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THE SAVANNAH SUNDAY TIMES.
VOL. 6.—NO. 3.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
affairs at the state capital
Suffocated by Gas—Governor McDaniel
and His Law Practice—Legal Lichts
of the City—An Appeal f om
Emory Speer’s Eloquence
A Test Case—Notes and
Minor Mention.
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—A stranger, whose name
is yet unknown, was suffocated by gas
in Mercer’s Hotel night before la t, and was
found dead in his bed late yesterday after
noon. He appeared at the hotel just before
midnight Friday night with an order for a
night’s lodging, and the name of the man who
g ave the order was put on the register. Tin
man, before retiring, blew out the gas and
turned it off’, and then turned it on again, ami
the next seen of him he was dead. This inci
dent calls to mind the woful condition of the
gas pipes in the executive mansion. They
are exceedingly leaky and often attention is
called to the escaping gas by visitors at tin
mansion. One or two serious accidents have
come near happening there from escaping
gas. Tiiere are always so many people ready
to raise a howl about repairs at the mansion
that Governors are always very slow to make
improvements and repairs that the proper
keeping up of the property demands.
THE COST OF HONORS.
An instance of the sacrifices that men make
who accept public position is shown in the
case of Governor McDaniel. Governor Mc-
Daniel was a country lawer at Monroe, in
Walton c- unty and, strange to say, was
growing rich very rapidly. He had a large
practice in his section, being the counsel . f
ihe substantial citizens in nearly all matters
of civil litigation. It is said that he made
more clear money and was saving more at
the time of his nomination and for several
years thereto than any lawyer in Atlanta. It
is true with perhaps the exception of Julius
L. Brown. Governor McDaniel has a com
fortable fortune, which he finds very valuable
in splicing out the slender salary paid by the
Slate for administering the affairs of the gov
ernment. I asked Governor McDaniel one
day why he did not come to Atlanta to prac
tice la a. instead of remaining in a small
town. J! c replied:
“I was in thing money in Monroe, and I
could save more there than I con’d save in
the city, and beside that, I think it i* almost
fatal for a lawyer to pull up and leave an es
tublished pi a tice for a new field.”
TOO MANY LAWYERS.
This subject calls to mind the great surplus
of lawyers in Atlanta. The city is absolutely
packed with them. At the least calculation
there are twice as many here as are needed
for the business, and as a result some have
very little io do. This over-supply of lawyers
is not confined io the younger limbs, but ex
tends to the older members of t' e profession.
A few days ago a very prominent politician
and lawyer had his home sold by a creditor,
who had loaned him money. This was a case
sustaining Governor McDaniel's idea of the
bad policy of moving. The lawyer inquestion
had a good practice in a prosperous town, but j
pulled up and came to Atlanta with fatal re
sults, for he not only did not improve his
business but gradually ate away the little
fortune he had saved. There a number of
young lawyers here who hardly make their
salt. An unhealthy sign is the fact, that a great
number of lawyers stand ready to step into
anything that will pay from $1,200 to 82,000
per year. In spite of these things, however,
there are some lawyers here wno make a
great deal of money. It is said that Jnlius L
Brown makes $35,'00 a year, Hoke Smith
$12,000, Emory Speer SIO,OOO. Hopkins & Glenn
$15,000, and other lawyers less amounts. The
big fees are made in fighting or defending
corporations.
ANOTHER TEST CASE.
Capt. Harry Jackson is appealing a case in
which Emory Speer opposed him, and one of
the grounds is Emory 's eloquence. This ques
tion has been decided by both the Supreme
Court of the United States and the Supreme
Court of Georgia, the former in passing upon
the eloquence of the wonderful Prentiss and
the latter in passing upon the eloquence of
J. C. C. Black. Emory Speer’s eloquence was
over a suit by the heirs of a colored woman
who was killed by a Central Railroad train.
One*passage of Mr. Speurs was aimed at the
city dog catcher, who was a witness for the
road. He said:
•‘Gentlemen, the desperation of the defend
ant company was never so manifest as in the
production of their witness, Henry Holmes.
He, of all men, is invoked to vindicate this
great corporation. From the sublime to the
ridiculous is but a step. Here is the gigantic
client of my gifted Mend, a huge, avaricious
monster of corporations, which has ab
sorbed well nigh all the railroads in
the country—the Macon and Western,
reaching from the Central City to
this thrifty gateway of commerce, our
own prosperous and splendid community; the
Georgia, which connects us with that home
of opulence and dignified comforts and con
tentment, the beautiful city of Augusta- the
Southwestern, which reaches almost to those
southern shores where the spray of the Gulf
is dashed upon the snowy blossoms of the
magnolia and the golden fruitage of the
orange. The spectacle of a railroad so great,
covering a territory so vast, defended by
counsel so eminent; the spectacle of this great
company following with anxious gaze this
dog-tag champion as he pursues, through the
slums and back alleys of Atlanta, the No
madic fice and the vagrant cur, and keeping
an eye on his movements to produce
him as a wit ness to blacken the character of a
poor dead woman, is one of the sorriest and I
scurviest pictures in the book of time. A dog I
don’t know everything, and it is well for the |
main witness tuat his victims, the mongrel
curs and whelps of low degree, are not ac- i
quainted with his general character, else the
veriest cur of them would lose respect for the I
institutions he represents. Gentlemen, if by I
the testimony of such a witness the Central
Railroad can win your verdict, they may
henceforward feel no alarm. With the cow
catcher to kill and the dog-catcher to justify,
the honorable President and Directors may
cut their coupons with scornful indifference
and say with that other railroad king, the
great Vanderbilt, “the public be damned.”
