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ESTABLISHED 1850.
J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j
ITEMS in three states.
. KO RGI\. FLORIDA AM) SOUTH
' CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
terestinff Statistic* >r the Business
"ooiie on Three Great Rivera—The
fastest Time on Record on a Floridian
railroad —Marriage Between a Ceil- j
•enarian and an Octogenarian.
GEORGIA.
, iman's melon shipments reach nearly I
. ar loa'l
l.r. .lolin MeJnnkin. of Toccoa. has lost his
liou'e )>v lire.
i. tineeville started a broom factory in full
I,last last week.
1 ,-t Dougherty i' in need of rain and crops ,
,ri” suffering in conse<inenee.
l>r Wilkinson's home at Quitman was laid
a-hes Thursday morning.
Urooks eountv's taxable property allows an
... over lafet > ear exceeding i;JW,OOO.
_ imuel Powell dieil at his home near the
Is;ue spring', in Brook* county, on .Monday
It i'claimed that Gilmer county has fewer
uigro inhabitants than any county in the
state.
\ truck farmer just outside of the eorporatc
i,lit- of liartwell has been selling encumbers
at 13c. a peck.
V house in Camming has the same roof of
-hiugles on that was put on it forty-eight
. ~: , r- ago. and it is a good roof yet.
The < olumbus bar bas adopted suitable
re-elutions on the death of Charles Coleman,
i rh occurred at Orlando, Fla., in January
Tire Gainesville Eagle predicts that in
t idy years there will lie no such thing as a
eg chestnut tree. They are dviog out
In Darien, the other day. tlie Ordinary
--tied a license to Abram Livingston,colored,
•g< i 100 years, and Maggett Jones, aged S3
year*.
Archie Goes, a young man living a few miles
:r in Preston, was thrown by a tnule last Sun
::v week and had a thigh broken. It was set
■.’local physicians, but inortideation set in
(pun the foot up to the knee, and Mr. Goss
- ,[ft red very much. On W ednesday of last
week he sent for l>r. J. B. Hinkle, of * Ameri
• us, who amputated the leg below the knee.
His chance* of recovering are not considered
hopeful.
Thirty days from date a bill will l>3 intro
duced ill the Legislature, entitled “An act to
incorporate theThoina-villeand Northeastern
Railroad Company, and grant certain powers
and privileges thereto. The object of the
company in asking the above of the Legisla
tin'- is to run a railroad through the counties
• and Thomas, Colquitt, Worth, Berrien, Irwin,
Montgomery. Wilcox. Telfair, Dodge, Lau
rens, Emanuel and Burke.
The Hartwell Sun says: “A young impos
tor spent a night witli Mr. Jenkins, near
Knox’s bridge, last week, and succeeded in
|.;i"ine a counterfeit gold coin off on the old
•-'cntleutan, for which he received his night's
lodging and nine dollars and fifty cents in
greenbacks and silver. He inquires of places
contrary to tlie way lie goes, but is supposed
to be making down the Savannah river, lie
appears to lie Is or 20 years of age.”
The business done by the steamboats on the
• hattalioochee, Apalachicola and Flint rivers
for the past year ending June :!oth, 1**:;,
amounts to $10,563,134. The year previou- it
was (11,400,054. The discrepancy represents a
falling off in the value -ot merchandise and
not a decrease in the business on the rivers.
I'he receipts of cotton from the river toColuin
liiis are already 5,500 in excess of the same
date last year, and 5.:Ri2 in excess of what they
were during the entire year. The first steam-
Imat landed in Columbus fifty-five years ago.
This was in one year after the village
had been established as a trading town. The
boats which have plied the rivers since
that time have met the following fates: snuk.
31: worn; out. 39; blown up. !•: burned. 12:
lost in a gale, 7; left the river, 30; now run
ning on the river, :i.
FLORIDA.
Manatee wants to lie incorporated.
A school house will -Am be erected at
I hipro.
The city ordinances of Waldo have never
l>ecn published.
The basin for an artesian well is being
Imilt at St. Augustine.
I'he widow of the late Gov. O. I. Hart i-
Postmistress at Kissimmee.
Monticello wants a line of hacks between
that city and Thomasville. Ga.
V new paper has been started at Melrose,
called tlie Metrose and Lake Region /‘Hot.
The skeleton of an unknown man was
washed ashore at Pensacola on Thursday last.
A resident of Jacksonville has within a few
davs lost between eighteen or twenty hogs
Irum cholera.
Senator C. W. Jones had engaged passage
on the steamer that left Liverpool on the 7th
of Inly for New York.
A. 11. Neal, of Orange county, is making
preparations to exhibit sweet potatoes at the
Lonisville Exposition.
A telegraph line from Port Washington to
a convenient point on the Pensacola and At
lantic Railroad, will be built.
Monticello, Quincy ami Tallahassee talk of
uniting in the formation of a gun club and for
the purpose of enforcing and improving the
game laws of the state.
Joseph Garcia, a Cuban cigar maker, who
had been 111 Jacksonville about three months,
died quite suddenly Friday of congestion of
l he brain, aged 83 years.
Tlie case of the State vs. Win. Newton, for
murder, which was lately concluded bv Judge
Cocke, at Orlando, by a Verdict of gmltv. w ill
lie carried to the supreme Court.
Reports from Jackson county represent the
caterpillar as being very bad in that count v.
and that they arespreacting rapidly and doing
considerable damage to the cotton crop.
At Johnson station on the Florida Southern
Railroad, last Wednesday. Mr. Wui. Johnson,
of that place, was seriously hurt by l-ing
thrown from a hand car and run over, caused
by a cow being on the track, while going down
a sleep grade.
Captain O. J. Leite, commanding the
Metropolitan Light Infantry, of Jacksonville,
has received from Captain .1. C. Avn-rof the
National Armory, at Springfield, Mass., a
complete outfit of arms and equipments for
forty men. The invoice includes forty
Springfield cadet rifles, with -hell extractors,
wiping rods, instruction book* and arm chests.
The Time*-I'nion says: “The large draw
bridge which has been building at Clark's
mill-yard for some time past, and which is to
lie put up over MeGirt’s creek for the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad, has
lieen completed, and is now lieing loaded on
ligt.ters preparatory to being shipped ttp the
creek early next week, when it will lie put in
position just as soon as possible. As soon as
the bridge and trestles over this creek are
completed the work ot laying tlie iron will lie
commenced.
The Live Oak Bulletin says that Engineer
Johnson, running a passenger train from
Tallahassee to Lake City on Monday of last
week, made the fastest time that lias ever
lieen made on a Florida railroad. The dis
tance is 105 miles, and the run was made in
three hours and thirty minutes, including fif
teen stoppages which average five minutes
eaeh. Taking the 75 minutes occupied in
stoppages from the 210 in which the run was
made, it will lie seen that the rtn of 105 miles
really occupied only 145 minutes, or two hours
and twenty-five minutes—a little les- than a
mile every minute and a half.
SOi'Tli CAROLINA.
The corporation tax returns for Darlington
Court House show a taxable value of $390,000.
Arthur Arnold broke his arm in two places
by a fall at the.skating rink in Anderson last
week.
The Masonic fraternity of theeityof Ander
son are taking steps to erect anew Masonic
Temple.
Dr. William M. Taggart, of Abbeville, had
his arm broken last week by his horse falling
with him.
-Vbont 4,000 liens have lieen filed at Abbe
ville, about 10 per cent, less than the ntimlier
filed last season.
On the 7th inst. Win. Crawfont was struck
by lightning in a cotton field in York county
and instantly killed.
>ioily Glover, colored, has been committed
to jail In Chester county for burning a house
on Mr. John O. Darby's plantation last week.
The Colleton Press says: “The railroa'b
w hich is in contemplation from Green l’ond
to Br&nchvilte is now in a very flourishing
condition.” •
Thieves entered the colored Methodist
Church at t olleton. last week, and stole a
Bible, three lamps and the covering from the
communion table.
Mr. John Lee, of Chester county, celebrated
his until birthdav on tlie 2d inst. 'There were
present on the interesting occasion lit:! of the
114 living lineal descendants or Mr. Lee.
I.aet Saturday, on Mr. w. l. Mobley’s
place, in Chester county, a 2-vear old colored
child named Jimmie Heath, wa- -hot and kill- !
I'll bv a shot gun in the hands of a 7 vear old I
colored boy named John Simons.
The Georgetow u Enquirer says; “More than
forty of our leading e.itUeus have signed an
agreement for the organization of a -.cietv
for the prevention of cruelty to animals, to lie
a branch of the South Carolina Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.”
