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-the weekly ooffsi’itfnrroBr. Atlanta, ga, Tuesday November 3 1885.
With the President and His Ad
visers.
TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
THE LAMAB COTTON CASE.
Civil Service Commissioner Tenders
His Resignation.
Tf!K PRESIDENT WILL VOTE FOR BILL
Wish i noton, October 26-—Civil Servico
Commissioner Tbornan bM tendered hi* resig
nation and it baa been accepted by tbe preai<
dent, to take affect November the flrat next.
tub i.amar cottom cask.
In the supremo court ol the United Statee
today, Juatice Dlatcbford announced the do
cislon of the court in tbe cue in error Iron
tbe circuit court of tbe southern district of
New York, brought by O. DeRoaaet Lenar,
executor of Gaxewey B. Lamer, deceased,
against Hugh McCulloch, ex-secretary of the
treaaury. Thia action waa originally brought
In the aupreme court of the state of New York
In September, 1873, and waa removed into tlw
circuit court ol the United Statee by the de
fendant. Tbo declaration waa framed to re
cover $160,280 at the valuo of 678 bales of cob*
ten, known as Thomasvilie cotton, and $110,-
7f o aa value of 42*1 other Dales ol co .ten known
aa Florida cotton. The auit waa afterwards
discontinued aa to the Thomasvilie cotton.
The rotten in question waa aeised in 1H05, by
at>«cisl agents of (be treaaury department, aa
‘•captured or abandoned” property, shipped
to New York and aold. According to the
letter of tbe special agent it waa owned by
tbe Exporting and importing company of
Georgia, (president, G. II. Lsmsr,) a company
engaged in the aole buainoaa of blockade run
ning and holding aaid properly for the pur*
pose of aiding and abetting tbe rebellion.”
The court quotes tbe act ol March 12, 18(13,
authorizing the secretary of the treasury to
appoint special agents to receive and collect
ail abandoned or captured property iu the
states then in insurrection, and giving author*
ityto any person claiming to have beau
owner ol any iu?h captured
or abandoned property, to prefer hii claim
to the proceeds thereof in tbo court of claims
•t any time within two years after the tup*
nmsion of tbe rt-lieilinn. It also quoted from
the act ol July 27,18'8. declaring it to have
been tbe true iutend and meaning ol the act ol
March 12,1803, that the remedy given in
rases of seizures made under aaid act, by pro*
(erring the claims in tho court or claims
should bo exclusive, precluding the ownorol
any property liken by the agents of thetreas-
ury department in .virtue ol said act from
suit at common law, or any other
modo of redress whatever, before anv court or
tribunal other than aaid court of claims. The
court says that it is manifest that the act of
July 27, 1808. was intended to cover and does
cover a case like the present. Whatever doubt
there might have been before the act was
passed, thero could be none now. “Rvon
though tbe property taken was private
property, II It woe taken by en officer or agent
ol the United States under the claim
that it wat abandoned or captured
property In the administration ol the
act of March 12,1803, or In virtuo thero>1, or
under color thereof, the jurisdiction ol every
rourt but tbe court of claims In respect to
%v*ry mode of redress la taken away when it
ft pleaded or alleged in the defense that tho
property was taken by the defendant as such
officer or agent, in tbe administration of the
set, or in virtue or under color thereof, and
that fact is sustained by proof.” The circuit
court had instructed the jury to find a verdict
for the defendant, and this judgmonl the su
preme court affirms.
At the last so*sion ofcongrcNi sn appropria
tion of $100,000 was mad') for a custom House
at Richmond, Va., and subsequoutiy another
appropriation waa tntde r fr<r n "public building
at Richmond, Va.” The question arose m
tho tressury department as to whether oqo nr
both of the appropriations could bo utilized.
Tho solicitor gtvenn opinion that Ilia specific
spproprlstlon of$100,000 only could bo ox*
{ ended on tho custom house, was overruled
y Assistant Secretary Fairchild,
who held that tho amount ot both
appropriations could ho expended, inasmuch
*10.000, must have
i house, aa that is
the only fetters! building in Richmond. Tho
sterrtary sustained tho viewa ol Fairchild,
ard the supervising architect has accordingly
prepared plans fora building on the basis of
the < xpenditure of $60,000.
UOIBO TO NKW YORK TO VOTii
It is said at tho white house this afternoon
that tho president will leave Washington
Sunday evening and prooeed direct to Buffalo,
where he will cast his vote tor the democratic
state ticket, and return to Washington, arriv
ing here Wednesday evening or Thursday
morning, lie will probably make tbo journey
aloco.
tXftTRITTIONa to rosTMASTBaa.
The poatoffice department has issued a mod-
ifyrd circular of iuatruotiona to postmaster*
revering the special delivery scrvico. The
new circular includes postal cards
and sealed packages. in matter
entitled to speoial delivery, if proparly stamp
«d. Tbe p< atmesters are required to report
monthly instead of weekly, aa l where busi
ness is so limited as to preclude the employ
ment or relict messengers, postmasters aro
dirteted to nisko other arrangements for do*
liveries, having regard to the provision of law
that lorhids the payment of more than eight
cents for the delivery of each letter. Poatmas-
tera are also directed to place a notice upon
the face ol registered packages containing
special delivery letters, informing postmasters
at the points of delivery of the nature of their
contents, so that tbe packages may be opened
immediately end the matter delivered.
tub cabixbt mrstiko.
The cabinet meeting today was shorter than
nival. Postmaster General Vilas, was the
only absentee. The preparation of the annuel
reports of the cabinet officers waa the only
genuine question considered. The death o|
General McClellan waa feelingly alluded to by
the president and the member* of the cabinot.
