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VOL. X.
LADIES LAY SEIGE
TO CONGRESS IN BEHALF OF AMERI
CAN SILK PRODUCTS,
They Present Both Houses With Ameri
can Fings, Made of American Silk by
American Women—The Grant
Retirement BUI —Notes.
Jafi. 24. The bill to retire
Gen. Grant, which has passed the senate,
■till hangs flr« in the house, but is being care
fully and judiciously worked by the general’s
ardent friends. In this connection Senator
Maxey, of Texas, makes public the following
letter received by him from Hon. Janies
Hpeed, of Kentucky, who was attorney
general under Presidents Lincoln and John
son:
“Louisville, Ky., Jan. 15. 1885.
•‘Senator Maxey, Washington, D. C:
“Dear Sir: I feel constrained to address
you this letter, expressive of rny thanks for
your position and remarks in the senate upon
the bill to place Gen. Grant on the retired
list of the army. I was particularly struck
with your forcible presentation of the fact
that when the supreme hour came to the
southern states, and they had to yield up
thair most cherished hopes and abandon
their struggle, no man ever acted with more
magnanimity and generous sensibility
than Gen. Grant. At that time, immediately
following the death of Mr. Lincoln, Gen.
Grant was the most conspicuous man in the
country. His word was more weighty than
that of any one, not excepting the President.
I have often thought of the debt of gratitude
the country owes to Gen. Grant, that he was
just the man he was at that h<»ur, clear
sighted. resolute, and imbued with f-n’i
mente exactly adapted to the emergency. I
wai* at that time, as you know, in the cal met
of President Johnson, and in my capacity as
attorney general a case came before me very
soon after the surrender at Appomattox,
which I will relate.
“Gen. Bradley Johnson, of the confederate
army, was at that surrender-, and received
there a military parole. With that in his
possession he was arrested and imprisoned in
Baltimore. He being under an indictment
for treason, he addressed a letter to Gen.
Grant from the prison inclosing his parole.
Upon receipt of it Gen. Grant at once wrote
to the president a most positive and emphatic
letter demanding the discharge and release
of Gen. Johnson. The letter, while respect
ful, was most determined. It tok the
ground afterward fully established that mili
tary paroles were not to be violated by civil
arrests. President Johnson, however, was
not disposed to acquiesce. He laid the mat
ter before me for an opinion.
“I saw the difficulty presented by the legal
aspects of the case, and projiosed to
the president that I would avoid it, if
possible, by consultation with Gen. Grant. I
found Gen. Grant in his office, and spoke of
the legal difficulties, and suggested that he
withdraw the letter he had addressed to the
president and ask that a pardon bo issued to
Gen. Johnson, which woul 1 solve the diffi
culty. This he positively refused to do if he
In any way yielded the position taken by
him that his paroles were to be respected.
He expressed his unaltered determination
that they should not be violated. Said
be: ‘That is the way Gen. Lee and
I understood it at the time, and I
will ba drawn and quartered before they
shall be vioinied.’ He added he would
take the same stand m every case that
might arise. He agreed to write the letter I
proposed asking the pardon. I said I would
bend for Jit; he said, ‘No, I will write it
now.’ Turning to bis table, he wrote the let
ter with his own hand in a very few mo
ments. It was a model in his clear state
ments It expressed his fixed determination
to have his pai vies observed, and from that
time the law was settled that they were to be
respected. I had the pardon prepared at
once and signed by the president, and Gen.
Johnson was discharged.
“Thus the southern people, through their
military leaders in the late war, have cause
ro entertain the kindly feelings for Gen.
Grant which you so admirably express in
your speech in the senate, and not only in the
particular I have mentioned, but for many
others also. The other portion of our now
united country can never fail to remernher
him as the strong arm of its power in the
great struggle. Gen. Grant left the army at
the call of his country His two administra
tions were in times of excitement
end distraction incident to the vast
iisruptions of war. He should have
leen restore-! to the army years ago. He cer
tainly should be now. In my judgment mili
tary men who perform groat an-1 notable ser- i
vice should be suitably rewarded and hon
ored. Ibincerely trust the bouse will promptly
; ass the bill, and that it will become a law
II seems to me but justice, and, I may add,
tardy justice. I should add that President
Johnson, while sustaining the legality of the
parole as a civil pardon, had no hesitation in
granting the executive pardon. I am, sir,
most respectfully, James Speed.”
Senate.
rhe incident in the senate was the presenta
tion of the woman’s silk association, of Phila
i <4phia, of a handsome United States silk
f! g, the national being spun, woven and
manufactured in the United States The flag
v is placed to the left of the presiding officer,
o d a communication from the association
v is read, slating that America was now
i . ising better silk worms awl producing finer
in w silk than any other country, and ail the
ti ociation asked was a little encouragement
from congress. A resolution, offered by .Mr.
1, ck, and strongly supported by Messrs.
Horgan and Dawes, was adopted, accepting
ti. « flng, and thanking the ladies of Philadel
j, ia for their patriotic exertions to enlarge
a: 1 diversify the means of employment for
w men.
dr. Morgan, from the committee on for- f
ei c .n affairs, introduced an amendriient to be |
ii -erted in the consular and diplome tic appro
priation bill appropriating $5,000 lor the ex
pt ses of examining into the resources of the
Congo country.
Ir. Plumb offered a substitute for Mr.
V st’s resolution in the Oklahcma matter,
r-guesting the president to enter into nego
tiations with the Indian tribes for the surren
d . of all lands held by them in excess of 160
ar* es for each head of the family.
Mr. Conger denounced this Whole ihove
nu nt as in the interest of sickly long-horned
cat He —the pleuro-pueumoniaries of Texas —to
pi vide for them new pastures in which to
recuperate their impared energies. He said
agitation of this aubject would only encour
age new bands of boomers assembled for the
pui poeeof stealing Indian lands.
