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VOL. X.
QUIET AT THE CAPITAL.
MR. PENDLETON DOES NOT WANT TC
BE UNDER-SECRETARY.
Five Hundred DismiNsal Blanks—Thomp
son Out of the Race —Postmaster Pear
eon —Few Changes— Another ('rank.
Red Cloud Talks—Notes.
Washington. March 17. -There is but lit
tie doing in the department?. The most
omlnious incident at the treasury was the
ordering of live hundred dismissal blanks by
appointment clerk of the treasury, indi
cating that there were to be a numbar of
changes in that branch of the service during
the week. It was a quiet day at the white
house, as nnt many of the politicians called
during the day, and the afternoon reception
blocked everything else. Nothing has vet
been said to the president concerning the
collectorship at New York, and as a matter
of fact there is not a single name now before
him in connection with this place. There it
considerable strife as to the succession at the
postoffices at Elmira, Geneva and Palmyra,
N. Y., where the commissions of the incum
bents will shortly expire. Numerous peti
tions have been presented, and the congress
men of the -list nets in which these offices are
situated have been untiring in their efforts to
induce the president to loot at matters, ft
is likely that all the applicants will be put
©ut of misery early next week, or as soon as
the present commissions expire.
But one name has been presented to the
president for the New York postoffice—that
of Postmaster Pearson—and the petition of
the New York publishers in his behalf is re
ceived at the white h< It is now on the
president s table for rrierence, but there is
an impression that he will not reappoint Mr.
Pearson. Indeed, it is whispered here among
knowing New Yorkers that when anol her
name is printed it will be nont other than
Senator James Daly, the member from the
Seventh district. Inspector Sharpe, chief of
the inspector's division in the postoffice de
partment, tendered Ms resignation, but Mr.
Vilas did nut wish to accept it. Mr. Sharpe
said he had made arrangements to go into
business, and would have to insist upon his
resignation. He consented to remain, how
ever, until the Ist of May.
The friends of Phil Thompson practically
give up his chances fur the internal revenue
oommissionership. They are talking of press
ing him for the post of railroad commis
sioner Ln the interior department. Dr. Miller,
of West Virginia, appears to be the coming
man for the internal revenue bureau. A.
B. Dickerson, of New York, says he would
not take the post of chief clerk of the treas
ary. He expects something t tter. Warren
S. Young was dropped from the white hou>«
force to-day, but will probably be given a
place in the departments. His place will be
ftaed by James C. Saunders, of Arkansas,
who was employed as a clerk by the national
democratic committee during the last cam
paign.
Mr. Bayard is having trouble in filling the
post of assistant secretary, because be wants
to secure a better man than would consent to
accept the position. He asked ex-Senator
Pendleton to accept, but he has tW lined as a
matter of course. Mr. Pendleton lias re
Delved a very strong indorsement from the
democratic senators for the English mission.
Mr. Fairchild will begin active work at the
treasury next Monday. Illinois has two can
didates for the agricultural department—ex
Congressmen Singleton and Stevenson.
The-first cut in the force in the treasury
and the of more have made a panic
in that, department In the other uptown
departments the forces are much smaller,
ind are engaged upon work that would pre
vent any reduction of consequence. An ex
seption to the size of the clerical force should
be made in the adjutant-ge.neral’B office, but
It is generally recognized that eviry clerk is
aoeded to keep up the record business for the
pension office. In the war department there
ire only sixteen offices which can l>e filled
for party reasons. These consist mostly of
ihe chief clerk of the department and the
jhief clerks of the different bureaus. The
heads of the bureaus are all army officers, ap
pointed for an indefinite p» riod, and if re
moved could be succeeded only by army
officers.
In the navy department there is a very
rimilar condition of affairs, excepting that,
she bureau heads, who are naval officers, are
appointed for a period of four years. In the
date department everything is quiet, and
tear has been banished by the reassuring
words <>f Sec rotary Bayard that nunovals
would result only for good and sufficient rea
•ons. It is thought that the Dew secretary of
date will content himself for the present
with the appointment of a first assistant sec
retary to succeed Mr. John Davis and in
looking after the foreign missions tn which
there are to be changes. In the department
if justice the attorney general has followed
Secretary Bayard’s example and reassured
die clerks under him. Some changes in the
more important offices of this department are,
however, anticipated.
Senate.
Washington, March 17.-e Mr. fllair sub
mitted a resolution proposing the contmna
tion o‘ the time in which the committee on
Mluca Jon and labor may complete the inves
tigation of differences which exist between
capital and labor. Laid oyer.
Mr. Dolph submitted a resolution authoriz
ing the committee of coast defenses to employ
1 clerk. Laid over.
Mr. VanWyck’s resolution calling upon the
lecretary of the interior for information re
specting the issuance of land patents to “back
bone” railroads, and to inquire whether there
was undue haste in executing said patents,
was taken.up.
