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, ESTABLISHED 1850. j
, j. H. ESTILL. Editor and Proprietor. )
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
\K\VS OF THE TWO STATES PAR
' ‘ AGRAPHICAEEY TOED.
\i, \llrg<l Gold Mine Discovered in
liartow County Two Men Shot iu
C ampbell County—A Resident of West
pike Struck by Lightning— Fratricide
at Campbellton.
SEOKUIA.
|.,, r iv ago Campbellton had hut 175
residents.
i imilia's artesian water-spout has hern ;
l„,red 525 feet.
reports of bridges washed away by the late
r;( ‘ u , continue to |*>ur in.
i me of the Athens colored triplets lias died
_ the others are doing well.
Hundreds of turnip patches were sown
r ,un i Athens after the rain.
... ;sH . to have a musical organization
j* e! j tii. .Mendelssohnian Club.
Wavn -sboro expects to resound with the
clatter • (a local cavalry company.
\ them capitalists are negotiating to hue
f t Magruder mine near Lincolntou.
William Wallace, of East Dougherty, died
a , |,|l home Thursday, aged years.
The receipts of cotton at Columbus are now
, i.-, - ahead of the same date last year.
Iu Marten the Atlantic Rase Rail CTuh de
. atcl the Athletics by a score of 17 to 10.
v iet it ion is circulating to hold a stock law
election in Clarke.
Judge4*din W. Rheney and A. W. Wiggins,
ni„ val e aide residents of Rurke eounty, are
a ( hinese lantern attached to'
it- tail pa- -cd over Sparta as a meteor on last
Friday night.
The tiovernor has ordered an election for
i tain of the Hancock Vanguards to take
on Tuesday next.
i lenient A. Mosley, of Montgomery county.
...el one day last week one hundred head of
beete? for 11,800.
Au alleged gold mine has been discovered
„• Abram Goode's farm near Mine Log, Har
low county.
There Is a strong probability of Oglethorpe
~..ug for no fence. Madison also intends to
J..M ,m election on the subject.
Tic southern Express Company now brings
matter to Albany in forty-live hours—twenty
to.i hours sooner than heretofore.
one of the oldest citizens of Mclntosh
comity. Mr. Mortimer! ullinan, aged eighty
two years, is dead.
\ large number of -tudents arc expected
no it car for the State I niversity than ever
Iwfore.
V little son of the Rev. Mr. Overton, of
i.rccne, has a dog for which he refused a line
mule.
There are 10,750 volumes in the Atlanta
Library. The Library has now some 1,800
no uiliers and the list is increasing daily.
Vi Washington, the Georgia Central depot
ta- lieen burglarized and $lOO In in money
taken There is uo clue to tlie rohliers.
\ manufactory to turn out the.loshna Rcrry
gram cradle is to lie established at Jonesboro
i-y Mr. Rcrrv and the Estes Rros.
The large engine and boiler for the new oil
mills at LaUrange have arrived. It will re
are 17.000 bricks to plant them for duty.
A dark-hued lothario of I .a* .range, whose
amours are as numerous as his years, shot his
w ife a day or two ago and tied". The woman
will recover.
There lives in Rabun Gap a Mr. MeCurry
..nd his wife, the former being 111 years old
vnd the latter 7*. They have great great
grandchildren.
The miners at the Washington mine art
hindered in their operations by gas and foul
water. One miner nearly 10-I Ins life the
other day by suffocation.
The jail in Lexington cost the county alxmt
vi.k'i. and last week it had in it three pris
oners. and on last Friday- night they all crawl*
cd out at the eye-light als.ve the door.
The argument for a mandamus in the
Wilkes eounty fence election case will lie
heard at Taliaferro court, which meets the
fourth Monday in August.
i ampliell countv is to have anew jail. It i
thought the grand jury has recommended the
building of one to cost not less than $3,000 nor
more than $7,000.
The dwelling of Daniel .1. MeCranie near
< hinu Hill. Telfair eounty. was -truek by
lightning and burned to the ground on the
25th ult.
The Americas Light Infantry will take part
in tin decoration of the graves" of the Federal
dead at Andersonville, by F rank W. Smith,
the man with U.oOO flags.
K.igiit persons have tieen arrested near
Maysville charged with the so-called Ku-
Kluxing. and carried to Gainesville by Deputy
I nited states Marshal tiaspvn for a commit
ment trial.
One night last week, while Rarl Hamilton,
of Gum t'reek, Dooly county, w as absent from
home some sneak thief gained an entrance to
his room and burglarized his trunk, carrying
off $lOO.
The K:i-t Point mystery was brought to an
end Friday by the "discharge of W ynn ami
Hill, who were charged xvitli lynching a ne
gro in the woods near East Point on t lie 2*>th
of July.
There lives at Lula a young white man, 2<*
years old, whose head is unshapely and
greatly overgrown, while his limbs and Imdy
are w ithered away. He has to lie )>ropped up
and nursed like a’chrld.
There once lived in an adjacent eounty to
i larkea white man who sold his wife for one
dollar and two ginger cakes. The woman
agreed to the trade, and lived with her last
husband apparently happy and contented.
The roof of J. J. Williams ,v Co.'s ware
house, in Atlanta, fell in with a Niagara-like
crash Thursday, which -tartled many of the
legislators, they believing that the capitol
building had sucenmlied to the ravages of
time.
Mrs. Ogletree, the mother of i liarles Ogle
tree. the abductor of the little newslmy.
< harlev Tilton, of Atlanta, lias lieen received
at the I‘aithling county almshouse. Her son
is lurking somewhere in the vicinity of
Hiram. dodging the Bailiff.
Materials for a monument to Is- erected to
the memory of the late Judge A. P. Allgood,
the founder of the Tyroii factory at Rome, are
Is-ing received. The stockholders of tin- fac
tory are having it erected. It will occupy a
prominent site near the large mill.
Thursday the Governor refused a pardon in
the ease of Phillip 'V. Raiford, of Jefferson
countv. convicted of incest fornication, the
woman in the ease licing his neiee. The Gov
ernor ileeiiled that it was not a ease that
demanded Executive clemency.
John F'. Rates, R. .1. Godbee and Raiford
t.ndbee, of Ruiloeh county, have got tlieir
dcm steam saw mill in operation, and are
turning out several thousand feet of lumlier
perday. Their new gin house will soon lie
pleted.
There are now two alleged Smith Austin
murderers under arrest at Columbus. The
last captive gives his name as James Pope,
and I- -slid to answer almost exactly the de
s< notion "f the man seen talking tothc mur
dered liaekintm on the night of the tragedy.
Kev. W. M. t'oile. the school teacher who
a- arrested for whipping, was discharged
- Monday without a trial. The bailiff who
arrested him refused to place him under Ixmd,
si great wh-his faith in hi- innocence. The
case excited considerable interest.
J- J. Glover, of Jones county, was drowned
by tin- capsizing of a lx>at a few days ago.
• pb> l.i-t accounts the body bad not been re
covered. Mr. Glover was" one of the pro-
P r '-b-r- and Glover's mills, and was also a -uc
cessfui farmer. He leaves a wife and live
children.
N' ar Km k-Head Church, in the ■-aiidtown
district of < amtibell county. Fa I ward Mefoor
wu- shut in the shoulder and Hugh, and
Howard Thompson through the head, by
Host-s Itiggin. Riggin escapeil, but previous
hi- departure promised to make things
lively in the district by returning to kill Hires
bien and a woman.
•b im Iti,yd last year picked from a one-acre
b i : i Fairhurn tk ; u pounds of lint cotton. He
• s’;- ii,xi the land in oats, and tin- -pring
b’.il cd 15 bushels. After'cutting of hisoats
1 -planted cotton again, on the 13th of Junt%
uni it i- now- in bloom. With favorable
weal her he will make 300ormore pound- of
Lnt. Mr. Rovd is over 70 years old and does
all his work himself
At Fort Valley on Wednesday morning the
dead laxly of an unknown negro boy. about
jhirte. n years olil. was found near trie depot
- urcctly acres, tbe roadbed of the '■outh-
Wi-tern Railroad between the stringers.
■ cr-ons passing early in the morning did not
' rve it. a ls>\ ear standing over the spot
re it was lying. F'rein bruises alioul the
s head, it i- believed that he we- mur
dered.
The Columbia Sentin-i *av-: -iKev. M Ful
ler has some corn that grew - up ami clusters
around the stalk from r. to sears. \\ ,■ weighed
•our of the ears from one -talk, and they
weighed over pounds in the -buck. \
'■aii-ulation was made, and at least t; bushels
tu the acre would lie the result. \ practical
farmer states that lUO bushels could lx- made
toth, acre on liottom land.'*
At Dallas the jury returned a verdict of not
sii!ty in the case of the State vs. Steve s.
"nre,eharged with the murder of Ross .lone
on the night of February 6. 1883. The murder
excited the town aud community to fever
beat when committed. The wife of the
H-’Si'itr was in constant attendance with
J*■> re. and the aged mother of the deceased
with the prosecution.
5 J® addition to the damage, already reported.
freshet in Monroe county by" the loss of
”*j-' 'l—n-ion bridge over the Toivaliga. it is
earned that the bridges over the game river
1 -•• Falls, and C ollier's mills are gone, as
v i- two -pans of the East Tennessee, Vir
‘ “ I '* Georgia Railroad bridge near the
u- V’ f lh:lt '‘ream with the Oemulgee.
