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t >TABLISHED 1850.
UifS WORST CRIME
,;KST RE' •' EU IN THE DE
*' nxllt TRAGEDY.
I 1 irtirul>r> of Ihf Murder and
, i < aafwioa-Varioi Other
General Interest to Kead
, ,ibted in (irorgU and South
. IB Macon has attain
hi .t public intercut in the
t ng Dt* Fooro tragedy. As the
. unparalleled in the <nminal
*-t decade, the follow ing brief
hi icon- incidents attendant
trill 1* read with interest,
nit of July :i. l'T. a young man
. I:\tng on the Chattahoochee,
r u Atlanta, on arising from
t his grand parents. Mr. and
v . who lireil in the house op-
I yet 'tirrmg. This was re
old couple were very ener
urly hours. Moore went over.
and found everything still.
-.< the forms lying perfectly
:, nng drawn over tliei’r
v-k the lied-<iuilt, he saw
!us grandnioi her wa- coin -
tn.m her laxly ami had rolled
i head of the grandfather was
ly by a slight strip of .flesh,
s wa- horribly hackwt. as if it had
■ral limes with a blunt instru-
W .as covered with blood, anil
*d of it on the floor. The lions.*
possession <*t by citizens
a cjtcfiii investigation made.
Vtlanta and the authorities
iuig counties wen- at work
ii the supposed trail of the
W t:id Mnj. De Koorc w ere an
ad settled m this section l
k. .~ had left it. Mr. De Foore
mo't successful of the earlv
i -sil a competency. He was
in > in his house*. An in
ilie morning of the inunier
'he house had been rifled and
• the motive of the crime.
. wvn- noticed about the house,
were placed upon the scent
.rsiung the tracks for nearly
-ran upon a fugitive who had
-If a -trnw pile. Deter
. up. a shivering negro was
■i . was evidently guilty of
- on of the law. He "was
\ : nta. gave his name as Asa
acknowledged that he
k .Mi*. Again he denieil
•he trial came off Gunn
. i. there being against him no
The truth was that Gunn had
. is fore stolen a watermelon
I -re's lot. For this he
.•fti.-ers -ought him, and
cruelty and inhumamtv
•r he was forced into ii
" hhe obtained a little peace.
. ars ago, but the interest in
o r ceased. Yestenlay it was
-oclopmcnts which show that
way- remain hidden Sev
'l ~i-o Jivhason, a colore<i man,
Macon on a trifling charge.
’t of his arrest, lie began
was led into the I>e Foore
ufc*s,si -utolanUally that he
murder the ol*l couple in or
u.-ney. that iie ha*l as accom
- *--t; mger. who worked on the
md Jaiues Brown, who workel
r. >n an appointed night about
o ~ei-—ly entered the house.
- the --Id couple asleep, went
ir work. Urown st.xsl guard,
.mile while salvinger brought
on the throat of Mrs. IK*
nthe far side of the bed,
■ g her head. Just thentheold
'. and he was attacked, lie
, v. ral blows with the axe.
- tin 1 the Iskity. returned tothrir
"<r* tois-ni.eit next morning ill
murderer*. Some tune after
ii>cy thoight 'iispicion would not
. . -l-l them, they left the locality,
and llttrlv have Johnson in
- ' i -er was totindal work on a
- front the city, and lias been
H i kney. of Rome, ha* a remark
- bull which was a year old on
\priU and will weigh seven luin
lli-mother is front a fine Dc
a celebrated Jersey bull that
■i notoriety for his viciousness—so
kilksl hi- owiut.i ..I, suit-,
•unty. several year* since.
Wright has been invited and
.r the anniversary address before
and \ -itors of the Middle tieor
i l Agricultural College, at Mil
• ..,.ii the ft] of July.
-ncttici i. wtioha- resided int am
• (>.*., for over 31 years, recently
F- Aston, t barlton county. lie
ib-riber to the News.
two couple- visit,s) the pienie and
s- Palmvra. ami in the evening re
' b -tei ami got marrie*!. All left
i lb. remotest idea of marrying.
Bead, id Antericus, who is estimated
*axi*k celebrated his einatu-ipa
cersary on Friday by donning the
. he wore on the ‘day of the event.
county boast- a hors,- which is a
I growth of a quarrel Samuel >.
* -,„<t ~is.rge M. 7.,-iglcr a day or two
ling two painful, hut not serious.
Both men are iv-ideut* of Scriven
sjis'r furnished a bond of $730 for
: w ’th intent to murder.
sot TH l A BOLIN A.
rk county has paid hi,lP.* is! on her llrst
Unarm id taxes, ami is ahead of any.
well n hi.ttrJ say - the oat crop will fall
what it was last year; eotton in a
non. corn lutekw ard and neeillng
mp-on. colored. w ho broke into and
hr. \. H. Davega'sstore in Chester in
"I. and then skipped the town, was
* : ..ii last Monday.
•pie of Kdgetield county paid last
. expense- th*’ sum of flt,oN3 7!i.
:..i c .i.nty expense was s.s..V.ij 2s.
. .r it wa- tl'ios! 7i. a difference of
. ,r old child of Sim t halmers, of
' ounty, accidentally shot himself
* :ti a pistol with'which he was
a-i Monday afternoon. IK'atliwas
ine. near ct springs,
civ. is m full operation, running
- i.iy and niglit. The yield of
■ ,ry to the company. Mr. E.
:■> rotd hi* Interest for SiO,OOS.
v J. Mi,-rs has discovered a vein of
. fon hi- land in Chesterfield
li. i,,ii is a string of white flint,
.w ub glittering metal. 11,- lias
•i to purchase mining machinery.
. Bister Hamilton and Moses
. - aped from the jail at Walter
w. i k. were locked together w ith
a chain. It was in the night
cw-aped or they w ould have been
v a V. Mct uUy. Jr., id Aadoios, who
t . , ;-.tntnienl to Annapolis, went
- ks ago and stood a creditable and
examination. He has been assigned
' -.which has lieen ordered on a
a-t of south America, after
■ v;- ricnee ,and uaval service he will
Viu i-.hs amt hegiu the regular
- ' : nnlax afternoon, while a colored
Utck \vdson was returuing to his
iiiiieburg, on the Bull swamp
s on his horse a l-ag of meal ami
t.e had purchased in town, he
■ near the oM graveyard by two
n n lined 1 hance Berwick and
,n. knocked from his horse, anil
tten. lb-rwick and Wilson were
md klget in jail,
ng with some other children
• oo’ on Mrs. J. B. Mickle's
•ii* • o.nty, on last Saturday , a
i- *ut s years or age was carried
• og wheel which moves the
.. and her bead was taken under a
ii. 1 her neck was broken, she
a lamuse tar two. The two boys
tfi l*er were engaged in pushing
iround, causing the cog wncels to
• ion. resulting in the death as
says:“The frost of the
! will be a memorable one. It will
T n,. [.erhai**, Indore another comes
M ter flie- were kept going all *lay
■5 : I. Farmers ro*te into town
'unioned around them. la
; firx-s m the eotton fields to warm
were dioppiitg cotton —a thing not
’i thi- section. Men plowed with
.Honed around them. In many
ares and twigs of the persimmon
In bottom lands the frost was as
- -ecu la winter.
Being at f-oulsville.
u.t.K, June *.—To-day’s events
a k r* sultedas follows:
Itn k- For a purse of s3<xl, di
and one-uixkeewth Miles. Kar
as first, Joe Stark second and
third. The time was I:stiJ 4 '.
ah Race—For the Fleetwood
■ - ■*r ti-year olds: fi* entrance;
' ; and: divided; mile heats.
1 1
1 2
V t -,i . f . ;t 3
' .• I:4 S V. .
* it.ii Race—For a purseofffk); threo
- of mile. Roy Scluke first, Carson
i- 'adit* McNairy third. The time
f -hi K ace— Kennesaw selling
bikes for all ages, added,
: -elling allowances: one mile,
,v u was first, Pearl Thorn second
I "ft t*atherer third. The time was
ft Rack-For the club purse of
* ••*bled; Tor Malden lane two-year
. naif mil,*. Billy Gilmore was first,
F.ight second and Great Toni third.
