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im mn wu ?i iiniMiiiiiWHiii f mi II.MU TMK TrLEPHOKE IYIWNSY A TAX OT TUN M ILM OX? A VI. A ll IJiV uo> ox uic l'jiUiit;. JW.rur.? ? showlns the txturtlouote Pro?ts ?>. th? Uolt Monopoly...Xuipoi IMIH-V ol' th* Milt to l>? l i?.?. ?.au U by th? Coven . uient. (From (he New Vork World.) Tho figures given in au uri ich? con cerning thc American U ll Telephone Company, puhlislod by lim Ne* York World some days ago, related only to the business ot'the parent cor? . pm ai ion. .'lhere me sub-coinpun c all over the United States und it is by theso that rho actual telephone service of tho country is pei foi ne tl, ami it is through them that the people pay tho enormous tax now extorted by thal service. Tho parent company, ns slated, is a Mu-sachus?its corporation with the eentrul oflloo at No. 95, Milk Street, Boston, witli an authorized capital of $10,000,000. Tl is is the great Con trolling and absorbing beut! ot a vast system that extend* out to every city, town and considerable Vi 11 ago, gath ering in every year u groas income al mustias great ns that of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Tin? authorized capital of thc parent com pany ia.no index of its wealth und future aspirations, timi il is only kept at $10,000,000 because otu rc I usai of thc Legishuuro ot Massnehusetts to grunt the company's application f r un increase lo $30,000,000. The parent Company an., the sub-companies arc really one stupendous concern, thc profitableness of which probably ex ceed- lhiil,ofany considerable property knowirfo this ago ol profitable ven tures. As soon as tho practicability and usefulness of the telephone hud been established there was u great rush in all directions to secure territory and form sub-companies. These sub COinpailies have since been lai'gel> consolidated, and in May, 1885, there were thirty-Mix in existence in tte United States. The one holding sway over tho city of Ncr York t* known as the Metropolitan T? lephono anti Telegraph Com|.uny, which itsell hus lour Htib-CompanicS or sub licenses -Tho Domobtie Telegraph amt Tele K"fione Company, of New York anti ow Jersey Telephone Compuuy, thu Westchester Telephone Coin pan v ami the Staten [blandTelephone Compuuy. In tho thirty-six sub-coin pu ides refer red to ubovo no uccoutil is taken ot tho sub-license-?. In New York thc Metropolitan stands for all, and the dealings of thc parent company arc with it solely. The parent ooippanv has au interest in all tho thirty-six sub companies ot ?tho United States. Tho aggregate capital td these, sub companies amount ed io $53,000,0u0 on the M-t day ol March. 1885. li" we. add to that tho $lo,ooo,000 authorized capital of the parent compati j ii makes u grand total td' $08,oOO,000. if tho parent company ocre to be grauteil thc addi tloual $20,000,000 ol' aui hori/ed cupi tal slock they have asked fir, thc .' grund loud would foot lip $83,000,1)00, which is $t.5,l)o0,UU0 more iluiii thu capital stock of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Without a check ot some sort it will ?non reach that anti even still greater proportions THE OUASP Ol' rm-: PAKENT COMPANY. Tho interest of the parent company in the various sub-companies is very laigo ranging-all tho way from 33 to Al per cont. On tho Slat of March, 188.), ?ts holdings in the various com panies amounted in round numbers to 2-40,000 fchorcs, the value ot winch was estimated at $23,000,000, so that, of the aggregate $53,000,000 of stock held by all tho sub companies com bined, the parent company held almost half. Its holdings in tho Metropolitan T?l?phone Company of this city arnon ii ; to 6,000 shares, its holdings in the New Ktgland Telephone und Tele graph Company to 62(156 shares, anil its lioltiinasju the Central Union Tele ghonoCompany to about twenty-four .-thousand .shares. These -hares in sub companics were obtained in two ways; one by so-called purchase,tho oilier bj franchise, the latter lorin meaning simply a gift for tho right to exist, while tho purchases matte are no more than certain transfer of properties upon which there may he. placed a fic titious value. O.i the 81st of Mandi 1885, the par value of tho shares ob tained by francise amounted to 15,500. But telephone stock is rarely to bo estimated on the basis of a par vu I un ^.