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Tißl -I'HEB 1850. (
'r||i , Editor and Proprietor. )
, rnb IN THREE STATES.
1 AND SOUTH
eEO CABOW> API Z ,N XY, * K '
.. oil Stolen Whisky.
. frot** 11 " 1 !, ir Ot It 4 Youthful
,|KI whJl Vonlerer llehl for Man
-1...1inn "* ,H, -“
h
*uni<‘ r ' t ,>K>.l -
threw open its door*
. iiii- tlt** lessee of the
■ . „ I- : u,if it \lliany.
house i" T■Month
11 a few dat* ago.
i,.,rtlv liv the Rome
tit. electric lire
~m'jt iif hi- ham. T.
also lost Ills
-- ni‘ the telegraph
mill Bartlesville are
. - m nl il. D.
u mniU'r dray anil
red.
ied Wrinkle, Bowen
; ,wav from home. It
ailventure.
\. Harris, of t'allioun.
- .sr Valley on next
s.nmra the week fol
~:iy~: ••The Savan
' N rove- w ith age. Its
- , -1 a 1 letters are the
~ , .. nf Winfred, was
V- l: n. <he was .in the
t ,i. which was thrown
: her hill not -erioitslv
, niihrei s’ turiientine still
i \ un i revs* turpentine still ;
I : week/ it
I ver charge of rosin. The
I There ■' bo
I mi-eii the death of his
1 II ' ,t Washington a few ;
1 , kmfi at him. which
1 ie- - .I. has he.ni held loan- j
I .. Imitary manslaugh- !
I- enty six ear load* of
.1 from V aldosta this
-iupment- amounted s
I- . .'ie ears. Itisesti- ’
I have gone from
1 u i hit-f Templar and
1 - r . "I'led ill itislitut-
I Templars at Heard.
I . ■ station.oil Thursday !
I \. sunnier. speeial Deputy. 1
Ii hief Templar, and is I
. - -.1 timers.
I ary having reeom- j
j.g .".f a t ounty Court. ’
~r unanimously selected
Ifor the appoint- ;
, ..art. The bar has also i
i , '• to he presented to the
Mr. Wikle l>eappointed,
•ii mst.. is the time lived
, .... - • .tiers of Walker
i— upon the qnes
- shall lie issued
i the eourt house,
i —a. uils for the sum
:e-r at 7 per rent. i>er
—tied in deuomitia
i will 1h- s*ld for their
; the Isolds will fall
-ays: "It rarely
in !e a more pitiable
than occurred in our •
xi . Kvan- Jenkins, an
■ ii. in the Fifteenth
■ iii. rrliagic fever. He
,1 .. -hurt time. II i
n . ullluterruiitedly athi
iaed with grief and
V - - saw her husband
• ; -y mto an adjoin
-v. , an ounce of lauda
_ , l and would not
, F.o’i.iiately medical aid
. r. r at hand, and hut
■ te - iell-i.il death would
New York /
: e ■ urmus develop
. • ~f tie prohibition of liquor
-unties, a ra~e from
~oine tune ago
. ’ a 10-gallon keg ..f
■ * ; . and Watson Moore
: • ad whisk\. and also *
U ... George slept Wat
the keg and t.-.k
■ t Watson kept in a hi- !
1 -i -; i.eorge to helieie that lie
>• -aid so publicly. Wat
- t ed out a writ against
‘ the next superior
images done to hischarae
• f theft. After a time Wat -
-** and sent tor three ph\ -
.... a*l him out again, then;
-were elo-elv watched, and ho ]
, - 1 1 little briar patch iu an oh. I
It Was while lie was engaged it
. - vi-:s that it was ascertained tha
hidd' n there and a reed thr • .gi
. .iloained the liquor. Watson aid |
• .-r • taken into eustoilv andcarml
'a M gi-trate, where Watson wml
,j to pav for the whi-k . -. via
i- of which he had used up. Tliecaf I
-i \v at-ou went t<> tin- < lerl s !
11, the damage -.at. aid
f I oKIDA.
, ait', has a hw-ftiot front exbflit •
i ..ii -v i 0 Exposition,
f p,. • To peaehe- sold in Baltitiore
t s for IS quarts.
rol the Telegrapher-' Mk
, eenotganize i in rkusicola.
Ti. .ft aptain VV. J. Jarvx, at
. ently destroyed by tire
[i .. - i..aue of anew pust otll e on
■ ! r, >■: Aeeji Brooks ville and Tani a.
parftt of the State sat that
prospectors seeking kvest-
I . .. aiig suede of the K> who
..... i, - <u unity in 1*74 reently
K. i.• ; • er- -till lieing sold on tlie
• 1 a-- e. They bring t’o cents
\ • nto he called the "Middle
1 l. i Vgencv" has len tnned at
Mu : son.
P r.i.-g pa-t -ix months thiry couples
■ !iu the liori'L- of lmtrimony
- rge pines suddenly drojped to an
r-: . in ,ir the head of Svift creek,
v\ . of Orange countv died last
s. .11 the father of Ho*. John M.
Bi in. Uie same county.
my has another new town
ystenec. known as. Bskers
ie- northeast of tie town of
- Is-eti elected Miyor of Or
el- former! i from Tava
rv-. . : tger Ilf the -aw tnd planing
i. .t. . irpeliters is rep.rted at Tav
\ tv large number of buildings are
t .i which are deliyed for want
eg in.-n of IXLand pro|s>-c
i ii.iiitarv rontpan’. They have
ippoiutinent of a militia olli
i ii tus pronising as usual,
vi . during the bloon, injured the
sci ippemtmg ha* suf
ghl hi May .
M - . l .ne.-. a dangliler of Senator
lal and lte mcßium
■ u her stieli* - at the Visitation
• .eorgelown, I>. .
**-. w ■ in. ~f Lake t.'ity, has raised the
s e at lii- place, some of which
• a -.unci-s. and <y>cipared ipiite
w ith the Northern frail.
i . I’.iwcrs. senator from >t.
. who was sums months since
*■. i ■'raly-• -, lia- recovered snfll
r iiovct from his home, across
ths ri r. toi.recn Cove.
Ii II a. of Fcrnandina. has almost
' "* L arrangement.- to rebuild his
- rcictrly hurned. The
■ . .. constitide I principally
• lid covered with tin.
r K •- >V nr w.>d. Si . feet in diameter,
- to the l/.ui- ilh- ExfKMittoo as
*\ |'V !• les -|iecimen-of many
-of wtssl. .-rowing along the
i'en.- tcol;, and Atlantie Railroad.
. ' r "i ; exhibit at latuisvillc is still
' itiielese attracts a great deal
1 I>i-stoi tom pan \ has sent
trn ev. ; an<t dor.aied f list to assist in
• i•'.i .l -n.-es of the Florida display,
o t • i"or!~ from the drowning of
,'."* " v - ..f Bellville,state that it is
■i'lmoi* of the community that
, ••n.pi mg to cross the river at the
and coining to a deep place, was
, y 1 ; *er. living -even miles northeast
'' e northern portion of Orange
'arge force of hands at work
u - : -s - cop, of liitmmock land, upon
(, ■ oi.-.nge grove will be planted for
' ! lonse. of J'sris, who is sending
"j ' * ' ,rl, la to develop a grove.
, • ago the steamer Echo carried
, " 'da for 11. Baars .V Cos. n large
!„, , ' r - It contained 2,500 pieces, 81
; . •■‘"dr measurement: equal to
t c h i t per stick, which baits up
••net of fed, and
,-i **>* Ibe name of lietwilcr is
-i lioal .a Tavares to navt
a . aaba and >t. John’s rivers and
i to Indian river, and he tdso in
- far as i barlotte Harbor and
n. . 1 , ," fhis .-raft, the lar.'gtn of which is
IU . ' :l "> 5 feet and depth 2n inches.
k'k* - for a faioruble location to cn
.. .. | ■.
fr .‘iV '’".“colored man. was brought
!o!-. . county iast Tuesdav, and
Vti". ''' l.ivc Oak. f,,r killing VVillts
Helivtp",'. p' r “ :I " r, *d man, at a church near
sfii. . ' ! Sunday. There was au old
~ , * 'tween the two men, anil
tWiiii,,, i ' ''hureh, i„ i, the quarrel was
*i<vdrew a ptstol and Bred
*"Mr. "''Miflioiit I ldect, wusu John
. - knif, ihiiu. with fafal
J.W u- Mn, ‘- WROLtm*.
■bed in fit* left
*Tes aiv .■„ * B r"sy l:|st week- Both
The n 1.0.1, 1 ituduve iilsiumter connty.
V. 1 *‘y Wiaw. ru,Lr that Ur. Jos.
Savannah morning news
\ ates had been drowned near s u llivan's Is
land on Friday night, while swimming off the
hack beach, is not true.
Col. J q. Marshall, of the Palmetto Regi
rnent has offered a military escort to the
i weirth Regiment South t arolina Volunteers
at its reunion in Columbia on August 16.
A Jersey joint stock company, organized at
I tokens recently, have purcha-eda thorough
tired Jersey bull fnmiTheron F'arle,of Green
ville. There is talk of ordering a car load of
Jersey cows and heifers.
A letter from I’nion Courthouse, S. C., da
te 1 August 2, says: "The outlook is gloomy
tndeeil. Anything like au average crop is
out of the question, unless exceptionally good
seasons should set in."
