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ESTABLISHED 1850. I
j II KSfILL, Edilur and Proprietor. I
Utils IN THREE STATES.
. ~|U ;I FLORIDA AND SOUTH
tiK ciROLISA PUT IN TYPE.
, lor( .j Lunatic Makes Things Lively
11 M<> Mt *® merJ County—Further Par
,u '. )|ir4 Concerning Eastman's Mon
,K“ l and Suit—A Curious Complica
*,r' .-r the Control of Convicts.
tion
tiEORGIA.
_ very little cotton in Dooly county
■ ‘ of cotton were shipped from
. e r-’. He last w eek.
and I. 'V. ( aruthers, of Haw
-1 .. ,!• Hied in the last few days.
k " ~; l Rev. E- It. Carswell, of Thom -
1 _ uaking Warrenton his future ■
: ~|.eer i- ureparing his annual re
. iUiou of the iinances of the
, ar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
1 ',l <nheim, of Hawkinsville, died on
, • ... warehouse* in Hawkinsville have
_ last Wednesday, up to date,
r •--raping from Bibb county jail
'Vfr;-trah“i Thursday by the discovery of
, i for anew trial in the so-called
~ , ku-klux case will be heard in
\ ,ember 19.
, Mr. Borders has been missing from ;
. ,• r.-tl weeks, aud his whereabouts
-,i ascertained.
■t r i t for building the Metho<list
- .it Warrenton has been awarded
. ’ v j aol that place.
.1 Montgomery Superior Courts
’ - ion this and last week, and sev
., - have Wen disposed of.
1 —ary papers have been sent up to
~ _ . for the establishment of a post
, - mills in Irwin county.
. tetite thinks tliat in view of the
, i so ,rta voted SI,OOO for a town clock
■ willing to do something toward
’’*' r -!_ . tire department.
v ...ci of freight trains near Dallas on
i.-mie-see, Virginia aud Georgia
irsda; resulted in the death ow.
r, k i flagman, whose home is in Au
\ will lie held at the Uplands Hotel,
i.exi Tuesday night. Dir tile pur
j.,. i -mg funds to assist in fencing in the
T a..- the Confederate dead buried at
Ji.i’ :l
A icious reservoir has been placed at
■in well in Hawkinsville to which
_ - being attached for the purpose of
water into the business portion of
r -o!s will be received at the Post Office
р, ; icnt of Washington until January 5,
ivd. r carrying the mails from Sanders
v Ten mile, and from Sandorsville to
TAN- tug damage suit of Mrs. Rain against
i!,t a: hens Foundry Company will lie for trial
.r next Superior Court. The case is for
ilia; -cs to the amount of s2s,ojb for the kill -
W. A. Bain last year.
Tt.- Baptist church at Sandersvillc is hav
i baptistry made under the pulpit, and
t v.-try rooms added to the rear end of
in, r building, for convenience in administer
ing lb.- ordinance of baptism.
i'. - r Solomon, one of Macon's foremost
ml upright citizens, died Thursday
mr: - - ""clock. lie was a trustee of
ti \ leiny for the Blind, and the oldest
-urvs'.ng trustee of Wesleyan Female Col
ii M m-lay night last, while Levy Lee, who
In, to ,ut two miles from Eastman, together
- family, were absent from home,
t:.. -ke into his house and stole a large
co ■ clothing, hardly a change for the
I;, icing left. There is no clue as to who
did the deed.
T ■ rpc itineshed about three miles below
E.- . i. ~f Manning, Powell A Cos., was
•.,ii- M ci lay last. The tire is supposed -
t,, i • !■ . a started by a spars frein a passing
e * 1: -re was no spirits under the shed
.it:,, time, and the rosin—about 400 or 500
barrels—was far enougli oil' to escape the
The /,’.•■ : -ays: “Sandersville needs a
,i ; needs it hail. The market can
In to ten beef hide- ever)
M,i. . 1 hides can be bought from 6to 12
cf i- , r |'Und, and wheu tanned bring from
-- • "• .ms. Butfarmersaretoo .iusymak
; at sand 9 cents to fool away their
tunc with tan yards.’’
A gentleman was in Macon,* Thursday,
- _ up an heiress. He said that eight
.car- ago a girl left her home in an adjoining
i.ni a—tinted another name, and went to
M ii. where she nas lived ever since. Her
fai . -r died recently, leaving her the bulk of
hi- property. A thorough search failed to
m. r. Her real uanie is Nancy Alford.
T’ Dawson Journal says: “While iu Al
ba:, a few days since we learned from a
war. houseman of that city that they had re
ts cd up to date only about 10.000 bales of
с. .iton. The indication is that Albany will
Bet receive this season more than half the
am nit of her usual receipts. But for all this
A: iiny is a live town and her people are full
of merpnsc anti vim.’’
i> :r tig a rain on Monday evening last, ne
ed bj .i light gale, lightning struck
f- , f the large China trees near the base in
fr it >f the Hawkinsville Pisjxrtrh office,
-initt ring a portion of the tree and sending
fragile ats in every direction for several
jar ;- so heavy was the shock that several
_ isa were broken in the window-
A- it .tccurretl late in the evening none
of the iirinters were in the office.
The average value of lands per acre in the
- . : t; militia districts in Heard county, as
r . 1 for taxes thi- year, is as follows:
id. ft 'ls; Euon Grove. 44 09.9; Pearce-
V .' 44: Rockdale, 42 27.9; Texas, 42 9ti.s;
I r ■ -2; Houston.49.Bo; Corinth, $5 34.6;
Er.: .<1 general average of the county,
t Wmle there are 181,711 acres of land in
tii> ,uty. only 171.092 acres appear to have
tv 1: returned for taxes, leaving 10,819 acres
iiuj mted for. the county taxes on which,
at tne average valuation, would amount to
$254 <.
T -lay morning as Captain Reed was
goi: into Atlanta his train was waved down,
an . i ng out of his cab he rafi toward the
ragiuc t.. tind out the cause. Before lie
reached the engine, however, the train started
* - 1, and as the captain attempted to
ip : u the engine, he missed his footing, and
fii- fee! swung under the iron monster, but
were prevented from getting under the wheel
by tie w > 1 lun -upport underneath. The en
gineer -aw turn fall, and made haste to check
hi-engine. 1 aptain Reed saved himself by
ciu: . ng and holding on to the iron barover-
Tbe s carta Ishooulite has the following:
“At the la-t term of our Superior Court two
ib" men were duly convicted and sentenced
1 mtentiaryforone year each. A guard
ca ...> fr.llll the penitentiary to receive these
ad :u , other convicts, and obtained from the
cl-rk of the court a transcript of the record
if the conviction and the sentence of each of
tc f, or Upon making appl'cation at the jail
it was found that only two of the convicts were
oa i,a ::d. the other two one year men having
bec turned over to the lessee of the county
■ -by the authorities, he paying in ad
•au • to the county the sum he was bound to
p i for year convicts. Penitentiary convicts,
us tiie hands of a county chain-gang, by mster
of tic ounty authorities, that have received
pay : r their labor during the term of their
* and prorated it among the officers of
the -aperior Court! What is the relation of
the nvictstothe county, the county to the
'tatc. and the officers of court to the lessee,
-'rawing out of this peculiar enforcement of
'uc sentence of the court'-”
IVvr l’vU-s, colored, lunatic of Montgom
ery unty, rushed up to the turpentine still of
B 'Unsell A Cos. several days ago.and aiming
a i -tol at D. C. Pierce, pulleil the trigger.
Jl.- aim was bad, and the ball glauced along
Mr. Pierce'* forehead, inflicting only slight
it -y. Mr. Pierce immediately closed in
w.'a his assailant, and preventeil a second
>t. several of the still hand-ran to his as
"lam e. hut Pries had bitten Ir. Pierce in
cral places before assistance reached him.
T - wa* secured and Mr. Pierce hurried
.•at of sight, thinking that his absence might
aim the frenzy of the lunatic. For some in
explicable reason Pries wrs given his lib
ertv an t started in pursuit of Mr.
Pierce, snapping his pistol as he ran. Kilni
ng that his pistol failed to fire he returned to
tv still and put fire in both the tubs, each of
w 1 contained about 73 gallons of spiri ts.
He then turned to the barrels of hot rosin,
-several of them in number, which had just
Iss b dipped and turued them down, literally
• wring the still floor and ground around
with hot rosin. He then armed himself with
rk and got on a barrel near by and
1 1 defiance to the crowd. Mr. Grady, a
iu. usW rof the firm, arrived upon the ground
" Hi his gun and soon succeeded in bring
,n S him to reason without resorting
to tiarsli mean*. By prompt action and hard
rk the tire was extinguished will, g loss of
0,! V a iut twoor three nundred dollars. The
c: :, ! jury found two true billsagainst Pyles.
OEI : r assault with intent to murder, and
her for arson. Upon one of these he
" • put on trial and a plea of insanity was
“ r i and sustained by the jury. He ttierc
' goes to the lunatic asvlum. He is deaf
i aii,lost dumb, and Tiis language can
understood only by those well acquainted
with him.
TV Portland (Me.) Prr* prints the News'
-■ vh on the big land suit at East
wan. I adds the following particulars:
*‘ io' *7 interest in this case is tliat the
A: raham t-stbv mentioned in the above was
; ' father of John L. Colby, Esq., of this town,
;• '■ ‘ it the latter represents all the interests
t olby heirs. H.s attention being called
t<> tut- matter, with his usual carefulness and
ti >r iighness, he made an investigation, fol
"is; by a most searching scrutiny of the
papers by the best legal talent iu Piiislield in
wrenc" with attorneys mentioned by the
’ After days of investigation it was de
;■ 'T that the present holders of the estate
lave not the shadow of a legal title and the
:-m tor possession is to be pushed to the ut-
Mr. Colby is the owner of aplanlation
H A which he has not visited for years.
