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MADISON TIMES. SDVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH. rOL, I. NO. 11. TALLULAH MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1884, CREMUi OF' THE NEWS. A COIPLETI AND OMIPEUBEiyV RECORD Oi IPORTANT NEWS 3VBM1 OF T1 PAl WEEK. OarNb y e O~ e dQ Cs denmared. e. um ean CeOS C in Tess anMd eeda. 1 begem. .;,. o Be ,' the well-known anglish dramatist, Rult Zorilla has been expelled from Switzerland. Avout K hawa twOr abMldized by the English government. The French in Tonquin have bombarded and burned Hung Hoa. Osman Digna has made proposals for a n understandlng with the British. M. Weletski, Russian consul at New York, is transferred to London. A beet sugar factory with ,apaelty of 17, 000 tons is to be started in England. Earl Granville Is preparing a circular to the powers on the Eyptian question. Mayor Pillsbury of Minneapolis, issued an order Sueday closing all the saloons. The Pope is eaiý to Le prepasing men eyclint letter naist et eesIcttje.. The Soclalist, Provoosnik, on trial for high treason, at Vienna, was acquitted. A freight depot, mill, hotel and several ether buildings burned at Pensacola, Fla. Lawrenee Barrett scored a decided success as Yorick in "Yorick's Love," in London. Caot. AIf. G. Tuther, a well-knownedti sen of MHmphis, has mysteriously disap peared. The English press maintains that Ameri can laws ought to be changed to reach dynamiters. The issue of postal cards shows a marked der 'ase on account of the reduction of let ter postag. . - .1 Liabilities of Gillesple A Co., the sue rded East India merchants, will exceed ,000,00.o. The new Russian gold loan, which to to be devoted to railway construction, is £1, 000,U00. Rlla ,. the French infidel, addressed a free -thught festival at the College of Flance. Nine business houses of San Francisco were burned. Los $176,000, Insurance $5,000. Jesse Glover killed Humphrey Bunch sear Carrollton, Mo. They had some di. emi years ago. . The loss of tho U. S. and Brazil Mall teamship company' steamer Retianee is eported. Cuban afanreverge on anarhy owing to Sheavy taxation aend reduoed prices of rpodpcts... . oterk jil a lilmaul s*rd twed theJa•ler's wife. Osman Digna's conference with the sheiks friendly so the British failed to produce any pseldo result. Forrest T. Hines of Evansville, d., mistook htis wle for a burigar and shot her. She may recover. Corpus Christi has organized special san Itary measures on account of the prevalence of malarial fever. It is again reported that Gen. Gordon is a prisoner. Communication with Berber by ada and wLrs t. Six mp i41t ler d & I44 Wjar explosion of dynamite at a quarry near rankIlnaton, N. C. A party of surveyore we fired on by qnuarers near Charleston, W. Vs. and one of them wounded. The Nova Sootian legislature has extended the fcanehiee in the saplnlpai eleit4ons to A fre-damp explosion occurred In a col liery near Eizaoeth, Pa., killing two men sad injuring others. Sume prgres is making towards a traic agreemen between toe Burliagton and the Union Pacilo roads. Heas Geors has saiMlel far Nsw York, his lecture mloaon in ngland being eon sldered a great sueces. Dr. G. B. Tedder, of Little Rook was ar rested for a murder alleged to have been committed by hil in 1876. . re,'s forces haw ompelled sveral podie of Cubp try! to ptUir, and taere are plunderag the surrounding country, but sive no news from Khartoaum. Ezxportls of attle, hogs, beeut, pork usd dairy producets last month were only abut half ases gas s in Mareh 183. Rumors . mats in eel rate, new issues of boeads aa'liblii It-ll~b kemeat had a epresing effeet on the mrket. Tkhe rumor that Herr von EIsendeker is to be reealled is deanied. He will probablyI be Lrsdermd to some other mission. The Duteh autherlties have blockaded the Aenensee eoaust to eempel the releas of the ship's arry emtared some time ago. enlkhtayg s commeaned a d aed • nwere a ed-and tht- n wern ti . The reslgastien e Caal-G.en Badea, aSt havan, s sueased to arle from some thdUy e e~ ilh th* ~A~ero expedahln. Pgmtjs lthl beerm ek s wll be allowed to Omlpy leand in Fort Smith reser vatiem, but theesab thskemyreepi Thtrt~thu thousad vohanes took sto the Ester asreuvrs, of Britith . st Pgtsmeath, ~ermmi d Ald, Abeut , was reallsed fcor the oed muirers i the sae of the corn sentto and eanieers, ha struek benase of un paid wags. the vnluen o exported bredstnae was $130,. - 6.,W agsais $1stUat~, t . i l amme slowlr dramnd eN. t Is un ispate that he Ilnh keep Aisemm and hot thq am being m.R,. Srae.s Italy, Lermany, England and the United iBatme de~ d .large sums from Hatl fo.damages r.taWned by their ddl. Robert Stather has been sentenced to four ars' imprtasnmee at Halifax for making lse ntres in books of the Dominion snn deprtmn t. Madrid n es profes entire conl. denos that .metcan ioaluene will be ad Justed with