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K'TABLISHED 1850.
'\\X INSANE ASYLUM
~ \IHING POUND STRAIGHT
VI MILLKDGEYILLE.
. , ..11*11 Lady Active at Ninety
. \ Colored Boy Merellealy
Theft Crop and Other Top
It re*t A Boat in Georgia and
*
uEOtlili.
- -.ate and Mouse Committee.
. \ tannin* into the affaire of
\ tun. have closed their laliore.
*t lnduslnouH inquisition
- slative committee into the
•udition of the institution.
>urse are reticent as to the
ve'tijtatton. which will be
ritative form to the Legisla
- --i.m.liut it is understood
,r investigation is favora
nianagemcnt of the institu
- entirety.
-v>: “Mrs.AnnieGaines,
. c rated her ninetieth birth
■ '*>- Isti* instant. She isproba
> in the county. Notwith
r. it age, Friday morning she
- t break fast, set her house
nt. lie* potato slips and set
f : la-red strawberries to make
k. and and dressed a chicken.
■ was ready to welcome her
\nuie p a remarkably pre
cn.toys excellent health, to
ud- fair for many years of
s c has a large number of chil
iren and great grandchildren.
- -is .'taf'tes in the day time, and
c finest cambric needle by the
• an read fine print. She'can
which is the only thing that j
S other unknown parties, from •
farm •>( l’ughsly, Tart ar A |
VulvUle and took intoeus- j
whom they accused of stealing
and carried him over the river i
aty. threatening to kill him. j
i I- shut by Myers, who to*>k j
-a . e night for ports unknown.
- 'till alive.
• not impressed with the ne
:: in. di ate pnrehase of a steam
- the eitv has a good force and
- ’ s. lo Alum springs, iu itsvi
- - ss oming plentiful around
- burned to start a bank
■* V * ...-i.i 'tiiuent for liottling
I v - : and n.. estate was sold
ttianta Tue—lay.
a ciluea who lost over
' tug made to stojr the
r at -coal C ircle.
kson, aged vi. was mar
firs. Sarah Ireeman.
• ounty grand jury is reported
■v . 'l’.gating the Fulton voting
tan Joshua Koper. of Augusta.
' by amputation on account of
.an- g ro serving twentv years
unt> dal mines for chicken
Tth fell from a bateau in the
at da vn sumlay morn
vrned.
• ■nt of a barrel factory in Al
. t tact. The capital stock of
rk.ug on the Monroe court
at he ran run a mile faster
:u i.isirgia.
• tion of the Young Men's
n of the I'nited states and
s will meet in Atlanta.
reiv ed about 11,000 hales
August. a slight falling
with tne previous year.
M . "ii, is in trouble.charges
. mil against him of neglect
. a ■>! the law- and ordi-
Macou.
Ai.gn-ta to the late lir.lr
:.v. Jed for six months. It is
Talmage will be present
. j rt but little damage
-i tie- rv-ult of the cold snap
r. - great complaint among
; w i.rm dc'troying the young
t .tr*i. -f Columbus, father
r> 'V . anl. died Tuesday
i- of dropsy, lie was
age an i an aeeoiupiished
! )>ut Mr. Nall will be
■Hi the Atlanta |w-t office.
• - end the defalcation it is
■ • ding-will be instituted
>- -action are liMiking
. ! a. < ottou is not ma
the cold weather. The
It- for an average w heat
s . to doing away with the
"mu will be presented
, r.r ihlv at it' nett niect
- an art of the legislature
-. >h" vis recently I‘ost
- -ro. ha* had his attention
r hi* accounts, w hich
,-tit iWtilars It is in fa
. ut and against himself,
v there is an old farmer
i ■■ who plows a twenty
- nee*lless to say the old
• !ebt. lives well’ and has
- world's gomls to make
ue is said to la* a thousand
amount he gets a
• uttty coal mines. There
he is making money faster
* 4'iiern min. Ills fortune
The "enator''
sift irii|N*a*'hment. .
i :t- have been dug at vs
i > movement is not confined to
allow, but mem tie re of every
, i avar ilectded that it is best to
:n- in the tune of a calm. The
. feet deep and ten feet square,
tn and out, and covered with
1 dirt.
tin- Toccoa AVir* says that one
- autiful women ever ***en in
- f.vste** at tne Thrasher House
morning: at least thi' is the
. i bv several gentlemen who
.ov was a strangi-r. but in
i the fact that she was a bride
'Mile, -he wa areoni pa
ir -other.
*//* sav*: **S. McLiae.
• r at Mcßea.' and sentenced to
i ri-onment for paying a debt
was reloa-e.I on ■—undav
rler fnun Judge Met ay on
Tlte onier. while releasing
-a-tiension of sentence and
.-lance of an appeal sigrrt
■ r of uie citizens of Telfiwr
. i . \t Monday, and lastiug four
- (ought at Fort Gaines. via..
% tight', in which almost all
• rgia and adjacent Alabama is
taking part will come from
.< uth*-rt. tergct4iw u. Fort
Ybbev ill*-, and every cross
i these points, besides quite a
•• • men from a distance.
-• nd flow u a delegation of a
• nt writing To the Columbus
*!t. Airv. Harris county, under
n't.’.savs: “Cotton is still
- ; cl, ut production and a much
than last season has lieen
iking astonishing headway,
Ia little in nwm- The fruit
I pi fine in this locality, and
| oiiis are hankering around
| ,g tlietr arrival. Many trees
I with their fruit as to resemble
| . tlMV.’*
vs Ifintnir ffTafihmun has the fol
t i" F. Kdwarlo.ofOglelh'.r|H-.i
etmg voung fartuere of G*>r
••<M bts father’s magnificent
• arri s, and w*li oou have . ,l
-i war. liesidc- plenty <-f provis
• irun his farm, Mr. Kdwards
- if • .lli.ll. kl'M bushels • oats
- ..f wheat. Me buys nothing
raise at home, which is the secret
lie odes, he keep* a store on
rmWi his iian'ls, and thus save
~t would he paid to merchants.
TiO '-lay afternoon, an empty
m <s,me wav from the en
i rack from the factory to the
Kadroad depot, and starting
re in the ocighl*rlasl of the
-.wn the ti act at a rapid rate of
1 .nsternatioa along the line,
wry one passing the track saw
iue car and no one was hurt,
m siwed as it ne:*re<l the de
. the down gra.le. *nl when it
| witch juratied the track and
F, ri'—ties tor a sh<rt time, when
' la < knrnids says: “Kcp.*rts
imi anhthat thccffccUof the
i* have not boen as damaging
!. .red, the heavy foliage of the
~rou*ct the fruit from the
..tinned drougUUiowever.U la
mp. and fruit is reported n
Topping from the trees. The
ir .in otic-half Ur three-fourths
n.o cron is recovering from the
w arm weather of May
* rsk\n !• neeae I
pt the clouds during the l'** 1
distance have stratuml
. vi f and Mrs. W. W. M 00-l
--r.lhn haw’ l>ce missing various
•> . l*.vn satu’Alay th pnH'ured
Hail, ff Mann. VrtlSllSh
..rrant and l*eg n *
u-e occupied l>> thtf COOk Ibe
-M to light a small ffrvK- ry "•'
* . the . outent* consisting o. IBC
.. .* : irttden: Oaa jar of sugar, tour
| it, three bottles of three-year
-4 fi(w a is'uud.- of flour, one slgar
f sir egg*, one half pound of tea,
.ue towel, one box corn starch,
wine glasa, one goblet, two
ice yellow log, three tea cups
P* Ama
ED 1850. ~ ~ ' '• Ar
c ,7:ied coToredo.tk'‘ nU ' W * s ' by the unprin?
<’I?“s I r*a''v!‘,t’‘dark' ’. SaV9 Vayneslioro
!{“' 'hildren e fren;X ma ;ia h 2te
™ he commenced cureitlg’lwh-
J 1 , 1 . the same time pickinir ui> a m o n ho
I wOr^i 11 at hi ”‘* "h'di was dodged. He then
\v i.b- '-!. U r of boar4 *- about 10 inclic'
b nan .mi! " hich h ‘‘ again threw at
imutn, >ti him near the wriAt nn n,.,
lVtcrllieii eVm^ r i in * i . t , fwr a,K>ut tw '> inches,
tried to eompromise ti,;. fiibng he
is "*"
FLORIDA.
Ja.-kM>nvTli l e® , ®and d ® and in the sanitar >’ crusade at
1 he thermometer registered 84 degrees in
the shade at Jacksonville Tuesday afternoon.