Proposes to go South soon to remain
£ me tiat and it will be convenient for
“ m to look further into this ease. Pitu
aeiil people who know Mr. Colby, know well
‘Sat in such an enterprise as this promises to
“ e never enlists until the most thoroueh
scrutiny satisfies him, with the assurauce of
Joe connsel that he has a solid rock basis
lor pruceoding, and when he reae&cs the con
cision to 'go ahead,’ he not only does sc, hut
!'****' la short, judging from Mr.
v-oiby ■ thoroughness la whatever cause he
nadertake*. he wiU win in ibis affair. When-
David Crockett went hunting, the coons
c ~e ue don't shoot, we'll come down.’
Mr Colby is the David Crockett of this occa
j-iwell, a word to the wise is suljp-
Mr. Colby’s absence la the booth will
of course make no difference with the running
of his Lauesboro iron works, which are now
in the fullest operation."
FLORIDA,
Leesburg has a spelling club.
Lake City is complaining of a lack of rain.
Two new drug stores will soon open up in
Palatka.
A broom manufactory will soon be started
at Enterprise.
There are G 25 Indians and 125 warriors in
the Everglades.
Mr. Arthur Daughtry, of Columbia county,
died last Wednesday.
The Western Union Telegraph boys of Pen
sacola have been supplied with uniforms.
There were four colored editors in the re
en Florida press excursion to Louisville.
Miss Jones, a young lailj- from Pensacola,
has been appointed telegraph operator at
Marianna.
The Stanton School, of Jacksonville, will in
•future be known as the Jacksonville Colored
Grammar School.
There were eleven marriage licencse issued
from the Columbia county clerk's office du
ring the month of October.
Licenses for the marriages of 11 white and
1G colored people were issued in Jacksonville
during the month of October.”
The first car-load of oranges shipped to Chi
cago this season was collected from orange
groves near Leesburg by J. U. Lanier.
Last Wednesday evening a nian named
Daniel D. Sturges, section master on the Flor
ida Central and Western Railroad, was killed
near Lake City.
Judge W. M. Ives, one of the oldest citi
zens of Columbia county, who, at the time of
his death, was G3 years of age, died at Lake
City a few days ago.
During the months of September and Octo
ber there have been shipped from Lake City
1041 bales of cotton, valued at 1113 per bale,
making a total valuation of 4119,715.
The steamer Thronateeska of the People’s
Line, met with an accident a few days ago at
King's Rock, above Haywood’s Landing,
whereby the steamer had a large hole knocked
in her.
Jacksonville, on Thursday last, raised her
quarantine against Pensacola and other
lioinl.-, and the guards were withdrawn liy
order of the city authorities, upon the recom
mendation of the Board of Health.
The Baptist Association for the Alachua
district convened at Moss Bluff, on the Ockla
walia river, on Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day last. Messrs. J. H. Richards and Finlay
Childs were the delegates from the Baptist
Church in Leesburg.
There were shipped from Jacksonville last
month 4,781,352 leet of pine lumber; 4,675,(J00
to domestic ports, and the balance to foreign.
Much of this was for bridges now being creel
ed for various railroads North. There were
about 3G,000 shingles sent from Jacksonville
to foreign ports.
Circuit Court for Duval county convenes in
regular session next Tuesday morning. There
having been no spring term held on account
of the prevalence of small-pox in the county
at that time, the dockets as a consequence are
heavy. There are 32criminal cases continued
from last term, 112*ivil, 18 civil appeal, 2 gar
nishee, G claim and 11 criminal appeal cases
now on docket at the Clerk's office.
Henry Atkinson, living about six miles
northeast of Mouticello, was fatally shot last
•Saturday night. In company with two or
three white men Atkinson attended a festival
given by some friends, and after remaining
-ome time they all started for their respective
hemes. Atkinson failed to get off as soon as
the others did. and for the purpose of overtak
ing them he took a short cut through the
woods. The party that had preceded him
Mere not aware of his purpose to overtake
them by passing through the woods, and sev
eral of them being armed with pistols fired
them off. One of the shots penetrated the
ne. kof Atkinson, inflicting a mortal wound,
from whieli he died on the evening of the next
day. He was aged 2G years, and leaves a wife
and two small children.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Spartanburg is receiving Jersey cattle from
Boston by the car-load.
The question of holding an election in Cam
den in December on the matter 01 “license”
or “no license" is being agitated.
Some of the Chester county farmers esti
mate that 20 per cent, more of wheat and
oats, and especially oats, will be sown in that
county than was ever known.
Mr. F. A. Arthur, of Montmorenci, Aiken
county, lias in his possession a bowic knife
that was carried through the Revolutionary
war by John Arthur, a Captain in the Amer
ican amiv.
Carolina Spartan: “The State fair will be
gin Tuesday, November 13, and close on the
lrttli inst. Liberal premiums are offered liy
the managers. The prospects for a large ex
hibition are very good."
Spartan: “Col. T. J. Moore's fine bull calf,
that was bitten by a dog some time ago, died
recently. It showed all signs of hydrophobia
before dying. The colt bitten at" the same
time seems well and hearty.”
A farmer told the Camden Journal last week
that there were enough new youug bolls now
on his cottou, if they could mature, to give
him at least 1,900 pounds of seed cotton per
acre. They have formed since the late rains
liegan to moisten the soil.
The Greenville Xete disproves the recent
statement of the Atlanta Constitution, that
Nellie Horne, of Greenville, had run away
with sell’s Circus and says: “There is nobody
nomed G. W. Horne in this section, and no
telegram such as described by the Constitution
has lieen sent from here.”
The pupils of the Greenville Female Col
lege have donned their new winter uniforms,
which consists of a black cashmere frock
trimmed with narrow velvet ribbon and jet
buttons, a neat turban of felt trimmed with
wreaths and pompons of spiked chenille and
lace collars and riolions to suit the fanev end
complexion of the wearers.
Aiken Recorder: "On Thursday last an en
gine on the South Carolina Railway, at Ham
burg, collided with a wagon of Mr. John W.
liureh, driven by a negro, who attempted to
cross the track where the Columbia dirt road
crosses tlie railroad. The wagon was mashed
to riiu'lers and the mule injured, but as the
negro driver fell on his head he escaped un
hurt.”
The Carolina Spartan says: “Daisy, the fine
short horn cow belonging to Air. Albert G.
Means, is keeping up her reputation for milk.
From the 18th of June to the 13th of October,
lls days, she gave 7.14 G pounds of milk, an
average of 60 ! pounds a day. or 893 gallons
and one quart for the whole time. If this milk
had been sold at 30 cents a gallon it would
have brought 4267 97.”
Sheriff Gilreath, aided by Officers Greer
and W'lliman, of the Greenville city police
force, made dilligent search recently for the
showman who threw from the train and
killed John Graham, colored, near Central,
on Wednesday night. They were accompa
nied by a person whocould identify the guilty
show rough, but the latter, evidently on the
alert, succeeded in dodging arrest.
Greenville correspondence Spartanburg
Herald: “Edwin D. McKittrick, white, aged
31, who resides on the Spartanburg side of the
county line, at Greer’s Station, was killed by
a train on the Air Line Railroad near this
city on the night of the 25tli ult. He was seen
about Gll. m. making his way from town to
ward- the place where he was killed, having
a jug of whisky in his possession ami consider
ably under the influence of liquor.”
Spartanburg Herald: “Mitchel Putnam,
who left Laurens county in 1877, is now on a
visit to his friends ill that county. He is now
103 vears of age and in *a remarkable state of
preservation. lie was in the war of 1812,
and also in the war for Texas’ independence,
and for his participation in each of those con
flicts henowdraws an annual pension, lie
has about 300 relatives living in Laurens
county, and for the purpose of visiting them
he has made the long journey from his Texan
home alone and unassisted.”
Greenville Seas: “Judge G. \V. Field, of
Pickens, who. although not a moonshiner,
has been a fast friend of Maj. Lewis It. Red
mond, the famous moonshine chief, sticking
to him when others had forgotten him. was
in the city yesterday. He has positive as
surances that Major "Redmond will be trans
ferred from Auburn prison, where he is serv
ing out a ten years’ sentence, to the peniten
tiary at Columbia within the next fortnight.
The* removal will lie made on the recom
mendation of the surgeon of Auburn, who
says that Major Redmond’s lungs are se
riously injured, the left one being almost en
tirely gone; and that he will not live out the
remaining eight years of his term unless he
is taken to a milder climate.”
A Fight Against Fa tiling Machines.
Chicago, Xov. 2. —A dispatch from Co
runna, lud., says: “For some time past
the farmers of this neighborhood who own
self-binding harvesters have been receiv
ing letters at this and adjacent post offices
threatening vengeance because these
machines reduce the demand for iarm la-
Isirers. These threats tcok the form ol
barn-burning this week. Several barns
have been destroyed already, including
lwo last night. One of these was set on
lire at 3 o’clock this morning, after the
owner had guarded it until 2 o’clock.
A Negro Politician Murdered.
Richmond. Va., Xov. 2, —Information
was received here to-day of the murder
near Old Church, in Hanover couuty, of
Robert Robinson, a prominent negro poli
tician of that section, by another negro
named Chas. Lewis. It was at first
stated that the murdei was the result of
political excitement, now at fever heat in
Hanover county, but it is now said that
Lewis killed Robinson because the latter
knew of something seriously detrimental
to his character. The particulars of the
crime are not yet known here.
New York's Wicked Official;,.
Xk\v York, Xov. 2.—John Dolan. Sel
lick Schofield and Michael Winn, clerks
in the Department of Public Works, have
been arrested to-uight. Dolan is indicted
for grand larceny and Scofield and Winn
for grand larceny and forgery.
The Conflict
Between disease and health is often brief
and fatal. Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam is a
sure and safe remedy for all diseases of
the lungs and chest. If taken in season
it is certain to cure, and may save you
from that terrible disease, consumption,
it i,gg been known and used for many
years in America, and it is no exaggera
tion to say that it i tj;e best remedy in
i the world for Coughs, etc. As* for Dr.
