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GEORGIA.
I Pam wav registered at Athena
* .tinson. of Trippvilto, is 19 yean old
* R ‘ . r jjmea' creditors have arrived at an
icaM* ajcrremenl.
* v lia purchased the old “Geor-
J ire engine of Augusta.
" [ with preached at Athens Sun
jyjldr... iirui. 'l one lady.
... '..r Barrow ihanding a handsome ob
if aie residence at Athens.
eL pMnat"* -and cabbages are exeeption-
Baldwin county this year.
" . . p>: r. Athens lianloutsl.sou deposited
fc \ -nude running errands and clean
t r ,,wnirz of a woman named Sarah
u it),, l ;nt river, at ftmuliridev is a
. . -e of suicide, and a search lor her
■i m I 'oDg made.
1 ., r. -iuinsti in of Cleveland and Ilendrieks
1 , .’ r rui and in Albany by a t-alnte by the
Js’-keT. Light Artillery o‘f eight guns and a
hurrsti by the members.
I .nit— Itcnt ha* re-:gned the position of
R . vndcot of Streets of Atlanta and
• . r ~f tin- chain-gang. Capt. ’id. Cox
k i.i'D <■'* tei his succe sor.
~ xhtu—la f . night lat M.me malicious jier
„ jrt-l t" • *ds Of shot and a nuinlierof
niMol I'* ll ' throoghn wimlowof Fort Holt's
'lewart county.
M i hast summerlin, of Heard eounty, is
... i rig vilien* I niversity commencement.
II -ri i. ii' -l there m I3A—^tifty years ago—
“ j,. i* i.i- first return to alma mater in
1 v v i legg. of county, and liis son-in
-1., gillua Hook*, have 600 acres in
that - l3p|*ed in three and a half foot
r'i’s and will average three feet high, other
IJL„ proportionately.
"ir U- eight, at and aliout Smithville,
.ju-rt -a rainfall of three hoars, the
h.'-i:e*tever known in that part of (Georgia,
u wen washed away, railroads washed
' t and gr- at damage done to crops.
\.,ah .l-hn-on lias matched hi* son Kreil to
. .ir-!, for 1100 a side;
tlii-ra • to I* ran iit Athens on .Saturday,
• | tiO will be placed in
i;.*N it. ■ rial Bank of Athens by July 25.
Mr. boudennilk. living near Adairsvillc,
.lnoe a mowing machine over his little
daughter la-t week and cut off both her feet.
The gra.-- wa* thick and high, and she was
c -T, h i.v the father in time to stop the nia-
Alhany* with a imputation of 4,500, boast* of
rk fire companies and one book and
la : ler- all well equipped; also two infantry
irtdlerv company with four twelve
.saimleou gun- aiid fifty nico, rank
i slhotm Times: Sotre one picked up a
batlc rw.r.ed bat, and had it on exhibition
!,, t ~k. which had three little ones (dinging
,t for dear Ilf®, The old one was so
w i- .led down with its young that it could
Allien* g.inner- Watchman: Mr. A. 8.
Dura-y *ay- hr u II liegin to gin his new crop
ofcotton m-xt month, and e\|>ects to have a
"first hale" in the Athens market. He says
the ram*did not dAtnsge him a particle, for
he has the finest crop of both corn atul cotton
he ever saw.
Anew mail route lias been established from
frilirl i,h.. to Merrillton, Ala., via
l_is.ni Mill. Palestine, Borden's spring and
t n>— I‘lams, by the Fast and West Kail not il
of Al li sina. service will begin on Ihe route
July 21. Several new |m*t offices have lieen
• ii.li-hcd in coneei|uence uf the o|iemng of
this route.
Tliciv I* a perfect horror about rabid ani
utals m Alliens since the mail dog scare, and
nothing in the ebupeof a quadruped which
shows the lea-t unnatural sigu escapes the
deadly pistol of the police. Among the recent
slaiuttiters attrdiuted to hydrophobia are a
ii coon lie! ngiug to a darkey and a tine eat
belonging to a genileman. One was bitten by
a supposed mad dog. the other looked curious
and foamed at the mouth.
Athens £mhp- FsiciMin: A prominent
farmer in this county says he lacked 4100 of
having enough money to clean his crop and
tried the hauks aud every one he knew to
borrow, bat without success. Asa last re
sort he thought of Ins fruit crop, and started
a negro to haul it to market. He sold not
onlv enough to keep his farm going, but has
lioln cash over. He says there is more clear
money in fruit and truck than coru and
cotton.
loin minis Time*: A good crow-1 gathered at
Mar Park yesterday evening to witness the
bicycle tournament and race*. The entries
were Me—r*. A. A. Bivins. U. E. Curry. Ed.
1.. Pease. I. 11. Joseph. Charlie Sauls. Chas.
Billing ham, and George Bates. The first race,
a two-mile heat, was won In- Mr. W. K. Cur
ry; the second race, a quarter of a mile heat,
was won by Mr. I. 11. Joseph; and the last,
the slow race, was won by Mr. George Bates.
The tournament was also u n by Mr. George
Bales. It was a very pleasant affair, and
fete much enjoyed by those present.
