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THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES.
VOL. 6—\’O. 13.
THE SILVER QUESTION
REPRESENTATIVE BUCKNER’S
BILL.
No Hope of Getting it PasH< <1 this Session
—The Financial Question one of the
Great Troubles With Which
Mr, Cleveland Will Have
to Contend.
Washington, Jan. B.—Repre=entative
Buckner has been quoted recently as telling
Secretary McCulloch that Lis bill to sus
pend silver coinage would pass the House
at this session. Mr. Buckner has denied
having made any such statement. On the
contrary, he said he had no hope of getting
his bill out of the coinage committee or be
fore the House. The most he could hope
for in the way of silver legislation by this
Congress was a bill to authorize the Presi
dent, in his discretion, to suspend the coin
age of silver. Mr. Buckner declared that
he introduced and favored this bill as a true
friend of silver. He said: “Some people
have charged me with having turned a aiist
silver. Now, to be candid, silver must
go down, I believe, before it can
get up to its proper level with gold. There
is a strong bimetallic sentiment in France
and Germany. Bismarck is ready to-day t 6
enter into a movement to restore silver to i’B
proper monetary value in the commercial
world I feel sure from information I have
that he would unite with France and the
United States in establishing and maintain
ing a bimetallic standard. If we had a
Cabinet that was friendly to silver, such a
union would have been brought about before
now. In'England the bimetallic sentiment
is decreasing rapidly We have tried to
make lhe fight for silver alone. I mean thi
United Stales has tried to make silver money
go, but’jt is plain we can’t d> it alone. The
dollar is good enough in this country, but
none of it goes out as money. Other na
tions won’t take it; but so long as we
struggle they stand aside and leads us to
bear the burden. 1 bold that if we stop
coinage for a while and let the other na-f
--lives see that we don’t intend to keep u|>
the struggle, their monetary necessities
will foree them very soon to join in es
tablishing a bimetalic standard. Why 1
had assurances when the Bland bill was
passed that if we would let the silver ques
lion alone for awhile England would offer
to join with us, as a means of relieving her
own financial troubles. We must make sil
ver a coin of the world if it is to do us any
good, or it is to be of commercial value to
us. From what I learn the silver senti
ment is growing so fast in England thajt
that government will have to do something
“I fear that we are just at the beginning
of financial trouble. The financial question
is going to be the great problem for Clevei
land’s administration to solve. National
bank currency will retire rapidly. Some of
the bills pending, McPherson’s for instance,
if passed, may check this, but it will be only
for awhile. They say they are opposed to
stopping the coinage of silver because they
wart it to supply the place of currency thai
will be retired. But I say we can bsue
silver certificates upon the bullion just as
well as upon the coin. We need not coin it
to hoard it up. I tell you, England is much
worse off than we are. She’s got to do
somethiug, and her relief will be found in
helping to make silver take its place wit|h
gold. Groesbeck, one of the staunchest
friends of silver in this country, says stop
its coinage for awhile.
THE HICABAGDA TREATY.
Present Chances Decidedly Unfavo-abl«
to Its Ratification.
Washington, Jan. 8. —Within a few
days considerable lobbying has been going
on both for and against the Nicaragua treaty,
aid it becomes more and more evident hour
ly that the fight in the Senate is going to be
an extremely bitter one, with the chances
decidedly, at this time, unfavorable to its
ratification. The fight against the treaty is
mainly directed by people who feel an inter
est in the DeLesseps canal, although there
are some persons who are opposed to both
canals and want to see the government let
them severely alone. It is claimed for the
administration that it is not attempting to
exert any influence over Smators to secure
their votes, but it is content to let the mat
ter rest upon its alleged merits and the bene
fits which it is claimed will accrue to this
country if the treaty is ratified.
SOUTH AND CENTRAD AMERICA.
How Better Commercial Intercourse with
Them May be Secured.
