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GEORGIA AND FORIDA.
Thomasfille —A Hhiterxilte
Hunl r ■ Arrr „ te d for A.ult~A
I F*<U” ,; llu:l way iu Talbot County
' l>^*J r ", i,prrtltlon at Fever Pitch
U'alton County.
UEUBUU.
. , i : i .ty.two death* in Augusta
i'slive gentlemen of Wilkinson
I 1 '-I* ;:.-i doves.
( ,f Koine, is to lie arrested for
jlieer on Sunday.
I- 1 Mill, at Augusta, has been sold
: i.. al i' to he sentenced to ileatli
■ UIWM into.
•>f \Xa-li>ngtou, one
f>>rty—evon head of
, , . \-w-.ir old boy living in Marion
1 ‘ r ,l dfather was a revolution-
I 1 .f Clarke countv, lias a
it 1 i- bee nxvorked reg
" years old.
\ M -ley, of Montgomery county,
| ',i ..-i week one hundred head of
*■ ■' .V i \tei n hundred dollars.
c\ ", idhn—.i.. formerly of Athens, has in
ip, which lie has been of
ft-' ...: r tile riirht to sell in Georgia.
bought last week the la
* ~'liviti farm, near Cartersville, for
ti-law, t harles Parrott,
terest of W. M. Iran bar a
I . 'li,. river steamer Alice Clark has been
John M. Clark's Ba for
M. |f. 1 Hand ford. Associate Justice
. vi i in* commission at Columbus
Maud*'- a' 1 ' 1 was qualified before Ordinary
Bnwk--
. ,• meeting has lieen held in Augusta
’ ■ ti feasibility, need and advantages
. compress and steam
l i: jlvers. sheriff, arrested an old man
.; s'itu; : i-i> at the Hartwell camp meeting
j rV, rnue'be was accused of rommitting
Xae iv-t Oak Methodist Church, located in
a; ' ... t iviinty, six miles from Kinggold,
v lU ni. and 'aturday night. The fire was the
, , r i. „{ :iU incendiary.
t minstrel ceiupanv is being organized in
manta. The combination will take the road
i. fill and make a tour of the South and
B>st during the season.
M run .1. Craw ford left all of his es
to hi- w ife, and al her death it is to go to
m grandchildren. The will was admitted to
Malian 1 in i Miumbus Monday.
TY>nu- I ' kctt. colored, of Koine, is sup
beendrownou in the Kincha-
SgMte creek, near that city, Sunday, as he
*ituotl ris k and has uoi returned.
j,,rri fax kliart, a highly resjiected citizen of
hiiiEn. fra nunilier of vears, died in that
:..Mi-ning. fi<- wan between K
is !')years old. His wife survives him.
J. I_H n.irdson’s grocery and 11. knight's
I tin -hop. at Albany, were* the scene of a tire
I -ji litv aMi tting, which was extinguished in
■. . ... iiey. The damage is estimated at
I .'(vc IV. Blount, a native of Waynesboro,
I *:i.< eft there the mill day of January last,
I , - ft \.t-. *lied jn -t. Augustine, of that State,
of July, lie leaves four rliil-
I Aumista is now grappling with a sensation
I nmlvißg the defalealiou and sudden depar-
I nuvof a voung man who has had charge of
tic grain elevator. It is rumored that about
. ,f the money was carried off'.
;‘,i . ~f the Gainesville Street Itail
inv vs. the City Council, Judge
.. that the city was right m de-
I maiding that the rails lie put down even with
if. -urfai-e of the street, but granting the
s ini' iny until Jaiiuary Ist to do it in.
■Mm Thomas, a peddler, who died iti Talbot
mttatv on Sunday last,stated before his death
that he had been from Ireland only eight
aj,tnths, and that he had cousins living in
M, . r Hi had about S2O in money and about
i; r il> worth of gooils. The money was
cztd id [si., mg the exi>nses of his funeral.
i- /ark Castlelicrry, of At-
Ibs’a. was making a descent into the Itridal
V falls at Tallulah, when his foot slipped
jsd he vv a- hurled down a precipice, lint,
I f..ru. ttcly. was caught by a projecting
,:oitq. and hv the aid of friends and ropes
I- —wed. The excitement was intense.
The odiier* of adjacent lodges will con-
I tfnc with i t TO Lodge No. 299, Free and Ac-
I ceptevi Masins. at Cairo, Thomas county, to-
I s..rr<.. tin lutli instant, to see “the wort"
I citmpluted by IV. M. J. J. liidgon, one of
I Ur. munltec apixiiuted for that pur|m*c by
I the (.rand Master. There wilt be a banquet
I tfter the communication.
I At m .ment is made of the death of Col.
I S. tt .t lark, of ( ovington. at Mount Hope
I Reirest. Kalliuiore. on Monday afternoon
■MI. lie was carried there on the Hist ult. for
medical treatment, having lieen completely
srstrated hv nervousness and a temporary
abrrralmn of mind. Colonel Clark for many
[ tears -t>-l foremost at the Covingtou liar.
Hv was id In- -ixty-sixth year.
Hill and Wynn, who recently gamed noto
r. ■• i ncetion with the alleged Ivnehing
eta. . . r. I man at Last Point, near Atlanta,
have ! i-cn arrested on a charge o! dealing
in rurai md whisky, and each held in f.Aoo
rh. men arc also charged with the
m r i. r <f the colored man, the story lieing
th.ii hr c< .. r attempted an outrage on Mrs.
Hill, i.iii was killed liecauso be knew of the
stili win. h the prisoners were running xvitli
l.a-t Krnlay Henry* Kray, living in Clarke
outuy. near Winterv illc. sued out a warrant
ag.iir,-t Kvv. W. M. < ode, principal of t\ in
trnillv Academy, for assault and battery
to-sou. who was a pupil of Mr. Code*.
1m -,.i; wa- a had boy and refused to study,
w.i.n the father was notified, and told the
W n.-inal to u-e the bindi and make him learn.
Armed with this authority Mr. Colic gave hint
m Ics- than an hour after a whipping.
Sc nilautv U'ing u-ed. The ire of ltrav
vs- raised, and he sued out the warrant. A
btaniur was set down for yestcnlav.
V. :tr the < ounty Line t hurvli in Tallin!
riHmlv, a few days ago a horse rail away
whib going down hill. Mi-. l.ucy
l.jsier and Mr. Freeman, were thrown
violently to the ground, and J. VV.
Whitehead and his sister. Miss Willie XVliite
hea.l. wi re l>th thrown from another bliggv
with vvliieli the runaway collided, and trant-
T'"'‘ 1 •l 1 "'- hv the frightened animal. Miss
imd an arm broken and was other
wis .idly injured. Mr. Freeman, Mi— Fos
ter ami Mr. Whitehead were bruised consid
er.!-... !:u otherwise were uninjured. Mr.
freeman'll buggy was torn all topteew. All
of the v :e;;ui- live in Harris county.
"ni. Martin. Jr., shot and killlcd Kli
H'- i t'. at i under. Last Saturday. An old
F'-- - existed between them, and Hester,
wing trunk, a-ked Martin to come and talk
jit ever with him. Martin declined, where
opoc Hester drew his knife and liegan to
sr-c ar,.i abuse Martin in a very insulting
manner, which Martin notified Hester he
I *" l ‘ld not notice, and requestetl him not to
fc,u, '“ him. Hester finally hemmed linn in
r '■ of the counters* in Hennis Rea's
I • -n. a r ,d Martin was forced to shoot him.
hn-i ;ive shots, only two taking effect.
“<■’■ pa-t I through the breast near the heart
and one through the bow els. He lived alxiut
use blur.
•'■v li.ivi-. a colored sect ion-band on the
''annl:. Florida and Western Railroad,
hvm- at Thomasville. was killed a few days
I William Hansel), another sei-tioh
[ mui l. The two were talking together alsiut
J dr!; ,si by Hansell to Davis, when the
omr pa wed up an old musket, which lie
■ litnud. la- didn't know was loaded, and
pststed at the latter and pulled the trifiger.
c gin went off, the load taking effect in
killing him in a very short time,
lared that no ill-feeling e\i-tcd
"'•n the deceased and hit—elf, and that
ng was purely accidental. The jury
Gun ! that the deceased came to his death
jmm a gun-shot wound caused by a gun in
•1 u.-, T- bands, without expressing any
'.hiSu's*as to whether the killing was acci"-
■ent i: or not. llansell was placed in jail to
hi- trial.
Vipral months ago Jesse Gilliert, a well
*°"vn .' .lured preacher of Walton county,
•* 1 Huriag his illness there were re|>r’ts
among the colored people that Gil
had been "conjured. Edmond
“•‘her. a deacon in the church, and a
Sag ~f good l haraeter. called to sec liis
r* brother. From that day till now Edmond
*'•>> accused of causing GUlhtFs death
iring. Lat Satunlay he and Mariah
2 : - • - were formally arraigned in the col
h-iptist Church in Monroe, ami tried on
-<■ of conjuring .1, -,. i,,||„ rtf | |„.
