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ESTABLISHED 1850. I
, J. H. BSTILL, Editor and Proprietor, I
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
; OttGl A. FIiORIDA AND SOUTH
’ tWROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
k I brrateueU Water Famine In Athens
\ Negro Mass Meeting at Pensacola—
Ui Important Cattle Sale at Athens—
starke Indignant Over the Cnniluct of
, Fugitive Missionary.
GEORGIA.
v . pound alligator lias been shot near
. vlumbus Guards will compete in the
;rill at tufaula.
, liaptist an<l Presbyterian churches of
. re now without pastors.
t . M . .re, late a route agenton the South-
Railroad, died at Macon Saturday.
i;g of a school room in Amerieus
i- lay. but no one was seriously hurt,
.huge crop will be late on account of
•v. >ttier. Many persons have not yet
1 their seed.
1, grand jury of Thomas county recoin
t the liquor license of Thomasville
Putter-sin, the man in Hanks county
ut Ins wife’s throat, is now living hap
n :th her again.
\rte-ian House well in Albany is flKiv
t • ; Jeep. If no accident should occur to
orogre-- of the work it will probably
n,-d this week.
\ a , -s.IT announces himself as a candi
r the Athena Mayoralty, and promise*
ir;i.ute the salary of the office, SBOO,
r l the purchase of a city clock,
v- - Holman has just received the lincst
■all that has ever been brought to
_v. liis name is Corsidro, and ia a son of
i. .>u bull Pedro. His grand dam,
. brought $30,000.
: g McKenzie, a negro, who has been
u Amerieus since lsa2 for deserting
Umeti. ami leaving him in grief to the
. .: ol about S2OO, was ruptured near
M . tetuina Thursday.
j Athens |to-t office s-,ld 200.000 stamps
; i little over 100.000 for the preceding
I he Ist day or October 2.800 letters
; ailed. The reduction m postage w ill
. fIV : tint receiptsof the Athens post office.
I ihe cities which are boring artesian
gues-es are mn-le at the depth which
.-I t water, each estimate laung hacked
extent of half a dollar. The person
, tig the nearest to the right depth wins
{i ( c pilrse.
the contested stock law case from Wilkes
. ~ Judge Pottle this week decided that
is no appeal from the decision of the Or
, irv. This decision also settles tlie Ogle -
. ( . troubles, and the farmers down there
i- well begin to tear down their fences.
Vtl'.cns is seriously threatened with a water
...be. Four-fifths of the wells in town have
. >|ry, and in some neighborlussls as many
.- twenty families are using from one well,
oe others have been locked up to save the
:uitetl supply- of water. Wells that never
..■tore failed are now' dry.
Two months ago a negro who had been em
yed by Mr. Thomas of Waynesboro, to
> ait on liis ro*uu. stole two suits of clothes
ind a tine double-barreled shotgun, and de
parted. Mr. Thomas has beeu on the lookout
tor him ever since, and on Wednesday night
found him in 11. Franklin's store and effected
his capture.
Major F. 1,. Allen, formerly of Waterbury,
i inn., but for the past three years a resident
Quitman, died but Tuesday*. Major Alien
. i been in ill health for several y ears, an.l a
: from his buggy about three weeks ago
i.ised him to take his bed, from which he
• r arose, lie was owner and proprietor
of the Allen House.
Mr-. Aggie U. Jones, of Albany, is dead.
- -a a-i t tie daughter of apt. Y. G. Rust, of
\ my, and widow of the late Col. Edwin T.
-. father of Judge W. T. Jones. She
. - two sons. Edwin and l.ee Jones; a sis
,..T. Mrs. l>r. P. L. liilsinan; two brothers,
'l. ilt. >. and V. . Itusi. and'a mother
.it.*l father to mourn her death.
it Columbus Saturday night, while Georgia
. . . r.cured, was preparing a fish to lie
. kc I. -In- stuck a fin in one of her lingers.
I. i -hurt time the finger was swollen to
rge pro|Mwtions and the woman suffered
pain. >he had the li extracted by a
-i- ::ui, but it is probable that she will yet
. r a great deal from the wound.
\ difficulty occurreil last Saturday night
cii a couple of train hands, lioth col
. ai the Wayneslioro depot, in which ltiil
c \vn shot Alk- Coo|ier, the ball taking ef
ai-out an inch lielotv the left nipple,
-ir:k:ug a rib and glancing around to the
kU.no, where if was found and cut out.
mud i- painful, but not dangerous,
li tied, and lias not been heard of since.
I. t:i hail from Milledgeville.
In. Macon <re.ipAie says: “t'rawford High
s ;i..01. at Dalton, which has been under the
- .j-crvision of Mercer University,haschanged
-name to •The Joseph K. Brown Umver
-ity,' and Kev. Mr. McCall has resigned pas
harge of tin- Dalton Baptist Church,
and will assume management of the univer
sity. Military discipline w ill be maintained.
A report was circulated that Senator Brown
would endow the institution, but the Senator
denies that he has any such iuteutiou.”
The Athens ßanner- ITatehrnn says:‘•some
time since the Kev. TV. Lane visited a
house tn Athens that was selling liquor ami
advised them to stop the liiisinesS. The head
of the firm replied that they rail their liu-i
--.■ -- m a respectable manner, and he thought
f liquor was sold at all it should be done by
■ • right sort of men. ‘Ah. there you make ii
i staice.'" was the reply. ‘When such gentle
men as comprise your house haudle the curse,
-a. - the traffic a degree of respectability to
u hit is not entitle*!. and you are doing the
try more harm than a hundred low flown
-.cries. The more debauched the man that
the sooner will he lie held in abhorrence
.ill decent people.’ His argument went
. an t that house at once quit the busi
i m re i- a farmer in this county, says tin*
Athens B inner- Watchman- who raises prolific
. w ith cars about the size of pop-corn. A
t.-a days since a relative visited him, w hen,
-a or his hospitality the farmer ordered liis
gro i<> give his animal twenty cars. “But
vo . ill nmndermy pony,” replied the friend.
"iV.u't matter. You dou't coiue to see me
• ■;cn. and I Intend to feed high," was the de
termined response. But the kinsman grew
ia- aS.ut his horse.and soon found an i>\-
to visit the stable, w ith the intention of
t . s-.iig some of the corn from the trough; but
w la n he saw the size of the ears he called the
.-tier and remarked, “Look here, boy, take
t h -quarter and give my pony forty instead
twenty ears of corn. I'll risk the founder
\n important cattle sale is made the sub
c.t ~f the following mention
' the Athens Banner Watchman:
“Tm- Hughes Jersey cattle aver
- ?-'.o 25 tH*r head, which is the best price
'* rhid at a Jersey sale in the south. The
property came within II of selling for its ap
-1 value, wnicli specks well for the
Iginent of the gentleman who had the mat
ter in hand. TVc are glad to know that but
•'v of the Jersevs will leave Athens, as most
■ the herd was bought by our own citizens.
I lirviem Jersey farm was a proud en
terprise for Athens,"an 1 it wouhl hnve been
quite a blow to our enterprise to have lost
lhee fine rattle. But l>r. Lyndon has stepped
nto tlie shoes of Mvj. Hughes ami is now one
of the great Jersey kings of Georgia.
FLORIDA.
\ Board of Trade is oil the tapis at IVnsa
lr. Mapleton, of Greenwood, is iu mourning
for tu- w'fe.
Pensacola is free from sickness, and Imsi
ne-s is booming.
The construction of Madison’s new hotel has
Wen commenced.
I.a-t Monday 200 people arrived in I‘alatka
by lioaU and cars.
•lodge Euoch J. Vand is nominated for tiov
• rmnyiy the 11 amil'on county Tim**.
Miss I.ucy C. Mauitsby. aged 53 years, and
W. J. Jones, both of Marianna, died recently.
A consignment of Pensacola oranges re
cent! v made the trip to Chicago in four and a
half days.
Wvndham Bourke, llic Earl of Mayo, who
has been out Vest on a hunting jaunt, will
pass the winter in Florida.
some mischief maker is annoying tjuinoy
t>y ringing the tower bell almost incessantly
every ...her night or so.
Wii; am A-tor. of New York, has recently
-ent to Mrs. .1. I>. Mitchell a check for S2OO, to
•c u-ed for the henelit of St. Luke's Hospital
at Jacksonville.
• apt. W. M. Pukes, of T.ake City, and Mr.
' •'Keefe.of McKinney, Columbia county,each
have an orange tree which they expect to
> '.eld |IOO wortli of fruit.
The peninsula between Pensacola ltay and
~anta Rosa Sound is settling up rapidlv.'They
"ill soon have a post office, and now they
want a voting precinct.
The Pensacola Board of Health, at its ses
- on Thursday, appropriated SSO for the relief
• f the sick ami suffering at Williams’ settle
ment, in Escambia county.
Theodore Edwards, of Olustee, has been
exonerated from blame in shooting the negro
Samuel Cooper, who created a disturbance in
Mr. Edwards' store, and tinsl upon him when
ejected.
