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VOL. X.
FEN] X PYNANITAimr
EXFT.DIT <N ORMING IN NEW YGR-
TO ASSIST THE MAHDI.
The Flans of the Party Given in Full —The
Suez Canal to He a Nest of Death-Deal
ing Dynamite l-’tfg* Particulars
of the (.rent Scheme.
New York. Feb. 24.—A few evenings ago
a reporter met a prominent Fenian on the
east side of the city. “There is something in
Manhattan cii de.’ said he. “at least it orig
inated there, and I presume the other circles
will unite as soon as the head center is out of
the hospital and tit to be consulted on the sub
ject. All the preliminaries are arranged,
however, and the matter only await® his
formal approval or additional suggestions
from him.”
“Well, what is itf'
“Another expedition to the Soudan to assist
the mahdi.”
“To join the rari.Aan party?”
“Ch, no; quite an independent affair. The
par ty from Paris is all right, so far as Roche
fort is concerned, but Stephens is not with us
in our ideas of using dyna ni-e.”
“There is another Irishman there, how
ever. n vlmw wo can rely."
*• u decided w’ ;rnto ro roi i
New York?”
“Yes; at least the leaders of the expedition
have ieai.\ all been s, b cted. There will be
Hoven or eight of them."
... k;.. .. then - names?”
“Sonr them, Felix McCloeky Noonan,
wlm talks Fi cm h so fluently, will have charge
of the party as far as Marseilles. There we
shall meet Gen. Maradarss, one of the Num
ber **One” Rispectf, you arc aware, whe
will be provided with Aia’oic guards right
from the camps of El Mahdi and Osman Dig
na."
“Who else are going?”
Dirk Mortal ity, ‘Rocky Mountain’ O’Brien
and a man from Brooklyn n commended by
William Bums. Dr. Hamilton Williams has
been spoken of, but objections have been
made tn liim on the ground that
his appearance is too well known and
he gets too much excited and talks too
much aliout Irish affairs. John Kearney has
Ix'cn proposed, but hi excitability is also con
sidered an objection, and he is t >o well known
by the Scotland Yard detects «?s. Dr. Will
iams would lie very desirable, on account of
his thorough, knowledge of the manufacture
of dynamite, if he could hold Irs tongue.”
“How will that resource of civilization be
provided for the expedition'”
“That has been carefully attended to, and
we shall have all the dynamite and other re
sources that we rtxjuT*. Tvo of the best
scientists in the nianuiaetinv of explosives
will go along.”
“But what a!out the ne.rirality laws
against arming?”
“No. we don’t, take anything with us in that
shape. There will b‘no fear of blowing up
the vessel. There will be nothing done to
violate the laws of the United Sid Coun
seUor Morin, who has been our adviser, says
there is no danger, so long as we do not com
mit an overt a< t. On th*-so acts our guides
arc fully instructed and prepared.”
“How about your chemi alsf’
“The stuff to make the explosives will be
obtained on the v ay by different parties so ns
to avoid all detection. This has been so well
fixed that we could allow a Scotland yard de
tectivo To accompany us without interfering
with us. The nihilists themselves are not beU
ter p<>sted in this part of the busimws. Ar
rangements are also in progress for filling up
the Suez canal by explosives so far as to block
English shipping in that direction and so
force the British troups to go by unfrequented
and dangerous routes and paths tlmt came so
nigh proving disastrous to XV olseley.’
“How many rank and file will go with
y < ni f ’
“Well, probably about two dozen or more.
}’. J. Sheridan will have over a dozen himself
of the most trustworthy men in the order
from the west. It is not nuniliers t hat are, re
quired in this experiment, but brains and
courage, and we have the Lest selection of
both. With our resources one man can be
made equal to thousands by the ordinary
methods of warfare."
“When does the expedit i< n projxjHe to
start f*
“Early in March, if nothing intervenes to
disturb the plans now in op-rat,*on.”
“How will the party leave."
“They will distribute themselves in differ
ent yw.'isi ls of the French and Italian lines. a*
I understan I. making Marseilles the general
rendezvous. One. i F. i: o -an soil and we
shall J«■ entirely guarded by Mucadaras and
jhife confreres."
“You spoke of a former expc lition!”
“Yes. there was a small party went out
fttjout the time of the London explosion. It*
ha- lieen - -essful in reaching its destination ■
without being mok sted, and we have received j
encouraging reports from it through our i
French agency.”
When Mr. McCloskey Noonan was asked !
what he know of the rumored expeditions, he
smikd an<l i’.-nark-d: “I shmd-1 like ve-y |
much to take a successful part in the exped;- l
tiou you speak of, but I have nothing to im
part regarding it. If it is successful the press
will hear of it in due time. I have no hesita
tion nying that lam very mu h inter < -.ted '
in the - • css which has thus far crowned the I
arms of El Mahdi through rny friend Olivier
Pain, whom I knew both in this city and
Faris."
Louis Morin, like Macalaras, is an Irish
Alsatian, in strong vmpftthy with the com
mune, and a j>et .ornpanion of some of the
reds who took an a iivepart in the removal of
Arcl J Lshop Darbery. He is in league with ,
several of the lea-iL.gr anarch sts of Paris. |
He passed through th* Locale Droit in Paris, '
and was subsequently admitted to the Irish ,
bar. and practice*! law in Dublin for some '
time. He came to this country with P. J. I
fiheridan, when the latter returned from his •
missionary tour in Ireland and France, and j
fell under the suspicion of being a leading in
vincible,
Morin is a slender man. of medium height,
w h sud dark beard trimm d in French
style, and is not to lie confounded, as he has
sometime been, with an Irish lawyer named :
Moran. He is a different individual W”hen
Patrick Joyce was called on, said: “I knew’
nothing, and if I did it is not to the press I
would give it.”
