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gggßißM ) itiini’Q. VOL. X. JElil’s TALK STRIKE. THEY WANT FA?R PAY AND TO BE TREATED AS WELL AS THE HORSES. Au Outbreak Feared in the West Virginia Coal Regions Wabash Kmployvs i*ro test Against a Reduction —Three Hundred Men Out. Nkw York, Feb. 27.—Delegatee from every* Street car line in the city attended a secret meeting of car drivers a few days ago. It was agreed to send a formal fietition to the president of every conumny asking that twelve hours be made a day’s work, and that the pay be fixed uniformly at $17.50 a w *ek for each driver. The proposed petition is to include a request that the present system of docking drivers for delays caused by fires and unavoidable blockades be done a ay with. The meeting voted to give the coaipauies twenty days to answer the petition, and to tie up lines and go on a genera! strike on April 1 if the petition in not answered. They also voted to petition Mayor (irace to rais * the foe for a driver'u ' licence from fifty cents to $5. Their notion is [ that’.hi change would pre n incoiuj*eteut ■ men from rushing to supply vacancies on th** i lin . A lr : ver vho has lieen t -enty vein ii ’ . in th< ty recited ~u- an which prompt the drivers to petition fur relief. “Thu conqtallies go on paying out big divi- j de-cds to stockholders,’’ he said, “and never take a single step to lessen ihe haiddti|» of their employes. Drivers ha •»* to work sixteen hours a day on many of the lines. On the Third avenue line they are compelled to make five iound Harlem trips, th-:•<»<-» hours to the trip, and get only twenry-eight minutes for dii ' •’*. They have to cat their dinners on tne cars most of the time. No excuse is taken for delay in making the trip, no matter w hat the cause may bo. It the delay is long, as some times happens in case of a fire, the drivers are often fined the pay* for the entire trip. In any event they are comjiellud to work extra time, without pay, to make gnod the delavs. This sort of thing has been going on so Jong, while the big divi dends have been police 1 into the stockholders’ pockets that the drive >■ can’t stand it, unv Ion." Thorax hors > • m toriou- Liter treated and more humanely cared for than the human beings who are hi mi to drive j them.” The drivers will hold a meeting in Turtle ! Bay hall on March 15 to take further action. They are now perfecting a car drivers associ ation, to become part of the Knights of Labor. strike on t'le V abash. Springfield, ill., reb. 27.- At a meeting ' of the employes of the abash road a:im u a reduction of wages, nearlyMl persons were ; present. The discussion was warm nu«i .astel late into night. A b illot taken sin ily bo- i fore midnight showed ti'to I ola\ <r a strike ! and 31 opposed to it Later 11.*• objectors ' were mostly won over, a,. . it was ugnsxl not to return to work at the i iuced rates, and to request all m-s hanics of o. her cities to remain away and let Ila n; alone while the strike is on. This takes out 350 men. The inr c ession is that the strike will lw -neral and will ex- ' tend into Indiana and ‘ uri A 1.-ter has been received from CL . o saying ,'e men there would support the action of the Spring field employes. An Outbreak Feared. Coal Valley, W. Vh., Feb 27.—Serious trouble is appreheudtxl al Union coal wonts , Sevurtu <lays ug<> a reduction of half a rent in | viage* was ordered, and the men struck. | TVedne. luy the operator- put on - hundr<-d negroes to work at the old f de Th# wh e miners held a meeting. p.-i 4 resoL.di- is, and ’ l.ti the negro .must com- out or they would Burn the works. Several vi flghts have owurn-d. It is L-arud a deadh outbreak w ill take place. BRUTAL SLUGGER SULLIVAN. Ills Wife Asks for a Divorce from Her Drunken Hnsband. Boston, Feb. 2.—Trouble gather thick j about the head of John L. Sullivan, the rois tering champion slugger. Now Mrs. Ani)i‘- i Sullivan, his wife of les-, than three veai tiles in the supreme coirt..rough her couu Bel, Gen. B. F. Butler, an appli a'ion for d . voree from him on the ground of cruel avl ■ abusive treatment and gross and confit c. I ! habits of intoxication. Her libel sets : forth that she mat i i>si him in b s I city on May 1, L>S2, and that they have sin- e 1 continued to live as husband and wife here; ; that ■ue has always been true to her marria ■ vows and obligations, but tba* he. bein i wholly regardk -of the same, has lx*ji ■ guilty of extreme cruelty toward 1 -her; that 1 has frequently inflicted blows upon her per son, and D-at and Lriiscnl her to her great in jury, and thnatened to kill her. The partic: lar dates on which it is claimed tbit he Las: abused her are Sunday, August 17 ; Septem - ber 29, and December L, IV4. She furl ; i asks for an attachment • f hi.- real and person al property to the amount of for the ■ suitable support and ma.iitenanue of her - i I and their child, John L. Sullivan. Jr. now J about ten month- <-ld, and mpiest-j that the son be committed to her care and custody. Ac«- panyiag the libel is an affidavit of Mrs. S; j ..an setting fortn that she has reason to fear and believe that during the pendency of the libel her husband will in flict bodily harm upon her and impose a xesi rarnt ujx>n her fM-rsonal liberty, and a-.ks /or a restraining order of tne court to enjoin tile libelee from so domg, which Justice De vins has grant-d until further orders of the court. Mrs. Sullivan asks for a suitable ali monv pending divorce proceeilings. The libel is returnable the first Tue.