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A TALE OF A RAT.
This is the A. and P. Office.
These are the damaging Telegrams
That lay in the A and P. Office.
These are the Rats, as large as lambs,
That gnawed the damaging Telegrams
That lay in the A. and F. Office.
This is the Manager who, with salaams,
I), dared that Rats as large as lambs
l !a ,l gnawed the damaging Telegrams
1 hat lay in the A. and P. Office.
This is Ben Butler who treated as flams
Tiit tales the Manager told with salaams
About the Rats as large as lambs
That gnawed the damaging Telegrams
That lay in the A. and P. Office.
This is Stan Matthews who utters cusses
1'., cause Ben Butler treated as flams
l h- tales the Manager told with salaams
\bout the Rats as large as lambs
That gnawed thi damaging Telegrams
That lay in the A. and P. Office.
—Neir York World.
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Geonria Affairs.
The manufacture of wine is being indulged
in hv several gentlemen in the neighborhood
,,f Atlanta. They claim that as good wine
can be made in Georgia as in almost any
part of America.
Mr. Geo. K. McRee, of Valdosta, shipped
lihe first car load of melons of the season.
| iit received an average of thirty cents
L-c for them in Atlanta.
as we expected. The reported resur
rection of Mr. William Player, of Wilcox
county, after he had been dead six hours,
an account of which we lately took from
llawkinsville Dispatch, is denied. We
r did believe it in the first place. In
day and generation, when a man dies
0 ,i-. e he never comes back to wait the pale
glimpses of the moon. Time was when it
might have been, but that, time is past.
Ik Hudson and Stephen Brown, two col
ored witnesses subpoenaed to attend the
County Court of Dougherty county, have
been sentenced to ten days in jail for con
tempt of court for failing to put in an ap
pearance.
A tri weekly mail has been established be
tween Columbus and Lumpkin.
If Mike Shaw, the wife murderer, hangs
on the Pith of July, he will, according to
the (til Capital, be the first white man who
has been hung in Baldwin county in forty-
four years.
Kate Sothern is reported as being com
fortably domiciled at Colonel Jack Smith’s
farm house. She has not been assigned to
any task yet, for the reason that her baby is
sick, and she is compelled to nurse it con
tinually. Her husband has been given a po
sition as guard. A reporter for some North
ern paper visited them last week, and inter
viewed the prisoners, besides sketching the
farm house and surroundings.
The amateur minstrel mania seems to be
getting epidemic. A company of that na
ture has been formed in Miliedgeville, with
the object of taking to the stage if times
get no better,
Mike Shaw, now awaiting execution in
Miliedgeville on the 12th proximo, for the
murder of his wife, is described by an Old
t'djjital reporter as “a slender youth with a
not unpleasing countenance, restless gray
eyes, hair standing, anxiously like, up over
his brow, but neatly trimmed.” He is rep
resented as being a man of w onderful nerve,
and received his second sentence of death
on Tuesday without a tremor, declaring
that lie would die like a man. He after
wards, as our readers have already been
informed, attempted to poison himself with
out avail.
A man calling himself Bishop made his
escape from the Franklin county jail at
Camesville about two months ago by burn
ing a hole in the wall. He was subsequently
captured and rcimprisoned in the same jail,
and we learn from the Elberton (gazette that
ou Thursday last he removed the etui, 1 7 9
that bound him and again escaped through
the burnt walls. Many censure the Sheriff,
and attribute the escape to carelessness,
but there are others who declare it lya*
through no fault of that officer that the
prisoner made his escape.
Mr. Sliubrick, of Washington county, has
three swords, presented to his grandfather
and father for distinguished naval services
in the wars of 1812 and Mexico. The first
"as a Lieutenant on'the Constitution when
that frigate captured the Guerriere.
The military spirit of Griffin is gettiug
thoroughly aroused.
Mr. Philip Morris, of Augusta, died sud
denly in that city on Thursday night last, of
heart disease.
The Times says that one of the safest capi
talists of Columbus is contemplating the
purchase of Temperance Hall there, for the
purpose of converting it into a cotton yarn
ttfill. If thinks that the investment will
This is from the Greensboro Herald: “A
portion of the scaffold on the other side of
the street, fell down Monday, and three ne-
fiToe? tievr out into space; but each one had
presence of mind enough to light on his
head, and consequently nobody was hurt.”
Augusta News: “While Captain Robbe
nuking excavations for the water .pipes
"hit h he is laj'ing to the street car stables,
he exhumed some logs and stumps which
Major A. II. McLaws, the distinguished
archeologist, pronounces a portion of an
orient fort which was formerly there, com
manding the rapid current of Beaver Dam
'and also a portion of the Savannah river. .1
p hort distance from this spot stands the old
residence of George Walton, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence
from Georgia. In tbjs house General \Y ash-
J ngt<in was entertained when he visited Au-
fusta, also President Monroe. The house
ls fast going to decay, and, unless some
@ t«P s are taken to renovate it, it will soon
^appear.”
. The Eastman Times tells of the fatal burn-
J ng of }i little girl on the plantation of
judged. J. Rozar, of that place, on Tuesday
|ast, as follows: “The little girl was left at
the house alone and asleep, while her moth-
er "as at the cow-pen, t£« father being at
w ’°rk in the field. It was quite cool, and
after awakening, concluded she
Would build a fire, and in kindling it, as
the little girl said herself, her dress caught
on fire, and, of course, 6he was frightened
*nd began to run and scream at the top
^f her voice. Judge Rozar was about one
hundred yards away when the little girl ran
°ut of the house. He ran and threw water
h<*r and extinguished the flames, though
*kirt of her dress had been consumed
^fore the Judge reached her. She died
Wednesday morning, after intense suffering.
5?® "as a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
-h-lms, and was a sprightly little child.”
. The Albany Advertiser says: u There has
•***» quite a falling oft in the estimated
Held of the wheat crop of tfeis section,
two weeks before it was harvested It was
Y er ? promising, but by the time it was read*
fur the cradle it had sustained much damage
' J .v rust. Some localities have been more
fortunate than others, but the wheat crop
generally will fall far short of expectations.
here has been an abundant yield of oats,
fields with no manure averaging from
* We lve to fifteen bushels per acre.
fry (Boods.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Says the Henry County Weekly: “We see
from our press exchanges that both Jack-
son and Fayetteville are soon to be blessed
with railroads In active operation. We never
could understand why the people of this
county always let their golden opportunities
pass by unimproved. If our people had
been energetie and progressive" we would
have long ago had a railroad market and
outlet for our crops and produce: but the
fogy Ism that Is always lighting improve-
ment in Henry county will always prevent
u f * ron * possessing the advantages which
others are so eager and ready to acquire.”
Montezuma Weekly: “Mr. William M. Mc
Kenzie, of this county, brought to our office
on last Saturday two stalks of cotton, one
containing a well formed boll and the other
thirty squares and two blooms. He also
brought a stalk of corn containing six silks
and two shools not in silk. The corn is of
the gourd seed variety. He savs that he
has ten acres of the same sort.
