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CAPH \TJNF CHAIT R.
THE Po rflllTY OF /N EXIRA SES
SION BEING CALLED.
Probable Concessions Made by the Two
Hou we* —No one »a,VA Yea, bitt all are
Willing Dragging Slowly—Cow
hiding A flair All the News.
Washington, March 3.—The prospects for
an extra session of congress appears, a* time
goes on, to increase rather than diminish. It
is no secret that, in order to get through with
the pending appropriation bills, greater con
cessions than ever before have I men made, are
necessary by both the house and senate.
Among ot her amendments made by the senate
committee on appropriations to the sundry
bill, is an increase of SIOO,OOO in the appropri- j
ation for the world’s exposition. The in- .
crease was made by but one majority, and
it is understood that the senate insists upon
its amendment
Among some leading democrats there aj>-
pears to be an air of indifference on the sub
ject of an extra session, but it is evident that
a large number are not opposed to believing
if they can better serve their res|joetive con
stituencies in the matter of appointments
than by going home. It is developed 't
» 1 ■' rgi ig feeling in ’ « «•< -h v’ r
teu. . -k.tcon Jo sub; - . ...In.-. Adu».ge t
is also n.ade that tin .< jH.blicans are working i
to bring -nt ar >■• tr-; ■ m for the pur '
pose of causing an embarrassment to the in- j
coming administration. If true, it is cer- ■
tainly in the power of the senate, by prolong- ;
ing only a moderate consideration of one or
more appropriation bills, t«» defeat the pis
sage, and thus render the called session neces
sary. The action of the respective homes ,
during the next few hours will probably solve
the pro', dem.
The operation of fixing the denominations
of the charred and ruin notes found in the
safes of the express eompaay after the late
railroad accident near Wa-hington, keeps the
women experts in the treasury pretty busy.
It is done solely by women, and so superior
is their skill in handling paper money that
they accomplish i-esults that would ixi utterly
unattainable without them. It has been
.found by long experience that a counterfeit
may go through half the banks in the country
without being detected until it comes back,
often torn and multiiated, into the hands of
treasury women.’ Then it is certain of de
tection. They shut their eyes and ieel of a .
note if they suspect it. If it feels wrong, in i
half a minute they point out the incongruities ■
of the counterfeit.
A. L. Gresham meeting Albert Gihon, son
of Medical Director Gihon of the navy, on
the street, approached without a word and
began to belabor him over the head
with a rav. hide. Before Gibon
could escape he Lui received some twenty
lashes and was badly cut about the face and
head. The cause of the assault, which creates
a sensation here, where txiih participants are
popular, was the publication of a card by
Gihon, in which it charges Mr. Gresham with
having brought a lad. 1 questionable char
acter to the theater party given by Gihon,
and to whi' ll Gresham vu.i invited It also
charged Gresham with being a coward in re
fusing to accept a challenge to fight a duel.
Th riends of Mr. Gresh i n deny emphatic
ally t hat he brought a lady of the character
alleged. It is hinted that a duel, which had
previously been averted by the interpretation
of friends, is now imminent.
The national democratic committee met at
the Arlington hotel, about fifteen m inhere
being present Chairman Barnum presided
and F-A. Piince acted as secretin y. Other
than arranging tor participating in the in
auguration ceremonies, nothing was done.
The session lasted fifteen minutes.
The senate committee on appropriations in
serted in the sundry civil bill a clause appro
priating >3,950 to reimburse ex-Pr<-ident
. Hayes for ./mounts paid for expenses of the
commission appointed to go to Louisiana in
April, 1877.
Senate.
Washington, March 3.—When the senate
met, but six senators were present. On mo
tion of Mr. Hale the reading of the journal
was dispensed with.
The house bill appropriating SIOO,OOO for
the completion of the public budding al Coun
cil Bluff-, la., Was jmassed.
Mr. Hoar submitted an aindnMr nt to the '
sundry civil service bill and a paragraph ap- •
preprinting $15,000 for a woman s department I
at the world's exposition at New Orleans, i
After some routine business, Mr. Allison
moved to proceed with the consideration of .
the sundry' civil service appropriation bill.
A bill was read for an amendment, and con
siderable discussion took place < n the subject
of increasing tb< limit for the completion of
the public building at Columbus, 0., to sllO,- .
000, as proposed by the house. The senate j
sustained the increase.
House.
Washington, March B.—Mr. Randall,
from the committee on appropriation, reported
back tne naval appropriation bill with the
senate amendments, and asked, that they bo
considered in the house as in the committee of (
the whole. It was so ordered.
McDonald and Grant.
Indianat*ous, March 3 —Mr. McDonald ■
being asked his opinion on the Grant retire- ’
ment bill, said:
•‘lf in the senate 1 would again vote to put ;
(ten Grant on the retired list. I would vote
that, not in honor of President Grant, but as ;
an honor to the soldier Grant—the author ol ,
the terms of Lee’s surrender. By his courage
and heroism at Appomatox he covered him-1
iielf and the cause he represented with glory ■
that no subsequent action, in a position for:
which he had neither talents nor training, j
could tarnish. Should Gen. Grant pa* away ■
before the country discharges the duty of •
placing him on the retired list the neglect will ,
ever be remembered with regret by pos
terity.”
Detectives Seeking Glory.
Lincoln, Neb., March 3.—A storm of in- ’
dignation has been gathering since the shoot
ing of Griffith at IHe time of the attempted i
robbery of the state treasurer's office, which
promises to break on the heads of the detec
tives. The coroner's jury held their session
with doors closed and guarded, and witnesses
were cautioned to keep secret all that oc
curred. The third robber who escaped has
since been captured. In addition to the many j
wild rumors is another that the detectives got
this man to decoy Griffith and Maguire iiitc
the robbery in order to reap glory from theii
arrest. It is also said that the revolver with
which Griffith attempted to shoot Detective
Pound was load* d with blank cartridges.