lkidly regard to Spnish later. eee In the Cuban matter. England talks of disbanding the Egyptian army to lighten the financial burden or at least to make a larger part of the revenue available for p ym-nt cf the debt. Marvuis Taleng, the Chinese diplomat, who has been conducting the negSotaions with the French relative to thbe Tonquin troubles has been ralled to Pekin. The last biah of dynamlter arrested is expected to ve s informer or two who t will teab whe r the orgentsation has its It s popcpd 'thgA Jame FI JJ yad 0. L. unp be addedto the Wabah execu tive copemitte, with a view to relieving Jay Gould of the details of managemert. The value of exports of breadstufs for March was $10,448.466, against $17,841,882 In March 1883. The cemparion for nine mouths sows a falling of of $47,000,000. As ol o ple In Coles county, In., were most brutally murdered In bed by a hired man for no known cause. They were found with their hqads severed from the bodies. Frank Kelloy. a barkeeper, of Cincinnati, struck James Miller on the head with a loaded revolver, the weapon was dis charged, Mte bullet struck Charles Larkin, a bystande,. Two acquaintances at Niagara Falls went over to Goat island. One hu been found photthrotgh the head,and the other is sup poed to have jumped n the river and gone over the falls. . Hubbard, the defaulting National bank cashier of aonmnuth, Ill., has taken ad vantage of the liberty allowed him for the purpoee of straightening out the accounts and escaped. In the patent ease of Hoe against 8eott, the United States supreme court decides that no appeal Is allowed from a decision of the commasioner of patents to the seeretarv of the interior. In the latest conditlons of pesos between China dud France, as proposed by the lat:er, China is asked to accept a limited Freach protectorate over Tol quin. No demand for Iddemnity is mentioned. Two Kentacky sheriffs had a Ixht on a Chesapeake and Ohio train near May'vlle I for a prlsrer whom both wanted. One was badly used up and the other carried off the prisoner and got (0 reward. The special grad-jfrv to investgate the Cincinnati riot has been Instructed by the court to Inquire Into the eharges of jury fnag and all the causes of the trousle as well as the actual deeds of violence. Albert L. Weed, a shirt manaufacturer of BAltimore, murridd one of his foetoryhirls lait December. It now appears that Wed had another wife livigatthe time. He has I skipped the town and deserted Mrs. Weed I No. 2. Aguero has ben cordially received n some parts of Cubs. Voluateers to the number of l,40have oined his standard, I and e has reached the mouatatsous dis trict, which before has often been the stroneaghold of the Revolutionists. The governmsats of England, Francs Germany, Eusms, Belgium ad the United States have Informed the Porte that they will not consent to any abolition of their commercial rights as projectedin the new Turkish traif to be put into effect June 6. Eight convicts in the jail at Gainesville, I Green County Ark., overpowered the jail. t r and escaped. In aubeequont ight with t c4tlseus one of them was killed and three wounded. Only two escaped. They are bplng paursued. SPRING WHEAT. The Prspects or the Crep i Several el the i buog Tribune. The reports from the spring wheat belt of the Northwest show that there will be little it any change from the general record of previous years. In the older states, no- f tiately Daols ~ Indipa. iand Wiscostin, r Le a sarled dimnttlon of the area devoted to this terallb.ut the los thus sms v taled is compensated for in the elds of " Dakota, Mipnesota sad Nebraska. A 50 t er cent.tacrease tr noted it Brown esunty, bakets, sad o of over 600 per oent. In Clark county of thsame trritory. A C~n Ptral Illinois report, on the contrary, habron isles the sowing of the grain for the sole purpose of "keeping the bugs from the oth er crops." Th outlook in Mitnnesota I seems very emoragl, hiefly In the l western anwd /bmewesisi serilds, pad it Y Sdeclared by an athorty ona the subject t there has never ben a tt berspriag for seeding wheatthaa the preat one. SThern tnauaee of prices on the aereage t Spaereptibly large, awtvoin useations where gratn is aunarelablerop and wherethe duemnt of ample remuerationt maust b alaoe the risk of a mall harvest. ;The rger ad surer prets eneideotto the of estte sad eor have also, In some uaers, eased armers to abndon thea uLUv~ 0no thesmaller ereals. Indeed, a Sar pring wheat, thatws Bishop fkhi'e emire, meto "be duality tnk- Ii in Is eaurse wetwarud. 