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VOL. 6.—NO. 67.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST ADVICES BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
Grand Ma»s Meeting of British Workmen
Opposed to theSoudan War-Ths Presi
dent Withdraws the Spanish and
Nicaraguan Treaties—Mr. Fair
child’s Nomination Confirmed
—This Morning’s Procerd
ings in the Senate-
General News
Items.
London, March 13.—Charles Bradlaugh
will preside at a mass meeting on April 2nd,
called by the English workingmen, to pro
test against the Government’s; expending
any more m ney for war operations in the
Soudan. Labouchere will address the meet
ing.
THE EXTRA SESSION.
Proceedings of the Senate This Morning.
Washington, March 13. —In the Senate
to-day, Mr. Saulsbury corrected a clerical
error in the record as 1879, which repre
sented him as voting in favor of seating Mu
Blair. The journal showed that he
proposed the seating of Mr. Bell, and he
made thisexplanatioa to show that he had
.acted consistently in voting against the
seating of Mr. Blair, of New Hampshire.
Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, submitted
a resolution embodying a list of the stand
ing and select committees for the Forty
ninth Congress, and at 12:30 the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
TERRIFIC TORNADO
Accompanied By Wind and Bail Plays
Havoc.
Gainesville, Texas, March 13. —Last,
Wednesday night a tornado swept through |
this county, eight miles southeast of here. |
It was a mile wide, and the largest hail fell
that was ever seen here. Trees were torn
up by the roots in many places, filling the
public roads with all kinds of timber. Much I
damage was done to property, and it is ru-1
mored that some lives were lost.
PUBLICLY HORSEWHIPPED.
A Blackguard Gels His Deserts. |
Columbia, S. C., March 13.—Leon S.
Rosskam, of Philadelphia, was publicly
horsewhipped, on Wednesday, in the streets
of Aiken, S. C., by a citizen of that noted
resort, for using insulting and disrespectful
language about ladies. Rosskamwas caned a
few days ago for a similar offence by Lieut.
W. R. Harmon, of the army, who is an in
valid visitor. Rosskam has now left the
city.
THE OCHLAHOMY BOOMERS.
Thousands Said to be on the Way t» the
Territory.
Arkansas City, Kan, March 13 -Capt
Couch has sent the f. Bowing dispatch to
Sidney Clark and Geperal Weaver, the
colonist’s representatives at Washington :
“Thousands of men, women and children
are on the nay. We patiently await in
vestigation by President Cleveland. Make
expl mation to the Secretary of War with
the efid in view <?'withdrawing the troops.
[Signed] "W. L Holtch,”
NOMINATION CONFIRMED.
The Spanish and Nicaraguan Treaties
Withdrawn.*
Washington, March 13—The Senate in
Executive session this morning confirmed
the nomination of Chas. S kairchdl, <f
New York, to be assistant secretary of the
Treasury, aud the chair laid bekie the
session a communication from the President
withdrawing the Nicaraguan and Spanish
treaties.
AN UNSUSPECTED WO’.I AN.
The Quaker Wife of Negro Masi.
Philadelphia Pa , March 13.-A ,
sation has bcu c. - d in Bristol, Pennsyl- i
vania, by the iiitcore’y that Mi-s Elizabeth I
Hulmc, a w<H known Quakers who died I
on Tuesday, had been lor three years tie i
wife of a colored man named Brick, who
was employed on the Hulrne farm.
The Atlantas Beaten.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, March 13. —The Liuisville |
beat the Ailantas badly yesterday, although
the score stood: Atlantas, 9; Louisvill -s, 11
There is disappointment over the AthintJ
team. The Louisvilles were hardly enter
terUined by the playing cf the Ailautas. '
The local players may do better, however, I
to-day. The Atlantas explain that they ;
are not yet in practice, and are not limbered ,
up yet.
Assaulted by a Female Doctor.
Vincennes, Ind, March 13--A sensa- ,
tion was caused yesterday by the horse ,
whipping of an express agent bv Mrs.
