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VOL. XXVIII—NO. HU) COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7,’ ISHfi. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 TRIAL The Prisoner Refuses to Admit the Juris diction of the Court. Ill' IMui'i't Himself In tlu- Hull'll ol'Hls (loverinnciit mill the Jill*.'!' Declares Him Unlit)—The Sen- teiiee Deserved, Mexican laws, and that that is why he * went so far away to reptibiU.i his cards; also, that if the offense was punishable there were many reasons \ ay the punish- ; ment should be as light as possible. Cutting was then offered a chance to speak, but he simply stated that he could ; not recognize the court and that he was in ' the hands of the government. The judge then adjudged him guilty and the court adjourned. The judge has flf- [ teen a ays in which to pronounce the sen tence. Denver, August 6.—A special dispatch from El Paso says: The trial of Editor Cut- ! ting was set for 10 o’clock yesterday morn ing, and at that hour the Mexican authori ties of tlie court of judge of letters, Senor Miguel Sabbida, his clerk, the official in terpreter, Louis ; Dautinks, complainant Eungdier Medina, Consul Brigham and clerks, the prisoner and a few American I and Mexican citizens and representatives of the El Paso press assembled in a small court room 'furnished with two tables and a few chairs. At 1 o'clock the prosecuting attorney, J. M. Sierra, and Jesus E. Yslas, attorney for the ! uefence, announced that they were ready for trial. On the opening of court Judge Sabbida asked the interpreter to read all the proceedings and documents in the case. Among them were Medina’s af fidavits charging Editor Cutting with a failure to carry out the reconciliation made before the Mexican court in regard to the publication in his Paso Del Norte paper by Immediately causing to be published in the El Paso Sunday Herald a repetition of the article. The second affidavit of Medina charges Cutting with having caused to be circulated over ten copies ot that paper in Paso Del Norte; that his ma licious intention was made plain because his defamatory card appeared both in Spanish and English, while the Herald usually published nothing but English. Then the order of the judge to receive ail copies of the paper containing said article so circulated was read, follow ed by. the written minutes of the court from day to day embracing the time from Cutting’s first appearance before the court to-day and the hour of sitting. Then came the original charge of libelling a Mexican citizen, Medina, in the Sunday Herald, a paper publishen at E] Paso. Texas. Medina had filed as evidence against the prisoner the act of reconciliation pre viously signed by both, copies of the Heraia,and the report of an interview held with the prisoner by a representative of another local paper. One part of the court minutes stated that Cutting at 11 o’clock at night, when told that he might give bond, answered that he would not do so; that his case was in the hands of his government, and that ifthe demand for his release was not obeyed at once United States troops from Fort Davis would im mediately arrive to liberate him by force. The minutes go on to state how several persons had been appointed by the court to defend Cutting against his will, and how all these had declined until Jesus E. Yslas had accepted the task. Then follows the introduction of the laws of the state of Texas applicable in the case, as the offense was conceded to have been committed in Texas. When the reading was finished Cutting was asked if all was satisfactory to him. He replied that he could not countenance the proceedings, as he considered the court without jurisdiction in the case. The officials then signified their approval of the contents of the minutes, and argu ments were declared in order. Jo sc Maria -Sierra, prosecuting attorney, then took the fioor and delivered his argument, stopping only to quote from law books such articles and paragraphs as were referred to in his speech. He said the case hinged upon a written agreement between Medina and Cutting, called “'an act of reconciliation," which was broken and made void by the publication of Cutting’s articles in the El Paso Sunday Herald ; that Cut ting's breech of contract gave Medina a perfect right to continue his case against the prisoner, and in support of this view he quoted article 656 and section 5 of ar ticle 'J57 of the Mexican code. He declared that Cutting was not an ignorant man. but had repeatedly acted in direct opposition to the act of conciliation,as the publication of interviews with the prisoner in the El I llihui'i lli'tiiiiliis, New York, August 6.