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w>TABLISHED 1850.
v ; (ItI KRS AGAIN IX JAIL.
V’TI RB EFFECTED AT HIS
hroTHKR-IXLAW'S.
Vr) Much Broken Down
*' ,ih % Strange Secret of the
.1 irr* —Attacked by a Murder
• ,t. uic-Other Notes Afloat in
, :inil Florida.
UEOItUI A.
,s tells of the pursuit anil
\v a- follows: “Sheriff
Mr. 'V. It. Hudson left town at
M udav night with a view to cut
r- e>ca|>e by way of Parham's
r passing the night without
ug all the time on the watch
leading to Parham's bridge,
„ . .nd Dun liar’s bridge, they de
i determined not to take that
gentlemen started to run
■ 1 to rail by the house of Mr.
,i brother-in-law of Wiggers.
ng the house it was evident
ireut flurry going on inside
'■■era were close on their game,
rapidly Mr. Connell was met
Mr. Maddox, and he saw Wig
fore the Are and arrested him
ggera appeared weak and ex
g sick in body and troubled in
.icing passed through a cold
unetl and Mr. Hudson treated
1 brought hin hark to town, and
nn ifl jail. Wiggers states
int before five and went di
: Vs. a distance of five miles
was so weak that he did not
nation tdl just before day,
from sheer exhaustion to
t -tops. He states further that
. !i 1 to escape, but that it was
home, see his family and
i a few days. His health is
lie i- evidently an invalid,
live, it is thought, to serve
cuitentiary if convicted.’’
. has two brass bands.
mad in Talbotton count}*.
y jmorhonse has seventeen m
* iig at fifty cents a bushel in
i,ly cow has been a mother
W l l hers, of Summerville, has
i ■ u-umplion.
M.ti licll's silk farm near Haw
..uuinga success.
. ra.Jo. armed to the teeth, is
. around Aiuericus.
vi n bronght a bale of wool in
. weighed over 490 potyids.
v ill. it i- feared, prove disas
n crop in Richmond county,
railroad from Covington to
- grated for $1,600 per mile.
- , the fugitive Atlanta assignor,
.... .. . oits a-much in the dark as
Macon negro has been arrest
gold watch and chain from
' .or and l harles Meyer, well
, -of Augusta, have gone on a
r and family, of Fayetteville,
. home by fire at 12 o’clock at
- Marshal Fitisimons is in
. w here he is interested in some
ot gold mines.
true that in Atlanta, the
the original thirteen colonies,
her who is a native of the
ti H .lames, of Atlanta, is to trans
i ill in that city into a Kuropean
ify the block with an arti-tie
. .rmers of Hawkinaville have ef
<nt organization by electing
l’n -ident and 4. It. McDuffie
• experience*! another hurri
..lit. No one waa fieri
it the damage to property is
mention of raiiroail officials
■v interested in the truck busi
. a and Florida will lie held at
•arv of Randolph county has ap
• - for the artesian well. This,
ey already sulsa-ribed, is enough
'instruction.
-ta alarmed lest the carrier of
Wiv mail, who passes through
should contract the .-mall-pox
t in their vicinity,
perished in a hurtling house at
- * do county, a few days ago. The
to house and father of the child is
• m named Davenport.
- \ r.gusta firemen were painfully
> night running to a lire by fall
. loirTol wire placed around the
: in- edge of the pavement.
- station, in Thomas county, a
_ .t. rdan llrvant killed Henry
a -hotgun in a dispute over a
1 „ uiurdervr has not yet been
• 1 man will not pass the train
:ns hen the road is near the
< aie hi- road w hen the tram
sv- in i replace his tracks when the
II lev. of -lone Mountain, lost
i li ju-t a week ago. and now
recorded. Now Thomas 1..
■ !o. of the same place, are both
i*. - Vt. -wan-.nl. a prominent eitizeu
■ 1 Wednesday morniug from
i ltoi-dhing. He was a man
ad l.vn hum identified witli
- -f the city.
- two year- thirty-five new
. . ii put up at snininerville.
. -■ three vears a strict count would
tori’ -’flic aud fifty that have
. ..r remodeled.
. V i-.n. a deranged resident of
. :. u nights ago attacked 11.
-.• hoii-*.- he had been fur
4. v th a knife, w bile his intend
-lceping. The maniac is in
iv K. 11. Abercrombie, a gent
• - ■ -.-wing Machine Company, fell
U trilf-ville a day or two ago
re it could la* rescued. The
- :n twain la-fore its removal
\ a .r- have completed
property within the city
-< I $100,600 i valuation.
' rtv holders will contest the
si :ic il,'as the city charter does
l-.wer to apianut Assessors,
n'aded the negro car on the
-wok the other day. and the
.:.-d in a riot, during w hich
. in- were freely used, but
ti fortunately, as the ease inky
rticipants’were wounded.
in Atlanta carelessly allow -
.... to get bevond her control
Hill in Atlanta Wednesday
-. t while going at a rapid
- . it it- little colored occupant
riopsly that if cannot re
rning at Albany w hen tit’,
a depth of 6K5 feet, at the
■ ter rushed ut> with great
:;t the rate, by measure
■utv gallons tier minute. It
• i.y test- that it would rise to
** ’ ‘f tiftv feet.
-.n Bishop Gross admin -
m firm at ion in jail at Ma- <
inned murderers, Wimbiali
he hanged on June 1.
P. I it/gerald. of Macon,
■i-li and Hailey were pci -
- dwelling, at Barnesville.
t or two ago. Rats had cut
mnev, behind the ceiling, and
* :• i. thus setting the house on
manner that it could not Ik
-1 here was about S6OO insur
nt.cental.
> reoiony at the marriage of
” . f Thoinaston. on Sunday
ntis supporting the ve
- Tax Collector Reeves.
. . .. though not seriously. Th*
- at the feast wagged their
regarding the accident as an
< ounty Commissioners at
•u api-oiiitcd a committee to
r s. public road from Sum-
Head, on the Alabama and
Railroad. The Lookout Moun
, - 1. and the distance is aliout
The committee will likely
CoLont at T. Gapp’s gap.
■? Darby vs. the Wesleyan Fe
- ng for 131,000 damages for a
- in ner while working on the
Macon, a non-suif waa entered
r < ~nrt, under the law that one
r. and by another employe, cannot
tile master under whom he is
a.-e w ill be taken to the Sn-
D. M. Cason, A, B. Cason and
. the four son* id Mr. Adam
'' irenton. have agrees 1 to take
ura of Woodward, Baldwin X
- factory. Their father. Mr.
-urrenders his $35,000 claim to
k ■*>-u. The property goes to sale a*
the amount it brings over the
c ", aiii he equally divided among
Mre*,
' th. -me of the worst desperadoes
-’■••I any community, nas just
”- lin Dade c.untv He luuyoer
t. of Dade, last June, and two
atupd the fine residence of Mr.
4*. *->•-.,untv, Alabama. Before
l • oiiimuied many otlier crimes.
“ -i t labama had a standing re
• and Georgia 90 for his arrest.
- considered a worse desperado
Ike Tailor In}**, has severely
T' - fore he could be made a prisoner.
K. * "•’ ■rgc M.Hsnvey, now of Lontsvtlle,
y * w rile* to U apt*in J. W. An-lenton,
. . • • is. fmc rning the coining reunion
p lim G,-orgia Regime*l. ,xt New
- ' 'pnnga, lie says: “These notes m
-a fora reunion revive* most vividly
"’thmeef iwSl, Man} of the brave
**> answered to o*r roll-call on the
and April, mi, will not be gt
<ra next Fourtli of July. Their
T ; "cattewd from i-ttv-burg to Pensa
j tfintl the survivors wiU come together
Savannah morning news
with an appreciative remembrance of those
who were so brave and true, who accepted
death itself for love of home and country I
hope to be present, it matters not when the
time or w here the place of meeting may be.”
The Gainesville Oouthron has the following
“ Deputy Collector M. Van Estes, showed us
on Saturday a very curious little plsce of me
chanism captured. or rather given up to par
ties m this city, by one Bill Simpson ; a cap
tured and notorious moonshiner of Haber
sham county. The thing is made of copper,
fiat and hollow, about inches wide and 3
inches long, with a kind of scroll at the end
farthest from the mouth piece. Bv placing
the fingers at each end of the scroll almost
an} kind of shrill whistle can lie produced
that in the night can be heard a mile away.
Certain signals understood by the moonshin
ers are given; one means to get up and dust;
oueto pull out the still ami skedaddle; an
other means stand your ground, we are com
ing; etc. Bill can make this funny little cop
i>er machine june. aud says the boys can talk
back to him with another one, like a mocking
bird. It is our opinion Bill never would have
given this manipulated piece of copper awav,
but John Barleycorn and our boys were too
mauy for him. Perhaps Bill will understand
what became of it. Van Estes is as pround of
it as a school girl with her first bangs.”
