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ESTABLISHED IS3O. t
I H. ESTIIX, Suitor and Proprietor. (
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
, UORGIA. FIiORIDA AND SOITH
( AKOMXA Pi T IX TYPE.
. routes* in Wilkes County over the
I uce Election— A Child Singularly
Hooked by a Cow at Lafayette- A
penMCOla Housewife Fatally Shot
Through a indow.
GEOKOIA.
, ns CO ntemplates numbering her houses.
Iv , - are selling for #1 a bushel at llart
'[■ ririar- and incendiaries are worrying
, . around Ellierton are suffering badly
, r w :iu t of rain.
n-stion of an artesian well in lialton
. being agitated.
' \ i-t:ihasßve restaurants, and all are
‘ - A 20011 business.
v ” -t:t's melon men are not at alldissalis
-I, their experiences this season.
... ~n . 'i iilured Baptists are to erect anew
' p h~n a lot which was donated by .John
Winter.
Murrar county is said to have one of the
ni lest and most gushing water falls in the
V. cine to the murderer of Smith Austin,
, ~ .red ha-kman of Columbus, has lieen
obtained as yet.
It is suggested that Jug Tavern's new name
‘.■Citv"f lSloomlleld in honor of the Preat
', . tbe Athens and Western Railroad.
\ true bill ha' been found against W. T.
•.’ni-.nL who, a few months ago. shot and
. 1 \v. A. 1-eseur, of Louisiana, formerly
,; Athens. Da,
It : - rumored that the East Tennessee, Vir
; and Georgia Railroad will build a
l". j. new de|ot on the old Selma, Koine
atnil Dalton site.
\n ai t of incorporation of the Vigilant Mu
i.ire st.sk Company of Georgia, with
j.oiif lon aiders at Dalton, has been presented in
the Legislature.
Friday afternoon, while some hands were
working the road near Lula, a white roan
! t,la-- struck a negro over the head
will, a -hovel aid killed him. They had lieen
t, ;i-:ng each otuer. Glass walked off w ithout
liemg arrested.
The fence men in Wilkes county have em
i,, 1 John C. Reid, Esq., to content the
*!n’tion lately held in that county, and by
whirh fences were abolished. It is claimed
that two precincts were illegally thrown out,
and that a number of tickets written “more
fen*., -and better ones" were not counted.
,\ singular accident happened to a child of
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Tomlinson, of Lafayette,
roine days ago. The little vear-old was'pass
i, _ near a cow that had been fed. As it
l ;i~vd the cow hooked at it. The point of the
horn entered its mouth and broke through the
rod ..r palate. For a few days everything it
attempted to swallow came out at the nose.
Nature has promptly repaired the damage.
FLORIDA.
A company will manufacture fertilizer
from loggerhead sponge on Torch Key.
Henry M. Parcells, one of the oldest resi
,i t- of Jacksonville, died on Saturday itiorn-
At a recent tisb-fry at Fort Broom, lleriian
,l„ county, the participants represented
twelve states of the Union.
A gentleman of Flemingtou raised the
largest melon this year. It weighed seventy
tivc pounds, and was more than Fifteen l*eo
l>|- could eat.
Ii is rumored that anew schednle will go
oto effect on the Florida Southern this week,
and that Conductor Bent will resume his old
run to Gainesville.
May Green, one of the largest melon deal
er- m the Jacksonville city market, proposes
to iwiition Dr. Knight to *|>rohihit the sale of
in,-lons in the city after the lir-t of August.
A pointer dog. formerly tne property of
Lord Westhammerton who once shot overhim
m the jungles of Afrii-a, has liceii brought
p> st. Augustine by asporting gentleman.
\ non- difficulty ouccurrvd at Ltiraville
on -aturdsy the 14th inst., lietween George
W. Itrcare, and a negro by the name of sol.
Jackson, in which the negro was shot fatally.
Gainesville has her lirst lire engine. It i- a
hand engtne. has been used in Pensacola, ami
was purchased and presented to the city by
i apt. L. G. Dennis. The Eureka Fire Com
pany man it.
some fiend attempted four times to fire the
premi-es of Kulit. I ameron out rvstal Lake.
The fourth time Mr. Cameron was absent
from home, but hi- wife in attempting to ex
tinguish the (lames was so severely burned that
after eleven days of excruciating"pain she ex
pired.
In looking over the records in the Gaines
ville i.and Office some time ago a gentleman
of Micanopy discovered numerous grants from
the Spanish Government to his grandmother.
Mrs. Alary Fontaine. One tract contains 490
acres, five miles from St. Augustine, and 200
of these acres are covered with wild orange
lives.
Pat. Hogan, a colored warehouseman, em
ploved by < . E. Tajrler, agent of the Fernan
dina amt Jacksonville Railroad, was detected
stealing money Saturday morning oat of the
< oiapvny'soffice at Jacksonville anil sentenced
to imprisonment in the county jail for sixlv
days.
It i- announced that next autumn Florida
will celebrate the introduction of Presbyte
rianism in that state. West Florida, near
Lake de l uiiiak. was colonized many years
ago by a band of noble Scotch Presbyterians,
and to-day their descendants class as the best
people in that state.
There was disposed of in the city market at
Jacksonville during the week ending Satur
day. 90 la-eves. 50 Tennessee sheep, 9 hog>, 3HO
pounds sausages. 700 pounds veal. H saddles
venison, 300 pounds turkeys, 2.000 pounds
chiekens. 1,225 dozen egg.-, 15 terrapins, 2,5u0
i lams, 15 dozen turtle eggs, 400 niu-kmelons,
'.non watermelons, s bushels lig-, 115 |m>iind
.rapes. 175 crates |s-aches, vegetables, etc.
On Friday night last, as the wifeof Baptiste
Matainoras, living in the eastern portion of
Pensacola, was undressing for bed, some un
known pern>n shot at her through the bed
room window, the ball striking her in the
right hip from behind, and ranging forward,
lodged in the pelvis, some three or four inches
from the surface. A physician was called in,
who pronounced the wound as very danger
ous, -ome of the large arteries having Urn
-evored by the bullet. T here is no clue yet as
lo who the perpetrator is.
Den. Vamnm and Maj. Grulle are looking
tor the most favorable route bv which they
can run their railroad into Ncwnan.-i ille.
The iron has lieen laid’ within three miles of
the end of the grading, and the laying i- still
going on. The road will he located to New
nansville in about a week, and the grading
completed in about a month. This enterprise
will develop the most beautiful part of
Alachua county. Den. Vaninm is hunting
hands to cut ties for the road. lie wants
about twenty-five thousand ties cut, and
about two hundred hands. It is e\|iected
that the road will be completed to Xewnans
ville by the last of August.
The poor family mentioned in the Gaines
ville Bee several days ago as having been
brought from Palatka and temporarily pro
vided for through the efforts of Conductor
Finch, were sent to Thomasville a few days
ago. where they have friends. The woman is
said to lie a granddaughter of Den. Joe John
ston. While here the children, some of whom
were -u k. were attended gratuitously by Dr.
Lancaster, and the money for their journey
itiou! 430 was obtained through the efforts
of Mrs. .1. T. Thomas, and their ear fare
greatly reduced beyond Baldwin through the
kindness of Mr. Day, he passing them over
his road free.
John W Shipp, of Nashville, Tennessee,
son of the Rev. Dr. Shipp, of Vanderbilt Uni
versity. registered at the Edwards House, in
' Augustine, on Monday of last week, and
on -"lag to his room found $31,000 ill bills in a
i- ketliook under a pillow on his bed. The
I-r i.crty was handed over to the hotel pro
pi!, tor. and it ultimately transpired that the
t tics banker and stockholder in the Jaekson
o. si, Augustine and Halifax Railroad, W.
Jerome Dreen, had occupied that room the
night previous, and the money was his prop
er i . Mr. Green had left the city before Mr.
sbij.ji made the find, and was therefore una
ble to personally thank the finder.
The Marianna Times says: “The probabili
ties of a railroad from some point on the Pen
sac. .la and Atlantic Road to st. Andrew's
Bay are In-coming more arid more promising.
' me weeks ago much talk was made about
the Montgomery Southern Road 1 icing ex
tended to St Andrew’s, but now it seems that
gentlemen from Michigan, representing a
wealthy corporation, have been prospecting
in Florida,for some days, and they say if the
l"e!t*acoia and Atlantic Koad will make a
-Krai donation of its lands tow ard construct
ing the road, that they will immediately
take hold of the road and push it through. If
built, it will be for the sake of the timber in
that section.”
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Grand Lodge of colored < hid Fellows of
south Carolina meets in Greenville August t>.
The receipts of cotton at Charleston to
July 22 aggregate 563,516 bales, against 492.713
bale- last year.
The Sea Island Xetcs savs: “Seven persons
h Jvc been prostrated by the heat at the new
phosphate works.
The Re V . Christopher Green, pastor of the
“•dies Island Baptist Church, died recently
paralysis at his residence on Ladies Island.
