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Georgia Affairs.
A band of gypsys have encamped near
Columbus. The Ewjuirer warns its fellow
citizens to be on the sharp lookout for them,
as they are predatory by nature, and it says
that during the stay of the last band which
visited that vicinity, "many of our citizens
were spared the trouble of having to feed
a lot of poultry.”
The Americus Republican says that "tbe
residence of Mr. W. W. Wheeler, acting
Marshal of that city, was destroyed by fire
about two o’clock Monday night last. Tbe
furniture, bed clothing and wearing apparel
of Mr. Wheeler and family were all de
stroyed. Mr. Wheeler and his family were
at his father-in-law’s at the time of tbe
fire. There is no doubt but it was the work
of an incendiary. There was an insurance
of five hundred dollars on the dwelling. - ’
The Atlanta Constitution says: "In tbe
First district the rumor is that the Radicals
will be solid for Corker. Corker will make
a good stopper for the Republicans of that
section.”
From the large number of fairs that are
being held throughout tbe State, the Athens
Watchman is led to believe that the pros
perous times, so often alluded to, have
come.
The Oconee County Fair recently held Is
pronounced to have been a grand success,
and will pay twentj'-five per cent, on tbe
capital invested.
Dr. J. W. Colley is creating a sensation in
Atlanta with a wonderfully improved pho
nograph. The ('■onstitution describes it as
superior in several points—in fact, in nearly
every essential point to the one exhibited
there last year, and as really a miracle of in
vention. It laughs, sings, talks, whistles,
and plays the cornet, and does not require
nearly the force of voice demanded by the
first, while the reproduction is much louder
and more distinct. The reproduction of
vocal and instrumental music is perfect.
A candidate for Treasurer of Forsyth
county, Georgia, appeals for the suffrages
of his fellow citizens thus pathetically: "It
is well known that I lost my left leg in the
late war, and that my wife has been a com
plete and constant invalid for over five
years.” Such an appeal as that certainly
should not be made in vain.
As the day approaches for its inception,
the State Fair at Macon promises more and
more surely to be a success.
The Dublin Pod is a prominent candidate
for the snake story championship. .It says
that a lady of that place lately came upon a
rattlesnake which was six and a half feet
long and bad eighteen rattles. .As she ap
proached the reptile it began to rattle with
so much violence that the noise attracted
the attention of two negro men, who were
fully a quarter of a mile away, and who ran
up and killed it.
The Chattanooga Times of Monday 6ays
that Rev. Dr. Landrum passed through that
city the day before, on his way to Memphis.
Mrs. L. still remains in Perry.
Columbus Times : “He was a cull’d tramp,
and approached Capt. Jase Phillips as the
train hauled up at Pewee. ‘Is you de Cap
tain ob de keersV’ ‘Yes,’replied Jase. ‘Don’t
want fo’ to Lire any deck hands, doz ye?’
‘No, I’m not running a steamboat.' ‘’Zactly!
Mout I ride 6traddle ob de cow snatcher to
de next laudin’—1’se busted and a long ways
from home?’ ‘Get on. All aboard !’ and the
negro straddled the ‘cow snatcher.’ Ed.
Glligan pulled out the throttle wide open,
and the train had not gone more than a half
mile before the engine collided with a cow,
throwing it over the fence into a cornfield,
and the negro after the cow. Next day,com
ing down, the negro limped up to Jase at
the same depot, and said: ‘Boss, I didn’t
ride fur wid you on dat cow snatcher, kase
you see de cow wanted to ride dar too, and
dar wam’t room fur bofe of us, *o we got off
togedder ud here in a co’n field to rest. De
next time ( rides wid you I’ll freeze to de
tail gate ob de wagon—lilt’s 6afer.’ ”
Athens Southern Banner: "We are pained
to announce that on Saturday last Rev. J.
M. Coile, who lives near Wlnterville, had
his right arm fearfully lacerated in his gin.
lie placed his hand underneath the mote
board for the purpose of removing the
motes, when his sleeve was caught by the
saws. His son rushed to his relief, but too
late to prevent the terrible wound. When
it is remembered that Mr. Coile was almost
deprived of the use of his left arm before,
and also remember the many sacrifices he
has made for the maintenance and educa
tion of his worthy children, he la indeed
worthy of heartfelt sympathy.”
Covington Star: "Two young gentlemen
from this county left rather suddenly for
Texas last Friday night. They were over
hauled in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon by
an officer, however, just as tney had taken
their seats in the cars for the Lone Star
State and were made to ‘shell out’ $150
due a merchant of this city. They had pur
chased their tickets and had their baggage
checked through. After ‘forking over’ to
the officer they set out on foot for Marietta,
and the last seen of them they were ‘heel
ing it’ for that place.”
A correspondent from Scriven county to
the McDuffie Journal says: “You will by
this time, perhaps, like a few lines from old
Seriven. A more bountiful corn crop has
not been made in several years. The fact
is, our county is climbing above high water
mark. Tbe evidences are numerous, but a
few will suffice: Fifty bushfis of corn are
being made per acre; eighteen bales of cot
ton on twelve acres; thirty bales on thirty
acres; twenty-three barrels syrup on one
acre.”
Speaking of the last term of the Pike
County Court, a correspondent of the Grif
fin News says : "Nearly everybody we tried
was for ‘assault with intent for murder.’ A
colored man assaulted a white man with an
axe, and was found guilty; another colored
man shot through an auger hole at an old
colored woman, and he was found guilty.
The grand jury found three new bills for
murder and four for assault with intent to
murder. The Pike court is one of tbe best
officered in the State.” Evidently it is very
necessary that it should be.
The Newnan Herald remarks: “ The
Rome Tribune calls General Gordon a ‘re
doubtable blatherskite,’on account of going
into Felton’s district and stumping it for
Judge Lester. That paper says ‘General
Gordon bv this course will lose votes before
the next General Assembly in his candidacy
for re-election to the Senate.’ Gordon is
the choice of the people of Georgia as his
pwn successor to the position he now
occupies, and his course in the Seventh
district in behalf of the election of Lester,
►he candidate of the organized Democracy
of that district, will but add to his strength
and render his election almost if not alto
gether quite unanimous.”
The assimilation of putrescible sub
stances by plants is a matter ot time, and
until that work is fully completed the
juices of the vegetation are offensive to
the smell. Cows fed upon 6ewage grass
hav^been known to yield milk which is
very different from that which they give
when they are fed with sweet grass.
Butter made from milk of cows on sew-
pasture soon becomes so disagreeable
to taste ^ smell tb^t it is intolerable.
Worshippers who disagree wiih their
clergymen in Windom, Minn., can walk
up the pulpit stairs and knock him down,
but it costa five dollars.
Jp the Congregational Association of
jLfiicago i. report was made that "a num
ber of ministers' families are in distress
bordering on starvation.”
The loss by the yellow fever, through
the destruction of crops by neglect, stop
page of trade, and minor causes, is esti
mated at
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF THE
HURRICANE-
Disasters and Loss of Life by Sea
and Land.
LOSS OF THE STEAMER EXPRESS
AND SHIP A. S. DAVIS.
Three Steamers and Twenty-Three
Schooners Ashore on the
Chesapeake.
DESTRUCTIVE FRESHET IN
FRANCE.
EXPOSITION PRIZES AWARDED
TELEPHONE INVENTORS.