A few days ago Comptroller General Wright
assessed the Brunswick and Albany Railroad,
raising the amount returned very "considera
bly, aud making, says the Atlanta Constitu
tion, a clear gain to the State of about eleven
hundred dollars. The road is not a verv valu
able property, but the Comptroller General
considered the return below what it should
have been, anil assessed it accordingly. He
also assessed the Georgia Pacific Road. The
road was returned at poC-VlO. Mr. Wright
considered the return too low and assessed
the road at 11.162.400, which is upon a basis of
ten thousand dollars per mile, exclusivc
of bridges, trestle*, equipments, etc. Mr.
Wright has also assessed the Pullman South
ern Car Company aud the Pullman Palace
< ar Company. The law provides that these
companies shall pay 1 per cent, of their gross
earnings. The returns made by the Pullman
Palace Car Company for the last quarter
were so low that the tax derived for that time
would have lieen only 13 68. The returns of
the Pullman Southern Company were a little
more, and the tax would have amounted to
almut fl*. Mr. Wright objected to the return,
but the company held that it was liable for
only that amount. The idea, under the ad
vice of Judge lAM-brane, was that the State
was to receive 1 )ier cent.—not on the
cros- receipts from the sale of berths,
but from the part of the ticket con
sumed in Georgia. In other words, a ticket
is sold for three hundred miles, only one hun
dred of the distance being within the State.
The company held that the State was tore
ceive 1 jier cent, of one third of the grots.-*
amount. Mr. Wright thinks the law is very
clearly the other way, and lie has acted ou
that idea. Being unable t* procure facts
and figures, he took the returns of Must year
and assessed the Pullman Southern Car Com
pany $7,456 I*s for the quarter ending March
14, aud the Pullman Palace Car Company
15.134 03 for the same time. The tax is 1
l-ercont. of these amounts. The companies
are taxed under the act of 1877. Taxing rail
roads, is, therefore, comparatively anew
source of revenue.
FLORIDA.
The Free Masons at Ocala are going to build
a SIO,OOO “Temple.”
Southern and Middle Floridians are turning
their attention to the raising of sea island eot
ton.
St. Augustine,Green Cove Springs, Magno
lia, Hibernia, Gainesville, Kernandina and
Ocala have established quarantine against
Jacksonville.
Lieutenant Welch, late Commandant at the
Pensacola Navy Yard, has gone to Washing
ton. where he will tie examined for promotion
as Lieutenant Commander.
A few /lays ago,* at Tallahassee, William
Danahue. a white bar tenner, shot Jane At
kinson. colored, through the heart, at her
house on Lafayette street. Danahue is in jail.
Henry Post has filed a libel in admiralty in
Jacksonville, against the steamer SylVan
Glen, claiming s<K*o damages to the steamer
Ilancox, incurred by a collision with the for
mer steamer in July, 1882.
Mr. George Hunter, of Palatka, has a cu
riosity in the torm of an orange tree. The
seed from which it sprung was planted last
January, and it is now in bloom at a height of
only two inches and a half.
There are now in all, including the cases at
the pest houses, in tiie suburbs aud city, forty
eight cases of small-pox in Jacksonville, of
which number about half arc convalescent.
Only one case xvas found Wednesday—a
negro child in the northern suburb of*La
Villa. .
The Live Oak Intelligencer says that on
Tuesday of last week one of the convicts at
work *n the turpentine farm of C. K. Dutton
made an attempt toescape. and was shot and
seriously wounded—perhaps, mortally. He
was one'of the number freui Pensacola, and
was sentenced for life for whipping his wife
to death.
John F. Maxfleld Cos., one of the largest
fruit ami commission houses in New York
have made an assignment. Florida fruit
growers 10-t lieatily as follows: Janies A.
Harris. Citra, $12,000; Itrowu A Allen, Citra,
$1,291 *5; Mrs. ii. P. Lovell, $1,147 82; G. P.
Lovell, $512 t: N. F. Fuller. $348 53 ; 11. P.
Robinson ,*c Bro., $B5l 79 and J. O. Mathews,
of Citra. $825 02.
OVER DITCH AND HURDLE.
The Prides of the Tnrf Show ing tlieir
Prettiest Gaits.
London. May 24.—At the Epsom to
day the race for the Hoval stakes (handi
cap) was won by .Lowland Chief, with
Sweet Bread second aud Rout third.
There were fourteen starters, including
P. Lorillard's Sachent.
Baltimore. May 24.—The Pimlico races
to-day jesulted as follows:
First Race—Purse s4tHt, one mile, for
all ages, free handicap. Buxom was first,
Brunswick second, and Golden Plover
third. The time was 1:44.
Second Race Vernal sweepstakes,
for three-year-olds, one mile. J-'airview
was first.' King Fan second, and W. P.
Burch third. The time was 1:44J4.
Third Race—For all ages, one mile
and an eighth. Hostage was first, Col.
Sprague second, and Cartnilus third. The
time was 1:58.
Fourth Race Peyton handicap
stakes, for four-year-olds, mile heats.
Free Gold won second and third heats
and the race. Chickadee took tiie first
heat. The time was 1:45%; 1:44; 1:51.
Fifth Race —Steeplechase, full course,
lor all ages; welter weights. Kitty Clark
was iirst, Imclda second and Judge Mur
ray third. The time was 5:25. Jim Mc-
Gowan was the first home, but was dis
qualified because he dropped his weight.
Louisville. May 24.—T0-day's events
resulted as follows:
Fißst Race— Alexander stake for two
year-old colts; SSO entrance; SSOO added,
divided: five furlongs. General Harding
was first, Buchanan second, and Embargo
third. The time was 1:03%.
Second Rack.— Louisville ladies' stake
tor two-vear-old fillies; SSO entrance, SSOO
added, divided! fivff turlongs. Golden
Rod was first, Mona second and Buldon
third. The time was 1:02%.
Third Rack.— Dixlana stake for all
ages: $25 entrance; SSOO added, divided;
one and one-sixteenth miles. Checkmate
was first. Mediator second and Saunterer
third. The time was 1:50.
Fourth Rack— Selling race, club purse
$350, divided; selling race, mile beats.
Metropolis * \
Major Huges. * -
Ida M. ’ 3
Time 1:44%, 1:44%.
AN express company robbed.
Over $515,000 Cleverly Secured by Kx
perts In Cleveland.
Cleveland. 0., May 24.—The United
Slates Express Company’s money carrier,
Alexander Granger,received sundry pack
ages of money and other valuables from
an east bound Lake Shore train at the
union depot this morning, aud placed
them in a buggy which was outside.
Somebody iroin the ice room called to him,
and, no one beiug in sight.be stepped a
little way from his vehicle to ascertain
who called. Returning, be drove to the
Express Company’s main office, and there
discovered that two bags similar to the
company’s pouches, but tilled with blown
iviiH'- had been substituted for two
containing the money. It is supposed
that the robberv was carefully planned
‘ experts, and executed at the moment
Granger's attention was diverted. The
>3*inc packages are said to have con-
neighborhood ol $15,000 in
thirty packages of remittance* front rail
way 'stations on the Lake Shore Kaitioa*J
betweeu Chicago and Toledo to the headb
quarters. 'The exact amount
definitely known for some days. Many ot
the remittances are thought to oe in bank
cfeecfcß and certificates of deposit*
Xbe (yuaieutalti Railroad.
New Orleans, May 24.—A dispatch
iwii.i the ritv of Guatemala says that the
tirst'division of the Guatemala Central
Railroad, from the port of ldujose to the
city of Escuintla, lias been turned over
to ihe American company, which ‘srei re
sented bv Gen. Daniel Butterfield, resi-
Utuf director of the company. The work
on the Uuofropt Escuintla to the capital
is progressing fay o$ ably-
Diplomatic Diplomacy,
Berlin. May 24. —It is announced that
Priuce Bismarck will visit Emperor \V u
liam during the stay of the latter at Gas
toin and that if the hmperor Francis Jo
seph goes to Gastein Count Kainqky, the
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, will
accompany him. It is rumored that King
Humbert and Signor Maneiri, the Italian
Foreigu Minister, may also visit Gastein
during Emperor William's stay there.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one
mRuHe,
THE FARMERS IN COUNCIL.
discussing fruit and truck
GROWERS’ INTERESTS.
A Good Attendance of Delegates—Rail
road Aten and Commission Merchants
Well Represented—Various Subjects
of Importance Considered—Reports
Favorable to Fair Crops.