<hi motion of Mr. Sherman both the reso
lu m and substitute wore referred to the
committee on Indian affairs.
House.
M hen the house was called to order there
ws j displayed on the right of the speaker an
elegarit'silk flag bearing the stars and stripes.
As as the journal was read the speaker
Ini 1 before the house a letter from the
•woman’s silk culture association of the
United States, presenting the flag, made of
American afik, rawed by American womet
and children, reeled by the ladies of the asso
ciation, and spun, dyed and woven by them,
to the houf-H of representatives ns a memento
of the success attained in silk culture in ths
Untied States.
Mr. Kedey (Pa.) offered a resolution ac
cepting the flag and complimenting i‘s ex
quisite fabric and the perfection of i's c >lors,
‘ regarding it as an evidence of the npid
progress made in American silk culture and
providing that the flag be hung in the hall of
the bouse as a national emblem, an-1 that, it
be preserved as a momento of the tact and
energy of the women’s silk culture associa
( tion.
The resolution was adopted with one dis
senting voice—that of Mr. Hammon I (Ga )
i Mr. Hurd (O.), as a question of privtege,
. offered a resolution reciting that as the edu
cational bill and others appropriating money
i bad originated in the senate, and were now
on the speaker’s table, and as it had been as
serted that these bills were in violat ion of the
privileges of the house, the committee on
judiciary were directed to inquire into the
power of the senate to originate appropria
tion bills. Mr. Hurd addressed the house,
claiming that these hills came ui. l ler the first
clause of the seventh section, fi"»t article of
;he constitution, which declares “All bi Is
for raising revenue shall originate in the
house of representatives.” He cited various
authorities to sustain his position that the ap
propriation of money was the true intent of
the clause. He argued that tc raise money
was one thing—taxation would do that—but
“revenue,” the word substituted by the con
stitutional convention, meant not only the
raising of money, but its appropriation, and
that the raising of revenue covered both
taxation and appropriation. He denied the
right of the senate to originate any appro
pnation bill, whether private or general.
FOR THE DARK CONTINENT.
A Band of Methodist Missionaries Embark
for a Long Journey.
New York, Jan. 24.—A party of twenty
missionaries, consisting of Rev. C. L. Daven
port, Mr and Mrs. A E. Wythy, of Lynn,
Mass., and four children; H. C. M■•Kinley,
formerly a Texas cowboy; Miss Delia Reese,
formerly a Quaker exh->rter, of In liana;
\ Ratcliff, once of the salvation army; Dr.
Mary R. Meyers and Bishop Taylor’s children,
Rossa A., Ada E., Stewart L., William Ross,
Arthur Fay and Ada Hattie Taylor sailed f >r
Europeon the Inman steamer City of Mon
treal to join Bishop William Taylor and pen
etrate Central Africa under the direction
of the Metho lUt church. On 1 'indeed
Methodists came to see them off, and as the
big ship pulled out Into the stream they say
ing “YVe will meet on that beautifu shore.”
The missionaries expect to get to the Portu
guese seaport Luanda, about two hundred
miles south of the Congo, in about five weeks.
' From Luanda they intend to go by boat 120
miles up the Cuanza river. They expect to
travel the rest of the one thousand miles in
the heart of Afri aon foot. S veral mem
bers of the pirty have gone on in ad ..< co,
an»l among them are Bishop Taylor an 1 Dr.
Somers. Bishop Taylor expects to j-r side at
< a missionary conference in Monrovia,
Liberia, during the last week in this month,
aud to j i/i his party in Loanda. Dr. Somers
is in England collecting inf irmeti-m taut wbl
be serviceable to the party during their
march into the interior.
MRS. MILLIONAIRE GREEN
Weeps When Asked tn Pay Her Husband’s
I.ittle Bill of 8800,000.
New York. Jan. 24 —Mrs E. H.
the la ly whose twenty-six mil’.i >n d 1 >rs us
securities have reposed undisturbed in the
vaults of the banking house of J. J. Cisco
Sou for a long time, has spent much of her
time in Wall street recently. Ir. is sai I that
she looked her securities over an i found them
nil right, and on Wednesday she spoke to
Assignee May about taking them away \vi h
her. Mr. May called her attention to the
fart that her husband, E. H. Green, owed
the firm SBOO,OOO which he had bor-
■ rowed on Louisville and Nashville
' railroad securities The firm loaned
this sum to Mr. Green, it is alleged,
upon Mrs. Green’s assurance that she would
see that it was paid. The lady denies that
she ever gave any such assurance. She whs
informed that she might take away a l of her
securities except such as were required to
make good the loan to her husband. It is
related that Mrs. Green was very much af
fected by the refusal of the assignee to 1-t
her have all of the contents of her strong
box. She is said to have cried long and bit
terly ill the office of the suspended banking
bouse. The assignee, acting under advice of
counsel, adhered to his decision, and thus the
mailer stands.
Sport Ahead at Montreal.
Montreat., Jan. 24.—The final arrange
ments have been completed for the opening
of the carnival on Monday next. The official
programme is as follows: In the forenoon,
opening of all toboggan slides. In the after
noon, skating and promenade concert at the
Victoria rink and opening of the boulevard
to St. Helen’s island. In the evening, un
veiling of the mammoth ice lion and
i display of fire-works; grand opening of
the Montreal toboggan hill; opening of St.