W m, Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs, and
I take no other,
CHANDLERSDEPARTMENT
COMMANDER WILDES’ HEAD IN
DANGER.
HU Action on the Arctic Cruise Severe
ly Condemned In Four Specific Com
plaints—Lebree and Guy W. Brown
Detached from the Pinta in Conse
quence of the Sinking of the Tally Ho.
A\ ashington, Xov. 2.—The Secretary
of the Navy to-day addressed a letter to
Commander Fraak Wildes, commanding
the United States steamer Yantic, on the
subject of the recent Greely relief expedi
tion. of which the following is a copy:
Navy Department, )
Washington, Xov. 2, 1883. j
Bir—The receipt of your letter of October 16
is acknowledged. In the present aspect of
the case the department condemns:
First— The ageement enclosed in your let
ter of.June 25th between Lieutenant Gar
lingtou and yourself, comtemplating the sep
aration of the Yantic and the Proteus until
August 25th.
Second—Your failure to accompany the
Proteus from Disco Island after you had
there rejoined her.
Third —Your unnecessary visit to Upper
Navik on July 25th to inquire of the Danish
authorities how the ice was probably moving
between yourself and the Proteus, the six
days of your delay at which point would
have brought you to Littleton Island before
the warty of the Proteus went .South, and
Fourth —Your failure, when you found at
Littletou Island that tlie demoralized party
of the Proteus had gone south in search of the
>wedish steamer Sofia at Cai>c York, to land
materials for habitation, clothing and food
for the forgotten Greeley party, what action,
if any, will lie taken iiy the department has
not yet been determined.
Very respectfully,
William"K. uhanklek,
Secretary of the Navy.
THE PINT A’S COLLISION.
The Secretary of the Navy, acting upon
the report ol* the court of inquiry into the
circumstances of the destruction of the
brig Tally-Ho by the United States
steamer Pinta, has detached from the lat
ter vessel Ensign Guy, W. Brown and
Lieut. Uriah Lebree, commanding the
vessel. They will probably be
tried by court martial, the former for the
negligence which caused the collision,
and the latter for not following the sink
ing brig and saving her crew. It appear
ed from the report of the court of inquiry
that the brig sank in about twenty min
utes, and that the Captain, his wife and
crew were expossed m open boats off
Nantucket for about fourteen hours be
fore their rescue by a passing vessel.
CUNNINGHAM’S APPEAL.
Argument Begun in the United States
Supreme Court.
Washington, Nov. 2. — Argument
began in the United States Supreme
Court to-day in the railroad bond case of
G. A. Cunningham, appellant, against
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Com
pany and the Governor and other State
officers of Georgia. This is a suit upon a
series of bonds of the Macon aud Bruns
wick Railroad Company, amounting in
the aggregate to s<>oo,ooo, authorized by
an act of the State Legislature of
December 3, 1866, as amended
by the act of October 2T, 1870, and in
dorsed by the Governor of the State. In
1873 the company failed, and the Governor
in order to secure the interest of the
State, (treated by its indorsement of these
and other similar bonds, seized the road.
In 1875 the State, by an act of its Legisla
ture, renudiated as unconstitutional
its indorsement on the $600,-
000 of bonds here in controversy,
and directed the Governor to sell the road
and use the proceeds in the payment of
another series of bonds also indorsed by
the State, issued at an earlier period. The
present suit is brought by one of the
holders ot the $600,000 series
of bonds to test the question of the liabil
ity of the State, and to obtain an equit
able relief. 'Hie bill was dismissed in
court below mainly on the ground that it
was virtually a suit against the State,
and that the State was not and could not
be made a party to it.
LABORERS RIOTING.
Shanties Demolished and Lives and
Limbs Endangered by Savage Attacks.
Reading, Pa., Xov. 2.—A Deputy Sher
iff with a posse of ten men has just ar
rived having in custody twenty Hungarian
laborers recently employed on the Schuyl
kill valley branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, The contractor paid them off
and discharged them this morning be
cause they were rebellious and demanded
higher wages. They got drunk, in
timidated other workmen and tried
to persuade them not to work.
Next they attacked the laborers’
quarters, tore down shanties and broke
and destroyed everything they could lay
their hands on. A posse pursued them
on the road and caught up with them at
Birdsboro, 10 miles from here, where all
were captured except one or two. Pistols
were taken from several, and others car
ried very dangereus looking knives. A
charge of riot and intimidating workmen
will lie preferred against them. A man
and woman were assaulted, and the latter
was badly injured.
A SAVANNAH STEAMER’S PERIL
She Loses Three Blades of Her Pro
peller and Puts into Halifax.
Halifax, Xov. 2.—The steamer Long
hurst, of Newcastle, England, from Sa
vannah for lieval, with a cargo of cotton,
put in here this evening, having lost three
blades of her propeller. The loss occurred
on Sunday last when the ship was about
600 miles from this port. After leaving
Savannah line weather was experienced
for the first 24 hours; afterwards strong
winds prevailed. The Captain thinks
that the propeller struck some floating
wreckage. The steamer will dock to
morrow and discharge a portion of her
cargo to effect necessary repairs.
Failures in Business.
New A’ork, Xov. 2.—The business fail
ures throughout the United States and
Canada during the last seven days, as re
ported to R. G. Dun & Co.’s Mercantile
Agencies, numlier 215, against 218 last
week aud 243 the week liefore. In the
Southern, Middle and New England States
there is a marked decrease noted. The
only assignments of consequence in New
York cltv are those of Humana & Wall,
manufacturers of bonnets, and Lewis
lirothers. liquor dealers.
An assignment was filed te-day by
Simon Lauterback, a shirt manufacturer
of Franklin street, to Simon Hirsch, giv
ing preference amounting to $120,938.
Chicago, Xov. 2.—Attachments to the
amount ot $40,000 were issued this after
noon against the Rock River Paper Com
pany. The resident managers decline to
make any statement.
The assets of the Rock River Paper
Company are estimated at $300,000, but
the liabilities are not reported.
London, Xov. 2.—John Carver, Darby
shire, and C. O. Griehand, of this city
and Manchester, have failed with liabili
ties of £120,000.
Liverpool, Xov. 2.—The suspension
of Hollinsheud, l’ettey & Cos., cotton
brokers, was bulletined at the Cotton
Exchange to-day. The liabilities are
probably £IOO,OOO.
The Female Malpractitioner.
New Y ork, Xov. 2.—Mrs. Charlotte B.
Furlong, convicted of causing the death
of Charity Lewis by malpractice, in an
swer to the Clerk's questions, said that
she was a widow 56 years old, and ad
dressing Judge Moore, asserted that
though she had performed an operation on
a woman, she did not believe that it
caused her death. She expressed an utter
indifference as to the sentence to be im
posed. His Honor then sentenced her to
the penitentiary for 6K years, stating that
her advanced age alone saved her from
receiving the full penalty of 20 years.
Philadelphia, Xov. 2.—The’Coroner’s
jury investigating the cause of the death
of Maggie Conway, aged 20, to-day ren
dered a verdict of death from malpractice
at the hands of Mrs. Ann Mellhanny.
The accused, who is 60 years of age, was
committed to await the action of the
grand jury.
Gone to Davy Jones’ Locker.
New Y'ork, Oct. 2. —The schooner
Fred Carroll, from Charleston for Barren
Island, loaded with 700 tons of bone dust,
went ashore at Rockaway last night.
The vessel has turned over and will be a
total loss.
Halifax, X. S., Xov. 2.—An unknown
schooner bound for Prince Edwards
Island, 6truck the West coast Of Sheet
Harbor on Tuesday, and sunk im
mediately. All cn board were drowned.
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for Nervous Debility and weakness of
Nerve Generative System, there is none
equal to Allen’s Brain Food, which
promptly and permanently restores all
lost vigor; it never tails. $1 package, 6
for $5. At druggists, or by mail from J.
H- Allen, 315 First avenue, New Y'ork
cltv.*
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1883.
ST. LOUIS* RING INDICTED.
The Grand Jury’s Final Report Scathes
the Scoundrels Roundly.
St. Louis, Xov. 2.—The grand jury
made a final report to-day and returned
indictments against Josph H. Mclntyre.
State Coal Oil Inspector, E. Butler, a
leading Democratic politician, and David
W. Caruth and Dr. Frank J. Lutz, Police
Commissioners. The indictments allege
that these parties conspired and combined
to obstruct the administration of the law
with reference to gambling, lotteries
and gift enterprises, and to dictate
and control police appointments with
a view to carrvinsr out their schemes, po
litical and otherwise. They are charged
further with attempting to induce ex-
Chief oi Police John W. Campbell not to
interlere with gambling, lotteries, etc.,
and acting in this did remove
him without cause from office.
The report of the grand jury is
very scathing in its language. It asserts
that a combination of notorious persons
exists for th# purpose of obstructing the
laws with regard to gambling, censures
the Governor for granting pardons,
especially to convicted gamblers,
and recommends the withdrawal
of the pardoning power from the Gov
ernor and the appointment of a State
Board of Pardons. It further recom
mends that the power of appointing the
Board ot Police Commissioners be with
drawn from the Governor, and that they
be appointed either by the Mayor or Cir
cuit Judges. It also severely censures
the use of blank resignations by the Gov
ernor. Among the other indictments
are the following: Henry S. Newman,
State Commissioner of Labor Statistics,
charged with selling notaries com mis
sions; Hugh G. Brady, member of the
Legislature, charged with bribery; W. F.
McChesney, leader of the gamblers’
ring, charged with attempted bribery;
Mr. Pickard, charged with running a tea
store with lottery accompaniment; Hy. hV.
Moore, managing editor of the I‘ost-Dis
patch, and Florence I>. White, a reporter
on the same paper, are charged with ab
stracting court records
POSTAL STATISTICS.
