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Savannah Ga.
matrimonial.
Little Miss Featherweight,
Mincing along.
Haughty and arrogant,
Train a yard long;
Too proud to notice .
Shop windows or wares,
Rude and unlady like,
Rutting on airs!
Young Mr. Nobody,
Living quite fast,
Roasting of pedigree,
Rank in the past!
Nursing with fondness
A few silken hairs.
Leaning on relatives.
Rutting on airs!
Little Miss Featherweight
Meets Mr. N ,
“ Angel in petticoats ”—
•* Sweetest of men ”—
Giggle and badinage,
lx>ve unawares:
Each to the other one
Rutting on airs!
Young Mr. Nobody
Marries the maid;
She blushing tenderly,
lie half afraid.
Now we’ve two Nobodies—
Doves go in pairs—
Spending the honeymoon.
Rutting on airs.
One year has passed away,
Masks are thrown down;
She n virago proves,
He but a clown!
Si rangers, the Nobodies
Ross on the stairs;
Void is the pedigree.
Gone are the airs!
—yew York Sun.
Georgia Affairs.
That story of the Thomasville Times about
a fishing party from that place catching
7155 fish at one haul o? a seine is true. The
Erder}ir<'<’ corroborates it, and says the
above was the result of a fair count, with
no tissue ballots.
Governor Colquitt has commuted the sen
tence of James Alford, in jail in Atlanta,
condemned to be hung on the 8th of Au
gust, to imprisonment for life. The Gov
ernor di<l this because Alford was tried and
sentenced before the passage of the law
allowing recommendations of mercy by the
jury, and as Cox and Hill had each re
ceived the benefit of that law, the Governor
concluded to accord Alford the same ad
vantage.
The Atlanta Constitution gives a full ac
count of the suicide in that city on Monday
last of Lieutenant Henry M. McCawley,
Company 1, Thirteenth Infantry. It says
that he went into freight car No. 930, which
was standing alongside the platform of the
Central Railroad depot, and sought out the
darkest corner. There, In a standing posi
tion, he placed the muzzle of his pistol in-
siile his teeth, pointing upwards, and fired.
His idea undoubtedly was to die an instant
death. The ball tore away the front teeth
aud gums and passed directly through the
brain and out at the top of the head. It
pierced his hat, a small straw one, and
struck the hard wood of the roof of the car,
boring a hole, and, glancing, flew to the
other eiul of the car, where it was found.
The pistol had fallen from his hand, and
fie sank down unconscious. The pi-tol was
a new one, nickel plated, of the XL pattern,
about forty one calibre, and had, it is sup
posed, been bought l»y the suifcide but a
short time before aud for the purpose of the
deed he lu re committed. Temporary men
tal aberration is the only cause assigned for
the act. He is believed, says the 7W, to
have lost a great deal of money at the gam
ing table.
The election for city oillces in Atlanta
takes place next Monday week, and it
promises to be very exciting.
The Harlem Columbian Is informed by
travelers through the country that It is a
difficult matter to procure provender for
their horses—the farmers laboring under the
impression that there is going to be a fam
ine as a sequence to the present long
drought.
A new depot, is badly needed In Harlem,
according to the Columbian.
The action for damages brought by Mrs.
William Henry Peck against tlie New York
Elevated Railroad for damages received by
her some time since by an accident on that
road has, it is stated, been compromised.
The company pays Mrs. Peck $10,000 and
all the expenses of the suit.
The D.ihloncga Signal is very cool over
that “bucket full of gold” which waa
brought from the Dahlonega mine into that
city last Friday. It says very “nonchalantly 1
that such “finds” are every day occurrences
in that region.
The Senoia Farm and Home says that
terrible tight took place in the negro Baptist
Church in that place on last Sunday night,
iu which most of the congregation took
part. It learns that they run the preacher
home, not giving him time to pronounce
the benediction. During the hottest part of
the battle they never forgot to call each
other “brudder anu sister.” The case was
in court Tuesday.
Mule stealing is getting to be a common
pastime in the neighborhood of CalhoUD.
Charles Norton, who was concerned in
the publication of directories in Macon, Atr
lauta and other points, was arrested re*
cently in Macon on the charge of bigamy
and embezzlement.
The Atlanta Dispitch gives the following
account of a probable double homicide in
Pickens county. It says: “Two brothers
named Poole, living three miles from Jasper,
in Pickens county, were notorious informers
on illicit distillers. On Saturday night last
a party of armed men appeared at the house
of the more obnoxious of the brothers, who
made his appearance, and shots were ex
changed, when his brother, who was not
sought for by the mob, was 6hot by the
mob, aud his body literally riddled with
bullets. The first brother received a.shot,
shattering the right arm from elbow to
shoulder, the ball lodging In the shoulder.
The wound is supposed to be mortal. The
wife of the wounded man identified Mike
Stoner, one Pressley, and another man whose
name our informant could not obtain. The
Coroner's inquest was held Monday morn
ing:, at which the men accused promised to
resent. Two of them made their ap-
be
pearance, but Mike Stoner failed to cpme
to time. It ii s*id that the two could prove
an alibi, but Stoner could uofc, hence his
absence. Great excitement prevails here,
as the parties connected are well known.
The two brothers were cousins of the deputy
marshal in this section. At last accounts
Stoner had not been apprehended.”
IVarrenton Clipper: “Last Saturday even T
ing came near being a season of great gloom
with our community. Several youths of our
town were seining in Rocky Comfort creek,
about three miles east of us. Among them
were two sons of Mr. D. R. Howell. Some
colored chaps appeared on the ground—one
of them, about seventeen years of age, bear
ing an old gun with which bis party had
been hunting. Ashley Ho well, a youEh be?
tween twelve and fifteen years old, got hold
of a pistol belonging to some one of his
party, and he and the colored youth with
the gun began teasing each other. They
must have been some thirty or forty yards
apart, when unfortunately the gun went off
in the hands of the colored boy, driving
twenty-eight mixed 6hot into Ashley*s body,
Tanging from his knee up into the very
centre of the scalp of his head. A group
passed through his hat, a group of ten or
tweive entered his left shoulder; the others
scattered, except a small batch taking effect
just below the knee joint. This was the
severest wound, except a stray 6hot enter
ing the hand at the joints of the fingers.
One shot produced a blood spirt from the
neck; the most dangerous wound 1* from *
shot taking effect in the abdomen. Mr,
John Kitchens heard the firing and the cries
of pain that followed, and he hastened to
the spot. He found Ashley covered with
blood, and the entire party very greatly
alarmed, and none more so than the negro
boy. The latter had tom the shirt from
his body to wipe off the blood from Ashley,
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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY; JULY 3, 1879
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Mr. Kitchens brought the wounded boy
home, and he is now doing well under the
skillful treatment of Dr. M. R. TT«n This
is a sad lesson, though it might have been
much more sad. The shot were No. 6 to
No. 4, and from some guns would have pro
duced instant death.”
Atlanta Dispatch: “Telegrams were re
ceived in the city yesterday from Carters-
ville, stating that Hon. Miles G. Dobbins,
formerly oi Atlanta, was in a dying con
dition. The telegrams Summoned Judge
and Mrs. Cunningham, his children, and Dr.
U. O. Robertson, of the Atlanta Health In
stitute, to his bedside. Judge Dobbins is
well known in Atlanta as a capitalist and
formerly a director of the Georgia Banking
and Trust Company.”
A correspondent writing from West Point
to the Columbus Times says: “ •Captain*
Potts, the trampist, arrived here on Satur
day p. m. She was surrounded as she passed
through the streets by all the boyB and ne
groes who could get there. 8he seemed in
good trim and skimmed over the ground
like a swallow on the water. She is accused
of carrying something in her hip pocket.”
Gainesville Southron: “ The biggest thing
we ever saw with our own natural eye in the
way of gold ore waa a tin bueketfnl of the
quartz and precious metal exhibited to our
astonished vision by Dr. Lombard, at
Dahlonega, last Tuesday. The ore was
from the Battle Branch mine, weighed
about fifteen pounds, and contained, ac
cording to estimates of experts, from three
to four hundred dollars in great chunks of
gold. This much we say on oHr own ac
count, but if the owners will send us one
bushel of the ore we will just spread our
selves and write a full column of just such
facts, if we can obtain them from as good
authority as our own eyes.”
