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BL TE 1t Ri ASitftjBLADEIVOLUME I NUMBER 4 LEXINGTON KY SATURDAY FEB fjARY 6 886 SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR p Cl wJr Lexington Correspondont Writes About Bqarcs The BLADE has received a copy of The Nitioiiul View published in Washington City contains an article written by Mi John Mc Murtry of this city on The mun ner of wearing the heard as an in dicattou of character The main point in the argument is to demon w4strate that the wearing of the mus tache alone is au unfavorable indi cation of character Muali has been said about the manner of wearing the hair and the beard in nil rgcs but I think moral importance attaches to noI other than that to which Lord terfield allude when he says of the dress that it should be such as not to attract attention The beard is worn in so many shapes now that it can hardly be allegedof any one style that it makes a man conspic uous In my early boyhood the wearingof beard was so uncommon that a certain man ot this vicinity who wore a beard was lookedup in as a curiosity and even he would oot have dured to wear a mustache necauso of the popular sentiment baainst it About the time the tran g ion to the fashion of beard wear ing was taking place I suggested to a gentleman afterward President of Kentucky University who was sufleriug from some bronchial trouble that he should tear beard He declined to do so on the ground that it would make him conspicu ous He afterwards told me thut the style of wearing beard was coming so general as to remove hid first objection and afterward wore bearduntilhis death There has always been an im mense dcgiHitiHin on the subject Tertulliun early Church hUtori t J an said that a man who cot off his beard lied to his own face and tried to improve upon a work that i his God had made perfect cud quo ted the Jewish ordinance against murrine the corners of the beard while the term barbariun was applied in contempt by Greek and Roman writers to thin rude nations that wore beards The Nazarilet a Jewish sect to which Sampson belongedwore their hair and heard long and jet St Paul says that nature teaches that it is a shame for u nnn to wear long hair George Washington wore his hair plaited down his hack but would have scorned the idea of wearing any kind of bead espe dullY a mustache while Mr Cluve land shingles his hair and wears u mustache alone Aa u question of taste and rrornls it is perfectly arbitrary while us a question of health and comfort men should wear their boards long in the win ter and cut them short with scis sors for summer As a question of neatness any u long mustache shouldcarefully use his napkin at table Reflections on Congressman Rankins Death t Representative Rankin lately died in Washington of a protracted illness which ftus known to hia physicians and himself fur a considerable time beforehand as neces sarily fatal His language in an ticipation of his death was so re markably cool and deliberate that those heard him thought he was joking though he earnestly declared that ho was not I do not know what his religious or philosopieul opinious may have been but it is highly probable thus a man in his position intellectually must have had some decided con jviotions regarding that must won lerful and interestingof all phe nomena death It is strange how little this most interesting question is dismissed in any secular journalism It may be said that as viewed from any secular standpoint it is shrouded in mystery and it is but investigation und tce interuhungo of thought have penetrated and elucidated many things before thought inscrutable and always with beneficial results mull can sue no good reason why men who tuku in pro ing into all kinds of IIhSlrIlsithHhUllhl stand silent in contemplation of IIuthII it they Hippitsel it cold lie robbed of its supposed horror by ignoring it I think it probable that this lied of thought is that which the phi1 luiithrnpistiniy cultivate with grouter yield of hum happimM thuu uuy other There is no doubt that the f Ill of death is oidinnrily an alloy of human happiness as it is contemplated remotely hilt does not seem to be realized by the most ut men when the event is evidently at handr111 mom entitle to their convictions upon this subject mid it is bid policy to discourage free exchange of sentiment about The most that any lUaU cm itI about it now with the light before us is that he honestly be lieves corlnin things about it and nobody hut a dogmatist will claim to know about it If it ho true that the human mind is indestructi ble nUll win survive tho dissolution of the body and that in some kind of an existence more similar than anything else that wo Know of to that which we experience in our dream jve r1II yrneetbayoml tho river trill know each other there it certainly is a thought as well worthy of the animadversions of secular journalism as the dreams of poets and artist about which nil delight to express their appreciation somethinghiidn and from some causa the press has been intimidated and muzzled Such a state of affairs is not wholesome and adherents to theory ot immortality damage their argu discouragofreIf the idea be not true no wise mon will say we are justified in deluding ourselves about it and if it be true quasi argument against it will just ns much establish its truth as that directly for it This was tho reasoning of Gamaliel andan astute teacher mathematics would congratulate himself upon the portunity to instruct his class if some bright boy should really be lieve and undertake to prove that the three angles of a triangle were NOT equivalent to two right angles If this be not true und the in vestigation can be conceived as demonstrating the philosophy of the French revolutionists that doth is an internal sleep I must confess that Isee nothing horrible in the idea Ifn man does not now legret that he did not live a thou whyheliving a thousand years in the future from now since there is no reason to suppose that the annihila tiof the future would be env more uncomfortable to him than that which he has already experienced in the past It to this it he answered that a future annihilation involves n sepa ration from friends andn sundering of cherished ties that were not volved in the past annihilation it is rejoined that just such a sundering- of all these relations occurs evcrv tine a man falls into u turofound- sleep for then certainly there is no appreciation of difference between friend and nle1111et sleep is a condition of existence which men court und prize just in proportion as in its deepness and intensity it approaches death Ic seems philosophical that in neither of those views of death is there anything to warrant its dread lint there is a third alleged condition of existence death and that is the one of everlasting ntise ry known ns hell Oi those who accept tho theory of the immortail ty the large majority profess to believe and arc reasonably suppos ed actually to believe tint the future existence in a state of happiness or in one of misery is contingent upon certain things in life over whieh some allege that all mOil have control while tethers allege that they have no control or but partial control Now either these things mo true or they are not true and aro propositions of more mo momentous import by a thousand fold than thin discussions of politics nud finance that fill tho columns nf our papers and it is not tho part of wiso men to wait tho advent of some Sam Jones sensationilist to toll aa about them I do not know about them rud dpsiro all possible light concerning them and think thut I but utter a soutimont that is common among mon and yet rarely oxpraSRil beenuso of some inifortunuto embargo that has been laid upon hoe speech iu thut lino To Htipposa that any man wants to deceive himself or be deceivoJ by others upon those points is to sup puso him the Vdriesifoolin the world since no uonvietin that ha may have about tln ui need at all retrain him in any course of conflict that he muy prefer to pursue If tlwro ba such a place IH hell it in of thus g lItflstI interest thittwH slumlil know it mill determine bow httt to hull it and nnd it the Hiunmit of ilIylu waste Unit Hint nuTjy upon untthgelse until tie urn 0 ruin hanu douo all cum tl to avoid it art dftttfa nnil if berg in n such plci or ninn Ueliovc there in tie uoh plies which irtfXiutly thonatun o fir their duty with rufuroutii to tho mutter id eon I J plainlyhiart and mind an it now is a burden which is morn tprritila then ull tho other ovils of life c iibincul The most a ifi Ft reflection upon those subjects ia vlinl ponie and the world wiil Lava made an advittic in thin right direction when just eo matters of foots and human interest they admitted into the scopo of secular journalism Stylus kindly Criticises the Blades View of Sam Jones To the Blade Publishing Co Bro Moore is inuiablo in temper so broad in sympathy andso pure iucnlturo that it is ono of the crosses of life to take the shady side of his sunny balmy but sometime romantic wisdom One Sam Jones M viowed by Lexington pooplo in tho last iesuu of tho BLOEGBASS I have BI few words to say That Mr Jones in n wide depart ure from the culture of Dr Bartlett the scholarship of ilolinrvoy and the clearness and pathos of Taylor preachers of Lexington is u sot tled point in mind I am willing to add TJri 2Joor b other named ministers anti sayagreed so fur yet Slim Jones litho book of sermon i thtt perhaps Br Mooro has not read divested as it is of tho rude coarseness sad unconsecrated mirth of his plaUorm efforts is ra diant at times and expressive ofIon inward cheerfulness of life and eoul Bro Moore and myself having studied Christian ethics under the grandest mister of tho nineteenth century I think we will agree on one more point It is this tblltit is not what eitbor of its tbiok of Sam Jones vital godliness that makes him an acceptable laborer in the vineyard but what fiod looking in to his heart knows of him Now for our point of disagree meat Thia point I put with tho profoundest respect mingled with regret Sam Jones speaks impromptu Bro Moore sits down arid writes de liberately The schoolmen havo ever pleaded for m rcy for the one but Lave acted as Censors of the other The one is coutroled by degree of emotion the other sots forth execu tive volition If therefore tho writer sitting cnltnlj ot his 4eek hen as uinfy slang phrases iuelejranciei proviacialimiia barbarisms and vulgariamH to the line in his executive volition aa the impromptu speaker in the degree of emotion then tho literary world says to the calm cavil r Peace be stillSam Jones ia evidently not a specialist in pa mwtic dogmatic or even didaotio theology but when ho comes to the little simple questions of what shall I do tl ba saved what shell it profit a man if ho gain the whole world and lose his own soul he talks very much like the Nester Brother Moore is riot afruid of spiritual wickedness in high or low pieces Praise the Lord for that much iu Lexington journalism Stick to that Brother Moor and if we take n few snaplo liberties ourselves wo will keep tbo other small fry oil of you while you wool social vices in aroaiocratic places cause they ere less excusable there than in the dens Milton is grander in his contempt for Ubsrlea Stuart and his court than iu Paradise lout or rngainocl Tho Bill Against Base Ball On Sunday Hon John W Oftilvio of the Kentucky Stile Senate has lutelj introdl1o d a billuj king it an offence against the C tauionwtalth to play base ball on SndyA- critisisiu of any state