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(xeonria Affairs.
The Coroner’s inquest held over the
body of the little boy, Leon Silverman,
whose death in Atlanta from being run over
by a street car we noticed yesterday, re
sulted in a verdict of acquittal of the driver
of all blame.
The Franklin Register bemoans the fact
that there are one thousand-one hundred
and ninety-six persons in Franklin county
who cannot read the Bible.
In 1876 the taxable property in Franklin
countv was $1,306,480, and the county tax
was forty cents. In 1878 the taxable pro
perty is $1,095,557, a depreciation of $210,-
929, yet the county tax is only thirty cents
on the hundred.
From the Alapaha Sews we learn that “the
late wind and rain has done considerable
damage to cotton in various portions of Ber
rien county. Owing to its opening so rap
idly, the farmers were behind with their
picking, and have sustained considerable
loss, both in the injury and loss of the sta
ple. On Wednesday and Wednesday night
the rain was heavy, accompanied by high
north winds. ,f
Mr. William Mason, a highly esteemed
citizen of Athens, died very suddenly in
that city a few days ago. He complained of
feeling badly, aud in a few moments there
after was dead. Apoplexy was the cause. ,
The Oglethorpe Echo says that one night
last week a rock mason in that county arose
in his sleep, walked to a spring several
hundred yards distant,, climbed a fence,
crossed several gullies, took a drink of
water and returned to his room before he
awoke.
Traveling agents in Oglethorpe county
sometimes combine spying out illicit dis
tilleries with their business, and make quite
a nice thing of it by giving information to
the government.
Did anybody ever hear anybody talk like
the local of the Calhoun Times? He must
be an exceedingly impudent young man.
Just listen to him: “Ladies are wearing
gentlemen’s neckties. They are never sat
isfied unless they haye some article belong
ing to us men about their necks.”
The city officials of Columbus extend an
earnest invitation to refugees from the yel
low fever districts to come and remain in
that city until after a killing frost in their
respective homes. They do not fear the
disease, for they claim that the atmosphere
of the city is so pure that no malignant dis
ease can live there.
The Toccoa Herald calls upon its citizens
to bestir themselves in behalf of the fever
sufferers. It says: “Nearly every town of
any importance in the State is aiding the
poor unfortunate yellow fever sufferers, and
yet Toccoa has done nothing.”
The Central Georgia, Weekly of Macon has
been changed from an eight to a four-page
paper.
Speaking of the late tragedy In Hancock
county, in which Mr. Kimbrew was killed
by the Ennises, the Sparta Times says : “The
statement that it is impossible to raise a
posse in this county to arrest the law break
ers is absolutely uutrue. No effort had ever
been made. In fact, our officers had no in
formation whatever about the affair. We
dare say Sheriff Stewart could raise a posse
iu a few hours sufficient to have arrested
these or any other law breakers. There is
not a more law-abiding county in Georgia
than Hancock.”
Oglethorpe Echoi “A few weeks since
some one picked up what he thought to be
a greeu rock on the plantation of Mrs.
Arnold, in the Flat Woods. It was turned
over to Mr. W. B. Brightwell, who sent the
same to an experienced mineralogist, who
wrote him pronouncing it the purest and
finest specimen of copper ore he ever saw
south of Lake Superior, and says there must
be a very valuable mine near where it was
found. He intends to visit the spot and try
to discover the mine. Oglethorpe is very
.rich in minerals of all kinds.”
Middle Georgia Argus: “His Honor Judge
Hall gives our county a heavy rebuke.
He says the court has beeu disturbed worse
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J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
by drunkenness and disorder this veek than
any court in five years. He says Butu can
beat any ftv** counties in the circuit. \Y e
enust confess that the rebuke is just, but
then the revenue officials have stopped us
from making the pure stuff, ijfld the other
is 60 bad it makes us noisy.*
Covington Enterprise: “A lad}' in Brags- ;
ville, Jasper county, got breakfast for her
family, consisting cf a Uzy husband and
four little children, and picked one hundred
aud thirty-five pounds of cotton by noon.
She then came home, got dinner,returned to
the held and picked out one hundred and fif
teen pounds and went home in time to get
supper.”
The Fairburn Star is getting communistic.
It has evidently been reading one of
Kearney’s speeches. It says: “Let it be
dinned into the ears of Congressmen from
now until the meeting of the next Con
gress that they must lay hold of tne
financial question aud never let it loose
until the country is relieved from the ter
rible pressure that is murdering it. It must
6e done if Johu Sherman has to be mas
sacred to accomplish it. Setter hang 1 'ne
man than for the whole country to be
smothered to death.”
Says the Cuthbert Appeal: “From ru
mors upon the streets we are glad to learn
there is a strong probability of the opening
of a large banking house in our midst. Such
au event would add greatly to the commer
cial importance of our town.”
Ouitman county reporter of Cuthbert Ap
peal ■ “A negro boy about fifteen years old,
bv the name of 'Tom Gay, attempted a
burglarious entrance into John Green’s store
last Saturday night, by going down the
chimney. He procured a ladder from
Shelton’s store, by means of which he
reached the top of the house. He took the
rope from the well in front of the post oliicc
and tied it to a stick, which beplaced across
the top of the chimney*. Mr .Tee Jordan,
whn watt in Shnenfeld’s store, across tlifl al-
seven dollars and a half a year, the Monti-
cello Constitution waxes indignant. It says
that such misrepresentations do much harm
in inducing immigrants to settle there, who
soon find they have been deceived, and then
abuse the State roundly. The Constitution
declares that the statement above made is
absurd, and says: “If a ‘family of four’
should subsist on gophers and Hayti pota
toes (which grow wild in some portions of
South Florida) it is possible it might eke
out a miserable existence for twelve months
by an expenditure of thirty-seven dollars
and a half. We find it costs just as much
to subsist in Florida as any other State: and
although our agricultural advantages and
climate are superior, yet no man need ex
pect to live here on air and prosper by in
dolence. It requires money, brain and in
dustry to make a comfortable and happy
home in Florida, and when men proclaim to
the contrary, you can safely conclude they
are land speculators.”
We learn from the Jacksonville Sun and
Press that Mr. Wm. Hammond, of that city,
has invented an apparatus for the use of
persons compelled to breathe a vitiated or
infected atmosphere. The article contains
chambers for charcoal and any suitable dis
infectant, aud is so arranged with valves
that the air taken into the lungs will be de
prived of its noxious qualities. It has been
forwarded to the President of the Howard
Association at New Orleans, to be tested,
and it is to be hoped that the inhaler will
meet the expectations of the ingenious con
triver.
The late storm raged with great force
all over Florida. At St. Augustine it is said
to have been the worst that ever visited that
locality. A correspondent from the ancient
city writes the day after the occurrence that
•*a dozen large trees in the plaza are down.