-tion. The present company's stock has sohl a? high as 250 and is. now worth'ubout ?500. The stock of nearly all thc atlbcompatitcs is worth equally as much. Very little cf it is on the market ut all, it being too valuable for speculation purposes. WKAT/rrt OF THE SI B-COMPANIES. The combined wealth of tho sub? companies may bo ascertained, nt least, approximately, by calculations based on I he he-t report ot tho parent com pany, tauted to its stockholders March 82*t, 188?V It is i hore stated that the average number of exchange connec tions Tu tho United Suites was 0i)7,9GG per day%pr 251,267,760 per year. An exidiuugc connection is what is com monly ^designated a call. Elsewhere the report states that thc subscribers pay from tliree cents to five cents per conni-,a ?on. Suppose wo fix tho aver age onarge at four cents per connection. Multioly the number of connections a yaar, 351,21)7,79.') bv four cents, wo obtain a grand tomi of $10,000,710 40, whieii ia u lair esiimnte of the gross income. This is 6 | cr cen*, of ?bi?Ul $176,000,000. Making a reasonable reduction fop expense-, if. h not prob able that tho sub-companies of the couiMAMfrrecotve a net income of less than 6 per cent, on a combined valua tion of $150,000,000 The Ihli Tele phone "property" of the United Slates may be saf?is placel >,t that h'gh figure. The actual oupbuii/.ation, ex cluding tho parent company, is $63, 000,000, as shown by otlioial report, and it is very certain that the average real value of the stock i- $200 per share on a par valuation of $100. These figures, which aro cert-d ni v conservativo onmigh, are iii von to in. diente the financial strength of the Bell Telephone Company and nil Its allied corporations anti to show what a powerful hold lt has upon (he country anti thev danger that, is threatened through its continues! growth. No railroad corporation is so powerful; no 'elegraph company is so powerful ; no corporation of any kind ia KO pow erful as this single interest represented ?'.?-?.. by tho Bell Telephone. EXTORTIONATE RATES. This throws into bolder relief than , over the extortionate rafes charged iubscrlber? by the sub-companies On , the paient, company and nuder rental < to tilt* various tuhrtoinuauiea 820,674 hull llinciits, 1>U Willoh tlit.? i?V<T"??* fu.i- Ls $7 I HT annum, MO lliat tlio cullie reniai"Xp? ii?e of tho sitb-eoin piudes ir; but $1,07(5,010 ti >iur. Tai? IN thc principal o? tu of expense tint: fume* um i,j" iii. ir gross lucerne ?>l ilO.UftU.UUO. Ill Nf? Yolk ibo ?Ul? cnn.pao) pH\B ita- purent OOllipuii) $14 pei \cur tor ii.su min nts ami i hurg?n KU bau rt born ali tho way li om $160 to $'M0, iiml even more lu cu-c of private lille?. The average co?t to subscribe ? . .I an instrument uniter control ol' the Metropolitan Company is not le-s than $176 mid lhere aro over 12,CUU iiiPtiu uicnts in use, including privat? wire-. If wa pince I he iiuinbe'r at 12000 tho total tax ou subscribers is about $2, 4l-',uun. Onlj $206,000 ?>f tlii-* ?oe? to the purent compuuv on account of rentals, the rouutiiider, deducting ex peuso for salarien, construction, re pairs, &e., going us dividends to stockholders, the parent com pam it-ell being a Stockholder to the extent ol 6,000 shares. The total cos't ot a telephone instrument it* $3.42, so that in New Vot k the purent company re ceives every \ cur as rentals over four times the value of thc instrument rented, while the sub-company re ceives from subscribers a sum still more out of proportion to the lust cost ol the sei vico rendered. There is not u sub com puny in America that luis not more than paid for Its plant In the dru >ear of its existence. Tho whole of the 320,00b telephone instruments in u>c in ibu United ?Slates cost only a little over $1,out).not), so thal what wu see of the telephone represents in actual dollars and cents than one hundredth part of tho net value of the .'property'' il reprotents. MKANINC. Ol' TI1K OOVKRNMBNT'S SUIT. No ae.COUUl is here made ot the ll.-ll Telephone interests in foreign conn trie.-.. It is sufficient IO know what they have ut tai ned to in thc Un i ted States, to far as the Importance of thc i-uit about to be instituted by the. gov? II iiment ts concerned If tho Boll patent shall be Invalidated a fatal blow will be struck tu tho most stupendous single molded power of I he count rv. ll it should be sustained, there is no guessingj?thu propo. flops to which it ma) eventually grow. THK COTTON CROP. E?tlinat?(l lo be Six nial u Half Million Unit*. The special colton returns of the Department of Agriculture estimate cotton remaining on plantations on the 1-t February, the proportion ol dut to seed quality a ve rege date of close of picking; and price ol cotton seed. Dale oj" closing Varies I Vi ?til November 2.r> io December ll, but averages tor the conon bed about nine days later than last year: Molida, November 26; Alabama, November 2*; South <'undina, No vemhcr30; North Carolina, December 2; Georgia und Texas, December 3; Arkansas, December I; Mississippi, 1 lecember 8 ; Louisiana and Tennessee, December 10. The Quality is poorer than last Mar on the A (lau; ic const, wnh much discoion d and trash) libre. Tin- staple is shorter Hein usual, cx eept in favored locations west ol the Mississippi mid the yield of lint, which should average ut least 32 per cent., is otilv about 31 per cent, from Virginia io Alabama und Tennessee, it is 32 in Mississippi and al).nit 32 to 32? in Slates west ot' Mississippi. The quan tity on plantations February l ls ap parently about one-sixth of the crop, five-sixth* having gone forward, ap pearing at the ports about Fehl nary 0 The poi con luge of ihe crop marketed is as follows: Virginia, S2; North landina, 82; South Carolina, SI; Georgia, 86; Florida, 87; Alabama. 