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i ESTABLISHED 1850.
J. H. ESTILL. Editor and Proprietor.!
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
the news of the two states
TOLD IX PARAGHAPH9.
A Quarrel About a Girl Eiulh hi Mur
der in Oglethorpe—The Identity of
the Macon Suicide —Kepentance In
fused into a Wicked Man of Houston
County by Lightning.
GEORGIA
There is only one liquor -lore in Forsyth
county. „
There are bow 29 prisoners in the Richmond
county jail.
Montezuma ha~ a horse whose tears are
stated at :fi.
Early county sent over 500 head of cattle to
Texas last week.
A Jackson county negro claims to la- the
father of 12 children.
Albany voted for free bridges by the large
majority of 1,025 to 13.
The wheat and oat yield in Oglethorpe is 80
per rent, short of last year.
Washingtonians hold $2,3u0 worth of stock
ir the Augusta and Elbcrton Railroad.
Edmund ltiaiid. colored, has lecn acci
dentally drowned at Augu.-ta.
An incendiary has burned Hr. James Ca
mak's barn on the outskirts of Athens.
Elberton's young people are to lie afforded
the amusement of a roller skatiug rink.
An Athenian has petitioned for the prohibi
tion of bicycles from the streets of that city,
The salary of Atlanta's Eire Department
t hief is to be reduces I from #1,500 to #1,350.
Ex-Gov. Boynton and party have returned
from their trip through the West.
The Post Office Inspector found that the gov
ernment owed Captain Ileusse, of the Athens
office, #7.
Captain !>. I>. Peden ha- resigned his posi
tion as cashier of the Griffin Banking Com
pany and J. P. Nichols assumed that ]K>sition.
.1. R. Smith, of t ampliell county, and James
Boyd, of Fayette county, both past 7o years of
age, are dead.
Good butter is selling at 15 cents a pound in
• onyers. and the market is always supplied
willi it.
The Quitman Free Press tells of two young
men named Patrick who sold two car loads of
watermelons on the track for #450.
It Is reported that 22 bushels of oats were
cut from one-eighth acre of land in Nicholson,
Ga.. recently.
It is estimated that the melon crop ibis year 4
iu Georgia will reach 7,5C0.000 melons, "and
sell for #1,500.000.
A cotton gin of improved construction has
been patented by Thomas l amp, of Coving
ton, Ga.
Professor George >. Cooney has been re
elected President of Mini Bailey Institute at
Griffin.
W. s. Holman, of Athens, i- said to have
realized a profit of 1,000 per cent, on carp
culture last year.
Alderman Coffin, of Augusta, has resigned
from office on account of the demands of his
personal business.
It is estimated that the trial at the recent
Macon Sujierior Court of a case involving the
theft of a 90c. goat cost the tax payers #3OO.
The white and colored hospitals in Augusta
have each 20 patients under treatment in
them.
The returns from tlie Augusta city bridge
last montti were #563 75; from the wharf
#24 35.
The National Bauk of Augusta has declared
a semi-annual dividend of per share, paya
ble to stockholders.
Base ball is becoming "ail the rage" in Au
gusta. Six or seven new clulis have lieen or
ganized during the last month.
The Richmond county digest this year will
show an increase of over sl.ouo,oao in the tax
able property.
A large brick budding for the storage of
patterns has just been completed at the Ath
ens foundry.
Two convicts escaped from smith's camp in
• iglcthorpc county on Saturday, llotii were
colored men.
Among a lot of eggs tiVat were broken at
Rome one day last week one had a perfectly
formed egg within ils yolk.
The Cuuiming Clarion says that over 300
persons have been buried at sliarou grave
yarc during the past fifteen years.
While seeking shelter under a pine tree a
few days ago Ileiirv Bovetl, of ( iccan Pond,
was killed by lightning.
Quinn, a colored mason of Macon, died
Sunday from the effects of a sunstroke on
Wednesday.
Walter Taylor, of Thoiuasrille, has passed
the necessary examination for admission iulo
West Point.
Agent* (A the Kennesa w mills have purchas
ed :*-•> bushels of wheat in Senoia at one dollar
per bushel. They want 14,000 bushels.
The Atlanta street Car Company has re
moved the rails from the Broad street bridge,
where they were placed ou Thursday night
iilat.
Mr. Malan. of Athens, is to build the new
water works for that city, the original con
tractors having failed to keep their agree
ment.
P, D. Hill, sexton of the Ainerieus Ceme
tery. is paralyzed. He is 60 years of age, amt
a brother-in-law of Rev. C leinent A. Evans,
of Atlanta.
The city authorities of Alliens have notified
the Georgia Railroad to drain off the stagnant
ponds of w ater around their depot, as it is
likely to produce sickness.
.Jim Lambert, son of Mose Lambert, the
well known carpenter of Quitman, was shot
at a saw mill on Wednesday last. His recov
ery is doubtful.
The Vngtisto market and stall rents last
month were #225 .5. Chief of Police Chris
tian tiinif* 4 ! over to 1 ity I rvusuivr for
June #2o'.
on Saturday two mules belonging to Ropre
wntati' e 4 .-ter, of t obb county, were struck
by lightning and killed. They were standing
in an open field.
\ stnallbarn owned bv George Weigle. sit
uated in Harrisburg, a suburb of Augusta,
was slightly damaged by fin* yesterday
morning.
It is probable th*f L. B. Clay, who is now
sinking an artesian well at Camilla, will bore
one at" Blakely, where he experts to strike
water at a depth of 400 or 500 feet.
in a difficulty between Goins and Boose
Woolen, near Fat Shoal*. Butt- county, one
dav last week, the latter was seriously shot in
the face. An old grudge was the cause.
There vv(*re 22 deaths in Augusta last week,
of which 13 were w hites. During last month
there *** interim’ll** in the ( ity Cemetery—
whites 47 and colored 45. of them died in
the city.
During a thunderstorm a barn filled with
oats ami wheat, belonging to George Wind
ham. who lives on the line of Macon and Taj -
lor counties, was struck by lightning and
Jmrned
Two fanners of the Rutland district, in Bibb
countv, named Miucv and Johnson, became
involved in a fight ;U a barbecue. Johnson i
drew a knife and cut Mir.cy very seriously,
perhaps fatally.
Charles Parrott, an Atlanta colored man,
makes his living by dr.-tying. Sunday night
an unknown em-tny mixed arsenic with bis
mule'* fodder and the animal died. The
jmln-e arc looking op the t in.
Attorney General Anderson hits notified the
State Treasurer that under existing laws he
could make per diem advances to the mem
bers of the Legislature, hut that he could not 1
pay them mileage for the coming session.
The three darkies who are confined in the
Fulton countv jail, charged with the murder
of old man DeFoor and his wife, have made
friends, and now Johnson denies all knowl
edge of the crime and says his confession was
a lie.
Jn a fight in New ton on the 2rith nit., bevveen
Mack Fork and Horace Greeley, two negroes
from Monroe, at Clary A Co.'s Umber camp.
Mack Fork received four balls—three in the
right hip and one in the hand. It is not known
whether Horace Greeley was hurt or not.
Both negroes an* still at large.
Nrnv Marshall, a colored man employed on
Mr. G. M. Byne’- Hi;, plac*. in Lee county,
was drowned iu Kincliatooneecreek on Thurs
day last. He undertook to swim across the
creek to get a Ixml. and is supposed to have
taken cramp after getting into the water, for
be is said to have lieen a good swimmer.
One of the wickedest men in Houston
county, as the story goes, recently refused to
purchase a Bible, accept one as a gift or hare
anything to do with a religions revival in
progress near hi* home. i\ bile working in
bis field the next dav he was twice prostrated
liy lightning. The day following he was con
t^rU-il.
It to now believed thal Lagergren, the
Swede Who recently ended his life with mor
phine at Macon, was an Omaha, Neb., photo
grapher who left home with #6OO in his pocket,
leaving a sister to run thF gallery in iiis ab
sence. When he died but twenty-five cents
was fonnd In his possession, and it remains to
lie explain** 1 what became of the #6OO
The Montezuma J!e,ort! says that during the
war an immense flag j**le was hoi-Ted in Ggle
tliorpe, near the public well. i n the year 1867
or ivi# the pole was takeu (tewn and a small
sprig of magnolia planted in the hole, The
tree now is 22 feet high. During the month of
Mav it was loaded down with flowers, .v uiag.- 1
wolia branch of peace now takes the place of
the flagstaff of war.
The Ellijay Courier says: “E'api. It. 4'.
Hammett, Superintendent of the construc
tion of the Marietta and North Georgia Rail
road, was a few days ago requested by the
bead managers of the road to send to them
immediately a statement of all the equip
ments necessary to build the road to this
point, which he did."
