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WAffltS OF THE NATION
WHAT THE WESTERN INDIANS COST
THE GOVERNWENT.
Commuter Jamos'K. Keen** Make* a Fool
of Himself Free Love Kadburn
Heard From—Almost a
I’anio Notes.
New York, Jan. !6.— A big, gloomy ware
house rises high above its modest surround
intrs in Wooster street just beyond Broome,
and a little tin sign hanging in one of the
grout windows is the only indication of the
biwiness done there: “Office of U. 8. Indian
Affairs.”
It is from this warehouse that nearly all
the Indians in the United States are fed and
clothed. Every day shipment*' of coffee,
blankets, lead pencils, quinine, and tooth
picks go out to the untamed sons of the West.
The air of federal dignity pervades the entire
warehouse Jipd oilice. The very workmen
trundle their packages with an air of lordly
leisure, and tho clerks in the office never put
in an appearance until 9, and quit, in time to
erftoh the early commission trains uptown.
During the past year Mr. 11. W. Wtevens,
the superintendent, has forwarded from New
York 4,435,059 pounds of different kinds of
goods. From western depots 2,000,000 pounds
more were shipped; so altogether the United
ites contributed 0,500,000 pounds of goods
t<r the noble red man, and as there are only
250,000 men, women and children among the
Indians, each person received about twenty
five pounds of different kinds of goods during
the year.
Not that these goods are given away—far
from it. The government has what it is
pleased to call “contracts 1 ’ with the Indians,
by which control over certain lands is given
to the fodorul authorities, and in return they
agree to furnish certain stores to the differ
ent tribes. Some tribes are keen enough to
take pay iu mbnoy, but 100 agencies and
schools ftr. on tlf* list sis recipients of goods
shipped from New York. Over $5,000,000
was spent last year in this way, being 12,000,-
000 more than the year bof on*. And the goods
included* almost every known article. There
were 37,000,000 pounds of beef and ouly 500
pounds of tobacco shipped. They had 443,000
pounds of coffee, used twice as much sugar,
ale 529,000 poumis of bacon, and shamed Bos
ton by disposing <>t 139,0 M pounds of beans.
The goods wi re up in packages varying
from an ounce to 00 pdfcnds, and they in
clude,) nearly everything that can be found
in a country store The list of shipments in
cludes p‘ nholders, thermometers, Webster’s
high school dictionaries, ipecac, hairpins,
corkscrews, jnosqtyito netting, singing books,
pillboxes, kilives* and forks and printers.
Nearly all the Western states are represented
by ngenpjee, and. son k* of the* queer names of
tribes to-whom goMrfare ship -rd are Tula
lip, SMvokpruinh, Qua j'aw, Otoe, Pillagers,
Shoshone and Semhi.
It is no easy task to keep all these tribes
supplied, and lust year Mr. sent out
over 5,000 invoices and wrote over 3,000
pagbs of letters. .
Tret* Love llaburn Holm Up Serenely.
New York, Jan 10 A clerical looking
g• ntleman entered a (Irand street noon-day
prayer meeting a few days ago. The fervor
with which he participated attracted atten
tion. When the invitation was givon to re
late “experiences” he was one of the first to
respond lie Electrified everyone by his elo
quence and drew tears. At the conclusion of
t! services a crowd gathered about and
pressed congratulations upon him. Just a*
the stranger was al>out to respond a heavy
hr.nd was laid bn his shoulder and the leader
of the meeting remarked:
“We have met before.”
“I do not renfllinber it. Whom have I the
h nor of addressing?” politely asked the
t' anger.
* I know y<>u to-be W. H. Rayburn, de
posed from the Methodist pulpit for disrepu
table acts, and a divorced man,” rejoined the
leader savagely.
“You must be mistaken; my name is Ray
burn, but I am an entirely different man.”
“No, I am not; and the sooner you leave
the 1 »etter for you,” came from the excited
leader.
The stranger disappeared. The ministers
and laymen began to investigate. It was as
certained that the leader was right. The
itmnger was none other than ex-Rev. W. H.
Rayburn, formerly of Schuyler, Brown, Cass
an i Mason counties, Illinois, who several
years ago waa deposed from the Methodist
ministry for his free love proclivities. This
man. vvitbth© assistance of another deposed
clergyman, Caleb Obensheiu, founded a soci
ety whose methods resembled those of the
Mormons and free lovers. They established
headquarters at Erwin, Hchuylor county, 111.,
and began to create as much noise as did
Smith an l his followers, at Nauvoo. An at
tendance at one of their secret services re
vealed horrible orgies.
. ()l*enshein and Rayburn turned up in this
city six weeks ago, and. began to hold “cot
tag** prayer-ale•-tings.” It is said they have
made many converts. Tho Rev. Dr. Buck
ley came out with an editorial in the Chris
tian Advocate, denouncing them. Rayburn
resides at 432 West Forty-seventh street.
Almost a Panic.
New York, Jan ;6 —During the installa
tion of officers of Myrtle Council, American
Legion of Honor, in Mt. Morris Hall, Wed
nesday night, and while six hundred persons,
mate and female, were seated in front of the
stage, there was a crash sounding like an ex
plosion, and-over two thirds of the audience
dropped as one b»xiy about a foot, and then
stopped. The floor of the hall, 85x33 feet,
was trembling with six hundred people on it.
Men jumped from their seats, women
women screamed and caught their children,
and there was the usual fainting. Every
body removed as quietly as possible, expect
ing that every moment that, the floor would
give way aivl drop them all into the hall be
low, a distance of forty feet. Fortunately
the men were well distributed among the
women, and a rush for the door or any great
commotion was prevented. The audience
quietly withdrew, and an examination
showed that three of the ftoe girders which
carried the floor had comp letely broken in
two. The girders support the beams, and
there were no iiosts except *t the extremities
to support them.
Gorringe’s Trii ity of Ills.