At the annual meeting of the Catawba
Chester, Oil Company on the lOtli the follow -
ing officers were elected: E. C. >tahu, Presi
dent; J. 1.. Ague*, Vice President; Joseph.
Wylie, W. S. Gregg. J. II Smith, IV. T. D.
l ousar, J. J. Hemphill, Dire'tors; X. lb
Alexander, Secretary; David Hemphill,
Treasurer.
James Alton, a Cnited States Deputy Mar- ,
shat, was tired on iu Greenville county by
someone in ambush last week and was badly
scared, although unhurt. The bullet passed
through the front of his coat, making a neat
little orifice. The missile also cut a small
piece out of his vest. It is not known who
fired the shot.
The Chester Bulletin says: “It is rumored
that twelve robbers,six white and six colored,
have been seen in the section a few miles
above Armenia. It is said they went to the
house of a white woman and some colored
people and demanded money aud something i
to eat, threatening awful vengeance if their :
•tenuMjds were not complied with instantly. !
They ar said to be rough in dress and go
armed with breech-loading rifles and bowic ’
knives. They are still lurking around the
neighborhood and are spreading consterna
tion among the colored people.”
Charleston Courier : *,lt was • 6ported iu the
city yesterday that three drunken no.-roes
went into the store of Capt. George F. Hatie
meht’s, on James j-lend, on Saturday night,
and becoming disorderly Capt. Habenicht at
tempted to put them out, when one of the
chßwd drew a dagger and stabbed him. Mr.
TOe £mmm (Morning mn.
Habenicht and his clerk, Mr. Palmer, then
went behind the counter and opened tire on
the negroes with revolvers, wounding two of
them. The negroes escaped without being
seriously hurt. Out Capt. Habenicht is said to
be dangerously wounded.
JACK SON VILLE S\V E LiTERING.
Tlie City Full of Good News Notes Not
withstanding the Heat.
Jacksonville, July 16.—Yesterday
aud day before were the warmest days
experienced in Jacksonville this season.
The usual cool sea breeze prevailing here
died away about 2 p. m. Saturday, aud front
that time till dark it was excessively
warm. The desire of the inhabitants
Sunday seemed to be to And a retreat from
the dust and heat of the city.
Notwithstanding the immense number
ot melons made in and around Jackson
ville. yet our local dealers state the de
mand has exceeded the supply this sea
son. and they had to fall back on the
patches of Middle Florida and the border
.counties of Georgia to meet their orders.
With some the melon is their meat and
bread for the present. Six thousand
were sold alone from the city market last
week.
One might reasonably suppose the
peach crop was an entire failure every
where this season, from the fact lhat but
few have reached this market yet, and
what have are of an inferior quality and
are sold at from 15 to 25 cents per dozen,
many no larger than a partridge egg. A
fair crop was made in Baker and Colum
bia counties in this State, and neither
point is over 60 miles distant lrom Jack
sonville, vet it is said the freight and
other expenses incidental to shipping
leaves no profit for either dealer or pro
ducer. i >ne dollar per bushel is the price
at Lake City, but the poor denizens of this
metropolis are forced to forego the
pleasure thus far this season of a peach
pie on account of “grinding monopolies.”
The announcement Saturday of the con
summation and the sale by Capt. Dyke of
the Floridian newspaper 'office at Talla
hassee to Messrs. Bowen & Dorr, was
quite a surprise to this community, and
many were the regrets of the better class
that the Captain had retired from the post
he had so honorably filled for forty-two
years. As political editor he was un
equaled in tlie State, and has ever proved
himself a friend to Florida. He will here
after engage in farming. Mr. Dorr for
merly owned and edited the Pensacola
Gazette. Mr. Bowen came to Florida
from Massachusetts in 1872, and has been
employed ever since as printer and local
editor in Tallahassee.
Material and laborers continue to pass
through the city on their way to Kissim
mee. where the extension of the South
Florida Railroad is progressing.
The water in St. John's river is now
three feet lower than it has been for sev
eral months, and steamboatmeu appre
hend trouble iu crossing Volusia bar if
the water does not rise soon. Heavy
draught steamers now strike in crossing.
This decrease in the depth of water is at
tributed to recent westerly and southerly
, winds.
Hon. H. A. Corley has opened here the
principal laud office of the Reed syndicate.
It was formerly located at Ocala.' Sir Ed
ward Reed, it w ill be remembered, pur
chased two million acres of land from
Hamilton Disston.
There were four deaths in the city the
past week.
Dr. Babcock returned to the city from
the small-pox pest house Thursday, after
! an absence of ninety-seven days. He was
| warmly greeted by all. and highly compli
l metited for thu good work he had per
j formed.
Lumber for St. Augustine’s big hotel is
being shipped daily from this city. The
Assistant Superintendent of Jackson
ville and St. Augustine Railroad thinks it
w ill require at least 500 cars to transport
\ the material from this city.
Messrs. W. Jerome and W. L. Craw
i ford, of Utica N. Y., were in the city Fri
| day for the purpose of inspecting the
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax
I Railroad, in which they are largely inter
ested. They say this little road is to he
1 supplied at once with all needed rolling
stock of first class style, and if circum
stances w arrant the road will be extend
ed to the Halilax river. The present busi
ness outlook will hardly necessitate an
extension.
Major McLaughlin, President of the St.
John's Road, from Tocoi tojSt. Augustine,
has gone North to consult wiih Mr. Win.
Astor, relative to equipping and arrang
ing his road for next season’s business.
It is said that Mr. Astor has no idea of
surrendering without a fierce contest, the
business of his road to the new candidate.
So a lively competition may be looked for
between ’these two little roads.
A company has lieen organized here for
tit" purpose iif erecting and managing a
public bath house in this city. The
house will lie floated on the river and
held in position by piling driven around
it. The centre of the house will be occu
pied by a tank 40x56 feet, around
which will be a number of
dressing and waiting rooms for
I both ladies and gentlemen. All water
used ill the tank is to Vie filtered and puri
fied. The company say it will be tirst
! class in every particular. Such a house
is much needed here, and will be a luxury
these warm days.
Friday last Rev. Cataline B. Simmons,
a prominent colored minister, died in this
city, where he had resided for fifty years,
and yesterday his funeral was attended
by hundreds of jieople, many of whom
were white. A large nuui'lier of the
attendants came from all parts of the
State, and front Beaufort and Charleston,
S. C. Deceased was well advanced in
years and was generally considered it
good man both by white and colored
people.
Jacksonville continues to grow, and
improvements are noticeable in every
IHirtion of the city and suburbs. The
suburbs embrace more territory than the
city proper, and when the towns of La
Villa, Brooklyn, Riverside. Ilansontown,
Springfield. Fairfield, Oakland and East
Jacksonville are all brought into one city
and under one municipal government,
Jacksonville w ill then be a tow nof no
small pretensions, but an equal, or ner
haps a rival, of many of the larger cities
of the South both in size and population.
Her present rapid growth will ere lousr
force an enlargement of territory. Already
the steel railways are being' extended
east, north and west.
The changing of the mail route from
this city to St. Augustine will expedite
matters in that direction considerably.
At present the mail leaves this city at 9
a. nt. on steamer for Tocoi, and from there
for st. Augustine, arriving there about 2
p. m. The afternoon Northern mail now
remains in Jacksonville all night, but
under the new arrangement, your corres
pondent is informed, this mail will he for
warded on arrival here to the St. Augus
tine train, and by 8 p. m. the people in St.
Augustine will lie perusing the Morning
News printed that morning in Savannah.
Cyclops.
Tlie Helpless Lily.
Philadelphia Record's Xew ) oak Letter
The Jersey Lily is very fond of money,
but apparently not as much for its own
sake as for what it will do for her. She
is very extravagant, and must have the
most luxurious things. She proposes to
manage herself next year, yet she has not
the slightest idea of business, nor the
least appreciation of public obligations.
She is rather a spoiled child than a vi
cious one. Personally she is perfectly
helpless, and says she could not dress
or undress herself, without the assist
ance of her maid, if her life depended
on it. She will lie in bed till
evening waiting for her maid rather
than try to aress herself. If she
wants a thing, she wants it; and if she
can’t have it she will cry like a baby. She
couldn’t get a certain room that she
wanted in a Western hotel, so she sat
down oil the stairs and cried like a child.
In auotber hotel she found two of the
creatures Mrs. Carlyle spent her time in
destroying iu her bed, and she got up at 2
o’clock and went with her entire suite to
her ear. where she finished out the night.
To avoid this plague and other annoy
ances, Mrs. Langtry will live aboard her
car next season. She sails for England
bv the Alaska on the 24th—at least'that
is her plan at present, blit she is never of
the sain" mind two days in succession.