Charles M. Booser, who vva- placed in
4 larksville jail Saiurday. charged willi plac
ing two bars of iron od the track of the Air-
Line Railroad, near AversvlUe, .Saturday
morning, for the purpose of thsowdig off'the
train, and who did so because the eouduetor
ejected him for non-payment of fare, es
caped Sunday night. Booser is a man of good
personal appearance, and said he was a citi
zen of Orangeburg* 8. C. He exhibited ex
cellent letters of indorsement from the Judge
of the Court of Probate of Oraageburg, and
other State officers, and averted that fie was
innocent.
The election in Atlanta Monday for city
officers resulted as follows: City Clerk. J. If.
Goldsmith; Treasurer. Edward S. McCand
lese; Marshal. Jame* Lloyd: Recorder. J. A.
Anderson; City Attorney. E.lgar A. Angrier;
Tax Receiver and Collector, It. A. Cook; Tax
Assessors, Clem Harris and J. W. RcCrarv;
City Sexton, W. B. Bonnell; City Hail Keep
er, Jake Morris; City Magazine Keeper,
James Thurman; City Physician. First ward,
Dr. Godkin; Seconil ward, I>r. Kerstan;
Third ward. Dr. Collier: Fourth ward. Dr.
Martin; Fifth ward. Dr. Dyar: Chief of Fire
Savannah morning news
Department, W. R. Joyner; Building Inspec
tors, J. C. Peck. Calvin Fav and G. Leo: As
sistant Engineer. Mr. McDaniel.
The taking of a human life is described by
the Montezuma Record in the following off
hand manner: "Last Sunday afternoon be
tween sundown and dark, 'a difficulty oc
curred on the place of James Hunter, a few
miles from Oglethorpe, between two negroes.
Bill Kendrick and Sid Lowe. The trouble
originated, it appears, from some remarks
made about Lucy Bacon. The serious charge
had been brought against her that she was
bow-legged, a physical malformation in
which she i* iu’ no wise reiqionsible.
They met at a well and a quarrel
commenced. Bill picked up a beam
of wood and fireti at sid, the effects
of the.blow lieing received by a well post,
-id, who had lieen cleaning Ins finger nails,
an unusual performance for a negro), opened
the liig blade of his knife and proceeded to
carve up hi- antagonist in the most artistic
manner. The jugular vein on the left side of
the neck was cut. He was cut on the arm.
Kendricks did not live but a few moments
after receiving the fatal wound. The verdict
of the t droner's jury was to the effect that
Bill Kendricks came to his death from a knife
in the hands of Sid Lowe. Colonels Simmons.
Harman and DnPre were employed to defend
him."
FLORIDA.
The Florida Central and Western Railroad
will al an early day build a side traek and
de|ot al Glen St. Mary.
George Sawyer, of Sanfonl, lias lieen ap
pointed an Assistant Commissioner to repre
sent Florida at the Louisville Ex|insition.
since the news has reached the settlers on
Lake Weir that the Florida Southern Rail
wav will pass on the east side of the lake
lands hare gone up to fabulous prices.
The last of three loads of iron for the draw
bridge for the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Road, over McGirt’s creek, was deliv
ered to the builders of the bridge at Clark's
mill by Messrs. Marvin A Bisbee on last Sat
urday.
Lang, the victim of the famous “Lang mur
der" was a florist. The St. Lucie swamp near
where lie lived is splendidly adorned with
flowers and vines from his scattered seeds, and
the high lands art* strewn with petunias and
verbenas. He has been dead ten years, but a
vast monument of flowers keeps fresh his
memory.
The Jacksonville Timer-Cnion of the 3d
in-1, says; “A. F. ilill, of the ship canal sur
vey, started his leveling corps yesterday from
the eastern end of the proposed route. To
day he places in the field his third corps of
survey.-. To-morrow lie starts for Cedar Key,
where he ha- engaged a steam yacht for tlie
pur|iosc of makings complete hydrographical
-urvey of all the available |ioiiits on the Gulf
coast. He informed us last night that he ex
ited* General stoneto meet him hereon Mon
day. the 16th inst., by which time tlie most
important engineering questions connected
with the canal will probably be settled with
some degree of definiteness."
How tlie Declaration was Signed.
In the July number of Harper’s Maaa
~ine William L. Stone discusses “The
Declaration of Independence in a New
Light," and contributes some information
which, if known before, has undoubtedly
been forgotten by nine out of ten persons.
The popular conception of the rejered
document, to which Mr. Stone appropri
ately alludes as “a shrine almost of wor
ship at the present day,” is that it was
drawn up in solemn and stately form, and
alter being duly submitted to the in
spection of the august body of dele
gates, was signed by each of them with
becoming dignity and impressiveness.
“Nothing,” it 'would seem from Mr.
stone's article, “could be further from that
which actually took place. Very few of
the delegates, if indeed any, signed the
original document on the 4th. and none
signed the present one now in Indepen
dence Hall, for the very good reason that
it was not then in existence.” The fact
is, very little seems to be known about
tin* original declaration adopted on the
4th of July, 1770, and it was either lost or
destroyed. Congress itself gave the' mat
ter slight attention at the time, attach
ing premier importance to the resolution
passed two days before declaring the
united colonies free anul independent
-tales, and absolved trom all allegiance
to the British crown. This w;.s the real
declaration of independence, and July 2
rather than July 4, is the actual natal
day of the republic; hut the passage of
the tesolutiou of independence was not
made public until the formal declaration
had been prepared, adopted and read to
the people. It was of the 2d of July, and
not of the 4th, that John Adams' oft-quoted
words were written, in a letter from
Philadelphia to his wife:
“The second day of July, 1770, will lie
the most memorable epoch in the history
of America. lam apt to lielieve that it
will le celebrated by succeeding genera
tions as the areal anniversary festival;
be solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, sports, guns, lion
lires and illuminations from one end of
the continent to the other, from this time
forevermore. It ought also to.be com
memorated as the Day of Deliverance by
solemn' acts of devotion to God Almighty.
. * * Through all the gloom 1 can see
the rays of ravishing light and glory;
and prosperity will triumph in this day’s
transactions.”
Posterity has justified the sturdy old
patriot's fondest hopes, but the centre of
national rejoicings and popular interest is
not the day that John Adams eulogized so
rapturously, though his letter is usually
regarded as referring to July 4. Mr.
Stone explains the transposition" of senti
ment from the earlierTo the later day by
approvingly citing the words of another:
“There was nothing in the phrasing
of the resolution to cause it to
live in the popular memory, whilst
there was everything in the Declaration
to give it a vital hold upon the
affections of the American people,” which
is undoubtedly true. So, though none
of the statesmen of that momentous period
foresaw it, and while Jefferson, the framer
of the declaration, never allowed the lat
ter to overshadow in importance the
former, yet the splendid, manly and fear
less eloquence of the declaration has cap
tivated the sense of the people, quite dis
placed the resolution of independence
from the popular mind, and made tho4tb
instead ot the 2d of J uly the national an
niversary.
But to return to the signing of the Dec
laration. Mr. Stone shows that the pres
ent venerated document was ordered en
grossed bv Congress July 19, 1776. The
engrossed parchment ""as presented
August 2, and the delegate* who were
then present signed it. Many were absent,
and some did not sign it for a considera
ble time afterward. Matthew Thornton,
of New Hampshire, signed it in November,
when he was first admitted —he had not
been present at the passage of the origi
nal. Thomas McKean, of Delaware,
did not sign until January, 1777.
In fact, the engrossed document
came to be a sort of test oath, which
all members were required to
sign before entering Congress. As
evidence ot the little importance attached
to signing the first declaration. Mr. Stone
relates that though Robert U. Livingatop,
of this State, was one of the five that re
ported the declaration, yet he did not
sign it, unless his signature was lost with
the original document. Mr. etone also
reproduces a letter from Thomas McKean,
of Delaware, w ritten in 1813, stating the
facts substantially as here given, and
a tiding that among the names subscribed
to the present declaration are those of Mr.
Beed, who voted against it, and seven
others, whom he mentions, who were not
present when it was adopted,
Thus it w ill be seen that the common
understanding to which history and art—
notably in the case of Trumbull's famous
picture in the rotunda of the capitol at
Washington have ministered, is very
wide of tue truth, with reference to the
facts, though it has made no mistake as
to the principles involved in the celebra
tion t f Indejiendence Day.
The Last Kail Laid.
uni t Bock, Ark., July 3.—By the
laying of tfie last rail to-day on the St.
Louis and Texas narrow gauge railroad,
at Hob Rov, on the Aztftftsas river, the
entire line’ has been completed, 'nit the
bridge at that point cannot be for
three weeks.
Belgium’s Wicked Canon.
Brussel.-. July 3.— The Tribunal of
Tournai has decided U) try Cation Ber
nard. who carried off the tuude of the
Catholic Church to Ameriea. for hreaeu
of trust.
