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???I li ?i >?'im 11 iiiwa?Btea SLATING THE CABINET. \ THE SILVER QUESTION" CLEVELAND'S j PRESENT CHIEF TROUBLE. Democrats Disgruntled Because of the Influences Surrounding the Incoming Pre?? Ident?Thnnnan, Adams ami Abbott for PJaces in the Cabinet. [Letter to the PhUadelphui Press]. "Washington, February is.?It is I announced that President-elect Cieve-! land has locked himseif up to prepare ' his inaugural message, and that visitors having" information or advice to impart must submit their views in writing. Democratic Senators and Representatives will await Mr. Cleveland's arrival here on the 1st of March ; to continue the series of interviews held in New York two weeks ago. j Meantime the mails from "Washington j to Albany will not be burdened with ! many communications to the President-elect. Democratic Representatives from the West and South are< considerably worried lest in his inaugural address Mr. Cleveland shall take a position on the silver question that j will divide the party. Those of the prominent Democrats in Congress who dislike Mr. Tildcn are di*;>l?a?ed to think that the wily "old Greys tune hermit has controlling influence with the new President. A storm is brewing now that may burst around Mr. Cleveland's head very soon after he enters the. White House. The feeling of discontent that prevails among Democrats here is remarkable. The new President is a stranger to his party. Its leading z ' men, who were prominent in its councils before Cleveland was born,.have no clear idea as to what his policy will be on any of the great questions 5?- pending before Congress. If the few leaders such as Bayard, Garland, Randall and Carlisle, know what the-Pres-; ident means to advise resnccti?<f 'the silver coinage, the construction -of a navy, the ratification of the Nicaragua canal treaty, the commercial treaties, the tariff, etc., they have not imparted the knowledge to their associates. MR. RANDALL'S COMPLACENCY Mr. Randall moves alo.nsr as serenely as though he understood Mr. Cleveland's wishes regarding the.appropi-iation bills, but ho is about the only one of the intimate friends of the Presidentelect who does not show signs-of-mi-easiness. Mr. Randall's complacency is not regarded with satisfaction by "a very respectable number of influential Democrats who want to know whether Tilden, Barnnm, William L. Scott, Gorman and Randall are to shape the >? xL . . l! ? T l poncy 01 me new auumusiruuon. n looks now a? though the Cabinet will be organized rather in opposition to the free trade views of the majority of the Democrats in Congress. To placate them, bowever, it is probable that a moderate tariff man like McDonald or Tburman will be given the Treasury portfolio, in which event Mr. Randall, leading the House and a Republican majority in the Senate, will prevent any Radical reduction of duties. The iact that Barnom, Scott Gorman and others are working for the passage of a bill this session to give the new President control over the silver coinage, at the same time-that r\?/\ 1? i "nro nf o_ UliC iiUUUlVU 1/gillU^l (U1V Iiu j'- V,C^iiU4~ tives have signed a memorial to Mr. Cleveland, urging him to give rhe other side of the question consideration in his message, illustrates the division that wiirbe causad in the ranks by this single issue. Most of the silver advocates are free traders Meantime nothing is known here about the Cabinet and the columds of gossip telegraphed daily on the subject simply reflects the views of the wishes of gentlemen as ignorant of the facts as are the writers. General Garfield changed the composition of his Cabinet only a day before the names of its . members we're sent to the Senate for ~ confirmation, and it is very probable that at the eleventh hour Mr. Cleveland may ^completely reform his siate Bnt in the'ease of Garfield the people knew the man, they understood his views npon public questions, and they knew that his Cabinet would bo made to qarrv ont a definite public policy. There are no assurances of any kind given in advance to the public by Mr. Cleveland upon any question. The Albany correspondent ot the Capital, who is thought .to enjov intimate relation with Mr. Lamont, telegraphs that Mr. Manning can have a Cabinet office if he wants one, and that Mr. Manning will only enter the ^Cabinet if asked to do so as a personal. A PLACE FOR THUKMAX. This correspondent adds: "It may as well be understood at once bv Sen ators and members in Washington that Mr. Cleveland "sees no reason why he should not pat Mr." Thnrrnnn into his Cabinet, if he can arrange other appointments so as not to ignore, any important section of the country* That Mr. Thurman will be either Secretary of State or Secretary of the Interior is now aa likely as anything that" Mr. Cleveland has been reported as intendto do. The President-elect is not affected in the least by Mr. John,R. McLean's argument that Ohio ought to be passed by in the making up "of the Cabinet, because of the internal dissensions there. Mr. Cleveland is not making up his Cabinet in order to heal Democratic dissensions in particular localities. His aim is to call theslronor est and best men in the Democratic party to his aid. The long experience and splendid reputation of Mr. Thurman vender him essentially^available as a Cabinet officer, in the opinion of the new President. It is even possible that Mr. Thurman inav be the Secretary of rhe Treasury. In regard to the New England member of the Cabinet, I violate no confidence in saying that the position probably lies between the Hon. John Quincv Adams and Hon. Josiah G. Abbott, of Massachusetts. Judge Abbott is known for his long record as a Democratic leader in ibis State, and for his participation in the electoral commis sion in 1877, when he was a member of the House of Representatives.