The Knoxville Daily Journal from Knoxville, Tennessee • 1

A VOL I KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 17 1SS5 NO 253 HYMAN NATTRB NEWS AND COMMENT mmimw ros FOE0G1I lim HO! AFFAIES LOCAL IB' from to 3 per cent The advance was led by the Gould stocks Sales 020800 shares Closing bids: We tern IT ton 75 Lonlsvtfle A Nash Af tion the conclusion of his speech Mr Hiseock was roundly applauded and congratulated by his party colleagues Mr Holman of Indiana followed in opposition to the abolition clause of a rule known as the which enables legislation to be engrafted on appropriation bills if in the interest of He agreed that instead of having been an evil the amendment had saved to tax payers abont $30090000 a year Mr Blount of Georgia thought the real issue had not yet been presented in the debate This was the old straggle which had gone on through many congresses and adhere again to-day The members of the committee were urging their views with exaggerations which would not be accepted by the house and other cemmittoes presenting- grievances they suffered at the hands the committee on appropriations which would not be justified by the examination He did not believe that the remedy for the trouble lay in either of the propositions before the house The proper remedy was to take away from the committee on appropriations the power to pat a single proposition upon the appropriation bill and then give to other committees a right to secure action on important business reported by them He believed that the committee on appropriations if it had no power to place legislation upon the appropriation bills could report them at an early day The explanation of the power exercised br the senate over the house was to be found in the fact the appropriation bills were not reported at an earlier period in the session Granting to the other committees power to secure action on their reports would have the effect of preventing hasty action on important legislative propositions and would enable a flood of light to be thrown over them Referring to Mr Hiscock's statement as to withholding appropriation bills in order to force action upon other measures he contended that if that were true the distribution of appropriation bills would extend that power to nine committees of the house each of which could keep a bill in its pocket until the passage orsome other measure Without concluding the general debate the house at 4 :35 adjourned until tomorrow MOBBISTOWS A (kyttal Fla Fr It Character FfeMiaC Before thBB Ticket Window Perhaps there is no position to be found that affords a better opportunity for the study of human nature than th occupied by the average ticket agent at an agency of abont the size of Knoxville And to start on it would not be out of place nor a deviation from the line of truth to remark that no point in the United States we venture to aay is provided tor better In the matter of ticket agents than is Knoxville at the present time The ticket agency of the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad is held by Moffett Esq and hia assistant is his son John Moffett And the greatest satisfaction imaginable is given not only to their employers but to the traveling public In general by these gentlemanly agents who contrary to the general run of ticket agents are uniformly courteous obliging even-tempered and awake to the demands of the travel giving prompt and satisfactory answers aa far as possible to all questions propounded to them upon any subject But as we started oat to say in the outset the ticket window furnishes magnificient opportunity for a study of human nature and affords to a close observer ample material for the study of the humorous side of life A recent brief and disconnected chat with by which the junior ticket agent is familiarly known brought out some points that night be perused with interest The ticket window is the place where the travelling swindler either gets in or attempts to get in his work a ith more frequency than st any other place of business His scheme is usually to wait aropnd till a train runs in or is abont to leave and there is a general rush and stir about the window Then he seeks to take advantage of the opportunity by working off counterfeit notes or pieces Mexican or trade dollars or punched money It Is very seldom that John has been caught on this racket however as he is a close observer This racket is played too sometimes by persons who would be highly insulted if they were classed as traveling swindlers The Mexican or trade dollars will be mixed in with a stock of current silver dlolara with the hope that they will be passed over without observation Another denomination of money on which the swindle is attempted is the silver 20 cent piece But this piece of money to a swindle any how on general principles The scheme is to mix them in with a stock of quarters and shove them in but John always looks out for such dodges It takes but a glance at a countenance and demeanor to discover his guilt and it is very easy for the close observer and reader of human nature to determine whether a job is pat np or whether the would-be passer of some Irregular piece has himself been the victim of some sharper The average emigrant who presents himself furnishes excellent material tor the tickling of the humorous side of nature A green gawky fellow will aj-proacb the window put down a bill of money say $20 and request a ticket He will say he wants to go west ana ants to know where that money will take him John will hunt up the place which he thinks will suit fix up the ticket and the emigrant is perfectly satisfied A lew days ago a westwardly inclined man came up rather hesitatingly aad invoiced the fare to Gainesville To Has John replied giving him the rate The emigrant then wanted to know the rate to Gainesville Fla That rate was also given him and it was two or three dollars cheaper than the other After making Inquiry about some other Texas points the emigrant called tor the Gainesville Fla ticket John says: are yon going there for? You want to go to Texas I The fellow