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ESTABLISHED 1850.
SuSED BY A SPIDER.
, , I.;:iIU.F. KM'EIiIEM E OF A
t.O IN NETT FARMER.
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amau.
•tt BeraUt *ny~: “4 in la-t Fri
ll mU<u Mallet,an olal a-ili/.enof our
engaged in budding a fence
i. a—i-te<l hr Mr. Nix. While
'••It something sling him ou the
• ..r twice. an<l striking his han<l
a', ennhM what was afterward
-pider. '> opening his collar
i * anal an ordinary black gpider,
iheblow. Mr. SI affet continued
- *r ■ | u hour ar -o, when lie began to
■ r pains shooting through hint anal
ihe boose. He got worse so rapidly
- ill >l<> to get there.and ill a
- his whole -y-t*iu a. racked
■■ le |aain. \ physician was sent
drink ol liquor was given
lay the time Hr*. Mitchell
•re arrived, he was suffering
•in'i nearly reaaiy taa ga> into con-
They commenced o|aerating at nine
him. hut foun<i it a very atiflia'ult
inape, as tlae ]>oison had diffused it
_ii the entire system. Notwith
.nrge a loses of morphine anal whisky
-t*-ra-a| fre<|uently. his suffering
. tha entire night was terrible.. Ter
- I liranigh his hotly anal even in his
s- kept him in such misery that
•a as seriously affeoie<i, anal hut for
• - he would have probably enaleat
:■ ! 'a horrible spasms. At times hit
ill to I went} - anal he np|aearea|
'•uk tinder his suffering hut lib
tion* of hranaly caused him to
Vtl night long it was a struggle
ml death,hut by morning he be
v Keeper of Marietta says his license,
v and city, amounts to a tax of
- remain*, minus the heiul anal an
>ka n from the Oconee river. ua*ar
rs : ri. a 'lay or two ago.
• •aunty has 734 acres pianteal in
ni ne* of egg* are sold in Lump
's at cents (er alozeu.
I nty is exa-iteal over a aloctor who
. , fleet cures by the touch of his
< aiialler. who was run over by
■ \. re— train on the Georgia liaif
•' ria wood, 'ome two months ago. is
.e- . - inely. He has ordered a roll
llar to the one used so long hv
'lephens, anal w ill soon be able to
hiut the house in it.
lie storm a tree was blown over
•• Corner, in Oglethor|>e count v,
- roots were founal a number of
i.-lha nware. It was supimecd to
■ grave of a chief, as hominy was
are a vase had broken. Manv
place was inhabited by Inalians.
• it received its uaiue. and one of
ItT'litions wa>. that their chief
a ire enough hominy to last Inin
- li l reaa-lied the happy hunting
si it was burieal with great ecrc
liarmed vase at his head.
1 I annual meetiug of the stock
• • Talbntton ltailroaal took place
i lot Wednesday. The reports of
r- u. re satisfactory, an<l au election
•- ra-nlteal in the re-election of the
The gross earnings of the roaal foi
ling May I. I**3, were ft 0.255 ii;i.
• -aiue year ?9,u3 93 were expenaled
in, operating, etc., leaving net
r - the amount of $1,171 76. The com
.-.riiings of the roaal for IKwl-S* as
_ - S' •'! are <10.683 74. $10,255 6S>, sfiaw
k - reascof business to the amount of
FLOW IDA.
• ane aaf the fine horses of the Wiz
a." lartette. was sold in Ocala last week
• >-.any has been formed at sumterviile
• i and impreve the Tomkin's Mill
. .nid open it for navigation.
1 Cant Syndicate has purchased acon
_• interest in the South Florida Kailroad,
iig fr>>m Sanford to Kissimmee,
• ' Williams, who killed Shed Brown,
a na-'Vtlle, n few months ago, was tried
irv la.-t week anal pronounceai guilty of
i p- thoucTtO'l cubic yards of earth are now
. moved on !hc Jaeksonvi’le. Tampa ami
West Kailroad between Jacksonville anal
tv.aka.
-mati-pox is a thing of the past in Pa-
Tlm last case, being that of a colored
v ii and last week, ami all of his honseholal
were 1 aimed No new a-ases are re
- g the month of April the Southern
i oidpanv ship|ie>i from Cedar Key,
Io,” turtle, |m>uuils of fish,
.I'd' of .'vster-and 495.6UU pounds of
I*,. Mg the present season 5,945 bales op
Ih-i-u stnpi>el from Tallahassee.
■ remain iu warehouses, making
;- a .!_•:. 1 tales. Ip to May Ist of last
'! bales were shiptaeil.
W- nviile AmM says: “Capt. W.
bit 1.-i-t night for savannah for
-of purchasing an engine for his
ii lie alrtver. As soon as it i' tiu
wtil begin driv mg piles for the ties.
. l.i. V'i'uviUe,Tampa and hey \Ve*l
K . a. rss MeGirtV creek."
' i 11. McKinue received this week
. -liver goblet from the Mayor and
i I i\ilia, as a testimonial of their
• and his valuable services in behalf
_ i! a xi-ienceof their lain ii during the
its Legislature, whea Jadpsou
-trenuaaus efforts a>f annexation.
' .Ur .bihnsaan, aaf Washington, is in
• making arrangements toestab
factory there. Hecowtom
! ng a large, siibstanlial building
. ad hv Ilia' Void' ke mills. |o
wall romigatel iron', wbieli will
with 'Utlh lent ami necessary ina
ic manufacture iu large qiianti
kinds of luannalaales. preserves.
a r.ofi has Hie following:
> resoling in the vietnit} of Mia'co
■ • ire very niua-h exereiseal mill >n
. ..it. a usa .ji'ience of certain tieorgians
.'.ii aka last week anal using al)na
.• ' tor lilt da— true! nan aaf the ftm.
' is a. urged to the gentlemen proeur
a'aie supply af eatable flsb, but it
-i that ttw aianeussion i* s,a great it
;vo a)iiantiues of spawn ami small
i the lerriWe explosive should la*
- :.v extent, all the valuable tisb aaf
- id '.san be alestroyed. It is saul
• a day. after the * ilynaraite was
■ - the'lske large quantities of ateal
• . i floating on the water. Several
' - iva law' that make it a eriudnsl of
• v parson taa u-e these alvnaniite
CAIAI FAMII.LA.
*’ •: Kcading for Agrleulturists nual
Sunday Sa lataol Workers.
1 -ui a. May s. -The weather is now
- lika. Bui heretofore the nights
' aTHaI and the ground so wet
- da -n and field erops are backward.
* a. > died out and the stand is had.
L ' ' vicinity the melons are doing
si and of Irish potatoes is bail.
1 "iTir variety was sent here from
' • . which grows luxuriantly,bloa
* ' •'■ ■ inendously and does well in all
.-ii- tulaers. This variety Jtas been
the Truck Farmers’ Associa
'it ••Jitnson” (.Jamestown • weed
' >’ J these potatoes Were all nieely
_t; daxl -Elarly ltosi*. - *
'*• who secured the genuine Early
- ' -'I are shipping now.
' ii-- isats. s*a far, seem a failure,
i car to have the rust, or to b* in
■i '•'i.’h S' me dist*ase. The Noveni
'. lwwever, are doiug finely.
• ige cattle an- lsdng Isuight up
'■ pped to Texas—average price.
ntraef fvr the artesian well has
- to L. B. Clay & Cos., who will be
_kin a few days. Ourjieople loos
vi to the success of the well with
A rdcrest. It is feast or famine here
* iter. The hope of artesian wa
i.pied with the fact of the great
. ihty of the lands for truck farin
- nt au agreeable outlook for the
Thursday last the whole town and
> round Joined in a Sunday school
at Hock Lake, some mile and a
•• am the village. The day was beeu
. : -iTathing sweetness in the very
ere; everybody was in holiday
. the music from the band was
' ' ■ aud the dinner —well, it would
t! '' delighted the European
I" ' nt of the Cirittio*’ Jn<les, who
* t* • inueh of sumptuous fare, good
* and high living.
Weather Indications.
' 'mac chikf signal obskrvkr,
' a-hingtox. D.C.. Mav 10.—Indications
' ,,r Friday:
• a the" South Atlantic States, fair
*:.i r.followed by southwesterly winds.
‘ lalsg stationary nr lower
: i*-raHtre and pressure.
Jere Itpnn’s Jury Secured.
' uiCAGo, May X>,—A jurv was secured
' • rday for die trial of Jere Dunn, for
‘ munler of James Elliot, the athlete.
• ‘Bnrhu - I'atbiff'
V’ock, ooroplete cure, all annoying JTJ
■*-'. Bladder and Urinary Diseases. $L
: ''■*****- - ’
•’ • anticipated that Dion Boucicanit
T d: iam return to the stags.
Savannah morning news
SIMIAY SCHOOLS IX I'IXK.
