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J. H. ESTILL,
nijrpfl*?
Savannah. Ga.
Georgia Affairs.
^Oelrtborpe Echo states that Mr. Tom
Crawford, bio a pair of crystal
Martin. oi v rd>
JL »?
men
rowly
ral pounds, that were
"’^ataacrci'iiin Lincoln county. They
l0 "„ dear and sparkling as Brazilian peb-
^ ** d wil cut glass like diamond. Mr.
ble ’ *° are a number of smaller sped-
hey were found.
Thursday night of last week, as Billy
netsiac a colored man of Lexington, Ogle-
*omity, was about retiring, he nar-
assassination. Some one
d at him with a shotgun,
— , be window of his house, sprink-
r0U him badly with shot, but, fortunately,
!fseriously injuring him. Suspicion points
other colored man by the name of
VjufiHj whoso wife had left him and
Fleming’s house.
l» e Erpn^s says that not-
K* high price of fertilizers,
ities are being bought daily,
•i present indications, North
ruiuce the largest cotton
la t was ever made in that
liken r
iritbstan«lin—
aionnous qua
ind judging fi
During tue ra.
the 23d ult.. Mrs.
,hr rf miles fror
daughter,
by lightnii
Sandersvi!
was rendei
and the d:
The Lum
readers v
reaut
everybody in its 1
and getting ready
nothing
items.
The “
and storm of Saturday,
ienkins, a widow residing
Wrigbtsville, and her
i the house, were struck
severely shocked. The
l says that Mrs. JeDklns
ddscIous for some hours,
s hair was badly singed;
unhurt.
'ndejxndent giyes a most
for failing to present its
ly local column. It says
reality is so busy farming
for the uew crops that no
o anything else. Hence
ton which to build up
pei
perform i
•round t
• twelve
a purse
miles.
gii we are u
a rigid quara
Dr. Lovic
Methodist v
old on Mood
ted the day 1
of whom we
one & great-t
Porce de 1
been opened
The Amer
ha? this to
lmmigranrs t
ioroania” has broken out
tv in Lumpkin. The hide-
at one of its printers lately
nparallcled feat of walking
ic square six times carrying
dumb bell in each hand, for
[f a dollar. Distance two
euty seven minutes. If this
s going to break out in Geor-
ledly in favor of enforcing
would cs
the Slat*,
ter, Lee.
and boo
lightful
Pierce, the distinguished
•acber, was ninety-five years
v, the 24 f h ult. He celebra-
bapthiug eight children, five
' Lis great-grandchildren, and
eat-grandchild.
‘on Spring, near Atlanta, has
or the season.
us Republican in a late issue
iv cf the advantages offered
Southwest Georgia: “To those
yes about for new homes we
eir attention to this section of
■dally to the counties of Sum-
ley, Webster, Marion, Macon
Here we have fertile soil, de-
ealthy atmosphere, and,
he
in fact, it* numerous inducements to actual
[isurpaased by any section of
the State, (.'urn, cotton, rice,wheat, chufas,
sweet and Irish potatoes, aud fruits and vege
tables of all kinds are raised in abundance.
Sugarcane grows abundantly, and the manu
facture of syrup is profitable aud never fails
to meet with demand i i this country at fair
prices. Timber is very plentiful, aud con
sequently it coats but‘very little to build,
and firewood is absolutely worth nothing
outside of Atnericus, and here it can be
a $1 50 to $2 00 a cord. The ira-
tre unrurpaesed by any on
and the great variety of
d oak, whire oak, post oak,
hickory, beech, and others
mention, make it the best
bought fr<
mease pinerie
the cootiuen'
wood, such as
too our
•ection for dl kinds of factories that, can be
found in
pare with tl
Churches ol
tered all ove
school house
oeighborhoc
will prevent
feeling as nr
native State
fend to all s
untry. Our society will com-
of any other on the globe,
every denomination are scat-
■ this section of th# State, aud
s can r>e found in almost every
1. In fact, there is nothing that
the intelligent immigrant from
ich at home as he would in his
or country. We therefore ex-
Peking homes a cordial invita-
efore making pur-
tion to visit rt
<*ases elaewh
Ljiichburc iV».) Xews: “Ben Mill tied
olaine up a few days ago, and left him
!K kedau . d . Lagged. The less frequently
s that fiery Georgian, the fewer
Blaine tackl
• **9WmmFn, Press thus teiU of the
aomblf fate of one -Jeff Downing. It says :
Many citizens of this county, and almost
very iody j u Lowndes county, knew Down-
e ’ . . was a fisherman, aud for years has
PiMeil thr \ aldosta market with fish from
i Pond. His plau was to fish for
i U, or until he had a load, apd
y them to market. His protracted
. - l ‘ ,e ,irf ^t part of last week at-
inoii 1 u dtteut * on bis friends, who
matter. T' '° _ wh ‘ t was the
the
several d:
then carr
•bs.
trac
finally
he
kept hi
IVlDg
fiihermau v
fetched the
Pities were
tJMors euiei
at the landing where
boat, they found nis
anoe all right, but the
listing. .Soon after they
of the pond, however, the
idled to see two hu&u ftlli-
the grass near by aud
shuri '' “IT'arcotly wanting
‘ - A Ruu was procured, and both
^«wrs were finally killed and dragged
stottael - ‘" U °P‘ '-biff the animals, their
were found to contain human
■BM*arrjc!ed of clothing, and other
b-vnlences, showing plainly
r Downing. The supposition
[ransferriug fish from his boat
r re L • kept them when the
l ' Die fatal attack. A more
- :a ' s never occurred lu our
•“nisukabi-
Of ;
aif.il
the fat
k that ue wa*
$ the box wi
•Blgator -
korrihle
^fetioa. 1
fireeneslKK
flourishing t
fegion of
most of our
ky Mr. Stcjil
®cs$ion$of i
*Sc. Weirin'
y-'rahl : <: Tlie origin of the
n of Dahloncga, in the gold
k r ia, is probably unknown to
1 :■ rs. It was given correctly
t hairinan, at one of the
House Committee on Coin-
«ird Measures. The word Is
I coriuprujn of the Chrokee In-
*' ,r ejold— •dolla-nega.’ ‘Nega’
HBellow, and gold coin they
tue onr or , Iollar-yeilow.-^tb
*fter th® r, eraaeuiar "“P u tting the adjective
tnglisj. oun » as they did. This put Into
chai Do "’ w ‘th a transposition and
‘ge of the Juuiaa word, written
name
lathe i
called
®»hloDe^a.
fa w ’
feb. “ w i,n P w S t?°>” ^ys the OgleUiorp*
tj; wtg on 11. ‘ d om Ayeock, of this couu-
pt&ce nor . V ' & i > 10 sc ^°he found on the
Wllof r t .p f Wned his father a smooth
{tinea L-r the size an(1 ehape of a
vaf ^ heavy as lead. Attribute
^«C u r;t t ^‘ a JL <i ::‘ 1 '.
threw it into
days afo-r'»v ' ri ! h fe » w bere it melted. A few
it from tv fl ,h leac her raked a small bit of
gold, it u . e , s ’ and be pronounced it pure
of a a Indian'' , ubti c8s the former property
>W, Dicre once having stood near
si Pis of p 1Ilai viiiage. There are many
VMdosf a ; J " :;v- t ' ock ’ sp,ace -”
;h*as dunri.rTv^' * Nut a trreat while ago
livint in ,lle b ast winter) a gentleman
oottoihi. 1 do . stasen t a little colored boy
Cold day an ' n°i ec< ^ l b e horse. It was a
feed and’hnpi , r. ve W( “ ut to a pile of cotton
Warr a hi? fi,. tl Diself almost entirely to
40 l he dutr ant ^ toes before attending
Weep, and hf^ ned him. Of course he feu
fery hnni>^?° Ur ^ P as6 ^d. The horse became
Jouini thf t -,; ar( l P°king about the lot he
,Xl Pply hiV,V;n Whose business it had been to
5141 seized ti.L i Want *. The indignant ani-
V the breenK 6 f ‘ lur ®bering moke by the seat
Un t u fcS a ° d R ave him such a severe
®feam 0 f n o'v..h e , aw oke from a terrified
hastilv went o» an(i brimstone, and
D ee«ls ^K° Ut tile ot attending to
•cjfi he tiioufrht tif n i inal * Th e Jittle moke
fJ, Ml Rht the dev11 had him,”
fee boSbt%K “ Thifl y ear our farmers
that afford ™ e&t and Utilizers on
a fair profit on that por-
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
tlonof his crop which goes to pay for them,
leaving him the assurance of a handsome
profit, if the crop Is a good one and the
pnee advances, and Insuring him against
heavy loss, even if the price of the staple
shall be as low or lower than now. The
outlook we regard as more hopeful than it
ha6 been for years.”