replied that the fact was he did not have money enough to take him to any other point named lie wanted to go to Gainesville and Florida would do as well as Texas He got the Florida ticket The people who live in small villages or towns cannot get over the idea that it should be everywhere else in the world as it is with them Every person knows every other one and also knows his business his intentions etc For instance some fellow living in one of these places will buy his ticket and leave instructions with John something like this: Jim comes here tell him gone to Who Jim is or what he looks like is of course a mystery to John but he good-naturedly replies and the fellow is satisfied A fellow who li ves at some adjoining town and who is in the habit of making occasional visits to the city will come np hurriedly when he is about to be left by the train and call for a ticket says John oi says the fellow wanting the ticket and it is some time before John can convince him that he does not know his home and prevail upon him to name the place Many other similar mistakes might be given all truly illustrative of human nature 0 BrnuaiW lb Letter Carrier Hie happy holidays are almost here Their influence can already be felt In the very air we breathe There is jollity in every sound there ia happiness in almost every countenances I ions for the feast at Christmas and New Years have already begun and a most gladsome season is anticipated Along with the to be spread upon the table we look for from relatives and friends They may take the form of of love and or may be the simple words of cheer and comfort that come to us by letter but in either case they are borne to ns by tha ever faithful letter carrier who enjoys with us the pleasures these tokens produce In all your joy and happiness then do not forget this trusted friend Remember him substantially too Whatever you do for him do it well He is not allowed to ask for a present but there is no law to prevent you from making him one It may be a coat a hat a doren pair of good woolen hose a pair of fine far gloves a pair of boote or a fire dollar bill but let it be something We come to the relief of the 1 iter carriers most gladjy They are erttic-4 to this consideration at our Land ari we are not timid in asking the pul-Lc to remember them aho An ImaeaM Fnrlter Jack Sawyers col rred who Lien in tin First ward sold yesterday to I lia an immense fat hog wLi vd3edover the city scales 4C9 pound It waa so i for 1-160 per hundred and Lrourffit Jack the snngLttie cf ZJ ffi This nera 11 ultiM ie a L-f to some of the Vorv thit I oeffi who Lave dieted tl pn nnisanoe fcr months i-t tl oy-q the probab rre test tl rewiJ 1-c aaoujer so PT-F of prk cm is tl place iJ'J re tne rnu h- rfi in Tli Sucitiern Car rk The prep-rietors eft Cr Works are ak ti fmftirf'K' nj i rw prejring rilr 3 cf IK vt Tt-io- It is te I'te: 1 in icr 1 j-bterr fiic Mem A Rich A Dauville Richmond A 3h Norfolk A fd -28 East Tennraato isy A damn Exprera 112 New York CenlraUOT Tabas 1 Si Central Pacific 1 Chicago A Alton 139 Chain pea Ira A Ohio L94 Cotta MarM Special to Thb joubmal Nbw Yoke December 16 Receipts at onr porta to-day will amount to about 36000 bales against 34418 bales last year Future deliveries at Liverpool having recovered 2-64 operators here incline to the belief that the decline there will be arrested at five pence for middling upland and although this is low compared with the New York market prices have advanced here to-day up to third call 9-100 Third call was however quiet and sales were confined to 100 for January 936 100 for April 970 100 for June 902 Spot cotton steadier 9 3-16 for middling with sales of 778 bales to spinners and 100 delivered on contracts Futures closed steady at 10-100 lower than yesterday December 930 January 938a939 February 948a949 March 960a961 April 972a973 May 984a985 June 994a995 July 1004al005 August 1012al013 September 980a982 Vnr York FrwSace Harkai Special to Tbs Journal Nxw Yoke December 16 Floor dull and unchanged Minnesota extra 330a 665 southern flour dull common to choice extra 360a5A0 Wheat closed steady: spot sales of No 2 red state 94 No 2 red winter for December 92 Corn lower spot sales of No 341 No 2 mixed for December 50a50 Oats heavy spot sales of No 2 white state 34 No 2 mixed for January 36 Pork qniet mess 987 jal037 Lard closed dull 637 for cash Sugar steady fair to good refining 5a5 Chicago Fredaee Market Bpecial to Txb Joubxal Chicago III December 16 Wheat opened duU Corn qniet Oats quiet Provisions weak Wheat closed at 83 for December Corn 39 for the year 3Sf for January Oats 28 for December Pork 982 for January Lard 600a602 for January Short ribs 585a 587 for January Cincinnati Market Special to Thb Journal Cincinnati December 16 Meats loose' quiet short clear 505a510 short ribs 490a500 shoulders 375a 387 hams 925a950 Lard quiet steam 600: kettle 637a650 Pork quiet at l625al037J An Boat Tenneaaee Man Robbed of SI 400 Hoyle who went from McMinn county near Athens about two years ago to Atlanta Ga where he has been since successfully engaged in the stock and produce shipping business was robbed of $1400 last Sunday night He telegraphed that day to hia brother at Athens that he wonld start that night with $1400 to Athens for the purpose of making some purchases The telegram was sent to the office by his little son who got it misplaced but rewrote and sent it Afterwards he found the original which was unthoughtedly thrown drown The supposition is that this was discovered by parties on the lookout who traced the boy back to his home and awaited their opportunity About 11 at night Mr Hoyle started with $l406 in his pockets to take the train bat was overhauled in a lonely 8 pot by two unknown parties who with as many pistols in his face com- Eelled him to stand and bold up his ands until he was relieved of the money and they made good their escape without detection Mr Hoyle is well known to some of our commission men and is accustomed to make periodical trips here She Whipped Him With a Quilting Frame Mrs Biazier occupies a place on the river a few