It is definitely learned today thatUeneral Mc
Clellan earn# very near being made a member
of President Cleveland's cabinet, that he was
tendered the Uussian mission and declined it
because of business engagements, and that
within the past twenty four hours the presi
dent had concluded to offer him an appoint
ment aa member of the civil service oomtnis
aion.
raasaan nv a mousy i.bsdbr.
Fielder IUkcr, a clerk In tbe money order
division of tbe city poatoffice, wss arreted t
day rt the charge ot embezzling $40 from tie
(iinda ol that office. When accused of tbe
dime he confessed his guilt, and aaid he had
fallen into the hands ol a money share, who
wat charging him 10 percents m«nth ter
tends which he had been obliged to borrow.
The money lender had been at tbe office sav-
eral times pressing him ter his pay, and tear-
ir.g that he would lose his position, and driven
tc desperation, he had stolen the money to
par his debts.
Washizctok, October 30.—It Is aaid at the
white house today that the executive order of
the president giving notice that he will here
after decline to see all persons seeking official
appointment or their advocates sad limiting
to certain hours on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Friday* the time when he will grant inter
views m other public matters, does not mean
that appointment* are to be lessened, but it is
intended to direct those who desire personal
Interviews with the appointing power to the
proper heads of department#, whose reootn-
n*rotations guide the president in hii appoint-
Not long ago Mr. Jefferson Darts remarked that
the wisdom of onr common peop'o aurprtsfn! him
A recent writer on thla subject says that tbe
aggregate common sense ol tbe people Is
often underestimated by scholarly people
Tbe aggregate common sense of me maw.-s la ofteo
underestimated by scholarly peopls. In reality,
there are few questions out Able of themostdifil
cult problems in science that are uotooastautly
diMt;wed by plain working people, carpenters,
mull sales, tailors, farmers and tbe general ran of
undistinguished folks. They do not employ tbe
flue diction which writers use or tbe logic of !av
yrrsor collegeprofcsiors, but Ibey bring to betr
slutdart native acutene a to these subjects, and
they In their own faablou go about as thoroughly
over the field as the conaplcuona rhet orician,
large part of the reforms for which certain met
taiioua departments have been celebrated, be*
cauie their names have been associated with thews
reforms,were flrat mooted amongs: the people and
a jublle opinion preceded and compelled them.
It Is notorious that the popular saylugs, proverbs,
sphoilima and tbo like aro tbe very
embodiment of sagacity and wisdom.
Allfmcn cannot be great talkers or great writers,
but the mutes In Intelligent couutrlea repraavut
the mau ol sente that prevails, and at the ooun-
ter, the anvil, tbo loom and the fireside m much
sound utterance can be heard ns In books, the pul
pit, the wilter's desk or the forum. No man snonld
even attempt to Instruct others by any form of
public speech until he has learned to go to tho
people to ascertain what they know aud fool and
think. He will And then a strange and powerful
light thrown on that raying that tho voicoof the
ptople is tho voice of God. Thero is much meau*
Ilk iu those words.
JupobWilliam D. Kkm.kv.oI Pennsylvania, had
acanm removed from his Jawooue two years
•go. The operation was a complete success. Tne
cancer was caused by the use of tobacco. For over
fifty years the judge used tho wood, Hurt during all
that time ho never went to sleep without a largo
quid tucked away on the Inside of fits cheek. He
his now given np the habit.
At the Methodist Kplscopsl conference held In
Kl P»*o, Texas, last week, the Kev. Dr. Ditzier
called for honest conversions, aud severely at
tacked tho wholesale methods adopted by 8*m
Jones and others, llo said evangelists of this
class were sensational and desire to move from
tewn to town, and have re-porU published lu
pipers about hundreds of converted slunors.
These men, ho asserted, could not be honest, II
Intelligent. Dr. Dltzler also denounced the slug*
leg of such hymns as Only a Btcp From Jesus,
Ho:d the Fort, etc., when so many intilll-
gint standard hymns wero published.
said such trashy hymns were
only used by rensatioual evangel*
Isis to affect i motion*! characters, and are a dis
grace to our enlightened generation. He Inform
ed his hearers that ho had frequently followed in
the walk of sensatloual evangelists aud not a sin*
gle Instance bad be found wr.ere they had dono
permanent good, and thelrconverts soon got Into
the old tut* and were afterward more skeptical
than ever. The doctor’s address created quite a
sensation, and while It was warmly approved by
some, a print many condemned It as calculated to
throw obstacle* lu the way of somo ot our roust
useful ever gellsts.
fiAbrciip's • Life of John Brown" Is having a
grist sale In the north. According to Mr Hauborn,
Broun uns guilty of tenuy crlroea besides the
Harper's Ferry a Hair. As a business mau ho once
cmbizsled $2, KC0. lu Kansas ho took a party of
eight min, intend the dwellings of flvu pro-
slavery men, dragged them from their beds aud
backed thorn to death with sabers. This Is the
man who is regarded cs almost a saint by millions
of tbe northern people. It is a great stretch of
charity to call Brown a crank. Ho seems to have
betu n murderous knavs all his life. ^
icroriDiKn to Dr. Hough, zymotic diseases are
more fatal to males, aud more mate children die
than female. Pcrerpn inert* that the proportion
dying suddenly is about one woman to seven
mm; 1,080 men In the United hmic»,Iu 1870,com
mitted suicide to i!8fi women. Iutenipcrauce.apo-
phxy, gout, hjdrorepbalup.aflrctioiiiinl Uiehuart
or liver, scrofula, paralysis, aro far more fatal to
malts tiisti females. Pulmoucry consumption,on
tho oil cr hand. Is more deadly to tho latter. Fe
rrates in cldcs aro more prone to consumption
than 2u the country. All old countries not
dteliitWd by itul/ratlon have n m*
Jolty of females in tho population, lu royal
fitUilifef. the statistics show more daughter* than
reus. The Hebrew woman is exceptionally long
lived. The colortd man cxcertionslly short-
livid The married state is favorable to prolon
gation of life smorg women. Dr, Hough remarks
that there sic fn>m 2 to 0 per cent more males
born than fi males, yet there sre more than 0 per
cent ul females in tbo living population, from*
which statistics It may be concluded that all wo
men who can possibly obtain one ol those rapidly
departing men ought to marry, and that, aa men
are likely to btceme very scarce, they cannot bo
sufficiently prised l>y the other sex.
