SAVANNA Entered, at the Post-Office at Savannub as Second Claud Matter. VOL. I.-NO. 12. ; SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1885. , One Dollar Per Year. t J TOPICS OF THE DAY. News from Everywhere. FJillSON AL AND POLITICAL. Appoiktmb.nt Cleek Hiooins Is said to be devoting his energies to secure the position of Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives. A GfiKHAW American named Thielman, a locksmith, has been expelled from Fleus burg, Prussia. William K. 8miih, the successor of Mr. Coon, as Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury, took charge of his office on the 20th. HusselSaob has given $60,(K to Cor nell University to fouud a professorship of Ethics and Moral Philosophy, which was duly acknowledged at the fall meet ing of the Trustees on the 20th. Johk Gkahiiaht, a farmer living near C&tnwisBO, Pa., has recently lost three children by diphtheria, and on the 20th had four lying ill with the dread disease. He bad a family of fourteen children. The complete correspondence of Carlylo and Goethe has been discovered in the archives of the latter. On the 20th Hon. Levi P. Morton, ex-Minis tor to France, and family, arrived in Washington. Mr. Morton says he will take no active part in politics this winter. A body, found near Los Angeles, Cal., has been identified as that of Benjamin H. Longnecker, defaulting Poor Director of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. James Blackburn, a former paymaster of the Lake Shore & Western Railway, has been arrested at Milwaukee, Wis., In con nection with a shortage in his accounts. Malcolm S. Doty obtained a judgment for $1,700 against the Bt. Joseph Hospital at Omaha,. Neb., for the loss of an eye by a servant's carelessness. Senator Call, of Florida, is building himself a fine residence in Washington. Mrs. Coluan, wifo of Norman J. Col man, Commissioner of Agriculture, is dan gerously 111 at Washington. It is rumored that the Duke of Con naught is to be made chief of Her Maj esty's forces, vice the Duke of Cambridge, who will shortly retire. In an election letter tba Marquis of Salis bury says: "Make the support of the church a test question abovo all others." Henry Hyuick was defeated iu his suit at Brooklyn, N. Y., against the Standard Oil Company for a share in property rai ned at half a million dollars, and was ar ' rested on a charge of false swearing. Ex-Prksidknt Arthur's son Allan has won fame as a match-maker at Washing ; ton. Mr. Parnell has issued a manifesto to the electors, signed by several Irish mem bers of Parliament, severely denouncing . the Liberal party. Mr. Gladstone, in a speech at Dalkeith, rOJcotland, said the dependence of the Tories I on the Irish voters was unsafe and was dis J honorable to the country. Secretary Whitney will give a grand Christmas dinner to the Cabinet members and their families. r The officers accompanying General Briere de L'lsfc to Paris say that his dis grace is unjust and that his removal has caused discontent in the army. Sin John MaoDonald has started for England to confer with the government in regjirdbe-fisheries, reciprocity with the ) UircU States and other questions, . i Uev. Dr. S. Btobks has just entered ..upon the fortieth year of his pastorate of the Congregational Church of the Pilgrims at Brooklyn, N. T. Mrs. Julia Smith Parker, who gained fame in New England by refusing to pay taxes because she was not allowed to vote, is at death's door. Kino Milan is concentrating his forces and a decisive attack on Slivnitza Is immi nent. President Cleveland has agreed to open the American Exposition at London next year by touching a button in Wash ington, which will start the machinery by 'electricity In London. Off the kl Mr. Uladstone unveiled a crois in Edinburgh, and joined in singing "Old Hundred." On the 23d Elizur Wright, the well known Abolitionist of lang syne, died at his home in Medford, Mass. He was well known in the field of journalism. Samuel Jenninos, who set the types for the first printed copy of "The Star Span gled Banner," and who was one of the "Old Defenders" in 1811, died at Baltimore, Md.,on the 2-'td, aged eighty-eight. Director-General John W. Glenn of the North, Central and South American Exposition at New Orleans has resigned, and ex-Director-General Samuel M. Burke has been appointed to the position. Xuk Czar of Russia has ordered the re moval of the initials of Prince Alexander from the eqaulets of the officers of the Thirteenth Rifle Battalion, of which Prince Alexander was honorary Colonel. On the 23d indictments were found by the United States Grand Jury in New York against Ferdinand Ward, William S. War ner and J. Henry Work for conspiracy to defraud the creditors and stockholders of the Marina National Bank. Secretary Manning has directed the dismissal of H. N. Gassaway, assistant chief of the Internal Revenue and Mercan tile Marine divisions to take effect Novem ber 30th. Mas. Culm an, wife of the Commissioner of Agri ulture, was reported better on the morning of the 24th, and the family were much encouraged. Prince Alexander sent a