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I rir from Augus'a to Atlanta last
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* , . • r-avel has increased so much
t* a r it has been found necessary
1 .-a tso ex ra sl-epera
... ma-ufac'uring company was
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I T Mr ‘.V t'V Co'lins. who has had cob-
I* K , s;t-ience in the business, is the
1 L ..; r - tooks of subscription for the
■ J. p K. a ManufacturingOompmujr, with a
S . f ..re million dollars, were open
-1 t - vniri-ta. an I on Saturday morning it
3 v , r , n uneed that the whole of the
■ ti een taken The company will be
■ i ? -.-at iz*d on the 38th inst., by the
, • fti ers Over $400,000 of the stock
B\. t. :n !>n ton. New York and Philadel
-1 .Vi an 1 the ocher SIOO,<XO was made up in
‘i r v ~ ~o r *..n merchants are superstitious
■J ~ ,r_m g iniers. They declare that
I theve gentry puts in an ap
■ -that city, the price of the staple
I , 5 : in from Americus killed a blue
„„ th- Mucka'ee. last week, which
.. • high and measured 5)4 feet
Iftomtiii to tip of is wings.
■, .. ,f .rv-nty-eight hogs, from Gilmer
1....... :T -.J for sale in Home last Fri
Bjjt f. . as if acme of our farmers
;.;.rm;nr.l to be independent of the
■ \cv.rlinj to the Americus Recorder,
[c-v-u'-- ■eiinl in that t >wn Tuesday that
Ij M. C.r;:e<, a young man of eighteen, was
■ • . ..T—n the railroad and Leesburg.
■ i i-n u'see, on M inday night, with
l 4 in liis f .rehead and a revol er by
■ j.!e It iv n.>t known whether he accident
li. .. ;.iiu>eif or was murdered. He was a
-i aa ..r rtne promise anl steady habits ”
I Tkt b'" of Aloany have abandoned the
■i. ,ai’.-1 ug for the present, and taken to
■i* v b!"r g-ins ins-ra'. The latter are as
1.. ■ : a -ve for the Seu t and .dtitvrftjer
l-c -s 1, .t the ls>ys amuse thems-lves shoot-
I•.• -- .s m th- sides of cows, where they are
I Sr IV VV. C trues has retired from the busi
l:-e m uisgement of th* Macon Telegraph and
'i- ■'<!■!• r l ecau s e it prevented his
Ktmdiug to his regular busineea. Mr. J. F.
aß< nii lle bissucces or.
'. r,- g the late Methodist Conference in
itrns one house in that city sold 350 cbick
o it s a lot of turkeys and ducks, in one
Fred dtion was carried in Randolph county
iic ! -via) by a m jo'i*y of forty votea.
The Americas Republican says that Hon.
. H ! :ack, of Sumter county, will make four
* Si- hundred • ollars this year from two
land It was not planted in cotton, but it
n. put down in sugar cane, which has yielded
•i-etneoa to the amount of about twenty-five
arrets of syrup. The two acres in cotton
ii and have probably ma ce, the past season.
:-irlv a bale, which would have brought
tarty five or fifty dollars.
A crazy colored man by the name of Charles
was brought into Rome Thursday even
oz and lo tged in jail to await the action of the
pr crau’horitie-. The Courier say she was
? oil that he would fight, bite and scratch
ir who came within his reach. He had
- tiained and attended by three guards,
oat forty five years of age. Hisaf
-n is supposed to have been caused by the
>itti of his wife, which a few weeks
Igo
'.,y- ttie I'-aricn Timber Gazette: “Timber
ks 'em coming down thi.- week, but not in
IWT large quantities. Complaints continue to
a* nude of the poor manufactured timber
a- is now c >oung to market “ The following
i> rhe Gazette * timber quotations for the
pis;; ' square—WO avenge. $5 sah 10;
*' orrue, $c dd .7 00; 800 average. $7 25a8 00;
■ n-ruta *8 OUaVOt): I.OW average, $9 00w
average, $lO lOall 00; 1,200 aver
k $ u 4dal2 00. Scab—4tW average, fi 'Oa
.Average, STfOaS Oo; 50J average, $8 75
it - .-<oaverage, sl's all 50 ’’
tli- Americas Republican: “On Sunday
A't >ul unit Dorcas Davis aze l one hundred
lajeuiit vears. was carried 'over the river'
P 'he .'ttie- s tore ~he lived on the H. I
fa in Sumter county, owned by
ti i- Lauiar Old 'Aunt Dorcas.' as she
<v vailed, ban outlived all of her kindred.
.■ ife she was married three times, but
i a child cons quei tl* she was left to
fe pr t-Mtion of a work! of i ttie charity, but
Ur tail friends in boib white and colored peo
; led tier every want. She was a
;he M th >di-t Cnurcb, and a pure.
i nnstia , and we are informed, 'one of
toll women that ever lived.’ She was
et by theOonoty t 'onimissioners at the ex
> • ' . liter vs unty.”
Sranswn k Advertiser and Appeal: “Our 8t
'lua s man has de-erted us. it seems, so we
v-i i r-r this item any sooner: Two sailors
- n-r Four Sis>era,iyiug in the sound,
from the topmast to the oeck. a
Ss'Ance iif seventy-five feet. Strang to say,
irv are slid living, a though one of them had
Li iet: i isiocated ligaments broken, ana
“r fl - bone protruded three inches, oesides
us wrist dislocated and body bruised.
-Hr her had turee ribs broken and his right
hi'Paralyzed, be-ides receiving serious inju-
r 'i t e -.pi e. Dr. Massey is attending the
* i ed men. and at this writing they are do
well. and. it is thought, will recover.”
i ; >r the heading “Razor Work.” the Bruns
' tiser and Appeal - ays: “A few nights
a couple of Coii-reu la is came over from
K ' ■ -and went, about eleven o'clock, to
f Mr. Mat. uihard, in this city,
ti. .-king a- the door of a colored boy who
nail house in the yard, demanded
n.d lodging. Being refused, one of
-..- grew insulting and • sed language
“2; efy -legant. He was ordered a*ay,
i.dou and to remoin and use oopr
; ' •' epithets to the occupant of the
who meanwhile, walked out to
*“ re the fellow, Charlie Smith by
a< standing and began pushing him
yard, a little skirmish result and. the
and, and in a few moments quit each
; '' y suddenly. In the melee a razor was
" that laid open Smith's arm from the
■ t 0 elbo v. Later 8m th was
*s°'- wig up some oue to sew up his arm.”
t “- Tty oi Reynolds, Taylor county, is not
tble. as a negro man named Bichard
rlearned to his cost. The Columbus
• '-r says: *On Tuesday night he enter
r: ■ ■ w ir-L jus- at that plac- and attempted
; ' ’ to- -afe. He had with him a cold cbizel,
Pother, crowbar and a full supply bf burg
' he n-iae he made attracted the
~' r - 1 r of a gentleman, who investigated the
: Wr ' tin nhe cau-e. Seeing the burglar
* ’k h- collected a number of thec.tizens,
- '■■■■ .nded th- house t r the purpose of
- * ung him. As soon as Lockett found that
' f*i o.ts were discovered he attempted
; ape as he ran out of the house he was
. ' > Sr Matthews, the ball taking vffect in
J* v i- i iii* was only a flesh wound and did
i ' ■ vi in : ppiug him. and, if anything,
t run the taster Seeing that he was
make his escape a young man name-i
ers 6-iath mwi h better success The
' oi-eding profusely. Our informant
tt ihe wounded man was having in
4J7* : "hiorrhsgea. and that to hopa was en
fur hi> recovery; in fact he was
- to be dying when the train left that
Cki mirle and Constitutionalist
' 1 “e - ugusta and Knoxville ttaiir a>i is
a T '■-“d tor thirty-eight miles, or within
r * . ...N C f Dorns Mine. When the track
Vi'z- S P in * * regular daily pas-
Fis!. trsiu will be run to and from Augusta
fit ' Verder >' went to Atlanta iat night
a • P J r ixe of hurrying the iron forward,
' --sired to complete the road as soon a- 1
1 he gross rec ipts of the roa > last
over H 000—a targe sum, consid
aLT.~i: l£ >• only finished half way and pas-
r ti>ns are not run oftener than three
t* i. a tt> ek Pr-svdent Verdery says
*. * 1 a un.nth will pay all running expen
t,v' rt >- interest on the bends and proba
a hvt is rid on the gto< .g also He is satisfied
‘ * T l ' ** “Bfdy made when the road is
“"u *oGreenwood, aud it is re-sanabte
L.s.. t f' at su -h will be the case wnen it is
tkf ' k nearly half that amount on
for,,, lri '" knd with the facilities for trans
ft.' r “l n cot perfected, as they will be when
tvs , eted. The road runs through
b iert ni * B “ ct,on °f Bout*i Carolina, and it
H: ' ni a , ***** business will increase rap
k; . l ‘“ Pr 'Posed feeders in operation,
b-i, ;° .* 8011 gr. a ter business and bring a
tow; Aus usta Ihe prospects for the
. Cow. • exp^-t'!* 111 *“ i£a moßt “audios friends
ot tbe aerves, brain, blood
iSESLf*** 9 to m othon
Sauannah morning news
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
THE RADICAL CRUSADE ON THE
SOUTH.
