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VOL. VII “NO. 10.
TOPICS OF THE DAT.
The United States Treasury is so
guarded that no successful raid can be
hoped for by bank robbers.
The doctors of Elmira, N. Y., hare
contributed six hundred dollars towards
a skating rink. Very significant.
The Parisians are very fond of the
meat of the mule. It is preferred to
horse flesh, and brings a higher price.
Marriageable maidens in this coun
try are elated over the announcement
of the proposed tax on bachelors in
France.
New Zealand will send to England
this rear about half a million frozen
sheep—frozen, however, after the usual
process of slaughter.
It will cheer the small boy dragging
his reluctant way to school to know
that the peanut crop is a million bushels
ahead of the record.
A sherry wine which the English im
port from Hamburg and think delight
ful, is composed of common alcohol, su
gar, water and table salt.
The latest fancy is to fasten the low
cut corsage of a dress with an exquisite
gold clasp. These are designed in birds,
mice, rabbits and snakes.
Sir Moses Montefiore has witnessed
all the Presidential contests in the his
tory of America, but he was fortunate
enough to be at a distance.
The annual product of sermons in
this country is said to be seven millions.
And yet it is claimed that the Ameri
cans are a restless, sleepless set.
European ba ikers estimate that the
loss to the continent during the past
summer by the cholera scarce exceeds
$25,000,000. Switzerland suffered most
severely.
Church and State have been separated
in Japan, and all sects can choose their
own spiritual head. Caution is given,
however, against fomenting religious
disputes.
'
Joseph 1., of Portugal, had a state
coat with twenty buttons, each a
diamond valued at $20,000, and the
rest of Ba urn amenta being in keeping
with the buttons.
Among one hundred and twenty-five
works of various authors recently pro
hibited in the Russian public libraries
and reading rooms by an imperial de
cree, are books by Agassiz, Huxley,
Lecky, Michelet, Bagehot, Lubbock,
Lyell, Mill, Adam, Smith and Spencer.
M. DeLesseps allows his ten children
to play freely out-doors without wrap
ping of hands, arms and necks. His
neighbors think that he is careless of
their health; but only one of the ten is
drlicate, and he is a twin. The rest
never suffer with colds.
The willow tree at Mount Vernor
which overshadows the tomb of Wash
ington was originally a clipping from a
tree which overt hadows the tomb of
Napoleon at St. Helena. It was brough’
to this country by an enthusiastic ad
nuret of both Bonaparte and the Fathet
of His Country.
I he microscope reveals that there are
more than four thousand muscles in a
caterpillar, and that the eye of a drone
contains a thousand mirrors. There are
spnlers assmall as a grain of sand, and
* e y spin a thread so fine that it would
require four hundred of them to equal
me size of a single hair.
It >s announced that of the four great
countries in which science has made the
greatest strides, America leads, being
o lowed by England, Germany and
rance, it must be admitted, however,
' at while in base-ball pitching America
acknowledges no equal, England is still
ihead in cricket and the great science
of Pugilism.
The secret is out. Dr. Schweninger,
” Munich, he who reduced the bulk of
nnce Bismarck’s figure, is said to have
'eved the success by never allowing
un q a, ' ent to drink while eating, and
ntl two hours afterward permitting
ltn to quench his thirst. M’ith no fluid
Wa sh down the solids, one would
a^e to cat so much; hence,
P rob ably. the advantage.
n 3 HE ' States Mint at Philadel
coins ’’ SUe Tk What are knoWQ “ “Proof
dies 1 are struck from polished
for ' lan< l‘Preßs, and are intended
nrieo a i tS and coin collectors. The
dition.' ’ 8 twent y-five ceuts in ad
the \ f ace va l ue °f each coin in
Onlv « g ° ld coin ’ but silver coins are
va 7 sold in sets. ’
Dalton CVrguo,
INTERNALREVENUE.
Annual Statement of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue.
A Marked Decrease in the Receipts—The
Number of Stills Seized.
