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VOL. X.
PATIENT SUFFERING.
HE BATTLES WITH REMINISCENCES
WHILE LIFE EBBS AWAY.
Walting for the Tide of Kteruity -The Old
Warrior’s Book—Triangular Difficulty
in Which Mark Twain and the
Century Figure.
New York. March 10.—Gen. Grant passed
another uncomfortable night He was even
mote rustless than ever before, and did not
attempt to find rest in bed until an early
hour in the morning. He could not long re
main quiet and nervously paced the floor in
the hope that tired nature would bring him
the relief he sought and needed. Hour after
hour toe walked the floor, his steps becoming
more feeble until he sank into his cliair
greatly fatigued Happily there was an al>-
Ben**e of all pain and his uneasiness was the
result of over strung and over wrought
nerves.
Early in the morning his eyes became
heavy and ho at last fell, sleepy, and retiring
between five ar«i six o’clock, he slept soundly
and peacefully until mid-day. He woke
much refreshed and spent a peaceful day.
Nu pain was complained of, and his conxli
ti«'M
that of ths previous jday that his family were
considerably encourage*l.
It is rejiortud that at the general's urgent
request the Rev, J)r. John I’. Newman, for
nierly of the Madl»Qß Avenue Presbyterian
Caurch, who is now in California, has been
vuitten concerning the former's condition,
na. ho has been asked to visit the Grant
family us soon as convenient The general
and Dr. Newman aie j»ersonal friends of
loag standing, and while president the for
n-r was a parishioner of the reverend gen
tleman.
Gen. Grant’s condition is said t«» have
tx*en alarming, if not actually dangerous,
for at least a week previous to the first pub
lication of tliQ state of his health. The news
was purpostol/ kept frotn the public for fear
lest the invalid should learn of his real con
dition from the newspapers. But it acciden
tally leaked out and the mystery that sur
rounds the probably fatal illness of the dis
tinguished soldier is attributable to the same
desire to avoid publicity. The general no
longer reads the papers and they are kept
from him by his family under one pretext
or another. They spoke more hopefully of
his condition now than at any time during
the past tew weeks.
A rumor is current that the general’s ail
ment is a complication of troubles It i
even hinted that sinking spells to which be
has been subject for soin* time and which
leave him in a very wea* eon lition, are pro
duced by trouble w ith his heart His sudden
abstinence from tobacco is sa I said to devel
oped this feature of his malady if it was not
one of the contributing cau to produce it.
When asked con erning this Dr. Douglas de
clined to mak > any statement whether or not
he feared trouble with his patient » heart.
Being asked as to w hat were the general’s
chan cs of recovery, Dr. Douglas said:
“I cannot answer that question. All I can
say is tliat, compare-1 with the record of the
past seven days, Gen. Grant is very much
bettor.”
Gen Grant is exerting himself to get his
war reminiscences written oat before death
stops his pern He has had more ease from
pain -luring the week than was anticipated
and has been able to work several horn’s every
day. In order to hasten the composition, an
amanuensis was employed—a woman wh >
could use a type writer as rapidly
as he would be likely to dictate!
but his constitutional lack of fluon y
was aggravated by the usual process, and it
was soon found, also, that the use of his
voice, even in a whisper, brought on inflam
mation anti swelling in his diseased throat.
Therefore he returned to pen and ink.
He writes slowly, his average rate Ind ng
only about 500 words an hour, and that is
lowered by frequent meditationa He has
never practiced at composition for publica
tion, and it comes awk wax'd. The Arst vol
ume of the proposed work has l»een edited
thoroughly by an expert, whose duty, how
ever, was limited to a vnrlial and grammati
cal revision. He was warned not to alter the
meanings, except, on consultation. The sec
ond volume is about half done, but Grant ha«
made copious notes lor the remainder, so that
they could lie written out utter his death, ii
necessary.
There has l>een a falling out between Grant
and Roswell Smith, the manager of the Cen
tury Company. It was ail but concluded that
the autobiography should be published by
that concern. The general was paid $1,03
for his war article in the February number
of the Century, and it was decided that fur
ther passages from his forthcoming book
should lie first published in the magazine.
Arrangements for the making of the pictures
and printing of the volumes were made, and
terms were nearly settled, on the basis of a
royalty.
The negotiations did not result in a con
tract, however, and for the failure Mark
Twain is understood to be responsible. Mark
has not been so reckless a humorist as t<
share the profits of his tun with anybody, lit
ha*' mastered the subscription Look busi
ness. He is his own publisher and whole
saler, being the principal unmentioned part
ner in the firm of Charles L. Webster & Co.,
the Webster being a relative who marshals
and directs the soliciting agents with which
the whole country is male to swarm. Grant
received an offer from Mark, through Web
ster, to take his son Jesse into the enterprise
of publishing and circulating the reminis
cences. The fact was shown to him that the
mechanical cost of producing each $2 vol
nine would not exceed thirty cents, provid'd
large editions were sold, and that a clear
profit treble the royalty offered by Smith
could be realized. As tms scheme promi sxi
to yield a considerable fortune for bis fam
ily and make a business for a son, Grant
went into it.
“There was no completed bargain to break,
as between us and the g neral,” said Smith,
“but we supposed it to be settled that the
Century imprint would go on the title page
of the book. He came to our office almost
daily to consult about the matter, and oui
advice as to the material and make up of the
work was generally sought and followed.
Understand, though, we have no grievance.
He bad a right to go elsewhere, and his ob
ject w a> principally to create a place for one
of his sons—a thing which w e were hardly
prepared to da ’’
There is a great deal more bitterness than
Smith intimates, and it is certain that nc
more papers by Grant will appear in the
Century. Some say that Mark Twain hat
incidentally closed the p-.iges of the magazine
to any further transcripts from his fortneom
iar k-.mlcs, which will b * a Ijss of advertising.