The Swainsboro Herald mentions the fol
lowing shocking affair which lately oc
curred at Kea’s mill, Emanuel county, and
which has produced considerable excitement
in that neighborhood. It says: “We have
before stated that Mr. Burrell Kea’s mill was
burned a few days ago, and that it was sup
posed to have been fired by an incendiary.
Considerable excitement was produced in
the neighborhood, and the matter was much
talked of, and doubtless many hard things
said pro and con. On Friday morning Mr
B. C. Kea, son of Mr. Burrell Kea, was at
the ruins, when he was approached by
Messrs. Angus Durden, John Durden and
John Webb, who asked him if he had said
certain things in regard to the burn
ing. He denied it, when hot words
ensued. Angus Durden finally struck at
Kea with a piece of iron. Kea caught the
blow on his arm, and cut at Durden with his
knife, striking him in the breast near the
arm-pit, and severing the large muscle.
Durden then commenced using his knife
upon Kea, his two friends coming to his as
sistance. Kea seeing it was a death strug
gle attempted to get away, when he was
pursued aud -tabbed twice in the back; one
of the wounds, it is believed, penetrating to
the region of the heart, if not to that vital
organ itself. These are the facts as given
by a near neighbor, who came for warrants
on Saturday last. It was feared that Kea
will die. Angus Durden was cut in the
breast and hand—the former wound being
quite severe. The difficulty occurred fif
teen miles from town.”
The Hamilton (Harris county) Journal re
counts the following chapter of accidents:
“Dr. Byron Copeland was called to see a
patient at Valley Plains last Tuesday, and
his sister, Miss Ella Copeland, went with
him to see her relatives who live near there.
After they had goue a few miles the Doctor
stopped at a branch for his horse to drink,
and while there a very large hawk flew near
aud lit on a stump. Dr. Copeland usually
carries a very small pistol in the boot of his
buggy and had it along this time, so he
reached dotim, got it out and was preparing
to shoot the hawk, and just as he lid so his
horse started off. He had his thumb on the
hammer,and as he tried to catch the lines his
thumb slipped aud the pistol tired, Miss Ella
receiving the bullet in the thick part of her
thigh. Dr. Copeland gave her medical at
tention at once, and in the afternoon ex
tracted the ball, which was a No. 2 Smith tz
Wesson. The wound, though severe, is not
at all dangerous, and is doing very well.
After the accident, Dr. Copeland sent in for
her father, and just as he got in the buggy
to start he gave the horse a sharp blow with
the whip which caused a sudden start, when
he was precipitated to the ground, dislo
cating his shoulder and otherwise bruising
him. He was able to be out the next day
and suffers qo serious inconvenience from
it.”
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun has received
from Albany, N. Y., a piece of tanned ne
gro skin, and comments on this fresh evi
dence of the love of their Northern friends
for the man and brother in this wise: “Yes
terday we received by mail a piece of tanned
negro skin from a gentleman in Albany, N.
Y., who once lived here and made his de
parture in 1858. His name we will not give.
He states that this is an evidence of the
Jo\e which, in theory, the Northern people
profess to have for the colored
race. A negro convict died. The
medical students skinned the bod\,
and tanned his hide for the purpose of mak
ing boots. This piece of skin is certainly a
great curiosity and we will preserve it. The
same can be seen in our office. This trophy
(?) of the scientists is of the thickness of
fine calf skin and quite porous. The Radicals
can bowl over this inhuman act of their
students. The party’ sending vouches for
the truth of the statement. Nothing stj ab
horrent has ever occurred in the South, and
we want to see if the Radicals will raise
their hands in pious horror at the atrocious
deed of their young men.”
The Little Joker.
Hartford Times.
In Florida, tlie ‘'little joker” was
around. The county clerk of Leon
county, C. H. Edwards, says be lmd
heardof the preparation ot these “little
jokers ” before the election, and believes
they were in the hands of Congressman
I'urmau. These jokers were little thin
paper dips, printed with the uaines of
the Republican candidates for electors,
aud folded or placed loosely igside of
the regular Republican ballots, so tjjat
iu emptying the box they would become
separated. It was an understood trick
among the Republican managers. One
Joseph Rowes,a Florida Republican who,
has since been rewarded with office
in Washington, chucklingly told Ed
wards—“I have got in seventy-three or
seventy-four little jokers.’' That was
supposed to be all right according to the
Rcmjblican ethics iu political morality,
and the only troublesome thing about it
is this irritating Democratic inquisition
which is now going on. “Oh, 111 see to
it ” said a lawyer in answer to a ows-
..iafpt from his horsestealing client,
“they shan't crowd you in that way ; I’ll
see that you have justice, and that the
facts shall he shown.” That’s lust
what’s the matter,” quoth the client,
“it’s the d fact* I'm afraid of.”
Mr. Stanley Matthews and Mr, llayes
remind us in a measure (on'y in a
measure, of course!) of Launce and his
dog. The Senator from Ohio maintains
towards the President from Ohio an at
titude of silent reproach tempered w ith
abject admiration the like of which is
not recorded elsewhere in history. “If,”
must sav Mr. Matthews, “if l had not
had more wit than he to Jsjjte a fault
upon me that he did, I think verify he
had been hanged for’t. You shall judge.”
Then Mr Matthews, with deep emotion,
must proceed to recite to his personal
friends how for Mr. Hayes' offense in
Louisiana he has offered his back t(j the
Iasi) leaving Mr. Hayes’ throat unvisited
of penDy-cord. R is an affecting his
torical parallel, which we regret that lack
of space does not permit us to present in
full to such of our readers as have not
read “The Two Gentlemen of Y erona
It is a good play by an author who should
he better known.—N. T. World.
Persons who look to good and evil
omens—and they are not a few even
among the most highly cultured people—
w jp be shaking their heads at the storm
that marked the advent of the Peace
Congress plenipotentiaries into Renin
palace. They met iu “thunder light
ning and in rain,” at the first mfotinal
assembly. There are many who will In
fer evil results from this, though peace
is tolerably sure La follow. It will be
peace for all, so far as immediate armed
conflict is concerned, but some will be
sure to lose in the final disposition of the
details, and these will be able to say, “I
told you so,” when they refer to their
prognostications based on the thunder
storm that preceded the opening.
The owner of a house in Hartford, a
widower, lived in the upper story and
rented the lower part to a clergyman. A
servant girl employed in the clergyman a
family was young and pretty. Her
mistress observed that she and the
widower were devoting a great deal of
attention to each other, and, deeming the
matter scandalous, said to her: ' Pack
up your things and quit. The girl
obeyed- but on the following day she re
turned in a carriage, announced that she
had been married to the landlord, and
said to her former mistress: Pack up
your things ijud <l u 't-
•• We will talk of that elsewhere,”
snapped Cox, of the investigating com
mittee, at Butler, and old spoons replied .
“Yes, sir, we will settle it elsewhere.
Row, ire suggest to seconds, surgeons
and other attendants that it will be well
to be iron-clad, frqnt and rear, if Butler
is going to take aim at anybody witn
that cock-eyfi of his.—Nathalie Ameri
can.
BY TELEGRAPH.
TH E SESSIONS OF THE CONGRESS.
THE MILITARY SITUATION AT
CONSTANTINOPLE.
