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****''tot® *> PARAGRAPHS. .
purord t.> Death—KHUbb of a
iO' TJlie f >ear Thomasvill®—A Hen
9crW f„. rhoiuas County—Geueral
F r,u To oi;it Admitted into the
** tDurch.
OtOHIi.
•, vaied on eeUlast Saturday.
ian well still hangs fire.
~ v.iteO ou the fence question
!- r 3 r r p, d „id died at Thomasville
v v itiOer. of Talbotton, died on
- , re~ to be the county seat of
M. Kdwarda. at Oim
- ■ . .nr Flint river, owned by the
i H.Uof Talliot county have
its are in the "cotton
. I $15,000 the other day
n Atlanta only slightly
iail delivery at Americus.
atom of the law have
' ii . l, . ~al mines.
; < raw ford arc still
and full of young bolls.
. make anything,
j; iiejeldeu has preached his last
-i Chtreh at Carterarflle.
ill !■• the • tuin li at Home,
w f t t.f Dr. D. A. Green, of
_'!h ult. in her DM year.
• .hen to Macon for inter
ailding going on in TtioH
_ rt iu.ii table. It is esti
i seventy new houses arc
- uinounced of l*r. Matox, one
• tf < olumbia county.
his bedside on the
Itiai senator Brown is going
L„ s t jsc al Dalton to lie called
i niveraity. The rumor, w e
i, and by many.
1 term of llartow Supreme
, ... -—, >n. The overcrowded rttutli
et makes it necessary for this
1 .. j., ' ir annual terms.
, . i- man. who was chargeil with
it the Howard rase, died
t-t* aguin-t him was di--
i 'sates court at At-
Ir. pastor .f the Baptist
oock t: -. reetgaed his pastorate
- . •lay last am! the resignation
.eeliurrh. He has aeeepted
• the fashionable Atlanta
was convicted of passing coun
l. - was sentenced Wednesday by
fndge lt> * to one icar at ban! labor iu
j iti .eatiary.
l: -r, w and proiitable industry is on
l I honiasvdie. Aliout three and a
from town is an **vtensive stone
i- . the owner aud ;i cottier gent Ie
•11 a that city are talking a >out working.
TV tlbauy AVeiaml Adterhser learns from
i . ,i a good prospect for an uuexeep
. r p ,f cotton, thereby increasing
IV -•- ii that isiint unexpectedly, and
ir.—t iil>erai estimate of some weeks
f i, j r - .iiers escapeil from Schley county
u s night. They unlocked the
ter* tii the w ire from a wooden pail. Four
lien and the other a woman,
n left "in,' very tender messages for the
TTritu'* ifTuffe Journal: “Since the re
•eai a.s>t:ie small grain crops are claiming
hr* if thi farmers. All who are not
i- k or engaged in dodging the
i ini'y sowing oats and
Mr ' 11 .of Tavlor county, who is a very
*-cv!ia tanner. has the finest lot of hogs
i lias a remarkably line
with u i pig. of about tliree months old.
hrwhi- he avers tie would not take less
Mr. li. il. Whitfield, of
Inc (rtivity. fia- a I >owder horn which his
is battle field at New
t - . It doubtless did good
that historical occasion. It is a
kagklt spprenateil relic."
' '■ hi ti-.e divorce cases come up the
term of the Bibb superior Court.
I great desire to untie the
Cstrr knot, and perhaps the list would
but torthe ouhlieitv altend-
HKBa the securing of them.
i -r. rl.-d that the negro executed in
■saree.fi lay, saM Ua bod] before death to
i \ i;.ia doctors for (to. It was buried
.. grave in the colored cemetery,
-lit token Up and slup|ied to At-
Üb;jl ** • as it will lie dissected.
P • : r 'Wrings is uw incorporated, and
■ foUoWißg offii ere: for Mayor,
Aldermen, ( aptain Mafch
saa. I’. A. Dennett. IV. 11. Scott. .1. M.
i fr>: ..,,1 f. 11. \ nterson; for .Marshal,
• . furl lerk. Dr. Watkins,
■anefts inwl: “We are told that l*ost
r 'harp, who raised ex-Gov.
- sHits. conducted a barroom
Hj after the war. From
1 h iitanooga, and Postmaster
ic> cave him official promotion for
Met ay. Wednesday in Atlanta,
paavn a . i ter allow ing the counsel for
1., u, \ ten days in which to file a brief of
~ . An application for
h ind General Gartrell cave
as :• would proceed under a writ of
■ itor : "Drs. w. >. Moore
. administored chloroform,
rt .ru-.,-.; a surgical o|ieration on the
r. Jas|ier llopkins, Monday eve
•lrug store, and took out a piece
i* shot iu there by an -10 l
i U ranter i riot of the year 1.577."
her. a cwloreil sporL attempted
‘ "forged oriler’’ trick al Thomson
•lay, Inu was foiled. When he was
he was given the choice of the jail
r.d lie ciio-e the latteralterua-
S‘ l " , ' ' 1 r ' ' .viiig a first-class castigation
ipeareit from the scene of lus at
tviesman Pope, pastor of the St.
hurrh m Aiigusip, lost hisse<--
" -urred at Forest Hill
‘t-. of typhoid fever. She was a
s i * miplished young lady,
fp - muhthies go out to the dis
i a a-.i|,|. I"ae remains were taken
" ‘- ’■'BSC' for interment.
imed Hugh \. Goldsmith
Mai on on Wnliewlay, on a
if i hief of Pcliee at Atlanta.
forging a check on Ills
•• on a linn in stone Mountain.
of the money was re
• ng lady, w ah whom he had
ca it fur -afe keeping.
**• “ftd, the man now in prison at At
i' w anted in Ohio, takes every
l': sceuis to be a man of powerful
rvely confesses that he is the
• • does not seem disposed to
f. T 1 *r,Viy ujsin the unpleasant subject.
* al w ’ wa y from Youngstown,
**> Barge of him.
tt* Bmdie, of Augusta, is dead.
J < ars old, was an old and honored
irgia Railroad, and hail
•■I Augusta for the past thirty
ji* ' “ ‘ fife had lieen full of usefulness.
• a strong influence here, and
- left for preservation and his
1 : r • nulatiou by his children.
'* i 1 imasville’s new hotel is be
* - I. and the building is going
vr • When finished it will lie a
xod a joy forever, provided it
v ' 'wu. It is eer.ainly going to
i- * -nt structure. The workmen
' ‘ ‘ !n: *Bfully; but two months is a
kos? ' ' r ‘ ' l!n * > tn" which to erect a leg
I—. J an apparent improvement in the
and the col red fanners in the section
y* l ' l,> Albany. Many of them have
com in their cnlis to do them next
°f them will not even have to
while this has lieen a hard crop
small farmers are, as a rule, in a
lb . ,| *** , *ina than they have been since
e l-soon to have anew enterprise
hvtiltrf i f * h<?o * ann - * >r - W. C. Davis,
Wv •"**’ r ' Barnhardt,
L-.. f ‘_ r x. proiiose to take up their rest
•inis county, near that city, for the
- ng .i farm "f this charac-
'_ ir '' ' ;,! c. Tiicv will start their en
ut 1 w ill puri base in re
• ..u, lie t htiirh at will lie
v ' li *v 51th of JiovemlKT.
, " R■ Gross. 1). IJ., assisted by
■■ wtU officiate. The Washing
? ! , 7 l;n w ‘li connect on that dav
u tuc i.orgiß Railroad,
• ir.ini Augusta and Washing
: the dedieation ami return
Tt >, 4 . *’ '*“*
• fm: -Mr. S. D. Foster, near
Ir ..i- c ' ,r *f acre of upland cotton
e> _ ; ‘'• ,r " heard from. Prom tins
■-1 I.toO pounds seed cotton
*■' ' 4 *' l>unds more, making about
V. '' but cotton on the aere. The
pi-. b* o .’™ ' ,a y 10, and SlO poutids
™"h the acre. He also put a
*tWe manure to each ML The
“■ lour feet.”
,‘ k "e<lnes<lay morning West
Pucsr,,. r £tn ? n " l -Atlanta, was found on
Ml * unconscious condition,
tii.■ ace were covered with blood.
u b By some railroad men, and
prison, where it was as-
!ie re-aip had been torn front
lead. James could give no ae -
►..- " “Junes. It is presumed that he
'*■ * * w:!ch engine. His wounds
" i, £ n i' al of Augusta Xev* savs 1
■ Tooate was baptised and ad.
