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ESTABLISHED 1850.
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
gathered from our date
EXCHANGES.
Floyd's Flourishing Schools—Mangled
by a Horse —The Flames on the Coosa
—Storehouses Burned—Falling Eighty
Feet—A Series of Fires—The Christian
Advocate Discontinued.
Our Camilla correspondent states that on
the sth of March those interested in growing
vegetables and melons in Mitchell county met
at the court house and formed a Truck Far
mers' Association. T. U. Bennett was made
President aad James Callaway Secretary.
1 his is anew enterprise there, aud is destined
to become a large one.
Gordon Black Gridin died of consumption
at Mrs. Mary Griffin’s, near Egypt, February
:4th. He was In his twenty-first year; was a
son of Lieut. W. E. Griffin, of the Phoenix
Rifles, Sixty-third Georgia Regiment of the
late war. He leaves an only brother.
Rome’s cotton receipts, after being nearly
I'.ooo bales behind on the first of January,
are now within ten bales of the same time
last year, with a good prospect of a large in
crease over last year’s receipts.
Mr. George Davenport, of Atlanta, agent
for the distribution of carp in the Southern
states, has 1,500 young fish for distribution.
He will remain in Atlanta until April Ist,
and has opened an office at No. 3s Wall street.
He expects to distribute 10,000 fish, and appli
anU get from 16 to 20 fish, and have only the
rvpcnseof paying 30 cents for the tin bucket
.n w bich the ttsn are transported.
The Rome Tribune publishes a very inter
. -ting report of the School Commissioners of
Floyd county showing the operations and
. nation of the public schools for the year
j -t closed, from which it appears that flu
chile and 31 colored schools were in opera
tion during the year, with an equal number—
and 31 —white and colored teachers. The
number of children in the county of school
agt—front 6to 18—is 8,045, of which 1,571 are
white and 3,474 are colored, and of this num
hcr there were enrolled in the schools of the
uty the past year 1,852, with an average
attendance of 3,233. The teachers are paid
f. :r cents per scholar per day. The total of
t school fund for 1882 was 37,881 63. and the
■unt expended for school purposes was
H, leaving a balance on liaml for the
present year of 3321 19. which, with the poll
tax of the county ami the State apportion
m.-at, will constitute the fund for 1883. The
report shows a very promising condition of
the schools throughout the county.
On Wednesday evening last Isadore, the
v 'ingest sou of Captain Herman, of Sanders
ulie, was fearfully injured by the kick of a
b i -o. His face was cut aud badly mangiest—
the nose lacerated and all the bones broken,
and the little sufferer is in a very critical con
dition.
The Right Rev. Win. Gross, Bishop of the
i si hollo Diocese of Georgia, addressed large
uud attentive audiences at the court house at
samlersville on Thursday aud Friday even
ings of last week.
The Superior Court of Washington county
convened at Sandersville on Monday, Judge
i arswell presiding, ahd adjourned over till
1 He,day in respect to the memory of the de
ceased Governor. Tlie court room was draped
in mourning.
Mr A. G. West,of the Cherokee 1 rou Works
ut i.edartowa, has generously offered to sup
ply the town with water and the use of the
targe pump at the furnace if the town author
ises will lay the necessary pipes through the
(own and supply the necessary hose. At
present there is alisoluteiy no fire protection
.n the town excepting at the Cherokee Iron
Company, which is well supplied against an
emergency.
On Monday night last a mass meet ing of the
ciuzena of Rome wr liel*t at the opers house
for the purpose of getting an expression of the
sense of the community on a petition which
had previously been presented to the City
Council to restrict the sale of whisky in
Rome to daylight hours. After the question
had liecn discussed a vote was taken and was
almost unanimously in favor of the petition.
The storehouse nnd all the general mer
chandise of Messrs. T. C.XJ.I. I.auier, at
Stiiesboro, Bartow county, were consumed by
tire on Friday night This is the third
time these gentlemen have been burned out,
and every time by an incendiary. Their losses
amount to about 310.000. Insurance 36,000.
The Atlanta Christian Advocate, published
by the Northern Methodist Church, and run in
the interests of the Republican party, has
been discontinued for want of patronage.
J. W. Singleton, in a brief valedictory in
the last issue of the Bnena Vista A nju*. ceases
his connection with that paper, and retires
from editorial life. The editorial toga falls on
Dr. W. J. Mitchell, who, with Dr. K. L. Wis
dom, has purchased the paper.
The Treasurer of Monroe county gives a
bond of 330,000.
The residence, together with the household
aud kitchen furniture, of Mr. I. B. Ellis, at
Ward’s.Bibb county,was entirely consumed by
fire ou Monday morning at 3 o’clock. Mrs.
Ellis, with her two children, barely escaped
with their lives. Mr. Ellis, being an employe
on the southwestern Railroad, was xiiseiit.
The good people of Want’s made them up a
purse of about SSO. •
A man named James Blackburn, working
on the trestle which recently gave way be
tween Rockmart and Dallas, fell from the top
of the trestle into the creek below, a ’distance
of eightydeet. He was considerably bruised,
but not killed. He will probably recover.
The State Democratic Executive Commit
tee will meet at the reading room of the Kim
ball House to-day.
The jury in the case of Johnston, the shoe
drummer, against the Georgia Railroad, for
damages for patting him off the train two
summers ago for persisting in ruling in the
ladies' with liis coat off. which was tried
at Madison on Tuesday, returned a verdict in
favor of the railroad.
The corn crib of Rev. E. B. Rees, near
Wrightsboro, Richmond county, with over
one hundred bushels of corn, was burned on
Sunday night about 10 o'clock. The fire was
not discovered until the roof was about to fall
iu. It is supposed to have been the w ork of
an incendiary.
The bum of Mr. J. B. Btinson. in Talbot
county, was burned, with the contents, by an
incendiary fire on Friday night last. In the
building were eight hundred bushels corn,
tiesides quantities of oats, fodder, ete. The
loss is about 31,200.
The Mlllidgeville Union and Recorder says:
“Lunatics are arriving at the asylum in un
usual numbers. It won't be long, at the rale
the asrlnm is filling up. before the number of
lumates will reach two thousand—a sharp lit
tle city of itself.”
At the recent examination of the graduat
ing class at the College of Physicians and Bur
geona, Baltimore, Md., out of the six prizes
awarded for excellence in average standing,
in a class of more than one hundred, Geor
gia took three of the prizes—namelv: Messrs.
•Joseph White aud P. M. Carrington. Milledge
ville, and J. -V. Ethridge, Jr., Eatouton. (Jude
a distinction.
On Friday last the storehouse of Bearden V
\V iliiams, in Putnam county, and at the Half
Ycre. was discovered to be on lire. It was
■ onsnmed by the flames so rapidly that the
entire building was destroyed, w ith seven or
eight hundred dollars’ worth of goods. The
house belonged to 0. 11. Drisfcell, and had two
biinilred dollars insurance on it. The goods
were about covered with InsnAmce. It is not
known how the fire originated.
Rome Daily Courier: “Sunday afternoon at
;• o’clock the barge Venus, propelled by tug
Hercules, was discovered to boon fire just
sihove Blakmore’s lauding, forty miles below
Rome. on the Coosa river. There were about
.".•bales of cotton on the barge, besides a 10l
u! pig iron. All the cotton was more or less
damaged bv fire and water, and 20 bales of it
<\ ere entirely destroyed. The barge sustained
■ oiis.derable' damage by the burning of the
r. .of. The tug Hercules fortunately escaped
■ itching on lire.’*
Hinesville Gasstts: ’'There was a narrow
c- ape from a serious conflagration of the
residence of Dr. Johnson, who lives just on
the line of I jberty and Tattnall, last Satur
day. While the w ind was blowing almost a
and tfie family were nearly all at the
rnurch, a spark from tbe kitchen stove drop
ped on the roof and Ignited. Miss Alice John
son. who had remained at home, saw it ami
dispatched a runner to the church, which was
'-ut a few hundred yards off. The congrega
tion was informally dismissed, and headed by
Dr. Johnson and the preacher, they broke for
the house. By prompt action they subdued
the tire before any serious damage was done,’’
Atlanta Constitution: “For ihe past day or
two there have been general rumors touching
thr credit of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad. It was even said lhat tlie
1 mpany had gone into insolvency, that the
trains had stopped running, that Major Mc
b rnoken and Mr. Bcattv had resigned their
pii'-es and left the city. A Constitution man
cMa.ned from an officer of the road last night
iate the following information: -There is mi
-’uncial trouble with our road. We do not
ve any money that we arc not ready to pay.
Our trains are run regularly and will continue
*■' do to. << far rrorn stopping work.
" * have just finished our tunuel. and are bal
• a-unjis onr track. We have stopped some
“e rk in Macon simply because we had more
important work elsewhere. We have dis
charged some handuU the tunnel simply be
’ " ;i * the : iinndH finished. I suppose tbe
rumors have these circumstances.'