Washington, November 9. —The annual
report of Hon. Walter Evans, Commission
er of Internal Revenue, for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1884, has been submitted to
the Secretary of the Treasury. The total
receipts from all sources of internal revenue
taxation for the year were $121,590,039, as
compared with $144,553,844 in the year
1883, $146,523,273 in 1882, and $135,229,912 in
1881. It is estimated $115,000,000 will be
collected the present fiscal year. The pay
ment of tax on a large production of spirits
in 1881 was a material factor in collections
during the past year. The Commissioner
says the falling off anticipated in the present
year will follow from the diminished quan
tity of bourbon and rye whiskies produced
in 1882, on which the tax will mature during
the current fiscal year. Another cause con
tributing to reduction of the receipts will
be the largely increased exportation of
spirits in bond, on which, for various rea
sons, the owners can not pay the tax.
Something like ten millions of gallons has al -
ready been forced abroad during the cur
rent calendar year because of stagnation
in trade and refusal of Congress to extend
the bonded period. A comparative state
ment of receipts for the fiscal year of 1883
and 1884, show a decrease of $16,041,850 from
tobacco, increase of $2,536,610 from spirits,
increase of $1,184,338 from fermented li
quors, and decrease of $10,642,404 from
taxes under repeal laws and penalties,
making the total decrease $22,963,305. The
cost of collection the past year was
$5,100,451 as compared with $5,105,957 in
1883. This includes $58,000 for accounts of
storekeepers and gaugers for the last half
of June, 1884, that were not paid owing to
the appropriation being exhausted, and
for which a deficiency appropriation will
be needed. The total expenses were a little
less than 4 1-5 per cent, of the amount col
lected. The Commissioner says the dimin
ution of gross receipts could not propor
tionately affect the cost of collection, as
nearly the same force had to be
retained. Dining the year 377 stills
were [seized, and 902 persons ar
rested for engaging in illicit dis
tillation. The Commissioner says strong
representations were made in vain to
Congress at its last session against the
policy of reducing the force of revenue
agents below the number of thirty-five,
fixed in the Revised Statutes. Only twen
ty can now be lawfully employed. This
leaves too many avenues for fraud ex
posed, and the Commissioner says he fears
it will result in much injury, as it is diffi
cult for any one man efficiently to do the
work belonging to a revenue agent in a
territory embracing sometimes three or
more States, and never less th »“ jsro,
ON LOFTY HEIGHTS.
Daring Feats Performed by Workmen on
the Washington Monument.
[Washington Letter.]
No day passes while work is in operation
on the shaft that hundreds of opera and
field glasses are not used in eagerly watch
ing the workmen on top, who, even with
the aid of powerful glasses, look scarcely
larger than huge flies crawling
slowly about. As the shaft grows
higher the workmen are obliged to
use greater care. They are not sailors,
and although most of them are, to some
extent, growing accustomed to working at
such a great height, they, unlike the sailor
must work without anything to cling to
for security. A single false step, a single
stumble, a little faintness or dizziness
would be apt to leave nothing that in the
least resembled a human being,whether the
fall was down the shaft or at the ground
outside. As they go higher they grow
more careful, instead of becoming used to
and careless of their danger. For this
reason it is anticipated that each of the
upper courses, which are so much smaller
in horizontal surface, will take as much
time to place in j>osition as those at the
base of the cap. Besides this reason, as the
working space grows smaller fewer men
can be employed on the top. But it will be
finished long before the time fixed upon for
the dedication.
The Plenary Council.
Baltimore, November 9.—The Plenary
Council of the Roman Catholic Church,
which convened in this city to-day, was
one of the grandest and most impressive
events ever witnessed in this city. Fully
ten thousand people were present. Arch
bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, preached
the opening sermon. The procession was
an imposing one. There are 256 members,
and the council will be in session three
weeks.
The Cholera.
Paris, November 9.—lt has transpired
that since June 20 there have been 160 cases
of cholera in Paris, sixty of which were
fatal. A hundred deaths occurred at Ab
bervillier in July, but the disease was
suppressed by energetic measures. The
same energy seems to have been displayed
in suppressing the news. There were six
deaths from the disease to-day in Paris,
and eighteen new cases.
Explosion in a Colliery.
London, November 9. —Fire-damp caused
an explosion in a colliery at Wasmes, in
Belgium, by which twenty persons were
killed. In the explosion to-day, in the
Tredegar Coal and Iron Company’s col
liery, at Hockin, near the town of Trede
gar, fifteen lives were lost.
Memorial Bricks in Churches.
London, November 9.—The last plan for
collecting money for churches is to distrib
ute what are called memorial bricks. One
hundred memorial bricks were lately dis
posed of at a new Wesleyan chapel at a
guinea apiece
DALTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1884.