Drs. Howe and Taylor, of Columbia, re
ffioved an eyeball from a fifteen-months-old
elm ! of Captain C. V. Gunter, of Batesburg,
last week.
, 'n Altercation took place at Port Royal on
I- . Monday, between James Jenkins and Nat
, The former was severely cut in the
fa< e with brass knuckles.
-'"e Bra. correcting a statement in an
,i< iiange concerning its politics, says: “Our
a mat the negro has as much chance of ft
eeiymg on party, as a stump-Lid bull
‘j; for enjoying his ckw in fly season.”
Frazer, colored, living on Mr. Henry
cD.. i * plantation,in Beaufort countv. Mouth
■■roLna, and now about 35 years of age, has
tr lrt 1 *° eleven children at five births,
l<.ur *' at ,jne an '* twins at each of the other
terVo^^VW** l * 4 that Stateburg, sum
t - nt T- mould have a centennial celebra
t*-ir i a Tear. It was settled in 1783, came
ar ln S ch osen as the capital of the State
othH,.’*'’ tbe r esidence of General Sumter and
“vr prominent men.
nttcr gives an account of
i-hariT^ 1 T 1 * Braoly, of Edward ltism.
m cl?!. w,th ,h e murder of John T. Woodpin,
The county. North C arolina, in 1878.
"\ n Abbeville jail awaiting the
jeiutsithm of the Governor of North Caro
terToe wi? T l? ue ■•earner Colfax arrived
-aturday from MoreheailCity, >', C.,
SdKtmiiili 3i|orntnq
and had in company the new revenue steam
launch Penrose. The latter will be turned
over al this port to Capt. Evans H. Colston,
who will take command and carry the launch
to Galveston, where she will be permanently
stationed."
The Palmetto Pmtt says: “Some time ago a
lighter loaded with brick sunk in Battery
creek, at a very deep spot, and there it has re
mained undisturbed until a few days ago,
when its owner made preparations to recover
the brick. Large iron buckets were let down
to the wreck, and. being filled with brick by
a diver, are drawn to terra tlrma." The Pont
also says: “The railroad connection with the
phosphate works is about half accomplished.
Another week will likely see the connection
completed.”
The case of a convict who died suddenly
after a severe whipping at the Seeger’s plan
tation lias been investigated by a Coroner's
jury. The autopsy showed conclusively that
the man was a victim of heart disease,' liable
to die at any time from exertion or excite
ment, although bis condition coubt] onlv be
ascertained by a medical examination. 'Su
perintendent Lipscomb having consulted
the Governor and other legal authorities
went liefore Justice Marshall in Columbia last
week aud swore out a warrant against Henrv
I lan nog. the man who was charged with
causing the convict's death.
Coroner John P. Deveaux. who is residing
on Sullivan’s Island, had his attention called
by bis son. on Friday night, to a very' large
turtle which had coine up ou the beach nearly
in front of Jiis house. The Coroner went
right out, aud after a tussle of about fifteen
minutes succeeded in getting the chelonian ou
its back, where it remained until, with assist
ance. the 1 oroner examined its internal ar
rangements. and discovered over 400 eggs.
Yesterday morning the nest was found in the
sand on tbe beach, and loti eggs were taken
out of it. The turtle weighed 250 pounds, ami
nearly everybody ou the island had a piece
of it.
DAMIETTA.
A Brief Description of tle I.aml of
Plagues.
Pall Mall tiazette.
The eyes of the civilized world are
drawn to Egypt now, as they were a year
ago, hut the iutorest, in this country at
least, is of a more anxious character now
than when Arab! and his followers were
laying Alexandria in ashes. Dandetta,
where the cholera is making such fearful
ravages, is a city on one of the outlets of
the Nile, eight miles from the Mediterra
nean, The approach to the place is
by rail from Mansurah through Shirbin,
The line runs along the left bank of the
Nile, across a plain remarkable for the
growth of melons. Damietta is 40 miles
from Hansura. 92 miles from Cairo, 30
from Port Said, about 120 from Alexan
dria and 09 from Tantah. The town is
i old and decaying, its present population
I of 29.000 souls living in the midst of the
ruins of its former greatness. A trip by
< boat to the Nile mouth with a fair wind
, takes alsiut an hour and a half.
The neighborhood abounds with exten
sive rice fields, which are intersected in
! every direction by canals. The ancient
I Damietta, captured by King John of Jeru
salem. 1219, and occupied by St. Louis of
France in 1249, is supposed to have stood
near the sea further to the north than the
modern town. A field near the town,
which is of a dark red color, is known as
the “Sea ol Blood.” and as local tradition
has it, owes its hue to the blood of 30,000
martyrs of Islam who were massacred
there. The hills to the northeast are
known as the “Hills of Skeletons” from
the immense number of human remains
found there, relics of the old crusade wars.
Back ol the town is Lake Men
zalcli. an almost interminable expanse of
sand, swamp and water, which stretches
as far east as Port Said. The narrow
strip of land lying between this so-called
lake and the sea is as desolate a region as
can lie found in all Egypt. The harbor of
Damietta is frequented in times of peace
by about .VK) vessels annually; but it is
very poor, as no vessel of more than GO
tons can cross the dangerous and shifting
bar of the Damietta arm of the Nile, the
channel of which, under the most favora
ble circumstances, varies from Gto 16 feet
in depth. Yet the place, in spite of these
drawbacks, has a considerable trade in
, dates, bones, rags, dried fish and grain.
As might le inferred from this brief de
scription of its surroundings, Damietta is
about as unhealthy a town as is to be
found in the Land of the Pharaohs. When
St. liAuis inarched his army to the place in
the thirteenth century, it was almost de
stroyed by the epidemics which prevailed,
just as the armies of Napoleon, Kleber
and Mcnon were decimated by disease
nearly six centuries later. The whole re
gion of the lower Nile, in fact, is a vast
hot-bed of disease, and the wonder is, not
that so many should succumb to
the climate during the unhealthy
season, but that any one
should escape. Tbe dreadful “kham
sin." or hot wind, which the strongest
man cannot face without instantly feeling
his muscles unstrung, his skin parched
and feverish, and his whole body limp and
nerveless as a wet rag, is of itself a suf
ficient agent of evil. Tbe fevers en
gendered by the malaria of the Nile Delta
are as \ indent as ever those of European
Turkey, while the devastating visits of the
plague itself are neither few nor far be
tween. A less fatal but equally formidable
enemy to natives and foreigners alike is
the terrible “Egyptian ophthalmia,” tvhieh,
although often brought on by the unclean
habits of the natives, is at times generated
in another and very singular fashion. A
small green fly persistently settles upon
the sores of the diseased eyelid, and when
driven off carries the infection along with
it wherever it alights. So common is this
disease among the Arabs that Mehemit
Ali is said to have formed tw o battalions
of one-eyed men, the one wanting the
right eye and the other the left.
In 179 s this complaint made great rav
ages in the army of Bonaparte, one of
whose liest officers becoming blind in the
desert, was forced to to the tail of
his comrade’s horse in order to make his
way back to the camp. It is a common
saying in Alexandria that “an Egyptian
Arab with two eyes is as rare as a snow
ball in June.” The prevalence of Asiatic
cholera is such that a land of plagues is
a distressing accumulation of horrors.
A U'HILD'S perilous ride.
lie Sticks by a Runaway from Empire
to Carson.
Carton Appeal, July 11th.
About 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning a
young lady in Empire attempted to take
some ehildre.i out to rid". Among them
was Chester Hope, a l>oy 3 years of age.
She put young Chester into the wagon
and was about to lift in another when the
horse, becoming frightened, started off on
the dead run. There was a cry of terror
from the child’s mother as the wagon dis
appeared in a cloud of dust over the hill
and a number of men dashed after it on
foot, but too late to do any
good. Commissioner Martin, who
was near tue scene of the
runaway, sprang on to the first horse he
could tind and started in pursuit. He
overtook the flying wagon half a mile
from Empire, and found the boy kneeling
down and holding fast to the dashboard.
Mr. Martin had the presence of mind to
see that so long as the horse could be
kept in the road the child was tolerably
safe, and whenever it took to the sage
brush he galloped alongside and drove it
back. He crossed the railroad track in
safety, and Martin, as he rode near the
child, kept calling out: “Hold on to the
dashboard 1” It needed no admonition of
any kind, as the child, with good game,
was holding fast, as his white hair
streamed in the wind and his nose’
.just came to the edge of the
I ward. As the horse dashed into
town Martin managed by a combina
tion of luck and good judgment to keep him
clear of other teams, and he came down
Main street on the gallop. When men on
the sidewalk saw the little boy’s head
above the dashboard the excitement was
intense, but w henever they rushed out Mr.
