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J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Georgia A (fair*
The Mayor of Macon has offered twenty
dollars In gold as a premium to any person
who will bring him in two thousand dollars
In mutilated notes of city hills to he burnt,
ami he will also supply the place of the
worn out currency with bran new, smooth
bills. The amount of this money retired
from circulation up to date is nearly twenty-
I mm-n thousand dollars.
The North Georgia Stock and Fair Asao-
, u!Ion proposes to hold in Atlanta, begin
i,tug on the Slat of • n tober and continuing
through the week, what it claims
be the biggest fair ever held
Georgia. About fourteen thousand
hundred dollars in premiums will be
tributed, and besides the races usual
-ueb occasions, several novelties will lie In
troduced. Thcic will Ite a military contest,
s velocipede tournament, a mule race and a
negro foot race. Arrangements have been
made to secure good lioard and lodging du
ring the week at one dollar per day. Evi
dently the Atlantese Intend to put forward
ltieir olggest licks on the occasion.
The "most prominent and influential' 1
colored citizen* of Atlanta have agreed to
• all a greenback meeting for Thursday
night, August 1, at eight o'clock. All sorts
t>f political question* will In- considered.
A special dispatch to the Columbus Tune*
stales that • ‘Marion county sends Persons
delegates to the Congressional Nominating
t onveution bv seventy-live majority. It
«as a Waterloo defeat for Harris. The vote
st4Hni—two hundred and eleven for Persons
to one hundred and thirty-six for Harris
delegates." ( hattatioochce county has de
clared for Harris.
It is estimated that the daily consumption
of cotton by the Eagle and Phenlx Mills,
Columbus, will soon reach twenty Itales.
The contest for the cadetship at West
Point, w hich occurs on August J3, in Macon,
promises to he very lively. Several of the
brightest young men of the Sixth district
will undergo the eoni|>etiUve examination
for tin- appointment.
According to the Inrlependent, a young man
named J. W. E. Scarbrough, well known iu
l.uiiipkln, committed suicide on Monday
evening of last week. He drowned himself
tu a mill |iond located about one mile south
-a'l of Lumpkin, it was a most determlu
the bouse. Some trace of the robbers ed for trial in the early part of next month,
obtained, and it was learned that they were I It is to be regretted that the father of this
on their way »>* Florida. This fact was I unfortunate young man cannot be present
communicated to the Captain of police here at the trial. The feeble condition of his
on the Hh of July and two days later he health, broken down by the weight of many
arrested two colored men named George I long years, preclude the possibility of his
Worth and Joha Jackson on suspicion. I making so long and tedious a journey with
their description corresponding with the one I safety to himself. Whatever fate maybe
given of the robbers. A small amount of the j In store for this erring young man, bis rela-
inoney was found on their persons, and a eon- I tives and friends may rest assured that no
siderable quantity of new clothing, etc., that I legal effort will be spared by Col. McCall
bad evidently becu but recently purchased, I to restore him to liberty and friends again,
was discovered in their jiossesslo’n. They were I We know nls able counsel will fully sustain
committed to jail, and application made by I the reputation he has fairly won at the
Mr. Johns, who had in the meantime come | Florida bar, and his touching and over-
to this dtv. to the Governor of Georgia for I whelming eloquence cannot fail to meet a
a requisition for the men. This was ob- responsive chord in the breast of every gal-
tained, aud yesterday, accompanied by two I lant Texan who may have the pleasure and
of his sons," Mr. Johns returned here on I good fortune to hear him, though he be
horseback and took charge of the prisoners. I stern and brave as a Roman soldier. May
They all started yesterday morning for f this last effort for• poor Millard, made in a
Georgia— the white men on horseback and I distant land and among strangers^ secure
the negroes, securely handcuffed, on foot. I him liberty and add auother gem from the
The latter will be made to walk the entire I ,T °*— “»-»-• *- *- *
distance. One of the prisoner* has made a |
partial confession of bis connection
the robbery. ”
A corTcs|»ondcnl writing from Springfield,
Ga.. says: "On Friday, at an early, hour the
colored population of this county assembled
in Springfield to hold an annual picnic.
They formed themselves into a society called
the Colored Farmers Club of Effingham
county. J. 11. Taylor,colored, was present,
and made a very appropriate speech to the
members of the club, in which he exhorted
them to practice industry and economy as
means of securing prosperity, Independence
and contentment, Crops lu this vicinity
arc generally very fine. Farmers are
pulling fodder and the weather Is fine.'
SDITHEKN CHARITIES.
KUm Alexander—HI* Will—Alex
ander Free school of nacon, Ga.
•elf dostn
-tloi
He
i lute
ick fast in t
II of the po
with his legs up to his knees,
e mud that covered the bot-
d. thrust l.is head and laxly
under the water and drowned himself. Ills
band* had clutched sonic rushes at the bot
tom and he was thus enabled to bold him
self down until life w.< extinct. When
taken up, the rushes were pulled up, so
tightly had he grasped them in his death
throes. He *a» of unsound mind, and ihat
accounts for the deed.
A Sumter county man, according to the
G.o.tte, ran three squares after what he
thought was a street-car light, and, after he
gc-t out of breath, lay down on the door-
si- |>, disgusted to find oat that it was only
a lightning bug on his spectacles.
•intfiH
this
Florida Affairs.
The Ocala Banner says: "We have inter
viewed all the leading Republicans in the
county, and can find uoitc among them that
will accept office on any consideration.
They all say they are too honest for that.'
Since when?
I)r. John U. L"Engle, Chairman of the
Finance Committee of Council of Jackson
ville, stated oil Saturday to the -Vun and Trr.
that the object of the resolution introduced
Into Council by him the previous day
adopted was intended to secure the pay
ment of every that cent the city justly owed.
There was nothing like repudiation thought
of. The committee proposed to pursue
plan that would secure to every man who
hail a just claim against the city payment
In full, ami as soon as it could be doue
without hardship to the taxpayei
should aim to conduct the finances of the
city on the same business principles that h<
would were it a matter of his own.
A gentleman is introducing In Pi
a new machine for the manufacture of gas
from rosin. The process is said by the
tetu to be perfectly safe, the light exc.
Ingly brilliant and really costing almost or
ally nothing, for the limpid oil distilled
In the process of disengaging the gas from
crude retain la worth as much
rosin. It is sold to ntix with paints, and at
twenty-five cents a gallon pays for then
In Chicago aud other cities in the several
States companies have been formed,
large capitals, for the general Introduction
of this illuminator. The telegraph offici
Pensacola lias already been lighted with the
new gas.
\ dress and on rose-tinted paper.
• Annie" Is enterprising, and makes
or as attractive as herself, which is
I great deal.
rs Kramiuer. "A negro man by the
' Wcstly, formerly employed by Mr.
>ak« as drayman, was found lying in
I near Pleasant 11 ill colored church
ng condition between two and three
a. ui. on Thursday last, lie bad
ng up with a corpse In that Vicinity.
. pta< . - - —
ji
let! 11te place In bis usual health and
nls. He was carried to his sister's, on
premises of A. J. Piers-e. ami mcdh-al
i-lance procured. I»r. Rosser Is of the
ni.m that it is a case of apoplexy."
