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ESTABLISHED 1850.
J. n. ESTIEE, Editor and Proprietor.
GEORGIA AND_ FLORIDA.
IHF NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
PAKAGRAFHICALI Y pit.
Bulloch County’* Railroad Prospect
j uo IHr Fire* Burning In Atlanta at
<)• Time—An Old-Time Spanish Craft
Kai*ed from the Bottom of the St.
John’s River.
OEOK‘.= •
Milledicevillr i~ tllle'l -Hi visitor
llarneaville has about 2,KKi inhabitants.
. ,:icord was swept by a hail stonn Sunday.
Willis Peek, an old citizen of Atlanta, is
V. I>. HUL of Americas, is dead, age* I•
Hr. B. F. Newsome, of Reynolds, was buried
tfi.- Fourth.
\nr i olumhus. a party of Nimrod- bagged
,|„ves Monday.
Mr- -arali Turk, widow of Thomas Turk,
li-ad at Mdledgeville.
litrm-ville amateurs made a hit in the
••Pirate-of I'enzanee.’’
..-j n . ;i | estate transactions in Atlanta
l'uexlav aggregated over 150,000.
Kr,-.•man 'mith's job office at Columbus
limlk-ci .-10-ed by the slieritf.
.1 \ Me A fee. of Marietta, died in the Mil
ledgev'ille a-vlum a few days ago.
1 ... j,.,. vv >. oliphant is going to move
fj„ima-toii to Jonesboro.
Mr Nixon, who lives near Rome, has a
|, r -,\ nil whirh he values at *I.OOO.
I ■• , n .1. W . limn, of the < entral Hotel.
, oioinhns. has iost his wife by death,
f r!\ thousand voung shad have lieen de
hi the Ocolioe at Milleilgeville.
Mr. Waldrops little son Wss drowned at
M miu's mill, in Henry county, last week.
\ negro named .lint Jackson was drowned
l*>nd m Butts county last Sunday.
K \ Marshal Jovner, of Vtlanta. ha.- been
, Hcpiiti Marshal by Marshal l-ovd.
Beniamin 1.. < raw has lieeu elected I’resi
u ni of the Atlanta I hauler of < omnieree.
iciveuior McDaniel moved into theexecu-
C mansion at Atlanta Wednesday.
I finding of a pin in the middle of an egg
-lifving a reliable resident of Mdlcdge
\! a meeting at I oluinlms the old officers of
tl „ xp.l.ile and Girarl Railnmd were re
in Macon a dav or two ago. a man sold his
~ rI f,, r tweuty-live cents in onler to buy
Mr Jane M. Heiilv is in jail at Donglass
, l.arged with ail assault and battery on
I,d liusbaml.
fi , iicorgin extension into Athens cost the
, ■ „icr SiU.ooo. a distance of one and one
, .gi.iii miles.
\i, Atlanta mail offers to donate tln.noo lo
l . , i | . -cl technological school if it i-.loca
-1.. 1,, that city.
\\ . |.c-ter, a Marietta colored man. is
. i i.r entering Mi-- Shaw'sii -
i ..,in at night with criminal intent.
ii'ucrll. Itond. Post ilia-ter at Allandalc.
I'.C .-...linty. IS in Hall county jail, charged
u i h .inUz/img |l2T> 12.
B- ■ - ho whistle and otherwise make tlicm
, 11. agreeable at Mdledgeville roin
neetnenis are to !*• arrested.
W ile' Webb, a wealthy resident of I.aw
ivie eville. was thrown from his buggy Tm—-
nijjht and very dangerously hurt."
Paulding ountv Sunday school Associa
,,(>n will hold it- annual celebration at Dallas
ou the l*th of this month.
\u attorney of Atlanta lias m his possession
, "commi-sion issued to William Waller as
, usi-'n liearer, liy Thomas s. I.ee. and dateil
July 2. 1781.
Major Thomas P. Peacock, a widely know n
resident of Madison, i* dead. He was Major
of the Ninth Georgia Regiment during the
war.
\y illiain Hawes' residence at I.uinpkin was
>.:ell' damaged by lightning a few nights ago,
and Mr. Ilawes received a -light dus k while
asleep in his bed. ,
Thomas .1. Scarborough spent a part of >at
urdav in Cochran drinking freely. He siarti and
1.. .111.7 j,, the evening. wa~ thrown from hi
hor-e and instantly killed.'
\ ladv living in Twiggs county has given
irth to"four children m twelve month-. The
oldest two were eleven months old when the
.-econd twins were born.
Marina Roberts, a successful farmer resid
ing "eigut miles from Dallas, committed sui
, 7. l" cutting hi- throat Saturday, lie was
temporarily insane.
The canal which was commenced for the
on! 'sf of turning Rose creek into the river
Itehiw Powell's dam, in Greene county, has
Ih cii completed.
\ citizen of Macon who was called u|h>ii by
i I*,liceman toas.-ist him in making an arrest",
iiad his pants torn liy the struggling prison
er. aud now x-ks the city to pay him *5.
It i- hinted that it has lieen decided to
change the railway from Jug Tavern to
, iiUcsville to a broad gauge, and that a force
hi workmen have been sent to begin work.
v correspondent from Owen’s ferry, f 'ani
,leu county. Ga.. -avs: “The crop- are very
iroml in this count' . 1 thinkour rice planters
7vdl make much bi tter crops than last year.”
\n order went into operation on the Savan
■ Florida and Western Railway the first
<l( ,iii- month, which forbids passenger travel
j,v ans other than the regular passenger
- T Young, of Dooly, and Mis- Mattie Ar
of vllianv. were married on Sunday last
R. v A. M." Williams; also, Dennis Itras
ii i,\.. Miss M. A. I.owe. of Dougherty, by
Bather t’remlergust.
The consolidation of the shops and depots
, 1 , .e entral and Atlantic aud West Point
Iftlln'ads will lie considered at the meeting
f the -9 of the tatter road to lie
fieldVn Vtlanta ou the i3th.
\ -trike occurred among the railroad hands
, h and Jackson, near Jug Tavern, last
M. iclav Eighteen threw Mown their tools
'i | e 'ft Because they eould not get their pay
i v-rv Saturday night. The railroad only pays
once" a month.
The Augusta and Knoxville Road ha- yet
made no provision for paying the July inter
est on its bond*, but it is expected that the
arrangements will lie made shortly. The
business of the road show -a decided increase
over that of last year.
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad has
declared a 3 per cent, semi-annual dividend.
Tlie regular annual stockholders convention
will be field on the 85th of this month, w hen
the reports of officer* will lie received. The
mad i< in a very prosperous condition.
I a-t Tuesdav. while several negro Women
washing In Monroe, one of them sat her
B iln down near by. when an old sow came
■ .... • caught the child by the arm and
dr e -isl it off some fifty yard*before it could
irc-cued. The women sereamed, and bat -
ting -tick* we t* flying through the air. The
i tn!d was not iadfy hurt.
Work on the car shoals at Dublin is pro.
•T-iv-ng satisfactorily. Ihe shoals, instead
“t being solid n k. lire ouh three or four feet
deep in rock, and then a firm, loamy Imttoin
is found. The blasting w ill be very simple
and easy, and the appropriation amply sulli
. lent In".in all the work necessary Naviga
tion past the shoals is temporarily suspended.
The Fourth of Julv vvaseelehrated at Stales-
Rullocli eount'v, bv a public meeting to
• •.insider the question of building a railroad
from - ! atesboro. or some otter place in the
count' to a convenient |mint ou ll;e Central
Ka r.... • It l- pro|>osed to hold another
meeting on the first Monday in August, when
the < oiniuiitee* appointed to put the project
in proper -liape will make their rejmrts.
\ building owned by " . H. McLean. of
Aliuuta. was burned, with a teof fI,)C, in
that .-itv Tuesday morning. While that fire
was in progres- another fire broke out on
l>a\is street in the store house and dwelling
of J. D. Dodd, which was burned, together
with the residences of Mrs. A. Rosenburg, ilr.
K. R. Piles and .1. .!. Evans. The total losse
bv the last fire are estimated at 96,300, di
vided a- follow-: Mr. Dodd, 10.--. 92.500, in
surance. 12.000; \lr... Ro-enliiirg, loss, *I,OOO,
insurance, *1.000; .Mr. Piles, loss, 91,000, no
usurance; Mr. Evans. 91,*00, insurance tI.VOO.
Incendiari-m is suspected, as Mr. Dodd’s
House "as burning on the exterior when the
flame- were discovered.
Georgian- feel an especial interest in theca
reer ,-i the fast gelding, “.loe Bunker'’and
!i - trainer. A. B. < ook, noth being offshoot*
•and Macon. "Bunker” is rapidly liecomiug
• ■Hi as, and iuslly, as will lie admitted after
r, i ; c the follow ing from that ever reliable
sp- rting paper. Witktf Spirit of the Ttme*
“The \'inner, Joe Bunker, has wonderfully
improved on his form of 1880, when lie came
■ ut m tiip g :io class, and obtained a record of
2:26 late m the season. The following year he
- .iff," ami, we believe, started only once.