I think she makes a mistake in going
back to England. She will, ot course,
never be received there by the same set
again. Not that there are not just as fast
women as Mrs. langtry in the innermost
circle, but they assume a virtue if they
have it not.
A Bird’s Nest on a Locomotive.
Ithaca Journal.
A Rochester robin has built its nest on
the main frame of engine No. 340, of the
New York Central Railroad, between the
left forward driving spring hanger and a
cross brace'. The engine runs daily be
tween Rochester and De Witt. The bird
kept faithfully at work, as circumstances
permitted, and, having completed the
nest, she now occupies it, even when the
engine is running.
Cieautiness and purity make Parker’s
Hair Balsam the favorite for restoring the
youthful color to gray hair.
DEALING WITH THE BILLS
THE STATE LEGISLATORS PUT
IN ANOTHER BUSY DAY.
Governor McDaniel Hies Himself to Ath
ens—A Colored Courtesan Ends Her
Days—A Brothei in Black Absconds
with SI .OOO—Another Darkey Falls
from a Lofty Building.
Atlanta. July 16.—1n the senate to
day the Finance Committee reported
favorably on the bill taxing railroads’ in
the counties through which they pass.
New bills were introduced as follows:
By Mr. McDonald—Authorizing the
University Trustees to accept the Branch
College atWaycross. Also, taxing dogs
I'-, except one for each butcher and farm.
By Mr. Tutt—Amending section 4500 of
the Code to include farm tenants, labor
ers and servants.
By Mr. Jones Regulating the manner
of calling and disposing of cases on the
docket of the Supreme Court.
By Air. Baker—A resolution requiring
the Attorney General to give full informa
tion as to the suit aginst John Jones’
bondsmen.
The Senate at this i>oint concurred in
the House resolution to ascertain if any
inmates of the deaf and dumb and blind
asylums can be improved bv medical or
surgical treatment. Dr. A. W. Calhoun,
the eminent eye and ear doctor, has gen
erously oflered to treat all such cases free
of charge.
The bill amending section 4527 of the
Cotie passed.
The bill regulating practice in the Su
perior Courts passed.
The bill amending section 4587 of the
Cotie was made the special order for Fri
day.
The bill prescribing how foreign insur
ance companies may do business in Geor
gia was made the special order for Thurs
day.
The bill amending section 1424 of the
Code was recommitted.
A number of hills were read for the first
or second time, making the entire session
a busy one.
in the house.
In the House to-day Air. Alattox, Chair
man of the Committee on Local and Spe
cial Bills, reported a consolidated bill
embracing several local bills to prohibit
the sale of liquor near certain churches in
various counties. This bill was ap
proved by all of the committee except
Air. Atkinson, of Meriwether, who re
ported against it as unconstitutional,
claiming that no single bill could be made
to apply to different localities.
Air. James, of Douglass, also spoke
against the consolidation as of doubtful
constitutionality.
Air. McGregor, of Warren, moved that
both reports and the consolidation bill be
referred to the Judiciary Committee, and
it was carried.
On the call of counties new bills were
introduced as follows:
By Air. Crimley, of Quitman—For pav
ing election superintendents in that
county.
By Air. Crittenden, of Randolph—Pro
hibiting railroads abolishing stations that
have been in existence five years. Also
exempting Dr. J. T. Robinson from the
law regulating the practice of medicine.
By Air. Robbe, of Richmond—Provid
ing for the taxation of the property of
railroads that run through Georgia and
adjoining States. Also, making personal
property collateral security m certain
cases. Also, repealing the act creating
the Board of Police Commissioners iit
Augusta.
Aly Air. Hawks, of Sumter-—Authoriz
ing Amerieus to enforce compulsory vac
cination,to send parties having the small
pox to the pest house, and to establish
proper quarantine.
Air. Harris, of Bibb, was added to the
committee to visit the University com
mencement.
Bills were then again introduced as
follows:
By Mr. Eason, of Telfair—Fixing the
liquor licenses for towns in that county.
By Air. Patton, of Thomas—Prescribing
the duties of Deputy Clerks of Countv
Courts.
By Air. Burtch, of Towns—Prohibiting
cattle from North Carolina to be driven
into Georgia during certain months.
By Mr. Jones, of Twiggs—Regulating
the granting of liquor licenses in Twiggs.
Also, regulating the sale of seed cotton in
Wilkinson and Twiggs.
By Air. Waldrop, of Union—Prohibiting
the collection of toll on turnpikes unless
the same are in good order.
By Air. AlcGregor, of Warren—For pre
venting stock from running at large in
that county.
By Air. Perkins, of Burke—Providing a
warden tor each convict camp and other
wise improving the penitentiary system.
This is a very important bill,' and pro
vides for the carrying out of the humane
rules made by Governor McDaniel, and
keeps the convicts always under the im
mediate control and supervision of the
State through wardens appointed by the
Governor.
notes about the capital.
The Governor has gone to Athens for
two days.
Lizzie Patterson, a notorious colored
i woman, suicided by poison, last night.
Daniel Hitt, a colored mason, fell from
the Gate City Bank building this morning
and w as badly injured.
The market here is glutted with melons
of all kinds, and hundreds are rotting
on the hands of dealers. The AVestern
and Atlantic Railroad sent off several
extra trains to-day and the western mar
ket will he glutted to-morrow. Atlanta
will now be supplied with home raised
melons.
Joseph Mitchell, a member of the
colored Good Samaritan Lodge, is re
ported to have absconded with nearly
SI,OOO of the funds of the lodge.
Col. Richard M. Johnston, of Maryland,
addressed the General Assembly at Rep
resentatives Hall to-night on the life and
character of the late Governor Alex. 11.
Stepheus. Hon. M. P. Reese, of AV likes,
introduced the distinguished speaker in a
Brief address, announcing that he ap
peared before them in response to a unani
mous request from the Legislature. Col.
Johnston was received with hearty ap
plause, and spoke in an easy and charm
ing manner or Mr. Stephens’ early and
later life, his love affaiisTtnil disappoint
ments, his struggles with pain and suffer
ing, his ambition to be good and great, his
tender love for Linton Stephens, his
abounding charity, and his yearning de
sire to die in tlie harness and close his
long public career in the service of the
State. Without family, brothers or sis
ters, old and desolate, it was fitting that
he should die upon the bosom of his
jieople. Col. Johnston was touchingly
tender in his treatment of the subject, and
won frequent and hearty applause.
LIFE IN CAMILLA.
A Romance of the Grave ami Notes on
Trucking ami Building.
Camilla. July 16.—Camilla was full of
life last week. The melon business has
given the town this new impulse. Men
grow excited as in the cotton season. In
this county money was lost on potatoes,
beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc., but
melons will pay; not fancy prices, how
ever. but net from eight to ten cents.
Real estate is on a boom. New f brick
stores are building, and dwelling houses
to rent are in demand.
The artesian well is jirogressing satis
factorily. Crojis are suffering badly from
drought, and the corn crop will be short.
Camilla lost one of Iter noblest young
men a few days ago in the jierson ot Ed
ward T. Haile. Fifteen hours before his
death his wife died. Noble young men
with excellent business qualities are
scarce. The young couple were buried
in the same grave.
MELONS SEIZED IN NEAV YORK
A Cargo of 30,000 from Savannah Al
leged to be Unfit for l*e.
New York, July 16.—Last Saturday
the Fruit Inspectors seized thirty thous
and watermelons, brought from the South
by theOeean Steamship Company of Savan
nah. They claimed that the melons were
rotten and unfit for use. The consignees
deny this, but say the fruit is a little
cracked from handling. They are in
communication with the health authori
ties regarding the matter-
Weather Indications.
Office chief Signal observer,
Washington, D.C., July 16.—Indications
for Sunday;
In the South Atlantic States, nearly
stationary barometer, stationary or fall
ing temperature, variable winds', mostly
southwestern, fair weather in southern
portion.
Brought from a Wreck.
New York. July 16.—The schooner AV.
H. Curry arrived here to-day from For
tune Island and brought fifteen seamen
from the steamship Tropic which was
wrecked there.
SAVANNAH. TUESDAY, JULY 17. 1883.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
The Exercises at Athens—Distinguished
Citizens Present.
Athens, Ga.. July 16.—Saturday even
! ing the annual champion debate took
place between the two literary societies.
The debaters were the Phi Kappas, who
had the affirmative, O. E. Kennebrew,
H. W. Duggar and J. R. Ross. The I)e
--tnosthenian had the negative side and
were J. T. Lofton, J. 11. Phinizy, W.AI.