Tennessee to Follow Virginia—The
Democratic Strongholds to be Ac
seal tv and In Detail —Coddling Emory
Bi>e*r—The Programme for North
Carolina-The Rosea Relected
linele Nam and the Sooth Ameri
can Ruddle-What Hurlbut and
Kilpatrick Were Bidden to Per
,or,u -
Washington, December 10.—As stated in
last night’s dispatches, It is the Intention of
the administration to try and break up
Democratic rule in the Bouhern States, fol
lowing up the success of the movement in
\ irginta. Asa confirmation of that state
ment, it may be mentioned as a political
fact that arrangements are being made to
lorade Tennessee and wrest It from the
Democracy. The whole bent of
the stalwart element of the
Republican party and of the administration
will be In that direction. Th** cry has gone
for*h that Tennessee must be captured by
the R-publfcans, and every effort is being
made to induce the fulfillment of the cry
The stalwart wing of the Republican party
is rallying to It. All that the stalwarts and
the administration can do to secure the
overthre w of the D mocracy in Tennessee
vl l be accomplished without scruple.
It is also a noticeable fact that the stal
warts are pattlog Emory Spier, of Georgia,
on the back and urging hlut on to become
the Mabone of Georgia. But It Is to be
placed to the credit of the political sagacity
of the stalwarts and the administration that
they do not expect any immediate fruit
from Georgia. They only want Mr Bpeer to
inaugurate the endeavor.
Their first obj-ctlve point Is Tennessee,
and after that they propose to pounce upon
Arkansas. Then, if successful, they will
devote themselves to other States, being
guided Id their tenons by the consideration
as to where the chances, as fully weighed,
seem bee'.
Mr. McPherson, Clerk of the House of
Representatives to-day, promoted John
B tley, late Disbursing Clerk, to be Chief
Clerk in his office.
Tne President to-day informed thecommit
tee appointed by the Republican caucus of the
Virginia Legislature to wait upon him, that
ou gen-ral principlts he was always in favor
o f Republicans, but the coalition formed in
Virginia changed the state of affairs there
and he declined to interfere one way or the
other.
The Secretary of State, with the approval
of the President, will very soon make pub
lic all the Instructions sent by the depart
ment to Ministers Hurlbut and Kilpatrick
in regard to the difficulties between Chili,
Pern and B illvia.
Washington, December 11 — Governor
elect Camerou, of Virginia, has been In the
city for the past two days. He left to-day
for his home. He came here for a purpose
and to keep an appotntm-nt. He catne to
meet conveniently Republicans of North
Carolina who have a bent that they can Ma
honlze that State. Tom Keogh was at the
head of these North Carolina Republicans.
They think that they can effect the defeat
of the Democracy in their Btate —of course,
always wi b the aid of the administration.
Cameron encouraged this idea, and gave
to Keogh & Cos. all of the benefit of his re
cent successful campaign in Virginia.
It is known that ti Representative Wad
dell, of North Carolina, who is a Democrat,
has been made very flattering offers by the
Republican managers to head the proposed
anti Democratic raid in North Carolina, and
to attempt the role of Mahone In that S'ate.
When in Congress Mr. Waddell was Cbair
mtu of the Committee on Post Offices and
Poet Roads.
Be;retrv Blaine to day made public the
letters of Instruction sent to our Ministers
to Peru and Chili last summer. The letters
are both da'ed Washington, June 15:h,
1881.
To General Hurlbut, at L'ma, Secretary
Blaine says that if Hurlbut found a wtlling
n-‘s on the part of the Chilian
authorities then in possession of Peru
to facilitate the establishment of
a provisional government by Calderon, he
-hould do all he could' to encourage the
Peruvians to accept any reasonable condi
tions and limitations which might accom
pauy this concussion. He expresses the
tope that Hurlbut might be able to Impress
upon the Chilian authorities that the more
liberal and considerate their policy the surer
it would be to obtain a lasting and satisfac
tory settlement. He suggests that the para
mount objects ot the p'ovisional govern
ment of Peru should be to secure
the es'ablisbment of constitutional
government, and next to succeed
In opening negotiations ior peace without a
declaration of the preliminary conditions as
an ultimatum on either side. Also that
Peru mieht falrlv embrace the oppor unity
to make propositions of indemnity and
guarantees before submitting to a cession
of territory.
The influence of the United States with
Chili would be exerted to induce the Chili
ana to consent that the question of a cession
of territory should be a subject of negotia
tion, and not a condition precedent upon
wbteh alone negotiations should commence.
The Secretary closes by stating that it is the
desire of the United States to act in a spirt'
of ibesipcerest. friendship to the three re
publics. Chili, Peru and BollvU, and to use
their It fluence in the interest of an honor
able and lasting peace.
To General Kilpatrick, at Santiago, the
S cretary wrote that, it was evident that
Chili was disposed to dictate and not dis
cuss the terms of peace, and without at
t-mpting to estimate the extent, to which
the Chilian Government has a riebt to carry
itR calculations of the indemnity to
which it might be entitled, nor
the security for the future, which its in
t crests might seem to reaulre, the Secretsry
thought that if the Chiliad Government
seeks only guarantees for future peace, it
would seem natural that Peru and Bolivia
stould be allowed to off -r such Ind-mnlty
and guarantee before an annexation of ter
ritory Ir insisted upon. If these powers failed
to offer reasonably sufficient guaran’ees
then it would become a fair subject of con
sideration whether such territory might not
be exacted as a necessary price of peace.
•‘To make,” the Secretary adds, **‘as a con
sti'uent of a war avowedly Dot of conquest,
the acquisition of territory a tine qua non of
peace, !*> calculated to cast suspicion on the
profe-ston with which war waa originally
declared.”
He closes by expressing the hope that the
n-gotia ioos for peace between Chili and
Peru will b-> conducted to a tinil settlement
without either side, invoking the aid of any
European power, and with the assurance
that the United Btates seeks only
to perform the office of a friend to
all the parties to tne unhappy cot filet
between the South American Republics, and
that the United Bta‘ss would regret to be
compelled 'o consider how far that feeling
might be affe?ted and a more active inter
position forced upon It by sny attempted
complication of this question with European
politics.
THE FIRE FIEND’S WORK.
Valuable Iron Works Consumed.
Pittsburg, Pa., December 11. —Graff,
Bennett & Co.’s rolling mill was tota’ly de
stroyed by fire this morning. The mill was
situated at B*nneU’s station, four miles
from this city, and was an extensive con
cern, employing about one hundred men,
who for the time will be thrown out of
work. The fire was first discovered In the
carpenter shop, and is believed to have
been the work of an incendiary. The loss is
about $300,000; insurance $150,000.
Weather Indications.
omci Chixt Signal Observer, Wash
ingtog, D. C., pecember 11— Indications
or Monday: „
In the Sooth Atlantic States, par'ly
cloudy weath* r, followed by local rains,
nor heasterly winds, becoming variable,
stationary to higher temperature and lower
P 'ln* , the East Gulf States, partly cloudy
wea-h-r, local rains, easterly veering to
southerly win Is, stationary or higher tern
ptra’ure and l wer pressure-
In the New England Slates, fair weather,
followed by increasing cloudiness and lieht
snow, nor l hwesterly veering to southerly
winds, stationary or higher temperature
and lower pressure. , .
In the Middle Atlantic Btate, cloudy
weather, with light rain or snow, southerly
winds, stationary or higher temperature and
lower pressure.
In Tennesfee and the Ohio valley, warmer,
cloudy weather, with light rain, southerly
winds fcttd lower pressure.
Unquestionably the Very Best.
Baltimore, Mp , April 20,1801.
I have recently been using your Brown’s
Iron Bbters in my family, consisting of my
self. wife and three children, and the effect
has been alsravs as marked as in the case of
Mr. Phelps. It is unquestionably a won
derful medicine. A. J. Bowtu.
SOUTH GEORGIA METHODISTS.
The List of Appointments.
Columbus, Ga., December 11. —The fol
lowing appointments of the South Georgia
Conference were announced by Bishop
Pierce to-night:
Bavannah District—J. B. McGehee, Pre
siding E>der.
TrtDity—J. O. Branch.
Wesley Monumental—G. GN. MacDonell.
New Houston B treet—G. W. Matthew.
Springfield—H P Meyer.
Goshun—O. G Mingledorf.
Bylvania— W. j Flanders.
Millen—J. B. K Smith
Bethel—F. W Stubbs.
Briar Creek—J. B. Bryan.
Waynesboro—F. A. Branch.
Bethany—T K Leonard.
Louisville—J. P. Wardlaw.
Sandersville—G C Clark.
Washington—W. L Carter.
D<visboro—N. A Clark.
Gibson—E. F Riley.
Agent. Wesleyan Monumental Church —
J. O A. Clark.
Mlslonary to Mexico—R. W. McDonald.
Thomaevllle District—T. T. Christian,
Presiding Elder.
Thoroasville—A M Wvnn.
Fort. Gaines—E M. Whiting.
Blakely—J B Culpepper.
Albany—A: M. Williams.
Camilla— B. D Clements.
Cairo—H. C. Fentress.
Balobrldee—J. W. Blmmous.
Atapulgas—C. D. Adams
Whigham—W. C Davis.
Pelham—To b* supplied.
Trinity—H C. Bruton.
Thomasvtile Circuit—To be supplied.
Boston—N D Moorehouse.
Morven—R. B Bryant.
Lowndes— B. R Weaver.
Quitman—W. W. Btewart.
Valdosta—J. R. McLeskev.
Sunday School Secretary—J. M. Mar
shall.
Brunswick—W. F. Lloyds.
Ji'sup—R L. Honiker.
Waycross—J. 8. Jordan.
Columbus District— Bl. Luke, Walker
Lewie; Bt. Paul, W. C. Lovett.
Macon District—Mulberry Street, J. 8.
Key; F rst Street, B. F. Breedlove; East Ma
con, P. H. Crumpler.