He Would Go With His Wife.
Burlington, Vt., March 3.—Mrs. Sarah L.
Hickey, and her husband. Patrick Hickey,
have been sentenced by Judge Y/heeler for
writing an obscene letter to Lizzie Hickey, i
rister of Patrick. The prisoner pleaded j
guilty, and a noble proseque was to have been
entered into the husband’s case be- ause he
was under the influence of the wife, but he in
sisted on suffering with her, and was giver
one year in the house of correction, while hit
wife will serve two years in the state prison.
Both are from Chicago.
Saito gg 1’
THE DUAL REPRESENTATION
Os New York in the Cabinet the Suggeatloi*
of Greystone’.* '■■agc.
Albany, March 3.—Fre-ident-t ’ect Cleve
land L piepared for his joo rney L W•. shing
ton *bo inaugurated. He is busy all day in
putting the finishing touches to his inaugural
aldress, and tending to the jiacking up of
trunks, boxes and valises.
Upou the consultation to l>e held iu Wash- <
ingtou between tho presiden -elect and the }
lenders • f democracy, much depends. One ;
of the ; -Hits that it will settle will be dual
cabinet representation from this state. Mr.
Cleveland is reported to have no special fond
ness for the idea. In fact, it is staled that the I
friends of Mr. Tilden are responsible for its
suggestion, and for a month have been strong
ly ad vising him to adopt it. Tho views of the
leaders will have some weight with tho prosi
deni-elect, and as many are in accord with
i the Tilden wing of the democracy, there will
, doubtless be entire unanimity among them
' •'hi the question. So strong a push Las been
made in behalf of Win. C. Whitney that
Mr. Cleveland may ultimately yield to these
importunities. The political advantages that
v* uuld accrue to the democracy of this state j
from ha ing Messrs. Marmiug and Whitney ■
n the cabinet must be manifest to the most
um-ophistieated mind.
Though the claims of several New England
Li Docrats were under serious consideration
■ Mr. Cleveland as late as yesterday there
’ nt grounds for believing that ex
; 1 Cg 3 Win. C. Emiicott, of M<u sachu tls, is
I he favorite. In the absence of informa i m
I > ■ the contrary it may' lie accepted that he i
' Il be given the portfolio of either war or
• mt\ y with the chances iu favor of the forme«\
conference will best determine
1 how the remainder of the lot may ar-
■ ran.p-d. The fact that both Judge Endicott
, ’.id CoL Vilas are expert *d to attend the con
’ .■ cnee is considered the best evidence tliat
they are to Liecome members of the new presi
dent's official household.
Kelly Will Not Lratl the Braves.
New York, March 3.—Tammany hall ex
pected to be led to Washington oy Mr. John
IL-Uy and the great sa. nem fully exjiected
’hat he w'ouM be able to witness the inaugura
i on of the first democratic president in a
quarter of a century. Although he is now in
fairly gtxxl health, his physician has advised
him that it would be unsafe to undertake the
journey to Washington and be has conse
quently decided not to go Shortly alter the
i. I’iu.piration he will sf irt for tho south and
: w ill probably extend h s trip to the Bermudas
They will Answer Cleveland.
Washin gt< x, Mar-, h 3.—The. friends of sil
ver in tho house of representatives, while at
lir»L inclined to make no formal reply to the
l -liijr of ITendeiit-clect ('loveland since it has
Ikx a given to tin? pubo nave decided to re
| ujAinly to the of the letter with
'v. r ;i i hoy do not a r -<- I'bey say they did
I not invite a couliuversy, but were auxioui Lu
; avoid 1L
WINTRY IMMERSIONS.
( uiemony of Baptism in the Icy Waters ol
the Schuylkill.
Reading, Fa., March 3.The novel cere
mony of iniim rsing men and women in thf,
icy waters ol the Schuylkill river on a bitt.-i
• old day was witnessed here, with the ther
ixiomeLcr at zero. The. .d rnonite Brethren in
Christ is the name ol a new sect organized in
Eastern Pennsylvania. They have estab
iishod a congregation here, and have been
making large accessions to their membership.
I’heir style of making convert* is similar to
the salvation Arms, and their meetings are
ol uiu regular oi«i-Lamionud Methodist kind.
One of the ceremonies is that ol public buje
tisin before the convert .is a lull member.
They believe in striking while the iron is hot,
and baptism immediately follows conversion
witfiout any delay. A large crowd of people
under umbr. ;l.i. . turn -d out to witness tb s bap
tism. The candidates inarched to the river in
alMxly, ainji ig snugs. Rev. W. B. Mussel
man, Hie putor, waded mup to bis waist,
follm. ed by the faithful, wh.de large cakes of
ice fl* >ated round about them. He then im
mersed them backward, men and women,
while they cried “Glory to God,” etc. The
candidates, some of them in their bare feet,
hen marched to their homes through the
slush and snow. They claim that God pro
tecD them from any id effects of their duck
ing. Frequently the ice had t> be chopped
1 away to make room for the baptized. Several
j laiuLed in the water.
SUSPECTED VIGILS.
“Both Men are all Kight; Let Them Go.**
Albany. March 3.- Thomas E. Craig, pri-
* vate detective, 304 Broadway, New York, and
■ Thos. Waldron were arrested by detectives
' Dwyer, Morris and Sweeny as suspicious
characters. They were arrested in the vicin
! ity of Mr. Cleveland’s residence.
| These parties are said to have dogged the
! movements of Mr. Manning, Commissioner
Ferry an 1 < upital Supei intendent Andrews
for two weeks past. They have l>een seen in
Mr. Cleveland’s yard, mid under the stoop ad
joining the residence.