* “* tin** w as 5t
A Norfolk Blaze.
N ‘tttLK, Va„ June 4.—Fire to-night
’ 1 ;.'**•! Whitehurst & Hunter’s sash
’' i or establishment. The loss is
riios. Allen, Savaiiiatli- Ha., 6ays:
“ cured of dyspasia of many years
ini g by using Brown’s Irou Bitters.’’
— mu -
SCARBORO AND SCRIVEN.
A Correspondent Writes of Town and
County Prosperity.
Sc Ait Boro, Ga., June 2.—lt has often
teen our pleasure to read occasional let
ters in your very popular journal from
the county of Scriven, but of late we have
not seen any, and with your permission
will write you of her recent prosperity
and present well doing.
I arming of almost everv description i3
the leading pursuit, but saw mills, tur
pentine farms and merchandizing are
prominent and profitable elements of
business with many of our citizens. Cot
ton is now, as it ever has been, the lead
ing article of produce, but for the last two
years it has greatly fallen off in average
as w ell as yield. Watermelons, peaches
and other fruits for market, with corn,
oats and sugar cane lor home consump
tion. are the principal products where the
fleecy staple has declined. As accurately
as we can learn the average percentage
in the county stands as follows: Cotton
•>O, corn 25, oats 10, melons a, with the
remaining 10 per eent. in other fruits and
vegetables.
The yield of cotton last year was about
9,000 bales, with the use of about $60,000
worth of commercial fertilizers. Corn
luui other necessary articles of consumi>-
tion were grown in abundance, and as a
general rule all industrious farmers are
out of debt and well to do. The present
growing crop, though about ten days
later than that of last vear, is in line con
dition and growing beautifully. The sea
sons so far have not lieen unfavorable
and a rich and bountiful harvest is al
most assured. Field labor, as a general
thing, has not been plentiful, the
sable race seeking the more remunerative
employment ot the manufactures of lutn
ler and naval stores. These latter indus
tries are the most flourishing of our coun
ty. Men who started them but a few years
since, with little capital, nave now ati
almost unlimited credit, and are other
wise strong in financial matters. Amon *
some of these we might mention the
>harf*e Brothers, near this place, and
Messrs. Bowie, Rolierts & Cos., on the
bavannah river. The prohibition law
lias long lieen established in
our county and indeed peace
and prosperity greet the eye on every side.
The season for picnics and fishing parties
has fairly set in. The favored resorts on
the river banks and in the woodland
groves are constant scenes of mirth and
festivity. The brave and the fair, from
country and village, assemble alike to
gether, and joy and glee know no bounds.
From the noise of the music and skip of the
dancers the gallant lad and confiding lass
stroll in the distance, there to indulge
the communion of their kindred spirits
and, hid from the gaze of companions,
‘•blush unseen.’’
Now;, of our immediate little village,
we will speak a word and close. It
was founded manv years ago in
the infancy of our State,' and named in
honor of a Mr. Scarborough, the then pro
prietor of the place, and a near relative
of a gentleman by that name, who was
one of the principal owners of the steam
ship Savannah, the first that ever crossed
the Atlantic.
Always prosperous, it has ever been the
centre of attraction for the sociability and
fashion of the surrounding country. The
sale of liuuor has, with' a few exceptions,
ever been prohibited, and for morality and
refinement it stands almost without a
peer in the State. .Many gifted voting
men have gone forth front the halls of our
llik'li School, and now hold positions of
trust and honor in the various cities and
tow ns of Georgia. This reminds us of the
fact that a highly talented author ol one
of the Morning News’ serials spent his
last school days here. It. W. L.
THE Oil, BFHBLE.
A TerrilH* Fight Between the Bulls and
Bears.
Sew York SjMietll, Ut.
l lie oil market was again very excited
to-day, but after 12 o’clock it showed signs
of being top-heavy, and was quite irregu
lar. The sales were not quite so large as
yesterday, when 7,288,000 barrels were
dealt in, as the official figures to-day show,
but the total sales to-day will foot up at
least 650,000 barrels. The market
opened at 121 'j, or the closing price of
yesterday. The bulls had everything their
own wav and whooped the "price up to
124,V<. at noon. The Pittsburg and Oil City
markets then wavered, and in a few
minutes the brokers began to hand about
dispatches from the former city, which
said Balltown well No. 2 had begun to
flow largely. The. bear traders immedi
ately liegan to hammer, and, following
the Western markets, the price dropped
u> $1 18m. The story that James 11.
Keene had sold 750,000 barrels of oil
during the first two hours ot business
was freely circulated. The drop of
i>% c. was so sudden as to take away the
breath of the bulls. Their customers
crowded into the lobby, and for five min
utes everybody was selling, but the mar
ket rallied as suddenlv as it had fallen;
$1 ism, j; *f| l!>i<i.‘sl
the figures displayed almost as fast as
they could Ik? marked by the indicator.
When the last price was reached the bull
brokers gave a yell of exultation, and the
men who were clamoring to sell a moment
before were now buying again. Up the
prices went. New York now leading the
West, and after a slight reaction the
market became steady at about sl 2l.
During the afternoon the figures ranged
letween $1 '’V4 and $1 18% after boards.
At the Hoffman House to-night the first
sale was sllß%. The transactions were
not so heavy as last night, as many bro
kers, fatigued by the labors of the week,
were not able to be present. At midnight
there were some dealings at $1 19@119%.
The market showed strength and w eak
ness to-dav. It was a terrifie battle,
with the odds slightly in favor of the
bears.
Failures in Business.
Pittsburg, Pa.. June 4. —The Grafton
Iron Company, of Leetonia, Ohio, has fail
ed. The liabilities are about $600,000.
Two large concerns in Pittsburg—Graft,
Bennett A. Co..iron manufacturers arnffur
nace men, and Robinson Rea, are stock
holders in the first named corporation.
Their solvency is undoubted; all rumors
to the contrary disregarded. The fact is
that their owii indebtedness would have
to be paid before anv claims on the score
of Grafton & Cos. could eome u|ion them.
Both firms are extensive concerns, and
have always been managed with the most
conservative view.
The Elba Iron AYorks have also lieen
mentioned as lieing in trouble, but the
correspondent of the Associated Press is
informed bv an undoubted authority that
there is no foundation for the report.
Havana, Jane 4.— Zorrima & Cos., the
bankers who suspended payment a few'
davs ago, have issued a circular an
nouncing the liquidation of their business.
Weather Indications.
Office chief signal observer,
Washington, D. 0., June 4.— lndications
for Tuesday: . „
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
occasional rains, partly cloud} .weather,
easterly to southerly winds, stationary or
slight rise in temperature, stationary or
lower pressure. . _ . . ,
In the Middle Atlantic States, local
rains, partly cloudy weather, southeast to
southwest winds, stationary or slight tall
in tempeAture, higher barometer in
northern jiortions, stationary or lower ba
rometer in southern portions.
In Tennessee and the Ohio \ alle>, part
ly cloudy woather and rain, easterly to
southerly winds, lower barometer, sta
tionary or slight rise ic temperature.
Au Escape Frustrated.
At BURN, N. Y., June 4.—At 1:20
o’clock this morning two convicts got out
of their cells in the prison here. The
guard on the gallery above saw a shadow
oh the wall and tired. The convicts re
turned two shots from a revolver and ran
to their cells, where they were found to
be in possession of a revolver, jimmies,
saw sand other implements. Their names
are Elton Bowen, who is undergoing a
sentence of twenty yean, for rape com
mitted in Onondaga county, and Henry
Rogers, who is serving twelve years tor
burglary in Tioga county. The exit from
was made by drilling oil the
local bars on the door. No one was hurt.
Death Dealt to Desperadoes.
Vti xntic I**. June 4.-Frank Brown
and John Anderson, two deß^|; l l and “T 1
members of what is known as the rok
ed creek gang,” pursued acourseot.n
timidation in the town of Wista for three
hours on Sunday, firing revolvers promis
cuously and creating other disturbance.
Thev were finally met by an armed body
of citizens, who opsned fire, shooting An
derson dead and fatally wounding Brown.