Whim W. (7. Bryant, of tho IthacaMavontu lo.lgo
at North War, Mich, heard that a man hid tteoa
expelled from the Torouto lodge burnt tto ho was
tu sgno»He, he at once wroto to the lodgo pro-
claiming Mnnclf an agnostic. Tho lodge Jerked
him up promptly and expelled him. Tub h tho
second rnsoot the ktud In the world, and the
ouly one lu the United 8tet*-a.
At Moberly, Mo., rcsldca Robert Gibson, an old
man who has seen 1 It) winter*. Be was a contem
porary of Washington, Jencr»oti, King lioorgu; II.,
l.tslc and llumc. lie Is older than the present
map cl Europe Uc has voted at every predduu-
tbl eiictlou, beginning with WashlngDu Tho
diet aud habits ol such a man are worth studying.
Breakfast has always beeu his heartiest meal.
Ho cats three tunes a day and nuke* it
a rue to il«c from the table hungry.
HU supper Is a bit cull or a piece of com broad and
a glass of milk. He has always hocu car. (ul to
keep his feet dry. He has used tobacco slueo the
ago of sixty-five. He chews but does not smoke.
For more than one huudml yearn he has beeu la
the habit of taking an occasional dram, bu; ho
does not desire to be qnoted in favor of or against
prohibition. The old fellow now is almoit
deaf, dumb and blind. He cannot
more without great exertiou. Moat of the time ho
U In a aemi-uucouaclou* sute, but occasionally
he talks Intelligently, aud »how> that he still re
members the post, and reuisea what Is going ou
•round him.
IBS local option question U as big an l»rae In
England as It Is in tbe United .-Hates. Mr. John
Moriey pronounces the temperance party "ins
mot powerful aud tbe mot moral party wbloh
has existed since tbe days of the great anti-slavery
agitation.
It will be recollected that the recent strike ol
street car cm ploy «s iu 8L Louis terminated lathe
victory ol the companies, t'ertatn persons, who
sre disssthfled with the result, have for a week
past been placing dynamite eartridgos under the
tracks,thereby wrecking street caryatid wounding
Innocent psmegers. This dangerous tewietwe**
has continued about long enough. A reward
of 11,fed active bu been rite-red (or tbe dynami
ters. The Ri publican trace* all thU violencwto
the anarchists of Bt Louts who have an organ
edited by a man named Ret 'grabber. Tne Rcpub
Beau lutlmates that some tine day. after advis
ing the indiscriminate murdtr of women an-
chi dren, Mr. BelfgrabUr wlli fiud ate own life in
imminent danger.
NEWS BY WIRE.
The Happenings of the Past Week
All Over the Country,
AN UNPRECEDENTED LT0TM
A Strange Accident—A Drunken
Man's Work.
A FATHEB SHOT BY HfS SON
7Um to the preu—ltl teeming iheeU eurvey,
Bxq with the wonders of each passing day;
Births, dratfis and weddings, forgeries, fires and
wrecks,
Harangues and haistones, brawl* and bnken
necks.
FrtKDr.aiCKftiiuBO, Tex., October 26.—A
shocking occurrence took place here this at
teroocn, which # bas caused a profound senia
inn. For a few months past thero has boon
trouble in regard to school matters in several
school precincts in this county, and some
teachers bavo been suspended or dismissed.
One of them, Charles Lange, lately a teacher
at tbe South Grape school, felt himself sg
grieved, and retaliated by denouncing his
supposed enemios in tbe neighboring papers.
Thia afternoon be called upnn County Judge
William W&brmund, in relation to his snspen
sion. The judge invited him to go with him
to his cffico in the court house, when ho would
•bow him tbe pspere in the case. While thus
engaged, Lange used some violent language,
when Judge Wahrmund arose, and saying
he wanted no further trouble with
him started to leavo his office.
In sn instant Lange, with a cocked rovolver
in one hand and a vial in tho other, ex
claimed: "You shall never leave this room
• live, 1 will shoot you and poison myaolf, 1
He fired, comingch.se to hi* intended victim,
who r.urrceried in escaping Do.n tbe rown
though the wculd b» miird< ror fired a second
flu t. This also failed to harm the judge.
Alter this Lango to>k tho noison and
Judge Wnbrinuna nude
complaint ngninxt Lange
nrraolt with intent to kill. The warrantor
arrest waa issued and the arrest promptly
Itifltio. When brought belore » justice and
•«k(d whether he desired tbe services of
lawyer, he answered i "No, and in an hour
will want neither a lawyer nor doctor.” Ho
then laid down on tho fhor,atiri iu a few min
utes expired. Justice Landon had the coro
ner immediately summon a jury of inquest,
which returned a verdict in accordance with
the facts as here stated. A phial was found
in his coat pocket containing sufficient strych
nine to kill several prrsons.
A BTSAROa ACCIDRXT.
