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VOL. X.
RICH EE’-DIXG THE POOR
IMPORTANT MODIFICATION IN THE
SPANISH TREATY.
The National Debt Increasing— Our Deal
and Dumb —France Not Aiding De
LeMepH’ Canal Scheme —Asi-
• atic Hoards —The Navy.
Washington, Dec. 31.-The Christmas
Club, a benevolent and charitable association
of this «'ity, of which Mias Nellie Arthur is
President. gave a dinner to 600 poor children
Tuesday in the National Rifles' Hall. Miss
Arthur was assisted by Miss Waite, daughter
of the Chief Justice, Miss West, Mrs. Rom
Roy. Miss Solomons, and a large number oi
other members of the club and ladies well
known in Washington social circles, lhe
hall and tables were decorated with
evergreens and plants sent by Presi
dent Arthur from the Execu
tive Mansion. Rev. Dr. Bartlett said
grace, after which the 600 children whc
were seated nt six long tables enjoyed the
dinner. Afterward they were invited into
the upper hall, where they were entertained
with magic lantern pictures, music, etc.
They then received presents, which were dis
tributed by Mr. Ed. Hay in the traditional
costume of Santa Claus. They were sent tc
their homes in omni busses and carriages.
President Arthur and other invited guests
witnessed the entertainment.
SPANISH TRE4TY.
An important modification i» reported as
having been effected by cable in the proposed
Spanish American Treaty. The change was
made to meet the principal objections of the
sugar refiners, who have been almost unani
xnuosly opposed to the treaty The original
draft of the treaty proposed to admit free of
duty sugars grading as high as No. 16, duties
standard, so that the grades from and includ
ing Nos. 14 to 16 could bare gone
into competition with the refined
grades. Mr. Juan M. Ceballos, the well
known importer, suggested that alterations
might lie made so as to admit free only sugani
grading up to No. 13. This system was im
mediately acted upon, and the Spanish Gov
ernment immediately made alteration at the
cable suggestion of the Secretary of State.
The alteration would prevent the importation
of high grade raw sugars in competition with
our refined sugar.
THE DEAF AND DUMB.
Among the memoirs transmitted to Con
gress by the National Academy of Science is
a paper by Professor Alex Graham Bell, on
the formation of a deaf variety of the human
race, which he thinks is slowly taking place
under she tendency of the deaf and dumb
people to marry those afflicted like themseh - s.
Bell suggests that this tendency might be
checked by the avoidance of the present sys
tem of segregating such persons for educa
tional purjMises and their use of a language
different from that of hearing and speaking
people.
NATIONAL DEBT INCREASING.
The public debt statement for the month of
December will show an increase of the debt
about similar to that of last month, or in the
neighborhood of $400,000. The reasons as
signed are the unusual reduction of the rev
enue and the increased expenditure on ac
count of pensions.
WHISKY CONFERENCE POSTPONED.
The conference between the Secretary of
the Treasury and the representatives of tlw*
whisky interest has been postjxined until Sat
urday owing to a misunderstanding about the
time appointed.
OATH OF OFFICE.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Thompson and John Jamison, Superintend
ent of the Railway Mail Service, took the
oath of office to-day. They will enter upon
the discharge of their duties with the new
year. The oath of office was administered
by the veteran of the notary department,
Judge James Lawenson, who has sworn in
twenty-two Postmaster Generals, one hun
dred and seven Assistants, and a number of
the leas minor officials
NICARAGUA.
Information from a thoroughly trustworthy
source has reached here from Pai is showing
the position which the French Government
may be expected to take in regard to the
Nicaragua Canal Treaty. President Grevy
within a tew weeks has made known to the
Minister t-> the United States bis personal
wishes in regard to the Panama ( anal and
related subjects. He informed his Minister
that whatever else might form the subject of
communication with the Government of the
United States he desired that there might lie
nothing regarding the Panama ( anal. If
M. De Lesecps desires to dig a canal, that
was purely a private enterprise and one
that could not interest the Govern
ment of France. If the Rothschilds and
other* chose to lend De Lcsseps money to pros
ecute the enterprise, those were transactions
of a pureiy private character between the
parties concerned, and as a Government could
not make herself a party to them to any ex
tent whatever. The interest of France as a
nation in any canal across the isthmus was very
•mall indeed. Such a work would furnish a
direct waterway to Martinique, a French
bland in the West Indies, and the French
islands in the Pacific, but, as the interchange
of products was only about $30,0o(), the con
venience of direct communication would not
warrant France in taking any pecuniary in
terest in the prosecution of a canal. The con
versation was understood to extend so far as
practically to indicate to the Minister to this
country that there was nothing in the pend
ing isthmian questions which concerned the
French Government or presented to it any
particular points of interest It is further
known here that this broad position of the
French President has been at least informally
communicated to De Lesseps, and that it has
caused hirn great concern and discourage
ment.
This information will be a great blow to
the De Lesseps lobby here, whose strongest
argument thus far has been base..! on the
declaration that the De Lesseps bondholders
would receive the support of the French Gov
ernment, and that they would demand inter
ference on the part of their Government to
prevent their financial ruin.
The perfect unconcern with which the
French authorities regard the recent renewal
of the discussion of the Monroe doctrine is
shown by the declaration in diplomatic < drcles
here that thus far no dispatches have r< ached
the French Legation fiere, either by mail or
telegraph, making any inquiries or conveying
any instructions regarding the Nicaragua
Treaty. The knowledge that France intends
to hold altogether aloof from any participa
tion in the canal discussion will have an im
portant bearing up n the question now under
consideration by the Senate.