—The casket in ! which the remains of Samuel J. Tilden are i to be placed will not be finished until this 1 evening. Meantime the body will remain! on a temporary bier upon which it was placed yesterday. As soon as finished the i burial casket will be taken to Greystone ; and the body which lias been embalmed i and dressed for the grave, will he placed in it. The pall bearers have not all been chosen and the list will not be positively nnonunced until some time this afternoon. There have been no changes made in the funeral programme ns announced yester day. A proposition has been submitted to the relatives to allow the body to lie in stale in the city hall to give the public an opportunity to view the remains, hut con sent has so far been withdrawn and there is no probability that such an arrange ment will be entertained. Capt. Mangan has placed an extra guard of police around the mansion to keep the curious at a re spectful distance, and only friends and ac quaintances of the family are at the re quest of the family permitted to enter t! e house of the dead. MILITARY MATTERS. The Tennessee Democrats Successful With Largely Increased Majorities. Till'Civil Si'i'vlri' Clank In tin- Clutl'iinii of the South CeroHiiii lleiiliii'i'iila— Niiitiei'iiiia Comri'i's- kIoiiiiI Coiivi'iiltoiis—Dinuriicrt)' mill Hiivlitsiiii Hen omiii tili'il. Raleigh, N. C., August c>.—In the eighth distridt democratic convention Hon. Wil liam H. 11. Cowles, the present congress man, was nominated without opposition. The congressional convention of the fourth district began hero yesterday and remained in session until 2:30 a. m. with out result. At this morning's session on the 198th ballot (Jen. W. R. Cox, the present member, withdrew his name from t he convention, saying he.had a principle to vindicate and that he would not change a single rule nor appointment made during his six years in congress. The fight was made on Gen. Cox—chiefly on his civil service record. His withdrawal leaves the convention about equally divided between Bunn, Corke and Graham, with no present pros pect of a nomination. Strudwick, in nomi nating Graham, said a public office was a public trust, but that the trustees must be democrats and not republicans; friends, not enemies, to the proper administration of the trust. . John TV. Graham, of Orange county, was nominated on the two hundred and eleventh ballot. The nomination was reached after all the candidates, \V. R. Cox, D. H. Bunn and C. M. Cook lnid , withdrawn. Graham was then chosen by limit Mlnliik tuti'ri'sls. Bette City, Montana, August (L- Grave alarm exists throughout the mining dis tricts of Montana over the rapid decline of silver. The Inter-Mountain estimates that 60,000 persons in the territory are depend ent on the mining industry and cognate enterprises, including merchants, farmers and mechanics. The recent depreciation of ten cents per ounce in silver represents the profits of the milling companies,Which will have to close down unless a reaction occurs. The lead and copper mines, in which silver is an important hi-product, arc also seriously affected. Tlw opening of Hmi, .-,.ers1,i.r Prize HriH j “^m Te'is the‘eldestson^of'‘th'e i on Thflghf The nations sent to the senate which remain unacted upon : Dabney H, Maury, to be envoy extraordinary to Colombia; John Shield, chief justice of Arizona (his second nomi ati n ; Will. G. Langford, associate justice! Washington territory; Geo. W. Julian, surveyor general, New Mexico; Peter F. Cogbill, collector of cus toms, Petersburg, Fa.; T. \V. Scott, I’nited Slates marshal tor the eastern district of Virginia; T. B. Yancy, United States mar shal I'ortlie western district of Tennessee; postmasters, O. 1). Dorr, Roanoke, Va.; W. Groome, Vicksburg, Miss..T. B. Grovonar, St. Augustine, Kin.; M. Glennnn, Norfolk, Va.; F. A. Rons, Tuceumtiia, Ala, What the Witnesses for the Defense Had to Say Yesterday. Hillin' Con flirting Tout linoiiy Aland tin Is of Souii'of lhi> Di'fl'itiliiids on II liftin' lliiyinaikct 11 rsviiTr- K'jrcIrui i Witness Stiiinl. Co lo till' Eli 'll. Washington, August (i. The president will , leave Washington this evening for Now York to attend the funeral of Tilden ! to-morrow. Acting Secretary Fairchild j and a number of other officials will attend the funeral. Chicago, August 6.—The expectation appeared to be general this morning' that he gives quotations from any author, poet or prose writer, and seems to hnveu mania for figures. If left to himself with slate and pencil lie will set down column after column of figures and add them up, and at the bottom write. “Remit to R. M. B. & C'o.” In a memorandum book he had written, when found, the amount of sotae collections he had made and remitted to R. M. Bruce A' Co. July 21, 1886, but Bruce j & Co.'s address was not given. To all questions he replies by writing on a slate, mid when lie speaks at all it is hard to un derstand him, us he jerks his words out in j monosyllables, lie says he was sent to the asylum at Fulton from St. Louis, and that 1 a Dr. Dean and others signed the certifi cate. He gives the address of many busi- MONTANA ALARMED. Tin' In . llni' in sill nisiislrr In Her Galveston, August 6.