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. ,r tHIDHEI) 1850.
! i Fditcr and Proprietor.
J. H T- TIL
m AXD FORIDA.
.... ..1 THU TWO STATES
< I AKAGK*™*
„, r .|il in a Dangeroun
M .. I it.' N.'U>"
! - ' the in 'nii'li-l p
~i T' ,lir 'V\,. tt lurk-Two Negroes
Hit,*
h ‘ ' , og.il A.
i ' i,i ~n font to orgamif a
t ' 1 , ! ,i"
i, ;i. her at Winter
, f,,r win piling a child,
worth of liiiil.liugs have
lit eight months.
1 , ,• mntv. hail hi* hand
‘ j. ntal discharge of a
i , 'initli. during an epi
,.s u-t aliove t oluinbiis.
~1,011 cmmnttcd within
Itutt' I‘ounly in tin* past
, . ~i i i* the delegate from
\ jurat '.wirly to tilt* At
'uinter eoimtv cotton was
■oi Saturday afternoon
1 weighed t-M | hniml', ami
. - the arrival in Grirtin of
,| -;iv - nhe I* one of a col
n .in' the North to go into
xj >i eretary of the Board
t-. male College. ha> ro
ll. Mav .ink of HnlUm. a
■ •' ,' ’ .■ ;ho oottege.
“ . it.,rv. of Atlanta, ha* .in~t
'■■" ' ‘ . l.\ uoing down to a
tl it Ij i- never lieen
■:o: •* 1 . ‘ , n t.efore.
, -iij. I—i.. a well-known
. iled in that city on
i-aed so years, lie was an
'■ v i t Brook’s of this city.
Ilenrv county. lia.~ a
a preserved ate
ii a -oft hriek in i**3ii.
' ' . a j,' it was the day it was
r- with the striking tele
riere I the 'teanier Joel
~ir ;i in.-.alight excursion
>toiiav next, for the lien
i_ the Merchants' and
as earlv as itossible,
-a. \V. H. Head
: .at if other* will take
; lie will take the other
the Augusta post of
.pa! instigators of the
Postmaster Holden,
• the suggestion of a
Post ntSee liepart-
V ... Augii'ta. while tamper-
V. IS supposed to be
. a led in the *ide and alslo
a . i itieal eond.tion. The
.•n;. I. ‘igley. while he was
•, ,s• t of money lias been
. fr.-e .ron bridge across
It . ~iihe t *>lllllll'-
aud Revenues met yesterday
wouhl consent to have
ent who ptMMM to
v . a tli.- rail- comfortable
trains of a sprinkling
• ..it the ma.llied. The
'i • M ike public his identity
. .. ..ture of his contrivance,
f, \ M - eal In ion has approved
r: r t now l>eiiig agita
- • *re to lie given, according
*i t _ • .st of fSOOeach. If
;.Tt f he.-I.ire Thomas is
. -i . • *>t s'is .it iuaii'icl.
• v. a.- ay even;ag *l. A. Lewis and
■ r s ■ were sitting in front
1. r'- ~t**re. at Marshatlville.
_ 'tl is i telegraph pole not
„ Mr. Lewi* out of his
•■>r a whiie.
Barncsiille. had
. - I e in tin* Knights of
the United Work
-1 **l >r. MclKiwell was
i- r: time liefore he dieii
imt' oil his books, if
.'.•lre*! thousand dollars.
|; -a :.. not in..re than forty
i, it that -iiin
i! • ' "From the Int.l-
Mr. .lames W. Martin.
. ■ - . at . met death from a
t week. W ith the butt end
; -abdomen, he attempted
; i.: .* r. when both barrels were
the rebound of
.saiii't ln~ stomach a* to
f the tiowels, from w hich
- afterwards—last 'atur
■ rtsoa's place in the Green Hill
st.wart county, on Thursday of
nltj occurred between Wiley
I; a.- 1 Kiel! Benton, during which the
id hi* antagonist a s*vere blow on
a ith a hoe, driving the blade through
causing liis brains to ooze out The
agerv'l until Tue-day. when he ex
. • v were isith young. -tout m-groe-.
- I. red good hands. Wiley made his
r . „:.d has not been heard from since.
! M. lezuina Accord says: -We have
•agre information of the killing of
- l.y lightning >luring tin* heavy
■ r th. river Tue-day evening, on the
'lr. M. TANARUS!. t>i|inon*. otr >heri!T.
; si tout imir miles (ron Miona
*! -i re were -ix or seven negroes m
ii ;!i.-time, and two were killol
■■ badlv woun'led. We heani
. n t.-r while at the spring- Tue>-
' I'iea tiiat it was four miles
i-- the stewart county dige-t
■-*•.:;•> ar: "Number of acres g>7.'.*is.
*• town property. t:>:,
.. * merchandise, .s,r>io:
!s. fiioO; liousehohl, siß.7Ui>;
• . horses, etc., titi. 725; plant a
. * cotton, other pro
- - . t..iai. The total for
' - *!.-;7,t."5;. which shows an in
year of 147,91:!. White (Hills
; < >!.>red |mils returned 1.47::;
Ham-, of Monroe, went to tlie
gro who was beating In- wife the
i ;d trie<t to arrest him. As lie
■ r. and had got one toot in.
nuied the door on the lower part
-i i -.ited the door. The Marshal
He toil 1 the negro to 100-s-tiiin
•>t. The reply came from in-
Mr. Harris lin'd two or
rough the door, and the negro
k way. and has kept away ever
■ ' -a- who heani the shooting re
ss vir. Harris.
v '' a-i Friday morning a negro
;n i by some negroes lving on
r tilroad track insensible, with
- alp three or four inches long.
- 'Uuitnoned. and n-'toring her
found that the wound was
~he gave her name as Fannie
-j ; * bat she came from Monte
•’ not tell iiow she was hurt.
• r . - put to her, it was supposed
to get on the :: o’clock train as
‘ not -ueceeiling, had gone to
' F *’ '*d** of the track an>l ha<l lieen
■* by the cowcatcher of the 4
' •*> M.rror savs: •‘llenrv Bras
o'/-id son of Mr. It. L. Braswell,
•not iniiist lf in the leg Monday
! ball, a No. tl pistol bullet,
■in the lower part of the calf.
the two l-iiie-. The
r ab.e to extract it, but does not
i''”i>- consequences will result,
simple flesh wound,—Drury
•rthy farmer, had the misfor
;s horse on Fridav in rather an
During the storm a Hash of
'ed by an immediate report,
and hi-family, and soon to his
■bd that hi- horse had lieen killed
' >ar by.”
ty - tax digest makes the follou -
- ; Numls-r of acres of improved
' ••I by whites, :>i2,0:!2; nuiaher of
r <>ved land returned by colored,
nod town property re
■*g:.2o.',; value of city and
m returned by colored. |9Utt; val
i.r...|u> e for sale A|>ril Ist, 4<;.i;tii:
-- - "f property returned by
:,2: aggregate value of prop
rm-i by > adored. 47.2.211; total
r "|.*Ttj returnol. I,s),hui;; in
d..;7r. S uni -
‘ f ‘ s; -s. 1,164; mm,lst of colored
‘ J'idsrof lawyers, j; iiuiiilmt of
• , - .■ 1 : dentists, I; value of wild lands,
i Jo- defaulting ii~t is larger than
i , ■ ‘ jzlly as to w ild lands owned by
The
tl. ••neii. e of a party of l.eorgiansin
-iita-li- iiji C entral New York is
**i Rumbtican as follows:
fr ‘ >ler has received a letter
■ * i, tn.s daughter, who urcun
-1 • Mrs. shaw. and her lius
c ■ i trip North, ami who were in
r ilroad mash-upon the Niagara
.' , F . ll ‘" *';.nid Kailroad last .Saturday
; they left Xiagara about
. b>k a -leeper, and the train was
*. ra\\ n i,y two jMiwerfiil <*ngines;
t,:. ' <l>..k they were awakened by a
ii,/.', - that jarrisl the whole train,|iii
ii -mi,* up*ni another.
tj,r , - party rn|K-,t the crash liyone
" 'i them ami the wreck. The tbi*
-a.,, 1 " a- a small station alsnil lift v
k.•..*'/, ; Niagara, and all parties we're
m.ni ten that night to eleven Sun
•ii i V n, ?ht was terribly -lark
Winn, , h* ,r d. Tin* shrieks of the
hcarir, ' 1 ," f the living were
a, And all through the darkness
W. i,-f 'stiaiitd tin* ears of those
a> it , - '"'it* There were
Nded. Mrs.
rigid bi’ ~e ; | . nients. and
*i* ; i-: ' igemaater,
ri'.bi;,.. ivered lier
r'.sd ;- t by the rail
°v>r !<• her ,l "* turned
6I " K1 'd uiiße" **’ 'rtinkw as
•* Thom. ...