THE NAVY.
The Secretary of the Navy has discovered
that his ordinance for the maintenance of the
Navy and conduct of the yards from Decem
ber 31 to January 5, was not strictly in ac
eordance vith law The last Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation Bill
contained a clause that no volunteer service
to be paid for in the event of future appro
priations should be accepted from an em
ploye of the Government except in an emer
gency involving human life or the safety of
0 ai In
property. The Secretary has amended hit
or«. r to provide that work shall only be al
lowed to continue when the loss of human
life or destruction of property might result
from its discontinuance. The Secretary
claims that his enter is not an infringement
of the law against incurring expensea where
there is no appropriation The Department
takes ♦}■>.<» position that the Navy must, be
maintained, and that provision for feeding,
clothing and caring for officers and seamen
must be made, and that nothing in the law
can be construed to forbid such necessary
provision or t « render it illegal during a
period for which Congress fails to make ap
propriation.
ASIATIC HORDES
Secretary McCull- eh, it appears, is not in
favor of a strict coustru tiqn of the Chinese
Immigration Act, and has just made a ruling
under the recent, decision of the United
States Supreme Court which will tend still
further to break d jwd the barriers which
Congress supposed it had erected to keep out
the Asiatic hordes Mr. McCulloch has given
the Chinese Consul at San Francisco the
authority to issue certificates to departing
Chinamen who, ns merchants, wish to leave
the United States and i ‘turn here. The Cal
ifornians insist that m ificates so issued will
be misused, aud that i ley will be a source
of speculation. Secretary McCulloch firmly
refust's to change his or ter, and does not con
ceal the fact that lie is pern mally opposed to
the Chinese restrictive act Senator Miller,
of California, who represents the California
delegation in this matter, has been unable to
secure a reconsideration of this regulation.
Mr Miller says:
“The Chinese certificates are worth about
>l5O each, and there is danger that the
Chinese Consul will abuse the privileges given
him under the Secretary’s ruling The in
tent of the act was that the Chinese repre
sentatives abroad- -not those in this country
should certify to representatives us the
United States Government th w . eta concern
ing any applicant for a certificate If this
were not so then Congress would not have
conferred the authority upon our Collectors
of Customs to issue certificates. What sense
is there in giving both th • Collector of Cus
toms and the Chinese Consul the right to is
sue these certificates! A man may go to ths
Chinese Consulate, produce ptuof that he is a
merchant desiring to return home, get a cer
tificate and mail it to his relative or friend in
China, upon which he can enter the country
and become a laborer. You cannot tell one
Chinaman from another, and there is money
in the importation of these men at an expense
of $l5O percertificate for the Six Companies. ’
CHARLEY ROSS-
A Clew to the Whereabouts of the Missing
Boy—Trafficking in Babeu.
Baltimore, Ml., Dee. 81.—Mrs Mary
Shelton, 87 Mulberry street, this city, recent
ly’ wrote a letter to a Lancaster, Pa., deteo
rive, in which she stated that while seeking u
child for adoption, she had found a woman
with a stolen baby an I a photograph of
barley Robs, who said that t 'on-r-missing
boy was alive. To your corre»|xe.<! nt to
lay Mrs. Shuttan made the following state
ment:
“I recently lest my only child by death,
md missing his footsteps, 1 longed to have a
K>y in rehouse. ('<>i|S'Mpieiftj£r soiQe little
time ago, when I saw an advertisement in
the papers of a mother wanting some one to
adopt her baby, I answered the notice, aud a
woman giving her name as Mrs. Maggio
Hall called at my house with a ten-mouths’
•Id buy baby, which was extremely bright
and pretty. It captivated my heart at on e.
Mrs. Hall, as she called herself, was about
twenty eight years of age, ami was not very
preposessing in appearam e. The child was
poorly clad, but I was at once impressed with
the idea that the child was born of a gentler
mother than this Mrs Hall. The latter told
me that she wan a widow, but that she had
i mother who was lying ill at a bos
pi tai in Philadelphia She was very reti
cent in speaking of her husband. When 1
asked hi . if sh -knew that she was about t<:
give up her child for goo “ she merely laughed
md remarked that she supposed so. This
confirmed my suspicion that she was not the
mother of the boy. I then told her that she
would have to bring me proofs of the child's
parentage before I could accept it. It was
fter I had said this that she showed me the
picture of a little boy about four years old,
who she sai<] was the missing Charley R</ss.
After this 1 was so certain that the boy she
wanted mo to adopt was either stolen or not
».er wn, that I wrote the statement I did,
not with the expectation that it would throw
any light on the case of Charley Ross, but
with the hope that the mother of the infant,
if it was stolen, migh. by this means gain a
clew to its whereabout.”
TWO SUCKERS,
In Texas, Blow Themselves in for Wine
With Green-Boom Fairies.
Fort Worth, Tex , Dec. 31.—A very sen
mtional triai was conciu led before Justice
Zinn yesterday, the defendant in the case
being discharged from custody. George B.