Helen's island tobogganing hill; hockey
match at the Victoria skating rink and
electric illuminations of the ice palace and
Condora. It is expected that at least twenty
four snowshoe clubs will participate In the
proc<ssion and subsequent attack on the cas
He on Wednesday night. The turnout on
Tms lay ev ning will only boos a part al
chaiact r, but the following night at L ast
2,500 snowshoes will be found in line fully
equipped for sport. Among the outside
clubs will be the Sorel, Cowansville, ( ’ nu ii
enne,-Ottawa. Huron, Lion, Auro a, Union,
(‘ommercial, St. Hyacinthe, Beauharnois, of
Toronto; St. Georges, Toronto; Lachiue,
Sherbrooke, and Young Men's Amusement
j Club of Ottawi.
How Muc’» Did Lorillard Contribute?
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan 24 -Pierre
Lorillard Las been traveling through the
south in the beautiful boudoir car “Thu Ade
lina Patti,” which he leases for SIOO per day.
His wife and a party of friends accompany
him. bi coming up the Alabama Great
Southern railway, he had his rar attached
to the engine to escape ths smoke. As the
train neared a sharp curve in the road, going
at the rate of forty miles an hour, two little
buys were seen on the track franticaLy wav
ing their hats. They succeeded in stopping
the train at the brink of an awful chasm, the
bridge over which hud been floated off by a
torrent. Thu boys hud stood there for four
hours in a temperature nearly zero to save
the train from certain destruction, for had it
gone thirty yards further every car would
have dashed into the deep abyss A collec
tion was taken up for the little heroes.
Starving Out the Boomers.
! Arkansas City, Kas, Jan. 24—Gen.
Hatch has surrounded the boomers at Still
water, with The intention of starving them
out. He allows no one to approach them, but
lets any one leave who desires. A courier
just in reports several leaving already, as tbs
provisions are running sh >rt. The Okla
homites have been trying to raise nionej
here for their relief, but without succeuu
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25. 1885.
IS STEWART ENTRAPPED?
CLOUDS OF REBELS SAID TO HAVE
CUT OFF HIS RETREAT.
And that He is Hemmed in an Entrenched
Camp in the Desert —Intense Excite
ment in London —The French Av
.danches Destroy a Church.
London, Jan. 24.—The city is in a perfect
fever of excitement awaiting news from
Stewart’s advance column, which up to last
accounts was following up the victory of
Metemneh. The latest dispatches, though
;hey are unofficial and received by private
parties, have created the wildest sensation
ui i the streets are thronged with surging
crowds of people who besiege the guvern
tnent offices and newspaper bulletins for
lews. No such scenes ha e occurred in Lon
ion since the bombardr. ant of Alexandria.
The dispatches which hara caused all the ex
'ibinu nt are bulletined at the newspaper
>fflces an 1 purj ort to com') from KortL
lLuy contain the startling information that
Jen. Stewart, after having made a brave
in I courageous advance on the enemy after
Saturday's battle, has been forced to retreat
from Metemneh.
The rebels came to the rescue of their
countrymen in myriads, and poured down
from the hills in masses that defied computa
tion. It is said that Stewart seeing the hope
lessness of an attack, in view of the numbers
)f the enemy and his own comparatively
imall force, retreated and now occupies an
intrenched camp in the desert, where he is
completely hemmed in and all chance of
fun her retreat so effectually cut off that
nothing but a speedy relief will save his force
from 'loci nation or total annihilation.
The government officials place no reliance
whatever on the d spatches, and point to all
lhe circumstances as going to show that the
report is highly improbable.
Old army men, however, are loth to dis
yredit the news, knowing as they do the tac
;ics heretofore pursued by the Mahdi's forces
uid the fate of former commands. Nothing
can allay the excitement except an official
iispatch from Cairo or KortL
No News From Stewart.
London, Jan. 24.—The war office has re
ceived no news concerning Gen. Stewart's ad
rance since the account of the battle Satur
day. The absence of news causes much
anxiety. Hea is of the war department met
with Earl Marley, under secretary for war,
presiding, to consider the situation.
The Times, Telegraph and Standard have
lot yet received reports of the battle at Abu
Klea, although they had special correspond
mts in the field. This fact increases the
mxiety concerning the fate of Stewart. The
belief is becoming prevalent that the battle
xt the welis is more severe than the govein
nent is willn.g to admit.
The Deadly Avalanches.
Faris, Jan. 24. —An avalanche has oc
•urre l at Metoules, in the department of
Hau: AJpess, and crushed a church in which
i number us persons were worshipping.
All are buried under the snow; also twenty
nen working in a marble quarry near by.
volunteer force is engaged digging out the
rictiniß of the disaster.
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Recovery.
Berlin, Jan. 24 —Emperor William’s
Tioiii d attendants state that he has entirely
recovered from his recent indisposition.
Victoria Will Warble in Cincinnati.
CiN' innati,Jan.24 —Manager Fen e sy has
?losed an engagement with Madam Victoria
Morisini Ilulskamptosing at Heuck's Sunday
b< t ■ een acts during the performance of “Nor
ie< k,’ and Cin< innatians will have an oppor
tunity to hear the woman who left a palatial
Pome at Yonkers, N. Y., to follow her heart,
and call her coachman husband. She Las
been singing in concert in the northwest, j
The wide notoriety that her elopement with
3oa liman Hulskamp gave her has awakened
curiosity to s»-e the plucky little ex-heiress.
Her voice is a clear sweet soprano, and she
has just relinquished the flattering offer of
K>oo a week in order to put henelf in re
hearsal for appearance in opera. Signor
Agramonte, the noted maestro of New York,
predicts a brilliant future for her on the
operatic stage.
He Came from Edwardsville, 111.
Baltimore, Jan. 24.—Charles W. Dim
mock, aged about forty five, was arrested
charged with using the mails for fraudulent
purposes. He waived examination. Dim
mock's plan was to reply to advertisements in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other
papers for employment as nurses, governesses,
teachers, companions, etc,, stating that for a
$2 fee he could obtain a position for the ad
vertiser. In many cases the money was for
warded by the dupes, and that would be the
last that would be heard from Dimmock. He
came originally from Edwardsville, 11l
Brutal Husband and Father.