New Yobk, Jan. lb.—Lieutenant Com
mander Henry H. Carriage is lying in the
Benedict house, Washington Square, stricken
with partial paralysis and nervous prostra
tion and insomnia. Nobody sees him except
the doctor, his valet and his married sister,
who has moved to the house temporarily t<
look after him.
The Colfax Obsequies.
South Bend, liid., Jan. 10. —The remain!
of the late Schuyler Colfax are lying in §tat«
in the parlor of the Colfax mansion, and
large numbers of citizens are arriving to look
for the last time upon the face of the dead.
The funeral will take place at 1 o’clock p. m.,
Saturday, from the First Reformed church
under the auspices of the Odd Fellows lodgf
Telegrams of condolence are pouring in fron
parts of the country.
HONORABLY DISMISSED.
Tls Charges of Evading the Pool Against
the C. f H. & D.
Indianapolis, Jan 16.—The C., H. & D.
has been charged with breaking the ruled ol
the East-bound ami Chicago an*l Ohio river
pools. The charge, if proved, was subject to
a $50,0% penalty. The caih was heard here
last Monday, at Commissioner Doherty’• of
fice. Among those present were General
Freight Agent McLeod, of the (’., H. & I).,
from Cincinnati, and representatives of the
freight departments of other roads. The
commissioner read the charges, and the evi
dence seemed to be rather strong, leading one
to believe that the charges were true. Mr.
McLeod was then asked for an explanation
of his road’s action.
He admitted that the proof advanced by
Commissioner Doherty would lead to the be
lief that the road had intentionally violate*!
the pool, but this was not true. If it had
been done it was not intentional He said
that for some weeks post a party doing busi
ness at Humilton, 0., had been receiving
grain from points on the Vandalia and the
Indiana, Bloomington & Western road; that
said party had made Hamilton his distribut
ing point; that a large per cent, of tins prop
erty had been shipped in the same car, with
out breaking bulk, to points on th • Cincin
nati, Hamilton & Dayton road and other
roads in the state of Ohio and Pennsylvania,
and the party finding that he had more
grain than ho could dispose of at nearer
points, had forwarded a few car loads to
Buffalo, and that some of the shipments upon
which the charge was me le that the Cincin
nati, Hamilton & Dayton was evading the
pool were those made for the above reasons.
He (Mr. McLeod) really if id nothing to say
as to whore the grain s *ould be delivered
uftor being shipped from Hamilton, except to
name the rate, but he p< sitively denie t that
there was the least in ten ion of evading the
pool.
Air. Mclxmx! talked very coolly about the
matter and seemed honest in his statement.
At the conclusion of his remarks Mr. Doherty
asked forth© views of other railroad officials
and the prevailing sentiment was that Mr.
McLeod’s explanation was satisfactory, and
by a unanimous vote it was so booked on the
minutes of the meeting.
MUTINY IN MEXICO.
Soldiers Murder Their Captain and
Desert.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. If).- A special
fron* San Diego, Cal., says: “A courier nr
rived here to-day with a dispatch for the
Mexican consul stating that the Mexican sol
diers stationed at a point in Mexico eighty
five miles south of here mutinied on Friday
night last and murdered their captain, whose
name was not given, his wife and several
other persons, and then fled in a
body, taking the arms and ammunition with
them. The band numbers forty. A telegram
was sent to the captain of the gunboat
Democrats, which has been y. ig at this
l>ort, for assistance, but the vessel had sailed
for San Francisco. Application was then
made to Captain Bailey, of the eighty eighth
United States infantry, to forward such as
sistance as would prevent depredations along,
the boundry line, and this request wa*
promptly granted. The Mexican ci! /. ns ar
greatly alarmed, as the mutineers are known
to be a desperate lot of men ”
A later dispatch from San Diego says: Ir -
telligeuce has just been received here tin .
the mutineers have passed near Cainpo, aLd
are making for United States territory.
Jogging Sherman’s Memory.
Richmond, W. Ya. Jan. Hi Mr. E. M.
Richeson of this city, says that just before
the war while he was proprietor of the wharf
boat at Vicksburg ho was aroused from sleep
one night by Capt. Spotts. of the steamer i
Eclipse, who introduced him to Maj. VV. 'i.
Sherman, now Gen. Sherman, who was iu
command of the regulars who were beiug
transported from the Baton Rouge arsenal to
the northern side of the line. Maj. Sherman
asked him if he would take charge of the
body of one of the soldiers and have it de
cently buried. Air. Riches n told him ;
he would and asked: “Do you think there
will be war, major?” Maj Sherman replied:
“Mr. Richeson, I am ufraid there will be
trouble,” and then he added, “I have spent
many years in the south, where I have re
ceived only the kindest treatment, and be
fore I would fight against those people I
would lose n.y right arm.”
A Hopeless Hallucination,
Portland, Ore., Jan. 16.—Several prom- ;
inent Portlanders visited ex-Senator Nesmith
on Sunday last at the state insane asylum
The old gentleman was please 1 to see them.
It is apparent that his case is a hopeless one.
The mania that possesses his disfru •ted mind
is that it is through the machinal: -ns of mem
bers of the democratic party that he is de
prived of his liberty. The object of shutting
him up, he says, iH to prevent him from par
ticipating in the fruits of the democratic vic
tory. He implored h:s frien Is to present his
situation to the proper authorities, and he
felt confident he would be released from the
asylum. The asylum authorities say they
have little hope of his recovery.
What a Terrified Boy Saw.
Bainbridok, Ga., Jan. 16.—A report *
comes from Calhoun county that two men
named Joel Shuman and Thomas Ginn fought
a duel on horseback to settle an old quarrel.
They met on the road. Ginn’s little son was
on the horse behind his father, who told him
to get down and run away. The men then
began firing at each other. Each emptied
the content* of his revolver Shuman was
wounded in foui places and fell from his
horse. He died in half an hour. Ginn has
three wounds but may recover. The boy
stood near a fence corner and watched the
proceedings. He was terrified but unharmed.
