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VOL. X.
COUPON STILL LIVES
IS THE REPO ‘ OF THE LATEST MES
SENGER FROM KORTI.
A. Graphic Description of the Rattle of •'
Kcrbekan The Death of General
Karie and I/eutenant Colonel
Eyre —A Desperate Battle.
London. Feb. 16.—A special dispatch to the
Standard from Korti staiea that a mes.M nger
just arrived from th® Upper Nile denies that
Khartoum has been captured by the mahdi.
The meaeoKera says he left Khari- inn Feb
ruary h, or six day* after CoL Wilson. At
that tune, although there was great disorder,
Gordon w still alive, and in posses-Mun of at
least a quarter of the city Tlie officials at
the wat office have received no dispatches
from \5 olseley which tend to con firm the
above story, and it is not believed by them.
Conservative papers charge the govern
ment w4b suppressing Gen. Gordon’s diarj
and letters, in which Gordon stand that he
sent Co). Stewart away from Khartoum in
order to save his (Rtewart’si life, intending
himself to meet death at Khartoum, a> he
knew no help could reach there in time to
rescue hint
Whe a t arlument assemble * the pi ■ liu <n
of disq>atehe® to the government in regard to
the Soudan cauq>aign will !*» demanded.
A London syndicate has made an offer to
tiie government to construct a railway from
Suakim to Berber, building blockhouses at
intervals to guard the line, if guaranteed four
and a half per cent income on the capital in
vested.
The Times still clings to the hope that Gen.
Gordon is alive.
It is estimated that Osman Digna has twelve
thousand men at Tamai.
HOW GENERAL EARLE DIED.
A Full and Detailed Report of the Battle
of El Kerbekan.
London, Feb. 16. —The following additional
particulars are given by the Standard corre
spondent of Gen. Earle's battle: “After th®
British forces had succeeded in completely
surrounding the enemy’s position, Gen. Earle
commanded the Black Watch regiment to
carry' the enemy’s works at the point of the
bax onet. The regiment resjx>nded gallantly
to this command. The pipers struck up, and
with inspiring cheers the men moved
forward with a steadiness and valor
which the enemy wore unable to with
stand, and which called forth ex
pressions of admiration from the lips of Gen.
Earle. From loopholes in the enemy’s works
rifle puffs shot out continuously, but the Black
Watch kept bravely advancing. They scaled
the difficult rocks which lay in their path and
drove the rebels from their shelter at the point
of the bayonet. Unhappily Gen. Earle fell
at this iioint, as he was gallantly leading his
troops to victory. In the meantime the < al
vary pushed beyond this scene of conflict and
captured the enemy’s camp, three miles to the
rear of their intrenched position. This man
oeuvre was accomplished before the Black
Wat h had succeeded in carrying the main
position.
While the main attack was being delivered
two companies of the South Staffordshire reg
Iment were directed to ttieze a high rocky
hill which Arab riflemen were stoutly defend
ing. The British sprang boldly to the charge
but the enemy clung desperately to their po
sition, and disputed the ground inch by inch.
But the men of Staffordshire were not to I e
ienied. and they finaUy drove theenemy from
the hill. This brought the l»attJe <;f El Ker
bekan to a close. From first to last it was
gallantly contested. The rebels consisted of
Arabs of the Monassir and RoLatat tribe®.
With them were numbers of dervfees from
Berber.
It is impossible to judge of th® number of
the enemy, owing to their extended position
and the rocky nature of the ground. The
corpse® of the rebels who were slain lie in
heaps upon the ridges from which they were
driven by th® British charge. The leader of
the foe, who was from Berber, and several
Emirs were among the killed. The number
of fugitives who escafted from the field of
battle was very small. Half a battalion of
the Black Watch regiment will remain in oc
cupation of the enemy’s position. The
wounded have been brought into camp, and
everything possible for tbeir comfort has beeq
done. The main body of force® will advance
Rome miles further up the river. The guns
spiked by Gen Stewart when he wr< forced
to al>andon the steamer Abbas were found
bfiried at BirtL"
Lord Wolseley telegraphs from Korti as
( -Hows: “Gen. Brackenbury, who took com
mand of the forces advancing up the Nile
when Gen Earle fell, has sent from Dulka
Island. al>out seventy miles above Merawi,
the following report of the recent engage
ment: ‘The attack was well planned and gal
lantly executed. Our expectation is that the
?ffevt of the battle will be to open the way to
Berber without further fighting. The rebels
held a high ridge of razor-backed hills, with
wane advanced koppies in front, close to the
river.
“ ‘Six companies of the Black Watch regi
ment and six companies of the South Staf
fordshire regiment marched around the high
ridge of the hills, entirely turning the enemy’s
position, which waa attacked from the rear.
The number of the enemy was not great, but
their jjosition was extremely strong and diffi
cult of access, and they fought with the most
determined bravery. The Black Watch ad
vanced over r -'-ks and broken ground upon
the koppte®. They answerer! the fire of the
enemy in the coolest manner possib ,A . and
after they had thereby driven ff tie
enemy’s charge they stormed the p> ition
under heavy fii-e. Gen. Earle was among
the foremost in this attack, and,
to the deep sorrow of every officer and man
in the force, he was killed just as the summit
of the first koppie was reached. At the same
time the six companies of the Staffordshire
regiment went to the attack of a high ridge,
tli® way to which lay over the most difficult
ground possible. In this attack their gallant
commanding officer, Lieut. Col. Eyre was
killed. Meanwhile, the nineteenth hussars
had the enemy’s camp and our suo
ce s aas complete. Ten of the enemy’s
standards fell into our hands. The enemy’s
losses were great, and their dead lie thick
among the rocks and in the open q*ace
where they tried to rush through our
advancing force when they found themselves
surrounded. Scarcely any of the enemy can
have escaped Besides (yen. Earle, who was
killed by a bullet fired from a small hut, and
Lieut. Col. Eyre, the British slain numbered
Lieut. Col. Coveney and nine men of the rank
and file. Four officers and forty-two men
were wounded; these have been brought to
Dulka Island. I shall continue the advance
by the river at daylight, February 11, and
•hall endeavor to carry out your instructions
to Gen. Earle, with which I am fully ac
quainted. ’ ”
Maud S. will be trained next summer at
Belmont park, near Philadelphia, and will be
takaa there a® soon a® the weather will adxuU»
I ® ® imM
THE BELT IS BROKEN.
