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VOL. 6.—NO. 41.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST ADVICES AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
General Gordon’s Death Confirmed AH
England Mourning the Dead Hero-
Conn ing the Electoral Vote in Con
gress— Cleveland and Hendricks
Declared Elected Amid En
thusiastic Cheers —The
Markets and Various
Items of Interest.
London, Feb. 11- Any doubt that may
have existed as to the authenticity of the
news announcing the death of General Gor
don has been dispelled by the receipt at the
War Office, this morning, of a dispatch
dated Korti, and signed by General Wolse
ley. In his dispatch, the General states
that he has received positive information
that General Gordon met his death in the
manner described in the United Press dis
patchessent last night He adds: “My in*
formation is from a reliable sourc“, and
leaves no room for hope that the gallant
Gordon has escaped.”
THE KHEDIVE INTERVIEWED.
St London, Feb. 11.—A dispatch from Cipro
to the Central News office gives an account (
of an interview by one of its correspondents
with the Khedive to-day, in relation to the
outlook in Egypt, and with a view of obtain- (
ing his ideas in regard to theeffect the cap- ,
ture of Khartoum will have on the follow- ,
ers of Islam througl oit Egypt. The Khe
dive stated that he did not fear any disas
trous results from the fate of Khartoum.
The Mahdi’s power had already reached its
zenith and he failed to see any room for
a further augmentation. He stated, how
ever, that it could not be denied that
the situation was grave, not to say desperate.
“The only way out of the present dilemma,”
said he, “is for England to act at once, lay
ing aside all hai.-way measures and dispatch
immediately a sufficient force to meet and
crush the Mahdi beyond retrieval.” He
pooh-poohed the idea of England withdraw i
ing her forces adding that the abandonment ;
of the Soudan now would be a fatal mistake
and would result in leaving a blot on the
name and honor < f England that could i ,
never be erased. “The abandonment of the
country to the fanatical hordes who have
flocked to the standard of the Mahdi,” said
he, “means the surrender of the country to ,
murder, pillage, outlawry and constant in
ternal dissensions and strife.”
“Don’t you think that the fall of Khar- ,
toum will result in many of the now friend
ly tribes joining the cause of the Mahdi?” (
“Well,” he replied, “I do not expect any (
immediate or wholesale stampede, but any (
wavering on the part of England at this |
time will doubtless precipitate a rush of ,
these tribes to the Mahdi’s ranks ”
“What s your opinion as to General Gor i ,
don’s fate ?” _ I '
“I firmly believe he is alive and well. |
The Mahdi has no int rest in killing him. |
On the contrary, he knows that it would I
eventually be to his interest to capture Gen. I :
Gordon alive, and I am convinced that he
has used all means at his command to se
cure the gallant General as a hostage ”
COUNTING THE VOTES.
The Trip Completed—Cleveland and Hin
dricks Declared Elected Amid Loud
Cheers.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times
Washington, February 11.—The Senate j
and House are now in joint session counting
the electoral votes of President and Vice
President, Mr. Edmunds presiding, and Mr.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, acting Speaker,
owing to the illness of Mr. Carlisle. The
House is crowded to its full capacity. The
tellers for the Senate are Messrs. Pendleton
and Hoar; for the House, Messrs. Keifer
and Clay. In order to expedite the count,
at Senator Sherman’s suggestion only the
substance of the certificates are being read.
Thus far the certificates are regular and the
count will probably occupy two hours.
The electoral count is completed. Cleve
land and Hendricks were officially declared ,
elected amid applause and cheers which
could not be checked by the presiding officer.
TERRIBLE -WEATHER.
A Blizzard Ragb g Furiously—Railroad
Trains Snow Bound. <
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 11.—The blizzard
which started yes’erday about noon, still
continues with full fury. The thermometer 1
at 11 a. m. registered 11° below zero. All '
trains are snow b >imd and schedule time has ,
been abandoned The Erie train, which i
was timed to leave here at 4:10 yesterday <
afternoon, has at this hour reached Alden,
thirteen miles from this city. Another train
on the Central Road is stalled at Holley
The storm is pronounced the most severe j
experienced in a score of years. It is re
ported that three flagmen on the Lacka
wanna Road were frozen to death last night.
