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WiMi ^ii^f ii<i •mm » --. ^UkiSlLii-ft OIMVW1IW ftitsome ttm ' " tobradc «nlB| lbs officer of the Knights AtKif A® Entire Family In Georgia Mortared and Their Bodies Burned In Their Home. XM In I (poke asan individual voicing the senM / THE OTW8 CONDENSED. 'r.VY'-.V -•'•b'-'-j/V' -v1' *• THE riu"^ £ Ifciver, Mass., a surgical opera­ tion wu performed upon Mrs. Hopkins to relieve her of a silver dollar which she had swallowed eight- weeks previously, and which had lodgecl in her throat below the breast-bone. The coin was secured after a difficult and delicate 'use of the knife, and the indications are that the woman will reoover... .Alden Goldsmith, the fa­ mous trotting-horse breeder and trainer, died at Walnut Grove Farm, Blooming Grove, N. Y., aged 66. THE Government will soon institute pro­ ceedings in Boston to test the validity of (he patent granted the Bell Telephone Company... .Walter R. Duffy, President of the Rochester Distilling Company, made a personal assignment yesterday. Ex-Ai<i>. MCQUADE, of New York, was Bentenoed to imprisonment at hard labor in the State Penitentiary for seven years and to pay a fine of $5,000 for the crime of bribery, of which he had been found guilty by a jury of his fellow-citizens. justly convicted. He had violated public trust' and public duty, and deserved the gunithpent meted out to him. He advised im to disgorge the money he had received as a bribe. If left with his family it would work the inevitable result of ill-gotten gain. GOVERNOR HILL, of New York, has postponed the execution of Urs. Roxalana Druse until February 28, to give'the Legis­ lature an opportunity to modify the law of capital punishment in special cases. Un­ less the existing statute is changed the Governor says the woman must hang. Aided by her daughter, two eons, and a nephew she beheaded her husband and burned the remains. While mother and daughter were performing the latter" ghast­ ly work the boys were playing checkers in an adjoining room. hundred South Carolina negroes aiatrac Hill to meet a special train for New York, •a route to Liberia. They will need to be $«»v|4ed toby the elutritrtle. ' p,,^ 1-- •'1 1 1 WASBCTCTOM. ; THE report of (he Board of Managers of the National Home for disabled Volunteer Soldiers, just made public, says that the average number of inmates during the last fiscal year was 8,946, against 8,050 for the preceding year, an increase of 11.13 per cent. This ratio of increase is said to be likely to continue for a decade to come. The survivors of the war are growing old; their disabilities are severer, and the nnmber who are unable to support themselves is rapidly increasing. Notwithstanding the completion of the home at Leavenworth, Kan., there are yet many disabled and des­ titute soldiers cared for in almshouses. If Congress should provide for assisting in maintaining the soldiers in State homes, by authorizing the payment of one-hnlf of the cost of their support, the necessity for building additional homes might be avoid­ ed, except in the case of that recommended for the Pacific slope. The report says the home is gradually becoming a great hos- Sital, and the necessity for additional ospital accommodation is more urgent every year. The expenditure during the year was $1,609,709, and the estimates for the next year are $1^599,574. HUMORS are afloat in Washington that Secretary Manning's condition continues to excite apprehension among his friends, Recorder Smyth, in pronouncing sentence, ' as his eyes have lost their brightness.... said that McQuade had been fairly and It is rumored that the interstate commerce bill will be antagonized by "Western Sena­ tors. Their probable refusal to support the bill will lie based on objections to the "long and short haul" clause, and it is said that they have been converted to the opposition by letters from bondholding constituents who fear a loss of interest. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has made the following appointments, W. A. Walker, of Wisconsin, to be United States Attorney for tho Eastern District of Wis­ consin ; I). H. llisley, of California, to be United fetates Marshal of the Southern District of Cali­ fornia. Postmasters--Cairo, 111., Alexander H. Irvin; Decatur, 111., Samuel S. Jack; Kdwarda- ville. 111., James B. Dale; Pulton, 111.. William O. Greene; Atlanta, 111., Richard T. Gill: Barry, 111., William b\ White; Winona, 111,, Reginald F. Bt-echer; Paris, 111., Thomas E. Garner; West Plains, Mo., Lemuel G. Ellen; Wellington, Kan., Edith Love; Brazil, Ind., John D. Sourwine ; Hartford City, Ind., Charles U. Tim- munds; Hastings, Minn., Michael McHugh; Sauk Center, Minn., Uriel M. Tobey; William­ son, Mich , William P. Ainslee; Whito Pigeon, Mich., bamuel R. Robinson; Lowell, Mich., John M. Mathewson: Black River Falls, Wis., George W. Levis ; Belfast, Me, Henry L. Kil- gore; Annapolis, Md., Richard Welsh; Val- dosta, Ga., Willis Lang; Bards town, Ky., Mary McAtee; Calvert, Tex., B. F. Church; East Liv­ erpool, Ohio, Robert O. Abraham; Lorain, Ohio, C. S. Vorwerk; Mandan, Dakota, Joseph Hager; Seattle, Washington Territory, M l.ynn; Paris, Texas, C. 1! Pegues. THE WEST. - Tat extensive lumber firm of Monroe Brothers A Co., of Cleveland, has made an assignment, owing to the embarrassment of Charles Winchester, of Ashburnham, •ass., a general partner The fate which met McQuade. in New York, may soon be­ fall several boodlers in Cincinnati. In­ dictments have been found against mem­ bers of the old Board of Public Works and tierks, seventeen in all. Most of them against Geoige Seiter and Charles Black- born, clerks of the Board, while James, Morgan, and Clfarles, members of the Board, and William Klein, an outsider, have also been arrested. The indictments - oover every phase of fraud and embezzle- . ment by which public officers usually pluck , *c«y- FBOM a table in the First National Bank p 4% Milwaukee there was mysteriously ab- |±vt stracted a package of $2,000 in half-signed note* A young attorney of Indianapolis , named Perkins, refused to testify before jJJomHBMBioner Van Bren in the election /. fraud ease, and was committed to jail for three months Paul Grottkau, the social­ ist of Milwaukee, was sentenced to (he House of Correction at hard labor for days for contempt of court, his trial for conspiracy and riot his paper contained a in