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VOL. 6.—NO. 3.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST EVENTS OF CURRENT
INTEREST.
Bread Riot in Turkey—dominations S-n’ in
To-Day by the President—Terrib e
Duel in the Dark Between Colored
Lotharios—The Markets and Va
rious Matters of General
Interef 1 *
Constantinople, April I.—Lack of
f:nds in the public treasury is causing much
dissatisfaction among the people in the em
pl-.yof the government, to whom it is
1 irgely in arrears of payment. This morn
ing the first public outbreak in a long time
occurred. The wives of the soldiers aS
sembled in lirge numbers in front of the
office of the Minister of Finance, clamoring
for vengeance upon that unfortunate official,
and calling down execrations on the beads
of members of the government from the
Sultan down, for keeping their husbands out
of their pay.
GEN. J. E. JOHNSTON.
Virginians Object to His Being Credited to
Their Stata.
Washington, March 30.—Virginia poli
ticians object to the accrediting of General
Joseph E. Johnston to their State. He does
not live there, they say, and is not in the
strictest sense a citizen of the State. Gen.
Johnston secured his appointment through
outside influences, and chiefly through the
good offices of Gov. McLean, of Maryland,
his brother-in-law, although such of the Vir
ginians as were appealed to, indorsed him
for the place he has secured. The Virgin
ians are not inimical to Gen. Johnston, but
having a hot campaign before them this fall
they are anxious that such patronage as may
be apportioned the State shall be distributed
so as to benefit the party as well as indh Id
uals. The appointment of Gen. Johnston as
Railroad Commissioneris of no practical value
to the Democratic party of Virginia what
ever.
DUEL IN THE DARK.
Two Colored Lothario’s Fight Over a
White Woman.
Dayton, 0., April I.—A duel in the
dark in a stable was fought here at 3 o'clock
yesterday morning, between William Turner
and Charles Doniphan, colored. The men
commenced firing at each other and never
ceased until every chamber of both revol
vers were emptied. The police entered just
afterward and arrested the men and a white
woman, who was the cause of the trouble.
Turner was hit in the breast and his pistol
hand, while Doniphan escaped, though
three balls went through his clothes.
JAIL DELIVERY.
Three Murderers Make Their Escape.
Mount Sterling, Ky., April I.—Yes
terday three of the greatest criminals in
Eastern Kentucky effected their escape from
the county jail. The names are Montre
osello Fairfield, Floyd Williams and Wm.
F. Caskey. They are charged with murder-
New York Produce Maket.
New York, April I.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat—No. 2. red winter
for April 88} bid; do for May 90; do for
June 91}. Corn—No. 2, mixed for
April 48$; do for May 49?*
Oats—No. 2, mixed for April 365; do
for May; 37 bid. Il aan I b.rley nominal.
Pork quiet, mess sl3 25 Lard $7 07 f< r
April; $7.14a715 fir May and $7 28 for
June.Mol isses dull.. R sin dull, strained to
good $1 17}a1.20. Butter quiet. Cheese
dull, Ohio Flat, prime to choice,
10al0}c. Eggs easier; State, 15c; Western
stock, 14}al5c. Tallow quiet; prime city,
5Jc. Rice firm. Sugar dul 1 ; refined and
cut loaf, 6}c; granulated, 515-16 c. Freights
dull; grain to Glasgow sd. Coffee dull and
steady; fair cargoes, 8 ■<:. Hay nominal.
Probabilities.
Washington, April I.—For the South
Atlantic States fair weather, slight rise in
temperature, and variable winds, gener-l.y
shifting to northeast and southeast.
The New Fremill Cabinet,
Pari?, April L—M. De Freycffiet has
acceded to President Grevy’s request, and
Will at once undertake the formation of a
new ministry.
Suspension of a Bank.
Crestline, 0., April 1.-The dofifs cf
the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bink remtin
ed unopened for business yesterday. The i
institution lias made an assignment to S G. :
Heimmuns, of Mayefield.