Ineßt. John's and Lake Liwtis Rniimqii
The water on the St. John’s bar at Jackson
f. et in r angtng from 11% to 12
in di pth. Three vessels have Ivon
piloted over it iluring the past week.
Mr Edgertoa, of Green Cove Springs, on
-aturdav *cs ured a certificate from tho tow
authorities of firecn Cm* Springs to go to
Jacksonville and return home the same dav
or vviii. h he was charged by the authoritiw
twenty-five cents.
thousand baby alligators are sold in
oum ye:,r - : xml ,h< ‘ anw> unt of ivorv,
iiumlKr °f sluns and quantity of oil obtained
from the older rnemler, of the saurian famil
are suihcient to entitle them to a high place
among the products of the state. ” 1
A ear b.ade.l with Hour Came through from
-t. to Jacksonville in five days via the
Isniisville. anl Nashville. I’etisacola’ and \t
lantic and Honda Central and Western Kail
road-. This is the quickest time ever made
lie tween the two cities by a freight ear.
Jacksonville liiillmeii complain of the dilli
culty they are having in hiring laborers. The
inducements held out by the various railroads
now being built have had the effect to cause i
great many of the mill hands to leave the
nulls for the purpose of working on the roads.
Itv Saturday night six miles of new rails
w ill have been laid on the Florida Central and
U estern Railroad. The new rails are being
laid from s-andereon west. Another cargo of
iww rails are now afloat, and the managers
hope to have sixty miles of new track down
by August Ist.
COI'KT WEEK AT DARIEN.
The Anderson Brothers to he Again
I’laceil on Trial.
Darien, May 29.—Owing to the non-ar
rival of the Judge so far, 1 p. tn., court
has not opened as expected. The town
has been full of expectant people—jurors,
etc.—waiting for His Honor. The County
Treasury suffers to the extent of about
$l5O so far; to say nothing of loss ol time
and money tofirivate individuals. If Mon
day and Tuesday are not convenient days
i same happened last year), the Legisla
ture ought to change the time, and begin
our court w ith State day.
The case of Anderson brothers will
again come up for trial, and w ill surely
In* disposed of at this term. They have
lain in prison so long that a review of the
case may interest your readers like fresh
news.
t>n Christmas eve (December 24), 1880,
au old colored woman named Patsy Brown
sat ou a “cricket” in her little home, about
eight miles from Darien, putting her
Christinas sugar in a jar w ith a spoon,
for when found murdered she still held
the spoon, and the jar and sugar were on
the floor. She was shot from liehind and
fell forward, never knowing the fate of
her husband, who lay but a few hundred
y ards away murdered also. He, Chaunce
Mrown, was found near Robert Anderson’s
house, and as there had been some dis
pute altout a bog between them, and a
dead hog, the property of Chaunce, was
found near the scene of the murder, sus
picion iMiintcd to the Andereons as the
jierpetrators of the bloody deed.
As one who knows has kindly con
densed the account of the crime and trial
for me, it w ill tie best to continue the story
in his words, concise and to the point:
Roliert and Pompev Anderson were ar
ested December ‘2B, 1880. In Bob’s hand
was a certain stick that he notoriously
carried. It was newly broken and had
blood on it.
At the spring term i li<si) of the Supe
rior Court he was put upon trial, where
hi* confessions were admitted as good
evidence. He confessed to his fellow
prisoners in jail that be struck Chaunce
with his stick, and that Pomitey shot hint
as lie fell. He (Bob) then went to
Chaunee’s house and sliot Patsy to pre
vent her from testifying against them, as
site had seen hint pass her house a short
time lietrfre the murder of her husband.
His jurv was composed of eleven white
men and one colored. He was convicted
and sentenced to lie hung the 29tli day of
July following.
ifr Obtained anew trial on the ground
that Judge Fleming Tailed to charge the
jury that they bad a right to consign to
the penitentiarv for life. At the fall term
of ’M2 he was again tried. The jury con
sisted of nine white men and three color
ed—ten for hanging, two for acquittal
mistrial declared.
It will l>e remembered that some im
portant witnesses got off. were found and
secured for this term, and that at the fall
term this long-imprisoned man begged
them to Jiang him—anything but shut
him up again in suspense.
And now for a few pleasant things
wherewith to wind up so gloomy a letter.
Tie Darien Fire Company propose to have
a grand parade to-morrow, to exhibit the
powers of the two popular “Lesters” to a
delighted ]*eople. The beautiful flags
made and presented to the company by
Mrs. G. and Miss YV., of the Magnolia
House, are of themselves worth going to
set*.
Hon. YV. R. Gignilliat, the graceful and
accomplished speaker, has accepted an
invitation from the Brunswick brethren to
deliver an address on Masonry, in that
eitv the 86th prox.
And speaking of Brunswick reminds ine
to thank the fair ladies tor attentions, and
one in particular, for a hit of the delicious
premium chocolate and jelly cake given
bv her to a hk DiUt of my family, who
generously brought it home. The ball was
pronounced a delightfully conducted a
- •
A Hanging for Darien.
Darien, May 30.—Tony James’ col
ored, was resentenced by Judge Adams,
this afternoon, to lie bung in public on
Friday, June 29th.
lawyers in a squabble.
Judges Charged with Bribery and
Malice In Reversing Decisions.
Jackson, Miss., May 30.-Reeently
Judges Campbell and Chalmers, of the
Supreme C ourt, reversed several de
cisions of Judge Cowan, ot the Y\ ar
ren County Circuit Court. A Vicks
burg evening paper publishes over
the signature of General U itzgerah ,
District Attorney, a card published
bv the request of Sheriff Beck, in' which
Judge Cowan accused Judge Campbell of
having some years ago accepted
~l $ * 000 from a railroad company, which
charge Judge Cowan, as State Solicitor,
brother J 1C Chalmers in Vicksburg.
cerning the appointment o * j
affair is creating deep interest,
trouble is anticipated.
Knoxville’s Mains Killed.
into the mains to-day with am.ropnate
ceremonies. Everything work.*.? perfec ’
lv The water works, with a capacity .
ROOoJiOO gallons per da v. havo just been
completed at a cost of $150,000* I hurt arc
twelve miles of water mains.
To-night an accident occurred causing
.H na"e to the Knoxville water works.
Tin* bottom of one -of the reservoirs
Sir
A Miirijißil''' Many Lives.
<4t lz.t'is May 30.—, Matt who has
| zA'iifuSStiu™ 810
June 20*
A horror on the bridge
TWI K,, • , eu a***
1 " fr'-NTY-SIX \\ OUNDED.
T nal ß forT the Sig
•Jii ml nil > „r a pe„p l t ; ,^ e t "e St Crowd d !l
-
Jr ' UKK ’ May 30 *-The Brooklyn
nd 0 e received a dreadful baptism to-day.
In a crush that occurred, apparenUv by
accident, on the New York anchorage 1
chiblr er ° f Per9 ° M8 ’ moßt 'y women "and
children, were crushed—some to death
some fatally, and still others severely A
tTr tv ofterror rei - ,,led for folly fifteen or
twenty nunutes that baffles description.
M hen .t was over cart loads of wounded
and crushed human beings were taken
out ot the New Y'ork entrance of the
bridge. A small mountain of torn and
abandoned clothing was gathered up by
the police.
The accident occurred on the New York
middhTfSo " here , th< ‘ B ° lid bottom of the
middle footway ends, and two flights of
seven steps each, with an intermediate
landing, lead up to the plank walk of the
span between the New Y ork anchorage
and the tower. It was shortly after 4
o clock. The bridge was crowded trom
one end to the other, so that there was
hardly elbow room on the footway.
.i- A i ' V( *! uan "ho was ascending the lower
flight ol steps, stumbled and tell on the
landing, rhe crowd pressed -upon lier
and she shrieked. Bridge officer Frede
rick Richards,who was on the plank walk
above, seeing her danger elbowed hits way
to the s|>ot and lifted her up. The crowd
closed upon them both and they went
own* " *th a desperate effort officer
Richards got upon his feet once more
dragging the woman alter him. She
screamed again in despair and fright, and
the crowd above and below pressed to
ward the spot to discover the cause of the
commotion.
The crush immediately became fear
ful. Those on the approach below the
steps were carried forward in a solid
mass, many stumbling and being unable
to resist the pressure from behind. The
crowd passed over them from above.
The crowd coming from Brooklyn was
carried to the edge of steps the and then
fell over and down upon the struggling
mass below. A terrible struggle for life
began. Men and women fought with the
strength of despair against each other.