Mr. Eustis spoke in opposition to the grant
ing of the patents. He opjiosed the issuance
because of the poor settlers to be disturbed on
their present homesteads. He denied the le
gality of title to the land. He briefly reviewed
the history read and stated that in future the
administration would be in full sympathy
with the poor people and protect them from
the rapacity of rich railroad corporations.
[Applause in the galleries.]
Washington Notes.
Washington, March 17.—A man giving
his name as W infield Scott Hancock was ar
raigned in the police court and was commit
to the workhouse for three months as a sus
picious character. He says he walked from
North Carolina to Washington for the pur
pose of showing the president a patent he
had invented to run the government. He as
serts that he was elected president on the
union ticket, but was kept out of office.
Red Cloud, the Indian chief from the Pine
Ridge agency, and Todd Randall, an inter
preter, are now in Washington. Red Cloud
said to a rep >rter: *1 was sent here by a
council of my people to tell the great father
what they want. They asked me to come
and I came m a great hurry, because the
business is urgent. The letter of Agent Mc-
Giilycuddy about me published in the papers
is not true. I speak from mv heart. ”
The president has sent to the senate
the nomination of Joseph S. Miller of West
Virginia as commissioner.of internal revenue *
Passing clouds interfered somewhat with
the observations of the annual eclipse of the
sun. Expulsive preparations were perfected
at the naval observatory for the purpose.
Fortunately the sky was dear at thu time of
the contact, and this was accurately noted.
Photographs were taken at the various stages
of the eclijee by special apparatus for thu
occasion.
1 leu. Hazen was upon the witness stand be
fore the court martial, and said it had l>een
published all over the world that, he was at
fault for not rescuing the Greely party. He
merely tried in his communication to show
hat he was not at fault aud had done all in
h;s power to save Greely and his men. Sec
retary Lincoln in his annual nqxirt con
firmed the opinion of the public that the wit
ness was responsible for the failure to rescue
Greely. It made him appear neglectful and
inefficient Neither was true. He l>elieved
that Secretary Lincoln had been misled into
making the statements about him in his an
nual report, which brought out witness<is'
•riticisms about the secretary. The wit
nesses’ intentions in criticisie the secretary
of war was not to assail the secretary person
ally, but to assail the facts stated by that
officer on authority as secretary of war.
Gen. Hazen reiterated his belief that on the
return of the escort ship to St. Johns on Sep
tember 13, 1883, there was still time to semi
relief to Greely that fall.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Passenger Train in Texas (<<>e| Through a
Bridge with Fatal Ke-» Its.
Dallas, Tax., March 17.—A seriousacci- j
dent occurred on the Texas and Pacific mil- |
road, at Village Creek, between Dallas and I
Fort Worth. The through express train I
from San Francisco to St. Louis was wreck- ;
ed. The engine, the baggage aud the express
•ar went through the bridge and were badly !
smashed up. The fireman. J. G. Hobeck, J
was killed outright. Engineer Ibwho was '
fatally injured, A W. Adlett, a postal clerk, ;
was seriously burned, ami S. A. Stewart,
postal clerk, was injured internally, and
thigh believed to be fractured. Woodruff,
the baggage master, and Bogan, express
messenger, were also seriously injured. It
willwc.juire from two to three days <o clear
away the wreck and repair the bri<lg»». The
train was run back to I ? ort Worth and then
made the circuit to Dallas over the Missouri
Pacific via Deutin, arriving fibre eight hours
late.
The cause of the accident is attributed to
the miserable work done on the bridge about,
ten days ago, when it became ne<*<‘ssary to
repair it, and also to the fact that since the
-trike began no section men have becti em
ployed to walk the track anti give notice of
longer. As soon as the accident becamft
mown.a large force of strikers from Mar ■
hall, Dallas and other points volunteered I
tludr services, manned the wrecking train, J
;nd are now fixing up the bridg > and track, i
no action of the strikers is highly com- I
mended. The body of the fireman has not
been found, and is supposed to be sunk in t
t welve l feet of water. I
TARRED AND FEATHERED.
Outraged Southern Honor Avenged by a
I’itrty of Senaitive <>uug Men.
New Orleans, March 17.—E. F. Will
man, a drummer for H, Strauss & Co.,
sale millinery, of St. Louis, met with an un
expected reception at the hands of th« young
mtn of Shreveport. He was treated to a coat
us tar and feathers and allowed to <lcpart
with the present next morning, after remain
ing at the Junction all night.
The cause of this pro -ee f'ng was hat some
vears ago Willman was intrtwim ed through
’ riends into aociety, and received the great
st courtesy on the part of the young people
whenever he visited the city. About a year
igo he came again and registered at the City
hotel with a woman as his wife. The same
•ottrtosies w arc extended him as before, but
-.hortly after he left the woman who had
been treated as his wife as courteously as
himself, was found to be a woman of bail '
character.
