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Georgia Affairs.
We learn from the Washington Gazette that
Captain W. G. Cade's mi l dam, about three
miles from that town, v. as washed away dur-
ng the heavy rain last Sunday night. It cov
ered three or four acres, which are now dry
enough for a barley patch.
The big meteor of Thursday last was seen
also in Madism. The Madisonian says as it
pa«©d over the town it presented the appear
ance of a large ball of fire wh'ch traveled very
slowly, going in a zigzag course. The train
which accompanied It was at least twenty
minutes disappearing after the meteor itself
had disappeared.
The editor of the Madison Madisonian Is
pleased that Jolly, the DeKalb county mur
derer, will be sent to the penitentiary for life
Instead of to the ga’lows, because he Ii consti
tutionally opposed to capital punishment.
The follow!rg is the result of the municipal
election held in Macon last Saturday: Mr.
Felix Corput was elected Mayor; Mr. O. F.
Adanfs. Treasurer, and Mr. H. A. Blue, City
Clerk. The election of the following Aldermen
is considered certain: First ward—II G. Cutter,
C. Masterson: second ward—Jos. Daunenberg,
J. E. Hudgins; third ward—R. H. Brown, T. H.
Hendricks, F. 8. Johnson: fourth ward—?. S.
Dunlap, W. F. Cannon.
Marietta tas been indulging in the luxury of
serious fracases of late. The Journal says
that on last Monday night, Henry Brown,
colored, accosted Van Young, colored, for the
payment of 15 cents loaned him. The latter
denied the debt and the former gave him the
lie. Young pulled out his knife and cut Brown
twice, once on the right arm and once on the
body, and then flod. No arrests. On the t-ame
night John Jone3, colored, struck Henry
Williams, colored, on the head with a stone.
The stone was badly damaged, but the negro's
head is all right.
The Advertiser wants the people of Bruns
wick to turn in and build a tow-boat. It says
there is no use saying it can’t be done, for mu'
terial for such a craft and men competent to
put them together are right there on limd.
The LaG range Reporter tells of a man in
Troup county who increases the weight of his
cotton bales by placing them over a stream of
water the night before carrying them to mar
ket. In this way a good deal of moisture Is
absorbed by the cotton.
Tom Betts, the negro who killed Judge Moore
in Clayton county on the 28th of October last,
has been sentenced to be hanged on Friday,
January 21, 1881.
Miss Emma Smith, daughter of Mr. J. It.
Smith, of Coffee county, was stricken with
paralysis one day lost week while sweeping
the yard, and was at last accounts lying in a
very critical condition. The Pierson Gazette
says: “This disease is becoming ve- y common
in Southern Georgia, and seems to be confined
mostly to the young. This is the second in
stance within the last four months where two
young JadiVs of our county were stiickea down
with this disease.”
Georgia has inaugurated an emigration
scheme of her own through the enterprise of
a railroad corporation haviDg 3,OOJ,OCX) acre* of
salablt land in the northeastern part of the
State. One hundred Swiss are announced to
set sail from Havre, December 4, to found the
Georgia. Switzerland. Georgia is the most
progressive of the Southern States, and sets an
example that may be followed with profit by
the other. 1 .
On Saturday afternoon lost about 3 o’clock,
says the Columbus Times, as two negro men
were working on the remains of an old store
room, which had been purchased by Messrs.
Brannon <fc Caison for the purpose of erecting
a new building, the south side of the brick work
fell in and killed one of them. The name of
the unfortunate man was John Graham. He
was about sixty years of age, and has always
been considered a fa thful and trustworthy ser
vant. His head was mashed In pieces, and he
presented a sickening sight. He was instantly
killed by the falling wail.
The coal famine has struck Rome, and the
bulletin says it is impossible to buy a ton of
the fuel in that city. The people tlame the
dealers and the dealers blame the railroads.
According to the A’etri and Advertiser the
merchants of Albany have been so busy that
even the croakers have not hid time to croak.
Uuder the heading “A 3ood Publication’* the
Augusta Rem says: ‘Every farmer and
planter, not only in Georgia, but of the entire
South, should be a constant subscriber to the
Southern Farmer's Monthly, published at Sa
vannah, by J. H. Estill. It is one of the mo«.t
complete and satisfactory publications of Ua
kind ever issued iu America, and the price is
only $2 per annum—the current number alone
being worth the sum. L. C. Bryan, its editor,
is one of the best posted and most practical
men In the business. Take our word for it, you
will not regret having a monthly visit from
this household friend.”
According to theTFotton County Vidette, Mr.
B. F. Phillips, the efficient Marshal of Monroe,
announces to his disorderly friends that from
this date the following bill of fare will be
served at his hotel, the boo’: Plain drunk, fire
dollars and costs: cutting up shines, ten dollars
and costs; small row, five dollars for each one
taking a hand: big row, ten dollars and costs
for each one engaged; res'stirg the Marshal,
twenty-five dollars and costa.
Says the Washington Gazette: “High prices
brought cotton to town with a rush. It has
now relapsed to the usual amount per diem,
which is a good amount itself. It isstfil thought
the receipts will go to n.-arly ’4,000 bales. The
fair weather will probably cause a t many
of the late boll* to open sufficiently for pick
ing. This cotton ranks very low grade, but It
is wellworth gathering. We have heard a good
many farmers say their stains brought more
last winter than their best cotton the winter
before.”
Rome Tribune: “Captain II. W. Dean, who
has just returned from atrip to his plantation*
down the Coosa river, remarked to a Tribune
reporter yesterday that a i *rge amount of cot
ton is still in the fields down the river to be
harvested. 7 he bad weather has delayed har
vesting considerably, and the fields in some
parts of the country uround Romo are white
with the fleecy staple. This is another evi
dence that the receipts of this year will be
largely in excess of those of last year and
leaves no doubt whatever that Borne will re
ceive 100,000 bales, if not more.”
Says the Brunswick Advertiser: “ The
whaler Golden City. Captain Avery, arrived in
port this week from a six-months’ cruise off
our c ast in search of whales, bringing as her
trophies 190 barrels of oil. The recent ugly
weather has been quite a drawback to the busi
ness, the Captain reports. In one instance, a
large whale lashed to the side of the vessel was
torn loose and carried off by the waves, and in
another instance a whale had been cut up and
ad the blubber was lying on th** deck, when a
heavy sea, breaking over the deck, ca*-ried it
all away. In a short while, now. we may ex
pect quite a little fleet of whalers in po t.”
Athens Banner, Sunday: “There was an ac
cident to a freight train on the Georgia Road,
•t Oconee statlou early yesterday morning.
We could not learn the cause of it, nor any
particulars as to Lhe damage done—on’y that it
was a “big smash up.” The injury to the road
was so great that it could not be repaired yes
terday. The day train from Augusta
went to the break and the passen
gers and mails were tran«ferred. This
• rain had not returned from the place of
disaster, at the time the Athens branch train
left Union Point vesterdav afternoon, which
was about four o'clock. Nobody was hun in
the accident”
The Columbus Enquirer *ays that on Satur
day last a negro on i.road street, in that city,
made one of the boldest attempts to steal a
horse ever heard of. The animal was tied in
front of a store, and the darkey coolly walked
U P. jumped in the saddle and rode off. The
owner was near by and called to him to stop,
but he never looked back. Ctiare was given,
“ht he, after turning Markham’s corner, put
Jhe horse to a rallop. leaving his pursuer far
behind. Seeing that ne would soon be caught,
he rode into Messrs. DlsbrowA Co.’* stable and
**idina very excited manner: “Mr. Fontaine
*aya curry and feed this horse " He then left
and has not been seen since. Mr. G. W. Glenn,
owner of the horse, came to the Ftabe and
secured him. The negro Is unknown and
will probably never be captured.
Greensboro Home Journal: “A serious diffi
culty about business matters occurred at the
fir it fills.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
depot in this city on last Monday evening, be
tween Dr. W. L. Bethea and Mr. J. L. Cary,
which resulted in warm words, and a blow
from Mr. Cary, followed by a pistol shot by Dr.
B., the ball penetrating the chest and produc
ing an ugly and dangerous wound. The young
man was borne to the residence of Mr. J. C.
Palmer, a relative where he now lies in some
piin, under the skillful treatment of Dre. J. E.