Florida Affairs.
A correspondent writes us from Waldo
that a serious accident occurred there on the
26th ult. A little seven-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. T. L. Boulware was attempting to
kindle the fire with the help of kerosene oil,
when the flames were communicated to the
can which she held Iff her hand, and she
was frightfully, if not fatally, burned. Her
mother rushed to her and put out her
flaming clothing, otherwise she would have
been certainly burned to a crisp. By the
help of neighbors the house was saved. In
smothering the flames of her daughter’s
clothing Mrs. Boulware’s hand also was
very seriously burned.
A correspondent of the Sun and Press
nominates ex-Mayor Boyd, of Jacksonville,
for next Governor of Florida.
In addition to the sugar refinery, they are
talking about establishing a rice mill in
Jacksonville. If this sort of thing keeps
on Jacksonville will be a big city yet.
As the Union truly says: “ With the
culture of rice, stimulated by large
rice mills, demanding a steady supply:
with a sugar refinery to consume all the
syrup and 6Ugar produced; 6tareh fac
tories demanding a large production of
arrowroot and cassava, and cotton factors,
with money to buy all the cotton sent to
this market, this city will certainly make
rapid advances in the immediate future.”
Un Friday night last the gifted orator,
Professor Henri Gwynne, held forth In
Jacksonville on the following subject:
“Jacksonville, in her bright effulgence of
youth and prosperity, and her firm amalga
mation with the great network of railways
that ramifies America from the rock-bound
coast of the Atlantic ocean to the golden
shores of the Pacific.”
St. Augustine has been enlivened with a
circus. It sailed on the steamship Acadia
from Nassau, N. P., on the 26th ult., for the
Ancient City, and from there it is to make
its way up North through the State.
A Northern tourist in Tampa was scared
almostto death lately by hearing a bull-frog
bellow. He thought it was an alligator.
Thieves have been rampaging around
Tampa of late at a lively rate. The last lot
of these enterprising gentry which attempted
to operate there were arrested, however,
af^er stealing one hundred and fifty dollars’
worth of property from the warehouse of
Messrs. Miller «fc Henderson. There were
four of them, and their arrest will, It is
hoped, break up a gang who have been
preyiDg on that community for months.
Charles Wing, the Chinese citizen re
cently naturalized in New York, is soon to
become a citizen of Florida. He has se
lected Key West for his residence.
The buzzards have returned to Key West
for the summer season, and the heart of the
Dispatch is made glad thereby.
Jacksonville Union: “Several days ago
United States Marshal Conant received a
bench warrant from the United States Court
of tbe city of New York, for the arrest of
one James Douglas, who had at one time
been in the employment of the United States
mail service in that city, and is charged
with robbing registered and other letters
while in his possession. Tuesday last
Deputy United States Marshal Vogt arrest
ed him near Daytona, in this State, and
brought him to Jacksonville and lodged
him in jail. The whereabouts of the
prisoner was traced by his having purchased
a through ticket to "Jacksonville, Florida,
aud this fact, with a full description of him,
was 6ent to his captors. A search was made
for him here, but it was ascertained that he
had gone up the river. When the officers
got to New Smyrna they were informed that
such a man had been there, but he bad gone
to Daytona. When the officers arrived there
they soon had James Douglas arrested.
The man declared his inuocence, but he
answered the description so well that the
officers held on to him. Soon after this ar
rest they learned Lh£t there was another man
by the same name in the neighborhood, but
no relation to the party under arrest, tnd that
he had recently come to that place. The
officers then went for James No. 2, who
quietly submitted to arrest, and when
informed .cf the charge said he was the man.
James No. 1 was then released and apologies
made. The prisoner says he b$d once before
been arrested but made Lis escape, and
thinks there is a reward of five hundred
dollars offered for his arre6t. While at Day
tona aud New Smyrna he whiled away his
time by fishing and bunting. He will be
sent North on the Western Texas to
morrow, if Judge Settle returns in time to
have the proper papers, etc., made out.
Douglas a Captain in the Eighty-eighth
New York Regiment during the war. He
has been wanted la Haw )Tork for several
months past.”
Pensacola Advance : “Some months since i
a suit for damages amounting to $10,000 was
instituted by Paymaster York, of the Pensa
cola Navy Yard, against W. D. Chipley,
E-q., as receive* of the Pensacola and Louis
ville Railroad Company. Jhe case was
heard in the United 8tates Circuit Court
last Wednesday, and occupied the whole
day. The plaintiff’s charge was, In sub
stance, that through neglect on the part of
the railroad company in providing the prop
er accommodations for night travel in the
way of lights, gangways, etc., he was
caused to fall while endeavo.icg to
eet aboard of the train from the
platform to the ground, the result of
which was a broken leg. At the conclusion
of argument J udge Settle read his charge
to tbe jury, which was terse and to the
point; and this body, after being closetea
little more thaa an hour, returned a verdict
In favor of plaintiff for *3,000. Application
for a new trial was made next day, but ills
Honor refused to grant It. Thus ends a
much talked of affair; |>ut the next ques
tion of Importance to Paymaster York Is for
that gentleman to get his money, lie sues
Mr tV. D. Chipley, as receiver of the de
funct Pensacola and Louisville .Railroad
Company. A change will yet come o er
->f Vila firAam * Vil fpar.
the spirit of his dream, 1 wo fear.
Pensacola GozitU: “A dreadful criipe
was committed in the vicinity of McDavia
Oc Byrnes-' mill, in /3anta Rosa, last Saturday.
Dudley Bland, a negro man about twenty-
five years old, went to a spring where a
colored woman named Caroline Myers was
washing clothing, and demanded to know
where she kept her money. She refused
to tell him, and he picked np an axe and
told her he would give her one minute to
tell him. She still refused and he struck
her in the ftead with the axe, knocking
her down senseless, and be probably thought
her dead. He then went to (l? 9 l j ou f ; , 1 “ d
searched it, and found twenty-eight dollar.,
with which he made off. After a w ll ' ( -'|
Caroline recovered her senses and informed
persons what had occurred. The
turned out, pursued and captured j* la ud,
and brought him tc Milton Sunday. Tart of
the money v*a found on him. The prisoner
had a prelimteary e^mination yesterday,
and was committed to jaii to await thecom-
inft session of the Circuit Court. We under
stand that Bland confessed his crime.
Tailahessee Floridian: -‘Bishop Fallows
of the Reformed Episcopal Church, and one
of the most distinguished divines and pul
pit orators that has ever visited our <£}.
preached on Sunday ln . G ,race*Church,
moraine- and afternoon, and at night at the
Methodist Church. The Reformed Episeo-
nal Church was organized In this city about
fourteen months ago, and the remarkable
success which has attended the efforts of
T)r Harrison and bis vestry Is a matter tor
congratulation. The establishment of the
Reformed Church pay be now regarded as
permanent, whatever Aay have been thought
ffjsfflfSt'jasr:=tit
united by letter.
