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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY; AtJGUST 8, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
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Kent, iMau uuu * y ; *
I ‘ No advertisement inserted
I °S'-S ", S writag? for less than 30 cents.
iTmific by Post Office Order,
I Express,at our risk.
Savannah Ga.
. rut down the Bible,
£« on the book,
w S bent and aged,
-nrard. mother, let us look.
■ ‘ eili iiifi saute old homestead
I brought you long ago,
'■' lr r hair ivas bright with sunshine
Wit” the "•* , ik winter’s snow;
the babies
to „“irh're all alone.
. ‘iVmerrf troop of youngsters -
f »!?«Iost them one by one.
. * the first of all the party
Jid..UK" winter s night;
03 aid shonld lie a parson,
Js* -'“Cheraw the light.
Ltinff .1’- that great eat ltedral,
®5JS' the transept and the nave,
'he organ grandly pealing,
“tS,;* the silken hangings wave,
“od. priest in relies of office,
yi- ,;. o... altar at his back—
* 1 V„,u think that gifted preacher
^beomowa little Jack!
i _ „. girl with curly tresses -
®S?Sliml) upon my knee,
irVaiitte fairy princess
Hntog at the age of three,
k •. " years there came a wedding—
'‘i Vvourfond heart swelled with pride
n'n, the lord of all the country
’ your baby for Ins bride;
tr ■ ■, Thai stately carriage coming,
"fjrSonurMliningthere-
wSd you think that brilliant lady
Coul/be y ,,ur own little Clare?
p,,n the last, a blue-eyed youngster—
l ear hear him prattling now- .
sneii a strong and sturdy fel.ow,
ivi'h his broad and honest brow.
How be asBt to love his mother!
1 .k. j your trembling lip!
He is far off on the water,
r mitain of a royal ship,
tin- hrotze upon iiis forehead,
*- ii .» r jre voire* of s ern command—
Tt-oi che bov who clung so loudly
1 To ilia mother's gentle hand!
Ill- niy wife. We've lost the babies,
ours so long and ours alone;
Tfbatarc \vr to these gr at jieox le,
Stately men and women grown?
‘vVloai do v, - e ev: r see them;
‘ v,'-’ a bitter tear drop start?,
,, Be '„ii lu-rt* in the fire light,
,'] v - |;,..n t!i and lun-iy hearts.
\li their lives are full without us:
Th-y'li stop lone enough one day
jibt to lav u> in the church yard.
i r . t . n Uiej M each go on their way.
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Georgia Affairs.
\ letter from JetTersonton, Camden count}*,
I dated on the 4th iust., says that the corn
cr 0 p in that county has been seriously
injured by the drought, aud not more than
I half a crop w ill be made. Should the re
cent line rains con tit u •, however, the sugar
cine and sweet potato crops will be fair.
The prospects fora large crop of rice are
| rervpromising, lie also writes that a suc-
i cessful religious revival is In progress at
i Providence Church in that place.
A report was circulated in Columbus on
Monday evening and Tuesday morning last
that a train on the North and South Railroad
hid run off the track, killed several persons'
ad wounded several others. Great excite
ment was caused thereby, but on Tuesday
evening, to the relief of the community, it
was ascertained that the report was entirely
without foundation.
A correspodent informs us that on last
Friday, in the rice Held of Colonel G. 3.
Owens, in Camden county, a negro woman
was struck by lightning and killed in
stantly. Her skull was so badly fractured
that the brains were found oozing from her
Leal
Didn’t know it was loaded agaluT*Accord
ing to the Sentinel, on Wednesday morning
list two colored hoys at Jesup, while
ktadling a pistol which they* intended to
clean, accidentally discharged it. The ball
erack one of them in the abdomen, inflict
in'a fatal wound. He uid not sufT :r much
pain, but died about six or seven hours
after being shot.
The Covington Star asserts authorita
tively that it was not Governor Colquitt
who sorted the yellow fever in Memphis.
It was Hon. Jefferson Davis.
Hon. James II. Blount announces that
there will he held in Macon on the 21st
inst. a competitive examination between
applicants from the Sixth Congressional
district for a vacancy to be filled from that
district this summer in the United States
-''aval Academy at Ann&pc-lis. Boys be
tween fourteen and eighteen years of age
only eligible.
According to the Edijay Courier they
hive an infant giantess at North Perry. It
h but thirteen months old and weighs
seventy-live pounds. The attempts of
visitors to lift it are laughable. It is three
^etin height, is well proportioned, eats
heartily, as may be expected, and is good
matured and bright. Its great grandfather
is said to have been a very tall and po wer
ful man.
0a Tuesday afternoon last Iloa. A. IT.
Stephens delivered an address to the alumni
the Athens University on the subject,
“K'hat is the Chief End of Man ?” He
handled the subject very eloquently. In
hue course of his address he paid the highest
‘htmte to Dr. Crawford Long, the discov-
t-erof aemsthesia. He alluded In feeling
terms to his intimacy and love for Dr. Long,
■ ho was h:s room mate and chum in that
Vor f University.
-v remarkably daring burglary was com
piled iu Social Circle last Saturday night.
Duriug the absence of Mr. J. T. Brown, of
1 place, from his house, some colored
‘Urg.ar broke into the house, and in the
P'&ence of his wife and children, carried
,° a lot of cooked food which Mrs. Brown
ha!
h^ing
prepared for the day following. There
no person about the lot to whom Mrs.
k'Owni could call for assistance, she made
d° resistance, although she had a pistol in
” hands at the time. After rifling her
P^try of its contents, they quietly left as
,.!• Came - The Walton County Videtlesays:
^ or cool, flaring villainy this incident caps
be t imaX> aUt * tlie perpetrators ought to
will a * e6S0n » the influence of which
titio* 0t ^ ers * rom attempting a repe-
iwi of it. They were negroes, but their
W ii?‘ lty,s stil1 unknown. We hope they
"i'li,,^Pl^ehcndcd aud summarily dealt
*° the death of Mre. Emory
iii at ‘^ttens, the Southern Banner speaks
terras regarding her. It says
~ t^rou^hout our entire community,
indeed wherever she was known, she
l 0V e^ 0st kfghly esteemed and greatly be-
douM dcat ^ EO one * n our m ^ st
tieartf l C ljroa K llt m ore genuine and
Uch > 1° 1 60rrow to a lar £ er aud more at-
She v C ^ C ^ e ° f lo?In 6 and admiring friends.”
v f lhe daughter of Col. A. P. Dear-
,c ?> of Athens.
w o negro prisoners in Hart county jail
fast G a *^P era te effort to escape on Sunday
cells Happened to be out of their
^ aviD S secreted themselves be-
of tn d °° r . seized 1116 l a Her unawares.
t»l£ck ^ tUGn choked him until he was
*or th T Mle t,le ot Her searched his person
them \ C ^ S ° f tbe ^Hey failed to find
one h T VCr ’ and at ^His juncture some
tHo noise and came to ascertain
da to' u ^ ^ use of ifc * At this the ras-
^eretV and ran into their cells,
A c ^ Were B P ec dily locked up.
^^orTespondent °f the Waynesboro JSx
of hm aD ! SeilIieradog la woran epidemic
bat 6i : 0 1 Ph0bia - Not real hydrophobia,
P ^ a report to the effect that the
aeetion among the canines of that
bjijjijj ^ s{ £nifbantly concludes his letter
s :-^X. giveme a dog ,aw ’ or
b *»aS 0ndentOlt the E,berton Oazette
to m07emeatt0 be
The imterprix boasts that Dalton Is one
of the most orderly cities In Georgia. It
contains no “roughs” among Its citizens,
and drunkenness and lawlessness are seldom
ever known within its limits.
On Monday last, while Dr. V. H. Talia
ferro, of Atlanta, was sitting in his buggy
on the streets of that city, watering his
horse, his bridle broke. This frightened
the animal, which began to run. The doc
tor was powerless to stop or guide him, and
in a short time the buggy collided with a
a country wagon, and the doctor was thrown
out and badly bruised. It is hoped his In
juries will not prove serious.