Die Conyers Fiaminer has no idea of
•wing any Lumpkin county man to carry
its snake laurels. It says: "A Lumpkin
mty man t>oaats that he has killed thirty
ii.- snakes this season. The Lumpkin
u beat* this section in point of numbers,
when It comes to si/.e, just uoticc the
lowing, which i* reported and!vouched
bv a reliable citlr.en: Hud Nix and
entitle Albert wen- badly frightened the
< r day, while seining lu Cotton Indian
>-k, In Henry county, by the sight of an
ramus snake. They supposed it wo-'*
gli alxiut one hundred pounds, sixt.
long, and the end of it* tail a|
•e as large as a stove pipe
ills ago Matthew Johnson, of Usury
nty, shot a moccasin o
weighed thirty pounds. How's that
the convicts in the cump
near Live < bik had been brutally treated has
led to an investigation, the result of which
has tieen to show that said report was ui
true aud without the shadow of a foundi
tlon. The Erjtusitor is not satisfied, how
ever, and claims that the investigation w.
not as thorough as it should be.
FUh in Florida are so numerous that they
even inhabit the clouds and fall down from
thence with rain. According to the Gaines
ville .\V*r.«, one of the printers of that paper
put a bucket out to catch some water
during the heavy rain on Wednesday, and
after taking it in found tour minnows in
the water. They hail, doubtless, faih
from higher regions during the licavv rain,
and they seemed uninjured by their
navigation.
Key West Key: "The wrecking i
i'i-ral Sherman, Captain Stoddard, has
taken from the sea, near Sand Key, alxiut
eight hundred bar* ut railroad Iron in from
six to ten fathoms of water. How or when
the vessel was lost no one knows, but the
wreck D believed to have taken place in the
last hurricane, some three years since. The
iron is scattered iu heaps for a mile or
more.”
Jacksonville Sun and /Yes*, Saturday:
"Kate Culpepper, a colored woman of about
Elam Alexander was a man of humble
origin, and was of Northern birth, in early-
life he was deprived of all educational ad
vantages, or at least they were very meagre:
whatever they were, however, he improved
them up to the measure of the circumstances
*hich surrounded him. Quite early ne was
apprenticed Ut leant the carpenter's trade,
and judging from the meagre facts in
my possession, like all other poor boys,
he had a hard time while in servitude.
But in due course his term of service
nded, and he became his own man.
Possessing no genius, aud with early advan
tages by no means favorable, yet he pos
sessed a large share of good common sense,
conscience quick to discern the right, and
equally as quick to denounce the wrong.
He grew self-reliant, depending more upon
his own judgment than u|k>u the direction
•f others, aud, consequently, he was a man
if strong prejudices as well as strong con-
ictions.
In early manhood be came to Macon, Ga.,
o follow his vocation as a carpenter. He
ras a quid man. Moving along the street,
e was not likely to attract the attention of
the passer-by: yet in him was a great-
of soul and a manliness of ebar-
that put to blush the pre
tensions of the more favored who rolled by-
in their elegant carriages, and w ho would
not deign to notice the poor carpenter.
It mattered not to him whether the
world gave its applause or its frowns. In
the honesty of his heart he knew that he
had wronged no man. Hence he jilted his
ix-ation industriously, and whatsoever his
hand touched prosjiercd. He commenced
■ accumulate projxjrty through the appli-
tion of a rigid economy and an industri-
s life. He hid gathered a few friends
out him, and, with this encouragement
and association, the mind that was in him
brought out into exercise, and they
discovered, in place of it being an
arid desert, that it was blooming
the tendereat feelings and the most
benevolent emotions. The world is not Jong
coguixiug a iu:i(i iu prosperity, and
Elam Alexander began to acquire
property there was, as Is always the case
a number of butterflies and glow worms
flitting about him most patronizingly. His
good sense readily detected and led him
detest these shallow pretensions. He
ived quietly on in the even tenor of his
y, and continued to prosper in worldly
ods.
died suddenly j j, v the principal aud his accomplished
erday morning at half-past seven ■ -^ • J
•x k, at her residence on Union street,
lakes?'
The Crawfordvllle henurrot, under the
bead "W*y* that arc Dark," auuouncc* thy
following seta of thievery and law lessness
which should bo suppressed and punished
by the strong artu of the law : "One night
lari week, Air. Legwen of this plae
the pressure of the hot weather, left his
door* open, when a sneak thief crept into
the house auil appropriated Mr. I., s hat,
rust, pants and watch. Mr. L. also inf*
ns UijU mi the same night a mule was tt
from his stables, and severely ridden,
have heard of several cases where lots i
entered, and *-owa milked late at night : In
one ease the thief was caught in the act, but
managed to run through a fence aud escape
without I wing recognized. There is a crowd
of vagrant and vagabond uegroe* in thi*
place, «ho arc remarkable only for noise,
arrogance and liuolence, who do not work,
and who. It i* fair to conclude, get their
living by foul mean*. There is a clique of
ihese colored vagabond* in this town, who
uumnif to themselves the right to dictate to
any colored person wbo comes to thi* town,
for whom they shall work, for what wages
they shall Work . and If disobeyed inflict
severe beatings, and force any to leave
who disregard their mandates. They
boast that they have -run of* several,
and will do eo again. To colored men in
the country, who are working their farms
and living’ by honest labor, these ‘Town
Roys’ write obscene end threatening letters.
One of these letter* we have In our posses
sion, aud the writer spotted. A gentleman
living in the county a few miles
had a tenant driven off his farm
after hi* crop was planted and supplies fur
nished, and was eompelu-a to Jose crop and
supplies by these means. £oiiu> of these
fellows arr known, and would do well to ix
quiet, or umw: the consequences. These
'Town boys,' as they style themselves,
should not lx* allowed to irnpcu,- upon and
threaten honest, hard-working colored peo
ple who arc- making an honest living, or to
drive off from farms laborers to the detri
ment of landholders. Some of them and
their tricks are known, and if further At
tempt I* nude to impose upon honest
working colored people they will surely be
exposed. Let them take warning from
this, or the consequences may be more than
they bargain for.
Sum ter UoarJlr: "We learn that the pris-
oners in jail at this place lately made an
attempt to em-ape, which would probably
have been successful If they could have con
cealed their work one day longer. Mr. A.
M. Smith, the Jailer, *us[>erting something
wrong, examined the cage, and found a
saw, about three Inches long, concealed un
der their bed. with which they had cut
through two plaukv and pryeu them out.
The bars would probably have been broken
the next night. ’ ’
Dupont Oktfenokian: “ ‘Willis II. blltch,
for whose apprehension and delivery a re
ward of one hundred dollar* was offered,
was captured last week near hi* home in
Bry*n county by Messrs. Ellarlxu and Love.
He Is now lodged in the ReJdsvlIle Jail. Th>
reward has been paid.'—Hinesnlle OoattU.
This Individual figured quite extensively
here severs! weeks ago in the cattle busi
ness. He baa proved to be a pure fraud.”
From the Jacksonville (Fla.) Sun and
/Wm we get this Item: “About the dr»t of
the present month the residence of an old
roau named Johns, In Middle Georgia, was
rubbed of about eight hundred dollars iu
gold. The money was taken during the
absence of all of Mr. John's family from
Pine and I.aura. The cause of
death is not known, a* no examination of
the body ha* yet been made by a physician.