TO
BRITISH ADVANCE ON
POSTPONED.
Foreign and Domestic News.
LOSS OF THE EXPRESS—VESSELS ASHORE.
Baltimore, October 24.—Arrivals from
down the bay this morning are bringing a
few particulars of disasters on the Chesa
peake. The steamer Express, Capt. Barker,
which left this port Tuesday afternoon for
Washington and landings on the Potomac,
foundered Tuesday night near No Point, St.
Mary’s county, a short distance above the
mouth of the Potomac. Capt. Barker was
rescued from the fragments of the boat by
a pungy and taken to Cnsfield, and he ar
rived here this morning on the steamer
Maggie. He reports that all of the crew
aud passengers are probably l06t.
The Shirley, of the York River Line, is
ashore at Barren Island. The steamer Mas
sachusetts is in Patuxent river, supposed to
be ashore. The steamer Theodore Weems
was towed into Crisfield with the loss of her
rudder and some of her joiner work by the
steamer Tangier. The Tangier lost her
anchor chain and some of her work. The
Louise, of the York River Line, arrived here
safe last night. The Highland Light and
Georgiana, running to C’hoptank river, also
escaped the wors of the gale and came up
on their usual time this morning.
Washington, October 24.—A dispatch to
the signal office gives the following particu
lars of the loss of the Express as brought to
Baltimore by the 6teamer Maggie: She re
ports that all the crew and passengers with
the exception of nine persons were lost.
The crew consisted of twenty-one men.
She was first struck by the gale between
12 and 2 o’clock yesterday morning.
She soon became unmanageable and
drifted towards Barren Island. A large
sea swept over her aud stove in
all her joiner work. Her commander, Cap
tain Barker, one wheelsman aud one colored
passenger were rescued by a passing vessel
and taken to Crisfield. Six of the crew
were taken off by a boat from the steamer
Shirley, of the same line, which lies ashore
on Barren Island. The Shirley was unable
to save any of the others, aud is unable as
yet to get off. Her upper saloon was carried
away, and she rapidly filled with water and
sank.
Scenes at the wreck are described as being
horrible in the extreme. The nine men
taken to Crisfield were the only persons
saved, so that the loss of life mast have
been great. The passengers were Mrs. Ba
con, of Bacon’s Wharf, St. Mary’s county;
Mrs. Jones, St. Mary’s county; Dr. D. C.
Burch, St. Mary’s county: H. Ulman, of
Baltimore, and three or four colored pas
sengers.
The crew of the Express were Captain
Barker; first officer, L. J. Howard; second
officer, James Haney; chief engineer, Chas.
W. Bailey; second engineer, Edward Pryor;
clerk, F. J. Stone; quartermasters, John
Douglas aud James Douglas; look out man,
Fillmore Rice; steward, Thomas Carrington;
waiters, Nat Carrington and George Walker;
chambermaid, Matilda, colored; Willie Bar
ker and five deck hands; fireman, Robert
Hawkins, and Dick Wyette.
The steamer Massachusetts is ashore and
disabled at Drum Point. All on board are
well. The steamer Louisa is ashore on Mid
dle Ground. The steamer Ide and twenty-
three schooners are ashore near the Massa
chusetts.
DEVASTATION AT PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, October 23.—A tempest-
ous gale of unprecedented severity 6wept
over the city early this morning, commencing
about half-past two o’clock and reaching its
height between six and half-past seven a. m.
During these brief morning hours incalcu-
able damage was done by the wind, which,
at 2:45 was blowing at the rate of twenty-
five miles an hour in a westerly direc
tion. It gradually increased in fury and
obtained a velocity of sevent3-two miles
an hour. Not in many years, if ever before,
has there been so much damage done in the
streets, tbe public squares, aud along the
river fronts. Many of the public school
buildings are damaged, the public squares
are devastated, and over forty churches, of
all denominations, are more or less damaged
by the demolition of steeples, etc. The
sheds for departing trains at the Penn
sylvania Railroad depot in West Phila
delphia were demolished, involving a
loss of $40,000 to $50,000. The large
depot of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad at the Washington
avenue wharf, is reduced to ruins, and the
south side of the Pennsylvania grain eleva
tor, in the immediate vicinity, is blown in.
Two spans of falls of the Schnvlkill
bridge on the Reading Railroad fell in,
stooping all travel.
Numerous disasters to shipping are re
ported. Seven persons were killed in the
city and about seventy-five injured.
EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST IN A SHIPWRECK.
Washington, October 24.—The signal
corps stationed at Cape Henry reports that
the American ship A. G. Davis, of Seare-
port, Me., loaded with guano from Callao,
and bound for Hamptpn Roads and Nor
folk, ran ashore at 2 a. m. on the 23d, eight
miles south of the station. The vessel and
cargo are a total loss. The crew of nine
teen men are all lost, with one exception,
aud he is now at No. 2 station. The vessel
was of 1,399 tons burthen, and the cargo
was consigned to Hobson, Ilartata <fc Co.
Nine bodies were washed ashore last night
one and a half miles south of the station.
The life saving crew will bury them.
Different articles and pieces of the wreck
are being constantly washed ashore. The
crew of Life Saving Station No. 2 are on
duty, guarding the debris. The body of a
man, supposep to be one of the late crew of
the Davis, was washed ashore at two p. m.,
ami turned over to the life saving crew.
THE TROUBLE IN ASIA.
London, October 24.—The Bombay Gazette
states that the advance upon Cabul has been
postponed until next year, with the view of
more effectually coerciug the Ameer than
by mere dash at the present time. The Ga
zette urges that it will be better to spend
some months in organizing an irresistible
force than to neglect necessary precautions
aud thus jeopardize the safety of the em
pire.
The insurrection in the province of Leis-
ton continues, and Persian troops are
marching against the insurgents.
THE MURDERERS OF MEHEMET ALI PASHA.
London, October 24.—Tbe Albanian
League have, according to the \ ienna
Presse, disclaimed any responsibility for the
murder of Mehemed Ali Pasha, which oc
curred at Jakova, Albania, in the early part
of September. The League declare that the
murder was perpetrated by brigands. The
Times' Vienna correspondent thinks that
this explanation will be accepted by the
Porte, and that the matter will be compro
mised 60 as to avoid the necessity of sending
troops to punish the Albanians.
GRAND PRIZES TO TELEPHONE INVENTORS
Paris, October 24.—Elisha Gray, of
Chicago: Alexander Graham Bell, of Bos
ton, Mass., and Thos. A. Edison, of Menlo
Park, N. J.. each received a grand prize for
telephones. Mr. Bell’s invention was ex
hibited in the British section of the expo
sition.
A DESTRUCTIVE FRESHET.
Paris, October ‘24.—At Largeutlere on
Monday night, the river Ligue rose twenty-
metres in an hour, flooding a great part of
the town. Two bridges, several houses and
much other property was destroyed. No
loss of life is reported.
STEAMER FOR TYBEE SUNK.
London, October 24.—The steamer Ely
Riz, from Cardiff for Tybee, went ashore
last night on one of the Scilly islands, but
was towed off, and sank in six fathoms of
water.
GLASGOW BANK DIRECTOR ABSCONDS.
London, October 24.—J. Nicol Fleming,
formerly a director of the City of Glasgow
Bank, has absconded.
DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN LAWYER.
