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m (ft** th* Jlhm.York World.) tlM flfarM l u »“ ■('tide oon- •endotf the American Bell Telephone Ompeny, puWlnhid by the N«w York World tome day* ago, lelated only to the bueineM of the parent cor* poradoo. There are •ub-compaire* all over the United Siatee Rtid-U i> by theae that the aotnal lelephone aenrloe of the country ia iK i foim- ii, i and it la tl>rough them that the people pay the enormoua tax now extorted by that aerrloe The parent company, aa atated, i* a Maaaaehaaetta oorporati »n with tne eentral oflue at No. 96, Milk Street, Boaton, with an authorized capital of •JOuOOh/XX). Tt U ia the great con troillnf and abaorbing head ol a vast ayatem that axtenda out to avery citr, town and eonaiderable village, gatb* aring In avory year a gro»» Income s«libu«t aa great aa that of the Western Union 'fttegraph Oompauv. The authorised capital of the parent com pany is no index of Itt wealth and future aspirations, and h U only kept at •10,000,000 becauae of a retusal of the Laglaiature df klassncliu^ctts to grant the company’* application f r nu increaaato fan,000,000. The parent company am. the mib^ompanics are really oae stupendous concern, tlie profliableness wf which probably ex ceed'* that of any eonsiderabie property known to tbit age of profitable ven ture#. Aa soon aa tbe practicability ami usefulness of the telephone had been established there wa<* a great rush in all directions to secure territory and fens sub-companies. These sub eompaules have since been largely consolidated, and In Mav, 1885, tbei were thirty-six in existence in the United States. The one holdiii|i away orer the city of New Y ork u known as tbe Metropolitan Telephone and Talegraph Comtany, which itaelt has frar Mib-oowpaiues or anb-licenses —The Domestic Trlefrraph and Tele phone Company, of New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, ibe Weatctoaatsr Telephone Oouiiuuiv and 'Mm btatan island Telephone Company In tbe thirty-six sub-companies refer red te above no aoconut Is taken of the sub-licenses. In New York (lie Metropolitan stands for ail, and the dealings of the parent com|«uiy are with it solely. The parent company has in interest iu all the thirty-six sub-companies ol the United States. i'l* aggregate capital otthese sub-companies amount- ed te g&AOOU.OuO on the 31st day of March, 1186. if we add to that the •10,090,00!) authorixod capital of tlie parent eompauy It makes a grand total Cf •63,000,000. if Iha parent aouipany ware to be granted the addi tional •$),000,000 of autltorised vapi- taJ stuck they have asked A»r. tlie grand total would foot up $83,000,000, which ia •3,000,000 more tiiati the capital stock of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Without a oheea ot some ntrt It w ill <a*ou reach that and even Mill greater proportions tax ouAir or rux rahkmt ooiiramt. The Interest of the parent company in the various sub-companies is very large ranging all tbe way from 33 to 61 per cent. On the 31st of March, llt6, Its holdings in the various com panies amounted lu round numbers to 140,(100 shares, the value ot wldrh was estimated at f23,000,000, so that, •f the aggregate 963,000,000 of stock held hy all the sub-eom pa ides com bined, the parent oompauv held alusoAt half. Its holdings in the "MctropoliUn Company of this city to fi,900 shares, its holdings In the New England Teleplione anti Tele- 63,166 Aliarrs, and gn^di Company u> •Imply a gi While the p than eerta ..1/ ■ kiiuga in tbe Central Union Teie- gbone Company to about tweuty-fonr thousand shares. These shares in suh- ooiupaules were obtained in two wavs; one hy so-called purchase,Mie other by the latter term meaning ift for tlie right to exist, 'purchases made are no more | certain transfer of properties •pen which there may be placed a tic tltioDs value. On tbe 3Dt of March 1886, tbe par value of tbe shares ob tained by fhtneiseamounted to 16,500,- But telephone stock is rarely to be estimated on the basis of a par valua tion. The present company’s stock haa sold as high as 260 and' ia now worth about 900. The stock of nearly all the subcompanics is worth etjuaiiV aa much. Very little of it Is on the tpurket at all, it being too valuable for speculation purposes. WEALTH or THE SL’B OOJtrANIKS ^ ‘ i a The combined wealth of the sttb- oompatties may be aaoertaiued, at least approximately, by calculations