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VOL. X.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
CURIOUS ITEMS FROM THE REPORT
OF THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE.
Cincinnati'!* Reputation in the East—Nc
Probability of an Extra Session—Fen-
• at on and Indian Lease Investiga
tion —A Bill Against Aliens.
Washington, Jan. 21—The report of Mr.
<ohn B. Clark, clerk of the house on the
expenditure* of that body from December 4,
1683, to June 30, 1884, contains the amounte
paid to employee* of the house, including
cmmben, and a Hat of all expenses of every
kind. Certain item* of a miscellaneous char
acter are here given as specimens:
On January 28, 1884, eleven opera glame*
*nd half a dozen opera glam bags were pur
•hased at a co*t of 1148.80. On the same day
M one opera glass, 1,777-15 inch, No. 2, and
t»ag, delivered to Gov. Dawes (J. Laird),
$lB 20,” is recorded a* having been purchased.
Mr Dawe* is governor of Nebraska. Mr.
Laird is representative from that state.
Singly and by two* opera glasses war*
bought from time to time.
Member* of congreas took a fancy to val
entine* in quantities, and they were paid for
out of the contingent fund
It is Interesting to know that “one in
fant's set" was bought to supply a pressing
want in legislation, to which were added
•‘four manicure wta.”
Various sort* of books were bought. Ono
member felt the need of “Biblical Sights,”
and made the treasury supply him. Another
member got fifty-one volumes of Longfellow's
works bound, at a coet to the treasury of
$22. 50 One member manifested his devotional
•pirit by getting, at the cost of the country,
•‘I prayer and hymnal”
Plenty of such items are scattered thr< i-.-'j
the report. Os Webster's dictionary do is
are in the list A good many wanted and got
expensive editions of Bancroft's history. The
•‘Bread Winners” was also iu demand and the
treasury had to stand the cost. “Poetical
Quotations” were called for and supplied.
The demand for works on political economy
was great, and was always met by drawing
on the Treasury. Mr Buchanan’s life was
called for occasionally. One item reads: “One
trunk and bag for member, $28.” Another:
“One trunk and two trunk straps for mem
ber, 5.50." Another still: “Ono trunk and
cover for member, sl7. *• Under date of June
1884, a “member” got three “manicure
cases," one “toilet case,” one “merchandise,"
and one “hair brush,” all costing $50.95.
Cincinnati and her officers are getting *
nice reputation in this part of the country. A
long dispatch in the Baltimore A meric/ n
says a large number of suicides have occurred
there of late, the result of the gambling
mania. It adds that the facilities for gem
bling in Cincinnati never were greater. Ou
the highways most resorted one can not get
away from gambling houses Several
if them run faro, keno and poker
on separate rooms. Probably thirty
poker games pure and simple, in which high
stakes are played, flourish near the center of
the city. Some of these have gorgeously
furnished rooms. Borne play without limit,
and Kin • with limit ranging from $5 to SSO.
Another class consist* of a poker room as a
department of a great gambling house/ in
which faro and keno are also played An
other, and by far the mo*t numerous class,
ar* little poker caaino* back of liquor saloons.
This mania for gambling at cards seems to
Increase as facilities for grain and stock
gambling diminish Poker takes in men with
pockets full of cash. Faro fleeces those who
have smaller purse*, and keno takes low-paid
workingmen’s wage*.
Regarding the talk about the possibility of
an extra session of congress, Speaker Carlisle
says that there was no probability of an extra
session in the indication* of the present.
There was no danger of any failure of the
appropriation bills. The senate has agreed
that no general legislation shall go into the
appropriation bills, and this settles all contro
versy over the steel cruisers. Much of the
talk of an extra session has come from those
Interested in the pending treaties. They see
that ther* is absolutely no chance for their
ratification at this session, and they would
like an extra session so that the house could,
without delay, make arrangements for the
tarrying out of the treaties should they be
ratified.
Representative* of the railway postal
clerks wore before the house committee on
appropriations, asking that provision be
made in the poatoflice bill to give them
*;>eciflc salaries instead of the irregular sal
aries they now receive. The committee will
consider the subject in preparing their re
tort on the bill and which will be sent to the
bouse probably on Thursday.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joslyn
was before the Louse committee on pensions,
bounty and back pay again, and was ex
amined in regard to the practice of pension
attorneys An effort wai made to prove by
Mr. Joslyn that the practice of attorneys be
s >re the interior department were in contra
vention of the law* Mr. Joslyn said that in
a multiplicity of cases coming before the de
partment it would be impossible to enact laws
to govern them all spetifically.
At a meeting of the house committee on
naval affairs a resolution directing an inves
tigation into the cause* leading to the death
ot Cadet Strung at the Annapolis naval
academy was reconsidered and adopted.
In the investigation by the senate commit
tee on Indian affairs Thomas E. Berry, a cat
tle man, holding lease of the Sac and Fox
lands, testified that money was used freely in
o’< tainlng leases of Indian lands. He stated
that a special Indian agent named
T wnsend aided by the local agent and some
©tiers, tried to obtain a lease from Baes and
F xes. but that he interfered and prevented
it. Mr. Berry stated that it cost the com
peny $50,000 to negotiate leases for the Cher
okee strip live stock company. The testi
m ,ny seemed to give the investigation a new
impetus.
Senate.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Mr. Manderson,
fr< m the committee on printing, reported to
th-, senate a joint resolution providing for
printing a descriptive catalogue of the gov
ernment publications, which was by unani
mous consent taken up and passed.
Mr. Bayard offered a bill to provide for the
far, roved system of signal and side lights for
Vt -*•!• under vzay, which was referred to the
committee on commerce.