A ROTTEN ROPt.
One Killed, Another Fatally Ixjnretl, a*>4 a
Third Badly Hurt.
Cincinnati, November B.—This afternoon
Henry J. Cross, Louis Snyder and John
Davin, slate-roofers, were at work on the
new synagogue, corner of Richmond and
Mound streets, and were precipitated froir
the roof of the building to the ground be*
low, a distance of over forty feet, by the
breaking of the ropes of the scaffold on
which they weje standing. A crowd
soon arrived on the scene, and the
unfortunate men were picked up, bleeding
and bruised. Cross was taken to the Hos
pital, but never spoke a word from the
time he reached thereuntil his death, which
occurred an hour after the accident. He
was a widower with four small children.
Louis Snyder, another victim, was also re
moved to the Hospital An examination
being made it was found that both his
arms were fractured, as also his left knee
cap. Besides these, his right thigh was
badly lacerated and the left eye fearfully
cut. Chances of recovery very slight.
John Devin had his left thigh broken, and
was bruised about the head. His condi
tion is not considered dangerous.
The cause of the accident was
a rotten rope, which was un
able to bear the weight of three
men. They had just rigged the scaffold,
having fastened the ropes to the iron hooks (
when suddenly the former broke and let the
men and scaffold go down. The roof on
which they were at work is a slant one for
about fifteen feet from the gutter. The scaf
fold did not go all the way down, but when
it reached the brick chimney on the east
end of the building it was stopped. The
men, however, were thrown all the way to
the ground into the yard adjoining the
church, and Davin and Cross rolled thence
into a hole leading to the cellar. The rope
was not only rotten, but very frail, being
only about three-quarters of an inch in
diameter.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES.
Probable Effect of a Change of Adminis
tration.
Washington, Novembers.—The effect of
a change of Administration on the employes
of the Government is now the most inter
esting question here. According to the re
port of the Civil Service Commission there
are in all about 110,000 persons hold
ing office in the United States,
50,000 of whom are Postmasters,
4,000 are in the Railway Mail Ser
vice, and 4,000 in the Internal Revenue Ser
vice outside of Washington, the rest being
divided among customs and consular ser
vice and officers and clerks of Congress
and of th® Federal Courts. A large pro
portion of the whole, however, are classed
as laborers. Coming within the provisions
of the civil service laws and being protect
ed thereby are three classes, as follows:
5,652 department employes receiving sala
ries from S9OO to SI,BOO per annum. 5,699
Postal employes receiving from SBOO to
SI,BOO per annum, and 2,573 Customs em
ployes receiving from S9OO to SI,BOO per
annum. In the three branches of the clas
sified service, there are, therefore, about
14,000 places that can be filled by com
petitive examination only. This leaves
the large number of 96,000 persons
subject to removal, more than half of whom
are postmasters. In Washington the
changes will not, it is believed, reach 500.
This will include the higher officials,
chiefs, messengers and laborers. In addi
tion to those appointed by the President
and subject to confirmation by the Senate,
whose removal is possible, are the follow
ing: 1. The confidential clerk or Secretary
of any head of department or office. 2.
Cashiers of Collectors. 3. Cashiers of Post
masters. 4. Superintendents of Money
Order Divisions iu Post-offices. 5. The
direct custodians of money of whose fidel
ity another officer is under official bond.
6. Persons employed exclusively in the
secret service of the Government, or as
translators, interpreters or stenographers.
7. Persons whose employment is exclusive
ly professional. 8. The chief clerks, deputy
collectors and superintendents, or chiefs of
divisions or bureaus.
Strengthening the English Navy.
London, November B.—Lord North
brook, First Lord of the Admiralty, has
urged upon the Government the necessity
to the English navy of one hundred first
and one hundred and fifty second-class
torpedo boats. In accordance with Lord
Northbrook’s urgent representations, the
Admiralty Board has ordered the construc
tion of four torpedo cruisers and a number
of torpedo boats, for use at all important
points at home and in the British colonies.
-I
Shoots His Affianced and Hiinselr.