based on the last report of the parent com- K y, Irnued to ita stockholders March , 1886. It is there stated that the average number of exchange connec- tiona lu the United Statea was 697,966 fct day, or 261,267,760 per year. An exchange connection is what is com monly designated a call. Elsewhere the report states that the subscribers I from three cents to five cents per ir Suppose we fix the sver- cnarge at four cents per c mnretiou. *olv the number of connections a jwr. 861,297,796 by four cents, wo ohtaia a grand total of •10,000,710.40, whtUlt ia a fair estimate of tbe gro*s liMonse. This is 6 | er oen*. of aboai •176,000^)00. Making a reasonable reduction for expense**, it I* not prob able that the sub-companies of tbe country receive a net income of less E 6 per cent, on a combined valna- Of •160,000,000 The Ml Teie- • “prnuetty M 4»f the United Sisles may be aalHy plaeed si that higii ire. The aetna) capi'alization, ex- the parent ooin|«uv,/is •53,- , aa shown by *4lclai report, > very certain that tlie average value of tbe stock i- •200 per i m a par valuation of •100. • it area, which are eertainlv ' re enough, are given to In- the fliMBOtal strength of the Taiephsus Uumpany and all iu 1 cswpofadoMS and to show what rerAMboldtt has upon tlie eonntrv ;; -tha dagger that Is threatened ‘ be tMitbmed growth. No to so powerful; is »|K> werful; of the 325,000 teleulione iostrurnenU iu u>M iu tlie United Slates cost onlv a to Mm various sub-companies 226^74 InstruuMuits, oa/whlch tbe average price Is g7 per annum, so that the entire rental exp* use of the sub-coin- patties Is but •1^676,018 a year. This l» th* principel Hem of expense lhai rotne- out of their groan income wf •10,060,000. In New York tne aub- ciMupauy pays tlie parent company •U per year for hisiriimcnts and • h’urge** snbeaibcrs all the way Iroin $160 to •200, and even more in ca-e of private line-. Tlie average cost to subscribe s ot an instrument under control of the Metropolitan Company is not kvs than •176 and there arc over 12,600 instiu- incuts iu use, Including private wire-, if we place the number at 12 500 the toiel tax on sultscrihers Is al»oul $2,- 412,000. Only •206,000 of this g*ies to tlie parent'cnm|*auy on account of rentals, the remainder, deducting ex pense fbr salaries, cou-truciion, re pairs, Ac., going as dividends to stockholders, tbe parent company it-ell being a stockholder to tlie extent ol 6,000 snares. Tlie total cost ot a telenhoue iasiruiueut U •3.42, so that lu New York the parent company re- eeivee avery year as rentals over four times tbe value of the instrument rented, while the sob-company re ceives from subscribers a sum still more out of proportion to the first cost of the service rendered. There is not • sub company in America that has not more (ban paid for its plsat in the first y ear of its existence. The « bole pi iu the United States little over •1,000,000, so that what we see of the telephone repre-euts in actual dollars and cents than one hundredth pert of ths net value of the “property” it repretei.ts. MKAKINO Or THK OOVERMHENT'S SUIT. No account is here made ot tlie B**ll Telephone Interests in foreign conn- tries. It Is anflke.irnt to know what they have attained to in the United States, so far os tbe Importance of the -nit about to be itisilinied by the gov ernment is concerned If the Bell patent shall be Invalidated a fatal blow will be struck at (lie most stni>eiMlou- siugle monied power of the countrv If It should be snstaiued, there is no gueaslngglbe pro|*ottlons to which u may eventually grow. THK COTTON CHOr. EtUaiMad tm b» Sts and m Half Mltltaa Bala*. The special cotton returns of the Department of Agricu.ture estimate cotton remaining on plantations on the 1st February, tbe proportion of lint to seed quality average date of close of picking and price of cotton seed. Date of closing varies from November 26 to December 11, but averages for the cotton bell about nine days later than last year: Florida, November 25; Alabama, November 28; South Carolina, No vember 30; North Carolina, December 2; Georgia and Texas, December 3; Arkansas, Decetulx r 4; Mi—i—ippi, IJeceinberS; Louisiana and Teunea-ee, December 10. Tlie quality L poorer tbait last year on tlie Atlantic coa-l, with much riisonloml and trashy fibre. Tbe staple is shorter thin usual, ex cept In favored locations went of the Mi«-I«eippl and the yield of lint, which should average at least 32 per cent., is only aliout 31 per cent, from Virginia to Alabama and Tennessee, it i- 32 in Mississippi slid about 32 to 324 in {bates west of Mississippi. The quan tity on plantations (•Ybrnary 1 is ap- liStviiily itl*oui one-sixth of tlie crop, five-sixth* having gone forward, si*- (tearing at tlie ports about February 5 Tlie peicentage of the crop marketed is as follows: Virginia, 82; North < aniline, 82; Soulb Carolina, 84; Georgia, 86; Florida, 87; Alabama. 