A Mr. Poarch. residing near Calhoun,
caught a burglar leaving his house last Fri
day afternoon. He followed and overtook
the man, who first begged to be let off. A
few words more passed when, says the Cal
houn Times, “Mr. Poarch noticed the villain
place his hand on his side pocket, and in an
instant he drew forth a huge revolver. Mr.
Poarch put up his gun to fire, but the man
grasped it and a terrible 6cuille then ensued
which lasted some minutes, but finally re
sulted in the thief wrenching the gun from
Mr. Poach’s grasp; then stepping back a few
paces he fired at Poarch, grazing his shirt
bosom. He then started through the
woods, telling Poarch if he followed he
would kill him, but if he did not he would
set the gun down in the woods after he
bad gotten sufficient distance. Mr. Poarch
fearing his life did not pursue. He never
had seen the man before, and thinks he
came in from some other settlement for the
purpose of pillage, and this happened to be
the most favorable piace he could find,
there not being even a woman about the
premises, Mrs. Poarch being at her father’s,
not a great way off. Poarcn told his story
to his father-in-law and the other neighbors,
and they became very much excited over
the affair, as it is claimed In many instances
of late corn cribs and smoke houses through
out the neighborhood have been entered by
unknown parties. Parties were in search
of the man for several days, but could hear
nothing of him. A careful watch will be
set up, and if he has any more stealing to do
he had better steer clear of that neighbor
hood.”
A BRIEF HONEYMOON.
Fearing Her Parents 9 Anger.a Young
Bride Commits Suicide Alter a Se
cret Marriage.
Woodson County {Kan.) Post, June 20.
Miss Mary Holt was the daughter of
Jacob Holt, a man of wealth and promi
nence, and one of the most respected
citizens of Perry township. She was in
the prime of her young life, intelligent,
cultured and refined, respected by all,
admired by many, and most fondly loved
by one James Ashburn, a worthy young
man, living on a farm near by. Between
himself and Mary there had sprung up
an attachment which, beginning in joy,
has been the death of one, and will be a
life long blight on the other.
The family of the young lady were
averse to her attachment to this young
man, and had provided what they deem
ed a more eligible suitor, who was ex
pected to arrive in a short time to claim
the hand of the young lady against her
will, but at the bidding of her parents.
To secure themselves against the rigor of
parental demands, the young people re
solved upon private marriage, which was
solemnized by Esquire Waldrip about
three weeks ago, only a few trusted
friends being present. They went to their
respective homes and only met occasion
ally in company with a sister of the
young wife.
On last Saturday Mr. Ashburn com
municated to his wife the fact that their
secret bad been divulged, and that it
would be impossible to Keep it from her
parents. She declared that she would
die before she would face the storm of
parental indignation such a communica
tion would bring upon her, while he en
deavored to dissuade and comfort her.
Immediately on her return home, how
ever, she went to her room and swallowed
a dose of strychnine, and in thirty
minutes she was a corpse. The young
husband, in the agony of his grief, de
clared that they should not be long
parted, but was closely watched by
anxious friends.
On Sunday he was informed by his
cousin, in whose care he had been left,
that the funeral procession would pass
the house soon, and was asked if he
would go. He replied that he would,
and directed the young man to go aud
eet the horses ready. Hardly had his
companion left the room until the report
of a pistol was heard, and hurrying back
he found young Ashburn on the floor
weltering in his own blood. The muz
zle of the pistol had been placed almost
against his forehead, but in the excite
ment of his crazy grief the range had
been too low, and the ball, ranging down
ward, had lodged in his face without in
flicting a necessarily fatal wound. He
is now under the care of physicians who
entertain strong hopes of his recovery.
Should he recover he will be removed as
soon as possible from the sorrowful asso
ciations of his present home and taken
to Indiana, where he formerly lived.
The Iron Trade in the United
States. — Secretary Swank, of the
American Iron and Steel Association,
has issued his usual elaborate report of
the trade for 1878, and the figures are
certainly encouraging. The production
of pig metal last year was greater than
any year since 18*4. This improvement
is accounted for by the increasing busi
ness of foundries and machine shops,
anu the growth of the Bessemer steel in
dustry. The pig iron produced in 1878
amounted to 2,577,361 tons of 2,000
pounds, against 2,314,585 tons in 1877,
3.093,236 in 1876, and 2,266,581 in 1875.
The average price, however, was lower
than ever before known, number one
anthracite foundry pig ruling at Phila
delphia at $17 62* average for the year
1878, against $18 87* in 1877, $30 25 in
1874, $42 75 in 1873, and $48 87* in
1872 If the rate of increase in produc
tion during 1878 should be maintained
the product for 1879 will reach that of
the begt year ever known in the trade,
1873.
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At the Brown street market Qn Satur
day morning an old Irish woman a P*
proached a fish stand and appealed to the
proprietor for help. He declined to give
her anything. She moved away, but
not out of the building. Unobserved,
gqp went behind the stand, where a large
tub covered with canvass attracted her
attention. Cautiously lifting the cover,
so as not to make any noise, she ran her
hand into the tub, and then she yelled.
The tub contained several snapping
turtles, and one had caught hold of her
fingers, causing much pain. “Och!
Mister! may God bless you; take the
creathur off; do please/’ was her plead
ing remark to the owner of tbp snappers.
It was found necessary to kill the turtlg
before the fingers could be liberated.—
Philadelphia '
According to his own *W5P<?unt» sermons
on the terror of hell or any other subject
never seem to have impressed Chasiine
Cox, the murderer, to any great extent.
He was asked in New York on Wednes
day if he wasn’t impressed by the sermon
he heard in Boston on the night of his
arrest, and replied: “No, I done sider
that the germon pressed on me at aU.
Yon don’t spemtp mmembac thatl goto
church always; I always have. #y pastor
will he ’stonished when he hears of Una.
No, that ggrmop didn’t seem tQ worry
BT TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
FOREIGN CROP REPORTS.
FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCI
DENT IN NSW YORK.
Effects of Protection in Spain and
Switzerland.
THE SEIZURE OF LA LANTERNE.
Lord Cairns’ University Bill-
The “Fourth” In London.
FOREIGN WHEAT MARKET.
London, July 2.—The Tones 1 financial
article says: “The evidence of a preponde
rating influence of the foreign wheat sup
ply over the market in Mark Lane was
afforded on Tuesday last by the fact that a
violent recurrence of bad weather at this
critical period scarcely affected prices
at all. We note that buyers mainly
rely on American supplies, as reports
from the continent are far from being uni
formly favorable. Official reports of the
Italian harvest say that rain and inundations
Italian harvest say that rain and inundations
have rendered the prospects in the North
deplorable. Central Italy promises,-'at
least, a moderately good harvest, Southwest
and Sicily tolerable, and Southeast and
Sardinia excellent. The crops in Europe are
on the whole anticipated to be under the
average. According to Odessa newspapers
the situation of crops in Southern Russia
and Caucasus has been scarcely ever so bad
as at present. The wheat which was left
by drought and hall is now, it is asserted,
annihilated by frightful swarms of grass
hoppers and corn beetles In the neighbor
hood of Odessa, and in the Government of
Bessarabia, Ekaterinslow, Kheperson, Pol-
torn, Tlflts, Terek, Baku, Stravopol and
Kaites.
FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
New York, Julv 2.—A frightful accident
occurred on the Metropolitan Elevated Rail
road shortly after one o’clock this morning.
The regular up trains had stopped running
at that time and several trackmen on a hand
car started down the east side track
to make 6ome needed repairs. When
Franklin street station was reached they
discovered an engine with some new cars
coming up the road. Davis Stadly, one of
the oldest employes on the road, volunteered
to get off and warn the approaching train,
when he was struck by the regular south
bound train. His body was mangled in a
horrible manner. One of his legs was cat
off and remained on the track, while his
body was thrown into the street below.
Death was instantaneous.
THE SEIZURE OF “LA LANTERNS.”
Paris, July 2.—The debate in the Cham
ber of Deputies yesterday on the seizure of
the Lanternc resulted in a victory for the
Prefect of Police, the Deputies voting for
the order of the day pure and simple.