miles below the city which was purchased by Joe Fans a few months since Fans went a few days ago to collect rent for the place bat Mrs Biazier declined to pay rent claiming that she had possession of the place yet Shortly afterwards he went to make another demand and ordered her to vacate the remises unless she was going to pay im rent for the place Mrs Biazier is a woman who believes in standing np for her rights whether right or wrong and she is slightly on the muscle when it is deemed necessary So after some pretty sharp words were passed she gathered a quilting frame fired into Fans and was making good headway towards punching his daylights out but he fell back in good order and a tragedy waa prevented Yesterday Fans had Mr Blaizer before Justice Sullivan on a charge of assault and battery II Cooper appeared for the prosecution Mr Biazier is generally able to paddle her own canoe in a justices court as well as in a contest with a quilting frame as a weapon so ahe engineered ner own side of the case After hearing the evidence in fall Juitice Sullivan" bound Mrs Biazier over to criminal court and she gave the bond Th Market Square Street Railway Knoxville Txnn December 16 A morning paper published an item headed Street Car which is untrue throughout The mule referred to became frightened at a and had his leg caught between the guard rail and the ground in such a wsy that he was unable to get loose without help but he was not injured in any way and is at work where any one can see and examine him that has the curiosity to do so If this was the first eroneons statement that has been made in regard to the Market Square Street Railroad I should not take the trouble to reply to it but some time since some of the Knoxville dailies said one of our cars had been run into by a passenger train another that a horse'had been driven to death both of which statements are entirely false Such things as the above mentioned while they are untrue are calculated to injure the patronage of the road as well as the reputation of those having the management of the affairs Respectfully Moore Manager of Market Sqr St WO! Nat Do CL Tunnell the proprietor of the saloon in Maryville was in the city yesterday and in reply to a question as to what lie was going to do about closing up his saloon since the taxing district was abolished He said am still in the fight My license expires on December 26th and all I have got to do is to wait until the proper time when I mean to open np a first-class drug store and take out liquor It seems as if the war on liquor in that town would continue some time yet at Hope's We have just devoted one entire show case for the display of Diamonds As we have stated before we pride ourselves on our Diamond stock not so much on the large assortment but on the fact that we know our prices can not be undersold Every piece is a direct purchase We have no goods loaned consigned or on memorandum We are selling as we have bought cheaper than they have ever before been sold in this market Try us on Diamonds Girlf a hammock rope breaks Lumps ter head fct Jacobs Ol eure bruise Ice on the Hudson at Albany la four inches thick the the title of a new novel by Mias Murfree Pasteur is now treating sixty-two patients for hydrophobia These is a good deal of kicking in Nashville at the price of coal John Wait the oldest member of the house of representatives is 74 The fight over the postoffice at Jack son Tennessee goes on with increasing vigor MwsMcbfbkr is regarded in England as one of the most brilliant of American novelists Miss Jessie Flood daughter of the California millionaire has $2000000 in her own right A sessatiosal item appears this morning abont an infernal conspiracy in San Francisco Skxatob Plumb of Kansas will make it his special business to rid the army of the gambling vice Thb taxable property belonging to colored people in the south is now put down at $100000000 Thb Virginia legislature is discussing a joint resolution requesting the representatives in congress to vote for the repeal of the internal revenue laws Wobth the Paris dress maker Bays it is absurd to say that his dresses cost $2000 The most superb dresses in velvet and satin may be had for $300 to $400 Is his book Gen Grant describes Gen Zachary Taylor as one who himself and gave orders to meet the emergency without reference to how they would look in history' Senator's Colquitt of Georgia Frye of Maine and Blair of New Hampshire are tee to tails rs There are only three men in the senate now who are accused of occasional over indulgence 1 1 1 POLICE POINTS Gathered Last Might About Hoad quarter The work of repairs to the calaboose furnace was completed yesterday by the contractors Beech A Sea tea A good Job was made of it under the direction of Alderman Hockenjos chairman of the market and building committee Nothing now remains in that line to prevent comfort for the inmates Another Improvement might be made by the alderman however which would complete the job If small glass sash on hinges were hung in thegrated windows at a trifling expense the rooms could be heated sufficiently to do away with the blanket business which is a nuisance and costs more than the sash would The blankets put in are frequently torn to shreds and destroyed by the inmates The following was entered on the police record yesterday Hook Ford locked up drunk and disorderly II Maples selling liquor after the expiration of his license and after being notified fined $5 Susan Rogers colored drunk on Patton Btreet Last night the wife of Harrison Murdock colored who lives on Kennedy street rune to headquarters and reported that Harrison had been dressing her down with the poker and she wanted a warrant for him lie had also struck another woman in the family Her request was granted and a charge was entered to which Harrison was to answer to-day Sometime afterwards Lieut Reeder was sitting in the police room when he heard a man and woman muttering something outside She was asking him what to do abont it and he was urging her to go in aud tell them just how it was Upon invitation