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VOL. X.
GENERAL GRANT’S DEBTS
A MOVEMENT IN PROGRESS TO PAN
THEM OFF.
General Sherman, CyntM M. Field and
Others to the Hearne- Interviews With
Grant, Field, Jones Vanderbilt
and Others —Vanderbilt’s
Liberality.
New York, Dec. 30.—With a view of as
certaining the various rumors as to Mr. Van
derbilt'a offer to reduce hie claim upon Gen
eral Grant from $160,000 to slut.i.OOO, and
General Sherman's efforts to raG- the amount
among General Grant's friends, a reporter
calle-1 yesterday at General Gr int's residence.
The General suffers a great deal from the ac
cident to his leg a year ago, and uses a cane
in walking.
“I have not been at all well of late/' he re
marked, as he sank into a large arm chair.
“My throat has bothered me a great deal for
some months past. My lameness has pro
ven toil me from taking my ev' ustomed out
door exercise, which adds to my indisposi
tion. "
The General's hair and beard are several
shads grayer than they were before his finan
cial troubles. He looked very unlike his
former self. When questioned regarding his
financial affairs, the General replied:
“It is in the main, true, while General
Sherman did call upon mo yesterday, he
never said a word about the matter to me.
Some time after my son told me the General
had spoken to him In that way I learned
of the interest he had taken in my behalf. ”
“Is the statement correct that attachments •
have been issued against your pi - perty!'
“1 would not for the world sai a word that
might in the least reflect upon Mr. \ ander
bilt. He has acted in a most honorable
manner towards me. He has shown a v cry
generous disposition. 1 understand that he
has agreed to reduce the amount of my’ in
debtedness by $69,000. ”
“Do you not think your friends will come
to vour relief f ’
Resting his elbows on the desk before him,
he partially hid his face in his bands, aud
seemed agitated ns he replied
“I am perfectly willing to make any sacri- j
flcea necessary in order to liquidate my in
debtedness. '
“How about Mr. Field's projectf'
“1 presume that what Mr. Field is repre
sented to have said is true. But what he has
done in the premises I do not know. I have
not seen him in a year I would rather not
gay anything on the subject at present
Later Mr. Field was seen at his residence.
“The truth is. - ' said he, smilingly, “that
Genera! Sherman and an intimate friend of
ours called on me Friday, and relating t.j«
circumstances of General Grant's financial
trouble, asked if I could think of any way t’>
help him out of it. Next morning I calb'd on
Mr Vanderbilt, who I found very liberally
disposed. He said: ‘lf General Grant s
friends can raise SIOO,OOO I will cancel tin
debt.' Now, I think that was a liberal cffer.
and the hundred thousand ought to i* 1
raised.”
“Are you going to interest yourself, per
■onally?”
“I would rather not say. General Sher
man is, 1 think, working hard for him. Gen
eral Grant has many warm personal friends
who could easily raise the amount necessary
between them. There will be nodit’i. uh -, in
raising the SIOO,OOO. Mr. Childs, Mr. Selig
man, Mr. Drexel, and a score more that 1
could name will gladly aid General Grant in
the matter. No creditor can attach the tuna
which Mr. George Jones, of the New 5 <>rk
Times, started for General Grant several
years ago. The General regularly receive a
quarterly payment of the interest on the
$256,000 principal of the fun i. and will con
tinue to do so as long as he lives. There
nothing but this annuity between Gen-rai
Grant and the poor house.”
Mr. Jones said to-night: “He has not got
another penny in the world that he can cal.
ins own. I know nothing about the claim of
Mr. Vanderbilt further than that Cu.-ue.ral
Grant told me he would confess judgment t<>
it. It is impossible that Mr. Vander hi it
should press him for payment. It must
rather be a movement to protect General
Giant from annoyance at tho hands of other
creditors of the dead flrm.”
“I have nothing to say,” ,Mr. \ anderbilt
said when asked last night about his claim
against General Grant.
Mr. Field suggests that after paying off
the SIOO, UOO to raise a fundin v.iniii
could not be touched by creditors, and tie-in
terest on whi- h would comfortably provide
for the General and bis fan . y.
Notwithstanding Mr. Field’s delicacy in
admitting the fact, it is positively assert A
that he has j>ersonally undertaken to rais*
tho major part of the SIOO,OOO in this city,
w hile General Sherman, who went t«> Phila
delphia on Saturday, will endeart.' to get tu<
balance in that city and Washingl n.
THE FLAMES’ VICTIMS.
Further Details of the Burning of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Busm-11.
Racine, Dec. 30. —Mr. and Mrs. W, 8.
Russell, members of Thompson’s Beggar
Student Company, who lost their lives in the
burning of the Blake Opera H'-use and hotel
here yesterday, belonged to the best society
in New York, and were traveling for amuse
ment. Mrs. Glover was last seen running
through the hallway screaming She gradu
ally became bewildered, suffocated and went
down with the falling walls. Her husband,
not seen at all. likely perished in
his room. Among the guests in the hotel
was Mrs. Dow 1, a rich widow who bad just
returned from Europe. She lost $20,000 in
notes, mortgages and diamonds, and her
wardrobe.
A large force of men are searching the
ruins, but up to the present no traces of the
victims have been diecovered.
Chicago, Dec. .30—-Mr. and Mrs. Glover
appeared in this city a few weeks ago with
the Beggar Student Company They were
connected with the Standard Theatre Com
pany and billed to appear at Milwaukee last
night. Bot'i were highly e teemed by their
Chicago acquaintances.
Had They Been Hit They’d Been Killed.
Augusta, Me., Dec. 30.—At midnight,
while a night freight train was hauling some
disabled engines to the Portland repair shop,
a tender lost three wheels while cro-dng a
high embankment in Hallowell. The tender
left the frack and fell down the embankment
directly upon the stable and ell of the bouse
of a Mr. Patton, crushing and moving the
house eight inches from its foundation. Six
or eight persons were asleep in the house.