II .t in town to help Webster in the n*<
proj '-t The terms of the partnership be
tw.-en them and the Grants are not divulged,
further than that Mark advances the consid
eraule cipiial reqiii red to put the book oi
the market.
♦*The general would not be recognized by
anybody go led only by hi« familiar port
raits, as he sits writing his book,’’ said a priv
ilege caller upon him. -The suggestion of
robust surer i* ha has the limp
white:- >f a suffering invalid. More than I
that, hts face is greatly altered. His hair i
and wMskers have been allowed to grow' ‘
much longer than he customarily wears
them, owing to his dislike to be disturbed by
a barber. He has no teeth, the removal of i
the few that ho had rendering the i
false ones impracticable. Thus his entire
aspect is changed. He writes on a small
stand, which is drawn to his side as he |
sits in a big, easy chair. Several bulky I
scrap books, containing his collection of !
printed and manuscript materials, lie on a
table within reach. He refers to them fre- |
quentiy, for he is anxious to be exact is his |
statements of fact. His wife or one of his
sons is constantly with him. In walking to
and fro, which he sometimes does when mak
ing up his mind about a paragraph as well as
during some of the attacks of pain, he has to
use a cane, in consequence of the lameness in
his hip. His temper is equable, and he en
dures his trials with characteristic fortitude.” .
Resolutions AdoptetL
Chicago March 10.—At a conference of
Methodist ministers in Chicago and vicinity,
the following resolution was, on motion of
Rev. Frank M. Bristol, of Trinity Methodist
church, and after several earnest speeches. ;
adopted unanimously by a rising vote:
“For as much as we have heard with pro
found regret of the painful and serious ill
ness of the distinguished citizen, patriot and
soldier, ex-President Gen. Ulyses 8. Grant,
theres ore,
Resolved, That we hereby express our
heartfelt sympathies for the distinguished
sufferer and set apart Sunday, March 15,
as a day of special prayer in our
churches for his physical and spiritual well
lieing. That he njay lie sjvared in God's good
providence long to enjoy the high honors
w'hich his genius and patriotism have won on
the flekls of iiattle and in the halls of
state; and,
“Resolved, That we hereby extend to all
churehos of the city, state and country the
invitation to unite in this prayer for him
whom wo delight to honor.”
After the adoption of the resolution it wns
specially signed by the following clergymen,
many of whom are intimately ai'quainted
with Gen. Grant: Dr. Luke Hitchcock, Dr.
R. N. Hatfield, Dr. Jphn Williamson, Dr. R.
M* Baring, Dr. W. H. Axtell, Rev. F. M.
Bristol.
It was resolved that a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to his family.
ALARM AMONG CATTLE OWNERS.
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The I’leuro-I’ueumonia Among the Asy
lum Herd at Fulton.
Fulton, Mo., March 10.—The lung plague
among the asylum cattle is much discussed
among our business mon, and is spreading
alarm among our cattle dealers. Dr. Trum
bower had two cows killed from the herd
that were infected, for the purpose of demon
st rating the disease to the asylum Gm rd.
One of the cows seemed jierfectly well, but
the doctor said she had the disease and had
had it for sometime; that one of her
was almost entirely gofie. Ou cxamiuatioi
the doctor's statement was verified. Th
other cow. that appeared quite sick, he said
had had the disease but a short time and gave
what he supposed to be the condition of hoi
lungs. When examined his statement wat
accurate, even in detail. In obedience to the
wish of the city council, Mayor Snell issuedß
proclamation requesting that all cattle be
confined or quarantined in the city of Ful
ton, and that every precaut ion be used
t< > keep cattle away from the infect ed io
cality.
SUICIDE AT TWENTY-ONE.
A Young Society Gentleman of Denvei
Destroys Himself.
Denver, Col,March 10.—Ed. Walker, a well
known society gentleman of this city, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself through •
the heaxl. He left three letters—one to his
brother, Dr. Forrest Walker, of this city
another to Miss Ida Alkire, a Den
ver heiress, to whom he is sup ;
I«»sed to have been engaged, and a <
third letter addressed to her brother.
The contents of the two last letters have
been kept secret. TLe letter to Dr. Walker
states that being unable to withstand his
misfortunes he committed the act. Young
Walker was deeply in debt, which is supposed
to have been the cause of the suicide. There
are reports that he was disappointed in love, ■
but as tie attended the theater in company j
with Miss Alkire l&V. evening the report if ■
not credited. His parents have not lived to- ’
getber for several years and although his i
father is reported to l>e worth about S4OJXX)
his mother has been compelled to do service
ter a living. Some say that young Walker
got in debt on account of assistance rendered
his mother. He was twenty-one years of age.
and until recently was a salesman for St.
Claire & Co.
STRIKING RAILROADERS.
Exciting Times Expected Along the Line of
the MiMouri Pacific.
Atchison, Kas., March 10—A strike of
the employes in the yards and shops of the
Missouri Pacific railroad was arranged tc
take place at 3 o’clock Saturday, but at that
hour Superintendent Harriet arrived and
told the men tliat if they would keep at work
he would see that they received their old pay.
That was satisfactory and work was re- i
sumed. but when ask<sl to sign a notice to !
that effect the superintendent refused, and a
general strike was commenced.
But one freight train has been allowed to
move since. Passenger and mail trains are
not interfered with. The central branch men
have also joined the strikers, and no trainf
are moving on that road. The men are deter
mined, but orderly. Exciting times are ex
pected, as the strikers have notified the offic
ials that no trains whatever will be allowed
to depart.