1review of the reports shorws that the Ars is maataied at 0 per eat. of the a polsats heard frem, ad thatU the pt e iersse sad deease is aboutqually 1 eided between the ethers.. "ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE." . -e a A Brii Rdmase Thait Ede i I th River. The pollee o l, Ill., hav.enctyy q osahs delowam bt tb womann taoh Illins lver anday afternn. They ey y to m ot i mulato, but a white p, phps Ibtali. Tm wemn wh was drownedis thQ d htey of rils and respebisle pa- b ents, residing ear B·raah, G., who b was maurried at seventeen years of age, left * with her husband fr Bt. nLis, where the latter died, slnetwbtip se hp h oes as the bed. Her mds nam e was Ge. Her husbad's name is not kow, but It is hewas a Jew. He prmts reetly a nrer twa hsnearese , anda deWdiye had lemsded I In the woeubeuss eotPee , ad and rrnelnr her to dped h ei *ws )el-n.dIhad AT THO CAPITOL r WAT OUV PUBLIC 51TAI A DOING THAT WK SOILD INOW VAIOUS ITEMS !ROM TEL D. pArUTnEIm-ommuaL NorM. The Danville riot investigation progresses t unflaggingly. Lieut. Col. Brotherton and Maj. Edward Ball have been placed on the retired last. The demand for postal cards continues to show a decrease on aoccouat of the reduction in letter postage. A new set of charges against Comptroller Knox has been made by a committee of the shareholders of the Pacific Bank. Boetoi. The chairman of the Cunard company says the passage of the shipping bill now pending in parliament would place English shipping at a disadvantage as compared with that of for eign nations. A. J. Evans, U. S. attorney for the Western district of Texas, was examined before the Springer committee, and advocated a change from the fee system to salaries for U. S. At torneys and Marshals. By an order of the Secretary of the Interior, persons now occupying tracts of land within the Fort Smith reservation can remain, pend. ing legislation, but further settlement thereon will not be permitted. President Arthur has Issued an executive order, expressing the desirability of exhibits from all the departments of the government at the Cotton Centennial Exposition to be held in New Orleans next December. The Navy department has been informed that a rumor prevailed at St Johns, N. F., that that the Greely party had been rescued from a mass of floating Ice by the crew of a whalin i schooner. In a communication on the subject the United States Consul at St Johns says the report is not believed there. The Senate committee on judiciary reported adversely on the bills introduced by Senators Bayard, Mitchell and Lapham respectively, to provide for the relief of the Supreme Court of the United States, and submitted instead the Davis bill, to provide for the establishment of a Court of Appeals as it passed the Senate last year, with some slight amendments. The House committee on revision of the laws has unanimously agreed to report Represent ative McMillin's bill to amend the internal revenue laws. The measure reduces the time within which persons may be prosecuted for violations of the internal revenue laws from fve to two years. The bill was recommended by both Secretary Folger and Commissioner Evans. John W. Pearce, Liberian Consul at New r leans, passed through Washington en route to Liberia. His visit there is for the purpose of procuring samples of products of that country to exhibit at New Orleans. He called at the State Department and obtained his passports and letters intended to facilitate the object of his journey. He sailed from New York on the 16th. The Supreme Court of the District of Colum bha, sitting in bane, decided, in the patent case of Hoe vs. Scott, that there was no appeal to the Secretaryof the Interior from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents. The custom of entertaining such appeals sprung up dur ing Secretary Kirkwood's administration, and has continued down to the present time, the records showing that many of the decisions of the Commislsioner have been reversed by the Semetary. The values of the exports of domestic cattle, hogs and beef. pork and dairy products, for March, 1884, were $5,610,96; same month in 168, $610,484,mS; for three months ended March S1, 1884, $21,6657.5, against $31,05,190 for the corresponding period last year. Beef and pork preduats for Ave months ended March 81, 1864, $8,41,000, against $48,648,900 for the same time in 1B8. Dairy products for 11 months ended March 31, 1s4, s1,83049., against 1s,09oa8,8 for the corresponding months in 1888. COYUGREUIONAL IPOCEZDIU4O. TahUiDAt, Aran. 10. BsarAa.-In the Senate a commmunioatiou from the Secretary of the Treasury was read recommending an appropriation of $175,0o0 for a new revenue cutter for Alaskan waters. The .blll to bridge the Mississippi river at St. Louis was reported favorably. Consideration of the naval bill was resumed, and an amendment adopted increasinr to w0, 060 the apprbpr tion for guns for the new cruisers. Objection was made to the committee amendment providin for the construction of additional omrasere oe the aound that a separate bill for that purpose had alredy passed the Senate Housa.