^Iis appointment, it is probable, \voii9 be less satisfactory to tbe mugwump element in Massachusetts than that of Mr. Adams, who, although he has acted constantly with the Democrats for the past twenty years, still retains all his native independence of political opinion. It is not likely that any Democrat will betaken from Kentucky or from any other New England State besides Massachusetts. A Bis Day in Fires. Saturday last was remarkable in its number of fires. At Chariotle, N. C., property to the amount of $50,000 was destroyed, and a white woman was burnt to death. The State prison at Baton Rouge, La., was par'ly deStrOVnr? T,r?ce 1A AflO At- "Vow Rrif-ain Conn., a fire destroyed $300,000 worth of property, and one man lost his life. At Philadelphia, Pa , a private residence was burnt, five persons were burnt to death, and one child was killed by being: thrown from a window to a mattress below. The mother of the child has become insane. ?It is a good rule to accept only such medicines as have, after long years of trial, proven worthy of confidence. ? This is a ease where other people's experience may be of great service, and it has been the experience of thousands ; that Avers Cherry Pectoral is the best cough medicine ever used. w AN AUTOMATIC DISASTER. Two Trains Wrecked and Several Persons 1 Killed and Injured by a System Which "Worked Wrong on a Close Connection. Washington, February 20.?North- e bound passenger train Xo. 51 of the ^ Virginia Midland Railroad and the c south-bound freight train of the Balti- r more & Potomac Railroad collided at a Four Mile Run, about three miles c north of Alexandria, about 10 o'clock s t.-j. mi _ IT? i c : Jl 1 A jasi uigw. iiic Virginia .aijuiaiju , train was due at 10.03 and was on time; it had the light of way. The train was mad$ np of the engine, mail, express, baggage, one passenger and two sleep; ing cars. As the passenger train ! emerged from the viaduct at Four Mile Run it was struck by the freight train. | The engineer of the freight train had both legs and one arm cut off and died before being taken from the wreck. | The conductor of the passenger train | was crushed between twe cars, and the I engineer of the freight train and the j fireman of the passenger train were j evidently killed when the engines came i together. Portions of their bodies 1 were dragged out of the burned wreck of the engines some hours after the I collision. The fireman of the freight l saved his life by jumping. The killed j are George Freer, engineer of the ! freight; Tom Darby, fireman of the t 1 passenger; Andrew Augur, conductor ' of the passenger: and ? Bruce, engi- j neer of the passenger train. Injured: t m iir r?I * ix. >t uuiio, cmm uici tv ui iiic muotui | car, about the head and body; W. A. McNeal, mail ageut, about the head; [ C. T. Stewart, postal clerk; J. F. | Frame (colored), postal clerk; Thomas | Gaylor, mail weigher, severely. The latest i-cport from the sccne of i the collision at Four Mile Run makes j it certain that four men were killed in ; the accident, .with the probability that j one other who is missing is buried j under the wreck. The killed are all | train bauds. "Washington, February 20.?The postal officials say the collision on the t Virginia Midland Railroad last night ] caused the largest loss of mail matter UA HWCU^.UZCiC 19 .ttll V 1UI/V1U ill bUW i department. The fire which resulted i from the collision destroyed thirteen < through registered mail pouches com- < ing from New.Orleans, Mobile and 1 other points in the South, and destined j for Washington, New York and East- < ern cities. These pouches are known < to have contained money *md valuables, but to what amoui.. januot yet - be-ascertained. The fire also destroyed 100 sacks of ordinary mail matter, a i heavy miscellaneous mail and 180 registered letters taken up for delivery i along the line arid not enclosed in i pouches. The ordinary mail lost is supposed to have come from Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, parts of Georgia and South Carolina and points m Virginia. . .. ... Xalarial Poison. The drouth in Southwest Georgia ; last spring- dried up the wells, and we : were compelled to use water from the .. creek on the plantation. The result was that all were troubled with chills and fever. I carried with me several ( bottles of- Swift's Specific, and as long as I-took hit I had perfect- heathy As soon as I ceased taking ft, I like the rest, was afflicted with chSHs. When I" resumed its" use, I was all ri^ht again. We have used it in our family 'as an antitode for malaria poison for two or three years, and have never known it to fail in a single instance. W. C. Furlow. Sumpter Co., Sept. 11, 1884. A Cripple Restored. Some two years ago I received a UAif / T ./Mm WK?f A\. A. 4 IIA ^i?rv Uo * ? IV UltVy ilUU \_/i pUc4llO Home, near Macon, from Columbus. He was one of the poorest creatures I have rver seen-^nothine but skin and bone?crippled and deformed by Scrofula, which had atteuced him from his birth. About eighteen months a<>o I commenced giving him Swift's Specific. After several bottles had been taken and no visible results to be seen I beean to despair, but continued the medicine. At last signs of improvement became apparent, and from that date to the present there has been constaut improvement in both body and mind. He is now about fourteen years old. and is one of the brightest boys I have ever known. I honestly believe that he "will ultimately outgrow the effects of this loathsome disease under the influence of Swift's Specific. The two cases of Erysipelas which were treated some two years ago with S. S. S. show no symtoms of return of the disease. L. B. Payne, Sup't Orphans' Home, So. Ga. Conf. Macon, Ga., Nov. 1. 1884. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swttjt Rpfptvtp firsDnuvor 3 Afv lanta,'Ga. I Attacked by Hanjrry Dogs.: I Philadelphia, February 19^-Two men, while crossing a lot at Fortyeighth and Market streets this afternoon, were attracted by the.screams of a little girl who -was "lying- on tbe ground surrounded by a dozen or more mongrel doge. They ran to where the child lay, and after no little trouble drove off the:dogs,wjhjch were tearing the little one's flesh in the most savage way. Although Very badly bitten artdralraost frightened to death, the child was able to give her name as Mamie Hasson, and to tell the mnn cl>o )?iOn Kv mv,u u.ja,, ,,i.v ** -? uv.v.i ~hvmw three or four dogs white returning from a butcher shop with some meat. The starving animals commenced to jump around her and snap at the meat at which the child, who is but twelve years of age, became- frightened, and as the place where she was first attacked is a considerable distance from any house, she started to run. The dogs were joined by others, and quickly secured the meat,.after which they attacked the little girl, and, throwing her down, bit her cruelly about the face, arras and lower limbs, and almost denuded her body of clothing. .< ! Several of the wounds are large and ! dangerous ones, and great care wilt be ; necessary to save tne cnua s lite. The Crescent City Cotton Failures. New Orleans, February 19.?ChafFc , & Powell, cotton merchants, to-day ' filed a schedule of their liabilities ancl . asked respites from their creditors of 3,10, 12, 22 and 24 months, twenty per cent, to be paid in cash in three months.. Their assets: are $632,266; liabilities $370,51$. Their assets in- , chide nearly $500,000 in cash. A , meeting of creditors has been called ; for March 27. Gidier, Day & Co., ; cotton merceants, also filed a schedule j of their liabilities and made appiica- ] tion for a respite from their creditors. | ; The schedule shows the assets of the < ; firm to be $464,000 and $404,000. The J j individual assents of the members of ! the firm amount to $141,000 and the ! !* 01 oo r\r\r\ i iiuuiiiuea LU ci<W)VW. A Fatal Run-Off. Cincinnati, February 20.?As the . ; Ohio and Mississippi passenger train | ; east bound was leaving Korth Vernon, , ; Indiana, this morning, it encountered , ! a broken rail. The entire train passed ( over the rail in safety except the rear sleeper bound for New York, which ] was thrown down an enbankment and ' wrecked. It had only three passengers aboard. The car was broken in halves. E. P. Eldredge, passenger, was killed instantly, and the colored porter, named Carroll, of Baltimore, died shortly after the accident. Late ' this afternoon another dead body was < taken from the wracked sleeper; i was found to be r. Loup, 01 fct. JLouis. < . V. Vi ' \ WASHINGTON NOTES. items of Interest, Outside.' of Party Poli- j S tics. Speaker Carlisle has almost recov- j sred from his recent indisposition. He i vas at the capitol bat did not preside j.t >ver the session of the House of Rep-1 e esentatives. Eaiidall is suffering from j e i cold, and, though present at :;the j I :apitol, he remained during the entire I C lession in his committee room. j r LEAVE^PJKOHIBITIOX TO STATES. ^ The joint resolution providing for j c m alcoholic liquor traffic commission, j L vhich \ras reported back adversely byj t he House committee having the mat- \ c er in charge, is accompanied by a re- j t >ort in which the committee* savs I i jower to regulate the retail liquor t raffic has from the foundation of the c inion been regarded as an exclusive t ight of the States rather than of the i jeiieral government. Attempts have v >een made by some of the States to a mtirely prohibit the manufacture or \ ;ale of spirituous or mall liquors, but s ivith little apparent success and the c nterest of temperance and sobriety so t nuch to be desired would soem to dc- c nand wise and stringent restrictions r md effective safeguards in connection c nrith liquor traffic, rather than imprac- ? ,ible efforts at absolute prohibition. I ro the several States of the union c properly belongs the right to enact \ such local police regulations as will e hrow ft very proper restriction around c )-? c\ lirtiiAi* ikl a Trrifl* T" wiiipauc;^/ >VILU sonal and property rights of the citizen, but uniform police regulations macted by Congress, practical.'}' suitid to the "diffcrftnt wants and requirements of the people of all the various states, would be difficult to frame and more difficult to enact. Any attempt to control personal habits and private conduct of individuate should be opposed, so long as he does not interfere with the personal rights of others, or the peace and order of society in gen?rah As it is a matter of grave doubt whether Congress has the right to regulate the liquor traffic in the several States of the union, and as there seems to be no great pressing or urgent necessity for the passage-of this bill, vour :ommittee holds that it is not advisable to attempt the exercise of doubt [Ri powers, wmcn appear mosc propsrlv to belong to the States them- t selves. 1 THE SILVER COINAGE. , The Evening Star says: "Mr. Bland 3 upon being asked by a reporter if there i was any chancc of the passage of the * measure for suspension of silver coin- ] age this session, replied: 'It is too '< near the end of the session for that, i We could filibuster until after the I fourth of March.' This may yet in- i volve the House in an entanglement J which cannot be uuknotted before the 1 time for final adjournment. If the < Scott-Barnum proposition to give the J President discretion concerning the 1 suspension of silver coinage should J get upon the Sundry Civil bill, silver < men would doubtless filibuster to carry 1 the Sundry Civil bill over, so that an i extra session would have to called or the civil branches of the government would be left without money." THE NAVY. i TU-. Vr., ! A IT I jl uu xiavfti lai/iuii uili <V5 reported to the House of Representa- 1 lives provides for the appropriation of 1 $13,515,358. Estimates for the fiscal /car were ?30,654,011, more than one- \ half of which was for increase of the 1 navy. In lieu of the estimate for the 1 increase of the navy, Randall's propo- ! sition providing for the appointment * of a board to "consider and report to 1 Congresss plans of vessels for the 1 navy, and making an indefinite appro- ' priation for building of such vessels as 1 may be recommended by the board, [ was adopted. The members of the J committee favoring the proposition ' were Messrs. Randall, Forney, Ellis, { Hancock, Hutchins, Follett, Burnes, 1 Washborne and Long. Those oppos- ' ed: Messrs. Jlolman, Townscnd, Keifer, Cannon and Horr. Mr. Ryan was absent. This same board is authorized to consider whether five unfinished ; monitors are suffcring from their pres ent incomplete condition ana wiiether they shall be. completed ami armed. 