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Smumnai) Wil| Simes,
VOL. 6.--NO. 33.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Rearraignment of the Suspected Dynami
ter in London-A Badly Frostbitten
Crew—Emory Speer’s Nomination —
Congressional Proceedings—The
Markets and Other Items.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 2.—Senator
Colquitt did not have a hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee to-day, in op
position to Speer, as was expected. The
committee agreed to hear him next Monday.
Mr. Colquitt says the delay is not discour
aging to the opposition. All Democratic
members of the committee are opposed to
Speer, and it is possible that the nomination
may never be reported to the Senate.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
This Morning’s Work in Both Houses.
Washington, Feb. 2.—Speaker Carlisle
has returned from Albany, but rumains at
his hotel to- day, in consequence of indispo
sition.
Mr. Blackburn, Speaker pro tern., was
beseiged by members who desired recogni
tion for motions to suspend the rules, this
being the day assigned for individual mo
tions, it having been understood that he
would ignore the list arranged by Speaker
Carlisle. During the ten minutes occupied
in reading the journal there were upwards
of a score of members around the desk seek
ing his ear for the same purpose.
In the Senate the credentials of John C.
Spooner, of Wisconsin, and George G. Vest,
of Missouri, were read and ordered filed.
Mr. Harris reported favorably from the
Committee on the District of Columbia.
A bill appropriating $6,000 to enable the
Commissioners to maintain public order
during the inauguration. Passed
THE MOVEMENT ON TRINITY.
The Proparty Parceled Out on Paper.
New York, February 2.—Mrs. Wal
lace, who is leading the descend
ants of Aneke Jans against the forces of
Trinity, held two meetings at her residence,
No.;i4 Clinton Place, last week. The shares
of stock taken in her company will entitle
the holders to their pro rata share in the
estate after Trinity is turned out. A pam
phlet containing a map of the Anelre Jans
estate,the will of that famous old lady, and a
vast amount of information has been pub
lished by Mrs. Wallace, and is for sale.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Captain Eads and tho Appropriation Bill.
Washington, Feb. 2.—The opening de
bate on the river and harbor bill thus far
has been marked by more than the usual
feeling shown by the opposition. It grows
out of the fact that the bill has been pre
pared, as it were, by Captain Eads. Mem
bers generally do not like the slur ,
that is cast iipon the engineer corps of the
army, the members of which have many
friends in Congress. Some of the latter
sarcastically remark that the bill might ap
propriate'y be termed a measure to turn
over the wnoie engineering business of the
government to Captain Etds. The old
feeling between the Captain and t' e profes
sionals in the army that has existed ever
since the jetty system proved so successful
’"’ill very likely become evident before the
debai- proceeds much farther.
THE BUS.. ECI ED DYNAMITER.
His Re-arraignment TMs Morning.
London, Feb. 2.—James Gilbert Cunning
ham, alias Dalton, alias Gilbert, the dyna
mite suspect,was re-arraigned in Bow Street
Police Court this morning. The court room
was thronged with spectators, but none were
admitted without a pass issued by the police.
Among those present were many of the no
bility and members of the House of Com -
mons- The prisoner looked a trifle pile
and seemed nervous.
National ft&uk Burned.
Marquette, Mich , Feb. 2.—The First
National B&nk building caught fire shortly
after midnight this morning. The building
was the finest in the city and is a total loss.
Owing to the extremely cold weather, the
thermometer registering 15 degrees below
zero, the firemen worked at great disadvant
age. Loss, $20,000.
An Indignant Official Sues for #50,000
Damages.
Chicago, 111., February 2.—Samuel L
Whippie, Secretary to the General Manager |
of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, has
sued the company for $50,000. He claims
to be damaged to that amount by unjust ac
cusations that he had conspired to injure
the business of the road by a fraudulent cir
culation of passes.
Disastrous Collision.
Dayton, 0., February 2. — •'wo freight
trains on the New York Lake Erie and
Western Railway came into a collision near
Kent, Ohio, yesterday afternoon, demolish
l ing both engines and smashing and burning
a number of cars, destroying much merchan
dise, and killing many cattle.
Chicago’Change.
Chicago, Feb. 2. —At the opening wheat
was steady at 76|c February; 77§c March; i
83|c May. Corn firm at 36 jc March; 36|c
April; 39fc May. Oats quiet; May, 30Jc.
