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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MARCH 3 1885 TWELVE PAGES.
THE RISING Sill
That Peeping Over the
Hilltops Now
WILL FLOOD THE REPUBLIC
WITH GLORIOUS SUNSHINE
ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH
4,1885.
Cutip <tl the Ctaitg Ieugmlioo Dtp ud of
Hr. CltTtlul’s Movenents.
GOOD OLD TOM HENDRICKS ALREADY
IN WASHINGTON,
Washington is ngog with thnatir of the com
ing inauguration!
Mr. Cleveland, president elect, will not
reach the city until Tuesday night. Mr. Hen
dricks is already there. Crowds are pouring in
from every section of the country. The ar-
rangements are all complete, nn<! the demo
cratic restoration will make the most brilliant
Inaugural ever seen in thia government.
Tnr. Constitution has its special writers
ready for the great work, and every detail of
the great ceremony will be printed in next
week's Constitution. In the meantime, we
give our readers such glimpses of the prepara
tion! being made as will be interesting.
Aijaxt, N. Y., February 27— [Rpccial.]—
President elect Cleveland baa completed the
few preparations which ho deeina nccesaary
lor the social side of hia forthcoming residence
in Washington. Hia sister, Mias It. £. Cleve
land, will bo the mistress o! the white house.
She did not join the household in the governor's
mansion here, but has been with him a great
deal since ho retired to the Towner residence,
on his resignation of the governorship. It
was with reluctance that she consented to go
to Washington to take charge of the presiden
tial domicile. Bho has been nn earnest and
Industrious woman, and never contemplated a
life of luxury, much less one of conspicuous
J wition before the country. Hho is as unique
n her way as hor brother is in hia, though
they aro apparently hot at all
alike in general character. Nor d»oa she
'physically resemble him. Hho is of medium
stature and build, with a shapoly and highly
Intellectual fore. Hho ia good looking, but not
pretty. Bhe dresses neatly, but plainly, nml
wears few ornaments. Hho has for a long
time been a lecturer by profession, her special
ly being educational subjects, and her audi
ences usually the pupils of girls' schools. Hho
hoe, for example, just lectured at the Klinira
seminary on Joan oi Arc. Hho speaks several
languages, ia exceptionally well informed
in history and Uio arts, and has that degree
of confidence in herself and the knowledge sho
voirrsies as to he able to firmly toko the lond
in conversation, and to bold it against the
bright men and women who have coinn in
rontart with her. Yet in some respects she is
notably shy, and always ao modest and amia
ble as to win friends easily and quickly.
••Why, ahe'a a perfect dictionary," said ax-
Governor Cornell, when ho roturned frohi a
visit to Mitt Cleveland yesterday. ••She's ono
of the brightest women 1 over met."
There »e«me be uo doubt that Mias Clave-
I administration will not lack distinctive
lies, for she Is a strong-minded woman,
ind wfflK 10 lD,lrurt moml*!* <»f her sex,
a. to th^pttiitei ,o . ,,<K . 1 «•»«•»*
certainty that I
rival or excel Arthur In the - ..
social administration. If you call^Htf.Jl*
here, and have lived In Washington, ho unre^
•ervrdly shows a great interest in ail that you
ran tell him about tho capital. Ho baa never
seen the whito house.
In hia lile here in Albany Cleveland Is plain
enough. He rata sparingly. Hia cook is nn
ordinary servant, with no French or other
accomplishments. The small and delicate
Fenator Kvarts, whom your correspondent
happened to see in close contrast with Clove-
land during hia rail, swallows as much in one
day as the Lulliar man does in three. What
ever his habits may have been in Buflalo, he
crrtaiuly has not been known here ns a con
vivial bachelor. He keeps a box of cigars In
hia desk' ami they comdiluto the only refresh
ments commonly offered to visitors. His pre
decessors, I>lx, Tildcn and Cornell, always
had wine galore, but he abolished the closet
for beverages.
the ratiinsNTtAt. rinrr.
Aiiury, N. Y, February 27.—President
elect Cleveland, accompaiiicdJ'v his brother,
two slaters and Colonel Lntuffnl and family,
will start for Washington early Tuesday
morning, and will bo there Tuesday overling.
THE VICE-PRESIDENT-ELECT.
Mr. Hendricks Enthusiastically Becelved In
Washington.