Ti e Gate City Athletic Club, organized in
APauta last week, have decided to give an
mter-citv w alking match at Keller, ICosser A
Co'*, warehouse next Friday week. July 23
The race will Is- between the champions of
Atlanta. Macon. Augusta, Savannah and
Rome for twelve hours, go-as-you-please.
There are two directors to the Athletic Club,
and each one put in 475 in cash to defray the
expenses, thus making a guarantee fund at
ol $l5O. This money is now on de
posit at Lowry's bank. The prizes will foot
upiajfi, divide I as follows: First man, $300;
second mac, $150; third man, SIOO.
Dublin is agitated aliout a female preacher.
Rev. T. s. strong has charge of the Methodist
fold, aud res wife preaches as often as he doca.
she has, at times, discoursed for an hour and
twenty minutes. Her course is very much
condemn!, and it is said that under her
pnm-liing a well-to-do farmer has become a
well developed fanatic. Atone time in the past,
Bishop Pierce advised that she should not lie
allowed to t reach, and it is reported that she
knelt i* fore him and prayed to God for his
conversion. Mrs. strong is well known to the
people of Blakely aud surrounding country,
haring SDent some tune in that section a year
or two ago, carrying on her sanctification
meetings. Her course, as it is in Dublin, was
generally condemned, though she had many
followers and some imitators.
i!s‘ on special to Atlanta Constitution: There
is a ring which has its center in Macon that
bodes uo good to Tom Johnson, Collector of
Customs Ht savannah, if reports are true, as
li.-rd to-day. Col. R. L. Locke, of this city,
t niteil Slate- Marshal, desires to succeed
Postmaster Mi-Law*, of Savannah, in which
eveu; K. t Wade, of savannah, will become
Leke's mi. r as Cniltd States Marshal.
Ii i- prop -c l that A X. Wilson shall fill
Johnson’- position of Collector of Customs.
In order to accomplish this programme, the
r - res put forward Johnson as a can
didate for Corg.e-s from the Savannah dis
trict. and the support of the ring will he
promised Johnsou provided that he uses his
influence for trie appointment of Locke as
Postmaster at Ntvannah. Blit it is not the
real purpose of the ring to give Johnson's
candidacy for Congress a cordial support,
and. m order to sv-cure his certain defeat, the
r' g proi-.-. - to use John Deveanx against
Johnson. .md thus, with two Republican c.m
--d He* in the field against the Democracy
rvpresentauve, the defeat of Johnson is a set
to i conclusion, and by this defeat the ring
hop -n> brea, the tuff lienee of Johnson, which
they fear and bate.
*‘r. M . v. Strother, of Albany, discovered
the other night that hi* horse had been stolen,
and :n company with two other gentlemen
started In pursuit. They learned the identity
of the negro who stole the animal, and rode
toward hi- home and eventually met him in
bn- roadway. It was then nearly 5 o'clock
Mm uy morning. Mr. Solano and'Mr. West
hbs>k commenced questioning the negro, and
frw his minim rof reply.ng they suspected
that he was the thief. They "fortunately
- . asked his name and he gave a fic
titious name m reply. Mr. Solano got
out of the buggy, and in theeonrse of the con-
Ver-uti.m he suddenly ti led to grasp
the negro, who made a quick doiige
and escaped through a crowd of women and
children who had assembled. As soon n* he
had leu the crowd Mr. Solaro fired upion him
with u i,libn Smith A Wesson revolver.
him through the muscular jiortion of
the left arm. He kept on. however, anil
nia'ie hi* escape. The robber is a noted negro
“espeniio. Jm McUants by mime, for who-e
arr. various crimes, a number of war
ri!l,s i te been issneil ami several rewards
offered. He is a itesperate eharaeter, anil
tnaav ta vs are told of his prowess in evading
•he r.ntches of justice. About a year ago be
"hipped sever men, it is said,‘in Terrell
c unty who attempted to arrest him. and
* . e cape. Among the rewards
offered lor him is one of SSO. The
A : any \ r nd Adrceliscr says that
me negroes .>n the various plantations' give a
gvaplue account of his wild ride upon the
•to.en i.orse. lit-rode it at full speed, pass
.. w •Momenta ution the road like a
n r °it , of when he reached the
oeall place church had just turned out, and
aerod of negroes witnessed his approach.
_ oav lhat the stomach of the animal near
ly touche.t ii.t' ground as it flew towards them
road. Ho made the eight miles in
ln * hour ' *hls place he turned down a
isne to escape being recognized and, ccming
ir * lar ge gate which effectually bloekeil the
*~d which he could not open, he slipped
'other from the horse, left it. climbed the
i? B I ). ran a "ay on foot. The hands upon
, B< -V. place noticing the exhausted con
,“! 0 & . ,he ,M >rce turned it into the lot, rub
it down for a half hour and locked it up
the stable, where it was found by Messrs,
•oianoand Westbrook.
FLORIDA.
ot ,he second crop are being offered
fcrsa.e at Tampa.
club has been or
ganized at Leesburg.
* ncw factory has at last commenced
•ae manufacture of ice.
hntidtngs are rapidly superseding the
o**ien ones at Palatkr.