Arrival of the Bark Azorat Sierra
Leone.
TWENT Y-THREE VICTIMS TO SHIP
FEVER ON THE VOYAGE.
Foreign Stock and Other Markets.
BOLD ROBBERY AND ATTE.VIP-
TED MURDER.
Rumored Understanding Between
England and Turkey.
General New* Item*.
CONGKES8IONAL.
Washington, June 15.—In the Senate,
Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, submitted a joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States so as to
allow the President to approve any part of
the appropriation bill, and to disapprove
any portion of such bill as he may think
proper. Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Mr. Windom, of Minnesota, called up the
concurrent resolution submitted by him
yesterday, extending the session until
twelve o’clock Thursday, June 20th. After
some discussion as to the condition of the
business, an amendment submitted by Mr.
Whyte to extend the session until twelve
o'clock Wednesday, June 19th, instead of
Thursday, was rejected—yeas 25, nays 26.
The original resolution, extending the
session until Thursday, was then agreed to—
yeas 35, nays 9—and it was immediately
scut to the House for the concurrence of
that body.
Mr. Wadleigh, of New Hampshire, from
the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
to whom was referred the resolution of the
Senate adopted at the last session, instruct
ing that committee to inquire into the
charges that the election of L. F. Groover, a
United States Senator from Oregon, was
procured by fraud and bribery, reported
that the evidence taken did not sustain any
of such charges against him. He moved
that the committee be discharged from
further consideration of the subject, which
was so ordered.
Leave was given to the various members
of the committee to file their views in the
case.
The conference committee on the Mexi
can claims have agreed that the President
may, as a matter of courtesy to Mexico, on
her request, rehear the Laobia and Weil
cases. It is expressly declared that this
action is not to be regarded as an expression
of opinion regarding the rightfuluess of the
claims.
The reports of the conference committee
on the army and river and harbor bills were
adopted. They go to the President.
The conference report on the distri
bution of the Mexican awards passed.
Nominations—E. Hammond as District
Judge of West Tennessee; Jas. Hill as Post
master at Vicksburg, and Abemethy as
Postmaster at Okalona.
The Senate confirmed Leonard as District
Attorney for Louisiana.
In the House the report of the confer
ence committee on the river and harbor bill
was agreed to amid a good deal of con
fusion by a vote of yeas 150, nays 98.
The consideration of the bill amending
the internal revenue laws was resumed, aud
the House struck out the amendment
adopted some days ago repealing the provi
sion of the law relating to the removal of
causes from State to Federal courts. An
amendment was adopted fixing September
1st, 1878, as the date upon which the reduc
tion in the tax on tabacco should take
effect. No formal action was reached.
The conference committee’6 report on the
army bill was made and agreed to, the
army strength being limited to twenty-five
thousand, and the section prohibiting the
use of the army to enforce the eivil law
being retained.
THE CONGRESS AND THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES.
Berlin, June 15.—The Congress will cer
tainly not sit daily, but the time and inter
vals of adjournment will be left for decision
from day to day. It seems to be the general
impression that the Congress will certainly
last several weel*s. ’
The National Zeituny says Prince Bis
marck will leave Berlin in about ten days,
and that neither Lord Beaconsfield nor
Gortschakoff will await the end of the
deliberations. If this be true the filial
details will be entrusted to the second and
third plenipotentiaries.
The Empress received all the first
plenipotentiaries yesterday. Lord Bca-
constield goes to Potsdam to-day as
the guest of the Crown Princess.
Caratheodora Pasha and Mehemet Ali, the
Turkish plenipotentiaries, made their official
calls yesterday.
The German court will go into mourning
for the late King of Hanover, which will
interfere with many of the contemplated
festivities.
It i£ said that in their private interviews
Lord Bcacon§fie»d has made a favorable im
pression on Prince Bismarck- latter is
also noticeably amiable to the French en
voy*.
mincing lane markets,
London, June 15.—The leading Mincing
Lane markets are inanimate. Stocks large
and speculation restricted to a few articles.
iu f^ir demand, closing firm, notwith
standing large imports, fipe crystalized
West India dearer. Low sugars attract
more attention. Rlctf inactive, (bore
having been numerous arrivals. Coffee
unsettled by heavy offerings at auction.
Xispipnd slow. Prices occasionally a sbil
ling per Hundredweight lower. Many for
eign parcels have been withdrawn, and
ordinary qualities generally were only wale'
able at a material reduction. Plantation
Ceylon easier. There was more inquiry
for blsck and white pepper. Tea was dull,
but public were too small to influence
the quotatfbns. There was a good shipping
demand.
p robbery and attempted murder.
Cairo, iu.., Jrjjc 15.—At 2 a. m. yester
day, James A. Abbott, agect of Adams’
Fxpr.ess, at Goleonda, was awakened by
four flien who said they wanted Him to go
to his store fyH & stefr person. On en
tering the »tor* they dPffiapdp 1 ? a P
eight hundred dollar express pacKtufc,
supposed to be in Abbott's possession. The
package had not arrived, but they robbed
Abbott of seventy dollars on his person,
then tqrccd him into a skiff and after pro
ceeding down the river a few miles, threw
him overboard. Abbott reached the shore
and returned and gave the alarm, which re»
suited in the capture of a stranger supposed
to be one of the parties.
LORD uC^-CON 9HKLD ON THE MILITARY
situation as Constantinople.
London, June 15.—Dispatches f»om Ber
lin to the Standard and Ibst say Lord Bea-
consfieid ip a speech in the Congress on
Thursday called aitentiqD to the perils at
taching to the military Situation at Con
stantinople. The Post's correspondent states
that Lord ffeacopsfield demanded an imme
diate chauge that woqld rpnjove from dan
gerous proximity the Russian and Turkish
armies iu Rouinelia, aud expressed the
hope that the Russian delegates would be
able* at the next sitting to announce that
the Russians had withdrawn.
THE FOREIGN STOCK MARKET.
London, June 15.—The Economist says:
“The rate of discount for three months bills
is »h per cent. Short loans are decidedly
firmer iu uonsecuence of the needs of the
Stock Exchange foF tkiw week's settlement,
following a material rise in prices.
Day to day loans command f^(<f2.
It satisfactory to record that
prjees of stock* after last week’s great
rise are on thR wholR well maintained.
There has been a decline ip consols owing
to the increased requirement of the money
market, but foreijrii securities have help
their ground.”
ARRIVAL OF THE BARK AXOR AT SIERRA
LEONE, AFRICA.
Charleston, June 15.—A cable special
from the News and Courier's correspondent,
dated Sierra Leone. May 19, via Madeira, to
day, announces the arrival at the former
place of the bark Azor, which sailed from
Charleston April 21st with 250 negro immi
grants for Liberia. There was much suffer
ing on the voyage,.water having become
short. The ship fever broke out, and twenty-
three of the immigrants died. The rest
were in good spirits at having reached Africa.
duties qn sugar.
Washington, June 15 —The bill intro
duced in the House this evening by Mr
Phelps, of Connecticut, provides simply for
an uniform duty of 2G,'e. per pound on all
imported sugar, concentrated Milado, con
centrated molasses, concrete tank bottoms
and syrup of sugar, corn juice not above
number 16 Dutch standard in color, and a
duty of 4c. per pound upon all above that
standard. The bill was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
FAILED.