Pork firm at sl2 20 February; sl2 27 j
March. Lard firm at $6 85 February;
$7 07| May. I
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1885.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Sensation Growing Out of a Will Case—
The Atlanta Water Supply—lncreased
Taxation Expected— The Railway-
Crossing Nuisance.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Dally Times.
Atlanta Ga., Feb. 2—A suit has been
filed here involving the right to twenty
thousand dollars worth of property and
making allegations of a rather startling
character. In 1881, George J. Booth, a
highly respectable citizen, died leaving an
estate amounting to twenty thousand dol
lars A lady who had always passed as
Booth’s wife applied for letters of adminis
tration on the estate, which were granted.
The property was divided between the wife
and an alleged son and daughter. Now three
sisters of Booth have appeared and claim
the property. They say the alleged wife was
married to a man named James Martin,
who was arrested for some offense, put in
j ail, broke out and fled the country, leaving
his wife with one son. That the wife, then
went to live with Booth as his housekeeper,
carrying her son with her. That the
alleged daughter, and now a young lady and
married, was. when a baby, left on Booth’s
doorstep by a fallen woman, and that Booth
cared for the child through pity, but never
adopted her. Therefore none of the three
are entitled, under the law, to any of the
property The three sisters live in the
country near Athens, and say they know
nothing of the proceedings tha' made the so
called Mrs. Booth the administratrix, and
that Booth was never married to anyone.
Atlanta is somewhat excited over her
water supply, the water works being a pro
nounced future as at present managed. The
city will probably adopt the Savannah sys
tem of standpipes.
There is a growing belief that the Legis
lature at the summer session will be called
on to raise the rate of taxation. The pres
ent rate is inadequate to the needs of the
State.
On the 10th a conference will be held by
the railroad officials, who have interests
here, and a committee of citizens and city
ccuicilmen with a view to arranging if
possible some way to abate the railroad
crossing nuisance. It is proposed to sink
the grade of the railroads and have slightly
raised bridges at Loyd, Pryor, Whitehall
and Forsyth streets crossings. The tracks
in the union passenger depot would have
to be lowered 16 feet.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Weak and Generally Featureless—Bears
Confident, Bulls Hopeful.
Special Dispatch to the Times.
Chicago, February 2.—Wheat is the
only article on change which shows any
life, and the feeling is nervous and the
activity comes by spurts. At present the
chances for advance or decline appear to be
so evenly balanced that slight influences
bring changes either up or down, as the fac
tors are fatorable or adverse. The chief
hopes of the bulls are based on the current
low figures, and hopes of a fresh score re
garding the winter wheat plant, while the
I tears look for still lower foreign quotations
a decreased export movement and a with
drawal of outside buying sufport. Under
these circumstances all the heiviest opera
tors here have turned scalpers and make
and even up their deals on Actuations of
4c or less. “Jule” Bliss has been about the
heaviest buyer recently) He is
covering “short” sales and as he is
known to have commenced “shotting” the
market at 84 cents and steadily doubled his
lines up to 89 cents, his winnings are sup
posed to be large. A material increase in
receipts is expected as soon as ’.he milder
weather relieves the railroads rom their
present snow blockades,but it is just possible
the decline in values may cause firmers to
hold back their grain. In either case the
export demand for this week has siown up
go light that a considerable increase in the
vissible supply is likely.
“Other countries are underselling us in
the Br tish markets,” said And >ws to
night. “Values must come down t« a com
peting basis, or the wheat will pile ip here,
and, while the change in weathe- and a
prob ible crop scare pievents reck fess sell
ing now, a big drop will be certain later
on.”
H. J Chandler, on the other hail, says:
“Wheat has sus ained a big decline during
the past two weeks. Trade at 88c br May
was large, and the improved busimss out
look caused many operators who hai been
out of the market for months to taki hold.
Most of this high priced wheat has come
out below 844 c, but I think it has settled in
hands well able to take care of it, and when
the ‘shorts’ attempt to realize I exject a
sharp advance.”
Corn is dull and nearly featureless. The
' market is weak in sympathy with wheat,
but there is a somewhat better demand for
shipment owing to the fact that Eaitern
roads are again taking freight freely.
