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ESTABLISHED 18X0. \ | J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. NFWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS. SotKl Guests at Tallulah Falla—Death * o f a Well Known Physician at Barnaavllle —Cattle Raising in Middle 1 loriila—A Little Girl Assaulted at >t Augustine. GEOKrtIA. VV.>rk on the new Oepot at Eatonton is at a staml-still. t'.eneral Toombs has taken up his residence 1 I iarfcsvitie for the summer, i . eutcrpri-iug burglar continues his uoc , , ._t- Itoth in Columbus and the State pr Lansing Burrows, of Lexington. Hr., j. . i-ailed to the pastorate of the First -i church of Columbus. , ttnu"l complaints of the drought are iLI parts of the State, and crops are ;.,!*• aiily parched. i-i-of watermelons have been 1 tii;- season from Waynesboro—7 to un. lanati. 1 to Atlanta and 3 to Chicago. The slue-coated guardian* of Augusta . i arrest- in that city last month. Two ' n iri ! ami eighty-nine cases were up be- I .rv the Recorder. T • r> ha- Is'en recorded in the t Jerk's office t Vi mi ■ • ro, up to date, almut 1.373 niort .. -and Hen notes, which must lie paid out growing crop. m. Wood arrived in Washington from \ i arioina last Saturday. WliUe return - t *323 in money on the train lietween i ..I'-.a and Augusta. Tl i oroncr's jury in their inquest over the i \drian Underwood, killed bv Dr. E. o. r i-s-. m Gli.sscock county, saturdav rendered a verdict of justifiable homi- Among the distinguished guests at Tallulah f , - Sunday were Lieutenant Governor ... of N.l .. c\-t.o\ei :i„r Boynton and , and an innumerable lot of state legis .l.l. Little A Cos., of New York, have just united a I look of poems from the pen of X. irk, i tenor resident of Angnata. Mr. 1 lark ha- mentioned many .Yiigustans in Tin- afternoon John Foster, son of Represen tat.-.e Foster, and a merchant at Thomas’ Mi . t welve miles from Rome, got into a fight ;; three men. and one of them named Gen try. - i..t Foster in the head. Foster will re \il ISarnesville was in mourning on the i.i ; Ir. George M. McDowell’s funeral. Dr. McDowell’s family will receive 17.000 from the Knights of Honor, the Koval Ar- I . until and the A. O. V. W. The Governor has offered a reward of two him .red dollar* and the County Commission ers three hundred dollars for the murderer of smith Austin, the uegro hackinan killed Last No clue has as yet leeu obtained to the murderer. 1 new Cotton Factory Company of i edartown lias elected a board of directors a* follows: T. M. Pace, It. 11. Wheeler, W. F. Hall. G. W. Lindsey, J. K. Houser, If. vv. Everett, D. X. Hampton, Jerry Isbell. .1. i:. G i bers. The directors met and elected per manent officers, as follow-: President. T. M. Pace; Secretary and Treasurer, J. E. Houser. Tin- Cleveland (Ohio) Herald lias the fol- i lowing, of interest to watermelon shippers: | ••W atermelon trains, though common- in the south, arc not common in Northern Ohio, hut the Nickel-Plate is now running one for the j lienvtitof enterprising Georgians, who have ! chartered a special, and sell any number, j from a single melon to a car ioad.at stations j along the line The train numbered twenty- I live loaded cars when taken from the C . J|. j and P. road Tuesday, and, of course, dituin- ; islu -as it approaches Buffalo. This is the first ' watermelon train on the Nickel-Plate, hut it i i- probable that more will follow.” Many of the smaller towns throughout Georgia were visited not long ago by a Turk and his wife, who made their living with a performing bear. Inst. Clair county, Ala bama, last week, the mau was arrested for using profane language. A guard named sprewell started for Astiville with the prisoner, but after thev they had gone some distance, Sprewell told the Turk that if he would pay him SSO he could go free. The Turk agreed to this and pulled out u roll of money and paid the sum. sprewell seeiug that the man had more moner, carried him a short distance further into'a thickly wooded spot and stepping behind the ignorant man. shot him twice in the head with a pistol. The man fell to the ground, and Sprewell supposing him dead, robbed him of *4OO. It transpired that Is.th the shols made only scalp wounds and w hen the Turk regained consciousness, he found hi* w ay hack to In-wife and l>ear. where hr reported the outrage. At last accounts Sprewell had not been arrested. The Augusta Erening New* credits Presi dent Verdery, of the Augusta and Knoxville road as saviug in an interview based on the recent sale of the road's bond*, that while the road is embar rassed and behind in paying interest on bondapyet from present earnings and pros pects, he was more hopeful of the future of the property than at any time since its com pletion: that the company had earned its in terest for the past vcai within *14,000. That in the first three months of the pre-cut fiscal year *U,OOO of this deficit had la-en picked up, notwithstanding the fact that two out of these three months, (May and -1 une were Hie most trying ones for railroads. From this lie felt satisfied, and did no’ hesitate to give it as his opinion, that the tonipanv would more than earn its interest charges for the present fiscal year. Mr. Verdery went on to say that ihe phy-n al condition of the road was ’being unproved from time to time; that the engines and rolling stock were in excellent order, and no perceptible wear on the rails. He saw no good reason for this sudden di.-tru-t of the se curities of the company, and had but little doubt but what the interest now due would be provided for by October I. FLORIDA. There is a move on foot to organize a State Mental Association. A gaug of sneak thieves are >|>erating in anti alxmt Jacksonville. There are some cases of blintl staggers among the horses of Madison county. < hickena are selling for 112 to fla |H-r dozen at Key Wert, and are scarce at that. The Cuban Methodists of Kev West have started a paper called Ln Verdad— The Truth. The death warrant fixing the time for the execution of Charlie Williams for August the 17th, has lteen received by Sheriff Tin ker, of Gaine-vijle. The barn of Caleb Carter, an industrious colored fanner of Madison, was burnetl last Sunday night, together wilh live wagon loads of corn and a quantity of oats. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. sergeant J. W. Smith, of Jacksonville, has received instructions from the Chief Signal i >flu;e to re-establish the display stations in sc. tion 12. via: Fernanditia. Fort George I-Hid and st. Augustine, which tire under h - superv ision. The Boanl of Pilot Commissioners of Jack sonville have received the reports relative to the numlier of vessels piloted over and the c edition of the st. John's bar for the week emhng last Saturday. Muring the week they piloted over thirteen vessels, and report from twelve to thirteen feet of water on the bar at high tide. The Monticello Constitution advocates the raising of cattle on a large scale in Middle Florida, stating that the supply has almost been exhausted during the past few years by foreign speculators. K. 15. Bailey, of Jeffcr n county, is beginning to accumulate a lot of -tock cattle, and proposes to go into thw business extensively. Louise Vogel, of St. Augustine, while on her wav to school Tuesday morning, was as saulted by a colored boy. He took her by the thr a. took a ring from her linger and ran. Tin- mother of the little child. Mr-, l.eo Vogel, was immediately notified of the affair, \> cm m pursuit of the boy, anil succeeded in having him arrested. lii the afternoon lie was tried before a Justice's Court anil sen tenced to the county jail for ten days. KuTnnond Johnson, of Madison, a negro sentenced to work in the chain-gang, received a Hogging last week for letting down a farm er- ter.ee in several places and leaving it down. After the flogging he went to Mr. Peeler's office to have his wounds dressed. The doctor haring important business just then at the post office le t Kiehmond in his of fice until he could return. He later on re turned, dresses I the wounds, and the negro left. A short while afterward- the doctor dis overad that iu his absence the negro had stolen two one-dollar bottles of cologne from him. A Cockney Fire Company. | London Letter / Philadelphia Pr**s. Near the American Exchange, at the corner of the Strainl and Adelaide street, is the Chandos station of the Mi tro|K>li tan Eire Brigade. Here are located a manual engine anil a steamer and twelve or fourteen tire men. One day l ehaneed to be passing the brigade station when a young fellow, all excitement and jter spiration, rushed up from the direction of Drurv Lane and breathlessly exclaimed: -T'rrv up, ’ere! There's a lire just breakln' limit in Drury Lahe. Look sharp, now.'’ The engineer who was in charge ol the place turned to a group of tlreiuea and said: “’Any, put on your ’elmet and go see wot it is.’’ 