Roach Awarded the Naval Contracts.
Washington, July 3,—Contracts
"ere to-day awarded to John Roach A
Sons for the construction of the four new
steel cruisers.
A Murderer Lynched.
Mayersville. Miss., July 3.— The
murdoier of Mrs. Christine Urnibach was
taken from jqR at this place vesterdav
and lynched,
Archbishop Purcell Dying.
Cincinnati. July 3. — a dispatch from
St. Martin's Convent to the Associated
Press announced that Archbishop Purcell
is dying;
The best tonic medicine —one that is not
composed mostly of alcohol or whisky—is
Brown's Iron Bitters. It is guaranteed
to be non-intoxicating and will absolutely
kill all desire rot whisky and other intoxi
cants. It has been thoroughly tested and
proven itself in every instance a geyer
failing cure for dyspepsia. Indigestion,
biliousness, weakness, debility, overwork,
zheuniaiigm, neuralgia, consumptive dis
ease, liveyr Gdjgpplaints, kidney troubles,
etc.
WELCOME TO VIRGINIAN'S.
NEW YORK GREETS THE CADETS
WITH AN OVATION.
Marching Down Broadway with an
Escort of Four Hundred Men—The
Curbstones Lined with Cheering Spec
tators—Federals and Confederates to
Meet at Wilson's Cieek.
New York, July 3. —The Lexington
O’a.) Cadets arrived here this noon. They
were received oy the Twenty-third Regi
ment of Brooklyn, Col. Rodney Ward,
and escorted to their quarters. They
bring the flag of the One Hundred and
fTlty-fourt h New York Regiment, which
was captured during the late war, and
will formally present it to the Mayor and
city government to-morrow noon at the
City Hall. No New York city military
took part in the reception or
escorted. Colonel Ward, of the Brooklyn
Twenty-third Regiment, hastily called
upon his regiment late yesterday after
noon to meet in the evening and arrange
to receive the Virginians for the credit
of the State. Response was shown to-day
by some 400 men turning out with a full
band, and such reception was accorded
as was worthy of the occasion. Broad
way was crowded with thousands of peo
ple who cheered the visitors and their
escort every block, the affair proving a
veritable ovation.
The Cadets are members of tlie Virginia
State Military Institute, and include the
graduating class, who, it is expected,
w ill receive their diplomas from President
Arthur, during their stay in this city, at
the -Madison Square Theatre. The Cadets
are under command of C’ol. Scott Ship,
and accompanying them are Gen. P. H.
Smith, Superintendent of the Institute,
and several members of the faculty. The
visitors will stay in town during the
week.
THE TWO ARMIES MADE ONE.
Federal* and Confederates to Shake
Hands at a Reunion.
Springfield, Mo., July 3.—At a meet
ing of the committee last night arrange
ments were consummated for holding a
reunion of the surviving participants of
both armies in the battle of Wilson’s
Creek on Oak Hill, on August 9, 10 and 11
next. A fund of several thousand
dollars has been raised for the
proper reception and entertainment of the
soldiers present. The occasion promises
to be successful in every way and im
mense crowds are expected to lie present.
Hundreds of letters from all parts of the
country have already been received from
survivors of the battle, and many have
come from prominent officers of both
armies. Generals Seigel, Sturgis, Scho
field and other Union officers are expect
ed to attend, as are also Generals Pearce,
Churchill, Herbert, Clark and other Con
federate officers of distinction. The
reunion will last three days and
all Southwest Missouri will join in wel
coming tlie visitors. Circulars giving
full particulars are being sent out, and
all inquiries will be answered upon ad
dressing the Secretary of the committee
at Springfield. Arrangements for half fare
have been made with the San Francisco
and Gull Railroads, and it is expected
that similar rates will be given by other
roads.
STRAIGHT TO THE RI LI/S EYE.
The Americans Do Some Good Shoot
ing in a Side Contest.
West Bromi rch, Eng., July 3.— The
American Rifle Team practiced here yes
terday morning, and made good scores at
the short range. In the afternoon they
shot competition matches with 1(> crack
shots of the Midland Club. Arrangements
were made to fire five shots each at 800,
900 and 1,000 yards, and prizes were otter
ed to those making the best aggregates.
The weather at the start was most
favorable. On the American side
Sergeant Paulding, Sergeant Do
lan and Sergeant Van Husoti
at 800 yards made 25 each, the highest
possible score. J. M. Pt Hard made 23,
and Major Denman F. Stuart and C. W.
llinnmn made 20 each.
On the Midland Club side the highest
seores were made by Messrs. Bates,
Reading and Bird, who made 21 each. On
account of the lateness of the hour it was
then arranged to fire only two shots each
at 900 yards, and the full number at 1,000
yards. A violent storm arose, however,
and the shooting had to be stopped. The
English riflemen were much disappointed,
as they had expected* to recover their
losses at the long ranges.
THE REVENUE REBATE.
Tobacco Claims Aggregating $2,000,000
and*Stamp Claims for 93,500,000.
Washington, July 3. —The number of
claims received at the Internal Revenue
Bureau for rebate on account of tobacco,
snuff and cigars, under the new internal
revenue law, approximates 20,000, aggre
gating in amount about $2,000,000.
The amount of stamps imprinted on
cheeks and drafts received at the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau for cancellation and
redemption to date is about $3,500,000
worth. Shipments of cheats with stamps
cancelled are being made from the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau daily. Persons hav
ing stamps upon cheeks and drafts can
celled and returned to them need not,
however, expect money for the value of
the stamps so cancelled for some time to
come, as such cases are referred to the
accounting officers of the department to
be audited before the warrants are issued.
SANTA FE'S .IUBIIjIFICATIOX,
Over Ten Thousand People Present at
the Opening Ceremonies.
Santa Fe, N. M., July 3.—The inaugu
ral ceremonies of the opening of the tertio
iuillcnnial celebration of the settlement
of New Mexico by the Spaniards took
place yesterday with great enthusi
asm. All business was suspended
and the city was gaily draped
in holiday attire. The procession
consisted of the (governor and his stall'.
General MacKenaie and his stall', loeal
and territorial militia, various Mexican
societies and members of the tribes of the
Zuni, l’ueblo and Apache Indians. The
Governor made a speech of welcome, after
which the procession passed around the
grounds and through the main buildings
of the exposition, which was then de
clared open. Fully 10,000 people were
presen t.
ANOTHER TRAM CAR HORROR.
A Broken Brake Rushes* Two People
Into£ternity and Injures Thirty.
London, July 3.—At Hudderstield to
day while a steam tram car was descend
ing a grade, an axle brake attached to the
car failed to work and the car was cap
sized, Two of its occupants were killed
and 30 injured, Some of the
latter, it is feared, will die, When
the brake broke the car commenced in
creasing its speed, and when it went over
had attained a terrible velocity. The rush
to death was made in so short a time that
no one had a chance to escape by jump
ing, and the only wonder is that the death
I list did uot include everybody aboard.
Pennsylvania's University.
Philadelphia, July 3.—The trustees
of the University of Pennsylvania to-day
decided to extend an invitation to the
| American Society for the Advancement
of'tecjpu.ce to meet in this city in Septem
| ler next, ottering the society the use of the
i University building as a place of meeting.
In pursuance of the request of Henry
M. Seybert, endowing a chair of moral
and intellectual philosophy, the Uni
versity trustees appointed a com mission
to investigate the so-called modern spir
itualism.
Virginia’s Railroad Suit.
Richmond, Va.. July 3.—A convention
of tbe second mortgage bondholders of
the Biohmond and Allegheny Railroad
Company here to-day appointed a perma
nent committee, consisting of 11. C. Par
sons, Joseph Miller, J. W. Johnston, J. A.
Coke, T. C. Potts. J. S.. Hubbard and R.
Manley, and directed. it to open corres
pondence with the non-resident bondhold
ers to secure their co-operation in the
pending proceedings against the railroad.
Champions at Base Rail.
Washington, July 3.—Game* of base
ball were played to-day as follows.
At Sew York—New Yorks 11; Pliila
delphias £.
At Providence —Providences 4: Bos
tons 0.
At Cincinnati—Cincinnatis 12; Metro
politans 1.
At Columbus, O.—Columbus 3; Balti
mores 6.
A-t Chicago—Chicagos 21; Buffalos 7.
Inexpensive gqd effective is the great
substitute for sulphur baths, Glenn's Sul
phur soap.
SAVANNAH. WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1883.
A LIVELY DAY IN ATLANTA.
The City Filling up with Legislators
and Excited by Five Alarms of Fire.
Atlanta. July 3. —Nearly all the mem
bers of the Legislature are here, but as
to-morrow is the Fourth of July only a
brief session w ill be held. There will' be
a big rush of both general and local bills
during the session, and the final adjourn
ment will hardly he reached until some
time in September.