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
Gen. John B. Gordon is at home after a
lengthy absence.
John E. Bryant is here from Washington.
Charley Hill, the newly-elected Solicitor-
General, will go in on the Ist of January.
As the Times predicted, Atlanta had a very
dull Christmas.
Mr. Howard Palmer, of the Executive office,
is the leading spirit in a mission Sunday
school attended by 150 rag-a-muifins from the
slums.
Just at this time work on the capltol is
moving slowly.
HON. SAMUEL J. RANDALL
Started Upon His Southera Tour—Places
He Will Visit.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Mr. Randall, ac
companied by his wife and Representative
McAdoo, of New Jersey, started on his South
ern trip at 5 o’clock this afternoon. Mr. Ran
dall has received invitations to extend his
tour through about twenty Southern cities,
but owing to the lack of time has been
obliged to decline all and confine his visit to
Louisville, Nashville, Birmingham and Chat
tanooga. Among the many places he has
been invited to visit are Ashland, Ky.,
Charleston, S. C., and New Orleans, and this
morning he received a telegram from the
Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade of Mo
bile asking that he visit that city.
Members of the House say that Watterson’s
attack upon him was owing more to his op
position to the whiskey bill last session than
on account of his tariff'views, and that it has
done him more good than harm among the
Southern people, as is proven by the numer
ous offers of hospitality coming from them.
It is understood that a number of newspapers
will send special correspondents to accom
pany him on the trip.
Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—For the South At
Jan tic States, partly cloudy weather and oc
casional rain, northeasterly winds, higher
Temperature and low barometer.
SAV ANNAH, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1884.
AN OUTRAGE Iff ROBBERS
A Family Brutally Treated and Robbed
by Masked Men.
Xenia, 0., Dec. 27.—Ther* is great excite
-1 ment in the vicinity of Xenia, earned by one
of the boldest and most daring robberies ever
committed in this section of the country. At
about half-past nine o’clock Friday night six
masked men entered the residence of Harvey
Jackson, an aged farmer, near Bowersville.
Jackson, his ife and three daughters and
Miss Netti*- Sirgny w’ere sitting in a room to
gether. The robbers were armed with heaw
clubs, which they had cut in a neighboring
■ grove, and upon entering commanded every
• one in the bouse to keep quiet. Jackson was
i struck several times over the head with a
• club, and when his daughter, Louisa,
sprang to his assistance she was met by
one of the men, who placed a cocked
' revolver to her head and threatened to blow
her brains out if she did not ke«-p quiet. The
men then proceeded to tie the whole family
to chairs, which they did with sheets they
tore into strips for that purpose. They at
tempted to compel Jackson to tell where his
money was concealed, threatening him with
death if he refused. One of the men remarked
that he knew that the money was in the
house, as he had laid under the bed the night
before and heard him (Jackson) talking about
it, Jacks jn’s wile was sat urated with coal oil
and after being submitted to various tor
tures the robbers threatened to set tire to her
clothing if she did not disclose where the
money was. She finally told them that the
money was in the trunk.
After trying in vain for some time to open
it they released one of the young ladies, who,
under compulsion, tried to unlock the trunk.
The man had. however, spoiled the lock, and
she was unable to open it. Becoming impa
tient at the delay the leader of the gang or
dered the men to burst the trunk. This being
done, they riiled it of its contents and secured
S2OO in gold and $175 in currency. After the
robbers had obtained the money they com
pelled Jackson to tell where they could find
his best horse and buggy, and leaving one to
guard the family, the others went after the
team. Soon they returned, gave the signal,
“ta-ta,” and the guard decamped, the rumble
of the wheels announcing the departure of
the gang.
The family remained tied to their chairs
until nearly morning, when Mrs. Jackson
untied with her teeth the knots which bound
her hands. She released the others and the
alarm was immediately given. It is supposed
that the robbers came towards this city. The
horse and buggy were found near Xenia, and
the hand-car at Harbine’s Station was stolen
by the robbers, and with it they continued
their flight toward Dayton. A posse of men
is scouring the country looking for the
villains.
A SAD SCENE.
Funeral of the Unfortunate Victims of the
Brooklyn Eire.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 27.—The funeral of
the orphan children, who lost their lives in
the fire at the St. Johns Home, on December
18, took place this morning. The charred re-
I mains ol the twenty-one victims which were
placedin three large coffins of black walnut,
were removed from the “Sewing Room” in
the east wing of the asylum to the “Church of
our Lady of victory,” by the undertaker. At
the church they were placed on a bier covered
with a heavy black pall, in the main aisle, in
front of the altar. The edifice and the altar
were draped with mourning, which was
brought out in sombre color and effect by
many bright burning wax lights and gas jets.
The interior of the church was crowded.
Among those present at the services were the
Sisters of St. Joseph, who had charge of the
inst itution at the time of the Are. The good
sisters occupied the front pews on the centre
aisle, while several hundred orphan boys were
also marshalled to testify their sympathy by'
their prayers for their dead companions. A
sergeant and a squad of police accompanied
the remains to the cemetery, the plot being
given by Bishop Loughlin for the burial of the
unfortunates.
