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Twelve Months 1 5C Fix Months 75 Three Months 60 SUNDAY PICAYUNE BY MAIL. Twelve Months f2 OO Blx Months 1 OO TUESDAY MOKMN'G. JAN. 17. 1888.

To insure prompt attention all letters and communications, whether on dusi-ness matters or for publication, must DO aaaresseti enucr iwj or to Nicholson Co. Amusements This Evening. AciDEirr of Mcsic "White Slave." Harry Kennedy's Combination. Atsce Thkateb Iog-omar." Marie Preecott and B. D.

McLean. Farasta's Thkatkr "Only a Country GirL" The Erwood Combination. Fbesch Opera House "The Huguenots." Mange's French Opera Troupe. OE15D opera House "Jane Eyre." Miss Charlotte Thompson. Borihbom'b Dime Mcsecm Curiosities and Variety Performance.

8T. CHARfES Theater "A Blinding Flash." Mist Phosa McAllister. Tkt indication to-day are: For Mississippi, Louisiana and Eastern Texas ain, warmer weather light to fresh northerly winds, becoming easterly. OlB F1CAIC5ES. The average fool has a hard time living by his wits.

There is great cry and little wool in tariff reform. Baltimore is famons for "beautiful women and terrapin stews. The song of the hackmen to the steamboat is "Whistle, and I'll come to you!" Everybody is as unanimous and happy as could be expected under the circum- stances. When almost everybody says of a man that he will not stay in a place long, he moves to make it unanimous. Having been sentenced to pay Bunny Campbell $45,000 for breach of promise, the best thing for old man Arbuckle to do now' is to marry Bunny for her money.

livery thought which piety throws into the world Alters the world. Emerson. Tt may be that the pious tLoughts about evolution make the world turn over every day. Andrew Jackson grows greater with the number of years since his death. Alive he would be abused and belittjd by little people.

Dead, he is a grand and conspicuous figure in history. The Ohio legislature advises congress and Ohio statesmen advise the world. One thing is fortunate and that is the fact that congress and the world cannot be obliged to take Ohio's advice. De man dat Stan's still loses groan. 1 Judge.

If the wisdom of this is not in its bad dialect and worse spelling, the man who jumps a claim may get lots of ground belonging to other peo- pie. The Picayune is not kicking. Thanks to justice she "can read her title clear." And thanks to the intelligence of the reading public she has nearly doubled her circulation within the past six months. You may deceive all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time. Abraham Lincoln.

The ring politician has already put that in his pipe and is smoking it vigorously. Macon in Africa tell us that in certain tribes the children kill their parents when they become too old to work. Some rich and fashionable families in Cincinnati have shown themselves to be more humane they sent the old folks to an asylum." Artists more and more are taking views on the spot. The enterprising New York Morning Journal published picture of James G. Blaine, Jr.

'a baby the morning after it was born. The picture makes the child smiling and crowing, as if glad to be born, and is very like. Time at last makes all things even The rich man goes home in his carriage with an icicle on his nose, while the poor man now bowls along in a heated cable car. Omaha World. But not in Buffalo.

Here the freeze falls on rich and poor, the just and the unjust alike. Buffalo Courier. Impartial blizzard! The freeze is revered because It is just. Julius Caesar fixed Jan. 1 as the be-' ginning of the year, because there was a new moon on that day when it went into use.

But it is comparatively re cent that this date has come into any thing like general use as New Year's day. Exchange. Julius Caesar might have been in better business. There is a new moon every month. If he had fixed upon the Fourth of July as the time for beginning a new year it would have answered the same purpose, been quite as reasonable and intelligent, and by Americans would have been regarded aa" a pleasing compliment to this country.

The twenty-first volume of the "Eee ords of the Rebellion" is now in the hands of the public printer, and will soon be complete. It will consist of two parts, and will complete the history up to and including the stone river cam paign, or to Dec 31, 1862. Washington Dispatch. As no one will ever think of reading these books they can do no great amount of harm. But the surplus might be reduced in some more agreeable way than that of perpetuating rec ords of a family quarrel called "Rebel- lion" by the vieters for the purpose of confiscating spoils and punishing patriots.

Nebraska State Journal: There is a merchant in Philadelphia who is sharp enough to shave with. Every little while he arranges to be interviewed by a reporter, to whom he says that he attributes his success to printers' ink, and adds that four lines in a newspaper are worth more than a carload of dodgers or five miles of legends on board fences. Of course that's all true, as any levelheaded business man knows. The reporter writes up the statement and it is copied by two-thirds of the papers in the country with the merchant's name attached to it, thus advertising him universally and for nothing. The merchant in question, whose name is principally known by reading such items, does very little newspaper advertising outside of Philadelphia.

He sends calendars and things over the country, although he ought to know. by this time that four lines in a newspaper are worth a wananloaui of caLsndaxs. PKOPUStD BCKKAU OP KIYJiES A'D HACBOES. Senator Cnllom of Illinois has offered a bill to create a national bureau of harbors and waterways, to take charge of all the river and harbor improvement in the country. It contemplates an organized force of civil engineers under a chief who is to be assisted by subordinates of various grades, at salaries of from $7500 each, annually, down to $1000.

