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c-anria vnalrs.
, . . Tt o?ro desperado who knocked
. f Talbot county and libera
“ ‘ r s in the jail, has been over
- while sitting in h<s
j { in Hook, in the lower ninth
'' 'Vriwether county, last Sunday
p„f*-ng to the right of his spine
• , - the right hip. The wound,
1 . ,r. y fatal, is exceedinely
" J n . i.as as yet been suspected of
*V -n.ht u'ciock Wednesday night Fcott
h ,.. t K hr: while in his house, near
' .‘j’ tl y „. nv unknown and disguised par
{'■■ was wi ur.Jed in the side, but cot
V. . : k-hear & McKay, cf Ihomas
, u f twenty acres in Btrawle-rriea, and
j or.. - large return* from their crop.
irr . r - rersc nflmd in the t-'parta jail
.. a j,..-.. in the wall of their cell, and,
r- a r eof their blankets, let themselves
, . ro r broke with the last one. who,
-f lowing the others, reported the
t -. j -t)th“.'heriff.
yfu-jfr . ago a burglar succeeded in ef
< - re.;, entrance into the smoke house of
j re W H. I id. who resides in East Rome, and
- u r -l *'' wi’h two hundred pounds of meat
„ j twenty ral’ons of syrup.
t :> . ~ -g of S. A. Tolbert, in Greensboro,
tssf-i'err 1 and robbed on Wednesday night,
yr. J*’ P. Hanison, of Atlanta, had two
j:. v-hio-• ws stolen from bis farm on the
* r l-u-- : r id Tuesday night, which were
ti: at . The hides were found, but as
y there is no trace of the thief.
Asian named in Wilkes county, is
rted 1.1 have married tue wife of aconvict
j i: . .W•,• r. wao is serving a life sentence
Fi- n.V ;L'tt r: ‘ Little Lora, daugh
ar. met i'h a very seri
: •-i •}- bv piercing her eye
, ;t . i;- if sci sors. with which she wag
•. ’-i int of the scissors penetrating
ye ju;t in the edge of the
- he cannot tell at pres
f the iiijury, but has some
h . rl- • tt.e ittlegirl will not entirely lose
i;--e ier r.ii'lieofor; “Last Monday
. n v a colored sixteen year ol<l
r . ,f tlieThi-ii district, while bearing off
luru er, stepped tver the circular saw
r ' c war in moti n. The teeth catchi g
v. vci " his le't foot at the instep and
••■••bft ‘eg. be-ides inflicting
gfatfkd cut®. The wound
ti f i iv.* a' las' accounts, but will cer
ait- j : <•: - irrive his iojiiries.”
K iSth: “George Trammell was
ly .iftemoon under a warrant
: •sih r an. chareing him with
warraat alleges that TrasasaaU
- uia flne gold watch andeb -in,
nii;-d .• -j George was carried before
* in] km. and the parti*B not be
. f i,l, the case wras continued
s in_- the defendant being in
lun era b <nd of $300.”
Au.->*a.V -v 21th “At toon to day a seri
rc 1 o.i Broad street, oppo
. i a which Mr. Wto Paint
. -i*e i and injured A horse tied
am alley n-ir K' gers’ store broke loose and
into Broad street, and, plunging
*. -tre t, upset a buggy in
t Hr P i -r was driving. Mr. Painter's
knech'i not , in but as bis buggy was turned
iw he ws tadiy bruised in the fall.” m
A. ii ; id .tdrerfiser.'dtth: “Yesterday
a z - *un-e Ji n Miller and Charley
SilCrf t* • colored lab >rers on Mr F. L.
tniattoo. near thiscity. had a difll
(Bityiow.. s ' used their kmvee. They
v irse trough and Charley
) n Miller to the field and
M :rr wa badly cut just under
thr iler i.iudv and was brought to town
- *" for repairs. Walker received
otiy i slight sr iund n the face.”
s-r.v-v.-r l i/nii.-lfor; “On Sunday night,
t. •; t:. n- : ic Kvans, of the middle Ninth
tfenct wt.- :ivj w.in Mr Z B. Reid, near
(hhaod. was shot at>out # o'clock while re
t* in his buggy. The ball struck
if. s i.vercoat. nhMh was fo<ded
.on the tewf and passed
t-..- 'iff, ,t in >evend places. Mr. Evans had
her home from church
■■l tly ri i / h iinc when fired upon.
1 ' the would h- assassin has yet been
Ditaand.”
k A-irrrtiter nnd Appeal : ‘"The
-n t iy. Cape Anthony.
HFtured tl is week a seventy barrel whale,
t>ut fcl- ir harbor. This will certainly
1.. t ws figure a little on
srrels, about 2.130 gallons
' -i . - How is thnj f rone
xi - u.. uncerstanti that quite a shoal
i were playiag about the
i y this week One of our pilot boats
non* them and watched their
rtey ere : iing a good time gener-
A-y.atddid -ci • loud bellowing.' 1
- l v .'ith: “OnSaturday last Mrs.
i laughter, of Marianna, who
f —n > - , g friu.da in this ci>y left for
• mer Wylly. When they
ugthey had occasion to
r -of their trunks and it could
e t uni. nor has any clue to its where
s oe-n reached yet. It was put on the
’ .1 cage wagon, and It is
w th the baggage of some
j -i --riv mistake, who will return
* - rv nuir.e i much valuable cloth-
Kf >li! l"*elry, aio.. eg the latter two gold
• , irteU§: “On Sunday last,
1 * v.V;i* Ellis committed an as
“ 'fT Amis (v! colored and all re
■ nwardi’ p aw. near town),
t painful ec 1 s rious injuries. Her
jTV 1 s *- ■ --ht before Judi?e McDaniel
*yaay last upon a warrant charging them
jwMsaui: an j battery, and. after a prelimi
v: ' er- hound or-r to appear at the
mtr Court—the bond of
* 1 '* r twenfv-flve dollars and
-at fl'tjr dollars. The woman
r t'ily injured that she had to be
court room on a stretcher.
' -am the origin of the difficulty.”
Anr * "nd Advertiser: “At last the
roe d'-ranfred French
1 ' ;n !in the woods in Worth
y . ' ‘Has been confined first in the
e - . Uiea in the county jail of this
t,*. • o’“d up and her identity
and Hr. W. E Atwater,
i liaLuaiie Aayium. at
a;*,.' . " j rriM in the city yesterday.
rr ss a Mrs. Oareese,
1 ■ • - .x-oia, in tiiat
ter husbnnd. and who
tar, j. itiea within the first
■tit-'*, r- "'** ’ r h ‘ r 'rap fsonment. The
u -1 ciring the Christmas holi
" .a l wanderel in the woods thus
fc>. ‘ '■* ov-r tour hundred miles be
* ' 45 wpuired a few days since.”
lrj‘ ;T ' “Monday last
ii .'lit Roberts flushed four
:v . Vr f " r * with'n a few hundred
bs.. ~ “ !'tlm r's house The tur
- >rt distance, when one
ix 'A s-parated from the other
' -rs took alter him. Messrs.
c.tving on horse*. The
tt ’tie od Calmer plantation
- “ r ‘ •' place, crossed the road
fe took across a big new
■ 2U the Lane four.mile plan
. Boyce fldMifil nlare to
L *■ - 1 crossing through J>r.Hunters
' -f into Mr. T. M. Green’s
caught hint. The total
4 . . 1 “ turkey was seven or eight
ri!r ‘ almost the entire distance.
' a short space once or twice.”
• -’lth: “Bob Hall, alias
r was called for yesterday by
•* .. in . of Houston county. Bob
J- i c way robbery, hia partner in
ht’?T- 8 rl * c *° the penitentiary for
ersonal appearance cor
r, tne description given of the
as &T’ured by Mr. G, L. Abner
•4. e- wiiiie burglaruing the store
*v.- • ." , I,n upper Oglethorpe street,
" st h in.st, and who it will be
•ftsi .. J' ' :l oed from them before they
v'tard house, though Mr. Abner
*S*y Mr. Abner was sent for
8 ... . • and recogn aed him at
_ tie anxious to vindicate bis
s'-s u ‘ 1 '* Bob’s shirt taken iff,
Jch ;■ " '. f ll ndto be full of shot, the
*i i • :i •••’' v not yet healed Officers
*> i 1 le th;' he is the buck who
- -win Beach’s ppeketbooklast
k • v '''. rise: “As announced
s?* i leg erected on the
, - ’ ! JeiTerwon mroots. by
i. v 3s- ■. < mn:unity, waa dedica
*r TV • ■ Augustine on last
b -.’tv •. H . , “ jn was private, but was
W. if. Gross, Bishop
“O Re*. J. L. Hugon, of
** C C. who
-. ,tX <$ the <*hurdft. After the
Sr WAS fill*, to overflowing,
k: 0 * 1 th t tickets had been issued to
pUaf, V a cowd. Mass was celebra
. , t Pteai lied by the Bishop. The
K by a choir composed as
a K_„ rant, frganlst; Mrs W. E.