Figures whrch Bespeak the Business
l>one in the Countries of the World.
Washington, Xov. 2.— Statistics of the
Universal Postal Union for the year 1881,
collected and published by the Interna
tional Bureau at Berne, show the relative
rank of the principal postal union coun
tries in respect to their interior and inter
national postal service to be as follows :
In the number of post offices the United
.States ranks first, with 44,512 olliees; Great
Britain next, with 14,918 offices. Germany lias
17,088 and France 6,155. .Japan is far in ad
vance of Russia. British India, Austria, Italy
and Spain in the number of post Offices, hav
ing 5,094. Switzerland ranks first in the rela
tive proportion between the number of post
offices and the population, having an average
of 985 inhabitants to each office. The United
States has 1,120; Norway has 2,054,
and Great Britain 2.302 inhabitants for each
office. In the number of letters conveyed bv
mail Great Britain ranks first with J,229,854,-
800; the United States next with 1,040,107,348;
then Germany with 503,225,700, aud France
with 535,541,373. The Argentine Republic
stands at the foot of the list. The United
States conveyed more postal cards than any
other country; Germanv came next,
and Great Britain and Austria in the order
named. Iu respect to the number of letters
and postal cards to each inhabitant the coun
tries ranked as follows: (treat Britain 38 7-10;
The United States 27 3-10; Switzerland J 99-10:
and Germany 13 8-10. The United States had
91,571 miles of railroad service, Germany had
20,573, France 10,822, aud Russia 14,439 miles.
On the number of newspapers conveyed in
domestic mails, the United States ranks first
with 852,180,720, Germany seeond with 439,-
089,800, France third with 320.188,030, and
Great Britain fourth with 140,789,100.
In respect to the amount of gross postal rev
enue Germany takes the lead with 205,324,215
francs; the United States comes next with
194,630,444 francs; Great Britain third with
175,090,000 francs, and France fourth with 152,-
908,509 francs. Great Britain, Germany and
France had a net revenue iu 1881 ranging
from 68,525,100 francs to 19.900,440 francs, but
the United States, Russia and Japan had a
deficiency in the revenue iu the same year
ranging from 14,418,075 to 1,320,840 francs.
HALLET KILBOURN’S SUIT.
Judge Cox’s Understanding of the Case ill
the I’laintifV's Favor.
Washington, Xov. 2.— The hearing of
evidence was concluded in the suit of
Hallet Kilbourn against ex-Sergeant-at-
Arms Thompson to-day, after some legal
sparring betweeen District Attorney
Corkhill and Senator Voorhees. Judge
Cox said that he understood that
it was agreed that the plaintiff*
was entitled to recover actual
damage received in his business
and in his health. It his business was
broken up he is entitled to recover what
actually was destroyed. The principal
question in the case was whether lie was
entitled to something more than compen
satory damages. If the injury inflicted was
inflicted with malice or wanton disregard
or the rights of the person injured,
then the jury could give exemplary dam
ages. If there was no malice or unneces
sary harshness, then it was a ease simply
tor compensatory damages. “Then," said
Mr. Corkhill, “the detendant is willing to
submit the case without argument,”
After further discussion Mr. Coyle read a
number of prayers submitted by the de
fense, and the court then adjourned till
Monday, when the arguments will be
made.
JUTE AND COTTON.
New York’s Interest ia the Two South
ern Produets.
Albany, X. Y., Xov. 2.—Commissioner
General More head had an interview to
day with Governor Cleveland on the sub
ject of the World’s Exposition and Cotton
Centennial, to be held at New Orleaus
next year. The Governor takes great in
terest in the exposition, and will use
every effort to have the State represented
by appropriate exhibits, and will make
appointments with the utmost care. The
Governor has also been invited to appoint
one delegate from each cotton mill and
jute factory in the State to the annual
convention of the National Cotton Plant
ers’ Association of America, which
takes place at Vicksburg, November 21st.
lion. George West, of Ballston, tuts of
fered a bonus of $50,000 to the inventor
of a machine that will prepare jute fibre
for market at a price that will compare
with the same quality from India, the
award to be made by President Morebead
at the coming meeting, when a number
of machines will make the trial for the
award.
ROYAL LIVES UNDER GUARD.
The Start for India of tJie Coimaiights
a Sensational Afl'air.
London, Xov. 2. —The Duke and Duchess
of Connaught will leave this city for
India to-night. The railway officials have
taken great precautions to provide for the
safety of the train upon which they will
travel from London to Dover. Large
bodies of police have lieeti summoned for
duty at Cannon street, Charing Cross and
London bridge stations, ana gangs of
plate-layers will watch the entire rail
way track to Dover. These precautions
have been taken in consequence of the re
ceipt by the Privy Council of details of a
proposed attempt to wreck the train.
The issue of an extra edition of the
I‘all Mall Gazette this evening contain
ing the statement in leaded columns that
the authorities had been anonymously in
formed that an attempt would be made to
destroy the train on which the Duke and
Duchess of Connaught were. to travel
from London to Doyer, on their way to
India, caused a great sensation through
out the city.
Trapping; the Counterfeiters.
Washington, Nov. 2.— Dispatches re
ceived by the Secret Service Division
to-day report the arresf in Indiana ol
Joseph A. Perkins for counterfeiting.
Perkins formeily operated with the gang
of counterfeiters arrested yesterday. The
atrent of the Secret Service Division at
Denver, Col , reports the arrest of William
J. Schroeder and Alexander V. Fox for
passing countqjfelt S2O notes on the Bank
of Commerce or New York.
Racine in England.
London, Xov. 2. —At the Lewes No
vember meeting to-day the Southdown
Club open selling handicap race, was
won by Spring Kell, with Passaic (for
merly Lorillard’s) second, and Ducrow
third. There were eight starters. The
race for the Hundean plate ( handicap)
was won by Co6ta, with Rowlston second,
and Lorillard’s Massasoit third. There
were ten starters.
The following testimonial is signed by
twelve of the leading physicians of Hali
fax, X. S.: “Coltlen’s Liquid Beef Tonic
is a very agreeable article of diet, and
particqliarlv useful iu Diphtheria, Fever,
and every depressing disease. Wo cheer
fully recommend it. Every family should
have a few bottles.” Ask for tolden's;
take no other. Ol druggists generally.
NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR.
HIS NAME LINKED IN THREE
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
He Issues a Proclamation to Preserve
the Parity of the Ballot—He Expresses
His Interest In New Orleans’ Coining
Exposition—The Authorship of an
Antl-Orady Letter Acknowledged.
Albany, N. Y„ Xov. 2.-The following
proclamation was issued to-day by Gov
ernor Cleveland:
“The Constitution of this State directs tliat
the Governor shall take care that the laws are
faithfully executed. Au appeal has been
made to the Executive asking that the laws
relating to bribery aud corruption at elections
l>e enforced. All must acknowledge that
there is nothing more important in our form
of government than that the will of the
people, which is absolutely the foundation
upon which our iustitutious rest, should
be fairly expressed and honestly regarded.
Without this our system is a sham* aud a con
trivance which it is brazen effrontery to call
a republican form of government. All this is
recognized in theory by provisions in the con
stitution of our State, and by stringent penal
enactments aimed at the use of money ami
other corrupt means to unlawfully influence
the suffrages of the people and to thwart their
will; and yet I am convinced that dis
regard of those enactments is fre
quent and in many cases shamelessly
open and impudent. I therefore
call upon all District Attorneys within this
(state and all Sheriffs and peace officers and
others having in charge the execution of the
law, to exercise the utmost diligence in tho
discovery aud punishment of violations of the
statutes referred to, and they are admonished
that neglect of duty in this regard will lie
promptly dealt with; and 1 request that all
good citizens in the performance of a plain
duty for the protection of free institutions
and in their own interests report to the proper
autlinaKuw tlw commission of any offense
against the statutes passed to preserve the
purity of the ballot.
Cleveland and Grady.
Aliiany, N. Y., Nov. 2.—The Evenin')
Journal publishes an interview with Gov
ernor Cleveland in which he acknowl
edges the authorship of a letter iu a New
York paper expressing a desire for
Senator Grady’s retirement. The letter
was addressed to John Kelly. The Gov
ernor says that Mr. Grady had neglected
no effort to cripple his administration.
The Governor says that his recent inter
view with a World correspondent was
misconstrued, and that he only denied
having been in New York citv to’conspire
against Mr. Grady.
Campaign Tactics.
New York, Nov. 2.—The war on the
Democratic State ticket was opened to
day with vigor. Printed circulars and
tickets were sent to every saloon keeper
in the city against Maynard, the candi
date lor Secretary of State. The circulars
sum up his prohibition record and the
votes cast by him on every excise bill
when he served in the Assembly in the
Legislature of 1876. An average of a
dozen ballots accompanied each circular.
“fie Foy Ish Head.”
Chicago, Nov. 2. —Charlie Schroder,
the boy who was so brutally murdered
yesterday by Henry Peterson, the German
laborer, laid in the lot where he was killed
about half an hour. About 2 o’clock in
the afternoon Policeman Murphy saw
a man near Alexiar Brothers’ Hos
pital. The man appeared to be
insane. An officer had him taken
to Larrabee street station. The
Sergeant at the desk asked the prisoner if
he had killed a boy. He said that he-had,
It was only a boy, but he felt better.
Peterson was born iu the province of Hol
stein. He appears dull aud is of unsound
mind. The boy’s father did not appear
much troubled. “De poy ish dead,’ he
said. “It ish enuf.”
London's Underground Explosions.
London, Xov. 2.—The government has
offered a reward of £SOO for information
leading to the conviction of the perpetra
tors of the outrages committed on the un
derground railway Tuesday night. The
railway companies offer an additional re
ward of £SOO. The physicians in attend
ance upon the persons who were injured
by the explosion at Praedt street station
find that the membranes of of the tympa
num of the patients are ruptured, which
fact can only bo attributed to the detona
tiou of dynamite.