*lay in April uext. ; No answer has yet l*en tiled io the libel The Moon Eye<l Must Go. Portland, Ore., Feb. 27.—For some time past great numbers of Chinamen have 'oeen flocking to the city of Tacoma, W. T., and overrunning the place. A large portion of these celestials are contrabands, having vio laiedthe restriction law, and having been smuggled across the border from Brittish Co lumbia soil. A mass meeting of citizens of Tacoma, just held, proposes taking active measures against these steady encr< »achmeute of :h- celestials. Strong resolutions were unam... >usly adopted excluding Chinese in the future from lacoma, and urging it to be the duty of all good citizens to discharge the employment of Chinamen in any capacity. They Took the .. ailor By Surprise. Helena, Mont., Feb. 27.—Five prisoners escaped from the Ty jail Wednesday night. They concealed themselves in a wadi sink and took the jailor ’ey surprise when he weut in tc lock the cells. They gagged him and made gcyxl their escape. None of the prisoners have yet 1/een re'aken. Men are scouring the city and country in all directions. < riminal CareleHsness. Decatur. Ind., Feb. 27.—A culiisiou oc curred at the crossing of the C. and A. and >.i. R. aud I. roads, between two freight trains. N one was seriously injured, but the engmet-n were badly bruised up. All trains are bloc.. aded. The terget man gave the right of waj to both t rain*, and this was the result. RICHES WRECK A LIFE. Life Ilifttorv of a Beautiful and I nfortu tunate American Girl. New York, Feb. 27.—One of the romantu ■ phase- of life in large cities has been exempli i I tied in the case of Miss Virginia Gertrude j Stevens, who died at the New York hospital Mon.lay, and was buried by lawyer Shel ■ bourne at Woodlawn. Miss Stevens was 1 once the rage of Parisian society. She vw the daughter of Abraham Stevens, who many years ago was the mayor of Houston, Tex. lie came originally from Texas, went into the business of cattle raising, and in a few years accumulated a large fortune. He mar ried the mother of Miss Btevens on his death-bed. By his will he left his large estate to his wife, and imposed upon her the duty of maintaining, supporting and edu catin her daughter. Soon afier the d- ath of Mr Stevens, the mother and child, who was the ten years old, came to this city. They i- I h.Ta a short time and then went to a . , .. here Gertrude sjieut several years at a fu^'iioua.>le school. She was bright men tally, an I a great favorite socially; attended strictly to her studies, acquired several Jan gua e ,a id when launched upon the gay l world of Paris captivated every one by her wit, intellect and lieauty. She traveled ex j teirsively abroad, and was admired every | where. Dr. Marion 11. Sims met her in Paris, ! where he was studying medieino, about IN»3, i a.. 1 spoke o; hcr a ha' mg tho reputation of I b- ng tlie most beautiful American woman in i Euro;;- After leav.ng Paris the doctor i i. a 1 nothing from li«»r until he recmMsl a I in French, signed by her, on Sunday I tasking iiiiu to call upon her at her board ing house. Wnen he c to the house he f<<m d the lieautiful girl who had captivated tu i.eartsof manv of the noblest families in Fur hh<, lying in b*d, a }x>rfewreck bodilv an I menf.illy, the result of a long coijtinutul orphine habit and <1 tec par ion. Mrs. Ste ven- atei ’ icrirud" came ba • • to this country in 1871, and went to live upon Staten Island, where she l)ecaine acquainted with Henry J. Fiske a fine loo! ing and scrupulously neat y« img man, who was a clerk in the wholesale (te n • house of McKesson & Robbins. There was an apparently mutual falling in love be tween the young couple, and “Gertie” was i’h > theme of conversat ion of Mr. Fiske. After i short. <->urtship they were married, and by : -Pl r' wiJi Miss Htevens liocame heir te-'rl.om. Mr. Fiske obtained control u his w’te's fortune ari th-* two went to live I m Montreal, where be invested largely in furs, Ih ■ I List a larg • part of the m mey. T': ■ir temjiers were not suite*l t **•■•. h other, and alv ii Mrs Fis\ - informed her husband that h>: larried her only to g- t her fortune from ti . father's e.stato there was au open rupture between them. Mrs. )• isk » went, to the serac o her early hap?'uess in Paris, and enter*-:! u »•!! a gay and re -kies ; career, that sooji ' jcjsihl the i - pe. table el ic.i; in the Am -ri i ca: colony t > turn it- buck upon her, and to I refuse to recognize her. She sink deeper and IL rp r into the whirl of Parisian life and was I*.-• > nt of by her I irmer friends, and lost. ,?:<•! L-/ uty of mind p ! a* eof former days. "• menti »n in co:. ,i:j o. th.-, country was L> ]«> ■•. .on*.! ii ■ '•!)■>.i of her estate f<-an her hiisbaud, fro n whom she was di vorc'd about .x mont h , ngo, and go bark to die fi'ivoliti".- of Parte an : sp rl it. Her hut; I In i i lives still iu M- .iti-.'.ii, and j»ysa tiyiug |vi ,>t on-j and a wiiile Lo this city. DEATH’S UNERRING SHAFT Striked Dowa an Illinois Legi-Uator--Jutlge Logan's Sudden Drath. Chicago, Feb. 27.—Representative Logan, ] of Whitesides <•« - mty (republican), was st-riek i en with heart di-ease in the Illinois legislature j and fell dead a* tte* head of the house stairs as he was on lils way to the chamlfM-r. The elevator was not nmning, aud ho attempted to walk up the long stair w.iy. Mr. Logan had iieen a .ing all session with heart disease and could not stand excite ment of any kind. \Vli -n • *lrop'>t lon the house i.