Perry Jeter, who was to have been hung on
the ::d instant at I'niou for arson committed
last April, was respited and a stay of proceed
ing granted by the Governor, upon notice
that an ap|ieal would lie taken to the Supreme
Court. 1
It is estimated that there i- already in sight
enough criminal business to occupy the
greater parT of the two weeks allotted for the
•cloiler term of court for Chester county,
and there is still two and ;t half months to
hear from.
Mr. Roliert Moorehead. of Anderson, has in
his jKisscssion a genuine Hidiau battle axe
taken from the Creek Indians in 1812, which
las father, the late Alexander Moorehead. got
in lxu. It is alsiut two leet long and made of
dogwood.
The Barnwell /Vo/>/c says: "The crop re
ports of the last week from all sections of the
county are uniformly disheartening. Ac
cording to the general estimate not more than
half a crop of corn and two-thirds of a crop
of cotton will lie made.l
James Brown, colon! , is under sentence to
he hanged for arson. Walhalla, on the 10th
iii>4. A |H*tition for tie commutation of his
sentence to imprisonment for life has been
tiled w ith the Governor, but as vet he has
taken no action on it.
There is a gold ring in the Ransdale family,
of Orangoburg. worn by Miss Alice Ransdale,
that is computed H Im* not far from two hun
dred years old. It was the wedding-ring of
Mrs. l*ou, the great-great-grandmother of
the young lady now wearing it.
Thomas Thomas, colored, was found dead
last week on the p antation of Mr. A. Able,
iu the Fork, <>ran_fhurgcounty. An inquest
was held by Trial/Justice F'anning, acting
Coroner, and a.vnfliet w as rendered that the
deceased came to qis death from heart disease.
The AhlM-ville trout and Banner says: "The
month of July lia•?been unprecedentedly hot
and dry. from tliddirst to the last. Verv little
rain Ims fallen in this month, and the'whole
county has -uffV-rSd intensely for rain, until a
very few days :cJ, when partial showers be
gan to fall." T
Governor Tli Apson has sent to the Sheriff
of Lexington i pinty an affidavit made by the
delegation of armers who visited him on the
;; d in -1 - in regard to the recent agrarian out
rages in Lexington, and ha> instructed him to
lake the neec ;ry steps to have the pcr)ictra
tors arrested.
Anew can i is to Im* opened from 1 tingle's
mill to the h> til w aters of the renowned Tur
key creek, i Sumter county. The prime ob
ject is to dri.tn the land through that section.
Workmen ire now engaged upon it. This
will stretol. out Turkey creek, which is thus
gradually .pproaching the sea.
In Ihinliin township,the other day. a negro
went down into a well which was filled with
foul gas. On being called uo response was
made, w hen a young white man present vol
ume rcl to go down and fasten a chain around
the 1 "J.' of the negro. When laith were drawn
to t! e surface the negro was dead and the
you g roan unconscious.
I ie aniden Jimrtuil says: "The question
of abor is certainly a serious one with our
pi., iters just now . more serious than many of
tin m realize. 1 luring the spring the farmers
1 ii to pay a much higher rate for wages than
t ir crops would justify them iu doing, and
ii. v there is a probability that more trouble
w 1 lie given this fall than has yet beenex
p. rienced.”
.distressing accounts from various quarters
er Williamsburg county sav in man v places
i e corn i- actuallv falling down and the eot
t n shedding Imtli leaves and forms. The
. >rn crop on an average is cut off" a least 50
I *r eeiit. and the cotton so seriously damaged
* mt il will fall considerably below the nver
ge. even should there be good seasons from
low on.
The < iraugebtirg Times ts informed that Mr.
. Bell, who keeps store aliout twelve miles
mm WalterlMiro. sold by mistake a few da % s
•i man a package of morphine for
iunine, the package being pnt up in the same
nape and bioking very much alike. The
>ackage was plainly marked and the colored
.nan who bought it could read and write.
Nevertheless this did not avert the direful
consequences, lie administered some of it to
his wife and two of his children. The chil
ren died, but the woman recovered.
Judge Witherspoon's decision in the case of
J. T. Nix. a mem lie r of the Greenville bar,
against whom a rule was i—nod to show cause
why he should not lie disbarred for alleged
malpractice, xitcli as swindling clients, wits
tiled on tin- 41 h inst. The decision sustains
the mode of proceeding as proper, and holds
that it is within the power and discretion of a
< ironit Judge to disbar au attorney when a
case of the kind is fully made out. ’ The evi
dence did not satisfy tiie court, however, as
to Mr. Nix’s guilt of the charges preferred
and the rule was discharged.
The Anderson lueelliymcer says: "Mr. W.
A. Neal, of Hopewell township, in this coun
ty. i- one of the most progressive and sne
ce>sful farmers in our county. His oat and
wheat crop this year was exceptionally good,
and was produced at very moderate cost, as
the following statement shows: Twenty-one
acres sown in oats from the and to the Btli of
December, produced X 35 bushels, or 39 16-21
bushels per acre. The expense of production,
exclusive of mules and tools, was $152 12—
making thee ost of Ins oat crop, exclusive of
mule- and tools, a little less than 18' 4 cents
jier httsltel. or a clear profit at last year's
prices of s2sx 85. which would he at least S2O
per acre, clear of all cost. Forty acres in
wheat, sown from the Bth to the 25th of De
cember, produced 527 bushels, or 13 1-5 Intsli
els per acre. Cost of production w as, exclu
-ive of mules and tools, $267 61. Cost of wheat
ler bushel 50 4-5 cents, or a profit, exclusive
of mules and tools, of $523 39. which would
lie a clear profit i>er acre of aliout $12.”
THE TELEGRAPHERS’ STRIKE.
The Western Union Considers the Bat
tle Won.
New York. August 4. —A careful in
quiry at the Western I’nion building of
the chief officials goes to show that they
are determined to make the fight on the
present lines, if it takes all summer.
Unless all signs fail, the executive mana
gers are convinced that they have already
won the battle. The official telegrams re
ceived at headquarters from all points in
dicate that they have held their own, and
in the larger cities are gaining a few from
the strikers and rapidly training in new
bands. An inspection of the New York
operating room shows that twenty strikers
have returned, and that a more or
less skilled force, equal to two-thirds of
the regular force, are at work, which is
quite sufficient now that the business
offered is not more than two-thirds the
usual business. The Wheatstone rapid
instruments are now worked by four
English women and three Englishmen,
old ojierators in England, but now here,
who recently applied ff.r work, and that
they are doing good work is evident from
the fact that they sent and received 22,000
messages in one dav from Chicago to or
from New York. There is another rapid
system, the Wbitehouse, which six men
are working, which is doing heavy work
between the largest cities. The present
force is not exhausted, but is allowed to
work as little or as much as they care to,
and are paid a day’s wages for each and
every seven hours they work, •
The officers of the company say that they
have been for a year employing a much
larger force than they needed, and, there
fore had less work for each employe, and,
in this way. the salaries were not as large
as might be, but no general reduction has
!>een made for five years; that they have
been carrying on their rolls many super
annuated "and unskilled employes, whom
they have kept out of pity and respect for
past services, but now th'ese Lave left, the
company w ill never reinstate them, and
the new forces, when fully trained, will
prove a great economy. Infact, itisstatep
that the service has lteen demoralized for
many months past by the willful neglect
of operators, and that the new
forces now being organized
will have more esprit and loyalty than
any force the company has ever had in
•he past. The claim is made that the
company will give a better serv ice at less
cost to themselves than ever l*efore. The
claim is also made that the Baltimore and
Ohio will never dare surrender to the
strikers, because the railroad of the same
name would suffer from Gould's railroad
combinations if they should do so, In con
clusion, the Western Union officials are,
rightfully or wrongfully, of opinion that
they are and will be more and more each
day masters of the situation, and that
the strikers must make up their minds
to go into other business, unless
they can live on their ..id wages, as there
are plenty of men and women who can
and will le glad to take their places. The
company hires labor, the officers contend,
as any other eorporation or person, at the
market price, and. w’hije they will be glad
to confer with their own employes, they
slill protest that they will never aljc w
outsiders to run their affairs or those of
their employee so long as tpe market will
provide the skill they uced, as it will evi
dently do at the present time.
Killed by a Portable Engine.
Detroit. August On Saturday
afternoon the boiler of a portable engine
employed in cutting wood for the Michi
gan Central Railroad Company, near
Ogenian, exploded, killing three men.
The names of two are Ira Brand aiulF.O.
Willet. The name of the thjrd is un
known.
It Seems to Satisfy
A family want, aud I wonder how we ever
got along without Parker’s Ginger Tonic.
It cured me of nervous prostration, and I
1 have used it since for all sorts of com
plaints i our family. Mrs* dines, Albany
CLOSING TIIE RUM SHOPS.
A TEMPERAXCK 111EE -W 11,
P ROM BEING A SINECURE.
Counties Which Once Vote Whisky Out
Not to be Exposed to its Return—The
I Inal Passage of the Bill Again De
layed—Notes iu the Senate and About
Town.
Ai lanta, Ga., July 6.—ln the House
to-day Mr. lteese offered a resolution that
no new bill lie introduced after August
10, except by unanimous consent. It
conies up to-morrow for action. The
rttles were suspended, and Mr. Johnson,
of Lee, introduced a bill changing the
time of holding Court of Ordinary in
Lee from the third to the first Monday in
the mouth.
Mr. Crenshaw, of Troup, ott’ered a reso
lution to adjourn sine die September Ist.
It comes up to-morrow for action.
A resolution for two daily sessions after
Monday next was tabled. '
Mr. Reese, of Wilkes, moved todisplace
tne temperance bill this morning, and call
the roll ot counties for new bills. Messrs.