MYSTERIOUS ASSASSINATION. !
‘ 1
A Tt*xaH Detective Shot Dead by an Un
known Person. j
Sweetwater, Texas, Feb. 11 —At 9
o’clock last night Mr. B. F. Warren, recent- 1
ly a Texas ranger and lately in the employ (
of the Odum Cattle Company, and State ]
Detective by authority of Gov. Ireland, and i
who had become a witness against the fence t
cutters in Bunnell county, while sitting in
the office of the Central Hotel, was shot
dead by some unknown person in the street.
J
Texas Wants a Place.
Austin, Fsb. 11. —Both Houses of the
Texas Legislature have recommended ex- t
Governor Richard B. Hubbard to Mr. Cleve- s
land for a place in his Cabinet.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1885.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The Work of Bath Homes This Morning.
Washington, Feb. 11. —In the House,
the galleries were packed this morning to
witness the count of the electoral vote for
President. After reading the journal, Mr.
Poland, of Vermont, submitted the confer
ence report on the bill authorizing suits for
damages where death results from wrongful
acts, neglect or default, and it was adopted.
Mr. Follett, of Ohio, reported back the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill, and
moved concurrence in a portion and non
concurrence in the other Senate amend
ments, and that a conference be asked on
dis gteeing votes. Adopted, and Messrs
Follett, Hutchins and Cannon were ap
pointed conferees.
In the House, the Senate, headed by
President Edmunds, its Sergeant-at-Arms
and venerable Doorkeeper Mr. Bassett,
bearing the boxes containing the electoral
votes, were announced by Mr. Leedom,
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, and a mo
ment later entered. The President of the
Senate, takiug the chair, announced that in
obedience to the Constitution and laws, and
in accordance with their concurrent resolu
tion, the two Houses had met in joint con
vention to count the vote of electors for
President and Vice President for the term
commencing March 4th, 1885. The tellers
on the part of the two Houses were directed
to take their places. The chair then said the
President of the Senate will open the votes
of the several States in alphabetical order,
and he now opens the certificate of the State
of Alabama. He will deliver to the Chair
man of the Senate tellers the certificate re
ceived by mail, and to the Chrirman of the
House tellers the certificate received by
Messenger, Senator Hoar then read the cer
tificate handed him with its accompanying
certificates of authority from the State < ffice
while Mr. Clay looked over
the copy handed to him. The
certificates for Arkansas were next deliv
ered to the tellers, the mail copy being
handed to Mr. Clay and read by him. His
voice was so weak that he could not be
: heard by those in the rear, which led to
■ confusion, and finally a request for better
1 order.
Senator Sherman suggested that the
certificates be inspected by the Chair and
I only the operative part read, which was re
ceived with much satisfaction and unani
mously agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Dawes the Senate passed
the bill providing for permanent reservations
for the Indians in Northern Montana. The
bill provides for locating the Piegan, Blood
and Blackfeet Indians on lands in Northern
Montana, which lands may be patented to
them in severalty hereafter, if Cong-ess so
desires, $25,000 annually is appropriated to
enable the Indians to give up the chase and
to assist them in becoming an agricultural
and pastorial people. At 11:55 the Senate
proceeded in a body to the House to count
the electoral votes for President and Vice-
President of the United States.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
Philadelphians in the Capital—Matiimo
nial—Case Dismissed.
Atlanta, February 11.—To-morrow At
lanta will be filled up by a company of one
hundred prominent Philadelphia people en
route to New Orleans. These are wealthy
excursionists who travel in grand style by
special train. They have issued handsome
invitations ,to one hundred Atlanta people
to join them in a banquet at the Kimball
■ House to-morrow afternoon at 5 o’clock.
The Philadelpiians will be tendered a re
ception at the Executive Mansion at 2
o’clock.
