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Georsria Affairs.
The latest statistics place the feline popu
lation of Atlanta at exactly 7,973. This has
probably been augmented somewhat since
the census was taken, but the above figures
are near enough for all practical purposes.
A dozen of cats more or less make no ap
preciable difference.
Another victim to the foolish practice of
lighting fires with kerosene oil. Mrs. Bar
rett, of Atlanta, told her little eight-3'ear-
old son to start a fire in this way for her to
work by. Result: The llatoe caught the oil
in the hands of the little fellow, and he was
burned so badly on Thursday that he died
on Saturday.
Dr. Samuel Hape, of Atlanta, is the cham
pion fruit grower of Georgia. He has one
hundred acres in fruit of various kinds, and
all is in thriving condition. The Oonstitu-
iion thinks that if there is anything in fruit
farming Dr. Rape has a bonanza.
Robert Smith, the alleged murderer of
J. J. Skinner in Atlanta, lias been com
mitted to jail by Justice Butt to await his
trial. Efforts will be made to secure the
release on bail of Nannie Franklin, the girl
charged with the same crime.
A writer to the New York Tribune is very
severe in his denunciation of what is known
as the Georgia State Lottery. He charac
terizes it as a charitable fraud, a swindle,
and a disgrace to the State.
Excursions to the capital are the order of
the day in Columbus. Three have been or
ganized to take place within a month. One
of these is white, and the other two highly
colored.
lion. Alexander H. Stephens is only sixty-
six years old. Two years younger than Hon.
Robert Toombs.
A child, nearly white and only about a day
or two old, was found about one and a half
miles from Cedartown on Wednesday last.
It had been abandoned by one Sarah Daniel,
a colored woman, who confessed she was its
unnatural mother. She was arrested and
committed to jail on a charge of attempted
infanticide. It is hard to say which was
most, abandoned, the child or its mother,
The Cedartown Record understands that
there is a movement among the negroes in
Polk county to petition Governor Colquitt
to stop the hiring ol convicts, as they can
not procure labor. The Record thinks that
"the reason of this is that so many of them
are so utterly worthless that no confidence
can be placed in them, consequently our
farmers are having most of their labor done
with convicts.”
The Weekly boasts that Conyers contains
one hundred beautiful fresh young ladies
who were born there and “grew up with the
town.”
It is stated that there are in the hands of
the Clerk of Council over six hundred
executions against many of the best citizens
of Macon for non-payment of their capita
tion tax.
Ex-colored Congressman Long thinks the
arrest and trial of his son Jimmie* for rob
bing the mails, more of a persecution than a
prosecution. Of course.
Cedartown Express: “That a railroad be
tween this place and Rome will be finished
between this and Christmas there is now
but little doubt. Our citizens should give
it all the encouragement in their power.”
The Express further expresses itself on the
same subject»as follows: “The railroad fever
is spreading, and this excitement is not con
fined to our country people alone, for al
ready we see parties' from different sections
of the country looking for investments in
Haralson. And in view of the fact that the
North and South Road will be running
through our county, it is but reasonable to
say that in twelve months our lands, of all
grades, will sell for one hundred per cent,
more than they can now be bought for.
Most all the lands oi Haralson will pay as
fanning lands—a very large propor
tion of it we may say is rich, for
no better land can be found in Georgia than
the thousands of uncleared acres of bottoms
which lie Here on the banks of more than
twenty-live beautiful streams of water. Here
also are extensive forests of pine, oak, hicko
ry, poplar, walnut and other timber, which
only need a means of transportation to make
it a source of much profit to its owners. Be
sides these and many other inducements,
Haralson county might challenge the world
for pure water and a more healthful cli
mate.”
Conyers Examiner: “We learn that & citi
zen of this county met with a very serious
accident and a very narrow escape from
death of himself and family on Friday of
■last week. Mr. George Upshaw and family
weie attending services at Camp Creek
Church, near Mr. Simeon Smith’s residence
in DeKalb county, and on his return with
liis family in a two-horse carriage had to
cross Camp Creek on a bridge. The mules
and carriage went on the bridge, and discov
ering a hole in the bridge, caused by two
missing planks, the mules became frighten
ed and backed off the bridge, ran the car
riage on a high embankment, turned it bot-
toiTi upwards, smashing one of the wheels
and injuring it generally. In the carriage
was Mr. Upshaw, his wife and two children.
Strange to say none of the occupants were
seriously injured, but escaped with only a
few bruises. Fortunately there were a num
ber of persons along who hemmed iu the
mules and prevented them from running,
otherwise the consequences would .have been
very serious, if not fatal, to the occupants
of the carriage.”
Here is a snake story from the Canton
Cherokee (reorgian. We give it la full, simply
prefacing it with the remark that tiig Geor-
yian is an independent journal of the Sev
enth Congressional district, and goes it
strong for Felton: “ A young man named
Feiiuy, while out liuntin^ bis steers, bare
foot, the other day, stepped on teWol
a large rattlesnake. He had his heel on the
snake’s head, and, being afraid to move, did
not know what to do for some time, while
the hideous thing was writhing and squirm
ing and vigorously lashing the youth’s legs.
Penny was badly frightened, but finally re
covered presence of mind sufficient to fake
out his knife and reach down and cut off
the snake’s head.”
Indian Spring Argus: “Jefferson Greer,
an upright aud industrious colored man of
Jasper county, was assaulted by some per
sons of his own race, and received iniuries
which caused his death. We are reliably
informed that there was no provocation
whatever for the foul deed. The assaulting
party, numbering some half dozen stalwart
fellows, dragged him from his horse on the
public highway, and with roeke, sticks and
knives, committed the foul deed. Jeff was
known as a worthy citizen, and was said to
have accumulated morn property than any
colored man in the county, and his many
friends will use every effort to bring the
guilt}' ones to account for the deed. We
learn that some of the guilty ones have been
lodged in jail, and if the law is vindicated
as it should be, we may look out for a hang
ing in Monticello after the next term of'the
court.”
Another warning to parent* to keep their
little boys away from rivers has lately been
f 'ven in Calhoun, GordoD county. Tha
itne* says : “ Young Leon Potts, a little boy
five and a half years oid, a son of Mr. James
A. Potts, who lives on Mr. Hillhouse’s farm
a mile from Calhoun, was drowned in the
river last Friday morning about ten o’clock.
He, in company with another little boy a
year or two older than himself, went to the
river without the knowledge of tbeir parents,
and were playing on the bank, when young
Leon proposed to go in bathing. He haj
seen persons swimming, and perhaps im-
agine'd he could do so too, but, attempting
it, he sank immediately. His companion,
who seems not to have realized the danger,
says he 6aw him rise and sink th*ee times. He
sthen ran for assistance, but it was ioo late.
His body was found a few steps from where
be went in. The deceased was a remark
ably bright child, and a favorite with all
who knew him, and his sad and sudden
death falls like a blight upon the hearts of
his parents and friends.”
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Florida Affairs.