The Band That Binds a Man and Wife Will
be Vnbuckled.
Baltimore, Feb. 16.—Society circles her®
are agitated over a domestic scandal involv
ing families of wealth and prominence in thi®
city, W T ashington and New Origins. The
lady involved is Mrs. Mary Alice Belt, whose
• clarions with Congressman Acklen, of Louisi
ana, created a flutter m Washington a few
years ago. Mrs. Belt, who is a handsome
blonde, about thirty-five years of age, is the
widow' of Mr. Godfrey, who was United
States Consul General at Mexico during
Pierce's administration. After the Acklen ep
isode, Mrs Godfrey figured very little in so
ciety m Washington. Her marriage in Octo
l»er last revived her memory in the minds of
man\ who ha<i almost forgotten her.
Her second husband, from whom she is now
seiuirated. is Eugene N. Belt, a w ealthy liquor
dealer of Baltimore. The pair were married
in Morristown, N. J., and on their arrival in
this city gave a grand reception, to which
1.580 invitations were issued. Mi-. Belt is
sixt; years of age. He lived very hanpiiy for
c\ eral weeks with his wife when a rioplu was
•rcated in club circles about the attentions of
tw<. prominent society young men Mrs.
Beit. Mr Belt appeared to 1» ignorant of
these stories but at length somebody sent him
a ja;>er containing the story of the Acklen
scandal which he had never beard of up to
that time. Mr. Belt refused to Udieve the
atory about his wife and the matter was
dropped.
A few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Belt went
to New Orleans, where, it is said, that Mrs.
Belt met ex-Congressman A ?klen. Mr. Belt
was annoyed at this circumstance, and the se
quel was that Mr. Belt suddenly Parted for
Baltimore, leaving Mrs. Belt behind him. He
consulted a lawyer, and instructed him to be
gin divorce proceedings at once. Mrs. Belt
returned north, and went to the hmie of her
sister in New York. Family frieu i have en
deavored to bring about a comp "omise, but
Mr. Belt is unrelenting.
AN INSANE GIRL.
M I Have Been Ordained by God to Kill You
Both.”
New York, Feb. 16.—Regina Nehnier has
for two years Ixen a meinlier of the family of
the Rev Leo. Koenig, pistor of the Fifteenth
Street German Lutheran church. She is only
seventeen years of age and has suddenly l>e
carne a raving maniac. Mr. Koenig and his
wife were awakened by a terrific banging nt
their door. Suddenly the door opened and
Regina burst into the room. Her hair hung
down her back and her ey<w glared. She
ru hed tn the lied clinched the minister by the
throat and shrieked: “I have been ordained
by God to kill you both.”
Mrs Koenig screamed and springing from
the bed rushed from the room. The struggle
between Mr. K<-emg and the girl was a vio
lent one, but he final! broke away from her
grasp and dashed into the hallway, closing
and looking the door behind him A polico
n-aif soon arrived and the girl was locked up.
Failure to hear from her friends over in Ger
many has unsettled the girl’s mind.
Traiurfer of yuren Maud.
New York, Feb. 16.—Robert Bonner, In
gjieaking of his intention of bringing Maud
S. oast, said: “Bair has secured a lease of Bel
mont j-ark, near Philadelphia, and will give
up (.’hester park, at Cincinnati, where he
I. as l>een several veal’s. I hall let him take
Maud 8. to Belmont park as soon as the
weather will permit. It would never do
to bring her east, while we are hav
ing such se'’ ere weather. I <nrpect great
things of Maud S. the the coming season. The
more I think of h* r last performance at Isl
ington, the more I am pleased to regard it.
I>K>k at the unfavorable conditions—a long
journey, a change of climate, an unfavorable
season of the year, and a slow track,
on which no horse lias ever been
able to make good time— which .vos
made b>’ Maud 8. in her four-year-old form,
being the fa'J st !>ver made tlv-re until than,
and yet she maxis the mile in 2:0U,4.”
A Lascivious Ixivcr’s Drath.
PorGHKEEPHiE, N. ¥., Feb. 16.—William
J. White, of Dover Plains, Dutches® county,
who has an estimable wife and two children,
has for a year or more been intimate with
Mary Vincent. Samuel Proper, who is about
twenty-three years old, lias also lieen intimate
with the girl lately, much to the annoyance
of White. White visited the house of Mary
and found Proper there. He ordered Proper
to leave, but the latter declined to go. Proper
remained until nightfall and when the girl
started for the village store he accompanied
her. On the way they met White, who was
evidently waiting for Proper. White drew a
]>istol and shot Proper through the body in
the presence of the girl. Proper lived but a
few hours. White has been airested.
Mahone's Escapade.
Washington, Feb. 16.—Butler Mahon®,
son of Senator Mahone, while intoxicated,
fired several shots in the vicinity of Welcker>
hotel. When ati officer rJt9iopted to pa ify
him he turned and fired at him,
when he was sei//*! by four men.
A*;istance was telephoned for, but when the
police arrived it was found that Mahone had
be»*n spirited off by his friends Ijater he
arrested, taken to the police court v* here he
de;xHited SSO as collateral for his appearance.
Senater Mahone and his son have been re
quested to vacate the ” rooms at Weicker’s
hotel on account of the young man’s actiona
A Mixxing Silver Tig.