Dead.
London, June 4— The Earl of West
meath is dead.
Strength for Mind and Body.
There is more strength in a bottle of
Parker's Ginger Tonic than in a bushel of
malt or a gallon of milk. This explains
whv invalids find it such a wonderful lti
vigorant for mind and body •
PLEASANT’S BAD BOND.
THE OLD WOLF DRESSED IN
SHEEPS CLOTHING.
Judge McCay Approves the Rejected In
strument Under a MUapprehenston-
Necretary Folger’s Action iu Doubt-
Speer and Longstreet Striving to Se
cure the Prize.
Washington, June 4.—A new jigger
on a (fairs has lieen turned in connection
with the Internal Revenue Collectorship
at Savannah. A private telegram received
here yesterday stated that Judge McCay,
while at Savannah, had approved Pleas
ant's bond. Such a bond as that of Pleas
ant s has to be either approved by the
P,IV/i i? V Attorn ‘‘,- v or the Judge in' that
jurisdiction, and then finally approved
by the Secretary of the Treasury. Pleas
ant s bond, as approved by Judge McCay,
was to-dav received by the Internal Reve
nue Bureau. To say that its reception
created a surprise would be but to express
it very mildly. It was known that Dar
nell, the District Attorney, had twice re
jected the bond, and that his rejec
tion yvas in keeping with the re
ports on the subject which have
lieen made by the Internal Revenue
officers. The fact that Judge McCay ap
proved a bond which had been rejected by
Darnell twice, was credited to the influ.
ence of Emory Speer, who has lieen to Sa
vannah recently in the interest of Pleas
ant or W hi to, as against Gen. Longstreet’s
recommendation of Wimberly. When
Speer and his colleagues saw that their in
dorsement of White to succeed Pleasant
would not avail on account of that rebate
business they busied themselves to secure
Pleasant's retention. Thev got their work
in upon Judge McCay and succeeded in
inducing him to approve a bond which
hail twice lieen rejected bv the District
Attorney, Darnell. The bond which was
received to-day is the same old
thing. It will be referred to
Secretary of the Treasury.
It will carry with it the report of the oflT
c.-rs of the Internal Revenue Bureau, who
will say that the bond of Pleasant has
lieen rejected both by them and by the
Secretary of the Treasury, and thev do
not see whv it should be now accepted be
cause a United States District Judge
lias, under a misapprehension, approved
it. Secretary Folger will return to-mor
row from New York. What action he
w ill take there is, of course, now nothing
to predicate a prediction upon. Mr.
Phillips, the President’s private secretary,
to-day told me that during his stay in
New A ork the President had received a
telegram warmly and earnestly recom
mending Wimberly as Pleasant’s succes
sor. That telegram was signed as fol
lows: T. F. Johnson, S. A. Darnell, R.
D. Locke, E. C. Wade, L. McLaws and
David Porter.
The Civil Service Commissioners held
a meeting to-day at which a num
ber of questions of detail relating to
the examination ot candidates for places
in the civil service, and to the appli
cation of the new rules governing
appointments were discussed. The most
important of the questions was what
meaning should be given to the words
“one family” in that clause of the civil
service reform bill w hich provides that
when two persons of one family are em
ployed in the civil service of the govern
ment no other member ol that family shall
lie eligible to appointment. As the Com
missioners do not care to examine
persons who are ineligible they wish
to have this* question definitely settled,
and will ask the opinion of the Attorney
General upon it. They desire to know
whether one family means only parents
and their children, or whether, taking
into consideration the intent of the law,
which was plainly a prevention of ne
potism, the prohibition is to be under
stood as extending to nephews and nieces,
brothers and sisters, grand children,
cousins, and the relatives by marriage of
persons holding places in the civil ser
vice.
The Mexican mail service from New
Orleans and Galveston has been resumed.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
I’rogress of tlie Warfare Between tlie
Two for Wages.
Chicago, June 4.—The drivers and con
ductors of the State Street Cable Railway
line to the number of one thousand quit
work at noon to-day owing to a reduction
of wages ordered by the company. A few
cars of the State Street line are being
operated by new men, but the remaining
three lines have been abandoned.
The Calumet Iron and Steel Company’s
works at South Chicago, \yhich have been
closed for several days debating the
Pittsburg scUedule, started again this
morning with half the usual force.
Cincinnati, June 4. —The thirty-first
annual meeting of the International Typo
graphical Union of the United States and
Canada began here this morning. No
business was transacted. The afternoon
was sjient in visiting points of interest
about the city.
Boston, June 4. —A special dispatch
from Blacustone, Mass., says that the
strike of the speeder tenders at the Black
stone Cotton Mill this morning caused
the shutting down of the machinery and
the throwing of B<X> operatives out of em
ployment.
Providence, It. 1., June 4.—Notice
has been posted in the Lippet woolen
mill at Woonsocket announcing that the
mill w ill close on the 16th for an indefinite
period. It is reported that Evans & Sea
grave, at Waterford, Massachusetts, will
shut down about the same time.
Pittsburg, June 4.—The tin plate
manufacturers of the United States met
to-day and organized the American Tin
Plate Association. The object of the
association is to introduce, foster and de
velop the tin plate industry, and to en
deavor to have such laws enacted as will
afford adequate protection to the trade.
Montreal, June 4.—The ship laborers
have passed a resolution requiring mem
bers of their association to charge double
wages while employed by owners of steam
cranes.
Private Carriers Unconstitutional.
New York, June 4.—ln the action of
Mary Blackhant, proprietor of Boyd's
City Dispatch, who employs about fifty
carriers collecting and delivering letters
in this city, against Postmaster General
Gresham," I’ostmaster Pearson, Special
Inspector Louis and others, for an in
junction to restrain the defendants from
interfering with her business, the Judge,
Wallace, in the United States Circuit
Court to-dav, denied a motion for an in
junction. In his decision Judge Wallace
holds that the routes of post office letter
carriers are postal routes, and that the
establishment ot a private conveyance
for letters or packets over them is in vio
lation of the statutes of the law declaring
that such establishment of private postal
deliveries is held unconstitutional.
Louisville’s Statue to Taylor.
Louisville, June 4. —In about one
month a marble statue of General Z.
Tavlor will be unveiled at bis grave,
eigiit miles from this city. All survivors
of the Mexican war are to be invited to
the ceremonies. General Thomas L.
Crittenden, who served on the staff of
General Taylor in Mexico, lias been in
vited to deliver an oration, but no response
has yet been received. Yesterday General
Taylor, w ho is a near relative of President
Taylor, invited General Grant to attend
the unveiling. The ex-President said that
he would be present if possible. The
exact day of the ceremonies cannot Ik?
fixed, as the statue has not yet arrived
from Italy.
Texan Gamesters Inflicted.
Bt. Lous, May 4.—A dispatch from
Austin, Texas, says: “The grand Jury
has indicted from forty to fifty members
of the Legislature for gambling. Quite a
number of those indicted have left money
with counsel to plead guilty and pay a
minimum rather than go to trial m a
court.” , ,
Another dispatch from the same place
savs that someone entered the County
Clerk’s office Saturday and stole all the
indictments returned by the grand jury
for violation of the gambling law, includ
ing those against members of the Legisla
ture. There is no clue to the thief, but
sporting circles are greatly elated.
Over a New Line for the First Time.
Knoxville, Tenn., June 4.—The first
through train from Louisville over the
new line of road arrived in Knoxville this
morning at 9:35 o'clock. Hunting the
whole distance of 265 miles >" hour ß *
The train brought the officials ol the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It
was met at the depot by several thousand
neoule. The excursion passed on through
to Charleston, S. C. Trains will run regti
larly from this dato between Louis> llle
and Knoxville. ~
It Seems to Satisfy
k. family want, and I wonder how we ever
got along without Parker’s Ginger Tonic,
It cured me of nervous prostration, and 1
1 have used it since for all sorts of coni;
plaiuts iu our family. Mrs. Jtnes, Albany
SAVANNAH. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1883.
MURDER AT A FERRY.
The Tragic Ending of a Forgotten Flo
ridian Quarrel.