relation to Judge Sloan, and there were also attacks _ District Attorney, and wit- lUlaut Mussels, who nraniered rtman and attempted to burn «, was taken from jail at Eaton, Ohio, and hanged to the electric-light tower. Leading citizens planned the lynch­ ing, and women and children viewed the remains as they hung in mid-air V. 6. Hush ft Co., private bankers at Minne­ apolis, Minn., have suspended pay­ ments. Indorsements by Mr. Hush for tho proprietors of the Puritan Iron Mine, to the extent of $400, COO, caused the disaster, but it is believed that creditors will be paid in full.... At a farm house near Blair, Nebraska, an unknown man fired a shotgun through a window and killed H. Bnttenscbon at the supper-table. The assassin then broke in the front door and struggled for some time with Mrs. Buttenschon, with the intention of taking her life, but her courage frightened him •way. JAMES LYNX, JB., a young farmer living Bear Wabash, Ind., and his family were stricken recently with a peculiar disease resembling trichinasis. Hundreds of hORS that had died from cholera on Lynn's farm were burned, and the doctors assert that flie gases arising from the porkers caused the malady that has afflicted the family.*... Bobbers broke the plate-glass window of J. C. Elliot's jewelry store at Minneapolis and carried off $0,000 worth of diamonds and diamond rings. They first barred the doors of the store on the outside to prevent pursuit by the proprietor and his employes. ... .A branch house established at Kala- mazoo by a Chicago brewing company has paid, under protest, $200 as the annual State tax as wholesale liquor dealers, and proposes to carry the matter to the United States Supreme Court The Citv Hall at Cheboygan, Mich., was destroyed by lire. The jail was located in the basement, and two prisoners confined there were burned to death The failure is announced of Warren & Birmith, manu­ facturers of woolen goods at Cape Girar­ deau, Mo., whose liabilities are estimated at nearly $100,000 A tire at Oskaloosa, Iowa, destroyed the opera house, post-office an* three stores, the loss being $60,000. Lm STRlAL NOTES. THE coal operators in (he Shawnee district of Ohio have addressed to the Bail- road Commissioners of that State a docu­ ment claiming that for weeks at a time no cars have been furnished at the mines hy the Baltimore and Ohio Boad, and asking for themselves and their suffering miners relief from such violation of private rights. MASTER WORKMAN POWDERLY'S or­ der, prohibiting Knights of Labor assem­ blies to contribute funds in aid of the con­ demned Chicago anarchists, has caused no little excitement among Knights who are tinctured with socialism, and many of them avow an intention to withdraw from the order. THE BAILWAT8. THE Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad Company has opened its new depot building at Milwaukee Commis­ sioner Blanchard, of the Central Traffic Association, in a public statement regarding the conference inters^te commerce bill, says he agrees with its main Bcope and aimB. indorses publicity of rates, but does not entirely approve the "long and short haul" and "pooling" clauses. THE Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad Com­ pany is seeking to boy the South Pennsyl­ vania Line The New York and New England Boad, it is reported, will be man­ aged by A. L. Hopkins, formerly connected with the Wabash system... .The Secretary of the Treasury has accepted the offer of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Boad to pay $153,600 in compromise of the claim of the Government for unpaid in­ terest on bonds transferred by the,&ta£$„of GEMEBAL, THE SOUTH. MICHAEL DAVITT, who passed through Chicago the other day, said that he was not at all alarmed at the condition t>f affairs in Ireland. The arrests Were made simply to show an apparent need for fur­ ther legislation, and the indications were that the Tory leaders would not make an­ other attempt at coercion. Both the League and Ireland were quite prepared for the struggle, and he firmly believed that En­ glish, Scotch, and Welsh popular feeling would be with the Irish and against the course of action 6f the Tories. THE steamship Werra brought to New York a large number of pheasants, canaries, and wild rabbits, and twelve wild boars. The latter are to be set free at various points, some of them at Judge Caton's farm, near Ottawa, HI The Rev. Dr. O'Reilly, Treasurer of the American League, last week sent by cable to the Treasurer of the Irish National League at Dublin a draft for £5,000, making $40,000 transmitted since the Chicago con­ vention... .The following is the visible supply of grain in store and afloat Dec. 18: Wheat 61,459,874 bushels, increase 1,470,- 344 bushels; corn 12,164,603 bushels, in­ crease 547.776 bushels; oats 5,098,639 bushels, decrease 24,324 bushels; rye 420,- 460 bushels, increase 17,132 bushels; bar­ ley. 2,950,960 bushels, increase 165,242 bushels. THE tomato pack of 1886 is 45,547,040 cans, but is below (he consumption re­ quirements of the country, and an advance in prices may be looked for... .Mr. Blaine is said to be gathering material for a his­ tory of the war of 1812, and intending to go to Europe next fall. He will visit Ire­ land, Germany, and France, returning to the United States about sixty (lavs before the meeting of the next National Conven­ tion of the Republican party. So reports the Associated Press Agent at Washington. FOBElCilvr in Cotonty Clare aid rwwta dne from tenants on the Vande iMfeetaftei. Twn French UmbtmUm of arms and am­ munition ate being worked te their utmost •apaotty The corporation of Stratford- on-Avon has voted the heartiest thanks of the' town to George W. Childs for the gift of & drinking-fountain... .Judge Butt, of London, in dismissing the divorce petitions of Lord and Lady Campbell, granted full costs to tne latter and to the Duke of Marlborough.... At the regular fortnightly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Irish National League at Dublin it was announced that since the last meeting there had been re­ ceived in donations from Ireland $2,200 and from America $25,000. Mr. John Dillon said he would continue to carry out the plan of campaign in defiance of the Gov­ ernment. "Nobody," he said, "has a right to say the plan of campaign is illegal until a jury has decided on the facts." Mr. Dil­ lon also said that leaders in