*viJence before the ehnreb was that PMuioud
■aptgn, :i to Mariah Phillip* a root, which
'■*to give to Gilbert’* wife. With this
, * tiie church deliberately turned Ed-
Butler atul Mariah Plullip* out of the
li. Kdinond is highly enraged about the
**> h - brethren have treated linn, and pro
to carry his case into the courts."
FLORIDA.
ln river ha* a locality named Two-dot
-141 Bluff.
j-v ' ;>UBty of Volusia contains five incur
towns.
Jiit Potnara eounty sweet potato crop will
* lrge this year.
,„f.® ui uti n g and Loan Association is under
*®ideratL.u at Green Cove,
i.'* watermelon was recenf
jjV B “J AlamTison. of Bradford county.
ora-fJTV 1 will send lime, lemon and
posit for rv '' 511 '' e “ring, to the Louisville K\-
hlxe '-tu.oif of Green Cove Springs
ion ' I,' "" and buildings at that pleasant re
r,n s ’he past six months.
Csni r ;..jJ v, i hee* donated by the Evergreen
hi;- , ■•. '''••'■iation.of Jacksonville, to both
f>r “'’"‘‘oriHl firemen of that city.
*-r. . [*' „ • Hunter, of Lake City, has pre
feth*r in rh co “°* “ ,r ‘lfie kitten, joineu to.
Of Ia , 'Ume manner as were the Siam-
Tii<* • • *
***ps t.!^.ta' # ‘ f Hradford county are taking
trttci itetting up a handsome ijlus
fcrthe !,„ lp,lT . e pamphlet of that section
Biiort v lu ‘ l,l< ‘ ,n B immigration.
Ijtki .l • “• Hntton'* turpentine farm near
*ho h j, ~ „ ra, ' e '* IS <WO acres of land. u|ion
to SO ham. i. a T °P®rted and Work given
tic. T>ie ** ", u| les, t> horses, wagons, carts,
’c.'JOO ~'ii 0 . production is estimated at
to*i a . sun turpentine and 14,00 u barrel* of
' ii I n e i >u ' v, ' nMOn ' of the Anciote sec
l*d*r K-/Vi * " iron *h countv, shipped to
ii. The ““on over I.UOO watermel
brought him fscents apiece.
Ijuee e mailer sold from 50 down to 10 cents
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Siutmuuili cu ;i.
A suit by a considerable number of large
property holders against the city of Jackson
-7,* * e restrain the sale of their property for
the alleged non-payment of takes to the citv
for the years 1879. 1880 and 1881, was decided
j Judge Baker VV ednesday morning in favor
of the plaintiffs. °
The eldest son of J. J. Butler, Gainesville's
new real estate dealer, is a young man 20
>ear- old, but is one of the leading musicians
of Baltimore, and has an engagement to give
twelve organ recitals at the Louisville Expo
sition. A younger son, who will join Ins
father in the real estate business in Gaines
ville, ls a eornetist in a Baltimore band.
I®, regard to the suspension of Captain
McKay, for violation of the passenger regu
lations in carrying from Cedar Key to Tampa
some 200 railroad hands, when the J.izzie
Henderson, of which he was master, had li
cense for only forty passengers, it is stated
that he was obliged to either refuse to carry
tlie hands and lie discharged by his emplov
er-. or to carry them and lose lus papers. Lie
chose the latter course.
K. >. VV illiams. of Jacksonville, is the owner
of a house on Forsyth street, in that city. A
few day sago he rented it to a gentleman,
who proceeded to give it a thorough cleaning
out. Iu his efforts to do so, he came across the
decomposed remains of a small w hite child,
which had been placed in a cistern. The house
had been unoccupied aliout twentv-eight davs.
How. and w hen the child had * been placed
there is unascertained, nor who the culpable
party is.
Monteagle.
Moxtkagle, Tkxx., August 3.—Mont
eagle is a success. This is the universal
verdict.
The idea of the Monteagle Sunday School
Assembly was born in a Sunday school
convention at Griffin, Ga. At first only a
Sunday School Assembly for Georgia was
intended, hut a similar movement being
on foot in Tennessee, after negotiation
the two sister States joined hands to carry
on the noble work together. Conventions
met, committees were appointed, and
many beautiful spots were visited.
But, added to its natural advanta
ges, Monteagle offered the l>est money
inducements, and here we are. On the
summit of the Cumlierland plateau, 2,193
feet altove the level of the sea, in a central
position, easily reached from all the cities
of the South, 105 acres in extent, amidst
tall trees and gushing springs and whole
some air. That Is Monteagle. No place
better in which to spend the summer, no
place better in which to recruit yourself
after a winter’s hard work. . Monteagle is
a sanitarium. Universal testimony
agrees on that point. The constant breeze
that sweeps over the mountain top dispel
the malaria: the water is pure freestone,
fresh, cool and plentiful. Chalybeate
springs are also at hand. The nights are
invariably cool and pleasant.
There is no dissipation at Monteagle,
and therein lies a strong reason why it
should lie preferred to all other summer
resorts, for what is life at the average
summer resort but a continuation of the
winter's dissipation in the city! Come,
fathers and mothers, with your children!
But more than this: Every advantage of
lectures and normal schools is offered to
all who wish to be benefited by them.
The normal schools will always begin
on July 2, and are under the gen
eral management of Professor J. E.
Scotiey, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
who will answer all questions drected to
him. The ancient and modern languages,
elocution, penmanship, mathematics, the
natural sciences and music receive
special attention. The opening of the S.
S. A. proper is fixed for July 17 every
year. Front then till August <> is a con
tinual.course of lectures iuterpersed with
concerts and other entertainments. These
lectures arc from the liest men in the
country- -men who command an audi
dionce anywhere. Perhaps the most ex
haustive and |H>pular set of lectures was
that on “Prohibition;” July 18 and 19
were devoted to that all-important topic.
Such speeches as were made then cannot
but prosper the cause. They serve to edu
cate public opinion, which must some
day do the work.
On the 21st and 22d, Dr. J. 11. Vincent,
of Chautauqua fame, was with us. On
Saturday he lectured on the “Common
School,” and on Sunday he preached on
the topic "Old and New Fashions in Sun
day School Wotk." The doctor compli
mented the assembly for having made
such a success of Monteagle in the first
year of its growth, stating that it far sur
passed the first year of Chautauqua.
July 24 was turned over to the Young
Men’s Christian Association. Dr. Mun
liall and Mr. Brown, State Secretaries of
Indiana and Illinois, respectively, took a
leading part, and made the day both pleas
ant and instructive.
July 27 and 28 were set apart for the
discussion of missions. The lectures were
line. Prominent among them were those
of Hex . C. NV. Hawley, of Nashville, and
of Senator Colquitt, of Georgia. The most
interesting occasion of this series xvas the
visit trom the Protestant Episcopal Con
ference, held at Sewanee. Seven bishops
and a number of the clergy and laity were
present on the afternoon of Saturday, the
2Sth. Bishop (juintard said a few words
relative to Sewanee and Mouteagle as
neighbors and co-workers,and then called
upon Bishop Penick, of Africa,
to address the assembly. The
Bishop's theme was "Africa” — t
the land for which his whole
heart yearns. He was awkward at first,
but as he went and warmed with his sub
ject, he waxed truly eloquent and swayed
his audience as did Demosthenes of old.
>ay not now that the oratory of Demos
thenes remains unequaled. After him,
Bishop Elliott, of Texas, the venerable
Bishop Green, of Mississippi, and Dr.
Saul, of Philadelphia, were heard from.
August 1 and 2 were the educational
days, and were distinguished by lectures
from Drs. Carlisle and Haygood, on the
subjects “Education of the* Masses Out
side of Schools and Colleges,” and the
“Education of tlie Negro.”
Dr. NV. P. Harrison lectured on the
“Pyramid of Ghizeli” to-day. and will
continue on the same subject to-morrow.
The Musical Department has lieen and
will remain under the control of Professor
K, M. Mclntosh, who has done admirably
with his material. On the evening ot
Wednesday, the Ist instant, he gave a
grand concert, in which some of the liest
talent of the South xvas displayed. Those
most favorably mentioned are Mrs. Igle
hart and Miss Price, of Nashville; Miss
Hardeman and Miss Mclntosh, of Geor
gia, and Mrs. Bigger, of Kentucky.
Avery interesting feature of the assem
bly has been the biblical museum and the
excellent and instructive lectures on
“Life in the Orient,” given by Effendi Van
Lennep. who has sjient many years of his
life in the East. He has never failed to
interest his hearers, giving, as he has,
many practical illustrations of Scriptural
passages.
Altogether, Monteagle has been well
xvorth the coming to those who have conic.
By next year many improvements will
have 1 een made and new accommodations
will be ready, and it is to be hoped that
large numbers will be here from all the
States, and especially from Georgia, the
mother of this idea.
Conte, and you will not regret it.
Edgar P. Allex.
The Temperance Vole in tlie House.
