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Georgia AfTsiirs.
e AintTicus Recorder believes that cattle
r ! id-fair to prove a formidable rival
lT! on as a claimant for the sceptre of
;v ia that section.
.. L \ington Echo says that Oglethorpe
• y now owes about six thousand dollars.
assessed this year will reduce the
to about one thousand dollars. The
expense the county has now to meet is
— ions of court, whieh cost nearly two
and dollars per annum. Takeu all in
he condition of the county is very
• . and if no had luck overtakes it,
i.ext year will be hut nominal. The
•y Commissioners are, the Echo thinks,
, i to all the praise.
c and ’possum hunts are the favorite
- with Oglethorpe county sportsmen
•. me crop in 11 oekla’e county is pro-
., ! r»y the Conyers Weekly to he the
■ h. -'i ' Ver has been gathered.
• j; iJsville (Tattnall county) Democrat
a: n rha f the jail in that place is now
v f.»r h • first time since it was built.
.V< r.' says a good school is badly
•d in Toceoa.
. .1,nu-sbt.ro XetPH says the cotton crop
a much better yield than .was
1 far :i mouth ago, and, it thinks, it is
;i mut.cr uf time for better prices to be
, _ er < f the Atlanta Gazette says :
;,,;d iha T when Mr. Mallon’s death
d in the Girl’s High School a
..if ■: ;.g rcene ensued, sobs coming
{ h.-ids on nearly every desk. It.
:.i«-r to have deserved the tears of
.-‘rieken girls than to have won
>.f nations.”
incident, says the Gazette, oc-
o'her night iu Atlanta when the
t- w;it. ; ,iug for Rex. An hour had
"U-lv spent iu waiting, when a
*. belated on his way to town,
_ii the lighted streets on a bale of
Ihcrc'* our king.'” shouted the
i id 1 King Cotton received a royal
Y: ;t . K ami Phcnix Mil’s, of Columbus,
02 i'rd,\ sold over $2%U00 worth of
cc: >u f.d.i ics, and during the last twenty
du\- iL.-'.r s.i »-s have amounted to a quarter
uf ifwbars. The Columbus Enquirer
jjv-: "Our mills are using over IS,000
bak- of cult m and making 23,000,000 yards
of c. rh auuually. There is something
practi ady .-odd about such a South, especi
aiiv j? v* e are underselling our Eastern
The Lumpkin Iwupcudci.t says that some
of tee f.-.un*T.« in tha- locality have already
brgu ■ ' ->v oats for the spring crop, and
arc ik-ouudiH-d to keep up their reputation
Lr; r .u • g the finest oat, crop in Soulh-
-vm (s •otgia.
T..-.'■•.-sment for this year for Wal-
toiiC /u:.‘\ > tliree and a half tenths of one
pert .:. : for the State, the same amount,
wti.-i. ::i k— seven tenths of one per cent.,
or v.-vtu. dollars on the thousand dollars
property.
A at: - r fr .;n ‘‘Dirt Town” to the Sum-
nervii e says that Lis is a land which
j. j.v; a a rui.k and honey, and that intem-
ptran.-r and profanity are unknown in that
sec:i.-:i ;,f Northern Georgia. He says ills
the Ian 1 of ail lands for intelligent and in-
du-tr:ou.- immigrants to settle upon.
An A:.a . a dispatca to the Augusta News
3ay5:*'So.nr stir has occurred oyer tha
.rate* >••• ur.d which, however, is un.var-
ra:r.:'i b\ any facts. The Slate Treasurer
sayu’h- 8 a'e i- perfectly able, every ar-
ranueuitur. having been made to meet the
Dtx July and all other interest or obliga
tions 'ailing due against the S‘ate. While the
per ceotvnn of revenue has been reduced
and the expenditures remain the same, the
Interest will be met the day it falls due.” .
The stale Uaiir ad Commission will not
orcauiz- u ui it e latter part of this week.
A tit-a ; ■ ■-* oflice, called Myra, has been
es?*v.i.«.i?d iu Appling county, on the route
ieadii.g from Uixl.y to Rtidsviile. Mr. Paul
H. Carter is ; he postmaster.
Ttie Hiuesvilli* Gazette thinks there is too
much Lor-e racing at oar agricultural fairs.
To the credit of Macon be it recorded
thuo:i!\ about cigh y person’, all told, at
tended the "'grand sacred concert” given
by the Adah R clmiood CoinieOperaCom-
par.v, in tha* city, last Suuday night. The
sacr.d -i entertainment concluded with a
grand chorus from the “Chimes of Nor-
nun Jy'' Mi-s Richmond, during the per
formance. sang an aria from “Pinafore.”
Q/ciloji-je Echo: “Shortly after the es-
" oi iin; in gro who ^^lOt Mr. Mitch Mar-
tiu. irif.iri:,;t"ion -,vas had that he was Iurk-
im: m tin- i w, r part of this county, ai d a
f.al 'Vi? b-ing orgmized to capture him
A: i :- m-eiVitl Jack Eadcs, a sorier jackleg
I' i h -. appeared upon the scene and
-lA’ i that Johnson had spent the night
Wi: '' ! i -mb li d gone iu the direction of
^'t-i s. i ins nc-wg changed the course of
; h-1 and allowed the would be rnur-
^ n r - - 'jp-. It ba-> now tr«*n-pired that
,i-.r> di i l ot stay with Eades on the
n 'tb: in j. >n . ami the tile wasshrewd-
1;'-.i'.-d to draw The officers from the
rj - r a 'r:-k, that his friend might have an
op.»• ,rrui:.'y to escape. W— are told that
U.- '.vrp.rf*abouts of Johnson is now deii-
n ‘b-*'y known, and wo hope soon to ebroni-
l 'k- ti.c capture ut this king bee of b'.aek
U'-'pvrudoes. The action ot Jack Eade-> in
tbi- iii.ito-r should be looked into and in-
tedigated.”
Autu-;a News : “Messrs. W. E. Jackson,
Pre*.il. ;t, and F. Cogin, Superintendent
Align- s Factory, visited the coal fields of
k. ; ! county a few days since These
ev in n are public spirit’ed citizens, and
m-d f r their great cauMon in matters of
pu !!,'<■'On Sa’urday Mr. James A.
b .1 d Mr. IJ.dbre-k ( be latter now here
fo machinery of the factory re-
t -.d ie.) to the industries of our city),
c ’ y into the office of Major
• Mr. Holbrook expressed surprise
J; 1 •• -‘1 ti. bis had not been developed;
i ‘ • u-cd '.lie same coal in the West
w i i. ur-.it Mp-re-s. Mr. Gray at once re-
flumps should be sent to
re. There it was placed on
cc’iy s uinractory results. Mr.
; . in fcA days, prepare the
pap'-rs ,,r ii K: r-„, ra rj. ri f 0r the coal corn-
pa v ]{ f, winter is fairly upon us,
wc ».;i gave a -apply of cheap coal at our
«t> t.-. »nd .,ii out money fur fuel will be re
tained in thh, county.”
EiE; t,j AVica: “Some of our ex-
si'tie troubled to know wby
'<1 idt appointed ex Governor
ii the Railroad Commissioners,
VS:i ' -T.tl : v known that, they did not
other like brothers. To us the ap-
I>"iimii,.|,t was no surprise, as we knew
Govern., r Cobj-iirt to be governed in bis ap-
poinoiiejjt. fiv wd.at he conceived to be the
' of the [>eon!e and the fifnesa
^ > m for the lace*. He knew Smith
o i" j■ i; tit. man for the place, hence be
for < ‘ 1 ,lini ^ ave no s rcat ^ anc y
h i', ’ v r rr " r - !ij th as a man, yet we don’t
' J, ‘ has a superior in the State for the
i ? l ‘. to which Governor Colquitt as-
D‘Eni-d him.”
anu J j'' u ' Jr ' Iil . v the trial of Messrs. Henry
flret i oy ,,;trr * s , charged with setting
lliwU--'M -iir, '‘ louse of B izetnan, of
and w - V ‘ : fio,,JR days since, took place
hiirlg V° l c,,ne ^ u ^ e< i until nearly mid-
that “it C 1< r arn * roul the Macon Teleyraph
both si i. tr , ial was warmly contested on
the p‘ri ? - 1 Principal witness against
BWor /, r , ls . brothers was a darkey, who
-• ~ ina ' he saw them apply a iight^d
In- pj
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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
cases will be made out at that time, and the
prosecution will be dismissed. The origin
of the fire seems still a mystery. A singu
lar circumstance is that a freight box car
loaded with cotton going from H&wkins-
ville to Cochran the same day was fouod to
be on fire, although closed up, and five bales
of cotton were destroyed before the con
tents of the car could be taken out.”
