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E STILL,
Ga.
J. H. iXIAlli
Savannah
Gcoriria Affairs,
r .nitlin J" 1 comes to us in mourn
011 Recount of the death of
j[ 02 lcn , the brother-in-law of
ii e was an old and good citizen
he rd:t'-' T - _ aD j always took an active
^ ■ everythin?; which related to the
[ tis fellow citizens. He was also
■ hlt'h standing, having been
Franklin ever since
of Ike lodge in
v lJV or of Quitman met with a serious
® [ . st Thursday morning. He was
down sora . cornstalks In his garden
sr ”' '-sen pocketkuife, when the blade
® * u | e!t leg just beldw the knee,
0°* " „1, gash of about two Inches,
® B ““ u , n " a ing to the bone. The wound
* a t] j dressed, and at last accounts
Ti5, ‘ j d<t
’ilorof the Camming Clarion has
“"Atlanta, and lie tliinks that city Is
**’ c h afflicted with liook agents as Mem-
si- is with the yellow fever.
51, li. K. blocker, of the Eirly County
Southwest
reports the crops in
r v - *s in splendid order; that planters
• s r . 5e a n the corn needed, and cotton
r line out well. He says he thinks the
people in' that section were never better off.
an complains that Mac
-Msthe filthiest town in the State.
B ehave been at work in Dawson-
.rsTand bavin? entered the house of a
.sdeman there, while the family were all
"•"church stole all the money they could
J*. Th e chronicle says that a burglary is
'tjjjjjff j n that town, and it hopes the
,.7 f “ thieves on this occasion will be
u. yjj s9 severely punished that it will
bei long time before any one will attempt
Tit offense a second time.
According to the Albany Advertiser the
dam; passenger train on the Brunswick and
railroad met with an accident about
imile below the city on Thursday morning,
fse track spread and threw the entire train
iff the rails. Fortunately the train was not
no serious damage was
ruUiiE? very 1
Acl now Macon has received its first
ile. It arrived iu that city on Saturday,
vs>sold to Mr. J. S. Cargill for 12# cents
vr pound, and by the purchaser shipped
.Varth via the Central Itatlroad. It was
Massed a'- middling.
They ra se apples in Brooks county nearly
ok foot in circumference. At least that's
lo, unless the Quitman Free Press is telling
mother story of the Jeff Downing kind.
TbeEitonton Hr odd Axe believes that,
jfaite adverse opinions, the yield of the
cosoncropof Putnam couuty will compare
aostfavorably with those of former years.
The Cuthbert Appeal refuses to publish
in obituary exhibiting the virtues of an old
subscriber because be died several years iu
stars to that paper. It says it has firmly
resolved to cease publishing the noble quali
ties of any oue who dies in its debt.
The late rains have caused the creeks to
rise, ind produced heavy freshen through
out the state. A gentleman in Ilenry
trank last week in attempting to cross a
tiek at the usual ford came very near to
leg drowned himself and losing a fine
jfirof mules at the same time. lie was on
his ns to Hampton, and, says the Henry
Ciofy Wntfy, arrived at the ford soon
&r;he hard ruiu of Saturday morning,
ui thinking there would be no danger,
plsjedic. In a twinkling mules, wagon
ill ill were swept down the stream by the
fierce torrent, ami only by a superhuman
effort did he succeed iu saving the animals
A savage dog at the residence of Judge It.
C- Fain, about four miles from Atlanta,
itheked a daughter cf that gentleman
few days ago, ami would have torn her to
?:ece> had not her brother seen her situa
tion and tired two loads of buckshot into the
Even aft-.r the first load bad en-
^iihe brute's side, he still refused to let
phis hold on theyounglady, and although
>nd load, which took effect in
body, enabled her to make her escape,
be Rill pursued her until he fell dead. The
gave no sign of pain, and uttered
13 sound from the moment he made the
ahek until he died.
A party of young men from Macon went
JS* =hooting in Houston county last
*dne«'Iay evening, and from daylight
i*sday morning till late in the afternoon
■*5 had killed Iive hundred birds.
.—e a sensation was created among the
coiortd people in Iilackshear on Sunday
It appears that one Reverend Flowers,
.**•’ Was announced to preach there,
• a large crowd cf his people assembled
ki m * II s failed to make his appear-
however, though he was known to be
‘ e neighborhood. Search was made for
and finally the reverend individual was
T ‘“durance vile, charged with having
, ,en certa:n property from a firm in the
17as sti!1 in jail yesterday when
•*«» passed that point.
&J*>rU r: “We have received that
l * ,e & J uthern Farmer's
fill*] ^ u -‘> and, as usual, find it
could cot U j' e ‘ u * information. Our farmers
thui-m-.,.? ' eUer than to subscribe for
^journal.
Washington
If 3 - *hich
“A very rich gold
Kt4rs uA nus through the places of
boro road an< * Cosby, on the Greens
and ttas recently been discovered.
•ently been discovered,
Mi’hiiw 5,I s being pushed vigorously.
Iiideat acio: r r I)0U S^ t as soon as a suf-
cht- j.°‘ °re Po warrant the pur-
^Vcrdam Vt- 4UC l *um lies ueiv.eeu
ippogte £ j i 0 an , K , ett ' e creek, and is on the
warrant the pur-
The land lies between
th«
county from the other
gentleman of some experi-
misvein tho ils us that he consfders
fru'y to i i' 1 the county. We are
prove rn an 'i hope our mines
m I1Sc1 T Profitable. Our ad-
° a - but ‘nA , e . '“utter with determlna-
nir. Then th°. j DCUr UUWiirra3ta hleex-
, k. > an,i ow 'ners are safe, and
W • 50mefortu,le -”
^l°red, wh7 h-v . “Dave Stamper,
|°*a, wagattra •♦ S > a ^ out a m ii e f rom
1 rrcentiv K Cli lo a chicken coop in his
r~ examination stran ^e sounds therein.
^ 1 full rr r V.,. rc ‘ v ealed to bis astonished
^“tiiecoon S : . or ? nJ Pill - of ’pos-
4 -Vitgthev#-rv - , . s happy family were
■ ir- ^g killed ^ p'ckwick with the chickens,
** in quest nf ^ ra ‘, . W hether • the ’gator
^ known] K m l ^ e chickens or ’possums is
^nafew fw ^“btless would have
^ .been inw Mu i fo{ boih if bad
E^thtefVP**,- ^" bIs is tbe fir8t
^ beard of m lbe gator kintl we have
Tlfc Tr.
whogg 0 ^ 1 ? 11 ! ( ' ll =ctte wants Georgia,
; in the w 0 ri,i°u Jers tbe first female col-
^*nl to her a as . erec ted, to still prove
see the T dau ^crs. It, therefore,
in th e sr, t uc ; v - Institute incor-
J 4 * a PproDritrf rt Lniversit T anii siven an
KS5 Iore 'aDnronH 0 ? , equal 10 the amount
^0. appropriated for the University—
WT^^r £a 1 vi C -° r !f/ S ^ 0I ^ ent °f fhe Albany
■S'bsconikda / Ur J 0Wn Marshal 6ud-
with ni ew u ays 6ince - He had
JSJte blow 11 “^ Bailey, struck Henry
£??*• Bailev h n 5 the face * “d fled the
■S’ 3 ^as a ' " recovered somewhat,
ft^rrence 5 t! Marshal, and we regret
°0lj eieh/ i"' ufIlce 18 rauof- sooght
- hbt are puiii ne forlt _„
^aikej - -
l'w Urt8hta S- According
•S;. Szruered ™ a<?r l the facocrshave
..rStW A- 1 one of thn Hoof nknal
^nhas been 0 ^.®/^^ best wheat
«o'in^ tlea stahii?^“ etl l ere for several
a ’f crop of oats was made
an ow 6l L t cro P
Sjyookiour the S“"
r ivw ^t niv " ‘tvicm. rams me gar-
Ce * urions “fallthemw
(K-kiioi, vastly, and the
for an abundant
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Excelsior (Bulloch couuty) JVews- "W.
are informed that while Culler Lanier, col-
?“ hiS way from Savannah a few
?”T S p"o, he was attacked near No. 2, Cen
tral Railroad, bv Rev. 'William Rawls and
Pf, 8 “" James Beuford. both colored, they
being well armed—Rawls with a pistol and
? donble-bamled ^n
Rawls asked Cuyler how much monev he
re £ 1 L ed ’ ‘Twenty-flve “enta.®
The h 1 h l r . e c ? me for satisfaction,
me bought a horse and gave It to
me, and I had to pay ont sixty dollars for
the horse, and now If you don’t give me a
fro^e^n^ can ’ t move thIs mule
h D, C ?J ler refusing to give the
note, Rawls turned the mule and cart
“°, UQd ’ tS® rri ? d , them to the station,
and had the load weighed and marked
ready for shipment to his house. He carried
the cart to Beuford’s, and took the mule
home. Cuyier came across the Ogeechee
river, employed R. F. C. Smith, Esq., took
out warrants and started the constable after
the parties. The constable made the arrest,
and brought the guilty parties to triaL The.
trouble was settled by Rawls restoring
everything he had taken from Cuyler, and
promising to pay him (Cuyler) forty dollars
within ten days, giving a mortgage on his
horse and place to make Cuyler secu re.”