The folloxving is interesting as showing
hoxv each member of the House stood in
relation to the tcmjieranee hill passed by
that body Tuesday:
Ayes—Atkinson, Beauchamp, Bonner,
Brewer, Brewster, Brown. Brooks, Camp,
Carroll, Crenshaw, Crittenden, Crumb
lev. Courson, Davis, Dawson, Deaton,
DiiPrce, Eason, Everett. Fite. Flynt,
Ford, Foster, Graham, Gordon, Griffith,
Hawkes. Head, Howell, Humber, Irxvin,
James, Jenkins, Jordan, Jones of Bar
tow, Jones of Elbert, Julian, Key, Kim
sey. Logue. Maddox, Mason, Mcßae,
McKay, McCants, Mcßride, Mc-
Curry." McKinney. MeElvauey,
Mitchell, Moore of Hancock. Morrow,
Murray, Osborn. Patten, Paulk of Ber
rien, Paulk of Cofifea, Peek, Pringle, Ray
; of Coweta, Redwine, Rich of NVayne, Rob
ins. Robertson. Russell of Clarke, Ship,
Short, Simmons, Sjienee, Spengler. Smith
of Wilkinson.stallings, Stapleton, Sutton.
Sweat of Clinch, Tate, Teaslev, Thomp
son. N\ althall. \\ atson, NVilson of Sumter,
Wisdom. Wolte, Wood, NV right of Flovd
NVright of NVashington, Young, Zachrv
—BB.
Navs—Awbry, Barksdale of NVilkes
Bartlett, Broyles, Burch, Calvin. Carith
ers. Chaneey, Dart. Daniel, Drewrv. Fal
ligaut. Foy. Gary, Glisson. Harris, Hoge.
Halsey, Hudson of Jackson, Johnston.
Johnson of Echols, Johnson of Lee, Jones
of DeKalb, Little, Lofton. McDonough,
Mclntosh, McGregor. McWhorter, Mid
dlehrcoks, Mobley, Moore of Taliaferro,
Park, Pavne, Rankin, Ray of Crawford,
Redding,' Reese. Rice, Smith of Bryan.
Studdard. NVatts, Wimberly, NVinning
ham, NVilson of Bulloch. NVilson of Greeue,
Wilson of Mclntosh. Witcher—4S.
Absent—Messrs. Alexander, Alsabrook,
Avarv, Barksdale of Lincoln, Beck,
Bishop, Brinson, Bush, Carter, Cannon,
Cox, Dews. JNeLaey, Fuller, Geer, Griffin,
Gray. Hudson of Webster, Jaeoway, Jones
of Twiggs, Lewis. Lott, Owens, Pendleton,
Perkins, Rich of Paulding, Rountree,
Robbe, Russell of Decatur, Silinan, Sinque
field. Sweat ot Pierce, Tucker, NValdroop,
Wilder, NVilsonof Camden, Withrow and
Whatley—3B,
TWO MEASURES DEBATED
HOW THE STATE LAW MAKERS
EMPLOYED THE DAY.
The Discontinuance of the Western and
Atlantic Suit the Bone of Contention
in the House—Farm Labor Contracts
Ip in the Senate—The Temperance
Bill Sensation.
Atlanta, Ga., August B.—ln the House
to-day the discussion was resumed on the
resolution to discontinue the suit against
the lessees of the NVestern anil Atlantic
Railroad. Mr. Gary continued his argu
ment against its adoption. Air. Falligant
replied in a strong legal argument, and
was followed by Mr. Park, of Greene, on
the same line.
Mr.NVatts, of Stewart, opposed the reso
lution xvith considerable vigor.
Mr. Rankin, of Gordon, made a strong
appeal,for the resolution, arguing that
the value of the State’s property in the
road would tie greatlv depreciated hv the
breaking of the lease.
Mr. Redding, of Pike, made a still
stronger speech against the resolution and
created some alarm on the part of the
trieuds of the measure. Pending his ar
gument the hour of adjournment arrived.
A stubborn contest seems probable to
morrow.
The Johnson memorial services for to
morrow are postponed again, and will oc
cur on Wednesday ot next week. The new
capitol bill was the special order for
to-day, but is reset to follow final action
on the State Road lease resolution, which
makes the time rather indefinite. The
friends of the project were on hand early
buttonholing the members, but the hill
will not pass without important amend
ment. The Finance Committee is not
strongly in favor of its success.
IN' THE SENATE.
In the Senate, the Penitentiary Commit
tee reported a resolution asking the Gov
ernor to have the parties who killed the
convict Frederick in the camp of the
North Georgia and Marietta Railroad
prosecuted. •
Senator Tutt's hill amending section
4,.*i87 of the Code as to contracts for farm
labor was the sjieeial order. The report
i of the committee adverse to the bill was
disagreed to by 24 yeas to 9 nays. Messrs.
; Dußignon, Tutt and Oliver made strong
and animated speeches in behalf ot the
hill, while Alessrs. Aleldrim, McAfee
anil Peeples opposed the measure
with eloquence and power. It was
the liveliest debate of the session
in either house, and several sharp pas
sages occurred, the most amusing being
between Messrs. Tutt and Aleldrim. The
former is a stout, robust man, and when
he accused Air. Aleldrim of trying to bull
doze him, it created quite a smile.
During Air. Peeples’ speech the Senate
adjourned.
NOTES ABOI'T run CAPITAL.
The passage of the general temperance
hill was celebrated last night by a lively
drunk on the part of several members,
j including a prominent temperance advo
| cate of the lull. The measure, therefore,
goes to the Senate with this scandal added
to the questionable manner in which
the vote wae secured that gave tlie need
ed majority. The true friends of
temperance in Georgia may hold aloof
from such proceedings. Their cause is
dishonored by tlie very men who profess
to be its warmest advocates.
Atlanta is having three or four burgla
ries nearly every night, yet few arrests
have been made. It is really epidemic.
Captain A. A. Winn carried about 100
of the Third Georgia Veterans to Tallu
lah Falls to-day, and Colonel Claiborne
Snead had another detachment from
Augusta. The reunion to-morrow will be
well attended.
The weather is extremely clear and
cold to-night. It has been the coldest day
for this season known in years.
The leading Southern railroad officials
are here, and an important meeting of
general managers and freight agents will
he held to-morrow.
COTTON PROSPECTS IN TEXAS-
The Crop Damaged, and Yield Ex
pected to be 85 per Cent. Short.
Galveston, August B.— The Galves
ton Xeirs publishes this morning
its monthly statement of the condition of
the cotton crop throughout Texas. This
embraces some 00 districts, covering es
sentially the cotton producing areas of
the State. Drought has injured the plant
materially since the last report made by
the Xeicn, and although rain lias fallen
quite recently in some sections, the pros
pects of the cotton yield in Texas, com
pared with those of the same date last
year, have been reduced from 20 to 27> per
cent. NVUhout immediate rains and a
late fall in southern and central Texas
the top ou the second crop will probably
prove an utter failure. Alueh depends
upon the weather from now on, but se
rious injury to tlie crop has already been
worked, which even the most fax’oraiile
weather conditions will not repair.
St. Louis, August B.—A dispatch from
Austin, Texas, says that the reports from
the cotton patches are exceedingly dis
couraging. During the past three or four
days worms in the lower part of this coun
ty have completely stripped tlie leaves
from the plants and are attacking the
bolls. Not one-fourth of the crop will be
made, and on some plantations many
patches will he almost a total loss. On the
Brazos, the great river cotton belt, the
drought is injuring the crop, and blooms
and squares are dropping before maturity.
From the indications about one-half of
the cotton belt of the State will gather
Half a crop, the other parts yielding a
quarter of an average crop.
CONTRABAND AIONGOLIANS.
Over 100 I’fgtaiU Smuggled uto tlie
Country front British Columbia.
NVashixgton, August B.—The Treasu
ry Department to-day received a telegram
from the Collector of Customs at Tacoma,
NVashington Territory, stating that his
officers with the assistance of the revenue
steamer NValcott had captured a sloop
engaged in running Chinese across the
line from British Columbia though Fuget
sound. Two smugglers xvere arrested,
but nine of the Chinese passengers es
caped. The Collector also stated that
nearlv one hundred Chinamen had landed
at various points on the Northern frontier
in boats and Indian canoes within the
past few days, and that lie is powerless
to prevent their landing uuless his force
is largely increased.
Sax Francisco, August s.—The Chi
nese Consul here says that the reports of
the smuggling of Chinese into NVashing
ton Territory is a neatly disguised job to
divert the attention of the authorities
from the heavy opium smuggling carried
on in that section.
BI'RKE COVERED WITH GLORY.
Nlade Director General of tlie Exposi
tion and Siihsrriliing $>15,000.
New Orleans, August B.—Major E. A.
Burke, manager of the Times-Democrat,
was appointed and confirmed last night
as Director General of the NVorld’s Indus
trial and Cotton Centennial Exposition,
which will open in New Orleans Decem
ber. 1884. Alajor Burke had twice de
clined the appointment, although ten
dered a salary of $20,000, but finally de
ferred to the wishes of the public. Upon
his suggestion, the salary was reduced to
SIO,OOO lor the year, and in accepting the
appointment lie subscribed $15,000 to the
stock of the Exposition, and donated the
stock to the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Louisiana.