Several boats in the basin are smashed.
The schooner Lizzie Smith, bound for Tam
pa, which made this port before the storm,
dragged her anchor in the river last night
aud is up against the sea wall opposite the
barracks. The waters of the St. Sebastiau
and the bay met at the city gates. Water
dashes over the sea wall continually, and
the streets are covered up to the houses.”
While the Radicals were iu power in
Florida it seems that Judge McLin did not
work with them for nothing. He evidently
made hay while the sun shone. The Orange
County Reporter says: “We passed Judge
McLin’s improvements, on Lake Holden,
Friday evening last. The Judge has se
lected a delightful locality, and is having a
beautiful residence erected near the shore
of the lake, on an eminence commanding
a picturesque view of the lake and its en
virons. A more lovely spot could hardly
have been found anywhere.”
Deputy Sheriff Houser, under orders from
the Sheriff and a requisition from the Gov
ernor of Florida, went to Monroeville, Ala.,
Monday of last week, for the purpose of
bringing back one Enoch Donahoo ; who was
charged with committing a murder in Es
cambia county last year, and who was in
jail iu Monroeville. He got his man and
has lodged him in the jail at Pensacola.
On Monday of last week, at the mill of Mr.
Giles T. Williams, at Neal’s landing, Jack-
son county,Fla., a very singular accident oc
curred. The mill was running at lightning-
like speed, when one of the mill-stones sud
denly burst,particles flying in every direction,
and doing considerable damage. The engi
neer,Mr. W'ells ; had a leg broken in two places
aud a little darkey, standing about thirty
yards from the building, came very near
having his neck broken. A piece of the
stone fetryck a plank and threw it against
the neck of the boy, knocking him senseless
for some minutes. The sides and roof of
the mill were badly injured. The accident
is described as a very peculiar one.
Monticello Constitution: “On Tuesday
night, about two o’clock, Mr. D. Turnbull,
who was spending the night at Mrs. Carrie-
P. Bird's, ajrpse to awake some cne to go off
on the train and discovered the top of the
kitchen, a small building a trw f.eet from
the house and connected with it by a covered
way, on fire. The alarm was at once given
and every effort > as made to put out the
fire, which spread with unprecedented ra-
- • .a:» .... ,1 onnn f.nri ci ■ mpil bnt.h <1WplUuP"
who was iu Shoenfeld’s store, across
ley, heard the noise and told two or three
bovs who were in there with him that some
one was breaking into Green’s store. They
went out and discovered the chap throwing
down bricks. He was commanded to come
down, but, like the little boy up the apple
tree, kind words availed nothing. One of
the boys said be would try the virtue of a
pistol, which made the thief yell out. He
was tried before Judge Giit-rry on Monday
morning aud sentenced to six months m the
countv jail. His excuse for breaking into
the store was that bis father wanted to whip
him and he was merely trying to hide from
him.”
The Elherton Gazette records this "almost
a riot;” Saturday evening in Elberton is
becoming a * big day,’ especially with the
negroes, and the result consequent came
very near being a row last Saturday night.
There are a great many dargies in and about
Elberton that are working by the weeg, and
every Saturday evening they are paid on,
when they come to town and spend their
wages for whisky, until the greater portion
of them become intoxicated. Last Saturday*
night after the brick yard laborers had come
in, and had imbibed pretty freely of tangle
leg a*nd had started for their quarters, they
got into a general dispute in the cotton field
on the street the other side of J udge Black
well’s. which ended ia blows. One fellow,
we learn, got beat up considerably, and the
row was assuming a serious phase, but the
conciliatory element predominated and the
war was quelled.” _
pidity and soon consumed both dwelling
and kitchen, together with ail the furniture
on the second floor, the crockery, provisions
and some of the old family silver, leaving
the largo family almost entirely without
shelter. There was no insurance on the
property, consequently* It was a total loss.
It was a peculiarly sad and painful misfor
tune, considering the fact that only the day
before the family had followed the mortal
remains of one of its most beloved mem
bers to their last resting place. ‘Misfor
tunes seldom come singly.’ ”
The Madison Recorder hits the Florida
Radicals some hard licks for their hypocrisy.
It says: ‘‘The carpet-baggers shed oceans of
crocodile tears two years ago, and refused
to be coraferted, because of purely imagi
nary pretended ie+i that the common school
system would be abolished, o,* K* least ma
terially impaired. Twenty months have
transpired since the downfall of Republi
canism in Florida, aud what is the record
of the party at power in regard to common
schools? 1. The common sobo.oi fund has been
increased fourteen thousand dollars. - The
common schools have increased from seven
hundred to nine hundred. 3. And the num
ber of pupils has increased four thousand.
This is a good record, and shows that the
reform party has redeemed its pledges so
far in that direction.”
Pensacola Admire: ‘‘It is with pleasure
that we announce the continued good
health of the citv. There are a very few
cases of shyness anywhere in this vicinity,
and these are only sqch as may be found in
any city in the country, iioptlj or South.
Not a case of yellow fever has been In Pen
sacola, or the country around about, 6ince
the suntpier of 1875, and then it existed at
Fort Barrancas only, nine miles away. This
year especially have strenuous efforts been
made to keep the fever from gaining a foot
hold in our midst—not only beehuse the
fearful scourge brings in its train such an
array of horrors, but because we also
wished to show that Pensacola can keep
herself perfectly healthy despite a wide
spread epidemic. And in this it>n
we would state that the people of Pensacola,
as a whole, have not done their full duty
towards the desolated towns in the South.
Our people e&a false and transmit much
more money than has beeu Stni,.”
A recent attempt at kidnapping is men
tioned by the Pensacola Alliance, of the
14th, as follows ; “Sheriff Hutchinson re-
ceived information yesterday morning that
a party from Alabama was in the neighbor-
hood of Molino f<Ir the purpose of arresting
and taking away one Jerry Gamble, charged
with a murder committed in Alabama. Mr.
Potterfleld is thg name of the would-be ar
rester, and is a resident of Greenvide. As
soon as Sheriff Hutchinson heard oj the
affair be went to Captain Chipley, who at
once placed an engine at his disposal, as has
always been his custom, and after an hour s
run the Sheriff aud Deputies Houser, Spige-
ler and S. B. Hutchinson arrived at Molino,
whither they had sent a dispatch to Deputy
Richardson to hold the parties. Upon ar
rival they found that the order had
been obeyed, and Mr. Bottcrfiold, a
negro ex-constablc named Sawney
Adams, and the prisoner, Jerry-
Gamble, were all in custody. It seems that
Mr Potterfleld had taken the precaution to
have a requisition sent on from Governor
Drew This document, however, together
with a dispatch from the Governor, nan hc„n
suppressed at Molino,and the effort was made
to get out of this State with the prisoner,
without letting Sheriff Hutchinson know*
anytlnng of the matter. As a number of
just such cases haa occurred during the past
ten years, Sheriff H. was determined fna. o,,
far as his administration is concerned there
shall be none. Mr. Potterfleld appears to
be a gentleman, and doubtless acted m this
matter hastily, without thinking of the seri
ous nature of the offense he wuesogBUtHP?-
We hope he will be able to come off withoQt
much trouble.”