They thought the judgment day had coma
The women shrieked, the men prayed and
the children screamed. They all crawled out
of the debris unhurt. Had the tender struck
twenty inches further out all would probably
have been killed.
Poisoned to Death.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 30.—Dr. Atkinson,
of this city, who, while performing an opera
tion upon a child patient, absorbed some pois
onous matter through a scratch on his hand,
Bas died from the effect*,
9dim ggßggjl fßwtaW.
DID SHE BURY HER HUSBAND?
Aii Insane Man Declared Dead and Alive I.
by Competent Witnesses.
Schenectady, N. Y., Dee. 30.—1 n 1879
Frank Baker and his wife went from this city j
to Fort Hunter. Montgomery County, to live.
In the same year Mr. Baker was taken to
Willard Asylum for the Insane, a hopeless
lunatic. Mrs. Baker shortly afterward re
turns! to this city’ and supported herself and ‘
children by doing housework. From !
time to time Mrs. Baker heard from her i
husband through the authorities at the
asylum. Two years ago Harrison Becker, of
Watertown, was taken to Willard Asylum.
A man supposed to i»e Frank Baker died in 1
the asj lum last summer, and his remains were
sent to Schenectady, where they were fully
identified by his wife ami children and by
members of the German ben? volent society to
which he belonged. In the first week in No
vember Mrs. Baker was informed that there
was doubt of her husband being dead. Mrs.
Baker and the acquamtonces of her husband
are positive that it was Frank Baker's body
that was sent here. To-day William Glii.b
myer, the brother-in-law- of Frank Baker,
returned from AVillard Asylum with
the startling intelligence that Baker
was alive and well at the asylum; j
that he had recognized him and had .
l>een recognisaed in turn. W illiam C. Baker, 1
he brother of Harrison Baker, has been here, '
and he said that without doubt the authori- ’
ties at the asylum had been deceived in tho !
identity of the man who died. Mr. C. W. :
Baker is n>w in Albany, but proposes to re
turn to thiscity next week aud exhume the
’ body which he supposed to be that of his
brother, which is now buriod in Vale Ceme
tery. The r markable part of the affair is
1 that th.' wife of Frank Baker and many who
I knew him intimately are certain that his was
the body brought here for burial.
RANDALL IN KENTUCKY.
Hospitably Received at all I’ointa —Recep-
tion in Louisville.
Louisville, Ky . Dec 30. —Samuel J.
Randall and wife and Congressman McAdoo |
arrived here last night. At Mount Sterling, j
i Lexington, I'i ankfort and other towns along ;
[ the route, crowds assembled to see Mr. Ran- i
1 dall and che-r him, aud he made several
j siiort spx'ehrs from the car platform. At
| Frankfort a c jmnittee of citizens waited up
on him. At Lagrange a committee of Louis
ville citizens, headed by Colonel Sears met!
him at the depot. Mrs Raudali was met by |
Oscar Turner, whose guest he was last night.
This morning Mr. Randall breakfasted |
with John E. Greer, President of the Board
of Trade. At noon he visited ’Change to
greet the merchants of the city, by the unan
imous request of the Directors of the Board.
In the afternoon he dined nt the Pendennis
Club, and at ni Jit addressed a mass meeting
at Liderkrauz Hall, after which he held an
informal reception. At midnight he left for
Nashville. A genuine ovation was
.civen to Mr. Randall. The attacks of
tiie (Jourrier-Journal were generally
repudiated by the citizens of all cl; s. who
desired to see Kentucky hospitality vindi
cated. Mr. Randall, in an interview, said
his trip was for pleasure, not for political
purposes. He said he proposed to deliver
tariff speeches only where requited to do so.
Ile.n‘• m. I very favorably impress'd with
the feeling toward him in Kentucky. He
will visit Nashville, Birmingham and Chat
tanooga before his return.
AN OLD MISER
in Misery and Rags, Huugry and I*reel
ing to Death.
Delaware, 0., Dec. 30.—At noon to-day
a man named John Swim was found near
here in w <mlr nearly frozen to death.
On -a liing his person, the marshal found
> . hSiG. i e i n s several tax receipts calling
f.seventy-two acres of Jami in this county,
i;s well aw notes for various sums of money.
The marshal has deis wited the money and
pap r, in the Delaware Bunk for safe keeping
until h- can dispose of the old man in a
proper manner.
He fears to release him, as he is in no con
lition to take care of himself, as he might be
robued and murdered for his money. The
man is in a filthy condition, and has scarcely
enough clothing to cover his nakedness.
Swim is an old bummer and miser of the
mo- pronounced type, never buying food nor
clothes.
H-‘ is anxious to reach Columbus and pay
hi ’axes, after which he will seek admission
to the County Infirmary. Swim has no home,
although be owns in Ohio tracts of land
valued at. about S2SO,(XX).
Libel Suit.
Chicago, Deo. 30 The Evening Mail
Company was Saturday made defendant in a
libel action begun in the United States Cir
- uit Court by Moses Fraley, a Board of
i rade Commissioner. The plaintiff is the
: -nior member of the Fraley Carter Com
; nnv of St. Louis and Chicago. He charges
1 rat the writer of the market reports in the
.!• -fendant's paper has for a long time cher
ished ill will toward him and his firm, and
has taken frequent opportunitie* of venting
it. For the alleged libelous statements,
Fraley asks $..’5,000 damages.
Depraved Youth-
New York, Dec :30 -Several merchants
have been victimize ; by boys wearing the
uniforms of telegraph messengers, presenting
an ter’dress” as a means of obtaining small
ji-'-nts of money. The Western Union
Teh graph Company Saturday caused the ar
rest of two b .vs who were identified by some
of their victims. They were discharged
from the company’s employ two months agj.
