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„ second Clun dlati Matter.
tiforula Affairs.
Ail the public schools of Hall county have
closed. The reason is not stated.
Thr artesian well at ThomasviUe has reached
depth of seven hundred feet. Unfortunately
the t nnit tools became detached on Saturday
evening, and fell to the bottom. The contrac
p - has tt -„-rai'hel to the manufactory for
Hating tool* to recover them.
Miller canty Is the banner county of the
E jnth Senatorial district, and will give Dr.
i the Democratic nominee, over five
hundred majority.
Dr. Alexander Fox, who was so long in jail
st Atlanta, died Thursday night at the Bene'
voient Home.
The residence of W. F. Gibson, one mile
fr in Forsyth, wa* destroyed by Are on
ft . in*- lay last. The fire was caused by a
defe. ive flue and originated in the roof of the
y- a J. Baker, of Franklin county, has a
gu', ■ ich has been in the possession of his
ft i.ly since the revolutionary war. It is a
Ureei. musket, and was obtained by his grand
father during the war of independence, in
\ irgisia It was made in 1T62.
A Mr. John Bhelnut I adependent) proposes to
run for Senator of the Thirty-seveuth Senato
rial i- net The organized Democracy of that
district propose to crack him on election day.
Tie- temperance question is the all absorbing
t pic in Athens at present.
Tfc- r. are one hundred and eighty-two papers
published in Georgia, hence there is no lack of
lieorgia news items.
M re -chool houses ere needed in Athens
There is not a public school in the city. The
proper authorities should look into this matter
speedily.
The Clarke county Candler campaign club
has organized in Athens with a large member
ship It prop ses to promulgate the organized
Dem cratic doctrines--the A. 11. C. of Georgia
polities— and help to defeat Emory Speer.
The total taxable value of property of
Wayne county for the year 1682 is 8841,961,
being an increase of value over 1881 of 8131,539.
Col. A. Clarke is the choice of the Democratic
party of Wayne county, and the expressed
will of the party in convention assembled will
he respected and indorsed throughout the
district by a handsome majority, says the Jes
up Sentinel.
The last number of the Brunswick Aslver
tor and Appeal comes to us in the shape of
a trade issue of twelve pages, filled with mat
ter showing the importance of that seaport.
In it is found a well written history of Bruns
wick, her advantages as a lumber and naval
stores port and other information of the bus!
ness and progress of the city. The issue is
gotten up in good style and is a credit to the
journalistic enterprise of our contemporary.
Brunswick maintains a telephone exchange
of about forty members, and orders for new
members are coming In'eyery day.
Nearly eleven million of feet of yellow pine
lumber have passed over the docks of Bruns
wick during the past year. This vast quantity
has been supplied by the twenty-four mills on
the railroads leading into the city. In 1882 the
value of the foreign exports of naval stores
from the port has been 8456,000.
Last fall Mr. ft'. R. Cardwell left Harris
county, with his interesting family, consisting
of his wife and three children, and went to
Texas, where he was engaged in herding cattle.
His father and mother, residing in Harris
county, have just received from him a letter
giving the sad details of the drowning of his
wife and children on the 21th of August last_
on the Concho river, which rose in that one
night to the height of sixty feet. His wife and
three children were swept away by the flood
and perished, and he himself, after untold
suffering, was rescued from a tree too by the
chance appearance of friends.
Toe Howard residence at Columbus, occupied
by Mr. A. F. Johnson and family and Mr. W.
8. Robinson and family, was destroyed by tire
on Friday morning last. Every article of fur
niture and bed clothes was burned, and the in
mates barely escaped with their lives.
There are over twelve hundred delinquents
in Henry county, whose aggregate delinquen
cies amount to over $3,000, and for which fl.
fas. have been issued.
The colored vote of Lee county will be al
most solid for Judge Crisp, the negroes being
satisfied that he will prove as true a friend to
them in Congress as he has been on the bench.
A Macon man, Mr. Beskey Smith, had £330 in
ten-dollar gold pieces, and as a safe deposit put
it under the carpet in his bedroom, beneath the
bureau. His wife, Mrs. Smith, taking a notion
to "clean up," hired a colored man named
Flagg to take up the carpet and shake and dust
it. Mr. Smith came home at twelve o'clock
Thursday night, and seeing that the carpet had
been taken up. naturally inquired for his de
posit. His wife told him she had thought that
he had taken it. The carpet cleaner was next
Interviewed, and acknowledged that he had
taken the money, which he produced intact on
promise that he would not be prosecuted,
and the money was restored. Smith has now
no confidence in his temporary safe deposit.
A movement is on foot among the Macon
cotton men to establish a cotton exchange.
Mr. Alexander Phillips, a prominent citizen
of Augusta, died suddenly at the country place
of Mr E. P. Schneider, near Augusta, on Fri
day afternoon. It is supposed that his death
tvsu ted from a congestive chill.
Augusta will have a grand Democratic mass
meeting on Tuesday evening at the city hal)
yard. Music and a grand illumination, and
■perches by distinguished Democrats will be
*be{ g-arume. which wilßinspire the Demoo
racy for the grand charge at the polls on Wed
nesday.
The Franklin Register publishes the an
nouncements of twenty candidates in that
county. The political market is booming in
Franklin.
The annual trade issue of the Griffin Seme
put in an appearance on Saturday last. It pre
sents a fine appearance, and is beautifully
printed, and full of interesting matter regard
ing the thriving city it represents. It is illus
trated by fine engravings of the court house,
Griffin F crna.e College, the new Campbell press
of the JVVtt-i. Drewry s drug store and the Metes
office, map of Griffin s railroad connections
Pam Bailey Male lustitute, the Baptist Chuicb
and the City National Bank, and altogether is
a creditable specimen of Griffin journalism.
The total valuation of Griffin taxable pro
perty this year is $1,060,000.
Griffin’s bonded indebtedness is $-3,000, pay
able at the rate of s3,otXi per year up to 1890,
and )i.OWi per year up to 1900; $33,000 of this
indebtedness is stock in the Savannah. Griffin
and North Alabama Railroad. The remaining
840,000 was sunk in the Griffin, Madison and
Montieello Railroad.
The value of cotton brought to the Griffin
market in 1661-82 was $1,184,500.
Mr. J. W. Helms has assumed editorial con
trol of the Ty Ty Echo.
J* ' • I* Marler is a candidate for the Judgeship
°‘ the Northeastern circuit. For the Solicitor
ship H. W. J. Ham and Howard Thompson, of
Gainesville. W. r. Erwin, of Clarksville, R. U.
Baker, of Dahlonega, and i\ J Butt, of Union.
Mr. M. P. Carroll, of Augusta, is a candidate
Tor Judge of the Augusta circuit. He will be
backed by the Augusta bar, and the delegation
from Richmond county are solid for him Mr.
Carroll is a competent lawyer, and will do
great credit to the circuit as a Judge.
Mr. Nlchclastldtim, of Scriven county was
seriously crushed on last Saturday evening
He was on his way to Stony Bluff driving a
wagon loaded with three ba es of cotton fnd
w *““ yy. .thc .Blntt. in going down a slope
lather briskly the wagon struck a stump,
throwirg him flat upon the ground, and one of
the bale* cf ,-orton, weighing about six hun
dred pounds, fell upon him, almost crushing
him to death. He was insensible for some
dme, but. finally revived. His recovery is
thought to be doubtful.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
faratmah pramtg Sim
A. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
A MISSISSIPPI HORROR.
STEAMER R. E. LEE BURNED
A Number of Live* Lost—Five Hundred
Bales of Cotton Destroyed—. Supposed
Incendiarism.
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New Orleans, September 30.—The Pic
ayune's Vicksburg special says: “This morn
ing at three o’clock a fire broke out on the
s'eamerß E. Lee, while on her trip to this
city, and when about thirty miles below
Vicksburg, resulting in the total dest ruction
of the boat and a terrible loss of life. The
following Is a list of the persons
known to be lost: Cabin passengers
—W. R. Painter, of Maysvllle, Ky.;
Mrs. McClennan, of New Orleans: Miss
Adams, a music teacher, on her way to
Baton Rouge: an infant of Mrs. Searle, of
Vicksburg; two colored women, a fireman,
five colored cabin boys, second and third
chambermaids, one roustabout, Kardo, the
boat’s carpenter, Wm. Meetmaker, second
engineer, and all the cooks and help except
the pastry cook. The books of the boat and
the United States mail were lost, together
with five hundred bales of cotton.”
The Lee had just been overhauled and
newly painted, and was on her first trip this
season. Bhe left Vicksburg vesterday even
ing for New Orleans wt,h 500 bales of cot
ton and a good list of passengers. While
opposite Point Pleasant at 3:30 a. m. she
was discovered to be on fire and was
immediately headed for the Louisiana shore
and landed at Yucatan plantation, thirty
live miles below Vicksburg. In a few min
utes she was completely enveloped in
flames. Twenty-one persons are believed
to have been lost, including many of the
crew. The steamboat J. M. White passed
the wreck about 6a. m., and took the re
maining passengers and crew to Vicksburg.