Martin waved them back, and so the
horse flew about the town for about a
quarter of an hour, until it came up ut
terly fagged out in front of the Elsworth
House. The youngster was taken out
w ithout a scratch, and on reaching the
ground said he wanted to go home. Be
fore noon he was delivered to his mother
safe and sound, and there was great re
joicing in Empire over his return. It
may be safely said that to Mr. Martin’s
pres nee of mind the child owes its life.
Tom Thumb’s Widow Faints at His
Grave.
A dispatch from Bridgeport, Conn., de
scribing the funeral of Tom Thumb, savs:
“Mrs. Stratton was lifted from the car
riage when it reached the grave at 4
o’clock. She was too weak to stand, and
a cushion was brought from the carriage
and laid on the ground at the edge of the
grave. The little widow sat upon it. sui
ported by her mother and mother-in-law.
The other relatives gathered near by. The
ceremonies lasted more than half an
hour. Mrs. Stratton beearaejmore and more
agitated as they proceeded, and iust as
Prelate Dutton dropped the floral Masonic
emblem into the grave and the Knights
crossed their swords and began to chant
the closing hymn, her little figure shook
for a moment with strong emotion, and
she fell back senseless into the arms of
her mother. There were cries of pity
from the crowd that looked on, and hun
dreds of women watched w ith anxiety the
efforts to revive the little woman. Mr.
Southworth finally lilted her in his arms
and carried her to the carriage. She re
vived as the carriage was rolling home
ward.”
GOV. JEXKIXS’ MEMORIAE.
A LAST SAI) TRIBUTE FROM THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
•Savannah to Have a Fire Marshal—The
Savannah Volunteer Guards Battalion
Arsenal—Official Action to be Taken on
Judge Crawford’s Death—A Woman
Weary of Life.
Atlanta. July 23. —In the House to
day, on the call of counties for new busi
ness, bills were introduced as follows:
Mr. Owens, of Chatham—A bill author
izing Henry Sanders, of Savannah, to
build a private railway from the Central
railway to his brewery. Also, making
it illegal to hunt with dogs or firearms,
etc.,on lands enclosed, or ojien after being
forbidden to do so.
By. Mr. Falligant—A bill creating the
office of Fire Marshal in Savannah.
By Mr. McDonough—Regulating tbe
weighing of a carload of freight bv sworn
weighers.
By Mr. Falligant—Authorizing the sale
of half of lot letter G, in Percival ward,
in Savannah, to the Savannah Volunteer
Guards.
By Mr. Proctor, of Camden—To amend
the road law of that county aud create a
Board of urntumi*-. hurts.
By Mr. Greer, of Calhoun—Prohibiting
the sale of liquor near a certain place.
By Mr. Wimberly, of Burke—Repealing
the act in regard to certain insolvent costs
in the Augusta circuit, so far as Burke is
concerned.
By Mr. Lofton, of Bibb—Creating an
inebriate asylum in Georgia.
By Mr. Harris, ot Bibb—Making public
all elections in Macon by the City Council.
By Mr. Irwin, of Cobb—Appropriating
money to put headstones "to soldiers'
graves in the Marietta Confederate cem
etery .
By Mr. Rice of Fulton—Requiring all
railroad companies, including street rail
roads, to file with the Secretary of State
a complete copy ot their charter, with all
its amendments and a full list of officers.
In connection w ith the Jenkins memo
rial, Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, presented
the following preamble and resolutions,
accompanied with a clear and cogent
presentation of some of the marked char
acteristics of the deceased and the most
striking acts of his public life:
Whkkeas, In the death of the Hon.
Charles J. Jenkins, Georgia has lost one
oi lier most distinguished sons; and
Whereas, it is eminently proper that
this Commonwealth should, by public ex
pression, testify her lively appreciation of
ltis exalted qualities, his manly virtues
and his valuable public services; there
fore be it
Jtesolved, That in the death of this great
and good citizen the State mourns the de
parture of one whose loyalty to truth,
honor and right was always conspicuous;
whose devotion to the general interests
and whose execution ot the highest trusts
were beyond all praise; whose heroism,
under circumstances the most abnormal
and perplexing, was truly sublime.
lieunlctd, That the people of Georgia,
proud of his character and of the splendid
record he bequeathed them, cordially
commend the same to the emulation of
coming generations.
Unsolved, That his memory is dear to
this commonwealth, and that his pure
life—the noble impulses by which lie was
ever controlled—his elevated statesman
ship, his virtuous conduct, his fidelity
and patriotism, will be ever kept in
grate!ni remembrance.
Unsolved, That a page in the journal of
this House be dedicated to his memory,
with this inscription:
* - *
“In Arduis Ft delis.”
* *
Mr. Calvin gracefully alluded to Maj. J.
B. dimming, of Augusta, sitting by his
side during the remarks, as having' been
the Speaker of this House when the reso
lutions were passed to present Governor
Jenkins with a lac-simile of the seal of
Georgia.
On motion of Mr. Robbe, of Richmond,
the memorial was adopted by an unani
mous rising vote.
At twelve o’clock the Senate entered the
House, Col. C. C. Jones, Jr., arm in arm
with President Boynton. Senator Lamar,
Chairman of the Senate committee, intro
duced Colonel Jones as the memorial
orator in an eloquent and brief manner.
For one hour and three-quarters Colonel
Jones discoursed in his best style on the
life, services and character of that de
ceased Governor, who so bravely won and
worthily wore the proud title of" “The no
blest Roman of them all.” No telegraphic
synopsis would give any idea of the scope
and beauty of the address, many
parts ot ’ which were hearti
ly applauded. There was not a
large attendance of the House or Senate,
and the galleries were only partially
tilled. Nearly all the State House officials
were present.
IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate, Mr. Meldrim was granted
leave of absence.
New bills were introduced as follows:
By Mr. McDonald—Equalizing the fees
of Tax Collectors, Assessors and Receiv
ers.
By Mr. Smith—Requiring all railroad,
express, insurance and other companies
to designate a person in every county
where they do business upon whom pro
cess can be served lor them.
A resolution for a joint committee on ail
early adjournment was tabled.
Bills passed as follows:
To change the time of holding the Lau
rens Superior Court.
Regulating the manner of calling and
disposing of cases in the Supreme Court.
Regulating the publication of the Su
preme Court reports.
Changing the time of holding the Cal
houn Superior Court.
Preventing the willful trespass ujioii
lands of another.
INCORPORATING THE TOWN OF BUTLER.
After reading several House memorial
bills the second time, the Jenkins memo
rial was presented by Senator Lamar and
was adopted, when the Senate proceeded
to the House for joint services.
NOTES ABOUT THE CAPITAL.
Several South Georgia members desire
me to state that the member referred to
by me in my Friday’s special as being
drunk, was simply under the influence of
stimulants taken on account of sickness.
The death of Judge Crawford creates
profound sorrow here, and Gov. McDaniel
will to-morrow announce the sad event in
a proper manner to the General As
sembly.
Sally Herringdine, on being turned out
of a house of ill-fame this morning, sick
and i>ennilesß, attempted suicide by
opium, but was saved by the doctors at
the police station.
The Gate City Guards returned to-day
and were escorted trom the dei>ot by the
Governor’s Horse Guards in full uniform.
A detachment of the Gate City Guards
also met them at Huff's Highland Park
and welcomed them home.
The family of Mr. Hayne were all
poisoned by eating ice cream yesterday
made in a zinc freezer at an ice cream
saloon. Through prompt medical treat
ment all were saved from serious injury.
Senator Dußignou has been specially se
lected to deliver an address at the memo
rial services tor ex-Governor Hursehel V.
Johnson on Thursday, and much is ex
pected from him by his friends.
Col. John S. Candler, the “boy Colonel”
of Gov. Stephens’ staff, who lost both his
feet some months ago by jumping from a
railroad train has so tar recovered as to
be able to leave to-day for New York,
w here he will procure artificial teet.
Comptroller General Wright is quite
jubilant to-day over the result of the ar
bitration in regard to his assessment of
railroad property, as it sustains his action
to a large extent.
Weather Indications.
Office chief Signal observer,
Washington, D.C., July 23.—Indications
for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair weath
er, southerly winds, stationary barometer
and stationary temperature, in the south
ern portions stationary, and fall in north
ern portions.
In the East Gulf States, fair weather
with southerly winds, stationary or lower
barometer, aiid nearly stationary tempera
ture.
In the West Gulf States, fair weather,
southerly winds, stationary barometer
and temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fair
weather in the southern portions, partly
cloudy weather and local rains in the
northern portions, stationary or rising ba
rometer. slight fall in temperature, west
erly w'inds becoming variable.
In Tennessee and the Ohio Valiev,
fair weather in Tennessee, and partly
cloudy weather and local rains in Ohio
Valley, with southwesterly winds, sta
tionary or lower temperature, and nearly
stationary barometer.
Strength for Mind and Body.
There is more strength in a bottle of
Parker’s Ginger Tonic than in a bushel of
malt or a gallon of milk. This explains
why invalids find it such a wonderful in
vigorant for mind and body.