Live Oak, June 4.—Granville W. Burk
shot and killed Henry Madison last Sat
urday evening, on the west side of the Su
wannee river, at a lerry landing opposite
Branford,jthe present terminus of the Live
Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Rail
road. This seems to have been one of the
most cold-blooded murders ever known in
the annals of the State. A reliable gen
tleman who was at Branford at the time
of the murder, has given the par
ticulars as near as he could
procure them at the time. Tne parties,
both white men, lived at Branford. Madi
son was engaged in keeping the ferry on
the river and Burk sometimes worked
at the carpenter's trade, but spent most
of his time in drunken dissipation. Sev
eral days ago Burk entered a store house,
in part of which the owner's family re
sided. and demanded to see the proprie
tor, who was not present, and made dire
threats of violence against him. 011 not
not seeing the man lie wanted, he turned
and commenced cursing and abusing his
wife. At this time Henry Madison,
who was present iu the house, took
up a chair and beat Burk out of the house
with it. After this he made some threats
against Madison, but upon the interces
sion of the citizens he acknowledged that
he deserved all the punishment he had
received from Madison and made friends
with him, promising to let the matter
drop.
But 011 the evening referred to, Burk
borrowed a double-barrel shot-gun from
one of the citizens of the town for the
avowed purpose of fire hunting on the
opposite side ot the river that night.
Then goinir to the river Madison
set_ him across, and on their
arrival there Madison readily
promised, at Burk’s request, to leave it
boat on that side, so he might cross back
at any time that night, if he wished to do
so. Burk then walked up the bank to
where a gentleman was waiting for a
friend, and conversed with him until
Madison returned to this side and took
over another passenger. He then present
ed his gun and fired, the ball taking effect
in Madison's back, between his shoulders.
He then fffil forward into the river, and
the murderer turned away and took to the
woods. The body of Madison was soon
after recovered, and a posse set out in
pursuit of Burk, hut, night coming 011,
no traces of him could lie found.
Bunk is the son of the old counterfleiter
of Mexican silver dollars so extensively
circulated through* Georgia and other
States before the war. There is no further
information of the murderer up to this
Writing. -
NALIAS DEFICIT PAID.
Postmaster Qpnlcy Takes the Money
Out of liis Own Pocket.
Atlanta, Ga., June 4. —Major W. H.
Smyth has accepted the position of As
sistant Postmaster in place of Mr. Nall.
Postmaster Conley has paid the amount
due from Mr. Nall to the government. Mr.
Conley is all right, and the reports ol his
removal are sensational. He has lieen
honest, faithlul and laborious, and there
is no cause to change him now.
The colored military from various States
are in convention hereby delegates. There
are also companies from Charleston, S.
C., ltome, Columbus and Marietta. They
will he reviewed by Governor McDaniel.
Col. W. 11. Burge, of St. Louis, is Presi
dent of the convention, and General J.C.
Clawson, of South Carolina, will com
mand the parade to-morrow. A prize
drill will be held at McPherson Barracks
in the afternoon and at night. An excur
sion will he made to Macon, where they
will parade and picnic Wednesday. The
crowd is not as big as was expected.
A RAILROAD'S DEBTS.
Two Jiiflgnifiita Secured Against tlie
Philadelphia anil Beading Company.
Philadelphia, June 4.—Two judg
ments were entered to-day against the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany, in the Court of Common
Pleas, on account of the overdue
interest on the 7 percent, loan of 1873.
Tlie first judgment was for want of a suffi
cient affidavit for defense to the suit of
W. J. McLaughlin fc Cos., upon eighty-four
coupons clue July 1, 1881, and January 1,
ISS3. The coupons were for $35 each.'
After obtaining judgment, the counsel
for the plaintiffs issued from the Prothon
otary’s office a writ of execution and a
writ attaching the company’s account in
the National Bank. The" petition (will
probably be entered by the company for a
stay of execution lor cine year.
The other judgment was upon about
twelve coupons, and was obtained by
counsel representing Towne & Tate. Upon
this judgment, however, no execution has
been issued.
WAR CLOUDS IN EUROI’E.
Von Moltke Studying How to Invade
Southern France.
Paris, June 4.—General Wimpffen, of
the French army, in a letter to the Ecene
ment, says that the objects of Count A on
Moltke’s tour recently In Italy was to
study the best route for an invasion of
Southern France.
London, May 4.—ln the House of
CommonSj this afternoon, Lord Edmund
Fitzmaunce, Under Foreign Secretary,
stated that the commanders of the men-cif
war Dryad and Dragon, now in Madas
cagan waters, have been instructed to con
sult as to what measures were necessary
to lie taken to protect the laws and prop
erty of British subjects in Madagascar.
Nihilism in Russia.
London, June 4.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from St.
Petersburg says that the secret inquiry
into the riot which occurred in the streets
of St. Petersburg last Monday evening
shows that it was instigated by Nihilist^.
The Pall Mall Gazette to-day publishes
another portion of the letter front the
Russian Nihilist Stepniak, in which he
declares that a widespread society exists
in the Russian army composed exclusive
ly of officers, including numerous Colonels
of regiments. In regard to the present
quiescence ol Nihilists, he says that it
would be foolish to attempt to revolt
when the enemy are most on the alert.
An attempt to assassinate the Czar might
still form the beginning of a revolt coup
d'etat, but such an attempt of itself, he
says, is no longer of*importance,
Moscow, June 4. —The Emperor and
Empress drove to Sokolniki to-day to at
tend the midday fete. Thev were" not ac
companied by an escort. The municipal
authorities of Moscow will give a grand
breakfast at Sokolniki to the foreign
newspaper correspondents who attended
the coronation.
Suez’s Second Canal.
Paris, June 4.— At a meeting of the
Suez Canal Company to-day, a proposal
made by the Count De Lcsseps to examine
into the project for the construction of a
second canal across the isthmus, was
adopted unanimously. M. De Lesseps as
sured the meeting that the English di
rectors were giving loyal assistance, and
prophesied that another canal could be
built. Count De Lesseps also stated that
the improvements now being made
at a cost of 30,000,000 of francs
would suffice for a traffic
of ten million tons yearly. The company
had a year ago decided to undertake the
building of a second route. They could
accomplish this within the limits of their
own lands, but could do the work much
more rapidly and conveniently if the
Egyptian Government would grant afresh
concession. He said that negotiations for
obtaining the aid of England in this ob
ject were" proceeding favorably.
Spain’s Treaty VVitfi Chili.
Madrid, June 4.—A11 official telegram
lias been received stating that the last
obstacle to the conclusion of the treaty
between Spain and Chili has been remov
ed. The Marquis De la Vega de Armijo,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has informed
the Senate that he believed that the treaty
has already lieen signed, and that its con
ditions are honorable to both countries.
One of Garibaldi's Decrees.
Rome, June 4.—ln execution of the de
cree, issued by Garibaldi when Dictator,
the Chamber of Deputies has approved
the bill providing that 800,006 lire be annu
ally included in the budget to compensate
the families ruined by pillage by the hand
of the border troops iu the v’ears 1849-
iaio.
When you sufl'er from dyspepsia, heart
burn, malarial afl'ections, kidney disease,
liver complaint, and other wasting dis
eases. When you wish to enrich the blood
and purify the system generally. When
you wish to remove all feeling of weakness,
weariness, lack of energy, try a bottle of
Brown’s Jron Bitters and see "bow greatly
it w ill l*e|iefit you. It surpasses all known
remedies as au enrieher of tfie blfiO?) anti
a perfect regulator of the various bodily
fuuctious. Ask your druggist.
CAREY EXILED FROM ERIN
ALL OF THE INFORMERS TO BE
BANISHED.
The Extradition Proceedings Collapsing
—Davitt, Haley and Quinn Set Free -
Conspiracy in Tipperary—Harrington
Arraigned—McCoon Deserts the Par
iieHites.
