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Satumnal) StJitlmg Crimes. VOL. O.—NO. 44. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL DECLINE OF THE SOCIAL SEASON. Sickness in High riaces—Lent Making In roads on Receptions—Society Cooling 1 Oft*—A Chance for Dude Depart ment Clerks to Sober Up and Resign Respectably. [Owing to the wires being down in the North and West yesterday and last night,our telegraphic report is rather meagre this morning. This is greatly to be regretted, but it was a matter over which we were powerless to exert a controlling influence.] Washington, Feb. 14.—Those people who planned to do a land office business in call ing upon the wives of Cabinet officers and people of the upper ilk to day found even fewer doors open than usual. Sickness and other clr umstances have prevented the full Cabinet circle from having open homes as usual this winter, and now, by reason of her husband's indisposit on and her own rheumatism, Mrs. Carlisle is unable to hold her formal receptions. Mrs. Chandler has not been able to receive for some weeks, and probably will not do so any further this sea son. Mrs. Lincoln has- not been at all in so ciety this season, as, indeed, she has not from the beginning of he*' husoand’s term, a series of afflictions having kept her out of society during the entire time. At the other residences where the cus tomary Wednesday receptions were in order, there were large numbers of people, many of them thinking this the last day of the sea son. And so it is, in some cases at least. Mrs. Brewster,who is a devout Episcopalian, would not think ot continuing her receptions during Lent. Mrs Teller, who is a Methodist, will make her receptions very informal, if she continues them, out of regard for those who keep Lent more rigidly. So, with Mrs. Brews ter not receiving, Mrs. Chandler ill, Mrs. Car lisle detained in her rooms by the circum stances referred to, and the others of the Cab inet group inclined to observe the season wh ch affords rest as weil as time for religious duties, this is probably the busiest day that callers will have during the season yet In a general way, however, society is beginning to cool off' a bit, for most of the important sopial events of the “to be continued order” have passed away. The President’s receptions, the series of evening receptions at General Sheri dan’s, the Friday evening receptions at the Russian Minister’s, the Wednesday evening germans and numbers of other serials of this sort are things of the past., so far as the present season is co cerned. It is a good thing, too, for it will give some ot the dude government clerks a chance to sober up and write their resignations in a condition of semi-respectability after the 4th of March. There is a certain ciass of young fellows highly connected, who cling to small clerkships here, mostly for the hold they have on society during the social season, and who never miss anything that has the sem blance of a party when they can get at it. ln deed,someof them do not hesitate, if they are not invited, to go without an invitation. This was especially noted after the reception at the residence of the Japanese Minister, a few days since, that there were numbers present who were not invited at all, and numbers of those invited brought other than the members of their immediate families with them. To these young fellows, who make a business of this sort of tiling, tne pun-h bowl and the lunch table are the child attractions at these places They camp in that vicinity, and vibrate from the one t<> the other. THOMAS VILLE’S NEW HOTEL. Formal Opening of the Piny Woods House —A Delightful Hop —Handsome Dresses, Go .cl Music and Ev t rything Elegant. Thomasvillk, Feb. 13.—The Piny Woods Hotel was formally opened last night by Mrs. M. A. Bower, pioprietor and Mr. E. A. Gillette, manager, by a grand ball. It was attended by all the guests of the hotel, nearly everybody in town, and many strangers, in cluding a number from Albany, Quitman and Monticello, Florida, and some from your own city, prominent among whom was Mr. D. J. Maclntyre, formerly of this pla e. It proved in every respect a delightful oc casion. Dancing terminated promptly at 12 o clock. The refreshment room was open all the evening, and the tables, which were liber ally supplied with the good things of life, were liberally patronized. Everything with out exception was elegant and delightful. The dresses oft he ladies were the handsomest ever seen in Thomasville. The entrance, dining hall and pallors were beautifully decorated with flowers and evergreens. The music was very good, and the entertainment was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The Piny Woods is one of the best hotels in the South. It is now full of guests from the North, seeking health and pleasure in our balmy, genial clime, and under its pres ent management is destined to become well and popularly known ail over the country. The opening ball of Thursday will ever be a delightful memory to all present—to home people as well as to the stranger \gilbin our gates. M. ELECTION C »N « ESC EXPENSES. Bad N w» to Certain Parties. Washington, D. C., Feb. 14.