This result was apparently brought
about by M. Albert Christophe Gow-
nor, of the Credit Fortier, In exposing
the fact that the Lanteme was a blackmailing
publication, and was originally established
with a capital of thirty thousand francs,
which sum was paid by a great financial in
stitution for the suppression of the pamph
let. M. Albert Christophe and others de
clared there were personal interests con
nected with the present attacks on the police
administration.
PROTECTIVE MEASURES DEPRECATED.
Geneva, July 2.—A merchant of the So
ciety of Zurich, speaking on behalf of the
cotton trade, in which Swiss manufacturers
have four hundred million francs invested,
strongly deprecates protective measures,
and states that in consequence of the in
crease of German duties on English cotton,
an important trade in mixed silk and cotton
f oods, which the town of Crefeld,ln Rhenish
russia, hitherto monopolized, will pass to
Zurich.
EFFECTS OF PROTECTION IN SPAIN.
Madrid, July 2.—In reference to the re
cent agitation against protective duties
in consequence of the dearness of bread,
the Minister cf Finance stated in the
Cortes yesterday that the condition of the
wheat crop was not such as to require any
modification of the law on the subject of
cereals, but the Minister of Pnbllc Works
proposed pa reduce rates for their convey
ance.
LORD CAIRNS’ UNIVERSITY BILL.
London, July 2.—The Morning Post Bays:
“ From informal expressions of opinion it
may be gathered that the Irish members of
the House of Commons are by ho means
disposed to accept Lord Cairns’ University
bill. Some go to the length of describing
it as an Insult to the country.”
REPUBLICAN AND WORKINGMEN’S NOMINA
TIONS.
San Francisco, July 2.—The Republicans
last evening nominated Hon. J. G. Phelps
for Railroad Commissioner of this district.
The Workingnfen’s Municipal Convention
nominated D. L. Smoot City and Connty
Attorney. He was formerly District At
torney of Alexandria, Va.
THE FOURTH IN LONDON.
London, July 2.—Americans In London
will celebrate the anniversary of American
Independence by a banquet at Westminster:
Palace Hotel Saturday.
liabilities £65,000.
London, July 2.—The liabilities of Thornby
<fc Co., cotton spinners, of Hyde Godley and
Stockport, are £65,000.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
PLATFORM OF THE CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRATS.
The King of Belgium's Life Threat
ened.
Revolution In Haytl.
PLATFORM OF THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS.
San Francisco, July 2.--The platform of
the Democratic Convention, which was tele
graphed m part late last night, contains the
following additional planks: Referring to
national matters it declares it to be the
Democratic doctrine that this Union is in
dissoluble, a union of indestructible States
under the paramount authority of the Fed
eral Constitution in all powers not reserved
by the States. As suffrage is a privilege
conferred exclusively by the States. any_at
tempt by the General Government to inter
fere with State elections is declared to be
dangerous to the liberties pf the people. It
denounces the repeated abuses of the veto
power by R. B, Hayes sitting as executive
officer of the government, ip defeating the
will of the people as expressed by Con
gress through his rejection of bills
passed by that body to repeal obnoxious
and unconstitutional laws during the present
special session. The Democracy of Cali
fornia earnestly approves the efforts of the
Democrats in both houses of Congress to
repeal the laws by which the rights of voters
are interfered with at the instance and under
the authority of the Republican administra
tion. The platform waa unanimously adopt
ed.
WASHINGTON WEATHER FBOFHET. '
Office of the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., July 2.—Indications
for Thursday: A , -•
in the South Atlantic States, nearly sta
tionary pressure and temperature, southeast
winds, and clear or partly cloudy weather.
In the Gulf Stales, increasing southerly
nortt west winds.
In Tennessee, the Ohio valley, and the
Middle States, southwesterly winds, station
ary or higher temperatures and partly cloudy
weather, and In the Ohio valley possibly oc
casional local rains.
THE NEWMARKET MEETING.
London, July 2.—The race for the July
cup at the Newmarket meeting to-day was
won by Count Do La Grange’s four-year-old
chestnut colt, Piienix, Mr. Crawford’s three-
year-old chestnut filly, Out of Bounds,
second, Captain Prime’s aged bay horse,
Trappist, thiid. Captain Mitchell’s four-
year-old fcay colt, Hocktborpe, was the fa
vorite at seven to four, but did not get a
place.
THE KING OF BELGIUM’S LIFE THREATENED*
that on
the
EOj . -
three miles from Brussels, threatening the
King with death if he ratified the bill re
cently passed by the Belgian Parliament
depriving the clergy of the control of ele
mentary education.
REVOLUTION IN HATI.
Kingston, Jamaica, July 2.—Advices
from Port-au-Prince, Haytl,-state that the
miace fired upon the Senate. The
ators fied. Many were shot. The fight*
continues. *’ ** \
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
Weather — “ Jack Plane ” — General
Assembly—Lobby Gathering—Fast
BKall Cars—Military at Catoosa
Springs—Minor Topics—Two S
Cases—Colored Jurymen—BULU-Sfm-
mo ns YerdlcSr-Terrible Sniddi
Final Paragraphs.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Atlanta, July 1.—July has come in with
delightful weather, pleasant days and cool
nights being now in order. -
Your genial correspondent, “Jack Plane,
who is sometimes jocularly called the
“8. 8. 8.” of the Georgia press, is in town,
looking for a cool summer resort for
“sweet rest.”
Nearly all the officers and many of the
members of the General Assembly are al
ready on hand, and the Kimball and Mark
ham are getting anasually lively. A good
6ized lobby is also gathering here, and will
no doubt grow in size and power during the
session.
Hon. H. G. Wright, the able political edi
tor of the Augusta Chronicle and Constitution
alist, and member from Richmond county,
is at the Markham House, where Senators
Troutman, Candler and others have their
headquarters. Judications point to a long
and important session, owing to the peculiar
character of the new constitution.
The beautiful white and gold fast mail
cars will not be put on the great through
route until the middle of this month. The~
will be larger than the car at Savannah, an
run from Richmond and New Orleans via
;the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway,
—*—** Atlanta, Montgomery, and Mobile.
throu
An effort will be made to get the Chatham
'Artillery and Savannah Cadets to join some
of the other companies of the Home en
campment in a visit to Catoosa Springs,
where a brief encampment can be made on
the beautiful grounds of that charming
summer resort. Mr. B. W. Wrenn has con
sented to make a cheap excursion rate over
the railroad, and Mr. John E. Poole agrees
to feed the “ boys ” in style at a liberal re
daction.
minor topics.
There is nothing very remarkable in the
fact that John Buskin’s wife was divorced
from him, and married Millais, the great
English painter. A similar case occurred in
this country a few years ago,’ when Fitz-
Hugh Ludlow’s wife was divorced from him
and married the famous artist Bieretadt.
Atlanta now has a colored fire company,
the “Blue Eagles,” uniformed but not yet
in service. The “Grey Eagles,” of Mont-
gomery, Ala., are good firemen, but Colum
bus has the most efficient colored fire com
pany in the Sooth. Troy, Ala., has an effi
cient colored Hook and Ladder Company^
the organization of which has greatly im
proved the colored men of that city.
The recent mounted parade of
Palestine Commandery of Savannah ha*
stirred up the gallant Knights of
Cceur de Lion Commandery in this city, and
they propose hereafter to follow the ex
ample of the finest Commandeiy South of
Baltimore. There Is some splendid material
among the Sir Knights of Atlanta, and
when next they appear in public it will no
doubt be a most creditable display.
Cadet James Lockett, son of CoL B. G.
Lockett, of Albany, who graduated at West
Point Military. Academy, recently, as num
ber thirty-nine in a class of sixty-six, has
been made Second Lieutenant of the Fourth
United States Cavalry, CoL R. 8. Mackenzie,
with its headquarters it Fort Clark, Texas.
There are several Southern officers in this
regiment, and Lient. L. will no doubt be
pleased with his assignment. He will not
be obliged to report for duty, however, until
the last of September.
The Labor Problem in Brazil.
New Tork BuOetm.