Says the Summerville Gazette: “Surely
the hand of progress has touched our vil
lage, and, like the spontaneous bursting of
rose buds, the new stores are springing up
along the business streets of our charming
little town. Within the last few' days, two
family groceries have opened, and we hear
of efforts being made to secure another
store bouse for the same purpose. Probably
this grand stride and Hush of business find6
its embryo existence in the anticipation of
the coming railroad. It is’ wise to secure
your foothold iu time, and let your feet be
well supplied with tacks, that you may also
have the abili'y of sticking. The village is
on the boom, and when the road reaches
here, she will soon boom up to five times
her present size.”
Lumpkin Independent: “A boy, aged
about, fifteen years, named Brewer, was
caught in burglarizing the store of Mr. Arch
Tanner, iu this county, on Saturday night
before last. Mr. Tanner found that some
one had been entering his store, and set in
to watch, and on the night in question dis
covered a light in the store. Summoning
assistance, he proceeded to capture the
burglar, and suspecting that he had entered
by going down the chimney, he stationed
a negro man on the top of the store. Sure
enough, when Mr. T. went into he store his
buraiari-hip attempted to escape by climbing
through the chimney, and was caught by
the negro. He is now in jail.”
Conyers Examiner: “The rate of interest,
has been reduced from 12 to S per cent, by
the last Legislature. Money lenders are
somewhat disturbed on the question, but as
for us, it makes but little difference what
the rate of per cent, is, as we neither bor
row nor lend, and as for interest on what is
due us, we would be more than pleased to
be able to get the principal. Tne banks
propose to go on and loan money at 20 per
cent., as usual, trusting to the honor of
the borrower not to bring them into the
courts.”
Augusta Chronicle: “Last Sunday 7 after
noon the large two-story gin house on Mr.
W. H. Chew’s plantation, twelve miles from
Augusta, on the Louisville road, was totally
destroyed by fire, together with four or five
bales of cotton, a fine gin, a steam engio--,
gearing and other property. Loss about
$2,100, insurance $500. The origin of tae
the is unknown. Mr. Chew, who left im
plantation to come to Augusta a short time
before the fire occurred, thinks it was caused
by a match accidentally dropped ia the cot
ton by hands while picking the day before,
and which was gnawed by rats and thus ig
nited.”
Although the late Atlanta Fair undoubt
edly failed to coine up to what was expected
of it, still much credit, is given Mr. B. \V.
Wrenn, Secretary of the association, for his
active and strenuous efforts to make of it
all that could be made, notwithstanding the
adverse circumstances by which be was sur
rounded. The Atlauta Dispatch says of him
that “it was noticed by all that even during
the rainiest days, when the sullen and
gloomy clouds dripped their contents of
steady, aggravating drop-*; when the road 4 *
and streets were aukle deep in mud, and
when the prospects of a bright dav were
very slim, Wrenn wore his smile and did
not relax a solitary energy', but continued
his work night and day, and thus when the
sun cone out the fair was iu readiness and
tbe desired success attained.”
Ci„ * ‘ ‘w
■Was’ 1° 3 tlall! of cotton. His testimony
been k. £ Ver » attacked, and said to have
cireumstar down b y other rebutting
tfl'tlniopv i 1,1 vlew » however, of the
conchi.i ad,J uced, the committing officer
Itjtr thi-ir h ,’ ind T he defendants over. fix-
‘ond- *t tnn thc .-arid dollars each,
marie. The rases will
■ Superior Court, which
ilia thought that no 1
^Florida Affairs.
On Monday last the Jacksonville Union
entered on the second year of its existence.
It states that its prospects have etcadily im
proved from the first day of its publication,
and it proposes to move on in Its chosen
course as a straight out, reliable Democratic
newspaper. As evidence of its success, it
will from this day forward appear as a morn
ing paper, publishing in full the Associated
Press dispatches.
The Orange County Reporter reports that
the orange crop in and around Orlando will
be very much larger than ever before, and
the quality of the fruit Is of the very beat.
The groves in that vicinity are looking fine.
The past year has been favorable to the
growth of the trees—and they have grown.
The Episcopal Church of Florida is faking
strong steps to establish churches along the
line of the Tran>it Railroad.
Alluding to the slanders and barefaced
falsehoods which one John W. Parr has been
writing from Binghaiiipton, N. Y., to tbe
Republican of that town, the Ocala Banner
remarks that “there may be some palliation
for a lie, if cleverly told, but for a bungling
patch of lies like these there can be none ;
and the editor of the Binghampton Republi
can, though he has not the inclination nor
the manliness to do justice to an over-slau-
dered section, should at least expose Mr.
Parr as one incapable of lying neatly. If
the editor of said journal will procure a
copy of tbe cons’itution and laws of Florida
he can soon satisfy himself that he has been
most shabbily imposed upon.”
A party of German immigrants have set
tled in Escambia county, near the Pensacola
Railroad, for the purpose of embarking in
the sheep raising industry 7 .
A negro woman iu the western part of
Pensacola coughed herself to death last
Saturday morning.
A special dispatch to the Florida Union
spates that about 3 o’clock on Sunday morn
ing last an unskillful and unsuccessful in
cendiary effort to burn the Marion county
court house in Ocala was discovered by a
citizen who chanced to be passing at that
hour. The fire was kindled at the room
door of the County Clerk’s office, in the court
house building. Splinters, straw and other
debris were found piled in a box and resting
against the daor inside of the hallway.
Kerosene oil had been freely used to assist
iu the work. The door was nearly burned
through aud all ablaze. The whole build
ing would have been wrapped in flames iu a
few minutes, owing to the resiuous com
bustibility of the structure, and, fortunately
for the county of Marion, no wind was
blowing at the time. It is supposed that,
as the fall term of the Circuit Cou't opens
this week, some one who will be adversely
affected by oue of its decisions will prove to
be the gu-lty party.
On Monday of last week Mr. S. J. Bur
nett, Democrat, was elee'ed Mayor of
Gainesville over B. C. Drake, Radical, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of Mayor John P. Varnum.
Mr. Edward W. Diamond, of Santa Rosa
county, was instantly killed one day last
week by a falling limb, which 6truck him
on the head, as he was In the woods cutting
timber.
Tbe Lake City Reporter entered on it*
fifth year last Saturday with every promise
of a satisfactory future.
Marianna is evidently anticipating a ghost
ly visitation. The Courier says that “the
Thespian ‘Corpse’ of Quincy have informed
Mrs. Chapman, President of the Ladies’ Me
morial Association, that it will be impos
sible to visit our town until after the 27th
instant.” Has that “corpse” been slighred
by the Ladies’ Memorial Association, and
is the object of its visit to reproach them
for negligence ?
The Moutlcello CunstitutUm says that the
planters ot Jeflen-on have lost thousands of
dollars by the late continuous and dcstruc-
tive rains.
We mentioned last week that 6ome skele
tons had been unearthed in MohticeUo by
certain parties whil9 digging up the
ground there. The mystery has been solved
Dr. J. Dabney Palmer says they had been
used by him in the study of auatomy, and
afterwards buried wher - found. The large
skull and jaw bone to which reference was
made last week belonged to a negro man.
Live Oak Bulletin: “Mr. A. B. Blount and
Mr. B. S. Hankins had ome hard feelings
existing between them for some time, which
culminated last Saturday night in a fight,
wherein Mr Blount was shot, the ball taking
effect in his right arm. It appears that Mr.
H who is Town Marshal, approached Mr.
B and asked him about something he had
heard. Mr. B. replied that he had made
Auch remarks, when Mr. H. said that any
person who said that tolda d~d lie, where
upon Mr. B. struck him. Mr. IT. then stepped j
back, drew a pistol, and commenced firing.
H* fired three shots, only on- of which tom: ;
effect, as above stated. The occurrence is •
yerv much regretted by the community, as 1
it may involve the family and friends of
both parties in further difficulties before
the matter is finally settled. Mr. H. has
absconded' for the time being, but his
friends say that he will be here to meet* the
matter at court. His Honor Mayor Wood
ward has appointed Mr. S. W. Hicks as
Marshal pro tern., and he will act in that
capacity until further arrangements are
made.”