THE TREATIES.
Secret ary Frelinghuysen Thinks They Will
Be Ratified.
Boston, Dec. 27.—A Washington special to
the Transcript says: “Secretary Frelinghuy
sen in alluding to the report thatthe Spanish
treaty is to be withdrawn, says that in fact
there is no foundation for it. Hesaid, further,
that this rumor has doubtless grown out of
the fact that the Spanish minister has been
authorized by his Government to accept cer
tain modifications providing they will make
the treaty more acceptable to this govern
ment. These modifications are intended to
neutralize the opposition of the cigar and
tobacco interests of the South. The Nicaragua
treaty is growing in popularity every day,
and particularly among representatives from
the South who says its confirmation will
afford a splendid opportunity for the asser
tion of an American policy on this continent.
The comments of the Europen press have
had a good deal to do in intensifying this
fee 11 n g.”
WHISKEY’S WORK.
Fatal Brawl in Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 27—On Christmas day
Harry Holland and Captain Jeff' Moore, a
former City Marshal, got into a dispute while
drinking. They were separated, but later in
I the day Moore returned to the bar room and
i found Holland drinking with one Bishop,
i Moore cried out to Holland, “You are the
! man who struck me,” and raised his pistol.
I Holland and Bishop also drew their pistols,
■ and all fired nearly together. Moore and
I Bishop fired only once. Holland fired four
I times, three shots hitting Moore, who soon
afterward died. Holland cross-ed the river
and escaped. He is wounded in the arm. He
is the son of Col. Holland, who was killed in
a similar brawl some years ago.
CASS AR AUGUSTUS RODNEY.
Honors to be Sli >wn His Memory.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Minister Osborn
has written to the Department of State from
Buenos Ayres, asking for permission to se
cure the removal of the remains of Ceesar
Augustus Rodney, the first United States
Minister to Buenos Ayres, to a suitable grave
in the new Protestant cemetery in Buenos
Ayres, and to place over them the handsome
monument erected by the government of
that Republic. Minister Rodney died in 1826.
The remains have recently been disinterred,
owing to the abandonment of the old ceme
tery in which they were originally buried
with military honors.
DYNAMITERS AT WORK.
Attempt to Blow Up a Train.
Easton, Pa.. Dec. 27.—A trackman of the
Jersey Central Railroad yesterday found a
large square package with two shawl straps
wrapped around it, near the outside rail on
the down (track, near Fanwood station. On
opening the package a blacking-box fill- d
with matches so arranged that they could
be easily ignited, were discovered. Below
this were fifty-eight cartridges of dynamite
and a lot of No. 1 Giant powder Where the
machine came from is a mystery. The opin
ion of railroaders is, that by placing it within
a short distance from the track, it looks as if
it was intended to blow up a train.
WAS IT PROVIDENCE ?
A Presbyterian Minister Narrowly Escapes
Assassination.
Athens. Tex., Dec. 27.—0 n Christmas night
Rev. Mr. Brooks, a Presbyterian clergyman,
got up out of bed to walk with a sick baby.
Just after he did so some unknown person
fired the contents of a double-barrelled shot
gun through the window, the entire load
entering the empty bed, tearing the clothing
to pieces. The absence of any light from the
room prevented the success of the assassin’s
design.
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.
I
SHOCK FELT THROUGHOUT SPA’N
Intense Excitement in Andalusia—Not Less
J’ than Fifty Towns and Villages In
jured—A Large Number of
Fatal Casualities—The
j Mortality Not Yet
Ascertained.
’ Madrid, Dec. 27 he details of a disas
. trous earthquake throughout Spain are ar
j riving slowly, and are being gradually pub- i
lished by order of the government, as the
’ accounts which are being received continu-
I ally increase the number of fatalities, and l
, the damages incurred by the seismic shock. !
, The excitement in this city over the news
. from the south ol Spain is intense, as the lat- ,
. est report from Andalusia gives harrowing !
details of suffering and death in that divis
ion of Spain. No less than forty towns amt I
' villages in Andalusia were violently shaken ‘
and badly damaged by the prolonged shock, I
. which lasted fitly seconds. The town 01
Velez Malaga, with a population of about j
15,000, was half destroyed, and many of the
inhabitants killed.
The work of recovering the bodies proceeds
‘ slowly on account of the scare produced
by slight shocks, which occurred j
at intervals yesterday, and which caused tin
workmen to move slowly in their undertak-1
ing. The village Alborquero, near Granada. J
was also half demolished, and 2'H) persons |
' were killed by the first shock, which caused
: a number of buildings to fall in before the oc-1
cupants had time to escape. Arenas Del Rey
’ was nearly totally destroyed. The number of ‘
( killed is as yet unknown, but 40 bodies have j
since been recovered from the ruins. Za Far- I
, rarja was completely wrecked, and but few '
of the villagers escaped unhurt. Already the j
i bodies of 12 men have been recovered j
( from the ruins. The town of
, Cavillas has also been destroyed, and
the number of persons killed is as yet un
’ known, but is supposed to be large. Several
(• bodies have been taken from the ruins The
town of Eslepona also suffered severely. The
, dispatches from there mention the fact that
the handsome church and municipal and
other buildings have been destroyed, but say
that t ilt* number of deaths cannot as yet be
ascertained. It is feared it will be large, as
many persons are missing. Eight bodies
have been recovered. The telegraph service
was continually interrupted on Thursday on i
account of renewed slight shocks o f earth
quake. Dispatches from the different towns
state that the rescuing parties are very timid,
and each slight shock yesterday caused them ;
to desist from their work and seek open I
places, hence the work of recovering the •
bodies proceeds slowly. The people all ovei ■
Andalusia are terribly alarmed, and arc
afraid to return to the houses left standing,
preferrng to camp in the fields and open j
squares.