New Orlean* Races.
New Orleans, March 10.—There was a
good attendance at the races, but a poor
track.
First race, five furlongs: Capt. Warren
won, Lord Edward second and Nat Trimble
third. Time 1 :07%.
Second race, three-quarters of a mile: Mai
volio first, Wash Talbot second, Claude Bran
non third. Ti me 1:21 L.
Third race, one mile: Greenwood first,
Mollie Brooks second, Manitou third. Tim«
1:53.
Freight Trains Wrecked.
Lawrence, Kas., March 10.—A disastrous
collision between freight trains occurred two
miles east of this place on the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe road Sunday morning.
Both engines and a dozen cal's were demol
ished. Engineer Meyers was badly injured
The loss will reach SIOO,OOO.
S.iici<le and Murder.
Brooklyn, N. Y., March 10.—Valentine
Hoeffner, a baker, shot Susannah Leisner,
aged twenty-two, who Lad refused to marry
him. He then shot himself in the head and
died instantly.
Crazed by Disgrace
Reading, Pa., March 9. —E. K. Butz, a
book agent, was arrested a few weeks ago
and lodged in jail for a small board bill for
which he had become responsible. The
shame and disgrace rendered him a raving
maniac, and he was removed to the county
risane hospital, where he died.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY M )RN NG, MARCH 11. 1885.
FATIGUE AND DISTRESS
GENERAL BULLER'S GUARD IN A DE
PLORABLE CONDITION.
The French in China—-Parisian PotpurrL
The War Measures Among the Great
Powers of Europe Discussed—Gen
eral Foreign News.
Korti, March 10.—The rear guard of Gen-
Sir Redvers Buller's army has reached here
and they presented a sorry sight. The men
are completely fatigued and much distressed j
from the sufferings endured on the route
from Gakdull. They, like the detachments
. that preceded them, report that the march |
I was most tiresome and perilous, being con
-1 stantly harassed. Many were picked off or
wounded by the enemy’s sharp shooters, 1
while the terrible heat prostrated scores and
made life ahpost unliearable.
The French In' China.
Paris, March 10.—Further ad vices from
* i
Tonquin state that the losses of the bo- i
leaguered French garrison at Thuyenquan
were fifty killed and thirty-three wounded
; before' the arrival of succor. Gen. DeEsle’s
column, wliich, after two days’ fight sue- •
ceeded in relieving Thurenquan, suffered a
loss of sixty-six killed, and 133 wounded.
The Freni Ji lost thirty officers in fighting i
in Thuyenquan.
Paris, March 10. —Zola’s “Germinal” ha
been issued in book form. The author sayt
the work was dictated by piety. Zola is not
an habitual Bible reader, but the text about
loving and chastening must have been in hit
mind when he wrote it, for a blacker picture
. of mining life was never penned. “Germinal’ ,
is to be followed by a study of artist life.
After that Zola will hide himself far from
the madding crowd, in some far home, tc
settle down to a novel of plea nnt life, for
gitful of, or, as the c.ufhor in his na oral
isti-' creed r*’-•fers to erfil it, “n ru t < poet.’' ,
Dore and Delacroix ere the artistic lions oi j
the w<M*k. A melaneholv interest artaches tc
i th« exhibition e . u i he.- rt the
i Cerele de la Libra»'»••. They show oaly toe
! plainly the weaknesses as well as the strengtl
j of the dead artist. ' tea., i* are Au
superior te the water-co'. >r uai tings by
which they are r/yi- si c nd. Ti include
many of the Ariosto •illustrations; the
grand conipo<iti» a < i D..a,. an.* Vagi!
i»ein'< ferried acr- ■« h :, and a mu
cil portrait of < •. < t! ». sin ’a
port raits of a huh’ who plaved n great par
in lior-r b tike, oinoi ,- ;u va'cr <ol »r ar<
, j'ow“rtcd portraits <! bf 11 ■’ moth r fel hii
old nurse, Francois ci ven th<
place oi honor. Severuj ui ha. studies
and a line view oi Malo, lent by tht
Coat - de laris, are k also -■ x ; .v
month severed hundred •-f Dore’s most im
portent works, now in hi ■ studio iu ih > Rut
Fian- ois, will be brought to the ham: .e-, Il
is doubtful whether the De la Croix exhibi |
• ; qn, opened recently nt,the E< - .L* des Beam
Arte, will satisfy those who for halt h • •i.’.m'j
uavu been raving about his genius, 'lhe ug< .
is critical, an 1 critics do not spare even Vic
tor Hii.jo. It is unaniniou.sly adnm 1 tha
“Les (’onvulsionnaires de Tangic rs,” Lei
Croises a Constantinople,” “La Mort de Bar
danaple, ’’and a dozen other works on view
are superior in color to and finer than th<
finest efforts of those masters of color, th<
Oriental carpet workers. But the critics .'.ay
that the jiainter did not go to nature for hii
effects and thought more of the glorious Ear
monies than truth. “His splendid pu» tti
was conventional,” they say.
A new Laster mass, by M. (’harles Gou
nod, will be formed with great pomp at St
Lust-ache, composed by the special -h . ireol
('ardinal Guibert. It. is most austere in char
acter, and ail theatrical effects are excluded
The plan to connect Paris and I/» idoi
with pneumatic tubes has been reported fav
' orably by French engineers and suhmittec
I to the government. It is proposed that tw< .
pneumatic tubes be laid, following the lin<
of the Northern railway from Paris to Calais
thence across the channel to Dover, and fol
lowing the line of the Southeastern railway
i to London. Letters could be thus transmit
ted between the two capitals in one hour •*
I W agonettes like those now used to transport '
i telegrams from Paris are to lie used, weigh .
ing ten kilogrammes and capable of carrying j
1 five kilogrammes weight of mail inattei i
Twenty pneumatic trains are to be starte !
every hour. The cost is estimate! to lx
|7,(XX),(XX). The total distance is 475 kilo
meters.