1 An'appropriaiion of $500,000 is recom- 1 mended .for the completion of the steel 1 cruiser New York. A BATTLE OF BARRISTERS. The District Attorney and a Lawyer at Fisticuffs in Court. Greenville, February 19.?Yesterday in the United;States Court while ' the case of Randall Barnett, illicit distilling:, was being tried, District Attorney Melton, in progress of his argument for the : government, alluded to the fact/that the defendant had not been not nnon the stand. Mr. J. T. Nix, counsel for the defendant, at once questioned the right of District Attorney Melton to make any such ; allusion's. Judge Melton immediately resented the insinuation of Mr. Nix, and in a few minutes the lie was swapped. This raised the anger of the District Attorney to the striking point, and he at once levelled a blow at Mr. Nix, which was warded off by the latter gentleman and who at once squared himself to return it. By this time the court room was a scene of the utmost confusion and everybody lost their presence of mind, except the Judge, who commanded order in court. Patrick Kirkland, a 250-pound attachee of the revenue service, here executed the order of the , court bv niacins' himself between the two combatants. The gentlemen by ; this time had become somewhat cool", , and both immediately apologized to His Honor and the court. The affair < occurred in a very short space of time and was over as soon. Beath of a Colcred Celebrity. Charleston, S. C., February 19.? Jonathan J. Wright, ex-Associate Justice of the State "Supreme Court from 1870 to 1877, and the only colored man who ever held that office in this State, died to-day, aged forty-four years. ] Wright was a native of Pennsylvania ( and came to South Carolina as agent ] of the American Missionary Associa- j tion in 18C5. j A Fruit Schooner Wrecked. I \TAorr T" T^nKimo i?tr 1 Q TKa o/*V*/\/vh t *uvoii-r^ x'itai^ xi'. xut oi/uvvu j Dr G. V. Olive with fruit, from Ruatan , to Mobile, went ashore last night on ] Dixie Island at the extrance to Mobile Bay and w>U be a total loss. The vessel had a crew of five men, one of 5ve men, one of whom was taken from , Ihe rigging this morning but died shortly afterwards. No trace of the ' Dthers were found. j < The Cotton Snpply. ^ New York, February 21.?The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,906,593, bales, of which 2,435,499 * bales are American, against 3,352,439 bales, and 2,70S,743 bales respectively last year, rne stoct at an jntenor towns are 24,169 bales; receipts from plantations 32,510 bales. The crop in \ sight is ?,142,216 bales. ? t ?Avers Sarsaparilla is the best < medicine for every one in the spring, \ Emigrants and travelers will find in it i in effectnal care for the eruptions, t boils, pimples, eczema, etc., that break c :>ut on the skin? the effect of disorder t in the blood, caused by sea-diet and life ( du board ship. * 1 X AN* ICE-BLOCKED STEAMER. icenes and Hardships that Remind One of j the Arctic Seas. Grand Haven, Mica., February. 19. j -Fall particulars were received here j * his morning regarding the terrible j 1 xperience of the crew of the ice-look- j \ id steamer Michigan, on Monday, j 5 February 9th. The Michigan, with j 1 ?a?)t. Prindeville and twenty-nine | 1 nen on board, left this port in search * >f the distressed steamer Oneida. 1 rVhen off Ludington the Michigan en- J ountered a gale and was hemmed in ^ >y heavy icc. Slie drifted with ice to he southward, experiencing many : tangers but at no time being within ! wentv miles ot land. She finally got 5 n compact ice many feet thick toward ] he head of the lake, but on accouut of I Irifting and turning they could not tell 1 heir exact whereabouts. Sunday last j t was decided that owing to short pro- ' isions half of the crew would go ' ishorc as the food would last but a ] veek longer. Monday was very ' tormv. Tuesday morning from the j xoss "trees a rim of land was sighted o the eastward. Thirteen men were 3 :hosen to remain and seventeen of the j \ nost hardvvto make land. Tlic mcr- \ ury was thei? ten degrees below zero. ' It 7 orcloek Joseph Russell, first mate, } )ave Martin, steward, W. P. Kfnny, ' :lerk and fourteen of the crew started vith one day's rations, blankets, etc., ; ixpecting that they might have to be ' ?ut over night, as land seemed thirty ; nilesawav. \Y hen about twelve miles rom the ship Clerk Kenny broke . hrough the ice, wetting his right leg o the knee. They went on about six j niles when they found Kenny's leg : rozen. All were badly exhausted, .as ; he ice was very rough and blocked nto nearly impassable ridjres many ; eet high and miles wide. Each man vent for himself, knowing that life ! lepended on his own exertions, except cusseii ana .Martin, wno ucipw iveniiv. rVhen off land four miles Kenny could lot btand, and dragged himself along >n his hands and knees for two miles, vben he was completely exhaustedand ;o frozen that lie could not- move, and lrged the others to leave him and save hemselves. Some of the party had by hia fimA > o-Vliielr rpflp.IifvT ihnro flnH 'ouncl a few houses at West Casco. rhev alarmed the neighborhood and he farmers went out and carried the 5 rave but insensible Kenny to the jeach. The land there rises 160 feet ilmost straight. All hands worked ike heroes to- throw off the insensibilty creeping on them ami climbed the >teep. Heaving lines were placed on Kenny and lie was drawn up by those ibovc and carried to a dwelling. The aien were appointed around among :he farmers, who willingly cared for :hem. Kennv recovered consciousness ind everything was done for him that tvas possible. All of the men are able :o take