Wasbivotow, February 27.—Tlio vieo-nroai-
dent-elect arrived in Washington at S:3t)
o'clock this afternoon, on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, two hour* and a quarter behind
time. A large crowd assembled nt the depot
before the hour at which Uia train was due,
and patiently awaited its coming, receiving
constant accessions ns tho time passed, until
when the train arrived the assemblage num
bered several hundred persons. Tho throng
filled tho depot, waiting room, and crowded
about i<n the sidewalk in front
of the depot, and tho members ol the citiaens'
reception committee and of the Indiana demo
cratic association, with a few newspaper re
porters, awaited the arrival of the train on the
platform. In tho interior of the depot the
mtuwcrntic numbers of congrai* trout Indiana,
except Senator Voorhees, who was detained at
the senate, and Judge Holman, who could not
leaxo tho house, were present, as members o|
the Indiana democratic association. Repre
sentatives-elect Barnum, Ford and Howard, o|
Indiana, and Colonel Bannister, of that state,
and Ms sirs. Nilas and Morgan, of this city, us
repn tentative* of the Indiana democratic as-
sociation and Iharituaua’ committee respect
ively, went up the road a* far as Harper s
ferry to meat Mr. Hendricks and escort
him to the city. U had
been arranged by tha Indiana
sif< ciatmn to mact him at the depot and give
him a cordial reception, without speech
making or any formality. Tho inauguration
cimmittea seat a representative of the com
mittee to meat him aud escort him to his hotel.
h r ufortunately, however, there was no concert
«t action between the two bodies, aud when
the train drew up in the depot and Mr. Han-
dricka alighted, he was seized hold of bv
** t**a and Claggat, of tha citizens' committee*,
and hurried through tha crowd oa tho plat-
I«im lowuU, bii r.rri.g. without txiu( .)-
low.d to .too ■ momtm, cton to ili.ke htn<l>
with til, Indian, friend.. A few of th. I.lfer,
kcwrvrr, 1'U.hfd thrir w.r thmufh tho
rrowd and .hook h.ndi with th.
virw-l'rMld.nt-elKt. On. .slhuaiutie
wdmdu.l nlBoat knofk.d Hendrick,
..VCT, In hi, M^ri.Mito ho rmgntud R d to
•nhe hi. hand. A. ,<wn tho ,ic. rrMid.ot*
•lift mi mnninhi, many of the .nectator.
on Ik. fi.U mi dolled their btu and inphud-
wdhiro. A. h. puhed on townrd th. carrUr.
down th. Irngth of th. pl.t form, »d throuxh
•tho wnlliBi-room to the .trot, tho .npl.uM
fKWC.Iil.u h.r.neh.d tho .troet, il'inoko
Jnlo «Mhtt.i»itn- rhMrin,. h* which Mr. Hob-
diwi. rnputded hjr numg hi. hit .ad how-
**«• Th. rein mitten everted him to b ear-
T 'V , f *•* J“ r - u,# «»»>• •“’■fed about tho
ick.tlfj ud ,wetted it ftvm bttoj dnwa
off,while a score or more shook baodi with Mr.
Hendricks. As tho driver finally whipped up
hia horres and drove off* to the hotel, tbaerowd
cheered enthusiastically. Mr. Hendricks was
accompanied by several gentlemen from In
diana, and a few ladies of his family.
Mr. Hendricks dined quietly at Willard's
hotel to-night with Mrs. Hendricks, and in the
evening held an informal reception in hi*
rooms in the hotel. Quite a number of persons
called on him to pay their respects.
GETTING THINGS READY
For tha Grandest of Inaugurals—Gossip
Abont tho Capital City,
Washington, February 24.—[8r>c-ial.]—A
profusion of bunting, a fluttering of lings from
ten thousand windows, the sound of saws and
hammers in the erection of long rows of scat!
overlooking I’ennivlvanla avenue, and most of
all, tho heavily burdened passenger trains
which bring almost hourly tribute to this al
ready crowded city, indicate the approach of
an extraordinary event.
The inaugural ceremonies, four years aj
went far ohead of ail precedent in theniagm
eenee of tbeir decorations and ceremonies, and
in tho sizo of the crowds which
Hocked from the four corners of
the continent. In every respect tho inaugu
ration of Cleveland and lfenurieks will eclipse
that of Garfield and Arthur and carry the
record of magnificence, which for a generation
has been steadily increaning on these occasions
to a point that will be difficult to surpass.
I would not advlso anybody to stay away
from Washing*, u next week, for the 4th of
March will be a day memorable forever in the
history of tho country and will offer mu^h to
plcaso and to inspire the pilgrim who comes
wither to join in its jubilee.
Washington he.a remarkable facilities for en
tertaining great crowd*.
There are twenty-nine, not including the
suburban hotels, the many larga boarding
houses which are thrown open to the public
on special occasions, and the vast nmnbor of
rooms furnished for thu entertainment of
guests on the Kuropcnn plan.
The hotels named can take care of between
fifteen and twenty thousand people.
There is no telling how many the boarding
houses and furnished rooms can pack away on
a pinch. Besides, there will be thousand* of
Visitors on the 4th who will come and go on
that day and will seek no entertainment, save
that offered by the restaurants and lunch
atanda. At the better class of the hotels rates
next week will range from
$5 to $-20 a Day.