Rscajie was impossible with the pressure
•rout both sides growing at every shout
of anguish that went up from the dying
and those who saw death before their
eyes. Fear and dospir on one side and cu
riosity on the other, fought for the mas
tery.
The frightful crush was denser than
ever when after nearly fifteen minutes a
score of militia men of the Twelfth Regi
ment, led by Lieutenant Hart and Ser
geants Coulderiek and Gastello marched
up the approach toward Brooklvn. The
yells of the crowd attracted tlietr atten
tion and at the foot of the steps a wall of
human bodies was piled high. The dense
mass surged about it, and in it the sol
diers saw two policemen vainly strug
gling against it.
Sergeant Coulderiek took in the situa
tion at a glance, and at his word of com
mand his men scaled the fence and rail
road track separating them from the foot
walk and wedging into the mass of people
near the scene of the disaster, drove back
the crowd at the New Y ork entrance at
the muzzle of their guns. It fell back
slightly, and the militia men, following
up the advantage gained, forced it back
uutil the approach was cleared, then
forming a front across the foot-walk, they
prevented the crowd from passing back,
while as many of their number as could
be spared ran toward the scene of the
accident to help in extricating the dead
and saving the living.
An alarm had meanwhile been given at
the bridge entrance’and a’general call for
all hospital ambulances was sent out, and
policemen were hurried over upon the
bridge from their station beside* the City
Hall. The firemen of a hook and ladder
company followed to assist. The
crowd on the foot walk above the steps
was constantly receiving accessions and
still pressing on and over the heap on
the anchorage. The liodies of the dead
and dying lay here so tirmly wedged to
gether that to’ extricate them was next to
impossible. To beat back the crowd was
equally impossible. Relief was possible
only by making room for the crowd to
spread the sideways. It was quick
ly done. Willing ’ hands tore away
the iron railing dividing the footway from
the railroad track on both sides, and
dragged those who were nearest in the
crush through the opening. Room was
made for the policemen to reach the fright
lulheap of human flesh, and the work of
clearing it away began as soou as a por
tion of the obstruction was removed from
tlte steps. The crowd was eased and a
portion was let through to the New Y'ork
station. The rest was forced back until
all the bodies had been taken awoy.,
Along tlte iron fences on the footway, on
the railroad track and on the carriage way
on both sides of the bridge, dead and
wounded were laid. Many were dead
when extricated from the neap. Others
were more or less terribly injured. They
lay six. eight and ten feet deep, those in
the lower tier long dead. Clothes were
torn from the body of more than one in
the attempt to get them out. All were
hatless, many shoeless, and others the
clothes hung In rags. Five women, all
dead and trampled into unshapely masses,
were taken from the bottom of the heap.
t me woman had been seen in the crush
holding a screaming baby above the heads
of the crowd as she herself went down.
Some man near took the baby. It was
not found, and it is said that a man had
been seen carrying a dead baby away, but
the police has' no account of it. Baby’s
clothing scattered about gave evidence
enough that a weak infant had been in the
r *The woman Bridge Officer Richards had
helped to her feet in the beginning of the
crush was saved. Officer Richards also
escaped death by a desperate effort. In
speaking of the occurrence afterwards he
sitid that there was no chance of restoring
order from the first. That the one first
scream was the death knell ol nianj in
that crowd. It grew at once utterly un
cover liable, and so dense that mot ement
of any kind was im]K>ssible. The crowd
forced by the pressure and accession from
the Brooklyn side went over the steps like
a cataract, and once started fell until the
walk lay piled with bodies to the height
of the steps and then went over and fell
down beyond it.
A dead Chinaman, Ah Lo Buig, was
taken from the bottom of the heap.
Carts were pressed into service on the
New Y ork side as soon as they arrived,
and the dead and injured were hurriedly
driven out to the City Hall, where they
were laid in the police station in the base
ment. Ambulances, then arrived and
those who could lie w ere taken to hospitals.
Crowds ol people besieged the station
and ambulances to learn the fate of nuss
in- ones dear to them. There were heart
rending scenes at the police station when
a body was recognized by friends,
\n ample force of .police took posses
sion of the New York entrance as
soon as possible after the accident.
The middle footway was closed to travel
ind the current of those anxious to cross
was turned into the down stream wagon
,r ‘\imarcutlv no measures were token at
the Brooklyn end to stop travel lor a
least a time. <>n the New Y ork approach
thts travel was also diverted from the
f, dtw av and turned into the wagon road.
Instead of decreasing, however, it ftrew
rumors bad it that the bridge had fallen
'wertMu* from
Kotte’s Post, helped five girls from the
tigldiv Tbig’man, appareS^aWr
purpose was to get them down to save
rtvr/n&tt
ft was said that thieves profited byAbe op
£s-s-Isr< jsrei £
U ;.he.ppr<.s*”'rta*B
it was lfterally co t y abandon
clotbingaiKl yiewed
ed iu the strung! • , coming over
with amazement bv l 1 , 0 f t j, e
from Brooklyn who had not hearu oi
disaster. * iRp crush Wni*
where .he aech
dent occurred is a spot in the
structure to persons wto are look
SAVANNAH.. THURSDAY, MAY 31. 1883.
out oTer the scenerv as
lue > pass either way. it is
a certain and most perilous trap.
tai^n Sh j lle the one of yesterday it is
thlv hij d , a,ure !u M ? n - V said to-day that
tioJ J a( J ,eare d such an occurrence at
idtnl lire l *! A 1 t. he Chambers Street Hos
; w.h', ', \ he bodies of twelve of those who
j identified were as follows:
i Smith, aged 45 years, ol No. 42
1 “f:l tree U a car Penter, identified by
■ j e • He was alive when brought
|SI tt 1 ’ H ut died shortly after-
No •!(' m . Rlorda '>. aged 45 years, of
1 i, ®* '^ J Montgomery street, identified by
Tldr-t,? ’ M !l ftie Crawford, aged 33, of
I Street, near Broadway.
i-i fri- 1 th T e Wlfe of Charles Crawford,
clerk. James O’Brien, a-ed 4<i
y, : ars ’ of No Light street. He
was a delivery clerk in the
Comnanv° f I Penns J rlvani a Railroad
;.i?u)re any ’ xr nd leaves a wife and four
tvViv!?"’ Mrs. G. Basoniani, aged thir-
J of No. 302 Plymouth street,
2MP\tta wife of Zacharia Basoni
’ iurkish carpet weaver. Mrs. Em
ma bherwood agetl thirty-live, of Bridge-
MatVn* S n ir Ah Lo Si - n S* aged sixty years.
N, r n a* l , aged thirteen years, of
Ao '. t o Monroe street. Eliza Kaiters,
aged stxty-stx years, of Jersey City. Ba
o %n e Z e TJi a ”* d twenty-two 'years,
ot No. Id) YV ashington avenue. Two men
> ct remain unindentitied.
This evening the Coroner impaneled a
iV. ry wh |C h viewed the bodies of the dead
The inquest was fixed for Saturday. A
et tsetl list (>f the dead and injured, ob
tained shortly before midnight from the
hospitals arid stations, embraced 12 dead
n of whom had been identified, and 26 in
ousHy’ 4B ° me badly and others Jess seri-
ALL tjl’IET IN ILLINOIS.
Tilts Soldiers Blamed and the Strikers
Kc*jidy to Arbitrate.
> Belleville, 111., May 30,-Public
opinion is with the strikers and condemns
the hasty .action of the militia Monday
night. the thirty-two prisoners were
brought up yesterday and released on
their own recognizance. A great crowd
of strikers was present and then paraded
them through the streets. At the inquest
over the body of the slain miner
all the officers testified that the miners
fired the Urst shots, and fifteen witnesses,
five of whom were women, svyore that the
troops tired first. The inquest will lie con
tinued to-morrow. The miners are now
ready to arbitrate, and a committee has
been appointed to consult with the mine
owners. The Governor lias ordered the
militia away from Col. Reinicke’s mine
and twenty Deputy Sheriffs are now on the
guard there.
St. Rons, May 30.—The committee ap
pointed by the Belleville Board of Trade
to consider the relations between the
miners and mine owners in that district
and see what could be done toward a set
tlement of the present difficulties, have
made a report recommending that all rail
road companies carrying coal to St, Louis
furnish copies of the weight of coal pro
duced by band working mines to Charles
Xesbit, President of the Miner’s Union,
on the sth and 20th of eacli month and
that President Xesbit furnish a copy to
each miner that a uniform seven
eighth screen be established at all
hand working mines, and that the owners
of machine mines be allowed to operate
them with reference to the regulations
governing hand mines. The committee
recommend the State Legislature to pro
vide for a committee of arbitration, to
whom all difficulties between mine
owners and miners shall be submitted,
and whose decisions shall he final. These
recommendations are simply what the
miners are contending for. Whether the
mine owners will agree to them is un
known.