Another fatal result of colored folks fool
ing with pistols is reported this time In
Laurens county, near Dublin. The JW of
that place says that on Saturday last a
colored man named Walter Griffin was
loading his pistol, his younger brother,
Fred, looking on with his head resting on
Walter’s knee. After the weapon was
loaded a cap was put on, and as he was let
ting down the hammer it slipped from un
der his thumb, causing the pistol to be dis
charged and bury a bulletin the little fel
low’s brain. The hall entered above the
right temple, and the brain began to ooze
out. The wounded boy was not dead at
last accounts, but his case was considered
hopeless.
The preliminary examination of Mr.
Warren P. Lovett, for the killing of Mr. J.
K. Reynolds, in Meriwether county, was be
gun on Wednesday last at Sandtown. It
was discontinued, however, for the reason
that the Superior Court convenes two weeks
hence, and counsel for the prosecution sub
mitted a proposition to postpone the matter
until that time. Mr. Lovett’s counsel con
sented, and the prisoner was released on
bail, the penalty of his bond being fixed at
only §500.
A storm la6t Thursday blew down a
colored church at Buckeye, in Laurens
county, in which a colored school was
being taught at the time. Fortunately it
was during recess, and only three scholars
were In the house. One of these, we learn
from the Dublin Bust, a boy sixteen years
old, named Crofford Martin, was killed out
right. His neck was broken and his chest
crushed. The other two children were
hurt, but not seriously. The house was un
finished, being only framed and covered.
Covington Star: “We have been shown
two small twigs from a peach tree on Dr. T.
N. Pitts’, place iu Midway, which are the
most prolific we have ever seen. On one of
them, which was only five inches long, there
were nine full grown peaches, and on the
other, which was six inches in length, there
were eleven full grown peaches. The doc
tor informs us that the whole tree was
equally as prolific. Ifc Is quite a curiosity.”
“We are informed,” says the Augusta
JScics, “that a few days since a young man
living in an adjoining county, while out
squirrel hunting in company with his father,
was bitten just above the ankle by a large
rattlesnake. He immediately shot and
killed the_snake; aud bein£ some distance
from home, he appealed for help to his
father, who promptly applied his mouth to
l.he wound aud sucked it with great force,
repeating the operation several times. By
ibis means the deadly virus was so effectu
ally extracted that no sickness or swelling
ensued.”
Says the Walton County Yidette: “A ne
gro named Burrell, residing on the planta
tion of Mrs. Perry, in Newton county, fell
out with his wife and they separated. The
woman sent another negro man named Wiley
Bracking to her late home after her ‘trunk
and things,’ and Burrell flew iuto a rage
and shot Wiley seriously. The woman and
Burrell subsequently * made it up ’ and
moved into Morgan county to hide them
selves. The Deputy Sheriff, however, got
wind of their whereabouts and went for
them. The man ran and came near making
his escape, but Mr. Gus Studdard’s old
‘nigger’ dogs were brought into requisition
and ilie game was bagged. Burrell now
boards in Covington, at Newton county’s
expense.”
Americas lit•publican: “One W. M. Marche,
who has been employed by the United States
Government to build the wall around the
Federal dead, has completed his contract
and decamped, leaving a number of bills
unsettled in this city, Macon and other
points where he could get credit. No doubt
many of the people whom he has victimized
thought they had a sure guarantee of their
money, as he was a contractor with the gov
ernment ; but alas, they have found to their
cost that villains can obtain contracts under
government while honest men go a-beg-
tog.”
The Americus Republican does not vouch
for the truth of this stoiy, but says it was
given to it for true ; “ We learn that a
Mr. Walsh, who has been employed on a
farm near the county line, while huuting
for some sheep In a briar patch, felt some
thing strike him upon the ankle, causing a
sharp pain, but thinking a briar had pricked
him he paid no attention to it. After find
ing the sheep and taking them home, he
found that his leg was swollen and spotted,
and great pain racked his entire frame.
The swelling increased rapidly and ex
tended over his entire body, and he
became totally blind; cried for
water; would squirm and lick out
his tongue like a snake. Medical aid was
called, but, we are informed, could not alle
viate his sufferings, and in about three
hours he expired. His swollen features
presented a horrible sight and a peculiar
offensive aud sickening effluvia made bis im
mediate burial necessary. A rough box was
made and he was interred without cere-
mouy*. He was an entire stranger, a young
man, quiet, and had no correspondence with
any* one since Ids arrival in the neighbor
hood, and had been there about two or three
months.”
Marietta Journal: “ Mr. Thomas MeEwen,
of Douglas county, who had his right arm
lacerated some weeks ago by a thresher, in
the lower part of Cobb county, refused at
first to have his arm amputated, but mortifi
cation ensued and the arm was cut off.
Subsequently gangrene took place, and on
last Thursday* night he died in great agony.
He leaves a wife and three children. He
was an honorable, hardworking young man,
and was succeeding finely in life when this
sad accident occurred, terminating in his
death.”
Dublin Enterprise: “Quarantines are not
always effectual. One day last week a
Memphis boy, who had not seen his mother
in two years, slipped by the Rome quaran
tine and was happy with his mother one
day and night in that city. By some source,
however, the fact came to the knowledge
of the quarantine officers, and he was hur
ried out of the city in a buggy, in the direc
tion of Kingston.”
Macon 1 degraph and Messenger: “ We
learn that on last Saturday three young men
from Crawford county came over into the
Warrior district, and while there endeavored
to carry* away more of the ardent than they
were able to manage. They, however,
reached the Echeconnee bridge. The water
had risen in consequence of the heavy rains,
and'was flowing over the bridge to the depth
of two or three feet. Uncertain of step, the
three boldly waded in, and, when half way
across, were swept off their uncertain and
treacherous pedestals into the deep water
of the stream below. Mr. Ben Scarborough,
who was on the bank, plunged in, and, after
almost superhuman efforts, succeeded lu
rescuing all three of the party. They missed
drowning very narrowly.”
Augusta Chronicle: “A few nights since
a gentleman living near Augusta, whose
premises were recently invaded by a burglar,
thought he heard a noise. Jumping out of
bed, he seized his gun, ran to the window,
and in the uncertain light 6aw what he sup
posed was a robber standing behind some
bushes. He blamed away and the Intruder
fell. With the triumpbaut exclamation, ‘I
have got him!’ be dashed out and found
that he had literally riddled with shot—a
corn sack, which had been hung on a bosh
the previous evening by a servant. No ar
rests have been made.”
A Fatal Trespass.—A telegram to
the New York. Herald from Plymouth,
Pa., August 3d, says: “An altercation
occurred yesterday in this borough be
tween a Welshman named John R. Jones
and an Irishman named T. T. MpSwee-
ney. The latter made a trespass upon
the property of the former in an attempt
to secure a cow. Jones, it is alleged,
fiercely attacked him with an axe, felling
him to the ground, and then set two fe
rocious dogs upon him. McSweeney
was terribly lacerated before ho was res
cued, and to day his physicians declare
that there can be no hope of rscpveiy.”
A Wealthy Manufacturer Killed.
In Newark, N. J., Monday evening,
Patrick McClutchy, a wealthy manufac
turer, whilst boarding a train was thrown
under -the wheels and killed, his head
being almost entirely severed from his
BY TELEGRAPH.
N00S TELEGRAMS.
THE NATIONAL COTTON EX
CHANGE.
Serious Break in the Canal at Man
chester, N. H.
THE LATEST FBOil AFRICA.
Large Immigration of Sheffield Op
erates.
THE SULTAN AND THE KHEDIVE.
Significant Movement or Bullion.
General News and Notes.
THE SITUATION IN AFRICA.
London, August 7.—Advices from Cape
town to July 2*2d, received by way of Ma
deira, eay: “Several Zulu chiefs have sub
mitted to Sir Garnet Wolesley, at St. Paul’s.
It Is reported that he assured them that
they will henceforth be governed and pro
tected by* the British Government. General,
Crealock aud Colonels Wood and Butler
will return to England. Another detachment
of marines have re-embarked for home. A
strong force is to advance on Ulundi imme
diately, General Wolselcy having promised
the chiefs that he would he thereby August;
10. A detachment of friendly natives and j
irregulars, and, probably, also General New-
digate’s column, will advance simultane
ously on the King’snew kraal.”