A reporter called at the office of the Trans
at I antique line, No. 6 Bowling Green, and
asked if any pas ages had been taken in any
of their vess- Is by any person from the office
of o'Donovan Russa. “There have been no
passages taken that we know cf,“ answered
the geutl -man representing Mr. Behian, the
ag nt, "but inquiries have been made from
th-- office of O’Donovan Rossa regarding
pasfiag-There might ix- j<a sages taken and
we kif w nothing about it They might take
then; under * her names. That happens very
fu -i ’ nily, and it is vry likely that it would
ha. j ■ n in this case.”
. ie< fficers of the company appear to be
und • a good deal of apprehension, both as
regards the insidious power of dynamite and
th • i • 'possibility of the company in case the
dynamite warriors should tie found on board
gny of their vessels on their way to wage war
fl SOI
upon any foreign powers. At the iffice of thf
Comp-agnie Bonlelaise do Navigation Ava
peur, wh s<- vessels run lietween New York
and Bordeaux, the acting agent said:
"We hft> • not yet had any passages taken
where the addresses have lieen given from No. i
12 Cham strei-t, or the 0111**0 of O'Dono- i
van Rossa. but there may be; we can not
always tell.” There can not tie any doubt,
from these facts, that a dynamite crusade in j
:he s .uian, as in Loudon, is seriously con- 1
te.nplated, and that Roesa’s office is the center
of the conspiracy.
A TRAMPS TRIAL.
John Mi< baels, an Alleged Train Wrecker,
on Trial for Drlaving Mails.
Cinci :, v\ti, Feb. 24.—John Michaels,
twenty-five, the Swiss tramp accused ol
wrecking the Pan-handle express train be
i Ac- n I ‘ayton and Xenia, 0., on the night of
.V ied 10, lb>3, was put on trial in the United
nt<- court, Ixjth government and defense
Living apparently exercises I the greatest cam
in bringing the case to trial.
Jr. Richards, for the government, gave the
jury a summary of their elaborate scheme of
< i •mtisianeial evidence, to the effect that
Michaels wrecked the train, and then, enter
inc the baggage ear, demanded of the bag
gagenian in charge the keys to the mail de
partment, which were temporarily in hi
cu<to< ly.
Defense claims that not only did Michael*
not wre-k the train, but that there was nc
such crime committed, saying the ac ideiit re
sulted from negligence of the railroad’s re-
IMiiriny employes in not replacing the fish
:and their i,ere. sary !>olts after i*emov
iug tli' rail to make necessary repairs.
J. L. Magruder, of Xen.a, and Judge M. F.
V, ; ’son conduct the dc rnsc. Aliotti forty
five w;! uc. ms are already present for the gov
eminent and i wenty for the prisoner. The
a s-will be fought bitterly to the close, ow
irgto the Con. i i .-enl issues. The teehuiral
• 1 '.ii-gis again. 3AI .eha-‘is are interfering with
and olist rue ting the mails and assaulting
1 heir custodian. In the state court he wa>
acquitted of train wreckin'.--, and the railroad
takes this means of subjecting him to anothei
test He has served one term for horse steal
ing.
BELL RINGERS’ POVERTY.
Mr. and Mrs. William Peek in their Ohl
Xgc laiter a Poorhonse.
Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 24. -Mr. and Mrs.
William Peek, the once famous Swiss bell
ringers, are inma'os of the Cortland county
pjorhouse near Homer.
For the last few years they have been play
ing in small places. They were stranded at
Jamestown, Ph., last De -ember, and applied
to die p<sir authorities of Cortland county,
where they had gained a residence, and
entered the ixxirhouse on January 1. Mr.
I •ek is seventy-six and his wile seventy
live years old. In explaining their pres
en; destitution Mr. Peek said that he
im<i lavished thousands upon iris children and
in charitj , and lost, large sums in a gold specs
ul&fion in St. Paul, iVimn., and in a theatei
til i ike's Peak. Neither he nor his wife at
uich any lilrthi ■ to their children fortheir
present dest .t n ion, The wile of their son,
William Henry, whois in Australia, lives at
Nik-' . Mich., and otL rs to give them a home;
1.-it ! i.ey decline, that she cannot af
ford i!.’
J Li e other citiMren Eddie and LF-ette
I I-! -e-irs ago; Fanny is .Mrs. John Fitch, a
■ ..’ow, in a pro-qx-rou d>u-ine i -sin Jamestown,
D T., anil Julia .s Mn, William Blairsd»Jl,
California, and is in good circumstances.
I: i.•.understood ii a movement is on foot
further, n.al of Mr. and Mi’s. Peek to the
Gid Folks’ Hohh at Elmira.
THE WORLD’S EXPOSITION.
Interest inc I’apcr on Nerds of the South In
an Economical \ lew.
New Orleans, Feb. 24.—The wet weather
has s< me-vliat diminish* d the at ndance at
the world's exjjosition.
Th* i.atiomil agricultural convention sat
all day. Many interesting papers were read,
and ITof. 8. Waterhouse, of Washington
university, St. Louis, delivered an a/ldress
,. 4 ... n “The Economic Needs of the
. •.eh." H gav»-a loan:.-of cotton and cotton
I'.h.nufs t-.ire from the earliest history of
tins country io the present time, lie referred
to the ccmtinued efforts being made tx> com
i with Aim-rica in the supply of cotton,
i ; I said that with an " o-n led system of rail
rendering the products of the interior
of Brn'd accessii)l(>, that country will lieconx
a dangerous competitor in the cotton markets '
of the world; but in a coming time Africa '
v di apparently l»e the most successful rival of
f:• United SiaL‘.‘ . rnn cotton in that region
pr jrvlng in wild sponmncoiw luxuriance, is
</iny surpassed by the product.on of our sea
isiuiids.
Arkansas Troubles,
* Little Po>ck. Aik.. Feb. 24. The arnond
i ni -'it to the Indian appropriation bill giving .
j t*ic * nited States court for the Western d|s- >
i i: : ’t oi Arkansas jurisdiction over civil ac-!