Brazil just now has a labor problem to
solve quite as difficult in its way us that
with which the Louisiana and Mississippi
planters were recently confronted on a
smaller scale in consequence of the negro
exodus to Kansas. The Louisiana and
Mississippi plantation hands, credulous
as they are, have learned encnlgh from
their brief experience among strangers
to realize that the exodus, as a business
venture, was a mistake, and it is not sur
prising, therefore; that the movement
has practically come to an end. There
has been more or less demoralization of
the agricultural industries of those States
in consequence, blit from present appear
ances it is not taking too much for
granted to say that the relations between
the planters and the field hands will
speedily readjust themselves on-the old
basis, with such modification of the con
tract system, however, as will give the
latter some advantages which they, did
not enjoy before. With Brazil the solu
tion of the question is less simple. The
law of September, 1873, providing for
the gradual emancipation of the slaves,
is not wqriung-«t All in harmony with
the anticipations either of the economists
or humanitarians. Instead of improving:
the negro, it looks as if the tendency ol
things would be iu the opposite ah
tion, transforming. Brazil, so far as negro
thriftlessness and indolence are con
cerned, into another Jamaica. The
freed blacks, true to their in
stinct, are flocking from the agri
cultural districts into the towns.in
large numbers; - and by this process
the labor element, upon which the pros
perity of the country so largely depends,
is gradually disappearing, at the same
time that vice, pauperism and idleness
at the centres of population, as might be
expected, are proportionately increasing.
We have a striking exemplification of
the repult$ ; o£ this turn of affairs in, the
steady decrease in the production of one
of the leading Brazilian staples, cotton,
as will be seen from:the following state
ment of shipments to the European
markets from the commencement of the
gradual emancipation system down to
last year:
TWO SAD CASES.
Pryor N. Coleman, the soldier recently
sent from McPherson Barracks to the Al
bany, N. Y. f penitentiary, will hardly serve
out his commuted life sentence. He has
already suffered a great deal, of harsh treat
ment, and has repeatedly asked to be taken
out and shot. It is probable that he will be
pardoned within the next twelve months by
the President.
The former residence and other property
of Captain Edward Cox, in DeKalb county,
are advertised to be sold by the Sheriff of
that county. Since his confinement in jail
his property in Taylor county has gone un
der the hammer to pay debts due. This
leaves his unfortunate wife and children
penniless, except so far as friends and rela
tives give them assistance. Taken in all its
phases, this Cox-Alston case is one of the
saddest on record.
COLORED JURYMEN.
1 read your recent editorial In' regard to
colored jurymen with considerable interest,
as I have seen the experiment fully tried.
During the last years of Republican rule
in Alabama, negroes of every grade of
character and intelligence were put in the
jnry box, and not unfrequently they were
in the majority.
If ever they “let up” on a negro prisoner,
simply because he was a negro, I never heard
of the case. As a general rule they were
harder on their own race than a white jury
would have been. This I know 1o be a
fact, and one worthy of note in this connec
tion.
X do not desire to discuss the negro jury
question, but I can say, and with emphasis,
that when negroes in Virginia or any other'
8tate ask that colored men be put on juries
simply for the benefit of colored prisoners,
they ask a very foolish thing. All past ex
perience has shown that a white jury will
do more for a colored man than will a jury,
of his own race.
THE HILL-SIMMONS VERDICT.
It is a source of regret that so many news
papers in this and other States have seen fit
to speak harshly of Judge Hillyer’s charge
in the Hill-Simmons case.
During the entire trial I sat near His
Honor, and noted every action of his in
ruling upon testimony, and other points, ;
and railed to detect anything that seemed
unfavorable to the prisoner.
In fact, Judge HUlyer f.equently stopped
the Solicitor General in his examination of
witnesses, and protected the rights of the
accused. As to his charge, while it was se
vere in many respects, it was the law as he
found it, and as he was sworn to give it in
charge to the jury.
The verdict was a surprise, because nearly
all verdicts of acquittal in such cases have
been in direct opposition to the law and Hie
evidence. Hill was prosecuted with great
zeal by the relatives of Simmons, and it was
also proved that his wife had been gnllty of
unfaithfulness to him with other men than
the deceased. This fact may have kept the
jury from giving the usual verdict which
sympathy, not law, prompts. Judge Hillyer
does not, in any sense, merit the abuse
which some influential papers have heaped
upon him,because the jury failed tpexercise
the sympathy that wob expected. #
A. TERRIBLE SUICIDE. ~ ;
The suicide of First Lieutenant Henry Ml
McCawley, of the Thirteenth United States
Infantry, whiefcroccurred Tiert
one of peculiar sadpess. *
He y&s of an old and well known Vir
ginia family, being a brother of Brig. Gen.
Charles ft. McCawley, of the United States
Marine Corps at Washington, and was mar
ried to a lady of high standing.
During the late war the deceased was for
a time Second Lieutenant of the Third
Pennsylvania Cavalry, and then with the
colored troops. He left the service In 1865;
as he entered is 1861 with the ra&k of Sec
ond Lieutenant. In 1867 he was appointed
from Pennsylvania to the regular army, with
the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Thir
teenth Infantry, and became First Lieuten
ant in 1871.
Gambling, seems tp have been the cause
of his terrible self -destruction. He had got
behind in his custody of the company fund,
and after securing an advance on his future
pay, he endeavored to make good Ms de
ficiency at the gaming table. Ill luck is
supposed to have driven him to desperation
and death. In this connection, it may
well to state that the gambling hells of At
lanta are not only openly conspicuous on
the most public streets, but have all been
highly embellished and renovated for the
July session of the Legislature. There. is
° P ^ I0DS *
FINAL paragraphs.
Prof. B. Mallon, after another hard con
st, has again been elected Superintendent
'of Public Schools in Atlanta- From a tie
vote the final ballot changed, through Mr.
Moore’s vote, for “peace and harmony*’
la favor ot Prof. M.. President Joseph £.
Brown opposed, and Mayor Calhoun favor
ed, the re-election.
. Atlanta msdlcaLmeh and old citizens are'
about equally divided in regard to the true
character of the Aflanthns tree. S
jt is not unhealthy and should be
while others declare it a nuisance, ai
it cut down. Mr. Jesse W. Jackson saved
his trees by an injunction, and the general
question goes to the Supreme Coart for
action. The City Fathers have already cut
down a good many of these trees, aha still
believe they ought to cut down the rest, if
not perpetually enjoined by the Supreme
Court. -
The “Glorious Fourth” In Atlanta will be
given over to the colored people, whose
propose to parade and celebrate the
day. Large excursions of white people will
go to Chattanooga and Rome, where great
*
that the Gate City Guards of Atlanta, the
Porter BUes of Nashville and the Chicka
saw Guards of Hemphia will meet In a
prize drill at Chattanooga on the Fourth,
and then go to the Rome encampment. If
bo there will be an immense crowd In Chat
tanooga on that day. Chatham.
DELIVERIBS OF 1 COTTON AT EUROPEAN
PORTS DURING THE PAST FIVE SEASONS.
Season of 1873^ 600,000 bales.
•• 1874-5 ...i.......-ei5.000 —
“ 1875-6 .347.000
•“ 1876-7 479,000
1877-8 ...*47jOOO
These figures are certainly very sugges
tive. With a falling- off of some sixty
per cent, in production during the four
years past, when emancipation may be
said to have but entered upon its primary
stage, it may' well be asked; if the de
cline i9 to continue in the same ratio for
another decade, whether Brazil will have
any cotton to export at all. The gravity
of the situation is naturally taxing the
anxiety of the government, and many
are the plans and projects put forward
to arrest the process of industrial disin
tegration.; but thus far there is no agree
ment with reference to any of them.
Not a few influential members of the
government concur with the political
economists in the expediency of opening
thedoorato the Chinese; but this has to
encounter pretty much the same popular
prejudice that exists against similar ex
pedients in California, Australia and
other countries. The opponents of Chi
nese emigration, in stating their case in
the Bio Janeiro Newt, insist upon it that
what the country really needs is “free,
intelligent labor; not a class which are
free in name while as helpless and de
graded as the slave, hut. a class cf labor
ers which will be small property owners
like those which have contributed so
largely to the prosperity of the Northern
ana Western sections of the United
States.” To that end, a radical change
in the colonization laws is recommended,
which will permit the immigrant to set
tle where he pleases, acquire property
and enjoy every privilege of Brazilian
citizenship; also, such a revision of the
land and taxation laws as will enable him
to easily acquire property and to claim
full protection from the government in
all the privileges growing out of such
ownership.