84; Mississippi, 834; Louisiana, 834; Texs-, 83; Arkansas, 83; Tennessee, 82. Tlie general average is nearly 83. indiaatkiua thus point to the crop, approximating tbe Novemberesiimato* of the vield per acre which looked to the pniduct of about six and a half million bale*. THK ST. LOUIS THUNK HUKDEB. Tfea Cary— IdsatUUd hr a Oantist who TUlod Vh» Kurd-rod Haa's Taath. {Oakland (Col) Tribune.) The solving of the 8t. Louis murder my stery is about to take place. It ha- been disputed by the insurance compa nies, with whom Preliar, tbe alleged victim of the above murder, whs in sured, that the dead body was Dat of Preliar. The claimants of the insur ance money, to verify their claims, have hod the body disinterred and the head severed, with a view to prove by the teeth, which hod at some time been filled, that they possessed Prejlar’s bead and that Prellar was dead. This method of proof was suggested by the finding among Prelitfr’s effects of m receipted bill bearing date of March 29, 1878, setting forth that certain teeth iu Preliar’s jawa had been filled by Dr. E. T. Burnette, of Oakland, at the time when Prellar was visiting this State. A few days ago, Dr. Bur nette received a letter from the claim ant's lawyers, asking him whether he performed certain dental work for Prellar at the time mentioned and whether he could identify his work. Dr. Burnette in referring to his books ot tliat date found (he entry, also a description of tbe work performed and has written a reply to that effect. The case will binn upon Dr. Burnette’s testimony and he expects to be sum moned to 8t. Louis to testify as an ex pert. WltfllX TILDKN’S GRASP. MISSKD THK PKHSIDKNCY BY ONK HOUH. HOW HK AS lalarasttMf If Nat I aa port ant Stary About the Straggl* lu ’bovontj-MU. (Vorrttpoiultnee of the Augusta Chronicle.) CoLtUBiA, 8. C. # February 6.-A few evenings since three old veteruua of 1876 were seated around a com tort- ab;e fire puffing their flagrant Havanas and discussing (be numerous exciting events in which they bud been partici pants. Two of them were ex-Sute Senators and one an ex-Stutc officer of 1876. As the latter forced u cloud of blue smoke from hi- mouth and scut it curling upward-, lu said: “Did you ever bear ho** near Tilden came to* re ceiving the electoral vote of South Carolmaf” Hi- friends bad heard something on ibis subject, but if he had anything new to ofier they would be glad to listen. “Well, gentlemen,” he proceeded, “Tilden was within one hour of being Pre-idem of the United States The South Carolina Ueptibli- can electors were • for sale, but they came hitrh. The Democrats wanted them, however, although their price was a little exorbitant. The State commitire was not in a po-ition to purcha-e their votes and had little in terest iu or deshe to do so, as Hamp ton hud been elected Governor, and the people were so rejoiced over this that National matters were regarded a- ot -mall consequence. The National Committee had information of the con dition of the electoral ticket, and was somewhat more inclined to invest. The d ffii uliy, however, was that the Hepublican electors were such con summate scoundrels that no reliance could Iks placed on their promises. Ii wtt- necas-ary then to secure a third party to conduct negotiations. A broken Columbia banker, whom we will call Hardy, who bad received h part of tbe plunder of the Kadh&l crowd, was selected. He soon |ht- fected arrangements for a transfer of the vote- from Hay es to Tilden for the sum of 8GO,OUO. 'The Democratic representative ac -edcd to the proposal Was It Caacar T * I hare been taking B. B. B. for six or seven weeks for something like canceron my neck, »t>4 1 would not take onk thou- Sam P dollars for the benefit received. 