3. C. Rowlings and Robert Smith, pilots,
were both burned and otherwise hurt. The
fire is supposed to have originated in the
pantry room. 8o rapidly did the flames
spread that it was impossible for the pas
sengers or officers to save anything but
what they had on at the time. Captain W.
8. Cannon states that the steamer was
owned by the estate of bis father, Captain
John W. Cannon, and her commander, Cap
tain Wm. Campbell. She was valued at
SIOO,OOO, and insured for $30,000, mostly in
local companies.
The crew was composed almost entirely
of men who have been on the river twenty
or thirty years. The boat, besides her sup
ply pumps, had anew fire pump with four
teen-inch cylinder and 700 feet of hose.
There were, always three watchmen on
deck. The Lee was insured for $7,500 in
the zEtna, of Hartford: $2,300 each In the
National Enterprise and Merchants of
Cincinnati, and $23,000 in New Orleans
companies. The following Is a list of the
passengers saved: Thomas J. Spain, Tensas,
La : C. H. Chapman, of steamer Naomi; G.
O. Rauke, of New Orleans; J. M. Farnum,
St. Louis; Mr. Abrams, Chicago; Henry
Mason, Monroe, La.; J. C. Siott
and H. W. Neefus, New York; J.
M. Freeman, Vicksburg, Miss : J. B.
Berger, Easton, Pa ; VV. W. Irish,
of Carlisle, Ills.: John H. Ludwtgson, of
New Orleans; Mrs. Searle, of Vicksburg,
and a lady with eight children, name un
known. The Lee left this city last Tues
day, the first trip for five months.
The announcement of the destruction by
fire of that grand old steamboat Robert E.
Lee will be heard wi h universal sorrow.
The champion of Mississippi waters, the
favorite of all people from New Orleans to
Vicksburg, and named after the greatest of
heroes and statesmen, he( destruction just
at the beginning of the Cotton season and
after having uu :ergone' thorough over
hauling, will be a serious .'blow to her own
ers, as well as to the trade in which she has
been so long and so faithfully engaged.
Whenever a survivor was seen on the
street, immediately a large crowd would
gather around, eager to learn whatever he
knew of the sad occurrence. A number
were seen with their heads, arms, etc.,
bandaged up, some in considerable pain,
white others were not so badly hurt. Mr.
A rill Bell, second clerk of the Lee, who was
up at the time of the accident, 6ays:
“I never saw anything burn so quickly. I
w. aft at the time, and when I heard the
alarm, knowing that my partner, who sleeps
roundly, and the other officers were In great
danger, I rushed up to awaken them. The
fire followed me so fast that by the time I
had them all up mv partner had his hair
singed setting down stairs, and I was forced
to climb over the rail. I thought I was gone
at one time. The boat did not have much
cotton aboard. She had just been freshly
painted and she went just like gunpowder.
Mr. Bell, a passenger who was interview
ed, seems to think that the fire originated
in the pastry rooms of the cook house,
although I. don’t see, said the former, what
the fire was doing there that early as the
cooks are not called before 4 o’clock.
“Mrs. Daniel Searls, with heroic presence
of mind and motherly devotion, grasped
her sleeping Infant, and, arranging a life
preserver about her person, jumped boldly
into the water. By a disarrangement of the
lffe preserver, she was thrown upon her
back, and lost her grasp upon her child.
Oapt. Campbell and the surviving officers
all leave by to-night’s train for New Or
leans, and will bring out the steamer Rich
ardson in place of the Lee next Tuesday.”
The Picayune special says: “The Lee had
on leaving here about 415 bales cotton. She
took on some few more at landings below,
and about sixty-five bales from a small cot
ton seed boat, so tbat when burned she had
about 512 bales, all told; also a large cargo
of boots, shoes and drv goods, reshlpped by
the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad from
points north and east of Natchez, and
other points below this city; 20,000
feet lumber, a large quantity of doors,
blinds, sasbes, etc., together with a large
lot of miscellaneous freight. She stopped
to wood up about twelve miles below here
at 12:30 this morning, and remained some
time. The last landing made before
the fire was at Ash wood, about
twenty-five miles below this city.
At the time the alarm was given the
boat was under way. She was Immediately
headed for the shore and struck the bans In
a very short time, not more than three or
four minutes. To John Stout, a noble and
brave-hearU and pilot, who was at the wheel,
Is due the lives of those saved. He stood
at the wheel and gave courage to all by
firmness never before excelled, and as
the champion rounded to meet her
sad fate at Yucatan landing the flames
were fast enveloping the brave man in the
pilot house, who, despite the fire around
him, with almost the last hope of escape,
still stood there until he gave word to the
engineer that the boat had made the shore.
Not until this was done did he even for
one minute take his band from the wheel.
He made his escape by the hurricane roof,
and from there ashore. The cause of the
fire is not known. Some think it was the
wotk of an Incendiary, while others believe
It to have been accidental.”
New Oki.ba.nß, October 1 —A Picayune
special from the sceoe of the disaster to ihs
steamer R. E Lee say a : “Engineer Perkln3
first saw the flame Issuing from the pastry
room, In which there were no lamps at the
time. StewardjUenry Carraban states that
no coal oil or other combustible material
was ever kept in the kitchen, pantry or pas
try room. He also thinks the fire was the
work of an Incendiary. Engineer Perkins, In
stantly after the discovery of the fire, noti
fied the pilot, and the boat was headed for
the shore on the Mississippi side, and was
plunged with such force against the bank as
to become firmly fastened. The passengers
not cut oft from rhe bow escaped to the
6hore. Casualties occurred among those
having berths aft. Some of them, however,
were rescued after jumping overboard.
Those who succeeded in getting to the
shore were, many of them, half clad, some
ha!less, others shoeless, and others etill
with scarcely enough clothing to cover their
nakedness. Much credit is given to Wm.
8 Perkins, who was In charge of the engine
at the time of the disaster. He stood nobly
at his post until the boat was landed and the
pilots told him he could go.”
The Lee’s surviving passengers had a
meeting on the steamer White, and passed
resolutions eulogizing the conduct of the
officers of the Lee,and expressing gratitude
to the the officers of the White for their
kind treatment in supplying them with
clothing, etc.
The total loss by the burning of the Lee
and cargo Is estimated at $175,000. The
merchandise Is doubtless fully insured.
Redution in the Public Debt—Counter
feiters Arrested.
Washington, September 30.—1 t Is esti
mated thEt the reduction of the public debt
for S“ptjmber will be in the neighborhood
Of $16,000,000.
An agent of the Secret Service division
telegraphs from Cartersvllle. Ga., the arrest
of Henry May and D. W. Kellet for coun
terfeiting, and the caDture of one hundred
and fifteen counterfeit silver dollars and
mould for making the same.
The skeptical no longer Indulge their
doubts, as the many cures effected by that
incomparable cough medicine, Coussen’e
Honey of Tar, strongly asserts its claims to
public esteem as the best remedy ever com
pounded for coughs, colds, and all diseases
of the throat and lungs. Price 50 cents
a bottle. For sale by G. M. Hetdt & Cos.,
Druggist.
bane ball.
Validity of the Recent Agreement Be
tween the Chicago and Providence
Clubs Denied—Games Saturday.
Chicago, September 30.—1 tls stated on
the best 'authority that the Chicago Base
Ball Club will refuse to recognize the valid
ity of the agreement with the Providence
club, to play nine games after the close of
the season to decide the championship, on
the ground that the agreement was entered
into on the understanding that the Worce
sters proposed to drop out without complet
ing their schedule. The Worcesters having
concluded, however, to play the series out,
the championship has been decided in the
regular way in favor of the Chicagos, and
further games are uncalled for.
The last game of base ball of the season
was wltneseed by four thousand people. It
was close and exciting throughout. The
batting was clean and effective and fielding
sharp. The Chicagos won by hard batting
in the last, inning. The score stood: Chi'
cagos 6, Buffalos 5.
Chicago, October 1 —The Chicago Base
Ball Club haa signed contracts for next
year with every member of the present
club except Nicol, substitute.
Bostos, October I,—A special from Prov
idence says : “The threat to have the three
Chicago and Buffalo games of base ball
thrown out of thaLeague record because of
the Itfegffnry of the vote at Philadelphia,
which would give the Providence the cham
pionship, providing the Providence wins
the last game with the Boston Mon
day, brought the following from Spauld
ing, of Chicago, to-day: 'We will
advertise games a6 champions if you desire
it. Let us get this thing settled. Games
will be played as follows: In Providence,
October 10, 11, 12 and 13; New York or
Philadelphia, October 16: Chicago, October
18, 19, 20 and 21.”
The following games were played on
Saturday:
Clbybland—Detroits 7, Clevelands 7.
But seven innings were played on account
of the darkness.
Boston—Providences 3, Bostons 1.