THE FLAMES IN ATLANTA.
Almost a Confl aeration—Street Rail
way suable* Burned.
Atlanta, December 10 —The stables of
the Atlanta Btreet Railway Company were
destroyed by fire to night. Twenty or
thirty mules were burned with several
small buildings. The fire is not yet under
control, and a heavy wind prevails. Lamar,
Rankin & Lamar’s wholesale drug store is
in danger, and the whole block may go.
The fire is now (midnight) under control
aud most of the mules saved.
Atlanta, December 11—The loss by the
burning of the Atlanta Btreet Railway Com
patiy’s stables last night will probably
reach $5,000, the building and live stock
included.
BIG BLAZE IN CHICAGO.
A Range of Building* iu Ashes.
Chicago, Dscember 10.—The large four
story brick warehouse of D. M. Osborne &
Cos., on Bouth Morgan street, was entirely
destroyed by fire this morning. The build
lng was filled with reapers and machinery,
on which there was an insurance of SIOO,-
000 The building itself was insured for
$25,000.
Later. —The loss on the stock
was $38,000, and ou the building
Is placed at $40,000. The loss is
total. The cause of the fire is unknown
For some months the firm bad employed
no watchman The building was an exteu
slve one, occupying Nos 600 to 610 Morgan
street. Tee iuturance is about $200,000.
THREE KILLED.
Fatal Smash-Up or the Cincinnati
Southern.
Chattanooga, Tenn , December 11.—A
frightful accident on the Cincinnati South
ern Railway occurred two miles south of
Kismet, 103 miles north of here, at eight
o’clock this mornirar. The second section
of freight train No 9 ran into the first sec
ion, killing engineer Bryce, his fireman and
brakeman, tearing up the track, demolish
ing the engine and damaging several cars
The brakeman was killed outright. Bryce
and 'be fireman died two hours afterwa de.
The cause of the accident is not known.
Tne wreck is being rapidly cleared, and
there will be little delay in the passage of
trains.
Shooting Affray In Tennessee.
Nashville; Tenn , Dumber 10—John
J. Vt-rtrees shot Sena'or Smith, of Fen'ress
county, in the left shoulder In the rotunda
of the Maxwell House yesterday afternoon.
The wound will not prove fatal. Vertrees
had in a case In court charged Senator
Smith wi'h bribery and corruption In voting
for the State deb' bill during the last regu
lar session of the L“glslature. In the Benate
yesterday S< nator Smith denounced Ver
trees as a liar, and upon the adjou nment
of the Senate Vertrees sought him at the
Maxwell House and shot him. Senator
Smith claims that he was taken unawares.
He states that he was sea'ed reading a news
paper wbeD Vertrees approached and fired
at him without giving kirn any warning.
Vertrees’friends assert that Senator Smith
waa in the act of rising and drawing a pis
tol when Vertrees shot him.
A Baieb of Texan Herrori.
Galveston, December 10.—A dispatch
from R 'tna, Texas, says: “Joseph B. Lind
say, of Ftshotningo, Indian Territory, was
found dead, from a blow dea t with an axe
in the back of his head by some unknown
party. Morias Brum, owner of a wagon
train, was murdered Friday night ”
A San Antonio special says a German
woman named Staiell stabbed herself In the
breast with a pocketknife, and then bung
herself hy the neck to a nail in her room,
where her dead body was afterwards found.
A Texarkat a special says two well known
and industrious farmers, J. D and A. J.
Adcock, who were brothers, living in
Little River countv, came into town on
Wednesday to dispose of their cotton, and
were murdered on their way home.
A Desperado Kunuluga tluclt.
New York, December 10 —A Browns
ville (Texas) special to an evening paper
says: “Isadel Aimes, a noted political mag
nate at Chamamero, Mexico, has just com
mitted a wholesale butchery. Going to a
ranch, he commenced to beat the women
there savagely, and one Guadaloupe ZoDatl,
wt>o Interfered, was killed hy the infuriated
desperado. At the next ranche which he
visited A'mes shot and wounded no less
than seventeen persons before his murder
ous career was checked.”
Supposed Harder by Illicit Distil
ler*.
Gallatin, Tenn , December 10 News
reached here to day of the killing of Jerry
Ausbrooks in the northern portion of this
county, last, night. He was sitting with his
family about the fireside, when a ball fired
under the window sash from without struck
him in the head and he fell dead. It is sup
poeed he was murdered by illicit distillers,
about whom he had given information to
the authorities.
A Rough Voyage.
New York, December 10.—The steamer
City of New York, which arrived here yes
terday from Liverpool, reports that she had
a continuation of hurricanes and high seas
the entire passage, in which her boat* were
smashed and lost, her wheel house broken
and after house stove in. A boy named
Charles Asberry was washed overboard and
eeveral seamen were Injured. The passen
gers were unable to go on deck for several
days.
Valuable Warehouse Burned.
WjljiinoT'N, December 11.—A special
dispatch to the Star from Llncolnton, says:
“The warehouse of the Chester and Lenoir
N‘rrow Gauge Railroad Company, at Ches
ter containing 100 bales of cotton and a con
siderable quantity of other freight, took fire
from sparks from a locomotive to-day. and
was totally destroyed. Loss about $8,000;
insurance unknown.”
An Inhuman Father Beats hli Son
ta Death.
Ralbigh, N. C., December 10 —A special
from Shelby, N- C , says Amos Horn, color
ed beat his son, eged 16. craelly. The
corpse was buried yesterday and was ex
humed to-day by the Coroner’s inquest.
7“ arrested and incarcerated. The
and swear that they will
“ s7s vengeance on him.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1881.
APPALLING DISASTERS.
FEARFUL SACRIFICES OF HU
MAN LIFE.
Terrific Boiler Explosion—A Man
Trap In Flames-Bseape Cut Off-
Halrbreadili Escape*—An Oil
Lamp’s Direful Work—Ten Men
Boasted to Death—Three Fatally
aud Eight Seriously Ir Jared.
Pittsburg, December 10.—A boiler burst
In the Keystone Rolling Mill, on Friday
evening, completely demolishing the boiler
house, killing one man and seriously
wounding ten more.
News Is rectived of a terrible and shock
ing holocaust which occurred at Rock Cut,
seven miles from this city, this morning
about 3 o’clock, by which sixteen men were
burned to death aud a large number fatally
Injured.
Later —Horrors in Pittsburg follow close
upon the heels of each other. Last evening
a terrible explosion occurred at the Key
stone Rolling Mil!, Fourteenth ward, but
this morning comes another which exceeds
in honor anything which has occurred in
this vicinity since the terrible destruction
of life caused by the collision at Twenty
eighth street. Between 2 and 3 o’clock this
morning a frame boardinghouse, located on
the line of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail
road, some seven miles below the city, was
set on fire by au explosion of a lamp, and
of fifty persons known to be sleeping, only
twenty-four escaped alive. All were more
or less burned So rapid was the progress
of the flimes that some were literally roast
ed to death without the posslollityof an ef
fort being made to rescue them.
The building in which the fire occurred
was located about seven miles from this
cdy, at a place called Catrock, and was
owned by Martin Joyce, a contractor, but
was under the management of Mr. Kown
as a boarding home keeper. It was about,
thirty feet wide and fifty feet long, and
constructed of sixteen feet boards placed on
end. It had a board roof, with a very steep
pitch, and the loft, formed by the sloping
roof, was the place in which the laborers
were huddled for the night.
In the lower story was the dining room,
and at the end of the building was the
kitchen. The stairs leading to the left were
little better than a ladder, and were located
just at the side of the door leading from
the dining room to the kitchen. In the loft
bunks were arranged, but the only light
which penetrated were two openings with
out glass, and which were closed at night
with sliding doors so as to keep out the
chill night air. In this dark loft some for
ty-three men were supposed to have slept
last night; at least that number were at
supper last evening, aDd none were report
ed away when the heur for retiring came.
The origin of the fire was the upsetting and
explosion of a kerosene oil lamp.
The story,as told by an eye witness of the
fire, was substantially ss follows: Between
two and three o’clock this morning, Kown,
the boarding house keeper, arose and kin
dled a fire In the kitchen stove. He left the
lighted lamp on tne table near tbe door
leading to tbe dining room, and went to
arouse bis wife and servant girls. While he
was gone the explosion occurred, and in an
Ins'ant tbe dining room was filled with
flames Kown succeeded in escaping with
bis wife and the girls, but could not
do more than call upon those
upstairs to escape for their lives.
In another moment the flames had envel
oped the stairway, thus cutting off all
means of etcape for the doomed men above
except through the small openings at either
end, and from which the sliding doors had
to be removed. The loft was filled with
straw aud combustible material used In tne
bedding, and it was only those who were
nearest. openings who could make
their escape. Forms in semi-nude condi
tion could be seen struggling in the stifling
smoke. Twenty three of the occupants of
the loft succeeded in squeezing through
tbe epenings with ttulr underclothes on
fire The others lushed frantically about
the room uoiil the smoke suffocated them
and their voices were stifled in death.
The survivors groaned and writhed in
the frosty air of the early morning as they
were borne off. As soon as possible word
was sent to the other boarding bouses along
the line of tbe work, and physicians were
summoned from thetr neighborhood and the
city. Special engines were sent down the
Pittsburg nd Lake Erie Road, but in the
meantime the shivering victims were provi
ded with 6ueh clothing as could be obtained.