Balke, a practicing physician, wao says
that the man had circulated reports
afflicting her character. ,
Probabilities.
Washington, March 13.—For the South (
Atlantic States, colder and partly cloudy f
weather, with local rains, followed during .
Saturday by fair weather; winds generally
shifting to northwesterly, rising barometer.
Death of a Sister of Roscoe Coakling. I
Rochester, N. Y. March 13. —Mary ,
Conkling, sister of Roscoe Conkling, died I
yesterday. 1
CHANGES AND APPOINTMENTS.
President Cleveland and the Civil Service
Altitude of the Republican Senator-.
Washington, March 13.—Repul Lean
Senators are 1 joking forward to the nomi
nations which President Cleveland w >l' send
to the Senate during the next few days with
varied interest. It is believed they will in
a great measure foreshadow, if they de no:
actually determine, the extent to which the
new administration will go at the outset in
regard to recognizing the present civil sir
vice. While few question the sincerity of
the Presidents decl iration in favor of a civil
service, there is a great deal of doubt as to
where he intends drawing the line. It has been
maintained that his views covered al
officials who have risen to their presen posi
tions by merit and close attention to their
duties, without regard to their rank, but this
has been looked upon by Republican officials
as rather an extreme view of the matter, and
that the most that could be expected was to
leave undisturbed the army of clerks, many
of whom are Democrats. This point will
probably be settled by the nominations made
this week, and the general opinion is that
it will turn out that none of the officials
higher than chiefs of division are to lie re
garded as entitled to retention. It is not
probable, however, that all the higher class
of officials will be disturbed at once, but that
these changes will run through many months
and not cease with the adjournment of the
extra session of the Senate.
The Senate will not act hastily on the
nominations sent in, but send them to com
mittees under the rules. The fact that the
President has announced his purpose not to
receive direct applications for office has not
deterred many of the ex-Congressmen from
pushing their claims.
The hotels are full of these ex-p'triots,
I and many of them assert with confidence
i that they will be able in the course of a few
days to get at the President and convince
I him that lie must not ignore them. Trie
situation is one of promise to the oflice
’ seekers. There is hardly an office paying
upwards of a thousand d illars a year that
j there is not a score of applicants for it. 1 n
i the hrs', batch of nominations sent to tiie
I Senate there will be some for each of the
departments.
SUPPOSED TO BE DYNAMITE.
I Ingeniously Contrived Packages Found on
a Railroad Track in Illinois.
A dispatch from Jerseyville, 111., says: A
large quantity of what is supposed to be
: dynamite, ingeniously prepared for secret
purposes, enabling one who desires to use it
to carry it in his vest pocket, was discovered
in this city list night. John Powell, in
crossing the Chicago and Alton Railroad
track a short distance biliwthe depot,
stumbled over a large pickage, which was
found to contain two or three different
articles, resembling shtl's used in fire-arms.
On dissecting one specimen -a cylinder cov
ered with blue paper —it was found to con
tain eight or ten l.ttle sections, capped at
each end, gray in e-. 1 >r, and having the ap
pearance of compressed paper. The other
specimens in the bundle were smal
empty paper shells, about three inches
long, with an ingenious detonator concealed
in one end, which upon being struck with a
hammer, exploded with a noise about twice
as loud as that made by a percussion cap.
These vacant shells were just right in diame
ter to receive the small caps above described.
There were also in the package a large num
ber of small paper wads. The package con
tained one or two thousand of these shells
and packages of caps. The package when
found was in such a position that it might
have been carelessly dropped by a person
standing on the platform of a car or from a
vehicle in ths Street, which at that point
Crosses the track.
Sportsmen here, who are acquainted with
all kinds of shells used in firearms, have
never seen or heard of anything like it used
for legitimate purposes, and it is believed to
be an ingenious form of dynamite to be used
for illegitimate purposes.
New York Stock Market.
