The Knoxville Daily Journal from Knoxville, Tennessee • 1

-'A 'is gjci rt VOL I KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 20 188G No 300: rrn for his grain and placidly drove ith the customer out to xiia residence where it was unloaded REBELLION MUEN EXULTANT Butler of Missouri The hills were at once passed At 5:15 in the senate went into executive session aud at 5:40 adjourned until Tuesday next GENERAL Jffl NEWS PICKED UP BY JOURIiL A-CHAPTER OF HORRORS REIMS OF THE ILLIIOIS MAI I AC FOOID prices were kwn to 31 per cent The stock market exhibited more strength after midday The hull cliqnes came to the rescue of their favorites and gave theta quite a steady support Under the haying of these parties the whole market became stronger and regained the dec-line anil at the close many of the list were fractionally higher tlian last night's figures The sales amounted to 504117 shares Closing bids: Weclern Union 71 i Lnniirillc a Nvh 41 Adam Kxpreai Ui Mem A Chrlext'n New York CentnLl Rich a Danville 7n IS YTHAT THE DEMOCRATS IAME IT I0W luilirations or Exciting Times Ahead The Educational 'Bill in the Senate lU-prcuentath Scott Talk About silver OYER UI0UICE1E1TS GliDSTOIE MICE BY No Long Postponement or Question Ouempleyed Workingmen France Big Fight Over a (Tame' of Football In tk Fort CubbM By Cable to Trb Journal 1 Lisbon February Premier Perei-na de Mollo and all tbe members ol the Portugese cabinet have resigned after being in office since Octolier 1883 King Louis has summoned the leader of the progressists to form a new government 1 0m i' Wrfclwciw la Firm By Cable I Tm Journal Faus February 19 iew of the destitute condition of the many thousand unemployed workingmen a bill bo been introduced in the chamber of dep aties to enable the municipal authorities of Faria to raiae a loan of 250000009 franca to he exiended in public work i i i l'lf Bight Over Gai wf lOel Ball By Cable to Thb Journal February 19 During a dispute over a foot haft match which waa being played at King's Court county Caron yesterday some of the contest anta seized Dill hooka and pitch fork catting aud stabbing Cach other in a dangeroua manner Twenty persona are reported wounded one fatally Ml Ttiw Pacific Central Pwciflc Chicago A to Chesapeake A Ohio 11 412 I1 Richmond 4k Norlnik A pTd Emu Tenncce Preferred N4 ck Mew Tirk PndH MjurfceA Special to The Jouri New Yore February 18 Flour dull anl unchanged Minnesota extra 320a 5 50 southern flour dull common to choice extra Wheat closed steady and lower sales of No 1 red state 85 No 2 red winter for March 81 Jh82 Corn steady aj lower spot sales of No 3 mixed 4-8 No 2 mixed for March 50 Oats lower spot sales of No 1 white stab 41 No 2 mixed for May 37j Pork dull mess 1050all00 lard closed quiet ami rather weak 6 35 for cash Sugar du'l fair to good refining 5a5 Chlnoia Erodac MarkL Special to Tsc Journal Chicago III Februiiy 19 -Wheat ojiened dull Corn quiet heavy Wheat closed at 79 for 1-eh-rnary Corn at 37 for February Oats at 30 for February and Marc Pork at 1102 for February and March I ard 6071 for February Short rile -2 for February Cincinnati Marfcat Special to The Journal Ct sciJtXATi Fehria 19 Pork family 1025al037j regular 1137 jail 50 Bacon short clear sides OlflaO12 Lard kettle 6ja6j MRS HEMUBICK Amazed by Spiritualist le Meilitim Indianapolis February 17 gentleman who called ujsm Mrs Hendricks yesterday says she lias regained her jvonted cheerfulness hut whenever the name of her late husband was mentioned her voice faltered and grief liecame apparent lias lieen awttv hut little since her husband's death ami then only for a short time She felt letter at home surrounded hv the objects ami friends verbal amendment and proceeded to make a speech on silver Mr Keott began by expressing regret that the democrats were not in sj mpathy with the administration on this question He did not think tiiat the republicans would ultimate tiiat the of wealth have succeeded in alarming the President and Secretary of the Treasury as they liav- done in several previous administ He denii charge made tiiat the SH-retarv of tie Treasury woa inimical to silver Mr Scott said he was in favor of himetalism at the present time although Jie was a believer in the superiority of gold as a standard of value therefore he believed it was the liest policy ami in the lim-of our interest to plai'e ourselves in such a jositioii not only with respect to ourselves of ton lav hut with respect to those who come after us that at the least jswsible pecuniary sacrifice Our people might adopt such a policy as practical experience might prove to lie for our highest and best interests as a jieople For this reason he favored hi-metalism as the liest policy for us to adhere to at this time and neither gold nor silver mono-metalism provided the further i-oinage of the standard silver dollar could be regulated by the requirements of trade and the expressed will of the people and not through the operations of the arbitrary law Mr Gedden of Ohio protested against the private hill day lieing consumed iu the discussion of the silver question He opposd the amendment offered hy Mr Scott (that the claim should paid in silver) contending tiiat it was not insistent for the gold men to say that the bonds should be paid in gold and the poor claim in silver The oniv business of this country was not railroading and Ixmdholding The poor man had the same rights which should oaring their case The controversy will recognized and he proiiosed to vindi-he hitter and the present outlook null- cap war claims as against the payment Special to Thb Journal Washing rov February 19 The report submitted to the senate by Mr Kd-imuiilH yestenlay in regard to the sus-x-nsion of federal officers and the declination of the administration to furnish the paers on file bearing upon their character and offieial integrity is the talk of the city and the democrats peak oi it as rebellion" It has not yet leen decided