Philadelphia, Feb. 16.—Superintendent
Snowden of the mint has said that he could
not account for the theft of a seventy pound
bar »>f silver from the mint. Cohen, th<
Maiden Lane jeweler, receiver! it from Sam
uel Simpson, of 316 South street, this city.
Mr. Simpson could not be seen, but at his
pla<-e inquirers were told that he had received
the silver from Peter Daley, a saloon keejier.
A warrant was issued for Daley’s arrest, but
he had disappeared.
Vagaries of th® Mind.
Ottawa, Ont., Feb 16.—A gentleman, whe
arrived from Kingston, states that the story
of a body having been identified in the vault®
In that city as that of a man named Harry
Roterts, alias Bernard, who was wanted in
New Orleans for murd 'ringanegro. is a hoax.
Clothe, the man who claims to have identified
the txxiy as that of Roberta, now states that
be read the story he gave to the preas in a
German newspaper.
Director-General Burke’H Movement®.
New Orleans, Feb. 16. —Director-Genera)
Burke, of the exportion, has left for Baton
Rx-uge to look alter the duties of his office a«
state treasurer. He will then visit Washing
ton, to participate in the inaugural cere
monies. Meantime the exposition manage
ment, refusing to accept the resignation of
Major Burke as director-general, met and
det-ignated Sam. H. Buck as director general
pro tern.
John Kelly’® Condition.
New York, Feb. 16. The friends of John
Kelly deny the story published in the Brook
lyn Eagle that Mr. Kelly is in a critical con
dition. They say he ih rapidly getting better,
and besides taking a daily walk, exercises on
horseback for two hours every pleasant
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY mNLNG, FEBRUARY 18. 1885.
INTERESTING INDIAN.
COLONEL BOUDINOT, THE RED MAN
WHO WANTS AN OFFICE.
Cheaper Newspaper Poatage—The Value of
General Grant’* Present® —A Novel
■ icker Introduced Telephone
Communication®.
Washington, Feb. 16.—Among the candi
dates f >r office that begin to come t* the sur
j face—and there are plenty of them is Cot
' Boudinot, the Cherokee Indian, who is an
! nounoed as a candidate for Indian Commie
doner. Boudinot is a well-known ( haraeter
at the capital. His strong, compact figure,
long flowing hair, halting gait and bronzed
face are familiar to every one accustomed to
the scene® of the winter season here. Every
season he is here before the lx ginning of th®
session, and seldom leaves until the gavel has
fallen and Lhe session at an end. He is rec*og«
nized a a persistent and valued friend to hii
race—not to the Cherokees alone, but to th®
Indian race generail x.
“He is the liest poste<i man in the country
on Indian affairs,” said a guutlemau who had
known him intimately for a long Lima “He
has made the subject a careful and close study
all his life. No man could be found with such
fitness tor the place as he possesses.”
Boudinot is really an interesting character.
He is much superior in point of abil
ity and intelligence to any of the In
dians, tame or wild, that we are ac
customed to seeing. He is thoroughly edu
cated, a careful reader of history and cur
rent literature, a goxxi conversationalist and a
ready and forcible writer. He was at one
lime, before being sent here in the interest of
his nation, the editor of a daily jxiper in
Arkansas being the only Indian, so far ax is
known, to occupy such position for nt least,
any considerable time. He was an officer in
the confederate army in the late war, and
won a reputation a< a tighter.
He wax a member of the democratic state
committee of Arkansas, and at one time it®
chairman, and has now the indorsement of th®
members of the house and semOe from thsA
rtate for the position. Boudinot, as his nan ®
indicates, has French blood in his veins. Ha
father was of French stock, his moth®! u
Cherokee. Boudinot pore, a half century or
more ago, went from New England to North
Carolina, and there fell in love with a Chero
kee maiden and married her. He took her to
New England and educated her, and there
were born to them sundry children, of which
the present candidate for Indian commis
sioner is one.
After some years in New England they
drifted to the Cherokee nation, removing to
the Indian territory with them, and in the
tribal difficulties which followed Boudinot
lost his life. His son, however, proved worthy
of his sire and of the mother, ami has been a
busy worker for the good of his rax* since.
In bis jiersonal apjiearance ho attracts especial
attention by reason of his very long, very
black hair, now somewhat streaked with gray
w hich falls from beneath the slouch hat, over
his shoulders. His dark fare is smoothly
shaven, except as to the mustax ho which is
heavy and black. His dress does not differ
from that worn by th® thousands who gather
tit the capital daily, and in conversation you
seldom bear better language than hi®.
The re|>ort of Mr. Morey, of the bouse com
mittee on postoffiros and post roads, on th
advisability of reducing the postage on news
j>aj>er matter one-half, is attracting a good
deal of favorable attention. He shows tliat
the change would not reduce th® revenues o
the postoffice department at all, borause th
de]®U'tment under the present rates and ar
rangements only gets the “long haul" us the
qpwsjxapers, while those which are to go a
short distant* and on which the profit would
be made are sent by express. By the proposed
change the department could liandle all the
newspaper matter, lie thinks, and so the re
ceipts lx> rather increase 1 than decreased.
The iiews]>ai>crM have not, he argue®, been
able to increase their price* since the art w’as
parsed requiring advance payment of postage,
and the result is tliat Ua jxjsta*'® now comes
out of the publishers, being thus in the nature
of a tax |»ai<l by publishers for the privilege
of continuing their business. He adds an in
teresting jiaragraph, to the effect that in
Canada all newspaper matter is carried free
of charge in the mails, upon the theory that
the dissemination of information ought to tie
as nearly free as the government can make
it. The postage paid on second class matter
in the last year was nearly S2,(XX),(XX).
The list of presents which Gen. and Mrs.