They were brought lief ore Justice Clute and
* decline*! to divulge their business, as it was
: jirivate, and referred the court to Inspector
| Brynes, of New- York. Chief Willard wired
Ito New York, and Brynes replied. “Both
! n.en are ail right; let them go.” The city in
j greatly excited over the event, as it was feared
there was au intended assault upon Mr.
Cleveland.
A RED AIVER TRAGEDY.
An Old Man and His Son Do Up a Deputj
Sheriff'.
Little Rock, Ark., March 3.—A bloody
i tragedy occurred on Red river, Indian terri
-1 tury. Au old man namwl Rainey and his son
| had escaped into the territory ’.vith a wagon
’ load of merchandise to avoid execution.
I When overtaken they fire*l upon the officers,
; instantly killing Deputy Sheriff J. D. L.
Johnson and seriously wounding Lewis Floyd.
' Trie murderers then escajied into the Chicka
saw nation.
Tlie Labor World.
Akron, 0., March 3.—The reduction from
' eighty-five to seventy-five cents went into
• effect in the Tuscarawas Valley mines thh
morning. 'Th? miners have decided to remain
i out till after their state convention at Colurn
-1 bus this week.
i Youngstown. 0., March 3.—Andrew
Br- • iV Co.’s r-lling mill at Hazleton has
started up double turn Girard blast furnace
•■ di resume operations Wednesday.
Killed by a Train.
New Brunswick, March Among the
1 ;..-sts >vho a-t -r.de l h welding of Miss
i Hall, of Metuchen, v- t Mr-:. R. AV. Beebe, of
' New York, aunt of the br.de. While waiting
■ for a train to return Lome ■'lie was struck by
i the fast express and instantly killed. Nearly
I every bone in her body was broken.
Child Bitten by Hats.
Reading. March 3.—Ella, age throe, the :
daughter of James J. Anspach, in Heidelberg :
township, of this county, was attacked by ;
rate while asleep in a bedroom and bittet (
about the face and body. 'The physician sayi
> the child’s recovery is extremely doubtful j
1 I
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY PORTING, MARCH 4, LbH5.
EL MAHDI'S MYTHOLOGY
FORBID THE KORAN AND ORDERED TO
READ THE CHIEF’S BOOKS.
Severe Strain and Sad Suffering from
Trudging Through the Sa.-dy Soil of
the Soudau —Burine-x* ite.eige
liliamo —Foreign New.*.
Korti, March 3. A portion of Gen. Gor
don’s troops reinforced the Mudir’s frooi>s at
Berti. Two Arab merchants from Berber re
-1 port that the rebel army had crossed to the
right; bank of the Nile and was ready to op
pose the Ed dish. Tho inhabitants of Berber
ar ■« forbid to read the Koran hl J. ordered to (
read he mahdi’s book*. Thu maUdi instructed
his troop; not to charge the English, but fight
thorn from a distance, sayingif his . len would
do this G<xl would destroy their ch. mies. The
remainder of Gen. Buller’s force •. iveGadkul
1 gradually, spoiling the wells wl-u they re
tire. The troops are suffering from the so- ;
vere strain of trudging through the dusurt.
Gun. Buller has arrived here.
Cunningham and Burton.
London, March 3.—The examination of
Chinningham and Burton was continued. The ‘
witnesses introduced testified that Burton was
the owner of the ling containing twenty
pounds of dynamite discovered in tho parcel ,
i room at Cha ig Cross railway station shortly
after the expmsion at Victoria station, a year
ago.
Part of a Crew Drowned.
LONDON, March B.—The British steamer i
Lake AVinniiwg, from New York, has ar
rived at Liverpool. She landed six of the
crew of tho French ship Surrey, aban Luvxi in
a completely disabled condition. The rest of
the Surrey’s crew including the master and
o&ceds are either drowned Or died from ex
haustion.
Lung Testing.
London, March B.—Orders have been is
sued from the war office for r.u immediate
and 'h •• c h n : ic | in ,r> •-f m of every
regiment in the ’ ■ su army, with a view of
obtaining a correct estimate of the number of
muu available for active service.
Wales’ Visit.
London, March B.—The Prince of AVales
visited the stock exchang and wa- received
with grea‘ enthusiasm, The memliers sang
“God save the queen,” and “God bless the
Prince of Wales.”
Submitted.
Rome, March 3.—Dispatches received from
CoL L<-’’oiiitz, commanding the Italian expe
dition to Assob, state that the Arab chieis at :
Beilul have submitted to Italian occupation i
without resistance.
France and China. *
London, March 3. —Shanghai advices state
that Admiral Courbet has blockaded Nmgpo,
and is now bombarding Cliinhae.
Leader Killed.
Calcutta, March 3.—Telegrams from
Mandalay state that the Burmese have recap
tured Bhamo from the Chinese. The leader
of the Chinese forces was killed.
Cable Nparks.
The authorities announce that the Sunkirn
and Berber railroad will be used for com
mercial well as military purposes.
The Daily News says it is intended to admit
all nations to the commerce of the Gambia
river in West Africa. Hitherto the ivor up
to Albruda, its prin ;pal port, has boon ex
clusively controlled by the French and Eng
lish.
Orders have been issued from tho war
office for an immediate and thorough
medical insp- -tion of over? regi
ment in the British army with a view of ob
taining a correct estimate of thu nunjber of
men available for active service.
The police of Straslxiurg have for some
time pist had under surveillance per
sons whom they suspects! ’.v< . c secretly
engaged in enlisting recruits for the Brit
ish army in Egypt, and they have warned
the recruiting agents that further prosecution
of their mission would subject the offenders to
arrest and imprisonment.
NOVEL GIFTS.
Mr. Cleveland’s Cabinet to be Presented
With Sets of Oil Stones.