ahe came in but he lingered for a further invitation It was found that some power had been brought to bear after the woman had gone back home which had induced her to change her mind and she wanted the charge withdrawn After consultation it was arranged that Harrison should come up this morning and submit to the poker nek He said he would pay for that but as to striking the other woman he would stand a trial on that for she called him a of a and that was something he stand under A Fincastlb Tenn December The election of officers of Daniel Meader Feet No 19 A took place here to-day Capt Arch Myers who has served as Poet commander for the past fifteen months declined hold the office any longer for the reason as he stated In a short patriotic speech that the honors should be divided among the comrades but he intends to continue regular in attendance at the meetings of the post and will be found working shoulder to shoulder with comrades for the maintainance and best interests of thr order The following are the officers elected for the ensuing year: Thomas A Jones post commander John Dossett ni Maupin Jas Hensley adjutant Jas Freeman surgeon Hampton chaplain fkn5th Qr Mr llousley Thoa McFarland major Delegates to encampment: Capt Arch Myers Smith Honsley John Dossetti Alternates: Jas lions-ley Morton Reuben Hutson Hampton There was a large number of comrades in attendance and all seemed to take greet interest in the business of the Poet and determined to continue recruiting and working for the upholding of the Post hid fair to make this one of the largest and most flourishing Posts in the department The audience at theater last night was large and decidedly demonstrative The good-looking and clever lady who rejoices in the taking stage name of Patti Rosa appeared Patti Rosa is a vivacious actress of the nimble school She sings acceptably in light music dances well and provokes much laughter by means of her quaint mannerisms and attitudes Her voice is of good quality for sparkling dialogue and burlesque speeches and she is well up in the art of making the of a piece look as though it was quite spontaneous She dresses well and has quite a variety of costumes The judgment of the audience manifest in the frequency and heartiness of the applause and the uniformity with which the star was called after each act was that the performance was a success and all the signs are good for a week of profitable business There are many thousands of people- looking for airy entertainment these days and Patti Rosa is the girl they want to see Cincinnati Enquirer 51 White of Minneapolis Minn arrived yesterday accompanied by his wife ana are guests of his brother TVhate on north Morgan street- They ill remain for some time on a prospecting trip The Tazewell Turnpike company are makieg some Bubrianuntial and needed repairs to t' bri Ige rear Peers Jones Go's Van Gteter red- dent of the company is AaperiatenJaig the work AFFAIRS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC tvj ta Mad la LlrarpMl VHItU Bat Bp Hipl rally Differ 1U aad Flat Italy to Help Ewglaad Oat a tm By catl to Thb Jocbnal Berlin December The North German Gazette states that England and Italy have agreed upon joint action to reconquer the Soudan ana that the Italian army corps will soon be sent to Sonakim to relieve the British Ia Caa of a CoallUaa By CaUc to Thb Jouemal London December Baron Henry the tory member elect for Liverpool said at a banquet in this city to-night that the government would dissolve parliament and again appeal to the country if a coalition were formed between the liberal and members of the house Advaeaa la Frtlfht Rata By ObM to The Joukxax Liverpool December 16 At a conference of representatives of all the principal Trans Atlantic steamship companies in this city to-day it was decided that there is no profit in carrying freights between England and America at the present rates A resolution was adopted to make a general and uniform advance in the rates but the amount of the advance was left to be decided at a future conference It is generally understood that the rates will be advanced 50 per cent Th Standard aa th Sitaatlo By Gable to The Jocbhal London December The Standard a tory paper says that Mr Gladstone on taking the office prepared to create the Dish parliament to manage legislation and the administrative affairs most be ready to give securities for the representation of the minorities for jm equitable division of the imperial changes for the unity of the emperor and the authority of the crown The supremacy of the imperial parliament must aim be assured It is probable the Standard adds that one of the guarantees reqired will be the nomination of a portion of the Irish members by the crown to Par 11 Special to Thb Jocehal London December 17 This Standard (tory) Bays that scheme for home rule for Ireland bristles with almost insuperable difficulties affording no material for compromise It stated that it could not endure for Bix years It is an obvious attempt to catch the Irish vote before the meeting of parliament and Gladstone's surrender to Parnell is absolute A dispatch from Belgrade to the Standard states that notwithstanding the truce and preparations for peace Servian troops are being constantly sent to reinforce the army now threatning Widdin Mardr Will Oat By Cable to Thb Journal Cork December 16 The trial of Wm Sheehan and David Brown his brother-in-law for the murder of own mother brother and sister at Castletown Rocbe eight year ago resulted to-night in a disagreement ot tne ry The trial has been in progress since Monday morning After the crime Sheehan fled to New Zealand His guilt was only discovered last summer by the admissions of an old servant named John Daane and he was pursued and captured Brown whose sister was married to Sheehan after the murder was arrested at Castletown Roche The trial was to have taken place last July but was postponed until the present assizes to enable the crown to produce additional witnesses In the trial John Duane and his son swore that they saw Sheehan and Brown kill Thoe Sheehan