>Uri WUMmSrSi M? Übbjr;
ptfltming
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
of this place. Mrs. Mock, Mi-s Thornbury, Mr.
F.gan and Mr. Honssy, of Albany. The small
number of Catholics here have labored hard
and have succeeded in erecting a very neat and
tasty bui ding, and one that reflects credit on
their taste as well as their efforts and labors
in putting up the building.”
Brunswick Advertiser and Appeal: “On
Tuesday last, as Mr. James Whitlock, yard
engineer of the East Tenne-see, Virginia and
Gr-o-gia Railroad, was transferring the engine
Georgia, recent y purchase by Mr. J. H. Mc-
Cullough, of this city, from the East Tenessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad, from the ‘old
depot’ to Mr McCullough's dock, he met with
an accident which cost him his life. He was
on the engine A. H. Colquitt, with the Georgia
coupled to it (both backing), having with him
Mr. St Clair, the fireman, w hilst the yar • mas
ter was on the Georgia Leaving the old de
pot, he increased his speed, and,
by tbetime he passed Mr. Rlsley’s place, was
moving, from ail accounts, abou thirty
or forty miles an hour. Just beyond
this point, where the track be
gins to curve, his engine left the rails,
and, before he could either shut off steam, re
verse his lever or put on air-brakers, capsized
and became a perfect wreck. The tender was
thrown completely over and ends reversed,
and the engine itself thrown across the track,
burying the engineer underneath it. Mr. Ft.
Clair held on until the engine capsized, and
then escaped, he knows not how, somewhat
bruised and slightly scalded with steam. A
negro > oy who had been enjoying a free ride
was hurled into the air and came down with a
cut hand. The engine Georgia stuck to the
track as long as there was any track to stick
to. and was finally stopped by running into the
wreck of the Colquitt, and, strange to say, her
only passenger, the yard master, was not
scratched, although her tender was somewhat
bunged up.”
Athens Banner: “According to Henry
Grady—and no one will deny that Henry knows
—we are to have anew cotton factory at
AJhens. In a letter to the Constitution, from
New York, he says: ‘A cotton factor, with a
capital of $1,50 ,0.10 will be built near Athens
this year A business firm of this city with
connections in Atlanta has taken $50',000 of
the stock, and the mill will bear the name of
the head of this firm. It will be the largest
m’ll in the Btate. The .stock is all taken ’ I*
tins the Inman Company, which, a shor - time
since, expected to build a factory at Augustaf
Whoever the company may be, Athens will
give them a cordial welcome.”
Atlanta Constitution, 24th : “Among the pas
sei gers who were leaving the city on the State
Koad train was an elderly gentleman from
Gwiarett county, named Perkins. His general
appearance plainly indicated the fact that he
was not up in the wicked ways of the world
and marked him as a subject for the sharper
He was en route to Round Rock, Texas, and
was supplied with a through tick-t to that
point as well as with an abundance of money
to see him there and back. Long before the
train was ready to pullout from the car shed
Mr. Perkins entered the coach aud took a seat.
In a short time a young man well dressed
came in and sat down near him. Soon the two
began conversing, when the young man an
nounced the fact that he was going to Round
Rock. Texas. This pleased Mr. Perkins, and
the two instantly became friends, aud Mr. Per
kins was told ail about Round Roce by his
new* friend, who claimed to reside there. Jus:
before 'he train started a young man with
a handful of papers came into the coach
and going up to Mr Perkins’ con pan on ask-d
him if his name was Jones, Upon receiving
an affirmative answer he drew a bill from his
pocket and said. My name is Adams. lam
engaged at the express office. Here is a bill
for some goods you have shipped to Round
Rock, Texas; we must have the money. ISA),
or the goods cannot go.’ 'ls that so?' re
sponded Mr. Jones as he drew from his pocket
his purse. ‘Hut the manager told me 1 could
pay at the other end. However, one time is as
good as'another.’ Just then the conduc or
shouted all aboard.and the express clerk called
upon Mr. Jones to hurry. Him Mr. Jones an
nounced that he had but $1 oin money, but
handed the clerk a $l,CO<) United States bond
and asked th* clerk for the change The clerk
did not have the change, but suggested that
Mr. Perkins cmld change it. Mr. Perkins
could not. Then Mr. Jon-s said: ‘Take this
bond and let me have sllO unt‘l I see
my wife, who is in the sleeper. I
will then return it and get the bond.
Mr Perkins took the bond. It was new and
c*isp. and had the appearance of being good.
U>* put it in his pocket, and gave Mr. Jones
sllO in bank notes. Sir. Jones gave these to
the express clerk, wli > was moving toward the
door ofthe moving train Mr. Jones followed,
asking for his receipt He and the clerk dis
appeared through the coor, and wuh them
went Mr Perkins’ sllO. Before the train
reached the fair grounds Mr. Per i r s began to
wonder where Mr. Jones was He was not
uneasy, however, for he had a SI.OO- U ited
States bond. With this thought he pulled it
from his pocket and began looking at it At
first it locked all right, but a close scrutiny
disclosed the fact that it had never been signed,
and was consequently worthless. Captain
Bagby La* the bond and Mr. Perkins’ descrip
tion of (he express clerk and Mr Jones He
hopes scon to have the two confidence men
al-o.”
KRIEF .NEWS SUMMARY.
A large buoy, sup nosed, tom marks upon
It, to beloDg to the United States Lighthouse
Department, has been washed ashore at
Land’s End.
The discovery is reported of a “rich gold
bearing belt” In Chtlcot county, British
Columbia, above the sixtieth parallel of
latitude, just back of tbe Alaska line.
The Presbyterian churches of Chicago
have appointed committees to confer with
other churches, “with a view to closing
tbeaties od Sunday, and putting a stop to
indecent performances.”
In Qaice’s mills, Rancocas, New Jersey, a
few deys ago, a mill baDd named Scott was
caught between two large wheels revolving
in opposite directions and was literally torn
apart, his arms and feet being pulled off.
The east wind and the severe cold of the
past few days have jammed the ice in the
river at Quebec, and several persona have
crossed on foot. It Is believed that the ice
bridge is a fixture for the rest of the win
ter.
All the gambling hells in Chicago were
closed a few nights ago for tbe first time in
the history of that city. One of the largest
of the dens was shut by tbe police in the
afternoon, and the paraphernalia confis
cated.
Tne House Committee on Naval Affairs
have agreed to the report of its sub commit
tee recommending an Immediate approprl ■-
tion of 9 10,000,000 to begin the construction
of anew navy. A sub committee was ap
pointed to prepare a bill in accordance with
the views embodied in the report.
The House Committee on Private Land
Claims have agreed to report favorably a
bill for tbe Issue of laud scrip to Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines in lieu of about thirty-seven
thousand acres of land in Louisiana, hereto
fore claimed by her as heir to General
Gaines, the title to which has been judicial
ly confirmed to other parties.
William B. Twombly, while crossing Lake
Champlain on tbe ice with his 13-year-old
son and als year-old girl during a furious
snow squall, drove his horses and
s'eigh Into an open piece of water. Mr.
Twombly wa9 picked out unconscious, and
his son, who was kicked by one of the
horses, was dead when taken from the
water. The girl was uninjured.
THE EGOMANIAC.
A Rumor that He Had Been Shot
Unfounded.
A Washington dispatch, dated February
24, says it was rumored on tbe street this
afternoon that Gutreau, the assassin,
had been shot. The rumor was unfoundedl
as at 1 o’clock the egomaniac was taking
his exercisa !o the corridor and anxiously
watching the door leading to the rotunda
for visitors, in tbe expectation of selling
photographs or autographs.
He is confined on the east side of the
south wing of tie jail, does not look so
shabby since he donned his new suit of blue
cloth, and In the afternoon, when he 13
allowed tbe use of the corridor lor pedes
trian exercise, walks In a lively way, and
seems to be rapidly regaining bis
spirits and fleet). A 8 h* B been hereto
fore atated, whenever he is kept
to himself foy a few days he goes
down in health and becomes feverish and
ill-natured. Allowing him to see visitors
occasionally he soon regains his tone.
Among the few persons admitted to see
him yesterday were two ministers. The
most of 'he conversation with them was as
to bis improved looks and bis photographs.