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Florida Affairs.
A serious wash on the Jacksonville, Pen
sacola aud Mobile Railroad deprived the
citizens of Jacksonville of their mail facili
ties over the line of that road for three days.
Over twenty-nine dollars for fever suffer
ers were collected in one week in Jackson
ville from nickel boxes.
Some enthusiastic admirer, or land specu
lator, of Florida, having published a letter
to the effect that a family of four can sub
sist comfortably in that State on thirty-
The latest trick of the Republican cutp
paii/n orators is to denounce the Demo
cratic ciaim of economical administra
tion as false because the gl£vpq appro
priation bills for the fiscal year 18i8-9
foot up $157,213,-933 77, as compared
with $140,384,006 95 for the fiscal year
1877-8. Very well. Now, will our Re
publican friends let us know why, if
$157,213,933 77 is an extravagant
amount, the Republican Senate refused
to concur in the House's proposition to
appropriate $147,687,739 94 for the ex
penses of government and amended the
appropriation bills till they amounted to
$161,852,269 41?—-Y. E World.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
the yellow fever report.
The Situation at New Orleans, Mem
phis and Vicksburg.
AN AMERICAN CREW ARRESTED
FOR MUTINY.
AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS COMING TO
THE UNITED STATES.
ITliftcellaiieoiiM and .Uluor Matters.
THE SITUATION IN MEMPHIS.
Memphis, September 16.—Ninety deaths
were reported yesterday. It is believed that
many have occurred in the suburbs which
were not reported. At Elmwood many cof
fins are brought in express wagons and other
vehicles from the suburbs. Among the dead
are Major William Willis, Superintendent
of the Southern Express, a leading member
of the Relief Committee; John G.
Lonsdale, Jr., Treasurer of the Committee;
Ed. Foster, of the Howards. R. W. Blew,
wife and child, and another child is dying.
Dr. McGregor, of Tipton county, Tenn., also
died yesterday. Dr. S. Armstrong and John
Erskine, D. D., are in a critical con
dition. J. W. McDonald, a tele
grapher from Cincinnati, is dead. Mr.
Klotz, of Mobile, is down. Messrs.
Langford and Bryant are doing noble work.
Of twenty-four Howards only six are on
their feet. The others are dead or sick.
Twenty-six physicians report one hundred
and seventy-four new cases in the twenty-
four hours ending 6 p. in. yesterday, against
two hundred aud thirty-four the day before.
NEW ORLEANS YELLOW FEVER REPORT.
New Orleans, September 16.—Yesterday
the Howards reported twenty new cases.
The Young Men’s Christian Association re
ported fifty-nine. The sick telegraphers, C.
II. Smith, Paul Leloup, Lucius Sheldon,
Charles J. Allyn and Frank Delaplaine are
convalescing. C. H. Cottrell and T. E.
Graham are dangerously ill. Mrs. Barnes
is still very sick. Her son has a third re
lapse from imprudence.
DECLINE IN NEW CASES AT VICKSBURG.
Vicksburg, September 16.—Physicians
think there is a steady decline in new cases,
but fears are entertained that if very warm
weather returns the fever will again in
crease. Eighteen deaths took place yester
day, nine white and nine colored. Among
the new cases is William A. Fairchild.
CRACK CRICKETERS COMING.
London, September 16.—The Australian
cricketers, who have engagements to play
in the United States during October, sail
from Liverpool on Thursday next in the
Inman steamer City of Richmond for New
York.
FIRE AND DISORDER.
Zante, September 16.—A fire in this city
Friday night destroyed seventeen dwelling
houses and much other property. A great
deal of disorder prevailed, and many rob
beries were committed during the panic
caused by the conflagration.
SHOT AND WOUNDED BY AN EX-POLICEMAN.
New Orleans, September 16.—William
N. Rogers, a well-known stable-keeper, was
shot and dangerously wounded by James
Finn, an ex-policeman.
DAMAGE BY FLOOD IN INDIA.
Calcutta, September 16.—The floods
have destroyed upwards of a thousand
houses iu the Jullinder district of the Puu-
jaub.
ARRESTED FOR MUTINY.
Dunkirk, September 16.—The crew of
the American bark Lavenia, which was
burned here, have been arrested for mutiny
and incendiarism. v
ABOUT TO BE PROMOTED.
London, September 16.—It is reported
that Lord Cairns, Lord High Chancellor, is
about to be created Earl Cairus.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
New Orleans, September 16.—The Re
publican State Convention meets here to
day.
SUSPENDED.
Washington, September 16.—The bank
ing hou»e of H. F.; Offiey «fc Co. suspended
this morning.
prorogued.
London, September 16.—Parliament has
been further prorogued to November 30th.
EVENING TELEGRAM:
UNITED STATES GRAND LODGE
OF I. 0. 0. F.
LATER
FROM TUB STRICKEN
CITIES.
WASHINGTON NEWS ITEMS.
Washington, September 16.—W. V. Wil
son, assorting teller in the national bank re
demption division of the Treasury, was
dismissed Saturday and an examination of
his books to-day showed a deficit of one
thousand dollars, which was abstracted on
the 9th instant. Heretofore his integrity
was unquestioned. Wilson was from New
Jersey and has been an employe in the
Treasury for fifteen years. He has been ar
rested.
n. E. Offiey & Co., bankers, of this city,
have suspended and made an assignment.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day is
sued the first call for the redemption of
5-20s. Five millions are called in, three
millions registered and two millions of cou
pon bonds.
The State Department is advised of the
wreck of the American ship Mabel Clark on
the island of Tristan, Dacunha, on the 10th
of May last, while on a voyage from Liver
pool to Hong Kong. The’second officer and
five seamen were drowned. The Captain
and seventeen of the crew were saved.
SLIGHT DECREASE OF FEVER IN MEMPHIS—
A SAD FEATURE.
Memphis, September 16.—There was a
slight decrease of fever this morning, the
deaths to noon not exceeding forty.
The saddest feature of tne epidemic is,
that many who have been actively relieving
the distressed are dying or being stricken
down. Among the ’number is Ed. R. T.
Worsham, acting Treasurer of the Masonic
Relief Board, and P. G. C. of the Tennessee
Knights Templar, who had a relapse, and
died yesterday; also W. D. McCallum, an
active Howard. Horace H. Briggs, Mr.