whether the democratic uiemls-r ol the judiciary committee sliall otter a sulistitute tor ilie Kdinunds report whether ttiey will make their light in the debate when the report of the majority i-uines up for action A caucus will lx- held to-morrow when a definite line ol aetiiu will Is- determined Senators Pugh Jackson ami Kenna are epupjeil lor the battle ami will they say be abundantly lortilied with precedents to offset these given by the republicans It is said that among other important papers the den cratic senator lias in his possession is a copy of the letter written by Mr Sherman when Secretary of the Treasury declining to furnish Mr (Junk-ling as senator with reasons for the suspension of Chester A Arthur as collector '( the port at New York The co-operation ami legal assistance oi Attorney General Garland it is thought will he requested by tin- minority in pre- UFrtQ 1 amAndmint v- I 1 NEWS AND COMMENT Tammany li all contributes $16(100 to the fund There are 75000 more females than mates in Massachusetts A (iaxmomk sum will be raised for the benefit of Mrs Hancock Moody preached to 10000 people in New Orleans last Sunday The Edmunis resolutions are the talk of the town in Wash! ngton Tut coupon clippers are interfering ilh peace of mind 'okvr Field (Bill Nye) is going th giving readings from his own works Till Texas Tarantula is the cheerful title of a new Meekly paer published at iHtHas The Philadelphia normal school have miljatituted cooking for mythology in the studies The Virginia legislm re rest ling with the state debt question Jt it an elephant Tub legislature of Kentucky is having a red-hot fight over the rs-nitmtiary question Canon a ill lie pule United HiinultaneouHly to-day in New York and i-endon Mrs Talmagk ha a Sunday-school class uumtieriiig four hundred in the Brooklyn tala-made Mr Tiliikn h-i a fondness for Maltese cats and Kt Bernard dogs of which he owns a large variety Over $11000 luts been raised for the erection of a monument over the grave of John McCullough Bishop Mekki li and the Chicago Inter Ocean are having a tilt on the Sunday newspapt question A holt half a dozen people now claim that they have the official seal of the late cor ed "Ate government ant Tuesday one hundred and sixty-one doctors of medicine graduated from one institution in Chicago The indications are that Morrison will lind getting his tariff hill through a hard road to travel John Wise of Virginia expresses himself in favor of John Sherman as the republican candidate for President in 1888 There are a gotsl many congressmen who wish Morrison had left that tariff business alone They prefer to remain quiet Dcrjno the first two days of this week 400000000 pounds of coal left Pittsburg for the lower Ohio and Mississippi equal to 20000 oar loads 1)r Carver ill shortly try to break 0000 I ml Is in six days at Kansas City The halls are to lie thrown into the air by "men instead of lieing sprung by traps STATE news Kxwltaat Irtahm By Coble to TWa Journal London February 19 The leaden of the Irish parliamentary party ore in a state of mild exultation' to-day over the announcements made by Gladstone itv the house of commons ltd night This is not because the premier has as yet- promised to do much for Ireland 1 although his 8eech is understood as I pledging him to introduce a definite scheme of home rule on or about March 22nd but because he has set at rent ra more that this burning question waa to- be postponed for six months or antil?" next session because he was outpokeu-- against coercion and because there is O5 good prospect qf peace in Ireland during the comparatively brief postponement the home rule question that the govern-? ment proposes i 3 cates a very exciting partisan dehate The postoffiees and jsst roads coinmit-with whom she and Mr Hendricks were tee to-dav agrel to report adversely to intimately associated In the oiirse of the conversation an allusion was made to spiritualism Ac and Mrs Hendricks remarked that she had been considerably annoyed by letters and alleged communications from Mr Hendricks sent by this class of persons A medium in Washington had sent her several jages oi oetry which she said had leen inspired hy his spirit in the spirit land and that she iutd arose at 1 :30 o'clock in the morning to take them down Mrs Hendricks returned no answer and a few weeks later another haleh spirit jsx-try was received with a letter manilestiug displeasure that her first com nut meal ion had not been answ ered Mrs Hendric ks then wrote to her that she had no confidence in her ability to communicate spirits Another letter was received from a person in New York who professed an ability for spirit communication This person enclosed a letter from Mr Hendricks claiming that it was genuine and went on in his own eculiar wav There was an undoubted resemblance hut Mrs Hendricks characterized it as only a clever piece of imitation remarking that she could easily detect the difference The writing might deceive some eople hut her familiarity with his writing enabled her to s'0 at once that it was not his Concluding her conversation on this matter she said course 1 do not 1h-lieve in sueh things and do not see that any gcssl ean eome from cneottruging them" pe'll to The Journal nhi no ton February 19 Mr Man-ilerson offered a resolution directing the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War to inquire into the murder of 0ajt Craw ford by Mexican last month and rejx rt what steps have been taken to pusli the murderers Mr Kdinunds introduced a hill relating to the eight hour law He said the bill related to letter-carriers hose hours oi labor were hevond human endurance Mr Kustis called up his resolution of inquiry as to the refusal of the wule treasurer at New Orleans to receive silver dollars The amendment hv Mr Teller extending the inquiry wo aw to cover the alleged dctalcal ioi) in the same office was agreed to and the resolution paswed At 2 o'clock the