Humber and Jenkins, of Putnam, oppos
ed, as three days had already been tie
voted to this bill, and it was bad policy to
lose tin* Itenefit of this work by a dis
placement that would imperil the suc
cess of the bill.
Mr. Pringle also opposed, and Mr. Reese
withdrew the motion.
Mr. Humber then called the previous
question on section five. Bv llte action
on Friday, the last provisn, which allow s
whisky to be voted in after being voted
out, was stricken out.
Mr. Middlebrooks, of Newton, moved to
reinsert this proviso.
The roll call was ordered and resulted
in .ie yeas to 5B nays. The section was
then adopted by 64 yeas to 42 nays. The
hill was then pul on its passage.
Mr. Hoge, of Fulton, made a powerful
argument against the injustice and uneon
stitutionality of the ninth section, but
would vote for the rest.
Mr. Kitnsey, of White, replied to Mr.
Hoge’s legal points with considerable
force, and was followed on the same line
by Mr. Jenkins, of Putnam, in an elo
quent appeal for temperance.
Mr. Falligant, sustained Mr. Hoge’s
position, and declared the hill deceptive
in its provisions and not sincere. He
spoke over half an hour, and at times was
quite impassioned.
Mr. Sweat, of Clinch, charged that the
opponents, while professing to he friendly
to temperance, ottered no better plan than
this bill presented. Pending the discus
sion the House adjourned. To-morrow
morning the State Road lease resolution
is the special order, and there is s]tecial
order for every day this week. It is
therefore hard to teji when or how the
bill will be finally disposed of in the
House. It is a singular fact that there
has been more drunkenness in the House
to-day than at any time during the ses
sion. Members who never drink oppose
the bill, while those who get drank sttp-
I>ort it. The matter is iu rather a mixed
state.
The Immigration Committee has report
ed favorably on tiie Slants plan to promote
immigration, and the bill has gone to the
Finance Committee for further considera
tion. Mr. Watson’s dog law bill has also
lieen favorably considered, and he has as
surances of hearty support from many
members.
IN THK SEN ATE.
In the Senate Mr. Dubignon introduced
a bill to amend section 22!) of the Code, in
regard to the publication of Supreme
Court reports.
Senator Smith's reconsidered motion
for a committee to consider all hills in
regard to the new capitol, was, on motion
of Senator Hoyt, laid on the table. Being
without business, the Senate adjourned
after a half hour’s session.
NOTES ABOUT THE CAPITAL.
The House has kept itself employed
almost constantly in taking in new bills,
and hardly a halt dozen have yet iteen
passed and sent to the Senate. Thus that
i*o<ly finds itself an empty hopper, while
the House calendar is crowded, and more
ready to come in to-morrow.
Bartow county is in a squabble before
the Governor to-day. The grand jury rec
ommend, backed by citizens, James B.
Conyers for County* Judge, but the bar
want John H.Wikie. Governor McDaniel
is rather puzzled over the matter.
K. C. Broom, a painter, w ho was shot in
a row Saturday night beyond the
rolling mill, is iu a critical condition to
night. Tandy Stegall and James L. Mc-
Donald have been arrested, but deny the
charge.
The .Macon Teleyroph’s letter about the
health of Atlanta has stirred up quite an
excitement here. No official figures can
Ite obtained of the number of deaths, but
a cemetery official tells a reporter that
16J burials were made in July, the high
est number ever known in "one month.
The average for May, June. July and Au
gust. last year, was* 130. Cold nights and
hot dry davs have made this season sickly
and increased the death rate.
YELLOW .JACK’S BEIGN.
Matainoras Protest* Against lieini; Put
on the Black List.
Washington, August 6.—The United
States Consul General at Matainoras tele
graphed the State Department as follows:
“The State ol Louisiana has quarantined
all Mexican ports. This is very unjust to
i Matainoras. There is no infectious dis
ease near here. The city is remarkably
healthy, and maintains a strict quaran
tine against Vera Cruz, Tampico and all
: points south of 25 north latitude and
j under the control of the Texas quarantine
officer. New Orleans’quarantine against
Matamoras is needless, and inflicts great
{ commercial damage. Cannot some meas
j ure be taken to have it removed until
j there shall he cause F’
The telegram was referred to the Treas
ury Department, and will be by that de
partment referred to the Louisiana Board
j of Health.
Havana, August 6. —Eleven persons
l out of twelve left here sick with yellow
I fever by the steamer City of Merida,
sailed Saturday for New York. Mr. West,
the first engineer of the City of Merida,
1 was the only patient that died.
THE CHOLERA PLAGUE.
One Hundred and Tell British Soldiers
Already Among the D<*d.
London, August o.—ln the House of
Commons to-day Mr. Gladstone stated
that cholera had greatly delayed the reor
ganization of Egypt, and that an early
withdrawal of the British troops from
that country was not likely, as a stable
government must he established in Egypt
before they are recalled.
Bey rout, August <>.—A sentinel at the
lazaretto here has lteen attacked with
cholera. Another case ot cholera has de
veloped in this town and one case in its
immediate vicinity.
Alexandria, August 6.— One hundred
and ten British soldiers have died from
cholera in Egypt since the outbreak of
the disease.
Seven persons, most of them Europeans,
died here yesterday trout cholera.
I*AUIS, August (>.—.Jules Avonszolm,
professor of organic chemistry, has been
ordered to go to Egypt and study the
features oi the cholera epidemic there,
A Great Eire at Lawrence.
Lawrence, Mass., August ti. — A dis
astrous fire occurred this afternoon in the
mill of tt.c Wright Braid Manufacturing
Company, entailing a loss of $150,(too, of
which SOO,OOO was on the stock, $50,000 on
machinery and SIO,OOO on the building.
The fire was caused by a spark from an
adjoining foundry. One hundred and
bjitty-five operatives are thrown out of
employment, In a room ready for ship
ment were >75,000 worth of goods, and in
the basement M ere seine $25,000 worth of
unmanufactured yarns, which were
partly removed. The company is insured
for soG,<too in seventeen companies. It is
expected that full operations will be re
sumed in four weeks.
Tltc French in Tonqiun.
London, August 6.—A dispatch to the
Standard from Ilong Kong says that the
French have issued a proclamation to the
Tonquinez promising to punish their op
pressors and to destroy the city of Hue if
peeessary. A reconnoissance shows that
Sop tag is" strongly fortified, the guns com
manding the I’iVer. Tde probably decis
ive blow will soon be struck, the troops
attempting to capture the entire land
force of the black flag while the fleet at
tacks Hue,
Sullivan Knocks Out Slade.
New York, August The boxing
match between John L. Sullivan and
gejbert A. Slade, came off to-night in
adison Square Garden, and resulted in
Slade being knocked, out in the third
round. Between 10,000 aud 12,000 people
were present.- About one hundred police
men kept order in the garden, and many
more stood around the entrance.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1883.
SPANISH LOVE OF LIBERTY.
Over 5,000 Persons Implicated In the
Demonstration at Badajoz.
Madrid, August o.—The outbreak
among the Spanish troops reported
from Portugal occurred in the city of
Badajoz, the capital of the province of the
same name. The garrison of troops, num
bering 700 men, pronounced for a republic,
the constitution of 18ti<), and Ruiz Zorilla
lor President. The troops and people
fraternize. Several regiments of soldiers
have been dispatched to Badajoz to sup
press the rising.
The Badajoz garrison disarmed the
gendarmerie, and the customs guards oc
cupied the raihvay station and closed the
gates of the* fortress. A ministerial order
has been gazetted proclaiming a state of
siege in Estramadua, and appointig (Jen.
Blanco commander of the forces In that
province. Eleven hundred persons
participated in the proclamation of
a republic at Badajoz, 4,O(Xi civilians
having joined the soldiery. It is believed
that the insurgents seized several thou
sand muskets w hich had been deposited
in the fortress. The customs guards re
fused to join the movement. It is stated
at Lisbon that Ruiz Zorilla planned the
rising. General Blanco is on his w r ay to
Badajoz from Madrid, with a strong force.
The insurgents carried off 300,000
pesetas from the treasury when they re
tired to the frontier. An official dispatch
published here at 7 o’clock this evening
says that the revolt Inis entirely ended.
The insurgents have either been arrested
in Spain or have tied into Portugal. The
troops sent to suppress the revolt have
been ordered to return to Madrid. The
whole peninsula is tranquil.
Lisbon, August 0. —An official dispatch
received here states that the rising of the
military at Badajoz was not supported by
the inhabitants of the city, nor had it any
support front other provinces of Spain.
The insurgents are now marching to the
Portuguese frontier where they will be
disarmed and interned. A few Spanish
soldiers surrendered to the Governor of
Elvas. Portugal, to-day.
Authority has been re-established at
Badajoz. The leader of the revolt
was a Colonel of cavalry. The insurgents
on Sunday placed a portrait of King Al
ionso on the balcony of the town hall with
the idea ot provoking a demonstration
against the monarchy. The jiortrait fell
during the night. Bodies of troops of all
arms took refuge at Elvas, Portugal, to
day.
ELECTION DAY IN KENTUCKY.
Several Lives Lost In a Riot Started by
Negroes.
Louisville, August t>.—The State
election was held to-day for a full State
ticket and Legislature. The chief inter
est in this city was in the contest be
tween the local candidates. There was a
great crowd around the polls, and much
disorder and drunkenness. Ten promi
nent politicians were arrested iu the
Sixth vyard for hrihevry. The vote on the
state ticket is light, Proctor Knott, Demo
crat, leading Morrow, Republican, bv 800
votes in the city at 2 o’clock.