New York,[March 13—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 48“«
Missouri Pacific W ,
Western Union Telegraph Co 59%
Pacific. .Mull 112%
Lake Shore (14%
Louisville and Nashville 31%
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver anil itio Grande s
Michigan Central (12%
1 claw a; e, Lackawanna A West'n i'll. „
.’Sol Ili a'. stern 91%
it. 1’«‘.'..1. l*''%
"Idea; ■. Burlington ana Quincy J
" on Transcontinental 1:%
N '.io- u Paeitlc 45 a
■ Gland v 115
J -ise.i Central 39%
M miphisaudlCharleston 42%
r.asl Tennessee, Va. <fc Ga (com; 25%
East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. (pfd) 8
Philadelphia and Reading 17%
Omaha(com) 25%
Omaha (pfd) 88%
New York Central 90%
Kansas and Texas 17%
Erie 13%
Erie (pfd) 29%
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 13. —Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat No 2 red winter, April,
91. Corn No 2 mixed, March, 51f. Oats No
2 mixed 38[ for March. Pork quiet and
steady, mess sl3 50H3 75. Lard $7 20a
7 22 for March. Molissas dull, prices range
from 40 to 52 Turpentine s.eady at 31
Rosin dull, strained to good $1 22al 244.
Sugar, refined dull, cut loaf 6|. Coffee
dull, lair cargoes 8 5-8.
Cliicago ’Change.
Chicago, March 13. At the opening
market wheat opened higher, easing off in
price, but feeling firm, May 82J. Corn,
421 for May. Oats steady and firm and a
trifle higher, May 31 58. Pork lower and
steady, May sl2 75. Lard Ijwer but firm,
May $7 05.
Monsignor Capel Coining Suuth.
New York, March 13. Monsignor
Capel, who has nearly recovered from an
attack of pneumonia in a mild form, leaves
to-day or to morrow for a lengthened trip
in the South.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1885.
THE WESTERN STRIKE.
NO FREIGHT TRAINS ON THE
MISSOURI PACIFIC.
The Situation at the Various Points in
Which the Strike is Going On Unchanged
—Th Strikers Peaceable and Order
ly, but Determined—The Militia
On Hand to Prevent
Lawlessness.
St Louis, March 12.—N0 freight trains
, are running over the Missouri Pacific Rail
road and the situation at Sedalia, Moberly,
i Kansas City, Atchison and other points re
1 mains unchanged. At Sedalia Supt. Hager,
for the rail -oad company, sent a request
. this morning to the Mayor to have the
i thirty Pinkerfon detectives sworn in as
5 extra police. The Mayor referred the
matter to the City Attorney, who cited the
' law .requiring any one to be a resident
I of the State one year before he can
serve as an officer. The superintendent
was informed of this opinion and the de
tectives are still to be seen loafing around in
various places, without anything in particu
’ j lar to do. The Superintendent sent for the
executive committee of the strikers this
morning and asked if they had not violated
the contract made last night, meaning the
’ promise they made to allow freights to run.
They replied they had not, as that promise
was made with the understanding th: t
' freights were to be run if men could be
’ found to run them. They claimed the rail
' road company could not find men to man
t their trains. Adjutant General J amison has
( returned from Sedalia and is now in Jeffer
son City. He said:
“Tiie strikers at Sedalia are all quiet and
’ orderly and I don’t apprehend any imme
' diate trouble or disturbance of any kind.
> | Their leaders are disposed to treat matters
\ ! calmly and fairly, always of course, fr. m
I their own standpoint. The strikers are all
j citizens cf Sedalia, many of them owning
' : bouses and property of their own in that
: town, and a destruction of property woul 1
i necessarily involve a great loss to them
’ j selves. When I arrived there yesterday
I was met by the leaders and found them
ready to discuss the situation and accept
favorable teims, which with them can only
' mean a restoration of the former wages. 1
i , only requested that they should not tam
per with ra.lroad or any other property
and that the irains be allowed to run. A
written promise to that effect was drawn
, up and signed by the executive committee
of the strikers.
The militia from St. Louis have been
switching back aud firth between Jefferson
i City and Cen ertown since yesterday after
! noon, and are now in camp at the latter
place awaiting orders from the Governor.