A Tremendously Enthuiatic Celebra
tion In Liberty County.
• HtXKSvii.LE.GA.. May 10.—The anni
versary celebration of the Liberty tounty
Sunday School Association was held with
the Sunday schools of the countv as a
grand picnic occasion at Frazer’s Grove,
neat this place to-day. At an earlv hour
the people came in from all parts of the
county. By 11 o’clock there was gathered
such a display of the intelligence and
beauty of old Liliertv as has never graced
to the same extent any previous occasion.
At 11:1.■ o’clock the schools were formed
and marched, singiug as they came, to the
seats prepared under the grand old trees,
uirtler the direction of Marshal for
the day. Cassels, who was every
where. The following schools parti
participated: W althounrille, John L. Har
den. Superintendent song, -‘Holden
Light;” Taylor’s Creek. It. S. Hendry,
>uperintendent—spng, “Sweet By aiid
By:” llinesville. J. E. Shepard, Superin
tcndent—“Jcsuk l>,ver of Mv Soul,”
Flemington, .T. B. Martin, Superintendent
—song, -oh. Land of Re-st:’’ Darlot—
song, -On Jordan’s Stormy- Banks:”
Josselyn, J. D. Karnes, Su|ierintendent—
song, “Jesus Loves Me.” \
The President, Col. J, E. Shepard, then
announced the formal opening of the con
vention. when the Rev. .J. W. Montgomery
read a portion of scripture, and prayed
for the blessings of heaven upon the assem
blage, when the son“, “Come to the Savi
our.” was given by the whole assemblage
with tbrilling effect. The address of wel
come was delivered by Dr. J. S Ashmore
and resjionditi to by Dr. A. I. Hendry on
licball of the associations and Sunday
schools. Then followed the songs. “Onlv
an Armor Bearer” and “Oh Think of the
Home Over There.” It. ]*. Reppard, Esq.,
President of the Georgia State Sundav
school Association, in hits happy wav,
introduced .1. It. Saussy, Jr., to the con
vention as a Sunday school soldier. The
i young man, for his years, carried him
scll right gallantly, putting in his blows
tor the cause vigorously, and demonstra
ted that he was Saussy by uanic and
saucy by nature. The audience
vyas well entertained. At half past 12
o’clock dinner was announced. Then
followed a feast of good things such as
old Liberty’s daughters only know- how
to prepare. Ample justice was done to
the delicious viands, when again the as
semblage resorted to the old grove, and
in songs and speeches bv E. J. Benton,
D. F. Shepard and It. ft. Reppard, the
afternoon passed away too soon, it was
a grand day for the Sunday school cause
in Liberty county. It. B. Ileppard r<\ his
soul stirring words roused the people to
enthusiasm. After a benediction by Bev.
J. J. Giles the convention adjourned to
meet again at the same place next May.
Two delegates were elected to represent
the association at the lloiuervilie jubilee
on the 20th of June. *
STAR HOI'TF DIFFUSIONS.
The Lawyers Spue the Daily Humdrum
With a Little Wrangling.
" asiiixgtox. May 10.—At theopening
of the star route trial to-day Judge Wyl
lie referred to a remark of his yesterday,
in response to Mr. Wilson, who was then
speaking for the defense, which remark
implied censureipon Charles P. Black
mar, a post office clerk, who was one of
the witnesses. Judge Wyllie said that
any censure was undeserved, and his re
marks should properly apply only to Mr.
lierdell. with whom Blaekinar's name
was coupled in regard to a proposal
from Rerdell to use bis
right to challenge jurors in favor of the
government. The counsel for the defense
declared tbSt the court was now in error,
and that the evidence showed a positive
bargain lietween Mr. Blackinar and Mr.
Rerdell to carry into effect Mr. Rerdell's
proposition.
Judge Wyllie replied that the evidence
showed that the proposition was Mr. Rer
dell’s alone, and bad met with no response
from Air. Blackinar. The argument was
interrupted by mutual consent, and Mr.
Blackinar w as permitted to testily on the
point at issue. He said that Mr. Rerdell’s
proposition liad been communicated to
the government, but that they had refused
to have anything to do with it,
and he i Blackinar) made no reply to M-.
lierdell, and consequently no arrange
ment. such as was charged by the counsel
for the. defense was ever made. Mr. Black
mar was cross-examined by Col. Inger
soll. vvnti also endeavored to have Messrs.
Boone and Dorsey recalled, but the court
refpsed to hear anything further on the
subject, and Mr. Wilson proceeded with
bis argument.
lif-'IM WITHDRAWS.
Chief Clerk Lyman Named for the Com
uiissiouership.
Washington, D. C., May in.—Presi
dent Arthur to-day selected Charles
I.v man. Chief Clerk of the'United States
Treasury office to be Chief Examiner
under the Civil service Commission, Vice
IV B. Randolph Keim withdrawn. Mr.
Keim's letter of withdrawal was
handed to the President to-day,
and the commission was at
once issued to Mr. Lyman, who lias for a
lung time been identified with civil ser
vice reform. He was an active memlier
of the civil service iKiard appointed by
General Grant, and served in the army
during the war of the ret*ellion and made
a good record. He was appointed to a
clerkslffp in the Second Auditor’s office of
the Treasury Department in I*o4, and was
subsequently promoted to bo Assistant
Chief of the Stationery Division, and in
1*77 w .i> made Chief Clerk of the Treas
urer's office, which latter position he now
hold-. He will undoubtedly accept his
new appointment.
RACING IN TIIE Mi l).
A Tame Day aud a Small Crowd on the
Lexington Race Course’.
Lexington, Ky., May 10, —The track
was muddy to-day. the attendance small
and the racing tame. The events result
ed as follows:
First Rack.—Purse $175, divided; for
ail ages; one mile. Sadie Ale Nary was
first. Newsboy second and Greyhound
third. The time was 1:57)^.
Bkconi> Race.—Strauss stakes, for all
ages. $25 entrance, play or pay, $375
added, divided, one and oue-sixteenth
miles handicap. Rufus L. won with Long
Knight second and Rena ft. third. Tax
gather and Frost ran but were unplaced.
Quem Ban Issie and Pike’s Pride did not
start. No time was taken.
Third Rack.—Purse $250, selling, one
aud one-quarter miles. Silver was first,
Lutestring second and Bubbler third. The
time was 2:23.
POISON INSTEAD OF MEDICINE.
A Druggist's Mi-takr Cause* the Death
of Two Hospital Patients. .
S. Jg>! is, Alay 10.—At the city hospi
tal yesterla, a patient named Daniel
Kelliher died suddenly, and two others
sank into Slid were
only revived after great exertions mid tlu;
application of an electric battery.
It seem* that a serious blunder was
made bv the hospital druggist, E. T.
Green, w ho. it is believed, gave a mixture
of chloral instead of the proper prescrip
tion. Green denies this. The contents
of the bottle w ill be analyzed and au in
quest held to-morrow, Joseph 8. Ilatlm
ger, another patient, died this afternoon
from the effects of the same poisoning.
The New York Herald'* Libel Suit.
New York, Alav 10.—In the second
trial of the action of James Francis Alal
ley against Janies Gordon Bennett, for
libel in charging the plaintiffJn the New
York Herald with incendiarism in Edge
field, S. C., liefbre Judge Shipman, iu tm
United States Circuit Court, the jury to:
dav gave the plaintiff a verdict for $2,500.
On" the first trial Alalley got a verdict for
$20,000. but the case was appealed and
anew trial ordered.
Trying to Fil a Lynching.
Shreveport. L*., Mar to.—D. C.
Hutchinson, who, shot and kilLni TV ill H
Lvon in Bossier parish, opjiosite here,
Tuesday night, was brought here and
ptaced in jail yesterday, as there was
much eKiiißifnt and fears of lynching
were entertained. The murder is re
garded us a-dastardly one. {.ypeh was a
native of Abbeville.
Au Execution Stayed.
Columbia, S- C., May 10.—In the case
of James Coleman, sentenced to be hanged
iu this citv to-morrow for the murder of
Sarah AViflis, his sister-in-law, a stay of
Croeeedings has been granted, his counsel
aving appealed to the Supreme Court. .
HORSFOKD’S acid PHOSPHATE
Drank with Soda Water
I is delicious. All druggists have it. It is
refreshing and cooling. Try it ofteu
Pike** Tuotrachk Drops cure iu one
minute.
M’DANIEL inaugurated.
HIS ADDRESS RECEIVED WITH
MARKED ENTHUSIASM.
The Legislative Hall Packed with Peo
ple—The New Governor Make- Pa
thetic Allusion to the Great Com
moner—Au Economical Administra
tion Promised—'The Inaugural Ball.
Atlanta, May 10.—It was a lovely
morning, and the Legislative Hall was
packed. The Senate and House met at 10
o’clock and transacted the usual routine
business preliminary to the inauguration.
The joint session was held at 11 o'clock.