A large crow and of survivors of the First
Georgia Volunteers in the late war went
up to Huff’s Highland Park this after
noon. A grand reunion occurs there to
morrow. The largest delegations were
from Sandersville and Forsv'th. The old
veterans are full of enthusiasm and the
reunion will result in permanent good.
Governor McDaniel having refused
pardon in the ease of Professor Jules
Soule, the ease will be carried to the
Supreme Court by Charles I). Hill, Esq.,
brother of Solicitor General Hill, out of
sympathy for the distressed wife and child
of the prisoner.
Five alarms of fire have been sounded
here since midnight, but only two of the
fires did much damage. A house and store
near the shops ofttie East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia Railroad were destroyed
at 4 o’clock this morning. They were liew
buildings and the loss is nearly $5,000.
Another fire, about the same hour, de
stroyed a store and several dwellings on
Davis street. The loss is about SIO,OOO.
STILL DYING BY HUNDREDS.
Damict ta to lie Half Destroyed to Stop
the Spread of the Plague.
Alexandria, July 3.—There were 120
deaths at Damietta and four at Samanaud
yesterday from cholera.
Traffic between Port Said and Syria has
been prohibited, owing to the outbreak of
cholera at the former place.
A panic prevails at Jiddah because of
the expected arrival there of five steam
ers from India with pilgrims on their
way to Mecca. It is feared that they
w ill bring the germs of cholera.
Cairo, July 3. —The Sanitary Council
has ordered the population of’Damietta
to be removed from their dwellings and
scattered in tents. The infected quarter
of the town has been partly disinfected
and partly burned.
Berlin, July 3.—The Nord Deutsche
Zeituna, the organ of Prince Bismarck,
says that the government of Germany
and Prussia are devoting earnest atten
tion to the subject of cholera. The sani
tary commissioners are to assemble
forthwith, in conjunction with the im
perial hoard of health, to deliberate on
precautionary measures.
London, July 3.—Lord Edmund Fitz
maurice, Under Foreign Secretary, stated
in the House of Commons, this Afternoon,
that the government had no intention, for
the present al least, of proposing an in
ternational conference on the subject of
quarantining against cholera. ' •
YELLOW JACK BANISHED.
Surgeon General Hamilton Report* no
Case* in this Country.
Washington, July 3.— The Surgeon
General of the Marine Hospital service,
reports that the United States is free
from yellow fever, with the exception of
two cases on hoard a foreign vessel in
quarantine at Ship Island.
Sanitary Inspector Daniel M. Burgess
reports to the Marine Hospital Bureau
that the steamer City of Pueblo, en route
to New York, left a fatal case of fever at
Havana.
Assistant Surgeon John Guiteras, of
the Marine Hospital Service, now sta
tioned at Key West, lias lieen ordered to
Vera Cruz to investigate the sanitary
condition of that city. Acting Assistant
Surgeon Conover lias lieen ordered to
temporary duty at Key West.
Galveston, July 3. —The bark Salome,
from Vera Cruz, arrived here yesterday.
It is reported that when at that port five
of her men, including the Captain, were
sick with yellow fever. One of the men
died June 13, but the others recovered.
The vessel left Vera Cruz June 20,
since which time there has been no sick
ness aboard. No communication what
ever will be allowed with the Salome
until the expiration of quarantine.
DE CH AM BO RIF’S LAST HOURS.
.Masses Said for His Recovery and tlie
Papal Blessing Reported.
Rome, July 3.—lt is asserted that the
Count de Chainbord has received the
Papal blessing.
Paris, July 3.—The Duke de Nemours
and the Duke Dalecon have gone toFrohs
dorff, the residence of the Count de Cham
bord, with the Count de Paris.
Large crowds were present this morn
ing at the churches in which masses were
said for the recovery of the Count from
his present critical illness.
A messenger who reached here to-day
from Frohsdorff brought information that
the physicians in attendance on the Count
have little hope of his recovery. His
mind is clear. Eating unripe fruit is the
cause of his illness.
Paris, July 4. —News was received
here at midnight that the physicians at
tending the Count de Chambord at a con
sultation last night decided that his case
was hopeless, The statement is pub
lished that the members ot the Orleans
family have gone to Frohsdorff only to
fulfill a family duty.
Cork’s World Exposition.
Cork, July 3. The Industrial Exhibi
tion, covering three and one-halt acres of
ground, and including British, continen
tal and American exhibits, was opened
by the Earl of Bandon to-day in the pres
ence of a vast crowd. Some trouble had
lieen expected and the police were posted
among the audience, Perfect order, how
ever, was maintained. A large procession
of trades, with bands playing national airs,
marched to the building. T. D. Sullivan
and E. Dw yer Gray, and the Mayors and
members of many city corporations were
present at the opening ceremonies.
A Supervisor K[<ldled With Buckshot.
Vicksburg, Miss., July 3.—Capt.M.L.
Cole, a member of the Board of Supervis
ors, was found in the road this morning
between this city and his residence, which
is five miles distant, with his body riddled
with buckshot. No arrests have been
made, but there is a clue to the murderer.
The Coroner, after an inquest, tiled in
formation against Dr. H. P. Cook and his
son, N'ewett Cook, charging them with
the murder of Cole. They were arrested
and put in jail, pending an investigation.
Unpaid Minors Kxasperateri.
Hanover, N, 11., July 3.—The miners
of Ely, Vt„ some 300 in number, have
struck for their pay, which is two months
behind, Early yesterday morning they
broke into the mining company’s store,
and stripped it entirely of its goods.
During the day they paraded the streets,
making riotous demonstrations, threaten
ing the demolition of the company’s pro
perty, and creating great disturbance. A
peaceful adjustment of affairs Is antici
pated.
Tlie Mormons Sue tl>e Commission.
Salt Lake City, July 3.—Ten suits
were instituted by Mormons in the Uni
ted States District Court yesterday direct
ed against the Commissioner appointed
by the President to carry out the provi
sions of -the Edmunds bill. This is a
deliberate attempt to break down the
commissioners add defeat the law. The
suits were instituted for damages, with
the evident intention of coercing the com
mittee.
' Chicago’s Printers Xot’to Strike.
Chicago, July 3.—A largely attended
meeting of the Chicago Typographical
Union was held last night. The question
of the demand for increased compensa
tion was discussed at length, and it was
decided not to enter upon a strike and to
defer any action until Qctober next. In
the meantime a committee will be ap
pointed to confer with the publishers and
proprietors of union offices.
A Shaft for the Spot Where Custer Died.
MoxTKLLtt, Wfa., July 3.—Thp granite
shaft which is to mark the spot where
General Custer and seven companies of
the Seventh United States Cavalry laid
dowu their lives, was shipped to Montana
yesterday. The monumeiu consists of a
cube of V-*ntello granite 4by 5% feet,
resting on a base of the same material. It
is inscribed with the names of the slain.
An Island Volcano in Eruption.
Sax Jlan gel Si r, July 3.—lt is re
ported that the yoleanp ou the island of
Ometpe, in Lake Nicaragua, which has
been smoking for some time, is now in a
state of eruption. A panic has been
caused among tue inhabitants, who are
all leaving the island. There aro two
villages on the island. The volcano is of
the same name as the island.
Mrs. H. G. Butler, Way’s station, Ga.,
says: “I used Brown's Iron Bitters for
malaria, nervous prostration and debility
With great beuqjit/’
DROWNED BY THE SCORE.
A NEWLY LAUNCHED STEAMER
CAPSIZES IN THE CLYDE.
Probabilities that the Daphne’s Vic
tim* will not Fall Short of a Hun
dred-Many Workmen Caught Below
the Decks—Ghastly Scenes Pictured
by the Divers.
London, July 3.— lntelligence has
reached this city of an unusual and terri
ble calamity during the launching of a
steamship at Glasgow to-dav. The vessel
to w hich the disaster happened was the
steamer Daphne. While she was being
launched she fell on her side, pre
cipitating a number of people into the
water.
The Daphne, which was constructed
for the coasting trade, is a vessel of 500
tons burden. Two hundred workmen
were on board of her when she capsized.
The accident occurred in the middle of
the river Clyde after the launching,
near Renfrew, five miles from Glasgow'.
I raffle in the Clyde is suspended, owing
to the interruption to navigation bv the
capsized vessel. The steamer left her
wavs at a very fast rate, and when she
gained the water she rolled trom side to
side. The persons on board fearing that
she would capsize,* usbed to and fro, and
the vessel finally keeled over and nearly
disappeared beneath the water. A
majority of those on board were saved by
tugs and small boats, many of them in
the last stages of exhaustion. It is known
that there were fifty persons below in the
Daphne when the vessel went over, and
they must have all been drowned. The
cause of her capsizing was that she had
too much top weight. Steamers are drag
ging the water lor the bodies of the vic
tims.
