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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-05

TINS item from the Kansas City Times is so
rluch like picture of Atlanta that it is worth
reproducing here: "In Kansas City, built
since the war, ex-confederates and ex-federals
find each other very pleasant people, with
about the average morality and a love OF coun-
try Of about the same intensity. We have ex-
union soldiers from every state in the north and
ex-rebel soldiers from every state in the south.
This is neither a northern nor a southern city.
II is one Of the splendid results of harmonious
endeavor after the honorable fruits of indus
try, produced since peace was declared, Bos-
ton men and Memphis men are together IN
business, in the clubs, in tie parlors. What's
the sense in prulonsing the feeling in either
section when the growth of Kansas City Is a
lofty monument to the union OF north and
SOUTH high enough Tor everybody to see and
celebrated enough for everybody to under
stand. The country ought to be laboring to-
gether and enjoying life together for great ends
everywhere as in Kansas City. tits learning
very fast. The cotton mills ofsAtlanta and Au-
gusta the iron furnaces of Birmingham and
Chattanooga, are parts of the reunion. About
one more presidential campaign will shut up
the politicians and then the long tale OF bitter
ness will be told to the end"
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In TURNS OUT that the silver crown sent to
Jefferson Davis from jackson, Miss, was
nothing but piece of Masonic regalia. The
efforts of the republican press TO exaggerate
the significance of the affair are simply ridicu-
lous, The people of Mississippi would not ten
der Mr. Davis u crown, and he would not ac-
cntnf IL
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[ALL THE NEWS FOB so CTS1
Cleveland and Victory !
THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD UNI
FURLED TO THE BREEZE!
And the Contest of 1888 Opened
WITH THE CONS TITUTION BATTLIN@
IN THE FRONT RANKS.

The triumphs of The CoNTITUTIoN in re-
porting the campaign of 1884 are well re.
membered! 1t was the first southern paper
to announce Cleveland's election and MAJ
jority, and Atlanta had celebrated that event.
before other southern cities knew of it'll
THE CONSTITUTION led all southern papers
in 1891
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Pennies ON the Railronds.

The order recently issued by the Georgia
railroad commission in regard to the use of
pennies by the railroads in the state goes
into effect today. The order was to go into
effect on the first day of May, but the date
was afterwards postponed to the first day of
June.
Under this rule the railroad companies
are authorized to collect the exact mileage
for passenger fares if they shall make the
necessary change to enable them to do SO,
but if not, they shall not be allowed to
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ending in or 0.
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HAVANA MUST BE pleasant place for pretty
women to live in. 1t is no uncommon thing
in that city for stranger TO pause on the
street before beautiful girl and request her
mother TO keep her for him. The young
lady will smile, and her mother will reply
cautiously that she will guard her daughter
faithfully until the stranger is ready to claim
her. Among these passionate people it seems
to be no crime for man to express his ad-
miration of beauty wherever he sees it.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
Bent OH Iynching.

CANON CITY, Col, Dec. 4.-George With
Grill, who is charged with the murder o
three men, arrived here from Denver yester.
day to stand trial. Last night several hun
dred citizens armed with shot guns and re
Yolvers gathered at the Jail determined tc
take Witherill out and lynch him. At 1l:lj
p m, the sheriff was still holding out but
the citizens say it is only matter Of time
when they will get their man. Harry Per
du, another murderer confined in the same
jail, will likely suffer the came fate as With
Grill if the mob gets into the Jail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
Duelon Church Steps.

CAIRO. Ill.,, Dec 4.-Ol the steps of The
Methodist church at EIco, ILL.,, few miles
from here, Sunday, Lon Houston and Josh
Lakewood settled an old grudCe origina
ting from jealousy, the object being the di
vorced wife of Houston. Both men drew
their revolvers. seven shots being fred
rapidly, every one taking effect. a panic
took place in the church, the services being
dispensed with aud the congregation escap'
Ing through the doors and windows. Hous
ton. as the aggressor, was arrested. but it Is
thought both will die.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
ALEX ANDRIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER A.

