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VOL. X.
O’DONOYAYS CONDITION.
THE DOCTORS PRONOUNCE ROSSA’S
WOUND NOT DANGEROUS.
Career of His Would-Ik* A<<suMin—An En*
t-huaiaatie English Widow—Commenti
of the New York Press—London
Jubilant and Excited.
Niw Year. Feb. A—At 5:30 o’clock Mon
day afternoon O’Douovon Rosea was shot in
front ©f the Htewart Building on Chain ben
street, by a woman who was immediately ar
rested and, Rossa taken to Chambers street
hospital. He was shot in the back, under .he
right shoulder. When the woman was brought
to the station bouse she hatuDil to the police
sergeant a five barreled nickel-plated thirty
two calibre revolver, very coolly saying:
*‘l guess they are all empty now. ” Bhe had
fired five shots but only one had taken effect
Hhe said she was a nurse and lived at No. 00
Clinton Place. Bhe came from England five
monthi ago.
At the hospital Rossa is reported to
be getting along favorably. The woman who
.shot him is named Lucille Ysult Dudley. She
Is a widow and says her husband and two
children are dead. Bbe is about twenty-five
years old. She says she has been employed
mm nurse in the principal hospitals of London
and Faria She came to New York last Sep
tember in company with two other young
women. All were trained nurses and came
here with the intention of starting a female
hospital on a small scale. Finding the oppor
tunity difficult they engaged as nurses. One
of the trio was a Miss Chalmers. She
had friends in Newark and the three
went there. Afterwards Miss Cbalmer got a
a place in Roosevelt hospital, New York, in 1
a few days later got her friend Mrs. Du . ey
a position in the same institution. The su
perintendent of the hospital says that while
Mre. Dudley V*u» a good nur»t* she did not
give entire satisfaction, and her actions were
rather singular. Bbe was not popular with
the other nurse* Bbe left suddenly saying
she bad a “case" to attend to, but she went
to Dr. Thomas’ private hospital in Lexington
avenue, exhibited diplomas from London
hospitals and secured immediate employ
ment. Dr. Thomas says that shs
was an excellent nurse, but did
not get along well with the oth*c
nurses, and after a month he let her go, to
gether with Miss Chalmers, whom she hail
induced the doctor to employ. The other
nurses said that the two wooden acted
strangely, but they could not specify in what
particulars. They did not seek other com
pany. From the Thomas hospital Mrs. Dud
ley went tp Miss Leggett's home for working
women, in Clinton Place, and boarded until
last week, when she told the manager of the
bouse that she had a case and would give up
her room. Hhe went away, but came back
Wednesday afternoon, saying, “My patient
has died. Can you accommodate me again f
Hhe was again given a room, for
which she paid in advance until
Tuesday. On that afternoon she returned
the key of her door the manager saying
she was going out and did not think stie
would return and would send for her bag
gage. Hhe seemed excited and nervous.
1 Did p!:" ever allude while here to her past
domestic r Tattoos or life V' asked a reporter
of the manager of the home.
**Bbe toki o>e she had been married ami had
two children, but that all had died abroad.
Her father, she said, was a non-commissioned
office in her majesty's cavalry service, and
that she had repeatedly acted as trained
nurse in London hospitals and also In Paris.
Hhe also said that she had diplomas from
various institutions, nod 1 believe she ha>
shown them to some of the other young women.
Hhe was a thoroughly accomplished woman,
an i her manners and speech betokened a
thoroughbred English woman of keen mind
and bright perceptions She is intensely
patriotic, and often spoke of the English
soldiers. Her conversation at times was sar
castic and cutting when shaking of those
who were making war on the English people.
On© day she said she much more enjoyed the
hospital work abroad than the nursing she
hrd been dping here. She declared that she
received $25 a week there, while her pay here
was only S2O a month "
In tbs parlor df Miss Leggett’s home a
Levy of young ladies were ta.king about Mrs.
Dudley s deed.
“Hhe was almost crasy with excitement a
week ago Sunday,” said one, “when she heard
of the explosions in London. She said Amer
ica should give up Rossa to England, and
when she beard of the recent explosion on
Grand street she was again very much ex
cited.”
A reporter of the American press called at
Chamber* street hospital and in answer to
Ins inquiries as to the condition of O’Don >van
Jtoss*, the physicians state! he had passed a
good night, sleeping most of the time and
was now resting easily. His condition is
much improved. The doctors do not allow
anyone to converse with him, asserting that
complete rest is imparntivA They have not
found the bullet. The doctors niy that Rossa
is in a cheerful mood and expresses himself
t - nfldent. of a speedy recovery. Several
relatives and friends called but in deference to
the wishes of the'doctor refrained from talk
ing to the wounded man.
Following is the physician's latest bulletin
as to the condition of the patient:
Bullet entered Rossa’h back just over centei
left shoulder blade, can be traced in upward and
inward direction about four inches; w <und in
flicted is flesh wound, and in no way da *gerous;
ball not been extracted.
Chas. A. Jerset, M. D.
Mrs. Dudley was brought before Justice
Patterson, at the Tombs police court, charged
with shooting with intent to kill. She stood
in a semi-circle of eager on-looker*
unshrinkingly. The prisoner, although she
gave her age as twenty-five, looked scarcely
more than twenty. Her face is oval, the ha»
deep blue eyes with silky black lashes, fuiJ
crimson lips, pearly teeth, straight noee,
sensitive nostrils, and a soft round chin.
She seemed wholly unmoved by the situa
tion. Hon. A W. Butt* represented th«
prisoner and went on to state that for tlx
present his client wished to remain mute with
regard to the charge against her, and would
plead neither guilty nor not guilty.