Grant projxjse to turn over to the government
is a curious one. It contains present# and ad
dresses and testimonials of regard from near
ly every nation on the globe. These are espe
cially numerous as relates to England, China
and Japan. There ar® large numbers of ad
dresses from the people of various cities of
England and Leland, and some very valuable
prew'.nta from Caina and Japan. Among the
latter is a collection of Jajjanese coin®, the
only complete set, except one, which is in the
Japanese treasury. When it ix stated that
some of the pieces in the collection coat a thou
sand eax h, it is easy to ree something
of ita value. There is a pair of bronze vases
presented by tl*e citizens of Yokohama, and
a pair of gold cigar cases preaen cd by kings
of Siam.
The telephone company here has attached a
new and and valuable feature to the tele
phone s} stem. It is what is called the Oram
telephone, and is connected with the observa
tory chronometer in such a manner that it
ticks out the hour and minute on the wire®
consta.ntly. To learn the exact time by the ;
obser eatery clock you need only to take down '
the telephone and listen. Every minute is
struck, just as the fire bells strike a number.
For instance, 9:35 is struck by nine ticks, then
three and then five, followed by a buzz which
indicate® the exact minute. It is a very in
genious an uUigement, and gives great satis
faction.
The telephone in Washington pute you in
qieaking distance of a good many illustrious
jieople All the department®, of course, have
them, from one to fifty in a department, most
of them having sub-exchange systems of their
own, so that the heads may communicate
with subordinate® in another part of the
building at will. Then all the cabinet officers
have telephones at their homes, where they
are thrs accessible at al) hours. There is ,
also a telephonic connection with the
whit® house, and it often occurs that
the president communicates thus with
his cabinet officers at their homes or desks on
matters of importance At the houae and
senate end of the capitol there are telephones,
and it is no uncommon thing to ace some
member shouting an order through it to his
driver to “bring up the carriage at once, with
the new harness and bay horses.” There ar®
atao telegraph offices at house and senate ends,
connecting directly with the dej>artmente,
and when a member wants any information
t) om a department he has but to write his
message and be is sure of an answer in a very
brief space of time.
Railway Reading.
New York, Feb. 16.—Commissioner Fink
says the story which has been published re
garding his proposed connection with lhe
Missouri Pacific railway system is aatixaly
a ituout lOuxidaUta.
JOHN P. ST.
The Apostle of Prohibition on th* Future
of Hi* Party.
(.'incinn ATI, Feb. 16.—Ex. Gov. John P. St.
John, of Kansas, spent utovernl hours m this
city on b - nay (touch, lie is u c. rm< lium
1 height, ai d built compactly; di <;es in plain
cloth of black, his entire mak u being just
a shade old fashioned Hair and stringy mus
tache in>n gray; face full of svi ■ e-, show
ing more of wear than ago. and he has evi
dently lots of reserve vitality, for his small
gray eyes twinkle and snap as be conver t,
though hi-I...inner is easy and reser (hl—more
that of the soldier than the politician. He
said:
w ,?c l
JOHN P. bl. JOHN.
“I am on my way south to lecture; shall
talk prohibition. Our cause has gained 100
per cent, of votes since election, judging from
all I can hear and see of the action of men
who have heretofore voted with one or the
other of the old parties and now express a do
ire for thi' success of a third party. 1 tolieve
hat if it had not been for the prohibition
party Cleveland’s vote in Now York would
Lave been much greater than it was. 1 do not
credit the prohibition party with Blaine’s de
feat The third party movement is like the
abolition movement —it gets the good men
from all parties; but the abolition party never
jumped from 10,000 to 150,(X)o votes in four
years. 1 rely for the success of our parly
upon the growing moral sentiment of the
American people; they are the grandest jxx>
ple in th i world to espoust' a good cause after
they have been brought to recognize its
value, and what is right in this country ie
going to win.’
“What do you regard as the most import
ant national problem, next to the liquor quef
tionf
“Respect for and enforcement of our Sun
day laws.”
“What about the labor question?”
“Well, the American people pay $1,500,000,-
(XX) for liquor; and prohibition would do more
than any other one thing to adjust, the ques
tions which arise i)et ween labor and capital,
tor this vast sum would t hen be devoted not
>nly to the industrious, but to the peace and
prosperity of the home.”
FIENDISH DEED.
A Frozen Tramp Kills Ills Kind Hostess
With a Skillet.
Kankakee, 111., Feb. 16.—A tramp named
Nelson appli»*<i for lodging at Andrew
Shreffler’s residence in Rockville township,
saying that his feet wen* frozen. He was
givey a lied, ami ycsteiday, while Mr.
Shreffier was at work, the tramp asked Mrs.
Shreffier for to put on his feet.
Mrs. Hhreffier gave him some kerosene oil,
but Nelson did not like it, aod, taking au iron
killet from the stove, broke it over her head
Then lw t<x>k a flat-iron and struck her again
on tlie head, producing several terrible
wounds.
The woman’s skull vas fractured, and sin
died this morning. Nelson was brou ,h t, ■
this city and lodged in jail. The fee) n
against th® murderer is very strong, aim
fears are entertained tliat he will be lynched.
Tramps Wreck a Train.
Lawrence,Kasg Itoli. 16.—There wnsanat
tempt by three tramps to wreck th<?
east-bound Rant a Fe passenger train. The
party board d the train at Topeka and re
fused to pay f are. As there arc no stops be
tween tliat place and the con
ductor did not put them off, but waited till
the train arrived here, when he locked the
d<x>rs of the car and demanded the fare or
threatened to have them arrested. Op nng a
window, they escaped, and, walking down the
track, broke the lock on the switch and
turned it. The engine was ditched, but the
rest of the train was saved by the slow speed
at which the train was moving. As it was, a
few bruises to the engineer and fireman wa.
ail the persona) damage done. The wreck
was cleared to that trains were moving by
noon. Two of the jjarties have been cap
tured, and the third lias been traced to
l>eav®nworlh, Kas.