Invitations arc out announcing the ap
proaching marriage of Mr. Horace Bradley,
the artist, to Miss Fannie Sage, daughter of
the late B. Y. Sage, who was several years
ago Superintendent of the Air Line Rail
road. They will be married at St. Philips
to morrow night.
Last night, at the Methodist Church, Mr.
Eugene Spalding was united in marriage to
Miss Van Hilliard, daughter of the Hon.
Henry W. Hilliard.
To-day Judge Hammond heard the case
of the Knoxville Iron Works against Wil
kins, Post & Co.; application for a perma
nent receiver. The bill was dismissed on
demurrer, the Judge holding that th" claim
of insolvency was not sufficiently proven.
THE CRESTON KAILWAY ACCIDENT.
CasnalVrs Greater Than at First Re
ported.
Des Moines, lowa, February 11.— Letter
reports from the railroad accident near
Creston, on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad, show the casualties to be
greater than at first believed. It is feared
that the number of deaths caused by the ac
cident and by exposure will reach sixteen
MURDERED BY HIS WIFE.
A Young Wife Kills Her Aged Husband.
Concord, 0., Feb. 11—A rich old farmer,
Hiram Atkins, living near here, married a
young wife a year ago. They lived unhap
pily and Atkins became a helpless invalid.
A tew months ago an alleged brother of
M's Atkins came to live with her, and
ttieir actions caused much scandal. Yester
day morning Atkins’ house was burned.
When the neighbors arrived and searched
the ruins they found the charred bodies of
Atkins and bis two children. Nothing was
to be seen of Mrs. Atkins and her brother.
Later it was learned that they had driven
in the night to this place and taken the
train for the West.
Mourning for Gordon.
London, Feb. 11. —All the London papers
are in mourning for General Gordon.
The Daily News, in an editorial, says that
the age of chivalry revives in Gordon’s his
tory. The whole world feels a thrill of pas
sionate grief at the Christian warrior's
death.
MACON MATTERS.
• Mercer University —The I’reparhtory De-
partment—Prosp* rous Condition of
the University.
)
J Special Correspondence Daily Times.
; Macon, Feb. 10.—To-day the reporto
rial gimlet was put into Professor A. I.
Branham, Principal of the Preparatory De
. partment of Mercer University. The fol
lowing interesting facts resulte I:
: “How is Mercer?”
“Oh, pretty well, that k you.”
1 “What is the outlook?”
“I am not fully conversant with the as
fairs of the University, but I know enough
i to say that it is in a prosperous condition
j The several departments, at the end of the
: term, will show about 200 students matricu
lated. Widespread interest in the Univer
sity has been awakened, and there is no
■ reason to doubt that each succeeding year
will witness an increase in the number of
students. There is no reason why this
should not be so. The faculty of no college
in the State excels that of Mercer—l apeak
’ of the University, not of the Preparatory
Department. The equipments are first-class,
expenses are small to students, and the influ
ences in the University are all good. Why,
let me tell you, I am the youngest man con
nected with the faculty, and, therefore, my
association with the students is close. I
> have never known a more earnest, moral,
manly set of young men in all my experi
■ ence. Dudes do not flourish in Mercer,
i The students are a plain, practical, studious
set of men, bent upon fitting themselves
: thoroughly for the work of their lives.
This is the verdict of all who know the
: Mercer students. As to the course of study,
i it is as thorough as that of any other similar
institution in Georgia.”
‘ “How about your department?”
: “It was organized in October, 1883. Rev.
: Dr. A. J. Battle, Rev. Dr. E. W. Warren
■ and Mr. B. L Willingham have been espe
i cially active in insuring its success. All
these gentlemen are deeply interested in
; Mercer. I’ll tell you another thing, if you
> ever wish a thing to be well done, induce
' these gentlemen to take hold of it. Ti e
• department has a handsome building of i s
■ I own on the University grounds, and is grad
ually increasing its numbers. Al leas,
1 \ thirty students will be catalogued the pres
lent term. If the teachers in charge were
salaried, so that the tuition might be re J
■: duced, the department would quickly out
grow its present quarters.”