dispatch to his father on the 23d thanking him for his gift of clothing, eta, to the Bulgarian troops. This dispatch also said: "We fought all Sunday, and spent the night on Dragoman Heights, which we carried by storm. The fighting continues to-day in the direction of Tianhrod." The monument erected in honor of Ed ward Kelly, the Irish leader sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered in 1967, was unveiled at Mount Hopa Cemetery, Boston, oa the 13d. M. Martin, editor of provincial news paper ot Copenhagan, Denmark, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment on a charge of inciting the people to take up arms and drive oat the obnoxious Estrupp. CRIMES ASO CASCAITIES. W ilkixsox, the murdorer ofJ) Seer Law- nrn, wu nangea at 1 noraasion, use., oa the 30th, and died coolly and unrepentant. Several persona were poisoned by drinking water from aa old well, recently reopened, in Chester County, Pa., two ot whom, Annie Poole and Frank Tnwnunil died. The water is believed to be imnrer- . - - . V . . - " tea wua aeaaiy mineral poison. On the 20th Otto Koblank, a drunken brute, went to his boarding-house in Jer sey City, N. J., and began to abuse the landlady, Mrs. Sweeny, and wound up by pouring a kettle of boiling water over her, acaldlng her so severely that her recovery Is impossible. Several workmen were severely in jured by the burning of the Rubber Faint Company's building at Cleveland, 0., on the 22d. John W. Laners, of Omaha, Neb., shot and killed his wife on the night on the 21st, claiming to have mistaken her for a burg lar. A terrible cyclone swept over the Philippine Islands on the 21st. Eight thousand buildings, including numerous churches and school-houses, were de stroyed and twenty-two persons were killed. Subib Smeltzer, four years of age, was burned to death at Altwood, Pa., on the 22d, by her clothing catching tire from a grate. A dispatch of the 22d from Calcutta says that 5,000 people have been drowned and 100 villages submerged in Orissa by a cy clone, and that 1,241 square miles in the Moonshedabad and Huddea districts have been devastated. Samuel and John May, farmers, were robbed and brutally, beaten on the night of the 21st by seven highwaymen in Wash ington County, Pennsylvania. Joseph McConnauohty, Town Marshal of Bridgeport, O., was fatally shot on the 21st by Silas Conway. Masked robbers at Marion, Pa., poured coal oil on an old man and set him on fire to extort money. A convict in the Nebraska Penitentiary confesses to the murder of Colonel Watson B. Smith, Clerk of the United States District Court, at Omaha, whose death has been a mystery since 1881. On the 23d George Stevenson, confined In jail at Fort Dodge, la., for murder, hanged himself in his cell. On the 23d a peddler named Hanfield was robbed of $1,000 in money and his stock of goods by highwaymen in Holmos County, Ohio. ON the 23d Mary Tialka, a Bohemian widow, and her two children were burned to death in a tenement-house fire in New York. Henry Kohot has been arrested tor setting fire to the building, which involved a loss of $200,000. On the 23d Joseph Groblewski, convicted of the murder of his wife by poison at Brooklyn, N. Y., was sentenced to be banged January 10, 1880. On the night ot the 22d, John Sharpless, one of the most prominent Orthodox Friends in Delaware County, Pa., was foully murdered in his barn, whither he had been enticed by a negro under pretense of getting some straps to mend a broken carriage. Willie Desmond blew off his thumb and finger with dynamite at Williamston, Mich., and the fright caused the boy's grandmother to fall dead from heart dis ease. The police of Philadelphia have arrested a negro answering the description of the murderer of John Sharpless, at Chester. He gives his name as Isaao Lewis, and says he has no home. Near the town of Franklin, W. T., on the 22d, three men were killed during a wind storm. A large tree was blown down and fell directly across the house, crushing it to pieces. Threo men J. B. Gaul, Johu Cannon and James Smith were in the house at the time. All were instantly killed and their bodies fearfully mangled. Mrs. Louise Stieoer, in a fit of tem porary insanity, jumped from a fourth story window of her home in Jersey City, N. J., with her babe in her arms, on the 23d. The little one was dashed to death oh the pavement and the woman received probably fatal injuries, being dreadfully lacerated by striking an Iron railing. When her husband discovered what had been done he endeavored to cut his throat, but was prevented by the police. At Bismarck, D. T., on the 23d the -e was found on a piece of floating Missouri River ice the body of a man, and beside him was found a note purporting to be from his wife in London, England, and which read: "My dear husband, you must hurry home If you CTpect to find your little Nellie alive. I am doing all in my power to save her, but she is very low. Hoping you will return soon, I remain, with love, your own Mary." The note was addressed to Cap tain John Bannock, Fort Assinaboine, M.T. MISCELLANEOUS. Trouble is reported at the