G. W. Perkins, a Pensacola painter, while
engaged in painting M. Sullivan's house, last
luc-dav, fell from tiie second story, hut
escaped without more serious injury than a
broken arm.
Jackson county is now building a bridge
arms- Alligator, on the road from Campbell
in to Chtpier. Mr. Bevis, the lowest bidder,
has the contract at |i 75 a foot and gives bond
l" keep up the bridge for three years.
Contrary to other reports, the Runner says
that an effort will be made to have the Ocala
House opened at an early day for the enter
tainment of winter visitors.' It will contain
150 sleeping rooms, fifty of which will be in
suits.
On account of the drought, which seems to
* prevalent alt over the country, the orange
• rop ot Florida is maturing slowly, and tiie
fruit is somewhat smaller than usual, but the
prospects lor a good crop is considered excel
lent. The yield is expected to lie much larger
than last year’s.
The Madison Recorder, of the lOtll inst.,
says: “Several cars on the down freight
Thursday night were thrown from the track
and smashed up considerably. One car xx as
thrown across the track exactly at right
angles and the end of another plowed into
the ground to the depth of four feet. No one
was injured at all."
A representative of the Florida Timber and
Lumtier Company, of Sew York, who own
150,i0 acres or land in that section, is in that
city looking after their interests. He will
have the lands located, classed and put uinm
the market at once, and states that about fifty
families In Illinois are looking to that section
for lands upon which to locate.
At Minneola, in Sumter county, one day
last week, Robert Straker, a young man from
Hapidan, \ a., who worked in Mr. Bishop’s
saw mill, by some means fell upon the swiftly
running circular saw, and was instantly cut
to pieces. He was a man of family, and ranch
respected for his industry and integrity. His
wife and children are being cared for by Mr.
Bishop.
The Monticello Constitution has this: "Many
years ago a man by the name of Bird, re
siding in the lower portion of Madison county,
was appointed a Justice of the Peace, arid
although his commission expired years ago,
until recently he has exeerci*ed the duties of
the office, trying parties guilty of minor
crimes, performing the marriage ceremony,
etc. of course, none of his acts were or are
legal.’’
Dr. TV. T. Bacon,of Lake City, has received
from Hon. K. K. Foster. President of the
Agricultural College Board, his appointment
as local iniqiector of the building during erec
tion. He is to inspect daily all work as it
progresses, and report promptly to the board
and architect any failure on the part of the
contractors to comply with specifications,
either as to the character of material used or
of the work performed.
The Marianna lime* says: “Capt. J. B.
Anderson, Tax Collector, hgs, we learn,
settled in both the .State and county taxes.
He settled in full last week with the state
Comptroller at Tallahassee for the State
taxes, and he has not only paid lip Hie countv
taxes, but lie returned the smallest instlverit
list that has been given in for vears, if not the
smallest ever returned in the countv. The in
solvent list this year amounts to about SSOO.
and it has since the war amounted to near
$5,000
The Leesburg .Vssays that the Florida
Southern Railroad will have a boat <ui the
lakes this winter. Capt. Avery was in that
town on Saturday last to obtain information
relative to tbe practicability of bringing the
boat up the Ocklawaha river, hut in conse
quence of the low stage of the water in the
river, he has concluded that it will be advis
able to have the material transported to Fort
Mason and tbe boat thereconstrueted. Every
thing will he ready within two months. This
lwi.it, w hile run in the interest of the road,
will likewise lie a general trumqiortalioii boat,
and all bauds can take a ride.
The Adrance-Gmette print* the following as
indicative of the extent of Pensacola’s fish
eries interests: “Octolier .‘to steamer Millie
TV ales brought in 1,H00; on November 2, 800;
Novemlier 7, 1,800. schooner Niantic, October
::o, l.soo: Novemlier:!, soo. Schooner Ripple, No
vi-mlnT I, 1,000; NovemU-r 5, 1,300: Schooner
TVhcnan, October 28, 800; November 4, 900.
schooner .Jack, I Don't Care, November 4. 500
l>omp.tiio, 30 barrels of sheephead. These fish
were distributed from New York to si. Paul,
in the North, and St. Louis, Kansas City and
New Orleans, in the West and South. . It is
estimated that Pensacola- now ships from
75,000 to 100,000 pounds weekly of the best
fresh fish in the world.”
Two convicts have escaped from the jail at
Apalachicola. Both were negroes, one a boat
thief, while the other had been convicted for
rape and sentenced for life imprisonment in
the State prison. The Tribunt furnishes the
following particulars: “The prisoners, from
appearance.-, liad friends on the outside, some
four or live in number, who came a little after
dark, and commenced to dig the dirt away
from the rocks at the northwest corner of the
building; when they came to the rocks under
neath the building, then they used tools and
cut to the floor, which is composed of thick
planks. This seemed to lie a great ob
stacle, for they were obliged to set
a lire underneath and burn a
hole through the floor sufficient for a body to
pass through, and enter the main part of the
building. When this was done they brought
in tools and passed them into the cell, where
the prisoners were confined, enabled them to
break the look ou the cell door and pass out
through the hole which was already dug for
them by their friends. Thomas, the mur
derer, was confined in a separate cell and did
not escape. He stated to us that lie heard the
men when they came to break into the jail,
and that they Worked a long time before they
effected an entrance. It was about midnight
when thev got out.”
A citizen of Starke. Fla., sends the follow
ing for publication: “Regarding it a duty to
warn the public of ini)>ostors, frauds and
criminals, I w rite you for publication the fol
lowing, and hope you'll request all .State pa
per- and exchange's to copy: During tlic sum
mer of I>B2one Kev. TVm. J. Morel came to
the work at Kingsley Lake and Lawtey under
the ac.-piee-of the Northern Methodist Epis
copal Church. Said Morel is a Frenchman, a
native of the Island of Guernsey (or Jersey),
English C liannel, was a missionary in the
West India Islands, came thence to thiseoun
try. and was at Pensacola. Fla., before com
ing to Kingsley Lake. Being of
good address and having a first-class
certificate as a teacher from tbe State
Superintendent of Schools, lie became a
teacher in the Starke Institute in January of
this year. Last May liis wife died with a dis
order mysterious to physicians. On October
2!i said Morct ran away from Starke, mailing
in hi- flight most vile and obscene letters to
several parties here, showing himself a base
impostor and fraud, lie abandoned his little
girl, alsiut 5 years old, to the charity of the
community, since his flight circumstances
have come to light that prove him an impostor
and regular black-leg villain, and evidence
shows that he was an escaped criminal when
became to the United States. Charges pre
ferred in affidavit for a warrant are: I. Ob
taining moneyjunder false pretence. 2. Ob
scene blackmail. J. Being a fraud and im
postor. 4. Wife poisoning, said Morel is
about 29 years old, 5 feet and a few inches in
height, rather stout, rich and somewhat dark
complexion, dark hair and large dark eyes,
goalee and moustache.speaks French and Eng
lish fluently,and wears No. s or 9 shoes. Is very
apt to pass elsewhere as missionary to the
colored race. Episcopal minister or Catholic
priest. Is apparently very frank and lioyish
in disposition, lias an oily tongue, and can
preach an eloquent sermon. It is rumored
that he was recently in the vicinity of St.
Mary's, Ga. Any official in Ibis or other
States will please arrcst him and telegraph to
officials at Starke, Fla.”
sot Tit C A KOI. IN' A .
A reunion of the Confederate soldiers of
Barnwell county w ill bo held at the court
house on Nov. 27.
Jerry Cox. at Georgetown, lias been son -
tcnceif to 1h- hung on the 21st of December for
killing his employer.
A colored Isiv was killed by another lov in
Edgefield county lii-t week. They were play
ing with a loaded pistol,
Mr. 11. Baum has raised this year about one
hale of jute on a half acre of lainl on Ills plan
tation in Kershaw county.
Last Saturday night the gin house of Capt.
A. J. Clinkscales, of Abbeville, was burnt to
the ground. About six hales of cotton were
destroyed.
Governor B. F. Perrv, of South Carolina,
who resides in Greeuv ille. lias w ritteu a lmok
of reminiscences w hich will lie of great inter
est when it is published.
Mr. L. Strolitz, of 155 King street. Charles
ton. who mysteriously disappeared about two
months ago, lias returned to Ills home and
family. He went West.
Major J. C. Richardson’s store at Robert
vilie, Hampton county, was burned last week
bv an accidental lire. The loss amounted to
sfl.ooo, on which there was no insurance.
The contractors on tin* new Beufort court
house have begun work, and the old court
house yard presents a busy scene. The
trenches for the foundation have been dug,
and they will Ik.* shortly put in place.
The Postmaster of Jedburg writes that a
negro boy eighteen years of age got his left
arm caught in the saws of N. B. Field’s gin
last week aud cut to pieces. The doctor
xx ill have to amputate it above the elliow.
Frank Hamer's barn and stables, in Marl
boro’ county was destroyed bv tire last Sun
day. The loss amounted to about $1,500 and
no insurance. Neil Dimery, a mulatto, has
been lodged in jail charged'with the burning.