Seven Business Men Wanted.
Philadelphia, Jan. 16.—The new board
of managers of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad met and organized. Mr EdwardS.
Whelan, chairman of the stockholders annual
meeting, said that he would not, appoint the
investigating committee for several days, and
that it will be difficult to obtain seven busi
ness men who will be willing to devote the
time required for such an examination aa Is
contemplated.
Another Chest of Gold Found.
Pittsburg, Jan. 16 —A report was current
here that while digging a cellar at Brad
docks, Pa., n;ar the scene of Braddock’s de»
f<*at, a numl>er of workmen had unearthed
on old cto*t containing several hundred
thousand dollars in gold.
Harvard's Finances.
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 10.— At a meeting
of the board of overseers of Harvard college
the total receipt* of the university last year
were stated at $1,420,393.91. Total expenses,
$767,594.26. The amount of invested funds,
$4,863,938.
Kscape of a Murderer.
Binghampton, N. Y., Jan. 16—Menken,
the Elmira murderer, has broken juii anj
fled. Sheriff Brown and Detective Black an
out of town. When the escape was diacov
©red the city was aroused by the clanging ol
the fire liells A reward ol SI,OOO ha* been
offered for hi* capture.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, .JANUARY 18. 11185.
BISMARCK IAN TACTICS
A CRUSHING BLOW AT GLADSTONE’S
FOREIGN POLICY.
KXrltpmeut in Government Circles—Th*
Bernhardt Wants a Divorce to Marry
an F.nglishmnn—Rumors of War
From l'unama —Generals Killed.
London, Jan. 16 —Considerable uneasines*
has been created in government circles by
the receipt of a dispatch from Berlin an
nouncing that it is semi-offlcially stated that
theUerman government had decided to reject
the British proposal in reference to the finan
cial difficulties in Egypt, and to accept and
supjiort th«» counter proposals of France. The
foreign office has not yet received such a dis
patch. and the confirmation of the news from
an official source is anxiously awaited. The
dispatch has given rise to much discussion iu
government and business circles, and the
belief is general that its contents will prove
true. This action by Germany is viewed aa
another Bisniarckian blow at the foreign
policy of Gladstone’s government, and will
tend to increase the existing friction between
the two governments The news caused
much excitement among the dealers in Egyp
tian bonds.
War on the Isthmus.
Panama, Jan. 16. —An alarming condition
of affairs prevails throughout the republic,
and a general conflict is imminent Civil
war is under way in Cundinamarea, lloyaca,
Santander and Magdalena, and seems about
to break out in the important state of Canca.
In Panama more trouble may occur, and
heavy fighting has already taken place in
the interior. The Radical party has
joined the Conservatives, and ar*-
endeavoring to turn out thoir Liberal
government in the states which ar* tho
strongest supporters of the governing tof
President Nunez; then, if successful, they
will unite the states they hold in an eff /rt to
overthrow the general government. Several
skirmishes occurred at Santander and Boy
aca. A cable says that a battle has take?
place at Tunja in Boyaca, in which the feJ
eral force* were defeated and the command* r
in chief, General Monterfar and another gen
eral killed.
Why Pat rich Symth Left Parnell.
Dublin, Jan. 16.—Mr. Patrick James
Smyth, the former member of parliament for
Tipperary, who died on Sunday evening,
leaves a wife and family In destitute circum
stances. Although he had sat in parliament
for fourteen years and had been nn industri
ous lawyer and author nearly all his life, he
was always a i»oor man. He lately had an
offer of a small office under the home secre
tary. The salary was only $1,500 a year, and
his acceptance involved defection from the
Parnellite party, w ith which he had been
affiliated ever since its organization. He
knew that he would be called a renegade, but
the burden of su) portingfhi* family male the
salary an object to him, and he accepted the
office, at the same time resigning the seat for
Tipperary. The Irish national papers eulo
gize his past services, but deplore hi* back
sliding.
Sarah's Second Ron more.
Paris, Jan. !6. —Sarah Bernhardt has re
vealed her intention of petitioning for a di
vorce. Until now circumstances obliged her
to postpore the realization of her project.
When asked what truth there was in the re
port, Sarah replied: “The matter is very del
icate. I had resolved to say nothing about it.
I have had an offer of marriage from an Eng
lishman under circumstances so strange and
romantic as to be almost incredible. I can
! not tell his name. I have not made up my
: miud what answer I shall give him. Aa soon
a* 1 have I will let the press know.
Frightful Loss of Loss.
Paris, Jan. 16.—A terrible colliery acci
dent has occurred at Lievin, near Calais.
. Twenty-eight miners have been killed, and
twenty more entombed alive. Strenuous
effort* are being made to rescue th*m but at
present there is small hope.
A Jeweler's Mode of Reprisal.
Chicago, Jan. 16. Nathan Strauss, a jew
' eler of this city who failed some time ago, has
begun a $25,000 damage suit against H. P.
i & VV. H. Richmond, jewelers of Providence,
|R. 1, in the circuit court. Mr. Strauss’ at
torneys claim that he was induced, contrary
• to their advice, to go to Providence shortly
after his failure and try to arrange a settle
merit wiih his eastern creditors. This move
was engineered by the president of the Prov
idence jewelers’ protective association who
caused Strauss to be arrested upon his arrival
at Providence and lodged in jail, where, in
default of $59,000 bail, he still languishes.
One of the Richmonds, who is also a member
of the protective association, wa* in town
yesterday and suit was begun to catch him
within the jurisdiction of tho Illinois court*.
The attorneys said that it was Strauss’ inten
tion to follow up this policy whenever a
member of the Providence association should
| be caught in Chicago.
Gen. Negley Soon Set Free.
New Castle, Pa., Jan. 16.—Gen. J. S.