THE NATIONAL COTTON EXCHANGE CONVEN
TION.
New York, August 7.—The Convention
of the National Cotton Exchange in this
city, Wednesday next, is creating much
interest among cotton dealers. A com-'
mittee of prominent dealers is now engaged
in making arrangements for a place and a
programme of meeting, and there Is every
reason to expect that the convention will be
very successful. It is expected it will be
attended by sixty to one hundred delegate?,
representing every important district inter
ested in the production of cotton. Just
what subjects will be discussed at the con
vention has not yet been decided. President.
Phelps, of New Orleans, is now in Boston
on business connected with the convention,
and will be on hand to preside next week.
THE SARATOGA RACES.
Saratoga, August 7.—In the first race,
mile dash, Clara D. won, Joycho second,
Belle third; time 1:44In the pools, Dan
Sparling sold for 400, Joycho for 150, Belle
for 45, Clara D. for 30, and Patrol f .r 10.
The second race, Clarendon Hotel stakes,
one mile and a quarter, for tbree-year-old
fillies, was wou by Bonnie Carrie, Lulu
second, Contessa third. Time 2:12.
The third race, Kentucky stakes, for two-
year-olds, three-quarters of a mile, was won
by Oden. Minos second, Girofla third.
Time 1:17%.
The fourth was a selling race, one mile
and one-eighth, and was won by Rboda-
manthus, Jackscrew second, Egypt third.
Time 1:59%.
THE SULTAN AND THE EX-KHEDIVE.
London, August 7.—A dispatch from
Alexandria to the Reuter Telegram Company
says: “ Tewflk, the new Khedive of Egypt,
received a telegram from the Sultan of Tur
key on the 31 inst., demanding that permis
sion be given the ex Khedive,“Ismail Pasha,
to return to Egypt and reside at Alexandria
or Damietta. The British and French Con
suls General advised the Khedive to defer
his reply until they had consulted their
governments on the subject.”
SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT IN BULLION.
London, August 7.—Financial articles
published this morning stare that the with
drawal of gold from the Bank of England
yesterday for the United States was a proba
ble precursor of larger shipments in pay
ment for quantities of American produce
arriving here aud in France, and that the
steady decline in rates of exchange has
pointed to such a movement in bullion for
6ome time past. It is understood that the
Bank of England holds a large amount in
American eagles.
LARGE IMMIGRATION OF SHEFFIELD OPERA
TIVES.
New York, August 7.—The arrival yes
terday on the steamship Algeria, from
Liverpool, of one hundred and thirty Shef
field cutlers, under contract with J. D.
Frary, of Bridgeport, Conn., excites con
siderable interest. The men 6ay they did
not leave Sheffield for want of work, but
because they were offered better wages and
more comfortable homes by the proprietor
of the Frary Cutlery Works. It Is expected
five hundred more will come over in the
fall.
BREAK IN THE CANAL AT MANCHESTER.
Manchester, N. H., August 7.—About
midnight last night a serious break occurred
In the upper canal, washing out the embank
ment thirty feet, at a point where the emory
mills are being built. By this break about
ten thousand operatives are thrown out of
employment. The cost of repairs will be
about five hundred dollars, aud the mills
will be In operation within twenty-four
hours. The water found a vent through the
lower canal, thus preventing more serious
damage.
UPWARD TENDENCY IN COAL.
London, August 7.—The colliers of
Lunarkshire, Scotland, have agreed to work
only four days in each week. This move
ment, together with the already greatly re
duced supply of coal, has caused the first
upward movement iu price which has been
recorded on the Glasgow Coal Exchange for
three years. Itis expected that the colliers
will immediately demand an increase of
FINANCIAL SUBSCRIPTION.
•London, August 7.—The Paris credit
foncier yesterday opened the subscription
for one million obligations at fifty francs
each, on account of the eity of Paris and
sundry other French municipalities. It is
understood that the Issue was covered more
than eight times iu Paris alone.
SUSPENDED PAYMENT.
Montreal, August 7.—The Exchange
Bank of Canada suspended payment this
morning.
EVEMNG_J ELEfiKAiR.
A WRECKED STEAMER PLUN
DERED BY MARAUDERS.
Bankers’ Convention in Saratoga.
.TIAIIVI.AND DEMOCRATIC NOMI
NATIONS.
A Decision Regarding Local and State
Health Officers.
DISASTROES'BOILBU EXPLOSION
GERMANY AND THE BI-METALLIC
STANDARD.
A Destructive Hurricane*
PLUNDERING TOE WRECK OF THE STEAMER
BURGAS.
Halifax, August 7.—The wreck of the
steamer Burgas, in St. Mary’s Bay, N. F.,
creates much discussion in the local papers.
The Bnrgas struck on the rocks in Mariner’s
Cove in a dense fog, July 14th. The Cap
tain eng ged the help of fishermen aud was
busy saving the cargo, when more than forty
large boats appeared, containing tbree cr
four hundred men, who boarded the wreck
ed ship In spite of protests, and began car
rying off the cargo. They cleared the decks
of wheat and everything else removable, in
cluding four hundred sheep, and then
left. Through the exertions of the local
authoricies three schooner loads of stolen
property were recovered, and other small
lots have since been given up, hut most of
it is still in the hands of the marauders.
WASHINGTON WNATHKR PBOPHXT.
Office of the Chief Signal Observes,
Washington, D. C., August 7.—Indications
for Friday: _ _ .
In the South Atlantic States, partly cloudy
weather and areas of rain, with southwest to
northwest winds, stationary or slowly rising
barometer, and alight changes in tempera
ture.
In the Middle 8tales, areas of rain, fol
lowed by clearing cooler weather, and dur
ing Friday rising barometer, northwest to
southwest winds. s
In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, local
rains, with partly cloudy and cooler wea
ther, rising barometer, and northerly to west
erly winds.
In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weather,
with occasional rain, with slight rise In ba
rometer, northeast to southeast winds and
stationary or a slight fall in temperature.
boiler explosion.
Quincy, III., August 7.—The boiler of
the Newcomb paper mill on Front street
exploded this morning, demolishing the en
gine house and creating havoc generally.
Tlir* men Wfre t*dlj hurt.
WHO ASE EXITED STATES OFFICERS.
Washington, August 7.—Judge Tarbell,
Deputy First Auditor of the Treasury De
partment, decided to-day that health officers
and other employes appointed by local and
State boards of-health and .drawing pay
from the National Board, are not United
States officers in any such sense as would
require them to take the oath of office pre
scribed by the statutes for all United States
employes. The National Board may pay
them at the request of local organizations,
but they are still no more than agents* of
that board and not United State s offic.rs.
THE CONVENTION OF BANKERS.
Saratoga, August 7.—The Bankers’ Con
vention reassembled at half-past eleven
o’clock this morning, and the attendance
was very large. John J. Kcox, Comptroller
of the Currency, read a long paper on banks
and the banking system. George S. Cox, of
New York, in an extemporaneous address,
argued against inflation of the currency. Mr.
Hallister, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, read
a paper on the relation of banks and bankers
to the people. Mr. Sneed, of Kentucky,
read a short paper on silver and gold.
MARYLAND*DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
Baltimore, August 7.—In the Democratic
State Convention to-day Hon. Wm. T. Ham
ilton, of Washington county, was unani
mously nominated for Governor, C. J. M.
Gwinn was renominated for Attorney Gen
eral, and Thomas J. Keating for Comptrol
ler. There were no other nominations for
these offices, and they were made without
the formality of a call of the roll.
GERMANY AND TOE BI-METALLICfSTANDARD.
Washington, August 7.—Official infor
mation/ has been received at the State De
partment from Berlin that the German Gov
ernment is inclined to modify the position
heretofore taken by it against silver, and
will disenss with the United States steps
looking to the adoption, internationally, of
a bi-metallic standard.
a destructive hurricane.