Atlanta. May 24.—The convention of
fruit growers and truck farmers met In
the Agricultural Department at 10
° dock, with Judge J. D. Cunningham in
the chair, and.J.S. Newman as Secretarv.
I here \\ as a good attendance of delegates
from this section of the State, but none
from other parts of Georgia. South Caro
lina and Florida was represented by two
delegates each. A large number of rail
road officials and commission merchants
were present, Cincinnati being well repre
sented. An excellent committee on rail
road transportation was appointed by the
Chair to report how many acres there
were in fruit and truck in each county,
how many car loads there would be to
ship and at what time, what kind of
transjKirtation was needed, box cars, ven
tilated cars or refrigerator cars, what
quantity of perishable articles there will
Ik* that will need quick transportation,
and what can go by slower trains.
. T. Jenkins exhibited pasteboard
frames for holding peaches in crates,
which were highly indorsed, and a special
committee also reported favorably on
their use. They are cheap, and hold each'
peach in place.
Major Sidney Herbert iutroduced'Mr. E.
Bean, the great Florida orange shipper,
to the convention in a speech, showing
vrlmt he bad done to systematize the ship
ping of fruit in that State.
Mr. Bean then gave a review of his
lalKtrs, and explained how the fruit
growers and truck farmers of Georgia
could adopt a similar system.
Discussing the best size crates lor
peaches, Dr. Hope and M r. Woodruff ad lo
cated tile third of a bushel octogon crate,
and the committee reported in its favor.
Later on Mr. Woodrufi’ said that two rows
ol peaches are better than three, as the
middle row becomes heated. Dr. Hope
indorsed Mr. Bean's idea of assorting
jieaches and melons, as better prices
could be obtained.
Dr. Holliday said that he made the heads
ot his peach crates four and a half inches,
and packed from the sides.
I). 11. Elliott, of Florida, trave an inter
esting account of the orange shipments
and the use of crates and paper wrappers.
Mr. Woodrufi' had used wrappers success
fully.
Mr. I’adgett, of Griffin, found baskets
cheaper for transportation.
In discussing the best soil for peach
orchards, Dr. Hope favored sandy loamy
soil with a clay subsoil and & good eleva
tion. Also, he said, cultivate your peach
orchard.
Mark W. Johnson took the same view.
T. C. Howard favored high land and
more mineral fertilizing. Trees near
houses do best, because of plenty of lime
and ashes.
Dr. W. L. Jones said that there were
certain sections that always had good
orchards, and on his suggestion acom
mitee, with him as Chairman, was ap
pointed to ascertain and report what con
ditions made the peach crop never fail .in
certain localities.
Insect pests discussed, and Mr. Wood
ruff said that ashes around trees when
set out would prove a preventative, lie
had lieen told, but Mr. Newman replied
that it would kill trees in a drought.
Mr. Jenkins said tobacco and others
whitewash.
Mr. Ellington, of Palmetto, said none
of these things would do any good. Dr.
Hope said that broom-straw tied about a
tree when set out was the best preventa
tive. Messrs. Ellington, Hope and Her
bert had found blue birds a valuable in
sect destroyer, and had gathered them
into orchards and gardens with that pur
pose. English sparrows were a fraud.
Mr. Newman said that the toad frog
around fish ponds were good insect de
stroyers.
Mr. Elliott wanted information about
eantaleupes. One man in Soutli Georgia
has thirteen acres. A long discussion re
sulted in favor of only one kind, the nut
meg melon, for shipment. All others per
ish ou the way. They should lie carefully
packed in crates. If put on watermelons
they will injure them by decay. The latter
are not profitable as ' a general
thing lor distant markets. Among the
best varieties ol peaches the Alexander
( early) were considered valuable. Messrs.
Ellington and Cunningham have a tine
new jteach called the Canada peach. It
is large and of fine color and flavoi*. Mr.
Cunningham said that the Chinese cling
pays him the liestto ship. The Alberta is
good, and also the Columbia, for ship
ment. The Louise is fine if tenderly han
dled and shipped properly. The Mountain
Rose is also good.
In discussing the best melons in South
Carolina, the rattlesnake was reported
as the most popular. Pulaski county pre
fers the rattlesnake and Augusta. They
look alike and both ship well.
The afternoon session, which com
menced at :> o'clock, discussed evaporat
ing fruit. Mr. Cunningham last year
shipped 50,000 pounds, and averaged fif
teen cents. Owing to unskilled labor
some sold at eight and some at twenty
cents. He fofind a good sale for such
fruit properly packed and shipped. This
method saves unsaleable and perishable
fruit.
A special committee on evaporators
was appointed.
In discussing the Inst and cheapest
markets, Mr. Cunningham said that he
had bad varied experience. Savannah
was a good market for ding-stones and
English peaches. Philadelphia was the
best for choice, and Cincinnati and Chi
cago for ordinary lots. He had had his
ups and downs in transportation, and
now uses refrigerator cars as the best
mode. The only trouble is that he lias
to give car load lots. No process will
save over-ripe fruit in transit, but re
frigerators do the best to preserve the
fruit. He had tried the car and steam
ship refrigators with success and profit.
Several railroad officials here discussed
box i-ars, ventilated cars and refrigerator
cars. . „ ,
Mr. Elliott said that the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western Railway had used all
aud w ith good success. Give him a clean
box and ventilated cars with good pine
straw and he could carry melons all
right. Pine sawdust will not do. Slatted
doors give proiter ventilation. Messrs.
Harmon, Saras, Dorsey and Mixon en
dorsed this as true of their roads also, and
said that they were prepared with plenty
of slatted box cars and ventilated cars to
move the melon crop all right aiid with
promptness. The Western and Atlantic
and the Savannah, Florida and Western
Roads will run a car to pick up small
lots at way stations, not less than
100 pounds to be charged for. Twenty
thousand pounds was reposted as the
usual weight of a car load, but the West
ern ami Atlantic give 24,000 on shipments
from Atlanta. All dealers advise against
crowding melons. Careful packing and
lii'ht weight insure letter condition on
reaching the market. Leave one or two
inches ot stem on, and pack lengthwise
of the car, always putting straw between
the melons and the sides of the car.
The reports from South Carolina, Florida
and Georgia are generally favorable as to
pretty good erqps. Some section are
damaged, and Dr. Cary reports his fruit
crop at I.aGrange as utterly ruined.
Mr. Parnell’s big peach orchard at vv est
Point is also injured.
South Carolina melon patches will in
some cases have side tracts and special
transportation. The F<vst lennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad agree to
keep 50 empty cars at Macon and Jesup
for melon growers to order whenever
needed The Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad will also be prepared
in a like manner.
The Central Railroad had no representa
tive present.but Judge Cunningham highly
eulogized Colonel Wadley’s liberal policy
and pledged that Captain Raoul would
be equally as liberal and prompt.
Colonel Dorsey said that the Georgia
Railroad won Ul do everything possible to
aid this new industry in Starting a profit
able market. . ~
Southwest Georgia was represented by
Mr Jenkins, and South Georgia by Mr.
Elliott, who reported large melon Mud
good fruit crops. The growers were too
busv to attend the convention,
Henry Gradv, Sidney Herliert aud Mr,
Bean addressed the convention ou the
importance ol some united action and
some good system for the proper distribu
tion of the crop to the various markets
and its profitable sale.
Mr. Bean advised a plan similar to that
adopted for the orange crop in Florida
Elam Johnson, a commission merchant,
exhorted farmers not to ship poor truck
ot fruit, but to use or sell at home—sort
out the beat for market and keep the rest
at home. It won’t pay to ship it. Pack
carefully and sort out and grads, a* better
prices can be scoured.
Captain W. W. Hulbert, of the South
ern Express, said: “Don’t mark crates
on both ends, nail securelv and mark oulv
on one end.”
Paper labels come ofl\ Rubber stamps
are better than stencil plates. No trouble
is had with good packages properly mark
et! and securely nailed and no loss' of con
tents. The Express Company can handle
100,000 pounds daily with promptness.
Mr. Simmons, a commission merchant,
reported a good AYestern market, and
that several Cincinnati men were present
to advise with shippers.
The convention was deeply interesting
and full of practical suggestions. It ad
journed at 7 o'clock, subject to anv future
call of the President.
Shippers, commission merchants and
railroad men have freely mixed, and the
best of good feeling prevails. At this
time the prospect is flattering. United
action is.bowever.needed and proper care
in gathering and shipping products.
Already poor packing and inferior pro
ducts are complained of and more care
recommended.
Governor McDaniel declined the use of
the Senivte chamber to the convention, as
he also did to the Knights of Pythias. He
projioses to.correet the abuse of public
buildings and confine them to legitimate
purposes. Heretofore the Representatives
Hall and the Senate chamber have been
used by Tom, Dick aud liarrv for anv
purpose. This will now be stopped.
