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J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah. Ga
Georgia Affairs.
The ThotnasvHle Enlrrjrriat thinks It has
been fully demonstrated that wheat can he
successfully grown In Thomas county, and
urges upou the farmers to turn their atten
tion more assiduously to the cultivation of
that cereal.
Hy a late survey to establish the boundary
line of Emanuel county In accordance wllb
the terms of the original act creating it,
the Swalnsboro Herald says five families and
about ten thousand dollars In taxable prop
erly have been added to the county.
On Monday last, according to the San-
dersvlllc 'bt/rirr, as the Sheri IT opened the
prisoners’ cell of the jail in which three
colored prisoners were confined, Tom GU-
bert, rec< ntly Incarcerated for shooting at
another negro at Nun Hill, jumped at and
caught thefiherifY by the arms. A struggle en
sued, and during the scullle Richard Aiken,
w ho was put in (all three or four years ago
for the murucr of ltev. W. («. Moreau, and
who made his csca]x* on a previous occa
sion, but was recaptured, got away.
The negro Gilbert then tore aw ay from the
Sheriff, leaving a considerable poniou of
his ragged shirt behind. As he ran down
the stairway the Sheriff fired at him, with
what effect is not known. Both criminals
are now at iarge. Gilbert Is said to be an
escaped convict from Alabama. They are,
bad men, and every effort |>ossibIe will, no
doubt, be made to re-capture them.
On aceooht of heavy clouds, views of the
eclipse at Columbus and Gridin were very
unsatisfactory. In the latter place, how
ever, according to the AVie*, one man looked
through unsmoked glasses so often that he
suffered u total eclipse early in the day.
Cameron, the Eatonton safe robber, who
Is such a terribly persecuted Northern man,
has again escaped. He Is being pursued,
and there are strong hopes of his recapture.
Lincoln county don't like Stephens. They
think that he is “too saucy.”
George Washington l’oreh, colored, of
Ncwnan. has been sentenced to six months
in the chain gang for unlawfully endeavor-
iug to poach on the preserves of a merchant
of that town.
Peculiar ideas regarding the eclipse were
held by some of the colored citizens of
Atlanta. They imagined that the inoon
was in actual contact with the sun, and
threatened to knock out a piece of, or
otherwise seriously damage, the god of
day. They attributed the safe passage of
the great luminary to earnest prayer, and
feel uus|>eakah)y grateful to know that yet
the sun do move.
The Thomasville .WAts Enterprise I earns
that the returns of 1878 show the total num
ber of polls in Thomas county 2,534. Value
of lands $974,107. Real estate in towns
$510,320. Merchandize $139,960. Aggregate
value of whole property $3,4111,428.
The Governor has offered a reward of one
hundred dollars for Joe Simmons, colored,
charged with the murder of Doc Napier,
colored. In Houston county, June 39th last.
According to the Macon Tehgruph and
Mtaamycr, "a very daring robbery of a large
amount of money In the mails In Georgia,
liaa Just been discovered. The post office
officials aud the detectives are actively en
gaged in their investigations, and In a few
days will develop tbc full particulars to the
public.” "
The Brunswick Appeal says: “The mail car
of tiie day passenger train on the Mi
J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
CrawfordviUe Democrat: “We learn that
many of our farmers have stopped work, In
consequence of the terrible drought now pre
vailing. Forward corn will make a tolerable
fair crop; late coni will make nothing if
rain docs not come in a few days. Cotton
is suffering badly, and is being rapidly cut
off. If it does not rain in a few days, the
fine prospect for a crop during all the sea
son. and until two weeks ago, will be com
pletely overcome. The drought is wide
spread, reaching all through the West, aud
every thing is drying up.”
Augusta ChromicU and Const itutionaliet:
“Yesterday afternoon, about half-past four
o'clock, the body of a negro man was dis
covered floating in Hawk s Gully, near the
Broad street bridge. It floated down as far
as the fish trap, about two hundred yards
below the bridge, where it lodged. Justice
‘heron was notified. He summoned a jury
ind proceeded to the spot. The body was
taken out of the water with considerable
difficulty and an inquest held. The de
ceased had evidently Wen in the water for
some time, as the body was much decom-
posed. The clothing w as nearly all gone,
and there was nothing to identify the
negro. The jury returned a verdict to the
effect that he came to his death by drown
ing—no marks of violence having been dis-
ivered.”
LETTER FROM “COUSIN ANNIE.*
ncr Hambies Tlirauck L'pper
Cteorgla.
Marietta, Ga., July 31.—Editor Morning
A raw: While doubtless you are sweltering In
the midst of summer heat, and in tantalizing
dreams only catch bright visions of “ ye
banks and braes ”—not of “ Bonnie Doon,”
but of some delightful pleasure resort—we,
more favored mortals, are enjoying (shall I
not say) the Hemal reality! You, in the midst
of heat and dust, noise and bustle, with a big
palmetto fan aud an Iced mint julep (f), try tug
ineffectually to keep cool with the summer
solstice full upon you ; we in a second Eden
—a land where “mountain and valley, earth
and sky, stream and forest, are bathed in
the sunlight of a peerless splendor and redo-
leut with tiie spirit of fragrance ; where the
cascades gleam like falling stars or myriads
of diamonds, and its crystal streams, like
threads of silver, ripple along in softest
melody.” Could anything more delightful
be imagined ? As the poet says :
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
HAIL STORM IN THE
WEST.
Revived Interest in the llartiagton
Resolution.
OPPOSITION TO THE DUKE OF
CONNAUGHT'S ANNUITY
The Rhodope Insurrection Inquiry
CONDITION OF CARDINAL FRANCHI.
NKVHO HIOT IN HAVANA.
The Gentian Flection*.
SARATOGA HACKS.
Saratoga. July 31.—It rained hard until
seven o’clock last evening aud was lowering
all night. At eleven o’clock this morning it
began raining slightly.
The first race, one mile dash for all ages,
was won by Bramble, Idalia second. Time
1:47V-
The second race, two mile dash for all
ages, was won by -Albert by six lengths,
Virginias second, Gen. Phillips third. Time
3:45V.
The third race, for Saratoga stakes, two
year olds, three-quarter mile, was won by
Harold, Uncas second, Taler third. Time,
1:30.
The fourth race, for all ages, mile and
one-eighth, was won by Dan K, Rodaman-
thus second, Spriug Branch third. Time,
3:18V-
• A clime where the care-haunted bosom.
Is soothed by the spells of the lialin-breAthing
blossom;
When- the free spirit mirrors the height of
the mountain.
The depth of the forest, the sheen of the foun
tain.
And loses its shadow of grief and of gloom
In beautiful valleys all riant with bloom.
if soft-shaded vistas lit up by the gleams
Of glittering sunshine and far Hashing streams,
Where the sweet waters melt on the coralline
>n and
Brunswick‘Railroad was broken into w hilst
lying over at Jcsup last Saturday night and
several registered letters takeu therefrom.
The theft occurred about 4:30 In the morn
ing. just after the night passenger for this
place left. Hester, the route agent, was
sleeping in the coach at the time."