He took one oi the fac similes of the flat
tened bullet shot at him Uy Bergeant Mson,
and, bolding up a photograph and putting
himself in position, satd it was perfectiy
wonderful that the ball should have made
such a good likeness. The ministers had
sotae little conversation of a spiritual ebar*-
seter with him, in which he said he was a
Christian and was endeavoring to live as
one. As w*e leaving he passed out a
card on which he badf written; “I offer this
sentiment: The Republicm party, ©reck
ed by Garfield: saved by Gulteau’s inspire
tion and Arthui ’s statesmanship ” He does
not seem to be inclined to talk of his case
much now, and such conversation with
visitors is prohibited.
Commercial Oneness of the World.
—Each day’s experience adds new proof
of the commercial oneness of the world
under modern methods and appliances,
PaT 5 * seemed quite a distance off and
totallv disuni;*” l with America a month
ago. but we awoke one morning
suddenly to learn that she was r<_„ v our
next door .neighbor.-—Afcte York Finan
cial Chronicle.
Melon? .Tien.
“WeUfl* Health Renewer,” greatest reme
dy on earth for impotence, leanness, sexual
debility, etc. fll, at druggists. Depot, Os
ceola Butler, Savannah.
BISHOP LYNiH DEAD.
A Long Life or Usefulness Ended.
Charleston, 8. C , February 26 —Right
Rev. Patrick N. Lynch, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Charleston, died this morning:,
aged 65. He was consecrated in 1658.
Bishop Lynch was much beloved by all
classes In the community, and w%s eminent
for his scientific learning no less than for
his theological attainments.
The death of Bishop Lynch was a surprise
and a shock to the entire community, and the
announcement was received by all classes
with profound regret. He had undergone
a surgical operation In Boston In 1877 for a
complicated disease of the kidneys, which,
however, afforded only temporary relief,
and, although his physicians warned him
that a continuance of the labors imposed on
him by his position was dangerous to his
life, he labored to the end.
Saturday afternoon about five o’clock he
was suddenly thrown in f o a comatose state,
and his physicians having been sent for an
operation was performed without giving
relief, and he continued to sink until 10:30
this morning, when he breathed bis last.
Sine* the war Bishop Lynch has nearly
paid off a debt of over $200,000, which hung
over the diocese, and has expended and
furthered the interests o? the church by his
administration. The Veryß-v. D. J.Quigley,
the Vicar General, has charge of the diocese
until the new Bishop Is appointed. The
remains, to-day, lay in state in the episco
pal residence and were visited by thousands
of persons of all classes and sects.
This afternoon at six o’clock they were
conveyed in solemn procession, headed by
the clergy, to the Cathedral chapel, where
they will lie in state until Wednesday next,
when the last rites will be held. Invitations
have been telegraphed to Cardinal McClos
key, who Is expected to be here, and to
Archbishop Gibbon and all the Bishops in
the province of Baltimore, which includes
the dioceses of West Virginia, Richmond,
Wilmington. Del., Savannah, Bt. Augustine
and North Carolina, and a namber of oth
ers. The remains will be interred by the
side of Bishops England and Reynolds in
the Cathedral Cemetery.
THE UTAH PROBLEM.
A Protest from the mormon Legis
lature.
Salt Lake City, February 26 —The
Legislature yesterday adopted a memorial
to Congress, the opening paragraph of
which Is as follows:
“We, your memorialists, of the Legislative
Assemtily of the Territory of Utah, respect
fully represent that in consequence of base
less rumors and monstrous exaggerations
the peop'e whom we represent
have been placed In jeopardy
and are now threatened with
deprivation of the right of local self govern
ment. Persons, whose aim Is to gain con
trol of this now wealthy and prosperous
territory and manipulate Its finances, have
succeeded in arousing the ire of the clergy,
aud through them the anger of many peo
tde against the large majority of citlz-n* of
Urab, and thus pressure has been brought
to hear upon your honorable body, which
shows its rff-cts in the proposed
measures, containing provisions utterly
at vsrisnee wi’h the fundamental principles
of republican government and which, while
ostensibly aimed at the marriage relations
of but a small portion of the people, will, if
carried into effect, deprive the whole Terri
tory of 'he vested rights secured to It. by the
organization act and the Constitution of the
United States.”
The memorial then denies at ereat length
everything ever charged against, the Mor
mons. and amuses the representatives of
the Federal Government in Utah o' every
sppeies of wrong doing possible to officers
or men.
DEAD IN A DITCH.
A quack Doctor to Have
Been murdered iu Virginia.
Petersburg, February 26.— From infor
mation received here it is supposed tha' a
foul murder was committed In Southampton
county last Friday nigh', the victim being
Samuel Hill, a quack doctor. When found
Hill was In his night clo’hes lying
in a ditch near his house. There
was a bullet bole In the back of his
neck, ar o'her In his back and an abrasion
of the skin on the forehead, as if caused by
tbe blow of a heavy cudgel. The bouse ii
which Hill livad was found burned to the
ground. Some days previous to the mur
der a colored patient for whom Hill had
prescribed died. It was charged that be
had been poisoned by Hill, and the suppo
sition cow is that the doctor was murdered
by the dead man’s friends.
TROUBLE IN TEXAS.
A Lynching, and a Demand for the
Puniahmeut of the Lynchera.
St. Louis, February 26 —A special from
Gattsvlile, Texa9, says that a few days ago
a mob in the western part of the county
took a young man named Dering, under ar
rest on suspicion of horse stealing, from an
officer and lynched him. Yesterday one
hundred armed men from the neighborhood
of the victim’s home came Into town and
demanded that the parties engaged in the
lynching be arrested, or they would take tbe
law in their hands. The Sheriff then arrest
ed Bob Leverett and his two sons, and Is
now alter several more of the lynching mob.
Weather Indication*.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D.C., February 26. —Indications for
Monday:
In tbe South Atlantic tt'ates, cloudy
weather with local rains, winds mostly
easterly, stationary or higher temperature
and lower pressure.
In the Middle Atlantic S'ates, fair
weather, followed by Increasing cloudiness,
warmer, south rly winds, stationary or
lower pressure.
In the Gulf States, cloudy weather with
loca' rains, winds mostly easterly,' station
ary or higher temperature and lower pres
sure.
In Tennessee and Ohio valley and Lake
region, cloudy weather with local rains,
winds mostly southerly, stationary or higher
temperature and generally lower pressure.
Steamer Burned— Four Drowned.
Vicksburg, Miss., February 26 —The
steamboat Bertie Clalborn was burned to the
water’s edge to-day a' Whiting Lake Land
log, S'eele’B bayou. Her cargo, consisting
of 166 bales of cotton and 300 sacks cotton
seed, was totally destroyed. The loss Is
$15,000. The insurance Is not known. One
negro man and three children were drowned.
The Chlnste Problem.
Ban Francisco, February 26 —Prepara-
tions are being made for a grand mass
meeting, irrespective of politics, to be held
here Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of
expressing the sentiment of the substantial
business men or the community in favor of
the anti-Chinese bill now pending in Con
g.~e;s.
The Survivor*.
St. Petersburg, February 26 —Lieuten
ant Danenhower, who Is still suffering from
an affection of the eyes, has been forbidden
by his physician to start for Bt. Petersburg
until the weather gets warmer. Tde re
mainder of the survivori of the Jeannette
will therefore start without him.
The War on Polrgimy.
Knoxville, Txnn., February 26. A
large anti-Mormon mass meeting was held
to-night at the opera bouse. Resolutions
were adopted denouncing polygamy and
demanding its suppression by Congress. Tbe
meeting was addressed by ex Postmaster
General Horace Maynard and other promi
nent citizens and ministers.
Big Ulnae al Mijr-i'i.
Augusta, Ga , February 26 —A fire at
U&zey’s originated In the rear room of the
Crickmire House. The house and stock
were consumed. The stock was insured.
Two other stores were destroyed. The loss
is serious to a small community. Only one
business house js lefj. standing.
Jail Breaking lu Tex**-
Galveston, February 2fi. —A special from
LaGrange says that the Jail there was
broken open on Friday night, and od* J. M.
g M -**on was killed by Deputy Sheriff Rn
kln. One prisoner
For ail pulmonary, urinary and digestive
diseases, and affections of the heart and
brain, use Brown’s Irofi Bitters. It strength
ens every part, and cures by its soothing
and refreshing effect.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1882.
SATURDAY IN THE HOUSE.
Woman SufiTrege— IHetrlc surer Coin
age—Steamship Subsidies—The Pos
tal Appropriation Bill Passed.