1 hod previously tried various so-called blood remedies, but B. B. B. Is tlie best, tlie quickest and the cheapest blood purl Her 1 ever used. 1 refer to any merchant of UriAii, GO. J. U. BAKNEN, U iff)it, Oa, Were we so dUposed, we could make a great case of cancer cure of tlie above, but as we do not think that genuine can cers are ever cured, we do not propose to husibugtbe public. Tbe above Is perhaps only a case ot scrofulous ulcer, which B. B. B. cures more speedily than any remedy. It will cure any eo-called cancers In one half the time and one third the money required by any boasted remedy. B1AJOD UABM CO.. • Atlanta, Oa iso pnur- In tbs United States Court at Fort Dodge, Iowa, rece illy was being tried a ease iu which all the teatimony on either side was given bv attorney*. Tbe jury were out all night, and aot agreeing ia the mo ring they wrre awed what tbe matter was. They rsytted they “could not make op their minds, because the evidence wee so poor? T t timet Is (is best Xf. u far ssinasr te A sona timet •M TajdW'S Char- ami iIIreeled Hardy to go immediately to Barnutn’s Hold iu Baltimore and call ai room 47, where he would find a parly wailing who would puv over the amount agreed upon. Hardy arrived promptly at Barium’s and examining the name on the hotel register opposite room 47, )»e found that it was -o hsdly written that he w as umblc to r< ad t. He called tbe clerk to hi- a-ri-tanec. but Ibis gentleman also tailed to deci pher tbe signature. Hardy walked up u* 47 and knocked, but receiving no an-wer retired. Ho -trolled out on tbe street, and while walking along leisurely a stranger placed hi- hand on his shoulder and -aid: “You are wanted at room 47.” Hardy imme diately returned, opened the door and, as be 8(ep|ied into the room, tlto dooi closed with a -nap and lie f<>und him- -rlf locked in. He uwaiied a short while, when a gentleman entered and at once proceeded to di-cuss the sub ject that bad brought them together. The terms were quickly arranged, but tbe -(ranger informed Hardy trankly that Ire wa* nnwilling to pay over -o large a sum to him until the vote had been cast. To ltd* llartiv replied tliat be hud promi-ed not to telegraph tbe sieetorN to surrender until tie hat! the money in band. Time was getting -hurt. Ii was tlie day for the vote to be cast and nearly the hour. In this emergency tbe stranger a-ked Hardy if be would be willing to accept the pledge of a certain private merchant that the amount would be paid, and send the telegram. Hardy agrred to this, and they went in great haste to see ibe merchant, only to fiud that he trad left the town one hour before and could nut tic reached. The telegram was never sent, tbe vole of the State wa- given to Hayes, and that is how Tild-n came within sixty minutes of being President.” “That's a good yam,” said an cx-Sen- ator, “but did you ever bear the real reason why the the fight In tbe dual Lcgi-lature failed to lake place? Tim ot tiers had beard some causes assigned, but were not sure that They were correct. “Well,” the ex Senator continued, “lean give you the facts. Tbe Republicans had laid their plans well. They had tbe colored Hnn- k^clori Club, from Charleston, as you will remember, composed of the mo-t brutal and daring clan- of low country negroc*, stationed in iho Mato House, near tbe Representatives’ Hall, well ai med and ready to respond to any call. The United States troops were on the lower floor, within easy reach if needed. The Repaoltcans only had fitly-idtie member-, not a Consiitu- ti' iiul quoiuin. and they could not aflord to lose a single Representative. These members were dirci ted, on a certain night, previously agreed upon, to retire one at a lime from the hall and have (heir places taken by men from the Hunkidoris. Tbe United State- Lieutenant who was to com mand the guard that night was u bitter Repoblicau partisan, and had agreed to give all the assi-isuca needed to destroy the Democrats. Tse night arrived and arrangements to execute the plan were begun, when to the astonishment of the Republicans they found that tbe officer in command ol the troops was not their man, and furthermore that he tefosed to be a party to any such murderous designs. Toe game was blocked, and before it could be re-sn anged the leading Dem ocrats bad discovered tlie plot, and iu order to avoid bloodshed nod left the State House. These facts are said to have been furnished -ereral year* after wards by E. W. M. M wkey, who was Bpeaker of the Rnmp House, and the leader of the Republicans.” “That's all very lii>e,’’ observed