In iE Church roll of mom -
s.: •‘-i.incton by Bishop Pierce last
dlae OWa of the Bishop wan
t v : * heard by quite a large eon-
Gabriel Toombs has longbeen
i-:. • • ■'-! ) the nijjht of the pleasure on
on ■' “‘‘stood by his brother during the
* ,m\ * worth one's memory for
Vr > . - 7' ra pe occurred on Decatur street,
r .. * lrect Atlanta. Wednesday night,
n “oed Mark was knifed by
• Denton. Denton was
* “ afler some words with Stark,
“ ‘nto Stark’s breast. Stark s
-i Honed to he rating on hU breast.
ITltc Jlem
and to that fact he probably owes his life, as
the knife blade went clean through the hand
before penetrating the breast. As it was, the
wound in the breast was only three inches
deep. Denton was arrested.
Grifliu .Vm: “Yesterday morning J. Y.
Patterson presented an account to a negro
named Colby, aud requested settlement, at
which lhe latter became enraged, and draw
ing a pistol attempted to shoot Patterson, who
is a one-armed man. The cartridge failed to
go off. and before he could make a second at
tempt he was seized by W. B. Griffin, who
was fortunately present,’ aud the pistol taken
away . The negro was arrested on the charge
of assault with intent to kill, and the case will
coine up in the County Court this morning.
Colby also bad Griffin arrested for taking the
pistol away front him.”
N.acou Telegraph, 31st: “Yesterday Walter
Winn, who was arrested on a warrant sued
out ly Teaberry Newby, charging him with
larceny after trust, was taken before Justice
Freeman for trial. During the trial the Sher
iff of Twiggs county wanted the prisoner, and
he was delivered to him. When Winn was
arrested by Officer Lewis Nelson he had about
$lO in his possession. Parties to whom Winn
was indebted immediately garnisheed Officer
Nelson, and thus the money vftis held up. It
seems that Winn was running a store in
Twiggs county, which was stocked by Mr.
New by. He disposed of the goods the other
day, and was making his way to North Caro
lina when he was arrested. The case will be
settled now iu Twiggs."
Thomasville Enterprise-. “Yesterday morn
ing sheriff Hurst received information that a
colored man w ith a stolen mule had passed
through town and had made off down the
Tallahassee road. The Sheriff'summoned Air.
K. 15. Whidden to assist him and started off' to
arrest the alleged thief. They came up with
him near the place of Sir. CTaigmiles, four
miles from town, and the sheriff ordered him
to stop. The negro refused to do so. and see
ing that the Sheriff and Mr. Whidden were
closing up on him, jumped from the mule and
attempted to run across Mr. C'raigmiles’ field.
He was again ordered to halt, but continued
running, when the sheriff fired, killing him.
These are the particulars of the aff air, as we
have so far been able to learn them. We have
not heard the name of the thief."
Marietta Journal-. “On last Tuesday noon,
while Jack Jones and wife, colored, were from
home engaged at work for some of their ncigh
l>rs, their children amused themselves by
playing in the lire with a straw broom, which
blazed and caught on fire the clothing of the
oldest one, who was about 5 years of age. The
child ran frightened to the bed, setting it on
fire and soon the blaze shot out through the
roof. The father and mother ran with all
possible speed to the house, and when they
arrived there, they found the oldest child out
side of the door, dead, w ith all of its clothing
entirely ourned off, and its flesh crisped. The
mother rushed into the burning building and
barely had time to rescue the two younger
children, who were severely burned and may
not recover. The contents of the house were
burned, and these two industrious negroes
lost all their clothing, bedding, cooking uten
sils, etc."
FLORIDA.
Dr. Simmons, the former proprietor of the
“I.iver Regulator," lives in flaw thorn.
An adjourned term of the Florida Supreme
i * “iirt w ill convene at Tallahassee November
6th.
i t apt. Joseph C. Keyser, of Pensacola, has
a “mad-stone,” which was found in the
j stomach of a deer about thirty years ago.
! At Tallahassee, a few days ago, the Jersey
i bull “Bob Lee" was sold aud shipped by
| i apt. W. I. Vason to a gentleman in llills’-
i I >orough county. The price paid was SIOO.
He sold from his Jersey herd this season two
[ young bulls and three heifers, aggregating
The Weetljf Floridian says: “Eli fj'irner,
I of New York, is in Tallahassee looking after
I the interests of the Florida Timber and Lutn
| tier c ompany, who own 150,000 acres of land
j in this section. He will have the lands located
I and classed and put ii|on the market, and in
-1 forms tis that a colonv of fifty families in Illi
j nois is looking to tins section for land upon
which to locate."
HI LLOCH COUNTY ITEMS.
The Hog Cholera—Denial of Its Exist
ence in ltitlloeh County—A Case of
Burglary-
Correspondence of the Morning Xeics.
Ivik, lit lloch County, Ga., Oct. 31.
—We understand that it is rumored
among the fresh meat dealers of Savan
nah that hogs through this section of the
State are suffering from an epidemic of
cholera. In fact that someone writing
from Effingham county has stated that
this was the case in that and adjoining
counties. Now, Mr. Editor, as the people
of Itulloch county are seriously injured
by this statement, since it injures the sale
ot their pork, and as the statement is un
tiue, so far as this county is concerned,
1 think it would be well for your Ef
fingham correspondent toconfine his pub
lished statements to such territory as he
knows the cholera to prevail in. i am a
practicing physician, and am in almost
daily communication with an area ot
country from ten to fifteen miles square,
including the lower part of Bulloch and
the upper part of Bryan counties, and I
ha ve nowhere heard of any hog cholera.
Besides, the people of all sections of Bul
loch. and some fromTatnall and Emanuel
counties are constantly passing my place,
and from none of them have I heard any
complaint of this fell disease. Parties
writing front the country should he more
guarded in their statements upon matters
which so seriously affect their own and
their fellow-farmers’ interests. The poor
farmer has had disasters enough this year
without having the value of the only
thing which he has left out of which to
realize a little money depreciated by
such thoughtlessly untrue statements.
There are more pork hogs in the country
this fall than I have known here for ten
years. I mean more hogs intended for
'bacon. But they are not in the best con
dition owing to the fact that they have
not been able to get a sufficiency of
water for thrift. It is a well-known fact
among farmers that hogs do not fatten
ratiidly on peas without plenty of water,
and it has been so dry that they have de
rived comparatively little lienefit from
the pea fields.
Mr. Allison Deal, of this neighborhood,
had his house burglarized a few nights
since and robbed of his land papers and
over SIOO in notes. No clue has as yet
been discovered to the crime; but I hope,
though it is not probable, that Mr. Deal
will sustain any loss except the trivial
cost of re-estabiishing liis land papers,
that the criminal will be caught and made
to suffer the severest penalty of the law.
Burglary in Bulloch is of very rare occur
rence, and the way to keep up this most
desirable state of affairs is for all good
citizens to unite in ferreting out all such
offenses. This, with the burning of the
lot ol Mr. G. W. Proctor, a near neighbor
of Mr. Deal, and Mr. B. E, Turner, of
Statesboro, all ot which has transpired
within the two months last past, are the
only cases of burglary or incendiarism
which have been perpetrated in the county
in years, and it is to be hoped such crimes
will lie nipped in the bud By the meting
out ot justice to the criminal's.
M. L. B.
The Oueen of Tragedy.
London Society .
It has often been observed that some of
these very great tragedians can never
forget the “shop" as regards tone and
style, which possibly may arise from long
habit, so that theatrical mannerisms and
language would constantly be introduced
into the commonest matters of everyday
prosy life. In illustration of this my aunt
used to relate the following anecdotes of
Mrs. Siddotis: One day, while seated in
a well-known draper’s in Bond street,
busily engaged with her purchases, my
aunt—as they say in the old
“suddenly became aware’’ of a
voice of extraordinary tone and pathos.
The speaker was a lady seated close lie
hind, and with her back turned to my
aunt. With the genuine intonation and
slow utterance of the deepest tragedy, the
customer demanded of the bewildered
shopman, “Will—this —gown—war-sli ?”
and on being answered in the affirmative,
and that the color was fast, rejoined with
still greater dramatic solemnity, “The
color, then, fadeth not? Ah! ’tis well!”
“Oh. oh." thought my aunt, “the queen
of tragedy alive!” in a moment they
were shaking hands and exchanging
greetings, and in another discussing the
respective merits of cotton and prints of
which Mrs. Siddons showed herself a
keen judge, when she could lay aside—
which was rare indeed—her dramatic
affectation.
On another occasion my aunt was seated
opposite to Mrs. Siddons at a dinner party.