New York, October 24.—Daniel M. Gil
lette, of the firm of Gillette & Steger, a well
knowp member of the bar, is dead.
PLACES DAMAGED BY THE GALE.
Washington, October 24.—Damages by
the storm are reported from Harrisburg,
Wilkesbarre, Ab6ecom ; N. J., and Albany.
POLICY OF THE HOME RULERS.
London, October 24.—The annual confer
ence of the home rulers at Dublin yester
day adopted a resolution virtually ap
proving the policy of parliamentary ob
struction pursued by Charles Stewart
Parnell, member for Meath, and Joseph
Gillis Vigaar, member from Cavan. No
action was taken regarding the leadership
of the party.
AN OHIO FAILURE.
Bellair, October 24.—The Reaper and
Thresher Manufacturing Company have
made an assignment. The liabilities are
$90,000; nominal assets $100,000.
THE PRESIDENT’S ARRIVAL.
Cumberland, October 24.—The Presi
dential party arrived at 1 o’clock this morn
ing and were driven to the fair grounds at 10
o’clock.
EVENING TELEGRAMS
THE GERMAN SOCIALIST PRESS
AVOIDING SUPPRESSION.
COST OF THE OLD COLONY RAIL
ROAD DISASTER.
Wendell Phillips Nominated by Mas
sachusetts Greenbackers.
NEW YORK FEVER SUBSCRIP
TIONS CLOSED.
DEATH OF CARDINAL CULLEN.
POIUCO RACES.
711 n or Note*.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., October 24.—Indica
tions for Friday:
In the South Atlantic States, warmer,
clear or partly cloudy weather, northerly
winds, becoming variable, stationary or
higher pressure.
In the Middle Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather, winds mostly north
erly, falling, followed by rising temperature
and higher pressure.
In the Gulf States, warmer, clear or partly
cloudy weather, winds mostly southerly,
aud nearly stationary pressure.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, clear
or partly cloudy weather, southerly winds,
becoming variable, stationary or higher
pressure and temperature.
In the Lower Lake region, clear or partly
cloudy weather, variable winds, mostly
northerly, stationary or lower temperature
and generally higher pressure.
In the upper Mississippi and lower Mis
souri valleys, partly cloudy weather, possi
bly occasional rain, northeast probably
backing to northwest winds, stationary or
lower temperature aud generally rising ba
rometer.
THE SOCIALIST PRESS AVOIDING SUPPRESSION.
London, October 24.—Several German
Socialist newspapers, anticipating suppres
sion, announced their discontinuance, but at
the same time advertise the appearance of
new journals by the same publishers. Thus
the lonrarts, a particularly violent Socialist
organ, announced the speedy appearance of
a paper to be named the Ileform Journal, to
be devoted to the general interests of the
people.
The editor of the St. Petersburg Russki
Provada has received his first warning for
printing a letter to General Drentelu, the
newly appointed Chief of the Secret Police,
exhorting him to deal leniently with politi
cal offenders. The Golos has received its
warning, and its sale on the street has been
suspended for attacking the general anti-
Socialist law.
PIMLICO RACES.
Baltimore, October 24.—The first race
for the central stake, course one mile, was
won by Boardman, Dan Sparling second and
Startle third. Time, l:53j^.
The second race, course one mile and a
quarter, was won by Bonnie Wood, Bram
ble second and Bertha third. Time, 2:19^.
The third race for the Pimlico stake,
course two and one-eighth miles, was won
by Bayard, Belle second aud Lou Lanier
third. Time, 4:05.
The fourth race, one mile heats, for three
year olds, the first heat was won by Jack
Screw, Albert second and Warfield third.
Time, 1:51>£.
NEW YORK ITEMS.
New York, October 24.—General Pope
declines to appear in the Fitz-Jobn Porter
case, unless regularly subprenaed. After
the adjournment of the board General Terry
announced that a dispatch was received
from the War Department relating to Pope’s
appearance as a witness.
A conference will be held to morrow on
the subject of Charles W. Pontez, late
policy clerk in the New York Life Insurance
Company, who was arrested for complicity
in the $04,500 forgery by which the Union
Trust Company was victimized.
greenback ticket completed.
Boston, October 24.—Delegates from the
several Greenback clubs throughout the
State met yesterday. The regular Green
back ticket, which was left incomplete by
the Worcester Convention, was filled by the
following nominations: Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Jno. F. Arnold; Secretary of State,
Weston Howland; Treasurer and Receiver
General, Horace Bentiey Sargent; Auditor,
David King.
THE GLASGOW BANK FAILURE.
Edinburgh, October 24.—The Scotsman
says: "A call for $3,000 per share will be
made on the shareholders of the City of Glas
gow Bauk immediately. It has been discov
ered since the report of the examiners into
the condition of the bank that the foreign
correspondents of the bank had used open
credits to the extent of $850,000, most of
which will be lost.”
OFFICE of THE SOUTHERN RELIEF COMMIT
TEE CLOSED.
New York, October 24.—The Citizens
Relief Committee for the Southern suffer
ers have decided to close their office on Sat
urday, and no more subscriptions will be
received after that date. The total amount
received up to to-day is eleven thousand
nine hundred dollars and four cents, besides
clothing and supplies.
SCHOONER MAGNOLIA WRECKED.
Washington, October 24.—The schooner
Magnolia, Capt. Murtle, from Elizabeth
City, N. C., to Kitty Hawk, N. C., was
wrecked on the 22d inst. in Albemarle
Sound. The vessel is a total wreck. Lieut.
Buchanan, Signal Officer, who was a passen
ger on board, swam ashore. The Captain"
was washed overboard and drowned.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Washington, October 24.—The Secretary
of State has sent to Chattanooga five nun-
dred dollars of the fund in his possession
for the relief of the fever sufferers.
Robert Lumson, Abram Maberry and L,
A. Mason have been appointed store-keep
ers and gaugers of the Sixth North Caro
lina district.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION.
New Orleans, October 24.—In accord
ance with the orders of the government, the
arms of the First and Second Infantry, of
the Crescent City Battalion and Orleans
Infantry, have been removed to Mechanics
Institute, where they will be guarded until
after the election.
greenback convention.
Boston, October 24.—The Greenbackers
of the Fourth Congressional district held
an excited and inharmonious convention
last evening. The regular convention re
fused to make a nomination, but subse
quently Wendell Phillips was nominated.
COST OF THE WOLLASTON DISASTER.
Boston, October 24.—Claims against the
Old Colony Railroad growing out of the
Wollaston disaster are being rapidly ad
justed. It is said that the total adjustments
will cost but $250,000.
CARDINAL CULLEN DEAD.
London, October 24.—Cardinal Paul Cul
len, Archbishop of Dublin, is dead. He was
born in England in 1803, and was nominated
as Cardinal in I860.
STEAMSHIP AGROUND.
Helvoet, October 24.—The steamship
Nederland, from Philadelphia, has grounded
on Goeree bar. Her position is dangerous.
Cleopatra's Needle, which has been
brought from the Nile and set up with
much trouble and expense on the banks
of the Thames, is showing a disposition
to crumble to pieces after its exposure to
salt water and the unaccustomed climate
of England.
A Bridgeport, Conn., man suffering
from delirum tremens jumped into the
river the other day to rescue a couple of
imaginary persons that he thought were
drowning, and had to be helped out him
self.