SENATOR PLUMB, OF Kansas, says The
chief cause of the late democratic defeat
Twas deep feeling on the part of Northern
men against confding the administration oil
fairs to those who once ran the govern.
mept uron Tho rocks. They were not
pleased to see the helm again in the hands
of ,he men who had so consricucusly de-
monstratt d their capacity to steer CleVe-
land was no. beaten because he wished the
INEQUALITIES shat exist in the tariff to be cor
rected. Or be- cause the people are opposed to
n rfduc.icn of he surplus He was beaten
because The people want the tariff revised
bv its friends and not by Mills and the
Breckinridaes and men of that type" But
the New York Herald Gays that under the
nresent administration the sectional spirit
las largely died out" Why, every breath
from ii g cold, gray North brings with it q
refrain Of haze, more or less intense, for the
people whose lot was cast under the warm
err and more genial cline Of the southern
half of common country. Bot hate is an
evidence of selt-copscious inferiority. The
feelings of real superiors FOR those who don't
Ike them never goes beyond indifference,
or. OF most, contempt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
COMMUNICATED

While the question of a site for the Cor
iederate Monument s being agtated, land
God speed the park projsct), is it not f.
time to take some steps which would result
in bringing forth from its place of obscurity
in Ivy Hill cemetery, the beautiful shaft
erected by Alexandria's grateful ciizens 10
the noble 6remen who lost their lives at the
King street fire in 1865. For 80 years or
more it has been like light hid under &
buahel and there are doubtless hundreds of
citizens who have never seen it and prob
ably are not aware of its existence. II the
Park project is success by all means give
it place there, or in any event e site
should be selected for it within the city. IL
is the property of the citizsns and should be
placed where it will be seen, and the mem
cries Of the brave men whose deeds it com
memorates, be kept green. There should
be 10 objection to its removal.
OLD FIREMAN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04

An IMMENSE TuMoR.-Dr. R. Bruce
Burns, OF Frankford, northeastern suburb
Of Philadelphia yesterday removed from the
body of Mrs. Hannah Little, tumor weigh
ing enc hundred pounds The incsions
were quickly aud skillfuily made, and in
fifteen minutes from Inc time Of the first cut,
the entire substance had been removed. Il
Was Tue largest tumor known to have been
removed from any patient in Pennsylvania,
and weighed exactly five pounds more than
the patient after its removal. Mrs. Little
stood The operation heroicaly, and 10 said to
be improving in health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04

THE PLANETS II DEcEMBER.-1f the
weather his month is favorable persona 10
ieres,ad in astronomg will have excellent
opportunities to study The position of the
planets. Venus heads the list, and On We'd
nesday she will DO close to the moon, the
two forming most delightful picture in the
southwest. After Christmas she will set
more than three hours later than the sun.
Next in the annals of evening stars fer the
month ia Mars, and the rapidly lesseniDg
distance between the two planets is one OF
the interesting features of the month. Mars
ia northwest of Venus, and on the evening
OF the h he will make close conjunction
with the moon. He will be only one degree
distant from Venus on the last day of Do
cember. Saturn, the morning star, really
follows Venus, for at the close of the month
he will rise 10 the east about fifteen minutes
before Venus salts 10 the west. Until the
2Sth Mercury will be rated as morning
star. On that day he is in superior con-
junction with the sun, and takes rank
among the evening stars. Jupiter continues
as on evening star ubtil the Ssh. He ia in
conjunction with tho sun on that date, and
30 closely hidden in the sunbeams as TO be
of little account during the remainder o.!
the month.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04

LYNcHING or \ MURIERER.-Vsn Can
nady, the murderer of James Phlbeck, was
taken from Shelby jill, North Carolina, at
an early hour Sunday morning and lynche d
The murder was committed on the night OF
November ODD Phibeck, a white farmer,
living near Shelby Was called to the door
by an unknown party, shot dead and the
house entered and robbed. the murderer
first shooting down Philbeck's wife. Satur.
day Cannady was arrested on suspicion and
confessed the crime. The lynching was
openly talked Of. and an extra guard was
put on duty, but near morning two hundred
masked and armed men approached the
jail, overpowered the guard and secured
the prisoner. The door OF the Jail was bro
ken open By stout colored man, who took
part in the lynching. The prisoner was ia
ken about mile from Shelby and hanged.
The rope was put around his neck, and be
was swung from the back of a horse. He
made full confession, and said his fate was
a inst one
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
Telegranhic Esrier.