Some salad was brought to her, which she
declined; but the host loudly extolled its
very special merits, and urged her just to
“try it.” So, after a little hesitation, the
great tragedian turned round to the foot
man who stood behind her with the salad,
and extending both her hands with a gen
uine theatrical air (aid </(teen Katharine
before Jlenr>i VIII. ), and throwing her
head back, in the true tragic style, ex
claimed in her deepest tones and most
popular manner: “I must —obey; then—
bring me —the b-o-w-1!” The company
were, of course, deeply impressed.
Many wonder why the brute creation
excel mankind as a rule when it comes
to a question of health. Investigation
quickly ascertains the cause. It is be
cause ’ the brute naturally obeys every
law of health, while mankind is constant
ly degenerating owing to excesses of our
ancestors and our ow n Individual impru
! dence. Sudden exposure to extreme cli
matic influences, gluttony, improper
food, alcoholic stimulants, over exertion of
mind and body, worriinent, anxiety 7 , care,
eta., all have a marked effect on the hu
: man sy stem. Be cured by using Brown’s
Iron Bitters. A remarkable remedar for
| restoring health.
GEN. SHERMAN RETIRES.
PHIL. SHERIDAN ASSUMES COM
MAND OF THE ARMY.
The Change Very (juietly Effected —Ad-
jutant General Drum's Annual Reports
to the Secretary of War—Changes He
commended In tlie Laws—Sherman’s
Last lteport.
Washington, Nov. l.—The formal
transfer of the command of the army
from Gen. W. T. Sherman to Lieut. Gen.
P. H. Sheridan took place at noon to-day
at the headquarters of the army in the
War Department building. Gen. Sheri
dan spent the forenoon in making himself
acquainted with the business of the
office. General Sherman and the mem
bers of his slatt' rendered him every as
sistance. Shortly before 12 o’clock the
two highest officers of the army called on
the Secretary of War, Gen. Sherman to
take official leave and General Sheridan
to report for duty. The transfer was ac
complished quietly and without any cere
mony whatever beyond the issuance of
general orders from General Sherman re
linquishing and Lieutenant General
Sheridan assuming command and an
nouncing his staff. Shortly after
the transfer, General Sherman
and General Sheridan held an informal
reception, which was attended by all the
officers of the army on duty in Washing
ton. and also bv the officers of the Second
Artillery stationed at Fort McHenry and
the bureau officers of the War Depart
ment. They all took official leave of
General Sherman and were by him pre
sented to General Sheridan. The officers
of the Second Artillery were the only ones
in full uniform. There was no speech
making. Subsequently General Sherman
and General Sheridan, accompanied by
the Secretary -of War. made an official
call upon the'President.
Adjutant General Drum, in his an
nual report to the Secretary of War,
recommends that the revised stat-
utes he amended so as to permit
the President to drop from the rolls
officers on the retired list upon t ie same
grounds as those upon the active list.
He also recommends that Congress be
'asked to enact a law authorizing the re
tirement of enlisted men who have faith
fully served for not less than 35 years;
that the term of enlistment be reduced to
three years instead of five, and that all
discharges by favor be made under con
ditions that the discharged soldier reim
burse the government for whatever ex
pense has lieen incurred since enlistment.
Upon the subject of military colleges
General Drum speaks at length and ex
presses opinion that officers should lie
forbidden to instruct in any other branch
of education, except so far as instruction
has direct reference to military knowl
edge.
In a separate report to the General of
the Army the General goes more into de
tail on the subject of desertion, enlist
ment, education and recruits. He says
the number of discharges from the army
during the year ended June 4, ISB3, was
5,950; deaths 221; desertions 3,578; total
casualties 9,749. Total number of enlist
ments during the year was B,;!>*. (>ut of
7,931 accepted recruits 4,838 were,native
born, 4,093 of foreign birth, 0,401 white
and 1,470 colored. The number of appli
cants for enlistment rejected is 19,738.
Every effort was made during the entire
fiscal year to obtain sufficient men to till
the army to its authorized strength, but
notwithstanding these efforts the total en
listed strength ot the army on that date
was only 22,851, or 2,149 less than the
authorized number.
General Sherman’s last official report
was also made public to-day. The General
says: “The current of military events
has been of the most peaceful character.
Nothing has occurred to disturb the rapid
development of the great West, which is
mow completely open to the immigrant in
regions where a few years ago no single
man could go with safety. There have
been no wars or rumors of wars in any of
the Territories of the United States,
with the single exception of Ari
zona, and even there the hostiles
belonged to our neighbor Mexico. Gen
eral Crook, in order to reach the source
of trouble, had, with the consent of the
Mexican authorities to go 200 miles into
Mexico to strike the Apaches in their
mountain fastness, which he did with
success.
“1 invite special attention to his report,
because 1 think he has touched with a
master band the cause of the conflicts
with our Indian foes, and I believe that
if he be permitted to manage the Apaches
in his own way all wars will cease in Ar
izona, and with them will disappear the
complicated Indian question, which has
tested the patience and courage of our
people ever since the first settlement by
the whites ou this continent.”
In discussing the question of education
of officers for the army, General Sherman
refers particularly to the reports of Gen
eral Merritt, Major Livingston and Col
onel Otis, Superintendents respectively of
the Military Academy at West Point, the
Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, and
the School of Instruction for Cavalry and
Infantry at Fort Leavenworth. “These,”
he says, “cover the whole ground of mil
itary education from the boy, appointed
as iv cauet to the thorough officer
of the several arms of the service, and I
am convinced, after having seen many of
the most celebrated military schools of the
world, that ours are among the best, and
are well adapted to the character of our
people and institutions.”
In view of his retirement from command
General Sherman makes no netv recom
mendation, but renews those of his last
report that the forces at the stragetic
points named be enlarged and strength
ened and permanent barracks built, and
that all minor places be abandoned.
The General records an expression
of opinion that it will be tound
wise to provide a common organiza
tion for all arms of the service,
viz., that each regiment of infantry be
composed of twelve companies, the same
as now, with artillery and cavalry, mak
ing three battalions each ot four compa
nies in time of peace and of eight in tint:
of war; that each company shall have 100
men, and that in time of peace two of
these battalions of eight companies shall
be maintained on a perfect war footing,
whilst the other battalion of four compa
nies may lie a mere skeleton, with its
complement of officers, and used as a
nucleus for recruits. In this battalion
can be placed the officers and soldiers
invalided by hard service or by sickness,
and such as are not yet weaned of home
influence or family importunity. Were
such an organization, thus briefly sketchd
but more elaborately described in former
reports, to be sanctioned by Congress the
military peace establishment could, I be
lieve, be maintained on the present esti
mates, and would possess an inestimable
advantage of admitting of an increase,
without disorder or contusion, to 6,000
artillery, 12,000 cavalry and 30,000 infan
try by a mere scratch of the pen and the
magic wand of money, and afterwards
by doubling the enlisted strength
of each company without the fur
ther addition of a single officer.
We should have a respectable force of
96,000 men, a force large enough for any
probable necessity during the remainder
of this century. The militia and volun
teers of the States would soon follow suit,
and we should have throughout the coun
try these small handy battalions of lour
companies instead of large cumbersome
regiments of ten companies, a bad tac
tical unit and in practice always scat
tered."
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Two Killed and One Fatally Injured by
a Falling Building.
Nkw York, Nov. I. —A one-story frame
building at First avenue and Thirty
ninth street, being torn down to-day, tell
suddenly while a number of persons were
getting kindling wood. John Laws, aged
55, and Elisha J. 11. Baines, aged i), were
killed, and Louis Lacoml>e, aged 8 years,
fatally injured. A carpenter was severe
ly hurt. The building belonged to George
fihrel, a brewer.
COTTON FIRE IN NEW YORK.
530 Buies from Savannah Damaged on
a Lighter.
New York, Nov. I.—A file occurred
to-day on a lighter loaded with 530 bales
of cotton taken trom one of the steamers
ol the Ocean Steamship Company of Sa
vannah, to be transferred to the compa
ny s Boston steamer for delivery to
Eastern mills. The cotton is valued at
about $40,000. The damage is estimated
at $20,000. The lighter was damaged
about SI,OOO.
Municipal Flections in England.
Loxdox, Nov. I.—Municipal elections
were held throughout the kingdom yes
terday. The results show large Conserva
tive gains.
Mr. T. G. Hutchins, Jeffersonville, Qa.,
says: “Brown’s Iron Bitters cured, me
of'weak stomach and sick headacne.’’
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1883.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Batch of Interesting News from At
lanta—Sympathy for Savannah.
Atlanta, Nov. I.—There was a light
frost this morning, and it is cold and
windy to-night.
The U nited States Court takes a recess
for ten days.
General Toombs called on Governor
McDaniel this morning.