The man Hamlin, arrested in Jacksonville
some days ago charged with incendiarism
and larceny, also proves to be a counter
feiter. On Friday last a search of his trunk
was made by Justice Hearn for the purpose
of ascertaining if some surgical instruments
which it was thought he had stolen were
contained in it, and during the examination
of the contents, ifine counterfeit half dol
lars, in an unfinished state, were found. No
die was discovered, but it is believed that the
counterfeits were made by Hamlin, and he
will be examined on that charge before
United States Commissioner Meek, to whom
the pieces were turned over.
Ten dollars and costs is what an aggra
vated assault and battery by a husband on
his wife is valued at in Jacksonville.
Brooklyn, Fla., has a pastor who is labor
ing under charges similar to those laid to
the door of a pastor in its New York name
sake. Queer coincidence. Stranger still,
the Florida transgressor is named Ward.
The Radical Monticello convention, which
nominated Conover for Congress from the
First district, is represented to have been a
wrangling affair. The proceedings were
very inharmonious, and it was with great
reluctance that many delegates voted for
resolutions commending Hayes’ Southern
policy and endorsing Conover’s course in
CoDgress.
Considerable excitement has prevailed at
Key West in consequence of the yellow fe
ver cases there. The Key of the Gulf how
ever, is perfectly placid. It 6ays: “The
sanitary condition of our island is such that
we can b’id defiance to an epidemic.”
According to the Advance, a young lady
came into Pensacola the other day to have
her picture taken. When the artist showed
her the “ proof ” and asked her how she
liked it, she placidly remarked that he “put
too darned much mouth on it to suit her.”
A special dispatch from Baldwin to the
Sutdand Tribune announces that “ Davidson
has been nominated by acclimation.” All
right. He’s doubtless safe against all malign
influences, political or malarial.
They are longing aud sighing for a real
old fashioned snow storm in Key West.
Four colored parties, Jacob Kilpatrick,
Candis (his wife), Adam and Martin Hunter,
having stolen three hundred dollars in
Monticello on the Gth instant, and having
been discovered as the thieves only a few
days ago, have been arrested, and, in default
of from three hundred to live hundred dollars
bail, committed to jail. The Constitution
thinks there is certainly some material in
all that crowd for first class penitentiary
convicts.
Quarantine lias been established between
Tampa and Cedar Key.
The Tampa Tribune wants South Florida
to get up an agricultural fair.
Gainesville Times: “Mr. II. C. Denton, of
Arredondo, heretofore one of the most suc
cessful vegetable growers in this section, in
forms us that the vegetable speculation this
year was, in most respects, a disastrous
failure. The year before quite a number
made considerable profits from small invest
ments, but the crop of 1878 was rather late
and decidedly too large. He does Dot consider
this as a fair sample of what can be done,
however, but rather as an exceptional in
stance.”
Tbe Tallahassee Floridian tells of the
fatal wounding of a colored convict named
Alexander Johnston at the Brokaw place,
about four miles from that city, recently,
as follows: “The circumstances under which
the arrest and shooting took place, as
gathered from the evidence before the
Coronor’s jury, are these: Johnston was a
convicted burglar from Quincy, and his
whereabouts having been ascertained, Gold-
wire came down to arrest him. The party
proceeded to the Brokaw place and John
ston v&s called out. He had his pistol with
him. One of the party grasped him around
the body, securing his arms so that he could
not use his pistol. The person who held
Johnston called to Gold wire to come on,
as he, Johnston, was secured. Goldwire
knew that Johnston had a pistol, but
did not know that it had been taken
from him. The handcuffs were put
on the prisoner, and the three assistants
moved on ahead, leaving Mr. Goldwire
with Johnston, and presently a pistol
shot being heard the three returned, to find
Johnston on the ground handcuffed and
wounded. Mr. Goldwire states that John
ston swore he would not be taker; that he
resisted with all the power he could, and
succeeded in releasing himself from the
hold of Mr. Goldwire. who, believing that
Johnston still had the pistol and would U6e
it, fired upon him, inflicting a wound in the
abdomen, which proved fatal. The verdict
of the Coroner’s jury was that Johnston
came to his death from a gunshot wound at
the hands of Benjamin Goldwire. Mr. Gold-
wire was held for action by the authorities,
and will have a preliminary examination to
day, should witnesses who are expected
arrive from Quincy.”
From the Jacksonville Sun and Press we
learn that “the two-story dwelling house of
\V. A. Collins, on Drayton Island, caught
fire on Tuesday last at about two o’clock
p. m., and was burned to the ground, with
all its contents except a piano. One hun
dred orange trees, most of them bearing,
were destroyed by the fire. Just previous
to the burning of the house, tbe hotel on
the island took tire, and while Mr. Collins
and others were engaged in putting out that
fire, which did but little damage, his dwel
ling took fire with the above results.”
Jacksonville Sun and Press: “ in Decem
ber last, a lady whose name is withheld, liv
ing in Austin. Texas, received a letter from
her brother Walter D. James, telling her to
come to Jacksonville and live with him. It
was the first time that she had had any
tidings of him for over twenty years. He
stated that he was farming near the city, aud
that she could find a home with him.' The
lady was a widow, was formerly well pro
vided with the goods of this world, but had
lost most of her property, and with an in
valid sister was living as stated above in
Austin. She did not decide for some time to
accept the invitation of her brother, but
finally, about the first of March, she
started, with her sister, for Jacksonville,
but at Galveston a terrible misfortune
befell her. The two stopped lor a time
at a boarding house which, from some
cause, one night caught fire. The ladies
wtre sleeping in an upper story, and so rap
idly did the flames spread over the house,
that almost before they knew that the fire
had started, the stairways were destroyed
anil escape by that means cut off. When
lie firemen reached tH scene ladders were
run up and the lady was rescued by a brave
fireman, He returned to tbe room and,
^{an to de
scend the ladder, hut when otily a short dis
tance from the ground the walls fell out
ward and buried them both in its ruins,
Both were killed. The lady lost everything
that she had, but meeting with friends, she
succeeded iu reaching New Orleans, where
she was taken sick and was confined to the
house for several weeks. Here, too,
sbs found a kind-hearted gentleman, who
assisted her all in his power, and after
her recovery Jjelned her in securing
passage to Cedar r Key, where she ex
pected to meet her brother. Not finding
him there, she came to Jacksonville, arriv
ing here some ten days since, but she has
bien able to find no trace of Mr. James.
Letts* * yhieh had been written at the time
of her starting never received by him,
but still remained jn tb,£ post office. Dili
gent inquiry has failed to reveal tfie least
trace of him. A number of persons in the
city have interested themselves In behalf of
the lady, are making exertions to find
her brotLer. Any one having information
regarding Mr. James, by communicating it
to Dr. Tbeo. Hartridge or the Mattair House,
would confer a great favor upon the unfor
tunate lady,”
The Sumter Advance gives the following
advice to orange growers : “Have you an or
ange grove of young trees, .say twp or three
years old, on a place subject to heavy frosts
If so, keep no straw, leaves or trash around
them during the winter, but rather keep the
ground etogn and either dug or plowed up
.well, and your little trees will override any
frost that may come on them. Do not trim
too much ; let as many limbs as will grow
from the ground up to protect the bodies
from sun and frost until four or five years
old, and then be careful not to prune too
close.”