Chicago Change.
Chicago, April I.—Wheat lowe- and
dull, 79J for May; 81} for June. Corn
steady and unchanged, 37$ for April; 41}
May; 43} for Julv. Oats steady and firm,
34} for May; 31} lor June.
Nominations by the President
Washington, April I.—The President
sent the following nominations to the Senate
to-day: A. Leo Knot, of Maryland, to be
Second Assistant Postmaster General; Macon
Bonner, Postmaster at Washington, N. C.
A New Reading.
Smith keeps a savage dog on his premi
ses, and near its kennel a board is displayed
with the warning in large letters, ‘‘Beware
of the dog.”
“I suppose,” said Jones pointing to the
warning, “you have painted that sign in
large letters so that ‘the who runs may
read ’ ”
“No,” said Smith, “but that he who reads
may run.”
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1885.
GENERAL GRANT.
Lost the Power ot Speech—Slowly but
Steadily Sinking.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
New York, April I,—General Grant has
lost all power of speech and is reported at
his house to be in a very low condition.
[BY UNITED PRESS.]
A f j w minutes after 4 o’clock this morn
ing the white servant who has been in at
tendance on Gen. Grant was let out the base
ment door of the Grant residence ai d hur
ried away on a run. He ran to the stables on
| Sixty-third street and ordered a carriage to
drive to Dr. Shrady’s residence. There the
physician was aroused and driven back to
Grant’s house with al Iposs ble speed. The
servant also went to the St. Cloud Hotel,
and aroused the wife of U. e . Grant, Jr.,
and her lather, ex-Senator Chaffee.
He then went to Dr. J. Newman’s resi
dence and called him. As the clergyman
and ex-Senator ascended the steps of Gen.
Grant’s house they were asked if there was
s-rious change. Mr. Chaff, e did not reply
bit Dr. Newman nodded his head very
sl>wly and he was very grave. Ab >ut7
o’clock Senator Chaffee left the house. He
was questioned by thosewho had been watch
ing all night, and in reply said he believed
General Grant was dying, and that he
seemed conscious that such was the case. Mr.
Chaffee said the General had been sinking
rapidly, and the doctors extend no hopes
except that he may live through the day.
The patient complained of pain, but no
opiates had been administered.
I At 10 o’clock Dr. Newman left. He said:
“The Geneva! solemnly realizes the fact
that his prolonged sufferings must soon end,
but the strength of his intellect and the
serenity of his mind are wonderful. General
Grant rolled somewhat during the morning,
but was almost exhausted. He seem to be
slowly but surely sinking.”
FLASHES FROM ATLANTA.
I The Grand Arcade of the Kimball—Re
ception to Judge Speer.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
i Atlanta, April I—To-day the Kimball
House began using the grand arcade on the
Pryor street side. The arcade is the most
magnificent thing of the kind imcgnable
It is ’n the same place as that occupied by
‘be old-arcade, btff. unlike the old one ex
leuds through the entire seven st lies of the
building 'o the skylight on the roof. It is
exae j.. hjgha-nd is. finished in tfn-
pairii'»-l - oak and Lghted by numberless
chard 1 ers. The c-ff-ci is fi:> • and the new
hotel w 11 be a big advert! irnent for Atlan
ta. The Kirnba 1 air adv has -*! the busi
ness it can attend to. The r ormal opening
of the ho el as not ta .t n p ace, but wiL
occur s- on.
Invi atiot.s are 'Ut to a brill ant recep
tion which will be given at the residence
of D N. Speer next Tues lay night, compli
mentary to Judge Emory .'-peer and Mrs -
Speer. The occasion will b« a notable soci
ety event. The residence of Major Speer is
one of the handsomest on Peachtree street.
It is generally expected that on Sunday
next the Atlanta preachers will handle the
coming charity ball without gloves.
New York Stock Market.