SAVANNAH. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1883.
RACES ON TWO TRACKS.
Ten Battles on the Turf at Brighton
Beach and Saratoga.
Saratoga, July 23.—The first race to
day was a mile dash for all ages. It was
won by Slocum, with Mandamut second
and Jennie Blue third. The time was
1:45%.
Second Race—Sweepstakes over a
course of a mile and 500 yards. It was
won by Drake Carter, with Wallensee
second and Carson third. The time was
2; 17*4.
Third Race—Three-quarters of a mile;
for all ages. It was won by Navarro,
with Monarch second andTallvrand third.
The time was 1:15*4.
Fourth Race—A mile and a furlong,
for a purse of $350; all ages. It was won
by Hartford, with Baby second and Mis
trial third. The time was 2:00*4.
New 1 ork, July 23.—The Brighton
Beach races to-day resulted as follows:
First Race—For a purse of $250, di
vided; for 11011-winners at Brighton in
1883; selling allowances; one mile. La
Gloria won, with Medusa second aud
Nimblefoot third. The time was 1:45.
Second Race—For a purse of $250,
divided; for ullages; one mile. Captain
Curry won. with Galway second and Fair
Barbara third. The time was 1 :M>%.
Third Race—For $250, divided: one
mile; all ages. Hornet won,'with Orange
Blossom second and Barnev Aaron third.
The time was 1:44.
Fourth Race—Fora purse of $250 for
non-w inners at Brighton Beach in 1883;
three-quarters of a mile. King Nero won,
with Joe second and Ilenrv C third. The
time was 1:20*4.
Fifth Race—For a purse of $250, di
vided; for non-winners at Brighton Beach
in 1883; three-quarters of a mile. Nellie
Peyton won, with Newsboy second and
Metropolis third. The time was 1:18.
Sixth Race—For a purse of S2OO, di
vided; for all ages; welter weights;
seven-eights of a mile. Glenullen won,
w ith John Ledford second and Pilot third.
The time was 1:33.
DEATH FROM THE CLOUDS.
Saturday's Tornado More Terrilir Than
at First Reported.
Chicago, July 2J.—The later advices of
Saturday’s storm in Minnesota indicate
that its track was one or two miles wide,
and crossed Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele,
Dodge, Olmstead and Wabasha counties.
The most serious damage occurred at the
villages of Kasata, Owatouna and
Elgin. Three persons were seriously
hurt at Elgin, and there were nine seri
ous casualties near Mantorville. By the
overturning of a passenger train near
Owatouna thirty-four persons sustained
injuries more or less serious. Mrs. Geis
singer and her mother were killed near
Hitchcock, and Mrs. Bow les lost her life
near Redfield. 1 1 is reported that nine
persons were killed and fifty wounded
near Huron, Dakota.
THREE NOTED MEN DEAD.
Judge Crawford, Gen. Ord, and an Old-
Time Massachusetts Politician.
Columhus, Ga„ July23.—Hon.Martin J.
Crawford, Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court of Georgia, died here yester
day. He will be buried Tuesday morn
ing.
Boston, July 23.—Ginery Twichell, a
famous politician of the past generation,
died to-day, aged 72 years. He was for
merly President of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad and was a member of the
4oth, 41st and 42d Congresses.
Havana, July 23.—Gen. E. O. C. Ord,
of the United States Army (retired), one
of the passengers from Vera Cruz to New
York on the steamer City of Washington,
died here in the hospital last evening.
MURDER ON A TRAIN.
A Texas Desperado Kills Two Men on
flying: Asked for His Fare.
Galveston, July 23.—A special dis
patch from Dennison says that last night
a man got aboard a freight train on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad near Red River,
and upon his fare being demanded drew
liis revolver and killed a brakeman. He
then shot a second man named Grumbler
in the region of the heart. The latter fell
from the train and was shot at twice by
the murderer, who then ran into the
brush. The brakeman leaves a wife and
ten children. His body was found horri
bly mangled by the cars and with a bullet
in his brain.
De Lessens’ Canal Agreement.
London, July 23.—Premier Gladstone
announced in the House of Commons this
afternoon that he would not ask Parlia
ment at this session to sanction the
agreement in regard to the Suez canal
made with M. dc Lesseps. The announce
ment of the Prime Minister was received
with cheers by members of the Opposi
tion.
In the House of Lords. Earl Granville,
Foreign Secretary, said that the agree
ment would be referred to a special com
mittee.
Editorial Generosity.
London, July 23. — The Times, in re
ferring to the rifle match, says: “Toquali
fy our national complacency, it is well
to remember, not only the superiority of
Americans at the shorter and more practi
cally important ranges, but that they
were shooting in weather stranger to
them than to the English. They made a
’closer fight than at Creedmoor. It would
have l>een unjust to insist upon their
abandoning the wind gauges.”
Tin* Consulate Bobbery Exaggerated.
Monterv, Mexico, July 23.—The ac
counts of the robbery of the American
Consulate in this city as published, show
great exaggeration. It was but an or
dinary attempt at robbery and no more
worthy of comment than if the attempts
had been made on the house of a private
citizen. The robbers probablv knew of
the Consul, and hence the attempt. Mr.
Shaw was not dangerously injured.
A Mite for the Conscience Fund.
Washington, D. C., Julv 23.—A con
tribution to the conscience' fund in the
shape of a draft of $4,900 drawn by a
Western bank on Chicago in favor of
Secretary Folger has been received at the
Treasury Department. The letter enclos
ing the draft was signed “unknown
debtor.” The draft has been paid, and
the amount credited to the conscience
fund.
More Star Route Suits Promised.
Washington, July 23.—Second Assist
ant Postmaster General Elmer lias re
ported to the Postmaster General the
amount in excess of $1,000,000, which it is
proposed to recover by suits against vari
ous combinations of star route contract
ors. Part of the evidence upon which
this action is based has been obtained
during the last six months.
F'oreigu Wheat Prospects Poor.
London, July 23.—The Times, in its
crop report, says that the area of wheat
planted in the United Kingdom is from 10
to 15 per cent, below that of last vear, and
that the yield will be below the average.
The reports from the continent are very
similar in their conclusions.
Three Drowned at One Time.
Cumberland, Md„ July 23—George
Kane, Harry Shaffer and' Worthington
McCullow, young unmarried men from
Frostburg, Md., while rowing in the Po
tomac river in this city this evening,
the boat capsized and "all three were
drowned.
Europe Depending on the United States,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
It is ascertained that Europe’s popu
lation has increased 150,000 in the last
half century, and is increasing now* at
the rate of 4,000,000, besides sending
abroad 1,000,000 emigrants yearly. This
growth has so far outrun food production
that Russia and Hungary are 'now the
only European countries'that count on
raising all of their own food supply.
Forty years ago Great Britain alone look
ed beyond her own soil for breadstuff's and
provisions. Now the utmost resources
of the soil are taxed in vain to feed the
population of Europe after Russia and
Hungary are left out of the calculation. In
1850 the total value of our exported food
products was less than $27,000,000. In
1880 it was sixteen times as much, or
nearly $440,000,000. Cattle on the remot
est ranges of Texas and Idaho now com
mand better prices than they brought on
the cultivated farms of the old Atlantic
States in 1850. Wonderful as our in
crease in population and production has
been, it has not more than kopt pace with
the growth of Europe’s demand for all the
surplus we can produce. Indeed, the in
crease of our disposable surplus is becom
ing more and more a subject of constant
anxiety to the people of Europe, their
only assurance against impending famine.
European statesmen know that their de
pendence on us in this respect will be
come more and more absolute in spite of
the greatly increased emigration to the
United Stales,
WESTERN UNION QUIET.
THE REPORTS FROM THE
STRIKE VERY MEAGRE.
Both Siiles Still Talking Assuredly—
Communication with the West Badly
Crippled—A Co-operative Telegraph
Company Mooted—Correspondents and
Washington Officials Grumbling.
Washington, July 23.—The strike sit
uation here remains unchanged. There is
no sign of w eakening by the strikers. All
the Western Union wires-to Chicago are
interrupted west ol Pittsburg this even
ing, and only one wire is working to Cin
cinnati. One, at least, of the special
newspaper wires is working to Cincinnati.
The interruption is attributed to the
storm. A report is current here
to-night that Western Union is
rejecting cable business in New York,
and that the operators at the ends of the
cables at Duxbury, Mass., and Heart’s
Content, Newfoundland, have struck, but
these rumors are denied on the authority
of tbe Western Union officials. Heart’s
Content is beyond the Western Union
lines. A strike at the two points named
would not involve the Direct Cable Com
pany’s lines, however, and cable news is
coming through to the Asso
ciated Press. The news from the
west and north obtained from
telegraph officials is to the effect that
the Western Union is gaining strength
everywhere, and that they have every
prospect of defeating the strikers.