Moncton, N. B., August 7.—A fearful
hurricane passed over Bucloshe river and
its vicinity last night, doiDg much damage,
carrying away a large bridge and the tower
of the Catholic chapel, and destroying
eighty buildings. Three people were killed
and many badly injured.
LETTER FROM CHERRY LAKE.
A Beautiful riicct or Water—The
Change Since Ante-Bellum Days—
The Present Ruinous System .of
Farming —The Necessity for Re
form—An Exodus Agent Wanted.
Cherry Lake, Fla., August 4.—Editor
Morning News: I am a regular subscriber to
the Morning News, and always read all that
I see in it with interest. Being a Georgian
by birth, I am like many others,and think that
anything coming from Georgia is as good if
not better than from any other State, but as
Florida is now my State by adoption, I pro
pose to say something for her, or at least
that portion in which I live. I 6ee letters
from nearly every portion of the State, but
see very little from this county, and espe
cially this portion of the county, Cherry
Lake. This lake is situated north of Madi
son village about ten miles, aud two miles
south of the State line. It is a beautiful
sheet of water, basin shaped, and three
miles in circumference. Its average depth of
water is about twelve feet, bordered around
by a narrow belt of maiden cane, which
puts forth In the spring an<F encircles the
lake with a beautiful fringe of green, Inter
spersed here and there by the pond lilly,
which, wi.h the clear silvery water in the
centre, presents an appearance beautiful
and grand. In ante-bellum days, this lake
abounded with fish, and we could have fish
the year round; but freedom is death to
“fi;h and fowls,” and now the sportsman
has a dull time here. Some of the
earliest settlers of Florida were
those who settled around this lake,
aud prior to the war we boasted of some of
the finest lands and the best farms in the
State—lands that readily demanded ten'and
fifteen dollars Rer acre—and I have in my
mind now a gooal ,many old farmers, who
made money farming and accumulated nice
little fortunes. Then they planted the sea
Island cotton almost exclusively, and hauled
it on wagons sixty and a hundred miles to
market, and yet they made money. I can
see no good reason why we of the present
day could cot do as well, if not better, if
we would but adopt the right course. But
so long as we pursue the present course of
farming we must iaevitably grow poorer
year after year. The present system of
renting to freedmen will In a few years so
exhaust and run down the land that it will
be impossible for even a freedman to make
enough to live. It is a matter of fact, with
a fe»v exceptions, the negro to day is poorer
than he was the first year after the war, and
were it cot for the mild climate and the
many articles of food which grow and ma
ture almost without any effort on the port
of man. In many instances they* would be
obliged to suffer, for they are certainly the
most destructive and indolent race of peo
ple on earth. I am a small planter, with
but a two horse farm, surrounded by these
large farms rented to freedmen, and I declare
to you that I make more one year with an
other than a half-dozen of these freedmen
together. Besides this these lands are
waf-hed and gullied so that the soil from the
bills is all gone, and that in the bottoms
covered with sand, so that the lands which a
few years past could have been made to pro
duce from fifteen to twenty bushels of corn
and half a bale of cotton per acre, will not
now produce more than one-fonrtli of this
amount. These are stubborn facts. Then,
in the name of common sense and reason, I
would ask the question, why will farmers
persist in 6uch a system? It looks very
much like “killing the goose that laid the
golden egg.” There are a few men of en
ergy* and enterprise in our county who are
farming systematically, and make it a
pleasure to farm, and I do hope that others
may be induced to adopt similar plans, and
by the use of improved implements, re
ducing the acreage and fertilizing properly,
we might soon briilg about a change, and
instead of renting out to indifferent and lazy
freedmen, to “use and Abuse” without re
straint, let every farmer control and manage
his own farm and see 1 hat it is properly cul
tivated. We ha ve here a climate and soil not
surpassed anywhere, which can be made to
produce almost any and everything and that
in abundance, and I do nope to see a
change for the better. I think the plan sug
gested would be far better for the better
class of colored people, and if
these lazy, thriftless fellows do not
feel disposed to be advised, let them
go to Kansas or some other place;
the sooner the better for us. Can’t you
send us an agent round here to Induce them
to leave? We can get along first rate with
one thousand less in our county, and I am
satisfied Florida would be much better off
minus ten thousand, and unless the crops of
provisions tarn out much better than re
ports indicate, we will have enough left
then to eat up all we will make.
Novice.
P. 8.—Can you tell me anything about
.Chase? Tell him I’ve got a cow that gives
fresh butter milk every morning, and I
want to sell her to him to take to Savannah.
A Member of the Grant-Shepherd?
Babcock Ring Brought to Taw.
Charles G. Fisher, an Jex-Assistant
District Attorney of the District of Co
lumbia, and son of Judge Fisher, who
was Attorney of the District for several
years, was arraigned in the New York
Court of General Sessions Monday, on
the charge of giving a forged check for
$82 72, purporting to be drawn by a
New York merchant, to the cashier of
the Metropolitan Hotel in pavment for
board. The prisoner received a balance
from the cashier. When the case was
called young Fisher addressed the court
clearly and intelligently, and asked for
the postponement of the trial for one day
in order to obtain witnesses. He said
that the case had been twice on the calen
dar for trial, and that on each occasion
the prosecution had deferred proceed
ing. He said that his witnesses could be
obtained within a few hours, and re
marked that he did not seek mercy but
justice. Assistant -District Attorney
Bell, in reply, said that the trial had
been deferred from time to time at the
request of the prisoner’s mother. She
had written many letters to the District
Attorney’s office, and seemed to be the
only friend the prisoner had. His father
haa long ago downed him. It had been
stated that the prisoner had reduced (his
father to utter poverty by his many for
geries upon him, and that he had desert
ed his wife, an estimable lady, who had
since obtained a divorce from him. Judge
Gildersleeve fixed the case for tnal Mon
day, when the jury found Fisher
guilty of obtaining money under false
pretenses, when he was remanded until
Friday for bearing of argument for a
new triaL It is alleged that the accused
was mixed up in the Harrington safe
burglary ia Washington a few years ego.
GALA DAY IN,'THE BANNER
COUNTY.
Examination and Exhibition at Mill
Creek Academy—Address by Dr. M.
I.. Boyd—Eight Hundred to One
Thousand People Present.
Statesboro, Ga., August 4.—Editor
Morning News: It is our privilege to be able
to transmit to your worthy columns for the
benefit of your numerous readers an account
of the most Interesting examination and ex
hibition held in our section for many years.
August 1st opened propitiously, though the
preceding days were unfavorable and the
morning itself ominous, yet prophetic prog
nostications were not realized as to “drench
ing and copious showers,” aud notwith
standing the apparent evil forebodings the
grounds surrounding Mill Creek Academy
were, by 9 a. m., Friday, 1st inst., alive with
expectant and appreciative humanity. As
the day advanced the ominousness of early
morning was dissipated, and by 10:30 a. m.
seven hundred persons were supposed to be
auditorsin the witnessing of the literary exer
ciser, conducted by A.TL W. Marquis, Prin
cipal of Mill Creek Academy. In the various
branches considered, from the Infant prodi
gies to the advanced,’'each participant ac
quitted themselves nobly and creditably.
Permit us here to- digress. The small,
arithmetical, geographical and historical
class, which were., composed of eight in
number,-exceeded ourfoudesfc anticipations,
and reflects much honor and credit upon
Mr. Marquis, their instructor. The ques
tions propounded were so accurately and
Immediately answered that It required but
a glance to tell that their instruction had
been certain and correct, remembering
the average age approximated nine years.
Older heads would have hesitated upon some
.of these questions. Their arithmetical ex
ercise upon the blackboard was faultless
and deserves much commendation. The
older ones accepted their trying positions
with ease and grace, and their every answer
indicated a rigid training. After the morn
ing Exercises it was announced that Dr. M.
L. Boyd, of our county, would address the
students of Mill Creek Academy on the sub
ject of “Education,” and at 12:30 p.m. he was
introduced with a few pertinent remarks by
Mr. Marquis. We regret our inability to re
produce the language of this oration, and
again regret the address could not be
presented to your numerous readers. The
doctor, in his happy way, held the vast as
semblage for about one hour in one of the
best and most applicable speeches, and the
most undivided attention was given him
throughout the entire address. He adverted
to the genuinity of instruction and the sup
pression of vice by the annihilation of
ignorance, the true monitor of success being
identical with that of legitimate instruction.