8-1; Mississippi, S3 j ; Louisiana, S?d; Texti-, 33; Arkansas, 83; Tennessee, 82. 'Ibo general average ls nearly 83. indications (hus poi lit lo the crop, approximating thc Novemborestiniatcs of thc yield per acre widen looked to the product, of about six and a half million hides. THFST. LOUia Tfll'NK MUKDKR. The Corpilt*) Identified hy a l>rntl?t who rilled the Murdered Mnu'e Teeth. (Oakland (Cal.) Tribune.) Thc solving of die Si. Louis murder mystery is about to laka place. It has been disputed by the Insurance compa nies, with whom Prellar, the alleged victim'of the above murder, was in sured, I hat the dead body was thtit of Prcllur. The claimants of the Insur ance money, to verity their claims, have had the body disinterred and tin head severed, with a view lo prove by the teeth, which hud at some time been tilled, that they possessed Prollar's bead and that Prellar w as (lead. This method of proof was suggested by tho Unding anion? Prollar's effects of a receipted bill hearing (tate of March 2'J, 1878, setting toi'th Ihut certain teeth in Prellar's jaws had been tilled by Dr. E. T. Burneltc, of Oakland, at thc lime when Prcllur was visiting this Slate. A few days ago, Dr. Bur? nette received u letter from the claim ant's lawyers, asking him whether he performed eenuin dental work for Prellar at the time mentioned and w hether he could identify his work. Dr. Burnctto in referring to his books ot that date found the entry, also a description of the work performed mid has written a reply to that effect. The ease will hinge lipon Dr. Burne!le's testimony und he expects to be sum moned to Si. Louis to testily as nu ex pert. Wa* lt Cancer f I have hcen taking ii. il. ll. for six or seven w. eks tor Something like canceren my neck, snid [ would not take ONRTIIou BANI)O0M.AIIS for thc benefit received. Iliad previously tried various so-called blood remedies, hut il. li. I*, is the best, the quickest and the cheapest blood pun tier 1 ever used. I rc br to any merchant of Griffin, tia. J. ll. BA it V tes, ii illili, (ht. Were we so disposed, we could make a great ca SH of cancer cure, ot tue (tbova, Uni as wc tin net think (hat genuine can cers are ever ctn cd, we do not propose to hu ai bug the public. The above ls perhaps only a case ot .scrofulous ulcer, which ll. M. B. (Mires more Speedily than any remedy. It Will cure any so-called cancers in one half thc time and one third thc money required by anv boasted remedy. BLOOD BALM CO., * Atlanta, Ga In thc United States Court nt Fort Dodge, Iowa, recoitlv was being tried a case lu which all tho testimony on either sido was given by attorney. The jury were out all night, and not agreeing in tho mering thoy wi re asked what (ho minter wa?." They replied (hey "could not make up their minds, because tho evidence was so poor." -What throat is the best for a a!ncrr to teach hi ?li notes with? A KOAH turon t. If lt becomes bo sore, ui e I -.tylor's ( 'lin- , ?kee Remedy of Sweet Ga? and Mullein, i widen cures hoarseness and a husky voice.* WI! HIN Tl LD KN'S QU ASP. HOW MK *J.\si.i> TUE PU H il ll lt* O Y lt Y OM? I io." lt. Au ttitei-eatlug ?? Not. Important story About tko tltruyyto lu '8t?v?uly?tiijc? {CorwjHJH'L'hCtof (he Avjiwfa (Jhroniclc.) COLUMBIA, S. 0.| February 0.-A few evenings fclnco I bree old veterans ul lfcsTG svcrc Beal di around ll corni ?rt? ld? C lite puffing theil" flagrant Havanas and discussing die numerous exciting event? In windi they bad benn partici pants. Two of (boin were 0X-Stut0 Sentit H s and one au ox-Sute nilled' of |{<7G. AH ila: linter torced a cloud ot bute killuke from bis iuotlltl amt sentit curling upwards, hy ?aid: "Did you ever bear ho*? near Tilden came to re ceiving Ibo electoral vote ol* South Ca'ulnm?'' Hi- friends bad heard something ou ibis subject, but if he had anyibing new io oller they would be glad to listen. "Well, geilt leinen," be proceeded) "Tilden was within one hour of being President of tho United Suites Tho South Carolina Republi can electors were for sale, but they came lllgll. The Democrat* wanted them, however, although their price wns a little exorbitant. Thc State committee was nm in n position to purchase Un ir voles sud had little in terest in or desi rt: to do so, as Hamp ton had been elected Governor, and tho people wore so rejoiced over this that National mat tors were regarded I as ot hinuli cons?quence. The National j Committee had information ot the cote dillon of tho electoral ticket, ami wa?