The Sheriff of Mahoning county, Ohio,
arrived to-day with a requisition for Hy
lards, arrested here by Chief Connally.
Governor McDaniel turned him over, and
he will be tried in that State for shooting
with intent to kill his wife and a lawyer
some weeks ago.
Much sympathy is expressed here for
Savannah on account of her big firs yes
terday.
Recorder Anderson heard the cases of
the three men arrested at the tire yester
day. One plead guilty and paid $25. The
other two employed lawyers, and occu
pied nearly all day with the case. One
young fellow was acquitted, but Whit
lock was fined $lO and costs lor not mov
ing outside the lines when ordered to do
so by Policeman Nolan. But the Recorder
reprimanded Nolan for his personal diffi
culty with Whitlock and the use of his
club at such a time. Policemen are re
quired to keep the crowd outside the lines
at fires and must be obeyed, but they have
no right to get into disputes and encount
ers with citizens and use their clubs.
They must be obeyed, or arrest the par
ties refusing to obey without controversy,
using violence only in self protection.
MORITZ RANGER'S FAILURE.
An Easier Feeling Reported in tlie
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, Nov. I.—Anxiety and dis
trust continues in the cotton trade, and
further failures are supposed to be im
pending.
Liverpool, Nov. 1, 1 p. m. —There is
an easier feeling in the cotton market.
The general opinion is that the crisis has
culminated, and that the firms that have
been considered financially embarrassed
will be able to meet all demands as they
may become due. There is a better tone
in the market. Moritz Ranger has filed a
petition for liquidation by arrangement
with his creditors. The Liverpool Post
says Ranger speculated on the New York
Cotton Exchange, and was unfortunate
there.
Moritz Ranger,in his petition for liquida
tion, states that his liabilities are £1,080,-
000 and his assets £350,000.
London, Nov. I.—Mellor & Fenton’s
liabilities are estimated at £IOO,OOO. The
Times attributes the failure of Moritz
Ranger, the Liverpool cotton broker, to
liis grossly reckless speculation in Eng
land and America and on the continent.
It says he aimed to control the cotton
exchanges of the world, and had the
help of wealthy houses in London,
New Y ork and Hamburg. The effect of
failures in Liverpool will be local. The
London money market is not affected by
them. There probably will be an in
creased demand for cotton, followed by a
reaction. The TimPf severely condemns
the wild dealings in futures which have
prevailed in Liverpool, and advises the
adoption of the American rules for the de
posit of margins as some restriction
thereto.
THE CHANNEL DISASTER.
Further Particulars of the Collision—
The Holyhead's Passengers Saved.
London, Nov. I.— The collision between
the Holyhead and Alhambra occurred at
11 p. m. Tuesday. The night was mild
and fairly clear. By some means the Al
hambra got across the track of the Holy
head. The latter’s engines were reversed
when it was found that a collision was
inevitable. The Alhambra was cut down
to the water’s edge. The Captain of the
Holyhead had lines thrown over the bows
and lowered two boats. There was not
the slightest panic on board. The boat at
the bow saved 12 of the Alhambra’s crew.
One man clambered over the bows. It was
then discovered that the Holyhead was
fast sinking. Two more boats were low
ered and the passengers and crew safely
embarked, except the quartermaster and
a boy, who were in the forecastle. In a
few minutes the Holyhead disappeared
and the boats pulled for Holyhead. At 3
o’clock in the morning wind freshened
and the sea increased, and the boats were
kept afloat with the greatest difficulty.
At 8 o’clock a schooner bore down arid
took all on board. The survivors are
much distressed. •
SLAUGHTER OF ARABS.
8,000 Men Left Dead on tlie Field and
tlie Rest In Flight.
London, Nov. I.—A Khartoum dis
patch says: “Arabs to the number of
25,000 or 30,000 attacked Hicks Pasha’s
army. Ten thousand Arabs, divided into
two columns, attacked the Egyptian
square on two sides, thus enabling Hicks
Pasha to use 6,000 Remington rifles,
Krupp guns and Nordenfelt rocket bat
teries. The Arabs were only armed with
lances. Failing, after some time,
to reach the square, they
fled, leaving eight thousand dead,
and all their women, food, baggage and
animals behind. Hicks Pasha pursued
the main body of the fugitives and over
took them at Melbos, where he found El
Madhi posted with the fugitives and a
body guard of 25,000 cavalry. The Arabs
were again attacked and repulsed with
great loss. El Madhi’s horse was killed
under him. El Madhi is reported to have
been cut down by light cavalry sent in
pursuit of him. Hicks Pasha has taken
possession of Elobeid and the government
treasury. The Egyptian loss was nothing.
EXPLOSION OF GIANT POWDER.
Tlie Business Portion of a Town
Wrecked ancl Many People Stunned.
Denver, Col., Nov. I.—A special from
Garfield, Col., says: “A fire broke out
here early yesterday morning, which was
soon beyond tbe control of the Fire De
partment. The flames extended to Sperry
Bros’, store, which contained over 600
pounds of giant powder. This exploded,
hurling the blazing timber and fragments
of buildings in every direction. The post
office, hotels, and in fact the entire busi
ness portion of the town is destroyed.
The loss is over $50,000; insurance one
third that amount. A number ot people
were knocked down and badly stunned.
Only one person was fatally injured. The
people are in a sad plight, the majority
being homeless, without food or shelter
for winter.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Oyer Ten Millions Decrease for tlie
Month of October.
Washington, Nov. I.—The debt state
ment, issued to-day, shows a reduction of
the public debt during the month of Octo
ber to be 83. I'he decrease of
the debt since June 30, 1883, is $39,586,-
470 .'l3; cash in the Treasury, $364,347,-
501 96; gold certificates outstanding,
$83,328,940; silver certificates outstand
ing, $99,579,141; certificates of deposit
outstanding, $12,620,000; refunding certifi
cates outstanding, $325,850; legal tenders
outstanding, $346,681,016; fractional cur
rency outstanding $6,990,303 31.
A Suit Against a Bank Dismissed.
Nashville, Nov. I.—The case of the
State vs. the Merchants’ National Bank
of this city, a bill filed by the State, seek
ing to hold the bank liable for $57,000 be
cause of alleged credit given Marshall T.
l’olk while he was State Treasurer, was
beard to-day in the Chancery Court. The
proof of good faith of the bank was so sat
isfactorily established that counsel for
the State declined to argue it, and a de
cree was ordered, dismissing the bill,
with costs.
Poisoned by Mistake.
Baltimore, Nov. I.—Mrs. Frederick
Jacober died to-day from the effects of a
dose of medicine improperly labelled by
the druggist. The carbolic 'acid was in
tended as a wash, but was labelled as an
internal remedy. .She leaves a child
two days old.
Ken. Sherman Relinquishes Command.
Washington, Nov. I.—At noon to-day
General Sherman transferred the com
mand of the army to Lieutenant General
Sheridan. There were no ceremonies
attending the transfer.
•Both Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound and Blood Purifier are prepared
at 233 and 235 Western avenue, Lynn,
Mass. Price of either, sl. SiX bottles for
$5. Sent by mail in the form of pills, or of
lozenges, on receipt of price, $1 per box
for either. Mrs. Pinkham freely answers
all letters ot Inquiry. Enclose Bc. stamp.
Send for “Guide to Health and Nerve
Strain.”
DUBLIN’S LORD MAYOR
NOT ALLOWED TO LECTURE IN
LONDONDERRY.
The Procession Escorting Him Fired
Into—One Mat Mortally Wounded—
The City Hall Taken Possession Of by
Nationalists—Police Charge the Mob—
The Military Called Out.
Londonderry. Ireland, Nov. l.—a
large number of Orangemen took posses
sion of and occupied the City Hall to-day,
in order to prevent the Lord Mayor of
Dublin, for whom the hall had been en
gaged, from delivering a lecture upon the
franchise.
A numlier of Nationalists from Donesral
arrived here this morning and assembled
at the railway station to meet the Lord
Mayor of Dublin. They will entertain
hint at dinner totiight. The authorities
stationed policemen along the streets of
the city through Which the Lord Muvor
passed. A troop of Lancers has arrived
to prevent any coltisioa between Orange
men and Nationalists. The seizure by
Orangemen of the City Hall created
intense excitement here. Some of
the Orangemen, stationed themselves
upon the roof of the building and waved
their regalia. Several of them with sponge
rods belonging to cannon have gone inside
the building. They are determined to
forcibly.hold the City Hall. The corpora
tion met this morning and rescinded its
resolution to rent the hall for the delivery
ot the lecture by the Lord Mavor of Dub
lin.