The latter, on the other hand, put forth
equally rose-colored statements. They re
port constant and heavy accession’s to
their ranks, and that desertions are ex
ceedingly rare. One striker is reported
as having applied for reinstatement in the
Philadelphia office, where he was imme
diately put to work.
Galveston, July 23".—There is now a
force of t wenty on the rolls of the West
ern Union office here, which is rather in
excess of the number employed before the
strike. The railroad telegraph ope
rators and clerks from the Gould rail
road system, together with the managers
of country offices and a few amateurs,
compose the number. The strikers are
firm, and have the hearty sympathy of
the community.
New York, July 23.—The force of ope
rators which reported for dutv at the
Western Union office in this city this
morning numbered about 200, and it was
said that none of those at work last week
were missing from their posts. Fortu
nately for the company business is light
at this season of the year, and as it is still
further diminished by the effect of the
strike the force at work is ample to attend
to all the business offered, so at least the
Western Union officials say. There was
no business left over last night, and this
morning all the wires were clear, and
there was no delay in handling all matter.
The rumor that the boys and girls em
ployed as check clerks would join the
strike this morning was not confirmed by
facts, and all were at work as usual.
Cincinnati, July 23.—There is no
change in the situation of the operators’
strike. Business is very light.
Boston. July 23.—The usual number
of operators employed at Sunday work
manned the wires in the Western’ Union
office yesterday and last night and the
business offered suffered no delay.
WHAT THE COMPANIES SAY.
Western Union Officials Still Confident
of Their Success.
New York, July 23.—1n conversation
with an Associated Press reporter this
morning one of the officers of the Western
Union Company said that the outlook was
becoming more encouraging every day.
He said the force at our command is now
more advantageously distributed than at
any time since the beginning of the strike,
and everything is working much more
smoothly than could have been ex
pected under the circumstances. By this
rearrangement of our forces we hope to
avoid in the future all those delays which
necessarily resulted from the demoraliza
tion attending the strike last week. The
number of applicants for situations is in
creasing each day, and before the end of
the week we hope to have most ot the
empty desks supplied. It certainly does
not seem as though we were much ham
pered when we are able to send and re
ceive messages to and from all points in
the South and West. The statement that
our business m the Gulf States is com
pletely blockaded is without foundation.
This morning every wire is working clear
and we are getting along about as well as
before the strike.”
PLANS OF THE OPERATORS.
A Scheme Afoot to Organize a Co-opera
tive Telegraph Company.
Boston, July 23.—At a meeting of the
strikers held yesterday noon the proposed
establishment of a co-operative telegraph
company was discussed at length and
very favorably received. The capital
stock, as proposed, is to be twenty mil*
lions in transferable shares of $5 each.
Three-quarters of the entire capital stock
must be held by operators and members
of the labor organization. It was stated
at a meeting that bankers and merchants
have already agreed to subscribe the other
live millions, and a committee was ap
pointed to arrange the details.
New YRK, July 23.—The striking tele
graph operators held a meeting this
morning, at Irving Hall, at which Chair
man John Mitchell presided. About five
hundred persons were present, of whom
fifty were ladies. Great enthusiasm was
manifested. Encouraging reports were
received from many points, and dispatches
from all over the South and West were
read by the Chairman. At several points
in the South offices were entirely
vacated, as in the ease of Charlotte,
N. C., where the manager and all hands
had struck. All lawlessness was forbid
den,and it was announced that the Broth
erhood would assist the prosecution of
any one found destroying telegraph prop
erty. Every one seemed to feel confident
that the strike would soon be brought to a
close, and that the company would con
cede the demands of the strikers. Ad
dresses were made by several members of
the Brotherhood and by John Gowpers,
President ot the Trade and Labor Unions
of this citv.
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Newspaper Correspondents and Gov
ernment Officers Aggrieved.
WASHINGTON, July 23.— Beyond a gen
eral statement by the Western Union
Manager that they have a force sufficient
to handle all business offering, nothing
can be learned from them. Newspaper
correspondents are getting greatly exer
cised because some of their dispatches
have been stamped “subject to delay,”
and to-day the officers of two government
bureaus were considerably astonished to
learn that their telegraphic business was
also subject to delay equally with that of
the general public. An officer of the State
Department made this discovery this
evening when seeking information in re
gard to dispatches relating to important
foreign subjects.
McCabe Attacks Leo’s Assailants.
Dublin, July 23.—Cardinal McCabe, in
receiving the clergy on Sunday, con
demned false teachers, who asserted that
the Pope in issuing his late circular was
exceeding his legitimate sphere of
authority or had been influeneeed by
secular motives. Those disobeying the
circular, he said, incurred the guilt of
heresy.
.JOHN I’HCENIX’S JOKES.
A Late Revival of Some of Lieutenant
Derby’s Witticisms.
Buf.Uo Courier.
Poor Lieut. Derby, who whiled away the
weary hours at Yuma, A. TANARUS., as well as
at the other posts at which he was sta
tioned on the Pacific coast, in concoctm*.
the rare drolleries he gave the world un
der the iiomde plume of “John Phrnnix,”
completely ruined Yuma’s reputation
as a summer resort by his famoi*
joke about the soldier stationed there
who died and l>rought up in the infernal
regions, wnich he found so chilly bv
contrast that he found it necessary to
send back for his blankets. Since that
period, it is said, “sin-hardened invalids
repair to Yuma to die, with a view of be
coming inured to the great trials of the
hereafter.” It was also Lieut. Derby
who, being left in charge of one of the
San Diego papers at one time for a few’
days during the temporary absence of the
editor, changed the politics of the sheet,
to the horror and chagrin of that trustin',
victim of misplaced confidence. It was
also he who, being presented to General
Augur and family for the first time, ex
pressed his pleasure at the meeting, and
then looking down blandly at the chil
dren, said, “And these, I suppose are the
little gimlets,” for which untimely ebulli
tion of humor, it is said, the General never
forgave him.
BLACKMAIL IN BERLIN.
How the Staff'of an Independent Paper
Lived on the Fears of Its Victims.
Berlin Letter to Boston Advertiser .
A singular press trial has lieen conclud
ed in the Central Criminal Court in Ber
lin. The prisoners were six in number.
The chief of the band, Grunewald bv
name, began life as a waiter, aud hail
been a porter in a uewspaper office. The
second and the third were described as
merchants and journalists. The fourth
had been a hotel porter and traveler in
the wine trade; the fifth was a doctor
ot law, while the sixth had suc
cessively graduated as a sailor, a
colorer, and a bookseller before devot
ing himself to the service of periodical
literature. There ought to have been a
seventh and still more illustrious charac
ter in the dock, in the person of Captain
Yon Sclileinitz, late ot the Prussian
Guards, and related td one of the highest
tamilies in the land, but he escaped.
These men composed the staff" of a weekly
paper called The Unubhantjige, or Inde
pendent. With a very small circulation,
the Independent had only a weekly in
come of about 500 marks, and as the lit
erary management of the print alone alt
sorbed three-fifths of this sum, it was
plain to the confederacy that their un
dertaking must fail if it could not be
made more profitable. The correspond
ent of the London Times describes how
it was made more profitable.
Thev resolved to make an entirely new
departure in the field of journalism, and
to live less on the curiosity of their read
ers than on their fears. It was a much
easier thing, they thought, to terrorize
people than either to instruct or amuse
them. Regarding the inhabitants of Ber
lin or Germany as so many sheep, the
writers of the Independent made it
their business to search out the
black members of the flock. They
looked for the skeleton which is
in every house, and rattled its bones
until the householder offered gold for
mercy. Rich and faithless lovers, aristo
cratic gamblers, embezzling brothers
in-law, suspected directors, speculative
Jews, adventurous privy councilors and
shady pillars _of commerce were hunted
out with a skill worthy of the most cun
ning and acute detectives, and each was
informed that an article little to his credit
would appear in the forthcoming number
of the Independent. If no hush-money
meanwhile came in, the editor kept hi’s
word, and out came the incrimi
nating effusion, with an intimation
that it would be “continued in
our next.” Before, however, “our
next” appeared an emissary from the
libelous print would call on the subject
ot the attack aud offer, for a considera
tion, to procure the suppression of the
ugly revelations.
In a surprising number of cases these
tactics were quite successful. The silence
of the “revolver men” was frequently
purchased with very large sums. Once
they had the impudence to demand 500,000
marks as the price of their reticence,
and once they actually extorted 10,000
marks from a timorous delinquent.
Checks for $125 and $250 flowed in upon
them.
A PERILOUS RIDE.
15. 11. Carson's Bicycle .Journey on the
Verge of the Cliff's.