The Daphne had all her machinery on
board. She turned upside down before
she sank. The accounts of the number of
persons on board and the number lost
continue to vary widely. Several bodies
have been found at the foot of the ways.
Divers are searching for other bodies.
Fifty-two names are published as those
of missing persons. As visitors were ad
mitted to view the launch it is believed
that some of them whose names are at
present unknown are among the missing.
Many dead bodies are visible through the
port holes of the ship. There was a
rapid ebb tide, and it is feared that many
bodies were carried out to sea. There
were a large number of boys ou board.
1* oreman Joiner,- who had charge of twenty
workmen, says that he has seen only three
of his men since the accident. The pas
sage by the sunken ship is unimpeded
for small vessels, hut is dangerous for
large Atlantic steamers.
According to the statements ot wit
nesses and survivors of the disaster the
vessel left the slip too rapidly, causing
her stern, which entered first, to sink
down in the water. She was then caught
by the strong current of the river, by
w hich, as well as bv her top
weight, she was caused to keel
over so far that the water
entered her port. A diver states that the
companion way of the Daphne is blocked
up by a solid mass ot bodies, one upon an
other. It appears that the men who w'ere
at work below when the ship went
over rushed from their work and became
jammed in the passage way. Some of the
bodies still have tools in their hands. A
diver thinks that there are still in the ves
sel at least as many corpses as have al
ready been recovered. Forty-one bodies
had been found last night when darkness
stopped the search.
Butler and the Republicans.
Boston, July 3. —The Republican mem
b(*rs ot the Legislature held a conference
this afternoon, and it is stated decided
that the Tewksbury Investigating Com
mittee should hold six more sessions and
report July 14. An order to this effect
was adopted by the House this afternoon.
>he conference decided to ask the Su
preme Court if the Legislature has the
power to adjourn without the consent of
the Governor.
Anti-Monopoly Sunk bv the Tariff.
Chicago. July 3. — The delegates to
the National Conference of Anti-Monopo
lists to be held here to-morrow are arriv
ing, and there promises to be a large
Northern and Western representation.
There are many Greenbackers in atten
dance, hut the impression is that the
fight will be on the tariff question, the
Eastern delegates generally advocating
protection and the Western delegates free
trade.
New Orleans a* a Grain Outlet.
Galveston, Texas, July 3.— A San
Antonio dispatch says that preparations
are being made on the Sunset and New
Orleans branch of the Southern Pacific
Railroad for immense shipments of Cali
fornia wheat through to New Orleans.
The initial car load is to be followed by
express grain trains to be started in a
short time.
Seven Years in Stripes.
New Haven, July 3.— John H. Gibbs, a
notorious colored boy, indicted for out
rageous assaults on a number of women
in this city during the past six months,
pleaded guilty to one charge to-day in the
Superior Court and was sentenced to
seven years in the State prision. Five
other eases against him will probably lie
nolle pressed.
A Steamer Blown to Pieces,
Wilkesbarre, July 3.—The boilers of
the steamboat Susquehanna, owned by the
Plymouth Navigation Company, blew up
this morning at her dock in the Susque
lianna river here. The boat wits torn to
pieces. There were no passengers on
board at the time. A number of em
ployes were hurt, but none were killed
outright.
Weather Indications.
Office chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D,C„ July 3.—lndications
for Wednesday:
In the South Atlantic States, light
local rains, partly cloudy weather, east
erly to southerly winds, statonary or
lower barometer, nearly stationary tem
perature.
Assassinated by a Wronged Father.
Galveston, July 3,—A Jefferson dis
patch says that Judge Hauglin was as
sassinated lu6t night on the road front
tow n, where he had been attending a night
session of court. Mrs. Hauglin believes
that the assassin was a negro whose
daughter the Judge wronged before his
marriage.
Shot at Her Window by a Burglar.
Massilon, 0., July 3.— Mrs. Kirtland
arose at 4 o’clock this morning, intending
to go to the cresttile. As she opened the
window a burglar on the roof of a low
portion ol the house fired at her, the bul
let taking effect in her chin. She has
since died. Several tramps have been ar
rested on suspicion.
Vanderbilt's Trans-Continental System.
Cincinnati, July 3.—The News-Journal
states that a scheme has been devised,
and will soon be put under way, to build
a parallel railroad from St. Louis to San
Francisco, with branches running to
Texas and the Indian Territory, making
a trans-continental Vanderbilt system.
An Albany Lawyer’s Thefts.
Albany, N. Y„ July 3.—Henry
Wiekes, an aged lawyer, has embezzled
$.50,000 of trust funds and moneys col
lected as attorney of Mrs. Catherine W.
Van Rensselaer, of Greenbush, Wiekes
has been misusing the funds since 1871.
He hqs fled.
Murder at a Pan nee Dance.
Chicago, July 3.—A dispatch from Lit
tle Rock, Ark., says that a fight occurred
at an Indian dance at Bird Creek, Indian
Territory, last night. Over one hundred
Pawnees, with revolvers and knives, took
part. Two Indians were killed and oth
ers were wounded.
Wisconsin Swept by a Storm.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 3.—A severe
storm swept Ozaukee countv yesterday,
demolishing hpilding6 at scores of tptyns.
In Belgium and j?redonia alone oyer 20()
buildings were blown down -itGakfield
hardly a chimney is left standing. Three
men Were drowned at Port Washington.
Flames in the Salmon Canneries.
Astoria, Oregon, July 3.—A fire
broke out here late last night which caus
ed a loss estimated at $225,000. The in
surance is $50,000. The Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company’s loss is $75, 0(H).
Seven salmon canneries were' destroyed
and also 15,000 eases of salmon.
Journalists at a Swiss Fete.
Zi lticit. Julv 3, Forty-jive Journalists,
representing Lurupe and' America, at
tended a fete here yesterday. The fes
tivities inelpded aq exhibition, regatta,
illumination!!, efo,
A French Tran.port at Sagon.
Paris, July 3.—Advices from Sagon
say that the transport Annamite, with
troops from France, has arrived there.
Hill’s Hair Dye, black or brown, fifty
I cents. •
CHILI RECOGNIZES IGLESIAS.
All Towns to be Evacuated which Ac
knowledge the General.
Panama, June 23.—The Chilians are
making preparations to evacuate the
north of Peru and hand it over to Gen.
Iglesias. The municipal and other Peru-
I \ ian authorities in the different towns
j throughout the north of the eountrv have
! been notified by the Chilians that thev
are prepared to withdraw from all points
where Gen. Iglesias is recognized.
Lima, July 3.—The Tribune has "pub
lished a letter of May 24. from Adolto
\ banes, urging Senor Calderon to accept
the same terms of peace as Gen. Iglesias
and thus obtain, through Mr. Logan, the
recognition of his government. Senor
Calderon in reply savs that he does not
believe that the United States Govern
ment will recognize Gen. Igles'as or
adopt so variable a policy, and adds that
he has told Mr. Logan tliat he is willing
to treat lor peace on a national basis,
with which he is well acquainted.
According to advices received yester
day, which are confirmed, General
Caeeres has united his lorces with those
of General Raca Barren, at lluaraz, and
left for parts unknown. They number
about 1,500 men. Chilian forces are in
pursuit, but they have not encountered
them since May 2-'!. Pacasmayo, Trujillo
and other places have lieen evacuated by
the Chilians, and are now flying the Per
uvian flag.
Le Diaria Official reports that the ple
biscite at the city of Huaraz, the capital
of the Department of Ancachs and another
at Recuav, have resulted in favor of peace
and General Iglesias.
COLOMBIA'S EYE OX ECUADOR.
Office Seeker Nunez Anxious to Precip
itate a War fa re for Annexation.
Panama, June 23. —Much excitement
lias been created in Bogota. t>y a proposi
tion in the House of Representatives to
declare war against Ecuador. It was
thrown out on the first debate. The truth is
there is no Ecuador with which Colombia
could go to war. Dictator Yeintemilla.who
is an enemy, is on his last legs and the
rest of Ecuador is very well disposed to
ward the Colombian Republic. Ambi
tious political schemers, however, and
with them is Nunez, one of the candi
dates for the Presidency, think that
this would be a favorable moment to ap
propriate the Republic of Ecuador under
the pretext of reforming the old Colom
bian confederation, which old Flores and
other men of his type divided up to suit
their own convenience.
INDIAN SPRING NOT SALEABLE.
A Correspondent Tells Why the Land
Must Continue State Property.
Editor Morning News: In the Sunday
Telegram there appeared a communica
tion relating mainly to the question of the
sale of the State reserve at Indian Spring,
your correspondent saying that “it is said
a bill will be introduced during the com
ing July session (of the Legislature) au
thorizing the sale of this property,” and
that “it is whispered an Atlanta syndicate
is in the field for it.” As I have had occa
sion to investigate the question of such a
sale, and the matter is one affecting pub
lic and private interests, I would ask
space to briefly notice it.