Tongue River Indian Agency, and troops have been or' dered to the scene. It is reported that Turkey has notified the Servians that unless they get out ot Bulgaria Turkish troops will drive them out. Wages of employes of the National Tuba Works at McKeesport, Pa., will be ad vanced and a strike prevented. The trade and labor counsol at Toronto, Ont.. condemns the Government for en couraging emigration fib that country while there is not work enough for those already here. Most of the Liberal newspapers have passed by the Parnellite manifesto without comment, while the Conservative press criticise it slightly. The social season at Washington is to be a brilliant one. The President promises to contribute his full share. It is reported that if King Milan refuse immediate peace under the terms of the Balkan conference's final protocol two of the signatory powers will enforce his de position. A dispatch of the 23d from Sofia said the Servians had bombarded Widdin and that the town was on fire. A complaint has been filed against Westford (Wis.) woman for attempting to kill by sorcery. Kino Theebaw has ordered 25,000 addi tional troops to be held in readiness for ee tion. The anti-silver men are working hard to have the House committee so arranged tnat Mr. island will not be at the head of the committee that will handle the silver bill. The steamer Iberian, ashore ta Dun- manus Bay, on the south coast ot Ireland, has broken up and fourteen men are miss- ing. A SUIT has beea filed against the Stand ard Distilling Company of Cincinnati, O. by the Sour Mash Distillir j Company, of Queettsboro, Ky., for alleged infringement ot their trade-mark. The Congressional Gun Foundry and Armor Plate Commission visited Pitts burgh, Pa-, on the 33d, and mad a tour ot the Iron aad steel manufactories. On the 23d the second annual convention of the National Cattle and Horse-growers' Association assembled in the Exposition building at St. Louis. The attendance at the opening session was quite large, and the proceedings give promise of being warm and interesting. Hancock (Mich.) fishermen, who have returned from Lake Superior, found throe bodies of victims of the Algoma wreck. On the 23d portions of New York city were inundated by high tide and much damage was done to railroad and wharf property, and passenger traffic was con siderably inconvenienced. There was a lively panic in the Pitts burgh oil ' market on the 23d, and it was thought that many of the operators would come out badly singed. The mortality from small-pox in Mon treal is steadily decreasing. On the 23d fifty-six arrests were made in Now York for infringement ot the excise law. Dumno the week ended the 21st the is sue ot standard silver dollars was $078,818; during the corresponding period last year $481,497. The shipments of fractional sil ver coin from November 1st to November 21st amounted to $439,064. Belgrade advices are to the effect that Servia's hopes of final victory are fading, and that foreign intervention is hoped for. On the 23d the United States Supreme Court decided that neither a police ofllcer nor a private citizen can lawfully arrest, without a warrant or order of military au thority, a deserter from the United States army. A Vienna dispatch says Austria has joined Germany in urging Turkey to inter vene in the Bulgarian war. Official and press telegrams between Calcutta and Burinah have been stopped for some unknown reason. It is not true that the Porte has sum moned the Servians to evacuate Bulgaria. Subscription lists have been opened throughout Austria and Hungary in aid ot the Servians. Liberal responses are being made to the appeals for help. There are 6,000 wounded men at Pirot. Severe shocks of earthquake were felt in Spain on the 22d at Valez, Malaga, An dalusia, and especially at Elhama. There were also seismic movements on the Afri can coast and numerous land slips, and it is reported that the bed of the Mediterra nean Sea has risen perceptibly. A dispatch from Bulgaria to the Loudon toiily Telegraph on the 23d said: "The Servians have evacuated all the positions hitherto occupied by them. Dragoman, Brasnlk, Pernik and Izvar are in the hands of the Bulgarians. The Servians are still retiring. It is stated that Bulgarian cav alry have occupied Tzaribrod." Nine branches of the Mormon Church of Latter Day Saints have been organized by Elder Scott in Southern Indiana, including one at Lancaster, where a conference of about forty leaders was in progress on tus 21th. They advocate the general tenets ot the Mormon Church, but oppose polygamy. The mi-sing boat ot the steamer Iberian, wrecked in Dunmauus Bay, Ireland, ar rived at Crook Haven on the 23d. A Greenock (Scotland) firm has re ceived orders to build two steamers, which will form the nucleus of a passengor serv ice between Shanghai and Melbourne. A serious religious riot took place on the 22d at Broach, India. One English official was killed and three others were wounded. Five ot the rioters were shot liv the police. The English Admiralty authoritiei bava asked the Treasury to sanction tho ap pointment