Dublin, June 4.—. lames Carey and the
other informers, who testified at the trials
here of the Phoenix Park murderers, have
been notified that they must indicate the
places out of the country to whieh they
wish to be sent. Carey, in reply, pro
tested that he would remain iu Dublin
but the authorities pointed out to him that
he would receive no police protection,
and that on no condition would he be
allowed to femain in Ireland. It Is in
ferred from this action that the extradi
tion proceedings in the eases of Walsh,
Sheridan and Tynan are collapsing.
Davitt, Healy and Quinn were released
from Kilmainham jail at 1:30 o’clock this
afternoon. The men look well. The
time they were to be released was not in
timated before hand and there was no
ovation to them.
The existence of a conspiracy to mur
der at Carriek-on-Suir, count v Tipperarv,
has been discovered. It is expected that
a number f arrests will follow the dis
covery.
Edward Harrington, editor of the
Kerry Sentinel, was arraigned in court at
Tralee to-day. lie admitted that the
placard requesting nersons who desired
to join the Invincibles te attend a meet
ing, was printed in the office of the Sen
tinel, but declared that the work was
done without his knowledge.
Archbishop Croke, in his address at
Tipperary yesterday, said that he would
not be aide for many reasons to accept
any more addresses during his visitation
of his archdiocese, or to participate in
any popular demonstrations.
London, May 4.—Mr. McCoan, member
ol Parliament for Wicklow, in a letter to
Mr. Parnell informing him of his with
drawal from the Parnellite party, savs
that his reason for severing his connec
tion with the party, besides his offense at
Parnell’s action in his (MeCoan’s) affair
with Mr. O’lvelly, is that its aims and
methods have long ceased to he those to
which he subscribed three years ago. He
cannot, therefore, conscientiously remain
in it. Mr. McCoan bus also written a
letter to Freeman's Journal, of Dublin, re
garding his withdrawal from the Parnellite
Pprty. In it he says that the aims of
four or five gentlemen who obviously form
Mr. Parnell’s baud, have long developed
beyond the policy of honest land reform
and federal home rule. In continuing, he
says that he cannot continue to maintain
even a nominal relation with veiled com
munism and rebellion. He asserts that
there are other men in the party who
think as he does, but they are cowed by
fear for their seats in the" House of Com
mons, which is hard to understand in hon
est men. Mr. McCoan says that he will
not shrink from risking the judgment of
his constituents on his action.
In the murder conspiracy case four
men, two named Faherty and two named
Donnelly and Connelly, have been com
mitted for a year on a charge of having
murdered Constable Kavanagh and a man
named Lydens. Five other men named
Lydens were committed on charges of
treason, felony and conspiracy to murder.
Pacific Railroads.
Washington Special, Ist.
A Treasury Department official said to
the Republican's correspondent to-day:
“There is a feature of the monthly public
debt statement which appears not to at
tract much attention at present; but
mark my prediction, it will, by and by,
become the subject of very serious discus
sion. It is that part of the statement
relating to the indebtedness of the Pacific
railroads. It is called nominally the
indebtedness of these roads, but practi
cally it is the indebtedness of
the United States. Look at it a moment,
ment. There are outstanding $4,000,000
of 0 per cent bonds, which were issued
to six roads; nearly $26,000,000 to the
Central Paeifin; over $27,000,000 to the
Union Pacific; $6,300,000 to the Kansas
Pacific: $1,600,000 to the Central branch
of the Union Pacific; nearly $2,000,000
to tlie Western Pacific, and $1,600,000
to the Sioux City and Pacific. You
will see that according to the debt state
ment issued to-day the government
has already paid fifty-seven millions of
interest on these bonds. These compa
nies have paid to the government in the
shape of transportation services $16,700,-
000. Deducting this amount from inter
est paid by the government, and there is
left nearly $40,000,000, whieh, added to
the principal of the kinds, make a total
of $104,000,000, representing the indebt
edness of these companies, and
ten years from now. when these bonds
become due, this indebtedness will have
increased to at least $125,000,000. The in
debtedness lias been increased over $2,-
300,(MX) since the beginning of the present
fiscal year in spite of the Thurman sink
ing-fund act. If y r ou will compare this
last debt statement with that issued
the first of last January you will
see that these companies’ have not
paid a single dollar into the Trea
sury* during the present fiscal year
on account of tlte five per cent, net earn
ings, and the amount credited to them
during the year for transportation service
is only $1,554,000. Now the annual inter
est on the bonds is nearly $4,000,000. Isn’t
it high time that the statesmen in Congress
should begin to consider what they are go
ing to do with this indebtedness? It is
extremely improbable that the managers
of these roads will be ready or willing ten
years from now to hand over to the gov
ernment $125,000,000. I am inclined to
think that the people will begin to won
der why and by why the Thurman sink
ing fund act is not made stiller and more
effective.”
Bat and Ball.
Games of base ball were played yester
day as follows:
At New York—New Yorks 2; Chica
gos 5. Eclipses 7: Metropolitans 4.
At Richmond—Richmonds 18; Wash
ingtons 2,
At Boston—Bostons 2; Clevelands 0.
At Pittsburg—Cincinnati 12; Alleghe
ny’s 8.
At Philadelphia—Athletics 8; Colum
bus 2. Detroits 10; Philadelphian 3.
At Harrisburg—Quicksteps 2; llarris
burgs 12.
At Providence—Providences 5; Buft'a
los 1.
At Baltimore—Baltimores 2: St. Louisß.
At Trenton—Brooklyns 8; Trentons 2.
The Lard lioom.
Chicago, June f. —Oscar C. DeWolf,
City Health Commissioner, gives it as his
view that the statement that a large
amount of adulterated lard is on the mar
ket, is a pure fabrication. He asserts
that every pound of lard is inspected be
fore it leaves the warehouse, so that any
unlit for consumption cannot find its way
into market. The statement is attendant
upon a large speculator’s rumored refusal
to take a large amount on the ground of
its impurity.
Maryland’s Defense Loan.
Annapolis, Mi>., June 4.— The $3,000,-
000 defense loan will fall due in 1884, and
the last Legislature provided for its re
demption by the issue of new bonds at
3.65 per cent, interest instead of 6 per
cent., which the original bonds paid. Bids
for the new bonds were opened to-day, and
the entire amount was awarded at prices
ranging from par to 1 and 1% per cent,
premium.
Canada’s Governor Generalship.
London, .June 4.—lu the House of
Commons to-day Mr. Gladstone declined
to answer the question as to whether the
services of the Duke of Albany as Gover
nor Qeneral of Canada had been refused.
The government, lie §aid, were aware of
the willingness of the Duke of Albany to
render service to his crown and "country,
He added that this feeling did the Duke
the highest honor.
A Florida Taper Sued.
Key West, Fla., June!.—Judge Locke
to-day commenced a suit for $20,000
damages against the owners of the Key
West Democrat for libel. O. B. Pendleton",
the publisher, has been arrested for the
same offense on a criminal process.
Another Fenian Scare
Chicago, June 4.—A special dispatch
from Toronto, Ont., says: “A Fenian plot
to blow up the Welland ship canal has
just been unearthed. The particulars
have not been ascertained as yet.’?
After They Went Fishing.
They didn't catch many fish, although
they had a great deal of fun and got them
selves wet all over when the log they had
been sitting on rolled oyer and dropped
them into the water. The biggest catch
ol the dav was the severe cold they caught
from not being properly dried when they
carte out. A summer cold is quite as
dangeroqs as pne ip winter, hqt f’erry
Davis’ Pain Killer is the sovereign reme
dy in case of either,
JACK PLANE
Spends a Pleasant Day With the Insane
at Milledgeville.
Macon, June 2.—At the invitation of
Col. L. N. Whittle, President of the Board
of Trustees of the Lunatic Asylum. I
visited this noble Institution on Thursday
last, it being the day appointed for the an
nual picnic of the inmates. This institu
tion is appropriately called “Georgia’s
greatest charity.” No one after a careful
or even a casual investigation, wlil dis
pute this declaration.
We were met at the door of the main
building by Dr. Thos. H. Kenan, the first
assistant physician, the Principal. Dr. T.
O. Powell, being indisposed, and not able
to leave the room. Our party was at once
conveyed through the main hall and out
into a large area, surrounded by high
walls. Here was a beautiful grove of
shade trees, a spacious dancing pavilion,
a bush arbor, under which, as well as
under the shade trees, were long tables.