The chief is to receive $10,000. These assistants will be some six hundred in number and the aggregate of the proposed salaries would be nearly one million dollars a year. According to tne provisions of the bill at least one-half of thi3 force must come from civil life. The other half may be appointed from among the army engineers, but -thev must forfeit their places in the army. Obviously, something ought to be done to provide in a regular and systematic manner for river and harbor improvement, bnt it is safe to say that the failures and defects of the exist ine arrangements where river and har bor work is under the direction of the army engineers, arise chiefly from the fraimipntarv and niggardly way in which Congress provides appropriations.

The "engineers educated at West Point are probably as a class unsurpassed by nnv but thev cannot give efficient re sults in any great national work when the money for-it is dealt out in the irregular wav which now obtains in Congress. The Mississippi River Commission, which is a small body of military and civil engineers, has proved extremely efficient in the greatest work of river improvement in the world, and if this commission had been better provided with the requisite means some grand re salts might have been attained. At any rate a beginning has been made, which if properly sustained will result in the permanent improvement of our great continental river. THE POSITIO-N OF LOUISIANA SECTEI- TIES. Carondelet street and the Stock Ex change have been the centers of interest to the business community during the past few days.

Stocks and bonds, which, owing to the anxieties growing out of the late political campaign, and the doubts existing as to the harmoni ous action of the Baton Rouge Conven tion, had been very dull and weak, have suddenly assumed new life and have entered upon a period of the greatest activity. Louisiana consols, which a week ago sold at 881, have advanced to 93 with sales of over $1,000,000 reported. Every other bond has sympathized to some extent in the improvement, and the shares of all our financial institutions have materially appreciated. The cause of this "boom" is to be found principally in the personnel of the Democratic State ticket nominated a few days ago in Baton Rouge. So favorably have our business men been impressed with the strength of 'the pro posed new administration that all sorts of securities have increased ineValue; investors who previously held off came into the market freely, and speculators have improved the opportunity to tneir advantage with, their usual shrewdness.

The money market, which has been comparatively tight all winter, is now rapidly becoming more favorable. This combined with the improved political outlook promises to enhance still further the value of securities, and many shrewd and conservative operators predict that State consols will go to "par" within thirty days. With the status of the State debt as well defined as at present, with the interest secured beyond all reasonable doubt, and with the business outlook as bright as it now is, there is nothing to prevent Louisiana bonds from rising to a parity with those of States whose credit stands the highest. 1MPK0YLNG BAYOU LAFOCliCIlK. Yesterday the friends of the movement for the substantial improvement of Bayou Lafonrche had a hearing before the Congressional Committee on Rivers and Harbors at Washmton.

It appears from the estimates of the Engineer Bureau that the canal can be dredged out and connected with the Mississippi River at Donaldsonville by means of locks to control the flow of the river water through it for 450,000. The Thibodaux Sentinel of the 14th says: Navigation in the bayou is still impeded by sand bars in the channel. It is even with ureal difficulty that loaded flats can pass over these bars, even with light loads. When will the proper au thorities take the necessary measures to send a deputation to appear before the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives at Washington, to urge a liberal appropriation for the opening up of lower water navigation of this splendid and important stream Now is the time to act. We ao not want any more petitions or memorials to be pigeon-holed in the archives of Congress, but what we need is a live, energetic and thoroughly posted, delegation of citizens to go to Washington ana pieaa our cause, in season and out of season, until the proper committee shall agree to report an appropriation sumcient ior tne pur pose view, nereis no lack of ma terial from which to select a deputa tion to fitly represent the wishes of this parish before Congress in reference to the dredging of Bavou Lafonrche.

As a Louisiana Congressman is at the head of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House, it ought to be a comparatively easy matter to secure an appropriation for our bayou from that committee. At all events, why not give the matter a fair trial Anything is better than this policy of inaction that we have been pursuing in the past. iuD uuuuitiuus Bio cxudcuiukiv xavora- ble for obtaining an appropriation for our bayou. should make an effort in the matter indicated above and invite the co-operation of our sister par ishes. Assumption and Ascension, which are equally interested with ourselves in having the navigation of bayou La-fouche improved and made available for purposes of commerce.

This water way is one of great value wnicn win rapidly grow with the in creased acil i ties i iin pro veinent wo old give. Apropos of Lamar's Confirmation. Hon. L. Q.

Lamar is now a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, having been confirmed to the position yesterday In executive session of the senate by a vote of 32 to 28. only three Republicans having favored the confirmation. These were Messrs. Riddleberger of Virginia, Stanford ofCallfornia, and Stewart of Nevada. The appointment was violently assailed and opposed on purely sectional grounds by such Senators as Evarts of New York.

Ed munds of Vermont, Sherman of Ohio, and others of the Republican leaders in the Senate. These men speak the sentiments and reflect the will of the Republican party of the United States. It la a sectional nartv which has no basis of national principles and can have no existence save to wage a secdonal conflict, ffsthlng shows more plainly the utter folly uf founding any hones of any policy of oono'JIetlon or compromise on the part of the Eeiohiioans toward the Bouthern people. The Southern people are tons constantly forced into an attitude of self-protection. They remember how the Repuolican party sought to wreok their entire social system In the p.

and they realize that It is still desperately bent on this mischief, growing more desperate and malignant as Its ability to wort lta wicked will grows weaker. The Soutn is solid and solidly Democratic because it must be. Its people dare not for a moment relax their vigilance or relinquish their organization. The Republican party Is a war party always hostile to them. It cannot survive an era of harmony, and when there is no longer any object upon which it can spend Its venom and malign effluxes it will die of congestion of Its Internal organs from excessive accession and accumulation of envy, malice and all uncharitablenees.