Washington, Jan. B—The South and
Central American Commission have re
ported to the President the result of their
labors. Thus far they find that to secure
better commercial relations with the South
ern countries, there must be regular and
direct steam communication, commercial
treaties and tariff concessions, simp l er cus
toms rules, better consular service and
branch houses of American firms, attention
to the wants of the people, a better banking
system and the introduction of the bonded
warehouse system into those countries.
They favor a government board of trade,
like that in Eigland, to take entire care of
our foreign commerce.
GENERAL GRANT’S TROUBLES.
Pecuniary Assistance to Meet the Emer
gency Already Secur d.
Washington, Jan. 8. —While General
Sherman is unwilling to publicly express
his views relative to the probability of help
for General Grant, it is confidently believed
by the friends of the latter that the matters
at issue will be so adjus’ed that no injnry to
General Grant’s interests will result. It is
reported that pecuniary assistance sufficient
to meet the emergency has already been
secured.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1885.
TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO.
I
Ceremonies at the Inauguration of James
, Buchanan.
Cleveland Leader.
When Buchapsn was inaugurated on the
4th of March, 1857, Washington was hard
ly more than a village, scattered over ter-
I ritory large enough for an immense city,
j It contained less than 60,000 inhabitants,
I and what were then considered the finest
houses were just below the Capitol and
above the avenue. The fashionable north
west part of the city was a swamp, and even
the negro huts which later sprang up had
not yet appeared. The whole country con
, tained less than thirty millions of popula
tion. Still, the records state that 150,000
strangers came to the inauguration, and on
the n-ght of the 3d of March thousands
walked the streets to keep warm, being un
, able to procure lodgings. Several of the
hotels, small as they were then, had 800
guests registered, and every boarding house
was packed, halls, cellar and garret.
March 3 was a bleak winter day, and the
President-elect rose before daybreak
at his home at Wheatlands, Pa., and had
finished breakfast before he started for
Lancaster in his carriage. He had written
and rewritten his inaugural message, and
had made only one change in it after he got
’ to Washington. A crowd of Lancaster citi
, zens came to Wheatlands to escort him.t >
the depot, and a band of music played while
he rode into town with h’s private secretary,
, Mr. Henry, Harriet Lane and another
young lady in his carriage.
At the Lancaster station he found a spe
cial car waiting for him, built for the
' occasion by Robert Magrew, a railroad friend
of his. This car had painted windows, and
theie represent'd the scenes about Wheat
' lands, Buchanan’s home. All along the
loads from Lancaster to Washington ova
tions were given the President-elect, but he
arrived in Washington two houis earlier
than was expected, and the programme of
his reception here was rather thin.
He was driven at once to the National
Hotel, which still stands on Pennsylvania
avenue, half way between the Capitol and
, Treasury, and here he was crowded with
' visitors.' Nearly even b-dy was admitted,
and politicians, office seekers and disinter
ested parties pushed this way and that to
get at him. That night, says Gohight, he
received invitations to dine with President
Pierce, Stephen A. Douglass, and others,
. but he declined all invitations.
All night of the' third of March, 1857,
Congress was in session. The 4th broke
, bright and sunny, with an atmosphere full
’ of the blandness of spring. As it did,s->
hundreds of people were already at their
stands to get an early watch point for the
procession, and the City Hall steps, where
it was to organize, were crowded. At 12
o’clock the procession was formed and it
marched to Willard’s Hotel, at the head of
Pennsylvania avenue, near the Treasury,
where the two Presidents, Pierce and
Buchanan, were to meet and go to the
Capitol in the same carriage. President
Pierce was a few minutes late. Be
came in a private carriage, and the crowds
, cheered as he and Buchanan shook hands
. at the Fourteenth street do >r of the hotel
’ and entered the open barouche prepared
‘ for them. With them rode Senators Rig
, ler, of Pennsylvania, and Foote, of Ver
, mont. The procession was long. It was
, made up of military organizitions, citizens
I and clubs, and in it were two Pennsylva
, nians who, it is said, walked sixty miles to
be present at the inauguration of “Old
Buck,” as they called him. One wagon
represented peace, war, commerce and ag
riculture, and bore a liberty pole in its
centre running up seventy feet with
’ a gorgeous liberty cap on its top.