Orange County Reporter: “The recent
heavy and long continued rains have not in
jured the crops in this section to any great
extent, except cotton. The farmers have
been damaged somewhat in their cotton,
but owing to the elevated character of our
lands and the almost perfect natural drain
age, tbe ground is dry, and to-day, less
than a week since the rains ceased, plowing
is being done.”
The Gainesville Sun says that if Florida
goes Republican in 1SS0 immigration to that
State will cease, and it bases its- opinion on
the following grounds: “It is^cnown by all
who were In this State prior to 1876 that Re
publican rule here means the ascendancy of
the. most obnoxious carpet-baggers, and the
bad odor of their doings has gone abroad.
Even Republicans, aud much less Demo
crats, have no desire to live under such a
government as that since the war and prior
to 1876. If there had been any change in
the elements of the Republican part} 7 or its
leaders, we might believe that they would
give us a better State government than they
did, but there has been no change. *If the
Republicans carry Florida in 1880, immigra-
ti.-n decreases.’ This is a new phase of the
question, and we give it to our readers with
out any further comments for them to de
liberate upon. They will find much reason
for believing it to be true.”
Says the Tampa Tribune: “As illustrating
the general farming capabilities of Polk
county, we mention tbe fact that Mr. B F
Blount rai : ed 650 bushels of corn and 200
bushels of pindars on 27 acres of land with
one plow, except for about three weeks
when two plows were run. Besides this he
planted and cultivated the usual patches of
'potatoes, cane, garden, etc. The expense
of cultivating and gathering the com was
$84.-”
The Palatka Herald states that the steamer
S'. John’s carried away from that port on
Thursday last the following truly assorted
cargo: “196 hales of cotton, 1,684 sacks
cotton seed, 1 hog, 50 bundles box stuff, 37
boxes cedar, 1 box bacon, 2 boxes preserves,
2 barrels syrup, 1 corpse, 1 box merchandise,
63 boxes and barrels oranges, 8 bales hides,
10 bale>* moss, 3 boxes drugs aud 1 barrel
bottles.”
Gainesville Sun : “A few men from this
place desired to attend the Georgia State
Fair, at Macon. Ga , last week, and, having
heard of the greatly reduced rates at which
uniformed soldiery could go, they thought
they would come a sharp trick. They bor
rowed uniforms from some of the members
of the Gainesville Guards company, and
proceeded under this disguise, leaving here
on Monday morning. Wnen tbe thing was
discovered, the officers of the Guards de
termined to expose it by telegraphing to
Macon, and accordingly on Tuesday night
Capt. Cater sent a telegram to Hon. Thos.
Hardeman, stating that persona claiming to
be members of the Gainesville Guards In
attendance upon the fair were impostors,
aud to so treat them. The probabilities are
that all the parties to the imposition will be
so humiliated by tbe discovery that they
will be careful to avoid such a course in the
future. The officers of the company did
perfectly right iu exposing the fraud.”
Leesburg Advance: “There is a scheme on
foot for dredging out the Lake Griffin and
Lake Harris canals. We await future de
velopments before giving a more extended
notice. We hope the enterprise will be
carried out, and if it is accomplished Lees
burg will treble its present size in less
than a year.”
The St. Augustine Press sajs that there
are thousands of acres of fine land in Florida
which are practically valueless for lack of
transportation facilities, aud it thinks there
must be some remedy for the difficulty. It
says: “It Is a known fact that the region of
country undef cons^eration, comprises
large tracts of land which couid be con
verted into the finest sugar, rice and cotton
farms, or plantations, in the country—and
for the one article of sugar alone, over six'y
millions of dol ars annually go out of the
country' :o foreign ports—principally' to
Cuba. In addition to this, millions of dol
lars are taken from the Unite 1 States every
year for the purchase of oranges, lemons,
figs, dates, guavas, bananas, and numerous
other articles, all of which could be raised
in abundance, and of excellent qualify,
in this region of country; besides all
these advantages, vegetables could be
shipped to the Northern markets much
earlier and with greater facility than at pre
sent is possible. Therefore, a good and
sufficient canal system would not only be of
great local benefit, but would be a matter of
convenience, comfort and advantage to the
more Northern portions of the United
States. But more important, perhaps, than
these la~t mentioned items is the fact that,
it would keep over one hundred millions of
dollars from being drained out of the coun
try every year, as they are now for the pur
poses mentioned; and furthermore, the pro
duction of those vast quantities of mer
chandise would give employment, and con
sequently homes and sustenance to thou
sands of people.”
Romance of a Will.
About twenty five years ago, inJPrincc
George county, Maryland, there lived
two brothers who were very rich, very
charitable and very proud. They were
1)0! h supposed to be bachelors. A short
time before the war, however, they both
died within a few days of each other.
Oue of them left a will, and from this
document it was discovered that he had
children living. All of his property
went to these children, although they
were generally 7 supposed to be illegitimate.
They put in a claim for th** property of
the other brother, but their claim was dis
puted by a cousin of the dead brothers,
who based his right to the property on
the ground that he was nearest of kin,
claiming, of course, that the children who
received the property of one of the
brothers were illegitimate. Along, tedious
and expensive litigation ensued, in which
some of the ablest lawyers of the country
were CDgaged. At length the children,
when reduced to poverty by the lawsuit,
discovered in Europe the priest who had
performed 'the marriage ceremony be
tween their father and mother. Their
mother had been their father’s house
keeper for many years, and until bis
death, had continued to act in that
capacity. By the testimony of the priest,,
the children proved their legitimacy, and,
of course, got their uncle’s property.
Now comes the strangest part o the story.
When the bachelor brother died he left
his papers in the hands of his lawyer.
Before the commencement of the war
this lawyer was called away to tho South
on business. He left a box of papers
with his office boy to be delivered to the
person to whom it was addressed in case
of failure to return. The war came on,
the lawyer enlisted in the Southern army
and was killed in one of the first engage
ments. The boy retained possession of
the box, but forgot all about it. Lately,
having grown to man’s estate, the recol
lection of this box came buck to him.
He sent it lo the lawyer of the cousin.
In it was found the will of the dead
bachelor brother, leaving all of hi-*
property to his cousin. The case has, of
course, been reopened, and is now. before
the Supreme Court of Maryland. How
loug the litigation will continue it is, of
course, impossible to tell, but probably
it will not be concluded until the property
has passed into the hands of the lawyers.
A Cincinnati special to the New York
Times states that George R. Andrews, a
well known citizen of Indiana, residing
at Muncie, was arrested on the evening
of his marriage, and while the bridal par
ty were at supper, on the charge of caus
ing the death of Miss Fanny F. Burgess,
a handsome and respectable girl of Frank
fort. to whom he had been pafing at ten
tions for two or three years. The young
lady died on the afternoon on which An
drews w 7 as married, anti just before her
death confessed that Andrews had pro
cured the services of a physician in Cin
cinnati to hide their crime, anc that her
sickness was caused by malpractice. An
drews was held to answer in $2.o00 bail.
“ No, fellow citizens.” observes Cor
poral William Almon Wheeler, “we v ill
never coil our skirmish fines, we will
never sheath our bastions, we will ne J£ r
dismantle our canteens, so long as tne
loyal North is menaced by a solid boutn.
Wc will hurl our serried lines of rifle-pits
on the brazen front of treason so long as>
a single columbiad is left in our scab
bards.”— Washington Post.
Mr®, ^ieg bad a quarrel with ^mc
nt i.dibors at Wright, Minn., aud told her
i- i, tigt-d twelve, to shoot one of them.
q llc ! h jy obeyed, arid is to be put on trial
with his mother oh a charge of murder.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGEABS.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Appeal for Aid for the Xoand City
Sufferers.
THE NEW YORK ELECTION.
Report of the Memphis Howards.
DISABLED STEAMER.
Foreign News.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Newark, N. J., November 4.—A train on
the Greenwood Lake Railroad ran off - at
Hackensack draw bridge this morning. The
engineer was killed. There were about
twenty persons in the coach, mostly busi
ness men living at Arlington, Mont Clair and
Greenwood Lake, who wereen route to New
York. Several were badly injured, but as
far as known none fatally. All were rescued
before the coach filled with water.