--n the House a substitute was re rdfor the bill reltiang to the election of nt and Vlee PresIent. After some skirmishing the House again went into oom mittee on bills for erectionof publice buildIngs. New Albany Chattanootla, and Auusta, Me., were tlhe favorni localitics tavorable reeommendatieas being made for buildings threla. ;".eAY, APmaL 14. Skxss.--la the Seate bills were trodno ed: To amend the act relating to the adulter atou ofntea: to authoels John C. Premont to be placed on the army retired list with the r ea oMdo General; to forfeit certaln North*rn Paifdc lands. The naval bill was taken up, and the amendment pmroidimrfor the ounstruction of seven steel crumisers was ag•es to, as were the other committee amendments. An item of 010.000 for a un fouandry s bserted, and a clause direci the Searetary of the Navy to reottotl next oanres s plan or sn armord veral of, aheortion bll Twedvsslf HoRi.-In the ose a meslutloa wse adopted direetlalng the committe onsm ur t use to report a btlitoresllOurseoims Mane for xpses incurred in quaraetine meaues to kup otfot and moathd~sase. as. ci bil ome e d bthe cammtt en labor. A bill wa Introd sd t the Supremelout, and one tol • oa l pmIapSOS bill e s zt~s. Dienict bui/ aes was disassed ti urol-aUl ahowed ao ecafrm ya having been udo ed g as, briel coalerao of the ioux eeradekn bill, the bnkpcybi was taken up, and Rousa.--Te oaroe, In eoammttee of the to take up the tariff bid, and Mr. |orr eanted atlY WmaSrDT, APunur N asuE .-la te Searste abillw otatadel tormleve the ammud ci tg ene.l Thea hll tno rdea theie 8 resrvatio petsli • hl~ ,s t Hosa.--In the Homso Mr. Russell spoke in opposition to the tart! bill. He was followed by Meesrs. Blount, ClSe and Jones of Arkan as. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. Movement Leoking to The Establilsksat et a Nome for Disabled Coeuederates. New York Dispatch. 1L As I '- nown Gen. Grant would not preside as *the Confederate Home" meet. ing in Cooper Uniea, owing to disability, the large ball was sct erowded, as it other wise would have beas, yet fully 1,500 per r sons were present sad euthusiaatle'for the a success of the movement. Corporal Tanner, of Brooklyn, presided, and the exercises e began by the bsad playing "Dixie." r Many letters of regret were read. Gen. t Hancock sent assuranoe of his very best Swishes and efforts for success. Gen. Bris tow promised his support. Dr. Talmage also sent a letter of sympathy with the movement in lieu of his presence. Gen. J. B. Gordon made the speech of the evening. He began thus: SeaPs or oQil. GORDON. As an ex-Confederate soldier who sur rendered his arms and forers to your great captain at Appomatox Court House, Va., I greet you with pleasure selncere and pro. found. Te caue cause whlch brings us here is worthy the men whose herasm in the late war thrilled the world with astonishment I and admiration. It is a movement by brave and magnanimous victors to protect, shel I ter and befriend the disabled and suffering t of their valliant, though vanquished breth. ren. It is to make practical, to give form and direction and scope to an impulse con ceived in the noblest minds, born of brave and generous hearts, Inspiled by god-like charity, and which is destined to exert a power for good on the future of this reunited country, restatlesu, measureless, enduring. This Government, my countrymen, in its efforts upon those now living and those who are to come after us, is worth more to this country than all resolutions of political platforms or parties, more than all appeals by eloquent lips for a restoration of section al qoeord and American fraternity, for it is Northern hearts' own eloquence addressed to Southern hearts' own sensibilities. It is a brotherhood accomplished. It obliterates passion; it touches, softens and unites all hearts of all our people, and will bind them together in a bond of brotherly affection- slncere, strobg sad immortal. To under stand that the signalcenem of this movement unsolicited and spostaneous, Ii not exag gerated, it i suMdcient to know that it re oylves the sanction and co-operation of brave men of the Federal army, from its great ex-oommsader, whose fame ills all continents down to the humblest private who himself, maimed sndaoogd is ready to contribute to this cause t te small pea sloe paid by the Governmet. It remins only to add that tht among the blesslngs which have resulted from our great confldct which are common to all is the courage and discipline of soldier eltiseoship. The ehiv. alry and martial spirit, love and ory, of honorable and intrepid character. The seorn of meanness sad basenees of eow. ardies. The courage to strike a braver blow ffr right than say power dare strike for wrong. The assured greatness ad beaeficene of our eommon eountry, the South and the North, as one gret army marching to a common glory sad under a common lg the emblem of a Union, one and Io epnle." Gen. was frequently interrupted by applause in the course of his address, anad vociferously cheered