Receipts at present are a little larger but
it is not thought they will increase materi
ally as the stuff now being sold and shipped
in the West is going by heredireetto thssea
board, and consuming centres in New Eng
-1 md and the South.
Provisions rule slumpy and the trade acts
tired This is principally due to the weak
ness in live animals kt the yards as the ship
ping demand for product is brisk. Specula
tive business is light and about all local.
Killed His Brother-in-Law.
Dallas, Texas, Feb. 2.—ln Alvarado
late on Saturday night, Dr. S. B. Allen was
shot and killed by his brother-in-law, W J.
Wellborne. Alien’s wife died a few days
ago, and Wellborne had come on a visit of
condolence. Saturday afternoon, while talk
ing over business matters, they quarreled
with the result as stated.
Myerson sells a nice Infant’s Kid Butto'
Shoe for 50c.
A TENNESSEE TERROR
MURDERS FOUR MEN IN TWO
WEEKS.
The Career of a Moonshine Desp rado—
Killing a Man for Seventy-five Dol
lars—Now in the Mountains Defy
ing Capture—Will be Seriously
Dealt With if Caught—Lynch
ers in Hot Fursuit
Nashville, February I.—A brief United I
Press telegram, a few days since, announced .
that one Riley Pile, a desperado and moon
-1 shiner, of Picket county, Tennessee, had
murdered Deputy United States Marshal
' James McDonald two weeks ago, and two or
! three days ago had murdered Luxe David
' son, a highly esteemed farmer. The story
1 of the murders in full is as follows:
J Deputy Marshals Phillips and McDonald
, raided Pile’s still a few week” ago,
, destroyed the outfit and arrested Pile.
r At first Pile pretended to submit, but
’ watching his opportunity he suddenly drew
a pistol and instantly killed McDonald,
> making his escape under a running fire.
I Pile is in the mountains defying capture.
. When the excitement died out he appeared
among the people, who knowing him to be
a desperate man, made no attempt to arrest
! him. He conceived the notion that a
1 farmer, Luke Davidson, had betrayed him
1 to the raiders He went to Mr. Davidson
and made him give him a note for $75, the
value of the still destroyed by the revenue
men.
The note fell due the other day, and Da
vidson refused to pay. Pile said he would
have blood or money, and would give him
' two days to settle. At the end of that time,
finding Davidson working in a field, Pile,
at the muzzle of a rifle, marcbed him up
the mountain side to where a huge ledge
projected over a high cliff. He told David-
■ son that he was going to place the note on
! his forehead and collect it, and push him
over the precipice.
A woman living near by had seen the
’ two men, and knowing Pile’s desperate I
character, dispatched a boy in search ofl
f Davidson’s brother Junk. The latter was
I found, and accompanied hy a friend named
; Oliver, was soon on Pile’s trail and arrived
in sight just as Pile was about to shove his
I victim over the precipice. Oliver acciden-
* tally slipped, attracting Pile’s attention.
! The latter instantly fired with his rifle,
mortally wounding Junk Davidson, who
died in a few hours.
Luke Davidson took to his heels and I
escaped, leaving Pile and Oliver alone.
* Oliver fired his pistol, severely wounding [
Pile in the arm. A running fire ensued for
three quarters of a mile Oliver reloading
his pistol three times. Pile jumped behind
> a rock, and Oliver, afraid to approach, gave
, up the chase. Pile was joined next day by
his brother, who is equally well known as a
' desperado. The citizens organized parties,
■ and are now searching the mountains, de
. daring they will lynch them.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Th Sherman-Davis Affair—lndelible, But
Not Honorable Scars Inflicted on Te
cumseh—lncreased Esteem for Mr.
Davis in the South—The Grant Re
lief Measures.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
New York, Jan. 31.—Republican tactics
have had a bad beginning with this year.
Sherman’s “personal affair” with Hon. Jef
ferson Davis so enlarged in his patriotic
soul as to become important to historic re
cord. Moreover the subject of Mr. Davis’
private meditations during the war, requir
ed immediate consideration by the National
Senate. The methods were so cunningly de-,
vised that hope was entertained of splitting
in twain the “Solid South.” The rebound
from sordid sentiment left indellible scars of
misrepresentation upon Gen. Sherman.