—'The interstate drill, the prizes approximating $15,000, was inaugurated in Camp McGruder yesterday. Some fifty companies are in camp. Of these, seven have entered the iusterstate contest and ten the state contest. Those entering the interstate competition are the Montgomery True Bines, Montgomery, Ala.; the Branch Guards, St. Louis; the Houston Light Guards, Houston,| Texas; Company F, Louisx ilk Legion, Louisville, Ky.; Sealy Rifles, Galveston, Texas; the San Antonio and Belknap Rifles, San Antonio, Texas. The day opened brilliantly and a large crowd was in attendance. Hon. Seth Shepperd de livered the address of welcome to the in terstate troops, and Judge Gustave Cook welcomed the state troops. Gov. Ireland also spoke, and in the course of his re marks briefly alluded to the controversy between the I'nited States and Mexico, and while he counselled peace, he strongly intimated that sterner measures might be found necessary. In that event, he said the element before him was ready to de fend the state and the nation. Five infantry companies and one Zouave company have entered the competitive drill for prizes. Lieutenants Cashman, Wright and Dunning, of the 16th United States infantry, have been selected as i ndges of the infantry drill, and Captain .aneaster and Lieutenants Dane and Meyer, of battery F 3d United States artil lery, have been appointed judges of the artillery drill. None of the companies entered for the inter-state contest drilled yesterday, the time being occupied by the drilling of the four companies entered in the state contest. It is estimated that 12,000 persons are in the city to attend the drill and every train arriving adds to the number. The city is beautifully draped with flags, banners and streamers of ail nations. In the pools ip the interstate drill the Houston Light Guards are the first choice, the Branch Guards second and True Blues third. Brevet-Colonel Rose is in command of the encampment. Besides the militia, four companies of United States infantry and one battery of flying artillery au i two military bands are in attendance. late Hon. William A. Graham, who was secretary of the navy under President Fil- more. Alexandria, Va., August 6.—The dead lock in the congressional convention Ktill continues with little probability of i n early solution. Fifty-seven ballots have been taken and Lee is in the lend, after having been twice dropped and again placed in nomination. The convention, after taking 84 ballots without result, adjourned till to morrow. DOUGHERTY AND DAVIDSON RENOMI NATED. Jacksonville, Fla., August 6.— At tb Alice, Moulton, Lexington and Wicke works and many other great enterprises, which for years have paid heavy dividends and employ thousands of men, cannot run ifthe present depression in the silver mar ket continues. A general paralysis of business will result, unless changes speedily occur. Butte is a substantial oily of 22,6011 inhabitants, entirely dependent on mining, .Vu! miners being employed here. The copper smelters will continue in operation, bm with decreased |Touts. Tlie silver mills ot Montana represent an investment of $20,OHO,01)0. The silver pro duct ol'( lie territnrv for I he currant year timatod at $12,000,000, will be suddenly conventions held at Ocala and Brooksville, cut short, and it is thought some 12,000 this week Dougherty and Davidson, both miners will be thrown - sitting members, were renominated for the ■'"ieth congress. Dougherty was liomi- FACTS FROM FOREIGN SHORES. BenetTnl <3 tlie Hints lit Belfus PI Paso papers proved, ana that the.prisoner merited no clemency, because his crime was worse than if he were ignor ant, or realizing its gravity had sought to make reparation instead of con stantly reiterating his attacks upon Medina in interviews. The prisoner had made the investigation of the case difficult by refusing to answer the judge, and this was an aggravating circumstance in the case. The result of his crime has been to terrorize the people of this vicinity, dis turbing society and causing fear of a revo lution and probably war. All these were aggravating circumstances and crimes in themselves. Sections 1 and 2 of articles 186 of the Mexican law gave the court jurisdiction ana the consul characterized the offense be cause it was also punishable in Texas, as the quoted law of Texas specified, by im prisonment of from six months to two years, or by a fine of from $300 to ?3000. He concluded by calling attention to article 66 of the penal code, which defines the sentence in such serious cases and asked the court that sentence of two years imprisonment at hard labor be imposed upon the prisoner. He requested the court to censure Consul Brigham for his officious interference in the case, and also that the federal authorities be notified ol the consul’s acts so that the necessary di plomatic correspondence for his removal might be commenced. Medina, the accusing party, was then f iven the floor, and testified that Cutting ad