Buffalo, November B.—Frederick Rose
visited the house of Mrs. Louisa Bork, with
whom he was under a marriage engage
ment, and shot Mrs. Bork in the side and
arm. The woman jumped out of a window,
when Rose shot himself in the lung and
head. He will die. Mrs. Bork is danger
ously wounded. The parties are respecta
ble. Jealousy on the part of Rose is the
sole cause.
Farmer Rilled by a Tran.p,
Milwaukee, November B.—John G. At
kins, a prominent farmer of Waukesha
County, was shot and killed by a burglar
ious teamp this evening. The murderer es
caped, and hundreds of armed and deter
mined men are now scouring the country
for him. If captured he will be lynched.
Poisoned by Cheese.
Jackson, Mich., November 9.—A1l the
prisoners in jail here were poisoned by
eating cheese which one of them had pur
chased and divided among his fellows. It
is not yet known what kind of poison the
' cheese contained. Iha lives of all hav«
| been saved.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
The Contest In Donbl Th* Election De
pend* on New York Ntete-Both Sides
Claim Small Pluralities.
November 7.-2 a. m.—The latest news up
to this hour is that all depends in the choice
of President upon 'the State of New York,
and both sides persistently claim the State
by small pluralities. It is believed that the
official returns in full will be required to de
termine the result. The margin is so narrow,
and the result so important, that it Is believed
there will be great and bitter contests.
All that the masses of the people of the
United States want in this matter is fair play,
and all good citizens should depend, for the
peace of the country, upon rigorous respect
for the law, and final submission to the forms
of legality. Below we give the returns, so
far as heard from:
New York. November?.—l a. m.—The World
claims Cleveland will have a plurality in New
York State of over 2,000. The New York Times
claims the plurality will be 1,200 to 1,500. Re
publicans still claim Blaine will have a plu
rality, and the official vote will probably be
required to decide it. The Tribune estimates
that Blaine has a plurality in the State of
1,114 votes. The Timex' returns from all but
two counties show Cleveland has 1,276 plu
rality. The Sun's revised figures from fifty
five of the sixty counties make Cleveland’s
plurality 1,205.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery, Ala., November 4.—Mont
gomery city gives five hundred majority for
Blaine. Scattering returns from different
quarters of the State show Cleveland will
carry the State by a largo majority. Jones
for Congress, First District: Herbert, Second;
Oates, Third; Sadler, Fifth; Martin, Sixth;
and Forney, Seventh, all Democrats, are
certainly elected. Small returns are received
from the Fourth and Eight Districts, but the
general indications are that Wheeler, Demo
crat. will carry the latter. There has been
no disturbance anywhere in the State.
ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, October s.—The Democratic
majority In the State is upward of 20,000. All
the Democratic Congressmen are probably
elected.
COLORADO.
Denver, Col., November 4.—Returns from
the interior are coming in slowly. None of
the cities or important towns have been heard
from. Prominent Democrats, relying upon
Firivate advices, admit that the next Legis
aturo is unquestionably Republican. Con
gressmen are still in doubt. The Republican
State ticket is elected beyond a reasonable
doubt, with the probable exception of Lieu
tenant Governor. Blaine's majority will
reach three thousand, a slight gain over the
vote of Garfield.
CONNECTICUT.
New London, November s.—Connecticut
gives Cleveland 1,200 plurality.
DELAWARE.
Wilmington, November s.—The Demo
cratic majority in this State is 3,500, a Demo
cratic gain of 2,500 over 1880. Love, Dem., is
elected to Congress. He ran ahead of his
ticket considerably Every Democrat for the
Legislature is elected, and also every Demo
cratic nominee on the ticket.
FLORIDA.
Jacksonville, Fla., November s.—Unof
ficial returns from all but three counties in
the Second Congress District indicate the
election of Dougherty, Dem., over Bisbee,
Rep., by 700 plurality. The State is Demo
cratic by 4,000 majority.
OREGON.
Portland. November s.—State Republi
can bv 1.500 to 2JIOO r-jaju.icy. indications
that Armstrong (Rep.) is elected to Congress
from Washington Territory.
GEORGIA.
Augusta, ga., November s.—George T.
Barnes, for Congress, is elected from the
Tenth District, practically without opposi
tion, and Georgia sends a solid Democratic
delegation to Congress.
ILLINOIS.
Springfield, November 5.—960 precincts*
including 164 in Chicago, with seven yet to
hear from, show a net Democratic gain over
Garfield of 10,465. There are 2,400 voting places
in the State. Republicans carry the State by
a greatly reduced majority.