Washington, February 25.—1n the House
the Committee on Rules reported a resolu
tion for the appointment of a select com
mittee of nine, to which are to be referred
all petitions, bills and resolutions asking for
the extension of suffrage to women and the
removal of their legal disabilities.
Mr. Houk raised the point of order that
under the rules the resolution must lie over
one day.
The Speaker overruled the point of order
and the resolution was adopted by a vote of
115 to 85—almost a party vote.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, from the Com
mittee on Coinage, Weights and Measures,
reported a bill to authorize the coinage of
sliver dollars and fractions tberrof of full
standard value on the metric system. Re
ferred to the committee of the whole.
Mr. Money, of Mississippi, from the Com
mittee on Post Offices aud Post Roads, re
por’ed a hill to provide for ocean mail eer
vice be'ween the United States and foreign
ports. Printed and recommitted.
The H'>use then went Into committee of
the whole on the post office appropriation
bill, ad amendment was adopted that there
shall be no more official stamps printed,
but that, all correspondence on official busi
ness shall be transmitted in penalty envel
opes. Considerable discussion ensued over
the motion to strike out of the clause appro
priating ba'f a million dollars for necessary
and special facilities on trunk lines the
words “on trunk lines,” so as to leave it in
the discretion of the Postmaster General to
secure special facilities on any line. The
amendment was rejected without division.
The committee arose and reported the bill
to the House. A amendment authorizing
the Postmaster General in the case of sub
letting of mail contracts on star routes, to
declare the original contract forfeited, and
to enter into a contract, with the sub-con
traetor. Agreed to—ll 2to 79. The bill
then passed. The House at 5:15 adjourned.
THE LAND ACT.
Tbe Proposed Committee of Itiqulry
Criticised.
London, February 25 —ln the House of
Lords last evening Lord Salisbury stated
that the objects of the committee appointed
to inquire into the workings of the land act
had been misrepresented. He said it would
neither try the Land Commissioners, nor
seek to repeal the act. Any change must
be in the direction of redressing the wrongs
of landlords rather than diminishing any
thing which the tenants may have acquired
by the act.
The Daily News points to the tignificance
of certain remarks of the Marquis of Ltnds
downe, who is no votary of the land act.
He pointed out that the committee, formed
mainiy of the landlords, was not likely to
be regarded as a very impartial tribunal to
Investigate the workings of the ad devised
In the interest of tenants. The Times says
a House of Lords committee cannot possl
bly arrive at any useful conclusion. It is
already hopelessly discredited by the fact,
that, it does not represent, the House of
Lords, but only a section of it.
The House of Commons went into a
committee of supply at 6 o’clock last even
ing, when the Iri*h members seized the op
portunity to attack Mr. Forster’s adminis
iration of coercive action. Oi a discussion
of tbe vote for the Irish constabulary,
which was ul'imately carried by a vote of
183 to 18, the sitting was prolonged till #:2O
o’clock this morning.
VIRGINIA’S JUDGES.
Five Selected—Tlie sixth Vacancy
Disputed.
Richmond, February 25. —The General
Assembly to-day elected five Judges of the
Bupreme Court. Night before last the
Democrats nominated aDd voted for their
candidates in each case, except in the ease
of Mr Hinton, who was elected to succeed
Judge E. C. Burks. The Democrats claimed
that the term of servlet of Judge Burks
would not expire on January Ist next, as
did the terms of the other four Judges, and
that he had nearly six years yet to serve.
They, therefore, refrained from voting, and
a considerable amount of skirmishing
around for absentees had to be done before
a quorum of each house could be obtained.
In the Senate, members submitted a pro
res' against the election of a successor to
Judge Burks, because they did not consider
'hat. the time had arrived for 60 doing, and
they were so sustained in this belief by the
Supreme Court i'self. They asked to have
the protest spread upon the journal, but It
was ruled out of order by the President pro
tem., and an appeal from bis ruling wa6
taken, which was discussed until adjourn
ment without action.
French Politics.
Paris, February 25.—1n the Chamber of
Deputies to day, M. Gabelet, Minister of
the Interior and of Worship, replying to M.
Pradon, said the reports that the members
of the dis.-oived religious confraternities had
returned to France, were inaccurate or exag
gerated. He said measures have been taken
to uphold tbe decrees for their dissolution.
The bill introduced by M. Lirard, Minister
of Commerce, rela'ive to imported English
goods, was adopted without discussion. It
authorizes the prolongation of the present
treaty till May 16.
The June meeting of the St. Leula
Jockey Club.
St. Louis, February 2*.— Two hundred
and fifty-four entries, representing Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Colorado, Illi
nois, Michigan, Louisiana, lowa, Alabama,
Texas, Ohio, Mississippi, South Carolina
and the District of Columbia, have been
received for the stakes to be run at the June
meeting of the St. Louis Jockey Club.
A Railroad Gap to be Cloned.
Cincinnati, February 25.— The contract
for building the gap of fifty miles in the
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad,
belongtug to the Rrlaoger system, extend
ing from Arcadia to Shreveport, was to-day
signed here by the contractors, Messrs.
Rogers, Rexford <fc James, of New York
and New Orleans, whose office is at Shreve
port. The road is to be completed by No
vember 1,1882.
Tbe noTrmenl for short Time.
London, February 25. —The Secretary of
the Blackburn Cotton Spinners’ and Manu
facturers’ Association, which includes the
Blackburn, Accrington, Darwen, Hastlng
den, and several smaller towns, has received
twenty nine replies to the circular proposing
short time. Of these, twenty-three are
favorable to the movement.
From the Overflowed Diatrict*.
Skipwith, Miss., February 25—W. F.
Anderson &Cos , who have been working
for a few days repairing the "worst places in
the levee, say the reports of high water
and the condition of the levees in this part
of the Mississippi bottom are partly un
founded. The Ben Lamond levee, so often
reported broken, Is still intact.
Conkllnu’a Appointment to tbe Su
preme Bench.
Utica, N. Y., February 26. —Oonkling
will not be Interviewed. His friends can
only say the nomination by the President
was a surprise to him, and he appeared, so
far as there was any appearance at all, to be
avoree to its acceptance.
The World’* Cotton Bupply,
New York, February 2Jj—The total visi
ble supply of Gotton for the world Is 8,134,-
105 bales, of which 2,457,919 is American,
against 2,926,450 and 2,491,096 respectively
last year.
Cotton mill* Burned.
London, February 25.—E. A. Hargreaves’
cotton mills, at Patricoff, Lancashire, has
been destroyed by fire. The loss is £65,000.
Five thousand bands are thrqwp ojjtof cm
plovment.
Colliatou lu tbe Black Sea.
London, February 25.—A dispatch from
Constantinople says the Russian steamer
Wes'a has b, en sunk In a collision In th*
Black sea. It Is said all on board perished.
Bad Weather.
Rio de Janeiro, February 25.—Bad
weather, both here and at Santos, damaged
the roads, causing considerable reduction lu
the arriyals of coffee from the interior.
The Loss by the Recent Wheeling
Fir*.
Wheeling, W. Va., February 25.—The
k>.6 by yesterday’s fire Is f40,00o; Insurance
I had severe I"!:* 8 oI W l * nd
trouble ; was unable to get any medicine £?
doctor to cure me until I used Hop Bitters,
and they cured me in a short time. —A Dis
tinguished Lavtxss of Wains Cos., N. 1.,
THE AUTOCRAT’S REALM.
The Nihilists* Trial—Fifteen Expect
ed to be Doomed.
London, February 25. —A Bt. Petersburg
dispatch says: “In the trial yesterday
Isnieff declared that he prepared the dyna
mite used lu the mine at the Winter Palace,
but did not know for what purpose it was
intended. Emlllanoff declared that all the
statements of the deceased Goldenberg
were untiue, and that Gen. Melikoff, when
at the head of affairs, was in direct commu
nication with the Nihilists through a lady.
Hereupon the Minister of Justice ordered a
protocol drawn up on this Important point.”
A dispatch from Bt. Petersburg by way of
Berlin says: “During Thursday’s proceed
ings at the trial of the Nihilists several of
the prisoners made very full statements, and
In consequence of their admissions many of
the witnesses were excused from further
attendance. It appears that Trlgoni had
only a very slight connection with the pro
ceedings of the Nihilists, being merely
aware of their designs.
“Suchanow, during his examination, drew
such a vivid picture of the abnormal social
conditions that had driven him, an honor
able, sensitive maD, to a career of crime,
that even the Judges were deeply affected.
“Jakimova acknowledged the truth of the
charges brought against her.
“Jenecker, who is uneducated, admitted
being a terrorist, but was unable to define
the aims of that party.