Bellville, Ont., Jan. 24. —A man named
Ban in, who lives near Lime Lake, township
of Ilungeri'ord, two of whose daughters
were ill with scarlet fever, sold bis last cow a
few days ago, got drunk, and quarreled with
his wile. He raised a heavy chair against
her, when the eldest of the sick girls sprang
out of bed, threw open the door, and allowed
her mother and sister to escape. The man
then struck the girl with the chair, and she
died from the effects K of the blow. The
mother, who fled in her night c’othes, also
died from tft ■ effects of the exposure, and
both were Juried the same day.
Why the Pennsylvania Didn’t Come In.
New York, Jan. ‘24. —It is announced that
the Pennsylvania railroad has leased a large
tract of land on Staten Island opposite Perth
Amboy, and is about to establish there an
immense station for supplying coal to the
city and harbor of New York and the cities
adjacent. The Pennsylvania has determined
to corn 3 into this field as a permanent com
petitor for a share of the coal trade, and this
is taken as a partial explanation of its refusal
to enter the coal combination.
Good News for the Men.
Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 24. —A large
order for locomotives has been received by
the Schenectady locomotive works from the
Chicago an<i Northwestern railroad, and an
additional force of men will be put to work
next week. Edward Ellis, treasurer of the
company, says the order is sufficiently large '
to keep a big force employed until next sum
mer. •
Both Loved the Same Girl.
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 24.—James Kearns and
John Kennedy, friends of long standing, re
cently became enamored of the same young
lady. On Thursday night they quarreled,
and during the fight Kearns attempted to
demolish bis rival with a club. Kennedy
Stabbed Kearns in the back. The wounded
man was taken to the hospital. Ha will
die. His assailant surrendered.
Aylesford*s Remains.
New York, Jan. 24.—The remains of Lord
Aylesioid, who died at Big Springs, Tex,
arrived in this city on Wednesday, and were
shipped to England on the steamship Britan*
Bio.
JUDGE M’KAY SET FREE.
The PorsiMtent Georgian Makes a Pennsyl
vania <lu.spit.al Weaken.
Prtn.ADELPHiA, Jan. 24.—Failing from
want of jurisiii tion to obtain his liberty at
the hands of th United States circuit court,
Judge McKay, < / Georgia, sought the aid of
the court con.mon pleas in his endeavor to
Lh released from the Pennsylvania hospital
for the insfc.e. He retained Rufus E. Shajw
ley to plea:, hi cau*v, pud on application to
Judge Finlettor i writ habeas corpus was
issued. Subsequently It Shapley was in
fornuxl that the u< t>pUia authorities had
granted Judge McKay the privilege to go and
come as be pleased. Os this fact the lawyer
had an ocaiar demonstration soon after,
when he found his client at bis office with a
pass-k y to the hospital in his.pocket.
The judge told Mr. Shapley the story of bis
prostration from overwork. Though he sd
mitte 1 that he hud done many eccentric
things, he claimed to be perfectly sane. He
had suffered much physical pain, and on one
occasion he did immerse his feet in water
while upon the bench, as that gave him re
lief fiom a sensation of pain which extended
over his entire body. This incident of his
failing strength, like many others, had been
greatly exaggerated by the press of the coun
try, but the hospital authorities were now
satisfied that he was not a proper subject for
restraint. Judge McKay added that he wan
willing to remain at the hospital under exist
ing terms, until his health was restored, and
he left his attorneys with the understanding
that the writ of habeas corpus would be with
drawn.
Results of the Jam stown Bank Failure.
i Jame.-town, Pa., J.\n. 24.—The failure of
tho Jamestown bank has caused a panic in
business circles. Already five assignments
have be- n made by persons who had connec- i
tion with the institution. Martin, it ap-
■ pears, took every available cent and left
nothing out worthless notes. The liabilities
will amount to more than $50,000. The Mer
cer bank loses SIU,OOO and the Kinsman, 0.,
national bank a large amount also. There is
consi ieraLue indignation against the bank’s
officers since it has leaked out that they at
tempted to suppress the facts of the defalca
tion. They borrowed $15,000 an I put it in
, the bank to bridge over the alf or but discov- ;
j ery came too soon. Nelson Martin, brother I
ot the absconder, who is security for him on
notes amounting to $15,(K)0 will be forced to
the wall if compelled to make good the
amount. Nothing is known of the where
abouts of the missing cashier.
Cotton Men to the Rescue.
( New Orleans, Jan. 24. -Alex. McClure,
I of the Philadelphia Times, took entire charge
>■ of the ceremonies of “Pennsylvania day.”
| In response to an urgent personal appeal
from Maj. Burke to the cotton exchange for
$60,000, with which to meet the present needs
\ of the i xu. sition, the greater part of that
sum has been subscribed. This, Maj. Burke
a- wT .ide over until the gate receipts are
■ suliic -nt to pay out.
Maj. Bui ke says the deficit has accrued
since January 1, and that the receipts since
that time have been applied soluly to the pay
ment of urrent expenses. For several days
, past the Tra-Mpts have been only S4C‘U or SSOO
a day short of expenses.
Was Col. Payne Forced Out?
. Cleveland, 0., Jan. <24—Col. Oliver H.
. Pay.it, for many years vice president and
I treasur r of the Standard Oil Company, has '
i reel ned those two offices, Horace A. Hutch- i
ins, who has been connected with the com-
; party for some time, being his successor. Col.
Payne will r 'main a director. The reason as- !
signed for his action is that he is in need of
rest. Senator-M ct Fayne declared that his
son’s action had no connection with any po
litica M-h me. Col. P. yae has a f rtune of
not less'than $2,00i>.000. It is stated that he
was forced out of tue company by the repub
lican s‘ -kb Tiers, who disliked his activity
in the democratic campaign.