Walker and J. H. Gheesling. Dr. Bethea was
arrested, and put under a bond of five hundred
dollars to appear at his commitment trial on
next Saturday. The occurrence is much re
gretted l^the mutual friends of both parties
We know cothing of the merits of the difficul
ty. and therefore desist from any comments.”
The Conyers Examiner mentions a fatal
accident which happened to Mr. Barton Scott,
son of James Scott, who resides near Oak Hill,
in Newton county, last Satuiday. It says:
“Mr. Scott and his three brothers were out in
the woods squirrel hunting. They were walking
along four abreast, and after passing about
fifty feet beyond an old dead post oak tree, it
fell among the crowd, striking Mr. Barton
Scott, completely crushing him and producing
instant death. No warning of the danger wa-s
heard for the tree came up by its root* with
out makieg any noise, and neither of them
suspected anything until the one who fell a
victim to the sad accident was crushed instant
ly to death. We have been infoimed the de
ceased was a young man of fine prospects in
this iife, a hightoned Christian gentleman,”
Atlanta Post : ‘Last evening two soKiers.
one too drunk to know his own name, were on
their way westward toward the barracks W lien
they neared the corner of Forsyth aud Mitchell
streets, in front of Mr. Inman’s residence, the
drunken one became noisy, profane, obscene
and boisterous, and was remonstrated with by
officer Bearl. This exasperated him and he
railed out on the officer until he was taken
hold of by Mr. Beard, when he and his com
panion showed fight, making a desperate and
bitter onslaught. The officer sounded tne
alarm several times, but -could get
no official assistance until he was
wearied out, when he summoned passers by
and several citizens came to his assistance.
They were knocked down repeatedly and
rapidly by these bellicose sons of Mars, until
finally another effleer put in his appearance,
when the sober blue coat took to nis heels,
under the *pur of the distant hope of thus be
ing able to fight another day, and made his
escape. The drunken one was caged after hard
labor by these officers and several citizens.
TTiis morn ng he is ab’e to tell his name, but
slept till the call of ten cases, when he object
ed to bring waked to be tried, but opposite the
name of \\ in. Keith were sec the charges of
drunkenness, disorderly conduct, blasphemy,
obscenity, reristing an officer end assault, $5
in each, and chain gahg till paid.”
Florida Affairs.
Key West pays a monthly oont ribution to the
internal revenue fund of about $21,500. Cigars
to the value of $*12,000 were shipped from that
city to New York by the last steamer.
The Key West Key says : “From several
persons living on our coast, we learn that the
overglades is filled to ovei flowing with water
and dead fish are all over it. This U doubtless
caused by Lake Okeechobee rising over its
banks. Our coasts as yet, except in the vi[
cinity of Tainpa and Charlotte Harbor, have
a very few or no dead fish."
Tampa is suffering from a glut of gold The
Tribune says it is hard to get change in any
other currency, and yet the people are not
happy.
They are getting ready to ship “cukes " and
tomatoes down about
We learn from the Jacksonville Union that
last Tuesday night, near Live Oak, a colored
train hand,while passing wi h his lantern from
one coach to another, was fired at twice by
some mi.-creant who stood in full view of all
persons on the train. One bullet pierced the
door-facing just above the intended victim’s
head. Luckily no one was hurt. This shooting
Into passenger trains is becomit g too frequent
for comfort.
The Sun and Press is claiming that Lieuten
ant Governor elect Bethel is not a citizen of
Fioriia, but that he wav born in one of the
Bahama Islands, never has been naturalized,
ar.d is, therefore, a British subject. No doubt
Mr. Bethel knows well enough his civil status,
aDd -vill make it clear to the Sun and Press In
due time.
A suit has been entered in Judge Dawk'ns'
Court, at Gainesville, by J. A. Stewart and
Fred. A. Conkling against the Atlantic, Gulf
and West India Transit Company. The com
ploinants, beirg trustees of said railroad, ask
for an order of sale for the benefit of the bond
holders. The amount of bonds is S2,300,(.00
with interest at 7 per cent. due tince Ju y of
1973.
The Fernundina Mirror states that the river
front of that city presents quite a forest of
masts. The lumoer trade is very active, and
the fruit shipments are beginning already to
be considerable, and will Increase every week.
The Orange Lake and Marion county fruit
growers are impatiently awaiting the comple
tion of the Peninsular road to the south bank
of Orange Lake, which will at one© furnish
transportation for a large section of country.
The officers and directiors of the ftate Fair
Association are energetically working on the
arrangements for the next exhibition,
which comes off at the Shell Rond,
near Jacksonville on the 25th of January
next, and will continue throughout the week.
A liberal premium list, considerably larger
than that of last year, has been prepared.
J. W. Whitney, Esq , late editor of the Jack
sonville Telephone, had his fine residence de
stroyed by fire Saturday. About 1 o’clock in
the morning the wind was blowing sharp and
cold from the north, when his servunt found it
necessary to force open a back dour of the
main building to announce to the sleeping
occupants their perilous situation. The fire
originated in the kitchen, adjoining the north
end of the house, and in a very ftw minutes
had spread, and was rapidly consuming the
Jmain building when the startling intelligence
aroused Mr. Whitney, his wife and child, who
escaped only about five minutes before the
roof fell through.
The proprietors of the Jacksonville Union
have purchased the good will, fixtures, etc ,
of the Telephone and have merged it into the
Union. This latter paper is soon to be en
larged, and we congratula e it upon its pros
perity.
Jacksonville Union: “As it has been ru
mored abroad that there have been cases of
yellow fover in Jacksonville, and an we are in
formed that pat-sengeis en route here have
stopped in Savannah in consequence of these
false rumors, we think it proper to say, cm
phatic-Uy. that we have not known of a aingle
ca*e of yellow fever in Jacksonville this sum
mer. and even If there had been an isolated
case* Jack Frost has paid three vu-its to this
patient community, and upon Dr. Jack Frost’s
authori'y we are enabled to state that there is
Dot the slightest probability of yellow fever
visiting Jacksonville at this late day.”
Madison Recorder: Ever since the oraDge
season set In several of our merchants have
been engaged in shipping oranges raised in
Madison and Taylor counties to the Northern
markets for sale. But nothing like a boom was
made until Thursday, when Mr. Lemuel Bar
ance, over 17,000, from Madison county. Who
say* we can't raise oranges in Middle Florida?
Now let everybody who owns any land set out
au orage grove, and in a few years you can re
cline in ease over the income received from
It.”
Says the Tampa Tribune : “A large portion
of salable lots, adjoining the city limits are
looked upon by sefilere as not very desirable
locations, from the fact that several colored
families, aDd the colored Baptist and Metho-
oist churches are in too close proximity to
these lots. Now we must admit that this
•church screaming, dancing and jumping’ is a
great nuisance and bother, but outride of this
our colored people gene aliy. make kiud ani
obliging neighbors. However it is to be hoped,
through the course of time, that they will
leain to worship God in a more quiet and
orderly manner.'
Jac ksonville Sun and Press: “Last w< ek a
Mr Brown and Wm Dickerson, of Dago, killed
near that place a big bear.which weighed near
ly 8 0 pounds. The bear, which has been
doing much damage to stock in ihe last four or
five years, recent y killed a cow, and the hunt
in which he was kil'ed wa gotten up esp-cially
for his benefit. Shortly after the dogs had
started the bear the men took their rep 3 rate
stands, and soon after the bear came in sight
of Brown, who fired upon him but only slightly
wounded him. lhe bear then chased Brown
several times around a clump of five sma'l
oaks, and finally dodged through tnem in an
attempt to cut off Mr. Brown, at which criti
cal moment Dickerson’s dog seized bruin be
hind and gave Brown an ooportumiy to reload
and deliver a fatal shot. 7 he shot was deliver
ed jud in time, as Brown's dog had been al
ready killed, and Dickerson s was badly bitten.
When dressed it is said that the fat on the
bear's back measured five inches in thickness.
Myer & Muller, of this city, had recently one
of the claws of this b* ar.”
Th# Monticello Constitution gives the fol
lowing advice to the cotton planters of its rec-
tlon. which mar be read wilh profit by the
planters all over the State. It saj s : “Messrs.