She was apparently well only a short time
before death, and the first intimation that
she was id was a faintness and a pain in the
head, which she complained of while stand
ing in the yard of lier
man assisted her to her room
water to her temples, which seemed to
lieve the pstn, lie left the room for a few
moment*, and returning, found her dead.
The woman, it is stated, had been afflicted
e or two previous occasions with at
tacks somewhat similar to that which yes
terday proved fatal."
Mr. John C. Reese, of Orange county,
writing to the llonu and Farm, gives the
following estimates if to the cost of setting
out and taking care of an orange grove :
Land, ten dollars per acre ; drain.*, fenc
ing and plowring, thirty-eight dollar* per
acre; trees, per acre, twenty-five dollars;
cultivating grove, two and a half dollars n
acre |>er month. Thu* the co*t of a grov
when set out. would lx- seventy-three dol
lars per acre. Cost of cultivating an acre
out year, thirty dollars. Accumulated cost
of grove of flve acres, at expiration of five
years, eleven hundtid and fifteen dollars.
loike City Rntorler: “ Two negroes, liv
ing near Atnosvillc, got into a quarrel about
a trilling matter on Wednesday, when one
of them went to hi* house ami returned
with his double-barrel gun and shot the
other w ith small shot, inflicting many pain
ful, if not fatal, wounds. Justice Wads
worth issued a warrant for the arrest of the
criminal. ~>.d pursuit was organized as early
as possible."
The Lake City Reporter reports a fatal ac
cident to Mr. Hartwell Jackson, a valued
citizen of Hamilton county, a* follows:
About ten day* ago Mr. J., in company
ith others, while deer hunting near the
White Springs, became separated from the
horse, his gnu was accidentally discharged,
lodging the load of buckshot In his bead,
completely tearing off a portion of the skull.
Hi* companions, naturally thinking he had
shot at deer, awaitedaotue time before going
in search of him, when they found uwTlviug
dead by the side of his horse, which bad re
mained quiet. Mr. J. was about thirty-five
years of age and leaven a family."
People sometimes live to a nght good old
age in Gadsden county. The Quincy /Itmu!
says: "Mr. Antiila McJunkins celebrated
his centrunial birthday on the 13th of June
last. He resides with his son, Mr. James
McJunkins. on a plantation about five fallen
north of Quincy, on the stage road to Bain-
bridge. There is also living in the north-
c«rtcrn part of the county w ith Mr. Jonas
Woodber.y, . Mrs. Tabitha Williams, who
is over one hundred an*, c.'g^t years old."
The Pensacola Gazette mentions the folio
Inr tragedy In Santa Rosa county : "Li
Friday night <’harles Slack and Anderson
Norris, colored, were tu&kjcj their supjrer
in a log camp, near Pond creek, about e*ght
or nine miles from Milton and Black water,
linddenlv four chargesof buckshot were dis
charged from th* neighboring wood by un
known parties, *nd telA-k was killed and
Norris wounded In the band. These men
were employed to cut (saw down and off)
logs b* Mr. Charles EUet, a contracting log
ger of 81mp*oti A Co. J. M. Landrum, Esq.,
acting Coroner, called au inquest Saturday
at the scene of the murder, and adjourned
to meet in Milton yesterday, when it was
hoped the Investigation would be aided by
further evidence.''
When the Southwestern Railroad, which
>w runs from Macon to Eufaula, Ala.,
ith Its various branches, was projected,
stockholders wanted a man of
strong will and mind to take hold
of the enterprise. Elam Alexander was
elected as Its first President. Here he dis
played that practical wisdom and good sense
which had characterized his whole life and
had made it a success. He remained in
this position for two or three years.
One of his great mistakes was in his
delaying marriage until late in life. Had he
"*e secured the tenderness of wo-
ami the mellowing influences of a
home, he would have developed into a re
markable man. He married a most excel
lent lady, but his habits ol celibacy were so
strong that there never existed that mutual
sympathy aud cordiality that ought to
exist, ami must exist to make a home what
It should be. This much candor compels
me to admit
One day in the early i^ut „f J"ne. 1878, I
was invited by a gentleman to a*-<-omj>any
him to a school examination up on Second
street, in Moron, Georgia. Without think
ing, I readily consented to go. On reaching
the school room I discovered that ouly the
trustees had been invited, of which the gen-
t lemon whom I accompanied was one.
Nevertheless I was most courteously treated
( •riucipal aud his accomplished
ore I found about a hundred
children of various ages, aud after one of
the most satisfactory examinations that 1
have ever attended, I for we were given |>er-
fect liberty to test the scholars in any way
we saw proper u» to the point of
their instruction, anil we did it.» each
trustee was called ujwin to address the chil-
. dren, which tbev did briefly, but in good
A colored I taste and in good style. As"an intruder, of
■ applied | CO n r# c, through courtesy I was also invited
to say something. After a few words of
advice to the children, I told them my rela
tion to the tress und that I had gathered an
item, one of great interest lu me, and Ibis
article is the result of that afternoon’s in
vestigation.
Here I learned that iu the will of Mr. Elam
Alexander there was a residuary clause by
which was given a large part of his estate
“ to establish a free school In the city of
Macon." Mr. Alexander died in March,
1863. The war was then raging, and every
thought *n<» -nergy centered ujx>n Its
(Inal result, so that n„tbiu£ could be done
with this muuiflcent bequest. The fuiiqs,
however, were preserved intact by the exe
cutor of the will, Hou. John J. Gresham.
After the din of battle was over, and we re
turned to our shattered homes aud fortuucs,
Judge Gresham sought to carry out the
desire of Mr. Alexander, and a school was
organized under a charter of the “Alexan
der Free School,’’ with the following board
of trustees John J. Gresham, Chairman;
L. N'. Whittle, Geo S. Obear, Sr., Chas. J.
Harris, John W. burke, Ifcnrv L. Jewett,
aud the Mayor of tin: city of Macon as
member cjojffeio.
After many delays and much vexation
and disappointment, the school went into
ojxTation iu l.**7U. The board moved cau
tiously, and were fortunate in the selec-
on of teachers. Prof. S. Bates, one of the
ost experience:! educators In the State,
was selected as Principal, and Miss Flora
A. Smith, one of the most brilliant gradu
ates of Wesleyan Female College, was
elected as Assistant. Here these two quiet
persons—for ueilher seek public applause—
n this quiet war have been doing a grand
and glorious work for seven years. The
average attendance of the school ever since
its organization has been over one hundred
pujNls. Iu other words, the full capacity of
the house is j;ept up, for when a vacancy
occur* mere are a dozen applications
to fill it. These wormy teachers are leaving
their impress ujxtn society and ufH»u the
world in the most effectual way. It is true
their names may not be known beyond the
households whose children are planed under
their charge, yet they will never be forgotten
by the hundreds who yearly receive their in
struction. In fact there are families living
within a square of the school room who
know- nothing of the character of the school,
much less the names of the teachers, so
quietly and so unostentatiously is this en
terprise carried “
BY TELEGRAPH.
N00F TELEGRAMS.
THE AUSTRIAN ADVANCE INTO
BOSNIA.