County Horticultural and
Agricultural society has been organized.
hinn!!m! made an unsuccessful attempt to
Th k J * ! *' • few nights ago.
th it ''*‘*d'i u rters of the engineer corps of
to Sn™. n fP*, and were removed from Tampa
lohumtervil.e last Tuesday.
the hY,. * ne 7 Pap® l- * the A7.cs, reflects
ina °* ,h,t 'own and Polk countv
Wsur. ; succ4^ t l dcS. lnailoer Whicb mua *
Hlw Sitnmttalt Jio Biting Mma.
Thirteen hundred dollars was paid out of
the Treasury of Hillsborough county for the
support of paupers during the past fiscal
year.
There is little probability of the Willing
ham case being tried at this term of Bartow
court. The court will probably adjourn to
morrow.
The Finance Committee of the Lakeland
schooihouse reports the first assessment col
lected, and work will soon commence on the
building.
Hillsborough county elaims to be only one
in the State, East, Middle, West or South,
that is slipping to market mangoes raised
within her own borders.
Peter Strange, who for some time has been
a county charge, was discover, and dead in a shed
near the w ater-tank of the South Florida Rail
road at Tampa last Monday. Strange, within
the last six months, has made two attempts to
commit suicide. Hit death, however, it is
claimed, resulted from want and exposure.
The Baptist Church at Tampa will tie turn
ed around so that the entrance will be from
Tampa street instead of Twigg street. By so
doing there will be room on the same lot to
build a parsonage, should the society deter
mine to do so in the future. Anew roof will
also be put on the present church edifice, ana
should the funds hold out there will be im
provements made in the inside of the church.
One dav last week a son of S. L. Jones was
driving two yoke of oxen to a wagon in the
middle of a ten acre field belonging to Mr.
hector, near Tampa, when a stroke of lighu
ning descended and killed instantly both of
the leading oxen, leaving the others, the
wagon and the driver entirely uninjured
There was not a tree standing in the field, and
nothing whatever to attract the lightning.
Loctdcoa correspondence Xews: The dew
steamer owned and built by Messrs. Vosbure
A Lutz, now running on Loehloosa and Or
ange Lakes, and known as the Orange Lake
and Loehloosa Xavigation Company, was sol i
Tuesday to William Sparr, of hparr’s Station
Peninsular Railroad. Marion county.—On
" ednesdav night, July 9. 11. J. Koerner, who
owned a pet dog, came near being bitten by
hint while the canine was going mad. The
dosr left and has not been seen or heard of
since.
Tampa Tribun*: The report of the County
Treasurer, *s presented to the County Com
missioners this week, shows that the receipts
since May 21, IWCt, for the countv school fund
amounted to $6,078 56. The a mount disbursed
during the same period was $5,420 86, leaving
a balance in the treasury of $657 70. Of
county funds $6.5W 88 had been received and
85.050 04 paid out, leaving a balance of
$1,347 84. Of htate school motley the receipts
were $1,620 59, which amount has been for
warded to the State Treasurer at Tallahassee.
Tampa Tribune: The Board of County Com
mi sinners has shown itself to be composed of
faithful guardians of the intere ts of the
county in determining to request the holffcn"
of a special term of the Circuit Court for this
county in advance of the regular fall term.
A large number of prisoners are now confined
in the county jail. and. as the building is inse
cure, it is necessary to employ guards, whieh
unavoidably entails a heavy expense upon the
county. It is estimated that this expense, to
gether with that of feeding the prisoners and
other incidental matters, will amount, in the
interval between now and the time for the
regular term of court in October, to the sum
of aliout $1,300.
Palatka A’r*: The City Sexton, while
digging in the cemetery last week, found an
old stone, which had almost mouldered into
dust. On it was the following inscription in
Danish: "Baligo ere de 60111 sorge, Thi de
skiilde hus vales, Michael Casper Aagaard.
Drag Jesu ling, Dag efter Dig, Til Himlens
rrydebolig lier at stria med Gladesraah, I de
Frommes Skare.” This mav be translated:
“‘Ble-sed arc the pure in heart; for they
shall tee God.’ Michael Casper Aagaard.
Jesus, take me with Thee to Thv kingdom,
where I shall stand with happy voice amidst
thy holy flock/’ Xo date, but the crumbling
stone attests antiquity, and the name has been
lost among our citizens. The Sexton, who is
himself a Dane, informs us that the family
name is noted in Denmark.
Thomas Howard was arraigned before Jus
tice J. C. Terry, of Yalaha, last Thursday un
der a charge of rape upon the person of Ills
thirteen-year-old sister. Arkansas Howard,
the unfortunate sister, testified to the court
and her testimony was corroliorated by tint
of her step-brother, Einmit Kendrick, a boy
of eighteen years. The defendant entered a
plea of not guilty, but introduced no wit
ne-ses nor made any statement in his own be
half. The step-father of both Thomas and
Arkansas Howard, Mr. Kendrick, is a minis
t r. The family are poor but respected peo
ple, with the exception of Thomas, who had
been caught robbing stores in Yalaha. and
was ben arrested for this crime,-soon to lie
tried for obtaining money under false pre
tenses. Howard was committed to jail to
await the action of the grand jury. The crime
he is charged to have committid is punishable
with death hy hanging.
