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VOL. 6.—NO.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST ADVICES BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
Work of the Fire Fiend—This Mornings
P< oceedluga of the Extra Session of the
Senate—No Change in the Status of
the Western Railroad Strike-
Miscellaneous and Minor
. Mention.
Olean, N. Y., March 12.—At three
o’clock this morning an explosion of gas
I caused a fire in Smith & Dunn’s dry goods
store, which spread rapidly, and destroyed
eleven business houses and lots.
Washington, March 12 —St. Dominica
Roman Catholic Church, which cost over
SIOO,OOO, was destroyed by fire at 12:30 this
j morning. The edifice is still burning.
' THE EXTRA SESSION.
This Mornings Proceedings in the U. S.
Senate.
Washington, March 12. —In the Senate
to-day Mr. George, of Mississippi, presented
the credentials of Hon. E. C. Walthall, ap
pointed by the Governor to succeed Mr. La
-1 mar as Senator from that State. After the
reading of the credentials Mr. Walthall was
M sworn in and took his seat.
Senator Van Wyck called up for con
sideration the resolution offered by him
j yesterday. It directs the Secretary of the
Interior and the Attorney General to take
such action as may be necessary to prevent
f any sales by the Atlantic and Gulf
and West India Transit Company of
| lands described in the act of
( May 17, 1856, granting lands in alternate
: sections to the State of Fl >rid i and Alabama
H to aid in the construction of certain railroads
: in said S.ates,and so far as the same are with
in the line of said railroads between Waldo
and Tampa Bay, Fl i., until Congress shall
have authorized the same.
THE ROYAL ARCANUM.
d Business Session of the Grand Council—
Tlie Order in a Flourishing Condition.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Macon, March 12.—The grand council of
the Royal Arcanum met here in biennial
session to-day. Twenty council! were rep
resented. Savannah was represented by
Messrs. A. C. Harmon, C. S. Connerat G. P.
Walker, H. M. Branch and B. H. Richard
son. Considerable business was transacted.
The increase in membership since the last
! session is 248. W. J. Lindsay, of Utica,
N. Y , Supreme Orator, was present and
I addressed the Council. There will be an
election of officers this evening.
A CYCLONE
Wrecks a Freight Train.
Dallas, Texas, March 12.—News from
Van Alstyne says a cyclone struck the Hous
ton and Texas Central freight train about 3
o’clock last night, about three miles from
that place, blowing five cars from the track
and wrecking them. None of the train
hands were killed.
Burned to Death in His Room.
Waterbury, Conn., March 12.—Levi
Castle, foreman of the cast room of the
Thomas Clock Company, at Thomaston, Con
* necticut, was found in his room on Wednes
; day night, with his night clothing on fire
and a broken kerosene lamp besidehim. He
, died at 3 o’clock this morning.
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 11.—Flour dull and
? unchanged. Wheat, No. 2 red winter,
1 April, 91J. Corn, No. 2 mixed, 51{j for
f March. Oats, No. 2 mixed, 36| March,
j; Pork dull; me-ss, sl3 50a13 75. Lard,
* $7 23 for March. Molasses nominal,
s Turpentine dull at 31 asked. Rosin
dull; strained to good strained $120a51.23.
Sugar dull; refined cut loaf 61a6|; granu
lated 6J. Coffee firm but fair; cargoes B|.
Arrival of the Crew of a Bark Burnt at
Sea.
New York, March 12. —The Havana i
steamer, City of Washington, brought t> |
this port yeste.'d y the chief officer and
seven of the crew of thebark Henry Knight,
of Pensacola, which was burnrd during the
; night of Match 4h, 25 miles off Sall Key
>i light.
Ex-Sheritf Arr. sted.
Thorp Springs. Tex , March 12. - Berj :-
min Gibson was arrested yes erday on a
requisition from the Governor of Kentucky,
charging him with a large delict in his ac
counts while sheriff in that State.
OH Wages Restored.