A Winter Hunting Ground. The Ouachita Telegraph of the lith Inst, says A party of gentleman from Oshkosh, arrived at Alexandria last Wednesday night. Tney brought camping outfits, gnus, and came, tney say, to spend the winfrr here and hare a good time hunr.ng. Their names are: Andrew Jackson, K. O.

Jacksrm. James Doughty. Ben Doughty and Wm. Gill. They are now camped just above the mouth of bayou Rapides.

Those gentlemen in the comfort of then-winter camp will read with peculiar interest, not unmixed with anxiety for those they left behind them In Wisconsin, the accounts of the terrible polar storm which visited the entire northwest within the past few days. Bach frightful climatic conditions are calculated to make the people of that region torn for relief to the mild winter of Louisiana. In this connection the following clipping from the same paper is significant air. J. D.

Lacy of New Orleans was in the city this week, accompanied by the following gentlemen: Messrs. fc. M. Stevenson and J. Stepnenson, Menominee, A.

C. Brown. Marionette. A. G.

Van Schalck, Chicago, I1L The entire party went to look at the pine lands on the north side of Red river last Wednesday. Several of the gentlemen named are large capitalists, and very likely will invest before they leave. No Blizzard Heie. The blizzard penetrated to the southwest limits of Texas yesterday, the temperature at Galveston getting down to 29, with snow at Houston. In this city the therinoneter yesterday only showed a temperature of 403.

That was the worst that New Orleans got oat of the polar storm which has spent so much of its fury in the upper Mississippi Valley in the past few days. THE SHIPPING LEAGUE. Meeting of Committees Arrangements for the Convention. A meeting of the executive and soliciting committees, charged with the arrangements for holding the convention of the American Shipping and Industrial League, was held at the office of the New Orleans Sanitary Asso ciation, No. 10 Carondelet street, last night.

Mr. Edward Fanner presiding. The soliciting committee reported some $2100 actually subscribed and considerably more promised. It was toought from the Indications that the amount raised would reach $3000. Messrs.

J. C. Horter, M. Lombard, H. Gin der, A.

K. Unlay, Thos. Agnew, Major Brady ana Gus. Lehman were added to the soliciting committee. Tne committee ou arrangements and entertainments was permanently organized as lollows: uaptuiu vv.iiuib.

chairman. Captain A. K. Mliler, J. R.

G. Pitkin, K. Wood. Edward Fenuer, II. McCloskey, Thos, Agnew and V.

H. C. Robinson. The otter by the Produce Exchange of the nse of lis hall. was accepted.

On motion of Mr. Fenner the executive committee lixed tne hours for holding the convention as lollows: Tnursaay, tot). 16, from 10 a m. to 3 p. in.

and 7 p. ni. Friday, 10 a. m. to 1 p.

m. On adjournment the delegates will be treated to an excursion on the river along the city iront. Saturday the convention will meet at 10 a. in. and ad journ sine die at 3 p.

m. At 8 p. in. a grand reception will be given Py citizens ol Orleans to members of the convention at the Produce Exchange. The programme committee, through Its chairman, Mr.

E. K. Converse, presented an extensive repoit outlining its work. It Included addresses from over twenty distinguished gentlemen. On motion, Mr.

Pow- d-rly. general master workman of the Knights of Labor, was invited to be present at the convention, or If unable to come to prepare an address to be read. After a lengthy discussion of the general features of the convention, ao adjournment was taken to Saturday next at 7 p. on which occasion all tue delegates irom the commercial bodies and all members of the soliciting committee are expected to be present. ILN1GI1TS OF HONOR, A Pleasant Entertainment Tendered by Hagle Lodge.

Grand Dictator William ftXoake, assisted by a full corps of grand lodge otnoers, publicly installed the following officers elect of Eagle Lodge No. 2519, at Odd Fellows' Hall last evening: David Fachs, sitting past dictator Anda- bon Hilliard, dictator; Dr. Sam E. Halle, vice dictator; A loo Mouton, assistant dictator; M. M.

Dickinson, chaplain Wm. T. Uuriiaa, guide; Henry Tharp, re porter; V. G. Ulanu, nnanoial reporter; John Zahn, treasurer; James Kelly, guar dian B.

F. Barns, sentinel John G. Row land, R. D. Sheppard, David Lemley, trus tees.

Tne ball was nuea witn the xamiues ana friends of the 343 members comprising this sterling lodge. The welcome address was delivered by Past Diotator Julius L. Beer next came the Installation of the officers. whloh was followed by eloquent addresses by Grand Diotator Moake auid other Grand Lodge otnoers. Mr.