A special dispatch from Bryantsville,
Ky., says that a fatal election row oc
curred there to-day, in which two negroes
were killed, two mortally wounded, and
three other men—two of them white—
seriously injured. A white man who had
sold his vote to both prrties was the cause
ot the trouble. lie attempted to vote, but
a man named Jennings interfered, and
a wagon load of negroes coming up with
a yell, started to shooting, and killed and
wounded one.
A LABOR OF LOVE. * 5
Fourteen Thousand Flags to be Placed
Above the Graves of Dead Warriors.
Toledo, (>., August 6.—Frank W.
Smith, formerly a prisoner of war at An
dersonville, Millen and Blackshear, Ga.,
and Florence, N. <’., now General Secre
tary of the Railroad Young Men’s Chris
tian Association, of this city, will hold
religious service next Sabbath at the
famous Providence Spring, which broke
out within the stockade w hile he was a
prisoner at Andersonville. .Mr. Smith
takes with him fourteen thousand national
flags. One is to be placed upon each
of the 13,710 graves in the National Ceme
tery near the old stockade, in this labor
ol love be will be assisted by some of
those who wore the grey next Thursday.
The ladies of Atlanta will meet in the
Young Men’s Christian Association rooms
and arrange the flags for this memorable
service. The Continental Guards, of New
Orleans, during their recent visit to this
city, sent Mr. Smith a contribution to aid
in the purchase of flags.
Alabama's First Bale.
Selma, August 6.—The first bale of new
cotton was received here yesterday. It
was raised in Dallas county, on the plan
tation of Woodruff A North, where there
are !*oo acres iu cotton. It sold for ll%c.
per pound, a low price, owing to the ab
sence of nearly till brokers front the city.
Tiie first bale last year was received
August li. The earliness of this receipt
is not a reliable index of the comparative
maturity of the crops, because July was
this year very clry, causing bolls to crack
open.
Montgomery, Ala., August (!.—A
halo of new cotton, w eighing M!5 pounds,
was received here to-day. It was sold for
13 cents per pound, and was ship]>cd to
Mobile to-night by express.
Strychnine in Tlicir Coffee.
Columbia, 8. ('., August (>.—A dis
patch from Spartanburg says that the
family of Andrew Daniel, a planter,
while at breakfast discovered something
wrong in the taste of the coffee. The cof
fee pot was emptied, into a slop bucket in
order to draw a fresh pot. Two dogs
drank Trout the bucket and shortly went
into convulsions, w hich, however, did not
result fatally,ow ing to the dilution of cof
fee w ith the contents of the bucket. A
search revealed the lact that a bottle of
strychnine, purchased for the purpose of
poisoning rats, was missing. Two negro
men and a colored house girl have been
arrested on suspicion and lodged in jail.
lii the Texas Cetton Belt.
Galveston, August o.—Specials to the
Houston Post from 80 points in the Texas
cotton belt report cotton suffering from
continued drought. From 30 points it is
estimated that only half the usual crop
will Ik* made, and from 50 points the crop
is placed at two-thirds of the usual
amount. Cotton worms have appeared in
some sections, and arc doing much dam
age. General rains within the next ten
days may materially change the pros
pects.* There is a full crop of early
corn, latte corn is it total failure in some
sections.
(irevy aiul tlio Pope.
Rome, August 6.—The letter of Presi
dent. Grevy to the Pope, in answer to the
communication of His Holiness relative
to church matters in France, justifies the
position taken by the French Government
against the attacks of the clergy, and
says that France has no intention of
making war upon the church. M. Grevy
save that he hopes an agreement be
tween his government and the Vatican
will be arrived at now that both parties
take a stand upon a loyal' observance of
the concordat.
An Old Gentleman Killed by Roughs.
Mo.NTCt.ARK, 111., Augustfi.—A party
of roughs returning from it resort known
as Turnci’s Park, near this city yester
day afternoon, entered the grounds of Mr,
Lovette, an old and respected resident,
and proceeded to dispoil his fruit trees.
He warned them to leave when some of
the party assaulted him with missiles, one
of which struck him at the huso of the
brain, instantly killing him. Citizens
have organized for pursuit of the gang,
but no arrests have yet been made.
Crop Prospects in Kuglund.
London. August 6.—The Times , re
viewing the harvest prospects in Eng
land, estimates that wheat and barley
will be below the average cron. H. F.
Moore, an authority on the subject, re
ports that the yield of wheat will be 8 y 3
per cent, below the standard average per
acre, and that of barley (> per cent, below.
The average yield of oats, he says, will
be <> per cent, above the average, and that
of potatoes 20 per cent, above.
A Great Bull Fighter Killed.
City of Mexico, August 0. —Felicitos
Mejia, the famous bull tighter, was fatally
hurt wliile engaged in a bull (Jght yester
day three mijes outside of the city. He
Wits tossed into the air by a bull, which
again caught the man oq his hern at; lie
fell, The building was crowded af the
time and the greatest cxciteipent pre
vailed.
i‘oion in Ice Cream.
Charleston, August C.—At Camden,
8. C., Friday night, many persons ate
some ice cream at a Baptist Church festi
val, and on Saturday flftv-nine persons
were taken seriously'ill. One child has
since died, and only about two-thirds of
the sufferers have yet been pronounced
out of danger.
GOULD SURE OF WINNING.
THE STRIKE ALONG THE RAILS
A FIASCO SO FAR.
Only a Handful of Men Quit their Posts
and their Places Easily Filled—Trains
Running Without Interruption— A
Crisis iu Affairs Expected at Noon To
day.
New* York, August 6.—The threatened
strike of railroad operators, which it was
announced would occur at noon to-day,
did not take place. The Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western, the Buffalo and Ohio
and Wabash Companies, which refused
to accede to the demands, say that none
of their operators have yet struck. No
explanation of the change of plan has been
given by the officers of the Brotherhood,
and it is generally thought that the fail
ure of the movement havingjbecn foreseen
by them the order was not given lor a
strike.
The officers of the Western Union Tele
graph Company stated to-day that the
aspect of affairs regarding the strike was
entirely unchanged. The say that mat
ters are improving, that their operators
are doing well, and that business is kept
moving. There was no material delay
anywhere, and business was now *'oiii'*-
on as if there were no strike at all. ° °
Chicaco, August 6.—Up to 1 o’clock
this afternoon no telegraph operator on
the railroads running outfit' this city had
Quit their keys. At the general offices of
the Chicago and Alton Railroad the
statement was made that none of their
employes had left up to that hour, and
the same was true ol all the other roads
having headquarters in this city. The
officials of till the lines have, apparently,
guarded against the emergency, and have
arranged to run all trains by printed time
tables in ease the number of men going
out should make it neeessa.iv. No delay
in the running of trains will, therefore,
occur in anv event.
St. Louis, August o.—-The following
order, issued from here last Saturday, fell
into the hands of a telegraph official to
day :
“7o all Operators anil Agents on the
Iron Mountain Hallway: Unless otherwise
notified, all members working for the
Iron Mountain Road will suspend work
noon, St. Louis time, Tuesday, August 7,
1883. Agents should not refuse to per
form their duties as agents, but absolutely
refuse to touch the key. Mail me at once
notice of your concurrence with this
order.
“By order of the Executive Board of the
Brotherhood of Telegraphers of the United
States and Canada.
“[Signed] W. D. Shaw, Secretary,”
Charles W. Hammond, Superintendent
of all the railroad telegraph lines on the
Gould Southwestern system, received to
day from W. I). Shaw, Secretary, a com
munication in behalf of the operators on
the iron Mountain Railroad, demanding
an increase of $lO per month on the
salaries now paid, that no salary
shall Ik* less than SSO per
month, and that all Sunday work shall
be compensated as extra service. Mr.
Hammond will not pay any attention to
the demands, but if the operators on the
road go out, he will man all important
offices with operators, and, if necessary,
close all minor offices along the line of the
road. He has no plans, but will be able
to transact all the business of the road
with But little if any interruption. The
\\ abash officials have no information
at this writing beyond the fact that three
operators have gone out at Decatur and
three at Springfield.
Buffalo, August 6.—Most of the oper
ators employed on this division ol the
Lackawanna Road struck at noon to-day.
The company was considerably incon
venienced, but all trains were able to run
as usual. It is said that 85 out of 100
operators joined the strikers. The strik
ing operators had a benefit at the Acad
emy of .Music to-night, and realized a
handsome sum.
Washington, August 0. —It is report
ed here to-night that the operators on the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad struck this
evening.
The Telegraphers' Brotherhood have ad
vices that the railroad operators on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Road westt of
Charlottesville, Va., struck to-dav.
Toledo, August 6.—The threatened
order to the telegraph operators on the
W abash Railway to leave their places
culminated at noon. Superintendent Sel
den has advices that four men*only on the
entire system under his management
obeyed the order, and their place# have
been tilled. He is confident that no more
will leave.
An Over Officious Policeman.
Washington, August 6.—About 2,000
laborers employed by a contractor in
building a large sewer here de
manded tin increase of wages from
$1 25 to $1 .50 per day. The
demand was rejected, and they struck
to-day. One of the strikers who was
active in organizing the men was arrested
by a policeman, but was discharged at
once by Police Justice Snell, who decided
that the man had not broken the law.
The policeman explained that he was of
the opinion that the strikers contemplated
u breach of the peace, and was informed
that be should have better evidence than
merely stopping work and marching away
in a body.
Tiie Senate Committee.