KNOTT’S RUN IN KENTUCKY.
The First Estimates of the Tidal NVave
Seemingly Not Overestimated.
Louisville, August B.— Returns come
in slowly, hut the Democratic gains,
which are reported from many counties,
render it almost certain that Proctor
Knott’s majority for Governor will not he
less than 40,000, while the State Central
Committee think that it may reach 50,000.
Ashury, the Republican candidate for
Register of the Land Office, a colOTed
man of ability and good character, ran
much behind his ticket in the interior
counties, but well ahead of his ticket in
this city. One year ago he ran against
•loe Blackburn for Congress.
Dying Fearlessly on a Gibbet.
Indianapolis, August B.—At Rock
ynle, Ind., to-day James Stout was hung
for the murder of Taylor Dunbar in No
ventber last, He exhibited the utmost
firmness and composure to the last, and
did not seem to understand the enormity
of his deed. The fail broke his neck anil
death ensued immediately.
Mr. I. B. Battle, NVgdley, Ga., says:
“Brown's Iron Bitters cured me of poor
appetite, general debility and sleepless
ness.”
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1883.
CONFEDERATES IN REUNION.
Forty Thousand Texans Enthused with
Speeches Hinging with True Patriotism.
Galveston, Texas, August B.—A dis
patch from McKinney, Texas, says that
the managers of the Confederate reunion
were in despair yesterday morning on ac
count of a heavy rain which continued to
fall for two and a half hours, covering the
ground with the stickiest kind of mud
and rendering locomotion nearly impossi
ble. After the weather cleared and the
exercises inul commenced, however, there
were fully“),000 persons present, 15,000
of whom were served by the organization
with dinner on the grounds.
The speakers were General Cabell, ex-
Governor Throckmorton, Governor Ire
land, General M. Lewis, ex-Governor
Hubbard, Colonel Bowen and Congress
man NN ellborn. The tenor of Governor
Ireland’s sjieech, which xvas a fair sample
of most of the others, was that the Con
federates had no excuse to make for the
part taken by them in the late contest.
He said: “NVe are to forget the political
strife which led to tlie war, but must
teach our children of the deeds of those
who wore the blue and the gray. NVe are
all Americans, and ever ready to battle
with our country’s assailants Irom what
ever quarter.”
Gen. Lewis said that he would uever
admit that the bloodv chasm had been
bridged over. He was glad that Gov.
Butler, of Massachusetts, had not been
invited. Gov. Butler was not a Demo
crat. The name of Jefferson Davis, Gen.
Lewis said, was the grandest in American
history. The speaker would never make
peace with Gov. Butler. He might be an
unreconstructed rebel, but if called upon
to defend the national honor or rights he
would respond.
ARTHUR IN THE WEST.
Watching Miners Washing Out Gold and
Having a Good Time Generally.
Fort Washakie, NVy. TANARUS„ Augusts.—
President Arthur and party left Green
River Station, on the Union Pacific Rail
road, at 7 o’clock on the morning of the
6th inst., having spent Sunday at that
place. The three spring wagons in which
the party were seated were drawn by four
mules to each vehicle, and the first day’s
drive was made by relays for a distance
of 101 miles, to Camp Lord, on the banks
of the Sweetwater river. The Presi
dent enjoyed the ride greatlv, being
seated on the outside of his
wagon with the driver during the
last l'orty-tive miles. At 7 o’clock on the
morning of tlie 7th instant, the party left
Camp Lord for Fort Washakie, distant
forty-five miles. At Miners’ Delight min
ing camp, between the point of starting
and of the first stage, the party stopped to
watch the operation of glod-washing, and
the miners brought to the President a pan
ful ol paydirt, and went through the pro
cess oi .washing out the gold, which
showed in the pan a small quantity of
the precious metal. After lunch at the
end of the Red canon, the party went on
to Fort NVashakie, reaching their camp at
5 :30 o’clock in the afternoon.
The Shoshone and Baunock Indians,
upon whose reservation the camp is
located, turned out to welcome the great
father, and dashed across the plain and
around the President’s party gaily at
tired, tlie squaws especially displaying
their skill in horsewomanship. Tlie party
will rest here one day, and then take
horses for Yellowstone Park. All are
well, and the President enjoys the trip
more than any other of the party.
CANON BERNARD'S DEFENSE.
Claiming that lie Acted tiy tlie Adviee
of Ins Btsuop and tlie Pope.
Tournay, Belgium, August B.— ln the
trial of Canon Bernard, who is charged
with abstracting papers and securities rep
resenting sex'eral millions ot francs from
the Episcopal Palace of the Diocese of Tour
nay,the counsel for the defendant declared
that lr.s client had a document from tlie
Pope which empowered him to take the
measures be deemed best to conceal the
treasure. Ho could not have supposed
that such an order meant that he
was only to conceal it in Tour
nay. Canon Bernard, he said, had
been made the scape-goat for Bishop
Rousseaux, who had written to him while
he was in New York,virtually ordering him
to continue to conceal the funds. Bishop
Rouseaux believe that be could avoid meet
ing the claims in court of Mgr. Dumont,
the former Bishop of the diocese, by send
ing thej funds beyond tlie reach of the
judicial power. Uhe had been success
ful lie would have indemnified Canon
Bernard, xvho had merely attempted an
evasion of the civil law, and had not com
mitted a criiminal offense. The case has
caused a very painful feeling in religious
circles.
CRAWFORI) CROOK'S DEPUTY.
Tlie Noted Cavalry Men to Stand Guard
Oxer tlie Captured Apaches.
Washington, August s.—Gen. Crook
has issued an order in regard to his
Apache captives in which he places the
entire control of the San Carlos reserva
tion under the charge of Captain Emmett
Crawford of the Third Cavalry, with in
structions to carry out such provisions
of the agreement recently entered into by
the Secretaries ot War and the Inte
rior as may devolve upon the NVar
Department. Captain Crawford is
accordingly charged with the dutv of
keeping place on the reservation,
administering justice, punishing refrac
tory Indians, and preventing them from
leaving the reservation except by the
proper authority. He is also charged
with the care and control of the Indian'
prisoners recently captured by General
Crook, and such as may hereafter be cap
tured or surrender themselves; and he is
also to protect the Indian Agent in the
discharge of his legitimate duties on the
reservation. Second Lieutenant C. B.
Gatewood, of the Sixth Cavalry, has been
ordered to report to Captain Crawford for
duty in connection with this service,
CRI I’TEN DEN ANO THE OI TL ANVS
Tlie Rumor of Propositions to Roll
Ford Pronounced Untrue.
San Francisco, August B.— Gov.
Crittenden, of Missouri, on being inter
viewed yesterday morning emphatically
denied the statement telegraphed from
Kansas City that he had promised Boh
Ford $40,000 reward if he brought in Jesse
James alive, and SIO,OOO if he brought him
in dead. He says that he did not know
that Charley Ford had any connection
with the Bine Cut robbery
until after the robbery had been perpe
trated. It is absolutely untrue, he says,
that protection was offered to Ford prior
to the robbery. He frequently saw “Bob”
Ford, but refused to make any arrange
ments other than those announced in the
proclamation ofl'ering SIO,OOO for the arrest
and conviction of each of the James boys.
EGYPT’S PESTILENCE,
The Disease Decreasing in the Interior
But Raging at Alexandria.
Alexandria, August B.—The number
of cases of cholera is increasing here,
though it is abating in the interior of the
country. Thirteen deaths from cholera
occurred yesterday and seven on Monday.
Cairo, August B.—The native officials
here are much blamed concerning the
condition of the patients in the madhouse.
It has been discovered, despite the
strenuous denials, that there have been
in four days 32 deaths from cholera there,
while the number of inmates was but 270.
The English doctors, on becoming aware
of the condition of affairs at the institu
tion, endeavored to remedy it, but even
yesterday the place was in a tilthv con
dition, and a number of bodies of victims
of cholera were lying beside persons
who were suffering from the disease.
Officer* of the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F.
Augusta, Ga., August B.—To-day the
following were elected officers of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows:
Grand ‘Master—Henrv Beusse, of
Athens.
Deputy Grand Master—Emmett A.
Heard, ot Griffin.
Grand Warden—George H. Stone, of
Savannah.
Grand Secretary—John G.*Deitz, of
Macon.
Grand Treasurer—John S. Tyson, of
Savannah.
Grand Representative—Adolph Brandt,
of Augusta.
The lodge will meet at Brunswick next
year.
The Charge against the Irish Ouartette.
Liverpool, August B.— The main
charge against Oherlihy, Featherstone,
Daisy, Flannigan and Dalton is treason
and felony similar to that contained in
the indictment found in Bow Street Police
Court some time ago against Dr. Gallaher
and his fellow conspirators,
VIOLENCE IX THE STRIKE.