Code, President: J. C. C. Black, Secre
tary, and Davis F. Weeman. The speak-
I ers acquitted themselves handsomely.
The President decided in favor of the
affirmative. The question was: “lie.
\ solved. That the sale of liquor as a traffic
; in Georgia should he prohibited.”
Sunday morning the Baccalaureate
; sermon was delivered by Rev. Henry
i McDonald, ol Atlanta. The "text was taken
from the ninety-sixth Psalm.
Sunday evening was occupied by an
address before the Young Men’s Prayer
Association by Chief Justice James Ja'ck
i son, who chose as his subject, “Praver on
Monday Alorning.”
Hon. J. L. M. Curry, of Richmond, Va.,
delivered an address belore the Literary
Society. His theme w as, “The Power of
Thought.”
The University is ninety-eight years
| old, and the present commencement is
full of interest. To-morrow Judge Samuel
Hall, of the State Supreme Court, will de
liver the alumni oration, and AVednesday
is commencement day. United States
Senator Brown, Representative Ham
mond, Governor McDaniel and a com
mittee front the State Legislature now
in session are attending the exercises.
The Chancellor’s report shows that the
attendance upon the University and its
; branches is nearly twelve hundred. 'l’he
: college is heavily endowed bv the State,
tuition being free.
SEETHING SEAS Ob’ FLAME.
Two Cities AVatch Many A'aluajile Struc
tures Laid iu Kuius.
Little Rock, Auk., July 16.— A dis
patch from Texarkana says that about 4
o’clock this morning fire broke out in Alc-
Kane’s two story frame building, on the
south side of Broad street, between Vine
and Elm. The (lames soon spread west,
consuming nine or ten business houses.
C. E. Hayden & Cos., Charles Wilkinson,
Airs. Lizzie O’Donnell, N. McLean, John
Al. & O. L. Thomas and Turner & Cos. are
heavy losers. An entire half of a block
is destroyed, except M. llelcht’s estab
ment. The loss is variously estimated at
from $25,000 to $30,000.
Detroit, Mich., July 16.—A tire oc
curred yesterday at Newbury, on the line
of the Detroit, Mackinaw and Alarquette
Railroad, destroying the retorts and build
ings and a saw mill. The loss is $25,000,
but is partly insured.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 16.—A fire broke
out in Bell & Day’s pork packing estab
; lishment at one o’clock to-day, and at
two o’clock the building, together with
Taylor & Bullick’s cement warehouse
and Rea & Co.'s pork packing establish
ment adjoining, were destroyed. The loss
is estimated at $500,000.
Shreveport. La., July 16.—A fire
broke out in the business portion of Alon
roe at noon to-day, which destroyed seven
stores. A hiv’h wind prevailed, and the
destruction of property amounted to $20,-
000.
London, July 16,—Four warehouses
containing grain, flax and oil have been
destroyed by fire at Hull. The damage
; was £IOO,OOO.
A BOILER PLAYS HAVOC.
Death, Fire and Destruction Scattered
by a Terrific Fxplosion.
Glen’s Falls, N. Y., July 16.—A boiler
in the Glen’s Falls Paper Mill exploded
to-day, killing several people. The boiler
was thrown a distance of five or six hun
dred feet. The building is a complete
wreck.
No person was killed outright, but two
men were so badly bruised and scalded
with steam that tl'iey will probably die be
fore morning, and others are injured so
that they may die.
The concussion was so groat that build
ings were shaken and windows broken
within a radius of a mile. Fifteen per
sons in all were badly hurt. The ruins
were on fire within fifteen minutes
after the explosion. The flames
spread with great rapidity, destroying
buildings wherein were stored soda, ash
; and fuel. The exploded boiler was one of
three of the rotary pattern used for boil
ing straw, but it had recently been used
to make steam for the engines. There
were also two steam boilers in the room.
It was supposed that the boiler was
; strong enough for the purpose to which it
was devoted, but that its strength was
overestimated is clearly shown in to-day’s
catastrophe. The loss is estimated at be
tween $75,000 and SIOO,OOO. The insurance
is about one-half the loss. A small brick
building, located 40 feet from the boiler
room, was destroyed by the concussion.
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S DEADLOCK.
Judges Smith and Doe Out of tlie Race
and Kay the Coming Alan.
Concord, N. H., July 16. —Only twenty
two votes were cast by the Legislature in
joint session to-day for United States
Senator.
Dover, N. 11., July 16.—T0-morrow’s
ycte for United States Senator at Concord
is looked for with much interest here.
There was a large gathering of members
of the Legislature and politicians at A'ork
Beach yesterday. They were unanimous
in the opinion that there will be
radical changes in to-morrow’s
vote. Representative Perry, of
Dover, arrived here to-night. He
had a letter in his possession written by
Judge Jeremiah Smith at A'ork Beach.
Judge Smith says: “I never have been a
candidate for United States Senator and
should not accept it if elected. This is
sufficiently known to prevent anybody
from voting for me.” The seven Republi
cans who voted on the last ballot for
Smith will scatter to-morrow. The gen
eral opinion among politicians is thatMr.
Ray is the dark horse. Judges Doe and
Smith are certainly out of the race.
JUDGE KUUM HONEST.
He Turns Over the Ford Estate and is
Exonerated by a Judge.
St. Louis, July 16.—Ex-Judge Chester
11. Krum, about whose mysterious ab
sence from the city some weeks ago there
was a good deal of inquiry and comment,
this morning tiled a final report in the
estate of Charles \V. Ford showing a
balance in hand of $178,231. which he
turned over to the Public Administrator.
Judge Krum explained that litigation in
Illinois had prevented an earlier settle
ment. Judge AYoerner, of the Probate
Court, ruled that Judge Krutn’s conduct
has lieen entirely straightforward and
wise, and accordingly discharged him as
an administrator of the estate.
FRANCE AT THE FETE.
Two Anarchists Adorn the Statue With
a Pair of Klack Flags.
Paris, July 16.—Many ol the flags dis
played Saturday in honor of the national
fete were draped with crape for Louise
Alichel. After the unveiling of the statue
of the republic two Anarchists stuck a
black flag upon the statue. The people
surrounding the statue immediately seized
the flag and tore it to pieces. One arrest
was made. Black flags were displaced
in some of the obscure streets of the city.
The unfavorable weather somewhat
dampened the enthusiasm of the people
during the day, but at night the festivities
were of surpassing brilliancy.
The Wolf and the Lamb at Outs.
Jackson, Miss.. July 16.— Many promi
nent Democrats of Hinds county, believ
ing that to secure a peaceable and quiet
election this fall a fusion with the Repub
lican party was advisable, met in conven
tion at Raymond to-dav. The result of
the convention was that a satisfactory
and agreeable compromise could not be
made, and that lioth parties shall run
straight tickets. The Independents will
also contend for the offices. An exciting
campaign is in prospect.
Sunday Observed to the Letter.
Jefferson City, Mo., July 16.—1n
observance of the Sundsy law, all saloons
here were closed yesterday, and all busi
ness was suspended except in hotels ar.d
drug stores. Dealers were not allowed
to sell newspapers. The saloon men took
the initial in compelling a general sus
pension of business.
Still Fast on the Shore.
Norfolk, A'a., July 16.—The United
States steamer Fish Hawk, In the service
of the L'nited States Fish Commission,
which went ashore in the storm of Friday
night near Ocean View, has not been got
ten oft' yet, but repairers are at work on
her. Thus far she has sustained no in
jury.
WESTERN UNION AT BAY.
OPERATORS GIVE THE
COMPANY 48 HOURS NOTICE.
An Increase of 15 per cent. In Wages
and a Reduction of Hours Demand
ed—The Officials Put thir Heads To
gether, but Make No Statement.
New York, July 16, 10 a. m.—a secret
meeting of the telegraph operators belong
ing to the Brotherhood was held yesterday
afternoon. It is understood that the
schedule of the concessions which they
demand has been prepared and will be
presented to the AVestern Union Telegraph
Company to-day A certain number of
hours will be allowed, and if a favorable
reply is not then received a general strike
will be ordered.
WESTERN UNION STOCK FALLS.
The Action of the Telegraphists Felt
on Wall Street.
New York, July 16, 2 p. m.—At 1
o'clock this afternoon. AA’estern Union
stock had declined from 80% to 78% on
reports that the telegraph operators
would send in their demand for increased
pay and shorter hours of work to the com
pany to-day. The general stock market
continues weak and lower, Manitoba
fell from 113% to 107%. The Mercantile
Trust Company is paying the Western
Union dividend Qt 1% percent, to share
holders to-day under the G#uld agreement.