Kayser, of the Memphis Brewing Company,
B. F. Piummer, W. K. Thixton, P. D.
Bercher, and E. Marshall, of the Citizens’
Relief Committee, are dying.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., September 16.—Indica
tions for Tuesday :
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States, Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley, warmer south
and east winds, stationary and falling ba
rometer, partly cloudy and hazy weather,
and possibly in the Ohio valley local rains
will prevail.
In the Middle States, stationary followed
by falling barometer, warmer southeast to
southwest winds, partly cloudy and hazy
weather.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD CASE.
Baltimore, September 16.—The South
Carolina Railroad case (application for the
appointment of a receiver), after arguments
by Mr. Young and ex-Govemor Porter for
the first mortgage bondholders, and an ar
gument in behalf of the respondent, was
concluded by ex-Govemor Magratb, coun
sel for the railroad. The court adjouruod
till to-morrow. D. T. Corbin will make the
closing argument for the complainants.
A HORRIBLE AND FIENDISH DEED.
Cincinnati, September 16.—A special dis
patch says : “George Lynch, living at Hock
ley, Texas, was assaulted Friday night while
asleep at home by a party. They shot him
and, thinking him dead, then murdered his
eight children with a hatchet, and set fire to
the house. The eldest child was aged sev
enteen. Suspicion rests upon a man named
Boatwere, with whom Lynch had a diffi
culty.” •
THE NEW ANGLO-ENGLISH TREATY DENIED.
London, September 16.—Contradiction is
given to the statement published in the
Fan Ftdla that the basis of a new treaty be
tween the Porte and England has been set
tled, giving England the protectorate over
Egypt, with the approval of France, and
that Salisbury insisted that France should
occupy Tunis.
SHIT* UNMANAGEABLE.
Washington, September 16.—It is report
ed to the Signal offiee that i steamship bound
South, when passing station No. 3, North
Carolina, this morning, became unmanage
able and drifted about with the tide an hour.
At 7:30 a. m. the ship was again got under
control aud changed her course to Cape
I lenry.
LATER FROM NEW’ ORLEANS.
New Orleans, September 16.—The weath
er is clear aud pleasant. Seventy-three
deaths and one hundred and eight new eases
are reported.
The Masons of Louisiana are profoundly
grateful for the aid furnished them, and say
that ample funds have been received for the
craft in this State.
DAMAGES REPAIRED.
Lynchburg, September 10.—The recent
damages to the Atlantic, \lieoiooippi and
Ohio Railroad by high water have been
repaired. Trains are running as usual via
the Great Southern Mail and Kennesaw
routes and the Virginia and Tennessee Air-
Lines.
RAILROAD COLLISION.
Liberal Contributions Still Being
Received.
SLIGHT DECREASE OF THE DISEASE
IX MEMPHIS.
Horrible Murder of a Man and Eight
Children.
’I’ll I: SOUTH CAHOLINA IIA1I,-
KOAB CASE.
THE NEW ANGLO-TURKISH TREATY
DENIED.
Washington and General Note*.
HELP FOR THE SUFFERERS.
New York, September 16.—The Chamber
of Commerce Relief Committee has received
$1,147 subscriptions for the fever sufferers,
aud the Citizens’ Relief Committee’s total
receipts to-day were $383.
The Touro Infirmary of New Orleans re
quest funds, stating they had one hundred
sick patients in their institution and sup
ported live hundred more.
The Brooklyn Boards of Police and Excise
Commissioners report the receipts in the last
two days to be five huudred aud ninety-one
dollar;! The Brooklyn fund up to noon to
day was due thousand and forty-nine dol
lars. ' ’
Generous subscriptions from various other
points throughout the country continue to
be reported.
BaI.tiihoi.e, September 16.—The follow
ing contributions were' sent to-day from the
Mayor’s olliee: To .Memphis, $1,869; to
New Orleans, $678; to Holly Springs, $*354;
tq Greenville, $547; to Vicksburg, $1,207.
Total contributions to date, received and
distributed from the Mayor’s office, $34,-
191 66. A collection, in accordance with a
circular letter of Archbishop Gibbons, was
taken up in the churches of this diocese
yesterday. The returns from the churches
in this city, as far as received, amount to
nearly $4,000.
Washington, September lb.—A telegram
from Baltimore says the yellow fever benefit
given to-night at Ford’s Opera House is the
greatest yet given for that cause. The re
ceipts will exceed the New York benefit.
Five thousand tickets were sold.
Rome, Ga., September 16.—The Alabama
Iron Company and employes have con
tributed two hundred and fifty dollars to
the yellow fever sufferers.
UNITED STATES GRAND LODGE, I. O. O. F.
Baltimore, September 16.—The Grand
Lodge of the I. O. U. F. of the united
States convened to-day. One hundred aud
fifty members were present, including two
Past Grand Sires. The report of the urand
Sire says that whilst the annual returns ex
hibit an increase in Lodges and Encamp
ments, «nu tu the ..mqqnt pa,d for relief
over the last rear. they indicate, for the first
time since ISfe, a falling off in membership
and revenue. The annual loss to the Order,
in prosperous as well as in adverse times,
of members for non-payment of dues is a
subject eminently worthy the heat consid
eration that we can give it. and whilst large
accessions of new aiid untried material are
being constantly added to our numbers, we
find it occasionally counterbalanced (espe
cially :q ?t the present time) by loss of mem
bers. who, through neglect or inability, are
dropped or suspended for the above eause.
General returns give thfe following condi
tion of the Opder at present, compared with
the last annual report: Grand iougps^+S,
subordinate lodges 6Si,; increase ....
Grand encampments 39, subordinate en
campments 1,88a; Increase 99. Lodge initia
tions 36,087, decrease of 4,559; lodge mem
bers 447,186, decrease 8,939; encampment
members 84,787, decrease of 2,998; total relief
$170,526 67, increase $15,781 09; total reve
nue $4,423,051 85, decrease $66,830 61.
ASSAULTED BT RUFFIANS IN MAINE,
Lewiston, Me., September IQ.—Six rufc
flans assaulted a lady and gentleman while
returning from a circus Saturday night.
Two held the man while the others brutally
outraged the woman. Five arrests were
made.
The Last Charlie Ross Case.—A
terrible sensation was felt for a day at the
loss of a fine boy. It w as supposed to
cbe a Charlie Ross affair. What added
interest to the painful occurrence was
that the parents of the boy had recently
lost two other children by disease. The
little fellow, some three years old, could
not be found shortly after breakfast; our
cottage near by was made aware of tbe
loss by inquiries concerning him. The
whole town was searched, detectives be
gan their work promptly, hut no child
could be traced. What' added to the
supposition of a Charlie Ross case was
that vagrant men and women had been
detected giving children at play candies
and fruit, and asking them to go with
them for more, Towards evening the
parlor maid began dusting tbe hook-
cases, and tightly squeezed in behind
one of these was the apparently lifeless
form of the lost boy. He had evidently
pushed himself vigorously behind the
case in search of a plaything found there,
had fainted protalbly through fright,
and remained in that position for hours,
breathing, but unconscious. Proper
medical treatment soon brought back liis
normal vitality, and apparently noSeiSoiis
effects will follow.—Philadelphia Cor.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
t
Albany, September 16.—A collision oc
curred on the Boston and Albany Railroad
to-day near Sehoduek depot. Several cars
were wrecked, but nobody hurt.