AN UNCHRISTIAN BARRIER.
Northern Presbyterians Refuse to
Abolish their Imputations.
Lkxington, May 24.—The Presbyte
rian General Assembly South opened to
day w ith prayer by S. C. Alexander, of
North Carolina. Communications touch
ing on the observance of the Sabbath were
referred to the Special Committee on Bills
ami Overtures, and recommended that
the substance of the overtures be pub
lished in the minutes. Telegrams and
Christian salutations were read
from the Young Men’s Christian
Association's Convention at Milwaukee
and from the Cumberland Presbyterian
Assembly at Nashville. The Assembly
returned the salutations. The Committee
on Home and Foreign Missions reported
both fields in good condition. The Com
mittee on Resolutions and ou Fraternal
Correspondence with the Northern As
sembly reported that it should be carried
on by delegates in 1884 and XBBo, and
afterward by letter. Dr. Smoot read a
letter from Dr. Brown, a delegate to the
Northern Assembly,stating that Dr. Crosby
had offered a resolution in the Northern
Assembly sweeping away all imputations
against the Southern Church, which was
referred to Rev. Drs. Herrick, Johnson,
Brecketu idge and Crosby, and that a ma
jority of the committee reported against
the resolution. The letter caused'some
excitement in this body, and will proba
bly be a barrier to more expressions of
fraternity. Dr. Nicoles, of the Northern
Assembly, took his leave to-day in a feel
ing manner.
Dr. McElwaiu’s resignation as Secre
tary of home missions was accepted by
the assembly, he having accepted the
Presidency of the Hampden Sydney Col
lege.
The misunderstanding of the action of
the Presbyterian Assembly in fraternal
"relations, makes a further statement of
the facts necessary. On Tuesday the
Committee on Overtures reported and re
commended tlie following:
Resolved, That all correspondence with
other ecclesiastical bodies shall be con
ducted by letter.
At the afternoon session Dr. Bullock
ofl’ered the following substitute:
While it is our rule to conduct our cor
respondence by letter,yet under the present
extraordinary circumstances, and to
avoid the appearance of discourtesy, the
assembly deems proper that the present
delegates be commissioned to the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
the United .States. After a lengthy dis
cussion the subject was laid over as un
finished business. When it was taken up
on Wednesday the discussion was kept
up at great length. At the afternoen
session C. It. Hemphill ottered the follow
ing substitute:
Resolved, That the method of corres
pondence by letter, which now obtains,
between this Presbyterian Church, in the
United States, and other churches, except
the Reformed (Dutch) Church and the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America,
be extended to these bodies, with the ex
ception, however, that delegates he ap
pointed to these respective churches at
their next meeting, to convey our cordial
Christian salutations and state to
these bodies the methods of
our future eorresponcence, in the hope
that it may meet their approval and that
the attention of our Presbyterians be
called to this action of the General As
sembly.
This substitute was adopted by 113 ayes
to 23 nays. Without reaching a final
vote the substitute was referred to the
committee of seven to perfect the phrase
ology of the resolution.
The report of this committee is made
the special order for Friday, when an ex
citing debate is expected.
WAIFS FROM WASHINGTON.
A Batch of the Mont Interest in*; Topic.**
at the National Capital.
Washington, May 24. —The Surgeon
General of the Marine Hospital Service
has established a qmirantine station at
Pensacola, Fla., with Surgeon Murray in
charge.
The Postmaster General issued an order
to-day closing all post offices on Decora
tion day between the hours of 10 o’clock
and 5 o’clock except in the large cities.
In these cities the Postmasters are to use
their own discretion as to the hours ot
closing their offices.
The Treasury Department has been ad
vised that a party of pauper Mormons
from Switzerland are en route to New
York on the steamship Nevada, which
sailed from Liverpool on the 17th instant.
The Treasury Department has instructed
the Collector of Customs at New* York to
inspect these people carefully, and pre
vent their landing if they are paupers.
Mr, West, British Minister, gave a din
ner to-night in honor of the Queen’s birth
day. Covers were laid for thirty persons,
the number being smaller than usual,
owiug to the absence of the President and
most of his Cabinet at the Brooklyn
bridge celebration and because several
foreigu Ministers are absent. Secre
tary Teller, Chief Justice Waite,
General Sherman and Admiral
Porter were the principal American
guests. There was no speech-making,
and hut two regular toasts were drunk.
Chief Justice Waite proposed “The Queen
and the royal family," and Minister West
“The President of the United States aud
bis Cabinet.” Both toasts were drank
standing,
STRIPPED BY CYCLONES-
Missouri the Scene of More Dssolate
Devastation.
St. Louis, Mo., May 24.— Information
has just been received that very heavy
wind and rain storms swept through
Howell county, this State, last Friday
and Saturday, doing great damage to
farms and other property. Part of How
ell valley was flooded and the bridges and
embankment of the Kansas City, Spring
field aud Memphis Railway were swept
away or badly damaged, delaying trains
several days. The little' town of
Moody was destroyed, every
house being blown down. Farmers in that
vicinity also suffered severely. Many
persons were injured, but no lives were
lost so far as known, information also
conies from Maries county that a tornado
swept entirely across it, making a path one
hundred yards wide, leveling forests and
sweeping the ground of everything in its
way. The largest farm in the county,
that of James Crisuor, three miles long,
lost all its buildings, and the family barely
saved their lives by rushing into'the cel
lar of the milk house. A horse was picked
up and carried a quarter of a mile.
Shot in Court.
New Orleans, May 24.—A Helena,
Ark., dispatch rejiorts the shooting of
Judge Saunders in a court room to-day
by Dr. Mbore.
Immediately after the Circuit Court ad
journed for dinner to-day, and while its
Judge, Mr. SaUndero, was in the court
room looking up some authorities in cases
pending before nim, Dr, D. E. Moore ap
proached him in regard to gome matter in
which Phillips county was indebted to
Dr. Moore for services rendered while
Judge Saunders was County Judge. His
declining to listen incensed Dr. Moore,
who struck at the Judge and fired two
shots at him, the second shot taking ef
fect in the left hand.
New York. May 24.—Policeman Casev,
convicted yesterday of murder in the first
degree for shooting his Sergeant in the
Hunter’s Point station house, was to
day sentenced to be lihpged -july ;q.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, black
or browu, 50 cents,
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1883.
SICKNESS IN THE RANKS.
THE CADETS OBLIGED TO RE
TREAT FROM NASHVILLE.
Universal Regret at their Discomfit—
The Detachment to Arrive Home To-
Day—Propitious Weather and Good
Drilling at Nashville—Two Companies
the Favorities.
Nashville, May 24.—Probably no an
nouncement made since the inauguration
of the great competitive drill has re
ceived with more general regret than the
one which to-day informed the public that
sickness had incapacitated the
Savannah Cadets from participa
tion in to-day's decisive programme.
Early in the week most flattering predic
tions of the company’s success were heard
on every hand, and it is doubtful whether
any detachment was accorded so gener
ous a niche in the public’s favor as that
which their promising appearance on
parade had earned them. When the
unwelcome rumor first began to
wind its way through the
throngs which crowded the curbstones
and hostelry corridors it found but
little credence. Especially was this the
case with those whu had made the Cadets
their favorites in the pool boxes and in
dividual, but unstiDted, wagers. When the
truth of the rumor, however, 1 •■came indis
putable, it gave rise to expressions only of
most sincere regret, the insurmountable
nature of the cause making the injustice
of words of censure and condemnation
seltevident. The company therefore leaves
the city, followed by none but feelings
and expressions of sympathy. While
Sergeant Dasher was reported'as rapidly
improving when the company left the
city on this afternoon’s 4 o’clock train, the
two others on the sick list were bulle
tined as quite seriously under the weather,
“Old l’robs,” by the way, beinsr princi
pally blamable for their present predica
ment. Captain Branch informs the
News correspondent that they will arrive
home to-morrow afternoon.
On the companies who remain nature is
lavishing her most propitious smiles.
While a gentle breeze brought comfort
to the surging spectators, to-day’s scene
was lent additional animation by a flood
of sunshine, which transformed the whole
tented field into a dazzling fairyland of
glittering uniforms and flashing bayonets.
It is not surprising, therefore, that
under such favorable circum
stances this afternoon’s manreuvres
were witnessed by a concourse which
encroached upon the limitless thousands.
Under the stiff breeze of the past few
hours the parade ground had been bereft
of every vestige of its muddiness, and the
companies capered over its hardened sur
face with the litheness that would have
lent inspiration to their pedals had the
proverbial lute been pouring its most
delusive notes into their ears.