The President-elect was near the head
of the procession, and near him, through
’ out the ceremonies, was a physician
; ready to administer medicines should
the little touch which he had caught of the
’ National Hotel disease prove dangerous.
At the Capitol 50,000 people were present,
’ and it is recorded that Beau Hickman was
s among them, passing from one to another
s and soliciting small loans. The inaugural
I address was delivered on the east portico of
■ the Capitol, and the President. was duly
> sworn in. As the oath was administered it
i is said it was as still as death, and at the
close of the inauguration there were cheers,
salvos of artillery, and music by the Marine
. Band. The President then proceeded to
the White House, which ex President
Pierce had vacated, and here Buchanan
received the people. The inauguration
> ball that night was held in a room prepared
for it in connection with the City Hall, and
thousands were present. As Buchanan came
in, at 9:30, the band struck up “Hail to the
Chief,” and here another reception was
held for several hours, when the President
left at about midnight. He took supper
before he went away, and it is said that the
feast on this occasion was very fine. Good
wine flowed like water, and there were 500
gallons of oysters and 800 chickens.
ELURRY IN SOCIETY.
A Judge’s Daughter Elopes With a La
borer.
Weston, W. Va., Jan. B—A8 —A flurry was
caused in society here yesterday by the dis
covery that Emma Brannon, daughter of
Hon. Henry Brannon, Judge of this dis
trict, had eloped with James Whalley, an
Irish laborer. The girl is 16 and the man
is 19 years of age.
UNINTENTIONAL SUICIDE.
A Prisoner Burned in His Cell.
Fredericksburg, Tex , Jan. B.—The
jail here was burned yesterday, aid the
only occupant, a man named Allison, under
indictment for murder, was burned to death.
The fire started in his cell, and he is sup
posed to have set the jail on fire in hope of
making his escape.
Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. 8. —For the South
Atlantic States fair, warmer weather,
winds shifting to Southerly.
SERIOUS TROUBLE
BETWEEN ILLICIT WHISKY MEN
AND OFFICERS.
A Lively Row in Kentucky—A Fight
Which Lasted Two Hours—Several
Killed and Wouaded—Great Ex
citement Prevailing.
Mt. Vernon, Ky., Jan. 8. —There is
serious trouble in this county between the
whisky dealers and officials, and last night
there was a lively row at Lexington, a
railroad stationjon Rock Castle river junction
of the Kentucky Central Railroad with the
Knoxville branch. Deputy Sheriff James
White went to arrest James and Henry
Burton, brothers, charged with aiding J. W.
Gaff, said to be engaged in an illegal
whisky traffic, to escape from the officers
who had him under arrest last week. The
Burtons barricaded their saloon doors, and
with friends on the inside, defied arres’. A
■ posse of fifteen men were summoned and the
Burtons surrendered. On the way to the
jail James Burton tried to escape, but wa
tired upon and killed by the posse. Burton’s
friends, some ten in number, then attacked
t e posse, and the firing became general and
continued for two hours. Pa ticulars are
■ meagre, but several men are reported to
' have been killed and wounded, among the n
' Judge Bullock, who was shot in the arm
There is much excitement.
SHOT HIS ANTOGONIST.
A Mau Wounds an Editor and is Himself
Shot.
i Paris, Jan. B.—-Two policemen entered
the office of the Cri Du Peuple to-day, and
one of them immediately drew a revol
ver and opened fire on the edi
tor, seriously wounding him. The edi
tor returned the fire, sending three
bullets into the body of his antagonist,
dangerously wounding him. The officer
who did the firing is supposed to be insane,
, and that his insanity was brought on by t“e
recent murder of his mother.
i w i 0.
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The Morning's Proceedings.