“Merksloff continued his endeavors to
incriminate bla associates. All of the ac
cused declared that they were Socialists,
and were willing to carry on a peaceful
propaganda, but that they had been driven
to ilipgal acts by the government’s cruelties.
It is believed tbe judgment will be delivered
on Monday, and that fifteen of the prisoners
will be condemned to death.”
Bt. Petbksrdrg, February 25 —The Her
ald says : “Precautions have been taken to
prevent, henceforth, high Russian public
servants from taking tbe liberty of discuss
ing matters of State policy on their own ac
count. It is hoped this authoritative an
nouncement will induce the foreign press,
aud especially the press of the neighboring
empire, to cease using hostile and offensive
language towards Rus*la.”
St. Petersburg, February 26.—1n the
Nihilist trial on Thursday Meljanoff, who is
charged with throwing the fourth bomb at
the late Emperor, proved by the evidence
of witnesses that he was at home on the
13 h of March until 5 o’clock in the after
noon, andjwas informed of the assassination
by the occupants of his house. The case
for the prisoners was concluded at 2 o’clock
In the afternoon, when tbe reading of the
documents connected with the charge was
proceeded with by desire of the prisoners
and concluded. M. Mouraviefi commenced
for the prosecution on Friday. The Min
ister of Justice is present dally.
New York Stock market.
New York, February 25 —Share specula
tion opened strong and }4 to 2 per cent,
higher for the general list than the closing
prices of yesterday, the latter for Houston
and Texas and Alton and Terre Haute,
while Richmond and Danvile was 4 and
Boston Air Line preferred3 percent, higher.
During the entire forenoon the market was
irregular and unsettled, the most important
changes taking place in Louisville and
N*shville,;whlch advanced o}£ and reached
1% per Nashville ana Chattanooga,
wuicb advanced 2 and fell off 1 per cent ;
S'.. Louis and San Francisco preferred,
which advanced Hannibal and ct. Joe
preferred 2. Alton and Terre Haute pre
ferred Ohio Central 1%, Memphis and
Charlesti n I>£ per cent., while St. Paul de
clined 1 and Richmond and Dauv.lle 4 per
cent.
At noon there was a general downward
tendency. Between the boards the market
recorded an advance of %to 1 % per cent,
Louisville and Nashville, Hanmoal and St.
J > preferred, Wabah preferred, Missouri
Pacific and Union Pacific being the most
prominent in the downward movement. In
the late dealings the market sold up to 4
per cent.., R chmond and Danville, Louis
ville and Nashville,- Lake Shore, Missouri
Pacific, Wabash common and preferred,
Nashville and Chattanooga, Denver and Rio
Grande, and Erie common being the most
prominent in the advance. Richmond and
Danville fell off 2 aud Lake Shore % P* r
cent. In tbe final dealings the market closed
strong, at about the highest figures of the
day. Transactions aggregated 450,000
shares.
Stock* lit London.
London, February 25 —The Economist
says : “The rare of discount for bank bills,
sixty days to three months, is 3% to 3% per
cent., and for trade bills, sixty (lays to three
months, 4% to 43< per cent. Tbe speech of
G-nerai Skobslt ff has counteracted the good
effect of the reduction of the rates of dls
count by leading European banks. The
feellDg of uneasiness has Increased, both in
Germany and in Austria. Prices showed a
tendency to revive on Friday.
“In Americans Louisville aod Nashvillede
cllned 14, St. Louis and San Francisco pre
ferred 10, Ban Francisco common and Cairo
and Vincennes common preferred 6 each,
Denver and Rio Grande and Wabash pre
ferred 5 each, Wabash ordinary and St.
Louis Bridge preferred 4 each, Erie prefer
red, Ohio and Mississippi and Oregon and
California preferred 3 each, Central Pacific,
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern 2 each,
Anglo-American cable 1, deferred pre
ferred 2,
rollon Futures m New York.
New York, February 25. The Post's
cotton market report says . “Future de
liveries at the first call sold 11 to 13-100
dearer. The second and last calls showed
a further improvement of 6 100 to 7-100,
and after the call the inquiry was brisk
enough to enable sellers to obtain still 4 100
to 5 100 higher prices. Then the demand
fell off and sellers had to give way a few
points. Thts led to a revival, and the sale*
of the day sum up 182,000 bales. The mar
ket closed firm, March to September in
clusive 20 100 to 23 100, higher than yester
day. The chief buying has been for cover
ing, but as usual speculators profited bv tbs
movement and helped on the advance.”
Fstused to Strike.
Bolton, February 25.—A ballot of cotton
operatives as to the advisability of striking
for an increase of 5 per cent, in wages re
sulted in 327 votes for and 1,103 against the
strike. Notices for an advance In wages
were, therefore, at once withdrawn.
A BLAST FIRED BY LIGHTNING.
Several Workmen Injured by a
Premature Exploalon.
New York Times. 222.
A number of persons who passed th*
gates at the Hoboken ferry last evening re
ported to officer Flattery, who was off duty
there, that forty men had been killed at
one of the shafts of the Dew tuunel of the
New York, Qatario and Western Railposd
lu Weehawken, by an eiploeion. The Bto>y
went from month to mouth till it had be
come generally reported all over the city
and Jersey City. Wherever Inquiry was
made the number of killed was variously
stated at from twenty three to forty. A re
porter of the 7\mes went at once to the
scene of the accident and learned that
there had been an explosion at shaft No. 1
of the tunnel, but that, so far from there
having been the appalling loss of life
reported, no one had been killed, though
about half a dc*en men had been Injured.
The blasts at the tunnel ere fired by elec
tricity. During the thunder storm just be
fore six o’clock last evening the ligh’nlng
struck the wires and exploded the charge
In one of the blasts. About ten men stood
near at tbe time preparing to fire the blast,
and six of them were struck by flying frag
ments of rock. Louis Falk, tbe foreman of
the laborers, was badly cut on the head and
shoulders. 4 man named Curley, another
named Connolly, and James Lynch, with
two others whose names could not be
learned, were also somewhat Injured. Lynch
was removed to St. Mary’s Hospital in Ho
boken. His skull is thought to have been
fractured, and he may die, but the physi
cians hope to save his life. Tbe others
were taken to their homes and med'cal at
tendance was procured. At one o'clock
this morning men were at worfc In the 6baft
as though nothing unusual had happened
there during the day.
Brutally Murdered.— A dispatch
from Rice, Texas, dated the 22d iast.,
says that “the community was shocked
this morning at the announcement “of
the murder of J. W. Norris, postmuster
and a leading merchant. About po’clock
two men came to Norris’ house, and
asked him to go to the store and sell
Ibew some goods. In 7 a ‘fety moments
hjs wifp heard two pistol shots, but
thought it was nothing more than coun
try boy* leaving town, Her husband
soon staggered into the house, saying
that tbe two men had shot him and that
they were strangers to him. He died im
mediately after this statement. The
murderers iTS iarge, but every effort
is being made to ferret out their iden
tity.”
WATERMELON CULTURE.
The Value of tftie melon Crop—Sug
gestions as to Tbelr Cultivation.
Editor Morning Nsws ; To the person
wedded to the “all cotton” system of planting,
the culture of watermelons no doubt seems to
be worthy of very slight consideration. Yet
when it is known that hundreds of thousands
of watermelons grown in Richmond county
alone (without calculating the large number
grown in other portions of this Btate
and of Florida) are annually ship
ped from the city of Augusta, a
faint idpa of the value of that crop can be
formed. It is a crop that matures and is mar
keted at a time when money is scarce with the
average farmer, and is very valuable on that
account alone, without taking Into con
sideration the question of great profit
when well grown Of course, like other
crops, the price obtained is regulated bv the
law of “supply and demand.” and ttrobablv to
a much rreater extent than crops that are loss
perishable.
I propose, with the permission of the con
▼ention, to give the mode of cultivation that
prevails in Richmond county. Georgia—the
county so long and so justly celebrated for the
large size and fine quality of its watermelons
In mv opinion, the best land for a melon
patch is a sandy loam, and. if possible, select
a piece that has been “Ivjng out” and has
grown up in broom sedge or young pines. Plow
it thoroughly during the winter, haying first
burned off the grass, as the ashes of the grass
seem to correct any acidity of the soil. “Lay
it off” twelve feet one way. by ten or
twelve the other. Dig a hole about eighteen
Inches or two feet in diameter and about ten
or twelve inches deep, drawing the top soil
out on one side of the hill and the subsoil out
on the other side. All this operation can be
done during the winter or early spring. As
early as possible in the winter prepare a com
post of about three-quarter stable manure and
one-quarter cotton seed, to be used as a fertili
zer for the melons. About the middle of March
put two shovelfuls of this compost, together
with a small handful of some good ammoniated
superphosphate, in the check already pre
pared, and mix it all thoroughly together with
a hoe. Then draw in the top soil, thrown out
when digging the hole, and make the
hill up in shape of a cone.