S. Simon & Son, of this town, have permitted
us to examine a letter from one of their Savan
nah correspondents, which fully explains the
discrepancy between the quoted prices pre
vailing there and here for cotton, and the
trouble in effecting prompt sales. Hundreds,
if not thousands of bales of Florida cotton
have been rejected after sales had been
effected, because of the indifferent and
careless manner of preparing the
staple for market—all grades, from mid-
dl ng to very loic ordinary being found in the
same bale. In one lot of two hundred bales
that had been sold at a fair price, one
hundred and twenty-five were afterwards
rejected b/ the purchaser as mixed
cott#n. Florida cotton has thereby ac-
acquired an unenviable reputation, and the
merchant* find great difficulty in affecting
sales even at one cent per pounnd below quo
tation* for cotton from other :8>ates. U-
der these circumstances cotton producers need
not expect full prices for their staple unless
the local purchasers become reckless and have
very long purees to make up for their losses.
The planter must not mx cotton in the bale if
he desires the full market price for the same.
We shall refer to this matter again when we
have more time and space.”
The Fernandina Mirror tells how a stranger
was boldly robbed on a train, last Tuesday
night, by two rascals, as follows: “Mr. Wil
liam A. Campbell, of Illinois, was a passenger
on the train on Tuesday night, between Macon
and Jesup. Shortly before reaching Jesup
another passenger on the train, calling him
self Reno, a-cosced him and pretended he was
also from Chicago, and was a clerk in a busi
ness house there. The two went icto the
smoking car where they met another party, a
confederate, who soon engaged in a game of
monte with Reno. After a little R*-no asked
Campbell to lo*n him ten dol ars to continue
the game. Campbell took out his wallet to
get the ten dollars, when one of them grabbed
his pocket book containing three hundred and
thirty dollars. Mr. Campbell was unarmed
and powerless to prevent the robbery. At
Jesup. where they arrived in a short time, the
men disappeared. Mr. Campbell telegraphed
to Feruandsna to have the men arrested, and.
oa the arrival of the Plant on Wednesday
morning. Justice Ellemiann arrested the
two men, who gave their n-unes as John Aili
son and H. L. Reno. Both are undoubtedly
false names, as Reno subsequently te egraphed
to Jacksonville in the name of Mike McCuen.
Upon bei'-g searched, the sum of $l‘A) was
found on Reno and $10 on Al ison, who doubt
less had a larger amount concealed on his per
son which escaped the searcher’s observation.
They were committed to jail to await the arri
val of Mr. W. A. Campbell, the victim of the
robbery, who fully identified them. On Friday
morning Mr. T. W. Evaretts, the jailer, re
ported to ’Squire Ellermann that his prisoners
had escaped. Upon examination, their cells
and the outer door was found unlocked. Owing
to these circumstances. ’Squire Ellermann had
the jailer arrested and bound over to the Cir
cuit Court to answer a charge of aiding in their
escape. Mr. Ellermann recognized Reno alias
McCuen as a bunco man who has been in Jack
sonville the last two winters.”
The Monticello Constitution reports a horri
ble murder committed in Jefferson county a
few davs ago by two negro desperadoes. It
says that “Air. W. Z. Bailey, Sheriff of this
county, has in his possession warrants for the
arrest of two n»gro men, living near the
Aucilla—Andrew Fell and Peter Kennedy—
charged, we believe, with assault with intent
to kill. Andrew Fell attempted to take the
life of a n-gro companion by cutting his
throat, and Peter Kennedy wounded another
negro with a gun. They are both desperate
characters, and Fell especially has made him
self notorious, having served a term in the
State Penitentiary, worked in the chain gang
of this county, and has indulged in numerous
broils and fights. On last Saturday Sheriff
Bailey decided on their arrest, so as to bring
them to trial before the Circuit Court the pre
sent week; and, with said purpose in view,
secured the services of Mr. J. H. Whittaker to
assist him in arresting the men. They reached
Major Bellamy’s plantation a little after dark,
and soon after visited the cabin of Andr. w
Fell. The fellow had been duly advised cf the
f presence of the bheriff, and his cabin was
_outd deserted. It was ascertained, how
ever. from law-abiding colored men that
the parties the officers desired to secure were
on the plantation, and securing tLe services of
two colored men, the posse divided into two
searching parties, agreeing to meet at the
cemetery, within a few hundred yards of Maj.
Bellamy’s residence. At about 9 o’clock the
parties united ns agreed upon, and immediate
ly thereafter the men they were in search o*
were observed proceeding along the main roai
just ahead; the arresting party followed, and
ordered a halt, but instead of complying with
the demand they increased their sueed, and
fli ed a pistol shot at the officers. Whittaker re
turned the fire with a pistol—evidently with
the purpose of influoccing a surrender. It had
no effect, however; but as the officers were
gaining upon the criminals, and when within a
few yards of them, they turned and fired an
enormous load of buctshot from a double
barrel guu, which took effect in the
body of Air. Whitfaker, who fe 1, ex
claiming: ‘Sheriff, I a?n a dead man—
shot in the bowe'sl' and immediatey expired.”
Great exciiernent was caused br this horrid
deed. The negroes escaped, but the C.msfifu-
tion says: “The State of Florida and citizens
of Jefferson will offer an ample reward for
the arrebt cf the murderers, and they will
most surely be brought to justice. So damning
a crime will not go unpunished. Fell and
Kenney may be screened from arrest by base,
bad men for a short time, but they will sure’y
come to grief ere long. The honest, iaw-abiu-
ing citizers of the county are now aroused as
they nerer were before, and any man who
harbors, or assibts in the concealment of the
outlaws, will he made to suffer the extreme |
penalty of the law.”
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
YESTERDAY'S CONGRESSIONAL
PROCEEDINGS.
The Credential# of the J1 ember from
the Nineteenth Ohio District — A
Lively Discussion on the Inter
oceanic Canal—Sympathy lor Ire<
land—The Belief of Fllz*Joiin
Porter— Nominations —Fire Proof
Public Buildings lor Pensacola,
THE MOREY LETTER.
A Well-Defined Rumor that the Let
ter was Offered for Sale to A nother
Dally Paper for $700.
Reto York Star, 7 th.
Detectives have been at work in Brook
lyn for the last two weeks making in
vestigations concerning the Morey letter.
Their labors have not been altogether in
vain, and in a few days some surprising
statements will be made public.
The evidence collected so far, it is be
lieved, will establish the fact that Truth
has been made the victim of a clever and
unscrupulous journalist’s forgery. The
result of the investigations made in
Brooklyn, as related, go far toward prov
ing that the Morey letter was written by
a man formeTiy in the employ of a pro
minent evening paper in the City of
Churches. It is believed that this man
caused the letter to be offered for sale to
the New York Sun for $700. He is the
same man who is suspected of having
written a letter which appeared in the
public prints some time ago over the al
leged signature of Rutherford B. Hayes,
and by that gentleman repudiated.
The author of the Morey letter is also
supposed to be the same man who wrote
a letter which was attributed to Mr.
Conkling, and by that gentleman re
pudiated.
Discoveries have been made which so
far tend to show that the men responsi
ble for the Morey letter are men who
have been active in the endeavor to
fasten the authorship of the letter on
Henry Kenward Philp.
In submitting the Morey envelope to
an examination, the result of which has
heretofore been made public, the name
of a detective who, last summer, was
fxequently in Philp’s company, is said
to have been difeovered.
Judging from the result of the investi
gations made in Brooklyn, it wiil not be
surprising if the author of the Morey
letter is found turning up in court as a
witness for the prosecution of Philp.
The man in question has resigned from
the paper on which he was employed,
and one of his associates has made a
statement which will be used against
him.
The person referred to was a few days
ago requested to resign by one of the
stockholders of the paper on which he
was employed. AU that he knows about
the Morey letter is said to be known to
George Bliss and John I. Davenport.
Crazed by Neuralgia.—Miss Jennie
Rhoton, an estimable young lady, living
in Poor Valley, Lee county, Va., who is
subject to violent attacks of neuralgia,
met with a terrible experience a short
time since. On her way to a field near
the house at evening she was seized with
a sudden attack of neuralgia, and, driven
almost crazy, took the wroDg path, and
wandered through the fields and woods
in an aimless way until night came on.
In her madness she ascended the Cum
berland Mountain, and when her cries
were beard she was found on the summit
half frozen and unable to move. In her
half delirious condition she had imagined
she could travel better barefoot, and
taking off her shoes and stockings, had
wandered on the rough mountain side
for three hours, and her feet and legs
were fearfully lacerated by the stones
and briars. She was carried back to her
home, and is still in a dangerous condi
tion.