E. Denekamp, one or the urand Lodge officers, entertained the audience with the song, "Coming home at 3 o'clock in the morning." His effort called for rounds of applause, whloh was no doubt due to the inlormation Imparted to the ladles how they could bring their lords home at 10 p. m. Just as easily as at 3 a. m.

Master e. uoaaara, the avenue knight oi the state, recited In a clear, distinct and forcible manner the "Knight of Labor." His extreme youth being considered, Master Goddard displayed considerable natural ability as well as good training. Miss Annie Jacoos rendered a vocal solo in a manner creditable to herself and satisfactory to the audience. Miss Amelia Jacobs, in the recitation of "Christmas at the Workhouse," exhibited both tact and training as an elocutionist, some portions of the piece being of a character hard for many amateurs to master. The exercises were then conoiuded by singing the closing ode, and all adjourned to the ballroom proper to participate In the K.

of 1L hop. CAMP MCIIOLLS. Organization of the New Board of Directors of the Soldiers' Home of Louisiana. An adjourned meeting of the board of directors of the Soldiers' Home of Louisiana, Camp Nieholla, was held last night at No. 13 Commercial place, Captain A.

J. Lewis presiding, and Mr. Nicholas Cuny, secretary, at his post. The report of the treasurer, Fendel Horn, showed a balance on hand of $1403 30, which includes $600 belonging to the doming (una. The visiting committee, Messrs.

Lewis and Adam, reported everything satisfactory at the home. Captain Lonis Adam, of the committee on the entertainment given for the benefit of the clothing uud, reported the net proceeds from that enterprise to be S870 71. The old board passed resolutions thanking Captain and Mrs. L- A. Adam for their efforts towards making the clotning fund entertainment a grand suocess.

A vote of thanks was extended to the retiring officers for the faithful performance of their respective duties. The old board then adjourned sine die. The organization of tne new board was then proceeded with. The following credentials were submitted Army of Tennessee A. J.

Lewis. Fendel Horn, Richard D. Screven, John B. Vines and Nicholas Cany. Army of Northern Virginia David Zable.

F.D.Washington. Pat Hays. John Cnarlea and Thomas H. O'Brien. The board was declared organized with the above members and the following offi cers were elected: colonel David Zable.

president A. J. Lewis, vice president Fen del Horn, treasurer; Nicholas Cuny, secre tary; Dr. x. R.

LeMonnier, surgeon: Cap tain J. R. Gleason, superintendent. The president appointed Comrades Horn and Washington as the visiting committee for the present month. The meeting theu adjourned.

In New York city they never And oat how good and virtuous a man oriwoman is until or she murders ulo Umes. PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES. Louis James plays Virginias in Pensacola Wednesday night. A society of the Order of Eiks is being worked up in Chattanooga. Mr.

Emanuel Lehman, of the firm of Lehman New York, and Lehman, Stern New Orleans, is in the city on a visit combining business and pleasure. Chicago Tribune, Jan. IS Mr. Nate Sals-bury, who is interested with Buffalo Bill in the Wild West show, sailed from Europe yesterday for this country. Theatrical people recently arrived from Europe say that the Wild West has had its day in Europe and Is now losing money.

Baltimorean: "Here is a list cf twenty words which not one person in ten will spell correctly without preparation: Abhorring, bayou, aisle, trisyllable, agreeable, amateur, beleaguer, mysterious, different, illiterate, initial, crowd, exemplary, complaisant, recommend, collectable, chaise, solicited, actually, preparation." New York Herald, Jan. 13: "Manager Horace Wall, of the Opera House. New Haven, has attached the advance receipts for Mrs. Potter's engagement in that city this evenlcg at the Hyperion Theater. He says that Mr.

Miner contracted to play Mrs. Potter at his house, and claims $1000 damages for breach of contract." Miss Helen Parr, the American actress who went to London and advertised herself hugely before her debut as a direct descendant of Fenimore Cooper, has been hauled up short by the production of the Cooper family tree, which fails to prove her claim. She has, moreover, failed as an actress. She is really Miss McGintyot Boston. Hon.

A. E. Lemee of the United States land office at Natchitoches, is stopping at the St. Charles Hotel. He reports tnat so great have been the number of entries of lands In his section that he Is unable to keep up with the work.

Sinoe the organization of the Red River Valley Land Company and the completion of the Natchitoches Tap Railroad there has been a notable improvement in the sale of private property and a decided Increase In Immigration In that section. Charleston (8. San: "Why should a bagging factory pay a license of $500, a bank a license of $250 and a barroom a license of $1001 Is that arrangement in the Interest of the workingman Is it to be taken as a declaration by the city council of Charleston that making bagging is a more profitable business than banking, and that banks pay far larger returns for the capital invested than do barrooms Or are we to take it the other way and consider that we need bars more than banks and banks more than fac tories The Bessemer: William Cohen of New Orleans was in Bessemer Wednesday. Mr, Coheres ambitions to be a noted founder ef a great city. He is the general manager of a new town company, composed principally of Memphis capitalists, who are going to build an immense and prosperous city at Stevenson, just west of Chattanooga.