defamed his character in his paper on June 6th. For this, he had him cited by the court for recognition. The result of this was that Cutting promised to publish four times, in both English and Spanish, a retraction. He has broken his word as evident from No. 16 of the El Centinel, b\ having omitted the Spanish version ^ot lui retraction English and by~ having given poor form. omitting ’ 'no* Vprv Not satisfied with burlesqueing my good faith and his ... * - - articles, and, continued the witness: with burlesqueing my good oath, he caused to appear two articles, more offensive than tne first, in the Ll Paso Sunday Herald ot the -0th, one m Spanish and the other in English, reitei- ating his former charges and claiming that he had retracted only because he w as forced to before a Mexican judge, and Cutting, not satisfied with the harm done mv reputation and business, has said m an interview with a Tribune reporter that 1 am a fraud and a dead beat and that this had always been his opinion of my news paper enterprise, and that for this reaso he published it.” Witness further said: “It being oubllo and notorious that Cutting has defamed my name, thus making it impossible for me to continue my newspaper enterpns , and my interests having suffered gia\i damages so that I will be unable to co - tinue longer in business, I .here fore,, p plicate the judge to name two Peisot fix the damage caused me by said Cutting as an equitable way of settlement m paiL At the conclusion of the witness' tf** 1 mony Senor Jesus E. Yslas, attorney for Cutting, arose. He argued tnat the former action iiad ended the claim of . > that Cutting did not voluntarily break anj London, August ".—The Standard, com menting on the meeting of the unionists vesterday, says that Lord Harrington's language is all that the conservatives have a right, to expect. There is little doubt, it says, that as long as Harrington continues of the same mind home rule for Ireland is an impossibility. He still seems to dream ' of reuniting the scattered hostile liberal sections instead of looking to a new divis ion of parties more in harmony with the 1 existing state of public opinion, and this is i to our mind tlie only weak point in his conception of the present crisis. Il'l'tlllKl. THE MAYOR ISSUES A PROCLAMATION. Belfast, August 6.—The city is to-day placarded with a proclamation by the I mayor forbidding unlawful assemblages in the streets, threatening all who attempt to form them and all who participate in them with arrest, and calling on all law- abiding citizens to assist the police in sup pressing disorder wherever it may occur in the city. RENEWAL OF THE RIOTS. Belfast, August 6.—While 500 work- I men were going home this evening a bol- | tie was thrown among them from a win dow. The workmen retaliated with iron I bolts, and a furious tumult ensued. The i police and soldiers hastened to the scene and charged the rioters, hut without dis- ! persing them. The police then fired upon I the crowd, severely wounding seven per- I sons. Struck by a Cyclone. St. Loris, Mo., August 6.—A dispatch : from Topeka reports that a cyclone struck ' the town last night and demolished twenty 1 houses Liid did great damage to the grow - | ing crops. Sixteen cars were blown from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee track ; and telegraph wires were prostrated for | two miles west of the town. Ihe extent I of the damage has not been learned, but the dispatch stated that no one so far as j known had been seriously injured. The storm reached other towns in the vicinity . Of Hartland, but wires being down, its | effects cannot be learned. A 1’lrnMire Party Hrowiii'il. SARNIA, Out., August 6.—The pleasure ; yacht cruiser was caught in the storm of j Sunday night and wrecked on Lake Huron. ; She had a crew of six young men, all of whom were drowned. The yacht paine ! ashore at Port Frankwert. The bodies of ! Pope .McKenzie, Fleming McKenzie and T. A. Tafer were lashed to it. The bodies of W. J. Sinclair, David Allen and Walter \V. Morrison have not yet been recovered. Ali the young men belonged to the first 1 families of Sarnia and viei, lty and held ! prominent business positions. Killed It} a Train. Charlottesville, Va., August 6.—A lady named Miss Bartlett was crossing the railroad track at Clifton Forge this morn ing when she was struck by a passenger train and killed. The body was cut in two. fiftie nated by acclamation - without the for mality of a ballot. Davidson was nomi nated on the 11th ballot. Resolutions strongly endorsing President Cleveland and His policy of reform were adopted. Large Hi- in or to (i c Cains in Ten IH'SSI'I'. Nashville, August 6.