His mere adverting to the true principles of
Georgia democracy was not inimical to the
cause of genuine education, bnt the culmi
nation of the same would inevitably place
our people sans peur sans reproche. The offi
cial status was slightly touched, and au in
timation “ that if the ma-ses were educated
soundly and truly,both political!? and social
ly, a universal adhesiveness would fiually re-
•sult.”
T1 e remarks, addressed to the young la
dies and gentlemen of Mill Cret k Academy,
were pertinent to the occasion, the advice
telling and sincere. Taken a*l in all, the
address was a most creditable effort, well
deserving the hearty applause with which
it was received.
Now, Mr. Editor, we re you ever so situated
that language was inadequate to express
your appreciation or approbation? Well,
that is just our present dilemma.
The bountiful repast provided by the lady
patrons of Mill Creek Academy is
just inexpressible. When you con
template a table or tables one hundred
and sixty feet in length, with arrange
ments for occupancy on both sides, and
these same being laden so bounteously that
they fairly groaned under the weight, you
may infer that there was not only an abun
dance, but the very best that the cuisine
could afford. It called to our memory
the feeding of a certain thousands—from a
remarkably small quantity—yet there were
many baskets full to be carried away aud to
be distributed. Such aH abundance has not
been presented to our people since the
memorable day of the banner presentation
by the late lamented Hartridge to our citi
zens. After this repast—by the principal—
in the name of the lady patrons of Mill
Creek Academy, was presented to Dr. M. 8.
Boyd a cake of elegant arrangement and
huge size. The afternoon exercises were
now in order, and the same successful ac
quitting was rendered by the students.
At night, ai exhibition by the “Acade
my Combination” was announced, and
by “candle lighting” thearbor was
filled to overflowing. The administra
tive and executive ability of Mr. M.
was again predominant* His school ac
cepted the trying position of being pre
sented in a new role as actors and ac
tresses, and they strode the boards with the
skill and grace of more experienced heads.
Time and space forbids a more lengthened
detail of these entertaining and most in
teresting exercises, which must be inferred,
were 6Qch, as between eight hundred and
one thousand persons were held, as it were,
by a magnetic influence for four or five
hours without apparent tiresomeness or
seeming fatigue. Long will this gala day
be held in remembrance by the citizens of
Bulloch, with their many thanks to the Mill
Creek Academy Association for the pleas-
urable 1st day of August, 3879.
Scribe.
Grant for Life.
Hew York Sun.
Grant wants to get back to the White
House, not for four years only, but for
the remainder of. his life; and to make
him permanent President is the hidden
purpose of the third-term plotters, of the
men who grew rich under the vulgar and
corrupt rule of Grantism.
That is what a third term means—-the
subversion of our system of government
to gratify the lust for power of a military
chieftain whose head has been turned by
ceaseless adulation at home and abroad,
and the reopening of the doors of the
Treasury to admit the vilest gang that
ever infested Washington. It is what
the third-term conspirators are saying in
private. It is even the boldly declared
purpose of some of the more impudent
of them. They do not want Grant again
for President They*want him for King
and for life. •
Very naturally, the Duke of Argyll
sympathizes with those degraded Repub
licans, for he is an aristocrat and a mon
archist, the father T in-law of a Princess,
and a skeptic regarding Democratic in
stitutions. But wc assure the Duke of
Argyll that not all nor many American
citizens are snobs and dirt eaters. The
people have no “s:rong wish that Gen.
Grant should again become the Chief
Executive Magistrate of your republic,”
but the majority of them have the strong
determination to defeat his ambition to
play the monarch here after the fashion
which bos so fascinated him during his
European travels.
Thank heaven we are not fated to en
dure that disgrace!
Tiie Story of a Dog Named “Bul
ger.”—Several years ago a gentleman
liviDg in Fayette county, Ky., owned a
yellow dog, lo which he became greatly
attached. The gentleman sickened and
died, and was buried in the cemetery at
Lexington.' The dog followed the re
mains of his master to the grave, re
mained at the grave for several davs, and
then returned lo the city, where he has
stayed ever since, “Bulger,” for that is
the dog's name, makes daily visits to his
former master’s grave, stays a few hours,
and then returns: He follows all fune
ral processions passing through the city.
The other day, while lying in front of a
store, he saw a funeral cortege going by.
Instantly springing up he ran out into
the street to the side of the hearse, gave
three dismal howls and took his place ip
the procession. Numerous efforts have
been made to entice Bulger to his former
home in the country, but without avail.
Everybody knows him; he is never 1 al
lowed to suffer for want of food car a
place to sleep, and when he dies will be
decently buried.—Cincinnati Star,
. n-—
Selling Her Hair for Bread.—
Bernard Smith, who keeps a saloon in
Market street, Newark, married in Dub
lin, Ireland, some nine years ago, a few
weeks before emigrating, to this country.
Three weeks ago he began a suit for di
vorce.from his wife, Eliza, - alleging infi
delity on her part os the grounds. She
brings counter suit for alimony and the
custody of their child, and alleges that
her husband neglected to provide for her
the necessaries of life*, and that once,
when she was very ill, she was compelled
to cut off her hair and sell it in order to
bread for herself and child*—
Nicaragua ts. Panama.
Nero Orleans Democrat.
To those acquainted with the history
of the various projects to build an
American interoceanic canal, it seems
.remarkable that the congress at Paris
should have adopted the Panama route,
.the least advantageous, and without
doubt the most costly'. The reasons,
however, are easily explained. This
pigantic scheme is almost coeval with
the discovery of America, many surveys
have been made of the several suggested
routes, and several companies have been
organized for the purpose of building
the canal. In 1814 the Spanish Cortes
decreed the opening of the canaL Very
soon after the Central American States
secured their independence they made a
proposition, in 1825, to Mr. Clay,
then Secretary of State under Mr.
Adams, that the United States should co
operate with them in the construction of
this great work, and in 1828 the King of
the Netherlands proposed to' undertake
the work, but a revolution prevailing in
the country prevented the survey from
being even commerced. In 1836, for
the first time, something like a regular
survey of a route was made by John
Bailey at the direction of the President
of Central America, and this survey
showed the practicability of the Nica
ragua route. Various otlier surveys
have since been made—that by the Isthmus
of Panama and that by the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec being, ^vith that by Lake
Nicaragua, the most important', and per
haps the only practicable ones.
Finally, in 1872, the Government of
the United States appointed an inter
oceanic canal commission, under which
ten routes, including the three above
mentioned, were surveyed, and it is an
important fact to note, just at this time,
that this commission, directing and final
ly examining the only thorough and en
tirely reliable surveys for this canal ever
completed, unanimously reported in favor
of the Nicaraguan route as the most
practicable, the most convenient for the
commerce of the world and the cheapest
to he constructed. The following is an
extract from the report of the commission:
“The route known as ‘the Nicaragua
route’ beginning on the Atlantic side, at
or near Greytown, running by the canal
to the San Juan river, thence following
its left hank to the mouth of the San
Carlos river, at which point navigation
of the San Juan river begins, and by the
aid of three shore canals of an aggregate
length of three and five mileo reaches
Lake Nicaragua, from thence across the ;
lake and through the valleys of the Rio
del Medio and Rio Grande, to what is
known as the Port of Brito, on the Pa
cific coast, possesses, both for the con
struction and maintenance of a canal,
great advantages, and offers fewer diffi
culties, from engineering, commercial,
economic points of view, than any one
of the routes shown to he practicable by
surveys sufficiently in detail to enable a
judgment to be formed on their relative
merits.” •
Subsequent to the completion of these
surveys the Government of Nicaragua
expressed a desire to aid the great work
to the full extent of its ability, and sent
a commission to Washington to arrange
a special treaty involving large conces
sions to the United States as the con
trolling power in the enterprise.