this new move­ ment desire to benefit tenants in Ireland without assistance of the moonlighters. THE Emperor of Japan has adopted the etiquette of the Prussian Court, and has appointed Herr von Mohl. formerly Ger­ man Consul at St. Petersburg, as master of oeremonies. ADDITIONAL NEWS. F. £. GOODHART, of Beading, Pennsyl­ vania, while lounging in a saloon, was made a raving maniac by a party of friends, who dressed themselves in buffalo robes and rushed at him with uplifted hatchets. Judge Peckham, of the New York Su­ preme Court, has decided that the action of the Legislature of that State last winter in repealing the charter of the Broadway Street Bailway Company of New York City is constitutional. ^ Ax explosion of gas in the coal bunkers of the British steamer Suez, at New Or­ leans, fatally burned the second engineer and three Chinese firemen, and dangerously burned three other Chinese. THE contract for the construction of' the new building for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has been awarded to Nor- cross & Co., of Worcester, Mass., for $524,000. Worcester granite is the ma­ terial chosen. This bid does not include excavation and carving, which will make the total cost $600,000 At Medina, Ohio, five men worked three hours on the safe of the County Treasurer, which contained $30,000, and were compelled to abandon their attempt. During that time they held Marshal Frazier as a prisoner, bound and gagged, in a corner of the office. THE Naval Board of Inspection which surveyed the United States steamer Ten­ nessee has reported that the vessel cannot be repaired within the statutory limit of 20 per cent, and will have to be condemned. THE Federal court at Cincinnati has or­ dered the sale of the Kentucky Central and Chattaroi Roads by a special commis­ sioner. The former has an indebtedness of $6,000,000. * WASHINGTON speoial: "There is some talk here about the President calling an extra session of Congress if the present one adjourns without taking some action toward the reduction of the surplus, but there is no authority for any such report It is said at the White House that the President has given the subject considera­ ble thought." THE resignation of Lord "Randolph Churchill; says a London dispatch, splits the Tory party as effectively as Chamber­ lain's defection from Gladstone split the Liberals. The Irish coercive proposals of the Government were the primary cause of Churchill'B sudden resolution. There were other points on which Churchill was unable to agree with his colleagues--the county government board bill and the proposed cloture rules being the most im­ portant. The reported disagreement on the army and navy estimates between Churchill and the ministers respectively re­ sponsible for those departments has natu­ rally been given a prominent place in re­ ports relating to the resignation in connec­ tion with war rumors. It is, however, safe to say that Churchill's opinions on the question of coercion are the chief consid­ eration. Churchill, it is now Btated by his personal organs, was the the only friend of Ireland in the Cabinet. He hates coercion and regards it as no remedy for disaffec­ tion. Churchill expects to be joined by recruits from Hartington's following when the smash comes in Parliament * - • ' Vlr - ~ vW ,1«1 ' Anomalies of Smell. Peculiarities of the sense of emell form a subject of investigation by Mr. Arthur Mitchell of Edinburgh. Among those observed thus far, is that of a person who smells nothing from a bed of mignonette, and of another who perceives no odor from a bean-field, the sense being otherwise acute and discriminating in both cases. Another person can discover no difference be­ tween certain odors which are very dif­ ferent to others; while there are per­ sons wlio are sickened by certain odors which usually give pleasure. A con­ siderable number of persons seem to be altogether destitute of the sense of smell; and on the other hand there are a few who hate the sense very strongly developed. A SOUND conclusion--A dying i THE Louisiana Board of Liquidation i"» •Banged with two banks in New Orleans to take the accounts of the State and pro­ vide for the payment of interest on her consolidated debt..Joseph P. Evans, formerly a member of the Virginia Senate, has been adjudged insane, and will be sent from Petersburg to the asylum.. .The cattle disease reported from Texas is de­ cided to be something other than pleuro­ pneumonia. SUBTERRANEOUS detonations continue %the regin of Summerville, S. C Col. Borthup, well known in railwav circles * ... ... throughout the Southern States, and LONDON bankers have placed a loan of famous as the drill-master of De Molay $2,000,000 for King Kalakaua at 5 per cent. Commander? of Knights Templars, of premium... M. De Lesseps, at a meeting - tUl®Vl 6* en adjudged a lunatic. 0f the Geographical Society, announced A locco (Ga.) special says: "The re- that the Panama Canal would be open for ported burning of Frank Sanders, the traffic in 1889 It is reported that Em- taurderer of the five members of the Swill peroF ,Wllham ha8 written a long auto- ina family nrnvA<l i,. • t . graph letter to the Czar without having Sfs returned\o jail that dTy by^te Sob® i PrinC,® Bismarck' "'gin* the •Phia mnrniiur | maintenance of peace, and asking i j ' a Party of one j his forbearance froiu any l olicy tend- ZHI' B™8 E»roV»» it. . . . door and took • down the English Liberals are pretty well frightened sieht ^ I t * COn^nt i by the d' ciBi«n gainst Mr. Dillon? think- develoDed since that I T, ?3 ing lhey have bad tt veiT narrow escape ^eloped Mn,e that Mis Rachael Baty from a collision with both the Irish court ttSmTSio denf n of hP^if i' "ndibat! aiMl English opinion. They are now l astily r j?*.? i.•herBfelf a»d Zanders ; disowning all responsibility for the "plan ThTt^Ti^ now in iTire^ llgaUled- °f CumPai«D-" Mr. Gladstone's friends The woman is now in jail, and there are were lust in time to extract from him be- Jeafi that she will be taken out to-night fore the court spoke, a general declaration »d lynched b, Uu. m,aJ| SrtSSSS TE"K3 , oUprsnie Court of Alabama has d6- Mall Gazette is about the only English pa- netted that all sales of lands made by the/?er w)"ch defends the "plan," and its de- Afcbama and Chattanooga Road before its) £«^i!