Belligerent Banditti.
Cttliacan, Sinaloa, March 10. —A party oi
twenty-seven bandits under the “Tiger chief’
Eraeolio Bernal recently captured Quila, e
town fourteen leagues from here, and killec
the telegraph operator and looted the village
They left in the direction of Han Ixirenzo
Heavy detachments of troops have lieen seal
in pursuit of the bandits.
Wars and Ramon of Warn.
London, March 10.— The Daily News sayi
that the choice between yieace and war rest
entirely with Russia. “We cannot,” it says
I “recede from our position if we would, anc
if the worst should come it will be the colo
nies teat will be gummon&l to the rescue and
the summons will not be in vain. n
Smells of Bluff.
London, March 10.—The Times’ attitude ii
exceedingly pugnacious. It urges upon th«
government the immediate necessity foi
British occupation and fortification of Herat
and says that if Russia wishes to fight she hai
only to say so. England is not only ready
bat willing.
VemelM Searche<L
Shanghai, March 10.—There is much ex
citernent here over the fact that English anc
American steamers bound for Tientsen hav«
been boarded, their papers examined am
cargoes searched by French war vessels.
Ready for Troops.
London, March 10.—Advices from Cal
cutta state that the Indian railways are pre
pared to transport thousands of troops to Af
ghanistan at a day’s notice.
Tunneling the Simplon.
Geneva, Mnrch 10.—Ten million dollan
have been suliscribed to exped late the work
of boring a tunnel under the simplon moun
tain for a new railway.
Mexican Musings.
Jalisco, Guadalajara. March 10. —Banditi
attacked the train of Pedro A. Gonzales neai
Arenal, this state, ami stole goods valued a
$2,500.
Increased Artillery.
St. i etersburg, March 10.—The strengtl
of the horse artillery batteries in Turkistar
has been increased to six gun® each.
Escaped Jail Birds Recaptured.
Detroit, March 10—Frank Deacon, Jame
Lawton, and George Murray, three prisoner!
who escaped from Jackson prison on Wed
nesday night, were captured at Jonesville
Mich., and taken back to Jackson. Wilson
i the murderer, is still al large, and no clue to
[ his whereaix>ute has been obtained.
Deed Most Foul.
Dublin, March 10.—A gang of men entered
the house of John Turley, near Comlough,
and dragging both he and Lis wife from bed,
beat and kicked them in a bnital manner.
Mrs. Turley since died from her injuries, and
her husband lies in a very critical condition,
and it is thought that he w ill die. The crime ■
is believed to lie the result of Tur ley having
rented a farm on which lived over head a
former occupant and from which the latter ,
w as evicted.
llinmin in Asia.
London, March 10.—It is reported that the
Russian government will immediately send
35,000 troops into Central Asia
IDIOTS AT ITHACA.
Sturdy Sophomores Attempt to Steal •
Fi-eshman Supper.
Ithaca, N. Y., MarchlO . —The present
freshmen of Cornell university narrowly es
caped having the same trick played upon i
them this year that was carried out so suc
cessfully last your on .ffteu freshmen class—
namely, the capture of supper by the
sopboiF.ores., It having been announced that i
the men of fBB woulfi have their class ban
quet. a few sophomores, during the post
week, have been on the qui vive with a view ,
tojseeure the freshman feast. A member of |
’B7 was secretly sent to Rochester a wook ago ]
to watch the ground carefully and to seize
any opportunity that offered itself for the
acCoJnplifihnienb of the plan. The caterer this.
year is the same Rochester mgm that was sc !
duped last year by sophomore? '
passing themselves off as ireshmeu, and he
was naturally very cautious and on the alert
for any dodge of this kind.
The sophomores wore thus compelled tc
adopt another ruse. A dispatch was received
here a day or two ago by the sophomores
from their associate in Rochester, requesting
that several of their number meet him nt
Oswego. About twenty -f ve sophomores
took a late train for that poiut, in response to
the telegram, and on their as rival found that
the supper was there in chaiga of the Adams
Express company, having been shipped via
the Erie road from Rochester to that place.
As the edibles were to be transferred across
the town, a distance of a mile, to the, branch
road of the Delaware, Lackawanna arid
Western running here, the long wished for
opportunity seemed to present itself. Legal ■
advice was sought, and it was found that ii |
would be a penitentiary offense to molest the |
supper while in the Lands of the express com- •
pauy. The transfer was made at the tim< i
mentioned aliove, and as the provisions wen 1
guarded by only a few men it would
have Lx'en no difficult malfter to have
wrested them from the express com-:
pauy’s employes and dumped them into
the Susquehana ■ river, but the thruateno ,
prosecution on the part of the express - com
[Miny and the serious consequences that migh
ensue deterred the boys from making any
rush move. They watched for opportunities :
that would not be followed by such results/
but there being none they w ere reluctantly
compiled to abandon their project. A
wore in favor of running all risks, but th< |
better counsel of the majority prevailed, and
the attempt was given up.
This move on the part of ’B7 was made
revenge the successful capture of the fresh*,
men supper last year by the pi’esent «juniors.