Additional details of the damage done by I
the earthquake continue to be received. Re-I
ports from nearly all the places sustaining I
injury stale that the earthquake was accom-1
panied by violent wind and rain storms,
which in several localities inflicted quite as
much damage as the earthquake itself. In
the village of Alfarnetajo, in the province of
Malaga, 2’K) buildings were destroyed. Bena
jorsa, also in tlie province of was al
most entirely demolished, and at Nerja the
damage was enormous.
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Caught Over the Wires from all Quarters.
Bolton, Me , D6c. 27.—T0-day is the coldest
of the season; the mercury registered 39 de
. grees below zero this morning.
Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 27.—One hundred
and sixty delegates arrived here to day to
take part in the convention to consider the
Fishei y Clause of the reciprocity treaty with
Canada.
London, Dec. 27—The Eston Steel Works in
Middleborough, has been f reed to shut down
on account of the continued bad state of
trade. Two thousands workmen are thrown
out of employment.
Baltimore, Dec. 27.—An unknown man
was killed in the suburbs of the city to-day by
the Washington express on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. Ho was taking a drink
from a flask when struck by the pilot of the
locomotive.
Baltimore, Dec. 27.—The report of a pool
ing arrangement between the Postal, the Bal
timore and Ohio and the Bankers’ and Mer
chants’ Telegraph Companies is denied by
the officers of the two latter companies in
this city.
Washington, Dec. 27.—The Spanish Minis
ter, in an interview to-day respecting the
pending treaty, said the Spanish Govern
ment is willing to accept such modifications
in regard to sugar and tobacco as the Ameri
can Senate may adopt or recommend.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Democratic mem
bers of Congress are said to be quietly ar- i
ranging a system for distributing patronage
under the incoming administration with a
view of preventing a rush of office-seekers
upon President Cleveland at the outset of his
administration.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Secretary Chandler
to-day issued a circular to naval officers, em
ployes of navy yards and others, urging them
to continue their services without compensa
tion after December 31, until Congress shall ,
have time to appropriate money for the ex
penses of the navy and their reinbursement
for volunteer services.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 27.—Rev. A. B.
Crawford, an Episcopal clergyman, has re
signed from the ministry on account of the :
scandal caused by his appearing before the
altar ata recent Sunday service man intoxi- j
cated condition, and unable to deliver the
sermon. He is an able and eloquent man.
but is at times unable to control an appetite i
for liquor.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Julius Haas, who
has *been passing himself off as a German
Count, has been sent to the workhouse for
swindling the Arlington Hotel out of his
board, lie left a satchel full of ashes, which
he represented as containing valuables. It
transpired to-day that Haas obtained various
sums of money from citizens here under false
pretenses. Haas is also wanted in Richmond,
Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina for
forgery.
A BUMMER AND MISER.
Found Nearly Frozen and in a Destitute
Condition.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 27.—A special from Del
aware, 0., says: “At noon to-day a man named
John Gwin was found near here in the woods,
nearly frozen to death. On searching his
person the Marshal found $21.38, besides sev
eral tax receipts calling for 72 acres of land in
this county, as well as notes for various sums
of money.' He placed the money and papers
in the Delaware Bank for safe keeping until
he can dispose of these, and the man in a
proper manner. He fears to release him, as
he is in no condition to keep himself, and he
might be robbed and murdered for his money.
The man is in a filthy condition, and has
scarcely enough clothing to cover iiis naked
ness. Gwin is an old nummer and miser of
1 the pronounced type, never buying food nor
clothes. He is anxious to reach Columbus
and pav hi • taxes, after which he will seek
. admission to the county infirmary. Gwin
has no home, although he owns several
tracts of land valued at about $250,000.
THE WAR IN SOUDAN.
Lord Wolseley and the Mahdi Approach
ing Each Other.
Cairo, Dec. 27.—A portion of Lord Wolse
ley’s forces, 509 strong, will start from Korti
on Monday, on board a British steamer, for
Merawe, from which place the Mahdi's forces
are reported to be distant only a two day’s
march. Lord Wolseley, with the remainder
of his command will remain at Korti for the
present. Another brilliant sortie has been
1 made.
POLITICO-RELIGIONISTS*
A Republican “Church” to be Started in
Georgia.
1 Boston, Dec. 27—A special from Atlanta,
' Ga., says: “Shortly after the Presidential
election, a number of colored men invited
Senators Colquitt and Brown to mafre olive
j branch speeches. Out of this grew great
j troubles, strong factions in each
! churches accusing th.-ir ministers
of selling out to the Democrats
and in one case a church was invaded and
! the minister walked out by the shoulder.