1 --ns originating in the Indian territory, which I
| passed the house with but seven noes, has ere- :
i a‘.«sl general consternation in th. 1 territory. :
j il.e measure, it is claimed, i ra^tirally destroys ,
I 1 *-al courts, and '••■ill operate against the |
'l dr's interest. Be id*« injuring their S‘-if-i
go, rnrnent, it will allow of further inroads. |
i upon ils-ir p . mi is a violation of
1 e -.istin... • .io--. The Ui< rokecs in particular
i ha-, ’m.-cix aroiLsesl, and Lave urged their dele- *
I gt ;*s at U ton t< protest against the
cmiiirmation of the bill
CatlxdlCM vs I‘i-ofcstant.
Sharpsville, Pa., ft '.). 24.—A number of j
!’ j-t.a.-i Catholic resi.L-nts of thi place have j
' applied to the courts of common pleas to or- ,
. (i ; th? directoi s of the common schools to (
i ids ai mue the further use of the Protestant
! ] ii/“ mid gospel hymns in the exercises of
it:. . M.lsof ties district. This action is by .
i the direction of the bishop of Erie.
Brunswick Dead..
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 24.—Mr. Hol. Bruns
' wkk, presidentof the “Brunswick & Co., bil- I
. Lords," and for over twenty years connected
v. ithtL- Ihllkr.d maun ;a< du ring interests in
thi.-> ci’v and die w. .t. died at hi.s home 1512
I ork a .’enue, tutor a brief illness of conjeslion
of the brain.
An Knraged Husband.
Dover, N. H., Feb. 24.—Alb it W. Holmes, 1
of St rafford, male a determined effort, tc.
sh<»ot C'lLford Miller, nom he charged with
seducing and harboring bis lunaway wife.,
liiames was ffisarmed after a severe tight.
Before he star!-; i for . ’ih*-;- • house he ex- .
changed his watch for a revolver.
Michigan Blaze.
Big Rapids, Mich., Feb. 24.—Reports arc
i • co*, here of a lire at Si anion, Mich.,
vh’ hde troyed an entire block of sixteen
1. s: 1 !- ss buildings. Tlie estimated loss is
fM), partially covered by insurance.
\ i.j origin of the fire is not known.
Fence Cutters Give Trouble.
Abf-exb, Tex., Feb. 24.—The fence cutter
i' man> localities an- reported jubilant ovec
tew assassination of Detective Warren al
Sweetwater, and fiu-ther trouble is certain tc
take place.
OIJuUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRX’ARY 25. 1> *5.
BUILDING THE CABINET
SENATOR LAMAR ON A PILGRIMAGE
TO SEE MR. CLEVELAND.
The Interior or ToNtoftice Portfolios for the
MiiwistUppi Member —Three Pilgrims
to the Mecca of Certainty—
General News.
Washington, Fob. 24.—Senator
has left Washington for Albany in resjKmse
to an invitation sent to him by Mr. Cleveland,
/his invitation came by mail. Mr. lj&mar
di 1 not look through his mail until quit© late,
when ho found, when lie reached this letter,
thab ho should liave departed 8 >onor in order
to reach Albany at the time he was expected.
His arrival there will bo delayed, therefore,
twelve hours. It is understood that Mr.
Cleveland’s letter contained a formal invita
tion to the senator to enter his cabinet.
Whether the position offered to him is that of
the interior or the postoffice is not known.
Senator Lamar’s friends think he is to have
the interior department. Mr. Lamar has ex
|K\‘te«l this formal invitation for several days.
He has arranged his affairs so as to accept
His visit will be for the purpose of conferring
with Mr. Cleveland about the other members
' of t he cabinet.
Bayard, Manning and Lamar are now said
to be settled upon as memliers of the next
cabinet. Mr. Lamar is anxious to do what
he can to bring success to the next adminis
tration. He has gotten about all there is out
. of the senate, and has no personal ambition
for himself. In talking about the possibility
of his being connected officially with the next
administration, he said the other day he was
anxious to try the experiment of seeing
' whether alwdute unselfishness an* 1 absence of
[xn sonal interest in the management of a pub
lic office would l>e appreciated by the public.
: There is no do ibt of the reply that he will
! give Mr. Cleveland when he sees him in
Albany.
Senator Garland answered the Ix4l person
ally when the correspondent called at his resi
dence. He s, id he ha I not been out since
Fri-'av -.ft n-.ion oi .■ c*■ >u it of a violent
headache, but he x* ectcd to be able to return
to the senate chamber all right.
Not hing now had been developed from Al
bany, and he was letting mntt-'rs take their
! own course and attending to his own business
! affairs. When the president-elect desired t*o
j see him he would probably inform him of the
fact as h - did last December, since which
time he had not seen him. Anybinly could
; indulge in what conjectures they saw fit, but
! ie was totally at sea in regard to the inter
dons of Mr. (’loveland, and knew nothing
more than the veriest outsider.
C'lcvetand and Bayard.
New York, Feb. 24. The Tribune’s Wash
ington sjwN'ial says: “A question u]x»n which
Mr. Bayard and Mr. (’lovela-• 1 nr© thought
Ito disagree is the recognitieti wluch shall be
: given, if it shall lie given at all, to the inde-
I |M‘inlents. Mr. Cleveland is of the opinion
: that the indf-jx f’llent vote can l>e best secured
: for future emergencies by offering to the men
! who control it offices. Mr. Bayard thinks
I that it ran be done withcut resorting to sue!
I means. Ho pointed out to a friend last w*-
a published letter of an independent as faith
fully representing his own views on the sub
ject, and as the view which, in his opinion, all
independents, so-callwl, would find it wise
to adopt. That letter said, among other
things: “The independents are not a political
party. If it may be defined at all, theinor
ganization is but a practical coalition of the
aggressive elements of an intelligent public
opinion. You are going to take public opinion
into the cabinet. The only recognition that
the independents want is that recognition
which will Imj evidenced in the works of the
administration.”