The $5 man will take his chances, and, if he
S eta a room nt all, will bo located in one on n
igh floor, with anywhere from one to nix or
sight companions. Tho $20 man will hnvo a
mmII room to himself. Washington ia al
ready comfortably full. It was crowded
last Saturday when tho Washington monu
ment waa dedicated. Large halls
havo been rented by hotel proprietors
and filled with bunks, such as aro used in
barracks. One such hall is fitted into nn
enormous bedroom for 500 in<*n. Tho bunks,
with meals at tho adjacent hotol, will bo $1 a
day.
Four years ago congress bad an all night
session on tho eve of the inauguration and it
was estimated that nearly two thousand poo-
plo nodded out the night in tho galleries of
tho capitol bccauso they could find nowhero to
sleep. This national dormitory will probably
beopon again next week.
Bleeping cars havo been engaged by parties
in almost every state, and will bo used as
headquarters during tho inauguration. Hun
dreds of theso ears will ho stationed at tho
depots on sido tracks constructed especially
for them. They offer dccidodly tho most
agrees Ido fariiities for parties of clubs,
companies aud special parties coming to the
inauguration.
In addition to expanded prices and con
tracted comforts in bonrd, other inconven
iences and taxes must ho oxnoctcd. Seats
have been arranged for ttlty thousand
peoplo along the line of inarch. Those Bests
ate erected on vacant lot* and government
reservation*, in tiers which command a fino
view ol tho swaying crowds and the graud
procession. The narrow apace allotted to oach
lwraaniis «dr«/cd for one dollar. Tho best
vl*w Mil be lia«F ffom tho Windows fronting
rennsnVanla avenue, but these will bo lux
uries which nono but the wealthy or tho for-
tunato friends of the window owner* can on-
joy. An entorprising speculator has engaged
.several hundred of theso window* and is ad
vertising them to let for tho fourth. Ho
Jins a choice doublo window looking
TRvUrn avenue which ho
.llhi. S!x rcoj.fe could.lt in comfort
cell. Hcvernl B«U W -‘.S? P™"* 1 ®r^T.*1
tli. Mine figure anil (loo I.T'Mf*
maud for inferior points of obaoMEJ]^ a i '
cheapest window in the list is in w,
story over a barroom. It can bo had for floT
A prominent hotel mnn told mo that ho could
make more noney by rontiug tho window* of
his rooms fronting tho avenuo than by filling
the rooms with bonrders.
THH INAUGURAL ham.
In the unfinished pension building will bo an
item of oxpenso to many. Tho ball
room arranged in tho great open court of tho
great structure, covered over securely
uud gorgeously «>rnnmeutod,will accommodate
.'10,000 peoplo. Tickets aro $5 each for ladios
as well as gentlemen. Bupper will be $t ex
tra. A carriage for that cveuing will proba
bly be worth $20. The ball will coat in the
neighborhood of $50 for every couplo that
••does It" in stylo.
Reforo tho ball there will be a grand display
ol fireworks. Ho charge. Everything will
be cbnreed at the rate set by the hotels. Bar
bers wifi ask 25 rente for a shave. The citi*
*rn who drinks to the succoss of the new admin
istration must pay a quarter and take
it [straight, as a ‘ largo sign in
every ' bar will bear tuo Inscription:
••No mixed drinks!" It takes timo to
•'mix," and time will be mouey to the bar
keepers that day.
Iu fact, everything will rise except railroa l
fine. Very cheap rates are offered from all
parts of the country, and thia accounts in a
largo measure for the great crowd that ia
coming.
this raocRssiox
is expected to number fully thirty thousand
men of various military and civic organisa
tions, representing every state in the union.
It will be marshalled by General Slocum, and
will have to be very closely arrayed to pass
from the white house to the capitol in a rea
sonable time. The military display will sur
pass anything sceu in the United Bin tee since
the armies of the union were disbanded here
after the fail ol the confederacy.
W BAT IT WILL COST.
The total coat of the inaugural ceremonisa,
including the fireworks and the ball, will not
fall far short of $100,100, a greater sum than
was ever before fxpeuded ou such an occasion.
et, it is very probable that the affair will
more thau pay out. There have beau volun
tary contributions amounting to nearly $20.-
000. There will probably be 15,000 ball
tickets sold, which vnU bring In $75,000 more.
Privileges of varioua kinds havo been
sold for several thousaui dollars. The
inaugural committee ia composed of the boat
sort of material. Everything possible for the
comfort and pleasure of the visitor*. U being
dene. It may be that U»i« seemingly extrav
agant outlay will result iu a big surplus to be
devoted to some charitable object. The
inauguration will more than pay for itself.
AH who visit Washington next week may ex-
*lo be dtxalcd by the splendor
e grandest inauguration ever
seen and taxed at* every turn by price*
mtilo to fa the «vcasion. i*i ia worth a good
deal to see the first democratic president tore
quarter ol a century placed in office. Few
pers. us who have made up their minds to
witneae that event can be frightened away by
any announcement of the prospective co*t of
the fuu. F. II. 11.
(FINISHING TOUCHES.:
The Inaugural Flat form Hull! —Mr. Maw klaa
sad UU Four Hoys.