Waldo Advertiser: Judge Kennard has made
a specialty of the peach culture, and is the
first man who made it one of our prominent
in u-tries. He first introduced the celebrated
Kennard peach, now. however, miscalled by
manv*thc honey peach. He has also propa
r'ated anew- van- ty which promises to excel
>oth the picuto and the Kennard in all points
of excellence. Persisting in his determina
tion, he has enlarged his orchards, and for the
past two or three years he lias re
ceived remunerative returns. Judge Ken
nard’s orchard has this year furnished several
hundreds of crates of peaches and these have
brought him from $t 50 to $2 50 per crate con
taining aliout one peck each. A large pro-
Imrtiou of this fruit has been sold in the mUr
iels of Florida, and is eagerly sought for. The
pi ache* are planted in among the orange
trees of his magnificent grove, and the land
produces peaches enough to pay all expenses
of both gr>>ves And leave a large margin for
profit, while the oraege trees are getting ready
to liear. In addition to the large shipments of
peaches Judge Kennard will, during the
coming season, ship at least 3,000 boxes of
oranges.
DRAINING SOUTH FLORIDA
Progress of the Okeechobee Company in
Reclaiming Marsh Laud.
The following extract from a report of
James M. Kreamer, Engineer of the
Florida Land and Improvement Companv,
under date of June 20, says the Philadel
phia Jitcord, gives some interesting data
as to the progress of the work of reclaim
ing land in Southern Florida:
Col. H. S. Duval. State Engineer, and
myself spent several days inspecting the
canals of the company and the results of
our operations at the head of the drainage
system. In order to demonstrate the effi
ciency of the work the country adjacent
to Lake Tohopekaliga was visited, par
ticularly the marsh lands of “Cross
I’rairie.” Dredge No. 2 passes through
what has been heretofore regard
ed as an impracticable marsh, while
ahead, in the direction r' f ’- ist Tohope
kaliga Lake, was" p‘ area of
low rich marsh .-.-urely eovered with
water. An examination of the country
to the rear, and through which the com
pleted canal passes, however, presents an
entirely different aspect. The waters
have disappeared; the aquatic plants,
unsupported by surface moisture,
are bowed and dead; the saw-grass,
water lily, etc., are giving way
to grass and wild millet. Two dams
have been constructed in order to hold up
the water and afford floatage for dredge
No. 2. Measurements made a few days
ago show a fall of over eight feet from the
water in the canal to the present surface
level of Lake Tohopekaliga, which latter
is aliout twelve and one-half feet lower
than Lake East Tohopekaliga, and dis
tant on the line of the canal about three
miles. Already the natural surface ad
jacent to the canal for long reaches is two
and three feet above water level in the
canal; the removal of tbe dams will in
crease the difference. The total distance
cut on the Cross-the-Prairie canal since
the work began to June 14, 1884, is 10,-
825 lineal feet. An examination of gauge
Iwmrds, the jetties aud the company’s
shipyard indicated that Lake Tohopeka
liga is seven feet lower than when opera
tions began. This rapid reduction of the
waters of the lake, which covers an area
of about twenty-five square miles, is due
to tbe drainage afforded by a canal 3.6
miles long, connecting Lakes Tohopeka
liga and Cypress.
Lakes Cypress, Hatcbenaha, Kissim
mee and Tiger were also visited, and the
improvements on Kissimmee river and
Tiger Creek were noted. The points
where channels were straightened and
deepened were examined, and the effect
upon surrounding land was plainly
noticeable. On this work 65,400 lineal
feet of channel was improved, 8,291 snags
removed, 1.99,1 trees cut and removed, and
230 bends straightened.
The above examination was made not
during the extreme dry weather but sub
sequent to heavy rains. At Sanford the
United States Signal officer noted 2.3
inches rainfall on tne night of June 17,
two days before our arrival at Kissimmee.
This had been preceded by wet weather,
and was followed by heavy daily storms
during the entire time occupied i"n the in
spection. While an abnormal period of
rainfall would not affect the level of the
lakes and render this surface of the lands
very moist, there is no danger that per
manent inundation would follow. After
such period the surface world be rapidly
relieved and the present desirable condi
tion maintained. Dredge No. 3 will be
pushed to a rapid completion. The ma
chinery has arrived, the operation of snag,
or dreoge, No. 4. is satisfactory, and the
work throughout the entire system is pro
gressing favorably.
State Duties.
non. J. M. Mcßride, is a can
didate for State Senator from the Thirty
eighth district.
Col. P. L. Mynatt is mentioned for Congress
to represent the Atlanta district.
Camden county held its mass meeting Wed
nesday, and elected delegates to the Congres
sional Convention. The delegates are for
Judge M. L. Mershon.,
30,000 Rebels Marching on Dongola.
Cairo, July 16. —1 t has been ascertain
ed that 30,000 rebels are marching on
Dongola.
POINTERS IN POLITICS.
BOUNCING BEN TO PLAY H ARLE
QUIN IS THE THIRD RING.
The Republican Jack of Spadea to Prove
Himself no Anglo-Maniac by Murder
ing the Queen'* English on the Stump
—Spiteful Folger Trying to Force
Blaine to Tap hi* Own Barrel.