Hot Springs, Ark., March B.—A firm in
this city are iu receipt of an ord r from Presi
dent-' 1 < t i.’ltjvcland for sev.n ; Is of the
oil stone quarried mid manufactured near
this city.
They are to be shipped at on<3o and con
signed to Senator A. H. Garland at Wash
ington.
The sets consist of three stones each —a
carver, hone and penknife hone—and are tube
presented to the members of his cabinet.
A Cleveland Boy in a Bad Fix.
Fort Smith, Ark., March 3.—George
Hughes, a bey about eighteen years old, hail
ing from Cleveland, 0., started on a tramp
through tho Cherokee Nation, and on Friday
night, last stopped at Camp creek, nine iniles
from this city. He was given a room with a
man aaned Pugh, anil during the night got
up, knocked his bed-fellow in the head with a
billet of wood, robbed him of SBS, and skipped
out, coming back to this city. Pugh died
from his wounds, and Hughes was arrested at
a farm-house four miles from town, just after
crawling out of a coni crib, where he had
spent the iiij/hj. He ackn 1 that he
struck Pugh four times, but says he did not
think of killing him.
POOR SPIRITS.
Kate Davenport and Company Go From
the Theater to .Jail.
Cleveland, 0„ March 3.—Kate Daven
port and company of alleged spiritualists gave
a seance at the academy of music. The house
was crowdtxl but the mediums failed to per
form the “wonders” advertised.
The audience became boisterous and de
manded that the spiritualists be arrested for j
obtaining money under false pre,- use-. Dav
enport and her colleagues were a. re.,ie.l aud
taken to the Central station, but were subse
quently discharged, tue oliieer in charge de
eding that he had no power to i.x:k them up.
Bank Cashier Weary of I'rLson.
Newark, N. J., March 3.—Friends of tw-o
ex-bank cashiers of New .Jersey are now mak
ing earnest efforts to Induce President Arthur
to let them out of prison before he retires
from office. The interested cashiers are
James A. Hedden, who defaulted while con
nected with the First National bank, and
Oscar L. Baldwin, who wrecked the Mechan
ics’ bmk of this city. Strong pre sure is be
ing brought upon the president te pardon
them and their friends hope to succeed in their .
object.
Tammany Starrs.
New York. March B.—The Tammany hail
; contingent for Washington have started I,OOG
, strung. John Kelly is not of the party.
BUTLER BREAKS A LANCE,
And Criticises His Critics —He Courts •
Legal Not a Newspaper inquiry.
: Boston, Marc!. 3.—The pub;lcati >u of j
I General R<xsocnuis‘ letter m tin fori.; ’hat I
1 discrepancies wdk’e found in ( ‘neral Butler’s
accounts amounting to ovi •? M),00(), has
: brought out. a sharp reply . i » i the <*x-gov- ,
‘ ernor, wh. promptly sent the following dis
| patch to General Rosecraus:
“Lowell, Mass., March 1, Gen. W. L.
Rost‘crans, Chairman Committee on Military As
fairs, House of Represented' is, Washington:
“1 acknowledge ther •pt of yours showing
certain supposed discrepancies in my accounts
as acting treasurer of tiie Nat ional home and ,
answered it saying: ‘1 have no pnjiers but
what I suppose to be duplicates of what were .
filed at Washington, and will telegraph yoil |
1 “When I sent this I expected to have a
meeting with the gentleman who has charge
of my accounts, but owing to his absence
from homo did not find him. Meantime I
have received yours stating that the error,
which your accountant claimed was in 1872,
was, in fact, iu 1871. Now, in verifyiug no- i
! counts, one has to be careful going over each (
item, esjwially when it is claimed that the
error is in audition, aud as the only account
that you have that 1 know of for tho year
, 1872 in detail is in print, I cannot conceive in i
what part of the account, running over a
year, it may be. Still, I take note of your
' c aying that you would put my answer to your
telegram in your roiiort, and I was preparing
to make tho examination to show whore is the
; mistake.
“I had got so for as to find where there ,
was an apparent error made against mo, this ;
time in your statement iu a single translation
of brtw<»en $48,000 and $52,000, when in a
Sunday morning newspaper 1 find that the
■ records of your committee are telegraphed as J
special matter to a journal which I have had
occasion to sue for libel aud iuto whose hands (
it would seem to the public the ccHimuttee
were playing and exhibiting their records ;
when they were hot complete, as if attempting !
to charge with wrongdoing one of whom they
say there seems to bo no evidence of wrong,
and that it is probable that the matters iu i
dispute may be explanable as charges equal in ,
amount in the same accounts have been al- i
read)’ explained.
“1 do not iM'liove, general, that this great ;
wrong has tieen done me by your suggestion :
or with your knowledge, because • am an |
older but. not a better soldier, and lam cer- i
tain a brother soldier would not m iffingly
permit the honor of a comrade to lie tarnished '
until it became a matter of absolute neces
sity, or would lend himself iu any way to cir-
I inflate charges against a brother soldier
through tho newspapers, founded or un
founded, unLil judicial determination hadsuL
tled the question of guilt or innocence. Since
the matter has gone to the public from your
•oiimiittue room, I have no interest whether
this goes into your committee’s report or
! not, and should take no farther steps, if time :
leruiitted mu do so, which I told
you it did not, to vindicate myself or
my associates of the late board of managers,
In'cause if, as you claim, these errors are ap
parent upon the face of the reports it was ns
gross n' Jigenco for tho auditing mmmittuo
of the board of managers to permi: ei'di er
rors to exist as for me to make them. Tho
national home for disabled soldiers being a
corporate Lxxly can take their remedy iu tho
jourte where all these matters can be fully,
•arefully, conscientiously and without the in
terference of newspaper reporters, investiga
ted. 1 have the honor to be, very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
“Benjamin F. Butler.”