About 10 e ** tolh.vving!
'bad , lay night the
th the. tty . was brought
K, 'kd. j;_, In* Bainl.i-idge
•v s.u p. ut 20 years ami
*‘.iuß*.f 'known colored
?. u ‘t <*x ki I j*" • suction hand
tb Hanseti 'he hainU, >Vil-
JJ follow, . instances were
•*b,h ant "ent into one of
h>m for a dlte. anti asked
that be i . .' Willie replied
“ or him. Joe then
ITltc Sai-annnli Caiominq |t®s.
told him he would like for him to pav the lit
reidynlTn.*hse °. W . e i 1 u hi,n ’ "“"I" some
TA? n rha t toW h,IU lo *5° out—and picked
fe.^tVo 1 , "ittsket. One of the witnesses testi-
Vv‘n a J 1 I , he I knew about it was
etiel " *® ,d Joe to bxik out. heard a
gi n k trim t^ l>n ,h u d,schar b r '' of the
S ' l ’ eja'ms the shooting to be acci
t?i a Ji * l , l ‘‘vents the load of bird shot
id e ,. ,n th region of tlie collar We on
llie left suit* and made a ghastly liole. Joe
was taken by \\ illte aud two or three of tlie
other hands, placed on the jiole ear and
irougbt to town. He lived only a short time
dying liefore they reached Hie depot. Tlie
isidy was taken to the home of his mother,
and ( •>roner Johnson notified at an earlv
hour next morning. He arrived about lb
‘‘ ‘ - iur > nd held an in
i|iiesi. 1 lie follovvmg is the verdict: *\Ve
the jury of inquest in the case of Joe Davis.
d*M ca.sj*d, tln<l that tin? said Joe Davis caim*
u l a ffuushot wound at the huds
of \\ illie Hansel]/ -Vftertlie inquest a war
rant was sued out before the Coroner charg
ng llansell with murder. ll,* i- in Sail, not
ha\ iu&t had a hearing: yet.’*
FLORIDA.
Hie building of the Agricultural College at
Lake t ity has l*en poot|>oned.
• IV,, WMto eignm were shipped to New
* ork last week from Key West.
The various cotton gins are lieing put in
readiness for the coming season.
liaincsville has not as yet taken anv public
act ion in regard to “local option.”
the ljuincy sportsmen art* enjoying them
selves with trap shooting at clay pigeons.
raxy John,” an unfortunate white tsiv at
Quincy, has lieen sent to the insane asylum.
Morris ti. Munroe proposes to build an ar
m.*ry and arsenal for the Del,and Seminary
Guards.
Key West ha- eighty-i.-urcigar factories.
an 'l ” is tliought that fully three thousand
hand- are .laity cinplovcd in the different fac
tories.
There is no cause for alarm aUnit the cot
ton w orm in Columbia county. Tlie crop will
U* rip- lief.ire they can get iii their work to
any extent.
Tin* Americas llook ami Ladder Company,
of.Jacksonville, have notified the City Coun
cil that they will disband in tliirtv (lavs if a
-unable truck house is not provided.
Flic littje steamer Flora, w hich ran on tlie
•*t. Mary's river some three years ago, left
Jacksonville Wednesday for Cellar Keys, she
w ill run lietween Ko . West and Clearwater
Harbor.
t aterpillars are numerous in tlie section
near Dellwood. This is their second apjicar
ance tilts year, and it is said there are enough
of them to clean out tin* cotton in a week, if
let alone?
William Williams, colored, who was con
victed of ru|>e at tlie last term of the Circuit
< onrt and sentenced to seven years in the
|'iiiteutiary, lias Ik-cii granteii anew trial bv
tin* supreme Court.
There is a two ami one-half year old iieaoli
tree ou A.J. Hinson's place two miles from
Altoona, which measures 1814 feet through
the top and is tifteen feet, four inches in
height. It was full of blooms this season.
Tlie Board of Pilot Commissioners received
reports that live vessels were piloted over the
si. John's bar for the week ending on last
Saturday, aud the depth of water ou the bar
at high tele was from twelve to thirteen feet.
I ridav forenoon a stabbing affrav occurred
at the treenville place, about a quarter of a
mile from Magne-ia Spring station, on the
t lorula southern Railway, and fourteen miles
from t ..tinesville. in whieli Ureen B. Towusend
white \\ as seriously stabbed in the shoulder
by W illiam Jones (eoioreil). Jones came to
i.aim -ville ami sturremlered himself to sheriff
Tucker.
During the latter part of June Edon Bisliee,
the eldest son of Congrc'sman Bishee. of
Florida, was examined for admission to llar
vanli niversity. The young gentleman will
not be -i vonteen years of age until the 2t>th of
Dos montli. vet i ttiorough has l>et*n his prep
aration that he was admitted without a single
condition, and with “honors” in Creek ami
Latin.
UOW-I.KGS.
Tilt* Operation of Osteotomy Performed
on Children at Bellevue Hospital.
Xnc York Tribune.
lii one of the surgical w ards of Bellevue
Hospital a reporter of the Tribune was
surprised to set* about a dozen children
lying on their backs, w ith their feet bol
stered up and their legs incased in splints
and plaster of I’aris. The oldest child
in the lot was under o years of age, while
the youngest was about 2 years old.
•Every one of these children has hail
lioth legs broken.” an attendant said.
••When were they injured?” the report
er inquired.
• Eight of them had tueir legs broken
to-day in this room,” was the reply.
A tall young man with fair hair and a
smiling face, who was introduced as Dr.
Fraser C. Fuller, a member of the Bellevue
Hospital surgical start, said; ‘‘l am re
sponsible for the treatment of these little
ones. They all were either bow-legged
or knock-kneed. Their limbs were so much
out of shape that they were hardly able
to walk. If they had been jierinittetl to
grow up without surgical attention
they would have become confirmed crip
ples. they have been subjected to the
operation known as osteotomy. In the
ease of a low-legged child an incision is
made in the leg, lietween the knee and the
ankle. Th** skin and underlying tissues are
out through with a knife" as far as the
lone. Then an ordinary carpenter's chisel
is used. The lone is cut about two
thirds of the way through, the chisel be
ing held somewhat obliquely. As sion as
the chisel is withdrawn the leg is grasped
firmly above and below the cut and the
lone is broken sufficiently to )>erinit tlie
straightening the limb. Bandages and
splints are applied and set in piaster to
keep the bone in the right position until
the fracture is healed. The treatment is
similar in the case of a knock kneed child,
except that the bone is broken above the
knee.”
“How long does it take a child to re
cover from such operation ?”
“The bone is set w ithin four weeks after
the fracture, but the child is not jicr
mitted to use its limbs much for several
days after the splints are removed. Walk
ing is allowed by slow degrees. When
the children are able to run alamt again,
however, their legs are as straight as
those of other loys and girls.”
"Are not the children liable to lose
their lives while under treatment?”
“There is comparatively little danger
in performing such an operation on a
child under 0 years of age, but the risk
increases as the child grows older. I have
been operating upon all the l*>w-legged
children we could get here for a year.
None have died, and those who have been
in the hospital long enough to recover
have gone away with straight limbs.”
••Do the children suffer much under the
> operation?”
“They are put under the influence of
ether while their limbs are being straight
ened, and they suffer much less pain af
terward than a grown person would un
der like circumstances. Notice the way
I string their heels up above the level of
their heads. That is to prevent too much
circulation of blood in the legs. It pre
vents inflammation and lessens the pain.”
The children, who lay on their backs,
w ith their feet in the air, appeared to be
rather comfortable. One or two were
fretful, but the nurses said their uneasi
ness was caused by forced inaction. Most
of the little ones were the offsprings of
poor Italians. It was said that their legs
had become crooked because they had
been permitted to walk alone too early
and because their bones were soft
from lack of proper nourishment. Dr. Ful
ler exhibited photographs of several
children on whom he had jte•’formed
I tile operation of osteotomy within a year.
Some of the pictures were taken before
the operation and others after the children
had recovered. A comparison of the pic
tures revealed wonderful improvement.
In one* set of pictures children were
represented with both legs bowed so
badly that their knees were* a foot apart
when they stood with their feet close
together. The other pictures showed the
same children with limbs straight and
well shaped. An increase in height, as
well as the removal of the deformity,
caused a pleasing transformation.
. Tlie tirowth of the New South.
Columbu* Enquirer.
Thirty vears i%o, in the heyday of the
slavery regime, the total value of the
Southern crops of cotton, tobacco, rice,
hay, hemp . ”and sugar-cane was si:is,6oo,-
Ti’l. The ceusus report of 1880 shows the
Southern farm products were, in the last
! census vear, valued at $700,000,000, one
third of which was the value of the cotton
products, which remains the great staple
or the South, w hose standing in the mar
kets of the world has not been affected by
the East and West Indian, the Brazilian
and tin* Egyptian cultivation. Instead of
sending all the cotton to New’ England
and Old England, the South to-day is
I looming up as the seat of a great cotton
manufacturing interest, so that the
cheaper or coarse grades of cotton cloth
are readily made for home consumption,
and are competing with the New r England
mills successfully.