A Notorious Scoundrel Breaks Jail.
Bridgeport, Conn., Xov. 2.—The no
torious “Sam” Pine, the assailant of Miss
Slocum, of North Salem, X, Y., who was
sentenced to State prison a few days ago
tor 14 years for burglary and horse steal
ing, broke jail in this city last night and
escaped. He sawed through two iron
bars three-eighths of an inch thick on his
cell door, removed the lock on the door of
the work room and thence escaped through
the scuttle. A reward of SI,OOO is offered
for his capture.
Sent to Murder Bismarck.
Dantzic, Nov. 2.—A man named Pis
trowski has been arrested at Dirschau,
who is charged with and confesses to
being sent by Nihilists to murder Prince
Bismarck. Pistrowski says that he is a
Russian actor, that the Nihilists provided
him with money to travel to Dantzic via
Riga, and that his money was stolen at
Dantzic. A Nihilist poem was found
upon the prisoner,
A Murderess Sentenced.
Huntington, Ind., Nov. 2.—Char
lotte Epps was found guilty of murder
ing her husband last June by administer
ing poison. Epps was an old and wealthy
bachelor, and was married to the mur
deress two months preceding his death,
she previously having served him in the
capacity of housekeeper. Her punish
ment was fixed at imprisonment for life,
fiisston's Lands Humored Sold,
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 2.—-An ap
parently well founded rumor prevails
here that the Florida Land Improvement
Company, of which Oliver Disston, of
Philadelphia, Is President, have sold
their property, embracing nearly 2,000,-
000 acres, to an English syndicate.
Three unimportant fires this morning
resulted from foul chimneys.
Ravages of the Flames,
Cleveland, Nov. 2.—A fire started in
a hotel bar in the village of Willoughby,
twenty miles east of here, at 1 o’clock
this morning. A high wind was blowing
and in a short time twenty stores and
dwellings in the business part of the town
were destroyed. The aggregate loss is
SIOO,OOO. The insurance is possibly half
that amount.
College Classes Suspended.
Troy, N. Y., Nov. 2.—The sophomore
aud freshman classes of the Renssalser
Polytechnic Institute were suspended to
day. During a struggle between the
classes this morning for a class banner
property of the institute was damaged to
the amount of S3OO. Two students were
seriously injured and others slightly.
Blacklegs as Barkeepers.
new Y'ork, Nov, 2.—The grand jury
to-day made a presentment in which
they call attention to the practice of
granting licenses to keep liquor saloons
to notorious thieves and criminals. The
grand jury severely censures the Excise
Commission for granting these licenses,
and advises that they should be revoked.
Ireland and the Irish.
DuflLllf, Nov. 2.—Tl;e meeting qf Na
tionalists,announced to be held yesterday
at Balleck, county Fermanagh, was post
poned.
London, Nov. 2.—A Paris dispatch
says that it is reported that the Chinese
legation are considering the question of
demanding their passports.
Jack Front's Approach.
Petersburg, Va„ Nov. 2.—There was
considerable frost, the first of the season
in this section, last nisrht, doing some
damage to vegetables, which are unusual
ly late this season.
Memphis, Nov. 2.—There was a killing
frost, with ice, throughout this section
last night.
Hicks Pasha's Victory Doubted.
Cairo, Nov. 2.—The report of the de
feat by Hicks Pasha of the False Prophet
and the great flight of his army is dis
credited here. The military authorities
calculate that Hicks Pasha and his army
were seven days’ march from El Obeid at
the time of the alleged victory.
Redeeming the 3 Per Cents.
Washington. Nov. 2.—The Secretary
of the Treasury has given notice that the
3 per cent, bor.ds included in the 122d and
123d calls, presented for pavment prior to
maturity, will be redeemed, and interest
allowed thereon up to the date of their
presentation,
A Defaulter’s Fearful Ketribntion.
Dayton, Nov. 2.—Nathan L. Haines,
the defaulting market master, who es
caped to Canada months ago with $1,500
of the market funds, was brought home
te-day by a detective. He was delirious
from drink and remorse, and died this
afternoon.
Mr. R, A Harvell, Godwinsville, Ga.,
says: “I U6ed Brown’s Bitters for general
debility and improved at once.”
TALLAHASSEE AND FLORIDA.
“Leon" tells all the News of the Town
and State in Terse Paragraphs.
Correspondence of the Mornina Sews.
Tallahassee. Xov. 1. —The many readers
ot the News in this section have greeted the
recent change in the paper with pleasure.
Its numerous and full telegraphic dispatches
from all jiarts of the country, giving it a
metroi>olitan appearance in keeping with the
growing prosperity of Savannah. In time we
hope and expect to see still greater improve
ments.
It is rumored that anew radroad schedule
will soon go into effect by which the trains
from Jacksonville will reach here at 12 m., and
from Pensacola a’. Ip. m. While this may
be a great convenience to the through
travel, yet with the present schedule of the
Savannah, Florida aud Western Railroad it
will prove a serious inconvenience to our
business community. We would be getting
our mails five or six hours later, and to “an
swer by return mail" would involve a delav
of twenty-four hours. In coming from Sa
vannah the traveler would reach here just
twelve hours later than by tho preseut sched
ule. As far as mail facilities and travel from
the North are concerned, it will be seen that
Tallahassee would be left out in the cold.
For these and other reasons we are exceed
ingly anxious for a direct connection with
the Georgia system.
While Chattahoochee and other points of
minor importance have their direct commu
nications, and revel iu the “latest news”
fresli from the News of the same day on
which it is received, Tallahassee, the capi
tal of the State, some of whose citizens orig
inated the vast system of internal improve
ments that has bellied to build up other sec
tions, is the great sufferer. With what long
ing expectancy do we await the
news of Mr. Page’s negotiations
in New York relative to the T.. T. & G. It. li.!
Various rumors are afloat, but as I do not
deem them reliable I will not give them. 1
can only reiterate, however, my former con
victions—(Ac road will be built, cavillers to the
contrary. That Mr. Page has made sonic
mistakes there can lie but little doubt, but
that lie is deficient iu energy and pluck all
must admit, and it is this indomitable energy
that will eventually carry him through.
Apart from his contemplated railroad,
he has been of great service to this
section iu inducing capitalists to in
vest here. Already some $40,0)0 have been
and are being profitably investee here through
his influence. Other men of similar financial
status will follow, and if foreign capital can
not be found to build the road the former will
do it, for it will be a necessity.
TALLAHASSEE HAS LATELY RECEIVED
a valuable accession iu the person of Capt. 11.
S. Duval, for a number of years .State Engi
neer, but a resident of the adjoining county
of Gadsden. Captain Duval is, I think, a
native of this city, and a nephew of Governor
T. P. Duval, Florida’s first territorial Gov
ernor.
In a former letter I alluded to the suit of
Shoecraft against the Trustees of the Inter
nal Improvement Fund. The leading coun
sel arc not new residents, as the types made
me say, but non-residents. They are said to
be the best railroad lawyers in the United
States. But their learning and skill will not
avail them in this case. True, Littlefield was
to have the exclusive right for 20 years to
build a road to the Alabama line, but
a more than 10 years’ abandonment would look
very much like a total relinquishment of
claims. But what effect will this suit have
on purchasers? These lands that Shoecraft
now claims were given to various railroad,
canal and dredging companies to aid in their
several enterprises. Some of them have been
mortgaged by the various companies, and
others are being pledged for that purpose. A
purchaser or mortgagee will not have a
clouded title. For this reason it is feared that
intending purchasers of large tracts
may decline until au indefeasible
title can be given. This is
very much to be regretted as it may some
what cripple the operations of some of the
corporations who are made defendants. At
last we have had some rain, and though but a
little, it was refreshing both to man and the
parched earth. To-day it is cool and pleasant,
but no signs of more still much needed rain.
The long drought has materially affected the
potato crop, but so prodigious is the annual*
yield, so generally are they raised, that the
shortness of the crop does not increase the
price, for tliev are selling at the usual rates
for this time of year,
THE DENGUE,
that made its appearance here for the first
time last year, is again prevailing among us.
But few families escape. The patient suffers
torture almost intolerable, hut in a few days,
or a week at most, he is up again, about'as
well as ever. Tallahassee was unusually
healthy during the past summer and our doc
tors had but little to do. There were cases
of slight malarial fever, but none of a severe
type. There was not a single death that 1 can
now recall other than some chronic disease.
Three physicians are enough for the city and
surrounding country.
Our different schools in the city, both public
and private, are unusually well attended this
fall, except the colored, in which there is a
falling off* of nearly 100. The attendance is
as follows:
Seminary 50
Mrs. Williams’ 35
County School .75
Lincoln Academy (colored) 175
Total , 835
After the Ist of January there will be more
accessions, so that by tlie enl of the session
the number wijl probobly be
about 400. Prof. W, W. Wood
ward, Principal of the Publio (school, is a
graduate of the State Seminary, located here,
anil has been teaching here continuously for
25 years. Leon.
Markets iu the Olil World.
London, Nov. 2.—The Manchester
(ruardian in its commercial article says
that there had been but little business
done Thursday. The buyers only b a d a
few orders of "importance in baud. De
spite the slackness of the demand sellers
do not appear to be anxious for fresh bus
iness. They are impressed by the firm
ness of the cotton market, and adhere
steadily to their quotations.
Political affairs and the cotton failures
in Liverpool increased the quiet tone
of the Mincing Lane markets daring
the pa6t week. Common sorts
of coffee are firmer, llio showing a
tendency to improve. Plantation Ceylon
is irregular and easier. There has been
some pressure to sell China tea by auc
tion. Indian teas are firmer. Bengal rice
is firm, and prices have improyed lid. per
cwt. Beet sugar is lower; canergrovvn
has not improved, Ceylon cocoa brought
higher prices.