No trouble is reported as vet to-day
in any part of the district and there will
probably not be any more.
The two companies of militia at Deca
tur have been ordered in readiness to start
for St. Clair county at a moment’s notice.
The funeral of Win. Anderson, the
miner killed by the military, took place
to-day. Over 1,500 miners attended it.
The inquest was continued to-day. The
testimony was conflicting us to who be
gan the firing. Deputy Sheriff Ragland
stated that he saw a man pointing a re
volver at him and then shots were imme
diately tired.
The Rolling Mill Crisis.
Cincinnati, May 30.—The rolling mill
operatives to-day presented to all the mill
proprietors of tliis district anew scale of
prices, being the same as in June. 1881,
and an advance of fifty cents per ton in
the mills using ore life. In every instance
the scale was rejected, the mill owners
claiming that the operatives are bound
by the contract made in 1881 not to pre
sent a scale of prices but to continue at
the scale in force in June, 1881, until a
scale was agreed on at Pittsburg, There
is no probability that the owners will re
cede.
A Strike Settled.
Chicago, May 30.- The bricklayers and
master builders have agreed to’compro
ntise on $4 per day, and the bricklayers to
make certain changes in the rules of their
organization. Hereafter disputes are to
be arbitrated, and if tlte arbitrators
disagree the matter will be referred to
some United States Judge.
LIVELY TIMES AT ATLANTA.
The City Full of Sensations and Other
Items of Interest.
Atlanta, May 30.—The sensational re
ports about Miss Julia Grady, the Cali
fornia school teacher, as she calls herself,
should be taken with considerable allow
ance. Like Phil Thompson's wife, she
fell through love of strong drink. Her
mysterious companion in the carriage
was probably a colored man.
Assistant Postmaster Nall is confined
to his bed with nervous prostration, and
has not yet made any explanation. Ru
mors are afloat that he may not be able to
make good the shortage, No other person
in the office is implicated. It is inti
mated that Mr. Nall dealt in “futures.”
Ex-United States Marshal YV. H. Smyth
will probably be Mr. Nall’s successor.
Mr. Slough, the railroad passenger
agent who assaulted Mr. Humphreys, an
other agent, was fined $25 and costs in the
City Court to-day.
Six cars of colored people went up to
Marietta to-day to the decoration of
Federal soldiers’ graves. A few Republi
can officials accompanied them.-
The venerable mother of Rev. Dr. Hav
good is still very feeble, and her children
arc all with her in anticipation of her ap
proaching death,
The Alabama editors arrived at noon
to-day, and were met at the depot by tlte
representative of the Morning News,
and Smith Clayton, of the Atlanta Jour
nal, who escorted them to the Kimball
House, where rooms had been provided.
This afternoon carriages were on hand to
take them to Kdgewood and out on Peach
tree street, where they were handsomely
entertained at the residences of Messrs.
Hemphill, Finch and Grady, of the .Con
stitution. To-night they are being greeted
by our leading citizens socially at the
Kimball House, with speeches, lunch and
punch.
Three or four tights occurred here to-day
among well-known citizens, but no serious
damage w as done.
Gov. Smith telegraphs that he will be
here to hold the Railroad Commission's
regular meeting to-morrow.
RallyinK Against Middlemen.
Baltimore. May 30.—A meeting was
held i'J this city toqlad for the organiza
tion of a national association of those en
u-aged in the manufacture and mnnipula,
tion of chemical fertilizers. Col. YV. H.
Trenbolm, of Charleston, S. C., presided.
There were delegates present front Mas
sachusetts. New York, Penttsyvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South t Carolina and Georgia. A
constitution was adopted, providing that
flnly manufacturers and manipulators
can become members. The organization
was not completed, ifiid anbther meeting
will la* held to-morrow. The object, as
stated in the meeting, is to protect the
trade from the oppressive exactions which
exist in some of the States and to protect
the trade from the influence ot middle
men.
General Crpqk’s Victory Scouted.
San Francisco, May 30.—A special
dispatch front Tombstone announces the
arrival of two men front Mexican head
quarters. They report no news received
from Gen. Crook up to the time of their
departure. They considered that if au
engagement had occurred the news slioum
have reached some of the many points
with which communication is regularly
established.
Death from Small-Pox in a Swamp.
YVinniepeg, May. 30.—The body ot a
man found in a swamp near here yester
lav proves to be that of YV. J. Kittson,
son of Commodore fyittson, of St. I aul,
the well-known owner of blooded toes.
Fie had escaped from a hospital Yvhile
suffering with small-pox.
RESTING ON THEIR ARMS
NO MORE FIGHTING TO BE DONE
IN TONQUIN TILL JULY.
The French to Take the Ofl'enaive When
the Reinforcements Arrive—France’s
Need of the Vatican’s Friendship-
Other Events of Interest in Foreign
Climes.
Paris. May 30.—N0 serious fighting is
expected to occur in Tonquin before the
middle of July, when the French will be
ready to take the ottensive. In this city
the most intense interest is manifested
in the present situation, and the
warlike impetuosity of the people is
apparent on even hand. In the cafes and
on the boulevarffs the one topic of conver
sation is the warlike clouds which the
people picture as gatberingon the horizon.
An inspiring evidence that the old time
enthusiasm of the French is not dead is
reported front the Faubourg St. Honore,
where a knot of workingmen in their blue
blouses stood drinking in the words
of the fortunate possessor of a copy
of Le Sou-, who w.as reading a late
dispatch front the seat of war in
Tonquin, which stated that Gen. Bouet
intended to hold his position in the face
of any odds that the Chinese commanders
might hurl against hint. “The old guard
dies but never surrenders,” shouted the
speaker, with a patriotic ilush of pride
lighting up his swarthy features. “Vive
la France,” answered back tiie crowd
in a shout which rolled down the Fau
bourg uutil it lost itself in the drowning
hum of tiie Boulevard des Caprecines. It
is but an incident, but it shows bow little
it would take to fan the country’s love of
glory into a dangerous fire should the
triple alliance or other inimical demon
stration furnish tlte pretext for war.
Rome, May 30. —Le Journal tie Jloine,
commenting on the more friendly attitude
whiclt France has shown recently to
wards the V atiean, says that a rupture
between Franco and the Vatican would
deprive France, in tlte face of the triple
alliance, of a great source of strength.
She must choose between open war with
the Vatican and breaking with atheistical
Radicalism.
The Irish Ouesiion.
Dublin*, May 30.—A meeting of the
Irish National League was held here to
day. Mr. Harrington announced that 380
branches ot the league had been formed.
Mr. Sexton made a speech in which he
referred to the success of the league in
America. Referring to the Pope’s circular
lie declared that the interference of tiie
Pope in the Parnell testimonial indicated
a perilous and untolerable intervention in
the future political course of the Irish
people, but that the priests maintained a
dignified silence, with which he said Mr.
Parnell's udmircrs.ware satisfied.
Mr. Harrington, M. P., proprietor ot
the Kerry Sentinel , which was supressed
last week, has started for Ireland in order
to give the Irish executive an opportunity
for justifying in his person the govern
ment's action in regard to his news
paper.
In the House of Commons this afternoon
a bill empowering the local authorities in
Ireland to improve the dwellings of labor
ers passed its second reading.
Cuba’s Surplus of Silver Hollars.
Havana, May 30.—The confusion aris
ing from the depreciation of Mexican sil
ver dollars is well illustrated by the fact
that at Caibarieu wholesale merchants
receive it at its nominal value, retail mer
chants for 90 cents and the railroad office
tor 80 cents, while at Remedies some take
it for 90 cents and others for 85 cents.
At Cainajuan it passes for eighty-five
cents only. The Mexican siver dollar was
originally imported as a convenient
means ol payingpatrocinadasor ex-slaves
the small wages prescribed for them by
law, but the coin began to be imported so
lavishly tiiat traders are now at a loss
what to do witli it.
Ship Musters in Cuban Courts.
Havana, May 30.—At a meeting on the
23d instant, of the Bureau of the Cuban
Treasury it was resolved to ask the Cap
tain General for the suppression of all
proceedings in the matter of tines im
posed, but still unpaid, on the captains of
steamers and sailing vessels until the
judicial proceedings instituted by some of
the consignees have been decided.