as he osed. Geon. Geo. A. Sheridsa made a charater istic spoeh, and was followed by Gen. lcrd sn ad Judge Tourge. It was stated that Florida hedvoted $1.800 for the home and that Chairman Tanner had raised a like um. Many Confederate and Federal soldiers were on the stage. DETERMINED MEXICANS. Still Stabber s IResisting the Sitmp Tax- Other Mexsen Toplgs. Crr or ,izco, Mex., Dispatch: There tois no abstement to the feelHrg ased by the I onerous stamp tax sad the strets havse a deserted sir. The spurrt show by the mer chants here has spread, and reports reeiv ed show that the busines men ot cther clt tes of the rep::ble are assumlng the sme determlned attltude regardin the oppresive Isw. Abillpaeuedto a seconad readingin the Seaute repeallg the stamp set, but whabt its turther progress will be es omly bhe guessed at. The Government is apparely not in sympathy with this measure of reli. truoa En CxIcrLATIox. It is rumored that the Government pro pos to demlare the couare of the mr-. chants in dag their stores revolautionary, md to force them to resumo buaines. An other Iruor is to the effet thsat all mer ehsats who persist in kplig their stores doeld will have their lienesa revoked, anad that the GovermenMt will mtake them pay havily rb the privilege of reopeaag. In ' Vers Cn every plasn d buoim was dles. I ed, induding behre, provisei dealern sad others at asetoe by the stamp ta. OThr M ascw aws. Coemual Gmneral Strother and famil 151t1 for the United Sltates by the MEa sa trsal. TheCoasl Gneral has three monath' easve t absenme, sad goes to Deaver end 1 hidaeid hem. The State of Zasteem s a esmeeslmm to the larms Gallado lrad, fro the MIes Ctral, thsh-ld ee Ortalg, RiCo i The reat new o nth e p e she Nenseu There casto aesm o overantesh. Nexttoihe Preeldentof the Unitedi States the bet-paid Federal aoicial jle the oerk of the 8Sprem Court. To waitupa the 7Oeentoe there are 242 employc mot counatig the police0 tbseme and liburlas. There are several poatofficeean the country at which the sna l lary of the poetmatner sealy P1. 1 PI'uuylvnnln has a larger number of 3 poet nd.as than s other Slte. 'RPos lalrds se the geveermest 541 ses s 4d . l1 . thaued, 1 POLITICAL PRELIMINARIES. The Drift of Public Sentiment as Expressed at the Polls and Primaries. The entire temperance ticket was elected at 1 Casey, Ill. In the Republican county convention which i met at Wilmington, O., Blaine had 44 votes and I Sherman 87. I Wm. H. Robertson and James W. Rusted were elected delegates to the Republican Na- I tional convention from the twelfth New York ( district. The Republicans of Winnebago county, Ill., I elected twelve Logan and Oglesby delegates to the state convention, and instructed for Sumner for State Senator. J. R. Ewing and James E. Sayers have been selected as delegates to the National Republl can convention from the 21st Pennsylvania district, and instructed for Blaine. The Democratic Members of Cpngress from the Pacific Coast visited Gramercy Park on Monday, and held a conference with Mr. Tilden. The Republicans of the eighth Congressional district of Pennsylvania elected S. R. Deppon and Frank S. Livergood delegates to the Na tional convention, and Instructed for Blaine C and Lincoln. The third Illinois distrlet convention selected Congresemen George R. Davis and Jno. It. Wheeler as delegates to the Republican Na- I tional convention, with Charles R. Plants and t A. J. Snell as alternates. No instructions. Z The executive committee of the Republican I Whig party of Georgia has issued a call for a c convention to meet May I, for the nomination of candidates for State offcers and Presiden- I tial electors. At the Lancaster county, Pa., Republican e primaries the extraordinary vote of nearly t 17,000 was polled. Indications favor the nomi nation of John A. Hiestand, proprietor of the Examiner, for Congress, over the present incumbent. The Austin county, Tex., Republicans held a convention and elected a strong Arthur dele gation to the State convention, which meets on the 19th at Fort Worth. A resolution in dorsing Arthur's administration was unani- i mously adopted. Senator Riddleberger and Congressmen John D. Wise and Benj. S. Hooper, all Readjusters, e visited Blaine in Washington and were closet- t ed with him for a considerable length of time. I This is Interpreted to mean that the Readjuster s leaders lean towards Blaine. b A petition has been prepared at Pittsburg, I Pa., and will be presented to the trades unions b for indorsement, setting forth that working- i men have not been beneited by the tarif, but c have suffered a horizontal reduction of 10 and 20 per cent in wages, and praying oongress to enaet only such a "erif law as will insure a just division of benefits. The Tarrant county. Texsq. }tepuh-il.an con vention met at Fort Worth. The whites secureda th eker of tke convesto, but helag us able to control