Jacksonville Sun and Pros: “ In ‘ hc k ^
of Emily DftCoeta vs. tbe city of Jac ^ s ®“
ville, suit to recover dam T ^ ( e .® , a
the death of her husband, John D» G <*te,
through the alleged negligence of tbe c ty
In not keeping Its ways In repair, the City
Attorney filed a demurrer, on theround
that, under the laws of this State a widow
could not maintain an action .or damage
for the death of her husband, ihe ae-
mnrrcr was argued at the last term of the
Circuit Court, and a dec,9l ? n ^3 r ^e Tuit
sustains the demurrer and orders the suit
dismissed.”
Tallahassee Patriot: “Another
new scheme 1* least to TaHahassee) of
ing money from our colored citizens as
started on our streets a few days ag-
mention colored people as adaes, because
they seem to be the only people who M at
these games and are bitten in the end. This
one consists of a board with a number of
knives driven into it aud some rings, which
you pay ten cents for the privilege of toss
ing, in hope of hanging them on the knives.
Until one has lost enough to buy the whole
concern he will never attain sufficient skill
to be at all certain of winning. There are
very few of our colored people who get ten
cents an hour for the work they do, and yet
they will spend it, and more too, and when
misfortune comes they depend on public
charity to carry them through. Freedman’s
banks, wheels of fortune and keno have not
swindled them enough.”
BY TELEGRAJPH
NOON TELEGRAMS.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEJJJNGS.
VIOLENT STORM IN EFFINGHAM
Fencing and Tree* Blown Down-
Loss of Life.
Guyton, Ga., March 31.—Editor Morning
Mem: Please allow me space in your col
umns to give an account of the storm that
passed through this portion of Effingham
county on yesterday. About 9 o’clock in
the morning it made its first appearance,
coming from a westerly direction. In the
course of one hour it raged at its worst,
sweeping fences and trees promiscuously.
Col. Morgan Rawls had a eon of nine years
old Instantly killed by the falling of a tree
He was coming from Bulloch county, in
company with three of his brothers, where
he had been on a visit to his 6ister. When
nearing the Ogeechee swamp a tree was
blown across the vehicle in which the four
brothers were ruling, i—ibiog it into frag
ments. Fortunately three of them escaped
without any serious injury. Any further
damage is not yet ascertained.
H. A. R.
BUFORD, THE KENTUCKY AS
SASSIN.
A Pamnionate Ylan, Keck lew* of Dan
ger ^ud Kegardleas of Law.
It appears from the accounts in the
Kentucky papers that Col. Thomas Bu
ford, who assassinated Judge Elliott, of
the Kentucky Court of Appeals, on Wed
nesday last at Frankfort, bad no personal
interest in the suit out of which grew his
desire to kill the Judges of the court
other than that of administrator of his
sister’s will. He was evidently possessed
of the idea, however, that the bother
about the lawsuit had shortened his sis
ter's life. The Cincinnati Enquirer'.
dispatch from Louisville gives the mur
derer’s record as follows:
“Buford’s history shows him to be a
man utterly regardless of law, of his own
life or that of others when his passions
are aroused. Somewhere iu the ’50s,
Buford was the hero of an affray on the
Lexington Fair Grounds which had
great ueal of notoriety at the time. He
and a gentleman named Thomas, of
Mt. Sterling, had quarrelled, and meet
ing in the fair grounds immediately
opened fire on each other. Buford di-
played characteristic coolness and reck
lessness, changing his position once
while Thomas was firing to avoid shoot
ing in the direction of some ladies, and
at another time deliberately taking a pin
from the lappel of his coat and picking
the tube of his pistol, which had failed
to go off. He wounded Thomas and
escaped unhurt himself. A gentlemau
of Lexington named Ferguson was keep
ing Thomas supplied with pistols.
General Abe Buford made at him with a
bowie-knife and slashed at his throat.
Ferguson ducked his head and the knife
shaved his beard, taking off a good sized
piece of his scalp, which fell into the
possession of Mr. Mulligan, of Lexing
ton, who exhibited it for some time in
his store window as a curiosity.
“Another incident in Buford’s career
happened at the time when the three
Colonels were editing the Times in Louis
ville. Buford sent a noted belle in that
city a bucket of sausage from his home,
near Versailles. Theodore O’Hara, au
thor of the famous ‘Bivouac of the
Dead,’ one of the three Colonels, made
the present a subject for ridicule in his
paper. As soon as the paper reached
Versailles, Buford, taking a friend with
him, got into his buggy, aud by driving
rapidly and taking fresh horses from time
to time, arrived in Louisville early in tbe
night. Reaching the Galt House aud
going in, he found O’Hara at the bar
taking a drink. Stepping up to him and
inquiring as to the authorship, O’Hara
acknowledged it, ai)d Buford at once
struck him" They struggled,cl inched and
fell, O'Hara undemeatn. O’Hara drew a
small pistol, aud reaching around Buford
tried to shoot him; but, his sense of humor
f >revailing over his w’rath, he got to
aughing no that he could not discharge
it. They were separated before any
damage was done beyond a good lieating
for O’Hara, and Buford returned home.
Still another, attended with worse results,
was his assault on Mr. Ulysses Turner,
of Woodford, a brilliant young lawyer,
aud at one time a member of the banking
firm of Saylor, Shelby & Co., of Lexing
ton. Buford had some business contro
versy with him, attacked him and beat
him so brutally about the head that his
life was despaired of, his health wrecked
and his sight permanently destroyed.
Mr. Turner died only a short time ago,
after 3 T ears of suffering and blind
ness. Ruford’s last violent exploit be
fore the present murder was his defiance
of the authority of the Sheriff of Henry
county in the earlier stages of the suit,
the final decision in which was the cause
of the assassination.”
Abandoned on Hkh Way to the
Altar.—A singular case of abandon
ment came to light yesterday. Last Tues
day a bridal party from Seaford, Del.,
arrived on the steamer Georgiana, and
the prospective bridegroom left the ves
sel ostensibly to procure a minister to sol
emnize the contract. That was the last
the bride-elect saw of him. She remained
on the boat all day, and went with it on
the trip down the bay, returning with the
Georgiana again yesterday to resume the
vigil, hoping for the leturn of her absent
lover. Her efforts were of no avail, how
ever, tj? be did not turn up, and the heart
sick girl returned last night to her home
in the little Diamond Stafe. Inquiry re
vealed the fact that after leaving the boat
Tuesday morning the bridegroom got to
drinking, and, it is supposed, is still ca
rousing, or if his money and that of his
intended bride (which he had in his pos
session when be parted from her) has dis
appeared, is probably ashamed to return
aud face her. She says she knew T of his
fatal appetite for strong drink, but trust
ed in her influence to reform him when
they had been pi&rried. — Baltimore
American, 28th.
Tiie Tramp Craze in New Y’ork.—
Tbe Sun says: “A pitiful sight was to
be seen for fifty cents in Gilmore’s Gar
den Thursday morning, when so much
daylight as could get down through the
clouds aud rain dimly revealed fifteen
women walking round the track. Only
a few of them had at the outset any
physical fitness for the task undertaken,
and the rest had by dawn been brought,
by eight hours of walking, to a plight
that must have convinced them that they
were not Roweils or Ennises. One wiry
young woman, who had previously
talked long distances, and was in the
hands of a competent, trainer, was well
on her way to the accomplishment of
fifty miles within the first twelve hours
of the coptest, while several others were
showing remarkable endurance and con
siderable skill as pedestrians; but at least
fcalf of tbe party were so grotesque and
miserable that the boors among the spec
tators, and numerous scorers jeered them
mercilessly, profanely, and indecently.
This was altogether a disgraceful exhibi
tion for everybody concerned, especially
for those who expect to make money out
of tbe women’s sufferings.”
GRATE ANXIETY OVER COLONEL
PEARSON'S SITUATION"
Serious Railroad Accident in Mi
chigan.