. Washington, Jan. B—At 1:55 thisafter
i noon, the Houpe had just pissed the Reagan
’ Inter State Commerce bill.
. In the Senate: Mr. Maxey introduced a
i bill to regulate the letting of mail contracts.
: Mr. Allison, Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, offered as a separaie bill
f all the legislative provisions inserted
t by the House in the Pension Appropriation
bill for the next fiscal year, and regulating
1 the fees of attorneys and claim agents
I LABOR RIOT
Between Strikers and Th ir Substitutes.
Des Moines, lowa, Jan. 8. —A riot be
tween striking miners and those who took
their places in the mines, occurred last
night. One man was killed. The new
miners, 40 in number, were driven from the
mines to a distance of four miles, and un
mercifully beaten. The starving women
and children of the strikers were the most
active participants in urging on the riot.
CONSECRATING A BISHOP.
Giand and Imposing Ceremonies.
Washington, Jan. 8.-Rev. Dr. Paret
was to day consecrated a Bishop of the
Episcopal Church, at Epiphany church, in
this city. The cremonies were grand and
imposing. Rev. Bishop Lee, of Delaware,
, Senior Bishop of the United States, con- I
ducted the services.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Jan. B.—At 1:30 p.m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 48% :
Missouri Pacific 92%
Western Union Telegraph Co 56%
Pacific Mail “A
Lake Shore 62 I
Louisville and Nashville 25%
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver and Rio Grande 9
Michigan Central 55 «
, Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 87%
Northwestern 88%
1 St. Paul 7 }%
. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 118%
. OregonlTranscorltinental 13%
Northern Pacific 39%
1 Bock Island 104%
Jersey Central 37%
> Memphis and Charleston 30
Eastjlennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5
Phlladelphlaaud Reading 16%
Omaha (com) 26%
Omaha (pfd) 84%
New York Central 88%
Kansas and Texas 16%
Erie 14%
New York Produce Market.
New York, Jan. B—Flour dull and un
changed. Wheat No. 2 red winter, January
90}. Corn No. 2 mixed 51} for January.
Oats No. 2 mixed 35} bid for January. Pork
firm, mess 12c. Rosin firm, strained to
good $. 22}al 22}. Sugar dull, refined cut
loaf 6}c, granulated 6}, confectioners s}.
Tallow nominal.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Jan. B.—Wheat opened lower;
February, 78J; May, 85. Corn steady; Jan- I
uary, 36}; February, 36}; May, 40. Oits,
steady, 29|a29} for May. Lard firm, $6 97} ;
for February; March, $7 05. Pork dull,
sl2 10 bid for May.
Fire—Loss, 825,000.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 8. —Fred Ritter?
tannery was burned here early this morning.
Loss, $25,000. Partly insured.
Ulcerated sore throat cured by using
Holmes’ Wash. Try it.
THE COWGIRLS OF TEXAS.
A Young Woman Chasing Steers—A Tes-
* timonial from the Cowboys.
Midland, Texas Special.