An Unsaccessful Attempt to Kill.
Pottsville, Pa., Feb. JO.—Roaring Creek
is agitated over the attempt by a servant to
poison a young school tea- her named Emma
Momberger. Miss Momberger had smiled
upon John Tomlinson, who had been courting
Susan Stilt/., tit® servant in question. Su-an
resented this interference and madeva*®
threat*. Yesterday she was observed hand
ling a small white ptq>er parcel while pouring
out Miss Momberger’s coffee. Fortunately
the landlady, whose suspicions were aroused,
dashed the cup aside beic re Miss Momberger
could drink it® con ten J a A quantity of the
poi.-on was- found in the bottom of the cup.
Susan confessed, and gave as a reason for her
murderous design the xtory of the stolen lov
er. bhe has not been arrested.
Dr. Henry T. Lelmbold*® Release.
Philadelphia, Feb. 16.—Dr. Henry T.
Helmbold, the great “buebu” man, has Ixen
released from the Norristown insane asylum.
He had lx**n confined there since June 21,
1881. The lunacy commission declared him to
be of sound mind after a searching examina
tion. To the energies of his w ife and those of
his counsel is due the freedom of Dr. Helm
bold. He proposes to re-establish bis bu .mess
in New York, and will take his family there
to retdda
Ball To®*®!*®.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 16.—The West
ern base ball league adjourned to meet at
Kansan City, February 13, IKB6. Messrs.
Bchwabacker, McKim and Kipp wer* ap
pointed as the board of arbitratiou, and
Messrs. Sullivan, Watkins and Loftus sched
ule committee, to meet at St. Jxrais March
12. Mr. Schwabacker was appointed to se
erre another club, as, unless an eighth mem
bar is secured, St. Paul must be dropped.
Making Them While Again.
Little Rock. Ark., Feb. 16.—A bill has
just passed the senate to provide artificial
hmb® for confederate soldiers who were
maimed in ttie late war. Senator Embry in
supporting the bill said: “The men who suf
fered for the l<?st cau.->e were honest and ral
bed, as they bexie zed, under a Hag that should
wave over thi country, and 1 voaj for the
bill with a great deal of pleasure.” lhe vote
Hood twenty-four to Uuea.
SANITATION FOR STOCK.
MEMORIAL ADOPTED BY THE STOCK
rtHOWERS’ ASSOCIATION.
fctate Branches to be Organized for th®
Collecti.in of StattsticH Protection
f rom Tex a® Fever and Plenro-
Pnrumonia—Note®.
St. Loris. M l, Feb. 16.—The executive
com: nit fix? of national; cattle and horse
grower^'a - i ion held an important meet
ing a» th ofllce of Hunter & Evans, in this'
city, at which were present R. 1). Hunter,
president of the association; Harvey W. Sol
omin. of Clinton, Mo.; Richard Gentry, of
Kansas City ; J. W. Hamilton, of Wellington,
Kas , being represented by proxy. After the
(I 8 ussionof various rout ne business, the com
mittee proceeded to a plan for the organiza
tion of stat* and territorial executive cwininit
tees to consist of fifteen members, the vice
presidents of the several states and territories
each to act as chairman for the committee of
his state or territory; memliers to lx* numin
uted by the vice president and confirmed by
the national executive committee. The work
f the .late and territorial executive commit
tees, a.s recommended by the national commit
tee, will lx* a plan of organization.
First—The orgauizatuou of local associa
tions in every si ate and territory in the Union,
" here none already exist, and all local associ
ations will Ix 3 invited to unite with the na
tional organization and co-operate with it in
lhe general advancement of the cattle and
horse industry <»f the country.
Second—l’he suppression of animal disoastw,
l»y preventing, as tar as possible, the intro
lu. lion and spread of any contagious disease,
and, in so doing, the committee are requested
to confer with local and state sanitary author
dies, and eo-o|>erate with them in every
manner possible in protecting the interests of
all concerned. In this connection, it is
urged that accurate reports be
compiled from time to time and forwarded to
the executive office of the national ass<x?iatioQ,
as it is the object of this association to actin
harmony with any effort h»king to the good
of the cattle and hoi's® industry, and to make
hill and concise repoi'ts of its investigation
and labor, without being sensational, as the
latter class of report® du great injury and uj
good.
The association appeals to every live stock
man in the country to lend his aid and iuflu
pnee in stamping out disease, and it is also
recommended t hat the state and territorial
committees gather and transmit to the execu*
1 ivi*' office all possible information of a statis
tical character, and other information em
bracing local and state legislation, newsjxaper
articles, etc., and to lend all possible assistance
Io shippers in securing favorable freight rates
in transporting their stock. Hecretai'y At
water was directed to attend, as far as (>ossi
bie, the spring mootings of local associations.
After discu «ing the general detail work
pertaining to the executive office, t hecommitr
-4-e adopted a memorial to the railroad and
stock yard companies of the country. After
i long preamble, the following resolutions
apfieac
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend
'tnd urge ujkhi the railroad companies the qe
cessity of their assistance and co-operation in
lhe suppression of cattle diseases.
First—By their refusal to receive in their
fstock-i>ens, or to haul in their cars, any sick
or diseased cattle, suffering from pl<*uro-pneu
moma or other contagious diseases; and that
all cars used in the transportation of imported
foreign cuttie be thoroughly cleansed and dis
infected after the unloading of sue h eatl-la
8 >nd —That in tliu transportation of such
Southern enttte as may bo capable us eommu
iicating to other cattle so-called Spanish or
splenic fever, suitable fieus for unloading and
feeding such cattle at proper intervals be set
a;)»»i t. I provided for their exclusive use,
mid ;bat all ears used in transporting sudi
• at He l»e iaor<Highly washed, cieaused and dis
infected immediately after they are uniuaded
at the place of destination.