Tiie Atlanta tonditu/ion of Tuesday men
tions the following accident and narrow
escape: “When the up day train on the
Georgia Road hail reached No. 40 yesterday
two young gentlemen named Iliilsinau.
driving a fiery horse, attempted to
cross the track while the train was
rapidly approaching. The road at this
place approaches the railroad through
a cut, and the young men did not see the
engine until within a few yards of them,
although the engineer blew his whistle only
two hundred yards lielow. Instead of the
horse being reined back and awaiting the
passage of the cals, the hor-c Mood on the
track until the train was within a few feet,
and then turned suddenly and started up
the track. The pilot struck the buggy just
as the Jurn was made and threw both men
out and to one side. In failing young Mr.
liillsman, a lad of some sixteen years,
crushed his mikitf *« the joint. The other
Mr. lllllsnian, Ids cousin, escaped with a
slight bruise. The boggy was wrecked, but
j he horse escaped without injury.”
not to be outdone hy
_nd when a suicide for
-ted to k< cp up their reputation
thsvwiTfnot Seiiut-e to commit it. Tlic fol
lowing which r l > ’*’ ,,tJ £ ,x - , urrrd In Thomas
u k-<hr northern Maun**":
exact day our in
•*Of melody sweeping along
With a waving of plumage, a gushing of song.
Where the bob o link warble*, the oriole sings.
And the mocking-bird's madrigal ^gleefully
rings."
Wc are twenty miles northwest of Atlan
la, at Marietta, one of the prettiest and most
inviting little towns in our State, it has long
enjoyed the reputation of being one of the
fashionable summer resorts of the South.
Every season crowds flock here. Among
(he visitors are many from your Forest City.
At the “Kennesaw House" tills season, we
notice M. Maclean and family, Mrs. Nesbitt
and family, Geo. W. Garmahy and A. Du
tenhoffer.
We w rite you this from the very foot of
old Kennesaw, from whose rugged brow
morning, noon and night we eaten the most
delicious of mountain breezes. Aside from
this, Kennesaw enjoys a considerable
amount of historic fame. It alway
possesses a great ileal of interest for oui
Northern visitors. It rises nearly two thou
sand feet above tide water.
Besides the Kenuesawr House, Mr. M. G.
Whitlock lias In c ourse of erection a very
large and substantial boarding * house,
which will be completed In about a week’s
time. Nearly every one of the rooms have
been engaged.
At the private residences, also, are a num
ber of Savannah visitors : Miss Busier, Miss
M. A. McCarter, Mr. aud Mrs. Duncan, Miss
Lila Screven and Miss Luev McIntosh.
We leave here at 11:3U this a. in. We go
to Atlanta to join our party, and from thence
up the Air-Line to “Porter,” “New Hol
land,” “ White Sul|ihur,” ami to the “Land
of the Sky.”
Y’ou may expect to hear from us again,
aud often. Fraternally,
“COUSIN Annie."
NEGRO HIOT IN HAVANA.
New York, July 31.—A morning paper
says : “Reliable reports from Havana state
that a negro riot broke out there ou the
33d instant, iu the locality known as Los
Setios. The principal cause of dissatisfac
tion among the blacks seems to have been
their contiuuance in slavery after the libera
tion of ail those who lately surrendered at
the collapse of the rebellion. During the
disturbance the police charged, swonl in
hand, killing aud wounding a great many.
The rioters then dispersed and fled to the
swamps around Atares Castle. Only a few
arrests were made. All the ringleaders es
caped. ”
INQUIRY INTO THE KUODOPE INSURRECTION.
London, July 31.—A delayed dispatch,
dated Constantinople, July 39th, says: “The
Russian Commissioner has objected to a con
tinuation of the inquiry into the Rhodope
insurrection, as the insurgents disclosed
some agreement between themselves and
the Russian commanders. The Russian Com
missioner has threatened to withdraw if the
inquiry is continued. Tne English, French,
Italian and Austrian Ambassadors at Con
stantinople (icing consulted, replied by tele
graph that the Inquiry should continue.
The Russian Commissioner withdrew, leav
ing a Dragoman to represent him.”
CUMPRllMtSB or TUX NXW TORS BRLTING AND
PACKING COMPANY.
New York, July 31.—The creditors of the
New York Belting and Packing Company,
whose resources were so seriously impaired
hy the troubles of the Boston Belting Com
pany a short time ago, held a meeting to
day. The President of the company said all
they wanted to pay their debts In full was
time. A proposition was made by one of
the creditors that the company pay ten per
cent, to the creditors on the 1st of September
from their available cash, and that the re
mainder be paid in equal quarterly instal
ments, running through thirty-six months
from September 1st. The proposition was
accepted by the firm, and a committee was
appointed to examine the books.
A REMARKABLE ROBBERY.
Bloomington, III., July 31.—A remark
able robbery was effected last night in the
private bank of L. L. Holmes. Bonds valued
at $10,000 were carried off, and $4,000 in
currency is missing. The record book, in
w hich the record of lionds is kept, is so
badly mutilated that the bonds cannot he
described. They are of the denominations of
$350 and upwards, payable to the Bank of
North America, New York, and as they rep
resent real estate loans, are mostly not ne
gotiable. The safe was opened by the com
bination, which was supposed to be known
only by Holmes and a clerk, whojs absent.
There is no clue to the robbers.
EFFORTS TO PREVENT YELLOW FEVER IN
MEMPHIS.
Memphis, July 31.—A largely attended
meeting of merchants was held at the Cot
ton Exchange this morning at which means
were raised to assist the Board of Health in
its efforts to prevent the introduction of
yellow fever, which has not yet reached the
city. The river and railroads are quaran
tined against New Orleans and Vicksburg.
The work of cleaning the streets has been
commenced. There seems to be no possi
bility of fever reaching Memphis this year.
ARRIVAL OF TUR SHOES.
New York, July 31.—Among the passen-
„ ‘rs by the Utopia were the Shoewaecae-
mette crew and G. W. Lee, of Newark.
They were met by a committee of the
Triton and Eureka Clubs, of Newark, N. J.,
and escorted to the Continental Hotel at
Newark, where the ••Shoes” will be the
guests of the Tritons and Eurekas. The
‘Shoes” have been Invited to participate in
he Passaic regatta on August 17th and
18th.
Beast
Butler's Story About the
Spoons.
Philadelphia Record.
General Butler has explained the New
Orleans silver-plate and spoon story to
the daughter of General Twiggs, who re
cently interviewed him in relation to her
father's swords, which Butler captured
and turned over to the Treasury Depart
ment. After explaining the swords mat
ter, the General said to her: “But, my
dear madam, you have never asked me
auv in
iunty, is related
“tme night last week Messer avounir
formant did pot know ) J,>* £ ’
n,.„ llvInenS M* Tlrvdc.1 4*2^.™!
a1 bight,
•i meet
at a
called on ids lu.lv love, Miss
remained until a pretty late hour
Before leaving he requested her
him at four o'clock p. m. the next day,
certain spot designated by him. He to.
her if she did not come he would kill him
self there. She supposed hla words were
mere Idle br^rado, aud did not go. It seems,
however, tbev were not. Parlies visiting
the soot shortly after the time appointed*
found him there dead—shot through the
heart with a rifle hall. The rifle was lying
Hoar him, and on a stump near was his
pocket knife and ]>art of the patching,
showing w here a patch had been cut. lying
by It. From the position of the body, the
gun, and other evidences, it is supjHised
that he very deliberately loaded his rifle
while waiting to sec If the lady he loved
would keep the appointment. Finding she
did not come, he cocked his rine, rested his
left arm on a clay root so as to support the
weight of his gun, placed the muzzle just
over the region of the heart, aud w ith the
ramrod in his right hand, reached the trigger
and fired the fatal shot. These are all the
fart* we have been able to ascertain up W>
this time.”
Henry (\mnty Weekly: “Who says the
weather isn't hot T Yesterday morning Mr.
G. W. Henderson bought a dozen eggs from
one of our neighboring farmers, and placing
them on a shelf in his store, thought no
more of the purchase until near noon,
when be was attracted by a alight chirping
noise In the direction of the shelf. I pon
examining the eggs he found to bis amaze
ment that one had hatched out a chicken !