Boston Dispatch to Xew York Tribune •
E. H. Carson, of East Rochester, N". II
has accomplished the remarkable teat of
riding down Mount Washington on a
bicycle. He went up the mountain on
Monday mOrning from Gorham, and dis
mounting about three miles from the
Glen, completed the journey of eleven
miles to the summit of Mount Wash
ington on foot, pushing his wheel in
advance. His machine was the Ameri
can Star Bicycle, whose peculiarity
consists in the small wheel being placed
in front of the large one. The eight miles
from the Glen were passed in two hours
and forty-five minutes. After resting
some time upon the summit he started
upon his dangerous journey, while the
guests at the Summit House almost held
their breath in fear for his safety as he
wheeled rapidly round the steep bend just
below the house. Upon reaching more
favorable ground he forged rapidly ahead,
though it could be seen that the brakes
were constantly in application.
Another sharp turn near the gulf was
safely passed, and the machine was be
having beautifully, the precedence of the
small wheel preventing any liability of
“headers,” and also serving as power
ful brace in case of obstructions met in
the road.
The half-way house was soon gained,
and the rider breathed more freely, the
steep cliffs which border the first half of
the way being trying to the strongest
nerves. The remainder of the journey
was made in perfect safety, the brakes
being effective in spite of the steepness of
the road. The Glen was reached about 4
o'clock, the descent having been accom
plished in about one hour and fifty min
utes, and the rider met with a warm re
ception from the guests. After a brief
respite, the wheelman continued on his
way toward Jackson. Mr. Carson re
cently performed a similar feat among the
mountains of Maine.
Cholera in India.
New York Herald .
Cholera has prevailed in India since the
great pilgrimages, which takes place on
I April 12 of every year, notably at Madras
and Bombay. The following quotation
J from the British Medical Journal of June
! h, 18X3, will explain its origin in part:
j “The principal part ot the food of the pil
j grims is furnished by the priests and
temple cooks, and all are obliged to par
take of some of it, as it is regarded as
sacred, and eating of it forms part of the
ceremonies.
“In connection with the recent preva
lence of cholera in Madras, the following
tacts concerning the feeding arrangements
of the pilgrims may be of Interest: These
people depend almost entirely for their
meals upon the temple ’Prasadum’, or
food which, from a sanitary point of view,
is far from satisfactory. One part of this
meal is composed of sand and grit and
remnants of obnoxious insects. The pra
sadum proper is composed of unboiled or
half boiled rice, not cleared of bran, gravel
or grit, and cakes are made of the same
sort of material, in addition to old, rancid
and rotten gee, or melted butter. The cakes
are kept for some days before they are
consumed. It is obligatory on the part of
every pilgrim to eat a portion of this
sacred prasadum on account of its being
an offering to the Deity; and it is sacri
lege on the part of any one to examine or
criticise it, while it is blasphemy to say
that it is bad. The very, few who at
tempt to cook their food only get articles
such as to cause diarrhica even among
the strongest. The water used by the ma
jority of the pilgrims is from a tank which
has been used by the pilgrims for years
for washing, bathing, drinking and other
purposes. An examination of several
samples of the holy food was made by the
deputy commissioner, Surgeon Major
Price, M. D. Some he described as dis
gusting in the extreme; others were bet
ter, but all are utterly unlit for human
food, and likely to produce sickness if
used as such. Some of the samples might
make food for cattle; but he can hardly
credit that human beings could be found
to masticate and digest it.”
It has also been rather a puzzle to sanita
rians to account for the outbreak of chol
era in Egypt during the English occu
pancy of that country. The disease was
well-known to prevail in Bombay, but the
English merchant steamships and sailing
vessels are under such good sanitary su
pervision, and the stamping out of cholera
is so well understood, that few supposed
the disease would be allowed to slip
through; but it seems that the English
Egyptian Sanitary Board has been
thoroughly disorganized.
The Same After Three Years.
Santa Be Correspondence Kansas City Times.
On his march from Ciliola (Zuni) to
Tigua (Santa Fe), in 1541, Coronado
reached a large and handsome town,
which is described by Castevedo as fol
lows: “There they found houses of seven
stories, which were seen nowhere else.
These belonged to private individuals,
and served as fortresses. Thev arise so
far above the others that they have the
appearance of towers. There are eni
brazures and loop-holes from which lances
may tie thrown and the place defended.
As all these villages have no streets, all
the roots are flat and common for all the
inhabitants; it is therefore necessary,
first of all, to capture those large houses
which serve as defenses.”
This is a perfect description of Santa Fe
to-day, except the comparatively few
American improvements, and the fact
that the houses then were seven stories
and now are one story; and then, I infer,
though Castevedo does not state it, they
were built of stone, whereas they are now
built of mud (adobe).
Polk’s Trial Over.
Nashville, Tknn\, July 23.—The ar
gument in the Polk trial was concluded
this evening. The Judge will deliver his
charge to the jury to-morrow.
Cleanliness and purity make Parker’s
Hair Balsam the favorite for restoring the
youthful color to gray hair.
IRELAND'SIMPROVEMENT
A CORRESPONDENT DRAWS A
ROSEATE PICTURE.
Belter Laws aixl Flattering Crop Pros
pects Held Up to the Unhappy People
—An Alleged Eff'eet of the Executions
—Credit Laid at the Door of the Con
servatives.
Philadelphia, July 23.—The Dublin
correspondent of the Press pictures the
improvement in Ireland in the following
roseate terms:
“I have naught but a bright picture to
draw to-day. Ireland has never known a
better season for the crops. When Tim
Kelly fell through the gallows trap at
kilinainham, last Saturday week, every
lover of peace and good order in Ireland
breathed freer. Men now began to walk
with a brisker, even, 1 think, lighter,
step; stores are opened earlier:mer
chants wear more cheerful countenances:
people spend more generously; and I can
not help fancying the sun shines brighter.
“There had been a suspense and a ten
sion of the public nerves that onlv found
relief in the certainty that the utmost
penalty of the law r had been exacted and
paid. The men who assassinated Burke
and Cavendish had, of a verity, given al
most a fatal stab to the Goddess of Erin;
but there were signs of sorrow when
grim Marwood reaped the harvest of
death. The Irish nature is too tender not
to be sympathetic, pitiful; and Kelly’s
youth touched tbe populace very much.
They would have even pardoned him;
not wholly out of sympathy with his deed,
but out of thetenderness of their own
hearts for his youth; he was but 19. This
trait, and the Catholic training of praying
for the dead and dying, led 2,000 peo
ple to gloomy Kilinainham the dav of
Kelly’s execution. Precisely at 8 o’clock
in the morning the black flag was run up
on the staff over the stone tower facing
the city. As quick as a flash, that 2,000
people, who a few minutes before had
been standing, many of them reciting the
prayers for the dying, fell on their knees
and eagerly and earnestly began the
prayers, according to the Roman Catholic
ritual, for the dead.
“Five minutes of earnest,solemn prayer
and the crowd had dispersed as orderly as
the congregation ot the Philadelphia Ca
thedral after High Mass. Constabulary,
soldiery and “marines”—that is, detec
tives from England—in great numbers
were in attendance. Their presence but
added to the gloom. They were not needed.
The people who had gathered
there had come out of beautiful
obedience to an exquisite religious
custom and belief. Peace and
holiness was their mission. I moved
about in the very centre of the crowd,’
and thought I heard many pious ejacula
tions, such as “poor fellow, may God
have mercy on his soul.” No single dis
seut to the justice of Kelly’s fate reached
my ears. Indeed, I know" that a general
respect for the majesty of the law and a
complete concurrence in its vindication
pervaded not only the mourners at the
jail, but the citizens of Dublin and the
people throughout all Ireland.
“When, therefore, Mr. Patrick Egan, in
a speech which ho delivered at Chicago,
eulogized Dan Curley, the invincible who
was hanged the week before Kelly’s exe
cution, and declared that no nobler patriot
ever died for Ireland’s cause than Dan
Curley, he committed a serious impru
dence, if not an outrage on Irish sense
of justice; for Mr. Egan is unfortunately,
and I may as well tell the truth and add
erroneously, regarded as an accredited
representative of the Irish people,
and also of the Irish Parliamentary
party. Mr. Egan’s mission in Ameri
ca is absolutely, entirely, and only
to escape a court of law investigation of
his disbursement of the political fund of
the Land League. It is a pity that he
should so misrepresent the position of
Ireland to the generous and sympathiz
ing Americans. Very many of the best
Irish nationalists, some in and some out
of position in the National League, make
no bones of expressing great dissatisfac
tion at the conduct in America of Mr.
Egan, and also of others posing as hunted
down Irish patriots. So far has the dis
gust of many gone as to induce Mr. Alfred
Webb, the Quaker Treasurer of the
National League, who is, in a
certain sense, the successor of
Mr. Egan, to write to
an American journal declaring
that the position of the people in Ireland
was being very seriously misrepresented
in America by Irishmen. It may be in
teresting to know that Mr. Webb, who is
a conservative Quaker, though a most
pronounced home-ruler, has never taken
any part in politics until recently. He is
a man of eminent standing in the com
munity, and his name is a guarantee to
the government, as w'ell as to the Irish
people, that the funds of the National
League shall be dispensed of in no ques
tionable quarter or manner.