AN ANGLO UNIVERSAL CATHOLIC
BANK PROJECTED IN
LONDON.
THE WAGES DISPUTE IIS ENG
LAND PRACTICALLY ENDED
Foreign and Domestic Notes.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, March 31.—In the Senate
numerous bills were introduced and re
ferred, among them one by Mr. Grover
extending the time for the construction of
the Northern Pacific Railroad.
The memorial of the Mexican veterans for
pensions was referred to the Committee on
Pensions.
Mr. Yoorhees offered a resolution, which
was agreed to. inquiring of the Secretary of
the Tre.satlry as to What means are observed
to prevent frauds on the revenue in connec
tion with goods in bonded warehouses, etc.
Mr. Morrill made a epeech against the ad
dition to the capitol building for the accom
modation of the library of Congress. He
advocated a separate building.
Mr. Harris called up the bill authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to con
tract with John Gamgage for the construe-
tionjof a refrigerating ship for the disinfec
tion of vessels and cargoes to be used
at such quarantines as may be des
ignated by the National Board of
Health, ami appropriating $200,000 for that
purpose. Considerable discussion followed,
after which the bill was postponed till to
morrow.
Without further business of importance
the Senate adjourned.
TRAIN WRECKERS AT WORK AGAIN.
Cincinnati, March 31.—A special says:
“ As the night express train on the Grand
Trunk Railroad was passing a point two
miles east of Smith’s creek, Michigan, Sat
urday night, It w r as thrown from the track
The engine and the three forward cars were
wrecked. A brakeman was crushed to death
between two cars, and the engineer aud fire
man fatally scalded. The latter has since
died. Frauds Kellogg, of Erie, Pennsyl
vania, had a leg broken. S. P. Willard, of
Chicago, sustained a cut on the head and a
fracture of the right arm. Several other
persons were slightly injured. The disaster
was caused by train wreckers, who removed
a rail. They were traced by their foot
prints in the mud, and their tools found a
short distance from the scene of the catas
trophe. Several suspected persons have
been arrested.”
GRAVE ANXIETY IN REGARD TO COLONEL
PEARSON’S SITUATION.
Maritzburg, March 11.—No direct or re
liable intelligence from Colonel Pearson has
been received. The anxiety is becoming
grave, though the last communication was
hopeful. Several native runners, induced
by large rewards, started for Ekowe with
dispatches, but returned, reporting that the
roads are destroyed aud every approach
commanded by military kraals [forts] and
the country swarming with Zulus. With the
utmost care, Col. Pearson’s supplies, it is be
lieved, will be exhausted by the end of March
The expedition in course of organization
on the Lower Tugela for his relief now
amounts to fourteen companies of regular*.
As soon as the native contingent is suffi
ciently strengthened the expedition will be
ppshed forward.
AN ANGLO-UNIVERSAL CATHOLIC BANK PRO
JECTBD.
Manchester, March 31.—The Guardian's
London correspondent telegraphs that jour
nal that for some months there has been
movemeut on foot among the leading mem
bers of the Roman communion to carry
into financial matters the bond of
Catholic sympathy aud confidence. The
project has now assumed the shape and title
of the Anglo-Universal Bank (limited), with
a directorate in London and Paris,and count
ing among its patrons some eminent British,
French and Italian noblemen. The design
of the bank is stated to be to take up and
extend a valuable foreign connection and
assume more efficient protection and devel
opment of the Catholic banking interests
throughout the world.
ARREST OF CONSPIRATORS IN RUSSIA.
London, March 31.—A St. Petersburg
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says: “Forty
fiye persons were arrested on the night after
the attempt on the life of General Yon
Drentlem, chief of the Gendarmerie.
Some were of such high rank that they
were not sent to the common prisons. They
Include officers of guards, court chamber-
lains, and two daughters of a prominent
Minister.
“A committee has been appointed to in
quire into the ^ause of the death of two
hundred out of fivo hundred inmates of
the Charkoff Central prison within four
months.”
ADVICES FROM MADRID.
Madrid, March 31.—The news that an
insurrectionary plot has been discovered in
Santiago de Cuba is positively contradicted
here.
The condition of the Princess Christina,
daughter of the Dyke of Montpensier, con
tinues very serious, but the patient is more
quiet.
An electoral address of the Moderado
party censures the policy of the Canovas
Ministry, supports the present Cabinet, and
urges the electors not to abstain from voting
for members of the Cortes. A Federalist
manifesto recommends abstention.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Pittston, Pa., March 31.—About one
o’clock this morning as passenger train No.
8, from New York, on the Lehigh Yalley
Railroad, was approaching Mill creek, near
this place, the locomotive was thrown from
the track in consequence of a land slide
which occurred a short time previous. Engi
neer Nicholas Schillinger was instantly
killed and a fireman seriously injured. None
of the passengers were hurt.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Cincinnati, March 31.—A special dispatch
to the Enquirer 6ays that on Friday evening,
six miles north of Decatur, Ills., a wagon
containing a man named Robinson, his two
daughters and Mrs. Jones Nyc was struck
by lightning, instantly killing Robinson and
his daughter Kate, aged sixteen years, and
throwing Mrs. Nye to the ground in
unconscious condition.
ZEF.IOrs BREACH BETWEEN THE GOVERNORS
OF NATAL AND CATE COLONY.
Capetown, March 31.—It Is stated that a
serious breach has occurred between Sir
Bartle Frere, Governor and Commauder-in-
chief of Cape Colony, and Sir Henry E.
Bui wer. Governor of Natal, in consequence
of the harsii measures sanctioned by the
former to conscript natives.
BRITISH VICTORY OVER THE AFGHANS.
London, March 31.—A dispatch from La
hore to the Reuter Telegram Company says:
“A small force un4er Major Humfrey was
attacked on the 27th of March in the Pishin
valley by two thousand Afghans. The ene
my was defeated with a loss of sixty men
killed. There were no casualties among the
British.”
INCENDIARY FIRE.
Hudson, N. Y., March 31.—The wadding
mill, owned by Chas. W. Trimper, at River-
yille, in this countv was, with tbe contents,
totali _ ^ 1
Velocipedes, so much the rage of late
years, were highly popular fifty years
ago. In 1827 a velocipedist presented
hTmself at a turnpike, and asked :
“What’s to pay?” The gatekeeper, a
wag, replied, “that depends on whether
you ride your hobby horse or pull him
through. In the latter case, you know,
a two-wheel carriage, drawn by one
horse, mule or ass, is liable to the toll;
and you will, I suspect, come within the
meaning of the act.”
totally destroyed by fire yesterday. Lo«s
$70,000; insurance $35,000. It Is thought
to have been of incendiary origin.
A CONTEMPLATED STRIKE DEFERRED.
London, March 31.—The contemplated
strike of glass makers in the midland coun
ties has been deferred. The masters, after
private conference with the hands, de
cided to prolong the notices of reduction in
wages for a fortnight, the men meanwhile
remaining at work.
BARK ASHOhfc.
London, March 31.—A dispatch tc^
.loyds from Batavia says the German bark
Jenriette Buchard, hence by way of padong
for America, with fifteen hundred tons of
coffee, went ashore and was wrecked at An-
jer. A part of the cargo will be saved.
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
Cincinnati, March 31.—At Huntington,
West Virginia, Saturday, the jury in the
case of Henry Johnson, on trial for the
murder of Mrs. Parsons in January last, re
turned a verdict of murder in the first de
gree. He was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life. r *
THE WAGES DISPUTE PRACTICALLY ENDED.
London, March 31.—The Times says the
meeting of operative weavers at Blackburn
on Saturday, which decided to accept the
five per cent, reduction in wages, may prac
tically be considered to end tte wages dis
pute for the present.
A PEN LAN APPOINTED A TREASURY CLERK.
Washington, March 31.—Capt. Edward
O’Meagher Condon, the FeniaQ, has been
appointed to a Treasury clerkship.