Major McCracken is in the city this morning.
a 'l has not resigned. Mr. Beatty is at his
post at the broken trestle with a large force.
{M has nearly complete"! his work, and he
has not resigned. Tne rumors seem ns be
otterly without foundation.’’ •
Daniel Spier. Guyton, Ga„ says:
■Brown’s Iron Bitters restored mv health
sod strength after a long spall of fever.”
Savannah morning news
FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK.
An Invalid Lady and Her Daughter
Suffocated by Smoke.
New York, March 7.—A fire broke out
this morning in the Cambridge flats, a
large building in East Sixty-fourth street .
Mrs. AYaketnan, aged 56, and her daugh
ter Bose, who occupied the fourth floor,
were suffocated by the dense smoke. The
building was damaged 370,000 and the
furniture 340,000.
Mrs. W akeinan was the wife of Abram
Wakeman, who was Surveyor of the Port
during President Lincoln’s administra
tion. She was an invalid, one side of her
body being Her daughter was
also suffering from illness. Both mother
and daughter were found on the stairway
of the third floor, to which they had de
scended. and where they had 'evidently
leen overcome by the smoke. Many
more lives would have been lost had it
not been for the tire escape in the rear of
the building.
The lire broke out in the basement, and
was probably caused by a heater. When
the firemen reached the" scene the flames
were bursting from the windows on the
upper floors and from the basement. The
firemen’s efforts to enter the building
from below were hindered by the flames,
and they got on the roof and entered* by
the scuttle. There they rescued a stout
colored woman, who was bewildered and
partly overcome by the smoke.
It is believed that no lives were lost but
those of Mrs. Wakeman and her daughter.
FtNEItAL OF COL. GILMOU.
Honors to the Remains of the Distin
guished ex-Confederate.
Baltimore, March 7.—The funeral of
Colonel Harry Gilinor, the Confederate
cavalry officer, took place this afternoon
at the Boundary Avenue Presbyterian
Church. After the services the
remains were escorted to the Union
depot by a military escort under com
mand of Gen. Bradley T. Johnston, con
sisting of a detachment of police, the
Fifth Maryland Regiment, the Baltimore
Rifles (colored!, the Mayor and City
Council, the society of the Army and
Navy of the Confederate States and the
Association of Maryland. In the line there
was also a large number of members
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
ex-Union soldiers, including General Ross,
Gen. Adam E. King, Gen. Felix Agnus
aud Gen. Charles E. Phelps. From the
Union depot the cortege were taken in a
train on the Baltimore and Potomac Road
to Loudon Park Cemetery, where the re
mains were interred. All the city offices
were closed during the obsequies.'
THE EUROPEAN WHEAT CROP.
Gloomy Prospects on Account of the
Floods—Cattle Diseases.
Washington, March 7. —The statisti
cal agent of the Department of Agricul
ture in Londou reports continued rains
and floods, doing great injury to the wheat
crop, aud there are gloomy appre
hensions* of, the worst failure for
years. The area is reduced, and
much resowing will be .necessary.
There is also much alarm of the spread of
foot and mouth disease among the cattle.
Local fairs throughout Great Britain have
been closed, and orders iu council prohibit
the movement of farm animals from Scot
land to Ireland until the 31st of March.
NATIVE MAGISTRATES.
Excitement and Indignation on the In
crease in India.
London, March 7.—Calcutta advices
to the Time* state that the excitement
aroused because of the proposed law giv
ing native magistrates criminal jurisdic
tion over whites in certain cases has
spread to the army. A letter from an
officer doing duty in a large garrison is
published. He says the danger is most
serious, and that it will he impossible to
control the men if a comrade is sentenced
by a native Judge. The feeling of ex
treme and violent indignation is universal
among both officers and men.
GERMANY AND ITALY.
England’s Monopoly Broken—lncrease
of Smuggling.
Geneva, March 7.—The trade between
Germany aiul Italy is growing so fast that
the St. Gothard Railroad Company is run
ning extra trains. The increase in traffic
is mostly in coal and iron, in which arti
cles England has hitherto had a practical
monopoly iu Italy. Smuggling, however,
is increasing more rapidly than trade.
It is conducted by a gang of Swiss and
Italians, who, when arrested, pay the
tines front a common fund. They are
aided in their operations by trained dogs.
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
Dying from Famine In the Connty
Mayo.
Dublin, March 7.—At a meeting of the
lateal Board of Swineford, County Mayo,
it was reported that great distress pre
vailed in the district. Over thirty persons
art' in the poor house suffering from fam
ine fever. There are seven hundred
names on the list of persons needing re
lief. The distress has not been so great
since the year 1847. The people jvho re
fuse to enter the work house are dying
from want of food outside.
••Voltaire’s"' Reputed Interview with
O’Kelly.
London, March 7.—A Paris dispatch
says: “ Voltaire publishes an interview
with O'Kelly, member of Parliament. Tbe
latter stigmatized the Phtenix Park mur
ders, but declared that Burke, as the
■permanent representative of the Castle
Government, was to have been the sole
victim, lie says that if Parnell’s land
reform bill were’ rejected, Parnell would
resign aud go to America.’’ It has been
ascertained that there is no foundation
whatever for the above statement by
O’Kellv in regard to Parnell’s intentions.
Ex-President Diaz in Texas.
Austin, March 7.—Ex-President Diaz,
of Mexico, and his party arrived here to
day direct from New Orleans, en route to
Monterey, Mexico. Austin being the only
Texas city visited by them. The party
were met thirty-eight miles below the city
by a joint committee from the Senate aud
House aud by representatives of the press,
w ho escorted them to the Governor’s office
and both houses of the Legislature ami
gave them a drive around the city. The
streets were thronged with people.
Weather Indications.
Oltfice Chief Signal observer,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.—lndica
tions for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
local rains, followed by clearing weather,
northeast winds, stationary or lower tem
perature. and higher pressure.
In the Middle Atlantic States, cold, fair
weather, northerly winds, and higher
piXj^re.
idßßon In Byrne's Case Postponed.
Paris, March 7.—The rendering of a de
cision in the case of Frank Byrne, whose
extradition is asked by the British Gov
ernment, has been postponed until a Cab
inet council be held on Friday.
The petttponement has been made in
order tharthe papers which have been for
warded by the Attorney General of Ire
land, justifying the demand for Byrne’s
extradition.'may be considered.
Serious Injuries by a Run-Off.
Danville, Va., March 7.—Passengers
bv the Midland Road report a train on the
Pittsylvania and Franklin Road off the
track vesterdav evening. William Payne,
the conductor, was seriously if not fatally
injured, and Charles Fortune, the engin
eer. was badly scalded. The fireman,
name uuknowri, had a leg broken. There
are no telegraph w'ires on that road, and
exact information is hard to obtain.
Killed in Protecting Hts Daughter.
Galveston, March 7. — A special dis-
Eatch from Hubbard City says: “J. H.
and, a wealthy stockman, formerly of
Wisconsin, has been shot and killed by a
man named Varnell. The latter made
improper advances to Land's daughter at
a party, and when Land ordered him to
leave the premises he shot him.”
Children Burned to Death.
Lawrence, Ohio, March 7.—Two
children of Azriah Evans were burned to
death in a small stable yesterday. A
boy of four years set fire to some straw,
and he and *his sister ( aged two years, i
were unable to escape. -
Loss of a British Steamer.
London, March 7.—The British steamer
Gloucester City, which left Bristol on
February Bth for New York, foundered on
FebrnarV 23d in latitude 44 north, longi
tude 52 west. The crew r were rescued and
landed at Havre.
A Murderer Hanged.
Middleburg, Pa., March 7.—Uriah
Maver w as hanged here in the jail yard at
11:00 o’clock this morning for the murder
of Gretchen Kurtzler on December Bth,
1077,
HOMAGE TO THE DEAD.
THOUSANDS THRONGING TO THE
CAPITAL.
A Fair Day Looked For—The Congres
sional Delegation of 1860 to be Pres
ent-General Toombs at the Bier of
Hts 1 riend—The Scene In the Senate
Chamber—Baltimore’s Tribute.
Atlanta, March 7. — Telegrams from
all parts of the State give notice of new
or enlarged delegations coming to the
funeral. Nearly a dozen white aud half a
dozen colored military companies will be
in line, besides the Savannah commands.
There w r as no rain to-day. The weather
is cool and cloudy, with occasional sun
shine, and a pleasant day is anticipated.
The noon trains came in crowded. The
professors and students are here from the
University, and there is a large gathering
of members of the Legislature. Senator
Brown aud several Congressmen have
already arrived.
Since noon the crowd at the capitol has
been so great that not more than half
have been able to view the remains. Men,
women aud children, white and colored,
have been jammed and crushed about de
spite the efforts of the police to control the
eager crowd. To-morrow there will hardly
be room to move through the streets near
the capitol,
Messrs. TVinter, Philput, Russell, My
ers, Phillips and Keller are here from tlie
Georgia Ilussars, and have been actively
engaged in perfecting arrangements for
horses and other matters.