-i ti he was unplaced, best time 2:2t> ! ;.. East
sea-,m he was taken iu hand by A. If. C'opk,
ut I leveland. Ohio, who ruu.de a Uit iu driving
iiiiK against Aldine and other- there, ail’d he
has conlinneil to improve in hi- Imil‘|s. We
have noticed that certain breeds of inicrs
require special methods *>t training and C<*ik
has mastered the peculiarities ~f the get of
Getirge Wilkes, as shown by hi- -u, . with
Ro-a Wilkes and others. _•'■he was tH.ught
pra nominal sum, and after a few years’
handling he drove her to * record of
2:l*'.. 'he was sold for *i I.UOO. Jo* Bunker
i- a grav gelding, full 16 hands high, a > *ngy
r-e. with strength enough to draw a plow*
He -toe-out' when walking and jogs US if tied
up; bm when at his action and carriage
are very gissl. a big", Hiking stride, plenty of
knee action, and the lot,' g-reacinnc gait of his
Gre. We learn that Mr Cr l' v , u
Augusta, Ga.. has laid 9800 to *l,'“'o that the
first time he meet - tumi.ie in a
race he will beat her for place, B. Coo
is a little, wiry, cadaverous looking ccgn. of
•lark complexion, with one of those kuus
which alwavs look old and thoughtful. He
has very little to say in a race, and does not
wa-te his breath in "useless remarks out of it.
His dress and whole appearance betoken that
he spends more of his time with his horses
than in places of fashionable resort."
The Buena Vista correspondent of the ’o
lumbus Enquirer-Sun says: "On .Satur
day last a meeting of the citizens of Ma
rion county was held in the court house for
•se purpose of again considering the question
of a railroad from this plaec to Bostick, on
the Central Railroad, and also to discuss the
-ten- necessary to lie taken bv the people in
"wler to insure success in the enterprise. The
meeting was organized by the election of Mr.
M. Hair, chairman, who briefly stated its
■object. At the last meeting, held soim-time ago.
consisting of Mr. M.Hair, Major
E. W . Miller and Judge James M. Lowe was
appointed to correspond with the Central
Kadroad Company and ascertain what assist
ance, if any. the company would lend us. The
answer having been received, it was read in
tne meeting and was substantially as
follows: Captain W. G. Raoul wrote the
letter and said that if the people would
go forward and secure enough of money-to
insure the right of way and grade the
road, and put down the crossties, that the
company would furnish the iron and rolling
stock at a fair valuation, take one-half of the
amount in stock in the road, and the bonds of
the road for the remaining one-half, pavable
twenty years hence. That the stock that the
Central Railroad Company would take should
lie common stock, and the stock taken by the
pe-iple preferred. We think the offer unsur
passed, and hope our people may fully realize
what an excellent one it is, and seize upon
this golden opportunity. It does not happen
often in the history of human affairs that the
rich make the poor such proposition- and take
them in as partners in anv business enter
prise. The first thing to fie done now is to
open books for subscription, as the charter for
the proposed road requires a subscription of
the sum of $2."i,000 before any regular organiza
tion can lie had.”
FLORIDA.
O. s. Acee, of Gainesville, is dead.
Galveston melons are selling at Kev West.
Nanford’s new bauk will lie built of brick.
Lew county has thirty-eight public schools.
'umterville has a flourishing reading club.
Gainesville was pelted with hail on Tues
day.
The new hotel at Bt. Augustine is being
erected.
A candy factory has lieen established in
Live Oak.
A *.->,OOO horse has lieen presented to Gov.
Bloxhain.
Jaequelin .1. Daniel, Jr., of Jacksonville,
died Mon fay.
-t. Augustine no longer quarantines against
Jacksonville.
Key West has a population of 10,000 souls,
without a banking house.
I!. C. .Moore killed a Hue doe last week
within a mile or two of Enterprise,
l-evy county Is out of debt, with money in
the treasury, and her warrants are at par.
Thirty miles of the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Kev West Railroad was graded last week.
Icon county is working up a large exhibit
for the southern Exposition, at Louisville,
Ky.
Work on the St. Augustine, Halifax and
Indian River Canal will he resumed this
dfconth.
Hon. W. W. Cassady, formerly of Jackson
villc. is building a business block in Sumter
ville.
The cigar business of Key West is nourish
ing. Large forces are employed and orders
are plentiful.
A gentleman living at Seville, on Lake
George, has netted *l,.'ioo on strawberries
alone Ibis year.
No les- than tou.OOO eocoanuts have lieen
planted on the keys near Key West within
the last two years. ' *
N'ewnansville has promised to appropriate
*.‘si towards publishing the new Alachua
county pamphlet.
The farmers all over Volusia county are
putting in a large potato crop. It has lieen
an excellent season for them.
The firm of Gibson A Brothers, of C incin
nati, have bought several hundred acres of
land near Altoona, iu < 1 range county.
on the firs! of July there were twentv-five
prisoners in Duval county jail. Sixteen" were
discharged during the month of June.
Tri-weekly service ha's lieen commenced on
the mail route from Tampa to Fort Meade.
< apt. John If. Graham is the contractor.
It is reported that the farmers u|>on Kev
Largo and adiaeent islands have not netted
as much from their crop of pines this year as
they did last.
The cross-tie contractors for the South
Florida Railroad, with a gang of hands,
reached Tampa on the steamer from Cedar
Keys last Saturday.
One thousand one hundred and fifty-five
papers were filed in the office of the Clerk of
I’utnam county last year.
The Southern Express has been removed
from st. Augustine on account of a license
tax of *2."i imiKised by the City Council, which
the company refused to pay. The inconve
nience to the public in consequence will be
great. No other city in the State exuets the
license.
At the meeting of the County Commission
ers, t . 11. W elilier read a selection from a
page of the work he is preparing ou Alachua
county, and on motion the Commissioners
•ordered that 2.0U0 copies of the same lie pur
cha-ed and 10 cents lie paid per copv on their
delivery. .
J. L. Walfenden. of Geneva Lake, Wiscon
sin, recently puarhased It. M. Reeve's place
near Micanopy. consisting of eleven acres
with orange trees, some of them hearing,
paying *2.suo therefor. Mr. Wolfenden will
bring a car load of goods with him next fall,
including seventy-five hives of Italian bees.
The report of the Superintendent of the
Duval Hospital and Asylum shows that during
the month of June two patients died and two
absconded. There were at the beginning of
the month ten persons in the asylum, ami
during the month two were admitted, leaving
mi the Ist of July seven, all males.
R. K. >harrard. Assistant Commissioner for
Florida at the Louisville Exiiosition, dated
-anford. July 1, r, |H,rt- marked success in
working up the Florida exhibit, and savs the
enterpri-ing citizens of Sanford and Orange
county are wide awake and enthusiastic on
the subject of the great Southern Exposition.
On Friday, while Alfred Taylor, a colored
man. and his son. a small lioy, were working
in his field, three miles west of Palatka, the
former fell dead. The lioy, thinking his
father had gone to sleen, returned to the
house, and it was not until the following day
that the dead man was discovered. The re
mains were buried on Saturday.
It wa.- a custom of the late Solon Robinson
of Jacksonville, in his life time to raise the
-tars and stri|ie- every Fourth of .lulv morn
ing in token of his patriotism, and so strong
was tils attachment for the Hag that lie was
wrapped in it by his own request when he
was buried. Mrs. Robinson proposes during
her life to keep up the custom of her husband
in raising a flag on the Fourth, and Wednes
day it floated from its accustomed flagstaff.
The first prize for good conduct of the pu
pil- of st. Joseiili'.- Academy of st. Augustine
" as a gold medal, presented by P. t arr. F7sq„
of New York. This prize being equally mer
ited by Mi— Sica Aiulreu, Miss Lula Canova
and Mi-- Whisenant, was drawn for by them,
and resulted in Miss Canova being the lucky
winner. Th<* medal contains the following
inscription: “St? Joseph’s Academy, *t.
Augu-tine, Florida.”- "Good Conduct"”
The Palatka ITtraM says: “Work on .the
new addition to the Larkin House has com
menced. The building will Ik-Do by ;i* feet,
three stories high, with piazzas to correspond
to those on the main building, will contain
45 rooms, with closets in each, J 6 rooms with
fireplace* and halls opening out on balconies,
with tire escapes from upper stories. The
contract, which 1* in the hands of J. If.
McLean, of McLean Bros., calls for a comple
tion of tin- work by the Ist of December,”
The I’llatka Herald says: “Tills morning,
while a number of hands were dragging for a
Ui-i anchor, their grappling hooks came in
contact wi(h some weighty object that re
quired the use ~f the windlass on Bowers'
iiilf driver to bring it to the surface. When
it came up it was discovered lo be the bow of
a very ancient boat, supposed to be the wreck
of an old >paui-b craft that at one time
ploughed the waters of th at. John,'- when
its hanks were )inputated by the wild Semi
nole. and before the Spaniard had succeeded
in effecting a footing in the Laud of Flower*.
great many have viewed the wreck, and, in
the juepiory of the oldest settler, never has a
lioal 1 ,•<• i, ki-o-vn to smk at this particular
lioiiii. The peculiar build of the craft con
firms the opinion tfiai t| i. the remnant of an
old Spanish craft."
Tlie Seney Properties.
Xftf York Mail and Ex/*re*s.