There is an ocean of prairie about this
new town, and it risesand falls as fast as the
eye can reach like the swell of a troubled
sea. With a strong glass one can see in
the distance a mass of sheep tended by a
, lonely shepherd, in a yellow “slicker” cr
oilskin ulster, and a black Spanish shepheid
dog. Herds of antelope following a leader
scamper across the plains, stirring up flocks
i of Mexican quail and prarie chickens, and
, causing excitement in the prarie dog towns,
where the fat rodents plunge head first
into their holes and then stick out their
1 heads to Bee what startled them. Like a
dark cloud on the horizon, great herds of
cattle appear in the distance, either in mo
tion or under the guard of cowboys hold
ing them. The herd of Col. A. W. Dunn,
President of the Colorado Na
' tional Bank, came upon the
‘ plains the other day, and the Colonel came
here with his niece, Miss Marie Bynum, of
- Mississippi, to “cut out,” as the phrase goes,
' the beeves that were ready for market, and
to pen them in the cattle pens at the rail
road station. The wild Texas steers were
1 full of life and run, and the cow boys had
1 their hands full, with all their skill, to get
' them penned. Colonel Dunn, who is a
’ typical cow man, mounted a mustang to help
the Cow boys, and his niece insisted upon
going with him.. could not be per
suaded that there was any danger in the
adventure, or that her dress and sex placed
her at any disadvantage in an effort for
which the cow boys were rigged with Mexi-
1 can spurs, big leather leggings, three or four |
revoivers, lariats at their saddle horns, big [
white sombreros, with fattiesnake skins
twisted about them; and watch chains of
snake rattles. She insisted that if she could
get a swift pony and a side saddle she would
show that she could ride alongside of the
j wildest steer and turn him in spite of his
dangerous horns. The pony was provided,
and Miss Bynum, placing her foot in the
hand of a cow boy, leaped into the saddle,
: and gathering up the reins dashed off with
a hearty laugh, followed by her escort of
I cow b >ys, who spun over the prairie after
her. Sue reined up as they caiue into the i
herd, as-the process of selection of the beeves
required a quick judgment that only expe
I rience gives.
The cowboys went into the herd, and
their trained ponies, when they Were point
ed to steers that were to be “cut out,” rani
them out of the herd, and, as soon as a bunchi
was formed, the cowboys swung around
1 them, and Miss Bynum, with a lash made of
the end of the reins, started her
i pony forward, and joined in the semi-circle;
and started the steers to the pen. The wo; k
’ was exciting to a novice, anil the fair cow
i girl’s cheeks flushed as she sped along A
big brown steer, all branded over, reared upj
and breaking out of the line, tossed his horns
' and his tail up, and started off like a deer;
Miss Bynum whirled her pony, and started
after the animal. She did her work brave
ly. The cowboys watched her with ; ;mi»
raiion. Her pony dashed alongside of the
steer, and the cowboys expected that, as
the animal turned, he would catch his
horns in her drapery, or she would plunge
over the pony’s head as he turned with the 1
steer. They saw her stop as tii'e steer
turned and balance herself like a skilled |
equestrienne, and then head off the steer :
and turn him back. Soon she came dashing
back alongside the steer and landed him in
the bunch that was headed for the pen.
Several of the cowboys pronounced her a
a “thoroughbred” hand for a “long horn”—
their choicest compliments, for, in the fer
tile vocabulary of the cowboy, the terms
“half breed” and "short horn” are equiva
lent to the “tender foot” of days gone by,
with, perhaps, a shade more of derision to
them.
Miss Bynum, when the first lot of cattle
was penned, dashed back to the herd, and,
with a little instruction, began to help “cut
out” the cattle. Each trip from the herd
to the pen was marked by some exciting
chase of a steer, and each time the young
woman bore herself bravely, and she did
j not let a single steer escape. When at the
j pen, of which the cattle, with apparent
consciousness of their impending fate after
I the long trip to Chicago, showed fear, they
tried hard to escape. With heads down,
[ the steers that could would dart past the
, ponies and dash away, and the nearest cow
| boy would touch his spurs to the pony’s side,
| and paint him and start on the chase. The
j wild Texas steers are swift-footed, and it
takes a good rider to pass one and turn him,
but Mi l s Bynum was equal -io every steer
that invited her pony to a run. Although
she was in imminent danger of being
; dragged off her mount by ihe horns of some
' steer striding into her riding habit, she was
! able to manage her skirts as well as her
■ pony, and when the task was ended she con
i temp ated the forest of horns in the cattle
pen with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks.
That night, when the cowboys were drink
; ing their black coffee and eating their
I jerked buffalo meat, they agreed to present
I Miss Bynum with some token of their ap
\ predation of her assistance, and a few days
, ago there came to the bank at Colorado a
massive gold ring, inscribed, “To Miss
Bynum, from the Texas cowboys.” Colonel
Dunn presented the shining circle of gold
to his niece, and said that he hoped it
would signify an engagement of her services
at the annual round-up on the plains.