ot a high official and assistants to superintend the Government dock yards. A dispatch from Cooktown, Queens land, says the geographical expedition which was reported to have been massa cred in New Guinea has arrived at Cook town. All the members are well. LATE NEWS ITEMS. A faith-cure convention began Its ses sions at Pittsburgh, Fa., on the 24th. Robert Fowler, sentenced to be hanged tor murder at Morganfield, Ky., has been respited. The Freuch Senate, on the 24th, adopted without debate a treaty with Burmah. Suit U to be brought to test the title to a large tract of land in the city of Minneap olis. Justin McCarthy, the historian, has been returned to the British Parliament. Pat McGuire, the Logansport (Iud.) murderer, has been landed in jail at Chat tanooga. . A bill to reduce the army to 15,000 men has been introduced in the Mexican Con gress. Half-breeds in the Northwest threaten an outbreak in the spring, on account of Riel's execution. The Emperor of Austria has donated $10,000 and 1,000,000 cigarettes to the Ser vian wounded. A bpecial Grand Jury has been called at Omaha, Neb., to investigate the case ot John W. Lauer, who killed his wife re cently, claiming to have mistaken her for a burglar. Miss Helen Taylor wanted to be elect ed to the British Parliament from West Camberwell, but was refused recognition by the returning officer. A Belgrade dispatch of the 24th said the Servians were continuing their retreat, nd were then in Servian territory. The Bulgarians have occupied all the position recently held by the Servians. There is talk of King Milan abdicating. At the meeting of the general passenger agents at New York on the 24th the con tract for the west-bound pool was signed. A steamer ot the Allan Line has been quarantined at Greenock, Scotland, with small-pox on board. A couple of colored ministers have sued a Baltimore ferry company for denying them their rights under the civil rights act. Hon. Georqe Otto Tkeveltan, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland under Mr. Gladstone, has been elected to Parliament. The American Iron and Steel Associa tion has forwarded a letter to Secretary Manning, in which it opposes new tariff legislation. General Jovanovitcr, who was dis missed from his command in the Servian army for disobeying orders, has com' mitted suicide. There was a full attendance at the Cab inet meeting on the 24th. The session last' ed about three hours, and was devoted al most entirely to the consideration of tb President's message to Congress. The doc ument is iu an advanced state ol prepara tion, and will be completed mnl day before m meeting ot Congress. SOUTHERN GLEANINGS. Mrs. Liz McDonald, widow of Engineer McDonald, who was killed in the big rail way accident near Marietta, Ga., has been awarded $8,000 by a jury in a suit against the Western & Atlantic Railroad Com' pany. Two assemblies of Knights of Labor, white and colored, have been organized at Shreveport, La., by M. J. Nolan, of Fort Worth, TeT. The membership is large. Several cases of fraud on the Relief Com mittee at Galveston have been detected, and the perpetrators will be punished. Lillie Clark, a courtesan nineteen years of age, took the motphlne route at Mem phis, Tenn., a few days ago and ended her life of shame. One hundred Mormon converts left Chat tanooga, Tenn., a few days ago for Utah. They were from Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Ala bama. Ninety elders are now operating in the South. Henry A. Wiley, uaval cadet from Mc Kinney, Tex., who was recently suspended for hazing, has been reinstated, he having proved that the hazing complained of con sisted of knocking down the chief of a party who had heaped insults upou him until forbearance ceased to be a virtue. A panic wag created iu the City1 Hospital at Louisville, Ky., a few days ago, by a stove exploding and setting fire to the building. The patients were all safely re moved and the fire extinguished without having done much damage. Captain Eads has under consideration a plan tor building a ship railway across the Florida peninsula, beginning at the mouth ot McOirt's Creek, twelve miles southeast of Jacksonville and hitting the Gulf ol Mexico at Deadman's Bay, a total distance of 120 miles. The personal property valuation of Nash ville, Tenn., has increased during the past ten years $2,830,000. Prof. R. H. Kinney, late principal of the Texas State Deaf and Dumb Institute, died suddenly a few days since of heart disease. For years be was connected with tho Deaf and Dumb Institute of Ohio, then that of Iowa, from which State he went to Texas. He leaves a wife and three children. John Harrison was recently convicted at Sherman, Tex., of the murder of. Jack Goodwin and sentenced to the Peniten tiary for life. His defense was that he killed Goodwin to shield and protect the honor of his wife, on whom he claimed Goodwin was making a fiendish assault, but the prosecution proved this feature to be a conspiracy to secure a pretext to kill Goodwin and then furnish a plea for ac quittal. The cotton receipts at Corsicaua, Tex., this season, up