—At a meeting of the Hou<e Committee on Elections it was determined t hat no action will be tak en on claims for expenses in contested elec * tions in any other i han this Congress. There are a vast number of those claims before the committee. : :regating a large sum andcov erin mi y Congresces. In contests of Mc- Lean vs. BroaUhead, Miss.. Massey vs. Wise," Va.; and Pool vs. Skinner, N. C,, action will not be urged up n the House, as reports have been made iu favor of the sit7ing membrs A meeting of the committee is tobe hei t at which a conclusion will probably be ef fected in the case of Fredericks vs. Wilson, of lowa. CHICAGO MARKETS. Yesterday,s Quotations of Western Pro duce. Special Dispatch to the Daily Times. Chicago, Feb. 14.—Wheat was very quiet, trading being largely local. Scalpers are generally bearish, »ut afraid to sell short, as 83%has been the turning point so often. It closed to-day at 83%. Should it go below 83% on Monday, it will doubtless sell under 83, when buyers can take hold with confidence. Corn is steady and dull with large receipts expected, and small movement on account of the railroad blockade. The tendency Is slightly lower. Provisions are slightly lower, but do not decline as easily as expected, closing to-day at sl3asls for May pork; 7.17% for Mav lard; (5.70 for May ribs. The trade generally expects lower prices next week, but expected large receipts are olten fully discounted before they come. Mayer’s Magic Soap is the most economical in the market. Saves time and money. Man ufactured by William Hone £ bo. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1885. MR. CLEVKUAND WRITES A LETTER 1 In Which He Enumerates Some Wise Piinciples. New York, Feb. 14. President-elect Cleveland, iu a letter of regret at his inabili ty to attend a banquet recently given by a Cleveland and Hendricks Club in Erie coun ty, wrote: “In addition to what is said as a motto for your club, I wish to say that the preserva tion of personal right, the equality of all citizens before the law, the reserved rights ot the States, and the Supremacy of the Federal Government within the limits of the Cohst i tution will ever form the true basis or our liberties, and will never be surrendered without destroying the balance of rights and the powers which enables a continent to be developed in peace and social order to be maintained by means of local self-govern ment; but it is indispensable for the practical operation and enforcement of these funde mental principles that the Government should not always be controlled by one poli tical power. Frequent changes of administra tion are as necessary as constant recurrences to the popular will; otherwise abuses grow and the government, instead of being carried on for the general welfare, becomes an instru mentality for imposing heavy burdens on the many, who are governed for the benefit ot the few who govern. Public servants thus become arbitrary rulers.” A CONSPIRACY To Kill a Witness iu the U. S. Courts—The Conspirators Arrested. Special Dispatch Daily Times. Macon, Feb. 14.—Six negroes, Thomas Ad ams, Anderson Green, Zeb Thomas, John Bray, Squire Whitehead and Wash Clieely, were arrested by Officers Mose’y and Raley in Warren ton yesterday, charged with con spiracy and intimidation of a witness, Frank Rhodes, in a case of the United States vs. Jas. Whitehead, charged with selling whisky without license. tt Tne witness was coming to the united States Court to testify. He was beaten and abused, and threats were made to k 11 him it he testified. The case was heard before U. S Commissioner L. M. Erwin and continued until Monday. Much excitement exists in Warren county over the arrest, of the pris oners. A HORRIBLE STORY. Fiendish Work of an Inhuman Undertaker. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 14.