The Treadway Rifles, of St. Louis, first
came on the ground in the forenoon and
drilled 45 minutes. They were followed
by the Houston Light Guards, of Texas,
who were often showered with plaudits of
admiration.
In tiie afternoon the famous Crescent
Rifles, of New Orleans, entered the drill
ground and were greeted with enthusias
tic applause over their fine appearance
and steady movement. These were the
only companies drilling for the first infan
try prize of $4,000. All thus far have drill
ed well, audit is the popular impression
the contest lies between the two companies
from New Orleans and Mobile.
The Busch Zouaves, of St. Louis, fol
lowed the Crescent Rifles in the drill for
special premium for the best Zouave drill.
The exercises of the day concluded with
a dress parade, in which five companies
took part. To-night a grand military
prominade concert and hop occurred at
the State capital which was largely at
tended.
BRUNSWICK'S BEST DAY.
The Fair Thronged with People and
the Coffers Full of Money.
Bhunsivick, May 24.— The fair associa
tion scored another success to-day. The
crowd continues large, and the gate
receipts surpass thus far any former ex
hibition. The boats and trains all came
in this morning well filled. The social
feature of these gatherings are by no
means the spoil lest benefit secured. An
annual union of citizens and a common
interest in the success of any undertaking
produces the happiest effect, in this
Brunswick is largely the gainer. There has
lieen no drunkenness or rowdyism since
the fiiir commenced.
The racing to-day was better than any
of the previous ones. A three-quar
ter mile race was run between Red Fox,
owned by W. L. Burch, of Savannah, and
Hancock, owned by T. tV. Lamb, of
Brunswick. Hancock won two straight
heats in 1:30 and 1:27)4. The purse con
tained $75.
A half iniledash race was run by Island
Queen, owned by D. H. Wing, and Doll,
owned by Mr. Warren. Doll won by half
a length in thirty-two seconds.
The Knights tournament was partici
pated in by seven Knights.
E. G. Brown, Knight of the Forest, won
the privilege of crowning the Queen of
Beauty.
The base ball match between the Darien
nine and the Brunswick nine resulted in
Brunswick scoring ID to Darien’s 6.
The amateurs ol this city gave a fine
rendering of Dick Turpin last night. Thev
exhibited fine training, and the large
audience went away delighted.
The ball is a great success, and is still
under way. The hall is beautifully deco
rated. The famous Kesßler bautl from
Macon is furnishing the music.
Miss Mattie Cullen, of .Savan-,
nah, took the first premium on
tapestry with her picture of General
Washington. To-morrow will be tiie last
day of the fair, closing with a brilliant
display of fireworks. Large crowds are
continually going to Cumberland and St.
Simon’s Islands; The season promises to
be verv successful.
LAID IN RUINS BY FIRE.
A Whole Town in California Swept Out
of Kxjstence.
Santa Rosa, Cai.., May 24—Guern
ville, a small town at the terminus of the
Fulton branch of the San Francisco and
North Pacific Railway, was almost com
pletely swept away Tuesday night by
fire. Thirty buildings were destroyed,
including the railway station, The loss
is SOO,OOO, The fire started in a Chinese
wash house.
RIOTING IN THE MINES.
The Illinois Strikers and the Lockouts
Elsewhere.
St. Louis, May 24.—/The striking coal
miners took iiossession of the Abbey
mines during tho night, driving off 150
miners who were working, Uei>orts of
fighting between the miners at Collins
ville, Illinois, are also received, but there
are no particulars. The Abbey mines are
worked by machinery.
A Drought in Cuba.
New York, May 24.—A letter from
Havana, dated May 19, says that the
month of May generally opens with a
very abundant rainfall, which during
this month is thought to lie indispensable
for a growing crop. Consequently the
drought now prevalent over a great part
of the island may prove to he disastrous.
It is so great at Caibarien that a demi
john of water for drinking sold in
the town for fifteen cents. At Puerto
-Principe the absence ol rain inflicts
immense damage on adjacent pastures,
and fears are entertained that numbers ol
cattle tyijl perish for lack of food and
water, as wells are drying up. The
drought, however, is favorable to sugar
making, as the plantations can keep on
manufacturing all the cane on hand. As
the end of the cane harvest approaches,
calculations of its deficiency grow more
accurate and trustworthy'. Estimates
now figure the crop at 462,000 tons, or 25
per cent, less than that of last year.
Kentucky's Republicans
Lexington, K y., May 24.—1n the Re
publican Convention, last night, on the
sixth ballot, Thomas J. Morrow received
the nomination for Governor by ihe fol
lowing vote. Mocfqvy 539; Goodlop 350.
The nomination was made unanimous;
The convention then adjourned till Mb
day. The convention concluded its ses
sion to-day, after the nomination of Gen.
S. 8. Fry. of Danville, for Lieutenant
Governor; Lewis C.Garrigus, an ex-Con
federate of Russellville, for Attorney
General; Izjrov K. Haw thorne, of New : -
port, for Auditor; Mr. Flour pet’ of Ha
dm-ali, for Treasurer; J. p. Piiiydi^oh, l of
Grayse.., qupeniiteiuiertt of Public
liietitutmm.. ' !
Ashbury, nominated for Register of the
Land Office,is a colored man.
M etis’ “Boittl* m tiftrns.o
Ask lor W ells’ “Rough on Corns.” 150.
Quick, complete, permanent cure. Corns,
warts, bunions, ’
jTHE SAVANNAH CONFERENCE.
! An Interesting Report of the Proceed
ings at Louisville.
Guyton, Ga., May 24. —Your corre
spondent was requested by the Savannah
District Conference, which recently met
at Louisville, to prepare for the benefit of
the many hundreds of your readers re
siding in the seven counties included in
its territory who are interested in such
matters, a brief account of its proceed
ings. Although it was held at a busy
season of the year for the farmers, there
was a good attendance of delegates—about
seventy in all. Many things conspired
to make it a very pleasant occasion for
all present. The weather was delightful,
the people of Louisville cordial in
their welcome, and unbounded in
their hospitality to their guests, and
the reports from the various pastoral
charges showed progress in every direc
tion. We were pleased to hear that-the
three Methodist churches in Savannah
had been greatly strengthened in numbers
and in spiritual power under the recent
labors cf Messrs. Jones, Dodge. Christian
and others co-operating with the faithful
pastors. We feel kindlv towards your
city, and we think that tiie very best wish
we could express for you is that the cause
of religion may prosper among vou. The
same cheering report came from other
fields, and we thanked God and took cour
age. Financially, the Savannah district
has been leading the Conference for
some years, and the indications
are that more money will be raised this
year for the support of the ministry and
for the many benevolent enterprises of
the church than ever before. The atten
tion of the church has, of late, been spe
cially directed to the matter of providing
homes for their preachers. Out of four
teen pastoral charges of the district only
four are without parsonages; and in one
of these four—the Bethel Circuit—steps
are now being taken to build one. A
ntamber of the preachers reported that
much had been done bv the jieople
since Conference in the way of
repairing aud fitting up churches
and parsonages already built. The
Building Committee of the Savannah
District Parsonage, which is located at
Whitesville, No. 3 Central Railroad,made
a full and satisfactory report. This work
was inaugurated by the District Confer
ence which met at Sandersville in June,
1882. The matter was put Into the
hands of Robert Mclntire and R. B. Rep
pard, of Savannah, and William Spier,
Edward Bird, R. J. Davant, and your cor
respondent, of Whitesville. The work
of collecting funds proceeded during
the fall and the work of building
began on the 14th of March. The com
mute reported that the House would be
completed in about two weeks. The lot
was donated by the church at Whitesville,
and the estimated cost of building, fenc
ing and furnishing is $2,500. The Treasu
rer. Col. R. J. Davant, well kuowuinvour
city, reported that $1,310 80 had been
raised to May 10th, and the District Con
lerence raised in cash and subscriptions
$526 50 more. This leaves S7OO additional
to be raised, if the original plans are to
be carried out; and the committee have
advanced far enough in their work to as
sure the friends of the enterprise that for
the sum called for at the beginning they
will be able to provide for the district a
house which will be commodious, com
tortable, cheap, and which will fairly
represent one of the foreinos't
districts of the Soutli Georgia Conlerence.
Upon the strength of the pledges made at
Louisville, the committee decided to go
ahead and complete tiie upper storv,
fence the premises, dig the well, and put
up the necessary outbuildings, none of
which things were covered bv the original
contract. Messrs. Robert Mclntire, David
Porter and Rev. G. W. Mathews were
appointed by the Conference to look after
the small balance still due from the
church's in Savannah.