^Sf*dlrto be more dama?ingtbau -- - Fire at Galves- I h National League, urges thatIrish- rfWenty-eight dwell- I Americans hold meetings to protest against * ^ he loss is j the eviction and coercion policy of the ftjKfiT6gating I Tor* in Tvalan^ Thfi^ Paf- %HE MARKET8. NEW YORK. BEEVBS Hoon V.W.... WHEAT--No. 1 Hard. No. 2 Bed.. COBS--No. 2 OATS-White POBK--New Mesa CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers •Good Shipping Common HOOS--Shitiuino tirades, ..... FLOCB--Extra Spring WHKAT--No. !4 Spring. COBX--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 • BUTTEK--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full T'r.>am, Cheddar. Full Cream, new EGGS--Fresh POTATOKS--Choice, per bu POBK-Hess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash COBN--No. 2 OATS -NO. 2 RVE--NO. 1..... POBK--Mess. TOi-JiDO. WHEAT--Ho. 2 SOBS--Cash AT8--No. 2.... DETROIT. BEEF CA>ra.E HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 COBN--Mixed '.. OATS--Mixed POBK--New Mess • CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. i OATS--No. 2 POBK--Mess .....* LIVE Hoes BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard COBN- NO. 3 Yellow CATTLE INDIANAPOLIS. BEEP CATTLS HOGS. SHEEP WHEAT--Mo. Sited-- COIIN--No. t OATS EAST LIBERTY, CATTLE--Best. Fair Common ^33^.2 94.50 4.t»> .93 .60 .46 .37 12.25 4.75 3.75 3.00 4.29 4.25 .76 .80 .SI 0 8.75 i* 4.50 & .94 @ .91 V4 .49 & .41 12.75 5.25 & 4.5J 3.25 4.75 (9 4.50 MM J & .18 @ •12M<5 .12^4 <9 .22 <3 .45 & 11.25 ia« .is* si 0 .4H £11.50 .76 .30 .90 .54 U.S5 .19 jn .» 4.50 8.50 4.25 .80 ja .SL C« .77 <9 .26!* <4 .56 @11.50 .80 .38 .80 mjrtraortinttry Can of Jfl ' v:."'!«*» X&diana't Walking Having Lost Control of Kit I*nnr ;•lilmbs, He Tramps Almasl Perpetually. _ rWabash (Ind.) letter.} John Snider, Indiana's walking man, is a dandy curiosity and no mistake. Snider lives one mile south of Mill Grove, a small station on the Pan-Handle Bailway, in the eastern part of Blackford County. Your correspondent found hiip industriously performing his heel-and-toe act. .His nome is a one-storv log-cabin, located in the center of an acre lot. Around the house a beaten path, worn fnlly five inches below the surface, indicates the route pursued by Snider in his weary and almost ceaseless tramp. To vary the mon­ otony of his tram]), Snider has two other promenades, both in the rear of the dwell­ ing, circular in form and ninety feet in diameter. During the past three months Snider has walked incessantly out of doors, throng!i rain, sleet, and snow; but, as the exposure had begun to tell on him, his relatives fitted up a room in the cabin for his pedestrian exercises. Two yeara ago last April Snider, then a robust man of fifty-four, while at work in a field, was seized with a spasmodic twitch­ ing of bis arms and hands and severe cramping of the muscles of the body. He was incapacitated for labor of any kind, and the physician summoned pronounced the case a most serious one. After a few days of suffering all symptoms of nervous derangement disappeared, and for a week Snider was apparently as well as ever. Then the muscular convulsions again man­ ifested themselves, but this time in the legs. He lost control of both legs, and the pro­ pensity to walk, which will eventually carry JSnider Co the grave, took complete posses­ sion of him, and with the exception of about four hours each day, from 1 to 5 o'clcok a. m., be is constantly on his feet and traveling at the rate of four miles an hourt When visited by the correspondent Snider was dressed in a coarse woolen coat, a pair of jean trousers, flannel shirt, and an aged and badly battered felt hat. On his feet he wore heavy plow-Bhoes, much the worse for tne vigorous service they have experi­ ence!. Snider is a man of dark com­ plexion, with an iron-gray beard and short gray hair. His countenance is bronzed by constant exposure to Bun and rain, and the deep lines of care on his face prove that he fully appreciates the magnitnde of his mis­ fortune. Living in the same cabin with Snider are his wife and five children, two sons and three daughters, who support themselves by laboring in the neighbor­ hood. At 5 o'clock in the morning, after asleep of three to fonr hours. Snider begins his daily tramp and continuous walking, eat­ ing his meals as he walks, until one o'clock the following morning, when he sits down in a chair niid Bleeps soundly, being unable to rest in a recumbent position. At the outset his friends endeavored by force to induce him to remain quiet, but he immediately became frantie, and with tears in his eyes the patient begged to be released or he would die. Snider was placed in the State asylum at Indianapolis for a brief ? time, but was returned by the authorities- there, pronounced harmless and incurable. He is perfectly rational, but talks but little about his peculiar affliction, and seems rather averse to newspaper notoriety. The walker stated ttiat he could not pos­ sibly control himself, and that his physi­ cians had informed bim that he wonld walk until death claimed, him. When Snider begnn his tramp he weighed 160 pounds; he now weighs 150 pounds, and has not an ounce of superfluous flesh. His muscles are hard and firai. He has fully recovered from a recent indisposition, when he was thought to be djfug. He walks with a quick step of uniform length, striking his heels into the soil each time, the shock being apparently a grateful one to his mus­ cles. At times Snider sleeps as he walks, and for an hour, guided by relatives, he swings around the circle, snoring loudly, and upon awakening he runs at a rapid gait for sev­ eral miles, to "rest himself," as he says. Snider suffers no pain, and is apparently contented while in motion. During the past fall fair managers in this section of the Stat* were lively Didders for Snider aB a curiosity. At Warren he was on exhibition in a tent for three days, and proved a great card, leceiving $200 for his services. He was offered §200 to ap­ pear at the Marlon fair, and a New York dime museum manager made him a flatter­ ing offer for Che season, both of which were declined. Dr. Davidson, of Hartford City, who is Snider's physician, and has complete charge of the case, said that, while his recovery is impossible, Snider would probably live for many months. "The affection is a disease of the spinal cord," said the Doctor, "and from the hips down his physical condition is not subject to government by the brain, the great nerve center." In October Snider was placed behind a plow in a field and made fair progress for a time, but when the plow struck a hidden root and stopped, Snider, instead of ex­ tricating it, let go of the handles, walked around the horses, and set off alone on his regular tramp. It is estimated that during the two years he has been walking, Snider has traveled 25,000 miles. The case excites widespread interest among the medical fraternity, many mem­ bers of which have visited Snider at his home, diagnosing the disease while walk­ ing ~?