St. Louis, March 12-—At a meetin' of I
’’ the St. Louis shopmen of theMissouii Pa
d cific Railroad held last night notice was
read from the Railroad Company restoring
the wages o f the men to the amount they
ceived before the 10 per cent, reduction.
A Forger Arrest id and Confesses.
Prospect House Niagra Falls, Ont.,
March 12.—Frank D Waraen, alias F. D.
I' Lyons, charged with forgery thereby he
i secured SIO,OOO in New Orleans last Janua
ry, was arrested here yesterday. He ad
mitted his guilt.
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Probabilities.
! Washington, March 12.—?0r the South
l Atlantic States, partly cloudy and warmer
j weather, local rains and winds shifting the
| Southeast followed by falling barometer.
’ Strike Continues—No Sign of Yielding.
St. Louis, Mo., March 12.-The strike at
t this point continues, and the fifth day has
passed without any signs of weakening on
' the part of either strikers or the company.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1885.
BLOWN TO ATOMS. ' I
Six Thor sand Pounds of Nitro-Glycerine
Explodes.
Bradford, Pa., March 12.—An explo
sion of a nitro-glycerine magazine
occurred yesterday morning at Howard
Junction, a small station on the
Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad,
three miles south of here, at which
occurred the explosion of the largest
amount of the dangerous compound ever
known to have exploded at one time in the
c >untry. Six thousand pounds were stored
in the warehouse, which was a short dis
tance from the work®. In some manner this |
was caused to explode and the building,
which was a large one, a story and
a half high, was entirely demolished. A
3,000 barrel oil tank, 300 feet away, was
shattered. Large pieces of rock were hurled
great distances, and trees were uprooted and
scattered as if by a hurricane. A hole 20 <
feet deep may now be seen where the build
ing formerly stood. W. H. Harrington, aged j
25, was killed. He weighed 180 pounds, and I
but a few pounds of his remains have been j
found. H. V. Pratt’s remains were found ,
200 feet from the scene of the disaster, with I
every bone broken, but the skin, strangely,
was entirely whole. The shock caused by i
explosion was felt in every part of the town-j
ship. The loss is about SB,OOO.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.
A Reaction in Favor of them in London 1
—The Cause of the Depression in
the Stock Market.
In Lndon astrong reaction is setting,
in in favor of American securities, aside
from which there is little of life in the
London money m irket. The Review says
editorially to-day that depression has pre- j
veiled again this week in the stock mirkets,
owing almost entirely to fear of complica
tians with Russia. Upon the Afghan ques- .
tion there has been no headlong fall, but
prices have gradually yie'ded. The most
noteworthy feature is that the decline is
greater in home thin foreign securities,
whereas the cause of the disturbance being
in a foreign direction, it might have been
imagined that the contrary would be the
case.
The same paper, in an exhaustive review j
of British trade, comments on the strange
fact that during the past many years of |
trade depression, wages of labor have hard
ly fallen. This explains another equally
remarkable fact—that the general consump
tion has steadily increased while the profits ■
of all employers of labor have suffered se
verely. The same paper, in another article,
says: “One of the most important features
in the American market at the present
time is the demand for the shares and
bonds of some of the railroads in the South
ern States.”
New York Stock Market.
New York, March 12 —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Colon Pacific 48
Missouri Pacific 90%
Western Union Telegraph Co 60
Pacific Mail 62%
Lake Shore 64%
Louisville and Nasnvllle 31%
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver and Rio.Grande 8
Michigan Central 62%
D ilaware, Lackawanna & West’n 10>%
Northwestern 95%
St. Paul "4%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 124%
iiregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 43%
Kork Island 115%
Jersey Central 40%
Memphis and;Charleston 42%
E ist Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 25
E ist Tennessee, Va. <S Ga. (pfd) 6
Philadelphia and Reading 18%
umaha(com) - 25%
Omaha (pfd) 86
New York Central -9!