The foreign consuls and United States
officials in Georgia were overlooked in the
first programme, but have now been as
signed places and will be properly recog
nized. The procession will be the largest
and most imposing ever seen in Georgia,
and has attracted already the notice of
the entire country.
Governor Stephens, in view of tlie im
pending secession, retired from Congress
and was succeeded by J. Jenks Jones, of
Burke. With the exception of Peter
Love (deceased), the entire Congressional
delegation of 1860 will be present at his
funeral—viz., Messrs. Gartrell, Crawford.
Hardeman, James Jackson, {Joshua Hill,
Jones and Underwood.
Governor Boynton is kept constantly
busy, and bears himselt with remarkable
dignity under the trying circumstances
in which he is placed. Two appeals for
pardon have been made to him to-day
one of Charles Lew is, alias Frank Wells,
of Berrien county, who was sentenced to
four years for larceny; the other, Pro
cessor Julius Soule, charged with larce
ny, who was brought here from the artil
lery band at St. Augustine, Fla. No ac
tion has been taken yet.
General Toombs’ visits to the Senate
chamber this afternoon was a most touch
ing one, and drew tears from all beholders.
His grief over the dead body of his life
long bosom friend was intense and sin
cere. His meeting with Governor Boyn
ton w as also teuder, and he expressed his
gratification that his old friend’s mantle
hail fallen on so noble and tr.ue a son of
Georgia, in whom all the people seemed
to have full confidence, and for whom
they had the highest regard.
Memorial services will be held in the
Hall of the House of Representatives to
morrow at 10 a. in., and tlie funeral ser
vices will occur at 3p. m. At the memo
rial services addresses will lie delivered
by several prominent men. among them
General Toombs. The city is rapidly fill
ing with visitors, and an overwhelming
crowd is expected for to-morrow.
The Senate chamber is decorated in an
exceedingly handsome manner. There is
a profusion of flowers, and the chain her is
tilled with their delicate fragrance. They
cover six tables that line the aisle leading
to the casket, and are placed in pro
fusion upon the President’s stand. The
roller chair is covered with them, and
upon the casket yesterday rested a tiny
bunch of hyacinths, placed there bv a
little son of Mr. John Stephens. The j
decorations, taken all in all. are as taste
fill as were ever seen in Atlanta. The !
outside of the biiildingis almost enveloped j
in the sombre drapery, while the stair !
railing up to the last round is covered with i
the white and black that tell of sorrow, i
The columns, chandeliers,windows,doors,
etc., are covered with the drapery. In
the Senate chamber there is a profusion
of crape that hangs in festoons from the
corners and sides of the room and unites
at the chandelier in the center. Above
the Speaker’s stand is a floral arch bear- ;
ing the words: ‘-A Nation’s Loss.” The
letters are of white flowers on a black
ground, with a border of flowers. Around ;
the President’s stand is a considerable \
amount of crape, and at each corner of
the numerously cornered stand is a ealla ;
lily. Reneath the floral arch is Mr. Brad- j
ley’s painting of Mr. Stephens, under- I
neath which is a little poem by Mrs,
Bryan:* On one side of the' stand
is a floral star, on tlie other a floral ship l
with the mast broken. There are other j
flqfal designs and flowers in vases on the
stand. Itv front of the stand is a large ;
floral anchor, and leaning against the cas- !
ket is a floral coat of arms of the State, i
The roller chair is beside the casket. To I
the right is an oil painting of Mr. Steph- ;
ens, made many years ago. The blinds of ;
the chamber are kept closed and the gas !
burning, thus heightening the effect and ;
throwing a softness over the scene. On j
arriving at the top of the steps from !
the street entrance to the
capitol, the visitor is met by two police '
officers, in dress uniform. ’ who direct
him to the proper door, which is the one
facing the President’s desk. At the door
one of the Governor's stall' directs the
visitor how' to proceed around tlie casket,
and at,w hich door to go out. The visitor
passes down an aisle bordered with flow
ers as fresh and as fragrant as if the dew
still sparkled on them. There is almost a
profound hush as the visitors come and j
go over the carpeted floor. 1 The scene 1
at any tithe is deeply impressive. The |
crape, the casket, the sad faces, the flow- j
ers doing their sad duty, the slow moving
and voiceless crow ds that come and go,the !
knowledge that in the casket lies one i
dear to all Georgians, till everyone with i
a feeling of deep reverence and solemnity, j
Baltimore, March 7.—ln respect to
the memory of the late Governor of
Georgia, Hon. A. 11. Stephens, the Mayor
of this city has given orders to have the
flag on the City Hall placed at half mast
during the day to-morrow, and to have the
bells of the City Hall and. of the fire de
partment tolled between the hours of 2
and 4 p. m., while the funeral ceremonies )
are progressing. He has also ordered i
that the city offices be closed at 2 p.m. j
as an additional mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased statesman.
Brief Telegrams.
Mr. IJchtoller, a cotton manufacturer of
Bolton, England, has failed.with liabilities
of £BO,OOO.
The authorities in Schleswig have com
menced to expel the Danes for refusing to
serve in the army.
The Secretary of the Treasury has asked
for the resignation of Air. Haines, Collec
tor ot Customs at Galveston, Texas.
One hundred thousand pounds in bullion
was withdrawn from the Bank of Eng
land for shipment to New York yesterday.
Geo. W. Swepson, formerly a banker
and railroad president, and iater a large
manufacturer, died in Raleigh, N. C.,
yesterday.
The Episcopal Convention at Indian
apolis has elected Dr. Isaac L. Nicholson,
rector of St. Mark’s Church, Philadelphia,
Bishop of Indiana.
It is reported that the French Govern
ment are determined to suppress the
Socialist demonstration which is adver
tised to occur' on the Esplanade des In
valides on Friday.
Judge Lawson, in opening the Dundalk
Assizes vesterday, said the revelations
made at tbe hearing of the conspirators in
Dublin, far from unhinging his mind, had
given him the liveliest satisfaction.
The appointment of General Blurnen
thal as German Minister of War has
been revoked. General Bronsart Von
Schellendorff was definitely appointed to
the office yesterday, and subsequently
had an audience with the Emperor.
Attempted Murder and Suicide.
Cleveland. Ohio, March 7. —This af
ternoon Wm. Lyon, fifty-five years old,
went to the dwelling of a w oman who w’as
divorced from him five years ago, and
asked her to make a bowl of soup for him.
While she was preparing to comply with
his request he drew a revolver and shot
her in the face, inflicting a severe, per
haps fatal wound. Then he put the pistol
to nis nght temple and fired, killing him
self iifnntly. He had Iteen drinking
heavily of late.
Another Cremation.
Philadelphia, March 7.—Henry Sei
bert was cremated to-day at Washington,
Pa., in accordance with his expressed
wish. He left a fortune of over a million
dollars to be distributed among educa
tional aud charitable institutions kt this
City and State.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1883.
THE STAR ROUTE DEFENSE.
A Colorado Congressman Fined HIOO
for Contempt of Court.
Washington, March 7.—The defense
in the star route cases began presenting
their evidence to-day. The first witness
called w as Congressman Belford, of Colo
rado. Mr. Ingersoll was about to show
that Belford frequently sought to have
the mail facilities iu his State increased,
but Mr. Merrick objected, because the
proposed testimony applied to the whole
State instead of the routes under con
sideration.
The court said it would allow the de
fense to show that the witness had used
his influence with the department, but
it would not go into any question of the
general policy of the department.
Mr. Bel fond was allowed to say that he
had perhaps called at the Postoffice De
partment one hundred times to urge upon
Brady increased mail facilities in his
State. Being asked to specif)’ the sort of
arguments he had used to Brady to justifv
his application, Belford said he had im
pressed upon Brady the rapid growth and
needs of the State. ’ He instanced the Sil
verton route through the San Juan county
and Leadville. In this town several years
ago he had found it impossible to walk
down the street, and the mail only com
posed 120 letters. There were now forty
or fifty thousand jieople in the town.
There was Fort Collins. He was there
when six houses composed the town.
When he was there the other day he
could hardly find his way through’ the
town.
“I object,” said Mr. Merrick. “Is that
competent, your Honor, what he is say
ing that he told Brady as if it only hap
pened the other day, while these visits to
Brady occurred several years ago?”
The objection was sustained, but the
Court decided to allow the witness to
prove the growth of the country.
Witness then went on to instance many
flourishing towns and cities in Colorado
that had sprung up within tlie past few
years.
Mr. Merrick objected, because of the
time referred to, but the Court held that it
was proper evidence, for it might go to
show that Brady foresaw tbe future de
velopments ol the country.