Boundless Iron and coal exist there. A few millions will be immediately invested in improvements to give the town a start, and hundreds of millions will be speedily In vested in industrial enterprises. There will be nothing done by halves in the city of Stevenson. A number of Inquiries from Mississippi and Louisiana towns have been received at the Picayune office asking when the Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett Combination would play here, as it appears a number of excursion parties ill be made to the city to see the great tragedians. We are permitted to publish their engagements as follows Booth and Barrett appear at Charleston, B.C., Jan.

17; at Savannah, Jan. 18; at Macon, Jan. 19 at Atlanta. Jan. 30 and 21 at Jan.

23.24 and 35; at Memphis, Jan. 26, 27 and 28; at Chattanooga, Jan. 30 and 31 at Birmingham, Feb. 1 and at Montgomery, Feb. at Mobile, Feb.

4: at New Orleans (Grand Opera House), one week, commencing Feb. o. Birmingham Herald: "The subscription for the ale of seats for the Booth and Bar rett engagement commenced at O'Brien's Opera House yesterday morning. The box office was hardly opened when a stream of people began to arrive, and Mr. Crenshaw was kept busy having the names registered.

All day long the telephone in the box office was on the Jump, bat the fellow at the other end found he'd have to go to the theater in person, for nothing bat correct signatures will reserve a chance for a theater-goer. At 3 o'clock over 200 names were down on the subscription list, representing about 700 tickets, mostly in the orchestra, at $5 a seat. When the list Is completed, slips of paper, numbered from one to the last number en gaged, will be placed in hat. A boy, totally disinterested, will then draw one of the slips, and the man with his name opposite that number will get the best seat or seats in the noose, according to how many seats he's engaged. And so on down until all are fixed." A book that Is being talked about consid erably this season is that souvenir of the 8t.

Lawrenee, entitled "Geraldine." Ticknor fc Co. have brought it oat anew In sumptuous style, with nearly a hundred illustrations, and thus given It fresh charm and interest. A love story in verse, undeniably well written, it Is set down by the reader at onee as an Imitation of Owen Meredith's "Lucille." Then comes the bold statement of the anonymous author that he conceived the romance as it Is written before "Lucille" was ever heard of and refrained persistent ly from reading that poem or hearing it read, or in any way learning of its character, spirit and soope until the completed "Geraldine" had left his hands. If this Is true the resemblance between the two works Is a marvel quite unprecedented. In any case "Geraldine" well repays perusal.

"The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book," also pub lished by Ticknor is a particularly graceful memento of the past, filled as It is with dainty extracts from his Journals and letters. It is edited by Laura Winthrop Johnson and has a portrait of Longfellow and pictures of the Longfellow house at Newbury, the Wadsworth house at Hiram, Longfellow's birthplace In Portland, the Longfell jw house at Portland, the Vas sal 1-Cralgle-Longfellow house at Cambridge, the Cralgle house from the west and north and views across its lawu and from its piazza, the Cralgle house study, and the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Creole committee was held at the residence of one of its most honored and efficient members, Mrs. Louis Adam in Jaokson square, xnis committee comes from one formed during exposition year, and is com posed of a number of leading Creole ladies. It is kept alive and fragrant by all the sweet sentiments of friendship and loyalty.

Every year It holds an annaal meeting, not for the purpose of electing officers or transaction of business for there are no officers and there Is no business bat merely to exchange pleasant greetings with each other, and to commemorate the day of the original organ ization. The committee, composed exclu sively of ladies, regards as Its godfather the distinguished Judge Gayarre, who almost Invariably honors their meetings with his presence. Yesterday, however, he was not present, but was represented by his wife. After an hour or two spent in delightfully Informal conversation, the ladies sat down to a sumptuous luncheon, and when the chief viands were disposed of drank, as is their custom, the health of Judge Gayarre, and then of Mrs. Adam.

Mrs. Hyatt then arose and making a graceful little speech presented Mme. Gayarre with a little box of bon bons to take to her distinguished husband, as a souvenir from the ladles of the committee. The dainty little packet to all appearances contained only bon bons, bat It Is believed that when Judge Gayarre opened it he found a touohlng and most substantial New Year's remembrance from the ladies, and that Indeed he truly could "put In his thumb and pull out a plum." The ladles who were present were Mrs. Louis Adam, Mrs.

Gayarre, Mrs. Glenn, Mrs. Dolhonde, Mrs. Nicholls, Mrs. Hyatt, Mrs.

Field, Mrs, Shields, Miss Lange, Miss Alpuente, Miss Kendall. Miss Blaland and Miss Giles of Wisconsin. The committee of ladies ad journed to meet again next year. GOTHAM GOSSIP. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF THEODORE HOUSTON ACCIDEST OK SUICIDE "HE WAS FIT TO BE PKESIDEXT OF ANY TECSK LINK IN THK COUNTRY" THE VENERABLE IR.

WEISE KO MORE JULIUS FEUREK'S FRIENDS DESCENDANTS OF OLD FAMILIES HAND IN HAND AT CHCRCH LADIES' RECEPTION BY THK OHIO SOCIETY PO LICK MATRONS INSISTED UPON TALKING OF A VIADUCT BOAD. Special Correspondence of the Picayune. New York, Jan. 13. 1888.