EVENING TELEGRAMS
IMPORTANT DECISION IN
U. S. SUPREME COURT.
THE
Passanaiite, the Would-be Assassin
Exiled for Life.
THE FRENCH COMMITTEE AD
VERSE TOTRE REMOVAL OF
THE LEGISLATURE.
BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS
Y1KOOB KHAN.
Miscellaneous Items.
to
IMPORTANT DECISION RENDERED BY THE
UNITED 8T4FES SUPREME COURT.
Washington, March 31.—An opinion of
importance to all holders of dishonored mu
nicipal bonds, and one which is decisive of
a certain class of cases, was rendered in the
Supreme Court to-day lu the case of Morris
Ranger against the city of New Orleans.
The litigation arose out of an applica
tion foi a writ of mandamus to com
pel the authorities of that city
levy a tax to pay certain judgments ren
dersd against it upon bonds issued to the
New Orleans, Jachson and Great Northern
Railroad Company. The city &et up as r
defense that there was no legislative au
thority for the levy of 6uch a tax. The peti
tioner dopurred to this answer, but the
Circuit Odart overruled tbe demurrer, and
deuied gfee writ.{ whereupon the peti
tioner took th.A appeal. The court
below proceeded oh tne principle that the
power of taxation belongs exclusively to
the legislative branch of the government,
and that the judiciary cannot direct a tax to
be levied when none is authorized by the
Legislature. This court holcls, in a careful
opinion delivered by Justice Field, that, al
though the power of taxation is a legis
lative prerogative, it may be dele
gated to a municipal corporation
and that when such a corporation is created
the power of taxation is vested in it as an
essential attribute for all purposes of its ex
istence, unless its exercise is in express
terms prohibited, when, therefore, the au
thority to borrow money or incur ac
obligation to carry out any public
object is conferred upon a municipal corpo
ration the power to levy a tax for its pay
ment, or the discharge of the obligation ac
companies it, and this too without any
special mention that such power is granted,
It Is always to be assumed in the absence of
clear, restrictive provisions, that when the
Legislature grants to a city the power
to create a debt, it intended that the city
shall pay It, and that its payment shall not
be left to its capricious pleasure. When
ever a power to contract a debt is conferred
it must be held that a corresponding power
of providing for its payment is also con
ferred. The latter is Implied in the grant
of the former, and such implication can not
be overcome except by the express words of
limitation. In the present case the indebt
edness of the city of New Orleans is con
clusively established by the judgments re
covered. Owing the debt, the city had the
power to levy a tax for its payment, and it
was clearly its duty to do so. The payment
was not a matter resting on its pleasure, but
a duty to the creditor, and having neglect
ed that duty a mandamus should have
been issued to enforce its observance.
The judgment of the lower court musl
therefore be reversed and the cause re
mauded with directions to issue the writ In
compliance with the petition.
THE BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS WITH TAKOOB
KUAN.
London, March 31.—A dispatch from La
hore to the Tunes says : “ Col. Cavagnari,
who arrived here on Wednesday to confer
with the Viceroy, still remaius. The nego
tiations with Yakoob Khan have continued,
but hitherto it perhaps has not been the
government’s policy to press Yakoob Kahn
to a final decision for the obvious reason
that if his decision prove unacceptable
prompt advance on Cabul may be
our proper course, and that at present,
while the snow covers th© passes, such
a step would be impracticable. It will not
be surprising if iu the absence of the
pressure which Yakoob Kahn holds out for
more favorable terms than the Viceroy of
India has indicated, doubtless the terms
offered are such as Yakoob Kahn could ac
cept without dishonor, and would if accep
ted make him the strongest monarch
Afghanistan has had for many years,
hot. It is possible that Yakoob
Khan may prAer to save his honor by suf
fering the loss of a battle before he submits
to the inevitable. Doubtless a march upon
Cabul is the last thing the government de
sires, though it is quite prepared to accept
it as a necessity. There is nothing fresh of
a disquieting character from Mandalay, but
precautionary preparations are being quietly
made.”
ORGANIZATION OF THE RIVER CONVENTION.
Cincinnati, March 31.—A large number
I of delegates to the River Convention as
sembled at the Burnett House to-day, and
organized by calling Capt. Jqs. Wise to the
chair. After a speech by Benj. Eggleston
upon the importance of the object for which
the convention had assembled, Capt. Chas.
W. Batchelor, of Pittsburg, was appointed
permanent Chairman, and Ward Robinson,
of Cincinnati, Secretary. Capt. John Cow-
den, of Memphis, then addressed the conven
tion,rehearsing his experience at Washington
and his familiarity with the commerce of
the country. Oar river interest, he said,
had diminished instead of keeping pace
with other interests. In support of this he
said the Erie Canal handled more freight in
seven months than New Orleans did
thirteen years; that this grew out of a lack
of attention given to our rivers, and par
ticularly the outlet of our great
Western stream at the mouth of the Missis
sippi. Upon the conclusion of Captain
Cowden’s remarks a commitUe of five on
rules and order of business was appointed
after which the convention adjourued to
meet this afternoon, when Captain Cowden
will address them at length, exhibiting
plans, charts and maps connected with the
proposed movements.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Paris, March 31.—The great point of the
Senatorial committee’s report against the
return of the Legislature to Paris, is the
argument drawn from the policy of the
United States, which, the report points out,
has enjoyed for a century perfect security
from mob interference with the Legislature
by placing them at a distance from large
towns.
The proposal of M. LcPere, Minister of
the Interior, for granting 300,000 francs for
repatriating the indigent Communists,states
that at least 2,000 will return from New
Caledonia, while probably 1,500 who were
condemned in contumaciam will be amnes
tied.
It is believed that the government will
accept the proposal of the Comptoir de
Compte to take a seven years’ lease of the
Grand Opera House, the State guaranteeing
a subsidy of 800,000 francs, and appointing
M. Vaucorbell manager.
WASHINGTON WIJTHER PRQPH$T.
Office of thr cinar Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., March 31.—Indica
tions for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, warmer, clear
or partly cloudy weather, winds mostly
northwesterly, and generally higher pressure.
Ia the Middle Atlantic States, warmer,
clear or partly cloudy weather, northwest
erly winds and higher pressure.
In the East Gulf States, warmer, clear or
partly cloudy weather, southerly wihds
and falling barometer.
In the West Gulf States, warmer partly
cloudy weather, rain areas, southerly winds
and falling barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, cloudy
and rainy weather, variable winds, mostly
southeasterly, stationary or higher tempera
ture and generally falling barometer,
decisions rendered in southern law
** CASES.
Washington, March 3L—Decisions were
rendered by the United States Supreme
Court to-day in th© following Southern
cases: The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Com
pany against the State of Mississippi; or
dered for reargument. The Bank of Ameri
ca against the State of Virginia and A. D.
Banks, from the Circuit Court for the South
ern district of Mississippi; judgment
affirmed, with costs, uy a divided court.
The petition of the Governor of Virginia for
a writ of mandamus iu Judge Rives’ case Is
set for argument on the 14th of April.
ARREST Of smugglers.
New York, March 31.—A customs officer
last evening arrested two men down the
bay with eighteen thousand cigars in their
KJssession that were handed them from the
lavana steamer Niagara, which arrived
here last night. The men were looked up
In the Ludlow street jail, and the cigars
confiscated. Steps will be taken to hold the
steamer Niagara responsible for smuggling.
It is thought these arrests will lead to very
important developments and break up a big
ring of smugglers.
ARREST OF A SKILLED BANK ROBBER.
Charleston, March 31.—A man named
Morgan, who claims to be from Utica, N.
Y., was detected and arrested here to day
while passing from the First National Bank
with $20,000 worth of United States bonds
and other securities stolen from the Presi
dent’s private room. The property was re
covered and the prisoner locked up. The
attempt evidently was the work of skilled
and experienced thieves, who have beeD
preparing it for some time past.
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF COLONEL FRENCH.