—Yesterday’s elec tion in Tenuessee was for five judges of the supreme court and a full list of county offi cers, and judges and clerks of every court in the state. The returns come in too slow to enable figures to be given, b.t democratic victories are everywhere re ported, and tlie best idea that can now be formed is thut the democratic state ticket is elected by 36,000, a democratic gn n of about 28,000 over two years ago. Tlie majority may reach 40,000, as every county as far as hoard from, without ex ception, has shown democratid gains. The successful candidates for the stale supreme bench are: Peter Turney, of Franklin county; W. C. Caldwell, of Gibson county; W. H. Turton, of Montgomery county; B. L. Snodgrass, of Hamilton county; W. C. Folks, of Shelby county. • Tin' South (iiroiiiiu Ili'iiinrnii'y. Columbia, S. C., August 6.—'The civil service plank in the democratic platform, after n motion to table it was voted down, was adopted by a viva voce vote with but a few negatives, making it a practically unanimous vote in its favor. The facts are, however, that the committee on plat- form purposely omitted the plank, not mi of employment. Reports from other mineral states and ter ritories are to the same effect, and directly affect the personal interest of a million western people. A PROMINENT MEXICAN. Hi'Sit)n f In'Mi'xlniiis An 1 Anxious lo (liltlrnte FrU'iully Ki-lations With Your I'lielo Mini. Lowell, Mass., August 6.—Senor Santi ago Cuevas, ex-colonel of the Mexican ar tillery, is at present stopping at the Merri- mac house, where he will remain Cor some days, during whicli time he will investi gate the mills and manufacturing estab lishments of this city. Your correspond ent called upon him this morning to learn his views regarding the troubles on the frontier of Texas and other matters of in terest. Colonel'Cuevas did not believe that trouble would result from tl u present difficulties in Mexico, inasmuch as the government counsel was not to blame in the matter. The population on ! both sides of the Rio Grande I were a lawless set who defied the law and were constantly causing ! trouble. The population in the frontier 1 states of Mexico--Tamaulipas, Chihuahua j and Coahulia—was scattered and made up I largely of ranchers and miners, and other classes who were revolutionists and dis- I timbers at all times. The central goveru- j ment looks to the state governments for I the preservation of peace within their limits, and while a military force are eon inters, t being willing to endorse the practical | stantJy kept on the borders, there were application of the system. As the ] certain elements and things beyond the chairman of the committee expressed it I cn f pf ro .k even the best, military force. in opposing a restoration of the omitted plank, he was for civil service us we un derstood, but was opposed to the civil ser vice which was operated to retain repub licans in offices to which they are not en titled. While, therefore, the vote for the restoration was unanimous, it is a fact that the democrats are divided in their opinions on the subject. ON ’CHANGE. An Ai'tivi' iiml HiiIIImIi Market. New York, August 6.—The general ex cellent showing of all earnings lately re ported,, the feeling that any further dam age to the crops is improbable, uud heavy purchases for foreign account liuve caused general confidence in higher prices for the immediate future. The bullish feeling was very prominent this morning and there was a rush to buy stocks, aim over half of the day's business was transacted in the first hour, quotations advancing throughout the list. There was no news of importance, hut in the early deal ings there was an active market. Union Pacific rose 1 per cent, chiefly owing to the adjournment of congress, which re lieves all apprehension of adverse legisla tion. The prices remained steady all day. Nearly everything shows fractional gains. Some of the low-priced fancies were un usually active to-day. Sales, 265,000. Tin! Peelsliiii A 111 rineil. Chicaoo, August 6.—The appellate court this morning announced that it had af firmed the decision of Judge Rogers, in which he sustained the will of the late Wilbur F. Storrs, executor of the Chicago Times. Judge Rogers held that the will was valid and should be admitted to pro bate. It bequeaths to the widow the entire estate of the late Wilbur F. Storrs, including the Chicago Times newspaper. II Ill'll!' Him isl. St. Louis, August 6.—John Smith, the murderer of Glidson, was taken from The Mexican people generally are anx ious to cultivate tlie best relations with the people of the United States, hut the Americans should remember that the mass of our people are behind the American standard, and have not reached the plane of civilization and education upon which they stand. In time, the best feeling and most harmonious relations will exist be tween the two peopu a, and the sober second thought of the people will hardly allow a breach of the peace between the two nations on aceoui.I id the conduct of certain irresponsible officials. Colonel Cuevas has visited tlie Bunting mill and the United States cartridge fac tory and machine sliofi, and expressed great satisfaction at the courtesy and kindness shown him. Colonel Cuevas lives at Guaimjuala, in Mexico, where consid erable,cotton manufacturing is carried on by General Portillo, whoso sen, Augusta Portillo, spent two years in this city. Another I,arm* (iontriliutiim. Detroit, Michigan, August 6.