Well, when the weather gets hot enough to
hatch eggs its time for the Inhabitants of
this great commonwealth to begin looking
around for refrigerators.”
The Dublin Dot wants an imposter named
Ware, who lias been swindling the people of
the tow n, by calling himself a painter, to be
passed around. The 7W suvs: "He collect
ed closely what was due him. let all bills
against ulni».-lf stand over, sent off his
family with ail his effects two or three days
In advance, provoked a difficulty with Mr.
D. A. Smith, made a crack-brained speech
In Iwhalf of himself before the Mayor’s
Court, eluded t he Marshal and made good
bis escape. He left on last Saturday, the
day after the difficulty with Mr. Smith,
leaving his whlskv bills, his board bills, his
drug hill, shop rent and other dues all un
paid. lie la a regular Imposter. Medium
height, spare built, sharp featured, little or
.noWrd, light hair, grey eyes, of ready
apoeeb. Pass him round.”
Conyers Eounmer: “The dry streak is
About ton or twelve miles wide and extends
from Covington to Atlanta. Portions of
Newton, Walton, Henry and DcKalb coun
ties have not suffered for rain, and the
-crops are excellent. Through this section
■the hot, dry winds of the past four weeks
have literally scorched up the crops inso
much It is doubtful that rains will be of
iinacfa service, except to late crops.”
about your family plate, with whose gor-
geousneas I have been supposed to deco
rate my festive board, and through the
agency of which various rather uncom
plimentary soubriquets have been be
stowed upon me. Now, madam, almost
immediately upon the evacuation of your
father's premises, ami my occupation
thereof, one of your family servants
came to me with a load of sil
ver, saving. ‘Ole massa thought he
done hide this from de Yankees, but
ilese ole eyes can see a thing or two yit,
and dey marked de spot whnr de sillier
was buried, and hyarit all is, sure ’nuff.’
I used that pjate while I occupied your
father's house as headquarters, but even
tually turned over every piece, forks,
dishes and spoons” (here the General
paused emphatically), "to the Quarter
master's Department, and here are the
vouchers for every article brought to
me.'’ said the Massachusetts statesmen,
lifting the iid of his desk and laying liis
hand on an orderly pile Qf papers. And
sure enough there were tho vouchers
all properly signed and credited, and
Benjiunin never kept those spoons after
all. "Where they subsequently dis
appeared," continued the General, “i
have no means of knowing, but years
ago they were turned over to ;he govern
•went-" Now that General Butler Las
vin Heated himself jn this ,natter, the
minstio'* *• who did get the ipoon*, etc.,
they lure been “P » r , d ™ “? d
run into Hie dollar* »/ lUad^d.ol
If they are still intaci “ r - obennsn
ought to exhibit them by wa' f °* c0 “
firming General Butler's story and
ing that hero's vindication complete anu
convincing.
People generally will put more faith in
this story when Butler publishes the
aforesaid vouchers.
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS Y. M. V. t
Lon don, July 31 .—Delegates of the Arneri-
ANOTUEK FIRST BALE—'TOE FINEST YET RE
CEIVED.
New Orleans, July 31.—The first bale of
!w cotton from the Mississippi valley,
raised by J. ¥. Keinstra, of Adams county,
Miss., was received to-day by Hugh Allison
A Co. It was classed as good middling, and
was sold at auction for 18)^ cents. The cot
ton was well ginned, fully matured, of good
color, silky aud good staple, and is superior
to any first bale received here for years.
FATAL QUARREL.
Liverpool, July 31.—A cook named
Woodward, and a steward named Smith
(both colored), of the American ship Gen.
Shepley, which arrived here July 7 from
New Orleans, quarreled ou board that ves
sel this morning. Smith drew a knife, aud
thereupon Woodward produced a revolver
and shot Smith, killing him instantly.
Woodward was arrested.
can Y’oung Men's Christian Association to
the Geneva Congress arrived in London
yesterday, and were entertained at break
fast this morning at the rooms of the Lou
don association in Aldersgate street. A
general meeting of welcome to the Ameri
can delegates will be held Friday evening.
On Monday they will proceed to Paris.
THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.
Berlin, July 8L—In the elections for
members of the German Parliament yester
day the National Liberals were successful at
Hamburg, Lcipslc and Augsburg. A second
ballot will lie necessary at Hanover between
the Particularise and Socialist candidate,
and at Munich between the National Libe
ra] and Clerical candidate.
REVIVED INTEREST Uf THE HAKTINGTON
RESOLUTION DEBATE.
London, July 31.—The flagging interest
in the debate on Lord Hartington’s resolu
tion In the House of Commons was revived
yesterday by the speech of Gladstone, which
is generally regarded as one of the cx-
Premier’s greatest efforts, and probably the
culminating point In the present discussion.
OPPOSITION TO TIIE DUKE OF CONNAl'OBT’S
ANNUITY.
London, July 31.—In the House of Com
mons to-day Mr. Plimsoll (Liberal) moved
the rejection on its third reading of the bill
to grant an annuity to the Duke of Con
naught. After two hours’ debate PlimsolPs
motion was rejected.
SERIOUS CONDITION OF CARDINAL FKANCIII.
Home, July 31.—Cardinal FranchI passed
a bad night. He received the last sacra
ments this morning. His condition is very
serious.
BUFFALO RACES.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 31.—
In the first
day of the trotting meeting the first race
(2:34 class) was short and decisive, Dame
Trot wiuniug in straight heats easily-, beat
ing her performance at Cleveland. The day
continued wiudy, and the time is consid
ered excellent under the circustances, being
3:23*4 : 2:22**; 2:23> 4 .
ATLANTA GOSSIP.
Kaln In Abundant*-Personal to.-
•Ip DlaliDcuUhrJ OnesCa at the
Kimball Houae—Minor Topic*
New None by Mubner Ntale Dental
Society—Paper by Dr. K. Paraoi
Pinal Pa rag rapha—Political Goa-
•»P-
I LETTER FROM OUR TRAVELING
CORRESPONDENT.
In the ^fountain*— Fleeing front the
Yellow Fever Calooia Nprlng* and
How to Get There-Side Note*.
Special Correspondence of the Morning Xetes.
Atlanta, July 30.—No cry for rain this
week, as we have had frequent and refresh
ing showers during the past few days.
The eclipse of yesterday afternoon, ow
ing to clouds and rain, was only visible
periodically, at which times smoked glass
was in demand and freely used.
Judge D. B. Harrell, of Webster, is at the
Kimball House, to w hich Bishop Pierce has
also returned, much refreshed by bis tiip to
the mountains. Gen. and Mrs. Toombs are
guests at the same hotel, having returned
from the Oconee White Sulphur Springs.
Catoosa Springs, July 39, 1878.—Editor
Mominy Arm.- To get away from the heat
aud dust, there is nothing like getting into
the mountains, and, fortunately for Geor
gians, there is no need to go beyond State
limits to enjoy the grandest mountain sce
nery. the purest atmosphere, and the most
delicious water. Nature, in her magnificent
retreats, has provided richly remedies for
all the diseases to which we are heir, how
ever complicated. With the analysis before
you, aud the judicious application of the
water, every disease yields readily to treat
VISITED BY A GHOST.
.4 PromUe Vlade In Lift Kepi: After
Death—What the Spirit Said.
Haiti more American
“ Did you ever see a ghost?