The Rev. Mr. Jones was threatened with in
cendiarism. Finally, the matter was referred
to the arbitration of three white men. These
gentlemen had a conference with the two
| committees, who stated tliat the church had
j decided to leave the matter to a vote of the
I congregatio The arbitrators then made the
; two committees sign an agreement to abide
by the decision given by the congregation’s
j vote. The congregation convened in the
' church and the vole stood 64 for Jones, and
’56 against him. Jones’majority was 8, and
[after the trouble was settled letters of dis
i missal were granted to the 56 who voted
[against Jones. The 56 will start a church
which will be strictly Republican in politics.
DEAD OR NOT?
A Question That Caused a Sensation.
' Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times. I
j Macon, Dec. 27.—The city furnished a sensa- |
j tion to-day in the sudden death of a white I
' man named J. R. Tutor, who dropped dead |
; with heart disease in the meat store of R. L. ,
. Henry, where he was employed. He fell back- [ ■
wards and died in a few minutes. Dr. J. J. I i
i Subers was called. He decided the man was
i dead. The Coroner was summoned. He de
[ elded it unnecessary to hold an inquest. The [
| body was removed to the undertaking estab
lishment of Mr. J. J. Clay. While there sev- !
eral gentlemen decided the man to be living,
as his body was warm. Three physicians 1
were summoned to examine and decide ’
whether or not he was dead. An inquest was 1
demanded. Several experts were sworn in to •
decide whether the man was dead. The jury ’
returned a verdict in accordance with the 1
first opinion expressed by Dr. Subers.
OUR GREAT STAPLE. 1
The Cotton Movement at Home and
Abroad. j
1— ;
| New York, Dec. 27.—The receipts at our !
! ports day are about 29,000 bales as compared -
witli 22,619 bales last year and 52,539 bales in (
1882. Spot cotton is dull and steady; mid- .
dling upland remains at 1111-16. Spinners (
I bought 112 bales and 300 bales were delivered ; ,
ion contracts. Future deliveries began selling t
•5-100 dearer than yesterday at closing, but
! prices fell slowly and the market remaining *
I without support left off at about yesterday's <
final quotat ions. Sales are 43,000 bales. Clos-
i ing prices: December, 11-09a12; January, 11-16- .
a!7; February, H-14a15: March, 11-2lai 1-25; ,
April, H-37a38; May, H-49a50: June, 11-62a
63; July, H-72a11-73; August, 11-82all-83; Sep- ,
tember, 11-47a11-50.
Shipments from Bombay this week are
2.000 bales to Great Britain and 5,000 bales to
the Continent, against 11,000 bales to Great
Britain last year. Receipts are 16 000 bales,
against 13,000 bales last year, and the rate of
exchange is quoted at 1 77-16.
Galveston—Cotton firm at 10%; receipts,
588 bales.
New Orleans—Cotton firm at 10%; re
ceipts, 6000 bales.
Mobile—Cotton steady at 10%; re-celpts,
1,000 bales.
Charleston—Cotton quiet at 10%; receipts,
100 bales.
Norfolk—Cotton nominal at 10%; receipts,
1714.
Baltimore—Cotton quiet at 10%.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
The Movements in Wall Street Yesterday, j
New Yo<k, Dec. 27.—Money closed easy at [ (
1% per cent. Exchange closed quiet; posted I .
rates $4 81%@4 85; actual rates $4 bo%@4 8 % I
for 60 days, and $4 81%@4 84% for demand. ;
Governments closed firm; currency 6s $1 25 :
bid; 4’s, coupon, $1 22% bid; 4%’s do. $1 12%.
Prices were steadily kept down throughout
the morning, a d at 12:30 were % to 2 per ,
cent, below the opening figures. Lacka
wanna, St. Paul, Lake Shore and Northwest- (
ern were the most depressed and led the de- ,
cline. There was a decided falling off’in the
volume of business during the afternoon, and :
nothing transpired in connection with the
dealings worthy of note. The decline, as (
compared with last night’s closing, ranged (
from % to 2 per cent. The specialties were dull
and featureless. ,
The sales to-day aggregated 378,000 shares.
Closing bids as follows:
Union Pacific
; Missouri Pacific 89% ;
Western Union Telegraph Co 55
1 Pacific Mail 55%
Lake Shore 60% ,
Louisville and Nashville 25 '
Texas Pacific 12% ,
Denver and Rio Grande 8%
Michigan Central 55
Delaware. Lackawanna & West’n 90%
; Northwestern 83%
st. Paul 70%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy IH}4
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 40%
Rock Island 106% ■
Jersey Central 3k
Memphis and Charleston 26
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. Ga. (pfd) 5 I
Philadelphia and Reading 17%
Omaha (com) 21
, Omaha (pfd) 84%
New York Central 85%
Kansas and Texas 15%
Erie
L& N
Wabash
M & C
N & C 3.3%
C & O
O & M
Adams’ Express 125
Central Pacific 33%
C& A 127
R & D
R & W P 18
R& A 2
N & W, pref 20
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Dec. 27—Trading was rather
more active on ’change to-day. Wheat was
at the lowest points of the session. Corn
opened steady at full yesterday’s closing
figures. Oats steady and firmly held. Pro
visions were about 2%c ofi all around at the
opening, because of depressed conditions of
No. 2, 53. No. 2 mixed December 53. Oats
options were quiet but firm, spot sales of No.
