The morning call., 1894-02-16
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

I'm some portions Of my state society is para
lyZed by the brutality Of the whitecap out.
RACES" said j. NJ. Horace Of Harr0dsburg. hy.,
yesterday. "Meu fear To discuss the matter WI b
their neghbOrs because no one knows who may
be numbered among the members of he order
and consequently the subject is ta0Ooed. In
my own county only a few days ago band OF
these midnight marauders took the wife of
prosperous and highly respectable young
farmer from her bed aud, in the sight OF her
bound and gagged husband, cruelty beat her
into insepsbilfy. She is one of the most beau
tiful young women IN the county and Was made
tie victim OF the spite of some enemy who
circulated n rumOr rejecting upon her charac-
ter. The Stale Government seems pOweress
10 uproot the evil, and thinking men are asking
themselves what the end Will be. The officers
OF the law in many localities are either in SYM
pathy with or themselves members of tie un-
godly mscreants and rs a consequence but few
arrests are MADE and such persons are ap-
pretended in nearly every instance escape con-
Viction."
81 see that Sam Small, the noted evangelist.
has returned TO his old lOye-newspaper work."
said Major o. b. Hirsch of Montgomery, Ala,
yesterday. Small is an eiTalic fellow, though
one of the brainiest men in the Sourh He was
for many years in newspaper work in various
cities of that section, but being converted
joined forces with Sam Jones' He came mighty
near going 10 Congress from Atlanta a few
years ago and has been a prominent candi-
date al one time or another for almost every
State Office Of note. His daIly paper recently
started in Oklahoma City is engaged IN the
mission OF reforming the whole newspaper
business, and as Smalrs ideas of how this
should be dOue are in direct conflict with those
of his partners the result is that when the for
mer goes away on one of his missionary trips
the editorial lone OF the paper undergoes
violent change, which Is productive of & good
deal of amusement among other members of
the craft In the Territory"
'In window on Montgomery street to-day
noticed one OF the $50 gold coins issued by prI-
vate mnts In California, during the flush days
away back in the ffIies," said L. Ii. Hayes of
the Philadelphia MINI yesterday. at recalled
TO mind the fact that in those days this was not
only legitimate but business followed in sew
eral localities. The law, OF course, forbade the
cOunterfeiting or initiating of United States
coins then az now. but it was evaded by issuing
them IN an octagonal shape. Gold colns were
also issued by the MormOns OF Utah and by
persons in Georgia and North Carolina, and the
establishment of a private mint in Denver early
IN the sixties, by some bankers, caused Secre-
tary Chase to investigate the matter, when lie
discovered tnat the business was legal This
caused the passage OF a law prohibiting the
Government sources"
DIR. J. L. Rice, who is an lnterne at the Belle
vue Hospital New York, is in the city, and
tells of remarkable case which recently came
under his observation. John Carlin OF that
city. some ten or eleven weeks ago. entered
barber-shop TO get shaved, and the barber
while applying the lather used unusual force on
his chin, when Carin was suddenly seized with
violent attack OF hiccoughs. Many old-fash-
ioned remedies, such as slipping hot water. etc.,
were tried without relief, and he was finally re-
moved TO the hospital. A consultation of ply
scians was held, and every known remedy,
both internal and external. was applied with.
out atfording The patient relief The hiccoughs
had continued up TO the time of DIR. Rice's de-
parture, period of nine weeks, aud death will
inevitably ensue. The doctors say the case is
without precedent.
j. N. Wright. sugar-planier from Homo
lulu, was one OF the passengers on the Alameda
yesterday He has resided in Hawaii for
twenty-slX years, and is thoroughly familiar
with the wants of the people and the require
ments of the country. He says the country has
never been III so prosperous condition. All
Government employees are now paid promptly
at the end OF each month iu good coin. while
in former years they were paid infrequentIy
ana in deprecated scrip. The question OF
labor. be thinks, is Que OF the greatest the
planters will have 20 contend with, but it is his
opinion that the presen tendency 10 cut I'D The
land into small holdings, whereby each laborer
may himself become a producer, Will in time
obliterate the danger of Strikes which, through
the limited supply of laborers, would now
prove so disastrous.
John Atkins, for many years past the guiding
spirit OF the Rocky Mountain News of Denver.
is at the Palace. His paper has long been the
leading Democratic organ of that section of the
country, and 1t created a gieat sensation last
year by casting Its lines with the fortunes of
the Populisis. Mr.. Arsins says the famous
Cripple Creek mining district will this year
produce an average of S50O,0oO a month in
gold; while Dave Moffat, The big banker and
miner. asserts the output will average
S1,o00,000 month. Two railroads are being
built into the district. an extension OF the Colo
rado Midland, which will be completed In
April. and private line from Florence on the
Denver aud Rio Grande.
J. NJ. Bentley, prominent attorney of Green
castle, Ind, who Is In the CITY, tells of curious