THE FEVER AT ANTON.
Canton, September 16!—-Twenty new
cases and one death are reported in the past
twenty-four hours. Dr. Galloway has re
turned to duty.
SALE OF A RAILROAD.
Selma, September je.—The sale of the
Selma A Gulf Railroad under foreclosure
took place to-day.
NOMINATION DECLINED.
Newark, N. J., September 16.—Cortlandt
J. Parker declines the Republican Congress
ional nomination.
TUB FEVER AT GALLIPOLIS.
Cincinnati, September 16.—Three deaths
from yellow fever have occurred at Galli-
polis since Friday.
Using a Passenger as a Protection
against Bullets.—Hot Creek, Wy„
September 10. — Both coaches were
stopped last night between Lightning
creek and Cheyenne river by three
armed men. The up coach contained
two passengers and one messenger. The
robbers first halted the down coach,
robbed all the passengers^ aqfl were en
gaged in robbing the mail sacks, when
the north hound coach arrived, which
they also stopped. They robbed the
two passengers, the mails and the treas
ury boxes, but, it is thought, got less
than one hundred dollars in money from
the passengers, whose jewelry and
watches they likewise carriwi off. They
also took a which from the driver and
one from the messenger, Smith, who
remained in the coach after the passen
gers got out, intending to stand against
the robbers. One of the thieves placed
a passenger in frqqt of him and marched
up to ttfe r 6oabb, compelling Smith to
give up or kill the passenger. They also
took away Smith’s arms. The robbers
took all precautions by tying the passen
gers’ arms befctflfl their hacks. One of
The robbers, who waB not masked, was
recognized as James E, Johnson, com
monly known as “Lengthy.”
There is more innate goodness and
divinity of soul in pffe'ounce of woman
than there is iff nine pounds of man; D\;f
an un chained wildcat is ti-mef tiian a
sick kitten in cqmpurisftn to the madden
ed i&mghts of indignant that
0U i- * tie a °"'- ones when one of
eartii ft ®~g e j s w 'alks into a depot loaded
to the eyebrows with bird cages and flow
ers, and finds that she has missed the
train by two seconds and a fraction. It
is such movements as this that cause
damp weather in Heaven and redden the
eyes of the cherubic hosts.
LETTER FROM ST MARY'S.
The Sultan of Turkey is obliged to
have three hundred and sixty-five suits
of clothes a year. He never wears the
same garments twice. Poor fellow!
Large Watermelon*, Sorghum, and
Other ITIatter*.
St. Mary's, Ga., September 11.—Editor
Morning News: The last ten days have been
eventful. First, a difficulty between Julian
King and William Bailey, at Jeffersonton,
resulting in the death of the latter, is sadly
deplored by the many friends of both par
ties and their families. Then a negro man
from the steamer Gladiator was drowned
here, and the same night the Reliance blew
up near our city, of which much could be
said. I will say that it is a crime against hu
manity to put the lives of people in the
hands of ignorant negro engineers, and
somebody is to blame and should be made
to suffer for it.
Mr. John H. King, a fine young farmer,
living some distance in the country, informs
me that he raised two very large water
melons this season, one weighing fifty-
eight pounds, and the other weighing eighty
pouuds, which is hard to beat.
From all the news I can gather, and I have
taken some pains to do so. crops are gene
rally better in Camden this year than they
have been since the war.
Some days back 1 visited Mr. John Pa-
cetty, at his farm eight miles from this city,
who is one of our best farmers. He and his
sou, Lewis Pacetty, planted a little Chinese
sorghum this year for the first time aud
Urey are delighted with their experience.,
Mr. Pacetty, Sr., planted in drills aud Mr.
Lewis Pacetty planted five rows one hundred
and five feet each with hills eighteen inches
apart and four and five stocks to the hill,
and made twenty-five gallons of syrup out
of it. The stocks grew to an immense size,
and the syrup was quite superior to any
thing of the kind I ever tasted.
We have had, and contiuue to have, high
winds and heavy iains from ihe northeast,
which makes it very unpleasant.
Mr. James S. Bailey, now in our city
looking after his freight on the steamer
Reliance, was born under a lucky star, and
was particularly fortunate in leaving the
steamer at Jacksonville, or, in all probabil
ity (from the fact that- while traveling on
the boat he generally occupied the Cap
tain’s room), he would have been among the
lost, as I hear it was blown to pieces. Cap
tain Smith took charge of his carpet-bag
at Jacksonville, aud insisted upon his
spending a few days with him, which he re-
reluctautly did, as he desired to get home,
and thus a valuable life was saved.
Mr. Bailey is one of our most prosperous
citizens, aud is much esteemed by many
friends, aud that he should be toatiug a
carpet-bag around in Florida is seriously
alarming if not altogether mysterious; but
1 guess he will survive the shock as old
Bunks’ mule did after a severe spell on a
celebrated occasion, which dumbfounded old
Virgil Hillyer aud his tribe. *
The dirtiest bit of knavery recorded of
late is the departure of that young scriv
ener Anthony from New Y’ork to escape
a marriage that was unwelcome to him.
He disposed of his affairs so as to indi
cate that he was either murdered or had
committed suicide, and for ten days the
police have been in a great state of ex
citement over his case. His relatives,
who knew of his whereabouts, encour
aged the suspicions of the police and the
public, and made a most exemplary
show of natural anxiety and alarm. It
turns out now that the young man ran
away in order to get rid of the girl to
whom he had engaged himself, that he
indulged in romantic dreams of making
a fortune at the AVest aud coming home
some day, “Dime Novel” fashion, to
surprise the community. He left word
to have the papers sent him, so that he
could enjoy the “fuss” liis absence
caused. Now he writes from Kansas
and cautions a friend not to reveal his
whereabouts, because if he is “exposed”
lie will “blow his biams’’ out. It is a
pity lie has no brains that he can operate
upon in this wuy. This sweet youth
and his family deserve a special niche in
the temple of fools.—Brooklyn Argus.