\ i woolen mill, at High F'alls. was
falls eiii'; kW *y, the building going over the
4 ,^ a , r > Eureka, Dooly county, a day or two
**.' h 1 av|, l W. Harvard hail some wortls
li'7 u,e negroes on his place, when one of
iuii- 1 knife and made a murderous
imrerc . employer’s throat, severing an
i O L r fveiinand making a gash from ear
'ardtw nearly causing death. Mr. Har
thx J,ta, 'ked ,he negro and cut him in
PeaetrTii- * hl V uh,he breastbone and
vrittcM . ~ h. e * eft ‘“"c- The negro is iu a
H. w m a. nt, i'! lon J “" d no s expected to live.
Wen,^t h truste.l servant, and had
.. Mr - Harvard s employ for ten years.
la_ Warrett. of West Pike, wbilestand-
Fr',iLl, trei ‘ in fr ,jnt °f his residence on
bslit^,' 0 w wk, was struck by a liolt of
y, ,** vyLii-Fi first struck the tree, running
Wi,t , , 'e. 1 * H took effect uion the top of bis
ImThiSfy** the hair off and down his bodv,
Pijnmf p rei * tripe,and escaped into the
H- bnt trange to relate he still lives.
i, u . ~ iri,!!,' u i on 5 ciou * for a eouple of liours,
* K " *'e has tiesn rational, aud, though
Savannah morning news
still confined to bed, bopi— are entertained of
ru~ ultimate recovery, though it is hardly
possible that he will lie, in physical power,
the man he was liefore. -At the" time of the
stroke to him a negro and two of Mr. Garrett's
children were standing near, all of whom
w ere thrown to the ground, but were other
wise unhurt.
Between Fairburn and Campbellton a few
days ago Dock and Bill Cochran, brothers,
became involved in a quarrel, during which
Dis k fired a pistol ball into Bill's lung, iu
tlicting a wound which mav prove fatal. Af
ter Is-mg -hot. Bill pulled /kick from a mule
which he wa- riding and injured him about
the head and body w ith a rock, leaving him
lying in the road insensible. Thev are sons
of Mrs. Sarah Cochran, an estimable widow
lady, and are members of a family of splen
did character.
The Lav;range Reporter tells of the follow
ing diabolical crime: "A horrible tale of a
murdered innocent comes to us from Har
risonville. Lizzie Robinson, an unmarried
colored woman, living ou Mr. Robert Booz
er'- place, gave birth to a child on Friday
night. A day or two afterwards, it was
found in a sa.-k in a smokehouse, not vet
dead, but with it- skull crushed, left arm and
right hand broken, and bruises on the top of
the head and on ti e back. No one was pres
ent at the birth but the woman and
her paramour, Jeff Hutchinson, who
studiously kept others away until
the child had lieen put out
of the way. Coroner Davis was summoned
to the scene on suuday evening and held an
inquest, working on the case all night, the re
sult of which was that Hutchinson was arrest
ed and carried la-fore Magistrate J. H. Rin
ger. who, u]ion the evidence, committed him
to Troup county jail on Monday. Mr. B.
Hammett was foreman of the jury.* The wo
man is under arrest and will also he jailed as
sum a* her confTttfon will warrant it. It was
a most diabolical deed, and the guilt of it
seemsto lie fixed on the pair.. We record it,
with a shudder that human nature is capable
of such depravity.”
FLORIDA.
Bananas are being brought into Tampa by
the schooner load.
The African Methodists are holding a re
vival at l’alatka.
A Unit $200,000 is annually expended by
Florida for educatiou and schools.
There is a tig tree m Micanopy w hich bears
upward of fifty bushels of tigs every year.
Tin- artesian w ell at Gainesville is now 1501
feet deep, and still in flint rock.
Efforts are being made to get up a regatta
<iu Lake Imonia, in I .eon eountv. the coming
fall.
A large npmber of minute green caterpil
t lar- are devastating the grass plats in Pen
sacola.
The Middle Florida Fruit Growers' Associ
ation will meet at Tallahassee on the 21st of
this month.
The corn crop is one of the largest ever
grown in Columbia county. Good crops is
; the general report.
l’alatka will have a steam laundry. The
machinery has been purchased and the site
selected >m White Water branch.
The value of the taxable property in Madi
son county in 18s2 was $1,411,140: in" ls.vt, sl,-
7.7.1,720—an increase iu lsst of $143,580.
Fifteen of the striking longshoremen re
turned to work this week at Fernandina on
the New York steamship dock at the old rates.
Work mi the canal connecting Dead river
w ith the-t. John's river, and giving Spring
Garden i eutre water communication with
the outside world, is lieing pushed rapidly
forward.
Willie and Pauline, the hand 11-year-old
children of Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. jurgerson. of
■laekson county, died on the morning of the
noth ult.. w ithin two hours and a half of each
other, from congestion of the brain.
The full mini tier of county pupils allowed
by law have lK*en appointed from Duval
county to the East Florida Seminary, and one
alternate. Besides these four others have
signified their intention of attending, which
will make the total iiiiiiilkt fruui that county
nine.
Lavina ( hunnati. colored, who killed her
. infant in Palatka. made her e-capo from the
authorities of that town hytakingthe Florida
Southern. She got off at Reddick station ami
hid in the woods. The train authorities were
notified, and < on-table July Brown was sent
in search of tier, she was captured some dis
tance from town and brought to Ocala aud
lodged in jail. A deputy from Palatka ar
rived Saturday and escorted her home.
Last Saturday night Lucy Redout, a woman
of ill-repute, was shot in the back of the
shoulder In George Huchinson, a white me
chanic. The ball fractured the shoulder
blade, and at la-l accounts Lucy was lying in
a critical condition. Ilueliinsoii managed to
'•scape, going in the direction of Wildwood.
The Sheriff fifilowed iu pursuit Monday night,
and succeeded in capturing his man at the
Hamilton House in Sumterville. He surren
dered at once, and the sheriff returned with
his prisoner and lodged him in jail. At Suni
tervllie lie registered as George Webb, and
had liouglit hi- ticket to Tampa, llis oonfed
j crate was arrested Monday evening and jail
. ed to await developments."
I’LAGUE HIDDEN EGYPT.
Til*- Rising Nile llestroying Crops anti
Cholera Still Raging.
Bkklix, August 11. —The German Gov
ernment will send a scientific expedition
to Egypt next week to examine into the
origin, nature and cause of the cholera
now prevailing there, and to ascertain
the liest measures to prevent the spread
of the disease.
Alexandria, August 11.— There were
twenty-two deaths from cholera here yes
terday.
It has been decided to abandon the use
of ambulances in carrying corpses to the
cemeteries, in order to pacify the Mussul
men.
The Nile continues to rise. Great
damage has already been done to crops.
In the vicinity of Assisuts the harvest
will t>e destroyed unless measures are
taken to prevent the approach of the
water. The English doctors now here,
who have had experience in India in
cholera epidemics, report that the disease
now prevailing in Egypt is a distinctly
different character from Asiatic cholera.
London, August 12.—Thirty-two per
sons died from cholera at Alexandria
Saturday, including 5 Europeans.
The deaths from cholera in the Egyptian
provinces on Friday numbered l2t>, in
cluding 235 in the province of Dakalieh.
150 in the province of Garbeih, and 235
in Ghizeh and Atfe.
tin Saturday there were deaths, in
cluding :>0 in Cairo, 141 in Ghizeh and
Atfe, and 2115 in the province of Siout.
Hundreds of people have tied to Cairo
from Alexandria. Client l’asha. Presi
dent of the Egyptian Council of Ministers,
arrived at Cairo from Alexandria on Sat
urday. There have been no fresh cases
of cholera among the British troops in
Egypt and their general health is excel
lent.
ANOTHER BANK SUSPENDS.
The Institution a Wealthy Family
Atl'air, and Resumption a Surety.
Cincinnati, August 12.—The City Na
tional Bank, of Lawrenceburg, Ind.,
closed yesterday, and State Commissioner
Hay, of Indianapolis, is examining the
books of the bank preparatory to making
a statement. The bank was a fam
ily affair. DeWitt C. Fitch is Presi
dent, and his two sons are the Vice
President and Cashier. The trouble
is due to the use of the bank’s money by
the Vice President in his lumber business.
The Fitch rarnily are very wealthy and
the assets of the bank itself are double
the amount of its liabilities. The sus
pension was caused by unexpected de
mands for money. The bank will probably
resume Monday.
>IERCAXTILE CRASHES.
Knslidi ami Depew Save the Indian
apolis Hank from Sinking.
Indianapolis, August 11.—The con
ference between the Directors ol the First
National Bank and the English-Depew
syndicate ended between 2 and 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Ten minutes before
3 o’clock doors were opened and W. H.
English invited the depositors to draw
their money. The bank remained opened
an hour after the regular closing time.
All cheeks presented were promptly
cashed. But few of the large depositors
drew their money.
Kuilied by Being Long of Stocks.
Philadelphia.. August H.—The sus
: tension of W. 11. Miller *t Cos., stock
brokers at No. 333 Chestnut street, is an
nounced. The firm are “Icing” of several
st "i if" - u ! on r..them New Jersey Central
and Buffalo, New Aork and Philadelphia.