Boitor, October 2<'>.—About 8 o'clock this
morning a gang ot twenty trackmen on tbo
Maeiachuietta Central, railroad were being
conveyed to their w<*rk, by an engine and fl it
car. The men wer» sitting on the rides of tho
car, ten on each side. When near Oakdale,
without a seoond'B warning, ail tne men ou
one aide wero swept off, in some way at present
Ik a prohibition county lu Louisians a drii.egi»t
waa Indicted for tailing wt>f«ky ou a phytiaan’s
prescription. It was admitted that he bad tbe
right to Mil in that mauncr, but the poiut was
that he bad sold too much whisky on out pre
scription. The Jury wrvsfied with the case aud
found tbe drugaiat guilty. Under their verdict
It is settled that in tbe county tu qtuation a phys
ician must not prescribe more than fire cuncwtof
whisky at ore time for a sick peraou.
unknown, but probably by a falling tre(
telegraph Pole. Nino of the men were eithoe
killed or Injured. Ambulances wore ordered
at tho Massachusetts general hospital to be in
readiness for tiie injured men, who it is ex
pcctcd, will arrlvo hero thia afternoon.
VRAUba hUW'UCTKO.
Cmco, Cals., October 27.-Considerable excite-
mint prevails hire over the discovery that Ihelato
appointment of postmaster In this city wa> ob
tained through a fraudulent petition tout to
Waahlngtou.
vna work or rawr orrrcuLS.
8t. Louis, October 27.—A special from Eiq>lo
rasa to tbo Globe Democrat, says: Inform
tfon has been received there from high ai.
thorny, that the Americans owning tho Lai
Cruces mines, in the state of Coahuila, Max
have been so harassed and worried by potty
Mexican officials that they bnve taken tho
oath of allegiar.ro to tho Mexican govern
ment, hoping that by becoming Mexican citi
acts, they will receive prvtcction t<> their in
tererts, which has been deuitd by the govorn
tnent heretofore.
THE RKI’OHTfl UNTHOB.
PntLADKLUHiA, Pa., October 27.—The widow
of Genera) Grant has been greatly grieved and
pained by the |.ubho dUcuation o'
tho domestic afinirs cf bor daugh
Ur, Mrs. Sartor is. Tno Public Lodger
is authorized to say that all reports to tho ef
fect that Mrs. Sartoria has applied or cun ten-
f dates applying for a divorce or separation
loin her husband, sre entirely without foun
dation slid cruel to her tendings.
shot his vatiiKit.
8t. Louis, October 27.—John Buford, son of
William Buford, a well to do farmer, living
eight miles from Bhelbyville, Miasouri, shot
his father yesterday, lufiictiug a wound from
which he died iu s few hours. The two hat
had Kveral quarrels lately, and yesterday,
while the family were together in one room
in the h< use, John entered and emptied the
erntents of • double barrelled shot gun into
his father's bend. Ho then fled.
ATTACKKU ST INDIANR.
Mandax, Dak., October 27.—A dispatoh
frem Gif Milieu, forty miles east of this point,
rays: News has ju.i been received that Jamos
Gray, living aloue four miles north of Glenul*
leu, was Attacked on Thursday night by two
Indians, who come to tbe house and asked for
foed. Having eaten all they desired, one of
the Indians, large and powerful, took down
Gray'a repeating Winchester riflo, plated tho
muzzle to Gray r s breast and pulled the *rig
ger. Fortunately there was no cartridge iu tho
barrels. The Indian then put a cartridge in,
whereupon Gray seized a whitlli
trio, and before tbe gun could
be brought to beer upon him,
struck the Indian ou the head, and the gui
was disrbargtd into tho side of the house.
The Title was dropped iu tho scalll*. Thau
commenced a rough amt tumble light, both
Indians taking part. Grey lost his hold ot
the whittle tr«e, caught up ('Arpsoter'a
hatchet, aud struck the ludiau nraroit him
on the head, which felted him to tho floor.
The other Italian then (led. Gray seised the
fallen Indian by the heels, and dragged him
out and fastened ihe door. Whether the In-
dian was dead or not Gray war unable to say.
Friday morning a settler happened to go to
Gray’* house, and found him in bed badly
bruited and scratched, scurcelr able to raise
himstlf. Gray says the Indian that tied came
b*ek during the night nud carried away the
other.
rilASINKSM UtWIVISTRU.
Ivcianaculis. lml , October 27 —There lea
spirit of uncssineu manifested among the
negtotaover the recent fata! injuria* received
‘mbtis of their race from widely JiiFer-
by i
it g causes. They have taken up the case of
Harrison Task all, who committed an outre-
geonv assault on a German girl, aud was shot
by hi* victim's brother in the criminal court,
and are baudiug together for his support. A
meeting was held to take measures to ae-sur*
con petect council for his defense, aud the
mayor last night received a letter signed.
"Commiliea Ol Ten," saying that t ha colored
people aro very indignant at the treatment
they have been receiving, and the shooting
down of their men must bo stepped by fair
. - delude by
ill have justice, or there
trouble.”
THK AMIRICAK NISSIONART ASAOCtATIOlf.
Madison, Wis., October 27.—Tne thirty-
ninth annua! meeting of the Americas Mia-
••onary association was begun in this city this
afternoon. The report of the treasurer showed
the receipts of tho year, ending Soptember
3#th, went $2M>$6; expenditures. $136,345.
The aanua^^ort of the secretary shows the
work done south ss follows:, Number
c! churches,* 112: missionar.e*. ?•»; pastors,
119: member*, f Sj?l & .ri*;. -x schohra,
10 6f9. The eduestlonal work vbows: C'air-
t# red irrtitnlionf, 6; normal and grided
srbrr’e, 14; common rchools, 36; iostracterr
250; pupiif, 8,823. The work in tho woman
hereau has been good. From different states
$‘i,152 have been collected in this way.
a drunkard's doings.
Montreal, October 27.—On Commission street
this afternoon • drunken man, whose face was
coveitd with smallpox pustules, was seen to pica
npu child and no his face sgstust that ol the
child.
AN CNTRECF.DJtXTKD IIUJIRICaNE.
Bt. John’s, N. F., October 28.—The hurrl
cane that raged on the Labrador coast was
unprecedented even in that iuclement region.