Since the men of ’BB are proteges of ’B6 sonw
little excitement was caused while the fresh
men were assembling for the banquet by th«
news that three of their num tier were locked
up in the Theta Nelti Chi rooms. A stout
deputation proceeded to the Sprague block ,
and mildly but firmly persuaded the sopho
more? to surrender their captives. In tri
umph the freshmen sought their banquet
hall, narrowly escaping showers from an
open window on the route, where the event!
of the day only lent additional charm to the
fun and frolic that prevailed at the festive
board.
“BUCKLEY, THE SHOOTER,” SHOT.
William Peyton, a Desperado. th<
Wrong Man at a Bar.
Cheyenne, Wy., March 10.—News hai
just reached this city of the kil' ng of Win.
Peyton in a saloon at Sheridan, at which
place he arrived from Allegheny, Pa, four
years ago. He was a desperate chara<*ter,
and was known to the authorities as “Dick
Buckley, the shooter.” He was n sure shot,
and when drunk would shoot a man as quick
as wink at him if he refused an invitation tc
drink. Notice to leave town was served on
him but he would not go. The town people
were organizing to arrest him, but when they '
arrived at Keese & Co.’s saloon, of which he'
had taken jxissessioD, he was dea<L He had
entered the saloon and called everybody up
to the bar. AU knew him and complied, ex
cept P. H. Jones, a miner.
“I ain’t feeling well, Dick,” said he, “and J
don’t care much to drink.”
“It don’t matter a d—n if you do or not:!
you’ve got to drink with me,” rejoined
Peyton, cocking his pistol and aiming ii
at Junes.
“Oh, well Dick, if you insist on it I will
we won’t quarrel about it,” answered Jones,
laughingly.
He rose, walked to the bar, but quickly
stepped behind it and grasped a double-bar-!
reled shoL-gua which stood in the corner. [
Peyton pulled the trigger of his revolver,
and the hammer fell but the cap was not ex
ploded. It snapped again twice in succession
without result, and when Peyton pulled th«
trigger the third time Jones fired and di*
charged both barrels simultaneously, and the
contents almost disemboweling Peyton, whe
dropfied to the floor with his pistol stili
pointed at Jones. When Peyton’s pistol wai j
examined it was discovered that there wen '
three ernjity and three loaded chambers ano 1
that he had pu lied the trigger on the empty
barrels.
DISHONEST OFFICIALS.
Robbing a County of its Funds and El»
rating T axation.
Gainesville, Ga., March 10.—The muddh
growing out of the mismanagement of tht
funds of Habersham county in this state hat
been brought to a crisis by the confession ol
Ben C. Martin to the grand jury acknowledg
ing the burglary of the county safe, and im
plicating seven of the most prominent citizen;
of the county, among them the tax collectoi j
and the ordinary. For several years tht
county has been unable to pioet its 1 iabilitei
notwithstanding the fact that there should
have been plenty of money in the treasury.
The rate of taxation went up until it exceeded
the rate. In the large cities chn .. . of s
criminal nature were freely made against tht
county officers. Recently the county safi
hai been twice robbed in an effort t<> remon
evidences of guilt. The last attempt was st
daring that the citizens took hold of the mat
ter vigorously and the result of their wori
has been (he arrest of Martin, who now im
plicates the others mentioned in the crime.
The Latest from the Exposition.
[Louisville Commercial.]
“Have you heard the latest from New
Orleans?”
“Don t think I have; what is it?”
“They have changed the name of the
carnival. ”
“How's that?”
“Well, you see, on account of the false
profits of the exposition, they now speak
us the carnival as El Mahdi Gras. ”
WASHINGTON POLITICS.
THE POLITICAL NEWS UNDER THE
NEW ‘
Mr. Clevt land and Civil Service Measurea.
Doing* in Congress—Cost of the Inaugv-
tht ion—Great Quartermaster,
.oital Chatter.
Washington. March 10.—Notwithstanding
alltherixil so. e reform protestations es
the president, . :ere is much subdued suffer
ing going on here among department p*<>
| pie who have lived up to their income each
I year. A few of them could do nothing u'isa
iif turned out to grass, now when their eyes
1 are dimmed and their strength abating. Net
the democratic idea is to turn them all out.
; “A pittiless cleaning out of all the offices,” [
os Senator Payne said in in his address
: winter. A disgusting expression of this idaa 1
i was made, hy some democratic chibs last
i weei. Thsy inarched through the treaßiL” ] j
halls singing, “Turn tho rascals out” in derie- '
ive tones.
I But the president looks every inch a mao I
, who cotilU not 1/6 hindered in his efforts to I
reforjnthe service and do what he {thinks '
i righL Tho current' pictures of him were
j inode when he was younger. •
j ,
Cdst of (he Inauguration. "
Washington, M;qch 10 —The committees J
, which had charge of the financial partbf the
i inaugural celebration are now hard at work
footing up their account s. . It is estimated by
1 members of these committees that the total
expense incurred will not fall short of (KK),
which is SIO,TXm) more than was calculated
upon at. tho start. The greater part of the
additional expense was incurred in putting a
wooden roof on the ball room, this item of
cost; being $7,400. Then the committee guar
anteed 4,000 ififipers ‘ to* tho caterer, and as
i only some 2,4(X) took supper, the committee
will have to make up.the deficit on this ac
count. * Among other items of expense were
$25,000 ex|>ended on the ball room. s2,oQo r for
l music, . SI,BOO t for lighting the ballroom,
$5,500 for (Uicorations, $3,500 for firewarks
and SI,OOO for calcium lights.
A Great Quarterihaster.