—A horrible story is told of a colored undertaker in this city. Last Thursday he buried the child of a re spectable colored woman residing on Ala bama street, and because the mother was uu able to pay at once $2 due him, he dug up the body, took it out of the coffin, returned it to the house and laid it on a board, and told tlx* frantic mother that when the -S2 were paid he would again bury her child. The neighbors arose with indignation, and the white people in the locality at once subscribed sufficient money to have the remains decently re buried. THAT £IO,OOO REWARD. Pat Joyce Wants it Understood that Ros sa and He Didn’t Offer It. In relation to the reward of SIO,OOO that the “Shaun O’Neil” offers in O’Donovan Rossa’s i paper for the body of the Prince of Wales,dead or alive, a gentleman connected with the New York United States District Attorney’s I office said: “There is no law under which 1 I Rossa could be prosecuted for publishing that.” Pat Joyce said : “Sure, it’s not mesclf or Rossa who offers the reward. Tis the Shaun < >'Xeil. who sent the dispatch to us in cipher from Dublin.” Holding up six or eight pages of manu script written with r d ink, Mr. Joyce said: “This is a red letter day for us.” One of the pages contained this: “To that putrid hell hound, O’Donova Rossa ! Fiend, beast, slayer of women and children! I’m a friend of the Queen, God bless her. Take notice ! For months I have practiced in my lonely chamber upon a figure, with a keen-edged, serrated and trusted dagger steeped in the poisonous virus of a dead murderer and tipped with corrosive poison. My aim for a heart is unerring, swift and strong, On Feb ruary 171 will hunt you. I will find you, even though you may be in the infernal region*. My cold and venomous steel will crash through your ribs. A Rustler.” Mr. Joyce said he was afraid. WEDDED TO A JAILBIRD. A Wealthy Ohio Girl Marries a Man She Had Never Seen. A special dispatch from Newark, Ohio, says Last July Charles Klett was placed in jail here under a sentence of 00 days and a fine of SSOO for stealing chickens. In the jail at the same time was Jacob Houck, an old insane resident of Burlington township. Houck had a daugh ; ter named Anna, 19 years old, weighing al j most 200 pounds and about 4% feet in height. Houck was released from jail in a short t ime and on going home related to his daughter Anna what a nice young fellow Klett was The girl became interested in him and wrote to him. Her letter was answered and the correspondence was continued. ' she was anxious to know wiiat brought him ; there. He answered that with some compan ions on a spree lie had drawn cuts to see who would secure a chicken to roast, and it fell to his lot, which got him in jail. January 31st KRtt was discharged. Miss Houck never saw him until yesterday, when they met and pro ceeded to Burlington township, whore the courtship so strangely begun was consum - mated by marriage. Miss Houck inherited about SIO,OOO worth of property from her mother. She owns a line farm, on which sli6 and her husband will live. Very little is known here of Klett, except that he never did any work. Prevention ot Cholera. Washington, Feb. 14.—The Secretary of the Treasury has written to Collector Robert son that a number of requests have been re ceived here from rag importers for permis sion to store rags in Brooklyn arriving from foreign ports without subjecting them to the Treasury order requiring them to be disin fected, but that these requests cannot be granted. The department holds that as the order requiring rags to be disinfected was a sanitary measure to prevent the introduc tion of cholera and other diseases into the United States, the rags upon arrival must be sent to the Baltic stores for immediate disin fection. Just as Good. Many unscrupulous dealears may tell you uhey have remedies for Coughs and Colds equal in merit and in every respect just as good as the old reliable Dr. Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup, unless you insist upon this remedy and will take no other, you are liable no be greatly deceived. Price 50 cenis and sl. ttoidby Osceola Butler and E. J. Kieffer. Any one who uses the Magic Soap once wi 11 use no other. Our circulars are reliable, and the soap will do all we say. William Hone £ Co. GRAIN ANI) FORK SPECULATIONS IN THE GREAT WEST Bulls and Bears Bo It Exci ed—Approach ing End of the Packing Season—Lower Prices Anticipated—'The Corn and Wheat Outlook. Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times- j Chicago, Feb. 14.~Provisions have sudden j ly jumped into prominence on ’Change. The little pit where all the winter trade has been slow and tame, and which at times has been almost deserted, is once more crowded to overflowing and the howling of excited oper ators there rivals the roaring of the bulls aud bears of the wheat crowd. The end of the packing season is rapidly approaching. The packing houses are full of produce and man ufacturers no longer have any object in keep ing down pork, lard and ribs In order to de press the prices of live hogs. Receipts ot the • animals have been liberal, but not up to ex pectations, aud the big arrivals of “broad black backs” anticipated during February don’t seem to materialize. From this time on throughout the summer, packers control the provision market. In fact, they control it the year round, though they are not anxious to show their hands during the “season ' lest farmers either hold back their shipments or ask more money tor them. Hogs this win ter have been high and it has been main tained all along that it was impossible to pay . $4 50 and $4 85 for them and, after putting them in a barrel of pork, make money out of the product at sll and sl2 per barrel. Speculators, however, who don't run packing houses considered this simply sharp play on the part of those who do. So they sold and talked bearish and talked bearish and sold. As usual, Armour’s brokers were about aud quietly took the majority of these offerings, and without making any fuss about it, have encouraged every body to sell. Other pack ers too have not been averse to buying, and as the first of March approaches, the market !