The seriously injured were brought to the
depot on the soutn side aDd there removed
to the West Pennsylvania Hospital, while
thote who were less seriously burned were
removed to tbe hotel of Martin Joyce, on
Pennsylvania avenue. The scenes this
morning at the site of the ill-fated building
were of a sickening character. In a heap
in one corner of the ruins were the charred
remains of six men, who had evidently suc
cumbed to the fiery element whilu en
deavoring to escape through an opening in
the roof.
After the excitement had subsided a list
of <bose known to have been sleeping m the
building last night was made out, and it
found that ten men bad perished in tbe
flames. Three others will die, and eight
are badly burned. Tne scene at the rulna
this afternoon was desolate. The shanty
stood at the opening of the green hollow,
and nothiDg remained but three blackened
joists and part of one door. The site
of the kitchen was strewn with
ki'cben and dining room furni
ture, more than half consumed, kitchen
utensils, shreds of clothing, human boDes,
strips of crisped flesh, and skulls, the latter
Jtelug found in several places. Where the
north end of tbe building had stood, on
portions of a partially consum u d straw hed,
were the remains of seven victlme, piled up
in such confusion as to give the beholder an
idpa of the horrible agony the victims must
have suffered before losing consciousness.
This bed was located under one of the
openings, and it was evident fiom the posi
tion of the bodies that, the original occu
pants having escaped,the others had sought
to flee through tbe opening, but bad become
hopelessly entangled and suffocated. They
were burned to unrecognizable shapes, and
when the floor of tbe loft gave way tbe
charred remains dropped to the ground be
low.
THE COTTON CROP.
Further Report* from the Ex
change*.
Charleston, December 10.—The report
of the Charleston Exchange for November
Is based upon fifty four replies, received
from twenty-seven counties, of average
date November 90. AU except eleven re
port weather during November as favorable,
and, in comparison with last year, more fa
vorable for gathering the crop. Forty
three state that tbe top crop has been
made, but some of them say that it ma
tured only partially. Picking is expected
to be finished on December 15 by fourteen,
while twentynlne report picking
as nearly finished, and forty-one as entirely
completed. The total yield, as compared
with last year, Is estimated as the same by
two, as seven eighths by three, three-fourths
by fourteen, two-tblrd6 by twenty eight and
one-half by ten. Frost came too late to do
any damage except to kill some of the im
mature top crop. The portion of the crop
marketed is reported by two to be one
quarter, by six one-half, by seven two
thirds. by twenty-one three-quarters, and by
eighteen seven-eighths, showing that an
average of about three fourths of the yield
has been marketed.
Galveston, December 10.—The Cotton
EechaDge repirt is as follows: One hun
dred and four replies have been received
trom seventy-seven counties, of average
date November 30. Forty-four counties
report the weather during November as
favorable, and thirty-three as wet and un
favorable. The weather hae been more
favorable for gathering the crop than at
tbe same time last year in fifty-two counties
and leas favorable in twenty-seven. Four
teen counties report atop crop, twenty one
some and forty-two none. Picking la over in
fifty-four counties, and will be finished in
twenty-three by the 15th of December. Tbe
total >Hd, as compared with last year, it is
estimated, will average 40 per cent. less.
Thirty-four counties report damage by
frost and forty-three report no damage.
Seventy-six per cent, of the crop has been
marketed.
Terrific Crash on the Rail*.
London, December 10.— By a collision at
Canonbury, on tbe Norh London Railway,
to-day, seven persons were 'killed add more
than sixty seriously Injured. The train was
crowded with passengers for tbe city, and
bad stopped at tbe tunnel at Canonbury.
Tbe cau-e of the collision is explained to be
that the signal man was unaware of that
fact, and permitted three other trains to
follow, with the result that all came in col
lision.
Constrains* to Decline.
Atlanta, December 11.—Jtfferaon Davis
has telegraphed to tbe managers of tbe
Cotton Exfi.altlon, staking that circum
stances will prevent bis rfceeptanee of tjielr
Invitation to visit the Exposition before its
close.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Hla Return from Europe—Not Anxi
ous to Write a. New Book—He
1 kinks Reconciliation With the
South Far from Complete.
New York Herald, Bth.
Mr. Jefferson Davis, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, returned yesterday
morning from Europe on board the Bremen
steamer Neckar, after a long and tempestu
ous voyage of fifteen days from Southamp
ton. Tbe steamers of the North German
Lloyd call at Southampton on their way to
and from New York, and Mr. Davis seized
that opportunity ou the 22d of last month
to sail again for home. Considering the
great space which the ex President of the
defunct Confederacy once filled iu the
world’s attention but very limited interest
appeared to be attached to his return.
Messrs. Derby and Tenney, connected with
t.be Appletons’ publishing house, paid Mr.
Davis the compliment of awaiting his ar
rival at the Hoboken dock on the part of his
publishers, but besides these a few of the
representatives of the press were the only
Dersons there to greet him. To these Mr.
Davis awarded a reception which sufficiently
proved that while his naturally kindly and
social instincts make him pleasant, and even
chatty, in an informal conversation he rebels
with his whole nature at tbe first attempt to
draw him out on a formal question of pub
lic Importance.
HOW MR. DAVIS LOOKED.
Mr. Davis, as he sat on a truck in the
cabin chatting with his friends, though he
bore the unmis'akeable traces of his very
advanced age—he is a man of seventy-four
—displayed yet much of that vigor in voice
and gesture which would have on'y been
looked for in a man much his junior in
years. His tall, gaunt, wiry frame, encased
in a long gray overcoat, was apparently lit
tle bent, and his characteristic face, with
the heavily furrowed brow, the deep se’,
light, clear eyes, the sternly
chiselled nose and mouth, with their
rather parched expression of
sbrunkenness, and the venerable gray white
beard would have indicated him as a man
of remarkable force even to anvbody who
did not know that the lonely old wayfarer
was Jefferson Davis. He thanked the Cap
tain of the Neckar for bringing him safely
into port in words of a cordial ring; indeed,
his voice was strong enough to have been
heard with good effect from the platform.
Mr. Davis’ daughter, a slender, willowy girl
of gracefu’ manners, just home from a
school in Germany, added her thanks In
that pretty, musical German which is never
heard from German lips and probably never
sounds more charming to German ears than
when coming from those of American girls.
“We have had a very rough trip intieed,”
Mr. Divis said, with that slow, stately
method of speech so much in vogue among
old fashioned Southern gentlemen, after
Mr. had presented the newspaper
r> pre6entative. “Indeed, the sailors say
they have never experienced such weather.”
“Did you experience much discomfort on
the voyage ?” tbe writer asked.
“Not at all,” Mr. Davis responded, rather
briskly for him. “I am never seasick.
O hers, however, suffered a good deal. The
cabin was twice under water.”
“Have you enjoyed your trip to Europe,
Mr. Davis ?”
“Not very much,” was the reply, with a
rather pained expression. “I was not very
well most of the time.”
“Where were you during the greater por
tion of your sojourn iu Europe ?”
“In France. I went over really to fetch
my daughter from school in Germany, but
she came to Paris to meet me, and I spent
most of my time in Paris and Chantilly.
Chantilly, you know, Is an old,little village,
famous for Its race tracks, and I visited a
friend there.”
“Did you take much interest in the ‘boom’
in Confederate bonds ?”
“I did not hear much of it. My impres
sion is it was mostly confined to London on
the other side, and that very little was heard
of it in Paris.” Mr. Davis had thus far
spoken with that measured, dignified deliv
ery peculiar to him, but now his stern fea
tures relapsed into a broad smile as he add
ed, jocularly, “I did not. invest myself.”
One could see from his manner and from the
grin with which he hook his head—appar
parently at the absurdity of the rise—in
what a farcical light he regarded that al
ready collapsed “boom.”
“Is it true tha you are going to write a
new book, you' last one haviDg been so
great a success?”
Mr. Davis laughed. “Did you ever hear
of a man who wanted immediately after
re urnlng from a hunt to go on anew one?”
“Yes, if it was a successful and pleasant
one.” was the off band reply.
“Do you suppose any of these passengers
on tbe Neckar would like to return just now
to Europe? If you’d ask them I believe
they nearly all would tell you they ‘never
want to go to Europe again as long as they
1 ve.’ ” Mr. Davis said all this in & humorous
st ain, as though tbe efforts Incident to the
production of his last work had rendered a
long repose from literary labors to him
most welcome.
RECONCILIATION OF 80UTH AND NORTH,
So far so well. But now the political
question was broached, and Mr. Davis was
soon on bis mettle. He was asked If he
knew tbe recent news, and was told of the
speech of Senator Davis, the temporary
President of the United States Senate, ex
pressing his desire to leave politics as soon
as his great object, the reconciliation of
Sou*b aud North, was accomplished.
“Well, that would be enough for anv one
man to accomplish in this world,” Mr.Davis
remarked, senteutiously.
“But don’t you think It has been prac
tically accomplished?”
“I should think not, to judge of the leg
islation for the South and ihe North In re
cent years and tbe want of harmony be
tween the two sections.”
“I suppose you take a livelier interest in
the subject of the reconciliation of the
South and North thau in almost any
other. May I ask you, therefore, how you
expect that work to progress under Presi
dent Arthur’s administration?”
“How can I tell ?” Mr. Davis replied,
with sudden warmth; “I lack tbe opportuni
ties to inform myself on the public men of
the day who have a voice in the adminis
tration.” With great emphasis be added:
“I have shaken hands with political ques
tions. and, moreover, I never allow any man
to pump me.” Mr. Davis dwelt with
special v'gor of voice on the word “pump,”
as though it was the object of hia particular
aversion.
“I think a time comes,” said the former
President of the Confederacy, “when every
man may wrap Ms mantle round himself, as
I have done.” Tais last declaration had a
ring of thorough dignity in it, and Mr.