Washington, March 10.—A rather vener-
• ible man, with mind in his countenance and
silence for his guardsman, passes along in his
1 carriage unnoticed. It is Quartermaster
General Meigs, who hauled the army of the
. Potomac, and, indeed, thearmiesof the whole
Union, out of the mud and onward to the last
ditch; and he has pub up tho patent office, the
new pension building and numbers of con
st ructions here, and although a character of
| the past, his integrity has kept him alive and
| active to the present. He built tjw ball room
for Cleveland, as he built many a year ago
tho great, arch on the Washington aqueduct,
wiiich .contained the name of Jefferson Davis
' I. till Sunon .Cameron, or somebody, had it cut
1 ! out of the stone, making it rather more
! prominent by absence thun if it had re
!' inained.
Senate.
Washington, March Iff— The senate was
called to order and communications from
1 Messrs. Lamar and Garland were laid before
tho senate, accepting the interior and justice
1 portfolios.
The credentials of Henry W. Blair, United
States senator from New Hampshire, were
read and action deferred until to-morrow.
Mr. Van Wyck’s resolution asking the sec
retary of the interior for information re
specting the issuance of land patents to the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg
railroad, was read, and Mr. VanWyck ad
dressed the senate, reviewing the course of
procedure of the railroads to secure these
lands. Ha dwelt at length upon the acts of
what he termed the Gould-Hunton crowd.
After a long debate between Teller anil
VanWyck the senate adjourned until to
morrow.
Lam ar’s Successor.
Jackson, Miss., March 10.—Gen. Edward
C. Walthall has been tendered and has ac
cepted the appointment as United States sen
ator for Mississippi to succeed the Hon. L.
Q. C. Lamar. His commission is issued,
t Gen. Walthall is a leading lawyer of this
state, and has a large following of devoted
’ friends. His relations with Secretary Ijamar
j are of tho most intimate character. He is a
I native of Richmond, Va., but has spent most
of his life in Mississippi. The only civil
office ever held by him was that of district
attorney. Entering the confederate army as
; a private he was rapidly promoted, and at
‘ the conclusion of the war was the commander
I of a division with the rank of major general,
! having held with distinction nearly all the
preceding positions. He has started for
W aslungUm.
Not a Candidate.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 10 —Many rumors
have been afloat concerning the probable ap
pointment of Wilson 8. Bissell, President
Cleveland’s law partner, to an important
j place in the new Administration. It was said
l before the cabinet was made that he would
probably be a member of that body. Since
then it was said he would probably be aj>
pointed assistant secretary of the treasury.
Mr. Bissell said to a reporter: “You may
say in regard to these rumors that I am not a
candidate fol any office under the govern
ment. 1 will continue the practice of law
right here in Buffalo, and that settles the
, whole matter.”
Washington Notes.
Washington, March 10. The president
has sent the senate the following nomina
tions: Charles L. Fairchild, New York, as
sistant secretary treasury; John C. Black,
111., commissioner of pensions.
Secretary Vilas is u warm friend of Gen.
Grant
Senator Edmunds is said .to be ill tempered
in the senate the next day, unless he goes to
bed very early.
Prisident Cleveland always memorizes his
speeches, and is very kind to reporters who
want a manuscript of one of them.
( Ou u.s L. st ounday in me white house,
President Cleveland slept later than usual,
and did Dot go to church, thereby disappoint
ing a crowd of curiosity-seeKers.
Judge Endicott’s appointment is thought to
be just such a one as that of Devens, from
the same state, by President Hayes. Endi
cott is the handsomest member of the cab
inet.
Senator Edmunds most distinguishing trait
is an inordinate love of onions. Secretary
Bayard loves horse radish, and Senator Hals
likes pigs feet flavored with bay leaves.
Secretary Manning has Issued orders au
thorizing the assistant secretary of the
treasury, Coon, to sign warrants and other .
• papers in place of the secretary of the
treasury. Mr. Manning had an interview j
with Assistant Secretary French, during
which it is supposed ho informed him that
Mr. Fairchild was about to be nominated,
and at the conclusion Mr. French tendered
his resignation, to take effect when his sm>
cessor Qualifies.
Troops for Battle.
Guaymas, Sonora, March 10. —A heavj I
| force of troops have left here to fight Cajeme
the Yaquis chief, and his forces.
THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Pithy, Nows Items Boiled Down fof*
the Hurried Reader.
Ohio legislature begins again Tuesday.
Henry Ward Beecher approves
cabinet.
President Grevy gave another official ball
It Paris.
Dayton, 0.. library building will cost
G 60,000.
Bishop Bedell is dangerously ill at his home,
Gambier, O.
England is harassed on all sides by im
pending war measures.
Gen. D. B. Sacket, senior inspector general
U. 8. A., died in Washington.
Another $46,000 defalcation has l>een dis
covered in the Clinton county, 0., treasury.
McDonald and Gov. Gray will contest
t’or tho Indiana senatorship two years hence.
Glass-workers’ strike ut Bellaire, Martin’e
and Bridgeport, 0., is expected to
i jnd.
1 Orrie Goss, aged fifteen, Seymour, Ind., i
•uieided with morphine tiecause deserted by
; *ier lover.
| Fire destroyed the Ocean hotel stables all
Providence, *R. I. Thirty horses were burned
to death.
' Two freight trains on the Atchison, Tojjeka
and Santa Fe road collided at Lawrence, Kas.
■ Damage, $75,000.
Hon. Luther Day, once chief justice of
Ohio supreme court, died at Ravenna, 0., of
typhoid pneumonia.
The Oklahoma boomers start Wednesday
' for the land of great promise and much
trouble in the reservation.
Kentucky appellate court decides Walter
Davis’ life sentence for murder, from Wood
ford county, is strict justice.
The glass works on the Ohio shore opposite
Wheeling will open up, the operators agree
ing to resume on the old terms.
Henry lx>ng, of Bucyrus, 0., attempted
suicide by cutting his throat with a butcher
knife. Financial embarrassment.