1 This morning a committee of citizens and
1 strikers from Sedalia arrived at Jefferson
’ City, and waited upon Governor Marma
duke. The Governor made an appointment
for 12 o’clock, when a conference was held
The committee assured the Governor of the
orderly condition of affairs at Sedalia and
the utter uselessness of the presence of an
armed force and requested that the militia
be ordered back to St. Louis. The Governor
replied that unless there was urgent necessi
’ ty the troops would not be sent to Sedalia,
but that the lawmust not be violated, the
property of the railroad company or private
! individuals be not inte.-f-red with, and that
■ all trains must be allowed to pass through
the yards at that po’nt, and furttier, that he
intended to keep the militia on hand a'
close call until matters had been satislac
torily adjusted and there was no fear of
’ disturbance.
i
MACON MATTERS.
i
L Claim Against the Southern Tele graph
' Company—Strike Among Railroad En-
gineers—A Savannah Man In Trouble.
j Special Correspondence to the Daily Times
> Macon, Ga., March 12.—The City Coun
-1 cil instructed Chief Wiley to tolled SSOO
license from the Southern Telegraph Com
pany, or close the doors of their office here
by the 16 h inst. Manager Ernest has re-
- fused to pay the license for 1885, saying that
be was forbidden by the courts to pay any
money except to the Recfiver. To oflset
, the order of Council then, Colonel Jemison,
1 attorney for the company, went to Atlanta
■ yesterday, and before Judge Boarman, in
] the U..ited States Court, praved for an iu
» junction to force the City of Macoa to be
come a creditor in common with others aud
< to restraii its officers from interfering with
the Sou birr’s business. The injunction
’ i was gr.d fed i>..d C hes Wiley was served
) with 'an ■ rler to that iff'Ct this morning.
‘ i There are rumors of a strike amongst the
engineers on the Ea t T. nuessee, Virginia i
i aud Georgia Railroad A committee of the
- Brotherhood >f Locomotive Engineers wait
ed on M st r of Train- .1. A. Garner to-day,
; and were in e ir.-i 1 :: .n with him several
: hours. He tefi-rred them to Sopt. Fry, in
; Atlanta.
; luvitatioas are out to a Lodge of Sorrow,
i to be held March 19th, at the Academy of
Music, under the auspices of Macon Lodge
No. 5, A. F & A. M., and Zerbal Lodge of
Perfection No. 3, A. & A. S. R., with cere
monies of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
i tish Rite of Free Masonry. These exercises
are hel l in memoriam of 22 deceased mem
bers. They will be beautiful and imposing.
F. M. Steward, of Savannah, was arrested
a few days ago for stealing a suit of clothes
from a man in Augusta. He got out of this
scrape by saying it was a joke, and returning
the clothes; but again he is arrested on a
warrant for jumping his hotel in Savannah,
which he explains as a mistake. He got out
of this by paying the bill and costs of col
lection.
Mr. J. L Saulsbury, an old citizen of
Macon, has been stricken with paralysis.
Harold.
Failed for a Million.
Baltimore. March 13 - Pope, Cole &
Co , metal dealers, have failed for a lirge
amount, reported to be §1,000,000.
Dangerously 111.
Washington, March 13.—Mrs. Herbert,
wife of Congressman Herbert, of Alabama,
is dangerously ill.
1 GENERAL GRANT S CONDI CION.
His Appearance* Giving No Indication of
His Sickness.
The stimulant which Dr. Douglas gave
Gen. Grant on Monday night to induce sleep
had that immediate effect. But after an
hour or two the patient awoke and passed the
rest of the night wakefully. In the early
morning, however, he dropped offj and for
five hours slept continuously. He rose short
ly before noon, feeling about as for the
past two days, except that he was rather
more refreshed. When Dr. Douglas made
his early call he found the patient’s tempera
ture but a trifle above normal, and his pulse
about that of the average person, his natural
, pulse being somewhat below the average,
lie was suffering no pain from the throat,
head, or otherwise, and had taken food with
1 some relish. The doctor thought his gen
: eral condition excellent compared with
i what it had been at times during the past
; week.