to the 19th inst, were 18,000 bales, against 11,000 bales up to same time last year. Charles Vogel, a German, was killed near Owensboro, Ky., a few days ago by the earth of a well he was engaged in dig ging caving in upon him and breaking his neck. The subscriptions to the relief fund for the Galveston sufferers amounts to over $100,000. Thomas M. Joseph, R. L. Sher rard and J. C. Levy are the members ol the Odd Fellows' committee to receive con tributions from sister lodges. Stephen E. Jones, assignee of the Louis ville Savings Bank, has filed a petition in chancery for the settlement ot his trust. Every person connected with the execu tive department of Georgia, from the Gov ernor down, is a Prohibitionist. A planter named Hammersly of Camp bell County, Virginia, was murdered and robbed a few days ago by a negro. A milk white alligator was discovered in a pond at Escambia, Ala., and also one that is parti-colored. The Colored Orphans' Home at Chat tanooga, Tenn., was destroyed by fire a few days since. A jury at Sparta, Ga., sustained the will of David Dickson, leaving $500,000 to his colored mistress and child, and disinherit- 'ng his heirs. A sign which reads as follows hangs on cbe wall ot a Tampa (Flu.) restaurant "Waters are not allowed to lafe andtork with the men in cichen dewringmeleowers or wile waiting on gests." Birmingham, Ala., has a thief named Sturgess, who makes a specialty of wed ding presents. He was a regular attendant at church, and never missed a wedding. His house was found full of beautiful arti cles stolen from various wedding feasts. Mrs. Rboda Howard, supposed to be the oldest person in Kentucky, died a few days ago near Owingsville. She was born in North Carolina 114 years ago. Her third husband, who died in 1846, was a Revolu tionary soldier and she had drawn a pen sion up to the time ot her death. She had four children living, one being over ninety years old. She had lived in Kentucky ninety-one years and smoked a pipe con tinuously. 8he had never been sick a day and refused to take medicine up to the day she died. A foul murder was committed at Wad ley's saloon at Jackson, Tenn., a few nights ago. Will Madison, a young rail road man, struck Dan 8hampel, a cigar maker, over the head with a gun, crushing his skull, from which he died. Mayor Robinson has offered a reward of $200 for the arrest of the murderer. The total subscriptions for the Galveston fire-sufferers at last accounts reached $110, 000, of which $82,000 had been received and about $50,000 distributed. Mayor Moore, of Kansas City, remitted an additional subscription of $1,135, making a total ot $3,533 from that city. From Memphis, $1, 163 was sent; from the city of Corpus Christi, $500; and many smaller sums from Texas, Missouri and the East. The Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn., which was erected ten years ago, through the liberality Commodore Vander bilt, ot New York, who had previously contributed large sums to aid in the con struction of new buildings. The latest gift, the amount of which is not known, will, it is understood, be used in adding Teral thousand volumes to the library. New Orleans is full ot visitors. The decomposed remains of John Brown, colored, son of Willis Brown, were found a few days ago near Milan, Tenn. The hands and feet were tied, and it was evi dent that the poor creature had been bound by some enemy and left to starve to death. The boy had been missed for tome 'inie. The remarkable temperance campaign at Atlanta, conducted by Rev. Sam Jones, Senator Colquitt and others, resulted in the registration ot nine thousand voters (or the late election. Positive prohibition is the issue. Race linee have been obliterated by the excitement. INTERNAL REVENUE. Annual Report of the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue, With Opinions and Re-' commendation of that Officer In Regard to Future Legislation. Washington, D. C, November 23. The annual report of Joseph S. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1885, is an exhaustive document of 135 pages, pamphlet size, and contains many valua ble suggestions respecting the Internal revenue service. The Commissioner shows that theie are now 7,000,000 gal lons of distilled spirits abroad, which to find a market will have to be rcimported. This, with more than 10,000,000 gallons that had, on June 30th last, been in bond for three years or longer under the seven months' extension, affords ample margin for assuming that the receipts for the cur rent fiscal year willfiggregnte at least U5,000,OOO. The total receipts from all sources of internal revenue taxation for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1885, were $112,421,121, as compared with $121,590,039 for the year 1884; 8144,653,344 for the year 1883, and $146, 523,273 for the year 1082. The collec tions made in the Fifth District of Illi nois (1)13,298,087) were the greatest, and those in the First Ohio District ($8,058, 186) were second in volume. The cost of collection ' aagrcgated $4,445,430, against $5,076,914 lor 1864. Six hundred and twenty -four