William arrived ot Shreveport and called
upon several young men he had imposed *
upon, who met him as if nothing had happen- •
ed. He was invited to accompany them to a >
[>arty in the suburbs of the city. He readily |
consented and the gay party drove up to the
cattle p ns, where sufficient tar and feathers
were in readiness to transform into a bird. I
William acknowledged his guilt and boggfid '
for mercy, but there wen* some present who I
had leaimed he played the same trick at other
places and he was accordingly tarred ami I
.eatbennl. He wanted to borrow a pistol to I
blow his brains out, rather than suffer the
indignity, but was not accommodated.
IN CANADA.
Brojret for au International Park at
Niagara f/allw in Danger.
Toro.*’to, Ont., March 17,—The railway
committee of the Ontario government has
passed the Niagara Falls railway company’s ‘
bill This scheme, which will enable the •
< ompany to build a railroad from Suspt nsion |
bi idge to Queenstown, under the brow of the
river bank, if carried out. will probably de
stroy all hqpes of Loni Dufferin’s interna- I
tional park project being consummat/*!. The i
proposal met with considerable opjx*iition in i
the legislator'' here by. members who thought !
that before the r barter was granted to the {
company as pnqxjsed, the government should j
say whether they had abandoned the idea of
helping the state of New York to preserve •
the beauties of the Niagara Falls scenery. (
A bill to incorporate a company of Cana
<lians to co-ofierate with Americans by
creating a park on the Canadian side failed
to pass the Ontario legislature. The effect of
the present railway bill here will, it is said,
very likely impair the passage of the park
bill now l>eing considered at Albany, as, of
course, there is no use attempting to restore |
and protect the scenery without a unity of i
action on both sides of the river. The town
council of Niagara Falls has petitioned the i
Ontario government to suspend all legisla •
tiou affec ting that district until it is seen
what the legislature <*f New York intends to
do in reference to the establishment of a
pnrk on the American side.
DISASTROUS WIND STORM.
Thousand* of Dollar’s Worth of Property
Destroyed in West Virginia.
Wheeling, W. Va., March 17.—A tre
mendous storm of wind has visited Grant
county. Whole forests were uprooted. The
damage to stock and property reaches many
thousand dollars. Many cattle killed.
No loss of human life is rejx)rted, though
several people were injured.
Assaulted in a Church.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 17.—William Will- I
iams. a Welshman, entered the Arch Street >
Methodist Episcopal church ib Allegheny . 1
City during the services and assaulted his <
wife, who is a member of the congregation. 1
Williams struck several times before anyone . I
could interfere and then ran out pursued by
a number of jjersons. He was captured after 1
a long chase and taken the Central station. 1 I
He was sober and refused to give any ex- i
planation for the assault. The episode caused |
great excitement and almost a panic among
the members of the congregation. I |
Barroom Brawl.
Omaha, Neb., March 17.—Last evening.'
Tom Ballard, runner for the St. James hotel j
<hot and killed Henry Vospotin, barkeeper 1
I for the same house, in a barroom quarreL ,
COLUMBLTs, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18. 1885.
EUROPEAN AFI'4JBB.
M. LASSAR, RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT, IG
NORES THE WAR QUESTION.
Fighting on the Afghan Frontier—Only
Rumor* Regarding the Fall of Kassala
ami the Massacred (.arrisou —Gen-
eral Foreign Notes.
London, March 17.—M. Lassar, the Rus
sian diplomat, an interview with whom was
published m America a few days ago, was
asked as to the intentions of Russia in the
matter of twcupving Afghan territory. He
said tliat Rus. a had do designs . ion Herat
beyond her own legit dnato sphere ot' uj>era
tions. He ignored the question, “Does Rus
sia wish war,” but admitted that his govern
ment was massing tnxijis on the Afghan
frontier. This, of course, she had a perfettt
right to do as long as foreign h*rritory was not
invaded. He denied that he had been in
trusted with a special mission to Lindon, and
said that his visit, while it was of course,
official, had no connection with the Afghan
istan dispute.
Nut Guilty.
Alexandria, March 17.—A son of Zebehr
I Pascha, who was arrested charged witli con
i spiracies with the mahdi, was taken into cus
i toiy upon suspicion of being implicated in
I the treasonable intrigues of his father. His
1 house was searched, but uotkiug criminating
; was found.
Russia Fights.
; Calcutta, March 17.—There are reports
’ here of an actual collission between Russians
; and Afghans. The government is very reti
cent ate) at frontier news.
Rumors Denied.
Suakim, March 17.—1 iis thought here that
the shiry of the fall of is without
foundation Further advices are expected
soon.
I’re mat ure Publications.
T/oNDON. March 17. —-The papers are pub
lis .! s ■ d editions n-porliuc th * fall of
Kass.iia’ and the massacre of tb<* garrison,
but on the strength of a private dispatch
they are silent on the subject this morning.
F rance and < hina.
London, March 17. —A Hong Kong dis
! patch slate ’ that the parley it ig lietween
Franco and (’Dina at 'Picnt in continues,
■ and Japan is pressing China to withdraw
: from Corea.
Wants to Come Home.