Several hundred shares for their account
were sold to-day under the rule of the
Stock Exchange.
Later in the day the suspension of E. P.
Mctzear, stock broker, was announced.
He failed about six weeks ago, but set
tle*! bis accounts and was reinstated in
the Board;
OVERDUE WITH MANY LIVES.
No Tiding* Yet Received from the Tong
l'nheard from Steamer Ludwig:,
Montreal, August 11.—The over due
steamship Ludwig has between 70 and
SO souls on loard, 24 of whom are passen
gers. The vessel and cargo are under
stood to be covered by $500,000 insurance.
Pence for Purcell’s Creditors.
Cincinnati, August 12.—Archbishop
elect William Elder yesterday issud an
edict to the clergy of his diocese to meet
here on the 21st dav of August to devise
some means to pay to some extent the
creditors of the fate Archbishop Purcell
as a matter of charity, but not as a dis
charge of any legal obligation.
TWO TERRIBLE FIRES.
THE KIMBALL. HOUSE IX AT
LANTA BURNED DOWN",
Flames Devastate Fifty Acres In the
Heart of Vineyard Haven— Xo Lives
Lost in Either Disaster—Hundreds
Homeless—Atlanta’s Loss si>l.ooo,ooo,
and the Other $5200,000.
Atlanta, August 12.—The Kimball
House, whose front is familiar to nearly
every traveler ever passing through At
lanta, was totally destroyed by lire at !>
o’clock this morning. By almost unpar
alleled good for Wine, every person in the
hotel escaped unhurt, but a large majori
ty of the guests lost their baggage and
such other property as they had in the
building. But a small part of the
stock contained in the stores beneath the
hotel proper was saved, and the loss of
the merchants is, in many instances,
aggravated by the destruction of their
books and papers. The rescue of the
sleeping guests is attributable to the
presence of mind of nightclerk Hammond,
who aroused Messrs. Scoville and Arnold,
and enlisted their services m his heroic
tour of the smoke-tilled into
which the guest chambers opened. The
carefully compiled estimate of the Morn
ing N kjvs correspondent places the "total
losses at $1,000,000. and the aggregate in
surance at $150,000. The hotel originally
cost $600,000, and the furniture was valued
at $125,000.
THE ALARM.
The alarm sounded at
o’clock. There were few people around,
it l>eing Sunday, but a crowd of news
boy* rushed through the streets and
led the way to the Kimball House.
! The lire was discovered in the rear
: part of the basement under George
W. Adair’s real estate office, which was
I occupied as a wholesale fruit store. On
two occasions lately lire has broken out
! at the same corner, but iu the second
I story.
When the engines rattled up to the hy
i drants iu the vicinity of the tire many of
j the sleeping burgers, awakened from
| their early morning slumbers by the un
wonted din beneath their windows, threw
open, their shutters and stretched forth
their uncombed heads to locate the
flames. Many of the engines were not
playing and the movements uf the hose
men gave no evidence that they were pre
paring to cope with a fire of any conse
quence, two facts which so reassured a
majority of the second and third
story spectators that they crawled
hack to bed, firmly " convinced
that the department had again been
given an almost unnecessary run. The
ease with which the two previous fires in
the same place had been suppressed also
added to the confidence of these unenter
prising sleepy-heads, of whom the Morn
ing News correspondent was one.
A DISASTROUS DELAY.
Nearly an hour after the alarm had been
given no organized effort had been made
to stop the progress of the tire, it worked
! tip into Adair’s office and Burke’s store,
where it found plenty of paper to burn;
and then up into the kitchen of the Kim
ball House, whore the grease added to the
intensity of the flame. Then the water
works got in order, aud the tire engines
put in their work, bat all too late. The
flames spread upward to the dry wooden
mansard roof and the towers, and
ussumqtl such proportions that all
hope of saving any part
of the hotel was abandoned,
and the two-story block on Peachtree
street was looked after and protected by
heavy streams of water. The "Republic
Block" on Pryor street and Moore A
Marsh’s building were saved by wet
blankets and streams of water, although
when they mansard roof* blazed the heat
was intense and melted some of the metal
cornices on the buildings across the
street. It was feared, however, that the
whole block would go, and the fire move
on and sweep away the Markham House
in addition. In this belief Joe Brown,
Jr., son of the Senator, dispatched a
special train to Marietta for the engine at
that place, but later on telegraphed not
to bring the engine, as the fire was
under control. The firemen came down
on the train and aided the Atlanta de
partment, which was pretty well ex
hausted. A few buckets of water would
have put out the tire at the start, but
where the blame lies cannot lie said to
night. There was great delay iti getting
water, but after it came the firemen
worked nobly and saved a dozen sur
rounding blocks. Atlanta’s water works
have always failed the city at large fires
because of too small main pipe. Prompt
action saved the guest.
THE DISCOVERY AND I’ANIC.
The Savannah fast train had just left
the depot when Oscar Ballard, the night
clerk at Henry Durand’s dining saloon in
the depot, saw the smoke coming out of
the fruit store basement, and rushed over
to the Kitnball House and notified Thad
Hammond, the night clerk, who at once
awoke Messrs. Scoville and Arnold. Tak
ing in the danger at a glance they im
mediately aroused the sleeping guests, in
sonic instances breaking in doors to
awaken them, and in this way all were
saved.
Some ladies came out in wrappers bare
headed, carrying jewelry ami valuables
in towels while the husbands followed
with a wardrobe in a sheet. President
and Airs, Boynton and Hon. .1. M. Cou
per and family were among the many
families that early escaped and saved
their baggage.
Many regular boarders lost furniture
and other things. Although hurried out
in undress condition there was no con
fusion and no accidents.
Messrs. Scoville and Arnold and the
clerks acted nobly—looking first to the
safety of life and then to that of property.
A MOMENT OF HORROR.
Some excitement was caused early iu
the fire by a guest on the roof calling' for
ropes, and saying that others were also
cut off from escape. A rush was imme
diately made to their rescue, but the
alarm was groundless. All were provided
for, and came out unharmed. Ns acci
dents occurred except slight ones to fire
men, such as sears on the head and cuts
on the band.
No such hotel lire was ever recorded.
The house was full of guests all asleep,
and yet, without ladders or fire escapes,
all were saved. It is a most remarkable
fact. Had the lire occurred two hours
earlier in the darkness of the night pro
bably fifty lives would have been lost, and
bad it heavy wind prevailed no one c an tell
where the conflagration would have been
stopped.
Great as is the calamity it might have
been vastly greater.
Although not a guest at the Kimball,
Senator Parks was one of the most daring
and efficient workers, and won hearty
praise. Senator Dtißignon and family
were up at Marietta. Carriages were
procured and the ladies were carried to
private residences and boarding houses,
while the Markham House took in 250
of the unfortunates, and is now tilled to
overflowing. Hotel quarters will be at a
premium until after the Legislature ad
journs.
DECATUR STREET LOSERS.
The occupants of the first floor on the
Decatur street side were Gaven, the auc
tioneer, with a store full of goods, of
which nothing was saved.
The Kimball House storeroom was
filled with provisions, and nothing was
saved.
Mr. Haralson’s tobacco was partially
saved. Mr. Daniel, the druggist, saved
very little. Goode, Fontaine & Elmore,
reai estate agents, lost something. This
was the corner lately vacated by Mr.
Appier, the Central Keilrod agent.
pr von street victims.
On the Pryor street side were Tyler A
MeGoodwin, haberdashers, who saved
part of their stock. Part ot the furniture
and all of the books and papers in the
business office of the Kimball House were
saved. Beerman’s barber shop and cigar
and news stand saved very little. Ansfey
rnd others, real estate agents, saved but
little. From Bush & Wrenu’s railroad
ticket office nearly all was saved. From
Bob Mann’s well known ticket office was
saved a large part of the stock.
The Gate City Bank by hard work saved
its books and papers.
On Wall street the Italian fruit stand
lost all.
The Cincinnati Southern Road and
Whitner’s insurance office partially saved
their effects.
Frierson’s real estate office saved but
little.
Burke’s old book store, full of stock,
and the Durham tobacco office lost every
thing.
■ , a ' l ’L rea l estate office and the Water
” orks office saved nothing.
In the basements were a full-stocked
wholesale fruit store, tue full stock ef
which is a total loss, and a paint shop,
two barber shops, a shoe shop, a tailor
shop and Kelley’s barroom, the contents
of all of which were a tolal loss.
LOSSES OF THE GUESTS.
The guests and boarders did not sutler
great loss as a general tbing. Joseph
SAVANNAH. MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1883.
Thompson and Willis Reagan had ele
gant apartments, and saved no furniture,
and Mrs. Reagan lost many valuable wed
wing presents, as did also Mrs. Me-
Goodwin. Mr. Reagan had SI,OOO in
surance, but dropped SSOO a few days ago.
Much of the baggage was badly injured
by being thrown out, many trunks falling
front fifth-story windows to the street and
bursting open. A few mattresses and pil
lows and other articles were also thrown
out. but hardly enough to le mentioned.
While there seemed to be time enough to
remove much valuable property, the
smoke filled the building and made it dan
gerous to go about the upper floors, and
no ladders were put up. The tire escai>e
with its four baskets at hand was not
used at all.