The families of Governors Boynton, Col
quitt, AlcDaniel and other prominent offi
cials, occupied reserved scats in front of
tiie S|s:akcr’s desk. Representative Alc-
Donough, of the committee, was most
efficient and polite in seating these
ladies. Governors Boynton qnd AlcDan
iel came in arm in arm, followed by Gov.
Colquitt, ex-United States Senator Miller,
Governor Bullock, Governor Smith. Chief
Justice Jackson, Judges Tompkins,
Hutchins, Hammond and Hillver, Con
! gressman Hanunond, Alajor Bacon and
the State House officers. The band in the
! -allery played during the entrance. A
deeply impressive prayer was delivered by
! Chaplin Jones, of the Senate, after which
Governor McDaniel delivered tiie follow.
•ng
inaugural address.
Gentlemen of the General Assenthh, ami
re!lot'* Citizens:
Ibe occasion of this assemblage
suggests the recent loss of the State,
and of mankind, in the death of Mr.
Stephens, whose unexpired term in the
office of Governor I have been called to
till. More than any man who ever lived,
lie deserved to lie named “the Great Com
moner.” He has joined the illustrious
men, whose place in the hearts of tiie peo
ple ol Georgia is but feeblv expressed in the
adornments ot this Representative Hall.
His fame, like that of M. Thiers, is the
priceless heritage of grateful countrymen.
. In assuming the duties from which divine
I rovidence has removed him, I desire to
i express my grateful thanks to tin* people
; tor this mark of confidence and esteem I
I cannot hope to bring to the discharge of
I these responsible duties tiie varied expe
i rience, profound knowledge and consuin
; mate wisdom whicli characterized him,
i tint i may hope to exhibit the same devo
tion to all the interests entrusted to mv
care.
The fundamental principles of our gov
ernment, in State as well as Federal re
lations, are expressed in the constitution,
I need not repeat them to this assemblage,
composed of those who enact laws, and
those who interpret them, and those who
execute them, and intelligent citizens,
who are accustomed to observe 'and to
judge impartially the manner of the per
formance of official duties. Our chief
concern is not with those maxims,
which are the results of the revo
lution and development of centuries, and
which are familiar to ail, but w ith meas
ures of administration designed to carry
them into effect. The office of govern
ment is to maintain order, to suppress
crime and to-insure to all the fruits of
honest la hot and the undisturbed pur
suit of happiness. It can never be
perfect or finished. New "conditions
constantly require appropriate legis
lation. Laws, wise in origin and whole
some in operation, lose fitness in the
changes incident to modern progress
and must be modified, or yield to other
measures better adapted to the emer
gency.
Diversities of interest tend to produce
diversities of opinion in matters of State
policy.* These conflicts of opinion are
real and confront us in every detail of
legislation, but there is no real conflict of
interest between the various classes of
the people. Diverse as may tie their oc
cupations. what is wholesome of one class
cannot be hurtful to another, and what is
hurtful to one must result in injurv to all.
It is a common mistake that the pros
perity of one class depends on laws en
acted for its special benefit. Legislation
will uot supply the want of those
qualities of industry, thrift, skill and
prudence, on whietf rest alike private ud
public prosperity. Wliat is needed in
legislation is that it shall lie just to all
classes, imposing no burdens that are not
equally liorne by all. Within these limits
the administration will lie best which is
felt least by the people. Taxation lrom the
sovereign nature of the powers exercised,
is the most important subject of State
policy. It is felt in every household.
When burdensome, it crushes the weak
clogs the efforts of all
who endeavor to improve their
fortunes. No free people should long
submit to unjust systems of taxation
which can lie remedied. Experience
teaches how difficult it is to carry into
eftect the wholesome provisions of our
constitution, that taxation shall tie equal
and uniform. Much has been done to
perfect the system, hut much remains to
bedone. This must lie left to tiie skill and
patriotism of the Legislature, applying
the lessons of the past to the conditions
of the future.
Besides improvements in the tax laws,
designed to thoroughly distribute public
burdens, a policy to lie patiently and per
sistently pursued, it is our duty to main
tain the' present low rate of taxation, and
to reduce it if it can he done without
crippling the resources of the treasury.
It is true that our credit is equal to tiiat
of any State in the Union, that we annual
ly reduce our debt, that we might pay it
off withiu a reasonable time by
sales of public property, tiiat
our pride in the financial condition of
Georgia is justified by the increasing
wealth and prosperity of the people. But
these advantages should not inspire
merely.a feeling of satisfaction and pride
—we must use them to the utincst as a
means to effect these desirable lesults.
To accomplish this, economy in ex
pense must lie rigidly enforced. Tiie pub
lic can no more hope to keep money in the
treasury without discriminating economy,
than individuals in their private bus’i
ness. There may lie many worthy objects
for which expenditure of public money
would prove beneficial, were our re
sources unlimited. The constitution does
not leave us in doubt as to what are le
gitimate objects of expenditure. These
are plainly expressed, and comprehend
brieflv the support of the government in
ail its departments, tiie support of the
public institutions for the care of the help
less classes, the support of the public
schools, the payment of tiie public debt,
and the public defense. For these objects
wise economy will require as much to he
done as the State can do without burden
ing the people. No object, save the public
defense, will justify an increase
of public burdens." A State of
abounding territory, rich in
climate, in soil, in minerals, in forests, in
water power and in harbors; blessed with
a variety of crops and fruits unequaled
in anv country of like extent on the
globe; traversed by nearly 3,000 miles of
railway: with a teeming population eager
to place her in the front rank of Ameri
can States in agriculture, in commerce, in
manufactures, and in all that manifests
the progress of a great people; surely
the task .of rightly governing such a
commonwealth yeqiiires the wisdom
and patriotism of all her sons. I take
courage in the fact that all
the departments of state government,
although distinct and independent, are
wisely burdened with a share of the du
ties, ojioii the discharge of which depends
the comniou welfare These interests
will not rest on the Executive alone.
lio fur as my power extends, the law
will ix- rigidly .enforced, and" all officials
will lie held to a strict accountability. I
tnay often commit errors of judgment,
never intentional wrong. Nor are legisla
tive, judicial and executive officers alone
responsible for the enforcement of law
and wise administration of public
affairs. £.ll citizens owe a duty
to the country in sustaining
aud assisting and defending the work of
their servants in office. UuUiic opinion
in a free State is all-powerful. It cau de
feat the execution of every vital law, such
a laws to preserve the purity of elections,
upon vTb'ca depends the very life of the
' State, laws for the suppression of
crime, w ithout the vigorous execution ol
which government becomes a farce, and
all laws for the preset vision of *soctety.
No wisdom in the counsels ot the 1 legisla
ture. no dignitv atul purity and teaming
on the bench, "no vigilance and firmness
on the part of the Executive will prevail
against U.b baneful effects of a lax pub
| lie opinion. Let i m regolve, each nhw
appropriate sphere, to omitribute all in
our power to promote the liappipe*, and
prosnerity of all the jieople ot the State
by Insuring to them the impartial execu
tion of just laws. For aU mistakes I
trust to your forbearance and to the tn
doleebce of the pul,lie, whose opinions
aze 4he filial test of official conduct. Y\ ith a
painful^ distrust of my ability, but with a
firm reliance inlyouf assistance,and iu that
of a higher power, whose presence m
our affairs is reverently and earnestly in.-
voked, lam now ready to assume the
duties to which 1 have keen elevated bv
favor of the people of Georgia.
The address •was delivered in a calm,
deliberate manner, and with much dig
nity aud impressiveness, ami field the
closest attention of all present. The final
sentence was greeted with*eneral, heartv
ami prolonged applause.
I’resiiieut pro tern. Polhill, of the Senate,
who presided with marked success, then
handed over the great seal of the State,
aud declared Henry D. McDaniel to
be Governor and Comhiander-in-Chief.
to till the vacancy caused bv
the death of Governor Stephens. This
was the signal for applause. The cere
monies closed with a benediction by
< haplain McClelland of the House, anil
playing of “Dixie” by tiie band. Georgia
lias seldom witnessed such a dignified
and impressive inauguration, and Gov
ernor McDaniel surprised even his warm
est friends, and to-dav stands in the front
rank'of Georgia’s most distinguished
sons.
Governors Smith, Bullock, Colquitt and
other emiueut citizens, pronounce his ad
dress one of tiie finest State papers ever pre
sented to the General Assembly by anv
State.
The Eeenliuj Journal says: “The in
augural address of Governor AlcDaniel
was admirable. It bespeaks a live man
dealing w ith live issues. Weprediet that
the people of Georgia will point with
pride to his administration.”
1 lie address foreshadows reform and a
people's administration, and thejhnasses
already hail it as the harbinger of anew
era in Georgia.
After transacting some unimportant
routine business and the Governor hav
ing no further communication to make,
the General Assembly adjourned until
July next.