<th him, as he is unable to stop even for moment. His case is said by physi- citiTis to be unparalleled, and his powers of er.durmce superhuman. A, FAMOUS HUMORIST. Al uaniler E. Swent, of the Texas SlfUngs. A New York dispatch states that A. £. Swoet'ii new piny has been fully rehearsed and that it will prove a big success. Alex. E. Sweet is the funny man of Texas Sifl- <ge 5.25 & 4.75 «£ 5.00 @ .80U 0 .38 (A .82 .80 .36 .81 .36 H .28i&£> .29^ 11.50 @12.03 .80 .38 .80 11.60 «* .43 4.23 3.00 4.00 S.50 .76 AS 4.75 4.00 *85 .80^ .38!* & .31 €12.00 & 4.50 •80* & .44 & 5.80 5.00 W 4.50 4.85 .77 .35% «* .30 & B.7S <$ 4.50 <S> 3.75 «.< @ 4.! % ment of united labor, and no* w (Stomal Mutar Workman of the Knlghta of Labor. I would not adviae von not to t*k« MApwtr. It Mem* torn* that it 1 duty of ah interested to endeavor to IUMIM to free the ballot-box Tram thedegradlng lnfltteaeetof the bribe giver and taker, a* well ae from ttiat tool of monopoly--whisky. Pot forth, Soar every effort to discover what is wanted in lie management of the municipal affairs ef your eitjr; don't, as is too often the ease, allow,' the interest to die oat on the eve of election day,' but continue until you have located the cause of the trouble. You will find that, In order to remove the cause of the trouble, you will have to begin at the bottom and work up, instead of beginning at the top and falling down. Tt your movement means what its name indicates, keep it up and elicit the services of all honest men, for ail such are interested in hone;' regardless of their calling in M. BENE GOBLET. The French Statesman Chief of the Bs. eently Formed Cabinet. Monsieur Bene Goblet was born at Aire- snr-la-Lys in 1828 and began life as a law­ yer at Amiens. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1871, and in that body rapidly made himself a reputation aB an orator. In 1876 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, to which body he was returned by the electors in the following year. He gained the enmity of M. Zola, for forbidding the production of "Germinal" last year. Rene Goblet, formerly a protege of Gam- betta, is said to be a secret ally of Clemen- ceau. He was Minister of Public Instruc­ tion in the Cabinet which preceded the one which was defeated in the first week of December, 1886. In the year 1882 he was Minister of the Interior. M. Goblet is a journalist of liberal views, having founded while at Amiens in 1869 the liberal journal styled Le Progres de la Somme. He at one period voted for the Wallon Constitu­ tion, which Gambetta sought to revise. In 1876 he was beaten by a Bonapartist, and in 1882 he was described by the Figaro as entertaining anti-clerical views. MR. MANNINGS DENIAL The American Minister to Mexico Be- ftttes the Charges of Dronk- ings. He is 46 years of age, and moved from Austin, Tex., to New York three years "His blossoming out as a playwright '."ift him quite prominently before the wiSf c once more. The play is said to be very funny, and deals with the doings of Col. Snort, a typical Texas editor. FOWDERLI ON LABOR TOPICS. Cto Befoses to Take Active Part, but Ul'ff»s Workinituien to Action. [Philadelphia telegram.] General Master Workman Powderly has wrttten to the managers of the labor party hi this city, refusing to address the con­ vention of that party. He explains that he took part in the George campaign in New York City because his name was used by the opponents of George to di'icoun- tenanoe the movement, and he watted to . m _ snow that he favored it. Continuing, he enness. 4 ^liNew0rleau9 A TBormnc: paper prints the following letter from Minister Manning, dated at the City of Mexico on the 13th inst., and ad­ dressed to Mr. Percy Roberts: MY DEAII SIB--Revolting as the subject is to me. I can not permit my friends and the public to be deceived and misled by the slanderous misrepresentations that have lately filled many of the newspapers. The crusade against me be­ gan with accounts of what was said to bo a mag­ nificent banquet given in my honor, at which were a large number of distinguished men, and where I, in plain terms, was said to have got drunk. The actual facts, which will, 1 triist, by the kindness of the New Orleans press, be gen­ erally disseminated, are as follows: Mr. Uuiraud, a formsr resident of New Or­ leans, knowing my desire to meet some of the business men who were engaged extensively in the industrial development of Mexico, invited two--only two--of them to meet me at break­ fast at his house. They were Mr. Braniif, an American long resident of this country, and Mr. Sebastian Camacho, a Mexican. Both of them are largely interested in the railroads and in mines ; Mr. Braniif in a cotton factory, and both capitalists iu the very front rank of those brainy, practical, yrogressive men who have done so much already to develop their country, and who are looking hopefully forward to the accomplishment of greater results. The party consisted of those two gentlemen, our host, and myself. The conversation at the table was entirely occupiel by a contrascive de­ scription ol the country--as it was and us it is-- and with details of what was in progress now and in preparation for the future. X gained a mass of valuable i nd interest ng iu'foimation from them that 1 could not have obtained from books. With so staid a party and witn such subjects for discussion it is hardly reasonable there would be extraordinary hilarity. Wine waB drunk, but in moderation/and at the ena of the breakfast I went to the legation and re­ mained until 4:30 p. m , transacting the busi­ ness of my office. I inclose Mr. Braniff's state- ment about the breakfast. It was telegraphed from here some time after this--why, I don't know--that I had delirium tremens, as was evident from the noises pro­ ceeding from my rooui. Fortunately for me, a gentleman of tho highostctaaracterhad his room