Davis, drawing himself up to his full height,
turned away.
Mr. Davis started by train during the af
ternoon for his home iu Louisville.
A mysterious A flair.
Raleigh, December 10 —H. L. Watson,
railroad agent at Selma, N. C., made an as
signment last month and went to New
York, where he was heard from December
2d. His wife has received a letter from
Wilmington, Delaware, with a memoran
dum by the Postmaster statiDg that the
letter had been received under cover irom
Charleston, 8. C. The letter was written
partly by Watson and partly by another
person, and stated that he (Watson) bad
been fatally wounded by robbers in Balti
more aDd was not allowed to write.
Lawyer* In Pocket.
New York, December 10. —After a long
and bitter contest over the will of Edwin P.
Christie, the founder of negro minstrelsy,
who died in the will of bis son E.
Byron Christie, a decision has been rendered
by which the heirs of the widow of the
former are entitled to some thirty-five thou
sand dollars. Edwin P. Christie left origi
nally an estate of about two hundred thou
sand dollars, but through litigation the
major portion has parsed into the bands of
the attorneys.
Baggage Car Consumed.
Petersburg, December 11.—Last night,
while the fast train from the North was
passing Rocky Mount Station, on the
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, a passer
ger coach, with a baggage aud apsr ment,
took fire from the stove, and was entirely
consumed, and baggage valued at fifteeD
thousand dollars was burned. The passen
gers escaped without lDjury.
The Sprague Divorce Suit
Providescb, R L, December 10.—At
Ktigston this afternoon Judge Potter, on
the application of Mrs. Sprague’s counsel,
assigned the second Monday in January for
hearing the Sprague divorce case. Counsel
for jjx Governor Apr ague claimed that ne
gotiations have been going on between tbe
families to tbe salt. This was denied by
the other side.
I A lie Broken Moateu Bank.
Boston, December 10. —Tbe directors of
tbe Pacific Bank, of this city, have decided
to reorganize, and have requested Comp
troller Knox to levy au assessment of 100
per cent, on the capital stock.
Only give It a fair trial, and you will be
convinced that Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Olnt
jaeut ij tbe moet valuable medicine of th?
&.“■* curs for iiiles or Hemorrhoids.—
VIENNA IN SACK CLOTH.
THE BINS THEATRE HORBOB.
Sickening Detail* of the Holocaut
—Very Costly Stupidity—Hundred*
Smothered-Chlldren Hnrled to
Death by Frantic Mothers—Nearly
Blx Hundred Lost—Charred Frag
ments Raked from the Rain*—
Splendid Obsequies to tbe Victims
—Ready Handed Charity—The
Awfnl Lesson Learned.
Vienna, December 10.—The audience at
the theatre Thursday night was larger than
usual, owing to the fact that the day was a
holiday. The cast consisted of* actors
Terenczy, Llndorf, Wilke, Rudolph and
Lelndon, and the actresses Stahl, Fischer
and lona. There were about two hundred
persons on the stage and in the adjoining
dressing room at the time of the outbreak
of the fire. The ballet corps was mostly
only half dressd. On tbe extinction of the
lights all rushed for the stage door,
and many were knocked down and
trampled upon, but most of them reached
the street without serious Injury. The gal
leries were crowded, and the pit was fairly
filled, but owing to the earliness of the hour
there were only a few persons in the stalls
and boxes. In the panic persons responsi
ble for the safety of the theatre negWted
to use Ihe meaus for telegraphing to the
fire engine sections, which they had at their
disposal. The audience was consequently
left for ten minutes struggling wildly In
the darkness for means of exit. The life
saving brigade then arrived with lad
ders, torches and jumping sheets.
The persons 6aved with the
aid of sheets jumped from the windows
a dnien at a time. In an hour and a half
the whole bulldiDg was a roaring furnace.
Persons whose bodies were first recovered
seem to have died mostly from suffocation,
bat other bodies present a shocking specta
cle Many have heads or feet burned off.
At 9 a. m. the fire was still burning, and it
is not expected that It will be extinguished
for some time. Up to 2 o’clock yesterday
morning one hundred and fifty charred
corpses had been conveyed to tbe hospital.
The loss of life is now estimated at from
two hundred to tbree hundred.
In tbe evening the building was still on
fire. The funeral of the victims is fixed for
Sunday. The imperial family have contrib
uted largely to the relief fund. The mana
gers of all the theatres have announced
special performances for the benefit of the
sufferers. The number of persons actually
reported to be missing Is b!x hundred and
nine. In regard to the origin of the fire,
the Superintendent of Machinery states
that the scenery became ignited as the
lamps were lit by the electric current.
Researches show that the upper gallery
must have fallen into the pit, where the
only remains found are small fragments of
bones. Beyond doubt nine hundred gallery
tickets had been issued. One hundred
holders of these are known to have jumped
from the windows. Competent judges feur
that the loss of life will be found to be fully
seven hundred. Nothing has been heard of
the members of the orchestra. A subscrip
tion raised on the Bourse now amounts to
£28,0C0 All the newspaDers have opened
subscription lists. The Emperor has given
a large sum. An official of the theatre
states that It was absolutely Impossible to
lower the iron curtain owing to the fright
ful rapidity with which the flames spread.
London, December 10.—The Standard's
Vienna dispatch says all the performers ex
cept three of the chorus were saved. Baron
Rothschild has subscribed 10,000 florins to
the relief fnnd. Among the missing are
three professors and member of Parliament.
Additional details of the Vienna fire
have been received as follows: “On
the arrival of the fire brigade it
was found impossible to penetrate
beyond the first tier of the theatre. The
rush of suffocating smoke and air extin
guished the lamps and torches. The fire
man retired under a momentary impression
that their shouts were not answered and
that there were no more people in the thea
tre. Those who escapt don the first alarm,
however, soon undeceived them. Another
effort was made to penetrate the parts of
the threatre which were not actually
biasing.
Ia the narrow passage between the second
and third galleries a mass of corpses was
discovered, some so closely Interlocked that
it was hardly possible to part them. The
first man discovered was got out alive, but
all the rest were dead. These were per
sons who had lost their way in consequence
of turning off the gas, which, it is Dow as
certained, was done by some irresponsible
person with the view to prevent an explo
sion. Some men were found with thetv
hinds grasping each other’s throats.
Subsequent investigations showed that in
some cases persons finding escape hopeless
had committed suicide. It is sta ed by the
survivors that women were seen to throw
their children from tbe galleries into the
pit. At the time of the outbreak of the
fl-mes the gallery especially allotted to
ladies was full. Among the misslDg are
the young Count Sigismund Festities
and several other students from a private
military college. About ten o’clock the
gasometer exploded, the roof fell and the
whole place was reduced to a wreck.
Vienna, December 11.—On account of
the danger of the walls falling, the work of
removing tbe bodies from the ruins has
been suspended until supports have been
erected. Count Taafe, President of the
Council and Minister of the Interior, said
In the Reicbrath to day that rigorous meas
ures would be taken against any one proved
guilty of culpable negligence. The govern
ment has ordered that two policemen shall
go to each theatre an hour be'ore tbe com
mencement of the performance to see that
all proper precautions have been taken to
guard against fire.
After an animated controversy as to
whether the funeral of the victims of the
theatre fire should have the character of a
public demonstration, the Common Council
finally decided against the procession. The
bodies will be quietly transported to the
Central Cemetery, where the funeral ser
vices will be celebrated on Monday with
great pomp before a colossal catafalque, on
which the coffins are to be placed. All tbe
Viennese, the corporations and civil and
military authorities have been invited to at
tend the funeral. The morning papers
give the corrected list of victims. Their
number is 580.
New York Stock Market.
New York, December 10.—Share specu
lation, although not very active, continued
quite firm throughout the day. The mar
ket opened generally strong, showing an
advance from yesterday’s closing prices of
%\\ per cept., the lattw for Alauhattan
Elevated. In the early dealings there was
an advance of }£ to % per cent, for the
general list, Richmond and Danville rising
five cents. During tne afternoon specula
tion was Inactive and slightly feverish, but
In the later dealings a strong tone prevailed
and prices advanced up to the close, the
final sales showing an improvement of to
per cent., the latter for Hannibal and
Bt. Joeepta. Richmond and Danville was
weak in the late dealings and declined 3
per cent. The transactions aggregated
176,000 shares.
Fire t Lebanon. Tens.
Nashville, December 9 —A special from
Lebanon says: “At 10 a. m. a fire broke out
In Murpby & Wilson’s livery stable, which
was destroyed, as well as Hogan’s Foundry
Company establishment. The court bouse
is now on fire. If it catches Dryfos’ grocery
the whole square Is gone. Tne court house
c.unDOt be saved. The Wilson County Mies
office ‘s burned.”
Later—The Lebanon fire was the work of
an incendiary. Murphy & Wilson were itr
sured for $SO0; loss $2,500. The Wdson
County News Company has an Insurance of
$1,400; loss $1,500. The court house was
Insured for $10,000; loss $25,000.
El-Co*srenmin Banning Dead.
Cincinnati, December 10 —General H.
B. Banning, ex member of Congress from
tbe Second Ohio district, died suddenly snd
unexpectedly at his residence in CummiDgs
ville Saturday morning. lie had been suf
fering from ill health for several weeks.
This morning bis wife left him in bed and
an hour later went to c<ri! tlifl i* br akfatt
and f vrd 2i* was dead.’ Tie loomed ate
cause of his death is unknown.