WinaiNcvoN, February 2d.—The greateveut
of next Wednesday ia heralded by many signs.
F.very day adds a multitude to the already
crowded city. Already economy of room is
the rule. The pecking process will begin
In earnest ia • day or two. The inaugural
committee !a keeping tip with the myriad de
tails of it* business admirably, and the best
effects of intelligent system are insured. The
decorations of public and private buildings
aro proceeding on a scale of unprecedented
magnificence. Miles of bunting and thousand*
oI flags are already fluttering in the chill
winds. The enormous ball room is resolving
the finishing touches of interior ornamenta
tion. It eeetns impossible to crowd it, aud the
managers defiantly declare that they can ad
mit thirty thousand people without crowding.
The platform extending from tho east portico
Of the capitol is unusually large. On this the
president-elect takes the oath of office and de
livers hia inaugural address. There will be
several hundred seats for congress and a few
distinguished visitors.
Mr. < It-vel&nd will arrive in Washington at
a later date than any of hia predecessors. It
will be near midnight on the 3d of March
when he alights from tbo train and drives to
the apartments which hfeve bcen reserved for
him at the Arlington hotel. President Ar
thur extended to him a cordial invitation to
be bis gueet, but Mr. Cleveland declined,
because he had already engaged room*.
Arthur will havo "Mr. Hawkins," the n«grq
roarbman who served Grant, Hayea, Garfield,
also on hand at ten o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, with his four au)>*rb bays and their har
ness heavily mounted with silver. In this rig
the outgoing president will drive past LaFay-
ettc square to the hotel of the incoming presi
dent, and the two will go down Pennsylvania
to the capitol, with the gaze of a quarter of a
million people fixed upon them.
Washington, February 25.—The president
invited President-elect Cleveland to be his
guest at the executive mansion from the time
of his arrival in thia city until he ie formally
inaugurated. The invitation has been declined
with thanks, as apartment* have already been
secured for Cleveland at the Arlington hotel,
and because of the present uncertainty as to
the exact time ot his arrival at the national
capital. According to the programme, as at
present arranged, the retiring president will
call upon tho incoming president at the Ar
lington hotel, etid escort him to tho capitol, to
be inaugurated. President Arthur has ac
cepted an invitation to attend the inaugura
tion ball, and has assured tho general com-
mitteo of his cordial support and co-operation
THE COMING CABINET.
Garland, llajard, Lamar and Manning .Set.
tied On.
The cabinet of tho new president is rapidly de
veloping. It Is settled that Umar, Garland, Bay
ard and Manning will be in, ns appears below:
Wahhinoton, Fob., 25.—To-night Lainnr'a
appointment to the interior department is
certain. It in criticised by a lew extremists,
but the comment of the members of congress
of both parties is almost unanimously favor
able.
Tho New York Times to-day has this refer
ence to Lamar:
On the democratic aide of the chamber, Mr.
Lamar has only friends even where he has critics,
aud even his critics are eonflned to a class of sena
tors like Merits. Voorhees, Beck, Coke, Vance,
Harris and others, who represent some imaginary
•‘homespun," "cheercprcsa and hay loft” demo
cratic element, aa distinguished from tho more
6 retending and aspirating element, of which
c-rara. Umar, Bayard. Colquitt, Morgau, Gibson
aud Pendleton are tlio exponents.
Wii.ui.xoton, Pol., Fonruary 27.—The Every
Evening, thia afternoon, publishes the elate-
inent, on entirely trustworthy authority, that
Benetor Bayard will enter Cleveland's cabinet
ns secretary of state, and that ho will forward
his resignation aa United States sonator to the
legislature next Wednesday.
Wahhinoton, February 27.—The 8tar snvs:
It Is stated to day, upon unquestioned authority,
land yesterday received a leitei
tnst Senator (Saris
senator has
mailed hfs acceptance'. While no doubt has been
entertained that Garland would be appointed, it
appears that the formal tender of the position did
not Tcaeh him null! yesterday.
Thero is little new cabinet speculation to
night except that Mr. Black, of Illioob. has
been dropped from the list of prWMdui^ 1 #
and will be commissioner of pension* OSH'S -
ihar. Eudlcod la very probable fortiwuavy
portfolio, end Cleveland la said to bo sorlouslv
considering Whitney for the war department.
The idea of two cabinet officer* from Now York
docs not take at all among tho doniocrate in
congress.
Washington, February 25.—Senator Latnar
returned from Albany to-night, IIo declines
to «ay anything concerning nis long interview
with Cleveland. A near friend of the senator
tolls me that it has been positively settled
that he will go into the cabinet, but that he
will bo secretary of tho Interior, and not post-
master-general. He says Lamar prefer* the
dhterior, and Cleveland acceded to his prefer-
^ The naval portfolio ia tho greatost
I,”.’r r tho cubinot-tnakcra. Jones, of New
Hampshire .*^,12011 tv,l!in< and John Quincy
»in° f tS^ U1 "
Itny.nl, V |U» nnJO.rlnn.l
»ro on every il.to, nn.rvln doubtlc, HI! livo
niece. In the c.blnet. Th\„. nw for the other
‘"® »Pr«r *" l«o in cravo V,ubt. M.ny pro-
dictions are made that ouoor'uwir..«iK e i n l ff {|i
bo a general surprise. ^
The Flute Fettled.