At 1:30 o’clock this afternoon a commit
tee, representing the League of American
Telegraph Operators, visited the AVestern
Union building and were received by
General Eckert, the acting President.
The committee numbered seven, and in
cluded members from New Orleans, Louis
ville, St. Louis, Pittsburg and Chicago.
It is said that no representative from New
York was to be found on the committee.
After being cordially received by General
Eckert, the chairman of the committee
stated the object of their mission and
presented a brief address to the officers of
the company, signed by the members of
the committee. In it they ask that the
company grant to the operators through
out the country a general increase of' 15
per cent, for their services. They also
ask for a reduction in the hours of their
work. The petition closes with a request
that a reply be given at the earliest possi
ble moment. No remarks were in
terchanged between the officials of the
AVestern Union Telegraph Company and
the committee beyond those incident to
the presentation of the petition referred
to. It is understood that some time will
he required by General Eckert. It is
further stated that there is not the slight
est likelihood of the demand for
15 per cent, being complied with.
Whether either side will be pre
pared to compromise has not ]
yet been determined. In the meanwhile !
the entire force of operators in this citv :
continue at work, and reports from all !
parts of the country indicate a similar j
condition of affairs in all other cities. !
Gen Eckert and various officers of the
company held a conference immediately
after the visit of the qpamittee. Repre
sentatives of the press were unable to
secure an audience with any of the nu
merous officials of the company who were
understood to be discussing the course of I
action to be taken regarding the demand
of the operators.
AVheu the committee presented the me
morial they were asked if they renresent
ed the employes of the Western' Union
Company.
They answered “yes:” blit upon exam
ining the paper the officers found no list
of the employes. The committee said
that they could not furnish such a list, as
it would take a long time to prepare it,
and they were here under expense. They
were told that the company did not recog
ognize the committee, and would expect a
list ot such of its employes as desired to
lie represented by the committee. It is
understood that this list is being pre
pared. The memorial presented is as fol
lows •
Central Office of the Broth- )
krhood of Telegraphers of [
the United States and Canada.j
J o Thomas T. Eckert, Esq., General Man
ager and President of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, -A 'etc York City:
Sir The undersigned, the Executive
Board of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers
of the United States and Canada, acting in
accordance with instructions from that
body, respectfully petition your favorable
consideration of the following memorial,
embodying the desires of all classes of
employes in the service of the AV estern
Union Telegrph Company:
Sec. 1. Beliving that man’s physical
and mental welfare requires that at least
one day in seven be accorded him for rest
and recreation, we request a total aboli
tion of Sunday work as compulsory duty
unless compensated for as extra service.
Sec. 2. That eight hours shall consti
tute a day’s work and seven hours a night’s
work.
Sec. 3. Both sexes shall receive equal
pay for equal work.
Sec. 4. That a universal increase of
15 per cent, on all salaries now paid be
granted.
LINEMEN’S INTERESTS.
Sec. 1. That eight hours shall constitute
a regular day’s work and that compensa
tion at the rate of two days pay be allowed
for all Sunday work. That the lowest
salary paid a regular lineman shall be $65
per month and for helpers SSO. That the
duties of linemen he confined solely to
their legitimate work.
W H KATSTON E INTE RE STS.
Sec. 1. That the salaries of first-class
AVheatstone operators be increased to $75
per month and second-class operators to
S6O per month, and that they receive in
addition the 15 per cent, increase asked
for the Morse operators.
Sec. 2. That the working hours of
AVheatstone operators be the same as
those of the Morse operators.
A reply at the earliest possible moment
is solicited. Very respectfully,
Ei gene O’Connor, Chm’n.
Mortimer D. Shaw, Sec’y.
John Campbell,
Robert Ewing,
Harry AV. Orr,
Roger J. Mullen,
Joseph 11. Ford,
Executive Board.
It is reported that the Telegraphists
Brotherhood held a meeting to-niglit and
heard the report of their committee on
the result of their interview with the
Western Union officials to-day. It was
voted not to furnish a list of the members
called for by Gen. Eckert, and to notify
the company that aT?trike will occur un
less their demands are conceded by 11
o’clock Wednesday morning.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO YIELDS.
The Operators Gain Similar Conces
sions to Those Asked in New York.
Baltimore, July 16.—A committee of
three representing the Telegraphers’
Brotherhood called to-day at the
office of tho Baltimore and Ohio Tele
grapic Company. They were re
received by Mr. Steward, Superintendent
of the Company. The committee pre
sented to Mr. Steward a paper or address
similar to that presented to General
Eckert, of the AA’estern Union Company,
in New York to-day, asking an increase
of pay and a reduction in the hours of
work, etc. The address was afterwards
handed to George F. Frick, General Man
ager of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph
Company, and the committee were in
formed that the matter would be given
deliberate and respectful consideration,
and an answer returned.
Washington, July 17. 12:30 a. m.—lt
is reported that the Baltimore and Ohio
Telegraph Company have granted all that
the operatives asked.
Telephone Attaches Catch the Spark.
Chicago, July 16.—The telephone
climbers, repairers and instrument men
made a demand for an increase of 25 per
cent, in their pay to-day, and stated that
they would await the decision of the com
pany forty-eight hours.
Horse Shoers Ask an Advance.
Cleveland, 0., July 16.—Three hun
dred journeymen horse shoers struck to
day for higher pay. They demand $2 50
and $3 per day. They have been getting
trom $2 to $2 50. The increase asked for
will probably be granted.
Nail Mills Close for Four Weeks.
Pittsburgh, July 16.—1n accordance
with a resolution passed at the last meet
ing of the AVestern Nail Association every
nail mill in the AVest closed to-dav lor a
period of four weeks.
English Strikers Give In.
London, July 16.—The iron men at
AV olverhampton, Staffordshire, have
agreed to resume work at the reduction of
w ages against which they struck.
Ripon Still in Office.
London, July 16.—1 t is officially denied
that the Marquis of Ripon has resigned the
Yioe Royaltyjof India.
LARD BI LLS BELLOWING.
Talk which May Mean a Boom or May
be Mere Moonshine.
(. hicago, July 16. —1 tis stated that
within the last four weeks 1,206,000 tierces
lard, worth over $3,000,000 have been sha
ped from this city, On one hand it is
claimed that these shipments by large
houses are not sales, but merely consign
ments to agents to sell, while on the other
hand it is affirmed that they represent
actual sales, that Englishmen are snap
ping up ail the lard obtainable, and that
all the iard houses are running at their
full capacity ami are two weeks behind
time on their orders.
MeGEOCH TO PAY FIFTY CENTS.
The Compromise Effected and the Un
secured Creditors to Receive $450,000.
Chicago, July IG.—Every creditor of
the late suspended firm of McGeoch, Ev
eringham & Cos. has, it is said, signed the
50 jier cent, compromise, and $450,000
cash to pay the unsecured creditors, is to
be sent here Tuesday. It is expected that
the firm will lie reorganized and resume
business in about a month. Its commis
sion business before the failure was worth
$300,000 a year.
TWO DEADLY DUELS.
One at Wurzburg University and the
Other Between Arkansas Darkies.
Little Rock, July 16.—A Helena
(Ark.) dispatch says that Saturday even
ing, on Williamson’s place, two miles out
of town, two negroes, one with a musket
and one with a rifle, fought a duel at
twenty jiaces.' A ball entered the mouth
of one, passing through his head. The
other received a charge iu the groin.
Both died during the night.
AVurzburg, July 16.—The name of the
German-American who shot a student
dead in a duel yesterday is Lennig. His
opponent’s name was Moschel. The duel
was fought at ten paces. Moschel was
shot in the abdomen and died shortly
afterwards. The two men belonged to
rival student societies. The duel was
caused by Lennig insulting Moschel.
THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.
Two Cases at Bulak Start a Stampede
from Alexandria.
Alexandria, July 16.—There were
thirty-five deaths from cholera at Damiet
ta yesterday, sixty-one at Mansourah,
twenty-two at Satnonoud, and twenty at
Menzaleh. The panic at Alexandria,
caused by fear that the cholera will reach
here, has been renewed and the people are
leaving the city in large numbers. There
have been two cases of a disease supposed
to be cholera at Bulak. Six deaths from
cholera occurred at AVagsa.
Cairo, July 16.—Cholera has appeared
in several quarters of this city and is
spreading iu tlie Arab quarters. There
have been four cases in the hospital, one
of which was fatal.
Polk’s Ledger Found.