LORD HARTINGTOXS RESOLU
TION.
A Moat Important Parliamentary
Debate Anticipated.
INDIAN'S ASSEMBLING—A WARN
ING TO WHITES.
DINA BLED NTBA.NIEHS.
Vain Efforts lo Recover tbe Cable
or 1866.
LOUD HARTINOTON S RESOLCTIOV—A!* IM
PORTANT DEBATE.
London. July 'Jh.—The debate on Lord
Harrington's resolution against the govern
ment’s Eastern policy, which begins to-night
In the House of Commons, is regarded as
the most Important which has taken place
In Parliament in many years. The fane*,
discussing that jiart of Harrington's resolu
tion relating to the British guarantee re
specting Asiatic Turkey, says: “There is
room for contention that Harrington’s
censure of tbe treaty is too little or
too much. If the Ministry have Involved
•untry' unnecessarily in liabilities of
grave a character, the opjx>sitiou ought
to be |(repared to express something more
than regret. They ought to be leady to
turn out their opjxmeuU, to take office
themselves and to reverse the policy to
which the country stands committed. If
they are not prepared for such a decided
course, they ought to leave the government
unweakened to carry iuto effect the settle
ment of which it has laid the basis. In
certain cases it is desirable that the govern
ment should act on its own responsibility.
At all events the main Issue of debate will
turn on this jx>int, and the real question
•vhich the House will have to decide is
whether in the |>erniancnt interest of the
British empire it was desirable to say dis
tinctly to Russia ‘Thus far shalt thou go,
but no farther.’ ”
DISABLED STEAMERS.
New York, July 29.—'The City of Ches
ter, of the inrnan Line, while on' her way to
New York, broke her shaft on Thursday.
The State of Louisiana, State Line, towed
the disabled steamer into j>ort. The
officers state there was no excitement on
board, and the passengers united in a testi
monial to the Captain for his coolness aud
self-possession.
A dispatch from Sag Harbor, S. Y., says: i
“The steamer Spartan, from New York for
Loudon, arrived off Montauk on Saturday J
w ith her main shaft broken. Assistance was
sent her yesterday."
INDIANS ASsEMHL1.no—A WARNING.
San Francisco, July ‘J9.—A Portland dis
patch says ; "The rendezvous for all uu-
Iriendly Indians both on the Oregon aud
Washington Territory side, is at the foot of
Priest Rapids, where they are collecting iu
great numbers. Chief Moses say* he can
not control his young men, and warns set
tlers to hx>k out for themselves."
THE ADVANCE INTO BOSNIA.
London, July ‘J9.—A Vienna dispatch
states the advance into Bosnia has not yet
been ordered. Caratheodori Pasha told
Andrassy that the paragraph of the procla
mation to the inhabitants declaring that the
Sultan commits them to the protection of
the Austrian Emjteror would probably be
subject to protest.
I.ater.—The Austrian troops crossed the
frontier into Bosnia this morning iu perfect
order without encountering any difficulties.
Archduke John Salvator, oF Tuscany, at the
head of hts brigade, uutcred Derbcud.
SARATOGA RACES.
Saratoga, N. Y., July ‘J».—On the Brat
extra day of the Saratoga meeting the first
race for" maidens, two-year olds, Ji mile,
Ferita, Was won by Boardmau second, Lulu
third; lime, 1:UP*.
The second race, mile heats, was won in
two straight heats by Louavicr, Mechanic
second, Miss Mallov third; time, 1:47!/,
1:46«V.
The third and last selling race, one mile
and a quarter, was won by Hattie F, Loi-
erer second, Princeton third; time, 2:21 %.
iTTKMPT TO RECOVER TUB CABLE OF 1866.
London, July 2S*.—The Anglo-American
Cable Company announces that the attempt
to recover the 1866 cable has failed.
ZAtLLu.
Newark. N. J., July 29.—Coney A Stew-
1, hatters, have failed. Liabilitiea $30,000;
assets $15,000.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, July 29.—A telegram re
ceived at the Treasury Department to-day
announces the death of Samuel Weeks,
Metier and Refiner at the New Orleans mint,
on Saturday last, of yellow fever.
Upon inquiry, the State Department
ascertained that tbe payment of the Mexi
can awards will vommence on tbe 1st of
September.
Miscellaneous mail lettings, numbering
six hundred and twenty routes, extending
over every State and territory, excepting
New Jersey, closed to-day. The number of
projwsals is seven thousand three hundred
and thirty-three, showing an amount of
competition largely in advance of previous
lettings at this season. The contracts to be
executed will be filed lu the department on
or before September 10th.
The Indian Agent at Lemhi, Idaho, re
ports that an Indian, Bannock John, re
cently murdered a white man, James
Dempsey, on Camais jirairie, on the 18th
instant. News has reached the agency of
the kilhng by white men of ten reservation
Indians as retaliation of Dempsey's mur
der. A number of Indians, who blamed
Bannock John for the occurrence, formed a
conspiracy for his assassination, which was
successfully carried out.
DEBATE ON LORD HARTINOTON’S RESOLUTION.
London, July 29.—Lord Harrington is
s|>eaking on his resolution, which he moved
this evening. He said a very inadequate
idea of the treaty of Berlin was to be derived
from a mere contrast of its provisions with
those of the treaty of Ban Stefauo. Russia,
previous to the war. made demands which
did not go anything like so far as the treaty
of Berlin, yet Euglaud never approved them,
nor urged them upon Turkey. He said he
did not make a serious charge against the
government regarding Greece, as the other
governments shared the resjHjnsibility, but
the British Govemment^had incurred special
responsibility in the promises given to
Greece, which had not been fulfilled.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., July 29.—Indications
for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
partly cloudy weather and occasional rains,
w inds mostly southerly,and nearly stationary
temperature and pressure.
In the Middle Atlantic States, cloudy
and rainy weather, winds mostly southerly,
stationary or higher temperature, with fall
ing barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, partly
cloudy weather, with occasional rains, varia
ble winds, mostly southerly, and stationary
barometer.
PIGEON SHOOTING MATCH.
London, July 29.—Bogardus shot a pigeon
match to-day with Captain Shelley, or the
Nottingham Gun Club, for two hundred
nounds each, to shoot one hundred birds at
thirty yards rise. Shelley retired at the
eighty-ninth bird, having killed only sixty-
four, while Bogardus killed seventy-seven.
The latter continued and killed eighty-four
! one hundred birds.
The Bogardus score to-day in the pigeon
shooting match with Shelley is the highest
I ever made in England. *
LATE CHINESE NEWS.
San Francisco, July 29.—The steamer
Gaelic, for Hoag Kone, via Yokohama,
arrived at Hong Kong on the 3d. The emigra
tion of laborers to i'eru has been rendered
impossible by the opposition of the Canton
officials, who recall the ill treatment of
Chinese in the past, aud refuse to believe in
guarantees for the future.
Rain has continued in the famine stricken
provinces, and hoj>cs are entertained of a
good harvest. In the meanwhile, the suffer
ing is unlimited.
COLLISION AT SKA.
MR. STEPHENS OX THE STUMP
caaitlr CrltlcUm or HI* W **h I ag
io u Speech.