It is estimated that Beast Butler’s
chances for winning the Governorship of
Massachusetts aie by no means bad,
His enemies concede him ninety thous
and votes.
NORTH GEORGIA FAIR
Third Day—Cool and Windy, bat
Good Attendance — A Glance
Some of the Entries—Saddle, Buggy
and Carriage Homes in the Bing-
State Fair Officer*! Present and Se
cure Some Fine Exhibit* lor
TIacon — Exciting and Spirited
Race*—Twenty Thousand Dollar*
Lost on the Favorite Horses.
Special Correspondence oT the Morning News.
Atlanta, October 23.—The rain ceased
during the night, but the morning came
with a cold, strong wind, which has held on
all day, and made it anything but pleasant.
Still, this afternoon several thousand peo
ple were at Oglethorpe Park. During the
races there was a very large turnout of
carriages within the race track enclosure,
and the ladies seemed to enjoy the exciting
sport.
There have been but few entries since
yesterday, among which is that of the
Franklin Steam Printing House, which
Messrs. James P. Harrison &. Co. put for
ward as one of the most complete establish
rnents outside of Savannah.
The morning was devoted to the examina
tion of cattle for premiums, contests of sad
dle and harness horses, exhibition of stal
lions, mares with colts by their side, and
mares with mule colts. All these displays
were good, some being very fine. During
the buggy horse display the running horse,
Bill Linck accidentally jumped a buggy
that was suddenly driven out on the race
track. The buggy was smashed and the
driver hurt about the head.
* SOME OF THE ENTRIES.
In the "Merchants Ilall” Messrs. J. F.
Burke & Co., Georgia Spice Mills, have one
of the finest exhibits in the fair. In fact
the State Fair officers have secured it for
Macon next week.
In the Art Department Mrs. Captain J.
W. Thomas has an attractive exhibit, with
her sister. Miss Ida Ormond, of water color
paintings and pencil sketches. One picture,
of the head of two dogs, is very handsome,
but the landscape views are exquisitely
colored and finished with artistic skill.
These ladies are the accomplished daugh
ters of Mr. James Ormond, of the Atlauta
Paper Mill, whose wife was Miss Lizzie
Chaires, of Tallahassee, Fla., a lady of rare
culture and many accomplishments, which
her daughters have inherited in full mea
sure.
Mrs. M. S. Oliver, of Atlanta, in addition
to her beautiful colored photographs of
President and Mrs. Hayes, has some other
attractive pictures on exhibition. Elegant
photographs of Bishop Beckwith, Gov.
Brown, Judge Lochrane, Col. E. P. Howell
aud Mr. F. II. Richardson, of the Constitu
tion, Dr. Walter A. Taylor, Gen. Gordon,
Senator Hill aud others, are in the Art De
partment. A crayon portrait of lion. A. H.
Stephens attracts considerable attention.
Prof. J. S. Nichols, Superintendent of the
Art Department, has evinced excellent taste
in the arrangement of tbe entries. Rogers’
famous statuary is lu the centre of the hall,
and is the marked feature of the display.
Among the portraits, the finest is that of
Gen. Robert Toombs, then we have Gov.
Brown, State Treasurer Renfroe and lady,
Gen. Gordon, Judge Lochrane, Gen. T. R. R.
Cobb, Senator Hill, the late Col. Win. Boyd
aud Capt. J. W. Murphy. I would notice
other exhibits^ but write in haste, and must
close for the night mail.
RUNNING AND TROTTING RACES.
The grand attraction to-day was the great
running race for the Gate City cup, entrance
money and a purse of one thousand dollars,
dash of two and a half miles, open to all
ages, two hundred dollars to second horse.
The entries were Bergainont, Glenmore and
Clemmie G., with pools heavy for the first
named horse. But Glenmore was too much
for him on the last two half-mile turns, and
won the race In 4:43, Clemmie G. not hold
ing himself up to the contest, which was
virtually between Bergamont and Glenmore,
and very close all the way. Over ten thou
sand dollars were lost on Bergamont, and
the race was one of the best ever 6een in
the South.
The trotting race was also quite an excit
ing one, and resulted In the same unexpect
ed way, at least five thousand dollars being
lost on Chieftau, the favorite borse. The
entries were Chief tan, Spider and White
Cloud, mile heats, $300 purse, second horse
$75, best three in five. Old Spider went off
tine and took and kept the lead, other
horses breaking and White Cloud distanced;
time 2:37. Second heat, Spiderahead again,
and immense enthusiasm; time 2:36. Third
heat, aud Spider soon pushed ahead, Chief-
tan breaking several times, and on the home
stretch Spider’s driver held up so as not to
distance him, and came in amidst the wild
est kind of excitement in 2:45. Chieftau
changed drivers on the second heat, the
owner taking the reins, bnt with no better
success, as old Spider is still steady and fleet
of foot, and astonished everybody, and bis
owner even danced for joy.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Among the visitors to the Morning News
department to-day were the estimable wife
and agreeable daughters of Paymaster W.
O. Charlton, of tne Central Railroad, of Sa
vannah, who have been spending a few
weeks in Atlanta, but go home to-morrow.
They were delighted with Savannah’s news
paper enterprise.
Col. E. C. Greer, Judge T. G. Holt, Gen
eral Superintendent M. J. Hatcher and Sec
retary Malcolm Johnston, of the State Fair,
have spent the day at the fair, and well
employed their time in securing some of the
very best exhibits aud live stock and racers
for Macon next week. They are all gentle
men oi energy, experience and popularity
in these matters, aud will make the State
Fair a grand success.
Major W. B. Cox, President, Capt. J. W.
English aud Julius L. Brown, Esq., direct
ors, have shown your correspondent many
favors, and have been foremost in making
this fair reach its best points of excellence.
They have means, pluck aud goaheaditive-
ness”, and have spared neither in working up
the present exposition. Secretary B. W.
Wrenn has strained every nerve, and made
this the best advertised fair ever held in the
South. But the yellow fever scare prevent
ed him from reaping good results.
Lieut. J. G. Scrutchin, of the Gate City
Guards, to-day entered his splendid com
pany for the State Fair in Macon, where
they will make a magnificent appearance,
aud stir the Macon military to their best ef
forts. Captain Burke is justly proud of his
company, and in Lieut. Scrutchin they have
one of the most skilled drill officers in the
country. The Guards will meet the St. Louis
eompauy at the depot to-night and escort
them to their armory. The Dahlonega Ca
dets arrived this morning, and were met at
the depot by Lieut. Eugene Bruckner, who
tendered them the use of the Governor’s
armory, which was accepted by Major Gar
rard.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
O’Hara, the great pedestrian, is here, in
fine trim, but says he will probably reserve
himself for the State Fair.
Capt. W. W. Ilulbert, of the Southern
Express Company, assisted by Matt O’Brien,
has erected a handsome tent and opened an
express office on the grounds.
Tom Ware, of the Central Railroad, has
here two spler.did shepherd dogs, Zack and
Zoe, which attract marked attention. Sheep
raisers will yet bless him for his efforts to
protect 6heep by raising these dogs for
sale.
Colonel I. W. Avery, the Governor’s pri
vate secretary, has a very (no pun intended)
fine exhibit ”of thoroughbred hogs, as has
also Dr. Samuel Hape, Major W. B. Cox
and Colonel Richard Peters. The latter
gentleman has a large display of cattle,
sheep, goats and hogs, all of the best thor
oughbred varieties.