Negloy, J. S. Negloy, jr., and Charles J. Cal
houn were arrested on the charge of conspir
acy, and hel l in the sum of $150,000 for their
appearance in court. The charge was made
by D. H. Wallace, who allege* that aa officer*
of the New Castle Northern Railroad they j
had conspired to defraud the road and in- j
jure its credit; that they had made false en- !
trie* upon the books of the company; that in
order to gain control they had fraudulently
issued 4,009 shares of stock and issued $125,-
000 of bon is of the company, for which they )
never received anything, and that they con ;
spired in making false charge* against th*
officers of the road. The case was argued,
and Judge Hazen quashed the indictments. j
Arkaniiaw’a Governor Inaugurated.
Little Rock.. Aak., Jan. 16.-—Governor
elect Si in' n P. Hughes and state officials were
inaugura «d in the presence of both houses
of the legislature, the oath of office being ad
ministered by Chief Justice Cockrill. The
governor’s inaugural address was almost en
tirely in reference to state matters and con
gratulations on Arkansas’ bright future.
The Penalty of Friendship.
Port Jervis, N. Y. t Jan. 16.—A German
conscript Jiving at Port Jervis, who escaped
to his country about a year ago, has just re
ceived information from his father that his
letter* giving tho particulars of his flight
were intercepted by the government of his
native country, and twenty-one persons who
aided or abetted his escape were fined SSOO
eacJx
The Pedagogue's Murderous Blow.
Charleston, 111.. Jan. 16.—A young school
teacher in Hickory township named Tichnor,
hit one of his pupils named Welsh on the
back of the head with a base ball bat injur
ing him fatally. Young Welsh becoming
unruly in school Tichnor seized the bat and
hit the boy over the head, knocking hiru
neuselesa. A doctor was summoned and ha
pronounced the injuries fatal Tichnor has
not been arrested.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Swaim Court -.ttartiul— Funds Wanted
j to Preserve Order.
Washington, .Jan. 16.—A. E. Bateman
was the last witness who testified before the
Swaim Court Martial, and Judge Shellen
, Larger opened his argument for the defense.
Three or four days will probably bo con
sumed by counsel on both sides, when the
1 court will take tho case under advisement,
preparatory to submitting their findings to
the president.
The commissioners of the District of Co
-1 lumbia ask an appropriation of $19,000 to en-
F able them to preserve order during the cere
* monies attending the dedication of the Wash
f ington monument, and the inauguration of
t President-elect Cleveland.
■ j A bill has been introduced in the senate al-
I lowing one year’s salary to the widow <>f the
* late secretary and minis,.*:- \\\ 11. Hunt, and
another increasing the {Mansion of the widow
1 of Gon. George A. Tho.’cas to $ :,OUJ per
5 annum.
l \ Tho naval committee tins reported favor
* ably the bilJ for the relief of the sufferers by
5 I the wreck of the Tallapoosa.
* i Os course the great suit of Myra Clark
1 i Gaines will go on just tin* arue a l * before her
' i death. Her son-in-law, Mr. Christmas, who
1 was with her when the will was signed, will
' push the stiff’ Ho seems to have been a great
■ ' favorite with the little queer old woman.
When ho quarreled with her own son. and
killed him in her own house, she did n t cast
him off, but seemed ai cions for his acquittal,
1 ; sitting by his side in lie ' court room, and
j ; counseling iu his brb .i. She was a pretty
i good lawyer, was t.hii woman. She had been
iat law half a century, and bad herself fol
j lowed every st p i.n . - r famous case—or,
j rather, large num: . of cas*.s. Belva Lock-
I wood cites h r .u being the first woman in
; the country to argue a case in court. Years
1 | ago she had some important case iu the
j court, and her lawyer failing to appear at
{ the proper moment, she took tho matter iu
; ' her own bauds, and node a strong and con
cise argument in, her own behalf.
* Meeting of tlm G\, N. O. and T. P.
Cincinnati, J:hi. 16. — A call has been is
sued to th * 8 : ilders of the Cincinnati,
New Orleans .old Texas Pacific railway (les
sees of the Cincinnati Southern), to meet at
2 o’clock on .Saturday next in tho office of the
President, St. Paul building, to hear the re
port of the investigating committee, Messrs.
Maxwell, Simrall an 1 King. The following
are current earnings for December, the fig*
1 ures beiug approximate:
Receipts for month of December, 1884... .$290, \<f>
Corresponding period, 1883 220,7 b J
, Increase so,'jßs
The following are the approximate receipts
for the first week of January:
Receipts, passenger and freight, week end
ing January 7, 18-8') $44,3?$
Corresponding period, 18£i .. 31,5
Increase S'J,B2S
Uncertainty in Augusta Business Ciro Jes.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 16.—Within the past
six months failures and assignments involv
ing-millions have taken place here. George
Jackson, president of thd Enterprise factory,
is to p.A«Wer-nlM*& A^ot?r+ for tbe defal
cation with many ugly features of $152,000.
President Roberts of the bank of Augusta,
without the knowledge of the directors,
loaned it is alleged $130,000 of the $150,000
in tho vaults to one man and swamped the
institution There is great uncertainty in
business circles owing to these developments.
George P. Curry, president of a bank, was
on Wednesday found guilty of larceny after
trust in converting deposits to his own use.
He was sentenced to five years in the peni
tentiary. Curry is worth $309,000.
The Boomers to be Starved Out.
Wichita, Kas., Jan 16.—Dr. Munn, one
of the OKlahama boomers, just from the set
tlement at Still water, says the colonists are
confidently awaitiug Hatch’s arrival, and
will resist him. They say this would obey a j
civil process They have plenty of provis
ions, and have thrown up earthworks.
Hatch left Caldwell on Sunday, with 150
men, and expects to be reinforced by 90 men
at Reno. lie says he has not men enough to
fight tho boomers, but will surround them
and starve them out. Wednesday the troops
camped on the ri.ilt Fork, waiting for the
river to fall.
Dayton Defends the Salvationists.