Thomas J. McAppli gate is under arrest
at Scotsburg, Md , for the murder of his
wife. He was sixty years old, and his wife
was but thirty five. She was being treated
for insanity, and he is'charged with giving
her doubje doses qf morphine and hydrate
of chloral, causing her dealh. The (loro
ner’s verdict is to this efifeot. McApplegate
has been denied bail, and there Is strong
pru jodice against him.
The announcement has been received at
Austin of the death of Hon. Rudolph C.
Doom, of Jasper county, Texas, on the sth
Instant. He was formerly a Republican
member of Congress from that State.
Gen. Edwin B. Babbitt, of the Retired
List, died Saturday morning at the residence
Of his son, Major L. 8. Babbitt, command
ing the arsenal at Fort Monroe. ‘
Archbishop' 9 f 4nagh, prluia’e of
$)1 ire land, will be created a Cardinal at the
eonaistory to be held shortly after Christ
mas.
NEW LIGHTS UPON A DARK
SUBJECT.
Beautiful Toilet* for Beautiful
Women—Tbe Milk of America—Tbe
Cloak Problem and Providence
Bonnet,
New York, Decembers—The dress of women
will be likely to have new light thrown upou It
through electricity. Theatres discourage elec
tric lights because it discloses shams and pre
tences, coarse painting and bad color. It will
do the same In our houses, and compel us to
be true, aud it will educate us to a refinement
of which we do not now dream. The electric
light in ball rooms has been found to be trans
forming. The sheen of rich satins in pale
blue, pmk and tinted white becomes silvery in
Its lustre, and the glitter of fine pearl and
white jet embroidery radianoe Itself. Bome
complain that the volume of white light pro.
duces ghastliness, but this will be remedied
when the electric H®ht is fully understood, by
placing it at a distance and transmitting it
through tinted or colored glass. Already we see
it broken up into clusters in our great squares,
and set high so that from a distance or to a
near-sighted individual it looks like a diamond
lamp suspended in nether air without visible
agency—and the effect within the radius of a
mile is to diffuse a clear, soft light. 1 ke that of
a brighter, more tangible moon. When these
lights are transmitted through properly toned
and tinted glasses, and are suspended by al
most invisible means from the ceilings of bail
rooms, anew light will indeed be cast upon all
the objects that inhabit them. We shall then
discover tbe hideous effects of gas—its yellow
glare and smoky exhalations. We shall walk
and live in this light, snd this will disclose to
us how much we have done that was unworthy,
and suffered that even was unnecessary, be
cause of the darkness, which may perhaps
have seemed light to us, not having before
known light.
The supreme merits of the scientific develop
ment of the day is that they benefit us all;
that they add to tbe value of human life, to the
comforts of human existence, to the beauty
and sweetness of the air that we breathe and
the space that surrounds us. They will also
change or at least modify many of the habits
and customs of our social life, and for this rea
son. if for no other, women should keep them
selves well informed upon all subjects that re
late to the improvement of the conditions
which exert a formative influence upon our
daily lives, and measurably upon conduct and
character.
BEIUTirUL WOMEN AND BEAUTIFUL TOILETS.
This is an age of beautv. or rather of a ficti
tious semblance of it, and is for this reason
is an age of temptation and peril. Form,
color, glitter, are beautv. and this beauty wins
the applause and rules tbe hour. Fair women
ride in state, while gord women weep in sack
cloth and ashes. Modesty is declared to be
mere absence of charm, of power to attract,
and fashion justification for anv enormity. At
the opening balls and entertainments of the
present season, more low necked dresses have
been worn, aud a more shameless exposure of
person made, than has been known for many
years previous. It seems as though the absurd
and irrational customs which tradi ion has
kept up abroad, but which are probably going
away before modern intelligence and enlighten
ment, were to be revived and obtain anew
lease of life here in communities that ought to
haved freed themselves permanently from
them.
Women in society seem to have divided
themselves into three batalious—one showing
more or less of what is considered the aesthetic
element; another conservative, and with what
are called “old fashioned” prejudices; a third,
animated lay figures upon which the utmost
art of the dressmaker is displayed—art that
sometimes turns out wonderful copybook
specimens of grace and loveliness; sometimes
merely overlays them with stuff and segments
of designs that have no relation to each other.
The aesthetic element, much as it may be ridi
culed, is at least decent—it bears steady wit
ness to the grace of the long line, to the beauty
of simple folds and drapery, to the requisite
sense of softness in fabric, and to the distinc
tion of an enlarged and enriched sleeve. It has
rehabilitated the ancient full and puffed sleeve s ,
and has condemned the cut-up styles, which
are pitched and ruffled and tied back until all
beauty of fabric is lost and form becomes a
caricature. Doubtless the aestheticism which
parades big sun flowers, which expresses itself
m tangled hair, a bilious complexion and craze
for dirty reds and stagnant greens, is open to
caricature; but these are fungi, not true tea
thetic growths, for aesthetic simply means the
thought, the refinement, the culture of dress,
and expresses in the attire of thousands of
women who have never heard the name of
“.E-ithet.”
A lady wore recently at an evening enter
tainment a dress of dark green velvet, made
with sleeves full to the elbow, but terminating
in a close, deep cuff, covered with antique lace.
The skirt was long and plain, with a triple
plait in the back and double t uche of satin and
velvet round the bottom, but otherwise un
trimmed. The basque was deep, and formed
a rounding point in front, and what is known
as the “lotus leaf” shape in the back. It had
no trimming whatever except buttons. But a
large collar of antique lace was worn with it,
an amber necklace of fine opaque and carefully
graded beads, and an amber comb. The collar
was drawn in a fold from the high tops of the
sleeves and fastened with small cameo pins.
This toilet was perfectly simple, yet singularly
effective. It differentiated itself from others,
and everyone said: “How a- hetic”—which
was a great compliment to the sethetic idea,
for it wa< the most harmonious and least com
plicated dress present.
On the same occasion a young girl wore a
costume ol pale pink B'tin merveilleux. The
front of the skirt was a mass of white .iet. The
Jianniered Hoddii e was trimmed with white
etted lace, the sleeves being composed of it
entirely. Thu boddice was high at the back
but filled in with gathered lace in the front,
which was cut very low and square. A cluster
of water lilies eovered the space at the side of
the waist and a mil of the same flowers looped
the drapery at the back. This dress was a
mixture of ideas, none of which were carried
out. It was glittering, showy, and might have
been beautiful had it been content to be one
thing or another, hseing the water lilies peo
ple again said “how aesthetic," but there was
nothing aesthetic about it except, the water
lilies, and they were out of placa It was a con
ventional design which should have excluded
the richly beaded and embroidered tablier, and
used silk and beaded lace ai a trimming in
stead as more suitable for a short dress. The
gorgeous front and trails of flow ers would have
been very well for a rich trained and elabo
rated bail dress, but were more than a short
dress of satin merveilleux, which Is not an ex
tensive fabric, though very soft and pretty,
demanded.
A dress which was very rich, and at the same
time distinguished by good taste, was a combi
nation of amber satin and amber-and-goid bro
cade on a small flower—what is known as “peri
winkle”—pattern. The brocade formed the
plaited train, the jacket boddice and the baods
which divided the gathered front into scant
puffings. The bands were further enriched
with an embroidery of amber beads, which
were so worked in w.th gold thread about the
flowerets that composed the pattern of the
brocade that they became a part of it. The
sleeves were arranged with two puffs of satin,
one at the top, the other over the elbows, di
vided by wide embroidered bands of the bro
cade, and terminating in a deep cuff turned up
with old point lace. A shell jabot of the same
lace finished the neck.
These combinations of satin and brocade with
beaded trimmings are more popularly worn
than any other. Moire sometimes takes the
place of brocade, and sometimes It is used for
the train only—the boddice being of velvet or
gold cloth, and beaded passementerie being
used for bands or other mounting. Blaek toi
lets are very distinguished when the combina
tions are enriched by fine jet trimmings and
real laoe for the interior as well as the xterior
finish, and it may be said with truth that the
best and most needful reception and evening
dresses for ladies who are no longer in their
first youth, are black and white, or colored
combinations of two or more rich fabrics with
no more contrasting oolor than the beautiful
effects in the beaded trimmings offer. One of
the effective in color of the season is dark
green and red. (Put crimson berries against
holly and see the effect.) This will suggest
of what the tasteful uuion in fabric or decora
tion is capable. But broad splashes of red
upon dark green are not beautiful while ruby
intermixed wi h the bronae and bright and
dark shades of the passementerie upon a
handsome dark green toilet is charming.
A winter walking dress displayed at a recent
art opening was good without being the least
conspicuous, and illustrated v ne red and green
Idea. It consisted of a long coat of grey cloth
trimmed with frogs, and opening a tow inches
in front over a dark green velvet skirt finished
with a narrow plaited flounce. The hat was a
Urge grey felt with fluffy border, faced jind
trimmed with dark green velvet and orna
mented with a robin, whose red breast was in
high uoutraet to the grey and green of the
costume.
“Indian green,” a sort of bronze shade, is the
“art” green, and is used for indoor dresses
and morning costumes by ladies of aesthetic
Ideas. They are made as a robe, which is
shaped closely to the figure, but without
lining, crossed semi-dUgonally;cut away from
the plaited front of the skirt just below the
knee, into a somewhat long but narrow train
and bordered with a broche stuff in Indian
cashmere colors or with art embroidery A
heavy cord forms the girdle.
Fi*e cream, sapphire blue, primrose pinl
- heliotrope cashmere is used very largely
abr. ad for the evening dresses of young girls,
trimmed with cream lace. But here girls want
silk They seem to think that only silk is
suitable for dressy wear, yet in reality sort
fine wools which have depth arc much more
becoming than silk with a glace surface.