The water of the Indian Spring was
well known and resorted to by the whites
long before that portion of the State was
acquired from the Indians, and in the
treaty of 1821 with the Creeks these were
especially excepted from the cession. Of
all those lands “one thousand acres to be
laid off in a square so as to include the
Indian Spring in the centre thereof,” and
six hundred and forty acres on the Oc
mulgee river, the rich farm of their chief,
Gen. Mclntosh. This country being ac
quired by the whites was immediately
disposed of under the Head Right laws,
the Indian Spring and Mclntosh reserva
tion remaining the property of the Indians,
until two days after the treaty of 1825, by
which all the remaining Indian territory
in Georgia was surrendered to the w hites.
These two reservations were then also
ceded, being the last of all their hunting
grounds in Georgia acquired by the
whites. In 1827 the Legislature passed
a special act for the survey and sale
of these reserves, appointing commis
sioners for the purpose, and pro
viding as to the Indian Spring reserve
that it should be surveyed and platted
into lots and streets, beginning with a
square lot of ten acres in the centre,
where the spring was, to be called Lot
One, around which should be laid off two
ranges of two-acre lots, with streets in
tersecting at right angles; then a range
of four-acre lots, with streets between,
and the remainder of the one thousand
acre square into farm lots of twenty and
thirty acres each, and upon the survey
being “completed and plans thereof made
out.” all the lots excepL number one
should be sold, after being first advertised
for thirty days “in all the public gazettes
of the State,” the commissioners to make
deeds in the name of the State.
The place was incorporated in 1837, and
special commissioners, to hold office until
death or resignation, w ere appointed the
State’s agents to pass laws, rules, etc.,
“for the good order and w ell-being of the
place, its inhabitants and visitors,” which
style of superintendence continued until
1806, when the charter was amended so as
to create the usual town council for the
government of the place.
In 1838 an act was passed directing the
State Commissioners to sell certain un
used streets for the purpose of raising a
fund for “the improvement of said reserve
and spring for th a public use and benefit."
In 1842 a special act of the Legislature
gives a private party the right to erect a
bathing establishment on the reserve,
and in 1847 the Legislature gives a
thirty year grant to John G. Park,
the condition being that he shall
beautify and improve the grounds,
keep open and in good order
the walks and approaches to the spring,
but expressly forbidding the erection of
any hotel or building for rent on the re
serve, and to preserve the free use of the
water to the public, This grant was re
newed to Col, 11. J. Lamar in 1860 for a
period of twenty years, in whose hands it
now is.
Thus it is seen that the lots at Indian
Spring were laid off and sold by legisla
tive enactment with the centre lot and
focal point of the whole plan a reserva
tion to public use; that the State’s special
commissioners were in charge of this re
serve for thirty years lor the benefit of
inhabitants and visitors', that they were
directed to expend money to improve it
for “public use and benefit,” and that for
nearly forty years Georgia has on its
statute books expressly forbidden the
erection of business houses, and espe
cially hotels, on this centre lot of the sys
tem.
Is anything further needed to show a
dedication to public use? Is it necessary
to ask the question whether or not this
condition of things has existed in the
words of our Code ($2684), “f or such a
length of time that the public accommo
dation or private rights might be material
ly affected by an interruption of the enjoy
ment? If so, then the law is explicit,
that this reserve cannot be “appropriated
tojirivate purposes.”
Such is the law'for individuals,and if the
lot owners at Indian Spring have any ves
ted rights in the dedication made and in
the enjoyment sought to be interrupted it
is also the law' for the State, and tfie Leg
islature can pass no valid act for a sale to
private parties. But if it could, is it jus
tice or good faith to do so? When the
State sent its commissioners with their
“skillful surveyor” to survey and make
plats of the Indian Spring reserve and
then advertised “in all the public gazettes
of the State” the lots for sale, according
to the plat, with the special important Ipt
in the centre—the heart and life of the
whole system reserved think you that
those surrounding lots sold for
more or less than if the centre
lot had beep advertised fur sale
jikatbe others? The question answers
itselt, and the law presumes that at that
sale the enhanced value of the lots sold
paid for the reservation made. Does our
great State wish to sell the reserve again ?
But whatever may have been the policy
of such a reservation—w hether wise or
unwise—yet it being once made there
has been no time in the history of Indian
Spring that a sale of the reserve to pri
vate uses would not amount to a confis
cation of the private property of those
around. 1 could extend the discussion
otthis subject much further, but'will
epd Lure wnfh baying that' in view of
such ail agitation as your correspondent
speaks of arid its preventing the Improve
ment of property, the Legislature has a
VCTY plbib duty l t i the premises, which is
to pledge the good faith of the State by
solemn enactment declaring this spring
and ten acre reserve dedicated to public
uses, for the lot and property owners at
Indian Spring have a right to have their
title to the easement in this reserve for
ever quieted. Very respectfully,
N. C. Collier.
JACKSON VI HUS FREEDOM
THE REMOVAL OF RESTRIC
TIONS HAILED WITH JOY.
Pleasure Parties Flocking to Every Re
sort—The New Beach Railroad—The
Cattle Trade—The Coast Line Canal-
Other News Notes in State and
Town.
Jacksonville, Julv 2.—The authori
ties having removed all restrictions on ex
cursions, a general rush is being made to
the seashore and springs. Large numbers
have gone down to the St. John's bar and
sniffed the pure air of old ocean, and bath
ed in the surf on the south beach, one of
the best places for such sport on the At
lantic coast.
Our health board, desiri tig to thoroughly
eradicate small-pox, still require all ex
cursionists to provide themselves with u
certificate of vaccination, and he that
cannot, must submit to having the virus
then and there inserted, not as there is
any immediate danger, but to prevent any
future outbreak or spread of small-pox iii
the community. Not to have a vax certi
ficate, is to place oneself entirely outside
of the pale of fashionable society in this
city.
Those who go down and plunge them
selves in the healing waters that wash the
sands of one of the most magnificent
beaches on the Southern coast return
highly elated, which is inducement suffi
cient, these warm days, for others to go
and do likewise. These bathers can enjoy
a hath without the least danger bv wad
ing into the water a few feet from the
shore, where the ever-coming billows from
mid-ocean, in rapid succession, break
over and around them, the effect of which
is delightful. The little iolks enjov it im
mensely as the swelling billows cast them
ashore instead of into deep water. A few
hours once spent here increases the de
sire for a repetition every warm day dur
ing the year.
If the railroad now contemplated from
this city to the south beach is finished,
and the hotel promised is erected by next
summer, there will be no more popular
resort anywhere than this one. The dis
tance from this city will be only twenty
miles, and the most hard worked business
man in town can find an hour or two each
week to run down and bathe his parched
brow and have the invigorating breeze
blow' the dust of the city from his eves.
Active and enterprising men have the
building of the road in charge, and onlv
ask for SIOO,OOO to put it through, all of
which, save $20,000, has been subscribed,
and bad not the small-pox scare disturbed
the usual equanimity of the city, dirt
would now be moving on this beach rail
road. The whole St. John’s river country
is anxious for a seaside home in summer,
and it is a real necessity, and both the
road and hotel must be built.
The demand for Florida cattle is greater
this summer than ever before. In the
western counties herdsmen from Texas
are gathering all eattle to be had, and
shipping them to that State by rail via
Pensacola. It is said that they are want
ed to fill up the depleted herds there, as
the constant sales to the Eastern markets
have greatly reduced the native stock.
The rush of cattle to Cuba from South
Florida is also greater than ever before.
About the Ist of May a disagreement be
tween the stock owners and purchasers
as to price per head had a tendency to re
tard the shipping of cattle, and the ves
sels were about to withdraw from the
trade when the demands of the eattle
owners w'ere acceded to, and since about
the 20th of May they have been shipped to
Cuban ports by the thousand head, and,
it is learned from one of the largest stock
ow ners of that section, that over $50,000
worth are sold per month, and will be
sold for several months to come, if the
demand can be supplied. About sl7 per
bead is the price paid.
Letters are received in this city fre
quently from the West soliciting informa
tion about cattle, as to where the largest
number can be purchased, what section
of the State is best adapted to stock rais
ing, and as to range, etc. These letters
of inquiry are not all from Texas, Arkan
sas and Missouri, but some come from far
away Arizona and New Mexico.
In South Florida the proceeds from the
sale of cattle is always greater than that
received from the sale of the orange and
vegetable crop, but if the present rate of
shipping is continued this will, however,
soon be reversed, as the herds will be
gradually diminishing w hile the fruit and
vegetable interests are steadily increas
ing.