violations of the law were reported during the year, and 175 illicit distilleries were destroyed. The Commissioner recom mends an increase in the number of rev enue agents, and submits estimates for the next fiscal year aggregating 94,019,190. Nine hundred and twenty-six dismissals have been made in the force of storekeep ers, gaugers, etc., during the year. The aggregate amount of taxes collected from tobacco during the last fiscal year was $20,407,088. New York did the greatest menufaclurlng business: Pennsylvania is second on the list. It is recommended that an other examination be made to ascer tain the exact amount of taxes from States still due, and that proper action be had to obtain a settlement of the accounts of the direct Tax Commissioners. Con siderablu space is devoted to the sub' ject of taxation of fractional parts of a gallon of distilled, spirits during the course of which it is shown to be unite practicable for the distiller so to fill nis packages as to have a number ot full gal lons and a large fraction less than one half gallon iu nearly every Instance. Un der existing luw a fraction ol a half gal lon is exempt from taxation. The Com missioner is of the opinion that the prac tice should be checked without de lay and that the best remedy will l)c fonud in taxing all fractional parts oi n gallon of distilled spirits, and for this purpose lie recommends "that legist tion be had, which, in lieu of the pres. ent method of taxing and exempting fractious, shall authorize the assessment and collection monthly ot the tax upon the whole number of prool gallons, or of wine gallons when below proof, which the fractions of gal lons removed from each distil lery warehouse may ' aggregate Under the act of March 8, 1877, distillers of brandy from grapes are afforded the. advantages of three years' storage of theli product in .special bonded warehouses, The Commissioner is of the opinion that it would be advisable to make the pro visions of the act applicable to all dlS' tillers of fruit brandy. The quantity of spirits. 07,049,821 gallons withdrawn; tax paid from distillery warehouses during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1885, was less than the quantity (78,342,474 gallons) withdrawn from distillery warehouses during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1884, by 10,093,168 gallons. On the subject ol withdrawals of spirits the Commissioner says he is of the opinion that it would bo best to allow spirits to remain in 1S' tlllery warehouses an Indefinite time, subject to peremptory withdrawals In case of excessive losses, provided the United States is reimbursed for the add! tiouid expense incident to such storage He adds : "As in caso of all other art! cles subject to internal revenue tax, the ' qnauUty actuolly coiisuincrt Is the measure of the quantity upon w hich the tux is paid Any law, therefore, which Axes the date of the payment of the tax at any time other than the date of the. actual demand for I'liitHuiniitlon, is a disturbing clement In the business of the producer, more or less severe, us the business of the distiller varies more or less from the artificial standard set up by the law." In concluding, the Commissioner rec- niimends that the Inspector of Tobacco ' c abolished, and that his duties be de rived upon the collectors of districts here inspections of tobacco, snuff, cl- irs or cigarettes for exportation are neo kisary INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. The Forthcoming Report of the Bureau ol Education Universal Teaching of Indus trial Drawing to lte Warmly Kecom mended. Washington, D. C, November 22.- The Bureau of Education Is preparing a report on art and industry in institu tions of training. It Is replete with prao tical knowledge which will form a basil tor those studies In public schools. The work has been in preparation since 1874, and although some parts of it have been published the major portion of the con. tents Is new, and has been collected and edited with considerable trouble and care Much delay has been experienced in se- ' curing its publication, owing to insuffi' cientcy of appropriations or its use in other branches of the interior ueparv- uicnt, under which the Bureau Education is placed. The fundamental idea ot th work is that universal teaching in all public schools of the elements of industrial draw ing Is an essential part of any general sys tem ol public education. The work con tains a rpport of the system followed la English institutions and those in othet countries relating to technical instructiot and the history of the progress of indus trial and fine arts. There are several on inal papers in the work dealing with the advance of this science and its probable -fleet as a text-book for school uses. A Stubborn Krttance. I.oxdos, November' IS. Dispatches recived here state that the Bulgarians, ulthoueh defeated in vesterday's battle al Slivnitza, continued fighting until shortly before daylight yesterday, falling back slowly, but maintaining so strad) and deadly . a fire upon the advancing Servians that the lattci