In the House of Commons.
London, August 7.—Many members of
Parliament w ill go to America during the
coming recess.
Motions were offered in the House last
] evening against the policy of the govern
ment in regard to the Transvaal and Zu
lu land, They were defeated, however,
after |**e<*bes against them had lieen
made by Mr. (iladstone.
Letter Carriers for Chattanooga.
Washington, August 7.—Postmaster
General Gresham to-day ordered the es
tablishment of a free mail delivery at
Chattanooga, beginning September 1.
A VOTE FOR PROHIBITION.
THE HOUSE AT LAST PASSES
THE TEMPERANCE BILL.
li<*presentative Julian Carries the Day
l)j Ignoring the Fact that He Was
Paired—The Western and Atlantic
Suit Not \et Di-]toseil of— Notes
About the Capital.
Atlanta. August 7.—ln the House to
day, Mr. Maddox, of Chattooga, ottered a
resolution for a joint committee of the
House and Senate to examine the busi
ness and report, with a view to an early
adjournment.
Mr. Reese, of Wilkes, moved a suspen
sion ot the rules to act upon the report of
the coinmitteeadverse to the final rollcall
for new bills on June 10, but the House
declined to sustain the motion. Unfinish
ed business was resumed, aud the gen
eral temperance bill came up. Mr. Sweat
resumed his speech In favor of the bill.
He was followed by Mr. Eason, of Tel
fair, in the most earnest and impassioned
appeal yet made in behalf of the measure.
Mr. McGregor, of Warren, replied to
these speeches, and warned tin* members
that the passage of this bill might put a
disturbing element into our State and
county elections. He believed that there
were better methods of dealing with the
w hisky question.
Mr. Spence, of Mitchell, called the pre
vious question, and Mr. Pringle, Chair
man of the Temperance Committee, gave
the twenty minutes allowed the commit
tee to close the debate to Mr. Watson, of
McDuffie, who complimented Mr. Iloge’s
speech as the best and most reasonable
that had been made in opposition to the
bill, and he would confine bis remarks to
that gentleman's arguments, which he
did, but injected a good deal ot fun into
his speech.
The roll call showed many absentees,
and tooted up B.’! yeas to 7>o nays. Before
being announced, the friends of the bill
rushed around to secure changes and new
votes.
Mr. Ford, of Worth, changed from no to
yes, and Mr. Ihipree, of Macon, came in
and voted yes. One more vote being
needed, Mr. Julian, of Forsvth, although
paired with Mr. Grirtin, of Banks, who is
absent, was persuaded to vote yes,
although Mr. Grirtin would have voted
yes and he uo on the bill under the pair.
Great confusion grew out of this alleged
breach of faith, and Mr. Gary, of Rich
mond, made the point ot order that Mr.
Julian could not vote after pairing with
an absent tnemlier.
Mr. Johnston,ot Baldwin,said there might
Ih* no rule of the House on this matter,
but there was a rule of honor—a moral
obligation that no gentleman would dis
regard. In the midst of the excitement
the Speaker declared the bill passed by 88
yeas to 48 nays. Applause followed, but
some of tlie liest friends and supporters
of the bill deeply regret the questionable
manner in which the required vote was
obtained. This fact will influence the
fate of the bill in the Senate.
rite special order, the resolution to
withdraw the suit against the lessees of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, was
reported favorably by the Judiciary Com
mittee, but a minority report was also
made requiring a new’or stronger bond
and the payment of the cost of the suit by
the lessees.
Mr. Maddox, of Chattooga, who first
started the investigation that led to the
suit declared that he alone was respon
sible lor it and proceeded to speak with
great force in favor of the minority re
port. He was followed bv Mr. Gary, of
Richmond, in a strong argument, but the
hour of adjournment cut him otf.
It is probable that the debate will occu
py all day to-morrow and tie quite spirited.
IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate the Lieutenant Governor
bill was the special order, but was post
poned and will come up in regular order.
Mr. Neal introduced a resolution against
new bills after the 10th inst., but Mr.
Greer amended to the 2ith.
Messrs. Neal and Dußignon advocated
early action as to adjournment. The mo
tion was tabled by t* yeas to I.T nays.
i>n motion of Mr. Meldrim the House
bill amending the City Court act of Sa
vannah was taken up and passed.
Mr. Parks introduced a bill requiring
costs to Ik* dejMisited in divorce cases.
There being no business, tlie Senate ad
journed at Hi o'clock.
NOTES Alton THE CAPITAL.
The Senate gave a black eye to Mr.
Ray's fertilizer bill by the adverse report
of the Agricultural Committee. It can
hardly pass that body in its present
shape.
Fine showers fell to-night, and the air
is cool and breezy.
Another niad-tlog was killed bv the po
lice to-day, making live or six in all.
The City Council, last night, ordered
work stopped on John 11. James' new
five-story building over his bank because
the old building would not support the ’
added weight; but Mr. James lias kept on
to-day finishing off the fifth story, and
proposes to complete the work, making
the lower walls stronger, if necessary.
It is possible that a lively legal contest
may grow out ot this affair vet.
C. W. Wynn and G. W. G*. Hill, of East
Point, arrested for handling illicit whisky,
are also charged with murdering a negro
for revealing the location of their still
house. The ease excites unusual in
terest.
A VICTIM TO HIS WIFE'S CRAZE.
L. L. Conrad, One of Baltimore’s Fore
mortt l-iiwyers, I’ii-rcctl |>y a Bullet.
Baltimore, Mil, August 7.—L. L. Con
rad, a lawyer of this city, prominent in
professional and social life, was shot and
killed last night by his wife, near Glyn
doti, in Baltimore county, about twenty
live miles from this city. Mrs. Conrad has
been suffering from illness for some time,
accompanied by evidences of insanity.
She was visited yesterday by her brother
and mother, who left her in the afternoon
in a quiet condition.
Conrad was a native of New Orleans,
and a son of Hon. William 11. Conrad,
Secretary of War during the Fillmore ad
ministration.
He was sleeping by his wife’s side when
shot. The bullet entered his heart, kill
ing Hint instantly.
Mrs. Conrad is a cousin of Samuel Han
son, who recently killed Charles Ridgely
while in Howard county. She is also a
cousin of John Tolly, and his brother
Richard, both of whom committed sui
cide. All were suffering from insanity
at the time.
MILLIONS IN WAR MUNITION’S.
Tlie Springfield Utile Company Equip
ping the Chinese Army.
San Francisco, August 7.—On Thurs
day last five hundred cases of ammuni
tion and arms were sent on the Pacific
Mail steamship Comstock. The ammu
nition cases had the brand, “U. S. Govt.
45-calibre,” and all the cases were from
Springfield, Mass. It is now asserted
that during the past eighteen months
regular shipments on an extensive scale
have been made to C. Schmidt, Shanghai.
During that period 240,000 Springfield
rifles and 25,000,000 cartridges in all have
been forwarded, besides from 5,000 Dts.ooo
bales of cotton duck, suitable for tents, by
express by each steamer, for China. The
total value of the war material approxi
mates $5,000,000.
CHICAGO CHOLERA SCARED.
Stomach Ache Resulting from a Board
ing House Menu Starts the Panic,
Chicago, August 7.—There was a sen
sation on West Lake street yesterday.
Twenty-seven ]arsons in a hoarding
house ate of ice cream, watermelon, green
peas and roast veal at dinner, and all
were seized with violent cramps. The re
port got about that it was cholera, and a
general stampede from the neighborhood
resulted. One of the health commissioners
examined the premises, w’hich were pro
nounced in a good sanitary condition, and
gave his opinion that the sickness was
severe stomach ache, resulting from eat
ing the articles mentioned, hut which
particular one is not stated.
DavD Replies to Black.
Philadelphia, August 7.—The Times
will priut an elaborate answer from Jef
ferson Davis to Judge Black’s reputed ex
posure of secession secrets some months
ago, in which the ex-Confederate Presi
dent reviews in rather pungent sentences
the assertions and record of Judge Black
as President Buchanan’s chief Cabinet
j tlicer.
Vigilantn at Work iu a Jail Yard.
Walla Walla, W. TANARUS., August 7.~-Mc-
Pherson, the murderer of Cummins, was
flung by vigilant* in the jail yard at Dav-
Lon Saturday night. He protested his
innocence,
SAVANNAH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1883.
MEIGS ON HIS METTLE.
A Present Returned Without Thanks,
and Other Waifs from Washington.
Washington. August 7.—General M.