Epidemic or no epidemic, the Key
West Exy's head is level. It says: “Our
private opinion, publicly expressed, is that
for a real good family newspaper there is
none superior to the hayacn?!? Weekly
News.”
Tampa Tribune: “The demand for vacant
hou*ea in Tampa greatly exceeds the sup
ply. This bi*GMY3 that there is beginning to
be something of a rush Lo this section ; and
we expect, with the coming tall, we will be
inundated with new comers.”
Orlando Rafter: “Mr. John McSwaine
was found JeCRf last Sunday in Long Lake,
which is situated between this place anc
Apopka City. His mule was with him, also
dead. Portions of both had been eaten by
the alligators and the buzzards. He had a
homestead on the lake, and was improving
a place on the other side for another party.
We learn that he had been accustomed to
swim his mule across the lake after getting
through with his work, and the supposition
is that the mule became exhausted and he
was unable to swim. It was quite evident
the body had been in the water several days.
Living alone, no one had missed him.”
Under the head of “Mysterious,” the Pen
saeola Gazette says: “Between three and four
o’clock yesterday morning a man who had
walked up from the Navy Yard, reported at
the police station that he had seen—in fact
stumbled against—the body of a dead man
lying at the water’s edge, between Perdido
Yvharf and the mouth of Bayou Chico. Af
ter daylight persons went down to attend to
the matter, but found no body. As the tide
was rising rapidly and a north wind blowing
off shore, the corpse, if corpse there was,
would probably have floated off info the
bay. Subsequently Sheriff Hutchinson went
down the shore but ascertained nothing.
We hear of a person having been missing,
or unaccounted for, since last Tuesday, but
he is, or was, a person more likely to go any
where else than into the bay to be drowned
and we trust is safe above ground.”
Swearing on the streets of Tampa is of
fensive to the soul of the Tidbune,which wants
the following law carried out to the letter
“Whoever having arrived at the age of dis
cretion, profanely curses or swears in any
public street shall, on conviction before any
judge of the court, be punished by fine not
exceeding five dollars nor less than one dol
lar, but no prosecution shall be commenced
after twenty days from the commission of
the offense.”
WHAT IS THE HUMAN HEART l
BY MRS. S.
Translated from the German for the Morning
News.
It is the workshop for joy and sorrow
it is the haven for love and faith. It is
the anvil on which the outer world,with
heavy strokes, the inner forms. The
heart of man is cradle and grave for the
twin sisters, happiness and misery'. It
is the resting-place for peace of mind,
the torture closet for unattainable de
sires, and the place of rejoicings for its.
fulfillment. It is the cup of the flower
of hope; if it wilts, the heart will break
It is a kingdom wiierein love rules. It
is a dominion where faith reigns. It is a
paradise full of hopes and beautiful pre
sentiments. It is a star, a sun; it lights
aud warms our inner self. It is a temple,
a church, with bell-ringing, church
songs, prayer and blessings. It is the
holiest of holy in man, for God dwelleth
therein!
Democratic Meeting in Effingham
County.
Springfield, July 30.—Pursuant to a call
of the Chairman of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of Ellingham county, tbe
citizens met in tbe court house on this the
20th day of July, 1878, to elect delegates to
the Congressional Convention.
The meeting was called to order by Judge
A. F. Kahn, Chairman, H. P. Brewer acting
us Secretary. The Chairman explained the
object of the meeting.
On motion of Dr. Norton—
Resolved, That we proceed to elect five
delegates to the Congressional Convention,
and that the two candidates receiving the
highest vote be empowered to cast the vote
of the county in said convention.
On motion of J. D. Grover—
Dcsulved, That this meeting proceed to
ballot for candidates promiscuously, and
that the five candidates receiving the highest
vote be considered the delegates, and that
the two receiving the highest vote cast the
vote of the county in said convention, and
the two receiving the next highest are alter
nates.
Proceeded to ballot, with the following
result: S. S. Pitman, A. F. Rahn, R. M.
Rieves, J. D. Groover and J. M. Dasher
were declared the delegates.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Savannah
Morning News.
Adjourned. A. F. Rahn,
Chairman.
II. P. Bkew'er, Secretary.
Destitution and Suffering in New
York.
New York Tribune, 20th.
Scenes of extreme discomfort from the
heat were witnessed yesterday by Dr.
William F. Duncan, during his visits to
tenement houses in Prince street. Sev
eral of the dilapidated old rookeries in
the street contain families of negroes and
Italians, packed in small rooms where a
breath of fresh air seldom finds entrance.
Children nearly destitute of clothing, and
so dirty that their color can scarcely be
determined, tumble over each other in
the reeking hallways. Ten Italian fami
lies were found living in six small rooms
in the rear of No. 101 Prince street.
There were only four beds in the house,
and the childreu w r ere obliged to sleep on
blankets thrown on the floors. So many
children were seen running about that
one would suppose that every available
foot of the floors is occupied at night.
Several of the children appeared to be
suffering from the heat and foul air.
One child was covered willi sores, and
Dr. Duncan said it was suffering from
scrofulosis. Another h$d been atttacked
with fever.
On the opposite side of Prince street,
at No. 150, twenty-fotfr families were
found living in a six story building. A
family named McDermott, living on the
second floor, was much afflicted. The
mother was so weak, that she could
scarcly hold her six months old baby,
which was (tying from membraneous
sore throat. In a dark bedroom little
larger than an ordinary closet, lay a girl
about ten years old, two weak to turn
herself in bed, aud wasted almost to a
skeleton. The room was hot and smelled
of dampness and filth. Five other child
ren in the house were found to be sick
with diarrhoea, and a little boy cn the
top floor, Francis Raesbeck, had been
attacked with intermittent fever. Several
of the children in the house were run
ning about perfectly naked. At No. 180
Prince street, nineteen families were
found with about fifty children. Six of
the little ones were ill with diseases
brought on by lie tat In liis visits,
Dr. Duncan carried iti liis pocket tickets
for free excursions in the bay, under the
direction of St. John’s Guild. These
tickets were accepted with thanks by
many of the women whose children were
ill.
—
Serious Charge Against a Clergy
man.—A Wheeling (West Virginia) dis
patch to the Now York World says:
“ About a week ago a man, said to be a
traveling clergyman, by tbe name of Ja
cob Sbiltuer, stopped at tbe house of
Edward Baldwin, in XVebster county,
West Virginia, ami asked and was per
mitted to stay all night. He left early
next morning, and it is alleged that a
little daughter of Baldwin’s, only six
years old, was found to have been as
saulted and threatened with death if she
told of the crime. A warrant was issued
for Shiltner s arrest, and he was pursued
by the authorities and captured, and, af
ter an attempt to lynch him, was placed
in jail to await his trial in September.
The proofs of his guilt are said to Ire con
clusive. Shiltner is from Kentucky, and
reported to belong to the Methodist
Church. ”
A parrot belonging to a San Francis
can annoyed by its persistent chattering
and screaming, a lodger on the upper
floor of the same house, who, being a
director of a faro bank, desired to sleep
by day. At last he got a rod and line,
baited the hook with a gaudy fly, dropped
it near the nuisance’s perch, got a bite,
landed his prize, wrung its neck and
dropped its lifeless body upon the bal
cony beneath. He was arrested, but tri
umphantly acquitted.