The Albany Advertiser states that cater-
pillars have made their appearance on seve
ral plantations in Dougherty county, and
have Increased in numbers very rapidly du
ring the cloudy weather that has prevailed
for the past two weeks. It says: “The
pests are hatching out by the thou
sands and the situation is becoming really
alarming. It had been hoped that a good
‘top crop’ ot cotton would be made after
the long-needed rains came, but the cater
pillar has put in an appearance and driven
all such brig v * 1
ight hopes away.
“On Friday night last,” says the Atlanta
Constitution, “about 10 o’clock, one mile
south of Big Shanty, a countryman named
John Cain, while lying in a drunken 6leep,
with hl6 head upon a cross-tie, within a few
inches of the track, received a painful scalp
wound from the engine pilot of the south
bound passenger, on the Western and At
lantic Railroad. The engineer did not see
the unfortunate man until it was too late to
stop the train before passing him. He
backed to the scene of the accident and
found the poor fellow standing by a tree.
He was carefully placed on board and put
off near his home. The man said that as
soon as he was struck *he suspicioned some
thing wrong.’ No blame attached to the
engineer.”
Florida Affairs.
Orange county Is receiving accessions to
its population from Kentucky.
A gentleman from Middle Florida informs
the Jacksonville Union that some of the
planters there have done well In tobacco
culture, and are very much encouraged.
That paper thinks that as good tobacco can
be made in that State as in Virginia and
Maryland, and before many years its culture
may be quite extensive. Those who have
tried it as an experiment are much pleased
at the result.
The Jacksonville Union is informed that
counterfeit coin is in circulation in that por
tion of the State. A half dollar piece has
been seen recently. The liberty side of tbe
piece is a fac simile representation of a gen
uine silver half dollar, bat the eagle side has
a darker and more leaden appearaace. The
counterfeit is made of block tin, and in
looks, feeling, weight and sound, would be
apt to deceive any person not an expert.
The Key West Board of Health have re
jected a proposition of the National Board
to establish quarantine there. They say
they are able to take care of their own port.
Not a death bos been reported in Jack
sonville this mouth. That’s a healthy sign.
Wc have received a very handsomely
gotton up pamphlet on Florida, Its re
sources, climate, etc., together with a sketch
of its history, natural features and social
condition. It is published by the State
Bureau of Immigration, composed of„the
Hon. George F. Drew, Governor, Columbus
Drew, Comptroller, and Hugh A. Croly,
Commissioner of Land and Immigration. It
gives full and correct information regarding
the State, and will, no doubt, do much good
in the way of inducing immigration.
A writer from Leno, Columbia county, In
forms us that crops in Alachua, Columbia
and Bradford counties will not be more than
half the average, and he hears some of his
neighbors complaining of rust. The cater
pillar has not done any damage yet, but the
pest has put in an appearance. He also de
sires to call the attention of the friends of
the Florida canal to the advantages offered
to the proposed enterprise by the Santa Fe
river. He says it is a fine navigable streamj
with very little fall, and runs from Santa Ve
Lake south through 6ome of the best lands
in the State. He says if the company ever
make a survey of that stream they will be
sure to cut'their canal down the river. In
addition to the above, he informs us that a
large majority of the people of his section
are in favor of the renomination of Governor
George F. Drew.
The Key West Key reports thieving on
the increase in that city.
The Sun and Press, noticing the comments
made by other papers in the State upon its
raising the name of Grant and Settle at the
head of its columns for 1880, says it stands
ready to put up any names there that are
paid for; whereupon the Fernandina Mirror
grows inquisitive, and wants to know who
does the paying in this case ? Probably it’s
Zach. Chandler.
The citizens of Nassau county will
guarantee $3,000 for the purpose of prepar
ing suitable grounds and buildings for the
next State Fair, if it is decided to hold it in
Fernandina.
At a meeting of the City Council of Fer
nandina, held on the night of the Gth Inst.,
the quarantine laws of that city were
changed, and hereafter no vessels from In
fected or West Indian, South American or
Mexican ports, will be permitted to come
up to the city until after frost, or until the
quarantine shall be removed. The city is
now perfectly healthy, and the authorities
propose to keep it so.
The orange crop of Sumter county will, it
ia sail, far exceed that of last year.
The Order of Abou Ben Adhelm in Key
West does "not teach total abstinence as'a
means of promoting temperance, but it is
endeavoring to break up the habit of treat
ing, without which its members believe
drinking would never be carried to excess.
It thinks Its plan for helping the temper
ance cause Is superior to the total absti
nence system.
The aggregate of lumber shipped during
the month of July from Pensacola, was
5,795,000 superficial feet; of timber 378,944
cable feet, eqa&l to 4,547,328 feet board
measure. Aggregate shipments of wood to
ports outside the district for the month, re
duced to board measurement, 10,342,328
feet. A good business record for a mid
summer month. There are now fourteen
vessels in port loading—one of these receiv
ing at quarantine station. Their nationali
ties are, five British, three Russian and one
Italian, and the remainder American. Three
vessels are now in quarantine.
The people of Jacksonville are eating all
the watermelons they can while yet they are
allowed to enjoy them. On and after Friday
next, no watermelon will, by law, be
permitted to be offered fer sale in the city.
The Alachua County Board of Commis
sioners have decided to submit to the voters
of the county the question of issuing bonds
to the amount of thirty thousand dollars to
relieve the present indebtedness of that
county. These bonds are to run till the
year 1900; in the meantime collecting a fond
to meet the payment and six per cent. In
terest per annum, payable semi-annually—
January and July 1st. Said bonds are not
to be sold at less than ninety-five cents. The
election on bonds or no bonds will be held
September 9th.
Gainesville has in her limits a man who
claims to be heir to tbe crown of Denmark.
He is confident that he will ultimately get
his rights, but at present he is so poor that
he is forced to accept small donations from
the charitable. He is, in short, a common
fccffgar,
The city officials of St. Augustine receive
the following pay for their services: Mayor,
$25 per month; Clerk and Treasurer, $35;
Marshal, $55; Scavenger, $25; Inspectors
of Election, $1 50 each. The Clerk acts as
Treasurer, and the Marshal as Sanitary In
spector.
The St. John’s and Indian River Railroad
Is completed.
Florida Agriculturist: “ The Southern
Aarwttr’* Monthly for August, L. C. Bryan,
editor, has just reached U3. It has its usual
full contents, relating to agriculture, horti
culture, stock, poultry, etc., which will
prove valuable to those engaged In 6uch
pursuits. The ladles, too, cannot fail to be
more than pleased with the literary and
household articles, and especially the
fashions, clearly described by excellent
plates, while the editorial department is
both Interesting and instructive.”
A meeting of merchants was held in Tal
lahassee on Wednesday last to consider the
subject of freights on farm produce. After
consultation the following resolution was
adopted: “That the merchants of Talla
hassee propose to establish a wagon train
between Tallahassee and Hutchinson’s land-
Jacksonville, Pensacola and
Mobile Railroad Company will reduce tbe
freight to such an extent as will compete
with the rates offered by other lines.”
Fernandina Mirror: “Town dull, healthy,
monotonous; even colored excursions have
ceased and camp meeting is a thing of the
past. Well, not exactly past, either, but re
moved from the suburbs to the centre of
town ‘as it were.’ Oar colored men,
women—but all brothers by the eternal fit
ness of the fifteenth amendment—have
changed base, and now camp meetings are
held in the churches. It is refreshing to lie
awake these warm nights and hear the vigo
rous 6inging, the loud shouting and the
still louder praying, intermingling occa
sionally with the last screech of 6ome faint
ing sister, whose lungs having utterly
failed her, falls in a swoon. This con
tinuing until 2 or 3 o’clock a. m., and
commencing again the next day at 4 a. m.,
leaves but short time for refreshment, and is
not, we fear, provocative of piety among the
unwilling audience. It is some satisfaction,
though, to know that however much your
feelings may be hurt, sleeplessness compel
E our sight to become offensive to you, your
earing be enough to almost craze you, and
you be touched by your own touchiness,
still the one remaining sense is spared, and
you can fairly revel in the thought of what
they must suffer. The lining, although
small for the size of the cloud, 6till lightens
up the gloom.”
