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VOL. X.
WHITEHOUSE RECEPTION
BRILLIANT ARRAY IN THE PRESIDENT’S
PARLORS-
Republican Simplicity and Rich Court Cos
tumes —General Grant's Retirement —
Noted Telephone Case —Signal
Service —Sharon's Sorrow.
Washington, Jan. 2.—The fourth and last
New Years reception of President Arthur
was a great success in spite of rainy skies and
unseasonable weathers. The renovated
White House, with its aesthetic decorations
was rendered still more attractive by the pro
fusion of topical plants and flowers displayed
in the corridors and principal rooms. As
usual, the Marine band, in full uniform, was
stationed in the main hall. The President
had invited fifty-two ladies, one for every
week in the year, to assist him in receiving.
They included the wives of the Vice-President,
the Speaker, the Judges of the Supreme
Court, and of prominent Senators, and Con
gressmen of both political parties; also Mrs.
General Sheridan, Madame Bonaparte, Mrs.
W. H. Hunt, and other prominent ladies.
Though these invitations, which according
to social etiquette are equivalent to com
mands, were only issued late yesterday, they
were responded to almost without exception.
Mrs. Logan, one of the earliest arrivals, re
ceived marked attention. The ladies’ cos
tumes were exceeding l )'rich and of c<»stly
materials, running chiefly to brocades, plush,
hand-embroidered velvets, satins, a marked
feature being the revival of the court train.
With military punctuality, fifteen minutes
past 11 the Marine Bond struck up a sonorous
inarch, when the President, with Mrs. Fre
tinghuyeen on his arm. entered the blue
room, closely followed by Secretary Freling
huysen, Attorney General Brewster, and
other members of the Cabinet, each escorting
ladies. The President wore a close fitting
black Prince Albert coat, buttoned tightly
across the chest, After the President and
Cabinet came the receiving ladies, and walk
ing two and two they ranged them
selves in a brilliant group about the President.
Immediately upon the President taking his
itation, the members of the Diplomatic Corps
entered from the red parlor adjoining, where
they had been some time assembled. Most of
the foreign representatives were radiant in
sourt dress and the insignia of their various
orders, making a marked contrast with the
ministers of Central and South American
States and of the Swiss Republic, who were
attired in the Republican simplicity of platn
evening dress.
Mr. Frelinghuysen, as Secretary of Btase,
presented the diplomates to the President in
the order of their priority. Haytien Minister
Preston would have been entitled to precedence
but in his absence Portugese Minister Vis
:ount Nogueiras acted us Dean of the diplo
matic corpe. Then followed the Italian
Minister Baron De Fava, the British
Minister Hon. Rack villa West, the
Chinese, Austrian, Russian and French
legations, and so on, until the last of a long
.ist, Count Gyldenstolpe, of Sweden and Nor
way, was reached. Then followed the recep
tion of the Associate Judges of the Supreme
’curt, Senators, Members of Congress, Com
missioners and other officials of the District
>f Columbia.
There was only a small representation of
Members of Congress, moat of them being out
>f the city.
SIGNAL BBRVTOK.
Lieutenant P. H Ray, of the Signal Ser
vice. who commandwi the Point Barrow ex
pedition of 18SI, will ask that he be relieved
from Signal Service duty in this city before
spring and ordered to join his regiment, the
3th Infantry “Such a request will not be
actuated by anything in connection with the
Howgate-Haltworth Greely matter,’’ said
Jt-neral Hazen, “but simply tiecause Lieuten
int Ray has completed the duties for which
le was assigned to the Signal Service. He
ian completed his report on the Point Barrow
ixpedition, and the rest of the duties he has
tere are not particularly to his taste. He
jrefera the more active life with his regiment
x> performing clerical duties in Washington.”
GENERAL GRANT'S RETIREMENT.
The bill to place General Grant upon the
•etired list not only occupies an unfavorable
parliamentary position, but General Grant’s
friends are very much afraid that the Presi
lent, in order to be consistent, much as he
would regret such a course, might find it
ne* essary to veto it on account of the posi
tion which he took in regard to the Fitz
John Porter Porter bill. Grant's friends
admit that the bill is open to the same objec
tions as the Porter bill.
A NOTED TELEPHONE SUIT.
The effect of the decision of the Supreme
Court in the Hoe patent case, where it was
aeld that an appeal did not lie from the Com
mittee of Patents te the Secretary of the In
terior upon similar cases passed upon by the
Secretary, is now being tested on a motion
pending before the Commissioner of Patents,
(n February last the Secretary reversed
i decision of the Commissioner in the
patent telephone interference case of
Blake vs. Drawbaugh vs. Edison and
restored Edison to his position in the inter
ference from which he had been displaced by
lhe Commissioner. Drawbaugh’s counsel
now asserts that the Secretary’s decision in
the case was nullified by the decision of the
teurt, and Edison is barred from interference
proceedings. Roecoe Conkling, representing
Edison, made an argument before the Com
missioner, taking the ground that the Secre
tary was de facto Judge at the time, and
sound practice required that the Commis
lioners support the decision.
KISH HILL PREVENTS A SALE.
Ex-Senator Sharon, of California, is the
owner of some very valuable unimproved
real estate in the fashionable portion of this
city. Not long ago he negotiated through a
local agent the sale of a portion of the prop
erty to Secretary Frellnghuysen, who in
tended to build thereon a residence. The
deeds were all drawn up and the transaction
about to be closed when the decision of the
California Court declaring that Miss Hill was
legally married to Sharon, suspended the sale.
