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RE?. MLJltMAGE THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN , ' ^ ^^f SERMON. Subject: "Cbrist amoug ibe ceotures." (TEXT: "Consider the years of many gen Mutions."-Deuteronomy xxxii., 7k ?A* 12 o'clock lasfe nizhfc, while so roam good people were watching, an old fr?en-: parsed out of our homes ?'od a stranaer en ft?e? 1 "?^asr valedictorv the stranaer arriving is ?S9*. Th? Oidfrie?l was gazru.?us with th? occur- j ftb?es Of many days, but the sto?o>ef pu? ^finger over hg tm and sai l nothing and fT caargea with maay secrets and rovs Wm I didcot see either th^ departursor p- fr%l^^T?..Wit was sound asleep? thraktug *or ?- tbe be>t wav to be wide awake how. Goodbv, 1S92'. Welcome, 1S93! ?S narroy is divided into brizado? an 1 regiment? an-i companies, an 1 thev observe tissjj?rder in their march and their tread is majestic..so th? time,of .the world's exist ^pe is divided into an arm v divinely com - Scuded; th? eras are the brigades, the cen Jaries-are the regiments, and the years are Jue coqaoanies. Forward into the eternitv Mar, opt of the, eternity to come I Forward |^ ?? command, andnothine can halt them, even though the world should die. While P4jjayingJroy text; .. "Consider the years of B^Tienerations," I prooosa?o.so?ak of ^^Caro!to???rrof the Bible, or God Amen' thACe&taries.*v ^We roake a distir ct ion bat w=en ' time and ' eternity; but time is only a piece of eternitv, and chronology has been encaged in the sublime work of ?iyi<??r up this portion of ' eternity, that we call time into compart? ments and, putting events in their: righi compartment. Iti$ as much an injustice against the past to wrongly .arrange its events as it wocld.be an injustice if. through i neglect of chronological accuracv; it should 1 in the far distant futur* be said that Amer:- 1 Cft was discovered in 1776. and the Declara- J tkm of Independence was sumed in 1492, < end Washington born on the 22d of March, and tho Civil War of the United States was fought in 1849;-. j < As God puts .all the events of time ia the ' right place, let us be careful that we, do not ? p?t them ia tho-wron^ place: The chron- 1 ology of the Bible takes six steps, but they 1 are steps so longit makes us hold our breath i as we. watch the movement. From Adam < to Abraham: From Abraham, to the exodus i ; vbttt of Egypfe From the exodus to th9 - Tsundation of Solomon's temple. Froai the < foundation of Salomon's temple to the de- i ^ruction. Of that tempi?. From the destruc- 1 tkm of the temple to the return from Baby? lonish captivity. From Babylonish cap- <? t?Vily to^ hirth of Christ i Qaro?ology takes pen ?nd pencil and call'- i log astronomy and history to help says: t **I*et us fix one event from" which to calcu- t Iftte everything. Let it bea star, the Beth- s fehera star, the Christmas star.* And from 1 that We go back and see the world was < created 4004 years before Christ; the delu-e t came 2348years before Christ ; the exodus t out of Egypt occurred 1491 years before ? Christ', and Solomon's temple was destroyed t >8Syearsbefore Christ, t _Qronology enters the first chapter of Genesis and says the day mentioned there is cot a day of twenty-four hours, but of ages, the word there translated as4'day*7 in other * places meaning ages, and so the Bible ac- : count of tile creation and the 'geologists' ac count of the. creation are completely har- j mon ions. Chronology enters the book of Daniel and says that the words "time and } a half* mean a year and a half. Chronology enters at another point and ? chows us that the seasons of the year were ] then only two-summer and winter. We find that the Bible year was 360 days instead ( of 365; that the day was calculated from 4 6 o'clock in the morning to 6 o'clock at night; ' that the night wa÷d into four watches J -namely, the lat ^ watch, the midnight, the 1 cock crowing, the early watch. The clock \ end watch were invented so long after the world began their mission that the day waa \ not very sharply divided in Bible times. 1 Ahaz had a sundial, or a flight of stairs with 1 a cohimn at the top, and the shadow which that cohuna threw on the steps beneath in- \ dicated the hour, the shadow lengthening " or withdrawing from step to step. 0 ? But the. events of life and the events of * the wodi moved so slowly for the most n part in Bible times that they had nc t seed of sn cn timepieces as we stand on our \ ?mantelsor carry ja- our pockets in an age 'D s- when a man may have a half dozen or a * dozen engagements for one day and needs o to bfow the exact minute for each one of S them. The earth itself ia Bible times was a the chief timepiece, and it turned once on * its axis and that wasaday, and once around ? the sun and that was a year. r It was not until the "Fourteenth Century 2 that tee almanac was born, the almanac that we toss carelessly about, not realising f ttrat it took toa accumulated ingenuity of t more than 5000 years to maka one. Chron- a ology bad to bring into its service the mona- i meats of Egypi and the cylinders of Assyria, 1 . and the bricks of Babylon and the pottery i cf Kmevab, and the metals struck at Au- r t?och for the battle of Actkzm, and all the c hieroglyphics that could be deciphered, and c bad to go into the extremely delicate busi- c ; . .Beal le asking the ages of Adam and Seth t v '-^ -wad Enoch and Methuselah, who after their j - 800th year wanted to be thought young. f I Hunk it must have been m recognition of the stupendous work of making an alma- . sac that all the days of the week are named 1 after the gods. Sunday, after the sun, . which was of old worshiped as a god. Mos- 5 day, after the moon, which was also WOT- 1 shiped as a god. Tuesday, after Tuesco, the _ gqd?f war. Wednesday, after Woden, the * chief god of tile Scandinavians. Thursday, ( after Thor, the god of thunder. Friday, after Frea, tile goddess of marriage. And Saturday aft?-Saturn. The oil Bible year J ~ bsg?s with the 25th of March. 5ot until { 1752 did the first of the month ot January j gat the honor in legal documents ia England ( s of being called the first day of the year. ? improTements all along have been made c In CBTonology until the cal ec dar and the ? mim+jHH-^ and the clock, and tile watch seem to bare reached perfection, and all the Ka- t tiorff of Christendom have similarity of time 1 calculations and have adopted what is ? called 4tn?w stvle," exceot Russia, which y . teses what is called the "old style* and is ? twjve days different, co thar, writing from t there, it you wish to be accurate, you date your letter January 1 and January 13, or p December 10 and December 22. It is some- *t thing to thank God for that the modes f are sp complete for calculating the cycles, \ the centuries, tile decades, the years, the f months, the days, the hours, the seconds. j -;.> Think of making appointments as in the t Bible days for the time of the new moon, j ^Tbink o? making one o? the wt*.-* hes of the ^ night ia Bible times a rooster ero.