I “What is the course of study in the Pre
i ■ paratory Department?”
sI “It is the usual course in preparatory
I schools. The intention is to prepare for the
i Freshman class. Students are received,
i, whether preparing for the University < r
i not; but, of course, the school is properly
i preparatory to Mercer.”
i “What do you need at Mercer?”
“Ask Dr. Campbell. I will say this much,
! however, as a personal opinion purely:
Mercer needs that the Baptist people in
' Georgia should send th ir sons to their own
■ university. I would like to paint thatopii.-
i ion on the wallsail over the State.”
There is no doubt about it, Mercer is de
cidedly on the up grade. Dr. Battle, its
polished and enthusiastic President, is hope
ful and cheery. He has reason to be, be
cause old Mercer has made a long step in
advance. Wynton.
Macon, Feb. 10—To-night the Macon
I Volunteers opened their new armory with a
i grand ball, and reception. Tne occasion
■ was one of gay happiness and pleasure
The handsome building is situated on the
! corner of First and Poplar streets, is con
i sidered one of the handsomest in the South
ern States. The building was illuminated
from the pavement to the dome, and de
corated with both State and National colors.
' The ball room was a brilliant scene, it was
I decorated with large flags representing
States of the Union with coat of arms sus-
■ pended from the walls were garlands, fes
, toons and National colors. The center
t chandeliers were decorated with a circle of
t National flags, the effect of which was pleas-
• ing. The stage was tastefully arranged
t with banners and flags, and was very milita
ry, on it was seated Card’s orchestra, of Co-
. lumbus, and the entire guests.
> The banquet was a grand feature. The
. tables were handsomely decorated and the
hall ornamented with bright flowers and
> National colors. The ceremonies began at
■ 8 - 30 o’clock, and consisted of the following :
• A formal announcement of the completion
i of the bui'ding and its delivery by the
i Building Commi tee to the Board of Trus
tees; the formal reception of the building
by the Board of Trustee-; formal delivery to
• i the Captain Commanding of the building
for military purpose.-; reception of trust by
• : Capt. W. W. Carnes; dismissal ol the com-
pany, followed by a grand ball and banquet.
i Among the prominent visitors present was
.I Geo. W. Peck, of Milwaukee, author ut
' I “Peck’s Bad Bi v.” Wynton.
■
I | DYNAMITERS AFTER MRS. DUDLEY.
L An Unsuccessful Attempt to Blow Her Up.
New York, February 11.—In Mrs. Dud
ley’s mail yesterday was a little pasteboard
box containing powder which exploded
with a slight noise. When Warden Finn
of the Tombs carefully opened it, inside was
a note saying : “Enclosed you will find a
good cure for insanity. Rossa and his dyna
mite scare won’t trouble you then, and this
should be a warning to British spies.
[Signed] “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
New York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 11.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat; No. 2 red winter for
March, 90| bid; do. for April, 92g; do. for
May, 94). Corn; No. 2 mixed for March,
491 bid; 49$ for April and Ma. Oats nomi
nal. Rye firm. Barley nominal. Pork
dull; mess sl4 121. Lard, $7 30 for Febru
i ary, $7 37 for March. Molasses quiet at 40
jto 53. Turpentine dull at 30 to 301.
I Rosin dull; strained to good at $1 25a 1 27].
Petroleum dull; refined in cans at Bsalo.
I Rice dull. Sugar firm; refined cut loaf at
I 6]a6j. Coffee dull; fair cargoes at 91.
Probabilities.
| Washington, Feb. 11.—For the South
| Atlantic States, fair weather, northwesterly
winds, becoming variab’e, and slight rise in
I temperature.
THEGREATEXPOSITION
PREPARATIONS FOR MARDI GRAS.