'Arry pro ceeded todon the brigade tunic and 'elmet, and started off on a run in the direction of Drury Lane. He was gone perhaps ten niinutes. When he hove in sight again he had his 'elmet in his hand, the perspi- ration rolled front his flaming brow, and he was puffing like'a locomotive. "Lome along." he managed to articulate, “it’s a sure enough fire.” The engineer deliber ately ordered the manual to be hitched tip, and while one man went around the corner to get the horses two others put the pole in place and the rest of the men put on their tunics and 'elinets. When the team was hitched up they pulled out and rattled away over the pavement to Drury Lane. Do you know what hap pened next? Well, they got to Drury Lane, found that the lire hail spread from an upper floor, where it had started, to a paint shop on the first floor, and the whole building was booming. Their manual "as of no use under heaven, and they rat tled back to the station after the steamer. " hen they returned with their steamer the firs had consumed the interior of the building and its contents, and there was no use for the engine. So they quietly re turned to their quarters. Wfa j Um’itinq JJ* m CAREY’S REWARD. How the B retched Informer IT as Kicked Out of Ireland. Cork Examiner. Notwithstanding the cunning cleverness of Janies Carey, and his violently ex pressed determination to remain in Ire land. he was at the last moment com pletely baffled by the action of the authori ties and was obliged to leave the country without receiviug one larthing reward for his service as approver. Not onlvthis, but the Lord Lieutenant refused to grant him a written pardon, and he took his departure from Dublin a dejected and disappointed man. As it turns out his threats to resume his place in the Corporation and to continue his occu pation as a bricklayer in Dublin, were but empty boasts, for when the test came he demonstrated that he was glad to pro cure safety on any terms. He believed he had got the government in a difficulty; that they could not keep him in prison ;aiid that they would have to pav handsomely to in duce him to go away. Hut, deep con spirator that he was, he was entirely out- witted, and so unexpectedly that he seemed paralyzed at his helpless posi tion, and suddenly submitted to proceed to a distant land- The manner in which his acquiescence was obtained was very simple. Ilis applications for a w ritten par don were unheeded; his demands for terms were unanswered; his brother Peter was removed from his company, so that he did not know what had become of him; other informers had left the prison, and be knew not whither they had gone. He began to suspect that something had been done with his family, aud the expression in the letter appended—written shortly before he was taken from Kilmainham shows he was suspicious that they had been, as he terms it, “kidnapped.” Carey’s elder children were first sent away; then his wife and the vounger members of his family followed, ft being intimated that the Approver-Invincible would meet them at a certain port. Sud- I denly, at night, it was made known to I Carey that he was to leave the prison. He started with amazement, and in ; quired what the government intended to do with him. What, he asked, was to be | iiis reward? What provision had been made for his protection ? He was struck dumb with astonishment when informed that he would receive no reward; neither would protection be extended to him; and he could now make his choice—either to go to tiie colony for which his passage had been paid, or the door was open to him to walk out a free man amongst the citi zens. Being assured that it was the de cision of the authorities, his fury seemed to consume him, and when the question was put whether he would take his liberty or his passage to another clime, he got overcome with fear at the prospect of lieing turned out in the streets. Finally the news was imparted to him that his wife and seven children were already aboard ship ready to sail, and unless he chose to join them, their passages having been paid, he would have but little chance of meeting them for a considerable time. The last blow overwhelmed him, aud he sulkily bowed to the inevitable and con sented to rid Ireland of his presence for ever. No time was lost in acting u]>on this decision—for Carey’s passage ticket had leen secured and his common outfit purchased. Where he has gone none but the'authorities know and their secret is certain to be well kept. A III'MAN WINDMILL. A Roy Whose Arms Grew Out of His Back. X rir .lk Sjjecial to Xeu York World, July i!d. In a small one-story frame dwelling, situated opposite the freight depot of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad here, the World correspondent recently discovered a curious example of human deformity, whose existence has l>een preserved a secret for nearly seventeen years. At the house mentioned Thomas Har den. a railroad laborer, and his wife live with their son Tom. This boy was born seventeen years ago, a misshapen mite of humanity. By the advice f thoi* jurist, priest the sorrowing parents have care fully concealed him from the public gaze. When the World correspondent called at the house to-day tne unfortunate boy was found half-sitting and half-re- dining in ail invalid's easy chair. He is totally devoid of shoulders, and from the centre of his back two arms, w ith well formed hands, grew from a sin gle joint. The hands and arms are devoid of the power of feeling,and are also afflict ed with a strange, continual motion, sweeping around in a circle like a wind mill, the arms stretched out at full length and moving in opposite directions. This motion never ceases except when the arms are tied together, and are cov ered with scars from contact with the walls, tables, chairs, etc. His body is further deformed by the joining of the legs as far as the knee. Hi re the right leg is turned back and up ward until the beet strikes the centre of the back, where it is tirmly imbedded in the flesh. He is mentally bright, and conversed freely and intelligently w ith the reporter about the lew books his parents had been al>le to provide for him and about articles he had read in the newspapers, which are occasionally supplied to him. “Said his mother: “He is a great care to ns. )>eing unable to help himself at all. Blit he is just as dear to me as if he was like other children. I suppose he could l*e exhibited, but as long as his father or myself have life in our bodies to work for him he never shall be.” Blackburn’s Platform. Btslon Pont. **'• Blackburn, who, by the way. re peats tmu in. ‘--uLin..'an honest tight tor the Speakership anTT i . (hill's man nor Mr. Carlisle’s m.,,' gav he will oppose in the next House* 1' hasty or inconsiderate action upon any Ot the great questions that may come up.” Furthermore, Mr. Blackburn says: “I shall insist upon a reform of the tariff, putting not less than one-half of the pres ent dutiable articles on the free list and reducing the others to a strict revenue basis, securing to existing industries their present prosperity, and to labor better and steadier wages. "I shall insist upon free ships and a re vision of the navigation laws to relieve our people of an annual extortion of $150,- 000.000 now paid England for transporting our drooping commerce. “I shall strive for the restoration to the public domain of all lands not earned by the corporations to which the Republican party has voted them during its reckless and corrupt administration, putting these lands back again under the operation of the homestead law, in the hands of the people, from whom they have Iteen prac tically stolen. "1 shall use my best endeavors to se cure the abolition "of the Internal Revenue Bureau, with its army of spies and super numerary officers, and place the collec tion of Hie tax on whisky and tobacco in the hands of the custom house officers, already established and now maintained in each State, reducing the same as near as may le to the present stamp system. *•1 will insist upon reducing the number of Federal officers to a strict business basis, and the expenditure of public moneys to the least amount necessary for legitimate governmental expenses, leav ing surplus for the gradual ex tinction ot the public debt. “I am in favor of the annual anpropri ation. from the surplus revenues, ot $25,- 000,000 for the purposes of education, the same to lie distributed among the United States, and by them exjiended In tud of their common school systems, such dis tribution among the States to be made u I von I be basis of illiteracy. -I shall favor and earnestly labor for the adoption and maintenance of a liberal policy and full appropriations for the im provement of the navigation of the Mis sissippi river.” It would be interesting now to know what Mr. Randall, Mr. Carlisle and Mr. < ox propose to “insist upon" iu the next House. Southern Kailway Connections. Baltimore Sun . The Salem i Va.) Times expresses satis faction at the interest which has been elicited by the editorials of the Sun on the importance of improved railway connec tions between Baltimore and the South and Southwest. The Times says: "Bal timoreans must control the proposed road, and, therefore, they must take the lead in building it,” The Times is also au thorized to say that a 100-ton iron furnace will le in operation at Salem bv the time the Valiev Railroad is completed to that place, whilst other new enterprises there would at once and permanently furnish the road a large tonnage. The Carolina Spartan , published at Spartanburg, S. C ; , a flourishing young city, suggests that tl Baltimore and Virginia wish a terminus, they should look to Spartanburg. At that place, it claims, they would tap the Air Line, and be able to go east or west, whilst the road to Augusta, Ga., will soon be flnished, giving an outlet to the wes tern part of North Carolina and Southern Georgia. Hill’s Hair Dye, black or brown, fifty cents. RAY CARRIES THE DAY. HIS BILL BITTERLY FOUGHT BUT PASSED AT LAST. Chance* for a Stubborn Fight in the Senate-A Tribute to Cratvford-Gov. McDaniel Signs the Soldiers' Exemp tion and a Court Bill-Candidates for the Judgeship. Atlanta, July 24.