Leesburg Advance: “On the Armstrong
place at Adamsville are three seedling
orange trees, about twenty-seven years old,
and measure respectively forty-seven, sixty
and sixty-one inches in circumference.
These trees are in a remarkably healthy con
dition, and bear annually between 5,000 and
6,000 oranges each. There is also a mam
moth grape viue on Mr. Rutland’s place on
the Withlaccfochee river, which measures
fifty-four inches in circumfereuce two feet
from the ground, and covers a space 6ixty
feet long and fifty feet wide. Two hundred
gallons of wine were made from the grapes
of this vine last year, besides the quantity
that were otherwise consumed.”
“Mrs. P. J. Stephens and her daughter,
Mrs. Hancock, were poisoned,” says the
Pensacola Advance, “by eating a fungus
plant known as toad stool. The mistake
was made In their inability to distinguish
between the mushroom, which is edible in
many States, and the toad stool, so similar
in appearance are they. Dr. Fordham was
called In and ministered to them, and Mrs.
Hancock, who is a young and healthy
woman, soon vomited the portion she ate
and was at once relieved, but the effect
produced on Mrs. Stephens has been more
serious, though she is considered out of
danger.”
“We are pained,” 6ays the Gainesville
Sun, “to announce the death of Mr. Ever
son, a former resident of Arredondo, by the
accidental discharge of a gun. It seems
that on returning from hunting about dark,
he attempted to hang the gun up by the
trigger guard on a nail, where it was accus
tomed to be put. Having neglected to pat
down tbe hammer, the weight of the gun
caused it to be discharged, the whole load
of shot entering his bowels just below the
waist. He lingered in the greatest agony
until about midnight, when death relieved
his sufferings.”
Sun and Press : “Jerome C. Audreu, cor
responding with members of Congress rela
tive to the Spanish-Florida claims, received
lately a letter from the Hon. Wilkinson Call
on the subject. The following is a portion
of the letter: ‘In reply to yours, I state as
follower It was impossible to do aDy gen
eral legislation at the extra session of Con
gress, and it was not considered by the
friends of tbe bill you mention expedient
to introduce a bill at that session.
It was thought that it would preju
dice the case. I shall introduce a bill
at the next session, and do all in
my power to pass it through. I feel it my
duty, however, to advise our people that It
may be Impossible to get any favorable ac
tion on it until after the Presidential elee-
"tion in 18S0. Both parties, and all parties,
will be disposed to avoid all appropriations
of the public money in large sums to any
new object. I think the claim a just one,
in every respect, and I shall use all the In
fluence I can command to obtain the appro
priation. I hope to be at home this August,
and will be glad to confer with you or any
of the claimants and give them such in
formation as I may have.* ”
Tiie Mother in-Law’s Fatal Dose.
—A telegram to the Cincinnati Enquirer
from Scottsville, Virginia, August 2,
says: “ A poisoning case of unusual in
terest has come to light here. It seems
that a man who had been separated for
some time from his wife paid her a
friendly visit recently. His mother-in-
law had prompted her daughter to poison
him, and gave her a dose to put in his
coffee the first favorable opportunity.
The obedient daughter, therefore, placed
a cup of coffee on the table and invited
him to drink it He thanked her, and
as he approached the table she left the
room. He took a nip, and not liking the
flavor, he took the coffee pot, which was
at the fireplace, poured some coffee in a
small bucket which he had with him,
and then emptied the contents of the
proffered cup of mercy into the coffee
pot. He then left. His wife’s mother
then stepped in and asked her daughter
for something to eat. *She was told that
the coffee was in the pot at the fire. She
drank freely of it, then sickened and
died. A warrant is out for the arrest of
the wife.”
The Jenks Makes a Mess of it.—
Agnes Jenks, who to save Sherman, de
clared that she was the author of the
celebrated Weber-Anderson letter, has
made a serious blunder. She has writ
ten a letter to the Washington /bsf which
is such a remarkable success iu the way
of bad spelling and worse grammar as to
prove conclusively that she could not
have written the Weber-Anderson letter.
It will be remembered that the letter
whose “original or photographic copy”
so terrified John Sherman, was couched
in the language of one well versed in
English, was properly spelled and was
such that Sherman himself admitted Uiat
under certain circumstances he might
have used similar expressions. Agnes has
made it very plain that she did not write
the Weber-Anderson letter.—New Haven
Register. _
Explosion of Starcil—An explosion
occurred in the drying room of Buttais
& Ode’s candy factory, in New York,
yesterday, which recalls and doubtless
explains the explosion in Greenfield &
Son’s Barclay street candy factory in
December, 1877, when thirteen persons
lost their lives or were maimed for life.
The drying room of Buttais & Ode s fac
tory is kept at a heat of 140 to 180 de
grees. Some superheated starch fell
against a red-hot stove, and an explosion
occurred, severely burning Carlo Bowie,
John Baptiste, Augustus Rowe and
George Williams. The room was filled
with flames, but the fire was extinguished
with very little damage.
Mizzer Chandler and Mrs. Gamp.—
As the Sairy Gamp of the Wisconsin
Republicans, old Zach Chandler is im
mense. What John Owens is to Solon
Shingle, or Raymond to CoL Sellers,
Zachariah is to Saiiy: “ ‘Mrs. Harris, I
. .1 Anea oa OtTOr T Anted
say.
mnau ia iu ~ —' ,
say, at the very last case as ever I acted
in, which it was but a young person,
‘Mrs. Harris,’ I say, ‘leave the bottle on
the chimney-piece, and don’t ask me to
* ’ - none, but let me put my lips to it
lam sodispoged.’”—Sedalia Demo-
take
when
crat.
The Maine Greenbackers send an ora
tor two days ahead to the places where
Mr. Davis, the Republican candidate, has
appointments to anoa}r Another
greenback orator
after
^ CUULUUdlC, uua
‘to speak, and another
tor follows a day or two
BY TELEGRAPH.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
CHOLERA IN INDIA.
Germany and the Bimetallic Standard
DABOX PASHA KILLED.
The Boyton-Webb Swimming Hatch.
REVOLUTION IN PARA, BRAZIL.
THE NORTH CAROLINA TOBACCO
CROP.
EUFAULA
RECEIVES
BALE.
A FIRST
GEORGIA EXCURSIONISTS IN VIR
GINIA.
THE INTERNATIONAL CODE CON
GRESS.
Tbe Races at Saratoga.
WASHINGTON WBATHEB PKOFHXT.
Orrics or the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C m August 11.—Indications
for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, warmer,
easterly to southerly winds, partly cloudy
weather and slight changes in pressure.
In the Middle States, warmer, southeast
to southwest winds, slowly rising followed
by slowly falling barometer, partly cloudy
weather, and during Tuesday afternoon or
evening local rains.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, south
erly to westerly winds, falling barometer,
partly cloudy weather and a slight rise in
temperature.
In the Golf States, slightly warmer, east
to south winds, partly cloudy weather and
areas of rain, stationary or slowly falling
barometer.
TILE NORTH CAROLINA TOBACCO CROP.
Raleigh, N. C., August 11.—The recent
heavy rains have saved the tobacco crop in
this State. Reports to the Raleigh News in
dicate that the yield will be within 20 per
cent, of last year’s crop. Durham, N. C.,
the great tobacco centre of the 8tate, is
doubling its business in leaf tobacco. W.
T. Blackwell & Co. commenced work to-day
ou a large addition to their immense brick
factory. It 'will be the largest in the United
States. They manufactured over 700,000
OUR MACON LETTER.
Effect or the Late Rains—City Im
provements—Tbe Hotels—The State
Fair—Arrangements with the Rail
roads—Meeting of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society—The Colleges
—Butler’s History of Interior Geor
gia-Other Matters.
Correspondence of the Morning News.
Macon, August 9.—The late rains, though
protracted and unseasonable, have been of
great benefit to agricultural interests
throughout Middle and Southwest Georgia.