8t Loois—Louisville* 3, Bt. Louis 3.
New York—Metropolitans 11, Peerless 2.
Philadelphia—Troys 4, Philadelphtas 2.
Baltimore—Baltimores 3, Athletics 6.
AN ALLEGED SWINDLE.
A Suit to Recover #2,500 Paid for a
Twelfth Interest in the Georgia South
ern and Florida Railroad.
New York, October I.—Harford R. Nash
has begun proceedings against George Berry
and William R. Ashton in the Supreme
Court to recover $2,500. The plaintiff al
leges that in November, 1881, the defendants
offered to sell him one-twelfth interest in
the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
for $2,500. Nash says he made the pur
chase in consequence of the representations
made ly defendants that a syndicate of
capitalists, composed of Mesers. Field, Dor
sbetmer, Bacon and Dey, were about to
build the road. These representations, Nash
decrees, were utterly false and untrue, and
therefore sues to recover the' amount he
claims to have been swindled out of. Upon
an order granted in the Supreme Court to
day, the defendants were arrested and re
quired to give ball.
FOUND IN A MINE.
A Sudden Disappearance Accounted For.
Denver, Col., October I.—A Louisville
special says: “Last May General Ward the
lessee of the Dunkin mine on Frier Hill,
was stopped and robbed of $1,700 while re
turning from town. The police next
morning captured the robbers* who
were placed In jail. Bhortly
afterwards Gen. Ward disappeared
A few days ago, while a party of miners
were at work getting out one of their com
rades who had fallen down the shaft of the
Climax mine, they found the coat and hat
General Ward. A sickening odor arose
from the water In the bottom of the shaft,
where it is thought General Ward’s body is
lying. Search will be made, which may re
sult In solving the mystery attending Gene
ral Ward’s disappearance.”
A HURRICANE IN IRELAND.
Great Destruction of Property—A Ship
Sunk.
London, October I.— A hurricane pre
vailed in Ireland to-day. At Cork more
damage was done on land than had been
caused by any previous storm for twenty
years past. The American ship Harvey
Mills, from Liverpool fer New York,
lying at Queenstown, was driven
ashore, and several yachts were sunk in the
harbor. At Newry a large number of
houses were greatly damaged, and the town
was flooded at Limerick. Twenty feet of
the spire of a Catholic church were blown
down during the service, causing a panic
among the congregation, which was, how
ever, quickly allayed. The county jail was
damaged.
New York Stock Market.
New York, September 30.— Share specu
lation opened generally firm at a fractional
advance from yesterday’s closing prices.
In the early trade there was a further
fractional advance, after which the mar
ket became weak, and about 11:30 a decline
ranging from % to % per cent took place,
the latter for Louisville and Nashville to
64%. The others prominent in the decline
were Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
which fell off 2, New Jersey Central 1%,
Wabash preferred 1%, and Canada Southern
1 per cent.
In the early part of the afternoon Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western led the re
covery of % to % per cent., after which an
other break occurred in the market, and
prices fell off % t 0 2% per cent., the latter
for Louisville and Nashville, which dropped
to 62%. St. Paul, Minneapolis and Mani
toba, Alleghany Central, Denver and Rio
Grande, St. Paul and Northwestern were
also prominent in the decline.
lu the later trade the downward move
ment was checked by a rally of 1% per cent.
In Louisville and Nashville and Nashville
and Cha'tanooga. 1% In Reading, 1% in
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 1 In
Alleghany Central, and % to % In the re
mainder of the list. But in the final deal
ings a sharp decline of 3 per cent, took
place In Canada Southern, which sold down
to 62%, and the remainder of the list sold
off 1% to 2 per cent., the latter for Michi
gan Central and Memphis and Charleston,
and the market closed weak with a
decline on the day of %
to 3% per cent, Canada Southern,
Louisville and Nashville, Michigan Central
and Union Pacific being the most conspicu
ous therein. The stocks moet active, and
at the same time weakest, were Louisville
and Nashville and Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, there being 36,000 shares sold
of the former, and 77,000 of the latter.
Transactions aggregated 475,000 shares.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., October I.—lndications
for Monday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
local rains and partly cloudy weather, north
east to southeast winds, slight changes In
temperature, and stationary or lower ba
rometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fab
weather, winds mostly from north to east,
and no change In temperature.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, threat
ening weather and rain, northeast to south
east winds, and no decided change In tem
perature.
A “Herald’ - Correspondent Shot.
Galveston, October I—A special from
Ssn Antonio says: “C. M. Barnes, corres
pondent of the New York Herald, was shot
by W. P. Lyle, reporter for the Evening
Light, during a quarrel about an article
written by Lyle. The bullets struck Barnes
just above the waist, and striking a rib,
passed around and lodged In the flesh on his
right side. Barnes lies in a precarious con
dition. Lyle was immediately arrested, and
is now in jail.”
Where the Skirmishing Fund Has Gone.
New York, October I.—At a meeting of
the contributors to the skirmishing fund to
day it was stated that the Investigation
committee were in possession of sufficient
evidence to send the Board of Trustees to
the State prison. Also, that Messrs. Ford
had borrowed $12,000 of the fund money to
enlarge their publication X'-he Irish World)\
also that the ram, which cost $23,345, could
be built for SS,OOO.
Put in Leaking.
London, September 30. —The bark Lizette,
from Liverpool for Galveston, has taken
refuge at Falmouth leaking and with her
crew mutinous.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1882.
YELLOW FEVER.
THE SITUATION AT PENSACOLA
AND THE SOUTHWEST.
The Fever Spreading Rapidly at Pensa
cola—More Fatal at Brownsville—A
Statement by Surgeon General Ham
ilton.
New Orleans, September 30.—A dispatch
to the Picayune from Pensacola reports fifty
two new cases and eleven deaths from yel
low fever.
Pensacola, September 30.—This night
ends September, with a report of 783 cases
of yellow fever to date and 78 deaths. The
disease has been spreading rapidly for a
week, and it has unfortunately been chiefly
confined to very poor people, the colored
people being peculiarly susceptible to its
ravages. The Southern people, especially
those of Mobile and Memphis, have sent
most liberal contributions, and our local
board has been enabled to promptly relieve
all distress up to this time.
Brownsville, September 30.—Five new
cases and two deaths from fever were re
ported during the past 24 hours. The fever
is now more fatal than It has been hereto
fore. Three new cases are reported at Fort
Brown and two deaths. Point Isabel re
ports two new cases but no deaths.
The sick at Ban Pedro are doing well
under the care of Dr. Lehman, the New Or
leans limes-Democrat volunteer. The malls
do not arrive here. Matamor&s has cele
brated the close of the fever, consequently
no bulletins are Issued there. The fever
there Is now confined entirely to the poor in
the outskirts of the ci’y.
Two deaths from yellow fever are reported
to have occurred at Matamoras to-day. The
official reports from Mler show that there
have been five hundred cases of the disease
and one hundred and thirty-five deaths
there to date. Three boats attemoted to
land on this side of the river above Roma.
The guards exchanged shots with the occu
pants of the boats in preventing their land
ing. Some of the boatmen swam the river,
and three were arrested One boatman, who
tried to land below, was wounued, It is
thought seriously.
Galveston, October I.—A special from
Brownsville says: “There have been two
or three new cases of yellow fever and one
death since our last report in this city.
There have been no deaths in Matamoras.
It is reported that a young man from Mata
moras is sick with black vomit in Monterey.
Passengers who arrived by the steamer
Asturla have been quarantined seventy
hours. The epidemic here and at Mata
moras is virtually at an end. There are
only a few sporadic cases in either city.”
Washington, Octobfer I.—Telegraphic
correspondents in Pensacola have devoted
much space since the yellow fever made its
appearance there to attacking the Marine
Hospital Service and National Board
of Health, and editorials have ap
peared in some of the newspapers
based upon the assumption that
these attacks were just, passing harsh crit
icism upon both these bodies. Surgeon
General Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital
Service, has just returned to this city from
a visit to New Orleans. On being made
aware of the general circulation given these
newspaper assaults, he made the following
statement: “The position of the Ma
rine Hospital Service In re
gard to the Pensacola epidemic
has been misunderstood, and in some quar
ters grossly misrepresented. The statement
that the Pensacola Board of Health would
have been supplanted or caused to resign
in case the Marine Hospital Service took
charge there, is Infamously false. The
Marine Hospital Service plan was supple
mentary to the work of that body, and its
members well knew it. They had applied
to the National Board of Health, which bad
an appropriation expressly in aid of local
boards of health, for money, aud they re
ceived an allowance of $l5O per day. This
was known to me, and 1 had intended, if so
requested to assume charge of the inland
quarantine, and establish camps near
Oakfield, several miles from Pensacola.