by a blow on the head with a griffaun or adze in the bam of the Sheehan farm that the murderers then entered the farm house where Wm Sheehan killed his mother and David Brown killed Hannah Sheehan partly by blows with an adz and partly by choking The bodies were loaded into a cart and the Duanes swear that they were coerced to go with the ghastly load to a distant field where they had to help in throwing the bodies into an abandoned well where they were afterwards found The cart was then washed and returned to the stable yard and Sheehan and Brown went to a dance at the house motive for the crime was to get possession of the farm motive was to marry bis sister to Sheehan after the latter became enriched The counsel for the defense argued that the prisoners were innocent and that the Duanes were the real murderers and had trumped np their pretended confessions to save their own necks The case was given to the jury at 6 to-day and the jurors deliberated until midnight Eleven of the jurors were in favor of conviction but one man stood oat for acquittal At midnight the jury came into the court and the foreman announced that they were unable to agree and the jurors were discharged A mistrial was recorded and a new trial will begin to-morrow' BOW BETWEEN BOTALISTYL Fist aad Caa a Pamak era By Cabl to Thb Journal Madrid December 12 There have been serious dissensions in the ranks of this city and the party is now believed to be hopelessly split Last evening at a meeting of the Royalist Club there was a tumultuous scene Some of the members following the lead of Senor Canavas del Costello ex-premier accused the followers of Senor Romero Robledo with treachery and asserted that they were intriguing with the Carhsts for the overthrow of the royalists This waa Indignantly denied by the Robledo followers Words led to blows In a few minutes some fifty members of the club were belaboring one another with canes and fists in a lively way Canavist following finally withdrew leaving the Robledoite mas-ters of the situation Senor Iiobiedo has now openly assumed the leadership of the alleged traitorous faction The royalists are dismayed by the turn affairs have taken and evidently fcr disastrous results to their cause Kw XaasfMivrlef IadMy There is a movement on foot among some capitall-ita of this city to organize a joint stock company for the manufacture of sti kinds of soft castings Ac The cepital fCock hes not yet been fixed but it will be sufficiently large to insure the plant a good starter Fuller details will be given Liter Tak Tim the Forelock The time for year fs is gtowirz short Mary Live me thirgs that are sol aa-1 lai a-iie d-ay pointed because of sale Lork into our tore to see if you 'i i -y it's sc iL Every to an c- still sc-i-iss erdvned atii vt 1 1 1 CLri-t r-ss Look ir oar salt hat's LI 1 a-i-te i re cp reslj to be Landed over to 1 or l-fvr Hys Lav A ti TBS FORTY -SIXTH CONGRESS Ntv Paaaioa Farther CoaiMnatioa mt the Bum -A Tmi Gaia a Plaee Adding! Appoint) Still They Come Special to Thb Jocmu Washington December 16 The following tourth class postmasters were appointed in Tennessee: Danville WilL Roden llill City John Lindsay Morganton II Kimbrough The Weahingtoe Moaaaaeat Special to The Journal Washington December 16 The Washington Monument Association today submitted its report to congress for the past year The association asks for a farther appropriation of $104000 to be expended in patting the finishing touches on the monament and terracing the grounds immediately adjacent to it A ReaiKnlnx Officer Succeeded bj a Tenure- Bpecial to Thb Journal Washington December 16 Mr Curtis paying teller of the house of representatives has resigned his position to accept a more lucrative place with a western banking institution Mr Bal-lentyne of Tennessee a nephew of Representative Ballentyne of that state will be appointed to Mr place Presidential Appointment 8pecUI to Thb Journal Washington December 16 Along with the Presidential appointments sent to the senate to-day were the following: Franz Sigel of New York city to be pension agent at New York city John A Bigelow of New York to be assistant United States treasurer at New York and Albert Stearns of Massachusetts to be appraiser of merchandise at Boston and Charlestown The remainder of the list comprises a number of supervising inspectors of steam vessels and postmasters appointed during recess Th Court of Alabama Claims 8peclal to The Journal Washington December 16 The bill introduced by Senator Frye to-day in connection with the court of Alabama claims was so worded in its title as to convey the impression that its purpose wag to continue the court itself for six months That was not the object the court has finished its business The purpose of the bill was simply to extend the time of the clerk and his assistants to the property docket pack and transmit to the state department records of the proceedings CONGRESSIONAL SENATE Special to Thb Journal Washington December 10 Among the bills introduced in the senate to-day were the following: By Mr Teller to provide tor the free and unlimited coinage of the silver dollar By Mr Ingalls to provide for determining the existence and removal of the inability of the president to discharge the powers and duties of bis office By Mr Manderson to pension all per sons not now pensioned who served tor at least one year in the late war and who were either discharged after such term of service upon the surgeons certificate of the disability as no longer fit for military duty or who after like term of service were" discharged with the re-enlistment clause stricken from their certificate of discarge It provides that the rate of pension shall be determined by the usual examination but shall not be less than $400 nor more than $1200 per month That acceptance into the service shall be prima facie proof of soundness at the time of enlistment and that no pensioner shall receive less than $400 per month and the burden of all proofs shall rest with the government Bntler offered a resolution directing the committee on the territories to