The drought of last year left the earth several
inches short of the usual annual fall of
water, hut the deficiency has been abund
antly made op by the recent supply—the
rainfall for the past mouth being near six
inches, as I am reliably informed byFrof.
Daly, of the scientific department-uf Pio
Nono College. The rain was general, and
continued almost Incessantly from Ac 26th
nit. to the 4th inst. The Ocmulgeemse to
within two feet of its highest water*mark,
and all its tributaries were greatly swollen.
As a consequence the springs and fountains
are now well filled, and there will be no
more talk among the croakers of dry wells
and a scarce water supply. Another gefod
result is apparent from the cheerfulness of
the country people, who are hopeful and
confident of bountiful harvests, and scont
the idea of anything else than successful
crops and a prosperous season.
Building interests are greatly improving
in Macon, and several new and imposing
structures are in coarse of erection, to be
completed and occupied by the opening of
winter trade. The extensive iron front
wholesale house of Messrs. Nussbaum &
Dannenberg, corner of Cherry and Third
streets, is being rapidly pushed forward,
and already presents a magnificent appear
ance. Campbell & Jones have entirely de
molished their old warehouse on Poplar
street, and are putting up an elegant and
commodious structure of brick, which, when
completed, will be the largest of its kind in
the city. It is rumored, and generally be
lieved, that the nnsightlv old building on
the corner of Cherry and Second streets,
known as the Zeilin property, will shortly be
torn down to make room for an immense
dry goods palace. As the story goes, one
of oar leading merchants has made an
offer for the property, but which falls
short several thousands of what is
required to effect the purchase. Negotia
tions are said to be pending, hnw«-
which, If consumi iatc-5
speedy ■ :pon tlal mu-. h-C'
they carried out their undertaking looking
to tbe edneation and advancement of the
Catholic youth of Georgia and the Sonth.
Mount de - Sales is also in a healthy and
flourishing condition.
Mr. J. C. Butler, of this city, and a writer
well known to tbe readers of the Morning
Hews, having contributed several interest
ing military articles to its columns, has
completed the manuscript of his new book,
and will pat it in the hand of the publisher
at an early day. It will be entitled “ The
History of Interior Georgia,” and will con
tain much information that will be interest
ing to readers from all portions of the State,
but more especially to those of Bibb and
Chatham counties, as it will deal liberally
with earl}' military and railway matters, par
ticularly the origin, construction and exten
sion of the Central Railroad and its branches.
Georgia antiquities, the red man and onr
pioneer settlers, and much other interesting
matter will find place in the forthcoming
work, which will be issued in good style and
bound in cloth. It will make between three
and four hundred paces, and will be sold by
subscription only, at $2 25 per copy. Of this
work the Telegraph and Messenger says: “The
author is a bom chronicler, and has pur
sued his researches with intense eagerness
for several years—consulting every source
of information here or elsewhere. There is
scarcely a citizen who has not a personal or
family interest in his narrative. And the
remark will apply to thousands now living
abroad, having their origin .here,” etc. All
of which can be cordially endowed. The
citizens of Savannah'wonld dto lend
a hand in the furtherance, oi Mr. Butler’s
efforts towards the publication of his book.
He is a gentleman eminently deserving,
having contributed a great deal of newspa
per literature to onr leading dailies and
weeklies. The military of yoor city can ex
tend him very material aid, and get their
fall money’s worth.
The water works' question has about
dried up, and so has the canal. There are
two parties here—each pulling against the
other; so it is quite safe to say the old
manner of our supply will continue for some
time.
The rains of the late Cherry street fire are
nearly removed, and rebuilding commenced
yesterday. Si
be completed
In October.
The weather is oppressively warm, the
streets dry and dusty, but the city healthy
and clean. There is no quarantine scare in
Macon, as in Augusta, and refugees find a
hearty welcome, as did your own people
during the pestilence of 1876. Alert.
yesterday. Substantial brick buildings will
pleted in time for occuoatlon early
LETTER FROM MIDDLE FLORIDA.
Weather—Cropi
—Hhri* r
pounds of smoking tobacdo . during the
month of May. " j buildings that architect'sr> can and I
the sara { money conitu&:.a. Ti.'.re is much rivalry
hero among the dry goods men, which
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.t fine Printing
n Tin- UumlsraUon Pamphlet
c SftTjuiao;© War Claims—That
ntlc Fraud.—Minor Topics.
and patents for which had been applied for
at the Land Office In Washington. Some
meddler, said to have been tbe same “for
mer Lieutenant Governor” himself, took it
on himself to “inform” the authorities that
the lands claimed were not swamp lands at
all, bat high and dry hammock.
So a “commission” was sent from Wash
ington to investigate and report the facts,
with open instructions to visit the disputed
lands in person, and with private instruc
tions to investigate this same “fraud,”
which consisted in the manufacture and use
of a large number of counterfeit claims of
individuals for services in the 8eminole war,
upon which land warrants were obtained and
sold In the West. The modus operandi was un
known in detail to the authorities, but the
members of the commission above named se
cured the services of the “Floridian of some
notoriety” as guide, and ou the arrival of
the party in South Florida, the people, sus
pecting the “Floridian” as one of the perpe
trators of the frauds, were so Incensed as to
threaten him with summary justice. Under
the excitement of the apparent danger, he
“made a clean breast of it” to the
officer in charge of the expedition,
furnishing a written confession of
voluminous proportions. the official
thus having killed two birds with one stone.
There being no mystery about tbe Identity
of the parties, there can be no barm in say
ing that “Old Bill Kendrick” and the
Washington attorney (Willard),and Gleason
of Eau Gallic fame, are alone inculpated.
The “former Secretary of State,” whose
connivance at the nse of the great seal of
the State in authenticating the official char
acter of the officers (notary or judge) whose
names had been forged to the papers pur
porting to establish these counterfeit claims,
can hardly be blamed for the performance
of an official act so simple and frequent as
that of certifying to the official character of
one known to be a regularly appointed State
officer. He might easily have been led to per
form the act without suspecting tbe forgery
of the signature or seal of the officer.
MINOR TOPICS.
The indications are that the next Middle
Florida Fair will be a most attractive exhi
bition. The premium list will be published
in a few days, and will thow a large increase
over the last in the amount of premiums
offered. The amusements offered will be of a
unique and interesting character, and it will
be a question open to dispute whether our
fair or the State Fair is the best.
The bids for holding tbe next State Fair
will be closed by the Secretary, D. T;. Flliott,
Esq., Live Oak, on the 1st of Sept,
and the expediency of Leon county on
the contest is still befur
The JarrVo'rr , , ,
las* : a a y gon • o ver to t!
ud
tering
dragoons.
the banner of Grant,
%s has at
y,. horse
occupying the “second plac
Considering that the Sun
Saratoga; . Augue- .11.—The race,
mile dash, was won by Geo. McCullough,
Rhodamanthus second, Belie third. Time
1:45 %.
The second race, a mile and five-eighths.
Gov. Hampton • won, Bonnie Wood second
Clemmie G. third. 'Drae, 2:53 a £.
Tbe third race, mile and au eighth, was
won by Gabriel, Corelia second, Bowstring
third. Time 1:58#.
The fourth race was a selling race, three-
quarters of «mile, and was won by Lady
Darcy, Egypt second, Jack6crew third.
Time 1:16#'
DABON PASHA KILLED.
London, August 11.—Private lettere from
Alexandria state that one Mirzam, a broker
and a naturalized American citizen, re
cently attacked Dabon Pasha,.a confidential
agent of the ex-Khedive Ismail Pasha, near
the Bourse, in consequence of a private
grudge. Mirzam struck Dabon Pasha with
a cane. The latter fled, and Mirzam then
shot him dead. Mirzam surrendered him
self to the authorities, and is now in
prison.
THE BI-METALLIC STANDARD IN GERMANT.
London, August 11.—Special dispatches
received here are very contradictory as to
Germany’s Intention relative to the coinage
question. A Berlin dispatch to the Morning
Post says: “It Is understood that the govern
ment is making a careful inquiry into cer
tain facts in view of coming to a decision as
to the proposed reintroduction of the bi
metallic standard.
REVOLUTION IN PARA, BRAZIL.
London, August 11.—A Rio Janeiro dis
patch via Lisbon says: “A telegram from
l’ara, Brazil, dated July 21st, states that
fourteen thousand distressed inhabitants of
Para had revolted in consequence of the
stoppage of supplies for their relief. There
was much alarm in Para, as it was feared
the town might be sacked. The militia had
been called out.”