—Rev. Dr. O’Reilly, this morning, cabled to the treasurer ofthe Irish parliamentary fund in London, .$60,000 to sustain the Par- nellites in their struggle for the redress of Irish grievances. The following dispatch was sent to Parnell: “Have this day transmitted to the trus tees $60,000. The league in America re laxes no effort; knows no dismay. [Signed.] O’Reilly, Treasurer.” THREATENED MILITARY ROW. Dr. John M. Fleming was called by Foster and said he was olio of tlie physi cian! who was in attendance upon the wounded at east Desplams street station on the night of May 4. Witness said there were about twelve citizens at the station who had sustained injuries. He extracted a bullet from the knee of an officer who lie thought was Officer Kreuger. Witness said the bullet corresponded ns nearly as he was able to judge with tho revolver bullets used by the police. Counsel said he desired to show that Kreuger remarked that tlie bullet came from a police revolver. Objected to and the objection sustained. Witness said lie extracted a bullet from the shoulder of A. Shoemaker, and it ap peared to he I lie same ns that taken from Kreuger. A bullet was taken from tho body of a dead man brought into the police station which also appeared to correspond with the bullet. On cl - -! cv Vi: iination he said that he would : it be .1, !■ to testify as to the cali bre of the bullet, or as to what kind of re volvin' i. was fired from, Otto Waii'troy, who could not speak English, testified that before tlie llay- market me.ding concluded I10 and de- fendam, Fist her, went to Zeph’s hall and were there drinking liver when the bomb explod. . . I To testified that he also saw Parsons there at the same time. This lat ter assert ion contradicted the other wit nesses for the defense. On cross examination he said 'he be longed Lo a group of internationalists, of which Fscberand Engel were members. Edward Prischer testified that Schwab arrived at Deering hull to make a speech about9:30 o’clock on tho night of.May 4th, and addressed a meeting at Deering about 9:46, speaking fifteen or twenty minutes, and when he concluded speaking Schwab went with witness to a drinking saloon and remained there ten or fifteen minutes. Schwab then took a ear and returned to the city. According to this testimony Schwab could not have been at the Hay Market meeting later than 9 o’clock at night, and could not have returned to Hay Market earlier than 10:45 o’clock. On cross-examination witness said he was a carrier for the Arbeitcr Zeitung. He could not state tlie time precisely. Fritz Stetler was also present at tlie Deering meeting and heard Schwab speak there that night. Hermann Booker, who lives on Ran dolph street ifcar Haymarket, said he saw and dark mustache, and his face is bronzed ns if by exposure to the sun and wind. At present he is under the care of two attend ants and lie is being eared for by the coun ty. He lias Imd the best medical attention and is cared for kindly. Alt possible ef forts to ascertain who lie is have failecL for 110 one whose address can be learned from him knows of him, which leads the con clusion that E. J. Chapin is not his name. He gave the names of tlie following as friends of his: E. O. Stanard, 3327 LiudeU avenue, St. Louis, and Ed. E. Folsom, Lachede hotel, room 43. St. Louis. If any one seeing this should know the man he can eommuniente with Dr. T. A. Roby, Hnrrisonville, .Mo., and thereby solve the mystery surrounding him and perhaps gladden the hearts of friends who are un aware of his present condition. MORE TROUBLE IN TEXAS. ■ .mill in'. i'll mill Settlers Mill' ml. Fort Worth, Tex., August 6.—There is a eotiHiil, rnlile flurry m Fisher, Stonewall and Haskell counties, in the southern tier of pan-handle counties, over errors in sur veys which will cause serious loss to ninny settlers. The lands in these counties were located yenis ago, when the counties did not exist, hut were included in a land dis trict. Tlie Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company located hundreds of sections of their land grant there. So did 111" older counties ofthe state when locat ing the lands given them by the state for school purposes. When located these lands were worth 10 cents an acre, but to-day tlicy are wortli from $2.60 to $6 per acre. The school lands were settled upon as well as some ofthe railroad land purchased at the time of making the surveys. Accuracy was not much of nil object seemingly. Many errors were made in chaining. De clination of the needle was not taken into account, and it is said that a grazing cow or horse in the distance would be selected and the line would be sighted and run to tlie animal regardless of the fact that it might