- 'og. The , Biole says: "Before the cock av ' thou . tbaifi deny me thrice.'' "If the Master com? eth at the cock crowing,y and that was the , way the siidsight watch was indicated. . The crowing of that barnyard bird has al* 1 ways been most uncertain. The crowing is t at the lowest temp?rature of the night, and r the amount of dew and the direction of the j wind may bring the lowest temperature at r ll o clock at night or 2 o'clock in the morn- j? * mg and at any one of six hours. Just be- r fore a rain the crowing of chmticleer ia the j .i night is almost perpetual. j t Compare these modes of marking time . , with our modes of marking time, when li . o'clo-k is 12 o'clock, and 6 o'clock is 6 . o'clock, and 10 o'clock is 10 o'clock, and in- I ; dependent of ail weathers, and then thank j 3 God that you live now. But notwithstand- , ing all the impjrfect modes of marking j * oonrs or years or centuries Bibie chronol- j j ogy nevw trips ur?, never falters, never cou- i tradicts itself, ani here is one of the best ar- } gumentsfor the authenticity of the Scrip- ( lf?ou can prove an alibi in the courts, ' ana you can prove beyond doubt that you were in some particular place at the time . .m you .were charged with doing or saying ? ??a^etMng m quite another place, you gain tile victory, and inSdelity has tried to prove 1 anaBbl by contending that events and cir* , caoistances in the Bible ascribed to certain times must have taken place at some other tra??*, if they took place at all. But this book's chronology has never been caught at fault. It has been proved that when the ( Hebrews went into Egypt there were only ( seventy of them, and that when they came out there were 3,000.000 of them. *^Towv* ?ays infidelity, with a guffaw that it cannot suopress, "what an absurdity' , They weat flown into Egypt seventv ani j . came out 3.000.000. That is a falsehood on . the fase of it. Nations do not increase in J ? that ratio.*' But. my skeptical friend, hoi ) j a moment. The Bible says that the Jew? i were 430 years in Ezypt, and that exnlains the increase from se vent v persons to 3.0 K>. 000, for it is no more, but rathol less, thaii the ordinary increase of nations. The Pil - grim Fathers came to America in the May- j flower, one small shioloa l of pausen?ers, less I than 300 years ago, and now we have a j nation ot 69.030.00D. Where, then. i? so j called impossibility that the seventy .lews who went into Egypt io 430 years became j f.003.000? Infidelity wrong and Bible chron- ? ology right. . Now stop and reflect. Why is it th<\c j this sublime subject of Bible chronology baa been so neglected, an 1 that the most of j you have never given ten minute to the J consideration of it, and that this is the first sermon ever preached on this stupendous and overwhelming t jeme? We have stoo i by the half day or the whole day at grand reviews and seen armies pass. Again and again and again on the Champs Elvsees Frenchmen by the bun dreds ot thousands have stooil and watched [ the bannered armies go by, and the hi has been three .miles long and until populace were so hoarse they could hi no longer. Again and again and again Germans by hundreds of thousands h stood on the palaced and 'statued Under Linden, Berlin, and strewn garlands un the feet of unformed hosts led on by"' Molts? or Blucher or Frederick the Gr> When Wellington and Ponsonby and Scots Grays came back from Waterloo, Wolseley from Egypt? or Marlborough ft Blenheim, what military processions thro* Regent street and along br the palaces London and orar the bridges of the Than What almost interminable linC3 of milit en the streets of our American capit while Mayors and Governors and Praridei With uncovered heads, looked oa 1 But ill thos? grarid reviews together, and tl ire tame compare! with the rovie* #h ?n Net* Year's.day roil front fae ps vt ?? from the pulpit Witness; ^.Hear t$eaipissin chronologic il, oriel all the years before, the ^aol; all the ya since the ?oodi decades abreast!. ceri tut ^breast; .epochs abreast; . rnillenni? abreast; Egyptian civilization^ Babylon^ population^ Assyrian dominions; armies Persian. Grecian, PeJopoone?ianaud.Rom wars; Byzantine empire, Saracenic hos crusaders pf the firsts the second;. third a the last avalanche of men; Dark Ages somber epaulets and, brighter ages .wi shields of silver and helmets of, gold; Ita Sjoain, Prance, Russia, Germany, JSnglai and America; past and present; dynasti feudal domains, despotisms, monarchies, i publics, ages on ages, ages on ages, passi to-day .in a chronological review,, until, o has no more power to look upon the, a vancing column?, now brilliant no squalid*, now garlando 1 with peace, no crimson with ?laughter, now horrid wii ghasthness, now radiant with love and io This chronological study affords, amor other practical thoughts, especially two the one?encouraging to the 'ast degree an SL?rfK8^h0& tTb? encouragin hl*^P? *?* drift .of the cet bums has been toward betterment, wit MJJ^T hsre and there., a stout, reversa ZT** ?^zation was a vast .imorov. ment on Egyp?aa civ?iration, and Roma - vi hzation a vast improvement on Grecia ^? ^;^d ,Chr??^ civilization is wif^I^^ va 110111:111 civilization. ^?Z^/SthS, **** <* Paricie ?EE33w?* of ?oagfeU^w an. ^ff?jf^S*^ v?o?nbood compare. SS^^fe1*063 spared with th? ^S^SFS^ T"*"*** ot the last hal ?nSi^*~? f*n ae much distingUishec mihtary leaders of oiir Civil Wai 2?22?fS ^? ^berri side communicant nembert of Christian churches, and theh ^?eife H pm*e ? their Oublie life? Nothing impresses me in this chronologi SL^rmorethaatbe fact that the reli ^S 2??7toetter Td batter regi w?? tte troops move on. I thank God -hau you and I were not born any r?anei to we were born. How could we hav< SSS?' disaster of D?ing bern in th< ^Uteenth or Seventeenth or Sixteenth ./eatery? - Glad am I that We are in the regi nant now passing the reviewing stand, and nat our children will pass the stand in ? 2?! i???SF, * aliment. Gol did not build ?ms world for a afanghter house or a den of nfamy. .A good deal of cleaning house will be lecessary before this world becomes as Jean and sweet as is ought to be, but th? MTooms and the scrubbing brushes, and the ipholsterers and plumbers are already busv. -7?!P ^orld gets fixed up. as it will je^if Adam and Eve ever visit it, as 1 ex Sir 1the7 ^ ?7 to each other, v. 18 ^-ts paradise when we lived v6re* 8n<"i the pears and plums are better K Sr0*8-* f POm t06 first trees, and me wardrobes are more complete and the mraate is better." .Spce I settled in my own mind the fact .hat God was stronger than the devil I have wyer lost faith in the emparadis&tion of PMt planet. With the exception of aretro .ressionin the Dark Ages, the movement of he world has been on and on, and np and ip. and I have two" jubilant hosannas-one br the clewing year and the other for tat lew year. But the other thought coming out of this abject is that Biblical chronology, and in ieed ali chronology, is urging the world to sore punctuality and immediateness. What a unsatisfactory and indefinite thing it inst have been for two business men in the ima of Abaz to make an appointment, say og, "We will settle that business matter to? morrow when the shadow on the dial of Lhaz reaches the tenth step from the top," r "? will meet yon in the street called itraight in Damascus in the time of the tew moon," or when asked in a courtroom rhat time an occurrence took place should nswer, "It was during the time of the latter am," or "It was at the tims of the third rowing of t?ie barnyard I" Yon and I remember when ministers of be Gospel in the country, giving ont a no> fee of an?vening service, instead ot saying 16 or Tor 8 o'clock, would say : **The ser ice will begin at early candle light." 