A New Treaty with Mexico.—On
Saturday the House passed the resolution
reported from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs by Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia,
calling for the appointment of a commis
sion to negotiate for a new treaty with
Mexico, which shall include the aboli
tion of the Zona Libre and the exemption
of American-capitalists from the forced
Mexican loans which have made it hith
erto impossible for men of wealth and
enterprise to invest their spare change in
any Mexican enterprise, for there is no
telling when the government will break
in with a posse of customs officers and
.deiqand tribute for the government sup
port. Thoje. y^a8 no reasonable objec
tion to this proposed treaty, but the
resolution has been materially changed
since first prepared by Casey Young.
It originally gave this commission
power to insist on incorporating in the
treaty some settlement of the- various
American claims against Mexico, which
are floating about Washington in count-
.less numbers. One single attorney here
has fourteen hundred of them to collect
They represent cattle lost along the boi
ler by American citizens, but the aggre
gate claimed is so stupendous that not
even a Louisiana witness could be in
duced to testify that Texas ever had so
many cattle within her borders. The
committee wisely decided to draw its
pencil through this part of the resolution,
and the claim agents are now contending
that republics are a failure.—Washington
Cor. Baltimore Gazette.
DeathJ prom Shake Poisox.—In Al
legany connty, Maryland, three weeks
ago, a lad named John Irvin Elliott,
thirteen years of age, found, his dog
fighting a rattlesnake. The dog killed
the snake, but was so badly bitten that
he died himself in-a ahtot time. Young
Elliott then cut the snake’s head and rat;
ties, off., A few hours -later he began to
manifest symptoms of poisoning, and his
left side and leg became swollen and dis
colored. Everything possible was done
for him, bat he grew nd better, and for
nearly, three weeks he suffered great
agony, until Saturday, when be died.
How the poison was communicated to the
lad is a mystery, since he was not bitten,
nor scratched, and could not explain
how he became infected. After death
the body became spotted about the neck
and near the thrbat, and great quantities
of pus were found in various parts of the
body.
Killed by Black Drops.—Matthew
Wolfbrth, a German tailor, residing at
the comer of Wyckoff and Baltic ave,
nues. East New York/ died in great
agony from, an overdose of black drops
at 10 o’clock Friday doming. On the
previous evening he was attacked by a
pain in his • stomaeh, and while he was
Suffering a. Hebrew trader, who. goes
about buying tailors’ trimmings, entered
his room and advised him that black
drops would euro him. ■ Wolforth went
to Dr. Beckert’s drug store, at the comer
of Sheffield and Atlantic avenues, and
purchased ten cents worth of the medi
<nne, all of which he swallowed—a quan
tity sufficient to kill ten men. He was
immediately seized with terrible Cramps
and vomited continually. Doctors were
sent for, but they were unable to do any-
for him. It was impossible to get
down his throat, as tetanus
had set in.
Mr, Worth, of New Harrison, Wis.,
was a remarkably handsome young man,
He was engaged to many Miss Dakin, a
wealthy girl She pointed what. she
thought was an empty pistol at him, and
shot him in Gig faca fljgfignrrog him
terribly. She now refuses to keep the
- that such' an ugly
' her constantly
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Henn. Hill and Stephens — That
Amicable Adjustment — What It
Stcnllles — Two mad men — The
Gamges BeD-Igerating Ship.
Special Corretponaenee al the Mamina Newe.
Washington, July L—Hr. Stephens’pri
vate secretary has announced in an Augusta
paper, for which he corresponds from here,
that Hr. Stephens and Senator Ben Hill
have agreed to make np—bury the hatchet,
as it were, and swear eternal friendship.
Hr. Stephens’ private secretary ought to
know, and very likely does. There can
therefore be no reasonable donbt that his
information Is correct Everything that has
happened for the past five months, as far as
Hr. Stephens and Senator Hill are personally
concerned, tends to prove that the private
secretary talks of what he knows. The
only thing lacking Is that be does not go
far enough. He announces the “amicable
adjustment,” bat does not tell the why and
wherefore, of it. He must know the
why and. .wherefore. That Is, if he
.knows that there has been an adjustment
between the two, which he Is certainly cog
nizant of, and if current, well informed
political Information is not sadly at error.
That information is doubtless as correct
In explaining, the why and wherefore of
this “make np,” if it may be called such, as
'the statement that there has been a “make
np” which cannot be denoted. Bat a trace
to private secretaries, make-nps, correctness,
doubts, etc. Ever since the Uill-Colqultt-
Murphy war agitated Georgia politics, Hr.
ISteghens, If a sad mistake is not made, has
been very' reticent on that snbjeet to the
generality of people. Of the many Georgia
politicians, he la about, the only one at this
moment recalled to mind who' has not been
interviewed more or less oh that sub
ject. Hr. Stephens doubtless—there goes
that word again—kept silent, because
he did not wanMR> talk to the public, which
is a very good reason, ft has been generally
understood here, however, that he sided
with Ben HU 1 In that matter, and since the
“make-up”—-may somebody knock me
down if I use that phrase again—of course
does not change aides. He Is generally
credited with believing that Senator Hill
was and la right In that unpleasant affair,
and an Intimation to that effect to Hr. Hill
from some unknown quarter was the first
creek In the ice which, led to' a “make—”
no! — mutual understanding. Senator
Hnl, finding that Hr. Stephens considered
him In the right, was naturally pleased, and
was not behindhand In making advances to
Hr. Stephens. A few such coincidences of
opinion, as in the adoption of the last Demo
cratic programme, has led to a—anything
you are of a mind to call It.
There can reasonably be but one mo
tive actuating the two—that of a common
cejnse. Hr. Stephens, as an “Independent,”
is alienated from the Democracy of the
State of Georgia, and Senator Hill,
if reports from Georgia are cor
rect, has also alienated himself or
been alienated from that organization by
bis course In the Murphy and other mat
ters. It would, therefore, seem natural that
they should meet on mntnal ground and
make common cause. And the political
talk of Washington Is to the effect that they
have so met. The same authority has
evolved a programme for the future work
of these two eminent gentlemen. The
Georgia Legislature meets this week. Sen
ator Hill is to press before that body the
adoption of the minority report on the Mor
phy Investigation and the rejection of the
majority report. In this he is to hare the
assistance of the influence of Mr. Stephens
and the independent Democracy. It
thus appears that there is to be
a war on Governor Colquitt. The next
feature of the programme has to do with
the Governorship, whether the war on Gov
ernor Colquitt is successful or unsuccessful.
Dr. Felton is to be put forward as a can
didate for Governor on the Democratic
ticket. It is hoped that he will secore
sufficient support from the Democratic party
to insure his nomination straight. It that
project fails Dr. Felton is to be then nomi
nated for Governor as an Independent. The
Republican vote of the State, whatever that
infinitesimal quantity may be, and those of
the dissatisfied among the Democrats, are to
be relied upon to elect him. That, ac
cording to the well-informed political
talk of this city, Is the why and
wherefore of the agreement between Mr.
Stephens—-than whom no more estimable
man lives—tnd Senator Hill. It would
seem that the latter gentleman Is carrying
out his record of trimming his sails to suit
the wind. No reasons for doubting the
above statements appear to your correspond
ent, for In addition to coming from reliable
sources, they bear out many patent facts
that dovetail together to make up the whole.
There la going to be lively developments in
politic
Georgia politics at no distant date.
TWO MAD MEN.
Mr. Frost la a member of Congress from
St. Louis. Mr. Clardy is also a member
from Missouri. And they are both mad
with Hayes, last Saturday afternoon
about two o’clock Mr. Clardy walked up to
Hr. Frost on the floor of the House and
asked him if he knew Hayes. “Know him)”
queried Frost. “Why I know nl-u very
well indeed. I may say almost Intimate!; '
“Very good,” said Clardy, “but •’
Hayes know you ?”
“Of course he does. I have been to see
him as many as thirty times dnrlng the ses
sion and have had long and pleasant talks
with him.”
*• You are the very man 1 want,” put In
Clardy, convinced qf Frost’s Intimate rela
tions with the fraudulent Executive, “ Ex-
Governor Blank (a man well known to both
of them) wants to be a qietnber -of this
Mississippi River Commission, about to be
organized. He wants me to help him. He
is a man thoroughly np on the subject of the
work to be done, and Is In every way fitted
for the place. I wish yon wonld come with
me to Hayes and help him along.”