Mr. Ingersoll sought to give Belford an
opportunity to testify concerning the
check which Rerdell had said was paid
to Belford by Dorsey, blit as Rerdell’s
testimony on this matter was thrown out,
objection was made and promptly sus
tamed. Mr. Ingersoll sought persistently
to bring out Belford’s statement by indi
rection, but Mr. Merrick insisted that if
anything was said about that check he
should insist upon the production of the
Stubs of the check book.
Belford was finally dismissed from the
witness stand and stepped to the counsel
table, where he appealed to tlie Court for
the poor privilege of making a statement,
but the Court informed him that it could
not be permitted.
llelford then said solemnly and indig
nantly: “1 state before the living God
that I never saw such a check.” Then
turning on his heel he started from the
court room, but was recalled.bv the com
manding voice of the Judge," who ex
claimed angrily.: “Come here, sir! Bring
Belford here!”
Belford having returned, the Court in
quired what he had said, and Belford re
peated it with emphasis, atu( was lined
3100 for contempt of court. Belford said
he was willing to pay SSOO.
Mr. Ingersoll endeavored to induce
Judge Wylie to remit the fine but failed,
and Ingersoll accordingly tendered his
check, which was accepted, and Belford
left the court room.
Secretary Teller then took the stand
and testified substantially us Belford had
done, to the efforts to secure a general in
crease of mail service in Colorado. The
greater part of the afternoon was spent
in wrangling.
Tin* “Vent'cml Hln<-kgiiar<lism” of
Idle licit isli Youth.
The London World, in a recent issue,
says: Hundreds and thousands of young'
men in this country spend their 'whole
existence in a battle with time. They
have absolutely nothing else to do except
to kill it. Beyond the race course, the
covert and the hunting field they have
no appreciable interest. The low black
guardism which was universal among the
golden youth of five and twenty years ago
may be’ veneered by social affectations,
but the quality, the fibre, and the tastes
of the race are unchanged. Our insular
brutality has been crossed by a strain of
exotic dandyism, and the attractions of
two or three play houses have eclipsed
the charms of the ratting ring aud the
cider cellars. While, as is only fair to
say, the courage of our young men remains
what it has beeu at all stages of our his
tory, they are as desperately unintelligent
as ever. Art, literature and politics are
as much sealed books as ever to the
“chappies” and “mashers” of the period.
The dullness of metropolitan dissipation
is periodically relieved by rural recrea
tions, to which a flavor is given by
their latent or avowed ferocity. Our
young barbarians—and, for that ‘matter,
ofir old barbarians—must, when they
are in the country, have their appetite's
whetted by blood. To kill something
during the day; to crown the exploits of
the day with a dinner substantial enough
for Squire Western to lounge afterward
on chairs and sofas in a state of soporific
stupor—so runs the interesting pro
gramme. The more closely the culture and
civilization of the age are examined the
more apparent will be the basis of cruel
ty upon which the whole social structure
rests. The condition of English schools,
public and private, lias improved enor
mously in the course of the last fifty
years; but there are no signs whatever
that the mutual intercourse of English
school boys is becoming purged of its in
veterate taint of savagery. Our sons art
still brought up to believe that there can
be nothing free or manly in a system
which does not accord the'privilege to in
flict a maximum of mutual discomfort
and misery. We are told that this con
stitutes an essential part of a genuinely
English training, and perhaps that inav
be the case. At any rate, it is not to lie
wondered at If the boys who start life
with these ideas develop into the men to
whom there can be no jierfect enjoyment
without .the consciousness of -{killing
something” and if, after a time, the mere
enjoyment of killing is subordinated to
the legitimate pleasure of sport.
The Fossil of a Megatherium.
Surprises from Wyoming Territory are
not at arf end. Not only is the country
prolific in mineral wealth, but fossil re
mains are being discovered in abundance.
A mining expert, who has been in the
Sweetwater country for three years, has
just arrived in Council Bluffs', bringing
with him portions of the skeleton of a
megatherium found in a sand lied in the
valley of that river. The portion brought
with him is one ol the vertebra 1 , measuring
twenty-two inches in diameter. The gen
tleman himself is well known for credi
bility, and reports the following
facts in regard to the find:
The discovery was made while
the party were prospecting for anew road
to the mines. It lay in a sandy pocket of
what is known in that country as “bad
lands,’’ a volcanic formation. The posi
tion of the skeleton indicated that it had
turned on its side to die, and when found
part of the head and shoulder was above
ground. The whole frame was exhumed
and kept entire, with the exception of the
vertebra-, brought away for exhibition,
and measurements were made of the skel
eton left on the ground. The le# meas
ured 13 feet 8 inches in length and 20
inches in diameter' at the smallest
point. The jaw is 11 feet long.
The skeleton had never been dis tubbed in
any way, and its size indicated its w eight
at aliout 30 tons. The exact location of
the “find” has been kept a profound se
cret. As it is the largest specimen yet
found of that extinct animal, the Smith
sonian Institution lias made an effort to
secure it, but correspondence with persons
in the East would lead to the belief that
the latter will get the prize. A short dis
tance from the same spot the same pros
pector found, after blasting in shale rock,
specimens of sharks’ teeth, crayfish, bats,
frogs, and vegetable fossil remains. The
gentleman had these with him, as corrobo
ration of his story of the richness of the
Sweetwater country in curious fossil re
mains. •
Shot Dead in Court.
New Orleans, March 7. —A special
from Texarkana says: “A. L. .Johnson, a
popular young man, was shot dead to-dav
m the court room of Miller countv court
house, ip the presence of the Judge, jurors,
attorneys and spectators, by C. E.
Dixon, Sheriff of that county. The trouble
arose from Dixon's makiug war on gamli
ling Institutions in which Johnson was
silently interested.”
Rlddleberger’s Seat Located.
Washington, March 7.—lf any doubt
existed as to how Ri<]dleberger, the Read
juster Senator-elect would vote, it was
dispelled to-day at his request. Riddle
berger was assigned that seat on the Re
publican side of the Senate chamber which
Kellogg vacates.
AN INUNDATED COUNTRY.
FEARFUL DAMAGE FROM WIND
AND WATER.
The Situation at Helena, Arkansas Try
ing to Save the City—Plantations Over
flowed aud Farms Submerged—Severe
Loss to the Lumbermen—Much Dam
age in Western Tennessee.
Helena, Ark., March 7.—The gale last
night and to-day hits lashed the river into
a fury, and the struggle to save the levees
has Iteen desperate. A message front Long
Lake Division, lour miles south, says that
without one hundred men the levee can
not he held another hour. A squad of
fifty men has just gone down and more
will quickly follow. The situation is ex
tremely critical. The levee protecting
Helena is still intact. Active work upon
it is going forward, but it is in a precari
ous condition in many places. The only
hope is in the wind calming.
New Orleans, March 7.—A special
from Maversville, Miss.,says: “Protection
levee, in front of EilesiieJ has just given
way (2 p. nt.), and the water rushed
through the gap in the main levee. Dun
can’s quarters are now under water. A
sufficient force is at work stopping the
gap, and not inpch damage is appre
hended.”
A Vicksburg special says: “The news
from all points in this section is unfavora
ble. The hack-water almost entirely sur
rounds Delta, La., atm work will have to
be suspended.”
Capt. W. L. Marshall, United States
Engineer, has received the following from
T. M. Jackson, United States Lev pc In
spector, at Elleslie, Miss.:
“The Protection levee gave way in a
storm at 3 o'clock this ntorniug.’ The
main levee broke iu three places. At 8 a.
m. the gap at station 55 was 300 feet
wide. At station 60 it is 70 feet wide and
3 feet deep. I have succeeded iu closing
one small break. The others are beyond
control.”
The giving away of the levee at Elleslie
will cause serious damage to the lower
portion of Issaquitn county, and will
overflow the plantations of Keep, Dunbar.
Hunt, Magnolia, Mount Laurel, Wilder,
ness, Wadetown, Harris, Clover Hill and
Duncan Ridge.
The water is going directly into the
streets from the bayou. Captain Marshall
fears the storm of last night has inflicted
serious damage at other points that can
not lie reached by telegraph. The river
has risen one and a half inches at Vicks-
' burg to-day.
Memphis. March 7. —The steamer Jas.
Lee arrived here this afternoon from
Friar’s Point, bringing two hundred
negroes front off the submerged farms.
Her officers report all tlie country be
tween Memphis and Helena, Ark., tinder
water, except where strips of the levee yet
remain. Austin, Miss., is overflowed, and
water to a depth of several feet rushes
through the town. The rapid rise in
the Saint Francis river has caused great
Joss to the lumbermen, as thousands of
logs are swept away by the swift current.
Much suffering exists among the inhabi
tants of ths sunken lands, and their
isolated position makes it almost impossi
ble to afford relief.