These tables were being filled with every
thing to satisty the appetite. Here we
found lour or live hundred patients enjov
ing themselves in all manner of ways.
The coming of visitors was welcomed by
these unfortunates in the iyost cordial
manner. They gathered around us, and
shook hands with us and gave everv evi
dence of gratification at our presence.
Through the courtesy of Dr. Harris
Hull, Drs. Kenan and Hallinshed, we
were carried to the pit where twenty-six
carcasses were being barbecued for the
table. It was a novel sight.
Individually, I was turned over to that
most courteous of gentlemen, Capt. Wil
cox, the chief engineer of the institution.
He carried me through all the
machinery halls, explaining every
piece of machinery and the part it
plays in the running ot this great institu
tion. bo numerous were the different
pieces of machinery that it would be im
possible in a newspaper letter to go into
details. But every belt and every wheel
had its peculiar work to perform, "and the
lack of which would be felt in every
department of this immense in
stitution. It requires an active brain
as well as constant labor to keep all this
vast machinery in motion and in working
order. Captain Wilcox moves about
among it with as much composure as one
would look at a sewing machine work.
Yet his attentive ear would catch the least
jarring sound, and his hand would touch
the right spring or lever to remedy it. He
showed me a twenty-horse power engine
made in 1855 In the repair shop. It had
undergone a thorough overhauling, but
was doing as good work as when
it first came out of the shop.
The most interesting and in many re
spects the most important of all the ma
chinery is to be found in the kitchen. It
is one of the most complete outfits to lie
found in any institution in the United
States. Capt. Wilcox visited a great
many of the largest asylums and
public institutions in the coantry
before completing his arrangements
in this department, and availed himself
of every improvement known. The prin
eipal part o( the cooking is done bv steam.
The machine for kneading the dough and
making biscuit and crackers is of the
latest pattern. The Captain is proud of
this department, and he has a right to be.
When we returned to the picnic ground
we found the crowd bad greatly aug
mented by the incoming of patients and
visitors. The dance and the music were
at their highest pitch.
This day is looked forward to by the in
mates with great anticipation and satis
faction. I never saw children enjoy a
festal day more heartily*; old and young
enter into the sports of the day, and they
are greatly benefited thereby. Andl must
confess my own astonishment at the re
sults. I entered the yard expecting
nothing but melancholy feelings as I
looked upon these children of distress,
but this gloominess was dispelled bv the
cheerful faces and the gladness "with
which the inmates enjoyed the occasion.
I am glad to learn that the authorities
are erecting an amusement hall, where
these unfortunates, its they begin to be re
stored, can find congenial companionship
and recreations calculated to hasten their
convalescence. This is a wise provision,
and the beneficial results can be readily
discerned by the improvement of the pa
tients.
Time will not permit me to speak of the
wonderful improvements going on, and
especially for the colored department.
Ihe house is something like the main
building now occupied by the whites. It
is three stories high and lias over 500
rooms. The frontage is about 370 feet,
and has two wings extending to the rear
ot 271 leet. It will be furnished com
fortably. The ventilation, it is said, will
be superior to the building occupied by
the whites.
There are now all told 1,045 patients in
tlie asylum. The accommodations are not
equal to the demand. At times the num
ber of applications on file for admittance
reach nearly 200. As soon as the new
building is ready for occupancy there will
be room to receive the unfortunates now
confined in jails. The number of disinis
sals are increasing whieh shows what i
being done for the permanent cure of these
unfortunate inmates.
The recent visit of the Joint Committee
ot the Legislature has caused considera
ble comment. They made a very thorough
investigation, but the management are
confident of being fully sustained. 1 know
nothing of the points at issue, and shall
await the committee’s report in July*.
There was a meeting of the Board of Trus
tees on Friday, and perhaps some changes
may be made.
I must acknowledge my indebtedness to
all the officers for their many courtesies,
and the day spent in the walls of the insane
asylum will long be remembered.
Jack Plane.
Canada’s Land Leaguers.
Montreal, June 4.—At a meeting of
the Land League it was resolved to
organize a National League for Canada
in connection with the Irish League, to
aid in redressing the grievances of Ireland
J*y legitimate and constitutional means.
The constitution was carried unanimous
ly. The President, in a moderate speech,
repudiated, on behalf of the local league,
any design to act contrary to the wishes
of the clergy.
England and the Award,
London, June 4. —Mr. Kennard asked
whether the government would represent
that the registration of anew set of claims
at Washington by the Alabama Claims
Commissioners was in violation of the in
tentions oi the Geneva Conference. Lord
Edmund Fitzmaurioe replied that it was
not the intention of the government to in
terfere in the matter in any way.
A Trio of Fatalities.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 4.—Geo.
Hathaway was murdered at Itockwood by
John Boker to-day.
Henry Moody was run over and killed
on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad,
at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Joe Arnold was run over bv a wagon he
was driving in Catoosa countv, Ga., to
day and killed.
Wasson’s Quasi Confession.
Galveston, June 4.—A special dis
patch from Hail Antonio says; “Major
Wasson, the defaulting army paymaster,
in an elaborate address to the court, will
plead guilty to the embezzlement of $5,400
but will resist the charge of embezzling
SIB,OOO, whieh amount be claims to have
lost.”
A Printer’s Life Fled.
Jackson, Miss., June 4.—A young man
named Fletcher was murdered at Tipton
ville, Miss., by Leon Carbello. Both men
were printers. Carbello murdered young
Lefin well, at Dry Grover, Miss., some
years ago, but escaped punishment by the
death of the only witness in the case.
Germany’s Reichstag.
Bbiaix, June 4.—Herr Lasker has
started for England, He will go from
there to America, where he intends to
remain five months, Jn the Reichstag to
day the copy right convention with France
and a treaty of commerce with Italy were
passed.
Cannunading at Guayaquil.
Panama, June 4. —The Areual line.con
necting Santa Elenea and Guayaquil, is
interrupted between Juntas and Guaya
quil. Juntas reports hearing firing near
Guayaquil at noon, and from 3 to 5 o’clock
yesterday afternoon and again this
morning.
Merrick’s Long Speech.
Washington, June 4.—ln the star
route'trial to-day Mr. Merrick continued
his speech for the prosecution, and occu
pied the entire day. Jt is announced that
ue will conclude Wednesday.
Cotton Exchange Officers.
Ne\v York, June L—The pot ton Ex
change to-day elected the following offi
cers tor tlie ensuing year; President, M.
B. Fielding; Tice President, Siegfried G.
Ghiiier, and Treasurer, Walter T. filler.
Ml'- A- If- Moore. MU} May, Ga„ says;
“I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters for
dyspepsia, and am happy to say with best
results.”
TORXADOES XEAR HOME.
ALABAMA ANI TEXAS UNDER
THE BLACK CLOUDS.
Greenville Terribly Devastated-Not a
House or a Church Unharmed—One
Child Killed and Several Persons In
jured—Hundreds of Thousands in
Damages.
Galveston, June 4.—A special dis
patch from Greenville says: “A tornado
struck this place last evening from a
northeasterly* direction with terrific force.
The rain fell in torrents for twenty min
utes, and the total destruction of the
town seemed inevitable. A survey of the
city shows that one hundred and fifty
houses were either blown down or moved
from their foundations. A large num
ber of old buildings w*ere
more or less damaged. Only one life was
lost, that of a colored child. Several per
sons, however, were severely injured. The
northern ends of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad and freight depots w*ere blow n
on. The Methodist and colored churches
were totally wrecked, and the Presbvte
rian and Baptist churches w*ere badly
damaged.
Heavy* rain storms prevailed at other
points, but no tornado occurred.
Chicago, June 4.—A special dispatch
from Decatur, Ala., says that a cyclone
swept through Butler county on Sunday,
demolishing houses 011 the plantations of
Messrs. Betroument, Nellev, Wilkinson,
Stiles, Turner and Miss Meigkan. One
negro was killed and several other persons
were wounded.