Cuba’s Budget in the Deputies.
Madrid, May 30.—The Cuban budget
was read in the Chamber of Deputies
to-day by Senor Munz de Arce, Minister
of the Colonies. The revenue and expen
diture are estimated at about $35,000,000
each. The surcharge on imported spirits
w ill be raised from 15 to 22 per cent., and
that on export duties will be reduced
from 10 per cent, to 5 per cent.
Peter’s Pence Getting Scarce.
Rome, May 30.—The contributions of
Peter’s pence have continued to decrease
so rapidly during the past few mouths
that an appeal addressed to all the
bishops is being prepared by the Pope,
urging them to aw aken the faithful to the
necessity of providing funds for tiie needs
of the Holy See.
Ecuador’s Civil War.
Guayaquil, May 30.—There was fight
ing on the river, a little above Guayaquil,
tjis morning, between steamers filled
with the contending parties. Little dam
age is reported. There has also been
lighting at Malocomb, a half league off.
Business houses have been closed by the
advice of Dictator Veintemillaer.
Overdank Prisoners Sentenced.
Rome, May 30.—Three of the prisoners
charged with participating in the Over
dank demonstration have been found
guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for
one year and to pay a line ot 500 lire. The
rest have been acquitted.
Yellow Fever Off Halifax.
Halifax, N. S., May 30.—Her Majesty’s
war ship Mallard, which arrived here to
day, had several cases of yellow fever on
board while at Jamaica. She bad the
yellow fiag flying while coming up the
harbor.
Belgium’s Duty on Tobacco.
Brussels, May 30,—The Belgian Gov
ernment lias introduced in the Chamber
of Deputies a bill increasing the import
duties on tobacco to 100 francs per 100
kilos, and the duties on cigars anu cigar
ettes to 30 francs per 100 kilos.
New Guinea not to be Annexed.
London, May 30. —It is reported that
Lord Derby, the Colonial Secretary, will
not give his sanction to the annexation of
New Guinea by (Queensland, but will al
low the establishment ot English stations
ou the coast of that island,
Russia’s Feted Autocrat,
Moscow, May 30.—The Emperor and
Empress to-day received the congratula
tions of the Grand Duchess and ladies of
the court. The Beene at the reception was
very brilliant.
A Rill Passes its Second Reading,
London, May 30.—The government bill
relative to agricultural holdings in Eng
land passed its second reading in the
House of Commons last evening.
EVANS AT HIS POST.
The Collector of Internal Revenue High
ly Pleased.
YY T ashington, May 30.—YY alter Evans,
the new Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue, arrived this evening. He seems very
much pleased w ith his position and thank
ful to the President for appointing him to
it. He lias settled his private business
and says that he will take off his coat and
buckle down to the duties of his office. He
has no opinions at present to express in
regard to the consolidation of internal
revenue districts. He contented himself
to-night by declaring that he Would en
deavor to carry out the policy of the
President in that regard.
The State Department lias received
telegraphic advices via Japan that the
ratifications of the treaty between the
United States and Corea have been ex
changed at the Cotetiu capital. This is
the first treaty between Corea and a
YV estern power, all the preliminaries to
which have been fulfilled.
Drqwqed in a Culvert
Cincinnati, May 30.-Bx-Alderiqan
Jolth tjeiger ami vife vyefe drowned
during the rain storm Holiday night.
They drove into a culvert under a rail
road, and the swollen stream caught them
and bore them away.
YY’hat will Brown's Iron Bitters cure?
It will cure Heart Disease, Paralysis,
Dropsy, Kidney Diseases, Consumption,
Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, and all similar
diseases. Its wonderful curative power
is simply because it purifies and enriches
the blood, thus beginning at the founda
tion,and by building up the system, drives
out all disease. For the peculiar troubles
to which ladies are subject it is invalua
ble. It is the only preparation of iron
that does not color the teeth or cause
headache.
SOLDIERS OF ONE COUNTRY.
The Veterans of Both Armies United on
Decoration Day.
Richmond, Va., May 30.— Decoration
I was observed here by a parade of col
ored military and civic societies, which
proceeded to the National Cemetery below
the city and decorated the soldiers’ graves
w*ith flow*ers. Phil Kearney Post No. 10,
G. A. R., went to Fort Harrison this morn
ing and decorated the graves in the ceme
tery there, and this afternoon, under
escort of Company D, of the First Virginia
Regiment, proceeded to the cemetery near
Richmond, Company D carrying with
them beautiful floral contributions. This
was done in acknowledgment of the
action of Phil. Kearney Post, which
on Confederate Memorial day went to
Hollywood Cemetery with the First Vir
ginia Regiment, and placed a magnificent
monumental floral design on the grave of
General George E. Pickett. Lee Cantp No.
1 Confederate Veterans also formed part
of the escort, and contributed floral offer
ings. The custom house, post office and
banks were closed.
YV ashington, May 30. —Decoration day
was observed here in the usual manner.
All public business was suspended and
the city was comparatively deserted, the
greater part of the population being drawn
to the cemeteries in the suburbs
A procession was formed in the forenoon
composed of the Grand Army Posts and
bands of music, which marched to the
National Cemetery at Arlington, where
the most extensive preparations had been
made for the celebration. The programme
then occupied nearly the entire afternoon,
and included the decoration of the graves
and monuments, music, the reading of a
poem and an oration by Major Lambert,
of Philadelphia.
At the Soldiers Home Cemetery the pro
ceedings were under the charge of Gen
eral Sturgis, Governor of the Home. Gen
erals Sherman. Sturgis and Ayres headed
the Decorating Committee. The proceed
ings here were nearly a counterpart of
those at Arlington, with the addition of a
salute fired-by the Second Artillery.
Services, on a smaller scale, were held
at all tiie cemeteries in the vicinity, w hich
are old enough to have been used for in
terment during the war.
In New York the services began at 7:30
o’clock in the morning. All the banks,
exchanges and public buildings were
Closed, and processions, speeches and
decoration ceremonies have' continued
all day and are in progress to-niglit.
At Cincinnati, Baltimore, Cleveland,
Boston and Chicago the services
were even more impressive titan
in former years. In nearly
every town and city in the North large
enough to have a burying ground services
have been held. The celebration in New
Y’ork was more general than ever before.
President Arthur reviewed the proces
sion front a stand erected in Madison
square. Several members ol the Cabinet
occupied the stand with him, as did also
General Hancock and a number of other
officers of the army and navy.
Petersburg. May 30.—Federal Memo
rial day was observed here by the closing
of the different government offices. This
afternoon the graves of the soldiers buried
in Poplar Grove Cemetery, near this eitv,
and those of the National Cemetery, near
City Point, were decorated with flowers.
A large number of persons participated
in the exercises.
New Orleans, May 30.—The graves in
Chalmett Cemetery were decorated to-day
by the Grand Army oi the Republic Posts
and Committees of the Association of the
Army of Tennessee and the Mexican war
veterans. A heavy rain interfered with
the ceremonies.
MACON’S MILITARY TOURISTS
The 2,000 Miles Which the Volunteers
Will Traverse in Fifteen Days.
Macon, May 30.— The trip of the Macon
Volunteers to Rockford, Illinois, next
month, where they w ill be the guests of
the Janesville Guards and the Rockford
Rifles, of that city. Is the subject of a g jod
deal of comment in local, social and mili
tary circles. The company will take their
departure-front here on Friday the,Bth inst.,
and arrive in Cincinnati early the follow
ing night, remaining there until Sunday
evening and reaching Chicago Monday
morning. The Volunteers will travel in
.their new fatigue uniform until they reaclt
Chicago, where they w ill don their dress
uniform. The new plume the company
has ordered is similar to the old one,
but is taller and of better quality.
After a curtailed stop in the YY'est
ern metropolis the company will
leave the city on a sufficiently early train
to insure their arrival at Rockford at noon
on the same day. On the following Fri
day the company will leave Rockford for
Milwaukee, where they will re
main until YVednesday evening, when
they leave for Chicago. After
three days in Chicago a train will be
taken for Springfield, 111., where twelve
hours will be spent, during which the
company will probably fire a salute at the
tomb of Lincoln. Front Springfield
the journey will be continued to
St. Louis, where the company
will remain front the time of tlieir arri
val, Sunday morning, until the departure
of the Anchor line steamer Monday night
for Memphis. Upon their arrival at Mem
phis Thursday morning, the com
pany will be received by the
famous Chickasaw Guards, Friday night
the company will leave Memphis and Sat
urday noon will see them at Chattanooga,
Tenn., where Lookout Mountain, Mission
ary Ridge and other places of historic in
terest will be visited. Chattanooga w ill be
left Saturday night and Macon reached
Sunday morning, thus making the dura
tion of the trip about fifteen days. The
company will carry sixty men. ’ It is not
improbable, however, that the ranks of
the tourists will be augmented by the
addition of a generous complement
of friends who appreciate the
pleasant opportunities afforded by so rare
an excursion. It is estimated that over
2,000 miles will be traversed. The Rock
ford Rifles were entertained by tiie Vol
unteers in Macon in 1881, and the next
month’s trip is made at the invitation of
the sruests of tw o years ago,
THE TERRIBLE TORNADOES.