“I never enjoyed anything so much in all
my life,” said Miss Bynum to the writer,
“and, would you believe it? I didn’t hear
the cowboys quote Scripture once. lam
going to ride at. the next round-up, and I
expect to do much better. I’il show them
I what a cowgirl can do.”
I Health is better than wealth, but wealth
I will bring health to all sufferers from disease
I of the kidneys, liver and unlnary organs, if A
is expended In judicious amounts for the old
reliable Hunt's [Kidney and Liver] Remedy.
Dropsy, Rheumatism and Bright’s Disease
are immediately relieved by its use.
At L. Fried’s, the reason you are not forced
or talked half to death to buy goods you do
not like,is because he carries a large and well
selected stock. Also sells so cheap that you
will find it no trouble to buy or get suited,as
be intends to carry out as he advertises.
Clean teeth, healthy gums, a pure breath,by
using Holmes’ Wash and Dentifrice.
THE CONTEST ENDED
AN EXCITING BUT QUIET ELECTION
Large Number of Votes Poll.d—Eve y
Precaution Taken to Secure a Fair
Count—The Canvassing Still
Progressing—Result So
Far as Ascertained.
Even the oldest citizens of Savannah say
that the election of yesterday wgs the warm
est and most closely contested one of which
they have any recollection. From 2 o’clock
until the closing of the polls at 6 the voting
was kept up at a lively rate, and it was as
much as the managers and tally-sheet
keepers could do to handle the votes as fast
as they were handed in. It Seems that
later in the day money became plentiful,
and was freely given for votes when there
was a chance to capture one with lucre.
Who had the money it is hard to tell, or
who bought the votes, but it nevertheless
remains a fact that the common talk
around the polls was that votes
were selling at anything from a
cigar or drink up to a $1 or $2 As the
contest neared the end it was easy to see
that it was not a pigmy battle, but one in
which every muscle and nerve of the oppos
ing parties were strain’d to their utmost
: tension. Later in the day the contest be
tween Ronan and Russell for the office of j
Sheriff seemed to claim the undivided at- I
| tention of all. Russell was on the ground
lin person, and worked like a beaver, leav-
I ing open not a foot of vantage grounl
uncovered. The friends of Ronin
saw the necessity of sharp, quick
j work also, and put in every vote it was ■
possible to handle, determined to leave no I
I chance open for the defeat of their chosen
candidate. All the other candidates fur I
offices in which there was any opposition ;
were not loitering either, but did what they
could to better their chances. The inten
seat feeling was manifested :e ;ard .
ing the contest of Ferrill and
Harailtun, for the cffice of
Ordinary. The Dienls of both hent’e
men were on the ground and everywhere
I opposing a solid front to each other, and the
battle waged was one in which no quarter
was given or asked.
At last the polls were announced close ’,
and the boxes taken up stairs to the Supe
j rior C urt Room; all the gas was lighted, a
' I large supply of candles was on hand and every
■ facility for the rapid counting of the votts
I provided. The intensity of feeling among
the friends of each contestant was quite
, observable, and even the short rest taken
bv the managers and list keepers to get a
, \ little air and something to stay their hunger
I after a long day’s confinement at hard
work, was begrudged them. Howevtr, the
work of counting was begun soon after 7
/clock. That each candidate present was
somewhat dubious as to the re
sult was . quite evident even to a I
careless observer. Prominent among
i the candidates were the two con
! testants for the Sheriffalty. Waring' Russell
I was on-the inside of the railing, his eyes;
bright and spt.rkling, and his
| glance taking in everything ;at once.