“A wholesale conservatism is abroad.
Peace, peace at any price, is now the crv.
And there are reasons for this. The peo
ple are weary of strife and agitation.
The land act has clmnsred hundreds of
thousands of tenants-at-will subject to that
frightful tyranny of rack rent, into ten
ants in perpetuity—so long as the rent is
paid—at a rate fixed by the land courts,
and which can only be changed every
fifteen years, and then lv the land cotirts
instead of the landlords. By the Healy
clause, when the rents " are fixed,
under the act, the rack rent cannot
lie had, tenants are entitled to the
benefits of all improvements made by
them, and not the landlords, as was here
tofore the outrageous case, to borrow an
ancient figure from that great tribune,
Cicero. When the readjustment of rent
shall he made fifteen years hence, the
Healy clause again and forever defeats
the rack rent—the improvements of the
land, or on the land, are not to be taken
into consideration at all in fixing the
rent. The land is to be forever considered
in the condition it was when first rented;
that is, so far as the landlord is con
cerned.
“Although the act is far from perfect, it
has given that impetus to industry and
to labor that, with a most iavorable sea
son, is literallv making this lovely green
island laugh with most bounteous crops.
Hundreds of farmers come to Dublin
daily. I have chats with many of them,
all of whom assure me that their prospects
were never better. They are tired of
agitation and excitement. The peaceful
quiet of a prosjierous agricultural life is
all the boon they crave. With the present
land act such results are very en
couraging, especially when it is only a
question of a very short time—not
more than three years—before Lord
George Hamilton’s bill to create peasant
occupying propriearty will have become
law. Mr. Gladstone has peremptorily de
clined to allow further legislation on the
Irish land question. The Conservatives
are, therefore, putting it forward as a
measure, a campaign issue of their party,
for the next general Parliamentary elec
tion, which cannot be postponed over a
year longer, and at the present conduct of
the government it will probably occur
sooner.
“A late resume gives the followingfigures
on Irish taxation, from which it will he
easy to see that Ireland is governed just
the same and by the exact same laws as
England: Taxation in Ireland in 1851
was gross, £4,006,711; per head. 12s. 2d;
1861,gross, £6,420,378; per head £l. 2s. Id;
1871, £7,086,593; per head, £l, 6s. 2d.
There are no returns yet whereby
1881 may be estimated, but
there are no circumstances but
that would tend to increase the per capita
amount. It is evident from these figures
that the taxation of poor, starving Ire
land has been forced up from 12s. 2d. per
head in 1851 to £1 6s. 2d. in 1874, and over
that for 1881. The most astonishing fact
is, however, that for the same periods in
England the per capita has been reduced
as. 3d.”
Regarding the financial outlook, a
New York banker has confided to “Gath”
that there will lie no panic among honest
men: that the American wit has covered
every point where money can be made,
our wits being in advance of our hands,
and that there might be a panic in such
securities as never" could pay and which
the wits of the people would not buy.
“And,” he added, “the quicker that panic
comes the better.”
Asa rule the woodwork of a cabinet
should match that of the other furniture,
but a hanging cabinet should contrast
with the background of the wall, light
woods—oak, maple, etc.—being best upon
dark wall coverings, while ebonized and
deep-toned woods show up better upon
the tinted walls.
A comfortable lounge for the morning
room of a cottage is in rattan. The seat
is very wide and the upper end rolls over
and forms an admirable support for the
head or for the reception of cushions.
Foot stools to match are decorated with
bright rlbnons.
It Seems to Satisfy
A family want, and I wonder how wsever
got along tvithout Parker’s Ginger Tonic.
It cured me of nervous prostration, and I
I have used it since for all sorts of com
plaints in our family. Mrs. Jines, Albany
OUR FOREIGN POPULATION.
How the U ave of Immigration has
Ebbed and Flowed for Halt a Century.
Washington Special New York World.
The immigration into the United States
during the fiscal year just ended was
more than 25 per cent, below that of the
preceding year and 10 per cent, below
that of the year which preceded that. The
total numberof immigrants arriving in the
year just dosed was 599.114, against
..0,422 last year aud 669,431
the year liefore. Over 2,000,000 have
thus arrived in the country and
taken up their abode here within the past
three years. The total arrivals for the
past ten years have been less than 4,000,-
000, and in no three vears preceding had
the total run much above 1,000,000. The
largest number of immigrants arriving in
any one year preceding t-he three in which
l ,r V’ sent “boom” has been running was
4.i9,803 in 1873. The number of immi
grants who have arrived in this country
during the last fifty years reaches over
10,000,000. The smallest number of ar
rivals in any single year in the half sen
tury aforesaid was in 1838, when the ar
rivals were 38,914. In 1842 the number
lor the hi st time exceeded 100,000. Since
that it has only iallen below that number
four times—in 1843, 1844, 1861 and 1862.
Germany continues tofnmish the largest
number of arrivals. Last year there were
191,643 from Germany, the next largest
being 79,852 from England and Wales.
From the Dominion of Canada there were
64,000, Ireland 63,700, from Scotland 19,012.
From sunny Italy there were 31,715, from
Weak Norway 21,894, and from Sweden
34,0%. Nearly three-fourths of the ar
rivals came in at the port of New York,
the number of arrivals of immigrants at
that port in the past year having been
40dj69 i .
The number of foreign-born persons resi
dents of the United States is now about
7,000,000, or nearly one-eighth of its present
population. In 1880 it was 6,679,943, in
1870 it was 5,567,229, in 1860, 4,138,697.
New York has a larger number ot per
sons of foreign birth than any other State.
It has 1,250,000 out of a total population of
5,000,000. Half a million of these are front
Ireland and 350,000 from Germany. Penn
sylvania and Illinois have each 600,000 of
foreign birth; Ohio, 400,000.
Ol the 7,000,000 of foreign population
now in the United States 2,225,000 are of
German nativity and nearlv 2,000,000
Irish. Besides the 7,000,000 who are of
foreign birth there are abqut 8,000,000 ot
foreign parentage. The percentage of
arrivals for the past tew years shows a
large increase from Germany. A few
years ago the arrivals from Ireland formed
a much larger percentage of the whole
than now. The number now arriving
from Germany is more than three times
as many as those arriving from Ireland.
Last year there w T ere 191,643 Germans to
76,252 Irish. The number of emigrants
leaving Germany in the past fifty years
is estimated at 3,500,000. Most of them
came to the United States.
HOW A RICH MAN STARVED,
All Kinds of Food Denied Him—A Diet
that Killed a Jersey man.
Somerville Journals
“So Jones is dead?” said one Somerville
man to another.
“Yes, poor fellow,” was the reply, “he’s
gone.”
“What did he die of?” inquired the first
speaker.
“Starvation,” was the answer.
“Starvation! Good gracious, the man
was worth $50,000!”
“I know that; nevertheless he died of
starvation. I’ll tell you how it was.
Jones was always fancying that there was
something the matter with him; so he
went to a doctor one day and had himself
examined, and the doctor informed him
that he had kidney disease, and that be
sides taking medicine he must diet him
self. Said the doctor: ‘You must avoid
all kinds of salt meats, salt fish, potatoes,
cabbage and vegetables of every
kind.’ Joues followed the advice, but
found himself no better. He went to
another doctor, and, after being ex
amined, was informed that lie must avoid
all kinds of fresh meats also. This did
not do him any good, as he thought, and
he went to another doctor, who highly
approved of the advice which had previ
ously been given, and further warned him
against all kinds of pastry, likewise shell
fish, including oysters and clams. ‘The
best thing for you is a milk diet,’ said
this doctor; so Jones lived wholly upon
milk. Not feeling himself any better, he
went to another doctor, who cautioned
him to avoid milk above all things, if he
wanted to get well. This reduced Jones
to a diet of cold water and fresh air, and,
finding himsell no better under this regi
men, he went to another doctor, who
advised him to beware of drinking too
much water and being too much in the
air. This last advice cut oil' the last of
Jones’ articles of diet, and he died of
starvation, as I have told you.”
A Romance of the War.
The Martinsburg correspondent of the
Wheeling Intelligencer relates the follow
ing story: Almost every family and indi
vidual here has some bit of romance in
connection with the late war. To-day,
at a musicale to which I was kindly in
vited, 1 met a lady whose talents as a
musician and whose remarkable beauty
had attracted my attention. She pos
sessed that rare type of prettiness that is
wholly Southern. Great deep blue eyes,
the face perfect in every feature; hair
rich in its abundance and wonderful
in its tints. This is her story: Twenty
years ago, when the tide of battle in
long bloody waves swept over tbe
terrible field of Manassas a baby
girl was left an orphan on the battle
ground. During the changes of the
fatal day the home of the blue-eyed girl
was at one time directly between the fire
of both armies. As the first shots whis
tled above the house the parents started
to flee for a place of refuge. A dozen
yards from the house both were shot down,
and the baby, an orphan, without sister
or brother, was alone in the world. The
battle raged on. Dead and dying were
everywhere; but the baby was unharmed.