Upon the arrival of the Lord Mayor of
Dublin he was placed in a wagon and
driven through the city. The procession
escorting him carried green banners, and
their bands played Irish national airs.
The Lord Mayor arrived at his hotel
safely. During the passage of the pro
cession a man was shot in the face and a
boy received a bullet in one of his eyes.
Serious rioting is expected. TheOrange
men have planted the union jack on the
roof of the City Hall.
While the procession, which was es
corting the Lord Mayor of Dublin to his
hotel was passing the Citv Hall the
Orangemen congregated there tired upon
it and threw slates from the window and
roof of the building. The man who was
previously reported to be wounded is
dying, and bis deposition has been taken.
The Nationalist procession dispersed after
the Lord Mayor entered Roddy’s
Hotel, but an angry crowd after
wards congregated around the City Hall,
which they stoned, breaking its windows.
The police then charged the mob, and
cleared the streets. The military were
then called out to assist in restoring or
der. Bodies of Lancers are parading the
main streets. Intense anxiety prevails
in all circles throughout the city.
Londonderry, Nov. l, 8 i*'. m.— Tlie
Orangemen have vacated the City Hall,
and withdrawn from its vicinity. The
Mayor has issued a proclamation appeal
ini: to the people to refrain from violence
and retaliation.
Londonderry, Nov. 1, ll p. m.— The
city has resumed its normal quietude.
Mr. Dawson, Lord Mayor of Dublin, de
livered his lecture this evening at the
National Institute. Tlie man and boy
who were wounded this afternoon are in
a precarious condition. One Orangeman
has been arrested charged with shooting
them.
A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
A Lad Found I>eud In the Streets of
Sanders ville.
Sandersville, Ga., Nov. I.—This com
munity was startled and shocked this
morning by the finding of the dead body
of Jimmie Adams, a lad of about 10 or 12
years of age, (son of Hopewell Adams, of
this county) who has boen for some time
employed in the drug store of Mathis &
Haines, boarding in the family ot Dr. A.
Mathis. Last evening about twilight he
told his fellow-clerk that he was going
out a few moments and left the store by
the rear door. Later in the evening Dr.
Mathis came down town aud inquired
for him, saying that he had not been
to supper, but he could not bo
found, and tbe presumption was that he
had gone ’possum hunting xvith a parcel
of boys, hence no uneasiness was felt.
This morning his corpse, cold and stiff,
was found just behind the drug store,
where he had fallen and breathed his last
life-breath alone. There are various sur
mises and theories as to the cause of his
death, but the most generally accepted
one is that feeling unwell, he had prepared
himself some dose, and accidentally poi
soned himself. An inquest will be held
to-day.
COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED.
A Gang Broken Up in Southern Indi
ana After a Desperate Fight.
Indianapolis, Nov. I.—United States
Marshal It. S. Foster, with a posse of
detectives, went to Ihke county, Ind.,
last night in pursuit of a gang of counter
feiters, supposed to be located in that
portion of the State. They succeeded in
arresting nine of the gang this morn
ing at Steinville, a small village
about twenty-five miles from Evansville,
after a desperate light. The follow,ng
are names of men captured: Columbus,
Jesse and Joseph Hanchens, brothers;
Henry Grossman, Sinney Kander, Wesley
Woods, Phil Taylor, Bertie Smithers and
Andy Hart. They were all brought here
to-night in charge of the Marshal and his
deputies. During the fight Joe Han
chens was shot through the right
lung. Jesse Hanchens was wounded
in tlie hand, and the ball passed through
Hart's hat. The gang had been operating
in Southern Indiana, with headquarters
near New Albany. The coins manufac
tured are half-dollars in silver and
and $5 gold pieces. The business was a
large one, the operations of the gang ex
tending into adjoining States.
NOTES FROM MACON.
Adjournment of the Magonic Grand
Lodge—Anxiety as to the Fire.
Macon, Nov. I.— The Masonic Grand
Lodge adjourned to-day at 1 o’clock. The
effort to transact the business of this
body in two days proved a lailure and tbe
lodge returned to tlie old schedule of three
days’ session. There were a great many
new men in attendance this year. A
large number of them were young men,
and they exhibited remarkable brightness
as Masons. The whole work of the ses
sion was harmonious and interesting.
All leave for home to-night.
Much anxiety is felt as to the fire in Sa
vannah among the citizens of Macon.
The Synod ot the Presbyterian Church
in Georgia meet here on the 14th inst.
MISS AGGIE HILL.
A Suit Against Senator Sharon for Di
vorce and a Division of Property.
San Francisco, Nov. I.—Miss Aggie
Ilill, claiming to be Mrs. Sharon, has
brought suit in the Superior Court against
Senator Sharon for divorce, division of the
common property and alimony. Her
claims are based on w illful desertion and
repeated acts of adultery. She says that
when she was married to the Senator
he was deeply in debt, and that his prop
erty was only worth $5,000,000. Under
their joint management as man and wife
the Senator is now worth $15,000,000. She
asks that an account be taken of all busi
ness transactions since their marriage, in
order that the value of the common prop
erty may be determined and equally di
vided.
The Competitive Drill at the Virginia
State Fair.
Richmond, Va., Nov. I.— At the State
fair to-day the competitive drill for prizes
resulted as follows: The prize of SI,OOO
for companies out of the State was won
by the Raleigh (N. C.) Light Infantry.
The first prize for Virginia troops of SSOO
was won by Company B, Walker Light
Guards, of the First Virginia Regiment.
The second prize of $250 was won by Com
pany A, Richmond Grays, of the same
regiment. The third prize of $l5O was
won by Company C, Guard of the Com
monwealth, of the same regiment,
Report of the Conimimioncr of the Luul
Office.
Washington, Nov. I.—The annual re
port of the Commissioner of the Land
Office, published to-day, states that pre
emption filings are made, or procured to
be made, to a great extent for speculative
purposes, and the Commissioner renews
his recommendation that the pre-emption,
timber culture and desert land laws be
repealed, and that the commutation fea
ture of the homesteads law s be amended
so as to require at least two years resi
dence.
Murdered With a Club.
Chicago, Nov. I.— Charles Schroder,
aged 12 years, was murdered with a club
this morning by Henry Feterson, an in
sane Swedish laborer, wbo is still at
large,
Mr. R, A Harvell, Godwinsville, Ga.,
says: “I used Brown’s Bitters for general
debility and improved at once.”
WATERING STOCKS.
Propositions of the New York Chamber
of Commerce Committee.
New York, Nov. I. —The Chamber of
Commerce met to-day and heard the re
port from their special Committee on
Railroad Transportation, and on the
watering ot their stocks by corporations.
The committee embody their conclusions
as to the remedies needed in the following
propositions:
1. That stock watering operations similar
to the late issue ot *13,000,000 ot Manhattan
Elevated Railroad stock constitute a grave
offense against the community, and should be
made a misdemeanor by law.
2. That capita lists ’of surplus earnings
should lie prohibited by law; that an increase
of capital either by stock or bonded issues
should be defined by a strict legal formula,
easily understood, and only permitted for
good and sufficient reasons, and not because it
cin be shown that the corporation can be
made to pay a fair dividend on an increased
capital.
3. That the public welfare requires that
corporations should be subjected to govern
ment supervision by means of commissions or
other methods.
4. That such government supervision should
have power to regulate and control within
reasonable limits the chargeof corporations.
5. That the ordinary differences arising be
tween these corporations and their customers
should be decided by commissioners without
expensive and tedious delays iheident to a
suit at law; that larger and more important
questions should as now lie referred to the
legislatures or the courts.
6. That three should be no fixed limit to’the
rate such corporations, acting under such
supervision as above indicated, may pay to
their stockholders by reason of the supervis
ing management of their affairs or of in
creased prosperity, but that such questions
should be left to the legislative power which
created them to be decided upon, necessariiv
varving the conditions of each case.
The report was unanimously adopted.
A committee was appointed to take
into consideration the present condition
of tbe bankrupt laws and to suggest some
plan for a compromise upon which all
parties could unite in favor of a national
bankrupt law,
A resolution was also adopted recom
mending the Postmaster General to re
duce the rate of town and city postage to
one cent in view of the large surplus in
the receipts of the Post Office Department
reported for the last fiscal year.
THE RECENT EXPLOSION.
Intense Excitement in Irish Circles—
Nitro- Glycerine the Explosive Used.
London, Nov. 1. —Major Majendie, of
the Board of Trade, who has examined
the scene of the explosion of Tuesday
evening at Praed street statkiu, states
that every sign confirms his belief that
nitro-glycenne was the explosive used.