Third —That it is of the utmost importance
to the railroad companies, as well as to the
Khipfxjrs, that capa ious and comfortable
I’ens lx? provided for the care of cattle iu
transit; and that a sufficiency of good water
und fe'*d lx* furnished at tlie sev nd feed
yards en route; and that the of cat
tle lx) accorded that treatment which will
guarantee to the stock being all t)M»
gocxi food, water and care which is so essen
tial to *• he health and general good condition
of the beef tx> be xnai Keted; and your atten
tion is especially invited to the supply of good
water in abundance.
And l>e it further resolved, that al) stock
yard companies at the various (tattle markets
of the countries and along the hues of tran»>
portation be earnestly nxpiested and ur z ed to
sot apm t a portion or section of their yard®
for the • xdusive use of through southern edc-
Ue, and th/: such cattle be unloaded into sep
arate chutxr md alleys, and be thoroughly
isolated fr >m the time of their receipt until
they are d. *•!.urged; and be it further
Resolve*! hat all stock-yard companies at
the vaj'i( ;. receiving ports and marketa of
the country, and along the lines of transpor
tation are hereby requested and urg»Ml to pro
vide .*«pai ate and exclusive chutes, alleys and
pons for the use of imported or other cattle
t lat may hue been shipped from a district
A’here pleuro-pneumonia or other conutgious
diseases c xisu; and for the exclusive use of
such cattle ,'l may be suffering from such dis
ea-e, or that are in any manner Hable to com
municate d »eases to other cattle; and tliat
such cattle be so isolated from the time ot
their arrival until they aredischargt-d; and bt
it further
Resolve*;, Tliat the resolutions adopted by
the execut ; e committee, and embodied in the
memoi .a) to transportation and stock yard
companies, be applied to the tiaus|x>rtation
of horses that are shipped from sectious wher®
disea-e may exist, or tliat may be suffer ng
from disease, or that are liable to communi
cate disease to other horses.
The object of these measure® is to meet ex
isting facts, and to remove the unwarranted
feai-s that may exist in the minds of breeder®,
shippers and consumers of beef, and to letter
protect the general cattle interests of the
country, by removing lhe necessity of quar
antine regulations, legislation and disenmina
tion against cattle from various section® of
the country.
Death Roll.
New Orleans, Feb. 16.—Ex-Gov. Alexan- .
der Mouton died on h»s plantation in I-afay- I
ette parish, Ix/uisiana, Thursday night. Gov. ;
Mouton was the son of one of the radians
driven from Nova Scotia by the British, and
the story * f whose wanderings form the basis I
of Longfellow’s “Evangeline.” Gov. Mouton
was a member of the Louisiana iegLlatur®
fifty eight years ago. He was elected to the
L’niied States senate in 1837. In 1861 hr was
president of tne seca>-uou convention which
carried Louisiana out of the union.
LaCygne, Kas., Feb. 16. —The Hon. Geo.
F Hamlin, aged sixty rwo, died at his home
in this place from an excessive dose of mor
phine administered hyp/xiermically t<» relieve
pain, lie was a second cousin of ex-Vice Pres
ident llanniltal liamlm, and introduced lhe
V. nstitutioual prohibilory amendment wuil® a
auuber of Luu Kamwu smalm Moat®.
THE CONf'-.NSER.
Freeh, Pithy Now® Items Boiled Down th®
rhe Hurried Reader.
Narragansett bay is frozen over from Mow
port to Pnr idcDce.
O)l. Thos. Buiord died in the Uentral in
lane asylum. Anchorage, Ky.
A large number of sev . re cases us scarlet
fever are reported from Springfield, O.
Oliver Bros. & Phillips’ mill, at Wood Run,
•ear Pittsburg, shut down on account of bide
t*f orders.
Twonty-oicht inmates perished in the
Biockly ahns-hous® fire, Philadelphia, Thurs
day night.
There is no immediate danger to Ohio
river eraft it Cincinnati and vicinity from
floating ice,
J. W. Hutchison, of Gillespie, 111., com
mitted suicide by poison, on account of finan
cial troubles.
Seven of the witnesses in the Ford-Murphy
min der tried in New r Orleans, have Ixjen
indicted for perjury.
The house elections committee decided not
to report upon election contests except; for
seats in the resent house.
Arthur O’Brien, who killed Antony Noet
ker, in Cincinnati, was bound over to answer
the charge of manslaughter.
John Wright, a Coshocton (0.) burglar,
was riddled with buckshot as ho was in tlie
act of breaking into a house in that city.
William Washam and a woman pur
porting to be his wife, living at Cornersville,
hid., were suddenly stricken with insanity.
The contract for building the new court
house at Troy, 0., was award’xi to T. B.
Townsend, of Zanesville, at his bid, $130,-
158.64.
Gen. Logan and Col. Morrisoi were nomi
nated for United States Senate rat the joint
session of tiie Illinois legislature. No vote wa®
taken.
Committees of the national protective tariff
league, and the American protective tariff
association, have decided to merge the two
organizations.
A large part of the business part of Vassar,
Mich., has been burned. The snow on th®
roofs was all that prevented the whole town
from di st ruction.
Step! a a Farrall, a summons deputy of the
sheriff of Benton county, Ind., wa- found
frozen t<, 'loat h near Oxford. He "'as out
Bummo mg witnesses.
A ro: •• supporting the truck on a mine slope
near Wnkesbarre broke while the truck was
being lowered, and the result was the death of
one man and serious injuries to four other®.
David Dudley Field celebrated the tightiefh
anniver iary of his birth at the residence of
his brother, Cyrus W. Field, in New York.
The congratulations were hearty and numer
ous.