'hank God for chronological achievements vhich have ushered in calendars and al nanacs and clocks and watches, and at so heap a rate all may possess them! Chron? ology, beginning by appreciating the value >f years and tile value of days, has kept on m til it cries ont. "3ian, immorta'; woman, mmortai; lookout for that minute; look out or that second f* We talk a great deal about the value of ime, but will never fully appreciate its raina until the last fragment of it has passe i ?ut of our possession forever. The greatest raud a man cain commit is to rob another >f bis time. Hear it, ye .laggards and re ?est ! All the fingers of chronology point to mnctuality as one of the graces. The min? ster ?r the lecturer or business man who ?ornes to his place ten minut?s after the ap K>inted time commits a crime the enormity >f which can only be estimated by multiply - ng the number of persons present by t?o. [f the engageaient b3 made with five per? ons, he has .stolen fifty minutes, for he is en minutes toa late, an i Se has robbed each >? the five persons of ten minutes apiece, ind ten times five are fifty. If there be 500 persons present and he be en minute? too late, he has committed a ?obb?ry of 5^00 minute?, for teu time 50 J ire 5'h\ and 500 > minutes ?r? eizhty-tbree u.u~s, "which make moi-e than three dav--, f he Chief of dev goo 1?. the ,tajef of bar* >IUs. is not half so bad as the thief of time. Dr. Rush, the greatest and busiest phy tcian of hi? day, appreciated the value of ime, and when asked how ha had been ib!e to ?ether so ranch ?formation for his >ooks and lectures he replied: * 'I ba ve been ible to do it by economizing my time. I ".ave not spent one hour in amusement in thirty yean:." And takinz a blankbook rom bis pocket h> said, ^I fill a book like ?bis every week with thoughts that occur to me and facts collected in the rooms of my ?tients." Napoleon appreciate 1 tbe valu? of time pvb<?n the sun wac sinking upon Waterloo, ind he thought that a little more time would retrieve his fortune-, ami he pointed o tbe sinking sun ana ?aid, "What woul 1 I sot give to be this dav possessed of the .ower of Joshua and enabled to retard thy narch for two hoursf* The good old woman ippreeiated the vilue nf time when nt I'nofy-three years of aze she said, "Tbe Ui 1 ?. of a'l the earth doe* nor. mean that 1 nail have anvexensefor not being prepared :o meet Rim." Toitaire, the blatant infidel, appr?ci?t?! :he value of time when in his dyinz mo nen?? hesaM to his docto \ ' kI will zive you ?al? of what I am worth if you will give me 'ix months of life," and when told that he ?ould not live six weeks he burst into tears uri said, "Then 1 shall go to hell!*' John ?."Tesley appreciated the va'ue of time when tie stood on his steps watching for a delayed carriage to take him to ar. appointment, maying. "I have lost ten minutes forever."' L^rd Nelson appreciated the value of time when he said, "I owe everything in the world to being always a quarter of an hour beforehand." A clockmaker in one o? the old English towns appreciated the value of time when he put on the front of the town clock the ?words, "Now- or wheuT* Mitchell, the as? tronomer, appreciated the value of tim* when be said, **1 have been ia th? habit of ?leulating the value of a thousandth part 5f a second." That minister of the Gospel lid not appreciate the value of time who. buring a season of illness, instead of employ - ing bis time in useful reading or writing, wrote a silly religious romance, which in <ome unknown way came into the possession ?f the famous Joe Smith, who introduce! the book as a divine revelation, which b*>- j jame the foundation of Mormonism, th?i most beastly abomination of all time. They best appreciate the valu? of time whosf Sabbaths have been wasted a n i whose opportunities of repentance and use? fulness are all gone, ani who have nothing left but memories, baleful and elegiac. They stand in the bleak September, with bare feet, on the sbaro stubble of a reaped wheat field, crying, "The harvest is past!" And the sough of an sutumal equinox moans forth in echo. '-The harvest is past? But do not let us get an impression from chronology that because the years of time I have been so long in procession they axe to j go on forever. Matter is not eternal. No, \ no! If you watch half a day, or a whole day or two days, as I once did to see a mili? tary procession, you remember the last brigade, and the last regiment, and the last ? company finally pissed on, and as we rose to go we said to each other, "It is all over." So this mighty procession o' earthly year? will terminate. Just when I have no porv^r to prognosticate, but science confirms the Bible oropfiiky that the earth cannot always last, "indeed there ha? been a fatality 0* f ... . worlds. The moon, is merely the corpse of wnar it once was," a,ud scientists have again and again gone np in ^heif observatories to attend the deathbed of djing worlds, and have sean them cremated. ?5o ? am certain, both from-, the TV ord of God. and.scienc?, that the world's chronology will sooner or later come to its last chapter. The final century will arrive and pass on, and then will come the final decade, and then the final year, and the final month, and the final day. The last spring will swing its censer of apple blossoms and the last winter bank its snows. The last sunset will burn like Moscow and the last morning radiate the bills. The clocks will strike their last hour, and the watches will tick their last second. No incendiaries will be needed to run hither an i yon with torches to set the world on fire. Chemistry teaches Us that there is a very inflammable ?l?medt in water* VVhile oxy* gen makes Upa part of the Water; the other part of the Water is hydrogen^ and that is very combustible; The dxygen drawn out from the water; the inflinimablo hydrogen will put instantly;. into conflagration the Hu "sons and Savannahs ?nd Mississippis and Raines and ?rals arid Jpariubas-and Atlantic and Pacific and Indian^ and Mediterranean seasj .?nd then the ?ngel of God, de^ scmdirig from the throne," m'iglit prit one foot oh the surf of .the s>a ai i th? other on the beaci an! cry to th3 four winds' of heaven, *Tinie was, but tims shall bj ne longer f . Ter, found iu Christ,, pardoned and sanctified,' wj shall walcomS the day with more gladness th'au you ev?r wel? comed a Caristmas or New Year's morn. }S> nen wrapt in fire the roa ni j or e*.h?r gtox Act oeavea'd lase taunder shades ta--- eir.i iii m .^hoa, auMiimiyed, s'atU.o'ar.ch; ra'.T s?ni.:i, .Anu U-zn: uv torca as nature's funeral oli*. ffi Beyol?OBaiy Barangnes Ul Mnci i?\??wj Tait herein Adric? is fciye? to Annihilate ?heir Alleged Oppressors, Fifteen h?ndrecl anarchists held a re? union ??nday,in.Barcelona; Spain,to Cel ebi?t? the New Tear. There was m?ch incendiary talk,and several of* the shak? ers predicted a r?ign of bloodihead and t?rror in Spain duri?g the year just opened. jj A FT ISM OF BLOOD". Th? leading anarchist, one Volas, de? clared that he meant to inaugurate 1893 wi h a baptism of blood. Great shouts of approval and torrents of denunciation of the grandees and middle classes fol? lowed this declaration. A female anarchist named Theresa Claremunt sprang to the platform. She * is as fierce an enemy of the established order of things as Louise Michel, and a good deal handsomer. SAVE MONET TO BUT RIFLES, "Go home," she cried, with flashing eyes and tossing hair, "go home for the present and save the centimes your op? pressors allow y ou to earn while they revel in wealth, save the pittance to buy rifles, and prepare to execute on the b'ood-sucking capitalists and their mis? erable tools the destruction that is provid sd for them in the anarchist program." Howls and shouts of applause broke ;n upon the words of the speaker. I WILL LEAD THEM. "Give them DO quarter," she cried, "no quarter. I will lead them to the poi' *s >f the bayonets.'