The “Old Guard” Ball.
New York, Jan. 24—The “old Guard”
ball and reception at the Metropolitan opera I
i house was one of the finest affiairsof the kind :
; ever witnessed in this city, lhe attendance
was larger than on any previous occasion,
and the arrangements for the comfort of
guests w< re perfect. The decorations were
of tne most elaborate and costly description.
Among the military guests present were dele
gates from the Philadelphia City Troops, the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Corps, the
Albany Bergess Corps, the Governor’s Foot
Guard, of Hartford, the Continentals, of Wor
cester, the Washington Light Infantry, of
Charleston, S. C., and the United Train, of
Providence, R. I.
A Millionaire’s Two Wills.
New York, Jan. 24. —Mr. Thomas Bar
bour. the millionaire, of Paterson, N. J., who
died on Monday last, left two wills—one made
in Paters-in about two years ago and another
in Ireland last year. The former left the
great bulk of his property to his only son,
after providing for his wife. The later will
left about half his estate to his sisters in Ire
land. It is thought that some complications
may arise from the fact of there being twe
wills, made in different countries under dif
ferent Jaws. Mr. Barbour estimated his es
tate at about $1,000,0u0, though some ol
bis friends think it is worth much more.
Using Sharon’s Funds to Speculate.
VictolUA, B. C., Jan 24.—John McLaugh
lin, tne law clerk who ran away with $25,00C
from San Francisco about two weeks ago,
has been seen here He obtained the money
from Gen. Barnes, the seni-r counsel for ex-
Senator Sharon, for a spurious agreement.
McLaughlin proposes to remain in British
Columbia until the all-rail route to Winnipeg,
Montreal and Halifax is open next year.
Meanwhile he is speculating in real estate, in
anticipation of the boom expected to occur
when the cars come through
Wanted for Robbing Kanucks.
Montreal, Quebec, Jan. 24 —Theconfiden
tial clerk of the standard clothing company,
who came here from Chicago about a year
ago, forged the name o 2 the manager of the
company on drafts coming from customers
outside, drew the money at the bank and de
cani,■'•<i. His as far as known,
are but it is thought there is more
still to come. The absconder has been traced .
to Chicago and detectives sent after him tc i
bring him back under the extradition treaty
TI e Light Weight Ahead.
i New York, Jan 24 —Jack Dempsey.
1 weighing 142 pounds, put on soft gloves with I
Jim Fell, chan pion middle weight of Can
adft, who weighed ’76 p< un is Four rattling
I rounds we. e fought, in which Fell was se
’ verely punished. Dempsey did not show any
signs of the blows d«alt by Fell.
Venom from a Black Spider.
Bayside, L. 1., Jan. 24.—The case ol
Johnny White, an eight-year-old boy, who
was bitten by a black spider seven weeks
ago, is attracting much attention among
medical men. His symptoms resemble those
of hydrophobia. The la i l>egan to feel the
effects of the bite a week ago, aud is now ap
parently in a dying condition.
Body of a man found at Lambert’s Point,
near Norfolk, Va., Mun lay, identified as th<
body of bis brother by S. D. Shilling. Livi
brother saludied dead one was murdered.
1
I TEXAX INSURANCE.
i NEW YORK COMPANIES RESENT A
l JUDICIAL DECISION.
, By Instructing Their Agents to Take No
I More Risks in the ixuie Star State —
Death of Col. Williams—Con
flict of Authority.
I Galveston, Tex.. Jan. 24.—The Home and
1 other fire insurance companies of New York
‘ have instructed their agents in Texas not to
> insure buildings in thift state after February
i 1. This policy is due to a decision of Judge
Pardee, of the United State" circuit court,
i that the face of a policy expresses the value
■ of the property insured in case of its de
-5 struction by fire. This decision upholds what
’ is known as the valu 'd policy law which is in
' force in this and some other states. The
agent of the Home in this city being asked
■ the reason of his company’s opposition to the
1 enactment sail:
1 i “It will tend to increase the crime
1 of arson; to encourage the perpetra
tion of frauds; to gieatly and improp
erly enhance the amou it of losses to be
paid by insurance companies, and lead
1 not only to a depredation of public morals,
but also to an increase of the burdens of
honest citizens, by iuvol zing their property
more frequently in destruction by fires
caused by incendiaries and by making
‘it necessary to pay such greatlv
increased rates of premium for insurance
as will be required under such
circumstances, to pay the increased losses.
Moreover, the law offers a direct inducement
Ito dishonest property holders to insure their
property for more than its real value, aud
' promises them the solemn sanction of law in
enforcing the collection of claims, however
' unjust or exorbitant, provided only that the
j claim be not tainted with actual fraud, a
thing well nigh impossible to prove in almost
i avery case. ”
I “It is the old story of friction,” said the
1 agent, “and that is the oldest insurance story
i there is in existence. It runs as follows: A
j farmer whose house had been insured tor
| $5,000 and was worth $2,500, was telling the
I insurance agent that he couldn’t account for
I the fire. ‘Oh, it's the old story, of friction,’
I said the agent. ‘But there couldn’t have
been any friction,’ said the farmer. ‘Where
iocs the friction come in?’ ‘lt is caused by
rubbing a $5,000 policy against a $2,u00
house,’ replied the agent ”
A Conflict of Authority.
Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 24. Judge Fitzgerald
jn Thursday ordered the sheriff to put Ber
ger, who was ejected from his ranch on the
Papago reservation by Indian Agent
Wheeler, in repusession of bis premises. Sub-
Agent Hart and Lieut. Mason, in charge of
i the troops on Berger’s ranch, treated the or
i ier with contempt. The court then issued
, m order to bring Hart and Lieut. Mason
( j and his command before the court. A con
, ' flict is expected, as it is believed the soldiers
, ' will not submit to arrest.