were deterred from making successful charge. After a short cessa tion of hostilities the fiehtina was re newed yesterday morutug, bet bu wUjji of the battle have yet beea reccrven. Oa of King. H'lf' aides wa woaaded. A REMARKABLE FAMILY. The Last Remaining Member of Whleh Is Lying at the Point of l)eaih-.A Singu lar Regularity In Dates of DeathMar ried at Four-Score. IIartford, Conn., November 23. Mrs. Julia Smith Parker, one of the famous Smith sisters of Alderney cow notoriety Is on her death bed. She was brought Into prominence eight or nine years ago, when she and her sister Abble refused to pay taxes in the town of Glastonbury because they were not allowed to vote. The town authorities seized a couple of fine Alder ney cows and sold them at auction. The sisters were the successful bidders and thus paid their taxes with additional costs. This was repeated a number of years, until "Abble Smith's cows" became known all over New England. A curious fact in connection with this Smith family is the regularity of dates of death once in seven years and 185 Is the year to claim this last irarvlvor, who ts now suf fering from rbrokeii lilp, caused by a fall a lew days ago. Seven years ago her sis ter Abbic died, and at intervals of seven years each of three brothers and sisters and her mother died, while - fourteen years elapsed between the deaths of ber father and mother. Mrs Parker Is nearly ninty-f our years, and up to the time of the accident was able to visit this city occasionally. Her husband is nearly as old, and the antiquated couple always at tracted attention as they drove to town In their farm wagon. The story of their marriage Is Interesting. Mr. Parker ited Glastonbury soon after Abblel and became acquainted with ulmost Immediately propose cepted by the lone sis over eighty years ceremonies were populace of Glastoi prise was expres' should marry aft fourscore years in Mrs. Parker's of time, as her si1 the bones or re than make her sible. A TERRI An Old and Promiii to His Darn and M Who Later Fires a tract Attention From Hi Chkstkr. Fa., Novem i Sharpless, one ol the mo' Orthodox Friends in Deb was most foully murdero about two miles from this city, night. Ills farm is a part of the or! tract of the pioneer, John Sharpies, w hom he is a lineal descendant, and if located on a ' lonely road. At 9 o'clock a strange colored man called at his house while it was raining. He found Mr. Sharpless sitting with his family his wife and two children and a nurse. He induced Mr. Sharpless to go to the barn with him for some straps, under the pretext that a carriage, in which there were three ladles, b; broken down iu the road. When in. stable the negro struck Mr. Sharplj Uieoocr oi the lieau wiui -ft tia crushing his skull and killing him in ly. After taking his watch the negro out the lantern and returned to the houl for the purpose, It Is thought, of killing all therein. In reply to a question he suld he wanted money and advanced to- ward one ot the women, at the sumo time asking what had become of the young girl, Whom he missed irom the room. Upon learning that she had gone out, and the colored servant being sent lor, the villain left. He went across the fields . in the direction of John Lindsay's ' farm. and it was supposed, fired tho barn to detract atten tion, for it was burned down a short time after the murder, with all the crops, (arming implements and four bead oi horses, entailing a loss of $5,000. The body of John Sharpless was found In the stable, where he had fallen. He was a very plain, generous, honest man, a well-to-do farmer, withont an enemy iu the world, and his murder is appalling, lie was President of the Sharpless Bi centennial Association, and took an ac tive part in the affairs of the community and his religious society. ARSON AND MURDER. . The Serious (harges Mronjrht Again- Henry Koliut In New York. Nkw York, November 24. Henry Kohut, the Bohemian, who is accused ot setting Are to the tenement In East Sixty lourth street yesterday morning, has been lormally charged with arson aud murder, the police having obtained evidence enough to warrant such a charge. The dead bodies of Mrs. Alary laika and her two children have been removed to the station-house, and the Coroner sum moned to hold an inquest. Kobut, it is believed, set the place on fire in order to recover a heavy insurance that he heid on his furniture. This was Insured for $900, while it was worth barely 975. Anton Scitr, a tenant in the house destroyed, describes the nre as follows: 'I was awakened by a cry of fire soon after one o'clock. Running out on the Ore escape I saw that Kohut's room ad- ioiniue mine was amaze, me oea was empty. No one was in the room. In front of the stove on the floor was a full quart oil-can upset and smashed. Th' lamp was upset lying on the table. The Are was on the floor. I pushed open the win dow and, running back to my room, got a DAil of water and threw it on ine nre fetched four pails of water fjnt the fire out. There was a very strong amcll of benzine in the room. When I had put out the Are I opened the door to 