have gone several hundred yards before the chain men reached it. As a consequence some of the school sections which should have contained 640 acres were found to embrace ns many 900 acres, while others fell to 100 acres. The railroad company discovering these i errors, recently sent a corps of experienced to the counties, and from the ere the built hduses, dug cisterns, and put improve ments on lands a mile away from those owned by them. Tlie town of Fisher, in Fisher county, was found to be located in Houston county, while Texas Central laud, ';y school land, had pure nosed ny tne' founders of the base his opinion upon except that two men who lived near Gilmer spoke in that way of him. Henriuh Witt, who could not speaklEng lish, testified t hat Spies was requested to make a speeehlon Black Road to a meet ing on May 3d. which resulted in thij.Mc- Uormiok riot and gave a resume of that oc currence. lie declared that Spies when tlie attack was made upon McCormick's, urged his hearers not to join in the attack. * ON THE TRACK. ' at Surntiigii Vi'sti'riliiy imipii nueei, in.ui , njiin m.i, n..., surveyors to the counttes, ana trom t Schwab on Haymarket a few minutes after | „ el( , ;, oU . K ln the lnlld office the lines wi 8 o clock on The night of May 4, and alter- . run (Treat changes were caused by I ward saw him take a street car and go new n Ilt -s. Men found that they had bi CU-'it. ^ Mimpu flnrr r«{at.pm«. nml nut imnrn 'Die testimony of these witnesses doesn t eontrndict that of the state, except that of Gilmer, who stated that he saw him in company with Spies just prior to the ex- plosion. , , , I instead of Bastrop county Pmneas H. Adams testified that he | )een . nivc i ia80( ] p v the would not believe Gilmer under oath, he | n j acf . 'phe town was half a mile from where it ought properly to have been located (if course, ihe railroad company was simply watching its own interests. They were running the lines to thel’number of sections they were entitled to, and each section was made to contain the 640 acres, no more, no less. The settlers who had bought school lands saw their dominions disappearing arid naturally objected. They petitioned tlie state laud board to order an official state survey, claiming that the railroad company is making itself whole iiy robbing the school lands and the set tlers. The people went further, and made I lireuts against 'hr- corps of surveyors, and they have in some eases removed corners and placed bearing stones back to I where they were originally. This . Y., August 6.—First race, i trouble has been going on for some of a mile, Climax won, tin:'., but, living remote from railroads, I, Lord Lome 3d. Time, j news was only yesterday received in re gard lo it. On the 5th of July an attack was to he made on the surveyors’ camp, hut the cook, being patriotic, had put water in a number of cartridge shells and thrown them into the camp fire, when t hey exploded with a loud noise. While these explosions were going on the attack ing party came up, and, imagining a heavy force to be present, retired. A committee from the counties has gone to Austin to lay tne matter before the land board. lunges I inntnatkite Mill,Ill-lull, till! Ill till- Nlirllllli-iit Montreal, August 6.- Canada is threat ened with a first-class military row. Ever since the close ofthe Northwest rebellion and the knighting of Gen Middleton by the queen and the vote to him of$20 ( 000 by ‘ le Canae' Saratoga, three-quarter Barry Russell 1:164. Second race, mile and 600 yards, dead heat between Swift and Sam Brown, Hess 3d. Time, 2:16. Stakes were divided. Third race, for three-year-olds, one mile and seven!v yards, l.lue Line won, Santa Anna Belle 2d, Macula 3d. Time, 1:1(1}. Fourth race, for two-year-old fillies, three-quarters of a mile, Bessie June won, Nellie B. 2d, Cora L. 3d. Time, 1:17}. Fifth race, mile heat, islett won, Ro sette 2d, I Juke of Connaught 3d. Time, 1:454. _ Thu ( ill,'III!,, ICui’i's. Chicago, August 6.—First race, one mile; Lady Ixingfellow won, The Dude 2, Mamie Hunt 3; time 1:44. Second race It miles; Dancing Kid won, Wnrsign 2, but as the latter swerved the judges gave second to Lura Brown, Jum Nave 3; time 1:564. Third race, 1* miles; Lizzie Dywer won, Binette 2; time 2:364. Fourth race, j mile heats; first heat, Our Friend won, Herlanthus 2, Little Joe 3; time 1:15$. Second heat, Little Joe won, Our Friend 2, Mooonlight 3; time 1:16. Fifth race, one mile; Sir Joseph won, Bob Fisher 2d, Top Sawyer 3d; time 1:414. A MYSTERIOUS MAN. SHERMAN ON CALIFORNIA. Till' lll'fll'ml Tit I K H Mnlirtulnlmr Tuft) to tho i fliu I’lU'lflc Coast. Kvi'li'tif ly K lions 1 to III a Jam I'lipii! tViio Ho San Francisco, August 6.