“P. fi. —I know that you will redeem your
promise and allow my answer to go with the
'eport of the committee. B. F. B.”
TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Mexican Herders Hanged by American
Banditti in Texas.
Laredo, Tex., March B.—Capt. David
Level arrived in Laredo from his sheep
•audit ' in Dimmit county, and brings the
first account of one of the coldest blooded
triple tragedies ever known on this frontier.
Ijast week, eight Americans, arne l to the
teeth, rode up to one of Lovel’s sheep camps
ind asked the Mexican in charge, Manuel
Plores, to guide them tx* a certain p< lint in that
leetinn. Flores readily complied. As the
port . rode away Flores overtook one of his
ibeph. rds, whom ho direct/*! to kill a couple
jf goats and prepare a good sup]x>r for the
party, saying they would return in the even
ing.
The shepherd did as directed, and five of
the Americans returned at sundown, partook
jf supper, then rode to a neighboring camp,
two miles distant, and forcibly • irried away
the two Mexican herders. The American
banditti then mysteriously disappeared. Fri
iay last Capt. Lovel instituted search for his
nissing herders, and found their three Ixxlies
hanging in a secluded thicket sonu miles dis
tant. No reason is known for this terrible
butchery.
The Mexicans had been in the employ of
Lovel for a number of years, and l>ore excel
lent reputations. Carrizo Springs, the scene
»f the recent combat between Mexicans and
Americans, is the county seal of Dimmit
vmnty, but the three murdered Mexicans were
in no way connected with that raid. Serious
a uiiblc is cer. aiu to result from this indis
rirninate killing of Mexicans.
For sriveral months past this frontier has
l>een in a state of excitement, and when tho
■lews of the aixive outrage reaches Mexico it
is believed it will provoke another raid from
the Mexicans. A few more raids such as the
Carrizo Springs affair and the entire frontier
>n bot h si i s os the river will b • ablaze, and
i guerrilla war inaugurated which would cost
thousands of lives before it could bu sup
pressed.
MOVING ON OKLAHOMA.
The Boomers Organized Again, and Will
March on the ft th.
Wichija, Kas., March 3.—The boomers are
in arms and eager lor the fray. The Osburn
part had a meeting here, and made arrango
re-nt!- to move on the Oklahoma lands on the
Hfth of March, from Caldwell.
At the meeting it was reported that men
From Enn»oria. Burton and < ther [mints in
Kansa- . <>uld report at Caldwell on the fourth,
itber >•• ».■ m.-ts are expected from various
•X/mPs in lowa at the same time
CoL Hatch left for Arkansas City, where
Reach’s colony is concentrating. Th<- Osburn
party have made arrangements to take a
newspaper outfit with the; ~ and propose to is
• l - the firs 1 number from Caldwell. The entire
sader is alive and from presen i appearances
nothing but a strong military force on th<- line
w.l prevent the boomers from contesting with
in- cattlemen the right to locate in the Indian
erritory From present appearance it looks
i if President Arthur would at least be com
pelled to leave the unsettled legacy of Okla
ioma to bis successor.
He Fell Among Thieve*.
New York, March 3.--Thomas J. Murphy,
:he Kansas City drover, who was found on
Saturday night lying insensible in Broadway, ;
t lied in Chambers street hospital without hav- j
ng recovered consciousness. The physicians f
oelieve he was beaten by thieves. In Mur
phy’s packets were found a letter, two tin
;ypcs, memorandum notes and two blank ,
docks. j
TRADE DEPRESSION.
A NEW YORKER DIAGNOSES ITS
CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCES,
And Deduces a Useful Lesson —European
Capital Invested in Far Distant Lunds.
The Increased German and
i rvueh Duties on Wheat.
New York, March 3.—ln conversation
with one of I; ■ nost prominent and careful
operators!’. . all street a representative of
; tho American Press Association was given
: the foil >wing diagnosis of the causes and
| effects of the prevailing business depression:
“There is a useful lesson to Ix 3 derived from
the g-’n:h r! Impression in trnlo throughout
; the world. We have plumed ourselves for
; some years past on the belief that Euro-jo’s
! misfortunes meant America’s prosperity. This
: belief is, of cour.-», contrary to all received
I canons of jiolitical economy, but our specula
j tors seemed to think that tho great republic
of the west : Uould nut bn judged by ordinary
standards.
“Consequently, when a series of bad har
vests in Euro >, lasting from 1876 to 1882 made
bread <t uffs su p-ne t here, we ran up the price
of our produH s and wun actually crazy in aU
sorts <»f spef-ul.iti iu. Bui England and other
wheat b i v ng Ei irojx’an countries soon sou ght
for and ■. Io her places where they could
( s i procure thuir supplies and at the same time
find a ma’’k(?t for their manufactured goods.
The farmers of Rus- a and Am -rica are
oblige 1 to buy in their own countries all man
ufactured goods affected by protection, while
i India aufl Australia are selling their wheat
and taking in return tho products of the
skilled labor of the old country. European
I capital, therefore, sought investment in these
, far distant lair Is. Railroads were constructed
; atari impreco lentudly rapid rate and the nat
ural con ii i< i *e—.>ver production of raw
material—ensued.
“Whal is tho consequence of the state of af
‘ sail’s, both here and abroad? The railroad
; builders are ruined; the iron founders are in
distress; tho farmers are selling their grain
■ below the cost of production; mills are being
i clos’d everywhere, and laboring men are
either thrown out of work altogether, or are
, obliged to submit to a reduction ol wages.
“Even the mast enthusiastic patriots and
bull speculators are unable to furnish any in
! dication of actual improvement in any par
ticular branch of bus in ss. All they can do
is to talk of ‘a better fooling.’ But where are
tho proofs that this ‘feeling' is not a mere ac
cumulation of hopes ?”