“With all pleasure,” quickly answered
Frost. “ Blank Is the. very man for one of
the places on the commission. Let’s go
right to the White Honse.” And they went.
It was half-past two when they entered
Hayes’ room. The man whom they had
come to see was in conversation with other
members of Congress, who had entered be
fore the two Missouri gentlemen. As soon
as they finished, Hayes came towards Frost
and Clardy. Frost Introduced his fellow-
Congressman, thlnkingftof course unneces
sary to Introduce himself. Bat he wss mis
taken.
“And may I ask yonr name t” Hayes ask
ed Frost.
“Frost, sir; Frost, of Missouri.”
“Both of yon gentlemen are from Mis
souri, then )” interrogated Hayes.
“Yes, sir.”
“I am glad to meet yon. How long have
you been In the city?’.’
“Ever since the opening of this session
ot Congress,” yelled Frost, who was be
ginning to think that perhaps he didn’t
know Hayes as well as he had supposed.
“And how long will yon remain ?”
This was too much. Frost had to explain
It before Clardy, that he and his companion
were members of Congress.
“I am very glad to meet yon, indeed,”
said Hayes. “Fray be seated. What car ’
do for yOa)”
Each of the Congressmen then made
111 tie speech, eulogizing the many got
qualities of ex-Governor Blank and his emi
nent fitness for a place on the commission.
Hayes took copious notes of the points they
made, and frequently asked questions,
showing that he was much interested in the
After saving all they thought to be
” * 1 Hayes whs
A CLEVER MEDICAL HOAX.
OsMsae by a New York Reporter-
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat of the
21st fast, hah published a letter from
special correspondent fa New York de
tailing the extraordinary revelations of
New York physician named Clarence
Bigelow with regard to a man who was
brought back to life a few days ago
after having bled to death from an acci
dent. Dr. Bigelow, according to the
correspondent, said the story was almost
incredible, but could be easily authenti
cated. and that it afforded a problem for
scientists to solve. He continued:
“When you publish wbat 1 am about to
tell you it will set the whole country
ringing. Accompanied by my friends.
Judge Warren and Dr. Chambers, I went
last week to Bellevue Hospital, whither
we bad been invited by Professor Dore
mus and the house physicians. At the
foot of the amphitheatre stood a long
table, on which rested an immovable
object covered with, a white sheet.
Shortly after eight o’clock the sheet was
removed, and I saw on the table the
body of a man. Presently Dr. White
stepped down by the table and said:
“ ‘My friends, the body before me is
that of a man who bled to death. He
was employed in a planing mill on West
Sixteenth street, near North river. He
fell against one of the swift revolving
saws, one of the large arteriesin his arm
was severed, and the blood, which is life,
flowed out before assistance could arrive.’
“The doctor paused,” cofitihued Dr.
Bigelow, fora few moments-, and then he
continued: “ ‘There is a mere cessation of
ilife, because the blood wss diverted from
its natural channel. I can discover no
injury save the severed artery. It is ab
solutely necessary to the success of the
experiment we are about to witness that
the organs of the body be uninjured.
Frost asked Hayes what he
thought 'Blank’s prospects were.
“Very good. Indeed,” was the
the speaker lock ng over the notea he had
taken.. “We have not decided who shall
constitute that commission yet. The Gov
ernor shall have every consideration when
we organize that body. It all turns out
well, while 1 won’t exactly promise yon any
thing, I can assure yon that your candidate
wlll by no means be overlooked.”
The two Congressmen then left Frost
was completely mollified from the resent
ment he had felt at Hayes’ failure to recog
nize him, and the two thought everything
was In excellent order.
It waa three o’clock when they returned
to the Capitol. The first thing they learned
upon arriving there waa that at half-paM one
Hayes had sent all the nominations for the
commission to the Senate, and, of course,
ex-Governor Blank’s waa not among them.
It only remains to be repeated that Clardy
and Frost are mad with Hayes.
The recent developments in the Senate
over the Gamgee refrigerating ehiD takes
that vessel out of the position occupied by
n end sends it, it would
seem, skyward. In view of the manner In
which the Senate has seen fit to sit down
upon that scheme John Sherman, who Is
known to be opposed to It, is not st all likely
to expect the $200,000 appropriated for that
purpose in going Into a costly and what is
generally conceded to be a useless experi
ment. -Secretary Thompson Is slso opposed
the opinion strengthens
every day that that gentletqan might with
no Impropriety be classed among the many
reads of the- country. The refrigera
ting ship could be of no practi
cal good, -and by Its not being
bnflt so much money wm be saved the
government In connection with the inh
ere, It may be elated that the National
loard of Health has Information that all
the Southern cities are taking on usual pre
cautions to prevent the lntrounetion of the
fever; and that its Incursions are not feared
at any point, - ' Potomac.
But where the action of the organ is in
terrupted by some cause that does not
materially injure the organ then I believe
that the organ may be again compelled
to perform its duty. ‘Whether the soul
has departed and can be brought hack
or whether the mind may - be restored, ’
cannot tell, bat I believe I can again set-
at work every material organ of this
body. I have carefully closed up the
several arteries.’
“He then called upon Profossor Dore-
mus, Dr. Chambers and myself to assist
him. An incision was made in the body
just above the heart, and the vena cava
and great coronary vein were opened.
In these openings were inserted small sil
ver tubes. On the left of the table stood
two galvanic batteries. A slight cut was
made just above the plexus of the four
inferior cervical nerves and another above
the first dorsal nerve. The conducting
wires of the-respective batteries were
placed in connection with these cuts. A
small pair of bellows was inserted fa the
mouth of the corpse and Dr. Chambers
took charge of them. Professor Doremus
was placed in charge of the batteries.
“At this moment the attendants led
two sheep into the room and stood them
near the table. Meanwhile I had con
nected two rubber tubes to the silver
tubesjalready mentioned. The other ends
were connected with the large arteries of
the sheep. The two tubes throbbed as
the warm blood of the sheep bounded
through them. It was a breathless mo
ment, and as we leaned forward our In
terest was painful. Dr. Chambers began
to work the bellows and the lungs of the
body slowly responded. Three or four
minutes of the most anxious suspense
ensued as Dr. White leaned over the
body, pale with excitement No move
ment could be seen save the slow rising
and faffing of the chest of the man’s
body. Ruing and seizing his instru
ments, Dr. White called out:
‘ ‘ Now, Professor ! ’
'In an instant the powerful current of
the two batteries was turned on, and
with a sudden jerk the body sat upright
Ouicklv forcing it back Dr. White with-
frew the tabes from the veins and closed
up the small perforations. The wires
were disconnected and the bellows re
moved. The respiration still continued.
The pulse beat faintly. The corpse was
alive! ”
With each sentence the doctor had
tightened his grasp of my arm. He
leant towards me and fairly hissed out
the words: “The corpse was alive!”
After a while he continued with more
moderation:
The incision above the heart was
well closed up, and the body carefully
removed to a bed in an adjoining room.
d the work was not over. All that
.ocg* night we sat in the roont, Ml of us
from time to time feeling the pulse of
the now living man, and at times admin
istering small quantities of stimulant,
not only to him but to ourselves. Our
patience was well rewarded; every mo
ment the pulse grew stronger and the
breathing deeper, Several times the
man opened his eyes, hut apparently
took no notice of anything. At day
break, when Judge Warren and I left
the place, he was sleeping.”
Dr. Bigelow was asked if the man was
still living and was recovering
“Oh, yes, he is living. The experi
ment I have described to you took place
just five days ago. I have only this mo
ment returned from the hospital. The
man’s wounds are healing and he is able
to move about the room.
“Will he be able to work again J"
“I am afraid not,” answered the doc
tor. He spoke in a low, doubting tone
of voice, which revealed the fact that
there was more of the Btory than he had
yet related. Pressed to tell the full
tacts he said:
“Well, the man eats and drinks; he
seems to be afraid of other people, or is
more curious than afraid, and he is af
fected strangely by heat and cold. He
can neither read nor write, and does not
know the use of books, plates or knives
and forks. He is not aljle tq talk, hut
cries opt very loudly or jabbers in an in
articulate manner. Once in awhile a
word can be distinguished, but the man
does not appear to perceive any differ
ence between it and his jargon. The
animal life has been restored, hut not the
spiritual. The mind, with all its corn-
rent parts, has gone, I fear never to
restored.”