New* York, June 15.—Chas. Scott <fe Co.,
importers of white goods, have failed, with
Jiabpties of $250,000.
BEACONSFIELD TO LEAVE BERLIN NEXT WEEK.
London, June 15.—A special to the
Daily Xeics from Berlin states that it is said
Lord Beaconsfield will depart from Berlin
next week, whilst Count Andrassy has
arranged to sta}’ a month. This causes the
belief which is encouraged by the Russian
and English plenipotentiaries, that the criti
cal point between them will be much more
easily settled than that between Russia and
Austria.
A FINANCIAL COMMISSION FOR TURKEY.
London, June 15.—The Standard, in its
financial article to-day, says: “Lord Salis
bury, before going to Berlin, consulted
with the leading bankers about the position
and capabilities of Turkey with a view to
the establishment of a financial commission
at Constantinople similar to that now exist
ing in Egypt. The scheme apparently re
ceives the support of the Vienna and Berlin
Cabinets.”
LORD DUFFERIN DECLINES THE GOVERNOR-
GENERALSHIP OF CANADA.
London, June 15.—The London corres
pondent of the Manchester Guatdian says
the Colonial office wishes Lord Dufferio
to remain in Canada as Governor General of
the Dominion for another term, but that
Lord Dufferin declined and will return to
England about September.
AN ANGLO-TURKISH UNDERSTANDING.
London, June 15.—The Manchester Guar
dian's London correspondent mentions the
existence of an Anglo-Turkish understand
ing, which is a kind of supplement to the
Aiiglo-Russian agreement. It secures the
paramount influence of England not only
in Asia Minor, but at Constantinople.
THE POTTER INVESTIGATION.
Washington, June 15.—Clarke and Dar-
rall were examined this afternoon, without
important developments.
Senator Kellogg was invited to attend by
the committee, but replied that it was not
convenient at present, and the committee
adjourned to Monday.
LABOR TROUBLES.
Ottawa, June 15.—The unemployed la
borers here have made threatening demon
strations, but there was no violence.
Quebec, June 15.—The laborers on the
government works, street railwaj’s, gas
works and the different mills and workshops
have returned to work. More ringleaders
of the riots have been arrested.
PIUTE INDIANS ON THE WAR PATH.
San Francisco, June 15.—A special from
Ruiz City says Maj. Dowuey, on the way to
Sheep Ranche, received orders to return to
Fort Harney in consequence of information
that Eager, a Piute chief, was at the head of
four hundred warriors, and had resolved to
go upon the war path.
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
Washington, June 15. — In the river
and harbor bill the Senate receded from
its disagreement to the House item of
fifteen thousand dollars for New river, Vir
ginia. The amount for expenditure on the
White and St. Francis rivers, Arkansas, is
fixed at forty thousand dollars.
THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF NAPLES.
Rome, June 15.—It is stated that the next
Consistory will be held on the 5th of July,
when the Pope will appoint Padre San Fe-
licie, of the Benedictine order, to the Arch
bishopric of Naples.
CUBAN AFFAIRS.
Havana, June 15.—It is officially an
nounced that Captain General Jovellar will
resign the government into the hands of
General Campos on the 17th, when Jovellar
6ails for Spain.
NEW YORK YACHT RACES.
New York, June 15.—The v ixen won the
Bennett challenge prize for sloops. The
Peerless won that for schooners.
LETTER FROM OUR TRAVELING
CORRESPONDENT
Ylacon a* an Educational Centre-
High School.
A Chapter of Horrors.
Baltimore Sun.
A most melancholy and shocking oc
currence happened iu Portsmouth, Vir
ginia, on Wednesday afternoon. It seems
that Mr. John Owens, a well to-do mer
chant of Portsmouth, doing business on
Fourth street, and a very’ popular and
respected citizen, lias been drinking
since last election day, the 23d of May,
and, as usual, when his frolics culminate,
hud become perfectly uncontrollable with
frenzy. As a matter of safety to himself
and others, his two sons, John E. and
Robert E. Owens, concluded to manacle
him, as they had done with the best re
sults repeatedly before. Seeing their op
portunity in the store about noon, the
young men seized their father, who is
very' strong and muscular, having been a
carpenter in the navy all his life, and as
Robert firmly clinched and attempted to
pipion his arms from behind, John pre
pared the iron c . The old man proved
too strong, however, and, wrench
ing loose his right hand, drew a keen,
freshly sharpened butcher knife that he
had concealed on his person, and, reach
ing around, quietly plunged it to the hilt
in the left side of liis son Robert, just be
low' the ribs, before either of the boys
were the least aware of his purpose.
Robert gave a deep groan and sank to
the ttoor, exclaiming, “Oh, John, Ini
cut,” and in ten minutes was a corpse.
One of the main arteries had been sev
ered, and he expired from inward bleed
ing. In the meantime the father fled
from the store without a w T ord, aud
passed down Henry street to Gosport,
where he was soon after arrested by offi
cers Broughton and Raker, and conveyed
to jail
The deceased was a most exemplary'
young man, upright and reliable, and a
member of the Second Street M. E.
Church. lie w'as just twenty-one years
of age, anq enipiPJTd at Powe)l A Alex
ander’s storehouse us bookkeeper. Mr.
Owens, the father, is nearly sixty years
of age, and represents the Fourth ward
in the City' Council and on the Board of
Health.
In Portsmouth, thp same day', an in
jured husband, David Webb, made a des
perate attempt to kHl his wife’s alleged
paramour, named James Eagan. It is
charged that the affair occurred at the
residence of *\yebb, wlio fired three
Chambers of his revolver at the alleged
despoiler of his domestic happiness, two
of the shots taking effect. Eagan now
lies in a vcjy critical cqnditicn, and hU
life is despaired of. ‘The most dangerous
shot penetrated between two ribs of his
left side. Both the paities are young
married men witl* faiqilie^. vyelb \va3
arrested and committed to jail.
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Tiie Charges Against Mrs. Tiutun.
—The Plymouth Church examining
committee sat in judgment on Mrs.
Tilton Monday night, she being charged
with calumniating Mr. Beecber inner
recently published confession, and vio
lating her covenant in not submitting the
matter first to the church. Mr. Ira B.
Wheeler, counsel for Mrs. Tilton, and
Air. Joseph H. Richards, her brother,
appeared and submitted a written com
munication to the committee, simply
reiterating the charges made by her in
her confession of April J3. Airs. Walton
then gave her testimony, whieh pon-
sisted of a verbal description of fhe
scene which took place at the resi
dence of Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Tilton’s
mother, the day' the confession was
made public. The object of her testi
mony is to establish the charges that
Mrs. Tilton has slandered Henry Ward
Beecher, she being the only' member of
the church who ever heard the alleged
slanderous word9 from Mrs. Tilton’s
lips, and, therefore, the only one who
could make charges against her, or testify'
before the committee in regard to them.