law is certainly within the province of secular jonroalihic aud can tot therefore be inconsistent in any paper that has specially announced that relig ious discussion in no part of its pur pose It seems tu me that a law of this nature is moro nearly allied in spirit to tho 81n Laws of Connect cut than the general legislature of thus durolho right to prohibit base ball on Sunday implied they right sim flatly to prohibit town ballor corner ball their prohibition iu turn implying the light to prohibit marbles and kito living on Sunday and so on by tho most logical s quouce until any playing ou Sunday can be made au offence against the Com monwealth Musical porformaucen have always been classed as playing aud playing on the violiu piano hand organ or church organ would imift naturally coma under tho pro visions of much a statute and be tub jct to tine Any principle in law or ethics which in boaud ab inilio can never laude to unffw iu its most remote logical ramification by trio logical priiiijiplj known us ro dnciio ub absurd tin which we have just loan can bo srniaa to Senator Otfivfss bill with unsgnigrtmoaltd The commuu lax recognizes that mOil xidu of nay social or lega- lortsuiztioa pcoM s Home rixbte wbiuu ihoy hay biinxwier inorIer to 0tjoy tho b MaU u civil guv imni Man ia u ntu of uatnrd rnipnMiuued to Imvo right to boasts of tho held and the fruits h- tJ the earth jnst as ho cnn acquire hem In civil government his rights to these are limited by tho rights other men in them also The onfy naturalrights therefore which anyn forfeits as a necossasy componrmiqh 9conflictmen may not steal bpcnnse such stot ing implies n corresponding dumrga to the rights of some other man au the same is true of all acts that are justly prolribitpd by the civil lava But a man under any just legislation can play any gnmo upon any day that dora not conflict with the rights of any citizen Matters which sri conscioncodocivil law and the min who appeals cbnformsnirttoffftyraunythntshould legislative body legit1imafelyand the state justly and properly pro tects churches and other inBlitntjft8 that prupu o to use this influence against any posaiblo violence of such as may propose to interfer with ttM39 rights This I think id a fair hbstrieb of the argument from a secular atafed point thereisSenators hill to bo found in thapiiri ciples of the Christian religion eyen should we grant that it is righ1HoI enforce religion by law Regarding the observance ofaSabbath as a Christian institution pngfllctSme that Christian people aro pur prisingly unfamiliar and which is explained by tho fact that there is such unanimity of sentiment about uponthediscussed It is a significant fact that in the New Testament which claims to thoroughly furnish requisite in formation regarding the duties of Christians there is not a single line from Jesna or any New TestamnLt writer that enjoins the observance any Sabbath Jewishor Christian or tinylabor thatsets apart any day upon which nv any other Vitr Xf JLA au suppono that so prominent a religious ordinance as it now is was an ordi naneo of the religion taught by Jtfsur and his immediate followers sari purposelyings was nevertheless tacitly understood among tbem an a religious or dinance thou it becomes equally as strange that in a book which is supposed to rebuke all the varieties of sinrleiustancthe violation of the Sabbath Jesus is represented as having in stituted a ceremony which consisted in eating and drinking wine nnd which was instituted in memory if him or to perpetuate his mem cry His disciples are represented as having subsequtntly abservod tho uponthestatement is tho only allusion in the New Tustiment to any fact thas char acterizod that diy That they ab stained from any play ou labor on thut dt thut they would not have- indulged in upon any other day pear to be an assumption purely grntnitousIIt is a significant fact that the Jews continually charged him WIth disregarding tho Sabbath while they never clitirgo him with the violation of any other precept in the decalogue aud that in replies to them he never assarted his purpose to observe it but mid instead the Sabbath made for man and nut man for jsII Sabbath that his religion was now wine in now bottles and not a now patch upon and old garment that his religion couioth not with observation that the kingdom of of heaven was within you und thatI its ordinances woro not such as followers should appear unto men tu do but were to be douo in secret not letting the loft hand know what the right hand didIWhou wen woro take pains to wash their faces und ntmoiut their heads or comb and brush them as wo would say at this ordinarilydidwould not be remarked All such secretiveness and heart privacy as thin wore perfectly inconsistent with that public demonstration which nucesiHrily accompanied tho obftOrv unco of the On one SubbuthIsented of him do that I may inherit eternal life uud Jesus repantato him the moral uruceptd of the decalogue end all thrum of the evnugtlidis that allude it rcprodisut hint having omitta tbo ordinance nnjuiniug tho observance of the S ibbittb Ia the right of nil these facts nun any kitd of a Sabbath bo a Christian iuatitutiou aud viewed from any standpoint secular or ecclesiastic can t H Senator Og ilvie make a law in 1enI tuckey that would punish a boy that studies or labors it some eodeutary pursuit through IbA wpek because ho goes rU the Mulannd plays baseball on lay TypeiI did iiou t a my own per of Inelivitli in il I had go ten to my homo in the country Yon would not suppose an Editor readinghistin it is Dews to him In tho tran siti f bis centimpn from pencil to liters ink the types sometimes aeionallyIat bwhen really to him it ia an aitnnte fonn IIi tJglfor whose com ntr into the world be is no more responsible than the veriest Joseph that ever lived An instance under each of these bBfiBoceHrrod in my paper last week and they bvo mnrtifid me The ifem alluded to aro accidental havingtuittnnt for a kindness by some ono in ha laeehttuical department of the papir Ju one instance n prominent busi ness firm in this city has given to the paper for an adveri binant local notice which says we must have our money and states that arconnts against persons who own and do not pay will be put into tho hands of a lector etc all of which was entirely correct for the firm for whom the advertisement wits intended but the name of the advertising firm has by accident been put below another paragraph and the BLADe itself is marie to appear as proposing to colt loct money by civil proces when the fact is that the fledgling lies not yet gotten tho pin feathers off ofI it end could certainly not have hadm anything duo it long enough to tify the meet modest hint in that conI nection if indeed it be granted that Inch a hint from a newspaper in itsC own behalf can over be exactly commc il fact- Anotber item says The readers of the will find ant they ureI gutting the worth of their money on receiving this iesne Twill send you tho paper for one year for Before I would writo that para inph in my paper I would take the BLAnc and hang it up on one limb of tree and then hang myself on other limb In the hurry of ranking up thoI forms aue one has just set npt those fu tines in order to make a column ionio out even at tho bottom o justify it in printers parlance lie uss toy Cyclopean big Ius site Frankfort Yeoman culls it and the printer or foreman who did it doubtless did it meaning sill kindness and it would be all right perbaps if this were understood but is wrfched taste as coming from a pro viator or the editor of a paper 1 little accident however has bee good thing for It elov u the whole journalisticI fral its iu my estimation by show fagat for years I have beanllabs under a delusion that dan to them I have frequently read in papers ntiIR of their great circulation and the enthusiasm with which tbosIpapers were being received world at large nnd the great anllt increasing and clamoring for that paper that made it IppellrI that there was danger of a if violence to the editor and damageI b ilia printing rstablMiment with vary resource called into ro iniriitiar he could not print papers fu t enough and in sufficient numbers to satisfy tho popular demand I had always until this littlo incident iu my own experience thought thesoi things were written by the editors themselves and have wondered how in the same paper those editors could predicate cheek ns anything peculiar to n book event or government mule Bat since Isee that these lomarlB are merely put iu by printers to fill out columns that would other wise be too short tho explanation is gratifyingly satisfactory and an un pleasant little imputation been removed from the otherwise fair re cord of journalistic crayon drivers The Lebanon Standard and Times sake that all the people of the state shall publish that the Executive Committee of the International Editorial Association of America nova fixed the place of the next mat at Cincinnati on Feb 23 24 and 25 1596and adds It is propood at tho close of the mooting to an excursion to Washington City profI iropooe to give my editorial rails Hd peas au airing on that occasion iid I um going to introduce a reso intiou that shall express tbo earnest td universal protest of Kentucky editors egniust habit among foremen auil p stream in printing offices of lining up tUo ntherwibo unoccupied fjlh iu newspapers by putting in pufiiut their papers so as to leave III Itho impression that they are by their oditore and tuna lay madeI employers liable to critieNm ra ing in modesty To supply wand of the foreman Iwill recommend that a largo collection stereotyped patent rue icinoBdvertisemnt Shall be kept constantly on hand with a collection of short and pithy obitu aries that seem so naturally and ap propriately to accompany patent medicine advertisements Stuck on Oratory Ever since a Chamber of Com merce reporter complimontod my speech on fences I have indulged iu dreams of fame in the line of orutory I propose to go to the meeting of the International Editorial Association at Cincinnati on February 23 24and 25 and to that body make some tempuranepueremarks which Ishull- wortbnfrom now until hen53 I am going to take that Chamber of Commerce reporter along with me en my editorial pass pay for his so journ nCincinnati hash factory with ad unit require that he shall state that Cincinnati has never hoard anything like my remarks since Col Ingersoll nominated Mr Blaine At that meeting it is devoutly to be hoped that sonic simple plans for journalismwillal things which are thoroughly feasible upon which action might taken and which could be put into practice with results most salutary to the public and dignifying and nnnobling to the editorial fraternity Regarding the mere reading ofa newspaper the man who takes it for that purpose does not care if ho is the only subscriber in the worll thatI its editor has But to the person in search of an advertising medium the circulation of a newspaper is a matter business and one under which itors now have large opportunity im munity and impunity for getting money under false pretenses A bus ess man in search of information which he is justly entitled might just as well ask a lawyer or physi cian if ho understands his profession or ask a clergymen if ho preaches for the glory of God or for a salary as to ask an editor what his circula tion riy Association should recommend that stato statutes require the editors or papers quarterly or semiannually to state under oath to the clerks of their respective counties the average