'filenames of Vilas, Jivkson, Franklin,
Mifcln 11. Davis, of West Virginia; Jones,
Morse, Broadhead, Whitthorn, Stockton,
Springer ami Money continue to be mentioned
as aspirants for cabi let honors with the pros
spect that before morning another crop of
hopeful statesmen will have sprung up. Even
David Davis is now considered a possibility.
Washington Notes.
Washington, Feb. 24. Surrogate Rollins,
of New York, is here visiting the president.
It is understood that negotiations arc pending
for a law partnership between him and Mr.
Arthur at th■> conclusion of the latter’s term.
Mr. Charles Miller will, it is said, be the third
i member of the firm, but their cards will not
ibe issued for several weeks yet. Surrogate
j Rollins will return to New York, tjearing
with him the signature to the ar
ticles of agreement
The following naval orders issued: Chief
Engineer Fletcher Wilson to the navy yard.
Boston. Lieutenant Commander Andrew J,
' Iverspn has reported his return home from
I the Monocacy, Asiatic station, and has been
! placed on waiting orders. Naval cadets
j Thomas H. Gignilliot and Sidney Z. Mitchell
have reported their return from the Qumno
i baug, European station, and have been placed
lon waiting orders. Lieutenant L. K. Reyn-
I olds, from duty at the New Orleans exjiosi
i tion, has been ordered to special duty in the
i bureau of e*|uii»ment and recruiting, navy
' department
I In connection with the rumor that Mr.
I Cleveland will chose his secretary of the navy
from the New England states. Hon. Chas.
Mitchell, of Connecticut, is again before the
pul.li*-. Mitchell declines to talk, but frientls
state tliat ho will lx?, chosen in preference to
any other New England man.”
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 24.—The credentials of
Mr. Jones, senator-ele* t from Arkansas, vice
, Walker, were lead and filed.
On motion of Mr. Dawes the committee on
■ Indian affairs was authorize*! to continue in-
I vestigations into the Indian leases, etc., dur
! ing the vacation, with further authority to
inquire what changes were necessary in the
■ boundary lines of the Indian reservations, and
report at the first session of the next congress.
Th*- bill to “quit titles” to the settlors of the
Des Moines river lands was taken up. Mr.
Lapham having exhausted his ammunition
i the dilatory amendments were finally passed.
Th senate then proceeded with the consid
i erai iou of the postoffice appropriation bill.
The general impression appears to be that
the opponents to the suspension clause in the
sundry civil service bill have sufficient
strength to defeat it or have an extra session.
Mr. Hill (Col.) says should the house pass
the bill without the silver clause incorporated
I in it. it could not be forced through the sen
. ate this session.
Th • toxr, of the silver suspension clause
which has caused so much anxiety is: “The
secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized
to suspend a wffiole or part from July 1,1885,
to June 30, 188 ft, inclusive, in execution
of so much of the act of February 28, 1878, as
authorizes and directs the secretary of the
treasury to purchase*, from time to time, sil
ver bullion to the extent of not less than two
million dollars worth per month, nor more
than four million dollars worth jx?r month,
and which directs the coinage of silver bullion
so purchased into standard silver dollars,
which appropriates a sufficient sum of money
Yom the ti’easury to carry out the provisions
)f sml act in these
I The senate concurred in the recommenda-
Sions of the appropriations committee to
itrike from the bill the provision that at
[ Juture contract lettings for the manufacture
I>f jx)stage stamp envelopes, etc., the secre
tary of the tnvLsury bo requinnl to submit the
aiiis in behalf of the bureau of engraving
md printing.
House.
I Washington, Feb. 24. —Mr. Randall, from
I he appropriations committee, reported sun
iry civil appropriation bills. They were
jrdered printed and referred to the commit
tee of the whole.
Mr. Le Fevre offered a nsolution reciting
ho exclusion of American pork from Ger
many, an<l levying the discriminating duty
m wheat and rye, anti that; a threatening at
titude had been assumed against American
petroleum, and directing the committee on
Foreign affairs to inquire into the propriety
>f the late discrimination against German
produce. Referred.
Mr. Blount s«'cured the passage of the sen
ate bill providing for the erection of a public
tmilding at MacOn, Ga., at a cost not exceed
ing $125,000.
Mr. Wise secured the passage of the senate
| oill appropriating SIOO,OOO for the completion
>f the U nited States custom house at Rich
-1 nond, Va.
i On motion of Mr. Payson the house con
! miTed with the senate amendment of taxes to
he Pacific bill.
i On motion o r Mr. Hopkins the hons * con
curred with lac senate amendments to the bill
1 For the prohibition of the importation of con-
Tact lali-ir and then agreed to give the re-
I nainder of the day to the consideration of
1 jusiness from the committee for the Distinct
I )f Columbia.
GOSLING’S DEATH.
I Full Particulars of the Texas Train Itiot
and the rartlcipants.
, Dallas, Tex., Feb. 24.—Yeager, one of ths
nail robbers sentenced for life, and who aided
in killing United States Marshal Gosling on a
araiu near New Braunfels, while being con
veyed from Austin to San Antonio, was cap
;ured near New Braunfels. The dead body
>f James Pitts was found within 100 yards of
where he escaped from the tram. It issuj)-
I posed that the passenger who fired at Pitts
I md Yeager as they jumped off, hit Pitts and
j killed him.
| A’eager got loose from the dead body and
Bscaped to the mountains, although he was
| wounded in the neck. Deputy Marshal Loor
• ng, who was uninjured in the fight on the
I irain, overtook and captured Yeager, but the
; posse shot him three times, killing him. Yea
ser made a desperate fight. Pitts’mother is
> ilso dead. Miss Yeager, sister of the desper
ado, v was also wpqnded, it is thought will
recover. The killed thus far are Mai’shal
Giosling, Deputy Mai’shal Alarming, I’itt.s,
Yeager and Mrs. Pitts.
Jas. B. Leak, sentenced to two years for
Forgery,' was taken to Ban Antonio, to no sent
! with other criminals to the jieniti ntiary. In
m interview he said: “1 was for several days
in prison at Austin with Pitts aud Yeager.