The Florida Coast Line Canal and
Transportation Company’s dredge con
tinues to cut, though its progress is slow,
yet all are assured of its successful ter
mination. Its completion will connect
the navigable waters lying inland and
running parallel with the coast. These
streams are deep enough to float any
steamer now on the St. John’s river, but
are so detached as to serve no general pur
pose. At present they are only of local
advantage, but once connected, commu
nication is established in one unbroken
chain along the coast, and furnishes an
outlet to all parts of the world.
The water in the canal now
is about six feet deep and
the banks are well formed. The
dredge cuts in an hour twenty feet in
length by sixty wide and six
feet in depth. The dredge will
soon bo in Smith’s creek, and this
water course will then be followed where
it is narrow and straight, and change
to the low ground, parallel with the
main direction of the creek, where it is
wide and of soft mud, until the Halifax
river is reached. Once into this river the
places known as the “Elbow” and
“Haulover” can easily bo reached, and
the cutting of the entrance into Indian
river commenced. A small steamer plys
now' between the dredge and St. Augus
tine through the canal.
Col. I. Coryell, one of the officers of this
enterprise, and who has been superin
tending the work, has been compelled to
take a rest and go North for the benefit of
his impaired health, but w hile in this city
recently said he was sanguine of success,
and w'as as full of hope, apparently, as on
the day the work began. Ample funds
anfat command to finish the work, and
supply, if necessary, two more dredges to
expedite the work.
The merchants in this citv are certain
that their business will be largely in
creased as soon as this great waterway is
completed and supplied with steamers,
penetrating as it does one of the finest
fruit, vegetable and cattle sections of the
State,
The business men of Jacksonville in
general will he much benefited by this
new route to the Indian river country,
which has so long been deprived of an
outlet, as by means of the St. Augustine
and Jacksonville Railroad a direct route
is opened up between Indian river and
Jacksonville, the northern terminus of
the canal being only a short distance from
St. Augustine.
Cheering news also comes from the
workmen on Kissimmee and Okeechobee
canals, the progress of which is very sat
isfactory, and at this time much more so
than was expected a month ago. Two
dredges and a snag boat are now being
operated by the Okeechobee Drainage
Company. One of the dredge boats Is at
present at work in the Caloosahatehee
river, having recently cut a chan
nel twenty miles in length,
besides cleaning it of fallen timber, drift
wood, etc. A ledge ot rocks in this chan
nel will have to bp blasted before the
rjredge can proceed further with its work.
This obstruction removed, it is the opin
ion of those engaged in the work that the
river will then be navigable from the
Olechobee Lake to the Gulf of Mexico,
The other dredge is cutting a two mile
canal from Lake Tahopekaliga. to East
Lake Tahopekaliga. \ canal from one of
thesp lakes to J.ake‘ Cypress, tour miles
in length, has just been completed. This
canal as first cut did not prove satis,
factory, so the dredge proceeded through
It a second time, deepening and widen
ing 4? Its dimensions now are: depth,
twelve feet; width, seventy-two feet;
channel, six feet.
The snag boat is engaged in clearing
the runs uetween Lakes Kissimmee,
Tiger and Rosalie. It is claimed that the
distance between J.ake okeeohobee and
Kissimiqeeav ill tie reduced by this canal,
when finished, 237 miles, and instead of
traveling 312 miles from one point to the
other, as per original route, only about 7'5
miles will be necessarv.
Another new drdge : ts soon to be added
tq vfLrK 1 . It was launched at Kissi
slmec'City about three weeks ago, and is.
said to be the most powerful machine of
the kind ever constructed in this country.
It is f/' teet wide by Iff? long, and will
vamove 1 0,600 cubic feet of earth per day.
From private sources it is learned that
railroad affairs at Tampa are in better
plight than they were a fortnight ago.
The working force of the International
Road has returned and again resumed
work near Tampa, where they
left otl so suddenly a few weeks
ago when they changed their case'
operation to Pointy iuetus. Thlschahge
to Pipelas was caused, it is said, bv a
failure of the company and land ownei*
to agree upon the price of certain lands at
and near Tampa. At last accounts it
was thought all differences would soon be
settled to the satisfaction of interested
parties.
The extension of the South Florida
Railroad from Kissimmee to Tantpa is
steadily and rapidly progressing in everv
department. Lumber is being sawed and
delivered at Tampa for its wharves, freight
house and sheds. Gross-ties are being cut
and delivered at different points, and the
working force is being increased daily.
Laborers and material for this extension
pass through Jacksonville daily. Wed
nesday a gang of twenty-two bridge
builders arrived at Kissimmee, ready to
commence work. The whole line is being
worked at the same time, and soon the
scream of the first locomotive will be
heard in the forests and jungles of South
Florida. This extension is the farthest
south of any road iu the United States,
and is being built by that railroad giant,
the Plant Investment Company.
The two new roads leading from this
city towards Tampa are progressing very
satisfactorily, the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West lieing in the lead, and it is
confidently expected its grade will be
finished to Palatka by August Ist. The
trestling and bridges ol McGirt’s and
Black creeks have been commenced by
M. S. (’alter A Cos., of St. Louis. The iron
to be used in their construction has ar
rived. Both will be drawbridges.
The Waycross Road is having erected
at its depot in this city a large and eom
moolous packing house, where fruit will
be sorted, boxed and prepared lor ship
ment the next season.
Two other recent improvements here
are noticeable. The passenger depot is
now supplied with a handsome train
register, the dials of which show the cor
rect time of arrival and departure ot
trains. It saves conductors from ever
answering “How long before the train
leaves?” and agents, “How long before
the train arrives?” These questions are
generally asked about a thousand times
per day.
The other improvement is a large gong
to be used by the telegraph operator in
starting trains. It will be sounded a
minute before trains are started as a no
tification to passengers to get aboard and
to engineers and conductors to he ready
to move their trains promptly on time.
One hears so much in a day about rail
roads he is in danger of getting as badly
befogged as a star route jury.
House building is again getting brisk in
the city, and mechanics are in demand
at from $2 to $3 50 per day. lift-river
towns are b dly in want of house carpen
ters. Big wages are ottered even to good
jaeklegs.
From all sections of the State encourag
ing reports are received as to the growing
crops. An excellent oat crop was har
vested, and a good yield of corn is prom
ised. Cotton is looking fine.
It is rumored that Captain Dyke has
sold the Floridian printing office, at Talla
hassee, to Messrs. Dorr & Bowen, of that
city.
Our city fathers are much worried over
the city’s finances, as they are spending
SBOO per month above receipts. They have
been searching for a remedy lor a month,
hut up to this writing it has not been dis
covered. Oh, to where are we drifting?
State bonds,sixes,are worth $1 10, sevens
$1 30, and both scarce at these pleasing
figures. So much for good Democratic
rule.
It is highly probable that the freight
differences in this city, existing between
the Waycross Railroad and the Deßary
Steamer Line, will soon be adjusted. Ru
mor says it is already fixed.
The organization of the society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals was per
fected last Thursday by the election of the
various officers. This organization, it is
to be hoped, will last longer than a former
one, which was burst about ten years
ago by the Mayor taking sides with the
negro instead of the mule when the negro
was brought before His Honor for trial.
Mules are not voters, and this was lortu
nate for the prisoner on that occasion.
The present Mayor, it is believed, is made
of sterner stuff, and will assist this hu
mane society in abating the cruelty now
so common here.
About $70,000 worth of city real estate
has changed ownership the past week.
If this thing keeps on Jacksonville dirt
will soon be worth a dollar a quart.
Nearly every town in the State is pre
paring for a happy occasion on the glori
ous Fourth. Gunpowder and iced beer
will hold the fort on that day in many
towns.
There has fallen 0.92 inches of rain in
the city during the past month.
The temperance organizations in this
•city are waging a bitter warfare against
the authorities issuing new licenses to
the liquor dealers in this county. They
go about and obtain pledges from the
voters not to sign the dealers’ petition to
the County Commissioners for a license.
So far every attempt to obtain permis
sion to sell liquor has been boldly met
and defeated by the friends of temperance.
The two licenses granted by the authori
ties some three weeks ago have not been
issued yet, as the Tax Collector was
restrained the Circuit Court Judge
upon a petition from the temperance peo
ple, setting forth that the local option
law had not been complied with by the
dealers.
The sad news yesterday of the death of
Rev. Mr. McCormick, at his house in
Gainesville Saturday night, was received
with profound regret by his many friends
and acquaintances in Jacksonville. For
30 years he has stood a faithful sentinel
upon the watch tower of Zion in Florida,
and was highly esteemed by all for his
earnest piety, true friendship and kind
heartedness. He has been pastor of the
Gainesville Presbyterion Church for over
20 years, and was loved and honored by
every good man and woman of that
community.