Zeb Vance and Joe Brown so quickly
resented his application of “special personal
regard” that he may seek restitution to the
army and declare martial law so as to
avenge himself. He may feel vain of the
howl of Blaine’s remnant—the tail of mal
ice that is < f slow death, but his record for I
veracity paid deirly for (he glory.
Isn’t it a “ingular condition of affairs that |
while peace and good will are sought by the
people of both sections, and while they vie
with each other in displaying olive leaves, j
there is the eternal manifestation of hatred I
at the N-rth f t one man just because he I
was the first officer in the Confederacy? Tin
good of the late Controversy has been in
settling Mr. Divis in the esteem of all true j
men, at the South. To assail his motives is
to assail theirs, and the yearning for peace
is not great enough, nor will it be, to induce
them to renounce him. However much
his policy during the wat was assailed, the
South is of due mind as to his motives, and
they are proud that in all these subsequent
years his conduct has been consistent with
the honor they conferred. Attention of the
conquerors in war is called to the fact that
in this one thing they have not gone half
way over the chasm.
The coup d’etat of Cyrus Field and as
sociates in having Gen. Grant decline a
gift (?), and Mrs. Grant to do likewise, at
the opportune period for an impulsive
sentiment to move Congress for a perpetual
gilt was quite amusing. The probable
failure does not distress them, because they
have a prospect of stirring strife afresh and
have plenty of money any how. I trust
numbers from the South will establish their
good will for Union soldiers in a more equit
able way than that of giving one of them
> eleven hundred d jllars 1•- month for life.
, S. A. C.
Probabilities.
' Washington, Feb. 2—For the South
A lantic States fair weather, northerly
winds becoming variable, a slight rise in
temperature in northern portions, station
ary temperature in Southern portions.
Myerson sells Opera Slippers as low as 15c
WESTERN MARKETS.
I Speculation During the Week Past—The
Bears on Top—Lower Prices yet
Looked For.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Chicago, Jan. 31.—The markets on
’Change during the past week have again
shown something of their old life and ac-
I tivity, but it has been at the expense of
; lower prices all around.
j Wheat started weak and heavy with Gyp
I Adams, Nat Jones and their followers selling
freely, but the “bulls” manfully fought any
decline, and countrymen, contrary to their
usual custom, doubled their purchases at
each fractional drop, encouraged by the bee
lief that Tuesday’s visible supply figures
would show a decrease. This, however
they failed to do. In fact, they denoted
that during the previous week supplies had
increased something over a quarter million
bushels, and the market broke all to pieces
in consequence. Encouraged by this the
“bulls” have kept up a continual pounding
ever since, and aided by dumping on of stop
ordlrs and the throwing of weak
“bu|ls” they have succeeded in pretty
thoroughly demoralizing holders, and all
but the strongest bulls have been shaken
out. Pi ices have fluctuated sharply and
widely, but each day touched a lower point
than before reached, and toward the finish
the principal buying was by “shorts” cov
ering at a profit. The outlook now too is
not thought to favor much improvement,
and many are predicting lower prices for
May than have yet been recorded. The
fact that the supply continues so large in
spite of increased consumption and increased
exports, shows that the siock of wheat in
the country is yet very large. The weather
is becoming milder, and with the embargo
on the railroads removed, much heavier
receipts are looked for. It will take some
thing sensational to check the enthusiasm
of the bears who are again becoming ram
pant in their conviction of wonderfully low
' prices in the future. With a long spell of
warm weather to remove the covering of '
snow from the ground, unfavorable crop
! reports may again be expected and will I
' perhaps supply the stimulus needed to turn |
the market for another advance.
Mi'mime says to night: “ r t is an uncer
tain kind of market and will be difficult to
ride successfully. I regard sales made on
bulges or purchased on breaks as standing
about an equal chance of winning.”
Another trader says: “The market is so
heavily‘short’ that it will be impossible to
I even up without a big bulge and any actual
| dan age to the growing crop would set things
soaring ”
Wh»n the feeling is weakest is often just
the time wnen some strong hand takes hold.
Sid Kent is believed to be still under the
market and s■> are Baxter and Bliss.
Corn has been depressed rn account of the
rest- ration of freights fast to old pool rates,
which was equivalent to a reduction of 2@3
lent- in the price paid in Eastern mat nets.