Nr.w York, February 25.—Tho WorlJt* D f
Thuisday. will contain tho following: \
Ai han y, February 25.—As concerns the cabinet,
tho air has cleared very rapidly since Mr. Lamar
left hero yesterday. His visit brought things to a
head, and wheu he parted from here, tho eablnet
was practically completed. 1 have learned from
a source not to be questioned for ono moment,
that Mr. Cleveland ha* positively settled on five
mcmU'is. and all of thorn have given their format
acceptance.
THE FOIlTl'XATK MEN.
These arc the uanu* of aud places they are to
Ml:
T. F. Bayard-secretary of state.
Daniel Maunlug-iccrctary of tho treasury.
L. Q. C. Iamsr-secretary ol the interior.
A. 11. Garland-attorney general.
Vilas-postmaster general.
Thh Waves the war and navy portfolio* to be
filled. He f* now dWposcd to ap|>olnt Mr. Whit
ney. of New York, to the navy. If he had to send
tn hia cabinet to-day, he would no doubt dojao. Of
courte tbl* means two men from Now York. This
la worrying him a good deal. He want* Whitney,
end ts about decided to ignore former precedent,
and voluntarily iucur much inevitable criticism
of e hostile character for the sake of having* man
In the navy department whom be understands,
and who understands him. It need not be ear-
prising If he decs so anyhow. In (act U ts proba
ble that he w ill. Aa to the war department, he le
halting between two men-Judge Elliott and lion.
FatrU k Collins, of Massachusetts, w Ith the chancoa
in favor of the former. One of these ia sure to be
appointed, and wUl go in as the rvprceentatlve of
New England. The chances to-day are clearly that
he will appoint Judge Elliott, who will be remem
bered aa the democratic nominee tor governor la
Massachusetts last year. Ills selection would be
particularly satisfactory to the independents, who
supported Cleveland, though hia democracy ia not
to le doubted.
The cabinet that made up. of course, disposes
finally of both Thurman and McDonald, and
leaves the western middle states without a rep
resentative. The greatest hindrance to the ap
pointment ol McDonald la the irritating and difr
tutting effect it would have on the Indiana demo
crats which was not a unit In bis advocacy. Fora
similar »vasoo, Cleveland passed over Thurman,
on; the additional objection be
ing hia age, which in Cleveland’*
opinion would hardly permit his undertaking the
pressing work which must devolve upon th* cabi
net efficen of the coming administration.
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PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS.;
INTERESTING ITEM8 ON CURRENT
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
lie rsttetio Appeal of Ex-Governor Xos«s-Tb*
. HUtersTN of tho FcorObUdren of Nsw Jiney
-Arkansas Mountaineer*-A Meteor of
Eccrmono Size In victoria. B. C.
Coxfxpehatx bonds are still bought fn England.
There are numbers of people in that highly civil
ized country who believe that these bonds will be
paid by the United flUtes governmcnt.
The pathetic appeal of ex Governor Moses for
mercy, when standing up to receive bis sentence
in the court at Cambridge, Massachusetts,has exci
ted the sympathy of a number of benevolent gen
tlemen in Boston. These kind-hearted persons arc
raising a fund for the prisoner, and otherwise stir
ring themselves in bis behalf. The Boston Globe
suggests that the money obtained should not be
wasted upon Moses, but should be applied to the
relief of his distressed wife and children. The
crimes aud mistakes of South Carolina’s scalawag
governor deserve punishment, but It Is impossi
ble to think of tho Innocent, disgraced and injured
family of Moses without feelings of the deepest
pity.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Record,
gives It as bis opinion that there is no danger of
the yankees capturing Florida, because Florida is
absolutely certain to capture the yankees, that la,
all who settle In the land of flower*. Men can not
shape the climate, but the climate shapes men.
Northerners in Florida gradually fall into Indo
lent ways. They neglect their fences, let their
gardens go to weeds, aud abandon
their rapid stride for the languid shuffle
of the natives. The Record correspondent does
not believe that Igis reasonable that a person who
can pick his breakfast from an orange tree and
gather a dinner of bananas should develop the
energy of a differently situated person, who must
plant his potatoes and hoc and dig them before lio
can have the pleasure of eating them.
The public will be glad to learn that Mr. Arthur
proposes to lend his countenance to the inaugura
tion of President-elect Cleveland. This will give
the affair a tonc-a twang—a sort of dellcato aro
ma—that could le imparted by no other process.
The illiteracy of thu poor children of New Jer
sey is described as something almost Incredible.