Patrick Heiliy, a laborer of New York,
made a "dcad-oot” to get rid. of liia wife
and succeeded. She knew him of old,
and when he stayed out until two o'clock
one morning she shrewdly guessed what
was comihS- They lived on the third
floor of a tenement house, and had three
rooms, one back of the other, the front
door being on a porch. Patrick came
and knocked. She refused to open unto
him. He battered down the door. The
woman fled into the next room and
locked the door behind her. This she
also refused to open at the bidding of
her raging lord and master. This door
also went down before his iron heel, and
the woman had taken refuge behind the
third and last barrier between her and
the wild beast. Patrick soon carried
this door off its hinges and stood before
his victim at hay in a far corner of the
room. The neighbors heard a pound
ing, a shrieking, and presently a heavy
thud on the sidewalk. Patrick Reilly
had picked Jjjs pfly/crinff, bruised and
mangled wife up in liis arms and pitched
her out of the window. She was mor
tally hurt and he was hunted down in
his den by the police
A Queer Contract.—A gang of men,
headed by a woman, marched into Jus
tice Haines’ court yesterday afternoon,
amid a great deal of discussion and angry
verbal disagreement. They arranged
themselves along the rail, and then it was,
made known that the t?qman had hired
one of the men for ten dollars cash to
hold her husband w}ple she ouipmitted
suicide by jumping into the lake. She
went at it, but before she got through
made up her mind that suicide was
wrong, She and her husband made up,and
now they want the ten dollars returned.
The man who was hired says that he
had to work like a hero to hold the hus
band of the fell destroyer, and he doesn’t
intend to return the money. Besides
that, his labors extended over a time
long enoqgh to ad lid t of the suicide of
both man and wife, and he can’t work
for nothing. Justice Haines was out of
town, and the mob pointed for Justice
Meech’s dispensary of equity, where
they begac « suit which will be argued
hereafter.—Chicago Tribune, Sept. 6.
Grant Their Only Kobe.—The
Maipe election extinguishes Mr. Blaine’s
chance3, such as they were, for the Re
publican nomination in 1880. Consider
ing the use that copld have been made of
the Mulligan letters, his chances were
not very good at best. Nothing is left
of them now, since it is regarded as in-
dispcnsible that a Presidential candidate
be able to control his own State. Mr.
Blaine has too much quickness of per
ception not to see both where he stands
personally and how slender the prospect
is of the election of a Republican Presi
dent in fSQO. Tbe' nomination would be
tforth nothing to him even if he could
get it, and it would be equally worthless
to any other Republican candidate, with
the possible exception of General Grant.
There will be no very ardent competition
for the honor of being nominated and
defeated; and Blaine, ConkUpg, Wash-
burnt: apt: aff tiiu rest' wiTi cheerfully
give jflflce to General Grant if he can he
induced to run. It is too obvious that
unless he can be elected no Republican
can, and Senator Blaine is likely to be
as strong a Graqt man any member Of
the Republican party.—New York
Herald.
A Big Assessment.—The total
assessed value of real and personal
es ate in each county in the State of
New York, as equalized by the majority
report of the assessors this year, amounts
to $2,738,368,650. This shows a total
reduction of the total assessed valuation
of $17,370,668 since last year, Which is
the only decrease (if the aggreu™ *
assessment known since 1^’
isos. The ino—- ’ except m
placed -~*‘®e proposed to be
' -on New York county over the
local assessments is $191,850,766, and on
Kings, $19,369,590.
MEMPHIS.
A Congressman liveth in Bangor
Whose features are livid with anger;
He has torn all his coats
And lost thousands ot votes—
This irascible person of Bangor.
Hale jumped into a bramble bush
With ah his might and Maine:
His eyes are scratched, so let him jump.
His ayes and noes are slain.
Oh, have you heard the news from Maine—
Maine—Maine?
Don’t things look rather blue for Blaine—
Blaine—Blaine ?
A Moving Picture of Her Desola
tion—Dr. Summer'* Description of
tlie.Yellotv Fever Epidemic and Its
Ravages.
Correspondence Xashvilie American, 14th.
Memfiiis, September 11.—Memphis is
in the very midnight of gloom. The
angel of death has written lchabod upon
her altars, and her high places are ren
dered desolate and deserted. Along the
once gay and busy streets there is naught
to break the silence but the rumbling of
the death-car laden with its argosies of
human freight. No funeral train follows
in its wake—nothing of tne dark, but to
some extent heart-soothing paraphernalia
of death. Nearly every house is closed,
and it is only in the dead of night that
3*ou can recognize the city as inhabited
at all—by the dim light which steals out
from the chamber of the sick, the dying
and the dead. It is, I think, safe to say
that every inhabited house has been smit
ten with the plague—nearly every one
visited by death—and the end is j et afar
off.
Among the sick the scenes are often
bitterly heartrending. I have gone into
a room where, upon their lowlj* couches,
four or five helpless creatures were lying,
having seen no physician, with none to
hand them a drop of water, famishing,
starving, dying in helpless agonj* of
mind and body. I have seen
the mother almost in the last
throes of death, struggling to
reach her dying child and smooth its
burning pillow. 1 have seen the wife
fall helpless at her husband's side, as
with all the gathered energy* which only
a woman’s love could stimulate, she
reached his dj'ing couch to press the last
kiss upon his purple lips. And then,
too, the darker side of humanity
is sometimes revealed to us: hut we
rejoice to know that this is the excep
tion, not the rule, even among those
characters where we might reasonably
expect to find it manifested. 1 have
known mothers to leave their children,
husbands their wives and brothers their
sisters, and refuse even to extend them
the slightest offering of sympathy or aid;
but the civilizing influences which incur
age have been brought to bear upon the
world have raised humanity out of such
degradation of feeling and barbarism of
nature.
The disease, which has wrought such
havoc here, is in some respects different
from anything I have ever seen before.
It is not symple yellow fever, hut has a
very decided malarial livery thrown
over it, which renders it far more com
plicated and difficult to handle. The
venerable and learned Dr. Bowling, of
Nashville, in speaking of U;u pechiiar
character of mqlariai "fever which was
developed during the war among the
Union soldiers coming South, inveighed
against the name given to it by
Woodward, 1 believe—typho-malarial,
as being the expression of a false
pathology. In that I think he was
right, aud now we see the same thing
here in this disegsp. Instead of being
a single disease, the symptoms show the
operation of two distinct poisons, both
of which, according to my experience iu
the treatment, must be separately
handled. The manner of death, so dif
ferent in different cases, shows this.
Some die from suppression of urine,
others from disorders of the chylopoietic
viscera, others from direct poisoning of
the centers at the base of the brain. 1
only throw this out as a matter of general
interest. The full history, pathology,
etc., of the disease as observed here will
he found in the Nashville Journal of
Medicine and Surgery. The course o'f
the disease js rapid, death ensuing
generally on the third or fourth day.
Patients are usually unconscious in arti-
rutn mortis. tllOUffh to tLo oDscivci tile
struggle for life appears desperate.