Kansas and Texas - 18
Erie - 13%
Erie (pfd) 29%
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, March 12. — At the opening
wheat was excited and higher, but is now
declining; May, 83Jc. Corn is firm and
steady; April, 39.jc. Oats steady and un- j
changed; Alay, 31|c. Pork lower and little j
doing; May, $12.92| ■ Lard firm and dull; (
May, $7.10.
A Real Life Skei ch.
San Francisco Chronicle.
They were sitting on a settee languidly
trying to appear unconscious of the impend
ing crisis. The conversation had gone, like
a beginner on skates slowly and around the
objective point, and collapse was imminent.
He sa-.d so m ch to her of an admiring
I kind that he felt he could not
i go home without proposing to her unless he
i wished to show that the truth was not in
h in. She had accepted his compliments
with the sincerity which is so exasperating
in afl nation. There had been a pau»“.
Her baud, loosely grasping her fan, iay’in
simple beauty on the rose-pink of her dress.
“Wbat a beautiful hand I” said he, lay
ing one finger accidentally on the soft white
skin of the significant finger.
“What a beautiful ring!” said she, touch
ing his firger.
I He took the ring impulsively, wished it
, on and kissed it.
j “And I must not take it off?” s’e mur
mured.
“Not for three months, dearest.”
“I guess that will be lons enough, any
way,” and somehow both of them wished it
off again.
The Plumber Has Found His Boss.
Ingleside.
A plumber and his wile were on their way
to church.
“Why did you bow so low to that gentle
man whom we just passed ?” she inquired.
“He owns a roller skating rink,” the rich
man said.
This Idea.of Going West
o Colorado or New Mexico for pure air to re
deye Consumption, Is all a mistake. Any
■easonable man would use Dr. Rosauko’s
Jough and Lung Syrup for Consumption In
11 its first stages. It never fails to give re
let in all cases of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
I’alns n the Chest and all affections that are
considered primary to Consumption. Price,
lOoents and 81. Sold by Oceola Butler and
E. J. Kelffer.
MOTHERS.
If you are failing; broken, worn out and
nervous, use “Wells’s Health Renewer.” $1
Druggists.
THE STATE CAPITAL,
LATEST HAPPENINGS AT THE SEAT
OF GOVERNMENT.
|An Arkansas Legislator in Trouble—Re
quisition For Him Refus <1 to be Hon
ored-Contested Election Cases De
cided The Governor to Issue
New Bonds—A Sensation in
the Howell-Lamar
Trouble.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, March 12. —Night before last
an Arkansas legislator was arrested on a
requisition issued by the Governor of Geor
gia, but was released on a pretext and will
not be brought to this State for trial. The
man’s name is J. G. Hudgins, and he was
j formerly a citizen of Monroe, in Walton
county. In 1867 the people of Monroe were
j awakened one night by the discovery of a
j store house on fire. As the peple rushed
out of their houses they saw two men in a
. buggy driving furious'y out of town. The
men were hailed by various persons who
j wanted to inquire about the fir, but they
j hid their faces and plied the whip to |
I their horse. A suspicion arose against
(them and a pu suit was organizrd.
(After an exciting chase, one of
I the men, whose name was Addington,
j was captured. The other manJ.G.Hug
( gins, a former clerk in the burning store es
i eiped to the woods, and was never recap
( lured. Addington was tried and convicted,
i and was pardoned out by Bullock. Hud
' gins fled to Arkansas. A requisition was
i issued tor him some years ago, but he !
( evaded it by going into Texas, where he (
stayed two years. Hudgins is now a mem (
j ber of the Arkansas Legislature On Satur- I
day last Governor McDiniel issued there I
( quisition which the Arkansas Governor re- j
fused to honor, although it was issued on |
( an indictment.