INDIANA.
Indianapolis, November 7—12:30 a. m.—By
midnight official returns from sixty-seven
counties had been received showing a plu
rality for Cleveland of 4,567. There are
twenty-five counties to hear from, but there
is no doubt that the Democrats have carried
Indiana by from six to eight thousand. The
Sentinel claims the latter figure.
Marion, November s.—Blaine’s majority
in this county is 749. Calkins’ 545. Steele,
Republican, is re-elected to Congress by 251
majority. Brownlee Republican candidate
for State Senator from Grant and Madison
Counties, is probably defeated by 500 to 1,000
majority.
Rising Sun, November s.—The Republi
cans in this (Ohio) County elect the County
ticket entire, and give a majority on the Elec
torial ticket of 105; on the State ticket 95; a
falling off of 12 as compared with the State
election of 1880. Beymer, for Representative,
receives a majority of 105;Givan,for Judge,lso.
IOWA.
Keokuk, Novembers.—Returns from the
First Congressional District indicate the elec
tion of Hall (Dem.) by 46 majority.
KANSAS.
Topeka, Kas., Novembers.—At 8 p. m. the
Republican State Central Committee esti
mates Blaine's majority at 50,000, and Martin,
Rep., for Governor, at 40,000. Every Repub
lican Congressman is elected, and the Legis
lature is nearly unanimously Republican.
Much scratching on local tickets is delaying
returns.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville, Ky., November 4.—Returns
from county seats throughout the State say
that the election passed off quietly,a nd a full
vote was polled. The State will give the usual
Democratic majority. Democrats electa full
Congressional delegation, a Republican loss
of two in the House of Representatives.
LOUISIANA.
New Ort, bans, November s.—Lnter returns
considerably modify the result of the election
in this State, although still assuring it to the
Democracy. The vote will be light, not much <
exceeding 100,000, and about the same as in
1880, the Democrats are suffering most severe
ly from this apathy, and losing one Congress
man in consequence, of it. Official figures
from thirty-nine parishes and unofficial re
turns from the other nineteen give a Demo
cratic vote of 62,346 and a Republican vote of
42.619, a Democratic loss of 2,721, and a Re
publican gain of 3,985, a net Republican gain
of 6,706. The Democratic majority in the
State will be 19,737. This maybe slightly re
duced by returns from the river parishes.
MAINE.
Portland. November 4—The Democratic
vote falls off 20 per cent, and the Republican
vote falls off 3>4 per cent. The Greenback
vote gains 6)4 per cent. If the towns to hear
from lose and gain in like proportion the to
tal vote will be 130,000, as follows: Blaine
71,500, Cleveland 52,000, Butler 4,500, St. John
2,000. Blaine’s plurality will be 19,500.
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, Md., November 4.—Baltimore
city complete gives Cleveland 34.486, Blaine
27.380, St. John 1,269, Butler 114; Cleveland’s
plurality over Blaine 7,106. Third Congress
ional District—Cole, Dem.. 16,007; Pents, Rep.,
10,697; Stiverwood, Prohibition, 519: Cole's
plurality over Pentz, 5,310. Fourth Congres
sional District—Findlay", Dem., 15,723; Brown;
Rep., 14,226; Odom, Prohibition, 624; Find
lay's plurality, 1,497.
MAWACHUSETTB.
Boston, November 4.—One hundred and
fifty-three towns and cities, including 106 pre
cincts in Boston tout of 107,i give Blaine 67,-
875: Cleveland, 66,152; Butler, 9.536; St. John.
4.831. The missing precinct in this city gave
last year a Democratic plurality of 141. Ine
Gubernatorial vote in Boston. « i
to hear from, is Roblusop. 22,408; Endicott, .
25,997; McCafferty, 3,260; See lye, 945.
MICHIGAN.
Detroit, November 6.—From reports of
1,083 precincts and estimates of the remain
ing precincts, the Democratic State Commit
tee place the Republican plurality at about
1,500. The Republican State Committee claims
the State and electoral tickets elected by
7,000 plurality. All reports received up to 10
o’clock indicate Blaine's plurality at 3,593,
•nd Alger's 1,251.
MINNESOTA.
Minneapolis,, November 4.—Returns from
the city and country are coming in very
Slowly. Both tickets were badly scratched.