We occupied the same cell. Pitts’wife ami
Yeager’s sister came often to wo us. Mm.
Pitta bore two pistols in her Boro hi. The care
\ssness of the jail officials a: Austin isri'spon
ble for Gosling’s death. Ha*l they once
earched the woman all would have been
verted. Mrs. Pitts was the sole hatcher of
he plot for Gosling’s assassination, and beg
ged and plead with her husbaixl and Yeager
W make one effort for liberty. She told them
she would rather see them shot dea-l in the car
than prisoners for life. Pitts’ grandmother,
who was subsequently in the affray, opposed
the scheme from the first. She
represented the risks attending its
execution, and begged them not to
wld assassination to the list of their
crimes. All the witnesses and myself were in
full cognizance of the scheme. The women
were to s* rote the pistols in their clothes, sit
by the prisoners, and allow them to lake
hem. I would have peached, but Pitts
threatened my life. I knew the men were
going to death. Pitts threatened to commit
niicide before murder, but his wife ruled him.
He said he did not wish to murder Gosling,
ind cried bitterly over bis arranged taking
3ff. His wife was enciente, and before leav
ng the jail he wrote a letter to her and placed
it in his pocket, to lie taken from his Ixxly if
killed. It contained directions and admoni
tions for raising their unborn child. Pitts
was twenty-nine years old. He was a friend
sf Jesse James and cousin of the Pitts who
was a prominent member of the gang, and
was killed in Missouri. He was a member of
Sam. Bass’gang and a friend of John Wes
ley Harden, now undergoing a sentence of
twenty-five years in the penitentiary. Hi.s
tales of train robbery, road agency and mur
ler were infinite. Yeager was Pitts’ tool, the
lesser villian in every way.”
Henry L. Gosling was liora in Shelbyville,
Tenn., about thirty-five years ago. He
studied law and was graduated at the
Lebanon law school, and practiced in his na
tive town. He became connected with the
press of Tennessee and Texas and gained an
m viable r eputation as a writer. lle published
the Quill at Castroville and became
president of the Texas press association. He
was the republican candidate for treasurer of
Tennessee against Marshal T. Polk and
defeated. He applied to Postmaster General
Key under Hayes’ administration for a post
office appointment and seemed on the point of
getting it when Key changed hi.s mind. Mr.
(Gosling said to a friend one day: “I’ve got a
l,Tudgc against Key and I'll get even with
Him if it takes me fifteen years.”
He went to Washingtonand President Hayes
appointed hiinto the Texas marsha’ship which
he had at the time of his death. VV hen Treasurer
Polk of Tennea-iee absconded Gosling did his
best to capture him, remembering the old de
feat. The state of Tennessee offered a reward
of SS,(XX) for his arrest. Gosling telegraphed
to the authorities that it would take $10,0(X) to
capture him, and that amount was offered
immediately. It has been charged that Gos
ling had Polk under arrest at the time, thus
squeezing $5,000 out of the state. He <iid not
exult over the condition of the unfortunate
Polk, but there was much talk’ at. the time
how he had at last got even with the man
who defeated him.
Gosling was a brother-in-law of Jawarder,
ex-United States district attorney for the
middle district of Tennessee. He was a fearless,
dashing, genial man, popular at home and
so much liked by Texans that, although a re
publican, the whole de'<-gat ion in congress
favored his retention under Cleveland.
FRANK JAMES FREE.
The I*rince of Desperadoes Has the Last
Clmrge Dis-nissed.
Booneville, Mo , Feb. 24.—The only two
. charges pending against Frank James in the
1 Cooper county circuit court were dismissed,
and he is a free man. The mat ter was kept
very quiet, and even now is not generally
1 known. An impression is current here tliat
(rox. Marmfiduke will not grant a requisition
from the governor of Minnesota for James.
Capt. F. P. Bronaugh, one of James’ lionds
men, wa in Jefferson City a few days ago,
presumably to tost the governor’s views. He
ieclined to udk, saying there had already
been too much published by nee .-paper cor
respondeutfi.
EL MA”' CRUEL WAR
i GORDON'S V <SA 3 FROM EGYPT
CAUS INDIGNATION.
The People of England Ready to Call the
■ Government to Account —Some Pointed
Words from Gordon —Mrs. Ijowell's
l-'mu ral—All the News.
London, F. '• 24.—A decided sensation was
created her. !. the publication of several dis
patches scut from Khartoum by the late Gen.
1 Gordon. In one, dated November 4, 188-4, he
i declines to agree to tlie fitting out of an expe
ditionary force for his rescue alone, asserting
that he intended to rescue the garrison, and
that ho v.o :d not allow himself to La rescued
! and leave them to their fate. On September
18 he wi ites, complaining bitterly of the
■ apathy of the government, and says: “How
many times have T asked for re-
1 inforcements without receiving any an
; swor. 'Phe hearts of the few loyal
1 men that cling to me with faint hope of being
delivered from their long imprisonment,
•are rapidly growing weary; they almost
despair of ever being delivered from their
' present hnrddiips unless by the bullets of the
' Arabs. While you eat and drink the best and
i rest in good l»eds, we are always fighting.” It
’ apyiears by another dispatch dated December
14. 1884 the late Gordon never said ho could
hold ou. in *fin‘. ely, but on the contrary in
I this dispatch ho says: “Our circumstances
are rapidh lieeoining straitened. All supplies,
for the jiri'sen., are cut off, and food is grow
ing scarce.” Thee dispatches have greatly
intensified the feelings of the people against
the government, aud members of the cabinet
are charged wi:!) duplicity ami d<*’option, as
well as being derelict in their duty.
Skirmish at Abu Klea.
Korti, Feb. 24.—Dispatches from Abu
Klea give a more specific account of the
skirmish at; that place. It appears that to
j Maj. Waidrop is due the credit of outwitting
the detachment of Arab riflemen by placing
small squads of men on several hills to lire
upon them. It created the impression that
frosh bodies of British troops were arriving.