After Mrs. Walton had testified the com
mittee held a brief consultation and then
adjourned, refusing to give the result of
the deliberations until they were ready
make theif report to the church. The
World, however, says the committee de
cided that Mrs. Tilton should be dropped.
Confessing a Voider.—Henry Lick-
ner, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, who
was tried, convicted and sentenced to be
hun£ for the murder of Henry Shoeffer,
in November, 1876, and afterwards had
his sentence commuted to imprisonment
for life because there were many who
had strong doubts of his guilt, has made
a full and complete confession, admitting
the murder, but asserting that it was
done in self defense. Lickner was in
good circumstances, and after his sen
tence of death donated all his property
to charitable purposes, among other
things giving five hupdred dollars to es
tablish a jail library.
Washington special to the Cincinnati
Enquirer: “Senator Lamar told a friend
to-night that he supposed he had put the
last nail in his political coffin by his vote
in the Senate to-day against the repeal
of the resumption act, and yet he claims
to faithfully represent his constituents.”
Macon, June 14.—Editor Morning New:
As an educational centre Macon is unsur
passed by any city. Among her chief in
stitutions is the Wesleyan Female College,
the oldest chartered institution for the
education of women in the United States.
She is fully equipped, having a larger faculty
than any kindred school in the country,
except Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., and only Vassar is superior in curricu
lum and in methods of teaching. The
Mt. DeS&les Academy, under the auspices
of the Catholic Church, measures up to the
best academic instruction in the land.
These two are for female education ex
clusively. Then there are private schools of
high c haracter, as well as the public schools,
where the girls are duly trained in the
lower branches and prepared for college
life. For the benefit of the boys, Mercer
University, one of the best institutions in
the South, furnishes the most ample facili
ties for the acquirement of a finished educa
tiou. An able faculty and complete
apparatus in every department, places this
noble institution in the front rank. The
Pio Nono College is young in years, but is
meeting the expectations of its founders
both in patronage and proficiency of its
graduates in the higher ranks of culture.
The private and public schools furnish the
best possible advantages to those who seek
only the rudiments of an education.
Kven the unfortunate are not forgotten.
The “Academy for the Education of the
Blind” is located here, and under the ad
mirable management of Professor W. D.
Williams is bestowing untold blessings
upon those “who dwell in darkness ever
enduring.” It is one of the best managed
institutions in the State.
The schools and colleges are now closing,
and in a few weeks the hundreds who have
been so closely confined to books and reci
tations will be scattered throughout the
State gladdening the hearts of anxious
parents and bringing sunshine and merri
ment into homes that have long been silent.
On the night of the 11th insL the High
School, consisting of the more advanced
classes, in connection with the Public
Schools, held their closing exercises. As
no one was admitted but those who held
tickets, and as your correspondent did not
have one, he did not attend. From
those who did attend, however, 1 learn it
was a most enjoyable occasion. Professor
Daretield was in charge of the periormances,
and the exhibition revealed excellent care
and training upon the part of the teacher.
Col. Clisby, President of the Board of Edu
cation, delivered the diplomas in a neat
and practical address. The success was
gratifying to the friends of this enterprise.
There is quite a division of sentiment among
the people in reference to the existence of
the High School department. The study of
the English branches is all that the State
provides for in these institutions. In the
opinion of many, and among them some of
the best citizens, our public instruction
should proceed no further than a knowledge
of the English branches. To go beyond
this, is to infringe upon the prerogatives of
others, and to end m an unjust discrimina
tion. There are many arguments, pro and
con, but I leave them for others to indulge
in. One thing is certain, this High School
department, to be a success, needs to be
popularized. Prof. Zettler is doing all in his
power to convince the community not only
of its feasibility, but also of its necessity.
As a representative of the Morning
News, I am in receipt of an elegantly print
ed catalogue of the Wcsleyau Female Col
lege. It was printed by J. W. Burke A Co.,
of this city, and is done up in their best
style, which means a good deal to those who
know the character of their work. The
catalogue contains a list of the names of ail
the graduates of the institution ever since
its first class went forth to* enrich society
with its culture and piety nearly forty years
ago. There have been twelve hundred and
thirty-nine graduates iu the different de
partments, and out of the number, so far as
can be ascertained, there Lave been only
one hundred and nine deaths. The gradu
ating class this year numbers thirty-nine.
They will step forth into a new life on
Wednesday next. Many an air castle will
crumble as they come in contact with the
realities of life. Many a vision of joy anil
gladness will vanish into thin air, aud’niany
a noble resolve will never be executed, in
this class of thirty-u ine Savannah is represent
ed in the person of Miss Georgie E. Miiler.
The character of the Forest City w ill not
sutler in her hands. She stands deservedly
high in her class, and will return to her
home bearing the esteem of all who have
had the pleasure cf her acquaintance, for
her many excellencies of mind and heart.
On last night the biennial exhibition of
the Adelphian Society came off. These ex
hibitions are regarded by many as the most
interesting exercises of the entire occasion.
There are two of these literary societies in
connection with the college, aud they alter
nate in their exhibitions. The grand entree
march was beautiful, and notwithstanding
the multitudinous changes, it was most ad
mirably executed. This large crowd of
beauty and of grace was led by Miss Geur-
gie Miller, of Savannah, who.’ through
the intricate movements, never made a mis
take.
Tlie exercises were chiefly dialogues and
tableau5, apd eurne of them exceedingly
impressive by the elegant manner in which
they were performed. The “Songs of
Seven,” representing the various stages iu a
woman’s life, from the exulting day of
childhood, “Seven Times One,” to that
period when, wearied tyifh Ijfe and it* dis
appointments, iho soul longs for home and
rest beyond the tide, was charmingly pre
sented. “Seed Time and Harvest” contained
the most important lesson of life and
awakened inquiry in every heart, “What
Shall the Harvest Be?” “The Voyage of
Life” closed the exercises of the hour most
admirably. The three leading characters
were as well performed as I have ever seen.
“The Voyager,” Miss Eliza Davis.of Albany.
threw more life iqtc tha execution of this
old allegory than is usual for young ladies.
Miss Georgie Miller, representing “Good
Thoughts,’ 1 evineOd a thorough knowledge of
her part, and was natural in every movemen;,
while Miss Goode, of Georgetown, with the
most winning ways and sweetest voice, sang
the song of the siren, “Worldly Influences.”
I11 the musical feature of the entertainment
the hand of Professor J. R. Nawiuan, the
efficient Professor of Music, and well known
in Savannah, was to be seen. Two of the
most charming choruses sung were of hi a
own composing. “Oh, be Merry,” was very
pretty.
To-night the Sophomore class, by their
representatives, ten iu number, give elocu
tionary readings. The “Sophs” are always
greeted with full houses.
The spacious chapel on last night, not
withstanding the threatening character of
the weather, was crowded almost to suffo
cation. Every foot of standing room was
occupied. Every year the crowd increases
at these annual entertainments. There <3
not a hall of sufficient capacity in the city
to hold the prowds that desire to attend.
SIDE NOTES.
The “broken bank fever’’ continues una
bated. There are no new developments
other than the liabilities arc larger than at
first supposed.