The Charter Oak park driving association
will give a special purse of $10,006 for the
2:20 class at the fall circuit meeting.
Gen. Edward C. Walthall, Mississippi, has
been appointed to succeed L. Q. C. Lamar as
United States senator from that state.
A fire in Albany, Mo., destroyed tho opera
house. Loss $75,000. Several merchants
operating stores in the building are losers.
The employes of the mechanical depart
ment of the Missorri Pacific and Wabash
railroads, at Kansas City, have resolved to
strike.
David Dickson, colored, of Georgia, died
leaving $400,000 to Amanda Eubanks.
Amanda is now the richest colored lady in
the land. •
A cocking main at Blue Island, 111., was
raided by the police and over one hundred
arrests were made, among them being Paddy
Ryan, and other noted KjKirts.
The steamer Wisconsin crossed from Grand
Haven to Milwaukee, Saturday, being the
first vessel to cross the lake for a month. Bhe
sighted several steamers fast in the ice.
The court of appeals of Kentucky affirmed
the judgment of the Woodford circuit court
in the case of Dr. Walter T. Davis, convicted
of poisoning Lowry Munday to secure $25,000
fe insurance money., .
O. P. G. Clarke, the pension clerk who
sought to curry favor with the democrats by
working up and giving testimony against
Commissioner Dudley, has been requested to
hand in his resignation.
Deputy Sheriff Kohl, of Negaunee, Mich,,
who was shot by Patsy Benan, <iied. Benan
escaped, but irve hundred armed men are
scouring the country, and bo and his whole
gang are threatened with lynching.
Theodore Thomas proposes to turn the
New York academy of music into an Amer
ican school of opera. He has been requested
by the directors of the Metropolitan opera
house to liecoine the musical director, but
declined.
The knights of labor have promised assis
tance to the strikers on the Wabash railroad.
The superintendent of the car service of the
Wabash says that applicants for the places
vacated by the strikers are more numerous
than the places.
The Wabash strikers persist in their de
mands, and no freight trains are allowed to
run on Sunday. They threaten that if the
old rates are not restored by Tuesday noon
they will allow nothing but engines and mail
ears to be taken ouL
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latest Quotations of the Stock, Produce
and Gattie Market*.
New York, March 9.—Money easy per cent.
Exchange qu.?t. Governments strong.
Alt. & Terre Haute 23‘0 Morris A Essex ...121
Bur. & Quine v .. . 121-/4 Missouri Pacific ... 90
CanadaFacific ... 40 N. Y. & Erie 18!4
(.'unada Southern . N. Y. Central
Central Pacific ... 34*4 Northwestern
Chicago & Alton .182>i Pacific Mail 61U
C., C., C. & 1.. Rock IslandUU-a
Del. & Hudson ... 78V* St. Paul 78%
Del. Lack. AW ... 101 U St. P. &S. C 25
Illinois Central ... 125*4 do preferred
Jersey Central 89;J Texas A* Pacific.... 13%
Kansas & Texas. . 18*4 U. Pacific
Lake Shore 63 ? H West. Union 5 9‘a
Louisville & Nash.. 81% Nash. &, Ciiatt.... 41%
GeneraL
Cincinnati, March 9.—FLOUR—Fancy, $4.00®
4.50; family, $3.45«|>4.H0.
WHEAT—No. 2 red, No. 8,’75@82c.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, No. 2 white,
44c
RYE-No. 2,68 c.
BARLEY-Spring, 55558 c; fall,
PORK—Family, regular,
©13.00.
BACON—Shoulders, short clear sides,
Lard-Kettle, 7J4007%.
CHEESE- Prime to choice Ohio, New
York, Northwestern, 7(<pßc.
POULTRY Fair chickens, $2.50@3.00; prime,
$8.250V53.5U; ducks. $2.57(03.75; getwe, $3.00®
4.00 per doz. ; live turkeys, dressed, 13®
HAY—No. 1 timothy, No. 2, $11.50
(&12.00; mixed, wheat and rye
straw, $6.00(10.00; oats straw, $7.00(J>8.00.
Nkw York, March 9.—WHEAT—No. 1 white,
91%C‘, No. 2 red,
CORN Mixed western, 51(g)53c; futures,
50%((p62J4c. Oats—Western,
Nkw Orleans, March 9.—SUGAR Refining,
common, 4%c; inferior, 3(^8 l / a 'c; choice white,
°ff white, 5 ! 4c; choice yellow, 5*X/J>s%c.
MOLASSES—Good fair, 250032 c; prime, 34.gi86c;
choice, 44c; centrifugal prime, fair, 2iXj>
23c.
. Detroit, March 9.—WHEAT —No. 1 white,
87 : V 4 c; No. 8 red, 75c; Michigan soft red,
87%c.
Toledo, March 9.-WHEAT N0.;2, 78 l 4c; No. 2
toft, 86c.
Live Stock.
Cincinnati, March 9.—CATTLE—Good to choice
Outchers,
$2.00'1/3.00; st<x;kers and feeders,
yearlings and calves, $2,.»0,g)3.25.
HOGS—Selected butchers, fair to
good packing, fair to good light, $4.40
(S/4.85; common, $3.75(c64.40; culls,
I SHEEP—Common to fair. good to
i choice, weathers, Lambs
1 —Common, $3.0U(c03.75; good,
Chicago, March 9.—HOGS—Fair to good, $4.40
@4.90; n ixed packing, $4.45(<j)4.70; choice heavy,
$4.80@5.' 5.