Chicago, July 16.—Information has
been received from close friends of Gen.
Butler by B. F. Shively, Secretary of the
Anti-Monopolist Committee, dispelling all
doubts regarding Gen. Butler’s candidacy
for the Presidency on an independent
tick**, and stating definitely and posi
tively that he will run. Mr. Shively,
who is stopping at the Briggs House, in
this city, expressed to-day the most abso
lute certainty that Gen. Butler would be
a candidate, with the indorsement of the
Greenbackers, Anti-Monopolists and,
probably, the laboring men. Gen. But
ler’s refusal at present to make a public
statement, Mr. Shivelv says, is prompted
by a desire to first see what will be done
bv the convention of labor representa
tives, to be held in Chicago July 30.
EATONSCEXTSTHE MILLENNIUM
Reform to be the Cry of the Campaign*
iu the Future.
Washixgtox, July 16.—President Dor
man B. Eaton, of the Civil Service Com
mission, whether it was true
that the civil service reform law prohibited
members of the Senate or House of Re
presentatives from serving on the Na
tional or Congressional Committees of
their party. He said that he saw nothing
in the law to prevent such service. Con
tinuing, he said that he was satisfied with
the legislation of Congress at its late ses
sion respecting the Civil Service Commis
sion. In conclusion he is quoted as saying:
‘•I n this country heretofore the pa rties'have
every four years fought over the oflices.
It will be different this time. Why,
sir, in the State that Gov. Cleveland pre
sides over the same law is in force that
we are administering for the nation.
Even those men who have charge of the
sewers in tbe different cities in New York
have to undergo a rigid examination be
fore they can get employment, and I ven
ture that you will see as tough a cam
paign in that State this vear as vou ever
heard ot in your life. It will be fought
on principle and for tbe men who head
the ticket and not lor the spoils. 1
am glad it is so. I want this
country to see the day when in order to be
rewarded in an official way an applicant
can demand recognition for his worth as a
man, and not as a mere ward politician.
Why, sir, ninety-nine out of every hun
dred of those political strikers who have
applied for examination here have been
knocked out by one simple question.
Under our rules an applicant has to, under
oath, state what his occupation has been
for the last live years. When that is put
to them they weaken. Yes, sir, we are
getting along very well.”
LOGAN TO TAKE THE STUMP.
Three Speeches Probably to be Deliv
ered iu Illinois.
Washington, July 16.— 1 tis the inten
tion of Gen. and Mrs. Logan to spend
some weeks in Chicago after the General
shall have attended the veterans’ reunion
at St. Paul on the 23d inst. Mrs. Logan,
who has been quite ill for some days past,
is now slowly recovering. She will ac
company her husband on his present
Western trip. Gen. Logan said to-day
that he had not yet finally decided
whether he would make any speeches
during the campaign or not. A strong
pressure has been brought to bear on him
and Mr. Blaine to join actively in the can
vass. Gen. Logan says that he will
probably make three speeches in Illinois,
one at Chicago, one at Springfield and
another at Carbondale, his old home. He
has received within the past tortnight a
number of letters from North Carolina,
asking him to take the stump in that
State. His mother was a North Carolinian,
and some of the letters say that they regard
him in a sense, at least, as a native of
that soil. Great stress is laid on the fact
that North Carolina can be removed from
the column of doubtiul Southern States
and its electoral vote given to the Itepub
can candidates if Senator Logan will
stump the State thoroughly. It is verv
probable that a portion of his St. Paul
speech will be devoted to a review of the
political situation, but it is said that he
will handle the subject so adroitly that no
exception can be taken by those to whom
he is politically opposed.
An Effort to Oust New.
W ASH INGTON, July 16.—A report comes
from Indiana that an effort is being made
to force John C. New to resign the Chair
manship of the Republican State Central
Committee in favor of someone better
qualified for the position. The appoint
ment of Gen. W. W. Dudley would be re
ceived by the Republicans’ with general
satisfaction, lor it is well known that his
services in ISO contributed very largely to
the success of the ticket. The difficulty
which lies in the way is the sacrifice
which Gen. Dudley would be compelled to
make in resigning his office as Commis
sioner of Pensions. He had a long con
ference with Secretary Teller on this sub
ject yesterday, and it is stated that be
agreed to yield to the demand of his party
If the administration would reinstate him
next November in his present position or
another of equal dignity.
The Democratic Committee Chairman
ship.
Washington, July 14.—Two ex-Sena
tors, Wal.ace, of Pennsylvania, and Bar
num, of Connecticut, are each working
hard, through their friends, lor the Chair
manship ol the Democratic National Com
mittee. Among Democratic politicians at
the capital it is thought that between
these two Wallace has the better pros
pects. A strong movement has also been
begun to put Samuel J. Randall in the
place. Under the new rule adopted by
the convention it is not necessary lor the
committee to confine themselves to their
own membership in the selection of a
Chairman, and Randall may therefore be
chosen. There is a general sentiment
here among Democrats in favor of the
election of Itandali on account of his fine
executive abilities and his skill in plan
ning campaign work.”