A fire started in Pratt’s rag w arehouse,
Binghampton, N. Y., opposite the Erie depot,
and was not got under control until it had
burned sixteen houses, and although one large
block is gutted, the Hames were confined to it
alone, and a long row of valuable building®
was saved. The loss is about $75 (XX).
A large amount of wreckage of all descrip
tions has been washed ashore at the Delaw are
breakwater, and near Cape Henlopen. It is
luppotied to belong to the bark Thomas Flet
cher, which cleared from Brunswick, Go.,
October 25, for Buenos Ayres, and has not ar
rived at her destination.
A MURDERER DIES
With the Word® of Hi® Confexwton on Hi®
Lip®, but not Uttered.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 16.—One of the strangest
stories that has ever been told has Ixsen
brought out by the death of a man who was
accused of committing murder, yet proved
his innocence until his actions on his death
bed betrayed him. A farmer named
was murdered. He wa* found lying with his
Liad siioiahed in and an ax lying near. A uu
gro girl w "to found in the room buried under a
rale of coin. Bbe said she had been paid by
Evans’ brother-in-law, Carr, to let lum in the
room with another white man and a nt‘gro.
While they were in the nxjm they killed Ev
ans. The white man ran away, and the negro
was alter waids killed, 'l he girl was Bentenred
to Dade coal mines for life, where she now is.
Carr died Friday. Ou his death-bed he said
be was in a perlect hell and called till into he
room L bea; his story, when he died with the
iecreL ua ius Ups.
A Subterrauean AoeideuG
Salt Lake, Utah, Feb. 16.—Th® Horn
lilver mine at Frisco, Utah, caved m Thurs
day night. The night shm had a narrow es
cape. Ad got out saiely, but the last cag®
was caught at tba two hundnxl ieot level by
the shaft dogmg in, and six men iu it had to
be pulled up one by one with ropes.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
lAtcMi Quotation® ui the Stock, Produo®
and Cattle Market®.
Nsw Yoax, keb. IL—Money per ceuL Ex
change quiet. Government dull
Alt. A’ Terre Haul®. 21 Morris & Essex.. 11M
Bur. <k yuiuqy Miasouri Tocnic. JI
Caiuvia i’aeiiic ... i - ) N. V. <Sc Eiie
Canada SouLueru 30 N. Y. CcnirJ U_< ,Z
Ccniioi i’acdic ... NorlUwesieru ...
Ciueago <£ A.Lou .. Uil Tactile Mail .k? g
C., C , C. <£ 1 34 Kucm island Hl
Del. »£ Hudsou. .. » bu Paul ‘3*4
Dei., Lack. <x W bi. P &. S. C.
ill.uo*BUt*uu*al ... TH 4 do preferred
Jersey Ueutrai.. toy® Texas ec P«uado.. 12 a
Kansas & Texaa... 16 U. I'audio ..
Lake dbure West. Union. . .
LuiMsvnle oi Nash Nua.i. UuaU ... 31
G«ueraL
Cincinnati, Feb. H. FLOUR—Fancy,
Atu; taiiuly,
WHEAT—No- red. 87c; Na 3, JWqtfUc.
(X>RN— No. 2 mixed. 43c; Na 3,42 c; ear, 41a.
UATb—No. 3 mixed, Na 2 wlul®,
88>aC.
RYE-Na 2. 72c.
BARLEY—Spring, 55''£65c: fall,
Pu/Liv Family, >!2.7><>l2.d. a ;
BACON liiKxiidera, »c; tuion. clear side®,
Lard—Kettle — o c.
CHEEbK—Prime Io cuoice Onio, h)<sllc; New
York, 12. jc; Northwestern,
POULTRY -Fair ohiekeiM, print®,
ducks, $3.i5; geuee, per
do*. ; live turkeys, KMoi> *c; dressed, i 2
HAY—No. i timothy, No. 2, 11.50
OlU.uu; mixed, >io.v.> wneai. and rye straw,
outa straw, >■ .UoaiUto.
Nxw Yohs, - eb, 14.—WHEAi'—No. I wliite, 90c;
No. 2 red. Hu * 4 c.
CORN Mixed wwiern, futui-es,
1 ygC. Oata - W eateru. 3»ketiuc
Nxw Okum ns, Feb 14. —SUGAIt- Refining, com*
mou, <‘4 <1.4 2 c; inferior, -jc; enoice white,
od white, 5(f45, <c; chtMue yellow, 5 a
MOLASSES—Good fair, pnme,
choice. 44c; o ntnlugui prime, .5 fair, Akx
Bktboit, Feb. 14. —WHEAT—No. 1 white, b7>t(J|
Na 3 red, •. a c; Michigan soft red, , 4 c.
Toixdo, Feb. 44. WHEAT —Na 2,79 c; Na 3
•oft,
Lire "took.
Ctncinnati, Feb. 14.—CATTLE -Good to choice
butcher®, fair, s4.uai>o.2s; common, $2
k|3; sUx:Kei.i and feedera, sJ.«yeaning®
and calves,
HOGS—Selected bu hern, fair to
good packing, >; fair to good bgnt. S4.UU
(gn.ls; oommou, 4.50; culh', ;.-o.
SHEEP -Common to fair, good to
ehoice, $3. 0(4-4.25; weatiiers, LamUs,
common, $4 uooitf; good
Chicago. Feb 14.—HOGS—Fair to good, >4 50 $
“ d packing. cuoice heavy
15.0005.30. t
xports, U0Q36.40; good to choicu
•hippnig, .GO oommou to C®ir,
Mochere and leaders,
NO. 254
1 STETTEN
; y CELEBRATED tJ V
!Tteß s
B? th® car nt Hovttitir'® Men tch Bflfer® th®
b I gored tiieaiaiceoi it® countenance and
ol djspept.cs tie supplanted by a
h< a.lLi< r loos, »r.Q as ths tood ia aatdmilaied,
the hod; acqu re» rut«i»i ce. A;p<tita is rs
riortd, tua tne n*-rv us nyt>um ie.'rt»hed w’th
uiuci> nttocoj Biumoer, tbroufti tit* bbs oi thi®
u-eoic int>, which Im ®>®u Oeuidoiai t'» ptrsucs of
® riieuul.k itncctc), auu an itsa.imable pra
tai tauve oi itv«r ano »gu».