Gen. Grant passed the afternoon quietly in
his library and sleeping room. He dill not
feel the usual need of napping, and by eve
i ning thought fiimself so much improved
. that he wanted to go down to dinner with
. thefam'ly. Put from this he was dissuaded.
; Dr. Dou'-las found him at night feeling
| drowsy and expecting tosleep well. As the
. former means ( f inducing sleep had failed
the doctor prescribed food f>r that purpose,
. of which Gen. Grant partook freely and
t without trouble. When Dr. Douglas was
: asked after the night call if the siege of the
. past few weeks had made much change in
i Gen. Grant’s appearance, he said that any
i one seeing him list night woul I not have
. known from his face that he was sick, aud
that he looked about as he had when he
|, was well.
During the call of Dr. Dou;1 is Dr. St.
Leon, the astrclogist, was admitted to see
; Cxi Fred Grant. He staid for half an j
hour. He wanted to get the hour of Gen- .
eral Grant’s birth, with the view of fore
casting the development of bis disease.
Colonel Grant could not inform him. Be.-1
fore leaving he said he thought General
Grant would have a bid day to-morrow ■
and five other bad days during this mouth, !
all of which would tax his system severely.
Whether one cf the.e attacks might be i
dangerous he could not say without know
ing what he had come to learn about the
Geaeral's birth.
lu the New Jersey Legislature yesteidey
a letter was read from Colonel Giant to
Speaker Armstrong, thanking the Assembly i
on General Grant’s behalf for the kind reso- 1
lution retarding him passed by the Assem
bly on Tnu sday last. The letter said Gen
eral Grant would have written his acknowl
edgments if he had been able to do sc.
The “Clamorous South.’’
New York Times.
The fears that were expressed when Mr
CDvelacd invited two Southe n Senators
to places in his Cabinet that the “clatnor
our South” would overwhelm the Adminis
tration in the pursuit of offices do n t seem
to be in away to be justified. Rep ,'s from
all sources, even in the j urnals mast solic
itous for Mr. Cleveland’s safety from the
predicted onslaught, agree that the number
of men from the South seeking office in
Washington is far less than the number
from other States The Southern members
of the Cabinet have given no sign of any
special desire to find places for applicants
from their section, and Mr. Lamar is re
ported to have requested the Assistant At
torney General for his Department to retain
his position.
It is clear that there will be many
changes in the service in the South, be
cuise there ought to be many. In the cus
toms, internal revenue, and Attorney
General’s branches of the service the South
has been overrun with men put in office and
kept there for political purposes. This has
been true frr many years, and though the
Internal Revenue Service has been im
proved of late, there remains in it and the
other branches a great number of worse
than useless appointees. They will grad
j ually be removed, but their places will not
jbe filled by mere place hunters. On the
contrary, there will be great care given to
the selection of capable men of good char
acter, who will attend to their business and
not to politics. The new men will necessa
rily be Democrats in the great majority of
cases, because it is from that party that the
best selections can be made. But we shall
be greatly dssappointed if they be not ifli
cient and upriiht men.
The “clamorous South” thus fir exists in
the imagination of the Northern editor.
The South, taken as a whole, does not now
seem to have sent as many < ffice leekers to
Washington as New York at d Illinois
alone. The reason is clear enough. The
Democratic party in the South has net been
based as much upon the spoils as ihe same
party in the north. There has not been the
same field for “d als” there as here. The
professional politicians are of a different
type, and there is a different public senti
ment behind them. The Southern people
are very much in earnest in wishing a re
form of the Federal service among ihem, for
they solely need it. But they feel a dis
tinct pride in having the reform genuine,
and in showing to the country that they
have been sincere and not partisan in their
demand for a change.
Superior Court.