Washington, March 31.—Colonel French,
late Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, to-day
was prostrated by the effects of recent
mental excitement and nervous exhaustion,
and remained for several minutes in a con
vulsion, which excited serious alarm among
his numerous friends at the capitol. Medi
cal assistance being promptly procured, he
soon recovered sufficiently to be removed to
his residence. /
ITALY NOT TO ADHERE TO THE FRENCH PRO
POSALS.
Rome, March 31.—Two leading members
of the Albanian league are expected here
to-day to endeavor to induce Italy not to
adhere to the proposals of France relative
to the Greek frontier, and to insist that the
largest portion of Epirus should be left to
Turkey, as the population are Albanian.
The Count and Countess Chambord have
sent the Pope twenty thousand francs.
NO DISASTERS BY THE STORM.
Norfolk, Va., March 31.—No reports
have been received of marine disasters by
the heavy storm raging last night and to-day
save those furnished by the Signal wire.
Reports from the neighboring truck farms
show that fruit has not been injured and tbe
prospect for the crop was never better.
THE WALLACE COMMITTEE.
Washington, March 31.—Some misun
derstanding existing as to the day to which
tbe Wallace Committee adjourned at its last
meeting, there were but two or three mem
bers present at 10 o’clock this morning, and
a further adjournment until to-morrow
(Tuesday) at 10a. m. took place.
SUSPENDED.
Liverpool, March 31.—Tucker, Rowly &
Co., cotton brokers, have suspended. The
failure is not a large one, but it tends to
shake confidence. There is some talk of
the difficulties of a large firm of ship brokers.
No names are mentioned.
PASSANANTE EXILED POR LIFE.
Rome, March 31.—Passanante, the would-
be assassiu of King Humbert, who has had
his sentence commuted, to-day embarked
aboard a man-of-war for tbe island of Elba,
where he will undergo penal servitude for
life.
SALE OF THE ALEXANDRIA WATER WORKS.
Cairo, March 3L—A contract for the sale
of the Alexandria wat*»r works to an English
company has been signed by M*\ Rivers
Wilson, the Finance Minister for the Egyp
tian Government.
THE OLTVER-CAMERON SUIT.
Washington, March 31. — Arguments
were commenced in the Oliver-Cameron
suit to-day, and the case will be given to
the jury to-morrow.
A Typical Southerner.
Washington Capital.
On Willard’s political exchange there
was a mild-looking, iron gray-haired man
of fifty, who delivered himself thus:
“ The Northern papers seem to think
that the murder of Porter, at Marshall,
Texas, was-the natural result of the
Southerner’s sentiment in favor of homi
cide; but I cannot, for the life of me,
see the connection, for the murderer is a
Northern man and an ex Union soldier,
who served in President Hayes’ regi
ment during the war. Do these North
ern gentlemen—using the word in its
parliamentary sense—expect us to reform
every Northern ruffian who comes South,
or do they think that our atmosphere has
the malaria of murder in it, aud abuse
us because we do not reform the atmos
phere? The Evening Star talks about the
rule of the revolver down there. Why
does not the Star shed its purifying light
on Washington morality, and urge a re
peal of the most indulgent law that saves
from death the six ruffians who outraged
a defenseless woman? And why cannot
this high-toned morality, that judges the
degree of crime by geographical position,
turn the leg of the topographical moral
dividers a little Northward?
“I went to New York city after the
war to make an honest living, because a
New York friend told me there was no
competition in that line. Well, my dear
sir, if the gamblers in Texas were not
better than some of the New York
preachers we would ask Bob Ingersoll to
lecture on religion, Simon Cameron to
preach on politics and Mary Walker and
Mrs. Oliver to teach our (Jqughvers
dancing school. Why, sir, this geo
graphical idea of orime beats your sec
tional politics all hollow. Six newspa
pers in New York subsist on illustrated
Northern immorality, and then the press
comes and calls us barbarians and duelists
because a Northern man shoots an actor
in a Southern city.”
CHEAP AND RAPID TELEGRAPHY
Proposed New Lines—Tbe Baltimore
and Oblo Company’s Line to Wash
ington — Wonderful Results Ex
pected.
Baltimore Bulletin.
Telegraph companies are being organ
ized by several of the leading railroad
companies under the power granted
them to do so by the telegraph bill re
cently passed by Congress. A line^ has
already been chartered in New York,
which threatens to be a serious rival to
the Western Union Company. The new
company is known as the American
Rapid Telegraph Company, and has a
capital of $3,000,000. It is proposed to
build lines connecting New York with
Boston, Baltimore, and other cities of
the West and Southwest. It is probable
that a general system of connecting lines
will be built by all the railroads in the
country, to be used not only for their
own convenience, but to do a general
commercial and press business.
The Baltimore and Ohio Company
has already constructed a line of its own
between this city and Washington, but
has not yet established an office in the
centre of the city for the accommodation
of the business public, but this is ex
pected to be done. The subject of con
structing lines over the entire length of
the main stem, branches and connecting
roads of the company is under con>idera-
ion, and will no aoubt be determined
upon shortly. When this is done a main
office will be established convenient to
the business centre of the city, and local
offices elsewhere, for the convenience of
customers.
The establishment of these new com
peting lines is expected to materially af
fect, and may probably revolutionize, the
telegraph business. It is claimed that a
new and more rapid system of transmit
ting and receiving messages will be used,
and the cost of messages greatly cheap
ened. The rates mentioned are 25 cents
to all stations east of the Rocky Moun
tains, and 15 cents for fifty words for
night messages. Special messages lor
the press will be charged as low r as 10
cents for a hundred words. The plan
includes not only the most rapid trans
mission of messages, but also a system
of rapid delivery, aud contemplates the
use of the telegraph in connection with
tbe post office, so as to bring it within
the reach of all.
We are informed that a movement is
on foot among the alleged “v'uiun sol
diers and sailors,” now resident in this
city, to celebrate the anniversary of
Lee’s surrender with a procession,
speeches and music by tbe Marine Band,
one week from next Wednesday. The
Uni in soldiers and sailors, as alleged, ad
vertise that their demonstration is to be
entirely non partisan. We seem to have
heard of similar nqn-partisanmo\ementg
before. The managers of the Republi
can party are sly, sir; devilish sly. Let
us see. There are a great many ex-Con-
federates about the capital just at this
time; Grant will soon begin to arrive;
and the non-partisan gathering of alleged
Union soldier 0 and sailors, tfuth a pro
cession, speeches and music by the Ma
rine Band, is to culminate at the foot of
the Lincoln column in front of the City
Hall. Of course it will be non-partisan.
Washington Capital.
Youthful Elopers.—A boy of thir
teen and a girl of pteven ran away to
gether from South Framingham, Mass.,
to Lowell. Their escapade was tele
graphed to the Lowell police as an elope
ment, and they were arrested; but the
little fellow indignantly repelled any as
persion on his companion, and proved
that he had taken her from he^ home,
where Uie was discon tented, to find her
a better one. A slightly older pair, aged
seventeen and fourteen, really did elope
from Cleveland, and were overtaken by
the boy’s mother and the girl’s father.
The girl behaved sentimentally, throw
ing herself on her lover’s b^som, and
declaring that her entwining arms, but
not her heart, might be wrenched from
him. The boy, however, on feeling the
grip of his mother’s hand on his shoul
der, said, “I guess we’d better go liom?
with 'em, Jennie.”
‘ Is this unnatural, unnational and un-
American conflict to go on forever ?
Will it never come to an end ? Will the
American people never be permitted to
live together in peace and harmony ?
The American people as a whole are
deeply injured by this conflict. To them
it is productive of nothing but unmitiga
ted evil. No people on earth are better
fitted by nature to live together in amity.
Tboy are children of the same soil, citi
zens of the same republic, and heirs of
the same destiny, and iu spite of their
divisions and di sensions, and even in
Ispite of themselves, they will have to
submit to the same destiny io long as a
republican government lasts in America.