Thousands to Visit the City During the Ap
proaching Grand Carnival—The Nevada
and California Exhibits—Wonderful
Display of Minerals, Cereals and
Curiosities—General Notes.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
I New Orleans, La., Feb. 9. —Now that
the wintry or rainy season is over and the
Exposition is completed, let the people come
! and decide for themselves if your corres
' I pondent has not given a correct account of
, the Exposition so far as his series of letters
. have reached.
Mardi Gras, the great mythological mys
-1 tery, the anniversary of which is now and
"J always have been from a very remote date,
i celebrated in New Orleans with much
i splendor, will on the 17th of February far
■ excel anything of the kind ever given here.
• Consequently thousands who will attend
the Exposition have arranged to come to
> this city during the famous annual car-
• nival.
, There is no mistaking but that the rail*
■ roads are not making excursion rates as
' low as they ought for the benefit of them
selves and the World’s Show. They will
i have to come to it and make cheap rates as
an inducement to come here.
NEVADA.
; Commissioner W. N. Havener is justly
proud of the Rocky Mountain State over
, whose destinies at the Exposition he pre
sides. This is almost exclusively a mining
I country. Esmeralda and Larider counties
lead in valuable ores, of which copper run
ning 60 per cent., with cobalt crystals at
tached, taken from a depth of 3,000 feet, is
, , displayed. Ores of gold, silver and quick
, silver are rich. Nitrate of soda and salt
from Churchill, sulphur and cinnibar from
, Washoe and rich silver ore from Humbait I
, ' counties receive much attention. Ores con
. taining cobalt and nickle, 15 per cent.; cop
. per ore worth $1 a pound; carbonates, red
( | oxides are seen. Kuby silver ore worth
SIO,OOO a ton is commented on. Tbe Com
stock mine sends the richest ore, which is
almost pure silver. This mine in the past
. thirty years has produced over $315,000,000.
, Specimens of ore from Overman mine
. show different formations for every five
ieet to a a depth of 2,500 feet. An ingen
. ious model of the wo, kings of a mine
I from ■ urface to bottom is s own. A petri
! fied birds nest containing eggs, is the won
.. der of the young people who isit this de
partmmt. Piaster casts oi tracks of an ex
j ; lit,cl animal, supposed to be an elephant of
Ihi ge dimensions, are j ivtn. They are also
I photographed where found, some forty feet
I bel. w the surface in a quarry worked by
i convicts. Said tracks measure three feet in
. j diameter. Aso t.ruks of immense giants
, of the tenus i,omu measure 22x14 inches;
, their st, ps or strides are six feet. They
. were found in su dstme well preferred,
I sufficient to secute pcifect ci s s and to plio
. i tograph. Some fine specimens of free gold
II and silver with ores worth $20;000 a to.i in
. ' glass cases—to be seen not handled. The
I Piute Indians show much skill in pottery
i and glass work sent. Fruit does well but
agriculture better. Wheat goes 67 pounds
,to the bushel, and 50 bushels to the acre.
I Fine hay and oats are exhibited. Irish po
| tatoes weighing five pounds are excellent.
Virginia City sends a model invention of a
I stock car that seems very practicable and
I useful.
CALIFORNIA.
i The golden State of the Pacific slope is
I under direction of Commissioner C. B. Tur
rill, and outside of its untold mineral wealth
showing some handsome ores of free gold
! and wire silver specimens, it has covered a
I large space in the northwestern corner of
' the government building with a collection
iof articles which, for variety, cannot be
• I equaled by any other State. The appear-
ance of the display is greatly benefitted by
, the use of the California redwood for posts
and shelving throughout. The exhibit is
installed by counties, the collection of goods
; from each county being under the super
vision of a special commissioner. This
system has I a 1 an admirable effect in bring
ing together a large display, since each
county has put forth great efforts to excel
the other counties of the State.
Santa Clara county sends a large collec
‘ tion of garden seeds, a product in
which large interests in that county are
, engaged. Some 1,400 acres are devoted to
’ raising these seeds in this county, and
’ Santa Barbara, a neighboring county, ex
ported last year 300 car loads of the seeds.