Holland aud Tom Wilson, as proprietors ol
the theater, and Cora Davis and Ella Gard
uer, two wine room women, had been ar
rested on a charge of robbery preferred by
J. 8. Eubanks, a prominent stockman of
Montague County. Eubanks swore the
money, over SSOO, had been taken from him
by force, but the triai develops 1 a different
state of affairs. He had became enam
ored of the Gardner woman, and from
8 oclock until 5 in the morning he was
in the theater and wine-rooms It was
shown that he had showered silver dollars
on the stage and spent the balance in wine
at the solicitation of the woman and her
friend, Cora Davis. .4 prominent District
Attorney from Western Texas was in the
place at the same time and squandered S7OO
- n another woman, making the revelry
superb, five persons opening over 400 bottles
oi champagne. The wine was emptied on
the floor of the room, percolated through the
flooring and ran down on the guests in the
restaurant beneath.
The District Attorney dic| not complain of
robbery, but wisely borrowed SSO from an
attorney here and went home. The two
women in the Eubanks case proved up per
centage checks to the amount of $76.
Miser Froze to Death.
Bloomington, Lad . Dec. 31.—Christopher
Lochiner, an old German hermit who has
lived for the last twenty years in this county
in a hut of logs and mud though he owned 300
acres of land and considerable stock, was
found dead on a wretched bed hardly cov
ered. It is suppose !he froze to death. It is
believed he had considerable money about the
house, as he worked all the time and never
went to town except to pay taxes and draw a
pension from Louisville. He has no relations
in this section.
Gone Mad.
Cincinnati, Dec. 31.—A Post’s Shelbyville,
Indiana, special says: Miss May Howard, an
actress for many years of celebrity, has lost
her mind, and was to-day taken to the In
diana Asylum by her brother, John Dennis,
of Chicago. She starred in England and
Australia, and all large cities of the East.
Mrs. L. Q. C. LaMar, wife of United
States Senator Lamar, diS Monday night at
Uxfijrd, Misstenppk
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COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3. 1I S 5.
TWO THOUSAND VICTIMS
ECHOES FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN
CREASE THE FATALITIES.
Inhuman Seamen—The Scotch Crofters—
The Congo -Government Ix»an —Irish
Politic* Bismarck Warns the
Vatican Foreign Notes.
Madrid, Dec. 3L— Reporta received this
morning from districts in which the earth
quakes were most severe, further increases
the number of fata ities and amount of dam
age done Albuquerque, a town of 8,000 in
habitants in Estremadura, has been com
pletely destroyed, and two hundred bodies
have already been taken from the ruins.
Search for bodies in the ruins of Albania is
proceeding slowly, owing to fresh shocks
which pause men to flee from their work and
seek open places. Over 100 bodies have been
recovered from the ruinn.
points report freais earthquake
shoefs The telegraph service has been re
peatedly interrupted by them, causing the
, news to come in slowly.
King Alfonso has subscribed $4 *XX) for the
relief of sufferers.
Despatches received this after ioon from
many points report that earthquake shocks
are still felt.
The indications are that fully persons
have perished.
INHUMAN SEAMEN
Liverpool, Dec. 31.-The evidence taken
tn the case of Second Mate William Rauscher
and Boa swain Ferdinand Koelpein, oi the
American ship J. F Chapman, arrested ten
days ago on the charge of having murd< red
a Russian seaman named Jansen shows that
defendants daily struck and kicked deceased;
that one cold morning they lashed him to the
topsail sheets for two hours, with his hands
tied in front of him; that he moaned
piteously to be cut down, and next morning
was insensible, and soon died.
EGYPTIAN QUESTION.
London, Dec., 81.—Ear! (Jranville had a
consultation to-day with Waddington,
French Ambassador, on the proposed resump
tion of the conference on Egyptian finances.
Waddington stated that France was unwill
ing to take part in the deli tierations without
a previous agreement on the basis of the con
ference.
Berlin, Dec. .31. The Cross Gazette says
Germauy desires an early resumption of the
London conference.
ovation to rebellious crofterr.
Stornoway, Scotland, Dec. 31. —Eight
crofters, committed to-day for trial, were re
leased on bail, and escorted around town by
crowds of people, accompanied by a brass
liand and a number of pipers. Boatmen re
fuse to ferry process-servers. A sheriff s ofll
cer and his axsi-tant were knocked down and
severely handled by about two hundred
crofters at Glendale.
BAD WEATHER ACCIDENT
London, Dee. 31.—A portion of the roof of
the theater at Cholet, France, collapsed dur
ing a performance to-night. 'There were
about one thousand people in the house. The
lights w«*ra extinguished, and screams and
groans filled the air. AboutlSu penxihs were
wounded, some, it. is feared, fatally. The
theater was a temporary structure, strained
by recent storms.
THE RUSH!AN METHOD.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 31.—Privy Counselor
Karitzky Las been exiled to Siberia for
bribery in connection with the medical de
partment of the army.
BISMARCK WARNS THE VATICAN
Berlin, Dee. 3'.. Dr. Von Kchloeser,
Prussian Minister to the Papal Court, actiug
under orders of Bismarck, who wished to
mark his sense of the hostile Catholic influ
ence in the Reichstag, refrained from paying
the usual Christinas visit to the Vatican.
PRINCESS BEATRICE BETROTHED.
London, Dec. 31 11 is reported that
Queen Victoria has announced to the Privy
Council the betrothal of Princess Beatrice t»
Prince. Henry, of Battenburg.
The report is confli med. The couple must
reside near the Queen.
FIGHTING PIRATES.
Parir, Dec. 31. —General Briere De Lisle
telegraphs that he has been fighting pirates
near for several days, and killed
three hundred and captuied two guns. The
French troops are in excellent health and
spirits.
NOTHING FOR ENGLAND.
Parts, Dec. 31. —It is thought the appoint
ment of Baron Ring to succeed the Marquis
DeNoailles as French Ambassador to Turkey,
Indicates diplornic hostilities at Constantino
ple against England.