The Wife of Mr. E. Kirtland, of the firm
of Mix <& Kirtland, of this city, is ly
ing quite ill, with but little hopes of re
covery. She has a number of friends in
Savannah who will learn this fact with sor
row.
Rev. J. W. Burke has sold out his interest
in the book business in Atlanta, and the
firm of Burke & Hancock is dissolved. He
was not satisfied, however, but bought out
the City Book store in Athens, Ga., and
will run that, as well as the immense estab
lishment in this city.
The commencement day at Rio Nono Col
lege Is the 26th iust. The Macon and Bruns
wick and Atlantic and Gulf Railroads ex
tend the -same liberal terms to visitors
to this as to the other colleges. A number
of Savannahians are expected.
Lanight,* just as the crowd was dispers
ing at the college, an alarm qf fire was
given, but the people were ouUide, so that
no damage was done by fright. The fire
originated in the upper story of the build
ing occupied by Davis Howes as a grocery
6tore. Considerable damage was done, but
mostly by water. Mr. Howes’ stock was com
pletely drenched.
Rev. J. O. A. Clark leaves for Europe next
week.
Judge James Jackson, of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, who has lon^ filled the
Chairmanship of the Board of Trustees cf
Wesleyan Female College, has resigned his
position, and Gov. A. H. Colqiiitt will be
felected to fill hie place.
A large number of visitors arrived on last
night’s train, and more are t^cpected this
morning. Jack Plane.
DEVISEE’S BRIBERY STORY.
.?Ir. Jos«ph Hernandez Explain* hi*
Connection with the Aflalr.
An Ex-Legislator Convicted.—The
trial of ex Representative Bullard, of
Delaware county, Delaware, has resulted
in his conviction for embezzlement of
the funds of the Second Media Euilding
Association, and the jury joined to their
verdict the recommendation of mercy to
1r
-Yew Orleane Democrat.
Regarding the charge ot attempting to
bribe Judge Levisee, one of the Hayes
electors, Mr. Joseph Hernandez said
yesterday: “The evening before the
assembling of the electoral college, in
18T6, two gentlemen friends of mine
sent for me, and said they desired to
consult with me concerning a certain
Presidential elector who had just
arrived in this city from Shreveport, and
who had expressed his conviction that
Tilden had really and fairly carried
Louisiana, hut who was afraid to vote as
his convictions and conscience prompted,
because of the rage such a course would
create among the Republicans who, he
believed, would surely take his life un
less he was offered protection by the
Democrats and furnished with means
sufficient to leave the State after casting
his vote. This man’s name was A. B.
Levisee, said these gentlemen. I replied
to my friends tliat I knew Mr. Levisee
very well, and asked for the particulars.
“Mr. Walter said that Captain Aiken,
President of the Red River Transports
tion Company, had informed him that
Judge Levisee had come down from
Shreveport with Mr. S. M. Asher, a
well known citizen of that place, on the
same boat, and that during the trip,
which lasted several days, Mr. Asher
and Judge Levisee had held long and
frequent conversations on the subject of
the Presidential election, and that Mr.
Asher was satisfied that Levisee could be
made to vote fur Tildeu if his fears for
his life could be quieted and a safe re
treat provided for him. I was thereupon
requested to see Judge Levisee, and to
ascertain exactly what he desired and
what could be done.
“A short while after this conversation
with 3Ir. Pugh he and I walked to the
corner of Common and Caroudelet,
where we met Mr. Asher and Judge Levi
see. Judge Levisee greeted me very
cordially and introduced me to Mr.
Asher, whom 1 did not know, who he
(Levisee) said was liis friend, etc. At
my suggestion we retired to my office,
which is hut two doors from Common
on Carcndelct. At the door of my office
Judge Levisee hesitated, remarking that
it might not be prudent for him to be
seen entering my office—he feared his
steps might have been dogged. Turning
to me he said: 'Mr. Hernandez, you may
speak very freely to Mr. Asher. He is
my friend, and whatever he says I will
do. Speak to him as you would to mv-
self.' Saying this. Judge Levisee hade
us goodnight and left, aud Mr.
\sher and I entered my office,
where Mr. Asher spoke in
substance as follows. Said he: ‘Levisee
really and conscientiously of the
opinion that Tilden has carried Louis
iana, and he is very much inclined to
cast his vote for Tilden in the electoral
college, provided his life is duly pro
tected, and means sufficient furnished
him to leave the State after casting his
vote. Levisee is so much in earnest
about this that he has a speech already
written which he will deliver in explana
tion of his vote for Tilden.’
“I replied that, as far as protection
was concerned, it was a very easy mat
ter to arrange, hut as to the means to
leave the State, how much, said I, will
Levisee require?
“ ‘Two hundred thousund dollars,'
said Asher.
At this enormously preposterous
proposition I could not repress my sense
of the ridiculous, and laughed outright.
“Mr. Asher then said that Levisee was
deeply impressed with the magnitude of
the crisis the Presidential question then
portended; that he felt the stupendous
effect liis single vote must exert ; that the
Presidency of the United States literally
rested upon his vote; that it [was the
biggest tiling that the most vivid imagi
nation could conceive: that though he
was convinced Sir. Tilden had fairly
carried Louisiana, yet if he dared vote
for him the Republicans would never let
him live in the State; that he had a large
family to provide for; that he would like
to go to England, and that two hundred
thousand dollars woqld rqake him easy
and comfortable, anil would somewhat
compensate him for his exile in a foreign
land.
“To all of which I answered that the
sum was much too large; that the best I
thought could be done was to fully pro
tcct Levisee's life, and that probably I
could raise a fund of $.->0,000 to ena’ble
him to place himself beyond the reach of
Republican assassins, if he was disposed
to do what he conscientiously believed
was righ;.
„ ““k Ash": then left me, stating that
ue would call again at my office the next
morning at 9 o'clock. At the appointed
hour he came to my office and reported
that Levisee had disappeared; that he
had waited for him, ana afterward hunt
ed for him, hut without success. Mr.
Asher then went to the custom house
and returned at 10:30 o'clock, saying that
Levisee was in the custom house, under
the surveillance of the Republican lead
ers, and that no one was allowed to see
him. From that moment until he cast
his vote for Hayes and Wheeler, Levisee
was never allowed by the Republicans to
get out of their sight. This is absolutely
the whole story.” «aid Mr. Hernandez,
and we then bade him good day.
J. G. Rucker, of Washington county,
“medicated a couple of hen’s eggs with
poison, placed them under his hen roost,
nevt morning finding two dead foxes
close at hand.” Moral—1. Latesuppers
are injurious to health. 2. Don't visit
your neighbor’s liQqse after hedtime. 3.
Whi n you are fishing for perch and catch
a cat throw him back. 4. Candle your
eggs before eating. .1 Half a loaf is not
so good as a whole one. (1. Make your
farms self-sustaining and raise all your
provisions at home. 7. When you take a
stick of wood from your neighlx>r's pile
examine for a plugged-up hole with loose
grains of powder around the margin.—
Canton Mail.