care of themselves except Clerk Kenny. Surgeons have dressed his limb, and it is hoped he will soon be ill right. The Michigan is now in no iangcr. Since so many of the crew ijave left the provisions will last the est thirty days. Cleveland's Programme. Albaxt, N. Y.t Ferruary 17.?The statement that the members of the Dabinet would be announced before the end of this week, is officially denied this evening, and it is now understood that President-elect Cleveland svill not make public the list of his nnfil hr> siriMVfis 111 Wash ington. It is now thought that Senator Thurman will not come to Albanyis was expected a few days ago. Mr. Cleveland will leave for Washington on Lhe morning of March 3, and will reach there on the evening of the same 3ay. It is contemplated by some members of the Legislature to move 511 Friday, February 27, that the adjournment on that day be until the ivening of Monday, March 6, so as to jive members a chance to witness the inauguration ceremonies and to attend the ball. Cbarginga Train. Chicago, February 19.?The InterOcean'sBloomin^ton, 111., special says: People of Saybrook arc desperate from want of coal caused by the snow blocknle. When the train on the Lake Erie So Western road, carrying six cars of coal to eastern points for the nse of railway companies, arrived in Saybrook, yesterday, an cxcited crowd of about forty citizens ordered the train men to side-track two cars. Being refused, the mob took possession of the train and threw off about forty tons. Each citizen tendered payment for the amount taken, but it is not known whether the company's agent accepted. A Suspicious Character. Liscolnton, N. C., February 18?A suspicious character was arrested fifteen miles from here in this county yesterday. He was found nailed up in an old house in the woods. He can give no satisfactory account of himself. He is supposed to be an escaped murderer from your State. He is about five feet ten inches high, has a light mustache and reddish hair. His left arm is broken between the wrist and elbow. He says his name is French Hampton, from Florida Keys, is pale and emaciated and has every appearance of having been in prison. Our sheriff is holding him. The Fate of a Benecade. Boston, Febauary 18.?In the Snpeii'ni* fViminnl P!nnrf. nf. "East Cambridge yesterday afternoon Franklin J. Moses, one of the Republican Governors of South Carolina under Reconstruction,! appeared for sentence. lie was charged with obtaining $3-L on false pretences from Col. T. W. Higginson, of Cambridge and had pleaded guilty. Moses made an eloquent appeal for mercy, reviewing his past career and stated that his mind had given way under his trouble in proof thereof. He was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction." Commercial Failures for a Week. New York, February 20.?The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 253 and for Canida 37?total 290, against 270 last **reek, md 346 the week previous. Nearly four-fifths of the business casualties of the week arc furnished by the Western, Southern and Pacific States, the failares in the Eastern and Middle States aeins: comparatively very light. Steamer Sank. Charleston*, S. C., February 19? Hie steamer Silver Star, plying between Charleston and Beaufort, snagged on a raft, about thirty miles from here, and immendiatelv sank in the Stono river. Capt. McNally and crew svere saved. The Silver Star was iieavily laden with freight for Beanfort and Port Royal. The loss is bc;ween $50,000 and $60,000. Kscapc of Sitton's Murderer. Citahlotte, N". C., February 17.? A.t Statesvillc to-day the jury in the ;asc of Thomas L. Shields, on trial for ;he murder of Joseph G. Sitton, re:urned a verdict of manslaughter, and Judge McRae sentenced Shields to five rears in the penitentiary. This was a lew trial granted to Shields. He was , ;ried for the crime in Mecklenburg :ouiitv, was convicted and sentenced :o be hanged, but took an appeal. His iefeuse was that SItton had seduced lis sister and refused to marry her. | TELEGRAPH STOIllES. Operators' ExfriPiioes or. the Frontier. ^ Several old telegraph operators, 111 ;he course of a long conversation here, :o!d so:ue of their experiences on t'.'e j iron tier. One or them began by recall- a ng the gre:'t buli 011 robbery at th:s 1 ?lace. It was at noon, and most of a ;he depot and stage hands had r jon ' across the yards to dinner. As E :he operator sat in the telegraph office T llone two men presented themselves at ( lis door and demanded admittance, j Both had revolvers. He jumped up j md let them in, and they quickly bound j md gagged him. Believing he was ^ >afc, they disappeared and he saw no r more of them. As soon as they were ^ iut of si?ht he managed to get to his r instrument, and by lying down on the g tabic found th~t with one of his hnnds tie could reach the key. It was difficult work, but by degrees he improved liis position until finally he raised the Cheyenne office and communicated the fact that a robbery was in progress. The operator at that point kept him posted as to the proceedings there, and in a few minutes he was gratified to be r the intelligence ticked over the (vires that tho Superintendent and a party of detectives were en route for Sidney on a special train. The distance ivas 102 miles, but the run was made so rap dly that the people of the town were hardly aware of the robbery before the train dashed in. The operator had by that time been released, and it was found that the thieves, who had been secrcted under the de^)t, had ^ come up through a hole in the lloor made by removing a board. The bullion weighed about 500 pounds, and as it was thought they could not have carried it far a \ igorous fearch was made near at hand, liefore night the great- ( er part of the^old was found in a hole J under the depot and the remainder was [ discovered in an adjoining coal-shed, * where it had been dropped. The thieves 1 got away with only about 813,000 in 1 currency. Another man remarked that he was the man who discovered the Ogalalla 5 train robbery. He was in charge of the little office at Kearney. He had had a very stupid afternoon, and as the day was miserable without he dozed more or less. As no one came in he ] leaned forward, placing his arms upon hi* table and his head upon them. = "I must have slept soundly for j n-cvViiln " cnSrl T Insf, mvsnlf en- * tirely for an hour or two, but presently J I had an indistinct impression that some ' one was railing for assistance. In my dream it seemed to mc that I could 1 bear the cry, 'Help! help!' and that I j was powerless to fender any assistance. * Finally I sat bolt upright, with, a nerv- ' ' +'a a.1 ? .?n fl\/Mi/vk oAm Af ki nff forri. ^ UU."