Further Report* of Devastation Coming
in from Ohio ami Indiana.
Cincinnati, May 30.— Reports from all
parts of this State and Indiana represent
the storm of Monday night as very severe
and destructive. In the Little Miami
X alley bridges were carried away mid
many houses flooded and unroofed.
In Shelby, Decatur and Bartholomew
counties, Indiana, the destruction of
farms, fences, timber and growing crops
is almost immeasurable.
In Butler county, Ohio, a family near
YVestchester w*ere badly injured by lull
ing walls. A great number of barns w ere
unroofed and tw o or three dwellings wore
demolished*
At Lancaster, Owen county, Indiana,
YY’. B. YVilliams, his wife and children,
and four Craft brothers, were killed by
falling timbers, and several other persons
were injured. Reports from vagieus other
points in Ohio and Indiana state that
high winds and an extraordinary storm
of rain, hail and lightning prevailed.
Indianapolis, May 30.—The news of
the very destructive tornado which pass
ed over the counties of Clay, Owen, John
son and Shelby on Monday evening was
received here to-day. The news did not
reach here sooner because the smaller
towns which suffered the most had no
telegraphic communication. At Clay
City, a town in the southwestern part of
Clay county, the bank of Thompson
Jett A YViltz was unroofed, aiid several
smaller buildings were destroyed. The
storm passed over a part of the town and
destroyed John Croft’s farm house, killing
five initiates, Mrs. Croft and a child, M.
P. Williamson and child, and a young
man named l’heister, who had stopped
there to take refuge. A heavy rfiUt and
hail storm accompanied the wind.
At Fredericksburg, Owen countv, the
path of the cyclone was a utile wide. Great
havoc was made in the town.
Two saw mills and a dozen houses were
destroyed and a large flouring mill wan
unroofed, (’bates Smaltzete store was
badly wrecked affd tpe proprietor was
badly injured,
Flat Rock Y alley, in Shelby county,
suffered front the high winds, which de
stroyed timber, orchards, gardens, fences
and houses, and rendered many of the
roads impassable.
Blown Up by Gunpowder,
(Quebec, May 30.—A frightful accident
occurred at Betchuan, a small village
twenty miles below Point Esquimaux, on
Monday last. Fourteen men who had
just returned front seal fishing were divid
ing two kegs of gunpowder in one of their
houses. One of the men was
and it is supposed that a spark fell in the
powder* The house was blown to atoms,
and two men were carried one hundred
yards. Seven of the party were terribly
i burned, but no one was killed outright,
MAHONE’S DEATH KNELL.
THE VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS CON
FIDENT OP VICTORY.
Returns from the Recent Flection Aus
picious to the Prediction of the State’s
Redemption—Real Ftate Booming in
Washington— Sundays in Summer
Time.
YY" ASHINGTON, May 30.—The Y'irginia
Democrats are just too much elated over
the result of the recent county elections
in that State for any thing. The summary
of the returns certainly does look as if
Mahoneism were on the down grade, and
going at a pretty good speed. The elec
tions were not of national importance, and
would not have been of tndch interest had
it not been that Mahone made the fight on
the ground that the Readjusters so-called
must increase the votes, or at least hold
their own. He was backed, as he said,
“by the whole moral force of the
administration.” The Democrats took up
the gauntlet, and after a very hot tight the
sunt total is twenty-three counties
snatched front Mahoneisnt and a number
ot officers elected in other counties against
Mahone men, while but two or three
hitherto Democratic counties went to
Mahoneisnt. This result certainly gives
reason for joy. The prediction made after
last fall’s political storm that that bliz
zard would tend to the overthrow of Ma
hone seems to have been pretty well sus
tained. The Y'irginia Democrats sav con
fidently that they will after the next gen
eral election have the entire
State once more under their con
trol. Dezendorf, Republican ex-Repre
says that Mahone
will be swept front the field entirely next
time. The election just over has, he sa vs,
broken Malfone’s political backbone, and
he w ill, in the near future, lag superflu
ous on the stage. The Mahone people
continue to bellow that they have lost
nothing. But the figures in the returns
are so much Democratic that their cries
of victory give even them no consolation
while they make the other side laugh. The
defeated Mahone faction differ in this front
John G. Thompson, the Democratic fac
totum of Ohio. Thompson claims every
thing until the votes are counted, and
then accepts what the figures say.
At last there is a prospect of’the com
mencement of work upon anew public
building at Pensacola. Mr. Hill, Super
vising Architect of the Treasury Depart
ment. has received from the United States
District Attorney for Florida through
the Department of Justice a report as
to the validity of title to the small strip of
land adjoining the site of the old public
building, which it is proposed to purchase
for use in constructing the new and larger
building. The report is in effect that the
title is perfectly valid and contains no
flaws. Mr. Hill to-day wrote a letter to
the owner of the property mentioned,
in which he otters to purchase the
strip which is needed and to pay SI,OOO for
it. There is no doubt entertained but that
the offer will be accepted; then plans for
the new building will be commenced, and
actual work w ill be in operation as soon
after the plans are completed as possible.
There are so many public buildings
throughout the country in process of
building, and so many new* ones to be
commenced, that the supervising archi
tect’s office is pretty much behind hand in
the way of completing buildings for which
money lias been appropriated.
The real estate boom iu Washington is
something remarkable. It has been get
ting bigger and bigger for the past three
years. Now* it would seem to be at its height
did it not still get bigger and bigger every
day. Property is sold, bought and ex
changed with a rapidity only limited by
the time necessary to make out the neces
sary papers and conveyances. The prices
realized are big, and they constantly vary,
the tendency of the property handled be
ing upwards. The city is growing to the
southwest and north. The residences have
stretched themselves way beyond where
it was ever thought there would be streets.
UolumbL'T Heights "and YY r ashington
Heights, to the north and northwest re
spectively, are being cut up into lots;
residences are being built on them and
roads laid out and built. Asa rule the
classes of buildings beingerected are very
fine. Most of them are of a highly orna’-
mental order of architecture. How* long
this prosperity in real esta’te and the ac
companying boom to buyers is to continue
no one can tell, of course, But the pres
ent boom seems to be of sub
stantiality. The people who are
buying are in most cases people
buy to hold, and not for speculation.
There are many speculators, of course,
but there is a very heavy substratum of
buyers for holding. There is, therefore,
a very good foundation for a boom and ap
parently not much danger of a dropping
bottom. It is a noticeable fact that a
very large number of members of Con
gress of that class which is pretty certain
to be returned nearly every time are Inn
ing land in the nortli and northwest of the
city and building unto themselves nice
residences.
Y’ery few* people in YV ashington have
even commenced to think of getting away
lor the summer, except tiie more lortii
nate who can go to Europe. Even few* of
this class have left us. They are preapring
to go. It is too pleasant here now to
think of going away. Usually at this
time of the year many folks have gone to
tlte seaside or mountains, many are
going, and many more are thinking of
going. But this year, barring a half dozen
hot days, we have had cool and charming
weather. Why even the excursion steam
ers have just commenced to run their trips
down the river. The people have been
satisfied so lar with walks and drives in
the beautiful countrv which surrounds
them. Every evening the woods are dot
ted with walking parties, and the lteauti
ftil drives are filled with carriages. On
Sundays the woods swarm with pleasant
parties, ranging in number from two to a
dozen. There is a Sunday cus
tom here among the working peo
ple that I do not know to be in
vogue in any other city with which
I ant acquainted. There is a large num
ber of people here who make a living on
wheels. They huckster, peddle, hack
drive, grind cutlery, run express wagons
and do many other things on wheels.
Ou Sundays they put their families in
their vehicles, and taking dinner along,
drive out into the woods—generally going
to Rock Creek—and spend the day there.