Two hundred and forty-two varieties are
here exhibited by S.rong & Co. Sacramen
' to county send a large exhibit of corn of all
’ varieties, grains, hay, the fourth crop raised
on the same piece of land in a year, peanuts,
hops in bales and on the vines, buckwheat
. and other agricultural products. The figs
of California are exhibited in their pre
. served state ready for exportation. The
county also contains a fine quality of clay
and kaolin, which is represented both by
the native specimens and the bricks, pot
-1 tery, porcelain, etc; made therefrom. A
I very fine silk exhibit Is jmade by Mrs. Rut
i ter, of this county. The culture of the
i silk worm is becoming a very important
. industry throughout the State, and all the
counties have sent exhibits of the cocoons
i and the fibre as reeled and spun. This
county also sends some fine bunches of
grapes and some bundles of liquorice, a
plant which California alone, of all the
United States, is able to produce.
; NOTES.
“Where are you going my pretty maid?”
, In a small enclosure in Main building a
real dairy is arranged attended by a be
witching young lady, who milks an Alder-
■ my cow, and reserves you a glass of rich,
fresh milk —all for 5 cents. This is a novel
. feature, and is liberally patronized by the
. public, especially young men.
The Pullman Car Company occupy a large
space East of Music Hall devoted to a dis
play in miniature of the city of Pullman,
Illinois, which is built up principally by
this enterprising company. Those who ever
■ saw the thriving place, can easily recognize
this representation, and those who never
1 saw the original should visit the Exposi
tion,
f The Exposition Dress Club, which have
I : heretofore held its meetings on Mondays,
| now convene at 11 a. m. every Wednesday.
i Editors and reporters are expected to at
, tend these meetings.
| The private exhibits in the main build-
- i ing, whether for sale or show, are great sea-
I tures of attraction and are highly spoken
i of by visitors.
[ Many interesting erticles from the Haw.-
! aaian Islands have arrived and been placed
• in good positions.
Kenwick-
EXCII EMEN r UN ABA I ED.
That Remarkable Experience of a Roch
ester Physician Fully Authenticated.
f i
; ' Cleveland (Ohio)Herald.
I Yesterday and tbe day before we copied
. ' into our columns from the Rochester (N. Y.)
I I Democrat and Chronicle, a remarkable state
' ment made by J. B. Henion, M. D , a gen
. I teman who is well known in this city. In
! that article Dr. Henion recounted a won
[ derful experience which befell him, and the
, , next day we published from the same paper
. I a second article, giving an account of the
“Excitement in Rochester,” caused by Dr,
. Henion’s statement. It is doubtful if any
i | two articles were ever published which
I caused greater commotion both among pro
fessional people and lav men
, Since the publication of these articles,
having been besieged with letters of inquiry,
we sent a communication to Dr. Henion, and
i also one to H. H. Warner & Co., asking if
i any additional proof could be given to us as
to the validity of the statements published.
In answer thereto we have received the fol-
I lowing letters,which add interest to the entire
[ subject and verify every statement hitherto
made:
Rochester, N. Y.
| Gentlemen: Your favor is received.
The published statement, over my signa
ture, to which you refer, is true in every
I respect, and I owe my life and present health I
: wholly to the power ot Warner’s Safe Cure.
which snatched me from the very brink of I
the grave. It is not surprising that people
should question the statement I made, for I
my recovery was as great a marvel to my
self as to my physicians and friends. 5 *
J. B. Henion, M. D
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 21
Sirs: Acknowledging your favor duly
receivid, we would say: The best proof we I
i can give you that the statements made by ■
Dr. Henion are entirely true, and would
not have been published unless strictly so,
is the following testimonial from the best
: citizens of Rochester, and a card published
by Rev. Dr. Foote, which you are at liber
j ty to use if you wish.