The purchaser now requires the signature of
Miss Hill to the deeds in order to secure him
self, and he refuses to accept a deed signed
by Shar m alone.
Miss Mill’s new relations to the festive mil
lionaire are thus unpleasantly brought to his
attention without delay.
CABINET MAKING.
Gen. Rosecrans is very anxious to be made
Secretary of War, and a serious movement
has been begun here in his behalf. Ex-Con
federates since October are having their re
unions, and at a meeting of ex-Confederate
veterans Gen. Rosecrans was indorsed for Sec
retary of War.
Mr. Palmer and Mr Morrison are not to be
the only names from Illinois to be mentioned
In connection with Cleveland’s Cabinet. Mr.
Springer is now suggested as a possible Sec
retary of th Interior.
Chapman to Hang.
Charleston, 111., Jan. 2. —Judge Wilkin
has overruled the motion for a new trial
made on behalf of S. J. Chapman, convicted
of the murder of Nicholas Hubbard. His
Honor sentenced the prisoner to be hanged
on the 23d day of January, 1&&
HIS GRAVE IN THE DEEP*
The Sea Sings Its Requiem Over the Ro
mains of Col. Brewster.
Galveston, Tex , Jan. 2.—The remains of
Col. H. Perry Brewster, late State Commis
sioner of Insurance, arrived from Austin and
were buried at sea, in accordance with the
dying request of deceased.
Colonel Brewster served in the San Jacinto
war, was First Adjutant General of Texas,
and served as Chief of Staff under General
Albert Sydney Johnston in the late war. De
ceased passed his life on land, but was
strongly infatuated with a desire to be
buried at sea. He first made known his
peculiar desire in this respect to his bosom
friend, General John M. Claiborne, and
Colonel Jack, while lying together un
der o. tine, just before the open
ing engagement of the battle of
Shiloh. Afterwards, during the progress of
the war, he frequently repeated the request
to several army friend.-*, and said he desired
to be buried in nxty fat horns of water at high
meridian. H's theory was that at that par
ticular deptl the pressure of water was of
just sufficient density to keen a human body
quietly upon the lot t < in. Prior to his death
in the city of Austin, Sunday last, Judge
Brewster repeated to his daughter his last
wishes regarding the disposition of bis body.
Miss Brewster communicated with General
Claiborne and other friends of this city, and
it was determined to carry out the last re
quest of her father, and friends of Governor
Ireland placed the little State steamer
Hygeia at the disposal of Miss Brewster, for
the purpose of carrying the body to sea. The
remains, under a n litary escort, were
placed aboard the Hygeia, and the
last solemn travel to th< sea begun. The lo
cality selected for the burial was the place
where, nine years ago, the steamship Walco
was burned, with great loss of life. Many
old army friends of the deceased accompan
ied the remains Miss Brewster, yielding to
the entreaties of friend i, parted forever from
the remains of her honored father at ths
point of embarkation. The sea was very
rough, but the little steamer braved the
waves under the hand of an experienced
pilot. Several tugs and pilot boats accom
panied the funeral boat. The shipping in the
harbor flow their flags at half-mast.
At exactly 12 o’clock, being well out at sea,
General Claiborne briefly recited the history
of the life of his friend, and gently consigned
the casket to the water, which instantly sank
beneath the waves of the angry gulf.
IN THE CLUTCH GF THE GREASERS.
American Citizens Held in Durance by the
Mexican Authorities.
Tombstone, Arz., Jan. i— The Americans
arrested by Mexicans in Cuitaea, Sonora,
about a month ago are still held as prisoners
in Magdalena, where they would be suffering .
for the necessaries of life were it not for
help furnished them by friends on tnis side :
of the line. No charges have been made
against them. The Gown: r of Sonora
promised their release by Christmas i vy, but
has failed to redeem his promise, due peo
ple of Tombstone are indignant and have
forwarded the following despatches.
‘To the President, Washington. D. C.:
‘TV. D. Fleming, George R. Watts, Stephen
Hinckle, Thomas White, Frank Mills and
two others whose names are unknown, Amer
ican citizens, of this place, are incarcerate'!
in a prison in Magdalena,Sonora,by the Mex
ican authorities, who have made no charges
against them. The case appeals for immedi
ate action of the Government Our efforts
and those of the United States Consuls at
Guaymass and Nogales are unavailing.
[Signed] “Jno. P. Rafferty,
“Mayor of Tombstone ”
The second dispatch reads:
“J. W Davis, Commander of the Dej)arUnent of i
California, G. A R., San Francisco:
“Comrades Watt and Fleming, members of ■
Burnside Post, of Tombstone, are detained in
prison at Magdalena. Sonora, Mexico, with
out char,.--. being preferred against them.
2MI our efforts tor their release have been
without avail. Will you see that the matter
is laid before the proper authorities at Wash
ington without delay
[Signed.] “A. L. Grow,
“Post Commander.”
Trouble will arise unless the men are
promptly released
Bloody Fight at Beattyville
Lexington, ICy., Jan. 2. —The news of a ter
rible fight, at Beattyville, Lee County, has
reached here, in which K. F. Hargis, the
Clerk was killed. Hargis had some difficutly
with a partv of negroes, and after some words ;
had passed Hargis drew his pistol anil fired
several shots. One of the negroes dropped
dead Ihe firing was returned by the negro’s
friends, and Hargis fell mortally wounded,
expiring in a short time
The negroes then left in a body, leaving the
remains of Hargis where they lay, but taking
the body of their friend with them. It is
understood that a posse of men are prepar
ing to go and capture the parties, and as the
negroes are armed to the teeth, trouble is ex
pected, Hargis is of middle age and leaves a
small family.
