he begged to
thou
G. P. V., Atlanta, Gs.: 1. Dow long fa the
Brooklyn bridge? 2. How many foot passengers
\*>i over It. and tow many wagons? What did
310*t? «. llow much money has been receiTed?
What interot did it pay for last yew?
1. It fa S.K9 feet long. 2. Ahont .,<Jt0 foot pass-
«t>pire, D CCO car pssrengere, and t.CKri carriage
pamttgets a *:sr. ?. About jr»,000.COO.
4. The retort for last year bx« not
Urn published. 5. The answer to tha
fast curetion explain* why we cannot nrre»-er this
uoUcn. The report for last rear wss handed in
.he bridge trnafots hut Tuesday, and ordered to
prluud. The treasurer's report showed that
daring J alveary 1M.300 foot paswoeere paid f!,8u5
into the«xuheqncr of the corporation: **>.LS)ear
ps»sUJttrs contributed $44,4? 1. and i&V*K psmen-
gin on ixrriogaway Tha total
l tr of poasesgera was 1.211.456; tha total
s, 6»^aa. against t»^4? tor Ua eor-
,.- r —dUf mouth of last year. The ©*p©n« fast
mouth were f3.vM.77 for thg promenade, m,0fa79
for th© railroad, and f3,255.26 far the carriagewaj{
total, 131.1*07.02, Tbe receipt*’for the trtgut cant
?».«!* »•»
Cr"d,','«iiriiiTiMi!r«ry.tiie corrwpo,!<llni mon«h
ot lanye«r,howli,KO„l,itl,S6B. he jPJ*
the bridge arc raplnly tucreulng. Tnerecsipiiior
the can show an advance of 85 pir cent ou th«^or-
rcf-ooudiEff month oi lost year. It would beau
i ror to luppove other*fa© than that Ufa laorease
fa due to an enlarged amount of .busiuess apply*
ing to the can.”
Subscriber. Atlanta, Ga.: 1. Why doe* a vine
twin* d around a stalk always grow to tho right?
2. Why are there more Smiths and Joneses than
other names in tbe English speaking wor.d.
I. It does not. Jn dark, or shsdj' ^
ways grows toward the lfgnt. 2. Probably because
iu early times so many persons were named Joho,
ami to many followed the occupation
of a smith, Surnames gradually came Into two In
the tenth, eleventh aud twelfth centuries ana
many of them were derived from the Ccristian
name of the father. Occupation gave rise to many
surnames and as the occupation, of a smith was
very common it was uatutal that thousand* of
people should adopt that « s asuruame.
J. W. P.. Koreross. Ga” Lilian excurrion train
run from Atlanta to Washington; D. C'., ab-*'it the
flret of March, and wbnt will be, tbo round trip
After the 20th Imtant, vduuCirlp ticket' from
Atlanta to Washington will be sold for flUA
n. £• Jv., j erry, via,i i. uui
than blacks arc there fn Gcon __
Mormons arc In the United States?
1. Whites. HC.906; blacks, 725,1-1. These figure;
are from the ccn>ns of 1N«0. 2. They are estlutatea
at OO,ICO, of whom 11,010 are polygamists.
When the work of tbo day fs done.
And you have time to sit in the twilight
And watch tbe sinking suit, ,
V bile the long, bright day dies slowly
Over the tea.
And the hour grows quietmndjboly
With thoughts or me;
While you hear the villagechlldrcu
Passing along the street,
Among th©so thronging footsteps
May come tlte sound of my feet.
Therefore I tell you: Watch
By the light or the evening star,
Win-ii the room fa growing dusky
As the clouds alar;
Let the door be on the latch
In your home.
For it may be through the gloaming
X will conic.
“It may be when the midnight
Is heavy upon the laud,
And the black waves lying dumbly
For it may be that nt xuidp’ight
1 will come.
. in tho sky,.
Aud th© sea looks ©aim ahd holy >
Waiting for the dawu
Of the golden sun which drawetb nigh.
When the mists are on tbe valleys, shading
The rivers chin..
And my morning star fa Jading, fading ,
Over the bill,
Behold, 1 ray unto you; .Watcfr-
Ut the door be ou tne latch , >
In your home;
In tbe chill before the dawning.
Between the night aud/- ,r rning,
1 may come.