,-A special troni Helena, Arkansas, says:
“Thetcriais has been reached here, though
it can be scarcely said to have passed. The
heavy wind ol last night which prevailed
throughout the day seriously threatened
tlie demolition of much of our levee front,
while the new levee at Williamson’s,
three miles below, has momentarily been
expected to give way. A more hopeful
feeling is manifested this evening. Scarce
ly an inch of rise is noted during the past
twenty-four hours, and only two inches
rise is reported in the Saint Francis
at Madison. The Iron Mountain and
Southern Railroad is putting forth stren
nous efforts to aid our people in fortifying
against the worst. The trains are bring
ing dirt from the highlands bv the dozen
car loads, and everything that is practica
ble is being done to save the city from an
impending calamity, and success is as
sured unless the wind should increase.”
A Skipwith, Miss., special savs: “The
steamer Parisot in backing out'from this
landing Sunday morning, made such
heavy waves that they ran over Protec
tion levee, filling in between it and the
prong that had been built behind it
on account of the caving of the
bank, which broke with an im
mense pressure of water in front
of it. Engineer Jelks was promptly on
hand with a large force, and succeeded
in closing the break. He had a large
force at work yesterday and to-day on the
whole line, which is now considered
secure, unless heavy rains or winds oc
cur.”
St. Louis, Marc It 7.—A dispatch front
Helena, Ark., says: “The breaking of the
levee near Briar’s Point yesterday will be
very disastrous to a large number of
planters and other people in that section,
and a good deal of land never under
water before will now be overflowed.
Friar’s Point, Delta and all the towns for
twenty miles back from the river will be
greatly damaged and the planters will
lose much live stock, corn and other sup
plies.”
Accounts from Western Tennessee say
that great damage has been done in Lake
and other counties along the river. Much
stock has been lost and many houses,
fences and a good deal of corn and cotton
have Iteen swept away. Some of the
towns are completely isolated, but no
actual suffering among the people is vet
reported.
THE CASE OF SHERIDAN.
A Talk with the British Minister.
The Hon. L. S. Saekville West, the
British Minister to the United States, ar
rived in New York city from Ottawa,
Canada, Monday, and went to the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. A reporter called upon
him last night, and asked what course he
intended to pursue in the matter of the
extradition of P. J. Sheridan. He said:
“I have been in Canada for ten days on
private business, and really I know
nothing more about the matter than
I have been able to gather from
the newspapers. My application for
n warrant of arrest ami the grant
ing of it by the State Department were
merely formal steps that were customarv
as preliminaries in extradition cases’.
The real action will begin when the depo
sitions reach me, and I expect to receive
them within a week. Then this course
will follow: The depositions will be for
warded to Mr. Osborne, the United States
Commissioner in New York city, and
the warrant for Mr. Sheridan’s ar
rest will be executed. The papers
will be thoroughly examined bv the
United States Commissioner, and'if lie
does not think the evidence sufficient to
justify the detention of Mr Sheridan, the
case will be dismissed; if, on the other
•mud, he thinks that a clear case has been
established, lie will commit the prisoner.
Then I shall apply to the State Department
for a warrant of surrender. You will
readily perceive what a wide difference
there is between the two warrants, the
warrant of arrest being a mere formality
which commits the United States Govern
ment to nothing.
“Until the depositions reach me I am
as ignorant as anybody as to the strength
or the weakness of the case against Mr.
Sheridan. The extradition treaty between
the United States and England covers not
only murder, but intent to commit mur
der and connivance at murder, hut you
will readily understand how much more
difficult it is to prove the intent or the
connivance than it is to prove the murder
itself. I am not sure that the evidence
of Uarev alone will be sufficient to make
out a case against Mr. Sheridan. I scarce
ly believe that the British Government
is relying upon Carey’s evidence alone in
asking for Mr. Sheridan’s extradition.
My own opinion is that there has been ac
cumulated other evidence that has not
l>een made public, and that the depositions
will show a much stronger ease. This is
mere conjecture on my part, however.
We must wait for the arrival of the de
positions to know really what they are.
We have no desire to hurry matters, but
will do all we have to do surely, if slowly.
I do not think there will be any danger of
a suit for false imprisonment against us,
as the United States Commissioner will
decide whether the evidence against Mr.
Sheridan is sufficiently strong to justify
his committal.”
The Rights of Industrial Property.
Paris, March 7. — : The conference began
its sessions here yesterday which will take
into consideration the rights and rela
tions of industrial property. M. Challe
mel Lacour, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
was selected as presiding officer. The
principle object of the meeting is to se
cure to the citizens of certain States of
Europe the same advantage in regard to
patent designs, trade marks and commer
cial names that are accorded bv other
countries to their own subjects. Nine
teen States were represented, including
the United States.
Young maiden if you’d boast those charms
That win a lover to one’s arms.
And that may never let him go.
’Twill he through Sozodont whose powers
Gives to the breath the balm of flowers.
And leaves the teeth as white as snow,
“LITTLE PEGGY” DEAD.
Fainting on the Stage and Carried Home
to Die.
Fresh white flowers lay on a casket in a
house ot mourning in New York Sunday
night, and they seemed ih keeping with
the sweet baby face looking up from it.
The little face had time and again made
others, like its own, glow with plea
sure, and delighted staid elders in the
footlight’s glare: for it belonged to Peggy
Miller, tbe child actress, of Fritz’s plays.
The little ene had been with Emmet’s
company since the Bth of last
May. She was then eight years old,
and as the comedian watched her
from the wings he said she was
the best child actress he had ever seen,
because she was always a child and noth
ing more. Since that time she had been
with the company in tours through the
country, playing “Lena” and “Master
Herbert” in “Fritz in Ireland,” and
“Kltna” tn “Fritz Among the Gypsies.”
Her father is the stage manager, Mr. Wm.
*C. Miller. Her mother is known profes
sionally as Jennie Christie. The child
had been brought up among the associa
tions iu which she appeared, and her in
stincts leaned toward them. The glare of
tlie lights, the music of the orchestra, were
familiar to her from babyhood. She loved
her work, and when she 'fell sick at Phila
delphia wanted to keep at it. She had re
cently been ailing, and on Tuesday the
end came. It was at the Novelty Thea
tre, Williamsburg. “Fritz in Ireland”
was the play, and, dressed as Master
Herbert, she was standing at the wings
ready to go on. The moment for her
dance with Fritz was approaching. The
opening bars of the air were already
floating up from the orchestra. Little
Peggy looked up in her father’s face and
said: “Papa, I’m afraid of that dance.”
“Be careful, ntv dear; do it easily,”
he whispered. The next moment she
was before the audience. The dance be
gan and went on uninterrupted to the
close. But Fritz suddenly felt the little
figure tremble and Sink.' Then it lay a
dead weight upon his bauds. He lifted
her tenderly, carried her to the wings and
laid her in her father’s arms. Little Peg
gy had fainted. She recovered soon, and
the doctors who attended her till Sunday
believed she would get over her illness
entirely. But it was not to be, and she
suddenly passed away. Her parents
Sunday night sat inconsolable in their
home.at No. 245 East Thirtv-fourth street.
New York'city.
And the casket lav there with the flow
ers upon it and that in it which had with
ered so soon in an atmosphere unconge
nial to its growth.
The Subject of Salt.
Rochester Union.
Throughout Western New York,and par
ticularly in Wyoming and Genesee coun
ties, salt is just now the absorbing topic of
conversation. The recent discoveries of
tine salt deposits underlying the villages
of Warsaw and Le Roy have, of course,
contributed to make the subject of salt
unusually interesting and important in
this section of the country. Small won
der that this should lie the case, particu
larly when we come to consider that salt
is tlie only mineral substance universally
employed as an article of food by man and
the higher order of animals. Besides its
direct consumption as food, enor
mous quantities are needed for
dairying purposes, for preserving meats
and fish, and given to cattle and
sheep, and a very large amount is
used in chemical operations, particularly
in the manufacture of soda. The last
process alone takes about 50,000 tons
annually in France, and a single estab
lishment near Glasgow has used 26,000
tons annually for the past thirty years.
In the l liited States it istestiinated that
each person consumes about 50 pounds
annually, in Great Britain 22, and in
France 15. Salt was once a decided
luxury in this country. Nearly one hun
dred years ago the salt made near
the present city of Syracuse sold at
31 a bushel. At the loginning of this
century salt was made at the “old
Sciota salt works” in Jackson county,
Ohio. The wells were only 30 feet deep,
and 600 to 800 gallons were required to
make a bushel of dark and inferior salt,
which, however, sold for |3 or sl, tie ing
carried, even as late as 1808, on pack
horses to_ considerable distances. Until
about 1845 the wells were sunk only 400 or
500 feet in depth, but at Pomeroy, they are
now 1,200 feet deep, yielding a copious
supply of strong brine, and more than
two-thirds of the salt of Ohio, is at present
manufactured in that vicinity.
Salt is found in almost every country on
the globe, occurring very abundantly in
nature, both in the solid state, as rock
salt, and iu solution in sea water, salt
lakes and salt springs. Alines of rock
salt have been recently explored in the
Caucasus, in which the stone implements
were found as they were left at a date so
remote that no tradition exists of the
time when they were worked. Salt is al
luded to in many passages of the Bible.