Governor McDaniel has decided the f fl- ,
lowing contested elections; Ware against j
Perham, for Ordinary of Brooks, in favor of ! w
Perham; Harp vs. Schley, from Chatta- !
lioochee, in favor of Schley; Beil vs. Car
lisle, for Ordinary of Wilkinson, in favor of (
j Carlisle; Smith vs. Deunard, for Tax Col- <
lector of Wilkinson, in favor of Dennard;
Hall vs. Fountain, for Sheriff of Wilkinson,
jin favor of Fountain. Attorney General
| Anderson is here aiding the Governor in
deciding the cases. There are others yet
to decide.
As was stated in the Times a few days
ago, the Governor has decided to issue the
$3,455,000 of five per cent bonds authorized
by the Legislature, to take up outstanding
bonds. The contract for engraving the bonds
has been let, and the bonds will be put on i
sale very soon. They are 30 year’s bonds
and are issued in denominations of SI,OOO.
Bids for the bonds will be opened on the
15th of April. No difficulty in selling the i
entire issue is anticipated.
A sensation was created here yesterday by i
the appearance in the Macon Telegraph of
Colonel Lamar’s answer to Captain Howell.
A thousand copies of the paper were distri
buted over the city. Captain Hotvell is now ,
in Savannah, with his wife, who is in bad
health. It is not known what course he will
pursue in reference to the matter. It is not
believed that a duel will occur, but the
friends of the gentlemen fear they may have !
an encounter, should they meet, or one may
seek out the other, and serious consequences j
follow. Deep regret is felt that the unpleas
antness has been revived.
It has been discovered that Fulton county <
jail is in a deplorably filthy condition; much i
disease and several deaths have resulted from
the bad state of affairs.
Expensive Bouquets.
From a Washington Society Letter. I
The b 11 bouquet is expanding in size
and cost until the average society man’s ,
j florist’s bill must be about the heaviest item i
(in his daily luxuries. Bon silence rosebuds 1
j are retailed here at $9 a dozen and it is (
only in the ordinary bouquet that a couple ,
of dozen of them are used. LaFrance roses I
which are doubly fragrant, when made in
the regular size hand bouquet, cost enough (
to pay a month’s board. Somehow the
married belle carries more flowers than any ,
other young lady except a “bud” at her ,
debut party. Mrs II Iyar, the wife of one
of the English legation gentlemen, usually <
carries two of the most expensive nosegays I ,
when she is out in the evening; and the j ,
young and beau tin 1 wife of Senator Came- ,
ron is equa ly fortunate in the loveliness of ;
her fl ;wers and the exact tint to harmonize
with her toilet. Miss S’, nt, Mrs Robeson’s j
sister, usually w<ars white toilets of the .
handsomest sort, and ber large bouquet of t
Jacqueminot roses is the only speck of
color about l.er c st-me. The lady who ,
can afford to iudulge herself in natural <
flowers, or who has friends kind enough to ]
supply them for her, is to be envied, fcr ,
she is on the high road to social fame.
♦ I
Didn’t Expect to Find a Sheriff’ in Heaven; j
Henry Ward Beecher.
When I was quartered as pastor at In
dianapolis, in my early days of the minis
try, a celebrated preacher came there, a
Geneva divine, who naturally spoke English ,
with variations. It was in the year 1837, (
in which the country was covered with
ruin, and the homes and property of half
the citizens of Indianapolis were in the ,
Sheriff’s hands. One Sunday he took my ,
pulpit, and wound up a thrilling discourse ]
with the tender peroration: “If you will ,
bear with resignation and fortitude the j
misfortunes which have fallen on yon for a
brief time here below, the time will come ,
when you will be borne up aloft to a heav
enly land by the Cherubim and Sheriffim.” ,
“Oh, hell!’’ groaned a voice; “aie we to
find them there, too?”
Osceola Butler and E. J. Kieffer, the drug
gists, who are always looking after the inter
mu their customers, have now secured the
rnleof Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup
a remedy that never fails to cure Colds, Pain ,
In the Chest and all Lung Affections. Fo
oroof try a free sample bottle. Reg
tar size 60 cents and 81.—Adv. 1
WESTERN PRODUCE.