AMERICAS SILKS,
The excellence of Amerioan silks is beyond
question, and the leading manufacturers now
produce satin rhaoatnes, satin merveilleux,
satin de lyon, arm urea, quadrilles and brocaded
silks equal to any imported. This advance in
manufacture will stimulate the cultivation of
the raw material, which has row been made
the subject of cucoessful experiments in
twenty-two different States. It is to the ladies
of Philadelphia we owe the revival of f.hia in
terest, which if once established will afford an
opportunity for the lucrative employment of
thousands of women and children in their
own homes, for manufacturers will take the
raw silk, as fist as it is produced, and with
filatures for reeling withlo attainable distance
the work can be managed aa easily as taking
pare of plants, and much easier than managing
Tbs encouragement which the parent as*
sociation has received has induced the ladies
interested in It to propose a silk fair, which will
be held the last week in January in St. George's
Hall, Philadelphia, where the 4K of America ~
ESTABLISHED 1850.
from the small worm to the finished product
will be abundantly exhibited. To this fair
American manufacturers will contribute their
silken articles and fabrics of every description.
Silk growers from many different States will
send their cocoons. Established filatures will
send the silk ready for use by the manufac
turer. and factories their varied specimens of
embroidered silks, sewing silks, ribbons, ties,
handkerchiefs, and the like.' Ladles art, deco
rative, and other societies are preparing orna
mental work, executed in American silk upon
American fabrics, and stuffs for upholstery,
silken hangings, and many kinds of goods
usually supposed to be imported, will
attest the degree of skill and excellence
which silk culture In this country has reached.
Prosperous and progressive silk growing in
this country means a source of wealth greater
than that of the California gold ana silver
mines, and infinitely better from the moral and
Industrial point of view. It means the keep
ing at home the millions of dollars now sent
abroad for raw materials and the manu
factured fabrics, and it means also anew in
dustry adapted to farming and agricultural
communities, which will fill the place of those
that have been absorbed by great associa
tive companies and establishments. Every
body in this country, rich and poor, buys silk,
and there are few women without at least one
silk dress in their wardrobe. Here, therefore,
where the great market exists, should there be
sources of supply.
THE CLOAK PROBLEM.
The multiplication of designs and materials
for cloaks nas added another to the many
problems which afflict women In connection
with the dress question. Of cloaks and mate
rials for cloaks there are no end. There are
cloaks too that are moderate in price as well
as cloaks that are expansive. But fashion now
demands the appropriate garment for every
occasion, and this discredits the one that was
formerly deemed suitable for many occasions;
besides which it Is not easy to find the lady
like cut in inexpensive materials, since the
range has become so large and wide and the
standard of prices risen to a higher level. K
money is no object, the most fastidious taste
can find satisfaction in embroidered plush,
superb brocade plush lined, or a
Shetland iseal with beaver collar and
cuffs, but, in addition to this, a secondary cloak
will be needed, not so warm and not so expen
sive, an ulster for traveling, a water-proof for
rain, a dol man or mantle for between seasons,
one or more shawls, and a couple of mantles
or silk and lace outside garments for summer
wear, in addition to a summer ulster of silk or
linen. This list of outside requirements sounds
absurd to men, yet It is really very moderate
for a woman who is obliged to meet the de
mands of society, and it does not include the
necessary opera cloak or fur-lined wrap
(sleeveless, so that it can be easily thrown on
or off), which is essential for a lady who goes
to parties aod receptions, to balls and enter
tainments, in lace sleeves or no sleeves at all,
exchanging the summer atmosphere of her
home for frosty air and piercing wind and
snow. But querists will naturally remark that
all this is only necessary for the wealthy
womsn—the woman of society or position; it
is not necessary or suitable for the middle
class woman, and, therefore, presents no
problem to her for solution. This is, however,
a mistake. 'ln this country we have
no middle class women, and we
have few. very few, who are able to control
any considerable amount of money. Almost
the only ones are the single women who earn
it. The wives of men who have the reputation
of wealth are often the most severely restricted
in the use of money, and of those who inherit
wealth or can dispose of it in their own right,
the majority find it absorbed by others or so
controlled by men as to put the disposition of
It practically out of their own hands Of course
this condition is gradually improving; but,
especially in conservative circles, it is still held
that a woman is incapable of self government,
that they must for safe keeping be transferred
from the control of her father to that of some
other man, and naturally the fixing of this be
lief brings about its results; if a child was
never permitted to use its limbs, if from in
fancy they were bandaged and tied down to a
hoard, it would always be helpless and a crip-
The embarrassments of the position fall
upon that immense class of women who have
to sustain their social credit in the face of
qpnstantly increasing difficulties and the utter
failure of the men upon whom they are de
pendent to realize the position. Moreover it is
a source of intense dissatisfaction to them
selves if they are women of sensitive con
science to spend money for so much that so
quickly loses its value and Is yet not worn or
defaced. Articles can be given away, of
course; but they do not always feel that they
can afford to do this or that It is right, and
thus the cloak and wrap question has become
a bugbear to a very large number of refined
and conscientious women.
There was a time when two kinds of cloaks
for winter wear were all that were made-the
expensive velvet and the respectable cloth. A
well made and neatly trimmed black cloth,
which could be bought for from fifteen to
twenty dollars, was then considered ‘'good
enough for anybody,” and the velvet cloaks,
for which only rich real Lyons velvet at ten
and twelve dollars per yard was us and, were
objects of aspiration certainly, but not a test
of position or of claims to consideration.
The silk cloak seems to have made
all this disturbance in the ranks of our
outer garments. Bilk for a cloak must be
of good heavy quality; it must have a warm
and handsome lining, and a border or ornamen
tation of some kind, and therefore by the time
it is an accomplished fact it costs money. Fifty,
sixty, seventy and eighty dollars Is a good deal
for the woman who only has a hundred for her
own autumn needs, and those perhaps of one
or more children, to xpend on one garment, be
sides which she could not possibly afford to buy
another, aDd silk taken out and worn common
ly every day looks in a very few months de
faced and shabby. This consideration puts
silk cloaks out of the question for many
women; but then the question comes back
with force, what to have for a substitute, and
how to make that one do the work of many
There are pretty cloaks of almond tinted
cloths, with dark plush collars and
cuffs for young ladies and young married
women, but these are too youthful and not
sober enough for matrons. One solution lies
In the selection of darkest shades of velvet
beaver cloth, made up with plush velvet or fur
collar and border. These cloaks are handsome
and durable, but they must be made by a
first-class modiste, and rhe pattern must be
chosen for its permanent qualifications, not its
mere prettiness. In this way shade, tone, ex
cellence of fabric and design may give a kind
of distinction to a garment which would other
wise be merely “respectable,” and respecta
bility is associated with a good, struggling
woman who keeps boarders and manages bv
stirring early and late to support a family, but
not at all with fashion.
Two of the most elegant cloaks imported
this season were shown me as a favor the other
day at the Cooperative Dress Association.
They had been purchased as soon as opened,
and, therefore, had not been displayed. One
was a very long coat of Shetland seal, every
Inch selected, and forming a magnificent gar
ment fit for an addition to an imperial ward
robe. It was made up with the utmost care,
lined with the richest quilted satin.and finished
with caltar and cuffs of the finest dark beaver
The price was S4OO. and it was not dear, for
not more than one of a thousand could be
turned out of the aggregate of ever oostly ma
teria s, like this perfect production. For that
reason it was instantly seized. There is al
ways the one person in the world to buy the
SSf th| ng, the unique object.
The difficulty is in finding the people to pur
chase all the rest. The second cloak was a large
Russian dolman of black silk plush with a won
derful sheen, lined with crimson plush. The
peculiar character of this cloak wis obtained
from the slbeve. So few designers of clothing
or dressmakers understand the distinction that
is given by the sleevesaione when it is marked
by decided form or ornamentation. In this in
stance the narrow back of the cloak was main—
only croesed low down by tiick passementerie
cords of nch silk and fine JLet, with a long slide
and pendant ornaments. Ttw sleeves on the
contrary, set high and of tte long? £rrow
dolman shape, were exauisitdy embroidered
upon the Plush in roeei 2nd lei tae
tih 81iCch t tie reining and
filling with finest beading and retwork The
fastenings and finish were as rich and fl Pi
the embroidery, and, with the •mbrotd'Zf
sieeves, rendered this garment as ctatinc’ive in
plush as the first mentioned inaeal*ln
It is a fatal mistake tc mass trtmatog or the
principal features of the design noon the
boddice or skirt of the dress, and then add a
commonplace sleeve; it reduces the level of
distinction at once. 01
THE LAROE BONNET
lw„ beeD K°ds®“d to women with large
features and of a pronounced type, women
been, forced into small bonnets wnich
left the broad face or high cheek bones ex
posed, or had to compromise with turned up
or floating brims, which only emphasized the
points that needed toning down. Many women
have been made beautiful by the protecting
shade of the soft beaver brims and the distinc
tive finisß of the ostrich feathers, without any
mixture of frippeiy and oolor.
Feathers are in the ascendant this winter for
ornamentation, and are more suitable than
flowers for this season, although in the coun
try holly berries look well against black or
grey or dark green. But long, slender and
wonderfully shaded feathers are very much
preferred for this design in rich brocaded
silks, and shaded ostrich feathers are made
with pearl and shell or amber sticks into the
richest fans—fans and fan-shaped bunches of
peacock feathers are used for wall decora
tions, humming birds for looping up white
and water green satin dresses, and not only
are these hate and bonnets wholly of feathers,
but sets, consisting of pot-ket, muff and coactH
man’s cape, which are made of sthall overlap
ping feataers of the most brilliant as well aa
the tnoat sober tints.