THE GREAT SWIMMING MATCH.
New York, August 11.—The details of
the swimming match between Boyton and
Webb, twenty miles for one thousand dol
lars, was partially arranged yesterday. It
is not fully decided where it will take place,
but Webb stated It would probably come off
at Newport, and that he would go immedi
ately Into practice.
GEORGIA EXCURSIONISTS.
Charlottesville, Va., August 1L—A
special train, having on board ex-Goveraor
Brown, of Georgia, and a party of ladies
and gentlemen from that State and Texas,
reached here yesterday. After visiting
Monticello and the University and other
places of Interest, they left for White Sul
phur 8prings.
THE INTERNATIONAL CODE CONGRESS.
London, August 11.—The sessions of the
International Code Congress were opened
to-day, and the Lord Mayor of London cor
dially welcomed the delegates. Sir Robert
Joseph Phlllimore, a distinguished writer
on international subjects, delivered the in
augural address.
EUFAULA’S FIRST BALE.
Ecfaula, Ala., August 11.—The first
hale of this year’s cotton crop was received
to-day. It was raised by Major William N.
Reeves, of Quitman county, Gebrgia, classed
as middling, and sold for eighteen cents per
pound.
THE CHOLERA IN INDIA.
Calcutta, August 11.—Up to August Gth
there had been seventy-five cases of cholera
among the Europeans at Candar, of which
number sixty cases were fatal.
CABLE REPAIRED.
St. Pierre, Miquelon, August 11.—The
St. Pierre and Brest section of the French
cable was repaired Saturday evening, and is
now working day and night.
Remorse for a Misspent Life.—At
Denver, Col., Thomas E. Beeves, son of
Sir Thomas Beeves, Baronet of Norfolk,
England, committed suicide last Satur
day night by taking morphine. His body
was found in his room next morning^
He left a letter saying he bad lived a
misspent life. He baa Bright’s disease
of tbe kidneys, and was very despondent.
He was twenty-six years old, and had
been away from home about a year.
New England has over two hundred
and thirty farmer’s clubs, with 72,000
active members, and library books to the
number of 21,000, and in the United
States there are nearly two thousand ag
ricultural societies with 58,000 volumes
in their libraries and access to three hun
dred and sixty different agricultural pub
lications, all exerting a direct influence
on the intelligence and future prospects
of the tillage of the soil.
Henry Ward Beecher, who is summer
ing down in Maine, writes to a Bangor
paper to correct a statement about his
age. He is not 73, he says, but 66. Let
us see; was it seven or eight years ago?
Eight Then he must have been 58 at
the time. Well, well, that’s nothing
wonderful. 'We have heard of other
men who were as frisky as kittens long
past that age.—New Orleans Times.
mry
James D. Fay, who recently died by his
own hand in Oregon, committed suicide
by morphine at San Francisco on Wednes
day night His wife’s father had left an
estate to Mrs. Kind, of which Kind had
charge. He left a note to his wife say
ing he had squandered the entire proper
ty, which was the cause of his act
eVsta Kearney, aged 11, was. outrage
ously assaulted Wednesday at Canton,
Me., by J. Bolier. The village turned
out in pursuit Thursday evening Bolier
was encountered, and as he resisted was
fired upon and wounded, perhaps fa
tally.
The break in the canal above Manches
ter, N. H., caused a continued suspension
of work in the mills until Monday neces
sary. The loss of the ten thousand ope
ratives by the suspension amounts to
about f 1,100 per day,
mtikes Che builders look on with great good
cheer, and altogether must- prove of vast
benefit to Macon as a wholesale market. It
is also rnmored that Messrs. Jacques
Johnson contemplate the purchase of the
lot on the corner of Cherrv and Fourth
streets, belonging to U.; Ralston e
upon which they vijl r — up a mammoth
four story building for the transaction of a
general wholesale produce business. Cer
tain it is that our capitalists are loosening
the old time grip on their purse strings, and
are becoming alive to the factrtbat Macon,
would she not be outdistanced, mast assume
more of the metropolitan, and drop th
ru ral way of doing things.
In this connection, it will not be ont of
g lace to mention that Mr. Benj. Dub, mine
ost of the “Lanier, 1 * has effected a new
lease of that popular house, and will make
numerous improvements between now and
the first of October. Tbe entire house is to
be remodeled and refurnished, and Mr. D.
Is now absent in the West in connection
with this business. Electric bells will be
Introduced, elevators constructed, the office
enlarged and improved, water and gas be
pat in all tbe rooms, and, in short, the
Lanier be made first class in every particular.
The work has alreadv commenced, and by
the opening of the State Fair. Macon will
be well supplied with hotel facilities, all
our leading houses be In full blast, under
new managements, and with increased ac
commodations.
The “National,” recently reopened under
the auspices of Mr. Frank Beville (formerly
of the Lanier) and Mrs. Wm. F. Brown, is
already realizing a good business, and seems
to be taking a strong hold upon the travel
ing public. It has been admirably furnished
and rearranged, and as a hotel may be con
sidered new, all the old landmarks having
been obliterated to make room for improve
ments modern and advantageous. The
dining room has been brought from above
stairs, and is now on the first floor. It is
large, well ventilated and handsomely ar
ranged. The office has also been transformed,
and presents a tasty and cheerful appearance.
Of its cnisine it Is hardly necessary to speak.
The well known reputation of Frank Beville
as a hotel man is a sufficient guarantee that
It is all It can be, and that its larder will be
always well stocked with the best the mar
kets afford. Success to the old National,
and may its new proprietors reap a golden
harvest in return for their pluck and enter
prise.
As the time approaches, inquiries increase
with reference to the State Fair, and Secre
tary John§on’s table is filled with letters
from all sections of Georgia and adjoining
States, as well as from States at a distance.
He informs me that exhibits in all the de
partments will be unusually fall, and that
as regards horses, we will hare the best of
stock and the most of It. Fnblic speakers
of distinguished ability are In communica
tion with the officers of the society, and a
programme generally is being arranged that
willgive the fullest satisfaction to visitors.
It is hoped that better railroad facilities than
heretofore will be agreed.upon, and that the
several lines will offer rates that will serve
as an indneement to bring to the State Fair
this year the masses—people who can be
reached only through low rates and special
inducements.
On the 4th of July the officers of
the Montgomery and West Point Rail
road advertised that excursionists would
be taken from any point on the
line of that road to Atlanta and return
for one dollar. The consequence was that
sixty-three car loads of people rolled Into
the Gate City on that day, and three trains
were kept in pretty constant motion. The
railway company gathered up that much
monev that otherwise would never have
found its way into its treasury, and the ex
cursionists realized a day of pleasure and
enjoyment at & nominal figure. Some such
arrangement it is contemplated will be made
for fair week—a special day being set apart
for each line of railway—so that instead of
as heretofore having only one big fair day,
there will be a week of them. It is hoped
the officers who have the matter in hand
will prove successful in their efforts with
the railroad men, and that everything will
be accomplished looking to the entire suc
cess of the Fair.
The Georgia State Agricultural Society,
of which Thomas Hardeman, Jr., is Presi
dent, and Malcolm Johnston, Secretary,
holds its fall meeting in Jonesboro next
week, August 12th, 13th and 14th. The
following is the programme:
First Day—Address of Welcome In behalf
of the citizens of Jonesboro and Clayton
conntv; Response to Welcome; OpeningAd-
i by the President; Miscellaneous Bnsi-
; Report from the Experimental Farm,
by Gen. W. M. Browne, Professor of Agri
culture in the University of Georgia; Discus
sion; Miscellaneous Business.
Second Day—Miscellaneous Business; Ad
dress, “The Common School System of
Georgia,” by Dr. G. J. Onr, 8tate School
Commissioner; Discussion; Address, “The
Cotton Caterpillar,” by Prof. J. E. Willet,
of Mercer University; Discussion; Address,
“Negro Labor,” by Dr. L T. Tichenor,
President Alabama State College of Agricul
ture; Election of Officers; *1*0 two Trustees
for the University of Georgia; Miscellaneous
Business.
Third Day—Miscellaneous Business; Es
say on Grass Culture and Wine-making, by
Mr. Phillip Smith, of Clayton county; Dis
cussion; Report of Executive Committee;
Selection of next place of Meeting; Closing
Proceedings.