-.ior, < jos.te to ' • main entrant•• to Che ciiamber. U - ■aspic...d by friends and carried into an ante-r*xim and doctors called. Five minuhis later he was pruimuneed dea !. This gives the democrats amajoriey of one on i jo.nt. ballot, and in Hires them the election of a United Stat*-s senator. Ac«*UHe<l by His Aboriginal Wards. Lit ite.sTt)-.’, Moat., Fe : . 27 -Int<*lli.cental | just re e;ved from the Crow agency s ( a. s i th.u fourty J. Arm troug, agent of the (h’ow i fndiuns, will resign Ins pu.siti.jii very soon, j He isa* *nised by the Indians of conniving to | re iu* ** their rations and to secure a lease to a j Uo.ojiido cuttle syndicate of jjart of their res i ‘rvatiou by frau'lulent means. In his defense ; he .ays that he only <an .e<i out wi it-ten in • stru'H ions from the interior department, di recting him to obtain the signatures oi the Indi.'ns to the- Spoiled Tail and Bear \\ ug, two cmefs, are now m the Fort Custer £iiard house They were arrested Jjecause they interfered with other Indians summoned to give testimony before sjiecial agents of the micrior department now at the agtmcy. P"ti- I tionsare bung circulated for the appointment »f S. F Dawes, of 80.-emm to succeed Arm strong a-> agent. Th • Indians are upon quar ter rations, game is scaice and there is much ■ flittering. : _ SJeighing ?.<;ci<leut. Reading, Pa., Feb. 27. A sleighing party of twenty kulies aud gentlemen from this city had a sad experience while on I their way borne Wednesna mormng. VVm'ie they were <1 ascending a st. < p hill the tongue • i t>f tne sleigh broke, and, rushing on the horse’s j heels, caused them to run away. The sleigh | with its o«vupants was precipi’.ated Gown a ‘ twenty-loot embaukmenr., throwing some of ; tho party iut« a creek. Several w. re severely injured. Mi-.s Millie Hemrnig found after , : %1 mg search unconscious m a snow drift. ! S:i was taken home, and it is feared sho re- i i cci/ud concussion of the brain and may die. ■ ■ Tlie i our horses which were attached to the dcigh were found a mile away, tom com pletely out of their harness. Kansas City’s New Industry. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 27.—Detective Hanshaw, of New York, who is heio looking after < 'apt. Phelan, states that he nas authen tic information that this city has been mbe ted a. the centre of operatioirs of a dynamite lea ?ie and socialistic orgamzaiioiiM in the United Sta < s. and that arrangements are now being perfected to manufacture dynamite and infernal machines at the Crystal '-ity glass works o.’i the Mississippi river . > v St. Ixjute. He says Dr. R. VY .S iu ■ . of this rity, a prominent !*>cal socialist, has one of chn machines, which will be used as a model. Gen. Polzwateki, a prominent mem* ber of a Russian nihilistic organization, has arrived in the city en route to .Sitka, Alaska, and nad a long conference with Dr. Sauer. Lamar Won’t Talk. Washington, Feb. 27—When Senator La’nar returned to Washington, he appt ? ed in the .-enate and Viok ins - ‘ar, as quietly as .1 ual aud as if he had not Ixien away. Be j j.-«veral quiet ciiacs with his fellow sena te. .. dnmo ratic and republican. Pugh- Hi, ■i . Jackson and Coke wei-e the ii.*st t, I greet him, then Ransom, Colquitt an*i Ga: laau. He declined to be mtei viewed by an jiie upon the subject of his visit to Albany. Nuthwitiistandiug Mr. Lamar’s reticence, it is generally understxxjd that he is to go into the cabinet as seex etary of the mterior. 1 COLU’ BUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY M>R IN FEBRUARY 28 85. (ENGLAND'S OLD ENMITY BARS JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY FROM THE DOMINION SOIL. His I’ropoNcd Visit to Montreal on St. Pat rick's Day Stirs Up the Irish Orango luen'n Bile —Will He Be Arrested if He Crosses the Border? J WI . I ? / zd -- - riWK J BOYLE O’REILLY Montreal. Feb. 27.—The Boyle-O’Reilly incident threatens to assume inter-colonial impirtanc* 1 . The president of St. Patrick's society, Mr. Dennis Barry, a lawer in g*xxl stand ng, says that the Irishmen of Montr< al ha*l not abandoned the hojxj of seeing Mr. O'Reilly in Montreal on St. Patrick's day. They wen-, he said, bringing all the political infiuHwe they could command to lx«ir on the t’anudian government to givF Mr. < I’R-dllv a guarantee that he would not Ix 3 arrested if he came. “The question has now,” he continued, “gone beyowl a jiersonal one. We want to know if a man who has cnnspinxl and lieen found guilty of attempting te d •strov Bri. ish rule in Ireland, even : I•, .q. s i m t’-o p? i<i,is lo be prevented from vi ng a country that is ?veri nominally connected with the British •rown. When we shut out English manu factured go Is from our markets v*« pro-laim our freedom from the influence of Downing street, and I see no reason why we should make a rotr. grade movement when jxihtical jiris* mers are concerned.” A dispatch from Ottawa says the minister if justice and the secretary of state are in favor of allowing Mr. O'Reilly to come, even in the face of English opjxisition. Mr. Cumdii. M. P.; Dr. Bergin, M. P.; the H ai. Job., (’ Lstigan, minister of inland reve nue; the lion. John O’Donohue, of the sen lteft.be Hon. Frank Smith, memlier of the cabinet, without jxjrtfolio, and others, Uxjk a rimihir view of the situat ion. The only men who oppose Mr. O’Reilly’s visit are the Irish orangemen, aud they are far ’rom bitter. The in- idont is likely to lie brought up in parliament. The Toronto Globe, the exponent of reform >rinciples in Canada, says it sees no reason why Mr. O’lLiilly should not bo allowed to visit Cana la. It accuses Sir John of fjeing of the small minority who place Eng ish influence above Canadian sentiment. 