Mr. I. E. Hendricks' gin-house and con
tents in Pickens county was accidentally
burned on last Friday. Beside the house null
gin. Hie press, condenser, self-feeder and
about four bates of seed cotton were burned.
The tire was accidental.
A little daughter of Mr. James Kimbrell,
of Spartanburg county, wont to the field with
her father last Saturday. While playing
around a burning brush heap her clothing
caught fire aud she was so badly burned that
she died of her injuries.
It is so dry in the Centerville neighborhood,
Colleton comity, that the water used there iu
the steam mills has lobe brought a distance
of four miles. The drought isso severe in the
county that the stock and people are suffering,
and the ]>onds, branches, swamps and even
the wells an* all dryiug up.
It is proposed by a number of gentlemen of
Summerville, interested in cultivating the
musical and dramatis talent of the town, to
build at an early day a large and ornamental
building for the purposes of their enterprise.
This hall is designed to till the place of an old
ante-bellum institution of the place which was
just after the war appropriated by a regiment
of negro soldiers, ami left by them in a ruined
condition.
The new gold and silver medals intended
for awards at the State fair have been re
ceived bv Secretary Holloway and are very
handsome. They are stamped from anew
die made tinder the direction of the Secreta
ry, and are much handsomer titan the old
medals. The palmetto tree—that emblem so
seldom well minted or eDgraved—is faithfully
counterfeited, and the leading agricultural
products of the state are shown.
On October 2!) Mr. Seaborn Whittle, of
Edgefield county, who had been to Augusta
to sell his cotton ami was returning home,
was set upon by fouror live negro men, whose
feet, he discovered after, were carefully bun
dled up in rags. This was at 8 o'clock at'night,
ami he was entirely alone. They stopped the
horses, dragged him from tiie wagon, held him
down, having first rubbed sand iu his face and
eyes, and riled Ids pockets; they also com
pletely rifled the wagon. They then depart
ed noiselessly into the woods. They took
from Mr. Whittle some $45 in inonev, and
about $lO more in provisions and dry goods.
Sea Island Xeice: On tbc farm owned bv
Mr. A. O. Jones,on Broad river, lies the body
of Hon. I’aul Hamilton, who was, during
President Madison's administration, from
ISO 9 to 1813. Secretary of the Navy. The at
tention of the Navy Department was called
to the neglected spot by C'apt. Janies E. Jou
ett, who discovered it while limiting—his fa
vorite pastime. The suggestions of Capt.
Jouett, that tne place be cleared and enclosed
by a wire fence, has been favorably acted
upon bv the department, and a space 60 by 90
feet will he so enclosed and cleared by Assist
ant Paymaster L. C. Kerr, assisted ly the
men of the Pawnee.
A Good Investment.
My wife said 1 was a fool when I brought
home a bottle of Parker’s Ginger Tonic.
But when it broke up my cough and cured
her neuralgia and baby’s dysentery she
thought it a good investment. — -V. Y.
Tailor. •
ASAVANNAH BOAT’S PERIL
FLAMES ON THE TALLAHASSEE
OFF THE HIGHLANDS.
The Cotton Cargo Badly Damaged, But
the Kosin and the Steamer Unharmed
—Heroism of the Officers and Crew—
The Losses Covered by Insurance in
Local Agencies.
New A ork. Nov. 12.—A lire broke out
on the steamship Tallahassee, of the Ocean
Steamship Company, last evening, and at
10:30 o’clock she was towed up the North
river to pier 33. An alarm ot fire was
sent out, and the iireboats Zophar Mills
and William 11. liavemeyer went imme
diately to the scene. The tire was in the
lower hold, and after a great deal of hard
work ou the part of the crew and the fire
men of the four engines that were subse
quently summoned, the flames were got
under control.
Captain W. 11. Fisher stated that the
cargo was general merchandise, including
3,200 bales of cotton and a quantity of
rosin. The vessel is divided off by batches
into two holds, an upper and lower.
‘•Just as wq were passing the High
lands at 0:30 o’clock last-night,” the Cap
tain said, “we smelt smoke, and immedi
ately shut down all the hatches. We
discovered that the fire was in the lower
hold. We were at supper at the
time. We immediately stopped the ship,
and forced a seventv-five pound pressure
of chemical gas into the hold, besides
running six lines of hose into cuts to
I>ut out the burning cotton, which by this
time we found was on fire. We lowered
boats, anil all was made ready in case of
the necessity arising to abandon the ship.
There was a heavy fog at the time. The
passengers behaved admirably, and were
not at all frightened. There were twelve
passengers and a crew of forty-seven on
board the threatened vessel.”
Immediately the flic was got undercon
trol at 11:30, a gang of longshoremen
were put to work taking out the injured
and half burnt cargo.
At 3 o’clock this morning the firemen
began to reel up their hose from the
steamer, and the two fire boats, Patrol and
Zophar Mills, which were lying alongside
of her, stopped their pumps.
It was discovered that the fire originat
ed between the decks, in the forward hold.
It. was 10 o’clock before the steamer reach
ed her dock.
As to all appearances, the tire started
between the boxes and the cotton. The
Dames had evidently been smouldering
for some time. Agent Yonge stated to a
Telegram reporter that no one could tell
the origin of the fire.
As to the damages, he said that the ship
was virtually as sound as ever, as the
only injury she sustained was to her
hatches, which had been partially burn
ed. but they could be replaced for S2OO.
The total damage to the cargo, which
was principally through steam and water,
could not be over $30,000.
The naval stores, consisting ol rosin
and turpentine, were saved from ignition
by flooding tbe entire hold, the water
being several feet deep in the engine room.
“It is very fortunate that the Tallahas
see was an iron ship,” said Mr. Yonge;
"if she had been a wooden vessel she
would, in all probability, have been de
stroyed, her cargo lost,' and some of her
passengers burned to death or drowned.
She had 3,200 bales of cotton on board, be
sides a large miscellaneous cargo. The
loss is covered by insurance placed with
agents in Savannah.”
The Tallahassee is one year old, is built
of iron with an iron deck, and is divided
oil' into air-titrht compartments. She is
valued at $350,000,
The passengers, appreciating the cool
ness and bravery of the Captain in the
moment ol trying danger, addressed a
complimentary letter to him, which was
sianed by all of them. Among the names
were J. 11. Kaine, of Atlanta, Ga.; Charles
S. Blun, of Savannah; R. F. (juirk, of
England; William McManus, of Rahway,
N.J.; A. C. Stevens, of Binghamton, N.
Y.. and Captain Sawlole, of this city.
THE CORN CROl*.
The October Estimate of 1,000,000,000
Bushels Practically 'Unchanged.
Washington, Nov. 12.—The November
report ot the Department of Agriculture
gives the local yield per acre in October.
The fine report of the condition of corn,
which averaged TB, was interpreted to
mean a product close to 1,600,000,000
bushels. The average yield per acre ap
pears to be 32 1-10 bushels, V/ t bushels
per acre lower than the yield of 18S2.
This gives a result practically identical
with that of October on the acreage re
ported in July, 68 3-10 millions. The
exact figures would be 1,570,000,-
000 bushels. lu the revision
of the season’s returns, this result will
not be materially changed. The product
will, theretore, be about 40,000,000 bushels
short of the previous crop, notwithstand
ing the increase of area. This is the third
in succession below the average yield,
following six successive crops above an
average yield, or 26 bushels per acre. The
yields of the corn surplus States arc as
follows: Ohio, 28 bushels per acre; Indi
ana, 27: Illinois, 20; lowa, 24 3-10; Mis
souri, 27 3-10; Kansas, 30 7-10; Nebraska,
30 bushels. The best quality and
largest yields of tbe season are in
the Missouri valley. In the Middle States
New York averages 22, New Jersey 28,
and Pennsylvania 28 5-10 bushels. In the
Southern States, Maryland averages 235-10
bushels, Virginia 14, North Carolina 12,
South Carolina 8, Georgia !>, Florida
S 3-10, Alabama 11 5-10, Mississippi 13 5-10,
Louisiana 14 2-10, Texas 17 1-10. Tennes
see '-’o.
The quality ot the crop in the frosted
belt is very poor. The quantity reported
is 20 s-io bushels In Minnesota, 21 5-10 in
Wisconsin, and 23 5-10 in Michigan.
The potato crop is as large as heretofore
reported, amounting to about 175,000,000
bushels.
AX ASTOUNDING SWINDLE.
The UegxHrly Assets of the /Etna In
surance Company of Chicago.
Chicago, Xov. 12. — The final report of
the receiver of the -Etna Life Insurance
Company, of this city, which went to
pieces shortly after the great fire of 1871,
was made in the United States Court
to-day. The report oi the Master in
Chancery in connection with the receiver’s
report and iscloses a rather astonishing
state of affairs. The company’s assets
include what was claimed to be $142,000
of secured paper. In settlement the total
amount realized was $215. The master
says: “This paper was all fraudulent
and worthless, signed by worthless, in
solvent, bankrupt or unknown persons,
and the securities were trust deeds to
property which the makers din not own.’’