H. H. Warner & Co.
■ I 2b n'hom it May Concern:
In the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
1 icle of December 31, there appeared a state-
’ ' ment in the form of a card from Dr. J. B. ;
Henion. of this city, recounting his remark
able recovery from Bright’s Disease of the
Kidneys, after several doctors of prominence
bad tiven him up, by the use of Warner’s
Sate Cure. We are personally or by repu
i tation acquainted with Dr. Henion, and we
believe he would publish no statement not ;
literally true. We are also personally or '
by reputation well acquainted with 11. H.
Warner & Co., proprietors of that remedy,
whose commercial and personal standing in
this community are of the highest O: der, and ,
we believe that they would not publish any
statements which were not literally and I
I strictlv true in every particular.
j C. R. Parsons, (Mayor of Rochester.)
Wm. Purcell, (Editor Union and Ad- '
vertiser.)
W. D. Shuabt, (ex-Surrogate Monroe ,
County.)
Edward A. Frost, (ex Clerk Monroe I
County.)
E. B. Fenner, (ex-District Attorney
Monroe County.)
J. M. Davy, (ex-Member of Congress,
Rochester,)
JohnS Morgan, (County Judge, Moore
Co.)
Hiram Sibley, (Capitalist and Seeds
man.)
W. C. Rowley, (ex-County Judge, Mon
roe Co.)
John Van Voorhis, (ex-Member of
Congress.)
2b the Editor of the Living Church, Chicago,lll
There was published in the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle of the 31st of De
cember, a statement made by J. B. Henion,
M. D, narrating how he had been cured of
Bright’s disease of the kidneys, almost in
its last stages, by the use of Warner’s Safe
Cure. I was referred to in that statement,
as having recommended and urged Dr. Hen
ion to try the remedy, which he did, and
was cured. The statement of Dr. Henion
is true, sojfar as it concerns myself, and I .
believe it to be true in all other respects.
' He was a parishioner of mine and I visited I
' him in sickness. I urged him to take the I
1 medicine and would do the same again to j
any one who was troubled with a disease
of the kidneys and live.
Israel Foote, (D. D.,)
(Late) Kector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, Rochester, N. Y.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Feb. 11.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
; Union Pacific 50%
Missouri Pacific 96- 8
Western Union Telegraph Co 63%
Pacific Mail 56%
Lake Shore 6%4
Louisville and Nashville 26%
Texas Pacific 13%
Denver and Rio Grande 7%
Michigan Central 64
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 97%
Northwestern 94%
St. Paul
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 122%
Oregon Transcontinental 13
Northern Pacific 40%
Rock Island 112
, Jersey Central 38%
Memphis and Charleston 3-5
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 6%
Philadelphia and Reading 17%
, Omaha (com) 28
Omaha (pfd) 89
New York Central 92
i Kansas and Texas 16%
Erie 12%
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S6OO A YEAR
j ST VALENTINE’S DAV*
How the Custom Originated, and What It
Means.
I Next Saturday, February 14, will be St.
, 1 Valentine’s Day, and the mails will
be freighted with these little packages,
j I whiah are named after good Saint Valen-
■ tine, though it is the impression nowadays
that “Saint Valentine” is only an alias for
| “Mr. Cupid.”
j The sending of valentines grew out of a
i peculiar and amusing custom that formerly
| prevailed in Scotland and England and in
! different parts of the continent, particularly
|in France. On St. Valentine’s eve a
number of young folks, maids and bachelors,
' would assemble and inscribe upon little
billets the names of an equal number of
■ maids and batcheforsof their acquaintance,
I then throw the whole into a receptacle of
some sort and draw them out as a sort of
I lottery, care being taken, ot course, that
i each one should draw the name of one of
the opposite sex. The person thus drawn be
come the drawer’s Valentine. The connection
of the custom with St. Valentine is purely
accidental. In the early legend, of the
different saints of that name, no trace of the
practice peculiar to the 14th of February is
found. Some writers, however, say that St.
Valentine was a man so famous for his love
and charity that the custom of choosing
valentines upon his festival took its rise
from that fact. Others divided the custom
from birds being supposed to select their
mates on this day, and others still from a
practice prevalent in Rome upon a certain
festival during the month of February when,
among other ceremonies, the names of young
women were placed in a box, from which
they were taken by young men as chance
directed. The pastors of the early church
finding it impossible to extirpate this pagan
ceremony, changed its form into that which
prevailed in Scotland and England.