> JUt?fJJl?4 <13 L1JVSU?U ouiiiWium^ b&iAible had ha- pcned which I ought to ( have prevented 1 nibbe! my eyes ^ and looked around sleepily. The depot -a as empty. It was dark outside and rain was lulling. I stepped to the door a;ul looked out for a minute, but heard nothing. Then I went back to my desk, tilled and lighted my pipe, s and began to read. My eyes had just fallen 0:1 the page when my instrument sounded once or twice very :eebly. I looked at it closely. It ticked again almost inaudibly. ^Something's the matter,' thought I. I got up, leaned over the sounder, and listened. I could just catch the faintest click, a-! if a child might have been playing with a key somewhere. When I listened I began to comprehend the nature cf the ( message that was be ng sent. I could 1 not catch all the letters, but I got enough, after listening to it a dozen 1 times, to make out this much: 'Oga- 1 lalla, Ogalalla! Help!' It flashed up- i nn mo -ill .if onff>. The overland train was being robbed or had been robbed. I grabbed my key and let everybody have it from Cheyenne to Omaha. , There was some lively telegraphing 3 there for a time. They sent engines | out from two or three points, and got 3 to Og:ilalla n t me to scare the robbirs i off. You see I was a good deal further ; off than a dozen other operators, but 3 somehow I was the first one that caught on. The ?way it happened was ; this: The robbers came into the depot at Ogalalla about an hour before train time and bound and gagged the operator. After they got him fixed they sat around find waited. When the train drew up they left him, and he immediately got himself in a position where he could use the key a little. The boys who saw him say it was a mystery how he ever did it. His legs were tied twice, and his arms were pinioned behind him so that it was almost impossi- ! ble tc move even the fingers. The fact that I could not catch two consecutive letters until I had heard the message t-an rsf cVl(iKi; Imw faint the stroke was. It was the queerest experience of my life."?Sidney (Neb.) Cor. Detroit Times. -Cg-0 fr Wasted Sympathy. > ' ' f ; The real, solemn fact is that nobody, man or woman, statesman or tramp, can strike an icy spot in public and go cavorting around to bring up with a crash on the flagstones without feeling more or less poisoned against the whole world- At such a time any words of consolation you may offer are like cranberry sauce "offered to a man with the lock-jaw. _ j . ? r< Yesterday as a. woman of fifty years and 180 pounds was passing the"City Hall she stnick the spot which had been looking for her ever since the first freeze-up. An exclamation of astonishment was followed by a yell of alarm, and while sue was wonaermg what made the sidewalk bob around so she sat dowu in four Paris styles. Close behind her was a philanthropist, and as he rushed to her assistance he said: "Never mind, madame. The day is coming when everybody will be provided w tli air-cushions, aad a fall will make our porous plasters stick the tighter. Allow me to send a messenger for a derrick to hoist you on your pins again." She refused his offer and after a struggle reached her feet. Then she seized the fence with one hand, and waving the other in the air she screamed out: 4'Air-cushions! Derricks! Pins! Porous plasters! you old bow-legged, baldheaded bean-pole, if my husband doesn't hunt you down and make you eat your ears I won't live with him an other day. Go on with you." And tiie broken-hearted man went on.? Detroit Free Press. A street scene ?n Havana: A man passes with a bunch of lottery tickets and scissors, calling out a number in a sing-song tone; then a horse or donkey is Ifed by with a load of fruit or merchandise in panniers, on .either side of his back; or a cow is being milked in front of a customer'? house:? a man passes with a bunch of live chickens under his arm, or a negress with a husre cigar in her mouth; and then what from a distance looks like a row of elephants decked in green, but which on closer inspection proves to be a line of seven or eight horses, tied head to tail, so loaded with fresh fodder to a height of eigiit or ten feet that one can just distinguish the little animal's nose and tail under the undulating mass of stalks. u*o?a '.Cjddy pojopisnoo pus 'pajsoiisotuop mt> poo? v OAsq '2uno.C ra? j \Ccpp inoq^m ^uotu -asiiiaap-s aqj ja.visur j v ioj. ssTjJOApB oj paatpat oq pjnoqs nutuo[j -uaS jCu-b ji ;nq ios Suiop rooaj ureajoi [ 'pnxjqsnq v joj osp-mpu oj ajuoippni si 31 orCAie ?upg? :pdizdddr: *;uaoaa ^uorao^jaApt: SUTMO^OJ oqx THE WASHINGTON mOXUKCEST. ;j ~ Exercises Incident to the Dedication of a Marble Shaft Erected in 2??znory of Oar" First President. The ceremonies of the dedication", of he Washington Monument took placc j ,t the national capital 011 Saturday ast. The exercises were held outdoors, j ,t the monument. Senator John Sher-. nan, of the Congressional Commission, ; nade the opening address. Prayer . ras offered by the llev. Mr. Snter,.