'n>e water iu which the dishes are
washed at the St. Nicholas Hotel in New
York is conducted to immense tanks in
the cellar for the purpose of skimming
off the grease, which is said to sell for
from $10 to $15 a day.
BY TELEGRAPH.
TELEGRAMS.
ANNEXATION MEETING IN ROME.
Austria Will Not beOpposed in Bosnia
A CHEERING BUSINESS PROSPECT IN
ENGLAND.
Russia Accused of Abandoning Her
Allies.
INTERNATIONAL CHESS. TOUR
NAMENT.
Destructive Fire.
A HOPEFUL BUSINESS PROSPECT.
London, July 22.—The Times' financial
article says: “ Active preparations are ap
parent for a favorable change in commercial
affairs, which is expected in consequence of
the settlement of the Eastern question.
Although as yet there is no marked change
for the better in the manufacturingdiotricts,
a more hopeful feeling prevails. Reports
from various centres of the iron industry are
decidedly more encouraging, especially from
Sheffield, where most gloomy accounts
have of late proceeded. More work is
said to be going forward also in
South Wales than during the last month.
Business in cotton in Liverpool has been
large during the last few days, with a rise
in almost every description. Add to these
favorable circumstances the fact that har
vest prospects have improved materially
with fine forcing weather, and we have a
brighter future already for commerce than
could be hoped for a couple of weeks
since.”
A WARNING TO ITALY.
London, July 22.—Specials from Rome
say four thousand persons were present at
the annexation meeting there yesterday. ty
the evening a demonstration was made be
fore the Austrian Embassy. Garibaldi tele
graphed to the meeting : “ An enslaved peo
ple have the right to revolt. Men of Trieste,
take to the mountains.” The Ministerial
journal of Vienna warns Italy that it is
dangerous to play with tire.
AUSTRIA WILL NOT BE OPPOSED IN BOSNIA.
London, July 22.—A Vienna dispatch
says that Count Zichy, Austrian Ambas
sador at Constantinople, through direct
communications, elicted from the rorte that
even if the present negotiations should fall
through the Austrians will not be actively
opposed in Bosnia.
TIIE LATE FIRING ON THE BRITISH BOATS BY
RUSSIANS.
London, July 22.—Mr. Layard, British
Ambassador at Constantinople, has received
information that when the Russian Circas
sians fired upoi^he English man-of-war
boats near the Gulf of Saros, there was no
officer near them; also that the arrested
English sailors were released as soon as
brought before an officer.
RUSSIA ACCUSED OF ABANDONING HER ALLIES.
Belgrade, July 22.—An ukase has been
published abolishing the state of siege and
revoking the extraordinary powers vested
in tlie military authorities during the war.
Much dissatisfaction with Russia is ex
pressed by the Servians. They accuse Rus
sia of abandoning her allies.
INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT.
Paris, July 22.—The international chess
tournament will be completed to-day or to
morrow. Winawer, of Russia, still leads
with fifteen and a half games. Sukertort,
of Beilin and London, second, with fourteen
and a half games.
CLAIMS TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.
Belgrade, July 22.—The Skuptscbina
is drawing up a protest, addressed to
Europe, setting forth Servia’s claims to
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Toledo, July 22.—A fire at Defiance last
night destroyed the Crosby House and sev
eral stores. Loss $35,000; insurance $28,000.
THE HAMLON-BOSS BOAT BACE,
St. John, July 22.—A final deposit of five
hundred dollars a side in the Hanlon-Ross
boat race was made Saturday.
NO KEINFOBCEMENTS FOB EPIBCS AN D
TUESSALY.
Constantinople, July 23.—The Porte
has decided not to send reinforcements to
Epirus and Thessaly.
EVENING TELEGE AMS.
THE “TIMES” ON GLADSTONE
AND THE LIBERALS.
Columbus Alexander's Reply to Gen r
oral Hunton.
A TOWN DESTROYED BY FIRE.
RUMORS OF A DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.
London, July 22.—The London corres
pondence in provincial journals continues
to be filled with gossip about an early disso
lution of Parliament, to which is now added
a rumor that Beaeonefield intends to retire
and Salisbury^ to succeed to the Pre
miership. Predictions of a dissolution
of Parliament and the retirement of Bea
consfield are probably equally without
the least foundation, though the Tim**,in its
second editorial article, evidently intended
to warn the Liberals not to push the gov
ernment too hotly lest they * take the oppor
tunity to dissolve Parliament. Gladstone
seems to wish the government to dissolve
Parliament.and thinks it their duty to do so.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., July 22.—Indications
for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
colder and partly cloudy weather with
occasional rains, variable winds, mostly
northerly, and stationary or higher pressure.
In the Middle Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather with northerly winds,
rising barometer and stationary temperature.
In the Gulf States, colder,’partly cloudy
weather, occasional showers, variable winds
and stationary pressure.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
clear or partly cloudy weather, light north
erly winds, stationary temperature and high
er pressure.
ST. THOMAS ADVICES.
Havana, July 22.—The English mail
steamer which sailed from St. Thomas on
July 17th arrived with the following news:
Strong winds, amounting to almost a hurri
cane, prevailed at St. Thomas on the 9th
and 10th of July, accompanied by heavy
rains. Three dwellings were levelled. Ten
persons were badly injured. At midnight on
the lltli a severe earthquake was felt.^ Busi
ness is dull and shipping abundant. The
town is healthy. Rigorous quarantine regu
lations have been instituted against vessels
from Cuba. The steamer Rio de Janeiro,
after leaving for Brazil, returned with her
machinery damaged. It was repaired and
she resumed her voyage on the 18th.
ALEXANDER’S REPLY TO HUNTON.
Alexandria, Va., July 22.—The Gazette
this evening publishes Alexander’s reply to
Hunton’s last card. lie denies he declined
to accept a challenge, but he had as much
right to fear the Alexandria police as Hun
ton had those of the District. He accuses
Hunton of being a friend of all the District
rings, and concludes by saying he was never
know n to be wanted and not found. Huu-
ton is at Orange to-day. Alexander was in
the city but a short time.
A TOWN DESTROYED BY TIRE.
Cincinnati, April 22.—A dispatch from
Ashland, Ky., says: “A boat brings news
that the town of Cattletsburgh is all burned
up All the hotels and business houses are
in the squares. The fire is burning now,
and it is thought six squares will be burned
before it is extinguished. About five
squares have been burned to the ground up
to the present time.”
ROBBED AND SHOT BY TUAMP8.
Great Barrington, Mass., July 22.—A
boy named Green, driving a team from
Sheffield to Canaan, was met by two tramps,
who demanded the team. Upon his at
tempting to escape one of thJ* tramps shot
him in the breast. A crowd pursued the
tramps and captured them. Green’s condi
tion is critical.
LORD HARTINGTON’S RESOLUTION.
London, July 22.—In the House of Com
mons to-day Sir Stafford Northcote named
the 29th inst. for a discussion of Lord Hart-
ington’s resolution, lion. Randle Edward
Plunkett, Conservative member for West
Gloucestershire, will make an amendment
to the resolution expressing confidence in
the ministers.