Scoiits at a distance are watching Gen.
Buller, but the main body of Arabs has re
tired. Moanwhil 1 Gen. Buller awaits rein
forcements and means of transportation be
fore retreating to Gakdul. The British loss
(luring the skirmish was four kill*'*! and
twenty-five wounded. It is expei ted tliat an
attack upon Buller will be resumed shortly.
Wolseley is of the opinion that Beilers di
vision will make its way to Gakdul without
serious difficulty.
Mrs. Lowell’s Funeral.
London, Feb. 24.—-The funeral ceremonies
over the remains of the late Mrs. Janies I lussell
Lowell, have taken place awl at the. con
clusion the b'xly was interred at Kensal Green
cemetery. The funeral was strictly private.
Among others who followed the remains to
the grave beside Minister Lowed, were Secre
tary Happin, of the Anierican legation; Lady
[Littleton, E. W. Smalley awl lady; Mr.
Stephens, *? lit >r of Whitehall Review; Hon.
Waldgrave L'jslie, and Henry James, the
novelist.
Lowell'a 85 mpathizers.
London, Feb. 24.—Minister Ixiwell was en
tirely overcome as the body of his wife was
plncotl in the grave. Ho broke down and
wept. The price • of Wales sent a message
of cowlolcnce. and expressed regret nt his in
ability to attend the ftineral. Mr. Gladstone
called in pvi'son on Saturday and assured Mr.
Lowell of his sympathy.
Bungling; Death-Trap.
LONDON, Feb. 24. —The execution of John
Lee, for the warder of Miss Emma Keys, ht
I Babbacombe, November 15 last, which was
set for Monday, was postponed after three
unsuccessful attempts to spring the drop.
The executioner declared it was impossible to
carry out the penalty of the law without hav
ing the trap repaired.
Guilty Cunninghatn.
London, Feb. M—The prosecution of Cun
ningham an I Burton produced witness who
testified that previous to the explosion in the
tower, Cunningham was in the armory acting
in a suspicions manner and was last to leave
the armory before the explosion.
Bombay Contingent.
Bombay. Feb. 2 .—The first regiment of
the native Indian contingent has sailed for
Suakim. The departure was witnessed by a
large and enthusiastic assemblage. They em
barked amid t the plaudits of the crowd and
strains of martial music.
ICusKian Strategy.
Vienna, Feb. 24.—Reports from Constan
tinople say Russia is expected io take ad van
tage of the present; state of affairs, and ask
concessions from the porte in regard to the
regulations of the navigation of the Dar
danelles.
Grenada Quakes.
London, Feb. 24.—Grenada is alarmed by
fresh shcK-ks of earthquakes. The police have
been informed that an attempt will bo made
to blow up St. Baiil’s cathedral on Saturday
next. Special precautions have been taken.
Anarchist Meeting.
Paris, Feb. 24—There have lieen two an
archist meetings in the city largely attended.
Resolutions were adopted declaring implac
able hatred to tyrants, and protesting against
wui s of conquest.
A Swiss Refusal.
Geneva, Feb. 24.—The Swiss federal coun
cil has d.- lim-d to ratify the reciprocal
naturalization treaty between Switzerland
and the United States.
Russians in Cabul.
London, Feb. 21.—The latest advices from
Cabul stati s that the Russians are pouring
into Cabul under the guise of travelers.
IN A NEW ROLE.
John R. M< Lean is Appointed Receiver ot
the ( in< innati and l ast< ri Railway.
Batavia, 0,. Feb. 24.—Sa ■ *el A7<»<slward
resign'si IL- 1- -siLion as receiver of the Cin
: cinnati and Eastern railway, and the next day
' Judge Dan*lon, at Georgetown, appointed
John R. M' i/can, of the Enquirer, his suc
-1 cessor. McLean gave b nd. with J. J. Far
. ban, Henry Peachy and VU. A. Goodman as
securiLi-'S. 1! -adly, J -hn ;;<ci 6c Colston are
McLean’s attorneys. This means a new deal,
and has creatx**! a big sensation along the line,
as it is repor ■* I tliat all the present officials
are to lx? bounced.
Doings at Columbus.
Columbus, 0., Feb. 24.—The house was in
session a short time, but loss than a quorum
was present. Mr. Turner introduced a bill to
remove recorders from office when they do
not attend to business. This is aimed at Re
corder Miskolby, of Dayton. He is accused
of neglecting the offic, and the Bar Associa
tion wants him removed. Mr. Myers intro
duced a bill to prevent fraud in "aimed fruits,
under penalty of fine. The page boys
got a lecture for bad conduct.
THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Pithy Nr vh Hems Bolle l Down for
th* Hurried Reader.
The Yonkers, N. Y., carpet weavers strik
ers have d<r •*■ •.t > h* LI out.
Two cliildren nt At'-mta, Ga., whose cloth
ing caught fire, were burned to death.
Gov. Marmaduke, of Missouri, reviewed
an imposing labor dem* mediation at St.
Louis.
Three momb- rs of the King family burned
in Philadelphia will recover, mother, daughter
and servant.
“No vote! is the cry in the Illinois legisla
ture, on account of numerous members be
ing absent.
A German who hanged himself in a hay
mmv at Hinton, AV. Va., was found partly
eaten by rate.
Mi’s. B. • •her was taken suddenly ill in her
pew in Plymouth church, Sunday, but recov
ered very scon.
E. VV. Vogeley, Butler, Pa., teller savings
bank, mysteriously missing. Itumored that
$42,000 is short in accounts. Bank officials
neither confirm or deny.
Athens, Ga., will choose between whisky
and dynamite. The latter is threatened is
case the former is voted out.
Charley Lang, of Ohio, and Georg* Parker,
of New York, fought two rounds at New Or
leans, and Lang broke his wrist.
It is said the governor of Oregon will ap
point the senator, whose legal title will be de
termined by the United States senate.