After a few days sojourn in Atlanta at
that most excellent hotel, the Kimball
House, we took up our line of march for
this delightful retreat. Duriug my stay In
Bishop Pierce and Gen. Toombs are en I Atlanta I visited the rooms of your Atlanta
route to Athens correspondent, and found him stored away
' I amid a pile of papers and manuscripts. He
minor topics. I is a hard worker, evidently. No oue would
The Albany Adierlistr speaks* of an "ap- I be puzzled to guess his relation to the social
preciatlon” In price of lands in Worth world. Ills room would Indicate that it
i. ..I u I was headquarters of bachelordom. Every
count,. That is all very well, but the highest I w»8in .uch sweet eouIuslou-everV
prosperity is In the “appreciation” of the I thing just where he wanted it, aud where '
importance of less land and better cultiva- I could
lay his hand on it. Wheu he would
[ay anything down, he had the happy
seiousness that there would be no meddle
some woman to move It or hide it away
would be there wheu he wanted to use it.
tiou. Bishop Marvin has shown that rocky,
sterile Japan is made fruitful under this
wise system.
Indications now point to a great crowd at
Athens on the occasion of the approaching I Happy surroundings for a coreesTiondent
commencement. The reunion of the class anfeditor
of 1868—a brilliant one, of which P. W. 1
Meldrim, Esq., of Savannah, was a mem
ber-will be the greatest attraction. Major
A. D. Clinard, of the Newton House, writes
me that he is preparing to entertain in good
style the “biggest crowd” that has been
there for years, and kindly adds: “Come up
and occupy that ‘trundle bed’ again.” If my
old bed-fellow, Judge Pottle, is to be there
The Western and Atlantic Railroad has
issued an excursion ticket, to Catoosa
Springs from Atlanta. They sell a
round trip ticket, including oue week’s
board and half fare from the railroad
to the springs, for ton dollars, aud this
liberal offer Is being accepted by hun
dreds who doubtless would uot have come
this direction at all had it uot been for this
I shall go and have another jolly commence- reduction. About twenty-five came up on
ment. Savannah is well represented in the
Board of Trustees by Gen. A. R. Lawton
and Colonel John Screven. They meet on
Friday for important business.
hubser’s new song
Major Charles W. Ilubncr, whose literary
labors on the various publications of the
Franklin Steam Printing House are so well
known, has recently returned from a visit to
Germany—his native
rested aud Invigorated
Your readers will be glad
Hubner, who is a poet of decided merit,
a new song just out, "The Flower Girt,”
vhieh is set to music by Prof. Won. L. Hens-
ler, and published in elegant style by O. L.
Braurauller, of Atlanta. Prof. Heusier is
now an invalid, and this song is sold for his
pecuniary benefit. Like Major llubner’s
“Light of Love,” published by Messrs. Lud-
den Bates, of Savannah, this new song is
the same train that brought our party.
On the train which brought us through
were two sleeping cars well tilled with peo
ple from New Orleans, fleeing from that ter
rible scourge—yellow fever—which has so
recently made its appearance in that city.
Many people were afraid of them, but I
could but sympathize with them, and felt
inclined to aid them all that was within
this terrible scourge a few years ago. I
never can find it in my heart to refuse as
sistance or sympathy to any who may be in
like misfortune.
At half-past seven o’clock, a little behind
time, we reached Catoosa station, where
backs and carriages were waiting to bring us
to the springs. They call it two miles dis-
ucu ix nates, ui oavainiau, mis uew song is i . . . v , . . ,
decidedly popular aud attractive, both in its I Ul1 , 1 ’ ,ut * suppose they mean, lu ari alr-liue,
music and words. A latautllul picture ol I"*? 1 -' lor icing around
Th« Flower Olrl” adorns the title page, Imitations ot hUU Nevertheless the trip
and the fair girl, holding up her fragrant I “aaitceompHahed without iujurj; to anj.
“stock in trade,” seems to say ' “
disabled steamer.
New York, July 31.—The steamer Spar
tan, of New York, for London, before re
ported disabled, was towed to this city yes
terday for repairs.
TO BE MARRIED.
London, July 31.—Mile Albani, prii
donna, and Ernest (lye will be married in
Warwick Street Chapel on the 6th of
August,
SEVERE MAIL STORM.
St. Paul, July 31.—A severe hail storm
in Carver, Rice and Dakota counties yester
day did much damage to the crops.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
STRINGENT QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
Cairo, III., July 31.—Arrangements have
been made by the City Council to enforce
quarantine regulations against steamboats
and railroad trains from below, not only for
bidding entrance to the city of fever patients,
but of any species of baled goods liable to
convey infection.
shot his defender.
Little Rock. July 31.—Edward Oit, of
St. Louis, fatally shot Jas. McLaughlin,
lawyer, who had defended Orr from criminal
charges, and held the latter’s valise until his
fees were paid. Upon his release from jaJJ
Orr demanded his valise. McLaughlin re
fused, whereupon Orr shot him.
THE ROSS-HANLON BOAT RACE.
Riverside, N. B., July 31.—The Ross-
Hanlon race caine off at 5:10 this afternoon,
with Ross at the lead. At the end of the
first mile Hanlon led by two lengths. At
the mile ami a quarter Ross fell overboard.
Hanlou continued to row over the course.
The judges' boat picked Ross up.
INTERNATIONAL POSTAL CHANGES.
Washington. July 81.—The Post Office
Department will soon call public attention
to the changes in the international postal
arrangements effected by the recent postal
congress at Paris, and give directions ac
cording thereto.
seriously ill.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 81.—President
Raymond, of Vassar College, is seriously ill
with fever and in a critical condition.
RECEPTION of the pontifical nuncio.
Kissengen, July 31.—The Pontifical Nun
cio arrived here from Munich yesterday, and
has been received several times by Bismarck.
THE YELLOW FEVER REPORTS.
New Orleans, July 31.—The Board of
Health reports thirty-one new cases and five
deaths for the past twenty-four bouts.
treaty ratified.
Berlin, July 31.—Crown Prince Frederick
William has ratified the treaty of Berlin.
EFFORTS TO PREVENT YELLOW
FEVER IN MEMPHIS.
Arrital of the Slioewaecaemetta*.
NEW ORLEANS FEVER REPORT.
A Remarkable Robbery in Illinois.
BALE OK MISSISSIPPI
COTTON.
General Telegram
r PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS IK CTB4,
Havana, July 30.—The official gazette
Tbc Order of the Garter, with which
Beaeonsfield bas just been invested by
the Queen, is the oldest aud highest of
the English orders of knighthood, and
one of the most illustrious in Europe. It
was instituted by Edward III. about
five hundred and thirty years ug«>, and to
become a member of it has been the
highest ambition of British statesmen
and warriors. The membership is limited
to twenty-five nobles of Great Britain, in
addition to the honorary members, who
are of the royal family or European
sovereigns, anil the vacancy caused by
the ment death of Earl Russell enabled
tiie Qiux n at once to bestow this high
distinction upon her chief representative
at Berlin. Perhaps there is no such
brotherhood of rank and nobility in the
world as this narrow circle uf knight
hood, and for tho grandson of a Jewish
trades to have won his way into such a
society is one of the moat remarkable
achievements of our age. The people of
England are ready to bestow wealth,
office and title upon whosoever does the
nation good service, but the G artcr is an
honor hitherto reserved from the com
mon prizes of ambition. It is only when
British gratitude incomes peculiarly
effusive and seeks the most extravagant
method of expressing its satisfaction that
the Garter is given away.