Throw two furrows each side of the hill with
a turn plow. lapping the earth around the base
of the cone to prevent water from settling
around the hill and thereby leaching away the
manure.
The patch is now ready for planting, and aa
soon as all danger from frost is past, take a
hoe or rake and knock off the top of the cone,
leveling the hill down to about two or three
inches above the surrounding surface of the
land. This is done in o’der to have a fresh seed
bed and to kill any weeds or grass that may
have started around the hill.
Plant about six seeds in each hill the first
time, aud in a week over the
patch again and press in with the
finger three or four more. This
is done in order to insure “a stand” and to
p-ovide against any late frost, as melons are
Injured by cold weather, and it would be better
to dig up any that, have been so checked in
their growth and plant the hill over again than
to allow them to remain and struggle along
only to produce a very inferior specimen at
last.
As soon as the plants are large enough to
admit of stirring the ground around them, hoe
the hill thoroughly and thin out to two, and as
soon as they have formed four or five leaves
thm down to one plant, to the hill, if you desire
large size melons, which, if you are growing
for market, it is absolutely necessary to
have. About this time it will be neces
sary to plow out the middles thoroughly with
a turn plow or shovel plow, running as deep as
possible. Keep the hill free from grass bv fre
quent use of the hoe, an 1 each working of the
middles must be done in the opposite direction.
Be particular never to plow the ground when
wet, or disturb the vines when the dew is on
them, as at this time they are very brittle and
are easily injured, while on the contrary, when
they have dried off, they are exceedingly
tough.
In laying by” a melon patch, in Richmond
county, it is customary when the vines have
nearly ni*-t or have commenced to set their
fruit, to carefully turn them upside down, out
of each alternate middle, aud plow them
out thoroughly with sweeps, nmning next to
the hill as shallow as possible,and dropping two
rows of cow peas in the centre about eighteen
inches apart, to be covered by the last furrow
of the sweep. These peas do not injure the
growth of the melons in any way, but after the
vines have ceased to bear ripen a very fair
yield of pea* to the acre, or furnish considera
ble flrst-ciass forage; at the same time they
protect many fine melons from the scorching
effect of the sun Turn the Tines back into
their former place as soon as possible, in order
to prevent the sun from twisting them and
thereby causing trouble in handling. It is best
to have two sets of hands for this business, one
set to turn the vines out and one set to turn
them back.
Having worked out each alternate middle
in this way turn back and work out
the balance in the same manner.
It would probably be better to allow
two or three days to elapse before turning
back. In order to give the vines a chance to
catch hold of the ground again, as a storm
might caue considerable damage to the patch
if both sides of the hill had been torn up at the
same time. To a person unaccustomed to see
ing this plan of “layine by,” it would seem as
though the patch had been completely ruined,
but in a few days the vines grow off with in
creased vigor and soon completely cover the
ground, and in a short time the senses are glad
dened with that luxury of luxuri- a, ripe water
melons; and now itis only le't with the produc
er and consumer to say “to what profit?” There
are two varieties that are very popular in Au
gust 1. viz : the old “Rattlesnat e” and the new
“Scaly-bark”—the former oblong in shape,
wi h light and dark-green stripes, and the lat
ter a little more round in shape and of solid
da' k-green color. Both have bright red, crisp
flash, and are very sweet, and grow to immense
size when properly cultivated. I have known
melons to have been sold in Augusta that
weighed over seventy pouuds. These always
command fancy prices.
It will be seen that my views have been ex
pressed altogether with the object to furnish
melons as a market crop, but there is another
side of th- question. Is there -ny one in good
health who. on a hot day in July or August,
when the thermometer ranges in the nineties,
would refuse to partake of a well grown, lus
cious watermelon, plucked before tjie suu has
dissipated the dt*w. aud put asido in a cool
place to await the time when its crimson fl-sh
shall be called for as a refreshment to his
parched lips and throat? I cannot imagine
such a person Therefore, if there are any
here who do not make a practice of planting
watermelons, and who do not consider their
cu ture for market possible on account of the
situation of their farm, plant plenty for family
use, and they will be rewarded bv the happy
fares and increased vigor of their families and
employes. Frkd Little.
How Speculation on the Continent
A fleeted Prices.
Bradstreet's.
The following la taken from the London
Economist of January 28-
As almost ali the tuiportant movements
In securities throughout Europe in January
are due to the collapse of the specula’lon
In Paris and the consequent sudden demands
of that bourse upon London, it will be in
structive to note what the movements in
some of the leading: securities at that centre
have lately been. The rise went on almost
throughout last year, and in the face of the
undoubted want of sympathy latterly in the
London market, and the great pressure for
money before the close of 1881, prices in
many cases reached their highest eariy in
January. The in toe previous twelve
months and tb6 fall now may be gathered
below:
PARIS PRICES (CONVERTED AT S FRANCS—SI.)
Jan., Jan 5, Jan 35.
1881. 1.-82. 1882.
Bank of France *750 on $1,175 00 00
Suez Canal 270 00 6SO O 0 *OO ft)
Credit Fonder 290 00 380 00 312 50
Northern R’y shares. 345 00 46" 00 405 00
Laender Bank..(Mar.l 157 50 240 00 122 50
Sodete de l’Union
Generale 2CO 00 630 00 200 00
These are severe movements, though only
In the most speculative instances are prices
as yet down to what they were twelve
months ago. Still, It must not be forgotten
ihat for the speculator who has held shares
with borrowed money, for which for months
he has had to pay extraordinary rates of in
terests from account to account, such shares
may stand at a considerable rise on the year
and yet he be a heavy loser.
The Vienna bourse has been very severely
affected by these events in Paris, for the
reason that Paris and Lyons have been stimu
lating Austro-Hungarian finance very great
ly during the past year. In the Vienna mar
ket alHne leading stocks have moved yery
much as follows;
VIENNA PRICES (CONVERTED AT 60 FLORINS—*I).
Jan. Dec. Jan. 24.
1881. 1881. 1882.
Creditanstalt *122 50 *l5O 00 fits 00
Hungrar’n Credit Bank. 110 00 150 00 la 00
Northwestern Railway 81 25 94 25 179 00
States Railway 117 50 137 £0 116 25
Here It will be seen that a year’s advance
has been lost in a single month : and proba
bly the fall is justified, iorit cannot be sup
posed tb*t Paris or Lyods will be In a state
to aid Austrian finance much for some time
to come. Toe French haute finance may
give help where securities are sound, and
the BsDk of France may come to the aid of
the Agents de Change, but the shock has been
too severe and too long courted to be very
transitory. Meanwhile, London is qhits
right to buy up tne government stocks now
being thrown upon the markot at Such de
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y., says; “I had been for years troubled
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ever tried would regulate this function until
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WALL STREET EASIER.
Bears Tornlog Boll* and All Hands
Helping to Hold Up the market.
New York Sun, 25 th.
The stock market yesterday was a steady
and marked reaction from tbe general and
rapid decline of Thursday. The operators
who engineered the bear movement which
began last Monday morning hsd, according
to all indications, carried It as far as they
dared for the time being. It was a common
remark yesterday that the bears had been
obliged to turn bulls in self-protection.
The operators who, during the last few
days, have hammered most vigorously and
effectively at certain stocks are long of
other stocks which have suffered, and which
It Is for their interest to protect.
It is cited that the most conspicuous in
stance of this is Mr. Gould, whose attack
upon Louisville and Nashville led the bear
raid. However much he may wish to depress
certain stocks, It Is not reasonable to suopose
that he would wish to have the market go
entirely to pieces as long as he has a mas
ter’s interest In the Southwestern ard the
elevated railroads, to say nothing In West
ern Union and Wabash.
So far as the brokers are concerned, be
yond a courteous expression of sympathy
and perhaps loss of fu’ure commissions,
they do not care how much their customers
lose, but they don’t like to see each other
go to the wall. So they, too, were willing
to call a halt.
According to Btock Exchange reports Mr.
Gould vi as a buyer of stocks yesterday to a
large amount, but doubtless a good propor
tion of his purchases, as were those for
other people, were against short sales.
There was the usual volume of talk about
good Investment buying which is generally
heard after a considerable decline. It was
also asserted by brokers who claim to have
traced and studied the transactions that Mr.
Wm. H. Vanderbilt was in the market as a
purchaser.
Richmond and Danville and itsaopendage,
West Point Terminal, were more depressed,
hut less active than on the previous day.