New York, April I.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 43
Missouri Pacific 90%
Western Union Telegraph Co 57
Pacific Mail 52
Lake Shore 60%
Louisville and Nashville 31%
Texas Pacific 11
Denver and Rio Grande 7%
Michigan Central 61 "
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 107%
Northwestern 94%
St. Pau 1 70%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 122
Oregon Transcontinental 12%
Northern Pacific 39%
Rock Island 113
Jersey Central 32%
Memphis and Charleston 37'
East Tennessee, Va. <S Ga (com) 23
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 6%
Philadelphia and Reading 13%
Omaha (com) 25%
Omaha (pfd) 85%
New York Central 89%
Kansas and Texas 17%
Erie 12%
What He Died Os.
“I don’t know what to make bf my hus
band,” said a young wife tearfully; “he
begs me not to Cook anything for him, but
to allow our trained cook to prepare the
meals-, and I should be so glad to make nice
little dishes for him.”
“My husband was different,” said a young
widow; “we had no trained cook and I pre
pared the meals myself.”
“And vour husband is dead ?” said the
young wife compassionately.
“Yes, poor fellow,” was the widow’s re
sponse ; “he died of dyspepsia.”
Ruination Prices.
We offer the remains of our Winter Boys’
Suits, from 4 to 9 rears old, your choice, at
he io’’ price of $3 50 per suit. There are
suits in the lot of which the original price
is $7, and not a suit in the lot that you can
any anywhere for less than $5 We have de
cided they must go to make room for spring
goods. Single boys’ knee pants by the hun
dreds, and also very cheap, at the “Famous’
New Y’ork Clothing House, 140 Congress
itreet.
Money, Money, Money.
No need for worrying; those who want it
can get it at the New Pawnbroker’s, 120
Broughton street, Uncle Joe, Manager. Go
and see for yourself. There is no place to find
a better stock of pistols, guns, watches, jew
elry and knives than you will find at 120
Broughton street.;
MOTHERS.
If you are failing; broken, worn out and
nervous use “Wells’s Health Renewer.” $1
Druggists.
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL
REVIIW OF THE FIRST MONTH OF
THE ADMINISTRATION.
rhe Machinery of Government Quie ly
Working Business Intere-ts of the
Count y Not Affected—More Sur
prises Yet in Sto-e—The R -
forms of the New AthnlnL
traiion How Th<y Will
Probably Work—Worth
Trying at all Events
Special Dispatch to the Da’ly Times.
Washington, April 1 —The first month
of the new Democratic administration has
passed into history aud, after the excite
ment attendant upon the change, the ma j
chinery of the Government is quietly work
ing into the old grooves again pretty much
as it has for the past ten or twelve years.
The business interests of the country have
been less affected by the official rev< lation
than was anticipated, the wonderful facility
of the people of the United States to adapt
themselves to circumstances being more
and more evident with every decade. The
Republicans yiel 1 gracefully to the new
order of things and an era of good feeling
has been inaugurated which greatly strength
ens the moral f< rce of the Government.
The new a Iministration has furnished
some surprises to the public and has many
more in store, and the adverse criti'isms,
which are made against the Chief Execu
live, come almost exclusively from the ul
tra Democratic partizans who have been
disappointed. A well known ex-Senator
tin ha- the run of the White House, re
marked tc-day that outside of the Cabinet,
President Cleveland hai absolutely not
dictated a single appointment. That every
one of the new chiefs and assistants thus far
haye been selected by the members of the
Cabinet for their respective departments,
and that this rule will be ob-erved for a
year yet
The intent of the new administration is
to lesson the cle* i al o ces in all the Je art
ments and generally curtail expensesou
every hand. The investigations now pro
gressing in the different bureaus are ad
vanced to such a state that it is easy to de
termine that this intent will be realized to
a certain extent, but that the saving to the
government will be comparatively insignifi
cant in dollars and cents. The sale of the
Inter or Departme: t horse-, the reduction
of the number of White House clerks, the
discharge of a number of postoffice inspec
tors and various other reforms accomplished
and contemplated, will aggregate a saving
of about $175,000 a year, which is a very
commendable action. The motive in sub
stituting these reforms is unquestionably
good, but the results are not al ways satis
factory. For instance, the Interior Depart
ment who used the l.orses to some extent,
will noy require car and express
wagons will be needed in the transporta
tion of books and documents. Then again
the White House e'erks are simply traos
ferred to some of the departments and their
pay goes on just the same. Then the mail
depredations all over the country must be
looked after, and the cost of apprehending
thieves is greater when fees are paid to
county sheriffs aud private detectives than
when inspectors are engaged by the year
Still these reforms are worth trying, and
everybody praises Mr. Cleveland for steps
in the right direction.