* .in what moro inclined io Invest, he hffieuhy, however, was that ibu lei iblicuil electors were such COU? s . u?ate scoundrels that no reliance coulii bu placed tm their promises, li was iiccussui') then to secure a third patty to conduct negotiations. A broken Columbia banker, whom we will call Hardy, who hint received a pnrt of the plumier of thc Radi? al crowd, was selected. Ile soon per fected ni rangements for a transfer of tho vote- I rt ?in Haves to tilden for thc Slim of $C0,0UU. " The Democratic representative needed to th? proposal and directed II ard \ to go immediately to Barnum's Hotel in Ba I thooro mid call at loom 47, where be would timi a party waiting who would pay over the amount agreed upon. Hardy arrived promptly al Barium's and examining thc name tm thc lenci register op ?osito room 17, be found thal it was so badi? wiittcu thai hu was unable to r?ad t. lb calli d I bc clerk In his n--i-tauce, but this gentleman also tailed io deci pher thc siguni ure. Hards walked up to i? and knocked, but receiving Ho answer retired. Ile strolled out on the street, and while walking along leisurely a si ranger placed lils hand on his shoulder and said: "You aro wanted at room 47." Hardy imme diately returned, opt ned thc door nod, HS he Steppod into thc room, tuc dom closed with a snap and tm found him self Kicked in. He awaited a short while, when a gentleman entend ami al once proceeded to discuss the sub ject that had brought them together. I bc terms were quickly arranged, but tho stranger Informed Hardy Rankly that ho was unwilling lo pay over so large a sum to bim until thu vote hail been cast. To this 11 arti v replied that be had promised not to telegraph the electors to sui rentier until bc had the money in hand. Tillie Was getting -boil, ll was ibo day for tho vole lo j be cast and nearly thc hour. lu this 1 emergency thc stranger asked Hardy it be would be willing lo accept tho pledge of a certain private merchant thai tho amount would bc paul, and semi the telegram. Hardy agreed to this, ?iud they neut in grout haste lo see the tm-tcham, only to find that he had loft the io .vu om: hour before and could not bc reached. The telegram was never sum, tho vote of thc State was givoil to Hayes, and that is how Tilden caine within sixty minutes of being President." "Thai's II goo.I yarn,'' said an ex-Sen ator, "but did you ever hoar thc reid reason why the thc light In thc dual Legislature failed io tako place? thc others had heard some CHUMS iissigiicd, but were liol sure that they were correct. "Wt ll," tho ex Senator combined, "lean give you ?bc Ittels. Tho Republicans batt laid their plans well. 'I hey had thc colored lluu k i dori Club, lunn Charleston, ns you will remember, computed of the uiosi brutal and dining class of low country negroes, stationed in i he Si uto Hons?;, near Ihc Representatives' Hall, wed aimed and ready to respond lo any call. The United Stales troops were on thc lower floor, within cn-y reach If needed. Thc Republicans olds lind lift y-II I HO member.-, not a Constitu tional quorum, and they could not II flor d In los? a sillglo Representative. These members were directed, ou a certain night, previously agreed upon, to retire one al a time from the hall and have their places lake, by men from the 11 ii ii k it loi is. The United States Lieutenant who was to com mand the guard that night was a bitter Republican partisan, and had aureed b> give all MIC assistance needed to destroy thc Democrats. Tko nicht arrived ami arrangements to execute the plan were begun, when to thc astonishment of thc Republicans they found that the ofticcr in command ol the troops was not their man, and furthorn.ore that he refuted to bc a parly to any such murderous designs. l*inj game was blocked, und before it could be ri.-an m g? tl the leading Dem ocrats had discovered the plot, ami in '.riler to avoid bloodshed had lett thc State House. These tacts ure saul lo have been furnished -cvcral your* alter? Wards by ft. W. M. M arkey, who was Speaker of thc Rump House, and thc leader ot tho Republicans." "That's all very Hoe," observed thc other ex Senator, "and it makes my blood run cold niue years afterward* to hear tho subject discussed in that way. lt puts mo lo thinking what might have happened-how hu blood ol SofOC ot our bi st people might have stained the granite walls of our dilapi dated State House, not unmixed possi bly with (he blood of somu of our meanest people. But, gentlemen, in my opinion, lhere was never any dan ger of a conflict. Thc Republicans played n bini!' gumo and won. Wc retired without just causo and should have waited until we were put out at thu point of the bayonet." Ry this lime the olgurs wero smoked ont. the caucus adjoin ned to meet again and discuss the causes leading to thc Dcmo.n'aiic dcKortion of thc Slate House and by whose advice it was done. RICHLAND. ADVICIt TO M OT f IK l(S. Maa. WiNSt,' Wa SOOT ni .va STROP should al trays be Usert for ctiU.uca ieitli.nK. Raoolhcj inf - nau, ?.ofijcn-t tnt* gui?a, allais all pain, ino?, wind celle I- Mn bast rttnedyfur Uprrncs". Twenty fir? cents a bottle. Julyuuyi ? mmmmmmmmmtmimwmmimmm LONDON'S rOOXJ?H PAK&O. homo A?