—1n the House to ! anda F a n,J tioe was reau that Governor and Mrs. McDaniel would hold a reception for the State officials and members of the General Assembly on Wednesday night at the Executive mansion. Mr. Harris, Chairman of the Committee on the School of Technology, made a lengthy report of the operations and ob servations of the committee in visiting such schools at the North. They strongly recommend such a school in Georgia, and presented with the report a bill for that purpose. It provides for new buildings, or the adaptation of any buildings now constructed that can be obtained, to this object, to be under the control of the trus tees of the State University. The report was adopted and three hundred copies were ordered printed. The Finance Committee reported favor ably on the resolution to procure a por trait of Gov. Jenkins for the State. Mr. Ray’s fertilizer bill came up as the special order. Mr. Crenshaw, of the committee to in spect the Agricultural Department and Fertihzer Inspection, moved to postpone the bill to August 2, as his committee would report on this subject and their re •Vip*ll modify the provisions of the 1011. The motion was lost bv 45 veas to 82 nays. . Humber, of J’utnatn, was favorable to the bill if properly amended. He otter ed an amendment, which was opposed by Messrs. Iloge, Jenkins and others, and lost by 41 yeas to 71 navs. Another amendment by him was also lost by 44 yeas to I*4 nays. Both were precaution ary amendments. .Sir. McGregor, of Warren, moved to amend so as to prevent the provisions of the bill going into effect during the pres ent system of inspecting fertilizers by the Mate. It was lost by 45 yeas to 81 navs. Mr. Ray’s substitute was adopted and the bill was put upon its passage, but Mr. Kay asked to have further actioii post poned until to-morrow. Mr. Gary, of Richmond, opposed any fur ther delay ill the discussion of the meas ure, and the motion was lost bv 62 veas to 68 nays. ' Air. Ray then discussed his bill and read from --Dealer” in the Morning News as to the evils of the present in spection system. -Mr. Robbe, of Richmond, asked him if . some friend of his bill could not have ' written the article? He indignantly re- P Xr and continued his argument. Mr. Mcßryde moved a suspension until to-morrow. Mr. Gary again opposed and the vote stood 66 yeas and 66 nays. The Speaker voted nay and the debate continued. Mr. Iloge, of Fulton, getting the floor, opposed the bill in a very strong argu ment. Mr. Russell, of Decatur, then called the previous question, which was sustained. Air. Ray was allowed to close the de bate for the bill, and Air. McGregor, of W arren, was selected to close tor the op position. 1 he yeas and nays were demanded, and the result, 88 veas to 61 nays, was an nounced amidst hearty and general ap plause. Mr. Ray was afraid to come to a vote to-day, but the opposition pressed him to the wall, yet he got through by the skin of his teeth. It was one of The hardest fights for several sessions. in the Senate, however, both this and Air. Rankin’s railroad tax bill will be met by an organized and strong opposition. The message from the Governor an nouncing the death of Judge Crawford a...iug mat in' tne death of Judge Crawford, the State loses a citizen, illustrious for his services in the State and national councils, and on the bench of the Superior and Supreme Courts of Georgia, and distinguished in private life for his probity and purity of character. Air. Little, of Muscogee, offered a reso- | lution of respect for the deceased jurist, which was adopted by a rising vote, and the House adjourned in compliance there *with. IN THE SENATE. In the Senate, a joint resolution of thanks to Colonel Jones for his hiemorial oil Governor Jenkins, and ordering 500 copies printed, was adopted. The Judiciary Committee reported against the bill creating a Lieutenant Governor. Senator DeYVolf introduced a bill to incorporate the Buena Vista and Ogle thorpe Railroad Company. 1 lie Dill allowing the Commissioners of Taylor county to let bridge contracts without noiul or security was lost. On the bill amending section 4,500 of the Code, in regard to employing illegally ser vants of another person, the committee reported adversely, but Senator Tutt, the author of the bill, argued in favor of it, as it is hard to get negroes to sign written contracts. Any one employing the ser \ ants of another in this manner ought to be made to sutler the lull penalty of the law. Senators Pike, Davis, Dubignon, Parks and Peeples opposed, white Sena tors Livingston and Polhill /uvored it. As Mr. Dubignon suggested a deficit in the bill, on motion of senator George, it was recommitted. A message announcing the deatli of Judge Crawford was received, and Mr Dußignon offered a resolution of respect and adjournment, which was adopted. NOTES ABCCT THE CAPITAL. , After consultation with the Attorney emin 1 ; 111 the <; ° v ‘ rnor signed the bill ex. from the soldiers without l J ,n w 8 passed Represenatives ° vn l ’7J at ! ou , and many becoming a law!”* 1 benators regret its The Governor has .. . changing the court cal® 0 , the bill eastern Circuit. dar of the North- Plenty of candidates art. „ the vacancy on the Supreme ea - v , to “** ready Judges Ilillyer. Pottle, jP®* l ' "L ex-Justice Sjieer and Colonel ford. Colonel Basinger and Captiv,, jVcr- I cer are named. The top, bottom anil sides of the , ie lon market are busted all to pieces, and f ood melons are retailing as low' as five certs. The health officers are gobbling all lots that are not sound and healthy. Atlanta and most of the Western markets are glutted. There were tine thunder showers about the city und suburbs this afternoon, ac companied with hail as large as lemons. NEW ORLEANS ON GUARD. No Fever-Laden Vessels to be Allowed in the Waters of the State. New Orleans, July 24.—The various commereial bodies of this city a few days ago adopted the following resolutions, which were last night approved by the Board of Health and forwarded to Gover nor McEnery: Resolved, That the Board of Health be requested to petition the Governor of the State of Louisiana to have ah infected vessels now in the waters of the State re moved out of the same, and that e issue his proclamation that henceforth o ves sel from any Infected port be permitted to enter the waters of the State. Dr. Foreinento then ottered the follow ing resolutions which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, There is danger of yellow I lever being introduced into New? Orleans through unrestricted communication be tween Ship Island and the coast of the State of Mississippi. Resolved, That the Governor of the State of Louisiana be requested to call the attention of the Governor of Missis sippi to this fact, and urge him to take the strongest measures to put a stop to this dangerous intercourse; be it Resolved , That the General Government be requested, through the proper authori ty, to order that no communication shall tie held between Ship Island and the Mis sissippi coast. Good Templars of the State. Athens, Ga.. July 24. —The Grand Lodge of Good Templars was opened in this city this morning in Odd-Fellows Hall at* one o’clock by R. M. Mitchell, Grand Worthy Counsellor. The body is oomposed of representative men and ladies. The address of welcome by E. D. Stone was responded to by R. M. Mitchell. The rei>ort of the Grand Worthy Secretary shows the order to be in excellent condi tion and entirely free from debt. Forty- Aye lodges are represented. The Grand Worthy Chief Templar’s report shows the order throughout the State to be in a bet ter condition than ever before. The dele gates are being entertained to-night by the lodge at this place. Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in on* minute. SAVANNAH. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. 1883. DAUPHIN SUES GRESHAM. A Claim for SIOO,OOO Damages on Ac count of the Recent Decigion. Washington, July 24. M. a. Dauphin, of the Louisiana Lottery Com pany, to-day entered suit iq. the District Courts, through his attorneys, against W alter (j. Gresham, Postmaster General, for SIOO,OOO damages. His bill sets forth that he is engaged in a legitimate busi ness, and has complied with all the legal requirements of the ■Mate in which his business is conducted. It recites the action of Post niaster General Key in 1879 in directing the I ostinaster at New Orleans not to pay any money orders drawn in the com plainant's favor, and to otherwise refuse him the privileges of the mails, and the subsequent order by which this order was rescinded, and then charges that on the 9th of July, 1883, the defendant, without reasonable cause, and without hearing any evidence whatever concerning the matter made an order restoring the order issued by Post master General Key in 1879 to full force and effect. This order, the’complainant claims, was willfully, maliciously and op pressively made, and by it he was grossly injured and his business damaged. CAPT. WEBB PERISHES. His Attempt to Shoot the Niagara Rap ids Cost Him His Life. Buffalo, July 24.