AH sacrifices ottered in the temple were
seasoned with it; new born children were
rubbed with it; it is mentioned as one of
the things most necessary to life; it is
used as a symbol of perpetuity and incor
ruption, of hospitality (as it still is in the
East), and finally of barrrenness and ste
rility, as in sowing the site of a destroyed
city with salt.
In 1700 very little was produced in the
United States, and 2,337,020 bushels were
imported; in 1825 the value of the produc
tion was more than $1,500,000, and the im
portation was 4,574,202 bushels; in 1870
the production was nearly 20,000,000 bush
els. Our present yearly consumption can
not lie far from 40,000,000 bushels.
Canada has fine salt deposits at Gode
rich, which are extensively worked, but
hitherto the salt business in the United
States has been mainly restricted to three
separate areas—the neighborhood of Syra
cuse, Saginaw Valley, Michigan and the
Kanawha Valley, West Virginia, includ
ing those at Pomeroy, Ohio. These three
localities produced 16,000,000 of the 18,-
000,000 bushels manufactured in the United
States itt 1870. The Ohio and Syracuse fields
have been at a disadvantage, from the
fact that the great-strength of the Michi
gan and Goderich brines and the abund
ance of fuel in those places enable these
brands of salt to be successfully sold
where Onondaga salt, made from brines
only half as strong, and Ohio and Kana
wha salt, made from brines still weaker,
iormerly commanded the market. In
addition to these disadvantages, the
Onondaga and Kanawha salt is driven
from Eastern markets by Liverpool salt,
which is brought to our seaports at a
merely nominal charge by ships that
load in return tobacco, cotton and bread
stuffs.
Tlie Syracuse salt springs were known
to the Indians at a very earlv period, but
Father Lalemant is believed to be the first
white man who visited them. About 1770
Onondaga salt was in common use among
the Delawares, and was carried to Quebec
tor sale. The first- made by the whites
was in 1788, near Syracuse, by boiling.
The salines belong to the State, which
supplies the brine to manufacturers and
receives a royalty of one'cent a bushel.
Six cents was formally charged, and the
State thus derived a large revenue, but in
1846 the tax was reduced to the present
amount, which suffices to pay the expense
of pumping, superintendence, etc. The
produotion-has reached the maximum of
over 9,000,000 bushels in a single year at
Syracuse.
The new fields at Warsaw and Le Roy
promise to exceed ail others in puritv,
strength of brine and cheapness of pro
duction. The salt deposit at Warsaw was
discovered, we believe, while boring for
petroleum. It is a fine deposit ot rock
salt, lying at a depth of several hundred
feet, and of great purity. The manufac
ture of salt has already iteen commenced,
and both at Warsaw and Le Roy it will
be rapidly developed and extensively
manufactured. It is expected that
millions of bushels annually
will be produced, affording k
source of supply for the entire
country as well as a' large amount for ex
port. On account of the strength and pu
rity of the briue, salt can be produced in
these Western New York districts at a
cost which will enable the manufacturers
to successfully compete With all the
world. Already the excitement is at a
high pitch, aud the material benefits to
this entire region, especially to the rail
road interest, growing out of these dis
coveries in Genesee and Wyoming coun
ties, must of necessity be in the greatest
degree gratifying and'advantageous.
After Twenty-nine Years.
Detroit, March 7,—A life convict
named Samuel Ulam has just been par
doned out of the State prison, where he
has been confined twenty-nine Years for
the murder of a man named Estabrook,
in St. Joseph county in 1863. There is lit
tle doubt that Ulam is entirely innocent
of any connection with the murder.
Fearful Decline In British Trade.
London, Mart* 7.— The returns issued
by the Board of Trade show that during
the month of February British imports
increased, compared with that of the same
month in last year, by £3,887,000. and ex
port* during the same period decreased
£846,000.
WIGGINS’ SKIRMISH LINE.
X PRECURSOR OF HIS PRE
DICTED CATACLYSM.
A Severe Gale In Great Britain—Kiiflit
Vessels and Nineteen Dives Dost—The
Worst Snow Storm of the Season in
Canada—What the Weather l’rophet
Claims.
London, Alarch 7. —A severe gale, ac
companied by a snow storm, has pre
vailed flw the past twenty hours. Two
vessels and three men were lost ut
Dundee, three vessels at Scarborough,
one vessel at Isle of Alan, and two lives at
W hits table. Two vessels have beeu
wrecked at Ocheverigen. Holland, and
fourteen persons were drowned.
Alontrkal. Alarch 7.—Snow fell here
yesterday aud last night, and was the
heaviest ot the season. The depth of
snow in the streets is fully five feet.
Quebec, March 7.—The suow storm is
somewhat abating. It has been the worst
•f the season. All the Western trains
are late. The North Shore train from
Montreal, due this morning, is blocked at
Batiscan.
Wiggins claims this storm as the
skirmish line of his cataclysm predicted
for the 10th inst.
THE RUIN IN EGYPT.
Disasters which Threaten the Country-
Under British Protection.
A correspondent writing front Cairo,
Egypt, says: The situation in the country
is getting from bad to worse. Egypt is,
after all, only a large farm. Her annual
revenue of $45,000,000—0f which $22,500,-
000 goes directly into the pockets of the
“bloated bondholders”—is derived almost
exclusively from the crops of cotton, lu
dian corn, wheat, sugar and barley. The
agriculturists are now getting frightened
about the cotton and sugar crops. Land
which twelve years ago yielded per acre
ton cantars of cotton i tlie cantar equals
nineH'-eight pounds j now only produces
two or three cantars. Chemical investi
gation has now proved that this startling
falling off is due to the fact that cotton
takes more out of the soil than is put into
it by the yearly deposit left by the Nile in
undation. Previous to AlehemetAli no such
exhausting crops as cotton and sugar were
grown in Egypt. Consequently the cotton
and sugar have for the past forty years
been annually drawing upon tke'deposit
of the Nile that had for centuries been
gradually accumulating. This reserve
fund of phosphates and nitre required by
cotton is now coming to an end. Hence
the astounding decrease in the production
per acre.
There are now over one million acres of
land in Egypt under cotton cultivation.
The Itotal value of the Egyptian cotton
crop is about $60,000,000. The decrease
in the annual yield per acre has hitherto
been compensated for by constantly plant
ing more acres in cotton, and this'has in
a great measure been done by trenching
on the land producing Indian corn, which
is the staple food for the fellah. But the
number of acres under cotton cultivation
cannot be increased forever, and the sole
remedy which can avert the failure of
Egyptian cotton raising—a catastrophe
that would at once plunge the country in
to hopeless bankruptcy— is the use ot'ma
nures and artificial fertilizers. At present
all the bones in Egypt, which would be
worth their weight in gold when convert
ed into fertilizers, are exported to Europe.
The Egyptians steadily refuse to allow
any concession to be made to any artificial
manure company ou the ground that “the
bones of some Aloslem saint might be dis
turbed aud put to vile uses.” If a plebis
cite were to be taken to-day the over
whelming majority of the Egyptians
would vote against the use of artificial
manure. English diplomacy will soon
find itself face to face with this manure
question.
SENATOR TABOR'S TWO WED
DINGS.
A Private Marriage Contracted iu St.
Louis Last September.
A special dispatch from St. Louis says:
The performance of the public ceremony
uniting Senator Tabor and the belle of
Oshkosh has loosened the tongues of a
select few who were cognizant of a quiet
ceremony performed in St. Louis several
months ago. The truth is that the elabo
rate nuptials in Washington on Thursday
were a sham. Air. Tabor and Miss Lizzie
AlcCouat were made husband and wife
on the 30th of last September, and the
marriage was a plebian sort of an event,
all except.. the fee. The ceremo
ny took place in the law office
or- Colonel Dyer, in this city.
Mr. Dyer had been associated
in mining enteprises with Air. Tabor, and
tlie latter chose him as a confldantjin his
matrimonial venture. Aliss MeCourt
came here by appointment. Justice
Young was called in and the job was done.
A fee of SIOO was paid, not so much as a
tribute to the unction with which the
words were said as to induce secrecy ou
the part of the Justice. The witnesses to
the ceremony were Mr. Dyer and one oth
er person. After a very brief honey
moon Air. and Mrs. Tabor separated to
come together ngaiu under the brilliant
programme carried out at Washington.
Col. Dyer was asked what the strange
act of the Senator meant, and
replied: “Well, there isn’t niuen of a
story *t* tell. Senator Tabor is an
old friend of mine; in fact, we are jointly
interested in a piece of property, and I
have for a long time been his attorney.
He came here in the latter part of last
September, and from what I afterwards
learned I am satisfied he came by aj>-
pointment with the lady he married and
foi* the purpose of marrying her, although
his ostensible purpose was to attend to
some law business. The lady arrived
here the same day or the day after he did,
aud was accompanied by her brother, Air.