A correspondent of the Augusta
Chronicle and Con*titutionali*t furnishes
that jvaper with an abstract of Mr. Ste
phens' address to the people of Wilkes
county, and gives some sound patriotic
advice to the Democracy of the Eighth
Congressional district, as follows:
"It is seventeen years since Mr. Ste
phens was here as a public speaker—
then in 1861—to give some cheering
words to the Irvin Artillery, as it went
forth to die for principles in which Mr.
Stephens liad no faith aud no hope.
After he had touchingly referred to his
boyhood life here, and paid a pathetic
tribute to those who helped the poor or
phan, he sketched old Wilkes in the
revolution of the fathers. He glorified
her ad libitum; but not one word of im
mortality for the bones of her sons that
now lie' upon the battlefield, as if re
fusing to crumble into dust! He did not
deny us the cypress for our martyrs, but
be thought them unworthy of the crow—
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CASES
«•
The l»ur to be .Viet by the Govern-
went—Auother t han, .- for Politi
cal Capital.
9nr &•*<*.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
CONCLUSION OF THE POTTER IN
VESTIGATION.
Debate on Lord llartington's Reso
lution.
CHINESE AND JAPANESE MAT
TERS.
WESTERN CROPS BADLY DA.VI-
ACEP.
W’aiblugtou Note* aud General New*
Item*.
Philadelphia, July 29.—The steamer
Pennsylvania on the night of the 23d Inst.,
during a dense fog, collided with the
seliooucrS. B. Hume, from Richmond to
Gloucester, England, with lumber. Captain
Diggins, with wife and crew, were trans
ferred from the wreck to the steamer.
WESTERN CROPS BADLY DAMAGED
Chicago, July 29.—Reoorts coining in
from Northern Iowa and Southern Minne
sota state that tbe crops are badlydamagad
in those Motions. The wheel iu some
-ounties will not yield over seven bushels to
the acre.
further evidence.
The Tallahassee Floridian of last week
says: "Sheriff W. H. Hutchinson and Depu-
ty M. Brannon, of Escambia county, arrived
here yesterday with a fresh invoice of six
prisoners, two’ destined for the convict camp
at live Oak and tbe other four for Chaires .
There are two for rauoder, oue for forgery,
one for house breaking, one for altering
stock brand and one for assault with inteut
to kill. The sentences vary from *tx months
to two years. There is one white man in
the L.I, and one colored woman. One of
Ute prisoners whilo at Chattahoochee on
Sunday night slipped his handcuffs aud ab
cconded, going across the river In a boat
whieh tie stule After going about ten mile-
he was overtaken by the guard and brought
Lake City
Tb*“ board of trust have in charge two
lots on Second street, one on which the
school house is placed anu the adloiuing
one. They are valuable. And beside this
thev have an invested fuud of sixty thou
sand dollars in good paying bonds and
stocks. They intend to Increase the capaci
ty of their school room, as they are uilable
to accommodate rite numbers ihat apply.
This is the only school of tbe kind in the
cit. of Macon. It is not a j>oor school,
altnougt* s free on*. The only requirements
for admission are priority of application,
and that the applicant must he a promi
nent resident of the city of Macon. No
one tiviug outside of the corporate
limits or moving in for this special
purpose will be admitted. The benefits
were Intended only for the "children of
Macon." No one i* allowed to receive these
benefits longer than seven years.
This is the l>enificent donation of one
man, and what a monument to his memory.
Alas ' alas .' that there should hare been but
one Alexander, in all the history of Macon,
when her citizens used to count their wealth
by millions. "Alas! for the rarity of
human charity .*’’
Moron, July 34M, 1878.
Since Patti's marriage $7U0,uu0 of her
earnings have been administered by her
husband, and he still has $320,000 of the
money invested in his name. If she
wins her lawsuit and tbe English mar-
Uke CUj «W. tern, u«i Col. S*l»a MBtiltei for irtMuUrily.*,.111
W. tv. McCall, of rills city, will soon taka U 0 * lhe . ®oncy; she loses, half of it,
. ... —w. u.. s city, will MMJU laae
his departure for Carthage, Texas, to defend
Mr. Millard Roberts, whose
according to the marriage contract, be
comes her legal lord's.
THE 1‘OTTER INVESTIGATION.
New Yokk, July 29.—Messrs. Potter and
Hiscock, of the rotter Committee, exam
ined Jno. D. Palmer to-day, who testified
regarding his work as Chairman of the visit
ing committee. Jle bad conversations »itb
many colored people at.d found out from
some of them that many parishes had
been greatly disturbed, their school money
been used up. and the Democratic politicians
made many promises to get them to vote tbe
Democratic ticket. Witness said Nicholls
had obtained the respect of the colored
people of Louisiana more than any Gov
ernor be knew of, and more than Packard.
Witness was present at the sessions of the
returning boa<<4—all of them that were
open. The plan of rite board w as to lay
aside all disputed parishes and take
up undisputed one*. On the ‘J8th November
witness asked the board when the returns
from any parish were [Killed that he be
given the result, but they would not do so
until they were all completed. Protest*
that were entered after the returns were
filed the Democrats claimed should not be
considered. Packard filed a protest which
embraced sixteen parishes. Witness asked
permission from Governor Wells to enter
the compiling room. Witness thought
some Republican* had access to that room.
He thought he saw Mr. Hale
iug out with them. There were several
ineffectual complaints made to the board
about the manner in which the proceedings
were carried on. The Republican visiting
statesmen were seen by the witness often.
They were geLoally at the returning board
when the witness was. He had heard Mr.
Aseher say J udge Levlssee had stated that
the election was a fraud and if he could
have a hundred thousand dollars would
vote for Tildeu.
Witness said Packard, on account of his
previous career In Louisiana, had made him
self obnoxious to manv public men. If the
witues* was asked If "the election in Loui
siana w as fair, he would say not. Tbe sense
of the j>eople there was that TildeD and
Nicholls were elected. He had heard of
no prosecutions against parties charged
with committing the Pinkston outrage.
He said *o Wells and Anderson that rite
Tildeu electors were cuoseu, but that they
might, on a fair consideration of the ques
tlon, come to a different conclusion; but this
conclusion should be arrived at qn evidence
that could be clearly put before the public.
Witness satisfied himself as to the 4>er-
petration of the Pinkston outrage by
inquiries, and he supposed the politi
cal parties there, by taking the same
means of inquiry that be did, could have
also satisfied themselves as to its perpetra
tion. He told Kellogg that if these things
happened in Illinois he (witness) would
bring the (tarries to punishment or he'would
leave tbe Ftale. He believed that the peo
ple would have been satisfied with the
Packard government If they thought be
had been fairly elected. After a few unim
portant questions Governor Palmer's testi
mony closed and the committee adjourned
till the 12th of August, unless sooner called
together by the Chairman.
A SCHOONER LADEN WITH ROSIN ASHORE
Wumwmx. Jill; “.n, a,,:
vice station at Smithvllle, N. C., reports
[hat at 3 p. m. tbe Spanlen brjg Dos Cuna-
dos. from Wilmington, N. C., for Antwerp,
with a cargo of rosin, is ashore in a critical
position near Fort Caswell beach, and is
full of water. She Is now engaged in dis
charging her cargo. The steam tugs here
are unable to get her off. The Baker Wreck
ing Company st Norfolk were notified and
promised to send immediate relief. I * m
exchanging International signals with the
brig whenever neceaMry. No Uvea are in
danger.