Newark, N. J., November 4.—Additional
dispatches state that no one was killed ex
cept the engineer, Dexter, who, when he
discovered that the draw was open, reversed
his engine and jumped off. He was killed
by the force of the jump. The engine and
passenger coach were precipitated into the
river. The fireman, who remained at his
post, and the conductor were both slightly
in^wed. The passenger coach floated on
the water, and the passengers were taken
out. by the men in small boats.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
London. November 4.—A Rome dispatch
says the Vatican will shortly send a Charge
(VAffaires to Turkey to carry out a convention
about to be signed, after wh.ch an internun
cio and several bishops will bo appointed.
Reuter’s Sophia telegram says that owing
to strong opDosition to the Cabinet in the As
sembly, the Bulgarian Ministry have resign
ed, but Prince Alexander lias not yet ac
cepted their resignations.
The liabilities of Colvin, Cowie & Co. on
this side are moderate, but their indebted
ness in India is believed to be heavy, the
firm having acted as hankers for civil ser
vice and arm> officers, on whom the greatest
loss will fall.
THE NEW TORK ELECTION.
New 7 York, November 4.—The election is
progrtssing quietly in Brooklyn, and it is
expected by sundown, when the polls close,
the total vote will not fall far short of
75 000. The Df-mocrata of the regular di
vision claim that they will elect their entire
ticket , but the Republicans scoot the Idea,
and say they are making great havoc in the
Democratic ranks. The Kelly boom does
not appear to assert Its sway wirh that de
gree of energy which his adherents had
confidently anticipated.
APPEAL FOR AID.
Mound Citt, III., November 4.—Tbe
citizens of Mound City have sent out an
appeal for aid In behalf of those of their
unfortunate citizens who suffered so severe
ly by the great fire of Sunday night, in
whk-h property to the value of nearly a
quarter million dollars was destroyed.
MANCHESTER MARKET.
Manchester, November 4.—The market
yesterday was strong, producers asking
higher rates. The demand for India ana
China is not large, but sufficient to sustain
price?. The home demand continues small,
though the activity is increasing.
REPORT OF THE MEMPHIS HOWARDS.
Memphis, November 4.—At tbe Howard
meeting last night John Johnson, Treasurer,
submitted a report showing that tbe receipts
have been $73,862 92; disbursements, $68,-
476 51; balance on hand, $5,386 41.
STEAMER DISABLED.
London. November 4.—The steamer Gla
morgan, from Liverpool for Bustos, has
anchored off Ballyhalbert, In the north of
Ireland, her machinery having broken down.
A tug has been sent to her assistance.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
ONE OF THE JAMES OUTLAWS
KILLED.
Charles Tomlinson Committed for
Trial.
THE JEROME PARK RACES.
Improved Condition of the Empress
Carlo tt a.
SCHOONER WRECKED.
MUTINY ON SHIPBOARD.
miscellaneous matters.
JEROME PARK RACKS.
Jerome Park, November 4.—The first,
race, a mile and a quarter over five hurdles,
was won by Pomeroy, Lizzie D. second, Di.«
tnroance third, Bay Rum fourth. Time
2:25.
The second race, three-quarters of a mile,
for all ages, was won by Middleton, Kon
rad second. Pique third. Time 1:19%.
The third race, handicap sweepstakes, one
and three-quarter miles, was won by
Pequot, Suuermore second, Vagrant^third.
Time 3:13%.
The fourth race, one and a quarter miles,
was won by Una, Jericho second, Lulu
third Time 2:16.
The fiftn race, soiling race for all ages,
one mile, was won by Vagrant, Hattie F.
second. Pique third. Time 1:47.
The six’h race, handicap steeple chase, for
all ages, the full course, was won by Lizzie
D B-rtha second. Deadhead third. Time
4:26%. Disturbance, Judith, Bay Rum and
Dandy were withdrawn.
THE FATE OF AN OUTLAW.
St. Louis, November 4.—Dispatches from
points in Southwestern Missouri and South
eastern Kansas report the killing of Jesse
James, of the notorious James Boys, sup
posed to be one of the gang which robbed
the train at Glendale, Mo., recently, by
George Shepherd, formerly a mem
ber of the same gantr. Shepherd joined
James, who, with a party, was
on the road to Texas. After riding with
them some distance, Shepherd suddenly
shot James in the head, and wheeled his
horse and fled, escaping with a shot in the
thigh from one of James’ companions.
Shepherd cherished an enmity against James
for klllinir a relative. James’ body has not
yet beeu found.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
Liverpool, November 4.—Charles Tom
linson, of the suspended firm of Tomlinson
«fc Co., cotton brokers, who absconded, but
was afterwards arrested, has been commit
ted for trial on the charge of obtaining
£10,000 on cotton which had already been
hypothecated, and for forging and negotia
ting two acceptances for £4,000 each.
SCHOONER WRECKED.
Portland,Me.,November 4.—A schooner,
name unknown, went ashore last nlght at
Broad Cove, Cape Elizabeth, and went to
pieces. The crew were all drowned. Owing
to the heavy sea, no assistance could be
rendered, although tbe Teasel was plainly
visible from the shore. She appeared to be
ice laden, as much sawdust floated out. It
is reported that five bodies were washed
ashore.
COMMUNICATION with the khtbbr column
London, November 4—The Viceroy of
India telegraphs to-day as follows: “General
Roberts Is proceeding to reconnoitre the
passes towards Jcllalahad, so as to open
communication with the Khyber column.
He do«-s not expect to meet with any oppo
sition.”
the condition of the empress carlotta.
London, November 4 —A Brussels dis
patch says : “There Is great improvement
in the mrn'al condition of Carlotta, widow
of the ex Emperor Maximilian of Mexico,
and a complete restoration to sanity is now
considereu probable.”
SALE OF AN OLD WAR VESSEL.
Halifax, November 4—The war ship
Pyramu?, which was captured by Admiral
Nelson from the Dane? in one of his famous
engagements, and which served as a train
ing ship here, has been sold for $7,000.
MUTINT ON SHIPBOARD.
Key West, Fla., November 4.—The Brit
ish brig George S. Berry, Captain Howard,
with lumber, from Pensacola for Monte
video, arrived here to-day with her crew in
a state of mutiny. The Captain was very
badly cut by the mutineers. His life was
6&ved, and the mutiny quelled by his daugh
ter.
THE REMAINS OF GENERAL HOOKER.
New York, November 4.—The remains of
General Hooker-arrived here to-day, and
will lie in state In the Governor’s room at
tbe City Hall until to-morrow, under guard
of United 8ta*es troops.
Miss Belle Seligman, daughter of Jos.
Seligman, of the banking firm of J. W.
Suiigmau & Co., New York, ia to wed
Philip LUUenthal, son of Rev. Dr. Lil-
jienthal, Lite distinguished Jewish rabbi
of Cincinnati.
ON THE ROAD.
Bollock County—Superior Court—
Statesboro aud the People—$5,000
License—Change of Base Again—
Montgomery superior Court—Hit*
Vernon and its I*^ople.
8avannah, November 1.—Editor Morning
News: Having been constantly on the road
I have had no opportunity ot writing until
to-day. The trip from No. 6 on the Central
Road was made last Monday to Statesboro
during the heaYy rain that fell on that day.
Our 6peed was necessarily slow, and in pro
portion was the opportunity furnished of
getting wet. After a tedious journey we
reached Statesboro, and found in attend
ance upon the Superior Court the largest
crowd 'that has been in the town for the
past ten years.
Bulloch county is oue of the fortunate
sections this year. The people generally
were in good spirits, and their condition is
reported good throughout the county. There
was comparatively little complaining of
h ara times. I suppose but few sections of
the State arc in as good financial condition
as the people of Bulloch, certainly none
come nearer meeting their obligations. In
some pans of the county there was a partial
failure iu crops, but enough has been made
to meet every necessity of the people.
1 he Superior Court was in session when
I arrived, Judge Fleming presiding. They
were engaged in the trial of Drew
Halloway for the murder of Ben
son Brown, both colored. The un
fortunate criminal had every facility
furnished him for a fair and honest trial.
The presiding Judge appointed Colonel
George R. Black, of Scriven county, and
Judge Henry B. Tompkins, of Savannah, to
defend him. They conducted the defense
with persistence and skill, and Judge Tomp
kins made a most earnest and forcible
speech in behalf of the unfortunate man.