\??unt of th? Su.O<?lW\U Ulpt RU?fl) tUo ( nm? of th? k'tmtxzy, (Lonr't/n /SjHcial to th? Jiote York Time*,) Loudon tinda it ililli uii to lay hold ol words forcible enough io charaoior iso pi*op?ri\ ii? own idiocy. Kescaroh lian shown timi lhere hus been no pre? vtoui ombrouk ot' pillaging in Loudon MUCO HID (jordon not? a bundrod and six yours Ugo. It needs no examina lion ol' the roci nd s ti? torin u ballet' I hat'lin city in Europe has gone tillo . uch a foolish lluiter ot panie as wo have recently bad on such slender grounds tor ut least twice that period. Monday's Hot was merely sotno tiny Fawkes ruili.iuisui on a big s jule, with iho cflbrtri ot u few thieve* added. Kour or live hundred roughs found themselves together, und tho efforts ot Iho Socialists und tho breaking up of the workingnien's tucetin"; inspired them u ith llie idcu of tm bulUiico. Thoy simted off aimlessly to shunt, throw sienes, and cr?alo a racket, until they were stopped. Tho intelligent poli?o simply remained behind in order to guard tho square where tho meetings had been held, instead of following the gang. Tho roughs and thieves thus got a free rein und grew bolder as thev mailo progress, until Uley reached a point where they were in sensate with a desire for destruction mid wholesale pillaging. Kiualh, thrifty policemen met and disner.-ed them, as they might have done at tun stage of tho so-culled riot. This is absolutely all there was of it; bm nil London, in a ridiculous tremor bf agi tation, leaped io thc conclusion that lhere was a direct connection between the windy harangues of the Socialist agitators and the subsequent action ol tho mob, and surrendered itself to a panic. On Tuesday (bedensest fog of the winter prevailed, and every bod*, saw rioters in every Hitting form that was enveloped in the darkness, and suspected a conflagration in ever* skylight rc flout io n upon a smoky walt. On wedueMla) there was the same fog, and thi! excitement grew until peuple were wild with ivcnzy. .Sensible men hcunmo lun?tica, ami honest citizens turned into purveyors of false news. Al noun Ibo town was hgotf with stories ol battles waging on thcT 'ames bridges, of the citv being banicad d, and of bodies of rioters eonvergin^ lunn all (lie outlying of slums. Thc papers caine out with flaring reports thal an army of rioters was marching on London from Greenwich. The police Utterly lost their heads and yvent about Warning the shopmen to put up their shutters. At lite dinner hour eiii/.ctis willied for the worst ns if in a .own iii thc last extremities Of a siege. Conceive ot the police ol New York ordering thc stores on Ih'oadway ned in Union Square to lie closed tin the strength of a rumor that u gang ol roughs were smashing windows in Wiliiamsbutg and \ou will have ? faint idea (d' I bc situation, only here ibero were sixty miles of shops closed. Ituducss amounting in thc aggrcgnh to millions was suspended. On Thu - day th'' fog lilted ami people brgau to COtnpuro notes. They found 11.ai there had been no riot and no attempt at a riot. Four mill.ons of people had gone into hysterics over the shcorcs: concoctions ot fancy that ever seared a boy passing a graveyard in the dark. Of course Continental opinion rushed to lb? conviction that the outbreak was the organized work of the Socialists, and the organs ot despotism wagged their heads in sat Isl ucl iou m ibo thought thai England, whiob is mi asylum tor ail the lofugees from their tyranny, was reaping tiie reward of its tol erance. These ungenerous and unin telligent criticisms were telegraphed over to Loudon by columns, mid by their ludieron* exaggerations they helped to bring Londoners to their senses. The Finis Anarchists, ol ouirse, went into a delirium of re joic.ing, and it is feared (hal they tnay lind hero au incentive to more danger ous rioting on their own hook. Thc Ki euch authorities arc taking great precautions against au outbreak on Sunday, when many meetings arc advertised m bc held in liol lr v i I lc and Montmartre. However much mis chief Monday's outbreak may I hus in directly do. tho outbreak is not to be taken seriously in itself save as a warning to Loudon lo reform her cfl'eto and cluinsv svstctn al Scotland Yard. The rioting ai Liecester, however, I? a really grave sign of thc existing di tress, lt is to be noted that thoi'fl only factories sud (heir owners were ns sailed. There was no plundering whatever, which shows that the work was -.lue lo grudges on the part of ihe Unemployed. There is a fear thal this muy spread to Nottingham, Blrming* ham and Lancashire, There are enough of thc*e unemployed hereto sack the town it tbftj chose to dos i, hui their possible movements aro not lo be confounded willi the operation id' lawless elimin?is, much less with the professional agitation of a baiidlul of Socialists. A MORMON CANNON IN 1.1 H no, Ilia Attempt to I'.