New York, August (i. —The United
States Senate Committee on Labor and
Education met this morning aud ad
journed till Monday, the 13th inst. They
intended to begin an investigation into
the present telegraph strike, but wit
nesses, among whom were John Camp
bell, John Mitchell, Eugene O’Connor and
other leaders of the strike, could not at
tend, owing to additional duties devolving
upon them in consequence of the ordering
out of the railroad operators, and post
ponement was requested on this account.
Germany’s Ui^li•■ailedness.
Berlin, August 6. The German Ad
miralty have ordered the commanders of
tnen-of- war to limit their supplies of
American pickled pork to what is neces
sary lor the sustenance of the crews dur
ing the passage home of vessels from
foreign stations. The object of the order
is to avoid the landing of any such pork
at German ports.
The Anti-Jen Nh Itlots.
St. Petersburg, August G.—The riots
at Ekaterinosluy, caused by animosity
against the Jews, were continued on the
3d instant. The mob attacked the Jewish
quarter and destroyed many houses and
liquor stores belonging to Jews. It is
now reported that one hundred persons
were killed or wounded during the riot
ing iu the town.
The Salvation Army Halted.
Trenton, N. J., August fl.—Mayor
Yroon to-day issued an order forbidding
the Salvation Army to parade hereafter
with any kind of music, as so many com
plaints have been mode against the mem
tiers of the army by citizens that It be
came necessary fer tile Mayor to take
some authoritative action.
Vruzewski Not Vet Sentenced.
London, August 0. —The statement in
tho Central News dispatch, of July 12,
that M. Vrazewski, the Polish author,
had been convicted of being connected
with a conspiracy, and sentenced to two
years Imprisonment, proves to have been
erroneous. Vrazewski is yet to be tried.
Eltsina at Raymond.
New Orleans, Augusts.—A Jackson,
Miss,, special says that the fusion ticket
was carried fit Raymond to-day alter a
hard tight in the JJemoera|tc and Repul*
Mean conventions. The proposition made
by the Democrats was unanimously
adopted by the Republicans.
An Ovation to Davftt.
Dublin, August (j.—Michael? Davitt
received an ovation from the population
of Kilkie, County Clare, yesterday. In
his speech lie said that the government
were reduced to such weakness that they
could not project file life of ope ot their
vilest instruments.
Hanoovk's D.tfcai.
Hartford, Conn., August 0. -The
Courant publishes a letter over the signa
ture of Judge D. C. Birdsall, in which he
announces himself the atuthor of the
charges that General Hancock was de
feated by S. J.Tilden, and reiterates the
charges.*
Sabbatli Breakers In S(. Louis.
S’f. Louis, August o.—The Prosecuting
Attorney issued 104 warrants to-day
against persons who violated fhe Sunday
law yesterday. There yv’ ! * s a far more
general observance of the law than oh the
previous Sunday.
BURNETT'S UUCOAINK
Promotes the Growth of the Hair,
And renders it dark and glossy. It hojds,
in a liquid form, a large proportion oi de
odorized Coooanut Oil, prepared express
ly for this purpose. No other compound
possesses the peculiar properties which
so exactly suit the various conditions ol
tiu. human hair,
ADMIRAL WORDEN’S VIEW’S.
Politics in the Navy—The Necessity of
New and Better Ships.
Chicaao Times.
“I tell you,” said the Admiral in a com
manding tone, “the personnel of our navv
is all wrong, and always will he until the
qualifications oi a navy officer cease to be
governed by the amount of political influ
ence he can control. We have names on
our register to this day, and the men who
answer to them have been found guilty of
selling their pay several times to as
many broker sharks. Courtmartial them,
the result is the same. Men of com
manding influence demand a revocation
of the sentence, and it is invariably done,
while the officer repeats the offense.
Statesmen who have been the most ar
dent advocates of civil service reform
have besieged the doors of the Secretary
oi the Navy and undone the findings of a
court martial in cases where our ships
have gone down or been disabled in for
eign waters through the criminal care
lessness of their officers in command.
This is all wrong, and politics ought not
to rule the navy.”
“Will the next Congress build up the
American navy?”
“There is no denying the fact that the
quality and quantity of our vessels have
brought upon us reproach from all quar
ters. No hotly of men has felt this so
keenly as the American Congress, but. for
political reasons, attempts to remedy the
difficulty have proven fruitless. We have
had no new ship because the cry of ‘job
bery, a steal,’ has been raised, and there
has lteen a suspicion that one party is
afraid the other would make some politi
cal capital out of laws that improved the
service. I believe, however, that the new
ships just contracted for are but the com
mencement of more to follow, and the
time is not far distant when the American
navy will regainlits old-time prestige and
be the honor of the country.”
Admiral Worden is on his way to the
i ellowatone region, accompanied by his
son, who is a Wail street broker, and
tour of the latter’s friends in the same
business. “I atn called the commander of
the party,” said the Admiral, “but I
would rather take charge of and manage
a squadron of the raw recruits than have
to look after five Wall street men.”
ARMING THE ENEMY.
n>c Way a Couple of Moricau’s Guerillas
Fooled Capt. Javkson.
St. Tonis Republican.
Capt. George M. Jackson speaking of the
Gen. John Morgan reunion, said to a He
publimn reporter that *he couldn’t help
btit think how he, a Union Captain, un
wittingly helped to arm two companies of
Morgan’s regiment during the war. It
happened in this way: “I,” said the Cap
tain, “volunteered in the Fourth Ken
tucky Union regiment, of which Fry, who
killed Zollicott’er, was the Colonel. I
mustered in at ‘Camp Dick Robinson,’
and was ejected Captain. 1 felt pretty
large, wore the Captain’s straps on my
shoulder and a tall hat with a feather as
large as life, lieing then but twenty years
old. I asked and obtained a furlough to
visit Cincinnati. There I met two old
friends, named Cole and Kelly—the former
now living at Tipton, Mo. One of the
boys asked me if T couldn’t get them a
permit to purchase a pistol and ammuni
tion in the city, as they were not known
in the city, and desired me to certify that
they were all right. I said there will be
no trouble about it. I took them to the
headquarters of Gen. Burnside, who was
then in command, and the official who had
the granting of permits. Seeing that I
was sound, having it Union Captain’s
shonlderstraps on, and after showing them
my furlough, he said, ‘I will give vour
friends permits to purchase all the pistols
they need,’ which was done. I parted
with Cole and Kelly, but on crossing the
river I found they were carrying their
carpet-sacks heavily loaded down. I
asked what they had in there that was
heavy, and they laughingly prevaricated,
and I did not care to be too inquisitive.
I subsequently learned that with their
permits obtained as I have just stated,
they made several trips to Cincinnati and
procured 250 pistols, with ibe necessary
caps and ammunition, with which they
armed two full companies of John
Morgan’s brigade, of which they were
members. 1 kept the matter to myself,
and Burnside was never the wiser for it.”
THE ROMANCE OF A PARDON.
Shot anil Imprisoned Six Year* for
Claiming His Wife.
A Ibany Special.
•James McDougall, who was sentenced
to imprisonment in the Auburn prison for
ten years in October, 1877, for burglary in
the first degree, has been pardoned. The
Governor gives the following excellent
reasons for his action:
“The wife of the convict left him and
for some time lie could not discover her
whereabouts. He learned that she was
living with another man, ostensibly as a
domestic, but, as it now seems to l>e con
ceded, actually in a very different relation.
The husband’s repeated requests that she
should return to him and restore his
child, which she had taken with her, were
refused and his efforts in that direction
were resented by the man with whom she
was living. The crime of which the
prisoner was convicted consisted in burst
ing into the house where his wife bad taken
up her abode in the night, apparently with
the idea of reclaiming* her and his child.
He was confronted by the man who had
alienated and was harboring his wife, and
was shot by him and nearly killed. As
soon as he had sufficiently recovered of
his wounds to appear in court, he was
convicted of burglary in the first degree,
and sentenced to prison for ten years.
Nearly six years of his term of imprison -
ment having expired, I had but little dif
ficulty in agreeing with the Judge who
sentenced him and the attorney who
prosecuted the indictmedt in their opin
ion that lie should be released."
Tlic Terrors of E.n Epidemic.
London Spectator.
Nothing is more curious than the fact
that dying as one of a crowd seems to be
more terrible to a man than simply dying
his own individual death. Unquestiona
bly there seems to be no kind of death
more dreaded by men than death either
from sudden catastrophes—like that of
the {ting Theatre at Vienna and that on
the Clyde, for instance—or from pesti
lence. No doubt it is perfectly true that
death cannot be shared in the same sense
in which a peril or a pleasure can be
shared. You cannot in all probability l>e
conscious of the strength of companionship
after life begins to flicker low, nor are
there above one or two people in the
world with whom most men would covet
the sense of companionship in such a
moment as that of death. Still, it is some
what curious that death on a grand scale
always seems to be more terrible, even to
the separate individuals, than the ordi
nary denth by units. Of course, terror
is very catching, and, therefore, the terror
of a crowd always enhances the terror of
the individual. But though that explains
the supreme agony of a sinking ship or a
burning theatre, it does not in theleastex
plain the additional dread of death which
plague seems to inspire in individuals,for
between the inhabitants of a plague
stricken city there is always very much
less active sympathy than there was
before the pestilence appeared, and it is
rather through the growth of mutual
repulsion than through the heightening of
it common sympathy that Hie influence of
pestilence is chiefly felt. Asa fact, very
few patients stricken with ordinary dis
ease, who are told that death is inevit
able, show any panic at all, while the
perfectly healthy man, surrounded by
pestilence, is too often consumed with a
terror which renders him absolutely unfit
for the discharge oi his duties.