< . Meigs, who was recently retired as
Quartermaster General of the Army, is
now supervising the erection of the new
Pension Office building in this city. Gen
eral Meigs has handled millions of gov
ernment funds during his official lift*.
There has never been a suspicion as to his
honesty. He is very punctilious in all
matters of honor. He is a fine ol<J gentle
man of the old army school. There
is being used in the building
ot the new Pension Office a good
deal of terra-cotta work. A Bos
ton company has the contract for furnish
ing this material. The President of the
company evidently did not know what
kind of a man General Meigs was. The
other day there arrived in a car-load of
terra-cotta two large and handsome lawn
vases ot that material. Accompanying
the bill of lading was a note to the express
company's agent here that these vases
were intended as a present for General
Meigs, It was requested that they be
sent to that officer’s residence' with
the compliments of the company.
Tliev arrived at the General’s residence
about and o’clock in the evening while
he was seated on his lawn. As soon as
he found out what they were and where
they came from, his mad was up. He
was about as violent as Solicitor Raynor,
of the Treasury Department, is,when any
body hints at using influence with him.
He ordered the expressman to take the
vases hack to the office, and wrote a note
to the agent to ship them to tlie Boston
company, and that, too, at their expense.
He then wrote a letter to the President of
that company, which, as it was
penned before he cooled off, was
very much on the fireworks
order. It is safe to sav that the Boston
company with which General Mfeigs has
contracted for furnishing terra-cotta work
for the building which he is erecting will
not send him any more presents. General
Meigs was, by the way. born in Georgia
while his mother was on a visit to the
State.
INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THE INTER
NAL REVENUE BUREAU
here points to the selection of the whilom
Pleasant as Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue under OollectorJohnson. In fact it
is taken for granted here that Pleasant will
revive such an appointment. The princi
pal influence that would induce such an
exercise of the appointing power by Col
lector Johnson is thought to be Mr. James
Atkins. It is unnecessary to say that
the officers of the Internal Revenue Bu
reau do not tackle very kindly to the idea
of Pleasant being retained ill the service.
It does not strike them as consisting very
well with the eternal fitness of recent
things.
EX-SENATOR M’DONALD'S FRIENDS
here, and he has a number ot them, do not
think lie is acting very wisely in rushing
into the Ohio campaign to deliver
speeches. They simply keep up a com
plaint that they commenced nearly a year
ago. It is, in brief, that for a Presidential
candidate, senator McDonald is just a
little too soon. He boldly burst into the
ring about the 25th of last November, and
has kept tlie public notified ever since
that he is there. He has issued pronuncia
mentocs and things and has been very
busy. And now he is billed for a number
of speeches in Ohio, in which all sorts of
subjects must necessarily lie handled.
And this the while other men, who have
made Presidential bee-hives of their hats,
are very wary and chary of saying or
doing anything. Some of them won'teven
say whether they arc candidates or not.
Mr. McDonald’s friends fear the worst
from the impetuous course he lias taken.
They have often remonstrated with him,
but he won't hat e it. He is too full of the
idea that he would make a splendid can
didate, and of the policy of impressing it
niton others at all seasons of the year and
all days of the week. Mr. Blaine used to
be like Mr. McDonald, but ho has never
yet pocketed a nomination. There is such
a thing in politics as people getting tired
of one thing-see the Republican party,
for instance —and the blight has been
known to be almost an epidemic where
politicians have been restless unless they
were prominently mentioned seven or six
times a week for the office upon which
their guns are trained.
MR. TERRILL IS CHIEF
of one of the minor divisions in the Treas
ury Department. He has under him, be
sides males, three female clerks. One of
the latter is a bright young lady, the
daughter of a deceased army-officer who
was stationed for some time in Atlanta.
This young lady is the only employe
under Mr. Terrill who does not write a
good hand. She has influential friends.
Mr. Terrill Ims time and time again tried
to induce her to improve her handwriting,
but she lias not done it. Mr. Terrill
would uo at it about every day in this
style: “Suppose there should be a reduc
tion of lorce in this office, and I should
lose one of my lady clerks; which would
go, the one who writes a poor hand or one
of the two who write gotnl hands?” The
answer would always be given, parrot
like, bv one of the females who writes
a good hand, "Why, the one who
writes poorly, of course.” This went on
for a long time until it few days ago. The
young lady, who is not handy with her
copying, was getting very tired of it.
I'pon the occasion referred to Mr. Terrill
again asked his time-worn and worm
eaten question: “Which would go, the
poor writer or one of the good writers?”
As quick as a flash the badgered young
lady answered: “The one who had the
least influence would go, of course.” Since
then Mr. Teirill inis shelved his question,
and no more is said about the hand-writ
ing of the lady who certainly by her an
swer demonstrated that she had pretty
well mastered the principles which go to
make up a glorious civil service.
A PROMINENT official
of the Navy Department said to-day that
it was intended by that department to
take strict cognizance in the future of a
class of offenses which has hitherto been
indulged in by some officers of the navy
with considerable impunity. He referred
to the habit of duplicating' pay accounts.
Hitherto officers reported guilty of this
offense have been allowed to smooth things
over. Frequently this smoothing has not
been very satisfactory to the parties
who suffered by the duplicating of pay
accounts. The number of recent cases of
tliis kind in the army, and the punish
ment, of the offenders by the War Depart
ment is what is awakening the Navy De
partment. The matter has been looked
into and it lias been found that nu
merous cases which should have been
punished have been allowed ‘to go free.
The determination has therefore been
reached that naval officers who duplicate
their pay accounts must, in the future,
stand up to the rack and take what is in
store for them under the regulations. This
will lie good news to brokers who have
advanced money to officers for a month’s
pay but to find that some other broker lias
done the same thing for the same month.
CHOLERA LESS VIRULENT.
Hundreds Still Dying Daily, but a San
itary Improvement Noticed.
London, August 7—There were 13
deaths from cholera among the British
troops in Egypt on Sunday. There has
been great improvement among both the
troops and the people in the last 12 hours,
there having been only 30 deaths in Cairo
in that period. There were deaths in
Alexandria on Sunday. All occurred
near the Mahmoudich canal, the tilth in
which is being moved by the overflow of
the Nile yesterday. Five fresh cases were
reported in tlie same quarter. When all
the filth is removed it is expected that the
health of the district will improve.
The deaths from cholera in Egypt on
Monday were 598 in number, including 7H
at Cairo. The commander of the British
troops in Egypt telegraphs, referring to
cholera, that the improvement in the sit
uation Is maintained, and that no fresh
castts of the disease are reported.
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr.
Gladstone read extracts from a private
letter from Egypt, stating that the reor
ganization of the Egyptian army under
Lord Duflerin’s plan is aliout completed.
The reorganization of the Jutlieiary and
the police is slowly advancing. The plans
for the irrigation of the delta of the Nile
have been published, and are favorably
regurded. Mr. Gladstone strongly re
iterated that a permanent British protec
torate over Egypt was not intended.
Constantinople, August 7. —The
Sanitary Council has decided to establish
a cordon around Beyrout, to suppress the
lazaretto there and quarantine all persons
from that place for twenty days.
General IgleitiaH' .Movement..
Lima, August 7.—To-day’s Tribune
states that General Iglesia's, having or
ganized a division of one hundred men at
Cajamarea. is now marching on Trujillo,
which he expects to reach aliout the 20th
inst., and will provisionally occupy that
city.
NO STRIKE ON THE RAILS.
THE STATION OPERATORS STICK
TO THEIR KEYS.
No Satisfactory Excuse for the Fiasco
Published by the Brotherhood— Wire-
Putting Reported at New York, and
Both Sides Otter Rewards—Bears on
t he Rampage.
St. Lolls, Mo., August 7.—The As
sistant Superintendent of ‘the Wabash
telegraph lilies reported last night that
only four operators on that road had left
their keys yesterday under the orders of
the Brotherhood to strike. These men
were at Decatur, 111. No other point on
the road was aft'ected, and it is not be
lieved that there will lie any trouble.
<’ol. Andrews, General Superintendent
of the Wabash Road, says that there are
only four stations on the whole road
where any trouble can be caused bv the
striking operators. These are lietween
St. Louis and Decatur, and measures have
been taken to strengthen them at once.
Col. Ilill, general manager of the Van
dalia Road, says that only two members
of the Brotherhood have been found on
that line, and they have lieen required to
resign.
Superintendent Rogers, General Mana
ger ot the St. Louis and San Francisco
Road, has no apprehensions of trouble, as
he has about 40 good operators Alline
other positions on his line, who can be
called into service in case a strike occurs.
It was reported here last night that 11
operators on the Chicago and Alton Road
had gone out.