Mr. Cleveland has, however, lost sight of
the fact that the gradual increase of the
working force of the various departments
for the past twenty years has scarcely more
than kept pace with the enormous growth of
the country and the great increase in the
labor necessary to transact the business of
the government. Look at the Pension
Bureau, which has sprung up into enor
mous proportions within that p riod. The
Pot Toe Department, the Railway Mail
Service, the General Land .Office and the
Treasury are increasing every day. Then,
new bureaus are being established from
time to time, and they all require consider
able sums of money to run. The Bureau of
Navigation, the Signal Service, the Life
Saving Service, the Fish Commission, ’he
Civil Service Commission, the Bureau of
Labor, the Railroad Commission, the Edu
cational Commission, the Bureau of Agri
culture, the Geological Survey, the Utah
B >ard, the National Parks Supervision and
the Bureau of Annual Industry have prac
tically sprung up within a few years, and
require quite a little army of chiefs and
cl rk« ard no end of cash.
Next year we are threatened with a River
and Harbor Board, and in the near future
We may expect a Government Postal Tele
graph Bureau, an Inter State Commerce
Commission, a Public Health and Epidemic
Disease Supervision, a Canadian Annexation
Commission, an Electrical Lighting, Heating
and Motive Power Protective Board, an
Inter-Oceanic Telephone Exchange, a Na
tional Pneumatic Tube Regulating Commis
sion, a Petroleum Pipe Line Bureau, a Nia
gara Falls Motive Power Leasing Board, a
National Planting and Preservation of
Forests Commission, an Anti-Polygamy and
Public Morals Supervision, a Bureau of Re
ligious Statistics and many others. Hence
the early rising President must bestir hi m
self pretty lively to cut down expenses and
keep up the revenues.
Hood Have Thought It?
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
“Take her up tenderly,
“Lift her with care” -
“Ah, that is a beautiful thing, sir,” said
the pensive stranger.
“Wot is?” asked the man • with a cast in
his eye.
“Hood’s ‘Bridge of Sighs,’ that I just
heard you quoting,” replied the pensive
stranger.
“That ain’t no ‘Bridge of Sighs,’ ” replied
the man with a cast in his eye. “That’s the
commencement of an ode to a rotier rink!”
The Americans are to the front again; this
time they report 115 suicides; just 36 more
than Germany; but they still continue to use
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, the best of all reme
dies for coughs and colds.
Ask your grocer for Mayer's Magic Soap
mntrefactured b William Hone & Co d
MACON NEWS.
A Ldcky Find—Monument to a Georgia
Ftoct—Notorious Wife Beater—Death
of aa Editor’a W Ife.
Special Correspondence Savannah Times.
M}con, Ga., March 31 —Mr. E. S. Kim
brew found among the pebbles on the side
walk in front of his residence, on Calhoun
street, last Sun Jay, a rough diamond. The
stone was subjected to tests by Macon jewel
ers to-day, and declared to be very pure,
and worth from eight hundred to one thou
sand dollars. Mr. Kimbrew is the bailiff of
Justice Cherry’s court and is much rejoiced
at his good luck. Other diamonds have
been found in Macon heretofore.