—Capt. Matthew I YY ebb, the noted English swimmer, per | ished in an attempt to swim the Niagara i river whirlpool rapids this afternoon. He ; was rowed in a skiff to opposite the old Maid of the Alist landing by John Ale- Clov, the ferryman at the falls, ; and leaped from the boat at two minutes past four o’clock. The daring swimmer passed the big rapids all right, keeping the middle of the stream. When he struck the whirlpool he was rushed to the American side, where the waves, it is estimated, are from thirty to forty feet high, and the last seen of him was when he threw up one arm. His shoot of the rapids was thrilling. Hi* intention was to pass the whirlpool op the Canada side. Webb leaves a wife aid two children in England. The refusal of the railroad and hotel managers t the falls to have any thing to do with what they termed his “going to his death,” rendered the affair financially a failure. The river has been searched for two miles below the whirl pool and no trace of the foolhardy man can be found,and it is generally conceded that Ik was engulfed in the whirlpool. MEMPHIS FLAME-LIT Valuable Buildings and Large Firms Burned Out. Memphis, July 24.—A tiro at 4:JO o’clock this morning destroyed stores oc cupied by Stewart, Gwynn & Cos., H. B Shanks A Cos., F. W. Erode & Cos., and John Reid, all large concerns, entailin'* a loss of $200,000. The losers are fully In sured, however. The losses by the fire this morning to w™w t, Bh W - yn & Co s” ~ ,n Bto< ' k was $60,000, with insurance ol $50,000; on the store they lost $15,000, and have an insur l" 1 -/! F. A. Brode & Co.’s loss is $.,000, with insurance of SI,OOO. There were 3,000 barrels of oil in the store owned by the Globe Oil Works, which were valued at $60,000, Thev were fully insured. The building was owned by AI L Aleaebani’ and was valued at SL. , •, *, 1 was insured for $30,000. Shanks -e; Cn ' s }°f? - 0 " sto<-k was SIO,OOO. 1 hey are fully insured. John Reid’s loss on stock is about $7,000. but lie is also fully insured. The building occupied bv Shanks A Cos. and John Reid Were owned by H. Cloth, and were valued at *•>< non They were fully insured. R. G. Lutin'* owned 4(Xi barrels of oil. and Kutzenberg'- er’s Sons 100 barrels, which were stored on a a r* ,v go., ana insured for SII,OOO. THE PLAGUE ON THE NILE. English Troops Attacked by the Dis ease and an Officer Dead. Alexandria, July 24.—One European lias died here from cholera. Five hun dred deaths from cholera are reported to have occurred at Cairo yesterday. There was also one death from the disease at Ismalia and one at Suez yesterday. It is reported that cholera has appeared among the British soldiers at the citadel in Cairo. One soldier has died in the mil itary hospital at Abassies. The British Royal Artillery and the 10th Hussars, which are stationed at Abassies, are pre paring to go to Oshmooneyn. A British Lieutenant died here from cholera to-day. Si ez, July 24.—Cholera has broken out among the soldiers of the British Forty second regiment which recently arrived hero from Cairo. Two members of the regiment have died from the disease. London, July 24.—A dispatch to Reu ters lelegram Company says that during the twenty-four hours ending at 8 o’clock this morning there were 463 deaths from cholera at Cairo, 23 at Zifteh, 16 at Tan tab, at shirbin. 13 at Alansourah, 117 at Chibm 43 at Alehollet, 95 at Ijhizeh and 7 at Cnobar. IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Cattle Edict, the Suez Canal and Channel Tunnel Cnder Fire. London, July 24.—1n the House of Commons this afternoon Premier Glad stone, in replying to a question by Mr. Chaplin, said that the government had no intention to legislate further in regard to the importation of cattle unless the law now existing was found to be inadequate. Sir Stafford Northeote gave notice that he would move shortly an addressjo the (jueen, praying that tti any negotiations relative to the Suez canal she will declftie to recognize any claim of the Suez Canal Company to such a monopoly as would exclude other undertakings designed for the purpose of opening a way between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Mr. Chamberlain, President of t)- .‘Millions this in the House eminent had abandoned for ‘YIL tl,e K ov ‘ the English channel tunnel bill. '° s sion FOUND DEAD AFTER A YEAR. V Weatherbeaten Carriage and Five Skeletons Tell of a Lightning Flash. •alveston, July 24. —A special dis- Pt'-di from Lampasas says that a car re1 * containing the skeletons of three adu s an( j two children, sitting bolt up righVts if in life, under a large tree, has been .mm near the road in Llano county. I lie tr>e wt- shattered by lightning. It 18 that the carriage sought she Ter , J( j er t2le tree an(l struck, the bo* *n llnK the inmates he earrTat l indicate that the evert hd^^mmmgs or two ago. In a trunk was <*v > tter , aa. dressed to “.las. G. Chamberlai. rt u don England.” The remains were fot., lls a ' ranchman driving cattle and th u a . coverv was reported at once to the at. thorities. The parties are supposed to h ive been tourists. The spot where they were found is very secluded and far from any habitation. Returning the Plates. Washington, July 24.—Acting upon an opinion rendered by the Solicitor of the Treasurv, reversing a former ruling of the Commissioner, the Secretary of the Treasury has decided that the Commis sioner of Internal Revenue may return to the owners thereot dies, plates and rolls used for printing private stamps. Such dies, rolls and plates will lie surrendered to the owners upon application lieing made to the Commissioner ot Internal Revenue, and upon the payment by them of all expenses for alterations of oblitera tions required by law to be made. Tin- Rolling Mill Strike. Selma, Ala., July 24.—A dispatch from Birmingham dated Saturday, states in connection with the strike of the Roll ing mill operatives there, that the em ployes at the new mill at Brierfield had also struck. This is a mistake. They are all working and receiving straight Pittsburg prices. Brierfield mill is anew non-Union nail mill and plate mill which has just started with half a complement of puddlers. It is situated about filty miles from this place on the East Tennes see, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. A House Struck by a Cyclone. Eaton Rapids, Mich., July 24.—A cyclone at noon yesterday demolished the house of Eugene Henry, live miles south east of here. Mr. Henry was seriously injured and will probably die. Three of his children were killed and his wife sus tained severe injuries, but may recover. Dr. H. L. Battle, Jr., Wadley, Ga., says: “Brown’s Iron Bitters are very popular in this section and give entire satisfac tion.” NO SIGN' OF A WHITE FLAG BOTH GOULD AND THE OPERA TORS STAND FIRM. The Failure of any Efforts to Compro mise Stampedes more Operators in Detroit-Business Badly Delayed a* Chicago and Elsewhere in the West- Western Union Conti dent. New York, July 24.-Affairs at the office of the Western Union Company seemed to be in better condition this morn ing than at any time since the strike. Over three hundred operators were at their desks, and all important wires were said to he fully manned. The only delays in handling the business this morning were for points west of Buffalo and Pitts burg, where it was reported that consid erable damage had been done bv tho se vere storms of yesterday to the wires of the company. In other respects the situation was as satisfatorv as the officers of the company could ex pect There was no intention whatever of yielchng to the strikers, and it was said that the company was now on a firm basis; they had nothing more to fear The number of applicants for situations was increasing daily, and Air. Dealv said that eighteen offices on Long Island had been manned this morning, and besides that several additional offices had been opened in New York as fast as the new hands were tested. I hose who w ere found competent were sent to out-of-town offices where then* services were needed. Hie meeting of the telegraph strikers was prolonged during the afternoon at Clarendon Hall, and dispatches were read from other points as fast as thev w ere received. They all contained expressions of the greatest confidence in the success the movement, especially those from Oswego, Worcester. Mass' New Orleans and Detroit. Speeches were made by several of the Brotherhood and by a number ol linemen, who seem to have developed an anstonishingtalent for ora nf?:i Creti ' r - > i Cl llan, of the Knights ol Labor, pi esided at the afternoon session. in order to meet in an official wav numerous inquiries were addressed to 1 nio “ Telegraph authorities ic„arding the condition of businees and the influence and progress of the strike, it has been determined by the officers of the company to make twice a day here aitcr a statement for the press' of the country. It is learned that at 2 o’clock to day, according to the company’s tog, the Eastern business was .VP . .. ar,d 'ii good shape. 1 hat they \\ere sending on three wires Noutii and to New Orleans with only 50 011 hand ’ Jhat they were up on 1 ittsburg and Buffalo, but that busi ness west of Pittsburg and Buffalo was two or three hours behind, and that busi ness to St. Louis was several hours be hind. Business bound west of Chicago was in good shape and up, but all that eonung Last, by way of Chicago, was considerably delayed there on account of rouble on the wires between Pittsburg, Butlalo and the W est. Washington, July 24.