Attempted Murder i* ,\ Penttex-
tiaky.— A negro convict at the West
Virginia penitentiary, while f eated at the
dinner table Monday, assaulted two other
convicts with a hatchet. He imbedded
the pole of the weapon in the head of
one of his victims, and cut a frightful
gash in the other's back. The one whose
skull was broken is in a dying condition,
and the other, it is thought, may not re
cover. After the assault the negro ran
from the dining room into the cell hall,
where he was fired upon by the guards,
but without a fatal result. ’ He was cap
tured and put into his cell, where a large
knife was found concealed.
Seats all occupied. Enters a person
dressed as a lady. Bright little boy rises
and offers bis seat. Lady drops into it.
with an air of slight disdain. Boy—
“Oh, I beg your pardon; did you speak?”
Lady—“>o, I didn’t say anything.”
Boy—“Oh. excuse me; l thought you
said thaqk you.” Lady, in high dudgeon
—“You may have your seat.” Bov
(resuming it)—“Well, I’ll thank you.
Passengers convulsed. Lady disappears
at next street crossing.—St. Louie
Journal.
A Singular Accident.—There was a
singular accident on the New York Me
tropolitan Elevated Railroad Wednesday
evening. A workman employed to watch
the locomotives became alarmed at the
escape of some steam, and fearing an
explosion, jumped through the window
of the car, falling through the trestle
work to the street, receiving severe
bruises. The accident was oj course
entirely owing to his needless alarm and
ignorance.
C"
J. H. Stickel, a well known insurance
agent of St. Louis, occupying the posi
tion of State ageqt of the Northwestern
Mutual Life Assurance, stands accused
of tne crime of forging, it being alleged
that he has, in the past few weeks, vic
timized parties on forged notes to the ex
tent of $10,000, and has in addition se
cured almost an equal amount ty other
methods less criminal in the eyes of the
law, but not less dishonorable.
Mr. Stephens' Letter.
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist.
Mr. Stephens' letter, defining his po
sition with regard to the Democracy of
the Eighth district, has been before*the
public for several days, and its contents
have doubtless been carefully consid
ered. In it he gives his reasons for be
coming a candidate for re-election, and
the history of the telegram announcing
that he would ‘ stand. ” It is proper here
to state that Mr. Stephens is mistaken in
his statement about the letter to which
his telegram was a reply. He says:
“On my return from Baltimore, on the
evening of the 25th ult., I found a very
large pile of letters which had accumu
lated on my table while I was gone. It
was near ten o'clock at night before I got
through reading and having them read
to me. The last on the pile was from
Colonel Wright, which had come in the
mail of that day. It was of the same
purport with several others. He wished
to know if I had determined definitely
whether I would be a candidate again or
not, as ecreral akpirunte for the position
trould likely epring up soon, ichich might
create ditimon, etc. He mid that it ica*
important that my position in reference to
my being a candidate again should be set
tied at as early a day as possible. This
was the substance of his letter. ”
Mr. Wright did not write such a let
ter. as we think Mr. Stephens will ascer
tain by referring to the document in
question. The error is not of impor
tance, it is true: but as Mr. Stephens
prides himself upon his particularity “in
small matters,” he should have been
more accurate in his statements.
Mr. Stephens says that he will neither
seek nor decline a nomination from a
convention. This is the position that
most aspirants for office occupy—in
theory—and no one will deny that it is a
sound position. Mr. Stephens admits
that he has received a nomination from
two conventions within four years; as
lie phrases it, the conventions “asked
his consent to the presentation of his
name to the people of the Eighth dis
trict as a fit person to represent their
interests in Congress." This is a fact
that has escaped the attention of the
public. Our impression was that he
was nominated just as other men have
been nominated, and that he cheerfully
accepted the honor conferred. We had
also thought that in the convention of
1874, so far from being ‘ ‘asked to con
sent to the presentation of his name to
the people of the district as a fit person
to represent their interests in Congress,”
he was brought in as a compromise can
didate, and only nominated Rafter a day
and night had been spent in fruitless
balloting. It is evident, however, from
Mr. Stephens' letter, that we were mis
taken, and that it lias taken the most
urgent persuasion to get him to accept
a nomination from the Democracy of
the district. Mr. Stephens, in his letter,
falls into the subjunctive mood and |
says if the convention which is to
meet at Thomson attempt to rule
him out of the Democratic party be
cause of li is telegram he shall consider
them an irresponsible faction of trick
sters and run for Congress as an Inde
pendent. Jte knows very well that the
convention will not do any such thing.
He knows equally well that conventions
have not such power and have never at
tempted to exercise it. Mr. Stephens'
letter is simply a defiance to the De
mocracy of the Eighth district. He
says to them, in substance, “I am a
Democrat, but / alone know what De
mocracy is. I will accept your nomina
tion, but if you give it to some one else
I shall run any hoy:,”
In all *inuness and candor, we think
Mr. Stephens has made a mistake. We
have borne testimony to his integrity,
to his unblemished public and private
character. We have often differed with
him. but never questioned his motives.
With modesty we express the opinion
that the people of this district
have agreed with us in what we
have done. I’coognizing his honesty,
the people have allowed him the
widest latitude ot opinion. With one
voice they condemned his apologies for
Grant, tlie tryrant, and his defense of
Dtirreli, the unjust Judge, but they did
not attempt to humiliate him on that
account. He was elected and re-elected
to Congress while nine-tenths of the
voters repudiated and condemned his
course. They do not now agree with
him that the exposure of frauds and
perjuries means revolution and “Mexi-
canization.” They do not thin*' that
it is a crime to prove a crime, but they
are perfectly willing to allow him to
form anil express his own peculiar
opinion upon the subject, because they
cave confidence in his integrity if they
do not subscribe to his infallibility.
But mistaking their magnanimity for
fear he comes before them now with a
defiance—a defiance unnecessary and
unprovoked. He says to them in sub
stance : “I am a Democrat and I am
the only judge of Democracy. If you
nominate me I will accept your nomina
tion ; if you do not I will break up your
party.” Mr. Stephens has issued" his
pronunciamento. It is for the Democracy
of the district to say what they will do
with it.
We are anxious that the position of
the Chronicle and Constitutionalist shall
not be misconstrued. The relations of
its conductors with Mr. Stephens are of
the kindest character. They have not
had any desire to defeat his re-election to
Congress. They have not attempted
to pull him down in order to put
any one else in his place. The
columns of their paper bear ample
testimony to the truth of these asser
tions. But the Chronicle and Consti
tutionalist never has been and never
will be the personal organ of any man.
It claims and will aTways exercise the
right to criticise the public acts of public
men. Its criticisms are never inspired
by personal feeling, but by what it be
lieves to be the merits of the question.
We shall not allow false issues to be pre
sented. We condemned Mr. Stephens’
course with regard to the Potter investi
gation because we believed him to be
wrong, not because we desired his de
feat. We condemn his recent letter be
cause we consider it a gratuitous insult
to the Democracy of the district.
GRAY & O'iSRIE.Y,
THE UNRIVALED DRY GOODS MEN AND
MOST SUCCESSFUL CHAMPIONS OF
LOW PRICES!
Our Mr. CHRISTOPHER GRAY will be here
on Monday on his way to New York. HE RE
MAINS ONLY A WEEK.
Out Look Out!