Rescued None too Soon.
Vandalia, 111., Jan. 2.—A party of
searchers yesterday rescued two trappers
named Smith and Carr, who have been in the
Okaw bottom, just south of here, since last
Monday, unable to get out, owing to the high
water. They had given up all hope of a res
cue, and when found were wrapped up to
gether in their blankets and perched upon a
k>g half submerged by water. They hail to
be carried and placed in the boat, being
almost dead from hunger and exposure.
The Barbed Wire Fence Caee.
Pittsburg, Jan. 2.—-The suit of Washburn
A Moen, the barbed wire fence monopolists,
against A. B. Soutt & Company, has been
settled. The court does not decide as to the
validity of the contract between the parties,
but says no preliminary injunction shall
issue, and that the defendants must give
bonds in $20,000. This allows the defendants
to go on making wire fence independent of
the contract until the case is decided on final
hearing.
Ruined by a Defaulter.
Alliance, 0., Jan. 2. —Michael Wheeler,
the oldest boot and shoe dealer in the city,
made an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors, to Hugh Bleakley. The assets and
liabilities are not known. Wheeler was one
of the four bondsmen of C. T. Greiner, the
dafaulting School Treasurer, to the amount
c f $20,000, which is supposed to be the cause
the assignment.
Express Train Wrecked.
Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jan. 3. —The Wabash,
St. Louis and Pacific Express, east, No. 44,
left the track at Prairie Switch, five miles
west of this place, caused by a broken frog.
The engine, baggage car and three coaches
were turned over. No person hurt, except
ing the engineer. Grover Matton, who was
slightly bruised. The track was blocked
seven hours.
A Rumor of the War Portfolio.
Lexington, 111., Jan. 2.—Private advices
received from New York by the Hon. R. S.
Demont indicate that General Horatio C,
King, of Brooklyn, will be President Cleve
land's Searetary of War,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18S5.
GEN. GRANT’S WAR RELICS
EFFORTS OF HIS FRIENDS TO SAVE
THEM FOR THE OLD HERO.
His Indebtedness to Vanderbilt Said to be
Pledged Last of the Six Nations—
Business Wrecks of the
Past Year.
New York, Jan. 2.—Mr. George W.
Childs is here and has had a long conference
with General Grant relative to the $100,(XX)
fund which a number of the General’s rich
friends are raising to clear off his indebted
ness to William H, Vanderbilt, by the big
loan that was swallowed up in the Grant &
Ward failure. L is now known that the
whole amount necessary to meet the clain s
of which Mr. Vanderbilt himself voluntarily
knocked off $60,(X)0, has already been practi
cally pledged. All that now remains is to
arrange matters s > that in case the Courts
decile that General Grai t was a regular
partner in the defunct firm the others credi
tors will not be abie io lev) on the war relics
and real estate. It was to effect this protec
tive measure that Mr. C*dlds particularly
exerted himself.
The committee who have charge -.»f the sub
scription propose to pay Mr. Van ierbilt
SIOO,OOO, but instead of giving General Grunt
a quit claim the securities will be held by
them as a sort of trust find hiring General
Grant’s lifetime. The (XXJ annuity fund
that George Jones, of rhe New York Times,
raised is administered in this way and cun
not be touched by any creditors or any claim
ants.
General Grant went out of doors yesterday,
for the first time in many days. He visited
a friend at the Fifth Avejiae Hotel, and hob
bled to his room on crutches. His face looked
pale and careworn and he appeared depressed.
LAST OF THE SIX NATIONS.
The Onondago Indians, in annual pow-wow
at Syracuse, have abrogated the old form
of government by Chiefs in a long preamble
which arraigned the Chi-'f system because it
has failed to answer the purpose for which all
governments should be created. The consti
tution and bylaws provide that the new gov
ernment is to have legislative and judiciary
departments, the former to be vested in nine
members who shall be termed Chiefs. All
I officers are to be elected for one year. The
; executive powers will be Vested in a Presi
dent, and the judiciary power in three peace
! makers.
I The customs relating to matrimony are
abolished, but persons cohabiting are de
■ clared man and wife and their children le
gitimate.
THE WRECKS OF ’B4.
! The Mercantile Agency reports that during
the past year there were 10,978 failures in the
i United States, with liabilities aggregating
i $226,343,427. In the Dominion of Canada
| there were 1,327 failures, with liabilities
amounting to $19,191,306. In the United
States there were 1,7b4 more failures than in
I 1883, and in Canada 57 less.
A NEW PHASE OF THE CRAZE.
i Dr. Carver announce® that in two weeks he
will attempt to shoot 60,000 balls thrown into
the air, using rifle and single buliet, in six
‘ days. This is an unprecedented feat of eu
-1 durance in rifle shooting.
A SUCCESSFUL VENTURE.
Among the large checks that passed th*
; Clearing House was one for $252,039 77,
I drawn by Joseph Pulitzer on the American
I Exchange National Bank, representing the
balance of the principal and interest on tiv«
j original purchase of the World. The price
• paid for the paper was $346,000. The World
paid a cash dividend of $150,000 for 1884.
KELLY STILL HOLDS ON.
Mr. W. H. England says that the negotia
tions for the purchase of the New York Star
are still open.
THE COAL PRODUCTION.