There are not two destinies marked out
by fortune Tor this people—qnc for the
North and another fop the South.”—
General Shields.
Touching Up the Radical Record.
Se.c York World.
General Garfield and his associates
have short memories. It is precisely
five years ago since President Grant, iu
correcting a false report to the effect that
he would veto any inflation measures
Congress might adopt, declaring that if
he were a member of the National Leg
islature “he should consider an intima
tion of a veto in advance of legislation
as an unbecoming threat by the Exeeu
tiveand should resent it.” And it is but
little more than a decade since Senator
Logan took the ground (in his impeach
ment speech before the Senate, April 22
1868.) that if a President should
veto appropriation bills, and there
not being a two thirds vote
in Congress against his veto, should
thereby defeat the appropriations so as
to block the wheels of government, he
could be impeached “for an improper
use of power, although he is authorized
by the Coustitution to use such power.”
Heru would be a case,” said Senator
Logan with more than his usual force,
“wherein the exercise of lawful power
was done in such a way as to become so
oppressive and obviously wrong that
there must be a remedy, and impeach
ment would be the only one.” We may
therefore expect to sec Senator Logan
voting with the Democrats—perhaps even
urging with Spartan sternness the im
peachment of Jlr. Uaye.. And while
we ars thus touching up the records of
our Republican friends we may observe
that in August, 18711. the Radical organ
at Washington, the National Republican,
in announcing that lists for discharges
were making out in the various Execu
tive departments, said gracefully: “We
hope no Democrat will be left in the ser
vice when these discharges are finished.
No matter how high the position—no
matter who refomiaenijs him, let every
IJetaourat step' down and out.” The
remembrance of this candid expression
of opinion must go far to lessen our con
temporary's present grief at the prospect
of seeing Mr. Gorham and the other
Senate officials replaced by Democrats.
Grant has received a pressing invita
tion from Somdet Phra Paramindr Maha
Khoulalonkorn, King of Siam No. 1,
to come and visit him at Rangkok on his
way to China. It is fortunate for Grant
that bomilet Phra Paramindr Maha
Khoulalonkorn has abolished the old
law requiring every tody who approaches
him to do so on his stomach, dragging
himself along like a snake. Grant would
present a pitiable spectacle in that atti
tude. The second King of Siam, Kroma
Phraratscha, probably is not able to en
tertain Grant, as he plays second fiddle
to the King No. 1, and cannot draw a
dollar from the Treasury without the
iermission of Somd-t, v tc. It fakes a
: ortune to entertain Grant a few days.—
Courier-Journal,
A Beggar Millionaire
A beggar recently died in Berlin who
left an estate valued at more than a mil
lion and a half marks. He lived in Ber
lin, where he had a large family, and
was noted for the sumptuous burgher
style in which he entertained during the
winter months, when tlcne he was at
homo. The champagne flowed freely at
his dinners, and the tradespeople whom
he invited were not kept in Ignorance of
the most recherche efforts of the North
German cuisine. During sunnier and
autumn, however, the millionaire was
not at home. He was away at the wa
tering places, but it has only just trans
pired iu what uapaeity. In fact, he
wont the rounds of these resorts, when
they were most crowded, in the
discharge of his business a3 profes
sional beggar, in which art he had
no rival, and which enabled hitq
to accumulate his fortune and live
at such pleasant sa.e in the “off
seasons.’ He was a genuine artist in
his line, a perfect actor, a master of dis
guises, and played many roles in his for
aging expeditions. “In wretched habili
ments,” says one account, “with, an in
valid’s cap, blue sncptaulas, lobg snow-
white hah' .(UQiciously uukempt, and ap
pareritly palsied limbs, he used to sham
ble slowly and most artistically along the
promenades. He never directly asked
alms, as he knew by experience that the
sdeut system of hejgia; raid the best;
but rncnOj was liberally bestowed upon
hun, bis best harvests being gathered in
the once famous gambling resorts, the
winners doubtless making gifts in the
way of thank offerings, the losers to pro
pitiate fortune.” He used to send his re
ceipts to Berlin every week, and had
them invested with prudence and Judg
ment. He drove ',hio profitable trade for
thirty y jars, long after he had become a
rich man, and was finally recognized at
Weisbaden by a Berliuer aud exposed,
whereupon he gave up his little game and
retired.
(Srorrrir* and Prorisions.
mm ORANGES.
B ananas, cocoanuts.
ORANGES, PINE APPLES.
Catxo schooner Geo. Washington.
Jamaica,
also in store:
5,000 COMMON CONCH SHELLS.
2.000 QUEEN CONCH SHELLS.
APPLES, LIMES, MALAGA GRAPES.
50,000 PRIME CLEAN COCO AN l TS
LEMONS, DATES.
MESSINA ORANGES, FIGS.
GOLD DUST ! GOLD DUST !
$3, $3, $3, $3, $3, $3.
MBBWCT8 HAMS. IMPERIAL BOWER,
MERWIN'S BACON. The Best Flour
MERWIN’S SHOULDERS. In the world.
LOOSE CHOW CHOW AND.H1XEO
PICKLES.
8ole Agency for United States for HENRY
FABER & CO.’S BORDEAUX FINE WINES
and BRANDIES.
TOWN TALK.
TOWN TALK.
“TEN STRIKE - ’ FLOUR.
“Can’t be Beat.”
WINES and LIQUORS of every kind in glass
and wood.
EVERYTHING IN Y LINE.
JOSEPH B. REEDY,
GROCER AND IMPORTER,
mh24-tf SAVANNAH, GA.
NOVELTIES
IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH
-AT-
DANIEL HOGAN’S.
In which are comprised a magnificent collet?-
tion of new and novel textures, adapted exclu
sively for a first-class retail trade.
Grenadines and Gauzes,
In 8ilk and Wool. Velvet Stripes, Demasse and
Arabesque effects.
The largest and most varied assortment of
to be found in the city, and at prices that goods
of the same superior quality cannot be bought
for elsewhere.
I invite special attention.to in j stock of
TEA, ETC.
2^ HALF chests choice TEAS, sejected by
one of the best judges in New York city
especially for our trade.
50 barrels choice FAMILY FLOUR.
25 barrels fresh PEARL GftlTS.
25 baskets PIPER HEIDSIECK CHAMPAGNE.
25 baskets GOLD SEAL CHAMPAGNE.
MESSINA LEMONS and ORANGES.
FERRIS' HAMS, STRIPS and SHOULDER©.
FRESH TOMATOES, FRESH CORN.
OKRA and TOMATOES.
LIMA BEANS, GREEN PEAS,
FRESH PRUNES.
FRESH NUTS, all kinds.
BRUCH & COOPER’S.
mh27-tf
TEAS,
p UNPOWDER, Younj,
VJX perial, Japan, English Breakfast, Oolong.
TEAS.
ag Hyson. Hyson, Im
CANNED GOODS.
Pine Apples, Pears, Cherry Apricots, Ap
ples, Peaches, Lima Reans, Peas, Corn, Okra
and Tomatoes. Mackerel, Salmon, Clams,
Lobster.
FIS
New Boneless Codfish, Plain Codfish, Pickled
Herring, Mass Mackerel in barrels and kits.
M. F. FOLEY
« CO..
Corner Broughton and Barnard.
mhS-8,T^&Th,tf
BUTTER, BUTTER.
ljOOO Yier^^Bw.
H CHOW CHOW SHRIMP.
3-LB. CANS PEACHES, 3 cans for 50c.
POUNDS GOOD BUTTER at 20c.
und.
A. C. HARMON & CO.,
31 WHITAKER STREET.
Crumbs of Comfort.
R oyal baking powder.
SEA FOAM.
DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER.
TOWN TALK BAKING POWDER.
SUPERLATIVE, the best family flour.
MIXED PICKLES by the quart.
CHOW CHOW and DILL'S GHERKINS.