The infected dritri&ts have been gen
erally well marked. The fever began in
the northern portion of the city—Poplar,
Washington, Alabama, Moseby, Ex
change, Johnson avenue, Raleigh road
and Commerce streets being almost de
populated. It has since spread in every
direction and is row Rttatcking persons
living within a radius of four mile, from
the city. The verj* air seems laden with
it. We can actually smell it. The
atmosphere is light, and the surcharged
vapors fall and hang like s, huge vdm-
pire over the city,
The Howards are working bravely and
energetically. The President, A. I).
Langstaff, is a most remarkable man.
The duties imposed upon him are prodi
gious. He is never flurrie^, never im
patient, but alwgya the same quiet, firm,
systematic, in short, everything w*hich
such a position as that he occupies calls
for in a man is to be found in him. His
corps of assistants are everywhere to he
found. They shrink from nothing, but
throw themselves in the very van of the
tight. It is indeed a noble sight. They
feel the grandeur of their calling and
count their lives as nothing in a cause
like this.
“It is not on the scaffold lqgii.
Or in ti:e battle’s van—
The fittest place for man to die
Is where man dies for man!”
The Citizens’ Relief Committee, or
ganized under the direction of Charles
G. Pisherand General Luke Wright, is
doing valiant work. These names just
mentioned ought to be written in letters
of gold, and their memories embalmed
in the hearts of Memphians forever.
The clergy have, almost without execu
tion, done more than their d.UtJ", They
are found everywhere breathing out their
gospel message upon the heavj* and ticu-
lent air. St me of these noble men have
fallen. The Catholic priests have suffer
ed most. Rabbi Sarner was uuiong the
first to die. Th*“ g*and old! man, Dr. E.
C. Sister, of the Slethodist Church, pass
ed to his reward a ’ day or two ago, The
gallant, noble, chivalrous and generous
Parsons, Chaplain of the Chickasaw
Guards, and Rector of Grace Church,
died at his post. He was a graduate of
West Point, and Colonel in the army,
and an earnest, devoted minister.
We shall miss him sadly in the
walks of life. Two days before
his death, he grasped me vigorously by
the hand, and said, "Well, we are still
up, but who Comes next God only knows.
Let us hope for the best. If we must
die let us die like men. ” Dr, Rqggs, of
the Presbyterian Church, and tlr. Lan
drum, cf the Baptist ‘Church, are untir
ing arid unflinching in their heaven-
ordained labors of love. Oh! it is sweet
to see this beautiful development of the
Christian life! It sets one’s whole nature
aglow, and fills it with inspiration from
on high. Grand and glorious are these
heaven-born triumphs of love Amid all
these scenes of anguish and distress, the
Raphael of heavenly love flies all about
us and amongst us, and imitating him in
his mission of mercy, we see humanity
shedding abroad its expressions of {run-
fort, benevolence and lave.
“Svu*f$ w«s pursue the flaming guide
On pinions of our own,”
The societies are working hard and
effectively. The Masons, Odd EQiows.
Knights of Honor, independent Order of
Workingmen, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Knights of Pythias, are all
in the harness. The Hebrew Hospital
Association, with a fund y£ $l‘C,Gqd at
the beginning of ’.He epidemic, have
spent nearly all of it in removing $«~ n j
lies from The city and ~~ p ^g Ulc
wants Of the 8lok - u needy ‘ F
T. O. S., Jr.
The family of Wm. Peterson, of Louis
ville, Ky., were recently severely pois
oned by a tramp, who was angry at
being stoned by Air. Peterson's lx>ys as
he sat on the fence near the house. He
ran away then, but stole back at night
and dosed the milk set out to cool under
a tree in the yard. He put in so much
arsenic, however, that it acted as an
emetic, and, with a doctor’s help, fatal
effects were averted.
General Tom Thumb denies that his
father is a pauper in Chicago. He died
fifteen years ago, leaving an estate
worth $70,000, and a lofty- monument
marks his last resting place, five times as
large as hi3 diminutive son.
The Administration Adapting its
Measures to Suit the Exigencies
of the Party.
According to the Washington Star,
good Republican authority, the letter of
Secretary Sherman to Treasurer Gilfillan,
rescinding his former communication au
thorizing the Treasurer4o pay out silver
dollars on and after Monday, the 16th
inst., for national notes, was directly the
result of a conference at the Treasury-
Department on Friday afternoon, and
almost as directly a result of the recent
elections in Maine. The Star says:
“At the conference there were Secre
tary Sherman, Secretary Evarts, Attor
ney General Devens and Secretary
Scliurz. The political situation was
talked over thoroughly, and the causes
which brought it about canvassed. The
danger of the Republican party, and what
could be done to avert it, was considered
of vital importance. .Vs nearly all the
Republicans who joined the Green-
backers, or bolted to the Demo,
cracy, did so on financial issues, it was
thought best that as the carrying out of
Secretary Sherman’s order to exchange
silver foi national notes would be virtual
resumption to rescind it. This was ac
cordingly done. It is understood that it
was decided best that the Secietary of
the Treasury should make'no more de
cided efforts toward resumption, nor
take steps without first considering their
effect on the voters of the country.
Another matter which has caused dis
sension iu Republican ranks, civil service
reform, was considered. R was the
general understanding of all the con
ference, except Secretary Schurz, that
the better plan would be to drop it. All
present were of the opinion that the ad
ministration should do afl ia its power to
stem the greenback wave and secure the
return to Congress of as many of what
are ^generally known as ‘hard money*
men as possible. The danger to the
Republican party was acknowledged,
and it wqs thought best to change the
character of the campaign to meet the
new issues.
“Secretary McCrary will return to
Washington next Monday, and Secre
tary Thompson and the President have,
it is stated, been telegraphed to return as
early as possible. Judge Key has also,
it is stated, been telegraphed for. When
all the Cabinet is here the policy to be
pursued will be discussed and finally de
termined on. ”
Mysterious Suicide in Druid Hill
Park.—About seven o'clock yesterdav
morning Bernard Donnelly, emplo<* e( l jn
Druid Hill Park, found the Corpse of a
woman, about thirtv-Sve years old, iu
one of the tool houses near the mansion.
I he body was lying on the floor, and the
clothing was saturated with blood from
a small wound in the arm which had
severed an artery. An open pocket-
knife, clotted with blood, was found on
the floor. Captain Cassell, Superinten
dent, notified Justice Smith, of Wood-
herry, who held an inquest, resulting in
a verdict of suicide. From papers found
in the woman’s pocket, her name was
ascertained to be Christina Fuhibach,
wife of Adolph Fuhibach, a tailor, re
siding at 145 Burgundy alley. The
woman left a note stating that’ she in
tended to commit suicide to save
“ Adolph from trouble.” A bottle
partially fall of laudanum was found in
her pocket, and she is thought to have
taken the poison before opening the
artery in her arm. Her husband was un
able to assign any caqse for the suicide.
The body was removed to his house and
will he buried to-day.—Baltimore Ga
zette, 13 th.