Death of Col. Williams.
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 24. —Col. Thomas
Williams died Thursday of paralysis. He
was a graduate of West Point, ami on the
outbreak ot the rebellion was commissary at
this point. He resigned his commission in
the United States army and entered the con
federate service, ami was commissioned as
sistant commissary general of the coufeder
| acy. At the close of the war he removed to
San Antonio.
Eight Coal Barges Lost.
Evansville, Ind., Jan ‘24. —The tow boat
Harry Brown, which passed this city at noon
Thursday on her way down the river, col
lided with piers Nog. 6 and 7 of the new Louis
ville and Nashville railroad bridge which is
being erected at Henderson, Ky , and sank
seven of the twenty-eight barges she had in
tow, each containing 12,000 uushels of Pitts
burg coal. The steamer herself, with the
' rest of the barges, escaped btfing a total loss
by a miracle. The barges sank in thirty-five
feet of water, out of the channel of the river
and will not obstruct navigation when the
river recedes. This is the first serioss acci
dent occurring at the bridge since the piers
have raised their heads above water.
The Bell’s Journey Begun.
Philadelphia, Jan 24.—Farrell’s gas *
wagon, with its six horses decurated with
red, white and blue ribbons, drove up in front
of Independence hall, and the old liberty bell
was soon transferred to it, and the line of
march, headed by McClurg’s band and S(X)
policemen, was then taken up for the Penn
sylvania railroad depot at West Philadelphia.
All along the route the old revolutionary
relic was cheered by the crowds who gain
cred to witness its departure. The special
train bearing the bell ami a delegation of the
city council left for New Orleans at 10
o’clock.
Sister Theresa’s Obsequies.
WILKESRARRE, Fa., Jan. 24.—The funerai
of Sister Theresa, niece of James G. Baine,
took place from St. Mary’s church. None of
Mr. Blaine’s family were present The sacred
edifice was crowded to overflow iug, and fifty
priests were in attendance. A high requiem
mass was celebrated b Father O'Hara, and
Father Kelly, of Towimda, spoke feelingly of
the deceased, and at the conclusion of his re
marks the congregation began to sob loudly.
The remains were followed to the depot by
live thousand people. The interment takes
place at Pittsburg.
Will Inaugurate Sunday Races.
New Orleans, Jan 24.—Messrs. Lamothe
& Co., lessees and mana gel’s of the winter
racing sea-on at the Louisiana track, have
decided to inaugurate Sunday racing, and
will begin on Sunday when the programme
originally announced for Saturday will be
given.
Death from Epilepsy.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 24.—Wiley
Fryar, living near this city, was crossing a
little stream on Thursday when be fed face
downward in an epileptic fit. The water
was scarcely three inches deep, but he lay
there unconscious, aud when discovered was
dead.
And Ho a Millionaire’s Nephew.
Troy, N. Y., Jan. 24.—Albert Sage, a
nephew of Russell Sage, the millionaire, was
convicted in the police court here on a charge
; of failing to provide for his three motherless
children and was sentenced to imprisonment
at hard labor in the .Albany penitentiary for
. six months.
Won on the Nineteenth Ballot.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 24—George
Hearst received the joint democratic caucus
1 nomination fur United States senator Thurs
day evening, receiving seventeen votes on ths
nineteenth ballot Henley got eleven and
1 Sumner two.
A Boom in Coffee.
New York, Jan. 24 —The business at the
j coffee exchange Thursday was the largest of
any day for six months. Fully 70,000 bags
were sold, and prices fell on unfavorable
i jmwb f»oin Rio de Jauario and Mavra,
i ' THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Pithy Now. Items Boiled Down foi
the Hurried Reader.
The Indian appropriation bill has posse
the bouse
Mrs Stamey Matthews died in Washii gt- i
Thursday afternoon.
An exteiirinn has been granted Oliver Bros
& IT lips, ol Pittsburg.
; Avalaiicb < are devastating Pidmont and
■ swallowing whole villages.
Victoria Morosini-Shelling-Hulskamp wll
warble in Cincinnati Sunday night.
Capt. Jam.*B Phelan is able to walk about
the wards of Bellevue hospital, New York
The presidential election returns from al
states ore now in, both by mail aud mes
senger.
Bismarot has gobbled up another slice o:
W< st Africa and England and France an
wroth.
The cor test in the Gaines will case has be
gun in New Orleans, and tho lawyers an
■ happy.
John Myers, of Williamstown, 0.,
killed by a Cincinnati Northern train a
! Ivanhoe.
The thermometer on Mt Washington
i Thursday morning registered fifty degree
i below zero.
The auditing committee of the whisky poo
say that all claims against the pool will Lx
paid in full.
Freneh refiorters refusing to tell the souren
of their information about some anarchta
art icles were fined $25.
The Western Nail Association has advanced
the card rate of nails to $2.15 per keg, an ad
vance of about 5 per cent.
A portable engine on a farm near Ithaca,
N. Y., exploded, instantly killing two mer
ad fataliy injuring a third.
Alien Danvers, American manager of th»
Lisbon Telephone Company, has beex
• kmgnted by the king of Portugal.
The president and clerk of council at Mas ‘
i sillon, 0., are charged with malieasaace lx 1
office ana falsification of records.
The six-year-old daughter of Isaac Brown
of Lancaster, 0., was burned to death by hei
clothes catching fire from the stove.
The young &on of Rees R. Jones, living
near Newark, 0.. was shot by some unknowx
man, as he entered his father’s stable.
Isaac Trescott, of Salem, 0., who wai
struck by a tram on the Cleveland and Pitts
burg railroad, near Alliance, 0., died us th<
injuries received.