House.
Mr. Oates (A la,), from the committee on
public land*, reported a bill in the house to
prevent aliens and foreigners from acquiring
titl j to or holding lands in the United Btatea
Mr. Kilis (La.) moved to go into committee
©f he whole on the Indian appropriation
bill This was resisted by Mr. VV illis (Ky.),
wh i desired the consideration of the educa
tion bill. The house, however, decided tc
consider the appropriation bill.
Expiated Hi* Crime.
G st.way, Ireland, Jan. 21.—Thomas Parvy
ha* suffered the extreme penalty of the law
in the jail yard hare, for the murder of Misi
Ah e Burna, his sweetheart. The prise nei
me his fate with coolness, expressing no z>
gret for what he has done.
itain B I ®mwo.
ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFE.
Nellie Bailey Accused of Killing Her Para*
niour for His Money.
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 21.—The trial of Nel
lie C. Bailey, charged with the murder of
Clement Bothemly in the Indian territory on
October 13, 1883, is now progressing here in
the United States court. The evidence is
strongly against her. The trial is the sensa
tion of this part of the country, owing to the
wealth of the murdered man, the beauty of
the defendant, and the cold-blooded nature of
the crime.
Nellie Bailey is a brunette, about twenty
two years old, and, though showing the evi
dence of her troubles, is a beautiful woman.
She is well educated, and comes of a family
that was highly respected in New York, the
home of her girlhood, and New Jersey, the
state of her birth. She was the wife of a
baker in Sedgwick City, Kan., who died un
der mysterious circumstance* while traveling
with her in the northwest.
Clement Bothemly wa* a wealthy English
man and ft memtier of the British association
He first met Mrs. Bailey in St Louis, became
infatuated with her, and they lived together
as man and wife. He was several years her
senior, and she appears to have continued the
relations existing between them for the pur
pose only of getting his money
The fa ts brought out ftt the pre'frnfnary
hearing were that she arranged with him to
go to Texas and start a sheep ranch. Before
they left, however, she induced him to deed
•> her property in Kansas valued at $20,000.
About October I, 1883, Bothemly and the
woman started for Texas with 2, XX) sheep
and two teams, accompanied by William
Hodson, a man who had been hired by Both
emly to help drive The evidence showed
that on October 7, while they were travelling
through the Indian territory, the woman
shot Bothemly and buried his body at Skele
ton ranch. She then took possession of his
trunk, containing jewelry and diamonds
valued at S7,(HMi, ami also his out.ilt, consist
ing of sheep and stock worth IL'.OIX), and,
accompanied byHodspn, resumed the j >urney
toward Texas She was arrested by Unitel
States Marshal Hollister several miles from
the place of the murder The body was ex
burned and reburied at Newton, Kan.
TROUBLE AT THE ISTHMUS.
The Man of War Alliance Prepared to
Protect American Interest* and Property.
Washington, Jan. 21. Commander
(.’lark, of the Alliance, ha* telegraphed I Sec
rotary Chandler from Panama as follows
“A revolution is in progress, snd the presi
dent of Panama announces his inability to
protect the property of the Parama railroad
company. At the request of the authorities
I shall land a force as toon as pos
sible to protect American property ic
Aspinwall. I will keep you informed of the
state of affairs. I have put he Alliance
alongside the dock to assist in case of a dem
onstration. Please give me sw h instructions
as you think proper. The United States min
ister at Bog- ta cannot be communicated
with, as the wires are cut and Bogata is in g
state of siege ’’
Secretary Chandler replied as follow*;
“Your action is approved. Act discretly in
the interests of humanity and for the protec
tion of American citizens and property.
Avoid taking sides iu any political or military
controversy.”
To which Commander Clark replied:
“Trouble over; force withdrawn.”
An Oil Well In Elmira.
Elmira, N. Y., Jan. 21. —The finding of
imtroleum in Elmira has created no little ex
citement, and many people believe that a
booming oil field will be opened here at once
The prog|»e<-t8 are based on the fact that
quantities of the crude oil have been pumped
from a driven well on premises belonging to
Miner Alexander, at No. lU3 Partridge street.
For some time the well bad been condemned
on account of a strong taste and smell of oil,
but the occupants of the house paid little at
tention to it. Yesterday the well was
driven deeper to get rid of the annoy
ance, but a greater volume of oil came up,
showing the unmistakable presen-e of petro
leum. Many persons visited the place, some
of them experts from the old oil fields, and
all pronounced the indications good for a
rich deposit of the oleaginous fluid. Since
the new* of the discovery has been circu
lated, land can not be bought at five times
the value of two days ago. There is consid
erable talk of leasing land and forming com
panies to develop the territory. That there
is oil here there is no doubt, but whether in
sufficient volume to make a boom will be de
termined in the near future.
Winslow, Lanier & Co. Sound.
Cincinnati, Jan. 21.—A rumor was in cir
culation on Monday by interested parties that
the New York banking house of Winslow,
Lanier & Co. had failed. The following dis
patch received by the president of the First
National bank of city on the subject, is clear
and explicit:
“New York, January 19, 1885.
“L. B narrison, President:
“The reports you mention are invented and
circulated like those of last summer, for stock
jobi)ing purposes only and without the slightest
fo'undatfon in fact. We have no interest of any
kind in the stock market. Have not m< t with any
losses or suffered in any way during the past year
except in common with others, by moderate
shrinkage of the best investment securities.
Nothing has occurred at all to impair the wealth
and abundant responsibility of our firm, aqd we j
will be obliged if you make this as public as the
statement to which you refer.
“Winslow, Lanier & Co.”
A Xenia Policeman Shot.