Baltimore socialists are divided on tho
lubjeet of anarchy. Herr Most and his ideas
were condemned by some and upheld by
others.
Thos. P. Sherman, Syracuse lawyer, is un
der arrest, charged with squandering the es
tate of liis step-cliildren. He has lived in fine
style and is said to have speculated in Wall
street.
Information from Scottsboro, Ala., saya
that F. E. Tidwell killed Wilse Whitfield near
that place for insulting Mrs. Tidwell. Whith
field wa , brained with an ax, and falling in
tho fire, the griimiug corpse was biumed.
Tidwell esctijied.
The agents of the Monarch line, New York,
place no confidence in the rumor that the
steamer Lydinn Monarch has foundered in
St. George’s channel. Their cable dispatches
from London make no mention of it. The
Lydian Monarch was bound for Suakim with
troops.
WEST VIRGINIA’S DROUTH.
Intense Suffering for Want of the TSecessf
ties of L : e in Several C'ounties.
Central, W. Va, Fob. 24.—The Demo
crat, published at Weston, prints an account
of the distress and suffering in Gilmer, Brax
ton and (’aihouu counties, which are in the in
terior of th*' state, many miles from railroads.
The paper says that the extreme drouth of
lust summer almost ruined crojw, hardly one
fourth of a crop lieing gathered. Whole
neighborhoods are suffering for want of
proper food, and live stock is dying by
herds.
Long before Christmas every bushel of grain
h.i l» .'ii * onsumed. Since that time food
li. hauled by teams across the moun-
. * a nee of 100 mil *s, fifteen days
Li -apied in many trips. Many people
would L;ve star veil to death but for this.
Man y farmers have lost all their horses, and
can not do their spring work without ust ist
ance. Unless t here is a speedy return of worm
weather, human lives will be lost.
Noted Woman Dead*
Chicago, Feb. 24. —A woman died at 27
Emma street last Thursday of apoplexy. She
was friendless and alone, and was known as
Ellen C. Williams. Since her death it Lus
transpired that she was the widow of Sir
William Fortesque, who, tnirty years ago,
was a popular club man in England. She
came to America with her husband in 1850 to
regain his lost fortune. Sir William died in
1852. Lady Ellen was re**ently graduated
from a Chicago medical college and was prac
ticing medicine. For several years she lived
hi great poverty.
Coroner’s Verdict.
Philadfj.phia, Feb. 24.—The coroner’s
jury in the alms house fire case returned a
verdict that the victims received their fatal
injuries in the fire which resulted from incen
diarism by Nadine, tho lunatic who was
prompted by chief attendant Schroeder, and
that Schroeder’s assistant, Mullen, held
guilty after knowledge of the crime. The
officials of the asylum are censiu'ed for bad
management and neglect of precautions
against lire. Nadine and Schroeder were
committed and Mullen was held as a witness,
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latest Quotations of the Stock, Produce
and Cattle Markets.
New York, Feb. 23.-—Money I‘4 per cent. Ex
change quiet. Governments dull.
Alt. & Terre Haute 23 1 ■. Morris & Essex... .120
Bur. <t Quincy. ...12*i 7 rt Missouri Pacific.... 9i!4
Canada Pacific N. Y. & Erie 13
Canada Soul hern . N.Y. Central 1)4
Central Pacific.. .. 82*2 Northwestern 94
Chicago & Alton 131 Pacific Mail 5444
C. C. (’. <t 1 85 Rock island 1138
Del. A Hudson . . lx% St. Paul 72%
Del. Lack. A W... .100' - 2 St. P. 8. C 27%
Illinois Central . . 122 3 H do preferred ks‘-Z
Jriney Central 80J..* Texas x Pacific.... )2?4
Kansas Texas .. 16'h U. Pacific 4 1
Lake Shore West. Union 5»
Louisville & Nash.. 2S Nash. & Chait 89
General*
Cincinnati, Feb. 23 - FLOUR—Fancy, sl.ls(<s>
4.00; family, 5»8.60(d/4.00.
WHEAT-No. 2 red, bOc; No. 3, 82a84c.
CORN' No 2 mixed, 4 »c; No. 8, 43 a c; ear, 46c.
OA’IS No 2 mixed, 34c; No. 2 white, 36c.
RYE No. 2,73 c.
BARLEY Kp ing, 5.7?,6*5c; fall, 78W»c.
I’ORK -Family, '^13.12* 2 ; regular, 513'37.
BAC<>N- Shoulders, . r > short clear sides,
7 5 rt Lard Kettle—
CHEESE Prime to choice Ohio, 10f$llc; New
York, 1-’ _>"J3' 2 c; Northwestern, 7‘ 2 '/,s 2 c.
POULTRY Fair chickens. $2.75 y 3.25; prime,
S3.SO(*i»4JJO; ducks, $1.00; gees*j, $3.00'c5.U0 p.jr
doz. ;live turkeys, lO dressed, JB*t.ißL*jC.
HAY No. J timothy, N<». 2, $11.50
@12.00; mixed, $10.(X)@11.00; wheat and rye straw,
oats straw, $7.00 '48.00.
New York, Feb. 28. WHEAT —No. 1 white,
91’..c;N<> 2 r*-d. 9 : 7<49o?§c.
CORN Mixed western, 51 @ssc; futures, 49%
53‘.;*J. Oats Western,
New Orleans, Feb. 23.—SUGAR Refining,
common, 4‘l s c; inferior, 3'<,3; 2 c: choice
white, s’<c; off white, stf>s%c; choice yellow,
@5 7 M c.
MOLASSES- («ood fair, 25 '£32c; prime, 34@86c;
choice, 14c; centrifugal prime, 25 *r.»3c; fair, 32c.
l>i.jn<nT. ■ WHEAT No 1 ime,
No. 3 red, 77c; Michigan soft red, 87*4c.
Toledo, Feb. 23. —WHEAT —No. 2, 7»1 4 e; No. 2
soft, ssp2@B6c.
Live Stock.