What Is a Madhi ?
New York Herald
Mahdi, or Mahadi as D’Herbelot spells
I it, is an ancient title in the Moslem world
i which at first signified simple director of the
i faithful. But in the course of Moslem his
tory, and especially Moslem history in
Africa, it came to have another signification
| related to an accepted prophecy of Moham-
I rued. It necessarily refers to the African
i part of Arab c history. By this secondary
I significance of the word the Mahdi is a cer
tain ancient leader come again. His appear
: ance is the “second advent” of a
prophet who lived in the old
days and who in all 'he meantime has been
with the immortals. Mohammed, the
, twelfth Imam, and the twelfth in descent
from Ali, is the real original. He is the
Mahadi who comes again every now and
i then. He was hidden from the world at an
I early age and com uitoed only with his
I desciples’ through his lifetime, add finally
did not die, but “went up” with the fixed
; intention of returning to revive the glories
of Moslem. As in the Christian theory and
i even in the history of several monarchies,
this legend of a pridee who is to return
has afforded a fav< rite pretext for no
i euu of imposters, so it did it Islams
I The most famous of these in past age.
was Abulcassem Mohammend Ben
Abdallah, the founder of the Fatimite
dynasty in Africa. Mohammed had proph
( esied that in three hundred years tbe sun
would rise in the we s', and as Abulcassem’s
ulory was in 296 of the Hegira, it was
1 held that the prophesy referred to him, and
since then the idea of the Mahadi has
! commonly bad relation to a revival of the
glories of Islam in that Western world of
Moslemism, the provinces of Africa held by
the Arabs. Perhaps we should not plume
ourselves too much over a race of men who
I are yet controlled by a vivid conviction that
their leader was born a thousand years ago.
We believe in leaders whose claims to alle
giance are equally ridiculous.
The Omission of a Comma.
Some years ago the omission of a comma
in a letter in the London Times gave a hor
rible meaning to a sentence. The letter is
on the American war, and the writer says :
“The loss of life will hardly fall short of a
quarter of a million; and how many more
were better with the dead than doomed to
crawl on the mutilated victims of this great
national crime.” It should have been,
“than doomed to crawl on, the mutilated
victims of this great national crime.” The
following sentence appeared in a newspaper
a short time ago: "The prisoner said the
witness was a convicted thief.” This state
ment nearly caused the proprietors of the
1 newspapers some trouble, and yet the words
were correct. When their attention was
i drawn to the matter, and proper punctu
; ation supplied, the sentence had an exactly
! opposite meaning, “The prisoner, said the
! witness, was a convicted thief.”
The Disadvantages of Whole Squares.
Philadelphia Call.
Mr. Gotham. —“Philadelphia! Pooh! I
wouldn’t live in such a city—unhandiest
place I ever saw.”
Mr. Penn.—“ Unhandy? Why, my dear
sir, there are cars on every street and the
city plan is as plain as a checker-board.
You certainly would not have it all cut up,
like the lower part of New York.”
Mr. Gotham.—“l certainly would. The
idea of living in a city where you have got
to tramp around a whole square every time
you see your tailor coming.”
—An amusing case occurred in Judge M.
, Frank Molina’s Court to day, resulting from
! Angelina Cathbert lending Jas. Blackmann,
a colored barber, a ring, which he lost. She
t sued him for the recovery of the ring or its
1 value, which was claimed to be S2O. She
* won the case.
—Mr. Emile Newman returned to the
1 city last night after an extended tour
. tnrough the North and East, with his charm
' ing bride, whom he took from the city of
’ Brotherly Love,
—The sidewalk on Margaret street is in a
2 fearful condition, and needs the attention
of the city fathers.
—lnteresting services are being held
I every night in the Baptist and Trinity
iMe’hod st Churches.