The testimony shows that the company
was a swindle, and that it was organized
for the purpose of obtaining money under
false pretences. It was able to do this,
as the State Auditor accepted the assets
as satisfactory.
A SPIRITUALIST SUED.
He Is Charged xvlth Libelling Two Men
xvho Had No Faith. ,
New Y'ork. Xov. 12.—1n Kings County
Supreme Court to-day there was begun
the trial of a suit for $30,000 damages,
brought by Wm. It. and Thomas S. Tice
against Jonathan M. Roberts, pro
prietor oi the Mind and Matter ,
a spiritualistic journal. The plain
tiffs charge that they have been
libeled by the defendant, in whose
paper they have been attacked because,
as they claim, they exposed the fraud of a
seance given by ’Professor James some
time ago by searching the medium and
disclosing a quantity of garments which
were to have been used in clothing spirits
and which he had concealed on his person
preparatory to entering his cabinet. The
trial will probably last two days.
Killed by a Falling Scaffold.
New York, Nov. 12. While eight
bricklayers were at work this afternoon
on a scaffold on a school house in course
of erection at Pleasant avenue and One
Hundred and Nineteenth street, one or the
cross beams supporting the scaflold broke
and precipitated six of the men from the
third story to the street below. Two of
them were killed outright and four were
injured. Two of the men at work on the
scaflold succeeded in grasping supporting
beams, and saved themselves from falling.
The timber used in building the scaffold
was new, and it is said that it was care
fully constructed.
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SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1883.
A STORM ON THE LAKES.
Northern States Bending under a Chilly
Hurricane from the Ice Fields.
Washington, Nov. 12.—The weather
turned intensely cold last night and a
fierce gale prevailed all over the Northern
States and Canada, the cold and wind
being particularly severe on the lakes.
Snow two inches deep fell at some points
in Canada, and to a less depth in the
State of New York and on the south shore
of the lakes. A number of vessels were
wrecked on the lakes. One near Roches
ter is ashore and the entire crew are miss
ing. Several others are anchored near
the same place showing signals of dis
tress, but no one can get to them. At
Troy, N, A'., snow fell and several build
ings were unroofed and otherwise dam
aged.
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 12. —Dispatches
irom various points in Ontario indicate
that the storm of last night was very se
vere. At Hastings the spire of the Ro
man Catholic Church was blown down
and the church otherwise damaged; saw
mills were unroofed and fences blown
down. At Belleville, Robertson’s block
was unroofed and other houses were dam
aged, and chimneys, fences and trees
were blown down 'in all parts of tue
city. The gale was accompanied by
lightning, thunder and a fearful down
pour of hail. When the gale struck Met
ropolitan Hall, in which the Salvation Ar
my meeting was being held, the rattling
of the scenery, caused by the wind,
created a panic. Three women fainted
anti a rush was made for the stairs, down
which many tumbled in their haste. For
tunately no one was severely hurt.
The light ship at Colchester foundered
at her anchorage. Fears are entertained
tor the safety of Capt. Fewest, who was
the only person on board.
Cleveland, 0., Nov. 12.— During a
furious gale last night. Joseph Lamb,
night watchman at the woolen mills in
Wilson avenue, while making his rounds
examining the upper doors and windows,
was blown oil' from the outside stairways
and hurled across the narrow street to
the ground, thirty feet below, with such
violence that liis back was broken and lie
subsequently died. No disaster to ship
ping is reported in this district of the
iake, except the beaching of the steam
barge Johnston.
Chicago, Nov. 12.—A fierce gale pre
vailed on Lake Michigan all day yester
day and last night. Ten days ago the
schooner Arab went ashore in the harbor
of St. Joseph, Michigan. The tug Protec
tion got her afloat Friday and they were
to have left for Milwaukee Saturday, ex
pecting to arrive early Sunday morning.
Nothing has been heard of them. There
were eighteen men ou board the two ves
sels and it is feared that all hands were
drowned.
250 FAMILIES BURNED OUT,
Shenandoah, Pa., the Scene of a Terri
ble Conllairration.
Shenandoah, Pa., Nov. 12.—A fire
broke out at noon to-day in the United
States Hotel, a large 3-story frame struc
ture. The wind was blowing a hurricane,
which continued during the afternoon.
The building was soon enveloped in
flames, which communicated to the ad
joining buildings north of Centre street,
then with the block on the opposite side
of the street, and at 3 o’clock 16 street
fronts were destroyed, including tbe
United States Hotel, Odd Fel
lows’ Hall, the Academy of
Music, the Herald office row, the Opera
House, the Mining Herald and the Satur
day Evening Neics offices. Assistance
was telegraphed for which was responded
to iront i’ottsville, Ashland, Girardville,
Tamaqua, Mahoney City and other places.
Over two hundred and lifty families are
homeless, having lost everything. The
loss is variousiy“estimated from $750,000
to $1,01X1,000. it is utterly impossible to
give tbe amount of insurance, but it is
supposed to be large. But few serious
accidents happened. One young man
named George Hcuton, on his way home,
attempted to jump on a passing engine
and had both legs taken off. He will die-
A special meeting of the Council and
citizens was held this evening when an
appeal to the public was drawn up.
THE INDIAN LANDS.
Judge Lawrence Denies the Application
for Interest of Minnesota.
Washington, Nov. 12.— Judge Law
rence, First Comptroller of the Treasury,
has rendered a decision denying an appli
cation of agents for the State of Minne
sota for the payment of 5 per cent, on the
value—sl 25 an acre—of the permanent
Indian reservations.ni that State. Judge
Lawrence holds that, under the statutes,
a State is not entitled to the 3 per cent,
prior to-the extinction of the Indian oc
cupancy and the sale of the lands. In his
examination of the matter, the Comptrol
ler discovered that some years ago several
States, which, by special actsof Congress,
were entitled to 5 per cent, on the value
ol permanent Indian reservations prior
to the extinction of Indian occupancy,
not only received credit for the
amounts duo them prior to the sale
of the lands, but were also allowed an
additional 5 per cent, when the lands were
sold, making 10 per cent, received by such
States, while, according to law they were
entitled to but 5 pereent. An examina
tion of the whole subject is now in
progress. The States which shall he
found to have received duplicate pay
ments, Judge Lawrence says, will be re
quired to refund the amouutof the excess,
it is estimated that the aggregate amount
to be thus refunded will reach $200,000.
THE NEW TIME STANDARD.
Objections to Its Adoption in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Washington, Nov. 12.—The Attorney
GenerrJ, in reply to the circular letter ol
the Secretary of the Navy to the heads of
all the departments of the government in
regard to the adoption of the 75th meri
dian as the standard of time in the Dis
trict of Columbia, has given an opinion
that the proposed change is open to grave
objections, and cannot be properly effected
except by Congressional action. He holds
that if the change should be made by an
Executive order only it might be con
sidered by many merely an optional
change, and would therefore be open to
many possible difficulties. The Attorney
General makes the point that Congress has
provided for the hours of labor in all the
executive departments on the basis of
time reckoned from the meridian of
Washington, and to make any change or
alteration in these hours, such as would
he required under the proposed new time
standard, would be an assumption of the
prerogative of Congress. It is not likely
that final action will be had on this ques
tion before the return of Secretary Chan
dler, xvho is expected in Washington
during the present week.
“JUDY’S” LAWSUIT.
Further Explanations or the Expansion
of the Canadian Dispatches.
London, Nov. 12.—The libel case of the
Central News against the proprietor of
Jud'i was resumed to-day. Mr. Jennings,
an employe of the Central News, testified
that the Quebec telegrams were expanded
with a letter from that city indicating
that the current opinion in Canada xvas
that plots existed to destroy Lord Lans
downe and to destroy the public buildings
by the use of explosives. He said that a
second telegram from Quebec was re
ceived containing only the words: “The
plot to explode the Circassian Rimouske
lias been thwarted. Lansdowne move
ments circuitous. Halifax dynamiters
sent to trial.”
This was the dispatch quoted at the open
ing of the examinationon the 7th, namely :
“Special Cabinet. Quebec dynamite plot.
Lansdowne discovered. Arrests proba
ble. Intense excitement;” which the
witness testified he used as a basis of
two dispatches making a thousand
words, which were sent out by the Cen
tral News. The court committed the de
fendant for trial.
South Carolina Fair.
Columbia, Nov. 12.—The annual fair
of the South Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical Society will begin in this citv
to-morrow and continue four days. The
city is handsomely decorfited and thou
sands of visitors are arriving on every
train. The premium list is liberal, and
the entries in all the departments are full.
It is announced that the exhibition of
blooded stock will be the finest ever wit
nessed in the South. Among the attrac
tions of the week will be races, a bicycle
tournament, civic parades, a pyrotechnic
display by Pain, of London, addresses,
etc.
Mrs. M. L. Satterfield, Hartwell, Ga.,
says: “I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for
dyspepsia and can now eat anything with
out hurting me.”