T -gelher they had collecteni $5.20. Mayor
ci- t Grace, Colgate Co., and several
others had given thorn money.
High Wind.
Mount Washington, Dec. 30.—Wind
yesterday at this point blew at the rate of
s verity to eighty miles an hour, and at times
a* rained 120 miles an hour. The Signal Ser
vice anemometer was blown away James
Richard Carter, of Boston, made the ascent
over the railway track from the base to the
summit yesterday in two hours aud twenty
eight minutes.
Brakeman’s I tea* I Burned Off.
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 56. Train 52 going
south on the West Shore Railroad ran into a
freight train standing on the main track near
Uoeymans. The caixjose was shattered and
i urned. Brakeman Ruggles’ head was
burned off. Another brakeman had two
arms ai.d one leg broken.
Broke His Neck.
Boston, Dec. 30.—Friday night Samuel
Geddes, aged fifiy-three, was awakened by a
ringing at the door bell by his wife, wno had
be ii out nurdug. In jumping out of bed,
G- 1 tes caught h s feet in the bed clothes and
fell on his head, breaking Lis neck. He now
lie» at the City Hospital in a critical con
dition.
Suicide.
Woonsocket, R. L, Dec. 30. Ezekiel
Young, freight agent of the Providence &
Springfield Railroad, this morning locked
himself into an engine house at Pascoag, and
blew out his brains with a revolver. Trouble
with a bank where be had deposited, money
was the only cause known.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUAIY I. ISBS.
lAMASHINGACTORINJAH,
■ AND HIS VICTIM, BROKEN IN HEALTH,
LIVING IN SECLUSION.
An Indianapolis Society Belle’s Stage Life
Brought to an Abrupt Close—A Baker’*
Attempt to Cremate His Wife-
Other Crimes.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 80.—Ed. Marble,
: the actor, dramatist and playwright, was a
I prisoner last night at the Indianapolis sta
tion house. A few months ago Marble, who
has a wife and children, made love to Miss
Maud Stuart, a member of the Madison
Square Theater Company, in New York, and
it is sail! that by representing to her that he
had been wronged by his wife anil was di- 1
voreed, and with earnest protestations of
love, induced her to become his wife. They
v.ero married ky the Rev. Mr Anthony,
an Episcopal divine, at his residence on
Twenty-eighth street, New York. They lived
together for several months, but learning that
she had been deceived, the young woman left
him and came to her home in this city.
Since last August she has been living quietly
■ with her mother in this city and is greatly
I broken in health. Such is the story as told
.by the lady. Two or three days ago Marble .
1 camo to Indianapolis ostensibly to superin- !
' tend the presentation of a play. He had been
drinking heavily and has continued his 1
spree since his arrival here. To I
several people he lias announced his
intention of “raising h— with that girl,” and 1
Saturday night he made several ineffectual
attempts to force an entrance to her house.
These attempts he repeated yesterday and
last night, and just before midnight police
aid was invoked and Marble was arrested
near the house and l<x*ked up charged with
disturbing the peace and drunkeues9. He
was seen by a reporter to whom he denied
ever having been married to the young lady.
Before going on the stage, Miss Stuart,
whose real name is Maud Grubbs, moved in |
the best society in Indianapolis, and is widely
and favorably known. She tells her story in I
a most positive manner, and it is generally
credited.
WIFE MURDER,
Thomaston, Ga., Dec. 30—Ella Drake,
wife of John Drake, a negro barber, was
! found in her burning house yesterday after
| noon with her skull broken and her throat
( cut The fire was extinguished and Drake
j was arrested. The Coroner’s jury rendered
a verdict t hat the woman came to her death
from wounds inflicted by her husband. They
also said it was a case of cold blooded mur
der Blood stains were on Drake’s cloth
ing and a towel, when arrested, but be
claimed them to be accidental and caused
by cutting a customer while shaving him.
This the customer denied. He frequently
quarreled with his wife and her sister.
Drake denies his guilt. He is safely lodged
in the county jail. Great excitement pre
vails among the negroes, and threats ol
lynching has caused the Bhdriff to take ex
tra precautions for the prisoner's safety.
TRAIN WRECKER LYNCHED.
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 90;—Daniel Parker,
uolon-d, has confessed that he and his father,
Jordan, wrecked a train on the North western.
Road on the 22d inst., and that Jordan in
stigated the crime out of a feeling of re
venge. Jordan was last night tied up tea
tree and riddled with bullets. Daniel was re
leased.
A Faith Care Soot.
Denver, Col., Dec. 30. —A peculiar sect,
with headquarters in Chicago, has been dis
covered here. The members believe solely
in the efficacy of prayer in curing human ail
ments. They run an establishment known
as the “Tabernacle of the Lord,” which is
managed by a man named W. T. Williams,
assisted by his wife and several old ladies.
The place is run something like a foundling
scheme, abandoned children of tender years
being taken in and raised until they grow to
be stout boys and girls, when they are sent
to a farm run by the sect. Katurday a little
waif, four months old, died. The physician
who was asked for a certificate of death re
fused to sign the paper, saying the child had
died of inattention.
Lease of Cherokee Land.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 30.—The lease of
a large portion of the Cherokee Nation for
grazing purposes a waits the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior. The
' land is between Kansas and the Pan
Handle of Texas and extends from the one 1
hundredth meridian to New Mexico. The |
t ract is thirty-six by IbO miles in area, and ;
contains a mill i<m and a quarter acres. The'
Essees are to pay $300,000 per annum for
thirty years. The Cherokees favor the lease,
but many claim it is invalid. The lessees are
lent Ung Cherokee citizens. Among them
are L. B. Bed, J. G. Siehrlmaler and John
Adair. They withhold the first two pay
ments in order to allow the Government to
pass upon the validity of the lease.