Mr. O. H. Miller, of the Georgia Agricul
tural works, at Fort Valley, has a centennial
cotton gin in the Machinery Department,
and the Enterprise Factory of Augusta, and
the Columbus Factory, of Columbus, ex
hibit sheetings, and the Concord Mills have
a display of their jeans. Exhibits from
abroad are few and 6mall of this kind.
Chatham.
TWO HUMAN BRUTES.
A Slighted Woman’s Revenge.—
For two weeks rumor has been telling of
a suit to be brought by a lady of Eureka,
against a gentleman well known in this
community for a breach of the marriage
promise. Rather than have his fellow
men believe that he was not a man of
veracity, and, perhaps, repenting of the
heartaches he was causing, he sought the
lady and renewed the promises previous
ly made, and arranged to have the knot
tied. At the hour a Justice of the Peace
repaired to the hotel designated. The
bride and groom were in waiting, and
were soon upon the floor, with their
hands joined. The gentleman bashfully,
yet promptly, made his responses. It
now became the duty of the bride to re
spond, and when the usual question was
put to her, "Will you have this man to
be your wedded husband? ’ the response
came quick and angrily*, "No, I won’t;”
and tearing herself away from the man
who had already promised to "protect
and cherish,” sailed majestically from
the room, under the protection of her
mother.—Eureka (Net.) Scntincl t Oct. 8.
Terrible Crime by ^lamchuietli
Tramps—A Woman’s Unavailing
Struggle.
The following dispatch is sent from
Springfield, Mass.:
"The people of Rome, franklin coun
ty, are greatly excited over a horrible
tramp outrage committed there last
Thursday, but which has just been re
ported. Edwin N. Warner left his wife
and little child, about three o’clock p
m., to go to a neighbor’s house on an
errand. Soon after he started two men,
supposed to be tramps, entered the house
unbidden, and one of them demanded
cider. Mrs. Warner refused this,
and, as the man started towards
her, she picked up a stick of wood and
threw it at him, hitting him on the head,
and breaking several panes of glass in
the window. The tramp immediately
seized and struck her, saying, with terri
ble oaths, that he would have what
ever he wanted. Mrs. Warner is a
strong and active woman of about thirty*,
and a fierce struggle for mastery* fol
lowed, but she soon received a blow
on the head which stunned her. When
she began to come to her senses she
thought she had passed through a strange
experience at home, and was lying in her
bed, but the hardness of her stony pil
low and the stars shining through the
trees and bushes dissipated her dream.
She rose with a feeling of pain and numb
ness, and, creeping to a little stream,
partially revived herself. As she touch
ed the water with her feet she found, for
the first time, that her shoes and stock
ings were gone, with other portions of
her clothing. The poor woman was
afterwards discovered by her friends
wandering in the lots in a half demented
condition, and she gave, in a wandering
way, the above story*. She had been
terribly treated, the tramps evidently
leaving her for dead. Her face, neck,
arms and body were scratched and
bruised, her underclothing was torn off,
and her dress was tattered.
"The condition of affairs at Mrs.
Warner’s home was first discovered by a
neighbor’s daughter, who visited the
house and found Mrs. Warner’s child, a
little over one year old, alone and crying
bitterly at its mother’s absence. An
alarm was soon given, and when Mr.
Warner and several neighbors entered
the house a terrible scene of disorder
presented itself. Windows, furniture,
and crockery were broken, and scattered
about, the room in which Mrs. Warner
was attacked being in special confusion.
The people in Rowe, Charlemont, Heath
and other neighboring towns are aroused
by the outrage, and everything will be
done to capture and punish the villains.
A reward of two hundred dollars is
offered by the Selectmen for their arrest,
and this will probably be increased by
private persons. ’
Four Children Slaughtered.
KerrsviUe, Texas, Dispatch in San Antonia
Express.
Our fellow-townsmau, Wm. V. Greg
ory, has just returned from the scene of
the Dowdy massacre on Johnson creek.
Mr. G. left town on Saturday, the 5th
inst., on a visit to the family, and on
reaching Capt. Lewis Nelson’s, two miles
this side of the Dowdy ranch, he first
heard of the Indian raid. He pressed
foiward. and arriving at his destination
a scene of unparalleled horror met his
gaze. The dead bodies of three girls and
their young brother had just been borne
in, and lay* before him in their warm
blood, mangled fearfully. The survivors
of the family* were there, dumb under
God alone knows what of feeling, peer
ing dazediy at each dead form. A few
hours before, on this bright October
morning, the fourth day from their arri
val at their mountain home, the three
daughters, Alice, Fannie and Riley, aged
respectively eighteen, sixteen and thir
teen years, with their little brother,
aged eleven years, left the house
and went out among the hills with
their herds of sheep, expecting to
bo relieved by their brother Dick
in an hour or two in the charge
of the herd. Dick started in search of
the party, but not finding them he re
turned. The mother then went out, and
about three hundred yards from the
house found her daughter Alice where
she had fallen, pierced with arrows and
wounded in the side by the thrust of a
spear and through the neck by a rifle
shot. Alice lived long enough to re
cognize her mother—spoke the dear name
of "mamma,” and expired. Some fifty
yards farther on was found the body of
Fannie, who had been seated under a
tree reading. The red devils bad shot
her where she sat, and near the spot
where Alice fell was found the body of
Riley, the y*ounger sister. On returning,
the body of the boy was found, it appear
ing that he ran toward the house. The
bodies were all pierced through by arrows
and bore the marks of rifle balls and
spears. It is supposed the attack was
made about eight o’clock in the morning.
The bodies were* bruised, their heads
mangled with rocks, but no scalps were
taken. On yesterday they were buried.
A Father With the Wrong Baby.
New York Sun
Officer Shay, at 3 o’clock yesterday*,
saw a crowd of men, women and chil
dren in Leonard street, surrounding a
man and woman. The man carried in
his arms a two-year-old child, which the
woman was trying to take from him. On
the arrival of Shay*, the woman accused
the man of stealing the child, and the
man insisted that it was his. They* were
taken before Justice Kilbretb, in the
Tombs Police Court.
Mrs. Mary Stadman, of 122 Leonard
street, carried the child into court. She
said: "My child was playing outside
my door, when a neighbor tola me that
she had seen a man pick it up, kis3 it,
buy it some candy, and go away with it.
I ran down stairs and caught up with the
man, of whom I demanded my* child.
He said it was his. I told him to let it
go, that it was mine. He tried to run,
but I caught him and held him until the
officer came. ”
Robert McKellar, of 104 East Broad
way, who wore large, fiery mustaches,
was well dressed, and is an engineer.
"Judge, there is something mysterious
in this case. I am positive this is my
child. 1 lost my child this morning, and
swear positively* this is it. If it is
hers, she can certainly fiave it. Why,
Judge, I am a respectable man, and was
at one time the partner of General Bene
dict. I would surely run away every
day of the week with my child if J
thought it had been stolen. I live at 104
East BroRdway, with my wife and moth
er law. If they say this is not my child,
then I will give it up.”
Justice Kilbreth sent at once to 104
East Broadway*. Half an hour afterward
Mrs. McKellar appeared, with Officer
Shay, carrying in her arms a child so
strongly resembling the one in court that
even the Judge confessed that he saw
how the mistake could have been made.