The death of Theodore Houston is a s-Jery. After dressing in the morning he weut into his study and his wife handed him the papers, which he was accustomed to looking over before breakfast. Fifteen minutes later Mrs. Houston returned only to find him lying on the lounge with blood trickling from a ballet hole in his temple. He remained conscious nearly half an hour and said a number of times that he did not know why he bad shot himself.

The revolver was in a closet on the opposite side of the room from where he was lying. He told where it would be found. This seems to indicate suicide. How could a man with a fatal bullet in his head put his pistol away before lying down Even if the ball was sped at the closet door he had to put the pistol on the snelf and cross the room to tne lounge. Still Mrs.

Houston is positive that the shooting was entirely accidental, and nobody aupears to know the slightest reason why he should seek his own life. Mr. Houston was vice president and general manager of the WestBhore Railroad and finally ooreceiver of it with Ex-Judge Horace Russell He was a man of robust physique and a great worker. In the Lotos Cluo, of which he was a member, he was very popular. Forty-nine years of age.

he bad been happily married twenty-one years. A few weeks ago he rented his residence at 9 West Nineteenth street and took an eighth floor flat in an elegant apartment house at 80 Madison avenue, making the change because his eoa and daughter were botn at school out of town. He was born at Middle-town in this state and early evinced a taste for mechanics. His railroading experience began with the secretaryship of the Oswego Midland Railway, from which he rose to the vice presidency. Colonel D.

C. Houston, of the engineer corps of the army, and Alexander Houston of Milwaukee are his brotaer. A sister of his, after years of delicate health, became deranged and drowned herself. Of the man so strangely felled in his prime Judge Russell says He was lit and capable to be president of any trunk line railroad in the oountry. Gifted with great intellectual ity he could work at abstruse problems for hours aud come out fresher than any lawyer subjected to a similar strain.

He was a self- made man. When he. left the Midland Railroad It was to take the vice presidency ol the Ontario and Western, which he resigned to accept the corresponding office in the West Shore. He was never wealthy and sinoe his discharge from the West Snore receivership has not had any regular position. If he killed nimseu it was through melancholia over lack oi means.

Another! friend of Mr. Houston says He was rich and could not possibly have com mitted suicide. There was absolutely noth ing in his nnanclal aftairs or domestic. rela tions to lead him to do such a thing. Of late he had been unusually well.

He loved noth ing better than to fuss with anything jlike macninery ana accidentally alschargeu his revolver wniie handling it. Unfortanateley the location and coarse of tue bullet hole do not coincide with this theory. Nothing is more anil kely than toat a ball tired accidentally would make such a clean ana direct penetration ac the right temple. It is, therefore, much to be feared that some motive for self-destruction will be discovered or revealed. John A.

Weisse, M. has died suddenly at his home. No. 30 est Fifteenth street. 11 was noted for the llteray aud philological re searches for which he found time while at tending to an extensive practice.

Born in Switzerland, Deo. 3, 1810. he was educated at the Metz Seminary and Bitcbe College. He became professor of mathematics and Ger man In the latter institution and subse quently professor of French and literature in the imperial school at Vienna. In 1840 he came to America, and the following year married Jane Lee Hunt, a granddaughter oi ueorge jsetuune ana Alary raueun whose uncle donated to Boston its revolu tionary meetlng-hoase.

A Free Mason and member of the Press Club, he was the author of "The Origin, Progress and Destiny of the English Language and Literature." He leaves a widow, daughter and son. The son Is Dr. F. D. Weisse, professor of anatony at the New lork university.

Robert Hilliard the actor has been up to Albany to see Governor Hill about Julius Feurer, who was sent back the other day to serve out his sentence in foing sing prison The prison officials are naturally opposed to clemency to prisoners who escape and are recaptured, because It cannot but be sub versive or discipline, tub fact that Feurer has led an exemplary life for four years and has a wife and child thrown upon charity oy nis recapture cannot very well enter into this account. Ic is a nice question whether If pardon is really merited It ean safely be extended. Among those wno think it can in this Instance and are interesting themselves in the matter are judge uowmg, who sen tenoed Fearer; Henry Hems, president of the uotton Exchange; 4. l. Kolston.

presi dent of the Farmers' Loan Bank: Samuel Sloan, president of the Delaware, Lacka wanna ana western Railroad: Unas. a. Dana. of the Sun; Colonel John A. Cockerill, of the World; John Jacob As tor, De Lancey aicoil Koswell p.

Flower. Russell cage, M. Palmer, Steele Mackaye and Captain M. Connor, of the St. James Hotel.

Grace church had a wedding of rather un wonted note yesterday afternoon. The par ties were itooert wintnrop's aaugnter ivatn erine, a descendant of the famous Governor mutbrop of Massachusetts, and Hamilton Fish Kean. a grandson of Hamilton Fish and a descendant of Alexander Hamilton and Daniel Webster. The really beautiful bride wore a decollete dress of faille Fran- oaise, covered with real old family lace. ana a spray.

penaant ana butterfly of diamonds. The brides maids wore decoletie dresses of baby blue siik. with plaited backs, and long veils of pale blue tulle caught with clusters of daisies. They were Tina Winthrop, maid of honor; Elizabeth Kean, Edith Parish, Maad Howland, Fannie Bowdoln and Miss Stuyve- sant, and they each sported a daisy pin set with diamonds ana presentea oy in onae. The ushers were H.