An Electric Boat.
St. James' Rudaet.
A trial v, as mafle on the Tnauies on
Tuesday of boat propulsion by stored
electricity, a run being made from the
Temple Pier to Greenwich by a party of
twentv-two in one of Yarrow’s launches.
The boat, forty feet long, six feef beam
and three feet draft of water aft, was
litpf] l<i’ tne Electric Storage Company
with eighty Sellon-Yoelkimu batteries,
having si weight of sixty pounds each, or
in all two tons, packed beneath the floor.
The screw is eighteen inches in diameter
and thirteen inches in pitch, making six
hundred and eighty revolutions per
minute. The speed attained on the voyage
was over seven and one-half knots; tCe
passage dowlt the river, immediately after
the turn of high water, beitig made in
minutes. ‘ For river pleasure
purpose* such a boat has manv advan
tages oyer steamboats, in which the boiler
and engine occupy tne best part of the
vessel. The steering, reyersing and mani
pulation of the boat were very quick and
effectual. The vessel is intended for the
Vienna Uxbibition, which will open next
mouth, tyul where she deserves to create
considerable interest.
Striking Coopers Victorious.
Sr. Louis, August 6.—The coopers’
strike ended here to-day. All the shops
acceded to the demands* of the mep, and
the strikers resumed work. ‘ “ * "
GEN. GILLMORE’S REPORT.
MORE EXTENDED ABSTRACTS
FROM THE DOCUMENT.
A Vivid Word Portrait of the Operations
in the Savannah—The State of the
Work, the Changes Accomplished and
Future Plans—Other Work in Georgia
and Florida.
Correspondence of the Morning Xews.
Washington, August 3.—Gen. Gillftore’s
annual report of river and harbor work dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 30th last has
been received by General H. G. Wright,
Chief of Engineers U. S. A. Under the head
of Savannah harbor the report says that ope
rations there were carried on under the en
larged plan submitted to the War Depart
ment January 16. 1882. (This plan was given
in the News when it was submitted). The
work done during the last fiscal year con
sisted substantially In constructing dams for
contracting the waterway between the citv
and the central part of Eiba island, inclosing
lateral channels on either side of
Barnwell Island, and in dredging
at various places in front of ami
ltelow. the city. A considerable amount
of surveying was executed for the purpose
of locating the new works, and for as
certaining recent changes of the river bed.
The contract for dredging, made .June 2, 1882,
with Messrs. Dickerson & Paulsen, was closed
in July of the same year, in which month they
had removed 17,238 cubic vardsof material
from Garden Bank shoal, which amount, to
gether with 18,361 cubic yards excavated dur
ing the preceding months, completed their,
work. About 706 cubic yards of stone were
distributed over the work at Cross Tides dam.
In improving the waterway opposite tha city
front and at Fig Island, a’ third wing dam
was built 660 feet below the lower one
of the two that were built during
the preceding fiscal year. It rests on
Fig Island; its length is 250 feet
and it is constructed like the others. 23,195.5
cubic yards of material were removed by
dredging from Garden Bank shoal. At the
new channel at “The Wrecks” the Fig Island
jetty or training wall was extended down
stream about 1,000 feet. The width of the
foundation course of mattresses in the ex
tension varied from 55 to 70 feet, that of the
upper course from 15 to 30 feet. The crest of
the work rises to a height from 2 to 3 feet
above tow water. The easterly end rests in
15 feet of water, low tide. Some mattresses
and stone were placed upon the older part of
the jetty to bring it up to tiie required height
where it had settled. Eleven short spurs
were added to the jetty at right angles to the
channel line on its south side for better con
fining the currents in the channel at ••The
Wrecks.” They vary in length from IXO feet
to 190 feet; their aggregate length is about
1,600 feet. They are composed of from one to
three courses of log and brush mattresses,
covered with riprap stone. The bottom
course is uniformly 30 feet in width; the
others 15 feet. Each spur lias a protecting
mattress apron at its outer end, measuring
50x10 feet The heads of the spurs are so
obliqued that the low-water width of the
water-way between them and the opposite
shore increases front 680 feet at the upper end
to 740 feet at the lower end. A similar spur
was built about W 0 feet above the upper end
of the Fig Island jetty, to narrow the water
wav in that vicinity. Its length is 225 feet.
All these spurs will rise from 2 to 6 feet
aliove the level of mean low water. 83,180 cubic
yards of material were dredged from the chan
nel at “The Wrecks,” of which amount 11,737
cuiiie vards were removed bv the I’nitedStates
dredge steamer “Henry Burden,” and the
balance by contract.
To increase the flow of water in the ship
channel at the head of Elba Island two minor
channels, one at either side of Barnwell
island, were closed by dams. l)ani No. 5
shuts off the ehaunel ’between the island
anil the shore of Soutli Carolina;
while No. li 1 , closes the passage
bet ween Barnwell Island and another island
named Barnwell Island No. 2. The aggre
gate length of these dams is about 1,200 feet;
they consist of from one to five courses of log
and brush mattresses and riprap stone, accord
ing to the depth of water, and they generally
rise to the level of high water. A wing dam
extends to a length of 880 feet from the little
mud island named Barnwell Island No. 3. It
reduces the width of the water-way at that
ulace to 1,000 feet.
From the shoal at the obstruction, some dis
tance aliove the wing darn, 29,084 cubic yards
of material were removed by dredging.
One pair of wing dams, numbered 4 and 23
respectively, now contract the water-way of
the channel where it leaves the confines of
the passage between Spirit Island and main
land of South Carolina. Wing dam No. 1 ex
tends 360 feet from the lower end of Spirit
Island; the length of No. 23, opposite to it, is
560 feet. Between their heads, the width of
the water-way, which was over 1,900, is now
reduced to 1,000 feet. Their bottom courses
of mattresses vary from 30 to to feet in width,
with an apron mattress at the outer end
measuring 50 by 60 feet. Their shore ends
rise to the level.of five feet above low water,
which height is maintained to within 200 feet
of tlie outer end, from which point it gradu
ally descends to the level of the top of the toe.
The upper courses are 15 feet wide. Another
pair of wing dams. Nos. 6 and 25,
was placed about 4,000 feet lower down;
their lengths are 880 feet aud 1,900 feet
respectively. The river was here a
width of 3,700 feet. It is reduced to 1.000 feet
bet ween the heads of the wing dams. No. 25
was not quite completed at the end of the
fiscal year. The three dams below Elba Isiand
which close the side channels connecting the
north and south channel were built during
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882, Since
that date the dam at Uhilbrick cut next to
Elba Island and Big Gap dam, between
islands 1 and 2 and Bird Island, had settled
several feet. By distributing 1,168 cubic yards
of stone over them their crests were again
raised to the height of to 5 feet above
low water. A total length of 8,935
lineal feet of new dams of all descriptions was
constructed during the past fiscal year. For
building these dams and repairing old work
there were used 73,ti69 square yards of log and
brush mattresses, and 21,095’cubic yards of
riprap stone. The material removed in
dredging was 135,156 cubic yards.
CONDITION OF THK WORK AND CHANGES OB
SERVED IN THE RIVER.
The dam at Gross Tides, four miles above
the city of Savannah, the crest of which
readied the height of about 3 foet above low
water in Juno, 1882, has settled during
the past fiscal year. One-half of its length
the crest Is now at a level of low water;
the other half has sunk from four to six feet
lower. A strong ebb current sets across the
work in the direction of Back river, Satis
factory progress has been made in the work
of improving the river at Garden Bank shoal.
Along the reach comprising the three wing
dams the ehaunel shows a depth exceeding 22
feet at high water and a width of more than
200 feet. The dams are in good condition, and
are expected to maintain, and probably
increase, the favorable efi’ects’obtaiiied. The
Fig Island jetty remained in good condition,
except that it settled in some places. These
defects were repaired,
Considerable shoaling has taken place north
of the jetty, and in the intervals between the
spurs on the south side sand is accumulating.
The channel at “The Wrecks" is now wider,
deeper and more uniform than it has been at
any previous time. it has not
vet attained throughout the minimum
depth of 15 feet low tide, as
required. To improve the ohaiincl perma
nently as designed WtU require the raising of
the di.m at Cross Tides and probably of the Fig
Island jetty to the level of high wafer, besides
some additional dredging. A low waterdepth
of 15 feet has been obtained by dredging in the
ehaunel at the “obstructions” at the head of
Elba Island. The wing dam opposite the
head of Elba island and the works lower down
in the north channel are of recent construc
tion, and have apparently not yet produced
any changes in the river bed.
OPERATIONS CONTEMPLATED DURING TIIE
PRESENT FISCAL YEAR.
The work of improving savannah harbor
anti river will lie eon linnet! with the balance
on haud, which amounts to im.nia 2. it is
proposed to expend (his sum in building ad
ditional wing dams near the lower end of Ki
na Island, in removing material by dredging
where it may promise the best results; per
haps in raising the dam at Cross Titles to a
higher level; and in necessary surveys anti ex
aminations. By various acta of Congress a
total of $(182,0011 has been appropriated for the
improvement of Savannah harbor, of this
amount there has been expended tip to the
close of the last fiscal year, including out
standing liabilities, the sum of $ti20,984 as.
This amount also includes the sum of i 1,000
paid during the past year for land cut ufi from
Fig Island to widen the river- T° complete
the work of improving Savannah harbor amt
river, in accordance With the project dated
January lit. ltiS2, further appropriations to the
amount of $530,000 are required.