The judge stated that he must remand thi
prisoner to await the result of Room's injury,
which be said was rega xied as slight. Al
this information the woman suddenly looked
up and her color deepened, her lips parted
and her eyes flashed angrily, and it was evi
dent she was sorry to learn that her bullet
had not reached a vital part. Hhe did nol
appear the least rufltad, but hastily mad*
preparations for her return to the police sta
tioo. Accompanied by her counsel she wai
followed from the court by a large crowd
and did not seem to be concerned in th*
least, but chatted pleasantly with her es
corta
The headquarters of the United Irishmen
Roma's paper, are tightly closed, the dooi
being locked with a huge padlock.
Roms's Career.
Niw York. Feb 4. —lt is just twenty-sevei
years since O'Donovan Rossa became a pub
lie character. He was then keeping a gen
#ral store in Skibbereen. Ireland. Hi
Sunday Columbus Times.
proper name was Jeremiah O’Donovan, but
there were so many O’Donovans that he took
the namt) of Rossa from his birthplace, Ross
Curbery. Rossa was an early convert to
Fenianism, having been sworn in the broth
erhood in 1853. He put his heart into the
'•ork, recruited a regiment some hundred
strong in and about Skibbereen, and formed
a literary ass iciation, which he called the
Phceuix Club, in compliment of O’Mahony,
whose branch of the conspiracy was known
as the Phceuix association. Rossa carried on
the conspiracy business with much skill, Lul
in 185 S he aud a number of his associates
were arrested, tried and convicted. When
they were released Rossa went to Loudon aud
established the Irish People, a weekly news
paper. Shortly afterwards he came to thi*
country, but returned again after a short
stay on this side of the water.
In September of the same year the Irish
People was taken possession of by the police,
and Rossa aud many other leaders were ar
rested. At the trial that followed he made
himself conspicuous above hit* fellows by his
audacity ami energy. In return he got the
heaviest sentence of all—penal servitude for
life. When released in 1871 he was an altered
man. He seemed to have lost altogether his
rough, but hearty, kindliness, though his de
viation to the cause of Ireland was no
less ardent. It was natural therefore, that
w htu be came to America he should lie made
the loader in a strong party of American
Fenians, and that they should exceed all
others factions in the steady ferocity of their
purpose.
A few years after he came here he succeeded
in raising enough money to start the United
Irishman, of which paper he is still the edi
tor. He has always ad v oca ted through the
coiumns of his papers unceasing and tireless
warfare on England, in every imaginable
way, though no one has yet been able to iden
tify him w ith any of the dynamite explosions,
assassinations, or other crimes Committed
against England.
Ri.jssa stands for the most radical faction of
those which assume to represei l the cuuse of
Iril nd. He has always beei the leader oi
the most aggressive and vindi; five men, and
has as many bitter enemies an ong the Irish
in this country as he has fr.enuw, for tlie
reason that they believe no good can come of
bis way of fighting
What the New York Papers Bay.
Niw York, Feb. 4 —The Hull says: “As
sassination in any form is a bad thin,-, but it
must be conceded that Rossa has left nothing
undone to prepare the public to face Ids
taking off with something akin to resigna
tion.”
The Herald says: “While we must all re
gret the commission of any crime, we must
also recognize the fact that so long as the law
tolerates such doings as those of Rossa, there
is no reason to be surprised if they provoke
violence.”
The World says: “Rossa has learned that
in carrying on a murderous warfure against
England he has expostxi himself to great per
sonai danger. ‘All they that, take up the
sword shall perish by the sword.’ ’
The Tribune says: “In no case is there
likely to be much sympathy for Rossa. He
has preached the doctrine of assassination for
years, and it is not surprising, however much
the fl ien !* of law and order may regret it,
that some one should take him at his word.'
The Times says: “Rossa must have hail new
light shed within the past few hours upon
the rightfuiiiess of private war. It is obviou/
that smothered war cannot be waged all oi
one side.”
London Jubilant. With Excitement
London, Feb. 4. —The excitement caused
by the news of the attempted assassination of 1
O’Douovan Rossa continues. The papers
have sold like wildfire an . enormous crowds
choke the streets in front of ull the bureau: ,
of information. The hopethut Patrick Ford
of the New York Irish World, will be lho
next victim is heard ou ail si les. The papers
have notified their correspondents in New
York to continue to forward the most elale
orato details, and the city is fairly jubilant
with excitement.
The Pail Mall Gazette, editorially, advo
cates a strong afli un e between the United
Htates and Great Britain, whic h would have
for its object mutual protection against overt
a< ts committed by citizens in either country.
It is stated in diplomatic circles that cor- |
respondence has lately taken place between
Russia and the United States, relative to a
treaty being entered into between them so
the extradition of those concerned in dynam
-1 to outrages.
Nothing Known of it in Washington.
Washington, Feb. 4, —Nothing is known
In diplomatic circles in Washington about
the reported treaty between the United State*
and Russia, concerning the extradition of
dynamiters. It is supposed the report
started from the fact that negotiations hav.
for a long time t>een pending m congress to
secure an extradition treaty between the two
countries.
They Are Waiting for the " Fon.’*
RfLTfMonk, Feb. 4 —East w»*k Messrs.
Schneider & Fuchs placed a very fine picture
of the house of lords in the window of then
art store which attracted a great deal of at
tention oh account of the recent attempt tc
destroy the parliament buildings by dyna
mite. On Thursday the firm were surprise!
at the receipt of the following, written on a
postal card in & very legible han l:
January, 28, 1884.
You had better take out of your window th*
picture of the house of lords before the end of th*
month, or else you will see some foil. Signed,
Rossa
Although they regard the postal as a joke,
they have informe i the police authorities.
The picture is still in the window, and they
are waiting for the "lox ”
Another Wonm .e<l Dynamiter.