The convention will aaeemSIfes^t nine
o’clock in the morning, and adjourn at on^
for dinner; will reassemble at three o’clock
in the afternoon, and adjourn at six p. ms
Night sessions will commence at quarter
past eight o’clock. —
Onr several colleges are getting-ready for
the fall opening, and all under the most
favorable auspices, none of them more so
than Georgia’s pride, the old Wesleyan.
The annual catalogue speaks well of its suc
cess in the past, and gives earnest assurance
of a brilliant future. The same may be said
of Mercer, which grows upward and onward,
and will enter upon its coming session with
better prospects thanheretofore. Pio Nono
is^frat andre-
sge from all sections of the country. With
Bishop Gross at the helm, Dr. Alexander
Semmes (a cousin of the late Admiral
SemmCs) as Vice President, and Prof. FI J.
M. Daly (a graduate of- tlage Aft the most
eminent colleges of the North) In charge of
the scientific departments, Plo Nono takes
rank with the foremost educational institu
tions of the land. ; Our Catholic fellow citi
zens, and those of Savannah, have per
formed a mdimk in placing this young
est of our colleges upon so permanent and
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Tallahassee, Fla , August 9.—Editor
Morning News: Since the heavy rains of last
week the weather has been very dry and
warm, and the saving of fodder, the harvest
ing of field peas, the picking of the earliest
cotton, and the general preparation for the
gathering and ginning of this staple crop
are engaging the attention of the planters.
COTTON
is reported as having gained heavily by the
rains, although there is some complaint of
rust and shedding, and, in some places,
caterpillars. The prospects, on the whole,
seem good for a large crop. The same is
true of
CORN,
which has been injured to some extent by
the drought in Jnlv, bat which nevertheless
gives promise of a heavier yield than has
been known for years.
The election in this county to decide
whether bonds should be Issned for the pur
pose of raising money to build
A NEW COURT HOUSE,
which was held on the 26th nit., was a slim
affair, only 294 votes having been polled,
15 of which only were in favor of the pro
posed bonds. The question had been pretty
well canvassed in a quiet way, and it was
generally understood that there was a very
large majority opposed to the scheme;
hence there seemed to be no call for a
special effort to secure a large vote on
either side of the question.
The question of
HIGH FREIGHTS
still occupies a large share of public atten
tion in this section. The giving of bonds
in the railroad litigation by the parties ag
grieved by the recent decision of Judge
Bradley, thereby suspending proceedings
and postponing tbe long hoped for sale of
the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile and
Florida Central roads, has brought into
prominence the positive necessity of doing
something to escape the unjust discrimina
tion against Tallahassee now existing, and
likely to continue indefinitely. A corres
pondent of the Floridian gives a compara
tive statement showing the extent of this
discrimination as between Quincy and Tal
lahassee as follows:
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The Tallahassee merchants are holding
meetings to organize a wagon train to
Hutchinson’s Landing, on the Flint river, so
as to get freights from the boats of the Cen
tral line.
The Floridian office rejoices in a bran
new
“COTTRELL A BABCOCK IMPROVED”
press, which Is now being placed in posi
tion. It is intended to ran by one man
power, but, being new, It works very hard,
and the “one man” will have to be a big
one if the large edition of the Floridian is
printed on it.
We have not as yet been blessed with a
sight of the new pamphlet of
COMMISSIONER FRENCH,
only a few copies “for private circulation
only” having been as yet received here. It
is spoken of by those who have seen it as
very attractive In appearance, and is de
voted exclusively, as its name (“Semi-Tropi
cal Florida”) would indicate, to a single
section of the State.
THE SEMINOLE WAR CLAIMS,
Colonel W. K- Beard, of the Comptroller’s
office, leaves for Washington this week on
an important mission, viz: to perfect the
adjustment of the claim of the State of
Florida against the United States for arms,
monev, etc., expended in the prosecution of
the Seminole war. This is not to be con
founded with the matter of the adjustment
of claims of individual citizens of Florida
against the State for services, etc., in the
Seminole war. The Legislature at its re
cent session enacted a law providing for the
appointment by the Governor of a commis
sion of three to examine and afljost these
last mentioned claims, and appropriating
each moneys as might be received from the
United States under the claim now under
Colonel Beard’s charge to the payment of
Colonel Beard’s charge to the payment or of & war
the claims of individuals against the State, prominent
This commission has not
bat it is expected that it will be soon, ani
due notice will of course be given, so that
those having such claims may present them
for adjustment.
THAT GIGANTIC FRAUD,
which has been mentioned by the State
press as having been perpetrated by a trio
of worthies rather vaguely described as “a
former Lieutenant Governor under Republi
can role and a Floridian of some notoriety,”
aided by “a Washington attorney,” was not
so very gigantic, but was quite as disgrace
ful as your own “Wild Lands Fraud.”
The manner in which the truth was un
earthed is rather interesting. It seems the
State claimed a large quantity of swamp
lands which had been ready for patenting.
Ing Company Is now
patriotic gentlemen wv_- ju
to run it as a Democ r,
seems to have tiue- appy.v &-
depasture from that “eter
thlngs” which Is so desirable,
er says editorially that *
y hoisted
3 Settle
s ticket
Publish-*
variotis
it money
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Secretary Ewarts and the Mormon
The German Government and the
Hl-MetalUc Standard—The Experi
ence of a Georgia Noodle with the
New York Boodlemen—Civil Ser
vice In the Treasury Department—
IQr. Hayes Puts his Foot Down on
Political State Associations—Sena
tor Thurman to Take the Stomp
for General Ewing—Tellow Fever-
Infected Ports.
y« _
better for “a ere
administxaticn,” and so it might, perhaps;
but that is a sort of thing which no one has
ever seen or heard of in the South.
Our county tax books show, says the Flori
dian, a large increase over former years In
the number and quality of stock, hogs,
horses, mule, cattle, sheep, etc., viz:
1876.11878.11879.
Horses and mules
Cattle
Hogs 1,643; 6,941! 8,399
Sheep and goats [ 1,14011,576 j 1,716
2,029; 2,303 i 2,857
4,799! 5,939 7,528
i cio'cmi'amn
If we should return to a “creditable and
able Republican administration,” such as ice
had before, these figures would doubtless be
changed; the Increase made since 1876 being
applied to the support of the “adminfstra-
tion.” C.
A MODEL FARM.
Sncceulul Fruit Culture In Southern
Georgia*
Savannah, Ga., August 6.—Editor Morn
ing News:' Oa a recent trip to Houston
county, it was my fortune to spend a day at
Willow Lake, one of the model farms of
Georgia. We found the proprietor, Mr.
Samuel H. Humph, more prosperous and
living better on a four hundred acre farm
than most of our large planters on two or
three thousand acres. Let those who are ac
customed to speak of “the poor pine woods
of -Georgia” visit Mr. R., and learn how
easily a little enterprise and energy, proper
ly expended, can convert a plney woods
farm into an Eden.
Nine years ago Mr. Rumph began setting
out fruit trees on spot9 too poor to produce
remunerative field crops, and now has fifty
acres in peaches and forty in apples and
plums. He has been shipping fruit North
for three seasons, and his success has been
so gratifying that daring the next two years
he proposes to increase his orchards to three
hundred acres. As soon as he commenced
shipping fruit orders commenced to come
bank for trees, and the little nursery estab
lished for his own use has increased to
thirty acres, bat is still too small for the
demands npbn It, though it contains $15,000
worth of stock ready for next planting
season. He is now collecting three hundred
bushels of peach stones to sow next spring
for grafting stocks.
In beginning fruit growing, without ex
perience, he has had to meet and overcome
serious drawbacks. Many of the tress first
planted proved worthless, and having to
consign his fruit to dealers of whom he
knew nothing, he some times fell among
sharks. He has now learned to give no
tree much space in his orchard or nursery
until he has fully tested its market quali
ties; and by making small consignments to
different firms and comparing the returns
of sales, he has found out the reliable com
mission houses.
For the benefit of young men who fancy
that there is no money to be
made on the farm, we give the
returns of sales made by C. S. Darling
and Archdeacon & Co., wholesale commis
sion dealers of New York, the present sea
son: Chinese quinces (winter) per barrel,
$6 75; May apples (red Astrachan) per bar
rel, $4 00; wild goose plums,* per bushel,
$8 75a9 50; peaches, per bushel, $6 00al5 00.
Only the well developed fruit is shipped.
The small and faulty peaches are dried on
the farm, and net abont one dollar per
bnsheL
In addition to the income from his or
chard and nursery, Mr. R. raises his own
corn, wheat and pork, and makes fifty bales
of cotton. He has some product from his
farm for sale daring ten months in the year,
and says he will not be content until he has
found a paying product for the remaining
two months.