* bids fair to be in much the same position that it was at the same, time in ISB4, with this exception. Last year it was Armour against i everybody, packers included. This time ■ other manufacturers also own speculative options to a greater or less extent, and out sides, local operators and scalpers represent the short interest. All the “fences have been put up quietly. Now Col. r Myoritc, Armour's right baud man, isaetively bidding . for the stuff and >Lt> pork is the talk, i'iniv will doubtless be, as there always is, many down turns to shake out toilers and attract short sellers, but it seems to be an undis puted fact that the market is once more in control of Armour & Co. Stocks are light and ' the shipping demand good, shipments of • products for last month being nearly double . those for the corresponding month a year ago, and so nearly equalling the supply that ' scarcely anything was added to stocks. 1 Operatives iu the speculative pit have cou ! traded to deliver at sUasi2 something like 200,000 barrels of pork, which they dc not ; own. None but winter-made pork can be useu io fill these contracts, and the packers alone have got this io sell. Wheat is active but the course ot prices very erratic. Operators, big and little,,are I working for “escapes,” and nobody stands any time on their trades. War news is tin principal theme of the bulls, but the fact that British and other foreign markets which should naturally be the first to show the in rtuenee of the trouble, r-main stumpy, goes goes far to allay the fear of the bears here, “It's impossible to predict .what a lot ot reckless speculators wiii do, said Bliss to night; “but I see nothing of a legitimate char acter on which to base an advance. “I shall wait for the wheel ot time to throw up something to stand on before I begin sell ing wheat,” said Bodman. Lindblom says: “Producers are determined to sell their grain at any prie.. and why should anybody i-e asked to carry at great expense what the producer himsplf does not want to carry at no expense. This piling up ot im mense supplies where buyers can see it and show that it is to b- had at their own prices, muff cease or prices will drop to figures i hat will not pay for hauling the wheat to mar ket.” . . . Corn is steady, large receipts are expected soon and Eastern shipments are restricted by wa n t of fre igh t room. “Ther ’ll come a time later on, said a dealer to-day, “when wagon roads West break up and farmers’ deliveries are stopped, that the railroads will be clear and will want busi ness badly even at lower rates. Then per haps corn will take a boo n.” 4N ABSCONDING DEBTOR. Tne Jewelry Store of E. L. Granger Seized by the Sheriff on the oi Dr. Si. monds. News and Courier. The jewelry store of K. L. Granger, 340Kingst. was seized by the Sheriff yesterday under an ' attachment issued in a suit forsl,soo, brought by Dr. Andrew Sintonds, President of the j First National Bank. The attachment was j ; made under the Absconding Debtors' Act. ! The circumstances of the ease are set frt h I in au affidavit made by Mr. ILnry Orinch, of . 312 King street, who states that he is the en dorser of a note (or 51,500, made by K. L. Granger on January 7, payable in thirty . days and held bv tlie First National Bank; that Granger left this city on the sth ot the present month, saying that he was going to ■ Savannah to sell some goods, and that he > would return on the 1 flowing Sunday, but , tlmt he has never returned to the city. Yes terday morning Mrs. Granger showed him a i letter from her husband in which he stated i that he did not intend to return to Charles • ton; that he had been robbed of his goods, (supposed to be diamonds and jewelry) and ‘ that she had better return to her parents, - who are supposed to live in Chicago. Upon ’ this affidavit and that of Dr. Simonds the at ' tachment was issued and the store seized by the sheriff. The affair created some talk on the street • Granger has lived in Charleston a number of > years, and until la t year kept a cigar store ■ and liquor saloon at N 0.344 King street. Bast l year he opened a jewelry establishment at ' No. 340 King street, which was handsomely ' fitted up for the purpose. It is not though’ 1 that he owes much over the 5t,.500 in tais city. ' His principal creditors, it i» thought, are in the North. The condition of his stock can not be ascertained until an inventory lias been made. MACON MATTERS. The New Street Railway Company—The Eire Department Complications. MACON, Feb. 12.