circulation of their papers for the past three or six months as the case may be just 88j banks are required to mako reports their condition This Association shonld also recommend to states the enactment of statutes that would require editors to give such bonds as would restrain them from such inaccurate publications as are liable to damage inno cent parties as for instance the ro cent publication by the Louisville Times that Stato Geologist Proctor hud skipped with all the State funds in his posseaion A law whether statutory or con ventional merely I know notwhichc Association should repudiate as unjust and ex parte is that which periodically and chronically pub lished by the rural editor whichrequires that a man shall be required to pay for a paper which ho may take out of the office and which is sent to him without his or or consent The enactment of good laws en these subjects would tend to elevate the worthy and depress unworthy publications and should therefore advocated by all papers thlttI claim to be high toned Concerning Judgo Richard Reid Tho BLADE published last week a defence of the nonresistant conduct of Judgo Reid us suggested by nuI imputation of the Louisville TimesI and it is a coincidence of interest toI its editor that before a copy of the paper could have reached the home of Mrs Reid ho is in receipt of the following letter and printed extract the former of which he presumes upon her recognized intimacy with her martyred husband to publish MT STERLING KY Jau 2080 Mr MooREIencloseJon the price of subscription to your paper which is very small I feel it is notI worthy of your paper I take also from the Courier Journal of yester day a notice copied from the Christian Standard of the life of your friend that I know will affjrd yon pleasure to copy into your paper iu good type And when the hook comes out I hope you will not find it un worthy of your own contribution therein and that you will fool I have used it so as to honor both yourself and Judge Reid It will be ono of my highest gratifications if the book proves a success that Judge Raids friends are immortalized along with him aud if I am to credit all that is said of tho book it is to ben success hope soon to havo out a circular noticeIf on will ask somo of our minis ters at Lexington they will givo you two other Standards contuiuing no tices ono of this week January 30 and ono of about tho first of Decem I believe Tho three notices aro Iber ant11 logically follow each other ihaH bo trulyyoursELmzalEru The Courier Journal of Jan 27 under the howl Lifo of Judge Rich ard Reid says We copy from the Christian Standard tho following Judgollichardis now in course of publication and willsoon be issued The farther we progress on this truly remarkable biography the more fascinated wo become with the wonder ful richness of the materials and tho elevation of character in the man It is not the product of a single mind went on the partial Exhibition of a personal hero but a cloud of testimony rising from as many sources as tbo mists and apparently us spontaneously Yet while emanating frqm so minda widely seperatedin fnala7ary noh ttnanimity pf sentiment nnd attestation that 8chfnow voice merely tho volume without the introduction ofB single discordant note Almost every page introduces somo nv w witness who in his individual way illustrates some point in life or character but in harmony with who have gone before him It is more charming than aro rauncp in its Teulhof experience and vicissitudes of happiness and fcffction A wonderful likeness to tho lamented GArfield both in the malignityinand goodness und rich personal gift grows on us us his lifo unfold from the senitive suffering child to the greathearted man and martyr It is ono of the great good fortunes of my life to have known Judge Reid with an intimacy hardly less than that of a brother We were room mutes in our early careers of life soon after ho had set out upon the career at tho bar which gained him sucheminent and glorious distinction Ho was emit enly open arid confiding in his nature and such ques tions of moral and ie isjious philos ophy as were involved and practically demonstrated in the manner of his death as in the death of no man known to the annals of Kentucky were thoroughly understood by me us being part and parcel of his life based upon convictions of that had b rosouTedYue blows so unjustly inilictea upon him it would have astonished me even more than it has astonished others that he didnot He was a man of immense think ing capacity and of continued forethought and so great was his aspiration to live a lifo grand and glorious in the highest import of those words that it is impossible that the treatment which caused his deathcould have been a contingency ont which ho had never thought and under which his long predetermined course had not been plainly and unwaveringly markedout I regard the death of my friend Judge Reid ns an instance of heroic submission to the dictates of conscience that has rarely if ever had its counterpart iu tho history ref this- ountry In his wholo lifo he was a mighty mm of valor but like Ma noahs sou was stronger in his death than in his life Whoa tho world gets wiser men like these Not like CESAR stained with blood but only great ns they are goodwill bo those to whose memory nations and states will build monuments No meaningless marble shuftIno storied urn nor animated bust chiseled and piled by the hands of hio countrymen could fitly mark his resting place no column so high ns to catch tho first rays of the orient sun and hold them when they had left all giBe to follow to his sitting could harmonize with the grand but lowly life of that man but if tho state of Kentucky wants to honor her self by honoring him she can perpetuate tho moral of his lifo by building at the town where ho fell or where be presided at the buror in this cit memorial building which shall be baptized with his name and consecrated to some lilting and deserving charity Tine nine Win sync III Danger LOUISVILLE Feb tThe steamer Ohio started down over the falls this afternoon fur New Orleans when she was caught by tho heavy wind and ico and driven into tho shoro against tho little Bluo Wing There wits much excitement among tho passengers but as the damage was not great tho Ohio proceeded on her trip A CoHtly Fire Fob 4The residence of Jno D Caton on North Bluff at Ottawa Ills caught fire lust night and was burned to the ground In it was a complete library of Audu bons works which ho valued at 1500 Loss 40000 insurance 59000 Fifty and Twentylour The case against Ym Lister po liceman charged with assaulting Frank Slay at the polls in tho F rst Ward in the Legislative primary was tried yesterday in Circuit Court Lister was fined fifty dollars and given twentyfour hours in jail BLUEGRASS BkE roBLtsuEn THE DUDE PUBLISHING COMPANY OFFICE 2511 SHORT SPRBBC LEXINGTON KENTUCKY SATURDAY FEBRUARY 61SS6c kc CHARTER AMENDMENTS Vlint ji ntiHluvHs lInn Who Knows Whereof Ho Hpcalci Has to Sny ED TnASscnIPTThe objects set forth in the resolutions passed by the Qhimber of Commerce as re gards tje City Charter would seem to commend themselves to all good and lawabiding citizens The changes in the Charter do not in crease the burdens of taxation one dollar per year In fact it may be safely predicted it will lessen the penditures of the city It does not propose to interfere with tho ambition of any of the gentlemen now candidates who are willing to sacrifice their own time and energy for the good of the city It has bee binted that perhaps these selfsacri ficing individuals may by an amendment to the Charter bo asked t cumpensationtbereby magnanimou3Why the Council should kicksat being released of the very disa policea Police Board having the reIt t reasons only and just here we will sugggest tbat it would not be a bud move to give this same board super vision over the employes of the Fire Department it is claimed and with a good deal of justice that our police would be a very efficient body under a Polico Board Onr Fire Department is an efficient body and have done good work but we think the same good results would follow were they placed under the Police Board as will re sult to the police force Two Boards of Council are desir oaa for reasons it will effoctu w ally prevent hasty legislation which in many instances does not accom goodIttempted prevent an undue exercise of influence of tho Mayor as he would not be the presiding officer of either body Now is the time our city needs all the wise legislation she can get as we aro growing and progressing as she has not done for years We want the wisest and best citizens in the Councilmen with broad views and economical in the expenditure of the revenues of the city Tho revenue of the city is arge and judiciously and economically handled it is susceptible of ing the city a vast amount of good and wl en so used and the citizens seethe good effects there will be a cheerful acquiesence in it but if not soused there will be and justly so long and loud complaints BUSINESS MAN A Plcu bra Vt tern u a The Nashville American is re quested to give place to the following letter KT Jan 25 1886 KySirYou f the National Association of Mexican Veterans an organization that has done Uiitch good work for the sur viving soldiers who fought in the war with Mexico Through you I wish to make to it the following true statement Jas It Collins member regimenincountyOblOand absolutely penniless He is a Kentuckian and for him 1 earnestly appeal to that military order of which you are a representative officer to LyviDhimin sight of which ho is eking out a miserable existenceYour comrade BEN F EOAN A conspicuous instance of adver rising on a grand scale is the price recently paid in Boston for a single paper2OOOHR action The good judgment of N Niles in such matters ia recognized not only in Boston but also in New York London and Paris We under stand that in the instance of which we speak the results justified the expenditureWilitlig to Work A paragraph crept into the TnAs- cnlrT a few days ago in which was st ted that tho Odd Fellows had great difficulty to get men to work in cleaning up the debris of the old Opera House The gentlemen who bird tho cleaning in hand say that this WIB an error as they found plenty of risen willing to work and in fact trequonions 4 s r perience is that theta are about u dozen men on hand and ready to any kind of work that is need doI where there is only work for When we have coal thrown off at the office the applications to have the job of putting it in are so numerous as to be annoying We employ about twentyfive people in and about the TBAXSCIPT office including carrier and if there is a rumor that some one to quit there are numerous appli for the place The workingmen of Lexington aro anxious to work at anything they can lay their hands lyisWOODARD HARBISONS SALE Sonic of the Top Prices Rcnllzcd Ycrtteruny Woodard Harbisons great sale of fine horses commenced yesterday morning at 10 oclock and will tinue five days A large crowd of buyers are in attendance from all over the country and the hotels are all crowded Col Edmonson and Col Jack Stuart are crying the sales equestrianto the inclemency of the weather the sales were transferred from the street to the inside of Treacy Wilsons stable Following is a list of the principal prices obtained yesterday Harkaway b s 4 y o by Indian apolis dam Abdallah Belle W J Nogle Altoona Pa 525 Stratford be 3 y o by Strathmoro data Young Winnie by Woodford Mam brino John Splat Cleveland Ohio S030 Boston