ROMNEY MARSH.
Operationson this work were comniencedMay
7th last. At Che end of the fiscal year 12.718
cubic yards of material had been removed
with a lineal progress in the cut of 252 feet.
The total length of the cut will be about 3,470
feet. As far as made the cut lias a low water
depth of 7 feet, equivalent to a total depth of
excavation of about 15 feet, the surface.'of the
marsh in the vicpiity of route No. 4 being
ahout t( feef above the level or low water. The
Width of the cut is 50 feet at the bottom and
110 feet on the •arsh. With the balance
now on hand—l7,s39 07—the cut will be
further extended. It is possible with the
funds still available to finish mo cut from end
to end, with the crbsA section adopted, and it
is doubtful whether it will bo practicable to
make a through cut of reduced dimensions,
but wide and deep enough for steam boa tv at a
stage of tide several feef i'.buvo fue level of
low mean vvatuv, 'ibis result is partly due to
the inadequacy of funds provided ami partly
to the• fact that the cut must lie made
a greater depth than originally estimated for.
W hen the present funds are exhausted the
new route for steamboats through Komtjey
Marsh will probably not be open fqr steamers,
and another appropriatiqu t needed to com
plete the project, of St'least to open a passage
witl, temporarily reduced cross sections,
ft 'is estimated that it will take s£ll,ooo
to complete the work. jCngineer Fre
mont, who tn,ado an’ examination of
Romney Marsh in 1880, estimated that the
surface of the marsh was about 5 feet
above the level of low water, fu finally lo
cating route No. 4 and examining its site pre
liminary to beginning qpeiuUaJng during the
prexeuf fiscal Year tlfe surface was found to
be about eight foot above low water, and the
route moreover traversed on part of its length
by ft still higher and partly timbered hum
mock.
THE SAVANNAH RIVKR BETWEEN SAV.,SAM
AND AUGUSTA,
The work has consisted in improving the
chanuel over Gardner’s and Course's bars near
* n< U n tbe employment of the snag
boat, Toccoa, in the river below. Gardner’s, or
opposite the lower part of the city of Angina,
is composed of fine sand, and extends about
2,000 feet below the Augusta toll-bridge. Five
wing dams, varying from 250 to 300 feet in
length, and crossing a length of river of about
half a mile, were built for improving Gard
ner and Course’s bar. Opposite their heads
these dams reduce the width of the river,
originally about 650 feet, to 350 feet at low
water. Their shore ends rest on the South
Carolina side of the river. Op
posite to the line of wing
• lams the bluffy and caving bauks
on the Georgia side were strengthened at eight
different places by suitable bank protections.
Course’s bar is intended to be improved bv
f°ur wing dams. Of these one dam had been
completed, and two others commenced, when
the available funds were so far reduced that
it was deemed advisable to suspend work.
Surveys made before beginning and after
suspending operations show gratifying re
sults. Four feet at low water can now be
carried over the two bars and up to the city,
where previously oulv from 2, 4 to *3
feet of water existed. It is reported that the
process of deepening still proceeds.
No operations are contemplated for the pres
ent fiscal year, no funds having been provided
by Congress at its last session. It is proposed to
apply the small balance on hand—sJ,ll2 15—to
the removal of some of the most serious of the
existing obstructions with the United States
snag boat Toccoa. It is recoin nicnocd that an
early and liberal approbation be made by
Congress for this work.
IN IMPROVING THE SAVANNAH RIVER ABOVE
AUGUSTA
the work, which began April 17th and was
completed July 7th last, has consisted in deep
ening and widening old channels by the re
moval of boulders aud portions of ledges, and
in the construction of a number of short dams
in “The Reach,” ten miles above Augusta,
to clear the eliannel of sand. The
object lias been to secure a channel
20 feet wide and 30 inches deep at summer
low water from the canal locks. 7 miles above
Augusta, to Barksdale Kerry, 50 miles above
that city. The sand has been cleared from
the channel at “The Reach,” except for a dis
tance of about 400 feet; it is gradually disap
pearing from the latter stretch. Theofd chan
nel through “Rapid Gap” being badly ob
structed by sand, a cut was.made through the
ledge aliove the falls. Boats now use this
route, and thus avoid “Rapid Gap" and
“Stevens’ Creek Falls." There is now avail
able for this work $2,395 59, and it is estimated
that $6,000 is required for the completion of
the existing project.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
The jetty has been extended 2.405 feet by
sinking a layer of double raft mattresses
loaded with stone. The mats are 30 feet wide,
with the exception of the two last ones which
are each 40 feet in width and 80 feet long. The
extension has been constructed in aliout 5 feet
at mean low water until 400 feet of the outer
end which reaches the 18 foot curve. The
crest of the extension is about one foot above
mean low water. The aggregate length of the
jetty is now 4.199 feet, exclusive of the return
face. Two cuts were dredged at 15 feet mean
low water, and of fin average width of 24 feet,
as follows: Cut 111. was continued 3,125 feet
from the point reached in March, 1882, to the
lower 18-foot curve. This cut was also deep
ened from 12 feet for 100 feet in
ward. Cut IV. was continued out
ward for 141 feet from the point
reached in April, 1882. The deepest parts of
the old cuts have shoaled about 2.3 feet; the
shoaling of the recent cut averages 1.6 feet.
There is now through the shoal a 19-foot
channel at mean low water 100 feet wide with
the exception of about 1,000 feet, which will
carry IS feet. For 600 feet the channel
is over 15 feet deep at mean low
uater. During the year the 12-foot chan
nel curve near ‘ the angle of the
jett} - has advanced down stream alsiut 250
feet—for 400 feet further along the jetty deep
ening has taken place—continuing along the
jetty to a point opposite Brandy Point, shoal
ing is noticed out ward from the latter point.
No change is observed nor is any evident on
the Brunswick side of the channel. At the
lower end of the channel the outer curves
have advanced 125 to 150 feet. The
foregoing seems to indicate an
outward movement of material.
A recent survey of the shoal at the mouth of
Academy creek and of the head of East river
shows no marked changes from previous
maps. Tiie original estimate of work lielow
the. city will need to be increased, in conse
quence of the largely increased cost of dredg
ing and other causes. The work ala.ve tiie
city, at the upper end of Buzzard Island, for
which no estimate has heretofore been sub
mitted, will probably cost not far from $85,000.
ST. AUGUSTINE CREEK.
Of tiie sun of $5,000 appropriated by act of
Congress, 1879, $1,582 34 were expended during
the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1881, in the
partial removal of the wreck or a large drv
dock which was sunk in the stream during the
lute civil war. There appears to be no ne
cessity for any further improvement of the
river at this jxiiut. and uo appropriation is
asjted.
ST. JOHN’S RIVER, FLORIDA.
During the past year a small channel lias
cut through the westward of the jett v, so that
the west end is about 70 feet from low water
fine, and lies in water about 6 feet deep at
mean low water. Many changes have been
noticed in the work here. Pelican
Bank . lias alntbst entirely disappeared.
W arils Bank lias lieen divided, and a now
channel passes to the sea north of the south
jetty, l lte low water line has receded near
the north jetty, but near the sonth jetty is not
far from where it was last year, it has been
built out in the last two months. On the
present sailing line there are about two feet
less water than there were over the bar last
year. In December, 1882. the channel oyer
the bar began shoaling, ami apparently anew
channel was about to cut between the jetties.
It was hoped to hasteu the formation of this
new channel, but no tug could be found will
ing to take ihe risk of stirring up the sand on
the ebb tide. The sailing channel has been
deepened somewhat, allowing vessels to go
out that had lieen detained for more than 45
(lavs previously. An attempt was made to
deepen the new channel by dragging chains
through the ehb with tne steam launch
"Ariel." By the “Ariel” and "Burden.” the
t nited states dredge steamers, a channel was
formed withs feet or water, at mean low wa
ter and a width of about 200 feet. No increase
beyond this could lie obtained. Since then
this channel has shoaled until there is only 2.5
feet of water at mean low water, This has
been due to easterly winds, aud also to an
other break in Ward’s Bank, still further to
the north. AIJ the work during the vear was
done on the south jetty. At several places it
was raised by putting on additional courses
of mattresses and rip-rap stone
With the balance of $74.40! 5U on hand it
is proposed to continue the work of
raising the south jetty nd to take further
measures for protecting it front tho under
mining which i;as been going on during the
past fise;\l year, In view of The emergency of
the case it is earnestly recommended that the
sum of $75,000 lie appropriated for this work
bv a special act, said sum to he made avail
able at an early date, so that operations can
. fesumed some time during the coming:
,"i,'!' t< :‘ r ;.i, m r v ! VO he no doubt that
t, e '' bo not m a prewirious condition
" ben the balance of last appropriation is ex
pended under the existing contract.
inside I*46BAtiK BETWEEN FERNANDINA AXD
ST. JOHN’S, FLORIDA.
The importance of improving: this
nriih a maritime power is
Tsxivi-si i .Ij.i'i ? w Uleh was suspended in
NB(V 81 should be renewed, aud when under
taken should he on a liberal scale. The total
expenditures here since i874, including the
cost of survey, have been $19,565 55.
ENTRANCE TO CUMBERLAND SOUND.
4\ ork liure was continued in accordance
with the adopted plan. New jetties have
been built and the old ones strengthened and
lengthened. A survey uf the harbor was made
m April last. |t shows the work to be in good
condition. Along the sides anil near
to ouch jetty the water lias deepened slightly,
and some settlement has taken place. Tiie
north jetty being in many places alien e mean
low water. The northeast storms have
washed off considerable of the Stone, especial
ly where mattresses lap one another. On the
south jetty considerable settlement is shown
at tiie shoals, hut in the deeper water at the
sea end of the jetty there is an apparent sand
ing up that Is surprising. The estimated cost
of the work is $2,0.1,023. But $1,285 85 is now
available.