* The whole audieLoe seemed frenzied by the woman's wild ut? terances and there might have been a I -ngerous demonstration but for the in :erference of some of the cooler heads ?rho succeeded in calming the excited gathering. THE AUTHORITIES PREPARED. The authorities have not attempted to n tere st with the movement, which they >elieve to be fomented by French com )ined with Spanish anarchists. The authorities have made extraordi aary preparations, however, for the pos? sibility of an uprising, aod the garrison of Barcelona has been considerably strengthened and the number of sentinels at public buildings increased. DIS APPEARANCE OF DYNAMITE. The minister of the interior has received n format ion that several hundred pounds >f dynamite have disappeared from the lepot in the mines of Linares, in the outh of Spain. The local police have not et discovered the thieves or the direc ion they took with the explosives. The authority s continued to receive hreatening anonymous letter?, both here nd in the provinces. The police are :Iosely watching the anarchists in every )art of Spain, and particularly at Valen? ka, which is regarded as an active center if the anarchist movement. A circular has been sent to the proyin :ial authorities containing instructions or their guidance. TASCOTT LOCATED. The Alleged Murderer of Banker Snell is iu Alaska. A news special of Monday from Spo icane. Wash., says: The whereabouts of Tascott, the alleged murderer of Banker ?nel?, of Chicago, whom the detectives aave unsuccessfully sought for years, has undoubtedly been located in Alaska. Jules Beauvois, a well-known and reliable mining man and owner -J? several rich mines in Slocan county, recently returned from Alaska, rle professes to have known Tascott well in Chicago, and to have recognized him in Alaska. Tascott made no pretense of concealing his identity. Tascott and his connectien with the Snell murder is well known to many Alaskan miners. Tascott always intimated that he was a scapegoat for another person, who is the real murderer of Spell. WnAT CHICAGO 0FFICER8 SAT. Detective Dier, of Chicago, on read? ing the Spokane dispatch about Tascott expressed condfience that Tascott's story that he was not Snell's murderer was true and that the actual murderer now lives in Chicago. He said, however, that there was no longer a reward offer? ed for Tascott and no attempt is likely to be made to bring him from Alaska, WYOMING'S GOVERNOR. The Question Settled as to Who is Re? ally thc Chief Executive. A Cheyenne, Wyo..special of Saturday s:n The firsttirac thc authority of Ac? ting Governor Barber has been question ed was by Warden Brigg?, of the peni tentiary. The iir.tin^ governor signed a pardon for one Galcsmoore, which w?> srjtit to th?: warden of the penitentiary al Laramie and returned with the informa? tion that it must be signed by Govemoi O borne to be of any loree ?.t that inst i tut:on. A wiit of habeus corpus wa* presented to tilt- supreme court and th writ was granted. The decision in th? c.se by the lushest tribunal in the sta e, settled the vexed question of who i? gov .??er of Wyoming. CENTRAL'S NEW DIRECTORS Elected at the Stockholdes' Meeting Monday. A Savannah special says : The annual election of the Central railroad directors by the stockholders Monday resulted as follows : li. M. Comer, Abram Vetsburg, Jos? eph Hui!, Gtorge J. Mills, Henry R. Jackson, W. Scotia Lison, L. T. Turner, ..f Savannah; C. H. Phinizy, of Augusta, and Even P. Howell of Atlanta, -H. B. Harrold of Americus, James Winn of New York, J. B. Hoist of Columbus, S R. Jaques of Macon. The names left oil are, John Garnett of Savannah, and W. G. Raoul. THE Nez Perces Indians of Idaho have re? fused $3 an acre for their lands offered them by the United States Commissioners. MIMIC GLEANINGS, Tie Hews 8? ii M Pitty ai? ?i?i Paf?lfapM Interesting and Insfruct?TC io iii Classes of Readers. Fire in Fort Wayne, Ind., Tuesday night, did $250,000 damage. B. & H. Berger, of Malvern, Ark., failed Wednesday. Liabilities $66,000; assets unknown. The engine of a train going north from Monon to Michigan City, Tuesday, blew tip, killing two men and fatally scalding a third one. T?ie ezat lias given orders that relief works be started in distressing districts forthwith for the benefit . of famine suf? ferers. Dispatches of Tuesday report extrerii? ]f cold weather in Europe, ?? France $?ny |tersons hate frozen to death. Yiolc?t Snow Storms prevail thftftighou't A?stri?. Ah Augusta, Me. special says: Eu? gene ?tale wa? renominated in the Re? publican caucus Wednesday night to siicceed liim?elf in the ?nited States sen m, poih hotise? of the Call for nia" l?g?sl? t?re organised Tuesday; th? d?mocrats controlling th? ass?mbly and the republi? cans the sen?te. Tilia throws ov?r tbs election of ?nited States sen?tor two week?. Th? third annual banquet of .the con? federate veteran camp' of New York will be held January ?9tb. Among the speak? ers will be Senator M. C. Butler, of South C?rolina;, Colonel George B. McClelland j Colonel"John R. bellows and General George H; Sharp. A Washington sp?cial bf T?eSday says: Mr. Blaine's condition.has taken a back? ward turn; but the cb?nge is probably hot Of a character to excite serions ap? prehensions, for the physicians Were not Sumfho?ed in haste, aa has been the cns toni when Mr. Blaine became worse. Both branches of the legislature of Minnesota met at St. Patti,Tuesday noon. The senate was organized by the repub cansj three of the old alliance senators having come over to the republican side In the house, W. E. Lee, republican, was elected speaker. A joint senatorial eau cus has been caliea Davis will be norn inated and re-elected. A: Chicago dispatch of Wednesday says : Mayor M. P. Handy has been in? formed that it has been decided to hold the next convention of the international league of press clubs at St. Paul, May 18, 19 and 20. The dates have been se? lected in order that the delegates may participate in the press congress at Chicago during the week of May 22d. In the criminal court in St. Louis, Wednesday, Judge Edwards directed the grand jury to investigate the shortage in the city treasury and indict, if- neces? sary, all concerned therein. The council committee is still investigating and may not get through for a month. In the meantime the bondsmen are searching fora loop-hole to escape the paying of their indebtedness to the city, but so far they have not succeeded. A special from Topeka, Kan., says: Mrs. Lease has put an end to ber candi? dacy for the United States senatorship, which her admiring friends and news? papers have brought upon her. In a let? ter Wednesday addressed to Chairman Breden thal, of the People's party state central committee, Mrs. Lease makes a formal withdrawal from the contest and advocates the election of sfraightout pop? ulists. An Albany, Y., dispatch says: Senator Plunkett, chairman of the senate caucus committee, on Wednesday aunouc ed a joint democratic caucus to be held in the assembly chamber Tuesday even? ing, January 10th, at 8 o'clock, to decide on the candidate for United States sen? ate. There appears to be no opposition to Edward Murphy, Jr., for the nomina? tion. The republicans will renominate Senator Frank Hiscock. Thc ninth general assembly of Colorado convened in Denver at noon Wednesday and contrary to expectations, organized in beth houses without friction. Fear? ing trouble, Sheriff But ch well was on ] ; hand with a large number of deputies, but their services were not needed. In the senate, the unusual experience of choosing a president pro tem. by acclima? tion was witnessed. Senator Casssamera Bar ela, democrat, the oldest senator iri point of service, was made the choice by acclama*ion. The organization of th? house of rep? resenta tiv?s of Montana, began Wednes? day, un der an arrangement between the Populists and Democrats. The Populists have tho speaker and the seargeant-at arm?, the Democrats the assistant clerk and assistant se?rge?nt-at arms. The Republicans have stopped