The latter dropped from 235 to 180 on sales
of 1,300 shares. The day’s transactions
aggregated about 520,000 shares, which, it is
safe to estimate, is 150,C00 less than the
actual business of Thursday. The list of
active stocks, with the two exceptions
noted, advanced pretty steadily all day,
and the closing prices were from 1 to 5 per
cent, better than those of Thursday.
The large operators and the brokers gen
erally expressed the opinion that for the
present prices would be eutained on about
the present level, and only the most san
guine talked of a general and decided
advance.
One result of the continued depression
has b-en to tone down the brokers’ ideas of
the offices they will occupy next year. The
views of many upon this subject are not as
ambitious as they were a few days ago, and
sc me are debating as to whether they can
not get along by simply renting desk room.
ANDRE’S MONUMENT DEFACED.
The Deed of a itlya'erlous Stranger
In Tappan.
Poetic justice in a double sense has over
taken the monument to Major Andre, the
British accomplice of Benedict Arnold,
which was erected at Tappan, on the west
side of the Hudson, in 1879. A man of one
Idea, belonging to tbe specie® vulgarly called
“cranks,” visited it mysteriously on Wed
nesday evening last, and, after laboriously
destroying the Inscription on each of the four
faces, planted a dwarfed American flag and
a small roll of machine verses, eviden'ly
original, on Its summit. He then departed,
with the probable consciousness in his
bosom of having achieved deserved immor
tality. As some of his movements had > een
watched, his identity is likely to be discov
ered sooner that he hoped, and a petty pun
ishment may crown bis ridiculous dream
with a momentary notoriety far different
from the fame of an iconoclast.
With reference to the malicious destruc
tion of a portion of this monument, Mr.
Cyrus W. Field says that be had obtained
some cine to the perpetrator, and also to
some other persons who were back of him.
but for the present he thought the ends of
justice would be better served by saying
nothing about it. The monument, it will
be remembered, was the joint production
of Mr. Field and the late Dean Stanley. The
affair is the aubject of much remark at the
clubs. There are evidences in the verses
affixed to the monument that the vandal, or
or vandals, whoever they are, are persons
of some education and literary ability. A
deteclive has been put in commission to
work up the case. His field of inquiry, for
the present, is the village of Tappan, but
another detective will go to work at the
New York end of the line.
CONKLING’S NOMINATION.
How tbe New* Affected the Half-
Breeds.
New York Correspondence Philadelphia Ledger
The nomination of ex-Senator Conkling
as Associate Justice of the Supreme Courtis
accepted here as a notification from the
President that his friendship for that distin
guished statesman has not been impaired by
recent events. The “half breed” politicians
received the tews with a feeling akin to
consternation, in their estimation it im
plies that no favor is to be obtained from the
admiplstratton by occupying a position of
hostility to Conkling or “Conklingiem,”
and that the peculiar phase of Republi
can poli'lct which Conkling represents is
not to be extinguishtd just yet if the
President can help it. This may be a forced
inference, but, for the moment., it is the one
that, Is generally accepted hy the class of
politician* alluded to. They say the har
mony of the party, especially in this State,
would have been better conserved had the
President permitted Mr. Conkling to drop
out of sight than by thus tendering him the
highest post at his disposal. One hears a
great deal of talk of this kind at the custom
houee, but the “Conkling man” themselves,
it is unnecessary to any, are heartily con
gratulating one another upon this turn of
affairs. Though Mr. Conkling’s professional
practice is worth at least fifty thousand dol
lars per annutqiand thu salary of a Supreme
Court Judge a mere bagatelle compared to
that, they have no doubt he will aceept the
position, at least until such time as the Re
publican party may have further uss for
h;m.
Frozen to Death In a Treo.
Shreveport Stan,Hard.
Wc learned from Mr. J. B. O’Neal re
cently the facts concerning a case where
a colored man named Henry Lemons
died in a tree on the night of the 3d of
this month. It seems that Mr. O’Neal
and the colored man were returning to
their houses in Bossier Point on the
night named, and after dark they reached
a stream known as Fox Skin, which they
attempted to ford, little thinking the
rains had raised it so high as to make it
dangerous. The colored man was ahead,
riding a mule and leading a horse, and in
crossing the stream the mule he was
riding commenced to swim. In a few
moments he called to Mr. O’Neal that
the mule was sinking, and that gen
tleman told him to watch to a tree, which
he dij, and climbed into it. It was im
possible for Mr. O’Neal to get to where
1 he was, and he went back to Mr. N. B.
Murff’s house and reported the accident’
and Mr. Murff and some of his hands
went to the place to render assistance,
but it was impossible to reach the man,
although they could converse with him
from Where they were standing. Some
colored men also gathered on the op
posite sides of the strearn, built
fires and constructed a raft to try
and rescue hiui, but did not succeed.
In the morning some colored men went
up to where he was and found him dead,
hanging to the limb3 oi the tree. It is
supposed he became chilled and died
from the effects. The only way they
could get him to the raft wga to place a
rope around the body, which they did.
He was afterward buried by his wife
and friends. Mr. O'Neal informs us be
was a good and industrious colored man,
and his untimely death Is much regretted
by his friends in the point. The mule
he was riding and the horse he was
leading both reached the shore, and were
recovered.
The Canadian Government is with
drawing its twenty cent pieces from cir
culation, they being unpopular. The
Deputy Receiver General at Toronto re
cently sent SIO,OOO worth of them to
Ottawa.
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HOPES FOB OCITEEC.
A Remarkable Collection In tlie Jail
at Washington.
Washington Special to Baltimore American,
Feb. 18.
“Another rope for Guiteau,” said an
expressman, depositing a package in the
warden’s office of the jail this morning.
“That makes forty four,’’Deputy War
den Rusk responded, as he signed and
handed hack the expressman’s receipt
book. “Our collection is nearly com
plete. ”
“Your collection?" queried a press rep
resentative, who was present; “what do
you mean by that?”
“Step this way and I will show you.”
Following Mr. Rusk, the reporter was
shown into a smaller room, where, hung
in a long row, were various samples of
hangmen’s ropes, measuring from three
to ten feet, of every make and variously
tied, each one properly labelled.”
“Why, what are these?” the visitor
asked, looking hastily over the collection
and shuddering at their suggestiveness.
from various Ameri
can citizens,” the jailer answered, “who
desire to give Guiteau a lift in the
world,” laughing at the ghastly joke.
“We have now here ropes from nearly
every State in the Union, and lack but
four States to make the collection com
plete—Nevada, South Carolina, New
Hampshire and Vermont. I might say
that North Carolina was lacking also, as
it has not sent us a rope, but some fellow
down there sent this grapevine, which, I
suppose, would come in handy on a
pinch.”
“Which is the rope you have to repre
sent Maryland?”
“This one,” answered Rusk, showing
a well-greased rope of India hemp, con
structed with a noose, done in the high
est nautical style, evidently the work of
a sailor. “We had another piece, also,”
Rusk continued, “but it has become
misplaced. This one from California,
you will observe, is of twisted silk. It
was unaccompanied by the contributor’s
name; but it’s a beauty. Very few of
them were marked so as to furnish a
clue to the senders. It’s a splendid col
lection, though, and something that we
take pride in exhibiting to visitors.”
“Will you use either of these for hang
ing Guiteau?”
“No. Bob Strong, the hangman, has
decided to use a part of the rope with
which Bedford and Quenan were exe
cuted. He says that’s the best rope he
ever saw.”
“Has Guiteau seen the collection?”
“No, we have not considered it pro
per, and have carefully avoided alluding
to it in his presence.”
“He has knowledge of it, has he
not?”
“I suppose that he has seen in the
newspapers announcements of the arrival
of rope at various times, but has said
nothing to us on the subject.”
“What do visitors say about these
ropes?”
“Well, I couldn’t begin to tell you.
Women generally shudder and turn
away; and, now and then, men handle
them and discuss their relative merits.
But, as a general thing, nobody comes to
do more than to glance at them. We
had a fellow here the other day—a show
man, I took him to be—who wanted to
buy the whole lot, to be delivered on the
day after the execution. He offered a
thousand dollars for them. But we took
no notice of his proposition, because we
believed that his idea was to sell each
rope for fabulous prices, representing
them to be the identical rope with which
Guiteau was hanged.”
“Will the rope used at the execution
be cut up and sold as relics?”
“I don’t know; but it might as well
be. for within twenty-four hours after
Guiteau’s death I am satisfied that pieces
of ‘that identical rope’ will be offered
for sale in every section of the country,
and all the side-shows and museums will
have the rope on exhibition entire.”