“There is ’much a brewing’ in the so
calied fieney properties,” said a well in
formed broker this morning. “The street
lias made up its mind that the talk of leas
ing the East Tennessee, \ irgiuia and
Georgia property to one of the roads in
the Southwestern system was simply talk
for the purpose of marketing certain secu
rities, I ba* e information, however, which
convinces me to a, the amalgamation or
interests is still on the ragged edge.
As 1 get it. Air. Gould declined to con
clude negotiations until the East Tennes
see company should fix up the Memphis
and Charleston trouble, as he did not
wish to have a system of which the most
important link was in litigation. Hence
tjie notion ot the. East Tennessee stock
holders in authorizing their Directors to
do alKiut as they plcaiic,
**l know that propositions for consoli
dating Memphis and Charleston ith the
Fast Tennessee have i>een made and are
still under consideration, I beiieye that
the Aleinphis stockholders object to giv
ing up their stock for securities which it
would ho difficult to sell in the market,
especially it u new lot amounting to fif
teen or twenty miU&ps were issued
to take in ’ their roa.
and charleston is earning i per
eeut. on ifs stock, and free from
East Tennessee, jd pay a dividend.
>Vhen the troubles lu thh, particular
camp *ye settled, then you will see nego
tiations w ith Mr. Gould renewed.
“It appears as tttough the Seney syndi
cate was preparing to dispose of all its
railroad property by lease and otherwise
Jj chi* is clone yog ’can rest assured that
the busy men in that syndicate will not
long remain idle, but that Wall sfU'oe2 w ill
be all a cog ut *oum new scheme to Imilu
a parallel road to be u b imatcly sold at
tt napdsome profit to the paralleled parjty.”
Office chief signal observer,
Washington, D.C., July Y—lndications
for Friday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
local rains, partly cloudy v.iail>er, varia
ble winds, generally from southed to
southwest, statonary or lower barometer,
slight change in temperature.
The New Suer. Canal.
Panama, July s.—The Suer Canal Com
pany announces that in cast' of an agree
ment being ina*U> with the British Gov
ernment in regard to matters concerning
the new canal, the sou of JM.. De Fesseps,
will at the request oi the British Ministry
start for London to definitely conclude
arrangements for the prosecution of the
work.
Mrs. H. G. Butler, Way’s station, Ga.,
says; “1 used Brown’s Iron Bitters for
malaria, nervous prostration and debility
with great benefit.”
NEW LAWS FOR THE STATE
LEGISLATORS FLOODING THE
HOFSE AVITH BILLS.
The Limits of the Daily Sessions Fixed
—Mileage for the Members —<• No
White Wives for Chinamen’’—Making
Executions Private—Other Items of
an Executive Nature.
Atlanta, Ga., July s. —The House was
called to order at 10 o’clock by the Speak
er. and after prayer by the Chaplain the
minutes ol yesterday’s session were read
and approved.
Mr. Harris, of Bibb county, offered a
resolution that the Judiciary Committee
report if it would be legal to authorize
the House by a single resolution to re
ceive local and special bills, and thus ob
viate the necessity ot voting separately
on each bill. Under the present rule
much valuable time is lost in voting on
the reception of each separate bill. The
resolution was adopted.
Mr. Atkinson, of Meriwether county,
offered a resolution to meet at !* o’clock
a. m. and adjourn at 12:20 for the present,
which was also adopted. An amendment
for sitting from s to 11 and from :i to ,j
o’clock was voted down.
Mr. Jordan, uT Hancock county, offered
a resolution to pay ihe mileage of the
members iu attendance on the extra
session.
On a call of the counties, Mr. Bishop,
of Dawson, offered a bill amending sec
tion :®74, letter I>. of the new Code.
Mr. Delacy, of Dodge—A bill incor
porating Chauncy, and also one prohibit
ing fishing in certain lots in districts Ki
and 10.
Mr. Rankin, of Gordon—-A bill pre
scribing the method of docketing all
civil cases involving issues ol fact in the
Superior Courts and for other purposes.
Mr. Jordan,of Hancock—A bill amending
section 4(i<i2 so ns to secure private bang
ings: and also a bill amending section
24D.T of the new Code; also repealing the
act of l*si as to cases of insolvency in
equity; also amending section 1.133 as to
contested elections of constables and
others; also amending section 1708 so as
to prevent the marriage of Chinese with
white people.
Air. MeCurry, of Hart, ottered a resolu
tion providing for the purchase of 700
copies of the new Code to supply public
offices not supplied.
Mr. Gordon, of Houston—A bill pro
viding lor- a board in each, county to
secure a more correct assessment of prop
erty.
Mr. Young, of Irwin—A resolutioji au
thorizing the State Librarian to ship the
new Code to Notartis Public who are ex
officio Justices of the Peace.
.Mr. Key, of Jasper—A local liquor bill.
Air. Hitman, of Jackson—To authorize
the addition of new parties in common
law cases.
Air. Watson, of AlcDuftie—A bill taxing
dogs.
Air. Atkinson, of Meriwether—A bill
prohibiting County School Commissioners
from holding other office than Justice of
the Peace.
Air. Spence, of Mitchell—A prohibitory
liquor law for that county, and also a bill
providing for the appointment of Judges.
Air. Flint, of Alonroe—A dog law, tax
ing’ dogs for the fund for public schools.
Air. Little, of Aittscogee—Providing for
tales jurors. Also amending section 267 of
the Code as to dockets of the Superior
Courts. Also authorizing Superior and
City Court Judges to sentence persons
convicted of misdemeanor to certain
county chain-gangs. Also amending sec
tion 1579, letter A, of the Code, as to illu
minating oil. Also amending section
2672 of tlie Code.
Air. Sweat, of Pierce—A bill providing
pay for superintendents and clerks ot
elections. Also prohibiting the killing or
sale of game and birds during certain
month of the year.
By Air. Everett, of Polk —A bill amend
ing section 4672, so as to secure private
hangings.
By Air. Crittenden, of Randolph—A bill
compelling the poll tax to be paid before
children shall be admitted to schools.
By Air. Robbe, of Richmond—A bill
amending section 2037 as to the transfer of
stock shares in manufacturing enter
prises. Also regulating the time that the
City Council of Augusta shall hold office.
Also extending the limits of that city.
By Air. Peck, of Rockdale—A prohibitory
liquor bill for Rockdale.
Air. Brinson, of Scriven—A bill pro
hibiting the marriage of Chinese and
white people in Georgia.
Air. Drewry, of Spalding—A bill re
pealing the act creating State depositories
in certain cities. Also, requiring Tax Col
lectors to pay their monies into the State
Treasury as soon as $2,000 shall have been
collected.
Air. AVilson, of Sumter—A bill author
izing that county to issue bonds for anew
court house. Also, to provide for a So
licitor of the Count} Court.
Air. Eason, of Telfair—A bill requiring
exempt persons to serve as jurors in
felony cases.
Air’. Patton, of Thomas—Authorizing the
County Commissioners to provide money
for a suitaole court room in each district
for Justice’s courts. Also preventing per
sons from herding or driving sheep in that
county without giving previous notice.
Air. Crenshaw, of Troup—Alaking it. a
felony to give or sell whisky (after notice)
to husbands or minors who are drunkards.
Also making it burglary to break into a
railroad car. Also making it a felony of
bank officers to receive money on deposit
when they know that the bank is insol
vent.
The Senate met at ten o’clock, with the
President in the chair. After prayer by
tlie Chaplain the journal was read and
approved. Leaves of absence were grant
ed Alessrs. Wright, McDonald and Baker
on account of sickness.
On the call of districts the following
hills were introduced:
By Air. Bell—Requiring owners of cot
ton gins to enclose the same to keep stock
from cotton seed.
By AD'. Livingston—To prohibit the sale
of adulterated articles of tood, except
when marked as such.
By Air, Tutt —Amending section 4587
of the t 'ode as to obtaining credit fraudu
lently.
By Air. Davis—Amending section 4372
of the Code.
By Air. Parks—Prescribing the oath for
Jury Commissioners.
By Mr. Jones—A resolution fixing the
length of the daily sessions trom 9 to
12:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Also au
thorizing the State Librarian to send the
new Code to Notaries Public who are ex-
Officio Justices.
liy Air. Pußigon—Laying out and es
tablishimr ten Congressional districts.
By Air, Tutt—Requiring owners of ho
tels and boarding houses to provide fire
escapes.
Several old hills were read a second
time.
The Senate adjourned early, being out
of work and thus preventing the Gov
ernor from sending in his message, which
was ready, li is not very long, but a
most excellent document. It will be sent
in early to-morrow.
It was very hot here to-day and the
members were glad to adjourn at early
noon. No afternoon sessions will be held
at present.
The committees have plenty of work
ahead for a month.
The instructors of the normal institutes
met at the rooms of the Superintendent of
Public Education this afternoon, and had
a pleasant and profitable conference,
Tlie State Treasury to-day received
$1.(881 from the proceeds of "tlie defunct
Citizens' Bank.
For the quarter ending July Ist the re
ceipts t. f),“ Treasurer were $17',,704 DO
and the disbursements £.>‘>3,505 89. The
balance on hand is $094,669 oa.