-. ,<]><? I>rov?a Calamitous - Ile I. Kcortetl by a Young Arm/. The train with George Q. Cannon on board reached Salt Lake City lust Wednesday. Cannon was prompt h taken before Judge Zane, and gave bond in tho sum ot $10,000. An escort of two military officers and twenty-nine enlisted mon accompanied thc speciul train. Tho court room was densely packed, hut no demonstration was made. Marshal h eland expiosses H i ? iiHibi of Cannon's attempt to escape, he probablv had confederates, but missed them hy not jumpiuu tro tn the (rain at tho right placo. When Cau tion wax rei 'upi u re< I Ito waa some dis tance from the ir,.ck with two loaves of bt end and a bottle of water in his pockets. Ho fell on his face and shoulder. His nose was broken and i he was considerably bruKod, hut w not seriously hurt'. Marshal In;' confirms the. report that Caution o , $1,000 to a Nevada Sheriff to ' ?JJ go. Arnold, who was with /, m urged the Sheriff to acco' . ?rf*nn2Pl and promised him a pos* ?.Uo?t?tttor a go?d n^}tM^TmZ ? " ThoWrlT#r?obb?dt"h7st?,?. LL h??;. to Fwl t Robinson, Nob., ftilff-?11^ PJ2 ftc?'?'*o?rooni! eas r \he robborir of the express S?!u '-v b?x?lx>ut two months if*. ?o .ras tho only person on tho stage ? ?A c,uin,C(, tl'?? ? necked robber with A double barreled gun compelled f?in to givo up tho i rea-ur? box, con taining oyer $7,000. Casey had lieen* bold under close espionage by the express company since the robbery. -Why is a winter storm likes child with a hud coal? lt luows.lt snows (lt blows Us nose), ('uro ti with T. y or s * herokee Itemedy of bweet Gum and Mullein. . i TH KV CtXOSKD OOH, lLut/tUli'iM. (S/?cj<il to tha Qincinnuti JStiguirer.) The neu -papei>( last week gave a i Uri I ling ucii.'Uut ut tim droadlui lt lu tit gimucl Meeter, of Harrisburg, Pa.', who, With a 11111 II i . t * *. . ot ribald cont rades had un imitation of the Lord's tiiipocr, with bread and beer, lo ibu midst ol tho mockery **nu ioimenso ill-lormed and foul beast, with cloven leet, point? d bot us and oyes that flashed lire,'* appeared. Meeter died u inaiiiue, do declaring he had seen tho Evil Ooo, und was lost. Lr ie has a case some what similar, only thut live .ives were the penall v of biuspbouy, instead of ne. Although tho tragic events oc evrred I ia d' H century ugo, they luivo never appeared in ibu press, notwith standing that the older inhabitants remember them distinctly. Tho cor respondent was shown un old hotlsO in Greenfield Township, cast ot hhac, IV'iui., to which is anacin.d a higblv dramatic story, lt is u large structure three stories high, and ol' quaint architecture. It was erected in ibo early das s of that county, hus buen untenanted more limn a generation, and, il is said, no amount of money could induce a Greenfield citizen tu -lay in it over night. In LUM, when the hutiso was in an uuliiiisiicd ?tate, but neal Iv ready for occupancy, u party of Ave mell, bent on deviltry, took possession and held high revelry until morning. They were shockingly impioii?, und, dcadetdug their con dunces with libations ol whiskey, brandy and rum, (hey cur.-ed ti od in turn. A lhbio was torn up, burned, and the ashes mixed willi thu dory beverage. Then thc men, lilting bigb their cups, drank to the confusion td bc Christian (.iud amt success lo the Friuee of Darkness and Uuler of llcllj During i he dl'ea?lul toa?! a terribie storm sprung up. Lightning biased from the dui k clouds, mut a tierce clap of thunder shook Ibo house to iii. inundation, making thc blasphemer* pause. Three days lalor ono ol'tiiom told the oilier tour ho had bad a fright" tut dream, lu thc vision he ?aw him self and roturados aa they were three niiibts before. Ile su iv (Itu Snored Hook blazing and reduce?! to curboii mid mingled with thc liquor, and he recognized III (bo clap of thunder tho voice ol tied telling tno live that pun ishment was to bo visited on each, lt is a singular and well attested tact, that ti tearful late befell thc part lob .'Utils, and the superstitious of Green field regard it as thc vengeance ol Heaven in fullillmcnt ot that vision. Adam Schober was tho first lo die. His cud was made horrible by delirium ireinons, mid he raved about everlast ing torments and hideous d?nions with spears, Joseph Nell went next, being drowned in a stagnai.t pond. Tin (hird, George Hood, perished by the hand of au unknown asSAtislll, who ..lunged a d ggcr into Ids body in tho dark. Jonas Larkin was struck dead ou a wagon ami bis horses drew tl.c body boinc. The doom of Puter Fill? 1er was suggestive ol his pledge to Satan in thut blasphemous bowl. He was imprisoned in a burning building and roasted alive, and bis charred bones were gathered from tho ruins. For many year-, tho place wan bo? lloved to bu, huuutcd by thc sp!lit* ol thc "Fearful Five" ns they were call ed. lt was insisted thal upon every anniversary ol the unholy orgie their spectres emceed (he house mid went (brough tho bible burning and drink scene again, atier widen euch wac seized with the agonies peculiar to I he death which overtook him. Twenty? live vears ago, when the evil icpu u? .ion of tho lu.usc was at its height, Noah W. Lowell, now ibo Erie anent of the American Lxp.c-s Company, with a party of young ami glliSlproOl companions, determined to dispel thc tears of the people by haring a dance in tho place. They assembled against the advice of the oldest ghost -cees, mid in thc middle ol a waltz a mighty rush of cold air extinguished ila- lights. Thc dancers shrieked and il?