PARIS, March 17.—M. Lemaire, French
i resident .d. Hue, has a < %ed permission of the
i government to return to France. By the
I i i-rns of M. Lxun/ure’s appoint m int hr \ as
| pla<*ed in supreme administrative control of
' French affairs in Amiam and Tonquin
Ceii Briere De IJ Isle having been given full
military and civil jiowers on Tonquin, dif
ferences have arisen between him and M.
lx*mairc. which have led the latter to request
his recall.
Drought in Tnfltft.
London, March 17. —Advices from Calcut
ta rorxjrt the tea and indigo districts in Indiß
suffering severely from drought.
Pahis, March 17.- Lafmnce nnnoun ■ s
that Freierc k William, crown prince of
Germany, vi-wts Paris m April.
JxiNDON, March 17. The oil mills at Hull,
burned. Ixiss five hundred thousand dollar®.
N otes.
The Paris Gculois says the Chines govern
in' nt has asked the initiation of .he ( nited
i States with France, but I hat President Ulc-ve
i land is notdisjxised to intervene.
Friends oi James Stephens, ex Fenian
leader, ret eni.lv expelled from France with
' other ex-Fenians, are endeavoring tu induce
I the government to permit him to resume ns
I residence in Fails.
The Italian government, having oxpr w>d
a desire for the purchase of land al.. >u lor
the erection of a military hospital, England
has placed her own hospital at Sue*.« n; irely
at the disposal of Italy.
The committee of the Austrian roichsrath
having charge of the socialist bill, decided,
with the concurrence us the government, tc
discontinue the discussion of the m<*asure foi
the remainder of the session, and to draft a
special bill, providing for the trial of An
archisti; without jury, which will I>e submit
ted to the full parliament.
IN GREAT DISTRESS.
Organization Furinttd to Forcibly Divide
Wluit Food Remains.
Wiibeling, W. Va., March 17.—Reports
of destitution in the interior counties con
tinue to reach this city. The Legislature
adjourned without idßording the asked for re
lief.
In CJalhoun and Gilmer counties petitions
praying the governor to ext<*nd aid are in
circulation and Largely signed.
In Jackson county there is much distress,
and near Stool’s mills an organization lias
been formed to forcibly Compel a division of
the foo<l remaining in the neighborhood to
preserve the life of man and beast.
Lynchburg, Va., March 17.—Reports
from the principal wheat growing counties
in the state show the acreage to small, and
htu> been, to a large extent, frozen out of the
ground ami greatly damage<L
FOR PLAYING DOMINOES.
Consternation Among tlae Inhabitants oi
a West Virginia Town.
St. Mary’s, VV. Va., March 17.—The re
port of the grand jury of Plesants county is
just made public. The indictments numbei ,
over 10(X
The excitement caused by the announce- ‘
ment is intense, not at the number, but be
cause of ihe people indicted and their al
leged infraction of law. Among ihe number
are some of the best known business aud
professional men of the town, including a
physician and a minister. Two or three
married ladies and one young lady are on the
list. The offense charged is playiug dominoes
in nubile.
LABOR NOTES.
Chicago, March 17.—Dispatches received
by Wabash officials state that peace has been
restored aud trains are moving on all of the
Gould lines. Nearly all the strikers have
returned to work, and there is no disposition
to hold out for better terms than those offered
by the railroad managers.
St. Louis, March 17.—The conference re
sulted in an order restoring the wages paid
last .September, whtoh practically settles the
(trike. Traffic is being resumed at all
points.
Fall River, Mass., March 17At a con
ference of delegates from the spinners’ union,
held in New Bedford, preliminary steps were
taken toward the formation of a national
spinners’ union, to embrace all male spinners
in th • United States. The scheme embraces
the pubKcation of a trade paper devoted to
the interest of male suhmers-
I MEXICAN MELANGE. I
RICH COAL VEINS DISCOVERED IN THE i
LA! DOF MONTEZUMA
Opening up Old Mines that Have been Idl<
for Centuries- A Drcani of Thirty Yearn
Realized—Mexican Murderer* - Fa
tal Duel —Money.
City of Mexico, March 17. -The author- i
ativu anuounueinont. of the discovery of coal j
in the very heart of M< xico creates th» ,
liveliest interest wherever it is known. Thil ‘
information romes from Jimulco, a small’
st ation on tho Mexican Central railroad, S(K :
miles south from Paso-Del-Norte, and (ssh ; |
■ miles north of this city. The coal is declared I
| to lie of a superior grade bituminous ui,
quality, and somewhat brittle.
The vast importance of this discovery tc ,
the mining industry of Mexico can scarcely ,
bo estimated. It brings thousands ot ’
low grade mining claims within the!
paying limits, rendering their ores ’
of great value. W ith the use of ,
* eoa.l their elnims amd mines are without pres- J
ent value by reason of the high price, and tlie |
! scarcity of fuel. The entire mining industry I
of Mexico must undergo a revolutiouthrough ,
the introduction of <*oal. For thirty years
past the dream of thousands of prospeetort
tramping the mountains aud valleys of Mox I
ico has been coal, but this is the first discov- ;
ery of a working vein.
Mexican Murderers.