'Hie result of the meeting of the anthracite
coal producers was an agreement to fix the
production for 1885 at 30,000,000 tons, appor
tioned as follows: Reading 3,885, Lehigh
Valley 1,960, Lackawanna 165, Delaware &
Hudson eleven, Pennsylvania Railroad eight,
Pennsylvania CoaJ Company five, and the in
terests represented by Erie fifteen.
SALVINI MAY VISIT AMERICA.
It is not unlikely that Signor Salvini, the
I great tragedian, may come to America next
i geason, as negotiations to this end are going
forward between Mr. Stetson and Signor
; Chizzola, acting for Salvini.
FOOTING UP INTO BILLIONS.
: The exchanges and financial institutions
yesterday were busy figuring up the business
of the past year and the result gives statistics
I most wonderful. The total transactions foot
iup billions of dollars: yet immense as the fig
ures are they show for the most part a falling
off as compare ! with 1883. Last year was a
1 great year for liquidation in stocks ami all
i kinds of commodities It was a year of low
prices, and the values of stocks and wheat,
corn, sugar, coffee and other articles were
the lowest known in years, and wheat is
; selling at a lower price than ever before
j known. However great the losses to investors
and dealers, the exchanges must have reaped
a fair harvest in the way of commisaiona,
The Cttnviet Tiller.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 2. Sunday
afternoon there arrived hero two men
who registered at the Monroe House as 8. O.
Parker, Cincinnati, Ohio, and T. F. Tiller,
Louisville, Kentucky. The latter is a brother
of Prentice Tiller, the Pacific Express robber,
now serving a five years' sentence in the
{ Penitentiary. After eating dinner the two
! men went out to the prison to see and talk to
Tiller. To-day T. F. Tiller visited the Execu
tive Office and asked a pardon for his brother
of Governor Crittenden. The latter refused
point blank to grant it, and said in effect that
when Prentice Tiller refunded all the money
he had stolen, paid all the costs of his convic
tion and divulged ‘she names of his accom
plices he would take the question of pardon
ing him under consideration, but would not
otherwise do so.
i An Extension for the Penn Bank.
Pittsburg, Jan. 2. —Representatives of the
People’s, Tradesmen’s, Union, Farmers’ De
posit, Iron City National, First National,
Citizens' and N. Holmes & Sons’ banks,
which had advanced money to the Directors
of the Penn Bank, held a meeting to consider
the matter of granting an extension to the
directors of the Penn Bank who gave per
sonal notes to secure the loan which enabled
the Penn Bank to resume. It was decided to
grant the extension until the case now before
the Master was settled and new notes for the
$289,000 now due were drawn up.
Jersey’s Negro Murderer.
Jersey city, Jan. 2.—The Bergen County
Coroner’s Jury have found a verdict against
the negro, Sandford Sisco of having wilfully
murdered Abram Gureuee, a store keeper,
on December twenty-third. The feeling a
gainst the murderer is very strong.
The Orphans Housed.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 2.—Four hundred
of the orphan boys who were driven from St.
John's Home by the recent Are have been
moved into the east wing, that part of the
building having been fitted up for them.
ON GUARD OVER HER DEAD.
Mrs. Carlin’s Version of the Double Kill
ing Near MD.es City, M. T.
Fort Keogh, M. T. Jan. *3.—Mrs. Carlin,
wife of the ranchman killed near Miles City
on Friday night, has arrived at that place.
She says the Sheriff and his posse killed her
husband and child, and that Sullivan,
charged with the crime, is innocent. She
says the deputies approached her house
about 9 o'clock at night in a bois
terous manner, calling for Sullivan to
come out and surrender. Sullivan went
to the door and fired his pistol nt the
deputies, then jumped back, and, taking up
Carlin’s rille, deliberately loaded it,
strapped on a belt containing cartridges,
opened the door and ran in the moonlight to
a bluff near by. dropped over it, and was
gone. The olfleers opened fire on the ranch,
and kept it up, although thei’e was nobody in
side but innocent parties. Carlin grasped his
two little children in his arms and appeared
at the door with the intention of stopping the
useless bombardment, but he and his little boy,
aged three years, met their death. Mrs Car
lin says while the officers were riddling the
house with bullets Sullivan wa* at least a
quarter of a mile away. They i' nally ceased
firing, when she weut out and iirplored them
to help her carry the dead bodkf of her hus
band and child into the house This they
flatly refused to do, and after a noisy con
sultation rode off into the darkness. Not
withstanding her delicate condition th«
lady dragged the dead indoors
and remained on guard over the
bodies till assistance arrived from
Miles City next morning. Mr. Carlin was a
prominent sheet-i . -r of Montana, aged 37,
and came from Fin iley, Ohio, where numer
ous relatives resides The bodies will be sent
East.
At the coroner’s inquest held over the
bodies Deputy Sheriffs James and Frank Con
way accused Sullivan of firing the fatal shot,
ano Sullivan charged the deputies with being
the authors of the deed. After examining a
number of witnesses the jury came to the
verdict that Sullivan was the guilty one, an 1
he was carric d b u»k to jail amid great con
fusion and tnreats of lynching. Sullivan is
the young man who shot Bob Roberts
through the heart on Christmas morning in a
dance house in Miles City. He served one
enlistment as a soldier in the Eleventh United
States Infantry, stationed at Poplar Creek,
Montana Territory, and received an honor
able discharge.
GIVING UP ITS DEAD-
One of the Men Thrown Into the Neuse
River Alive.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 2.—A strange story is
told here by a trustworthy negro from John
son County concerning the lynching of Smith
and Davis of Clayton a week ago. Two lead
ing colored men were on their way to consult
with Governor Jarvis for the purpose of hav
ing a reward offered for the lynchers when
they met the Johnson County negro. He
informed them that he had something im
portant to relate. The party went to a pri
vate room where the negro told his story.