Indications are that Merriman (Democrat)
has carried the city. Reliable figures can not
be obtained until late to-night.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, November 4.—One hundred and
ninety-five precincts in this city give Cleve
land 17,315; Blaine, 16,790. Marmaduke, Dem.,
for Governor, 16,124; Ford. Fusion, 18,277. It
is estimated that Cleveland will go out of the
city with 2,000 majority, and Ford with 4,00 C
majority.
MISSISSIPPI.
Memphis, Tenn., November 5. Morgan,
Dem., defeats Chalmers in the Second Missis
sippi District, for Congress by 4,500.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Concord, N. H., November 4.—One hundred
and five towns give Blaine 18,016; Cleveland,
14,141; St. John, 508; Butler. 193; Blaine’s plu
rality, 1874. The same towns gave Garfield
18.270; Hancock, 17,208; Garfield's plurality,
1.062. The same towns give Currier 17,885;
Hill, 17,513; Mason, 672; scattering, 138.
Both Republican candidates for Con
gress are chosen by good pluralities.
Both branches of the Legislature are strong
ly Republican, and four of the five Council
lors will be Republicans. Indications are for
an increased plurality for Blaine over Gar
field. Blaine's plurality will not probably be
less than 4,000. There is probably no choice
of Governor by the people. Currier, Repub
lican, will be chosen by the Legislature.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, N. C., November 4.—Returns
from many counties remove all doubts as to
the result in this State. The Republicans con
cede the State to the Democrats on both
Presidential and State tickets. The Demo
crats claim their majority will not be less
than 10,000. There seems to be little doubt
that the Democrats have eight out of nine
Congressmen, a gain of one.
NEW JERSEY.
Jersey City, November s.—The Republi
cans concede the State to the Democrats by
about 2,500 majority. U.S. Senator McPher
son claims that the Democrats have from
4,000 to 6,000 majority.
NEVADA.
About half of the ballot counted up to 3
p. M., but enough to show that Blaine, Wash
burn and the entire Republican Legislature
are elected. Story County carried by 300 to
400 majority. Republican State Central Com
mittee claim the State by 1,100 majority.
OHIO.
Columbus, 0., November 4.—City of Colum
bus complete: Blaine, 7,728; Cleveland, 7,156;
Butler, 126; St. John, 7; scattering'3. Blaine's
plurality, 572. All reports from Ohio grow
more favorable for the Republicans, and the
percentage of gain in the townships has
steadily arisen. The Secretary of the State
Committee claims that if the ratio of gain
from one-fifth of Ohio keeps up it will give a
Republican majority of nearly 30,000.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, Novembers.—The following
named Congressman are elected in Pennsyl
vania: First District, Bingham, Rep.; Sec
ond, O'Neil. Rep.; Third, Randall, Dem.;
Fourth, Kelley, Rep.; Fifth, Harmer, Rep.;
Sixth, Everhart, Rep.; Seventh, Evans, Rep.;
Eighth, Ermentrout, Dem.; Ninth, Hiestand,
Rep.; Tenth, Sowden, Dem.; Eleventh, Stern,
Dem.; Twelfth, Scranton, Rep.; Thirteenth,
Brumm, Rep.; Fourteenth, Hound. Rep.; Fif
teenth. Brinnol), Rep.; sixteenth. Brown,
nep.; Seventeenth, Campbell, Rep.; Eigh
teenth, Atkinson, Rep.; Nineteenth. Duncan,
Dem.; Twentieth, Curtin, Rep.; Twenty-first,
Hoyle, Dem.: Twenty-second, Negley, Rep.;
Twenty-third, Bayne, Rep.: Twenty-fourth,
Jackson, Rep.: Twenty-fifth, White, Rep.;
Twenty-sixth, Flaego, Rep.; Twenty-seventh,
Scott, Dem.; at large, Osborne, Rep. Brumm
is a Republican-Greenbacker. The Republi
cans gain four members, the present delega
tion standing: Republicans, 16 (including
Brumm); Democrats, 12.
RHODE ISLAND.