General Grant very modestly sa^s he
is not a candidate for President of the
strong government, but then thrice with
equal modesty Caesar, on the Lupereol,
did put a kingly crown away, and we
have all seen Richard III. shrink back
from the glare of tbc footlights and hum
bly decline the proffered honor.— Noah-
tUU American.
publishes a royal decree deflniug the quail
neatious, powers and duties of the Governors
of the six newly created provinces of the
Island. The decree provides that a person
to be qualified for the office of Governor
iSUSt be over thirty-five years of
age, and must have served the State eight
years in a superior position. The Governor
w ill represent in his province the General
Governor of the island, and will be the su-
G rior administration aud financial autbor-
r of this province, lie cannot leave his
province without permission of the General
tiovernoi 1 . 11 wiil be h i8 du ‘y to see to
the execution whatever laws, orders and
dtr-m-s he m.J ree:!'e fra* ll1 ' Uorernor
General, aud to give the iatV’r accounts of
all occurrences. Only under press*”* » nd
extraordinary circumstances, when time
would be lost by consulting with the Gov
ernor General, is the Provincial Governor
authorized to adopt provisional measures,
and he must give an immediate account of
such action to the Governor General.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., July 31.—Indications
for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
partly cloudy weather and occasional rains,
variable winds, mostly light southerly, and
nearly stationary pressure and temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, wanner,
partly doijdv weather, and occasional rains,
easterly wi«ds, veering to southerly, aud
stationary or falling barometer.
In Tennessee ana th« Ohio valley, warmer
and partly cloudy weather, with variable
iuds, and stationary or falling barometer.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, July 31.—The case of Mc-
Elmee vs. Blackwell, manufacturers of Dur-
hagi smoking tobacco, recently decided by
the Pata.7 Office In favor of Blackwell, has
been appealed!
Subscriptions to the four ye* loan
for iha four months ending to-oay ainounteu
to $:«,839,930.
The Secretary of the Treasury leaves to
morrow for several days' recreation in the
neighborhood of New York.
Dispatches to headquarters of the army
y McKenzie has not crossed into Mexico
as reported.
IK TUB B4SDS OF A RECEIVER.
Bordbntowk, N. j., Julv 8L—The New
Jersey Southern Railroad, from Pemberton
Junction to Burlington, will pass into the
bands of Isaac Buckelew, Superintendent of
the Amboy division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, as its receiver.
TUB NATIONAL XXCUESIONIETS.
Portsmouth, N. II., July 31.—The Talla
poosa, wltn the Secretary of the Navy and
party, bas sailed for New York, where the
party will disband.
Tint Third Term.—It is not at all un
likely that General Grant will be the
next Republican candidate for President
if the old parties, as at present constitu
ted, continue to oppose each other. With
all the faults of his administration, he
has still a strong hold on the people, ad
ded to the vigorous partisammip of the
large number of politicians who had a
better time while he was in the White
House than they have had since. He is
to stay abroad another year, and his ca
pacity for holding his tongue is a great
card in his favor. What other candi
date, as things now look, would lie so
strong in 1880r What other Republican
has so much push behind him, or so
much “Hurrah’* in him? It is useless to
shut our eyes to the probabilities and im
possible to laugh them away. And the
idea that General Grant will decline to
lie a candidate is ridiculous. He will
not work for the nomination, but if it is
offered to him he will take it as coolly as
he w ould take a fresh cigar.—Ilo*ton
Herald (Ind.)
iu ihe I or anything, unless it was to some or the
I ladies’ patience. The trip is made in about
six hours from Atlanta to the springs.
Dr. M. M. Burke, of Savannah, is here,
aud lias received many inquiries in reference
to the springs here, aud desires me to an
swer some of the interrogatories through
O , , the News, so that all may have the benefit of
Tiie Georgia Dental Society Is no-.v in ses- I them.
on at the Kimball House, and is a good i„ the first place it is the most remarkable
looking body of men, who seem able to j collection of springs on the continent,
“pull” their way through the world, al- There are over fifty in number, all differiug
though they often “look down in the 1 • • **-
mouth.” Dr. Samuel Hape, a lcadingjlen-
“Come buy my lilies and roses.
Maiden, so tender and fair;
Roses to blush on your bosom,
I jties to shine in your hair
THE DENTISTS IN CONFBUBNCI
in mineral properties. Almost an endless
combination of mineral properties can be
had. There can be no combination of dis
eases but what can be met with the proper
remedies. It is oue of the most astouishiug
facts in nature that in ap area of oue acre
so many kinds of minerals should be hid
away beneath the surface.
The second attraction is the location of
the grounds. They are beautiful for situa
tion, aud with a little more care in trimming
up the trees and cutting out of the weeds,
would make it one of the most attractive
points in the State. It must be remembered
that for many years this place has been
. E - neglected as a watering place, aud hence
Physiology and Histology, which I the w alks and drives have been overrun by
mussed to-dav Hr ( h.nn.1 h»- I ...^ ^ er?gg The j ace , s rap , dl J
tist of this city, a prominent Knight Tem
plar, and proprietor of “Hapeviile,” the
S reat Georgia “Fruit Farm,” is making the
elegates ‘‘feel perfectly at home,” as he is
full of life aud public spirit.
The society met yesterday morning at 10
o'clock, at the Kimball House, with Dr. W.
II. Thomas, of Crawford, presiding, and
Dr. J, A. U'happel, of LaGrange, as Secre
tary. Several uew members were elected,
aud dentists from other States invited to
seats in the meeting. The venerable Dr. E.
Parsons, of Savannah, I in connection with
Dr. Waifilaw) read an able and interesting
“ Did you ever see any one who had
seen a ghost ? ”
“I can t say that I ever did,” the re
porter replied
Whereupon the gentleman said that in
the person of one of the officers of the
city govermr ent could lie seen one who
hail once had a veritable interview with
a spirit from the other world. The re
porter visited the gentleman.
“ Yes. sir, ” he said to the reporter, “ it
is the truth. I did once see a ghost, or
have an interview with a spirit At least.
I think I did. I may have been dream
ing; I don't know. But it was a most
remarkable, a most inexplicable dream—
what you might call a prophetic dream,
that was fulfilled in every detail in a
most extraordinary manner. And I don't
think it was a dream.
“ It was at the time of the war. I was
on the Confederate side in the war. a sol
dier in the First Maryland Cavalry. In
the same company with me was a gentle
man from California, whom you may
call Copleston. I'd rather you 'wouldn't
publish his real name. He was a splen
did fellow, and before long we became
very intimate, and gradually grew to be
most devoted friends. He was the bravest
of men, but at the same time unusually
warm-hearted and affectionate, and our
affection for each other was something
unusual among men.
“One day we were together in a pretty
hot fight near Greenland’ Gap. Hardy-
county, Va., during Gen. Wm, E. Jones'
raid, and, as we had no artillery with us,
our regiment was dismounted and de
tailed to storm a church in which a liody
of the enemy had entrenched themselves.
It was a nasty piece of work, and the
prospects were slim of getting back alive.
As we went at it Copleston turned to me
and said: ‘Look here, old fellow, let's
promise each oilier that if one of us is
killed without a chance to say good-bye,
he will come back again to see the other,
if such a thing is possible.’ I under
stood him ana promised. We got off
this time without much damage, but it
was understood between us that the
agreement was lasting.
“Not long after this we were separated.
He was sent off with a detail for scout
ing work upon the Mississippi, and lie-
lore he got back 1 was captured by
Averill at Moorfield, after the Chambcrs-
burg raid. They sent me to Camp
Chase, near Columbia, Ohio, and here 1
lay for a long time, with some fifteen or
twenty thousand other prisoners, hearing
little or nothing of our men on the other
side of the Potomac, and then only from
4he new prisoners when they were
brought into camp. Of Copleston we
heard nothing at all.