New York, Feb. 4 —Prof. James Rogers
who was assaulted at his house in Williams
burg on Friday night, by an unknown man
is improving. His wife denies that he ii
Prof. Mezzeroff, the instructor in dynamite
for Rosa's crowd and compounder of ma
terial used in the “scientific warfare.”
Rogers is said to be an ex pert chemist. H*
is outspoken in his love for Ireland. It ii
said that Jas. Featberstone, who is known hi
Kennedy, is employe*.! by anT lives with
Rogers. Featherstone is a brother of th«
Cork Fenian who was alleged to have beei
betrayed bv James McDermott while on hi
way to England with dynamite. Irisl
leaders dec.are that Mezzeroff is now ic
Europe.
pg& The Murphy Murder Case.
Nkw Orleans, Feb. 4.—The excitemen
over the Murphy murder case is growing
Beveral men swore that November 25, tin
day fixed for Ford's libel suit against Murphy
they heard Judge Ford say to Policemen
Murphy as he left the court room, “Whj
didn't you fix himT’ “I had uo chance,” re
plied the policeman. “Get out, you
aaiu Ford; “you are no good.” It transpire
that a negro, Edwards, one of the jurymen
was disbarred from serving on the jury mtbi
United Htates courts on accouut of au out
rageous verdict, He and others are relie*
up nto hang the jury. The evidence agains
the prisoners has been couc.usive and n<
amount of testimony on their btoaii c*u
•hake the belief in their guilt.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5. 1885.
; CAMPBELL SUSPENDED.
,
FINAL DECISION IN THE CELEBRATED
DISBARMENT CASE.
[
1 Findings of the Judges on Ail the Count*—*
The Noted Criminal Lawyer Found
, Guilty on the First ( Large—
> Mulcted in the Costs.
I
Cincinnati, Feb, 4. — The announcement
that a decision was at hand in the great dis
i barment ca»e of Counsellor T. C. Campbell
; served to pack the court room in the Albany
Building with an eager throng, among whom
the legal fraternity largely predominated,
and when at length Judges Maxwell, Robin
sou and Connor took their seats the expec
tancy and suspense was acute, and a hush
fell on the crowded court room.
Mr. Campbell took his seat at the bar, im
mediately confronting his judges, and listened
unmoved to the reading of the decision in his
, case.
In the preamble, which was of considerable
length, were laid down the rules of law, upon
which the court proceeded.
The charges were then read seriatim and
the decision on each rendered. Below they
are summarized:
The first, called the J. H. Minnemeyer
charge, was recited, the gist of the charge be
ing that Campbell, by threats and promises,
forced or induced Mrs. Minnemeyer to pay
SI,OOO to Walter Gow on penalty of Miime
meyer s conviction and imprisonment. It is
virtually a charge of comi>ouudmg a felony.
The testimony ws. rehearsed at length and
deemed insufficient to sustain the charge, but
was applied to the suppliinent&ry charge that
Canhpbell list'd his official position as prosecu
tor to effect the release of Minnemeyer and
the return of his embezzled funds to Gow.
Os this he was found guilty of misconduct in
volving m >rul turpitude.
The second is the Hoffman jury charge, in
which a conspiracy to influence
jurors is alleged. The summary of testimony
on tins charge was also of great length. The
. suspicious matter in the whole affair, nccord
| lug to the court, w as the list of jurors handed
, to Moses, which, unexplained and obscured
by Drew, was the little fire that had made a
great blaze. Drew reminded the court of ths
man who fired the temple of Diana, llis ac
tion was evidently reprehensible, but he evi
dently did not expect to start such a confla
gration as has sprung from it. But the fact*
do not establish a conspiracy. It was, how
ever, censurable in Campbell that ho should
enter a saloon with two jurors, and drink
with them. The court found the charge not
sustained.
j Charge third alleges that Campbell made
affidavit that Kline, one of the jurors in th©
Hoffman case, was not a client of his. The
testimony did not satisfy the court that
Campbell had sworn falsely, but in denying
the bill for services introduced in the case ho
j had done more to affect his credibility than
,by anything else. The court never hod any
i doubt that the bill was genuine.
| The fourth charge alleges that Campbell,
with a view to defraud the United Htates, by
j representing that one Thomas Mead was nol
the Thomas Mead who had gone on the for
1 felted recognizance of one William Munning.
| The testimony naiTowed down to a single
statement bj Campbell that Mead was not
the man, ami that was iu a measure explained
by other testimony that it was a simple off
liaud statement of a rumor. This was not
sustained.
The sixth charge alleges that Campbell sub
orned on Jacob I‘feffor to testify falsely that
a note was made on the lUth of November,
1878, -some time before, when in fact it was
made during a trial for use in a whisky suit
against one Deffendahl, th* following March.
Nearly an hour was expended in summing
up the testimony under this charge. The
conclusion arrived at was that neither Pfeifer
n<>r Deffendahl could be believed on oath,
that their statements are conflicting, and,
that in fact, Bateman nor anybody who
heard of the charge against Campbell, be
lieved it It would not be just to the respond
ent nor safe to the b&r to find respondent
guilty.
I The eighth charge alleges under several
counts that Campbell did uniawfu ly en
deavor to have h.s friends aud assoc iates, de
pendent* an l clients, among others Michael
Gaeb, H. A. Phillips and C. T. Dollaban, im
panneled as jurors, for reward. The truth or
j falsity of the count resting upon the teuti
| niony of Gaeb as against that of Campbell
supported by Chas. H. Davis, it was found
insufficient to sustain it. The conclusion was,
however, reached that Phillips was a client of
Campbell's, but not such an one as oouid L
inciu led within his promise to the court to
designate any juryman called who might be
hiM client, but yet one whom as an honorable
attorney be should have not permitted to sit
upon the jury.
| The court was of the opinion that Dollahan
answered evasively in regard to his relations
to Campbell, but that the relations between
him and Campbell were not of a character to
warrant the court in doing more than stating
that Campbell’s action was not up to the
standard of au honorable attorney. The
charge was not sustained.