Providence. November 4.—Total vote ol
Providence: Blaine, 6,275; Cleveland, 4,411;
Butler. 211; St. John, 253. Blaine’s majority,
1,400. Newport gave Blaine, 2,041, Cleveland
1,208, Butler 17, St. John 15, against 2,064 for
Garfield and 979 for Hancock. The vote ot
the State complete: Blaine 19029, Cleveland
12,438, Butler 425, St. John, 941. Blaine's ma
jority is 5,225, against 7,155 for Garfield in 1880.
For Congress in the First District Spooner
(Rep.) has 10,109, Slocum (Dem.) 5,803, scatter
ing 767. Spooner's majority 3.499 against
2,(09 majority in the same district on his first
election two years ago. In the Second Dis
trict Pierce (Rep.) has 7,737, Page (Dem.) 5,985,
Chadsey (Prohibition) 1,500, scattering, 188;
Pierce's majority 64.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, S. C., November 4.—The elec
tions in South Carolina to-day are for Gov
ernor and State officers, members of the Leg
islature and Congressmen, as well as lor
Presidential Electors. There is practically
no opposition to the Democratic candidates
for Stateoffices, and in only fouror five conn
ties have Republicans nominated candidates
for county offices. There is no serious oppo
sition to the Democratic candidates for Con
gress, except in the First, or Charleston
District, where Taft, Republican opposes
Dibble, Democrat; and in the Seventh Dis
trict, where Smalls, Republican, is opposed
by Elliott, Democrat. The vote for Presi
dential Electors will be compared with the
vote for Electors in 1880, and the vote for
Congressmen with the vote of 1882. Scatter
ing returns from a number of counties
throughout the State indicate that the Dem
ocrats have elected their entire ticket by a
large majority, with six out of seven Con
gressmen. The election so far as heard from
was peaceful.
TENNESSEE.
Nashville, Tenn., November s.—The fol
lowing, Republican Congressmen were elec
ted in this State: Pettibone, in the First Die
trict; Houck, in t ho Second, and Taylor In the
Tenth. The rest of the Congressional dele
gation is Democratic. The Democratic ma
jority in the Legislature is considerably re
duced. Bate, Dem., for Governor, is proba
bly elected by a reduced majority.
TEXAS.
Galveston, Tex., November 4.—Returns
from the country are coming In very slowly.
A heavy vote was polled throughout th<
State. Returns thus far predicate the elec
tion of the entire Democratic Congressional
delegation.
VERMONT.
White River Junction, Vt., November 4.
Returns from 140 towns give Blaine 28,241,
Cleveland, 12,694; Butler, 578; St. John, 1,168.
Blaine’s plurality, 15,547; Garfield's plurality,
19,061. If the remaining 120 towns give a pro
portionate vote to the above, Blaine's major
ity will be upward of 25,000. The vote for St.
John is drawn mostly from the Republican
party, while Butler comes from the Demo
crats.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va„ November s.—Nearly all re
turns received show Democratic gain* and
few losses. Democratic majority may reach
8,000. They claim 8 out of 10 Congressmen
from the State.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Wheeling, November 6.—Twenty-eignt of
the fifty-four counties in West Virginia have
I been beard from, in most cases officially,
with the following result: Fifteen counties
show Republican gainsof l,B7Boverthe result
In October. Thirteen counties give Demo
cratic gains of 648. A net Republican gain
of 1,230. The remaining twenty-six counties
would have to give 3.0(«) to offset the Demo
oratic majority in October, and this is not at
all likely they can do.
WISCONSIN.
Milwaukee, November 6.—Returns have
not as yet been received from more tbnn >
two-thirds of the election Precincts of the
State. But these clearly show- that the Re- •
publican ticket has won by notless tnan 12,000. I
ft is also shown that the Republicans h*'» i
seven out of the nine Congressmen, and ha t a (
I a majority of fifteen in the State Legislatu • (
I on joint ballot
TERMS-Sl A YEAR.
THE WAR AT AN END.
France and China Settle Their Diffi.
cutties.
Great Dissatisfaction in Paris on Account
of France’s Back-Down.
Paris, November 10.-The report that
France and China, through negotiations in
this city, had arrived at a satisfactory
agreement for a settlement, has been offl.
cially confirmed. China recognizes the
Tien Tsin treaty, and an armistice has been
arranged so as to settle the Tonquin front
ier question.
1 aris, November 10.-—Great, excitement
has prevailed in the lobbies of the Cham
bers this afternoon and evening owing to
the confirmation of the report published in
the morning Liberte that the Cabinet coun
cil on Saturday had decided to forego de
manding indemnity from China. Much
discontent prevails on account of
this in the Tonquin Commit
tee of the Chamber of Deputies.