TUE GERMAN LIBERALS LOSING GROUND.
London, July 22—A Berlin dispatch to
the Daily Kews says the National Liberals
admit that they expect to suffer some losses
in the approaching elections for members of
the Reichstag, hut think tiiey will retain a
majority in that body. The Times' Frank
fort dispatch says the National Liberals
seem to be losing ground.
The Jay Cooke Bankrupt Estate.
ADVICES FROM ST. THOMAS,
Robbed and Sljot by Tramps,
THE TIMES ON THE LIBERALS AND GLAD
STONE.
London, July 22.—The Times, comment
ing on Marquis Hartington’s resolution, says:
The Liberals cannot be blind to the fact
that, with the exception of a small but noisy
faction which clamored for war and brought
Turkey to the brink of ruin by the folly of
its counsels, the great mass of people are
prepared to give a sufficient if not an en
thusiastic assent to the decrees of the Ber
lin Congress. If rashly encountered, the
government might be tempted to take ad
vantage of that popular favor, and by a dis
solution of Parliament increase the strength
of the majority.”
The TinieSj in a second article, sharply
criticises Gladstone for assuming the right
to arrange the Liberal campaign, which is
the business of the party leaders, and Mr.
Gladstone says he is not one of these. If,
says the Times, he were bent on completing
the ruin of his party, he could scarcely attain
that purpose better than by driving them
into a contest for which they are at present
unprepared.
Referring to Gladstone's personal author!
ty iu this country, the Times says: “The
shaken confidence of an entire nation is not
to be restored in an instant, nor can it be
charmed back by the most brilliant declama
tory effort.”
THE JAY' COOKE BANKRUPT ESTATE.
Philadeli-Hia, July 22.—At a meeting of
the Jay Cooke creditors to-day, trustee
Lewis submitted a proposition for settling
the estate. He suggested that the entire
assets, excepting the Ogontz and .Lake
Champlain properties, be valued and cata-
ogued, and a scrip dividend of the amount
or a per tentage be declared and given in
scrip to the creditors; the lands to he
offered (or sale, hut not below the Cltft
ogued price; the scrip to be issued
small quantities, so the smallest
creditors may become entitled to it.
Everybody is to be invited to bid, and if not
sold at tbe expiration of thirty days then
tbe creditors may come in and buy at invoice
prices. This proposition was referred to a
committee of creditors. He said the com
mittee were to meet to-day, to-morrow and
Wednesday to receive the views of the
creditors on the proposition. A motion was
made to adjourn) until Monday. The cred
itors’ committee, in the meantime, will take
into consideration and recommend some
plan to wind up the estate and report at the
adjourned meeting. Agreed to.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, July 22.—A. B. Levisee,
one of the Hayes electors in Louisiana, has
been appointed Revenue Agent.
Information has been received at the
Treasurv that the land upon which the New
Orleans mint is erected has been deeded by
that city to the government according to
the provisions of the law for reopening that
mint. As soon as the transfer documents
are received, steps will be taken to put the
mint into active operation.
Sherman, accompanied by counsel Shella-
barger, left for Atlantic City to testify be
fore the Potter Committee. Schurz and
Key are the only Cabinet officers in Wash
ington.
Petitions have been received at the Inter
nal Revenue office for the pardon of fifteen
illicit distillers of Pickens county, South
Carolina, all of whom are under bail. The
cases will be duly considered.
opposition to gen. hunton.
Alexandria, Va., July 22.—At a mass
meeting held at Orange Court House to-day
to appoint delegates to a Congressional
convention,a resolution to appoint delegates
opposed to Hunton was adopted by 160 to
129. Hunton’s friends seceded and the
meeting appointed delegates solid for Neale.
jArL Delivery-
New York, July 22.—A dispatch from
Watkins, New York, says that on yesterday
morning the jailer at that place was knock
ed down and gagged by one of the prison
ers, and eight of the inmates escaped. Two
were recaptured.
Drowned by a Dog,
Terre Haute Express.
About seven o’clock last evening
Michael McCormi. k, by occupation an
express driver, rode his horse to the bar
in the bend of tbe river, above tbe
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad
bridge. After taking the animal into
the water and washing it, he hitched it
to a hush on the bank and went swim
ming. He was in company with Mr.
Baldwin and his son, who remained near
the shore. They observed that McCor
mick’s large bull dog, which was bathing
with its master, kept sportively climbing
upon him as he swam, thus pushing him
under the water. They started toward
him, but he threw the dog off, and when
they called to know if he wanted help,
he shook his head. They then started
to swim back, hut when they looked,
soon afterward, the dog was on Mc
Cormick again, and before they could
assist him he sank and drowned:
The body was recovered by the use of
a seine, some time later, and an inquest
on the remains was held by Coroner Bos
ton, the result of which was a verdict in
accordance with the above statement.
McCormick was fifty-five years of age,
and had lived here a long time. His
death took place very near the place
where his wife was drowned a few years
ago. He leaves four grown children.
It is not generally known that at all
State receptions of the Emperor and Em
press of Austria, both in Vienna and
Pesth, the Hungarian national costume
is worn by both, in compliment to their
Hungarian subjects. The Emperor wears
black pantaloons, fitted tightly to the
leg, at the sides of which are broad gold
stripes, long black boots, with a gold
tassel in front, and reaching above the
knee, and a tight, single breasted frock
coat, with black silk frogs on the breast,
and sable at the collar and cuffs. From
the shoulder is slung by massive bullion
cords and tassels, a white cloth dolman
or jacket, lined with cherry satin, and
profusely ornamented with gold and
jewels. The necktie is of red, white,
and green, the Hungarian colors, and the
red kolpoc or cap, of sable, has a red
fez hanging over from the top. In front
is a white pompon, fastened with a dia
mond aigrette. The dress of the Em
press is of green velvet falling to the an
kles, the bodice being elaborately* trim
med with frogs of gold bullion and with
diamonds, twanging front her shoulder
is a white satin dolman lined with scar
let satin and richly decorated with jew
els. Her hair hangs behind in two long
plaits, tied with ribbons of red, white,
and green. Both also wear scarfs of
red, white, and green silk,
h+h———
A Girl Kills a Deer—The V.
ver (W. T.) Iudejmdat of the 4th inst.
says: “A few days since a daughter of
Wm. If. Trant, thirteen years old, ac
companied by her brother of eight years,
was going through the woods to a neigh
boring house, a few miles from Vancou
ver, when they encountered a big deer in
the path, which for some reason showed
fight. A setter dog which they had with
them took the deer by the nose and pin
ned it to the ground. The girl took thef
boy s pocket knife and cut its iugular, I
which ended its careti, and with other
assistance the venison was carried home
in triumph^"
The people of the coast of Labrador
are represented to be in a dreadful plight.
The fisheries failed last fall, and the tra
ders, whousually barter supplies with
them fossil and oil, consequently have
withdrawn front that region. Aothing
of consequence will grow there, and
some families have died of starvation.
A FEMALE HORSE THIEF.
Pursuit aud Battle—A Pitiful Be eola
tion.