The court found on the whole case the re
spondent guilty as follows: We find the de
fendant guilty on the first charge, but in view
of the fact that it extends into th* remote
past, when the respondent was a young prac
titioner, the court is disposed to leniency,
and sentence him to the payment of the costs
of the trial and ten days suspension.
Judge Maxwell dissented from the opinion
of the majority of the court. He agreed with
their summary of testimony, but not in the
, conclusion at which they arrived.
As the last sentence fell from ths lips of
Judge Maxwell, Mr. Morrill sprang to his
feet and asked a stay of execution till counsel
for defense could prepare a bill of exceptions
and file a petition in error to the supreme
court.
Campbell, his face white with ©xcitement,
hissed between his teeth to Morrill, bis coun
sel: “This verdict will stand against me all
my life, i don’t core if it is not sustained by
the evidence.”
Judge Maxwell interrupted Morrill to say
that the term of the oourt will expire with the
week, and that the suspension could not there
fore, exceed that limit
Mr. Morrill—Well, we must have time to
prepare our bill and file our petition, should
we desire to do so.
Campbell—We do desire it
Morrill —We desire a stay of execution.
The court certainly can order it
Judge Maxwell—We desire time to consult
as to our powers in the premises We can do
this. We will delay the entry for one day.
This was agreed to.
The Death Roll.
New York, Feb. 4 —Dr. Edwin Samuel
Gifford, well known as a physician and edi
tor of medical journals, died Monday in his
residence at Ocean Beach, N. J.
The Ohio State Journal has had return*
from sixty-two counties of that state, giv
ing gubernatorial preferences. A resume
of ftret choices shows Foraker 23,
Kennedy 15, Beatty fl, Nash 4, Sher
man and McKinley 8 each, Foster and Taylo*
2 each, Lawjmoe, Delano, Crouse and Per
kins 1 each.
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
Rtddloberger Remembered —Mr. Kvarts*
Credentials—Hills Passed.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The desk of Sena
tor Riddlebergei was decorated by a large,
handsome Irish harp constructed of rare
flowers.
Lengthy certified extracts from the jour
nals of bdth houses of the New York legisla
ture were hud before the senate as being the
credentials of William M. Evarts, elected
senator from New York in place of Mr.
Lapham.
Mr. Hoar, from the committee on privileges
and elections, stated that it was the opinion
of that committee that a simple certificate
from the executive that on a curiam day A
or B was elected United Htates senator for
•uch a term was all that was necessary in the
way of credentials. The chair slated, as a
matter of fact, that the papen just read con
tained no certiflrate from the governor, as
required by the act of congress.
On motion of Mr Hoar what purported
to be the credentials were efrrred to the
committee on pi vileges and elections.
By previous arrangement the senate is to
reach a vote either on the Reagan house bill,
or on the proposed substitute recommended
by the senato committee on railroads.
House*
Washington, Feb. 4. Speaker Carlisle
being still indisposed, Mr. Blackburn (Ky.)
continued to occupy the chair.
Mr. Bland (Mo.), from the commi'teeon
Coinage, weights aud measures, report©*i back
i long resolution inquiring of the secretary
jt the treasury as to the discrediting of the
lilver coinage by the New York clearing
bouse aud national banka
Mr. Long (Mass.) called up and th© house
passed the bill to regulate the forms of bills
as lading and defining the duty aud liability
cf ship owners and others.
Mr. Eaton (Conn.) called up the concurrent
resolution for the counting of the electoral
votes and the senate amendment providing
for two tellers on the part of each house.
Agreed to.
Mr. Cox (N. Y.) reported from the naval
committee a resolution calling upon the socre
•®ry of the navy for a detailed statement of
die expenses of the naval advisory board.
Adopted.
FROM ACROSS THE WATERS.
Another Alleged Dynamiter—Portugal in
Africa —Victory for the French at Rolling.
LONDON, Feb. 4.—The suspicious person
who has been loitering iu the neighborhood
Clerkenwell prison ever since the suspect
Cunningham s confinement there was l . rested
and brought before a magistrate. He stated
that his name was Goodyear and described
himself as a laborer but refused to give any
le ails as to where he stopped or from whence
he came The detectives have been watching
Goodyear for some time and his movements
in and around the jail havo been carefully
noted. They refrained from taking him into
custody iu the hope that he might afford a
Mue tending to further slidw Cunningham’s
romplicity iu the conspiracy to wreck
the public buildings of London. One of the
Jeteclives testified that the prisoner on one
accafeion approached the box of the governor
of the prison, in which all communications
for inmates are deposited and dropped some
papers into it. The box was subsequently
opened and the papers examined A long
list of numerals was found on the paper and
those, in the belief of the police, wore the
characters of a cypher message to Cunning
ham, to whom the papers were addressed,
from his friends and co-conspirators Good
year protested his innocence throughout the
testimony of the policeman, and repeatedly
interrupted the proceeding by his remarks.
At the conclusion of the testimony Goo 1 year
voluntarily informed the magistrate that, lie
bud been only recently released from an in
sane asylum, and that he was iu no way con
nected with the dynamiters.
The police denounced tins latter statement
of the prisoner as a fabrication, and asserted
that instead of having been released from u
lunatic asylum, he was recently re.eased from
& prison, whore lie had served a term for a
penal offense. The police urged that the
prisoner be remanded, saying that they had
no doubt he was an accomplice of Cunning
ham. The magistrate after receiving the
testimony stated tlmt while as yet there was
nothing shown which would directly connect
the prisoner with Cunninghams crime
enough had been adduced to wnrrant his re
inand him. and the prisoner was accoruingly
remanded for a further hearing.