Determined to Take the Veil.
Washington, Dec. 30.—A sensation has
been made here by the announcement that
Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte’s daughter, Miss
Constance Edgar, will take the veil about
Easter. Miss Edgar graduated last June at
the Georgetown Academy of Visitation.
• She then announced her intention of taking
the veil. Her mother desired her not to so
decide the matter before first going into «o
--; ciety. She accompanied her mother to New
port last summer and will probably go out to
a moderate extent this winter. A two years’
, trip to Europe had been planned for her, but
' she is so determined to take the veil that the
trip has been abandoned.
Something Happened at Last.
Boston, Dec. 30.—8ampsou Morse, fifty
eight years old, and for thirty years a resi
dent of Charleston, told his wife yesterday
that if anything should happen him in the
near future to inform Deacon Daniels, of the
Charleston Baptist Church, who was his most
intimate friend. His wife questioned him as
to his meaning, but he refused to talk further.
Yesterday afternoon, upon entering the bath
room of their house, she found that her hus
; band had knelt down by the bath tub, placed
his4iead over the side of it and almost cut it
off with a razor, the head only hanging to
the neck bj’ a small piece of flesh which was
not severed.
Arrival of the Dead Sculptor’s Remains.
New Yobk, Dec. 30.—The steamship India
of the Anchor Line, arrived off Sandy Hook
Late Saturday night, having on board the re
mains of the distinguished Kentucky sculptor
Joel T. Hart. The remains will lie forwarded
to Kentucky in charge of Judge Charles E.
Kincaid, of Kentucky, as soon as they are
released by the Custom House authorities.
Murderer in Custody.
Princess Anne, Md., Dec. 30.—Captain
John Williams, charged with the murder of
Otto Meyher, one of his deck hands, has been
captured and incarcerated at this place.
Meyher was from Mannheim, Baden, where
his father is a municipal officer.
Storms in the Northwest Subsided.
Denver, *Uolo., Dec. 30 —The storm which
1 recently visited the mountain region has sub
sided. All roads are open and trains are now
running on marly schedule time.
“ HALLELUJAH!”
A Mob Makes a Desperate Assault on tho
Salvation Army.
Portland, Me., Dec. 30.—Last week Cap
tain Gray, of the Salvation Army, took up
several collections in order, as he said, to
buy the Lord some drums. He announced
his intention of having a street parade Sun
day with a full salvation band. This
aroused the ire of a portion of the populace,
and Saturday night a vast crowd surrounded
the barracks, broke the windows and pre
vented the congregation from leaving until
long past the hour of closing. Sunday morn
ing another largo crowd awaited the parade.
On its arrival, snow balls and ice fell thick
and fast upon them. From Middle street,
down Market to Fore street, the paraders
were pelted severely. Along Fore street the
mob became furious. Captain Gray was
i made asp >cial target and blood streamed
down his face and neck. Whenever hit his
response was “Hallelujah.”
One man shouted: “You d—d fool, we'll
make you stop.”
The Captain responded: “God is with us.
You can't do it, lad.”
The next instant a chunk of ice struck the
Captain squarely in the face, wh reupon ho
shouted:
“God bless you, lad! Come and get Raved!
God bless you I”
No respvct was paid the female warriors,
| and they shared equally the honors of perse
; cution. At Gorham's corner, the police came
I to the rescue of the army, but on the return
; march to the barrack* the mob continued the
I atta. k with renewed vigor, and every con
-1 eeiveable insult, wim heaped upon the army.
Ln the afternoon and evening the parade was
repeated, and the scenes of the morning re
newed. Several of the army wore badly
hurt. There was but one arrest.
®DEATH IN THE FLAMES.
Three Persons Perish in the Rlake Opens
House, Racine, Win.
Rapine, Wig., Dee. 30 -Sunday morning,
at 1:30 o’clock, the Blake Opera House block,
i the handsomest ami largest in Racine, was
destroyed by fire. The building consisted of
l an o)xH*a house, hotel, a drug store, owned
by VV H. W Hag, a restaurant, owned by Mrs.
Lena Johnson, Wood Brothers’ hardware
store and the Telephone Exchange. Every
room in the hotel was filled with guests, and
the upper story was occupied by servants.
All have been accounted for. The building,
a five-story brick, was erected in 1882, at a
cost of SIOO,OOO and is a total loss. The in
surance on the building, which was owned by
a stock company, amounts to $48,000. Those
who occupied the building lost heavily, but
the exact amount of property and tho insur
ance can not be learned.
Thompson’s “Beggar Student” Opera Com
pany, who were in the hotel escaped but lost
their property. The manager, W. A
Thompson, did not leave the hotel until
every member had oscaiwd. He estimates the
loss of private property of the troupe at
$6,000. Many of the guests were obliged tc
flee in their night clothing.
The City Hotel, adjoining the Opera
House, was also burned, ami other buildin,
were damaged by falling walls. The loss of
Carey and Fiannigan, owners of the hotel, is
SB,OOO, insurance $1,500. Viles loss on drug
store is $2,5(X), Insurance $1,500.
Later. —It is now definitely known that
three lives were lost in the fire. They are:
Mr. aud Mrs. Russell P. Glover, members of
the Thompson “Beggar Student” Opera Com
pany, and Mrs. 8. A. Fitzpatrick, the house
keeper of the hotel in connection with the
Opera House. The ruins are now being
searched for their bodies.
The Illinois Senatorship.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 30.—Congress
man Morrison, t>efore his departure for
Illinois, told friends here that ho expected to
enter the Senatorial contest in earnest. He
said he had received assurances which
prompted him to believe he had a good fight
ing chance, and if, upon looking over the
field, this impression wag confirmed he should
organize his support thoroughly and go in.