-.of Christ Church, Alexandria, Va. Dr. r. C. Wellinsr, president of Columbia" Jniversity, read the address of the Ion. W. \V. Corcoran, who : wa* a ^ ice-president ?f the original Mohu- nenl Association. The remarks of he speakex-s were inaudible, and the )ufis of steam from their mouths j bowed the intense cold. The Masonic ceremonies of ded^ca- . ion were conducted by the Grand jodge of the District of Columbia,? xrand Master Myron M. Parker preiding. A brief prayer by the Gt*nd j Chaplain, followed by the 'So mote it >e", closed this part of the ceremonies. Col T. L. Casey, United States Ertgi leer in cliarge of the work, made a . ihort address, delivering the moounent over to President Arthur. The' :r ^resident was greeted with entbuslas- ' ic cheering, and he made a short tddress. v The procession, under command of ^ General Sheridan, then Marched: to the :apitol. Among: the companies preset were the German" Fusileerjs, of Jharleston, S. C. Major General Fitz J rlugh Lee, of Virginia, commanded a livision of the troops. Senator Edmnnds. of Vermont:, ore ilded over the exercises at the cacitol. rhe Hon. John D. Long, of Massachusetts, read (he address of the Hon. : &obt. C. Winthrop, who was anavoJdLblv absent. Next followed the. Hon. ^ John W. Daniel, of Virginia, ia a nost eloquent oration. The, exercises ,verc closed with the benediction. . ; j THE FIRE FIEXD. $100,000 of Texas Property Conw?me<J? ^The Marvin Safe Factory in Xetr York. Destroyed. - .. Galveston, February 20.?A si>ecififr \ Vora Fort Worth to the JVeto^savs: 'At 12.25 this morning the wholesale' rrocery house of Joseph H. Brown was :'ound to be in flames and the fire, was jevond control. The loss will reach [_ learly $100,000. The firm was one, of :J ;he largest in Northern Texas. ; New York, February 20.?The Jiar-. i nn Safe Company's factory,, a . huge jight-story building,, embracing No* 524-332 "West 27th street, was destroyed " jyfire during last night with, all it iontaiiied. How the outbreak oc ni-roil io o mvstow thof >!)) nsDArliA " found out. The wall* of the buildk)# > hreatened the surrounding tenements which had to be cleared by the police. . Hundreds of half-clad children, women ind men shivered in the sharp frost, Jriven from their homes, or found ;helter with hospitable neighbers. The- * *. iremen worked hard all night, and succeeded in confining the Jamesr to ;he factory building. Tenements Nog. 520 and 334 adjoining it on eithe.r;?ider svere more or less damaged br-ihe 'ailing walls. The loss to the.Marvin Safe Company is $230,000, of which; ir j>10O,000 is on over 500 safes ready for narket or in course ot manufacture _ ;hat were stored iii the building $50,- " MX) on machinery and $80,000 on the building, the property of the company. Insurance for S125,000 in thirty, .com- <, panics is held. Two hundred and" J ifty men are thrown out of employcnent by the fire. ? Enoch Arden In Maisachn?eita. : ; Springfield, Mass., February17.? William Ballon, formerly a policeman in this city, who went" to the Idaho mines in 1863, and from whom nothing has been heard for about nineteen pears, returned home a few days since tvith sufficient wealth to keep hi* fam- ^ ily in good circumstances. His* wife had long ago obtained a divorcer the ground of neglect. He had beard she was married again, and so ne?er.a?d* himself known. " ,r j Marrying hi* MurderedWif# Sl*t?r, Ekie, Pa., February 19.?Stolenstr the Pole whose wife "was reordered a few days ago, last night .married her sister. A banquet was spread upton the table upon which two weeks agio < was stretched the corpse of his carafe* , Stolenski's sou, who killed the and escaped hanging by a technical flaw in the indictment, was present and danced with his new mother?iDlaw. . 1 . . ..J1.1 KING'S EVIL Was the name formerly given to Scrofula I because of a superstition that it could be |" cured by a king's touch* The world Is . wiser now, andJtnows that ; SCROFULA ran nnlr he enred bv ftlhoronsh ' tion of the blood. If this Is.seeded, ] the disease perpetuate* its taint through , generation after generation. \ Among-Its ' earlier symptomatic developments .are!: Eczema, *> *aneou? Eruptions, Tu? .. , mors, Be .s, Carbuxtclee, Erystoela%7 : Purulent tilcers, Niervbua.ana Physical Collapse, etc. If aEowed to .con. tin lie, fiiieumatism, Scrofulous, Ca? . tarr hi Kidney ana liver Diseases, ' Tubercular Consumption* aaavsrious other dangerous c^riafc&lzaslftdiez, ara a produced by It A/er's Samparflfa lithe onhjpotderftd and gUbcvs reliable blood-ptirifyin^ medicincr: It aco effectual an alterative that It eradicates, from the system "Berieditarjr Scrofula, sad the kindred poisons of contagious diseases and mercury. At the same time it enriches and vitalizes the biooawvestorioz healthful action to the vital ontamyand rejuvenating the entire system,'rhisgfcat RegenerativeSeflctae if" Is composed of. tb^ygaarfne.i&atfatttt SarsapariUa^Ytitii.rXdloM. Dock, Stil* lingia, the Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and other is^reuents of great potencv, carefully and scientifically compounded. r Its formula, ts genezaUjJfcnown to the medical profession, and the, beat: ' physicians constantly prescribe AYSB^J ( Sarsapaeilla as an Absolute ere i-2 For all diseases caused by the vitiatlon.of the blood. It is concentrated to the highest practicable degree, far beyond-any other preparation for which lite electa are claimed, and is therefore the cheapest i tis well as the best blood puri&dns.medi? o cine, in the world. j> J Ayer'sSarsapariHa psepabed by Dr. J'. C. Ajer & Co., Lowe/1x, lent. [Analytical Chemists.] Sold by all Druggists: price (1; tlx bottles for $5, J HAGAJfS ? I ,, ^ Magnolia Balm , is a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes her freshness to it, who would rather not tell, and ypu, ca&tte 1L FOUND. FOB. !AJJ>IES03rLY, lBSMEDY. endorsed by the best Physicians and Druggists at its home. l REMEDY that Mr. C. W. O'Neill. Goodwater. Ala., says.raised bis wife, from an : Shva&rs bed, and he believes sated her lift* * l. REMEDY of which a,prominentAtiagta merchant said: "I would have given3300 a as. soon as I would-a nickel'for what two jq bottles of your medicine did Xor.:piy daughter." l REMEDY in -regard to which S. J. Gas* sell's, M. D . Druggist, Xhomasville^Ga., __ says:canrecalilnstancesin which it afforded relief after aJtX the usual rernedie* Md-failed." l REMEDY about which Dr. R. B. Terrell, LaGrange,' Ga.,: writes: "I have used for the last twenty, years the medicine . you are putting up and. consider it the / best combination ever gotten together 1 for the disease for wliicn it is recom- ^ mended. L.BEMEDY about which Dr. Joel Braham, Atlanta,, said: U1 hate -erxamvrUd. ihe recipe, and have no hesitation inadvising its use,. and "".