Portugal's Congo Claims.
Berlin, Feb. 4.— The Portugese govern
ment has formally taken possession of both
banks of the lower Congo, and the action
confirms the opinion that Portugal will not
deviate in the slightest degree from her posi
tion concerning her righ is in Alrioa, as an
nounced at the beginning of the Congo con
ference.
Another French Victory.
Parih, Feb. 4. —An official dispatch from
Admiral Courbet to the naval department
states teat the Frenc h iorces under his com
mand have carrie. 1 the < Chinese works com
manding tiie mines at Keiung. Th.- Fren h
loat ume killed and fifty-three wounded.
The Chinese kies Is stated to he very heavy.
A Destitute Veteran Officer.
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 4 Brigadier Gen
eral H. N. Strong was discovered Monday to
be living in destitute circumstances and was
token iu charge by agent of a charitable m
rdtution. With President Arthur he studied
at Union College, at t chenectady, and was
graduated in 1849. He went to rough the
war and made brigadier-general at the battle
of Gainesville, while in command of Wor
ley’s division. He is a strong supporter of
Gen. Fit* John Porter, wuo commanded at
that battle. He was graduated as B. A., and
A M., and served as rector of several
Episcopalian congregations at different
places, his lust being at Baton Rouge. He
came to Milwaukee in 1880, after having mar
ried a beautiful southern lady thirty years
his junior. He is now about fifty-five yean
of age. He says that President Arthur once
taught school in Janesville, Wis. He sjieaks
with great reticence of bis circumstances and
appears to be very proud, Home measures
will be taken for his relief at once.
Waiting for the Mardl Gras.
New Orleans, Feb. 4.—The weather con
tinues warm and clear, but there is no per
ceptible wrens) in the attendance at th«
exposition. Indeed there is apparently a luil,
anticipatory of the rush that is booko l for
mardi gras. Meanwhile the financial asjiect
Is rather worse than better. The gate money
is applied to running expenses, for which it
is barely sufficient. Tins leaves out
In the cold several lame con
tractors to whom large sums are
overdue. Home of these are growing per
emptory, and one in particular has modes
demand upon the management for at least a
portion of his claim, unoer threat* of pulling
out bis plant forthwith. Huch a step would
leave the fair iu a sad predicament. The
United Htatu commissioners bold a lung ses
sion with closed doors. It is understexxi they
will send Alsj. Burk© to Washington at once
with a formal endorsement aud appeal to
•uugreeu for * farther lain.
MEDICAL MEN BAFFLED.
THE TERRIBLE MALADY THAT ANNU
ALLY ATTACKS A FARMER
And Always on the Same Hour Every Year.
Kissing Wife and Children Good-Bye
at the Approueli of the Dread Visi
tation— Science at Fault.
Erik, Pa., Feb. 4—Win. B. Furgeson, a
prominent, farmer of SoringfieLi, this county,
is the victim of a mstressiug malady w hich
ini til •* medical skill, ami bus been the topic
of extended discussion in medical journals.
Mr. Furgesou is a farmer, and is tho .ather
of a bright and intelligent family of chili Iren,
lie is forty-seven years old, of fine physique,
aud excellent address. His trouble begun
! when early in hm teens. While doing Lbs
chores on his father's farm be was seized with
! a violent paiu in his right hand. Bathing
and other treatment gave him relief in ths
course of nil hour and a half. Pre
cisely a*, the same hour (7 o’clock) on the
followit g evening he was again attacked,
the pat oxysins continuing as before for an
hour and a haif. In tne following February,
one year afterward, tho malady appeared
again in a more violent form. Every year
since then he has, with one exception, suffer
ed from an attack, the exception being the
year he spent in California, but he attributed
bis relief that year to the change of climate.
Ho has never had the paroxysms in warm
weather except once, aud that was ia Cali
fornia during an usually cold spell iu August
and then hm sufferings were of short dura
tion.
A number of physicians paid a visit to the
home of Mr. Furgerson on Monday evening
last, and found the unfortunate man prepar
ing for the return of the spasms. Mr. Furge
son was reclining on the bed when the visitors
entered. He conversed cheerfully until about
haif past 0 o’clock, when the malady began
to manifest itself in the right hand, which he
opened and closed. In a few minutes the left
hand became affected, and the sufferer began
to twist aud pull tho fingers. As
the hour of 7 approached the manip
ulation of the fingers became more and
more active. Mr. Furgerson explained that
there was a feeling of numbness in the hands
aud a prickling sensation in tho fingers, as
though they were in that, condition commonly
described as “asleep.” These sensutions be
gan in the right ha id, just as they di.i more
than thirty veare ago. This numbness was
followed by shooting pams similar to electric
shocks, each succeeding pain becoming se
verer. Up to t his time there was some twitch
ing of the muscles, but no cramping.
At five minutes to 7 Mr. Furgeson arose,
and, walking dejectedly to the sitting room,
which had been cleared of furniture by Lis
wife, he divested himself of coat aud boots,
buttoned his vest tightly, kissed his wdfo and
children affectionately, aud then dropped
down upon a buffalo robe stretched on thf
floor, A most immediately he began to roll
from side to side, wringing his hands and
throwing his arms out at full length. These
motions wu o accompanied by moans, at first
almost inaudible, then stronger as the mo
! lions were accelerated. Suddenly there was
a quiver, and then, like a flash, the
writhing body of Furgeson was lockod
in a ball, with the head between the
rneos, and all as still as death, without any
judication of life. This was tho beginning
>f a series of spasms which lasted over two
pours The first spasmodic action lasted
two minutea, then the muscles relaxe i, and
the sufferer threw- himself wildly and con
vulsively about, shouting expressions of pain
which arose to shrieks of agony. At no tuns
did ho lie in one (Kjeition a minute. Hi*
limb© were drawn up, with tho 3ole of his
f(X>t pressed firmly against the abdomen
from one to tux minutes at a time.