hill went over and the educational bill came up Mr Kvarts taking the floor in supjiort of the hill 1 oJ f- 4 Sk Vui't lRdy In ourn al list of marriage licenses as one of Sam Gammon and Ellen Keys It seem Sam who is porter for Thomas A Taylor the Prince street grocer wanted a Key for his house which he proposed having even at discomfiture and by pressing his suit (not the one he wears! finally gained the promise that all would be well by Thursday night for the event and he could act accordingly To be sure of his prize Sam went to his prospective Thursday afternoon and being assured tiiat de fixin am done got procured a friend sought the office paid his dollar and a half and went away rejoicing lie" then secured a minister and at the appointed hour repaired to the by the only to hear from his dul-dna that he would have to sit until next week before site would be his Gammon To say Sara was struck all in a heap would be putting it mild and he is thinking of the advisability of now offering his iiermit tor sale to the highest bidder Tk Cnmliif MSiwI CorU laarM pact for GrM4t Time The committee having in charge the arrangements for the musical convention to be held here under tbe leadership of the celebrated Prof: Perkins of f'hu-atto commencing March 8th and ending uu the 12th are hard at work and report erv prospect oh a grand success The opera-house has been engaged for all tiie meeting's and applications for scholarships are coming in freely The programme adopted for the convention is as follows: Doily sessions from 9:30 to 11:30 a 2 to 4 and 7 :30 to 9 :30 mn tbe whole to conclude with a grand concert The cost of scholarship is fixed at the low price of $100 each and this entitles the holder of scholarship ticket to admission to tbe sessions of tne convention and to the final eoneort Tickets can lie obtained of Atwell secretory or any member oi the committee All who contemplate interesting themselves in the convention Bliould procure tickets at once and every singer in Knoxville should enter heartily into this enterprise Instruction worth many times the outlay will be imparted No such opportunity has ever before been offered our (icople and we anticipate a grand season of song l'K ImuM fArty a Capitalist The effort to induce the Inman iorty of capitalists who have been making a tour of the south to visit Knoxville is stiff being energetically pushed A second telegram was sent to them and the following reply received yesterday Mewphi8 Tenn February 19 Luttrell Mayor: We are gratified by the reception of your second dispatch but very much fear onr time will not permit us to visit yonr enterprising nty Will telegraph you definitely from Louisville to-morrow Please accqt the beat wishes of our entire party for yourself and the good citizens of Knoxville Jso Inman aku Party It has been proposed that a committee Of leading citizens go to Louisville tonight to meet the party and extend to them a pressing personal invitation to come This is good idea and should be carried out Knoxville Duly needs to he seen und the advantages of its location and environments understood io secure the enthusiastic favor of any visitor and especially if he lie upon a tour of olmervation for business ends The late Miles Groeuwood trustee of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad after his visit here last fall acknowledged that though he had spent his lifetime so near to Knoxville as Cincinnati what he learned by personal observation of tbe husine8SAf our city and its surrounding advantages was a startling revelation If these eastern gentlemen can he persuaded to come down they too will lie astonished at what they will see ami the vast natural resources which need tint the magic touch of capital to transform them soeclily into wealth' place else on tne continent ore so many natural elements of wealth gathered into such narrow compass as is the great liasin of East Tennessee THE -WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY CELT-BRATTON Th Decoral Ion for th Thtr Modf RlRfct We are requested by Copt Kain who was constituted by the Zolli-coffer Camp Confederate Veterans a committee on decoration of Monday night for tbe joint celebration of birthday to request the ladies of the city to bring or send any suitable decorations they may have to loan or contribute Portraits of distinguished officers of eilber army in the late war or portraits of other distinguished Americans will be gladly received Philo Shepard will be in chargs of the matter and ill be at the theater from 11 till night on Monday to receive and -arrange the same It is hoped tiiat there will tie a liberal contribution from those who have such articles in their possession FUNERAL OF DR HOVttlAM Wrtky TrlWt Prpl th M- tty mt Wctkj CUI Tim funeral of the late Dr Morgan took plane yesterday afternoon There was a large gathering of friends and relatives at the residence on Prince street and the remains ere followed jo the Second Presbyterian Church where the funeral exercises opened promptly at 2 o'clock the Lurch being attended by very large congregation 'The service opened with the reading of the Presbyterian burial service by Rv 8 Scott tbe pastor and a large select choir with Frank Clark at the organ sang the favorite song of the deceased' Rev Dr 'Tho- Humes offered a fervent ami feeling prayer and some scripture selections were read by Rev Mr Hcott After which the choir sang in Jesus Mr Scott then delivered aq eloquent and fitting tribute to the character of the deceased who occupied each an exalted position in the minds of those who knew him best Opportunity was given for his friends to Tiew tbe remains for the last time after which they were replaced in the hearse and were followed to Gray Cemetery by a lengthy funeral procession The pall bearers were os follows Sanford Mai A 8 Prosser Maj 8 Webb Dr ll Rhea Washburn Judge Lewis lion Logan and CsjhL II Taylor At the grave services were read by Dr Humes and Mr