Everything is quiet at the executive
department, ancl no changes are yet an
nounced. The new Governor liegins work
to-morrow. A light rain fell this after
noon, but Governor Ale Daniel’s reception
to-night was a grand affair. *
BAPTISTS OF THE SOUTH.
Proceedings of tiie Convention Now in
Session in Texas.
Galveston, Texas, Alay 10.—A dis
patch from AVaco to the Xev-s says: “The
Southern Baptist Uonvention was cal let 1
to order here yesterday with Dr. Mell, of
Georgia, m the Chair. Five hundred and
sixty-three delegates were present. Dr.
Mell was chosen permanent President,and
United States Senator J. E. Brown,
of Georgia; S. I>. Alaxey, of Texas; Drs.
Furman.of South Carolina, and Win. Wil
liams. of Baltimore, were elected Vice
Presidents. Drs. Burrows, of Kentucky,
and Gregory, of South Carolina, were re
elected Secretaries. Dr. Tapper, Corre
sponding Secretary of the Board ot For
eign Missions, read a long report. The
board received eight donations
ot $7,500 from Mrs. Ellingter,
of Tuskegee, Ala. The report shows mis
sion stations in Mexico, Brazil, China,
Africa and Italy. Tiie total receipts for
the past year were $54,000. The balance
oil hand April 30th was SO,OOO. The dis
bursements for the China mission were
$15,000; African, $5,000; Brazilian, $5,000:
Alexioan, $3,000, and the European,
$12,000. The convention will hold three
sessions daily.
At the afternoon session Dr. Tiehonor.
of Georgia, Corresponding Secretary ofthe
Home Alission Board, read tiie /annual
report covering the work done in tiie
Western and Southern States aud the
territories. There has been $78,000 raised
and expended by the State board. The
total receipts were $45,000. The balance
on hand is $5,018. One hundred thousand
dollars are needed for mission work in the
South.
At night a sermon was preached by
Rev. Broaddus, of Kentucky. The statis
tics place the number of Baptists in tiie
world at 2,800,000—in the United States
2,000,000; abroad 500,000. 'fhf* churches
of tiie denomination number 13,400, and
preachers 8,000. A Southern Baptist Con
ference was organized.
THE C RISIS AT DODGE CITY'.
Life and Property Safe and the Better
Element in the Majfirity.
Kansas City, Mo., Alay 10. —A private
dispatch received last night savs that the
lawless element in Dodge City, Kansas,
became so obnoxious that the authorities
determined to drive them out. Twenty
policemen were sworn in about ten days
ago, and have since been working to rid
the town of gamblers and prostitutes. A
number of these persons were put on a
train and cautioned against coming back.
Tiie roughs appear to lie in the
minority, and those who yet remain have
become less riotous. There has lieen no
bloodshed, and the only coercion prac
tices was the placing of "the roughs on the
train. The dispatch says that there is no
danger to life or property, and that tiie
whole affair amounted to" nothing more
than a determination on the part of the
law abiding citizens to establish order.
The guards stationed at the depot were
there only for the purpose of preventing
tiie return of tiie gamblers. The cow liovs
are not mixed up in the affair.
AI CLOSKEY' AND THE POPE.
Another Explanation of the Reported
I'npleasant iieng.
New York, Alay 10.—A dispatch from
London says: “The Standard'* corres
pondent at Rome is assured on very high
authority that a dispatch was scut as
heretofore reported by the Papal Secretary
of State to Cardinal McCloskey, of New
Yord, asking whether it was true that be
had received Alexander Sullivan, Presi
dent of the Irish National League of
America, and subsequent to explanations
being given a note was sent expressing
the Pope's displeasure at the action of
the Cardinal. In answer to the statement
Cardinal McCloskey through his private
Secretary, Father John At. Farley, makes
the following reply:
“The Roman correspondent of the Lon
don Standard some time ago reported
twice after it had been contradicted, a
similar statement which he knew to tie
false. The Cardinal therefore declines to
notice any further dispatches l'rotn that
source.”
A ROBBER ON THE GALLOWS.
The Tragic Sequel to a Shocking Penn
sylyania Murder.
Pittsburg, Alay 10.—Ward McConkey
was executed here to-day in the yard at
tached to the county jail, for tjie murder
of George A. McClure in Deadman’s Hol
low, near AlcKeesport, Pa., on tiie night
of August 1, 1881. The murdered man
had had goods stolen from hie store
and had tracked the thieves,
among whom was McConkey,
to the hollow, where his body was after
wards found, riddled with bullets. The
murder created intense excitement and a
vigilance committee was organized, who
scoured the woods for miles, The mur
derers, however, eluded them, and it was
not till several months afterwards that
McConkey was arrested in New York
State. Tiie rest of the gang have never
lieen apprehended.
France’s Merchant Marine.
Paris, May 10.—The Chamber of Depu
ties to-day granted urgency for the bill for
postal services between Havre and New
York and lietween France and the An
tilles and Alexico. AI. Naitre opposed the
bills. He criticised the concession grant
ed by the government to the French Trans
atlantip Company, and characterized the
system of subsidies as ineffectual and
prejudicial to tiie welfare of the merchant
navy,
Advocate* of Another Suez Canal.
London, Alav to.—A meeting of in
fluential shin owners, including the
Anchor and Harrison lines, and repre
senting the Suez canal traffic to the ex
tent of 3,000,000 tons, was held here to-day.
A resolution favoring the construction of
anothev cuml across the isthmus was
unanimously adopted, and 4h executive
committee was appointed to carry out the
plans of the meeting.
Gambling House* Closed.
Memphis. Alay 10.—An act passed by
the Legislature, making gambling a
felony, went into effect yesterday. All
the gambling houses in the city "closed
their doors m the afternoon.
Under Nine Indictment*.
ViCKSffuRG, May 10.—The grand jury
yesterday returned nine additional indict
ments against Charles Leeman, the Cir
cuit Clori:. charged with forging county
warrants,
•Silver Creek. N. Y.,*Feb.6, 1880,
Gents —l have been very low, and liaVe
tried everything, to no advantage. I
heard your Hop Bitters recommended by
so many, I concluded to give them a trial.
I did, aiid' now am around, and constantly
Huproying, and am nearlv as strong as
ever. W. ft. Wjcj.L)Hp
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1883.
TANKS WRAPT IN FUMES
LIGHTNING’S MAD FREAK IN
JERSEY' CITY.
Million* of Dollar* Worth of Oil and
Other Property Destroyed—Six Live*
Known to he Lost—Tiie Conflagration
Measured by the Mile—Graphic Scene*
and Incident*.
Jersey City. Alav 10.—The Standard
Oil Company’s works at Jersey City were
struck by lightning at half-past 3 o’clock
this morning. Up to 9 o’clock seven tanks
of oil had exploded, and the tire was still
raging with terrible force. At 10 o’clock
the tire was rapidly nearing the tanks ol'
the Jersey Central track, where 150,000
barrels were stored. Tims far 500,000
barrels had been destroyed, includ
ing 250,000 barrels of ‘ refined oil
stored in a storehouse At half
past eleven o’clock the fire was still rag
ing fiercely and it was evident tiiat tiie
Eagle Refinery had but little chance of
surviving the conflagration. The railroad
was on fire ami adjoining oil tanks were
covered over with dirt for protection.
Six lives had lieen lost up to that
hour and, ot course, none of the
Isidies had been found. Tiie excite
ment in the city was Intense, and the wild
est rumors of the number killed were
afloat, serving to increase the consterna
tion and anxiety. Even while tiie tire
was at its height the scene was
lent a touch of tiie pathetic by
groups of anxious wives and chil
dren who wept and trembled for the
safety of their husbands and fathers who
were in the employ of tiie company and
among the first to rush to the scene of the
fire. The fire burned fiercely all
day long, and it was not till ' even
ing tiiat the efforts of the firemen
began to make themselves apparent.
Although under control at 7 o’clock this
evening it was evident that the tire would
burn for some time to come, and tiie fire
men settled down to their work with tiie
air which unmistakably betokens resig
nation to a long siege. In conversa
tion with an Associated Press re
porter at 7 o’clock one of tiie managers
of the company said that he estimated
tiiat the loss would exceed sl.son,oo<>.
Up to that hour 12 large tanks, 18 cars, t;
barges, a dredger, 3 docks and 5 brick
buildings had been destroyed. The quan
tity of oil consumed was not known.
Among the losers, beside tiie Standard
Oil Company, are several other oil firms,
who each lose from 400 to 700 barrels of
cylinder oil which was stored in one of
the warehouses.