The movement to build a monument to
the memory of Sidney Lanier, the poet, will
probably be taken in hand by a Lanier
monumental association. Macon people are
much interested in the proposed monument,
and it will doubtless be erected. A subscrip
tion list will be opened in a few days.
Tw‘o cases of wife beating by brutal negro
husbands have come to light to-day. One
was that of Mac Holland. He is a negro
drayffian. He whipped his wife, and was
arrested and carried before Justice Cherry
for trial. His wife relented, and upon her
petition,Holland was released upon paying the
|ci st. Henry Hudson, a negro carpenter, of
East Macon, figured in the other case. He
| thrashed bis wife, and then threatened to
. burn her ami her children up in her house.
I He was arrested, but was released on bond,
Joshua Eppings being his surety. To-day
i Eppipgs turned Hudson over to Bailiff
Henderson for trying towhip his wife again,
aud Ee was put in jail.
Captain Herman, of Sandersville, died to
i day, god will oe buried here with Masonic
honors to-morrow.
The wife of Bridges Smith, night man
aging editor of the Telegraph and Mes
senger, died at her husband’s residence on
, Bmd street, to-day at noon. Mr. Smith
| has' the sympathy of a large number of
, friends. Harold.
ANECDOTES OF GRANT.
How He Entered the Union Army—Bis
Acquaintance With E. B. Washburne.
i Correspondence of the Salem (Mass.) Gazette.
1 have thought that a few anredutes of
General Grant which have from time to
I lime been related to me during a long res
j idence in Galena might not be uninteresting
to your readers. A friend of mine once
told me that he walked home with General
i Grant at the ,1 >se of the first war meeting
which was held in Galena, aud at which
| the General presided, and then he said to
j him: “I am going into this thing. lam
going to begin at the foot of the ladder. I
|am acquainted with the Governor of
i Ohm and lam going towrite to him and
i ask him to give me a commission ” My
' friend asked him why he did not «-■■> ly to
j Governor Yates. He replied that he knew
I Ohio’s Governor, and shoull write to him.
; Before his application was answered
E B. Washburne was down
| at Springfield, and Governer Yat.es said to
j him: “We have got men enough and money
I enough, but we have no one here to organ
ize; we need a military man here.” Mr.
i Washburne said. “We have got just the very
man up at Galena that you want.” “Who is
he?” “Captain Grant.” “Who is Captain
Grant?” Mr. Washburne exclaimed that he
was a graduate of West Point and had seen
service in the Mexican war. “Send Captain
Grant down here,” was the reply. While
Grant was at work at the duty assigned him
the Colonel of a regiment came in one day
and said that he could do nothing with his
men, and offered to resign in Grant’s favor
if he would take command of it. Grant went
out to see the regiment, and, being satisfied
that the men were full of fight and would
make good soldiers, accepted the command.
Instead of taking his soldiers from Spring
field to Quincy by rail, he marched them on
foot, and by the time they reached their des
tination they knew they had no militia
Colonel to deal with. Then followed Belmont,
Donelson, Shiloh, and those other victories
which have placed Grant’s name with the
highest of the world’s heroes.
Gen Grant became acquainted with Mr.
Washburne in this wise: Some gentlemen
were one evening discussing in one of the
stores of Galena a subject relating to the
Mexican war, and Mr. Washburne coming
ii they appealed to him fora decision. He
replied that he was in doubt with regard to
it, and would like to have some information
about it. A gen leman remarked, “Mr.