bold attempt was made ye.ie,lsv
morning TO rob the safe in he Office Of ~.
Booge Packing House, Sioux CITY Io9s
-Four ms sked men rushed upon The w.,,J,
man, aud overpowered him. A tE.
Waterman did not report three other ,.s,.
went successively TO look Tor him and e.r.. ~.
seized and bound the same ~ay The bug ~
worked hard to o en- the ale, Tut faiici
Suit has been inst tuted ut FL Paso Tey.s H.
w. F. Dreisman against the L s. 70. Sll3 n,
aiding in the capture of Mr.. Jefferson Dsyis 81
the close of the war.
There was great tvity in the New Yotl i
fee market to day, some of the sales being mair +
120 points above the close of ye,terday
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04

Recently George Owens and his son were dig
giug well near Stcubenyille, Ohio hosting the
earth and stone with windlsss and big bucket
When one load was noar the surface the rope
broke. and the bucket fell ten feet upon the son,
who was in the well The father got help and
was lowered into the well whore he found tho
young man insensiblc. He tied the rope to his
body and the neghborB drew it ont, and lowered
the rope for Owens; but rs they drew him up the
rope again broke and no fell to the bottom, brcek-
ing his neck and dying instantly. By the time
the dead body of the father brought cut the
son had died Mrs. Owens was SO shocked at the
desth of her husband and son that she died in a
few hours
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
The WEATHER IN NovGMBER.-The

The WEATHER IN NoVEMBER.-The
weather bulletin of the signal Office says:
The month of November, 1888, has been
slightly warmer than usual in the northern
States east of the Mississippi, and in Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, Maryland and The greater
portion of Virginia and Tennessee it has
been slightly colder than usual in the gulf
an south Atlantic States, and from Texas
nortbward to the Missouri valley. During
the month The weather has been especially
favorable FOR the winter wheat sections; the
deficiency in moisture has been replaced by
abundant rains, and the crop is generally
reported 10 excellent condition"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Two republicans have been arrested
at Wheeling, w. Va, charged With ilega!
voting.
Russia is anPered at Persia, owing to the
asoendency of English infaonce in that
country.
On the Paris Bourse yesterday Panama
canal shares, after touching 1873 francs closed
at 1875 francs.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has absorbed the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe telegraph system.
King Milan has issued final decree that
the ex-Queen henceforth shall be addressed
as Madame Natalie de Keczko.
George II. Bakeslie was sent to The peni-
Tertiary from Baltimore yesterday for pas
sing counterfeit five-cent pieces
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain and his Amer
can bride arrived in Paris yesterday en- route
to Italy. There they will remain until
Christmas.
The personal estate of the late Mr.. Jen-
kins, of Baltimore, is valued at 81 900 600.
His requests are all to members of his
family.
A bill was introduced in the South Caro-
lima Legislature yesterday 10 repeal tas law
which allows the sale OF domestic wines
manufactured in the State.
Phiiadolp hia parties have laid claim Ia
90 900 acres of land in the vicinity CT Berry
vile, Arkansas, and valued at over two hun
dred thousand dollars.
row occurred at the meeting yesterday
of the board of public works at Jersey City,
n. ] and E. T. Mclaughlin, who had in
tarluoted the proceedings. was elected
Whi'e trying to dislodge him from the steps
the rail broke and severa! were precipiiated
down the stairs. McLaughlin's head was
smashed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04