A letter just received brings information
that the sick Democrat, who it was thought
would break tho tie by forced absence from
Springfield, is recovering and will be on
hand.
Representative Townshend says he docs
not believe the Legislature will elect a Sena
tor. He feels very confident no Democratic
memtier will prove recreant and hays he can’t
expect less party fidelity from the Republi
cans. Mr. Townshend admitted having
j heard reports of a Republican Legislator
| who, through personal friendship, would vote
j for some Democrat, but he did not credit
them. He expects each party to stand firm
and produce a dead-lock which will prevent
an election, while he questions the authority
of the Governor to appoint a Senator to fill
the vacancy arising from the refusal of the
legislature to elect. Mr. Townshend has no
doubt that Gov. Oglesby will upon the adjourn
ment of the Legislature fill tho vacancy, and
he is just as confident that General Logan
will be the Governor’s choice.
A Fiend In f'nstody.
New York, Dec. 3>o Three Chinamen
said to be from New York, who assaulted
Hong Chang, the laundryman of Newark,
New Jersey, last week, robbed him and cut
him with hatchets, carved him with knives
and believing him dead, hung him to a rafter
where his landlord found hirn and saved bis
lite, from a description given by him, Inspector
Byrnes’ men got on the track of the leader of
the gang, and made hirn a prisoner in this
city last night. Tom Sing is his name. He
is a desperate ruffian. The detectives believe
they have caught in him the perpetrator of
one of the most savage of murders ever
committed in this city. The victim was a
Clinton street laundryman. The circum
stances of the murder are exactly similar
to those attending the outrage of the Newark
Chinaman.
A Terrible FalL
Chicago, Dec. 30—Shortly after 10 o’clock
to-day, Fred Bergholtz, a foreman bricklay
' er for Mortimer & Tappan, contractors, met
with a horrible death. He had charge of the
incompleted Home Insurance building on
Lasalle street near Jackson. He got on the
elevator, and went to the top to see if the men
could work. After the elefator stopped,
Bergholtz slipped on some ice, and was pre
cipitated down the elevator shaft, falling
nine stories. He was instantly killed. He
leaves a wife and four children.
Cotton Mills Burned.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30.—The Indian
apolis Cotton Mills, until two weeks ago
worked by Browne & Love Bros., burn* d
Saturday night. The property was bought
in at Sheriff s sale for $41,000 recently, but
with machinery cost originally $185,000. The
loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. Insurance, $30,-
ObO. A month ago SBO,OOO of insurance was
carried on the building.
A Two Hnndred Thousand Dollar Fire.
Canton, 0., Dec. 30.—The extensive sad
dlery hardware works of Elbel, Gilliam &
Co. caught fire at midnight and are now in
ruins. The building destroyed cost $160,000.
The loss of Elbel, Gilliam & Co. will reach
$200,000; insurance SIOO,OOO. Two numdred
men will be thrown outof employment The
. work* will be rebuilt
DEATH HOLL INCREASING
LATER NEWS FROM SPAIN ADD TO
THE HORRIBLE DETAILS.
Earthquake shock Felt at Vienna and in
the British Isles- Wolseley’s Expedi
tion a Virtual Failure —
Foreign News.
Madrid, Dec. 30.—Reports received to-day
from Andalusia continue to increase the num
ber of fatalities of the earthquakes. At Al
bunuelas the number of dead is now placed
at a thousand, while at other points the re
ports increase tho number of persons killed.
A mountain near Periana has entirely disap
peared.
Vienna, Dec. 30.—A severe earthquake
shock was experienced in Carinthia to-day.
Considerable damage was done to many
buildings,
London, Dec. 30.—An earthquake was felt
in AV ales to-day. Many houses were injured.
HOLLAND A FRIENDLY POWER.
Brussels, Dec. 30. -Holland has signed a
treaty with the African International Associa
tion agreeing to net as a friend’<y power.
encke’s Comet.
Rome, Dec. 30.—Encke’s comet was ob
served at Florence on December 13. A fog
prevented satisfactory definition.
GERMAN COLONIZATION.
Berlin, Dec. 30.—The explorer Einwald
writes that he has acquired Lucia Bay and
100,000 acres of laud for the Luderitz settle
ment He will also shortly annex the Ana
tonga district.
FAILURE OF BANKERS.
Ijondon, Dec. 30. —Truninger & bank-
ers, in Threadneedle street, have failed. The
amount of their liabilities is yet unknown.
PETROLEUM.
London, Dec. 30. —The Times dispatch
from Odessa says it is estimated that the
Baku Springs will yield 250,000,000 gallons of
petroleum yearly.
AN INGENIOUS SWINDLE.
The latest form of ingenious swindle was
invented by one George Brown, who went
about collecting money for building churches
in India. His main argument with women,
whom he chiefly cheated, was that in this way
the unchristian custom of burning widow* on
the pile of their husbands would be abol
ished.
Tho bold example of Prof. Black ie, in set
ting tho Sabbatarians at defiance, has proved
demoralizing to the Rev. Dr. Muir, of Leith,
who, although a member of the free Church,
went into an Episcopal church on Christmas
day, had candles lighted on the altar, incense
burned, and arrayed himself in a white sur
plice and colored stole. However, he is to be
prosecuted as a heretic by the Presbyterians.
THE LATEST FASHIONABLE GARMENT.
In Paris is what are called vestes. 'They are
short zouave or Spanish jackets, made of the
richest materials, fastening across the chest
or at the neck, and reaching just below the
armpit in length. For indoor or evening
wear they are accompanied generally by a
chemisette of lace, silk or India muslin, con
fined at the waist by a very broad Hash or a
pointed Swiss Iwlt.
NOTM.
Hir Thomas Gladstone, brother of the
premier, has 30,000 acres of land idle on his
bands.