Inquire and report by what authority the so called legislature had been organized in the territory ef Dakota and asked tor its immediate consideration On objection by Mr Ingalls the resolution was laid over one day under the rules The chair appointed as the printing committee of the senate Messrs Manderson Hawley and Gorman The chair laid before the senate a report from the secretary of the interior requesting relief for the Cheyenne Indians The senate then resumed consideration of presidential succession bill Debate on the presidential succession bill was continued until 2:50 on motion of Mr Hoar the bill was laid aside and the senate went into executive session The executive session was devoted to reading and reference to the appropriate committees of the nominations which have been sent ia by the President At 4 :40 the senate came oat of executive session and adjourned HOUSE Washington December 16 On motion of Mr Norwood of Georgia the senate bill removing the disabilities of Alex Lawton of Georgia The discussion of the proposed revision of the roles was then resumed and Mr Herbert of Alabama addressed the house in favor of the general features of the revision bat in opposition to distributing the work of the appropriations committee Mr Hiseock of New York a member of the committee on rules who favors the distribution of the appropriations bills explained that the reason why the river ana harbor bill had provided for greater appropriations after it left the appropriation committee was because the river and harbor committee had been given jurisdiction over the subject of the Mississippi river improvement Mr Uiscock was opposed to building up a system of rules that would crown any man or any set of men as kings of a a legislative body He went on to argue that if the appropriations bills were distributed they could all be reported within thirty days from the time the committees were formed On this point Mr Randall asserted that as chairman of the committees on appropriations in the forty-eighth congress the gentleman from New York ought to have learned that it was impossible to report bills within thirty days from the tune of the organization of the committees as frequently estimates were not in before the expiration of that time A colloquy between the two gentlemen followed during which Mr Randall put against the remarks of the gentleman from New York the record of the appropriations committee an ier that gentleman's chairmanship To this Mr Hiseock replied am entirely willing that my record as chairman of that committee shall be paraded before the He also admitted having held back the legislative and sundry other civil bills in order to force the house to vote on international revenue and little tamff hills little log so 2-jested Mr Randall Mr Hiseock was done I do not think I should have had the power but hating had it exercised it and I believe ia this particular case wise legisla POINTS PICKED CP ON TIIE HIGHWAY Ertatt Major aad Miaar Irapartaee-Galktered aad Itarorded fey tfe R-(Kirttn lor th Journal Bevrtng frraa Rh-uraatlin Wm Moxley the well known and industrious drayman is able to be about on crutches alter a close confinement of several weeks with rheumatism Cat Off Frank Boydan employe of the railroad shops had one of Lis fingers cut off in some machinery yesterday The wound was quite pamfni Marrlag fa Jam Cnoaty Mr Tallant of Ooltewah James county and Miss Caldonia Nichols of the neighborhood of Shooks will be married at the bride's home this morn- ing 4 Nw Carpet For tl A new supply of cabpeting for the cute tom-house from top to bottom was received by freight yesterday and will Cut down in the nine office rooms of th-l uilding EB(lt 37 Oat A Bain Engine 37 Ram Smith engineer which waa wrecked in the collision near Mcwy Creek a few weeks ago is out of the shows again thoroughly overhauled and pulled No I to Chattanooga yesterday -SUr at Hop During the remainder of the week we will more fully display our Uorharu Silver We have the largest assortment ever purchased for this city Our prices are the same as at the New York store Marriag Llas The following marriage licenses were issued by the county court clerk yesterday Jas Tallant to Caledonia Cox Wm II Bookout to Lizzie Wallace Richard A Miller to Artie Cox II Rickets to Florence Byers Baal Gdan Traaafon The following real estate transfers were registered in the office of the county-court clerk yesterday Isaac Haynes et al to A Cawood 140 acre in Claiborne county: $2300 Bird et si to Householder land in 19tli district $1800 A Novel Christina Tra A Journal reporter last night had a peep through one of the show windows at jewelry store and there discovered a novel Christmas tiee covered with hundreds of dollars worth of valuable jewelry of all descriptions The tree will to-day be the attraction on Gay street II Halt Work was commenced yesterday on the new hall to be used by the Knights of Honor and the Knights of Igibor It is the third floor of the old telegraph building corner of Gav and Chunh streets and when completed it will be one of the best in the city for lodge purposes Norihsra Kacuralon Col Charlton is in oorreenond-ence with a number of Ohio and farmer? and business men relative to an excursion from these two states to Knoxville in the spring' during the farmers convention to be heij here The party will consist of some two hundred or more men who come on a prospecting trip The New Baptist Charefc Nearly a sufficient amount of nionej has already been raised with which erect the new Baptist church on Gai street An elegant design has been prepare and preliminary steps are being ukfi towards beginning the new budding Active work will not begin before Uk first of spring however S3 Watch The sales on Our Social of La lies Gold htem-wind Watch st do pleted our abutment this week as scarcely leave a choice invoice direct from the factory dl agau complete our stock tor the coming week So much value for so small an amount money has never been given before miss this opportunity at IIopi Bros Co's Th Isas Akjiam The work at the asylum for the