Xenia, 0., Jan. 21. —Policeman Sol Harner
was dangerouily and perhaps fatally
wounded while on duty in the east end of the
city when an unknown colored man fired at
at him, the bad striking him in the a Wo
men, and in the most vital point. The man
who di i the shooting was accompanied by
several other colored men, an i they all ran
after the shot was fired. Harner was en
gaged part of the time as a detects ve, and
had made many enemies among the crim
inal class.
The Child Bride Wept.
Gainesville, Ga , Jan. 41. -Nicholas Van
Horne, a well-to-do farmer and wi lower, of
Habenaham, the father of two children, and
over thirty yearn of age, was marred to Miss
Ivry A. Child, of twelve, on Monday Daring
the ceremony the child began to sob and the
man jetted her on the head in a fatherly
manner and wiped away her tears with a big
bandanna.
Not Yet Out of Danger.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 21.—The Misses
Burn*, 'he young ladies who were poi-oued by
using drinking water out of a barrel at their
home, at St. Albans, Saturday, are reported
better, but not yet out of danger. It is
thought that the water was poisoned by rats,
as arsenic had been used for destroying the
rodents.
Honoring Carl Schurz.
Ralb'GH, N. C., Jan. 21.—Carl Schurz has
left for Wilmington. While here he was in
vited to a seat on the floor of the senate.
Many courtesies were shown him by the gov
ernor, state officers and citizens. In the even
ing he lecturwi and was afterward tendered
a reception vhich was largely attended.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 23. 1885.
AMERICANS SHUT OUT.
ACTION IN EUROPE AGAINST UNITED
STATES PRODUCTS-
A Coalition Proposed to Close the Euro
pean Market to American Agricul
tural Product*—A Bait for the
Old Worlil’a Peasantry—
Vienna, Jan. 21—In the agitation nowbe.
Ing on ried on among the agrarian party of
Austria-Hungary the final end and object of
the movement that ha* gained snch headway
on the continent are becoming more and mor*
apparent. The agitiou has for It* end noth
ing less than the absolute shutting out of
American brea Istuffs from Europe, or aljlwast
from Germany, Austria and Russia Th*
protective duty simply which Germany pro
poses to adopt and which Austria-Hungary is
determined to introduce suffice* no longer.
The land owners want to be freed from all
competition and unhindered by the laws gov
erning the markets of the wor. 1 to regulate
the price of grain to sub themselves.
This is to bring about <he salvation
of agricultural interests. It is not sur
prising that here such pretensions should
arise, for the population is completely in
fected by reactionary idea* ana by the con
fusing and mb lead mg programmes of the
socialists, the anti-semitics, and the older
med he val spirit of the guilts of sunftaaeeen.
And the government itself, consisting of a
conservative aristocratic party, ha* now two
looksidesen or tempting baits for the peasant
—relief from his present burdens and incum
brances by the state and the shutting off of
American competition. Everything is possi
ble in a land where the lark of capital is the
cause of the present crisis, where, in spite
of this, a i•ainprign i* opened against mo
bile capital; in a state where the indus
tries have so sunken; in a state where
the great man’; .1- taring industries are op-,
posed in order to favor the petty crafts; in
a state where the dynamite of the Anarchists
makes itself felt every week, in which the
highest aristocracy mingles and communes
with the Anarchist leaders—there everything
is possible For this reason 1 signalize the
main points of this newest agitation, which
originated in the circles that now govern
A ustr ia- H u nga ry:
“Il is announced,” says the Weiner Tng
blatt, “that a very strange idea has suddenly
sprung up and which should bo mentioned as
characteristic of the present time. The propo
sition is made iu all seriousness that in order
to meet the question of American competition
we shall take refuge in an European coalition
which shall, without any restriction what
ever, close the European market to American
agrn ultural products. In support of this
proposition it is remarked that America re
joices in extraordinary advantages: itnmeas
uroable tracts of ground whose produc
tiveness is not yet exhausted, and which
lie ready for the use of agriculture-
Arnerica has no standing army. The
stab) takes away no labor from the land,
the ground iu America is not burdened with
gi levous taxation, fjr the state get* its in
come principally from its tariff. To l»e
taken into consideration also is the activity
of the American spirit, the agility of Arneri- j
can specu ition, and the cheapness of trans
portation must also be mentioned. In Amer- '
ica the state is thoroughly alive to furthering
the promotion of agricultural products The I
American farmer is not oppressed by those |
burden* which European centralization ha*
piled upon laudowners in European countries.
We cannot overcome this American compe
tition in any other way than by (dosing the
European market to Americans.”
To Open the Road to Berber.
Cairo, Jan. 21.—A force of 1,200 soldiers is
going to Suakirn, and is expected to be used
to open tiie road to Berber.
Cable Note*.
Lady Georgiana Fullerton, sister of Lcf d
Granville, is dead.
A dispatch from Sydney, New South Wa/ sa,
announces the death of the Right Rev. Dr.
Quinn,Roman Catholic Archbishop, Bathurst
UP THE SASKATCHEWAN VALLEY-
Making a Railroad in a Great Wheat Region
of the Northwest.
Chicago, Jan 21.—Messrs. R Gill, T. H.
Brydges, W. T. But hannan, and Thomas
Howard, officials of the Manitoba and North
western railroad, say their road is completed
to a [K»int 1-30 miles northwest of Winnipeg, 1
In the Saskatchewan valley. The valley wax
being rapidly settled with English and
Scotch immigrants, and its population would
be doubled next year. It had been found
that Highland cattie could take care of them
selves during the winter, and the result was a
large cattle business, which supplied the en
tire northwest region. Wheat raising was
the other in lustry < f the valley, which ex
tended for hundreds of miles to the north
west into a little known part of thecontinent.