Cincinnati. Feb. 23.- CATPLE—Good to choice
butchers, fair, $1.50'1.5.2'*; common,
s2@3; stockers and feeders, $3.75@4.50; yearlings
and calves, $2. '>o<a,3.sJ.
HOGS -Se'octed butchers, $5.1*1*15.35; fair to
good packing, c-1- fair to good light, $4.65
@5.70; common, $3.0 ) * I 60; culls, s3@3.'Jo.
SHEEP —Common to fair, $2..'0@J25; '<ood to
choice, $8 s'. ; 1.2’.; w. iiiers, $1.50 *5. Lambs
Common, ) ;g *o*l. $4.2>@5.0J.
Chicago, Feb :: H >GS Fair to good, $4.25@
4.80; mixed packing, $4.1J@4.70; choice heavy,
$4.75@5.15.
CATI’LE Exports, $6 00@6.50; good to choice
shipping, $3 5 1 common to fan-, $4.50@5.40;
tlockers an*l feeders, $3,40@5.50.
NO. 260
jstetters
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FITTER 5
By the use es Hostott* r’B StODuch Bitters the
htggHNd sppe»n>iceoi the countenance and
HahcwuaMßof dyepept'ea are supplanted by a
h* altbi* r look, and »r the food la aaafmilated,
the bodj acquire)! substenee. Appetite is re
stored, and the n*>rv us *>ystem refre'hed with
wuc *. f’e ’ B’umber, throus’ hr uec of thia
medicine, which la »Jh > hcnedoial persons of
a rheumatic tend i cy, and an lies imable pre
ver tattve of fr-ver and ague.
For Rale by <d) Dru?gUta and Dcaleia
generally,
FIKHI PILUS!! FILHWH!
Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding nod Itob
li:g Plies. One box hue cured the worst
onpew of 30 yesre’stnndfng. No one need
Busier Hve minutes alter using William’s
Indian Pile Ointment. It absorbs tumors,
sllays Itching, nets as l poultice, gives In-
Htant relief. Prepared only tor Piles.
Itaidng ot the private parte, nothing elee.
Hou. J. M.Oofienbury, ot Cleveland,says,
“I have ueed >.ceres ol Pile outee, and It
affords me pleasure to say that 1 have
never found anything which gives such
Immediate find pi rmatient relief a's l>r,
Wlliiain’B Indian Pile Ointment." Sold by
fiugglste and mailed on receipt ot price,
sl. Foi rale by Brannen' .fc Ulfreon, B.
Garter, .John P. Tnn.ei and Geo. A, Brad
ford, Oolumbuu, Ga.
Dr. Frailer’c Knot Bitter.
Frazier’s 800 l Blttexe are net) a dram
Tiiiop beverage, but are tU ictly medicinal
In every mi- lliey aetstioßgly upon
till Live: and Kidneys, keep the bowels
men and regular, make the weak atroug,
heal the lunge, build up the nerves, and
tdeeuee tlie Wood and eystem ot every im
purity. Sold by druggists, jl.ob.
For-se•••*.}■ Brannon & Caraon and Jno.
P.Turner . k hve, Ga.
Dr. Friuler’a Nagle Ointment.
A ure cuie lor Little Grubs In ttieSkin.
Bough Skin, etc, it will remove that
’ uiigfinesb from the hands and face and
tmkt von; j .-n,- jo 0 . s f . n t by
mail. Foi ei>|.< hy Biannon <L Garson and
John P. 1 urner, Columbus, Ua.
Chas. E. Glover, Hermornello, Mexloo.
July 16. ibßß. ay ; "1 take pleasure in
ddreisfr g y notice more, for you have
be-n of urea! benefit, to uie. I wrote to
you about one ar.d one-half years ago,
■'em Alison , lor Dr. William's Indian
Pll •Om meet. I received It and It cured
me entirely. 1 etfv hsa some Ointment
remaining, with which I have ciueti seven
or eight more. It le wonderful.
Saratoga High Lock tipring Water tor
sale by all drugidsts. mb22eodAw
IMPORT ANT~
TO
Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners,
—o—
I willifurnlßb on board the Care at Flore,
Alabama, a very
Rich Marl
AT *JX C»OLI.AnS PERTOIV
C.Zk SIU
And a Very Low Kate of Freight
Is offered by the Mobile <t Girard B. K
Bv anslyeis of the State Geologist this
MAUL contains (torn 5 to 8 per eent. ot
Phosphate with other fertilizing qualities.
For composting and broadcaeiing for
grain Heide, orchards and lawnn it will be
tuundj
A Valuable Stimulator,
Tnls is not a Guano, but a RICH MARL
Anycrdere forwarded to
R. J. ORR, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile & Girard Railroad, will meet, with
prompt attention. decil-tf
orjowiomoD:
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lOFFICE AT
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON’S Drug Store,
Randolph Street.
Residence with H. L. WOODRUFF,
Oriwford, between Troop end For,} th Street
acip&o-sm
R. E. GBIGGS,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE I
T. H. EVANS <fc OO.'S Dru/z Store.
KeMldeucc, Jut kson &t., Sontheaat of Court
sHouifc with W. H« Giase.
|aaß-ly
L.H. CHAPPELL,
PROVISION BROKER & INSURANCE m.
119 Broad St«> Columbus, Ga„
Home of New York,
Imperial of London.
Qn&rdisn of London.
Nn»thwrn of Lor don,
anv
-MALE AND FEMALE AGAOEMY.
CVSSETA, GEORGIA.
The wot k of this School will begin again
JANUARY s,lßßs(flret Monday).
Tuition $1.60, S2.SO and S3,SO,
According to grade. Board never more
Than RB. Per Month.
MUSIC S«:t. PER MONTH.
LOCATION HKALTHPVL.
W. E. MURPHEY,
janlwlt-tsmlwS Principal.
DR. J. M. MASON,
DENTIST.
Bt. Clair St., Columbus, Ga.
tender, bi. lervfM. to tk
, »i«mi»as «ad .arraualtav aunt