The Denver Tribune of July 14th has
the following:
Some time during the early part of the
month three horses and two mules were
stolen from San Luis Park. They were
the property of Mr. Humphrey, of
Canyon City. When these animals dis
appeared it became incumbent upon the
authorities to see that they were restored
to their legitimate owners and that the
rogues should be awarded the full meed
of justice. Deputy Sheriff Witherow,
of Costilla county, volunteered to head a
party to go in pursuit. He found one or
two followers at Garland, and finding the
trail of the departing rascals followed in
close pursuit.
The rogues had evidently had no tidings
that they were in jeopardy, and they
seem to have taken things quite easily,
mak ing easy marches and camping over
night without seeking an}* hiding place.
Monday night they lariated their horses
out on ’ the banks of the Arkansas, near
the town of Buena Vista, aud made then-
beds near the stream, little dreaming that
they had witnessed their last sunset.
Monday night the Sheriff’s posse came
up and discovered that their game was
in sight. No move was made until the
dawn of the next morning. It was just
a few minutes before sunrise that they
went up to reconnoitre. They found the
thieves already astir, and being, as they
thought, prepared to take thJm in charge
tuenTthe posse, with Sir. Witherow at
its head, ordered an unconditional sur
render. The thieves saw their situation
at a glance and made up their minds
quickly. Their decision was made
known to each other in a second, and it
was escape or death. They announced
as much by replying to the demand for a
surrender with a shot.
This was the signal for the beginning
of a skirmish lasting some minutes. The
thieves ran down to the river and tried
to secure themselves behind the bank of
the stream. It became necessary, there
fore, for Mr. Witherow to di ide his
forces, and he sent two men across the
river where they could have a fair view
of the enemy. The smaller of the two
had a navy revolver and the larger a car
bine, each firing two shots. Apparently
driven to frenzy by some occurrence, the
larger one all of a sudden ran out from
under the bank and seemed resolved upon
making a brave dash for victoiy. He
rose for the last time, for his full form
was no sooner brought to sight than one
of the posse, with steady hand, keen eye,
and firm purpose, raised his ready wea
pon to his shoulder and sent a bullet to
the breast of the horse thief, who fell
over with an ominous groan.
The posse therefore advanced to the
place of rendezvous, and true to their ex
pectation, all was over, so far as the
battle was concerned, Examination con
vinced them that ^lie mau who had
thrown himself in the way of the bullets
had been fatally shot, He raised himself
feebly, crying, "For God’s sake, kill
me!’’ aud said nothing more. He was
about five feet eight inches high, of dark
hair and eyes, well dressed, and a tine
specimen of manhood.
The other member of the party was
found where refuge had first been taken,
sweltering in blood, but fiynly grasping
there volver. The bullet of the law had
found a determined violator and a frail
one in body. The fatal ball had gone
through the neck, but barring the ugly
‘blood splotches, the form was a fragile
one, the hands white, the complexion
fair, the hair light, the eyes grey and
mild. Surely, though attired in the
clothing of a maie, this could not be a
man, and investigation proved that it
was not. Sheriff Witherow's party dis
covered that the stropg^bred and bold
man bad found in a woman a companion
in this work of robbery.
The neighborhood was, of course,
astir in a few* moments, and a curious
few found their way to the scene of bat
tle to look upon the dead bodies before
them. The last rites were soon per
formed. A Justice of the Peace was
called in, a jury impanneled, and a
Coroner's inquest held, returning a ver
dict in accordance with the facts. The
bodies were neatly dressed, put in plain
and neat coffins, and before the sun had
set were laid to rest at the foot of a quiet
little hill that runs down to the road from
the mountains above. The bodies were
buried side by side, and two fresh cov
ered mounds now direct the attention of
the curious traveler to the pretty little
tow-n site of Buena Vista, ta the spot
where the male and the female horse
thieves He buried. No one seems to
know who either of the parties was.
FROM BLONDE TO BRUNETTE
The Phenomenal Change that Wan
Effected bj a Bolt of Lightning.
(JUICK WORK.
Seldom has the electric fluid done a
more curious thing, says the Chicago
Tribune of Monday of last week, thau on
yesterday morning at three o'clock, at
the residence of H. I. Guild. Mr. Guild
and his wife were occupying a liedroom
iu the second story, and Lottie, a bright-
faced child of four years of age, with
golden cuils, occupied a cot on 'the first
floor, in company with her grand
mother. Mrs. J. J. Ames. ~ The
cot was placed under the opening
of the main flue of the chimney.
The first recollection that Mr. Guild has
of the situation was that he was on the
floor of his bedroom with his wife
clinging to him and screaming. He
turned on the light, and at first glance
discovered that the patches of plastering
in the ceiling jif his room and in the
rooms adjoining were hanging over liis
head, and the lathing protruding. The
shingles in the vicinity of the chimney
were torn up. He then concluded that
lightning had done the work. The next
thought was of the grandmother and his
daughter. Lottie, below. Mrs. Ames
was found to be in an insensible condi
tion, and a doctor was summoned.
The child told the story of how the
tire came down the chimney and knocked
herself and "gramma " from the cot to
the floor. Then was discovered the most
remarkable feature of the whole affair.
The profusion of curls, which were of
unusual length, reaching almost to the
child's waist, and which had been of a
bright golden hue, were of blue-black or
inky color from the roots to the tip. The
scalp was also colored, indelibly it
seemed, tlie same as the hair. Up to 6
o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a
lapse of fifteen hours, and after repeated
washings with ammouia and other solu
tions, every hair remained the same shade
as when the change was first noticed, and
so with the scalp.
The physician said that the remarkable
change might have lwcn the result of
electricity, but beyond this he did not
venture an explanation. He had heard
of one or two instances like it. The
vitality of the hair did not seem to be
destroyed, for it was still as soft as silken
skeins. The child seemed as lively as a
cricket, and rather pleased than other
wise with the sudden transformation
from a blonde to a brunette without cost.
The Author of the Marseillaise.
Paris Correspondence Pall Mall Gazette.
M. Rene de la Garde, who recently
wrote a biography of Rouget de l’lsle,
shows that the writer of the “Marseil
laise ” was a royalist. The song (words
and music) was written at Strasburg on
the 24th of April, 1792, at the house of
M. de Dietrich, the Mayor of the city,
and on the news of war having been de
clared against Austria. The song created
ffeat enthusiasm, and was at once print
ed under the title of “Chant de Guerre
de l’Armee du Rhin." The author ad
dressed a copy of liis work to Marshal
"jtekner, and dedicated it to "themaues
of Sylvain Bailly, first Mayor of Paris.”
It is curious to reflect that the .Mayor of
Strasburg, in whose house the hymn was
composed, perished on the scaffold: that
Marshal Luckner. to «"hom the first copy
was addressed, shared the same fate; and
that Bailly, to whom it-was dedicated,
was executed on the Champ de Mars in a
peculiarly revolting iqauner.
According to M. de la Garde, the hymn
reached Marseilles in the month of June,
and was at once monopolized by that
revolutionary band which marched upon
Paris to take part iu the sanguinary
scenes of the Reign of Terror. Lamar
tine, in his “History of the Girondists,”
says; “The new song flew from city to
city; tbe -Marseillais spread it all over
France, and hence its name. De l’lsle's
old mother, a pious woman and a royal
ist. alarmed at the effect of her son’s
voice, wrote to him, ‘What hi tnls revo
lutionary hymn sung by bands of brig
ands wt’c arc traversing France and
with which your name is mixed up?’