. Liverpool, Nov. 2,—The leading
weekly grain circular says that the bet
ter feeling noticed in the beginning of the
week has continued, and has received
fresh impetus from the publication
of the stock of wheat in Liver
pool, which, to
shows a marked decrease. There yvas
an average attendance at to T day’s market,
and there was an improved feeling.
Wheat was steady and in moderate de
mand at Id. advance. Flour was in
better inquiry at recent prices. Peas de
clined 2d. Corn was in lair request and
slightly easier.
A Fatal Sail.
Erie, P 4., Jyov. 2.— pour yopng men
went across the bay Wednesday and
never returned. Their names are John
W. Eyster, a mail agent on the Philadel
phia and Erie Railway; Giles Russell, an
extra mail agent on the same route;
Charles Brown, a carpenter; and C. Kel
sey, a Union News Company employe.
They had with them a sail and a row
boat. To-day the sail boat was
found bottom up in the bay with three
guns and a satchel belonging to Eyster.
To-night the row boat was found near the
light hquse vyitb its bow stove in. There
are no traces of'the bodies as yet, Eyster
leaves a wife and Kelsey a wife and one
ehild. The others were unmarried.
The Situation at Brewton. *
Brbwton, Ala., Nov. 2.—The follow
ing contributions have been received
since the last report: Perdue Hill, JG;
Mount Herbron Christian ChurOh, $4.
Two new cases have "appeared, but no
deaths are reported. The disinfectants
which were promised by Surgeon General
Hamilton have not been received. Tne
queries propounded by the late communi
cation of the Montgomery Board of Health
will recieve proper attention. The report
of Dr. Stone will be noticed in due time.
There was frost and ice this morfitug. "
Sax Francisco, Nov. 2.—John Murphy,
of New York, a yellow lever patient, who
arrived here by the steamer San Bias
from Panama, died to-day. The deceased
was reported wealthy.
Jumped Through a Car Wfndqsv.
Baltimore, Nov. 2.—Mrs.' Gibbs, of
Was'hingtonyaged about 50 years, jumped
from the window of a car of the limited
express from New York, this afternoon,
about three miles east of thii city. She
was accompanied by her gori and daugh
ter, and went to the wash room and
jumped from the window. ,\s soon as
she was missed search was made and sne
was found lying near the track, uncon
scious. She was brought to the city hos
pital, when it was found that she received
injuries on her head. She had not at a
late hour to-night recovered conscious
ness.
Many wonder why the brute creation
excel mankind as a rule when it comes
t 0 A;id eß t ion °C Ueallh. Investigation
quiokly 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 own individual impru
dence. Sudden exposure to extreme cli
matic influences, gluttony, improper
food, alcoholic stimulants, oyer exertion of
miad aud body, worriißeut, anxiety, care,
etc'., all have a marked effect on the hu
man system. Be cured by using Brown’s
Iron Bitters. A remarkable remedy for
restoring health.
THE AUTUMN FASHIONS.
GATHERING OF THE FORCES
FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN.
Features ol Autumn Exhibition—Dis
play of New Styles—Dinner Dressing-
Evening Wear—Winter Cloaks—Tuck
ing and Pleating—Novelties in Orna
mentation.
Correspondence of the Morning Sews.
New 5 ork, Nov. 2. — The late autumn is the
beginning of a season which this year prom
ises to be full of interest to the gay denizens of
the bright but fluctuating world of fashion and
society.. Two “grand” opera houses, the
presence of so many bright, particular musi
cal stars, the advent of Mr. Irving, the lead
ing light in the dramatic world, and the in
creasing aggregation of wealth in the me
tropolis, combine at the present time to test
the strength and resources of all who would
hold a place in the moving spectacle—the
magnificent show which the weeks and months
to come will present.
The life of the workshop precedes tliat of
the drawing room and the street, and the ele
ments of the brilliant display which will
dazzle beholders have been gathering for
mouths past from Paris and London, from
Vienna and Berlin, from cottages where the
child and the lamb share the same roof and
lie down together, and from atties and cellars
where the human life is not half so human as
this which meets and mingles with that of the
beasts.
But it will be a brave show wherever it
conies from, and we shall all be very proud of
it. Already the advance notes have been
sounded, like tho summons of the bell to the
early vintage, by the dry goods houses, who
have begun to see the unwisdom of the exclu
sive system practiced for the last few years,
and have returned to a more Lberul
pone?—adtuaTTy allowing the public to
see some of the things which tnoy have
to sell. A. T. Stewart always understood
this, lie was never afraid taking the com
munity into his confidence in regard to the
character of his wares, and liis colossal busi
ness was built up on that basis. Tlioexcluivc
system is copied from “private" French im
porters and dressmakers, whose clientele is
small and consists of those who onlv purchase
imported designs or from order.
A really great house—that is great accord
ing to modern ideas of size and comprehen
siveness— cannot be built up in this way; and
there is a future equal to the great fortunes
made in the past for a dry goods and ladies’
clothing house that is at once broad and high;
that can be relied upon as could A. T. Stew
art thirty years ago, always to give to the
ignorant as well as the experienced the new
est and best thing for the money.
features of autumn exhibitions.
The employment of velvet for short cos
tumes instead of plush; the use ot fine gold
braid and gold cord in the finishiug aud trim
ming; the entire disappearance of the over
skirt; the substitution of fine kilting and
tripple box-pleats, or an extension of the
drapery at the back, from the elose paniers
of the basque: the peculiar “cornice” effects
produced by flowing draperies lifted at the
sides and held without any evidence of be
ing fastened down —the selvedge edge being
allowed to appear—but showing a rich facing
of satin beneath or a double of some some
rich fabric iu a contrasting color; the revi
val of velvet vests buttoned at the throat,
with cloth suits; hut showing rutiles of lace
between the throat and the fastening at the
waist. The capes of these suits also take,
on manv new forms, some folding over the
chest and fastening upon the shoulder; others
forming sleeves set nigh and accentuating
the brevity of the shoulders. The favorite
trimming for these suits consists of large
macaroons, made of silk cord, or close cord
like braid, in the solid celor of the cloth, or iu
two colors, if it is a mixture, such as red with
blue, dark brown with dark green, terracotta
with dark rock grey, and the like.
The 6ize aud character of the brocaded
figures and designs in imported fabrics is a
constant subject for exclamations and para
graphs, and must soon exhaust itself lor want
of room to grow or additional nutriment to
feed upon, for a group of enlarged roses or
clustering hydrangeas with long stalks or
leafy continuations occupies all the space
there is upon a bodice to cover, and the abso
lute has therefore been reached in this direc
tion. It is said that art can make even these
overgrown patterns becoming in bodice or
basque, but it is not true except in the case
of an unusually tall and willowy figure, and a
flowing pattern which is graceful and less
strictly defined than the majority. Granted,
however, that an artist like Worth or Pinzat
could arrange these hold designs so that they
would not impart their own character to the
wearer, what is to he said and what is to be
tione in regard to the hundreds of handsome
dresses which will uol he designed bv Worth
or Pinzat, but have to take their 'chances
with a paper pattern and a workwoman at
from $195 (washerwoman’s wages) to $250 per
day?
Still it is very likely that tapestried and
brocaded designs are destined to further de
velopment rather than an untimely end. We
arc only on the threshold yet of a'rt, as sug
gested by nature, in design, aud there are
mines of wealth in this direction vet to be ex
plored. The growth and adaptation, tlic
harmonization of these will necessarily oc
cupy the time and test the skill <7T artists in
dress, and their success will only draw the
line more definitely between the skilled and
unskilled, between the reaj and the imitation.
Let the majority, however— those who cannot
afford to employ great artists or to indulge in
a great variety Qf toilets-.avoid very large
patterned fabrics and thus escape serious
risks and dangers.
The application ot silk and plush flowers to
evening fabrics and the use of gold, chenille
aud beaded embroideries as accessories is
frequently seen upon ball dresses, and is cer
tainly effective—iu some instances beautiful.
Of the large red plush or satin roses, outlined
with gold and pearl beads and relieved by
foliage in shaded chenille, not much is to be
said, except that they are showy anil the
efleet too much like pottery to be distin
guished even when tlje work is beautifully
done. Their place is upon tho stage, and as
quite a number have appeared among the
costumes worn bv leading actresses, their
status may be said to he fixed.
But there are other patterns which are love
ly-inspirations only to be appreciated by a
refined taste and which bear the mo„t careful
study. These exhibit showers of blossoms
worked in chunnlc. and silver or beads upon
branching stems and tendrils traced in darkly
shaded cord or chenille and forming a tablier
of flowering may or almond blossoms, with
corsage sleeves and siionldcr bouquets upon
thick tinted satin cream, rose pink, qr delicate
ecru.
There is nqthing more significant iu the
midst of all tiie finery than the novel ten
dency to white aud groy in costumes—the
Dorothea colors. Large, white felt bonnets,
trimmed witli white ostricli feathers, are
fashionably worn for a drive in Central Park
with “Sister Agnes” cloaks, long grey cloaks
of pale grey chuddah cloth lined with white
silk plush or quilted white satin; and finished
with large plush collars tied with grey satin
riblioii. These cloaks are draped up with
satin ribbon to form loose sleeves, and though
the design was origiua ly intended for. a trav
eling cloak, tfiey are, as driving wraps, ex
tremely elegant. Jt should be remarked that
they ure draped at tho hack and made iti red
and other colors, but tiie grey, with tiie large
white, felt bonnets, present decidedly the
newest and most distinguished appearance.
THE NEW TAPESTRIES.
Undoubtedly the greatest novelty in fabrics
this season consists of the silk tapestries, the
matted ground reproducing ihe old gdbiin
effects, and tl|B artistically subdued
add suggesting'naiurc rather thau^'“conven
tionalizing” it, iu naturu) shades and colors.