: First he would sit down with his hat shoved
somewhat back, off his brow; then he would
stand up or walk around among his friends,
making a few desultory remarks. Although
it was confidently believed aud claimed that
he was elected, it was easy to see that he
was not altogether at ease, and in: ended to
watch things with an eagle eye. John T
Ronan was just inside the railing also, and
leaned against it, talking io a small party of
friends. He did not move from his position
but kept very quiet, only speaking when
addressed. His felt hat was shoved back
leaving his brow exposed to view; his eyes
took in every detail of the situation, acd
while he betrayed no outward signs of agi
tation, it was easy to see that his mental
j feelings were by no means the most placid.
| At last, Superintendent M. Frank Mo-
I lina, announced that all was in readiness to
' begin the count, and stated that as this was
a more than ordinarily close con test,the laws
governing the counting of votes would be
enforced to the utmost. It was the law to
have three tally sheet keepers, said he,
who=e duty it was to keep each a separate
tally, not depending one on the ether for
corrections, and it was expected that each
would do his best to pievent a m stake or
descrepancy from creeping into the count.
However, should one differ from the other
two the one differing would be thrown out,
and the two tallying would be accepted as
correct, according to the majority rule. As
i soon as this announcement was made, the
business of counting the votes begun,
boxes Nos. 1 and 2 being opened at once.
At this juncture,Mr. Waring Russell noticed
some one or more of the managers had lead
pencils in their possession, and asked Su
perintendent Molina why it was, and for
what purpose. Superintendent Molina re
plied that if they had them, they were not
to be used for any illegal purpose, and he
would see to it that they were not in the
hands of the managers when the count
begun. This satisfied Mr. Russell, whose
fears were thus appeased. The work of
counting was then commenced in earnest,
and kept up until after 1 o’clock, when the
counting of box No. 1 was completed with
the result as below given. Supt. Molina
adjourned the work of counting until to
day at 9:30 o’clock. He instructed the
managers of each box to replace the votes
taken out in their respective boxes, to lock
and seal the boxes, put the keys thereof in
their pockets and turn the boxes
over to the Sheriff of Chatham
county for safe keeping. At this point a
friend of Mr. Russell came to Superin
tendent Molina and asked if Mr. Russell
would not be allowed to have some one stay
in the court room and watch the boxes, to
see that all was right. The request was
promptly refused on the ground that the
law does not allow such proceeding; that it
is the Sheriff’s province to guard them, acd
that if one candidate was allowed to place a
watchman in the room the same privilege
would have to be accorded the other esn
didatesi Thus the boxes were left in cus
tody of the party legally appointed.
$6 00 A YEAR.
The <■ tint was again commenced at 9:30
and proceeded slow’v Alirgec-owd was
in the court room all t“c morning, anx-
I ioiisly awaiting the result. At two o’clock
< a sta rt recess was ordered by Superintend
ent Molina in order to taxe dinner. As
S'xm as dinner was finished it was intended
II to go on with the count as fast as possible,
though it will doubtiiss be late to-night
before it is completed.
“At three o’clock three of the brxes had
l>een counted out, aud the result wis as
. follows:
FOR ORDINARY.
I Hampton L. Ferrill 112/
. I Marmaduke Hamilton 839
Needham C. Collier 227
| Alfred B. Smith 151
FOR sheriff.
, I John T. Ronan 1132
Waring Russell 1170
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT.
Barnard E. Bee 1881
W. J. Clements 379
FOS TAX COLLECTOR.
James J. McGowan 1633
FOR COUNTY TAKABUBXR.
John Williamson 1633
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR.
John R. Tebeau 1603
RECEIVER OF TAX RETURNS.
; I John R. Dillon 307
i A. A. Solomons. 587
Charles Kolshorn 208
I M. J. Dooner 134
Clement t-attesy 83
i j M. N. De Retire 79
I Alexis McNulty 88
I John 8. Tyson 40
' FOR CORONBB.
William D. Dixor, 1,210
I Benjamin F. Sheftali 867
; At 3:25 o’clock, just as Times is going to
■ press, tbe result of the count of the third
box was made known, as given above. It
will, however, remain to be tallied, in order
; to catch any errors which may have crept
in. This leaves only one box to be counted.