The day wore away, and just as the sun’s
last ray 8, half hidden in the curling
smoke, sadly kissed the earth good night,
General Jubal Early, riding by, heard the
baby’s cries. He dismounted,’and, taking
the little waif up, cared for it
until he could place it under the care of
his sisters. They watched it through its
infantile years, giving it an education
and a world of love, and now that baby,
grown to womanhood, lovelv and accom
plished, the pet of a wide circle oi friends,
who call her “Waif,” is the sole support
of the two women, sisters of the
General. She talked to me modestly, vet
gracefully, of her early years, and iter
beautiful eyes fille l with tears as she
spoke of her two old friends. If I should
write her name it would not lie a strange
one here, for all the city knows Miss Ida
Henry.
A Dog's Gratitude.
Philadalphia Time*.
There was a lively row in progress yes
terday morning at the corner of Fitz
water and Twelfth streets. Four goats
were quietly browsing around several
pans of garbage, when three dogs
complained that the goats were aliens
and were trespassing on their own lunch
route. That was the cause of the trouble.
The result was that the canines attacked
tbe goats, and were snapping so uncom
fortably near the headquarters of the
alleged intruders that discretion prompt
ed the goats to beat a hasty retreat. Just
as the dogs, flushed with victory, had
started in pursuit, a big brown dog, with
the scars of many battles on his hide,
dashed out of a stable on the north side of
Fitzwater street, a few doors above
Twelfth, and espousing the cause of the
goats, turned the tide of defeat by a
Napoleonic feat of bravery. Three yelps
of surprise went up from the three cow
ardly curs; three caudal appendages that
had been pointing proudly upward fell
between three pairs ofhurrying hind legs,
and a few seconds later the three dogs
had ingloriously fled in the direction of
Fort Mifflin, leaving the stable dog the
victor in one quick round. Then the
goats and their protector trotted back in
to the stable together.
“Well done, wasn’t it?” said a police
man to a reporter.
“Yes. I suppose the dog is kept to
guard the goats, isn’t he?”
“Not a bit of it,” replied the policeman,
as he leaned lazily against an awning
post. “The goats have been living in that
stable for several years—or at least the
two mothers have been there that long.
About three months ago a very hungry
looking boardyard dog came along and
ventured to hunt for food in the stable.
The goats chased him away. But he kept
coming back so meekly and almost beg
ging to be unmolested' that, after a week
or so, the goats didn’t seem to mind him
at all. So thev evidently became fast
friends. He lives in there with them now
and helps them look for grub, and in case
of an emergency, like tße one you have
just seen, he is always on hand to fight
tor his ‘chums.’ I’ve watched half a
hundred just such fights as this one, and
I have never yet seen a strange dog get
away with him,** J
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THE CHOLERA IN LONDON.
THE UNITED STATES TAKING
PRECAUTIONS.
A Horrible State of Affair* In Egypt—
The Disease Raging Everywhere-
Infected People Swarming Over the
Land —The Death List Increasing
Every Day.
AA ashingtox, July 23.—A report has
Deeti received by the Surgeon General of
the Marine Hospital Service that six
deaths lroni cholera have occured in Lon
don docks. The disease was brought
there by shipping from Egypt. The re
port does not come from any official or
responsible source, but has been made
the occasion for the Secretary of State to
instruct our Coiisul General at London
and the Consul at Liverpool to nominate
sanitary inspectors to inspect all vessels
bound from Great Britain to the United
States.
London, July 23.—The Standard’s dis
patch from Cairo says that the disease is
spreading everwhere, and the mortality
increases hourly. The evictions at Bii
laka were ordered by the native minis
ters. The inhabitants were suddenly
driven out of their homes by the police dur
ing Friday and Saturday nights, and were
huddled on board of barges. Hundreds of
them evaded the police and fled to the
centre of the city, taking with them filthy
bedding of rags. 800 of them were landed
at Surah to-day.
Gen. Wood’s troops compelled others
to return. Since then there has been a
case ot cholera among Gen. Wood’s
forces at Surah.
The deaths at Cairo really numbered
4SI between 8 o’clock in the morning and
0 o’clock in the evening Sunday, besides
a fearful mortality among the Egyptian
artillery. The natives of Abbaseyes are
panic-stricken, and the British officers
there have to bury the dead.
A serious outbreak of cholera is ex
pected at Bombay, as there were 37 spo
radic cases t)l' the disease there during
last week. The Suez quarantine against,
arrivals from infected and suspected
ports lias been renewed.
Advices from Egypt state that in addi
tion to the outbreak of cholera at the
town of Fareskour, eight miles southwest
ol Damietta, leprosy has appeared there
ainl is spreading rapidly. There are
neither doctors nor medicines at Fares
kour.
Tne returns of the mortality from chol
era in Egypt ditt'er widely. A dispatch
to Reuter’s Telegram Company, states
the number of deaths at Cairo and in its
suburbs in the twenty-four hours ending
at 8 o’clock this morning at 427, those at
Zhizeh at 68 and at Chibin at 150. The
English Government will dispatch twelve
doctors who arc experts in cholera to
Egypt to-morrow.
Paris, July 23.—The inspectors are
visiting all houses in the populous quar
ters of the city in order to institute meas
ures to guard against cholera.
Simla, July 23.—A doctor with 40
assistants has lieen ordered from India to
Egypt.
I>r. Mary Walker.
Washington Special.
Dr. Mary Walker still looms up as a
national issue. She persists in refusing
to be dismissed. She was at the White
House quite recently, struggling to get
some Presidential influence or aid, but did
not succeed in seeing the President. The
newspapers of the country persist in
speaking of her as dressing in “bloomer”
costume. They are all wrong there. There
is no more bloomer about it than the dress
of the veriest dude that walks your
streets. She simply wears men’s clothes.
That’s the long and short of it.
“At the White House the other day she
wore a well fitting “Prince Albert” coat,
buttoned down after the most approved
style of the sterner sex, black pants, a
“biled” shirt and collar, black necktie and
a man’s dark straw hat with high crown
and brim well turned up at the sides. Her
hair was cut short and anybody who did
not know her would take her for an un
dersized weazen faced man of little vital
ity and no beard, such as you see semi
occasionally in every city. Bloomers in
deed! Dr. Mary Walker in “bloomers?”
She is past that stage years ago, and
would not disgrace herself by retrograd
ing even so little as the return to bloom
ers might be.
True, her coat is a little the worse for
wear, her pants are a little threadbare and
shiny at the knees, and her man's straw
hat, which has a marked masculine ap
pearance, seems to have seen one or two
years’ service, but they are all there.
There is not visible in her street costume
the smallest scrap that could suggest
femininity.
When she couldn’t see the President
she wanted to see “Aleck,” the Presi
dent’s colored valet. She pronounced it
with the accent on the last syllable and
the full sound of the “t.” No French
airs lor her, il you please.
Unfortunately “Aleck” was not in sight,
and the doorkeeper didn’t feel called upon
to trot off and find him. “You tell him,”
she said, “that I want him to deliver my
message that I gave him. He will under
stand. No, I’m not dismissed from my
place,” she continued, in answer to a
question. “I’m going back to take my
desk when my leave of absence expires.
Of course 1 am. It’s all persecution. It
isn’t the first time I’ve been persecuted
for righteousness’ sake, and probably may
not be the last. But it’s all right. That
which is to be will be, and we can’t help
it. I notice that the people who are per
secuted for righteousness’ sake usually
come out all right; sometimes better than
as though they hadn’t been. I guess T’ll
come out all right.”
A Lincoln Story.
Waterbury American.
We heard recently a “little story”
about President Lincoln, which, like most
stories about Mr. Lincoln, is characteris
tic and, unlike many of them, seems to be
new. It was during the busy war times,
when the President was overburdened
with cares, anxieties and visitors with
suggestions good and bad for the prose
cution of the contest, that a gentleman
called upon him with the plans of anew
gun of the most destructive character.
Mr. Lincoln received him with the blunt
courtesy peculiar to him in those times,
which was simply, but not offensivelv, a
wearied hut kind toleration, and 'lis
tened attentively to the description
of the gun, examined the designs,
and asked a few questions as to its ex
pected efficiency in destroying human
life. There was very little doubt in his
mind on that score when the explanation
was finished. The gentleman wished to
know whether the President approved of
his plans and would advise him to go
ahead, take out patents and complete it.
Mr. Lincoln was very thoughtful for a
minute, and then said:’ “I wouldn’t do it;
I wouldn’t do it. We kill ’em off too fast
now.” The plans were dropped for the
time, but were discovered independently
and subsequently developed by other
parties into the Gatling gun. The gentle
man who called upon President Lincoln
has a daughter in this city whose husband
is connected with one of our largest man
ufacturing establishments.
Mr. N. B. Perden, Wadley, Ga., says:
“I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for indiges
tion and debility with good results.
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