Wheat Still Inactive and the Bulls Dis
couraged—Corn and Provisions Strong
and Higher Prices Anticipated.
Special Correspondence to the Dally Times.
Chicago, March 11.—“ Everybody knows '
that wheat is going to seventy cents ; they
are sure of that; some say sixty cents, and
the real smart ones doubt if it has any v due
at all for commercial purposes,” said a dis
couraged lull this morning. “Every man,
woman, and child knows that it is lower
now to the consumer than it has been in a '
century, but it must go still lower, because
there is a few million bushels more in sight
than there ought to be. What can we do
with it except give it away? To dispute
the proposition that wheat must sell below
seventy cents is to be looked on as an ass.”
The fact that Secretary Stone’s visible
supply statement, footed up another in
crease, causes holders to wonder if stocks are
going to keep right on piling up until the
new crop is in the market. The occasional
slight decline in English consols, which i
supposed to indicate that the trouble be
tween England and Russia may not yet be
altogether btidged over, makes the bears
1 nervous and encourages the bulls to take
hold freely. The bull movement, and ru
mors, however, fizzle out together each time.
Each bulge brings out heavy realizing sales
by previous purchasers, and large offerings
on “short” account. Conservative men think
there is really little prospect of gore being
shed on the other side for several days at
least. If this gives out the only bull prop
left to sustain prices, is thought to be be
crop damage, which, so far, has failed to
exert the influence sanguine “longs” had
hoped fir. The market is now well evened
I un. Stocks are large—considerably larger
than ever before. Prices are low - considera-
I bly lower than ever before. Now,
| the question of whether the
one offsets the other or not, at
the present range, is what speculators are
trying to solve. For the present, active
traders stand ready to jump in and buy on
any outside bull news, and another clast are
j ist as ready to sell on any advance 'Both
are working for a quick turn and either
would accept a very small profit. This will
be likely to give a nervous market, which
outsiders will have much trouble and vexa
tion in following to advantage.
Corn is strong. It has many friends.
Buyers of all grades of corn stuff are in full
attendance daily, and take everything
offered. The ciowd agree that prices ought
to go up, and about everybody has bought a
little to take advantage of the rise. But
the rise does not come, and nobody makes
any money, the chief reason probably
being that it is too unb ersally expected.
The latest bull argument is that the numer
ous railroad strikes will interfere with the
movement and stimulate values.
Provisions are also strong, but, as in corn,
trade lacks interesting features. The cash
demand, however, shows signs of improve- 1
ment and with such light receipts the
chances appear to favor a higher range.
i
MACON MATTERS. ,
I
The Howell-Lamar Trouble—New Govern- ,
ment Building in Prospect— |
Minor M< ntion. (
Special Correspondence to the Daily Times
Macon, Ga., March 11.—There is blood i
in the air! The code of honor is again to be .
called into requisition bettveen Col. Lamar, <
of the Telegraph, and Col. Howell, of the
Constitution. Lamar in a long editorial in ‘
to-day’s Telegraph fiercely attacks |
Howell and says he is ready to ;
take whatever comes. All this is the re- 1
suit of “Sherwood’s” infamous letter to the ’
Enquirer of February 23d last in which he (
characterized Lamar as a brave man in j
every respect and even brave enough to j
never show up at the grounds appointed for j
a duel. Both Lamar and Howell have
many friends here who regret that this old
affair has been again stirred up and caused
a renewal of what was believed to have been
forever buried.
The preliminary steps for our new govern
ment building was among the last official acts
of the late Republican Secretary of the
Treasury. He requested Gov. McDaniel
to take such steps as would procure titles to
the ground—that is to have such laws passed
by the Legislature as would give the United
States Government exclusive jurisdiction ever
the premises, and exempt them from State and
city taxation. The slow machinery of our gov
ernment will doubtless give us a building by
the time the Republicans got in again.