(ionfidealiy recommend. l REMEDY which the Bev. IJ.B. John Tj son, near Marietta, Ga., says he has used H in his family ;.witfc:the "utmost-satifae- i tioif' &nd;recbmmended it to three families-"who found it to be just wfiat H is recommended." l REMEDY of which Bembertonj Jyerson & Dennison say: ','We Tmye "been selling lit &rnbny yi^^'\ntfe;-^OHstotly increasing sales.; -The .article-is a staple with us, and one ot ab'solhte merit." <2 L REMEDY of wfiich. Lama^ Ranl?n & T .onior (trrtcc in ' frtnr 1 fi* months* ancLneyer sold it in any place y but what it was wanted, again." ' -'1 L REMEDY by which Dr.'Baugh, of La,GraAge?.'6a^.says: "Lcuted-one of- the . most obstinate, .cases of V^iCAiuocs-Majr- ,. stbuatiox that.ever camewithin 'my. 5 knowfedge. with a few bottles." L REMEDY of which Dr. J. C. Muss* of Notasulga, Ala.', ;says: "1 am-folly coo- . v inced thai- it-fr unrivaled for -that class^ of diseases- whicjbrSt slaiaw to cure." L REMEDY about which Major John: C. -Whitnerj of Ailahta/well and favorably ei Jtaow.n all over the. United States as a ^ .General.Insurance Agent*.says: "I used this remedy before the'#&r, on a large a . plautatiou:?na; great number of cases( * akcayt-vnth absolute, sticcw." b< \i REMEDY about which Mr. J. W. _ - Strange, of. XJartersvilie, Ga., certifies * , mat one Docwe-curea.^jxo memoers or w ^ family of menstrual 'irregularity of many years standing. /* This Gmt&eautfa is teuifeM's FEMALE Sagdatoi* Send for Treatise on. .the Health and _ iapgmess of Woman, mailed free. H BSJLBFIEL?;REGUL]LTOR CO.. ^ u Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. S TUTTiS ;;?*-TSAR&- J?t* rn i.:> arrawToaiw w- M . TORP1DLJVER. * ^ ss^^saagai ? ^^ssMsasasisSei^ I' 532S3^j^'SSSSSfSS; J . Omnt I^Wt*fcrM^<n<,TlaiBiVi is&5j?s?i^^si?a ;},; aCWtWHWaWM. 1 i JSBSSSM3?sa^ffi? dmaeytoeUagae^??tt^hlM^gi?r. SSESSMBSf strengtiiea* the^Troi, repairs Gja was^e'^ the system with jwr? bloed and hard made; toaea tha Jtfrroca rrstem; -;inviscmaB etba brain, aad impart* iao vigor cf manhood. " ~ $1. 8oki by amorists. _ . OFFICE 44 afrrraySt^awjroriu SALE " AND FEEDSMBLES.: ?? if "' - ." wstm^ ; .Lj ;*QTICE. JUSTREeteYEB-AttFORSAZEif* EIGHTY HEAIMrf Western Horse* end!01 Sides; among.tfaeatsome.Brood Maxes. :. m , Al?o^me^oDy^yses.^d^M8urea J FORTY xood young MulesfronxJ^tol^j.E bands highland some HEAVY TUKPEN-]^ ri2&?? JIMJiEfrJdmES; I wfafcfe WJJ will sell low-down for CASH or^n.tinig "g until a^xi-fall for s&ti^actitfy^papers. jPersfMis Kishing to purchase stock of My <a kind would do well to call on us befell ^ purchasing elsewhere. . Our STOCK GUARANTEED as repre rented. 1 A, WIIXUWU> A NQS* K -Winjaaborp^S, C^Januaiy 5,1885. I Dim * | : a yitEsa supptY OF r; Tj DIAMOND ME#1 -AND- L EXTRACT OF LOGWOOD j \ I fust received and for sale at the Brag Store 4 it V i * Wv E. AIKEN. irr -- A ts&rss&.l J#?Sr?S3^5S2?JES,SS?Sie l BRANCH OF LUDDEN & - MUSIC; H : PIANOS AND ORGANS SOLD ( >M AUU INSTRUMENTS AND SHEET ] ; TWENTY PERCENT. SATED 5I ANQ? ANRQBGANS DELIVERED * FREE&^CE AGENTS WANTED ON ST,,Write for.Tena* and Ca;&]$?ues rebate ; : , -42 . J - - y tt' I /... ' % . i - <1 ? ; s . : ' . ? ?? . Mesiaag Unhnestk cider est wen, and iwed -?o?:aa4 otttyerjjtaz. TO THE~ I ?OF? ^ 'aMelfltfltater. ** ?. " Where you can get Great iBsTjpvina In [cthfng, Hats and Gents* Furnishing oods, Trunks and -everything kept at. a IEST-CLASS EST ABLISE MillN T. . PHILIF;:BPSTW, ? MAIN STBEET, COLUMBIA, S. a ^ : : ,T; - .* >* " W : . . ; i nave introduced -tais. season tia jwre 1 iterprisa of distobuting:l*0QG at the most santiful PAlNTlNGSto.a&m^ | s who will fayor me urith ^pcsc^&se of Suit of Clothes,?t your own priee^ will } entitled to one hairclsomsPatating, hick will make your home cheerful, fte? E charge. In my . BOY'S DEPARTMENT C Ready-Made. Clothing, of .the. best lannfacture,'the latest styles,. and :best j oatities.fere always, on "hand, in -large vf' iriety; and to every" "Boy and TGdt&'i uit sold the 7. archaser will be entitled' to handsome pair of Skits- regardless of the rieeyouagreeto p?y for . ii Set those * -J mtmm.mvo- #wt y<uuauie guts are\5GSECU>a5i to. every purchaser. Remember I.gcar> ntee every article soldtobe Ji&.repcexentd, and the prices lower than any ;Jbonse forth or South, or the .money/will be resided. * Since the introductkm of aboveenerprise I have ted a-gseat nish-J^-tbose eaatifaj gafngggs, and the boysiideterOsedto:learn, bow to akate^jespeciailf rhen it costs then-nothing. Se^diu your rder for a ?uit tf .you can'tjcome^jourself ridI will send ypu a a^'xjL<^5* yrith aebeautlf jil,pafciiing or the ^ahf .of skaiea tfcaehed, with the - privflege to eraim y aesalt before paying forit AH visitors to theaCapital are ?speetfulr inyited;toeall*t my store. JwnLexwnine ly Art Gallery of Eandsoia^PaiattJigs. pwifctPEPims, .Proprietor . ? ' *llt?Hew Yoris ClottMPj JMox?. 143 MATX ST.rCPwi>JBJAis.a Noyl&wSm ^ ~ NEW ADY EBTISEM?3SP*sir~ Jkg "* ' -? TSzSSS ^ 1T8SANP> >-^fiiT<<i form ??A JP. Qtv&ArvOflk' ' Dr. . Pure FamllyMedJdiie Tfcfct.iteref nrfcoikate8;*" 4"^ * *wafcToxic. : -";<* ;> It yoa are* meciianle or fv?aeE,-won*._o*U J fth otepyr?rtt,o? a mott&r ruttiJoirsi by -flimflx : hoase&e]^ dmles Uy Ei*x*J?* Tome. ifVoq, naje Dyspepsia, B^atnittsm, Xldo*r rCflnary cocatalats, or ? jw aw trmMed axkse> Tonic. 4 'SSSSSSSSSSSSlSSuX 'JtUBSs^^'OPSNBS L^at iate^ABKER*S TONIC. 4* 0? *. tt-.Wttfc J trl jorate *rid build youop fi*6to tke sra dQM- J at^Waepec tctojjcitc. 1 v. rcds orTrves.it m*r ^re'^oeit HISCOX & CCL, J 3S Willlun Street, 'Sfewjrerlu 1 ic. ft-sixes, :t til dealers ia'-tsMlfilnesanr.gin bujlBg- dollar atzs. 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