This treaty was ou the eve of consum
mation when the great Pacific Railroad
corporations, now among the most
powerful bodies in the country, inter
fered, and by their influence checked
the ardor of the administration, and di
verted its energies and ambition from
perhaps the grandest work of the cen
tury. Thus the enterprise, so favorably
reported upon, and the consummation
of which would have immortalized the
Grant administration, was paralyzed and
it sank, for the time being, out of sight.
The attention of the world, however,
had been too long fixed upon the project
of an American interoceanic canal to
permit it to die out, and it haslately been
revived in a practicable form in Enrope.
But the Paris Interoceanic Congress,
jealous, no doubt, of the pre eminence
which the Nicaraguan Government had
given the United States in the enterprise,
and taking advantage of the indifference
of our government, applied for and ob
tained very large, and important conces
sions from the United States of Colom
bia and has certainly been induced by
those concessions to adopt the Panama
route—a route more expensive to con
struct and of the least advantage to the
trade of the United States.
But the vigor with which the Euro
peans lye prosecuting their enterprise
has aroused the American mind to the
necessity of taking immediate steps to
enforce the construction of 'this canal,
either through Nicaragua or the Isth
mus of Tehuantepec. The canal can be
constructed over either of these routes at
a less cost and with an infinitely less
loss of human life than over the Isthmus
of Panama, and either route will be
worth many millions of dollars more per
annum to the commerce of America.
New Orleans is, perhaps, more inter
ested in.the completion of this enterprise
than any other city in the United States.
Whether „ the canal he built through Te
huantepec or Lake Nicaragua, it will
be but an extension of the Mississippi
river from New Orleans to the Pacific
coast of America, and it will necessarily
make New Orleans the chief entrepot of
all the vast trade which will seek the At
lantic from the islands and countries of
the Pacific.
To impress upon the reader an idea of
the value of that trade would require
facts and figures covering many columns.
We may, however, briefly state the gen
eral fact that the trade which seeks the
Atlantic from the Pacific has, in every
age, been so great that every new route
from one ocean to the other has ruined
and built up great cities. The marble
ruins of Palmyra, gleaming over the yel
low sands of the Syrian desert, mark the
path of the ancient caravans of the East
.to the Mediterranean. When the trade
of the East sought the West through the
Red Sea and over the Isthmus of Suez,
Palmyra became a marble waste,and new
cities, of which there is not now a ves
tige remaining, sprang up on the new
line of travel. The discovery of the pas
sage m bund 1 the Cape of Good Hope
again changed the route from the Eo?t to
the West, and old established European
cities fell into decay and new ones rose
into importance and opulence. In late
years England has projected -railroads
through Syria, aud Europe has construct
ed an interoceanic canal through Suez
at enormous cost to bring the trade, of
the Pacific into closer relations with the
Atlantic.
How the canal through Nicaragua
would affect the trade of the world we
will not venture to say. But it must
carry over iis bosom a vast portion of
the trade between the East and the West,
aud New Orleans, lying in the track of
that trade, must he the first and greatest
beneficiary of this great enterprise on the
Atlantic coast of America.
Every consideration, therefore, of self-
interest should impel this city to inter
est herself in the construction of this
canal via Nicaragua or Tehuantepec.
The Panama route would certainly bene
fit New Orleans; but either of the other
routes is better for her and for this coun
try* and she cannot hat take a deep in
terest in the American view of the ques
tion. A vigorous, active and;deter
mined stand on the part of ,the United
States to control this enterprise will,
without doubt, force the European capi
talists to accept our line, and Europe is
so deeply interested that In any line we
may force upon the world her govern
ments or her capitalists will invest their
money. .
Attacked his Sleeping Wife with
a Club.—Zibe Studley, of East Killing-
ly, Conn., Sunday morning attacked his
eleeping wife with a club, and beat her
about the head so that her recovery is
considered impossible. The cause of his
act is believed to be jealousy, needlessly
excited by gossiping neighbors. He is
injail.
The New Haven Register has discover
ed that the great trouble with profes
sional ball clubs is to find a pitcher that
will hold water—only,
THE RED BOSE.
How a Gentleman Recognized HI*
Affianced Whom He Had Never
Met Before.
Carson Appeal.
On June 28th a gentleman doing busi
ness at Benton, California, was married
at the Ormsby House to a handsome and
charming young lady from Boston. She
was very attractive, possessing a great
fund of refined humor and fascinating
conversational faculties. On the train
from the East she said that she came
from Boston, and hod no hesitancy about
informing those who asked . respecting
her destination, that she expected to
meet a gentleman friend at Wadsworth,
with whom she would proceed to Carson.
One thing seemed to puzzle her fellow
passengers, and that was a large bright
red rose fastened to the left side of her
hat, which was far from harmonizini
with the remainder of her modest am
tasteful attire. When the train reached
Wadsworth, a gentleman boarded it.
He was neatly attired, with one excep
tion, and that was a flaming red silk
handkerchief enveloped his neck. The
young lady from Boston cordially greet
ed the gentleman, as if they had been
lifelong friends.
Neither the lady nor the gentleman had
ever met before, in fact had not even ex-
changed picteii§g,4mt —r—pnnrlnri jylh
.each other for a long while, until tfiey
formed a bond of affection which result
ed In their marriage. It was stipulated
that the gentleman should meet his affi
anced at Wadsworth, and, to enable them
to recognize each other, the lady “was to
wear the red rose in her hat and he to
clothe his neck in a similarly colored silk
handkerchief. This bit of romance soon
made the rounds of the whole train, and
there being no question as to the high re
spectability of the couple, they were the
recipients of the warmest congratulations
and expressions of best wishes from the
other ladies and gentlemen on the cars.
Mr. B. and Miss G. were united in mar
riage by the rector of St. Peter’s Episco
pal Church here. The newly wedded
couple are now living at Benton.
The Arrest of Colonel Barrete In
Cnba.
Col. Miguel G. Barrete, formerly of
the Cuban army of independence, but
now an American citizen, has arrived at
New York, and tells the following story
of illegal arrest and harsh treatment by
the Spanish authorities during his recent
visit to Cuba. He says that he went to
Matanzas to engage in the sugar Busi
ness, and was seized by two men as he
was leaving the bouse of his brother. He
was bound in spite of his protestations
that he was an American citizen, and
was taken to a police station and locked
up in a cell so foul that the atmosphere
caused him to swoon. No warrant of
any kind was displayed. The following
morning he demanded, he says, to be
taken before the American Consul, but
his captors, paying no heed to
this request, took him by rail
to Cienfuegos, where he was again
locked up in a filthy cell. At two o’clock
the next morning he was sent out to walk
with a Corporal and two men, and he as
serts his belief that his guards had or
ders to shoot him and report that he was
killed while endeavoring to escape. Af
ter walking for an hour they were over
taken by a horseman, who gave certain
directions to his guards, whereupon he
was taken back to Cienfuegos and thence
to Havana to the office of the Consul
General, where he was set at liberty by
the order of Senor Carhonnel, the secre
tary of General Blanco. The secretary,
he says, advised him to leave the island,
and intimated that he would receive com
pensation for the sufferings to which he
had been subjected. Colonel Barrete is
going to Washington to lay the case be
fore Secretary Evarts, with the view of
demanding reparation from the Spanish
Government.
A dispatch from Havana says: “CoL
Barrete, now a naturalized citizen of the
United States, and formerly one of the
insurrectionary leaders in Cuba, was ar
rested at Matanzas for supposed connec
tion with Paricho Castro, who is consid
ered the chief of the bandits. His treat
ment under the circumstances of his ar
rest and the charges against him was like
that of an ordinary criminal. When
brought'to Havana, Col. Barrete offered
to go North, and was released. He sail
ed for New York by the next steamer.”