Divorced Witiioct Knowing It.—
A telegram from Chicago, December 0,
says: A curious case of a husband and
wife being parties to a divorce suit with
out their knowledge came to light here
to night, involving persons of some
prominence. The husband is John F.
Hurrill, a prominent Mason, who now is,
and for the last ten years has been. Grand
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Masons
of Illinois. Mrs. Burnll, who returned
from the East to-day. brought with her
papers showing that her husband had in
stituted proceedings for a divorce in
September last, upon which a divorce
was granted on her default in Novem
ber. She exhibited the documents to
Mayor Harrison and other well known
Masons. Mr. Burrill was in Springfield,
and when the matter was brought to his
notice he denied having ever instituted
any proceedings for a divorce, and said
he did not know anything about it. He
immediately took the train for Chicago
to investigate the matter.
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regular business. A single dose will con
vince you of their wonderful effect,
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, December 13.—In the
House, Mr. Townsend, of Oaio, presented
the credentials of E B. Taylor, as member
elect from the Nineteenth district of Ohio
(Garfield’s district.).
Mr. Hurd, ol Ohio, the credentials hav
Ing been read, objected to Taylor’s being
6worn in. and moved that the credentials be
referred to the Committee on Elections.
Mr. McKinley, of Ohio—Qa what grounds?
Mr. Hurd stated that on the 15th of May,
1878, a law had been passed by the Ohio
LeKlslature creating the Nineteenth district.
Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio (interrupting)—
Tht* certificate of election is regular on Its
face, Is it not ?
Mr. Hurd—I take It that it is not.
Proceeding, Mr. Hurd said that Gen
eral Garfield had been elected from the
Nineteenth district, as it had been compos
ed under the law of 1878. In 1880 the law
of 1878 had been repealed and a new die
trict created. The ground upon which Tay
lor rested his claim was that the vacancy
which had been created by the resignation
of Garfield from the old Nineteenth district
might be filled by an election held within
the territory which had formerly composed
that district. This claim, he submitted,
was without foundation. Garfield’s resig
nation could not occasion a vacancy
that district, and therefore on the face
of the certificate It was patent that Taylor
had no right to sit in the House. The
whole trouble was with the Legislature of
Ohio, which bad passed a law whereby
380,000 people would have fifteen Repre-
sen’atives In the next Congress, while 260,-
000 would only have five Representatives.
Without making provision for vacancies,
let the Legislature of Ohio bear the blame,
and let not the House seat a man elected
from a district which had no existence
Mr. McKinley argued that, assuming that
there was any force in the objection made
by his colleague (Mr. Hurd), the member
elected had a prir/ia facie right to his sea*.
The o’ jectlon should go to the Committee
on Elections, but in the meantime the mem
ber elect snould not be deprived of his right
to represent the Nineteenth district.
After some further discussion Mr. Hurd
withdrew his objection and, Mr. Taylor hav
ing qualified, moved that his credentials be
referred to the Committee on Elections,
which motion was agreed to.
The Speaker then proceeded to call
States for bills and resolutions, under which
call a number were introduced and re
ferred, among which was a resolution by
Mr. Crapo, of Massachusetts, declaring the
policy of the United States in regard to an
interoceanic canal. It Is as follows :
Resolved, That the construction of an Inter
oceanic caual connecting the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans by means of
foreign capital, under the auspices of or
through a charter from any European gov
ernment, is hostile to the established policy
of the United States, 19 In vto
lation of the spirit and declare
tion of the Monroe doctrine, and
cannot be sanctioned or absented to by this
eovernmen*; that the United States will
a^rert and maintain such control and super
vision of any interoceanic canal as may be
neceseary to protect it* national interest and
means of defense, unity and safety, and to
advance the prosperity and augment the
commerce of the Atlantic and Pacific States
of the Union.”
Mr. Crapo desired to have it referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, but this
motion was opposed by several memberp,
who desired to have it sent to the Commit
tee on the Int-roccailc Canal.
Mr. Cox, of New York, Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, did not
much care to what committee the resolu
tion went. The Foreign Affairs Committee
had reported already a resolution on this
subject, and the American republic was dis
graced because the American Congress had
not acted on that report. L-t the House
fix some time to consider that report and
notify M. De Lesseps that the Aartrican
people were still alive.
Mr. King, of Louisiana, Chairman of the
Interoceanic Committee, moved that the
resolution be referred to his committee, aud
argued that that was the proper committee
to which to send It. A somewhat similar
resolution had been reported to the House
by that committee, and it was to the shame
of the American people that no action had
been taken on It. He now held that report
In his hand, and if permission was granted
he would now put it on its passage. This
being out of order a vote was taken on the
reference, and tbe House, by a vote of 94 to
64, referred the resolution to the Foreign
Affairs Committee.
The call of 8tates was then resumed.
By Mr. O’Connor, of South Carolina—Re
pealing the export tax on tobacco, 6nuff and
cigars; also, for the construction of a ship
canal across Charleston neck.
Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, offered the fol
lowing resolution, which wa3 unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the sympathy of this nouse
is hereby extended to the unhappy laboring
class of Ireland in its efforts to effect a re
form in tbe present oppressive tenant sys
tem prevailing in that country.
Mr. Lowe, of Alabama, asked leave to
offer a resolution reciting that the laws of
certain States to regulate within their juris
diction the exercise of the electoral fran
chise, particularly In the States of Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, P.-nsnylvanla, Dela
ware, Virginia and Geonria, are claimed to
be restrictions on tLe electoral franchise,
aDd providing for the appointment of a
committee to examine Into matters relating
to the electoral franchise In several States,
as far as the same may be in violation of
the Constitution.
Mr. Morse, of Massachusetts, objected.
Mr. Bicknell, of Indiana, called up tbe
electoral count resolution.
Fernando Wood said that, seeing no pos-
slbilit> of a 6pt*edy termination of the pend
ing debate, he would move that the House
go into committee on the funding bill.
Mr. Bicknell stated that he proposed to
conclude the debate to-day.
Mr. Wood gave notice that after to-day
he would Insist on the question being taken
on his motion.
The House resumed consideration of the
electoral count resolution, and at 5 o’clock
adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, a resolution offered by Mr.
Vest instructing the Civil 8ervice Commit
tee to Inquire Into the propriety of such
legislation as shall require the fllllDg of
vacancies In the Signal Corps,above the rank
of Sergeant by appointment from the navy
or by promotion in tbe corps, led to a gen
eral discussion as to tbe methods of the Sig
nal Bureau.
Mr. Edmunds held that the Bureau was
originally a military department, and »o
long as it remained so its bead should be a
military officer.
Mr. Vest thought naval officers were by
trainlne better fitted for such duties, but
the service was no longer essentially mili
tary.
Mr. Maxey opposed any change in the
present arrangements.
Tbe resolution was finally amended, on
morion of Mr. Edmunds,so that the inquiry
shall be made by the Committee on Military
Affairs. As so amended the resolution was
adopted.
On motion of Mr. Randolph the bill for the
relief of FBzjohn Porter was taken up, by
a vote of 35 to 15, a parly vote, except that
Mr. Hoar voted aye.
Mr. Randolph offered an amendment, an
nounced by him a few days ago.
Mr. Edmnnds moved to amend by limit
ing to one year from the passage of the bill
the time within which Porter’s restoration to
the army can be made, so that if the present
or next President should not see fit to re
store him tbe bill should not live until
future administrations.
This was refected by a party vote, except
that Davis of Illinois ana McDonald voted
aye.
Mr. Carpenter then argued against the
power of Congress to revoke the sentence
of the court martial, or reinstate persons to
the army who had been expelled.
The debate was continued at some length,
In which Messrs. Edmunds, McDonald,
Hereford, Thurman and Voorhees partici
pated.
At 4:40 the Senate went into executive
session, and. when the doors were reopened
adjourned.
FIRE PROOF PUBLIC BUILD1XG3 FOB PENSA
COLA.
Mr. Jones, of Florida, Introduced a bill
in tbe Senate to-day authorising tbe Secre
tary of the Treasury to purchase all lands he
may deem necessary adjacent to the site oc
cupied by the public buildings lately de
stroyed by fire in Pensacola, aDd to erect
suitable fire proof public buildlDgs thereon.
Tbe bill appropriates $250,000 for the pur
pose.