The road was to be built to Prince Albert as
rapidly as the means would permit, and the
vul.ey will be the finest region in the nor„h- I
west territory. The road is not much
troubled with snow, as the snowfail is much |
ILhter than f urther south, owing to the Pa
cific winds.
A Woman Ask* to be Naturalized.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 21.—An interesting
quest) >n has been raised before Judge Tilden
in the probate court Mrs. Miller, of this
city, has appde ito the court by her attor
neys, Meyer & Joseph, for leave to take the
first steps in becoming naturalize 1. This is
the first ease known in this state or the
Unite! States where a woman has asked
through the courts to be naturalized Judge |
Tilden has consulted to allow her to make I
her declaration of intention to become a citi
zen, the fir-X s ep in the course of naturaliza
tion. The matter has raised some questions
among the legal fraternity as to the woman s
rig.it of naturalization. The subject evokes
a great deal of comment.
Buffalo’s Unbalanced Books.
Buffalo, Jan. 21.—Mayor Scoville has i
sent to t ie board of aidermen a report of the
exam.nation of the books in the comptroller's
and treasurer s departments. He said the
books of the departments had never been
balanced since 1854. The differences varied
from five cents up to thousands of dollars.
The report declares that this is probably the
first, attempt to make a trial balance of the
books in tne treasury department. The
comptroller and treasurer have adopted a
system of keeping the books so that they
will hereafter be kept in perfect accord.
Fled With HJs Share.
San Francisco, Jan. 21.—1 t is rumored
that John McLaughlin, of G. W. Tyler’e law
office, who obtained $25,000 from Gen.
Bar nes, senior counsel for ex-Senator Sharon
in bis divorce case, for a spurious agreement
has absconded with the money.
Missouri’* Senator.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 21.—The vote
for Um od States senator was as follows:
In the senate, Vest 25, Warner 7; in the
house, Vest 94, Warner 33, Ford 7. Both
houses will met t in joint session to conllra
Uxe election ct V e*k
AN ILLUSTRIOUS JAILBIRD.
A Chicken Thief Who says Ho is the Grand
| *on of the Poet Campbell.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 21.—Chief of
Police Meheu was surprised nt receiving from
Thomas (’ampbell, a prisoner nt the county
. jail charged with chicken stealing, a letter
wherein was set forth, iu unexceptionable
English, a story which exemplifies in a start
j ling manner the ups and downs of life. The
I writer asserts that he is ft grandson of Thomas
j Campbell, the Scotch poet, and detail* hi* life
and that of his family so minutely as to leave no
shadow of doubt of the truth of his story. ll*
says he was born near Edinburgh and was
r brought to America by his parents when he
# was but four years old, the family making
their home near Morgantown, this state. At
j, the outbreak of the war he enlisted ftnd
served four years, falling from the ranks of
the One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsyl
vania Volunteers at the Wilderness, with five
( bullets in his body. Recovering from his
wounds he went abroad to complete his edu-
I cation, and in 1870 graduated from the Uni
versity of Paris. Afterwards he took a medi
cal course at the Univk *sity of Berlin, and
the following year engaged in tho drug busi
ness in Zanesville, 0.
lie was ruined by th* floods of February
last and removed with tus family to Fayette
county, Pa. He then went to Pittsburg, nnd
finding his finances low secured ft flat-boat
( and embarked his family for Cincinnati, in
t tending to engage in the rag and junk busi
ness en route. At. each, stopping place Camp
bi’ll and wife pushed a dog-cart about the
( streets, gathering up rags, glass, etc. At
Marietta he fi ll in with a stranger who sug
gested the poultry bird n«'ss ns an auxiliary.
, This was agreed to, but in a day or two the
partner let a number of fowls escape, and to
avoid loss made up tho deficiency from n
neighboring farmyard. Campbell sold the
stolen poultry and was soon after arrested
and jai ed. His wife, who is with him, is
well known in Pittsb irg, her maiden name
having been Thompson. The case excites
• much interest here.
THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
i
The Disappearance of the #150.000 to be
the Subject of Legal 11> vest (gallon.
Cincinnati,Jun. 21. —On 'Change the prin
cipal topic of conversation is about the
S'SO,OUO of Southern railroad money. There
is a universal feeling that the matter should
br investigated by the courts, and one gen
i tieman has offered to suits riLe $l,0(X) to
pay the expenses of a lawsuit to recover the
money.
Mr. Brookfield, president of the Washing
ton Insuran/e Company, is of the Opinion
that not only the affair should be
investigated, but that the read should be
thoroughly gone over and the reason discov
ered why it is not a paying institution.
All tho leading men of the city are "inter
ested Some because t-hey are stockholder*
in the Southern, others because they have the
good of tho city at heart, and some from a
combination of both reasons. But there was
noljody who had many words of kindness for
those luout directly Oifneornwd in my«turi.
ous disappearance of the money.
The matter has been so thoroughly stirred
up that somethind decisive will bo done.
SHOT IN PRISON.
Desperate Attempt to Take the Lives of
Two Alleged Murderers.
I Memphis, Tenn., Jan 21.—A. M. Hammer,
aged fifty-three, keeping a small grocery
store four miles north of Colli--rville, Toun.,
was shot and killed by unknown parties.
Suspicion pointed to two negroes named
Jessie Jones, alios Jessie Janus, alias Jessis
Dupuy, and Pen Drumright. They were ar
rested and lodged in Hammer’* store for safe
keeping.