Roy Miller. John Jacob Astor, Julian winthrop, Grenville Winthrop and Wiiiiain Asvor Keau. Hamilton Webster acted as best man. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Potter. assisted by Rector Huntington.

The recep tion was at the Winthrop mansion, lis Fifth avenue. In the evening the Ohio society gave a ladles' reception at their oiuonouse, ujo Fifth avenue. Beside a bright little musical entertainment, tnere was whistling by Mrs. Alice J. Shaw and Jenny June reau a paper on Tne Clubaoie woman." An eflOrt is again mating to nave police matrons appointed, xne ponce commis sioners think that separate stations for women would be more practicable.

A viaduct road is talked of for the west side of the city. Why cannot large property owners see tnat urban rapid transit should be underground! Vldetie. DIED. ROUBBEATT On Jan. 11.

1888. J. A. ROUS SEAU, a native of New Orleans, aged 67 years. On behalf of the Delery ana Rousseau fami lies.

The Opelousas and Attakapas papers will please copy. nRtsnN-On Montiar. Jan. 16. 1888.

at in oclock a.m. jOSKPH aged 76 years, a native oi itaiy ana reaiaent oi rew Orleans tor the past fifty years. His funeral will take place from his late residence. No. 64 Orange street, This (Tuesday) Afternoon, at 3 o'clock.

ana friends are respectfully invited to attend. THOMAS On Monday. Jan. 16. 1888, at 6:35 ANDES-W ARCHIBALD THOMAS.

aged years iu montna ruu xj ubb, omeeb son of Victor A. Thomas and Mary Callahan, The funeral will take place from the residence of his parents. No. 267 Constance street, near St. Mary, This Lay, 17th at 3:30 p.

m. Relatives, friends and acqnaintancea are re spectfully invited to attend. DALY On Monday, Jan. 16, 1888, at 7:45 o'clock D. MAKY MULLALLY, wife of James K.

Daly, aged 60 years, a native of tne parish of Drangan, county Tipperary, Ireland, and resident of New Orleans tor the past forty years. Her funeral will take piace irom ner late resi dence, 77 Rousseau street, 'lnia (Tuesday) Afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock. Friends and relatives are respectfully invited to attend. Dew York, Canada and St. Louis papers please copy.

tt A LONEY Monday morning. Jan. 16. 1888. at 12:15 o'clock, MICHAEL F.

MALONS1Y, aged 38 years, a native of Kilrush.couniy Clare, Ireland, a member of Company 11. Miles' Le gion. Confederate service. Funeral to take place at residence or bis brother-in-law, Charles Corcoran. 312a Poy dras sstreet.

Tuesday, at 4 p. nx. Friends and acquaintances of deceased and family are re spectfully Invited to attend. LATJDTJMIKY At 4 o'clock Monday even ing, Jan. 16.

1888, BERNABULAlIUb Af IEY, aged 86 years, a native of Bordeaux, France, and residing in this city since 1834. His funeral will take place at 4 o'clock This Tueday) Evening from the residence of his son-in-law. No. 473 North Claiborne, corner of Annette street. Third district.

The relatives. friends and acquaintances of the lamily are respectfully Invited to attend. Papers ef Bordeaux, France, will please conr, i THE PUBLIC IS PARTICULARLY CACTIOIfED AGAINST A PHILADELPHIA BEER WHICH IS BEING FOISTED CPOW jWAin PURCHASERS AS THE GENrjTjrj HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT The article in ouestion is put up in a SqnattT Bottle, with German and English 1ki in bme and the cork ccrred ith yellow wax. The ansumassed effron beer Genuine Imported Tradesmen hv free gifts of chase their goods, may cause THE GENUINE J0HANN HOFF'S introduced into the 17. S.

by Leopold rioB in -n i 1 vIIMin, WsimAn Tvtihnill Patmnlfl scribed bv leading Physicians throughout the steamers of Hie Hamburg-American Pacaet by the signature ou metallic cap of this American beer to be palmed on on the unwary. -A 3rL Jet. -A 1ST Sc 3T8. 2SO AND 283 GREENWICH STREET, AND YORK. Bole Importer and Atcrnts since 1S69, to counterfeit which Is FEMJJiy, In order to protect themselves against imposition the Public are req nested to specify HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT, "TARRANTS," When Ordering.

Jal 0 GET (is White BRYI DELICATE 1 DELICIOUS I New Orleans Agency, Edmond Dubois, 32 Decatur street The Highest Grade of Wine Produced. For Sale by all Leading Grocers and Wine Merchants. 3mThHoTs SELLING- OTJT CLOTHING Ai i isrcrw Men's Suits, formerly $12 to $15 at $10 Men's Suits, formerly $16 to $18 at $12 Men's Suits, formerly $20 to $22 at $15 Men's Suit, formerly $23 to $30..... at $20 Overcoats, formerly $12 to $15 at $10 Overcoats, formerly $18 to $22 at $15 Overcoats, formerly $25 to $28 at $30 Overcoats, formerly S30 to $40. $'2S A large lot of AU-Wool Pants at $3 These prices are given to close ont Winter Goods and make room for JttG-tt SPEHTG STOCK H.