Over seventy vessels and probably three hun
dred liv$s were lost. Tne bark Nellie has
jtet arrived with 260 shipwrecked men,
women and children roacued from the disas
ter. Several women died from exposure, and
others wero drowned. Over 2,000 parsons are
destitute and stranded on the coast. Five
eteomqrs have been despatched to their assist
ance. The worst is not yet known.
COUNTKRFRITERH 8SNTSRCSD.
8t. Louis, October 28.—8cott Thomas,
moulder, working in a foundry at Twelfth
and Papin streets.yesterday while emptying a
large ladle containing 10,000 pounds of moltoo
iion into a pil'fourtcen feet deep, the cable
bolding tbe ledle broke and the unfortunate
man was precipitated in the pit, with the
molten metsl on top of him. He was seen to
writhe several times, and when the body was
removed it was found to be charred beyond
recognition,
rorrkd to drath.
1*ji.jiinoto!», De)„October23 —William Tatnall,
president of the new Cattle County Mutual Insur
ante company, wsr stricken with apoplexy at the
companj'a office this morning, and died in a few
minutes. He was In his sixty-fourth year,
descendant of Commodore Tatnall and a brother
of tbe late artist, Henry 8. Tatnall. He leaves
widow and five children. The deceased had b&n
for many years Identified with public enterprises,
and financial and charitable Institution.
near Hamilton station, was wak
sleep by two masked men. They bad obtain
ed possesion of his pocket book, containing
two dollars, and perceiving that he was awake
told him to keep still. He raised up in bed,
and one ot the men Hired a revolver,the bullet
striking Thayer’s arm. He then attempted
to grapplo with tbe thief, using his uninjured
arm, when the burglar shot him twice, both
bullets lodging in Thayer’s for« head.
Thayer dropped dead in bis tracks. Th”
burglars threw away the pocketbook and
revolver, and jumped into a wagon and got
sway. The wagon, it is claimed, was tracked
through Genesee, and Sheriff O’Meara was
notified and started in pursuit this morning at
about 3 o’clock. Mrs. Thayer was in the
room with her husband at the time, and the
hired man wts awakened by the firing and
came down stairs at once. Thayer was a load
ing citizen of the town ot Avon, aged 65 years,
and well known throughout the county. He
had just sold bis wheat, but it is not known
how much money he had.
THK WORK or BUROLARS.
Pittbruro, October 28.—Boston Back and
the members of his notorious gang of coun*
terfeiters, wero sentenced to penitentiary in
the United States court this afternoon. Buck
waa sentenced to fcvou years; Ed Harmon,
four; Louia Whitmire, three; John B. Farr,
two and a half; John Sechrist, two; George
Buck, one, and Andrew Groner two years.
Sentence was suspended in the esse of William
Scchrist, a boy. The gang operated exten
sively in Clarion and Forest counties, both as
manufacturers and shovers of the "queer."
Boston Buck, the leader, has been convicted
beforo of counterfeiting. He is nearly seventy
years of age, but saya he will live longer than
those who prosecuted and sentenced him.
HONTSSAL’8 RxrKNaza.
Boston, October 29 —It is estimated by tho
authorities of Montreal that the daily expenses
of the city are about $3,000, and that at least
!|3,000,000 will be needed during the com
ing inter, owing to tne rav
ages of smallpox. Business there
Items to be prostrated, and suoh of the
poor as aro not unwell, appear to be preparing
in move sr uth and retablieh cow homes in
New England. 8o many havo alroady ar
rived in New Hampshire as to give the au*
Iborities ol that stato much couccrn, and Drs.
Corn and Watson, of the state botrd of health,
were today in conftrenco with the B)iton
board, with a view to provont pauper ini mi
gration from Canada.
FOUND DRAD.
Boston, October 30.—J. N. Talbot, alias
Otto Funk, sged 27, waa found dtsd in his
cell this morning, in the police station, at old
Cambridge, where ho had boen
arrcitrd for stealing books,
committed suicide. While a student at
the university at Chieago, Funk ondcuvorod by
layin$ a train of dynamite to blowup the
buildings. At the tinio he was stealing
bocks from the Chicago public library. On
the ground of iLsamtv ho was sent to au
asylum from wnich ho escaped
scon after. This was a year
or more ago. At the opening ot tho
divinity school at Harvard, Talbot presented
himself for admission, having with him sev
eral letters signed by many influential men
of Chicago. Th« 1 eitere s 11 n*r« date of 1885,
hut a closer inspection revealed the fact that
five wero forged, tho original date
beiLg 1863, this being the time of his
admission to the university at Chicago, For
somo time books havo been misting from Har
vard library, but not until now could tho
culprit bo definitely nlaoed. Sergeant Harri •
man yesterday founa In Norton 1 * woods, at
tho rear of the Agassis museum, sacks
containing 150 volumes, and bearing
the stamp of the library. At Sawin’s
express office, in Harvard square,
were found twonty-fivo more volumes, tied up
and ready for shipment. Tho other stolen
property was found, which bo had taken from
a physician. When discovered this morning
tbe body was still warm, lying crosswise up
on tho bunk. Upon the floor ot the eelt was
found • piece ot yellow paper, on which waa
written:
rabodj: Will you please forwsrd ray
» my sister, Berth* Talbot. 47 W. Black
Hawk strut, Chicago. Illinois.
This bore no signature. The unfortunate
young man haa figured under the name of
Otto Funk alias J, A. Talbot alias Otto
INSTANTLY RILLRD,
Clinton, III, October 30.—While J. ,P.
Myers, a painter, was riggiog a scaffold about
the spire of the Methodist church hare today,
bis feet slipped, acd he fell over 100 feat and
waa killed instantly.
A BOSTON FAILUBN.
Boston, October 81—F L White A Co. fallel
last March with liabilities of about $90,000, the
failure being brought about, it Is understood, by
the failure of Hiram Leonard A Co., of this, city,
who bid furnished tho firm with hides to tau.