Wilkes b s 4 y o by George Wilkes dam Jennie Ander son by American Clay George Smith Shelbyville Ky 2000 Dispatch LucillenAlex Hill Owensboro Ky ii Flaco br s 0 y o by Trolau dam MemphisoMissouri Monroe Wilkes o by Red Wilkes dam by yMonroe Chief Jud Evans Indiana S610 Clara It b f 4 y b by Strath more dam Mattie Norman Alex Hill Owensboro Ky 025 Dia mond King ch s 7 y o by Mart TeCENTRAL MILLS JERSEY FLOUR I have been proprietor of two flour mills I have devoted considerable attention to physiology and hygi en and think I can speak intelligently about flour meral1crushedwhat we now call unbolted flour had not been originally the best for of it it would have become so before this because the human system has be come adapted to it in that form from long use Two women wen grinding at the the mill and makin unbolted flour for themselves for thousands of years before cratic primaries Bimprove The now proc onr but prr bxbl appearance of the of its food gnat did it at the expen ebest part of ehipflour getCatas lean as Pharaohs d fashioned d dont opt some of the ol mill in the millstone boar Every process city has adopted the new which N cept tho Central Mills ofietor probyprocesslortains 72 per cent of starch 7 of ten 5 of sugar 3of gum and 12 wnter The new process retai but little more the fl the starch I is not only the privilege of ever lady at her moral duty to be as pretty as she can be and t gluten for her hair and fingernails and the sugar in Central Mills lot will make her as sweet as pie and the gum in that kind of flour will double discount Colgaus Toln Its bad enough to have to gum it you are old andj lost have your toot young ladies Dont do it while you are young Mr Gribbs flour is called the Jersey brand because of its rich ass and fattening qualities f Coal Gaunt Fifty Cents the Journal The Chesapeake Gas Company o Baltimore has reduced the price o its coal gas to fifty cents per 10J feet which leads the New Yw Journal of Commerce into a retro spection at home The New Yor gas companies a few years ago re duced the price of gas to large surners to seventy cents which rat being operatedconsiderable d made dividends to the stockholders This suggests the inference that while fifty cents in a war rate in Baltimore yet the Chesapeake Com pany apparently selected that partic entailingheavyin the meanwhile pay all the expenses of its own campaign The Louis pasbehavre served wit gas at not more than 50which also means not less than 150 Trying to liildge the Cliasui Feb 2The confer ence committee that was appointed to settle the differences between the factions of tho Ohio Senate will Senutite more especially to the manner in which the investigation of the Hamilton county contest cases shall bo conducted and will provide that any legal points which may arise dtir ing the contest and on which the committee cannot agree shall beje tarred to Judge Thurman and It A Harrison of this city for a dgoieion MORTALLYrOUNDED ExPoliceman Mike Shot by John Walsh the Groceryman ODRMLEY EXONERATES HIS SLAYER A bloody tragedy occurred about S oclock last night nt the grocery of John Walsh on West Main street near the Ice Factory in which Mike 3ormloy expoliceman was mortal wounded by Walsh As soon as shooting occurred Mr Dick Gar pbsicianwas leaving the postoffice Mr Garland came by He spoke to officers Donnellon Bundy and Henry who were at the postoffico corset and Tlroyharriedporter Walsh was in his grocery and the officers took him in charge and convoyed him to the station Louse They also secured his pis mioglll11Tbewee Qorroley who lived over iValsus grocery The wcuuded wan was lying a bed and Drs Patterson and Brown were examining tLc wound which was about an inch iu the left of the navel the ball passing through the bowels but not com lug out the boot The wounddt nittr grllIldealthe reporter and others by his lIed I said Dont blame that man hi was not to blame A number of people called to see the wounded nan but it was found necessary to exclude thorn to prevent annoyances father Brossart came to son iho buf erer and they were alone together few moments In a shun time Jormley spoke again to those about him and said Boys I want you to clear that man he is not to blauio there is no one to blnme but thu wife mine Mr AVm Corrals lather of Nike hearing of his son wounding came into the room uric II was greatly excited The opinion o tile physicians was that the wount was probably mortal After Walsh was lodged in the eta ionhonae he was interviewed by reporter and gave the following account of the affair My name is John Walsh Iam fiftj years of age I came to Lexington three years ago from Cincinnati I Totfagomnever a m life until today About 3 oclock 1 locked up and went down town U transact some business oclockg mmgrocery me ant said Come over here I want tall to you I walked up to him and hi said Who have you got in there f NopCetrevoyt beating me over tho head with The first lick my hat fell off H trioru my arm theon me Youdm eon of a bb 1 am a no flan to shoot yon A policeman we Lorainumy ran we were GurnFw go n r stairs and behave himself The cfli cer then went uv startbe6 vi shrr h grocery to look at some grocerits wagmWhile lbbgrocery re JadgRoyaltysrant against Gormley for asHftilt and battery Officers Lister OBrie n and Hall served the warrant on Gormley who cawe down tow about oclock and gave bail in bo mm of 50 Mr Elkin going on the arrivefd oks passed up tho steps cursednn klu a bhort time he carne in the door and called for something 1 think rathereyonsan said I have a notion t pointeubis lyinggpointed his revolver at me again pad ihreated to kill me I called Mi Bennett He toldmP wetI dil so and ho blazed away I himhHe then ran out tho door and in short time a negro put his head in the door and told mo to come out as a man was shot out there I told him I would not do and for him to call a policeman Attar being shot Gormloy ran across the street toward Garland grocery and fell just after crossin the street railway He was picket up and carried back to his home the exact nature of the trouble bw iweei him and his wire in nc known though theta are various ru mors It is said buy bawd separnlpit several owes the last time about two weeks ago It ia supposed by lama uf his friends that his recent dis comingI ellSIw moments would not taro done He was our of the bravest cfticern ever ou thf arcs and did not know what fear was No kiudi heart ever beat iu it human breast jad he was a loyal Jevoed friend The testimony of 111 was that ho provided bountifully or his family He has no children At 1 oclock tiis morning Gnrrnlov quiet but very weak apparently sinking fast One of the physicians said ho would probably not liv beWoher grief whih his aged mother stood watching him and weeping rouminghethe effect of opiates no chance foi tiis recovery CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS Causcn n 1ntrl Accident on tli ClicsapcnUc way mid Ohio Itttttt Feb 2A discs cons collision occurred on tho Cues peako and Ohio railroad hors at one oclock this morning The night press ran into the freight train on jidiog and completely wrecked bulb og5nes Fireman GittngV ofI Richmond was killed G W linger master macbinest of Rich mood had his right unto and badly broken and a bad scalp IpgI ZiLowrj of RicLmand cad his throat cut and arm ildedIhis condition is dangerous Charles Smails of Staunton engineer of the freight train had his buck badly sprained and bruised The only passenger hurt was Dr Laflerty of Kjchmond but not seriously The accident was caused by criminal negligence The brakeman was aroused by the passing freight changed the switch just as trAinI express came in sight Tho dashed on to the siding and gines wore tooled RacketI enI vilIlagwas agoOatesPavey swore vengeance upon Oates matjtel ironwt pew 8 tip andremarked that he had come to settle the matter unJat the cam e time striking OateR The latter es rayed to defend himself and Pavey Oateswo weapon a very serious wound The congre- QlIaI6G fled in wild disorder jolt WIISIlrampled Headless St nil Mystery NASHVILLE Feb 2The lrea flee s man mystery was solved today by pariirtquent to the discovery of the her d in Ben Browns yard and the coin plete identification of the remains as those of Frank Arnold three other persons implicated were arrested aud- jailed Ben Brown has not yet been caught ID GoodJ NEW Feb 2The exports of domestic coton for tLo past wee a has been 495o packages aud since January 21iOQ packages against 13103 packages for same time year and 948J packages for 1881 Tho tone of thu market shows a ten dency of burdening for all sUles of staple cottons while in all clepnrt ments a good trade is in movement on account of Spring wants Ainiiillliic n liase N J Feb 2 Chancel opiuioninCentral and Philadelphia and tend ing R II Companies in wbicu lie declares that the lease made by the former to the latter company is null and void The Chancellor has or deredalltho property of the Can tral road to be transferred back to tbat corporation r SENAfJ PROCEEDINGS Winchester Has Her Charter Amended The RigHs of Persons Crim ill lly Accused FnANKronr Ftb 2Leave was granted to bring in tho following bills A bill to repeal Chap 1335 of the Sehli m Act 188384 being nn act to provide for and regulate the ventilation of coal mines in this State and fIr the helter protection- of miners Courts of Justice- A bill to prohibit the working of convicts in toe cope minIs of this Commonwealth Courts of Justice ProposiinnsSG b1 to amen the chalerof ilie city of Winchester Passed An net aniPrdbiC 234of the Criminal C de of Piactioo relating n rights of person uriuiinnly accused lo testify ia their own behalf was liken up- Mr Gilb rt oflw i to amend by requiring tle acctisn o testify be fore any oMior wit le are exam iued iu benAlfof tau accused moved to amend by striking oru is toes live and six of Sec 1 pen l or criminal cause and proseclllionfly Tho bill as amended was put upon is phsssgp awl the ayes and noes demanded Passed Ayes 10 noes The Sem la then adjourned ME OLABENDON YOUNG Suicides By Shooting Him s 31f With a Shotgun IAnother horrihlo nffair occurred Tuesday itDruiuj at 4 oclock Mr Clarendon You up uilliug himself with a clr gun Young was a firmer in grad ciicpnutances aged about vyears and Las n wife and four or five children His home is about 3 mles from Lexington on Mondayhespirits uufwrile here went to rpp1evinbondhome iu the afternoon and retired spiritsAtwifo nays ho arose as usual andwent i ito another room where theta was a 6b t sun loaded with bird shot In a short time she heard the gun fire and going into the room nearlydeadin tbo Inidilo of the breast and the trigger na t taro teen pulled by his foot No muse is known for the deed but temporary insanity is sur mised Hwas a son of Mr Matt Young deceased who left all hit children in good circumstances when he died FISTQ rtClTINC R e lJ ai r1 n g repairPlUlJ08 SIR GIURGE VCO ItSTM A hassiuilois men of many of our best musicians 1 IISIC8Si reference naantBedMilward Go1825 ehtntuited JSZ ilaios rut sale or Rant IVrtoa Ei r SOjauSruo C3O TO- J t H e WElt SON I III 11111 Sl FftN1TUCEYOf the Intcst dessrnp and in all the popular Woods JaHn VEIL SON FinieiM1 Directors uuil dJ T SIFruits J Oytcr s G m n i s Etc Etc A1 Wholesale and Retailc S SELL JR 2TO S WJi- nSOtf MAIN ST =Received Spring Stales Of james Means 3 Shoe For Yens wear and James Means S2 Shoe tor Brya They wit wee longer without ripping and teams coming ooao uuu uuy other shoe for the rame price One trial will make you buy them ways OVERCOATSAnl