A correspondent of the New York Hun found that
very few of thcchildren had ever heard of George
Washington. The few who bad heard of him,
spoke of him aa the mnn who had “chased the In
dians away," and as having “discover
ed America.” Ninety-five per cent
bad never heard of the revolutionary
war, Lincoln, tho civil war, Governor Abbott or
President Arthur. Sixty per cent had never heard
of the United States or Europe. The big girls and
boys flbuld not tell whether New Jenoy was in
North or Honth America. A girl of fourteen
thought Europe was fn the moon, but others de
clared that it was an ocean. The boys and girls
who had come over from Great Britain and Ger
many between the ages of twelve and fifteen were
better posted in American geography and history
than tho children who had grown up in New
Jersey.
Tin: houso of representatives continues to bo in
a state of riot. The members curse aud abuse
each other, and if some one demands that the
language be taken down he is met with quotations
from the constitutions of Kentucky and Indiana,
permitting gentlemen to swear In public places,
and the hubbub continues.
The Arkansas mountaineers |who are engaged
in forcibly driving off negro Immigrants are com
mitting useless Crimea. In this country tho
negvoea are not llkoly to settle down In moan-
U>nou* region*. They wlU..a*ok tho vgU*ya.
and plalriok- . -.They 'hara' gradually
drifted away frpm tho mountain* of Virginia, the
Carolines, kDH Tennessee and Georgia, and tho
same thing will occur* lu Arkansas. Left to them-
■elves, tho negroes will select those favored
regions where men can live without hard work.
Mexico will probably loom up as their promised
land. ^
Gi oroe Alfred Gatii decla res that Mr. Arthur
nml 51 r. Arthur only, la responsible for landing
Mr. Cleveland in tho white house. Mr. Arthur
will please accept the assurances of our most dis
tinguished (consideration. We were dull indeed
not to have suspected him of inch patriotic inten-
tlons. _
Tm: Inhabitants of Victoria, B. C., wero dis
turbed the other day by the appearance of a me
teor of enormous, size. The strange vUitorJip-
peered like a mats of molten iron, throwing off
smoke and llimca anil making a noise like that of
escaping steam. It fell Into the water. Com
paratively lew arolltcs havo ever been
found after their fall. In 1192
a stone weighing SCO rounds (ell In Enslshoim, in
Alsace, aud a part of It is still preserved la tho
village church. In 180:t there was an extraordi
nary shower ot atones in Normandy. Within an
area of seven mUca by thico some or three
thousand atones war* picked nr. the largest being
•avcntccn founds In An Jmmcuso one
wi* found (*- 4 *nd la Z-~ la the Imperial
museum in 8t. Petersburg. Tha largest known
urolitoit In Brazil. It weighs 17,U00 poua da.
LovsmffLX has a two-dollar dog tax. If that city
desires to replenish its treasury, it should levy a
two-dollar tex on all the cranks found within its
limits.
Some of tho testimony drawn out in the Inves
tigation of the Tennessee convict business ia ugly
and damaging. Last Saturday one of the witness
es testified that he had seen the convicts eating
rats, lie had seen convicts work In twelveinclies
of water eight hours a day, aud had seen convicts
working on Sunday unmercifully Ushed for fall
ing to miue one hundred bushels of coal a day,
when twenty-five bushel* was a good day's work
A contemporary speak* of the “dymanltc force'
of Talmagc's sermons. The Brooklyn preacher haa
said a?- many pood things as any man living. Take,
for Instance, his description of a true editor—”a
man who could take a thought on a pen's point
andlllng It a thousand Biles, and hit the bull's-
eye every lime." What could be better tlun
that:
Lord Woiaelky la wounded. Ue fell from a
camel and hurt his head. A camel la a two story
animal, and the man who doesn't use a lad Jer la
going up and comiBK down la apt to be Injured.
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THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Washington, February 25.—Collections of Inter
nal revenue during tha fiscal seven month* of the
fiscal year ending June 30, is®, weref6S,Ml,$i7, aa
against during the same period of the
pterion* fiscal year, being a decrease of Rt2l,3J2.
There was an increase of 5 Cl, v.»> in collections from
fermented liquors, a decrease of K.tALTK on spir
its, a decrease of $1K.C>5 on tobacco, and a de
crease of t.TMfo.from miscellaneous sources.
New York, February 27.—The business failure*
occurring throughout the country In the last
week, as reported to R. G. Dun A Co.’* mercantile
agency, number for the United States 2IS, and for
Canada w: total 2*3. against 2W last week, and 270
the week previous. The great bulk of the etrual-
tie* are in th* western, southern snd Pacific states,
••usual.
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ELEVEN YEARS IN A CELLAR.
Cruel Treatment of an Old Man t>y Ills
Step-daughter and Her Husband.