The assignee of White’s affairs, Mr. King, discov
ered In winding up the business an apparent dis
crepancy of leather, In value of $30 000. The otli
ccr subsequently discovered a Urge quantity of
leather hidden uuder vats In White's lanyard,
and about one hundrtd side* were found secreted
the woods. Two of White’s employes, Patrick
'ey and William 8cutor. were arrested. After
these arrests ample evidence, it Is alleged, was ob
tained to warrant the arrest of White. He was
balltd today by friends. He douiei the embezzle
ment story lu to to.
DKVttOIP AND BO'IBRD.
Pnnnuac, IV, October 31.— Professor P. W.
Steele, principal o! the college at Lynchburg. Vo.,
white enreute lost night was decoyed from the
train by a well dressed --.ranger, and was taken
a Water street‘ dire,” drugged aud robbed ol
$380 in caah and Jewelry.
Professor t\ H. Joyce,
Ol the Dublin university, has written a long
letter to the English medical journal* in which
takes occasion to speak in the hithest praite
a great medical work published in Boston,
designed for young and muMle-age.2 men, en
titled Use "Science of Life.” Dr. Joyce had
fifteen years’ acquaintance with the' author,
and knows whereof he speak*. This great
work i# advertised by the Peabody Medical
institute :u atctfcer column of this paper.
THE NEW YORK VOTE.
THB INDICATiORS FROM THB POOL
BOOMS
Odds AfslBBt the Democrats sll Weak. Bat Lat
Reports isaIks tb* Batting »rsn-The Bloody
■am tho Or*at Hope of tbsBspabll-
oaos-Tho City Vote, Bio.
New Yobk, November 1— [Special.]— Mon
ty talks. Its voice is ctear. Its judgment is
impartial. In decision la poeitive.
Money said all week that the democrats
would be beaten in New York nextTaesday.
Where there was a dollar that said Davenport
would be elected there was only sixty cents
to express ite confidence in HIIL And there
were very many more dollars afloat, than
tbi re were fractions thereof,
I regret that I find no reason to controvert
tho opinion that money expresses. It ia
difficult toeay just exactly what ia the mat
ter with the democratic canvass, but it cer
tainly baa not ImpresKd itself aa either vig
orous or buoyant. Tbe ratification meetings
are immense and there is enthusiasm
enough, but somehow or other It doesn’t
crya'aliz-. Perhaps tbe attitude of the
pr»ss has much to do with It. The Herald,
the Times, the Evening Post, the Slants
Zeiturg, Harper's Weekly that supported
Cleveland, are opposing Hlii. Tne San, that
opposed Cleveland, supports Hill but does
not begin to compensate for the journals
Hill haa lost.
Ido not think Hill’s fight is a hopsleaa
one. Much of tbe democratic doubt comes
from the fear that the wairiog factions of
tbe party in thia city will “trade” the state
ticket for the Bake of local spoils. If they
should happen not to do this, Hill’s majority
in New York and Brooklyn may be large
enough to land him cafe. The nnlooked for
Incroateof legieirallon in the democratic
wards ie accepted as a bope/o! sign* Hill is a
man cf great s revdntts and m*y surprise
his friends a» well *s his enemies. Alto
getter, emitting the moral aspect, a dsmo
cratic sixty cents is not out of place la con
testing with a repnblic.ta dollar the
outcome of the campaign.
There is undoubted dissatisfaction with
Clevelard’s a dm intetration—based mainly
on bis dalliance with ihe mugwumps. Tne
party leaders claim that the rauk and file of
the democracy remain apathetic whilore*
publicans are allowed to remain in office,
and the taunt goes abroad that Cleveland ia
a/raid to put bis administration into the
bands of the party that elected him.
I wrote to the editor of a democratic paper
and asked “Is it Hill?” He replied "no—It’s
H—11!”
If Davenport is elected the mugwump ia
on top. Ho can ahow that he went in aud
turned out the republicans by electing Cleve
land, and that now he steps over and turn*
ont the democrats by electing Davenport.
The clear demoDstraiion—ami this would be
reasonably clear—that ha holds the balance
of power in New York, will make him about
the biggest mau in American politics.
If Hill is beaten it mean* trouble for the
south—no matter what may be said the con
trolling motive in New York, aa in Ohio, la
prejudice against the south. The .bloody
shirt is the flag under which the republican
hosts have marched to .Vioto^y. FofWkSr,
Ltgan, Sherman, Choate and Edmunds
unite in reviving sectional hatred, and ara
applauded to the echo whenever and when
ever they do. It this spirit is'not rebuked
next Tuesday it will rule in the elections
of ’88 nLd may not be settled for a quarter
of a century.
A RION OF REVIVAL.
Today'sleisuie and resume develops un
expected strength for the democrats, and
betfc ire about even tonight ou the result. It
it bard to see exactly what haa buoyed up
democratic hope, but there ia a very^nuch
better feeling. At the democratic headquur-
tera there Is undoubtedly proof that the
bloody shirtapeechet of Foraker and Sher
man have driven mauy ^conservative repub
licans to the. democratic ticket. Hat the
bloody shirt is still being waved, and the re*
publicans. declare that It means victory.
There Ja no sign cf tradieg by either Tam
many or the county democracy, aud if no
treachery Is developed Hill will ba e'ected.
H W. G.
Bird n«tl Rftusl.
Frcta the Fianklln. Ga., New*.
Itr. J. W. Barker, of Rocktlo, hsi onr mintfold
thsuks for a largo fat 'pox-tim. It was a flno one,
and we will a#sutc John that it went well ia our
taste.
From the Albany. Ga., News.