Mixing Hard aud Soft Soap.
New York, July 16. —A circular ap
peal for contributions has been issued
from the headquarters of the Republican
National Committee. Its concluding
paragraph is as follows: “The committee
cheerfully calls the attention ot every
person holding any office, place or em
ployment under the United States, or of
any of the departments of the govern
mept, to the provisions of the act of Con
gress entitled ‘an act to regulate and im
prove the civil service of the United
States,’ approved January 16, 1883,” and
states that its influence will be exerted in
conformity therewith.
Bay State Bolters.
Boston, July 16.—George W. Flagg, of
Millburg, Secretary of the Republican
State Committee, has sent in his resigna
tion, owing to his inability to conscien
tiously support the nomination of Blaine
and Logan.
Senator John F. Andrew, who has been
firominently named as the coming Repub
ican candidate for Congress in the Fifth
district, announces that he shall bolt the
Republican ticket and support Cleveland.
He will shortly send in his resignation as
a member of the Republican ward and
city commi.tees.
Folger not Enthusiastic over Blaine.
Washington. July 16.— The members
of the Cabinet, despite all protestations to
the contrary, are not enthusiastic sup
porters of the Republican ticket. There
is a reason in each case. Senator Beck
states one thus to-day: “Secretary Folger
won’t open the Treasury for Blaine. It
was Blaine who advised’ the Republicans
to bolt Folger when he ran for Governor
of New York, and now the Secretary is
glad of a chance to give Blaine a dose of
the same medicine. Besides Folger, no
doubt, wants Blaine to see what a
of a runner this man Cleveland is before
the people.”
A Second Ratification at St. Louis.
St. Louis, July 16.—Another large
Democratic meeting to ratify the nomina
tion of Cleveland and Hendricks was
held at Mercantile Hall last night. The
hall was packed, and in matter of quality
the audience was greatly superior to that
of the open air meeting of Monday night.
Among the speakers were Gens. Hooker
and Martin of Mississippi, J. W. Harris
ot Chicago, Congressman Broadhead and
ex-Lieut. Gov. N. J. Coleman of St. Louis,
all of whom were enthusiastically re
ceived and applauded.
The Independent Convention.
Boston, July 16.—A meeting of the In
dependent Qommittee of One Hundred
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1884.
was held this afternoon, at which dele
gates to the National Independent Con
ference, to be held in New York on the
22d inst., were chosen on the understand
ing that they shall serve as representa
tives of the central organization in this
city, while sympathizers in other locali
ties are asked to send representatives ol
their own.
Wallace for Chairman.
Washington, July 16.— 1 t seems to be
generally understood that neither Wm.
H. Barnum nor Daniel Manning is to be
Chairman of the National Democratic
Committee—the former because he can’t
be, and the latter because he won’t be.
Ex-Senator Wallace, of Pennsvlvania, is
now considered as likely to be the Chair
man of tbe new committee. His course
at Chicago placed him in the fore front.
Mabone’s Lost Grip.
Washington. July 16.—Mr. Hooper,
the present Readjuster Congressman from
Mahone’s own home district, has broken
with Mahone, and will run as a straight
out Republican candidate for Congress
against Internal Revenue Collector
Bradv, who is Mahone’s candidate. If
the Democrats indorse Hooper, as is ex
pected, he will probablv be elected.
Butler’s Conference with Arthur.
tV ashington, July 16.—Ben Butler’s
talk with President’Arthur, vesterday,
was interrupted by the Cabinet meeting.
To-day it was continued. The current
report is that Butler has been talking
over with the President his plans to de
feat Cleveland, especially with regard to
New York, and his prospective dicker
with John Kelly.
Blaine Thanks a Cleveland Bolter.
New Haven, Conn., July 16.—Ex-Aud
itor Edward McCarthy, a local Democratic
leader, wht> Pas bolted Cleveland’s nomi
nation, received from Mr. Blaine to-night
a personal letter of thanks for his pledge
of suppp^t.
Jones, of Arkansas, Renominated.
bT. Louis, July 16.—The Democrats of
the Third District of Arkansas have nom
inated James J. Jones by acclamation for
re-eleetion to Congress. Judge E. C.
Mitchell will oppose him as an Independ
ent.
Star Nominated,
Peoria, Ills., July 16.—1n the Repub
lican Congressional Convention at Canton
to-day Hon. Julius G. Star, of Peoria, was
nominated after a long fight.
COMMENCEMENT’S LAST DAY.
The Inter. Collegiate Debate Prevented
by Judge Bleckley’s Absence.
Athens, Ga., July 16.—T0-day was the
last of the commencement. The day is
always the peculiar favorite of visitors to
this college, and to-day the chapel was
crowded. Speeches were made by seven
of the senior class. Alter the speaking
the Chancellor announced the following
honor men for 1884:
A. M. course, B. J. Colyers, first honor,
and first In University.
A. B. course, first honor, R. 11. Johnson;
second honor, A. H. Cary; third honor, A.
F. Bishop,
The following received diplomas:
In the law class, in which no honors are
bestowed, J. T. Allen, A. P. Henley, E. F.
Hinton, J. P. Ferry, P. D. Pollock,' J. W.