in- me for this division of tha state on rapidly to completion but tha budding wul not tie read? tor occupancy as soon waa exported some time ego There is brigade of carientera jlumlrs plasterers upholsterers Ac at worn now and pushing things wib ad possible dispatch The heating apparatus is being put in now and aid ready for use in a few day Mr El f-h is on hands busy ad a bee looking a ter things and making friends as ucjjI by lus polite attention to vie tora A Vtilt After ES Year Alonre Madison Frame K-p of Kanrn an uncle of A Frame of this ctv arrived here jreterdiy iponmg and ft on the everting train tor t'rn-k Mr Frame left 'in before there were any nrisav a or her great public impiovciner mi many changes on Li return an 1 surprised to fird the vHa width hs left transformed into a tLrJty r-r-q-r-ona city of 25GuO inhaltarrj But Mr Frame i a Lis own exp-ti vice iffiraS like change He FT here a poor roan and returns with a li'ge afen rooted of weal tli (tminjerConntf MutrxOty Mrs Fain living near Timj icoGrdn-ger conntv gave brth list Tue rv to a monstros ty ia the tdat-e of a d-th' fceadd child The fird Lea 1 has a hair on the back pari but the rlr one i a small roun 1 knot ou the of the other with no Litr ate I It ad ngtt from the coin down a jf t-e hrmpovn emm On the a of tne find Lead i an im of or-s ani row it bn ears ai Lti hey too lw on the ith a on ea(h Je ii front a tro-db ii the f- Lead which is open all the t' it can nepher breth ny nrr-o tl It- A IV '1 te I O- 1 the now white the moirh r- J- 00 J- fw tfe rf al s'! Th ThonMlajr I tfbIpj IfFffhi-feer Kib 1 Tie IlteHOte AteTffi' I ro nn 11 -i O' i 1 2 5' 71 Ii 1 I Ft ten te II I 1 si '1 40:11 i 7 1 2 THE STENTS OTA DECEMBER DAT Powl CSry la California Pwwtoart Clllaal to It Vltla ItwO-tiff lk da orta Railroad Aceldmt Harmed to Dm lb Special I Tbs lotnunu Detroit December 16 Frank Knock wife and two children were burned to death this morning in their residence The house was a total loes Frlattag Hmm anted Special to Thb Jocks al Philadelphia Pa December 16 Morrell Bros printing establishment waa destroyed by fire this morning Lose $1 SO 000 Two hundred girls are thrown out of work Elected DUhop Special to Thb Jocbnal Cambridge Mo December 16 Rev Cbauncey Williamson of Augusta Ga was elected bishop of the eastern diocese to succeed the late Bishop Lay by the Episcopal convention here tonight Eire Ereoa a Gaeollne Exploeioa Special to Tmi Journal Cleveland December 16 The residence of A Wrighton on Lake street was burned to the ground at halfpast 12 to-day The fire originated from an explosion of gasoline A three year old child was burned to death Birack With SI edge-ha aimer Special to Thb Jocbnal Chattanooga December 16 In a difficulty this morning between Sherman Wright and Frank Conley the former struck the latter on the head with a sledge-hammer crashing his skull and producing fatal injuries Victim to Fanaticism Special to Thb Journal Hagebatox Md Joshua Troup son of one of wealthiest farmers of Clear Spring District committed 'suicide this morning by shooting himself -through the temple with a pistol He leaves a wife and three children The cause of the act is attributed to religious excitement Bride AecldMt 3pdl to Tbs Joubnal Nashville Tenn December 16 The false work of the channel span of the new bridge now in course of construction fell this morning In the excitement following George Morgiaanafifteen years of age rushed with the crowd on the structure and stepping on a loose plank fell through on to the abutment crushing his skull and causing death 1 "i 1 11 Tha Georgia Railroad Accident Special to Thb Joubna Atlanta Ga December 16 The accident of Monday night on the Georgia Pacific road has already resulted in the death of several persons Three of the injured are in a precarious condition but the five others seriously injured will recover although two or three will be maimed for life The dead bodies were all sent to their homes to-day A coroners jury is now investigating the canse of the accident and went to-day to the scene of the accident Mads Desperate by Whisky Special to Thb Journal Ddbvqdb Ia December 16 A desperate attempt at self-destruction was made this forenoon by John A Mueller a marble cutter In a fit of fremy he seized the tools he was working with and drove a chisel with a mallet he held in his hand through his head from temple to temple Not producing instant death he seised another chisel and drove it into his forehead When discovered the weapon in his head was protruding a few inches beyond the opposite temple His chances for life are hopeless lie has a wife and child and the only cause assigned for the deed is intemperance which had unbalanced his mind ana made death preferable to life CONSPIRACY DISCOVERED To Assasslnato Prominent Special to Tax Journal Sax Fbaxcisco December A most sensational and startling plot for a wholesale assassination aimed at the most prominent citizens has come to light Some months ago the police learned of the existence of a secret society (Socialistic Revolutionary Association) asserted to be composed of ultra socialists A close watch was kept on the movements of the members and the police finally succeeded in obtaining the minutes of one of their meetings held November 23d It was thus disclosed that it was the purpose of the association to about twenty men including Wm Coleman Congressman Morrow Gen II Barnes Mayor Bartlett United States Judge Lorenso Sawyer Leland Stanford Charles Crocker Gov Etoneman the principal police officials and several others Those names were placed on the and put in the hands of a committee to carry out the orders of the association The committee were to devise the best method of accomplishing the purpose of the conspirators and were so engaged when their work was terminated lust night by the discovery by the police of the headquarters and the arrest of four men found therein Julius Kooeter Henry Weisman Charles Neittelstadt and Oscar Egpers In the room was also found a complete laboratory for the manufacture of infernal machines The men were taken to the