The Hamilton county grand jury are about
to indict all the gamblers and houses of ill
repute and the owners of houses in>ed for sue!
purpo .es in Cincinnati.
The house of the Indiana legislature
adopted the senate concurrent resolutiox
favoring an investigation of the affairs ol
the state treasurer’s office.
Cakey Hall, ex-mayor of New York, wil
take Lord MaudeviLe’s testimony in England
in a suit fur su),Uuo instituted in New Yuri
by Miss Hiram, a former servant of his lord
ship.
The home secretary tells the London mu
nicipal uuLborities that the guvt?rnmeut h
not in favor us offering a reward fur tin
discovery of the persons who caused th<
dynamite explosion under London bridge.
The Ohio river was gorged with ice anc
navigation suspended at Parkersburg ihur»
day night A number of steamers have laid
up in the Little and Big Kanawha until th<
ice runs out.
The United States cavalry captured twelv<
Mexican Landlieend brought them to Yuma
Arizona. Tht re was a severe tight before tne
capture and so ir of the bandit gang wen
leit upon the field dead.
The senate of the Kansas legislature passed
the hom>e bill re atiug to Oklahoma lundi
after so amending as to favor opening iui
settlement ail lands in Indian territory uul
occupied by Inuian tribes.
A passenger train on the Wabash road,
near Ottumwa, la., struct a broken rail, ana
four coaches rolled over a high embankment,
lauding bottom up. Some fifty pussengen
w ere in the coaches, many of whom were in
jured, though none seriously. Tne coaches
are badly wrecked.
A letter issued by the plenary council that
met in Baltimore recently, and adare.->sed u
their Catholic brethren, tne German clergy,
by the Roman Catholic arctibishops aud
bishops of America, has been given to the
public. It was kept secret until it had
reacned the hands for which it was in
tended, to prevent Bismarck fruiu suppress
ing it.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latest Quotations of the Stock, Produoa
and Cattle Market*.
New York, Jan. 23.—Money per cent Ex
change firm and higher at GuveruineuU
dull.
Alt. & Terre Haute. 17 Morris & Essex ...
Bur. & Quincy ... Missouri Pacific. U3!4
Canada i’auilic. . 41 N. Y. A Erie 13>'|
Canada Southern . 3u N. Y. Central
Central Pacific . 31J4 NorthweM-era .... by >
Chicago A Alton 130 Pacific Mail .... 56
C.. C.. C A 1 31 Ruck Island W7i4
Del. cu Hudson .. 66 ; 4 bl. Pam. .3 4
Del. La< <». A W... b 5 St. P. & C 24)4
Illinois Central. du preferred. ... b 6
Jersey Central ... 33 2 Texas x Paciiia... 12%
Kansas A Texas. 13 3 U. Pacific
Lake rinore 61 4 West. Union.. ... 36
Louisville A Nash.. 24'/ a Musa. <k Chat. ... 34
General.
Cincinnati, Jan. 23.—FLOUR—Fancy, $4.<54.45;
family, a 4.00.
WHEAT No. 2 red, 87c: No. 3, 89%
CORN —No. 2 mixed, 42 2 e; No. 3, 41 3 c; ear, 43c.
OATS—No. 2 mixed,. 32 3>33c; No. 2 white, 34
@3sc.
RYE—No. 2,70 c.
BARLEY Spring, fall, 72575 c.
POKE.—Family, regular,
12.50.
BACON—Shoulders, short clear sides,
?y 2 j.; .. . Lard—Kettle, < 4 ‘tl
CHEESE Pri ne to choice O lio. 10#He; Nev
York, 12 2<!H3‘ 3 c; Northwestern, naiUc.
POULTRY—Fair chickens, prime,
ducks, $3.23; geese, $3.0 J 4)5.(X)
per doz.; five turkeys. 8/ dressed, 12 I>l2
per lb.
HAY—No. 1 timothy, $12.50 dfi13.03; No. 2, $11.50
@12.00; mixed, wheat and rye straw,
$6 oats straw, $i .00 ytS.O).
I New York. Jan. 28.—WHEAT—No. I white,
94c; No. 2 red, Jan., Feb., OSQ
CORN—Mixed western, 51 fuiuree, 54
@ssc. Oats—Western, 36@30c.
New Orleans, Jan. 23.—SUGAR—Refining, com
mon, 4.(4 jc; inferior, choice white,
6c; oil white, 7 8 c; cho. ■ i yellow,
MOLASSES—Good fair, 3<‘ prime, 33 <3uc;
choice, 44c; centrifugal, prune, fair 10c.
I Detroit, Jan. 23.—WHEAT—No. 1 wince, tflto;
No. 3 red, 77 2 c; Michigan soft red, 88c.
Toledo, Jan. 23.—WHEAT—Na 2, b2c, Na 2
soft, b7y a <g>bb ic.
Live Stock.
Cincinnati, Jan, 23.—CATTLE—Good to choioe
1 butchers’, $4.2355; fair. $4.23>.25; common, s2js
2.75; stockers and feeders, $3.7 ; yearlings and
calves,
HOGS—Selected butchers, $4.75@5 00; fair to
good packing, $4.30 q}4.80; fair to good light, $4.34
@4.50; con ion, $3.75@4.33; culls.
SHEEP—Common to fair, $2.50iJ>3.2j; good to
choice, $-i.-0 4,4-25; weathers, Lambs,
common, good, s4<<jri.7s.
Chicago, Jan. 23.—HOGS—Fair to good, $4.35
4.65; mixed packing, choice heavy,
$4 05@4.76.