Dayton, 0., Jan. 16.—The salvation army
officers, seven in number, were arrested
Wednesday night, charged with disturbing
the peace. Great indignation prevails among
the best citizens, who, although they do not j
uphold the Salvationists, are ready to back !
them against the injustice done them. The
trial is now in progress. The best of volun
teer counsel is defending the salvation army.
The strong point is made that the Sunday or
dinances are disregarded without arrest, but
a religious sect is arrested for holding open
air meetings.
“1 am No Embezzler."
Cincinnati, Jan. 16. — In the police court
B. Frank Xait, the ex-chief clerk of the police ;
department, was arraigned on a charge of i
embezzling $4,000 of the city's funds. When j
his name was called, Taft emerged from the j
orivate office of Judge Fitzgerald, and with- i
■ut glancing to the right- or 1 ft, took the'
prisoner’s place at the tuble. “I am no era- 1
bezzler, and I hope the investigation will be
held as soon as possi bie, ” he suid. At the re
ques: of Prosecutor Caldwell the case was
con mued to Thursday next, to wait the re
; su’> of the investigation Os his books.
Railroad Cashier Short.
Baltimore, Jan. 16.—An examination is
being made iuto the accounts of Thomas H. .
j Granam, cashier of the Baltimore and Ohio
■hops at Mount Clare, and it is reported there
! is h shortage of about $10,090. Mr. Graham
i is Bai-.l to have left the city on Saturday night
and his whereabouts are not known. He is a
prominent politician and has been a member :
;of Baltimore city council. He is a member of !
tho present school board of the city.
Destitute Canadian Indians.
Ottawa, Jan. 10 -Advices from the Tem- j
iacaminquo reserve state that the Indians ar*
*iu a destitute con lition. At White river was
found the body of an Indian who had
starved to death after eating his dog. The
Indian department is severely censured for its
■ mismanagement of the Indian funds.
Di<*d on the Track.
Bellefontajne, 0., Jan. 10. —An unknown
man was found on tho Bee-line railroad two
miles erst of here Wednesday night. The
train had cut oil Lulu arms aud his head.
He was well dressed, but had uo money, and
no clue to his identity was discovered. He
was on his way from New Orleans.
A Swindle Discovered Too Late.
Boston, Jan. 16.—1 tis learned that shortly
before Ins death, ex-Gov. Coburn, of Maine,
was swindled out of $560,009 in Topeka, Sali
na & Western railroad securities by a con
spiracy of Boston sharpers. Rather than
prosecute, the rascals Gov. Coburn pocketed
the loss.
In Financial Distress.
Pittsburg, Jan. 16. —The firm of Oliver
Bros. & Phillips, iron and steel manafactur
irs of this city, are in deep tiuanci&l d stress'
A state nient is being prepared.
THE DEFENCE OPENED
THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTE NEAR
ING A CLOSE.
Beginning ol (lie Rebuttal Testimony-
Several Prominent Citizens Give Evi
dence -A Republican Witness Whose
Answers Made a Sensation.
Cincinnati, Jan. 16. —The Springer inves
tigation took a new turn when tho rebuttal
j testimony was commenced. The committee
has already announced its intention, or at
j least desire.,of adjourning on Saturday, and
; should this be done it will leave but thre«
j days to the defense to make good its cause.
The prosecution subpoenaed ninety four wit
nesses and the defense will get along with
fifty. No arguments will be made, and Mr.
Wright’s attorneys will do their best to get
through Saturday afternoon and let the com
mittee return to Washington.
The first witness to Like the stand in behalf
of the marshals was Mr. A. A. Ferris, an at
torney, who narrated the trouble that uo
cured in the Fifth ward on election day.
Judge Foraker asked tho witness if he knew
what the sentiment among law-abidiug citi
zens was in regard to the necessity of ap
pointing so many deputy marshals.
The witness answered that the opinion pre
vailed that the appointment of >bo deputy
marshals was a necessity, as the air was full
of rumors of fraud, and some offset to the
deputy sheriffs was considered n*.pessary.
Mr. A. Howard Hinkle, of the firm of Van
Antwerp, Bragg & Co., followed. He was
asked if he could corroborate Mi Ferris’ tes
timony in regard to the difficulties that took
place iu the Fifth ward, and replied that he
agreed with all that had been stated. Judge
Foraker also asked the gentleman what the
general sentiment was in regard to the neces
sity for the appointment of deputy marshals,
and he replied that it was in favor of their
appointment.
Chairman Springer then took a hand at
questioning the witnesses.
“Now I will ask you if, in your opinion, it
was advisable to appoint deputy marshals ou
slection day?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Why?”
“Because of the rumors of contemplated
fraud.”
“Well, if you had been appointing these
deputy marshals, would you have selected
them entirely from one political party, or
would you have given both parties an equal
representation ?”
“I would have selected half from each
party. ”
The reply created something of a sensation,
for Mr. Hinkle was a republican supervisor
in the Fifth ward, a member of the Lincoln
club, an 4 a member of the finance committee
of the Lincoln club.
Then, having got such an admissson from
auch a source, Mr. Springer shrewdly pro
ceeded to make it more effective. He asked
one more question:
“Do you think it would have been more
conducive to peace and good order?”
“T do.”
Mr. Baker took the witness, and inquired
whether he had not coutributed money to a
fund raised by the republicans, to which the
gentleman responded that he had.
“Was it for the particular purpose of main
taining the purity of the election, or was it
for general campaign purposes?”
“I supi>ose it was for general campaign
purposes.”
Mr. John W. Herron, attorney, next testi
fied as to the conduct of the election in the
fifth ward. He was asked if he could cor
roborate the testimony of Mr. Hinkle and Mr.
Ferris and said he could.