I am not, therefore, to 6ee on what grounds
this course would have interfered with the
Board of Health of Pensacola. The fact is,
they wanted money, not assistance, or if
assistance were furnished thov wished the
government to take sides with them in their
quarrel with the Mayor. Their quarrel,
it is well known, originated because
that officer early in the season denounced
the Pensacola quarantine, as managed by
the Board of Health, as Ineffectual, and the
facts have since demonstrated the entire
accuracy of the Mayor’s statement. The
responsibility for the Introduction of the
present epidemic rests on the local Board of
Health, and they will do well not
to add to that responsibility
by blocking measures for the
prevention of the spread of the disease to
their districts. The fact Is telegraphed to
the Governor on September 10, as soon as
yellow fever was declared epidemic, with
out waiting the formal request offering
assistance. Governor Bloxham accepted It
on the 16th, but withdrew his acceptance on
the following day, saying:
“The Board ot Health, composed of gen
tlemen familiar with the treatment of the
fever, do not desire quarantine established
aroiind Pensacola by the Marine Hospital
Service. There is already an efficient quar
antine and I withdraw my application for a
quarantine to be established by the Treas
ury Department, but earnestly request tha
the department give the additional pecunl
rry aid, asked for In the telegram of yester
day.
“Tnis speaks for itself and shows the ani
mus of the local Board of Health, who
well knew that Dr. White, of this service at
Pensacola, was as familiar with the fever
as any physician In that city. The fact was
published, in terms that .could not|be mis
understood, that the one hundred thousand
dollars special fund for the suppression of
epidemics must be disbursed under the
supervision of the officers of the Marine
Hospital Service. That statement was
made public at the same time that the an
nouncement was made that the Treasury
Department had been chosen as the cus
todian of the fund, although necessarily
knowing that the Marine Hospnal Bureau
was restricted to certain lines of action In
expending the money. The Pensacola
Board of Health have repeatedly asked for
an allotment of cash, while rejecting as
sistance from the Treasury Department, In
the only way In which It can be rendered.
The responsibility for non-action by the de
partment rests entirely within the State of
Florida.
“In Texas the State authorities took ac
tlon, and thf Marine Hospital Service has
gone to the full limit of the law in affording
relief, and within that limit has spared
neither money nor labor.”
Havana, October I.—There were thirteen
deaths here from yellow fever during tne
week ending 27th ult.
The Corean Back Down.
San Francisco, October I.— The steamer
Belgic brings Yokahoma advices to Septem
ber 13. Her news has been generally antici
pated by telegraph. The details of the set
tlement between Japan and Corea Indicate
that the Corean baefc down was most "com
plete, Involving tne payment of Individual
indemnity to the families of the
murdered Japanese, the payment
of half a million dollars to the
Japanese Government, and an apology sent
to Japan by a special envoy, and Increasing
the privileges to Japanese residents In
Corea.
. An Informer’s Charges.
Armagh, October I.—ln the examination
here yesterday of the men recently arrested
onjthe charge of treason and felony, an In
former declares that the prisoners were
members of a society whose object was the
extermination of landlords and bailiffs, and
that they had committed various acts of
arson. He said that an American named
Burns had provided funds to enable the
society to carry out Us purpose.
The Tariff Commission.
Baltimore, September 30.—The Tariff
Commission to-day listened to several oral
arguments and written communications
from representatives of various industries,
In all cases except one, in favor of protec
tion. The exception was from the Cincin
nati Zoological Society, asking free admis
sion for beasts and reptiles of other lands,
as birds are now. The commission ad
journed to meet In New York on Monday.
The Star Route Trials at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, September 30.—The jury
In the 6tar route case returned a verdict to
day finding Joseph Funk, Wm. R. Cason,
Henry Arbnckle and Joseph Blackman not
gallty, and Joseph B. Black guilty, with a
recommenda lon to the mercy of the court.
Killed by a Premature Blast.
Nbwburg, n. Y., September 30. Near
Cornwall’s station, on the Middletown
branch of the West Bhore Railroad, yester
day, three men were killed and three badly
nurt by a premature blast.
That Husband of IBlos
Is three times the man he vu before he
“Wells’ Health BeiMNl. #l.
ESTPT.
Lively Correspondence Between the
Porte and Cord Dufferln—The Greek
Question—No British Troeps at Ramleh.
Constantinople, October I.—There haa
been a lively correspondence between the
Porte and Lord Dufferln, British AmbaassJ
dor, concerning the laborer* engaged in
Turkey for service in connection with the
British expedition to Egypt. These labor
ers are now returning from Port Said,
and it Is reported that the Porte has
threatened them with exile. Lord Dufferln
was obliged first to deliver a note request
ing that they be permitted to pass the
Dardanelles. Subsequently he sent a note
complaining that, although the steamer on
which they embarked had been permitted
to pass the Dardanelles, it was met on its
arrival at Constantinople by a boat containing
armed police, who prevented the laborers
from landing. At ten o’clock this morning
they were still detained on the Russian
steamer which brought them from Egypt.
The Captain of the port and some of the
police went on board the steamer to demand
their surrender, but the Captain and agents
of the vessel refns°d to give them up. The
British Embassy has demanded a guarantee
for the safety of the laborers.
This evening Lord Dufferln dispatched a
second note to the Porte, and a compromise
was effected. The laborers landed and have
been placed under guard until to-morrow,
when they will be released after identifica
tion. Meanwhile they are comfortably
lodged. The Incident is now closed. Lord
Dufferln had determined, previous to the
landing of the laborers, that if he did not
receive a guarantee for their safety he should
have them forwarded to Odessa to morrow
on board the same vessel on which they
arrived here.
M. Condouriotis, the Greek Minister here,
had an Interview to-day with Said Pasha, the
Turkish Prime Minister, during which he
declared that Greece would not renounce
one inch of territory ceded to her by the
Porte.
Alexandria, October I.— Nearly all the
British troops have now left Ramleh. Alex
andria is dally becoming more crowed with
people, and rente are greatly increasing.
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIR
GINIA.
Meeting of the New Board of Visitors
Their Programme.
Richmond, Va., September 30.—Lieuten
ant Governor Lewis, President of the new
Board of Visitors to the Medical College,
has not notified the police and faculty that
he will hold them responsible, under the
law. for the indignity and illegal arrest. He
says he has not said, and will not say, what
he will do in the premises.
The new board of visitors of the Medical
College of Virginia have been in session
since eleven o’clock discussing the affairs
of that institution. They seem determined
to Ignore the repulse they met with at the
hands of the faculty yesterday, and to go
on with their labors the same as though
they had full possession. Among a number
of resolutions adopted was one annulling
the action of the old board in ordering the
lady managers of the Retreat for the Sick
to vacate the it Urinary building connected
with the college on November Ist, next.
A committee was appointed to examine
and inspect the grounds, buildings and all
other property of the college and to make
full Inventory thereof. Another committee
was appointed to inquire into and report on
a plau for the reorganization of the college
in all its departments. A resolution was
adopted requesting the Governor to instruct
the Second Auditor to refuse to pay out to
the present faculty or any of the old board
of visitors any funds in the State Treasury
to the credit of the college until further
orders. The board adjourned at 6 p. m.
without.taking action as to the present
faculty.
Richmond, Va., October I.—No action
was taken at yesterday evening’s session of
the new board in relation to the resolution
foreshadowed about the suit against the city
for the illegal arrest of Lieutenant Governor
Lewis, although it was generally understood
that the board would take such action.
Will Not the Machine Learn a Les
son 1
New York Sun.
It is an ancient maxim that It is right to
take a lesson from one’s enemy. Now a
very plain lesson has been given to our
Democratic managers by the action of the
Republican Convention of New York la
forcing the nomination of Secretary Folger
for Governor of that State through the ma
nipulations of the machine, officered by
confidential agents of the President, and by
bringing to bear upon that nomination
every Influence which patronage and the
most odious uses of the spoils system could
excite to vigorous action. The outburst of
Indignation from the Republican party, the
open denunciation of the ticket by the New
York Herald (up to this time an advocate ot
their cause), its repudiation by a number of
other prominent Republican papers, and the
condemnation by others shows that the
limits of popular forbearance have
been reached In that State. Comparing
small things with great, the City
Hall and court house combinations in
the city of Baltimore are believed to
be using the same means here to control the
judicial and|Council.nominations that were
used In New York. The army of office
holders, the Influence of the appointing
power, which have always dictated the com
position of the city convention, are bearing
down with steady and concentrated force to
mould the nominations forjudges and City
Council. With regardjto the Congressional
primaries, which were held Wednesday,they
professed the virtue of non-intervention.