Monday morning at 3 o’clock some persons
broke open the store door and fired at the
prisoners. Drumright was struck by three
buckshot and Jones by nine, and both seri
ously wounded.
I They were afterward taken to Collierville,
lodged in jail, and given medical attention
Excitement runs high in Collierville. The
probabilities are that both will be lynched.
It has been proven that Penn Dumright did
the killing.
Oliver Bros. A Phillips’ Proposition.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 21.—Ata meeting of
creditors the following statement and propo
sition were presented by Oliver Bros. &
Phillips:
| “The liabilities amount to $1,508,338.93;
assets $2,319,352.42 of whieh in lulls payable,
$801,130.94 are held by creditor* outside the
city.”
The firm proposes to pay all claims against
them, not secured by mortgage or by
notes maturing, one-fifth annually on
February. Individual liabilities are subject
to the same conditions. At'tor listening to
the above a commitb >{ leading iron manu
facturers and bankers was appointed to con
sider the proposition arid an adjournment
was taken. It is generally believe Iby bahk
ers ami business men that the terms will be
accepted an 1 an ext nsion granted.
I Tiger Hunting in North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 21 .—Some men hunt
ing on Black river, in Great Swamp, Pendes
| county, near the South Carolina line, kille'l
■ a black tiger six so.-t lon ;. The animal died
hard, after killing two d -./s, and one of the
hunters had a narrow escape. Another tiger
of the same species and of equal size has
been killed in Sampson county. It had killed
a cow, several sheep ami a colt. It is be
lieved that these tiger* are those which es
caped from Robinson's circus near Ports
mouth, Va., last suunii'-r.
Prizes for Star Gazers.
Rochester, N. Y.. Jan. 21.—H. H. War
ner offt rs $290 in gold for the discovery of
any new comet or the comet of LBl5 this year.
He also offers s2’)o for the best essay of 3000
words on the cause of the recent red sunsets.
The competitions are open to N n th and South
• America, the West Indies, Great Britain and
: Australia.
Deserted and Dying.
Des Mo.nes, Jan. 21. Late on Monday a
woman whose husband has deserted ner was
found sick and almost frozen to death in her
bed in a tenement in East Des Moines. Her
ba be, born a week ago, was dead of cold.
The mother's recovery is doubtfui. She had
moved to the room only a few days before
her child was born.
A Father’s Accidental Shot.
Salt Lake, U. T., Jan. 21.—George Birch
aud hi* brother Robert had a match shooting
■ at a mark in Bennington, Bear Laae county,
Idaho, in which George was beaten. As he
went into the house his little girl said: “Pa
will beat uncle Robert next time.” The
father putin a cartridge, and drawing the
lever back the gun went off, the ball passing
through the little girl's head, killing her in
stantly.
Senator Evarts.
Albany, Jan. 21.—Hon. Win. M. Evarts
has been elected United States senator for the
term of six years from March 4, 1885, in
place of Lapham, whose term expires. All
the republicans voted for Mr. Evarts, the
(Umocrut* fxjr Mr. Edward Cooper.
I
PASSED TO HIS REWARD.
Death of Hon. Flamen Ball, the Old Law
Partner of Salmon P. Chase.
Cincinnati, Jan. 21.—The Hon. Flamen
Ball died at his home in Glendale. The mem
bers of the bar. tho old citizens of the state
and the public in general will bo pained to
hear of hi* death He was the law partner
of Salmon P. Chase, late chief justice of the
United States, and was himself one of the
prominent lawyers of Ohio and distinguished
men of the country.
Hon. Flamen Ball was born in New York
city, January 5, 1809, and was the only son of
Flamen Bail, an eminent lawyer of that place
and a lineal descendant of Allan Ball, who,
in 1543, wa* one of the founders and proprie
tors of the colony of New Haven. In 1832
Mr. Ball removed to Cincinnati with his wife
Evelina, youngest daughter of Capt. Samuel
Chandler.
Iu 1838, having ad?p sd hi* father's profes
sion. he formed a law partnership with the
Hon. Salmon P. Chase, who ultimately be
came chief justice of the United States. This
partnership continued for over twenty years,
during which time they acquired a national
reputation as attorneys of profound ability,
and the sterling qualities that go to make the
typical man.
On the accession of Abraham Lincoln to
the presidency, Mr. Chase was appointed dis
trict attorney for the southern district of
Ohio. Ou the passage of the bankruptcy law
in 1867, Mr. Chase, the chief justice, ap
pointed Mr. Ball register in bankruptcy,
which office he continued to hold until the
repeal of the law.
He was a forcible and eloquent advocate,
careful and attentive to the management of
the causes intrusted to him. He was greatly
esteemed for his social as well as professional
qualifications and for the support he gave to
works of a public character. In 1864 he lost
his first wife by death, and in 1873 he was
again married to Elizabeth 11. Parmlee, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
It is only a few years ago that the deceased
moved to Glendale.
Judge Ball voluntarily retired from the
practice of the law about six months ago,
and an old battered signs with the words,
“S. P. ('hose and F. Bail, Attorneys at Law,”
still hangs in the stairway at No. 8 East Third
street, and is the only memento that remains
of the once famous partnership.
THE EXPOSITION TROUBLES.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe’s Complaint to tho
United States Commissioners.
New Orleans, Jan. 21 —The United
States Commissioner to the exposition held
a secret meeting on Monday. Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, chief of the department for
women's work, presented a long communica
tion the substance of which was that of the
sum of $59,000 appropriated for her
department she had not been able
to get more than $3,900 from the
management and in consequence she
had been forced to curtail her original
designs for the exhibit, aud had been driven
to the necessity of paying her own expenses,
ineludnur board bills and railroad fnrnj. for
herself and her assistants. Her landlady was
threatening to distrain her goods and chattels
for board bills. Mrs. Howe asked tho com
missioners to interfere in her behalf. They
at once addressed a vigorous protest to
the management and demanded an ac
counting of Mrs. Howe’s appro[»riation.