—Mr. T. J. Carling, Presi dent of the Macon Street Railroad Company, i is in New York. He has contracted for steel rails and cars for the full equipment of the road, which will be completed in two months. Work will begin March Ist. Mr. D. W. Stroud, a prominent railroad man, spent the day in this city. He is Presi dent of the Citizens’ Street Railroad ot Springfield, Ohio, with a capital of *200,003 aud he also owns 8150 000 worth ot stock in the Street Railroad, of Cleveland, Ohio. He wants to buy an interest in the Macon Street Railroad. The matter of the Macon Fire Department has assumed another complication. A writ <tf quo warranto will be served by Col. W. 11. Wylly. counsel for J. 1.. Kennedy, before Judge Simmons to serve rule nisi on E. B. Grace, recently appointed by Council, why and by what authority lie holds the office oi Chief. Kennedy claims to be Chief amt says Council has no right to appoint Grace. WYNTON. , SUNDAY CLOSING OF SALOONS. A Movement for the Vigorous Enforce ment of tlie Laws. Editor Daily Times.—To-day ctm j mences a vigorous and faithful enforcement 1 of our law as to the closing of all bar room*, \ saloons and resorts where liquor is said. We had occasion a short time past, in speaking of this contemplated move, to offer sugges | tions, which seems to have met the sanction of our dealers, as they have determined that the enforcement of the law shall he universal, and that if one liquor saloon is clos d all shall be, and that there shall be no discrimination. When it becomes thoroughly understood that the dealers themselves shall see to the vigorous prose cution of all who violate the law, there will i be no “side openings,,’ “alley way en ; trances,” or devices resorted to to defeat the ends of justice and make the law a nullity. ' | Os the wisdom of our laws as to closing on ' the Sabbath, no man of judgment can question. It is just, it is human, it will tend to diminish crime. Here in the city 1 and surroundings we have nearly four hun dred bar rooms, and whilst it can be truth \ fully said that many of them are ; quiet and eieeedingly orderly, and * are conducted in the best possible . manner, yet it is likewise true that v e have a large number that are of the lowest and > vilest, and are the receptacles for all kinds, classes and grades of degradation—places ; where parties gather to gamble, curse and [ m <ke use of the vilest profanity. ’Tis in such places that we have our periodical murders and and cutting scrapes, all chiefly ; the rtsalt of the class who resort there and . nrink the “stuff” called liquor that is used. I We believe that the good order, peace and I dignity of the city will be greatly subserved I by this Sunday closing. Crime will be less; the Mayor’s Court will lose its patronage; ; our pleasant resorts will be more sought ' | after, and hom?s made happier. ; i We congratulate our prominent liquor ! dealers on their determination to see this ■ law enforced sucressfu ly. It is the right ■ ! move, and com s from the right direction, and will tend more to a lay liie h stile sen . j timent which seems to have existed against . them in the past than any move they have . ever made. Let all close —no exceptions— . j and if any one liquor dealer opens, then let ■ i him do so at his peril We need Sunday as | a dsv of rest and retr at’on Liar-keeper. i wz ’( n, dealers require it, and the happiness 1 and comfort of Society demand it. At the Altar. On Friday last Hon. James S Hook, of ■{Augusta, was married at ttie Christian { Church of that city to Miss Lula C. Mays, formerly of Lexington, Ivy. Judge Huok ! has many friends so this city, who will read with interest the foiiovi ig notice ot his bride and himself pu > is . ■ i in the Augusta i hr’nioie of Friday : “This lady came to Augu-ta about one . I year ago from Lexington, Kv., in search of milder climate for her health. She spent j last winter in Summerville, passing the summer months in the sky land of North 1 Carolina, and returned here 'n the fall. Mrs. Mays has not only regained her health in the sunny southland, but has many Iriends i among our people, who were attracted ' by her refinement and cultivation. She is j a lady of rare literary and artistic accom ■ plishments, ar.d will be a congenial com panion for Judge Hook, who is one of the most learned and eloquent members of the Augusta bar. As practitioner, pleader ' and advocate he is well known, and in the fields of the scholar as well aßin the powers of the orator is well versed and highly en dowed. Few men are more genial and kind i ly in nature, and his friends of the profes sion aud among the people unite with his interesting family in wishing Judge and Mrs. Hook much happiness- The bridal couple left on the Port Royal train yester day, immediately after the ceremony, for ! Savannah, where Judge Hook has many j relatives and friends.” 