The delegates and visitors were greatly
interested in listening to a statement
from Rev. J, G. Magath, touching his re
cently inaugurated mission to the He
brews in your city. Rev. G. G. N. Mac-
Donell offered the following resolution
which was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote:
Resolved, That this District Conference
has heard with pleasure Mr. Magath,
Missionary to the Hebrews in Savannah,
touching his work among them; that we
appreciate the great importance of this
mission,and extend to him our sympathies
and our prayers for the successful prose
cution of his work.
The conference bade him God speed in
his noble undertaking, and made him an
unsolicited contribution of $37 50 for his
reading room. On the following day Rev.
L. B. Payne received for the Conference
Orphan Home, located in Macon, a con
tribution of $236 50. So that, in all, the
sum of SBOO 50 was raised for benevolent
objects during the session of this District
Conference.
Rev. J. R. Felder and Messrs. W. lL
Mell, J. W. Cheatham and Edward Bird
were elected delegates to the Annual Con
ference, and, Whitesville, in Effirfgham
county, was selected as the place for hold
ing the next District Conference.
After impressive religious services in
the various churches on Sunday, the dele
gates and visitors dispersed to their homes,
carrying with them pleasant recollections
of the seventeenth session of the Savan
nah District Conference.
11. P. Myers.
CHOKE'S WELCOME HOME.
Illuminations and Knthusiasm Every*
where.
Dublin, May 24.—Archbishop Croke,
in replying to an address of welcome pre
sented to him at Wicklow depot, said it
was the Pope’s great love for the Irish
people that caused him to be sosolicitious
for their welfare. He was confident that
when the Pope understood the situation
better, the efforts ot the priesthood and
of himself for the Irish would be crowned
with success. Time would prove the
correctness of his representations to the
Pope. Meanwhile he urged the people to
submit to the Vatican,
Limerick, May 24.—The inhabitants oi
this county are preparing to give a hearty
welcome to Archbishop Croke. The hills
and villages of the county will be il
luminated to-night in his honor.
London, May 24.— At a meeting of the
Parnellite members of Parliament,
last night, Justin McCarthy, member of
Parliament for Longford, who acted
as Chairman, said that it was the
bounden duty of Irishmen to contribute a
testimonial for Mr. Parnell. Referring to
the Papal circular to the Irish clergy, he
said that the Irish people had only to re
pudiate the fraudulent statements' which
had l>een made to the college of Cardinals.
He should regret to see the priest divorced
from Irish politics, for in times past he
had been only a friend of the people.
Mr. Biggar, member of Parliament for
spoke in condemnation of the cir
cular.
In the House of Commons to-day Lord
E, Fitzmaurice, Under Foreign Secretary,
replying to a question, said that he had
already stated on the 19th of March that
the government had never entertained a
scheme to establish a British resident at
the Vatican and Mr. Errington had nQt
since been a channel of communication
between the Foreign office and the Vati
can. Mr. Errington had received no ap
pointment from the government and
therefore no pay. The Pope’s circular to
the Irish clergy, he said,' had not lieen
issued at the request ot the British Gov
ernment.
The Cold Snap.
Augusta, May 24.—l ate unu more
complete pews from the growing crops of
this section of Georgia and South Caro
lina state that young cotton is suffering
heavily from the cold weather and biigot,
rain and gardens generally are'not in
jured, out watermelon vines, quite a spe
cialty in this region, are serioHslv dam
aged.
Montgomery, May 24.—Light frosts
are reported yesterday, but no damage.
Weather IndicH.a.
Office Chief Signal observer,
\v abhln’otoN, IX C., M:ay 24.—Indications
for Friday:
In the South Atlantic states, warmer,
fair weather, variable winds, mostly
southerly,' stationary or higher pressure,
The New Sue* Canal.
Lonhon, May 24.—A second meeting
of influential ship owners in favor of the
construction of another canal across the
Isthmus of Suez was held to-day. The
meeting raised £20,000 lor preliminary
expenses and resolved tQ notify the gov
ernment of the project.
Easily Proven,
It is easily proven that malarial foyers,
constipation, torpidity of the liver pud
kidneys, general debility, nervousness,
and neyruMc aibsepfo yield readily to
thfo great dfeeaae chnqueror, flop Hitters,
ft repairs the ravages of disease by con
verting the food into rich blood, and it
gives new life and vigor to the aged and
infirm always,
RUSSIA TAKING HEART.
THE CZAR’S CORONATION RE
STORING CONFIDENCE.
Public Securities Plucking Up Strength
and Finding Readier Negotiation-
Newspaper Correspondents in Luck-
Text of the Proclamation Announcing
the Event.
Moscow, May 24.— The success of the
Czar’s entry into Moscow on Tuesday has
had a good effect. Greater serenity is
felt and the value of money has risen. The
weather here is hot and showery. The
Empress was the only lady present at the
ceremony of the blessing of the imperial
flag. Only seven of the sixty-seven
newspaper correspondents were able to
attend the ceremony owing to the re
stricted space, but the directors of the
press ordered the assistant editor of the
Moscow Gazette to supply the other
journalists with a description of tiie
ceremony. The Russian Government has
given the press representatives £2O
each to pay carriage hire
during the festivities. A portion of
the parapet behind the Church
of St. Basil fell yesterday on the heads of
the people below and wounded several
persons. It is reported that some of the
wounded have died. Fifty suspicious
persons have been arrested here in the last
few days. The Emperor and Empress
will remain in semi-seclusion until the
day of the coronation. The proclamation
announcement of the coronation was made
this morning by heralds-at-arms, attend
ed by several dignitaries from a circular
plat front before the Kremlin l’alace,
which was used in ancient times for the
proclamation of ukases. The foreign am
bassadors who had been formally ap
prised of the time that the proclamation
would be issued were present, attended by
a. large escort. After a bugle blast from
the heralds the Secretary of the Senate
read the proclamation which was as fol
lows :
“Our most august, high and puissant
Sovereign, the Emperor Alexander,
having ascended the hereditary throne of
the Empire of all the Russias, the King
dom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of
Finland, which are inseparable from it,
has deigned, following the example ol his
predecessors and their glorious ancestors,
to command that the holy solemnity of
the coronation and anointment, in which
the Empress will participate, shall, with
the help of Almighty God, lie performed
on the 27th day of May. The solemn act is
announced to &11 His Majesty’s faithful
subjects in order that on this joyful oc
casion their most fervent prayers may be
offered to the King of beings, and that
they beseech the Almighty to semi
grace and blessings upon His Mai.
esty’s reign, for the maintenance
of peace and tranquillity to the greater
glory of His ■ holy name and
constant prosperity to the Empire. The
Emperor and Empress only break their
seclusion until Sunday to receive the
visits of foreigu Princes, and it has been
decided not to hold the great diplomatic
reception, but as the Emperor and Em
press intimate their willingness to attend
oue reception, Gen. Schweinitz, the Ger
man Ambassador as the Doyer of the
Diplomatic Corps, will give a grand ban
quet and ball in their honor.
Berlin, May 24.— The Provincial Cor
respondence says: “The Czar has initiated
and upheld the policy which has made it
possible to settle all pending questions
amicably. Germany joins with other
countries in wishing for the welfare of
Russia. She is convinced that the schemes
ot the Nihilists were directed against the
peace of Europe, and that their quashing
rendered good service to civilization. The
coronation is a festivity of peace.”
London, May 24.—The entire European
press speak in praise of the ceremonies
at Moscow.
WINTER IN SPRINGTIME.
Some of Its Effects and Other Notes in
Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 23.—The revival in the
wood and coal trade was a most gratify
ing surprise to our dealers, and clothing
store proprietors reopened their winter
clothing and hung their overcoats on the
outer wall. .
Yagrants and street corner loafers have
been very scarce during the past few days,
and people on the street walk with a
brisk, business-like step.
MINOR TOPICS.
As I predicted would be the case, our
“Chicago Meat Market” has gone to join
the exploded Ilerdic craze, and Atlanta
people are content to eat good Tennessee
beef, killed here by our own butchers.
The many friends of the veteran con
ductor, Capt. John Charlton, of the Cen
tral Railroad, are pained to meet him here
under treatment at Dr. Calhoun’s for a
severe throat trouble. Our chilling weather
of the past few days has been bad for him, -
yet the doctor hopes to give him needed
relief.
A firm at Gaftney City, S. C„ is adver
tising for ten thousand pounds of roots
and herbs, while in other parts of the State
an immense trade is carried on in dried
fruits—especially blackberries—for the
Northern market. Why is it that Georgia
cannot build up similar enterprises, and
thus draw here lor her poor country popu
lation thousands of dollars annually t
A great deal is being said about public
and private hangings—against the former
and in favor of the latter. 1 have attend
ed hangings for the past thirty years, and
1 never yet saw a “private”’ execution.