BISMARCK AND FERRY.
Berlin, Dec. 31.- Arrangements have
been made for a meeting of Bismarck and
Premier Ferry.
DUEL.
Paris, Dec. 31.—Catulle Medes and Octave
Mirabeau fought a duel to-day with swords.
Both were wounded in the arm.
FRENCH INTERESTS AT COREA.
Paris, Dec 31—Two French men-of-war
i ha vs gone to Corea to protect French inter
ests.
GOVERNMENT LOAN.
London, Dec. 31.—The Pall Mall Gazette
to-day says: Prime Minister Ferry will float
a large Government loan about the J sth of
January France will then declare war
against China unless the Tonquin difficulties
are previously settler!.
IRISH POLITICS.
! Dublin. Dec. 31.—Parnell has approved of
the candidature of T. P. O’Conner for Mem
ber of Parliament from Tipperajry in place of
T. J. Smythe, the sitting membe*-, who re
cently accepted an office in the Home Depart
ment. He considers Smythe’s chances for a
re-election hopeless, the Nationalists refusing
to support him.
VON MUNSTER TO RETIRE.
London, Dec. 31. —Again it is rumored
that Count Von Munster, the German Am
bassador to London, will shortly retire from
diplomatic service.
WAR IN THE CONGO COUNTRY.
Brussels, Dec. 31. The Independence
Beige reports a serious quarrel between
agents of the African International Associa
tion and French agents in the Congo terri
tory. An armed force of the International
Association, commanded by M. Hodister,
ascended the River Mpifa to fight the natives
who had gathered to attack the Dutch and
German factories at The com
mander of the French flotilla stopped the ex
pedition, arrested the Dutch agent for viola
tion of French territorial rights, and de
manded the surrender of Hodister Captain
Elliot, the Chief of the International Asso
ciation's region on the Mpila, refused to sur
render Hodister. A conflict is impending.
FOREIGN NOTES.
The French Parliament will reopen Janu
ary 13.
Leboy has been made an officer of the L&
gion of Honor.
The formation of a Congo monarchy, under
a German Prince, is being discussed in court
circles.
Bismarck is about to go to San Remo with
lis family for a sojourn of six weeks. Apart
ments have already been secured.
▲n explotiija of gunpowder in a gunsmith’s
shop at Kralup, Bohemia, destroyed three
houses, killing three persons and injuring
many.
An influential committee of merchants of
the Rhine provinces and Westphalia are
making arrangements to give a banquet to
Stanley, the African explorer.
Italian Radicals are trying to induce
Premier Ferry to jiermit the transfer of the
remains of Orsini to his native town, Ro
magna The Italian Government objects to
the transfer.
A Berlin correspondent says the King of
the Belgians will be proclaimed suzerain of
the Congo free state. If the Belgian consti
tution precludes this, the Count of Flanders
will be proclaimed in his stead.
The British Government has received no
advices confirming the report that Russian
agents at Cabul are treated by the Ameer
with unusual regard, and have access to his
confidential correspondence with the Indian
Government.
The offer of Miiw Caldwell, of Virginia, to
give S3OO,(XX) to found a Catholic university
at Now York, similar to the College of the
Propaganda Fide, at Rome, has been sub
mitted to the Pop who intends to confer a
signal mark of distinction upon the lady.
A conference of Nationalists of Dublin
County, the Mayor presiding, was held ye<
terday. The principle of paying Irish mem
bers of Parlianwt » was approved. Mr.
Clancy, editor of th) Irish Nation, was nom
inated to represent Dublin County in the
House of Commons.
The World says Earl Derby will soon re
sign the office of : • rotary of State for the
Colonial Department, and be appointed Lord
President of the Council. Lord Rosebery
will probably be appointed Colonial Secre
tary. Karl Derby deniew that he iuteuds to
resign the office of Colonial Secretary.
DEATH GRAPPLE WITH A BEAR.
Tim TXf&g Adventure of Two New York
Hunters in Canada.
Elmira, N Y., Dec. 31. Enfield Stout, of
Tioga County, (jus just returned fniui a two.
weeks'hunt in Frontenac County, Canada,
in ctijnp'in/. fc with Thomas De W itt and
George Pears »:i, of Schenectady County. He
relates a thrilling adventure' liis two com
panions had with a wounde<l bear, in the
tight with which they were both badly hurt
and narrowly escaped with their lives. The
party was camping near White Luke. De
Witt aud Pearson had been on the lookout
for a deer that was expected to
enter the lake in front of the hounds,
but it having taken another course they
rowed across the lake toward evening on
thrir way back to camp. As they were
about to leave their boat they beard a great
crashing in a thicket a few yards away,
and the next instant a full-grown bear
and two young onus appeared from behind a
fallen tree. Pearson fired, and the old bear
fell to the ground. The hunter, believing
that he had killed the animal, ran to the spot,
De Witt remaining with the boat. When
Pearson reached the thicket he was met by
the bear, which had regained its feet, having
been shot in the lower jaw, and most of
which was carried away by the rifle balk
Before Pearson could adopt any means of
defense the bear threw herself upon him, ami
they both fell to the ground ('. arson’s crit >
brought De Witt to the scene, but the bear
and Peason were so closely hugged togetb«v
as they struggled on the ground that tho
other hunter did not not dare fire for fear of
killing his companions- Thv bear was unable
> inflict any injury on Pearson with her
mouth, and he seized her long hair in his
t eth and buried his face deep in her shaggy
fur, thus keeping it away from her sharp
claws, with which she was endeavoring to
t«r it Seeing that he could not lie of any
iervice to his friend with his gun, De Witt
picked up a heavy club, and by blows with it
he turned the attention of the infuriated ani
mal from i'earson long enough for him
to escape from her hug and spring
to his feet. The hunter drew his hunting
knife, and as the bear sprang upon him hgain
he plunged it into her breast. At the same
time the bear struck Pearson a blovz on his
shoulder with her paw that hurled him sev
eral feet. He fell against a stump, breaking
two of his ribs and stunning him for several
minutes. The bear then rushed upon De
Witt, who is a powerful young man, and
very tall. De Witt stood his ground, and as
the bear sprang upon him he threw his arms
around her body, and by a quick movement
threw her on his left shoulder, when he held
her, struggling and burying her claws in his
back, and tearing the flesh to the bone. De
Witt shouted to Pearson to place his gun
against the bear’s head as she hung over his
shoulder and blow her brains out. By the
time Pearson had recovered sufficiently to do
bo De Witt s clothing ha<l been almost en
tirely ripped from his body. Pearson sent
a nfl'- ball through the bear’s head, and De
Witt held her on her back until she died.