He said that on Wednesday night, the 24th,
he was aroused by a call at his gate. On go
ing out he was asked by a negro for lodging
for the night.
His request was granted. On going into
the house it was observed that the guest was
injured over the right eye. His clothes looked
as if they had been soaked in water, and on
his hands were a pair of handcuffs. Thestf
things greatly excited the man of the house
and he asked the name of his guest aud tbj
cause of his appearance. The wounded ma n
inquired if the news of the lynching of the
negroes, Smith and Davis, was not known in
that neighborhood. He was told that no such
act had been heard of. The wounded man
then threw himself on the mercy of the negr'/
who had taken him in, and said he w»s
Dax s.
He said the masked men took him rnd
Smith from the lockup in Clayton and car
ried them to Neuse River near the county
bridge; that when they got there Smith was
taken from his horse, still having on hand
cuffs. The lynchers then took their knives
and hacked Smith nearly to pieces and while
yet alive threw him into the river. Davis
then pleaded for his life, protesting that he
was innocent. He was then trown into the
river.
When he struck the water consciousness re
turned, and with his feet tied and his hands
in the handcuffs, he managed to float himself
to the bank and laj under the bushes until he
made his way to the house of the negro in
which he was sheltered.
The colored men to whom this very ex
traordinary tale was told believe it implicity,
and expect Davis here on next Saturday.
STRUNG UP TO A TREE.
Masked Men in lowa Take a Suspected
Murderer Out and Hang Him.
Ottumwa, 10., Jan. 2.—Near the town of
Blakesburg, this county, fifteen miles west
of here, Pleasant Anderson was hanged by
eight masked men. In November, 1882, near
Blakesburg, Chris. McAllister was murdered
at his residence. A few months thereafter
Pleasant Anderson was arrested for the mur
<ter, and finally, one year ago, at Oskaloosa,
lowa, a trial was had, lasting two weeks
There was a strong array of circumstantial
evidence against him, but he was acquitted.
A very strong convictioxi prevailed
at Blakesburg that he was guilty.
Bad feeling had prevailed, and he
was mezed at the house of his father
in-law, taken in a sled to the school house, a
kind of mock trial had before a jury of eight
men, and by them he was sentenced to be
hanged. Nearly one hundred jxjtsous had
gathered at the school house, among whom
he seemed to have no defender, and they
took him to the scene of the murder of Mc-
Allister and hanged him to the limb of a cot
tonwood tree. He protested his innocence to
the last. The body was left hanging for over
two hours, and was finally taken down by
order of the Magistrate, who went to the
scene, and for the Coronor sent. From the
temper of the crowd, it was evident that
they would brook no interference.
Scottish Rite Masons.
Cincinnati, Jan. 2.—The Scottish Rite
Masons met at the Grand Hotel last night, at
which M. J. Mack presided. It was decided
that the four prin ipal officers of the Lodge,
Council, Chapter and Consistory should be
constituted a committee to select from among
the membership a suitable committee to con
fer with the trustees of the Temple in refer
ence to a return to their former quarters,
which were entirely destroyed by tire; also, to
embrace in their duties the feasibility of se
curing a site upon which to erect a Masonic
Building, to be devoted especially to the
work of the Scottish Rite.
Quiet in the Hocking Valley.
Logan, 0., Jan. 2.—Sheriff McCarthy and
party have just returned from the Monday
Creek region of the Hocking Valley, and re
port everything quiet among the minors, but
look for trouble at any moment.
A Nevada Bank Goes Under.
Eureka, Nev., Jan. 2.—The White Pine
County Bank has suspended. The bank com
menced business in 1873 with an authorized
capital of s£o,ooo, of which one-half was
paid. io.
THREE THOUSAND DEAD
REPORTS OF ADDITIONAL DISASTERS
THROUGHOUT SPAIN.
Trouble Brewing With China The Irish
leader Dublin's Mayor Installed
—Fatal Collision on an Eng
lish Railway.
Madrid, Jan. 2.—Harrowing accounts con
tinue to be receive i of the disastrous effects
of the earthquake shocks throughout Anda
lusia. Ten more shocks occurred in the
Province of Granada, each being stronger
than the previous one, until the people began
tv> believe they would be swallowed up en
tirely. In the town of Granada the popula
tion is about 68,000 The shocks were se
verely felt, and so frightened did the inhabi
tants become that 10,000 fled in every descrip
tion of conveyance, abandoning every thing
that could not be carried away easily. The
remainder of the population are camped
in the open squares and in the fields on
the outskirts of the town. Other
towns and villages in the province report a
similar panic among the people, and great
uneasiness is felt in every quarter, as shocks
still continue coming at intervals every two
or three hours Reports from the Province
of Maiaga > show an equal amount of dis
tress. There is no abatement of the shocks.
Every house in the town of Frigiliana, twen
ty-seven miles east of Malaga, with a j? pula
tion of about four thousand, has been
destroyed. Despatches from Velese, m town
with a population of about 13,000, state
that the houses left standing after the first
severe shock of Thursday last, are falling
rapidly, and it is expected that the town will
be completely destroyed. Both of ths above
towns have been deserted by the neople who
are camped in the fields. From other places
in the Province <>f Malaga come reports of
further destruction of property and loss of
life, it is now estimated that full 3,000 per
sons perished since Thursnay last.