St. Louis, June 4.— The latest accounts
direct from Greenville, Texas, on the re
markable tornado of Saturday evenin''
are that the residence ot A. T. Strong, lv”.
L. Lowenstein and William Woltinberger
were torn to pieces, but that none of the
inmates were injured. A large number
of houses resting on blocks and
posts were blown down or
twisted off their supports and more
or less damaged, but very few of the
occupants were hurt. A large amount of
goods were damaged by water being
blown into stores. Awnings, fences, etc.,
were swept away*. All the churches in
town were badly damaged, and, in fact,
but a few buildings in tlie place entirely
escaped injury. Meagre accounts from
the surrounding country say that the
storm was severe and several houses in
its track were blown down and two or
three persons somewhat injured. The
losses appregato from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO,
but there is 110 individual loss of any
magnitude.”
THE OHIO CONTEST.
Congressman Geddes Interviewed. •
Mansfield (O.) Special Baltimore Sun, Ist.
This city is the home of Congressman
Geddes, one of the Democratic aspirants
tor Governor. The proclivities of the
Fourteenth Congressional district, which
includes Mansfield, are said to be Repub
lican, but 110 Republican has been able to
stand against Mr. Geddes. He was
elected to the last Congress by a
majority of. 6,000 votes out of a
poll ol 30,000, having served in
the Forty-sixth Congress. He stood
in last year’s campaign,jand will have a
seat in the Forty-eighth Congress, unless
meanwhile he should become entitled to
a certificate as Governor-elect of Ohio.
People in this section credit him justly
with being very successful in bis xiolitica’l
plans, yet few speak ol' him as though
politics were more than an incident of
his life. Fifteen years ot service on the
lieuch of the Court of Common Pleas in
the Sixth Judicial districj has given to a
manner naturally thoughtful a grave
and impressive cast. He studied law
under Columbus Delano, and began prac
tice in 1845. Siuce then, except when on
the bench, he has always kept a law office,
to which he goes as regular as though his
living depended upon it during the re
cesses of Congress. His residence is on a
farm about a mile and a half northwest of
the city, and when on week days his mind
is not upon the law, it turns to agricul
ture. 011 Sunday he has none save
proper and reverential thoughts. He has
been for years one of the foremost lavmen
of the Methodist Church in Ohio. In
these varied capacities he lias won
and retains the respect of the bench and
bar, of the farmers and of churchmen.
His course as a member of Congress has
satisfied the people of his district. In
State as in national affairs, the judicial
and deliberate habits of mind confirmed
on the bench have established for him a
reputation tor conservatism which is of
great help in his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor. The
headstrong, impulsive spirit that actuates
political mameuvering in the cities find but
taint response among the “old-liners” of
either party in the interior, where com
parative absence of excitement and am
ple time for reflection tend to a staid and
conservative popular temper. That ex
plains why a full interior vote is reluct
ant except when great issues are at stake,
and why political managers at Columbus
have in view the cities rather than the
country in their schemes at hurling bliz
zards into a campaign.
“It will be hard to calculate with any
thing like precision fora fortnight yet,”
Mr. Geddes said to y*our correspondent,
“what strength each candidate will be
likely to command at the opening of the
convention. All of us know, I suppose,
where we shall look for support away
from the cities, but there are no means
yet of judging how the bulk of the city
vote will finally turn. Every one un
derstands the way city delegations are
chosen. If it is not by wire-pulling it
is apt to be by caprice, with a rush, and
whenever the current may set in in con
vention the city delegates, soon toll into it,
regardless of former predilections. A can
didate is stronger, in my judgment, with
a start of 100 country votes than 200 from
the cities. Country delegates usually go
into conventions with their preferences
clear and deliberately formed. They
are earnest and persistent, and those
qualities are exceedingly valuable in
a convention. Cincinnati and Cleve
land are the most uncertain factors
that enter into ibe composition of party
gatherings. The delegations are always
divided aud sometimes sadly split. Politi
cal interests in each of these cities are di
verse and factional. If the delegations
in the two cities could unite, their candi
date would start out well, tor they nuin
l*er 100, and 318 votes will nominate. But
I would rather start with less numerous
support from the country.”
“Is it your information that Mr. Iload
ly’s strength is mainly at Cleveland and
Cincinnati?”
“Oh, no; I think he has following else
where. His ability is recognized through
out the State, and there is no doubt kind
feeling for him in other localities. But I
think that in this part of the State and
Westward, North and South, preferences
are divided between Mr. Ward and my
self.”
“There will be no party defection in the
cities or in the interior, whoever mav suc
ceed at Columbus?”
“No; the party will be united on the
cause and support tlie ticket.”
A Sensible Ruling.
Justice Robinson, of the Court of Ap
peals of Maryland, decided a few days
ago that when a train is wrecked by run
ning over stock. which get upon the track
through the negilence of their owners, the
company has a good case of damages
against the owner of the sto,cU'for permit
ting to trespass. The decision is made in
a case where the B. and O. sued a farmer,
whose ox wrecked a train. This will
doubtless furnish a valuable suggestion to
railroad attorneys in Missouri, where it is
customary for the railroad 40 not only
stand all damages, but to pay a fancy
price for the stock thus killed.
Korn to a Tragic Death,
Chattanooga, June 4.—J. v. Mein,
tyre, a son of Lieutenant Mclntyre, wlffi
was killed eight yehrs ago bv moon
shiners, was killed to-night by an engine
on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad
while coupling cars.
Oranges from California.
San Francisco, June 4.—A reduction
of SIOO per car has been made on freign,
charges on oranges over the Pacific roads.
The reduction La§ laigdiy stimulated the
exportation of lruits. Oranges are going
forward by the train-load at a time.
Murder Near Darien.
Darien, Ga., June 4.—News of a war.
der several miles from Darien last week
has just come to light. The Deputy
Sheriff has gone to arrest three negroes
charged with killing another negro.
A Statue of Garibaldi.
Rome, .Tune 4. —The statue of General
Garibaldi wasunyeiled atCaprera yester
day in the presence of the entire family of
Garibaldi and many ol his old friend's in
arms.
Murdered by Boys.
Vicksburg, June 4.—On Friday, near
Lake Village, Ark., F. P. Murphy was
murdered by Fred. Ratan and Gustave
Ketchings. The murderers are aliout 20
years of age,
CRAZED WITH LOVE.
A Desperate Suitor's Attempt Upon His
• Life.
Ph i ladelphia Pre*4.
One of the most sensational attempts at
suicide that has occurred in this eitv for
a long time happened up town last night.
Jacob knopielt, a Swiss, about tweiitv
seven years old, is employed in a silk mill
at Randolph street and Columbia avenue
and has always been sol>er and industri
ous. He has for the last three years
been visiting Miss Mart* Ripp, seventeen
years of age, of 1,703 North Seventh
street, with matrimonial intentions. Ve
cordmg to his own story, he has spent
several hundred dollars 011 the young
lady* for presents. She never gave him
any particular encouragement, and when
he asked the momentous question he was
refused.
For some time past he has been very
gloomy* and low-spirited, but never eeased
his frequent visits to the young ladv. \ll
!*>' y eßler <lay he was particular!* rtorose,
but refused to give any reason for bis be
havior to lus fellow workmen in the mill
where he was employed. Last evening
he left his boarding house, at 1544 North
sixth street, and walked to Delaware
avenue. When he arrived at the
river, near Shackamaxon street wharf
he attempted to kill himself with
a revolver, but only inflicted a slight
wound 111 his left hand. He returned to
lus home and, after attending to liis
wounded hand, he called on Miss Ripp.
He again asked her to marry him, and
was again gently but firmly refused. Af
ter vehemently upbraiding her lor her
cruelty, he partly drew the blade of a
sword-cane he carried, and threatened to
take her life. He then thrust the blade
back in its sheath, and, suddenly turning
on his heel, he left the house. '
■ ‘W 1 w ® nder * n ff about the streets for a
half hour he returned to the house. Mrs.
Ripp came to the d<wr and noticed that
he looked and acted in a verv wild man
ner. He had a dangerous gleam in his
eye, Ins hair was disheveled, and his ai>-
parel very much disordered.