He could not have done better even with the
expectation of a handsome fee. But alas,
all effort was unavailing. The proof was
60 clear and positive that the jury, without
hesitation, brought in a verdict of willful
murder, and with no recommendation of
mercy. The Judge had npt passed sentence
ou him before I left. Of course he must
baug, and if 60 he will be the first man ever
condemned to death by the Superior Court
of Bulloch county.
Richard Jones, another negro, was tried
for an assault with intent to murder upon a
colored man by the name of Love. He, too,
was found guilty.
There were several other criminal cases on
the docket, some of which will not be
reached this term of the court. Major
Smith, the Solicitor, Is doing efficient work
in bringing criminals to justice, and de
serves the gratitude of the community for
his labors in this direction.
Statesboro, although elegantly situated, Is
not a prosperous town, and people are cast
ing about for some solution of the reason of
this want, of progress. It has a splendid
section of country to hack it, ami one would
naturally conclude it would be an excellent
point for business, yet there is no improve
ment. The only new building going up la
that of a jail. This only indicates progress
iu the wrong direction. The people whom
I have met are clever, and yet there is
neither a church building or a school in the
village. The population is small, of course,
but there seems no disposition to more to
the county town. It seems strange to a
.•■tranger that one of the moat prosperous
counties in lower Georgia should have so
small a county town. Some console them
selves with the fact that Statesboro is off the
railroad, and therefore is not expected to
proeper. This is a fallacy, for, in the adjoin
ing county of Scriven, Sylvania is almost the
same distance from the railroad, aad yet it is
improving every year, and is one of the most
prosperous villages in the lower section of
t he State. It has no advantage over States
boro in the surrounding country. Some
other explanation is needed. in almost
every other enterprise Bulloch county is
equal to the occasiou. She does everytning
well. She has the cleanest political record
of any county iu the Congressional district;
fhe has made more progress in her educa
tional affairs than any other outside of the
city of Savannah; she always gives me the
largest list of subscribers to the Morning
News that I secure anywhere ; they are a
reading people generally, and with a few
more po=t offices in the upper end of the
c mnty the circulation of reading matter
will xctl that of almost any other section.
The good people have taken a step for
ward In the suppression of the whisky
traffic. They have secured the passage of a
bill by the Legislature placing the license
for retailing liquors at $5 000, virtually ban
ishing the traffic from the county limits.
As soon as the licenses of the present ven
dors expire, the sale of intoxicating liquors
will cease. They want just one other law,
and that is agaiust profanity. Iu this, as in
almost everything else, she excels, if the
specimen I heard on Monday night was «
sample of what could be done. As an ex
hibition of profanity, it excelled anything
that I have ever heard. The displays of
blasphemy by Mississippi flatboatmen are as
tame compared with It as the music of a
mosquito at night with the swelling notes of
an organ. In justice to the good people of
Statesboro, I must add they were not re
sponsible for this disturbance on Monday
night, for there was a general condemna
tion of it. Nor do I believe that those en
gaged in it had any idea of the extent of
their offense agaiLst the law of the land as
well as the law of God.
On Tuesday night I made another change
of base, stopping on Wednesday in Macon
to see the military parade and witness the
unveiling of the Confederate monument, all
of which has been graphically portrayed by
a better hand than mine. At 8 o’clock I
left for McVille, on the Macon and Bruns
wick Road, on one of the most densely
packed trains that ever left Macon. On
Thursday I reached Mt. Vernon, the county
town of Montgomery, and paid my respects
to my Scotch friends of that section. Tbe
Superior Court was in session, Judge Pate
presiding. The crowd in attendance was
not large. There was a universal complaint
of hard times. The rains had been 60 inces
sant that no cotton could be picked, tim
ber was so low that there was no money
to be made in i s sale, aud the people were
exceedingly blue In consequence. Many
declared that they hai never seen money so
scarce in this section as it is this season.
There were no cases of general Interest on
the dockets, and court would adjourn on
Saturday, so I left on last night for McVille,
in care of my friend Gay.
Tho people of Montgomery are an honest,
hard working class, nearly all being of the
Scotch-Irish descent. I don’t think I ever
saw in a company of the same number so
many tall men. They are usually spare In
their proportions, but occasionally you meet
with one fully developed. Many of them
jtin height. Their marked
p< and hospitality.
IgEgslIiipiU Fannie
Bi
to
the col
of uiic pieasu
and entertainment.
Among the newspaper represent
have met were Cap’ain Burcb, of the East
man Times; Mr. Edeofield, of the Swains-
boro Herald; and Mr. Medlock, of the
Sylvania Telephone. Jack Plane.
The trial of the liev. Mr. Hayden, at
New Haven, Conn., on the charge of
killing Miss Stannard. by poison and the
knife, turns upon the question whether
the arsenic he is accused of poisoning her
with, and of which no less than ninety
grains were found in the viscera and
other parts of the body of the deceased
by Prof. Johnson, is identical with the
arsenic that the Rev. Mr. Hayden con
fesses he bought at a drug store on the
morning of the murder, but* which he
alleges was put away unused on a beam
in his barn. A parcel of arsenic of the
full weight of the ounce he said he
bought was found in a tea box at the
place indicated by him. The State
is now endeavoring to prove by
tho evidence of Prof. Dana, of
Yale College, that the arsenic found
in the barn i9 different in tbe form of its
crystals from the arsenic sold at the drug
store from which he said he bought it,
and that the drug store arsenic is in every
respect similar to that found in the atom
ach ofr the murdered woman. To study
the point thoroughly, for upon it the
guilt or innocence of the accused is sup
posed to turn, Prof. Dana was sent to
England at the expense of the State to
investigate the process of manufacturing
arsenic there, none being made in this
country, and to ascertain the difference,
if any, between the product of one man
ufactory and any other. The case, there
fore, has become a battle of experts, and
from the contradictions which almost in
evitably arise between them, the jury is
oftener muddled than made wiser.
“Ouida’s” name is Louise de la Rame,
and she is the daughter of a Frenchman.
She lives in a lovely villa about two
miles from Florence, where she is. sur
rounded by books, pictures, and, what
she prizes more than both of these, dogs.
Every novel she writes finds a ready
market at $7,000.
THE “NATIONAL MILITIA” SHEME
An Infamous and Atroulons Assault
on tlie Constitution.
New York Sun.
As the various schemes io increase the
regular standing army have failed to at
tract popular favor, the military ring at
Washington, speaking through the mouth
of General Benet, Chief of Ordnance,
have proposed an indirect method of
reaching their end. Now they want to
establish a so-called “National Militia,”
to be two hundred thousand strong, and
officered by graduates of West Point.
No proposition of this kind ever submit
ted to the public has been more offensive
in design or more openly defiant of the
Constitution and the laws made in pur
suance thereof.
The framers of the Constitution frown
ed upon a standing army, and in au
thorizing Congress “to raise and support
armies,” they hedged in the power with
a condition that “no appropriation of
money to that use shall be for a longer
term than two years.” They relied upon
the “militia to execute the laws of the
Union, suppress insurrections, and repel
invasions,” because they came from the
body of the people, and had the greatest
interest in preserving free institutions.
Congress was empowered “to provide
for organizing, arming, and disciplining
the militia, and for governing such part
of them as may be employed in the ser
vice of the United States,” but with this
positive condition affixed, “reserving to
the States respectively the appointment
of the officers.”
Ttie act ot May 8, 1792, section 1,631
of the Revised Statutes, following this
command, provides that “the militia of
each State shall be arranged into divi
sions, brigades, regiments, battalions,
aud companies, as the Legislature of the
State may direct." Of course, when
called into the actual service of the
United States to repel invasion, or to
suppress insurrection, they became sub
ject, from the necessity of discipline and
of unity, to the rules and articles of war.
It is thus seen that the Constitution ex
plicitly “reserves to the States respective
ly the appointment of the officers” of
whatever militia they might raise for
any public emergency. And this clause
may be said to draw the line most clearly
between the authority of the Unitecl
States and that of the States acting in
their individual and independent ca
pacity.
To protect the Union against foreign
enemies, and to preserve it against do
mestic violence, the people agreed to fur
nish a militia from their owu ranks, to be
commanded by the President of the
United States “when called into active
service.” But even then, however su
preme the crisis might be, they were
under their own officers, appointed by
the Executive or chosen under the laws
of their own States. The volunteers who
rushed to the front in 1801 were .officered
by their own associates.