Ale-Court, who, I understood, is in busi
ness in Oshkosh, where the family re
side. As he knew me probably more in
timately than any one else here! Air. Ta
bor naturally called on me to help him in
arranging for the marriage, as they want
ed it kept secret.”
“What was tlie purpose of secrecy?”
“Oh, it was for very good and legitimate
Teasons. You see at that time, although
he had been granted a decree of divorce
from his first wife, she was suing him for
alimony, and the marriage during the
pending of that suit might complicate
matters—so that they thought it would be
best to make no announcement until the
case was disposed of.”
TOO AIDS ON STEPHENS.
The Estimate of a Life-Long Friend.
General Robert Toombs arrived in At
lanta on Tuesday on the fast mail train
from AVashingtori, his home, and was
met at the train by Mr. Seidell. He pro
ceeded to the Executive Alansion, where
he is now stopping. General Toombs has
been a life-long friend of Air. Stephens,
anil of course was deeply affected by his
death. To a Constitution reporter he said
last night:
“I knew Air. Stephens very early in
life, and his character then, as’ now, was
irreproachable in every sense of the word.
His great characteristics always were
truth, candor and kindness to not’onlv the
human race but to all God’s creatures.
It seemed to overflow everywhere. As to
his ability, be never yet was on a rostrum
or in a theatre in the’ world where he was
not the master. He was kind and gentle
as a woman, and at the same time proba
bly one of the most resolute, determined,
spirited men in the world. I have seen him
under all conditions, assailed bv flood
and field, with the railroads crushing him,
and here in Atlanta with Air. Cone over
him with a dirk knife demanding a retrac
tion, and bis answer in a voice full of de
termination was ‘Never, never!’ In his
school days he took the lead, at the bar he
took the lead, in Congress he took the
lead—every where he has been a leader.
From the day he joined the freshman class
to the day of his graduation he was in
tellectually a leader and a universal fa
vorite. There was jealously for nobod v and
none of him; he just stepped to the front
and stayed there. He never regarded his life
as worth two years. When we were in
Congress together he never considered a
re-election. He never believed at any
time that he would live more than his
term out. He said forty years ago that his
life was not worth two years. When he
used to give away everything he had, I
urged him not to do so, but to lav up
something for a rainy day. I explained
how he might become dependent, and it
was through that advice that he saved
some little. Although continually before
the iieople it can be said that he lived and
died an honest man, in the sight of whose
spotless career defamation has never
dared to raise its head.”
Clftnenreau Indisposed.
Paris, March 7. —While Clemenceau
was delivering his speech in favor of the
revision of the constitution, in the Cham
ber of Deputies yesterday, he was seized
with a nervous attack, and the sitting
was consequently suspended for three
quarters of an hour. Upon the resump
tion of the sitting be completed his speech*
but appeared to be very 111,
A MANIAC AT THE LEVER.
A Crazed Man Takes Possession of a
Ferryboat.
The ferryboat Central, of the Liberty
btreet Ferry, was tied up in the southern
slip at the New Jersey Central depot, in
Jersey City, at 4o’clock Sundav morning,
and the crew were in their bunks asleep.
Pilot Johp Bishop and Engineer Yan
Geisen were also asleep in their room be
neath the pilot house. Suddenly the boat
trembled and a sound indicated that the
paddle wheels were in motion. The pilot
and engineer sprang from their bunks
and rushed down to the engine room.
There, with his hand ou the lever, stood
a young man of small stature, bare
headed and borefooted, and attired only
ut a thin cotton shirt and a pair of blue
jean trousers.
“What are you doing?” shouted the
pilot.
, “I kuow what lam doing. lam work-
In ferryboat,” said the stranger,
angrily, as "be clung to the lever.
Two deck hands, who had bv this time
entered the engine room, rushed forward
and attempted to seize the man. He
struggled fiercely. In the meantime the
boat had moved nearly out of the slip,
hut the walking beam had got caught on
its cenere, and the wheels were motion
less.
"A'ou’ll have to help us.” said the strug
gling deek hands; “we can’t handle this
man alone.”
At this appeal the pilot and engineer
also caught hold of the stranger, but with
the strength of a wild beast lie tore awav
from them, and, springing through the
door, ran to the east end of the ferrvboat
and sprang into the river.
The crew rushed to the edge of the boat.
After a few seconds tlie tnan rose to the
surface, and with muscular strokes swam
toward New York. The engineer got the
engine off the centre and ran the boat
back into the slip, but the men at the
bow could still see tlie swimmer’s head,
far out toward midstream. William
Kane, a watchman, and Deek Hand
Stephenson ran for a boat. Thev tound
one which the harbor master had left at a
neighboring wharf, and rowed out in tbe
wake of the swimmer, who was then al
most out of sight. It was reckoned he
was about 2,000 feet from the slip. At
last they ran alongside him. He allowed
them to seize and lift hint into the boat,
remarking resignedly:
“I suppose I must go.”
When the men reached the slip his
clothing was frozen to him, and he was
unconscious. He was carried into the
waiting room of the annex boat and
placed by the stove. Charles Williams, a
watchman, cut his clothing from him and
poured whisky into his mouth. The deck
bonds chafed his limbs, but it was nearly
an hour before he recovered conscious
ness. Then he looked up into Williams’
face and said:
“I don’t thank vou a bit, Charlev, for
my life.”
Williams then discovered that the man
was John A. McGeady, a watchman in
the Central Railroad gas house, whom
every man on the boat knew, but whom
none had recognized. The watchman
brought a suit of clothes from his room
and dressed McGeady comfortably. Then
lie was taken to tlie Charity Hospital in
Jersey City. He’is twenty-one years old,
and resides at 58 East Broad wav, New
York.
At 9 o’clock McGeady’s brother, who is
also a watchman at the gas works, came
to relieve hint. He found the light burning
in the watchman’s rqom. and a note from
his brother, as follows:
“Joe:—Don’t come into this gas house.
If you do, you will get blown up.”
Watchman Williams said: “McGeady
must have had unusual cunning, for he
unfastened the chains, removed the haw
ser, and started up the engine as well as
the most experienced men could have
done it, though he had never handled an
engine before. Nobody heard him, although
watchmen were on the wharf a short
distance away. When \\Y took him into
the waiting room we had no idea we could
bring him to, and I gave him a good pint
of whisky before he was right again. He
came here from Alaunch Chuuk, Pa., a
year ago, his brother having sent for him.
He is a steady man, and never drinks.”
McGeady appeared to lie sane. He
said he was impelled by the devil to run
the boat. The ferryman attributed his
insanity to his having inhaled illuminat
ing gas at the works.
Myopia.
A'oto Orleans Times-Democrat.
It has been said with terrible truth, that
the degree of civilization to which a na
tion has arrived may be measured bv the
number of its myopes. . Short-sightedness,
color blindness, and total loss of vision
increase with progress of knowledge to
such a degree that, should the present
state of things continue, it must ulti
mately come to pass that none save tlie
ignorant will share with animals the
natural blessing of good eyes.
Professor Raoux. of Lausanne—a
famous myopathist—has in enunciat
ing this very opinion, compared
the increase of eye diseases
among the cultivated classes to the ad
vance of a “river of darkness, flowing
side 1 by side with the river of science and
of light.” Those who seqpi most to need
keen eyes are least favored—the chemist,
tbe microscopist, the astronomer, the
philologist, are frequently stricken with
blindness during the course of their la
bors, while the sight of the farm laborer
remains bright and pierewg like that of
the savage.
It is in Germany and Switzerland—es
pecially the former—that most attention
is being given to this alarming problem.
Three-quarters of the officers in the Ger
man army are said to have imperfect
sight. In the Swiss schools the increase
of myopia has excited much anxiety also.
Latterly French scientists have been ex
amining tbe question of nearsightedness
among children, with equally startling re
sults. A certain Dr. Alotais, of Angers,
has just published a work summarizing
his own investigations; and it is rather
terrible reading. For example we are
told that out of 499 children and students
at Angers alone— onhj sixty-six, enjoyed
perfect sight. There were many forms of
defective vision; butjnyopia apjieared in
most cases to have Iteen an artificially
produced disorder. Alyopes under eleven
years of age are seldom seen, according
to Dr. Alotais; the malady is developed
during school life. Then the pupil be
comes abnormally convex, the humors
unnaturally copious.
Of causes there are many indeed,
One is bad type in school books—tvpe
the face of which lacks breadth while
possessing height—what our printers call
narrow-faced type. Another cause is that
the school desks are so made as to compel
many children to stoop unnaturally,
which might readily be remedied by
the invention of strong desks to be
elevated or lowered in conformity
with the scholar’s requirements, by
means of a screw or other me
chanical contrivance. A third cause
is found in imperfect light, or light im
properly distributed—a trouble to which
much attention has already been given in
the United States. Whatever occasions a
rush of blood to the head—clothing too
tight about the neck, thin clothing or foot
gear which allow the extremities to lie
come cold—is also a cause of mvopia.