Scott and some appropriate music was furnished hy a select quartette The floral tributes were handsome and appropriate Among them was a large design gotten up from the collection of Zbimlen on Broad street It was crown on a bent star composed of Mare-ulial Neil -roses hyacynths pansies etc and waa much admired This design was put up to the order of Maj A Carpenter CoL'M Patterson is noving splendid new paremeni bud around Ida new business block at the junction of Broad emi Crosier streets North KtooxviIKC A new gas connection fet aleo being put in from Broad street HOCHK AM1TNOTON- February Mr Kel-ley of Pennsylvania asked to lias printed in the record Judge Advocate review of the testimony in the Fit John Porter case The request was granted The house then went into committee of the whole on the private calender Mr Hatch of Missouri in the chair on the first bill on the calender Mr Scott of Pennsylvania offered a of bonds of the country He was then proceeding to make a speech in favor of silver coinage when he was interrupted hy Mr Rieed of Maine who suggested that Mr Geddes was guilty of the same inconsistency with hich he charged the gentleman from Pennsylvania Why take up any more time with financial 8eeches? A majority of the house was entirely dis-HRtisfied with the time taken up already Mr Geddes sujqiose von were because you have only heard the gold side" Mr Reed as dissatisfied with time lieing taken up on that side as on the otiiei" Mr Geddes then started once more Upon his speech hen he was interrupted hy Mr Heed with a jsiint of order that he was not speaking Pi the amendment i Mr Geddes inquired why Mr Ileed had not made that point against the gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr Reed replied that he had not done that gentlemen the honor of listening to his sjieecli ami therefore could not tell hether he had sjMiken to the amendment or not He raised the jsiint of order not in any invidiousness to the gentleman from Ohio or the proposition he advanced nor did he wish an adjueation of the question The chair stated that he did not think tJiut the gentleman was addressing himself to the amendment and hojicd that he would proi'eed to do so Mr Morrison oi Illinois while he deprecated this character of discussion could see no way hi prevent it less the gentleman would observe the spirit of the rules Mr Bland of Missouri hojied that the house would have some respect for the committee on coinage weights and measures He intended to ask that a day should be set apart for the consideration of the bill reported from that committee and then the discussion could proceed Mr Geddes however carried nis point and resumed his silver speech Shortly after the conclusion of Mr speech the committee rose and the house passed a dozen private hills On motion of Mr Hammond of Georgia it was ordered that when the house adjourned to-day it lie to meet on Tuesday next Sir Bland of Missouri asked the unanimous consent to offer a resolution making the free silver coinage bill on the calender the continuing special order from Tuesday next Mr Steele of Indiana objected The house then at 4 :45 took a recess until 7 :30 this evening the session to be for the consideration of pension hills At the night session the house passed forty -four pension bills and at adjourned until Tuesday next Demorrata Will Not ('aura 8pecil to The Journal Washington February 19 democratic senators have come the conclusion that no further caucusing on their jart is necessary at this time in regard to the refusal ol the administration to furnish the papers called for bearing upon the official integrity of suspended federal officers A caucus that was called for to-morrow nas consequently been deferred It is thought however that caucus will be held some time next week as the Edmunds report and resolutions will not be called up for consideration in the senate until a week from Monday next There is no need for haste in the matter and the minority prefer to-tboroughly digest the report of their political opponents befere proceeding to map out a programme At the last democratic caucus it was decided to stand by the administration to the end A Fiwfutor Coal Creek Special to Thr Journal Washington February 19 A McKay was appointed postmaster at Coal Creek Tenn Mr GladOAM ta a Sew Bole Boston Journal A remarkable story about Mr (Hailstone was told by l)r Theodore trier in a recent address to Yale students He said: my own eyes 1 have seen Mr Gladstone kneel by tle side of a common street sweeper and pray for the salvation of his soul 1 1 of no grander sight than the premier of England and the leading statesman of the Funeral of the Late Morgan Hr II A Wedding That Iidnt Come The Inman Party of Capitalists Major Mould Improrod Mrs Caroline Fickle of Ashury Knox countv has just returned from a prolonged visit at the lie-lside of her father Major Moukleu a very aged citizen of Strawberry Plains She rejmrts him as greatly impnned Kol Ratal Timaafan The billowing real estate transfers were registered in the office of the county court clerk yesterday Thornton -t al to Smith lot in 2d district $200 Marv Khea to Jus Khea et al lot 2d district $1 rouwltlff Meeting The committee on the convention northern citizens of East Tennessee consisting of Col (' Charlton Capt 1 Ledger ood Charles Dawes and Albers is requested to meet at the law office of (4 lleiskell Esq on Prime street opposite the custom-house this ening at 7 :30 o'clock sharp to take loops tow ard the calling of the convention And Still They Come The office of Mr Charlton was thronged yesterday with northern prospectors who were registered as follows: Gritmsn Iowa A Child Kansas Snell Wisconsin Wells North Carolina James II Boot Neal Beator Messrs Olin and Ware Michigan and A Buchan Minnesota The two latter gentlemen will likely settle at loudon and Messre Boot and Beato ill investigate a certain line of business in which they are interested No City Council