They have not far to drive, so their horses
really get a healtiy'ul day’s rest as well
as they. As far as church going is con
cerned YY’ashington is practically a win
ter city. The churches do not get much
patronage during the sumiitop,
Fhe opening of the Brooklyn bridge,
which is suspension, has attracted atten
tion to bridges generally. The YY’ashing
ton newspapers with a local pride born in
that admirable piece of engineering, the
aqueduct bridge over Cabin John’s Creek,
about eight miles front here, are correct
ing other newspapers in their statements
about the length of bridges©! single spans
ovei the world. They claim that Cabin
John’s bridge, which is a single span of
2*20 feet, is* the largest bridge
of that character in the world.
A gentleman at my pIUDV t am
way off it) stqtislies myself—tells me in
imp tiiat the \Vashington papers are
wrong. He has a table about bridges be
fore him, and points out the bridge of a
single span which is the largest in the
w’orld. And, strange, to say, it is not
Cabin John’s Bridge. It is the Foote de
Rialto over the gfatut eauai at Y’enice.
Its span is three hundred feet in the clear,
and it lias upon it two passage ways and
two rows of stores. It would appear front
this tiiat there is really something that
Washington has not got. Potomac.
Bqt and Bali,
Games of base ball w ere played j ester
dav as follows:
At Philadelphia—Morninggames: Phila
delphias 8; Chicagos 15, Athletics 8;
Columbus 5. Afternoon games: Cincin
natis to; Athletics 9. Eleven i MU ings
were played. Phil^plpittas 4; Chicago*
At Baltimore—Morning game: Eclipses
9; Baltimoress.Afternoon game: Eclipses
of Louisville 7; Baltimores 8. Ten innings
were played.
At Trenton, N. J,—Morning game:
Brotyn University 3; Trentons 12. After
aooit game; Brown University 3; Trentons
10,
At Providence —Clevelands 5: Provi
dences 2. Providences 4; Buffalos *2.
At Boston—ln the forenoon, Bostons 3;
Clevelands 1. In the afternoon, Bostons
2; Buffalos 1. Harvards 6; Anthersis 4. *
At Pittsburg—ln the forenoon, Alle
ghanys 10; St. Louis 4. Jn the afternoon,
St. Louis 4; Alleghanys 2. The game was
called on account of darkness.
At New York—Metropolitans 1; Cincin
natis 0.
At Detroit—ln the morning, Detroits 5;
New Yorjfs 2; In the afternoon, New
Y orks 8; Detroits 4.
Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell Dead.
New Y’okk, May 30.—Lieutenant
Colonel YV. G. Mitchell, Acting Adjutant
General of General Hancock’s staff, died
this morning of pneumonia. He had been
$ about a week,
KAYARD AND M’DONALD.
An Eastern Chieftain and u Western
Statesman Speaking Out.
Wilmington, Del., May 23, 1883.
' l >u^,tzer i Ssq., Xetc York:
the more important the question the
greater necessity in dealing with it grave
il and worthilj*, and anything like finesse
or the appearance of tinesee or trick in
dealing with such an issue as a tariff for
revenue of a tariff for the protection of
certain classes of our citizens w ill greatly*
weaken the party resorting to it.
(Quite independent of the economy) to
the treasury and incidental benefit to
American producers and manufacturers
\\ Inch is to-be attected by a higher or low
ct rate ol tarift taxation, is the more pro
found question of political right and
power to lay any public burden upon the
entire people for the benefit, profit or
“protect 1011 ” 0 f private individuals.
Ii this claim be admitted as one of right,
then privileged classes do exist in this
country, and although titles may* not be
allowed by the Constitution, vet all the
advantages and privileges of rank willlbe
obtained without the name.
“I know of no position more impregna
ble, and upon yvhioh it is more important
tor the Democratic party to form its
hues, than that public property cannot
he taken lor private ip*e under any pre
text.
The Constitution of the United States
—and of every one of the States so united
* provides for the taking of private prop
erty for public use only* upon the rendi
tion of “just compensation” to the owner—
but nowhere in this country, and nowhere
yvliere free institutions have recognition
can the sovereign power take public prop
erty for private use, or the private prop
erty of A to be bestowed upon B with or
vvithotit compensation.
The only ground upon yvliich any indi
vidual can be deprived of his property is
to benefit the community, and whenever
such an exigency arises'he must (under
our guarantees) be first justly compen
sated.
The form of the exaction is immaterial
—as much so as the place—and a tax col
lected in the interior, or at a man’s resi
dence, or at the seaport of entry and un
der a tarift law—an excise or a direct tax
latv—it is all the same, and to be justified
must be in the name and for the use of the
Government of the United States.
YVith this principle once laid down, the
rate of taxation will Lie easily measured
by the public exigencies, and such a
spectacle as yvas witnessed at the last
session of Congress—of a handful of men
representing private interests and con
trolling and moulding public latvs of taxa
tion to suit those interests—will never
again be tolerated by honest public senti
ment.
Tiie excise sy*stem can be so arranged,
I am sure, as to do avvav with the army
of spies and agents, and' the detestable
inquisition practiced under present laws.
A tax upon the ascertained capacity* of a
still cau be substituted for the host of
political storekeepers and gaugers and
armed marshals yvho now constitute the
eliiei power ot the ifficlical party in manj*
States. And a sensible reduction of tiie
rate of tax to a true revenue point yvould
accomplish a vast reform and give great
relief.
I am convinced of the serious neces
sity for a change in our civil service sys
tem of removals and appointments.
The tree w’ill grow and bear its natural
fruits, and if we continue to make men’s
salaries and means ol living dependent
solely upon the caprice and favor of the
Executive branch we will see such men
in high office as suit the office-holding
class and not the people, or their interest
or honor. Y’ours sincerely,
T. E. Bayard*
senator m’donald’s views
Indianapolis, May 22,1883,
Joseph Pulitzer, Esq.:
My Dear Sir—l earnestly desire to
see you successful in j*our neyv enter
prise, and am confident that the energy,
enterprise and ability j*ou have displaj*ed
in the other fields of journalism will com
mand success in this large field to yvhicli
you have extended your labors.
YVith us this is the off year: we have no
elections of any kind this fall, and there
is absolutely no political agitation in our
State, except such as arises from being
interested spectators of the political con
flicts in other States. I feel a strong con
viction that the political tides which set
in in favor of the Democratic party last
year will continue until tiie party shall be
t ri ll in phan tly successfu iat the next Presi
dential election.
The tarifi issue connected with the gen
eral subject of revenue reform will neces
sarily be an important question in all
future political contests until it is settled
upon the doctrines of tiie Constitution
and the principle of sound political econ
omy.
YVe may lie some time reaching a solu
tion of the question, but as the public
mind comes to lie enlightened it will not
lie satisfied with any tarifi' tiiat has not
for its leading purpose the raising of reve
nue for the government; nor yvith the de
tails of any tariff law in which the duties
laid upon foreign merchandise shall be
above the revenue point.
YVith my best wishes for your success,
and also for the success of the cause we
both so earnestly support, I am, truly
yours, ,J. E. McDonald.
KILLED BY A WATCHMAN.
A Workingman Found Drunk on Aristo
cratic Ground and Mercilessly Shot.
P.nrdt htoirn, (X. J.) Special, 28th,
Charles Clayton, ajjed twenty-iour
years, an adopted son of Caleb Green, of
Florence, now here, was found last night
in an intoxicated oondition at Burlington,
on the grounds of Mrs. Grubb, mother of
Gen. E. Bind Grubb, the well-known pig
eon-sliooter and Captain of the swell
Philadelphia City Troop, and ordered off
the premises. Not obeying the order,
Jacob Fireng, tho private watchman,
shot him dead, Fireng was committed
to the city prison bj* Coroner Keeler,
of this city, who refused to take bail.
John llugg, a colored servant, discov
ered tiie young man about 10 o'clock and
informed' Fireng, who hastened to the
Grubb grounds, It was very dark and be
carried his lantern with him. He fonnd
the man lying at the foot of the well
known YYHlliam Penn,threw the light into
liis face and ordered him off. YY'hat oc
curred afterwards is told bj* Fireng as
follows:
“The young man rose, and I again or
dered him to get out of the grounds. He
refused to do so, and 1 again ordered him.
He replied by abusing me iu the most
profane and outrageous manner, and, in
attempting to take him off, he struck me a
violent blow, knocking me down.
“1 rose to my feet and again ordered him
on. He defied me and continued to defy
ine. I then fired a shot from my revolver
over liis head to intimidate him, and with
the reasonable supposition that it would
frighten him away, It did not do so, but he
came towards nvp as if again to strike me.
YVlien he was at the distance of perhaps
less than five paces from me, 1 fired again,
and he fell.”