Nashville, July 16.—The missing
ledger in which the balances of the State
depositors were kept, which was stolen
from the State Treasurer’s office last
week, was found this morning on the
steps of the Artisan office. It was en
closed in a paper wrapper addressed to
the editor of the Artisan, with anony
mous instructions to turn it over to the
proper authorities and make his own
terms about the reward. The book, upon
examination, was found to be intact,
without mutilation or erasures in any
part.
Tlie Ainericau Riflemen Satisfied.
London, July 16.—The riflemen at
AVitnbledon have subscribed £4O, which
will be competed for by the members of
the American team. The British team
and its reserve have been selected to com
pete against the American rifle team in
the approaching international match.
The Americans express themselves as
satisfied with their reception in England,
and say that the ample practice they are
having compensates in a great measure
for the exclusion of the wind gauge.
French Finances Disappointing.
Paris, July 16. -The revenue of France
for the tirst half of the present year was
28,000,000 francs below the sum estimated
in the budget. It was anticipated that
there would be an increase over the esti
mate of the imports into France during
the month of June of 64,000,000 francs as
compared with those for June, 1882. The
exjiorts for that month decreased 21,000,-
000 francs as compared with the exports
lr June last year.
England’s Cattle Laws.
London, July 16. —Premier Gladstone,
in replying to a question by Mr. Chaplin,
Conservative, in the House of Commons
this afternoon, said that he could not pro
jiose any legislation in regard to the itn
portation of cattle. The government
would order that a careful examination
of the cattle in every country be made so
that they could see whether a stricter ap
plication of the rules for the prevention
of the introduction of disease was neces
sary.
The Kouhaix Rioters Sentenced.
Roubaix, France, July 16.—The riot
ers who were arrested here yesterday
were tried to-day and sentenced to im
prisonment from' one to three months,
't he prisoners declared that they were
Anarchists and desired to protest against
the sentences recently passed upon their
fellows. The Police Commissary an
nounced that he had received a’letter
threatening him with death.
Spain’s Traitorous Officers.
Madrid, July 16.—The officers whose
arrest in the northern part of Spain has al
ready oeen reported, consists of a Captain,
four Subalterns and Sergeants. They were
arrested at various garrisons of the Ebro.
They will be tried by court martial for
connection with disloyal plots, which it
is supposed were instigated by Senor Zo
rillas. The affair is not considered of a
dangerous character.
Shooting His Wife and Mother-in-Law,
Troy, {T. Y., July 16.—At Cheever,
near Port Henry, yesterday afternoon,
Levi McConley shot and killed his wife
and wounded Mrs. Marston, his mother
in-law in the head. McConley then tied
and is still at large. He and liis wiie had
not been living together. She went to
his house for her clothing, and he warned
her that if she took the clothing he would
shoot her.
The Cotton Exchange Convention.
New York, July 16.—The President of
the Cotton Exchange to-day appointed
the following members as delegates to the
National Cotton Exchange Convention to
be held at Old Point Comfort, Va., on
Wednesday, the 18th inst.: Henry Hentz,
Walter F. Miller, George D. Pitzippia,
Charles D. Miller, K. H. Roundtree, L. J.
Murphy and Louis Walker.
Crook's Raid Severely Criticised.
San Francisco, July 17.—Reports from
Guaymas, Mexico, say that Gen. Crook’s
campaign is unfavorably commented
upon, that his scouts only came to spy on
the country for the purpose of seeing
where they could raid without meeting
troops, and that altogether the campaign
was productive of more evil than good.
Three Lives on One Railroad.
Providence, July 16.—0n the Ston
ington Railroad this afternoon two broth
ers, aged eight and one years, respective
ly, were killed near Richmond, by the
Newport express, and this evening George
O'Neill was killed at East Greenwich.
Southern Negroes En Route to Liberia.
New York, July 16.—The bark Mon
rovia sailed this morning for Liberia, hav
ing on board fifteen negro colonists. All
of them are from the Southern States and
propose making their future homes in
Liberia.
Stanley Well on the Congo.
London, July 16.—A steamer which
has arrived at Lisbon from the Congo
river reports that Henry M. Stanley is in
good health, but five Belgian members of
his party have died.
Tunneling the Straits of Gibraltar.
Madrid, July 16.—The Cabinet has con
sidered favorably the project of France
for the construction of a tunnel under the
Straits of Gibraltar.
An Attempt to Hurn Carev’s House.
Dublin, July 16.—An attempt was
made yesterday to burn the house of
James Carey, the informer, but the police
saved the house.
It would be odd if woman suffrage
should become the custom in Great
Britain sooner than in the United States.
That this is possible is indicated by the
vote in the House of Commons of 111 ayes
to 130 noes on Mr. Mason’s motion to
give the suffrage to those women, whose
property qualification allows them the mu
nicipal franchise. So small a hostile ma
jority must be a hopeful sign for. the
friends of woman suffrage,
TAMATAYE’S CONQUEST.
MUCH MISERY' INFLICTED ON
THE ENGLISH COLON Y.
Tlie Protestant Church Destroyed—Fur
ther Reports of Animosity Between
the British Consul and Admiral Pierre
—All the Consular Flags Lowered—No
Official Information as Yet.
London, July 16.—A dispatch from
Durban to the Times says that the Prot
estant Church was destroyed during the
bombardment ofTamatave! Much ntisery
exists among the British subjects residing
at Tamatave.
The Governor of Mauritius has sent a
steamer to bring away the refugees.
The French Admiral lowered the con
sular flags and forbade tiieir rehoisting
until the foreign representatives had been
reaccredited.
The Captain of the English war vessel
Dryad has offended the French by landing
a guard ot marines at the British Consu
late aud placing his boats at the disposal
of the fugitives.
A dispatch to the Standard from Tama
tave, dated June 21, confirms the report of
the arrest of the English residents. Thev
were jilaeed under temporarv arrest, and
communication with tlie British men-of
war was forbidden.
The French refugees from the capital,
who, it had been feared, had been mur
dered, reached Tamatave in safety, hav -
ing been well treated in the interior.
Baris, July 16.—1n the Chamber of
Deputies to-day, Challemel Lacour, Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, in replying to
questions, said that he believed that there
had been at least an exaggeration in the
accounts of the occurrences in Madagas
car. He was certain that if Admiral
Pierre had adopted any measures they had
been necessary, and that Admiral
Pierre had complied with the orders
to avoid offending England. News of any
occurrences was lacking, he explained,
because the Admiral was unable to de
tach a vessel by which to send dis
patches. He declared that unexplained
events could not impair the present good
relations existing between France and
England. The utterances in the British
Parliament on this subject had lieen
moderate and courteous. M. Lacour
added that if a grave error had been com
mitted or passion manifested the French
Government would not hesitate to fulfill
the obligations imposed by its sense of
justice and the interests of the country.
The Minister’s remarks were received
with cheers.
EVENTS OX THE TURF.
Brighton Beach Again Bewilder* the
Barker* anil Delight* the Crowd.
New York, July 16.—T0-day’s events
at Brighton Beach resulted as follows:
First Race—For a purse of $250, for
maiden two-year-olds; three-quarters of a
mile. Arrow-smith won, with Boulette
second and Stringent third. The time
was 1:19%.
Second Race—For a purse of $250; sel
ling allowances ;one mile. Kushaway won,
with Lillie Dale second and Jesse James
third. The time was 1:44%.
Third Race—For a purse of $250; sel
ling allowances; one and an eighth miles.
Gabriel, the favorite, was left at the post,
and Hickory Jim won, with Red Fox
second and Little Buttercup third. The
time was 1:57%.
Fourth Race—For a purse of $250, for
three-year-olds; one and an eighth miles.
Orange Blossom, the favorite, won by a
length and a half, with Japonica second
and Fair Barbarian third. The time was
1:59%.
Fifth Race—For a purse of $250; for
all ages; one mile. Swift won easily,
with Waculla second and Pope Leo, tlie
favorite, third. The time was 1:43.
Sixth Race—For a purse of $250; a
hurdle race with welterweights; one and
a quarter miles; over five hurdles. Tona
wanda won, with Ben Edwards second
and Buckra, the favorite, third. The time
was 2:18.
OHIO DEMOCRATS UNITED.
Ward and Geddes at Work for Hoadly
in a Square F’iglit.
Washington Special to Xew York World, Ihth.
Congressman Hill, of Ohio, a Durbin
Wardnian, who has been reported as dis
affected, said of the Ohio political situa
tion to-day: “If we can get our full vote
we shall carry the State. Republicans
who say they will carry the State on a
full vote are mistaken. 'The Indepen
dents give the Democrats a majority. If
Judge Hoadly makes a wise canvass, as
he is capable of doing, he will carry the
State. He is a man of great ability and
magnetism. He has the good will of the
party now, and has but to keep it by put
ting in good work to attain success.'