'Pho irange Sentinel, of Toronto, calls on the gov ■rnment ’■ >t to allow Mr. O’Reilly to visit 'ana la. Orangemen says they do not see *ny harm in the propose*! visit. The article n the Sun, describing Mr. O’Reilly as an linericau citizen, has ixien much coiumeuted ipon. THEY WON’T PLACE THE BONDS, And Want Advances Made to tho Chicago, Milwaukee and Nt. Daul Railrmad. New York, Feb. 27. —AU the talk <>f the iiills and iie irs is ax to the report*■<! action of Messi .■». Blake Bros. & Co., the Boston bankers, with branches here and in Lindon, in regard /) the $3,000,(XX) issue of bonds made by tho Chicago, Milwauk**© and St. Paul railroad jonqiany, and which tho firm had made i provisional engagement to place* It was stated in the most circumstantial way by the brokers that owing to .he tack of a market the Messrs. Blake had lotified the < ompany of their inability to jlace the bonds, aud has formally requested be return of the advances made on tne first nillion, the Ixh ds, of course, to L>e returned to be comjjany and the optioner, tho lust 2,(MX),- x)0 to be (.'anceiled. Mr. 8. F. Savin, of Sa rin & Vanderhoef, states that the facts as tbove had lieen communicated t* > him from tuthorized sources, and that the return of the idvance mad ■ tqiori the original million would xj male within a few days. It was impossible o obtain any statement from the company, be resdent view president, Mr. Julius Wads vorth, being absent from the city. HE CHALLENGES INGERSOLL. \n lowa Lawyer to Furnish wn Anti dot* for Infidelity. Chicago, Feb 27.—C01. Bob Ingersoll has •eceived the following letter: »i. Robert G. Ingersoll: Dear Sir- I respectfully invite you to engage in i joint discussion with me in Chicago, in which I viil affirm either or all of these propositions: 1. Christ was raised from the deal. 2. Delirium tremens is demoniac possession. i 3. Insanity is demoniac possession wherever it ’ uisumes a violent or vicious form. I 4 The sick can be healed and devils cast out in : he gm ;*e of Christ through faith iu His name and ■ jroniises. I Should you accept this invitation, 1 will agree to ' iealt lie sick and cast out devils in the method xjiiited out in the scriptures, and to t hat end you I nay select any sick or insane person. * ♦ • Youn* respectfully, Chicago. Feb zB. Liston McMillen. Mr. McMillen is a lawyer from Oskaloosa, a. He hax. he says, withdrawn from his law ' )i*actice entirely for the Ixstter prosecution of iis new work. The gentleman mentions sev eral cases ii. which he says he has driven out levils and cured delirium tremens. Ho . ays hat he is sufficiently well off to disarm the barge that he is working for mercenary iiids. Young Desperadoes Held. Philadelphia* Feb. 27.—Four young nen, David McLeash, Ulysses Graham, Frau ds McKeudry, and Frank Gei -.elman, who v ’ am sted Wednesday evening for attack nga woman at Thomas L. Leedom & Co.’s mil. ere given a hearing and held in SI,OOO )a.< each for inciting to riot. McLeash and fraiiam also were held in $1,2-X) bail for as ault and battery, and Geisehnan in SOOO bail <o keep peace. Isn’t This a Little Early? Lawrence, Kas., Keo. 27.—Tne horticul •urai siKdety at its regular monthly meeting iac reports of the death of probably the en ir* peach crop and also many of the younger »!•< card;. Apples are probably not dam .geL Berries are injure*! considerably, rhe winter on fruit is the severest knowii for . ear.. Sharon Appeals. San Fkancisco, Cal., Feb. 27.—The de endant’s counsel in the Sharon divorce case las liiel a notice of appeal from the superior nurt decision, granting a uivorce, judgment, dicuouy and counsel feaa. i NEXT WEEK’S PAGEANT. j The Big fnniigiiration I’latlo. n, the Doe orations ami Some of the * i dtors. Washington, Feb. 27.—Tho inaugural platform, in front of the main portico of the gallery, has been complete*!. It is t'ie largest one yet construct**<l, boin v level with the middle landing of the portico steps and ex tending out nearly thirty feet, with semi-cir cular front, and the outer edge protected by a tbrte-foot rail. In the center is a platform, four by six, and one foot high, on which the President will stand while taking the oath of office and delivering his ’ mugural. The front, which is closely Ixiarded, \ . 4 l>o appropri ately festooned and decorated. The decora tors have begun their preliminary work in the hall of tbe jjension building. Tlie roof will be hung with bunting in the sluqie of half moons. There will be suspended from the roof tliirty six pennons seventy-two feet long, between which will swing garlands of natural flowent The columns supporting the roof and galleries will bo wreathed with smi lax aud flowers. Between th** ai dies of the upper gallery will be placed various devices bearing tbe coat of arms of various states. Beneath the gallery will lie suspended 14a ele gant silk banners. Within the arches on the lower floor will be placed large American shields, draped with flags and adorned with si Ivor-pointed spears. At one end ot the ball r<xim will I>o placed an immons** plate glass mirror, sixteen and a half by ten and a half feet, in a frame of cur. glass, and at the op posite end i.lks president's floral ehair under a Japau*‘.s*' canopy. Pyramids of alms and tropical plants will lx A placed in each corner of the bail room. One* if the features of the floral * lee* iiua ions will Im devices symbolical of the various executive dt'partnieuts of govern nicnt. Tho curtains and other hangings of the ball room wifi be of the richest fabrics. New York, Feb. 27.