The desperado, Alexander Etheridge, who
robbed Colonel Lamar’s dwelling of so many
valuables, was tried by Ordinary McManus
to-day for lunacy, and found to be sane.
The firemen tried to have a meeting last
night, to take into consideration the matter
of celebrating their anniversary April 15.
It was a complete failure, as only three
companies were represented.
Col. J. H. Blount arrived from Washing
ton last night. He is beseiged on all sides
for assistance in obtaining fat jobs under
‘ Uncle Sam.” Harold.
He Was Righteously Indignant.
“IVhat is the amount of your defalcation,
sir?” asked a lawyer, as he tendered the
gentleman an easy chiir.
“Fif-y-seven dollars.”
“Fifty-seven dollars! And you come to
me, sir,” said the lawyer, rissing with in
dignation, “to me, an honest man, and ask
my defense for an admitted crime? Begone,
sir; I will assist no man who admits that he
is guilty. Begone, sir!”
After the man had “begone,” the lawyer
resumed his seat with the remark:
“Fifty-seven dollars! and 1 thought it was
a SIO,OOO case.”
THE HARNETT HOUSE, SAVANNAH,
Visitors to Savannah, Ga., will find the
Harnett House a comfortable and desirable
slopping place, where the charges are mod
erate, while the uniform excellence of the
table is a subject of general remark-.-Chi
cago National Hotel Reporter.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE AKMY OF OFFICE SEEKERS
NOT SENSIBLY DIMINISHING.
The President Courteously, But Firmly R« -
fers all Applicants to Heads of Depart
ments—Greatest PresHiire on the
Postmaster Gener el —Prominent
Savannahians Mentioned in
Connection With Foreign
Appointments
Special Correspondence of the Daily Times.
Washington, D. C., March 10.— A fer
years of waiting and watching, we at last
have a Democratic President and Cabinet
in good working order. Notwithstanding
this blessing, there are some people who are
not immediately recognized. During the
past four or five days I have seen hundreds,
yea, thousands of people tramp into the
Executive Mansion expecting to come out
with a Presidential commission under
their arm or tucked away in a snug pocket.
Were they disappointed? I should say so.
Disappointed does not fully express it. Tiey
were disgusted and disheartened. For three
days President Cleve’and threw the doors
of his new home open, so that all who de
sired, might enter. As early as Thursday,
the day immediately following the inaugur
ation, the army ot office seekers began to
swarm around the White House. When it
was announced that the President would
receive those desirous of paying their
respects, applicants for office drew their en
dorsements from their pockets, clutched
them firmly in their hands and fell in line.
Upon reaching the President each appli
cant presented his papers, but the President
refused to receive them. He simply said,
“I have no time to consider your applica
tion just now. Please presentit to Secre
tary
recovered from his astonishment he found
himself being hurried toward the exit by
the surging crowd behind hitp.
Another class of applicants formed pro
cessions, headed by the Senators and Repre
sentatives of their respective States, call sd
at the White House and expected to re
ceive more consideration than those who
had made the voyage single handtd. These
were greeted with a cordial grasp of the
hand and a pleasant smile, but when the
subject of appointment to office was broached
the callers were politely but positivsly re
quested to file their papers with the head of
the department who had jurisdiction over
the appointment sought after. Some per
sons, more persistent than others, returned
next day and made a second attempt to pre
sent their claims, but with no better result.
Their disappointment was almost undurable.
They stood around in the hotel lobbies,
drank an abundance of beer and denounced
the President as a traitor to his party. Os
course I do not mean to say that everyone
who cal.ed at the White and did not get all
the encouragement he expected acted in this
ridiculous manner. By Sunday it was gen
erally understood that the President would
decline to listen to personal appeals for of
fice, consequently the tide was turned to
ward the members of the new cabinet. Yes
terday and to day the hallways of the vari
ous departments have been filled with men
seeking ‘‘the secretary.”