Adjutant General Stephens has ordered
a Board of Officers, consisting of Colonel
Clifford W. Anderson, of Savannah, Lieu
tenant Colonel S. W . Maugham, of Griffin,
and Lieutenant Colonel C. M. ty'iley, to
examine Captain W. S. Shepherd, the
newly elected ,4ei.tenant Colonel of the
new Sixth Battalion at Columbus.
Judges Jackson and Hall are prepared
to fender several decisions, but Judge
Crawford is 'still ioo f&d'.b' to take hi#
e.eaf.- _ '
HEDOER BY A IMVIMTV.
The King of Saxony Escapes wbiU T*o
Companions are Killed.
Dresden, July s.—The King of Saxony,
who is making S tour, was yesterday
about to ascend on me elV2t” r of a iac
tory which he wa* mAf/Octing at Milan,
when the weight attached to The car felj,
killing the Governor of the district, who
accompanying the King, and injur
ing the manager of the factory. The
King, who had enteied 7fee elevator before
the accident happened, was much oyer
come, and abandoned his tour.
Bass Ball.
Washington, July s,—Games of base
ball were played yesterday as follows t
At l>etr ut—Detroits 8; Buffaloes 1.
At New York—Providences 18; New
Yorks 1.
LOTTERIES AND THE MAILS.
The Companies State Their Case to the
Postmaster General.
M abhington, July s.—Postmaster
General Gresham to-day beguir the hear
ing of arguments on the relations of the
lottery business as carried on in New fir
leans and Louisville to the postal service.
Col. C. A\ . Aloulton, of Cincinnati, and
Gen. W. 4V. Belknap were present as
counsel for the Louisiana . Company,
Alessrs. I). W. Sanders, of Louis
ville, and Robert N. Waite, of
New York, represent the Louisville Dis
tribution Company, and Col. West
Steever was present as the representative
of ex-Coiigressman Robertson et al., of
New Orleans. Judge Freeman, Assis
tant Attorney General, represented the
Department of Justice.
Col. Aloulton, the counsel for the Lou
isiana Lottery, spoke for three hours, lie
was sometimes interrupted and cross ex
amined by the Postmaster General, whose
remarks and interrogatories indicated that
his opinion is that both of the institutions
are or shonld be up on the same tooting,
and lie alike permitted to use the mails
or be excluded therefrom. He expressed
the opinion that tlie legalisation of one
lottery by the Louisiana Legislature did
not lessen the responsibility of the United
States Government in the premises.
THE LOSS OF THE ASHFELOT.
Commander Mu 11 an Sentenced to Dis
missal from tlie Service.
Washington, July s.—The court mar
tial which tried Commander Afullan lot
losing the United States steamer Ashuelot
in Chinese waters has sentenced him to
dismissal from the service. The finding
and sentence of the court have reached
the Navy Department, but have not yet
been acted on finally. The charges
preferred against Commander Alitl
lan were drunkenness on duty,
neglect of duty, and unnecessarily hazard
ing of the safety of the vessel. The order
of dismissal has been promulgated by
Rear Admiral Cosby commanding the
Asiatic station, and Commander Alullan
has been detached and ordered home.
This action is irregular, and -therefore
does not affect tlie case. He will not be
dismissed until the sentence is approved
by the President.
Foiling tlie Whisky Dealers.
Washington, July 5, —The Attorney
General has given an opinion to the Sec
retary of the Treasury that the importa
tion of bonded whisky to Bermuda with a
view to its reimportation for the purpose
of evading or delaying payment of the
tax, is not an importation withing tlie
meaning of the law.
The Attorney General holds, however,
that the tax upon spirits at the time of
exportation is collectable upon its return
to this country.
Counterfeiters Caught.
Washington, July s.—The Treasury
Department is informed of the arrest at
Chattanooga, Tenn., yesterday, of Dudley
R. Hooper, Alexander H. Land and J. W.
Atkinson, for dealing in counterfeit
standard silver dollars.
Suicide of Two Postmasters.
Washington, I). C„ July s.—The l’ost
Office Department has been notified that
Charles E. Eggleston, Postmaster, and
Frank E. Eggleston, Assistant Postmas
ter, at Salmon Falls, Idaho, have both
committed suicide.
A Marshal Resigns.
W ash INGTON, July 5. Absalom
Blythe, United States Marshal for South
Carolina, has tendered his resignation.
BEASLEY AND THE BONDS.
An Injunction Restraining the Finitling
of the Railroad Securities.
Nashville, July O.—A bill was filed in
the Chancery Court to-day by John R.
Beasley, the defeated candidate for Gov
ernor in the last election on the Green
back ticket, and long recognized to lie
one of the leaders of the so-called extreme
low tax element,* seeking an injunction
restraining tlie State Funding Board from
funding what are known as “the rail
road bonds,” comprising seven-eighths
of the State debt. The bill does not
attack the constitutionality of the bonds of
the State debt proper. A few days ago Air.
Beasley attempted to obtain a similar
injunction from Judge Williams at Win
chester. who granted an injunction under
which the one hundred and three bill was
finally declared unconstitutional, but
Judge Williams declined to granc it. It
is not believed that there is the slightest
probabilitv that the action of Chancellor
Al erritt will be otherwise.
EDITORS AND THE CODE.
J. Armory Knox and D. 15. Shealtan
Skirmishing for a Duel.
New York, July s.—Colonel J. Armory
Knox, of the Texas Siflimjs, and one of
the principals in the impending duel, left
town at 6:30 o’clock this morning, accom
panied by his second, H. F. AlcDermott.
Ho left word with the clerk of the hotel
that lie should be gone until to-morrow.
Nothing eould be learned in regard to the
whereabouts of D. Li, Sheahan, It is sup
posed that he is in New Jer
sey. It is probable that tlie
meeting will take place to-day in the
vicinity of Hoboken. The published ac
counts of the origin of the difficulty and
the proceedings of both gentlemen' indi
cate that the writers are by no means
satisfied in their minds that Mr. Knox is
not perpetrating a practical joke upon
his friend alid the public. Air. Sheahan
is said to have offended Air. Knox at a
dinner where Jje was Air. Knox’s guest.
YELLOW FEVER AT PENSACOLA.
Two Norwegian Barks from Vera Cruz
Undergoing Quarantine.
Pensacola, Fla., July s.—The Nor
wegian bark Goldbunga, from Yera Cruz,
arrived at Pensacola quarantine July 4,
having on the evening previous buried at
sea one of her crew, who died of yellow
fever. There was another case on board
at the time of her arrival, and the patient
lias since died.
The Norwegian bark kingdoms Venter,
also from Vera Cruz, arrived on the morn
ing of the fourtli in charge of the mate,
the Captain having died of vellow fever
and been buried af sea op the day previ
ous while on route. There was ’another
case on this vessel, and a third was re
ported subsequent to her arrival. Both
vessels are rigidly isolated at the quaran
tine,
Ill'lN OF THE STOKM.
Print Works Flooded, and Several Pep
sons Struck Ity Lightning.
Dover, N. H., July s.—Last night’s
storm did great damage to the Cocheco
l’rijit Works One storehouse tjllecj wi) h
prints ready for shipment was flooded and
140 eases, containing 2,250 yards each,
and valued at $30,000, were submerged
in water and badly damaged. A large
stock of gum and colors was destroyed, en
tailing a loss of several thousand dollars.
The flood was caused by the collapse of
the street sewers. Lightning struck no
less than seven houses in this vicinity,
causing a large amount of damage and
killing Martin Frost, ot Frost Bill, J. N.
Elliott and Oliver W. Knowlton, of
Durham.
DEATH IN A SAW MILL.
An Explosion Kills Four Men and In
jures Mapy Others.
Galveston, Tex., July 5.- At Bunts
ville at nine this morning J. F. Kelly's
saw mill, near there, was blown up with
fearful destruction, and witli the lives of
“Dick” Grant, a colored 1; re man. a con
vict assistant named John Barkful, and
convicts Slade and Jordan. They
were all instantly killed. Four
other convicts. named Nichols,
Sotnarbe, Franklin and Cdllard we're seri
ously wounded, proprietor Kelly,' his
partner. Henry Miner." and a man named
ParrlngtOii. were severely bruised and
scalded.. )lur| Murray ’was "slightly
bruised by failing tiniltdrs, The cause of
the accident was carelessness on the part
otthe engineer
A Clergyman’s Downfall and Death.
MiddLlTT ows * N. Y., July s.—Rev.
(Carl Schmolz, of the Reformed Clmrcu, Cf
Calicook, J\ Y.j was charged with much
drinking, auu ItltoF, with making mir
pnq>er advances to a half witted girl in
his congregation. He disappeared, but
on Monday last he returned and started
to dri.e to ThumansvHie. Pa. The next
morning lie was round ueaa by the ioad
side. His death is thought to have re
sulted from hard drinking. . ’
Inexpensive and effective is the great
substitute for sulphur baths, Glenn’s Sul
phur soap.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1883.
ERIN’S ASSISTED EXILES.
A HELPLESS FEMALE LUNATIC
FOUND IN PHILADELPHIA.
Thirty Paupers Arriving on One Steam
er in New York Yesterdar—Secretary
Treyeylan Announces that the Exo
dus from the Poor Houses is to be
Ordered Stopped.
New York, July s.—About 30 pauper
immigrants arrived here to-day on the
steamer Bolivia. Should any of them l>e
come chargeable to the public, they will
he sent back to Europe.