One child was two years and twenty-
nine days of age and the other two years
and one month.
Ellie Wilton was for several years the
popular leading actress of the California
stage. A few months ago she went on a
European tour. Soon afterwards Alex
ander Austin, a wealthy married man,
died in San Francisco. Letters from M iss
Wilton continued to arrive for hin^, and
now a hard legal fight is in progress as
to who shall have them, Austin’s heirs
claim that they probably show how a
part of the estate has been squandered,
and that they* belong to the administra
tor. Miss Wilton’s lawyer holds that
they are still her property, never having
been delivered to the person to whom
they were addressed. They are in the
hands of the Sheriff, who is restrained
by a temporary injunction from dis
posing of them.
N Inety-six Michigan physicians report
to the State Board of Health that they
know of 1,313 opium-eaters.
To disguise the bitterness of quinine,
it is recommended to take it dissolved in
milk.
THE CAVE OF LURAY.
JIarveloua Subterranean Discoveries
In Virginia.
New York Herald.
Luray, Page County, Va., October
15, 1878.—A cave of vast proportions
has just been discovered about one mile
west of this town, and about three hun
dred yards north of the Newmarket and
Spenyville turnpike. The finders de
termined to say nothing of what they
had discovered, but purchase the tract of
land, which contained about thirty-eight
acres. Accordingly when the sale took
place they bid it in at five hundred dol
lars, which was considered a fair price by
the uninitiated.
Your correspondent having an invita
tion to visit the cave, in company with
Judge Stewart, of the Page County
Court, and several ladies, proceeded to
the place of interest. After each had
been furnished with a candle, we de
scended the temporary stairway a dis
tance of thirty feet to the entrance pro
per; which is now about six feet high by
three in width. The entrance is sur
mounted by a massive rock made by na
ture into a well-finished archway, and
downward about ten feet more, when we
come to a level floor. Here we found
ourselves in an immense room nearly one
hundred feet square with a height of
probably forty feet. The ceiling was of
smooth limestone, save where large
masses of stalactites hung here and there
in clusters. The walls of the apartment
were formed of every conceivable color
of stone, shaped into all kinds of dutings
and columns, the whole covered with
brilliant gloss. In the centre, facing the
entrance and imbedded in tbe rock of the
floor is a double figure, as of two persons
clasped in each other’s arms and in a stoop
ing posture. The features of one, though
indistinct, would seem to be those of
another woman. The other face appeals
to be pressed closely to the body of tbe
first. Tbe limbs are distinctly visible,
as also part of the arms. Certain it is
that they do n3t belong to the natural
formations of the cave. At the further
end of this room an immense column,
fifteen feet in diameter, rises from floor
to ceiling, spreading out at the top ou
either side like branches of a huge oak,
and forming two archways,, through
which we pass in different directions to
other chambers. Passing to the left
through the lower arch, we proceed
through three or lour small chambers, all
covere I with thousands of stalactites of
the most brilliant colors, and reach a
room, which is almost a foe simile of an
old Roman chapel, supported on all sides
by* Corinthian columns of bronze and
blue and white, with a ceiling of buff.
To the left stands out in bold relief
from the wall as perfect a shaped organ
as I ever looked at. The pipes are
separate, and so distinct that you have
to feel them to dispel the illusion.
In this room I collected several speci
mens of stalactites, and also the most
perfect imitation of pieces of sponge I
have ever seen. In the middle of this
room is a mound of blue stone with a
polish that reflected our faces. Masses
of cauliflower seemed to be growing
over the mound, and on one side several
bunches of grapes. One of these bunches
was so perfect I could scarcely realize
that it was a natural formation. I could
with little trouble have cut it off, stem
and all, and was very much tempted.
Retracing our steps through several
rooms and corridors our guides took an
opening to the left and led us through
several other rooms aud over several
beautiful little streams of limpid water
to the edge of a small precipice. Follow
ing the edge of this precipice a few yards
wc found a place to cross, and suddenly
found ourselves in the vestibule as if of
a large theatre. On every side of us were
beautiful white columns and pillars, look
ing as if they had been sculptured from
the whitest marble. A few steps further
brought us into the auditorium room
of the theatre. In all my life I
never saw a grander structure
above ground. Three tiers of galleries
seemed to stand out before us; we seemed
to be in the orchestra circle, with the pit
at our feet. Where the stage should have
been a dark pall seemed to obscure the
scene. From every corner and crevice
of this chamber sparkled the hues of the
rainbow—masses of diamonds, clusters
of rubies, emeralds, sapphires, dazzled
our eyes, while blue and buff colonnades,
mounds of silver and bronze, huge clus
ters of icicles, some twenty feet in length,
appeared, and again the front of an or
gan, nearly as large as the great organ at
the Centennial. Striking the slabs with
my cane the most melodious sounds
came from them, and echoed and re
echoed through the hundreds of small
chambers contained in the cave.
Leaving the chamber we- walked
through a brilliant corridor and found
ourselves in a room with a low ceiling
and less brilliant than some others, ana
here, somewhat to our horror and greatly
to our surprise, our candles flashed upon
the perfect petrified skeleton of a man in
kneeling posture, with head thrown back
as if he had died in agony and in prayer.
Several medical gentlemen have examined
it and have come to the conclusion that
it must have been there for centuries.
That it is the skeleton of a man there is
no doubt; it is perfectly formed through
out; the knees have grown to the rock in
the floor. Leaving the skeleton to take
care of himself we crossed in a small skiff
(which had been hastily constructed for
the purpose) what is called Muddy Lake,
a body of water three or four feet deep
and about thirty in length.
Here we disembarked, and walking
through a long corridor, found ourselves
in probably the most immense chamber
in the world. The proprietors have en
deavored to measure it in a rough way,
and find it covers an area of at least
eleven acres, but this may be a low
estimate. We renewed our candles and
walked through it for several hours and
yet did not see the half of it. From that
chamber, as far as discovered, there are
a dozen outlets at least leading in as
many different directions. I will not at
tempt a description of it in this ietter, as
it would take up too much of your valu
able space. I will only say that in mag
nificence it far surpasses any of the
rooms I have described. Where the ex
plorations will end it is hard to tell, as
there may be miles of subterranean
chambers connecting with these still un
explored.
DREAMS.
Bijah Joy Interprets One Tor an
Inquiring Female.
Detroit Free Press.
"Dreams? Now you’ve touched a ten
der spot. Madam, I expect I’ve had more
dreams than any other bald-headed man
in this U. S. A.”
"Well, I’ve had dreams,” she contin
ued, as she bent her eyes on the carpet,
"I’ve had such dreams as I never heard
tell of, and being as a woman told me that
you could advise me, I’ve called to talk
with you.”
"Go right ahead on the starboard tack,
madam.”
"There's a man—there’s a man coming
to our house, sir,” she said, as she partly
hid her face.
"Comes to read the gas-metre, I sup
pose? Well, go on.”
•He comes to see me,” she said, giving
her head an indignant toss. ‘ ‘ I might
as well own up that my face or form,
or conversational powers* have attracted
him. Judging from his actions, he
seemed to love me.”
"Does, eh? Has he ever brought you
peppermint drops? Has he ever read
poetry to you? Have you ever noticed
him gazing at the moon like a goat look
ing up a bunch of grass on the eaves of
a shed?”