It is believed the management is in
no position to meet tho demand, and that if
the commissioners make an unfavorable re
port to congress the result will be to throw
the exposition into the hands of a receiver or
other agent for the government. The threat
ened strike of the exposition workmen which
was to have occurred Monday was averted
by the payment of ten jxir cent, on account
of back wages and a promise of further pay
ments within a few days.
Phelan Will Recover.
New York, Jan. 21 —Capt. Phelan, who
wan stabbed eleven times with a txjwie knife
by Richard Short, was able to sit up in bed
in tho Chambers street hospital, and got
shaved by a burlier. To tho president of the
hospital society he said he was feeling first
rate, and believed he was surprising the
doctor*.
All Danger Past at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Jan. 2L—The danger of flood
is post. The water in both rivers is receding,
but navigation on the Allegheny river can
not be resumed because it is ice-gorged. The
channel is also full of ice, aud the thermome
ter is bugging the zero line. The railroads,
which have been groat sufferers by the wash
outs, are now in full operation.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latest Quotation* of tho Stock, Produce
and Cattle Markets.
New York, Jun. 20.—Money 2 per cent. Ex
change duh but firm. Goveimneuts firm.
Ait. ‘V Terre Haute. 2U Morris & Essex.... 118
Bui-. & QuincyHb>< Missouri Pacific.... 93%
Canada Pacific. ... 4U u N. Y.& Erie
C'aniula 30 N. Y. Central 80
Central Pacific . .. 32% North western
Chicago & Alton.. .131 Pacific Mail
(j., (J., C 1 31 Rock Island lOPjj
Dei. & Hudson t)B% bt. I’aui,73p g
Bel. Lack. W... 85/ 4 St. P. A. S. C 2.r. 2
Illinois CentroL 121> a do preferred. ...
Jersey Central.... 34 Texas Pacific... 12
Kansas Texas. 10 U. Pacific 49 zg
Laue oiiorc West, uni<m 67; a
Louisville & Nash. 24/< Nasm Uiiut 33
General.
Cincinnati, Jan. 20. —FLOUR—Fancy, $4(^4.45;
family. §3.uo</p3.90.
WHEAT- No. 2 red, 86c: No. 3,
CORNNo. 2 mixed, 42;N0. 3, 41\c; ear, 43c.
OATS- No. 2 mixed, 32 ac; No. 2 wiiiUj,34
(U,35c.
RYE—No. 2,07 c.
BARLEY Spring, 55@58c; fall, 65@08c.
PORK- Family, regular, $12.25f£
12.30.
BACON—Shoulders, 5% «, > 2 c; short clear sides,
CHEESE - ‘Time to chocc Omo, 10 Nev
York, 12 ; uC’* Northwesueru, i
POULTRY Fair ciucxeos, s2.i)o 3>2.50; prime,
ducks, $3.25; gec.MJ,
per doz.; live turkeys. 7; 2 :<j)-Sc; dressed,
per lb.
HAY—No. 1 timothy, $11.50 $12.00; No. 2, $10.50
(gffl.oo; mixed, $S.50s»10.00; wheat and rye straw,
oats straw, $7.00(<Q8.00.
Nkw York, Jan. 20.—WHEAT—No. 1 whlta,
95c; No. 2 red, Jan., Feb., 91 ‘. a 4>'J3Xc.
CORN -Mixed western, 30 .<4,53; lutures, 506$
62J4c. Oats—Western,
New Orleans, Jan. 20.—BUG AR— Refining, com
mon, 3>4'<oc; inferior, 8^3,/ 2 c; choice white,
&><c; off white, choice yellow,
MOLASSES—Good fair, 25 <£2sc; prune, 80
choice, 44c; centrifugal, prime, fair 18a
Detroit, Jan. 20. - WHEAT -No. 1 white, 89c;
No. 3 red, 77c; Michigan soft red, 88c.
Toledo, Jan. 20.—WHEAT—No. 2, bO/Xc, No. 2
•oft,
Live Stock.
Cincinnati, Jan, 20.—CA r rTLE—Good to choice
butchers’, sl.£>'£s; fair, $4.50^5.25; common, $2.cJ
2.75; Stockers and feeders, yearlings and
calves, $2.5U(4j>8.50.
HOGS—Selected butchers, $4.65®4.80; fair to
gtxxi packing, $4.4<Xg>4.65; fair to good light, $4.25
common, $3.60(3H.20; culls, $3(53.75.
SHEEP—Common to fair, $2.5-' T.JS; good to
choice, $3.50 M. 25; weathers, Laiubs,
common, good,
Chicago, Jan. 20.-HOGS Fair to good, $4.80(3
4.60; mixed packing, choice heavy,
s4.(Jo(ad-85-
CAI TLE—Exports, $6 'FLIO; good to choice
•hipping, $4.20«,5.90; common to fair, $4.3^5,■
iUKiKurs aud feeders, $3.4d>4.4U.
THE WHEAT PROSPECTS.
AN ECCLESIASTICAL STORM BREWING
IN CENRRAL NEW YORK.
Telegraphic Employes Insist on Being
HJPaid Dr. Buchanan Again Heard
From—About the Extinction of
the National Batiks,
Milwaukee, Jan. 21 —B. W. Talmadge of
this city has important information from the
principal winter wheat-growing states. Com
plaint seems to be general that the condition
of winter wheat is most unfavorable, and
the promise tor even a fair outcome is not
very flattering. Michigan, Illinois, Kansas,
j Missouri, and Kentucky report a large de
• crease in acreage, and, owing to severity of
tho winter, the damage has been very great.