The greatest pressure has been directed
against Postmaster General Vilas. I was
in the Postmaster General’s room yesterday
afternoon, when a six-foot Virginian sue
Deeded in obtaining an interview with Col.
Vilas. He said he desired an appointment
as postmaster in a certain county in his
State. The Postmaster General informed
his caller that there were at least fifteen
postoffices in the county referred to and
asked him if there was any particular office
he desired. The visitor replied that “he
did not care what he got, so long as he got
something.” He was directed to make out
and file a written application, stating ex
actly what he desired. I suppose there
were many other applicants whose demands
were equally as vague as this one I have
mentioned.
So far as I have observed, Senator Brown
is the only member of the Georgia delega
tion in Congress, who has called upon the
President since his inauguration. The Sena
tor has also made numerous calls upon Sec
retary Lamar and Postmaster General Vilas
Senator Colquitt appears to be devoting his
best energies to the Executive session of the
Senate. He made a decided impression
among his Senatorial associates during the
Speer fight. At the outset there were not
more than a dozen Democratic Senators who
were willing to take a hand in the fight.
He worked quietly and systematically for a
short time, but when he discovered that the
Republicans had decided to make a party
measure of the nomination, he astonished
some of his associates by his earnest and
eloquent appeals, in behalf of his constitu
ents. As an evidence that his ability has
been recognized, at a recent caucus of the
Democratic Senators, it was agreed to name
Governor Colquitt as the successor of Mr.
Bayard, as Chairman of the Committee on
Private Land Claims. There are not more
than a half dozen Democratic Senators who
are honored with chairmanships.
At the Pest Office Department yesterday,
I ascertained that no less than 62 Presi
dental pest offices will become vacant
during the present month. I mean that
the commissions of these officers wi I ex
pire. In the list I found but one Georgia
office, Newnan Court House, Coweta
county. Robert F Milner is the present
postmaster, and his salary is $1,400 per
annum.
Nearly all of the local papers are teeming
with paragraphs naming certain persons for
appointment to important Federal offices.
F rom one list I learn that General Lawton,
of Savannah, is to have an important foreign
mission; General H. R. Jackson, of Georgia,
is a candidate for the Mexican mission, in
opposition to ex-Senator \\ illiums, of Ken
tucky, who is working like a beaver to be
named by the President. Nathan Toomer,
a colored Democrat from Georgia, desires an
appointment as Minister to Liberia.
President Cleveland has come to the con
clusion that too much time is devoted to mi
nor details in the official branch of his house
hold. He has therefore directed his priva.e
S6OO A YEAR
secretary, Col. Lamont, to investigate the
matter and mike such changes as he deems
necessary. At present the clerical force
numbers ten or twelve persons. Col. La
mont says all the w irk that is necessary to
keep up the records of the office can be per
formed by one-half the present force.
The department employes are feeling
more secure to-night than they did one
week ago. An enterprising news-gather yes
terday interviewed all the members of the
new Cabinet, and they were unanimously
in favor of living up to civil service rules.
Secretary Whitney, of the Navy Depart
ment, was the only one to evade a direct and
open avowal of his ideas on the subject. He
admitted that it was the correct thing and
would save the present administration much
annoyance if it was adhered to; but he
placed certain reservations around his state
ments which created the impression that he
is still open to conviction, and is not to be
clas-ed as staunch civil service reformer.
Bob.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Their Regular Monthly Meeting Yesterday.
The County Commissioners held their
regular monthly meeting at the Court
House yesterday afternoon, a full Board
present.
Commissioner Casey, who had been elected
Vice President of the Board, resigned and
Dr. W. S. Lawton was elected in his place.
The reports of the County Treasurer and of
officials in charge of the convict camp were
received.
A communication from Mr. Isaac Beckett
offering to classify various tracts of land in
the city and county tor the purpose of
facilitating the assessing of taxes was re
feired to Commissioners Estill and Dorsett.