Complaint was lodged with the super
intendent at Castle Garden to-day by the
Hibernian Society of Philadelphia, that
Hannah Callaghan, who arrived in New
York as an assisted emigrant, by the An
chor line, and who has been employed by
a family as domestic in Philadelphia, is
insane. She was in a lunatic asylum in
Ireland, and has no means and is" unable
to work. -
London, July s.—ln tne House of Com
mons to-night Sir Trevelyan, Chief Secre
tary for Ireland, in replying to the ques
tion of William O’Brien, member of Par
liament for Mallow, as to whether, in
view of the recent action of the Emigra
tion Commissioners at New York, the
deportation of paupers from Ireland to
the United State's would be stopped,
said that, in view of the action
of the#Commis6loners, orders would
l>e given to suspend grants of
money in cases where it is supposed that
former inmates of workhouses are among
those desiring to emigrate.
Joseph Cowen, a Radical member for
New Castle-on-Tyne, asked whether
America would allow emigrants to land
if Great Britain allowed them means of
subsistence for the present:.
Secretary Trevelyan replied that he
believed that very few indeed of the State
aided emigrants were paupers. But lie
was still inquiring into the subject. He
thought that it was not because of a few
pounds, more or loss, that the emigrants
were returned. If Great Britain could
by any possible means meet the objections
ol America, she would adopt such means,
but he feared that contributions ot public
money would not meet the objections.
NatJonftlistH Denounce Spencer.
London. July 5.—A Nationalist meet
ing was held at Belfast last night to cele
brate the anniversary of the declaration
of American independence. Letters were
read from Alessrs. Seaton, Biggar and
Sullivan, members of Parliament, ex
pressing regret at their inability to be
present.
Rev. Air. Alilett, one of the speakers, de
nounced Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, as an accomplice in the Phu-nix
Park murders, whose name, he said, was
more detested by the English people than
w as that of Carev,
Parnell on the Exhibition.
Cork, July s.—The speech of Air.
Parnell at a banquet here last
evening in connection with the
Industrial Exhibition, was non-politi
cal. He said that he believed that in the
exhibition was seen a hopeful sign of a
revival of Irish industries.
Another Agrarian Crime.
Dublin, July 5. —A dispatch from Ennis
states that a farmer named Griffey has
been shot and seriously wounded for
taking a farm near that place which had
been "boycotted,” owing to the eviction
of a former tenant.
A Social Revolution.
Dublin, July s.—Judge O’Brien, in
addressing the grand jury at Limerick to
day, declared that the diminution in the
number of outrages since the last assizes
amounted to a social revolution.
VICTIMS TO THE FOURTH.
Chicago to the Front with 38 Casualties
from Fireworks.
Chicago, July s.—The record of the
killed and wounded consequent upon the
celebration of tlie 4th of J uly in this city
is thirty-eight casualties all told, in
cluding three deaths, five fatally wounded,
twenty-three more or less maimed for
life, and slightly injured. The chief in
struments of destruction were toy pistols
and small cannons in the hands of little
children.
Joliet, Ills., July s.—Two children
of James Mulhorn, aged 6 and 8 years,
were left in a house alone for a short time
yesterday, and during the absence of
their parents the house- took fire, it is
supposed from firecrackers, aud the
children were burned to death.
Oakdale, Tenn., July s.—At a Sunday
school picnic yesterday a gang of roughs,
after getting drunk, started a disturbance
ou the train as it was returning. Jessie
Hacker stabbed Tom Lysle in the side,
and was immediately shot dead by Lysle’s
brother. The latter escaped.
Erie, 1*4., July s.—Albert Kuhn, while
riding in a street car yesterday, recklessly
fired a pistol from a window, instantlv
killing Mary Steiner. Tlie girl was but
nine years old. She was playing before
her father’s residence. Albert’s brother,
Frank Kuhn, had an interview with tlie
former in jail. He then saw his affianced
and bade her good bye, and an hour alter
was found dead, hanging to a beam in the
basement of the store where he was em
ployed,
CHOLERA’S CHOSEN HUNDREDS,
Fellaheen Still Perishing ami Other
Countries oil their Guard.
Alexandria, July s.—The number of
deaths from cholera at Damietta during
the twenty-four hours ending at 0 o’clock
AYednesday nigj(t was !!}• There were
43 deaths at Mansourah, 4 at Shirbiu and
16 at Samonaud during the same time from
cholera,
During tlie twentyrfopr hours ending at
8 o’clock Thursday morning there were
116 deaths at Damietta, 47 at Mausourah,
6 at Shirbin and 10 at Samonaud.
Two cases of the disease have occurred
among the soldiers forming the cordon
around Samonaud.
London, July s. —lt Is stated that gov
ernment regulations are a|iout to he isr
sued, providing fm an inspection of all
vessels from Egypt arriving at British
ports, with a view to the prevention
of the introduction of cholera.
Berlin, July 5. The Official Uase.tte
announces that at a sanitarv conference,
over which Herr .von Botteseher, Secre
tary of the Imperial < (fficc of the interior,
presided, it Vas decided to preyeut per
sons liable to carry infection from coming
to Germany from Egypt, and to establish
a medical control over vessels arriving in
Germany from ports where the existence
of cholera is suspected.
DE OHAMBORp BETTE K.
His Trouble Now Believed to be At
tributable to Gout.
Paris, July 6,3 a. m.— Last night’s
an,noijnceiue.pt of U,e death of the Count
De Chambord was false. A telegram re
ceived at 2 o’clock this morning says that
the Count w r a# informed yesterday of the
arrival of the Orleans Princes at Vienna,
and l;e immediately sent his secretary to
see ihem. T'he doctors have had another
consulta’tioii and remark'a noticeable iin
proveiijent in the Count’s'condition, 'there
is still danger, but it is not immediate.
They believe tljat Jis' cofripliUrit is a
gouty affection.
Advices from probsdorff say that Mon
signeur Vannutelli, the Papal Nun
cio at Vienna, has visited the Count De
Chambord and conveyed the blessing of
the Pope.
T\VO I;AB£E aIjLLJS BtdtkEll
The Lossex Estimated at Over (fgOO,-
000 and Many Hands Idle.
Amesbury, Mass,, July s.—Blakie &
Co.'s mill was struck by lightning this
afternoon and burr.?d. The Joes will prom
ab)y be ffOtyOOO, The insurance is riot
known. Two hundred persons were em
ploye!! in the mill.
L’onoon, July "s.—The Broke spinninr
millat Mosslev has been burned. Twenty,
seven tlifi’USand 4pib<lleftati4 a far fee stock
\Vfete destroyed. The damage is
fipliins’ Fight fpr pljycp,
CtiNcoffn N, 11,, July 5, The hallo*
for I uitoil btutes Senator tonlav resulted
as follows: Whole number of votes 274
necessary for a choice 138. Ladd had 1
Smith 1, Bartlett 2. Burns 2, Bell 3, Marsl
ton 14. Stephens 15. Patterson ‘>B Rriggg
j*o, fto'Miua ojf, Jtingpam i/j 1 ‘
fvFH Out vf Debt.
Des Moines, la., .lulv s.—The State
Treasurer ha? jsf paid the lasf dollar'of
t)ie Strife war deb;. The State has no
other indebtedness 'of arty egaraptey qot
coyered'by fjindbln the Treasury. 7 1
Mr, D.'fc.Hobbina, eavanriah, Ga., says:
“I was cured of annoying symptoms of
dyspepsia by using Brown’s Bitters.”
DULL DAYS AT WASHINGTON.
The Trade Dollar's Rejection the Prin
cipal Topic of Conversation.
Washington, .July s.—lt can be said
truly that AYashington is practically de
serted. The phenomenally cool weather
which we have had so far this year has
deserted us, and we grow warm and
swelter. When the weather is cool there
is no more delightful place during the
summer than Washington. When it is
hot there is no more disagreeable. The
wide streets do not counteract the accu
mulate! heat of the asphalt streets. There
is at night always something ot a breeze,
but it wafts the heat of the day.
People have been for the past two
weeks getting away by the hundreds.
They r.ow get away by the two
hundred daily. Everybody who can is
leaving as fast as trunks can be packed
aud tickets purchased. Those who can
not get away go down the Potomac every
evening on one of the many excursions
that are being run. The President is
gone. Alost of tlie Cabinet are gone.
With them flit the smaller fry, known as
“assistants” and “bureauofficials.” Tlie
departments show a dearth of officials.
“And yet the government is run on just
the same.” By tlie way, did you ever see
that startling statement before? Oh!
how old it is! Ever since there was a
newspaper, and ever since there was a
flitting official, has the lormer said
that “although the President, Cabi
net and principal subordinate
officials are absent the wheels of govern
ment continue to revolve.” And every
time a newspaper prints that startling
discovery it thinks it has said something
very smart. It might have been smart
someone hundred years ago, but its per
petual repetition is calculated to make it
somewhat pointless. But it will be said
as long as we have a government. But
where was I when I branched out on this
feeble protest against a more feeble and
antiquated “smart” saying? Oh! I was
trying to tell you about the way the city
was deserted. AVell, about the best way
to do that is to sav that it is deserted.