Whether they practiced it faithfully may
not bear to be too closely Inquired Into. The
nominations for Congress of themselves
should have little or nothing to do with the
purposes ana wishes of the combination,
and they might very well proclaim and
even practice neutrality as to them with the
very design of making more effecrual their
movements lu respect to the elections wnich
so nearly concern their personal in
terests and personal feelings. But It
will be impossible for them to disguise their
intervention hereafter. The methods mast
disclose themselves, and the results will
prove whether the familiar methods have
been employed. Jacob’s voice will betray
Itself, let the hair be put never so thicklv on
the hand to simulate that of Esau, but they
may rest assured tbat the people no longer
have the credulity of a blind old man. They
are too deeply interested In having a judi
ciary fairly chosen. They have too much at
stake in the effort to make the municipal
administration of Baltimore Independent of
low partisan Influences to be deceived by
cunning devices. “Hands off!” is now the
cry of the people to office-bolding combina
tions. Learn from the outbursts of Indigna
tion in New York not to pass the limits
of popular endurance. What Republi
cans have done with machine dicta
tion in New York the Democracy of
Baltimore may and will do with machine
dictation here at home. Do not force the
people too far. Remember that there is an
alternation which every Democrat would
deplore; that you may whelm yourselves
and the Democracy of the city into a com
mon ruin. You are sowing the wind and
you may reap the whirlwind. Why, then,
persist In a blind determination to rale or;to
ruin the cause from the ose of whose came
your whole power has been derived? If the
cause be ruined, you will assuredly be
ruined with it. No, the cause of Democ
racy cannot be ruined. It may, like a noble
ship, have the waves pass over It; the pirat
ical crew may be and will be swept from the
deck by the passing storm, but the ship
will pass unharmed throughjthe tempest,
and a truer and more gallant crew
will then man her and guide her course
by the polar star of justice. But la it true,
indeed, that the sagacity which has been
trained, educated and sharpened in machine
management, by long dwelling on the small
ness of the Instruments and the smallness
of the motives and Impulses with and Qpon
which It works, becomes so near-sighted
that it can no longer perceive that there are
instruments of a higher order, motives and
Impulses of a larger mould? Is It true that
It can no longer recognize the fact that there
Is such an impulse in the human breast as
generous indignation, such a motive as
i atrlotlc feeling, such a power as untram
meled thought, such an aspiration as the
public welfare? These are being aroused,
and they will Illuminate the way of the
people towards political emancipation.
Cotton Futures in New York.
New York, September 30—The Post's
cotton market report says: “Future deliv
eries at the first call sold at a decline of
4-lOOc., and lost soon after an additional
4-100 c. to 2-lOOc. Then followed an ad
vance of 10 100 c., succeeded bv anew de
cline ot 10-lOOc. to 7-lOOc. A slight reac
tion was not maintained, and the market
closed barely steady, with October 8-IGOc.
lower than yesterday, and the balance
6-lOOc. to 3100 c. lower.”
The Nelson Walling wool manufactory at
Mil lbary, Mass., has failed. Liabilities
$91,000. Assets nominally much larger.
ROAD AGENTS AT WORK.
A TRAIN ROBBED IN COLORADO.
The Engineer Forced at the Mwzzle of
a Revolver to Run His Engine Out of
Town—Over Five Thousand DoUars
Booty Secured—Ten Thousand Dollars
Left in the Express Safe.
Denver, October I.—Last night about
8:30 o’clock a west bound passenger train
on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee
Railroad was stopped one mile from Grenati*
bv armed men, who helped themselves to
the express matter, but took nothing from
the passengers.
The following particulars of a train rob
bery at Granada, Uol., last night have
reached here : “While the west bound train
was standing on the side track to let the
east bonnd passenger train pass, two men
mounted the engine with revolvers and
made the engineer run the train a mile out
of tojrn, where fifteen armed men took pos
session of the train. The only shots fired
were at Conductor Dees, who bad gone
forward to learn the cause of the stoppage
of the train. He ran back into the smoking
car, where a Sheriff and Deputy Bheriff from
Baton and a Sheriff from Las Vegas were.
The Sheriffs drew their |revolvers, and
thereby saved the passengers from losing
their valuables. The robbers then stole
$5500 in money from the express car and told
the engineer to pall oat. They got off the
train, mounted their horses, which were
hitched near by, and departed. The safe
In the express car, containing SIO,OOO, was
not touched. A posse of citizens Is in pur
suit of the robbers.”
CUMMINGS CAUGHT.
Reported Arrest of a Noted Member of
the James Gang in Caldwell County,
Kentucky.
St. Charles, Mo., Special to St. Louis Repub
lican.
A few days ago Govercor Crittenden re
ceived a letter from an official of Caldwell
county, Ky., stating that a man supposed to
be the famous Jim Cummings, of the James
boys’ gang, was residing in that region, and
asking that a very accurate description of
the outlaw be sent there. The description
was sent without delay, and yesterday the
Caldwell county authorities arrested the
man in question, who, they say, corresponds
with the description in every particular, and
whose movements and sunoundings h*ve
been in keeping with the character of the
train robber. He to now in jail at Princeton,
Caldwell county, and steps are being taken
to determine positively his identity. Should
it prove to be Cummings, the capture is one
of immense importance, and he will doubt
less be brought at once to Missouri.
Cummings first came prominently before
the public at the time that George Sbep
paid rode luto Joplin, Mo., with a bullet In
his leg, which he alleged had been fired by
Cummings after he fShepprd) had shot Jesse
James through the head in Southwestern
Missouri. Saeppard at the time stated that
Cummings pursued him nearly two miles,
and finally succeeded in shooting him
through the leg. Cummings was an inti
mate companion of the James boys, the
Millers and Wood and Clarence Hite. There
is no doubt but he can be convicted of com
plicity in at least three robberies. Tucker
Basham testified that he was in the first
Glendale affair, and the evidence at differ
ent trials of other robberies, showed
that he was a member of the
old gang, and one of the party
who executed the Winston robbery, the
murderous participants of which were Jesse
and Frank James, Wood and Clarence Hite,
Dick Little and Jim Cummings. Hardly
had the country time to recover from the
shock of the murderous robbery, than it
startled by the commission of another. This
time the Chicago and Alton Railroad Com
pany was the victim of the band. The
affair took place on the evening of Septem
ber 7, 1881, at Blue Cut, within a mile or
two of Glendale, the scene of the former
exploit. The usual tactics were emploved,
but falling to get enough from the express
company, after having balf-murdered Fox,
the express messenger, the passengers were
robbed. The particulars of this—which It
may be concluded from Jesse’s death is the
last robbery of the James boys’ gang—are
too fresh In the memory of the general
reader to need recounting.
He is described as a fearless ruffian, and
has been exceedingly lucky in eluding the
officers of the law. During the time the
gang was in Kntncky, living in the nelgh
bothood of old man Hite’s, Cummings was
with them, and made many acquaintances
in the neighborhood. It is very probable
that after the killing of his leader he went
back to the old rendezvous, and from there
wandered into Caldwell county. George
Bheppard states that at the time that Jesse
James killed Ed Miller, Cummings took an
oath that he would kill the murderer. He
went around for a week looking for Jesse,
but the latter made a satisfactory explana
tion to mutual friends and they again made
friends.
Cummings is well known in both Clay and
Jackson counties, and bis reputation is that
of a desperate outlaw. Of late years he has
most frequently been heard of in Southwest
ern Missouri and tbe Indian nation.
Gov. Crittenden says this Is the first infor
mation he has had of Cummings’ wherea
bouts for more than a year. Both Timber
lake and Craig consider him the most adroit
member of the gang. If, as tbe Governor
thinks, this is the man wanted, the capture
but points out the Nemesis that is on the
trail of the cutthroats that have defied the
law for years. Cummings first made his de
but on the criminal stage In the role of
horse thief, and then graduated to the plane
of train robbery. Dick Little states that he
(Cummings) could steal more horses in a
week than any man west of the Mississippi.
He considered horse stealing a very amusing
recreation, and when not engaged in robbing
passengers spent most of his time in that
pursuit.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The Republicans of the Second South
Carolina district have nominated E, M. Bray
ton for Congress.
John G. Ball entice has been nominated
for Congress by the Democrats of the Sev
enth district of Tennessee.
The Avery Manufacturing Company of
812 Broadway, New York, is in the hands of
the Sheriff. No statement.
Tamlacl & Son, shippers and merchants,
of Manchester, Calcutta and Bagdad, have
failed. Liabilities £159,000.
The report that the present sugar crop of
Cuba will be from 12 to 15 per cent, less
than that of last year is premature.
It is stated at the State Department, in
Washington, that Brophy, the last American
“suspect," was released some days since.
Captain James C. Luck, once Mayor of
Danville, Ya., and several times editor of
the Pittsylvania Tribune and Danville Daily
News, is dead.
William Elliott, ex champion of En land,
beat Geo. Gulsel easily Saturday afternoon
over the three mile course on Flushing (LI)
bay Elliott’s time was twenty-three minutes.
The Spanish Government, in view of the
protestations of Great Britain, the United
Spates and Bweden, is disposed to reduce
the maximum fines imposed for irregulari
ties on vesselß arriving at Spanish ports.
Anti-Jewlsh riots at Presburg, Austria,
broke out again Friday evening and lasted
until midnight. A royal commission has
been sent to Presburg, with unlimited
powers, to suppress the anti-Jewish riots
there.