We are going to make that a memorable week
In Dry Goods annals. We want room :or new
goods, and we are bound to have it.
Everything Must Go.
The Journal de Monaco tells a strange
story as to an Englishman whom it styles
“SirH.” While bathing at the Point
Barraya he incautiously struck his head
against a rock. The wound bled pro
fusely, and he could only just regain the
shore before fainting. He recovered con
sciousness in a few hours, but was too
weak to dress, and lay there naked and
starving for six days, when, collecting
all his strength, he managed to climb and
crawl to the wall of a garden and knock
at the gate with a stick. Men working
in the garden went to the gate, and were
startled at seeing an apparent corpse,
but restoratives brought him back to
consciousness, and, though he could not
yet speak, he scrawled a few lines to the
landlord of his hotel. He is now out of
danger, though the state of his wounds
confirmed the length of his exposure and
privations.
The proprietor of the Natural Bridge
in Virginia has failed. It was probably
the prospect of insolvency which caused
him to charge the casual visitor the sum
of one dollar for the privilege of going
under the bridge and looking up, but
this tax on curiosity which he exacted
will cause hint to lose the sympathy of
us in his misfortunes. Collectors of
euriosities and other admirers of nature’s
wonders are informed that the bridge
may be purchased fox fourteen thousand
dollars.— Washington Shir.
Senator Gordon is working for the ap
pointment of Captain W. H. Nickerson,
of General Crook's staff, to the vacancy
in the Adjutant General’s Department.
The two were not over two hundred
yards apart—though on opposite sides—
at the battle of Antietam, w;here both
were terribly wounded.
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Comprising everything worn in the fash
ionable centres.
BLACK SILKS. BLACK CACHMERES
BLACK and COLORED ALPACAS
SUMMER SILKS. GRENADINES. LUSTRES.
BOURETTES, BRILUANTINES. LAWNS.
PERCALES. PIQUES. NAINSOOKS, etc.
The people wonder how we do it, but that is
our business. It took us 30 j-ears to learn it.
BUT WE LEARNED IT WELL.
100 pieces LINEN SHEETING and PILLOW
CASING. SHIRTING LINENS. IJNEN DAM
ASK, NAPKINS. DOYLIES. TOWELS, etc., at
prices that make them almost a gift. BUT
RUINED THE MANUFACTURERS.
Our agent is at every auction, he visits every-
failing importer who wants money. OUR UN
LIMITED CAPITAL DOES THE WORK.
RESULTS.
HERE THEY ARE IN SPLENDID ARRAY.
LINEN NAPKINS 6«c.
Gfate’ IJNEN HANDKERCHIEFS 1214c.
Ladies’ HEMMED HANDKERCHIEFS , Sc.
and 10c.
Ladies’ H. S. HANDKERCHIEFS 12toe.
IJNEN TOWELS 23e.
HUCK LINEN TOWELS 15c.
VICTORIA LAWNS, 40 inches wide, 12Ut*.
STRIPED PIQUES 6V 4 c.
ilLKS only
COLORED SIL
But the task is impossible,
you a faint idea of the
only 50c. per yard.
We can only give
BARGAINS WE OFFER.
TO APPRECIATE THEM YOU MUST SEE
THEM.
OUR MARVELOU8 PRICES.
OUR BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT.
OUR POLITE AND ATTENTIVE S ALESMEN.
THE "NE PLUS ULTRA," the champions of
LOW PRICES!
GRAY & O’BRIEN.
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FOREIGN
I WOULD SPECIALLY CALL ATTENTION
TO THE
Hortense lake
A FULL LINE of which I have just received
in every qualitv. plain and fancy meshes,
at prices that I confidently submit to be as low.
if not lower, than has been yet offered in this
city. Also, to an article called
Barege ileVirgime!
In all colors, and unexceptionally fine, at 35
cents a yard. Same goods were sold this sea
son at 50 cents a yard. Also, just received a
new and exceedingly cheap lot of
Black Genapines!
Prices ranging from 20 cents a;
a yard; former prices oO and f
r ard to 40 cents
0 cents a yard.
Linen Grenadines!
25 pieces of the ahove goods, a yard wide, at
20 cents a vard. These goods, width and quality
considered, c " ’*
this city.
, uuwot be equalled by any house in
too PIECES
Near Oil City, Pa., Wednesday, Thos.
Donaldson and his son were killed by
lightning, and a man named Fink was
fatally injured. They were standing
under a tree during the storm.
At 20 cents a yard, former price 35 cents.
PARTIES IN THE COUNTRY ORDERING
GOODS OR SAMPLES SHOULD SEND EITH
ER MONEY OR POSTAGE STAMPS TO PAY
FREIGHT ON SAME.
DANIEL HOCiAN.
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151 BROUGHTON STREET.
B.F.McKEIA&CO.
157 Broughton Street.
B LACK SILK BAR GRENADINES, very rich
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reduced from $1 <5 and
and fashionable,
$1 50 to $1 and Si 25.
BLACK SILK and WOOL GRENADINE, tied
mesh, warranted not to slip, reduced from $1
to 75c.
Handsome BLACK GRENADINES, formerly
sold at 30c. now 20c.
Handsome MOHAIR GRENADINES, black
grounds, colored Bourette style figures, for
merly 30c.. now 20c.
BLACK LACE BUNTINGS, reduced from
35c. to 25c.
COLORED BOURETTE DRESS GOODS, sold
earlier in the season at 12c. and 15c., now 6%c.
WHITE DOMESTIC CORDED PIQUES, from
5c. up.
MARSEILLES PIQUES and WELTS, superior
qualities, from 25c. up.
TABLE LINENS, warranted pure linen, from
28c. per yard up.
LINEN TABLE NAPKINS, from f»^c. up.
Ladies’ WHITE COTTON HOSE, from <i%c
up.
Men s UNBLEACHED COTTON HALF HOSE
from 6J4c. up.
Men’s BROWN MIXED HALF HOSE, at 10c.
per. pair, worth 20c.
HEMMED LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, from
5c. up.
Childrens PRINTED LAWN HANDKER
CHIEFS, at 2^c. each.
Over 5.000 yards and 300 patterns HAMBURG
EMBROIDERIES, in Cambric and Nainsook
Muslins, fine work and elegant designs, at low
prices.
25 pieces extra fine WHITEF RENCH NAIN
SOOK MUSLINS, 0-4 wide.
5 piec
GANDIE MUSLIN, 8-4 wide.
VICTORIA
50 p—L—
LAWN, at 10c. per yard.
BASTING COTTON, 600 yards to the dozen,
at 8c. per dozen.
Ladies' PORTEMONNAIES at 10c. each.
HAIR PINS at 10c. per doz. or lc. a package.
Good LEAD PENCILS at 10c. a doz. or lc.
each.
And many other notion* at equally low
prices.
We offer at low prices full lines in the follow
ing goods:
Ladies’ and Children's GAUZE UNDER
VESTS.
Gentlemen’s GAUZE UNDER VESTS.
Gentlemen’s PLAID KAINSOOK UNDER
VESTS.
Gentlemen's NECK -WEAR, black and col
ored, new styles.
B. F. MEM & CO.
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