A KIMBALL HOUSE CRASH.
ONE OF THE RUINED WALLS
FALLS AND KILLS A BOY.
The Accident Chargeable to Gross Care
lessness —An Adjoining Building
Slightly Damaged by the Flying
Masonry—An Inspection of the Arms
of the Military and Other Notes.
Atlanta, Nov. 12.—Rain tell last
night. It was followed by a cold snap
and a stiff breeze, which has kept up all
day, and it is even more severe to
night. This rain dampened the walls of
the Kimball House left standing in the
rear of the stores on Peachtree street, and
the wind early this morning blew over a
section in the rear of Moran’s drug store.
This is Col. Richard Peters’ handsome
three-story building. The wall being
higher fell over against the rear of this
building neat the top, smashing in all the
windows in the upper stories and filling
the rear offices with brick and mor
tar. The rear windows of the store
were protected by iron gratings, which
prevented wholesale damage to them, but
the doors were smashed in. and the store
and stock badly injured. Mr. Moran was
asleep in front of one ol the windows, and
was covered with mortar and crushed
brick, the iron grating saving his life by
keeping out whole bricks. The smash
ing of the water basin at the other win
dow flooded the store with water for a
time, but prompt action confined the
damage to the rear of the store. A gentle
man had just come in the back door irom
a small arcade, and a colored boy named
Charles Washington, lately employed by
Moran, went out. In five minutes the
wall fell, and he was buried in the ruins.
The Morning News correspondent
was one of the first to reach the scene,
and aided to dig out the unfortunate vic
tim. Intense excitement prevailed all
about the square as the remains of the
wall were swaying in the wind, and those
at work digging were liable to be buried
in a similar manner. The boy was found
some live feet under the bricks and the
debris of a little shed in the rear, a small
hole in his forehead showing that death
was instantaneous from this. It was the
only visible wound although his
bones were broken. He was about
15 years old and employed as a porter at
tbe Markham House news stand bv Henry
Beerman, and had just come front there
on his way to Mr. Beerman’s store, near
Moran’s. He was an unusually steady
and industrious boy and a great help to
his parents. It is rumored that 11. 1.
Kimball settled with his mother for S2OO
and funeral expenses, which rumor
creates considerable indignation. Fublie
sentiment has severely condemned the
reckless manner in which the wall was
lelt, and to-day workmen were set to
work removing the remaining portion to
prevent a further loss of life and property.
The Central tiain in leaving the depot
to-night run over Henry Harris, colored,
and mashed both his legs to a jelly. He
is now dying at the station. He has a
wife and family. A boy who saw him
says that he fell under the cars in jump
ing oil'. lie and other colored men were
at tbe train to see waiters leave for the
Sanford House, at Sanford, Fla. He is
reported to have had a son-in-law in the
party.
It is probable that the Capitol Commis
sioners, in response to appeals from the
architects, will extend the time of putting
in the plans for the new eapitol about 30
days. Gov. McDaniel has heard from all
but one Commissioner, and they favor the
extension desired. As soon as Commis
sioner Thomas is heard from, official no
tice will be given as to the exact time
covered by the extension.
Governor McDaniel has just ordered an
inspection of the arms of the various mili
tary organizations in the State, and Col.
W. I. Heyward, Acting Adjutant General,
will commence the inspection at Augusta
and then visit Macon, Columbus, Griffin
and other important points, closing his
labors probably at Savannah about the
first of December.
L.YDOR AND EDUCATION.
Senator Blair’* Committee In Session
at Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 12.— The sub
committee of the United States Senate
Committee on Education and Labor, con
sisting of Senators Blair and Pugh, of
Alabama, met here this morning at 10:30
o’clock at the court house. Col. R. 15.
Kyle, of Gadsden, was the first witness.
He said that he was a lumber merchant,
and that the wages he paid were $1 25 per
day, although some of the mill experts
got from $3 to $3 50 per day. Most of the
farming is done on shares. Only about
00 per cent, of the children in his part of
the State attended school. Colored edu
cation was a serious question. A great
majority of the colored people born
since the war seem to feel that
getting an education is all that they need;
that they don’t have to work, and that
they will only work for a few days at a
time, just long enough to get'a little
money. The old negroes are the indus
trious ones, and the only ones that save
money or acquire land.
Ex-Gov. Robert M. Patten, of Florence,
was the next witness. He was Governor
during the reconstruction time. He testi
fied at great length upon the great mine
ral wealth of the State, saying that all the
elements for the manufacture of iron ex
isted, _ namely: the richest ore, coal
and limestone, with wood and water.
The ex-Governor said that much
credit was due the government for scaling
down the national debt. He continued:
“The New England people are a great
people, and we should copy their thrift
and industry. I don’t say ibis because
wo have an able New England lriond,
Senator Blair, with us, hut because 1 feel
that way. I trust that anew era has
opened, and that the North and South
will bury the past and march forward
hand in hand. We want more unity and
less politics.” The committee will pro
bably continue its sessions during the
entire week. Front herejthey will go to
Columbus, Ga., and thence'to Augusta
and Columbia, S. C. While at Columbus
the committee will hear witnesses from
Atlanta and other places in the same
section.
“The Jexv Balter’s” Mouth Closed.
London, Nov. 12.—Lord Mayor Fowler,
of London, has refused to allow Dr.
Stocker, Chaplain to the Court of Ger
many, who is known as the “Jew Baiter,”
and xvho is now in London, to lecture at
the Mansion. In making this retusal the
Lord Mayor said that he could not disre
gard the feelings of the Jewish communi
ty of London by giving prominence to Dr.
Stocker, a man who excited hostilities
against the Jews. Carl Blind, the well
known Socialist, in a communication to
papers here, says that every man with a
spark of humanity ought' to protest
against Court Chaplain Stocker’s detest
able crusade against the Jews.
Spain’s Prosperity.
Madrid, Nov. 12.—The Gazette pub
lishes a circular of the Minister of Fi
nance to the financial delegates of the
provinces enjoining the greatest atten
tion to the collection of taxes, in order to
increase the revenue. Spain, the Financial
Minister says, has arrived at a degree of
prosperity unknown for many years, the
budget showing a surplus. In regard to
the present budget be says that it will lie
unnecessary to employ all the extraordi
nary resources voted by the Cortes, and
he hopes in regard to the future budget
that the estimated expenditure will be
covered by the permanent resources.
A Spanish Republican Fiasco.
London, Nov. 12.—The Paris corres
pondent of the Times says that the French
Government, in expressing its acqui
escence in the appointment of Marshal
Serrano as the Spanish Ambassador to
France in place of Due de Fernan Nunez,
used the most flattering terms in regard
to the Spanish Cabinet. The same corres
pondent says that the Republican demon
stration in Madrid on Saturday, in mem
ory of Figneras, the first President of the
Republic of Spain, xvas a complete fiasco.
Only 500 bona fide Republicans partici
pated in it.
Union Pacific’s Troubles.
New York, Nov. 12.—Ellery Anedrson,
on behalf of J. J. Bradford, has obtained
an injunction from Judge Donohue, re
straining the issue of $20,000,000 worth of
second mortgage bonds of the Northern
Pacific Railway. A member of the North
ern Pacific syndicate says that the nexv
suit against the company xvas brought
by a Mr. Da Ponta, who had 10 shares of
common stock “Northern Pacific” trans
ferred in his name on Saturday. No im
portance is attached to the suit, xvhieh
will be tried in the United States Courts.
Virginia Congratulated.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 12.—The Virgin
ians resident here held a meeting to-night
and sent a congratulatory telegram on the
recent victory to the jubilee to be held at
Richmond to-inorroxv nisrht.
Mr. S. R. Irly, Louisville, Ga., says: “I
used Brown’s Irou Bitters for erysipelas
and am now sound as a dollar.”
CAPE I, ON LUTHER.
He Denies That He Effected Such Great
Reforms.
Cincinn ati, Nov. 12.—At the Cathedral
last evening Monsignor Capel delivered
a sermon on Martin Luther in continu
ance of the one delivered by him in the
morning. He first disclaimed any inten
tion of offending by what he should say
of Luther as a reformer. He said that if
he were in London to-day and should ask
what was the state of intelligence in
Europe when Luther lived, ninety-nine out
of one hundred would say that it was a
state ot gross darkness, and would add
that Luther's spark kindled the whole
world into a blaze of light. He would
show that nothing was further from the
truth than this modern view’of Luther’s
period and of his influences. He
asserted that to Catholicism and not
to Protestanism was the world indebted
for the light that followed the fifteenth
century. Printing and paper, those pow
erful agents in the diffusion of knowledge,
were invented before Luther was born.
The discovery of this new r world was the
result of the energy, learning and liber
ality of Catholic Spain. At that time
sixtv-four universities of learning existed
in different parts of Europe.