Shell, M. J. Tompkins, J. N. Rowland and
J. R. Williams.
Tbe trustees decided to make no changes
in the management of the university. The
only change in the faculty is the addition
of A. W. Yauhoose as tutor.
The inter-collegiate debate between the
University and Mercer was to have taken
place to-night, and Mercer’s champions
have been here for some days, but Judge
Bleckley, who was to preside, failed to
arrive, and no one agreeable to both
parties could be found to take his place.
This is unfortunate, and the visitors
regret it very much, as a rare treat was
expected.
The large crowd is dwindling percept
ibly, and soon Athens will be almost
deserted.
The last act in this very successful
commencement is now taking place. The
commencement ball is now going on at
the opera house.
TALK OF THE TEACHERS.
Several Important Subjects Discussed
at Madison.
Madison, Wis., July IC.—The work of
the National Teachers Association was
continued to-day with an address by
Thomas H. W. Bicknell, of Boston.
President It. W. Stevenson, Superinten
dent ol Schools at Columbus, 0., address
ed the convention on “Supervision of City
Schools.” “Art Education” was dis
cussed by S. L. Thompson, President of
Pedrue University. Miss Josephine C.
Locke, Supervisor of Drawing at St.
Louis, presented a report on the condi
tion of drawing in the United States.
The discussion in the deaf mute de
partment was engaged in by J. A. Gellis
pie and Graham Bell, of Washington,
and Prof. Gordon, of the Deaf Mute Col
lege at Washington. The evening session
opened with an address in the capitol
building, and at the Congregational
Cuurch a discussion on “Education at the
South” drew a crowded audience. Rev.
A. D. Mayo, of Boston, in opening the ad
dress, spoke on “The Gospel of Self-Help.”
Robert Bingham, of North Carolina, con
tinued the subject with a paper ou “The
Educational Status and Needs of the
South.” A paper on “The Educational Out
look in the South” was read by Prof.
Washington, of Alabama. Albert Salis
bury, Superintendent of Education of tbe
American Missionary Association, fol
lowed with a paper on “Tbe Supplement
ing of the War.” The subject was fur
ther discussed hy the Georgia State Su
perintendent of Schools, Hon. G. J. Orr,
aud Prof. Wm. 11. Clragman, of Georgia.
Addresses were made on the World’s In
dustrial and Cottou Centennial Exposi
tion.
A RIOT SCARE AT ATHENS.
The Killing of* a Negro by a Policeman
Causes the Apprehension.
ATHENS, Ga., July 16.—The cKy was
filled with negroes to-day, and policeman
Arnold, in attempting to disperse a
crowd in front of Lyndon’s drug store,
was resisted by a negro named Samuel
Taylor, who seized the officer by his
throat and engaged in a desperate
struggle with him. He had about over
powered Arnold, when Arnold drew a
Eistol and fired two shots into the negro’s
reast, near the heart. The wounded
man continued to flght like a tiger, and
had pushed Arnold through the store,
when he fired a third shot.
That took effect in Taylor’s head,
killing him instantly. The negroes
were greatly outraged over the killing of
a member of their race, and began to hold
incendiary meetings on the street. Two
of the ringleaders were arrested at once
aud placed in the calaboose. That re
stored order. For a time a riot was feared,
but the trouble is now thought to be over.
There was a good deal of excitement
among the commencement visitors.
OWENSBORO UNDER GUARD.
Military Patrolling the Town tp Sup
press the Threatened Uprising.
Louisville, Ky., July 16.—A special
dispatch from Owensboro says a squad of
fifty special police patrolled this city last
night, and mounted pickets guarded the
suburbs. The Governor ordered the Mon
arch Rifles out, and under charge of Capt.
Ford, they kept close surveillance over
the city. On Monday night the County
Judge took refuge in the armory, which
was closely guarded. These precautions
have been due to rumors
that the negroes were organizing
throughout the county, and would attack
the jail and release certain prisoners con
fined therein. It was also feared that an
attempt might be made to lynch Sid.
Kelly, the father of the girl on whom an
outrage had been attempted. The Rifles
will be placed on duty again to-night. It
is the opinion of many that no violence
will be attempted before Sunday night.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Pittsfield. Mass., July 16.—The car
of a freight train on the Housatonic Rail
road, loaded with marble, broke down
near Fall Village this morning, wrecking
all the cars. Brakeman Charles Jones,
of West Stockbridge, was killed. An un
known man, supposed to have been steal
ing a ride, had one of his legs cut off.
Josiah Davis’ Trouble.
Josiah Davis, North Middletown, Ky.,
writes: I am now using a box of your
Henry’s Carbolic Salve upon an ulcer,
which for the past ten days has given me
f eat pain. This salve is the only remedy
have found that has given me any ease.
My ulcer was caused by varicose veins,
and was pronounced incurable by my
medical advisers. 1 find, however, that
Henry's Carbolic salve is effecting a cure.
Beware of Counterfeit*.
A CHEYENNE CHAMPION.
TALES OF RAIDS FABRICATED
BY MERCENARY STOCKMEN.
"White Men’s Yearnings to Dispossess
the Redskins of Their Lands Alleged
to be at the Bottom, of the Cry Raised
Against the Cheyennes—An Impartial
Investigation Called For.