Meeting lost night was the regular meeting night for the hoard of tnayor anil aider-men Mayor LuttrcII however wus al-sent and only Aldermen Horne Alliers Hockenjos and Selby were in attendance not a sufficient nmnlier to constitute a quorum Consequently the meeting was called to order by Alderman Horne- the roll was called and on motion the meeting adjourned till next Wednesday night at seen o'clock The Nw IkrtigNlore Which has just lieen ojiened hy the new firm of Gooding A Shughrne on the c-or-nc of Gay and Asylum streets attracts tle attention of the passer-by ns the coziest and most attractive place in the city The work of fitting up the room was in Die hands of Attix A Co and no nicer or (letter shelving and finishing work was ever done in tne city 11 is a job tiiat reflects credit osicoinllv on the senior momtier of the firm Attix who is one of the finest ood-workmen in the city Circuit Court Circuit court conventnl ycaioniuy mom-ing at the usual hour Judge Rodgers presiding aud the following business was transactid: II Taylor administrator vs Thus Mvnatt jury respited Wilson Gihhs vs Barton Keller mistrial Elkins vs Thos Mynatt verdict for plaintiff' for $50 Tnos Stover and wife vs A Hall et a) verdict for plaintiff for SIOO las Henderson vs Alex Hodge continued Jackson and wife vs mayor and aldermen on trial For Attorney General lion John I Rogers of Unioncounty is announced as a candilate for attorney general in the second judicial circuit Mr Rogers is a practitioner of several years experience and has been successful in his profession He has served two terms in the Tennessee legislature one in each branch and in each was a member of the judiciary committee He waa elected to the state senate in 1884 by more than four thousand votes He fa well known and very popular If elected he will make an efficient officer His announcement is made subject to the action of a republican convention when held Quick Work Messrs McLemore A Kelly secured the contract for building two houses for Kelly on Morgan street and after 9 a last Wednesday commenced the pillows for-the first one It is now up roofed wcatherboarded and the first coat of paint on and chimnevs up The second was commenced Thursday and the frame is up weatherboarding on and the painters will this morning painting it These are not eight by ten houses hut are of a fair size and well made We exjiect to hear 4f families living in them in less than a week another instance of superiority over other cities in this section of the conn try Loot R1 Rill Roiiert Hall driver on the Knoxville Street Railroad line had the inform ne to lose a five dollar bill from the change box yesterday He was coming along by the Hattie House corner through one of those heavy gnsts of wind which prevailed during the afternoon and Paving just made auifte change and put five dollar bill in the box he shut the lid down to get off of the car hurriedly to attend to some matter The next time he ojiened bis box be discovered tiiat the lull was gone and the supposition was that tbe gust of wind had carried it out when he annt the Ud down Search was made but no trace of the missing bill was found Bad HI Girt llrart tut Him A timid young clerk In a well known Market Square bouse was very desirous of getting off from duly bu-t night to keep an engagement with bis best eiri and attend a private little party The difficulty in tne way was to work his courage up to the point of asking his employer to let him off His girl Lad sired him the first embarrassment by extending herself tlie invitation to the party and such was his modesty and timidity that he hail to rail on her again She was equal to the emergency faced the music and obtained the consent of the young employer to let him off Then his cup of happiness was running over Cor 0 Ilotlmr Fr BaKI The Journal was informed yesterday that a farmer living north of the city come into market and besides Laving a supply of vegetables also brought along two busLels of corn While selling his other produce he found a customer tor his groin The price being agreed upon the farmer received his dollar for tbe two bushels After dosing out he started for the residence of his customer on Asylum street but forgetting where it was he exensed himself and returned to to the Square where he found another man in need of effin and withbaHittle persuasion lie backed down his con science enough to receive another dollar A Michigan Woman Murder Her Hides His Uemain iu a Compost Iynch I aw In West Virginia Hiulowi YAllarM Special The Journal New York February 18 There were 286 failures in the United Hates and Canada Twnli)1 CentribulUia In Barnett Special to The Journal New York February lit -Tammany hall has collected for the Parnell parliamentary fund Death Over a Gw in of rant Specie) to Th Journal Chicago Felirtiary wri a quarrel oyer a game of cants atmnt midnight Samuel IWmth was stabbed in lit breast and killed bv one Mclain Hrakrammi'a Demand ftraated Hixslal ioThe Jai'Ksii New Yoke February 18 Hnnt-ingtor last night telegraphed to New Orleans to grant the demands of the striking brakemen und other employes of his coiiqtanicH This ends the trouble there Orange Tree In Kloon Special to The Journal New York February 19 A dispatch to the Times from Ocala Florida says that instead of lieing killed the bearing orange trees are even now in bloom and the prospects for the coming crop are as favorable as in any year New Jersey Satpend Payment Special to The Journal New York February 19 The stale of New Jersey lias suspended payment Comptroller Anderson refuses to issue any more warrants on the on pccount of the decision of the supreme court declaring the railroad taxation law unconstitutional Shot Dead by Chicken Thieve Special to The journal Mingo Ji'MTiov February Alxmt midnight Charles Hall heard a noise in his chicken house and went out with a lantern to see what was wrong Just as he stepped into the yard the chicken thieves