“What is the feeling in commercial circles
as to tho tax re mtly iiiqxised by France on
wheat?” was asked.
“Tho tariff tux on wheat voted by the
French chamber of deputies was throe francs
per cental, nol per kilogram, as has been
stated. Tlx 1 ! cental is a fraction over 220
pounds, and tlie value of the franc, as de
clared by our director of the mint, is l‘J.3
cents. The prop'» ;ed tax, therefore, is equal
to about 15.8 evjits pe. bushel. It is perfectly
well u.i k rstood, of course, that the increase
of die ta.-; was dir. ■: I specially against
Amorican wheat, though it is made to apply
to wheat from any quarter of the globe.”
“How do American farmers like the situa
tion?”
“Docs it please them to see Germany and
France shutting and barring their doors
against the produels of American farms?”
“If not, will they please bear in mind that
the French and German tariff taxes are al
most trifling as compared with our own.
Though they have greatly increased their
taxes on American ■h- at, and although they
luivu (a ue so esp* rialiy for the purpose of
shutting out our pnxluct, yet the American
farmer has no right to complain of their hos
tile legislation, lor he takes satisfaction in
knowing that congress has laid a tariff tax
upon foreign wheat imported into the country
tor thu p»<. -led jjimpose of protecting him
against the pauper wheat-growers of the
outside world. But [»erhaps he is not aware
that the tax which hflto been laid by tho Amer
ican congress is higher than that which has
just been votes! by the French deputies. The
latter is less than sixteen cents per bushel; the
former is twenty cents per bushel.
“With this fact brought to his knowledge,
does the American funner feel at liberty to
hurl stones or < pithets at the French? He
would not look well in doing so with 25 ])er
cent, more protection than has t»een voted to
the French farmer.. He would look still
worse in doing so in view of the fact that
with his consent we tax French wines on the
average 57icent., and French silks 50
per cent., and French woolen cloth over 68
per cent. And he would not look well cursing
the Germans in view of the fact that we tax
German wine in casks more than 61) per cent.,
German sugar nearly 54 per cent., German
woolen knit go<xls almost 73 per cent., having
increased the tax a year ago loot spring, and
other German woolen goods on the average
about 67 per cent. With these enormous
taxes of ours on French and German goals,
it behooves us not to growl very loudly about
their taxes of nut more than 20 per cent, on
our wheat.”
There was a heavy slump in the Chicago
market at tbe close of thu week. The main
fall was iu the price of wheat, Which dragged
down everything else. Corn held out com
paratively well, but hog products had a very
l,axl break. Pork is too much manipulated
by Phil Armour aud ids clique to attract
much outside speculation, but a number of
New York men who cannot live a day with
out gambling at something, allowed them
selves to be enticed into buying pork a week
or ten days ago, at about $13.50 a barrel, and
arc now $1 a barrel out of pocket. Os course
the Chicago skin game dealers got that much
head. They not only took ad van-ag® of the
tumble in wheat to shake the New York hold
ers out, but began to talk cholera and yellow
fever and to predict $8 a barrel for pork.
When they get back nil the pork they want
prices will be put up again without any re
gard to cholera or anything else.
HE ‘‘HITS” THE PIPE,
llils Slugger from Boston, and Abuses Alls
I’atient IVifft,
Boston. March 3.—Mrs. John L. Sullivan
is authority for the statement that the cham
pion has Ixtcomc addicted to opium smoking.
Some of her stories of abuse at his hand - are
horrible. She says that he once became angry
with her on a sleeping car on his lasr. western
trip. He was sitting opp< >situ her, and she al
leges that be kicked her lug- above the ankles
until the blood ran down into her shbes. She
nearly fainter!, but rather than expose him to
the other passengers, she made no sign of
suffering Mrs Sullivan has remained con
cealed from her husband, and it was on ac
count of his frequent threats against her life
that the court issued the almost unprecedented
writ restraining him from interfering with
her while the suit is [lending
Praying for the Outs and the Ins.
Brooklyn, N Y., March 3.—ln the prayer
! preceding the sermon on Sunday Mr. Talmage
referred to the retirement of President Arthur
and prayed that the incoming president
might perform his duties as honestly and
I leave the office with as much honor and re
I spect as the present incumbent.
THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Pithy News Items Boiled Down for
the Hurried Header.
General Grant is dying.
A tiro in Al! r v. N. V.. de troyed $460,000
worth of property.
The six-day i <-Iler te.ating tournament has
commence in New York.
The murdt re of Marshal Gosling in Toxas
have boon remanded to jail without bail.
There is a scramble for Senator Garland 1 *
vacated shoes iu case ho goes into tho cabinet.
There is universal regret in England caused
by the sad news of the approaching death of
General Grant.
Father Charles Driscoll, for thirty-six
years pastor of St. Xavier’s church, Cin
cinnati, 0., is dead.
J Dynamite exi-writcenters have beon testing
their machines near Huntington, Pa., with
satisfactory results.
i | Neal Dow, tenqwance advocate, has de
j sorted his old political party on the ground*
of intemperance.
Michael Bailey, of St. Louis, shot himself
through tho head and will die. Tho cause is
drink and financial troubles.
At Rcx’kdale, Tex., in a dance row, Zed.
Stephens killed Buck Scales, a man by the
name of Hodges, an-i a little girl.
Henry Ward Beu- her off.-red a beautiful
and ferve.u prayer . i InUialf of Gen. Grant at
bis church in Br<x»klvn, Sunday.
| Intense excitemva prevails at Helena,
, Mont., by the announcement of the
I capture of two more of the escaped jail
I breakers, Edmundson and Dwyer.
received from Col. Leitonitz,
commanding the Italian expedition to Atsob,
states that the Arab eliieis at Berlul have sul>-
mitted to occupation without resirtauce.