The explosions have caused an intense
excitement in Irish circles in London. The
Irish almost unanimously think the out
rages were due to deliberately planned
machinations ot the enemies of the Na
tional party of Ireland, who intend to
create an anti-Irish feeling in England. It
will be next to impossible, they think, to
have a perfectly impartial jury to try
O’Donnell now. It is also remarked that
the explosions occured at about tbe mo
ment Davitt was opening his address in
St. James’ Hall. It is slated that the
police are unaware of the presence in
London of any of O’Donovan Rossa’s
dynamiters. However, all the Irish ren
dezvous are closely watched.
Dublin, Nov. i. — United Ireland , the
National League organ, pronounces the
autltors of the explosion in London to be
idiots.
The Freeman’s Journal protests against
Irishmen being hastily accused of being
the authors of these outrages.
Tlie Irish Times asks why the English
Government does not vigorously remon
strate with President Aithur against the
dynamite conspiracy of which New Y’ork
is the source.
•
THE PENSION DISCLOSURE.
Secretary Teller Gives His Bensons for
Modifying the Buies.
Washington, Nov. I.—Tlie effect of
the order in regard to pension attorneys,
made yesterday by Secretary Teller, will
be to allow the continuance in practice ot
those pension attorneys who have not
yet been heard in reply to the charges
upon which they were suspended. The
Secretary to-day said that when his at
tention was called to the order requiring
the suspension of an attorney upon the
tiling of charges, he became convinced
ot its injustice, and lie mollified it so as
to protect reputable attorneys from the
consequences of filing of charges that
might upon their face appear
to be well founded, but which investiga
tion might disprove. He added that in
cases where attorneys had been suspended
for sending out offensive circulars, they
would probably be reinstated if guilty in
tent was not shown, upon agreement to
refrain from the further use of such cir
culars. None of the cases of recent sus
pension had come before him for final dis
position, and he could not say what the
result oi his consideration of them would
be, but he did not believe that the Com
missioner of Pensions made charges with
out satisfying himself that the persons
charged were culpable.
SHAW linos.’ AFFAIRS.
Statement of the Condition of the Firm's
Assets. .
Boston, Nov. I.—At an adjourned meet
ing of the creditors of Shaw & Bros, this
afternoon, George F. Morse, for the firm,
made a lengthy statement of the condition
ot its affairs in reply to the report ol the
investigating committee. He claimed
that the committee greatly over-estimated
the value of assets in this report, showing
them to be 72 per cent, of the liabilities,
while the firm offered to settle at 33
cents on the dollar cash. Mr. Shaw
claimed that his creditors would
not be able to realize more after the lons
delay with the property in the hands of
the trustees. At the time of the failure,
last July, the firm reported that its assets
amounted to $.7,202,000. It now estimates
the assets to have been worth only $2,664,-
000. At that time no explanation was
given of the remarkable reduction of the
estimate made in Fayette Shaw’s defense
of his action in deeding to members of his
family the real estate and other property
in Newton before the failure.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Titles to 3,560 Acres of Land in Colorado
Canceled.
Denver, Nov. I.—An unusually im
portant case was decided by Judge Mc-
Crary, in the United States Circuit Court
to-day. Ttte United States brought suit
to cancel sixty-one patents to lands held
by the Colorado Coal and Iron Company,
and others, in Los Animas county. The
patents were obtained through the pre
emption law, between 1870 and 1874, and
were issued from the Pueblo Land Office.
It was afterward discovered that the
patents had been irregularly ob
tained, the patentees being fictitious
persons. Testimony was introduced to
show that the Register and Receiver of
the Land Office were parties to the fraud.
The defense claim that the deeds were not
good, granting that they were fraudu
lently obtained, because now thoy are in
the hands-of innocent parties. The Judge
held adversely and rendered a decision in
favor of the complainants, which cancels
the title to 2,560 acres of valuable land.
Half Fare Kates Secured.
Cincinnati, Nov. I.—President More
head. of the National Cotton Planters As
sociation, to-day secured half rate fares
over the Erlanger system of railroads for
all delegates and members oi that asso
ciation attending the annual convention
which is to bo held at Vicksburg, Novem
ber 21st. He says that all connecting
lines will likewise reduce fares. lie wifi
leave to-night for Boston to represent the
New Orleans Cotton Exposition at the
closing ceremonies of the New England
Ext osition.
River Steamer Iturned.
New Orleans, Nov. L—The steamer
Katie P. Kountz, from Arkansas City,
was burned to-day at Davis’ landing,
twenty miles above this city. No lives
were lost. The l>oat and carg'o are a total
loss. The cargo consisted of 1,250 bales
of cotton, 3,500 sacks of seed and 650 sacks
of oil cake. The boat was valued at
SIB,OOO and insured in New York and
Philadelphia companies for $9,000. The
cargo was valued at $65,000; insurance
not ascertained.
If you are a frequenter or a resident of
a miasmatic district, barricade your sys
tem against the scourge of all new coun
tries—ague, bilious and intermittent' fe
vers—by the use of Hop Bitters,
Ludington, Mick., Feb. 2, 1830,
I have sold Hop Bitter", for four years
andt here is no medicint kat surpasses
lhem or bilious attack ), kidney com
plaints and many diseases incident to
this malarial climate.
H. T Alexander.
COTTON AND GRAIN CROPS
REPORTS OF THEIR CONDITION
IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Georgia’s Cretton Crop Quite Short—Ex
cellent Weather for Gathering the
Staple— A Fair Condition of the Grain
Yield in all the States—What Commis
sioner Henderson Says.
New Orleans, Nov. I.—The Times-
Democrat publishes a special dispatch
trom a large number of points In the
Southern States, showing the condition of
the cotton and grain crops on the last day
of October. The following is a synopsis:
Alabama—Cotton shows an increased
acreage of 8 per cent, and yield 67 per
cent, as compared with last vear. The
picking season is the best ever known; 90
per cent of the crop is already picked,
and 56 per cent, has been marketed. The
grain crops, except wheat, are good.
In Arkansas the cotton acreage is un
changed. The yield is 85 per cent. The
picking season is splendid. About one
tourth of the crop lias been picked, and
one-fifth marketed.
In Florida the cotton acreage and yield
is unchanged from last year. Eighty-four
per cent, of the crop has been picked, and
25 per cent, marketed. All the grain
crops are excellent.
In Georgia cotton shows the same
acreage as last season. The crop is short
32 per cent. Picking is excellent, uine
tenths of the crop has been gathered. The
grain crops are about 30 per cent, below
last year.
In uouisiana the cotton acreage is 2 per
cent, below last year’s yield, and 30 per
cent, short. The picking season is ex
cellent, and two-tiiirds of the crop has
been picked, and two-fifths marketed. The
quality is staple. The grain crop is large.
In Mississippi the cotton acreage is 3
per cent, greater than last year, but the
yield is only 04 per cent, of last year’s
crop. The picking season is not so good
on account of rains. Two-thirds of the
crop has lieen picked aud two-fifths mar-
The grain crop is one-fourth short.
In Tennessee the cotton acreage is
slightly less, and the yield is 84 per cent,
of last year. The picking season is mag
nificent, one-half the crop having been
picked and one-third marketed. The corn
crop is good, but oats and wheat are poor.
In Texas the cotton acreage is about
the same as last year, but tbe yield only
67 per cent. The picking season is excel
lent. Nine-tenths of the crop has been
picked and one-lnilf marketed. The
quality of the staple is excellent.
Commissioner Henderson’s Opinion as
to .Georgia Crops.
Hon. J. T. Henderson, Commissioner of
Agriculture for the State ot Georgia, who
was in Augusta Wednesday, in an inter
view with the Chronicle , said he thought
from present appearances that cotton
might turn out about 60 per cent, of an
average crop in this Stale. Our crop
would probably be in Georgia 550,000
bales or about 200,000 short. He said if
the present fine weather con-tinues there
will be a little increase by the second
crop’s maturing. In some localities new
bolls are forming and if frost is delayed
two weeks these bolls may open. In "re
gard to tbe fall sowing of grain he thought
the prospect decidedly promising. Tlie
demand for seetl oats is heavy, and the
same is true of wheat and sriiall grain
generally. Spring sowings are less satis
factory,but the fall grain planting is almost
a certainty. The oat yield this year was re
duced on account of the smaller acreage.