2 white, State 35%, and No. 2 mixed at 31%.
No. 2 mixed, January 33%a33%. Pork dull,
mess 1250. Sugar moderately active and.firm,
fair to good refining4%a4%.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Dec. 27.—Flour s' rong and in
some eases a trifle higher, superfine state, 230a
2 85, extra No. 2, 2 65a3 30; Southern flour dull
but steady, common to choice extra, 3a5 40.
Wheat; op + ions were moderately traded in,
prices were firm, and at the close showed a
fraction}.! advance ; spot lots firm, spot sales
of ungraded winter red at 68a83; No. 2 red win
ter. 83a84, No. 2 red winter January, 81%a82%.
Corn options were more active today closing
% to 2c higher,spot oats steady but quiet, spot
sales of ungraded mixed 48a53.
Suspected Filibuster.
Washington, Dec. 27—The Collector of
Customs at New Orleans reports to the Sec
retary of the Treasury that he is informed
by the Spanish Consu 1 at that place that one
Gomez recently left that city for some point
on the Gulf coast with a view, it is believed,
of fitting out a filibustering expedition to the
island of Cuba, to be conveyed by the schoon
er Phoenix. The collector says he has notified
the collectors of the gulf ports to intercept
the Phoenix.
GRANT AND WARD.
(J. S JB.’S EXPERIENCE WITH THE
FIRM .
He Was Only the Catspaw of Ward— Hom
He Succeeded in Fleecing His
Father and Father-in-Law—
He Thought Ward
Worth Over a
Million.
New York, Dec. 27.—U. S. Grant, Jr., was ;
placed under examination before Referee |
Hamilton Cole to-day in the suit brought by |
Senator James B. Chaffee, to recover securi- .
tics valued at $500,000, alleged to have been
left on deposit with the defendants’firm ol ;
Grant & W ard. Young Grant said he became '
a partner in the firm on July 1, 1880, and put
into its business SIOO,OOO cash. In the fall ol [
1882 he was about to start for Europe with his |
bride, the daughter of Senator Chaffee, when
he was compelled to borrow SIO,OOO from his
father-in-law, which money hedeposited with ;
Ward. He never saw it again. “When I re- !
turned home in the fall of 1883,” continued {
the witness, “I found that the firm's affairs, [
as conducted Xin my absence by Ward,
made it impossible to refund Chaffee the i
',OOO, and I was on the other hand persuad- '
j ed to borrow an additional SIOO,OOO from the
' Senator, as an individual loan. Ward got this
money also. I gave my father-in-law only a
verbal agreement to repay him in six months
from the date of the loan in each case. I
gave him no receipt. I had knowledge that i
my father-in-law bad $300,000 in United ;
States 4 per cents, and $125,000 In West Vir- |
ginia Central and Pittsburg Railway bonds.
Ward explained to me how much better it
would be to use the money of our friends
instead of giving strangers the profits of our
business. I accordingly induced the
Senator to intrust these securities
with the firm of Grant & Ward for the pur
pose of borrowing money on them. The se
curities were legally transferred to me, and I
turned them over personally to Ward. I :
supposed that Ward was worth at least i
$1,500,900, and I implicitly believed his state
ments regarding his methods of business. ,
My father-in-law was to get one-half of the
profits accruing from his loans, and he was to
give me in turn one-half of his share.”
“ What money did you receive from Ward ?”
asked Col. George Bliss, who conducted the
examination.
“ Very little,” replied Grant. “Ward gave,
me for all the many thousands I placed in his
hands, slips of papers in the nature of receipts,
payable ata certain date. When this date
arrived, I received another slip of paper from '
Ward which I was directed to present to Spen
cer the cashier. Spencer, however,gave me no ,
money, but only credited to me on the books ;
the principal with the profits. The result was ;
that when the firm collapsed, I reckoned (
that I was worth about $1,590,000 on paper. *
Just before the failure of the Marine Bank, ]
Ward prevailed upon me to ask my father,
General Grant, to raise $150,009 to tide
the bank over its trouble. Neither my father
nor myself had the money ready, and the '
General drove to the residence of Wm. H
Vanderbilt late at night, and laid
the case before him. Mr. Vanderbilt
handed my father a check for this amount,
with the words: “I lend this to you,General.
It is a matter of no interest to me whether
the Marine Bank fails or not.”
1 gave Mr. Vanderbilt on the next day a
check for $150,000, drawn on the Marine Bank
by the firm of Grant & Ward, but owing
to my neglect to have the check
certified it was not immediately presented
for payment. The bank failed and my father
had to pay the money to Mr. Vanderbilt. 1
went to the Safe Deposit Company after
Ward had disappeared, and as a member o:
the firm had the safe opened. The securities
were then counted by Messrs. Lacoque and
Elkins.”
j The case was adjourned to January 3d.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
Beset With Visitors and Pardon-Se i *kers.
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 2 ’.—There was a tide
of Western travel to the Executive chamber
to-day. The incoming Western trains were
irom three to five hums late, and the pas
sengers, who were compelled to wait, jour
neyed up th hill to pay their respects to the
President-elect.
During the morning the Governor > eard
several personal applications for pardons.