PiTTiarso, Pa., March 1.—William Jackson
Mooro, of Philadelphia, Washington county,
enrno to this city to-day for the purpose of oo-
taihing legal advice concerning some property
of which he claims t<> have been defrauded by
relatives. Moore, who ia t5l year* of age.
claims that for 11 years hia atop-daughter and
her husband kept him a prisoner in a cellar,
and that he was not permitted to leave his
prison except ot night, when he
would he allowed to walk about the yard
bound with ropes. Some days ago ho missed
his usual allowance of food, whicn was passed
to him through a small hole in tho door.
Ueariqg no sound in the house he determined
to make his escape, and, with a large atono
which he had worked loose in the wall, he
battered the door down. His relatives wero
nowhere to be found, and, with money which
be discovered in one of tho drawers,he came to
Pittsburg. Previous to his imprisonment ho
says he was forced to make a will in favor of
hia step-daughter, and on the day preceding
hie incarceration the neighbors were informed
tb&t the old man waa going to Michigan.
A Mountain of Ice nt Parker*! Glen.
Middletown, N. Y., March 1.—Tha moun
tain of ice at Parker's Glen is now from 75 to
DO feet high and 250 feet In circumference. It
ia similar in grandeur to th* famous column
at the Kaaterskill Falls in th* Catikill moan*
tains, and hundreds of sight-seers have visited
it. A venturesome person has, by cutting
foot-holds in its tide, climbed to within ten
feet ot the top and then had to give up the at
tempt to reach the summit. Toe little stream
of water at its ton steadily trickles down its
aide, and as ateauily adds to tha column.
A Queer Custom.
Frcm the Chicago Herald.
The Interment alive of Mias Cox, at Okonoko, W.
Va., relates the Cumberland Times, recalls to mind
the curious custom practiced by an old Nlrginia
family, the Feudal*, ot Alexandria. Whenever a
member of the family dies, the male representative
of the older branch thereof, just before the hour
for interment, buries a dagger in the heart of the
Utn devoted to lu u»e for many ccneratioua.
The custom originated because of the burial alive
of a member of the family and an inherited ;ten*
dent y to a peculiar form of heart disease.
A Thin Baby.
From th* New York Advertiser.
Victor Hugo's mother, in describing him as a
baby, said: “H* was so small and thin that he
looked mere like a table knife than a human be
ing.” And now In his Kd birthday Victor Hugo
i« ftronr and hearty, with a clear brain, a good
appetite and a vigorous Algernon.
DURING THE WEEK.
Tuesday. Febrnary 34.—Mr. Blount succeed'
cd In getting a bill through cougren appropriating
$125,000 for a public building in Macon, Ga. Mrs
Myers, who waa indicated in Oswego for causing
her husband's death by poison, Is declared insane.
7he oyster fleet ia entirely shut out from Balti
more by the fee, and an oyster famine Is predicted.
The prince and princess of Wales are to make a
tour to Ireland next April. A fund has been
started In London for the relief of the famtliaof
the soldiers of the regiment ordered toSuaklm.
In the City.—A party of Baltlmoriana passed
through Atlanta yesterday en route to New
Orleans. Louis Valinteno. formerly of this city,
died Thursday in Wisconsin. The Governor's
Hone Guards made a handsome appearance yes
terday afternoon. David Glenn, of Harralson
county, a United States prisoner, died in Pulton
county Jail yesterday morning. Mr. Will Haight
bas been appointed United States district attorney
by Justice Woods.
Wednesday, February 35.-Annie Mills, ago!
seventeen, daughter of ex-minister Mills, of Pal
myra, Mich., eloped and was married to a school
teacher named Watts. Seventeen of the crew of
the steamer City of Ludington, reached Lading-
ton yesterday, and report the boat fast In the ice.
Lieutenant K. W. Ramey, executive officer of the
United States ship Portsmouth, at the navy yard
at Norfolk, disappeared about ten days ago, no
trace of him has been discovered.
In tbe ciTY.-Sam Gallmore, who Is wanted in
Harralson county for an assault with Intent to
murder, was arrested In this city yesterday. Last
night the record of the doings of General Long-
street, as United States marshal, waa signed up by
the clerk and forwarded to Washington city for in
spection In the comptroUer's department. Nathan
Small, a patient In the Ivy street hoipital, died
suddenly Monday night. B. G. Lockett ha* dis
posed of bis entire Interest in Georgia convicts,
haa withdrawn from the firm of B. G. Lockett «&
Co., and has gone to Florida for hia health.
Thursday, February 36.—On the Illinois
Central railroad yesterday morning, near Che-
banco. 111., two passenger trains were run Into by
a freight train, one man was instantly killed and
■cvcfftl others injured. James Hecch, Charles
Webb and William Roath, the Norwich, Conn.,
bank defaulters, were sentenced In the United
States court yesterday—Mecch and Webb to five
years in the state prison and Roath to four yean at
bard labor and a fine of $1 and cost. Two safes of
the Adams express company, which were burned
in the collision at Four Milo Run, near Washing
ton, were opened in the office of tho United States
treasury yerterday, and moat of the charred money
identified and redeemed.