OBSERVATIONS OF THE ECLIt’SE.
Washington, July 29.—General Myer
telegraphs from Pike’s Peak that the obser
vations of the eclipse were successful. The
corona was traced several diameters from
the sun and was seen five minutes after to
tality.
settlement completed.
Mobile. Ala., July 29.—Fred Wolffe,
financial manager of the Alabama and
Great Southern Railroad, settled to-day to
the full amount due by John Swann, pur
chaser of the Alabama and Chattanooga
Railroad, in accordance with the decrees of
the court.
socialist picnic.
Baltimore, July 29.- The Socialists of
this city held a picnic this afternoou and
addressed by George Winter, of the
Yorker folk* Zeitut.y. About one hun
dred men were present.
MATTERS IN JAPAN.
Yokohama, July 14.—The Japanese Gov
ernment has expressed an interest in Sena
tor Sargent’s pro(>osiiion to open relations
w ith Corea, aud is willing to co-operate.
tatter From Gadsden County, Fla.
Chattahoochee, Fla., July 27.—Editor
Morning News: As most all sections of the
State are represented through your valuable
and widely circulated paper, 1 see no reason
why this—one of the numerous garden spots
of Florida—should not come in fur a share of
notoriety. The farms, the gardens, the or
chards and the vineyards are Just now tbe
most attractive and pleasant places of re
sort; while the lakes, the streams and beau
tiful clear blue springs, all of which
abound .with the most delicious
tish of every variety, are places of frequent
holiday ana picnic resorts, where the old
and young, the poor and poorer ( for none
are rich now) meet aud infuglc together in
those pleasant repasts known by the classi
cal term of "fish fries."
The crop prosjiect in this section is mag-
our fathers wore at York town ami Kettle
Creek. Then comes the old refrain :
I knew the cow would eat the
grindstone because I told you so.'
He reminded us of the late war, how,
from not listening to Atm, we had
brought sorrow and ruin to every home.
‘You abandoned law and order, and in
the hoj>e of help from pretended friends,
you got your throats cut. You would
not listen to me!’ Well, there sat a
man who lost two noble boys—there an
other, our young Representative, whose
father's heroic death brought this whole
town to tears—there stood the gallant
Captain Wingfield and the shattered re
mains of the old Artillery, listening to
the reproofs of this sublime, ghostly
orator, with a patience that is wonderful
to sec and damnable to remember. Hut
the dead cannot hear Mr. Stephens’ chid
ing. Thank God for that ’
• • ‘They do not dream of the heart's disgrace.
They do n< t know our loss, or gain;
They only dream in their silent tents.
Their precious death was not in vain ’
“His censure of the press for wrongs
done him was temperate. He could af
ford, he said, to lie in a good humor.
The people had approved his course;
erybody now was on his platform and
knew he was right on the Potter resolu
tion. which was got up soltiy to unseat
Hayes and to bring on another irar! He
then reviewed the various relief bills,
the tariff, etc. When lie thought he had
saved any chewer of tobacco Just $3 50,
the bill fell through because of this in
fernal Potter. All these hills would be
looked after when he returned to Con
gress. He didn't beg any favor—not he.
He was a Simon pure Democrat—he
would follow his own judgment, inde
pendent of caucus or convention. If the
people didn't like his way, get somebody
else. Hu thought the sacrifice was
w holly on hie part, llis principles were
aheay* right; elect him on them or not at
all
" Once more we are told that the i's and
t’s in the Casey letter remain, and they
ever will remain, undotted. His whole
argument on this letter was a tissue of
special pleas in bar. He agreed to every
thing >re liked, provided we liked what
he wanted. He was not ai.poseri to
nominations or conventions , but if wc
don't nominate him, then he will con
sider us ring masters ruling him out—
in which case he will appeal to a higher
power, the majority of the people—his
rery word*. Ilis war was upon these
tricksters only—but all who go to Thom
son and do not vote for him arc trick
sters, et UI omne genu*—and so on to
the end. But enough of this. Let us
pass over his arrogant assumptions and
come to the real issue before ’.ha people.
"What, then, should the Thomron con
vention do? It is tacitly understood
that when candidates go before a con
vention they will abide its action. With
out this good faith there can be no or
ganization. and hence conventions would
be useless. Now, Mr. Stephens says he
will appeal to the people if he be not
nominated. He is therefore not entitled
to the honors of war. lie must surren
der and be galvanized before he .an put
in his claim. Let the convention frame
a platform of principles, and one shall
be, that whoever is a candidate must be
so with the clear understanding that if he
be not nominated he will abide his fate.
If Stephens' sponsors can't promise this,
and there be no one to oppose him. then
let the convention adjourn without
action, and iol him take his nomination
by default. Let the convention nominate
him under the sentence now hanging
over it. and there will be an exhibition to
the country of such stultification as shall
stink in the nostrils of the Democratic
party for the remainder of the present
generation. ”
Correspondence „f the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, July 26.—A decision
was reached to-day in regard to the
South Carolina revenue cases by the
President, which will have the effect of
raising a square issue between the Fed
eral Government and the State Govern
ment of South Carolina. Special Counsel
Earle arrived here to-day from South
Carolina to consult with Attorney Gen
oral Devens in regard to the case. After
the Cabinet meeting was concluded
General Devens and Mr. Earle had a
long coherence with the President, when
the case was thoroughly discussed in all
its bearings. It was decided to call
Secretary Evarts to the conference, aud
to hear his views as to the law and the
duty of the General Government under
the circumstances. Secretary Evarts
took the position that the Federal au
thorities must maintain its sovereignty
and iu right to dispose of the cases l>e-
fore its own courts without interference
by the State authorities, and that the
government should proceed to act at
once under Section Oil of the Revised
Statutes, and to have the cases removed
under said section to the Circuit Court
of the United States.
After further discussion and inter
change of opinions the President decided
to accept the view taken by Secretary
Evarts, and not to let the case go to the
Supreme Court of the State on appeal.
The necessary instructions have bean
given to cany the decision into effect.
Mr. Earle left here to-night for Baltimore
to sec Judge Bond, who is the United
States Circuit Judge of South Carolina,
and to arrange with him to go to South
Carolina at once and hold a Special term
of court, so that the cases can be re
moved from the State Court, and the
imprisoned revenue officials released on
bail.
Great interest is manifested in these
proceedings here by Federal officials, and
the belief is shared by many that Judge
Kershaw will not acquiesce in the step
about to he taken, and that the State
officials will not surrender up the four
revenue officials to the United States
Marshal in response to the summons of
the Circuit Court. If this course is
pursued an open conflict and a resort to
armed force on the part of the Federal
authority would seem to by inevitable.
It is no secret that both the President
and Attorney General Devens have been
inclined for a day or two to allow these
cases to go to the Supreme Court of the
Stale of South Carolina, on appeal, with
out resorting to the alternative agreed
upon to day. Both of these officials have
wanted to avoid a conflict if possible,
and Attorney General Devens in speak
ing of the case said he saw no reason for
bringing about au issue with the State
Government. He was disposed to take
the conservative course of letting the
ease he disposed of by the South Carolina
courts in regular order, and thus avoid
any feeling between the Federal and
State officials. The calling of Secretary
Evarts into the case, however, has led
the President to adopt the other course
aud to risk an issue with the State au
thorities.