Will Play for Brooklyn.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 16. —The Cleve
land men pledged to Brooklyn are besieged
on all sides by offers. They have issued the
following notice:
“To Whom it may Concern—We, the under
signed professional ball-players, desire to publicly
announce, so as to prevent any misunderstanding,
that we have agreed and determined to play with
the Brooklyn baseball club during t.he season of
1885, ami shall, as honorable men, stand by that
agreement ami determination. We make tiiis puli
lic announcement to place ourselves on record, and
as a notice to other clubs of the course we intend
to pursue. Therefore, all overtures made to m
will be positively disregarded.”
This notice has been signed by W. B. Phil
lips, P. J. Hotaling, J. J. Harkins, G. B.
Pinckney, G. J. Smith, W. F. lvrieg and W.
H. McClellan. The signatures are verified
as genuine by the officers of the Cleveland
club. McClellan's release has been purchased
from Philadelphia by Brooklyn.
“Mollie Matches" Must Pay.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 16.—The suit brought
by the Mechanics’ bank of Galesburg, 111.,
against John Larney, alias “Mollie Matches,”
the Joliet convict, came to an end Wednes
day, the jury bringing in a verdict for the
plaintiff. The suit was brought to recover
$9,600 stolen from the bank by “Mollie” and
three pais in ’879. Larney, who is serving
ten years iu Joliet for robbery, had properly
here at one time, but transferred it to the
custody of another. A suit will now b*
brought to determine the title of the prop
erty. The sum awarded by the verdict is
*12,834.50, which includes interest since the
time of the robbery.
The Sheriff Hiezed th* Ticket Offlc*.
Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 16.—Two days ago
a Mrs. Faivey of Monon secured iu the cir
cuit court of this county a judgment for
$7,500 against the Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago railway, for injuries received at
Monon. An execution was issued Wednesday
afternoon and the sheriff levied on the city
ticket office. The sale of tickets was allowed
to proceed. This is the second time within
six months that the office has been levied
upon on suits.
CONDENSED NEWS.
’Tis said that Bayard will remain in the
senate.
Don Cameron’s prospects for the United |
State* senate are still excellent
Trifling fire in the United States legation
building in London.
The New York Sun proposes a grand popu
lar $lO subscription for Gen. Grant.
It is again asserted that either Thurman or
Pendleton will get a cabinet place.
Harry E. Frost & Co., retail grocera of
Ripley, 0., failed for $3,090. Win, H. Sly
is assignee.
Mrs. Laura Shrewsbury, grand-niece of
Gen. G. Washington, is dead at seventy-five,
in Charleston, W. Va.
The English court of chancery has made a
perpetual injunction forbidding the publica
tion of Lord Lytton’s letters.
Bismarck told the Reichstag that it must
double the duty on United States rye and
treble that on United States wheat.
John B. Jervis, civil engineer, who aided
in the construction of the Erie canal and
Delaware and Hudson canal, died at Rome,
N Y.
U. S. detetective# captured Win. Blanch
ard aud Charles Cunningham in a shanty
boat on the Arkansas shore of the Missis
sippi with a lot of “queer” Cincinati Tbir*j
National sl9’*.
) LABOR TROUBLES.
Am incipient Riot .imhiik Philadelphia
Carpet-\\ eaves-**
Philadelphia, Jnu 9 —Tho striking car
pet weavers rivaled an m niient riot at John
Hamilton’s mill by a- umbiing Tuesday even
in ; to the number ol 2,090 aud threatening to
mob the non-union im*n when they went
home. Capt. Quirk and a platoon of police
were called to the scene and dispersed the
crowd, but theyaf: *rwards attacked the non- j
■ union m»*n in Thomas L. Liedom’s miiiu. I
The police scattered them, blit some fighting i
*! took place at John Bromley & Sons’ carpet 1
' mills \>etween the sirik /s and new men. At
s the Continental woolen mil’s similar trouble ;
| was experienced, an tt he division of the police \
force into small squads to accompany the
* men home was found necessary. Only one
’■ arrest was made
£ Carbon, Wyo., Jan. 15.—Two hundred
and thirty men empl ved by the Union Pa
' cifie railway, in coal mines at this place,
* struck Wednesday i; stud that Luwroncer
l " Quealey; the .>up-rinten cut. attempted to
bulldoze them politically in toe last election.
1 The places of the si riker*. vvh > w.int Quoaley
r removed, were pnrtialiy 11.le iby foreigners.
I * : No collisions have, ns yet, occur.--e 1, and those
at work are not interfered vvdh by strikers.
r It is sail file hundred miners, at Rock
Springs, will also go out, unless Ottealey isre
* j moved The ooai supply is i other short here,
' and in the event of a orTi-mye 1 sp II of cold
weather an unpleasant coal famine will result
1 from a general strike.
Legislative Investigation.
Columbus, 0., Jan. 16. —The past few days
1 | have beeu devoted in the house to the discus
-1 sion of the milling troubles in the Dockingval-
I ley. The house will appoint a c ommittee of
; three to investigate, with power to employ a
3 stenographer, send for papers aud persons,
and make a printed report.
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
r Meeting of l ather ami Son—A Case Urow
j. ing Out of the War.
Dahlonega, Ga., Jan. 16—“ I saw your
father in town to-day,” said a prominent
, merchant to Chester Grieves, a young farmer
who was in town doing some trading. “My
father?” he replied, “why he has been dead
over twenty years. ” Then the explanation
I was made to the young man that in one of the
years of the war his father, who was a guer
j ilia, deserted his wife and six small children
I anti wa ; neve:' afterward heard from It was
. sup|)os dby some that he might have been
i killed, and his wife seized upon the charita
ble view. Without a home «>r means, Airs.
l Grieves was even forced to work in the fields
to support her children. One by one they
died for want of neoessary attention, which
the mother was unable to give them, until at
l last the only one left was trie youngest, who
j now' survives and is a young mail in' twenty
five. Two years ago, prematurely old
1 through sorrow and privation, the poor
mother died, her last admonition to her son
being to honor the meim ry of Ai.-> father.