A HUNDRED WIRES CUT AND AN
OFFICE MOBBED.
Evidences Which Point to the Line
men as the Marauders—The Company
Watchful, but no Captures Made as
Yet—Tlie Railroad Operators Desert
the Strikers.
-New York, August B.—Last night an
other onslaught was made upon the wires
of the NVestern Union Telegraph Com
pany, the consequences of which were
far more disastrous than that of the pre
ceding night. Press Agent Somerville,
of the Western Union Company, said
this morning that 20 wires were
cut on one route and 14 on
another between I’assaie and Eliza
bethport, New Jersey. These were
wires to Philadelphia and other points in
the Southern division. Twenty of tlie
Mutual Union wires were cut between
King’s bridge and Scarsdale. At Tarry
town twelve Hudson river wires are
down, and eighteen wires in the Eastern
circuit were destroyed * between Port
Chester and Greenwich, Conn. The cross
arms were sawed oil* in the latter in
stance and the wires cut besides.
The first wires to go rtwwii were
those on the Eastern circuit, which
were lest about 11:30 o’clock last night.
The others went down shortly after mid
night. A large force of linemen xvns sent
out to repair the damage and the lines are
lieing repaired as rapidly as possible.
The cutting of tlie wires interfered with
others across which they fell, so that
great confusion was created. “For a
longtime this morning,” said Mr. Sum
erville.|”work was greatly delayed.”
Superintendent Humstone estimated
that when the work was begun this morn
ing one-half of the wires to Philadelphia,
lone-quarter of those to the NVest, and one
third of the Eastern circuits could not be
used. The whole number of wires cut
was 89, but nearly 200 were rendered use
less in consequence. A telegram from
Fort NVashington said that a gang of men
had interfered with the linemen
xvho were repairing the wires there,
and police protection has been asked in
ease the interference was. repeated. No
clue has yet been discovered to the
authors of the mischief, although the
greatest vigilance is being exercised. The
Western Union Company has employed
detectives to ferret out the perpetrators
of the wire-cutting. It is the general
opinion that the striking linemen are an
swerable for the injuries. The company
is considerably put out by this new
method of warfare. At the headquarters
of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers it was
emphatically denied that the cutting was
being done by the striking linemen.
St. Louis, Mo., August B.— Six wires
on the NVabash Railroad were cut about
ten miles north of this city on Monday
night. The wires were clearly cut with
nippers, and the poles show marks of
steel pronged climbers used by linemen.
St. Paul, Minn., August B.— The tele
graph office at Bismarck was mobbed last
night by strikers. The strikers consisted
of 25 men, who entered the office and
compelled anew man to quit work. They
then took him and put him to bed in a
hotel. Manager Draper moved the office
to the Tribune building. No further trou
ble is expected.
THE FIASCO ON THE RAILS.
Scarce a Bagatelle of tlie Station Oper
ators Duit Their Keys.
St. Louis, August B. —No further with
drawals from the Iron Mountain Rail
road are reported.
Cincinnati, August B.— Assistant Su
perintendent Kinsman, of the NVabash
telegraph lines, says that of the 990 ope
rators on the 3,000 miles of that road, that
road lost just eight—four at Decatur and
four at Chicago having obeyed the order
of the Brotherhood and gone out. Their
places have been filled, and everything is
working smoothly. The members of the
Brotherhood here, on the other hand,
say that seven of the eight operators
at Decatur struck Monday, and that of
the 175 operators on Iron Mountain Rail
way between here and Texarkana 137 be
long to the Brotherhood, and can be relied
on to strike. They also sav that of the
42 railroad operators on the St. Louis
Road 36 are Brotherhood men, and will go
out. There is no indication of this at
present, however.
Pittsburg, August B.— Reports trom
along the line of the Pittsburg division of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad received
to-day showjthat the order for the railroad
operators to strike was generally obeyed
yesterday. Railroad officials admit this,
hut say that nearly all the offices have al
ready been manned by new men.
DESERTERS FROM THE RANKS.
Five Strikers in Georgia and Others
Elsewhere Surrender to tlie Company.
Montgomery, Ala., August B.— Four
ot the striking telegraphers here returned
to work to-day. This office has its full
force.
Philadelphia, August B—Three of
the telegraphers who have been out on
strike returned to work at the NVestern
Union main office to-day.
Augusta, Ga., August B.—Superin
tendent Brenner, of this division of the
NV estern Union Telegraph Company,
states that five strikers,three ot whom are
members of the Brotherhood, have re
turned to work. Two new men have been
sent from Atlanta, where the office is full,
and one operator lias been sent from
Carolina. The office here has nearly its
full force, and business is expeditiously
handled.
JAIIRETT’S SUCCESSOR.
Andrew Lee the Next President of the
A malgumated Association.
Philadelphia, August 8.-At this
afternoon’s session ot the Amalgamated
Association of iron and steel workers con
vention a petition xvas presented by An
drew Lee, of Philadelphia, asking the
delegates to extend their support to the
meeting at Horticultural Hall next Sun
day in the interest of the striking tele
graph operators. It is proposed to have
a large gathering of working people, and
John Jarrett and other leading men in
the Amalgamated Association have
lieen called upon to deliver
speeches. The convention ignored
the proposition to exert its influence
in securing permission to hold social
gatherings on Sundays in Fairmonnt
Park. Andrew Lee, Vice President of
the Eighth district, who was one of the labor
delegates to the tariff' convention last
year, is prominently spoken of among the
delegates as President Jarrett’s succes
sor. He has all the backing of all the
delegates in the eastern end of the State,
and he is widely popular among all
e'asses of working people. President
Jarrett declines to be a candidate for re
election.
GOULD WINS IN COUIIT.
The Suit of Mr. Fuller Decided In Favor
of the Company.
Philadelphia, August B.—Five civil
suits brought by Chauncey Fuller, Gen
eral Agent at this city of the Chicago
Meat Company, against the Western
Union Telegraph Company, were to-dav
decided by Magistrate List in favor of
the telegraph company. The Magistrate
held that the act of the Assembly under
which the plaintiff proceeded did notap
plv to the case; that there was no eon
tract, as Mr. Fuller, in failing to leave
either his dispatches or the money for
their transmission with the company s
employes failed to comply with his part
ol' the contract, and that there
fore, the law binding upon the company
in respect to the delivery of messages
could not apply to the case. The Magis
trate further held that the law was 'in
tended to avoid any possibility of dis
crimination on the part of the company in
favor of one sender over another, and that
it was doubtful wbetner the general ap
plication of this restriction, which they
put on the sending of dispatches, “subject
to delay.” violated the provisions of that
law. Mr. Fuller’s counsel gave notiee
that the case would he appealed to the
Court of Common Pleas.
A Score of Building* Burned.
Baltimore, August B.—Fire broke out
shortly after 3 o’clock this morning in the
tinware factory of Matthar, Ingram &
Cos., on Lexington street, corner of Arch,
which soon extended across Arch. Mar
kell’s spice mills, the Reformed Jewish
Synagogue and sixteen brick dwellings
burned. The loss w ill be oyer sloo,ooo. ~
Suicide of a Florida Carpenter.
New York, Augusts.—Jno.H. Thomas,
a carpenter recently arrived from Florida,
committed suicide yesterday at the Carle
too House,
WASHINGTON IN A LETTER.
Pathetic and Pertinent Personal and
Political Prattle.
NVashington, August B.— There is a
good deal lieing said just now in favor of
the enactment of an income tax law.
The talk in this direction will grow, it is
always a predecessor to a Democratic
House of Representatives. This fact is
due to the well-known sympathy of the
Democratic party with the poor man.
The poor man wants an income tax. It
would lessen his burden and make the
rich pay more proportionately in accord
ance with the wealth which they enjoy.
There are many things to he said in favor
ot an income tax, and some tnings to
be said against it. Six years ago
a Democratic House endeavored to enact
such a law, but found itself divided, and
the result was a failure. The attempt
will be made again next session. The
Hon. S. S. Cox is full of the theme.
He announced to a friend, while in the
city the other day, that lie would intro
duce a bill, and as earlv after the first
Monday of December next as possible,
and try to have it favorably reported by
the NVays and Means Committee, impos
ing a tax on all incomes oter $1,200 a year.
It is doubtful if such a bill can pass. It
is an axiom, that whether there is a
Democratic or Republican House the
wealth of the country generally manages
to have legislation drift in the
general way that it wants it to. It is la
mentable that such is the fact, but it is.
At any rate the question of taxing in
comes will be one of prominence before
the next session. It will create when it
comes up one of the liveliest debates of
the session.
SENATOR EDMUNDS, OF VERMONT,
is receiving a great deal of sympathy just
now from his friends here. Not long ago
Mr. Edmunds lost a beautiful daughter
from that dread disease, consump
tion. He lmd done all he could
by travel and the aid of the most
distinguished medical attendance to save
her, but it was in vain. The Senator is a
widower. He has but one child remaining
to him, also a daughter. She is as beau
tiful as her sister was, and, sad to say, is
afflicted with the same tatal disease. ’She
is dying slowly. Her father is constantly
bv her side. He has had more sorrow to
his lot than falls to the average man.