It became known to a considerable
number of Republicans that the Presi
dent was inclined to let the State courts
settle tbe-e cases, and no little feeling
was produced in consequence, which
would have manifested itself if the Presi
dent had not adopted Secretary Evarts’
view of the matter. It was freely charged
by Republicans to-day that the President
and Attorney General Devens were ex
hibiting cowardice in dealing with this
question, and that they were afraid of
Governor Hampton and the effect of an
issue with hint upon tho country at large.
Republican politicians are now thorough
ly satisfied with the line of action agreed
upon, and say that if the State auriiori-
ties attempt to resist the Federal authori
ties in attempting to carry into execution
section 043 that it will have an excellent
effect throughout the North and greatly
strengthen the Republican party in the
approaching Congressional campaign.
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FOUR DOORS EAST OF WHITAKER,
DESIRING TO OPEN THERE. AS FAR AS
PRACTICABLE, WITH AN
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Reduction of 25 to 33 per cl.
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A Reminiscence ok Douglas.—A
more genial man than Stephen A. Doug
las never lived. His capacity for both
work and play was boundless. An illus
trative story, bearing upon this point, is
told of his seating nimself in the lap of. . „ — —
Beverly Tucker on a certain occasion J J* 1 ®* in a drunken stupor.
Festive Burglars.
Few York Journal of Commerce.
Mr. E. T. Sweczy, of 404 Classon ave
nue. corner of Quincy street, whose
family are in the country, returned to
the city yesterday morning and went to
his house for the purpose of getting some
clean clothes. He let himself into the
front door and proceeded to the base
ment, when he discovered that the back
door had been forced open with a jimmy.
On reaching the top of the stairs on the |
WILL OFFER DURING THE COMING
WEEK:
|G/| PIECES VICTORIA LAWNS, .16 to .18
I u" inches wide, at 10c., 12#c. an<l 85c. The
latter k«“k1 value for 20c. to 85c.
10-t LINES SHEETING reduced from $1 50
to $1.
LINEN PILLOW CASING reduced from $1
LINEN PILLOW CASING reduced from 75c.
to 60c
70 dozen Ladies' Brown Unbleached LISLE
THREAD HOSE, at $1 r»er dozen, cost $« to
import; size*. 8. (*U, a and 9U inches.
50 dozen Genu- SUMMER UNDER VESTS, at
25c.. 40c. and 50c.; size*. .18 to 48; a irreat job.
10dozen Boys’ and Misses' GAUZE VESTS;
siaes. 18 to 34, at 30c., former pr.ee 50c.
A job lot of Ladies' SUMMER VESTS. 50c..
much under value.
Full line of Gents’ JEANS DRAWERS.
75 duaen Gents' Brown HALF HOSE, 85e„
30c. and 35c., very fine.
50 dozen Gents'Heavy English HALF HOSE,
85c. and 30c., usual price 40c. and 50c,
100 Kross fine PEARL BUTTONS. 18Ue. to 25c.
per dozeu. not over half cost'of imiK.rtaUon:
usual price of such goods 85c. to 60c. a dozen
6-4 flLUE FLANNEL SUITING, $1 M per
yard.
:«• piece* yard wide printed CAMBRIC, new
styles, at 33 per cent.'off former prices. Some
beautiful SHIRTING PATTERNS arnonest
them.
5 cases, 18,000 yards. STANDARD PRINTS,
best brands, fast colors, at 5c. per yard. These
are far superior to any such goods offeriiur
ut 5c.
100 dozen LINEN HUCK TOWELS at 15c.
worth 80c.
«» dozen LINEN HUCK TOWELS at 80c .
worth 85c.
75 dozen LINEN HUCK TOWELS at 23c
wortb 35c.
50 dozen LINEN NAPKINS, 75o. a dozen
usual price 90c.
Great Job* in NAPKINS, from $1 to $2 50 »
GRENADINES—50 piece* Rood
niiicont The soil has been well cultivated
as a general thing, and the seasous have
been remarkably good. Tbe luxuriant cot
ton fields, rite well filled and almost burst
lug shoots of the corn aud the bright and
cheerful faces of the farmers tend to make
the Impression that a merciful Providence
is this year blessing the labors of thfe hus
bandman, while nature seems a loving stej>-
mothcr whose heart has become softened
after many years of drought aud disaster,
aud is now opening a generous baud to her
foster children.
The Gadsden County Agricultural and in
dustrial Association is now fully organized
aud tu good working oouditiou, and prepa
rations are being made in all parts of the
county for a fall fair on a magnificent Male.
The shares are pgt down to two dollars and
a half to enable the poor as well as tbe rich
to take stock, and much of the "capital stock
has already been taken, and liberal dona
tions iu the way of fair grounds and privi
leges have been made by some of the gen
erous citizens of Quincy. There Is no
county in the South whose soil yields more
abundant or various productions than Gads
den, nor whose citizens are more liberal and
united tn all public enterprises. Therefore
if no disaster should come, and the harvest
}•* as great as the present prospects indicate,
it is reasonable to calculate that the Gads
den county fair will be a success, and that
the organization will be as permanent as it
is beneficial to the agricultural and general
welfare of the whole countv.
The State Asylum at this place, now un
der the management of General Dicklson
and Dr. Foreman, is becoming one of the
most important as well as charitable institu
tions of the State. It has only been in <.pe
ration a little more than a year, yet the
percentage of lunatics cured and sent
home is about equal to any other institution
ol the kind in Amertoa, and is at the same
time a great economy to the State, inas
much as it costa much less to keep it up
than to send our insane off to other States.
But of this institution I will say more tn
future.
There is t>< gmntng to be a little excite
ment iu political circles, especially among
those who are charged with the political
burthens of the county, and those on whose
shoulders the mantle was thrown at our re
cent county and Congressional conventions.
The county convention made a very good
selection, and everybody eudorses the Con
gressional nominee. The county ticket is
composed of good, straight-out Democrats,
who would be very hard to beat on a quar
ter race, notwithstanding the county baa
bad a large Radical majority to* manv
CtEi TS h ,le "1“
lies before t -cm f rom DOW till tbe 5th of
and exclaiming in his impulsive way,
“Bev, old boy, I love yoq." "Douglas,"
savs Tucker, "will you always love me?”
"Vos," says Douglas, ‘J WUl.” "But,"
persisted Tucker, "will you love me
when you get to be President?" "If I
don't, may I he damned!” says Douglas.