tbe other ex Senator, “and It makes my blood run cold nine years afterward* to hear the subject discus-ed in that wav. it puts me to thinking wnat might have happened—how lie blood of some ot our best people might have stained the granite walls of <*nr dilapi dated Statuilouse, not unmixed pu-si- bly with the blo«id of some of our meanest people. lint, gentlemen, iu my opinion, i lie re wa- never any dan ger of a conflict. Tlie Republicans played a bluff game and won. , We retired without just cause and should have w O'ted until we were pat out at tbe point of the bayonet.” By this time the cigars were smoked •at, tbe caucus adjourned to meet •gain and discuss the causes leading to tbs DentOoraiic detection of the tkate House ^*d by whose advice it unrb&tt roouBH vahio. ASseaat of tfco So CaUoS Bias a%6 the Caaso of Um Ftewqr. (London Special te tie Jfete Tori Time*.) London finds it difficult to lay hold ot word- forcible enough to character ize properlv its own idiuc\. Research has shown that there has town no pre vious outbreak of pillaging in London ••Inee iho Gordon riots a hundred and six years ago. It need* no examina tion of tlie records to form a belief that no city iu Europe has gone into -nch a fooli-h flutter ot panic ms wo have recently had on such slender grounds lor at lea-1 twice that period. Monday's riot was merely some Guv Fawk 1 ** i uffi.mism on a big s^alv, with ihe efforts ot a flew thieve* lidded. Four or five hundred rough- found themselves together, and the efforts ol the Sociali-ts and the breaking up of the workingmen's meeting iusuir'-d them with the idea of tui balance. They started off aimlessly to shout, throw stones, and create a racket, until they were slopped. The intelligent polUe simply remained behind in order to guard the square where the meetings had been held, instead of following the gang. The roughs and thieves thus got a free rein and grew bolder as they made progress, until they readied a point where they were in sensate with a de-ire fur destruction and wholesale pillaging. Finally, thrifty policemen met and disuer-ed them, aa they might have done at am singe of the so-called riot This U absolutely all there was of it; bm ail Lcudon, in a ridiculous tremor of agi tation, leaped to the coiiclu-ioii I but there was a direct connection l»etween the windy harungurs of tlie Socialist agitators uud tlie sub-equent action of the mob, and surrendered it-elf to a panic. On Tuesday the densest tog of the winter prevailed, and everybodv saw rioters in every flitting form tliat was euvelo|H‘«l in tbe darkness, amt su-liected u conflnsiaiioii iu every -k\light reflection upon a smoky wall. On Wedne-day there was the-time fog, ami lhe excitement grew until pe<>pic were wild with Ircnzy. t-en-ible men became lunatic*, and honest citizen- turned into purveyor- of false new*. At noon the town was i.<p>g witn stories ot butties waging on tlicT 'nines bridges, of tbe citv being banicad d, and of bodies of rioters converging from all the outlying of slums. The papers came out with flaring reports that nn army of rioters was murcl.iug on London from Greenwich. The police utterly lost their heads uud went about warning tbe shopmen to put up their -huiters. At tlie dinner bout citizens waited for tbe worst as if hi a town in tlie la-t extremities of a siege. Conceive ot the police ot New York ordering tbe -tore* on Broadway and in Union Square to be closed on tin strength ot a rumor that a gang ot rough* were -mashing windows in William-huig ami \on will bare faint idea of the -ituuiiou, only here there were sixty mile* of shops closed Bu-iue-s amounting iu the aggregau to millions wa- suspended. On Thur- day the f.*g lifted and jieoplc 'wgan to compare noies. Thev found that tlien bail been no riot and no attempt ut u riot. Four millions of people bad gone into hysteric- over I lie sheerest concoctions ot fancy that ever -cared a boy pasting a grave}aid in tbe dark. Of course Continental opinion rushed to the conviction that the outbreak was the organised work of the Socialist-, and the organs ot despotism wagged their heads iu -ati-tuoiion ut the I lioiigln that Ei gland, which is an a-yluiu tor all the iclusters from their Granin wa- reaping tne reward of its tol erance. Tlx se migenerou- and unin telligent critici-tn* were telegraph'd over to I^ndon by columns, and by ilieir ludicrou* exaggerations they helped