"I am satisfied that he loves me,” she
musingly replied, "and I confess ”
"That you love him?”
She blushed.
Which was very*, very proper in her.
"Same as ever—old, old story—end in
the usual way—no cards,” he sighed, as
he shifted the cat so that her yellow eyes
glared across the room at a jug of sweet
cider just brought in by a farmer.
"After he left me last night I had a
dream,” she said. "I dreamed that I
was trying to darn a pair of socks with a
door key for a needle and some telegraph
wire for yarn. While 1 was trying to
mend the holes I heard a horn blow, and
looking out of the window I saw—
what?’ Y
"A fish peddler, of course.”
"No, sir! I saw a two-horse wagon
loaded with coffins! The dream awoke
me, and I found myself sitting up in bed.
It Las worried me ever since, and I want
to know if you can interpret it.
"Madam,” began Bjiah, as he rose up
and smoothed down his head, "you have
come to the right man, and at the right
time. I have never bragged around any
on my power to interpret dreams,
but being it’s you I will say that I can
knock the spots off of any other human
being in this town on the dream busi
ness.”
"And you can tell me the significance
of this one?”
‘Humph! Should think I could! In
the first place you dreamed of socks.
That’s a sign that the woman next door
is jealous because you arc better looking
than she is, and she's been slandering
you.”
‘She has! Then I’ll pull her peaked
nose!” exclaimed the dreamer.
"Then you dreamed of a door-key.
That’s a sign of an accident. Be care
ful, madam, and don’t hit the clothes-line
in splitting wood, and don’t go up on a
ladder over ten or fifteen feet.”
"I never, never climb a ladder, sir!”
"Don’t you? So much the better. But
be careful how you go down cellar
during the next few weeks. I alius back
down a pair of stairs. That gives you a
chance to dig in your toe nails if you go
to fall. Also, don’t jump on-a street car
when in motion.”
* T never do, sir. ”
"Then you dreamed of telegraph wire,
madam. That’s another bad sign. Don’t
go around the back yard barefooted, or
you may cut yoqr heel on an old bottle
and have a fatal case of lock-jaw.”
"I go barefooted!” she gasped.
"I hope not, madam; and if you eat
any peanuts for a month throw the
shucks away. Even if they don’t hurt
you there is only two per cent, of nour
ishment in ’em.”
She looked at him in amazement, and
he kindly went on:
"You heard a horn blow, and that is a
good sign. I’ve known women who had
struggled with cold feet for eighteen
straight years to dream of a horn blow
ing and be perfectly cured in five hours.”
"Sir!”
"That’s me, madam, and I rejoice from
the bottom of my heart at your good
luck. Then yoii dreamed of coffins*
Did you see any figures on ’em?”
T don’t remember.”
‘Well, I s’pose the undertaker wijl
put enough figures on ’em, for that mat
ter. To dream of coffins, madam, signi
fies that you will shortly have Jin offer. ”
"Is—that—so!* she softly replied,
blushing again. ^ .
"It is, madam. Less than a month
ago a woman came to me who had been
dreaming of coffins, and within three
days she had an offer. ”
"And she accepted him?”
"It was an offer, madam, to nurse a
woman with the roomytiz—salary, $3
per week and found.”
‘Mr. Joy,” said the gentle dreamer, as
she rose up and made a grab for her
train, "I shan’t go out as a nurse—not
just yet.”
*‘I wouldn't either; it’s a very trying
position, particularly where the patient
is despondent and imagines that you
want to murder her.”
"Mr. Joy, I am veiy mqch ohligcd.”
" ’T|s well—’tis well. Good day.”
She sailed away, her face red as a coal
and her nose up, and he sat down and
muttered to himself:
"She believed every word of it up to
the ‘offer,’ and just ’cause I wouldn’t lie
about it she goes away feeling dispersed
and put out. That’s the way with ’em—
onsartin, onhappy and ongrateful.”
Story of the Bonanzas.
San Francisco Stock Report.
Here is a bright little oasis in the desert
of selfishness that stretches its cL-eary
waste over everything in these days. It
gives us pleasure to allude to it, it is so
bright and fresh and original. In a cer
tain big wholesale house down in Front
street there is a young man employed,
who, by dint of bard work and rather
frugal habits, had managed to save up
some $200 from bis meagre salary. An
acquaintance of his—a man in mining
circles—said to him one day, about three
months ago: "Jim, if you want to make
something scrape some money together
and buy a hundred shares of Sierra Ne
vada; it will go up, may be, one of these
days, and you can get something pretty
nice out of it.” The young man smiled
at first—he had had points before—but
the more he thought over it the more he
was taken with the idea. He knew his in
formant was in a position to know some
thing about Sierra Nevada and get
early information, and as he had never
before advised him to buy stocks, it im
pressed him more and more strongly that
there was something in it. But he only
had $200. and his informant told him to
buy a hundred shares. The stock was
then pegging along at about $4 a share.
To get a hundred shares he must have
$200 more. He brooded over the subject
a few days, and then bis friend asked.
"Have you got that stock yet?” "No.”
"Better get it,” said the friend, "you
haven’t much time. ” The young man went
out and put up his watch and got another
$190. Then he sold some other trinkets
and raised another $50. Something else
went, and he had just $395 all told. He
watched the stock list, but Sierra Nevada
hung at $4 with tantalizing persistency.
Finally he said to a fellow clerk, "Here,
Jack, lend me $-5 for a couple of weeks;
I'm short.” Jack went down into his
pocket and handed him $5, and then the
coveted $400 was intact. The day he gave
the order to buy, Sierra sold al $5, but the
broker told him. “All right; I’ll buy it
on the $400 margin, and carry it for
you.” The stock was bought, and in
two days was selling at $7 50. Then
it went to $10 and $12, and finally the
whole street knew of the new bonanza.
At about $12 and $15 the young man
was crazy to sell, but the original in
formant would not let him, or rather
begged him to hold on. There is no use
in elaborating the story, the point is not
in the rise or in what he made out of it.
Sufficient to say that he finally got $220
for the stock, and walked off with a
check for over $21,500. He put it in
bank, and the next day walked down to
the store where the young man is em
ployed who loaned him the $5. "Jack/;
he said, "do you know I owe you $5 ?”
Jack looked puzzled for a moment.
"Yes, by Jove, I believe you do! Gad, I’d
have forgotten all about it if you hadn't
spoken.” "Well,” said the lucky one,
"I’ve come down to pay it and apologize
for not doing it before. I’ve been sort of
hard pressed of late; but here it is, with
many thanks. '' And handing the young
man an envelope he hurried from the
store. Jack was busy at the time, and,
supposing a five dollar gold note to be in
the envelope, crammed it ifito his vest
pocket and went on w*th his work. He
never thought of it again until that
night, disrobing for bed, a corner of the
envelope attracted hi? attention. It oc
curred to him what it was. and he opened
it, when, to his utter umazement, he
found a check for $2,500 with this little
note pinned to it:
"Dear Jack : I return you $5 with in
terest to date. Your readiness to oblige
me aided me in buying one hundred
shares of Sierra Nevada at $5, and I have
just sold it for $220. The enclosed is an
evidence of my gratitude. Take it and
be happy. Sincerely, ”
This is a pleasant little incident, and
has the merit of being true. The young
gentleman is well known in social circles,
and his modesty is the only reason why
we withhold his name.