Many people have wondered why he has
never pushed himself politically or allowed
himself to he pushed by his friends. A
personal friend of his told me to-day that it
xvas because of the family afflictions.
Until his wife died Edmunds was a very
ambitious man politically. His ardor
was dampened by her death, and com
pletely killed when he lost his first
daughter. Edmunds is now centent to be
a Senator from Vermont, which position
it is unnecessary to state he will hold as
long as he lives and has the inclination.
THE ONLY NOTABLE PRESENCES
in NVashington just now, beyond an old
stray statesman or two, are the new men
who will take their seats in the next
House. These gentlemen in taking their
summer vacation manage to drop in on
NVashington, just to see hoxv
the tiling looks. The majority
of them are thus paying their first visits
to the national capital. The House of
Representatives is hermetically closed.
But as soon as the new member gets here
he hies himself to the capitol to take a
look ou the scene of liis future glory—and
gets disappointed in not being aide to se
cure admittance. A watchman at the
capitol told me that not a day passes that
he has not requests from txvo or three men
who will be members of the next House
to he shown through the hall where they
will play their little acts. These new
members are not at all modest. They
beam with importance and even attempt
to overawe that important personage,
the hotel clerk. Asa member of Congress
is a very common thing here he does
not overawe the average citizen.
Therefore how futile it is to attempt to
down the hotel clerk! The visiting new
members xvho are known to be such give
their views very freely to the local re
porters. In the measure of being refresh
ing' these views are a godsend in this
warm weather.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
is just now worried about smuggling on
a small scale which has been going on
from over the Canadian border for some
time. Beet is cheaper in Canada than in the
United States. It appears from the reports
received at the Treasury Department that
a half dozen enterprising butchers on the
Canadian side have been sending over
their newly dressed beef and selling it in
the United States, and thereby they have
done a thriving trade. That conglome
ration, the new tariff bill, put a duty ou
dressed beef that renders its importation
by no means profitable when the duty is
paid, it appears, however, that the peo
ple xvho are noxv guilty were not cogni
zant of the new tariff law or either did not
understand it. In the latter position they
are not alone, as the Treasury Depart
ment officials themselves do not under
stand that law. Atter worry
ing over the matter for
sometime,those who wereguiltvof buying
the Canadian dressed beef (that is, those
xx’ho were detected in the transaction)
have not yet been prosecuted. The Treas
ury Department has arrived at the con
clusion to allow them to go free by tlie
paying of the lull value of the “smuggled”
article.
TREASURER WYMAN
said to-day: “There is at least one thing
that the standard silver dollar is good
tor. It is very convenient in moving
the crops. Annually about this time the
silver dollar commencee to boom, and the
demand for it keeps up until the middle
of October. It is wanted in handling the
productions of the soil. This year is no
exception. The demand for the silxerdol
lar is increasing every day. Bankers all
over the country, especielly in the South
and Southwest, are sending for them. NVe
are abundantly able to supply every de
mand that may be made upon us, and are
making large shipments daily. The sil
ver dollar may be derided, but it is very
convenient in supplying the place of small
notes, of which there is not a sufficient
amount to meet the demands made by all
Ihe branches of trade and commerce in
this country.”
Gath’s Viexx- ot the Probable Outcome
ot the Telegraphers’ Strike.
Gath, in a special to the Cincinnati En
quirer, says:
“Several cards and letters have been
sent me by your readers to ask, on behalf
oi members ot their families, xvbether the
telegraph strike will succeed. My reluc
tant viexx- is that it will probably fail.
Persons still in the employ of the com
pany, but in sympathy with their fellow
telegraphers, tell me that they regard the
strike as already a thing of the past. One
office at Long Branch got 900 messages
a day, and they are forwarded from there
xvithout the slightest delay. I jbuge by
the answers I have received that deliv
eries in New York are made equally well.
“Said a veteran operator to me: ‘The
strike is a failure, unless unforeseen and
extreme measures should he adopted, like
an order for all the Knights of Labor to
strike, xvho are said to number 800,000;
but such a step would bring down pub.
lie wrath on the telegraphers, xvho have
now respectable sympathy. This strike
was the result of excitement, and if the
company had paid the increase demanded
some of the hot-heads would have been
disappointed.’
“1 asked if the telegraphers xvere un
derpaid.
“ ‘Probably they are’underpaid—sav 20
per cent. The average plain rustic or'dis
trict telegrapher gets SOO a month; the
best get sllO a month, except the Associ
ated Press expert operator, who gets $135
a month. Women receive $45,’
“ ‘ls not the employment of women a
cause of the strike?’
“ ‘Oh, no; men and women work well
together. Women make telegraphy only
a passing matter. Matrimony is' their
outlook all the time. Every month they
must have a rest. Hence there is no
competition of any consequence. Women
are available, but not permanent.”
“A telegraph operator who is now a brok
er said as follows yesterday; -The strike,
in the nature of things, is bound to fail,
The telegraph company had better go out
of business than concede to it. since, if
the strikers succeed, they become the
Telegraph Company, and the company it
self can have but little tosav. The Broth
erhood of Telegraphers would soon discip
line out of the offices those who would tuft
join them. They would, as they have
threatened to do, own a telegraph system
of their own. It becomes a question
whether the corporation or the laborers
constitute the property. Therefore the
property, will stand still, if need be, till
it recovers its independence.
“I asked the value of the Western Union
property.
“ ‘lt is represented by $80,000,000 stock
and $20,n00,000 bonds—say $100,000,000.’”
Martin Luther at Erfurt.
Berlin, August B.— Thousands of
persons are arriving at Erfurt to partici
pate in the festival in the celebration of
Martin Outlier’s entry into that town.
DREDGES IX THE RIVERS.
MAJOR KING TELLS WHAT HAS
BEEN DONE UNDER HIS EYE.
Many Obstructions Removed Above
Chattanooga, but the Financial Part of
the Programme Very Viley—lmport
ance of the Muscle Shoals Canal—
NVork in the Cumberland.
NVashington, August B.—The report
ol Major NN . R. King, the engineer in
charge ot the river and harbor improve
ments in the Chattanooga district, was
received at the NVar Department to-day.
In the improvement of the Tennessee
river abox'e Chattanooga the object of the
plan was to remox'e obstructions and to
deepen the channel at its shoal places so as
to secure a depth of at least three feet at
low xvater. The obstructions to naviga
tion consisted chiefly ot reefs and rocks,
with occasional shoals of sand and gravel.
Nearly all of these have been lessened.
Many ot them have been entirely
removed and others reduced to secondary
importance as obstructions. The engi
neer reports that the improxements thus
far made appear to lie permanent but
says: “The annual mipropriati.ms for sev
eral years past have been so small that
hut little work could he fiougruid the cost
ot xvhat was done has fbr tlie siinip reason
been greater than it should haxe been.”
He also says that he hopes that a suffi
cient appropriation will be made to ex
tend the improvement to Knoxville and
still further lessen some of the obstruc
tions already partially removed. The es
timated cost ot improving this upper sec
tion of toe river as made in 1877 xvas $225,-
000. The amount appropriated to date is
$215,050, and the unexpended baiance July
1, 1883, was $287. It is estimated that
$9,500 will be required for the completion
of the xx'ork and that that amount can be
profitably expended during the next year.
On the river below Chattanooga, the
work done during the past year was prin
cipally at Muscle Shoals, an obstruction
xvhicli forms a great barrier to naviga
tion in this river. All the other obstruc-
tions are of minor importance, and their
improvement can only be fully utilized
xvlien the Muscle Shoals canal is naviga
ble. The entire chain of obstructions
from deep water at Florence, to deep wat
er near Brown’s ferry, is thirty-six miles
long, of which eight miles require no im
provement, and of tlie remainder, six
teen miles are overcome by
the canal alongside the rix’er,
and twelve miles have been improved by
building xving dams and heavy retaining
dams of stone, and by blasting a channel
through solid rock in the river bed. Six
teen miles of the canal are also well ad
vanced toxvard completion, and xx’ere
never in better condition for rapid and
economical work than at the present
time, if the funds were available. Beloxx-
Florence xvork was done during part of
the year in snagging and removing over
hanging trees. The engineer reports
that as the result of improving
this section of the river packet boats now
make irregular trips on the lower Tennes
see, and anew company has been char
tered under the title of “The Florence,
Evansville and Nashville Steam Packet
Company,” to establish a regular line of
steamers on the Tennessee and Cumber
land rivers betxxeen Evansville, Ind.,
Florence, Ala., and Nashville, Teun. He
estimates that $700,050 can be profit
ably expended during the next yeari
and recommends that it be applied to’con
tinuing the operations at Muscle shoals
and improving navigation at places where
there are now minor obstructions betxx’een
Chattanooga and Paducah. The esti
mated cost of the improvement of the
river below Chattartßosra was $4,133,000.
There has already been appropriated
$2,345,500, and it is now estimated that
$1,387,500 will be required to complete the
work. The unexpeuded balance Julyl,
1883, was $23,050.