dilatory movements, but are watching ci?sely'?or an opportu itv to get control of the house. The margin between the two ti les is so close that the absence of a Democrat and the switching of one Populist will give the Republicans con? trol. Ellsworth Wyatt,. a member of the Dalton gang, who was captured iu Indi? ana and lodged in jail at Guthrie, Oki., to answer for many crimes, and who is also wanted at Greensburg, Ya., for mur? der, escaped from jail Wednesday even? ing. The Salvation army had been given permission to hold services in the jail for the benefit of the prisoners who were al? lowed to gather in the corridors. While services were in progress Wyatt slipped past the guard and mide his escape w?th ou* attracting attention. There is no clue to the direction he took after leaving the jail. A dispatch of Wednesday from Ouray, Colo., says: The first stage to and from the new ??an Juan goldfield, has returned to Dolares, having made the trip to Bluff City and returned in four days with one coach, six horses and twenty-one passen? gers . Two stage passengers report 7.000 men there, and that the rush continues at the rate of 600 daily. They are scattered over a territory of 150 miles in extent. Gold is all over the region and great re? sults are anticipated. Digging will be? gin at Bluff City and extend for 25G miles along San Juan and Colorado rivers and over the adjacent country, add senate FORGEY SENT ENCED He Gets a Term for Life in the Pen? itentiary. The jury in the case of Burrel Forgey, under trial for murder of Oacar Teck, during an attempted train robberry at Huntington, W. Ya., on the morning of the 14th of December, returned a verdict of murder in the first degree, affixing the penalty of life imprisonment. This is the same penalty accorded to Tom Collies, his companion in the crime. There is a general dissatisfaction, es? pecially among the railroad men,over the result of the crime. Public sentiment waa largely in favor of hanging, and but for the belief that the trials would result in that, there would probably have been a lynching bee. Since the verdict there has been loudly , expressed dissatisfaction, and the effie ? iais quietly slipped both Forgey and Col ' lins on a Baltimore and Ohio railroad tra'., and started with them ar 4.08 o'clock p. m. for the penitentiary. Had this not b jen done there is no doubt but that there would have been serious trouble. IMPORTANT DECISIONS ?e&ri?tg Upon the State Election io Alabama? The Alabama state s Gp? erne court handed down two important d?cisions Tuesday in which ther? has been wide spr?ad iht?rest because ot their connec? tion, with the alleged frauds in tie state election. The court decided the cas? of C. T. Taliiaferro verstis Dr. Lee, from Conecuh circuit court, in" fator of Dr. Lee, the counted-out candidate for pro? bate judge at the August election. Circuit Judge Hubbard having decid? ed the contest in favor of Dr. Lee, Tal iaferro brought the case to the supreme court by a writ of certiorari. Justice Head delivered the opinion of the court, holding that Lee's petition for contest contained all Inc ntccesssry and proper jurisdictional averment, that the same was full and specifBc and contained abundant allegations, under which proof as to all the statutory grounds of contest could be int tod ticed. He also heidthat the statute filing the time of trial by the the circuit jtidge in contest cases was purely directory; that even had there been anything in the point as cb?te?cled for bj Tsliaferrofs counsel that th? circuit judge failed to set down a d?y for the trial of the contest within the time prescribed by the statute; yet Talia ferro, having appeared and gone'to trial, he w?s estopped from taking advantage tit thi? fafctj and that no dereliction or failure Of.dut y, however flagrant, on the part of officials could be upheld to defeat a contest or thwart the popular will. He held fufthtr that the statute making the circuit judge the tribunal before whom a contest for probate judge was to be de? cided Without the intervention of a jury was valid and constitutional. In short the decision was in l)r. Lee's j favor on every point. He will now get I his commission a* probate jndge of "fJonectih County. . ?n the Case of W. J. Hilliard versus T. ?. Brown, from Pike circuit court, judge t?ead held that Brown's petition of contest before judge Hubbard wa3 de? fective in that it failed to allege certain jurisdictional facts, and although the circuit judge decided in Brown's favor, the supreme court granted a wiit of cer? tiorari and qiiMshed the proceeding. Hilliard remains temporarily judge^of probate of Pike county, and Brown will be put to the inconvenience and delay of aquowarranto proceeding to oust him from office. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Development in the Past Week. The review of the industrial situation in the South for the past week shows very gratifying activity for this season of the year. General trade daring the holiday leaton wu exception? ally large and th? improved conditions in all (ines of industrial enterprise was most forcibly shown by the steadily increasing demand for machinery and supplies from Southern manu? facturers. Indications for the new year are very encouraging, industrial interests are rapidly responding to the improved conditions in all lines of trade and the old complaint of "poor collections" is giving place to a feeling of satisfaction at the volume and conditions of trade and the prospects for the ensuing . fear. Thirty-three new industries were established or incorporated during the week, ll enlarge- ? menta of manufactories and 7 large new build- . bigs. The most important of the new industries re? ported is the incorporation of the Indianola Manufacturing aud Power Co., at Charleston, 3. C., with $500,000 capital, to develop the j irater power in Chester county and erect mills. Among other* reported were the following: Agricultural implements works at Johnson City, Tenn., brick works with $25,000 capital 1 it Blnefield, W. V., canning factory at Brew ton, Ala. ; electric light and railway company frith $500,000 capital, water, ice and electric 3ompany at TJvalde, Tex. An emery wheel : factory will be established at Tub- ! kasciger, X. GM flour and grist mills j at Adairsville, Ga., Gallatin, Tenn., Con- , fray, S. C., and Bloantviile, Tenn. A harrow factory with $10,000 capital will be erected at . Dublin, Texas, iron and steel company with (25,000 capital has been organized at Newport, Ky., a foundry and machin? shop will be , srec*ed at Belton, Texis, a tent and. awning plant at Wheeling, W. Ta., a bed spring factory I with'$30,000 capital at Houston, Texas, lumber t plant with $100,000 capital at New Orleans, La., < planiQ? mill at Tallahoosa. Ga-, saw mills at B:dford City, Ta., and Louisville, Ky. A car? riage and wagon iactory will be erected at Tua- 1 :a!oosa. Ala., and a sash, door and blind fae- I tory at Abbeville. 8. C. ] The enlargements for the week include a l.rewery at San Antonio, Texas, brick works at Cleveland. Tenn., flour and grist mills at ( Lakeview, Ta., and Millwood, Ta., pottery fae- < tory at San Antonio, textile plants at Langley, 5. C., Morgantown, N. C., Suffolk, Ta., and * Elkin, ST. C., a saw mill at Ashvi.le, Ala., and J ?poke works at Hansf?rd, Tenn., will be ca- 1 la-g d. Among the n*w b:iil lings reported are j business houses, at Broadway, Va., Canton. ( Texas, Dublin,/Ga.. Harrison. Ark., Little Bock, Ark.. Manor, Texas, and a warehouse trill be erected at Louisville, Ky.-Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn. ) TO MALARIAL POISONING [g Attributed the Wholesale deaths in the Arkansas Penitentiary* ? special of Saturday from Lit tie Rock, Ark., says: Fourteen deaths oc? curred recently at the penitentiary. Th? fourteenth died Friday in intense agony. The coroner's jury lound that he died from "some epidemic disease unknown io the jury." Coroner Bond filed are port with the board of penitentiary com? missioners in which he stated that the sanitary condition of the place was horri ble in the extreme and calculated to breed an epidemic in its worst form. Filth in enormous quantities was piled up in different parts of the inclosure. Commissioners consisting of the secreta? ry of state, attorney general and Private, Secretay Tiles, represen ing Governor Eagle, immediate? ly made an examination. That a contagious disease in its worst form has taken hold of the inmates now adnrts of no doubt. The poison theory is fast fading awav. The man who died Satur? day was not in the Helena crowd and had not been outside of the walls for many days. He was io perfect health the day before and was well until within au hour of his death. Arkansas medical institute students are scared and refuse to handle the dead bodies sent to the in? stitute from the penitentiary. The phy? sicians of Little ll ck laugh at the poison theory. The people are becoming shaky and cholera is talked of. MRS. GAINES' WILL Brought Up Once More in a New Or leans Court. Judge King, of the civil district court at New Orleann,. bas decided an import? ant point in connection with the will of : thc late Myra Clark Gaines, The ruling was on the petition to reg- ; ister the probate of the will of Mrs. Gaines, dated January 5, 1885, by tho j surrogate court for the county of Kings, New York, and to order an execution of j the will. The Louisiana court had pre- , viously decided the will defective in form ! and not entitled to probate, which de- j cisi?n has been confirmed by the supreme court. The court decided that "the will Of Mrs. Gaines, " having been made in Louisiana, is governed by the laws thereof, and j having been declared invalid, cannot be j taken to New York, the last domicile of thc testator, probated there and made valid by the laws of New York and brought back here for recognition and execution ir this court on property situ atedia thu state and in possessions of officers of this court." Poblic Debt Statement. The public debt statement for Decem ber is estimated will shov a loss in casb during December of $1,000,000, msk j iug the net cash about $29,000,000. Peosion payment? during Decenibe: | h?> ve been in excess '?f $15,000, 000, or at the rate of $180,000,000 a year TMO?&HO?T THE SOUTH Mes o? Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized lad important Happenings fros Dar ttf B&f Tersely Tdd* The Paragon cotton mills at Columbas, 0a., were sold at sheriff s sale Tuesday to ?: H. Epping for $53,300. Two immense boilers of the Flower Ice Company at Vicksburg, Miss., exploded Monday, killing a workman and badly injuring the building. At Orlando, Fla., Monday Jack Prince broke the world's record for a quarter mile road run on a bicycle, making the remarkable time of 31$ seconds. A bill was introduced in the North Car? olina senate Thursday to provide for state banks with 4 per cent state bonds as a basis. The bill was drawn by State Treasurer Tate, and contains every safe? guard. A Nashville dispatch says: The Deca? tur, Chesapeake and New Orleans rail? road was sold Monday by decree of the tlnited States court to Judge G. P. Haws, of New York, representing the reorgan? izing committee. The price paid was $10,000. A Knoxville, Tenn., special of Wed? nesday, says : A restless nisposition has been noted for the last few days among the miners at Coal Creek. The state troops have been fired upon recently and the military authorities are preparing for more trouble. Monday afternoon fire destroyed the Wholesale dry goods store of W. C. Jones ?t> Co?, Burnett, Ashby & Co's, jewelry store and a dozen other small buildings in Dennison, Texas. The total' loss of $75,000 with an insurance of $45,000. The origin of the fire is unknown but it is supposed to be the work of fire-bugs. A special from Wilmington, N. C., says : The British steamship Huntcliff, sailed from this port for Bremen Thurs? day with a cargo consisting of an even ten thousand bales of cotton shipped by Alex Sprunt & Son. This is the largest number of bales of cotton ever carried by a ship from this port. The Clarion and The State Ledger, newspapers published at Jackson, Miss., have consolidated and will be published as The Clarion-Ledger. A charter of incorporation is published which shows that the present proprietors of the two papers are the s '.ockholders named. The Ledger is an evening and The Clarion a morning paper. In the North Carolina house of repre? sentatives, Thursday, a bili was intro? duced incorporating the Western North Carolina railway and one to so amend the constitution as to reduce the home? stead to $500 and the personal property exemption to $200. Governor Holt's voluminous message was read entire in both branches. A generously disposed resident of New York city has given to Dr. J. A. Dreher, the president of Roanoke college, Vir? ginia, $1,000 a year for three years to be used in supporting scholarships for young men of ?mal? means in that insti tion. The offer was made as a New Year's gift to Dr. Dreher, who was visit? ing friends there at the time. Fire broke out at 5 o'clock Monday morning in the shed of Caldwell & Pe? terson's corrugating works at Wheeling, W. Va., and the big plant was entirely destroyed, besides a number of adjoin? ing houses. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Caldwell & Peterson lose 170,000; insurance $45,000. The fire is supposed to have started from a spark from an engine. A Columbia, S. C., special says : The Women's Central World's Fair club, of South Carolina, was disbanded Thursday by reason of the refusal of the legisU Lure to make an appropriation for a state exhibit at the Columbian exposition? A resolution was unanimously adopted to aotify the associate clubs throughout the state that further efforts would be use? less, and that the work had terminated. A Raleigh N. C. special says : The dem )crats in both branches of legislature ;aucussed on the officers. In the senate lohn L. King, of Guilford, was selected is president pro teni., William E. Burk lead principil clerk, George P. Pell ?eading clerk, W. T. Cliffton doorkeep? er. In the house Lee S. Overman, of Kowan, was nominated by acciam itiou for speaker, J. H. Brown of Montgomery, principal clerk ; H. A. Latham, of Beau? fort county reading clerk ; D. A. Julli?n, doorkeeper. The Tennessee legislature assembled at Nashville, Monday, but beyond the or? ganization no business was transacted. In that body Ralph Davis, of Shelby county, was chosen speaker. The inau? guration of Governor Turney will take place next Monday. A lively contest for the position of United States sena? tor to succeed Bate is expected. Bate is making a strong effort to retain his seat j and present chances are slightly in his j favor. His principal opponent is Rob- j ertL. Taylor. THE BORDER TROUBLES. It Will Take Time and Hard Work t< Down the Bandits. A San Antonio, Texas, special of Tuesday says: In an interview here General Wheaton, commander of the de? partment of Texas, said: ''The bandits on the border will probably prove trou? blesome, as they are fully acquainted with the country and can elude pursuit by concealing themselves in dense chap parel, and we have now in the field tue Third cavalry and the troops of tho Sev? enth cavalry from Fort Riley, Kan. "There are camps established at vari? ous points along the border. Captain Hardie is located at Comitas ranche and Captain Jackson, of the cavalry, is at Cariz*. Captains Chase and Hunter, of the Third cavalry, are patroling the railroad between Rena and Laredo and Lieutenants West and Tanghorn are in command of two troops from Fort Ring gold and the company of the Twenty third infantry at Rendado. 