Value of Sniqrt Answers.
A prettv long list might be made of
men who have owed their advancement
in life to a smart answer given at the right
moment. One of Napoleon’s veterans,
who survived his master many years, was
wont to recount with great glee how he
had once picked up the Emperor’s cocked
hat at a review, when the latter, not no
ticing that he was a private, said care
lessly, "Thank you, Captain.” "In what
regiment, sire?” instantly asked the ready
witted soldier. Napoleon, perceiving his
mistake, answered with a smile, "In ray*
Guards, for I see you know how to be
prompt.” The newly made officer re- k
ceived his commission next iqo.ruing.
A somewhat siiuilar anecdote is related
of Marshal Suvoroff, who, when re
ceiving a dispatch from the hands of a
Russian Sergeant who had greatly dis
tinguished himself on the Danube, at.
tempted to confuse t^e messenger by a
series cf whimsical questions, but found
him fully equal to tbe occasion. "How
many fish are there in the eeaT asked
Suvoroff. "All that are not caught yet,”
was the answer. "How far is it to the
moon?” "Two of your Excellency’s
forced marches.” "What would you do
you saw your men giving way in
battle?” "I'd tell them that there was a
wagon-load of whisky just behind the
enemy’s line.” Baffled at all points, the
Marshal ended with, "What’s the differ
ence between your Colonel and myself?”
“My Colonel cannot make me a Lieuten
ant, but your Excellency has only to say
the word.” "I say it now, then,
answered Suvoroff, "and a right good
officer you’ll be.”
The Cremation Society of London is
about to erect a crematorium after the
t&odel of that in use at Milan,
Mrs. Hittle’s Muscle.
Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel.
Racine can now come out and claim
one of the pluckiest, if not the nlqc*iest,
little woman in the St*Ua. HeV name is
Barbara Mittle, and she lives on the west
aide of the city. Barbara has always
been noted among the neighbors as being
a woman of wonderful courage ana
pluck, but she never brought it into play
and made a heroine of herself until Fri
day night, when she won a victory over
two strong tramps. It seems tramps,
beggars, etc., have been very annoying
of late in the neighborhood where tbe
lady referred to resides, but never tried
to force things until on the evening above
mentioned, when two burly ruffians
made their appearance at Barbara’s
bouse, and asked for something
to eat. They were invited in and
a nice supper set before them,
of which they partook freely. When
they had finished they did not
thank the kind-hearted lath* fq; her
favor, but proceeded t£ take' improper
liberties with her. Did sh* call for help
when the villainy ^ go? n0 . gh e
merely grasped a large oak club that was
lying near by, and with the first blow
she knocked one of tfie fellows senseless
on the fioo*, and mauled the other fellow
unmercifully until he begged piteously
for mercy, and the brave little woman
ceased to beat him. Then she took the
one she had knocked senseless and
dragged him out of doora, where she
so.uscd him with a pail of slops that was
standing near by, which soon brought
him around, and he left in a hurry as his
companion had done previously. If
there is a woman who could have done
better than this in the State, Racine
people would like to hear from her.
The Republican organs advance the
novel proposition that every man who
runs an illicit whisky still ia "keeping
up the rebellion. ” Even Republican his
torians, however, fail to relate that the
unpleasantness of 1861-5 was a whisky
insurrection. Under the former theory,
in grant’s time, there was an awful
rebellion going on in the Northern States
under the leadership of Grant’s most
devoted friends.—Courier-Journal.
The Spanish Government having
sanctioned the practice of homeopathy a
school is to be opened at Madrid next
month and diplomas gw&rded ai the end
Life Straggle With a Maniac.
Erie (Pa.) Dispatch.
On Saturday last a rather finely dressed
and well appearing man landed at Fair
Point, Chautauqua Lake, and engaged
board for a fortnight at the Palace Hotel,
There was nothing unnatural in his ap
pearance, nor did it seem at al! remark
able when he attended church on Sunday
morning and bowed in fervent prayer
near the altar. People noting his con
spicuous position, looked with admiring
wonder upon the man who, regardless of
the scrutinizing vision of the whole con
gTegation, manifested his religious zeal
in the most emphatic manner. On Mon
day morning the stranger strolled out
near the lake, and there met Mr. George
Irwin, a somewhat noted duck hunter,
who had just come in with his dqg and
gun. The stranger affablv* greeted Mr.
Irwin, and asked 'be allowed
to examine his gun. Mr. Ir
win qususpectingly handed over
the weapon, when the stranger care*
fully examined it, then cocked it, and,
holdiqg it toward Mr. Irwin, asked him
how he would rather die—would he pre
fer being drowned to being shot? Mr.
Irwin, regarding the question as a joke,
replied that if it was necessary for him
to die right there and then, he preferred
taking a turn in the water. It was then
that the stranger’s eyes glared witli
maniacal frenzy, and dashing the gun
upon the aand, he grappled with the now
terrified Irwin. The struggle was a
desperate one. The maniac was a power
ful man, and with an iron grip dragged
the sportsman to the water's edge, when
the struggle for life and death became
even more desperate. Finally they both
fell into the water, ahfi while floundering
there some paea who stood at a short dis
tance ran to the rescue, and were scarcely
able to release - the victim from the ma
niac’s clutch. His clothes were nearly all
torn from his body, and he was terriblv
bruised by the brief but fearful encoun
ter. Just about this time a small steamer
came up to’the dock. It required four
strong men to put the maniac on board.
He was taken to Mayville and lodged in
jail. He persistently refused to give his
name, declaring gs a reason for his con
duct that it was necessary to sacrifice
some life to the consecration of the Sun
day school ground at that place; that he
had been chosen as the Instrument of
death. Re seemed to talk sanely about
the matter, and regarded Mr. Irwin as an
unappreciative man, because, as he said,
it was clearly in his power to shoot
Irwin upon the spot, whereas he had
given him his choice of death, and when
about to yield his preference four wordly
friends appeared upon the scene and in
terfered. The affair created considerable
excitement at Fair Point, and is the one
topic of conversation in that vicinity.
Foousa Old Tecumseil— In endeav
oring to silence foolish gossip concerning
his family relations, General Sherman
makes a statement which illustrates how
entirely he fancies the government his
servant. He says that his sole object in
transferring his headquarters to St. Louis
was the design of .establishing bis son
there in the legal profession, and that,
the son having decided to go into the
service of the church in another land,
there was no reason why he should re
main on the Mississippi, and, conse
quently, he caused the removal of his
headquarters to Washington. The head
quarters of the army properly belong to
the capital of the country, and no one
not a member of the Sherman family
would have thought of establishing them
to suit his own ambition with reference to
his family. As a parent, the General s
duty obviously enough is to his family.
As a soldier, he is scarcely at liberty to
establish an important office of the gov
ernment at such place as will best ad
vance the interests, not of the armv
which he commands, but of the family
for whose success he is ambitious.—Chi
cago Times.
Jesse Pomeroy’s confinement in the
Massachusetts State prison is not having
a taming effect, it is said, for he paces
his cell like a caged lion, and recently,
when some one gave him a kitten for a
pet he ttajed it alive with the knife and
fork provided for his meals. Two holes
started in the sides of his cell for escape
have also been discovered.
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