Fur the past ten days applications of this
character have assumed an epidemic form. [
The Governor is importuned at his res
idence, on the street and at his office
to pardon people alter he lias passed upon
the judgment of the case, and
denied the application. During the day the
Governor had for callers J. 8. Foster, of Da- 1
kota, member of the Democratic Territorial
Committee; James C. Campbell, of Birming
ham, Alabama, and parties from San Fran
cisco and Delaware. This morning the
answer of Sheriff Davidson, of New York
city, was received by the Governor, and it •
will probably be some day next week before |
the result is made public. There are other!
supplemental papers, it is said, yet to be re
ceived before the Governor can consider the
charges in tneir entirety.
HUNG AND DROWNED.
Mob of Vigilantes in North Carolina.
Raleigh, Dec. 27.—Charles Smith and '
Henry Davis, both colored, who had confessed
I to systematic robberies in Johnston and Clay- |
| ton counties, North Carolina, were taken I
[ from Smithfield jail during Monday night by '
; 100 disguised men on horseback, taken to the
; Neuse river bridge, tied together, and after [
being held suspended 40 feet over the water |
lor a short time, were dropped into the river.
They immediately sank. During the ride to
the river they uttered piercing shrieks, but
the vigilants maintained an unbroken silence*
throughout the proceedings, and on hearing
their victims fall splashing into the water
they rode swiftly away.
Terrible Suffering at Sea.
Halifax, N. S., Dec.27.—A story of terrible
suffering at sea comes to hand to-day. The
schooner P. Grant Livingston, which lelt
Halifax lor Buddeck, Cape Breton, on the
14th of December, reached Canso to-day, hav
ing been at sea ever since. Provisions were
taken for only a four days’ run. They expe
rienced very rough and bitter cold weather.
On the 19th inst. the vessel became iced up
and unmanageable. The crew, being unable
to keep a fire burning or to obtain nourish
ment, were badly frozen about their faces,
hands and feet. On December 22d they fell
in with a brig, and two men were put on
board, who brought the schooner into Canso.
Medical aid was then given to the frozen
crew, but it is feared some will die.
A Whisky Decision.
Washington, Dec. 27.—The Attorney Gen
eral to-day rendered a decision, in which he
holds that the Treasury Department has
power to make a regulation by which dis
tilled spirits can be permitted to remain in
a distillery warehouse alter the expiration ol
three years from the date of entry therein.
Provided the distiller, or owner of the spirits
files a declaration of his purpose to export
the same in good faith, and gives a bond to do
so within a given period.
Broken Brokers.
New York, Dec. 27.—The firm of Ewen
Bros., cotton brokers, whose recent specula
tions caused the expulsion of one of the
members from the cotton exchange to-day
made an assignment without preferences for
$6,277. The schedules in the assignment ol
Opdyke & Co., bankers, were filed to-day.
The complete statement shows the liabilities
to be 5_96,83b 20. Nominal assets $563,869 20.
and the act ual assets $256,055 77.
Blew His Head Oft’.
Maysville, Ky., Dec. 27—While hunting
near Mount Gibad, this county, Christmas
day, Ahab Black and Amos Riggs quarrelled,
and Riggs blew his companion 's nead off with
a shotgun. When Black’s body was found, it
bad a pistol in its hand. Riggs is jailed here.
SGOO A YEAR.
SAVANNAH’S PERSONNEL.
Seine Entertaining Dots From the Grace
ful Pen of “ Richmond.’’
The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday con.
tains an interesting letter from Savannah
from the able and graceful pen of its accom.
[ plisLed corespondent “ Richmond,” (Co],
I Isaac W. Avery), who is on a social visit to
; our city. We extract the following as of in
j terest to our readers :
******* war ma< j e man y
i changes. The fine old strata of native excel
j lence that marked the social polity of Savan
i nah has undergone broad transformations,
i I’he loss ot wealth and the removal of typical
I male representatives has largely altered the
standing of once powerful and influential
j families. New people have come to the front
i and the old and exclusive civilization of the
venerable place has suffered a substantial
! modification. The old names are disappear
ing to some extent. New instrumentalities
, of influence are developing.
I do not mean to say that the individuality
iof the place has been lost It retains its old
| landmarks to a remarkable degree. But it
I has much changed,and new impressions have
been made upon its citizenship and civiliza
. tion, that are perceptible to one like myself,
I who lived here beiore the war and from the
associations of long living became thoroughly
acquainted with its essentials. The class of
men that are now the middle-aged rulers of
the professions and general business were
my schoolmates. Among these are Judge
i Wm. D. Harden, Mr. XV. W. Gordon, now
Representative; Mr. D. G. Purse, President of
one of the banks; Mr. J. B. Saussy, promi
nently spoken of for Judge of the Federal
Court; Mr. George A. Mercer; General Robert
Anderson, Chief of Police; Dr. O. Butler,
of the Pharmaceutical Board; Dr. J. T.
MacFarland; General Moxley Sorrel, and
[others. The lat i Ordinary, Mr. J. O. Ferrill,
was of this generation of boys; Martin J.
Ford, now living in Washington; Fred Tup
per, killed in tLe war; Major Henry Bryan,
i deceased.
j There is a younger generation of men that
| have come well to the front and taken a fine
stand; among these are Judge Pratt Adams,
ex-Senator P. VY. Meldrim, ex Solicitor Wal
ter G. Charlton and ex-Representative Isaac
Russell, just deceased. Many new men have
come in since, notably Colonel Garrard.