NOMINATIONS.
Tbe President tc-dav sent the following
TUTT’S
nominations to the 8enate: Edgar Stanton,
of Illinois, to be Consul General at St.
Petersburg; Wolfgang Scboeule, of Ohio,
to be Consul at Barmen: First Lieutenant
Samuel E. Tillman, of Tennessee,
Corps of Engineers, to be Profes
sor at West Point of Chemistry, Min
eralogy and Geology. Postmasters—Wm.
8. Oakey at Salem, Va.: Lewis H. Phleger
at Piedmont, West Virginia; Miss Mary R.
Duzenbury at Concord, N. C.; Mrs. Emily
Atkinson at Georgetown, 8. C.; Wm. 8.
Cannon, at Spartanburg, S. C.; Henry Coch
ran at Selma, Ala.; Jno. M. Swisher, Jr., at
Corpus Christi, Texas: Thomas Richardson
at Port Gibson, Miss.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Savannah Poatmastershlp
Little Doubt as to Gen. TIcLaws’
Reappointment—The Duty on Im
ported Cotton Ties—The Improve
ment of the Chattahoochee River.
Washington, Desember 13.—There does
not seem to be much doubt of Gen. Me
Laws’ reappointment as Postmaster at
Savannah, from the way Postmaster General
Maynard talks. Tbe opposition to him is
headed by John H. Deveaux, who wants
the place himself. A protest sg&lnst
Gen. McLaws’ reappointment from the
alleged Republican State Central Commit-
fee of Georgia, has been forwarded to Mr.
Hayes. John T. Collins Is not yet a formal
applicant for the place, but Is being urged
by his friends here. The Republican oppo
sition to McLaws is based upon the assertion
that he affiliates with the Democrats and
not with the Republicans. The Savannah
bar has put forward a lawyer of that city
whose name cannot be ascertained to-night.
As stated in the outstart, however, McLaws
will very likely be reappointed.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
French to-day rendered a decision that Im
ported cotton ties have to pay a duty of 85
per cent, ad valorem lnete&d of a specific
duty of 2% per cent., as decided by Secreta
ry Sherman last spring.
Representative Nichols Introduced m the
House to-day a bill to appropriate $50,000
for tbe improvement of the Chattahoochee
river.
THE CHARLESTON RACES.
An Extra Day at Washington Course
—mark L. Said to be Broken Down
—A Protest from the Pool Holders
in the Third Race.
Charleston, S. C , December 13.—To
day was the extra day for the races at Wash
ington course.
In the first race, selling race, three quarter
mile heats, for all ages, for a purse of $200,
of which $175 to the first and $25 to tbe
second horse, there were five entries—Bees
wing, Lillian, Penwood, May Wilson and
Red Fox.
Lillian, tbe Bassett mare, was the favor
Ite In the pools, with May Wilson second
choice, the other three selling in the field.
Summarv—Lillian 1, 1; May Wilson 2, 2;
Red Fox 3, 3; Pen wood 4, 4; Beeswing dis
tanced. Time 1:20,1:20^.
In the second race, one and a quarter
mile* handicap, four started, Ben Hill and
Mark L having been withdrawn. 16 is
stated that tbe latter has been broken down
ami will retire from tbe turf. The starters
were Ella Warfield, Governor Hampton,
Memento (an aged horse, by John Morgan),
and Lottery. Ella Warfield, the favorite,
won easily, by a length. Governor Hampton
second, Lottery and Memento In the order
named.
Before the race was declared the holders
of pools on Gov.Hampton entered a protest,
on tbe ground that the horse was purposely
pulled to lose. It was claimed by these that
both Hampton and Warfield, coming from
the same stable, the owner should have
declared to win with either horse or filly.
There was no protest from the owners
of the other horses, and after consultation
the judges declared the race in favor of
Warfield on the ground that there was no
rule which required the owner of two
entries in the same race to declare the one
with which he would win. Warfield was
therefore declared winner of the race.
Time 2:17.
In the third race, mile heats, handicap
for all ages, the starters were Georgia Boy,
Pacific, Colonel Sprague and Redman.
Summary—Colonel Sprague 2, 1, 1; Pa
cific 1, 2, 2; Redman 3, distanced; Georgia
Boy distanced. Time, 1:48>£, 1:52 and 1:53.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
A Cloae Honey Market Causes Some
Pressure to. Sell and a Decline.
New York, December 13.—The etock
market was weaker in the early dealings,
and the general list declined 3^ to 2 per
cent., St. Louis and Texas and Western
Union leading. At the first board prices
advanced X 2X P er cent., the latter In
Iron Mountain, and subsequently reacted
to 1 percent.
During tbe afternoon speculation as
sumed a strong tone, and under brisk pur
chases the entire llat recorded an improve
ment of to per cent^. Western Union,
Northwestern aud Union Pac fle being the
most prominent therein.
In tbe final sales the close working of the
money market caused some pressure to sell,
and a reaction of to 2 per cent, ensued,
the latter in Western Union. American
Union rose 6% per cent, in the morning,
but closed at a reaction of 4 per cent.
Transactions aggregated 324 000 shares,
including Canada Southern 5,000. Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western 9,000, Erie 18.0C0,
Iron Mountain 16,000, Kansas and Texas
9,000, Luke Shore 13.0C0, Michigan Central
5.000, Northwestern 18,000, Nashville and
Chattanooga 3,400, New Jersey Central
9.000, Pacific Mail 9,000, St. Paul 1,000,
Union Pacific 19,000, Wabash Pacific 23 000.
Western Union 64.000, Houston and Texas
1,000, American Union 8,000, Texas Pacific
6,000, Chesapeake and Ohio 1,700.
THE MOONSHINERS.
Commissioner Raurn’s Instructions
to Collectors Woodcock and Clark
—The Condition of Davis.
Washington, December 13.—Commis
sioner Raum to-day sent the following tele
gram to Collector Woodcock, at Nashville,
Tenn., and to Collector Andrew Clark, at
Atlanta, Ga.: “During the past week five
United States officers have been killed or
wounded by illicit distillers. This demon
strates the necessity of requiring your
officers operating against illicit distillers to
carry their breech-loading arms, and of
having posses of officers 60 large as to deter
resistance. You are authorized to employ
ten additional men if necessary.”
In reply to a message of inquiry. Collec
tor Woodcock telegraphs: “Davis Is not
dead. His skull is broken in two places,
and he is shot in the thigh. I will not take
any steps to increase the force until I learn
further particulars. I think the resistance
was not preconcerted. A 8herff’s posse is
in pursuit of Welch.”
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, December 13 — Indications for
Tuesday:
In the Middle Atlantic States, rising
followed by falling barometer, falling fol
lowed by rising temperature, westerly back
ing to southerly winds, partly cloudy wea
ther.
in the South Atlantic States, stationary
or lower barometer, warmer westerly winds,
clear or partly cloudy weather.
In the East Gulf States, falling followed
by rising barometer, stationary or higher
temperature, southerly winds, and clear or
partly cloudy weather.
In the West Gulf 8tates, rising preceded
In the eastern portion by falling barometer,
stationary or higher temperature, southerly
veering in northern portion to northerly
winds, partly cloudy weather.
In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, falling
followed by rising barometer, warm south
erly veering to cooler westerly winds, partly
cloudy weather, and possibly occasional
rain. _ _
Died from Yellow Fever.
Washington, December 13 —Advices re
ceived by Surgeon General Hamilton, of the
Marine Hospital Service, state that Dr.
Glazitr, Assistant Surgeon, who was recent
ly attacked with yellow fever at Key West,
Fla., died yesterday morning. Hospital
Steward Greer was placed In charge of tbe
hospital, but was to-day taken sick with
fever. Dr. Lester has been placed in
charge.
Equally adapted to the feeble or robust,
male or female, are Malt Bitters.
IRELAND'S REVOLUTION.
THE
DETEBHINED STRIDES
THE LAND LEAGUE.
OF
The Distinct and Potent Govern
meat—Tbe Function* ot the Im
pertal Government Being Rapidly
Superseded—A Power That Is Pelt
and Feared— 41 The Law of tbe
Land League Becoming the Law
of the Land ’’—League Court* In
Operation—The London Pres* on
the Situation.