CATTLE Exports, $5.50@6.00; gocxl to ehoic4
shipping, $5.00@6.00; common t* fair, $4.25(f1H.95;
■lockers and feeders,
i Chicago 1 er;. .1 Doan pull out yo pul-
I dygree ebbery wha yo go. Isc knowd
menny and menny a good boss wid a
record to git kickt to det by de skrubbi-
I est kind o stock.
NO. 272
P’® 41 * CELEBRATED
: I — i
For is er and ague, and remittents, are the de
bt Ttaced, billion- and nerV-us, 'tr Micii j er.
sons, lintel r’s w'onjach B c ra iff r«'» a.te
qnati pro'ectiou by iuortasuig vit»l sumln* and
ihe rwHiet*’ t pow+r ot he co, stjt’ j tion, d by
o> OKing irr< gmarit es oi v<e liver »tcm*ou
and bo*els Moreover it eri<*lr»t • mnlarHl
O'n-plaints of an 0‘ stintte gty n e and rtar-ds
aio eui • qi.a b d among ou r n*c>oi»*l r we. ia.
Pur eai** by all Dtu.giers and Dealers
•nerally
rlLfld eiLLSII 4-4LReilil
Sure cure for Blind, Bit ediug and Itch-
Pllee. Oneboxtiee <iu.u; the weret
■'■arte;- oi 20 yeate' (?tun<it:'.K. No one need
iffwr five mlnutee after u-!ng WlJlUm’s
Indlmi PU ('■’ r I 1 h'lHnfbi tUnioia,
0:■ h m.lilrm, i-'j p I , , 'l>“, hi '■* In
.lai, - tell'l. f’li pali: ! < r!J : : 1 ilea,
itching ot. he private parte, nothing ciee.
Hon.'J, M. Conrntnry, el Clrveland, eayis.
‘•1 have u»ed bt-otee o: Pile ouree, and It
ulTi.rde me pleasure io say th, 11 have
never found anything whf< b gives x>uch
■'mediate an i perm ' «w>». .•<:!<• »8 Dr,
wiiHn « louiati Pile Uinttui tit. ’ Hold by
di' rgl ■ and matiwt . '•! price,
(1. 4' ale by Prui.B n ft Caieon, it.
Um c,.lohu i. lurnei me Ur. . A. Brad
ord. Goiumbus, Ga.
Dr. Frasier’, 1 rut ftlit-r
Frazler'e itooi llttdifc ai ea drain
shop beverage, but are strictly nierUdnal
in every a<inee. They act stru.,.,y uprir
■re Liver and Kidneys. tf< p rt-ele
'pu. ( regula:, make U v r> i'sti i.ng.
neai the frn'g ■, buifi up ihe uervee, ano
clear ae the bio , and ,-yetetn of <‘very lin-
I'lirfty. Bold by druggies . 21.ft'.
Pre ealeby JPatinon <t < >ire”ii and Joo
I’. Turner, Columbus, Go.
Dr. Frurter’r Marr*,
A eure euir. ror Lillie Gj litas ,u ttieHfcfn
Hough bitln, etc. it will remove that
.oughnees iro.ni t-tre’!•>« ncl- d face’and
nnl.e you beautiful. Price 6i,f. bent by
mail. borßKc' ca Bir-ncoi. & I'nimn ajid
John P. J urner, Cblnmbu lit,
Ob is. E. Giover, fjetinr r. c lip, Mextqo.
niy 16,1888, ay ; T ti k- pleasure In
-.ldre. sing yi >s onue tuon, or yr u have
;>eeo Mteri. benefit to nr. I wrote to
veu Hb 'U’ one ai.d ont-h .1! v,ar» ago,
r< m Arirona, for Dr. Wlillrnt’e Indian
Ptl O n tnet.t. J received it el <1 It lund
meei.ttreiy, I b'IH had srmn Ointment
ni'i! Ing. with wolr ti i I'nv. cuiMf given
or eigtii mote. It Is wot denftti, > ,
HnrntOjrn High Bock Hprhig Water- for
.Ir hr fit' drnirir'-'r. mhS' eedAw
MARL
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A FEW HUNDRED SACKS
OF MARL,
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of LIME
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| U post. g*. and we will mail you /re«, s
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orly, or ah the time All of both sei> s, of al)
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uarned every eve* Ing. That all who want work
may test the buflness. we ruake this unparalle ed
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«end $1 to pay lor the trouble of writing ns.
Kull particulars, directions, etc,, sent free,
Im mouse pay absolutely nreforaU who start at
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Asthma.
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*>est remedy ever opmpor )Jed for the cure 0!
bat dlstressiUH malady /rise 81 and $2 per
bottle. Ask your druggist for It. Send 2-csm
stamp for treatise to
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krb, Hamilton, o.
pa'e bv J. R Kanf’, *tlnnti», Oa
DR. J. M.
DENTIST.
St. Clair St., Columbus, (la.
Kheumatlim, Gout and Neuralgia.
It is HOlentiUcally entiled that rbeuma*
tlem. gout and nurolgla cannot be cure*'
by rubbing with oils, ointments, llnl
ruente, lotions, etc.; for the reason that
these dleeaeee are caused by uric add in
the blood. The only preparation which
uniformly expels this acid Is Parker's
Tonic. Subdues pain at once. Tt j It.
wedAnun.
MALE AND Wale academy.
CUSSETA, GEORGIA.
The wo>k of this Hcnoo! will begin again
JANUARY 5, 1885(flrst Woodsy).
lultlon St 80, aS BO and S3.SO,
According to grade. Bontfi n<*ver more
Than SS. Per Month.
MUSIC S 3. PEK MONTH,
LOCATION HULTBtBL.
W.E. MURPHEY,
Janlwlt-emlwS Principal.