—New York will l>e rt epreseuted at the inauguration ceremonies tiy several military and political organiza tions, who will leave here on the 3d. his computed that fifty thousand New Yorkers, at least, will lie present in the national capital on the 4i.h of March. Tammany hall will go ii x lnmdro*l strong, and will have a prominent position m the procession. A committee of twenty-four men—one from each assembly district —is making arrangements for t he trip. The c<mnty <lemo* ra*'y will ex<*eed in numliers the Tamilian* hall delegation, and wifi send •Mght hundn d men, while Irving hall will number two hundred and fifty del ‘gat.es. The Veteran Firemen’s Asso riation will take with them their ap paratus which they have preserve* 1 as a iouvenir of their old time service, and mini bering ISU men. The Volunteer Firemen’s As sociation will combine with the Jillerson flub, and will carry with them their appar itus, which will be given a place in the grand onx’es.sion The recently organized Gi\*na liers Roriiambeau, composed of Ftf irl- resi louts of thu city, wishing to do th ■ govern nent honor, will attend m a body. The .‘h ty linth regiment will be the only regiment of :.his city attending in a body, an I will leave m Tuesday afternoon. IT WAS QUITE WARM lien Ex-C'oiuinixsioner Dudley aud Chair man W arner Met. Washington, Feb. 27. -Ex-Commas loner )f Pensions Dudley continued his testimony jefore the house committee on pensions, boun ty and back pay, and .stated that, he did not jxercise the functions of his office while en gage* I in ixflitics. “Were not men travelingabom Ohio dur ng the campaign, representing themselves to x* iu your employ?” asked Chairman War ner. “No, sir. and 1 so wrote you during the 3am)3a:gn. If you will rememl* r you wrote :ne during the campaign if th* re were not nen going through thu state taking part in flie campaign for the republican party, and "epresemting tiwmselves to be in my employ. I nnsw* r< <1 no such men bad ixs*n employed jy me.” “Did you sign the letter olucialiy ?” “I did not.” “Sure of it?” “You have the letter and I challenge you X) produce it; it will throw some light on the jubjecu” “I think you signed the letter ns comrnis lioncr, but am not sure about the reply,” re z>r:<xl Chairman Warner. “Well, 1 know what I said,” letorted Dud ey. “Produce the letter.” “I am not on the witness stand,” said the fliairmnn. “1 wish you were,” said Mr. Hart, of Ohio. “If I were I would testify to somethings which you would not have go in the record.” jxcluimed Mr. Warner, a I dressing Mr. Hart, who readily shot back the retort: “You may testify to all you know if you will only 1* t me Lave twenty minutes to cross examine you.” There was a good deal of agitation in the committee room al this time, ard one member, jailed for order. BUSINESS IN CONGRESS. Washingtons Monument Our Indian U ards Contested Election Cases. Washington, Feb. 27.—The chair laid before senate the credentials of Mr. John P. Jones, of Bcvarla, elected tosucccxjd himself, | ind a communication from the secretary of ' >he navy was read, recommending an appro priation of 59.340 for the completion of the laval .Tuisor.s sud dispatch boat; also, a com minicatioii from the secretary of the interior rarumitiing information in possession of the Icpartmc nt respecting the progress which has mxii made iu the education and civilization jf the Indians. On motion of Jones (Nev.) ;he resolution was adopted providing for the ! completion of all contested election cases. House. Washington, Feb. 27.—Mr. Dorsheimer (N. Y.) offere* i a concurrent resolution of thanks to Col. Casey, for his services in the couiple* Jon of the Washington monument. Mr. Thomas (Ill.) opposed it on the ground that the honor should be conferred, if at ail, upon the engineer who designed the work, rather than on the one who executed it. Ai tor a sharp debate the resolution was laid on the table. Bradley Wan tn the Hoodie. ClNCl* nati, Feb. 27. —George W. Bradley uas brou. nt. uit against the Cincinnati union jase bail association to recover > Brad ey claims to have entered into a contract with thu defendants, they agreeing to [>ay him j;2,500 in customary installments for the sear x>n of 1835, to be paid on tho Ist of No vember, 1884, and the balan e h equal uid semi-monthly installments on the 15th and Ist day of the month during the plaj ing sear joe, commencing on the 15th of April and mding on October 15 next. He also ciamis to xj holding himself in readiness to cai ry out /he terms of his contra/.*., and that tbe associ ition refused to r ay him the S6OO or any part . >f it. Colorado's Young Millionaire. | .n:w York, Feb. 27.—-At the Denver and lio Grande railroad election, Daniel H. Mof m.ri presi lent of the First National bank of / * ■ er, wa made a dire* \or an*i elected presi ient. W. 8. CheesemaiL a wealthy land jwner of Colorado, aiso became a director. Ur. Moilatt is the youngest of Colorado's milr MAMIE SEEKS LETHE. SORROWFUL AND TRAGIC ENDING OF A I OVER’S QUARREL. A Beautiful Young Girl Prefers Death to liesertiou—Probably Crazed by Love She l> ownx Herself in a Cistern Hei Despondency Cincinnati, Feb. 27.—About eight years ago the husl.; ii * . Mrs. Bridget Van Hatten ditxl, 1 in charge of four young daughter - j.i.