The Tobacco Association of Danville, Va.,
reports that in the year ending Saturday
there have been sold 25,570,000 pounds of
leaf tobacco at an average of |9 81 per
hundred, against 30,550,000 at an average
of |lO 89 for the preceding year.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has
confirmed the decision of the lower ourt
and sentenced Milton Hodges and Samuel
Hodges to be hanged November 10th. These
are the negroes who murdered James Mc-
Farland, near Knoxville, about a year ago.
The monument recently erected in Holly
wood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., over the
grave of the daughter of ex President
Tyler was defaced last Friday night. The
drapery of the statue of the Madonna was
broken and the words, “This is a butch
job,” were written underneath.
A dispatch to the London Timet from
Paris says: “By a treaty with King Batches
France is expected to gain control of the
Congo country. King Leopold, in a letter
to M. de Leasepe, has recognized this as an
accomplished fact. The French papers rep
reseat Mr. Stanley as having tried to sup
plant the French, and demand an immediate
ratification of the treaty.”
Not Guilty.
Atlanta, Ga , September 30.—Robert D
Bolton, Charles A. Miller, Brent Freeland
and James T. Self, the Deputy United States
Marshals and Collectors charged with the
murder of an old man named Jackson J
Hicks, in Gwinnett county in March last
while on a raid, have been on trial here in
the United States Circuit Court since Tues
day. The jury to-day rendered a verdict of
sot guilty.
A LONG ISLAND MYSTERY.
The Poisoning of an Aged Woman—A
Peculiar Story.
Special to Neto York Times.
A recent almost fatal case of poisoning of
an aged lady who lives in the little settlement
known as Miller’s Place, about six miles
from this town, and the mysterious circum
stances connected with it, have occasioned
considerable discussion of a quiet nature
among the residents there. Although it
has been reported from time to time that an
official investigation was to be made, dili
gent lcaulry among those likely to conduct
such an invee Igation has failed to elicit the
fact that anything of the kind has been be
gun or is contemplated, and the people of
this village hare almost ceased to discuss
the matter, calming themselves with the
assertion, “Nothing is to be done about it;
there is no proof that any one deliber
ately attempted to poison Mrs. Rowland ”
This lady is nearly 70 years of age. Bhe
is the widow of Jeremiah Rowland. Her
maiden name was Rldgway, and when she
married Rowland she was the owner of
valuable property in New York city and on
Long Island. They bad two sons; one of
them died, and the survivor is Joseph Row-
Imdu, who is widely known among turfmen.
He has owned many trotting hor*ee, and the
famous sUHton Regulus was his property.
When Jeremiah Rowland died his widow
still owned valuable property,but much bad
been disposed of. Her son Joseph favored
the society of sporting men, and became
used to handling large sums of money. He
married an eatimable young lady, the
daughter of a clergyman, and they had
several children, who have grown to man
hood and womanhood. His wife discovered
some years ago that she could no longer
live comfortably and happily with him, and
he gave her a house near the one
occupied by his mother, and parted
with her. Joseph’s mother lived in a
mansion which for size and elegance was
superior to anything in this portion
of Long Island. When it wss first con
structed it was talked of by the neighbors
as “Rowland’s Folly.” Mrs. Rowland was
kind and indulgent to hereon, so the aeigh
bors say, and it is well reported throughout
Suffolk county that his frequent demands
upon her for money seriously embarrassed
her. in fact, it is said that her property is
now well nigh mortgaged for its full value in
consequence of her son’s liberality. At the
time nis wife separated from him it was
common rumor that he Insisted upon having
the society of a woman from New York.
This woman, It is said, he determined should
live in the same house with his wife and
mother. The wife indignantly declined any
such association, and demanded that her
husband should provide for her elsewhere.
This the husband agreed to, and gave bis
wife the bouse in which she uow lives.
The mother entreated her son to
save her from the disgrace which he threat
ened to visit upon her by making a home
for the woman from New York in her house,
but the son was determined to have his own
way. The strange woman was duly Install
ed in the house, and at first everybody in
the county commented upon bis conduct.
As time passed they lost interest in the sub
ject, but whenever Joseph’s mother appeal
ed to township officials for advice as to
what action she should take regarding the
strange woman, she was pitied and told to
bar the doors of her house against the wo
man whenever that extraordinary person
should happen to be outside. The aged
lady found in the strange woman one who
was determined to be mistress of the situa
tion, and quarrels were the result.
It was whispered among the neighbors
that recently the strange woman had under
taken to drive Joseph’s mother from the
house at the point of a fork. Joseph was
frequently absent from home. He con
tinued his expenditures, money
rapidly. His great trotting horse Regulus
for which, it is said, large sums were offered,
died in his stables. His other trotting horses
were sold in order that he might obtain
ready money. Frequenters of race tracks
on Long Island were as familiar with his
face as they were with the appearance of the
tracks. Employes on the railroads, keepers
of taverns and proprietors of other public
resorts were well acquainted with him, and
speak in a pleasant fashion of “Joe Row
land,” and recall his rollicking ways.
Rowland is thin and quick In his move-
ments. He is compared in dash and vim to
a great cavalryman of the late war. He is
recognized as “one of the boys” wherever
he goes, and Is always cordially welcomed
by men of his class. His treatment of his
wife, and the fact of his association with
the strange woman, long ago made him an
object of horror to the respectable people
of his neighborhood. Quarrels between his
mother and the strange woman recently are
recalled. A few evenings ago Mrs. Row
land was alone in the house at the supper
table. Bhe put some granulated sugar in
her tea, and finding it very sweet, removed
the cup without drinking the tea. Then 6he
ordered another cup. This time she placed
less sugar in the tea. After drinking It she be
came very ill, having frequent spasms.
A physician was called, and he said
that she exhibited symptoms of
poisoning. Mrs. Rowland, Joseph’s
wife, who had not spoken to his mother for
a long period, visited the house and assisted
the physician. Emetics were gtven, and the
aged lady fully recovered. The sugar was
analyzed and found to contain strychnine.
Mrs. Rowland was quite 111 until yesterday.
She is now regaining her usual health. Her
son has visited her, and the strange wo
man returned to the house, but there
seems to be a disposition upon the
part of the son and this woman to
absent themselves more frequently than
was their wont. The neighbors confidently
expected that some attempt to discover the
would-be poisoner or poisoners would be
made. To-day Mrs. Rowland’s friends as
sured a limes reporter that she would not
talk to any stranger upon the subject. She
was anxious that nothing concerning the
fact of the poisoning should be published
in the newspapers.‘She was m good spirits,
and desired not to be quoted as making ac
cusations against any one. Herson and the
strange woman were not in the house, and
it was said that they had gone on a visit to
friends in another part of the county. Jus
tice of the Peace Saxton said that no com
plaint had been marie to him by Mrs. Row
land or any of her friends concerning the
poisoning, and that there was little proba
bility that any complaint would be made.
THE “BUZZARD” PENNIES.
A Denial of tbe BtorT tbat Gold was
Used In tbelr Composition.
New York Times.
For some time past a story has pro
vailed to the effect that the nickel pen
nies issued from 1856 to 1858, and com
monly known as “buzzard’' pennies,
contained some gold which had been ac
cidentally mixed with the alloy of cop
per and nickel of which the pennies
were made. Recently J. C. Rodney, of
Austin, Texas, sent twenty of these pen
nies to the United States Assay Office, in
this city, with the information that the
pennies were being bought up at sls per
hundred by speculators on the supposi
tion that they contained gold. He asked
for an assay and information as to the
truth of the story, Tbe communication
snd coins were forw tr ied to the mint at
Pniladelphia. F i ..nutendent Snowden,
of the Pn idde.pma Mint, in a letter to
Superintendent Van Wyck, of the
Assay Office, says that the pen
nies contain no precious metal and
consist of an alloy of 85 per cent, of
copper and 15 per cent, of nickel. The
false impression as to the presence of
precious metals in the coins he thinks
grew out of the fact that the pieces of
1856,technically known as pattern pieces,
were given a fictitious value because but
few of them were issued, and were
eagerly sought after by numismatists on
account of their rarity, from fifty cents
to one dollar apiece being paid for them.
These pattern pieces were obtained from
the mint by dealers in, or collectors of,
coin, and they were readily disposed of
at the premium demanded as curiosities
At the present time they sell readily at a
much higher premium, as the “buzzard”
pennies of 1856 are nearly all in the
hands of collectors. No special value
attaches to the issue of any other year
Superintendent Van Wyck sent a reply
to Mr. Rodney, and also to a lady from
Minnesota, who had made a similar in
quiry, stating that the pennies were in
trinsically worth no more than their face
Ordered Released.
Dublin, September 30. —Judge Lawson
to day, at the conclusion of the session of
mloDimlMioii Court, ordered the release
°* "• Dwyer Gray on the payment of a fine
of £SOO. Gray’s bail was remitted.
Judge Lawson, while defending bis action
in imprisoning Mr. Gray on legal grounds,
said he lelt that justice had now been vin
dicated, a better state of things being ob
servable.