“In Camp Chase we lived in big bar
racks, about three hundred men in
barrack. In the one in which
was, most of the men were
Marylanders of our old command.
We slept in bunks around the room, and
the room was heated by three lijg stoves.
One night I was sitting by the stove
nearest the door, thinking. It was late,
and all the others were in their bunks
asleep. J sat there alone for some time.
The Wasfelafto* Koiuint.
Washington Star.
The preparation of a plan for the
strengthening of the foundation of the
Washington monument is tedious work,
and necessarily requires considerable
time. Col. Casey and his assistant. Capt.
Davis, have proceeded so far that, though
they have not completed their work, a
general idea of the plan which they will
submit to the joint commission for their
approval can be given. Competent au
thorities have given the opinion that the
base is not sufficiently strong for the
monument to be completed to its pro
posed height—500 feet The recent ex
aminations made by Col. Casey corrobo
rate this opinion. It is known that the
base is perfectly able to sustain the monu
ment in its present condition. The pres
sure now upon the clay lielow is five
tons to the square foot. If with
out iu any way fixing the base
the pile should be run up to 500 feet, the
pressure per square foot would be about
eight tons and a half. This it is unable
to stand. The plan is to so strengthen it
that when 500 feet is reached the pres
sure shall remain as it now is—five tons
to the square foot. In order to do this
the base will be extended laterally on
either side a distance to be determined
by calculations not yet completed. It is
also proposed to extend the base down
ward. This does not, however, mean
the undermining of the whole monument
and the downward extension of the whole
base. It is intended to make such ex
tension under the four sides near the
ixlgcs. and not under the whole base.
The depth of this extension has not yet
been calculated with exactness. Con-
•rete is to be used in carrying
out this part of the plan. Al
though the officers are making such
haste as can be made iu a work which
requires so much exactness, it may be the
last of August before work is commenced.
The foundation is of Potomac gneiss
rock, 81 feet square, buriedeight feet be
low the surface. The heifi%of the pre
sent superstructure, which is 55 feet
square, is 174 feet. The amount so far
expended is >331.000, and the amount
appropriated for its completion is f25o.
000. The monument will be finished in
heavy blocks of crystal marble from
3faryland, laid in courses of about two
feet, and backed to the required thick
ness with gneiss to make the inner sur
face vertical, the outer face recoiling at a
very slight angle as it rises so as to give
the form of au obelisk. The interior of
the monument will lie provided with an
iron stairway to enable persous so desir
ing to make the ascent. Colonel Casey
estimates that the monument cau lie car
ried to the prt posed height within two
years.
The Gratitude of a Tramp.
Ixi Crosse Democrat.
In 1853 Miss Myra Kellogg, eldest
daughter of the late Simeon Kellogg, and
sister of Mark II. Kellogg, who fell lie-
side General Custer on the Little Big
Horn, was married in this city to Mr.
Truman J. Salford, who had represented
Green county in our Legislature in 1853,
and who, in the year above named, had
removed to the promising village of La
Crosse. The noxt spring, however, the
young couple moved down into Iowa and
settled on a farm, and several years since
went into Dakota. He was an honest,
hard working man, but never succeeded
in accumulating much of this world’s
riches. Four years since, just after the
evening meal had been eaten, a dirty,
ragged, footsore tramp called at his house
and begged for sonuithing to eat, saying
that he was on his wav to California, but
had had hard luck, having been taken
sick after starting. Mr. Safford made
him welcome, and his wife cooked
supper for tho' stranger. They al
lowed the tramp to remain over
night, and he was entertained for
a week until he recuperated his
health, when, bidding them good-bye, he
started on for California. Two months
ago the stranger who, during his four
years absence In California, had “struck
P»P e > _
will be discussed to-day. Dr. Chappel. be
ing indisposed, Dr. Hallulay was made Sec-I being restored to its former elegance
rotary pro tem., with Dr.O. W. H. Whitta-1 and popularity. The country around is
ker assistant. To-day Dr. G. II. Winkler, I semi-mountainous, and enhances the beautv
of Augusta, and Dr. Chappel are operating 0 f the charming scenery.
In chemicals and clinics before the society. | The next fact which adds to the comfort
So far the daily sessions have been quite In- I of a visitor here is that the buildings are
toresting and every way profitable. Drs. | large and roomy, and in excellent state of
” t, Whittaker (of 8andersville) and | preservation. T1 *
Parsons,
There is capacity for five or
George Patterson, of Waynesboro, are the
only members from your section that I have
noticed. Dr. Parsons is the guest of Col. I.
W. Avery, Private Secretary to Governor
Colquitt, where he is delightfully situated.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
The appointment of Colonel Bulow Camp
bell, of this city, as mall agent on the
Georgia Railroad, between Macon and
Augusta, puts an honest man in an im- ■ , _ ... „ .. , , * .- —
portant position, and among his old-time I * lbound8 with ^ hat 18 good and all that
friends, who will give him a cordial wel- t l £^ ouutry wil * affonl -
come 6 I There are a string and a brass baud in at-
A large excursion will reach the Kimball " hlIe -, There are billiard
House this afternoon from Columbus, in tofde®! a tenpin alley, and bathing facilities,
charge of Captain Tom Cooper, of the al L f . ree the K ue8 ‘t ,
Mobile and Girard Railroad, and Colonel , There are many other facts that might be
Tom McGill, of this city, and will be the s,ated * but , tbe6e ? in 8U,,lce ff ive th ose
. 1.1 .1 , . I Who are Kliekim * Sinn t rwrail nn that
six hundred guests. It is said that over one
hundred aud twonty thousand dollars have
been spent in improvements here.
Dr. W. A. Spence, well known in Savan
nah, is the landlord, a most genial and cul
tivated gentleman, and if the awkwardness
and dilatoriness of Sambo and Dinah do oc
casionally warm up his Scotch-Irish blood,
he makes his guests at home and is untir
ing in his efforts to please. His table
line lime. »wvuve u* voniwuIS, uuu fiiru
looking at the fire aud lost in thought. 1 it rich,” came hack to Dakota, and.
Suddenly I felt iin|>clled to look up, and I disguise, again spent the night under
most aristocratic affair oi the season, each I ar e seeking a short recreation that no
excursionist having a “reserved seat” for | sdIJw.** t e, Can be • ° un -^ tban ^ atu ° 8a
the round trip.
Suppresskd Story of a Crime.—The
New York Times publishes lengthy par
ticulars of a crime, suppressing names,
in which It is alleged a respectable lady,
traveling from Boston to Albany, several
months since, was met upon the train
hy a couple of men, who, against her
protest, assumed charge of her, repre
senting the lady to the conductor and
passengers as being jnajne tpd destined
for the lunatic asylum. It is asserted
that the villains took the lady from the
cars at Utica, placed her In a carriage,
and took her to a house on the outskirts
of 'he city, where they drugged and out
raged her, and where she was found by
her husband the next day in on exhausted
and almost insane condition. As yet the
perpetrators ot lb'* outrage remain un
discovered.
A commission appointed to investigate
fraudulent practices in the delivery of
supplies to the Russian army during the
war, has been in session in Odessa, and
has exposed astounding trickery. A
Colonel of a regiment endeavored to
pocket fifty thousand roubles by report
ing that flour to that value was lost in a
storm.- In another instance an enormous
quantity of hay was falsely rejiorted to'
have been spoiled by rain. At fifteen
different places bpeaq intended for the
army was discovered that was only half
baked, and was partly composed of en
tirely indigestible ingredients. The vodki
(grog), that in Russia is an indispensable
part of the army supplies, was most un-
blushingly watered.