shot him dead They escaped Hall was a prominent citizen ConfMimt that She Murdered Her Husband Special to The Journal Central Lake Mich February The inquest in the case of Peter Higgins found dead in a eointsist heap on his farm in Folio Township Monday list was cut short by the confession of Mrs Higgins tiiat site and her nephew George Higgins hail murdered her husband telling how the deed was committed Fatal Assault oa a Ten Year Old Girl Special taTuc Journal New Haven CoxN'1rFebruaipi19 A ten year old daughter of Jennings a wealthy merchant of Southport was assaulted on a street in that tow on Wednesday by an unknown man and after great suffering died night before last All efforts to trace her assailant have failed Three little girls saw the crime committed hut ran away frightened and ean give only a vague description of the man It is supposed that lie wrs a sailor from a vessel that was in the harbor that day Killed by HI landlord Special to The Journal Pink Blifk Akk February 19 A stranger named Brigham of New York was killed here last night by his landlord Presley proprietor of the Magnolia House A dispute arose alwnit the occupation of a room that the deceased was in and hot words ensued when Presley fired three shots only one of which took effect The particulars of the difficulty cannot lie given as there are so munv conflicting statements until tho bloody affair is judicially investigated Counterfeit Silver Dollar Special Thk Journal LaCrosse Wis February 19 Teller Henderson of the LaCrosse National Bank has discovered a counterfeit silver dollar that is pronounced by all the hank people in the city to lie absolutely tho most dangerous ever seen It is a standard silver dofiar of the coinage of 1881 The outside is silver and the die in every sulietantial particular is as clear as the original It stands all tho microscopical tests and the only possible means of detection is by the weight it being exactly 47 grains short ol the standard and estimated at abou 43 grains short of the average Hr Paid th Pult) Special to the Journal Martinshckg Ya February 19 Three weeks ago Joe Bums a repulsive looking negro committed an outrageous assault upon one Miss Fellers of Baltimore while on her way from the railroad depot at -this place to a house a short distance out of town This morning Bums paid the penalty of Ids crime At 12:45 a body of masked nton numbering from seventv-five to one hundred approached the jail and without much ado took Burns therefrom and dragged -him to a point two miles outside of the limits of the borough and hanged him to tree Tha Charred tUmalna a Maalae Special to the Journal Bloomixotom III February 19 David Shalty a maniac who last night tired a barn and shot several persons was supposed to have escaied to the timber but this morning his charred hones were found in the smoking ashes with a revolver and gun barrel beside him His brother Levi Shalty is unhurt the revolver ball lodging in his clothing Mrs Levi tdialty received 13 wounds in the back from a gun charged with missiles ranging from bird shot to rifle balls She will die Her daughter received a bullet in the arm from the game shot The barn cost $7000 and was full of hay and grain MARKETS BT TXXBQKAPB 3pertal to Tn Journal FT -w York February 19 Tennessee coupons 68 di do 6's 58) bid do new 57 bid do mixed 58 bid Xxw York February 19 Money closed easy at ljaS percent Exchange dosed steady posted rates 48s 4490 actual rates 487faL88 for 60 days And 489 a489 4 for demand Governments closed firm currency 12t bid coupons 1251 bid do 113 bid Dealings on the stock exchange this morning were on an enormous scale In the first fifteen minutes the bull cliques bid prices up fractionally but from 10:15 to none prices were almost continuously on a down grad under the heavy trakad-ing About the lowest figures of the morning were current at 11:45 when He said that on Hie nail of the ignorant class in the soutli anil praiseworthy zeal on the )artof the intelligent classes of the south that education should liecoine general Mr Kvarts supjiorted the hill and had no misgivings as to the faithful application of the funds provided for hy the hill under consideration He thought the objections made to the measure on constitutional grounds were based on a narrow interpretation of the constitution Mr Kvarts took up some of the other objections to the hill and after annalvz-ing and discussing them expressed his failure to see tiiat they were well founded In conclusion he said the people of the United States were confronted with a threatening and growing mass of ignorance Now here was a deliberate conservative thoughtful and honorable measure for the remedy of that ignorance a measure which looking in the faie of tlje situation produced hy the war proposed to apply the abundant resources of the renovated and restored union to exert at this time for the common defense and general welfare the rources of the nation which was large and liberal Hard as it had exerted its power to produce the result of the war then also for the defense and general Mr Morgan said that he would he one of the many millions of the American people to regret that one of the greatest American lawyers should have thus declared himself in favor of the absolutism of 'onTess The distinguished senator frt New York (Mr Kvartsi had here declared that after all there was really no restraint in the constitution on the power of taxation hy congress Mr Harris argued that congress 1 ad no power under the constitution to levy ixes and appropriate money so collected aj the purely state purpose of matntan-ing couiinon schools But if the question were free from constitutional objection Mr: Harris wonld still oppose it for the reason that the money appropriated for this purpose whether -taken from the treasuries of the several states or from the federal treasury was drawn bv taxation from the po4wets of the people of the several states and territory i the