1 Chuerictaro, Mew, March 17 —Bandits
are harrying ihe ranches m this state. Senor
Alfreda Romero was riding in a horse car tc •
Tacubaya, when the car was entered by two
men armed with daggers, who robbed
‘ Romero of his watch, murdered him in the t
• presence of the driver, mid then quietly
cleared out. Sunday a week ago a woman >
was abducted from her house in the city, ;
carried to the subtrbs and murdered. ;
. Not a day passes without half a dozen knife |
’ fights in t lie streets, mid foot-pads are con-'
stantly on the alert to attack the weary and
i unguarded pedc: nans at night.
Fatal Duel.
Pueblo, Mpx., March 17.—A journalist
and a physician well known in Mexican so- ;
ciety had a duel with swords. The news-1
I paper man fatally wound;- i his antagonist, '
! but himself escaped unhurt.
Buried Treasures.
Pachrtca, M'-k., March 17 Miguel Pion- i
cart<*, while d.gging a ditch on the Jacona
Hacienda came across a box containing
SG,S(K) in continental money made in the timu .
oi the Viceroys.
lllinoia Srnah.i slnp.
Chicago, March 11.—“1 st and just as good
chances of being elocte 1 senator as over,’ ■
said the Hon. W. R. Morrison at the Palmer
house, in reply to a question concerning thu
probable outcome of the senatorial fight at
Springfield. “1 have always believed, and
i still entertain th«* belief, that 1 shall be
elected senator when the demo rats get ready
; I.Q vote for me. Just when that selection will
I be made lam unable to guess. The demo-
I crate are slow, bubtheu 1 am itHiuhurry, and
; can afford to wait.” Mr. Morrison intimated
that he would receive the votes of all the
democratic momliers of the legislature and
’ included Senator Streeter in the list on the
groun’d that Street er’s election was accom
plished by the support of the democrat s. He
: refused to say there was any reason to bo
“ lievo I hat an election would be effected the
present week although he admitted tliat he
bail heal'd that VVodnesday had lieen set
’ apart as the day on which a senator would be
elected. His visit to Chicago is lielieved to
txi for the purpose of securing the support of
Mulhearn, a Cook county memlxT, who has
refused to vote for Mr. Morrison, because of
his revenue reform tendencies Mr. Morrison
was visited by many of the local democrat ic
, politicians at the Palmar, but it is not known
i whi*' her he secured the proper in line nee to
j whip Mulhearn into the traces. Mr. Morri
' son will return to Springfield.
Boston’s Brute.
New York, March 17.—A dispatch from
i Boston says: “John L. Hullivan Las left this
cit y fur Philadelphia in charge of his trainer
1 Pat sey Sheppard. He is in a fair condition
although ms Sheppard puts it he has exceeded
his allowance of ale the past day or two.
While away from this city the champion
I will be practically a prisoner in the custody
;of his trainer. If Sullivan disobays any of
i his trainer’s orders, Sheppard says he will
I throw up the job. Sullivan says he hoj>es
j Ryan will really agree to meet hitnsome-
J wnerc. Whether Paddy Ryan means to
, : fight anybody grows more and more unecr
‘ tain. He telegraphed on Saturday that he
thought the fight with Burke was off and that
he wanted to meet Sullivan in May. A dis
patch received from Chicago, says:
1 ‘Paddy Ryan says he will tight Jack
i Burke with hard gloves, to a finish fur $2,500
j either at Butt-: City, Mont., or at New Or
leans.’ The Boston police say that in conse
, quent eof another barroom row at which
i Sullivan was present on Saturday there will
’ ' probably be a criminal complaint against
’ him Wie nhe returns. A young colored man
alleges that the champion kicked him for re
tusmg to sing and dunce before him.”
, • Wheat Crop Report.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 17.—S. W. Tall-
I rmadge is in receipt of late information in re
! : lution to the area, condition and present out
look of the winter wheat crop. Thu. reports
shows the average to be largely decrravsl as
compared with last year. The condition is
very unfJvomble and the pr< spocts lor a fair
1 ' yield most unpromising. The reports are from
{ the states of Ohio, California, New York, In
’ diana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, Michi
gan, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, Tennes-
I see, North Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia
I and South Carolina. A decrease i average of
' from five to thirty j>er cent, is retried, ag
' gregating in the states named 3,910,0CX) acres.
; This shortage, at the average yield of last
! year (thirteen bushels), willshow a falling off
!of 50,800,(MX) bushels. Add to this the re
i ported damage by winter killing and other
causes, which will average at least fifteen
[x*r eent., these states producing last year
i ■ 340,0'10,000 bushels, will show a further fall
ing off’ of 51,000,000 bushels, making, from
present indications, a total shortage in the
yield of these seventeen states of 101,800,000.
Chinese in Church.
New York, March 17.—Chinese from
every part of the city filled the pews of
1 millionaires in Dr. Hall’s church on Fifth
! avenue, ft was a union service of the Chi
nese Sunday school union. Fully 300 ('hi
nese were present. Chu Seung read in Eng
lish a chapter from Isaiah, and Sawn Long
Bo made a long prayer, in which he im
plored that so long as Chinamen respected
the laws of this country they might be per
mitted to come here as well as o her people.