Superintendent Baker, of the Western
Union Company, says that several
good operators have been re
stored to duty at Kansas City
on renouncing the Brotherhood,
and that so far about twenty have been
taken hack in his district. It is very dif
ficult to get any definite information from
the strikers here. But Secretary Shaw
stated yesterday that the chief object in
calling out the railroad operators is to
weaken the working force as much as
possible, and compel the railroads to call
back their men now in the Western Un
ion offices, and thus still further cripple
the latter company. Mr. Shaw also states
that the pperators on the Manhattan Ele
vated Railroad in New York citv were
called out yesterday.
They claim that the men on tlie southern
division of the Alton and Wabash Rail
roads struck last night. They also claim
that of the Wabash men seven out of
sixteen have quit work, but this state
ment is not confirmed.
No further withdrawals of telegraphers
from the Iron Mountain Road had oc
curred up to 2 o’clock to-day.
Chicago, _ August 7. —lt transpired
late last night that the order for the
strike of the operators on the Chicago and
Alton Railroad had actually been given,
to take effect at noon yesterday. A copy
of the official order, signed ity Master
Workman Campbell, of New York, and
Master Workman Morris, of Chicago, as
published, recites grievances to the effect
that the road discharged operators who ro*
fused tolsend Western Union business,and
sets forth the demands which the Brother
hood made on the company, and its refusal I
to comply with them, and concludes
with instructions to all members of the
Brotherhood in its employ to quit work at
noon Monday, August b. Copies of the
order were made in New York and sent bv
mail in sufficient numbers to be distributed
one to each operator in the employ of the
company. The copies sent to Chicago for
distribution to all operators on the road
north of Bloomington, 111., by some mis
chance did not arrive in time, hence the
operators continued at their desks. The
Brotherhood men. however, say that the
orders are lieing distributed ut the offiees
of the company in this city, and messen
gers have been sent down the line to
Bloomington distributing copies.
Chicago, August 7, to p. m.— From tlie
best advices obtainable, it appears that
very few operators have left the employ
ot the Wabash or Chicago and Alton
Railroad it was expected that the full
effect of the strike would" be felt at noon
to-day oil these roads, but according to
the version ot the officials in this city, not
to exceed ten are reported to have quit
their posts on both of these roads.
Cincinnati, August 7.—Up to i :.!o
o’clock this afternoon no strikes have oc
curred among the telegraphers on the
railroads centering here.
Pittsburg, August 7.— Superintendent j
King, of the Baltimore and Ohio Com- !
pany, reports that at 2 o’clock this after- i
noon about one-third of the railroad tele
graphers on the Pittsburg division quit
work.
Baltimore, August 7.—The officials
of the main office of the Baltimore and
Ohio Telegraph Company to-day say that j
all the operators at Camden station quit
work to-day. Not one remained. They
have heard from nearly every station
along the lines ul the road and the num
ber striking and leaving their posts does
not excerd half a dozen, and their places
have bee ; n supplied. The strike at Carti
ck'ii station, they say, is not of serious mo
ment, as the main office at Baltimore aud
Calvert streets can be used for the work
done at the Camden station.
WIRE-CUTTERS AT WORK.
A Reward Offered for the Arre*t of tlie
Skilled Mischief Makers.
New York, August 7, 7 t*. m.— The fol- J
lowing notice has just lieen issued:
Executive Office .
Western Union Telegraph Cos/
New York, August 7, IHBd. I
Notice.— lt has come to our knowledge
that in connection with the strike of
operators and linemen an organized plan
of cutting and crossing the wires of the
Western Union and other companies
in New York city and vicinity has
been agreed upon and is now
being carried out. In pursuance of
such plan a large number of our wires
have been cut during the past week, and
fifty-nine were cut last night in New York
city and vicinity, the work showing all
the marks of having been done Iq* skilled
hands. One thousand dollars reward will
l>e paid by the* company for the arrest and
conviction of each and every person wil
fully injuring or destroying any part of
the company’s telegraph lilies or their ap
purtenances.
Tiie Western Union Telegraph Cos.
Thos. T. Eckert, Acting President,.
In relation to the matter the officials of
tlie telegraph company say that the cable
box* at Cos Cob, Conn., was destroyed last
night and the cables cut; that twenty-six
of the twenty-nine Mutual Union wires
were rendered useless at Scarsdale, and
that the American Union and Atlantic
and Pacific routes to Boston were inter
rupted with the evident intention of pre
venting the Boston papers from getting
their full reports of the Sullivan-Slade
affair at Madison Square Garden.
A reward of SI,OOO was offered this
evening by the Telegraphers Brotherhood,
for the arrest and conviction of any Wes
tern Union employes found maliciously
interfering with the wires ef that com
pany, and a reward was offered for the
identification of any agentof the company
offering si bribe to striking linemen to in
terfere with the wires. Members of the
Brotherhood assert that the company had
ordered their own employes to cut wires
in order to turn public sympathy from
the strikers.
STOCKS FEEL THE EFFECTS.
Western Union amt the Rail l oad Shares
Raided by the Bears.
New York, August 7, 2 p. m.— There
was a renewed depression in stock mar
ket circles during the past hour, and
bears raided the market vigorously.
Wabash shares bore the brunt of the at
tack, and foil off to 19 <4 and 3514. Stop
orders were reached 011 the decline.
The remainder of the list fell off
lmm to 2 V., the Gould shares
leading. The weakness was due to
reports that the Baltimore and Ohio
operators are ordered out at noon and to
nimors that an Elmira Bank is in trouble.
Towards midday the selling abated, and
a steadier feeling prevailed, prices falling
from V* to 1. Western Union is weak at
77V4 to 77%. The stock is unfavorably
affected by the cutting of the Eastern
wires last night. There is a story afloat
on the street that the break In the Gould
shares was due to a prominent operator
who is short of Northern Pacifies, and
hopes to effect a general decline by the
drop in Southwestern.
I‘IjANS of THE ENGINEERS.
No Step of the Telegraphists to Draw
Thrill From Their Cabs.
Clbvkland," August 7.—The Leader
publishes an interview to-day, in which
P. M. Arthur, Chief of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, said: “Our
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has
no connection with any other labor move
ment. We Ijave paddled our own canoe
lor twenty years, and I hope we shall
continue to do so. The statement
that we wer% ready to strike
was made without authority, and has
no loundation. In fact, we have no griev
ances and no notion of quitting our posts.
If our railroad operators go out, it will
make no difference to us. Trains were
run liefore the telegraph was used, and.
it necessary, could he again. If
there were danger ot a collision
or other accidents, the railroad au
thorities would not permit trains
to be run; hence it would not lie
necessary for us to refuse to run. We are
satisfied with our own condition, and the
strikes of other organizations do not
attectus. Great pressure has been brought
to bear to get us to connect ourselves with
other labor unions, but we have always
refused to have anything to do with them,
and this is the secret of our success.”
The Marion Suit up in Court.
Nesn York, August 7.—The suit of
Marion, Biddle & Marion, against the
Western Union Telegraph Company, to
recover S2OO damages lor an alleged re
fusal of the company to accept and trans
mit two messages ottered to them on July
20 last, was up in court to-day. The
company put in an answer denv'ing the
charges. The counsel for the’ det'end
iints raised the point that the grounds of
complaint were insufficent to sustain the
cause of action, but the court said that it
could not undertake the responsibility ot
dismissing the complaint, but allowed
the company to obtain a bill of particu
lars from the plaintiffs. The case was set
down for trial next week.
Sympathy for the Strikers.
;St. Louis, August 7.—The City Coun
cil last night passed a resolution of sym
pathy with the striking telegraphers and
holding that the strike should be brought
to an end speedily on account of the dam
age to business resulting from its contin
uance.
LABOR’S MIGHTIEST AIM.
The Amalgamated Association Holds
Its Annual Session.
Philadelphia, August 7.—The Na
tional Convention of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers
was called to older in the Assembly Build
ing, at Tenth and Chestnut streets, by
President John Jarrett, at 10:30 o’clock
this morning, President Jarrett made a
brief address, congratulating the dele
gates uppn the strength and prosperity of
their association, and expressing his hope
that not only the deliberations but also the
example of the convention would be
fraught with advantage to the workingmen
ot the country. One hundred and sixty
eight delegates, besides the fifteen officers
of the association, answered to their
names, and presented their credentials.
There are 2GS lodges in the order, and it
is expected that many more delegates will
arrive during the convention.
Andrew Lee, N ice President of the
Eighth district, which includes Philadel
phia and vicinity, delivered the address
oi welcome, to which President Jarrett
replied, lie spoke hopefully of the pros
pects of the society, and, alluding to the
strike at Bethlehem, expressed his hope
that a victory would soon be won by the
strikers.
After his address, he introduced P. J.
McGuire, of New York, General Secretary
oi the Carpenters and Joiners’ Associa
tion. Mr. McGuire spoke at some length.
His reference to the strike of the telegraph
operators evoked rounds of applause.