“I know that old-line Democrats are
not dissatisfied. I was for Ward and be
lieved him the choice of the masses, but
I am going to work for Hoadly, and so
will Ward’s friends generally.
“Ward himself is now preparing a
speech and will go into the canvass with
a will.
“Geddes is also preparing to enter
heartily into the canvass. Their friends
will follow.
“The liquor question ? I think the
liquor question will be discussed at first,
and then will be subordinated. The tariff
question will receive some attention, but
our platform is quite elastic on that sub
ject, you know.
“I don’t think the defection of young
Thurman, who has no political following,
will affect the party.
“Senator Kahloe, who is said to have
deserted us, told me recently that he
would vote for Hoadly.”
“If Democratic this fall, can Ohio be
depended on in 1884?”
“Not necessarily. It Hoadly should
carry it now, and be nominated for the
Presidency he would carry it in 1884 and
be elected. He will not* figure in the
present campaign as a Presidential can
didate. He will announce that he is not
at the first opportunity. The fight will lie
squarely on its merits.”
“How about the Senatorship?”
“Well, we will elect a Democratic Leg
islature. Who the Senator will be no one
can say.”
BISMARCK’S CAREER.
The Trifling Circumstance* 'Which Led
to Its Commencement.
Berlin Post.
Bismarck’s wonderful political career
grew from a very trifling circumstance.
It was in August of 1851 that he was in
trusted with the legation of Frankfort.
Prince Guillaume, then Grown Prince of
Prussia, halted there and took him among
his escort when going from Frankfort to
Mayence, where a grand review was to lie
held. Military etiquette is exceedinglv
strict in Germany. However, it was so hot
in the royal car that every officer and the
Prince himself loosened their uniforms.
On arriving at Mayence the distinguisned
party were to be met at the railroad sta
tion by troops under arms. The Crown
Prince buttoned up again his uniform,
but he forgot one button. Fortunately,
as he was about to leave the car, Bis
marck, always on the alert, saw the aw
ful infringement of soldierly etiquette,
and, rushing to Guillaume, “Oh Prince,”
he said, “what were you going to
do?” and forgetting lhat no
one is allowed to touch a
royal personage, he forced the
refractory button into its proper place.
The Prince thanked the diplomatic young
man who had been so rigorous and whose
name and features were now fixed in his
memory. Hence the brilliant fortunes of
the “Iron Chancellor.” Whv not? Did
not poor, humble Jacques La'fitte, son of
a carpenter, pick up a pin in the yard of
Perregaux, the rich hanker, and' make
out of it a fortune of more than $15,000,-
000?’
Beacons field’s Cynicism.
krom Lord- Ronald (rower's Reminiscences.
As we stood in the porch, amidst mar
ble vases and busts, ferns and flowers, the
post arrived, and with it the Times, which
contained Mr. Gladstone’s letter thanking
the public for their sympathy with him
during his illness. ’’Did you ever hear
anything like that?” exclaimed Lord
Beaconsfield. “It reminds one of the
Pope blessing the world from the balcony
of St. Peter’s.” * * We had been look
ing at some prints, one of which repre
sented Whitehall, and I asked him if
he had any doubt as to the side et the
banqueting house on which Charles
I. was executed. He answered
me something to the following effect;
“Some time ago, a Tory squire had
brought his two sons to see him, and to
receive words of advice as to their future
conduct in political and social existence.
Eagerly the fond parent waited to hear
what his leader would deliver on so im
portant a subject. ‘Never,’ said Lord
Beacopsfield, in his most solemn tones,
‘never in society ask who wrote Junius’
“Letters,” or on any account inquire on
which side of the banqueting house
Charles I. was beheaded, or, if you do,
you will be voted a bore, and that is, well
WAIFS FROM WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Brewster's Youngsters and Arthur’s
• New Turnout.
A\ ashington, July 16.—Y ou already
know how all vacancies iu the several
departments were tilled so as to avoid the
provisions of the civil service act which
went into effect to-day. But that was not
all. Saturday there was a grand scrim
mage in all of the departments. People
with influence, and possessed with the
knowledge that they would he unable to
satisfactorily pass an examination, were
pressed most vigorously upon tlie heads of
departments for appointment before Mon
day. All the places had been tilled.
There was but one way to accommodate
the influential. That was to make vacan
cies. Every chief of division in the
service in Washington was notified
by the head of the department
in which he served that
vacancies were wanted, and that thev
were wanted badly. They were told to
send in a list of those who could be spared.
Nearly every head of division sent in a
list of one or two. Mr. Wvman, United
States Treasurer, refused to recommend
any one tor dismissal. Promptly upon re
ceiving the lists of those who could be
“spared” dismissals followed and new ap
pointments of influential applicants who
could not pass an examination were made.
It was a grand rush. The clerks in all
t he departments were in a state of excite
ment. No one knew what great execu
tion the axe would do in its work
of making vacancies. Those who at the
close of the day found themselves without
places were condoled with by the more
unfortunate who received dismissals
to make room for influential noodles and
for no other reason. For destroying, for
some time to come, the practical opera
tion of the civil service law the adminis
tration is beyond doubt a success. Said
Assistant Treasurer Graves, who was
chief examiner of tho old civil service
board. to-day: “ Y’ou mark my
words: there won’t, when appointments
have to he made upon the recommenda
tion of the Civil Service Commission, be
any great rush to till vacancies. Oh, no;
there will be then only merit to reward,
not favorites. It will lie just the same as
it was under the old board. When suc
cessful examination was then the prere
quisite to appointment and not sheer favor
itism, vacancies were allowed to go un
filled for a long time. I have known as
many as sixty vacancies in the Treasury
Department alone. No necessity was
then felt for their being tilled. It was, of
course, difficult under the system of ap
pointments without examination. When
tlie new civil service recommendations
can, in the future, have effect it will lie
found that there is not much alacrity in
making appointments. It will lie discov
ered that the service can got along just
as well with a number of places not
filled.” Civil service reform is a great
thing. It don’t seem, however, to reform
very much.
It would appear that
MRS. BREWSTER,
the wife of the Attorney General, is quite
as aristocratic as her picturesque hus
band. Mrs. Brewster has two boys who
were born to her by her first husband.
One ot these cubs is about twenty-five
years old, and the other about eighteen.
One of the first things she did when she
arrived in Washington was to see that
they both got good places in the Depart
ment of Justice. They do not do any
work. She did not get them ap
pointed for that purpose. But the
regularity with whteh they draw their
pay is certainly commendable. But Mrs.
Brewster was not satisfied with tlie con
dition of things. She wanted something
more. The two boys told her that the
clerks in thedepartment treated them just
as they did all other employes. They
were not shown any deference, and In
their few visits to their desks were not
made anything of. Mrs. Brewster did
not like this. So the other day she
formally demanded of tlie Attorney Gen
eral that he instruct all employes of the
Department of Justice not only to ac
knowledge the superiority of the two cubs
when they saw fit to come to the
department, but also to raise their hats
when meeting them on the streets. Brews
ter has not issued such an order. He has
sense enough not to issue it. But the fact
that the demand was made upon him has
gotten abroad in the department, and the
clerks there in their indignation treat the
cubs about the same as they do the man
who cleans the spittoons.
THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVE
NUE
has sent to the Collector of Internal Reve
nue at Atlanta, YValter Johnson, a blank
form upon which to execute anew bond
as Collector for the whole State consoli
dated. The bond is for SIOO,OOO, the same
as required when Mr. Johnson was Col
lector ot the Atlanta district alone. lie
will be allowed to use the same sureties
in the new bond as he did in the old
one. The new bond is simply a form
that is necessitated by the consolidation
ot the two Georgia districts. There is no
doubt felt here of Mr. Johnson’s ability to
give it.
THE PRESIDENT
has got anew turnout lor his trips be
tween the YVhite House and the Soldiers’
Home. It is a light Victoria and will
seat two passengers. The driver sits up
above the body of the vehicle, which
is low. The horses that pull it are two
big bays, whose ears are just visible to
the driver. Behind is a dickey, in which
the groom sits. The President spanks
into the city and out again at about a 4:20
pace. His is the only turnout of the kind
here, and naturallv attracts a good deal
of attention. Added to that is the
fact that it bears the President.