Washburne, there is a gentleman back hire
who will be glad to answer that question for
you,” and took him back and itroduced him
to Capt. Grant. Af.er having gained the
information he sought, upon retiring he
asked the friend who introduced him, “Who
is this Capt. Gram? ’ Upon being told that
he was a brother to Orville Grant, he said,
he is a very smart man, sir.” Before the
war in conversing with a friend, he one day
expressed himself pretty strongly wi h le
gaid to the arrogance of some ot the South
ern officers of the army whom he h d met
in the Mexican war, and said, “There
is one of them whom I would like to get
even with, and that is Bishop Polk.” After
the war had closed he remarked to his friend
that when those fellows were running away
from him be used to think how he talked
about them when he was in Galena. When
standing near his headquarters while at the
South, one day, one of the natives came up
and asked him to point out General Grant
to him. He pointed to Dr. Kitto, of Galena,
| who was a long time upon his staff. His
j visitor surveyed the doctor and remarked,
| “He’s a d d ornery-looking old cuss,
I ain’t he?” Upon visiting Galena, he good
| humoredly jokes the doctor about the com
ment that was then made upon him. Upon
his last visit to Galena a friend asked him
how his boys were getting along. He re
plied, “I think the boys are doing well. 1
think they are making money. If they fail
it will bankrupt me, for they have all that
I own.” We know the result.
‘•ROUGH ON
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16 and 25c.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AT
THE EXPOSITION.
Machin* ry of Various Kinds Exhibited for
the Benefit of the Farmer—Labor-Sav
ing; Inventions—lmprovements in the
Colton Gin—How the Various
Stats are Advertising; Their
Resources—House-keeping
Inventions—lncreas
ed Attendance.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
New Orleans, La., March 31. —No men
should derive greater benefit from personal
study of this exhibition than the agricul
tural <1 ss. Probably as much as two
thirds ol the machinery exhibit, including
implements, are directly devoted to the va
rious operations of the farm, saying nothing
of the many useful helps for the house
keeper and her work. There are great
blocks of space occupied wholly with plows,
cultivators, planters, reapers, threshers and
farm mills, shellers, grinders and feed pre
parators, ail more or less useful in the multi
form labors of the farm. There is a recently
patented potatoe planter, which takes the
entire tuber, cuts it into suitable sizes and
plants eight acres per day, dropping and
covering the seeds without any other aid
than a horse and his driver, and its inventor
claims that it will more than repay its cost
in one season’s saving of time and laoor, and
of corn and wheat machinery there is so
much and s.ich variety as would seem to
almost make the labor of the husbandman a
luxury instead of drudgery .
In the patent office exhibit, taken in
comparison with the more modern devices
exhibited outside, one can seethe wonder
ful strides that have been made, not only in
the improved farm, but in all other classes of
machinery. There is seen the original
model of the reaping machine, quaint and
odd in construction ind appearance, but
which finally revolutionized wheat culture,
and without which it would seem impossi
ble now to supply the world with bread.
Here also the cotton planter may see tae
model of the original gin which led to the
development of this great industry and is
believed by some people, curious in Such
speculations, to have exercised no little in
fluence in shaping political and social ques
tions, affecting the country. This original
gin was patented by Eli Wnitcey, March 4,
1794, nearly a century ago, aud was
the invention of his leisure hours
while engaged as school teacher
in the South. Compared with the
many improvements now exhibited
in gins of the present day, it is much in the
category as the old wooden mould board of
antiquity. But, if there had been no Whit
ney, there would have been no Bratt, with i
his rapid manipulator, as without a Robert
Ful’on with his slow, awkward boat. th*re
would have been no palace steamers, pbw
ing river, lake and ocean. How little does
the busy rushing throng think of.their obli
gations to the patient, anxious pioneers of:
art and invention! It is of interest to note |
here, that a fire destroyed the patent office !
Dec. 26, 1836, when 7,000 molds were
burned; another similar disaster Sept. 24,
1877, destroyed 87,000 models on which let
ters had been granted, and 27,000 models of
applications pending. The total of m dels
lost foots up to 121,000, and there are now
in the office 148,500 mode's, occupying a
space of 63,508 superficial leer, a striking
evidence of the activity of the American
brain.
Two large excursion parties from Boston I
have at different times been here. They i
left the Hub and proceeded straight to St. I
Louis, where they chartered one of the An
chor Line’s magnificent boats, came down
the father of waters to New Orleans, stayed
one week and lived on their boat. Few peo
pie appreciate the fact that such a magnifi
cent line of steamers as the Anchor Line
now ply on the Mississippi.