Delegates F. E. Powell and Win, Robin
son presented the following resolution,
which was adopted bv a rising viva voce
vote:
He it. resolved , By the National Lodge of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers, in convention assembled,
that we do hereby extend to our striking
brothers ot the Telegraphers’ Brotherhood
our sincere wishes for victory in their
present struggle against monopoly, and
we do hope that ere many days the vic
tory to the telegraphers will be noised all
over tliis nation.
Upon the adoption of this resolution
three cheers were given for the tele
graphers. and also for the Bethlehem
strikers.
AN AMERICAN CONSPIRATOR.
McDermott Captured at Liverpoo? 011
111* Arrivuil from his Country.
Liverpool, August 7.—James Mc-
Dermott was arrested yesterday on his
arrival trom America, and was remanded
to jail 011 a charge of being engaged in a
conspiracy to murder public officials.
McDermott was arrested on board the
steamer City of Montreal, on which he
had come from America. The warrant
lor his arrest was issued in Cork, where
lie hud been seen in company with Oher
liliy. Some correspondence with O’Dono
van Rossa and James Stephens was
found on the prisoner, who said that he
was ait American citizen, aud would call
upon the American Government to pro
tect him.
Phe trial of Oherlihv, Featherstone,
Deasy, Flannigan and Dalton, who are
charged with having in their possession
explosives lor the destruction of buildings
ami lives, was begun to-day. All the
prisoners pleaded not guilty to the charge.
THE REVOLT AT ItADAJOZ.
Two Distinguished Spanish Officers the
Ringleaders.
Madrid, August 7.—The Imperial says
that the ringleaders of the revolt at Bada
joz were Col. Gutienez, Major Marino,
Lieut. Col. Vega and Major Barriga. The
iormer two enlisted thirty years ago, and
'•we their present rank to bravery in
action. The latter two are also dis
tinguished officers. No news has
been received relative to their
whereabouts. Six million pesetas
in gold on the Bank of Spain at Badajoz
were left untouched bv the insurgents.
Some refugee has telegraphed to a news
paper that the statement that the object
of the revolt was to conceal a deficiency
emanated from the government. They say
that they acted in obedience to the
programme of Sorrella and Salmeron to
promote the welfare of the country. The
Portuguese authorities have interned
the refugees from Badajoz in the fortified
town of Peniche, on the western coast.
SPECULATORS AS SCAPEGOATS.
The Rising at Badajoz Now Laid at the
Door of a Clique.
London, August 7. —The Times cor
respondent at Madrid says that the rising
of the military at Badajoz ended in a
most undignified manner. Very little
harm was done by the insurgents beyond
slight damage to the railway and the rob
bery of regimental and municipal mon
ies. It is doubtful whetherthe movement
was ever serious. It is stated in some
quarters that the outbreak was only part,
of a programme of a gigantic stock job
bing speculation, conducted bv a certain
clique which has for a long time been
making extraordinary efforts to destrov
1 be improving credit of Spain.
ENGLAND'S MONSTER DEBT.
Favorable Prospects for the Plan to Pay
5173.000.000 in Twenty Years.
London, August 7.— ln the House of
Commons to-night, the national debt bill
passed its second reading by a vote of 149
to 95. The bill proposes to replace the
terminable annuities expiring in 1886.
The effect will be in twenty years to can
cel £173,000,000 of the national debt.
Among the opponents of the bill
are tlie Irish members. Some
of the Conservatives urge that the gain by
the expiration of the annuities be applied
to the reduction of taxation. The sup
porters of the measure urge, among other
things, that America aii(sthe colonies will
hereafter become formidable rivals for the
commercial supremacy, and that it is
desirable to reduce the debt while the
operation may be easy.
Ft KM IN AN ICE HOUSE.
Tne Knickerbocker Company’;* Ruiltl
liiks in Philadelphia Destroyed.
I’m I. a dki.l’ll ia, August 7.—A fire this
evening destroyed the warehouses and
wharves of the Knickerbocker Ice Com
pany extending along the river lront from
I rent street to Delaware avenue, below
Willow street, and the stables of the
company, which occupy a large part of
thtblock, bounded by Delaware avenue,
Beach street and Willow and Buttonwood
streets. Only four of the fifty-one horses
and mules were saved, forty-three
horses and foilr mules being suffocated or
burned. Two thousand tous of ice were
destroyed. The roof of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad freight depot ad
joining was burned, and considerable
freight was damaged by tire and water.
The total loss is estimated at SoO,QOQ.
NEW ENGLAND IN A PANIC.
# COI NTLESS TANNERS AND SHOE
MEN GO TO THE AY ALL.
Many More Failures Expected to Fol
low-AYright. AVorster & Cos. Go Under
for 9300,000-No Statement Yet Fur
nished by Vermont’s Broken National
Rank.
Boston, Mass., August 7.— The Herald
says: “There were reports in Lynn this
morning of several failures among small
manufacturers on account of the suspen
sion of Charles W. Clements. Most of the
shoes made by them were for the Clem
ents trade. Samuel Gate was among
those reported as embarrassed. None of
the factories affected by Clements’ fall
employ over 30 or 40 hands, and it is said
that their suspension will be only tempo
rary.”
The Shaw failure is thought to be more
tar-reaching in its effect upon some of
Lynn’s business men than the public has
yet been given to understand.
C. H. Ward’s statement is thought pe
culiar, and places one of the city’s finan
ciers in a position which he was not thought
to occupy. It is asserted that several sus
pensions will occur among small Lynn
manufacturers during the ensuing few
days, but it is thought that no large
amounts will be involved in any case.
N' • C. & R. M. Silsby, tanners, of Troy,
N. 11., have failed in consequence of the
failure of Hersey, AVhittaker & Wyman,
of Boston. They will make an assign
ment.
E. 11. McClure, tanner and curer, of
1 eabody, Mass., has also failed. The lia
bilities of these firms are not definitely
known.
Wright, Wooster & Cos. wool dealers at
No. 86 Federal street, failed to-day, and
made an assignment of all their property
to Lester Goodwin, of Newton, one of their
employes. The firm is one of the promi
nent wool houses in Boston, and has done
a large business. The liabilities are sup
posed to be heavy. The concern stood
well, and was considered to be worth from
SIO,(MX) to SIS,(MM). The failure causes
much surprise in the trade.
As regards the liabilities nothing is yet
definitely known, but those conversant
with the firm’s business are ot the
opinion that they do not exceed
$300,000. ihe bulk of this is thought
to be owed to banks which have
in a majority of cases the indorsement
ot John Worster, the father of Mr. AVors
ter of the firm, who is currently reported
to lie worth $500,000, and who is not as far
as known engaged in any outside busi
ness, having retired from the trade sev
ere! years ago. The failure is looked
upon as due in a great part to the general
feeling of distrust now prevalent in mer
cantile communities.
Win. B. Fowle, Treasurer ol the Auburn
dale Watch Company, has failed. His
liabilities are now supposed to be small,
although nothing definite has yet been
learned. Tlie failure will undoubtedly
involve the Auburndale AVatch Company,
whose liabilities, it is thought, will far
exceed the assets.
VERMONT’S BROKEN BANK.
No Statement A’et Furnished to Its
62,100 Anxious Depositors.
St. Albans,Vt., August 7.— The effects
el the Barlow failure Is to depress busi
ness here to-day. The result of the in
vestigation of the a flairs of the bank by
the examiner will not be known until to
morrow. President Brainard, of thp
Trust Company, says that the depositors
will not lose much, but the latter are not
so hopeful. The Trust Company’s last
statement showed 2,100 depositors
with deposits of $600,000. Several rail
road men, including Governor Fairbanks,
held a conference to-day at Mr. Barlow’s
residence. The statement that the Comp
troller approved of the bank’s loan to the
Southeastern Railroad was incorrect.
The Comptroller said it was too large,
and suggested its reduction. The First
National Bank expected aud prepared for
a run this morning, but none took place.
PROFESSIONALS AT THE BAT.
The Mallory* Defeat the Brennans by a
Score of 1 to O.
Pensacola, Fi.a., August 7.—Consid
erable interest attached to the meeting
to-day between the famous Brennan Base
Ball Club, of New Orleans, who play in
Savannah next week, and the Mallory nine
ol this city. Alter aclosely contested game
the Mallorys finally came otf victors by a
score of Ito 0. The wildest excitement
prevailed throught the game.
A\ ashington, August 7.—Games of
base ball were played to-day as follows:
At New York—Alleghanys 1; Metro
politans 16.
At Providence- Bostons 6; Providences
4.
At Detroit—Detroits 6; Chicagos 0.
At Cleveland—Buffalos 1; Clevelands 5.
At Cincinnati—St. Louises 3; Cincin
natis 6.
At Philadelphia—Athletics 12; Balti
moreso. Philadelphia* 1; New Yorks 4.
At Columbus—Eclipses 5; Columbuses
THE AY I NANS PLACE FOR SALE.