Clayton was a workman employed at
R. I>. YY r ood A Co’s foundry, Florence,
tiiree miles afioye on the river. In com
pany with his half-brother, John Green,
he had been riding around Burlington,
became fearfully drunk, and either fell or
was thrown from the wagon. Only a lew
minutes afterwards he was s&en by Clias.
Hewitt, who says p,e advised the young
man to “lie down and sleep it off.” Mr.
Hewitt describes Clayton as almost help
lessly drunk and incapable of great ag
gression. He was of Might build and not
over five inches in height,
Mayor Bigg, in conversation with a re
porter, was bitter in UU denunciation 0 f
Fireng's act, He said “it was the act of
a great bjg coward who found himself with
a big shooting iron in hand.”
'I he Muvor also insisted that Clayton’s
bodj* was found at a distance of twenty
feet away from the spot where Fireng say s
the man was when he -ays he shot.
i toiling gf a Long Lost Fortnue,
Philadelphia Special , SSth,
While Gustavus Rickerslierg, 14 years
old, was looking for a hail Saturday after
noon in an outhouse in the vard of the
Commercial Hotel, on Market street, he
found a wallet wrapped in a newspaper
and containing $50,000 in bonds of the
Fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit Compapv-
At the office of that company it was
said that the pocketbook and the bonds
were stolen over five years ago from the
office of John Cheyenne, of No, 15 South
Seventh street YVheu stolen there was
S7O in bills in the pocketbook. It is sup
posed that the thief kept the money and
threw the bonds away, though the paper
in which it w as wrapped was dated Janu
ary 11,1883.
At the time of its loss a reward of S3O
was offered lot its return, and young
Rickersbevg was paid that amount to-day.
Haitian and Kennedy Waiting
Point ok Pinks, Mass., May ao.-c. l
Knapp, of the Vesi>er Roat Club of Low
ell, who was chosdn reieree in the Han,
lan Kennedy race, has postpened the race
until to-morrotv, between a and 5 o’clock
owing to rough wafay. The wind at 6:30
o'clock this afternoon was blowup* stift
from the southeast, and it was impossible
for a shell to U\e ip iu
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FIVE LIVES AT ONE FIRE.
LYNCHBURG THE SCENE OE A
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
1 lie Men Buried Beneath the Falling
" al,s ~f Newspaper's Burned Build
ing—The City in Mourning for the
Dead The Bosses Estimated at Over
9300,000.
J.v XCHBL'Rt;, A a., May 30.—The most
disastrous lire that ever visited this city
broke out at 10 o’clock this morning.
Among those burned out are the Daily
Virginian building and fixtures, the Com
mercial Bank, the large hardware estab
lishment of Jones, Watts Bros. & Cos., the
large tobacco manufactory of Flood <fe
l eters, and other business houses. Sev
eral residences were also destroyed. A
strong wind was blowing, and the fire
department was long unable to cope with
the flames. Telegrams were sent to Rich
mond for assistance.
Ihe tire was got under control after
raging two hours and destroying property
to the amount of over *300,000. The loss
j Bros. A Cos. is estimated
at *130,000. I heir insurance is only $32,500.
ihe 1 irgtni<trrt>tikv was totallv destroyed,
the loss is estimated at $30,000, with
insurance of $15,000. Peters & Hood, to
bacco dealers, lose about $50,000, and are
insured for $34,000. A number of small
buildings were destroyed, on which there
was partial insurance, and others were
partly damaged by water and fire,
rive men, Halsey, Gouldman, Police
man James Vaughan, Felix Belde
lore, James Clemens and
( apt. Wm. it. Moore, the last a con
ductor on the Norfolk and Western Rail
road, were buried under the falling walls
ot the Virginian building and killed. It
took several hours of hard work t v re
cover their bodies. The City Council
held a meeting to-night and passed a reso
lution of respect to the dead, and calling
upon the citizens to suspend business to
morrow and attend their funeral.
BLOODHOUNDS ON THK STAGE.
Instead of Pursuing George Harris They
Fight Each Other.
W■ York Sun, 21tth.
An unexpected incident occurred dur
ing the pertormanoe ot -‘Uncle Tom’s
Cabin by Jay Rials Ideal Company at
Haverly’s Iheatre, Brooklyn, last eve
ning. It was in the act in which the Har
ris family make a dash for liberty. The
two bloodhounds which are brought on
the stage to pyrene the fugitives, instead
ot perlorming their part in the plav
jumped at each other’s throats and at
once engaged in a desperate fight on the
stage. The brutes rolled over into the
orchestra, putting the musicians to sud
den tlight and throw ing the audience into
a state ot alarm, many of the ladies
screaming from fright.
L. F. Spencer, who took the part of
“Plnneas Fletcher,” Mr. McConnell, the
manager, and two other members ot the
company jumped off the stage, and, after
a long struggle, succeeded in separatin'*
the bloodhounds, but not before Mr°
Spencer had liis right hand severely bkZ
ten. The dogs were then removed from
the theatre, and will not appear again
during the week. Mr. Spencer was un
able to continue in his part, and Mr. 11. S.
Outfield assumed it during the remainder
of the performance.
The bloodhounds were recently brought
on from Cincinnati, while their regular
keeper, a colored man, was left behind
' esterday afternoon they fought in the
stable in Henry street, where they were
kPt, and they renewed the fight as soon
as they were brought on the stage. The
occurrence created almost a panic in the
large audience.
evidently very insane.
A Woman in a Railway Car Tears Up
Several Hundred Hollars.
I‘ort Jerri* (X. Y.) Special.
A well dressed woman riding on an East
bound train on Saturday was observed to
act strangely. At Oswego she said to
Conductor Writer that she wanted to get
off and take a walk. She alighted, hut
when the trai 11 started she began to run
after it. < omluctor \\ riter stopped the
tiain and induced her to get on hoard as
she had a through ticket to New York.
After she was again settled in the
cai she opened her satchel and began to
tear up her money, destroying several hun
dred dollars before some of the passen
gers interfered. Conductor Salmon, who
took charge of the train at Susipiehanua,
says that she had a double-handful of bills
torn into lals in her satchel. She was
about thirty-five years of age, and hep
name is not known. Her husband ts in
Huron, I>ak., and in a letter which she
showed lie told her to sell the property
where she was living, and either join him
m Dakota, or go wherever she pleased.
Superintendents Murphy and Hill took her
in charge here, and she was placed In the
Homoeopathic Asylum at Middletown.
Dezendorf Interview s Mr. Gre^nam.
Washi?n/ton 28th x
Ex-Representative Dezendorf of Vir
ginia, called upon Postmaster' General
Gresham this afternoon. He was inform
i • i ,e *• ostuiftitev General that if he
desired to address him on the subject of
improper conduct on the part of postmas
ters in \ lrginia lie should do. so directly,
and not through the newspapers; and
that it he had aay charges to make airainst
the 1 ostmaster at Norfolk or elsewhere,
and would formulate them, the depart
ment would take the charges under con
sideration and hear anything that he (Mr
Dezendorf) or any other citizen of Virginia
might wish to say on the subject. The
1 ostmaster General also informed Mr.
Dezendorf that the case of the Postmaster
at Norfolk, against whom*eertain charges ’
had been published, was already in the
hands of the proper officers of the depart
ment, who had been instructed to exam
ine into the case. Mr. Dezendorf, before
leaving the department, expressed him
self entirely Satisfied with the result of
his interview’, and said he would shortly
present sundry charges for the considera
tion of the department
Weather Indication*.
Office chief Signal observer.
'' ashington. D. C., May 30.—Indications
for Thurssday:
In the South Atlantic States, partly
cloud) weather and local rains, winds
mostly westerly, stationary or lower tem
perature and pressure.
An Kxecution Postponed.
\r X tt' V u^ RMJAl t 8 ’ M ' iy :}O -— l,l t.hi ease of
Matt Sims, who was sentenced to be
hanged to-day for complicity in the mur
der of ieneral 1 ucker, tho execution w T as
postponed, the counsel having apiiealed
to the Supreme Court.
A society correspondent makes this note
ol the Brooklyn reception on Bridge dav:
“Colonel Hoebling’s bouse was filled with
bowers, and a supplementary banquet
hall was made of canvas in the garden to
receive a table, which l>ore for its
chief ornament a model of the bridge in
sugar, with sails of ice cream beneath it,
and huge dressed salmon s|>orting in the
waters. The engineer and his devoted
wife received their guests in the front
drawing-room, Colonel Itoebiing looking
hardly equal to the fatigile.”
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