—At Brooklyn, • iV’ i B . trikers a meeting last night where it was stated that while the r !* S -wi n Umon Company declared they had 300 operators employed in the New Y oik city main office the fact was thev only had about 75. Statements were read H orn the operators in the main office of the \\ estern Union setting forth that the company was totally unable to handle the business. Out of 500 operators em ployed last week the statement said that only Jn men and J 9 women were left in eluding the chief operators. Philadelphia, July 24.—Fifteen branch offices ot the American Rapid Company nave l>een closed, and all business is now conducted at the main office on Chestnut street, near Second, which lias also been anT,'V.' a ~ y iU , I exce I" Manager Pennpct V enmie type w oncers. Mr. Pen ess ,s e "i that very little busi wires * belu o transacted over their At the office of the Baltimore and Ohio Company the same state ot alhiil'scvlst All the operators are in the movement except the Chief, who said to-day tint business so far as his office was concerned was at a stand-still. \ ftWACio, July 24.—A rumor was in cir culation here last night that it had been determined by the Telegraphers’ Brother oTill ra'n er r rike by all i,s members on all railroad lines where the manage th'i.'W ,K ' rnm (f. the operators to work for . 1 m 1 “ lon Telegraph Company; rood - h o cal,o y , jwould begin on the Goifld i (tids it 1 o clock to-dav, ami that it on’the &*** be folIo " l by a call out on the Baltimore and Ohio Road. St. Joseph, Mo., July 24.—Yesterday morning the mule operators in the West- V 1 this cit - v notified the new* Vv. 1 "V. css they, received some lH wstiom the East indicatin'* a settle wn?kßt-) I, V| iffi R Ultie9 the >- would quit . I iu-l' 01 ’ 1 ,, Consequently at that ! m A, 1 V * V ,llt 0,1 fheir coats and left the j Stwn’rL Tl B Only two female operators orffntv' tk 6 n ? ht force (li(1 ,10t report lmwever I, 10 • a^er has succeeded, ; uS ™iT Uring Bome help from the I outside, and the press report was bein^ n?At?il e us/ k l - 1 notice, “Subject to delay.” the T siv lS U?’ t KAN ' s r ? V’iul.v 24—Four of ..lover‘now f en ! l n ' oll operators em £, ;L d 0 Mt . ru , ck yesterday. Two men Office nn*T e o Vom tho 3liss oun Pacific t“ ere ' v “ ,lo ‘ ” uob ■ - t ln ’ M °o Jul y 24.—' The Western In ion manager reports that business yesterday was greater than it There h' a t v k i a ” o,an ' 1 was well handle* (v!'r. re rlu 1 >ec . l , l seven accessions totue lorce oi the strikers. Galvkstox, July 24.— Galvesb*', Hous- j ton, Dallas and Fort Worth, tb only four places in Texas employing ;> large num oer of operators, will "b- to-morrow he iully supplied as far as numbers go, but the talent secured is of a miser- i al)Ie quality. Tlie continue firm and exhibit no sio's of weakenin''. The Western Uni/u Company send two men from here *> Houston to-morrow, and also two to xew Orleans. JBO SrjuxGFiELn, 111., j ulv 2 4.-The tele ar%n s l inesst 8 J U l Cha^ ed to the 7 * Western letup “ ,n somewhat to the western lh 10n office, hut there -•s no increase in t, e working force. 5H0E.......7,vT, — ltlM.'l'Hi: BLAME President U verty - Brother,., oi| . s from the New York, July o 4 _ Vr X' ertv, of the local branch of the 15r.Lav hood of Telegraphers, this afternoon sen*, to the press for publication a circular addressed t the public, in wb ! * n be calls attention to an impression which prevails to some extent that t>>e Executive Board of telegraphers inexorably insists upon all or nothin*, and that the strik ers therefore are responsible for the inconvonienc which the public is suf fering. Ibis, he says, is an erroneous impression, as the board has always been ready to consider proposals bavin" V j ew a settlement of the difficulties,but thus far the telegraph companies have positively retusei to recognize the board as the rep cu: n . ‘>' e * of Dieir employes when Urn B bw n tb*t, lil t tfe " , dayS have elearl >‘ tele> a K'^ ard t,oe ® the is calK, to c ° un ‘ry. Attention adjustment i? , a . satisfactory quickly tions would rt? I* Ile several corpora- Exeeutive BoSf nlz ® an< * treat wilh the irraphers for tho, ebosen by the tele - 1 Airpose. BUSINESS V,* . JN PROTEST. The Companise AV~ ures to Emr to Take Mean .... ~ > Strike. New York, July 2\ of members of the Proa ‘ lr " 0 number day signed a petition to to agers asking them to reqtr. ar(l °f Man companies whoso employ^ lo telegraph a strike, to consider the prei. erc now on of affairs and take steps to\condition the strike, which was workirtffn end to ous injury to the business inteveb sert eountry." \ of the DEEDS OF VIOLENCE A Clerk Shot at in Atlanta and Cut at Chicago. l 'es New Yokk. July 24.—A special \ Atlanta, Ga., says that at 10 o’clock \ morning a pistol ball was fired throw the window of the Western Union Teßj graph office there, shivering the largt plate glass, and striking Receiving Clerk Witt just above the hip. The ball was spent, however, and the injury was not serious. The range of the ball indicates that it came from an upstairs room of the Markham Hotel, across the street. Witt withdrew from the Brotherhood of Telegraphers the day before the strike. The Western Union Telegraph Compa ny to-day instructed its representative at I ’ At J a ! lta to a reward of SI,OOO for the conwction of the i>erson who fired at their man in Atlanta exSii GO r' Ju, L 24 T W,re cutting has extended trom the telephone to the tele graph lines.. Two wires belonging to the j Western l nion Company and one to the Chicago and Milwaukee Company were cut Sunday night. The Brotherhood claim their members had nothing to do with it, and they go the Western Union th’e (Ipgl;i'' V 0ff s rin " a reward of $5Ol for an v P er son engaged in molesting YY estern Inion property. OTHER STRIKES. The Bricklayers’ Union Gains a Victory in Chicago. Chicago, Julv24.—The Master Masons’ and Builders’ Association, which made such a prolonged fight against the Bnck lavers Union early this summer, has de cided to concede to certain later demands at the l nion respectin g the employment ot non-L nion men workmen. The as sociation explains its action on the P""!..' :iat . a .great bodv of the men Drought to this city to take the places va* cated by the strikers early in the season have since joined the union. New York, July 21,-The locked out cigarmakers sent a reply to-day to a communication of the manufacturers re ceived by them yesterday, in which the former say that they will not return to work until the members of the inter national union employed.by Ottenberg Bros, are discharged and not re-emploved. Ihe situation of the dress and cloak makers strike remains unchanged. Chicago, July 24.—N0 attempt has neen made to resume work at the rolling null in South Chicago, and the 2,000 men who made a demand last week for in creased pay still remain idle. MAHONK MUST GO. Congressman Dezendorf Appeals to the Manhood of Republicans. YY ABHINGTON, July 24.—Congressman Dezendorf, in a letter accepting the Chair manship ol the Virginia Republican State Central Committee, asks his party to con suler the position they are in—everv mem ber ol it sacrificed to Mahone’s ambition unless they Low to his will, its 120,000 voters made the subservient tools of the boss and his 20,000 Democratic followers, who Dll all the offices. He asks them to assert their manhood and throw off the yoke ol the so-called coalition and arrav themselves once more under their own proper banner. Hardy Lynched by a Mob. DksMoines, July 24,-Hardy, the Polk ( ity murderer, was taken from jail at Harlan and hanged by about fifty masked men at 3 o’clock this morning. 'The mob cainc from towards Marne. They tied their horses in a grove about a mile from town and came in regular order with arms.a rope and sledges. They bound Jailer YVatkins and made his wife give up the keys. They then unlocked Hardy’s cell and took him out and hung him. YY’hile he was hang ing they shot him and afterwards took his body down and threw it into the river. Jbe .mob then dispersed quietly. The Blu“ritt recovered the bodv and an inquest will be held. Mexican Revolutionists Victorious. Matamoras, Mexico, July 24.—The rebellion in the lower end of the State of lainaulipas is said to be gaining strength daily. It is reported that over 400 men. headed by young Cortinas, have attacked and defeated the government forces. This is the first engagement which has taken place. A large portion of the troops in Laredo have been ordered to the scene of the fighting. Scharf Ruled Out. London, July 24.—1n the Jewish trial at Nyreghvhaza, Hungary, to-day, the court at the request of the public prose cutor and the counsel for the defense, re fuspil tn hllot** tio hoj' Moiiu acnarK int‘ principal witness for the prosecution to be sworn on account of his irreligious and lieartiess conduct, and the conflicting statements he had already made. Chandler’s Forlorn Hope Concord, N. H., July 24.—Another ballot for United States Senator was taken to-day. The total vote cast was 306, mak ing 154 necessary to a choice. Bln<*ham received 109. Chandler 71. Tappan 35, J. Y\. I atterson 31 and Marston 36. 