The Chief of Ordnance now coolly pro
poses to kill the vital spark of the militia
system ; to reconstruct it as a tail to West
Point; to distribute the two hundred
Thousand militiamen over the country,
with a corrupting bait of seven hundred
for each Congressional district, and to
vote five millions from the general taxes
as a starting appropriation for a new
•landing army, greater«than that of Eng
land.
This monstrous scheme is another
step in the direction of that centraliza
tion which, disguised under the name of
nationality, is desigued to destroy the
existence of the States by a gradual pro
cess of emasculation, and which, if
carried out to its logical and intended
conclusion, would build up an imperial
power at Washington, backed by a
standing army ready to execute its com
mands, and, finally, to sell the sceptre to
the highest bidder.
There is nothing insidiqns in the
project. It is an insolent ana atrocious
assault on the Constitution, the laws, and
the liberties of the people, by an officer
of the regular army.
How Prices Hare Advanced.
New York Commercial Bulletin.
The general causes of thtfrise in prices
that has occurred within the last few
months have been so frequently explain
ed iu our columns that it is unnecessary to
trouble our readers with a further present
allusion to them. There are other matters,
however, connected with the present
condition of values that deserve careful
consideration. It is important to have a
correct idea of the extent to which prices
have advanced, and for that purpose we
present the following comparison of quo
tations for some of the leading articles,
on the 1st of January last, and on the
181h of the current month:
Wheat—No. 2 red
Indian corn. No. 2.
Oats. No. 2
Foik, mess
Lard, Wilcox's
Cotton, middling uplan f s...
Coffee, Rio, fair cargoes....
sugars, raw, fair to good re
fining
Sue an*, refined, crushed....
Spirits turpentine
Rosins, good strained
Petroleum, refined, shipping
order
Butter, creamery
Cheese, choice State factory
Wool. X nd XX fleeces
Pig iron, No. 1 American....
Pig iron, Scotch iGlengarn-
Bar iron, common, ord. sizes
Sheet iron, common, 10 to 16
Scrap iron, wrought
Old iron rails
t'ig tin. Straits’
Tin plate.-3d cross, assorted
charcoal
Pig lea-i
Sheet Lad
L*ad pipe
Spelter, Western
tony
1879.
1879.
Jan. 1.
Oct. 18.
$ 1 09
$1 48
47
60
83
43H
7 15
10 20
6 H
9 7-18
10%
15
16
6U
%
38J4
34
Y 35
1 50
8U
7%
2IU
28
9lZ
13
34
42
17 53
22 50
20 50
27 50
m
3
A
4X
21 50
35 01
19 00
32 00
25
5 75
7 73
4
5'4
0
7H
5
4
12
vi'2
16
2IU
20
26
25
A HUGE POLITICAL CAKABD.
Sherman’s Friend Concocts It to Ge^
Grant Out of the Way—The Sensa*
lion tt Made in New York and
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Special to the Cincinnati Com
mercial. -
Great excitement was caused, both here
and in New York, this afternoon, by the
publication in the New York Sun of a
dispatch from this city signed “J. W.
F.,” and, because of thb initials, sup
posed to emanate from Col. John W.
Forney, a dear and confidential friend of
Col. Thomas A. Scott, President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Tfce dispatch
stated that the writer had it from a first-
rate, authentic source that the physical
condition of Col. Tom Scott was so bad
that he would shortly resign the position
of the President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and that it would be offered to
General Grant immediately on his reach
ing Philadelphia, and in case of accept
ance the ex-JPresident would be unani
mously elected.
It was also stated that General Grant
would be elected President of the Texas
and Pacific Railroad, which position is
also held at present by Colonel Scott
The dispatch went on to say that Scott’s
paralytic stroke, on which account he
went so suddenly to Europe, has left
him so incapable of performing the
active duties of the office that the hour
or two a week he spends at the Pennsyl
vania Railroad office are given at the
risk of his life. His only reason for
continuing in office is to secure a suitable
successor before he resigns.
The city of Philadelphia owns $3,000,-
000 of stock of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, and in consequence elects
annually two directors to represent the
interest of the city in that company.
These two directors will be instructed
by a vote of the Councils of the city to
vote for Gen. Grant for President of the
company, and as Col. Scott and all the
remaining directors favor Grant, his
election will therefore be made without
any dissenting vote. The salary of the
office is $35,000 a year, and it is proba
ble that at the annual meeting in March
a resolution will be carried directing
that it be increased to $50,000.
As soon as the Sun reached here con
tain ing this dispatch the Stock Exchange
was in an uproar, and Pennsylvania
shares went up and down like a balloon,
but finally steadied under the repeated
denials of the exceedingly plausible siory.
On interviewing CoL Scott through a
telephone which connects the railroad
depot and his home, nine miles out in the
country, he replied, in answer to inter
rogations: “I know nothing of the foun
dation of such a dispatch, and the whole
thing is a fabrication from beginning to
end.” Col. Scott was much annoyed at
the remarks about his health. These
statements about his physical health can
not be exaggerated, for they are entirely
true. The knowledge of this made the
report generally believed. CoL Scott is
in fact a total wreck from his chin to his
toes, one half of his body being so af
fected by paralysis that he is compelled
to walk supported by a secretary or a son
on one side, while he leans heavily on a
heavy cane in the other hand.
It is now known that the dispatch was
concocted and sent by John W. Frazier,
an able, but somewhat unsavory politi
cian of this city, the first man who
nominated John Sherman for President,
and a devoted friend of the latter. He
got up the whole affair for the purpose
of inducing Grant’s friends to take the
initiative, get him the position, and thus
remove a formidable opponent from
Sherman’s path, giving him a clear field
for the Presidential nomination.
ANOTHER LYNCHING,
A Murderer Biased bv a Mob in
Louisiana.
SI
India rubL.., «
It will be seen that on tlf&0
selected promiscuously, the aaV®
almost universal and that it averages con
siderably over thirty per cent. These
specimens fairly represent the rule that
applies to most other descriptions of
merchandise; with some qualifications,
however, in respect to textile manufac
tures, the advance on which has been
quite moderate and not fully propor
tioned to the rise in the raw materials
from which they are made. With this
important exception, the rise in prices,
since the opening of the year, may be
roughly averaged
cent.
A special from New Orleans gives the
following details of the latest lynching
thereabouts:
“A large number of men came to the
jail at Farmeraville, Union parish, La.,
late last nicht, and demanded the person
of W. J. Overstreet, held for wife mur
der. The jail is a miserable edifice, like
most of such buildings in this section,
and utterly unfit for the purpose to which
it is put. Half the belligerents that ap
peared could easily have taken it. Very
little disguise was attempted by the
storming party, among whom were some
of the best known citizens of the
place. The jailer surrendered the
keys without delay. Overstreet wa3
lying asleep in his cell at the time
of the demand, and was roused to the
consciousness of his danger by the
clamor and noise made by the crowd as
it pressed forward through the main en
trance of the jail. He sprang to his
feet, and as he stood confronting his as
sailants he appeared haggard, but still
looked defiaut. He had been twice
severely wounded in the two different
desperate efforts that had been pre
viously made to take him, and
Was still suffering when the mob
took him from the jail. He seemed barely
able to stand, and had to be assisted
part of the time on his way to the place
where it had been determined he should
die. Two men supported him on each
side during the journey. The place of
execution was a dense grove, a short dis
tance from the jail, on reaching which
he was asked if he had anything to say
in his defense. He returned no answer.
He did not seem to have the slightest
pang of conscience for the crime he had
committed, and appeared to be totally
indifferent to his own fate. As he was
s wung off not a single muscle of his
face changed, and he died almost with
out a struggle. When it was certain
that the unfortunate criminal was dead,
the crowd dispersed to their homes.
There seems to be no excuse for this suc
cessful outrage against the law except
the untenable condition of the jail.
“Overstreet killed a man in Alabama
some years ago and moved with his fami
ly to Mississippi. Shortly after this he
deserted his wife and moved to Union
parish, where he has relatives living.
ii w ^ e him, walk-
’ ’"onroe, Ala.
at about thirty per
Presence of Mind.—In Bergen county,
New Jersey, there lives a colored
man, a mute, who had a great fear of
railroads from a brother, who was also
a mute, having been killed while walk
ing on the track. The survivor would
never walk on the track, conscious of
the danger he ran. One day not long
since he forgot his usual caution, and was
overtaken by a freight train. Becoming
aware of the train when it was close up
on him, he threw himself down flat be
tween the rails. The pilot of the en-
S 'ne just grazed the back of his head,
iving his face into the gravel. The
whole train passed over him and stopped,
while the affrighted train-men ran back
to pick up, as they supposed, his dead
body. They found him lying Mill, badly
frightened, with his face cut by the
gravel. His head was not hurt, though
the engineer felt a jar when the pilot
touched him. The thickness of his skull
doubtless saved his life. He was taken
to Hackensack, where his cuts on the
face were dressed and he walked back
Lome, but not on the track.