DUBLIN’S MAYOR INSTALLED
Dublin, Jan. 2.—Mr. John O’Connor, who
was recently elected Mayor of the city by
Parnellites, has been installed into that office
with the usual ceremonies.
FATAL COLLISION IN ENGLAND.
London, Jan. 2. —An excursion train from
Sheffield coll if led with a coal train this morn
ing. Four persons were killed and thirty
more or less injured.
THE FRANCO-CHINESE QUARREL.
London. Jan. 2.—Private dispatches re
ceived by mercantile houses in London from
their correspondents in China indicate that a
grave danger is impending which may in
volve several of the European powers in the
Franco-Chinese quarrel. According to these
dispatches, the Cantun officials are fearfully
incensed at the action of the English authori
ties in allowing the coaling, repairing and
re victualing of French men-of-war at the
English port of Hong Kong. The English
Governor of the Island of Hong Kong main
tains that as long as France has not declared
war against China the vessels of France have
us good a right to pu. into the port of Vic
toria as those of China, and as their refitting
makes trade good in the city he does not pro
pose to stop it. The Chinese officials have
now decided that if the Victorians continue
to give aid and comfort to the enemy they
will retaliate by prohibiting the exportation
ol provisions from the mainland to the Island
of Hong Kong.
THE IRISH LEADER,
London, Jan. 2. —At the last moment Mr.
Parnell abandoned his intention of speaking
at the mass meeting of the Irish Nationalists
at Dublin. He prefers to reserve his recom
mendations and to incorporate them in a
formal address to his constituents, which
will be issued within a few days. As an in
dication of the importance attached to Mr.
Parnell’s utterances, it may be worth while
to state that the London newspapers are
already outbidding each other in efforts to
get an ail vance proof of Mr. Parnell’s ad
dress. On the other hand, it is understood
that the English Government has finally de
cided to introduce at me next session of
Parliament a bill to prolong the operation of
the coercion act, which expires by limitation
next year. This is sure to raise a howl, not
only from the Irish members of Parliament,
but als > from those Radicals who have
declared in favor of Irish autonomy.
MURDERED AT SEA.
Liverpool. Jan. 2. —Evidence taken in the
case of Second Mate William Ranseler and
Boatswain Ferdinand Koelpin, ot the Ameri
can ship I. F. Chapman, arrested ten days
ago on the charge of having murdered an
American 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
ti- d in fr nt of him. chut he moaned piteous
ly to be cut down, and next morning was in
sensible and soon died.
A Southern Lochinvar.
Americus, Ga., Jan. 2. —The unexpected
marriage of Miss Georgia Laramore, of this
city, to Mr Ward Holt, conductor on the
Southwestern Road, has created quite a sen
sation. Mr. Holt being aware that Miss Lar
amore was to marry a prominent Macon
merchant in a day or two, stepped over to
the hotel veranda, where bhe wa» standing
with a letter in her hand, and congratulated
her. Holding up the letter, she said: “Do
you she this? It is a request for a postpone
ment, wnich 1 have granted. ”
“Why,'’ replied the conductor, whose train
was now ready to leave. “I would not have
agreed to that. Do not postpone the wedding.
If he is not ready, I am, and you know I love
you. Wul you marry me?”
She droppe 1 her head, drooped her eyes,
and the nert moment raised them to his, and
although filled with tears, the answer was
plain. The conductor delayed his train for
five minutes, procured bis license from the
Ordinary, who was within call, and in less
time than it takes to tell it the two were
made one, when the conductor kissed his wife
and pulled out with his train, having first
telegraphed to Macon for aeonductor to meet
him midway. The relief arrived at ths
place designated, and Mr. .Holt returned to
the arms of his bride.
An Inordinate Love of Dress.
Detroit, Jan 2.—Mrs. Mc.ry E. Cody, o*
Windsor, Ontario, step-d iughter of SoL
White, Member of Parliament for Essex
County, Ontai io, has been arrested, charged
with forging her mother’s name to an order
on the First National Ban of this city, last
October, for $2,500. Presi lent Wendell, an
intimate friend of the fa: ily, paid her the
money. On Tuesday she resented another
forged order which led to hvr arrest. An in
ordinate desire for clothes is s- ipposed to have
led her to commit the crime.
Uncle Sam to Try Gb Hagher.
Chicago, Jan. 2.—The ca against W. J.
Gallagh r, charged with f<-ruing the tally
sheets of the second precinct - the Eighteenth
Ward, after being twice posnuned, has been
dismissed by Commissioner loyne, District
Attorney Tuthill having filed information be
fore Judge Blodgett, thus pu ting the case in
the United States Court without preliminary
examination or indictment by the Grand
Jury.
CONDENSED NEWS.
The postal cards sold in this country last
year numbered 362,876,750
The decrease of the public debt during De
cern her is estimated at $400,000.
The Mi waukee flour mills manufactured
1,177,676 barrels of flour during 884.
Charley Rors has again been found, this
time by a Mrs, Shelton, of Baltimore.
Swindlers are already advertising to sell
chips from the Washington monument.
There were 1,450,768,460 ordinary postage
stamps sold last year, the value of which was
$30,077,444.
The affairs of the Louisville, Evansville &
St. Louis Air Line have been placed in the
hands of a receiver
The Baltimore & Ohio TelegraphCompan
has made sweeping reductions in its rates t<
begin with the new year.
Pi EBIDENT-ELECT CLEVELAND closed h
Gub material career December 31, aud heal
a rec apiion on New Year's day.
The Philadelphia Grand Jury found true
bills against Win. T. & Lewis J. La iner, the
suspended bankers, charging embezzlement.