'the rest were scattering. Weather Indications. OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER, mr A w I ? GT °, N ’ D ' C ” July -T—lndications for YVednesday: ln the South Atlantic States, fair fol lowed by partly cloudy weather and local rains, westerly w inds, stationary or lower barometer and temperature. A Call Tor Bonds. YVashington, July 24,-Estimates •ave been made at the Treasury Depart ment which, although not quite perfect ed, seem to indicate the possibility ot a call for per cent, bonds to a consid erable amount—about $ 15.000,000-before the close of the present month. A Safe Voyage from Brunswick. I Sr. John, N. 8., .July 24.—Late cable advices contain the intelligence that the 1 T k . A , ssyi ' la ’ Previously reported as übanded at sea, has arrived at London board ßrUnSWlCk ’ <la " Wlth all well on A Storm in tlie Northwest. Chicago, July 24.—A severe thunder stnn prevailed over a large tract of country in every direction trom Chicago yesterday morning, and telegraphic com ! muaicat-.on was greatly impeded. A Monitor Founders. * ts D °. X ’ -July 24.—The Swedish moni [mr tT <Jo " lms foundered near Nordkop •ng. Ihe crew were saved. The Thor don was about 1,500 tons burthen. Probably Revolutionists. St. Petersburg, July 24.—Twenty !wv Bt ’l entB " ere arrest l here last kifow'n. Fhe CaUB ® <>f their arrf>st is •- Kx-tioveruor Swann Read. Baltimore, July 24.—Ex-Gov. Thomas Swann, ol Maryland, died this evening at Yi S rS? near Ijeesbur B> Loudon county! The Riflemen at Luncheon London, July 24.—The American rifle I,V o, were entertained at luncheon to-day b - v the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House. A DOG’S SUICIDE. He Prefers to Strangle Rather Than y°rk a Churning: Machine. Milford (Pit.) Special Phila, Pre**. otkllX h - v Garret Brodhead, in in a sin™ w tired of life the working a ® huffled mortal coil for three vears W.-' I .' 1 ", e . dog had been duties. When faßi £ T a o b . me k'\ hich hat * wheel on Friday last he refusecH?, and let the rope ei-tiro ino- hia strangle him. Mr. Br H lh S ad took the animal from the machine, jumped around as lively a* p ,y, l '; he was put hack on the work again, he repeated his former and again was strangled. InS: lind out how long his obstinacy V hold out, he was allowed to remain,”::” ing by the rope until he had cease fT breathe. The King of Dahomey's Cannon. San Francisco Post. The King of Dahomey received an .in voice of Krupp cannon not long ago, and conceived the idea of having them mounted on elephants’ backs for use in the Held. 'Vitil much difficulty this project was carried out. and at the next military review the King ordered that one of the guns be fired immediately in front of the royal position, first taking the precaution to place a couple of thousand of prisoners about where it was calculated the hall would strike, so as to judge of the effeetive ness of I he shot. When all was ready one of the biggest elephants was backed around and sight ed. Just as the lanyard was jerked, how ever, the animal turned half round to reach for a peanut or something and the shell took off the Prime Minister’s head and knocked a hole as big as a sewer through the palace. His Majesty wouldn’t have cared so much if the matter had end ed there—as the Minister wasn’t verv prime and the palace needed ventilation —but it didn’t. On the contrary, the elephant, which had been stood on his head by the recoil, picked itself up in afury and started in on thedown grade ahead ol its ticket. It upset the grand- stand the first rush, slung the grand and past grand carver of ‘Mssionaries into the next street. It then jiped into the brass hand with all four V, and if it hadn’t got the big drum A its head so that it couldn’t see, tid probably have cleaned out the en foflpngregation. The King was not as Bntil the next morning, and then, was\d down out of a banana tree, he only krstood to remark that there was artilletying needed to render his new was to\stem an entire success—that >he enemy to adopt it, SIXTY-FIVE LIVES LOST. AN UNSAFE PIER PLUNGES A CROYYD INTO ETERNITY. The Landing of a Steamer Springs the Death Trap-Catholic Excursionists to a Baltimore Suburb the Victims— of th Eo-d Are Women and Children. Baltimore, July 24.—A terrible ca lamity occurred at North Point, Tivoli, an excursion resort on the Patapsco rner, ten miles from this city, about 10 o’clock iast night, by which many lives were lost, the number being estimated at between 60 and 70. The accident was oc casioned by the giving away of the outer portion of the pier, on which sev eral hundred persons were congre gated awaiting the boat to return to Tl *e locality is on a small bav, distant about two miles from North Point rt "’as formerly known as HOIIV (irovfl. JinH u-Qc fLa . v*iuve, ana was the first regular nhnut r* n place fltted U P near the citv, about fifteen years ago, and was the most popular resort at that time and for several years afterward. Y'esterdav an excur sion was given to Tivoli, under the man agement of the Mount Royal Beneficial Society of the Catholic' Church of Corpus Christi, of which Father Starr is pastor, l’he Mount Royal avenue and Mosher street excursionists went down on the barge Cockade City, which was towed by the tug Amanda Powell. The hargewas formerly an old canal boat, which had been fitted up with several decks tor excursion purposes, and has neen used as such for several years. Yesterday she made three trips, the last being made from this city lietween o„i a,ld ,‘ , o’clock last evening, and reached Tivoli befoie 10 o'clock. During the day she had taken down about VJJ! p V r ? on8 ’ and 011 her last trip about too. A large number of those who went aow’n during the day had remained, in tending to return on the last trip. YY’hen the barge approached all those on shore made a rush for the end of the wharf, which is several hundred feet lon .?’ and "ere closely packed together at the gate, about twentv-five feet from the end impatiently,.-!waiting admittance through the gate. As the barge came alongside and struck the wharf it sudden ly and without warning gave way, and a large portion of the crowd were precipi tated into the water, which is about ten feet deep. Many were able to save them selves by fleeing toward the shore as the outer end of the pier crumbled and fell. Darkness added to the confusion and ter xor, and little could be done at on(*p tn I —, w uune ai once io rescue the drowning, most of w hom were women and children. Ihe first news of the disaster reached this city a little after 2 o’clock this morn ing, when the barge landed at Hender son s w’harf, bringing a numtier of bodies of the drowned. lip to noon 65 bodies has been brought to this city, all of which, except four, have been identified. The following is the list with the ages so far as ascer tained. It will be seen the greater pro portion were young ladies and children: John McAraiiy, Mrs. John McAranv and an r,;. Mrß ’ Crouch and two children, -Mrs. I nomas McLaughlin aud three eliil •lren aged 13, to and 9 years, Mrs. Keller. Mrs. Rebecca Erman and daughter Belie, aged 16, Miss Mary Burns, Miss Kate Lolbert, Miss Laura Imearer, Maggie Thompson, Maggie Burns, YVilhelniina \V illion, Agnes Feehan, Mary Newman, Mary McGahan, Mary Spies, aged 18, Rosa Mcßride, Maggie Lynch, aged 10, Mary Lynch, aged 20, Marv and Jennie Carey sisters, aged 20 and 22, Minnie Khnedinst, aged 11, Margaret McGahan, aged 30, Bridget Gaffry, aged 28, YY in field Gaffry, aged 21, Mannie O’Neil, aged 3, Fannie L. Maria, Mary Linburg, two sis ters named Parr, Annie Owens, Mollie Murphy, Mary Hn*rhp goa it. Olivia scuil, an infant, Mary Ilammill, Ar Alic e. Ryan, Johanna O Connell, Mary Giblin, Elizabeth Con pjf 8 ’ a fed 22, Annie Miller, aged 23, Elizabeth Bockman, aged 60, and daughter Elizabeth, aged 19, Patrick Ryan, aged 38, James Owens, YV. H. P. jkcobs, 1 nomas S. Moseman, Daniel Giblens, an infant Aibert Ro BB , aged 40, Jessie Sum wait, Henry Linburg and infant, YViliiani wosll'k’., aj f ed 18 * Bt’raard Gately, Ed ward Gollahan and Annie YY r eidel. The parties resided in almost every section of the city, being members of Catholic churches in different localities. The Nan in an “extra,” issued after one o clock, says: “The boat had made three trips to Tivoli. The morning boat took down 100, the two o’clock boat 1,200.and the 81x ® e l°ck boat 75. This latter boat reach ed the pier at 8:30 o’clock, and prepared to take all hands back to the city at once as requested by Father Starr. The ex cursionists knowing that this was the only boat dashed along the pier until they were stopped by the gate, near the steamer. Some noisy youths tried to climb over the gate, and a man and a boy seated themselves on the rail with their legs hanging. A sudden move ment caused the rail to break, and the two were thrown into the water. Com motion followed this, but before efforts had even taken shape to save them there was a crash and a chorused shriek. Splin ters flew in every direction, and about two hundred people were strmrirlim* — "Vic OUU^^llU< r among broken timbers in eight feet of water. The noise and cries were so loiul that water men heard them two miles away. 1 hose who witnessed the scene 6tate that it was sickening. The moon had gone down and the only light was that shed by two feeble coal oil lamps, home of the rescuers took the barge lan terns and set them on the wharf. Two of them exploded and added fresh horrors to the scene. Those on the decks of the barge threw life preservers, stools and benches into the water. These struck a good many on the head and knocked them insensible. Others let down planks and ropes. An indescribable hopelessness and terror reigned. There were shrieks, curses, groans, cries for God to “save us’’ andheatrending prayers for help. Darkness impelled the help rendered by those who jumped into the water. The movements of the barge caused a wash that carried those who were battling the water under the wharf and among the piles. The men were mostly able to struggle out. Those raales who were drowned were trying to help women and chil dren. After the confusion was over, a huge fire was built on the shore for those who had been saved, and their ciothes were soon drying. Dragging for the bodies was then commenced.’