people had to pay these $77000-000 it became a matter of interest to them to ascertain the method by which it could be paid with the feast inconvenience and injury If collected under tbe direct tax system of the states every dollar drawn from the earnings of the people would go into the treasury und each citizen would liaTe contributed in proportion to his wealth and ability to pay not however niter the federal system of taxation About two-thirds of our revenues being collected under the federal tariff laws the people were com-' pelled to pay large amounts in the wav of counties to protect manufactures and the poorest man was compelled to pay as much as the wealthiest On the score ID TOOYATtlRE f) TbIr 'it I'rod cd Ifht by th 8trakck Orwa RagUsk Opera Onapaay Th Strakoorh Grand English Operj Company under the personal direction of Mr Max Strakoach a ho has a work? i I wide reputation in operatic management's and who has put himself this season atfl tbe bead of au opera ramnjj of the first rank will open a short en gage ment at theater tonightj For this engagement our music loverf- 4 will be given a taste of grand ope'rwj' nang in pare English and interpreteiF by native born Americana This something that should be appreciated and which will doubtless meet with a hearty reception by our people! The production for' to-night will be grand opera Trovatore and it will be given in all its perfection TherJ list of singers comprises some of thtsrt' greatest celebrities of the American operatic stage aud the event will lie one unusual consequence Tbe company will also remain in the city over Sunday and give Martha at 4 grand matinee Monday afternoon at 2v i Tk Crmufc Ci-t 'p Ist night a fair house greeted Knog prize concert band in their flre concert presented to the public at Theater The bond is composed of twenty-five members and give evidence of having opened ith a march composed by Reevi-s and at onc Commondeu the good will of the aqi (tje nee This was followed by a aeletiion- from trade lie and bronght oat the many good qualities oi the band in observing thf pianissimo and poco pin monot porta to perfection I this number th strength of the harmony instmmen was with one exception more prom nent than in any other number Chao Danelaw violin symphoni 2 was well rendered by Phillips ant Master Tommy Crouch who were so com panted by Frank Nelson The Veil ezia serenade which followed was nm arrangfHl so as to display tlie abilities of A Knabe or A Clianrc who bei the cornet and baritone porta and there fore did not impress the audience aatiit other members After an intermission of ten minute the band gave the overture Poet Peasant to the pleasure of those present IJkeHtradella the Rhythm was lank fee anl when we ray performed I written we Bay all there is to tell 1 Toze piano solo was a pretti semata by Hummel ami but ter? the faUare of hie to turn propt erly would have Ieen rendered without a blemish The interruption was a slight that but few noticed it bowevrt Mr Newman ha an exceptionaM cate touch and thoronghty nndetetandx bis favorite instrument Master Tommy Crouch then gavte 'ti Theme of Pinsuti on the viol in which: took the house by storm After cos-ti rrue applause he responded finelyj Master Crouch possesses musical taleut that but few persons of his age can boast' and will if be continues make one the finest mmucian in the oountry The serenade with clarionet solo by? 3 Phillips was nicely arranged so as to give Mr Phillips on opportunity of Lk playing hia akiil oa his difficult instrS meat Tho programme closed with gallop of that was one the Ifest we have heanL KnoxriUt hoe in hand one oi If not the finest concert band in the -spath and should be liberally pationizeiS? whenever the occasion presents itse? Mr Jackson Hood who held the fl jg bass aided no little in the success of ti L-ccmcertr ti First CmptMioml SWrbL A meeting of the congressional coel mittee for tbe First congrrr Jonal ttict is hereby called to meet Rogeri ville Junction Thursday March lltfi 1886' at 12 The object of the meeting of fhe mittee is to determine upon the tint and place of holding a convention conventions for the purpose of nominjg I Ing a candidate tor congress for tbe Fit congressional district a chancellor fu 1 the First ebaneery division a circl judge and attorney general for the Ilf Judicial rin-uit candidates for the Ht senate and floater for the First and ond senatorial anl floatorial diatrict7' and for snch other huri rices as may era before the committee 1 The dtairman of the repnhliancoac committee of Jefferson county is innt to liteet with the committee and to ia matters pertxirasg to the uoby to nominate a candidate for honcvlM A full attendance id tle uotmmttc requetepd Hi- oHer of the ctslrmar Mu IlNooao i O-acret: lolin Wie tor Sherman New York correspondence Knqilirer John Wise of Virginia is here on law business He told me to-night that lie was in favor of John Sherman for President and asked f'v his reason he replied he was not afraid to come down to Virginia and help us licit we were in sore distress We are tired down there of being treated like pxr relations We have been seated at the feast of scraps at the second table as long as we can stand it We want to stand on an equality with the rest of the party We have no use for men who were afraid to come to Virginia for lear they would lie compromised hy the peculiarity of our local financial issues Sherman lent us the weight of his name and standing and prestige regardless of our debt question and we honor him for helped you also?" but he nad not the national reputation and standing of the other man He may lie good timber for President though' if the party wants a new man By the way 1 have just come from Georgia They kept asking me there if it was really true as the papers sav that Fitzhugh Lee is an idiot I finally told one man tiiat I would give him a fact and he could form his own conclusion as to rationality Lee actually