Alter the prayer Sauin L< ng Bo raised be
fore the pulpit a big white cotton l>anner on
which appeared in Chinese diaracters a
hymn, and the Chinamen all arose and sang
it lustily. Nam Au Yang, a lad of twelve
year*, a son of the Chinese consul, reads
short passage of scripture.
PROBABLE MURDER.
Manr’ed Reniain** Found on a Railway
track Indications of Foul Play.
Lexington, fnd., March 15.—A young
man named < inrles 8. McFadden, residing
near Depnt.. (ation on the Ohio and Mis
sissipi run I. i *\elve miles above here, came
to this place Saturday for the puiqtose of
paying Lis respects to . a young lady
named Miss Serena Pounds, who resides
about two miles and a half southeast of
town. He r> it lined in town all afternoon,
and took a few drinks, although not enough
to cause him to become drunk. About 5
o’clock h * w<*’) >.‘ l his way out the railroad
track in th dir <*vtion of Miss Pounds’resi
dence, but u.»» brought back by a friend,
who feared he might possibly meet with an
accident, as his hearing was slightly affected.
In about thirt v or forty minutes he again I
left by the same route, and was thought of no
longer.
As train No. 71, a through freight, Con
ductor libito i in charge, was leaving town,
Thus. Marbury, engineer, diseoveretl a man
lying by the side of the track. Ho imme
diately stopped the train, and, with the as
sistance of the train men, gatherei up the
nidi us and placed them in a heap, aud in
formed the operator here.
It is thought that the Cincinnati train ran
over him, as his watch ceased running at
seven minutes of 7 o’clock. He hail
considerable money with him, and when
found it was missing. He was a dealer in
horses, and was known at times to have large
sums with him.
While searching around one of the party
discovered a $lO bill on the side of the bank,
and from there tracks of large-footed man
were traced over to the adjoiiig field; the
track t hen went down the fence quite a dis
tance, eruased the railroad track again, aud
went tu the edge of the creek, and then it was
lost. It seems very probable he has been
murdered, and our officers are of the' same
opinion. The inquest is now ij\ progress.
THIRSTY KANSANS.
The New Teinperanee Law Goes Into I£f
feet - Di’eary Prospect.
Atchison, Kas., March 17.—Since the
passage of the temperance bill by the legis
lature the liquor trade has been divided as to
what it should do. Some dealers have gone
out of business, and others are defiant, pre
ferring to make resistance. The matter cul
minated when County Attorney W. D. Gil
bert gave notice that all saloons or whole
salers of liquor doing business on and after
Monday, March 23, would be prosecuted un
dur the law.
It is considered that this will settle the
matter. E. M. Mosserman, general manager
i the Pacific express company, has isshed a
circular letter to all of his agents, calling !
their attent ion to Sections 2 and 17 of the ,
temperance bill, which says that any officer, j
H." ut or employe of a railroad, express com- |
pany, or other common carrier, who shall i
know ingly deliver any intoxicating liquor to
or for any person, shall b ■ found guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction be fined not
less Ilian £IOO nor more than SS(M), and be im
prisoned in the county jail not over sixty
lays nor Jess than thirty days. This has re
sulted m the stoppage of liquor shipments.
SmxTinteii'i -nt J. McConniff, of the Bur
lington and Missouri river railroad, has is
sued a similar order to his agents.
Wyandotte, Kun., Marce 14.—The saloon
men bf this city are aMospondent-lookingset
The ironclad, copper-plated, double-ribbed
prohibition law passed by the recent session
of the legislature goes into effect. The sa
loon - k<: pers ure unanimous in saying that
they will not attempt to violate it, as they
have all previous ones. Wyandotte, which
is very near the Missouri line, will not be af
fected to any great ex tent, but the inhabi
tants oi the interior have been busy laying
up a stock of the ardent for dreary days to
come.
A FOOL IN A DRUG STORE.
Found Mixing Dangerous Explosives on •
Dynamiter's Kogu* I’rvaeription.
TitusviLiJC, Pa., March 17.—Great ex
citement was occasioned here by an effort of
some would-be dynamiter to blow up the
drug store axl joining the oil exchange. Dur
ing the absence of the proprietor a man ap
parently thirty-five years of age, medium
height, with full dark beard, stepped in and
asked the boy clerk if he would put up the
following prescription, which he handed
him:
“fcjaarh alba, 1 drachm; potassa perman
ganate, 4 drachms; glycerine, 4 ounces; mix
rn. siq. Apply externally.” (Signed) Dr.
Rankin.