The two young bears escaped. Pearson was
hurt so badly that he reached the camp with
difficulty. The bear weighed nearly two
hundred pounds.
DYNAMITE.
The Striking Miners Promising Trouble In
Hocking Valley.
Logan, 0., Dec. 31. —Intelligence reached
this place at 9 o’clock Last evening that there
was to be a general uprising in the valley last
rdght. Sheriff McCarthy left a half hour
later on a special train with a heavily-armwi
posse of men. Monday a large amount of
dynamite was sent to NelsonvUlefromStraits
ville to be used in blowing 'up the' railroad
bridge at Lick Run. The railroad company
was notified that an attack was intended and
the extra precaution taken by the company
gave the scheme away. Superintendent Carr
was here last night and was notified
that the Lick Run bridge would be attacked
last night The force of guards at that place
was doubled. A strong force of men was
sent from Nelsonville to Buchtel to strengthen
the guard at that point. Information was
received here last evening that seven hundred
men had left Straitsville destined to some
j point down the Monday Creek Valley.
| Nothing has been heard from them. The
; authorities at this place received information
some days ago that troubl ■ was brewing and
was likely to come out at any moment. The
sheriff returned after midnight and reported
all quiet for the night.
Prohibition Conference.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—The following was
issue! this morning:
“The National Committee of the Prohibi
tion jarty is hereby called to meet at Murray
Hili Hotel, New York City, Wednesday, Jan
uary 7. In connection with this meating,
ccn/erences of prominent workers is als<.
called for the same date at Rev. Stephen
Merritt's church.
[Signed] “A. J. Jutkins,
“Cor. Sec.”
A Widow Made Happy.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 31.—John Hunting
ton, a millionaire Englishman, who made a
fortune out of Standard Oil, was married yes
terday to Mrs. George Goodwin, widow of the
cashier of the Lake Shore freight office, who a
year ago jumped from the pier and drowned
himself, as the result of unfortunate specula
sum and shortage m his accounts.
HIGH WATERS AND SNOW
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS
SUFFERING FROM FLOODS.
Heavy Snows in lowa and Minnesota --Col
orado Snowed In —A Cold Wave
Accompanied by Storm Mov
ing Upon Us.
Jasper, Ind., Dec. 81.—The White River
overflowed ail the lowlands along its course
last Sunday , and scores of families in Davis
and Piko Counties are driven from their
homes, many barely esc*' ping with their
lives. The destruction of property is very
great. The Patoka River ft overflowing the
whole country between Javper and Hunting
burg. To the southwest of Jasper for sev
eral ytik n the lands are all overflowed to the
depth of from three to six feet Some of
the lumber yanls here are flooded, and a
rise of oao foot more will flood the mills.
FLOODS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—-It has rained stoadily
for nearly four days, throughout Central
and Southern Illinois. The snow has disap
peared and all the streams are swollen In
some places the water is higher than ever
known before. Groat damage is reported to
the railroads, bridges, dams, fences, etc.
Many trains have been abandoned. At Van
dalia the Okaw River is almost up
to the highest point reached a
year ago, and it is still rising.
The entire bottom east of town is one vast
sheet of water and the plank road is covered
for a dist ance of a quarter of a inile. People
occupying houses in the flooded district are
moving out till the flood subsides The ice
is gorged in the bottoms north of the Van
dalia Railroad bridge, and some alarm is felt
for the safety of the bridge. Business is at a
standstill. The weather remains warm, and
it Is still raining.
KNOW STORMS IN COLORADO.
Denver, Colo.,Dec 31. —Another severe
storm is reported from several points in the
mountains with extremely low temperature,
with a profipect that Marshall Pass will again
be closed to trains between here and Utah.
The snow is said to lie drifting badly and
packing solidly on the track. 1 A terrific
wirid storm has been raging in Routh Park,
which, laid the snow in masses aud piled it in
heavy drifts.
Col.D WAVE -HEAVY SNOW.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dee. 31.—1 t snowed
teavily all night and is drifting badly. The
wind is blowing at a velocity of twenty miles
per hour, and the signal office reports a cold
wave, rapidly approaching from the North
west, which will probably reach here to-day.
The indi ntions iwiut to great delay of trains
on all the roads in .this »State and Dakota.