We confidently predict that in a few years
more, with advantages in no way superior
to those enjoyed by thousands of onr young
men, Mr. Komph will have succeeded in
amassing an ample fortnne and in making
Willow Lake Fruit Farm and Nursery a
household word wherever fine fruits and re
liable trees are appreciated. Let other
ia do likewise.”
W. H. C.
young men “go and
Arrest of a Band of Robbers.—The
police authorities of Reading. Pa., have
succeeded in arresting and jailing thir
teen desperate men belonging to a regu
larly organized band of robbers that have
been plundering eastern Pennsylvania
for the past two years. The robbers are
young Germans, who have been living
tramp lives ever since their advent into
this country. All have nicknames, by
which they are known to all members of
the band. They are a desperate-looking
set of men, ana the officials have direct
and positive evidence against every' one
of them. Many of the most desperate
highway robberies, outrages upon old
people, burglaries and other leading
crimes in Pennsylvania are charged upon
these desperadoes. The evidence ob
tained against them was on the Molly
Maguire system.
Labor Troubles and Race Troubles
in Canada.—A dispatch from Quebec
says that the labor troubles still continue,
and have now assumed the appearance
of races. Thursday night
English-speaking people in
it Roche’s ana on the Little River road
were threatened by French Canadians,
and have asked protection from the civic
authorities. It is probable that before
the trouble ceases serious complications
will arise.
hop:
fered to the Rev. Dr. Joseph
well known Oriental linguist and
mudical scholar. For ten years he had
charge of a church in Jerusalem, and
was examining chaplain to the late Bish
op of Gobat. His experience is doubt
less not the leastxd^his qualification* foi
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Washington, August 9.-—The Mormon
question again assumes prominence. Tbe
activity of that sect in spreading their
heresies at every point where it is possible
to secure a footing, and recent develop
ments in Georgia, have reawakened the ad
ministration to the great and growing evil
of Mormonism. Mr. Evarts, Secretary of
State, has instructed the representatives of
the United States in England, Wales and
Germany, where most of the
brought to this country as Mormon prose
lytes hail from, to make inquiry into the
subject, and secure statistics concerning
the number of proselytes brought over and
the methods employed In securing them.
This information will be preliminary to re
monstrances against those countries allow
ing emigration of this character from their
shores to the United States. Tbe ground
taken is, that to allow Mormon proselytes
to emigrate to this country is against the
conventions between this government and
the foreign States mentioned. Those con
ventions prescribe that the liberty of emi
gration shall not permit the Influx from one
country to another of criminals. It is held
that Mormon immigration comes within the
pale debarred by these international agree
ments. If Mr. Evarts Is successful in his
efforts in this direction, the heavy Mormon
immigration to this country will be cut off.
Another point in this connection is the
stand to be taken against bigamy, which of
coarse includes polygamy In Utah. The
District Attorney of that Territory has been
directed to prosecute such offenders—
and their same is legion. The con
stitutionality of the anti-polygamy act
has been affirmed by the Supreme Court,
after having been tested under Mormon in-
^uences and by Mormon money. Under
th!-; decision prosecutions will, itisonder-
siood, ^ vigorously entered upon. It is
tbe-iDit-.r.lira to blot ont if- possible the
curse of AU:Anisin from the face of this
republic.
The consent o: th German Government
to co-operate with tU- l:cited States In the
establishment of the . . mets.;’ l? standard is
a matter , of great Importance. Germany
demonetised silver about ten years 'go, and
has sinoe disturbed the silver mark*.' by of
fering for sale whenever there is a rl.v her
immense reserve of that'metal. She has
thus fiepopularizod to a great extent
all efforts to secure a bi-metallic stand
ard, acd refused to . participate In
the monetary conference, which was held
in accoru me ^ :be provisions of the tfi-
ver bill. ii. _..:ning the co-operation of
Germany in the renew ’ attempt to estab
lish the bi-metallic star • • I—which was the
child of the Democratic party—the United
States makes a very Import*.‘ep onward.
The other European nations which have
heretofore ignored silver are see*~.. ’heir
mistake in the depression which overwtic ~
them, and will be willing, to use a vulga.
phrase, to give silver a chance. The pros
pects a e very flattering for the establish
ment ot an international bi-metallic stand
ard on a basis not stall disadvantageous to
silver.
A “ boodle ” man is one who is known to
detectives as a supposed counterfeiter who
agrees to dispose of “ excellent counterfeit
money ” to the unfledged for a small consid
eration. Tbe unfledged thereby expect to get
rich immediately. Instead of the counter
feit money the “boodle” man sends to his
dnpes in return for their genuine money
boxes filled with worthless scraps of paper
or sawdnst. This game is as old as the hills,
bat it seems has recently been the means
of swindling several unsuspecting parties in
Georgia. Along in last fall a gang of
“boodles,” by some means or other, secured
the ear of a young man living near Cedar
Grove, in yoor State. His name is Thomas
P. Kilgore. Before he got free of them
they swindled him ont of $500. The matter
has come to light through a friend of Kil
gore’s, who wrote to Mayor Cooper of New
York, the headquarters of “boodle” men.
The letter of this gentleman, Robert Ander
son, has been forwarded to the headquarters
of the secret service in this city. Mr. An
derson wrote to Mayor Cooper from Cedar
Grove:
“There is a set of counterfeiters in your
city. They are doing considerable damage,
I presume, all over the country. There is
one young man living in this neighborhood,
abont ten miles southwest of Chattanooga,
who has been actually swindled or bled to
the amonnt of $500. They succeeded by
their letters and promises to lead him to
New York twice. The last time they agreed
to let him have a large amonnt of their
money for a small amount of genuine
greenbacks. They pnt up their money
in his presence in a small box direct
ed to him at Chattanooga by express,
keeping the receipt for the box. When he
got home to Chattanooga he received the
box. Opening it he found that it contained
nothing but cut strips of paper Instead of
the $7,000 they pnt in it in his presence.
There is another man, James M. Robertson,
who lives in this neighborhood, who has
been skinned ont of a good sum of money.
The young man first mentioned, Kilgore, re
ceived several letters from them. They
wrote to him, giving the numbers and streets
of the houses in which they did business.
The leading man in this matter went by the
name of Wm. Nelson. Up stairs in a small
room they keep their money and machinery
for making it. The young man was in the
room and saw a large amount of the coun
terfeit money. He said it looked very much
like genuine greenbacks, and they told him
it could not be detected.”
The writer sends copies of two of the let
ters sent to the swindled youth by Nelson.
One reads: “Try and come here at once to
get your goods. I want to circulate them
at once; we are losing time as well as your
self. I should have been away long ago.
' ' ’ Itls
I have all yoor goods safe andjKrand.
too
;erous for me to use the express.
dang
I will allow^rou a clean $1,000 for expenses,
and please don’t accuse me of doing any
thing wrong until I have done so, as I am
an honest man to trade with. Why should
1 fool you ? I want a good agent in your
parts. Yon act as true to me as I will to
you, and everything will be all right, as true
as Heaven. Do not fall to come at once,
repared to invest enough to buy $10,000.
ou will have no trouble In passing them.”
Another letter says: “Come on at once,
without delay. It is impossible for us to
send by express, as we are closely watched;
but you need cot have the least fear, so
come at once and carry your goods home
with you.”
Another: “I sent you a box the other day,
but it went astray. Your name was put on
tbe wrong box, and it caused a aad mistake.
Will explain it all when you come on.
You can do a big business for me in your
county.”
Several other letters advise the young man
to borrow all he can before he comes to New
York, as the “goods” that he will receive in
return will go off like hot cakes, and
the money borrowed can be paid back in
forty-eight hours after he once gets to work.
“Sell your horses, if you have any, and go
into the business on a large scale, and in one
S ear you can take my word you will never
ave to work again.” The young man went
on to New York and waa skinned.
Under the State statutes of New York no
prosecution for such offenses as this—the
duped party himself being willing to en
gage In counterfeiting—are possible. To
warn others of the unfledged type Chief
Brooks, of the secret service, has sent the
following to Mr. Anderson, who famished
tbe Information:
“Your communication to the Mayor of
New York city with reference to the young
man’s attempt to buy counterfeit money and
the results has been placed in my hands.