Court convened this morning at 10 o’clock
Hon A. Bratt Adams, Judge, presiding, and
the following proceedings were had:
John Dae, ex. dem., James D. Fountain,
vs Richard Roe, i. e., Frederick W. Bur
kamp. Ejectment. Case now undergoing
trial.
Senat'T Hampton Affected by Blood
Poisoning.
Washington, D. C., March 13.—Hon.
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, is con
fined to his hotel, suffering from bicod
poisoning.
7; Suicide of an'Atlahta*Bookkeeper.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Tinies.
Atlanta, March 13. —M. L. Brooks, a
bookkeeper, committed suicide here to day,
by shooting himself through the body.
Floe oyster soup to-morrow night ft Mer
chants’ Exchange, 149% Congress street.
A TRIP TO MACON.
TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE CEN
TRAL CITY.
A Complet > Publishing Establishment—
The New Armory of the Macon Vol
uut'ers—The Hrndsomest Building
of flic Kind in the South—Only
Eclipsed by the Armory of tiie
7th New York Regiment—
Other Places Yislted.
[Editorial Correspondence.]
Macon, Ga., March 13—Whilst in this !
charming and thriving little city yesterday, ,
in attendance upon the session of the Grand [
Council Royal Arcanum of Georgia, your I
correspondent utilized an hour or so of I
leisure calling upon old friends. In company
with Capt. H. M. Branch, one of Savan
nah’s representatives to the Grand Council,
your correspondent first cal ed at the ex
tensive publication house of Messrs. J. W.
Burke & Co., where he found on deck i
our genial friend, Capt. John G. Deitz, i
and who, as usual, was warm and cordial in
his greeting. Under his escort we made a !
complete tour of this mammoth establish- I
ment, which, in addition to a splendid i
stocked stationary store, comprises a thor
oughly equipped bindery, and book and job
printing department. This is one of the i
largest aud most comfortable publication
houses in the South, and is one of the most
prosperous. It is will managed in all its
departments, and is a credit to the S ate.
We had the pleasure of meeting the
senior of the firm, J. W. Burke,
Esq, whom we found getting
his bu-iness matters in shape, •
with the view of joining the Press Associa
tion at Bainbridge, on Wednesday next, and
taking in the excursion to New Orleans. We
j were much interested by this visit, and con
fess we were not before aware that this old
and well known house was so extensive in
its operations.
! Capt. Daly next pil >ted us to the new
armory of the Mscon Volunteers, which can
I be pronounced, undoubtedly, the handsom-
I est company armory in the idouth. Several ■
strangers who have visited the j
armor;, say it is only eclipsed
|in iis arrangements, and the
elegance of its appointments by the Armory
of the Seventh Regiment, oi New York.
Captain Branch who visited the latter's
armory when in New York, corroborates j
i b : s statement. The armory is eligibly lo- i
i cnled, and is imposing in its exterior, its
well shaped tower on the top of which is
the flig staff, being prominently seen from
any quarter of the city.
The first floor is converted into several
fine and commodious Storrs, all of which i
are occupied at good rental. Over the en- i
trance, in granite s'one, is the name of the
corps, with the tuonogrim flanked with
cruised rau-ketsana cannons. 'lhe entrance ■
is about ten feet wide.
Ascet ding by an easy staircase, which is
p.-ovid.d with a jlatform, or resting jltce, ;
in the centre, we land in a spacious corridor
in the stcond story. Turning to the ii Jit we :
enter the reception room.
Connected therewith is the ladies’ toilet
room and the hat and cloak room. Broad
sliding doors connect this room with parlors
in the corner of the building—a commodious i
apartment with fine views and light from two ’
sides. The circular bay in the round tower, j
as well as other fine features, will attract i
attention. These two rooms have black wal
nut finish.