Just as some of the merchants begun to
bring the show cases out of the stores the
servants upstairs commenced throwing
out coal scuttles, chairs, etc., which
created eonfusion and prevented the sav
ing of more valuable iroods from Tyler A
MeGoodwin’s and Daniel’s drug store.
There was a lack of any cool organized
system or well directed effort to save
property in many instances.
OX PEACHTREE STREET.
< tit l’eaehtree street the two story block,
including the Big Bonanza saloon, was
saved, but some parties moved out and
suffered loss in damage to goods and fur
niture. Among these were Haygood’s law
office, Humphries’ architect office, Love
jov's booji store and Morett’s drug store.
M. C. and J. T. Kiser, wholesale drv
goods dealers on Pryor street, also moved
out a large amount of stock, but did not
sutler much damage in handling.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
It being Suuday tiiere is no way to as
certain accurate losses or insurance.
T'he Kimball House cost originally
$050,000, and was owned by J. H. Rice. o"f
Chicago, who sunk several hundred thou
sand dollars in the enterprise, and Dr.
Joseph Thompson, T. J. Glenn. Josenh
Thompson, Jr., ot this city, and General
Robert Toombs. The House sold a few
years ago for about $140,000, including the
furniture, and was valued with its later
improvements at $150,000. it is said that
Dr. Thompson and Mr. Rice each had
$25,000 insurance, and Messrs. Glenn and
Joseph Thompson $15,000 each. General
Toombs two years ago dropped Ins policy.
Mr. Scoville. the landlord,had a very small
insurance and loses over $12,000. Charles
lleerman, who had just gone in with him,
loses about SIO,OOO.
Mr. Kenny, who kept the bar and bil
liard saloon, lost nearly everything.
There are, however, losses that cannot be
estimated, as in the suspension of busi
ness, etc.
A THEORY OF THE FIRE’S ORIGIN.
One theory of the fire’s origin is that a
lighted lamp exploded in the fruit store
in the basement, where there was plenty
of banana straw and lemon paper wrap
pers and other trash to start a quick and
dangerous tire. At all events, it pushed
its way from that low position across the
entire block and to the highest tower, and
at 7 o’clock this morning the charred
walls began to fall iu the centre. Not
many minutes later the firemen, under
charge of the building inspectors, com
menced pulling down the rest. Large
gangs of men have doue this work, and
from two to live thousand men, women
and children have all day long witnessed
the scene. Despite the density of the
throng, no accident has occurred. The
ruin is complete, and the whole square,
except the Peachtree street side, will he
impassable on the sidewalks for many
months.
FUTURE FLANS.
It is not thought that the preseat owners
will rebuild, but a movement will be
made to-morrow to form a joint stock
company to build a $400,000 hotel on the
same spot within a year. Others favor a
location more removed from the noise of
the depot. Anew hotel project is, how
ever, almost certain of success. There
was great excitement here all day. The
Journal issued an extra edition, "and the
Constitution is giving away a bulletin
sheet. It will issue a four page extra for
mailing in the morning.
A LATER ACCOUNT.
Atlanta. August 12. 11:30 p. m.—lt is
now stated that the fire was discovered at
5 o’clock, and soon, the flames getting be
yond control, Mr. Scoville, the proprietor,
ordered the guests to be awakened.
Guards then went through the hallways
breaking open doors where necessary to
insure the safety of the guests. The' fire
having originated in the rear of the build
ing, was favorable to the escape of all, and
within twenty minutes the hotel was
empty ot its guests, and within
one hour the structure was razed to the
ground. The hotel was built bv 11. I.
Kimball, and cost $600,000, and its furni
ture was valued at $125,000. The insur
ance is only sso,ooo, scattered among
many companies, the names of which
cannot be ascertained, owing to the
absence from the city of the par
ties who are informed there
on. The Gate City National Bank is
among the losers. The total loss is sl,-
000,000, and the insurance is not over
$200,000. The fire is claimed by Mr. Cul
berson, agent of the company, to be of
incendiary origin. In the vaults of the
Gate City Bank were $500,000, the safety
of which is yet a matter of doubt.
OCCUPANTS OF THE STORES.
The following is the directory list of the
linns doing business under the' hotel, with
the streets on which tlieir stores faced:
Pryor stri-ut. —Goode, Fontaine A El
more, real estate; Francis Fontaine A Cos.,
loan agents; Tyler A McGoodwin, gents'
furnishing goods; Kimball House barber
shop; J. A. Sims, agent L. A N. R. R • J.
A. Ansley A Cos., real estate; J. \V. Hol
man, mining engineer; J. F. Brannon,
fertilizers; F. I>. Bush, agent L. A N. R.
It.: James Maloy, agent E. TANARUS., V. A G. It.
R.: A. B. Wreuri, agent McKenzie Route;
T. Nttnaii, agent M. A C. It. It.; It. I>.
Mann A Cos., ticket office: B. R. Freeman,
< ’ommissioncr of Deeds.
Wall Siriu't. —Office Atlanta Water
Works; G. W. Adair, real estate; Atlanta
Bible Society; W. B. Burke, old books;
11. Broun, barber; O. Moreland, shoe
maker; office Gate City Planing and Lum
ber Cos.; T. A. Frierson, real estate; G.
L. Bona, shooting gallery; office Cincin
nati Southern Railway; John A. Whit
tier A Cos., insurance agent; John C.
Wliitner A Cos., insurance managers;
Gate City National Bank.
Dceatur Street. —M. Haralson Bros. A
Cos., wholesale tobacco anti cigars; J. B.
Daniel, wholesale drugs.
THE MAGNIFICENT HOSTELRY,
the “11. I. Kimball House,” as the hotel
was titled in full, was built in 1871, and
was the largest hotel in the State, if not
in the South. It had a frontage of 210
feet on Pryor street, with wings on De
catur and Wall streets of 163
feet in length, and was six stories
high with a basement. It
contained over 300 rooms, and was erected
on the most improved plan. It has been
the favorite resort of people visiting the
capital, and was for years the headquar
ters in all political campaigns. To At
lanta it was the Rialto.
The hotel was built by Mr. 11. I. Kim
ball and associates in the closing year of
the Bullock regime, and has ever been as
sociated in the minds of the people with
those troublesome days of construction and
reconstruction. Some years since the
property was sold tojan Atlanta syndicate,
who, we believe, owned it at the time ot
its destruction. It is said that as a busi
ness investment it has never paid, and if
this is true there is but little' possibility
ot its being rebuilt. Its destruction will
be a great loss to Atlanta, as it gave that
city the means of entertaining large
crowds of visitors in a first-class hostelry.
VINEYARD HAVEN DEVASTATED
Fifty Acres in the Heart of the Resort
Traversed by the Flames.
Boston, August 12.—A ii out
about 1 o’clock this morning lnßrineyard
Haven, on the Island of Martha's Vine
yard. It started in the Baptist Church
from some unknown cause, and as a
strong breeze was blowing and the houses
were nearly all of wood it spread with re
markable rapidity. A patrol was organ
ized to protect the goods. with
which the streets and vacant
lots are full. Numerous thieves from
vessels in the harbor are on shore, and
boldly attempted to carry away goods.
Several arrests have been made of per
sons caught making off with clothing,
etc. The territory burned over embraces
about fifty acres of the heart of the vil
lage. The loss cannot be accurately esti
mated, but it is thought that it will
probably fall little short of $200,000. It
strikes almost a death blow to
this ancient village and leaves hun
dreds of people homeless, many of
whom are thrown upon the charity of
their neighbors. There have been no ac
cidents nor losses of life, although the fire
spread quickly and covered a thickly
settled territory. The town is at present
-full of summer boarders from Washing
ton and elsewhere, and probably 200
of them are turned out of doors'. At
2:30 o’clock this morning the fire was
under control.
Vineyard Haven, Mass., August 12.
—A public meeting was held at Cottage
City to-day. at which a relief committee
of twenty-one prominent citizens and visi
tors were appointed. This afternoon the
committee issued the following appeal:
“An appalling calamity has befallen the
village of Vineyard Haven. A confla
gration last night swept away the entire
business portion ot the place, exceptin''
one store, and (lestroyedoverthirtvdwell
ings, thus throwing out of occupation and
home hundreds of persons who have lost
everything—many of these homeless ones
are widows ami orphans, and all are in
need of immediate assistance. Contribu
tions of food, clothing or money addressed
to Captain James L. Smith, Treasurer, of
Vineyard Haven, Mass., will be thankful
ly received by the Relief Committee.
' “[Signed 1 Wm. 11. Arnoux, Chm’n.”
“We, the selectmen of the town of Tis
burv, in which the village of Vineyard
Haven is situated, indorse the above ap
peal.
“[Signed 1 Truman Allen,
“Owen h. Tilton.”
One Hundred Warehouses Burned.
London, August 12,—One hundred
warehouses have been destroyed by fire at
Salonica, Roumelia.
THE MILLED COUNTY TItAGKDY,
The Crime of the Lynched Murderers
Even Worse Than First Reported.
BAfXBRtgGE, Ga., August 11.—On
Tuesday morning last Mrs. Joseph Ful
ford was missing from her home near
Sprink creek in Miller county, her ab
sence being first reported by her husband.