He waa partly punished for his dishonest at
tempt to purchase counterfeit money, and I
trust that every man who thus seeks to en
rich himself at the expense of his neighbor
may meet with similar punishment, as he
assuredly will do If he deals with those New
York sharpers and thieves. You write aa
though these people deal in counterfeit
money. They do not. They are too sharp
to touch a piece of counterfeit money; all
the money their miserable dupes see are
genuine notes, and though the dupe Is
mitted to handle the notes in their '
when once it leaves his hands it is
on him and worthless paper substituted. ~ If
yodr friend Should, in making another at-
1 empt to get counterfeit money from them,
hold on to the money they sell to* him
and attempt to get out of New
York with it, he would be
by bogus policemen and taken to a bogus
court of justice, and the “
be taken.from him ont.
was counterfeit, and was
used as evidence against him, and all this
be done in a manner that would so scare him
that he would be glad to
cers by paying* small
on his way to the '
tode^
swindled. We* _
sons in this division, i
persons being swindled bv
you have recited, we enter their ifkLc- •
that list, because we consider such persoL
should be watched as we watch counterfeit
ers. I shall be pleased to receive from you
the names of all persons in your neighbor
hood who have been swindled, and Inform,
such that if their experience leads them to
steer clear of counterfeiters hereafter, it will,
by saving them from the penitentiary, have
been money well spent.”
That myth, civil service reform, has
had Its periodical revival. There was
a position in the Treasury Department
—the Fourth Auditorship—vacant a few
days ago. The Deputy Fourth Auditor,
Mr. W. B. Moore, was an applicant
for promotion. He possessed all the quali
fications necessary for a Fourth Auditor,even
including that of hailing originally from
Ohio. The Fourth Auditor settles the naval
accounts. The matter of filling the vacancy
was referred to Secretary Thompson. That
gentleman knowing Mr. Moore to be in
every way the man for the position, recom
mended that he be appointed. John Sher
man, Secretary of th** Treasury, professed
himself favorable to the appointment, and
so did Hayes. Mr. Moore and the Secretary
of the Navy were assured that the former
would be appointed. This was thought
to finally determine the matter. In the
meantime Mr. McCrary, Secretary of War,
was called upon by a hungry Iow&ian,whose
chief recommendation was his knack of
manipulating primary elections and setting
up the pins, so to 6peak, among the boys.
He wanted the Fourth Auditorship. His
name is Beardsley. McCrary represented to
John Sherman that Beardsly could do much
in helping any man who had the Presidential
bee in his bonnet to fix things in Iowa.
The bait took. John Sherman veered from
Moore to Beardsley in abont five minutes.
Suddenly, Mr. Moore and Secretary Thomp
son being in blissful ignorance of this flank
movement, Mr. Beardsley was appointed.
As the old lady said upon a certain memor
able occasion, they “were never so surprised
in all their life.” It was useless of course to
protest against the appointment or do any
thing about it. All of which shows upon
what a civil service reform basis things are
run' here. The first qualification for place
is, be sure you know how to pack primary
meetings. All else Is of secondary im
portance.
This was one instance of civil service re
form. Another followed on its heels. Be
fore we were blessed with Mr. Hayes as a
so-called President, clerks in the different
departments were banded together in what
is known as State associations. They had *
social time together and used to send off
campaign documents to the rural districts
before elections. The only disagreeable
feature about the associations was that the
members in having a social time, sometimes
had too social a time for that dearness of
the head which Is necessary for work. The
documents which they sent off could harm
no one and do no one any good. The rural
individual made use of them to put around
his batter for taking to market. If he had
commenced reading them he would have
ne to deep before the first quarter was
Jshed. When Mr. Hayes came in, or
rather when he was put in, he held up his
hands Iu holy horror and avowed these asso
ciations must go. And go they did. Seeing
that all other parts of the civil service
programme had been broken in a thousand
atoms, the clerks, about a week ago,
thought they would reorganize and have
some more good times and send off some
more documents. Thcv appointed a com
mittee to wait on Mr. Hayes to see if there
would be any objection. Mr. Hayes referred
them to Mr. Rodgers, who would tell them
all about it. They went to see Mr. Rodgers,
who informed them that if they went ahead
and reorganized there would be nothing
said about it. So they began to reorganize.
Carl Churz, who is going out to Ohio shortly
lo make political speeches, was horrified at
this infraction of civil service. He brought
th'• iit* •u'-i'TO of Hayes’ Cabinet to the fret
that t: < if t>;: associations sent off campaign
document:.:, an 1 -ere therefore political or-
'Kapizatii.ns, while i* hail-been declared by
this -;<dmin!sfration tbi.i officeholders could
not partV ipaie In politics, forgetting that
he himsetl was preparing a political speech,
price of delivery $300 a night. Tbe Cabinet,
or what Is called the Cabinet,
incubated about half hour ore*
the question and came to the eondusic:;
that it would be “ill advlfcd” to allow the
“tR._ to reorganize- Taft “boys” don’t
exactly what a promise from Mr. Hayes
is worth, given through Mr. Rodgers, or
what the difference Is between a clerii send
ing off a document oaw and then C sdtyjblr .
net officers stumping ' r the Republics^
party.
Reports received here from . , give t n :
quietus to all the lies that have l .. circu
lated concerning the relation of
Thurman to General Ewing, and the latter’s
candidacy for the Governorship. It has bee re
stated frequently that the Senator is oppos
ed to General Ewing, and instead of aiding
him, wonld quietly work in antagonism to
his interest. Why he would do this it was
not explained, bat be was certainly going to
pursue that course. Now a prominent Ohio
politician writes here that instead of pur
suing any course that would tend to the dis
advantage of General Ewing, Senator Thur
man will take the stump ror him; and the
old man will make Ohio ring.
In a report to the Natioral Board of
Health, Dr. E. Harris, Inspector of New
York, says that vessels, not cargoes, are
chiefly to be feared, and it is the sailing
class rather than the line steamers which
cause most damage. There is greatly
needed at this moment a faithful inspection
of all West Indian and Mexican trading
vessels, and snch an inspection coaid best
be justified by a movement for this purpose
by the chief of the Marine Hospital Service.
The masters, consignees, and sailors wonld
take it as a routine matter of course and tell
the hospital officer all that can be known of
the sick on ship and on shore. This duty
cannot be well performed by any other de
partment.
The following reports from ports trading
with Savannah have been received:
Curacoa, IF. I.—The United States Con
sul, William H. Faxon, writes to the Sur
geon-General of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, June 30:
“ It is reported that yellow fever is pre
vailing among the strangers at the island of
Aruba, a* few miles to the leeward of this
island. Vessels from Aruba undergo quar
antine for fourteen days by order of gov
ernment. No sickness has yet made its ap
pearance on this island.”
Cape Haytien.—The United States Consol,
Stanislas Goutier, In a letter to the Secretary
of State, July 7, says:
“I beg leave to say that Cape Haytien is
one of tbe most salnbrions ports in this
country. For nearly t.he nine years I have re
sided here I have always granted clean bills
of health. Fort Liberty is not, generally
speaking, as healthy as this port. At times
tney have fevers of a local character, but
not contagions. Port de Paix and Gonaives
have been healthy. The brig Shasta lost
Captain, cook and two seamen in Port de
Palx of yellow fever, as stated in my No.
359, which they had contracted in Port-au-
Prince. There have been quite a number of
cases of yellow fever in Port-au-Prince and
a few cases in Mlragotne; bat these places
are healthy now. As regards the southern
parts of Hayti, I am unable to-gfVe any in
formation to the department.”
Dr. Standford E. Chaille, Chairman of
the Havana Commission, reports, under
date of July 31st, that the mortality report
for the week ending July 26th gives 117
deaths by yellow fever and 271 by all dis-
He has investigated the facts relative to
the prevalence of the disease upon the
a, ~ ~ ~
and finds that “more than twenty,
years ago out of thirty-six towns only two'
Insignificant ones were free from it; every
seaport town had it.” He claims that the
first authenticated epidemic occurred in 1761,
instead of 1762, and that it has continued
endemic in Havana ever since the former
period.
The original detail of medical officers
from the navy, to serve in foreign ports, has
been revoked; neither Surgeons Thomas
Hiland nor Walter K. Schofield having
the fever. Medical Inspector Somerset
Robinson, of the navy, and Dr. Daniel M.
Burgess (for several years a resident of
Havana) will perform the duties prescribed
by recent act of Congress. Dr. Robinson
has been assigned to doty at Mstanzas and
Dr. Burgess at Havana. Potomac.
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