CATTLE—Exports, $5.7Y<56.25; good to choice
shipping, $5.00 95.80; common to fair,
SU/cxei and Lecders,
NO. 284
oOhs
8s fi row ACK dSV
fitters
HoFtettpr’n Bitter* ia the artlola for
»ou. ‘t miii ulmps t 1- facing eber>Pe>i,
tl ebo y*" 1 beers the mind. It en»bl*«
tie mt threw <ff the debiLtvtnir efl et«
of uvd e f.t‘gu», viv»-8 r*n< w ed vt»or to tha
on a b ot c u > tion. arouaca the liv-r when In
active re • w- appetPe tui et cour
•v» b h> alth’u: t-ep It-ingredient art rafa v
aud Its c eceutu. w uoh < «>dbl-i in the beartv
en iortn ment o* p n*on» of every c a«e ot tuoi*
ety, ar moat oouviucP «.
F»r fa e by a'l Dm. ipata and Daa'era
r enrral’f.
. ; •. .. i-.mi ft 1 Li-.bin
Sure cure’ 1 B.u.d, Bieeaiug ana Itch
ing PUhb, One bus ftas cured the worst
■aeei- ot 20 yeaie’ staudlrg. No one need
stiff' i Uvr minutes after u-lng William’s
Ibdlau PH- Oluti; eut. It abeorbe tutuoig,
uUye lu hlng, acts ae poultice, glees tn
'ts.iit reliet. Prroared only tot Pllea,
tthing ot the oilvafe parte, nothing else,
'i a. J. M. tj'fff-nbury, ot ci>-velanil, eaye:
1 have ueed n't tee ot PIK- cure?, and It
ff ide u;e pleasure to esy that 1 have
over foi.nd anything which gives euch
!•- .if-dt-te anst [a raiment nilet ue Dr.
*i.;iatn's iridian Pile Olntotr nt.” Bold by
augglste a'jd mallwa on receipt ot price,
it. Fot eats by Brann'n A Careen, B,
t-rter, John P. Turner and Geo. A. Brad
ford, Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Frasier's I<HOt Bitter
Frazier’s Boot Blttere ate not a dram
hop beverage, but are strictly medicinal
n i-very set.ee. They act. Strongly upon
hr Liver and Kidneys, kerp the ta.weis
•pen and regular, make the weak strong,
tieai the lungs, bulla up the nerves, «nd
l"ai>se the blood anil -j su m ot ever y im
’itrfty. Sold bv diuggtete. Jt.OO.
Foi sale by Brannon A Carson and Jno,
■' Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Dr Frester'r Maeir Ointment
A sure cine tot Little Grihe tn the Skin,
liough Skin, ete. It wlli remove that
ouehness num the ttai ds and tace and
nake you beautiful. Price 60c. Sent by
mail. For sale t v Brannon <t Carson end
John P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Mrs Dr Walton*, Periodica) Tea.
Mother Wnitor bae prescribed trisvaj.
i ‘blemsdlceit e tor a great many years
bet private practice. It has proved an
infalling specific In the treatment ottre
Tinny disorders to which the ternate ccn
tftution Is subject. It Is a sure cure lor
he monthls troubles that eomany women
'iffcr. Mailed on receipt ot price. sfe.
For s ale by Fret non 4 Carson and Jno
?. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Hnrstoga High Boek Spring Water for
isle hv all drpggtpts. mh92eodAw
OH. JOHN NOhWOOO.
OF-FIC-E AT
BRIEDLIM & JuHhSOh’S Drug Store,
Bandolph btreet.
Beefdeuce with B. L. WOODBUFF,
Crawlord, beiueen Ire up ird F<i*?U Hriet
i* x: t - md
ii. E. ( BIGGS,
Physician sutl Surgeon.
OFFICIC:
T. H. EVAN> <t CO. B Drug Store.
Residence, Jackson fir.. La at Goart Bouib .
janß-)y
W.'A.TICNER. Jr?
Attorney At l aw.
OFFICE IN GAKBABD BUILDING
COLUMBUS - - ■ GEORGIA
Mar AhD female agadFml
CUSSETA, OEOBCU.
The wr> k ot this Ntjnoo' will begin again
JANUABV 6, 18851 firs' Monday).
Tnl'ion SO, *2 50 and «3 se.
According to grad . Board never more
TI iuisS. Prr fflonth
MUSIC lSi«. PEK MONTH,
LO A.JlolS HtAI.TH Pi.
W.E. MUHPBEY,
tsrtrrl-.pm'wS PtlPCtpal.
Import ant
TO
Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners.
—o —
will furnish on boatd the Cars at Flora,
Alßbama, a vety
Rich Marl
%T IX >»OELA ,S Pel t€ MOV
CZtSIT 1
And a Very Low Rate of Freight
Is t fferrd by the Ali bile 4 Giratd B. B
By analysts of 'he Stale G. ologtet this
MABL contains hi m 5 to 8 per e nt. of
Phosphate with oth- r lettlliztog qualities.
For compost!) g and brosdcasiltg for
gralt tl ids, otcnaids and lawns it will be
found
A Valuable Stimulator.
Tnis is hot a Guar o, but a RICH Ml ABL
o
Arycrders torwioded to
11. J. OHB, Agent, Flora, Ala ,
Mobile 4 Girard liailroad, will wen with
prompt attention. dtvli-tt
Orrai B.rgaii.a
At Phillips’New bhoe Store, 48 Broad st.,
I Columbus, Ga. Stock all nt w, fine and
I nesp. <le7*Awtf
NOTICE I
CIFORGI4 Mr»OQGBF —I Jacob
J| hn<*baijd ot B e» Brods, <1 >»id
i out ts uid Bt’te. beiely e'ver<tP» to the
publ rof try cm i f nt tleimytsd wife, obb
pro a, fL* te bi d Pom ard after thia
dt’e a public or fre« trader wth all of the
r’ghtt acd j r'vileiP» nndsr the Mat Id an ch
i at bo aiade ai d provided. JaCCB BhOT A*
I », MH. tuM-ia