'the hallway to get out that way. Outside the stairs and ball were ablaw. The wslnacotting and the floor were all la a blase. There was no getting down that way, and I ran back to my room in the other building by way of the fire escape aud down to the street crying "Fire." As I reached the side walk I saw Kohut coming out of his own house with his coat on his arm. The other tenants were waking np then and beginning to climb down the fire es cape." . The Meeting of CoagreM. Washington, D. C, November 24. Two weeks from yesterday the Forty ninta Congress will convene. Nearly all the employes have been ordered on duty, aad &e respective chambers have been thoroughly c!eand and put in order. Tie House floor has beea newly car feted. The desks have all been re varnished, and the gildings and brass works repolisb1. The coat rooms hv been painted in licrht tints aud hand oroely carpeted with heavy raj. Th work ot renovatinx has been general throughout the buildup. , r 3 1 5 NelgA V 4W V f V a. THE WILD WAVES: WORK. Destruction Along the Atlantic Coast, From Maine to Georgia, By a Hevcre Storm and One of the Highest Tides Ever Known--HiixineitH and Travel Very Seriously Im peded. ' - . T v. : . Nkw York, November 25.-Contrary to signal office predictions there was a se vere storm all along the coast yesterday, accompanied by one of tho highest tides ever known. Old river men In this city compared the tide to the disastrous rise of the river in 1854. Great discomfort, damage to property and delay to business were eausedi'by the submerging of steps, streets and piers, and the flooding of basements and cellars. Ferry-boats stood so high, in the slips that teams could hardly get aboard. Along the Jersey coast the storm was especially severe. Sandy Hook was Inun dated and the Government Station was in danger of falling. The Southern New Jersey Railroad tracks wcm submerge Two One summer cottages at SeaK were swept into the Atlantic. Few ers and no sailing vessels alten, cross Sandy Hook bar to go to f Off Ocean Beach the ship M. Antwerp, for New York, strain the morning. One sailor board and was drown thirty-three members c rescued by i cargo se' ttilt throughout? and business Is much delayed. The Signal Oltlce reports that tne storm has been felt from Atlanta, Ga., to Eastport, Maine. Snow fell last night iu Ohio anci In diana. Clearing weather is predicted for some time to-day. THE WAR IN THE BALKANS. The Tide Squarely Turned and the Servians Retreating in DUortler to Their Own Ter ritoryMilan Went lip the Hill and Then Went Down Again. London, November 25. A dispatch to the Standard from Flrot status that the Servians are retreating in great disorder and trying to make their way across the frontier wherever they can. The demor alisation of the troops is complete, dis cipline is pnbvcrted and the control of the officers over the men is almost lust. The commissary and quartermaster suppjles are not properly guarded, and there Is al most a total lack of ambulances to carry off the wounded. The retreat, therefore, Involves great suffering and must result In a terrible loss of life. The people of Belgrade are enraged against King Milan for his wanton sacri fice of his soldiers' lives. The name of his hereditary rival, Prince Fetor Kara gcorgevitch, "is on every tongue, and a renewal of the conspiracy which was dis covered on the 4th Inst. Is deemed very probable. . Bklguadk, November 25. The latest dispatches from the front show that the Servians are still retreating and that the Bulgarians are advancing toward the frontier. The Servians' rear is contlnu-' ally threated by Bulgarian cavalry, but no serious encounter is yet re ported . The Servian general head quarters have been move in Servla, and tn-npcnsnleB back frontier, whar the? were advanc!u to TiaribjtTart Sunday. A state ot stml. parilc exists at Belgrade, and the land sturm baa been summoned to prepare im mediately for active service. Lonix), November 25. King Milan has decided to abdicate the throne of Ser vla. The country will be temporarily oc cupied by Austrian troops, if such a tourse is deemed necessary to prevent the accession of Prince Peter Karageorge vitch. The Tlrltlith M arching en Mandator. Losios, November 25. A Calcutta dispatch reports the defeat ot thp Bur mese troops by the British, who are- ad vancing from Minhla upon Mandalay. The road to the capital is now clear, and ;t will be but a few hours before King rheebaw's reign is over. A Teaactoas Grip. Nkw York, November 25. Mr. Geo. .Sterling, recently appointed by Gov crnor Hill to be Port Warden in place of Win. Leaycroft, whose term has expired, called upon the latter yesterday and iormaSlT demanded possession of the of fice. Mr. Leaycroft declined to surrendei the office until compelled to do so. saTins Hiat be did not recognise Mr. Sterling's .isrht to the place, and that the question ras one of law which must be decided by the courts. Mr. Sterling then returned :o Brooklyn to consult counsel, while Mr. Iycroft sought legal advice r 1 r 131 V boul is flooA ousl.iw be.ieV L i. r I '; V 1 1 r x I 1 r f A