The readers of the Morning Newl
remember that in my reports-of the General
Conference I often referred to the “personal
opponents” of Mr. L. D. Damerou, whose
seat was contested. The St. Louis pajiers
are full of the counter-attack of Mr. D.
(through a libel suit of one Chambers), in
which the Atlanta action is freely venti
lated. Dameron is “gainey ” and the other
parties have got their blood up. Alas! for
Christian charity.
From this centra! standpoint it would
puzzle a “Philadelphia lawyer" to unravel
the mystery that now hangs over the vari
ous Congressional districts. Uncertainty is
stamped upon nearly every one, except the
Eighth, where Mr. Stephens has been fully
“organized” for a unanimous return. Tug
gle continues to harrass Mr. Harris, but
Springs. I forgot to state that board is only
one dollar per day. By special rates and
return tickets, a trip from Savannah here
and return, including oue month’s board,
can be made for $45.
We have here at present a very pleasant
party of one hundred and twenty-five.
Among tiiein from Savannah we have Mrs.
Ingersoll Washburn and family, Dr. M. M.
Burke and family, Mr. Joseph Clay and
family, Mrs. C. M. Rogers, Mrs. J. J. West,'
Miss Annie 'Vest. Fra«k West, Chas. E.
Stanton, Kicuard Roach, Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Stoddard and family, Mrs. E. M. Tunuo
and Miss Bessie Tunno.
The weather bas been quite
during the day, but the
have been pleasant. Last night , r _
had a heavy rain, and to-<Jay has been
showery. This is the day of the great
lipse of the sun, and everybody is on the
there, just in front of me, on the other
side of the stove, and between it and the
door, stood Copleston.”
“Were you alarmed at all
“No, I was not alarmed, only greatly
surprised. There was nothing to alarm.
It was only Copleston, dressed in the
same gray suit and black felt hat. I
thought, of course, at the instant, that
somehow he had been captured and
brought a prisoner to the camp, and had
only just learned where I was. I ex
claimed, ‘Why, Copleston, when were
you brought in?’ and tried to rise up
and shake bauds with hint- I could not
move.
“Copleston looked at me sadly for a
moment and then said. ‘No, I was not
brought here; don’t you remember our
agreement?’
'Great heavens!’ 1 exclaimed, were,
you—?’
“ ‘ les,’ he said, ‘I was killed to-day.” *
He then went on and told me all about
it. One day he and one other of our
men wore surrounded in a house near
Luray, in Page county, Va., hy a squad
of Federals, aud after a little light, in
which Copleston was wounded in the leg,
the two were captured and taken into
the enemy's camp. Thoy were held for
a few days, and were then sentenced to
be shot as an act of retaliation for some
sins laid at Mosby’s door. A sergeant’s
guard took them into the woods, and
with some touch of pity offered to let
them run the gauntlet, Indian fashion.
The other man accepted this slight
chauce of escape, but was shot as he ran.
Copleston refused to move, and was killed
where he sat on the ground.
“All this, sir, I assure you, was told
me by thi-, strange visitor. Ashe finished
he said: Should there ever be any other
occasion for me to see you, I will come,
Mr. Salford’s roof. The tramp was par
ticular to inquire into the circumstances
of Mr. Safford, and was told by him that
he had “plenty of hard work to do but
very little money.” The next morning
the tramp departed without making him
self known, and the conversation and
incident had been forgotten, when Mr.
and Mrs. Safford received through the
post office a sealed package, which con
tained the deed of one of the finest farms
in their neighborhood, having a good
house, bam, stock, horses, wagons, agri
cultural implements, and everything
complete. The deed was accompanied
by an explanatory letter from the giver,
stating that he wished them to accept
the deed of a farm whioh he had pur
chased especially for those who divided
with him when in need, and treated him
kindly when footsore and poor.
and then disappeared, not going out by
the door, but simply fading away, i
with no chance of his own nomination, i, c . . . .. . * , .. - - - —
Colonel N. J. Hammond Is quietly gaining I feared that it will be so
strength in thp Fifth. Felton’s friends in C, ® U ?Y that “ cannot •»
the Seventh afe confident, and Lester's are
jubilant. But November is yet afar off, aud
“there’s many a slip between the cup and
the lip.” Chatham.
: point.
SI OX NOTES.
The crops between Atlanta and this point
have suffered greatly for want of rain,
and will fall short of expectations of a few
•• eeks ago.
We had a Sunday school picnic and cele
bration at the Springs on Saturday last
The school was from the ad'aceut
Sad Death of a Girl.
New Orleans Democrat.
mora ng a young girl nairaj Maggie rowdy crowd th.t c.,„V on behind them
Lacey, residing on Claiborne street, com- | who tore up the bowling alley by rough
milieu suicide by jumping into the New I usage, and wound up the day’s exercises
Basin at the intersection of Prieur street. I with a dance, and wore out the patience of
A Democrat reporter on visiting the I our genial landlord.
scene, found the lifeless body of the girl I A gentleman from the low country name
in the front room of her parents’ resi- .® eDjt>3r ll »e »prtags, ana his first effort was
deuev. ThccOT* .aanla/ou,he table
robed in white, the hands gently folded e psom salts,and Congress water with Buffalo
across her breast, the dark hair combed I Litha, with many other Ingredients. Before
back from her forehead, while her eyes, day next morning he hadT«>st ill admiration
which a few moments before sparkled for mineral wators.
with animation, remained half closed, . ha ^ religious service in the parlor at
overshadowed hy her lom- dark eye- !?“
lasbes,‘still moistened with the waterV S’JfcSS,
the basin, and, from the smile on her » n d In the eveningly Rev. K. M. Lockwood
bps she seemed to be lying in beatitude, of Sandersvllle, pastor of the Methodist
Around the inanimate form stood the Church.
mother and brother sobbing bitterly over I 1 met Charlie Willingham at Cartersville
the fate of the one they loved so aearly. J hurrahing for Dr. Felton, insisting that the
The mother, when interviewed, stated I I, 'J re8t Democracy in the land were those
that Maggie had always been an exem- JJ he * havlu £
plary girl, but sinco htr father’s de>th I * »*« * U>o Se'enth.
was, of course, strongly moved, but
warm shortly after tlj^t I retired to my bunk. The
nights I next taunting I told the men m mess of
*•* —' the circumstance, and was of course
laughed at.
“Three weeks afterward fresh prison
ers were brought in from the Army of
Virginia, who, with other news, tola of
Copleston’s death, just as I had already
heard of it from himself. The men of
the mess no longer laughed at my story.
“I do not pretend to explain this at all.
I think it can’t be explained- 1 am not
superstitious, Itttink, and, as I said be
fore, may have dreamed it, but even
then it would be a very strange dream."
which occurred in April, W7, she bad
been a monomaniac on the subject of
religion ; that of going to church she
Jack Plane.
Across Purposks.—In the case of the
~ • i Dickson libel in the Police Court yester-
was never tired ; she went morning, noon day, the small boy who carried the note
and night to the cathedral, and in the made it quite amusing for the audience
absence of services she would go there if and provoking to the usually placid
it was only to bless herself with holy Prosecuting Attorney. The examination
water. One peculiar oddity about Maggie, wa9 i n this shape: *
as cited by her brother, was, she never | “M'here do »*h U live*”
'‘Ttitriil tif-mu thp .
The Danger of Boxing the Ear.
London Lancet.