How a Little Girl Recovered Her
Ring from a Thief.—Gussie New
comb, the bright little daughter of the
well known minstrel, is only six years
old, but she caused the arrest yesterday
of a female highway robber. The little
girl lives at No. 53 South Washington
square. Yesterday afternoon she was
sent on an errand, and had to pass
through the square* Just as she was
leaving it she met a young woman named
Elizabeth Croly, who lives at No. 480
Washington street Elizabeth told her
she was a nice little girl, patted her on
the cheek and then took her by the right
hand. On one of the fingers of that
hand was a valuable ring, and Elizabeth
asked the little girl to take it off and
show it to her. When the child refused
to do so the young women asked permis
sion to look at it where it was, and
Gussie held up her hand. The young
woman twisted the ring from the child’s
finger and ran away with it. Gussie ran
after the thief as fast as she could. On
the way she met policeman McGowan,
and told him what had happened. “Oh.
Mr. McGowan,” she cried, “I saw which
way she went, and I’ll show you,” and
she led the way to Blcecker street.
“There she is, over there, walking fast!”
she cried at last, and McGowan ran after
the woman, who went into a saloon and
tried to pass out through a rear door;
but the policeman caught hcr.aud found
the ring in her possession. She was at
once taken before Justice Morgan, in the
Jefferson Market Police Court, where
she was identified by Gussie, and she
was committed for trial in default of
five hundred dollars.—New York Times,
31«fc
Purity of Elections in Ohio.—Be
fore the Congressional Investigating
Committee in Cincinnati on Wednesday
afternoon, John Amorose testified that
be was a Democrat,but was not an active
politician; he was at the first precinct
poll of the first ward on election day;
he knew that $50 was left with Mr.
Richards, at the corner of Eighth and
Culvert streets, and that $30 of this
amount was sent to first precinct; wit
ness got $10; three other persons got the
same amount each; his sympathies were
with the Democratic party, but he was
opposed to Mr. Sayler, thinking him too
laicy, and he sympathized with Butter-
worth. He had a talk with Pat Dooley,
who also got $10 for working for But-
tei'worth. Mr. Hofer told witness that
$50 had been scat to his precinct for Mr.
Butterworth; witness received money
from "Sayler and his friends—$25 alto
gether, and got the same amount from
Butterworth; Sayler gave Dooley and
witness $30 at one time and Dooley got
$10 from him another time. A man
named Murray also goL$10 from Sayler
and Tom. Finnegan also got $10 from
him.
A Singular Homicide.—Frank Walk
er arrived at Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sunday,
and, visiting the District Attorney’s of
fice, represented that he had killed a man
in the county by striking him on the side
of the face with the edge of his open
hand. An investigation corroborated his
statement, and it was learned that the
name of the deceased was Thomas Jev-
crs. There were some half dozen men
sitting upon the turf, when there were
hot woras, and the blow was given, re
sulting fatally. Walker says that he
traveled sixty miles in order to arrive at
the District Attorney's office before an ar
rest could be made.
A family named Monette, living in
Point Quebec, consisting of seven per
sons, has been poisoned from eating
bread which had been standing in the
same place with Pans green. Three are
dead, and no hopes are entertained of
the other* recovering.
A WAITER GIRL BARONESS.
A German Baron Discloses His Iden
tity Before Site Justice Who Har
ried Him.
Detroit Free Press.
At 7 o’clock last evening five carriages
drew up in front of Justice Peter Guen
ther’s office on Griswold street. A
little round faced German, with a black
moustache, dressed in a neat black suit,
stepped out of the first carriage and
assisted the bride to alight. She was a
comely woman, attired in ashes-of-roses
silk,over which fell the bridal veil.and her
head was adorned with orafage blossoms.
The bride was Anna Schoenith, a
niece of “Mother” Theresa Curtis, and
for several months past a waiter girl in
the restaurant at No. 3 Jefferson avenue.
The bridegroom was Arthur J. Rittinger,
a bar tender in the saloon next to engine
house No. 1, on Earned street west. The
second carriage contained Mrs. Curtis,
known throughout the city as “Mother”
Curtis, and the wealthy Californian to
whom she was recently married. Mrs.
Curtis was elaborately dressed in a wine
colored silk. The occupants of the three
other carriages were friends and compan
ions of the bride, all gorgeously attired
for the occasion. The Justice, after the
marriage ceremony, with bride and
bridegroom, repaired to the consultation
rpom^to. fill out Ujft ma
* ema ^n 1
oi wmen me nns Dan a ■■■■«
a certified copy of Which the
desired sent to his relatives in Germany.
There the newly-married man disclosed
himself as a German Baron, and pro
duced documents which proved beyond
a doubt that he had a full right to the
distinguishing title. The wedding cards
bore the simple name of Arthur J. Rit
tinger. The directory of the city has it
“Rittinger, Arthur F. V., bar-tender, G.
Handloser, bds 74 Earned w.,” but the
marriage certificate which goes back lo
Fatherland, and which makes Anna
Schoenith a Baroness, bears the full
name and title of Baron Arthur Justus
von Rittinger-Klmgen,or, more properly,
Baron Klin gen.
JOINING HIS SWEETHEART IN
HEATH.
The Surmise as to Weeks’ Disap
pearance Alter Hiss Brownell’s
Suicide.
New York Sun, 4th.
Charles T. Weeks, a clerk in Gilman &
Son’s banking house, 62 Cedar street, has
been reported to the New York and
Brooklyn police as missing from his
home since Thursday last His brother,
Arthur M. Weeks, of 215 Halsey street,
Brooklyn, say3 that Charles was engaged
to Miss Jennie Brownell, pf White
Plains, who committed suicide on July
28, and it is feared that grief for her has
driven him to the same fate. Miss
Brownell was the only daughter of the
late Captain Brownell, U. S. N., and an
attractive, accomplished girl of seven
teen. She lived with her mother, who
had undertaken the charge of the house
hold of Mr. Daniel Griffin, of White
Plains. About ihree weeks ago Mr.
Griffin died, and Miss Brownell was
profoundly impressed with the deathbed
scene. She became so nervous that,
by the advice of her mother, she
spent two days with friends at Milton-
on tiie-Hudsou. There her manner was
strange, and it was remarked that
she spoke of having the materials of a
dress which she did not expect to make
up, because she did not think she would
live long enough to need it. But after
her return home she resumed her wonted
vivacity. On the 25th, however, she
was found very ill in her room, and com
plained of a burning sensation in her
stomach. A physician prescribed for her
without learning that she hod taken
poison, and after he went away her
agony continued to such an extent that
she was closely questioned. She finally
confessed that she had taken corrosive
sublimate, which had been used in the
house for oleaning purposes. She posi
tively refused to assign any other reason
for her action than that she was tired of
life, and no cause could be ascertained.
Although physicians were summoned
and the usual antidotes administered, she
<jied.
The Freedman’s Bank Swindle.
Courier-Journal.
The Republican organs have just com
menced tbeir regular annual asseveration
that negro slavery lias been, nr is about
to be, restored in the Southern States.
We shall, therefore, not only have a Re
publican campaign next year based on
the abolition of States doctrine and tbe
setting up of absolutism, but the negro is
to be brought forward again to save the
Republican paity. Just about this time,
when hypocritical scamps are gushing
about “the poor black man” and his
“persecutions/'come more interesting
developments are coming to light about
-the Freedmen’s Bank steal, an opera
tion conducted exclusively by Republi
cans, Grant himself sharing in the
swag. This time the black Senator
Bruce is looking into that wreck,
and it is announced that bis discov
eries will lead to startling disclo
sures. The appointment of a commis
sion to save the pieces of this Republican
swindle, and pay the negroes whatever
money conld be raised out of the assets,
gave some comfort to the swindled de
positors, who were told that their “best
friends” would reimburse them. This
commission, however, composed of three
men, one of whom is ex Postmaster Gen
eral Creswell, have qnietly pocketed
nearly all the receipts, and - have made a
good thing out of tbe business, at the
expense of the swindled negroes The
commission was only an extension of the
Republican swindle. It was a base de
ception of the negro. It was a mean de
sire of the unutterably mean swindlers
of the Republican party to steal what
was left Senator Bruce means business,
and it is said he' will show up all the
guilty parties to the infamous robbery,
and have the commissioners bounced and
the matter referred to the Treasury De
partment The colored voter is now
called upon to behold what great things
the Republican party has done for him:
His Experience with a Clair
voyant.—Mrs.V. Story is a clairvoyant,
and professes to diagnose and cure disease
by second sight Joseph Newell, of
Walworth, N. Y., who had been sick for
a long time, heard of her, sent a lock of
hair, and awaited results. Boon word
was returned that the clairvoyant, look
ing away to where he lived, saw a frog
in his stomach, which had been there
three or four years, aud grew from an
egg that he swallowed while drinking
from a spring on his farm. She would
remove the frog for twenty-five dollan.