Ev>r aaie by ah biu»git>ca and Doa-sta
» sue rally,
riEOl PILEbtl tILLSHI
Bure cuie lor biitd, bieeuiug uuU Itch
ing Mleb. Ute box Cub euleu tbe woiet
carte ul ytuie’ eUibUILK. No obe need
battel live uiibuieß alter uelbg U luiaui’B
' luoiub irut Uiutueut. it abaoibe tumoia,
ailujb ItcblllK. lictb »B touillce, K*teb iu
olum tbiiei. tiepaied only tor 1 beg,
rtebibx 01 me ynvuie pailß, nottiing i-iho.
Uuli. g. M. Li>Leijbui>,oi rjieveiauo, eaye:
“1 L ave ÜBCil stolen oi Mie cures, am It
alloi Ob we pleasure to nay that 1 Have
bi vet louriu abyining winui ulvet euch
iU.iutOiale am peribabebl teller as Dr.
Wlmais a IbUiub Pile Ulbtniebl." bold by
ill ukklblb asu isaileil vb receipt oi price,
Al. Hui sale by biabb' U <t Carson, U.
Cartel,.loliu b. luiber auil Ueo. A. brad
tvru, uoluuibus, Ua.
Dr. rtuller’. Heat Bitter
Fraziei s Xiiut Lbtieib uie oot. a dram
.--bop beverage, but axe btrlclly medlclual
111 every best :. itley aclbUobgiy upon
Hit DiVel aou KlULepb, Keep ibe bovielß
open abo ngulai, make me wea& Btroixg,
bem lbi lbl.gr, Luuu up itie stive., asU
ub aiiße tue oiuuu ano b>biiis oi evely im
puiuy. bsio by diuggißtß. tl.ub.
roi sale by Brasuou A Carson and Uno.
P. Turner, Coiuuibus, ua.
.. 'igff}
Dr. Fratler’k Magic Olntmeat _
A sure cuie lor Lillie Uruhg in ine bkln,
Kougti skin, etc. it will remove Ibal
ruugnneßb tioiu lhe bui ils ana lace and
uiHhfc youbeaulllui. Piloe EOc. bent by
mall, boi sale by Biasson A Largos and
loss L. luisei, ooiuinbiiß, Ua.
Cn-ie. E. (iiover, ueraioraello, Mexico.
Lilly 111, IccL, rays j “1 tske pietisme in
aUiiietbisg you once iron, o< you save
bees ul great besellt lu wt. I wrote to
you about one urd cbi-Calt ytaie i go,
null Anaona, for Li. Wliiku's lidii>n
t'.l O.s Uiest. 1 ItlblvtU it Bl 0 It lUlid
meosuieiy. 1 b'lu bro b< me Olstir»nt
i- isalblbg, Willi WLlcn 1 have esieu Seven
ul eiglii uioie. 11 ib wusdtt.ui.
Saratoga tllgb Bock Spring Water for
.<•11 by an druggißtß. tnsaUeoiiAw
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, hucksters and Gardeners.
—-o
I will furrteh nn board th® Care at F|cra 9
Alabama, a very
Rich Marl
AT MX !>OLI.A as P«!< TOV
C2JSII I
And a Very Low Rate of Freight I
is cOen-d by tbe Jrs. bill A Glraid K. R
Bv armlvßtHof the BtHte Geologlat tJ.Ja
MAIiL (MUitHlne frills S to 8 per cent ut
Phosphate with otin r fertilizing qualities.
Koi coinpoMlig and broaocaeiitig lor
grain Heide, uicsaide and lawne It aid be
found.
i A Valuable Stimulator.
rsle.lri ota Unano, but a lIICH HAUTj
Arye rdere forwarded to
K. J. OHH, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
M< bile & Girurd Railroad, will meet with
prompt attention. decll>tf
Male AND female AGADEMY.
LCUhSEK, OEOROIA. «J|
The ret nr tbte Hctiool will begin again
JANUARY 5.1888(flw Monday).
1 ninon si SO SO anil «3 SO,
According to grade. Board never more
Tlinn SS. For Itlonrh.
MVBIC tSU. PEK MONTH,
LOlAdlifi HIAI.THiL'I.
W.E. MUKJHEY,
tonlwlt-emlwS Principal.
or. johnjohwooK
(OFFICE A.T
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON'S Drug Stere,
Randolph btreet.
Residence with H. L. WOOPBUFF,
Onwtcrd, b.tw.en Tio«p ind Ion) tt> > trtti
h. E. MlldUS,
Physician end Jurgecn.
OFFJCK:
T. H. EVA Nb A CO. N Drujr Store.
Kealdeucr, Jw«k®oi> B».. Rnnth*«et ®f Coax®
Hou®* wlih W H. GJaie.
Dn&ly
W.7A.TICNERrj7r
Attorney At Law.
UCFICB JN GABBAIP 111J1JKG
COIUMBU”. - - - GFOFGTA
NOTICE 1 ‘
CIFORdU. MrsocoliK ConsTT I J.reb
I bice., oi get. broca, cl >t |.
10..111 .1.0 Ht.lt, t.irly «',i uur. to th.
oati col nj ooi trot uniufiill nil., > o.i
kro >, rl.s t • >i d beom. trow »rc titer tin.
del. • labite or tree tttder, mill >ll oi u.
n«ku >ed irtwlegei ond»r tbe tur te in lock
M.«. nude »sd trended. . MUJi BpOPA.
.dunMy .