The church architecture and art of that
time were also cited as evidence that the
Catholic Church was not a suppression of
learning. The existence of republics
W'ith a prosperous commerce under
Catholic auspices gave the lie to the
charge that the Catholic Church was
the enemy of energy, learning and of lib
erty. Looking to the fruits of Luther’s
teachings, he then referred to the claim
that Luther w as a reformer, and cited acts
of Luther to show that he was not. Mon
signor Capel said, “a recent publication
says that there are 236 divisions of the
Protestant religion in England alone. On
the contrary, the Catholic Church re
mains the same everywhere throughout
all time. Luther’s teaching tends to de
struction, not to building up. It tends to
rationalism and agnosticism. Commun
ism, another of its legitimate fruits, was
not known in the middle ages.
Revolt against the principal authority
leads to all this. No nation has ever been
converted to Christianity by Luther’s fol
lowers. It would be impossible when the
rule of private judgment w’as to govern.”
Passing to the popular claim that Luther
"ave the Bible to the masses, Monsiguor
Capel said that before Luther w T as born
the Catholic Church translated the scrip
tures into the language which was the
mother tongue of all people of learning.
He argued that Christianity does not de
pend alone on reading the Bible. During the
first three centuries of Christianity
there was no New Testament. The
Catholic Church says read the scripture
but do not place your own interpretation
on them. In conclusion, he begged his
hearers to look at this matter in the light
of history and reason, and not blindly
follow the Shibboleths of prejudice re
peated during 400 years. Monsignor
Capel goes to Lexington, Ky., to-day.
A MAN OF MANY MURDERS.
Terrible Crimes Confessed by a Fiend
who Escapes the Gibbet.
Apalachicola, Fla., Nov. 12.— A few
months ago two negroes named Harrison
Thomas and Charles Belford obtained em
ployment near Apalachicola, Fla., a6
choppers in the lumber camp of Jesse
Boynton. Boynton left the camp for a
few’ days, and when he returned Belford
w as missing. Thomas professed ignorance
as to his whereabouts. A few W’eeks
later a bleached skeleton was dis
covered in a small pond near the
camp. It was identified as that of Bel
ford, Thomas’ missing companion. The
murderer’s trial has just been completed,
and furnishes one of the most astounding
chapters in criminal history. Thomas
confessed that he dealt Belford a blow’ on
the back of the head with an axe, nearly
cleaving the skull m twain. He then
hitched a yoke of oxen to the murdered
mau’s bleeding body, and thus had it
dragged into the pond for hiding. He in
tended to decapitate his victim but the
latter stirred as the axe
was descending. The two men
had married sisters, and Thomas thought
that if he killed his brother-in-law both
women would live with him. The most
astounding part of the confession is yet
to come, however. For years the county
had been the scene of" murders which
were so mysteriously executed that
their perpetrator was not detected.
Thomas’ story uncloaks them all. When
the prisoner was 12 years of age his
mother left him one day in charge of his
younger brother w’hile she went to a neigh
boring plantation to work. Vexed by the
child’s persistent crying. Thomas beat
out its brains with a billet of wood and
cremated the body in an open fireplace
on a pile of blazing logs. When the
mother returned and inquired alter the
child’s whereabouts the young murderer
pointed to the sickening and odoriferous
sight in the fireplace and said: “There
is the d—(l son of a b—. He bothered
me and 1 killed him and threw’ him into
the tire.” The mother fainted, but pa
rental love saved the criminal bv hiding
the crime.
In 1873 Thomas literally cut Enoch
Dawson, another colored man, into bits
with a knife, and narrowly escaped hang
ing for this crime. He was arrested and
tried, but, through the shrewdness of his
lawyer, he was acquitted. Several other
murders are also laid at his door. In 1878
he chopped oft' a man’s arm, and, though
the victim is still iiving, Thomas escaped
punishment. For the murder of Belford
the criminal escapes with a life-sentence
to the chain-gang; but his desperate na
ture makes the completion of tne sentence
rather doubtful, as he w ill probably effect
an escape, unless he loses his life in the
attempt.
A Double Murder.
Indiana, Pa., Nov. 12.—At West Leba
non, 12 miles southwest from here, on
Saturday evening Joseph Sarber shot his
father twice, first in the arm and again
through the head, killing him instantly.
He then entered the house and told Mary
Kelly, the housekeeper, that he had killed
his father and would kill her. He then
shot her in the arm and face, inflicting
probably fatal wounds. Sarber fled, but
w as captured and lodged in jail yesterday.
He denies the crime, but the" evidence
against him is overwhelming.
Spain’s Guest from the Rhine.
Berlin, Nov. 12.—The Crown Prince
Frederick William will start upon bis
journey to Madrid on Thursday of this
week. He will go to Genoa by way of
Munich, and will embark thence on a
German man-of-war at noon on Saturday
for Spain.
Paris, Nov. 12. — Excepting the irrecon
cilable organs, all the newspapers here
regard the projected visit of the German
Crown Prince to Madrid as merely a visit
of duty and courtesy.
Mexico at Bay.
City of Mexico, Nov. 12.—The Mexi
can Government detinitely refuse the de
mands of the English bondholders to issue
$20,000,000 worth of 3 per cent, bonds in
addition to the recogniied debt ot SBO,-
000,000. This decision ends the negotia
tions, and the Mexican representative in
London will be recalled. The government
desires a settlement, but considers the
bondholders’ demands too heavy.
Socialists Hoist a Black Flag.
London, Nov. 12.—The London cor
respondent of the Plymouth Mercury re
ports that the police of London prevented
a Socialist procession, with a black flag
inscribed “Starvation,” from approaching
Guild Hall on Friday night, during the
Lord Mayor’s banquet. A Socialist dis
patch states that atterwards thev held a
midnight meeting, at which incendiary
speeches were made.
Drowned While Fishing.
Chicago, Nov. 12.—A special from
Grand Rapids, Mich., says that O. 31.
Chase, Superintendent of" the State fish
hatcheries, and six other persons have
been drowned at l’etoskey, Mich., by the
capsizing of a small boat. No particulars
have been obtained.
Heath in Head Cheese.
Cincinnati, Nov. 12.—A special from
Akron, Ohio, says that the family of K.F.
Palmer were all taken violently ill yes
terday. The illness is supposed to be
trichina-, caused by eating head cheese.
Two of t.iem will probably die.
Ashore off Hatterus.
Washington, Nov. 12.— The Signal
corps station at Hatteras. N. C., reports
the schooner Edward Stewart. Capt. J. P.
Harlow, ashore near the Gull shoal,
eighteen miles north of Cape Hatteras.
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CHARLESTON' FLAME-LIT.
THREE GIRLS KILLER AND TWO
OTHERS DYING.
A Sixth In a Precarious Condition-
Two Miraculously Escape—Hemmed
in by the Flames all I.eap from Win
dows—Hayne Street the Scene of the
Conflagration.
Charleston, Nov. 12.—A terrible fire
occurred here this afternoon, in which
the destruction of life exceeded anything
ever known in the history of this city. The
fire started in a pile of rubbish under the
stairway in Dun's Mercantile Agency, on
Hayne street, and spread with incon
ceivable rapidity. In the story above
Dun’s oifice was located the operating
room of the . Charleston Clothing Com
pany, in which were employed at the
eight persons—seven women and
one boy. The stairway cut off all means
ol escape in that direction. The scuttle
hole in the roof of the fourth story was
nailed down. There were no fire escapes
to the building, and, frantic with terror,
the victims attempted to save their lives
by jumping to the stone pavement below’.
THE VICTIMS.
Miss Mary E. Herren was instantly
killed by jumping from the third story
window, her head striking the flagstone,
and her skull being literally split open.
Miss Susan Bond, on jumping
from the window, struck the tele
raph wire, and was then thrown feet
foremost to the pavement. Her left leg
was terribly fractured, the bones, both
above and below’ the knee, protruding
through the flesh. Her right foot was
also broken, and the skin broken open by
the concussion. Her leg was amputated
to-night, and she will hardly survive.
Miss Mary Wolfe’s hair was all burned
off, and as her body fell through the air
her clothing was all ablaze. She is in a
precarious condition.
Miss Maggie Quiulick jumped out of the
rear window of the third storv. She
struck on a tin shed and thence fell to the
ground. Her back was painfully bruised
and her upper teeth driven by the force of
the fall through her lower lip. She w ill
probably recover.
Miss Annie Tvlee was caught by two
colored men as she jumped to the ground.
Miss Laura Greener and Mrs. Abigail
Guy are missing, and are supposed to have
perished in the flames.
Robert Lighthart, an errand boy, was
caught by a colored man as lie jumped
fiom the third story window, and escaped
with slight bruises.
SPREAD OF THE FLAMES.
The flames spread w ith terrible rapidity,
and to add to the terror there was almost
a total lack of water when the fire first
began. The tw’o large grocery stores of
Robertson, Taylor & Cos., each four stories
high, were completely destroyed, as w’ere
also the clothing factory and Dun’s
agency. The Charleston Bag Factory
was badly damaged, but the building
was not burned. Robertson, Taylor & Cos.
value their stock and building at $60,000,
which is fully covered by insurance. The
loss of the clothing factory is $1,300. It
is insured. The loss on the building is
$2,000. It is also insured. The building
of the bag factory was insured for $4,000
and the stock of goods for $4,000, which
will more than cover the loss. Dun’s
Agency lost all the records of the office;
reaching back to 1848, and although the
loss of the office is insured, the valuable
records and papers can never be supplied.