- i blossoming into young woman hood. The mother herself was a cripple, but the elder girls found employment, whereby the wolf was kept from the door. Tho eldest daughter, Mamie, was a petite little creature, and a general fa .'orite among the reqs'etable young |>eople <>f the west end. She was a pretty girl, with blue eyes, dark hair, clear eumplexion, and shapely figure, and as a dress maker, emplu ■<l for threei years nt 27 Bet us sti-.et, has uviitributed largely toward the support, of her mother. Something over two yeani and » hall ago Mamie met a young machinist named Charles Baters, who soon became recognized as her regular company. About two weeks since Baters quit calling on Mamie, who immedi ately grew <l< i.ondent. < hi Wednesday night, when she did not come homo, her relatives became alarmed A* one of the people living in (be house came in, he found the “istern in the side y .it! i’>L’ open, and fearing that some one won id step in, placed the cover on it. No new-*being received from the miss ing girl, the matter was ruportel to the po lico. Next morning a woman living in the build ing went to the cistern to draw some water. The pump appeared to be clogged and would not work. She removed the cistern cover to ascertain the cause, and peering down saw what she thought to be a bundle * f clothes. While the cover was off her son Charles begun poking at the clothes with a polo and was horrified to see the body of Miss Van 1 bitten lying face upward in about eighteen inches of water. A rojx* was placed around her and after a severe ettorl she was dra' a .•'r«»m the cistern. She was fully Ii - sud an I w<x>len leg- gings and rubbers. He --as pirn I on and a blu< veil covert d a part of her once handsome but now bloated tea. urea. CONVICTED MURDERER DISCHARGED. Henry Diabv After Five Years’ Incarcera tion Snitls Freedom’# Air. MoLt'ALbBGRO, 111., Fob. 27. Henry Digb\, who five years ago was convicted of tho murder of John Sinkler, a farmer, near Me Loans! ioi •. and has lx>en in prison since, was given a new trial by die supreme court. llis <*asi< came up on Tuesday, wheu he was disch.trgixl. The btoorv <>f tho crime is #<«,mewhat re markable. Sii'klorwas u recent arrival in the w i’hborh > I from Kentucky. He lived a short time r w receiving 'be dual wound, and >al ■<! he 'as arou “J from sleep about* midirght an I s-iw man in b* room. Ho sprang upa ■■ eang'it th ■ man, when a scufile ensued aid he was shot. Tho murderer fli'd. Sin ;<*r- wore that de believed tho man v ar-*, voiv he beard was Henry Digby, a son of John 1 ’•-,!»>'» with whom ue i>oarded. Henry l.i;_ t»v was convicted and sentenced to so irteen y* ara in the Chester |>enitentiary. >.inkier w:-«■ to have be* u married the n -xt S i . I . - t > Eliza Digby . Ib nry’s sis ter. Sin..lei aid his two brothers. Dick and Ferry, w*-- irtnorx m biines at Digby town. It j rd that Di'*k vis in Jove with his broth* s b ■ r*- ■ .*3. and '• ’iai. he swore that no man sh.'iild live with h«T Not long after .John Sink? * death and Digby s conviction, Dick and Eliza Digby were married. Two years ago Di'k Siu kier was imprisoned for lite for murdu. mg a man It was stated he had conlcs.s< I ( wo >(’•* * convicts that hn mm- ■ I his 'ol'ii ii, siu filling two other men i lore ho caino to Illinois. Three of the men, whose evidence went far towards convicting Henry Digby, were after wards sent to the pern ten Liar y fur various ciimea ILL-FATED WELLSBURCi. Natural o is < •">»- itliin an /«cr of Blow- ing l |> I Ince Hundred I'evpte. Wellsburg, W. Va., Feb. 27.--Another tire on ‘ iruT -s street, uear the scene of the recent disaster, spread rapidly, and burned Hedge’s saldlery store, Hall Bros.’s rink, McCleary’s furniture store and I) acre Bros’, brick dwelling. Several other buildings were badly damaged. Ixjss, 125,000. The town presents a desolate appearance. The file was of incendiary origin. A sensation was produced here i >y the nar row (-icapc of three hundred people from an awful death. A large crowd was at the M. E church Wednesday night, which is I ighl <xl with na turalgas. When the services were half over, a man entered hurriedly and whispered to tbe sexton, the sexton whispered to tbe minister, and the congregation was immediately dis missed. An examination was mode, and a break iu the gas pipe, half an inch wide, was fouud. Ten minutes later the gas would have reached the light, and tbe church been torn to atoms. Many women fainted when they learned of their escape. His Unpopularity Fulled the Trigger. New Castle, Pa., Feb. 27.—An unknown person shot and instantly ; i • 1 Sabaiiue Crallettu, a filler at tho ItobC-ui urna 'o. The mui’derol man was at work ill. ; a east with limestone, wh* n a man concealed lichind a stone heap discharged a gun loaded with buckshot at him. The shots took eilwt m Cralletta’s chest. The mur dered man was very unpopular among his countrymen, and was shot al some time ago in the same mysterious mamht A few days ago he had, so it is said, thu loading Ital ian merchant of this city arr«ksiv.l on a cliarge of rape, and was arrested himself on a coun ter charge of conspiracy vo money. It is now believed the Italians formed a secret society and drew lots to put. him to death. There is uo clue to the assassin. Bayard Defeated in Delaware. Wilmington, Del., Feb. 27.