Among those who came here about my
time of maturity, but who were not educa
; ted here, were Judge Walter Chisholm, Vice
• President of the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway, and Hon. Rufus E. Lester,
ex-President of tne State Senate and Mayor
of the city, and Thomas M. Norwood, ex-
United states Senator.
Au older generation of men consisted of
such gentlemen as General Henry R. Jack
sun, General Alexander R. Lawton, Colonel
S. Yates Levy, Colonel William S. Bassinger,
all now living, and John W. O ' ens, Thomas
E. Lloyd, Henry Williams and Julian Hart
ridge, since dead.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
An Unerring Sign of the Stale’s Progress.
From an admirable editorial"article in the
Atlanta Constitution of yesterday on the
subject of the daily and weekly press of Geor
gia, we make the following extract in refer
ence to the dailies:
“In no respect, perhaps, is the progress of
the past year more noticeable than in tlie
newspapers of Georgia. The Savannah Times.
for instance, has kept pushing its way until
now it stands in the front rank of Georgia
dailies, having adopted the eight-page form.
The addition of Capt. W. G. Waller to its edi
torial staff was a brilliant idea. In the
movements of the future, whether of politi
cal or business nature, Editor Richardson
has won the right to be consulted. The Au
gusta Chronicle, having added Mr. Frank
Doremus, a high-het led Texan, to its staff, is
now preparing to jump into the second cen
tury of its existence with all the s r ghtll
ness which characterizes the modern daily.
The Albanv Advertiser, under the able man
agement ol Colonel Mclntosh, aideu by Cant.
Sid Lewis, is spicy, brilliant, and up with the
day of issue. The Columbus rtnquirer
‘ Sun is a typical Georgia newspaper,
wnicb, recognizing the peculiar busi
ness relations of the city in which it
l is published, gives proper attention
to cotton and manufacturing. The Columbus
I’imes also gives evidence of the masterly
hand of De Wolf in its well filled pages. Fill
1 Moore still runs the Augusta News, which is
its own guarantee. Tne Griffin News though
at times inclined to be ill-tempend, is a mo
del newspaper, bearing evidence of goed man
i agement. The Bree&e. which is fanning
' the cheeks of the people of Brunswick is a
1 saucy little miss, which is bound io attract
notice. The Americus Recorder is inimita
j ble. The Rome Courier has made a mistake
,in abandoning the Associated Press dis
patches, but keeps up an excellent local
page. And the Athens Banner-Watchman, or
i Larry Gantt—the names are reversible—what
| shall be said of it or him? A paper which
prints just what its editor sees fit to put in it.
an editor who prints just what he pleases and
, makes no apologies—there is the Banner and
i there is Gantt.”
1 “Richmond ’in the Augusta Chronicle of
i yesterday, has also an article on the press,
from which we clip the following : eference to
| the Times :
The Savannah Daily Times is under
charge of that clever gentleman. Mr. B H.
I Richardson, as editor and general manager,
i with Captain W. G. Waller as his acconi-
I plished ‘assistant. The Times is only six
I years old, entering today on its sixth vol
ume. It has had a phenomenal success. It
i dragged along until Mr. Richardson took hold
of itand infused ne' ■ ::fe into the enterprise,
i He organized a stock company. In two years
it has been twice enlarged, and to-day camo
out with its third increase of size as a regu
lar cosmopolitan t ight page paper, the only
eight page evening paper m the South.
In January, 1883, it was enlarged from a small
six column to a seven column journal, and in.
December of the same year to eight oiumns,
and now in December, 1584, to an eight page
paper. This iscertainlv a very rapid growth
of prosperity, and testifies to the energy ano.
success of Mr. Richardson’s administration.
He is full of vim, and can be proud of his
achievement. Capt. Waller is a graceful
writer and experienced editor.
THE CABINET,
Bayaid, Whitney and Garland Cons.deied
Safe.
Albany (N. Y.) Special.
The probability is that Mr. Bayard will be
in the Cabinet not as Secretary of State, but
as Secretary of the Treasury, which place he
prefers. The next man the Governor has in
mind for a Cabinet position is William C.
Whitney, of New York. Mr. Whitney isnota
genius nor an old, experienced statesman,
but he is a very sensible man, an honest man,
a noble man, a growing man and a
safe man. He would make a good
Secretary of the Interior, and that Is the po
sition which he will certainly be asked to
take.A third genjleman who may be said to be
good as selected is Senator Garland, of Ark
ansas. He will most probably be the Attor
ney General. He is the ablest lawyer the
Democrats have in the Senate, is a man of
highest character, and would in all respects
be a credit to the administration. While,
therefore, there hasjjeen no formal tender of
a Cabinet position to either Senator Bayard,
Mr. Whitney or Senator Garland, it may be
safely assumed that they will all be members
of the new Cabinet unless there should be a
change in the present drift of Governor Cleve
land's mind.
“What is home without a mother?” Why it
is about as comfortless a place as a mantel
piece without a neat little bottle of Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup, bought of the nearest druggist
at 25 cents.
A persistent feeling of cleanliness remains
. for hours after using Holmes’ Mouth Wasli
. and Dentifrice.