So it may be said to create a
sensation. The driver does not gradu
ally pull in his horses when he drives to
tlie YVhite House porch. They come rat
tling up, and in stopping are thrown back
on their haunches. Quick-’ as light
ning the groom is down from the
aickey behind and the President assisted
out. The groom then takes out the offi
cial papers which the President brings
with him and hands them to a messenger,
who has already runout of the house to
attend its master. The President, cool
and dignified, goes in and stays a little
while and then drives back to the Sol
diers’ Home. The horses in the mean
while are walked back and forth by the
driver to prevent them cooling too quick
ly. In a short time they are rushing
back to the Soldiers’ Home. There is no
end of style about it all.
New ami Valuable Patents.
San Francisco Post.
Mr. John J. Jabbers, of Jessie street,
has just received letters patent for a
device for the protection of railway travel
ers, and which supplies a long felt want.
The device is called the “Passengers’
Friend,” and consists of a neat sand club,
made in the shape of an ordinary purse.
When the occupant of a Pullman car ar
rives at his destination and is undergoing
the usual stand and deliver process by the
ear porter, he draws this apparatus,
knocks out said official by a single blow
under the ear and walks serenely away.
Twenty-five thousand dollars has already
been offered for the C. P. right alone.
3lr. Gunnie Baggs, of Tehama street,
has filed a caveat for a patent rattlesnake
doorknob. This admirable invention is
intended for the protection of couples en
gaged in the reprehensible but still preva
lent custom ot courtin’, and should be at
tached to every civilized parlor door. As
soon as the outside knob is touched a con
cealed spring operates a small alarm bell,
giving ample time to turn up the gas,
change seats, .pen albums, etc.
Mr. Richard Swivler, of Oakland, has
patented a clever combination of false
moustache and eye-glass, which he enti
tles the “Tailor Uonluser,” This is to be
carried inside the vest and operated by a
cord running through a small pulley fas
tened to the rim of the hat, back of the
ear. The cord, which descends through
the left sleeve, is to be promptly pulled by
the user on meeting his tailor or other
creditor. Warranted to deceive an ex
pert.
Mr. James Scads, of Hayes valley, has
gained the approbation of the banking
profession by originating the “Cashier’s
Assistant.” This is a commodious box
made in imitation of a shotgun case, and
is intended to assist bank officers in con
veying the depositors’ cash and securities
to the railroad depot.
What Caused a Tramp to Moderate His
Demands.
Meis York Mercury.
“Two cents?” exclaimed a man to a
tramp who had asked for that sum. “Wav
you are getting very modest in vow del
mands, aren’t you ?”
“Look a-here,” said the tdd fellow as he
backed up to a hitching post, “wheat is
only half a crop, corn is coming out be
hind, potatoes will be skeerce, and every
prudent man in this country is preparing
for a tight squeeze next fall. I’m right
thar. I commenced hedging this morn
mg, If we get another financial panic
whooping over this country, I’m not
on me again—not if I
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D’LESSEPSBI DSDEFIANCE
FRANCE TO BE PITTED AGAINST
ENGLAND ON THE CANAL.
The Court Bound Not to Let the Britons
Wriggle Out of Their Bargain—A
Consoling Crumb Thrown by the
English Directors to Their Grumb
ling Countrymen.
Lon don, July 16.—The Daily News this
morning says that it understands that M.
De Lesseps has refused to modify the
terms of the agreement between liimseif
and the British Government for the con
struction of another canal across the
isthmus of Suez.
>l. De Lesseps has informed the Paris
correspondent of the Telegraph that in the
o < )f V, ie - °*f his agreement
\Aith the British Government regarding
the parallel Suez Canal, which he thought
improbable, he would appeal to the
opinion of the whole world, and would
ask for the support of the French Govern
ment in resisting the English demand.
At a meeting of the Conservative mem
bers of Parliament to-day. at which Sir
btanord Northcote presided, it was de
cidedto oppose the canal agreement.
1 he report ot the British directors of the
Miez Canal Company say that they have
power to require a satisfactory width and
depth of the new canal. Bv an arrange
ment for the reduction of due's British ship
ping at the end of seventeen years will pro
bably be relieved to the extent of £1 (kM) -
(Kto. An agreement for the appointment of a
British \ ice President and an Inspector
of Navigation secures Britisli interests
better than anything would short of com
plete British management. The ehoiee is
to secure these valuable advantages or
leave the company to the full possession
of a monopoly.
The Comte de Paris.
London Times.
It has been often assumed that the dis
appearance of the Comte de Chambord
would place the Comte de Paris in the
position of acknowledged chief of the
r rencli Hoyalists. This is by means cer
tain. Louis Philippe’s grandson descends
from 1 hilip, Duke of Orleans, who was
bro! her of Louis \ I \ ~ but there are direct
descendants of Louis XIV, in the persons
of Don Carlos, of Spain, and bis son, Don
Jaime, a bov of 13, who is understood to lie
heir to the Comte de Chambord’s private
property. Don Carlos springs from the
stock ot I hilip V ~ Louis XI V.’s grand
son, who, on accepting the Spanish crown
formally renounced for himself and his
heirs torever, all claims to the Bourbon
succession in France. But in 1830 Fer
dinand VII. abrogated the Salic law that
his daughter might succeed him; amt
Philip t v .’s descendants in the direct
male line being thus excluded from the
throne. Don Carlos claims that the act of
renunciation made under the Salic law
has become void. It might exercise the
wits of jurists to determine whether an
exiled Spanish King could become a
r renchman like bis forefathers by a mere
act of volition; but the strength of Don
Carlos’ position as jiossible heir to
imaginary rights does not rest only on the
fact that he is a Bourbon of straighter
lineage than the Comte de Paris, and that
he married a daughter of the Comte de
Chambord’s only sister. Henry V., even
had he been seated on the throne, could
not have appointed Don Carlos his heir
unless—and we offer no opinion on this
point Don Carlos’ claims were lawfully
tenable;, but the Comte de Chambord has
it in his power to recommend young
Don Jaime to the homage of Legitimist,
devotees, and if he did this the Hoyalists
would doubtless remain as disunited as
they are now. There are many old
Itoyalists who cannot forgive the Comte
de Paris for being the .descendant of
1 Inlippe Egalite, who voted for the de
capitation of Louis XVI., and the grand
son ot Louis Philippe, who, as they say
betrayed the interests of the boy, Jlenry
V., Gy accepting the French throne after
he had been appointed Lieutenant General
of the kingdom by Charles X. To those
men also the constitutional doctrines of
what is called Orleanism are most
obnoxious; .and in certain cases
political hostility to the Orleanists is
much embittered by the recollection of
snubs and petty persecutions which the
Legitimists endured under the monarchy
of July. But in reviewing these facts as
destined possibly to militate against the
general recognition of the Comte de Paris
as head of the Bourbons, we are far from
affirming that they would do so. There
has been no indication yet of the Comte
de Chambord’s intentions. He might in
a supreme hour relent toward his long
detested kinsmen, and leave the Comte
de Paris in the enjoyment of all
his rights for what thev are
worth. In that case the Comte de
Paris would stand in the conspicuous and
responsible position of being the nominal
leader to a large body of men who are
inimical to the institutions now upstand
ing in France. Assuming that he has no
desire to play the part of Pretender—
and he has often declared that he has
none—he may experience some embarrass
ment in restraining his supporters
and if unfortunately these should
make any injudicious use of his name
we may expect to see the Republican
government sorely puzzled as to how it
should encounter this new development of
Royalism.
An Evening Wedding on a Bridge.
Baltimore. American, lhth.
Asa number of passengers were await
ing the 7:48 p. ni. train, at Harper’s
ferry, which was 00 minutes late, on
Thursday, a novel procession was seen
moving toward the bridge which unites
the States of Maryland and West Virginia
The observers saw at a glance that it was
a bridal party, and they were to be treat
ed to a romantic wedding. The proces
sion was headed by the best man, who
carried a lantern in his hand and guided
the bridal couple, who followed, while a
venerable minister of the Gospel was in
the rear. The procession came from the
West Virginia side, and after they were
certain that they had reached a spot on
the bridge over which that State had no
jurisdiction the party halted and grouped
themselves preparatory for tlie marriage
ceremony. The scene was not only an un
usual one but picturesque." The
bride and groom, who were not
older than the age required by law
to become man and wife, ‘ stood
with their hands clasped while the
minister performed the ceremony. The
water below the bridge rippling sweetly as
it danced over moss-covered stones," its
music made a good substitute for Strauss’
wedding march. The ceremony com
pleted, the party again proceeded to West
Virginia, the newly wedded couple as
happy as a brand new wife and husband
only can be. The young couple hailed
from Harrisonburg, West Virginia.
Brackett is a Bostonian who sprinkled
his carpets liberally with naphtha to rid
them of moths. Then he lighted the gas
and had an explosion violent enough to
burn off his hair and beard, smash the
furniture and fire the house.
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