And it truly is. Bah! AYe are dull, stale
and unprofitable. The only things that
give any variety to the local scene are
typhoid fever (which is very prevalent)
and an abundance of genuine malaria (not
the Congressional article).
I have talked with a number of Treas
ury officials against the raid which is now
being made on the trade dollar. They all
take the same view as that recently elab
orated in this correspondence. They say
that they have no doubt but that the pres
ent crusade is like former ones—origi
nated, pushed and engineered by brokers.
All the indications are certainly that way,
they say. The trade dollar, intrinsically,
is worth more than the standard silver
dollar. It is not a legal tender, it is true,
but it is always—except under such cir
cumstances as the present raid—taken as
current for its face value in trade.
There is no reason that it
should not be now, unless
it be to allow the brokers to buy it in and
then sell again when they see fit to cease
their crusade against it. It is more than
likely, however, that the brokers will this
time overstep their mark. The attention
of members ol Congress is being called to
tlie trade dollar anomaly, ;.nd the fact
that it is an ever present source of specu
lation fi r brokers, The trade dollar will
doubtless be called in at the next session
of Congress at its bullion value and re
coined into standard silver dollars. But
this will not he before the brokers may
reap another harvest by manipulating it.
The fiscal year which has just closed
finds the country financially and other
wise in a much tetter condition thau it
has ever been. The funds in the Treasury
surplus do not reach the amounts that
they have at the close of a number of
years since the war, it is true; but that is
an advantage. There is plenty of money
in the vaults—more than there ought to
be —and the fact that there is not more
now than at the closing of any
previous fiscal year is due to
the reduction of internal revenue
taxatiou. The reserve is pretty near up,
notwithstanding this reduction, to the arbi
trary figures fixed by John Sherman when
he was Secretary of the Treasury. Treas
ury officials say that taking it all in all
the year just closed is the red letter year
of the history of the Utilted States finan
cially. They are proud of the record, but
do not hesitate to say that it would be
much better were there less mon y in
the Treasury, A full purse tends to ex
travagance, They do not advocate a
further reduction of®internal revenue.
They do not say that the customs revenue
should be cut down (because they get
their salaries under a protectionist party)
but they hint that things could be chopped
down there to very material advantage.
The Republicans are crowing because the
past has been such a verv good fiscal
year financially. But they do not think
of the fact that it was a good year be
cause the conditions were good, not on
account of any endeavor of theirs; nor do
they think that those very favorable con
ditions present a strong argument in
favor of a judicious tariff revision.
Potomac.
LI HUNG CHANG’S ANGER.
The Falling Out Conceded and Fresh
, Instructions Sent 11. Tricon.
Paris, July 5, — It is calculated that all
the French troops now on their way to
Tonquin will have arrived at their desti
nation by the middle of July. The wet
season will prevent immediate fighting.
It is reported that M. Challemel La Cour,
the French Foreign Minister, has sent
fresh direction to M. Tricon, the French
Minister fo f’hina, iii regard to the Ton
quin question.
LondoN, July 5. —A dispatch to neu
ter’s Telegram Company confirms the
statement from Shanghai that J.i Hung
Chang, the Chinese Coipinapder, has re
jected the Frepch proposals, and has re
ferred it Tricon, the French hmbassa
dor, to the Foreign Board at Pekin. Li
Hung Chang is expected to return to
Tientsin to night.
TWO NOTED MEN CjONfil
Arclibisliofl Purcell apd tle IM,He uf
Marlborougu Both Dead.
St. Martin’s, 0., July s.—Archbishop
Purcell died at 11:45 o’clock last night.
The body will be embalmed and brought
to this city to-morrow afternoon, where
it will lie in state iq ope'or the rooms
of the cathedral residence’ until Mon
day, when it will he taken into ihe cathe
dral. The funeral services will be held
Wednesday morning at !) o’clock. The
interment will be at St. Martin’s, where
the Archbishop’s mother, brother „nd
sister are buried
L.iNpqN, July s.—The Duke of Marl
borough died of cardiac syncope to-day.
His death was very sudden. His Grace
was sligfitly indisposed yesterday,' but
dined with his family a; the usual hour
and refined fu. bet] apparently well. He
Was found dead on the lloor of his room
this morning. His features were calm.
NEW GUINEA’S ANNEXATION.
The Colonial Government Chagrined at
the Action at Home.
Brisbane, Queensland, July s.—The
decision of the Home Government to re
pudiate the proposed annexation of 3*ew
Guinea to Queensland has caused discon
|et here, Premier Mcllwuith has stated
Hi the Legislative Assembly that Queens
land will do her utmost to effect the
wishes of the colonies in the Legisjati.e
Assembly at Melbourne. The Premier of
Victoria declined to accept the 'decision
as final ’ ’ ‘ ' •* t
Stripers Put Oat the Fires.
London, July s.—Ten thousand Jron
workers in Staffordshire, who are on a
strike, to-day with banners marched to
Dudley, Port Tipton and Maviey entered
the iron works at those ’places and
queueted tue fires in the furnaces, thus
stopping work. A force of policemen
Were on hand, but was powerless to pre
vent the action Of the strikers.
The strikers stonned wot W at numerous
other farwaoes.' ‘The mob dwindled as
the day wore on, and the police finally
charged and dispersed the fe’mhant apd
arteated the f ipgleader. \ repewaVof the
fiots is expected
seaiulalUed at Sixty Years.
Nashville, July s.—This afternoon
William Boyd, a large real estate owrer.
fatally shot Mrs. Birdie ifm
bullet duf hfeasi. Boyd is about
tW yearWdlu, and has been living with
Mrs. Patterson, whose husband is
Orleans. The cause is understood to be
jealo isy Iloyd says that he was drunk
and that Mrs. Patterson shut hffrselfi
lb i.i I—il .. ■' , ,i-.
yirgl;ja'-3 Daueis
iigW Vo Re, July J.-Vhe cadets of the
Militafy Institute of Virginia left here
this evening for home by rail. * ~ . of
tnem took a steamer f-y ; >orfolk) y a „ this
morning. Thev were much pleased with
their trip and their visit to this oity. *
MACON UNDER THE SUN.
THE CITY SWELTERING AND
THE CLERKS IDLING.
An Abrupt End to the Political Battle
in the City Council Over the Cemetery
Sextonship W here Lagergren’s Money
AVent—The Wesleyan College Compli
cations.
Alacon, July 4. — AYith the thermometer
ranging high up in the nineties, Alacon
looks quiet and languid. The festive
watermelon vender alone can stand the
rays of the midday sun, and deal out colic
and cramp with a kind of fiendish delight,
while the doctor, from his shaded window,
looks down with complacency upon the
scene.
Business has assumed its summer gait,
and the clerks have eloquently appealed
for relief from lounging on the counters
after six o’clock, but employes are un
relenting in their opinion that exercise
would soil their hands and roughen their
countenances. The boys will have to
stay, and if tlie young ladies desire their
company they must go to the store and
purchase a yard of ribbon.
The Clay impeachment trial seems to
have ended abruptly. He has created
more noise and confusion than any sexton
in the United States, lie has a strong fol
lowing and a very determined opposition,
and harmony will be impossible while
these parties confront one another in such
hostile attitude. Our Citv Council, no
matter how constituted, has always “a
thorn in the flesh" to worry them. Tin
former administration to this was more
peaceful and more united than any citv
administration for years. Yet they were
denounced as inefficient and old fogyish.
The sexton’s office is “the great troubler
of Israel” in the present administration.
It has awakened more bitterness of spirit
and controversy than if there had been
ten thousand dollars at issue. The salary
is only S9OO per annum. Aet the Council
have devoted more time and attention to
this matter than to any question looking
to the interests and prosperity of tlie citv.
After all this waste of time and treasure,
on Tuesday night, by a vote of Council,
the whole list of charges were summarily
dismissed.
Our present Council is prolific in ordi
nances—almost equal to the Georgia Leg
islature. They have established a reputa
tion of being the law making Council.
Some of their enactments are wise, and
some are otherwise.
The electric light has been accepted bv
the City Council. It is now a fixed fact,
and the taxpayers will realize it in the
near future. It is a great improve
ment upon gas, and yet it is one
of the most overrated institutions ever
brought before the public. This is due,
more to the extravagant representations
of new stock companies, than to any
claim made by the inventor or those who
understand the system. It is not diffusive
light, but the rays falling in straight
lines. In the shadow of a house, the
darkness is as intense as if there were
not a ray of light in a hundred yards ot it.
AV r e have the “tower system” and it
works admirably on our hill tops, shed
ding its rays for miles around, our streets
being wide, it shows olf to much better
advantage than your system in. Savannah.
It has awakened great expectations.
Front Omaha, Nebraska, comes an ex
planation of the suicide of Largergren,
which appeared in the News the other
day. He was known there as John
Branch, a photographer. He left for St.
Louis with SSOO or S6OO. Doubtless the
gambling dens absorbed this money. Then
ashamed and disgraced, he drifted South
ward in hope of- work, but finding none,
he took his own life, a stranger in a
strange land, hoping that his devoted sis
ter who had accompanied him from “fath
erland” would never hear ot his untimely
end. She lives in Omaha, and" is anx
iously looking for tidings from hint, while
his body rests in our beautiful “Rose
Hill.”
AYhile all other business seems at a
standstill, the building boom continues.