next to mine. He refers to the Mexican minis­ ter at Washington for information as to who he is. His name is Thomas MsicMac-us, and his statement is forwarded. The chief of the dining- room in my hotel has kindly tendered his state­ ment, which is herewith inclosed. The hotel has no bar-room, as in the States. All liquors are furnished in tho dining-room. 1 do not wish to make this letter longer, but as my con­ finement to my room from an attack of pneumo­ nia has been circulated with malicious industry as a pretense, 1 add at this point a sentence from a statement made by my physician. Dr. Parsons: "I began attendance on Judge Manning Nov. 25, and found him suffering extreme pain in the region of the heart, and, on examining the lungs, found that the lower lobe of the right lung was affected with pneumonia. His con­ valescence was protracted owing to tho heart difficulty, which I attribute to the altitude of Mexico, und to the inubility to procure a flre in the Judge's room. Judge Manning had previ­ ously consulted with me in reference to the ef­ fect that the altitude and extreme cold weather had upon him, stating that he had not been comfortable since his arrival. I have noticed t*;at all Southerners who come htre during the winter months suffer with colds, catarrhs, etc , especially when a northern wind has been blowing in Vera Cruz, as has been the case for the last two or three weeks. "Dati'd Dec. 6, 18S6." Under continuous subjection to a wretchei cOld, catarrh, and fore ttiroat, I have not, save on three occasions, been out of my hotel at night for seven weeks, and wiien symptoms of Sneumonia supervened I was enjoined to uso lie greatest precautions. During tbe; period Mr. Marinelial, the Minister of FoKSign Affairs, gave a diplomatic dinner, and I accepted his invitation, though prostrate at the time, hoping 1 should be well enough to attend when the dinner, which was a ~veek ahead, should com* Off. When my physician learned what I ha4 done he energetically prohibited my attoiia- ance at the dinner, declaring he would not an­ swer for the consequences. The telegraphic correspondents who had concocted the previous dispatches threatened, I am advised, tnat if I did not go to the dinner they would make it lively for mo. You know probably by this time Into what new forms of traduction this lively invention has projected itself. I do not. Very truly yours. T. C. MANNING. The statement of Mr. Branitt' is dated at Mexico, December 9, and is as follows: "I hereby certify that I was present at the breakfast given by Mr. (j-uiraud, at which Judge Manning also assisted. The only guest besides the Judge and myself was Mr. Camacho, di­ rector of tho mint and of several railways. The breakfast was at the usual hour, between 1-2 and 1 o'clock, and wine was drunk, but with moderation. At the conclusion, about 3 o'clock, Judge Manning loft us for the legation. He was not in the least under the influence of the wino, and we were much surprised here at hearing that statements contrary to the above hod been made. THOMAS BUANIFF." Tho statement of Thomas MacManus, who occupies room next that of the Minister at the Hotel del Jardin, says ihathe fc.i" bnen in constant intercourse with Judge Manning and has never seen him under the influence of liquor. If there had been any noise in the Judge's room MacManus says he would have heard it. Manuel Buiz, in charge of the dining-room at the hotel, states that Judge Manning drank very little liquo ̂or wine and was never intoxi­ cated. / THE sting of a bumble bee contains only one-fifth part of a drop of poison, and why a boy inmps up and down and takes on so about it is more than medical science The Perpetrator Confesses and la Boasted i . Mob on the 8oehe of *1m " Deed. [Atlanta ,'Oa.) special.] New* has readied this city o# » terrible murder committed in Franklin County in which fire lives were lost, and the perpe­ trator was subsequently lynched. Under the law of Georgia when misdemeanor convicts are only fined they have the privi­ lege of selling their services if any one will pay the fine and take them. It wa* thus that John Swilling, a substantial farmer, made the acquaintance of Frank Snnders, who was in . jail. Sanders had been but recently a resident of , the county, coming from South Carolina. Swilling agreed to take him, and made him one of the family. On several occasions Sanders has attempted to escape the tusk of working out his fine, and thus the gratitude which he should have felt toward Mr. Swilling was turned into bitter bate. Wednesday Mr. Swilling took some cotton to Tdocoa, where he disposed of it. On returning home the family, consisting of Swilling, his wife, and three children, retired at an early hour in one room. Sometime before daylight Thursday morn­ ing Sanders, who slept ia the' house, resolved to secure the money and escape. Taking the ax with which he worked he noiselessly entered, but as he reached the beside Swilling sprang up. He was given a blow on the head which went crashing through his brain. Another blow killed Mrs. Swilling, while asleep. Having got his hand into the bloody busi­ ness, Sanders then deliberately went to the threQ children and drove the poll of his ax through their skulls. His murderous deeds accomplished, the next thought was for concealment. A lamp nearly filled with oil was on the mantelpiece. This Sanders took and poured the oil over the bed­ clothes. He then applied fire, and, putting the stolen money m his pocket, sallied forth for the purpose of giving plausi­ bility to the deed. He ran to the house of George Swilling, brother of his victim, and told him of the lire. George hurried back, accompanied by several neighbors, while Sanders continued in another direction. Unfortunately for Sanders, the house was not completely burned when the party reached it, and the fire had not yet touched the body of Mr. Swilling. It was thus that the wound on Swilling's head was discovered. Then the absence of Sanders was noted. Search was at once made for him, and before the day closed he was caught and confessed the bloody deed. The citizens took him from the officers, and hurried him to the ruins of Swilling's house. When the mob reached the scene of the tragedy they made Sanders describe in detail the whole' crime. As soon as ho had finished the narration they gave him five minutes in which to pray. A fire was built on the spot where