The total expenditure of the Postoffice De
partment during the last fiscal year amounted
to $46,4i)4,960 65, or $3,066,833 57 more than
its receipts.
Chas. S. Campbell, Probate Judge of
Codington County, Dakota, has been missing
from his home at Watertown and is said to be
a defaulter.
E. T. Goodrich, the actor, better known
as “Grizzly Adams,” died at his residence
in Buffalo yesterday. He had been ailing
for some time past.
By the explosion of the tug Admiral in the
river at Chicago, H. W. Beal, Superintend
ent of the Union Towing Company, and
three men lost their lives.
It is rumored in Cleveland that Colonel O.
H. Payne is to resign the Treasurership of the
Standard Oil Company to accept a high posi
tion under the Cleveland administration.
The East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Railroad Company will probably default in
the payment of the January interest on the
consolidated, mortgage 5 per cent, bonds.
It is estimated that 13,000 people in Cleve
land are out pf employment, and so great is
the distress that Mayor Fai ley has issued a
proclamation calling on citizens to aid rti re
lief work.
George W. Smith, the private secretary
of Samuel J. Tilden, states positively that
Mr. Tdden will not go to Washington on
March 4th., all reports te the contrary not
withstanding.
During the recent gale a steamer of the
Flint Pere Marquette Railroad was sunk
off Lil lington, Michigan, with a valuable
cargo. By the bursting of a steam pipe two
men were killed.
The disappearance is announced of
United States Army Paymaster W. H.
Smyth, of Savannah, Georgia, son of John
F. Smyth, ex-Supenntendent of Insurance ol
the State us New York.
General John C. Fremont is to proceed
at once to Mexico as attorney or agent of a
syndicate, of which he is a member, to ex
amine and verify the validity of a contract
and title to 18,000,000 acres of land in
Mexico.
The walls of the burned Blake Opera
House, at Racine, VV isconsiu, were blown over
by the strong wind of Wednesday, and the
work of recovering the bodies is seriously
hindered. Ic will take several days Delore
the debris can be cleared away.
The Curonor’s inquest which has been in
vestigating the mysterious death of two in
fants at the “Tabernacle of Gud,'' Henry
T. Williams’ Foundlings' Home, at Denver,
Colorado, condemned the place and rec
ommend that the remaining infants, six in
number, lie taken from Williams.”
Marcus R. Mayer, San Francisco, agent
for Henry Irving, says Mr. Irving will not
come te St Ixonia. H« stope at Chicago
next week wntre he plays four wneks aud
then returns te Washington. “In mappin
out his route,” says Mr. Mayer, “he tolu
me expressly to strike out Bt. lx)uis and
Cincinnati. ”
Kumored Loss of a Valuable Package.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 2.—There is a
rumor of the Adams Express Company hav
ing lost a money package containing SIB,OOO,
while the same was in transit from the office
in this city to the Union Depot. It is further
believed that two of the employes have been
discharged for complicity in the robbery or
loss, as the case may be Superintendent
Zimmerman was in the city in consultation
with the local manager, Henderson, but
neither of them would submit to an inter
view.
Manager Henderson says the missing pack
age contained $3,000. He thinks it may have
been misdirected, and does not believe the
package has been stolen. He says there will
be no discharges, and that there are reason
able grounds to expect that the package will
yet turn up. It is impossible to learn the
name of the consignee. The whole matter is
shrouded in mystery, and the aix>ve meager
facts are all that are obtainable.
Clara Morris in a Wreck.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 2.—The west
bound train on the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad collided with an incoming
train twelve miles from this city New Year’s
Eve, causing a serious wreck. Baggagemas
ter Terry and two colored men were seriously
injured The Clara Morris troupe, which
played here the night before, were on the
outbound train on their way to Pensacola,
but none of them was hurt. Mixa Morris’
special car, containing herself and Mr. Har
riot with Frank Goodwin, the manager, was
attached to the train.
Duel to the Death.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 2. —W. F. De
roesetli and Nathan Paas, living in Rockwood,
on the Cincinnati Southern Railway, engaged
in a street duel yesterday afternoon. The
two had a difficulty the day previous, and
each swore vengeance. They met on the
street, and began firing at each other with
■hotr-guns. Derosseth leceived a load in the
face and another in the arm. Pass was shot
in the forehead and neck. Both will die.
The South American Commission.
New Orleans, Jan. 2. —The Trade Com
mission, consisting of ex-Governor Reynolds,
Judge Thacher and Secretar Curtis, has re
ceived the report of the committee appointed
by the various mercantile bodies to present
the needs and facilities of New Orleans (com
merce. The report was signed by Messrs. F.
E. Hilder, of St. Louis; B. B. McConrico, of
the Illinois Central, and William M. Burwell,
of the Chamber of Commerce. The ( ommia
sion forwarded a report of their observations
to Washington, and took steamer for Central
America and Venezuela.
Shot by Her Playmate.
Ci*kveland, Jan. 2. —Little Ruth Giles,
two and e half years of ago, was amusing
herself at tie home of her parents, ou Hunt
ington street, when her playmate. Walter
Grossart, tour ami a half years old, under
took to explain to her the use of a revolver
he had found in a drawer near by, when the
weapon was discharged and the ball entered
the little girl's forehead and cauaed hsr deaUt
three home later-
NO. 216
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The nec'nsity for rrompt and efficient house
hold em diet > da’ly rowing n i re-.rr per stive
*>■<! rs H epe Hoe**tt r’s Stomach Bitters is the
chief in j'ertt and the moat <o,ulsr. Irregu
larity of the ston ach and b > els. malarial
’evere, liver cctrplaint, (inbtli’y. rbeuirati>m
and m’nor aflmej ts we ihorcugb'y o(n« tiered
t y this 'tc• D'yarable fan liy reiterative ai d
m d cira! and it a regarded
a- 'he in rest ar d n o c t comprebenetve r«-medy
f »n c) “r. F r w-le b ail drug; Dt* and
e» » r*- c-aiiv.