The general opinion seems to be that corn
can’t go up much with wheat so heavy, and
will not decline much with sucii small re
ceipts. Everybody is expecting an increase,
hut for some reason it does not come.
At the start hog products seemed inclin
ed toadiauce under de.reasec receipts at
the yards and reported very heavy ship
in-ins of meats, but the weakness in sur
rounding markets proved too much fir the
toys and provisions gave way in sympathy.
Trade is light and the cash demand shows
signs of letting up, so that with continued
weakness in the cereals many expect a
further decline in product. Packers now,
however, have their cellars full and are in
terested in preventing any downward move
nient, while speculators have too vivid a
rememberance of last year’s exp Hence to
get heavily “short” on anything in the pro
vision line.
New York Stock Market,
New York, Feb. 2—At 1:30 p. m. to
dAy quotations were :
Union Pacific 50
Missouri Pacific 95%
Western Union Telegraph Co 59%
Pacific Mail 54%
Like Shore 61%
Louisville and Nashville
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver and Rio Grande 8%
Michigan Central 65
ileiaware, Lackawanna A West’n 90%
I Northwestern 90%
; St. Paul 71%
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 118%
; Northern Pacific 15%
Rock Island 108
I Jersey Central 33
Memphis and Charleston 27%
. East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com; 3%
East. Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5%
Philadelphia and Reading 15%
Omaha (com) 25
Omaha (pfd) 86%
New York Central 87%
Kansas and Texas 15
Erie 12%
British Discipline.
Chambers’ Journal.
There is a clump of trees in the immedi
ate vicinity of Bangalore which is known
as “the Dead-man’s Tope.” In it there is a
solitary grave, that of a young Scotchman.
For many years the natives alleged that his
“ghost” was to be seen walking mournfully
among the trees, for they said he could not
rest until his appointed years had been
fulfilled. He had been a corporal in a
Scotch regiment stationed in Bangalore,
beloved by all his comrades, but unfortun
ately hated by the sergeant of his company.
At last, goaded by the unjust treatment he
received from the sergeant, he struck him
down in a moment of passion.
In those days discipline was stern; the
young Corporal was tried and condemned
to be hanged in the presence of the whole
garrison. The execution took place, but so
greit was the feeling against the Sergeant
that he had to be sent away from the regi
ment down to Madras, protected by a mili
tary escort. The General Officer who told
me this sad story was a witness of this sad
scene, and was the interpreter to the native
soldiers of the reason of the execution.
The young Corporal belonged to Glasgow,
and was connected with many respectable
families in that city,
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL
SPEER’S NOMINATION UNDER DIS
CUSSION.
Some Qneer Facts Being Developed—Mr.
Arthur’s Reasons for Making the Nom
ination, Mild Senator Brown’s Rea
sons for Supporting it—Biliy
Chandler’s Loyalty to His Em
ployer—The Savannah
Postmastersbip.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 31.—There are
no new developments in the case of Emory
Speer, whose nomination for the position ol
• United States Judge for the Southern Dis-
* trict of Georgia, is still in the hands of the
, Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Op
-1 ponents of the nomination are fighting des
-1 perately in the committee and hope to suc
-1 ceed in defeating it. Some queer facts are
5 connected with the nomination, not the
s least being the support understood to be
I given to it by Senator Brown, of Georgia.
' It is reliably stated that Senator Colquitt
. called upon the President a few days ago
I with reference to Speer’s nomination, and
1 that in answer to a direct inquiry as to the
motive for making a nomination so distaste
ful to the majority of Georgians, the Presi
dent said, in effect, that inasmuch as the
position now held by the unfortunate Judge
McCay would eventually be filled by a
Democrat, he thought it equitable and ad
visable to avail himself of this opportunity
to appoint Speer, whom he considered a
representative Republican and one whose
services demanded recognition.
Since writing the above, I learn that the
Senate Judiciary Committee has postponed
action on the Speer nomination until next
Monday, when Senator Colquitt will be per
mitted to appear and state his objections to
i favorable recommendation by the com
mittee. Senator Brown went before the
committee several days ago and gave his
reason for not opposing Mr. Speer’s confir
mation. It is said that he took the ground
that the opposition to Mr. Speer is governed
Iby passion and prejudice. He said that
notwithstanding the petitions of the numer
ous bar associations in the State of Georgia,
protesting against Mr. Speer’s confirmation,
he felt satisfied that fully one-half of the
lawyers in the State are not unfriendly to
Mr. Speer. One-fourth probably are in
different on the subject, and the other one
fourth are violently opposed to him on po
litical and personal grounds. This is about
the manner in which Senator Brown summed
up the Speer case before the committee.