to bring Londoners to their -eii-os. The Paris Anarchists, ol aunse, went into a delirium of rc juicing, and it is feared that they may tind here an incentive to more danger nu* rioting on their own book. The Ftencli authorities ure taking great precautions against an outbreak on Sundav, when many meeting- are advertiaed to be held in Belleville and Montmartre. However much mis chief Monday’s outbreak may thus in directly do, the outbreak Is not to be taken seriou-lr iu itself save as warning to Loudon to reform ber effete and clnmsv system at Scotland Yard. The rioting at Liecester, however, l« a really grave sign of the existing di— tress, it is to be noted that there only faotories snd their owner- were as sailed. There was no pluuderin, whatever, which -hows that the wot was due to grudge- on the purl of the unemployed. There is u fear that tbi may spread to Nottingham, Birming ham and Lnnca-hire. There are enough of the-e unemployed here t< sack the town it they cho-e to do s >, but their possible movement* are not ,lo be confounded with the operation of lawless criminals, much less with the professional agitation of a handtal of Socialists. \ don*. Richland. At)Vic'S TO HOTftBHS. Ha* Wmao'Vi mrnmwa stout *o#M aL wars m «* for oauarM. Ksomm# ctoa, SOftOM to** silAj* f-f- sar-s viad eoOc. sad ► (Or Scat nmmij ttt MV-nvasssAafeMlK A HOKMUN CANNON IN UMBO. HI, Attempt to Eiicapo Proves Calamitous —He Is Kscorted by a Youug Army. The train with GeorgeQ. Gannon on board reached Salt Lake City last Wednesday. Cannon was promptly taken before Judge Zane, and gave bond in the sum ot •46,000. An e-cort of two military officers and twenty-nine enlisted men accompanied the special train. The court room was densely packed, but no demonstra-Ion wa* made. Marshal It eland expres-ee Do doubt of Cannon's attempt to escape, lie probably had confederates, but missed them by not jutupimr from tbe train at the right place. When Can- null was recaptured he was some dis tance from the truck with two loavee of bread and a bottle of water in hit pocket#. He fell on hi* face and shoulder. His no*e was broken and be wa* cousidcrabl^brui-ed, but was not seriously hurt. Marshal Ireland confirms the report that Cannon offered •1,000 to a Nevada Sheriff to let him go. Arnold, who was with Cannon, urged the Sheriff to accept tbe ofl'er and promised him a position for life at a good salary if he would do so. Thv Drtvsr Bobbvd tbs Staffs. Thomas H. Casey, a stage driver from Chadrun to Fort Robinson, Neb., ha* been arrested on a charge of com mitting the robbery of the express treasury box about two months ago. Ha was the only person on the stage and claimed that • masked robber with e double barreled gun compelled him to give an the treasure box, oon-, taining over 17,01)0. Casey had been held under eloee espionage by the express company since tMb robbery. —Win is a whrtarsSsra like a child wttb abadewd? it Mows, ft -aowe fit »). Cars tt with T THKT CUHSKO OOO. Tbs Tarrihla Pot* of a Party of r-. Bavsllsrs. (Special te the Cincinnati Enquirer.) Tbe uewspuiters ie*t week gave e thriliiug account of the dreadful fate of Bmiinei Mceier, of llarri-buig, IV, who, with a uuiiioer ot ritvaid comrades had an imitation of tlie Lord’s Slipper, with bix-ad and beer. In the mul-t oi tbe mockery “an iutmeiisu ill-formed and foul bea-t, witii cloven ieet, poiat- td lioin- ami eyes that flashed fire,” ttp|>cnml. Mceter died u umnieu, de- Occlui lug ho bad sect: the Evil One, and was lost. Erie has a ca-u somc- wliat sinnlar, only tliat five .ives were tlie penalty of biaspheny, instead of one. Although Hie tragic events oc- cvrred tiaif a century ago, they have never appeared in tlie press, not with standing that tho older inhabitants .