matters, belted with the offiers t leaving the negroes alone. Both conventions send delegations to the State convention. t Before the split resolutions were adopted for free grass and indorsing Arthur. The temper of the business men of Kansas a City, Mo., has been sounded on the question e of next President. On the Republican side Blaine was the favorite, with Arthur next. d Edmunds and Logan had a few supporters. ft Lincoln was almost unanimously the choice for second:plaoe. On the Democratic side, Tilden was unquestionably far in advance of all others. At the Republican convention at Erie, Pa., Josephb Johnston and B. W. Bohols were elected I delegates from the 3sth congressional district n to Chicago. L. B. Woods was chosen elector. A resolution was passed indorsing Hon. L. I. Watson of Warren, for Congressman-tLarge. The Chicago delegates were first selected by a popular vote on a pledge to support Blaine and Lincoln. The Congressional distrlot is overwhelmingly for Blaine. At the Ottawa county, Kas., convention at Anderson delegates were elected to Junc- b tion City on the Slst of May. TheyareW. L. Harvey, A. B. March, S. K. Malters and H. C. 4 Hull. To Topeka the delegates elected are R. F. Thompson, F. M. Sexton and W. B. Davis. To Concordia the delegates are A. Gilbert, C. L. Ackley, Joseph Smith. and T. E. Harley. is Alternates were chosen. The majority of the ft convention were in favor Blaine for President nad Lincoln for Vice President. At the Maverick county, Texas. Republican convention, great unanimity prevailed. Res olutions weare adopted advising a thorough tate organisation of the party durlng the B coming cmpaign, and an active, aggressive S policy. J. M. Olbbs sad L N. Lane werae elect- H ed delegates to the convention at Port Worth. F They were uninstructed, but they are pro nased Arthur men, and resolutions were 0 adopted indortang the adminstration and p LUNATICS IN ALABAMA. As Asylum that nu Barned its Strait- R Jackets ad Gmveras Only by Kdness. New York Bun. . TUocuA.ooea, Ala.-Th Sun reoetly aasounsod that a committee had been ap. pointed to tnvestgate the abuses tn the Uti a lunate asylum. It may Interest New York people to how that the AlabamuaI - as8ylum Ia this eity Is bebeved by many L persons competent to judge to be the best ersa --td tmae asylum In tohe eeuatry. Its earrendlnos are beautiful, ad It is more like a obraa nhome than a asylum. The supsrintedet is Dr. P. Bryeo, sad It istothewet kMndnes whlh be adopted sttb begnig that is due his remarkable~ onsses In the masnament of so0 ptients. u The buildilsa are almost ptalaal. All SmodenturoW m hae bee ntno. dusd. The gas is made on the premise hm the seal tain froma mae onthe grounds owned by the asylum. Th bulld s are heated by steam sad suppiled with F hot oand cold wate. Each ward has its dInlng-room, bath-reom, corridors ad a • bsy window 8l feet aross, In which there are beautiful exotles, singing birds and C .wel-stoed aquarlia. The chambers, with their rustle furnituare, pretty mottoes anad other adoraments, are far more Ivting than ordinary hobetel rooms. No mehauniseal restraint is used witbh the patients. Dr. Bryce burned the strait- P Iacets twenty year ago. N punishment s permise, ad f theo unro ar anot lked bythe paema s thre is god euse sr a -he sgeass, the m sums sws 6 Patients are sometimes brought to the asylum tied or manacled, and are enticed into the building by being told it is a hotel or something of the kind. But they ar promptly released by the doctor who tells them the truth. He informs them that they are in an Insane asylum, and have come to be cured, and It they will submit to medical treatment and comply with the rules of the Institution they will get well. They are then taken to a room, placed in charge of a nurse, anid, after a quiet rest, are allowed to mingle with the other patients. Not withstanding thegreatliberty allowed, there has been but one homicide or suicide in the establishment In twenty years. Reveille i sounded at 6 o'clock. Halt an hour afterward the food cars take the meals to the different wards. The dining tables are covered with spotless linen, shlining glass tastily-folded napkins. and bright flowers. After breakfast the prayer-bell rings and the patients are taken to a beauti ful chapel. Both the superintendent and is wife are idolised by the patients. At their approach faces are wreathed in smiles, and well may they be, for the patients are treated by them as sick children who need only sympathy and encouragement: and this is given without stint. Those who have attended prayers in a good many college chapels say they never witnessed better con duct there than in this chapel. After prayers the work bell rings. The utmost importance is attached as a remedial agent to systematic occupation. The pa tients are compelled to do nothing that is not congenial. All kinds of work are pro