*d, eaeli fearful of being noised by Hi? . du: ol the dead men. Most proba bly u gust of wind pdt out tho lights, nut many still believe they had a sup crnaiural warning. - A panorama of the ballia of Hid Kim, which exhibits Ibo Federal sol ?Hers in a demorahzod condition, ii about to bo unrolled in Washington Upon learning this tact, tho posts ol thc Grund Army of the Republic held a meeting and adopted a resolution that the soldiers of the Grand Anny o tho Republic should discourage Hu patronage ol said exhibition, beean si dis designed lo gratify the spirit o treason and perpetuate in the inetnor] of the people Hie triumph of lin; re hellion sun one of tho most humili?t ing defeats MI fie red by the Union drill] during thc late war. --? mtm -There ls much excitement in lier lin over apparently well authenticate! reports that Bismarck is preparing i< yield entirely lo the Vatican tn lb? religious disputo waged bv PrUssii against tho I'apacv for 'he past li fl CO ll scars. A bil has been deposited b? thc Government wita tho upper ?ions* of the Landtag, revoking most of thc Mas laws which havo been so udiotu (o thc Catholics of Gr mutti* , -Sam Jones preached to an ar .. of 8,000 pooplo in Mudo Hail. ,Uo"? natl, on tho hight of lb*? ,o , ',' iiuildliig hoing crammed- I I I ?mated that nearly .,: ?V.V. ?3P8 could not gabi ad' .4?.<w? v*mn Sam's Inst night, ? ,.?..?.???. H "i fort night's rest,1 ; ho goes homo for .w oe fore ho i ap s (.Inca*/. -A Kout** , T~r~~7~ on SO'OUK 'ckv J,,<,Ke Improve lion ou?' '"' 01 ftl '''a**t made a varii Two *"a' xv'HOttcl'e''* famous decision lo ,. mot hers recent ly came before hit (t -lalUl a baby, and ho settled Hi ..spire by declaring that neither o Ihn women was Ut to lake the child and then ?em ii to un orphan asylum -One of the largest singlo shipment of dress goods ever made from Nev England lo a single linn was iron Lewiston, Mabie, i ee.ently to a chi. ag dry goods house. The movcinoiil o conon goods is Increasing, mid th pro-peei for tho coming year ia betto than u s ctr ago. - M. A. Goor, living near Atlanta dropped his wallet, containing $2?() while feeding his hogs. Ho misse? the tiionev soon afterward-, and sn? peeling what had become of it, butch ?red the animals and recovered a nuts of greenback pulp, which be will scut to Hie Treasury I)cpirimout for ex? change. SALKSMISN *WANTKI> IN every neighborhood, either b> Have ur null at hume, Dickey's indian and Mood and Llvei Pill?. Applv now, glvini lefcencc. JNO. lt. HICK KY, tfeWOiAi Urh'tol, Tenn. mmm oauoNs INP OBOUF US VAYLOH.'? fiET 3VaC TTLLEI T^T. Th* IKHI ?am. ?? g?th?r*d Araui ? tm o' Minc nani?, growing ?long th? ?null ?trctm? lu Inp .s.juthrrn eonttln? ? lUmnlatlag r?nt p.lm-li.lr "hu IMNII (ht phlegm prori-Mlag th? curl! tnrtroltiv rouitli. anil filma Itt** th? ?hlU lo throw t.lT th? fulv* nirn.hr?.i? In croup md whooping-cough. Whin onmhtnr.1 with (hr hcnlln* mud Unl.mu" urlnolpU In th" mn ll. In il? it nf th? nil drill, pro . cnn In Tirt.oK ? dinoun RIM?or o? Swmr flu? A- O Munn* th? Howl known rctm.lT for C?.u?h?, Croup. Whooi.lng-C?u?h ?n4 Conmmpllon : (tn I ?o pnUt^Mo, m.ri ?Ililli fl ifttWlJO.lyrtii A?m<i?r.lrn?gl'l f?r ll. I'rfi* I f go. ??>< SI. WALTER A. TAVLOn. Atlant?. 0 I HM DR. BIOORRS' HUOELKBKRRY CORDIAL*! I Otwihn-a. OtMBUrj ?ul ChllJrto Tveihlug. Tot t-Uu . ** dm i t'.i n. ~A- STATED ?NT OF FACTS FOR TI IF PUBLIC TO CONSIDFR. ATLANTA, (..A.. .luna ry 12, IS83. Emerging from \\ severo .nul lon . ? ?? !i of typhoid lover, 1 id?i"ovored tb.'i .... fever hud Bot I led hi my right lou, wi oh caused it to H wei I tomi enormous ->.... remaining >o inulto linee >. . :-. u .1 1 aM tiviitiuent A .-.mu? ul o. lin l y 1 . u ps nppi ai.un f a lilli' nhovi1 1 tit* nido which ?vfn t ?I tn h. a! i i ny n: ni! cxtoi" nal tippiiatitloli und 'lu' uso ul lim moisi UO tod til ?od poison r '?.i.'il.' 'I ho niter continued if endilgo qucntly discharging, porliu li rupia! ol pits Ol le i i' i pi i <. IJ i size o! thc ulcer was ?hou! i wu Incl 1 ic dluinetrr, extending toa iicptd t.eai ldc hone. At one tillie il lip] 'areli ii i. lin' flesh iii all e< ntiglious | ail?, v.oi.l ? siuv?j docomo ?1 minni!;" nore, .1 ; .. flabby, spotted mid uudoaltd) corni m clearly Indicated, ami 11 wu ?ul 1 that I might lose my leg. M> ron.il becomingsocritical, und Hi.?< ri um . lng so rapidly, we .-.cut tor Dr. J. I' ?ni I Route, who ni.ole u tlnuMUu:; examina 1 lt fl li. and .sahl that the flesh on my Inches around tho nore wundi KO !