“cm 'iiiber them distinctly, i'bc cor respondent was shown uu old hou-e in Greenfield Township, east of Erie, Penn., to whicb is attached a highly dramatic story, it is a large structure three stories' high, and of quaint architecture, it was erected in the early days of that county, has been uutenanted more than a* generation, and, it is said, no amount of money could induce a Gi ecu field citizen to -lay iu it over night, in 1836, when the liott-e was iu an unfinished -tate, but nearlv ready for occupancy, u party of five men, bent on deviltry, took possession and held high revelry until morning. They were shockingly iinpiua-, and, deadening their con sciences with libations ot whiskey, brandy and rum, they cuc-ed God iu turn. A Bible was torn up, burned, and the u»bes mixed witii the fiery (leverage. Then the men, lilting high their cops, drunk to thti confusion ot the Christian God and -uccu-s to the Prince of Darkne-s and Ruler ot Ht llj During (he dreadtul toast a ternoie Siurui sprang up. Lightning blazed from the dai k ciouns, and a fierce clap of thunder -hook tlie house to its foundation, making the blasphemers pause. Three days later one of tieui told the other tour he had had a fright- tut dream. In Hie vision be -aw him- -elt and 'outrode-as they were three nights before. He -aw the Sacred Book blazing and reduced to carbon sod mingled with the liquor, and he recognized in the clap of itmuder the voice, ot God iclhng me five ttiat pun ishment wa* to be visilei on each. It is u singular and well-attested fact that a tearful tate betell the partici- i ants, and tlie-u(>er-titiou* of Green field regard it as the vengeance ol Heaven tu tulfillmetit ot tliat vision Adam ?chober was the fir-t to die. His end was made horrible by delirium tremens, and lie raved about everlaxt nig torments uud hideous demons with -(•cars. Jo-rph Neil went next, being drowned in a stagnant pond. The third, George Hood, pen-lied by the Hand ot sn unknown a-sas-iu, who • lunged a d gger into Ids body in the dark. Jonas Larkin was struck dead on a wagon and bis hor>e* drew the body home. Tbe doom ol Peter Ful ler wa- suggestive ot his pledge to datan in that blasplir-m m- bowl. He was imprisoned iu a burning building and roasted alive, and his cliarred bones were githcre 1 from Hie ruin-. For many year- (he place wa- bo lieved to be liaaniod by the spirits of the “Fearful Five” as they were call ed. It was insisted that upon every anniversary ot tbe unholy orgie their spectres entered the hou-c and went through the Bible burning and drink -ceno again, at or which each was seized with the agoui-'s peculiar to the death which over.ook him. Tweun- five tear-ago, when the evd repu a- • ion of tlie hoti*e was at its lietgl Noah W. Lowell, now tlie Erie aireni of tho American ExpiC-s Company w ith a party of young and ghestproof companions, determined to dispel the tears of thw people by having a dance in the place. They assembled against the advice of the oldest (dmit- -eers, and iu the middle ot a waltz a mighty ru-h of cold air extinguished the tights. The d-ncera shrieked and flrd, ra. li fearful of being seized by the snirils of the dead men. Mo-t proba biy a gust of wind put out the lights, but many still believe 'hey had a sup ernatural warning. —A panorama of the battle of Bui Run, which exhibits (lie Federal sol diers in a demoralized condition, is about to be unrotted in Wa-hington. Upon learning Ibis tact, the ptists ot tbe Grand Army of the Republic held a meeting and adopted a resolution, that the soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic should di-courage the oatrouage of said exhibition, because d is designed to gratify the spirit ot treasou and perpetuate iu the memory of the peonle the triumph of the re- i*ellion oitd one of the most hmniliat tug defeats suffered by tbe UliUti anu\ during the late war. FOB tiWltiMff ANB OtiOVB UBi —There is much excitement in Ber lin over apparently well authenticated reports that Bismarck i- preparing to yield entirely to the Vatican iu the religious di-pute waged bv Prussia aguiiist the Papacv for tho past fifieoii y ear*. A h II has been deposited by the Goveruiiient witn the upper house of the Landtag, revoking most of the Mav laws which have been so odious to the Catholics of Germany . —Sam Jones preached to an audience *s mi of 8,000 people in Music Hall, Cinciu nati, on the night of the 13th the building being crammed, and it i< e - rimmed that nearly 40,000 persons could not gain admission. It wa- Sutn’s last night, as he goes home for a fortnight’s rc-t, before ho taps Chicago. —A Kentucky Judge has improved on Solomon, or at lea-t made a varia tion on tliat wiseacre’-famou* decision. Two mothers recently came before him to claim a baby, and he settled tlie diapuie by declaring that neither of • he women wa-fit to lake (lie child, and then sent it to an orphan asylum. —One of the Inrifr-t single Hhipmi'iit*. of dress goods ever intde from New England to a single firm whs from Lewi'fon, Maim*, i eo ntly to a Chicago drygoods