RODE HIM ON a RAIL.-Alfred Ayers, a
resident Of pundoff, Pa, was ridden about
Oh rail 10 that village for having been too
Intimate with married woman, Mrs. Bob.
SOP. Her husband has been 10 Los Angeles
Cal for several months. having gone there co SET
up an ice machine for Carbondale firm. He is
machinst by trade, and an cxpeESin his business
When he left Carbonate. year or mora ago, his
wife and family moved to Dundoh, six miles
distant, where Mr.. Bobson owns property.
Ayers became acquainted with the woman, and
they have since taken several trips to Scranton,
Binghampton, Honcsdse and other places. On
Friday when Mr. Ayers and Mrs Bob'on return
ed ID Dundof after such trip, committee OF
citizens waited upon Ayers and rode him on
rail about toe village and threatened to give him
cat of tar and feathers but desisted on account
of his cas- for mercy. They then gave him no
.:cc TO leave the village within twenty -four hours
Ayers went 10 Carbonate and took train for the
West. Mrs. Bobson was not injured by The mob.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
Proposed Amendments.

WASHINGTON, Doc. A Repre- sentative
S one, of Kentucky, to-day introduced a
joint resolution in the House proposing an
amendment to the constitution providing
that the President and Vice President shall
be chosen every fourth year by The direct
votes ofthe people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04

GENERAL SHERMAN, as appears by his own ar
tcle in the December number of the North Amer
lean Rerieu, was offered the republican Pre'iden
tia nom nation in 1884 by Mr.. Blaine. Inc
commander of the Pretorisn Guards in the de-
clining days of old Rome used to offer the ohcc OF
Emperor to his favorite. If the General oud
have been elected it is especially fortunate for
tho South that he did no. accept the offer, mas
much as he says that whenever the negroes In
the South shall strike blow in the war which Is
to be wagcd with the torch instead of the bayonel,
,here will be millions in the North ready to come
to their assistance
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04

WHITE SLAVES IN TURKEY.-There is
said TO have been considerable sensation
created ia Constantinope by the discovery
that market exists there in which Euro.
pean girls imported for the purpose from
Germany. Austria, Italy and Russia are pub
licly sold as slaves. The matter is said to
havs been duly authenticated and is now
occupying the attention of the embassies.
The statement is that every week large
shipments Of German and Italian girls ar
rive vic Verna, Odessa, Salmonica and from
the Airatic ports Needless to add that
This human freight is not disembarked Oh
TIE ordinary customhouae quays Of the Gold
3s0rp, where passengers and cargo are
usually put ashore, and where its presence
would speedily have attracted the notice OF
the consular authorities. The girls are
landed in small boats at the Turkish quar-
auiine station at KAYAK, whence they IRE
brou2ht overland through BUjukdere into
.antiuople. None are aware OF the fate
in 7to for them, having been nred to un-
deFtske The trip to the Turkish capital by
means Of promises of munifcent remuners-
tion as governesses. piauists and other forms
of respectable and honorable employment
On ,rrivng, they are taken 10 place which
goes by the namo et the Casino" and
which II nothing more nor less than an ex
change or mart waere human cattle are
deati ia W freely 60 hreadatnti5 Oh the Pro
duce Exchange in Ny York. Sheffield
Ddily SeWS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04
rules.

so LlrTLE are foreign governments inter
ested in the affairs OF this country that At
the commencement of a congressional ses-
SIGN yesterday, the only representative of a
foreign government present was one single
under secretary of the Austrian legation.
And yet the average socalIed American
sovereign" labors under the vain delusion
that the proceedings Of Congress are of vast
Importance to "al! the world and the rest Of
mankind"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-04

A LONG CoUR1sHIP-A courtship of S5
years standing WAS ended Sunday last by
the marriage Of two well-known people of
Knox county, Tenn, Joshua Shipe and Miss
Margaret Douglas. Mr.. Shipe was % years
of age aud the bride was 10 when they BIO.
came engaged. Mr.. Shipe had a maiden
sister who opposed the match, and Miss
Douglas mother objected, too. Several times
by relatives. Mise Shipe died the other day
at the age of 70, and Mrs. Douglas with.
drew her objections to the long-proposed
union.