“Is Mary in?” he asked in a strange
tone of voice, his teeth being clinched.
’blit* has goue to bed,” replied her
mother, who was alarmed and anxious to
get rid ot the man. He pushed rudelv
past her, however, and entered the nali
wav. \ iolently opening tlie parlor door
he discovered Miss Ripp in company with
another young lady and two gentlemen.
“I now ask you for the last time, will
you marry me?” he said. She arose and
attempted to leave the room. Ho inter
cepted her, however, and again asked her
the question.
’ she said, ‘‘l cannot marry you.”
Again did he threaten to take her life,
but suddenly drawing the blade of his
sword cane from its sheath, and graspin'-
it with both hands, she plunged it in his
left breast. The party rushed out of the
parlor, Hie ladies almost tainting with
fear. < iftcer Foulkrod, of the Twelfth dis
trict, was called in, and discovered Knop
felt lying on the door, apparently
111 the agonies of death. An ambu
lance was called, and he was taken to the
Pennsylvania Hospital. While waiting
tor the conveyance he told the policemen,
several of whom had arrived by this time
that he was determined to die. The wound
in his breast is about one inch below the
heart, and bled inwardly. At the hospital
lie refused to let the doctors dress his
wound. It is thought that there is little
chance ol his surviving.
CONK LING’S “ANNEX.”
Me Too Platt’s Stiil Hunt for Lapnain’s
Place.
Mew York Correspondence Philadelphia Ledger,
Just when the well meant plans for re
storing Republican harmony in this city
and State begin to promise some degree of
success, a scheme has come to light which
threatens to put everything at sea again.
To come at once to the point: Ex-Senator
Platt, sometimes known by the soubriquet
of “Me, too,” and ex-Go"v, Cornell are
actively at work—the latter openlv, the
former in the bush—with an eye to the
United States Senatorship, as successor to
Mr. Lapham, whose term will soon expire.
The Stii te Senators who will have to vote on
this question, it should be understood,
are to be elected next autumn, and if
anybody supposes that Mr. Platt is ignor
ant of the importance meanwhile of a
thorough canvass of the several districts,
he does not know what a shrewd, active
man he is, when it comes to business.
Your correspondent has heard of some
curious illustrations of his quiet energy
in this respect, within the short time past
which shows him to be a much more
positive character than simply a political
annex of Mr. Tloscoe Conkling. Like
Mr* Tihlen, and most other persons
ol fertile resources, he likes to work
under cover, and at this moment he is en
gaged in one of the most energetic “still
hunts” throughout the Senatorial dis
tricts, of which there is any record, and
what is more, he fully expects to win. Of
course, there will be serious trouble when
the half-breeds make this discovery, and
such of the stalwarts as are on the"recon
ciliation committee, will probably be
charged with complicity in a plot to send
back to the l nitetl States Senate a
statesman whose record has been pecu
liarly offensive to them, indelibly
associated as it is with the dissen
sions of the past; but your cor
respondent leaves it to these gentlemen to
make such explanations as they may
deem proper—l only desire to record the
interesting political fact that Mr. Platt is
in the field and working like a beaver to
secure the prize. Mr. Cornell, there is
reason to believe, has had no suspicion
of this kind—he thought his way clear—
but he is now in a fair way to realize not
only that “it’s tlft? unexpected that hap
pens,” but that be has a competitor with
large means and with a liberal disposition
to employ them, if need tie, to push him off
the track in order that he may go ahead.
CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
The Burlington Hawkeye Submits a Set
on General Principles.
The following suggestions are most re
spectfully submitted to the Civil Service
Commission lor the guidance of overn
nient employes, not necessarily for accept
ance, but merely as a guarantee that the
llawkeyt is right up to the front in this
glorious reform:
1. Punctuality during business hours
and constant attendance at the desk is
not necessary, but clerks should write
the date of pay day and amount of salary
on tneir hearts with hooks of steal.
2. No perquisites are allowed to subor
dinates, The custom has been found per
nicious in its tendency, and subversive of
honest administration. The head of the
department has ample time to rope in any
little loose swag that mav be wanderin'*
around unclaimed*
3. Citizens of seventy years and up
ward, transacting business with anv of
the departments, should be addressed bv
the junior clerks as “Sir,” and not “Young
fellah,” as heretofore, it is also desirable
that appointees from the New England
and Southern States should acquire some
general mode of addressing ladies other
than “Mann” and “Mum.”
4. Clerks of the third class, who are
learning to write, will be permitted to
practice on government stationery during
the day, but it ts not permissible to carrv
office supplies to one’s night school.
is, In addressing the head of a depart
ment, clerks must address him bv i\\s full
title. Only doorkeepers and janitors will
be permitted to call him “Xuv von ”
6. Post no bills
7. Newspaper correspondents and maga
zine writers holding positions in the de
partments are not expected to attend to
any duties save their literary work. If
that is any indication of what they can
do in the way of clerical work, it "is evi
dently ntoney in the government’s pocket
to keep from doing it.
H, All employes are requested, nav im
plored. always to speak of the Cabinet as
“we.”
!t. Please keep off the grass.
10. Do not hitek to the tret*.
11. Gas burned after 12 o’clock will be
charged extra,
12. Proome tickets before entering the
trala
lu, "beware of pickpockets.
14. Do not pick any leaf, shrub or flower
10. Gents without baggage are required
to pay in advance. , 4
10. Smoking on * door of this
building pivmiblted.
i ta" dollars line for crossing this
bridge faster than a walk.
Up to 1824 there wejeiif offenses which
" ere ma de capital by the laws of Eng.
land, and 18i laws for inflicting the death
penalty had been passed since the acces.
sion ol Charles If, In the seven years
from RUft to ls2o there were 5T9 execu
tionSj and less than oue-tifth of them were
tor murder. For minor offenses there were
the pillory, flogging at the cart’s tail and
the stooks. Men stood in the pillorv for
an hour or more, usually on three Succes
sive market days, to be jeered at by the
crowd. Eaton, the aged publisher af Tom
Paine’s “Age of Reason.” was punished
in that way in 1812 g U d t*e pillory was
not given u§ pR pi 32. ' 3
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—TO—
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ALL RAIL VIA
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BAY LINE,
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AND ’
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A will on the FIRST OF .JUNK commenee
the sale of EXCURSION TICKETS from
SAVANNAH to NEW YORK and return,
good to October 81, at |35 for round trip. For
information, tickets, and sleeping ear reser
vations, apply at Ticket office Central Rail
road, 20 Bull street, aud at depot.
J. C.SHAW, Ticket Agt., Savannah. Ga.
GEO. A. WHITEHEAD,
General Passenger Agent Central R. R.
Charleston and Savannah R’y Cos
CHABI.KTTON, S. C., <1 line 1, 1883. f
#3.00
To Charleston & Return.
Oooil to Leave Savannah SATUR
DAY AFTERNOON.
RETURNING
Leave Charleston MONDAY MORNINU
For tickets, apply atiTyiket Office S., F. and
W. U’y Depot and 22 Bail street.
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ORDERS for ICE CREAM for Families or
Picnic Parties promptly attended to.
Orders left SATURDAY for PURE ICE
CREAM for dinner on SUNDAY will receive
prompt and careful attention.
Cadies specially invited to visit my estab
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ON E tablespoonfnl to a tumbler of ice water.
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Speed for Sale.
C| WING to the number of blooded Colts (the
P get of JEEMS PATCH I] \ smith
(J’UUffcN and ALEC STEPHENS)
hand and coming, 1 offer for sale “DAN THE
D.” and bin brother, “JUNE O’B.” “DAV*
is now asure “2;3o’’horse, and “JUNE” ex
aWe * IU! ev " ience of 3 l ,ecd - Price reason-
M. J. DOYLE.
__ .Market Squ are*.
Notice to Debtors & Creditors
A L V .S£J?? n9 . indebted to the late J. w
UATIfItOP will please make payment
to the undersigned. Those having claims
proven to 1H Mtate W,U ~reseut Uifrn duly
. . , _ J* L. WARREN.
Agent of Executrix, 5 Bay street.
and Favorite Prescription;