The lady had been confined to her bed since
June, and was unable to turn herself in
bed. The neighbors, with Fulford, searched
the country throughout Tuesday and
Wednesday until late in the afternoon,
when her body was found in
Spring creek with numerous hor
rible bruises and gashes about her
head, breast and throat. Fulford
sought continuously to divert the search
from the creek all Tuesday and Wednes
day, and he was put under surveillance
and subsequently under arrest. A Coro
ner’s jury was impaneled and the inves
tigation continued until Tuesday morning
when they returned a verdict to'the effect
that the unfortunate woman came to her
death at the hands of “Joe” Fulford
(white), Harry Bradly and Reuben Rober
son (both bjack). The two negroes had
been arrested on suspicion on account of
something they had been heard to say.
Subsequently they made a full confession
to the effect that Fulford, with the assis
tance of Harry Bradley, had mltrdered the
woman, the negro heating her on the head
with a club while in bed, while Fulford
choked and stamped her life out with
his shoe heels. They then placed her
body in an ox cart and hauled it one and
a half miles, and sunk it in Spring creek,
where it was found. The cart tracks and
all cither circumstances bore out the con
fession. The three were given a commit
tal trial on yesterday and held for mur
der. There was talk of burning the trio
to a stake in the court house
yard yesterday in daylight,
but wiser councils prevailed. Last night,
however, Judge Lynch held his court be
tween the hours ot" 10 and 12, and hanged
Fulford and Bradley to a convenient limb
near the jail, after which their bodies
were perforated with bullets by some of
the jury.
lUinbridge, Ga., August 12.—Addi
tional horrible particulars continue to
come to the surface in connection with
the Fulford tragedy wired the Sunday
Morning Telegram last night. The cue
dollar and a half paid Harvey Bradly and
Reuben Roberson for their services by
Fulford was taken from the murdered
woman’s effects, and was earned by her
during her illness with her needle. ’ It is
also learned to-day that the villains car
ried a water bucket and gourd to the
creek where they sunk the body,
set the bucket on the bank, threw
the gourd in the creek, and
suspended the dead woman’s bonnet front
a limb near the bucket in order to bolster
up a theory of suicide. When Fulford
was shown the body of his murdered wife
as it lay in the water he attempted a faint
exhibition of grief, and said that he would
not have had it happen for $5. The Coro
ner’s jury rendered a verdict charging
Fulford,Bradly and Roberson with willful
murder, as also did the court of inquiry
on Friday. A rumor has prevailed for
two days past that Sherman Fulford, the
father of Joe Fulford, was implicated in
the murder.
Roberson and Sukie Roberson, a colored
woman who was also arrested as a party
to the crime, are still in jail, but their
lynching is not at all improbable.
ONE KAZOB TO TWO THROATS.
A Colorado Gambler Murders llis Mis
tress and Kills Himself.
Denver, Col., August 12.—At l’ueblo,
Colorado, yesterday morning a gambler
named Frank Hutchinson cut the throat
of a woman who passed as his wife in
tlieir room, but not killing her instantly
she jumped from a second story window
to the ground. The police witnessed the
leap and kicked in the door of the
room whence she fled and found
Hutchinson dead with his throat
cut from ear to ear, and his hand fflill
grasping the razor with which he had cut
the woman and himself. Though able to
testify before a Coroner, the woman can
not live. Her real name is said to be
Irene Davenport alias Pomeroy. She has
relatives living at Muscatine, lowa.
LYNCHED BY COWBOYS.
An Alleged Cattle Thiel Taken from a
Sheriff and Hanged and Shot.
Denver, Col., August 12.—A Canon
City special says that L. E. Watkins,
charged with cattle stealing, was lorciblv
taken front the Sheriff last night by an
armed mob of cowboys and shot dead and
his body hanged from the timbers of a
bridge in the suburbs of the town. Wat
kins was returning successfully from
Salena, whence he had been accompanied
by the Sheriff to secure bonds for his ap
pearance before the grand jurv. The
whole county is terribly excited, and
measures have already been taken to ap
prehendtbe murderers.
REVOLUTION IN" MEXICO.
All the Northern States of Gaygo Arm
ing for an Outbreak.
Galveston, August 12.—A dispatch
yesterday from Laredo says that a report
comes direct front (Juerataro, Mexico,
which is about one hundred miles below
Laredo, that Cortina was in that place
last Tuesday with three hundred revo
lutionists. From reliable reports it is
probable that the Northern States ot
Gaygo will be in a state of revolution
before the year is out. The complaint
seems to be against the manifest usurpa
tion of all jffiwer by the General Govern
ment at the City of Mexico. -Only a few
days ago the Mayor and City Council of
New Laredo were lined in a large sum
because of their removal of city officers
against the wishes of the government.
Tombstone, Arizona, August 12.
A report reached here yesterday from
Hermosillo, Mexico, that gte soldiers who
were encamped forty-live miles east ol
that place had mutinied on the Bth inst.,
killing their Captain and First Lieuten
ant. The mutineers then fled to the moun
tains, taking their arms and ammunition
with them. Gen.Topote left Friday night
for Ures with infantry and cavalrv.
DETECTED AT A GRAVE.
A Montanan Caught Burying the Body
of a Mutilated Girl.
Dillon, Mont., August 12. —0n Wed
nesday last a man named Lewis was dis
covered endeavoring to secrete the re
mains of a young woman near this town.
It was found, upon examination, that the
whole top of her head had been blown off
by a gunshot, and Lewis was arrested.
He claims that the woman was traveling
with him aud was killed by the acci
dental discharge of a gun, and| becoming
frightened, he endeavored to conceal the
matter,
An Express Robbery in Arizona.
Tomrstone, August 12.—A dispatch
received here states that Wells, Fargo &
Co.’s Express has been robbed between
Riverside and Pioneer of $3,200. Express
Agent Jolin Collins was killed and one
passenger was wounded. Both of the
stage horses were killed. .
Prescott, Arz., August 12.—Wells
Fargo and Company’s Express was rob
bed between Ash Fork and Prescott last
night by two masked highwaymen. The
amount of money stolen is not’know n.
An Fnveiling at Paris.
Paris, August 12.—The monument
erected at CoUrbevois to commemorate
the detense of Paris was unveiled to-dav.
Representatives of President Grevy and
the Council General of the Seine were
present at the ceremony. The mouument
consists of au allegorical figure of the
city of Paris standing over wounded com
batants,
A .VEND TO ABSENTEEISM.
THE EFFECT OF A "NEWS" EDI
TORIAL IX ATLANTA.
Free Passes also on the List of Evils that
Must Go—A Memorial Session—Mr.
Stern’s Immigration Magnet—Notes
of General Interest to Readers of all
Classen.
Corr**pont}enee of the Morninj Xew*.
Atlanta, August 11.—At last the
General Assembly has been aroused to a
sense of its duty. This morning the Au
gusta Chronicle was laid on every mem
ber's desk, and those present found on the
editorial page the protest of the Morning
News against free passes and absentee
ism, strongly indorsed by the Chronicle.
Then came a few copies of the Macon
Telegraph of this morning, with a brave
and timely protest on the same line from
its faithful Atlanta correspondent. It
was evident, therefore, that the House
would show some signs of having read
these manly but too long delayed protests.
Some ol the more faithful members tle
termined to oppose the usual suspension
of roll call, put themselves on recoHl as
being present, adjourn for want ot a
working quorum, and thus throw the
odium upon the absentees. But a desire
to get rid of a lot of Senate bills for first
and House bills for second reading led to
a compromise—that hereafter there shall
be no suspension ol the roll call, but everv
day’s journal shall show who the absen
tees are. Thus the crisis of to-day was
tided over and the absentees saved from
exposure. Of course some are absent
with good excuses, but the mass of them
ought to be here attending to the public
business for which they never fail to draw
the pay and take all the perquisites.
The Morning News has bravely start
ed the ball in motion in regard to the
evils of free passes, and I am glad to see
that the press of the State is backing you
up- The Augusta Chronicle even goes so
lar as to state that passes are solieiteil or
demanded from railroad officials, i think
some ot these officials can show letters
asking lor tree passes for clerks and
pages, etc., as well as members. Perhaps
some of the colored porters have also ap
plied.
As to adjournment, there will have to
be “anew leaf turned over” next week
and two or three daily sessions held, to
enable the General Assembly to get away
before the first of October. If the free
passes were abolished to-day the business
could be completed and a final adjourn
ment be reached within thirty days. Com
paratively little finishing work lias yet
been done, and over one thousands bills
are to be acted upon in part or whollv
before adjournment. Few bills die
suddenly of their own weakness.
Most of them require to be strangled
in the committee room. And then “lost”
bills are toooften “found” the next morn
ing through a motion to reconsider. The
average Legislator lacks backbone in this
respect. He fails to believe that when a
bill is once “passed” or “lost” that it
ought to stay so, but generally consents
to give it another chance to “live” or
“die,!’ as the ease may be. All this great
ly retards the final disposition ol the busi
ness of the day.