With an JEolian Organ that Can be Heard
Mile* Out at Sea.
Xncport (/{. I.) Special. i<th.
The beautiful house erected near Bren
ton’s Reef by the late Mr. Thomas AYinans,
of Baltimore, has been advertised for
sale. It is noted chiefly for the reason
that in the grounds Air. AYinans con
structed an oetagonally-shaped building,
in which is an immense organ, the wind
for the pneumatic levers and sounding
pipes of which is supplied by a steam en
gine. The wind is three time’s the ordinary
pressure. The room where the performer
sits and the residence are 120 yards apart,
and are connected by a telegraph. When
the wind is from a northerly direction the
sound of the organ can be heard tor miles
at sea. Mr. AVinans left a son, Ross R
and a daughter, Celeste, and each is sup
posed to be worth about twentv million’s.
The young man never appears to be par
ticularly fond of Newport society. His
fat her did a great deal for the deserving
and helpless poor.
As soon as the will was read there was
an auction sale ot horses, carriages, etc.
It was Air. A\ inans who placed some
lovely statuary in his grounds at Balti
timore. The alleged pious ones con
sidered the public morals scandalized,
and the result was that Air. AYinans had
a high brick wall built around his lovelv
estate, and passers-by are unable now to
get a glimpse of the’ rare plants and
flowers and beautifully laid-out grounds.
It is understood that Mr. Ross R. Winans
will not come to Newport again.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
Compliments from Prominent Men of
Both Parties In Every Section.
The Chicago News of Friday celebrated
the arrival of President Arthur in that
city by publishing several hundred letters
from prominent men of lioth parties in
every State of the Union, received in an
swer to requests sent out by the News for
opinions regarding the President and his
administration. The responses fill filteen
columns, and are, with two or three
exceptions, unanimous in their
commendation of Gen. Arthur and his
policy. The only widely known gentle
men whose answers were not in accord
with the majority were Sentor Jonas, of
Louisiana, and Gen. Jubal Early, of Yir
ginin. Senator Jonas thinks President
Arthur s administration is good as Repub
bean administrations go. and that the
Cnief Executive will probably show up
(airly well in history as the last of the Re
publican Presidents. General Early’s an
swer was the _ platform recently adopted
by the \ irginia Democrats, which gives
the Republican party in general, and its
leader in particular, a most uncompli
mentary raking over.
A Mistake.
New York World.
If President Arthur’s friends really had
any idea of renominating him they made
a serious mistake in publishing the wine
list of the Yellowstone excursion. There
are thousands of worthy people in Ohio
who will hear with astonishment and
horror that the Presidential palace car
fitted up with a wine department, and
New England will stand appalled at the
specific news that six cases of cham
pagne, three cases of Rhine wine, four
gallons of old Bourbon, three of old cognac
and five of Bordeaux wines were put
aboard. Nothing that our estimable Ex
ecutive will now do will ever eradicate
the undying impression that he intended
to drink all this stuff himself. The late
and abstemious Mr. Uayes will cut this
paragraph out and carry it in his hat as
a silent feather and a sly reproaoh.
Bismarck in Need of Rest,
Berlin, August 7.— The North German
Gazette says that the condition of Prince
Bismarck's health requires his complete
geciunioi) and repose,
SEWARD S BLUFF.
One of the AYar-Times Stories Told in
President Arthur’s Car on the Recent
Trip to Louisville.
C ourier-Joicriial.
Some good stories were told on the train
that bore President Arthur to this city.
Politicians —American politicians, at
least—are proverbially good story-tellers,
and none tell better stories than Ken
tucky politicians. All the Cabinet offi
cers tell excellent stories, Lincoln espe
cially. He seems to have inherited it.
But about the test storv that was told on
the whole trip was one of Colouel John
Mason Brown’s. It was not a humorous
story, but relates to a bit of secret war
history that is exceedingly interesting.
It is vouched for by Colonel Brown. The
story runs as follows:
It may be remembered that about 1860
and 1861, just as the great rebellion was
being inaugurated, there was great talk
of the scarcity of ammunition on the Un
ion side. It was well known that the
war would he a Titantic struggle, the
wrestle of giants, and- the materials of
war were not so plentiful as was neces
sary. One day the brother ot Air. Bede
mont DuPont, w T ho now runs a great gun
powder manufactory in Delaware, re
ceived a message from Air. Seward, the
Minister of War, to come immediately to
\V ashington. The message was urgent,
the time critical and Air. DuPont knew
that it must lie a grave matter; he hur
ried on to Washington, and Air. Seward
held a conversation with him immediate
ly after he reached the city.
“You know howTtight we are for arti
cles of war,” began the great minister;
“Now I want you to start immediately
tor England and buy up all the saltpetre
in the European market. The govern
ment has implicit confidence in you. We
know’ your knowledge of saltpetre, and
that you are able to buy better and
cheaper than any agent we could send.
Buy everything mi—the gold will follow
you on the next steamer.”
Mr. DuPont hurried otf to New York
and caught the first Liverpool steamer.
When he arrived in England, he went to
the banking house of Brown, Shipley A
Cos., with whom he transacted all his
business. He told them his object in
coming there, anti asked them to advance
him $2,500,000. The head of the firm was
most polite; he bowed to the ground,
he smiled and rubbed his hand, but
really the sum w r as so large, and really
they coukl not afford to give it. They
would like the best in the world to
oblige Mr. DuPont, but, etc., etc. Air.
DuPont’ failed to get the money. He
posted over to see George Peabody, the
millionaire banker. Peabody listened to
hint with profound attention, interrupting
now and then with a shrewd question.
At length he said:
“If you will guarantee that the gold
will come over by the next steamer I will
advance you the money.”
Air. DuPont immediately started out
ami bought up every pound of saltpetre
in the market. He chartered a steamer,
hired a crew and began loading it. He
was just under good headway when sud
denly an order came from the Foreign
Office: “Lord Palmerston forbids the ship
ping ot the saltpetre.” Air. DuPont was
dumbfounded, and hurried around to the
Premier’s oflice. Lord Palmerston was
polite and affable, bnt firm. They were
munitions of war; they couldn’t be
shipped. It was in vain that Air. DuPont
showed his letters; in vain that he told it
w T as for his government. Lord Palmer
ston was courteous but obstinate. Air.
DuPont at once set out for home, leaving
orders with his men to watch the salt-'
petre. He hastened to see Seward and
told him all.
“There is only one wav to do this thing,”
said Air. Seward, “we must plav the bluff'
game for all that it’s worth. Give these
letters to Lord Palmerston and this open
letter to our Alinister, Air. Adams.” Air.
Du Pont returned to London, he sent his
card to Palmerston. The servant said he
was engaged. Air. DuPont pushed by
the servam—an unheard of thing—and
marched into where the Premier sat, up
to his eyes in papers.
“All, Air. DuPont, I am delighted to see
you, sir,’ said the politest of politicians.
“You have doubtless come about that
saltpetre matter. AYell, sir, I am sorrv
to say that the government has seen no
cause to change its opinion.”
Air. DuPont handed the letters of Air.
Seward—letters of explanation and iden
tification. They seemed to have uo effect.
“Air. Seward lias written this open letter
to our Alinister. I suppose I am at lib
erty to read it to you,” and All*. DuPont
slowly read the letter:
"Yo Mr. Adams: On Lord Palmerston’s
refusing to let the saltpetre go, you are
ordered to leave England instantly, with
out presenting your respects to Her Ala
jesty’s Government; return to Washing
ton, w hen war will immediately be de
clared against England.”
\\ itliout waiting for the dumbfounded
Premier to recover from liis surprise, Mr.
DuPont bid him a polite adieu and left.
He drove to his hotel and ordered his
breaklast. While he was eating in came
a liveried and powdered footman, saying:
“My Lord Palmerston is at the door, wait
ing to see you in his carriage.” The hall
was full of men, who were all agog at
once, w ondering what dienitarv this could
be. Air. DuPont quietly replied: “Tell
his Lordship I am eating my breakfast,
and I w 7 ill see him as soon as I have
finished.”
A buzz went around the room. “AYbo
was this blasted American who dared to
make England’s Prime Alinister wait?”
But Air. DuPont was playing a bluff
game, and he played it for all it was
worth. He was nearly through his din
ner, but took another bottle of wine to
keep Palmerston w aiting. Presently he
sent out a note, teilingthe great English
man he was ready to see him. Palmers
ton came in and said: •
“Air. DuPont, the government has
changed its mind. You can ship vour
saltpetre. Come up to the Foreign Office
to-morrow and get an order.”
“i want an order right now,” and down
sat the Premier at the breakfast table and
wrote the order. That night the packing
began, and the next day the vessel was
under way for New York.