In a city it is possible to come pretty near
keeping out a crowd but no country Sher
iff can resist the pressure of officials,
friends and reporters.
A “private” hanging must be private ,
and not witnessed by a dozen newspaper
reporters, a score of county officials, an
impromptu and useless guard, and “a few
(?) favored frier.ds.” My observation has
confirmed me in the belief that beyond
the Sheriff, two assistants and one physi
cian, no other person should he present,
unless the condemned criminal desires a
representative at his side. Half-way pri
vate hangings are worse than public exe
cutions.
WHICH IS RIGHT?
As your cosrespondent is not given to
“sensational” writing, the following para
graph from the Post-Appeal of this morn
ing will amuse the readers of the Morn
ing News:
“Chatham,” the Atlanta correspondent
of the Savannah News, ha* again com
menced sending sensational reports to
that journal about the health of the people
in Atlanta being bad, and sickness being
on the rapid increase.”
“An Old Physician,” in the Constitu
tion of to-day, saves me the trouble of re
plying to the above harm leu* fling at the
unreliability of my new* items. This doc
tor says!
“This unprecedented change Jn the
weathfir and its continuation for so long
a time induces a great deal of sickness.
You will do the public a service in calling
attention to the danger of these sudden,
changes of the weather, and qrg& tho peo
ple to eat lightlv nad to abstain from
vegetables, and to protect themselves
thoroughly against the cold. In this wav
a great deal of sickness and possibly
many deaths can be averted. Physicians
in the city WiU hear me out in the asser
tion that the present cold snap has been
productive already of an alarming amount
of sickness.”
The statements in my former fetter w ere
based upon reports obtained by me from
phjsLian* and druggists, and I closed mv
brief paragraph on the subject by stating
that other cities were also having an un
usual amount of sickness
Personal mention.
$ recently referred to the names of Con
federate Generals that are creeping into
the army and navy lists, and spoke of it
as a sign of returning peace worthy of
special mention.
Since then ’,he honored name of the la
mented Geb. Ambrose Ransom Wright,
uf Augtasta, has lieen added by tl\e en
trance of Cadet Ambrose fy}Daam bright
Cohen, of that city, into the Naval Acad
emy at Annapolis. He is a son of Gen.
Wright’* daughter, the widow of the late
Lieut. Phil, L, Cohen,
bftffie of the newspapers are giving Jo
seph E. Brown, of the Western and A),
lantic Railroad, great credit for its admir
ble aud comprehensive freight schedules,
especially for the prompt transportation.
It is not L., but his son Joseph M.,
who deserves this credit. He is not untv
the youngest but the ablest General
Freight Agent in the douth of his years.
He is “a chip of the old block”—a close
pinker—a hard worker, and $ thorough
business man.
The editor of the Rome Courier says
“The Daughter of Mendoza,” a poem
credited to George W. Cable, of New Or
leans, was written by the late Gen. Mira
beau B. Lamar, who was then editing the
Columbus Enquirer. As the editor of the
Courier errs in suggesting that Mr Cable
is not a Southerner, J he h> also mis
taken ill regard to this poem. It does not
ftPjpfchr in the yojume of poems published
! General Lamar in 1857, which contains
verses ami some of his poorest
i i'ke Army and Aavy Herald has this
i lte “ about a Georgian, formerlv known
as Howard; Captain Mason Car
: ter, l ifth Infantry, has been detailed on
j the general recruiting service detail to
succeed Captain Simon Snvder, who was
! promoted in March to Major Eleventh
| Infantry. Captain and Mrs. Carter left
fort Keogh. Montana, April 23, for the
I East, and will probably make a brief visit
I to Washington. Many naval officers will
be glad to meet Captain Carter, for he
was a midshipman in the navy over thirty
years ago. w hen his name 'was spelled
differently.”
an impressive funeral.
It is rare that any city witnesses a
'■tote impressive funeral service than that
of Mrs. Dr. R. B. Ridley, at the First
Methodist Church this morniug. I have
seen more profuse hut nevermore exquis
itely arranged floral designs.
On the top of the choir gallerv, hack of
the pulptL, were two large vases of flow
ers,-and Between them a floral arch, sus
pended from which was a beautiful white
dove. Below, on the side of the gallery
were two anchors, with a cross between.
On the front of the pulpit were two lean
ing crosses, and in the centre an eiaho-'
rate anchor. Within the chancel rail
stood four small tables, on w hich were
l'laccd large hanks of flowers.
Ihe edifice is one of the largest in the
State, and yet it was filled in every part
by all classes of our population, rich and
poor, white and black; for the deceased
was universally beloved for her amiable
qualities anil useful life. Ex-Governors,
Congressmen, Senators and distinguished
citizens were present in large numbers
hut their tribute to the dead was no more
sincere than that of the poor workingmen
and women in the gallery.
The ushers were Messrs. Lowrv, Kitten
Spalding and Langston, and I noticed
among the pall hearers Messrs. Inman,
Grady, Rice and Harmon. Rev. Drs.
Evans and Tucker preceded the casket,
w Inch was literally covered with rare and
fragrant flowers, surmounted at the head
by ;l beautiful-white dove with outspread
wings. Follow ing came Dr. ltidley and
Mrs. Senator Hill, Edgar Thompson and
wife, Charles D. Hill and w ife, B. 11. Hill,
Jr., and wife, and more distant relatives;
then the entire medical fraternity of the
city.
As the sad procession entered the
church the select choir sang a most tender
voluntary, and scarcely an eye in the
vast congregation was dry. Gen. Evans
read the burial service, “lam -the resur
rection and the life,” after which the
choir sang with deepest pathos, “How
firm a foundation, ye Saints of the laird.”
Gen. Evans, in commencing his remarks,
alluded to the death of Mrs. Ridlev as a
tragic event unsurpassed in the history
ol Atlanta, and dwelt with much feeling
upon the loss the family aud the com
munity had sustained. The closin"
prayer was made by Rev. Dr. H. H.
Tucker, after which the remains were
followed to Oakland Cemetery by a larger
procession than honored Senator Hill in
his burial.
It would be impossible for me, in a let
ter like this, to w rite appropriately of this
terrible event that has so shocked our en
tire community. No man in the medical
profession is more esteemed for his modest
worth, courteous bearing to all. and
blameless life, than Dr. Ridley. His home
was made attractive by a most lovely and
devoted wife, and four swffet children
graced their family circle. A few weeks
iigo a little babe was added to the num
ber, and just as the young mother w r as
able to ride out, all her dreams of in
creased happiness in the home circle were
suddenly dashed away by a terrible and
sudden disaster.
Few daughters were ever more tenderly
loved than was Mrs. Ridley bv her mother,
who, since the death of Senator Hill, had
found great comfort in her companionship.
To her brothers and sister she was endear
ed by the strongest ties, and their hearts
are sorely bereaved. But to her stricken
liußhand, with four little motherless ones
clinging to his almost broken heart, the
blow is heavy indeed. Only the comfort
that comes from God’s great fountain of
compassion can uphold and console in this
dark hour. The grave has to-day taken
to its bosom a woman whose whole life
w as beautiful with filial afl'ection, sisterly
kindness, motherly love and wifely devo
tion. No purer spirit could have left us
in tears and sorrow at its sudden and un
timely flight, or left behind a brighter and
sweeter record of domestic life. Her new
made grave is hidden from view by a pro
fusion of floral gifts, but in heavenly pa
thos to-day brighter and more fragrant
flowers greet her glorified vision, as she
walks hand in hand with her illustrious
father, who went before her to a better
land—he through months of painful suf
fering, she suddenly and painlessly.
Chatham.
Indian* Taken liy Surprise.
Helena, Mont., May 24.— Advices
from Fort Benton state that Lieutenant
Steele, of Fort Maginnis, while scouting
with a Corporal recently, ran 011 a band
of twelve Canadian Crees, near Mussel
Shell, on the Missouri river. Finding
themselves covered by the Indians’ guns,
Lieutenant Steele and the Corporal with
drew, and returning with reinforcements
captured a band of fifty-two Indians
under the Crees Chief Tabor. The In
dians have been started for Fort Assini
uoine, and will be driven back to Canada.
A Democratic Victory,
Lynchburg, May 24.—The Democrats
carried this city to-day, electing two
thirds ot the Council and Aldermen.
Alexandria, Va., May 24.—The mu
nicipal election here to-day resulted in a
victory for the Democrats. The dXact
vote will not be officially ascertained
until a late hour, but the election of a
Democratic Mayor and Council is as
sured. The Readjuster vote is very small.
Memorial Day in Athens.
Athens, May 24. —-This hfis been me
morial day to the citizens of Athens.