De l’lsle liimseif. proscribed as a royal
ist, heard it and shuddered as he escaped
by some of the wild passes of the Alps.”
In fact Rouget de l’lsle, having refused
to accept the decree which deprived
Louis XVI. of his throne, laid down his
sword. A few years afterward he re
turned to France, was thrown into pris
on, and, like Hoche, would have been
guillotined but for the downfall of Robes
pierre.
A MYSTERIOUS HERB
What Prof. Laneaton Pound
About It In Haytl.
Washington Star.
At the request of oae of the professors
in the medical collect of the University
of Pennsylvania, >Ir. Langston, our
Minister to Hayti, has. by direction of
the Secretary of State, made some-inves
tigations into the nature of a narcotic
herb, growing on the island, called “the
M anga plant.' This plant appears to lie
used in the incantations of a society
called “Y oudoux,” and is not known
outside of the circle of its high func
tionaries.
Marvelous stories are told of the
wonderful effects produced by this
narcotic. Whenever miracles &re to be
wrought, the sick healed, the dead
brought to life, or any other display of
superhuman power is to lie made, the
herb is used. It is often told with the
most profound sincerity, by those not
belonging to the order of the Vuudnur.
that the “Papaiois” or -‘priest,” moved
by what is called the ‘‘Lois” can. anti
does, resurrect dead: the Wanga plant
always playing its part in the perform
ance. The “Lois” is a spiritual influence
inherited in certain families, resembling
the powers attributed to "mediums'" in
spiritualism.
The followers of this faith in Hayti
are numerous and of all grades of social
life. The Emperor Soulouque was a
member, but Geffrard sought to prevent
its increase.
The “Youdoux " arc cannibals and
kill small children as a sacrifice to their
strange God. In connection witli these
rites and practices, the sacred herb is
used conspicuously. The plant is used
by Havtiens not members of the Youdoux
as a narcotic medicine and for base and
lascivious purposes. A negro used it to
put his rich master to sleep, while he
robbed him. The juice will produce
temporarj- blindness, and thus unfit for
military purposes the victim. After its
influences pass away the sight is perfectly
restored, and no had effect on the optic
nerve remains.
The herb is used to procure sound and
pleasant sleep by persons suffering from
disease of body or mind. It has been
successful where chloroform has failed.
Five leaves placed under the pillow arc
[enerally sufficient to bring relief. Its
properties, however, are yet to be deter
mined and defined. The botany of the.
island presents a large field of study. Of
two thousand varieties of plants only
six hundred liave been examined aud
classified. The conclusion of the whole
matter, says Mr. Langston, is, whatever
the plant “Wanga” may be, whether its
properties already concern medical sci
ence or not, there is in this country, as
connected with this subject, treasures
which ;iwait scientific exploration.
About Sunstrokes.
A reporter of the Eerniny Punt inter
viewed the health officers of New York
the other day in regard to sunstrokes,
etc.. with the following result:
jp “W hat's the first sensation, doctor, of
incipient sunstroke?”
"Headache or dizziness, or a feeling
used up or readiness to drop. Some
persons simply feel very hot."
Tn such cases what is to lie done?”
‘Stop work, go into a cool place, lie
down or sit down, until you feel better."
“What next?”
“Put cool cloths on your head, and
drink cool drinks—cool water, for ex
ample, or cool tea.”
“Eat anything?”
“Probably won't want it—if exhausted
take a stimulant.”
"Is one always warned before a sun
stroke?”
"Usually one is; but I remember one
man,” said Dr. Janeway, "who told me
afterward that he felt as if he had been
struck a blow on tbe back of the neck.
Sometimes a person feels exhausted for
two or three days before an atlaek. He
has lost sleep, perhaps, ami is working
hard in the sun. All of a sudden he falls
over and liecomes unconscious."
“When is sunstroke most likely to oc
cur?”
“When the system is debilitated, the
heat intense, and the atmosphere muggy.
In a muggy atmosphere the evaporation
of the perspiration is diminished; ami
without evaporation you don't get the
cooling effect of the perspiration. Cases
are more frequent also on the second or
third day of a heated term.”
“What are the symptoms?”
“Increased heat of the body, and per
haps unconsciousness, convulsions or
delirium. A post mortem examination
would show Kirat congestion of the brain
and lung*. I have seen the lungs," said
Dr. Janeway, “gorged with blood.”
de
Bread I'rom Standing Wheat In Pour
J11 ii ti left and Thirty-seven Sec-
ondft.
The Carrolton (Mo.) Democrat says:
The last sensation occurred last Thurs
day, when about fifty men were present
by invitation to see Jim Lawton beat his
own time of two years ago, when his
wife had bread baked in eight and a quar
ter minutes after the wheat was standing
in the field. At 4:6:10 o’clock the Buck
eye reaper, drawn by Cy. Burnett's dun
mules stood at the corner of the growing
wheat, machine in gear ready for a start.
Men were stationed every few feet along
the line of grain ready to seize an armful
as it fell from the reaper, and rush with
it to the thresher close by, which, un
der the direction of veteran drivers,
was getting under way for business. At
the mill, just sixteen rods away, Lawton
stood at the window watching the mo
ment when McCaw, on the swiftest horse
in the county, should start from the
thresher wiih the grain, while
Mrs. Lawton and her niece, Mi»s
Alice, had effl the preparations
made to make griddle cakes and bis
cuits in the shortest possible time. At
the drop of the hat the dun mules sprang
to the work, and in ltn. 15s, the threshed
wheat, about a peck, was in the sack and
on the horse, and the race commenced
for the mill. There were two bridges
to cross, and the excited spectators
could only see a column of dust,
bear a couple of taps on the plank bridge
as Morse flew over them at lightning
speed, and the wheat was delivered to
Lawton in the mill. In lm. 17s. the flour
was delivered to Mrs. Lawton, and ip
3m. 5as. from the stqrtjng of the reaper
the first griddle cake came from the
hands of Miss Alice, was gobbled by a
dozen eager hands—and that was “the
last of it. In 4m. 37s. from the starting
of the reaper, according to the "best
double-timer stop-watch in the oountjy,
a pan of biscuits was delivered to the
hungry crowd by Mrs. Lawton. Then
other pans of delicious biscuits were
baked more at leisure, and boiled ham
and “one-minute biscuit ” formed a sand
wich it was right hard to beat.
The Sultan lately gave a reception to a
corps of Sisters of Charity sent to his
army by the Queen of Saxony, on which
occasion he tiianked them for their cour
age and devotion, and presented each
with a medal. Coffee and sherbet were
served, and Osman Uasha presented each
with $250.
Bars of pure gold, weighing twenty
ounces each, have been ploughed up at
or near Lexington, N. C., to the value of
some $10,000. It is supposed to be the
proceeds of a stage robbery committed
some forty-five years ago, when the
thieves hid the metal.
Andrew J. Kerwin, a well known New
York builder, has been adjudged a bank
rupt on his own petition. His total lia
bilities amount to nearly two mlllion-dol-
lars, most of which is secured by mort
gages. Assets very small.