B oa at nny reasonable jiffr you tcako Y 3ARG1IN STORE AD VI4 a j BASSEfT SONS t BOOTS AND SHOESBuckle Arctics Gum Bouts Ladies Hi hButton Aiclics A large stock of all kinds of Gum Goods cheap All Winter JBOc 1s and ShoesReduced in price ComA and see us t20 EAST 3IAISJ I t Ju John C Berryman DEALER IN Slade all FaD J GIoCBIlEr KYhubSHELBY KNKEAO Wholesale end Retail Dealer in Allihracite ann Billifflillous Cet l Sole Agent for the Glen Nary Coal And Coke VtooV IW rLi ALi a fi li SH iisB OF Appleton Lancaster Duff o INow ready with a large stock of SHEETINGS PILLOW CASINGS TABLE DAMASKS AND WHITE sewingiBLANKETS COMFORTS HOSIERY and LADIES MUS LIN UNDERWEAR The remainder of their Cloaks at about halfprice iAPPLETN LANCASTE f ill 1 1 Watkins Spencer Emmal Spencer BOOTS AND SHOES 11ill o daysSign 1YiIGlioI I3 liiionvnis MeCANM HIGGINS CHINA GLASS QUEENSW ARE ETC ETC CORNER MAIN AND MILL STREETS LEXINGTON xy DaysImolEQg r s har oy Has a full supply of all kinds o- fHOMEOPATHIGMEDIGINE fortBRONCHIAL SYRUP For Coughs and Oronp Spcial SplciaHllutJdy TOILET ARTICLES Of all kinds Prescrij tion filled promptly at living piiceal NO 23 SHOUT STRICT 1Opposite Courthouse tf BUY YOUR IatF M WRViWUJ IlolO rib HASI SIAM tilIttEt Prompt Delivery Pu Weights Guaranteed tUOi n t I CONGRESS- Woman Suffrage Comes Up In the Senate Eulogizing the Late Vice President HendricksI RUSY RIDDLEBERGERS RESOLUTION Fob 2A joint resolution was favorably reported by Blair from thii Coiumilfooou Women Suffrage providing for a coriHti n tional amend luitir extending to the rights of suffrage to women Cookrell stated that this roppvi + was not tbe uuiiulmotiH judgment t the Committee aadthat the miiiori r ty reserved the right to present the submitted the snbsti tule already referred to by bin ndtake tbo place of Mr lliiUlobtrg resolution nod nsked that it bo pro senled and lie over till to Morrow This was agreed to Time nest bill on the caoodnri was n bill to permit the United States Consul at Warsaw flu sin to accept certain decorations tender him by tbo Knssian TherConsul is n Russian subject nod nut an American citizen Mr Riddlebrrger offered following Resolved That it is a Rouse of Senate tbat the E eulivH of the United States is not retrioed by Constutionul law in removing or iug appointees and hut the llroasonsmovals or suspensions that it is the UUIpaperpersons names are to the Senate for confirmation or rejection nod it is the duty of the Executive to comply with all deI mands for the same He asked resolnItionover as a debate forI Mr Edmunds Mr Ingalls Mr Logan opposed bill and Mr Morgan spoke in its fuvor The Electoral Count bill then came up and Mr Evarts took the floor He submitted an arneudnnct that it should be theduty of Executive- of each State as soon as practicable after the final ascertainment of appointment of the election and suchI State to communicate under seal of tile State to the Secretary State of tho United States n car tiiicato showing the resut of such ascertainment setting forth the name of tho electors and other par ticulars and to deliver to the electors of such State u similar certificate inI triplicate such certificates to transmitted by the electors with the result of their own actions Mr Edmunds opposed the motion to recommit but it struck him that Mr Evarts 8u amNndmenthwhich embodied an extremely valua ble idea It could be discussed in the Senate however as wall as in convention After further deb Uo a motion to recommit was brought to a vote and resulted yeas 80 nays 22 the affirmative vote being about equally divided between the Republicans and Domocrats All the pro posed amendments went with the bill The Dakota bill was then placed before the Senate and Mr Logan obtained the floor but gave way for an Executive session after which the Senate adjourned notr Immndiatoly after tho nailing of journal Holman of Indiana offered a resolution that tho business of tho House be suspended in order that tho eminent sorvics and private virtues of the late Vice President Hendricks might be appropriately commemorated Vm D Byuum of Indian who represents tho District which for merly returned Mr HendrioKH to the House of Representatives was tIll first speaker in the eulogies which of Kentucky re viewed Mr Hen ri3kIi life iw illus trative of the posnibilititH of American citizen whether be w is viewed as n legislator commissioner of the General Laud OlUc rep reseutulivo in Congress us Governor of Indiana as a Senator or as Vice President of the United States there would be soen the impress his spleudi mind the luxtm of Ins unfaltering pttriutim noel nob1 manhood Mr Long of Massachu setts Mr Hewitt of NtH York Mr Tbrockmorton of 1xiR Mr Dingleyof Mine Mr Browne of Indiana Mr Randall of Pennsylvania Mr Spriug of Iliiuos Mr Qeddea of Ohio and Mr Liowry Kleiner and Holman of Indiana also delivered oulogifs after which resolutions were adopted and then the House adjourned A ICillny lit ICKII County It was ftporltlcl in this city lust night that a killing had taken plate in Leslie county Prom what could- be gathered about the affair it seam that bad blood lied existed for time between George Robinson and Andy March The latter wont to whero Robinson was at work and renewed tho quarrel during which ho attempted to draw n pistol b n Robinson IIgut fie drop on him Andy Marsh died with his boots on No shadow Mr Groundhog i LOVE IN A LIFT z Bond street was hopelessly blocked It was just such a corn that may witnessed any fine day between April and July but to ono tall dark sunburned man whose right carriage betrayed his profession the wholo phantasmagoria of fair women perfectly wollgotup men equally wellgotup rcpletoIto tho KUuslnlnn mysteries of shopping Just as ho was crossing the threshold of the Bayonet club be was hailed by a wcllro beret voice BourcbierJ By all that ii wonderful Why I thought you were far away at Bangalore Tho speaker was a fair freshcolored man a little over of tho familiar type of the man about ton welldressed spruce and with the air of ono who is on good terms with himself anti all the world Como and have a cigar and a chat Why it must ho ton years since you loft England It is I shall bo a sort of modern Rip Vat Winkle Nonsense marl Wo forget our friends quits so soon oven in London re tortel the other leading tho way into tho euiolclngroom Now for your news Huntloy said Bour chler ns he settled himself in an easy chair and lighted a cigar Who has been born who has married who has died since I saw you last Let mo think It is a difficult thing to arrange ones Ida when one is bidden to stand and dclivoi like that in spite of this protest Huntley during the next half hour contrived to retail a fair amount of gossip You remember Rosalie BrydenJ1 ho said suddenly Pretty girlbrown eyes com plosion roses and cream and that sort of thing By tho bye Bourchler wasnt she an old flamo of your vengeaitcelaugh as pulled viciously at his mus taelso But what of her Sho married some rich city man didnt she Yes Josiah Ormskirk Fellow who mado his money on the stock exchange Died a couple of years ago and left his wife a rich widow Awfully good thing for her for I belt a ho rather lot her a life of it for some time before his death Hadnt you heart ot itr No he must havo died during my nb fence at a remote place up in the hills where I hardly ever saw a newspaper How did you manage to exist Well Mrs Ormskirk is beginning to go out Into society again I saw her In the park only yesterday amt by Jovo she looked quite as tonIester and he added bitterly and she took her charms to the best market as most women old fellow dont bo cynical said Huntloy have another cigar and lot us talk about something else But the mention of his old loves name BourchlersappoIlooked at his witch Five oclock Old habits are things of strong growth I think I shall stroll down to the park and see what is going on Do you feel inclined to come too Huntley thanks I feel lazy this afternoon papersTheripark Ono gets tired of the eternal mill round in time Well Im off at any rats for an hours rtrolL And with a goodhumored smile and a parting shako of the handy tho two men parted As Bourchier sauntered on toward tho park its thoughts went back to a centime November afternoon when hennd Rosalie hat ridden homo together aftor a quick run with the Pytchley and lovo had the better of prudence and had pro posed and keen refused Pretty Rosalie though sha had only the experience of a sin gle lesson had enough of worldly wisdom to know that though Vincent Bourchler was handsome clever enough to bo a pleasant companion of good birth a bravo soldier had already distinguished himself at the ago of five and twenty was no mate for her She was a penniless but ambitious girl dependent upon the whims of her aunt Lady Silverthorne a stern matron who had preached her pretty niece many a sermon whoIThink of living in a sixroom houso in the suburbs with a maidofallwork to walt on you No Rosalie you mutt marry a rich man or I wash my hands of you Miss Bryden had not sufficient strength of character to defy her aunt and marry Vincent Bourcbier whom in her heart of hearts she knew sho loved A couple of months or to later Josiah Ormskirk pro acceptedI mo it we met again thought Bourchler as ho turned into tho park afternoon being unusually fine tho drive was thronged with carriages Boor chier paused several times and leaned on the rails to match the moving panorama of bout and fashion Ho was about to turn homownrd when ho became aware of a pai of large brown eyes regarding him from a handsome barouche that had just como to a standstill not thrco paces from where he stood As his gaze rested on tho piquant face in which the aforesaid oyes were set a Hashing glance of recognition shone from under tho delicately arched brows nud a pair of fresh rojy lips portal in a bright smllo over a tot of tho most dazzling teeth imaginable Rosalie murmured Bourchier to him self and has not quilts forgotten mo after all Ho raised its hat antI went quickly ward to the silo of the barouche to greet tho wowmi ho lied parted from in bitterness and anger in years ago Vincent Bourchior I declare said Mrs irk ns she extended her daintily gloved haul I thought I could not mistaken When did you return from India Ollly tho day before yesterday ho plied looking hor full in the face It is a forgottenaflu the for an tour or moro and you uro theonly person who has recognized ru- e1f have a good memory for faces And you very little altered finished with a blush That ready blush of pretty Mrs Ormskirk gave her an air of girlish simplicity that was more charming than real Would you havo known me again asked with an innocent air which became wonderfullyI known you anywhere was his fervent answer henacquaintance criticised the passersby and chatted amicably after tha manner of friends who meet after a long Interval of absence Of course you may I livo at Megathe 1rhtm mansions when I nm in town You generally find mo at homo about 4 oclock And with another of bar sunny emlles Mrs Ormskirk drove on t e Maj Bourchier caw a good deal of Mrs Ormslwik during tho next few a On Bsmapivtit or other ho contrived to drop in nearlyovary tiny at Megatherium man suIte of rooms occu tpied by the fair widow was on the seventh floor of the huso block of buildings conse quently they wero reached by that useful moJem convoniinoa n lift or elevator as it is called buurAmerican cousins Bour ester soon cheIshod quito a sentimental feel lag ot affection fart cozy little cago which carried him so easily and so swiftly upward