London, December 13.—A dispatch from
Dublin says: “It is hardly correct to say
that anarchy in Ireland prevails, for there
a very distinct and potent government which
is rapidly superseding the Imperial Govern
ment, and is obtaining tbe ascendency,
rules with an iron hand and prompt!
tude which enforces obedience. Ite
code is clear, its Executive re
solute, Its machinery complete, and
its action uniform. There is a government
de facto and a government dejure, the former
wielding a power which is lelt and feared,
and tbe latter exhibiting only pomp and but
little reality of power. Tbe former is a
terror to the well doers and the latter no
terror to evil doers. The law of the Land
League Is becoming the law of the land,
and while the law of the State is costly and
to a large extent suspended, tbe new law Is
effectively administered, cheaply and con
veniently. League courts are springing up
in various places, aDd the people are in
structed to have their disputes decided by
such courts, and to go no more to tbe
sessions. Tbe local magistrates
the west of Deland have lately
been surprised to find that
no cases are brought before them, except
by the police. The people have been for
some time advised to take this course, but
now they are beginniug to act thereon
As a rule, the penalties which
such courts have the power of inflict
ing are regarded with more dread
than those imposed under the statutes. An
other function of the new government, the
levying of taxes, is most effectively ful
filled. No rate assigned by tbe law is half
as promptly paid as the tax which the
League Imposes. Licenses to sell at fairs
and in markets are required by the new
government, and their production is
enforced by summary process. The
only element wanting to const!
tute tbe new government a body
of a country Is a standing army, but the ma
terials for one are at band and are belDg
fitted for use when called upon. The
knowledge of this fact creates deeper alarm,
because, with an armed and disaffected
population around them, the loyal subjects
of the Queen in many places believe
that the danger which luiks be-
nea’h it is more formidable than
visible terror. This fear Is rather confirmed
than allayed by the military preparations of
tbe government. The arrival of tbe first
battalion of the Coldstream Guards, and an
order for two more regiments of troops, in
dicate, on the part of the authorities, a con
sciouscess of Impending danger.”
Tbe Times, in a leading editorial article
this morning, says: “It seems too plain
that the Irish Government has already al
lowed the reign of lawlessness to assume
dimensions it should never have reached.
Remedial legislation, which might be
proposed and carried out under
better circumstances, cannot be presented
as a bribe to purchase peace from highway-r
men. To check the lawlessness now is dif
fioult, but what is this to the difficulty
which must be experienced in checking it
hereafter? If its development 16 not now
stopped, when Mr. Forster comes
before his colleagues, the most
determined of them who have hitherto op
posed him must be newly impressed with
the responsibility of the situation. The
futility of the policy so far pursued has
been demonstrated by bitter experience,
and a new departure may well be recognized
as inevitable.”
The Standard, in a leading editorial article
this morning, says : “The summonses for
a Cabinet Council to-day were hurriedly
issued yesterday. It is possiole that to
morrow an immediate meeting of Parlia
ment will be announced.
‘Mr. Foreter has informed his colleagues
that without coercion he declines the re
sponsibility for the government of Ire
land.”
The JWf Mall Gazette, in a leading article
this evening, says : “Tbe summoning of
the Cabinet ior a meeting to-day will
not cause much surprise to those
who have been watching events closely
and have observed Mr. Forster’s character.
For one thing, it has been an open secret
that one of the most Important members of
the government has borne with much un
easiness the decision at the last meeting,
not to ask for coersive measures.
For another thing the want of grasp and
firmness which Mr. Forster has shown from
the first, is exactly the quality from which
we might expect "precipitancy at least. It
is a grave crisis, both to England and Ire
land, and if Mr. Gladstone and one sec
tion of his colleagues refuse acqui
escence In extraordinary measures, it
seems almost certain that the Min
Islry will fall to pieces. If the government
decides, with or without the assent of Par
liament. to adopt extraordinary measures of
repression, they will run an imminent risk
of worse troubles la Ireland, and will hand
It over definitely to the Home Rulers for the
future. It is probable Mr.Forster will obtain
in some form the extraordinary powers that
his subordinates at the Castle have at last
persuaded him that he must have. It is un
likely that the Ministers who have hitherto
opposed coercion will break up the
government rather than allow In December
what they might be compelled to allow in
January. The chances are that by this
time to morrow we shall have once more
committed ouselves to the old policy of
arbitrary government.”
Brief Telegraphic Nummary.
Mr. Hayes has designated Secretary Ram
sey to act as Secretary of the Navy from De
cember 20 to March 4, In place of Secretary
Thompson, resigned.
Twenty six persons died of yellow fever
in Vera Cruz during the week ending De-
cembtr 4. The epidemic broke out afresh,
caused by the opening of a ditch through
the city.
Tbe trial of Wm. Parker, charged with
e murder of General Bryan Grimes, in
Beaufort county, N. C., has been postponed
on account of tbe illnees of a juror until
next spring.
General Grant arrived in Washington
yesterday evening, and was escorted by a
procession of tbe Boys in Blue to the resi
dence of General BcaJe, where a dinner was
given in his honor.
A new Mexican Cabinet has been formed
with General Diaz as Minister of Public
Works and General Trevino as Minister of
War. President Diaz left the Executive
Chair with the finances of the republic In *
splendid condition.
Mrs. Damian I, who waa so severely
burned by the fire in Pensacola, Flz., is
dead. The wor* of rebuilding the burnt
district has already commenced. C. W.
Yulee, of Femandlua, has kindly tendered
assistance to the sufferers.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the deci
sion of Judge Houston sustaining ths
legality of the late municipal election in
New Orleans, and declaring the candidates
entitled to the offices to which they were
elected.
George 3cott, a half breed Indian and
negro, was lynched on Saturday night at
Brazil, lad., by a party of masked men,
who took him from jail, where he was con
fined for an outrage on Mrs. Allison, the
wife of his employer.
The steamer Cotton Plant, valued at $7,-
000, belonging to the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company, was burned on Saturday
while lying at her wharf at Tarboro, N. C.
Her cargo of one hundred and forty bales
cotton and other merchandise waa also de
stroyed. The steamer and cargo were in
sured.
B&ron De Frledland and his wife have
been arrested in Paris. Tbe latter, who is
a daughter of the Duke De Pereignv, grand
daughter of the Princess De La Moscowa
and a god daughter of the ex-Empress Eu
genie, is charged with forging her grand
mother’s signature to her acceptances
amounting to the 6um of 198,000 francs.
The suit of Bernard Maurice, against Ad
miral John L. Worden, to recover $20,000
damages for alleged libel, which has been
on trial in tbe Uolted States Circuit Court
in Baltimore before Judge Morris and a
jury for a week past, was concluded yester
day, tbe jury, under instructions from the
court, finding a verdict for defendant.
Judge Couring, in the New York Court
of General Sessions, yesterday refused to
quash tbe Indictments found by the grand
jury against Charles A. Byrne, Louis A.
Post and Joseph Hart, editors and pub
lishers of Truth, and Kenward Philp, for
libelling General Garfield. The trial of the
cause will be transferred to the Court of
0>er and Terminer.
“Facts are stubborn things,” and so are
coughs and colds, but the latter will invaria
bly yield £o Dr. Bull’s Cough 8yrup, which
costs but|25 cents. decli-It
MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Fort .flyers— A Beautiful Little
Florida Town, and An Enterpris
ing Community- Proposed Open
ing of tbe Caloosabatchie River—
A Paradise for Sportsmen.
Fort Mycrs, Fla.. December 6. — Editor
Morning Xetcs: Allow me a little space in tbe
columns of your valuable paper to insert a brisf
description of Fort Myers, and tbis entire sec
tion, which has been cried down as the jump
ing off place of Florida, an alligator hole and a
den of mosquitoes, by our neighboring little
rival towns on tbe Gulf coast. These stories
are not true. Fort Myers is really a beautiful
little town on the Caloosahatchie river,of about
two hundred and fifty inhabitants, two large
dry goods and general merchandise stores, a
grocery store, and another large store of gen
eral merchandise to be erected at once, a post
office and telegraph office, an elegant M. EL
Church building, a parsonage, a Masonic lodge,
an academy which would be a credit to a city
of ten thousand inhabitants; also, a hotel,
known as the Frierson House, kept by J. EL
Hendry, who is a son of Captain Hendry, the
South Florida cattle king. He is a polite, hos
pitable and generous gentleman, who always
studies the comfort of his guests and makes
them feel at home. We also have a barber shop
and a barroom.