HEAVY SNOW IN IOWA.
Council Bluffs, lowa, Dec. 31.—-The
severest snow storm of the season set in yes
terday and continues unabated. A strong
wind is blow ing from thu. nor» uwi st and the
snow is drifting. Railroad travel in delayed.
WASHED OUT ANb DAMAGED.
St. Louis, Dec. 81—A special from Little
Rock, Arkansas, says: “Bum continues to
fall. Disastrous washouts on all the roads
are reported with great damage to property.
No trains have reached; Little Rock since
Sunday.” t • ? '
HEAVY FOGS.
New York, Dee. 31.- Sound steamers were
all delayed this morning on account of the
fogs. Yesterday’s collisions on the Elevated
roads w< re the means of making the engineers
and signal men more cautious to-day. Men
wore placed on the tracks between the stop
ping places to warn approaching engineers of
their distance from the next station. All
ferry boats made irregular trips. The out
ward-bound ocean steamers treaded their way
cautiously as they proceeded down the bay.
The only accident reported was caused by a
ferry-boat missing a pier on the New York
side, running into an adjoining one. The
boat w a not injured, but the passengers were
badly frightened.
DYING FOR BREAD.
Pitiable Condition of the Jewish Colony
Near Vineland, New Jersey.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 31.—The condi
tion of the Jews at the colony near Vineland,
New Jersey, is distressing. They are without
work, and, consequently, have no money to
provide the necessaries of life to their fami
lies, numerous small children being among
the number. Many of them are hard work
ing, deserving people. In an appeal sent to
the Jewish Record they gave the following
account of their condition:
“We have no other help to deliver us from
starvation. Will you please send help to
those who have no work to feed their wives
and little lambs, and deliver them from death.
If you will help them, consult with Mr. Leach
ax to who ar* deserving, because we have
chosen him to let you know lhe truth. Please
send flour, coffee and sugar, or anything that
you know is needed for a family with little
children, and send immediately, tor the fam
ine is great.”
A colonist who is tietter off than his
brethren makee the foliowingappear: “The
condif i m here among some is fearful. Little
children are crying with cold and women are
suffering from hunger. Husbands are going
about like drunken men, crazed with trouble.
Many ai hoping for death, and it comes not.
We are in a worse condition than the prison
ers sent by the Russian Government to Si
beria, because, besides, hunger and cold, we
are compelled to listen to the cries and wit
ness the fearful sufferings of onr wives and
children. Do what you can, for the iove of
heavsn.”
Upon receipt of these communications a
letter was addressed to Mr. Leach with the
request t hat he would ascertain the truth and
fullness of their statements. He replied; “I
have repeatedly inquired after the condition
of the people. There are now twelve fami
lies in a destitute condition.”
TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
Young 31 an Shoots His 31<>ther in the Dark
for a Dog.
Carmi, 111., Dec. Bk—Last evening David
Morrill, u young farmer, accidentally shot
his aged mother. Morrill had been troubled
by stray dogs prowling around his premises,
and had prepared to shoot them if they again
caused any disLurbrnce. Last night one
of the children had stepped outaide
the door when it came running in
telling its parents there was a dog out in the
yard. Morrell quickly got his gun and went
out. Seeing something that seemed to him
to be a dog in a crouching position he flred.
The object proved to be his mother, who had
steppe* 1 out but a few minutes before and
had a white handerchief tied around hei
head. The shot will probably prove fatal
An Honor Declined.
Baltimore, Dec. 31.—Charles Wheatley
Secretary of the Saratoga Racing As;ociation,
w(io was elected to fill a similar position is
the Maryland Jockey Club, has declined tht
latter place.
Mark Twain.
Boston, Bee. 81.—Mark Twain ha« applied
for an injunction to prevent Eatea & Laurel
from selling “Hucklebarry Finn" at laaa tUai
his price, >8 75 a voluma
Simes.
CONDENSED NEWS.
A good part of Arkansas is under water.
E. M. Jewett’s cooper works burned at
Buffalo Plains, New York. Loss SIOO,OOO.
The General Passenger Agents of roads
south of Chicago will maintain rates until
January 1, 1886.
Russell Hancock, thirty-five, eldest son
of General Hancock, died on his plantation,
near Clarksville, Mississippi, yesterday.
Ogilvie Co., Winnipeg, Canada, have
quit making flour because the Minnesota
mills undersell them on their own ground.
Failures: H. W. Stehr <& Co., cloth job
bers, New York; liabilities, SBI,OOO. Etzel,
Hutchinson & Co., toys and notions, SU
Louis; liabilities, SIOO,OOO.
Pleasant Anderson, who was acquitted
of the charge of having murdered Chris.
McAllister, near Blakesburg, lowa, was
taken by a mob and hanged to a cottonwood
tree.
The General Passenger Agents of railroads
operating south of Chicago met in that city
and entered into a compact to maintain rales
south of the Ohio River for one year from
January I.
An attempt was made to wreck a north
bound passenger train on the Virginia Mid
land Railroad, thirty miles north of Danville,
Virginia, by placing a heavy piece of timber
aross the track. It failed.
Unprecedented rains have caused fresh
ets along .he Wabash, White and Embarass
Rivers, Indiana Considerable damage has
been done at Vincennes, Crawfordsville, Fore
Wayne and other cities in the Htate
A. M. Truesdall was eight years ago a
Chicago millionaire; yesterday he was sent to
the almshouse to keep him off the streets,
keep him sober and keep him out of the way
of old friends. Too much Board of Trade.