The flash of lightning that started the
fire was witnessed by the fireman on
watch in an engine house in Jersey City,
a mile away. It was of blinding bril
liancy. Immediately a sheet of flame
shot up in thg air, with a deafening roar
tiiat shook the neighborhood and was
heard for miles around. A canopy of
smoke rose above the oil works and spread
itself over the city like the pall of a vol
cano at the commencement of an erup
tion. Then followed explosion after ex
plosion, rivaling crashes of thunder, and
the extensive oil works were soon a roar
ing mass of flames. Before <• o’clock in
the morning seven immense tanks were
blazing. Rivers of fire swept around the
bottom of the other tanks, while the flames
bombarded them from above. It was
soon discovered to he useless
work to play upon the flames, and all
efforts were directed to preventing them
from spreading. This was partially suc
cessful until nearly 5 o’clock this"after
noon. when tank No. 7 exploded with a
terrific report, and the blazing oil spread
with lightning rapidity. Fire Chief Far
rier and a number of men were within
ten yards ol this tank when it exploded,
and were saved almost by a miracle.
Dropping tiie hose, which" was soon
burned to ashes, they fled for their lives.
When they mustered together at a safe
distance six of their number were
found to lie missing. The smoke was so
dense tiiat it was impossible to tell which
way one was going, and it is thought that
the unfortunate men ran towards the
water of the hay and were lost. The bav
was a sheet of flaming oil, and the trestle
bridge of the railway, about a quarter of
a mile long, running from the works to
Black Tom’s Island, was burned down to
tiie water’s edge. Fragments of the iron
tanKS Were hurled half a- mile by the force
of the explosion. Alany people in the
neighborhood vacated their houses. The
space burned over covers an area running
about three-quarters of a mile along the
hay and a quarter of a mile inland. The
wind blew from tin* southeast. A slight
change to northerly would have caused
destruction to the Eagle Refinery works,
and an indefinite amount of valuable
property besides.
A TRAIN INFLAMES.
The Unsuspecting Engineer Rushing it
Along at a 30 Mile Gait.
Cedar Lake, Ixi>„ May 10.—Last
night, shortly after the train hound for
Chicago on the Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago Road had passed this station,
a gas stove in the baggage car exploded,
setting lire to the car. The wind was
blowing at the rate of 60 miles an hour
and the train was running at the rate of
■‘W miles. The clothes of a news
boy in the baggage ear caught
tire while he was attempting to suppress
the flames and he jumped front
the car. The express messenger also
attempted to extinguish the~ flames
and received serious injuries. The lie 11
rope burned so tiiat no communication
could he had with the engineer. When
the flames hurst from the car the engineer
saw the trouble and stopped the train. Tiie j
car was tilled with passengers, baggage
and express and mail matter, all of which
was consumed. There was no means of ,
extinguishing the fire on the train and it |
had to lie allowed to burn itself out. The
delay was nearly four hours.
Fatal Fir© in Baltimore.
Baltimore, May 10.—A fire occurred
at 3 o’clock this morning in a servants’
building, back of the residence of the
Aliases Adams, on Madison street, near
Howard. Mr. Adams, an old gentleman
who was paralyzed, was suffocated, and a
colored cook burned to death. The colored
house girl jumped front a third story
window and broke one of Iter arms, and
was otherwise seriously injured. The
back building, where the tire originated,
was destroyed.
Fighting Flameg on a Bridge.
Wheeling, YV. Ya., May I(.—A fire
broke out in Bridgeport, 0., opposite this
city, this morning, near the end of the
wooden bridge which spans the west
channel of the Ohio river. The bridge
caught fire several times, and was only
saved by the efforts of the YVheeling fire
department. Several firemen were badly
burned.
Killed By a Falling Wall.
New Haven, Alay 10.—A livery stable
was burned last night. After the'fire was
extinguished and hose carriage No. 7 was
leaving the vicinity a brick wall which
seemed dangerous tell upon them. Three
firemen were injured, probably fatally,
and six others more or less seriously.
Freight Trains in Collision.
Duchess Junction, N. Y'., Alay 10.—A
freight train going south on the New
Y'ork Central and Hudson River Railway
last night broke in two near Highlands
Station. The rear part was run intohv
another freight train following, In the
caboose ofthe first train were two drovers
named 11. H. Johnson, of Lerov, and S.
K. Burt, ot Batavia. Both were hurled
into tiie river and killed. Their bodies
were afterwards recovered and taken to
Poughkeepsie.
Laurel* for the Warrior*.
YYilmixgtun, N. C., May ft).—The ob
servance of Confederate Memorial day
here to-day was general. The procession
was very long and the attendance at oak
dale Cemetery unusually iargo, the crowd
being estimated at 4,000. Hon. R. T. Ben
nett, Congressman-at-large,was the orator
ofthe day, and delivered an eloquent and
impressive address. Business was en
tirely suspended during the afternoon.
A Melodramatic Murder,
Galveston, Texas, Alay 10.—A dis
patch to the .Vetr.i from Balado, Texas,
says; “Yesterday on the Warrick farm,
two Alexicans killed each other with
the same knife. One stabbed the other in
the region of the heart, leaving the knife
sticking in the wound. The wounded
man quickly drew the knife from bis own
breast and stabbed ids antagonist- doth
died in a few minutes."
Texas Bound Hungarian*.
Petersburg, Va„ Alay 20.—One hun
dred and fifty Hungarian emigrants ar
fiery this morning from New York
via the Norfolk amt Western 'Railrosfu eh
route to Texas and Cincinnati. Tiie
party filled two coaches attached to a
through freight train.
Colden’s Liquid Beef Tonic is ad
mirably adapted for females in delicate
pe<h. OMden’s: no bfhet. Of dnicr
g I^B,
WAFTED FROM WAYCROSS.
The Stirring Town a* Seen With Pen
and Ink.
aycross, Ga m May 9.—Tlip ladies of
the Baptist Church treated our'eitizens to
a fair and festival last week, at which
was spread a sumptuous feast, which not
ouly gratified the inner man hut yielded
a rich harvest in dollars and cents. The
object of the festival was the raising of
funds to complete the Baptist Church. Jt
will now lie completed aud dedicated
soon. The Rev. W. E. Perryclear as
sumes the pastorate. This gives us two
houses of worship.
fit. Rev. Bishop Gross and Rev. C. C.
Prendergast spent a dav or two with us
lust week arranging "for the building
fit tli • Catholic Church here, the
plan ot which surpasses in archi
tectural design anything of its kind now
here. We learn the railroad company has
donated a one acre lot upon which it will he
built. The amount necessary for its com
pletion hi is nearly all lieen subscribed,
and we trust the balance will be forth
coming.
The Methodists have just closed a re
vival meeting in their church. Several
visiting clergymen were present. Tiie
meeting was protracted for a week, and
had a large attendance. A goodly num
ber were added to the memliership' of the
church.
The Savannah, Florida and YV'estern
Railway freight house has been com
pleted and is now occupied by
that department. This fills a long-needed
improvement aud is iu keeping with
the general improvements going on in
every section of the town. Since the tide
ol travel southward is at an end, there is a
decided quiet pervading our little place,
and business seems to follow suit and
take on a sombre air. Everything is dull
and suintnerlike unusually soon this year,
but notwithstanding this unusual cessa
tion in business the carpenters are kept
employed, and the erection of residences
still continue. Those built for rent are
tilled as soon as completed, there being
more applicants than houses for
rent. Several residences of a neat
and attractive design are to go up soon.
Waycross is extending her domain and
is assuming large proportions. YVe claim
2,000 inhabitants.
From tiie present indications, we are
goingto have au abundant fruit year.
This is gratifying, seeing we have not
had any fruit for the past two years.
Watermelons will he in abundance. Sev
eral gentlemen have large patches which
were planted for Northern markets. One
patch ot eight acres is now in bloom and
truit. These will probably lie iu market
by the latter part of June or 4th of July.
The gallows upon which Henry Knight
is to expiate his crime on the 18th of the
present month lias lieen erected one mile
north of ,the court house, and as the
hanging is to be public t’here will he a
large concourse of people to witness it.
This will be the first hanging in Ware
county for twenty years.
Quelquefois.
HAYTI’S REVOLUTION.
Miragoane’s Rebel Defenders Holding
Out Against Fearful Odds.
Havana, Alay ft).- — The mail steamer
from St. Thomas brings conflicting ad
vices from Hayti. Some report the cause
of the reliels as -progressing favorably,
while others state that the rebel force in
Aliragoaue is on the point of surrender,
the water supply of the town
being cut off. The true situation
seems to *be that Aliragoano,
which is defended by about 700 rebels,
holds out against 6,ooogovernment troops,
while the rest of the republic is com
paratively quiet, although there is a
rumor that the town of St. Mate is iu
arms, not for General Bazelais, hut in
favor of General l’iquant. Several
noted persons at Cape Hay
tien have been arrested. Six
hundred fugitive inhabitants of Alira
goane have reached Port-au-Prince on
hoard a Norwegian hark. They state
that the reliels blew up the bridge at
Aliragoaue with dynamite, killing 200
persons and wounding 200 more. A
boat with four men, whicu ran
tiie blockade at Aliragoane, has
arrived at Kingston carrying letters
to General Bazelais assuring him that the
force in Aliragoane can resist a seige for
four months. President Salomon lias
issued a decree that the prop rty of po
litical offenders shall lie held as security
for all war expenses, and tiie government
is now mortgaging such property. Busi
ness is stagnant. Coffee is cents
and cocoa Ou, cents per pound.