ALTAMAHA RIVKH, OBORGiA,
During the past fiscal year operations were
eonllued to making an examination of the
river with a view of selecting those points
that should be improved by means of the an
preprmtloii made August 2. 1882. anil in mak
mg a contract for removing rocks at Trion
Bluff, and for building wing dams and bank
protect,,,.,s at Beard’s Wand Marrew Bone
\1 i'„. oo ‘ hl ’ a M ,°“ e w two other places,
m named ure located within the
upper .0 miles reach of the river. Owing to
the fact that the stage of the river
was unfavorable, work was not
commenced until the latter part of lost June,
f, 1 available for this work is $14,-
868 21. It is estimated tha* $400,000 are neces
sary to complete
VOLUSIA BAR, FLORIDA.
During the past fiscal year the east jetty
has been extended a distance of 1,622,7 feet. It
was constructed of brush mattresses held m
place by stone, in all respects, as described in
the last annual report. At the beginning of
last fiscal vegr many of the piles in the river
of ti,\. guide piles had been knocked down or
forced out of position. These have all i-ecn
replaced by new piling, and aP, the clusters
have been securely fastcuod by chains. An
examination of the \yur made in April last
shows botfl h.tties to stand well. A slight set.
tler..ont tins taken place, but the work U well
sanded and appears in excellent condition
The trouble or delay has hmm paused !. v the
bar during the paid year, ami tiie denth
of water inflow- jcvjv water has at no
unto L-pen U,an 4-. feet. The danger to
he apprehended is that a shoal might form
further out in the lake, or the ietties miatVi
settle and need to he raised. To'iiepr.anentlv
feet*lienth JETT 1 . .ffiefof’i
feet titptli on \ olusia bitr ik\ to prevent, if
north* wiVi ,e fo U'4sU'On pj anew bar further
north, will require some additional work It
i? an additional suu* of $6,100
will be sufficient to corqijme the project
1 here is now available but i'dO 96. J
Dills His Wife and Himself,
Norfolk, \ a., Av,gtp>t A. —-Jcflm sim
tufltis a inereUdiH of f>eep Creek, Va.,
near Ncrfolk, sfiot and hilled Ws wife anil
n.inselt Saturday night, No cause for the
act is assigned.
Lord Coleridge Under Guard,
London, August C.-Lord Chief Justice
Colertdge is strictly guarded during the
sitting of tne fkistol Assizes, owing tq
Uitjuo against his life by Fenians.
Strength for Mind and Body.
There is more sitrehgth in a bottle of
Parker’s Ginger Tonic than in a bushel af
Walt or a gallon of nylk. This explains
why invalids find it such a wonderful iu
\ijjorant (or cuhd 4Vd body.
1 PRICE SlO A TEAR. >
{ 5 CENTS A COP-T. |
A VERMONT BANK CLOSED
THE COLLAPSE OF ITS PRESI
DENT'S SCHEME THE CAUSE.
Depositors Promised Payment in Pull,
l>ut the Real Condition of AiVairs Still
in the Dark—Other Disasters Apt to
Result from the Failure The St.
Albans Trust Company Suspends.
St. Albans. Vt., August 6.— The Ver
mont National Bank of St. Albans, of
which Bradley Barlow is President, closed
its doors this morning, causing great con
sternation among its depositors. Mr.
Barlow is also President and owner of the
Southeastern Railway, of Canada, and he
has failed, and all his property is in
volved, besides a considerable amount of
money loaned by banks and individuals
to assist him in his railroad management.
Mr. Barlow says that he has assigned all
his property to the bank for the benelit of
the depositors, and that his failure is due
to the unsuccessful result of his attempt
to sell the Southeastern Railway to the
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company,
lie expected up to a few days
ago to accomplish the sale, but
tailing in this he was compelled to sus
pend. The bank has discounted about
$325,000 for the Southeastern Road and the
loan was made on bonds of the Boston,
Montreal and Portland Railroad. Fail
ing to raise money on the bonds it was
deemed best to close the bank. The de
posits ot the bank are about $120,000, and
Mr, Barlow thinks that the depositors
will be paid in full.
The officers of the bank state that its af
fairs are in proper shape, and the bankex
aminer has been notified of its situation.
The Southeastern Railroad is a road
which had been taken in hand by Mr.
Barlow, who raised it from a state of in
efficiency, requiring a large outlay. Mr.
Barlow held a large amount of bonds,
and is not attempting to put them
upon the market. The road
has been an active borrower in conse
quence in order to carry on the improve
ment, the earnings barely covering the
current expenses. The line extends from
Montreal to Newport, Vt., a distance of a
little over one hundred miles, and has
branches to various points in the pro
vinces, which make up a total of three
hundred miles of road in operation.
The suspension of the bank was totally
unexpected, and is likely to have a seri
ous effect upon numbers who have been
indorsers upon Mr. Barlow’s paper, but
the real condition of atfairs in this respect
is not yet fully known. It is understood
that Mr. Barlow had invested $1,000,00(1
in the Southeastern Railroad.
The St. Albans Trust Company has also
suspended. Its President, Lawrence
Brainard, who was a heavy indorser on
Mr. Barlow’s paper, having made an as
signment for the benefit of the Trust Com
pany. Mr. Brainard’s property, which
has been assigned, is valued at $50,000.
Ward's Statement.
boston, August 6.—A meeting of the
creditors of C. 11. Ward, the boot and
shoe manufacturer, who suspended last
week, was held to-day at which he made
a brief statement reviewing his business
since established, and the causes which
led to his suspension. The liabilities arc
ffatedto be about $745,000, and the assets
•p—o~,OVv.
Lumber Dealers Fail.
Detroit, August 6.—Brown Bros. ,fc
Cos., lumber dealers and insurance agents,
0 ‘hmcuy, have assigned with liabilities
ot SIOO,OOO and assets of $50,000.
Tlie Iscliian Kartliqnake.
Naples, August O.—A child which was
buried in the ruins at Casarpjceiola at
the time of the earthquake bn the 28th
ult., was rescued alive last Saturday The
Pope has decided to make the Archbishop
ot Naples Cardinal as a mark of recogni
tion ot the services he rendered to the
Btifierers bj the earthcpiake. Nineteen
persons who were injured bv the disaster
cm the Island of Ischia, died in a hospi
tal here during last week. One hundred
others who were also wounded were dis
charged from the hospitals cured.
A luadlaiij* U Demonstration,
London, August 6.—A great demon
stration took place to-day in Trafalgar
Square, the object of which was to protest
against the exclusion of Mr. Bradlangh
from the House ot Commons. Thirty
thousand persons were present. The
meeting passed a resolution favoring re
sistance by Mr. Bradlaugh of the man
‘be House of Commons. Copies
ot the resolution were forwarded to the
of th^Hous 6^ ladstone and to the Speaker
A Socialist Congress Dispersed.
Ji Italy, August O. —A con
gress of Socialists met here yesterday.
Ihe police being refused admittance to
the hall broke down the doors and dis
persed the meeting.
A Mine In the MalakotT Tower.
Temple Bar.
A formidable mine had been dug and
loaded under the -Malakoff tower. If Gen
MacMabon had not chanced to discover
in the barrack one wire leading from a
well-concealed voltaic pile to a large quan
tity of powder under it, and another con
necting it with the powder magazine, the
whole victorious force might have been
blown Into the air alter having gained
possession of the fort. The wires were
cut, but the powder magazine could not
be tound. Some of the French soldiers
were setting fire to the empty gabions
which had been thrust into the small
w indows of the bomb-prdbf cellar un
der the tower fin order to barricade it.
One ol the gabions appeared to be mov
ing. A French officer called out that if
any one was there who could speak French
he might eotfie -out without fear.
Ihe gabiou was pushed through the
window, and a very young Russian officer
crept out. He was assured that he and
any others surrendering as prisoners of
war would be well treated. Atter saytnu
ll few words in Russian at the window, he
was joined by four officers and 200 com
mon soldiers. They begged, through him,
to be taken awav at once. This
request suggested some knowledge
of an impending explosion. The
young officer was therefore ordered
to point out tho position of the powder
magazine. The lad made no answer. A
French subaltern said in a loud voico to
the commanding officer that the Russian
ought to be shot if he refused to obey the
order given to save so many lives. The
youth kept silence, with a haughty glance
of indignation at the subaltern, appa
rently tor supposing that he would betrav
a secret under a threat. The French chiet
formed a platoon to shoot him and he
turned to face his executioners. An old
Russian Major, who seemed to under
stand French, ran forward, took the
commandant by the hand, drew him to
a neap of earth, and pointed downward.
The earth was quickly shoveled away, and
barrels containing NB,tHk) pounds of gun
powder were discovered. A strong French
guard was placed over them. The young
Russian officer was told to go with the
other prisoners. He gave a military '
salute and kissed the old Russian Major’s
hand. “Do not blame him for showing
you the powder,” he said in French to the
commandant, w ith a trembling voice and
tears in bis eyes. “He is my father.”
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
purity, strength and wholesome ness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, cannot
bo sold in competition with the multitude ot
low test, short weight, alum or phosphati
powders. Sold only in cans by all grocers.
At wholesale in Savannah by
HENRY SOLOMON & SON.
8. GUCKJSNHEIMER & SUN.