When the pains reached the head the
sufferer seemed to lose ail conscious
ness. During this period lie seined to be liv
boring un lt*r the de union that lie was tioiiig
pursued. (Suddenly his right eye became af
fected and he made desperate efforts to gouge
it from its socket. These periods of excruci
ating agony lasted from one to ten minutes,
and while th y continued the sufferer emitted
noises, first like the yelping of a dog and then
like the hissing of a snake. When the parox
ysms end, the victim lies motionless am* ex
hausted The shortest period was four day*
aud the longest twenty-three.
Mr. Furgeson is sometimes attacked with
these paroxysms twice a year, but usually
onoe only. In the latter case they law* twics
as long. They invariably begin at 7p. m.,
lasting from one and a half to two hours,
in sjielis of from fifteen to twenty minute*
at the outset, and increasing until the
climax is passed. At one time tho victim
was kept under the influence of liquor, aud
twice |K>werful anaesthetics were used with I
a view to strving off the attacks.
This treatment, was immediately followed by
terrific paroxysms, which continued ail (
night with greatly increased severity. Hop
baths m.d electricity have been tried, but in
vain, it was suggested with some plausi
bility that inasmuch as the attacks do nol
come on in summer a warm climate might
furnish tlie long sought for remedy.
Although Mr. Furgerson has been ex
amined by medical college faculties and thi
gkiliei medical fraternity of all the Heighten
ing cities, no one is able to suggest a remedy.
The unfortunate man ha* almost sjient hi*
fortune in seeking relief. During tho mouth*
intervening between the attacks he enjoy*
good health and woras his farm. Thi* yeai
ho spent the summer in Michigan. Thi
cause of his terrible affliction cannot U
solved.
A Passenger Kate War Imminent.
8t IjOUIB, Feb. 4.—For some months past
tho i enn yivania railroad has been selling
tickets to New York at an agreed rate of
while the other lines have charged $lB. The
Pennsylvania company announce that it will i
herealter charge no more than the othei j
roads. This has raised somethimg of a com- ;
motion, and it is asserted by representative*
of other roads that they wid drop their rati
$2, and will meet every decline of the Penn
sylvania company. A meeting of passeoge*
agents will be held on Monday to discuss the
matter, and it now looks as though a rail
war was imminent.
Indianaroljs, Feb. 4. —The Journal say*
that the Pennsylvania people wid reopen thi
war on east bound freight rates from Indian
apolis and Bt. Louis, quoting a liftoen-ceut
rate to New York from this p int. A Chi
cago. Bt. Louis and Pittsburg official i*
quoted as saying there is to be no mon
trifling, and that the cut rates are to be cul
to the quick. Passenger rates are also as
fee ted.
llHas Tears of the Wreckers.
Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 4 —Conductor Ly»
man li. Jen tons, of the Wabash, struck ai
obstreperous passenger with a poker Satun
day, and on Jenkins return trip from Cain
Monday bis train was surrounded by a des
perate mob of twenty five men at
Grand Chain. Jenkius had been tel
egraphed to beforehand to preplan
for trouble, and when his train puliod up at
Grand Chain t.ie whole of the train men ap
poared on the platform with revolvers in
hand. As the train p lied out the mob told
Jeugiui he would be met iu another way.
THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Pithy New* Items Dolled Down for
the Hurried Header.
Two hundred Detroit cigar makers ha vs
■truck.
George 11. Edmonds, a grocer, of Eaton,
0., is missing.
Seventeen new national banks were organ
ized in January.
The total i'ii die debt of the United States
is 11,801,419,215.
Electric headlights are to be adopted on ths
Pan handle road.
The corner stone of tho Baptist church was
laid in Saltillo, Mexico.
Gov. Cleveland has engaged quarters at the
Aiding on hotel, Washington.
Blanton coal mine, Pa , is flooded, throw
ing six hundred men and boys out of employ
ment.
Fitz John Porter appeals to the president
to reconsider his veto of the reinstatement
bin. mm
Phlneo* Pease, of Columbus, was appointed
receiver of the Cleveland and Marietta rail
road.
Win. Banning, yardmaster of the Union
stocky ardi Cincinnati, was killed by a switca
engine.
Three th msand men will resume work at
the steel w >rks at Braddocka, Pa., at a reduc
tion of wages.
1 The receipts of the United States treasury
for January were $203,584,152, and the ex
penditures $ I £7,800,425.
Mrs Laura D. Gordon, of California, has
been admitted to the bar of the supreme
X)urt of the United States.
I Charles Rowan «nd William Barker, boys
: of eighteen, were arrested in Grafton W. Va.,
charged w;.h train-wrecking.
It is said that since the Lon don explosions,
40,000 Irishmen have been thrown out of
work in the English metropolis.
Joseph Snedker fell from the third story of
A. E Burkhurdt & Ca’s establishment, iu
Cincinnati, and was not dangerously injured.
The public debt btatornent for January
ihowa a reduction of $9,420,000, and for the
jeven months ending Saturday, nearly $41,-
000,000.
At the Burke-Dalton sparring match In
Chicago on Tuesday, Burke had it all his own
way and could have knocked Dalton out at
any point ho wished.
The total number of commissioned officers
In organized militia service in the United
States is 7,811; non-commissioned officers,
privates, etc., number 83,979.
Mr. Hendricks, at hia Indianapolis home,
lays that in his recent conference with Mr.
Cleveland not a word was said against Sena
i tor McDonald foi a cabinet place.
I President John Taylor, of the Mormons,
lays the saints will bear their persecutions
yet a little while, to avoid bloodshed, but
there would be a change before long.