Five Children at One Binm.—The
most remarkable birth ever known jr,
the histoiy of accouchircqU ooourrej at
or near Saiesviiie, Ohio, on last Monday
night. Mrs. McCormick gave birth to
five healthy children, four boys and one
girl. The medical works have but few
instances of such wonderful births, and
when they do occur the children have
scarcely been known to live. In this
case the mother and children, in the
common language on such occasions, are
“doing well.”
Two births of four children nave oc
curred within the last fifteen years near
this region, but this outdoes all recorded
occurrences perhaps in the United States
M. de IS Garde says that while Rouget
: l’lsle was wandering about in a state
of destitution his hymn was being every
where performed. At a military specta
cle at the opera, horse, foot, artillery,
and the people howled it in chorus; and
when they reached the last couplet actors
and audience had to go down on their
knees to Mile. Maillart, who represented
Liberty, and who was placed at the sum
mit of a little mountain. Even the horses
had to bow the hcu.i and bend the knee.
Tbe actor Lainey, who was charged with
the refrain, was dressed as a mm calotte,
and wore a red cap. After each couplet
he received an embrace from 3111c. Du
champ, who impersonated Egalite, and
rrom Mile. Florigny, who impersonated
Fraternite. On the fall of Robespierre,
Rouget tie l isle wrote another song, call
ing on the Thermidorians to exterminate
tin; successors of “the Incorruptible.”
A few years later, when a descent on
England was contemplated, the lyric poet
wrote :
Artisan des mallieurs du monde.
Trap tier dominateurde l'onde, etc.,
and warned us that Napoleon, a giant
with terrible arms, was about to seize
and strike us. Rouget de l’lsle then
celebrated in verse the 48th Brumaire,
when Napoleon turned out the two
Chambers and seized upon the supreme
power. When the Bourbon returned,
fiie versatile poet once more tuned his
lyre, and wrote his “Dieu conserve le
Roi," which is about the most anti-Re-
publican anthem eyer penned.
Two prisoners recently escaped from
the jail of Wright county, Missouri, and
started down the river in a skiff. Night
overtaking them they camped on the
river hank, and while one was asleep the
other knocked him senseless with an oar,
rifled his pockets of their contents and
started through the woods alone. The
would-be murderer has been captured,
while his victim is slowly recovering.
furniture.
The will of the late Dr. James C.
Ayer, the well-known patent medicine
man, has been admitted to probate. The
estate, which is estimated at $3,000,000,
is left to his wife, brother, children and
other relatives, his wife receiving the
homestead in Lowell, and all house
hold furniture, plate, etc. Tuv full
and exclusive right tu carry on busi
ness under his trade mark and firm name
be bequeaths to his brother Frederick
and his sons, Frederick F. and Henry S
jointly. ’’
Discontent in Germany.
Berlin. Correspondence of the London Times
A melancholy contrast to the loyal de-
raonstralions occasioned by the attempt
on the German Emperor s life is present
ed by the endless prosecutions for trea-
Mafcutaw ind crimes of
Iki chancier. Iinnirtdi liave Im
punished for regretting, in the hearing
of other;, and mostly in places of public
resort, that the aged sovereign, the
originator and living symbol of the na
tion’s unity, was notified by Hoedel or
Nobeling. Yet there is stiff no end to
tlie like accusations »nd condemnations.
The causes, yombming to produce the
extvaouiinary phenomena have been too
often explained in your columns
to need repetition. But, notwithstand
ing the license allowed to the Socialist
press and the excitement created by pro
longed destitution in whole classes of the
people, no one would have supposed that
disloyal sentiments had attained to such
a height. The discrepancy- between what
people think they have a right to and
wiiat they can actually procure in these
bad times is too great to leave their loy
alty- intact. \\ e must look forward to
stormy debates in Parliament, not so
much in consequence of the criminal at
tack on His Majesty’s life as because of
the dissatisfaction excited by sundry
mensurss taken before and after the
event. The journals mav he daily heard
to complain that Socialism might have
•teen easjiy kept down by a more rigor
ous application of the existing laws.
In the divorce case of the Earl of
Aylesford against his wife, in which the
Queen's proctor charged coUusion be
tween the petitioner and the JIarquis of
Blandford, who was co-respondent, and
also that the petitioner had himself beer-
guilty of acts quite as bad as those
charged against his wife, the jurr rt .
turned a verdict finding the r ’ounte4 of
Aylesferd guilty of the charge a^inst
uer, tlie Earl 0 f Aylesford and the
Marquis of Blandford guilty of the
charge against them, and the petitioner
himself guilty of aU the charges against
him separately. The petition was there
fore discharged, and Lords Aylesford
and Blandford were condemned in costs.
FURNITURE!
FURAITURE !
D. G. ALLEN,
Cor. Bronghton and Barnard Sts.
Large Stock of all New Furniture
WHICH IS BOUGHT FOR CASH AND SOLD
AT THE
LOWEST MARGIN
large line
BABY CARRIAGES
CRIBS, CHILDREN'S BEDSTEADS, etc.
EAST LAKE ROCKERS,
CHIFFONERES,
PARLOR DESKS
AJID LOUNLm
Also, a full iin« of Furniture of all t'escrip-
tlODD,
D. G. ALLEN.
m-Goods packed and shipped free of
jdW
L. REMION,
SECOND-HAND FURNITURE STORE, No.
O 187 Broughton street, next to Thomas
West's Crockery Store. The highest cash price
paid for all kinds of second-hand Furniture.
Stoves, Carpets, Bedding, etc. Repairing and
exchanging. The highest cash price pari for
second-hand Clothing also. my27-l j
Hotiffs.
rTh CAUTION.
I I fiavir.tr come to our knowledge that a »pu
1 rious imitation of our “J. C. CALHOUN '
Whisky has been placed on the market, we
hereby caution the public that none is ^eauiae-
unless our name is stamped on each and every
I package. We shall prosecute to the full extent
of the law all infringements upon our right un
der the U. S. trade mark laws. We have ap
pointed Messrs. S Guckenheimer & Co. sole*
agents in the oity of Savannah, Ga., for the
sale of the **J. C. CALHOUN 1 ' Whisky, and
shall keep„them fully stocked.
ELIAS BLOCK & SONS, ,
2n, 3U and -i2 Sycamore street.
Gin
jy*2-Tu&Thea
Cincinnati, O.
NOTICU.
D URING my absence from the city. Dr.
HENRY LeHARDY will act as my attor-
uey. He will also take charge of my office
practice, corner of Bull and Broughton streets,
ietween the hours of 9 and 10 a. m. and 3 and 4
J - C. LeHARDY.
jyia-F&Twiw
NOTICE.
A B- COLLINS is my duly authorized attor-
c • ney during my absence from the city.
GEO. W. HEDRICK will attend to my painting
business.
jygg-2t JOHN OLIVER.
ExcursionsAxcorsions.
T HE commodious and seaworthy steamer
DICTATOR is now offered for excursion
charters at reasonable rates
JNO. F. ROBERTSON. Agent,
DeRenns s wharf, foot of Abercorn street.
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