MACON MATTERS.
Result of the Municipal Election.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
j Macon, Jan. 7 —The election of county
; officers occurred to-day, with the following
result: Ordinary, _J. A. McMannus;
■ Sheriff, G. S, Westcott; Clerk Superior
[Court, A. B. Ross; Tax Receiver, R. J.
Anderson; Tax Collector, C. B. Massenburg;
i r 'ounty Surveyor, J. C. Wheeler; Coroner,
W. H. Hodnet’; County Commissioners,
W. R. Phillipe, J. J. Amason, W. E Jenk
ins, John Ingals and J. B. Giles.
i At a meeting of the di l ectors of the Ma
! con Public Library to-night, Mr. Charles
Herbst was re-elected Librarian.
At the recent election for Justice of the
j Peace in Rutlan 1 district, Tony Hunnicutt
was defeated by Robert A. Johnson by 12
: votes. Hunnicutt threatens to contest the
I election. Wynton.
He Forgot To Ask.
New Haven News.
I A good story was told at the Scoville
■ House, in Waterbury, recently, during the
settlement of a number if election
During the Polk campaign much interest
was taken in Waterbury m the result, and
I party strife ran high between Whigs and
f Democrats. Waterbury was only a little vil
; iage at that time, and it had no railway
I communications. It was also before the
I days of the telegraph, and a number of pb
! iiticans made up a pure and hired Col,
I Richard Welton, proprietor of the New
I Haven stage line, to make a special trip to
I New Haven and get the returns.
I The crowd waited anxiously on the tav-
I era steps all through the afternoon of the
! day of Col. W’elton’s trip, and when he
' i came in sight with horses smoking from
1 I their long drive he stood up in his wagon
; and called to the expectant crowd :
; j “New York’s gone 5,000.”
“For whom ?” arose on every side.
The Colonel jumped from his wagon,
hesitated a moment, scratched his head, and
then blurted out: “Well, I swan, 1 forgot
1 to ask.”
The feelings of the politicians can be bet
ter imagined than described.
’lhe Critic’s Mistake.
Art Amateur—“Oh, Mr. Savage, it is so
kind of you to come up to criticise my poor
little painting for the Art Monthly.”
“Yaas. Which is this daub of youahs,
Miss?”
“There it is on the wall, sir.”
“Ah, that will nevah do. No art in it,
Miss. Very bad. Coloring simply shocking.
I Pains me to look at it. And, bless me! if
: you haven’t even put some leaves on your
trees when the whole landscape is covered
with snow. Nature nevah —”
“Why, Mr. Savage, you are looking out at
the window. This is my painting—this
little flower study behind you.”
His Brief Sorrow.
San Francisco Chronicle.
“What is that you say ? Harry married.
Well, I’ll never believe in men again.”
“Why ?”
“The oaths of love that man swore to
me I”
“Well, but you threw him over. You've
been married three months.”
“I don’t care. He wis so devoted to me,
and when Jack proposed to me and I
accepted, Harry declared that he would be
true to my memory and mourn me as one
dead to him.”
“Well, it is of no consequence now to
you.”
“He might have been decent about it.
He might nave gone into mourning for a
year, anyi ow,”
The thirty-eighth anniversary of the
German Volunteers occurs to-day, and it
I was intended to have celebrated it with a
splendid parade, but on account of the
I muddy condi ion of the streets this event
was postponed. The ball and supper will,
however, take p'ace to-night at the Turner
Hall.
This Id?a of Going West
, to Colorado or New Mexico for pure air to re
lieve Consumption, is all a mistake. Any
reasonable man would use Dr. Rosanko s
I I Cough and Lung Syrup for Consumption in
I I all its first stage?. It never falls to give re
' ' lief in all cases of Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis,
' Pains n the Chest aud all affections that are
. considered primary to Consumption. Price,
5n cents and SI. Sold by Oceola Butler and
' | E. J. Kieffer.