The National Republican, a paper pub
lished in this city and controlled it not
owned in great part by William E. Chand
ler, Secretary of the Treasury by the grace
of John Roach, his long-time patron and
employer, in its issue of this date contains
an editorial venomously attacking the pro- |
priation for the establishment of a naval
depot at Brunswick, Ga., as contemplated j
by the bill of Representative Nicholls,
which was introduced on Monday last.
The article bears Chandler’s ear-marks.
This political excresence, like most of the
narrow-guaged officials holding prominent
official positions of late years, can see noth
ing good outside of New England. An out'
rageous evidence of the man’s fealty to his
employer at the expense of the public is
shown in his recent action in closing every
navy yard in the country on the Ist instant,
solely for the purpose of bulldozing the
passage of a so-called appropriation bill,
which contained clauses under which he
(Chandler) could not give contracts to his
friend and patron, John Roach, before the
close of the present administration. No
wonder Senator Beck denounced the closing
of the yards as an outrage and an unwar
ranted cruelty towards nearly four thous
and poor and deserving families. The text
of the article in the Republican is as fol
lows:
“an unnecessary appropriation.
It is evident we have more navy yards than
we can use, and there is no demand for one
at Brunswick harbor, Ga. An appropriati n
of $200,000 was made during the first year
of Buchanan’s administration to start a
naval depot at this place, and the money
was paid for 1,100 acres of land on Blythe
Island to be used for that purpose, which
were purchased in 1857. All further interest
in the project ceased until a bill was intro
duced Monday by Mr. Nicholls, of Georgia,
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to
proceed with the work, and making an ad
ditional appropriation of $500,000.
About a year ago a naval station was
established at Port Royal, S. C., forty acres
of land being purchased, and the buildings
are now in process of erection. This station
answers all the present requirements of the
service and entirely supersedes the one pro
jected at Brunswick harbor, Georgia. In
stead of appropropriating $500,000 more to
be expended at Brunswick harbor, Congress
should authorize the sale of the 1,100 acres
of land already owned by the government
at that point, and have the money covered
into the Treasury. The land is now value
less to the United States, and a navy yard
is not needed there If Congress desires to
do anything this session for the navy, let it
appropriate money for its increase and im
provement. If the house should even at
this late day be seized with a spasm of pa
triotism and vote a generous appropriation
for the building of a navy, many of its past
shortcomings would be overlooked by the
country.”
Mr. Wilson who was recently confirmed
in the Senate as Postmaster at Savannah,
called at the post office department yes
terday (Sunday) to ascertain if the depart
ment had yet been officially notified of his
confirmation. He was answered in the ne
gative. He stated that he was anxious to
file the proper bond, which he claims he
will have no difficulty in obtaining.
Bob.
mothers.)
If you are failing; broken, worn out ans
nervous, use “Wells’ Health Renewer.” $1
! Druggists.
, To be convinced call around and see L
. Fried’s before making your purchases else.
where, as the price ana quality of goods selb
self-
S6OO A YE 1R
MAKING UFA PURSE
To Send the Fuslleera to Washington.
.. 1
i The Charleston News and Courier of to
day, in noticing the fact that the German
.. Fusiliers of that city are endeavoring to
perfect arrangements to visit Washington
and participate in the inauguration ceremo
nies on the fourth of March next, says:
‘ It was thought that some of the patri
otic and public spirited citizens of Charles
ton would aid them to ply the expenses of
the trip, which will be greater than the
I members of the company will themselves be
e able to bear. The matter having been
r | brought to lhe attention of Mayor Courte
f j nay, that gentleman heartily endorsed the
I plan in the following patriotic letter:
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 28, 1885.
; 1 The German Fusiliers have been specially
- I invited to be present at the dedication of
. j the Washington monument at the Federal
I Capital on the 22d of February, 1885.