THOMPSON’S TKIAIi.
One of the Jnrorg Under Indictment for
Shooting Gxruseil,
llakrodsburg, Ky., May 10.—When
twelve jurors had been accepted and
were about to be sworn in yesterday, in
the Congressman Thompson murder case,
counsel for the prosecution asked that
the jury be sent out of the courtroom
while he made a statement. The jury re
tired, and counsel stated that he ' had
ascertained since the acceptance of the
jury that one ot its num
ber, Theodore Bank, whs under
indictment in tins court for shooting with
intent to kill, and asked that he be ex
cused front serving. The court granted
the request, and the defense noted an ex
ception to the ruling. Another juror was
accepted, Hon. Phil B. Thompson, Jr.
The defendant was then arraigned, anil
pleaded “not guilty,” after which the
opening statement of the court was made
by the counsel for the prosecution.
GEI {MANY'S GOVERNMENT.
Bismarck's Rupture With Minister
Scholtz and Other Incidents.
Berlin, May 10.—There is almost an
open rupture between Prince Bismarck
and Ilerr Scholtz, Minister of Finance.
The Prince declared that the recent vote
on the question of the budget will have
convinced the F.mperor of the impossi
bility of carrying out social reforms with
the present Reichstag.
The editor of the Breslau, newspaper,
has been sentenced to six months impris
onment in a fortress, for having spoken
disrespectfully ,of the Kmperor in a
theatre.
Frightened by an Knvelope.
The Saginaw (Mich.) Xeirs tells a storv
of a gentleman of that city who wrote a
friend in England, the envelope bearing
his business card, as follows: “If not
called for in ten days return to 11. H.
Thompson, dealer in nitro-glyeerine, dvn
amite, giant powder and high explosives,
Bay City, Michigan,” Mr. Thomas being
engaged in the business of torpedoing salt
wells and handling dynamite for stump
pulling purposes. The result was that
the excitable Briton jailed his friend,
thinking him to be an Irish Fenian, Land
Leaguer, Plnonix-Parker, or something of
the kind, and that he was in league with
an awful Saginaw house for materials
with which to demolish every Clerken
well jail and Parliament building in the
United Kingdom. A brief explanation,
Wfcvover, wps sufficient to let the pris
oner go free and call in the extra guards.
Bat and Ball,
Games of base ball were played yester
day as follows;
At Columbus, O.—Columbus 4. Cinein,
natig a,
At Pittsburg— Baltimores 4, Alleghenys
At Cleveland—Clevelands 3, Providen
ces 2. ,
The games at Chicago and Detroit were
postponed on account of rain.
At Philadelphia—Metropolitans 1, Ath
letics 2.
Italy’s Irredenta.
Hump, May 10, —Signor Depretis, Presi
dent of the Council, stated in the Cham
ber of Deputies yesterday that the Irre
denta agitation was conducted solely bv
persons hostile to the institutions of the
country. The government, he said, were
determined to repress all criminal prepa
rations If italv wished to make the doc
trine of nationalities Triumph' slid must
declare war against the whole of Europe.
Ruined In Either Case.
Brussels, May 10.—M. Philippart, the
Belgian financier who was recently ex
tradited from France on a charge of for
gery. has written a letter to the Public
Prosecutor in which he declares that if
be is in prison beyond the present v, nea
ail nit- companies of which he lias direc
tion will be ruined. ; -
Politics in France.
Paris, May 10.—M. Mathe, an autono.
mist, has been elected President nf the
Municipal Coupon, Rriffce ftoland Bona
parte will take the first opportunity to
offer himself in Corsica as a candidate for
the Chamber of Deputies.
In the abseence of suitable u-awriais, or
the time to pr—.are it, people often go
without a suitable dressing for salads.
Buy Durkee’s, and you will never trou
ble yourself to make another,
ENGLAND FLIES TO AMS.
TROOPS AND POLICE ORDERED
TO IRELAND INSTANTLY.
Mullett Sentenced to Life Long Servi
tude "Joe” Brady’s Brother to
Answer for Threatening Foreman King
—John Devuy Advocate* Dynamite—
The Immigration Question.
London, Alay 10. —Orders were receiv
ed at Aldershot to-day to send troops and
police to Curragh camp in Ireland in
stantly.
Mr. Parnell will speak in Dublin during
the Whitsuntide recess, against the emi
gration policy of the government.
In the House of Commons to-night Sir
Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
said that the State aided Irish emigrants
who hiul left for America under tin* direc
tion of the Tukes Committee were all
likely to support themselves and their
families. The projier proportion between
workers and 11011-workers Bad been care
fully observed. The American Govern
ment, he said, had made rules to prevent
the entrance into that country of those
likely to become paupers.
To-day James O’Kellv, member for
Roscommon, gave notice" that he would
question the government concerning the
protest of Gov. Butler, of Massachusetts,
in regard to Irish pauper emigration.
Dr. Gallagher, his brother, and Curtin,
Wilson and others were brought up in the
Bow Street Police Court Hwluv wd, re
manded until to-morrow, when they will
be committed for trial on a charge of trea
son and felony.
Dublin, Alay 10.—Joseph Alullett, in
dicted on Alay 3, for complicity in the at
tempt on the lite of Juror Denis Field,
was to-day placed on trial. He refused
to plead guilty to the indictment, giving
as his reasons that the comments of the
English press had served to prejudice his
case. lie also refused the assistance of
counsel assigned him by the court.
His trial then, by order of
the court, was proceeded with,
Air. Porter, Attorney General fur Ire
land, conducted the case lor the Crown.
Alullett did not call any witnesses, ami
addressed the jury in his own defense, lie
repeated that his case had been prejudiced
by leading articles in newspapers, and by
the speeches ot ministers and ex-minis
ters. He was proceeding to mention the
name oi Sir AYm. Harcourt, Home Secre
tary, when the Judge interposed. Alul
lett then refused to continue his address.
The Judge charged the jury and they re
tired. A verdict of guilty was rendered,
and Alullett was sentenced to penal servi
tude for life.
A summons has been issued against
the brother of “Joe” Brady for writing a
threatening letter to Air. King, foreman of
the jurv which convicted Brady.
At a meeting of the Irish National
League, last night, it was announced
that £540 had been received from Ameri
ca since the last report. A communica
tion from Air. Redmond, the representa
tive of the League in Australia, was read,
iu which he said that he hoped to be able
to send £I,OOO monthly to Ireland while
he remains in Australia.
Boston, Alay 10. —The steamer Phoe
nician, which arrived here to-d)iy, brought
821 emigrants from Ireland. Over 800 of
them were assisted by the British Govern
ment. They go to Pennsylvania, Wiscon
sin, Virginia and AI on tana.
New York, Alay 10.—In a lecture on
the Irish question John Devoy last night
said that the only hope for Ireland was
the adoption of the physical force method
in place of the moral force movement il
lustrated by the Land League. Through
the Fenian Brotherhood, Ireland, he said,
would yet he free.
SMALL-POX RAVAGES.
A Sick Tramp Infect* the People of au
Entire County.
A special dispatch from Wheeling, AV.
Y f a., says: “Intelligence has been re
ceived here by the State Board of Health
of a terrible small-pox plague raging in
Alercer county, in the extreme southern
portion of tiie State. The disease origi
nated about two weeks ago from a tramp
who was taken sick while on his way
through the county, and who stopped at
the house of a farmer named Blankinship.
In a day or two Blankinship was taken
sick with an eruptive disease, and the
doctor called in and pronounced the
malady chicken-pox. The patient died,
and the funeral was attended by about
two hundred people from all parts of the
county, as Blankinship was very popular,
and, as a consequence the dis
ease was distributed throughout the
surrounding country. The physician was
taken sick himself In a day oi- two with
the same disorder, and "after visiting
patients for several days called in a
brother physician, who for the first time
made known the character of the scourge.
The disease spread with alarming rapid
ity,'and up to this time about forty eases
have occurred, with fifteen deatlis. 'Uhe
situation is daily becoming worse, not
withstanding that tiie utmost efforts are
put fortli to stay its progress, Tiie great
est alarm prevails, and the county has
been put under strict quarantine by the
State Board of Health. A countv vigi
lance committee lias been iormed and,
with a special vote of money by the
County Court, are superintending the im
portation of nurses, making vaccination
compulsory, and doing everything pos
sible to prevent a further spread of the
disease. So far they have met with in
different success.
New Zealand.