The east-bound oxpi ess train on the Mem
phis und Charleston railroad was wrecked near
Brownsboro Sunday night The train was
wrecked but no one was injured.
I President King, of the New York, Lake
Erie and Western railroad company, emphat
ically denies that an assessment is to be
levied upon the bond and stockholders of
the road.
The directors of tho B and O. railroad com
pany have ratified tho $10,000,000 five per
cent, loun, which has been negotiated with
the lialgarton and Von Hoffman syndicate of
New York.
The blast furnaces of the South Chicago
rolling mills, known as Nos. 1 aud 2, are
being put in order to start up as
rapidly as possible, and will be fired as soon
as ready.
Robert A. Wallace died in Buffalo in 1878,
and no will could be fouud though he said he
made one. Recently the grave whs oimuuhl
and the will was found in the bosom of the
remains.
The brig Sunshine, from St. Johns, N. 8.,
for Liverpool, put back on Tuesday after a
terrible experience. The vessel was com
pletely ice-coated and many of the sailors
were severely frozen.
It is said that Mr. Vilas, of Wisconsin, ft
closing up the vast volume of his law business
in Madibou, which is taken as pointing pretty
conclusively to the tact that he will en*cr
the cabinet of President Cleveland.
Justus Schwab ami Herr Most conducted a
riotous meeting of ultra socialists in New
York on Tuesday evening, and an entire
piaitoon of police hud to club the assemblage
into subjection and arrest the ring leudera.
The revival of the stories that the diariee
of the Arctic expedition contain matter not
yet published, which reflects upon Lieut.
Greely. is declared by an officer who has been
given the opi*ortuoity of examining them, te
be without foundation.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latent Quotations ot the Stock, Troduee
and Cattle Market©.
New York, Feb. il. —Money, 1 per cent. Ex*
change firm, governments steady.
Alt. &. Terre Haute. IU Morris & Essex...
Bor. A (Juiney ...119*4 Missouri Pacific... 96 -2
(Juiiadtt Pacino ... N. V. & Erie.
Canadafeoutliern . iDjfJ N. Y. Central 6/>•
Central Pacific 2»> a North western tftJj.
Chicago M Alton... 181 Pacific Mod
U, C. C. <ll Rock island 108
Dt4. & Hudson ... 71U bt. Paul 71J4
Del , Lock. & W... St. P. S. C. 2 ojZ
DliuoisCentral I*l>* do preferred ... 884
Jersey Central.. 88. L Texas & Pacific.. . 12
Kansas A Texas.. . lb l /§ U. Pacific 49)4
Lake Shore 91J4 West. Union... . bOU
Louisvilk Nash.. 28>* Naan. & Chatt .... &»>£
General.
Cincinnati, Feb. B.—FLOUR—Fancy,
4.60; family, s{.Gh(o3.9u
WHEAT—No. 2 red, 86c; No. 8,81@82c.
CORN—No. H mixed, 42c; No. 8,41 c; ear, 43a
OATS—No. 2 mixed, No. 2 white, 84a
KYE—No. 2,71 c.
BARLEY—Spring, W@Csc: fall, 79@S0c.
PORK Family, $12(<J12.87>4; regular, $12.75.
BACON -Shoulders, short clear sides
T%«£l ' 2 c. Laid—Kettle—7 >4O.
CHEESE—Prime to choice Ohio, Nsw
York, 12 a (<plßc, Northwestern, B(co9c.
POULTRY - Fair chickens, $2.5d52.75; prime,
sT2ducks, $3.60; geese, s3.o(X<s&.oo per
doe.; live turkeys, dressed, \%$U .^c.
HAY—No. 1 timothy, No. 2, 11.50
t0!2.u0; mixed. slu.uutsll.(W; wheat and rye straw,
s&.<*ks7.ou; oaU a»raw, Br.iAK<p*.uo.
Nkw York, Feb, a—WHEAT—No. 1 white, 90c;
No. 8 re-1. Foil., b a
CORN—Mixed western, 49(@fllo; futures, 48%
&4D£C. (>ats— 'Testern, 3*K<s4oc.
New Orl&anb, Feb. B.—SUGAR—Refining, com
mon, T't4' a c; inferior, choice white,
6c; wmte, 6^4(500; choice yellow,
MOLASSES—Good fair, prime, 34 critic;
choice, 44c; centrifugal prime, fair, 20c.
Detroit, Feb. it—WHEAT—No. 1 wfiiu*, obc;
No. 3 red, 7 ■i'-jc; Michigan soft red, BT/^c.
Toucno, Feb. <T-WHEAT—No. 2, 77>4,0; No. S
•Oft, 86> 4 lt>->6/ 4 c.
Live Stock.
Cincinnati, Feb. 8. —CATTLE—Good to choice
butchers’, SI.OO 4,6.00; fair, common, $2 [
$42.75; Stocker* and fee*‘el’s, $J
and calves, #- 5u^3.5u.
HOGS—Selected butchers, $4.75@5.Q0; fair to J
good packing, sl.ijvgd.«o; fair to light. $4.35 I
kit 4 75; common, $3.i>6(t44.80; culls,
SHEEP—Common to fair, 5; good to
choice, $3.-0#4.25; weathers, s4lambs, ;
common, good $4,g>4.76.
Chicago, Feb. 3.—HOGS—Fair to good, $4 3>V7s
i 00; unxed packing, choice heavy,
S».OO(CS».9J.