General Lorinz. ex-officer of the ex
Khedive, hnsfia ins u n years Egyptian
service, it is said, act red a comfortable
fortune. His annual Jary was $10,000
in gold.
killt
with a mallet am — „ , i^,,
brother, who had gone to town tor pro
cure a warrant for his arrest. It is not
likely that any jury, even in North
Louisiana, would have failed to convict
him, hence the lynching appears un
called for. Overstreet was above the
average height, powerful and well built.
One of his eyes was blue and the other
was brown. This peculiarity, together
with his sullen and ug y disposition, im
parted at times a strange and sinister
expression to his face. It is not sup
posed that any action will be taken
against these seif-adjusters of the law.”
The Engineer describes, under the
title, “A Floating Fighting Island,” a
ney armor-clad vessel for the construc
tion of which a Scotch shipbuilding fi*m
has received an order. This vessel ia to
be 500 feet long, to have a displacement
of 17,000 tons, and to be propelled by
engines indicating 10,000 horse power.
With an average draught of 22 feet, this
craft will have a beam not much less
than 75 feet to get the stated displace
ment. She will be like no other ship.
She will show no side to the sea, as her
upper deck, rising from the water’s edge
to the middle, flatly curved, will form
both side and deck, and resemble the
upper shell of a tortoise. She will, in a
word, resemble a floating island, up
whose sloping beach the waves will
wash, rather than a ship.
Wayne township, in Ohio, contains a
tract known a9 Big Woods, the inhabi
tants of which lead a somewhat uncivi
lized life. A party of masked men from
this locality lately whipped two thieves
severely, and then posit d the following:
“Resolved That courts be a useless ex
pens?; ana hereafter the Council of Safety
is going to punish all scouadrelB like they
deserve.”
The Rag-Pickers of Paris.
Albert Wolff, in the Paris Figaro, de
scribes at length the“ Cites des chijfoniert"-
the quarters in which the ragpickers of
the grest city live and work. Tq Ameri
cans who regard the French capital as the
chosen home of luxury and delight, some
extracts from his article may* prove of
interest:
“The Rue Macardet is one of the long
est streets of Paris; it starts from La
Chapelle and ends at Clichy; the nearer
it approaches to the fortifications the
more wretched it becomes—the vigilant
eye of the Municipal Council does not
seem to see so far. The pavement is bad;
here and there is a semblance of sidewalk,
where the drunkard stumbles over holes
and breaks his head on the corners of
broken flags, and the farther the distance
from the centre of Paris, the poorer and
fewer the houses are. At noon, when
the fine world of Paris has completed its
toilet, the Rue Macardet, at the summit
of Montmartre, is still in morning habit;
half rotted mattresses, covered with dis
gusting stains, hang from the windows
by the side of rags of all sorts, drying in
the sun. Behind the dilapidated walLs
one may picture the habitation of the
poor, the lodging with its red brick
floors, its broken panes replaced by paper,
its ceilings threatening to crumble upou
the occupants' heads.
“At No. 210 Rue Macardet is the City
of Clays, inhabited by rag pickers; it is
the Fauburg St Germain of the corpora
tion. Here is the aristocracy in a score
of little houses, built on low lots, where,
on rainy days, the water from Montmartre
readily spreads. It is 11a.m. The rag
pickers arc come in. They have emptied
their baskets in a room on the ground
floor, which is at once the shop, the
eating room, and the bedroom of a part
of the family. Arou nd a heap of rubbish,
gathered on the highway, are seated the
mother, father, and children, picking
over the mass with care, and sorting it.
Everything is in a heap—paper, rags,
glass, tin, bread crusts, cabbage stalks,
dead birds, collapsed cats, a Punch with
open belly, a doll without a head, nails,
druggists’ vials, and what not beside?.
The head of the family directs operations.
He has the sallow complexion of a man
who has been up all night, and on his
features is the brutishness of the beast of
burden, produced by excessive labor.
The children, livid, covered with indecent
rags, scratch themselves from head to
foot, hunting the vermin which devour
them. The place is filled with a horrible
odor from the filth the men bring into
the house. And these are the fortunate
in this miserable population; they work
for themselves and sort their own stuff.
If in the sack there is anything of special
value they get the profit of iL They need
not sell to get a breakfast. They can
wait Some days they make as much as
4 francs for the family.
“The most curious ‘city* of Paris is on
the Avenue de la Revolte, at the upper
end of the Passage Triboulet. The pas
sage ends in vacant lots, where, in sum
mer, our carpets are whipped. The right
side belongs to a woman named Foocault,
who built and manages the 'city’; it is a
long allevway, bordered with a sort of
sheds. Each lodging, on the ground floor
or first story, to Vhich access is had by
an outside gallery,'-is a species of little
cell more or less broken down and dirty.
The only furniture is a mattress thrown
on the floor or a toppling iron bedstead.
A square window, 18 inches across, lights
these places. La Femme Culotie is the
tide by which the proprietress is known
She reigns supreme over the wretched
people—ragpickers, workmen without
work, declasses of every kind—to the
number of 400. This woman, who is
very rich, and goe9 about in her phaeton
drawn by a pretty pony, is disguised as
a man ; she may be 50; her gray hair is
cut short, like that of men; she is clad in
pantaloons—hence the name—a vest, blue
blouse, and laced gaiters. This costume
she has worn for the last 20 years, assum
ing. as well, the bearing and energetic
gestures of the stronger sex. La Femme
Culolte is by no means dull; in her spring
time she must have associated with in
telligent men; she declares she knew
Dumas the elder well; she chats very
agreeably, and skims-literature with a
light touch. The day I had the honor to
visit her she had two friends at breakfast.
As I entered they had just taken coffee,
and these ladies were smoking cigarettes,
pouring out from time to time a swallow
of cognac. La Femme Culotte leaned
back in her chair, her legs crossed, and
puffed the smoke from her cigarette in
dainty rings. At the moment the three
companions were engaged in a dispute.
Emile Zola was the subject. La Femme
Culotte was of the opinion that “L’As-
sommoir ” which claimed to be the ro
mance or the people, was a picture of
but one phase of Parisian wretchedness,
and if Zola 'had applied to her he could
have learned much more as to popular
depravity. One of Mme. Foucault’s
friends thereupon related that on a pre
vious visit to the quarter, she had seen
horrible sights ;that the tenants of the'e ty’
had no sort of morals; that parents and
children, men and women, slept in the
same room,that in this vast mass of poor
people vice possessed both sexes and all
ages. This conversation was interrupted
from time to time by the entry of some
poor devil who presented himself at the
cash window to pay an installment < f
his rent—5 cents or 10 cents—all of which
La Femme Culotte buried in her breeches
pocket*
“Conducted by this lady in person,
whom her tenants salute as a sovereign,
we make the round of the ‘city/ Every
where the same spectacle of heart rend
ing poverty; entire families in dwellings
where a single person could hardly find
room. In one of these holes a woman
with a new born child lay on a straw
pallet, while the oldest girl, of 12, was-
cooking on a little furnace, and the odor
of the charcoal mingled with the pes
tilential emanations from the rubbish
which the husband had brought in and
was raking over. Young boys, who had
been hunting rags, tired out, were sleep
ing at the foot of the bed, by the side of
the mother and babe. Poverty descends
in those families with the calling. Some
here are honest fathers, who for 20 years
have lived in the ‘city/ worked like dogs,
paid their rent regularly, and have never
been able to lay up a sou for the morrow.
Others are worthless scamps, spend each
day’s wages at tbe rum shop, and live on
a morsel of bread, so long as they get as
much brandy as possible. __ Children born
in these ‘cities’ are raised in the midst of
the most degrading sights. Modesty is
an unheard word; shame an unknown
feeling. Old men pass by with backs
bowed, whose lives have been passed in
this filth, buried under their load of re
fuse, covered with vermin. ^ Here are
born little beings who will die without
having caught a glimpse, even for an in
stant, of the joys of life.”