Passing along the corridor, to the lest if
the stairway, we enter ihe ccmpany room, I
and a doorway connects with a spaci us
banquet room, which is also reached through
double doors in the end of the corridor, i
These two rooms, as well as the other l
apartments to be described, are finished in
Georgia pine. The finish is original and
novel, with slight projections, and the fine ■
effect of the natural grain of the wood is I
very pleasing. The colored glass in the
transoms of the front windows produces a
very mellow interior effect. Directly in
front of the stairway landing is the great |
ball, extending the entire width of the
building. It connects with the cciridir by
three pairs of double doors; also by two sin
gle dcors with banquet room. It is 55 feet
wide, 98 feet long and 25 feet high. This
will excite the astonishment of those who
enter it. No similar apartment can be
found in the State. It is spanned with a
Howe Dues roof, with a curved ceiling on a
line with the upper chord cf the tn ss. lu
the re ar are two small rooms, one in ea ;h
wing, the right being the gentlemen’s
smoking aid toilet room, and the left the
“armory,” or gun room. Across the Poplar
, street end is a gallery for spectators.
! Underneath are Ivo fire-places that will
i attract attention. The mantels are entirely
■ of brick, with terra cotte.ornamentation. The
■ fire-place is lined with glazed and fire-brick,
with basket grates set on casters. It may
be mentioned that in constructing the fluor
■ of this hall special regard was had to its in
tended use. The floor joists are 2x14 inches,
• each one combined and trussed, placed six
. teen inches tc centres, and the whole con
nected by three rows ofl attice bridging, Se
curing undoubted strength and safety. From
the end of the corridor a stairway leads to
the third story. From the platform we
enter the gallery on the lef . In the third
story are the following rooms: Fiist, a
: reading and museum roc m, from the corner
| of which a winding staircase leads to the
top of the tower. A doorway eonnects this
room with another, which is designed as a
> uniform reem, and attached thereto are
’ bath and toilet rcoms. Continuing along
> tbe corridor we enter a spacious apartment,
which it is intended to fit up as a gymnasi-
I um. Special attention has been given to
ventilation and sewerage, and no pains have
been spaied to make the building complete
in every respect.
The upper floors, consisting cf four large
rooms, are not yet plastered, as there is no
immediate use for them. They will be
finished by next fall, however, and will be
converted into a gymnasium and club room.
In all its appointments, the armor y is a
1 me del of elegance, comfort and convenience.
, We congratulate the Macon Volunteers,
than which no more gallant and efficient
company is enrolled in the State, upon the
. possession of such handsome quarters. Out
Savannah military men who^,visit Macon
S6OO AYEIR
I should no’ f il to call on somejof the Volun-
; teers and maki a tour of this armory.
! Col Garrard, of the Savannah Volunteer
I Guards, might get a few points that would
I be of value to him in the arrangement for
; the arsenal of his <x>rps, which is now in
course of erection, from a personal inspection
of the armory of the Macon Volunteers.
! Our next call was at the Macon Tele-
! graph office, where we found Mr. J. F.
Hanson at his desk, in the front office,
. which is much more convenient and de
isirabDthen their former quarters, a change
lof base being m de since my last visit to
j Macon. In the editorial rooms I found
Col. Lamar alone, the genial Bridges
i Smith and clever Harry Edwards, having
just lef l . Col. Lamar is suffering from a
j severe attack of the gout in his right foot,
| and his powers of locomotion are exceed
i ingly limited. Subsequently I had the
i pleasure of meeting Mr. St. Julian Rogers,
the sprightly active city editor of the Tele
graph, who has achieved a very excellent
reputation in the profession. I also met
Mr. J. 11. Pound, of the Macon Evening
News, and was glad to hear that this lively
little afternoon journal is prospering.
i Macon displays evidences of thrift, and
j among the merchants there was a good feel
ing; every one seemed to be hopeful of fine
! spring business, and trade up to the pres
i ent time is reported as fair.
B. H. R.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Mee ing of Grand Council Election oi
Officers—Other Business.
Our Macon telegram yesterday briefly
mentioned the meeting of the Grand Coun
cil of the Royal Arcanum of Georgia, in that
j city. The Savannah representatives re
turned this morning anil report a very satis
factory and harmonious session. S. M. Lind
say, Esq., Supreme Orator of the United
States, was present, and made a very inter
esting and entertaining address upon the
origin, growth, and purposes of the Order.