'There are smaller detachments at San Ignacio and other points along the bor? der. The Rio Grande is effectually guarded from Lar.eodo to Fort Ringgold and.Hidalgo. Captain Doods troops of | the Third cavalry are ?t Fort Hancock, j These are constantly on the alert seeking j information, and if bard work will ac- ! compli8h anything the bandits will soon j be run down." j CHARGES OF DISCRIMINATION, j Merchants of Summerville. S. (.'.. After j a Number of Railroads. A Washington special of Saturday j says: TbeTe ha? been filed with the in- \ terstate commerce commission a com i plaint by H. W. Belmer and other mer- j chants of Summerville, S. C., against thc Memphis and Charleston railroad, the j East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgi.- ! railroad, the Georgia Railroad and Bank- j inoj Company, the South Carolina Rail- j way Company, receivers of the East Ten nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, the receiver of the South Carolina Railway Compauy, the Central Railroad and Bank? ing Company of Georgia and the South? ern Railway and Steamship Association, j The complaint charges discrimination in freight i ates in favor of Charleston, S. C., an?! against Summerville, on ship? ments from Memphis, Tenn., a hi?hei rate being charge 1 to Summerville, s shorter distance. A PROSPEROUS TEAR. BM k Co.'s Report-Statement of Failures* R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: The most prosperous year ? ever known in business closed Friday, with strongly favorable indications for the future. From nearly all points comes the report that the holiday trade has been the largest ever known, while the wholesale trade is not usually active at this season of stock-taking, it is now re? markably large. Settlements through j clearing, houses outside of New York, in December were apparently the largest ever made in any month, exceed? ing last yearis by more than 10 per cent. For the year the volume is also about 10 per cent larger than last year, and the largest ever known. Railroad earnings I in December show an increase of about 5.5 per cent. Foreign trade has been ; smaller, than last year in volume of ex ; ports; at New York $7,800,000 in value for the past four week.?, and at cotton ports about $10,000,000 less, but imports at New York have been $3,000,000 larger and the month still shows a great excess of exports. For the year the ex? cels of merchandise exports has been not far from $70,000,000, with the largest imports and the largest total exports and imports ever known in any year. FAILURES DUBING THE TEAS. The number of failures occuring in he United States in the year 1892, ai reported .by H. G. Dun & Co.'s mercan? tile agency, is 10,344, being less than in any.yeaipince 1886, and snowing a dif? ference in favor of the present year, as compared with 1891 of 2,029. The in? debtedness of the failures of the past year was $114,000,000, against $189, 000,000 in 1891; and nearly a similar amount in 1890. The largely aug? mented number of traders and enor? mous increase in transactions in the year render these figures very significant Only one in every one hundred and thir? teen traders in the United States suc? cumbed in 1892 as against one in every ninety-three in 1891, and one in every one hundred and two in 1890. The av? erage liability of failures in the last year was $11,000, beinsr the lowest average reported since 1878. WHAT BBADSTBEET 8ATS. Bradstreet says: Southern merchants report the wholesale trade seasonably quiet with the prospect for distribution in 1893 regarded favorably at New Or? leans, Birmingham, Galveston, Memphis and Richmond. Atlanta dealers say the retailers have small stocks. Some ex? citement exists among Charleston deal? ers, owing to the new liquor law. The total volume of the general trade at the south is believed to be in excess of that for 1891. Southern iron furnace stocks are the lowest for thirteen months and are regarded as a normal two weeks' sup? ply. _ PRONOUNCED A FAKE. Reports of a Bloody Battle at Bakers ville. H. C., are False. A Raleigh, N. C. telegram says: A special dispatch just received from a prominent citizen living in Mitchell county, to The Daily Chronicle, pro? nounced the report of the riot and lynch? ing at Bakersville a gross canard. "If the lynching occurred the reports have been greatly exaggerated. Many of the names reported killed are unknown in that section." The dispatch has been read in the house of representatives by the speaker. Specials to The News and Observer and Chronicle say there is absolutely no foundation for the tragic stories from Bakersville; that no prisoner has been lynched and nobody killed. MAIL CARRIER DENIES THE STORY. A Chattanooga special of Thursday says: Runners have been sent out and every method has been taken to obtain particulars to verify the blood-curdling reports of riots and murders near Bakers? ville, N. C. From sources from which the reports were originally transmitted all efforts at verification have been met by statements that the roads were snowed up and impassable. It is now learned that a mail carrier ? has just arrived at Cranberry, North Carolina, from Bakersville, who says he knows nothing of any fight there. It would appear from his statement that the story of Wednesday was not true. A FAKE, PURE A2?D SIMPLE. A Washington special says, in regard to the sensational reports: The tragic stones, from.Johnson City, Tennesse,and Marion, C., about the results of the alleged lynching of three prisoners con? fined in Mitchell county jail, were,- un? doubtedly, fakes, pore and simple. The investigation of tue correspondent who sent the ?toriea has resulted in his repu? diation by his reierecas. The regular newspaper correspondent in Johnson City disclaims all knowledge of the alleged Bakersville occurrences. AN OLD LAW ENFORCED Whereby the Publisher of a Sunday Paper is Estopped. A Philadelphia special s>.ys: The su? preme court with a full bench Tuesday affirmed the validity of the old blue law of 1794 in relation to the publication of Sunday newspapers. The case was that of Thomas Matthews, pub isher of the Pittsburg Sunday Leader, convicted of publishing and issuing his paper on Sun? day under the act of 1794, which prohib? its the following of worldly pursuits on the Sabbath, save those that are an ab? solute necessity for the wants of the community. The supreme court in affirming the de? cision of the lower court gives its opin? ion that the law upon the subject is plain and it could do nothing but interpret as it did and confirm M?tthews's convict? ion. The court says that the framers of the act of 1794 could not foresee the growth of newsp <pers or they would possi? bly have exempted them under the provis? ions of the act. The court in conclus? ion commends the act, but says that too literal an enforcement of its pro? visions may lead to its repeal and that it is in more danger from its friends than its foes. _ INDIANA'S APPORTIONMENT. The Subject of a Petition for a Rehear? ing by the Snpreme Court. An Indianapolis special of Tuesday says : Attorney General Smith has filed a petition in the supreme court asking for a rehearing in the apportionment case, and the petition will now be passed upon by *he new court which entered upon its duties Monday and the majority of whom are democrats. He alleges the court erred