1 During their stay in Savannah Mr. and Mrs. Hook will be guests at the Screv- I en House. Off For New Orleans. Yesterday morning quite a large party of Savannahians left via the Savannah, Florida and Western Kiilway for New Orleans, Among them were Messrs. James B. West and wife, F. M. Hull and wife, J. K Clarke, wife and daughter, and C. C. Hardwick. Last night another party cemprising of Messrs.-C. H. Harrison, and Herman Myers with six ladies, J. M Henderson, wife and daughter, J. M. Donnelly and wife, Charles R. Ford. This morning Dr. Osceola Butler and wife, and a number of others will leave. The sleepers went out lull and a number were compelled to do without sleeping car accommodations. About 34 will leave this • morning. The Central Railroad train left last night crowded. Among the excursionists were the following : Dr C C Schley, W H Schley, Mr A Hass, Mrs A Hass. M S Boykin, Mrs S P Goodwin. Miss C S Goodwin, Miss A J Andrews, Miss M V . Warren, Mrs Mildred G DeMartin. Jacob ; Cohen, Miss Cohen, Mr F Clark, Mrs M A Clark, Miss CE Clark, Rev Mr Mendes, J L Langley, Mrs J L Langley, G A Osburn, W H Whitney, Mrs W H Whitney, C A Mathews, Mrs C A Mathews, H M Haygood, Miss Ella M Haygood, Chas T Malloy, Miss Fannie Malloy, F K Brewer, Aaron Ferst, Chas H Malloy, Miss Mary H Malloy, Jake Sternberg, C M. Richmond, W M Mason, CK Henderson, A A Solomons, Jr, Miss Hendricks, Charles Gassman. J A Whitney. Mrs J A Whitney, C K Edwards, Mrs Chas Hamilton. A Dramatic Song Writer. W. J. Scanlan.the Irish comedian,is to day one of the wealthiest gentlemen in the pro fession, having made his wealth through his musical genius a- an actor. He has written such songs as “I’e k-a-B-io,” which alone paid him $28,G00; “My Nellie’s Blue Eyes,” and his latest, “Something lor the Babies,” are said to he equal to ‘ Peek-a --“oo.” Mr. Scanlan’s next engagement in New York will take place at the expiration |of Henry Irving’s engagement, when he } will produce bis new play, written by J. H. i Ivnox, editor of the Texas Siftings. Mr. J Scinlan begins an engagement at the Sa vannah Theatre on next Friday, playing | tWJ uigh'.s, mid "aturJay matinee. A SERIOUS MATTER ! WHICH SHOULD HE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED. I W- ry Unptaaaant Discovery at the Mar i ket—lmpure and Unwholesome Meat Off'ered for Sale—The Practice Said to he More Common than Even Imagined—Crooked Practices of Disrep utable Butchers. j A case needing the most vigorous atten j tion of the municipal authorities for many reasons came to the notice of a Times re porter yesterday morning. A well known | gentleman of the city was in the market | early in the day, and was approached by I Mr. I. G. Cohen, a butcher in the market , | who asked him if he wanted to bny some 1: n ee veal. He went to tne stall of that 1 j butcher, and there found two “sbnks” on | the block. He immediately recognized them as such, and asked Cohen where he got ' them. Cohen said that a negro bn’cher • named Frank Smith had sold thmp to him for veal. He did not suspect anything : wrong until he wpnt to Smith’s to get the I heads, feet and livers. They could not be i found. Then he made an examination of the lungs of the animals and found 1 that they had never been filled with air, proving that they had never been born. He notified Smith, who immediately rushed the two carcasses into a wagon and had them re moved from the market. Smith, who is a butcher of a very unenviable repute, hav i ing been implicated in more than one case jof doubtful ownership of cattle, besides other disreputable scrapes, denied at first that he had done the deed, saying that his hired boys had butchered the two cows and { dressed the unknown calves while he was ! sick in bed. He protested *‘’fore God be I didn’t know nuthin hout the slinks, cause he was sick and could not go to the butcher pen,” etc The boy was questioned and de nied that he had done it, but charged I -Smith with the act, flatly swearing that he had gone on the wagon to the pen, butch | ered thecattle aud brought them to the city, i Some one else had seen Smith on the wagon coming to the city. When with this the rascal ; ! acknowledged the whole thing and begged Mr. Cohen not to prosecute him and he - would settle the affair. He went to the gentleman to whose attention Mr Cohen first brought the matter, and begged him to ! use his influence in saving him from prose s