* The Coroner’s inquest into the disaster began this evening. The testimony indi cates that the accident was due to the condition of the pier. The piles support ing the floor were shown to be about ten teet. Ihe floor was patched in number less places, and the timbers supporting it were badly rotted. A piece ot one of • stringers was exhibited * me only It was entiiciy 'A'„*the disaster has oeen ao •~~s><Lta .be y> lg t jj e pj er has been in constant use, and tu> crowds upon it were olten as great as vo day. No ex planatmn has been given as to what was the immediate cause of the collapse of the pier. There seems to have been no cause other than the weight of the people upon it. THE CONVICT QUESTION. ’I Text of the Bill Providing War „ , r. dens. , Regular Cos. ! A TLA XT A * °J the Homing Xews. the full text ol tie following is E. A. Perkins, of introduced by Dr. whom no member of the*i_ Col,n tJ> than more exjierience with the <fu bas ba( l properly caring for the convicts oiTHP of gia under the immediate control oi tilt, State. The bill is on the same line as Gov. McDaniel’s new convict rules: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act, the Governor of this State lie authorized and required to appoint some suitable and proper persons as Wardens, one for each of the companies now leasing the convicts of the State, and known as compan ies number one, two and three; and a Warden for the convicts nowin charge of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad Company, as long as said companies shall have charge of any number of said convicts. Said Wardens shall hold their office during good behavior, subject to removal by the fiovernor. at his discretion. They shall each receive a salary of |I,OOO per annum, to be paid in quarterly installments, out of the fund arising for the hiring of said convicts, on Executive war rants, as other civil officers of this State are paid. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, That should said penitentiary companies, for their own convenience, divide the convicts in their control, and establish other penitentiary camps, and work said convicts at points so distant from the prin cipal camps that the Warden appointed for said company cannot, in the opinion of the Governor, properly inspect said camps and discharge the duties hereinafter required of them, then it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint as many As sistant " ardens as he may * deem necessary; but in noevent appointing more than one Assistant Warden for each camp. 9#id Assistant Wardens shall he appointed m Of six lmndr C ed'uknar 3 Ol^ n annum ’an |T ing upon the “helrhduHes^^hafi of;hitsLto^etoU^rth: JUdiCialomCer ~ * (* 0 solemnly swear that t will diligently execute all of the duties lawfiillv it mured of me as an oflicerof the penitentiarv regu la Don sfo? eKevutiou laws ami tui M, , the government of the same, jnentammrdetf bvTaw?or the rnles’anif U uV 011 i 80f ttle Penitentiarv, so help me Gad * Principal KeSl 1 ‘he Sfflce dt lie recoto^'l,y e m P fIrof 1 rof the Penitentiary a,< l *e Iho * I 1 ’ a . n amount sufficient to cover b Ution r tor "T 1 ? o ™. '* rOVided 118 H|°fJ7> r . ll “' Assistant YV a/dens ap pointed for their respective comnsnies And saXeurn Sm of f ithcr of them to pal- in nr noM 11,1111 ten days from the expiration of each quarter, it shall he the duty of he lie iß™erebv P nth Cd to Y ollect Vie same. And vote authorized and directed to re turn,, 1 orders granted authorizing the di separato cSm,, 01 ‘'*i S ° f “ M company into sip.irau c amps, and require them returned comp- uv 0 iJu tllc P rinn ‘l ,;ll camp of said Y*. Cl thes uperviiou of tlie Warden appointed for said company. bEt.5. Aud be it further mulcted Iru the au i,B,lall 'othe dutv of *hhi .tnlcn? ami Assistaut Wardens to reside d ? l '. Pear the camps to which they are au cami d wUhom"Jh abst, ”M thcmßelvus from sai ' l camp* without the written permission of the to S more'Z’ 'V 0 B ! ,aU not b( ' author,zell tinm am wU , a n u ‘. n ' l;, ' V 8 k> ave at any one mm. and p ho shall designate some Kniialtln person to attend to his duties during such ah. sc ne e. And said person designated shall t ike the same OMt h rannimwl Af ill #??! re 9 u,re(l of Wardens. i iV OI , e '', ar, *ons apiiointe dunder this act eoi! iuXnf Si lally 1 ally - 'uspection of the camps, die tals ere'etod’ 'V ,lri ?f >n (‘ r ? , tfi(‘ i r quarters,hospi iais erected for the sick, the ouautitv ami quabtv of the rations issued and its prepara mcnf ,e The 0 v h X g „ 0f '' on . vi, ' tß and tlieir trem ment. Iliey shall read to the eonviets nil Kee! er'TXn 1 ° r,l< ‘ rs 18!i,led b - v t,le Principal mw rnuZ government, and see that (mLi Ti “ regulations are strictly eu foroo'l’ and report promptly any and all' vio lations of such rules by said lessees, their ser vants and agents. Ami shall obey all lawful thorUvo'f t^' ,latlOQß ‘r Bllud undr t,le au thority of the Governor for the management and Inspection of said camps. M t i>ermiDn,i olll .v arsons authorized or | t | L s," I IC ! punishment upon anycon- to* ff for a violation of the rules eo nd' n. !? t,le , ir government. Aud when sha !,tL i ? ad ? against any convict, it the mm ids in t 1 ’' °, f 4 he Warden to investigate determine the character .if i U „ l , 1 tlle punishment. The punish “n or hv I.U and? fl ' Ct f and by '*'' harden in per i rcsem"' v , T rct,on ’ ilndi “ imme.fiate Presence. And any person who shall inflict nf l Jh ßhra f nt up°" any convict for a violation les prcscriljed for their government othir than tlie person duly appointed for that puriiose, except by direction aXI in he imn e gltotv Pr o rr fu f Buch Warden sliall be flierefor sifai/ 0 ony ’- and 011 conviction laWito ? U ..imprisoned at hard m’rio. „oVi . Penitentiary of this State for a !ng two yearsf *" “** mouths nor exceed ■i iii in, dut J r of , Ba,d Wardens to keep by the pftoctoaiV b<>ok tu s bu furnished them cad da\ Th. . Keeper, of the hours of lahor I .. '. . a> „’.. e amount of rations issued, the S L 1 of . lhc punishment in ffictell ;V,., ®, off -‘nse for which itwasin- K , lck ’ tbejiames of con deaths an 1 1 d,BC .', larged ’ t,le number of and sncliVithee f auße ’, 110 number of escapes, UK^Ccipffi t, Kee C^r. aßmay bC m,aire</ by lhcy siiall make a report weekly to the conv'tlUTi U y d 7 oath ’ 111 w’liich they shall boSL- and in b ; re, ° r : l as entered in their fri'elv an'of /£, * as f °f escapes shall state irueiv all of the facts and circumstancefl con case°of"tlie tim lesße es or their servants. In m-tkendetan g of a convict they shall in.iKe a detailed report of all the facts mi ^ f ° r r the Coro “er ? s in or ...ikrXf,LnXf^ PO, ;?offi aH a e nd M n v! practiced,'and sucl,’other tfme OVCr "° r may require from time to be T forwa?ded to Vi'® A9sißt . ant Warden shall the office of the Pri th - ey be returned to a ' ' '""upal KcciH-rand carefully JbZemid £ r\l/t U £ h * r ena <i fd h <J the authority erao?dcte^,i„V n ,f V ? , Case "'here the Gov'- iw'i hundrea'doil payß a8 daina ges the sum of ivvo nunared dolJars, as provided in section 7 Of an act approved February 25. lsrti am sai.’l rdu^:'lhem ;^V ,r V a " 1 ? sca P e, f eonviets and he p'tvm .t or ° r i k w,thln tc “ months after le l Bum >, without expense to , '.Y', !' •. tne Governor shall, upou being sat lsfentered ', lirect said so paid to oc euttred as a credit upon the nav rolls of ed ftoXllle ne’v| lUd that araonnt lo Wdeduct company. nexl Payment to be made by sucl. afolemid £ L‘ t J ,, rt enacted by the authority iCsU-i n of n. , U o ßhall * .** -‘uty of the anotice . .1, St ;“F Penitentiary to keep Sorts of 'Hi,! e '‘apitoi, at which all the re iv the i,. t . I . < o "'i , ' a ,', ly , physicians, appointed e , * ew ’ 8,11,11 bellied, and which lie . SU a" ll monthly to the Governor for his 11 " latl °n: w hich shall then be returned to TSZESFIX s-Hutton mav renuire V. ,ri , nnm 118 tl,e Governor ii snect l c,.'i. H 8,1 all v,slt and personally ani at convict camp, as ofteh diroet n,.. 1 . ' “''r 88 'I‘C Governor may iiioet, not lesn than once in three month/ the sanitarv ! le B >' a H strictly investigate ° f , the conwcG and the com for t* "l nVi? ? thl, Vr re| ating to health and dithin of “peowlly to scrutinize the con sick iln. i .n ‘’’“intals, the treatment of the Charge am! and e ® ciency of nurses in of the camn ! i con, P cte ney and faithfulness oi me camp physicians. He shall direct and assist in such capital or other surgical opera- ; 0 “ 8 i‘ e r>' abfe to dT in a b V“ X em \n% treatment* ,J'y r , honal ! y superintend the regulation. ,y ,lt n ßUch Quarantine or other thf spread of T‘ ’i' n 1118 judgment, check ine spread or the disease, and protect the m>rr'e? r i 80n0r f! ; !tnil B,laU make a detailed re {,** 1 c.jch week to the Governorof the regula- U. e to' i'n.e' - , H, l ' shall recommend, Rora con?icu l M me C i h chan p ß . in ‘he diet of the l inn ■“, na L be . can,f ‘; fav c to.health, and Gi'c iliet i!. thorized to direct what shall lie '''O'het of the sick in the hospital, and until they are reported back for duty again. \nd duties ret l“tree! to perform such other a eV^‘.r ~e,:tl °“ i vUh the penitentiary quire. 