In the same room were other queer
contributions that had been forwarded
to the assass ; n, among them models of
gallows and stuffed men hanging in
effigy. There were pictures, too,
ou letter-heads and other article* the
whole forming a collection that would
thrill the heart of a bowman with de
light.
Leaving this remarkable museum, the
reporter paid a short visit to Guiteau’s
cell. The wretch was writing a letter.
His beard has begun to grow out again,
and he looked more unkempt and cadav
erous than he has for some time.
“Confinement is beginning to show on
him,” Mr. Rusk said, “and he gets sullen
and crabid at times. He is in one of those
moods to-day.” Just then Guiteau raised
his eyes from the letter sheet before him,
and on perceiving his visitors peering in
at the door, snarled out, “Get away from
there,” fiercely; “I don’t want to see visi
tors to day.”
“I told you so,” said Rusk, with a
smile, and he led the reporter away.
Guiteau does not approve the action of
his sister in appealing to Mrs. Garfield
in his behalf. He has said very little
about it, except that he wished she
would attend to her owa business and
let his affairs alone. He still cherishes
the idea that he will be granted anew
trial by the General Term
MRS. SURRATT’S GRATE.
Tbe Stone tbit marks Her Lut
Reeling Place.
Washington Star.
In Mount Olivet Cemetery, on the
Bladensburg road (a short distance be
yond the terminus of H street), repose
the remains of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt,
who, it will be remembered, was hung
on the 2d day of July, 1865, as one of
the conspirators implicated in the assas
sination of President Lincoln. Her
body was buried in the arsenal grounds
near the scaffold with those of Payn>,
Herold and Atserodt, and subsequently
Wirtz, of Andersonville notoriety, was
buried near them. While the bodies
were lying there plain headboards were
placed oyer their graves. When the old
penitentiary building was torn down
the remains of John Wilkes Booth
buried in the end of the building, and
the bodies above named, were all moved
into one of the large storehouses of the
arsenal aud placed under the flagging.
About the close of President Johnson’s
administration (1869) the bodies were
surrendered to the friends or relatives of
the deceased persons, and were removed
elsewhere—those of Wirtz and Mrs. Sur
ratt being taken to Mt. Olivet. When
the body of the latter was exhumed a
small black ribbon, tied in a bow knot,
was removed from her dress as a me
mento. A number of her former friends
were present when the reinterment was
made in a lot at the extreme northwest
corner of the cemetery. Stones marked
with the letter S. were set at the corners
of the lot.
With no other mark the spot was diffi
cult to find without guidance, and Mr.
P. Duffy, the sexton at that time and for
several years afterward, was frequently
called on to point out the spot where
Mrs. Surratt was buried. About 1875
Mr. Gustavus Craney, a stonecutter, re
siding at No. 1122 New Jersey avenue,
southeast, was engaged in putting up
some headstones in the grounds, and Mr.
Duffy called his attention to the want of
a stone to mark Mrs. Surratt’s grave. Mr.
Craney agreed to cut the letters on a
stone if Mr. Duffy procured one. Mr.
Duffy having procured a stona it was
chiseled by Mr. CraDey, who cut the
name ‘‘Mrs. Surratt” upon it and set it
at the head of the grave. Since tien
tnere have been two other Vnitttaento in
the lot, one a grandchild of Mrs. Surratt
and the other {lf, Thomas of New Or
leans.
John J. Flynn, of the editorial staff of
the Chicago Daily Net c*, has been ap
pointed by the President of the TJoited
States Consul at Chemnitz, Germany.
The salary is $3,000, and the fees col
lected there in 1880 were over $17,000.
TIE PALMER-SULLIVAN COM
BINATION.
What a bate Employe flu to flay
About the Rumor of a Collapse.
Sew Orleans Timet-Democrat.
A reporter of the Timen-Democrat yes
terday interviewed Mr. Chas. H. Patter
son, civil engineer, who has recently
been in the employ of the Palmer Sulli
van corporation, who have the right-of
way through Mexico for an important
railroad and branches.
Mr. Patterson declared the reported
collapse of the company to be untrue.*
He said that the report probably grew
out of the fact that a large number of
the laborers and many of the profession
al men employed by the company had
been discharged.
The grading of the road from Laredo
to Monterey was progressing too fast for
the construction trains following. It had
got so far ahead that there was danger of
the roadbed being beaten down and
washed away at the further end before
the track layers could reach it. The
grading had been carried within 59 miles
of Monterev, or about 150 miles south of
Laredo. There had been 46 miles of
track laid, and the work of placing the
rails was progressing at the rate of one
mile a day.
The grant to the company called for
surveys and plans for ninety miles every
year, and the lines have been run far
enough to cover this stipulation for two
years, hence the company was able to
dispense with a number of professional
men, Mr. Patterson included.
Mr. Patterson said that the combina
nation had promptly met all its obliga
tions, had paid up the discharged men
in full, and had even given extra com
pensation to the engineer corps. He
said further, that at Laredo, there were
spikes, rails and ties enough to build
seventy-five miles of the road, and more
material was coming in daily, while
there was a large quantity at Corpus
Christi.
Work on the Matamoros and Monterey
branch was progressing slowly, but he
understood when he left Laredo on Peb.
15, that a sloop with a locomotive and
rails for the line had left Galveston.
Mr. Patterson said that when he left
Laredo there was no talk either of a col
lapse of the combination, or of a deficit
in the funds of the treasurer.
SOTELDO’S LOVE AFFAIR.
The Story of HU Klopement With
and Harrlage to tbe Daughter of a
Wealthy Railway King.
Biddeford tile.) Special to Chicago Tribune.
A. M. Soteldo, the journalist who was
the victim of a tragedy at Washington
last week, was known to a number of
people in this city and Saco. He was
here last summer, and was an assiduous
6uitor for the hand of a Miss Clement,
whom he came to visit. Miss Clement
is the daughter of the Hon. William A.
Clement, of Cincinnati, one of the rail
road kings of the West, and General
Manager of the Cincinnati Southern
Railway, and for many years has
been in the habit of spending
the summer here with hia
family, stopping at the Yates
House at the pool. Miss Clement was a
beautiful and attractive young lady, and
has been one of the society belles of Cin
cinnati. Soteldo’s attentions to the
young lady were not pleasing to the
father, who used every possible means
to break off the match, but Miss Clement
reciprocated Soteldo’s love, and parental
influence and mtreaty were of no avail
to move her to give him up. Soteldo
disappeared for a time, but kept up a
secret correspondence with Miss Clement
while she remained here. One day last
August he appeared on the ground,
again, with arrangements perfect
to secure his promised bride.
An elopement was planned and
carried out. By prearrangement Misa
Clement went to Sico and met her lover
at the Saco House on the 11th of August.
The services of the Rev. Dr. Nichols, of
the Unitarian Church, had been secured
and the two were quickly made man and
wife. The young lady returned to her
family, and it was some time before her
parents learned of the marriage. When
they were finally apprised of it, they
were filled with mortification and indig
nation, feeling that their daughter had
made a mesalliance. The marriage short
ly after became generally known, and
created quite a sensation in society cir
cles at Washington and Cincinnati.
A Famous Benuly,
Public Opinion ,
When the exhibition 0 f t jj e wor^B 0 f
the painter Magnr, g took place at Berlin
a great
fore a beautiful portrait of a woman. A
velvet dress surrounded her figure,
while transparent sleeves only half cov
ered a marble-like arm. A golden chain,
passing through the smooth hair, was
fastened on the forehead by a jewel,
forming an old fashioned but pretty orna
ment. This was called formerly a “Re
gardez moi.” The graceful head, the
small ears, dark eyes full of Are, the
thin nose, the purple and softly rounded
cheeks, formed a charm which cannot
be described, and which could only be
painted by such a skillful hand as that
of Magnus.
“Who is that beautiful woman?”
asked all the people present. “Frederike
Robert,” was the answer which an old
gray-haired man cave. She was the
muse of Henry Heine, whom he once
wanted to carry to the banks of the
Ganges “on the wmgs of the c ongs.” He
dedicated to her that beautiful poem; he
called her his “idol,” or the cousin of
the Venus of Milo, and he sang about
her “sweet feet.” Bhe was also sung by
several other German poets, Fouque,
Chamisso, Karl Sehall, Holtei, etc. She
was admired by W. Hensel, the famous
“albumist,” as he used to style himselg
because be would carry his album every
where, in every society, and. make
sketches of the famous people. The
beautiful Frederike possessed much
talent; she composed verses in the Swa
bian dialect, but printed nothing. She
was sister-in-law to the famous author
ess, Rahel Tarnhagen, to whom she was
much attached.
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