PIKSt PILKBII PILBBUI
Bute cure for Bju d. Bleeding and Itch
log Pllee. One box bat cured the woret
CAnee of 20 years' etandir.w. No one need
ouger Uvo mlnutee after uetnx WiUlbui'b
Indian Plb-Ointment. It absorbs tumor»,
allays Itebina, acts ae poultice. gl»ee In
rant reliet. Prepared only tor Piles,
itcbinK ot the private parts, nothing h|r«,
Hon. J. M. Coffer,bury, t Ch veland, eaye:
“I have used eectee ot Pile cures, and It
affords me pleasure to say that 1 have
liever found anything which glvee euch
immediate and permunen't reller as Dr.
Wliliam’B Indian Pile Olntrmnt.” Sold by
iruggiste and mailed or, receipt of price,
fl. For sale by Braun’ rj, & Career), B.
rrter, John P. Turner and Geo. A, Brad
ford. Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Fraaler’a ><®ot Bitter
Fn zler’s Boot Bitters are not a dram
ti’ >p beverage, but are etr ictly medicinal
:u - very sense. They act strongly upon
the Idver and Kidneys, keep the bowels
open and regular, make the weak strong,
heal the lungs, build up the nerves, and
iieanse the blood and system of every im
purity. Sold by drugglets. >I.OO.
For sale by Brannon <t Carson and Jno.
P, Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Frailer** Magic Ointmeat
A sure cute tor Little Gru’s In the Skin,
Bough Skin. etc. It will remove that
roughness from the hands and face and
make you beautiful. Price 60c. Sent by
mall. For sale by Brannon A Carson and
John P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Mrs. Dr Waltoa'i Periodical Tea.
Mother Walton has prescribed this val
uable medlcelne for a great many years
bet private practice. It has proved aa
unfailing specific In the treatment ot the
many disorders to which the female con
stitution le subject. It lea sure cure tor
the monthly troubles that eo many women
offer. Mailed on receipt of price. 50c.
For s rile by Fraction & Careen and Jno
P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Saratoga High Bock Spring Water for
sale by jul druggists. mb22eo«iAw
CH IIAHCOCHtfc SHERIFF SALES.
ufTLL'BK’SOLD'oiriBE F-BftT 1 DF»-D1 T is
Ju n»rj ii-xt, l b 6, at the Court Hcuac Id
County, -itbin tL« legal terra it tale, to
the highest bidder for cash, the iellowiDg prop
erty to wit. tie horse mule came Alex, one
ixurt uie D«m« Body, about nine years old; cue
fuur-horae wagen. Said property levied rn as
the property of G W. UcZlDtie to satisfy a
mortgage o ft. iFnued from th© Superior (cart
of said County, Id ievi r of Geo. P. . wltt k fleas
agelDst aaia ' . W. McKii aie
’J hie 29t.i day of N> vembor, 18f4.
novSc-td. L. Ha BP, Sheriff.
WULFF HOLD OR ”BB FIRST TUESDAY la
’» Jauusry, Jtot6 at the Court House tn said
County, within the Fgal boors of sate to fba
bi* best bidder for ©fish, the toll' wing property
so- a it- One rown n.ule name Alex,
twelve years c Id. Batd j roperty 1» vied 01 isti •
j roper.v ui Nes Saade- e to SKtiaiy an execution
issued Iron rhe Superior < uurt oi said County
lu f«v' r of Glidden A Curtis against Baal
ar der>.
Ibis day of November, IFB4
nov3o-td L HARP. Sheriff
JGHFM 8. STEWART
-Joi Printer.
QFFIOI, RABDOLPH BTRKET, MXT TO
GEORGIA STEAM AND GAS PIPE CCMI’ANY.
Job tinge Every description executed
Neatly and Promptly.
asclM
Market Stalls to Rent.
AV ILL be rented at the Market Bouse, at pab-
VI lie outcry to the highest bidder, on Moi*
day, January 5, all the Nialls in the Meal Market,
under the direction of the < vmmittee on Market.
Quarterly notes with good euretiee will be
required. M. M MOOKK,
dec i7-ld < lerk i vumU
OR. JOHN NORWOOD.
OFFICE AT
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON’S Drug Start,
Randolph Street.
Besldenoe with H. L. WOODBUFF,
Crawford, between Troup and Forsyth Mt rest
a«p3U-3 m
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners.
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I wlillturcleh on board ther.Oare at Mora,
Alabama, a very
Rich Marl
AT tIX FOLI A S PtK XON
CASH I
And a Very Lew Bate of freight
Is offered by the Mi bile A Girard B. B
By analysis of the State Geologist this
MA BL oontaloe trom 5 to 8 per cent, ot
Phosphate with oth» r iertllfxtno qualities.
For ccmpoetli.g and brcsdcastirg for
greif fl-lde, orenatds and lawne It will be
found
AgValuable Stimulator.
This Is not a Guano, but a BICH MAKLi
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Any orders forwarded to
B. JI. ORB, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile A Girard Bailroad, will meet with
prompt attention. daeO-K