In many counties the wheat is wholly frozen
out. Mr. Talmadge has made an average of
the shortage in acreage as compared with
last, year, and it shows th<| shortage to be
fully twenty per cent. Sta iistical agents in
i the spring wheat states say there will prob
! ably be a largo falling off in the area sown to
1 wheat next spring. This applies ('specially to
i lowii, Minnesota, anti l)akc:a. The farmers
say that wheat raising has i ot been profitable
for two years, anti they wil give more atten
tion to raising flax anti oth ?r products.
An Ecclesiastical Sterna Brewing.
Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 21 -Rev. Dr.
O’Sullivan, of St. Joseph’s church, at Camil
lus, one of tho best known and ablest priests
in the diocese of Albany, l as boon silenced by
the bishop. Tho trouble grew out of the
i sence in his house of Mrs. Ellen Dolhnor,
Ok this city, whose husband is suing for di
vorce. Dr. O’Sullivan says he gave the wo
man a homo because she was a convert of his
and because she said her husband ha<l neg
lected and treated her badly. The woman
insists that his story is true. She has sued
five members of Dr. O'Sullivan’s church for
slander, placing damages at $5,900 in each
case. Out of the eight priests iu Syracuse six
i are in sympathy with Dr. O’Sullivan and the
' others are reported against him. It is likely
that Dr. O'Sullivan will appeal his case to
Cardinal McCloskey. Facts which he refuses
to give the public now will bo brought out
soon and it is said iu ecclestical circles that a
storm is brewing.
Saved Nine Years by His I’lea.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 21.—Miles Ogle, the
professional counterfeiter, appeared in tho
United States court room and was allowed to
plead guilty. Ogle having confessed his
crime and the whereabouts of his stock of
counterfeit money, presses, plates, etc.,
which are now in the hands of the authorities,
the court sentenced him to six years’ confine
ment in the United States prison at Chester,
111., and to pay a fine of $25 and coete. Had
Ogle pleaded not guilty and stood his trial he
would have received a sentence of about fif
teen years.
’l'eiegraph Operators’ Pay.
New York, Jan. 21.—The employes of the
Bankers and Merchants’ Telegraph Company
sent the following memorial to Messrs. Smith
& Newcomb, the receivers of tho company:
“We, the employes of this company earn
estly protest against receiving our salaries on
the installment plan which has been in vogue
for some months past. Money is still duo us
for tho months of December an 1 January and
tho majority of us have incurred debts for
tho necessaries of life which mast bo met at
once. Recognizing the fact that the law
gives remuneration for labor performed
preference over all other debts, we insist that
you devise* means for settling with us in full
up to January 16 on Tuesday January 20.”
Tliis was signed by all the employe# of the
company.
“Dr.” Buchanan Again.
Philadelphia, Jan. 21.—John Buchanan,
who flourished a few years ago as the head of
an alleged medical college in this city, and
who was convicted of fraud, will probably
be arrested on warrants sworn out against
him charging him with swindling, forgery
and other crimes. His occupation was dis
covered through statements maejp by his
wife, who a short time ago made application
for divorce, on ground of desertion. It is
asserted that a confession has been obtained
from one of the Buchanan * confederates in
which a number of hein jus crimes are
charged to him, and the list of persons to
whom bogus diplomas have been sold is
given. Frieii'ls of Mrs. Buchanan assert
that the evidence now being taken before the
examiner will lie sufficient to convict the
bogus doctor of a number of the crime*
with which he is charged.”
Extinction of National Bank*.
New York, Jan. 21. —The Sun says edi
torially: “From the lamentations uttered in
various quarters over the impending extinc
tion of the national banks one would think
that these institutioiis were of vital necessity
to the country. Senators, representatives,
newspaper editors and merchants vie with
one another in depicting the disasters that
will occur when banking ceases to be carried
on under the laws of tho United States, and
they advocate the most crazy measures for
averting the supposed calamity. Tho truth
is that, whereas the national banks were
originally created to make purchasers for
government bonds, it is now proposed to
create bonds for the purpose of making
national banks. The thing is preposterous,
and congressmen and others who advocate it
commit a serious blunder. The country is no
longer in need of the national banks, and
will witness their departure without a pang.”
CONDENSED NEWS.
Stillwater, Minn., street railroad asks for a
receiver
Diseased sausage killed Libby Robinson at
Philadelphia.
The fine stallion, Gen. Greene, valued at
$15,909 is dead.
Signal service has organized a balloon corps
for observations.
Indiana legislature has made a law prohib
iting Sunday base boll.
Ten thousand Wilkesbarre, Pa., miner* ac
cept a cut of ten per cent.
Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, will be
made a cardinal in May.
The pines will be cut off the site of Ander
sonvilie prison so that it may be seen.
The total loss by fire at the Bay State
sugar refinery, Boston, is estimated at $335,
000.
The president has nominated Carroll D.
Wright, of Boston, as commissioner of labor
statistics.
The death of Roven Revell at Louisville
Friday morning last was an accident and not
murder.
Seventeen bodies have been recovered
from the ruins of the insane hospital at Kan
kakee, 111.
Dr. Buchanan, of unsavory Philadelphia
diploma factory repute, is at his old tricki
again.
Cashier Meech and Assistant Cashier Webb,
of the Merchants’ bank, of Norwich, Conn.,
were arrested by United States Marshal Kin
ney, for embezzling from tiMi bank's funds.
NO. 232
F.