The fire companies had a grand parade
after which Mayor O’Farrell, in behalf of
the city, presented a beautiful hose reel
to the members of the Hope Company.
The gift was acknowledged by ono of the
members of the company and was christ
ened by Miss Claude Thomas. In the
race between the companies, the Pioneer
Company won three out of four contests.
The Tropic’s Guilty Crew*
Philadelphia, May 24,-The jury in
the case of C, Rand, Captain,
and Thomas Render, mate, of tiie steamer
Tropic, on trial in the United States Dis
trict Court charged with violating the
neutrality laws by carrying arms and in
surgents to Hayti, returned a verdict of
guilty this morning, and a motion for a
new trial was made.
Ready Made Graves at Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 24, —The Constitution
to-day says: “It is not a generally known
fact, but Cemetery Keeper Bonnell keeps
constantly a dozen open graves. He is
compelled to keep graves ready, as occa
sionally the number of burials in a day
greatly exceed the working capacity of
his diggers, Most of the ready made
graves are filled by paupers,”
Waynesboro'* Chinamen.
Waynesboro, May 24.—The grand
jury engaged upon an investigation of
the Chinese matter refused to' find any
true bills against the eighteen persons
charged with being engaged in the affair.
1 lie damage to the crops by the cold
spell is serious.
Strobacli's Trial,
Montgomery Ala May 24.-Justice
Morris, of the United States Supreme
Court, presided with Judge Bruce in the
United states Court to-day. They heard
argument ot the demurrers, to the last
indictment against Marshal Strobach, and
will decide to-morrow.
Germany and the Danes.
Berlin, May 24.—A deputation has
left Schleswig for Copenhagen to ask for
the intervention of the Danish Govern
ment in behalf of the Schleswig Danes.
If this request is refused general emigra
tion from Denmark isjilanned.
Shot in ills Sanctum.
Vredkrickhb i rg, Va., May 24,—L.
Dow Kinney, editor of the Caroline!. Sen
tinel, announces that Uc was shot by La
mar P. Davis, at Bowling Green, Ya,
last night. Davis is the foreman and asl
SGciate editor.
Killed In a Duel.
\ ienna, May 24, —-Lieut, Schlayer and
the editor ot the Military Journal fought
a duel to-day with* pistols and Lieut.
Schlayer was killed,
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outside of the medical profession, and be
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GAYETIES ON THE BRIDGE
ALL NEW YORK AND BROOK
LYN AT THE OPENING.
Gala Scenes Afloat and Ashore—Bat
teries Belching Forth their Thunder
Tones from Ship and Fort—Business
at a Standstill—Flebians and Aristo
crats in Confusion.
Nkw \okk, May 24.— T0-day was a gala
day in Brooklyn throughout the city.
Tliore appeared to be a general surrender
of business to sight-seeing and celebra
tion in one way or another. The main
business avenues, heights and many of
the streets clear out into the suburbs are
decked most gaily with flags and bunting
and flowers for the bridal with the city
over the river. Public buildings, private
houses, street cars, wagons and trucks
fly the colors ot all nations in honor of
the opening of the big bridge. On
every hand preparations were being made
for illuminations to-night. Great satis
taction is expressed among the jieople of
llrookly at the completion of the work
from which so much is expected tor their
city. From the towers of the great bridge
national flags wave, and the span across
the river is dotted with flags front one
end to the other. From early in the
morning crowds began to gather at
the end where the speech making
was to take place. In the harbor
Hags flew from all the shipping.
The tour war vessels,Tennessee, Vandalia,
Kearsarge and Yantie, lie in a row off
Governor’s Island flying the national col
ors. The navy yard and all the ships
along the New York and Brooklyn water
fronts are decked with bunting. In New
York also business was partly suspended
to-day. -Most of the down town
exchanges closed at noon and
many business places suspended
work for the afternoon. Flags flew from
the municipal and the other buildings in
the City Hall Park, from the business
places along Broadway and other streets,
and from many private residences. The
day was atl that could be
desired for the occasion. The
houses along the route of the proces
sion from the Fifth Avenue Hotel to
the City Hall were decked with colors.
The Seventh Regiment escorted President
Arthur, Mayor Edson, the President’s
Cabinet, the Peruvian Minister, Governor
Cleveland, Governors Ludlow, of New
Jersey, Fairbanks, ol Vermont, and
Littlefield, of Rhode Island, the State
Legislature and a large number of other
invited guests from the Fifth Avenue
Hotel to the bridge. At the City Hall
Park the members of the Common Council
received the President and the other
guests. Here all alighted Irom the car
riages and, joined by the heads of the city
department, marched from the City lial’l
Park to the bridge, President Arthur
walking arm in arm with the Mayor.
The procession of the Brooklyn offi
cials and trustees, headed by the Twenty-
Third Regiment, left the Brooklyn City
Hall at half-past twelve o’clock, and ar
rived at 1 o’clockat Sands street station.
The regiment passed upon the anchorage,
where it took up its position. Mrs.
Roebling, wife of the invalid
Chief Engineer, and her partv, arrived
afterward in a carriage, and at 1:30 o’clock
Bishop Littlejohn and his assistant, in
their robes of oflice, arrived. A way was
made for them with great difficulty
through the crowd that already tilled
every foot of space. The salute announc
ing the President’s arrival at the New
York tower was fired by the war
vessels in the harbor and the forts on
Governor’s Island. At 2:10 o’clock the
yards of the men-dl'-war were manned.
Fifteen minutes later the cannonading
from Fort Greene and Williamsburg an
nounced the arrival of the procession at
the Brooklyn tower, where Mavor Lowe
had arrived.
On the platform were seated General
Christiansen and staff of the Second Di
vision, ex-Mayors Scroeder, Howell
Booth, Hunter and Lambert, the members
of the Brooklyn Common Council and
United States naval officers and the offi
cers of the First and Fifth Artillery. On
account of the great crowd much difficulty
was experienced by the Mayors of New
York and Brooklyn and the offirials who
accompanied them, in obtaining a pas
sage way to the platform. The prpceed
ings were opened by Mr. John Stranahan
introducing the Right Reverend Bishop
Littlejohn, who, assisted by Rev. Mr
Vandewater read the collects of the Epis
copal service and offered up prayers.
At the conclusion of the prayer by
Bishop Littlejohn, Mr. J. S. T. Stranahan
who presided, successively in tranced
William C, Kinsley, Vice President of the
Board oi 1 lio formally presented
the bridge to the people of Sew Vork and
Brooklyn through tlieic resiiective May
ors; Mayor Lowe, of Brooklyn, who
accepted it in bebulf of
the city of Brooklyn; Mayor
Edson, who delivered an address of ac
ceptance in behalf of the city of New
York, and Hon. Abram S. Hewitt and
Rev. Richard Storrs, D. D., who delivered
orations.
Julius Levy rendered the “Star
Spangled Banner,” “Hail Columbia” and
“V ankee Doodle” with variations on the
cornet.
After the closing exercises on the bridge
the Presidential party drove to tha house
oi Chief Engineer Roebliiig, in Brooklyn
and paid their respects to him. After the
President’s departure a stream of promi
nent men poured into the house. The
President dined with Mayor Lowe and
afterwards witnessed the fireworks
from a boat in the river and then went to
*i! lc Academy ot Music. The streets in
Brooklyn were illuminated with Chinese
lanterns and were packed with people.
So dense was the throng that traffic,
which was heavy, and cars had to be
stopped or traveled very slowly. While
the tire works were being set off the scene
m the harbor was very grand.
Countless boats and crafts of every kind,
tastefully lit up with colored lights
thronged the river. Afterward the large
span was brightly lighted by a tall electric
lamp, a radiant arch against a dark back
ground, which attracted as much atten
tion as the previous displav. The exhi
bition of fireworks lasted about tin hour
and was very beautiful.
I>eatli from the Coffin.
Cincinnati, May 24.—The body of Miss
busie \ oung, who died at Miss Bauer’s
conservatory in Cincinnati, was taken to
her mother's house and the casket opened
and too corpse prepared for burial. The
undertaker and three of Mrs. Young’s
fannlv were stricken with small-pox.
Mrs. y oung died Saturday and the under
taker died last night. None of them hail
any other exposure.
#IOO,OOO Worth ofTiTnTt.
New Orlkans, May 24.—A Baton
Kouge special says Jabes B. Watkins, of
Lawrence, Kansas, has purchased from
the State 1(2,000 acres of land in Calcasieu
parish and 710,000 acres in Cameron par
ish. The price paid is $100,204,
Louise Michel Indicted,
Paris, May 24.-A true hill I,as been
fouud against Louibc Aliclicl *or inciting
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