New buildings are springing up in every
part of the city, and the demand for
houses continues. The Academy of
Alusic grows slowly. The front will be
very handsome indeed, when completed.
The building committee are ham
pered very much by the non
payment of subscriptions of stock.
In some instances they have appealed to
the law for relief. The Methodists of Alul
berry street will worship in their church
building on next Sunday. It has been in
the hands of tlie repairer for over a year.
It is not quite complete, yet, hut suffici
ently advanced to hold the commencement
exercises of the AYesleyan College on
Sunday next. The sermon will be preach
ed by D v - AY. P. Harrison, of Nashviile,
Tenn,
There is considerable anxiety felt among
our Alethodist friends as to what the
Board of Trustees of AYesleyan Female
College will do in reference to the un
pleasant complications now existing
about the new college building. The build’
ing committee are very much divided and
there is considerable feeling exist
ing, which, it is feared, will cause
the exhibition of bad temper when this
question is reached in tlje session, Un
account of this state of feeling Dr, James
E. Evans, president of the Board, has
called the trustees together on Thursday,
the sth. The date of the annual meeting
is next Saturday, the 7th. Some members
think this call for Thursday is improper
and unnecessary in the face of %. annual
meeting on Saturday, ai\d tome of them
will not attend toe Thursday meeting. In
the meantime, the parties at variance on
the building committee ate prepared with
elaborate reports, and they differ as widely
as day and night. A lively time is antici
pated, as all par’ v i6<s me regarded as good
and true men and finn in their co,uvio
tioqs as to the fight. Newspaper report
ers will no,t he allowed seats while the
conflict is going on.
It is lamentable that such a state of
things exist, and it is regretted not duly
by Methodists, but by a!' cUnsc, qf citi
zens. It is to be hoped that some honora
bie me into ot settlement will prevail, and
tliig gfitnii Rid institution may come out
trom under the shadows more comely
thau ever. In fact the patronage now is
in excess of any session since the college
has beeu open, and it would have leen
still greater if the gliding had been com,
pleted an,,, apcomuiodations could have
been secured. A compromise was sug
gested that slo.odo.be raised at once and
finish the building and use the bonds now
issued in liquidating the debts on the in
stitution. I still adhere to inv proposi
tion, made in the Nfv>; a m<Wb or
more ago. that the Trustee* who are
amply abi, take up the bonds, and thus
supply the means of finishing the build
ing, and if any over it could be employed
*0- *toeoimte. There are only
$25,000 rF these bonds, bearing 7 per cent,
interest, UUd they would be a capital in
vestment for the trustees, and at the same
time relieve the institution from further
embarrassment and the church horn any
scandal. Something is necessary to be
done at ouce, and will be done during the
corning week.
Several members of the Board of Trus
tees and a number o( vistows have ahead v
arrived, Rur more wtli come b,y the even
ing train. y
J ant reminded by toe small bov under
my window that this is the natal day of
my country! How kind in them to"re
mind me by their poppers and pistols that
I have a country. AYhat would we do if
it were not for the sun”' toy *
Jack Plane.
Tfee Sti^te
A tLa nisi tnrton .*
We print in this morning's Constitution
an editorial from the Savannah Morning
News on the subject of the State Itoad
lease, which we heartily indorse.
It is our opinion that the people of
Georgia are satisfied with; the’lease as it
stands. It wa’s deliberately made, has
been reaffirmed and indorsed. The lessees
have scrupulously observed their part of
the contract, and paying
their rental regularly, have improved
the road aim its equipment!, untilit stands
as the model Southern road. The lease
has run twelve and a half years, ii. which
particular we correct tfie News’ edi
torial L and has only seven years and a
fialf tfi run. The state has received in
rentals nearly $4,000,000.
There is no probability that we can see
of breaking the lease. The attemu. to do
so will entail heavy on the
State, and force tub lessees to pay heavy
IfiYuev* teds, It will drag the road into
polities and make the lease - ~„ntleal
issue even while P i t undecided. But
the honor a£ ,i.o suite is pledged to the
lease. Experience has shown that it is
the wisest'policy'. Fven if It coukl be
broken we do not if ought to be
'Ve Vpe veyet to. see the day wfio the
politicians
cu i uu’ the^ 1 * Stat€ patronage,
U - responsibility and under
-**anagemen t of the Stat e
For chilly .ever, ague, and weakness,
Golden’s Liquid Beef Tonic. Coklen’s.
Take no other. Of druggists,
RACES ON THREE TRACKS.
Some Favorites Scoring Walk Overs and
Others Left in the Rear.
New Aork, July s.— The Brighton
Beach races to-day resulted as follows:
First Rack —For maidens; three-quar
ters of a mile. Periwinkle won, with Tea
Rose second and Change third. The
time was 1:18.
Second Race —For maidens: three
quarters of a mile. Ouray first, Egyptian
second. Alandamus third." The time was
1:18%.
Ehird Race—Selling race: one and
one-eighth miles. Arsenic won, with Ed
win A second and Alarie third. The time
was 1:58p 2 .
Fourth Rack—FAtr non-winners at
Brighton: one mile. Delilah won in 1:45! a ,
witn Ida B second and Quixote third.
Fifth Race—At welter weights; one
and a quarter miles. Boccaccio won with
Bonairetta second and Epps
third. The-time was 2:05.
Chicago, July s. —To-day's racing
events were as follows:
First Race—For the Calumet stakes;
past sweepstakes; for two-year-olds;
SIOO entrance and SI,OOO added; di
vided; seven-eighths of a mile.
General Harding, the favorite, who
was barred in the pools, led all the way
fi'??! " on * n a canter bv two lengths.
Billy Gilmore was second and Cora Baker
tidl'd. The time was 1:40U,. J. E. Cooper
and Bob Aliles also ran. Complaint was
made that Bob Aliles was pulled, and all
tlie pools in-which he was included were
declared off.
Second Rack. —The Illinois Derby, for
three-year-olds and tillies; entrance,
SI,OOO added, divided; one and a half miles,
only two starters; Leonitas running in
second place fora mile and a furlong, and
then going to the front and winning from
Ford Raglan as he liked. The time was
Third Race— For a purse of S4OO, ot
which $1(8) to second; for all ages; one
and one-eighth miles, in heats. 111 the
first heat Alinstrel, tlie favorite, won in
2:0.), with Elbe II second. The second
and third heats and race was won by
Elbe II in 2:07)4 and 2:10%, Minstrel
running second.
Fourth Race— A selling race for a
purse of S3OO, for all ages; selling allow
ance; one mile. It was won by Blanton,
with Alanitou second and Monticellothird.
The time was 1:49%. Glengarine, the
lavorite, Vet ran, Billy G., Agnes McKee
and Money also ran.
Fifth Race —For the Palmer House
stakes for all ages; k slo entrance; SI,OOO
added; one and one-eighth miles. Owen
Bowling made the running for a seventh
of a mile, lollowed by Aleditator, the fa
vorite, second, and Fellowplay third, but
on the home stretch Aleditator went'to
the front and won by three lengths, with
Fellowplay second and Owen Bowling
third. The time was 2:01%.
London, July s. —At the Newmarket
July meeting to-day the July handicap
race was won by Cumberland's Chivalry
(late Pastry Cook), Sir G. Chetwynd’s
Hornpipe second, and J. it. Keene’s Bo
lero third. There were six starters. Chi
valry won by a length. Bolero was a bad
tbird.
County Officers Shot.
Denver, July s. —The following intelli
gence was received here at a late hour
last night from Hot Sulphur Springs,
Col--' “Four Commissioners and the
County Clerk of Grand oounty were
all shot yesterday morning by
a mob of masked men. Barney
Day and Air. Aliles were
instantly killed and E. P. AVebber and
I>. J. Dean mortally wounded.” Grand
county lies in the northwestern part of
the State, several miles from any tele
graph station.
The citizens of Grand oounty have
called 011 the Governor for the aid of the
State Alilitia,
A Contractor Killed,
Cairo, 111., July 5. — John Kane, an
assistant bridge contractor of the Wabash
Railroad, was shot and kiiled on an ex
cursion train at Mound City last night by
Nelson Howard, a negro, who took to the
woods, but was captured. The cause of
the shooting is unknown.
Buried in a Sewer.
Albany, Julys.—This afternoon, while
(our men were working In a trench con
nected with a sewer, the banks on both
sides caved in, completely burying James
Burke and David Fuller, anil partially
covering the other two. Fuller was dead
when dug out and 'Burke seriously in
jured.
Cornell Wins the Boat Race,
Lake George, X. Y„ July s.—Cornell
won the boat race yesterday by seven
lengths, with Pennsylvania second,
Princeton third and Wesleyan fourth.
Cornell’s time was 11:57; Pennsylvania’s
12:29; Princeton’s 12:40, and Wesleyan’s
A Physician Murdeied.
Union, Ini>„ July 5.-Dr. W. I). llorn
breek, a respected physician, was shot
and killed in his office in this city yester
day by Samuel Heminger, a farm laborer
with whom ho had some dispute about
work. Heminger was arrested.
Sale of the First Bale of Cotton.
Macon, Ga., July s.—'The first bale of
the new crop ot cotton was sold at Al
bany, Ga., to-day at 'JS)jO. per pound.