This distinguished honor has been paid
e i to this veteran corps for the reason that it is
e | the only military command in South Caro
e j lina directly connected with the war for
American independence, having been at
the siege of Savannah and elsewhere in that
I i struggle.
a The cost of this trip will be about SI,OOO,
j and to enable the young men to make this
visit, and so have our State and city repre-
B seated on this great occasion, a contribution
’ of SSOO is necessary.
I have urged Captain Schacte to under
-3 take this journey, and have expressed the
3 1 opinion that at least twenty of our citizens
1 would esteem it as a great privilege as I do
’ to contribute $25 to this patriotic purpose.
William A. Courtenay.
J Several gentlemen have already signified
’ their willingness to join the Mayor in the
proposed contribution, and it is hoped that
! there will be no difficulty in securing the
subscription of the proposed amount.
DEADLY BEER.
A Man Dies Under Suspicions Circumstan
ces.
j A death occurring unCer suspicious cir
cumstances reached the ears of a Times
j reporter this morning, and if the circum
stances are true a legal investigation would
be nece-sary, Ths reporter called at a col
ored woman’s house in Perry Street Lane,
two doors east of Montgomery street, and
I tried to get the particulars of the death
I from a woman named Moore, but although
I she had talked freely about the matter
among the colored people, she would say
nothing at all to the reporter. The facts as
gathered, although meagre, are abiut as fol
lows : A negro man. name not learned and
living on theOgeechee Canal near Railroad
street, had had some words with another,
but had made up and taken a glass of beer
at his expense on Saturday night. He
went home and was taken with violent
convulsions, dying Sunday. Before he died,
I he stated that the beer had been drugged
and this had caused his death. The
woman who tdked s> freelv to others im
pres-ed the reporter with the fact that she
knew much of the affair, but fear of the law
evidently closed her lips To the reporter
, she absilutely knew nothing, though she
I old others where the dead man had lived.
She was at the time washing for a woman
named Rivers, who heard a portion of the
j above particulars from her lips.
Protected by a Horse.
Leavenworth Times.
I A lady well advanced in years was found
i recently wandering along the road near the
residence of Mrs. Colonel Hunt, and, on
being questioned,she said she was searching
for a buggy containing a child. She had
left the buggy a short distance from the
house, and the horse fi'ached to it bad
wandered off. The night was bitter
cold. Yesterday it was discovered
that the horse had wandered into
the woods, and, becoming tired,
had lain down. The child, a bright little
girl, was found by some boys next morning
snugly sleeping against the breast of the
herse, with its head lying on one of the
anim l’s forelegs. The little one had evi
dently become cold, and when the horse lay
down went to try to make it get up, when,
the boys think, the sagacious animal manag
ed to place it with its head on its arm, so
to speak, to keep it from freezing to death.
The mother was overjoyed to recover her
child, and will keep'the faithful horse as
long as she lives.
He Wanted An Answer.
A young lady living in Dallas, Texas, dis
missed the young man to whom she wiß
engaged because ha drank. A few days
after she had told him she would never
speak to him again a little negro boy
brought a note from the wretched young
man, whom we shall call George. The
note read: “Faithless, yet still beloved
Fanny; My sufferings are more than I can
bear. I cannot live without your love. I
have therefore, just taken poison, the effects
of which I am already beginning to feel When
you read these lines I will already have
joined the great silent majority. I will be
a corpse. See that I am decently buried,
and shed a silent tear over my tomb in re
membrance of the happy days gone by.
Your Dear George.” When the young lady
had finished reading the note she asked the
little negro who brought the note what he
was waiting for? “De gemman tole me ter
wait for an answer.”
He Was Saddened.
Providence Press.
A rich young man of the dude order of
, dress and impertinence attended a charity
. fair. At one of the tables was a young lady
, noted for her beauty. The dude “hung
> around” the beauty’s table, but bought
nothing. At last the young lady asked,
“Will you buy?” “Unfortunately, what 1
wish to buy is not for sale.” “What is it?”
“I dare not say.” “Whatever it is you may
s buy.” “Well, then, since you insist, I should
I like to buy one of your glossy ringlets.”
The young lady seized a pair of scissors,
clipped one and handed it io the young man,
saying, “One hundred dollars,” He paid.
■ But it saddened him, and he was seen at the
1 fair no more.