One of these gives us the flowing nasturtium
iu shrimp, pink and yellow, and another the
outlines of exquisite i>oml lilies in shaded jet,
luminous rose pink and silver white. These
fabrics are truly art, and those I have, named
are all the more to bo rijoiaed 'ih' as toeing
purely American ffiatfufactures, and truly
what they seem through and through. There
is a clotli of gold also, finer, more
regal than any worn by Queen or
Empress, which lias been woven upon A meri
can looms, and is ready to make more beauti
ful America’s fair lU(s ol pure
gold thregtj tjnd ri!(| and gold siifc, the former
of Japanese manufacture and sterling quali
ty, but woven into cloth here. The solid silk
reverse side is hardly less beautiful than the
more glittering golden side—it would not be
correct to say surface—for all these splendid
fabrics are woven of threads dyed when they
are not of pure metal, before they arc woven
ami twisted in and in. "V “
The designs otthe tapestries are so adrair
ablj blended that they may be ued for com
plete gowns by those who can afford them,
though it i* to be hoped that thev will have
the sense and intelligence not to* torture or
lieface them; but they are more likely to be
employed for parts of toilets—for front and
bodice, or for a skirt draped over a s'’’.,n pet
ticoat. The gold cloth may be used for prin
cess trains, with satin fronts’covered with
flounces of gold embroidered gauze or lace
but ii L filsp very effective fur basques, for
theatre, for dinner wear,
DINNER DRESS.
The majority of the elegant toilets ordered
so far have been intended for dinners and
presumably for wear afterwards at oner;, or
theatre. Among them was one which re
produced and blended all the autumn eolors
red, gold aqd dead leaf brown— and present
ed a poem as well as a picture as the result
It was a Worth dresss aud one of The 'mosi
beautiful and complete everbrought into New
\ ork. Another was of verv rich uiack fail!,,
(preferred this e.qason o pfafn satin) com
bined with i,H beaded gauze grenadine the
heads thickly studded and" fonmng Asides
pendant drops which made a glittering fall
soft yet radiant, the uqtjrcWgfh of tb&nMs:
f^'anm a i B renfi* Qn^ r * C h black silks With
tiansparent beaded gauzes, nets and grena.
dines, Is very new ami very effective. It ad
y?e, skirt and doubled
effects which are now so much
admired, and saves weight, very light Sets
being employed necessarily ’.,4n textures
so thin and light. A dinner costume of black
Ottoman satin was combined with ruby,
the latter forming a shirred and puffed front
above two kiltings of the satin anil oiiggesti ve
linings for different portions of the basque,
which was out fined at the throat with a dou
ble ruefte of gold embroidered gauze and lace
With ajaoket of brown satin was associated
a lemon-colored skirt, the front applique with
brown velvet shaded leaves. A cravat of
lemon -colored gauze was crossed on the in *
side of the small square at the nock, which
was finished with a quaint in "old
thread and brown, ytk, thkmngVstooued
An economical Idea has been seized with
by U ' e a,| v*‘nt of the beaded
silks, nets aud laces. A full front is ar-aosed i
an ml?i"hi°i a< to wtiiuii is atlacfied
.bend or uuvvr 'Standing collar,
cal* T miTe 't 011 m a Second over a
qress that has become defaced, or whose but
tons or trimmings require renovation, and a
complete transformation effected by adding a
niche of lace-edged lisse, tulle, or gold-eni-
? auze ', ,n course the beaded fabric
must match m color.
fash I ‘ onable ogaiu this winter,
?R era dinner was made recently a
of Pmksilk plush, exquisitely soft and
Ti r™ er ui klrtof shell piuk ’ merveiUeux.
The square bodice was outlined with pink
lf™\i, a i? interiorly with a standing rutile
cMl, i lace ’ A necklace of pink-tip
ptd shells with reversible wire setting was
worn with dress, and gloves to the shoulder.
The most beautiful black dresses, and quite a
number are m preparation or have been com
pleted, are of “Antwerp” silk, very rich, and
covered in front with jet and real lace, not
jetted lace. The lace is a mixture of thread
and guipure, the jet trimmings fine and pond
ant in form, upon a net-work which forms
the fouuaation for theae cascade effects,
leather designs are much seen in embroidery
ui>on black, and appear not alone upon the
tablier but upon the bodice or basque.
WINTER CLOAKS.
These ha\e somewhat sobered down. They
are not at all so fanciful in shape or so strik
ing in their combinations of color as during
the past two years. The fact is, tho majority
always demand that a cloak shall be adapted
to its purpose. They do not want a llowered
dressing gown or wrapper- a showy costume
o\er another costume—but a garment for
warmth and cover, aud the cloak is obliged to
come back to this. Kven the ulster lias
stopped coquetting with draperies, which
were out of place aud only renuered it uutlt
for its purpose, aud has come back to its
original simple form, with the hood lined with
a color, if color is wanted, for a finish. The
finest cloaks for the street and visiting are of
plush or velvet brocade with ottoman, anniire
or matted grounds. They are long, but
not so long as last year; they ure
also more of the long paletot’ than
of the dolman shape, though they often
have ttie dolman sleeves. Apricot, primrose
and amber shades are employed for the quilted
satin linings instead of the hackneyed red aud
old gold, and the trimmings are very soft,
and full chenille fringes andornaments'. Very
simple yet ladylike cloaks are cut close to the
figure aud higli ujion the shoulders from thick
dull Ottoman satin. The sleeves arc long and
open, lined with quilted satin and bordered
like the cloak with a broad band of the black
silk plush of which the collar is composed. It
inav lie fastened with a clasp at the throat, or
tied with black satin ribbon, but the from is
held by large invisible nooks and eyes.
M arm cloaks for elderly ladies are beauti
fully made out of flue, furry, black camel’s
hair, lined with black silk pfush, and finished
with a pelerine collar of the same. Thisobviates
the necessity for furs except a muff. Instead a
ruchff’of lace or a licliu of crepe de chine may
he tied around tho nock, amt is muefi more
healthful and pleasant. This sofi warm
camel’s-hair clotli has been made into autninn
cloaks, which may lie recommended for ladies
in warmer climates throughout the entire
season. It is in effect a long paletot, pleated
in to the figure front and back in flue length
wise pleats from top to tiottom, and lined
with all-silk surah. The sleeves are set high,
are a little full, rounded up well, and slightly
flowing, two pleats being laid on the inside of
the arm, which gives a much more grace
ful effect near Hie wrist. A broad belt
is fastened to the back on tiie inside,
and brought around in front underneath,
thus holdiujj the back well into the figure. A
full ruche of black lace is arranged as a jabot
around the neck on the outside of a narrow
standing collar, and this trimming is repeated
on the sleeves. The fastening at the neck and
down the front is effected with dull satin rib
bon. These cloaks are not very expensive,
and are very useful. They are soft, light vet
warm, have a look of distinction witlieut be
ing what is called “dressy,” cover the dress,
and may lie used as a morning dress if one
tires of the cloak.
The most elegant plush and seal-skin cloaks
are trimmed wttli otter this season, and there
is a notable absence of pateliy “ornaments,”
so called, which are anything but ornamental
to a really rich garment. Aiguillettes, cords,
macaroons, and the whole family of hanging
passmenteric decorations arc so quickly re
produced iu shams as to he almost instantly
vulgarized and made despicably common.
Tiie tendency, therefore, among women of
real refinement is to get rid of trimming ex
cept that which always has value, original
designs iu handwork, whether it be lace, em
broidery or painting.
Quite the newest thing in evening and opera
cloaks are tiie Paisley designs, with gold
thread woven in with the delicate yet richly
blended colorings upon cream or tinted
grounds. Those are bordered with a full silk
and gold tape fringe aud lined with apricot or
cream colored silk plush, or with quilted satin
surah, and are half dolman, half mantle, nar
row iu the neck, with shoulder pieces, and
long ends in front, \yiiite mantles will of
course be fashionable (they always artq,
white sicilienne brocaded velvet, corded vel
vet, aud corded silk satin lined and em
broidered with silk and silver, Perhaps these
last are the daintiest of all, as they are the
oostliest, for the materials are very rich aud
the work always done to order and after
special designs. Many handsome and dis
tinguished looking mantles are made of
“Persian,” “Indian,*’amt brocaded stuffs in
silk and wool or of materials really foreign
and distinctive in their design; and it is always
to be remembered that * what is rare is more
valued than what is commonplace and con
ventional, though the latter may be rated at a
higher money value.
TUCKING ANJJ PLEATING
are a rage. Araong some very novel break
fast dresses just imported are long gowns of
finest cashmere—in cream, peacock and elec
tric blue, shrimp pink, strawberry and rock
gray shades —that are tucked lengthwise from
top to bottom, back and front, aud trimmed
with cascades of tintedEscunal lace in which
arc Hots of satin ribbon. Silk cords confine
the waist. The sleeves are a little full and
slightly flowing, easy upon the arm and
trimmed with lace. Anotler style of morn
ing dress is cut with, i\ ii,oyenage waist which
clearly defines the waist aud hips. The skirt
is laid in very full small perpendicular folds
around the elongated centre a$ tfie back of
this liodice and to the sides, which may lie
paneled or simply made to (meet * front
formed of (wo kiltings with a pun of rose em
broidery between in solid, self-contrasting
or varied colors between, as preferred. Cer
tainly upon white. White is more elegant
thau any color, especially if the hip belt
which covers the edge of the bodiCQ and de
fines it isof black velvet.
Still another morning gown is of grey
surah, the fqßneas laid In lengthwise pleats
upon a straight lining, which strictly out
lines tiie figure, but is easy as well as grace
ful. The hip belt is of ruby satin, and is
passed under the pleats, reappearing upon
the plain parts of tfiu bodice, and the color is
repeated in the cascades of lace which are
carried down the front. It is very common
now for ladies to adopt t|,o European custom
and hroakfast jq their boudoir, generally a
lovely secluded room, with stained glass win
dow*, un open fireplace, and perhaps rose
silk curtains to give a becoming tint tq the
complexion. These gowns are for boudoir
breakfast purposes, and tiiof;„ with a moycn
age bodice are part iciUaWy adapted to women
ol stately, qaudsome Hgures.