"What do you want me to do for you;”
“Well.” says Tucker, : \»hun you get to
he Ure.U Jeut all I want you to do for tuo
is to pick some public place am! put your
arm around my neev liS you are do .
tng now, and call me Bev '."—LoniariUe
Courier-Journal,
ACuriol'8 Case.—Complaint has been
made to the New York police that on
Monday evening Miss Louisa Braten
adopted daughter of Thomas Briggs, of
No. 268 West Thirty-seventh street, in
that city, on going to the door to answer
the bell was met by three men and a boy,
chloroformed, driven off in a carriage to
Brooklyn, and efforts made to outrage
her, but her entreaties prevailed, and she
was driven back nearly home after being
required to promise that she would meet
her abductors when required. A young
man named E. G. Houghton, who has
persecuted the lady with his attentions,
is mentioned as the suspected author of
the outrage, but the police have as yet
made no discoveries.
second floor he stumbled over three
champagne 1 Kittles and some glasses, and
in a moment thought he heard some per
son breathing; then a snore was heard
from another room. He went upon hts
tiptoes to the door of the back room and
peeped in, when, to his surprise, he dis
covered a rough looking fellow stretched
upon his handsome bed. Then he
stepped back cautiously and went to the
door of the front room and peered in.
Another thief was lying on the lied in
They
Knights ok Labor.- The grand na
tional clan of the Knights of Labor, a
secret and non-political party, has been
in session in Philadelphia, but no account
of their deli Iterations can be obtained,
further than that reports from the grand
clans of the various fcutes report the
enormous membership of 875,000, 500,-
O00 of whom have joined within the past
year. The State of California alone
claims a membership of 141,000, New
York 50,000 and Ohio 60,000.
Midsummer Night Dreams.—A lady
in Newcomerstown, Ohio, while dream
ing that she was pursued by tramps,
sprang from bed and jumped from a
second story window. A somnambulist
in Meehanicsville, N. Y., left her hus
band’s bed last Sunday morning, crept
out of the house, walked to the eemg
tery and lay down besid" he* mother's
grave, where she ' WM * found after day
light sloping like a babv.
hau gathered up between $600 and $700
worth of property and had it ready to
take away, when the wine which they
had taken overcame them and they laid
down on the beds to take a sleep. When
they first entered Chari pa Johnson, one
of the thieve-, says they wont into the
(cilar to See if they could not find some
thing to eat, a* ; ia d not had anything
to ***! Since the morning before. " They
were unable to find anything to eat, but
seeing the wine, took three bottles of
champagne upstairs with them and drank
it all. .
Mr. Sweezy thought it better to secure
assistance before he disturbed the fel
lows, so he went quietly down stairs
again and notified his grocer. Officers
Webb and Downing were also called,
and they all went and unceremoniously
aroused the drunken thieves from their
quiet slumbers. John Burns, one of
the fellows who was sleeping in the
back room, was inclined to make a little
resistance, but the officer cracked him on
the head with his club, and he then re
alized that it was better to surrender
quietly.
Valuable Mineral Developments.
—There is quite a heat of excitement ex
isting among the mining men of the
country oyer the remarkable yipid of
copper which the Blue Ridge mountains
are producing in different localities. Mr.
D. B. Russell, who has been prospecting
for copper on his farm for several years,
has unearthed specimens equally as pro
ductive ai the Lake Superior copper,
yielding an average of forty per cent.
The shaft which was sunk several years
ago having proved satisfactory, the
force are now at work at the base of the
hill, where, to the surprise of the enter
prising owner of the land, silver ore of
a light yield is thrown out abundantly.—
llogerstonm (Md.) New*.
BLACK
quality a:
Colored GRENADINES and Silk and
Wool Colored GRENADINES reduced from 60c.
to*7l£c.
lou pieces American and Riuwia CRASHES,
from 5c. per yard to 80c.
3.000 yard* DRESS LINEN BOURETTES, at
Ittfic., reduced from 85c.
To open early in the week:
Job lot (soiled) LACE NETTING, at SO per
cent off usual price.
Ladie* LAWN WRAPPERS, DRESSING
SACQUES and UNDERCLOTHING, full line In
uock.
Our entire stock Children * P. K. LINEN
LAWN SUITS at 10 per cent, off cost.
GRAY & O BRIEN.
$75,000 WORTH
Staple and FancyDryGoods
REDUCED PRICES!
WILL offer his entire stock, which will be
»» found to ooniain such attractions In
VARIETY. QUALITY and PRICE aa will
merit the attention of clone cash buyers, whoee
examination is respectfully invited. For the
better guidance of such I will jfive a few quo
tations.
ASK FOR THE GOODS.
I HAVE THEM IN STOCK.
100 piece* CORDED JAOONTT. linen flnteh,
36 inebe* wide, only 10c. per yard, good value
tor 144c per yard.
November, they will have to , Uu well and
cautious^', le«t me Radicals, who are not
going to make their nominations for some
time, will get the “bulge" on them on the
“home dretch." But the indications are fiqw
rery strong that Radicalism L dyfumti
throughout the State of Florida, unlesa it U
in a few negro counties, “ one of whom we
are which. 1 ' But aa I am no politician, and
your talented correspondent of Gien Guiia
has already exhausted the English language,
especially the adjectives, in encomiums of
one of the candidates to the exclusion of
the others, I will not venture to say more.
H. H. 8.
A Jover w uO had "gone West" to
n .^e a home" for his "Birdie,” wrote
to her; T ve got.the finest quarter sec
tion of land (160 acres) I ever put my
foot down on.” Birdie wrote back:
"Suppose you buy another quarter sec
tion, John, so we can have a lawn around
your foot’" John made a home,” but
Birdie never was the mistress of it.—
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Don’t tell a man vou sweat. It is vul
gar. Inform him that you are being de
prived of the saline and oleaginous fluids
of your material substance through the
excretories of your pellucid cuticle, with
a sensible condensation of moisture upon
the superficial exterior. —Dotton Journal.
An old and wealthy peddler named
Matthew Matherson, accompanied a man
named John C'ostafrolaz in a boat from
La Salle, Ontario, to another point on
the Richelieu river, on the 24tn ihat. The
peddler had buwceu two thousand and
three moo sand dollars worth of silks
and a gold watch, beside* money . Sub ’.
sequently Coev>*\xilaz returned without
MuthC-km. The fellow quickly disap
peared from the neighborhood, and
search being made for the peddler, his
body was found in the river, with his
head split open and his hands cut fright
fully. All his valuables were gone.
“Oh, yea. I’ll trade my horse for your
mule." he said, "if we kin 'gree. Now,
is this mule all—" and he placed his hand
on the animal's rear elevation. Mortal
man never knew the conclusion of that
sentence, lie climbed the golden stair
in fragments, and at a pace compared to
which the shooting of a rocket is a snail’s
pace.—Oshkosh Christian Advocate.
The perfect imprint of a tree may be
seen upon the breast of Thomas Briggs
of Wellsburg, West Va., who was struck
by lightning July 4. 1
WHITE PIQUE 5a. 6)^a, 8c., Wc. and up.
150 piefte* COLORED CAMBRIC, blue and
white stiipoi, 36 inches wide, 5c. per yard.
BLACK GRENADINES from 15a to 73c.
BLACK ALPACA, BLACK CASHMERES,
BLACK BOMBAZINES. BLACK FRENCH D&
LAINBj BLACK HENRIETTA and TAMISE
CLOTHS, and in fact everything kept in a first
at the lowed ponrible price*. However. I would
respectfully suggest to those needing anything
in the above line to come prepared to pay a
ttttle more than coat for what they may need.
To Sell Goods for Cost and Pay a
Hundred Cent* on tlae Dollar,
la n Thing (hat Can’t
DANIEL HOGAN.
151 BROUGHTON