A large hotel is about completed at
White Sulphur Spring, near Suwannee
Station, on the Way Cross Railroad, and
another, the largest south of Washington,
is being erected at St. Augustine on the
Abbott tract, which contains about twen
ty-five acres. Orders have been given to
the Jacksonville saw mills for 1,700,000
feet of lumber to be used in its construc
tion. It will require fifteen tons of paint
to cover the house, and the doors, sash,
blinds, lime, brick, etc., are being shipped
from New York. Eighteen schooners are
required to transport this material. This
building is located just outside of the old
city gates and near old Fort San Marco.
Soon the points of' interst which have
stood the wreck of three centuries will be
swept away by the onward march of pro
gress. Many historic buildings have been
razed to give place to modern structures,
and the quaint old landmarks are fast dis
appearing.
Only three people died in the city last
week, two of whom were colored.
On the lKth instant the Grand Lodge
Knights of Honor of Florida will meet at
Gainesville.
There were Imported Into this city last
mouth 1,474 tons and 2,952 bars railroad
iron.
The first train over the new Melrose and
Green Cove Spring Railroad will start
from Green Cove on Wednesday.
During the month of .Juqo fwentv.llve
sailing vessels entered ibis port-Aione
from foreign porta. Eighteen cleared, four
foreign ports.
The market clerk’s books show that
during the past month, among other
things sold, there were 550 quarts akiaw
berries, 11,670 watermelons, 2,000 musk
melons and 5, Iqp.hels fLs. Cyclops.
Editor Klam Improving.
Richmond, Va., July 3.—The informa,
tion received from Port Republic to
night is that Mr. Elam’s condition is im
proved. He rested well all day and his
wounds are doing well. If no new com.
plications appear it is expected that he
will be in condition to be taken to his
home in Louisa county in a week or ten
days,
An Infant Kelieaded by Cars.
Troy, N. Y., July 3.—A year old child
of John Darby tvas ’beheaded by cars at
Hoosick Falls yesterday. The frantic
mother saw 50 cars pass over ttyd infant’s
body, and she carried away the head in one
hand and tpo body in another to her
house,
Polk Altain Without a Juror.
Nasuvillk, Tknn., Julv 3.—Judge Al
len of the Criminal Court not heing satis
fied with the jurors drawn thus far in the
trial of ex-Treusurev Polk, this morning
discharged all seven of the jurors and
ordered anew panel,
(Milo, Liquor Dealers Paying Their Tax.
CINCINNATI, July 3.—The payments of
the tax under the Scott liquor law now
approximate $450,000. The County Com,
iuiasioners to-day made another exten
sion for the payment of the tax until
July o.
A Colored Officeholder Drops Dead.
Maykrsviixe, Miss., July 3.—Richard
Gregg, a noted negro politician of this
State, and Clerk of the Circuit and
Chancery Courts of fsaquepa county,
dropped dead yesterday of heart disease.
Mr. D.C.Robbins, Savannah, Ga., says;
“I was cured of annoying symptoms of
dyspepsia by using Rrown’* Ritters.”
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fident of Success in November—Tlielr
Opponents Equally Sure of their
Ability to Win.
Xkw Orleans, July 3.-A Canton,
Miss., dispatch says that the Democrats
and Republicans in that county held con
ventions yesterday and ratified the fusion
of the two parties, as proposed by the
respective executive committees. The
conventions were largely attended. The
fusion gives the Democrats the Dis
trict Attorney, State Senator, Sheriff
Treasurer, Chancery Clerk, three
Supervisors and half of the
Constables and the magistrates. The
Republicans get two members of the
lower house. Circuit Clerk, Assessor, two
Supervisors,half of the Magistrates and the
Constables. Both parties pledge themselves
to luithfully carry out the terms of the fu
sion. The nominations made by the Re
publicans were all those of colored men.
The Democrats deferred making nomina
tions for one month. The Fusionists be
lieve that they will defeat the Independ
ents at the polls next November.
The Independents held a caucus to-dav
and express themselves as satisfied with
what the Democrats and Republicans
have done, and assert that thev will de
teat the Fusion nominees in November.
XEAA' HAMPSHIRE’S SENATOR.
The Balloting Continued Without Im
portant Change.
Concord, N. H., July 3.— The ballot
for United States Senator to-day resulted
as follows: Whole number of votes 243-
necessary to a choice 122; of which Wil
liam S. Ladd had 1, Charles H. Bell 3
Gilman Marston 12, Aaron F. Stevens 17’
J antes \V. Patterson 26, James F. Briggs
20, Edward 11. Rollins 72, and Harry
Bingham 81. Although 04 members were
absent but Impairs were announced. The
only change in the balloting was in favor
of ex-Governor Bell, who gained two
votes.
RACES ON THREE TRACKS.
The Runners of England and America
Showing Their Speed.
London, July 3.— The New Market
July meeting began to-day. The race for
the July stakes for two-year-olds was
won by Sir J. Willoughby’s chestnut filly
by Hermit, out of Adelaide. The Count
De Lagrange's bay colt Archidue was
second, and Leopold De Rothschild’s bay
colt Talisman was third. There were R
starters.
Chicago. July 3. —To-day's events re
sulted as follows:
First Race—For the nursery stakes
lor 2-year-old colts and fillies; SSO en
trance; SI,OOO added; one mile. General
Harding took the lead and was not head
ed, winning a length ahead of Bob Miles
with Colliding, the third horse, the same
distance behind Miles. The time was
1:50.
SECOND Rack— For a purse of $400; for
all ages; two miles. losco led for a mile
and three-quarters when Appollo went to
the front and won by a length and a half,
with Highflyer second and the rest beaten
oft. Olivette and Bernice also ran. The
time was 3:35%.
Third Rack— Summer handicap for
al| ages; purse $600; one and one-eighth
miles. Markland won by a length, with
Harry Gilmore second and Pearl Jennings
third. Referee, Bondholder, Good Night
and Kittie AY ells also ran. The time was
I:s6‘j. The w inner sold for $650 in pools
oi S6OO. Markland carried 02 pounds
Harry Gilmore 106 and Pearl Jennings
110.
Fourth Race— A handicap hurdle,
for a purse of S4OO, for all ages; two miles
over eight hurdles. Guy, the favorite,
won l>v a length, with Carter Harrison
second and Elyson third. Annie G. was
beaten off. The time was 3:52.
Fifth Rack —For purse of $250. for all
ages; three quarters of a mile. Disturb
ance won by two lengths, with Miss Good
rich second and Nora M. third. Pearl
thorn, Rena 8., Black Fan, Colorado Mon
arch, who was the favorite, and ijuebeo,
also ran. The time was 1:16%. The third
placed horses all sold bundled in the
field. Miss Goodrich, for place, paid
$252.
Sixth Race —For a purse of $250 for
all ages; three quarters ol a mile. Force
the favorite, won by a length witli
AVaponkoneta second, and Calleron third.
Eook, Black Gal. Ida Woods and Hard
Times also ran. The time was 1:15%.
New York, July 3.—'l'be Brighton
Beach races to-day resulted as follows:
First Race— For a purse of $250 for 2
year olds; 5 furlongs. Australia, the fa
vorite, won, with King Ernest filly sec
ond, and Jim Carlisle third. The time
was 1:04.
Second Rack— For a purse of $250;
selling allowance; one and one-quarter
miles. Keno won, with George Hakes
second and Cromwell third. The time
was 2:10%.
Third Race— For a purse of $250;
three-qu rters of a mile. It was won by
Swift, the favorite, with Weasel second
and Ouray third. The time was 1:16%.
Fourth Rack —For a purse of $250;
three-quarters of a mile. Capias, the
favorite won, with Glenallen second and
London third. The time was 1:16%.
Fifth Rack— For three year olds for a
purse of $250- a mile and an eighth. It
was won by Boccaccio, the favorite, with
Harry Mann second and Fair Barbarian
third. The time was 1:58%.
A Negro Murderer Hanged by Negroes.
Memphis, July 3.—A Skipwith (Miss.)
dispatch says that on Sunday morning
Mrs. Christina Ambacher, a worthy white
woman, was found dead near her door
vvilh her skull fractured and two other
wounds in the back of her head. Martin
Jones, a negro, who had threatened the
life of her husband, w r as arrested, and a
search of his dwelling revealed a bloetlv
shirt. He then confessed. While being
taken to jail a mob, composed principally
ol negroes, took Jones and hanged him.
Trouble in the Vatican.
Rome, July 3.—Notwithstanding the
denial the Curia differs from the propa
ganda in regard to Ireland,
Owing to the action of Mr. Errington
an inquiry has beeu sent to Cardinal Mc-
Cabe whether he Is well enough to come
to Rome.
'Tear General AValsli Dead.
Meriden, Conn., July 3.—The Very
Reverend Thomas AValsh, A’icar General
of the Diocese of Hartford, died last
evening of pneumonia.
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