vided. There are work-shops for the me chanieally Inclined, and there Is a farm and garden for those who prefer that kind of labor. The women assist the attendants to keep the house in order. Every article of clothing Is made by the attendants and pa tients. Sewing-machines worked by water power, so as not to fatigue, are used. Some of the women affect only faney work, others knitting or quilt patching. They soon fnd out that it is not the thing to be idle, and unless ill, are ashamed to be unemployed. They havesewing bees, knitting bees, and many other devices to make the time pass pleasantly. On every pleasant afternoon the nurses take the patients out to walk In the grounds of the asylum, and often beyond. For those who are feeble large airing courts are provided. For their amusement every pos sible arrangement is made. They have base ball and croquet grounds. Indoors they have a bowling alley, skating rink and billiard tables. In the amusement hall they have a stage and scenery for plays, charades and tableux, in which the ooers assist. Twice a week they have dancing. The editor of the newspaper which is edited and printed by the patients says of dancing: 'This is an amusement particularly adapted t- the itsane." Stereoptic exhibitions, concerts,' ebates, reeitations-all in turn help to mske the TretnSpi ,delightful. On Suadjay'hey have preaching by eai the city pastors, and in the afternoon a ser vice of song. Their newspaper is called the Meteor. It does not appear with much ret ularity. Speeimena have been asked for from every part of the country, and even from Europe. Upon failureof the paper to appear at the regular time the editor re cently said in his editorial: "As the law governing the movements of other meteors has never been expounded, I do not feel it incumbent on me to account for the irregularity of the asylum Meteor." Algater nStek as a Dalaty tn Florida. Palatka News. It was brought to the table and looked like fried bees. The writer tackled it manfally and cleared his plate. Com modore Root did like wise. Dr. Buckley sniffed daintily and examined it very carefully and made the fatal plunge. Col Welsh was the most reluctant, but after mature deliberation and a stong effort of will he swallowed a mouthful and be came a duly installed member of the Al ligatorBriade. In taste it much resem bles the black beas, a little drier and a slight degree stronger, in fact, if placed upon the table as fish, but fen could de tect it. A convention of cattle dealers will he held in St. Louis, Nov. 17, for the purpose of forming a natlonal association. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK Bvlns-Nasive steers........ 1 S ame-Common to cholce.... 4 70 Hoo--Live.................... 4 500 Waa.-o., Red... ........ I, t OAs-We~smern e ......... 1a 8 Pom--New ieer............, te . s • 1 ST. LOUIS Doseog-N~iling........... 10 DIei Bnuuva-Chooe toanoey..... em00 -Good prtme....... 4 5 o -Native cows......... 4 15 4 a --ex sseers......... 4 8 Ro-Cmmon to select ..... 7 00 Swmar-........ .............. 850 S e Poun--Chole............... 4t00 4 -XXX................. 80 Wnas -Rs wlnaterNo. 1.... .0 1 e --ed winter No. a..... Douw-No. 3 mixed .........45 .. DA.-No. I..................4.. 64 R-a-NoS..................... 6 Br -oo-ih............. 2 a .Tae'by..... ..... .7 1 An-l o-................... 4 Fuow-.... r............. 0 on.-w................... t pona--tan mIre ............... is x4 Ha r- hien04 ... . f. ......... eo--ew m o.............. 18 e 1 Bo-.-.Imaco....e.......... 375 0I Coron-WIUM (r...........40. 1 s1 Paor ly... ..... ....... 4515 00 ,oa--New mier.............. Coasa-White- r ...........1 * I or--S. Lo................... M4 4 AT-Choi--en.l............. 1 10g Cona-No......... e........ ... RUTI-No. ...................... 8e TOLEDO. Wuaar-flsdwhssr No.!... at & M TRAIN-Wh.i;..; G IN tiOh:. A Rail Removed from a Bridge and the Train Precipitated Into the Miami. Two Coaches and a Sleeper Hurled Down an Embankment-The Engineer Killed-De velopments in the Panhandle Disaster. Da3 ton, 0.. Dispatch. One of the most fiendish crimes that has ever occurred in this country was perpetra ted on the Dayton and Xenia Division of the PInbandle Road, about four miles this side of Xenia and one mile west r,f Beaver's Station. The nglht express, which arrives in this city from Richmond at 9 o'clock, was wrecked at the Miami R ver bridge at the point designated, resulting in the loss of life and keavy damage to the railroad company. Train No. 207, consist ing of engine, baggage car, two coaches and sleeper, pulled out of the Union Depot at 9.10 and forty minutes later formed a scene of ruin the extent of which is difficult to contemplate. The train was In charge of Conductor Steve Pierson and manned by Engineer John Thomas of Xenia, Fireman John O'Connell and George Coop er, baggage-master, of the same place, and an