He sent the money. Medicines were
given, and Newell’s friends say that
something resembling the remains of a
frog was ejected. A few days ago he
died, and a post mortem examination re
vealed no frog, but cancer of the stomach.
A Truant Boy Discovered.—The
New York Sun states that Mr. Franklin
Cranston, a farmer of that State, visited
Baltimore last week and found his
neplieWy-^Ieven years of age, and who
disappear'd with a band of gypsies three
years ago, engaged as a bootblack. He
was not kidnapped, but went with the
voluntarily, and bad been West
South with the band. Three months
ago he, tired of such a life, abandoned
it, and made bis way to Baltimore, where
he was found by his uncle, and has been
taken; to Rochester, N. Y., when his
mother lives.
The Toronto Qlobe has a novel phut for
saddling upon tbe Zulus the cost of Lord
Chelmsford’s very expensive campaign.
If Cetywayo’s people can be made to
wear the garments of civilization, and if
the traffic in this clothing can be monopo
lized by Great Britain, tbe profit would
soon balance the money expense of the
war, it thinks. The thought is a happy
one, but the Globe evidently fails to re
member that although any one can lead
a horse to the water a whole army cannot
drip*,
fresh tomato leaf crus&fetesi
the puncture is i
and sovereign cure.
Fuller's earth mixed to a stiff ]
with water (cold) and spread
over grease spots on carpets and <
over with brown paper will, in a few
days, remove all traces of grease spots.
Sometimes a second application may be
necessary.
To Bottle Green Gooseberries.—
Cut off the tops and stalks, and put them
in wide mouthed bottles, which hove
been washed and dried; cork them
tightly and set them in a pan of cold
water; put it over the fire and let it re*
main till it boils. The berries should
not be suffered to break. Wipe the bot
tles and put in a dry place; they will
keep a year.
To Keep Beds from Having Bugs.—
A hotel keeper say's: My plan is, during
the month of March, to have all my beds
taken to pieces, to scrub all the joints
and ends with water and soap, and then
to use any hard varnish for the ends,
slats, etc. I know of no other method
as easy or as thorough. I have used this
in Georgia and Florida where vermin
abound.
Fisii Fritters.—Take the remains of
any fish which has been served the pre
ceding day; remove all of the bones, and
mince fine; add equal quantities of bread
crumbs and masbed potatoes; stir in two
beaten eggs; season with pepper and
salt; add enough cream to make the
mass of the proper consistency to mould
into little balls, and fry them in boiling
lard.
A Cheap Filter.—The most impure
water may be rendered pure by filtering
through charcoaL Take a large flower
pot, put a piece of sponge or clean moss
over the bole in tbe bottom, fill three-
quarters full of equal parts clean sand
and charcoal tbe size of a pea, over this
lay a linen or woolen cloth large enough
to hang over the sides of the pot. Pour
*- the doth andlt will come
out pure.
Coffee and Egg for Sick'Persons.—
A sick person, wanting nourishment and
having lost appetite, can often be sus
tained by the following, when nothing
else could be taken: Make a strong cup
of coffee, adding boiling milk as usual,
only sweetening rather more; take an
egg, beat yolk and white together thor
oughly; boil tbe coffee, milk and sugar
together and pour it over the beaten egg
in the cup you are going to serve it in.
This simple receipt is used frequently in
hospital practice.
Scalloped Tomatoes.—Peel and cut
in slices one-fourth of an ineh thick;
pack in a pudding dish, in alternate lay
ers with forcemeat made of bread crumbs,
butter, salt, pepper and a little white
sugar, spread thickly on each layer of
tomatoes, and when 'the dish is nearly
fall put tomatoes uppermost, a good bit
of butter on each slice. Dust with pep
per and a little sugar. Strew with dry-
bread crumbs and bake covered half an
hour. Remove the lid and then bake
brown.
Fruit for a Summer Diet.—Now
that tbe warm season of tbe year is at
hand, it may be worth while to call the
attention of our readers to the fact that
if they wish to keep well they should
add as much fruit to their daily food as
possible. It wiH save doctor’s bills. In
what is more important, much illness.
Of course there are many who cannot,
or think they cannot, eat fruit. The
cause often is a spoiled stomach, and
such cases it takes time aud care to habit
uate tbe organ to this change, and some
times it cannot be done at all. Leaving
out such cases, we advise the liberal use
of fruit from this time on, wherever it
can be obtained.
Don’t Eat the Skins.—The majority
of country people I have observed eating
fruit eat the skin of it also. Their chil
dren eat it in the same manner, and seem
never to have been taught the skin of
fruit—be it apple, peach, pear, plum, or
grape—should never be eatfen, especially
if uncooked. Fruit skins are so difficult
of digestion that there is probably not
more than one stomach in a hundred en
able of performing tbe difficult task,
'he skins are to fruit what shells are to
nuts, hides to animals, and husks to
grain. To oblige or allow a child to eat
his apple or pear unpeeled is unkind and
wronu; for it is no question of daintiness,
but of health.
A Secret Worth Knowing by
Housekeepers.—A sort of' trade secret
among upholsterers, it is said, is this re
cipe for ridding furniture of moths: A
set of furniture that seemed to be alive
with the larvae, and from which hun
dreds of these pests had been picked and
brushed, was set into a room by itself.
Three gallons of benzine had been pur
chased at thirty cents a gallon, retail*
Using a small watering pot, with a fine
rose sprinkler, the whole upholsterv was
saturated through and through with the
benzine. Result—every moth, larvae
and egg was killed. The benzine dried
out in a few hours, and its entire odor
disappeared in three or four days. Not
the slightest harm happened to the var
nish, or fabric, or wood, or hair stuffing.
That was months ago, and not a sign of
a moth has since appeared. The carpets
were also well sprinkled all around the
sides of the room, with equally good ef
fect. For furs, flannels, indeed all woolen
things containing moths—benzine is
most valuable. Put them in a box,
sprinkle them with benzine, close the
box tightly, and in a day or two the
pests will be exterminated, and the ben
zine will all evaporate on opening. In
using benzine great care should be taken
that no. fire is near by, as the stuff, in
fluid or vapor form, is very inflammable.
Cucumber Pickles.—The thing is to
make them green, and to do it without
introducing any salt or copper. The
way to get the color is to extract it from
some vegetable substance. The way I
set about making my pickles is os fol
lows: I have nice small cucumbers pick
ed, which I wash, lay in dishes, and
sprinkle them with salt, into which I
have ground up a piece of alum not any
larger than the end of the little finger.
After these have remained in the dish for
a week, I put them into a stone jar, hav
ing wiped them, and on this I pour boil
ing vinegar. When they arc filled I put
on top of the jar cabbage leaves, and on
that I place a clean stone, to keep the
pickles down. If, after a day or two*
my pickles are not green, I decant
the vinegar, make it hot—not on the
boil—ana repeat the process with fresh
cabbage leaves. If not at the first trial
at the second the pickles have a nice
color. For seasoning, when I boil my
vinegar, for every quart I put in a mus
lin bag a half ounce of allspice, mace,
whole black pepper and mustard seed.
There is a very simple way of finding
out if there is any copper in pickles.
Take some of the fluid and put it in a
watch glass. Have a perfectly clean
needle, which rub carefully on a piece of
silk to get any of the grease off used In
polishing the needle. "Put this needle in
the fluid, and if there be copper in the
acid solution it will precipitate on the
steel and redden it. If not seen by the
naked eye, a magnifying glass will show
the metallic copper. Sometimes copper
in the vinegar arises not from the intro
duction of copper, but because tbe vine
gar has been boiled in a copper vesseL
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