Thomas J. Navin, x-mayor of Adrian,
Mich., for whose cap’ure a reward of $1,006
by that city, mid $2,00i) by Lc uiwee county
was offered, has been arrested by detectives
at New Orleans.
The meeting of the nationalists to protest
against the act ten of Speaker Peil in suspend
ing Mr. William O’Brien from the privilege
of the house of commons, took place in Phoe
nix Park, Dublin. Fifteen thousand people
were present.
The jur}’in the Murphy murder case at
Now Orleans returned a verdict of murder
against Pal Ford and Poli u-nau Murphy, and
manslaughter against Judge Ford, W. H.
Canfield and Tom Buckley.
Rear Adniii d George Henry Preble, re
tired, nephew of tho famous Commodore
Preble, who distingu ’ 1 hirnx ? in the war
with Tripoli, died suddenly at the homeof
his son, in Brookline, Ma.-'., aged sixty-nine.
The accounts of Geu. B. F. Butler, as presi
dent and treasurer of tho Nat ional Soldiers
Home, are being investigar <1 bj the hmse
military committee, assi. u d b\ exjieris. They
are found want ing, a difference against Mr.
Butler of $211,0.12 being found.
The Anchor line steamer, Ethic pia,
from New York, has arrived nt
Greenock. She reports having exi>eri
enced a succussteii of heavy gales dur
ing which all her boats were stove in aud
her engines became disabled.
James Reed, screw ncmufacturor, of tew
Orleans, diuu at his i osiduii ,:u from hydropho
bia. lie was Liite-ii a yea: ago, but paid nG
attention to the wound. He was taken . ick,
aud showed a horror of wm or. Hu die-1 iu
terrible agony, but retains! consciousness un
til th*; end.
The last mail on the West Lake Shore
broke a rail two miles west of Jonesville.
Mich. A car of h rses on <h > tau
going east shortly afterwards jumped
the track. 11 Frye, of New York, buyer ui
fine homes, jump'd from the car, when th<
tram passed over him, killing him instantly.
Alvin G. Dixon, a tax collector,
left his homo in Blountsville, saying
hu was going on his rounds, leaving
$1,700 with bis wife. The came nghl
Mrs. I ; i v .< , *-M'd a man trying to break inte
the house i -.,.>t hini dead with a j -ol bor
rowed fro.a a ; (hi!' r’. ho hHupe-ied te. avc
stopped there for lire night. The <1 ad imu
was found to l>u inair husband with his i’acx
blacked.
As an excursion train of seven can
on the Grand Trunk from Boston to
Mexico, at Charlotte, Mich., was pulling onto!
this city it collided with a heavy freight.
The excursion t rain was stopped, but the
freight was running twenty miles an hour.
Both engines and the l>aggage car a iota’
wreck. This is the third accident to the ex
cursion party since leaving Buston Feb
ruary 26.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latest Quotations of the stock, Produce
and Cattle Markets.
New York. Mrachi.—Money easy, l‘j percent.
Exchange quiet un-i firm. Governments firm
Alt. & Terre Haute 23 3 Morris A Es ex 20U
Bur. & Quincy. .. 121 Missouri Pacific.... 91%
Canada racitiu 39’te N. 'i &Erie.. ... 13*4
Canada Southern.. 81*4 N. Y. Central <
Central Pacific 31 8 North western
Chicago & Alton 131 Pacific Mail . ..» <6
C. C. U. & 133 '-4 Rock Island 113
Del. & Hudson .... St. Paul 7*2 1 4
Del. Lack. .V W 102 7 g St. P. &S. 0
Illinois Ceti 1 ral . 12->te do preferred ..
Jersey Central. .. 37! 2 Texas A: Pacific .. 13fj
Kansas & Texas . 17? K V. Pacific 47
Lake Shor 6:P H West. Union - r »9
Louisville A. Nash... 32 Nash. <k Chatt 41
Geuei’al.
Cincinnati. March 2. FLOUR- Fancy, $4,000
4.50; family, s3,'>o </.4.K0.
WHEA 1 No. 2 red, 88c: No. 3,
COHN—No. 2 mixed, 42 1 / a No.
ear. 16c.
OATS-No. 2 mixed, No. 2 white,
84(0)34“ 2 c.
RYE- No. 2,72 c.
BARLEY Spring, »>3 'vssc; fall, 75
PORK Family, regular. $12.87J4
@IB.OO.
BACON—Shoulders, short clear sides,
758<07.40e. Kettle—7
CHEESE Prmn-, ■ <">-i’ ■ tjino. J i (/11c; New
York, 12' 2 413 c Nort hw j <tern, ' ' t H
POULTRY Fair <-hu-kens. s27s«prune,
$;',.50'a8..' ; ducks. .J '■>; g< ->- j .000. -.00,
per doz.; live t'irkeys, 10c; dressed. 3 <»13 i 2 c.
HAY—No. 1 timothy, :sL2.'>iXflpi . < N 0.2, #11.50
(0,12.00; mixed, slU.' ' wh.-ai an Ir.ve straw,
$6.0(K<07.00; oats straw. fr.O-) ts.oU.
Nkw York. March 2. -WHEAT No. 1 w.ute
91“ 2 c; No. 2 red, b7'",H7b ; .c.
CORN—Mixed western, 4'.>“^s2 I 7 c: futures, lUjJ
50c. Oats W< ■<tern,
New Orleans, March 2.—SUGAR -Refining,
common, 4‘ inferior, 2 c; choice
white, s> g e. •if white, 4 c; choice yellow, i!4(g
MOLASSES (chm! fair, 25 .-/.32c; prime,
choice, 44c: centrifugal prime, 25 fair, 20q|
28c.
Detroit, March 2. -WHEAT—No. 1 while, S.