The States are vieing with each other not j
only in the extent and magnificence of ex
hibits, but otherwise attracting public attei
tion to their respec ive merits. Honorabl-
Robert W. Furnas, of Nebraska, Com- ;
missioner for his State, not satisfied
with making one of the greatest exhibits I
on the grounds, has called to his aid the
art preservative, and in a handsome little I
book portrays the vast resources, advantages j
and promises of that great commonwealth. ;
From his little book we learn that since its I
first settlement in 1855, the increase in popu- ,
lation, as compared with neighboring States
is in the ratio of 310 per cent; she has a
school fund valued at $50,000,000; she has
nearly 3,000 miles of railroad lines and
nearly 5,000 miles of telegraph; she raised in
1884, of corn 169,000,000, and of wheat 48,- i
000,000 bushels; and her live stock are val
ued at over $78,000,000, and thousands of
intelligent and enterprising people are flock
ing to and finding rich and cheap homes
among a genial and progressive people, with
all the social advantages of our older com
munities.
It would not be fair to omit some men
tion, in this connection of the exhibits of
various kinds in the interest of the house- j
keeper, for she has by no means been for
gotten by the inventor. There are churns I
very cheap, which reduce the Hbors of but
tor making to a matter of a few minutes,
notejc eding ter; parers which take the '
“bide” off an apple, or potato quicker than i
you can say “Jack Robin* on,” and remove
the core from the former, leaving the apjle
whole for baking; irons, which dress up the
washed clothes 1 without heating; cheap and
sma’l refrigerators that can be used on the
table, as well as larger ones; handy little
bath cabinets, which can be moved into any
loom, and every house should have
one; there are lightning needle
threaders for blind people, or others, and a
thousand and one things to lessen the labor
of housekeeping which every woman would
appreciate—a little outlay now and then
can double the conveniences and comforts of
any home. It is very greatly to the credit
of this Exposition that, while it falls behind
some of its great predecessors in extent of
ornamental exhibits, it excels all of them in
every department of utility, simply being
unsurpassed in this respect.
The attendance now averages daily about
ten thousand people, and the fine weather,
coupled with railroad rates reduced to one
cent a mile, is filling the buildings with
crowds of people. Howard.
S6OO A YE IB
OUR NE V MINISTERS.
Comments ot the oq ths Appoint*
meuts of General Lawton aud General
Jackson.
We present beljw comments of a few of
our exchanges upon the sebetion by Pres
idem Cleveland of two of our distinguished
fell iw citizens fjr important foreign mis
-lions :
Atlanta Constitution.
President I leveland coull not have made
an appointment which woull have been
more heartily appreciated by Georgia, than
that yesterday in which he designated Gen.
A. R. Lawton, of Savannah, as minister to
Russia. This is one of the most important
missions of our diplomatic service, and
under present circumstances, with complica
tions of so serious a nature as now exist be
tween Russia and England, ii rendered par
ticulaily prominent. President Cleveland
could have named no one more capable in
every way to discharge with credit to the
United States the duties incumbent on the
position, than Gen. Lawton. His record as
a soldier, and since his conduct as a citizen,
entitles him to a degree of popularity and
respect which the whole State has gladly
accorded.
Augusta Chronicle.
Gen. Henry K. Jackson, recently appoint
ed Minister to Mexico, has commenced put
ting his bu iness in shape preparatory to
assuming the duties of his office, but he is
not able to say yet when he will leave Sa
vannah. He has not received a personal
notification of his appointment, and it is
probable one is not considered necessary by
the State Department regarding his mission.
Gen Jackson declines as yet to discuss the
pending Mexican treaties.
Augusta Chronlce.