Ou )s»t Thursday n!fcht thirty Baker county
_jeuwith sixty dog* hade fix hunt. Inoonrto
of tbe hunt they jumped a fox, which givo them
• fine rare, from efgbt In the morning until six lu
ruo«>n, wlitu they lost him. Tho trail
..... .-.jugta Baker, Calhoun aud part of Karly,
making a otetaocc ol 130 mllis. Uucle Kvmiu
wculd nave enjoyed tnis.
From tho Amcrlcut. Ga., Recorder.
There Is a little half pointer dog that baa fol»
lowed the Fitendiblp mall carrier regularly ever
since the route waa established, over a year ago.
He runs rabbits, gallops along side of Ihe car*
tier's horse, through winter’s cold nod summer's
heat, entirely uumlndful of any fatigue, what
ever. He la a wonderful dog.
From the Amerlcus, Ga., Republican.
Walter Rowland had ou exhibition at this office
yesterday the largest beaver we have ever seeu.
It weighed thirty five or forty pounds. It was
decoyed Into a trap in Muckalee creek, and takeu
pcssmlon of by Walter aud brought to town at a
gnat trophy.
From the Montgomery, Ga, Record.
Gabe Butler bad an exciting time down in Che
titer swamp a few days ago below hla farm.
While In the swamp hunting hit dog was attacked
by tome sort of a wi'd animal, and bo went to sec
what was the trouble. When only a short di<-
tsDcc Item tbe dog, a wild boar came tearing
thrensh the brush full tilt at blm. and ha w-t«
n Hipelltd to climb a tree. After a while the hog
hit and he slipped down and made tracks for
home.
From the Trrcoa, Ga., News.
W. J. Hay* decided Monday to move the corn
frem hb crib in the rear of his store. A bout sixty
or seventy rats wire killed during the time. Last
year 136 were killed at the same place. It seems
'ret the rat crop was a little short tbb year.
Dr McJunkfn lo*t a hone Friday moraiox last.
The hcrae waa lu the lot with nuer stock. A cow
gored him near the heart and he died within five
minutes. The doctor loaes a horse with good
qualities, the one he has used tu bh practice for
Ktvcral yean.
Firm the Calhoun, Ga., Courier.
Nat Wheeler, a colored man of this county, living
near the Terrell Hue, waa In town yesterday, sad
reports having seen the famous "bell buzzard" in
the vtcinltr of his home this week. When first
ac* u the old fellow with two other buzzards were
haring an informal affair over thecarezraof a
dead hen. We forget where tbb buzzard first
started from after being equipped with a bell, bat
be is a long way from homo. Tbe bell b attache-1
to hi* neck, and as be scan, tinkles sweetly la the
ethertal regions.
FARMING IN GEORGIA,
Notes rtd Gossip of the Field! ud Store*
hoover.
Mr. John 8 Livingston, one Of Dodge county'!
most thrifty farmers and btst citizens, made thia
year 2 519 pcuudsot seed cotton (actual weight)
on one acre of laud. Thb is equal to two bales to
the acre.
Mr. Joseph A. Snipes, who Uvea in Washington
county, ou Colonel Hines’s plantation, brought In
to fiandersville a fino load of Hanovar turnips on
8at urday. He b>- ys he haa an sore sowed and that
they are all very fine. A gentleman who has seen
tbe patch thicks it will make at least five hundred
bushels of good turnips. They were sowed on the
first day of August on fresh land, fertilized partly
by cowpennibg and partly by compost. The part
iertflized by compost, ho fays, haa made the belt
turnips.
Hcn.SNiclioteR Rnwlins haa sent to the Dodge
County Journal e rather oddly matured ear o£
corn. The formation consists of one fully deveL
oped ear completely enveloped by a clatter ol
smaller ones.
Ibis year Hr. Henry Anderson, of Rockdale*
will mckc on h six-horse farm about 80 bales ot
cotton and otbc r produce in proportion. He hail
already gathered about fifiy bales.
Mr. Lum Or born, of Gilmer county, will gather
4,000 bnanotN of apple* thi* m N*on.
Mr. V. A. Clegg, of Schley county, has a field ot
cotton contain log two hundred and twenty-fivo
acres, outof widen lie ha* uot picked aboil. ThfX
field is thought to have orn* hundred bales of open
cotton in it it is ia!d that Mr. Clegg will make
font hurdred tales ol cotton this year.
The Early County New* asya:
Tbe hickory nut crop has been a plentiful one In
this section, ai d (he squirrels will have an abon»
dant store for winter. The little boys still enjoy
the sport of "chunking" them down from tho
large hickory tree on Main street near our resU
deuce. Thisoid tree is one ol the landmarks of
Blakely, end iu the summer months its umbrage*
ous foliage, probably seventy five feet in diameter^
mikes an inviting shade. For years it ha* fur-*
Dished nuts lor the school children who have to
purs It cn their way to and from the academy, and
would be more missed, were it cut down, than any
tree in our town.
- The Dodge County Journal haa some words Of
advice for land owners, •* follows:
If land owners in Dodge county want thecoun4
try settled by inrmere and the yalneof their lands
enhanced, they ought to offer betterinducameatB
to those wishing to purchase, in the way of lower
price*. It re true, if isudsconld be bought hare
at the prices for which they are returned for tax*
•t-on thero would bo no d ffttculty In selling fait
enough. But these valuations famish no itfO
criterion tor buyers. When a party wishes
to buy land he finds that ho most
pay several time* the value of It as ap»
pears from the tax b-jois. Ia other words, hd
finds x lot ol isi-d returned on the tsx.reesires’s
digest at a valuation ol fifty or one hundred doU
lira, but when be goes to tbe owner and oft-.xs to
buy he dtecoms that he can not get it for lev
than five hundred or ono thousand dollars, aoi
thereupon be cbnudons the idea. Now if those
who own land iu tho county would sell at least
a portion of U /or lower price* and let It be aet*
tied and brought under cultivation, the value of
his other land would bo greatly increased, and
lands In this county which are already in
in value every dn> would soon be worf*
or three time* what it now la.