Since that time the young man has made
, worthy efforts to establish himself. Ac
companied by his friend the young
man called, on his father, who ap~
peared glad to see his abandoned
t child. He had left his wife without cause,
) and going to Ohio, he settled near Cleveland,
where ho married a young lady of that place.
During tho intervening years he prospered
► and is now worth over $50,0 0. A family of
seven children were borne to him by bis Ohio
wife. Last summer that lady died, and
Grieves, feeling perhaps, that some repara
tion was due his abandoned Georgia family,
j accompanied by one of his second set of sons,
arrived here Saturday night and made in
quiry for them. The name under which he
is known in Ohio he refused to divulge, say
ing that h. 1 must preserve the reputation of
his family there as well as make some repar
ation to his family here
I
, Cleveland Smiles a Smile.
Buffalo, Jan. 16. —The president-elect
opened his parlors at the Geuesee house and
gave an informal recepti on to a large num
ber of people. The gover :or has impressed
1 all who have met him with the simplicity
with which he carries his new honors. It i*
the universal comment that he is the same
I Grover Cleveland in manner, speech and
i bearing that he was as mayor of the city
whose honored guest he u )\v is. The gov
ernor saw Belva Lockwood’s petition to coil
gress and her allusion to him as “the alleged
majority candidate.” Hesn i;ed a Cleveland
smile an .1 made a pleasant reference to Belvu’s
last joke.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Latest Quotations of the .Stock, Produce
and Cattle Markets.
New York. Jan. 15.—Exchange firm and higher.
Posted rates were advanced to $l > "i . Govem
i meats firm. Following are latest qu> utioiis:
Ait. *£ Terre Haute. 21 2 Morris & Essex ... 118
Bur. & Quincy 11:* » Missouri Pacific.. . iu y,
Canada Pacific. ... 42 „ N. Y. ,Y Erie 18.^
Canada Southern .. 80 N. i". Central.. ss- K
Central Pacific . .. &’> 2 Northwesmru 91
Chicago & Alton .181 Pacific Mad
C., C., V& 1 82 Rue.. Island luv 4
Del. & Hudson . 71 % St. Paul b>
, Del Ijaek. & W. . s- \ 4 St. P. iV. S. C ■>
Illinois Central. 121 do preferred. ... so
Jersey Central 27'* Texas .. . ..cifie.... 12 8
Kansas A: Texas.. l» 1/ Punnc 49•'
Rtke Shore 61% 4' - Union.. ...
Louisville & Nash. 24;’ * Nash. A: Cuat 53y a
General.
Cincinnati, Jan. 15.—FLOUR —Fancy, §40£4.40;
family, 7* ••onj.sr.,
* WHEAT—N-*. 2 red, 85c: No. 3, > 1 '2c.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, 4i i c{i42o; No. 3, 4lc; ear,
48c.
OATS—No. 2 mixed, 31 No. 2 white, 32 a
@33c.
RYE—No. 2. t!oc.
BARLEY —Spring, 53'?.55c.; all, fkSbt72c.
PORK.—Family, regular, $12.25,'$
12.50.
BACON—Shoulders, .V^:d 8 o; short clear sides,
7}.-*({£7 :, -yC. Lal’d—Kettle, -• 4 ><'• ■'*>'
CHEESE-Prime to choice Ohio, 10 rj) 11c; Nev
York, 12'* #l3' a c; Northwestern, 7 g).*c.
POULTRY—Fair chickens. s2.oo<y2.r>o; prime,
$2.75uV8.25: ducks, SB.OO \i. >0; geese, sß.oogrid'
per dozy live turkeys. 7 'c; dressed, KXjdO ,c
\ per lb.
j lIAY —No. 1 timothy, $11.50 00; No. 2,
@11.00; mixed, s\7>u «*lo.iM; wmat and rye stray,
$<;.00@7.00; oats straw, $.'.00 cmm.
Nkw York, Jau. 15.—WHEaI’—No. 1 white,
06c; No. 2 red, Jan., Feb., U2@‘J3' je.
CORN—Mixed western, 50u*54 4 c; futures, 50 K
68c. Oats—Western, 86@4 lc.
New Orleans, Jan. 15.—SUGAR—Refining, com
mon, 3t«>3c; inferior, 2* %c; choice white,
4'vjc; off white, *a.b 4 c; choice yellow
MOLASSES -Good fair, 26 4»20c; prime, lit) »■> -c,
choice, 440; centrifugal, prime,--’ lSg*2sc: fair lt»c.
| Detroit, Jail. 15- WHEAT—No. 1 white, 90^o;
1 No. 3 red, 77c; Michigan soft red, 90c.
Toledo, Jan. 15.—WHEAT—No. 2, bl' No. 2
soft, jC.
Live Stock.
Cincinnati, Jan, 15.—CATTLE—Good to choice
butchers’, $4 »4.H5; fair. $4.25 <*; < > ion, s2@ :
2.75; stockers and feeders, s3.7.>a4.rrc i arlings and
calves, $2.59,0,3.50.
HOGS—Selected butchers, ri fair to
good packing, $1.30 00; fair 1 >1 light, $4.10
@4.40; common, $3.50@4.10; culls. -.2 > .4,.275.
SHEEP—Common to fair. to; good to j
choice, $8.75@4.25; weathers, I. to 4*5. Lambs, j
common, $3g*3.70; good, $4,a4. >.
Chicago, Jan. 15.—HOGS—Fair to good,
4.45; mixed packing, $4.25 u. 15: choice heavy,
$4.45@4.70.
CATHlE—Exports, stf.oo*>t.Kj; good to choice
shipping, $5.4)«‘4.25; common 10 fair, $L25@WK*i
■toexers and leaders, $386.^.50.
NO. 228
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CELEBRATED ** l| V
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H teHer** L' oirsrb Blusrs <■ tv« trtlols foi
♦' '• 1 1 -• i ul -;t t Itoi *n» r • e».