Lord Gumbert has got into trouble in the
East by writing a letter to a Hong Kong
paper, indignantly denying that he had ever
asked to be introduced to a ballet girl; but
he spelled the word Hong Konka, which the
editor cruelly remarked was inexcusable in
even a future heridetary legislator.
A correspondent describing the business es
tablishment of Mr. Worth say* that the
Salon Des Amazon©* where ladies are fitted
for riding habits, is draped in green velvet
and adorned with side saddles, whips aud
stirrups, and an insipid blonde young man
helps ladies into a life-sized dummy horse.
Many Parisian ladies now spend annually
$25,000 to S3O,(XX) at the Magasins of this
great master of fashion.
WOLSELEY'R EXPEDITION A FAILURE.
London, Dec. 30 —The news from Kgypt is
not of the most satisfactory chai acter. It
appears that General Wolseley ha* decided
to abandon the attempt to reach Shendy by
the desert route from Kortiz, thus cutting off
the great bend in the Nile. The difficulties
of the way seem to hirn too great to be sur
mounted with the resources at his command.
Instead of the desert route he will use the
road from Meraweh to Berber, likewise
through the desert, but much shorter than the
other. He has accordingly changed his base
from Korti to Meraweh. This change place*
the relief of Khartoum two months further
into tho future than was expected. Genei al
Wolseley is far from satisfied with the ar
rangements for the expedition. He has sent
further complaints to the War Office of the
inefficiency and absolute breakdown of the
transport and commissary services. Al
though a good two months has elapsed sin<e
the Pioneer Corps left Harass, only 1,500 of
the 7,000 men composing the full force of the
oxpodition have reached Korti. British en
voys have left Korti lor the Kablmbish and
other tribes, which are only weakly attached
to the Mahdi’s causa. The envoys will en
deavor to persuade the tribes to enter into an
alliance with the English.
ASCENT OF THE NILE.
Korti, Dec. 80.—The English expedition is
about ready to start and will consist of V<X)
infantry and 1,500 cavalry, with six screw
guns and 1,800 camels. The Nineteenth Hus
sars will aiart Monday and ascend the Nile
on the west bank, to act as scout*.
a Prussian” forger.
.Decision Favoring His Extradition to the
Scene of His Crime.
New York, Dec. 30. —Judge Brown, of the
United States District Court, rendered a de
cision to-day in the case of Joseph M.
Behrendt, alias Joseph Barnet, who was
brought before him on a writ of habeas cor
pus sued out by his counsel. Barnet wa* ar
rested on the 15th of October at his store on
Bond street on a warrant issued by United
States Commissioner Bette upon the demand
of the German Government for his extradi
tion. Behrendt was formerly a prosperous
merchant in Prussia, but skipped away from
his native land, leaving creditors in the lurch
to the amount of nearly a million marks, it
is alleged, on forged bills of exchanges. The
police were unable for a long time to find
him. He was keeping store in Bond street as
an importer of silk, laces and fancy goods.
After a long examination, Commissioner
Betts held him for extradition. Judge Brown
decided not to interfere with the act of the
Commissioner. He will now be extradited.
Embezzler Baillie Arrested.
New Orleans, Dec. 30.—John M. Baillie,
formerly bookkeeper of the National Bank of
America, of Chicago, who absconded with
several thousand dollars of the bank’s money,
was arrested here last evening. Baillie went
from Chicago to Canada, then traveled over
the States, finally coming to New Orleans.
He awaits a requisition from Illinoi*.
To Resume Fall Time.
Woonrocket, R. 1., Dec. 30.—The mill* at
North Bellingham, Massachusetts, which had
been on three-quai ter* time, will resume full
Ume next Monday.
CONDENSED NEWS.
France is complaining of trade depression.
Gladstone was seventy-five years old last
Sunday.
England’s foreign relations keep her in ,
perpetual gloom.
The Capitol at Washington is now almost
entirely deserted.
True idle mills at Carey ville, Massachusetts,
will start up February 1.
Spain proposes to abolish 3,000 municipali
ties and save an annual expenditure of $lO,-
000,000.
There is trouble in the churches at
Stoughton, Massachusetts, over church lot
teries.
A riot at Cortate, in Scicily, resulted in
tho pillage of a church and the wounding of j
many persons.
The Wottitz brothers, large corn mer
chants at Vienna, failed, and both suicided
with revolvers.
The only Congressional committee work
ing through the holidays is that on rivers and
harbors in the House.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela
tions is divided respecting the discussion of
the Spanish Treaty in open session.
Julius Haas, a bogus German count who
has been giving Washington hotels valises
full of ashes for bovd, has finally landed be
hind the bars.
John R. McLean, of the Cincinnati En
quirer, in an interview says he thinks Gov
ernor Cleveland will avoid Ohio in making
up his Cabinet.
Preparations are concluded by which, it
is announced, President Arthur’s New Years’
reception will be the grandest social event
ever held in Washington.
Another Land Forfeiture BUI has been in
troduced in Congress, this time it being the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicksburg
Railroad, whose land grant it is proposed to
forfeit.
At Granada, Spain, the deaths caused by
the earthquake shock are 526; at Malaza,
100; at Albania, 300; at Alkunuelas, half the
population. At Periana 75U buildings wer*
destroyed.
Secretary Flannery, of the Miners’
Union, Pittsburg, has issued a circular to
miners in the River District, on a strike for
an increase of a half a cent a bushel, declar
ing the strike off.
W. AL Richey, an engineer on the Chi
cago Division of the Pan-handle, was killed
by jumping from bis engine to save himself
from a collision that immediately followed,
it occurred near Richmond, Indiana.
The southbound train on the D., O. & O.
Railroad went through a trestle near St,
Mary’s, Illinois. The coaches were badly
wrecked and one of them burned. Several
passengers were hurt, but none are reported
fatally.