> ? ic off il not remedied; Unit 1 nm I dave my leg bandaged daliv ned eonuuem t 0 UM* of li. li. I), 1 acted according to his hist: 11 Ho . ttlt-r Usuhlg the second holt'. ' Hie looked frosh and healthy nu 1 co 11:11 1 healing 1 continu I Hie use oj ii and to tho greatest ftstonlslniieni anti s d ?.. faction of iny.solf and friends, Ido u e. continued tu ina! i apiti I) und ls now ?in tlrely weil, and I mu uttoudlu . t 1 ti U ; i ness" at \V. II, Uro! icrtou's .. ire. J not dentate to rcc.olitmeml ll, i'.. I. usn wonderful, spec.!., ami eu'eutud : 1 (?tirilier, fur Buporloi' io iinji iii ever used. 1 refer t>\V. II. Ih'Othilll ?ll, \V. ll lon Maj ir I). A. Cook, Dr. J. li. i'i is 11 11 id otliwis of Atlanta NV. M. CIlEHIilUl? A Clear Skin is only a part of beauty; but it isa part. Every lady may have it; at l**.ast, what looks like it. Magnolia Balm both freshens and beautifies BO :t ?Ali! '. Fl I T Cl ASS JACKS, .1 KN NI'. ! S, COM III NI !> s \i MT: AM? lAUNKSS S'l ALLIONS. Wo'olalm to lu ve ui ken moro pr inlunis with our Jacks, Jennets mid Saudi. : than any breeden hi I'eiuu . e. . tah (?101111.1, Nashville, 'renn. Div L. w. KMI;;:T, SON ? CO. Mention this paper. T il I ta Wlil-K' uve . - < i \*t lio n,- willi.oil ..inn. I lian I.'M in 1? KIHI l?i '?j. M.UOOLLKV ,1!. I ., i ..?I li BISHLEY jSoLl The BolnbtQ dunno ls a highly Con coil tra I (?rude Fertilizer fur all crop,. ASHLEY COTTON AND < 0P.1N Cl ?Ml two cruptt and UIMI largely ns d i>> the Trn< ASH LEY ASH BLRMKNT.-A Very ch. tllizcr for Cotton, Cum ui.d .' ni.ill Umbi l.i Vines, otc. AS UL KY D?8H0LVKD IIDNI*! Af ?li li Orailns-fur n?e alune sud in Com] o.sl 1 For Terms, Directions, TOAtltnoidaU, and publications of tho Company, add re ? TUM ASHLI'*Y PIIOSI Not2?Lly JOHNSOtf5 pilli WwTO ft W0Dd*rftll dlMnvery. Vu cthor . till ?Manor .* aiM?M. Th? Intorm^tlon ?i on. .risa oat tltMt Oi rm na A you will ni wt ri bo ITT i ?rt1P',ff ff?" fy f*".:HiSXw ' oloWly tr* ?nd hlfhly oon ttr?toa. Or.nouii"? trotiT s^MAKE ii Did y?U Sup pose Mustang Liniment only good for horse?? lt is for inilauima t*on o? all flcL-h. MOI iv ..ES' ES BBB -. ? rf ? ' ..v:3saasaai KG llore Tain ! Ito Ker o Eftfcgorl Mollie, or Child. i? tu llootlliij, \ l.1111(1 .her ho id .rn ITO Koro Terror! ,N,;t ?"-'y, ?W"! tue I Into ot labor mut IfDsehs the intensity ' : pain, but, ft :_ ri?eI.\ diminishes the : II et ti? lifo nf both i nut! childi ?nd ru ve? i lie motlier In a ? million lik'.hly fa rutile tu speedy re* y, illili ?ar less , etd. oilier lar i he By in pt onie tm Ident to ?low or LUI labor. ita i i??_\ winn erl ni i'tHiiO" v\ lu this re; peet en ..': ' . it lo lie fulled run MO T il B 'S 15NU und to ho tl ns one of tho ivilli! rt liiedlee nineteenth COB? I tu ry. . coni tho nat ure of . it will of comae hf! understood wi- cannot pub? nish coitllleates eon? : I'lis lt KM BDI III SVvUUdillJJ tho i?j ni : lie w i itt TM. . ,'ci w e h iv? hundidla i i . i lestliuonlulHoiii Hie, ?.ii : e., motlier . .\ ho hus one? ii?cd lt. 'will ?vcr nituhi be Gunering woman itimui ,t in her time . ? " ... i. Hillie. A proiniiu'itt ?'.ivhictiin httely rcniarkedl 'd 0 A 3 rial CW Safety and r*two t . th? ! : ti Ulalu1 'WI ithei fu i TIN. I roetiiS i C. I?'i ci.-' -i. W -, Ultu ree? i cry, . ni i torn >. A lu? i- euc tl to .: ?'Ult ll .. i- . i -mi . ti'nh Ti kV IM .hut lb?, ? Ul., (Ui ii .t wvr? itilhilsslbhj tiers we receive, the, i" woi out ell any tiling; ! . Im? my career in t??n? i l use . your "MO tils iii u rent luiinber oir : , . : L U !.s m ?vwcjr itu* i .-.^y. liiistvu,V<Ki* J Ul .1 I'.sl" :;).-. ?AP-MV . ?i> cm nu, N n woman tl i Hath ibu ordeal ii tn ; lb v'.l' iiTON, M. I). Me IO, ISSI, on "Health KU<J ... uniili 'i fice. iii: ll L.ATOII t lo?, A Umita, Us. r fty Mi II Jj MARK. - ?' ..?.c. ....t.-i?s of Europe, v ' IWnoisanivvreol. .. ' . dioi i D s I ftppnr^d ivhl h oro h ivt .'?.il Into a ??ure r.roiioVduo, Tho Very, l?nost FABhtitK il ia conddondly 1 os acure pjulprflvontive of rit S/EH ANO AGUE, V .. . . ?Asa uriginaUngfltotn) laalftrioua cautios % For pur ?? vin/> tl\o i '..ci o n : SOOfeUAf i , fl |eo . ."?Criron.o. cnn .., ienola.0r> .nmj.acortain h o- . ..P'nthaatomajn. .C/.antry.Coho. t. aaa tn ki nd rod duoaaoo, ?ebUi? . v-:?cs3.N\rvcuoand Mental ; jr ai ' rona id) for Live," ' ,' it.c ' ,i 11 'jfuioKidni?s.on ' c. ttl j >'.h'/.ar, anda i T O IN I G without a rival'.? ! bi f l ir! i.. i vi taraling ell thc functions . in, il lo unequalled. .-1J O M X3 ~- i ll u? t imes a day. j .lor^ijcnerally.' lO??A CORDIAL CO., I Jw-.v A-./ fi?totw_tZ Alonufactunrt. ---" Jt, it. ? lYttltT* a PAR T A fi s u n G. s. c. ?[ Prleo pc Bottle S I.? "). ?BLE G UAN?, ! ( iiHn , ?? co?iplele Dlgh ' .'.!?. .' '.?:n, IC Fcjllllj?er for these h ra h .i ? i t . .'.on 1er vegetables, etc. ?hp und exer i t Noti-Anuiionlaied Ker ro>ev, Itiul ..! ? f r K. ai. Tn <..?, l.rape ,V ACID l'i'lo i ?AVE, of very l/l>/l . for tho various nttrhcUva and instruetiv<,# i?lIATi: CO., Ch i.di'ston, S. c.. , f ouislpla. Uh?umiOUm, IU*?illnic ttl th?JLoam, urli, t!ni?rr?). Ohoi^rA Mortiu?, D?Mnt<rry, ObroAU ??r. I. ?. Joi.tuon A Oo.tIk>ub>n. Hui. I MAKE Kaw, ?ion BLOOD. . Ilk? Hiern e? \h? worid. Will |>o?Ulvi>ir cum or ld ?Mil bb? la Wei th l-l limn tl.? qonLof A ko* of m wt?bi . t rn? ??I ia. indi