express messenger named Smith. Of these the engineer was killed instantly,being buried beneath his engine, and was taken frout it horribly mangled and seclded. None others except the conductor were fa tally injured. At the time of the accident the train was running at the rate of thirty miles an hour, when, without signal or warning of danger, the disaster occurred. It occurred et the end of the bridge, which is a heavy structure u)t feet long and some thirty feet above the water. The cause of the accident could be easily seen by the ab. sence of a rail on the west end of the bridge. It was clearly the Intention of the miscreants who planned the crime to heave the enti.e train headlong into the deep water below TIHROtUGH TIlE BRIIDIC. In this they were partially frustrated, for only the engine and tender went through the bridge, while the remainder of the train was thrown from the track down a steep embankment thirty feet high. The baggage car rolled almost into the water but was crushed by the shock. The Panhandle and Narrow-Gauge have parallel tracks throagh the bridge, and the half used by the former is unprotected by girders. A rail was re moved, so that the engine fell squarely with its side upon the narrow-gauge track and crushed through the iron and beav- '"-her th lie in a heap or ruins at the u,... .a this mass of iron the engineer lost his life while holding to the throttle. Fireman O'Connell went down In the wreck with him, and when taken out by rescuers was terribly scalded and mangled. He was taken to his home in Xenla, where he ree ognized folks but soon after became un conscious and can not live. The bleeding remains of the engineer were also removed to Xenia. where an agonized wife awaited the news from the wreck. The baggage car lay on the north side of the track and is crushed out of all semblance of a car. Bag. gagemaster Cooper and Express MNenseage Smith were seated in this car at the time of the accident. How they escaped instant death is a wonder. Both were b4ly Inta jured, and it is thought that the former can act survive. Behind the baggage ar, in a crushed and battered line, lie the eosehes and the sleeper where they rolled from the track, all turned on the sides, andehattered from end to end. MIRACULOUSI nsIeas. How the passengers, thirty-Ave na aum ber, escaped with their lives is a mystery. Many of them were slightly et and braised, but none seriously, so far as could be senr tained. There were no Dayton people on board. and as soon as a relief train arrived from Xenal all were removed to that plne. The Narrow-Gauge is a heavy sa erer. The track for a distancea of twenty feat sle de troyed. A portion of its balf etf the bridg~e is completely broken through, and it will require several days to repair it. The P]h shandle will be able to save Ilttle but broken and twslted Iron. Skinner, Superntandent of the Little Miami Divlieo of the Pan handle; A. T. Lee, Chief Dispateher, of Xenla, and others, were on the ram ad expressed themaelves to your correspondent as sttised tat the wreck wra the work of -enda who were prompted ether by malie or an intention to rob pnsengere. Had they moved the rail further aloan the bridge it is quite probable tbhat no life would have been saved. The rail must have been displaced between the hours of 6 and 9 o'clock in the nlght, as the weat-bound Xlenia Expres pssedthis poaint at 8 o'eloek. Every elort will be made by th railed authorities to ferret out sad punish the ermlnals, sad the publle will let tihem. There sn now he no denbt that the Pa hbadle wreek was the work tof a ae w who had a gradge against th red. De tective John Murphy, of Columbs, who is here, was met by your correspemdest, and stated that very Indiscatonl peiats to thisL on- iomnd . The rail wldch wreedd th train was losened by the spiwkes bela drawn from the ouatside. It was evidently doe by saexpeo eneed rdleedme. To-day there is a lew to tbh mae, who is deseled a- about m yea old, heavy e and wmrflg a dark mustache, who mam seen about the place of the wreek a shbost tim befo it ee earred. He broke lnto the tool-bouse newr the bridge, sad with the implements se cured there looseaed the raill. The toole were found in the woods, 100 yards from the sceae of the wreck, covereda wth leaves, etc. It is supposed that he came totha city. There is an intimation that the wreck is the work of Nuarrow-Gause strikers i this city, but there is no proof to lindiate the truth of it. Frester, matl weigther who was on bcard, states that he beUievee te wreck chargable to track repairers, who foled to fasten the bolts in the ralls lastevenisg, but his theory la not neerally supported. He says tha' he realized ea the tistant that the train ms. off the track, and warned a passenger sittine with him to '"Look out, we are got"a over." It wae the worst pls. on the dt vlin, eroepting the Dayton ar.r. Wester& Menl li.