*e* t tb • y>■ < lsf-*vb the mlud. It sr«bi*s
I f f\ht ru t throw 'ff the c*t»9iU'iDc «*ll
'm d t u sivt-s T- n- wf-d vuor to th*
1 n»ls ol G'v-'ttlcn sronie*-tho tlv a r vh«n I*.
*ctne re »w* heJuLd spue tie *nl ei cour
a loMtfdu: rep *#. Is ingredient a are
and i=» c-enentl.l’ wMoh con,l tin ih# h«rty
a.* re mi nt of pr* n* of tt.ry o i.» of io«i.
sty. tr, mn.t ooi-ylnol u
For **'p by all P n gt.ta »nd De»’,rn
•n>- r»i I v
«!<(*! Hl.tftll Ml.hnlll
Ci\.r<- nurr- for Blind, KletKlltiff *pd Itch*
; a I’Uhs One box b»e cured the norat
> .<•* ot 20 yem h' etanriinir. No or.e need
-<<IT 1 Uvr- mlfjutee after ut-lux Wlltiam’*
'ulhtii E’dr* Ointment. It aber rbe tumors,
dl-.-ye Kchli'ir, »cte ap poultice, glres !d
--iHfd rotlei. Prepared only lor Plica.
' ’!'*• or the private parts, nothlimr o|r«.
Hoi . -J. M. Coffoi bury, •>» O veland, eaye:
1 i(»v<* used eccree ot Pile ouree, and it
ffotclr me pleasure to »ay that! have
-ver loi.nd Bv.ytbinK which trlvee suoh
■»ns dtate M-ri j erm. neut r.-ilet aa Dr.
WliUam’s Indl n Piln Ointment." Bold bjr
' U,'Blst6 aod mailed on receipt ot prim,
*l. Foi sale by Brann-p <fc Carson, B.
Carter, John P. Puruer and Geo. A. Brad
ord. Columbus, <Ja.
Or. FrailF*ot Bitter
Frazier's Boot Bitters are not a dram
hop beverape, but are strictly medicinal
0 ‘ very sense. They act strongly upon
' Liver and Kidneys, ke.p ite bowel*
pen aud regular, make tt»e weak strongf,
:'t the lurirs, build up the nerves, and
b Mist the Flood and system ot every lni»
urliy. Bold by druKtnets. tt.oo.
For sale by Brannon A Carson and 2no.
I urtier, Ooi umbus, Oa.
I>r Fruiter’s Mattie Olntmeat,
a sure cute tor Little (Truss In theSkln.
He’urb b’klß, etc. It will remove tbat
oiiehtiess ircm the hands and lace and
make you beautiful. Price 50c. Sent by
'an.;:. For sale I y Binotion 4 Carson and
John P. Turner. Columbus, Ga,
5? r,. Us vrultoo’l Period Ira) Tea.
tti thei Wallop has prescribed ttlsval
‘ blecicdicclre tor a arest rnanv years
her private practice. 1! has proved as
nfalline specific in the treatment of th*
:‘iiv dieofdere to which the female con*
d tut lon Is subject. Jt Is a sure cure for
he monthly troubles that so many women
•:f?er. Walled on receipt ot price, 50c.
For s ale by Brar ncr 4 Carson aLd Jn*
P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
.■laratcca Bi*rh Bock Sprlna Water for
"le h” "I! drpfra'tsts. mhS9ecrt&w
It. E. < llldtiS,
Physician ad Surgeon,
OFFICE*
I. H. EVA & CO. H Drug Store.
Kent Or nee, Jar knot; Bf., East Court Hou§* ,
JviP ly
W. A.TICNER. Jr.
Attorney At l aw.
JIFICE IN UAKKAKD BUILDING
COIUJ'PP'r, - - * GEORGIA
MaLF AND F c fME AG/-DEKY.
CUSSET* , OEOKGIA.
The we k t j bis School will begin again
JANUAKV 5. J885(fl>:. Monday)
tuition $1 50, S 2 50 and 53.50,
kecordliifr to Kinds. Board never tnor*
Than 88. For Month.
MUSIC SS«S. FEB UIONTH,
LOfAilo.N nkAI.TH.-CI.
W.E. MUKFBEY,
janlwlt-smlwS Principal.
OR. JOHN NORWOOD.
OFFICE AT
GfiEEDIOVt & JOHNSON’S Drug Stori,
Randolph btreet.
Besideuce with E. L. WOOD BUFF,
rawierd, between Troup and Forsyth Hires!
•ep3o-8 m
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners.
1 wlllKurcieh or beard the Cars at Flora,
Alabama, a very
Eich Marl
AT f IX 1 OLA AH 8 PI It 1 OX
OA SEE l
And a Very Low Bate of Freight
Is offend by the Al. bile A Glratd B.Et
-ißv analysts ot the Slate Geologist thl*
41AKL certains hum 5 to 8 per cent, of
I’huspdtite with uth- r ertlliilnt; qualities.
For c mpoetlt gr ;rd bioadcaeitrfi for
Kretr tt Ids, orcnaids and lawns It will b«
found
A Valuable Stimulator.
Xnle le not a Uuano, but a KIOH MAUL
Any c rdrre forwmded to
K. J. OUR, Agent, Flora, Alt,,
Mobile A Girard Kailroad, wl'l meet with
oretnp' attention. dec’l-tf
NOTICE I
C'NFOROU MEROOGRP roCNTY.-I Jtrofc
I Brods, bu«b«nd of Babs Brod*, cl b»l4
« gui t' pud Bt»te. beret y s've Dctk* to tb*
put roof nj coi s»*Dt tbu my u'd wif*, > os*
Pro 8 pb» »end bfcone from srd after tbt*
ds’e a public or fre-=* txider with »1) cf th*
right* »/>d jrivUeßp# und«r the Mtst- ts In *uoh
nirde wd provided. IAOGB BKODA.
i January 9, Mt.