The population is rather a “mixed crowd,”
in which the Spanish, Mexican. German, Irish,
Indian and American all are represented, but
the Americans largely predominate, who are
in general a very kind and hospitable people,
and the society can’t be excelled by any com
munity in intellect and refinement.
The town has not only kept pace with the
progress of events in other sections, but has ac
tually outstripped many other little towns on
the Gulf coast which have enjoyed advant -ges
and facilities with which Fort Mvere has
never been supplied. 7 he people of this sec
tion long aeo learned “to labor and to wait,''
but they are now beginning to realize the glad
fruition of hopes long deferred. The great
want of transportation, which has so long
clogged the wheels of enterprise and absolutely
prohibited the influx of immigration to this
section, no longer exists. The cattle busi
ness has heretofore been the only all-
absorbing business of this section, in the
pursuit of which everything else in the way
of fruits aud vegetables or agriculture
has been neglected. But it has been discovered
since by actual experiment that some of the
finest forming lands in the State are to be
found in tbis section. In this branch of busi
ness Mr. Hough, who has a small sugar cane
patch of forty-two acres, takes the lead of all
the farmers around here. All who visited Mr.
Hough's cane plantation says that it is un
doubtedly the finest cane that ever has been
seen, Louisiana and Cuba not excepted. Mr.
Hough's success as a planter has awakened
some interest among other elder settlers than
he, and I doubt not that his example will he
imitated by great many others.
The greatest sensational project on hand is
now the opening of Caloosahatchie river into
Lake Okeechobee, which will not only give
navigation to the Kissimmee river, but will re
claim thousands of acres of the finest farming
lands, which are really now subject to over
flow. I do not doubt the practicability or possi
bility of this enterprise, nor do I question the
power and potency of money when wisely in
vested, and guided by the light of -cience, and
I look forward with fond anticipations to see
the Everglades a continued rice field, yielding
fifty bushels ol rice per acre, and fulnlling la
many other respects the rose-cok red pictures
of some enthus astic writers.
Fort Myers is situated on the south side of
the Caloosahatchie river, and 18 miles from its
mouth, where is located Punta Rassa, the larg
est cattle shipping port on the Gulf. The
Caloosahatchie river above Fort Myers is in
striking contrast with that of the portion be
low. The town stands higher than any other
point on the river, and that portion below, to
its mouth, mav be rightly designated the
“Lower.” and that above the “Upper'’ Ca
loosahatchie, though, strictly, it is some miles
above this town where the river contracts rapid
ly its banks,and discloses those peculiar features
wflieh make this peerless river of the South the
admiration of every lover of the picturesque
and beautiful. The water is clear, and the
banks present a richer and more luxuriant
growth of semi-tropical vegetation, and, then,
there is no longer that uniform and monoto
nous landscape, as below, while each bend of
the river presents new beauties in delightful
and endless variety. Fort Myers can be
reached now, as well as the Upper river by
steamboat, which plies between Fort Myers
and Fort Ogden, and also connects with the
cteamship8 carrying the United States mail
from Key West to Cedar Kevs twice a week at
Punta Rassa. There are a few fine residences
here, and there, with their ample surroundings
and tropical plants, give a bright appearance to
the town.
Captain F. A. Hendry, the largest cattle
owner of Florida, has a beautiful home here.
A profusion of tropical plants and shrubs and
trees ornament his grounds. Here the orange
flourishes and is abundant and delicious. The
fig and date and palm and banana are all seen
here, as also the lime and lemon, which grow
to great size, and the cocoa, the olive, the
citron, the guava and the pomegranate, are all
indigenous. This is the home of the grape,
and peaches luxuriate in this climate, as like
wise do the Japan plum, alligator pear, mango
and other tropical fruits too numerous to men
tion. Fort Myers is also very healthy, and it is
just the place for either the sick or the well to
spend a winter.
Tbe woods around Fort Myers are full ot
game It is no novelty for a hunter to say
early of a morning that he is going to kill a
deer before dinner, but he is going to do it,
and perhaps in place of bringing one, brings
two before dinner. The river is filled with a
variety of table fish. Trout, perch, and mullet
are found in nearly all the creeks, whiia bass,
sheepshead, catfish, and bream aboumlf' the
entire length of the river. Probably no river
on the globe of equal size affords a greater sup
ply of rood for man than this. Why you may
see them fairly .dancing on the surface of the
river. The fish caught in the lower Caloosa
hatchie will average from one to forty pounds,
while In the upper Caloosahatchie, from a-half
pound to fifteen is about the average weight,
uf wild fowls suitable for the table, ducks are
the most abundant. There are several varie
ties which seem to make this river their favor
ite home. Wild geese and turkey are common
in this neighborhood; quails and partridges are
often seen, but ilie eagles, hawks and other
birds of prey, so numerous here, keep them
from increasing their numbers to any great ex
tent. Fort Myers is the paradise for sporting
_ i. For invalid* to discuss the respective
merits of this or that place is proper, but there
is no question where the huntsman or sporting
man should go. This place is their true head
quarters; none other equals or compares for a
moment with it. Once nere, they have a cen
tral point from which they can move at leisure,
and return for repairs and rest. If it be fishing,
the river is before them, and need not angle
around half the day with a “fly,” and no fish.
It may be all very well for those who like it,
to stand braced against a tree or sit silent as
death in a boat, perspiring at a nibble and
catching nothing but a cold, or posrioly, if
very lucky, bringing home a half pound trout,
scarce enough to smell ot, much less to satisfy
a ravenous apretite. This is the usual modicum
of luck and result elsewhere, but, when I go
fishing, I like to do business, both for myself
and friends; and bere it can be done, for in
stead of a bag full it is your boat ful! The
glory and delight which thrill the nerves of
snch fishermen is royal and worth experienc
ing. C. F. G.
THE CAPITOL BARBERS.
How it Happens That Senators are
Shared Free and Representatives
Not.
Washington Star.
^ A paragraph to the effect that U. S.
Senators are shaved at public expense
while Representatives pay for their
shaving ha3 been going the round of tbe
press, and it may not be amiss to give
some information relative to the Congres
sion&l tonsorial establishments. In each
end of the capitol are handsomely fitted
up bath rooms, the one in the'Senate
end “exclusively for Senators” and the
other “exclusively for members of the
House.” In the Senate bath room is a
barbershop; the chair and all the ap
pointments being of an expensive
and luxurious style. The man who
has charge of the bathrooms is
a barber, and manipulates the
razor and hair-brush, the latter
only upon Senators who are not bald-
headed. Senators and a few officers of
the Senate are the only persons who can
enjoy the tonsori&l privileges of this
shop. The barber is a regular employe
of the Senate, under the head of “skilled
laborer,” and, therefore, receives no pay
for shaving Senators, A barber shop is
maintained in one of the House cloak
rooms, but it is an individual enterprise,
and every oiys who gets shaved there,
from a member of Congress down, must
pay the regular price. All the appoint
ments of this shop belong to the man who
runs it, and he is allowed room rent, free
in the cloak room, because the members
find it convenient to have a barber shop
right at hand. It is true that Senators
get shaved free while Representatives pay
ior their shaves: but the explanation
given Is about as follow: That the man
who has charge of the House bath rooms
gets the same pay as the one who man
ages the Senate bathing apartments, but
the latter is required to be a barber in or
der that he may shave the Senators; that
the Senate barber sl^op is a part of the
bath rooms, and, with this attachment,
the Senate bathing department does not
cost any more per year than that of the
House. In other words, while the Sena
tors get shaved free, it does not, with
baths thrown in, cost the government
any more than the House bathing rooms
alone. The custom of having a barber
shop attached to the Senate bath room
was inaugurated in 1862, and has been
kept up ever since.
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TORPID UVjELB,invigorate tbe UEBY*
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AS AN ANTI-MALARIAL
They have no equal; acting as a prerept-
i ve and cure for Bilious, Remittent, Inter-
rnittentT'rypboid Fevers, and Fever and
Agne. Upon the healthy action - of tbe
Stomach an<
wholly, thw of the race.
DYSPEPSIA,
It is for the cure of thJ* disease and fts aS-
tendanta, 8IOK-FTF AP ACHE, KJBRV-
OUSNES8. DESPONDENCY, CON
STIPATION, PILES, &c., that these
Pills have gained such a wide reputation.