Swilling's body had lain, and into it San­ ders, tied head and foot with chains, was thrown. When the pile had burned away, leaving nothing but charred bones, the party separated. Sanders was a fugitive from South Caro­ lina, where a charge of murder was hang­ ing over him. At the age of 16 he com­ mitted forgery, and therefor ssrved an im­ prisonment of five years. Upon his release he married an unsophisticated country girl. He quarreled with her in January last and cut her throat. He disappeared that night and had not been seen or heard from until the particulars of this terrible tragedy were made public. BENEATH THE WAYE$V Thirty-fire Lives Lost by the Wreak of a Whaler Off EM , ai800.J:-\'v , [San Francisco special.] The whaler bark Atlantic was driven ashore a mile and a half below tbe Cliff House, and went to pieces in a few min­ utes, not a spar remaining standing. The wreck was strewn along the beach for three or four miles. About twenty-five men are believed to be lost. The captain and mate, with eight or ten men, were saved. At the time of the disaster a dense fog and heavy sea prevailed. The Atlantic leit here for a cruise in the South Pacific, after which Bhe was to proceed north. She was an old vessel, having been built in 1851; was 251 tons register, and was own­ ed by J. & W. B. Wing, of New Bedford, MaBs. She was commanded by Capt. Thomas P. Warren. Following is Captain Warren's statement of the wreck: "There was a heavy hea'd swell and no wind. The currents were so strong that we could not get out of the swell. We let go both anchors, but the sea swept the decks, and was so heavy that the anchors could not hold. We dragged ashore and struck at 1:30 a. m. Men were being washed off during all this time by the im­ mense waves which washed ove£ us. The vessel went to pieces an hour and a half after she struck. There was a very heavy fog, and it was pitch dark. We succeeded in lowering two boats, but both capsized before getting two boat-lengths from the ship. The first boat contained Z. H. Doty, first mate, Anton Perry, third mate, and four or five of the crew. That was the last we saw of them. In the second boat were myself, second mate, King, and five men. When we were swamped the sea carried us in till we touched bottom, when we dragged ourselves ashore. We made no signals of distress, as it was too foggy for any to be Been." As soon as the captain reached the shore he made his way in an exhausted condition to the life-saving station, a few hundred yards away, and gave the alarm. The ap­ paratus was immediately got out, but owing to the darkness and fog it was some time before the wreck could be locatc d. A line wai then shot over her, but proved of no service, as it became entangled in floating wreckage, and the vessel shortly went to pieces. The vessel was valued at $10,000, and her outfit at ' $15,000; insurance, $5,COO. The captain and crew numbered iorty-two persons, and up to now only eleven are known to be saved. fc/i ym Carrying a Simile Too Far.f -V -Mr. Greathead (sententiously)--My dear, family government is at the base of our whole social and political fabric. It must be like the pyramids of Egypt, solid and enduring, or the whole structure will topple to ruin. The family must have a head, and necessity and tradition have made the hns- band and father occupy that position. Mrs. G. (slily)--Yes/ And very proper­ ly, too. I believe tLe head of a pyramid is the very smallest part about it, isn't it, my love? All About Bees. IT is said that the sting of a bumble-bee contains only one-tif.ieth part of a drop of poison. This may be* but it gets there.-- A etc Haven Neirs. IT is said that bees esn predict the weather. They do it with their little tails, and, tuviously enough, they always it warm.--Burling I on Free Press. "BEES," says the Scientific American, "can remember a man." We didn't know that, but we have frequently had reason to believe theycould dismember him.--Brook­ lyn EagU\ LIGHTNING struck a hire of bees in Kansas the oiher day. The painful story is soon told. The misguided lightning came out of that hive quicker than it went iu, and went off into space with its tail be­ tween its legs. Moral: Never pick a quar­ rel when yon are not acquainted with the ^ . , **V ~ ti Boot* Goralttj* M tbe SOUM 1 18, agfcsd uaaolmons ttponltsiMMagift bill agpfeprl- attaa «M40M tar a public at Chads* thftk, In vtovi of^£Ureo«n* cipcrisncc*of *thal city, this was not the time to jonaopriai* •500,000 for the ersctton of a new bufldmg. Mr. Dibble remarked that if the Mil were not passed the Government would have to transact its . business in tbe open air. The House then went into committee, of the whole on the Oklahoma bllL Pendiife action the committee rose and the morning boor expired. Instantly a hush fell over the House, snd the noise in the galleries ceased. All eyes were turned npon Mr. Morrison, who. arising in his seat, said: "Mr. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the state of the Union for the purpose of considering revenue bills." Mr. McKinley, of Ohio--And on that I demand the yeas and nays. During the roll-call absolute silence reigned in tbe House, and man; members, with pencil in band, were figuring up the vote. Messrs. Morrison and Kandail were appar­ ently among the least interested members, each leaning back in his chair within a few feet of each other, while now and then a pleas­ ant remark was exchanged between them. The motion was lost--yeas 149, navs 154. Tho announcement was received with some ap­ plause on the Republican side, but it was quickly suppressed. The follow­ ing Democrats voted against Mr. Mor- rison's motion: Messrs, Bliss, Boyle, Camp­ bell (O.), Curtin, Ermentrout, Ewran, Gay, Geddes, Greene, (N. J.), Irion, Lawler, I*. fevre, Martin, McAdoo, Merriumn, Muller, Ban- dall, Keney, Snowden, Spriggs, Staulnecker, Martin, Wallace, Ward (Hi.), Warner (O.), and Wilkins The following Republicans voted in the affirmative: Hayden, Nelson, Stone (Mass.), Strait, Wakefield, and White (Minn.) THE Senate unanimously adopted a resolu­ tion, December 20, authorizing the acceptance of the tract of land at Highwood, 111., donated by the Chicago Commercial Club for a military post. A bill was introduced for the extirpation of contagious diseases among cattle. It creates a commission of three, whese service shall end when the disease is eradicated, and