house.'The movement iff cotton good* is increa-ing, and the prospect for the coming year is better than a year ago. — M. A. Goer, living near Atlanta, dropped his wallet, containing while feeding hi* hogs. He mt-sed the money soon afterward-, snd ►os- pecting what had become of it, butch ered the animals and recovered a mass of (reel-back pntp, which (te wiii send to the Treasury Department for ex« change. \ SALESMEN WANTED I i X N evmv neigiibnriMMA or aw aft hawa, Urn A r, ‘ JBOt either to travel *a IiJiaa aa4 ty Did Sup- pose Mustanj Liniment only good for horses? It is for inflamma- tion of all flesh. ffET G Am -itmWiImmi MM U lb* SMI>«— StMM, l>( apMUtMi -dMl-ta ifeM U■*>■■« to* Ml-r- pnStdM SM «urlr nmlm M««k. nlm, Ot— IS* aklM — tkww uff I— HI— amhruM !■ or—p u4 vb—pt-V'—**. WhOT sb—Mm* wit* tb, k—liait mael Octe*—pdadpa la Iha aalld* plaat af Sm oM Adtb. pia- a—la la T.VLom'a Caaaoaaa Rawaar or SwaarOtra »» th, Saaat taowa r-a-d; tor Coad». Croup, l-C«u«k aaS ('uaaaaiptloa ao4 a palatakl*. as;. 1 — taka It. Art .our *ronlM for It. Prical WALTEH A. TATXOE, Atiants, G« I WtoAptaf-CoHi ebtld fa plQHOTd tio. *•* $t. ' “MOTHEES’ PEIEl'fD!” Dm DR. BIOURR9* HDOKLRBKRRY CORDIAL 1- I DWrktHK. DjMBtory sad Childr*a TMthiftf. For mU He More Pain! NO More Terror!’., ^ on, 7, * hort< - n ? tlie time of labor snd teasens tlie intensity of palu, but, ft srreatly (liinlnislies ths langur tt* life of both ‘('other aixl child, and Jo More linger! ..uv,.-the mother in a [condition highly fa- A MATEUKNT OF FACTS FOR THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER. Atlanta, Gw., Januery 12, loss. Kinsfgiiig from a severe diul long spell of typhoid fever! I Oi-eovercd that the fever bad settled in my right leg; yyJkicli caused it to swell to itii enormous rite, remaining -o tjufte three jt ar.-, ixsi-l ng a'l treat nit ut. A sma:! ul ei final y made It- appeiinuice a liule ahove the aiikle which v. fused to heal to any and a.i exter nal app.icnU'Oi and (be use ot the most noted bl t-l poison r inedr s 'i he uleer et»iitiuui d to enlarge, fre quently discharging, jicilutps, ns inueh a* a cupful of pus or mirier per day The I size of (he ulcer was ubout (wo inches in diameter, extending ton <.' l pth i «vr the bone. At one time it appeared that th* | flesh in all c- ntignuu* parts, wonhl surely I become a running sole, a- it- piWn iarfy- flabby, spotted and unlicallliy londdioii clearly indicated, and it was intimated that I might lose my leg. My couduioii becuKiing so critical, and tiie ulcer cn.arg lug so rapidly, we sent for l>r J. I*. U.o.ii- go<de, who niade a thoroug-; examiuation, and said that the flesh on my leg for six TO MV' vorahie to speedy re- ic r*> m 1 hi'very, ami far less Motner or uHiiui rnrb'e to flooding, col. \ iks'ons, and ottier (. larming sy mptoma SlO' The Diend of Incident to slow or painful labor. Ita tuily wonderful efflea- tU'es it to be called rilKMOTHK ’» KrlEM) and to be M Other hood cy In this respect en- ti ' " ‘ Transformed to TO *£• ranked a* one of the II 27 JlL lite-saving reined lea “ *** of the niueteentli cen- cnil JOY Itury. J- ivjn the nature of :he case it will of cuuise he umlci»t«'od 'hat we eaiiimt pub- ilish I'crtilU'atcs coii- iccrning this Kkmki>Y without w.miditig the dcii< ecy of the write in. Yitw; have liundrcdfl SaN'ty ui'.d Eam 4 , tile, and uo mother who has once used it will ever again be Safforiiw T7crr.an vitixiut it in her time —TO— t.f trouble. A pr«>iiilncnt pliy-lebui lateiv rvniarkt»d inches aroutnl tbe sore would si-'ti - ougli i 'I"* piopr.-toi. tba! if :t were admissible off if not remedied; that I mu t bsve my ■ make public tbe U tici-. we receive, the leg bandaged daily uud commence t irnsc i of B. B. B. I acted according fo his in.-tru- tiojis, and healing 1 coutinu- d ti.e use of 11. B. 11 , ami to tite greatest a-tonisliiu nt ami s itis- factiou of iiiy.s«-|f and irieml-, the ul-er continued to heal rapidly and I- now en tirely well, and 1 am attending t > my busi ness at W. Ii. Brotbei ton’s store. 1 do not hesitate to recommend I). B. B. asa wonderful, speedy ami e!ii*ctu *1 IiIoihI pur.tier, far sup<Tior to airythiriT else 1 ever used. 1 refer H. Brnthert >n, \V. 1*. '’on*. Maj *r D. A. Cook, Dr J. I.. Pins ui a i^ others of Atlanta \V. M. <tu>iii!:i: •*M :hc!> t rietui ” \ oubl out.tell anything on tl.c tn irV.-t. 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