The fire burned out in about four hours,
and is now completely under control.
France and Her Foes.
London, Nov. 13.—A l’aris correspon
dent says: “It is expected that M. Tirard,
the French Minister of Finance, will soon
resign, owing to the difference between
him and the Budget Committee.”
A Paris dispatch savs that delegates
from the Hovas have arrived at Tamatave
to negotiate with Admiral Galiber.
Marquis Tseng has informed a
reporter of the Standard that L’ln
transiyeant’s statement that an oiler
of mediation on the part ol the United
States in the Franco-Chinese controversy
had been declined by France, referred to
circumstances which occurred some
time ago, and which, ow’ing to the atti
tude of France, led to nojesult. He said
that until a reply* was received
to China’s last note to France negotia
tions would be at a standstill. If the
French attack Bacninh they will meet
Chinese troops, when* of course, there
will be war, in w’hich case China thinks
that it will be impossible to guarantee
the safety of foreign property and the lives
of foreigners.
lArkis, Nov. 12, 10 p. m.— lt is stated
that Admiral Courbet, commander of the
French forces in Toriquin, has informed
the government that it will be impossible
to operate in Tonquin with the present
force, and nothiug can be done till Febru
ary.
PARIS, Nov. 12, 11:30 p. m. —Admiral
Peyron, Minister of Marine, denies that
Admiral Courbet, commander of the
French forces in Tonquin, has asked for
more reinforcements.
The Liability el Sleeping Car Companies.
Pittsburg, Nov. 12.—1n the Supreme
Court this morning the judgment of the
lower court was affirmed in the suit of
Gardner vs. the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany. The case has attracted widespread
attention. Gardner secured a verdict of
S3OO, having been robbed of valuables
while sleeping in one of the Pullman cars.
The Supreme Court opinion held that the
company, while liable in an action only as
an innkeeper or common carrier, yet a
reasonable and proper degree of care
is imposed on them. The objeet
in taking passage in such cars is to per
mit the passenger to sleep while in that
helpless condition. The duty rests on the
company to exercise reasonable care and
caution against the valuables of a pas
senger being stolen from his bed or from
his clothes or person. This is not a case
of robbery by force and violence, but by
stealthy larceny.
The fact that "another passenger on the
same car was robbed the same night was
admissible as bearing on the absence of
proper care by the company.
Strikers Wreck a Train.
Panama, Nov. 12.—The strike among
the laborers and freight handlers on the
Panama Railway during the last week
culminated in the wreck ot a train. Some
miscreants removed a few- fish-plates and
replaced the rails. The engine passed
over all right, but the tender appears to
have displaced the rails. The baggage
and two passenger cars turned over, and
were precipitated down an embankment
into a swamp. The first car contained some
laborers borrowed from the canal com
pany under the most urgent need. The
second contained a guard of soldiers.
Foul play of some kind having been an
ticipated, the strikers fired on the train
and many were seriously injured, but
none was killed. Forty yards of track
were torn up. Had the train been going
at full speed the death roll w ould have in
cluded all hands.
A Lynching Averted.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 12.—A special
from Greenburg, Pa., says: “A mob of
citizens has made an attempt to lynch
Jacob Noble, who inflicted fatal injuries
on John C. Audley at Scottdale Sunday
night with a hatchet. Noble is a bail
character, and his purpose was robbery,
as Audley was known to have a large
sum of money on his person. Noble was
captured at a neighbor's house, and the
women in the neighborhood forced their
way to him with a clothes-line, but the
officers succeeded in placing him safely
in jail.”
A Murderous Mahoncite Sentenced.
Petersburg, Va., Nov. 12.— Salathlel
Lewis, on trial in Southampton county
for the murder of John L. Newson. col
ored, has been convicted and sentenced to
the penitentiary for seven years. Lewis
is a prominent Mahoneite, and New’son
w r as a straightout Republican, and one of
John F. DezendorPs warmest supporters
during the late canvass. The murder oc
curred at Jerusalem, the county seat of
Southampton, on the day that a political
meeting was held in that place.
Chief Justice Marshall's Statue.
Washington, Nov. 12.—The marble
statue of Chief Justice 3larshall, by Jlr.
Story, for which the members of the Phil
adelphia bar contributed $20,000 and Con
gress appropriated a like sum, is expected
to reach Washington early in December.
It is to be placed somewhere in the eapi
tol grounds, but the site has not yet been
decided upon.
The following testimonial is signed by
twelve of the leading physicians of Hali
fax, N. S.: “Golden’s Liquid Beef Tonic
is a very agreeable article of diet, and
particuliarlv useful in Diphtheria, Fever,
and every depressing disease. We cheer
fully recommend it. Every family should
have a few bottles.” Ask for C olden’s;
take no other. Of druggists generally.
SOLDIERS AND THEIR T.ASKS.
Inspector General Sackett Recommends
Less Menial Work.
M ashington, Nov. 12. —Inspector Gen
eral D. B. Sackett, in his report to the
Secretary of N\ ar, says: “The prime cause
of so much desertion in our army is the
employment of so many soldiers as labor
ers and mechanics in addition to the mili
tary service required of them. It is sug
gested as a remedy for desertion that
there should be a provision of the law bv
which a recruit should be retained at a
depot and carefully instructed in all the
unties of soldiery before he joins his com
mand, for which purpose authority should
exist to enlist about 1,000 men in excess of
the legalized legislative strength of the
army; that there should be larger com
and better quarters, with more
tacilities for social recreations and
amusements; that the pay of privates,
corporals, sergeants and first sergeants
*.. tD *>- lne should be increased to slf>,
S2O, s2o and S3O respectively; that the
practice of employing soldiers at con
stant labor discontinue, and the troops,
both officers and men, be restricted to the'
duties which more properly pertain to
their profession. The army should hold
that high position of honor, trust and ef
ficiency that it will command the resiiect
and support of the people. A republic
“ a ® intelligent, educated and patriotic
soldiers. It must keep abreast with the
progress of the age. The smaller the
army the more the necessity for increas
ing its efficiency. Our country of 50,000,-
000 oi people, with their vast interests,
cannot afford to dispense with an efficient
military organization if the people would
have that protection of life and property
that they expect and may rightfully claim
from the government.”
COURT MATTERS.
Important Criminal Cases.
CorreHJ>on-i/enc* of the Morning -Xetc s.
Eastman, Nov. 11. —After a session of
two weeks Dodge Superior Court adjourn
ed last night until the fourth Monday in
February next. At that time an adjourn
ed term will be held for the trial of civil
business, which is sadly in arrears on our
dockets. During the adjourned and reg
ular terms just ended the only civil cases
disposed of were those in which no de
fenses were filed, and verdicts or plain
judgments by default were taken. Almost
the entire time of the court was consumed
in the trial of criminal cases, in nearly all
of which the defendants were negroes, and
thus it has been for several terms of our
court past. Those who have money in
volved must patiently wait and let their
money remain tied up in court for months,
and, perhaps years, everything else hav
ing to give way for the. trial of
numerous crimes and offenses of
high and low grades committed by our
colored population, who never em
ploy or pay lawyers anything, but by
their misconduct and violations of the
penal code put the county to the heavy
expense of holding long terms of court
for their especial benefit.
The most important case tried was that
of Jim Crummidy, colored, who was con
victed of the murder of Mr. James A.
Mitchell last September at Chauncy, in
this county. His crime was a heinous
one, utterly without cause, provocation or
mitigating circumstance, as shown by the
evidence. Even those of his own color
are “down on him,” and say he ought to
be hung. Those who testified most
strongly against him were negroes. His
execution will be public, and will
take place on Friday, the fourth day
of January, 1884. His accom
plice, Mose Bryant, was indicted, tried
and convicted of murder in the second
degree, with a recommendation that he
be imprisoned for life in the penitentiary.
His attorney, however, has tiled a motion
for anew ? trial, and the sentence of the
court will be suspended until the hearing
of the motion. Some think a second trial
may send him to the scaffold, while a few,
it seems, think another trial might result
in his acquittal.
We are dreadfully in need of rain here.
There has been none for many weeks.
Wells are going dry and stock is suffering
as well as gardens. J. 8., Jk.
Prominent People Dead.
St. Louis, Nov. 12.—Advices from In
dian Territory say that Prof. Wm. Perry,
principal of Tishomingo Academy, con
ducted for the benefit of the Chickasaw
Nation, died Saturday. He was formerly
a resident of Columbus, Ga.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 12.—Commander
Charles 11. Cushman, of the United States
navy, died yesterday.
Manchester. N. H., Nov. 12.—Ex-
Governor Natt Head died at 6 o’clock to
night.
Oxford’s Conservatism.