In the City.—A. E. Elkins, a United Staten
prisoner, from Milton county, died yesterday la
Fulton county jail. The grocery store of Alex.
Dittlcr, located on the corner of Houston and Ran
dolph streets, waa destroyed by 0re last night.
Tncsday night burglars entered the grocery sfore
of Mrs. McManlman. on Chapel stcet, and carried
off a quanlty of goods.
Friday, February 37.—The National theater,
on E street In Washington City, Including tho
scenery and other property, were burned this
morning at 2 o’clock. Counsel for the defendant
In the Sharon divorce case has filed notice of ap
peal from the decision of the superior court. The
Times, an afternoon dally paper of Detroit,
suspended yesterday. About half the employe*
in the Warboah railroad shops In Springfield, III.,
went on a atriko against a reduction ol wages.
In the city.—Ruby Barrett, four years old, wag
badly burned yesterday, at her home on Jonefi
avenue. Cues were made against several railroad
ticket agents yesterday for violating city ordi
nance 210, which prohibits posting bills or adver
tisements on Broad street bridge or any lamp post
within tho city limits. Colonel L. N. Trammell,
iu a talk with a Constitution reporter, says it
would be a great mistake for the legislature to pass
any bill looking to the* sale of the Western and
Atlantic railroad, and advocates releasing the road
fortwonty ijf>*H(Whaa >ba pmaat lease expirest
at an advanced rate. Ho tblnlca the legislature
should take immediate action, and put the matter
In the hands of the governor.
Saturday, February 38.—William Neal, the
last of the Ashland Murders, has received a re
spite for tit lrty days, from Acting Governor Hin-
man, which created great indignation throughout
eastern Kentucky. Mctsrs. Jones & Laughloa, of
Ilttsbitrg, through their counsel, bane filed a suit
against the world's exposition 5or $21,000. Cap
tain Williams, who was tried by the polI' C com
missioner's, in New York, on a charge of allowing
gambling to exfsttln hj* precinct, was found not
guilty.
In iiik City.—Bishop It. K. Hargrove, of the M.
K. church south, Is In tho city and will remain a
month or two. Three children of Mr. Frank Pot
ter waa seriously burned yesterday by the explo
sion of a bottle of powder which the elder waa
pouring from the bottlo In tho fire place. Thero
lias been $150 worth of dogs lost in Atiauta within
the r*‘t few days. A crowd of ten nefro emigrants
passed through the city yesterday en route to
Texas irom Morth Carolina. Little Ruby Barrets,
whowassoseriomlyburned*few days ago, was
much better yesterday.
Sunday, Match 1.—An excursion will IcivO
the City of Mexloo on the 3d of Much, lor tho
crater of Mount Popocathcl, where, on tho highest
mountain in America, they will celebrate tho in
auguration of Grover Cleveland. In joint session
of the Illinois legislature yesterday, scarcely a
dozen members were ptesent. It Is estimated that
the public debt reduction during Februaay is
three and a half million.
In the City.—Atlanta will send a large delega
tion to Washington to witness the Inaugural exer
cises. Fannie Jones, a small while girl, was
severely bliten by a dog on Mangum street yes ter
day. A number of prominent capitalists and rail
road men spent yesterday ih Atlanta. Tho
artesian well, at midnight Saturday night, waa
1,426 feet deep, and everything In good working
order,
Monday, March 3.—Dr. A. J. ShJrtlcff, of
Wellesley Hills, Boston, was found dead in hi
cffice, Saturday night, from tho effects of nitrous
oxldegav. Mr*.Emma Heddon,wlfeofcxQuhicr
Hcddcn, of Trenson, N. J., who cmbcxzled tho
funds of a Newark bank and was seut to the peni
tentiary, died of a broken heart yesterday morning
at Bloomfield. There is a mountain of Ice at
Parker's Glen, N. Y„ which is now from 75 to 80
feet high and ‘250 feet in circumference.
IN the CiTY.-Uttle Ruby Barrett, who waa
badly burned several days ago, waa quite low
yesterday. It Is not believed at tbe custom house
that Atkina will be confirmed as district attomay.
Next Saturday the merchant* of Atiauta wUl go
“ou 'change." a new feature iu trade. Ex-Gov
ernor fit. John, of Kan-as, the great temperance
oiator, will be In Atlanta ou the 20th instant.
TELEORAPH BREVITIES.
Albert W. Holmes, of 8tmflord, N, B , made ■
determined effort to shoot Clifford Miller, whom
he charged with seducing and harboring his
(Holmes's) runaway wife. Holmea was disarmed
after a severe fight. Before he started for MUlec'g
house he exchanged hia watch for a revolver.
Special Notice.
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of our next week's issue containing
“CLEVKLAN'D'S INAUGURA
TION—THE FIRST CHAPTER
OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC
REGIME”—so that subscriptions
coming in within the next ten days
can secure the number containing
it It is best to send in however as
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