in holding that it had the jurisdiction of matters which are left to the discretion of the legisiature by the constitution, and that adoption of the apportionment law by th? legislature is an act that the court cannot review or overturn without clear? ly infringing on the iunct:ons of th*, de? partment of thc state government of equal authority with itself. Typhus Fever iu ?w York. Twenty-eight cases of typhus fever de? veloped in N w York city Suuduy, a ma? jority of them coming from the cheat lodging house, No. 34 Bayard street, fron? which three cases were reported on Sat urday. All the persons a?Tcted wore re? moved to Riverside hospital, ?md a quar? antine bas bet n established at all place* where the eases weie discovered. Typhu cises reported *r, health authority . uithir the past three days number forty. Ever preeaution is 1 eiag taken to pr- vent th spread nf the dis* ase. IN C0N&R1SSM?L HALLS. My HonHne of Bott Hw o? tits Efty-Seconfl Coagm Measures Discussed and Bills Passed Bj Our National Law-Makers. THE SENATS. The holiday recess of congress ended at noon Wednesday; and at that hour the session of the senate waa opened with prayer by the chaplain, special reference being made therein to the dangerous ill? ness of Senator Kenna, and the hope ex? pressed that his useful life may be spared. Certificates of the election of presidential electors for the states of Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Iowa, Nevada, Vermont, Idaho, Virginia, Massachusetts and West Virginia were presented by the ?ice president and were pissed on file. Friday and Saturday were set apart by the senate for the consideration of the bill granting additional quarantine powers and of the bill for the suspension of immigration for one year. An at? tempt was made by Mr. Washburne to have an agreement to vote on the anti option bill next week, but Mr. Harris ob? jected on the ground that several sena? tors intended to speak on it. He ex? pressed the hope, however, that the final vote would soon be taken. The McGar rahan bill was laid over till Tuesday next. Mr. Stewart addressed the senate on a res? olution to suspend all the purchases of silver bullion. At 2 o'clock the anti-op? tion bill was taken up as unfinished bus? iness. An amendment was offered by Mr. Washburn and agreed to, inserting in section 2, words so as to make the pro? viso read, "that such contract or agree? ment shall not be made fer the delivery or settlement of dirie: ence, or by any other mode of periormance,or settlement, in or upon an y board of trade, etc." Mr. White, democi at moved to insert in sec? tion 3 the word * 'flour" as one of the articles referred to. Agreed to. A rote was taken, and as a quorum did Tote a roll of senators was called, Forty-four senators-Just a quorum-answered to their names, but without action on Mr. White's amendment, the senate went into executive session and at 3:30 o'clock ad? journed. In the senate, Thursday, Mr. Hill in? troduced a resolution, which went over until Friday, calling on the secretary Of state for an opinion a? to whether the Chandler immigration suspension bill is violation of the treaty. THE HOUSE. Although there was a great deal of noise and bustle in the hall of the house on its re-assembling Wednesday morning before the hour of noon, it was caused mainly by the members-elect and visitors -there being but few members in attend? ance . Prominent among the latter was McCreary (democrat from Kentucky) who was cordially greeted by his associ ciates and who ran the gauntlet of ques? tions as to the doings of the monetary commission, of which he was a member. The answers were rather non-committal. At 12 o'clock the speaker, in a clear voice, called the house to order, and the chaplain offered prayer. A number of private bills came up, but *fno quorum" stopped their consideration. Private pension bills coming over from the last session were considered in the house Thursday as unfinished business. There was a bare quorum in attendance. CAPITAL GOSS rr. Evergreen and Cullen, Alabama, have been changed from fourth-class to presi? dential pestoffices. The president Thursday nominated to be postmasters: Reece R. Patton, of Bridgeport, Ala. ; Wm. Gallaher, of San dersv?lle; Henry D. Bush, Covington, Georgia. The president on Wednesday nomi? nated Gilbert A. Pierce, of Minnesota, minister resident and consul general of the United States to Portugal Pierce was one of the senators from North Da? kota on its admission as a state. A Maamoch Petition. One of the biggest petitions ever pre? sented to congress is that of Judge Chip? man of Michigan, embracing the names of ten thousand citizens of the United States, who live near the Canadian bor? der, and who beg that the Canadians shall be prevented from working in Un? cle Sam's domain. It is estimated that from two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand residents of Canada daily cross the frontier in the morn? ing, and work on American soil at American prices ali day, and in the even? ing return to their Canadian homes. In addition to the aliens who make daiiy trips, thousands are known to come to this country in the autumn to work in the American lumber forests during the fall and winter and return to their homes it the beginning cf summer. Judge Chipman has introduced a bill to break up this practice, and will present his big petition to ^trergthen M? bil?. A BLOODY ENCOUNTER In Which Prominent Citizens Wert Arrayed Against Each Other? A Louisville, Ky., special says: The bloodiest fight in Magoffin county took place Tuesday about one mile from Sal? vers ville. Eight or ten of the county's best known citizens were engaged on each side, armed with re? peating rifles and navy pistols, and the trouble which had its incep? tion in a trivial matter the day before, cul? minating in a pitched battle. John Davis was killed by a pistol shot, said to have been fired after he was disabled and dis? armed. W. F. Deakins, a constable waa fatally wounded by a shot in the right hip, the ball ranging upward through'his bow? els. Monneville Deakins, justice of the peace, has not been found since the fight, but he left a bloody trail on the sfu>w , through a woodland near the scene of the tragedy and is supposed to be fatally wounded. Shepherd Cole, coroner of the county, received some fear? ful blows with a clubbed gua and may die. Brice Patrick, broth? er of ex-Sheriff J. C. Patrick, re? ceived a rifle bali along the right side of his head and is desperately wounded. Reports as to v?ho was immediately re? sponsible for the terrible affair are con? flicting, and it is not even known who fired the fatal shots. FIRE IN MEMPHIS Causes a Loss of Nearly $200,000 in Property. At Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday night, dre destroyed the following property: Matthews Hardware Company, loss, $70, 000, insurance,$50,000; L Gedell & Bro., loss, $13,000, insurance,$18,000; S. Levy & Son, trunks, loss, $18,000, insurance, $10,000; L Goldsmith & Bro., cloth loss, $40,C00,insurance, $80,000; Dean & Car? rol, paints; loss $13,000; insurance, $10, 000. Total stocks. $225.000; total ioss, $156,000 ; total insurance,$168,000. Four buildings owned by Mrs. Kate Hamil? ton, valued at $40,000 and insured for $20,000; were damaged $20,000. The property is located on Main and Union streets. A Costly Cotton Bale. At the cotton exchange in New York. Friday, the highest price since the war was reached for the bale of cotton sold for the benefit of the building fund of the Press Club. Vice President Sieden? berg on behalf of the members of tho exchange, bid it in at 77 1-2 cents per pound, and then re-donated it to the Press Club.