T3. McCOWN, St. Charles and Common Sts. d5 '87 SuTnSa ZJULAJSreOIET 167 AIEtOIISrilXriEi STREET, Plumbers, Steam DEALERS IN IRON PIPE. FITTINGS, VALVES.

TOOLS. BOILER TUBES. GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT FIXTURES. AND PLUMBERS' MATERIALS. AGENTS FOR JOHN VAN COOKING RANGES.

TELEPHONE No. 19 THE UNDERSIGNED, Having tire baaed the entire stock of clothing and fnrnlfthlng goods of the lata nrm oi W. O. WKItLKR, bear leave to offer the aameac retail at extraordinarily low prices, preparatory to opening their new rpnng stock now arriving. Anyone wishing to purchase Winter Suits, Pants, overcoats.

Furnishing Goods or Bovs' Suits for Individual use would do well to call. the opportunity will only last for a short time. w. WiUKLiiRaCO. Jal7 edptt 86 Canal stree t.

FUND IN AID -OF- wfbOW AND CIIILDREJf OF Hon. PATRICK ME A LEY. Inspired bv high personal reirard for dis sterling a nan ties, as well as pro found sympathy with his surviving family in their irreparable bereave Tnent so lamentable and unexpected, the following-named citizens have felt it to be incumbent upon them and that they only voice the general wish when they formulate a plan whereby sentiment and feeling can be converted into substantial aid to the widow and children now left without means and deprived of their accustomed support. The idea is to raise a fund of snoh amount as friendship and generosity may make possible, with a view to its investment in some suitable form, so as to secure a faxed, if modest, income to Mrs. Mealev.

to assist her in brinirinir np the six minor children forming her now unhappy household. Subscriptions to this end will be re-, ceived and reported by any member of committee named below. Any friend wishing to Assist in th good work wiil confer a favor by making it known to the chair man, secretary or member of the committee. Donations iiiuIa will rut A-ntw nnK. liahed.

COMMITTEE. Mr. Maceici J. Hart, Mr. E.

L. Israel, General A. Meyer, Mr. W. B.

Schmidt, Mr. John T. Moore, Mr. Maurice Schwabacher Mr. Nicholas Burke, i Mr.

Jas. Grant, Dr. Jas. C. Beard.

Mr. Jacob Hasslnger, Mr. C. H. Hyams.

Mr. John T. Gibbons, Mr. Wm. B.

Ringrosk, Mr. Michael Haceett, Mr. Maurice Newman. Mr. J.

V. Moore. Mr. John Mathers, Jr. EDW.

BOOTH, Chairman. WM. BEANHAM. Secretary. WAXL PAPER, 8 HAD 8 AND CORNICES, aiAlllJIUB.

SUttf, MATS, PICTURE MOULDINGS. VKAMES, UPHOLSTERY GOODS, And. Weather Strips, AT E. HEATH'S Telephone 614. 116 CA3LP STREET NEW OKLlllW.

daanTnTaU giving the pa- kage a German npeannC S2 terv oi me corporation pnsning inese cooda in calling jtl. Malt Kxtract," and tneir appeals to the ropi.ll volm tm one hundred bottles and upward to those who can Lndnrm VlV unwary. AND ONLY IMPORTED MALT EXTRACT 1866. the unrlraled nutritive tonic and food and fnnri And VPjlktlplI Inrmplll tnair.unH world, is received ONLY by na on P.T?' Company, ana is Guaranteed genuine udimimU lOO WARREN STREET, 3mTn CHANDON Seal OFFER A large lot of Merino Shirts and Drawers So each. Shaker Flannel Shirts and Drawers, formerly $2 and $2 50 at $1 50 each Boys' Knee Pant Bolts, former price $4, $9 and (6 at $3 each Boys' Overcoats, Lone Pant Salts and Under wear in proportion.

and GaS Fitters, ELKIN 100 Canal street 100 Canal street New Supply of Moquettes. Velvets, Brussels and S-Plys, All at the Lowest Price. Late Styles ia Crete, Colbert, Swiss and Nottingham. Turcoman and Vienna Portieres. Brocatelle and Tapestry Furniture Goods, Oil Cloths, Linoleums andCor- ticines.

Window Shades. Cornices and Poles. o3 '87 aTnTaly STYLISH 1888 NOVELTIES. JOHN McGUINNESS 113 Canal Street. I am prepared to offer this season the HANDSOMEST AND NOBBIEST SHOES AND SLIPPERS that it has ever been my privilege to show.

Ala a medium Low-priced Line, In which I propose te lead, and will positively sell at extremely a figures. For Style. Fit and Durability they cannot be surpassed. Ladies' Shoes Made to Order. dls lmSuTuTh Henry Haller's WINTER COMFORTS SPLENDID Base Burners and Sell-Feeders.

BRILLIANT Base Burners and Self. Feeders. ORIENT Parlor Heaters. MOZART Parlor Heaters. BRILLIANT Cook Stoves and Range FAVORITE, Cook Stovest, NEW PILOT Cook.Stovea, CAPITOLA Cook Stores.

BLACK OAK Cook Stores, Sample- and Salesrodm 55 and 57 CAMP STItl-, UNDERWEAR T' ii II.