Six steamers cleared from New Orleans
for foreign ports Saturday, with 359,985
bushels of wheat, besides cotton and other
cargoes,
ESTABLISHED 1850.
GATE CITY GOSSIP.
MATTERS AND THINGS AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.
Weather and Crops-Local Itsms-Politl
cal Gossip—Stephens Booming-Minor
Topics-Kail road Transportation—Fer
sonal Mention—Reform in Funeral Dis
plays—Final Paragraphs.
Atlanta, September 80.—We have had several
days with damp, cloudy mornings, but yester
day forenoon was the only time we had rain,
and then too light to lav the dust.
The signs are, however, that there is a heavy
rain hid away somewhere, and in due time it
will come upon us with a flood somewhat like
the ore Virginia has just had.
The past week has been favorable to grow
ing crops, as the damp nights and warm days
have made vegetation take anew boom. The
farmers are hard at work in their fields, de-
spite the holding of politcal meetings.
Dead babias are becoming almost as com
mon here an dead dogs, and our citizens are no
longer Married to read in the morning paper
tha< *‘a dead baby was found in Acigar box tn
aback alley, etc, last night. It has become
an old story.
bills are already being a-'vertised in
this city. Julius L. Brown announces that he
will introduce a bill for tne Metropolitan Street
Railroad Company, while Mrrceilus E. Thorn
ton give* notice that he will introduce a bill
for the Atlanta Market und Banking Com
pany.
Our theatrical season has opened with two
minstrel troops and Hump tv Dumpty. and
several amateur performances. On Monday
night Col. John H Seals, of the Sunny South,
gave a performance for the Hill Monument
fund, consisting of music and poems bv At
lanta talent, and his famous lecture on “That
Ugly Woman."
a most interesting meeting was held at
Methodist church last night, as a fare
well to liev. L. Anderson and wife and Miss
Anna J. Muse, who are to leave next week as
missionaries to China. Among the speakers
1 ~? v - Dr - A Q. Haygood and Rev. Dr.
J. w. Heidt, whose addresses were very im
pressive. ’
POLITICAL- OOSSIP.
I would like to see a candidate who does not
expect to be elected, or a man with a patent
right who does not expect to make a fortune
out of his invention. The two would draw
well In Barnum’s Museum.
Muscogee and Bibb counties have selected
very line delegations for the House of Repre
sentatives. Capt. W. A. Little and L. F. Oar
rPd. of Muscogte, and 001. W. Lofton,
N. E. Harris. Esq.. and C. L. Bartlett, Esq . ol
Bibb, will be among the best working mem
bers of the next General Assembly.
There is no change in this part of the State
except a more general support of Mr. Steph
ens for Governor. Independent and Republi
can candidates for Congress are losing rather
than gaining strength, and it appears doubtful
if a single one can be elected. Speer and Fel
too ar confident, but after Wednesday next
they will have stronger opposition.
All over the Btate there seems to have been
more or less trouble about Senatorial rotation,
and in not a few instances, as in Fulton, the
people are divided, and will support rival can
didates Some plan should be devised to ensure
Tuture Senatorial nominations without alt this
wrangling and division.
It is generally conceded. I think, that one of
the best speeches of the campaign was made
here Tbureday night at DeGive’s Opera House
by Hon. George T. Barnes, of Augusta, one of
the most popular in the State. He spoke for
the young Democracy of Fulton, aad it is safe
to say that he made hundreds of votes for
Stephens and Hammond among the young
men of Atlanta. Major Barnes will probably
be heard from on the Congressional election,
and do effective service for his party.
Reports come in from all parts of the Btate
complimenting Colonel Hardeman, Governor
Smith, Attorney General Anderson, Governor
C lquitt and Hon. J. C. C. Black for their grand
speeches in b ‘half of organised Democracy.
A few weeks ago General Gartrell was having
it all his own way, and people thought they
saw a "ground swell” in his behalf, but the
“roller chair” seems to have borne heavily
upon that ‘Tiring ground,” and an active cam
paign has swept away his best.support.
MINOR TOPICS.
Pensacola has appealed to Atlanta for aid, as
our city has been backward in tendering help
for her stricken sufferers. Savannah, Augusta
and Columbus volunteered nurses or money
some time ago.
The Insurance men are again In a troubled
state of mind, as we have had a sort of epidem
ic of small fires, although the cold weather has
not yet fairly set in. But we shall have a fire
alarm next week which will probably suppress
fires at short notice.
Cotton has commenced te come in rather
lively, aod our warehouses are putting on busi
ness airs There is a complaint, however on
the part of cotton buyers that money ib rather
tight, which fact interferes with extensive pur
chases. In election times iren get tight, and
probably money follows the example—as "men
and money” go together in our political opera
tions.
Colonel John B. Baird, the Superintendent of
Public Buildings, is pushing ahead his exten
sive repairs on the Capitol building, and hopes
to have them completed before the General
Assembly merts The root has been made
tight and strong, and the wails perfectly safe
The entire building outside is to be repainted
and otherwise improved, while the inside will
be renovated throughout. These repairs are
absolutely needed, without reference to when
anew capitol is to be built.
It is now quite probable that the Benats and
House will oe largely composed of new mem
bors. Several Representatives go to the Sen
ate, which will leave the House with very few
experienced members. McDaniel and Bacon
will be sady missed from the Senate and
House, where they have served their State
most unselflshlv and faithfully for years past
They deserve the highest rewards that can be
given them in the future.
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION.
Mr. DdGive is putting down some splendid
flagging stone, auout 12x5 feet each, in front
of his opera house, and he tells me that they
are brought here from Ohio at less cost than
the flagging from Stone Mountain, which can
be seen from the top of the capitol building.
There is a bidden point in the above para
graph that should be unfolded. When the
United States post office building was erected
in this city, the granite was quarried in Maine,
hauied to vessels there, unloaded in Charles!
ton, 1 think, and brought to Atlanta by rail
Yet the cost was lees than to have purchased
the Stone Mountain granite, within a few
miles of the city.
Now I refer simply to these two cases, both
heavy stone and hard to handle, one from
Ohio and the other far-off Maine, to show that
somebody is wrong in abusing railroads and
steamship companies. If heavy flagging and
granite can be brought here from places far
off and sold cheaper than our own home auar
ries can sell them, it must be true that rail
road rates on these articles at least are not op
pressiTe.
PERSONAL MENTION.
i dJ * 2* B, # aine has touched a tender cord
in the hearts of our citizens by his ronArrma
gift of fifty dollars to the Hill monument ac
companied by a most gracefully written lit er
of sympathy and regard.
I snook hands with Governor Stephens at the
depot yesterday mor.aing, and found him some
what depressed on account of the light rain
prevailing, but think he is ail right now that
he is safe at Liberty Hall. Poffily? he wm
cheerful and hopeful, and deeply grateful for
the enthusiastic reception he had received in
all parts of the State. received m
Hon. D. C Bacon, of Savannah, and his as
dealers have done a good
ZSb&MfcSf" Ba,lro “ d Commission and
with the railroad managers of the various
Ines patronized by to. m. They came to At
lanta backed np by •'figures that do rot lie,”
ana piaio, practical, common sense speeches,
and the railroads were forc-d to submit to the
justness of the arguments, and promptly
came to terms with reduced rates for lumber.
REFORM IN FUNERAL DISPLAYS.
There sterns to be a desire in all parts of the
country to stcure a reform in tbe present ex
pensive and showy manner of conducting fu
nerals, especially by people who cannot afford
such costly funerals.
As early es 1769, in Charleston, 8. C , a re
form was started in this direction, but for the
purpose of escaping unjust taxation from the
mother country on mourning goods The
Continental Congress took the matter under
discussion, and passed the foilowing
"Reiolved, That on the death of any relative
or rnend none of us, or any of our families
will go into any further mourning dress than a
black crape or ribbon on the arm oThaffor
gentlemen and a black ribbon or necklace for
ladies, aDd we will diacot tinue the giving cf
gloves and scarfs at funerals.” e
.SSZSJa'ZI , l £ ia resolution was published and
accepted by the pe jpie, but before it went into
effect on the first of February the great
grandfather of the lata HughA Legare*dtod
The family and friends accepted the resolution
as though already in force, and and soensed with
.“pilar caße occurred soon after
Pricdean „ The wife of Samuel
of .‘ and was the first mother
w be interred without the cus
tomary emblems °f mourning. Her children,
ail or whom had arrived at manhood and
womanhood, having yielded to the restriction
in their mother's case, expressed their pur
pose never to wear mourning for any other
relative or friend.
It is not necessary, in these latter times, to
go to this extreme, but a healthy reform is
realiy needed in the conduct of funerals, and
the display of mourning. The expensive
character or funerals has become a subject of
general comment.
final paragraphs.
Cadet Thomas B. Slade, of the United States
Naval Academy, has been spending his leave
of absence wits bis parents in Columbus. He
is one of Georgia’s most promising young
cadets.