believes I said that he was elected governor of Virginia Barbarous lohamaalty Fyom tbe Topela CommoutteRiih A terrible story of inhuman cruelty reaches this city and it is authenticated thoroughly During the storm a iah his wife and child were driving towards Kinsley Kas from the soutli in one of the fearful blizzards which have characterized the weather for tho past few days Reaching a house the man asked tor shelter hut the inhuman wretch who ow ned it refused to permit either his wife or cliild to take shelter The man begged and pleaded but all to no aval! His wife waoklien unconscious and the child was in the same condition tail both are said to have been alive The man told them he would not accommo-' date them and said three miles further on they could probably receive protection The poor man resumed his jiosi-tion on the wagon and started off The next morning all three were discovered a half mile from the house frozen to death The mother had the babe close to her bosom as if in the act of hugging it The poor father still held the lines in his stiff hands Oo MoMpMaklaf Oaaear From tbe Philadelphia North American There is one concern in this city that makes great deal of mo ey and advertise It is the ini There are nineteen prisoners in the Gallatin jail $400C0 opera-house is an assured fact Complaints are made of frequent robberies in the neighborhood of Alamo Tho elegant residence of Dick Austin nine miles north of Brownsville was burned Thursday night- Bill dorter colored hile topping a tree near Brownsville Wednesday fell und was instantly killed Subscriptions to the Nashville and Knoxvilla road are coming in quite satisfactorily in Nashville now One hundred head of Holstein cattle were sold at Memphis Wednesday The highest price paid was $300 Dr Julian and Mias Stewart will answer to a charge of infanticide in the circuit court of Putnam county I lord has withdrawn from the Spirit of the Farm He has edited the paier during its entire existence A great religious revival is in progress at Union City There are from fit'hten to twenty conversions at every service Dr Jones of McKenzie has been elected medical superintendent of construction for the West Tennessee Jospital for the Insane to be erected at Bolivar Roiiert Htringfellow a fifteen year old son of Stringfellow twelve- miles from Nashville on the Charlotte pike was out hunting Tuesday evening His gun was accidentally discharged and txk effect in his right arm which made amputation necessary Mow Market Motes I New Market February 19 Mrs Jos Kckle who has been visiting her daughter Mrs Taylor has returned to Russellville Dr J' Dick was down from Mr-ristrwn yesterday to see his father (J JHce who is still quite sick Miss Lou Greenlee has gone to Sweetwater Dr Thornburgh was in your city Wednesday Will Treadway spent two da vs in tow returning to Russellville Monday Col Meek and wife after spending a couple of days in town returned to Knoxville yesterday Capt lkx-k lfooley spent last night in tow 1 Whitaker is in Knoxville to-day Hoskins passed through town yesterday evening on his way to Dftn-tridge The $35 music box at Dick Bros A Vo was drawn by Mrs Perry 99 being the lucky number A Tmunh Fifltira Cuptarst Memphis February 17 James -B Ward a middle-aged farmer residing in Trousdale county Tenn was arrested 'b if morning at the Louisville and Nashville depot on a telegram from the authorities at Nashville charged with assault to murder An officer is to be here tc -morrow morning to eecort the prisoner latck to the scene oil his alleged misdeed Ward with his two boys aged about 12 amt 16 years were on their way to Helena Ark They claim to know nothing of the charge preferred We inderstand" tiiat Trustee A Swan will be a candidate tor re-election to the office of trustee of Knox county Arthur is the youngest trustee in the state and is under the largest bond of any officer in the state His bond tor the post year was $540000 He to universally popular among the people and his administration has been acceptable one The police had a quiet day of it yesrter-day Crazy Dave bunked at police headquarters last night i Officer A of the police torce to sick unaUl tor duty A few bricks wewv blown from (the northeast corner of the Lawson JLcGlv Lbrary building by yesterday afternoon Wind No material damage 1 Bally ter Bob irnlj News Bob Taylor may not have much following among tbe would-by leaders and actionists Die fellows with to and selfish emls in view bat the masses the bone and sinew of the party will hail his nomination with more enthusiasm than ever witnessed in the state and when the ides of November come will give him the old-time democratic majority of from 30 Out) to 401ML 111 i iwe-" lion' John P- Rogers of Maynard- vilies was in the city yesterday attending I bill to rftnove the- political disabilities a meetinaf the republican coagrest al of A lex Stewart of ppi The eonfldewce in Cleveland to see- him in committee Jt R-yer of Virgiaia and Edward 4 triendly confab vih th oid Roman therefore of economy as well us of right Mr Homs would leave the matter of common school education to the states where it legitimately and exclusively belongs He would never consent to see the strong hand of federal power exerted in a state for the purpose of controlling or interfering with its domestic affairs Each state was the best judge of its cam educational interests Tbe debate on tbe educational bill then ckned foe the day Mr Edmunds the committee on Aha ndiciary repmst faborahly Al world kneeling by the side of a common street sweeper and pouring forth bis eloquent appeal to God in belialf of his humble 14 Cun a tk WMw Buu Galvrtoa New It is to I hoped that Mr Thurman ill coll around to the White House and pay his respects to the chief executive of the republic Thurman was an active politician in time but he had not captured the confidence and affettiomrof fhe people as thoroughly as he has now Jt wonnl iu-rnwn popular 0.