Thu clerk started back to execute the or
der, when the stranger stated he would re- !
turn for the prescription in ten minutes, and |
went out 'J’he clerk had got the saach alba '
and glycerine together in his mortar when
the proprietor returned, picked up the pre
scription and hastily glanced over the prop
erties to l>e used. Seeing the words |>otassa
permanganate and glycerine made his hair
stand on end, as Ihe two mixed are violent
explosives. He dropped the prescription
os though it were dynamite* Calling to the
clerk to stop filling it he began an investiga
tion. Tlie stranger, however, did not call
again and has not been seen since. The mat
ter has been placed in the hands of the au
thorities. No cause is assigned for the act,
us the drug store has lately changed hands.
It is thought that it was the intention of the
perpetrators to blow up the oil exchange
building. The Dr. “Rankin,” whose name
was attached to the prescription, is not known
hereal>outs.
oifl v» ar < laim.
Americus, Ga., March 17.—The great
grandfather of A. A. Willett, a citizen of
this place, was a prosperous merchant in
Baltimore during the war of 1812. He had
two valuable merchant vessels, valued at
over s2ffo.boo, which were impressed by the
federal government, and for which ho never
received any renumeration owing to the loss
of the necessary papers. Mr. Willett has
just received a letter from R. 1. Merrick, of
Washington, telling him that tl)<* long miss
ing jMtpers have been found in the files of the
navy department, and that not only is he se
cure in his claim for the $200,000, but that he
can. collect seventy-two years interest in ad
dition.
PoiMoned With Arsenic.
Shelbyville, Ind., March 17.—Ten days
ago John Rehn of Columbus, this state, died ■
■suddenly, aud before expiring accused Olie ,
Rogers, a domestic, of having poisoned him.
She immediately disappeared and nothing
was heard of her until she appeared at the
jail in this place surrendering herself to the
iheriir. She acknowledges having purchased
i package of areenie, but claims that she
ought it for Rehn to kill rate with.
Died in a Borne-Car.
New York, March 1 i.—Vvilliam P. Sniffen,
who for a number of years jMLst has been em
ployed as a messenger in the office of the cus
todian of the postoffice building, dropped
dead in a Third avenue car this morning
while on his way to work. The cause of hui
death is attributed to heart disease.
Body of ihiner Harry V incuuss was tounfl
in a well near Canton, 0., aud his wife and
Joseph F isher are suspected of his murder.
Samuel J. Tilden has resigned his director
ship in three <ock companies, from which it
: is said he does not expect to live much
' longer.
| • THE CONDENSER.
Freali, Pithy, News Items Boiled Down for
the Hurried Reader.
Xenia, 0., orphans* home will lie investiga
ted for cruelty.
Gov. Hoadh . of Ohio, says he is not a can- j
didate for re eleetioii.
Fort Wayne, Ind , Teutons are rehearsing
their Juue saunter fast.
Columbus, Ind., has a bantam rooster and
a kitten which are lev < rs.
Gen. McClellan will deliver the address un
Dec oration day at Antietuin.
Durbin Ward thinks the west has nut been
projierly recognized in the cabinet.
Nellie Grant Sartoris has embarked from
England for her dying father’s bedside.
M’s. Hendricks visits the poor at Washing
ton, and has no sympathy with office seekers.
Aurora, Ind , has given seventy-five young
men in the last month to Kansas and the
groat west.
Thomas J. MacElrath is the choice for
legislative honors of Carroll county, Ky.,
democrats.
Niue policemen have been discharged in
Louisville, Ky., for having “warming up”
places od their lieate.
Btaudard Oil company is said to hav€
bribed the book keeper of a rival thin to re
veal his employers’ business.
Secretary Bayard favors ex-Senator Pen
dleton for nssihiaut secretary of state, but
then Pendleton won’t have it.
Vice President Hendricks likes to kiss the
pretty girls. In this respect he may Lie called
the mouthpiece of the administration.
Joseph May, mayor of Celina, 4)., is miss
ing since the kkl iusL., when he started foi
Washington. A sensation is expected.
Secretary Garland would make a good
“condenser” on a newspaper. He used only
. twenty words in his resignation as senator.
Carnsie has the respect oi botn parties in
the national house for the tairness and cor
rectness oi ids rulings, and lor uniform gen
tieinanlines-.
A double-barreled shot-gun at Louisville
diove a brace of burglai’s from the residence
of Wiu. Winchester. Blood spots show that
one was wounded.
Divorce suit of Robert P. against Lucinda
Gray for desertion paralyzes Connersville,
Ind., since they have lived together twenty
six years and raised a creditable family.
An unknown neighbor's malice has found
vent in the fatal poisoning of three valuable
cows b dunging to John Sprague, near
Batavia, O. Ills $1,8(X) barn was fired last
week.
Dr. T. H. Bingham, of Linndale, 0., on
trial for passing counterfeit nickels, told a
sad story of a starving wife and baby. There
was not a dry eye in ihe room when he con
( eluded.
j Secretary Lamar and Attorney General
i Garland have ordered the sale of the car
| riages and carriage horses used in then’ de
partments.
The reception of Mrs. Blaine and her
son aud daughter by’ Miss Cleveland at the
white house on Saturday was very cordial,
in fact was the incident of the afternoon.