He stated that it was now one of the strong
est beneficial organizations ever established
in this country.
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon, Council
j went into an election for officers, and the
; following were elected and appointed:
Grand Regent—C. P. Hanse'l, of Thom
asville.
i Grand Vice Regent—Wm. King, Jr.,
All into.
I Grand Orator —R. J. Powe'l. Barnesville.
! Grand S cretary—C. S. Connerat, Savan
; nah.
Grand Treasurer—R. H. Flinders, Macon.
Grand Guide—G. S. Prior, Ailmta.
Grand Cha] Din—J.B.LaHatte, Gaines
ville.
Grand Warden— A. H. Simons, Rome.
Grand Sentry—J. B. Brown, Montez ima.
Grand Representative—F. G. Ford, of
Augusta.
; Alternate—B. H. Richardson, of Savan-
nah.
Gram! Trustees—Dr. Wm- King, Jr., of
Atlanta; Robert Coleman, Macon; 8. M.
i Subers, Macon.
Comm'ttee on Laws and Supervision
B. H. Richardson, Savannah; F. G. Fori,
i Augusta, and G. P- Walker, Savannsh.
Committee on Finance—A. C. Harmon,
! Savannah; 8. P. Weisiger, W. W. Starr, Jr.,
I Savannah.
j Supreme Orator 8. M. Lirdsay, of Utica,
N. Y., acting as De [ uty Supreme Recent,
installed thecfficeis with impressive cere
mony.
I After disposing o' various matters, pass
i ing resolutions of thanks, etc., the Council
\ adjourned to meet at Rome, Ga., on the
! second Thursday in March, 1887.
Chinese Gordon’s “Kings.”
London Letter.
* From 1865 to 1871 Gordon liveehat Graves
end, improving the defences of the Thames.
iHe lived wholly for others. His house was
school and hospital and almshouse in turn;
. was more like the abode of a missionary
j than a commanding officer of engineers.
| The poor, the sick, the unfortunate were ever
i welcome, and never did supplicant knock
i vainly at his door. He always took a great
i delight in children, but especially in boys
II employed on the river or the sea. Many he
> I rescued from the gutter, cleansed them and
i ■ clothed them and kept them for weeks in his
i , house. For their benefit he established read
-11 ing classes, over which he himself pre
i I sided, reading to and teaching the lads
I with as much ardor as if he were lead
s ■ ing them to victory. He called them his
; i “kings” aid for many ot tbtm be got
r berths on board ships. One day a friend
asked him why there were so many pins
] I stuck into the mrp of the wcr'd over his
mantel; iece, he was told that they marked
; and followed the course cf the l< ys on their
voyages, ar d that they were moved from
! point to point as his youngsters advanced,
r and that he prayed frr them as they went,
night and day. The light in which l.e was
was held by these lac’s was shown by inscrip
i tior.s in chalk on the fences A favorite
. legend was, “God bless the Kernel ” So
. . full did his classes at length become that
, ; the house would no longer bi Li them, and
, | they hid to Le given up. Then it was that
3 i he attended and taught at ti e ragged
j i schools, and it was a pleasant thing to
, watch the at'entim with which lis wild
r scholrrs listened to his words.
B 1 he Mistress of the IVbite Hous".
s New York Evangelist.
I In locks Miss Cleveland nmirds cne of
6 Anna Dickinson; peihajs because she wears
’ j her hair in the same style. Y’rt there is
’ ; nothing manish about her and in private
eke is rather tco modest than otherwise. Her
0 voice is clear and her articulation distinct,
e making her a fine speaker. She has given
e frequent lectures at the E'ruira Female
Ccliege, which Lave been very pe ] t lar with
e j the young ladies. Her name is found in
0 the latest catalogue in the fact I y as lec
e turer cn mediawil history. Tbe country
e may ci ngrattflato itself upon l.av'ng so in
'• telligent and public spirited a Christian
a woman m the White House.
e.
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