The Most Knowing Dog in Dur
ham.—Lieutenant Thomas H. Walker of
Durham has had with him, boarding,
the past two months, a valuable setter
dog named Jake Skinner, belonging to
Alvah A. Ssinner, jeweler, of Boston.
Recently, Lieutenant Walker was con
fined to his bed by sickness for three
days, and during this time the dog
evinced great solicitude for his friend,
remaining at the head of the bed the
entire time, not even leaving for hi:*
meals. One day during her husband’s
illness Mrs. Walker was bringing in wood
from the shed, and noticing the dog
watching closely, she said to him, “Why
don’t you bring in some wood. Jack.”
The dog immediately arose, went to the
'hed, took a stick in his mouth, brought
it into the house, and deposited it in the
wood-box. This he repeated six times,
when, probably thinking he had done
his share, he retained to his post at tbe
head of his master’s bed. On the day
that Lieutenant Walker recovered suffici
ently to be able to sit up in bed, the dog
seemed highly delighted, and proceeded
at once to bring his master’s stockings tt
him, and thenrollowed with his boots.
AGtlena correspo* dent of the Chicago
Tribune “has positive assurance that
General Grant will make a tour of South
America and Mexi< o before settling
down to quiet life, and will make the
journey after visiting New York city
and Philadelphia.”
The Terrible Adventures ot a Pike
County Andy.
A special to the Philadelphia Pm.
from Rowlands, Pike county, October £ 8
says: Mrs. Mary Avery, a widow lady
45 years of age, living near Honesville
recently started out on foot from that
place to visit relatives near here. Fright
overtook her while passing through
“Tinkwig swamp,” in the western por
tion of Lackawanna township. Pike
county, and as the darkness increased she
lost her way and wandered from the pat h
She finally became fast in some mire near
the centre of the swamp, and m vain d 7 d
she try to escape. The more she strug
gled the deeper she sank, and she was
forced to give up her struggles and trvst
in Providence for deliverance. For ei t
days she remained in this place up to
waist in the bog, without food, s
some birch bark that grew on the bus .
within her reach. She was obliged
to drink the dirty water in which
she stood. On the seventh day she gu\E
up all hope of rescue, but on the m. ru
ing of the eighth day she had a presc :
ment that she would l>e rescued from the
horrible death which threatened her. Mr.
John Baisden, a gentleman who happen* d
to be passing through the swamo on
hunting expedition, on the afternoon of
the eighth day of Mrs. Avery’s imprison
ment, heard her cry for help. Proceed
ing in the direction from which the cry
came, he discovered Mrs. Avery in a
semi-unconscious condition. The joy
caused by seeing Mr. Baisden had so
acted upon her feelings as to make
her partially unconscious. Mr. Bats
den endeavored to extricate the suf
fering woman, but was unable to do so.
He was obliged to walk a distance of
nearly three miles to obtain help. He
returned accompanied by some of the
neighbors, with a wagon and sonic
boards. The boards were laid across
the bog and Mrs. Avery was final . •
rescued. It was after one o’clock in the
morning, on the ninth day of her
captivity, before she reached the nearest
house. Medical assistance was procured
as soon as possible, and after several
hours the lady recovered conscioesne^-.
and was given food, the first that had
passed her lips in one hundred and ninety
four hours. Mrs. Avery is verv respect
ably connected, and has wealthy and in
fluential relatives in Pike and Wayne
counties. It is feared by the doctors who
have charge of her that'her mind will be
seriously impaired by the terrible ad
venture.
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC.
The Company Indebted to the Gov
ernment About $1,000,000.
According to a "Washington dispatch i:
has been ascertained by the Auditor ot
Pacific Railroad Accounts' that the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad Company, under
the Thurman act, is required to pay into
the sinking fund for the year ending De
cember 31, 1878, about $1,000,000. The
same officer estimates t:»at the Central
Company, for the current calendar year,
will have to pay into the sinking fend
about $900,000. These amounts are ox
elusive of the sum due the company for
services rendered. The law requires l hat
the money ascertained to be due the sink
ing fund for each calendar year shal <
be paid into the Treasury on the
1st day of February follow:: \
The recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court put a stop
to all efforts ou the part of the Pacific
Railroad Companies to resist th< pay
ment required by the Thurman act, and
the Central Pacific Company, therefore,
will be called upon to make a speedy
settlement for the year 1878, and to pay
over promptly the amount due for'the
current year. No dividend can be de
dared by the company until the require
ments of the law are complied with.' The
Union Pacific Company, inconsequence
of the iaige amount of business trans
acted for the government during the cur
rent year, will not be called upon i j ay
any cash to the sinking fund. The v et-
vices rendered the government by th
company will, it is believed, exceed th*
amount required from it for that fund.
A Reminiscence of Webster’s Reply
to Hayne.
3Ir. James Watson Webb writes a~
follows to the New York Times:
“I have just read with much pleasure
your notice of the late Joseph Gale?, so
long the veteran of the press, and his
accomplished and estimable widow re
cently deceased. Y’ou mention the
that Mr. Gales repotted Mr. Webs
great speech in reply to Hayne, in :
lion to which the following inciccL -
stated to_me by Mr. Webster, and « T
firmed by Mr. Gales, may be of inter
T bad no idea,’ said Mr. Webster,‘of the
great importance which would be
niched by the public to my reply to Mr.
Ilayne, and I was not in the habit, up u
that period, of making full notes, a? at
present. Consequently,when my friends,
with great unanimity, demanded the
publication of the speech, Iwasqnite
uuable to gratify them. I had observed,
however, that during the delivery of the
speech my friend Mr. Gales had taken
notes of it, and I applied to him to know
if he could aid me. He expressed his
regrets that I had not made ti*e
application sooner, and added that he
did take full notes of the speech, but it
was in short-hand, and unfortunately he
could not decipher his own shcrt-hn
after an interval of a few days. Of
course, I was annoyed and felt that the
speech was lost, just when the public,
by their appreciation of it, had made me
appreciate it. Mr. Gales perceived mv
annoyance, and said: *lt has frequently
occurred that, when I could not decipher
my short-hand notes, Mrs. Gales could.
Give me your brief notes and I will place
them with my full short hand notes in
the hands of Mrs. Gales, and see whe
she can do* for us.” I replied that I
would accompany him to Mrs. Gales,
place my notes ia her hands, and ask he
as a favor to do what she could for ns
The result is my published speech in n
ply to Mr. Hayne, which I had not es
timated very highly, but which I now
consider one of my best efforts. It^
preservation is due solely to Mrs.
Gales.’”
Took the Veil.—A Cincinnati dic-
pa'ch says: “Miss Florence Lincoln, the
beautiful and accomplished daughter cf
Timothy D. Lincoln, of this city, took
the veil of a novice at the Ursuline Con
vent of St. 3Iartin’s, in Brown county,
\Yednesday. Miss Lincoln is but twenty-
two years old, is finely educated and
wealthy, and was one of the queens of
society here. Her father is a Protestant
nod leading lawyer. Her mother and
si>ters are Catholics. The ceremony
was very impressive, and was conducted
?»y Rev. F. X. Dutton, a cousin of the
candidate for nunship. Only the mother
and immediate relations of the lady
witnessed the ceremony.”
W.J3. Henderson, commercial editor
of the San Francisco Chronicle, shot him
self twice in the head Wednesday in a
saloon in that city, and died in a few
hours.
1§op gmers.
xi by t
strain of your duties, avoid stimulants and take
HOP BITTERS.
If you are a man of letters, toiling over yoar
midnight work, to restore brain and
nerve waste, take
HOP BITTERS.
iu are young and suffering from ai
discretion or dis ipation, take
HOP BITTERS.
If you are married or single, old or young, suf
fering from poor bea th or languish
ing on a bed of sickness, take
HOP BITTERS.
Whoever you are. wherever you are, whenever
you feel that your system needs c eans-
ing. toning or stimu'ating. with
out intoxicating, take
HOP RITTERS.
Have you dyspepsia, kidney or urinary com
plaint. disease of the stomach, bowels,
blood, liver or nerves* You will
be cored if you take
HOP BITTERS.
Your druggist keeps it.
HOP BITTERS.
UhA^^ed hundred,.
paiNTINO.—Befoxv ; , give
x traveling ageuts for yo* -
estimates at the Morning New,,