“It ir ny he In tbe morning,
When the sun fa bright and strong,
And the dew ts glittering sharply
Over tbe little lawn;
When the waves are Isughlng loudly
Along the shore
And the little birds nre singing sweetly
About the door;
With the long day's work before you,
You rise up with tbe Mm,
Ami tbe neighboucontain to talk a little
Of nli that must l>e done:
But remember that I may be the next
To come lit nt the door,
To call you from ull your busy work
For evermore.
Aa you work your heart must watch.
' Tiifmcoror fa oirihv ia«h - - r
In
And it may
1 will come.
HTt-rj u»y:
Whenever the sun shlnea brightly ,
I rise and say:'
‘Surely it ts the shining of HI* ftco,'
And look unto tho gate* of Dis high place
Beiottd tbo sea, . .
For I know he 1s coming shortly
To summon me.
And when a shadow falls across tho wiu-low
Of my room—
Where I aru working my appointed task,
I Hit my head and watch the door and ask
If He fa coni©;
And the angel answers sweetly
In my home,
Only afewmoreshndow-*,
And Uc wi»l conic.”
P. B . Ornlft. Fla.: Picas© give mo the author of
th© quotation: “Thoeourdoua water saw Its Lord
and blushed,” Also the occasion which suggested
original Isa latin epigram (Entg, sacra.
Aqua- in vlnuu, p. 2W) ned was founded on tho
ua native In the recoud chapter ot the gospel of St,
Johu. The lire r©a<?a:
Ny mpha pud ten Drnm vldlt, ct erubult.
This waa rendered by Richard Crashawr two bun*
drrd and fifty years ago into the English tlac:
The conscious water saw it* God, and blit died.
Many other poets havo tried their hand on tho
same theme, hut none of them are as sententious
i the Iatfn original. This ts oue of the best: ,
0 Le conretous water, nwed by power dlviue,
ccnfi-JHd its Gddand blnshen itself to wlno.
Tbe following by Aaron Dill fa fuller, but much
less forcible:
to hen Christ at Cana's feast, by power divine,
Inspired cold water with tbe warmth ot win©,
•Tee,” cry’d they while in red’ning tide It gush'd.
“The bashful stream liatir seen its God and
blushed.”
The occasion, of course, fs sufficiently indicated
In the veree.
8cc James tv; 13.
8. B.. Buford's Bridge. On.: Please give me tha
author of “An Honest Man fa the Noblest Work of
God.”
Alexander Pope.
B. C. 8., C'ussets, Ala.: 1 am a small boy, but •
dally reader of your interesting paper. II your
space will allow jdtase give me a short hfatory of
orm ot this
s celebrate il ..
Paris and New
&
i festivity fa generally * carnival which
il with more pomp in Borne, Venice,
ew Orleans than anywhere else; It
feast during the several days proceeding the meat
last of forty days mpprwed to, have been
Instituted by the bishop of Rome before the mid
dle of tho ifcoud century. Mardt gras means
“Fat Tuesday.” In Paris it* celebration wa* first
permitted In masks by tbe regent duke of Orleans,
in this country it has never had a foothold except
' New Orleans.
E. W. W., Atlanta. Ga.: Please publish a
written by the late P. 8. Worn ley. a
h poet, on the fly-leaf of hfa transla
tion of the Iliad, and preseuted to General Robert
*1 be poem fa as follows:
“The grand old bar-1 that never dleit.
Receive him in onr English tongue.
1 rend tbee, but with wicplng eyes,
Tbe story that he snug.
Thy Troy fa falleiwthy dear land
la marred beneath tne spoiler s heel;
1 cannot trust my trembling hand
To write the things I feel.
Ah. realm of tear*—but let her bear
This blazon to the end of time—
No ration rose so whit sand fair,
None (ell so pure ot crime.
The widow’s moan, the orphan’* wail.
Rise round thee-bat In truth be strong;
An’aneid's pen, an angel’s mouth,
Not Homer’*, could alone to me
Hr an well the great confederate so :!h.
virglrfaflret, and Lee:”
Horafozd’a Acid Plinpliata-SpMific Virtue#
In Dj oprpila
Da. Jikkiss, Great Falla, X. H., sava. “I
can testify to its seemingly almost apaetfid
virtues in cases of dyspepsia, nervousness and
morbid vigilance or wakefulness.”