appropri­ ates $1,000,000 for the work proposed. Mr. Vest introduced a substitute for the oill to incorporate the Atlantic and Paeiflo Ship Railway Com­ pany, and stated that it simply provided for a naked incorporation of the company without any guarantee by the Government. It was made the special order for the second Tuesday in January. Among the petitions presented and referred in the Senate were several in fa­ vor of the reduction of the tax on oleomar­ garine. The House of Representatives refused to suspend the rules and pass the bill increas­ ing the duties on Sumatra tobacco. Bills were introduced to appropriate $100,000 for the erec­ tion of a monument to negro soldiers and sailors who lost their lives in the rebellion, to forbid the sale of liquors within the limits of any soldiers' home, and to punish the passing of Confederate money. The Weaver resolution calling on Secretary Manning for certain information concerning canceled Treasury notes was adopted. Mr. Townshend introduced a resolution in the House that the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to ascertain whether any National Banking Association in New York City has dur­ ing the present month loaned its suiplus funds to stock-jobbers without security, and merely upon receipt of interest on the same for the- purpose of enabling the speculators to lock up and prevent the use of money in business trans­ actions, and thereby produce a scarcity of money and greatly increase the rate of interest on loans. MB. CULLOM called up the conferenoe report on the interstate commerce bill in the Senate- Dec. 21, and stated that he would defer calling for action on the matter until after the holi­ days. There were presented to the Senate a communication from tne supervising architect of the Treasury showing the necessity of ad­ ditional vaults for the Btorage of silver, and a petition from sixty ministers of the Nebraska Conference in favor of the Chinese indemnity bill. A bill appointing James B, Angel, of Michigan, member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution passed the Senate. The House of Representatives refused to con­ sider a Presidential veto of a private pension bill. A RESOLUTION instructing the Committee OB Finance to inquire into and report what speciSo reductions can be made in the customs duties and internal taxes that will reduce taxes to- the necessary and economical expenses of the Government", without impairing the prosperity of home industries or tbe compensation of homo labor, was taken up aud adopted in the Senate Dec. '11. Senator Blair introduced a bill making comprehensive changes in tbe pension laws. Tbe bill practically removes the limitation of the arrears of pension act and makes the fact of enlistment in tbe service of the United States evidence of physical soundness at the time of enlistment. It enlarges the classes of persons to be entitled to the benefits of the pen­ sion laws so as to includeallwho may have been disabled while actually engaged in the service of tbe Unitod States, whether they were mus­ tered or not. It also grants ft pension to all fe­ male nurses in the late war who shall have arrived at the age of 50 years, and are without the means of comfortable support. It pro­ vides that there shall be two classes of pen­ sionable disabilities--viz., specific and non*ape- ciflc. Non-specific disability is defined as one the nature and degree of which caunot be determined without tbe aid of evidence or of medical examination. The pensionable disa­ bilities are graded from one to twenty, accord­ ing to the degree of iniury received. In th* House of Reiirescntatives, a bill relative tothe construction and maintenance of telegraph lines by land-grant railroads was reported from the Committee on Postoflices and Post Roads by Mr. Warner, of Ohio. The object of the measure is to compel subsidized railroads to maintain their own telegraph linos. Both houses of Congress adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 4. Short Sermons. A lawyer will work harder to farnk de law dan to enfo'ce it. i It am easier to govern a Stale da& Jtp boss a Sunday-skule picnic. T De man who gives yon thirteen cents fur a shillin' will borry yer tea an* col* fy an' pay nuffin back. A photograph doan' show de devil­ try in a man's eye, nor de pimples on a woman's face. De mo' good clothes yon kin heap on Jer back de less your bad grammar will e commented on. De room which a man takes npon do sidewalk am no criterion to judge of de amonnt of brains in his head. Yon can't h'ar de jingle of goldpieoes half as fur as you can h'ar de rattle of tin pans. Industry am a rack in which dar' am always a peg to hang up one mo' work- in'man's coat. When you come to let de gas out of a balloon, you am surprised an' dis­ gusted at de shrinkage. Luv am a beautiful sentiment, an' de game of three-keerd monte am a swin­ dle, but fifty people are downed by luv fur eberv one swindled by de keerds. De public nebber stop to queshun do troof of a scvndal, and de man who climbs above us am nebber quite for­ given. De aim of de philanthropist am not. to preserve de good but to worlt de bad ones over, an' palm 'em oft agin. Sift down de talk of de world's great­ est men, an' when you cum to extract de bigotry, egotism, prejudice, and self-interest, you will have to look fur de quotient wid a spy-glass. Let two life-long frens begin a dit- cushun as to de color of Adam's hair, or de size of Noah's head, an' de chances fur a row am flist-class. What men doan' know am what dey refuse to let go of. Doan' worry ober de theory of trans- migrashnn. When you api turned into an old white hoss, an' sot to work grind- in' bark in a tannery, it will be time to complain bekase you wasn't turned in­ to a tanner instead. One-half de great men expect deir speec hes to be read by posterity an' deir debts to be paid by deir ohiren.--• Brother Gardner, in Detroit Free Press. A OEXII;8 with a taste for statistics has figured out that the average news­ paper writer makes 4,000,000 strokes with his pen each year, or a line 300 miles long. A rapid penman draws his pen through feet every min­ ute. In forty minutes his pen travels a furlong. LONDON and its vicinity consume over 3.250,000 pounds of eels a year, worth $650,000. The larger propor­ tion of these eels come from Holland, only a small quantity being taken from • -..w- >**_ •' ]•+, '• •, } ' ; ' .J