Mr. Robert J. Creighton, the agent in
this country of the New Zealand Govern
liient, concerning the affairs of that thriv
ing island, which seems to us small, but
is in reality great, says: New Zealand
in extent is about as large as lowa and
Missouri, and has a white population of
about half a million. Last year it pro
duced about 12 million bushels of wheat,
the yield averaging 28 bushels per acre.
It also exported agricultural products,
worth over five million dollars, and wool
and other products of the value of sixteen
million dollars. The total exports for
1882 amounted to more than $30,000,0),
and the imports to about, $13,000,000,
makiug a total foreign trade last year of
about seventy-three millions. Much -of
the exports consisted of frozen mutton
which was carried to England in ships pro
vided with refrigerator apartments.
New Zealand has 1,333 miles of rail
roads, costing nearly fifty million dol
lars, and 188 miles more are in process of
construction. The net income for 1880
from these railroads was equal to nearly 4
per cent on their cost. The credit of the
colony is high and a large loan was re
cently negotiated in London without t rou
ble. It has an excellent system of public
schools, its towns and cities are well light
ed and paved, its harlmrs are provided
with docks and wharves, it has public
parks and museums and a large number
of prosperous banks, and generally is as
suming the appearance and characteris
tics of an old and populous countrv.
For more than ten years this and the
other neighboring colonies have main
tained steam communication with San
Francisco, sending, their English mail bv
that route, and much of their exports anil
imports have also crossed this country.
The heavy burden of this steamship line
has been borne by the colonial govern
ment without any substantial recognition
of its value to this country by our govern
ment,. Mr. Creighton is here for the pur
pose of securing this recognition from the
authorities,
The approaching completion of new
transcontinental lines, and the opening of
the port of Guaynias, which is a thousand
miles nearer the Australasian eolapies
than San Francisco, and which is now "con
nected with all parts of the United States
by a first-class railroad, make it necessary
for us to look after the trade of the East
Indies and the Pacific colonies more
closely. It is estimated that the Austra
lian and New Zealand trade alone is
worth $450,000,000 pet year to Great
Britain, and it stands to reason that, by
proper effort, our manufacturers and
merchants can secure a large bliare of it,
It is certainly a prize well worth strug
gling after; and it behooves our business
and railroad companies to make an effort
tp Wip it.
A Bridegroom Shot by a Blval.
Paris, May 10.—This morning on the
Rue St. Denis, while a marriage party
was proceeding along the thoroughfare on
the way to the ehuren where the marriage
was toiie solemnized, a rival of the bride
groom suddenly appeared a„d shot him.
The assassin poi-,o.pei himsell instautlv
after tiring the fatal shot.
Killed at Stockton.
\\ aycross, GA.,Mav 10. — George Dent,
a train hand in the euipiov of thfi Savan
nah, Florida and Western Railway, while
eoupLng a ear on a freight train at stock
tod to-day, was crushed between the cars
ahd Instantly killed. His remains will hr
brought down to Way cross to-nigkt.
MQNRG* Mich.’Sept. 25, 1875.
eius-f have been taking Hop Bitters
for inflammation of kidneys and bladder
It has done for me whs*,; four doctors
fiuled .H*,. 1 * 0 Tfc* of Hop Bitters
Uke magic to me.
W. L, Carter.
RAILROADING IN' A GALE.
A Train Tipped from a Track by the
Wind in Colorado.
The Denver (Col.) Tribune, in a recent
,^ 8U , e ’ sa - vs: Yesterday a reporter for the
Tribune met Mr. YV. B. Meyenesch, a well
known typo, who was among the passen
gers on the Denver and South Park train,
blown off the track near Como last week.
On asking for the particulars of the affairs,
he responded as follows:
“It was what you might call a lucky
aeeident; luekv for the reason that it hap
pened just when it did as it did, liecause
no one was hurt to amount to anything.
The wind was first noticed as being high
when the train reached Buena Vista. It
kept ou increasing in fury, and when the
train reached Gerands, ’ in the South
Park, there was a regular hurricane blovv
mg. I got on the train at Gerands.
From there to Como is only a short run
through the park, hut it was three hours
before we got through. The wind was
blowing in squalls. At times it would
slack up, and the train would jump ahead
as if something had pushed it. Again
the wind would strike us, and the train
would tremble and almost stop, it was
just as if some giant hand had taken hold
of it and was pulling back. The wind
made a duil, hollow sound as it beat
against the cars, but above tiiat you could
hear the shrill whistling through" the tele
graph wires. It was a very odd sensa
tion. Every one could feel the resistance
to the train. The engineer said he felt all
the time as though he were pulling a dozen
trains at once. For fifteen minutes before
the accident Conductor Patton was very
nervous. YV'e asked him if there was anv
danger of tiie train blowing over. He said
he thought not, but lie was afraid it would
force a wheel off or break it. He stood in
the smoker with his hand ou the liell rope,
ready if anything happened. The brake
man was sent back into the coaeli with
instructions to do the same. The passen
gers in the smoker were all young fellows.
YVe were chatting about what we would
do if the train blew over. Mr. Egbert was
in the rear coach. He asked the chiel
engineer what he should do if the train j
blew over. The engineer said that he
should stand by the closet, so that nothing |
would fail oil him, and lie took that posi
tion. Air. Egbert warned him that the
stove would catch him, and he had just
moved from the place when tiie train
went over.
“The smoker went first, it tipped in
the easiest way imaginable. The con
ductor yelled,‘Here we go!’every one
caught hold of the seats, aud the car pist
naturally laydown on its side. The strain
twisted the draw bar oft" between the
smoker and. the baggage car. The engi
neer reversed Ills engine and stopped
within two car lengths. By that time the
mail car and coach were both over. As
soon as we lit I looked around and saw
everyone hanging to the seats. I looked
for the tire, and saw tiiat the rear stove
had emptied into the closet opposite.
Then I climbed out the window. I went
to the door, and by the time I got
there the conductor had got it open.
The fire was put out at once. YVe then
went to the coach to see if any one was
injured, and found that the only damage
was that a little hoy had got his lip cut
on a broken pane of glass. Tiie coach had
struck on a tie and broken in two. YVe
then started forward. The first man who
tried to cross to the bagga<re car was
knocked down by the wind. We got
across as best we could. YVlten we
reached the baggage car we thought some
one had been killed, as there was Wood
running from a tie under one ofthe win
dows. YY r e soon learned that it came from
the baggage master’s nose. He had lieen
sitting with his feet cocked up on the
stove outlie upper side of the car, and
when it went over his nose lit on the
window sill on the other side.
“As soon as we found thatjno one was
hurt we got the two ladies and the chil
dren who were in the coach over to the en
gine, and it ran down to Como with them.
It took three men to get one lady from the
coach to the engine. YY'heu they were gone
we got hack into the cars and enjoyed our
selves. The peanut boy’s box furnished
the refreshments for tiie happy occasion,
and when the engine got hack there was
nothing left in it hut liis basket and n life
of Jesse James. They were afraid to bring
down a coach, or box-car for us. so they
brought down two engines and a flat-car".
YY'e rode up to Como and lay there for
twenty-six hours before going on. It was
lucky that Air. Egbert was on hoard, as
he saw the danger of the situation and
stopped everything on the road at once.
If the accident had happened 200 feet back
of where it did, the train would have gone
down a thirty-foot embankment. YVe had
got oyer it and come to a nice level place
just in the nick of time.”
Immigration.
Roc hater Union.
YVhat a history is that of the United
States iii the matter ofimmigration! There
are traditions ot simultaneous migration
of entire nations in tiie early ages, hut
never since the dispersion at Babel has
there been anything of such general and
cosmopolitan nature as that whicli forms
one of the great phenomena of the age—
American immigration. l)r. Seyliert says
the average of immigration from 1700" to
1810 was about 6,000 a year. During the
decade 1800-fti immigration was' almost
suspended iu consequence of war with
England and serious political complica
tions with France. In 1817 the current
again began to flow treely, but great suf
fering occurred in slops crowded with im
migrants, aud the attention of Congress
was drawn to tiie subject. A remedy was
proposed, and thereafter these hardships
were greatly ameliorated. The following
table gives the aggregates of immigration
for all United States ports, in round num
bers, from 1820 to January last:
1820 . 8,00011852 371,000
•821 9,000 1853 368,000
•82? *.... . .7,000 1854 428.000
I 182:: .. 6,000i 1855 .... 200,000
1524 . ... 8.000! 1856 200,000
1825 ... . . 10.000; 1857 251,000
1826 . 11.000iIBSB . 123,000
1827 . 19,00011859 121,000
1828 . . 27,0001 1860 153.000
182!) . 22,000 184 JO 91,000
1830 23.000.1802 91,000
1831 .. 23,000 1863 176,000
1832 .... . 60,000! 1864 193,000
1833 . . 58,000:1865 2)8.000
1834 . 65,000 1866 167,000
1835 . 45,000 1867 303.000
1836. . . 76,000! 1868 . 288,000
1837 79,00011860 386,000
1838. 40,000 1870 403,000
1889 . 68,000 [ 1871 342,000
1840 84,00011872 423.000
1841. . 80,000(1873 4 73,000
1812. 104,00011874 328,000
1843.. 52,00011875 . 245,000
1844 . 79,000 1876 190,000
1845. . 114,000 1877 163,000
1816 . 154,00011878 157,000
1847 . 235,000 1879 195.000
1848 . 227.000 1880 1*4,000
1849. 237,000 1 1881 600.000
1850 . 360,000(1882 500,000
1851 379,0001
Speculation Is frequently indulged as to
the amount of money each immigrant
hri ’gs to this country," and the lowest cal
culation places the average at SSO per
capita. 'I his would give about $25,000 00u
for last year alono, and near $500,000,000
for the whole. But there ia far more value
in the labor and enterprise which they
bring. The best authority says the main
causes of advance or decline in immigra
tion are usually war, famine or financial
depression, The .own d’etat of 1851
within the three follow ing years sent half
a million persons to the United States.