In the improvement of the Cumberland
rixer in Tennessee and Kentucky the
plan consists in blasting out a channel
through rock reefs, removing gravel bars
and boulders, and building riprap dams
xvliere contraction of the water-way is
necessary to secure additional depth,
and in the remox'al of snags
and overhanging trees. The engineer
reports that the improvement of the river
by the cohstruction of locks and dams,
which is the only method bv which loxv
water navigation can he secured from
above to below Nashville, excepting for
very light-draft boats, has been consid
ered too expensix'e, and the present pro
ject is only designed to give such addi
tional depth of channel as will prolong
the season-of navigation.
In the improvement of the French Broad
rix er in Tennessee the present plan con
sists in removing obstructions from the
channel, cutting away overhanging trees
and building wing dams xvliere necessary,
so as to permit the passage of vessels
drawing two and one-half feet of water
as high as Leadville during the loxv
xvater season. The engineer reports
that as a result of the work
already done, ascending boats use tlie
new channel although the old one is open
for use, and that the improvement gix'es
general satisfaction to those navigating
the river. The original estimate of the
cost of the work was $150,000, and the
amount already appropriated is $18,500.
It is estimated that $131,500 will be re
quired for the completion of the work,
and that $15,000 can be profitably ex
pended during next year.
The plan of the’improvement of the
Clinch river, in Tennessee, is to remove
the most dangerous obstructions doxvn to
tlie extreme low-water mark, the blasting
of a chute through the ledges, and the
building of wing and training dams xvliere
necessary, so as to secure at ordinary
loxv-xx ater a depth of two feet irom King
ston to Clinton, a distance of 70 miles.
During the year active operations were
carried on above Haynes’, at Straight
Shoals and Hunter’s Shoals, where strong
dams were built and the channel widened
and deepened by excavating solid rock.
The work here was completed and navi
gation made safe with a two feet lower
stage than before. Below Haynes’ the
most important improvements were
made at Bletcher’s Shoals, Cloud
Shoals and Lewellyn Shoals. The
engineer asks an appropriation of $10,400
for use during the next vear. He reports
that that sum, with the’ funds now avail
able, $535, can be profitably expended in
continuing the operations under the ex
isting project, and says that in view of
the increase in the commerce of this river,
it is probable that considerable additional
xvork will be justified in the near future.
The original estimate for this xvork was
$20,400, the amount appropriated SIO,OOO,
and the estimate for the completion of the
work $10,400.
On the Coosa river, in Georgia and Ala
bama, during the year the operations were
confined to removing obstructions below
Greensport, and to opening the ehannel
from Lonner Gans and Hart’s reefs below
lock No. 3. A dam was also constructed
abox’e lock No. 1 to prevent accumulations
of drift-wood._ The original estimate of
the cost xvas $552,347. The original appro
priation xvas $.'168,700. The amount avail
able July 1,1883, was $48,617. The amount
required for the completion of the work is
$183,64t, ol which $1.50,000 can be profit
ably evpended during the next year.
Concerning the Oconee river in Georgia
the engineer reports that the improve
ments cannot be considered as permanent
as an annual appropriation will be neces
sary to keep the improved ehannel clear
of obstructions. The original estimate of
the cost of the work xvas $50,000, the origi
nal appropriation $20,500, the amount
available July 1, 1883, $2,229, and the
amount required for the completion of the
work $29,500, of which SIO,OOO can he
profitably expended during the next year.
The xvork done in theOcinulgee river in
Georgia during the year consisted in snag
ging and in building three log dams and
two jetties. Ten thousand dollars are
asked for to be applied in continuing the
operations with the snag-boat for re
moving surface obstructions and building
booms or crib work at a few {ioints to
assist rafts in keeping the main channel
The original estimate of the cost of the
work xvas $81,246. The original appro
priation was $54,600. the amount avail
able July 1, 1883, $1,1.59, and the amount
required for the completion of the work is
$27,240, of which $10,060 can be profitably
expended during the next year.
Kentucky Distillers in Secret Session.
Louisville, August B.— The Kentucky
Distillers Association met in secret ses
sion at the Galt House this afternoon,
forty-one distillery companies being rep
resented. A committee from the Western
Export Association was also present,
The proceedings were secret, ln;t it is
learned that a series of resolutions were
adopted looking tq the relief of the whisky
interests, and a committee of seven was
appointed to confer with a similar com.
mittee front other States.
England’s Exports and Imports.
London-, Augusts.—The returns issued
by the Board of Trade show that during
the month of July the British imports
decreased, compared with that month in
iastjear, by £340,000. The exports also de
creased durihg the same period £037,000,
SULLIVAN SLADE.
The I eatnres of the (treat Sparring
Match in Madison Square Theatre.
New York.
Philadelphia Press, August 7.
There was a long wait before Sullivan
and Made appeared, and the audience
grew impatient. Howls, whistles and
stamping of feet echoed through the hall
until the two men were9een approaching
the platform, when loud cheers xvere
given. Sullivan was first on the stage,
the Maori quickly followed him. Sulli
van wore salmon-colored tights, white
stockings and a white knit frock. Slade
wore white tights, pink stockings and a
white frock. The men took seats
diagonally opposite each other in
the corner of the platform. Neither
appeared nervous, and the Maori paid no
attention to the incessant cheering which
greeted Sullivan. Goss stood at Sulli
van's side arranging the gloves. Maee,
from his position near Slade’s corner,
whispered a few words of advice to his
protege. Barney Aaron, xvho skipped
nimbly around the stage, told tlie report
ers that he would be referee, and Parson
Daxris, of Chicago, a clerical-looking
bruiser, took out his watch and prepared
to serve as time-keeper.’ The frocks xvere
taken off, and, as they stood stripped to
the waist, the spectators had for the first
time a chance to observe the condition of
. - ,?■ + ■ ** ,
There had been some little betting early
m the evening, three to one, that Slade
would not be knocked out, his friends re
iving upon his power To endure the awful
blows of the Boston slugger, but Slade
stock went down 100 per cent, when his
sleek, fat body, with comparatively small
visible muscular development, xvas ex
posed. Sullivan did not seem to be in as
good form as when he met Tug NVilson,
but his tremendous muscular develop
ment gave the lie to the story that he xvas
not fully equipped for the fight. He
weighed 197 pounds, xx hile Slade turned
the beam at 220 pounds. The terms of
the match did not require Sullivan to
“knock out” his opponent, and the show
was advertised as a display.
THE PROGRESS OF THE FIGHT.
After a few points and the exchange of
several light bloxvs, Sullivan caught* the
Maori under the chin with a left-hander
that knocked him down. Slade came up
quickly, and the men clinched, rappin fr
each other about the head and body xvith
ineffective short-arm blows. Slade did
his best in this round, and he planted two
or three staggering blows in Sullivan’s
lace. The men clinched sex’eral times
and viciously slugged at short range.
Goss, xvho was standing on the
ground near Sullivan’s corner, acted like
a mad man. “Hit him in the belly,” he
shouted, “hit him in the belly,” “pound
him in the ribs,” and Sullivan, respond
ing to the call, gave Slade half a dozen
smart body blows. Time was called at
the expiration of three minutes, and tlie
men went to their corners. Sullivan took
a drink of xvater and xvas on his feet
when the men were called for the third
round. Slade opened the last bout with
two or three neat left-handers on the
champion’s lace, but his blows seemed to
lack toree. They made no impression on
Sullivan, who faced the fighting and
drove the Maori over against the ropes on
the xvest side of the stage.
There Slade rallied a bit and turned,
Sullivan closely following and pounding
him at every step. At last he hit the Ma
ori a terrific right hand blow under the
ear that lifted him trom his feet and
stretched him upon the floor. Slade made,
one or txvo ett'orts to rise, but failed, and
Parson Davis called time. The hall rang
xvith cheers. Slade was helped up, Sulli
xan pulled oil his gloves, and the crowd
slowly tiled out of the garden. Slade
was knocked out about thirty seconds be
fore the expiration of the time for the
third round. It is estimated that the re
ceipts of the show will be about $16,000,
ot which Sullivan receix'es 65 per cent,
and Slade 35 per cent.
NOTABLE PAST CONTESTS
The longest glove fight on record is that
between “Mike” Donovan and Professor
McClellan, which took place in San Fran
cisco August 18, 1879. They met in the
ring to fight “to the end,” and Donovan
won a , lter fighting ninety-three rounds iu
three hours and forty-three minutes.
The longest battle with gloves in En--
jand was between little Joe Foxx’ler, ikw
in this city, and Tom Hawkins. Both
men xvere feather-weights. They fought
in London August 15, 1878, and Fowler
xvon after a terrific struggle lasting three
hours and twenty-three minutes.
Ihe shortest match on recond lasted
five minutes and txventy seconds. The
contestants xvere Denny Harrington and
I lorry Barnett, and they boxed May 26,
1879. Ihe battle lasted for two rounds
only, xvhen Barnett was “knocked out.”