I notice that several newspapers are
giving Rankin, of Gordon, credit for the
famous defunct fertilizer hill of Ray, of
Coweta. This grows out of the fact that
Rankin’s railroad tax bill and Ray’s fer
tilizer bill were discussed and acted upon
by the House during the same week, and
the names of the authors have become
mixed. Mr. Rankin asks to be relieved
of the “soft impeachment,” as the rail
road tax hill is as heavy a burden as he
can bear up under during the summer
months. That will probably go to join
Ray’s bill.
The present session is not only a
MEMORIAL SESSION,
but promises to pass into history as the
portrait session. Vi e have passed iu the
House resolutions to procure portraits of
Senator Hill and Governor Stephens and
Governor H. V. Johnson. The relatives
ol Governor Milledge have also secured
the introduction of a resolution to pro
cure a portrait of that long deceased
Governor. This resolution has created a
general resolution authorizing the Gov
ernor to procure, as the funds of the State
may justify, portraits of all the deceased
Governors whose portraits have not been
provided for. This prevents any par
tiality in the matter.
T’he press telegram stating that the
general temperance hill had passed the
Georgia Legislature, was “too previous.”
The hill simply passed the House. It now
remains for the Senate to confirm or reject
the action of the House. It is hardly pos
sible to now predict the result.
The plan of Mr. Stern, of Savannah, to
encourage German immigration to this
State through the free distribution ot a
German newspaper sent out from his city,
lias been favorably reported to the House
by the Committee on Immigration, and at
tlieir request recommitted to the Finance
Committee, to have the financial feature
of the hill duly considered.
While there is some opposition in the
House to the Senate redistricting bill, I
hardly think the measure will be defeated
on its final discussion. The meeting
Wednesday night in opposition to the
Gill, presided over by Mr. Humber, the
able member from Putnum, did not de
velop sufficient strength to indicate the
probable success of any proposed
in the Senate bill. To allow one change
will be to open a door for almost endless
discussion.
In my special about the State Road
lease resolution I notice an important
error. The word “not” is • left out of
remarks of Mr. Little, of Muscogee, who
argued that in dismissing the suit the
State does “not” acknowledge the right
<>f the lessees to betterments. He would,
if he could, compel them to make such a
disclaimer.
Speaker Garrard is placed in a very deli
cate position. His son, a fine bright boy of
thirteen, who came here with his father in
good health, has been stricken with dis
ease and lies in a critical condition at
the residence of the Speaker’s sister—Mrs.
Castleman. On yesterday the doctors
performed an operation which may or
may not ensure his recovery. In’ the
meantime Speaker Garrard is at his post
of duty. Deep sympathy is felt for him
and his devoted wife. *
THERE HAS NOT BEEN THE USUAL
AMOUNT OF SICKNESS
among the members this session,only one or
two going home on that account. Whisky,
recently, has disabled more members than
disease, especially since the general tem
perance bill discussion was started. This
is very strange, but a solemn truth.
Major Charles 11. Williams, a well
known journalist, formerly of Columbus,
but for several years past a citizen of At
lanta, left yesterday lor Anniston, Ala.,
where he is to take editorial charge of the
Hot Blast, anew journalistic enterprise
to be started by the founders of that grow
ing town. The significant name adopted
will make the paper popular with coal
and iron men all over the country. It
will always blow a hot blast for Annis
ton and its numerous industrial enter
prises.
On yesterday the Governor confirmed
the establishment of three new militia
districts in Laurens county, the result of
a quartering of the 343 ti district. The
new districts are numbered respectively
1367, 1368 and 136(1. The records of the
Executivo Department show’ that quite a
number of new districts have Item) created
in the State during the past yean
The press is just now complimenting
Lieutenant Oscar J. Brown, U. S. A., on
his appointment as an “instructor” at the
AVest Point Military Academy .Lieutenant
Eli I). Hoyle was appointed' Adjutant in
the spring, which gives Georgia* two offi
cers at the Academy, the first since the
war. General E. I*. Alexander. Geperal
Henry C. Wayne,Genera! John M. Cuyler,
General W. H. T. AValker, General Wm.
J. Hardee, Captain Henry Coppee, and
Lieutenant Win. E. Basinger, all
Georgians, were connected with the
Academy liefore the war. Also, General
David R. Jones, of South Carolina, ap
pointed from Georgia, aud General
Jeremy F. Giiiner. of North Carolina, now
living in Savannah.
The population of Atlanta is now re
ferred tq as 00,000. ft might as well be
put at 75,000 at once and save any further
trouble. An imaginary 20,000 will cover
a multitude of new comers. Admitting
that we have 45,000 bona tide inhabitants,
as we have, it shows a gain of about
10,00 t) within the past few' vears, an in
crease that would no doubt satisfy any
other city in Georgia. But Atlanta is
progressive in such matters.
IXDKPEXDENTISM PREVAILS
in Bartow county to such an extent that
the two rival candidates for County Judge
(Conyers and Wikle > are of that political
stripe. Ihe former is backed bv the grand
jury and many citizens, while" the latter
is presented In opposition by the bar.
Governor McDaniel is holding the matter
opeu for a tinal hearing late In the week,
and the result is waited for with much
interest. It will hardly do for the Senate
to reject either because of hie iudepend
entism, as no other stripe would probably
suit the people of that county just now.
Of course you have within vour grasp
the facts in the case of Sally Morell alias
r oreman. the little colored girl pardoned
by Governor McDaniel on vesterdav, and
about which I telegraphed last night. The
Governor, as usual, gave the case a full
and patient investigation, and being fully
convinced that the child w as not guilty of
any crime, he granted the pardon asked
lor by those best calculated to know- the
facts. Although this was a trifling matter,
and the parties in humble life, the Gov
ernor bestow’ed upon it due care and con
sideration. He is as firm in his purpose
to grant pardons where they are deserved,
as he is fixed in his determination never
to abuse the pardoning power by its lie
sto’-val upon an undeserving applicant.
The Governor has consented to the re
moval of the balance of the convicts on
Col. Ben Lockett’s plantation in Dougher
ty county, to his immense briekvard near
this city. By this move the camp at the
yard will be enlarged and much improved,
aud all the convicts assigned to Col.
Lockett better satisfied. C h ath am.
aid for the strikers.
New York Labor Unit,ns Promise Tliem
One Hundred Thousand Dollars-
New York, August 12.—A meeting of
the representatives of the several trades
unions of this city and yiejnity jyas heUL
this afternoon for the purpose of adopting
measures to aid the telegraphers and
linemen in their strike, and it was re
solved that they’ should be support
ed to the end. A number of un
ions have already voted weekly,
sums ot money to be paid to the strikers,
and it w T as promised that similar aid will
be given by other unions. It was re
solved to circulate subscription lists
among ail the workingmen, and the
Brotherhood was assured that at least
SIOO,OOO will be raised in its aid within a
few days.
A meeting of the Joint Committee of the
Brotherhood and representatives of the
trades unions was held this evening and
prepared subscription lists and appointed
committees to circulate them. The mem
bers of the Brotherhood express fullest
confidence in their success and say that
they have no fear of being obliged to yield
through lack of support.
STAMPEDES OF THE STRIKERS.
The Men Losing: Courage anil Return
to Thoir Keys.
New York, August 11.—At the meet
ing of the Executive Committee of the
Brotherhood this morning it w’as ac
knowledged that five men had gone back
to work yesterday to the Western Union
Company in this city.
There was no apparent change in the
condition of affairs at the AVestern Union
office to-day, and the strikers seem still
firm in their position. The rumor that
there is any indication of general weak
ness on the part of the strikers is indig
nantly denied, and the men who have
returned to the employ of the company
aie said to be of an inferior grade. At
the AVestern Union office it was said this
morning that two more men had returned
since last night, and others were expected
to apply to-day.
From Superintendent Trabul, at Nash
viile, the following dispatch was receiv
ed: “One striker returned at Macon,
Ga., yesterday, completing the full force
there. All the strikers at Savannah, Ga.,
seven in number, applied to return to
work yesterday. AVe have but two vacan
cies and hut two applicants were accep
ted, leaving a first class man and two
second class men wanting employment.
Business is moving promptly to all points
South. Three operators returned at Nor
folk. \"a.. yesterday, and Superintendent
Tree, of Richmond, says that in his dis
trict the strikers openly admit their de
feat.”
The advices received from other points
also seem to indicate that the men are
losing courage and are willing to return
to work at any time.
At noon a dispatch was received at the
Western Union office stating that nine
first-class operators returned to work in
Buffalo to-day, and as manv more who
applied were rejected. Two were taken
hack at Rochester.
Norfolk, August 11.—Three of the
four striking operators have returned to
work. This ends the strike in this city.
Buffalo, N. Y\, August 11. —Seven
more of the striking operators returned
to work to-day, making eleven who have
returned so far.
UNCERTAINTY ON THE RAILS.
The Company anil the Brotherhood
Telliiijj Conflicting Stories.
I’ITTSBURG, l’A., August 11.—At six
o’clock last evening the threatened strike
oi the telegraphers employed by the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
Company was inaugurated. The com
pany decided to insist that commercial
business should be received and summa
rily discharged Assistant Superinten
dent Devei n, stationed at Columbus, Ohio,
who was known to be in sympathy with
the men. The determination was com
municated to the operators and was im
mediately followed by an order to strike
at 6 o’clock, which was sent out by Muster
AVorkmen. The order was ‘ obeyed
iiv all tiie operators in this city,
including (lie chief train dis
patchers, and seems to have been
generally observed along the line. Su
perintendent Taylor admits this, hut savs
that the strike lias not extended beyond
Dennison. Ohio, and that the principal
ortiees will be supplied to-day. In the
meantime trains will be run by schedule.