The long, pale tan color and mastic gloves
are more used for dress than any other, and
have largely superceded both black and white,
though of course these are always vary well
worn. Ornamentation on the gloves Is always
more or less vulgar. Bracelets, consisting of
several narrow rims of gold or silver, being the
prettiest and least disfiguring addition to a
pretty arm.
New York has not yet adopted the London
fashion of 18 capes as an addition to cloth
walking coats, but it has adopted “Princess of
Wales” hose, of black or dark brown silk, in
which are inserted tiny blocks consisting of
broken checks of red and dark green. These
are the colors of the ‘‘Prince of Wales” plaid,
said to have been invented by him and used by
*he Princess for herself and children. Red,
green and white are the colors for Christmas
decorations, and therefore pjcularlr appropri
ate at this season—which perhaps my readers
will permit me to wish may be most happy to
every one, Jenny Jen.
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Savannah.
A large meeting held at Valladolid passed
resolutions requesting the government to
remove the last vestige of slavery In the
Antilles,
SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE
Third and Fourth Days—lnterest*
tug Proceedings.
Columbus, December 10. —Editor Morning
Ifews: By an over pressure of other duties, I
failed to get in my letter for yesterdav, and
now I give a resume for the past two days.
WXBLCT MONUMENTAL CHURCH.
Rev. J. O. A. Clark obtained the floor and
gave rather a discouraging account of his la
bors as agent of the above church, and the
difficulties in the way of the sale of his book,
the profits of which were to be devoted to the
church.
examination or characters or elders.
Rev. A. M. Wynn, P. E., cf the Savannah dis
trict, reported general condition of the church
as good in his work. The several preachers of
the district were called and their characters
passed.
Two of the most searching questions asked
by the Bishop In the examination are: “Have
you taken up all your colle tions?”and “Have
you faithfully administered the discipline of
the church?’’
W. F. Bearden, of this district, was granted
a superannuated relation.
THE ORDEB OF BUSINESS,
being the consideration of the characters of
Elders was resumed, and the Macon district
taken up. Presiding Elder A. T. Mann report
ed the general condition of his work as pros
perous Tne several preachers of the district
were called and passed.
The Bishop introduced the following: Rev.
A 8. Andrews and Rev. Mr Gillis, of the Ala
bama Conference: W. P. Lovejoy and M. Gal
laway, of the North Georgia Conference; Rev.
Messrs Salter and Holmes, of the African
Methodist Church.
REV. DR. A. W. WILSON.
This gentleman ranks among the distinguish
ed visitors now in attendance upon the South
Georgia Conference in this city. He is Secre
tary of the Foreign Board of Missions of the
General Conference. He is a gentleman of
thorough education and superior pulpit abili
ties. He was formerly connected with the
Baltimore Conference, and has traveled exten
sively.
orphan’s home
Rev. L B. Payne, agent for this institution,
reported it in a flourishing condition. Thirty
nine children were received thie year and six
teen readmitted, making a totalTif fifty five
Homes have been found for tbirtv-five. The
health of the inmates has been excellent, and
their physical, mental and moral welfare
looked sfter. Money collected for the institu
tion during the vear about $3,000, and expendi
tures about $3,000. A permanent fund of
$5,000 has been invested for the benefit of the
home.
Upon the Bishop asking if Brother Payne had
taken up all his collections, there was a smile
throughout tne Conference, si nifving that the
matter of collections had been duly attended
to.
ORDER OF BUSINESS,
The examination of the character of Elders
was resumed, and the Columbus district called
up. Dr. J. W. Hinton gave a good account of
his work, which is generally prosperous.
Some 300 or 400 accessions in the district during
the year. The preachers of the several charges
were called and passed.
Rev. J. M. Austin. Presiding Elder of the
Americus district, reported the encourage
ments and discouragements of the work in his
district. The latter seemed to have predomi
nated. The preachers of the district were re
spectively called and passed. Their accounts
were varied in character and mostly of a dis
couraging nature. The Bishop Interspersed
the examination with fragments of advice and
consolation. He expressed the opinion, among
other things, that several of the old men of the
Conference should take superannuated rela
tions.
Rev. T. T. Christian. P. E , gave a rather fa
vorable accouut of his work, though his sec
tion had suffered somewhat from effects of
drought
Rev. N. T. Burke, of this district, asked to
be located. A sharp discussion sprang up on
the application, w hich was participated in by
several delegates—among them C. E Godfrey
G. R. Glenn and T. T. Christian. The Bishop
recommended that Mr. Burke be allowed to
locate and go to teaching. Professor Glenn
repelled the idea that a man who fails at
preaching is fit for a teacher. The application
was finally granted.
Rev. W. A. Simmons, of the same district,
was granted superannuated relations.
Rev. J. M. Marshall, Presiding Elder, repre
sented the spiritual and financial condition of
his work as good.
Superannuated relations were granted Rev
W. T. McMichael and Rev. S. C. Childs, of this
district.
EASTMAN DISTRICT.
Rev. J. D. Anthony, Presiding Elder, reported
the work in his district as spiritually and finan
cially favorable.
This finished up the examination of Elders
by districts.
Rev. A. M. Williams was elected editor of
Conference minutes.
Rev. Mr. Lyon, agent of the American Bible
Society, addressed the Conference. He re
ported a great work in Bible distribution in
oreign lands; 342,000 volumes distributed.
The Arabic Bible is finding its way to 25,000,000
of Arabic speaking people.
It is the proud distinction of American
Christians that they send the Holy Scripture
to 125.0f0.000 of heathen people. The ti me te
near at hand when in every land, and in every
tongue, shall he heard the grand song “Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace
good will toward men.”
The home work is also promising; more than
twenty men are employed to distribute the
Bible in the bounds of this Conference. These
colporteurs seek out the destl iue places and
speak and exhort end work for God. It Is im
possible to estimate the great good of this
grand enterprise.
The following by Rev. Dr. Hinton was read
and adopted:
Resolved, That the South Georgia Conference
is deeply impressed with the services of Rev
P r - Y°ung J Allen as our senior missionary
In China, and that we commend his methods of
enlightening that benighted people, not onlv in
the usual preaching of the gospel, but also in
his educational and literary labors, and we
deem his proceedings in that regard as worthy
of indorsement and admiration 1
In the afternoon session, the election of dele
gates to vhe General Conference being the
business of the hour. Conference proceeded to
prepare their ballots. The following clerical
delegates were elected on the first ballot- Dr
J.,W. Hinton, Vt J. S. Kev, Rev. T. T.;christian‘,
J- B - McGehee Two reserves were
elected, to-wit: G. G. N. MacDcnell and J O
Branch.
LAY DELEGATES.
„ T k® following gentlemen were chosen on the
first ballot as lay delegates: E. M. Butt, I.
Hardeman, G B. Glenn and Rev. W. I. Green
Reserves-Reuben Jones and J. W. Cheatham.
MEETING OF RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
Immediately after the adjournment of the
, .®r eDCO the Relief Association convened,
with G. G. N. Mact>onnell in the chair.
The cha rm&n read the annual report, show
ing two deaths, those of Rev. R. J. Corley and
Rev. Walter Knox.
The Treasurer, Mr. I. Hardeman, read his
report, showing that a portion of the mortu
ary fees of these deceased members had been
paid over, and that the balance due wifi be
turned over when collected.
This is an association for the relief of fami
lies of deceased traveling preachers, and con
sists of participating ano non participating
members. The former are clergymen, who pav
a mortuary fee of $3 lO upon the death of a
member; the latter are from the ranks of
lapmen, who obligate to pay $1 upon the
death of each member. The association con
sists of some three hundred members, and ef
fort® *[•,?* b® made to extend the number.
The following were continued in the super
annuat.ee,lst: X W. Talley, C. ltaiford, Y. F.
Tigner, W.F. Conley, F. R. C. Ellis, T. B.
Lanier, W H. Thomas. H P. Pitchforci, J. B.
Owen, L. G. R. Wiggins, W. 8. Baker. James
Dunwody, James Harris, Dennis O Discal, A.
Jr. wngnt.
When tne names of the following were called
the announcement was made that they had
died flurtnk the year: W. Knox, R. J. Corley,
L. C. Peck, D Crenshaw.
The Joint Board of Finance made their re
port, paying at the rate of 68 per cent, on
S*~ms. the whole collection amounting to
*- 118 Jack Plane.
Given IJp by Doctors.
“Is It possible that Mr. Godfrey j 8 up and
at work, and cured by so f'.mpie a remedy?”
R* s '-*ue that he is entirely
cured, and with Nothing but Hop Bitters;
aoa only ten aaye B go his doctors gave him
u p ™ d r - lA he mUBt die?”
.1 ell-a-day! That’s remarkable. I will
2o this-day and get some for my poor George
—I know hops are good.”
The bark Lurgta V., from Liverpool tot
New Orleans, has put back 10 Waterford
leaking badly and with her crew exhausted.
The bark Times, at Bristol from Cooeaw, 8.
C., Is leaking. She lost sails and bulwarks
and jettisoned her cargo.
Jobn Gillespie, a burglar, captured after
a desperate struggle two weeks ago by Rev.
Dr. Gage, as he was leaving the latter’s
house In Hartford, Connecticut, has beeu
sentenced to ten years’ Imprisonment.
Wm. McGehee was crushed to death on
Friday, near Falrburn, Ga., by some ma
chinery falling upon bim.
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