Scarcely . a day passes, we lielieve,
without some schoolmaster (or school
fellow, in natural imitation of his mas
ter). giving a lad a smart “box” upon the
ear. Few persons would be hokl enough
to choose the eye as a part upon which it
was expedient io indict a violent blow by
way of moral education; but there is,
apparently, no end to the numliers who
select an organ upon which violence is
liable to be attended with much more
dangerous results. For not only.is deaf
ness caused by “boxes,” which rupture
(as they continually do) the drum of the
ear, but the inflammation of the internal
cavity, which is so frequent a result,
may be followed years afterward, per
haps, by disease of the bone, giving rise
to abscess of the brain, and having a
fatal termination.
Medical men alone can be fully aware
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Nothing Like Leather.—M. Lazare
Cant el, a soldier of the first empire,
died in New York last week, aged eighty-
five years, and was buried on Friday.
The coffin it; which reposed the body of
the aged veteran was matte of blackened
sole leather, and was manufactured by
the deceased eleven years ago. He had
kept it in his own bedroom up to the
lime of his death, and shortly before
breathing his last solemnly requested his
friends to bury him In It wfth UU old
Napoleonic uniform.
A young mother gives her child a stick
of candv. and, to teach it politeness,
■ays: "What do children say when they
get candy ?” “More!”
smiled ; the first happy expression that
he had witnessed tor was the one
that now characterized Jter features in
death. Yesterday morning, after Maggie
bad returned from morning mass, she
approached her mother and remarked,
"I am the most unhappy girl alive."
Her mother tried to impress her with the
belief that she had everything around
her to make life valuable, and that she
should be happy. After this remark was
made by the mother, she asked her would
she go purchase some thread. Maggie
acknowledged a willingness to go, and,
picking up a basket, left the house, going
down Julia street to the intersection of
Prieur street. Once here, she leaped in
iQ the basin and sank almost immediate
ly- The body was recovered soon after
by a diver.
The editor who has recently visited
(he New England States says that
neither at Yale nor Harvard did he see
any colored students, nor was the Afri
can brother visible in the churches of the
white people, nor could he trace the ex
istence of any colored statesmen in the
six New England Legislatures.
Right across the street from Mr.
Dickson. ”
“Where does Mr. Dickson live?”
‘‘Right across the street from us. '
“But that ain’t what I want,” and the
Prosecutor began to grow red and per
spire; “tell me where you live.”
“I live with my mother.”
“And where does your mother live?”
“Right across the street from Mr.
Dickson. ”
Then the Prosecutor swore out habeas
corpus against the witness ami served
him with a man dam us.
A great invasion of kangaroos recently
occurred in various settled parts of Aus
tralia, especially Queensland, the animals
being, no doubt, driven from the interior
by the drought and its effects in search
of food? They came in thousands, de
vouring everything in the shape of herbs
or grain, so that the sheep and cattle were
often reduced to dry leaves for fodder.
The colonists promptly met the attack,
in some cases driving the kangaroos into
Secretary Sherman as a Blackmailer.
New York Evening P<f»t {Republican).
Dispatches from several sources have
reporjud that Secretary Sherman has
caused the removal of a clerk in his de
partment who boldly announced his in
tention not to contribute to the Republi
can campaign fund. A dispatch to the
Philadelphia Press gives the following
particulars about the matter:
• A number of clerks, not content with
availing themselves of the executive or
der and refusing to contribute to the Re
publican campaign fund, have ostenta- 1
tfously paraded Vbeir example and advice
to deter others from subscribing. For
some weeks this style of proceed'ng has
been going on, and as a consequence
considerable dissatisfaction has bsen en
gendered in the minds of those who gave
reely on the first call for contributions.
The Secretary of the Treasury hai his at
tention called to several instances of this
character existing in his department, and
as he entertains viewg an the subject uot
exactly in Ju-riuony with the fine-spun
sentimentalities th»t inspire other mem
bers of Hjc administration on this sub
ject, he ordered the dismissal of 'the
parties to take effect on August 1st. The
Secretary holds that while the govern
ment allows the largest latitude to its
employes regarding contributions it is
an offensive indiscretion for an employe
to attempt to influence others against
subscribing. The parties so removed are
making strenuous efforts to have them
selves reinstated, but without tiie slightest
possibility of success. This decisive
action of the Secretary has stimulated
contributions to the campaign fund to
unusual activity."
This is a very specific accusation, and it
calls for a comprehensive explanation.
It is none of Secretary Sherman’s busi
ness, under the President's order, whether
a clerk refuses to contribute or advises
other clerks to follow his example. The
order, and Secretary Schorr's interpreta
tion of it, placed government officers in
as independent a position as any other
persons are, so far as contributing money
Is concerned. If the views of the Secre
tary of the Treasury are so “inharmoni
ous” that he thinks that he can defy the
order and remove clerks for a cause which
the President has pledged himaelf shall
not be a cause of removal, then it is the
President’s plain duty to see that the
how fruitful a source of suffering ami
danger is represented by the box upon
the ear. Wo arc informed, for example.
of two cases under observation at the
present molbent, in which school boys
have been the victims of such an assault.
Surely, schoolmasters ought to have
learned long ere this tho danger of a
mode of personal chastisement that has
apparently usurped the place of others,,
which, if more disgusting, were not at
tended with an equal amount of peril.
London Telegraph.
Sev^e ear troubles, and not unfre-
quently death, have resulted from this,
with many teachers, favorite form of
punishment. The drumhead may in
many healthy children lie easily ruptured
by a very slight concussion, anu in cases
which have recently unfiergone the or
deal of scarlet fever or measles, the
drum membrane is peculiarly liable to
laceration. Other injuries may also re
sult to the delicate organ, and I have
only to-day seen, at the Central Throat
and Ear Hospital, the case of a boy with
an abscess in the ear passage, who had
suffered incessant pain for three months.•
after having been struck by his teacher.
These cases might be multiplied in
definitely. and an occasional inquest adds
point to the tale.
Llewellyn Thomas, M. D.
an enclosure and shooting them. In the v „
battle more than four thousand kangaroos j clerks who nave relied upon his pledges
were killed in four days. J are not betrayed.
The Japanese Persimmon.—a new
and valuable fruit has receutly been in
troduced into this country by the Rev.
Henry Loomis, of i«n Francisco, Cal."
which is destined to become oue of the
most common bnd popular fruits that we
have. It is called the Dixmpyro* Kaki,
or Japanese persimmon. It is equally
as hardy as the wild persimmon of the
Southern States, but differs from it as
our choicest apples differ from the wild
crab-apple of which they are a develop
ment. It ripens without frost, and has
no astringency when ripe. The fruit at
tains a large size, some specimens weigh
ing over a pound each. It is
of a bright yellow, orange or
reddish color, and in taste somewhat
resembles the plum or fig. The Rev.
Dr. Veeder, of 1 eddo, Japan, pronounces
it equal to the peach or pear. It is the
best and most popular fruit of Japan.
When dried it resembles figs, and is
much used as a confection. The tree it
self is very beautiful, with dark glossy
foliage; and when set with ripe fruit is
a most pleasing and brilliant object. It
can he successfully grown in the greater
part of this country. It is a prolific
'learer and grows to* the size of the ap
ple and is said to attain the age of a hun
dred years. The grafted tree produces
fruit in about four years from tho graft.
The wood of the black variety is like the
common ebony, and of great value for
manufacturing purposes.— Western Jour
nal.
The flouring mills industry of the Uni
ted States is said to rank next to iron.
The number of mills is over 25,000,
affording employment to 80,000 men,
whose annual wages are about $20,000,-
000, anti turning out yearly about 50,
000,000 barrels of flour, of which 4,000,-
000 are exported to foreign countries.
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