For sale at the
STORE
—BY—
BLUE
r. H.
mhlStf
VON NEWTON.
156 CONGRESS STREET.
PRESE R VES!
D RY GINGER hi one p<
PRESERVED GINGER in small and large
jars.
GORDON & DILWORTH'S PRESERVES yin
pint and quart jars).
GORDON & DILWORTH'S JBLLIE8.
KEMP, DAY & Ca'S PRESERVES.
SCOTCH JAMS, assorted.
ORANGE MARMALADE.
RASPBERRY JAM.
PURE RED CURRANT JELLY
A. M. & C. W. WEST’S.
mhl7-tf
Ihoice Groceries & Liquors.
BARRELS BELLE OF* LOGAN FLOUR
Ov 50 barrels YEN STRIKE FLOUR.
50 barrels E. R. POTATOES.
25 barrels APPLES.
25 boxes LEMONS.
MATTING,
the prices of which are lower than ever before
known. For instance.
100 PIECES PLAIN WAITE
at 15 cents per yard, sold elsewhere for 25 cents
per yard.
DANIEL HOGAN.
mh30 Tel.M&Tutf
137 BUOlTiHTON STREET,
BETWEEN BULL AND WHITAKER 8T!k
F ULL lines of Ladies' COLORED DRESS
GOODS of the newest spring styles.
WASH POPLINS, new spring styles, from
up.
BLACK CAMEL S HAIR GRENADINES, seve
ral qualities.
BLACK ALL WOOL TAMISE.
BLACK SILK WARP TAMISE.
BLACK BAREGE, Laine.
NEW PRINTED LAWNS, choice styles.
NEW PRINTED PERCALES, ehoice styles:
NEW PRINTED UNION LAWNS, choice style?,
SPRING SILKS.
EMBROIDERED
egant SI
BATISTE NECK TIES.
Ladles' Handsome WHITE
LAWN NECK TIES.
Ladies' Handsome WHITE LACE NECK TIE*.
Ladies’ BRETONNF, LACE SCARFS, whit© and
black.
HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES.
An exceptional line of these goods. Elegant
designs and very fine work. An exceedingly
large variety of patterns.
BRETONNE LACKS.
RUSSIAN LACES.
ITALIAN LACE V ,
GLOVES AND HOSIERY.
Ladies’ 3-button KID GLOVES, from 50c. np.
Ladies' 2-button KIT) If LOVES, from 40c. up.
Ladies’ LACE TOP LISLE THREAD GLOVES.
Ladles’ LISLE THREAD GLOVES, in 2 and A
buttons.
Ladies’ FANCY BALBRIGGAN HOSE.
Ladies’ WHITE and UNBLEACHED BAL-
BRIGGAN HOSE.
(Tiildren’s FANCY HOSE, new styles, a great
variety.
SHETLAND SHAWLS.
BERLIN WOOL SHAWLS.
CHILDREN’S PIQUE SUITS.
Full lines of
TOWELS AND TOWEL1NG8.
Some special bargains in Towels.
CORSETS.
THOMPSON’S GLOVE FITTING, SPOON
BUSK, NONPAREIL, ABLOMINAL, CUI
RASS E, NURSING and oiher popular Corseta,
Deluding our 50c. SIDE STEEL COSSET, the
very best for the money.
GENTLEMEN’S GOODS.
Gentlemen’s NECK SCARFS, new spring styI«f.
Gentlemen's LINEN COLLARS.
Gentlemen’s LINEN CUFFS.
Gentlemen's and Boys’ SUSPENDERS.
The OUAKER CITY UNLaUNDRIEI) DOLLAR
SHIRT, made of Wam.sutta shirting, perfect
fitting, and made in the best manner.
The QUAKER CITY 75c. SHIRT, the best Shirt
at the price
QUAKER CITY LAUNDRIED SHIRTS, in de
ferent. erades.
BOYS’ SHIRTS.
GOOD ARTICLES.
MODERATE PRICES.
POLITE ATTENTION,
B. F.
mh29-tf
McKENNA.
1,000
Fired at ms Wife and Segt t*ie
Baby.—In Balti^ora on Wednesday
nijrht t>f murder were heard in
bonse Ufo. 125 Sixth street southeast,
Washington, occupied hy I). M. Fur
long, ancj a crowd of the neighbors was
brought out. At this time a pistol 6hot
was heard. Mr. Furlong ran from the
house, and his wife appeared at the win
dow covered with blood. Some of the
neighbors pursued Mr. f., hut he got
away. When matter* became tranquil
it was asceltamed that Uurlong and his
wife had a quarrel about some difference
in religious faith, and he, in attempting
to shout his wife, wounded the baby, and
so frightened the *wife that she cut her
face and hands In trying to burst through
the window. Mr. Furlong is thought to
be temporarily insane.
—ALSO—
25 baskets PIPER HEIDSEICK.
GIBSON S WHISKIES.
JEMISQN’S IRISH WHISKY.
DUFF GORDON SHERRY.
CHAMPAGNE CIDER on draught.
BOTTLED LIQUORS of all kinds.
For sale by
jas. mcgrath & co.
jan24-tf
SALT!
0,000 Sacks Liverpool Salt.
For sale by
C. L. GILBERT Sc CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
mh26-tf S. E. cor. Bay aud Barnard sta
SOMETHING NEW!
B ONELESS HERRINGS in boxes, Codfish
Balls in cans, Boneless Pig’s Feet in cans,
Golden Pumpkin in cans. Stewing Prunes 3 lbs.
for 25 cents, for sale at
H. W. TILTON & CO.’S,
30 Whitaker street, sign of the Big Ham.
mh8-tf
COFFEE.
« ,()()() BAGS COFFEE
r American schooner C.H. Foster, direct from
‘ ” ** d for sale by
CORNWELL.
Rio de Janeiro.
feb!5-tf
Landing and for sale by
WEED AC
Starts, &(.
CONTRACTOR
Tin Roofing, (flitters,
CONDUCTORS,
The length of a pig’s tail led to a mur
der in Madison county, N. C., last Thurs
day. Two farmers, named Norton and
Gaither, disputed concerning die length
of the taii of a pig which they were ex
amining. Norton gave Gaither the lie,
whereupon Gaither told Norton to get
ready for a deadly fight. Both men drew
their revolvers almost simultaneous!v.
Gaither was fatally wounded and ortOn
lost a thumb. The point as to which of
the two men was right in regard to the
length of the pig’s tail remains undecided.
POVERTY AND SUFFERING,
“I was dragged down with dobt, poverty
and suffering years, caused by a sick
faro^y and large bills for doctoring, which
did them no good. I was completely dis
couraged, until one year ago, by the advice
of my pastor, I procured Hop Bitters and
commenced their use, and in one month we
were all well, and none of us have seen a
sick day since, and I want to say to all poor
men, you can keep you* families well a year
with Hop BiUers for less than one doctor’s
visit will cost—I know it.
“A Workingman.”
mh20-Th.8,Tu&wlm
6. Select and Riverside Whisky.
r pHESE are pure articles, recommended for
A medicinal use. Free from FUSIL OfcU
For sale ia quantities to suit purchasers by
A. H. CHAMPION, Sole Agent,
jan33-Th^gTu3m 154 —
GalraiM Iron Cornice.
AND REPAIRING SAME
Hardware, Stoves
Boys’Spring Suits!
FROM 3 TO 15 YEAJtS.
Misses’ Linen Suits.
Boys’ Linen Blouses.
Misses’ Madras Gingham Suits.
Spring Dress Goods
—or THE—
LATEST VARIETIES.
WET LINENS!
At Me., 35c., 40c. and 50c.
A LARGE INVOICE OF
BLACK SILKS
To arrive this week, at prices never before
heard of. Also, a full line
House-Furnishing Goods
Examine my stock before purchasing.
COftlid HOPKINS,
LADIES’ LINEN SUITS.
GRAY & DIKi,