In answer to the question as to the con
dition of the Georgia farmer this vear, he
remarked: “From the long and disastrous
drought, the hill and upland crops are
failures. This has cut oft’ the vield to the
farmer. The hog crop this year is larger
than ever before. There will be no scarcity
of meat in the country. Corn is in good
quantity; the potato crop is fair; the
sugar cane yield is good, and husbandry
is more diversified, showing a more
healthy tone in the planting world. Of
truck he would shortly be able to report
fully and accurately. Reports of the
profitableness of it so far conflict. The
fertilizer season,” said Judge Henderson,
“is a little backward. Last season’s total,
125,000 tons, sold in Georgia, shows a (ail
ing off from ’B2, when the inspection in
dicated 127,000 tons. The heaviest season
was in ’Bl, when 152,000 tons were dis
tributed in this State.”
UNDER YVHII* AND SI*UK.
Foreign ami Domestic Turf Events
Yesterday.
London, Nov. I.—At the first day of
tne Lewes November meeting the Lewes
autumn handicap was won by Sutler,
Isabel second, and The Duke third. There
were nine starters.
Baltimore, Nov. I.—ln the Pimlico
races to-day the first race was a handicap
for 2 and 3-year-olds, three-fourths of a
mile. Old Liz was first, War Eagle sec
ond, Parnell third. Time 1:18,
Second Race— Handicap for all ages,
one and one-eighth miles. Empress was
first, Farewell second. Homespun’s
jockey was thrown at the half mile. Time
1:59^.
Third Race— Handicap, seven-eighths
of a mile, for all ages. Burch first, Pearl
Thorn second, War Eagle third. Time
1:30.
Fourth Race— Half mile dash tor gen
tlemen riders for a cup valued at s.’>o.
Charlie Gorham won, Jake YYhite second,
Sam Cummings third. Time 53 seconds.
Providence, R. 1., Nov. I.—ln a match
race at Narragansett Park to-day, the
double team record was broken by horses
named 11. B. Winship and Hiram Bruce
in three straight heats. The race was
three In five and the time was 2:16, 2:10%
and "2:11%.
Reform in the Punishment of Slaves in
Cuba.
Madrid, Nov. I.—Senor Posada Her
rera, the Prime Minister, in reply to an
address from a deputation oi the Anti-
Slavery Society, said that the government
had decided to abolish punishment by the
use of stocks and fetters on slaves in
Cuba, and would do all that was possible
in regard to the suppression of the pat
ronage exercised by slave holders.
An Understanding Effected.
Galveston, Nov. I.—A special from
Austin says: “Adjutant General King
Uas returned from Coleman county, where
he effected an understanding between the
ranch owners and fence cutters. The con
ference included persons from Coleman,
Wise, Clay and Jack counties. It is
thought there will be no more trouble in
that section pending a special session ol
the Legislature In January.
A Woman and Child Suffocated.
Cincinnati. Nov. I.—Mrs. Mary
Welsh, aged 65, and her grandson, Charles
Stillman, aged 7, were suffocated at mid
night last night during a tire in their
house at Cumminsville, in the northwest
ern part of this city. Mrs. Welsh, on the
discovery of the tire, went out to give the
alarm, leaving the child asleep. Return
ing to rescue the child she was suffocated.
The Association of the Army of North
ern Virginia.
Richmond. Va., Nov. i.—The annual
meeting of the Association of the Army '
of Northern Virginia took place here to
night. Gen. A. M. Scales, of North Caro
lina, delivered an interesting address, his
subject being “The Battle ol Fredericks
burg.”
A Charlestonian’s Suicide.
Charleston, Nov. I.—William C. De
laney, a -well-known Charlestonian, and
one of the Masters in Equity tor this
county, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head this evening. lie
was a bachelor noted for his wit and
social accomplishments.
lowa Negroes and Civil Rights.
Keokck, la., Nov. I.— The colored peo
ple here, in mass meeting last night, re
solved to ask the next Legislature of lowa
to adopt the section of the civil rights hill
which has been decided to be unconstitu
tional by the Supreme Court of the United
States.
# Burned to the Water’s Edge,
Port Dalhouse, Ont., Nov. I.— The
steamer City of Toronto was burned to
the water’s edge here this morning. The
loss is estimated at $30,000: insurance
small.
I-ibel Suit Decided.
Montreal, Nov. 1. —The liliel suit of
the Allan Steamship Company for $50,000
damages against the Montreal Witness ,
has been decided in lavor ot the Witness.
Employes Discharged.
Brainkrd, Minn., Nov. I.—Last even
ing 460 employes in the North Pacific
snops were discharged on telegraph or
ders from New York,
Frost In North Carolina.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. I.— The first
frost of the season was visible here this
morning. It will stop the growth of cot
ton. _______
The Italian Parliament Convoked.
Rome, Nov. I.—King Humbert has con
voked Parliament for the 36th inst.
THE POLYGAMY tJUESTION.
An Interview With Cannon, the Mormon
Delegate to Congress.
Washington, Nov. 1.-George G. Can
non, Delegate from Utah to Congress, is
in the city, and has been interviewed
upon tbe report of the Utah Commission
ers, published yesterday. To tbe re
porter Mr. Cannon said:
The Edmunds law has had precisely the
•*?* Predtcted: just the effect I told sena
tor Edmunds it would have, but he thought
i.SJS.J? 0 ',“ u f h lnte rested to give an unbiased
opinion. It has u hooped our people up. to
use a common but expressive term. To illus
trate. There is a grandson of Brigham Young
-2s Ullg . n i l ? n notover22 - vears of age. He is
Inholi Wl ' i not had. but he has always been
froo. e r Ci i re e 9S i W . lt 1 re B ; trd to religion. His
friends have believed that liis sympathies
were with the anti-Mormon element, and
perhaps they were in a measure. Well, at
the last election he went up to the ballot box
ami putting in his vote said: They have dis
franchised pap (his fatherl, but I’’U put in a
hi e i th , Ut ' V!l1 c< , iunt *° r his side.’ You see lie
has but one wife, never had any more, and
thev could not disfranchise him.”
Has the Edmunds law been very obnox
-10“T l , :. : , ;' , l,r, ,r, nsy ” iut i uire, l u >e reporter.
>aw itself has not, 1 ' replied Mr. Can
non, but the way it is administered is very
oppressive. It has been given a construction
not warranted bv the Constitution."
"In what way?”
"It has been made retroactive. Men are
excluded from voting for acts alleged to have
been committed many years prior to tbe en
actment of the Edmunds law. For instance
wwes tfm ° f 5,811 Lai i e Citv ha,i ouce two
u ’ , ut l ? a widower. He lias lieen
disfranchised. The present Mayor has
but one living wife He hail
another who lived but a short time
He is excluded from voting, although he. like
other men, committed the alleged offense
many years before the law was enacted. Mrs.
Dr. Richardson, a widow, was excluded from
voting because her husband while living had
another wife. This construction of the law,
making it ex post facto, has given rise to many
test suits, and I am satisfied it wilt not stand
in the courts, but as I said at the outset this
persecution has made our people more
milted. It lias driven the young people,
w|l?_"’ cr ® indifferent, nnd many of them
indifferent as to the church and its' teachings,
to take sides. It placed them in a position
where they had to take sides with their own
people or against them, and naturally thev
chose to stand with their parents and friends
Now at the last election for Delegate our
Received as mans votes as usual,
while the opposition got only what it polled
when I was elected to the Forty-fourth Cou
gress. 1 lie votes of the young people, indig
nant at the oppressive construction of tins
law against their parents aud relations, made
up for all that we had lost bv disfranchise
ment/
"Then the law has not injured the Mor
mons? put in the reporter.
“No,” said Cannon, "except thatitisnn
p easant to stand persecution. But the iico
nle of Utah can stand a great deal of op
pres-iou. They are united, industrious aud
frugal, and having endured much can endure
much more. 1 ,iere are a good many people
in Utah besides the Mormons, and they can
not enlorcu oppressive laws against the latter
tt lthout pinching others some. Now the rliuue
who clamored for the Edmunds law are very
much dissatisfied with its operation. They
were disappointed. Their scheme was to get
entire contrul of the Territory, and having
failed by this means they want to try another.
Now they want a legislative commission if
they can bring it about. Failing in that tiicv
will perhaps perpetuate the existing
commission. It is to continue, until
the Jorritorial Legislature enact cer
ium laws. The Governor can, ir he
chooses, prevent legislation by liis veto or
by insisting on the legislation that the iieople
rannot grant. In this way lhe present coin
mission could be continued. The enemies of
tlie Mormons cry out about treason, hut they
caunot point to a single act of that kind.
1 lie\ have tried to provoke the Mormons into
some overt act Unit would give a pretext for
calling for troops, hut none such have been
committed. This Edmunds act was well cal
culated to arouse such indignation as would
break peaceful bounds, but tlie people have
borne with patience and will bear on.