Charreau, Chairman of the committee, has
resigned and the committee has resolved to
postpone presenting its report until Ferry
has made an explanation. It is reported
active negotiations with the view to the
settlement of the difficulties between China
and France are in progress in London, be
tween Marquis Tseng,Chinese Ambassador,
and Earl Granville, English Secretary ot
State for Foreign Affairs.
SOME CLOSE ELECTIONS.
Interesting Reminiscences in View of the
New York Situation.
Washington, November 10.—The follow
ing instances of former close elections in
various States are of interest in view of
the New York situation: In 1850 Wash
ington Hunt was elected Governor of New
York by 262 majority on the official count
over Horatio Seymour. In 1852 Seymour de
feated Hunt by a large majority, and in 1854
he was again defeated by Myron H. Clark
by 309 on the official count. In 1840 Penn
sylvania cast her Electoral vote for Harri
son, over Van Btiren, by 349 majority on
the official count. In 1844 the Electoral
vote of Tennessee was cast against Polk,
and for Clay, on a popular majority of 113
by the official count. It was Polk’s native
State, and pride in the candidate and
party interest combined to make
the struggle almost unexampled in
lesperation. In 1848 Governor Johnson
was elected Governor in Pennsylvania over
Morris Longstreth by 305 majority on the
official count.. It was the first time the
Whigs had ever elected a Governor in
Pennsylvania, and the desperation of the
opposition party to prevent Whig control
of the State was evidenced by their forc
ing the dying Governor Shuak to resign on
Sunday to assure an election that year, and
orevent the Whig Speaker of the Senate
from serving beyond the following
January; but Johnson carried the State
by 305. In 1839 Marcus Morton defeated
Ed war Everett for Governor of Massachu
setts by two majority. There was a Whig
Legislature, into which the change of one
vote would have thrown the contest, and
thus secured the election of Everett.
In 1880 Governor Plaisted was elected in
Maine, defeating Governor Davis, Repub
lican, by the narrow margin of 234 votes.
Death of a Noted Man.
Boston, Mass., November 10. —Rev.
Charles F. Barnard is dead, at Somerville,
aged seventy-six. He was a member of
the famous 1829 class at Harvard, having
for class-mates Robert C. Winthrop, George
S. Hillard, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thoma
B. Fox, Henry T. Bowditch, Janies Free
man Clarke, and others. He was a
life-long pastor in Boston. He started the
first chapel for the children of his
neighborhood, and in a month he joined his
school to that of Rev. John Pierpont, in the
Hollis-street Church, he officiating. He
forecast the social element in churches of
the present time in a day when no other
chnrch or Sunday-school in Boston, perhaps
in the United States, included this feature.
He was the originator of the American
Social Science Association.
Adventure of ft St. Louis Girl.
Atlanta, Ga., November 10. -At
Foundry street crossing a young girl ot x
about fifteen was found in a box-car on the
Western and Atlantic Road. She gave her
name as Maggie Ferguson, and declared
that she had made the trip through from
St. Louis, ami for the last three days
and nights had been without food
or drink. She says her father, who lives on
Tenth street, St. Louis, was about to marry
again, to which she objected. On her flight
from home she saw a freight car open, and,
getting in and secreting herself, the car was
locked and moved off. not stopping until it
was switched off in Atlanta. Miss Fergu
son is a young lady of considerable beauty,
and has already found friends here.
Western Cattle.
Kansas City, Mo., November W.-The
committee appointed by the National
Bureau of Animal Industry to gather sta
tistics of cattle interests in the M est has
nearly concluded its work. The report will
show'that there are twenty-three million
head of cattle in the (States wert of the
Mississippi River, being a gain of thirty
per cent, since 1W». Texas leads, w*th a
gain of seventy per cent. Kansas second,
showing a gain of fifty-seven per cent.
Important Derision.
Washington. November id-Th* d “'
prime Court of the United
tided that "where a pr.wner
. . n &♦ " Cpurt or competent jui i
tody of a S . he can „ ot
diction, and di-
be taken wor e money r>r «* a tes on
charged b- in * h: ’ *"'*' ■ A ° t r *>•
a writ
is not guilty °