JJo remedy waa ever discovered that act*
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will gain a Vigorous Body, Pure Blood,
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Price 25c. 3o Mnrruy St., N. Y.
TUTT’S HAIR DYR
Gray H.ub on Wmftrns ch.mired to » GlomT
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Shaving is a rascally business, shaving
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3top Sitters.
The Philadelphia “Press” and Mr,
Bayard’s Statement.
Philadelphia, Pa., December 13.—The
Press says to day of Mr. Bayard’s statement:
“Mr. Bayard says that the staff correA
pondent of the Press received a letter frem
him, in which he stated the falsity and
malice of the report of his speech. This is
true. The letter was private and contained
other matter. When that statement wa6
communicated to the editor of the Press,
the staff correspondent was authorized to
6ay to Mr. Bayard that the IVess would
gladly print whatever he might say on the
subject. To that suggestion no response
was made. Sines Mr. Bayard
now speaks of the report
of his speech as an ‘anonymous communica
tion,’ so irresponsibly made, it is due to
truth to say that it came from a thoroughly
responsible source, and that it was a ver
batim report. Pains have since been taken
to verify it, and its authenticity is confirm
ed, not merely by the reporter who made It,
but by many citizens of Dover, who heard
the speech and whose attention was particu
larly attracted at the time by the extraordi
nary character of this accusation. The case
will not be complete until this testimony is
presented.”
Supreme Court Decisions In South
ern Cases.
Washington, December 13.—The follow
ing decisions in Southern cases were ren
dered by the United States Supreme Court
to-day:
Samuel J. Lin ah an vs. James E. and Clara
Sears, from the United States Circuit Court
for the Western district of Texas. Decree
affirmed with costs.
Tbe steamboat Sabine et a!, appellants,
va. the steamboat Richmond, J.S. Boffinger,
et al., from the United States Circuit Court
for the District of Louisiana. Decree af
firmed with costs.
Calvin Chaplin et al. vs. the South Caro
lina Railroad Company et a! Interest or
dered to be paid on certain bonds.
Haunted by His Victim.—John
Williams, the colored man who is con
fined in the Mount Holly (N. J.) jail on
charge of having killed Charles Ross,
cannot sleep at night, because, he says,
he is haunted by visions of Ro98, who
comes to his bed and stands there menac
ing him and grittiDg his teeth. The
prisoner’s shrieks frighten the other
prisoners, and no one can soothe him
except Sheriff Conover.
'A better article it is impossible to get,
sir. I have tried them all, and unhesita
tingly pronounce Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup
superior to any.”—EzL dec 14-It
HOP BITTERS?
(A Medicine, not a Drink,)
HOPS, BUCHU, MANDRAKE,
DANDELION.
Ajtt» thx PrxzsT and Best Mkdtcax, Qttaxi-I
TIES or AIX OTHKB BlTTXSS.
THEY CUBE
All PlBcasosof thrStorrmcn. Bowels, Blood.I
Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organa, Ner
vousness. Sleeplewnessand especially
Female Comnlalnta
SIOOO I* OSLO.
Win be pakl for a care :nc-- wm not cure or
help, or ior anythin? impure or injurious
found in
AFkyonr drupjflpt for Hop Bitter* and try
them before you sleep. Take no Other.
D. I. C. Is an absolute and Irresistible cure for
Drunkcncss, use of opium, tobacco and
narcotic*.
■■SB Send f.ob Ciuctlab. *■■■
irdnofah.
Hop Bitter* Mfg. Co., Hoc be* ter, X. Y.
apl3-Tu.Th.S.w«fcTeily
in
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JAS. S. SILVA,
CROCKERY,
China, Glassware
-AND—
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
140 BROUGHTON STREET,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA,
H AS DOW in Stock the latest Novelties of
above goods from noted Potteries »od
Manufactories of America, France. England,
Germany and Japan, consisting in part of
PLAIN AND DEX30RATED
Dinner Sets, Tea Sets,
CHAMBER SETS.
PLAIN, CUT AND ENGRAVED
TABLE GLASSWARE
In great variety of styles and patterns.
A new and splendid line of
TUDENTS’. VASE, HALL. BRACKET and
CHANDELIERS.
TABLE CUTLERY
Silver-Plated Ware
Of beat 'make.
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
FANCY ARTICLES,
In China, Glassware and Silver-Plated Ware,
suited for
Wedding Presents,
And other goods too numerous to mention.
All are Invited to iiwpect this unique and
beautiful collection of Household Articles, and
will be welcome, whether purchasing or not.
JAS. S. SILVA,
UVONS’ BLOCK,
140 BROUGHTON STREET.
&ITT£R s
There is no civilized nation In the Western
Hemisphere in which the utility of Hostetler's
Stomach Bitters as a toni •. corrective and
anti-bilious medicine is not known and appre
ciated. While it is a medicine for all seasons
and all climates, it is especially suited to .the
complaints generated by the weather, being
the purest and best vegetable stimulant in tbo
For sale by Druggists and Dealers, to whom
apply for Hostetter’s Almanac for 1881.
dec2-Th.S.Tu<£wim
Safe SemctlUs.
Is made from a Simple Tropical Leaf of Rare
r alue, and is a POSITIVE Remedy for
all the diseases that cause pains in the lower
part of the body—for Torpid Liver—Head
aches—Jaundice—Dizziness, Gravel, Malaria,
and all difficulties of the Kidneys, Liver and
Urinair Organs. For Female Diseases,
Monthly Menstruations, and during Pregnancy
it has no equal. It restores the organs that
make the blood, and hence is the best Blood
Portlier. It is the only known remedy that
cures Bright's Disease. For Diabetes, use
Warner’s Sale Diabetes Cure.
For sale by Druggists and all Dealers #4
$1.25 per bottle. Largest bottle in «C
market. Try it.
H. H. WARNER & CO.,
jy24-d,w&Telly Rochester, N. T«
faints, <9il?.
ANDREW HANLEY.
FAINTS.OILS. GLASS, ETC.
Railroad, Steamboat, Ship and
Mill Supplies.
DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, BALUSTERS,
TRIMMINGS, ETC. LIME. PLASTER.
HAIR AND CEMENT.
House, Sign and Decorative Painter.
No. 6 Whitaker street and 171 Bay street.
Savannah, Ga.
sep25-tf
nov22-NATeltf
«an$.
BREECH LOADERS.
WE HAVE IN STOCK A GOOD ASSORT
MENT OF
ENGLISH BREECH LOADERS, $40 to $60.
W. A C. SCOTT’8 BREECH LOADERS, $75 to
$150.
BOYS' SINGLE BREECH LOADERS.
BOYS’ SINGLE MUZZLE LOADERS.
150 assorted ENGLISH DOUBLE BARREL
GUN8.
We will take orders for either
COLT’S OR PARKER GIAS,
And furnish at manufacturers’ prices.
We have a full assortment of HUNTING
COATS and SHOES. LEGGINS and BAGS, for
sale at lowest prices.
PALMER BROS.,
148 AND 150 CONGRE88 STREET,
8 ii A . NNAH » - * - - GEORGIA.
dec&4m
‘ Established 1840.)
Steamboat aud Mil! Supplies
TUCK’S PISTON PACKING.
ASBESTOS PISTON PACKING.
ASBESTOS BOARD PACKING.
GUM PACKING.
ITALIAN HEMP PACKING.
eagle packing.
SOAP 8TONE PACKING.
OLIVER’S PAINT AND GIL STORE
NO. 5 WHITAKER STREET.
novl7-tf
CHRIS. MURPHY,
(ESTABLISHED 1*5.)
House, Sign, Fresco & Banner
PA INTING.
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RAILROAD, MILL and STEAMBOAT SUP
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NISHES. BRUSHES. MIXED PAINTS, BURN
ING and ENGINE OILS. NEATSFOOT OIL,
AXLE GREASE. LADDERS, all kind* and aizea
142 St Julian and 141 Bryan streets.
mh22-tf
JOHN G. BUTLER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer tn
White Lead, Oils, Colors, tzlass, Etc
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
S OLE Agent for the GEORGIA LIME, CAL
CINED PLASTER, CEMENTS, HAIR, LAND
PLASTER, eto. Sole Agent for F. O. PIERCE
A CO.’S PURE PREPARED PAINTS. One
hundred dollars guarantee that this Paint con
tains neither water or benzine, and is tbe only
guaranteed Paint in the market.
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