Professor Doremus, who is mentioned
in this accotmt as beigg the operator who
administered the eleptrical shoclt to the
corpse, said recently that he knew noth
ing about the alleged resuscitation, nor
of any case upon which the story could
have been founded. Dr. Clarence Bige
low is unknown to the medical profession
of New York, and his address is not to
be found in any directory. Judge War
ren is also unknown, and the honse phy
sicians at the hospitals deny any knowl
edge of this strange case. Professor
Doremus said with a resigned air that he
had become accustomed to having his
name coupled with similar accounts, bur
that he wss not responsible for any o!
the stories.
Two Members of the Olive Gang
Get Oct of Jail.—A dispatch from
Qmaha is aq foijows: Bapney P-. Gillan
and M. Armstrong, of the OJive gang,
under Indictment (or (he hurnjug gnu
filling of Mitchell and Retehum, escaped
from jail at Plum creek about nil
o’clock last night. As the guard wi
locking up the prisoners Gillan coven
him with a revolver and Armstrong
threatened him with a knife. The pris
oners carried the jailer outride, and.
stealing two horses, the jailer was
mounted behind one and taken eight
miles north, and then released. He re
turned at three o’clock this morning in a
frightful storm, and gave the alarm;
Before leaving, Gillan and Apnrirong
had locked up the only other prisoner—
Kelly, them accomplice.' Thp fugitives
‘ isnjroosed tq be making for camp Doc
ddkjton, a famous resort for outlaws
and horse thieves. A band of men is In
pursuit.
A glass muff, white and curly; glass
hats for ladies, with glass feathers; glass
wool, not to be distinguished from the
genuine, and quite as warm—being a
non-conductor; glass carpets, cuffs, col
lars, veils and dresses are the’ novelties
introduced by a glass artist and spinner
at "Viefina .... - —
THE
MILLIONAIRE
BROTHER.
O’BRIEN’S
The Widow Receives *600,000 In
Vail Settlement ot Her Hnsband’e
Sim Frameieeo Chronicle.
On Tuesday morning last, between 7
and 8 o’clock, Patrick H. O'Brien died at
the Fhlace Hotel. This was the man
who mysteriously appeared fa this city
a few mouths ago, claiming to be the
brother of the late William S. O'Brien,
of the bonanza firm. The first informs-
annaiyt. For a week following
newspapers here and in the East were
filled with conjectures regarding him,
his mysterious movements and strange
companions. For a number of years
Patrick EL O'Brien had been living fa
Raleigh, N. C., upon the charity or
friends, an invalid m body and an imbe
cile in mind. In the early part of January
of this year two women, claiming to be
O'Brien’s wife and daughter, suddenly
arrived at Raleigh and spirited him away
—dragging him, it was asserted—and for
a week all trace of the three was lost
When next heard of they were at the
Baldwin Hotel in this city, from where,
after staying a few weeks, they quietly
removed to the Palace. Mrs. O’Brien,
up to this time, had been believed to be
a widow, it being given out that her hus
band had died in the South during the
war. With her daughter Pauline, known
in society circles as the Irish beauty,
Mrs. O'Brien made her home with her
millionaire brother-in-law until a short
time before his death. The will of W.
S. O’Brien left Mrs. O’Brien unprovided
for, but bequeaths $300,000 to Pauline.
Immediately upon the arrival of P. H.
O’Brien the assistance of a prominent law
yer was secured, and immediate steps
taken to secure a.share of the O’Brien es
tate. All business with the lawyer was
conducted by Miss Pauline, whose fre
quent visits to the law office were always
made in a close carriage. Her mother
and father remained close in their rooms
at the Palace, the .three always taking
their meals in their own apartments, the
two elders having never been known to
leave their rooms during their four
months'stay at the hotel. Acting upon
the proofs of her father's identity as a
brother of William S. O'Brien, furnished
by Mies Pauline, the lawyer made a de
mand on tiie trustees of the estate for
$1,000,000, basing his claim on the
grounds that undue and illegal influence
had been used with the deceased in the
disposal of his property. The trustees
at first refused to entertain the demand,
but proofsof the relationship being shown
them, the subject was referred to three
arbitrators, consisting of Can. O'Connor,
F. F. Low, and William Freeborn.
The matter rested in the hands of the
arbitrators for some time, and shortly
before Patrick H. O’Brien’s death they
announced that $600,000 should be ptud
to Mrs. O’Brien in settiementof the case.
This is in addition to the $300,000 be
queathed to Pauline. This compromise
was satisfactory to the claimant, as on
Wednesday afternoon, after the burial
The movement in France to have all
capital sentences executed in private is
likely to recelv* a remarkable impetus
from the horrible scene which occurred
al Agen at the execution of the parricide
Laprade. When Deibler, Roch’s succes
sor, entered the condemned man’s ceil
with his three aides. Laprade sprang into
a corner and refused to sit down on the
stool and have ins hair cut and his toilet
made. “No; I vant to no as I am,” he
said, and when’ ^hc, executioner said.
soothingly, “Come,come; wedon’twant
to make yon suffer,” shouted, “But you
do make me suffer, and unjustly, too—I
ne ar hurt any one.” It took the four ex
ecutioners nearly half an hour to get Mm
down, so desperately did be dofciu him
self with hands, feet and teeth—indeed,
four keepers had to be summoned to their
assistance. Then, when they had tied
his legs he refused to sit down on the
stool, and breaking the cords with which
he was bound began another fierce
struggle, crying all the time. “You don't
thinkit’s painful—I wish you were m mv
place.” At last one of the keepers took
the prostrate man by the hair and ears
and pounded his head against the stone
floor till he surrendered “and promised to
struggle no longer. After feeling the
steel of the scissors as the neck of his
shirt was cut off Leprade made no re
sistance, but remained in a horrible
calm, mattering only from time to time.
“This is painful—very painful!” As is
done with parricides, a white shirt was
thrown upon his shoulders and a black
veil knotted about his head, descending
to his feet. When at the scaffold the
veil was removed his face was seen to be
all braised and bleeding from the pound
ing he had received. After his held had
been placed in the lunette be writhed
round endeavoring to get a glimpse of
the axe, bat in a moment it was placed
in position and the blade fell.
A similar case occurred in 1849, when
a poacher at Nievre,who hod assassinated
a game-keeper, was condemned to death.
He resisted in prison first and then on the
scaffold, and finally assistance was sent
for and the victim was literally forced
under the guillotine. The crowd heard
his groans and struggles until the fatal
blade cut off his head. Charles and
Francois Hugo, the sons of the poet, re
lated the temble affair in the Ecenement
at the time and were condemned to im
prisonment for insulting the law and the
magistracy.
A BAD HAN.
Terrtlylna Incident In the Palace
Blotel Barroom.
i'irginia Chronicle.
A Virginia gentleman, just up from
San Francisco, confided some of his ex
perience to a Chronicle reporter yester
day. While at the bay he stopped at
the Palace Hotel, and made a practice of
dropping into the barroom of an evening,
it being a retired and rather high-toned
place. On Wednesday evening last the
Comstocker lounged Into the barroom
and was pleased to behold there, as the
only occupants. Senator Sharon, Seth
Cook, Tom Sunderland and a few other
historic capitalists, sitting at a large
round table, in the centre of which stood
sundry bottles bearing the mystical
word “ Roederer.” Presently a middle
aged man, soberly dressed fa black
broadcloth and wearing a plug hat, stag
gered fa from the hallway, and lurching
up to the bar, yelled for everybody to
come up and have something to drink.
The Sharon-Cook party paid no attention
to the boisterous new arrival, hut quietly
went on with their gossip and Roederer.
Giving a furious whoop and smashing
his tile down on his head the stranger
performed a war-dance to the middle of
the room and declared himself.
of the mysterious husband, the money the room and declared himself. He was
was paid over to the bereaved widow, in a bad man, he said, and always made it
nrLiol. 4* nmotlOll 1 r\ ctrnur imnn *Lo fl on* llio
consideration of which she forever re
nounces all her claim to the estate. Be
fore his death William S. O'Brien said
that he had hut one brother, who died in
Baltimore fa 1861 or 1802, yet he be
queathed to Miss Pauline $300,000, the
like sum which he left to bis other nieces.