The Atlanta lithographic establishment is
offered for sale at a bargain, as the business
is not found to be profitable in this city,
Atlanta stereotope foundry closed out for the
same cause. Such independent establishments
do not pay here.
Considerable interest has been felt in the
trial of the revenue officers who killed old man
Hicks, near bis distillery in North Georgia.
The defense was baaed upon their official
action in attempting to capture the deceased
and bis Ul<cit oistiuery. The verolct wiilhZ
one of acquittal, aa the jury is largely com
posed of negroes. It is not to be inferred
however, that such a verdict will be wholly
just or warranted by the facts of the case But
in the United states Court a jury is supposed
to be in sympathy with the execution of
ral laws, and in mot instances to overlook a
stretrh of authority on th“ part of rev-nue
officers and Deputy Marshals We need a
thorough reorganization of the reveru • laws
and thei - enforcement In the South. The sooner
the better for ail parties. Chatham.
OCR EASTMAN LETTER.
Politics In Wilcox Count}'—Effect of Pro
hibition—lnterest Felt in the Savannah
and Pacific Short Line Railroad—The
United States Senatorahip—Serious Fire
—The Railroad Depot Destroyed.
Eastman, Ga., September 29.— I The wi iter has
just returned from Wilcox county. Poiiticg
are quiet over there. Hon. 8. D. Fuller will be
re-elected to the Legislature without much op
position. The white voters of the county wil
vote solidly for Judge Crisp for Congress,
Judge D.B. Harrell,the Independent candidate,
will hardly get half a dozen white votes in Wil
cox, and it is believed that a good many of the
negroes will not vote for him. By the way.
speaking of Judge Harrell, Mr. T. C. Taylor, of
Hawkiosville, replied to his speech in Wi cox
county last Monday, and he took offense at
some of Mr. Taylor’s strictures.and but for the
Interference of friends there would doubtless
have been serious trouble be
tween these gentlemen. On Tues
day Judge Crisp delivered a chaste
sill forcible Democratic aldress, which I be
iieve is his maiden effort in the way of politi
cal speaking. The effor' was splendid, an
caried conviction to the hearts of the hearers
The speaker left a most favorable impressiot
upon the minds of the citiz -ns, a t ourh Wil
cox county sent Cook delegatee to the nomi
natlng convention.
The grand jurv of Wilcox Superior Court re
commended L C. Ryan, of Hawkinsville, for
Solicitor General of the Oconee circuit, to suc
ceed Tom Eason, the present incumbent whos..
successor will be elected by the next Legisia
ture. This is one feather in Mr. Ityan s cap
and his competitors, C. C. Smith, of Telfair'
and C. B. Wooten, of Dooly, may well look *o
their laurels, for Rvan is going to be a formi
dable opponent, if, indeed, his chances are not
already the most promising.
Several years ago the sale of intoxicating
liquors was abolished in Wilcox county, ami
t. ere is, perhaps, no county in the State
which has improved more than it
ha* under the prohibition schedule Crime has
decreased, intelligence and morality has ad
vanced, the people are more prosperous, atui
a county which was once famous for its row
dyism is now one of the most peace tble and
law abiding couotie. in all this section.
The citizens of Wilcox are thoroughly alive to
the building of the Savannah and Pacific Short
lane Railroad, and they are ready, I believe,
to lend what assistance they can and to t ke
active steps towards securing Its construc
tion through their territory. The equ noetial
storm, while, of course, it did considerable
damage, seems not to have done nearly so
much injury to timber and crops in that county
asm Dodge and other counties on the tastern
side of the Ocmulgee river.
A change has occurred in Dodge county
politics since myla-t communication W B
Sapp, one of the candidates for the
Legislature, has withdrawn from the
race. Some, at lea-t, are not surpris fl
at this step. Th re are not wanting those who
expected that either he or ills brother, H .1
Sapp, would come down before election day
Thls will have the effect of increasing II J
Bapp’s vote, but J. F. DeLacy will also gkin
votes thereby. As the m itter now stands, the
race will probably be very close bet ween the
three whits candidates—DeLacy, Rawlins and
Sapp.
I have never seen so much interest
manifested in this county in the election of a
Representative as the people are manifesting
at this time. As to the Governor’s election it
is needless tossy anything. Of course Dodge
county will g i for Stephens, because he is the
nominee. For United States Senator our peo
ple have not settled upon any particular mail,
>ut it is iny belief, from expressions le fall by
different men, that this county would like to
see someone from Hav.-.nnah elected by the
Legislature as the successor of ou lamented
Senator tliil. We don't, think the polulci ms
have given Savannah fair play. And yet the
Forest City can boast of some of lhe ablest
men of the State. Take, for instance. Gen \
R Lawton, Hon. Rufus E Lester. Hon J. L.
Warren and others. Whe, e is the man in Geor
gia who is more entitled than one of these dis
tinguished gentlemen to a seat in the Untied
States Senate? We of the wiregrass section
are beginning to feel that Southern Georgia
ought to have some show ng and recognition
We have grown weary of the uptwr portion of
the State monopolizing every office, when wo
have In the Southern section some of 'he
purest, best and most useful men in the whole
State.
A little after twelve o’clock last night an
alarm of fire was sounded, and in a short time
the citizens of our town were out to s e what
was the matter. It was soon discovered that
the railroad depot was in flames. Efforts were
iromptiy made to extinguish them, but they
lad gained too much headway, and the atten
tion ef everybody was at once turned to the
saving of freights and preventing the flames
from spreading to other buildings In tnis ef
fort there was only partial success. A few
bales of cotton were saved and. by the re
moval of communicating objects, some
houses on the eastern side of the railroad were
doubtless kept from burning. In an hour or
so the depot was in ashes, and with it not les
than 51,000 worth of freights.
The railroad books and papers and the tele
graph apparatus were all destroyed and tele
graphic communication entirely cut off Two
or three uales of cotton, forty or Arty barrels
of flour, some corn and meal, several boxes of
meat, acoiton screw, two barrels of kerosene
and a number of other things were burned A
negro house near the depot, worth about SJOU
was descroyed, but its cont nts w. re suved’
The total loss was probably at leas 5* (J/
Ihe freight houße is supposed to have I een
covered by insurance. The origin of the Are
is unknown. The first that was seen of it it
was breaking through the roof of the house’
rrom the inside. Fortunately the depot had
just been nearly emptied of the cotton It con
tained, and the cotton-a car load—was stand
ing upon the side track ready for shipping, a
car-load of corn and one of salt, which had
not been unloaded, were also standing on the
switch These were rolled away down the
track and saved. j_ jj j R
A Mysterious Murder.
Stamford, Conn., October 1 —This
morning about hair-past uiue, Dr. Wm II
Trowbridge, a practicing physician of this
town, was found in Miller’s new building
on Atlantic street, with his skull fracture*!
and navlug severe Injuries. He died at 6:30
p. 4 m. The affair is surrounded with mvs
tery. J
A Castle and Military Barracks on Fire.
London, October 2, la. m —lntelligence
has just been received here that the castie
and mill ary barracks at Enniskillen, Corn!
ty Fermanagh, Ireland, are on fire, and that
fears are entertained fer the tafety of the
powder stores.
A Nevada Bridal Tour.-The other
day old Uncle Bailey’s niece was married
at the piauk house. The next day the
ole man’ took the new couple ou a
bridal tower in his old wood wagon
drawn by two of his angular steeds!
Night overtook them at Sau.t’s Rost on
the Glenbrook road. They a-kid whether
they could have accommodations and
the proprietor of the tavern said they
could have all they wanted to eat. “But
how about the lodgings? ’ inquired the
“ole mau,” The tavern keeper, who
took in the situation, pointing to a barn
on the other side of the road, remarked:
“There’s the bridal chamber over yon
der.” The new couple examined it, and,
finding it to their satisfaction, turned iu*
and the “ole man” slept that night on
the soft side of a plank in the barroom.
They left for home tbe next morning in
the best of spirits, and enjoyed the
“tower” as much as if they had been to
“Paree.”— Carson Appeal.
Some experiments nave been made at
Salem, Maas , to ascertain the tractive force
requisite to move sireet oars and vehicles
on a macadamized roi. The apparatui
used consisted of an inclined plane; at ’he
upper end of which was an iron wheel over
winch passed a rope. A loadc bix car
weighing, with its contents, 12 820 pounds’
was drawn up the grade by a weight of 970
pounds suspended at the other eud of the
rope. A smaller car, weighing, when empty,
2,730 pounds, was occupied by fourieeu
persons, aDd drawn up bv 330 pound , nd
when unoccupied by 176 pounds. An ordi
nary load of sand on a macadam zed road
was started by 514 pcu ids, and an empty
hack, weighing 1,550 pounds, by 196
pound*; the same hack, with our passes
eers inside, required 230 pounds ’o moy. It
On a level road, the load of sand was B’arti and
by 240 pounds, while the large box ,
yielded to 56 pounds.
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