to tho dwelling of his charming Rosalie and lied he been of a political turn bo would certainly havo penned a sonnet in its was resolved to try his luck again nnd in spite of the fair widows occasional ills of caprice ho believed Ids chances of success wore considerably better than they wasIto find that tho attentions of ono or tho other of this band of aspirants seemed moro acceptable to tho littlo coquette than his evening nearly two months after tho meeting in the park Mrs Ormskirl was present at a fancy does ball given by Lady Klbollnda Roster a sister of the most dis tinguisbed of the fair widows suitors It was the first entertainment of tho kind at which the latter had appeared since her bands death Lady Etuelinda mado so great a point of tho matter that she wroto a charming little noto begging dear Mrs Ormskirk to break through her rule Her ladyship it may bo hlnttvl was extremely anxious to bring about a h between brother and Josiah Ormskirkn widow and Josiah Ormsklrks thousands tha Rockmin stor revenues not being exactly iia flourish ing condition BourchlcT also received a card of invita tion and bo hail tho luorilflratlon of wit nessing tho very marko attention paid by Lori Roskmlnstcr to Rosalie and what was wors3 of noticing that tho latter re ceived his lordships attentions with ap parent satlsfa ton Ho watched the pair with silent wrath Tho greeneyed monster had full dominion over him and of all Lady Utholindas guests ho was the most miserable The brilliant scene the music the gay crowd were like dust nnd ashes be tween his teeth Ho was about to quit tho ballroom in disgust when as on a previous occasion ho caught n glance from Rosalies beautiful bright which seemed to bid him stay In a moment he relented and went upjto her Sho standing with Lord Rockmiaster and one or two other men near one of tha long windows Bourchler asked for a dance which was graciously accorded to him but when the longedfor tinw cams round bo sought In vain for the graceful figure dressed in pink as a AVatteau shepherdess Just as the last chords of tho waltz wero dying away ho caught sight of her emerging from a distant conservatory on Rockminstors arm Bourchler went straight up to the pair Tho last was our dance I think Mrs Ormskirk he said in a voico that Struggled to bs calm but only succeeded in being ro proachful There vas a flush on Rosalias cheek and a subdued sparkle in her eyes as shs an so sorry Maj Bourchler And now sho added quickly I am going to ask you to give me your arm to my carriage I am tired and want to go home Lord Rockminster frowned and mur mured a few words into her ear which Bour chier could not catch but MM Ormakirks silvery tores were so clear that he could not avoid hearing her reply Yes tomorrow Then dropped Lord Rockminstors arm and took Bourchierd with a slight air of early Mrs Ormskirk he said coldly Ye am tired sho replied briefly Let us make our way downstairs at once But when Mrs Orntsiri s carriage drovo up a slight contretemps occurred The footman proved to bo iu a state of hopeless in toxication Bourchler at once informed Rosalie ot tho state of affairs adding that it would bo better to dispense with his services lIy too provoking sho said Maj Bourchior I must oak you to strive home with me I am in a most laughable predicament Do you understand how to work a started and then hesitated a moment Yes I think so That is fortunate1 sho said in a relieved tone At Megatherium mansions the lift man is often not to be found so late as this and I generally depend on my own servant I am too nervous to work the thing myself Bourchier was naturally overjoyed to do her this trifling senIce std he felt thattha teteatete drive to Magathcrium mansions would almost indemnify him for the loss of that coveted waltz He seated himself with alacrity in tho widows cozy brougham and thoy wero driven off rapidly too rapidly hs thoughtto their destination Aa Mrs Ormskirk had surmised the lift wan was nowhere to be found tho night porter who could not leave his post being the only creature about at that late hour I must ask you to escort me to tho soy enth floor said Rosalie smiling as sha seated herself in the lift A small lamp lighted the machine and shone down on her pouilree head piquant taco and radiant ryes Tho ball was a dismal failure wasnt itl said looking up at him as ho worked the tropes Yes nno not altogether ho answered losing his head somewhat It would bare been the happiest evening of my life ifHo stopped fixed his eyes on her face Yes Maj Boarchier sho queried softly if what If you had not cheated mo out of my waltz Rosalie ho burst out impulsively Mrs Ormstirk blushed and lingered her fan nervously Obi Rosalie ho said dropping the rope and seating himself at her side why will you play with me liko You know I lovo you You know I have loved you for years lie had seized ono of her small hands and pressed it to his lips before sho could withdraw it Ho had forgotten all about tho danger of precipitancy Rosalie listen to mel Not now not horel she interrupted with a touch of her old coquetry Fancy any ono having tho hnrdlhood to make declara tion of lovo in a lift you used to bo soso romantic What does It matter where or when ono speaks if tho love be genuine I love you truly Rosalie nnd I have boon very patient but I could not bear to see that idiot Rock minster Maj Boarchier I can not allow you to speak in that tone of ono who may one day be my husband Lord Rockminster pro posed to mj this evening eke said And you accepted Mm Well not exactly replied with a maliu smile but I stay I have not given him his answer yet I shall tomorrow This then was w lat meant when sho spoke those two words to RocUuiiuster Bourchiers face turned red with anger Rosalie said hotly you are a ess coquette I have with you for ever I am Indeed sorry you should think so badly of me Maj Bourobior But she added with the slightest touch of sarcasm that no reason why you should keep a prisoner to tell mo bOolho lift is at a standstill It was trio In oiguruees Bonrchlar had dropped the roj and tho lift was sta tionary I wont keep you prl om r a moment longer than I can halo Mrs Ormskirk said jumping up He pulled rope vig orously but the lift did not move Dont you understand tho mechanism cried Rosalie in sudden alarm Yes of copra ho retorted a trifle irrl tably but but there eoeuu something wrong with it Mrs Ormskirk sprang to her feet with a little scream of terror Oh Maj Bourclilr wo shall bo killed I mow wo shall Th ire is omothlng wrong with the lift Wo may bo dashed to pieces sontothhsgOhlbursting into teary Caut cant you save Vincent Sho clung to him in hor terror Dont ba f vbteui dearest said trying to speak cheerfully it may not b serious ns you think Do you know it this an hydraulic lift If so the stoppage may be caused by tho failure of tho water P I dont knowI dont know what hydraulic lilt it moaned Rosalie nnI Such a thing has never happened Oh Vincent cant c trouIsa me Would to heaven I would die for you gladly I dont know about dying for me sheI sobbed out but but thero seems a good chanco of your dying with me veryII Bourchier smiled I dont think are so that of wo Ros1l1lIHis arm was round her waist in her terror she did not seem to notice itatleast she made no attempt to withdraw self from his LIfo seems embracoIof course speak bitterly You wero always ambitious Rosalie and as a peeress Who told you I was gal to be a peer usrshe retorted with spirit If you aro to take advantage of my position toto bully me My darling such ail idea never crossed my brain I love you far too well inter rupted Bourchler with his lips clue to horI pretty ear Tho temptation was sistible Ho kissed her velvet cheek once twice and then as sho did not attempt to move her fresh rosy lips Rosalie do you met She was silent savo for a night catching of her breath that might have been either a sigh or a sobrYou will not marry Roekminster will you You will marry me bo went on passionately No one loves you as I do Rosalie Think of it I have loved you for ten long years Is that true sho whlsp rod in her most musical tones I swear it Will you marryme Rosa 1101ItU wo over got out of tho lIttImay Tho lift I love the lift cried Bour chier enthusiastically Why but for itI might have married Lord Rockmln laughYouPoor Rockminster and happy mel laughed Bourchler But I want to get out said Rosalie with some return real or assumedot hor fears t almost as bad as the Black Hole of Cal then the lift gave a violent lurch Mrs Ormskirk screamed and buried her face in her handkerchief Bourchier jumped up End caught hold of the rope and in a mo ment the machine glided smoothly Upward Come Rosalie said smiling as they topped at tho seventh floor Alls well that und well You have only been prisoner for one short halfhour I am going to put on chains for life chains of roses of course ho added hastily You have had n fright I have won n wife thanks to that delightful institution the lift THE MANUFACTURE OP POISON Extraordinary Quititltloi 3IvJe My ot Their Employment A Queitlon Clambers Journal Not the least interesting of many curious faturo connected with the protection consumption of certain prisons It the andItranrJlnary quantities that are in some stances manufacture What becomes then It comparatively easy to understand what implied by 1003 Winchester quarts ot chloroform anl 1033 or even ounce of m but what of a poison like at It chlorallIas a fact falh far short of the reality ofI German manufacturer recently the production of half a too weekly in laboratory alono There jio recognized outlet for the consumption ft this sub stance saving tit of interaal administration and we confess tbo imagination gets bafllid In endeavoring to estimate the hundreds ot thousands of painstricken 1mIof twenty or thirty or at the most forty grains euchIA number of years ago something littler short of a panic was occasioned by atton tion bavin been called to the fact that strychnine was being manufactured enormous quantltlo 1000 oqncos having been known to purchased at ono time qun1tltieslive agent tua iinato purpose to which it is known to bo applied restricts by legislative enact mart The mystery of the quantities In which it was heir manufactured was only partially solved by the suggestion that It was probably destined for the colonies tr assist In exterminating vermin there T3 rile Shi of WorltJIITho largest ship in Great Eastern which is feet in length feet beam and feet depth 18010 tons gross Tho City of measurinGI next largest steamship length of feet breadth feet and gross registered tonnage of 8415 and uI figlur03arc tho City of Poking Pacific Mall Steamshir company 0000 tons feet long feet broad tho Liguria Pacific Steam Navi gation company 4820 tons feet longI feet broad the Britannic White StarI4700 tons feet long feet broad City of Richmond Inmon 4000 tons 453I feet long feet broad and the Cunnrd 4500 tons feet long and feet broad Exchange Willow Leaves Disguised as Tea Tea drinkers will bo interested in the statement that pounds of willow leaves disguised as tea were shipped to America from Shanghai last yearand this notwithstanding a law to prevent such importations institution of the Syrian Horse An interesting statement is mado by Col Barrow who was tho chief organ Izer of mounted infantry in tho British campaigns in tho Soudan The horses for tho Nineteenth hussars were Arab stallions of fourteen hands whose aver ago ago was between 8 and 9 years hought in Syria and lower Egypt Out ot 350 horsos during nino months in a hard campaign only twelve