Frightful Death of a Deranged
Fever Patibn'(’.-.-A special to the Nash
ville Av-A.rican describes a terrible ca
lamity which occurred in Brownsville,
Tenn., on Thursday night. The corres
pondent says: “Carl Grove, a yellow
fever patient, on Hatchie avenue, in the
llendern residence, was burned to death
under circumstances peculiarly sad and
distressing. He had so far recovered as
to be pronounced convalescent, and had
been discharged by his physician, I)r.
John Haywood, as not needing further
special attention. Latpyesterday evening
he became, fr?ra some cause, a little de
ranged. His brother, on being informed
of the fact, went to the house and found
him dressed to go out, and by force put
him back in bed. He became quiet
about 9 o'clock at night, and was left in
charge of his nurse, with instructions
that if he became noisy again to go for
help. A little before 1 o’clock, the nurse
had to go for help, and in his absence
the building caugut fire and was utterly
destroyed. I have just returned from
seeing Qr u ve s Blackened trunk, all that
remains of a gallant Confederate sol
dier and a good hearted citizen. It was
the most sickening spectacle I ever wit
nessed.”
Device of a Portland Liquor Sel
ler.—When the Deputy Sheriffs made a
seizure on Franklin street recently they
accidentally discovered an ingenious de
vice for concealing liquor. In passing
from one story to another they went un
der a low archway. One of the deputies
accidentally hit his head against the arc!;,
which did not seem as solid as wwa to
have been expected. Investigation re
vealed the fact that the archway had
been filled in Y*ka a wide tank, thick at
the tog and thin at the bottom. This
tank was divided into two equal parts,
one half filled with gin and the other
with rum. The top of the tank was made
thick, so that when anybody trod on the
floor above it would not break. From
either end of the archway rubber pipes
passed through the floor to the room be
low, and there met in a casting in the
wall. A spring in the casing opened a
small door, where two little faucets were
revealed, from which the rum and gin
could be drawn off. The casing of the
wall was lathed, plastered, whitened and
painted so as to conceal the contraband
arrangements. It is said that this has
worked without interruption for two
years.—Portland (Me.) Adcertiser.
Good Material fob the Army.—
Men of very superior physique and
highly intelligent faces are enlisting in
the army. Finer material could not
readily be found than is now seen in the
squads of recruits that occasionally
march down Broadway. The hard times
have filled the recruiting offices, and en
abled the government to choose very
carefully. Among the men who don the
army blue are some who have seen much
better flays. Ex-lawyers, merchants and
civil engineers are seeking a living in
the honorable vocation of a soldier, At
Washington, the other flay, a man en
listed as a private soldier Who had gradu
ated at Wrot Point and rose to be a Con
federate Major General during the war.
N. I. Journal of Commerce,
A Daring Robreuy. ---John Young,
German, fjftv-two years old, with eighty
dollars in gold and a passage ticket to
gold and a passage ticket to
Europe iu his clothes, while ascendin' 1 -
the steps leading to the Pennsylvania
Railroad flopoi, Monday afternoon was
tiie heaa ^ Uha - ung8h ’ ot by
two highwaymen Cmd felled to the floor
Uncouse *y us ]{„ recovered his senses
only to find that he had been robbed of
his money and ticket This pleasing
little incident occurred in one of the
most public places in Jersey City, where
people are constantly passing and ^ re-
passing. Is any one safe near New
York?
Dime Novels Again.—Two New
York boys were arrested at the Penn
sylvania Railroad depot, Philadelphia,
Wednesday, on their way West to kill
“Injins,” rob coaches, etc., after the or
thodox method laid down in the penny-
awful, blood and thunder literature with
which they had been whetting their
imagination. They had purchased tickets
for Slissouri. Each carried an enormous
revolver, two boxes of cartridges and a
bowie knife, and between them had»a
hard cash capital of thirteen dollars. In
order to realize their idea of fame they
had been forced to rob a milk dealer
before running away from home.
DRV GOODS.
Removal, Removal.
B. F. MeKEMA & CO.
WOULD INFORM THEIR PATRONS THAT
THEY HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR
NEW STORE,
137 Broughton Street,
BETWEEN BULL AND WHITAKER STS.
W’HERE THEY WILL BE GLAD TO SERVE
THEM.
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BARGAINS!
‘P'OR the balance of the Summer I will offer
mj ENTIRE STOCK OF FOREIGN AND STA
PLE DRY GOODS AT GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES. I specially invite attention to the
following lines:
100 pieces choice PRINTED CAMBRIC, yard
wide, at 6J4c., reduced from 10c.
150 pieces BLEACHED SHIRTING, yard wide,
at 8©., reduced from 10c.
• pieces PILLOW COTTON, from 10c. yard
up.
100 pieces PRINTED LINEN LAWNS, at 6*£c.,
reduced from 12}£c.
75 DOZEN
Completely Finished Shirts,
At 90c, each. Those are made of Wamsutta
Shirting and Richardson's Celebrated Linen,
and consequently are as good as can be
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100 DOZEN
Gents’ 4-Ply Linen Collars,
At $1 65 doaen. former price $2 dozen.
250 DOZEN
ffl’S FANCY HALF BOSE,
Striped and Solid Colors, reduced at least 15
per cent.
GREAT BARGAINS in Ladies' and Gents’
NECKWEAR.
MATTING! MATTING!
150 roIW fresh imported MATTING, in white
and red check. Will be sold much under
regular value.
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million yards Hamburg edgings,
at 3c., 5c., 6c., 8c., 10c. and 12>$c.
A BANKRUPT STOCK.
3,000 yards WHITE SWISS MUSLIN, at 12^e.,
worth 25c.
6-4 WHITE ORGANDIE MUSLIN, at 35c., re
duced from 50c.
1,000 yards 4A FRENCH ORGANDIE, plain
white, at 25c , former price 50c.
100 pieces PLAIN VICTORIA LAWN, yard
wide, reduced from 20c. to 12J4c.
300 pieces CRASH TOWELING, at 5c.
300 doaten HliCK LINEN TOWELS, at $2, sold
at $3.
100 dozen GENTS’ HEMSTITCHED LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS, at 25c. each, usual
price 45c. to 50c.
300 dozen LADIES’ HEMSTITCHED HAND
KERCHIEFS, at $2 50, reduced from $3.
10 pieces BLACK CASHMERE, this season’s
importation, at a great bargain.
10 pieces BLACK SILK, the richest and heaviest
ever offered by us, at 40 per cent, off cost
of importation.
100 pieces BLACK ALPACA, 25c. and 30c. Ooi
30c. { • - - —
. goods equal any ever offered at 50c.
Beautiful Blue Black.
10 cases WINTER PRINTS, at 5c.
44 BLEACHED SHIRTING, at 6)4c.
Gray & O’Brien.
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