—The general assembly of this state, after a bitter !acti*)nal fight, defeated the bill ratifying thu consQtu tioiial amendment providing for an increase of represeuiati* »n for Newca ■ county in the legislature, a measure to w; iea two state cou ventions pledged themselves, and which was the chief local issue in the last -date election. The bill was supported by Senator Bayard, and heartily ad vocated by the *tate adminis tration. When the bill <*a uu up lor final passage in the nouse, th vote was 15 yeas to 6 nay s, one less thau tbe requisite three fourths majority. Expatriated Socialist*. Paris, Feb. 27.—Th<- police officials, m com pliance with a request ••* -ently made by ihi German ambassador asumg for tbe expulsion from France of ail German sixfiaiists who aL tended the funeral oi tbe late Jules LouL Jos* pii Valle , the s*xnalistic journalist, have issued order s directing all such persons to leave France at once. THE CONDENSER. Fresh, Pithy News Items Boiled Down foir the Hurried Reader. Five prisoners escaped from the jail at i Helena, Mont American railway shares are strong aud higher in London. i Mexico sends $70,000 more to the Spanish earthquake victims. I Hon. Henry L Morey, of Hamilton, 0., is ■ named for governor. Edmund Yates expects immediate release from prison because of his ill health. Daniel W. Mason, a lawyer of Richmond, Ind., has been indicted for embezzlement. Parnell urges Hie Irish national league ot ! Ameriea to “stallisha parliameulary fund. A freight train was wrecked near Albion, Pa., by a broken rail. One man was killed. Two cotton wr rehouses at Norfolk, Va., were destr* >yed by tire. Total loss 5145,000. Keen & Haggerty, manufacturers of tin ; ware, Baltimore, assigned. Assets $150,000. Thomas B. Harrison, broken cotton broker of Baltimore, cut his throat in des|xjnduucy. i Two j.iassenger trains collided near Che -1 banse, 111. One man was killed and ten others ! injured. Ear] of Durham wants a divorce from his 1 insane wife, who be claims was crazy at mar ; riage Senator Jackson does not understand how ■ he came to be mentioned as a. candidate for I the cabinet. * The *temocrats aud greenbackers of Michi gan have made up a compromise ticket on state oil leers. Chicago courts denied Dong Ting, a Chi nese portrait pi* inter, the right to adopt an or phan white child. Henry Jennings was horribly mangled by machinery at Akron, 0., his right arm being torn from its socket. Frederick Rattch, charged with murdering Martin, Philadelphia real estate ageut, has been acquitted. Reported that President Arthur will ap point his old associate, Gen. George 11. Sharp, as Swaim’s successor. The men in the Wabash railroad machine shops at Moberly, Mo., threaten to strike if wages are not restored. Mary A. Fletcher, of Burlington, Vt., who died Tues lay, bequeathed $290,000 to the Mary Fletcher hospital. In Bloomingsburg, N. J., Mary Caldwell, seventy-ei . lit, stood forty-seven days of star vation and die*] painless. Three girls aud two boys, of a coasting party of nine, were injured by collision with a tvagon, at Pittsburg, I'a. Pittsburg detectives raided the room of John Grilliu, a local crook, and relieved him of SIO,OOO worth of stolen property. A recent victory of friendly tribes over the HaJendowahs, in the Soudan, embrace the slau.;hter of 3,600 of the latter. Thu ‘>prm.. r er committee censure Marshal Wright and r<-commended his removal, aud that half ot his $ 14,000 claims fur deputies be disallowed. AL Philadelphia Walter Cameion, a strik ing weaver, was mobbed by 2,000 strikers Ijo cause Lu had gone to work in disobedience to union orders. Virginia Sunns Fiske died in dishonor and poverty in New York, after reigning a« a belle in Paifle aud Gotham for many years, and losing her fortunes by her husband's spec ulations. Thomas N* ins, ex-mayor of and fugitive from Adrian Mich., will return there from Wyoming Uriilory for fraudulent issue us SSU,UOO city bonds. The Spaniards Bide Their Time. New York, Feb. 27.—1 t is said on ’change on good authority that Minister Foster and the Spanish minister have just been empow ered by their respective governments to draw up an a j 'x in* nt by which the time originally fixed for tbe ratification of the Spanish treaty can Ix 3ex ten* d The agreement v ill lie signed in u few days. Both government* saw that no decisive action would be taken before March 4, and the Spanish governm* nt sent a dispatch to its representative at Wa h ingtou instructing him to sign the ugruo rneut. Big Suit Easily Settled. Dovrk, * J , Feb 2 The suit of Eliza beth P Hurri md against the town of Hom. .s --worth for damages, for injuries cau ed by a defective highway, has been settled lor $759. Fire in an Art Store. Washington, Feb. 27.—Fire destroved property valued at $190,900, uud Milne *.v Proctor, the art lurmtuie dealers, were (he heaviest losera FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. yuolMlions of the Stock, Produce anti Cattle Markets. Nkw V okk. Fe». 26. -Money easy, V 2 per u»-nL Excliang** quiet, fit in and higher at Govern meats . trong. Alt. & L*-i o' Haute Morris A Essex 12-i‘4 Bur a Quincy. 121j£ Missouri Pacittc .. i i Cana*la * Lu N. Y. Erie Ji e Canada Southern.. 82’4 N.Y Q-utral.. .. V*i4 Central Pacific. Northwestern V? Chicago A Alton 131 Pacific Mail C C C A 1 . Rock island ILI | Dei. <k Hudson . 32> 4 St. Paul 73% Del Lack. W -Di x St. P. &S. C 2 Illinois Central . 122d0 preferred ... HO Jersey Central. . 3s- b Texas & Pacific Kansas & Texas . 14 2 U. Pacific 4S , Laue Sh -re ... ‘i/ West. Union 4 Louisville & Nash.. 41 Nash. & Chatt. 4d>- GeneraL Cincix3*4 i. Feb 26.--FLOUR- Fancy, $4 I's 4.6 u; family, 2 '-GU'*.