- , v , < ’, l -” le<l . * ( ,o nUds, and was classed
middling. U was raised by Primus W.
•Touns, oi Baker county.
Puivision Dealers Confess Judgment.
Chicago, July s.—Whitcomb & Ken
dall, provision dealers, confessed a judg
ment to-day in favor of Phillip Armour
for The total indebtedness of the
Ipu. is placed at sloo,Odd. The assets are
unknown,
Germany Kesuines Negotiations.
Berlin, July s.—The negotiations be
tween Prussia and the Vatican have been
resumed. Before leaving Berlin Prince
Bismarck directed an amicable reply to
Cardinal Jaeobini’s last note.
A Balloonist Killed,
Keokuk, Kiwa, July L-Rrof. Owings
made a balloon ascension here yesterday
afternoon. Il\e teiUoou was recovered
last evening near Burnside, Illinois, but
1 roL Owing* was missing, and is thought
to have been killed.
The Gauge at Wimbled**.
London, July s.—The American rifle
men will be allowed to use the screw
wind gauge onty in the international
match a * W lmbledon.
Fifty Buildings Burned in Russia.
LonUgn, July 5.—A lire at Ffiedrich
stadt, Russia, on the river Duna, has de
stroyed filty buildings, including the post
office,
I.eather Factors Fall.
London, July s.,—Hepburn & Sons,
leather factor*, have failed,with liabilities
of £250,000.
LITTLE COTTA MARRIED.
Tiie Ceremony Performed Privately at
IVanhington.
Washington Special to Xew York World, 3d.
The Rev. F. D. Power, Garfield’s old
pastor, married Miss Charlotte Crabtree
and Mr. O. Edwin Iluss last evening ut
the residence of a friend. A prominent
Southern Ilemocratic Congressman who
knows them both, says that Miss Crabtree
was none other than “Lotta,” and that
Mr. Huss is a good fellow, who will make
her a good husband. At the house where
the wedding was said to have taken place
the lady who opened the door admitted
that a wedding between the parties named
had occurred, but when asked whether
the bride s name was. “Lotta,” said she
had nothing more. t*ay.
Inquiry at the Arlington, where the
bride’and groom were said to have spent
the night preparatory to leaving for Eu
rope to-day, revealed the feet that a lady
and gentleman— lady resembling Lotta
—arrived there last nighf and registered
a* Air. and Mrs. Steiniuetij, of New Mexi
co. Thej r left to-day,
The doubt entertained about thestorv
of the wedding grows out of the belief
that Lotta is In Europe, where she sailed
recently. Still she is said to have returned
lishmaV.V handsf : r fair-haired Eng
lishman who recently inherited $150,00*).
ile is a giauuate of the Annapolis Naval
Academy. He has been a' theatrical
manager in a sma.U way.. Re saved
Lotta s life on Q,eQrge s,oise liuie
since. She gave him a medal fer it and
fell m love with him, Re was then in
love with a Washing Km girl who will to
morrow iftarvy a Connecticut man. He
; B*UVards turned to Lotta—so goes
•Humanity’s great hope ft* the future
is alone to be realized inlmproved condi
tions of matrimony. What a profound
obligation does this fact involve ?- Those
who realize the responsibility can hardly
do better than take advice from, Mrs. Ly
dia E. Pink ham, whose wonderful reme
(lies for the cure all diseases peculiar to
women are so j ustly celebrated. Send for
pamphlet.
\ * lO A YEAR. >
I 6 CENTS A COrV. {
ANTI-MOXOPOLY’S creed.
A TAX FOB REVENUE ONLY THE
AIM OF THE PLATFORM.
The Abolition of the National Banking
System and a Graded Income Tax Ad
vocated—GamblUig in Necessities De
nounced—Harmony Secured l,y Ad
mitting all the Delegates.
t hicago. July 5.— -Little progress was
made this morning at the National Con
ference of the Antijnonopolists. The pro
ceedings w ere marked by good order, all
those present having been recognized as
delegates. The Committee on Resolu
tions was not ready to report and the in
terim was tilled witli speeches on the ad
visability of organizing anew party and
the stand it should take on the tariff.
Letters of encouragement from anti
monopoly bodies of Oregon and New Jer
sey wore read to the convention, espous
ing the objects for which the assemblage
had been called.
At the afternoon session, Mr. Streeter
of Illinois, submitted a platform prepared’
b\ iho committee. It advocates a postal
telegraph system, the abolition of the
national banking system, the establish
ment ot a graded income tax and of postal
savings banks, an amendment of the
patent laws to secure the more perfect
protection of inventors and confining
taxation t<> the power of Congress to
assess taxes lor tlx* necessarv expenses
of Hie government only, and denouncing
gambling in the necessaries of life.
I’he following officers were elected-
President-John Y. Henry, of New
A ork.
Secretary—D. J. Stover, of Indiana
Assistant Secretary—N. D. Kellmer, of
New York.
Treasurer—Edwin Lee Brown, of New
York.
A \ ice President from each state.
I lie platform was adopted, and the con
vention then adj dll rued.
FROM THIRD STORY TO STREET.
A Well-Known Baltimorean's Terrible
Death.
Balti more Sun, l 4 th .
The quiet neighborhood of Read street
between St. Paul and Charles street was’
thrown into intense excitement last nfeht
by an accident of a startling nature Mr
Henry A. I tidier, a well-known citizen*
living at No. 19 Read street, fell from the
front window of his bedroom, on the third
floor, a distance of 25 or ISO feet, to the
sidewalk below, receiving injuries from
w Inch he died at twenty minutes after
The accident occurred about half-past
eight. .Mr. Duller had just finished takiie*
supper, and was in his usual health and
spirits. Mrs. Dulier went out on the front
steps, and was joined by Mrs. Larus, who
lives opposite. Air. Didier went up to his
bed-chamber. The house is built on the
English basement style, the parlor being
on the second floor, with the bedchambers
on the floors above. What took place in
the bedroom will never bo known. While
Mrs. Duller and Mrs. Larus w-ere con
versing the neighbors who were also out
front trying to get the benefit of what it
tie air was stirring, were startled liv Vee
tng a heavy object shoot downward in
m front of Mr. Didier’s h oUt|e and strike
“SryvT ll .*3E
walk Major .J. K. Harwood, of No. 20
Read street, and other neighbors
heard the noise and also g Mrs
Didier s screams. Running to the scene
they found the bleeding form of Mr. Didier
lying on the bricks, face downward. He
had struck beau foremost, directly at his
wife s feet. 1 hey carried him into the
dining-room, on the first floor, ami Drs.
\ hitudge and beltzer were summoned
lhey did all they could to relieve the
sutlerer, who was unconscious and breatb
mg heavily, though from the first they
entertained but small hopes of lieing able
to save his life. His right arm was
broken in four places, the broken bone
protruding at the wrist, severing aome of
the blood vessels.. He had also suffered
internal injuries, it was thought, as well
as injuries about tne head.
Mr. Didier being a heavy-set man, of
medium height, weighed probably some
thing over 160 pounds, so that he fell with
Cl ashing force. He had been suffering
with defective eyesight lor about three
jeai-8. Among the theories advanced as
to the cause of the accident was one that,
he had gone up stairs for the purpose of
\ V “ nt to Vi? window to get a
breath ot fresh air. His eye-sight being
bad, he probably leaned over the
si 1 too far, losing his balance and falling
™V, i/ thought by others that he
walked toward the window and was
seized with a fit of apoplexy and toppled
out. N<> one, so far as learned, actually
saw him all, and the fact that he even
tell from his own bedroom window is only
taken tor granted from his having started
lor that room.
The Logic of It!
Washington Critic.
The trial by battle between Editors
Beirne and Elam is over. The net result s
at e a good deal of shoe leather worn out
a-good deal of money wasted, a good deal
of powder burned, and only one man
shot, and a flesh wound at that.
And what has been settled:"
Elam, though wounded, is as big a liar
as ever, 6
Beirne, though unhurt, is even a worse
man than before.
Elam is satisfied.
Satisfied about what*
That Beirne wrote truly'"
Of course not.
he°couUL at Beirnecould “'toot lietter than
Beirne was satisfied.
About what?
liad hit Elam and Elam
had not lnt him.
What was settled by the duel?
Nothing!
If Elam lied he still lies.
U Beirne lied he still lies.
Nothing was settled, except that short
sighted Elam could not shoot with dead
shot Bterne.
Tim Fate of Greek.
Chicago Tribune.
The Greek study is a humbug, main
tained through professional superstition,
and in order to provide occupations for a
few Greek professors, who seldom know
anything else but Greek. It should be
abolished as a study except for divinity
students or fossils and fossil-hunters. R*
should not he permitted to bar young men
from a college course, nor to waste the
time of student* after they pnter college.
Neither should any community be taxed
on the pretense that Greek should be
taught in our high schools and academies
Mr. Adams has done well to attack this
outrageous abuse. The Chicago Board
of Education would do well to foilow the
attack In a practical way, and if they
have any regard for the public interest
they will. We understand that there are .
now in the high schools of this city three
Greek professorships, maintained' at an
annual expense to the taxpayers of about
SIO,OOO. This abuse should not lie con
tinued.
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get as good results as the best, practical
dyer. Every dye warranted true to name
and sample.
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