i cution, but of course without success. The , gentleman, in walking through the market, stopped at another h"tcher’s stall and exam > ined a veal, stating that he was looking for j “slinks.” The body of the calf—not a 1 “slink,” however—was promptly removed i j from the market. The reason of this was that it was not what it should have been and things look’ d a little dubious, so the proprietor spirited it away. This is only on ■ instance of the many cases of the kind crostantly occurring in the market, and which will keen on occurring so long as the present system of conducting the public market is tolerated. It isstated, on good authority, by a gentleman who knows what he is talking about, that there 1 are some butche-s in the market who would recoil from eating beef sold to their | customers as of the best quality. Os course j the reputable butchers are anxious to have {this ) emedied j A countryman will come to the city and sell a beef for two or three cents a pound to i some unscrupulous butcher who, sometimes, without any knowledge of what disease it died with —and sometimes with a full know ledge—sells it off to his customers as the “choicest” and “juiciest” in the market. ■ It frequently is very juicy—from disease. A '< carload of cattle arrives at the 1 depot. The car is crowded as - fully as possible to save freight, ■ and in the passage from point of ' shipment to destination the principle of ’ the “survival of the fittest” i 6 well exem plified, the weaker cattle being trampled • under foot by the stronger. Sometimes they ■ are dead, at others nearly so. These maimed and dead animals are sold at any price, placed in wagons and taken to the pens and dressed and sold as good beef. f Those which are not, are immediately killed x in order to “save their lives.” Other meth ods equally revolting are practiced daily. ' A whole volume could be writlen on the t subject. Dealers in fish and vegetables are , subject to the same remarks, and the amount of fraud practiced is shocking. This mat s t'r is one of great importance to the entire s j population of the city, for many reasons. In the first place, people do not relish the j j idea of eating stuff not perfectly r , pure and wholesome simply on the prin | ciple of cleanliness. Then this unwhole - r some food cannot bnt be productive of the r most disastrous results to the health of the i city every year —generally in the summer numerous deaths, quite sudden, occur. They t | baffle the skill of the best physicians who \ try to diagnose the disease properly, but fail for the reason that they do not know what has been taken into the stomach, j Many cases attributed to malaria might much more properly be attributed to spoiled .| or impure meat, fish and vegetables. It has 1 , been suggested that a well paid and experi enced inspector should be appointed, whose ! duty it should be to visit all the yards, pens and stalls and see that no impure stuff be offered for sale or brought to the market. Temperance Mass Meeting. There will be a meeting of all the differ ni emperance oaganizations of the city, as w 11 as all other friends of the cause who may feel disposed toattend,at Masonic Hall, this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. The Rev. T. T Christian has been invited to act as chairman of the meeting, and an invitation extended to all the clergy of the city to be j present and occupy seats upon the platform. | Addresses will be made by Rev. C. H. Mead, of Hornellsville, N. Y, the well , known temperance evangelist of the Na- I tional Temperance Society, and Mrs. Sallie F. Chapin, of Charleston, S. C., a distin- I guished worker and representativ eof the j Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of ! America. Both of these are able and eU>- j quent advocates of temperance, and all who | may hear them this afternoon will certainly ] be very highly enierUined. SOOO A YEAR VALENTINE’S DAY. Tlie I’ost Office Kept Busy Yesterday. Yesterday was St. Valentine’s day, and I the Post Office department was kept quite busy all day handling the missives. The customs of this time honored day have somewhat deteriorated, as now $5 is con | sidered quite a sum to pay for a Valentine, whereas $25 or S3O was a common price 25 jor 30 years ago. Then comic Valentines | were the exception, now they are the gen j eral rule. The number passing through i mails to-day was, as compared with that of J tha same date last year, not so large by far, | but notwithstanding this, the clerks in the { Post Office have been kept very busy, the | mail carriers having gone out each time j yesterday with fat pouches containing { | these missives, written generally in j disguised chirography. Many, in fact the I majority of them, were comic, selected with i a view of hitting 4t some weakness of the receiver, either