No. 8 red. 7tP 4 c; Michigan soft red,
Toledo, March 2 —WHEAT—No. 2, 7£>4io» No 1
soft. 82>4^‘'3“ 4 c
Live Stock.
Cincinnati. March 2.—CATTLE -Good to choice
butchers, $4.25 ». u; fair, 50^'>.2 > common,
s2(cj)3; Stockers and feeders, yearling#
and calves, §2..'(Xcl>3.sU.
HOGS—Selected butchers, $4.7545.00; fair to
good packing 51.40^4.75; fajr to good light, 34.80
1 common. $3.75 #4.3«J; culls, ? >1.75.
SHEEP—Common ro fair. $2 50QH25; good to
choice, $3 wethers. 50'3,5 I jambs—
Common, SB.OO 75; good. $4.7 •
Chicago, March- -HOGS—Fair to good, $3.85(£
4.50; mixed packing, $4.15(<J4.50; choice heavy
$4.55@4.iK).
CATTLE—Exports $0 good to choice
shipping, $4.5504-5 75; common to fair,
I Stocker 4 <utd feeders,
NO. 266
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I bouu, lleetett« r’e Htomsch Bitters affords arte
qiiate prelection bj incr. aningvtt-1 Btsrani* and
tne rweietant puwer of tho coteUtetion, anti by
e ieckinK irn gnlar.tloe oi the liver, etomtob
.'•nd bo’rlx. Al'titover, It ortrtlcatte malaria
■ c iipiaiute ol .u obetmate ty.e. auu blende
a'.or.e Mru'qtiailed among our national retnedtea.
For eale by ail lirn.gieie and Deah.ta
generally.
FIKSI PILKSII FlLESltl
I buie cure ior Bilud, Bloedlug aud Itcb-
I Ilk Ellea. Out box h.if. cured the worst
uar.es ot 2d yearn’ HtuudliiK. .No oue need
Buffur tlve luffiutes utter u. iug William's
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allaya Itchliiu, acts ua . uulilce, Klyea lu
-1: i,ut rei.et. Prepared ouly tor Piles,
its Ulna ot the private parts, nothing else.
Hou. J. M. Uonenbury.ot Cleveland,says.
‘1 have used secies ot Pile ouies, aud It
affords me pleasure to say that. 1 have
never round anythtug which gives euob
I uimediate aud permanent relief ae Dr.
William's Indian I'lle Ointment." Boid by
Irugglets and mailed on receipt or pries,
I#. For sale by Brauu'n A Uurson, H.
Darter. John P, Turner aud Geo. A. Brad
ford, (Jolumbue. Go.
Dr, Frasier's llooi. isliu-r
Frazier's Boot Blttere are not; a dram
ehop beverage, but are strictly medicinal
in every eense. They act strongly upon
tht Liver and ht iney: , ket p the bowels
open and r egular, make the weak strong,
heal the lungs, build up the nervee, and
tileauee the blood and . y'tern or evuiy Im
purity. Bold by druggists. *i.oo.
tor sale l>y Brannon <t Oareon aud Juo.
P. Turner. (Jolumbuß, Ga.
Dr. Frasier’s Magic Oiutment.
A sure cure lor Little Gratis in the Skin,
Bough Skin, etc. 11 will remove that
roughness troru the hoods and fact aud
tuiike you beautltul. File-. She. bant by
mail. For sale by Bi st.non /k Carson aud
John P luruoi, Columbus, Ua.
Cine. E. Glover, liermoraello, Mexico.
July 16,1883, .-ays; -I take pleasure In
nd ’! I'. elt g y n ones more, or you have
been or i>rt . benefit to me. 1 wrote to
you aboui one aud one-half years ago,
!i eu Arisuim, for Dr. William's Indian
Pile Oiu'tueut. 1 )ecelved It aud It cured
me entirely, I still hud some Ointment
n mainli.g, with which 1 have cured seven
or eight mo e It 1e wondertnl.
Ser itoga High Hock Spring Water tor
,s ilr by a).’ druggists. iuhS2eed&w
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners.
o
I wlilffurnleh on board the Care at Hora,
Alabama, a very
Rich Marl
IT II DOLi.AKS PEKTON
CASH!
JAnd a Very Low Kate of Freight
Is offered by the Mobile A Girard B. B
By analysts ot the State Geologist this
MAItL contains from 6 to 8 per cent, ot
Phosphate with otiu r fertilizing qualities.
For composting atd broadcasting for
grain Helds, orchards and lawns it will be
found
A Valuable Stimulator.
Tulsjls hot a Guano, but a lilOH &lABL
Any c rdere forwarded to
K. J. OKK, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile A Girard Ballroad, will met t with
prompt attention. decll-tr
K. E. UUKIGS,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE:
T. H. EVANB & CO. 8 Drug Store.
Kenideuce, Jackson St., Sontheaat of Court
aHouae with W. H. Glase.
j»nß-ly
L. CHAPPELL,
PROVISION BROKER & INSURANCE AGI,
lIV Broad 8t„ Columbue,
Home of Sew York,
Imperial ot London.
Guardian of London.
Northern of London.
MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY.
CUSSETA, OEOBOIA.
The wot k of this School will begin again
JANUAB Y 5, 1885(flrBt Vonday).
Tuition $1 SO, ase so and 53.80,
According to grade. Board never more
Titan SS. Per Month.
MESIC S 3. PEH MONTH,
LOCATION HMLTHtUU
W. E. MUKPHEY,
Janlwlt-smiwS Principal.
DR J. M. MASON,
DENTIST.
St. Clair St., Columbus, Ga.
orjoOORWM
OI'FIO'li: AT
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON'S Drag Stars,
Randolph Street.
Beeldenee with H. L. WOODBUFF,
Onwiord, between Troup end Fsraytb Street
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