Columbus 6un: Severn! years ago Mr. J. J.
Wood let out some peach trees In his yard to
make shade *s well os to seo what they would do
in the way of besziug. Tlwy make a good.shad*
and have V-eu bearing for a year or two fall crop*
of delicious fruit. Among tbe trees are some, the
fruit of which ripens very early in the season—
this year In the early part of Jane. There arw
others that tbe fruit ripens usually late, say frost
the last of October to the flm of November. Yee«
terday Mr. Wood wnl us a box of the late variety,
just polled from the trees, wbloh weqg delicious*
Mr. Wyatt Adams, on the old haekroad in But
Mitchell, made this season one hundred and
twenly-elcM tuiltclRof corn on four acre*, and
orejitindrcd and fifty bushels on another field OF
ettffaefts. T *’ S ’ * {
The Madironfan bu been shown a strange vegei
table hybrid. It wa* a specimen of cane, a cross*
between the ordinary sorghum and thorlbboa
cane. From the tap and several joints the can*
presented evtry feature of genuine ribbon cane,
having tho cytss,tripes and abounding in genuine
saccharine w inter. Thin feature was gradually
lost toward the top, when it bad only the feature*
of ordinary sorghum. It h*d seventeen well de
veloped joints, trew on ordinary land, and wa*
evidently irl.yl.rld, proving that sugar canoand
sorghum mtli ir.ix if Ranted near each other.
Mr. B. M Hollis, of Covington, has a largo white
cak tree standing at his frout gate, from wbloh h*
has gathered eight bushels of acorns, and expect*
to gather at least tight bushel* more tbe pretent
fail.
Griffin No**: Hr. O. D. Dunlap, of Rocky
Mount, not only raises th? necessaries of life at
home but tcai.y of the 'luxuries also. Last Friday
Mr. Dunlap brought us two large oana oi extra
nice syiup made Iroin sorghum cane. He stated
that from about flvo nerta he would make COO
gallons of *Hitp. A* much a« two barrel*
were lot by me storm and failure tor
cut in time From three-fourths of an acre ia
ribbon ctLe he will make two hundred gallon*
that Ia superior to New Orleans syrup,. From tha
rorghum L-tirrels of syrap Mr. Dunlap often take*
forty pour'd* oi goon sugar. Hi* grapes aro equal
to any ratetd In the southern states and not a rote
ten grape has been seen in hia vine-yard thti year.
From out-sixth of aa acre ha ha*
mr.de ninety-six gallons of wine, boetdas
using many in canning, preserving
auc eating ana giving away large quantities. Mr.
Dnnispbre ugbt Into the offlre two limb* takes
frem his apple trees, one of them 28 indies long,
containing 28 matured apples; th* othar 24 Inch**
long, bavtngou It 32 ripe apples. These apple*
are of the Yates variety. Mr. Dunlap has gath
er* d:thlrty eight bushels of apples from eight
young trees.
From the Dodge county Ga., Journal.
If betting wasn't "agin our natut” we'd be will*
Itg to waiter something handsome that 'ffqnlre
Jeema Arthur is the biggest little potato grower ia
Dodge county. He makes a specialty of two kinds*
the big lound and the long—the former for frying
and the tetter mas ting. Ho never has any baced*
lor the reason tbu ronnis ones are too large to
cock through and the long cues are too long to c*t
in tbe stove. Whan one la wanted for fry
g purpt-RM It is rolled up near tha kitchen deor
cut up Into crunks so that the cook can
handle tlum, and when a roast Is wanted one!*
nately roasting end eating iroeaon until th* other
end is reached. Of comae this ia only the story a*
told. The largest round one tbe judge donated
to u> weighed only six ponads while the long one
was a fraction under three feet in length.
From the Athens, Ga., Banner.
The fact te not generally known that Mr. Brad
Nicholson, a quiet young gentleman often seta
upon the streets of Athens, next to Senator Soiith*.
ofOglcthorpecounty.il the largest planter ia
this section, and what Is still better, a most sue*
five superintendents.
profit. His terms ate nearly all aalMaitatatnf*
and kc buy s <>niy such artic efl os cannot begrowia
in this latitude. Every year he has grain of all
Sind* to tell He made the most wonderful cot*
ton yield w« ever knew. From 127 acres he gUh*
rted 128 heavy btt!3 ot cotton. Mr. Nicholson
has clearly demon it rated the fact that farmiaw
can be made to pvy in this sec lion, and that therm
is ju>t at mu .h money in tilling the soil as sell In#
ctode. He h»» the tntnen to embark In any othee
business, bor preferred farming, and gave (hi#
pursuit the sameearcand intelligent thoughts*
be would to a prufrsslor. Sum young mtnas
Brad Ntcbolxon are an honor to Georgia, and hi*
example »hcu!d be a lesson to the tnooxande.
of young termers who are anxious to leave
field to become clerks in the cities.
Here Is at
. but voluntarily teet* the (arm, as U f*
the moat independent and surest road tosneosaa
BtatUtioa shr.w ;hat ninety m-rehants of every n
any tu
Account odatloB.
Any well rated btuineu house In city or
ecu a try. who may be desirous of obtaining
arcommodation on their paper, or on mer
chandise. can secure tamo by addressing
Absolutely Confident?!!, box 2,517, New York.
Bcfercccce exchanged.
Tb»y Woo’d Doth Bo There.
Frem the A^acy, Ga., Medium.
The other day a disciple {of Blocks tone wa*
going home, carrying a 'possum, when ho met
a friend who.aaid:
* "Hello, J., what is that!”
M ’Poaanml”
•‘What are you going to do with hiaT”
"I’m going to have a big ’poeanm tapper.*?
"How many will bo therof*
"Two—me and the ’poetnm l"