real or imagined, of which . j the said receiver is conscious. The man ,i who is in the habit of taking his gin and , toddy was favored wiih a huge caricature ; j representing him with a devil astraddle his » j back holding the tempting bottle under his f nose. The old maid was made “too mad for j | any use” at the reception of a hideous sheet I representing her as a simpering girl of 75 or , 80 summers, setting her cap for some man— j any man—so it is a man. The young man , who tninks he has brains, but has nothing but sawdust in his 3 cranium, is forcibly reminded of the fact. The entire list of infirmities , to which the human form and mind is sus \ ceptible is hit at by these comic caricatures, j While some of them cut, and cut deep too, , the majority do not, and are intended only i as a pleasantry at a friend once in a year. ! Those who may feel hurt will probably , j recover their good temper by next Valen i tine’s Day. A SHORE OFF DOBOY. All Italian Balk Filling With Water—AU Hope of Saving Her Abandoned. Messrs. M. S. Cosulich & Co. recently chartered the Italian bark Volpeni, Captain Verdina, to report at Tybee, Doboy or Port Royal for orders. She arrived at Tybee bar on the 12th inst., and was ordered to Doboy to be loaded with a cargo of lumber for some port in Eugland. Messrs. M. S. Cosulich & ; Co. received a telegram yesterday morning ' { reporting her going ashore on the north shoal 1 off Doboy Friday in. Jit, and filling fas;. She is a 733 ton zesse), built iu Savona, Italy, in 1874. Her official number ’s 100, rates |! L. 1.1. in the Italian register of Genoa, and is | owned by Mr. D. Oneto, ofComoglie, Italy. ’ 1 She is insured in the Mutual Insurance j Company of Comoglie, Italy, which com pany is represented by Messrs. M. S. Cosu | lich & Co. They leport her fully covered by insurance. A telegram received at 2 p. m. yesterday reports the vessel full of water, anil that there is no possible chance of saving her. -J. A. Sykes’ Case Dismissed. Y’esterday morning the case of J. A. I Sykes, colored, charged with embezzling ; mail matter was again taken up and an ex -1 amination held in the office of United , States Commissioner Isaac Beckett. This ,| is the third attempt to have an examina , ! tion, the two previous ones which were re ported fully in the Times, having been in ' complete on account of the non-attendance : through sickness of Edward Seegers, of . Cincinnati, Ohio, an important witness. On ' Friday Seegers arrived in the city, and re ! ported to Marshal Wade. The case was • called at 11 o’clock and Seegers was put on 1 the stand, it was expected to prove by him that the lamp and razor set stolen had been placed in the mail by him. When ques • tinned he absolutely knew nothing to ’ which he could swear. The house for whom ‘ he had worked, had informed Inspector ’ Booth by letter that Seegers had J packed and mailed the lamp and razor • i set and stated even the hour of the day on • j which he had mailed it, but he said that he ' ! hsd to mail, express or send by freight all ■ , goods shipped by this house, hut could not - say if he sent this package or not, or whether, s { if he sent it, the lamp and razor set had not | been left out. Sometimes cases did occnr ‘ { where a part of an order was inadvertently 3 J left out and this might have been the case • {in this instance. As it could not be proven 3 I that the articles claimed to have been strlen ’ { had ever been placed in the mails, the. case ■ against Sykes was dismissed. Seegurs is a ' j young man of about 24 years of age and has ! never been two miles out of the city of Cin ' | cinrati in his life until now. He could not tell the population of his own city. Superior Court Court convened yesterday at 10 a. m., Hon. A. Pratt Adams Judge presiding, and the following proceedings were had: P. Killorin vs James Heagney. Certiorari ’ After heaaing argument the court rendered a judgment sustaining the judgment of the Sustice, and dismissing the certiorari at ] cost of the plaintiff in the certiorari ‘ Herman Myers et al, complainants, ' {and Heniy Miller et al., defendants. In equity. Hearing had in part upon motion i for injunction, etc., and further hearing 3 j postponed until Tuesday evening, at 4 , j o’clock. A. H. Worthman et al., complainants, ’ { and Win. Russnk, defendant, in equity, j ! Dismissed by complainants attorney. , Emma Raymond et al., vs Louis Knorr, , j administrator, etc., et al. Ejectment. Re | mitter of Supreme Court filed and made the judgment of this court. i 1 The grand jury were in session during . the entire forenoon, aud rendered several s j true bills, and after making their genera! i presentments —published elsewhere—were . discharged fir the term. PREETTY, WOMN > | Ladies who would retain freshness and r ! vivacity. Don’t fail to try “Wells' Health;