died from disease This ho attributes firstly to the climate of the Soudan being suitable for horses and secondly mostI rinn horse u wonderful consti tutionITho distance marched irrespective ofI reconnois anccs etc was over 1500 miles and tho weight carried averaged pounds Tho weather during the last four months was very trying food was often limited and during ho desert march water was very scarce When Ijon Stewarts column mado its final ad vance tho horses the Nineteenth had with tlwm marched to tho Nilo without having received a drop of water for fifty live hours and only ono pound of grain Some fiftcnn or twenty lied no water for seventy hours At tho end of tho cam paign and after a weeks rest the ani mals were handed over to the Twentieth hussars at Assouan in as good order as when they left VadyIIalfa nine months previously Chicago Tribune NEW GROCERY I have opened a New Grocery at HO 45 WEST MAIN STREET Where I will keep constantly on hand a supply of Fresh Fancy and Fam ily Groceries Uhiea I will sell for Cash or Exchange for COUNTRY PRODUCE At Cash Prices zC3E Irvingtf LOAN OFrl i aoc sarttei01491 SJnira at ItxtiiRloii Ky lony Jolrlllnli jun pit it do J5 H COZINE Real Estate Broker and Auc tloucer- career Short Street chart nf public patronage gnar TIlE OPTICIAN OTIS W SNYDEP 8 NORTH UPPER STI dORSESHOEING AD General Blacksmithing SKPLDONE sad li work cuara at No street at S HANCOCK Highest Honorm Worlds Exposition es dLWARaFIlTO RSMITHofthelj Kentucky University Lexington Ky j say wt kdalgh1bf se- ewonltloa rlmetoeompla tit lOs Arrr total oolt tinPhoaogtsphy WrlnaQ iI rea ScaWtt ran Isdhldnen17IptrtNrTalesfam tmbr I niln J Tet neok urged bib rS r Lipositla ar iadrt7neded Ge t endre n Itdoo11 et file bPl1 fslletelfh eetr- erotn7 tinnier roan u surnlet aids rrcentw- iL1ffLo ItaimusuLLinnardn Ey WHBOSWELL ISUCcESsonTO PROPSi KyIITS B WOOD DrUgglst 147 E MAIN ST Drngn Medicines Perfumery Toilet Articles Prescriptions oct etc lImo Itb1Successors THOMP ONI to Geo A Sholy D J1 M nuf cturm CUHh or Trade for Tallow Lard or Greene IN s 18nd 20 W Vine Street Be eon Broadway and Mill Street tf TIIE JEWELER OTIS TV SNYDER 8 NORTH UPPER ST lao t4 T I 1SUENT Coiiiiiis5iioii Mercliants l 1S taiieWool and JUtGRASS SEED A SPECIALTY 2S and 24 South Broadway Lox lUKtOll Ky Iwo i Plicdnis Hotelt RestaurantRECEIVES nAXIY SHELL OYSTERS AND GAME 9UUI AVXID Dun vssNssort SNIPE u DUISfLAFCOCIUKIIRATI NEW YORK STYLES OF HATS John BQRicl ald5onl AGENT LEXINGTON KY MO 46 EAST MAIM STREETu LEXINGTON STOVE HOUSEn 1L1 1JF A Ja 4 JD 1rnprictor Manufacturer of nnd Dealer In St v Raiipes and Kitchen ArUcIes PLAIN AND JAPANNED TINWARE- My specialties are tho Round and Square HADIJLTTT HOME Heating Stoves They went introduced into this city fificen yars ago and they have proven to be tic best over used The IMPUOTED LEADER Cook Stove Inns no equal No 3 West Main Street Loxi gton Ky WLSO9FJT co CLOTHIERS TAILORS 62 64 EAST MAIN STREET LE JrXGTOJSf Ytt TO NiANYt I ot Carry ThtIsm WiflA FOR0 CASJB CHINN CO Have a very large Stock of Fine Fannels Keel White and Gray Blankets of all qualities Woolen Underwear Shirts and Drawers Gloves Hosiery Woolen Dress Goods Black and Fancy Silks and general supplies of Winter Goods all to be sold at Cost for Cash to prevent carrying them over to next Winter Sale to begin at once Call early A B CHINN CO Sao DNE PRICECLOTH NG HOUSE M KAUFMAN 00 54 EAST MAIN STREET LEXINGTON1 KY 0 Overcoats at 8200 All of our Winter Goods at reduced prices to make room for Spring Stock hese Goods us1i be SoJdtf IhB Bwrrrd RrrnB Mafl1daotllr- illCOMP r lTY9 NOO r1MAIN STREET LEXINGTON KY- Mtt v TROMPS N BUYD Is lltttdnimrtfrs for tout steelsempress andteam terse tralniai the best ttovk in cly Also a fall lliieul itar cmlmcing hams chain lu the fur wash the role newt prepared tu better quality of tor than you can civhre and gwudssendisThompson Boyd NO 53 EUT MAIN STREET EiiII rs xuc LEXINGTON KX BLUE GRASS BLADE nv THE BLADE PUBLISHING COMPANY OFFICE 25 W SHORT STREET Jcdt1Jtot1 ICyt SATURDAY FEBRUARY 0 1880 p A PERPLEXING SITUATION Gov KNOTTS letter to the Legis laturo on the penitentiary question discloses a most remarkable state of affairs in that institution All the machinery implements and even the t bsds on which tho convicts sleep the contractors Tho State ownstho buildings tho boilers and engines and a few old hemp looms anJ nothing ese The State doer iknotown a pound of meat or an ounce of flour on which to feed the convicts and there is not a dollars worth oi material on which to employ the convicts and to cap the climax th Stato has no money with which to buy anything It will cost 870 day to feed the convicts and pay ex pe tses or 8137801 for a year The constitution prohibits the State from t borrowing another dollar claims against the treasury have already ben deferred six months every cent foissixty days must go to the school fund and what is the State oing t do with thu convicts in the moau timeP There is manifestly nothing that 1 can be done but to let them starve to death or for the Governor to turn everyone of them loose on the com munity by wholesale pardons The next best thing might be for the Legislature to enact a law pro viding for the convicts to be turne out on a ticket fleave as it i termed in England By thiaform o furlough the English convicts are on good behavior turned out of prison and required to report to certain ficials at stated times They may be turned into any jail on proof of bad conduct and the ticketofleave is therebyrevoked In this exceedingly perplexing sit nation in tho Kentucky penitentiary the Legislature might provide for a ticketofloave for all convicts in for crimes other than treason murder arson and rape and thus find re lief in the only possible way that is visible This is rendered more im perative from the fact that when Co return the leased convicts there will be fully 1100within the walls of the penitentiary On this point Gov KSOTT says This in my judgment would be a popular calamity It suggests possibilities at which humanity revolts with in stinctive horror There are all told 744 cells in the penitentiary for malt prisoners Of these but G48 are available and they are barely sum cie tt fur one convict each The remaining 06are totally unfit for oc cupancy except in the mildest weather Therefore unless some provisions shall be made for their ac commodation over 1OJO convicts must be crowded into quarters scarcely sufficient for 048 In other words over 700 human beings must eulIft inches high and 6 filet 8 inches long farnishiug under the most favorable ciraum stances air sufficient for a single per son only If you would realize the tirible results which must ensue om such condition of things you have but to refer to the horrible his tory of squallor misery crime dis ease and death disclosed by the in vestigation of tho condition of the penitentiarymade by your predecessors in the winter of 187080 With such facts storing them in the face we do not see why legis lators should hesitate a moment in adopting the ticketofleave plan It would probably set loose 75 per cent of the convicts who are in for minor offenses and give tho State o breathing spell and an opportunity to make suitable provision for tho poor wretches who fall into the clutches of the law But no matter what is done the Legislature should abolish tho odoua lease system by which convict labor is brought into ruinous competition with tho honest wageworkers of our State THE Houso of Representatives was disbanded again yesterday to enable 1 the architect to place props under the floor The legislators will carry soft cushions and stepladders hereafter the former to make the fall easy and the latter to enable them to climb out after tho stilts under the floor give way IT looks as if the State officers in connection with Co are determined to bully the Legislature into dismissing penitentiary Warden SOUTH Tho Board dismissed Sourn who went to work and secured the sympathy of tho Legislature the Governor and the other members of the Board standing too high on their dignity to endeavor to have their side of the case presented to the Legislators Now that has been vindicated by the Legislature the convict lessees hasten to an nounce their determination of throw ing off on their contract well knowing tho situation in which they thereby place the State and doubtless relying on this as a means of compelling the Legislature to turn out The Governor suddenly sees the perplexities of the situation and delivers a message to the Legis lature describing its horrors iu riipute language He doublles knew all the facts just as well a month ago as ho does today tad tho withdrawal of Co coupled with his message seems to convey the plain hint that the Leg islature can do only one thingants hut is dismiss SOUTH The question is a tough one If the Legislature does not want to double on its record it can provide n ticketoflaave law which is about till that is left for it to Jo This would be an experiment that would be watched with decided interest but it it the only visible way out of the di lemma It is the penalty for incom petent and botchwork legislation and is notice to the people that they will best serve their interests electing good and judicious men t the Legislature hereafter IT was while Judge MOLLICUN wa speaking that the State House floor Breadpowers o hifover o Lexington In the language o HUGHES the Judge is ahum mer All that Lexington can desir- is for him to keep pegging away at Capital removal THE Law and Order Olub of wicked Cincinnati has gained a victory of the greatest importance to their cause The Governor has removed the corrupt police commissioners who refused to allow the arrest oi theatrical people who violated the Sunday laws by giving Sunday en tertainments Ttis is giving the devil another black eye Lay on JOKES HON M 0 ALIOHD has introduced in the State Senate a bill to amen the charter of Lexington We are informed that it provides for a Board of Aldermen a Police and Fire Corn mission and an extension of tho time for paying the capitation tax in ad dition to some other items of mino importance The bill was prepared tIter due consultation with many VOUpoBt cloitizens of Lexington ted it will doubtless pass both Rouses in time to select officers in March The RIJl1t Thin to The Frankfort Correspondent of the Comgton Commonwealth sayp lrum bridges to breaks is a trausi don easily nude especially to cm who stood in the lobby the other day when the floor of tho House began u speaklagcontinued and the occupants of the gaUun1Uolonelmoved he session be held in the new court house in the beautiful Bluegrass city of Lexington The motion lidut prevail but the motion to ad journ till tomorrow did Meanwhile an architect is examining to see how big the bill can be mado for repairs Two years ago the east- side of the Chamber just over Tom Henrys deputys office gave way and wus propped up This year tblI west end sinks cud the supposition is that the floor is playing both ends against the middle as ties been doui by tho Legislators0for lol these many years If however tho tumbling and cracking of tho old shell continues until the building lies a mast of ruins much thanks would be due The way would be open for a re moval to Lexington and an escape from the Frankfort malaria which is too far above proof The Turkey Crop The firm of Speyer Bros Lave collected during the last three months in Central Kentucky 110 000 pounds of body turkey feathers and 10000 pound of quills The vast number of these fine fowls raised in