Mr. DuPont picked up the Times the
next morning. It had been recommend
ing that the saltpetre be detained all
along, but there, in the first column, was
an editorial favoring its lieing allowed to
go. Air. DuPont went down to Brown,
Bhipley & Cos. They had heard of the
vessel being detained: in fact, everybody
was talking about it.
“I am sorry you can’t get your stuff'
oft',” said fAIr. Shipley, a stuffv old man,
subject to fits.
“But I have gotten it off," said Air. Du-
Pont.
The old fellow stared at him incredu
fously. “Where did you get your au
thority ?”
“From Lord Palmerton: he wrote the
order himself.” This was too much. The
old fellow rolled over on his chair in a
paroxysm ot laughter. His clerks, think
ing he had a fit, emptied a bucket of ice
water on him before they discovered their
mistake. The matter was then explained
and the old man was loud
in his expressions of surprise. While
they were talking, Sanderson,of the Times,
came in. He turned to Air. DuPont
and said: “The Times has had a great
ileal to do with getting vou this honor,
it wants a little consideration; say about
£;>tX).” Air. DuPont knew how much the
1 imes had to do with it, and answered
that there would be a number of fees for
the use of the dock and the paying of his
hands and all that; if Mr. Sanderson
could get that money he might have it.
No bills were ever sent to Mr. DuPont,
and a week later he was shaking hamts
with Seward, and they were laughing to
gether over tlie success of their bluff game.
A Tel-el-Kebir Hero.
Lirerj>ool Mercury.
The Queen lately decorated Private
Robert (law. First Battalion Scots Guards
with the medal for distinguished service
in the field. Priv ate Gaw was shot in the
head at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir on the
l.lth of September, 1882, but although se
verely wounded he marched with his bat
talion to the railway station at Tel-el-Ke
>ir—*.dlstance ot four miles. Here the
battalion was halted and Private Gaw
saw the surgeon and made so light of his
wound that it was thought to be slight
Though suffering great pain he remained
With the battalion, proceeding to Cairo
and did duty there for five days, during
which time he took his share of the guards
and other duties furnished by the battal
ion. At the expiration of this period he
could no longer continue at his duty and
was sent to the hospital at Cairo, -and
from thence home to Netley. On the 10th
ot March, 1883, the bullet was with diffi
culty extracted from his skull and he is
now convalescent. In all probability,
had it not been extracted, he must have
died from the effects of the wound.
Krazewski 0t on Ball.
London, August 7. —A dispatch to
Reuter’s Telegram Company from Berlin
says that M, Krazewski.* the Polish
author, who is charged with being con
nected with the conspiracy, has been re
leased in 3,000 marks bail. He, however,
remains under supervision of the police.
He has gone to Dresden. i
I PRICE *lO A YEAR. 1
) 5 CENTS A COP-Y. j
KENTUCKY’S LARUE VOTE.
| THE VICTORY WON BY FROM 40,-
OOOTO 50.000 MAJORITY^
Louisville's Majority for Knott Over
4,ooo—The legislature Overwhelm
ingly Bemooratlc—The Returns De
layed by Telegraphic Interruptions—
j .M(u nionism Carries Utah.
Frankfort, Ky., August T.—The Dem
ocratic State Committee estimated the
Democratic majority at from 40,000 to 50,-
000, with the Legislature overwhelmingly
Democratic.
The returns come in very slowly. Those
received indicate a light vote, with no de
crease in the Democratic comparative
majority so far as heard from. Counties
usually electing Democratic legislators
havedone so while the Republicans held
their own in the counties generally car
ried by them. Knott for Governor will
have about 4.i,000 majority, this statement
being f based on the returns now in,
and comparison of the vote
of the same counties two
years ago. It is impossible to supply de
tailed returns, owing to telegraphic diifl
culties. In this city a small vote was
polled, but Knott’s majority will be from
4,000 to ;>,OOO. A solid Democratic delega
tion w r as elected to the Senate and Legis
lature, and Thompson (Dem.) is re-elected
City .fudge. Henry Clay, a grandson of
the great commoner, is defeated for the
Legislature after the hottest political
light ever had here. Both he and Cald
well, who defeated him. are Democrats.
Partial returns received from 33 coun
ties do not change the estimate alreadv
given. The Legislature will stand 80
Democrats to 20 Republicans. If the
present estimates are unchanged the Sen
ate has 30 Democrats and 3 Republicans.
Ihe General Assembly elects this winter
a successor to United States Senator John
S. \\ illiams, whose term expires in
March, 1885. 1
MORMON ISM CARRIES UTAH.
No Attempt Made to Fight Against the
Mandate of the Church.
Ogden, Utah, August 7.— The election
yesterday passed off quietly,Hut little in
terest being taken in it. The Mormon ticket
was elected in each district throughout
the Territory, with the exception of Sum
mit county, which is In doubt. A ma
jority of the Gentiles refrained from vot
ing. A large majority of the Mormons
would, it was known, vote solid as di
rected by the church, and this fact de
prived the election of any element of a
contest.
McNair Declines to Run.
St. Paul, Minn., August 7.—W. W.
McNair, nominated for Governor by the
late Democratic Convention, declines the
nomination, and his successor will be
chosen by the State Central Committee,
which is not yet appointed.
American Diamond Wearers.
London Daily yews.
At Long Branch, as at Saratoga and
many American and European waterin'-
places, the possession ot diamonds and
other jewels partakes of the nature of a
fearful joy. Naturally enough, the own
ers wish to display their gems at proper
times and seasons, and in proper grada
tion. Thus, rings at dinner, eardrops at
a “hop’’ or “scratch’’ hotel dance, and a
far-gleaming mjcklace at a ball would
satiety the narrations of such diamond
worshipers as are endowed with good
taste. Unhappily, however, the tempta
tion of great value draws around the
diamond-decked belles so many birds of
prey that extreme vigilance is required
to prevent them from swooping
down on the glittering prize. There
is a true story of a pretty girl
coming down to breakfast at Saratoga
with several tliousaud pounds’ worth of
diamonds on. Her explanation was the
simple one that she did not think them
safe anywhere else. More ingenious
minds resort to strange devices to throw
criminals off the scent. They imagine
quaint hiding places for their treasures,
sometimes, after the example set in Ed
gar Allan Poe’s story and in “Les Pattes
de Mouche," selecting open places as
those in which nobodv would think of
looking for the object tliev are in quest
of. An inventive lady staving at Long
Branch during the late hot weather after
serious thought decided that the interior
of an old flmbrella was the safest place
for two large and valuable diamond rings.
Unfortunately a shower and her husband
arrived during her absence. Selfish and
thoughtless man took the onlv umbrella
he found handy, opened it when he aot
out of doors and the rings were lost.
Clearly no opening should be left when a
jewel “cache” is selected (or masculine
heedlessness and clumsiness.
Newport Aristocracy.
Boston Transcript.
Newport cottagers have long ago set
tled that the hotel boarders are to be left
socially somewhat nut in the cold and
the Mt. Desert cottager is doing his’ best
to bring the same thing to pass. The
way, too, in which wealth is displaying
its omnipotence by buying up and carry
ing its inclosure down to the verge of the
6ea, thus cutting off as much as “possible
both promenade and view from pedes
trians, is looked upon with nothing less
than wrathful amazement by the free
born native and the transient sojourner
from elsewhere alike. In this respect,
indeed, some of the Mt. Deserters strive
to out-Newport Newport, most of whose
natural beauties are still left open to all
eyes blessed with the capacity of seeing.
General Ord’s Generosity.
Cumberland Times.
General E. O. C. Ord. who died at Ha
vana a few days since, performed once a
very generous act, At the close of the
war in 18G5, General Ord went to Utica
on a visit to his sister, who was then liv
ing with the w idow of the late Dr. Mc-
Craith. The General spent several weeks
with her, and during that time found Mrs
MeCraith was in danger of losin- her
place upon the falling due of a mortgage.
He said nothing, but the dav he left he
dropped in the post olfice an envelope
directed to Mrs. MeCraith, which, on be
ing opened, was found to contain a check
for twenty-five hundred dollars, the
amount of the mortgage. The General
left for Texas where he was ordered, and
he never saw the lady again.
Texas Fever Among Kansas Cattle.
Do doe City, Kansas, August 7.
1 exas tever has broken out here among
native cattle, and they are dying off in
great numbers. One man has been arrested
tor driving in cattle affected with the
fever, and will be tried at once.
Scharfs Family Mobbed.
London, August 7.—The family of the
dew Scharf, who was one of the de
fendants in the Jewish trial at Nvireghy
aza, Hungary, was mobbed at Resth to
day. The police had to be called on to
disperse the mob.
Frenchmen on the Field or Honor.
Paris, August 7.—M. Sauton, member
of the Municipal Council of Paris and
M. Mayer, editor or I.e Lanterne , fought a
duel to-day. M. Sauton was wounded in
the neck, hand and leg.
PaWito patuDrr.
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