6 may from time to time rc'- afaSiab %!L/?? he o enac l e ‘ l f 'U thf authority of tRe PekiTi e ,he ? ffice of Assistant Keeper ahoUshefL 1 tent iary be - an<l the same is hereby n Penitentiary Committee, of which t U h -At , k .T' 8 t-hairinan, have suhmitted renJri Jr L" 8 Pe c tion of the Attorney icneraJ of the state, who will suggest any needed changes to make its proyiuted constitutional and binding rights of tbp moved calmly , fi,.. . Jt'fy in the matter of a reform •u the treatment of convicts, and his ac tion has been heartily sustained by all good citizens. The creation of the office of Assistant Keeper of the Penitentiary was one important step in putting the convict question out of politics, and the passage of this hill will render it impos sible hereafter to raise party issues'based upon the wrongs of the convict lease sys tem. This hill, as well as Governor McDan iel’s new rules, provides that convicts shall lie punished, hut that it shall he done In accordance with law, and the dic tates of a wise humanity. Chatham. Newport’s Strange Recluse. Fur port ( R. I.) special to X. J”. World , 2id. In a very beautiful house, which stands in lovely grounds on the second most ex tensive fashionable thoroughfare in this city,residesoneofour best known citizens, or rather he is supposed to reside there, for so far as any absolute knowledge on the part of the public is concerned, there huilttt. He has not been outside of the The r&it a very long time, public no one t.his non-appearance in say that he is affinrj* to know. Many dria. others maintain SKjfh hypochon love of wealth causes hib. his. great a life of perfect seclusion I ;'' lead not a few declare that there irf’e hidden reason for his strange conduct, and which they put down to blighted hopes in love affairs many years ago. However important may be a person’s business, it is impossible for any one to see the recluse; no amount of entreaty will bring one to his presence. He is wealthy, and yet rather than transact business with lawyers and notaries, and which would enure' to his benefit, he per mits his affairs to go unattended to. This desire for seclusion has grown upon the gentleman during the past two or three years, previous to which he was seen frequently in society, and his name was upon the visiting lists of the majority of the cottagers. It is said by those around him that his seclusion has been of such a long duration that the sight of a stranger, even at a distance, causes him to have a fit of nervous depression from which it takes him a long time to rally. The Horsfortl Almanac and Cook Book mailed free on application to the Rum ford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I. } A TEAR, i ' ® CENTS A COPT. J JACKSONVILLE’S BATTLE. THE ESCUIiAPIAX CORRESPOX DEXT AGAIN AT WORK, Ue Tells the Story of the Recent Rpi. . * m . ,C „ After * 10, Quarantine In a House City and County l aunch ♦■d on a \eritable Boom. H I Ju, y 24—After an un n'fr^teil Sllenoe of "early four months, it mv for™* KFeat ? leasure again to renew n£h m aCqUaintHnce with the readers of the Mormng News. The recent outbreak of that foul die ase-smaii-pox-in this community. i 8 the first visitation of the kind experienced since the disbandment oi the Confederate army immediately after the late civil struggle. At that time ii Wild vofr erally distributed throughout the South by our returning soldiers and many loculi tips 8u tiered severely. Its appearance in this citv after an in les a “ ia,,yyearß author! tjts, to some extent, unprepared with the proper facilities for the immediate sub jugation of the disorder. Avery 1 arae number of whites, and the negroes most universally, were unprotected by .It was found necSy to f'lin f ; e<|Ul ‘- a I>est house ' and to ob miTses Tm r - VlCes a . physician and nurses. I his was effected as speedily as possil.le, and the Board of Health dis worthl of *??Ii nt ° f ' v,8 I dom a " <l activity worthj of all commendation. They were aided in their work by the prompt and >, co^, Peration of the city anacoun &M oPltfe * and bv tbe voluntary and Ml r assmta,,w of various assooia lions ot citizens. ~ th o greatest difficulties to meet i,, irt' erCOln< V b! u S t,eon tlj e ignorance and ndiflerence ot the negroes upon the sub- J ,ll t ell® anUar , y regulations. Throughout , tb ® ® nt, r? period of the disease there has thLVI dl ! po81tlon 0,1 the I ,ar t of manv ot %?%"'?**** tho9tl suffering from ll ® disorder, as well as infected cloth condition of affairs required extraordinary vigilance and greatly in creased the labors and responsibilities of the custodians of the public health. Sev eial deaths and numerous cases have been traced directly to the besotted igno cu‘Pabilitv of parties who removed clothing from houses in which uie disease had occurred. ,J'..!'' Jolltak ; e into consideration the 1 1 illation of Duval county, numbering n*w about 25,000, the absence of protee tiai from non-vacci nation, the fact that uluZ 1° ? e ? roeß ’ Proverbially more rl!r .i t 0 lts lnl,,, enees than the white rate, the rate of mortality has not been ™ 8 t lVO \ I u r in s. tfle ,ate war when the intients in the Confederate small-pox a > at Richmond were picked men hi twen the ages ot 25 and 50 years, vete ran soldiers accustomed to hardshins and ' icissitudes.the regular a f regular average mortality, T . j, cjiember correctly, was 45 per cent. despue of the best metUcal skill In the entire South, and the profes t)u>\xrlu 8 * as llere as in any part of the worl4. trained nurses and all the ap pliances then available. 1 mlLlt* 8 2 ount >’ there have been up to the present time about 175 patients and S2 deaths, p, must be borne in mind, how ever, that Marge proportion of the suf ferers was from the slums of the city and Tf ly or quite !*alf Of Whom 7; re . 4 *Heeled by serious constitutional disorders, in addition to those whose sys tems were inpaired more or less by lives • "tompraye and debauchery. Tak ing all these facts into consideration, the general result will bear a favorable com parison with those of similar institutions in the large cities throughout the coun- A noticeable feature was the fact that the disease affected mulattoes more lightly and yieHed more readily to treat ment than in th case of the unmixed and Ethiopians. There were only about ten deaths among the white population. - ® e !* ec t upon the business interests oi the city lor several weeks was quite disastrous. In eo6equence of the quar antine enforced by many of the interior towns against freight,as well as persons, many oi our merchants had their sales greatly curtailed. Sone of our friends in the country lost their heads entirely and adopted regulations Hat were the off spring of terror rather than cool judgment and reflection. Now that the flurry and alarm have subsided, it must be conceded that a disease that has prevailed for a ** I° ur mouths amid a population ol -,>,000 souls, with a mortality consid erably less than one daily, should not nave turnished occasion fw the wide spread apprehension that existed. 'V ith the exception of half a dozen con v.descents still at the pest house and a lew cases that are corrnled. in a remote part of the county the fell disease, it is hoped, has been exterminated. The wheels ol trade revolve with their usual briskness, the steamers are taking heavy lreights up the river, merchants wear a prosperous appearance, land-seekers are neither “few nor far between,” and al though m the very midst of summer, the volume of trade is highly satisfactory, rhe construction of the two new rafl loads from this point to the southern por tion of the peninsula, requiring as they do the employment of large gangs o'f laborers and the necessai y expenditure ot considerable amounts of money the greater portion of which finds its wav to the city, keeps everything in a brisk and lively condition. An unusual amount of building is going on this summer, and the city and its numerous suburbs show many marked and handsome improvements. Real es tate steadily advances in value, and is constantly changing hands to the satis iaction of both sellers and purchasers. Jacksonville is now the terminus of four different railroads, to which number will shortly be added two others, the work upon which is rapidly progressing. Her future is full of promise, and is based upon a solid and seeure foundation. Her facilities and situation are such that she must always control a very large share of the trade of this State and supply the wants ot the major portion of the popu lation. 1 Should the projected ship canal be com pleted, and the St. John’s river form a link of that gigantic enterprise, we shall see a large portion of the world’s com merce passing in front of our doors. Grai elevators, cotton compresses, ship r marine docks and huge lumber ■ A ’ nv,Ue line our water front, and „ ,m P°rtant will fast take rank 34TSt'ate are geuer ? coll(,, tlon. Com alhaf is satisfactory/ l ufeivT of tba s that the caterpillar has attacked the cot ton in Hamilton county, and has made its appearance in force. 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