Un application of counsel for tho Btro
bridge Lithographing Company, of Cincin
nati, the Supreme Court of New York
granted an attachment against the property
of Brooks & Dickson, the theatrical man
agers, for $15,000.
There is no foundation for the report that
the Spanish Treaty is to be withdrawn. A
Spanish member has been authorized by his
Government to accept certain modifications
providing they will make the treaty more ac
ceptable to our Government.
John LEHNKUHLand John Keown, locked
up for burglary, escaped from the Hamilton
(O.) county jail by springing the bars in the
iron grating over the kitchen windows of the
jail with a stick of stovewood, during the
temporary absence of the guard.
The Inaugural Ball at Washington will be
brilliant. Room to accommodate 6,000 to
8,000 persons is set apart for promenading for
those who do not wish to dance. Twu bands
have l>een engaged and the music will
not cease the night through. The price of
admission has been fixed at five dollars
In sjieaking to his congregation from the
pulpit concerning his course in the late elec
tion, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says he has
heard that some of his members were about
to withdraw their support from the church
because they did not agree politically with
him, and add* that when he came to the
church thirty-eight years ago be lived on a
salary of $1,500 a year, and that he will be
happy to do *o again.
Secretary Chandler has Issued a circu
lar to the employes in bis department saying
that owing to the fact there is no appropria
tion for the navy after December 31, 1884,
employes in all departments will have to con
tinue their services voluntarily, without
agreement or contract, for which certificate*
will be given, and that the holders will have
no claim for compensation unless Congress
shall make an appropriation therefor.
THE MARKETS.
General.
Cincinnati, Dec. 29. —Flour—Family, $3 10
@3 50; fancy,s3 25; buckwheat flour,
$4 754£5 00. Wheat—No. 2 red, 75(0»7o,
■ aud longberry, 78c; No. 3, Corn-
No. 2 mixed, 39c; ear corn, 40(g/42c. Oat*—
No. 2 mixed, 28@2bjj,c. Rye—No. 2,55 c.
Barley -Choice Western Hpring, 58(j$60c;
| fall 034274 c, according to quality. Pork—
. Family mess, sll 1 75. Lard—Steam,
7&(<27%c. Sugar cured hams—9%(£iuc.
Green meat* -Hums, 16 lbs. average, 7>£c,
Coffee-Rio ordinary, in cargoes,
choice, 11 Java, 17(g24c. Sugar—
Standard A, s%i}oc; eastern yellow refined,
New York, Deo. 29. —Wheat—No. 2 rad
Corn-Mixed Western, 49®57c.
Oats—Westera, 33@37c. Pork—New inete,
(12 50(4*12 75 l^rrd—Steam, 7c.
Baltimobk, Dec. 29.—Flour Family,
*3 5<)(«/4 25. Wheat—No. 2 winter red, 62; 4 ($
Corn-Western Mixed,
Oats— Western white, 84(<?80c; mixed,
83X C - Hye—6U®62c. Mess Pork—*l2 75.
Octree—Rio cargoes, ordinary to fair,
9%c. Sugar—Quiet and steady; A soft, s^ a c.
New Orleans, Dec. 29.—Pork, *l2. Cut
Meats—bhoulileis, *4 ;55(0*4 UO; sides 5%0.
Bacou—clear rib, 7kc; long clear sides, 7c.
Hams—loX@ ! - c - Lard—Refined tierce, 7c.
Sugar—relined common, 8%®3%c; prime to
■ choice, B%<s4%c; centrifugal choice white,
! T'-lOc; olf white, s<a,s>ic; choice yel
' low, 4%c. Molasses—Firm at previous price*:
Common, 20c; fair, 26<a27c; strictly prime,
41<g48c; choice, 44c; centrifugal, choice, 30o;
prime to strictly prime, 20ui27c.
Detroit, Mich., Dec, 29. Wheat—Na 1
white, No. 2 red, 82c; No. 3 red, title.
Corn—No. 2, cash, Oat«—Light
mixed,
Toledo, Dec. 29.—Wheat—No. 2, Decem
ber, 71c. Corn—No. 2, cash, 40e; No. 3 yel
low, 89c. Oats—No. 2.
Live Stock.
I Cincinnati, Dec. 29. —Cattle—Good to
choice butchers’, *4 25@5 00; fair to medium,
*3
and leaders, *3 75<g4 50; yearlings and
calves, *2 50@3 50. Hogs—Selected butchers’
and heavy shipping, *4 35(g4 50; fair to
good packing, *4 2>(§4 40; fair to good light,
*3 95<a4 30; common, *8 40uJ3 90. Sheep-
Common to fair, *2 50u#3 25; good to choice,
*3 So©; 25, and some extra, *4 50©5 00.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—Hogs—Fair to good
fight, *8 M)(c(4 20; mixed packing, *8 95« i
4 10; choice heavy, *4 10©4 30. Cattle-
Export*, *5 i.u@6 20; good to choice ship
rng, *5 oo@s su; common to fair, *4 20©
00. Sheep—lnferior to fair. *1 50©2 50;
medium to good, *3 00©3 76; choice to extra,
*8 80©4 25.
East Liberty, Dec. 89.—Hogs— Philadel
phia, *4 50©4 W; l’Kk»ri H 86©4
NO. 213
Fitter*
The neorftsity for prompt and efficient hon**-
hold em die* a da ly «-zowln« moreiroperatlTt
and of these Hortettf r’s Stomach Bitter* 1* the
t hies iu r erit »ud tb” djohi > ocular. Irregu
larity of the Bfon ach »nd bo-el*. m*liri*l
lever*, liver complaint, debility, rbeumatiun
and minor ailmei te are thoroughly conquered
by thl* 'nc< D'parabie family reftorttive and
in denial ha.tguard, «iid it >0 ju< t’y reparibd
as the j ure«t »u<i * o t ( ompreiii jjh ve rtmedy
• I t«cl-«t*, F r e»ie b all diug fit- aud
don’t r* |-r>7 »• 1 V
1 ir.bi I'lLl.bll tlJLKblll
SJSvre cure for blind, Bleeding iind Itch
ms; Piles. One box turn cured the worst
nnses of 20 yean standing. No one need
Rußer five minutes- after using WHilbui’s
It iliaii Pll< Ointment. It abet Tbs tuniot»,
ailaye Itching, acte as poultice, glsee in
tent relic’. Piepai<-d only tor Piles,
tt thing of Ibe private pm te, nothlng else.