—General W. T. Sherman, in the course of his femarks at tiie pavilion reception, referred to the enthusiastic reception given the G. A. R. and its kindred organizations by San Francisco, and spoke of the feeling of loyalty and gratefulness which prompted it. Addressing himself to the members of the grand army, he said: “We are citizens of the greatest country of the world. You must and will be ever loyal to the government of the United States. We are brothers. We laid side by j side and drank out of one canteen. We tl e: 'fore swear to maintain in fraternity l nnd charity, not only to one another, hut charity of opinion to leave every man to think what he pleases, although he may Marysville to Gallatin, Mo., to-day and j Bca p a 'city , differ from us. The men oi California 11A RIiISON VILJ.E, Mo., August 4.—On represent pure principles. Grant learned . the 29th of July, a strange man walked e lessen here; Sheridan did, the Canadian parliament, a feeling that he | into Deacon Bros.’store, and asked for a I and certainly you and old Uncle was undeserving of such rewards has been doctor. One was sent for immediately, ) Bill v learned her steadily growing. It is charged that his 1 and on his arrival the stranger was un hanged. Fort Smith, Ark., August 6.—Kit Ross, a quarter-breed Cherokee, wus hanged here to-day for the murder of Jonathan Daws, a white man, at Dechoteau, Indian Terri tory, on the 20th of last December. A llt'lii)'<Ml Minnifr. New York, August 6.—The agents of the North German Lloyd steamer Werra, which is overdue at this port, had not this morning heard anything of her where abouts. They say they are not alarmed about her safety, and that she has probably broken a shaft and is on the way to this port under sail. _ in handling tho Canadian trooi s led to much unnecessary loss of life and delay in suppressing the rebellion, with the resultant enormous exfienso. He is credited with great physical courage but no strategetieal ability. He is now charged with garbling the reports of the subordi nate commanders, especially! those of Gen Strange, an officer of grout ability, who commanded the Alberta Held force and did much to suppress the rebellion. The French press of Montreal has tuken up the case of General Strange very warmly, and the general himself lues writ ten to the press complaining of the injus tice done to him and his command. One serious charge is that General Middleton omitted all mention of the important en gagement at Frenchman’s Butte. The I fact that General Middleton conscious and suffering from convulsions. Tlie doctor applied restoratives, and as soon as lie was able to go, he was taken to tlie Hotel Harrisonville, since which time } war. California said to you one y, he has become the most mysterious case ago, if you will come here we will show ever known here. Physically, he lias j you California’s hospitality, the beautiful recovered, but he is a lunatic with- : mountains, its other magnificent scenes out a doubt. He cannot tell i and its luscious fruits. We found this too [Cheers. ]| IWhile Cal ifornia did not furnish the soldiers that saved tlie Union, yet the sound of pick and shovel was music in our ears, because with them we found what was necessary ear A lli'iqi of Puper Wisti'ii. Washington, August _je present congress I pages, not including the index or the up- ! is likely to lead to a lively row 0.—The record of' prejudiced against the Freneii contingent cation with such parties only deepe the present congress fills 8630 printed j in the field serving under General Strange j mystery, for no one knows him. He seems how he got here, and no one knows where) he came from. He claims to have escaped from tlie asylum nt Ful ton, but inquiries there develop the fact that no suen man has ever been there, yet he is familiar with the surroundings ofthe asylum, and gives names of attendants and doctors properly. He had no letters on his person tnat might identify him, except on his pocket-book the name E. J. Chapit was llutte. The ! printed in lead pencil. Some cards were v - was greatly found in this pocket-book, and eommuni- Kentucky district such parties only deepens the tempting to resist, and came and were not disappointed.” Turning to the vast au dience he concluded hy thanking the ladies and gentlemen of California for their unbounded hospitality. Uinoni inati'il for Con^rtss. Louisville, Ky., August 6.—Hon. J. B. McCreary was renominated for eougress by the democratic convention ofthe eighth pendix. This exceeds bv about 1600 pages I Middleton has just returned from England the record of any preceding session of eo •’ ’ ‘ General to think himself at the Manhattan House ii,4i.i | iuiuuiow.il nun juau icbnrucu Hum uuyiauu, at Atchison, Kas,; says he has a sister in con- , and the militia department has announced ' this (Cass) county, but cannot give her gress. < | its intention of caning on him immediately The following are the principal uomi- 1 for explanations. An K\|hinilliiu Metal. A metal that expands in cooling is made of lead, nine parts; antimony, two parts: name. I bismuth, one part. This alloy can be used He is a man who has been well educated; I to rill small defects in iron eastings.