CATTLE—Exports, $5.60@6.10; good to choio©
shipping, $4.50 4.5.50; common to fair, SL9Uq£6.O9;
tuckers and feeders, $3-404*6 Mk ~ f ,
NO. 243
I iiOSTETTEHv
P** CELEBRATED |1 \
fc, tTMAOI
*1 TIERS
By iti* u«* si Host.' t' r*« store oh Blt'srs th.
b'tfKsrrd si'pe.'STOft of th. roan.eusnce sod
sstio-ns soi d'spiptra t'O supp'sr'oo by .
h-s tht' r loot, si.d *s too food '■ ssstmrt'od.
the hi it seqn res sQbetsrce. At P* tte te rs
• toffd, «nd the n.re us .yet* m re re bed f'th
moo’ ueefe ■ e 1 ml c, th’Ons' -h« eee or th'*
a eeir'ne, which Ini hi us flo'el t p*rf es of
* rhtums f> t. nd r>oy, end tn life Imetole pro*
ysr ts'lve o* f ror end sr *.
F r ft e by sll Tin. v>'tt end Dee'ett
csrer.ltv.
nun Fii.itsu HL.KSUI
Hnro cure foi Hni'fl, bloMlluK hiul Itcd
liitr VllfP. Due bi x ban cured the worst
eaM>H o' 10 years' etnndlnir, No one need
suffer live minutes alter uelnu William’s
Indian Pile Ointment. It absorbs tumors,
allnye Itchlnu, arte as poultice, (rives In*
stani relic. Piepered only lor Plies.
Ilchlna of Ihe private parts, nothin? else.
Hon. J. M. Ci ffenhury, ot Cleveland, says:
"I have used eerrec ol Pile cures, and It
affords me pleasure to say that I have
never found anythlPK which (rives such
immediate and perm"pent relief as Dr,
William's Indian Pile OlDtmmt.” Hold by
driKfsrlsle und mailed on receipt of price,
#l. For sale by Brannon * Carson, R.
Oerter, John P. Turner and (Jeo, A. Brad
ford. OoluxnbUß, Oa.
Dr. (Trailer's Hoot Ritter
Frofcter’e Boot Hitters are Dot a dram
“hop beveraae, hut are strictly medicinal
in every sense. They act strongly upon
the Liver and Kidneys, he. p the bowels
open and regular, ruake the weak strong,
heal the lunee, build up the nerves, ana
h anse the blood »nd system of every lm*
purity. Held hv druirplpls. tl.oo.
For sale hy Brannon A Carson and Jno.
!’. Turner. Columbus, Oa.
Dr Frasier’s Mairlr Olntmeat
A pure erne lor Lin le Orijt-e in the Skin,
Kotiph Hkin, ete. It will remove that
roiurhppPH from the hards and face and
make you beautiful. Price BOe. Bent by
mall. For sale hv Brannon A Carson and
John P. 1 urner, Columbus, Ua.
Chop. E Clover, Hermoraello, M>xtCO.
Inly 16 IHDS eayt ; "I take p'eaeure In
•ddreeaii sy< u onee more, or you have
been of Brent heneftt to me. I wrote to
v. u ' h 'll' one aid om-half vara e(rn f
'■rm ArtsoDH, tor Dr. Wild'm’e Indian
PI On mei r. | received It hi d It rnred
me .'iitroy. 1 s'l'l h-d erme O'ntnient
r- m»l Ins', with wi Irb 1 have cmed seven
r eifjbt moie. ft le wonderlul.
H iratodii Hlirh Book Hprlnp Water for
i lr hr nil flnt jy<r*P*p. pt * A w
male m fTmale academy.
CUSSETA, GEORGIA.
The k of »Me Hp* pn will ttgpjQ
JANUARY 6 I*Bsfflrp* Monday).
60 $2 60 HDd $3 SO,
Accor (Urn* to *d*»cl . h«>hki more
Tlmn 08. Pr r Month.
IBISIt: «t:t. PER MONTH,
1.0 A.IoN hMI.TM Ul.
W.E MUHPBEY,
(»? ludt.em'wH Prlr e'nal.
DB. JOHN NORWOOD.
OFFICE AT
BREEDLOVe & Johnson's Drag Store,
Randolph fctreat.
Residence with H. L. WOODRUFF,
Crswford, between Trtup sad Foisffti Misti
_
lv E (JUfiCiS,
Physician and Surgeon.
OPFKKI
T. H. EVANb * CO. H Drue- Btore.
Residence, Jackeou St.. Knit Court House .
J«ns-]y
W. A.TICNER. Jr.
Attorney At Law.
OFFICE IN CiARIiABD RCIRDINO
COLUMBUS. . ■ . OEOBGIA
finsl lt.rg.tßS
At Phillips'New bhue btoie, 4* Broad et,
Columbus, Ua. block all n. w, Hue and
neap. dc7'&w?f
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners.
I will.furnish on board tbe Cars at Flora,
Alabama, a very
Rich Marl
. T »1X dOLI.A tS P«iK TO.V
oa six!
And a Very Low Hats of Freight
Is offend by the As. bile A Girard H. B
By analysis of the btate Ueolomlßt this
MAUL contains trom S to 8 per cot. of
PnocphHte with oth> r >e> tlllUmr qualities.
For cempoßtlig; Hnd broadcusUEK for
tirsln U' lde, orcuaids and lawns It will be
found!
A Valuable Siimufator.
Tula Is not a Uuano, but a RICH HA EL
Ary t rden for worded to
R. J. ORR, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mr bile A Ulrani Rsiuoad, will meet with
prompt »*ter*ton. deeil»tr
notice!
GFOROM MFSOOGIF rorNTTs—I Jmtob
bro / a, hn'henrt oi Brels, <J raid
i our It md BDt©. B*re» y s've Dfti*** to lb*
liabl eof vj ©<" •’»♦ ♦»s»iny»* d wife. css
Pro’s rM' »> d blow**# fro® »*>(! ift#r 4111®
ds’e s pabll© or tree trader w'tb ell of tie
riffhta sad privilege andsr ths etst te ta saefc
•tees made and provided. JACOB BKOUA,
_ Jaasary