The Franco-German war had a similar
eftect. The Irish famines drove a mil
lion of the people of that lUamt to this
country. On tiie other hand, a financial
crisis or a in the United States at
once checks immigration, as was seen
after the panics or hard times of 1837,
and ’73. Tne return of prosperity in'lß7o
started the tide again, last year shows
a total ol a roiiitj half million of immi
grants, net them come: the more the
merrier. There is room for millions more
in this great and glorious country
San Carlos A|>epL**t Appeased. *
Dkmixo N. M., May 10.—Furthe* tul
ylces nrom Fort Apache announces the
arrivaj of 100 more Indians, tVoia San Car
los. The commanding officer has re
ceived apttioyUy to purchase and issue
grain for such Indians as are now at
work on their ditches and fields, and no
more trouble is anticipated.
Bradiaugh’s Constituents True.
London, May lb.—A large meeting of
Mr. Bra,-iaugh’s constituents was held at
Northampton last night, at which resolu
tions were passed in favor of Mr, Brad
laugh retaining his goaf La the House of
Commons,
From St. Paul to Portland.
St. Paul, Minn., May 10.—Tho first
through ticket from St. Paul to Portland,
Oregon, over the Northern Pacific Rail
way, was sold yesterday.
Rev. Mark Hopkins Honored.
New York, May 10.—The National
Temperance Society, in session here, has
chosen Rev. Mark Hopkins, of Massachu
setts, as President.
Frank Ilarte, a son of Bret Harte, plav
eil a small part lu the “Shaugkrauri”
during Boueicault’s late engagement in
New York at the Star Theatre,
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WHEAT CROP PROSPECTS.
COTTON PLANTING REPORTED
CONSIDERABLY DELAYED.
The May Returns to the Agricultural
Department Given to the Public-
Winter Wheat' Millions of Bushels
Short—The Increased'Acreage Not Suf
eient to Make Good the Loss.
Washington, Mav 10.—The May re
turns of wheat to the Department of Agri
culture make the condition, compared
with the April averages materially less.
Iu New York and Michigan, in Ohio and
Illinois further injury was wrought by
I the 1 rests early in April, and in the more
i northern districts the real damage by the
March freezing was more fully
disclosed when the covering of snow
and ice disappeared. The average for
New York is 77, for Michigan 82. for Ohio
62, and for Illinois 60.
Further loss is suffered by the plowing
up of large areas in Ohio and Illinois. A
reduetiou in Missouri from 83 to 80 is
also reported. In Indiana the condition
averages 75, and New Jersey reports 101,
both the same as in the April report. All
the remaining Northern States show an
improvement since the April report, as
well as the Pacific coast and nearly all the
Southern States. The averages "are as
follows: Connecticut 06, Pennsylvania 96,
Delaware 85, Maryland 99, Virginia 97,
North Carolina 96, South Carolina 93,
Georgia 97, Alabama 98, Mississippi 92,
Texas 87, Arkansas 86, Tennessee 88,
West Virginia 90, Keutuekv 81, Kansas
91, California 77, Oregon 72l This is an
improvement of 15 points in California
and 17 in Oregon.
The average condition of winter wheat
is SIW against 80 in April. The loss iu
area from replanting iu other crops mav
be assumed to reduce the prospect to that
of April Ist in 1879 and 1880. when the
general average was 99. In 1881 it was 88,
in 1882 it was 102, and in May oi last
! year it was LOO. . In the former vears
| there were no May returns. Two years
1 ago the average declined to 80 in July.
Last year it increased, to 104 at the time
lof cutting. It should be understood that
I in tt.e department reports of the condi-
I lion, 100 means medium growth
with full stand and Healthy
plant. The Ohio and Illinois
State reports compare with last vear’s
crops. Thus Ohio reports for Mav 50
compared with last year, and 62 coin
pared with an average crop. The
spring wheat area will not be
complete till May 15, and will be
reported June 1. The statistical agent
for Dakota makes a probable increase of
30 per cent. The agent for Minnesota re
ported 86 per cent, of last year's area as
already planted. An increase of 15 per
cent, is reported in Washington Territory.
11 is not probable that the increase in
the spring wheat area will more
than make good the loss of
the winter wheat acreage.
Without regard*to the spring wheat
breadth the present prospect for the win
ter wheat area, in consideration of the
reduced condition and acreage, is 20 per
cent, less than in May last, representing
a loss of about 77,000,000 bushels.
A dispatch from the London Statistical
Agent, under date of April 28, reports an
improvement in the European wheat pros
pects during the last mouth. The sever
ity of March was followed by three
weeks ot dry weather, which was suc
ceeded by one week of invigorating rain.
The season is still backward and higher
temperature is needed.
The small area of spring sow n wheat in
England is thin, and much of it will be
displaced by barley. In France and
Germany rain is needed, and higher tem
perature is necessary. With the reduced
acerage in Western Europe, and some
injury from freezing in March, a reduced
crop appears to be inevitable. In Aus
tria and Hungary the prospect is favor
able for at least a medium crop.
The returns of the progress in cotton
planting show that the work is later than
usual in every State, and indicate that
on May 1 74 per cent, of the proposed area
was planted, when the usual proportion
is said to be 84 per cent. In Virginia and
North Carolina it was very late. The
percentages planted were: Virginia 16,
North Carolinia 35, South Carolina 75,
Georgia 73, Florida 96, Alabama 83, Mis
sissippi 82, Louisiana 81, Texas 75, Ar
kansas 72, and Tennessee 67.
Winthrop, Toombs anil Stephens.
It would be difficult to name three aute
bellum statesmen more unlike in personal
appearance, modes of thought and action
and general manners, both in public life
and the social circle, than the lion. Robt,
C\ Wintlirop, of Massachusetts, and Gen.
Robert Toombs, of Georgia, and the lato
Governor Alexander H. Stephens,
And yet these distinguished gentlemen
were warm personal friends in Congress in
the “long-ago” days of the good old Whig
party. The Wheel of political fortune has
widely separated them at times, yet It
seems that the old time regard has sur
vived all the vicissitudes of time and the
alienations of civil strife.
Mr. Wintlirop. is now residing j n
Boston, where his declining years are
l>eing passed in a serene ami happy old
age. In a few days he will have lived
three-quarters of a century, two-thirds of
which have been devoted to the promo
tion ot humane and worthy objects and
the best interests of the country at large
Thirty-live years ago, at the national
capital, the corner stone of the “Wash
ington monument” was laid with impres
sive ceremonies, Mr. Winthrop delivering
the oration. The completion of this great
work has been long delayed, vet it is now
believed that the end is near at hand, and
that the eminent statesman and grand
historic orator who laid its corner stone
will be spared to chronicle and proclaim
the putting in position ot the cap stone.
h riling to his old friend. Major Sidnev
Herbert, the Atlanta correspondent of the
Morning News, under date of Boston.
May 4, Mr. Winthrop thus alludes to the
late Governor Stephens and General Rob
ert Toombs;
“Your favor reached me here on n-t re
turn lrom Washington, a few ago.
The copy of the Morning News, with
the picture and obituarv of our mutual
friend, Governor Stephens, came dulv to
hand, and I lead it with jireat interest
“Stephens was a man of great ability,
and had mauv attractive elements of
character. Indeed, I look back to the dav
when Stephens and Toombs w ere among
my best friends, The alienations of later
years never impaired my interest in them,
and 1 always visited Stephens in Wash
ington when there since the war.
“Toombs was one of the most com
manding men I have known. I am sin
cerely sorry to hear of the sufferings of
his wife and himself. I have not been in
the way of meeting him for several
years. l *
A Broken Journal.
W aycross, Ga., May 10,-The passen
ger train from Jacksonville, due her at
0:15 o’clock last night, was delaved'one
hour by the breaking of a journal of the
express freight car heavily loaded.
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