Patrick H. O'Brien claimed, in Raleigh,
to be a widower and childless, yet the
arbitrators, by their action, acknowl
edged the two mysterious women to be
the wife and daughter of Patrick H.
O’Brien, brother of William S. O’Brien.
Mrs. O’Brien still remains at the Pal
ace Hotel, but refuses to be seen or ques
tioned-
Missing Bridegroom—His Body
Identified at the Morgue.
New York World.
An inquest was held yesterday upon
the body of Florence Beierle, which was
found floating in the East river off
Twenty-fourth street Wednesday night.
A verdict of “found drowned” was re
turned. Mr. Renon, a melancholy-look-
German, received the burial permit,
daughter Bertha was to have married
Beierle. Beierle called upon his affianced
on Friday of last week at her home in
Clinton street and acted strangely, but
no notice was taken of his conduct, as he
was addicted to practical joking. At
bidding Bertha good-by he gave her the
keys of his trunk, those of his room and
of the store in Vesey street, where he was
employed, and remarked that She would
hear of him within two days. He
did not call the next day, and when Sun
day came and no bridegroom she was
almost beside herself. After waiting
five hours the wedding guests left the
house, Several of Bertha's friends told
her teazfagly that Bdierle had taken
French leave of her. She searched the
newspapers diligently every morning un
til she read a notice hat Wednesday that
the body of ah unknown man twenty-
four years of age bad been taken from
thp East river to the Morgue. Accom
panied by her father, she went to the
dead honse and identified her affianced
by a jeweled button in his shirt which
afie had given him- Beierle had drowned
himself m the clothes he wore when he
last called on Bertha. From his pocket
was taken a card on which was written
the name of his future bride and her ad- :
dress. Miss Renon it sick with brain
fever.
Fatal Jewels.—In all ages jewels of
price have been a ready incentive to
crime, but not a few cases are on record
in which they have been the agent of the
crime, instead of its cause. Caisar Bor
gia possessed a ring with a sharp-edged
setting, which would occasionally scratch,
the hand of some guest whom bq was
greeting with special cordiality; and no
one who received this compliment was
ever known to survive it more than a
day or two. A similar fatality attended
a celebrated decoration much- used by
two or three of the Russian C?ais. When
clasped around the recipient’s neck, its
point was apt to puncture the skin if
awkwardly handled, and death speedily
followed. Qne of the native Princes, of
India, when about to fall into the hands
of his enemies, swallowed a sharp-point;
ed diamond, which caused instant death
by cutting a vein in his throat. A dia
mond in the possession of a noble French
family, which was said to have caused
the death of all Us owners in torn, put
the climax to Its malign influence by
ultimately forming part of the famous
necklace which played sq fatal a part in
the history of fifarie Antoinette.—New
York Times.
r^: :
How TO Swim.—'The editor of the
London Truth, after observing that
ably not qpe fa twenty of the
vrifa indulge fa boa '
can svnm, proceeds to
per.
on a holiday
fas readers
how to acquire this accomplishment.
“ Jfaihfag," tie says, ‘Ais more easy.
When the air is out of a body its owner
sinks; wheȣhe air is in a body
floats. Let any one slowly draw in bis
breath as he draws back Us legs and
rashes forward his arms, retain it while
m is preparing for the stroke which is to
_ him, and slowly allow it to go
through his lips as fas arms are passed
back from before fas head fa fas tides
and fas legs are stretched out The
tion of the stroke should not be qi
horizontal, but should be mqde of a aught
incline downward. ' The yeat reason why
people take weeks to leafa haw fa swim
UftttSuwj orXoootf
Philosophy of breathing so as to render
he body buoyant. I would engage to
make any one a tolerable swimmer in an
hour, unless he be a congenital idiot.”
i
“Cupid’s Yokes.’’—Jjg. Hayes is re
ceiving a large number of petitions ask-,
ing for the pardon of p. M. Bennett, of
Yoty, editor of the Truth Better*
was recently convicted and sen:
for sending obscene matter
the malls fa the shape of a pam-
oalled “Cupid's Yokes,”
a practice to strew upon the floor the
bowels of any person who declined to
drink upon his invitation. To point his
remarks the stranger wound up by draw
ing an eighteen-inch Arkansaw toothpick
from the back of his collar and advanced
upon the table. There was a stampede.
When the Virginian peeped up from
behind the bar, to which position he had
quietly and calmly walked at the begin
ning of the trouble, he perceived ihat
Sharon and his friends had gone out and
that a policeman was lugging the war
like stranger out of the place.
“Who is he?” asked the Virginia mnn
of the barkeeper.
“Oh, he’s a good enough man when he
isn’t, in liquor,” replied the of
drinks, nervously polishing the rosewood
bar with a towel. “He was one of the
quietest men I ever saw when he first
came here about two days ago, bat he’s
bad when he’s fulL”
“From Bodie, I suppose?” suggested
the Virginian,
“Bodie? Hell, no. He’s from Bos
ton. He belongs to that Sunday school
excursion party.”
A London theatrical manager, with
the extraordinary name of R D’Oyley
Carte, has arrived .in New York to se
cure a theatre for the production of a
new play by Sullivan and Gilbert, the
authors of a musical satire of which some
few of our readers may have a slight
knowledge. The American theatres are
not to be permitted to pilfer the new
piece at their own pleasure, as it will be
copyrighted in this country, and man
agers who want it will have to pay for it.
Sullivan and Gilbert are to come over in
the fall, and bring a company with them
to play the piece. They are laboring
upon it now, and expect to finish it
in a couple of months. The extraordi
nary success of “Pinafore” in the United
States and the vast amount of money
which has been made from it are the
temptations that bring the authors across
the ocean. It is announced that the new
opera will be on the style of ‘ Pinafore,”
hut will deal with the more familiar i
aspects of society. If the "musician and
dramatist have not exhausted the lead
they struck in “Pinafore” the big sensa
tion of next season may be looked for.
“It is understood that Mr. Conk! ing is
a man who will fight. Cincinnati Com
mercial.
Ob, nc, it isn’t. He wouldn’t fight a
louse unless he thought he had a dead
Wire thing of it. Everybody knows, who
knows anything, that he is an unprinci
pled, ill-bred and ill-mannered braggad
cio, sprung originally from the slum..
His marriage into a respectable family .
£ ve him a start in the world, which his i
Hying and stage talents have continued
tq push. He does not even consider
himself a gentleman, and he will wear
the insult which big offensiveness nnd
vulgarity wrung from Lamar meekly.
His private life for several years fam
been so equivocal that no decent woman
can afford to appear in his company.
All that he is after is to get some South
ern Senatorto kick him into martyrdom.
Blaine knows him.—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Claiming $90,000,000NewYork City
Property.—For the past two or three
days the heirs and attorneys, represent
ing about one hundred and forty linea
descendants of Robert Edwards, who
owned at one time property in New York
city now valued at $90,000,000, have
been in conference in Akron, Ohio. Jno.
A Edwards, of Seward, Neb., represent
ed fifty of these heirs, and H. W. Inger-
scll, of Akron, and Captain Henry Ed
wards, of Kawaka, Canada, the remain
ing ninety. After, a full comparison of
facts and views, a satisfactory conclusion
was reached that the documentary
other proofs at hand were sufficient to
warrant legal proceedings whenever they
choose to institute them. One of the
heirs is a washerwoman named Sher-
bandy, who lives in the suburbs of Akron.
The Dunkard Church forbids a man tO
marry a divorced woman. George Hoo
ver, of Hagerstown, Ind., was a Dunkard,
yet he married a woman who had-been
divorced. The chorcb warned him be
forehand, and expelled him afterward.
The expulsion grieved him so much that
he refused to eat, and starved himself fa
death, in spite of his wife’s entreaties.
Peter Igo, of Lawrence, Hass., was
very poor and very proud. Being out
of work and money, he did not make hi.
plight known, hut fed his wife and child
on bread aud water, and went without
any food at all himself. A messenger,
who went to tell him of a chime for
work, found him dead from starvation
Packages warranted to contain the
means of sure death for potato bugs,
without poison, were sold at a fair in
Illinois. Each contained two blocks o
wood, on one of which was w
“Place the bug on this block and ;
him with the othsr.g
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