Now comes a highly important cause of
myopia, concerning not only children, but
all people who read and write—the same
cause which produces snow blindness—
the glare of white. The paper upon which
most people write is white; the paper of
books is white (and often glossy into the
bargain, which makes matters worse)-
walls of rooms and ceilings are white. All
this will have to be changed if the culti
vated classes of the next generation are
to enjoy the pleasures of unclouded sight.
Neutral tints must supplement white, in
our interiors, in our writing paper, in our
books; and these matters deserve serious
attention in the United States.
The human eye is still, however, far
from perfect—there are many animals,
and notably many birds, with much
keener organs of vision. There have been
in past ages, and are also extant, some
species of creatures possessing the*?xtra
ordinary faculty of making the cornea
cither convex or almost concave at will
so as to change the whole character and
range, of vision according to circumstan
ces, and in the remote future such a power
may be acquired by the human race.
Flour Mills to Shut Down.
?.?• . r \y. L - Ma rch 7.—The great flour
mills m Minneapolis and throughout the
State are not producing to the extent of
one-third of their capacity. A number
now running will shut dow-ji this week,
because of the scarcity and high prices of
wheat.
Twenty. Years Ago.
In 1863, 31 r. Wilson, now- of Lawrence,
Mass., was in the Commissary Depart
ment in Washington. Somehow or other,
he was taken with a violent soreness of
the throat. Several army surgeons exam
ined his throat and decided that it was a
case of diphtheria, and that it was hope
less. After they had given him up he
tried Ferry Davis’ Pain Killer. The
next day the scales began to come off his
throat, and in two or three days he was
well.
t PRICE 910 A YEAR. I
} 6 CENTS A COI*Y. {
ECHOES OF THE SESSION.
THE CHARMS OF A CONGRESS
MAN’S LIFE.
A Carnival of Billingsgate—Van Voor
his’ Luck—Keifer Keifer to the Last—
His Brutality to the Press—His Last
Act Characteristic—*4,ooo for Noth
ing.
Washington, March T.—We have many
members of the House and Senate yet with
j us - They seem loth to withdraw from Wash
! ington. This is specially the case wiUi that
large number of members who failed to be
j returned to tbe next House. Congressional
! life is, after all, veyv fascinating. Those who
i once taste it. and who make pleasant acquaiu
i lances iu this city of pleasant people, do not
return to their homes at all willingly. There
is a certain glamour about Congressional
life that is very attractive to all men.
It is irue that the member o? Congress is not
looked up to iu Washington as he is elsewhere.
We are so used to bigger people than the av
erage member that lie does not attract much
general attention. Still it is always pleasant
for a man to he in public life, no matter if he
is incapable of shining there. It is a satisfac
tion for a man to he in Congress on the same
footing with others who really are men of
ability. It is the fascination of as
sociation. If you are not a big man,
you certainly have the same pay
and the same number of votes as really
big men have; and there is always iu Wash
ington a sufficiently large uumbe'rof tuft hun
ters for even a very ordinary Congressman to
have his satellites, and there are always
plenty of people here who. although they may
not think much of you, yet they pay you a
certain deference simply'because you are in
Congress. These are some of the reason* why
a man when lie once has a case of Con
gressional existence would like never to
get over it. Said a gentleman whose
constituents have seen fit to succeed him by
someone else to me to-day, “No, 1 haven't
gone home yet, and do not expect that 1 will for
some time to come. 1 like Washington, and 1
have a couple of daughters with tne who would
never leave it if they could help it. Then; I*
plenty of entertainment here now. although
the bear garden has shut down until next
December. Ido not pretend, as many of my
colleagues in failing to get back do. that I am
glad I was not re-elected. To say It
would be to tell what is not true, and f be
lieve that nine such statements out of ten ait*
those old sour grapes again. I don't know but
what I shall come back, hang out a lawyer’s
shingle, and continue, the enjoyment of the
many pleasures iu which Washington abounds.
1 am awful sorry that I was a tidal-wave vic
tim.”
I cannot recollect h session of Congress in
which there was so much personal language
used by members to each other as that one
which has just closed. It began early in the
session. It began i*> the Senate, which is noth
ing, if not dignified. The House abounded in
it. There was nni as much leaving out of the
record of hot words spoken in heated debate.
There was one sweet member, Mr.
Van Voorhis, of New York, who went to the
oilier extreme. He reviewed his remarks one
night before they went to the Congressional
printer. He put in words of personal
abuse of a brother member that he hail not the
courage to say on the floor. It was a pity that
the House did not expel him when tie called
l’agc a gambler nnd other pet names. 1 have
never iu my life seen a man as near being ex
pelled as was this sweet statesman from New
York that nijtht. Had he waitedbut afew min
utes longer to make a most abject and humblo
apology for his billingsgate he would have
gone certainly. And the peraonal massages
which piled themselves one upon the other
during the session, were not the growth of
]K>lltics but in rare eases. They were simply
the result of passion. Oftener that Demo
crat abusing Republican or Republican Dem
ocrat. Republican attacked Republican
and Democrat.’ The brethren on
the Republican side were very
handy with their mouths—excuse the mixed
metaphor—in bandying epithets with each
other. It is a wonder, taking the previous
record during the session, that the House and
Senate went out in such comparative quiet
ness. There were, of course, the usual last
scenes and the usual evidences of liquor put
where it did the least good. But it was not
near so bad as is generally the case. Taking
jts previous abundance of scenes, it is a won
rier that the laat few hours were not occupied
in free lights, scalp and war dances, and other
little thiugsof such enlivening character.
Keifer was Heifer to the last. He turned
loose the sisters, cousins and aunts of members
upon us in the gallery. Some of those gentle
ladies were very pretty, but wheu they took
your scat from you and talked and chatted so
persistently that you could hardly hear,
much less write, it was too much, it was be
yond alt human endurance. Finally we got
ilie reporters in during the dying hours of Con
gress and barred the doors, miile the House
was passing a resolution of thanks to Keifer
the reporters in the gallerv passed a resolu
tion of censure upon him for his un
warranted and high Handed course. Keifer,
wheu remonstrated with about it, told one
of the correspondents that he did not care a
d-d for the press. The press reciprocates
most heartily. Keifer will pound no more.
His gavel day's are over. He will cut a very
sorry figure in the next House. He had no
respect from any one this session but the job
liCrs and such respect as his high oflice sur
rounded him with. Keifer’e political carcaa
will make an interesting view.
And the last thing that Keifer did was to
remove one of the best stenographers that the
House has ever had. He did this in order that
lie might put in his stead his own nephew,
who will draw ft,ooo between now and next
December, when the appointment will expire.
The salary runs on during the recess,
when there is nothing at all to do.
The man turned out has not made much
money. He has had to employ so many as
sistants—lie attended to the committee report,
ing—that his salary was well eaten into. It
is during the recess, when there Is no such
expense, that the official reporters make their
money. The young man that Keifer has ap
pointed was at that time his private secretary,
whose pay also runs on to December 4 next.
The vacancy caused by this young man get
ting f.4,000 for nothing was filled by another
relative of Keifer’s! While lie lasted Keifer
was a dandy. Potomac.
SENSATION IN CHURCH CIRCLES.
New Functions of a Cleveland Rector—
Confession and Absolution.
A special dispatch from Cleveland save:
“Considerable excitement was created in
church circles here to-day by the publica
tion in one of the city papers of a rather
sensational article regarding the pro
nounced departure of a ritualistic Episco
pal church, in admitting the Koman
Catholic functions of confession and the
power to grant absolution. The church
referred to is the Grace Episcopal Church,
the congregation of wlii.ch is one of the
most wealthy and aristocratic in the city,
and its rector, the Rev. Geo. W. Hinkle, is
a prominent High Churchman. It is stated
that he has recently Income known to his
communicants as Father Hinkle, and has
aflfcned the rights to listen to a recital of
sirreeoinmitted, and -upon a proper spirit
of repentance on the part of the sinner to
grant absolution for the same. Father
Hinkle has been rector of Grace Church
for several years, and attires himself in
the distinguishing costume of Catholic
clergy. His pastorate has been marked
for ritualistic tendencies, he having intro
duced from time to time many Catholio
forms and ceremonies in his services and
adorning the chancel of the church with
an array of candles and crucifixes.
“Your correspondent calledon the Right
Rev. Bedell, Bishop of Ohio, w ho is a Low
Churchman, but he refused to have any
thing to say on the matter until he has
given it further thought. Other Episcopal
clergymen were in like manner reticent,
except the Rev. N. 8. Reelison, who ex
pressed his hearty disapproval of Dr.
Hinkle’s course. It should be stated that
a large portion of the congregation in
Grace Church are unaware of the depart
ure toward Romanism which their rector
is said to have made.”
E. Spieldock, Broad and Indian streets,
Savannah, savs: “1 have been Biking
Brown’s Iron fitters for rheumatism, ana
it has benefited me.”
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