The selection of General Lawton, of Sa
vannah, for the Russian Mission brings
back the better days of the Republic, when
such men as Pickens and Stiles were sent to
foreign stations. General Lawton is admira
bly fitted by nature and by education for
such work. A well trained 1 iwyer, a
thorough business man, a broad scholar and
polished gentleman, he will exemplify
American civibzation and uphold American
dignity at St. Petersburg. This is the sec
ond conspicuous recognition of Georgia
ability fir high diplomatic station.
Hinesville Gazette.
The appointment of Generd Jackson, of
Savannah, to the responsible position of
Minister to Mexico is eminently fit and
proper. General Jackson knows something
of the country of Mexico, and the character
f its [tople. In the Mexican war he bore a
conspicuous part. He is dis inguished for
his attainments in law, literature and sci
ence. Io increasing the friendly relations
with that country, General Jacksou can and
will do an immense amount of good.
Jackso . viile (Fla) Herald.
It only remains for us to congratulate
Gen. Lawton and the country upon the se
lection. In the splendid capital of the
argest empire in Euroee the American
people need have no fear that their interests
and their honor will not be guarded with
.vigilance, firmness and high ability. Amid
the difficulties, the temptations and the
splendors of the Russian court, it is gratify
ing to know that the new minister will bear
aimsell with manly courtesy,w ; th dignity and
With unblemished integrity. It ssems to us
that the South’s day of glory has come back
In the first hour that she is readmitted to
ihe Executive and Diplomatic Departments
of the government she comes forward in the
persons of her best, safest, and wisest men,
and pledges her faith for good government
and faithful representation in Lamar and
Lawton, and Garland and Jacks n, and men
tike these. Os course the future holds for
us no shame as a section while these men
are at the fore.
RATHEB SERIOUS FUN.
Inexcusable License for Even April the
First.
Mr. Frank J. Garvey, who is employed
in the bindery of Mr. Geo. N. Nichols on
the bay, is the victim of a lame April fool
joke which he does not re Ish himself nor
do any of his friends or the friends of a
certain young lady whose name has been
also used by the wouldbe wag. The follow
ing, which appeared in the Morning News,
e.x[ Lins itself: “Garvey— Hazzard—Mar
ried, on Tuesday, March 31, by tl e Rev. L.
J. Stoddard, at the residence of he bride’s
mother, Frank J. Garvey, of this city, and
Josephine L. Hazzard, of Charleston, 8. C.
No cards-”
Mr. Garvey says he was not aware of
anything of the kind until he started to his
work, when a friend hailed him with “Hello,
Frank. Accept my congratulations. Glad
to see yon have decided to lead a sensible
life, and wish you much joy.”
Mr. Garvey did not know what he meant,
1 but when he learned the cause of the matter,
I justly became much enraged, not so much
I for himself as for the sake of > he young lady,.
| who, although her exact name is not given
and her home incorrectly stated, is well
I known in Savannah. The family of the
j young lady are also very much outraged
that anyone should have the
temerity to so boldly and publicly make
i use of her name to further a picayunish
I joke. They are justly indignant, and both
I they and Mr. Gar vey will take steps to
ascertain the name of the perpetrator of the
i joke. Mr. Garvey says he does not know
any sucli minister as above named. He is a
very quiet gentleman, and feels much hurt
that he should be so rudely thrust before
the public by so miserable a method.
Selling Whisky C. O. D.
Yesterday afternoon Commissioner R D.
Locke had before him Mr. S. A. Edwards,
a prominent young merchant of Chauncey,
Dodge county, charge d with selling liquor
C. O- D. to a “dry county.” The facts were
| submitted, after which Commissioner Locke
discharged the prisoner on his own recog
nizance to appear at court when summoned.
* The case will be submitted to the Court of
Internal Revenue at Washington City, and
the matter will remain in abeyance until his
opinion is received. Deputy Marshal W,
D Wall made the arrest. John F. De
Lacy, Esq, of Eastman, represented the
prisoner, who is very prominent in that
section and highly respected by ill.