>koo. WHEAT No ml, Ssc: No. «, 80.o>H2<«. CORN—No. 2 OATS-*No. 2 mixed. 31c; No. 2 white, 36c. RYE—No. 2, .1 . 2c. BARLEY Spring, fall, 75(®85c. PORK -Family, regular, $13.37. BACON—Shoulders, :>%‘cy^c ; short clear sid . 7% t. De. Lard Kettle—7 >2 4)7%c. CHEESE- Prime to choice Ohio. 1> He; N.-w York, 12 2 ,j».3,. a c; Northwestern, 7 1 2 c. POULl'Rt’ Fair chicken®, prime $.; su*j»4.<K); ducks, J 6; geese, S3JO» • duz.; live turkeys, a c; dresned. 3v• ;y- HAY-No. 1 timothy, No 2, &i (<ji2.ou; mixed, wheal aud rye straw, su.'ju oats straw, 37.00 New York, Feb. 26. —WHEAT—No. 1 white. •1 jC, No. 2 red, s7 CORN—Mixed western, 51 future-, 4M u Bi s 4 c Oats- V\ eslern, 38(<0O!/ 3 c. New Orleans, Feb. 26.—SUGAR Kafini .g, i comipon, 4 4 tirie; inferior, u u: chv.c-i j white, s.?ftC; oif white, choice yell >w 4 i MOLASSES -Good fair, 25 p: ie. ; - - . choice, lie; coin rifugal prime, 25 j/Z-c. ;a 32* Detroit, Feb. 26.-WHEAT—No. 1 while, • ; N 6. 3 red. 76c, Michigan soft red, loLKDo, Feb. 26.-WHEAT—No. 2, 7dXc; N*. suit, Live Stock. CINCIRjJjAn, Feb. 26. CATTLE—GIaxI to v. butchers. jl.zs<(4 <.00; fair, $1.50 ■; cornu ■. stoekers and feeders, $3.75*tA30; yeu’ lrvo and calves, HOGS—Selected butchers, fail good packing, 3H.W; fair to good tight, S o (u»4 9);c ■ union, 50; culls, $3.2 70. SHEEP- Common to fair. $2.50(2|W 2>; good to choice, j;l 2>. wethers. $4 Limp-*- Common . ;goud, $4.25.tf;5.u0 Chic vjo, Feb. 26. -HOGS- Fair to goud, ?4. lug 4.55; ii <\<- l packing, $4.3u,y4.50; choice heavy. $4.60&4.W CATTLE -Exports, $6 0000.40; good to choice i shipping SS. rMr >.(N; common to fair, s4.uo jri.7s; 1 Mmuxm* uud Hx-dars, NO. 263 I CtLEßfiurtl) 1 k stomach »ITTER s By the or** of Hostr lt< r’s btoD »ci* Bitters th« brggßMd «Ht>»rai c<' oi the countenance and sallownsns of dyspeptics are supplanted by a b-aithDr look, and *a the food la avalinilated, the bodj acquires hu bat a nee. Appetite la re stored, and the nerv ue Hyatem ref re* bed with n»neh a’rwber, throng*' ’he wsa of thia medicine, whicu U» a*a.> htnefloiai to ptrecuH of a rheumatic tend noy, and an itiea imable pre vei tative of Liver and ag F >r r.aie by DTUMgtaca and Dealeta renerallj. 3 Pli£Bl PTLKSH FILKSHI Sure eure for Blind, Bleeding and Hob lu« Flies. One box hue cured the worst cases of 20 yeare’standing. No one need suffer (tv. minutes after using William’s Indt.u Fl! Ointment. It absorbs tumors, ulaye Itcldng, acts ae poultice, giro's In •tant relief. Prepared only for Pllee. itching of tbe piivate parte, nothing “lee. Hon. J. M.Coffeubury,of Cleveland, says. ‘1 have used scores oi Pile cures, and It affords me pleasure to eay that I have i ver found anything which gives eutjh immediate uud peimanent relict as Dr. William’s Indian Pile Ointment. ” Isold by druggists and maileu or. receipt ot price, sl, For sale by Branne n .t Carson, B. Carter, John P, 'furrier anti Geo. A, Brad ford, Columbus, Ga. Dr. Frailer’* Knot Bitter Fnizler's Boot Bitters ate m,tj a dram .■hop beverage, but are ettlci ly medit tnal it: very tenet, Ji hey act 6; longly upon th'’Liver and Kidneys, keep the bowels open and regular, make the weak strong, ii«e.i the Jutigs, bullet up the nerves, ano cleanse the blood end system ot every Im lurltv. Bold by druggists. JI.CO. For sal u by Branpon & Cereon uud Jno. >. i uiuet,Columbus,Ga. Dr. Fratler’H Magic Ointment, A sure cure for Little Gt uhe in the Skin, Hough Skin, etc. It will remove that tui:r.huese from tlie hat de end face and make yen beautiful. Price 50c. Sent by man. Kot sale i v Br*t'.t.< n H Carson and lotin P. 1 urner, Columbus, Ga. Ohae. E Giover, iltumoraello, Mexico. ■ltily 16 1888, myr; ”1 tnke pleasure in •ddreet.it g y u ■ : e net te, lor you have '->ei t: tit great benefit to me. I wrote to you : bunt vi>e anti ope-baif years ego, trem Anient, tot Dt. William's Indian PH“Olu'iuent. 1 i, etved it and It ruled me entirely. 1 still had seme Ointment ■’mdelng, with wid. h I t- 'v.- itireti seven >r eight more. It fe wonderful. t. .r do.. High Bock Spring Water for 1’ hy all dri gglßts mcaaeodAw IMPORTANT TO fanners, hucksters and Gardeners* l wtlffurnleh on board the Cars at Flora, Alabama, a very Rich Marl AT MX UOLIAItS PKKTO.V t And a Very Low Rate of Freight le offered by the M. bile A Girard K. B By analyst i ti e State Gioiogist thl» MAIiL contains ft .u.i 6 to 8 per cent, ot Phosphate with <db> I tertllizliig qualities. For ci mpostir g end broadcasting for ..■rain U Ids, orchards and lawns it will be uud A Valuable Stimulator. I. tile is tiot a Guano, but a BICH MAEL At yerdere rorweided to K. J. OKR, Agent, Flora, Ala., Mobile A Girard lie broad, will meet with prompt attention. deell-tt OH. JOHK NORWOOD. t tomCE AT 3REEDLOVE & JOHNSON'S Drug Start, Randolph Street. Residence with H. L. WOODRUFF. Crawford between Troup end Foraytb htreet B. E. < RIGGS, Physician and Surgeon. orriCKt T. H. EVANS A ( O. K Drug Htore. evidence, Jackeon Nt., Bonth< aat of Court uHoaec with W. H. Glaae. L. H. CHAPPELL, BROKER & INSURANCE J6l. 11V Broad Bt„ Columbae, Ga,, Heme ti New York, Ic-pt rial of Loudon. Guardian of London. Wo»th«vii of CUSSETA, OEOBGIA. she wo>k ot tble Bctoo! will begin again JANVABY i. 1885(ilrei VoudayX ■! union *l5O •» SO and S3.M, Accerdt! g to grade. Board never more Than *B. P«*r Month. MUSIC #3. PER MONTB. LOCATION HtAlTßmt. W, E. MURPHEY, lanlwlt-emlwS Principal. DR. J. M. MASON, DENTIST. St. Clair St., Columbus, Ga. | > KSP»/IrPLLT uedn* bl* iirviM* to Ik uCclßwbo* u>d *nncundlDv .not