Hot. J. M.Cnffei bury,of Cleveland, says:
"I save used i cotes ot Pile cures, and It
affbide me pleasure to say tbst I have
never ronnii ai>) bu g wbich gives euch
Immediate arc* pernmneßt rellti as Dr.
William'a Indian Pile Ointment." bold by
druggists uro mu! etl on receipt of price,
#1 FOl sale by Biaun n <i Caret n, B.
Carter, John P. lui ner and Geo. A. Brad
fo.d. Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Frasier’s Feot Bitter
Frazier’s Boot Blltere are not a dram
shop beverage, but. are strictly medicinal
in every eense. They act strongly upon
th" Liver and Kidneys, ket.p the bowels
pen and regular, make the weak strong,
heal the lurgs, build up the nerves, and
cleanse tire blood and system ot every im
purity. bold by drugglste. *I.OO.
For sale by Brannon A Car non and Jno.
P. Turner,Oc umbos, Urn
I>r FrM«fer’* Masric Olutme*t<
A sure cun for Untie Glut's tn the Skin,
hough Skin, etc. it will remove that
roughnees ftom the bards and tace and
tnrrke you beautiful. Price C(Je. bent by
mall. For sale try Bieunou A Caiecn und
John P. Turner, Columbus, C+a.
Mrs. Dr Walton’s Ferlotilcsl Tea.
Mother Walton lias prescribed tfieval
'i»blemedlee!r:e 'or a great many years
tier private practice. It has proved an
•antaillng specific i> the treatment . tee
many disorders to which the letrak con
tltutlon is subject. It Is a sure cure tor
the monthly troubles that so n ato w. n »n
eufer. Mallet! on receipt ot price, tfc.
For s ale »y Brannon A. Carson and Jno
P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Saratoga High Boek Spring Water for
Hair by all rlnipi’lnte ndi99Por<Av
CH TLH OGHH SHERIfHAL'S.
WILL KE BOLD IN .BE FBBT 7OF D Yin
J-LDnrv lx' xt, 1! 86, at the Court H. uee in
t »K'County, •itbin th* i#g*i hour* f i F*ie, to
tte bldd r for c»eh the fellowing prop
erty to wit. tie horse mule nitr.e Alex, cn*
min uieD»me Body, about nine ye»T*cld;one
tour-horge wb» on. bald provertv levied on **
me property of G W. McKinzie to *»ti*ly a
uort*<»i.e ii fa iN»uedfioiu the Superior Uowrt
of eaid L'< uuty, in lav* rof Geo« P. wilt * Son*
BX<.iu*f r»>a ■ . W. McKli zie
2 hie 2»t«. d*y ot It vember, 18f 4.
nov&.-td. L HaRP, Sheriff.
WILL FE SOLD OB BB FIR«I IUEBLAY in
Janutry, lbt6 at. ih.. ( curt Houtr in *»fd
t ouEty, within the 1 gal Lour* ot Mie to the
ni heci bidder lor eweh, ti e fell wing property
io-’ it: One r< wu hr n e mule nawt aj?x, a*out
twelve year* < Id. Maid property bviedou -st/*
I repeny tn Nea Sande; a to Mtisiy »n execution
ißtutd Iron, the Superior Court or Mid (Jounty
In favor of (Hidden A OurtlH agAinat Neal
oderti.
Thi* ,9tn day of November, li*B4
novßo-td L HA HP, Sheriff
JOHN 8. STEWART
Jiili Printer.
OFFIOE, JUNDOLPH STREET, NEXT TO
GEORGIA STEAM AND GAB PIPE CCMPANY.
Job Hmtinp c Every deccription executed
Neatly and Promptly.
anglSt
Market Stall* to Rent.
TXTILL be rented at the Market House, at pub-
VV He outcry to the highest bidder, on Mon
day. January 5, all the Stalls in the Meat Market,
under the direction of the < ommittee on Market.
Quarterly note* with good sureties vill be
required. M.M. MOORE,
dec!7-td < lerk • ouncil.
OFTIC’E AT
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON’S Drug Store,
Bandolph Street.
Kesldence with H. L. WOODRUFF,
Onwtord, between Trcnp *nd Foraytti Hrreet
BepSO-Sm
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Tricksters and Gardeners.
o
I wlll;fuiDleh on board the .Cars at Flora,
Alabama, a very
Rich. Marl
AT t IX ► OJLi At S PI > r I OX
CJSBBXX !
And a Very Low Rate of Fie ght
1b offered by the Mi bits A Gram R. B,
By analysis of the State Geologist this
MARL contains from 5 to 8 pet cent, of
Phosphate with oth> r set tlllziiMiqualities.
For cotrnostli g mid broHdcetiltg for
<rrptr fl ;ds, oiciiatdH and lawns it will be
found
Stimulator.
This is not a Guar o, but a BIUH MARL I
——o
Any orders forwarded to
R, J. ORB, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile 4 Girard Railroad, will meet with
prempt attention. decfJ-tf
Mass E IRWIN, IBWINTOF. GA., BfYS?
“I Io«»d great relief in Lrown'a Iren Blt
ur> for nenralgla end djipepalx. I heartily
reMauaaad it.**