Gun. Grant is said to view the progress of
his disease with indifference, facing death
now with the same stolidity ho did on the
battle field twenty years ago. His attitude
on religious matters is saiu to be one of uu
coimeriL
President Cleveland came in from a drive
the other day just as the white house en
trance was blocked with callers tor Miss
(Cleveland’s reception. Hu was jostled and
elbowe(| about, and when the doorkeeper
recognized him and made way for him be
fore his turn many less fortunate persona
who did not know him expressed loud indig
nation.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latent Quotations oi the Stock, Uruduce
aud < attic Markets.
Nbw York. March Hi.-Money, 2 per cent.
Exchange dull and lower at i.sy 2 (^4.H6, l 2- Gov
ernmenis firm.
Alt. & Terre Haute 24 :i 4 Morris & Essex .. 12(B- 2
Bur. & Quincy. • Missouri Pacific .
Omada Pacinc . .. iL’za N. Y. 4 Ene 18
Canada Southern 31 N. Y. Central sy‘. M
Central i’acillc.... Northwestern
Chicago & Alton .133 Pacific Mail tißa
c., C., C. & I 35 Rock JalandHtt'i
Del. & Hudson .... St. Paul 73* u
Dei. lAck. AW. St. P. AS. C 25' a
Illinois Central ... 125‘ 2 do preferred .... 87
Jersey Central . - •'i'fL Texas A Pacific.... 18
Kansas A Texas. i*‘.i U. Pacific
Shore West. Union OIV4
Louisville A Nash . 31 _■ 3 Naah. A Chott.... 41
General.
Cincinnati. March 16. FLOUB—Fancy, $4.00®
4.50; family,
WHEAT-No. 4 nd, Ss@B9c; No. 3,
I CORN—No. 2 mixed, a c; No. 2 white,
I 46y u c.
RYE - No. 2,67 c.
BARLEY Spring. fall, ,74':teOe.
PORK—Family, regular, $12.35H
©13.60.
BACON--Shoulders, short clear sides,
7.20(g)7.z5c. Lard—Kettle,
CHEESE Prime to choice Ohio, 0$ 10'<c; New
York, 12(£13c; Northwestern, 7ig>Be.
POULTRY hair chickens, $2.53: 90; prime,
$8.26(<4.5:i.5e; ducks. $2.76(g&75;
5.00 per doz.; live turkeys, dresstd. JB®
13^c - . . ,
HAY—No. 1 timothy, No. 2, SIUO
t®12.00; mixed, $lo.oo1.0J; wheat aud rys
straw, $6.00(fl»7.00; oate straw,
Naw York. March 16. WHEAT -N<> I white,
90c; No. 2 red,
CORN Mixed western, s«o'>l futures,
50(0,51c. Oats—Western,
Nsw Orleans, March 16.—SUGAR Refining,
common, 4’ 4 c; inferior, 3(g)4c; choice white,
s%c; off white, 55 H choice yellow,
5 13-tec.
MOLASSES Good fair. 25@32c; prime, Bir/.l Oc;
choice, 44c; centrifugal prime, 25(<j#33c; fair,
28c.
Detroit, March 16.—WHEAT —No. 1 white,
87 2 c; No. 3 red, 75c; Michigan soft red,
87Jjic.
Toijcoo, March 16.—WHEAT—No. 2,79 c; No. 2
soft, 85*4c.
Live stock.
Cincinnati, March te. (lATTLE—-Good to choice
butchers, $4. 00; fair, common,
$2 Stockers and feetiers, $3.75<3>4.50;
yearlings and calves,
HOGS—Selected butchers, $4.80®5.10; fair to
good packing, $1 ,r»K(04.95; fair to good light. $4.50
(ct 4 81; common, $3.>5 a1.45; culls,
SHEEP Common to fair. $2.50(0,3.25; good to
choice, $3.50 #4.50; weathers, Lambs
j - (kmuuon, §3.2> '/4 00: good, sl.
1 Chicago, March 16. HOGS-ICalr to good, $1.35
|(<o.« <; rr ixed packing, choice heavy,
$4.70(0)100.
CATTL’L Exports, good to choice
1 shipping, ss.o(<q)s.'JO; common to fair, $4
1 Stockers and teeders, $:.4004)5.50
1 nociualion <u Tubercle.
i Exchanged
A well-authenticated ease of the inocula
tion of tubercle is given in The Medical
Record of Feb. 14. A healthy girl, a
■' cook, broke a glass and ran a splinter
- into her middle finger. The glass was
I one used by her employer, who at the
> time was dying of phthisis, in which to
i expectorate. A nodule of granular matter
formed and was removed, and eventually
it was found necessary to amputate the
I ' finger and remove the swollen glands ol
I I the elbow and the arm-pit All the parts
! removed showed tubercular degeneiation
and contained bacilli. I bus, whether the
11 bacillus is cause, effect, or neither, it is
i i evident that tubercular poison is comma-
I nicable.
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JANUABV S, 1885(flrut Monday).
1 union SI SO, M.So.nd S3.M,
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