4EWEI.S AND ORNAMENTAL WAKES,
Really fine g ;ms aro now mounted as near
as possible iq qn invisible setting and rubies,
cats eyes, and others, are niuch preferred to
the diamond. This is no! surprising, for a
flawless ruby is worth five times as much as
a diamond of tho same size and equal quality.
A ruby ring is now the first choice for an en
gagement ring, or a small ruby may occupy
the centre with a sapphire on one side, unl a
yellow diamond on the other, jf diamonds
are preferred they may be arranged in dif
ferent colors in the form of a clover leaf,
and a happy idea is to make it four-leaved
clover. A novelty iq braeotets consists of
rough gems set Hi nuggets of virgin gold con
nccteu with uaMe chains; ami m silver arc
jookoy caps pendant upon black velvet bands,
which are adapted as necklets to voting
women of sporting proclivities.
The wrought jewelry shows oveidsite Bower
designs in pink and wlfite enamel sprinkled
with precious Lvune*, apple blossoms, a min
laturq p„ud lily with white diamonds in the
centre, and others. Tiie lotus flower figures
largely iu the fancy articles which are begin
ning to arrive iu anticipation of t(ui IwUiTavs
and the season of gifts fhere re lotiis
claret jug>* t coffee iu<!\ ulqal condiment
sets. ink T tju<l4. a iotiii leaf form* a pretty
candlestick in white aqd colored bronze, with
an insect alight upon u.
Vienqa snuds some jeweled photograph
frames in fanciful shapes—fan, butterfly,
palette and easel. Some pretty menu stands
are seen in Royal Worcester Chin*, and con
stitute also individual neppor and* salt hold
ers. Two acorns witfi Perforated tops are in
tended for red and'ivhite or black pepper;
betvyqeo them, and in from of them, an acorn
cup stands ready to receive the salt, and two
daiqty oak loaves at the hack form Urn Sun
port hf the stand, in the aide of which the
menu card is placed.
New dessert disliea take the form of curled
‘ ea '*vs WUh fruit attached m the handle, or
under the turned edge tor decoration. Plums,
peaches, gren figs, and other fruit aro made
to look very natural, and show great refine
ment in manipulation, Jenny June.
The Labor Conference Ended.
Paris, Nov. 2.—The International La
bor Conference is closed. Henry Byoad
h urst, a member of the English Parliament
and honorary President oi the conference,
telegraphed his.friends in London as fol
lovysi “1 think we Englishmen have done
well. Everything now is on our lines.
I never saw men improve so f;\st as our
French colleagues.”
Moody and Sankey Indorsed.
London, Nov. 2.— Thorold Lord, -the
Bishop of Rochester, has written a letter
expressing his hearty approval of the
YJbodv and Sankey mission, and urgin''
the clergymen of the Established Church
of England to help it.
Shot Dead t the Butts.
■ * mt'AfrO. Nov. 2. —Garrett Huyck,
bookkeeper tor J. V. Fartveli A Cos„ while
attending a target last night during rifle
practice by of the First Regi
ment of ifie State military, was accident
ally shot and killed.
Miners Threaten to Strike.
Rotherham, England, Nov. 2.-~At a
conference of the Yorkshire miners held
here to-day it was resojyed to strike un
less an advance or 15 per cent, in wages
is conceded by December 1.
Bismarck Recovering,
London, Nov. 2.—A dispatch from
Berlin says that I UtisiuarcK; has en
tirely regajuwi fais former strength. He
cou>,Lmas, however, that he rq lon-er
possesses the capacity {q r Wk whiehhe
formerly had.
r ' 4 -I*. Hutchins, Jeffersonville, Qa..
says; Brown’s Iron Bitters cured me
of weak stomach and sick head acne.’’
l PRICE *lO A YEAR /
l 5 CENTS A COPY. {
WAR ALMOST INEVITABLE
THE FRENCH CABINET WEIGH
ING THE CHANCES.
Ten Thousand and Probably More
Troops Absolutely Essential to Vic
tory—Germans O(fleering tho Black
Plugs—Napoleonic Quickness Xeces
sary In the Coining Encounter.
Paris, Nov. 2. L ’ Temps seml-ofllcially
points out that Li Ilung Chang's dis
avowal of Marquis Tseug was not an of
flcinl utterance of the Chiuese Govern
ment. but simply Li Hung Chang's per
sonal expression.
It is reported that the First Secretary of
the Chinese legation here has stated that
war between China and France is now
certain.
The Cabinet Council to-day discussed
General Bouet’s account of the French
position on the lied river, tho measures
which it is advisable to adopt for
strengthening their position, and the
question of the amount of funds which
may be necessary to bring the campaign
to a successful issue. Nothing was de
finitely decided.
The Chamber of Deputies will probably
be asked to vote anew credit. In his ac
count General Bouet states that at least
10,000 men of all arms—infantry, cavalry
and artillery—will be required; espe
cially cavalry, because the movements of
the Black Flags are very rapid. Every
thing went to prove to General Bouet that
the leaders of the Black Flags are Ger
mans. The Black Flags' arc well
supplied with artillery. .Tust before
leaving General Bouet heard of
the arrival of a strong
Chinese force with Krupp guns. If the
Chinese intervene he says it will be neces
sary to send large reinforcements. Gen
eral Bouet concludes by saying that it is
impossible to form an'approximate Idea
ot the Black Flags.
London, Nov. 2.—A Paris c orrespond
ent says that Challemel Lacour resigns
because he has publiciv intimated his be
lief that a foreign power, namely: Eng
land, has been urging China to resist
France. M. l’aulbert was made Minister of
lustruetion in place of M. Ferry.
A Paris correspondent says that the
statement made by Pest her Lloyd, that
the Orleans Princes had sounded Prince
Bismarck relative to their making claim
to the throne of France, and that he made
a reply which afforded tuem no hope that
Germany would approve such a course,
is eutirely without foundation.
The Daily Teleyraph this morning savs
that it has the highest authority for stating
that Marquis Fseng still enjovs the unre
erved confidence of the Chinese Govern
ment.
Germany’s Exports and Imports.
Berlin, Nov. 2.— The Bureau of Statis
tics states that the imports of grain into
Germany from the beginning of January
to the end of September showed a decrease
as compared with the same period in 1882
while the exports showed a marked in’
crease, especially ol wheat and oats, the
quantity of both ot those cereals being
nearly doubled.
O’Donnell’s Defense.
* HtCAtiu, Nov. 2. —Congressman Fiii
erty has received the following cable dis
patch from A. M. Sullivan, dated London:
‘lt is positive that none but members of
the English bar will be allowed active
participation in court.” This refers to
the trial of O’Donnell for the murder of
informer Carey.
Schools Closed l>y Diphtheria.
Worcester, Mass., Nov. 2.—West
Bovlston schools have been closed on ac
count of diphtheria. Fifty cases and live
deaths have been reported within a week.
MUTINY IN A NUNNERY.
Sisters of St. Vincent De Pa,ul Revolt
Against Bishop Gilmour.
Xew York World Clerelund Special, Oct. 31.
For a number of years considerable
trouble has existed between the Right
Reverend Bishop Gilmour, of this city,
the nuns in his diocese. This trouble
has linally resulted in the determination
on the part of a number of the Sisters of
St. \ lucent de Paul to revolt against
his attempts to govern them.
Sister St. Augustine, whit was the
Mother Superior of the order during the
time that Bishop ltappe had charge of
this diocese, was the person to whom is
due most of the credit for the establish
ment of the St. Joseph** Hospital, and
Bishop Rappe gave to tho Sisters a deed
of the property on Monroe street, on
which their nunnery is located, and ever
since that time they have held these
; premises and their other property in their
' own name.
The Sisters also had a right to choose a
new Mother Superior once in three years
none of tho Sisters being eligih* t hma
thin office for more than two {Wins of three
years each. They were thus Independent
of the Bishop, and bound only by the rules
of their order which they swore to obev
when they took the veil.
Their rights to elect their Mother Supe
rior and to hold their property had always
been respected until Bishop Gilmour
attempted to coerce them, and now a mu
tiny has arisen among them. They hold
that they are not bound to obey the rules,
laid down by the Bishop, and do not pro
pose to place themselves entirely in his
power by giving him their property.
Three of the nuns of the order have
packed up their worldly goods and left
for parts unknown. One rumor says they
have gone to Europe, while another states
that they have gone elsewhere to start a
nunnery. It is also reported that the de
camping nuns took with them $60,000 in
bonds aud securities.
Bishop Gilmour this afternoon said to a
reporter that he was not prepared to be
interviewed upon this subject.
“At least,” he added, “no* In the hap
hazard manner characteristic of inter
viewers. I should be jierfeetly willing
that the public should know all about
this matter, but would prefer to see the
article before it is printed.”
“Will you, then, make a statement!’'
‘•Yes, I will make public the following
declaration: It is true that three Sisters
have left St. Joseph’s Hospital and re
turned to their families. They have done
so alter years of dissatisfaction at the
duties and responsibilities which they
had assumed ? and at their own request.
They have simply severed their connec
tion with the Sisterhood and are not ex
communicated. There it* not one word ot
truth in the assertion that the Sisters
when they left took money or anything
else of value belonging to the church or
corporate society. There is trouble rela
tive to the tenure of property of the St.
Joseph’s Hospital, on Monroe street. This
property was bought by subscription, and
instead of being placed in the name of the
Bishop for the use of the diocese, a cor
poration was formed under the name of
the St, Joseph’s Hospital. I have in
sisted that the property should oe placed
iu my charge, and this has been resisted.
Ibo matter will be decided, not in the
municipal court, but iu the courts of tho
church,”
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