Josh Compton, of New Albany, Indiana,
but more recently a guest of the Joliet Pen
itentiary, climbed a hundred feet up a water
pipe, let himself down on the outside of the
wall with a rope, and the officials offer SIUU
for him.
A dispatch from Hinkletown, Pennsyl
vania says the boys in the Welsh Mountains
almost worship Abe Buzzard, the outlaw.
The revival held for the benefit of Buzzard's
gang at Beardstown has closed. Abe can bo
reached, but is not interfered with by officers.
For the time being he is quiet.
“1 had no shelter, no bread, no home, no
means, and may God help me,” wrote
Ferdinand Baron Von Rupplin, aged forty
three, once a Roman Catholic priest, who lor
ten years has been an outcast from mother
church and a wanderer. Ordained in Buffa
lo, of noble birth, and finished education, for
intemperance he was silenced by Bishop
Ryan, and yesterday ended a life of failure
and misery by swallowing strychiue and
dying in a Bt. Louis hospital.
“The Tabernacle of God,” superintended’
by W. T. Williams, at Denver, Colorado, if’
being investigated by a coroner. Williams
testified that they have eight orphans in the
Tabernacle, which belongs to the society;
that they take only those children that are
given over wholly to them by the pareiMta;
that when a child gets sick, he goes for a
physician if God directl/’tolls him to go; if
He does not, then they dejkind on curing by
prayer; that two deaths'have recently oo
curred - which a doctor teetifiee were the'ftk
suit of inattention. 1 '
EXTREME POVERTY.
Only One C&se of a Thousand to be Found
in Large Cities.
Chicago, Dec. 81.—At the County Hospital
lies an old man who will probably die to-day.
He is eighty years of age. His name is John
La hey. For years past he has lived in the
northwestern part of the city. He owns a
lot and two bouses on it He has lived alone
in the cottage for some time, his son Pat
rick occupying the front one. Ou the morn
ing of December 19 the son went to the old
maii’R house and found him iu bed
unable to rise. His legs from the knees
down were badly frozen. He refused to Ijc
moved, and lay there during the succeeding
cold day and night He was taken to the
hospital by the police. The residents in the
vicinity say the sou has treated the father
kindly, and that the old man is crazy. The
son has l>een out of work for some time and
is in destitute circumstances. He aud bis
family nearly perished on jthe night that his
father was frozen. One of Patrick’s children
is now on the verge of death iu consequence
of intense suffering on that bitter cold
night.
CLEVELAND’S LETTER.
Vice President-Elect Hendricks Admires
Its Spirit and Tone.
Indianapolis, Dec. 31.—Vice President
elect Hendricks being asked his opinion of
Mr. Cleveland’s letter to the National Civil
Service Reform League, said: “You may say
I am very favorably impressed with it. I
like the spirit and tenor of the letter.”
Mr and Mrs. Hendricks have not decided
when they will start for New Orleans, but
they will not be gone more than a week,
spending two or three days at the Exposition.
It is their desire to be ‘ at home” to their
friends during the principal part of the ses
sion of the legislature.
Sullivan and Greenfield.
New York, Dec. Ui. Arrangements were
made yesterday for a glove encounter be
tween John L. Sullivan and Alfred Green
field. P F. Sheedy made the match on Sul
livan’s behalf and Harry Hill attended t<
Greenfield’s affairs. Mr. Sheedy has engag
ed Institute Hail, Boston, which will hold
15,000 persona, and the contest will take place
there on Monday evening, January 12. Tht
men are to box four rounds, Marquis oi
Queensberry rules, the winner to take 65 and
the lower 85 per cent, of the proceeds
THE MARKETS.
General.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 31.—Flour—Family, $3
(23 tXti; winter patent, $4
flour, $4 75(05 00. Wheat—No. 2 red, 77(2
78c; long berry, 79(0 80c. Corn—Good ear, 4u
No. 2 mixed, 39)4N0. 2 white,
42c yellow ear, 41c. Uato—No. 2 mixed,
28Wo. Rye—s'>©ssH°- Barley—Spring, 42
(®s4c; fall, i4c. Pork—Family mess, sll
(ftr. 25. Lard—Kettle jobbing,
Bacon-Shoulders, Btiurt clear
rides, Sugar-cured hums
Green meats—Hams, 14 pounds average
Coffee-Rio ordinary in cargoes, B%c; choice,
11/4 Java, 17®24c. Sugar—Standard
A, 5%(46c; tastern yellow refined, 4>4u25>4a
Live Stock.
Cincinnati, Dec. 31.—Cattle-Good to
choice butchers’, $4
$3
and feeders, $3 75@4 50; yearlings and
calves, |2
and heavy shipping, $4 35<£4 50; fair to
good packing, $4 20®4 40; fair to good light,
?4 30@4 00; common, $3 40(<$3 95 Sheep—
Common to fair, $2 25<®3 25; good to choice,
$3
4 25.
Chicago, Dec. 81.—Hogs—Fair to good
light, $4 10@4 35; mixed packing, $4 10(£
4 25; choice heavy, $4 25(jH 45. Cattle—
Exports, s♦.
ping, $5
6 Sheep Commo® to fair, $2 2O<£3 00;
medium to good, $3
<4
NO. 215
The iieoMsity for p rompt ard efficient house*
hold em dfp» ds ly • rowing niore«peretits
svd of ttesr r's fitomsob Bitters is the
btef tn r «-r<‘t «nd the moßt o.ulsr. irregu.
l>rit« of the rioir «ch end bo» els n>al*ri*l
cvtrH, liver c< ii’plaint, o»-biliy, rbeunusti<ei
*nd minor silnuei ts. »re thorcuginy otnquered
•y this tiio'nq-stabie fan ily restorative end
and ciral »aicguard, and it is jurtly regarded
a« the rarest and nost < omprenensive remedy
ftachPH, For s»le bj ell drug* Ist a and
'tea'*™ vev<e’'sUy
PIES! FILEBII FILES!!!