It was said that the operators on the
Pittsburg, Fort AVavne and Chicago Rail
way would lie ordered out to-dav.
The strike on the Panhandle' Railroad
which the telegraphers inaugurated
last evening is over. All the opera
tors who left their instruments last
evening have returned to work. The
company reinstated them with
the understanding that thev leave the
Brotherhood. The officials of the Tele
graphers’ Brotherhood pronounce the tel
egram ordering the Panhandle telegraph
ers out bogus. The Fort AVavne opera
tors are still working, and those in a posi
tion to know say that a strike on that
road will not be ordered.
New A ork, August 11.—At a meeting of
the Executive Committee of the Brother
hood last evening, it was stated that at 6
o’eloek 150 operators on the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway went
out on a strike, leaving but two men at
work.
A dispatch from Chicago said thatonly
nineteen men out of 500 have gone back
on the men.
Encouraging reports iront Boston, Bal
timore. AVashington and other points
were read.
Baltimore, August 11.—The officials
of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com
pany at the main office at 2 o’clock to-dav
report the situation unchanged, as well
as tlieir determination not to treat with
the Brotherhood. They disclaim posi
tively any knowledge ot a committee of
telegraphers having been sent for, as re
ported last night.
St. Louis, August 11.—Dispatches from
Texas variously say, on the authority of
the Brotherhood, that from 70 to 200 opera
tors have quit work on the Gould roads
inthat State during the past two days.
The railroad and AVestern Union officials
deny this most emphatically, and assert,
as has - been previously stated
in these dispatches, that onlv
ten men in Southern offices
have abandoned their keys. They also
say that there is no interruption to trains
or business anywhere in the State, and
that the strike so lar has been utterly in
significant. Some of the AVestern Union
wiies leading East and North from this
city were tied with fine copper wire
Thursday night, but business was not
stopped, and the lines were restored to
good order again.
WIRES CUT BV TRK SCORE,
The Company Annoyed, but no Serious
Interruption Accomplished.
New York, August II, —Superintendent
Humstone, of the Western Union Compa
ny, reported this morning 15 wires cat or
interrupted on the south circuit, princi
pally to Washington and Philadelphia, in
Jersey meadows,between Jersey City and
the car shops. On the Western routes all
the American Union and the Mutual
Union wires to the number of 48, and a
Hudson river wives Were out in this city
just south 64 Manhattanville. At various
points on the eastern circuit 33 wires
were cut, and also several in the
vicinity of Manhattanville. A lav*e
force of linemen were ’ sent
out to repair them. The accident caused
e.Que tiylay, but not near so much confu
sion as it would have done a week
The business has been sept by otlaer
routes as soon as circuits you Id be com
pleted. The interruptions to these wires
occurred shortly after t o'clock this
mornihg, at about the same time,
showing that the action was
,a concerted one on the part of the cutters.
Little inconvenience was experienced as '
business at that hour was pretty well
cleared up. Dispatches received from the
AA est state that the Fort AVayne route
'V r H s - vvere cut last night in tiie vicinity
of l hieago, and that seven routes of St.
Louis have been interrupted.
The Gold and Stock telegraph service
was imperfect this morning'many instru
ments not working at all. Statements
were made that several wires were cut
during the night.
Pittsburg,August 11.—Fifteen Eastern
wires ot the AVestern Union Company
j were cut last night. Several more were
rendered useless by lieing connected with
a fine wire. The cutting was the work of
an expert.
Jersey City, August 11.—The wires
i ot the AVestern Union Telegraph Com
. pany were cut in two places this morning
; at the toot of St. Paul’s avenue, where
twenty-five wires united to form a cable
under the Hackensack river. All the
wires were severed. Thev were also cut
on Newark avenue, at the foot of Hill
street. The New Jersey and New York
Telephone Company’s wires were cut on
the corner of Brunswick and First streets,
completely shutting oil" communication
with Newark. Orange, and the other
points on tiie Bunk lines, as it is called.
A force of linemen are at work repairing
the lines.
-HATURRAY" TV TTTE HOUSE.
A Gouil ltnforin Inaugurated iu Spile
uf the Usual Stampede.
Atlanta, August 11.—As was antici
pated no quorum was present this morn
ing when the House met, and Mr. Sim
mons, of Terrell, moved to suspend the
roll call. At this time only 80 members
were in their seats to respond to their
names. It was plain that no business
could be acted upon by vote, and a motion
was made by Mr. Jordan, of Hancock,'
that the regular order, the receiving of
new bills, he suspended and the House
proceed to read Dills the second time, or
such other business as the Speaker might
designate.
Mr. Crenshaw, of Troup, objected, but
when the situation was explained to him.
lie withdrew his objections, and Mr.
Jordan’s motion was carried. As the
members had read tiie Morning Slews aud
other papers on absenteeism and neglect
oi public business, it was determined to
move in the direction of a reform of this
growing evil.
Mr. Jordan, of Hancock, offered as a re
solution to meet one branch of the evil,
that on and after Monday next there shall
be no suspension of roll call.
The Committee on Rules met imme
diately and reported favorably on the re
solution, and it was passed.
At the suggestion of the Speaker all
Senate bills on the Clerk’s desk were read
tiie first time and referred to their ap
propriate committees. House bills were
then read tiie second time. This has
cleared the deck for bills ready, lor their
third reading, but the regular order for
Monday is the call of counties for the in
troduction of new business, and on Tues
day the eapitol bill comes up, so that very
little business will be finished before the
last of the week if the eapitol bill is dis
cussed.
The Governor has signed the bill amend
ing section 4484 of the Code, as to the es
cape of felons from the penitentiary. Also,
the Dill changing the time ot holding the
Picking Superier Court. Also, tiie bill
punishing willful trespass on the lands of
another.
The Governor has ordered that two and
one-half tenths of one per cent, be assess
ed and collected upon the amount of the
value of the taxable property returned,
etc., in this State. Tiie estimate,
based ou a valuation of $300,000,000, gives
a revenue of $750,000. Special taxes,etc.,
will add about SSOO,(XXI more.
A colored woman named Martha Cham
berlain, while walking on the Central
Railroad track near Peters street this
morning, was struck Dy the engine of a
dirt train and killed.
SPAIN'S BLOW AT MONARCHY.
Iluiz Zorilla the Leader of the Already
Suppressed Revolution.
London, August 11.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Paris asserts that Ruiz Zorilla is in
Spain, where he is personally directing
the risings in that country, which, it is
declared, are spreading.
The correspondent of the Standard at
Victoria, in the province of Alava, Spain,
says: “I have interviewed Gen. Quesada,
who believes that order will be maintain
ed in his command of the Six Bosque
provinces. Senors Sagasta Concho aud
many other Spanish notables have passed
through here on their way to Madrid to
otter their services to the' Crown. It is
expected that Prime Minister Sagasta will
soon revoke the state of siege.”
The Exchange Telegraph Company has
a dispatch from Gibraltar saying that the
civil officials of the Spanisn town of Algei
ras, on the west side of the bay, and 6
miles from Gibraltar, came into the latter
place last evening and remained there
during the night as they’ feared a revolt in
tiie town. Martial law was proclaimed
at Algeiras.
An official dispatch from Jan lldefonso
says that the insurrection in Spain is en
tirely ended.
Part of the Seo de Urgel insurgents have
entered France and the remainder have
surrendered to the Crown authorities.
Complete tranquility prevails throughout
the country.
The Madrid correspondent of the Post
says that the outbreaks in Spain are the
result of a scheme which Ruiz Zorilla has
been planning for the last six years.
Madrid, August 11. —Tiie King pre
sided at a meeting of the Cabinet to-night.
It was resolved by ttie Council to cashier
all officers who took part in the revolts.
Tiie dismissal of the Governor of Seo de
Urgel was gazetted this evening.
The King and Queen ol Spain have re
ceived calls from a large number of per
sons who came to protest their loyally to
the crown.
One hundred of the men who participa
ted in the revolt at Seo de Urgel have re
turned from Andorro, whither they had
fled. Fifty have surrendered their arms.
The remainder however, demurred to
yielding them up to civilians, but nego
tiations for their surrender are now nro
eeeding.
Hendaye, August H.—Gen. Quesada
is massing fresh troops along the line of
the railway in the Basque provinces. The
party favorable to the maintenance of the
Turos in the Basque provinces declare
that they have no connection with the
anti-Troyal agitation.
Rome, August 11.—The Vatican has
sent instructions to the bishops in Spain
to abstain from sharing in the present po
lieai agitation in that country.
Madrid, August 12.—The Dia says
that General Martinez Campos, Minister
of War, to-day informed the Cabinet that
four rebel Sergeants had been shot at
Santo Domingo. The King to-morrow will
review the Madrid garrison, numbering
12,006 men. His proposed visit to Ger
many lias been indefinitely postponed, it
is rumored that the Ministry will change
when the revolts have lieen entirelv re
pressed. •
General Lacuesta has arrived at Seo
Deurgel with loyal troops. Two insurgent
hands, numbering 14 and 25 men, respec.
tivelv, appeared at Tangona and Barce
lona to-day. They are now lieing actively
pursued by troops.