city prison where they boldly asserted that they were dynamiters and proposed to get rid of the citizens named and then raid Chinatown The prisoners also belong to the German branch of the Anti-Chinese League No charge has yet been entered against them Further developments are expected regarding the prisoners MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH Steeks i4 Bonds Special to Thb locun Nxw Tort December 16 Tennessee unfunded 62 coupons of 1SS2 604 settlement Md 90 settlement 10 2 Nkw York December 16 Money closed easv at lja2 per cent Exchange closed firm posted rates 484 a487 actual rates 4S3 jai84 for 60 days and 46tjaL86 for demand Governments closed firm currenev 6's 125 bid con pops 124 bid do 112 bid The stock market this morning was active and feverish Prices fluctuated quite frequently evidently under the manipulating touches of the various cliques in the market The bulls however seemed to be stronger and succeeded inestsbllshtag an advance ranging from to 1 per cent in most cases 1 12:30 The balls were in complete poeeesdon ot the market during the last half of tho day an 1 advanced prices at an astonishing" rate The sharp advance frightened the shorts rnto covering and their buying accelerated the rise At the close tne top figures of the day were ma-lo in moot easts the final quotations showing an adtaac rarj-'n Aa Inganioas Method of Procuring th Orange Serious Accident Morristown December 16 On Sunday some three or four youths who had not yet reached the years of manhood and who had not the fear of God in their concluded they must have something to drink having been in the depot and located a barrel of whisky among other freight they crawled beneath the depot and by the aid of an auger bored a hole through the floor and into the whiskey barrel in this way they soon had several gallons of the ardent They ingeniously stopped the flow of whisky by plugging the hole with a stick prepared before hand After they had procured the whisky they soon became so drunk aa to give the affair away and only avoided arrest by paying for the whisky and agreeing to leave the state We do not mention names because the boys all belong to prominent families truly an idle brail! is the devils workshop Wednesday evening prayer meeting attended at the Presbyterian church than usual not from any good motives however we fear but rather from motives of curiosity for the rumor had become currant that a marriage would follow the usual Wednesday evening exercises Contrary to rnmora generally this one proved to be true and just as the prayer meeting closed the organist Miss Lillian Brown began playing a wedding march and to its inspiring strains in marched a bridal party The contracting parties were Mr A Nelson of Floral City Fla and Miss Jessie Turley of our town They were attended by Mr McFarland as best man with Miss Nannie McFarland as 1st maid Baker and Maggie Turley McFarland and Nola Tnrlay II Rice and Mattie Harle were the other attendants As the party reached their places in front of the altar the wedding march gave place to soft music which was continued throughout the entire ceremony which wao performed by the Rev Smith in a brief but impressive manner (By the way the parson says this makes two hundred and five couples he has united for better or worse) After the ceremony the happy couple received congratulations of numerous friends The bride was arrayed in a handsome brown traveling dress the groom in conventional black They will proceed at once to their Florida home only stopping a few days in Chattanooga to visit friends The young men of Morristown High School which is ably conducted by Prof Fowler will give a public debate in the opera-house Friday night Wm Flynn a painter fell horn a ladder while painting for Mr Bird Mathes yesterday and received severe Injuries One leg was broken in two places and the other badly sprained Letter tram Atlanta Atlanta Ga December If this is the Snnny South we hear so much of by our Dixie neighbors I am ready to emigrate to almost any part of the globe The past few days have been very disagreeable the winds piercing to the very bone bringing wraps and overcoats to the front They tell me here that if 1 want a warm climate go to Florida Like the mirage of the desert the place we seek is always just ahead Like the Irishman who fear dying but hated to be kicked to death by a mule I am not averse to cold weather bat object to being froze to death in a southern climate any of onr democratic friends become overheated discussing Clevelands message on civil service send them to Atlanta to cool off In the laying off of streets Atlanta takes the cake There is not to my knowledge a single street running the entire length of the city They commence without knowledge and end without reason I think in laying them off the surveyor followed a red cow after a rain in fly-time The principal retail business street is Whitehall which is Peachtree after crossing the railroad the finest residence street in the town including the mansion Alabama leads in wholesale houses Broad in printing offices and Decatur in saloons The prohibition election is now in the courts the sntis filed an injunction argument is being heard to-day and what the result will be is very uncertain The whisky men claim that so long as the general government grants them revenue license the state cannot prohibit its sale This I think has been tested in the supreme court the antis loosing it We have not gone dry in another sense On Teachtree near the Kimball has just opened a fine well of artesian water coming from a depth of 1100 feet They bored 2309 feet but failing to strike water at that depth reopened the vein above mentioned vltich rises within 26 feet of the surface and am pel from there The water is pronounced by physicians to be pure and wholesome Mr Allen Smith spent a week ia the cstv I am glad to note the extension vf the business of the city mil is They are owning up a bouse here in the flour line Quite a nuitiber of East Tennessee boys are here in basineas all seentirg to be doing well Aid Xjrn -r ri it.