this section can be estima ted when tbo fact is known that a single bird does not produce more then a half pound of featbersr OUR SENATE r What this Branch of the Legislature is Doing A Bill Looking to Increased Taxation Of Banks OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACT FIIASKFORT KT Fob 3Livewas granted to bring in the folio ug bills A bill to require persons selling olcomargaiioo to disclose its true character and toll it as such Public HealthA requiring nil banks in the Commonwealth to list and pay taxes on the fair cash value of all their real and personal property for State county and municipal purposes at the same rate that is now assessed and collected orwhich may hereafter bo assessed und collected from other real and personal property in this State any privileges in any charter to the contrary notwithstanding Judiciary llama Bill No 185 making seduction a felony wastakon up Paused Mr Bryan presented a communi cation from Mutf6nFord Company lessees of the convict labor of the State addressed to the General As sembly of Kentucky whichrdter objection was ordered read for in Iorirntion The communication re newed the demand for relents of lessees from their contract for con vict labor for certain reasona stated therein Mr Have moved to refer tho communication to ho Cumin tteo on Penitentiary Adopted A bill to legnlato the trams in spirituous vinous or malt lrqur in this Commonwealth was taken up from tho speciiil orders Mr Berry moved to consider the bill in Committee of the whole Adopted Mr Berry was called to tha chair and the ho Senate went into Committee of the whole Mr Bash moved that the Uommitteo risp end that it le ported to the Senate that the Com mittee desire that the bill be referred ittOas to the bill Adopted A bill to umend InsurancesCompany of Louisville Pfo1 Mr Taulbeo called up a joint reso xpaienayfcial districts and tho nmriduiont proposed by the House The Senate- concurred in the amendment of the House byewas made striking out all offenses bat wifobeatim On motion of Mr Gilbert tho bill and amendments were recommitted to Committee on General Statutes House Bill No 307 relating he amendment of the charter oleld town of Winchester Passed Mr Burnett General Statute A bill providing for the recordii of attachments in certain cases with amendment and the Senate then ad journed TO THE READERS AND FRIENDS OF THE BLADE kindlydI have kept a list of their names but until the time of its first issue I have solicited no subscribers The circulation of the BLADE will thero tore bn begun by being sent to the persons who may receive ithoping of itrbut claiming no advantage of the newspaper law which I deem an un just one which requires one to pay for a paper that he may take from an office and which may have been sent to him without his order To such persons as conclude to take the BLIDE I would say that I will thank rhem to romit to me or hind mt the one dollar SUPicription none at their earliest convenience Totust who feel doubtful nbout the proprie ty of taking the paper I would say that I will lake it as a Lindners if they wiu allow it to come to I Jm until they determine about it and tutm inform mo accordingly The will bo sent with this naJer standing to the almost entire list who subscribed to the Lexington Daily Observer throughmy solici ntion and o another list tbatl havo wade out from others generally resident in the country and adjoining towns of the Bluegrass Ucgiou aid to vnnotie re mote parts of the United States It is my purpose in this way regularly to extend the circulation of the BLADE each week and rwill bll glad if my personal friends or the friwsdB of tie BLADE will suggest to iae orally or by note the uamoa of porous to whom I might send it on tht j conditions with some probcbiitv of gain ing their patronage 1 think the public may safely regard tho us being upon a permanent founda tion aud I will take pleasure in giv ing any information with reference thererto that may be asked of me tf THE EDITOR Money Wanted All knowing themselves indebted to us will please call and settle ns we must have our money All accounts that have been standing 6imt is aud longer if not paid in 30L will be placed in the hands of a t lector for settlementA CHINN Co A B Chinn Co are tolling mfo liouEand dollars worth of winter goods at cost to reduce hock THE BEAUTIFUL The Heaviest OitowmH Xii lnn Yearn NEW Feb 4TLo storm continued with little abatement till night and it is undoubtedly tlu worst storm New York has experi rapidlyfilledare pulled along with grunt difficul ty A strike upon n number of th roads tends to overcrowd tho elevated roads VA Fb iThsnow in twelve inehos dsspand al railroad nmwi lion in intrrup ed Reportsfrom the Southwestern porton of tho State indicate uupnr rtlleled storujs ttiH brig iuii two to throe fftALTIMOKE DID IM 1 Tin snowfall here is seventeen inclns deep being tho heaviest since 1850 Trains from every direction urn df layed and navigation on thn Cbosn ppake Bay and its tributaries is on tirely suspended Feb iroday then are reports that snow is drifting some of the roads and it m j b that mure trouble will be given by the drifts in cuts but every tbiug opAllnight arrived about four Hours late those arriving this morning are an hour Into CAPITA LJ1EMOVAI The Proposition Has Received More Favor This Winter Than Ever Before The Buildings a Disgrace to Tho Commonwealth of KentuckyF- rom the Frankfort A nnmbei of circumstances have Legislaturethat aged question the Capital re moval It is not the Capital News paper or the Capital Brewery or the Capital Hotel or the Capital OupitalOityThe proposition has received more favor this winter than ever before because as friends of the removal state the present accommodations for legislative work are wholly in rl3pldcfdbyGovernment remains where it in The difficulty that lies in the way of moving the Capital is a uuancin one Th State cannot afford the expense noident to such an uuder taking fthis tiro In answer to this it urged that eithor Ltaiugtoi or Lon Ito will undertake tho en tire expel yea of removal or of pro viding suitable buildings und dorult besides the pronud to tho Stale The present Capitol is disgrace t the State und a number of Legisla tors have patriotically announcer that they will vote for anj thing pro posed rather than consign llurn selves or their successors to anothoi term within its walls A mack Eye for Iocnl Option MADISOS Wis Fob 4A do cision was rendered in the State Su prome Court yesterday which the leading attorneys claim will huvo the effect of annulling local option in this State It was a case where beer it kegs was received from brewers and delivered to customers by their agent may be dono under United brats law and it was claimed that the sat was made at tbo brewery tend not at the agente residence The Supremo court upholds the view nob tudllIlIlt Col Bob Sundusky is indignant a the newipnpers for publishing the report that he suicided Although no one wants to did we think Col Bob ought to feel compliiuentd over the number of nice obituary notice he received If ever a man was toni on the long tourney in firstclas style ho vas fail to see room nOwsplpl1friends obituaries with atear It iut ever man whp gets u good farewell GOWK to Get Veil Mike Gormley who Vas shot in the stomach by John Walsh has ral lied from the shock and is now get expectedHisget well The wound is about nn inch to the left of the Mvlutd tht physician thinks it likely the bull did not go straight in but struck tht coveringof the bowels und glanced around If this is true his chances of recovery are good A tweet Assembly Feb 4 Eighteen firm engaged in the fruitproiorving bubi nets in Detroit Cincinnati Indianapolis Peoric St Louis nor Chicago were represented at the meeting her yesterday The meeting was for the purpose of forming nn Association similar to those of other manufac turing industries Winter Goods Cheap In the nick of time cornea the advertisement of Messrs A Chin Co to sell a large stock of blankets woolen aid AUDI vriuitT wear ost One illhir rrtnv if petit here is worth nincljf us n dollar adrhalf spent Lefow Ihu closing auto be gun The 0 cults in otiriuih have been defeated with hodvy losses by the Britilhli t ii DEPA fUPIE IN PU AU Qtmity nor QuiitiiiYi tbo Motto W R 8hAtiFtELDSI- cxltieloii coiiililiiutiou Sale Of 186 S 18 G t 0 rss3- EN TfeY liT lrc ltll25 1886 onpitln of Mabljlmd trotting C oil mares of urea the The are the prominent breeders the arc ftlfctlona ro reiuecllvtrotto more alt mini to the high of prumtneahoruemeopublic than represent thegrat sires lllcatr Alinont Strathmore American LumpYoAlrynneNuhruafJlambrlmi other sires enle rain or shine without bybid V 15 BES ISFlKIiV tad lJJXUIIIES Raisins Nuts Figs Prunes Oocolato Crete und bonbons Cryntalizgd Frnita Florida Oranges Mi ace Meat und Plum Pu- ddingCAKES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Florida and California- Oranges EverrVariety F cinch Candies FRESH OYSTERS DAILY BY EXPRESS NEVI ORS COr11iTs TilE FIN GROWfCranberries Fresh and Fine KnicknacUsof every description Spcoiul orders to parties and festivals Ca i and got a hot glaB of So- daWLJWELLGO 1886- J nlWnNGn6L HAVE Merchants Account Books Diaries Almanacs Bill Paper and Cards J B M Co take sub scriptions to American and Foreign Periodicals receive new publications every week import books to order from London and have Printing Binding and Engraving done at reasonable rates jan23tf JAMES RUMSEY Mianfncturer of WAGONS IfRJtTS CAl Tt KEMPBRAKES itei alrr of all klnda Fraig IfljUiBiti 1 124 CAL T IJ3IOX1X STREET LEXINGTON r2t Dtess Goo s AT COST ji HI MCHRELD NO T3 WEST 7IAIM ST- LEXINGTON KV Has reduced his large line of elegant dress goods and is now sellingout at very low prices His stock ol Flannels Blank ets Woolens of all kinds and Winter Underwear is large bought very low and will be sold at Short Profits Ivly goods are bought for Prom it Cash at the lowest jossioe pi ices my expenses ire li ht and my rate ot profits mall I therefore can and vill stll goods very low JOtiN 1I1CICIIflLD1a- 3tljan DE LONG CO LEXINGTON KY j TSq- Dal ri farm act Arden har farm Implements citrUjis busKUsplinttou1 carts all lhanclmada harness FLYING DUTCHMAN SULKY FL3WS reKcrehnerr cimpaone llowpr lulverbingHarrow rhnmaeSmoothingHroa MCojo Intent and Donbi and Leather Belting FuJlLineofFarm Garden Seed CALL AND SEE US cw L r Mr Ersmerman can Kill BIIEJ1ERJIAN GROOVED PICKET AND il V1re F 0200 be Found at 74 South TII tract23yantt LEXXNGrTON Roller Mills Flour Use Grsaxsa or Favorite Ask Your G racer hoar Itja- nr3tf J W BERKLEY Hl UUTI1R1B J L WATSON Borklou Biitliilu Watson Foreign and D mestic GOOyhJ and J20 Nt htLexington er Kentucky y E LEVERING OoI Y e SMITH PROP lETOIl5 OF TOE DEALER IN 1I JCJi Xa PURE JAVA C BRANDS COALOJ andKnflQtPflCENTRAL OFFICENO 0 south Upper Street FOR SALE IN THIS CITY Orders left at Either place PERFECTLY IJtEl AitKE will receive prompt attention SSTELEPIIONE Nos 164rur ur IN AND POUWI PAVJLGESII7 23Jantapli BYItEE1rh tc ENGR LEVERING CO No2 COMMERCE STI BALTIMORE 3ID CALL AT BAIBR ROTHHR kFOBCARRIAGES AxDfB U G G Il S solicited Orders by Prompt mnilor nn othcrwiflo guaranteedWeanything in our line D H BEATTY REPAIRING CONTRACTOR Now in the time to have PTHwillk tsar us for our pricesor send us word s W SEIOIIY vistsizs and we will call andDOO youxIGlOZoi KV Baker JraR etgOcas ln limbnr cenetullv mkkri a a tart lone NO I2 N11UtZ LI O E tiTeclat for the ton Picket t 2jJantl JI I

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