London, Nov. 12.—The Oxford Convo
cation rejected the proposition to send an
address to the Emperor William of Ger
many on the occasion of the celebration
of the 400th anniversary of Luther’s birth,
because it was unwilling to commit the
University to an affair with which it had
no concern, and because it might set an
awkward precedent.
Sherman at St. Eouis.
Sx. Louis, Nov, 12.—Gen. Sherman
ajrived here this morning from New York.
There was no reception at the depot. The
General drove directly to his residence on
Garrison avenue, where he passed the
morning receiving visitors. To-night he
will be tendered a reception by the Frank
Blair Post of the Grand Army of the Re
public.
Disguised Men Attack a Farmer.
Cork, Nov. 12.—Ten disguised men,
some armed with revolvers, attacked the
house of a farmer named Horgan, at
Cowlavanny, county Cork, near daylight
this morning, and demanded his money
and gun. Horgan fired upon his assail
ants, wounding one of them. Four sthers
were arrested.
De Lesseps’ Nonchalance.
London, Nov. 12.—Count de Lesseps
is receiving visits from gentlemen en
gaged in the shipping trade, and freely
discusses with them the question of con
structing anew Suez canal. He has ac
cepted an invitation from the Mayor of
Manchester to address the citizens of that
place upon the question of building anew
canal.
Fruits of a Revenue Raid.
Washington, Nov. 12.—J. F. Allen,
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue,
reports to the Commissioner that he has
just returned to Greensboro, N. C., Irom a
raid through the counties of Randolph,
Montgomery, Moore and Chatham, where
he captured six blockade distilleries and
destroyed 7,000 gallons of beer.
Car Driver Shot by Highwaymen.
31ILWAUKKE, Wis., Nov. 12.—August
Grothe, a street car driver, was shot in the
face and back last night by highwaymen,
who attempted to steal his cash box. Whip
ping up his mules he drove one mile to
the car barns, where he fell over the
dash-board. Ilis wounds are fatal. The
thieves got nothing.
Two More Miners Gone.
W ilkksbarrk, Pa., Nov. 12.—A naked
light upon a miner's head, at the West
End mine in Coalmont this morning,
caused a terrific explosion. Michael
Barcoski was instantly burned to death.
John Eskolus and John Roller were also
burned. The latter two cannot live more
than a few hours.
An Austrian Bark Sunk.
London, Nov. 12. —The Austrian bark
Nabor arrived at Liverpool from New
York October 0 and anchored in the
3lersey. The steamer Duke of Argyle,
which arrived to-day from New Orleans,
ran into and sank the bark Nahor. The
latter’s crew was saved.
Counterfeiters Captured.
New York, Nov. 12.— Wm. E. Brock
way, Nathaniel B. Foster, and Lewis
Martin, alias Luther R. Martin, alias
Martin Luther, were arrested here to-day
for counterfeiting. Bonds, material, etc.,
was captured.
Luther’s .Statue at Eislebeu.
London, Nov. 12.—The bronze statue
of Nlartin Luther, which was unveiled at
Eisleben Saturday, is the work of Rudolfe
Sreivering, of Berlin, who is making a
statue of Washington for the city of
Philadelphia.
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is there in life worth living, and yet many
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INFORMER POOLE’S TRIAL
THE MURDER OP JOHN KENNY
THE CHARGE.
A Review of the Famous Assassina
tion—Seven Stahs and Four Gullet
Wounds Sealed the Victim’s Fate—
The Cox Murder and the Vigilance
Society.
Dublin, Nov. 12.—The trial of Joseph
Poole for the murder of John Kenny', on
the morning of July 4, 1882, iu Seville
Place, Dublin, was begun to-day before
Justice Murphy. The prisoner was de
fended by Ir. Webb and Mr. Moriarity.
Mr. Porter, the Attorney General for
Ireland, in opening the case for the prose
cution, stated it would not be
proven that Poole inflicted the
wounds that killed Kenny, but that
he lured Kenny to the place where
the murder was committed, and that he
was named by the Fenians us one of
those delegated to commit the murder.
After some medical evidence had been
given. William Lamie, the informer, was
plaeed on the stand. He appeared to be
greatly agitated. He testified that Poole
told him how Kenny was killed, and
said that the daggers used In the murder
were no good, and that thev might as
well have been chisels.
The murder of John Kennv took place
on the morning of July 4, 1882, in Seville
Place, Dublin. He was murdered because
be was suspected of giving information
concerning the assassination of Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Under Secretary
Burke. A person passing saw three men
disputing. Pistol shots were heard. One
of the men fell and the others ran away.
On the body of Kenny was found a belt
with the inscription “God save Ireland.”
The body had seven stabs and four bullet
wounds. Kenny had been previously
tired at by Fenians as an informer.
Joseph Poole and two others were ar
rested shortly after the murder and
Poole was held tor trial, while the other
two were discharged. Subsequently sev
eral more arrests were made of parties
suspected of complicity in the murder,
but these men were also discharged. On
the 19th of September, 1882, McCaffrey,
Poole and Carey, who had been under ar
rest lor the crime, were released from
custody. Poole was rearrested on No
vember 11, on the occasion of the funeral
of Detective Cox.
Their trial was postponed till the next
Assizes. On June 28 both Kingston and
Gibney were admitted to bail. On the
same date the court at Dublin acquitted
Poole of the aiiarge of conspiracy to mur
der, and he was immediately rearrested
on a charge of murdering Kemp, and on
the 29th was held for trial on a charge of
being implicated in the murder of Cox.
On January 4 the trial of Poole was post
poned till the next term of the Commis
sion Court. At the trial of the conspira
tors ill Dublin, on January 27,1883, Win.
Lamie, brother-in-law of Poole, testified to
Poole’s being a member of a vigilance
committee of Fenians which removed
certain parties.
The same societies ordered the murders
ofdvenny and Bailey. He also testified
that the same men who murdered Detec
tive Cox were charged with the murder
of Poole. On May 4 the above named was
again examined when William Lamie
testified that Poole, his brother-in-law,
came to him on the night of the murder
of Kenny and gave him a full account of
the deed". On the 11th of May Gibney and
Kingston were held for trial without bail
on a charge of conspiracy to murder
Poole, and the grand jury ou May C found
true bills against them.
On the Bth of February P. Dowling was
convicted of the murdero! Detective Cox,
and sentenced to penal servitude for life.
This cleared Poole of that charge. On
April 27 a printer named Gibney and Eu
gene Kingston were tried in Dublin on a
charge of conspiracy to murder Poole,
who was then the Fenian centre and who
was alleged to have turned informer.
Testimony was given at this trial
by Devine, an informer, that Bo
land, a Fenian centre, had sen
tenced Poole to death, and ordered
Kingston to carry out the sentence of
the society, which condemned Poole to
death and also decided upon the murders
of Detective Cox, Judge Lawson und
Director Jenkiuson, of the Criminal In
vestigation Department, and Mr. Mallon,
Chief Detective, and to blow up the house
In which the government witnesses were
lodging.
The Irish Times says that a syndicate
in London is discussing the project for
a ship canal across Ireland.
Freeman's Journal publishes the full
text of the circular proposing wholesale
immigration from Ireland, which it is
alleged the government issued, though the
authorities have disavowed any connec
tion with the paper. Freeman’s Journal
declares that the scheme is but a con
tinuation of the policy under which the
Irish were kidnapped and transported to
the West Indies in the days of Cromwell,
or as they are packed in coffin ships to
day.
London, Nov. 12.—1 tis understood that
official papers in regard to the conduct of
I/ml llossmore relative to the recent
Orange demonstrations in Ireland, have
been laid before the Lords Commissioners
of the Great Seal. The charge made is
that Lord llossmore, as Grand Master,
summoned the Fermanagh Orangemen to
resist the Parnellite invasion of Roslea.
The Times states that Earl Spencer, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, started on his re
turn to Dublin after attending the Cabi
net council on Saturday. He doubtless
returns fully informed us to the determi
nation of the government in regard to the
grave questions of policy arising in view
of the danger of a collision in the North
of Ireland between the Separatists and
the Loyalists.
Government Proclamations.
Dublin, Nov. 12.—A Nationalist and
an Orange meeting announced to be field
at Garristown on Thursday next, have
both been proclaimed. County Ferma
nagh has been proclaimed under the
crimes act.
England's Grain Market.
London, Nov. 12.—The Mark Lane
Express, in its weekly review of the
British grain trade, say# that the wheat
trade is slow, the demand for seed being
over. The millers’ terms were accepted
in London for tine, but an occasional ad
vance from fid. to Is. was r< corded in
the provinces. Flour was unaltered.
Fine malting barley was firm; inferior
was plentiful, and is cheaper. Large ar
rivals ol foreign wheat reduced the buyers
to stay their hands. Maize was rather
dearer. Fourteen wheat cargoes arrived,
three were sold, five were withdrawn and
three remained. The sales of English
wheat during the week were fii,l2o quar
ters at 40s. Id. per quarter, against 44,282
quarters at 60s. lid. during the corres
ponding week last year.
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