HofdetGr’ff 8low« l Bitter* i* the artiole for
' on, 't hi In ulttes t < fn» Irg eiitir.- es.
ale-t! e bocy *»• i beers tbe ifilnd. It en*nl*s
;|eajnwmt‘ throw <ff the det»LtM*inff efl- et*
of uudi e fißgu-, i/ive* r»ne*ed vu<>r to ths
< na soil gettion, krouae* the liv-r when in«
aiHhe re’* wa *h*j*d»d »pi eti'e an! ei cour
au» sin klthm: iep >ee. Uh ingredient« are Btfa,
nnd it* c erieotiat which ooi.el-1 in the hearty
end' reement of rnout. ol every© ot suOt«
eiy, sre meet oobvixiri w.
For "aie by wit Lrn.w’Hta and D'a’era
eenerallv, -
* 1K»I FlGEbtl j
Sure cure tor bin d, Hieetilug and Iteh-
Pllee. Onebi xiiHi- i urt'ii the wornt
ii en <>i yenri. Htiindlw. No one need
auHei ilvi-rulmiteß attcc Uetmr WllilHtn’B
Indian PileOlnlaient. It abeorbe tumors,
inlays itohitiK, ac(e as poultice, gtree In-
HtHlii teller. Prepared only for Piles,
itching >1 the private paitn, nothing ilea,
'icn. J. M.Coffin.bury,ot Cleveland,says;
“1 have uaed feccres ol Pile curte, and It
affords me pleasure to eay that 1 have
never loimd anything which gives etich
mi mediate Bud permanent relief as Dr.
William’s Indian Pile Olntna nt." bold by
orugglsts aud mulled on rerelpt ot pries,
fl. lot rale by Brann n & Carson, K.
(tarter, John P. Turner and Geo. A. Brad
ford, Columbus. Ga.
Ur. Frasier’* Bsot Bitter
Frazier's Boot Bitters are not a dram
hup beverage, hut are strictly medicinal
o t very ser>ei‘. They act strongly upon
the Civet and Kidneys, keep the bowels
op< ft and regular, wake the weak strong,
tn ui the Igpga, build up the nerves, and
■lt aiiee the blood and system of every Im
purity. bold by druggists. Jl.oo.
For sale by Brannon &. Garson and Jno.
P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Frailer’* Magic (Hutment
A sme cute lor Lune Ctrut e th thebkln.
Rough Skin, etc. it will remove that
rounbusee from the but.de and face and
fhuL- youberiuttfui. Price Sue. bent by
mail. For sale bv Brannop A Careen and
John P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Mr*. Dr Wiitoi’. Periodical Tea.
Mi'tnbr Waltot has preecrlbeo this val
uable medicetiie tor a great many years
het private practice. It has proved an
ontatling speetfie In the treatment ottse
many aieordere to which the temale con
stitution Is subject. It In a sure cure tor
’ho monthly troubles t.hateoraany women
differ. Mailed on receipt ot price. Wk.
For s ale by Brsnnon &. Carson und Jno
P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Saratoga High Kock (Spring Water for
tele bv all druggists. mbTOenOA-w
MriOHNjiORWOOD.
omens at
BREEDLOVE & JuHl'iiOii’S Drug Store,
Bandt Iph btreet.
Ke idenee with H. L. WOODBUFF,
r»wl rd, he*wren 1 reap »ad For«j th Street
k k * BIGGS,
Phyucian and
OFFICK:
T. H. EVANS & CO. B Drug Store.
Besldeuce, Ja< k*ou 8-. East Co art Hmiie .
Jsnß iy
W. A.TIGNER. Ji.
Attorney At I aw.
O*FICE IN GARRARD BUILDING
CO’ UIWBU 5 ?. -- - GEORGIA
Male AliD FEMaLE AGADEML
CUSSETA, UEOROIA.
Tin- w.i k of this Hettool will begin again
JANUARY 5. 1885(flrst Monday).
3 union $1 SO, »2 SO and S3.SO,
According to grad . Board nev r more
Than B*. Per month.
JJUSIC Sil- PER MONTU,
LOLAIIuN Hh.AI.TH. DI,
W. E. MURPHEY,
Isnlwlt-smlwß Prfr e pal.
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners.
0
1 will furnish or board the Cars at Hera,
Alabama, a very
Rich Marl
AT IX UOL.L.A it* PKit TO.V
czifsia: i
And a Very Low Bate of Freight
Is offered by the Mi bile 4 Glraid B. K
By unaljsleof tbs State Geologist this
MARL contains from 6 to 8 per eent. ot
Phosphate with oth' r fertilizing qualities.
For eomposth g and broadcsstlng for
grain Helds, orchards and lawns it will be
found
A Valuable Stimulator.
Tnls Is not a Guano, but a RICH MARL
Any c rders forwatded to
R. J. OHB, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile A Girard B Ulrond, will meet with
prompt attention. decil-tf
Great Bargain*
At Phillips'New Shoe Store, 46 Broad et.,
Oolumbue, Gs, Stock all nt w, Hoe and
hepp. rtrYsftwrf
NOTICE I
Cl FORGIV MFROOGIfF COUNTY I J*cob
I bn’band of R's»» Brod*. (I >*!d
< OU Pty HDd Sfrte, beret y a've rrtW to tbs
pubbe of icy coi *ent th»iroyi»'d wife, ’ obb
Bro 's, Fbs’i t e Bi d broonhe bom after this
date* * public or fre* trader, w’th »ff rs the
right* and rr’vllegeg undtr the Mb* ♦«» tn each
**•88 made and provided. JACOB BROD A.
January 9, 1886. i