Lisbon, August 12.—A riotous outbreak
occurred to-day at the town of Chaweo,
Portugal, in connection with local griev
ances, A peasant was killed and a Colo
nel was wounded. Order has been rc
storod.
London', August 12.— A Seville news
paper states that several Sergeants and
Corporals stationed there have been ar
rested. The latest otbcial dispatch sent
from Madrid says that the telegrams from
the Spanish Provinces continue to be of a
reassuring nature and tend to show that
the insurrection is almost ended. Ac
cording to unofficial advices Irorn Hin
dayer, Prance, several Hepubllcan news
papers at -Madrid have been suppressed
and some civilians have been arrested
It is stated that Senor Castelar and his
party continue to condemn the uprisings.
Death Dealing Lightning.
LixeOLX, Xscu., August 12.—A heavy
thunder e-orm prevailed here yesterday.
u amed Robert Miller and Wm.
Mdler, brothers, and Ernest Smith, who
had tauen refuge under a tree, were struck
arid instantly killed by lightning. Several
houses were struck and four persons were
injured. The Telephone Exchange was
set on lire, but the dames‘were extin
guished before much damage was done.
Lost Faith in Phjtlvlanii.
Rosadalis, the Great Southern Remedy,
cures a,U diseases of the blood, ft is one
of the best remedies ever offered to the
public, and as it Is prepared with the
greatest care, as a specific for certain dis
eases, it is no wonder that it should be
more effectual than hastily written and
carelessly prepared prescriptions made
by incompetent physicians. Take Rosa
blood f ° r disorders arising from impure
I PRICE 810 A TEAR. (
I 5 CENTS A COPT. j
AN INSULT FROM GERMANY
MINISTER MORGAN PROTECTS
THE .FLAG IN MEXICO.
President Arthur Commends His Course
—Another Rally Against Longstieet—
Poiger Ambitious as a Debt Reducer-
Clerks Discharged by Lots from a Hat
—Evans' Fickleness.
Washington. D. C., August 12.—The
rumor that the German Minister at Mexi
co taunts the l nited States representative
there is partially corroborated. It has
been customary on the 4th of July for the
foreign Ministers to compliment this
country by unfurling their flags. The cus
tom as observed this year by evervoue
lint the German Minister. Minister
Morgan, ou noticing this. sent
word that unless the customary
courtesy was promptly shown he
would regard it as an insult to himself
and make the issue a personal one. No
answer w;as returned, but the German
flag was immediately displayed over the
legation. President Arthur is said to
have instructed the Secretary of State to
commend the conduct of Minister Morgan.
LONG STREET’S BITTER FOES.
A letter received here to-dav, from a
Georgia Republican, states that the crowd
which recently endeavored to get Long
street removed from his position as Uni
ted States Marshal are not satisfied with
their recent defeat, but intend to make
another endeavor in the same direction
as soon as they can get their influence in
effective shape. Any renewed attempt by
that crowd to get Gen. Longstreet out,
will terminate as did the last one, in a
complete failure.
FOLGKR STRIVING FOR A RECORD.
Secretary Folger is trying to make a
very big record as a reducer of the na
tional .debt. The recent favorable com
ments made upon his call for a redemp
tian ol $31,000,000 in bonds has stimulated
him to now exertions. A letter was re
ceived here yesterday by the Chief of
the Loan Division of the Treasury,
directing him to prepare daily for
tiie use of the Secretary a
statement ot how the cash stands
and all information collected, with the
cash balance in the Treasury. The Sec
retary states that it is his intention to
commence calling in the three per cents,
just as soon as he sees his way clear,
and that he will call them in smaller
sums than are usually contained in bond
calls as soon as the Treasury surplus will
warrant it.
A NOVEL OFFICIAL AXE.
Washington, August 11.—Colonel
Seaton, Superintendent of the Census
Bureau, has more clerks than lie knows
what to do with. They were all faithful
and efficient. They all occupy a warm
place in his heart, but the appropriation
is running low, and the Colonel made up
his mind that eighty of them would have
to go. All of his clerks were good clerks.
One was just as good as another ami per
haps better, but there was this uncom
fortable surplus oi energy and brains,
so to-day the Colonel wrote out
the names of each employe on
a slip of paper. The slips
numbering 170 were placed in a b(Tx. A
boy was blindfolded and proceeded to
draw' from the box eightv-live names
whose pay will cease on the 15th. No
charge of favoritism can be sustained in
Col. Seaton’s bureau.
EVANS’ VABCILATING MIND.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Evans is a man ol munv moods and as manv
minds. Before he left for the West with
President Arthur he made a rash and ill
considered ruling on the subject of classi
fication oi Hostetter’s bitters as an alcohol
ic beverage,the result ol which would be to
drive that article out of the market. He
returned to Washington to-day and the
first thing he did was to re-open
the case and examine a
brief filed by the bitters company’s
lawyers. Now he does not know whether
he will rule in favor or against the com
pany, and this appears to be about the
only thing he does know on the subject.
• IMPORTERS AT LOGGERHEADS.
The New York' importers nave been at
loggerheads with the Treasury Depart
ment ever since the new tariff went into
effect over the proper construction of the
clause relating toduties and changes. The
terms of the law were so ambiguous that
more was left in the discretion of the cus
toms officials than was evidently intend
ed by Congress. This has been a matter
ol dispute for a long time, and several
knotty legal problems were submitted to
the Secretary for decisions. Committees
of Experts were appointed to
give an opinion after a thorough inves
tigation, and the result has
been that the Commission stands as near
ly divided as it can on most of the ques
tione submitted. ThestLaMvo reports are
now before Acting Secretary French, and,
as there are hundreds of thousands of
dollars involved, he does not feel like tak
ing either side, so the whole mat,tor will
go to Attorney General Brewster, who
will he obliged to give some sort of a solu
tion to the questions. This is an unusual
procedure, as generally Mr. French is
very willing to make a ruling, and upon
that an appeal can lie taken to the courts,
it is a curious fact to note in this connec
tion that Solicitor Raynor, who is the law
officer of the Treasury Department, is
completely ignored, anil has no more to
say about it than aii outsider.
President Arthur Well.
Washington, August 12.—A dispatch
from President Arthur’s party, dated at
Camp Vest, on Spring creek, Wyoming
Territory, August 10, reports ail well and
having tine sport fishing. These dis
patches are sent by courier to the nearest
telegraph olliee.
GRAY AM) BLUE EAST FRIENDS.
The Reunion on the Rattle Ground at
Wilson’s Creek a Success.
Springfield, Mo., August 11.—The
exercises of the reunion at Wilson’s
Creek battle ground took place
yesterday. From 11,000 to 20,000 persons
were present. Governor Campbell,
Acting Governor of Missouri, de
livered the address of welcome," which
was responded to by Gov. Berry, of Ar
kansas; Col. Merritt, of lowa, and others.
Union and Confederate soldiers united in
applauding. The battle-field is about ten
miles from this city, and long
before daylight crowds began to arrive
there. Throughout the reunion the most
cordial feeling has existed between the
old Union ancl Confederate soldiers, and
the most courteous and generous senti
ments have been expressed. Not a single
unpleasant word has been uttered to mar
the harmony and enthusiasm. The
men have catnpod together as though
there had never been a difference between
them. An organization to lie known as
the Surviving Soldiers' Union League was
formed on the battle ground. It will em
brace soldiers of both armies, and the offi
cers enlisted were chosen from both Fed
eral and Confederate soldiers.
PEACE IN SOUTH AMERICA,
Tlie Complete Submission of G en (; 8 .
oeres’ Force* One of the Cor,(im onSi
Lima, August 11.— Though not general
ly believed, El Cornmercui says that it is
l*ositively known th'jA General Caceres
has solicited and, obtained from General
Lynch a safe conduct to Lima, and is
expected to arrive within three days. The
complete submission of General Caceres'
forces will be one of the conditions of
peace. The names of the expected
51 misters to General Iglesias’ Cabinet
are published in various papers, but
are not yet positively confirmed.
THX SINKING OF THE LOOMIS.
A Disagreement the Kenult of a Thirty
Days’ Trial.
Wheeling, W. Va., August 11.—One
month ago yesterday the trial of Pilot
Kcllar, of tho steamer Sclota, which came
in collision with the steamer John Loomis
July 4, 1882, by which nearly sixty-eight
lives were lost, was commenced at Par
kersburg, in the United States CironTt
Court. On Tuesday evening last ft was
given to the jury, and yeatexdav the jury
was discharged without agreeing. Eleven
stubborn men are said to have caused a
disagreement.
A Savannah Brie in a tiale.
Philadku*uia, August 12.— The brig
Stacy Clark, from Kennebec for Savan
nah, with ice, experienced heavy gales
July 12th in latitude 32.40 north and lon
gitude 15 west. She lost her foremast,
maintopmast, shrouds and all attached.
She put in here for repairs^
‘Many ladies who had scarcely enjoyed!
the luxury of feeing well for years have
been so renovated by using Lydia Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound that they
have triumphed over the ills flesh is said
to be heir to, and life has been crowned
with the-added charm of a fresher beauty