Probably the shortest battle on record
in this country was that in which the old
time antagonists, George Rooke and Pro
fessor McClellan, met. The battle took
place at a well known resort on Lon<'
Island December 1, 1881. It lasted for
only.three rounds. Rooke, who xvas much
heavier than McClellan, took tne lead at
the start and was nexer headed, and in
the third round hit the “Professor” a
crushing blow that knocked him over the
ropes and out of the fight. The battle
lasted fixe minutes and twenty seconds.
A more recent battle was that at the
“Garden” about a year ago, when Sulli
van, fresh from his battle with Ryan, ex
hibited his skill in a contest with Tug
NVilson. The “Garden” was croxvded al
most to suffocatiou xvith people xvho had
come from all parts of the country. The
conditions were that Sullivan was to
knock NVilson out in four rounds with
soft gloves. Sullivan was attended by
"illy Madden, and Wilson by
Arthur Chambers, the famous light
weight. Both men wero in fine
“fix” and were confident of vic
tory. Harry Hill xvas referee and time
keeper. From the outset Sullivan smash
ed and hanged away at his opponent in
such a way that during the four rouuds
V I l ßon went to the floor twenty-eight
times. Indeed he xvas on the floor the
greater part ot the time, Though the
event was finally decided in his favor.it
is stoutly asserted by many “profession
als that he lost, as the Marquis of
Queensbury rules allowed him ten seconds
on the floor, and in reality be xvas often
down a longer time.
The advent of NVilliam Mitchell, Eng
land’s champion glover, who is matched
to fight Slade with the bare “bunch of
fives,” revived the interest in glove fi-ht
iffgi and a set-to was arranged between
him and Mike Cleary. They met early in
the spring at the Ameriean’lnstitute. and
Mitchell gave Cleary a frightful doing,
(airly putting Philadelphia’s champion
■to sleep.” Then came the Sullivan-
Mitchell set-to in the Garden, and though
it was a light tapping bout Sullix'an
showed his superiority and clearly dem
onstrated the erroneousness of the decis
ion in the NVilson set-to, as he xvith ease
beat Mitchell, xvho in the fight for the
English championship as easily beat
NVilson.
Hat and Hall.
Washington, August B.—Games of
base ball were played yesterday as follows;
At New York—New Yorks 5; Philadel
phias 4.
At Boston—Bostons 10; Providences 2.
At Detroit— Detroits 5; Chioagos 1.
Cleveland—Clevelands 16; Bufl’alos
( Cinoinrmti—Cincinnati 8; Eclipses
I.jAt Brooklyn—Allegheny's 4; Brooklvns
De Leggeps’ Letter Approved.
Paris, August B.—A meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Suez Canal
Company, at which the British members
were present, xvas held to-dav. The
board unanimously approved the letter of
the Count de Lesseps of the 23d ult. to
1 remier Gladstone, in which M. de Les
seps informed the English Prime Minister
that he need not consider himself bound
by the terms ol the agreement in regard
to the second Suez canal xvhieh he had
signed.
Silver Found in Kan***.
Yates’ Centre, Kansas, August B.
Parties engaged in digging a well on
Governor Dale’s farm, live miles north
west of this city, at a depth of 20 feet
struck a large vein of silver ore, speci
mens of which were assayed and found to
be very rich. Several shafts are being
sunk. _• ®
No Texas Fever In Kansas.
Dodge City, Kansas, August B.— The
report telegraphed from here stating that
rexas fever was raging among the cattle
in maligugnt form is untrue. Stock never
locked better and was never belore so free
from disease as at present.
The Emperors William and Joseph.
Iscni,, August B.—The Emperors of
Germany and Austria arrived here at
noon. The former was met by the latter
at Ebinsed, where very cordial greetings
were exchanged between the two.
Return of the Rifle Team.
New York, August B.— The American
Rifle team arrived from Enrope this morn
ing, They are enthusiastic over the
treatment they received from the riflemen
on the other side.
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GLADSTONEATA DINNER.
ENGLISH POLICY PROCLAIMED
OVER A GROANING BOARD.
The Trouble at Tauiatave Not to Dis
turb Anglo-French Relations—Keform
the Only Aim in Egypt—Order Re
stored in Ireland—The Premier Warm
ly Welcomed.
London, August B.— The Lord Mayor’s
banquet to the Ministers took place at the
Mansion House this evening. Premier
Gladstone, on rising to respond to the
toast to Her Majesty’s Ministers, was
greeted with prolonged cheering. After
expressing thanks Mr. Gladstone pro
ceeded to give a sketch of the re
cent public events. He said that
the government had gone to Egypt
in an unselfish spirit, and desired
simply to accelerate the reform there.
It was felt that too much haste migtit
spoil the work. When the views of the
government in this respect were accom
plished the British would disappear from
the country. He said that nothing would
be more grateful to every one of the min
isters than an early and successful ac
complishment of the grand movement
towards reform in J-acvnt.
In mrardtoWH* -fSmatafe affair; Mr.
Gladstone said that the government had
received fuller advices from Madagascar
confirming the hope.that no difficulty
exists iii Madagascar which coil Id not he
solved by generous and honorable dispo
sitions which should always exist,
especially between France and England.
He now felt sanguinely confident that
nothing would arise which would disturb
their long accord.
Mr. Gladstone said that he was thank
ful to be able to record a great chaage in
the condition of affairs in Ireland. The
authority of the law he said had been re
asserted there, and peace and security
prevailed. The dark dens of assassina
tion had been effectually suppressed, and
the confidence which had united their un
happy frequenters, and enabled them to
execute their deadly purposes, had been in
a large degree destroyed. Deep gratitude
was due to the Almighty and secondarily
to Earl Spencer, the Lord Lieutenant,
and Mr. Trevelyan, the Chief Secretary.
He said that he believed that the end of
the session would show that a fair amount
ot work had been achieved. The govern
ment hoped much in the future from its
new system of grand committees.
RUSSIA’S ANTJ-JEWISH RIOTS.
Eighteen of the Slaughterers of Innocent
Persons Already in the Iloek.
London, August B.— Advices from Eki
terinoslav, Russia, where the demonstra
tions against Jews were made on the 2d
and 3d insts., state that three sotnias of
Cossacks had arrived for the preservation
of order. Eighteen of the one hundred per
sons arrested for participating in the de
monstrations have already been placed on
trial before the military. Many innocent
persons who were wounded during the
riot have since died. It has transpired
that no Jews were injured as they escap
ed, having had warning of the attacks to
be made upon them.
It is announced that six persons, in
cluding lour officials, will be prosecuted
for the part they played in the Jewish trial
at Nyreghyhaza, Hungary. Louis Kos
suth has written a letter congratulating
the counsel who defended the Jews.
Pesth, August S.—The riotous demon
strations against the family of Joseph
Scharf, who was one of the defendants in
tlie Jewish trial at Nyreghvhaza, were
renewed here to-day. The house in which
the family had been staying was wrecked,
iiiul a number of Jewish shops in the
vicinity were plundered. The police were
powerless and the military had to be sum
moned. The fighting in the streets con
tinued until a late hour to-night.
A Follower of Skobelefl',
Cracow, Poland, August $. The pa
pers here report that Gen. Gourki re
cently appointed Governor General of
\\ arsaw, at a banquet to the officers of
the Warsaw Garrison,made a violent Pan
slavist speech concluding as follows- “I
would like you all to be imbued with the
idea that Gen. Skobeleff inculcated.”
Footprints of a Defunct Race.
Carson, New, August B.—The foot
prints which were so much discussed in
this country and Europe, and which were
originally pronounced by I)r. Darkness,
of the Academy of Science, to be those of
mammoths, are now stated by him after
years of examination, to be those of big
footed men.
Slink with Thirteen Sailors.
London, August B.—A dispatch from
.y.e.r . Ba N? l * lat two Norwegian barks
collided oft there to-day. One was so bad
ly injured that she sank, carrying down
thirteen ofher crew.
A curious contest lias arisen in San
r rancisco between certain amateur
miners and the owners of a city lot.
\V orkmen were engaged in excavating on
the lot, which belongs to the firm of Dur
ham, Carrigan & Cos., with the purpose of
preparing a foundation for a building.
1 hey struck a vein of black sand which
was found to contain gold. Every old
Californian is, by instinct, a miner. Two
of the workmen “got the color” at once
the first panful of sand “panning out” 15
cents, and the average running
from 5 to 30 cents per pan.
the minors, two in number, at once
Be * their claim, in accordance
with law, claiming the whole of the lot as
mining ground. For building purposes
the lot is valued at $65,000, a sum far
greater than the amateur miners could
hope to dig out of the earth. Naturally
the owners of the land say that the. gold
find on their premises is a mere delusion,
and they adjure the workmen to go on
with their excavations and foundation lay
ing. But the miners know that the right
to dig for gold is sacred, and that no
superficial ownership of the land can ex
clude thatn from burrowing under the
surface. The title of the land is in Dur
ham, Carrigan fc Cos. The mining rights
are with the finders of the auriferous
black sand.
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