Burt* cure tor Blind, Bleeding and Itch*
Ing Pllee. One box Lae cured the worst
caeee ol 20 yeare’ standing. No one need
uffi'i flv“ mlnutee after uelng William’s
Indian Pile Olufment. It absorbs tumors,
allays Itching, acts 08 poultice, glres in
cant reliet. Prepared only tor Pllee.
Itching oi tbe private parts, nothing elee,
lion, J. M. Conenbury.ot Ole vol and, says:
”1 have used scores of Pile cures, and It
affords me pleasure to say that 1 have
never tound any thing which gives such
Immediate and permanent rellei ae Dr.
Wlllfaui’e Indian Pile Ointment, ’’ bold bjr
frugglste and mailed on receipt ot price,
JI. Foi sale by Brann n 4 .Oarenn, B,
Carter, John P. Turner and Geo. A. Brad
ford. Columbus, Ga. *
Dr. Frailer’. It rot Bitter
Fruzler’e Ucot Bitters ate not a dram
•hop beverage, but are stilcily/niedtdnal
In every eenee. They act strongly upon
the Liver and Kidneys, keep thU bowels
open and regular, make the weak strong,
lieu) the lunge, build up the nerves, ano
cleanse the blood nnd system of every Im
purity. bold by druggists. JI.OO. >
For eaje. by Br annon <t Carson aad jno, .
I’. Turner, Or lumbns, Ga.
. -I , ’ ' I-' j I l
Dr. Frailer’* Magic Ointment
A sure t un tor Little Grubs In thebkto,
Bough Skin, etc. It will remove that
roughuese horn the hands and face acd
make you beautiful. Price 80c. bent by
mail. For wale by*Brannon A Carson and
P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Mm. Dr Waitoa’i Periodical Tea.
Mother Walton has prescribed thleval
uable medlcelne for a great many years
(ter private practice. It has proved an
unfailing specific In the treatment ot tee
many disorders to which the temale con
tltutlon is subject. It, Is a sure eure for
the monthly troubles that so many women
enfler. Mailed on receipt ot price, 80c.
r For s ale by Brannon A Carson and Jho
P, Turner, Columbus, Ga.
• ’'fl
baratoaa, Blgb Bock bpi Ing Water for.,
sale by rrl’druggists mn29eo<tAw
CH«TTAHCOCHLt SHERIFF SALES.
fLL"l!B SfOLDOBTBB FIBBT IIJJPDII m
Dinar? u xt, 1 HO, st th* Court £ku«*> in
trio County Hhin the '»honre to
the highspt bidd j i for curb the following prop
erty to wit. C-ne horse mule nixue Ahx, mi
mitri tile unme Body. ebout nine years old; one
four-horse wap< n. baid property levied on ••
the property of G W. MrKincie to satisfy a
itortgape n fa, iasue i fioiu tho Superior Cowrt
1 said County, In tav< r of Geo. P. . wilt ft Boas
<g«lnui eala b. W. McKiraia
hiH 2Vt>: day of vember, 1884.
dovK' -td. L, HARP, Sheriff.
WILL RE HOLD ON THE FIRST’ TUESDAY In
January ibb6. at the Court Housf in said
County, within the Ugal hours of sale to ths
hl* beet bidder for ©e«h, ti e following property
One rown hnree mule name Alex,
twelve year 8 < Id. Said property levied on is the
property ui Nea; Sande l h to satisfy au execution
iM>u«'d fror* he Superior Court of said County
iu favor of Glidden k Curtis against Neri
sider» .
This .9in day of November, ls-84
novSO-ta L HARP, Sheriff
JOHN 8. STEWART
=Jili Printer.
{jffzoe. Randolph street, next to
GEORGIA STEAM AND GAS FIFE COMPANY.
Job k.mtirg c Every description executed
Neatly and Promptly.
•DUlfit
Market Stalls to Rent.
WILL be rented at the Market House, at pub
lic 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 notes with good sureties will bs
required. M M MOORE,
decl7-td < lerk < ouncil.
DR. JOHTnORWOOD.
OFFICE AT
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON’S Drug Stere,
Randolph Street.
Besldence with H. L. WOODRUFF.
Crawford, between Troup aud Forsyth Htrest
aepßO-8 m
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Hucksters and Gardeners.
—0
I willlfurßicb on board the ;Care at Flora,
AlHbuma, a very
Rich. Marl
AT sIX 6 OLi.AVS PKK TOX
OjftSSC 1
And a Very Lew Rate of Freight
la offend by the M< bile & Girard B. B.
By analysis of the State Geologist thia ‘
MABL contains from 6 to 8 per cent, ot
PboephKte with otb’ r fertilizing qualities.
For i" miK/Stt g nnd brosdonsilng for
grain U- Ide, orchards and lawr, u it will be
found
A?Valuable Stimulator.
This is not a Guuuo, but a RICH MABLI
—o
Any orders forwarded to
B. J. ORB, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile A Girard Bullroad, will meet with
prompt attention. decll-tr