THE LABOR CONFERENCE.
I’arliaiiientary Agitation and Universal
Suffrage Advocated.
Paris, Nov. I. — At the session of the
International Labor Conference yesterday
a resolution was unanimously carried
that emigrants should accept the condi
tions of local trade organizations and not
undersell each other’s labor.
Thu conference to-day discussed the
best means of furthering a permanent un
derstanding among workingmen’s socie
ties of the different countries. The
Italian and Spanish delegates ad
vocate parliamentary agitation, pop
ular propaganda and universal
suffrage. The Freuch delegates
again spoke in favor of a resort to force,
as nothing could be gained otherwise.
I he other delegates, especially those from
England, vigorously protested against
such ideas, the expounders of which thev
declared were the worst enemies of the
working classes. General applause was
elicited by this declaration. Legal co
alitions of workmen against masters, the
speakers thought, were amply sufficient.
A motion advising popular agitation
tor the purpose of procuring liberty of as
sociation was adopted.
At the evening session the various dele
gates advocated the formation of unions
in France similar to those in England.
51. I’erousse, the French delegate, main
tained that the unanimity shown by the
conference foreshadowed a reorganization
ot the internationals,
Signor Costa, an Italian delegate, an
nounced that the next conference would
be held at Turin in 1884, and invited the
foreign delegates to attend. The English
delegates replied that they must first con
sult their constituents; meanwhile they
returned thanks for their present recep
tion.
THE WORKING PEOPLE.
Three Hundred Yardmen Blacklisted—
Weavers Quit Work.
St. Louis, Nov. I.—The railroads cen
tering here have blacklisted 322 yardmen
who were specially active in the late
switchmen’s strike in this city and East
St. Louis, and announce that they will
not, under any circumstances, re-employ
them. The list of the names ot the men
will be sent to the yardmasters of all the
roads interested.
New Bedford, Mass., Nov. I.— The
weavers in the Aeushnet mill, number
ing about 225, quit work this morning
owing to dissatisfaction in regard to tl leir
wages.
Pittsburg, Nov. I.— The river coal
miners have called a convention for next
Tuesday, for the purpose of suspending
all the mines working under the 3% cents
rate, and providing means of support for
those who may be forced to stand in de
fense of river prices.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. l.—A special
dispatch from Brookville, Pa., says the
disastrous strike of coal miners, which
has lieen in progress along the low grade
road, is fast nearing an end. There are
nearly 800 men still out at three mines at
Dulwis, 325 men at Reynoldsville, and 500
at New Bethlehem. The Burch Tree
mine has resumed, and the men are goin
in on Monday. At Punaisutawanev
forty men are at work, and sixty
men have gone in at Fairmount.
The latter have signed what the
miners term an iron-clad agreement not
to go into any protective organization.
One of the leaders of the strike stated to
day that the strike was virtually over, as
the men were unable to hold out longer
and were anxious to resume work, lie
said the ojierators were aided from other
fields, and were supplied with coal suf
ficient to fill their orders. Business of
every character has been paralyzed since
the inauguration of the strike, and a bet
ter feeling exists.
An Idle State Department,
Sew l ork Sun Washington Letter. *
The State Department has been rather
hard up for something to do of late, and if
some distinguished foreigner does not
come to Washington soon for Secretary
r relinghuysen to present to the President,
the Secretary will go off' intQ a, gentle mel
ancholy. Oneclerk, with the occasional as
sistance of a small boy, could attend to all
the diplomatic business of this depart
ment, and get off Saturday at 12 o’clock.
There is very little else except diplomacy
to employ the time or Secretary Freling
huysen and his trusty clerks. But Secre
tary Chandler is as busy as an ant all the
time. He has just written a letter to
Commodore Mayo, of the Norfolk Navv
Yard, in regard to the Mahone-May<£
McG ensey affair, which he doolines to
give to the public. It is supposed to a
stern admonition to civil reform
The difference bet ween assessing the navy
>ard employes now and before the law
prohibiting assessments was passed is
like the difference in the conduct of the
man who, before he was converted, went
into the woods on Sunday with his axe
over his shoulder, hut after he had joined
the church carried his axe under his coat.
Last year assessments were collected in
side the navy yard; now the collector
stands outside the gate.
■Sept. 14th, 1880
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THE TONQUIN TROUBLES.
ENGLISH INTERESTS THOUGHT
lO BE IMPERILED.
The Assertion that LI Hung Chang’s
Policy is Disavowed Denied—Move
ments of the Black Flags-The Vote
in the French Chamber Means War
Challetitei I.acour to Resign.
London. Nov. I. —A Paris dispatch
says that war between France and China
would so seriously imperil British In
terests that it is feared that England
would intervene in the event of an out
break of hostilities. France will not
provoke a rupture with China, but nego
tiations between the two governments
will not he renewed until the French are
firmly seated in Tonquin. M. Macartuey,
Secretary of the Chinese legation, will
start for London to-night. Marquis Tseng,
the Chinese Ambassador, had his atten
tion called to the assertion of >l. Tricon,
the French agent in China, that Li Hung
Chang has disavowed the policy of Mar
quis Tseng upon the Tonquin question.
Marquis Tseng denies that there are any
difl'erencos between Li Hung Chang and
himself, and says: “I have the same
opinions as Li Hung Chung."
A Paris correspondent says he has re
ceived information from nu authentic
source that the Black Flags occupy Son
tag, and that the Chinese possess’ Bae
ninh. If, therefore, the French attack
the latter place, war with China will be
inevitable.
The Daily Telegraph this morning says
it is enabled to state that the view of
the Chinese Embassy is that Wednesday’s
vote.in the French Chamber expressing
confidence in the Ministry, is the lirst
step towards war, and that ifM. Ferry
asks for a grant of money to dispatch re
inforcements to Tonquin* China will cer
tainly enter Tonquin forthwith.
•i l>^ l V s V N N ov - h —* oltairo expresses
the belief that M. Challemel Lacour Min
ister of Foreign Adairs, will soon resign
on the ground of ill health. Prime Minis
ter Ferry will take charge of the foreign
portfolio when he resigns.
It is reported that mediation between
Fiance and China has again been sug
gested, but that neither government is
disposed to accept it.
Marquis Tseng, in an interview to-dav
intimated that M. Tricon’s telegram!
which was very opportune lor the Ferry
government, was the result of a sugges
tion telegraphed from Paris. “A disa
vowal, such as M. Tricon mentions," he
says, “was impossible. I merely fulfilled
instructions emanating from the same
government which directs Li Hung Chang,
who is related to me, and who further
more has always had opinions similar.
Jle was always my #ood friend.**
Chinese diplomatic officials here em
phatically reiterate that the assertion
that Li flung Chang disavowed Marquis
Tseng is not true. Many newspapers here
doubt the reliability of M. Tricon*e dis
patch.
M aKSKiLi.ks, Nov. l. —Great activity
prevails in the arsenal at Toulon. Fresh
transports have been ordered to he put in
readiness tor use in ease of war with
C hina, i'he Fifteenth Army Corps will
probably lie selected for service.
The French in Africa.
Liverpool. Nov. I,—Mail advices
“Om the west coast of Africa state that
the French troop ship arrived at Gaboon
on the 24th of September, bringing stores
and a reliel party. The commander
stated that the French Admiral liad re
ceived instructions to annex the coast
and all southern ports as far as the Congo
river, along which tne Gaboon tariff will
be strictly enforced. To enable him to
carry out the scheme the Admiral will
receive 600 soldiers and 100 Donaniers
(customs officers) from the Goree coast.
The line is 250 miles long, and includes
somo dozen towns. Three French men
d-war hi the vicinity command three of
the most important points on the coast.
The French in Madagascar.
London, Nov. I. — A Paris dispatch
says the French Government has received
a dispatch from Tamatave, Madagascar
announcing that the liovas have asked
permission to came to terms with the
French authorities there, and that nego
tiations have been opened between the
French and Malagese.
A Sea Serpent Half a Mile in Length.
Liverpool Courier ,
A marine monster, apparently half a
mile in length, has hoen soen going down
the Bristol Channel toward the Atlantic,
at the rate ot about twenty-live miles an
hour. Accounts from various parts of
the north coast of Cornwall corroborate
the description given. The monster’s*
head was clearly seen, and it left a greasy
trail.
THE SWEET GUM TUBE
Is Not Good only for Chewing Gnin.
Mr. Jos. Jacobs, a leading druggist at
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her a bottle of the ‘Cherokee Remedy.’
She tried it, and before the bottle was fin
ished she had experienced more relief
than all of the physicians and the other
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Loss and Gain.
CHAPTER I.
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