Several matters of miner importance
were disposed of, and the clerk was author
ized to draw his warrant on the county
treasurer in favor of Mr. John Williamson
for $5,000 on account of the public school
fund for 1884; also to draw a warrant
for S3OO for the County poor. Accounts
amounting to $14,415 22 were passed to
payment, and the B iards adjourned.
Captain John R Dillon, clerk to the
Commissioners, has prepared the folloving
statement of the condition of the County
Finances:
March 1, 1884.
Balance cast; in County Treasury... S 4’ ! ,'9' 40
Receipts—
From general taxes 1883...8 8,735 27
Fro u general taxes 1884... 95,000 00
From insolvent taxes 1882 325 21
From liquor licenses 1,125 00
From jury lees, Superior
Court. 155 00
From ja 1 fees, dieting
prisoners 774 75
From sale new jail bonds 6,500 00— 112.615 23
Total 8155,912 63
Disbursements—
I'or Superior Court account 5 14,510 27
For roans and bridges 1,920 19
For education, last account 15,0n0 00
For education, 1884 account 20.0 f X> 00
For Ordinary C. C 268 .50
For insolvent costs l.tint.so
For court bouse account 1.388 61
p'or lunaev account 202 00
For jail account 7,15123
For county poor 5,013 30
For city Dispensary 628 50
For chain gang account 9,917 10
For Cuyler Swamp caual 1,204 50
For Printing and stationery 100 50
For coroner’s account 1,320 00
For post mortems, etc 286 50
For general expense account 465 02
For extra expense account 874 62
For commissioners’ office 1,030 57
For Georgia Infirmary 1,500 00
For St. Joseph’s Infirmary 600 00
For City Hospital 1,000 00
For elections account. 2,034 53
For County Treasurer’s office 2,764 61
For Rec-iver Tax Returns 767 49
For City Court 5,932 00
For new jai) account 6,587 42
1.695 warrants, totaldisbursem'ts 8104,307 01
Balance cash in County Treasury 41,505 62
8155,012 63
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS LAST NIGHT.
Interesting Action of the City Fathers.
City council held its regular meeting last
night and the session was a prolonged one
mostly uken up with the report of the com
mittee on rules. The rule proposing to
change the time of meetings from June Ist
to September 30th was not agreed to, and
the rule prescribing the grounds for the ex
pulsion of a member was stricken out. The
regulition of the ofli e hours of the present
Exchange officials was disposed of by leav
ing the hours to remain as they are.
The Committee on Rules recommended
a change in the rule regulating the filing
of bids for contract work, so that bids
might be received t p to the meeting of
Council. After considerable discussion the
amendment was adopted.
The Committee on Police and Finance, to
whom a petition from the police force for
increase of pay, reported formally, and re
commended that the pay of the privates of
the force be increased to $65 a month. An
ordinance to that effect was adopted unani
mously.
The Street and’ Lane Commit!ee was in
structed to investigate the lighting of the
city and report such plan as they might
deem best for lighting the streets after the
present contract with the Brush Electric
Light Company has expired.
Several other matters of minor importance
were disposed of, and Council, some time
after 12 o’clock, adjousned.
They Had Been Acquainted.
Arkansaw Traveler.
Two tramps stopped near a house, and,
after holding a coniultatioi*, one of them
went in to exnloie the chances i f getting
something to eat. Pretty soon, with an air
of disappointment, he cams out and said :
“Let’s go ”
“Wouldn't she give you anything ?”
“Didn’t ask her.”
“Why ?”
“Used to know her in Chicago.”
“Did vou ever ask her for a hind-out?”
“Yes.”
“Who is she?”
“Don’t know who she is now ?”
“Who was she?”
“She used to be my wife.”
General Cbace, of Rhode Island, says: “I
always keep Hunt’s Remedy in my house, it
prevents headache and Kidney troubles.
Mayer's Magic Soap is the most economica
n the market. Saves time and money. Man
uactured by William Hone & Co.