Washington, July 16.—The Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs has just received
the following letter from a man who lives
near the Cheyenne Indians, on the Rose
bud and Tongue rivers, in Montana, and
has taken much interest in their welfare.
The Commissioner remarked to-day that
it seemed, from this letter, that the In
dians referred to are more sinned against
than sinning:
CHKYEXNX MISBION, July 9, 1881.
To Hon. 11. Price , Commissioner 'of Indian
Affairs:
Sir—Owing to the lies of stockmen, whieh
have been telegraphed to the Delegate of
Montana in regard to the Cheyennes here, I
take the opportunity to write a correct state
ment of the facts concerning them. I also
desire that some Eastern aud not Montana
man bo sent to investigate matters here.
There are now about 730 Chevennes here and
in this vicinity, and they have sixty five
dwelling houses, covering as many home
steads, and the Indians areidoing the best they
can under the cireum*tase.es, and would do
well if thsy had proper assistance from the
government, as other Indians have.
AN ABUNDANCE OF GAME.
They have just come up from a hunt on
Powder river with 500 deer and 17 buffalo,
and yet lying stockmen who want the In
dians’ homes say that there has been no game
here for years. I also assure you that the In
dians have not killed any cattle at all. The
stockmen are just making up these lies to get
the Indians sent away so that they can have
all the country themselves. You ought to see
how they have fenced up the country to keep
out settlers. These fences, which are miles iu
length, should te torn down and the country
opened to settlement, hut everybody but tny'-
self is afraid to do this on account of the
cowboys. I again a~k you to send some assist
ance to these Indians at once, such as breed
ing cattle, plows, wagons and harness, and
staple articles of food, rice, flour, bacon, su
gar, and coffee, as well as citizens’ clothing.*
All minor articles they can buy with
their deer skins as they are
now doing. The works of our mission are
not to be forgotten. Quite a number of
children arc at present being educated by
Sisters of Charity, and thirty-five Indians
have been baptized here. It l's the old story
repeated again—the white man wants the
Indians’ home and wants the Indians to go,
but God forbid it in this particular instance,
lours truly, Georgk Yockam,
Birney P. ()., Custer county, Montana.
BROKEN FINANCIAL PILLARS.
The Monetary Flurry at Indianapolis
Rapidly Subsiding.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 16— The
financial situation is much improved to
day. The rush on Ritzingers, Fletchers
& Church continued this morning, but the
number of people demanding their money
was small, and the runs entirely ceased
this afternoon. It was feared that
country banks might be alarmed
and draw their balances, but all lears of
danger from this source are now allayed.
Letters have been received from officers
of the country banks having balances
here expressing confidence in the security
or the city banks, and stating that they
will draw as light as possible. Confidence
is steadily growing, and from the present
outlook there is nothing to warrant ap
prehensions ot further trouble.
CLOSED ITS DOORS.
The Pendleton Banking Compahy, of
Pendleton, Madison county, closed its
doors to-day. The suspension is the re
sult of Sharp & Fletcher’s failure.
HALF A MILLION IN PREFERENCES.
New York, July 16— Edward Y’ard,
Jr., dealer in lace and white goods, at
No, 61 Leonard 6treet, made an assign
ment this morning to William Freedman
and O. \v. Vanderpool. The preferences
are $550,000. It is supposed that the total
liabilities of the firm will be about $1,000,-
000. No other cause can be given for the
failure than the general depression in the
trade and the difficulty of getting single
names discounted at banks.
CHARLESTON JUNK DEALERS FAIL.
The failures reported to-day other than
Yard & Cos. have been quite heavy, and
distributed throughout the country.
Moses Goldsmith & Son, junk dealers
of Charleston, S. C., have suspended pay
ment and are in liquidation. They had
a monopoly of the business in their line
and made money rapidly for some years,
but were burhed out in May last, and the
senior partner has since died, hence the
liquidation.
LIABILITIES OF $300,000.
Cincinnati, July 16.—A dispatch from
Ironton, in this State, announces the
failure of Hiram Campbell & Cos. Their
liabilities are $300,000. There was no
statement of assets.
A PLUCKY CONDUCTOR
Saves from Wreck a Train Bearing
Chicago Delegates.
On the Evansville and Terre Haute
Railway, five miles north of this city,
Saturday night, says a Vincennes, Ind.,
special, an extra train jumped the track
and nearly caused the wreck of a train
crowded with passengers from the Chicago
Convention. An engine and caboose were
running on the Chicago train’s time, and
were but two minutes ahead of it at Fort
Knox, the scene of the disaster. At the
point of the curve, the tender of the extra
jumped the track, dragging off the rear
drivers of the engine, and hauling the
caboose over the ties and rails for six
hundred yards. The ties were torn
from the roadbed, and the rails
for that distance were bent like
straws. The tender is now a mass of
bent iron, and the caboose is broken into
splinters. The wheels and trucks are
scattered all about in the woods promis
cuously, and the ruins of the caboose lie
100 feet away. The occupants of this car
were the conductor, William Lucas; fire
man, James O’Brien, and Mr. Mitchell, of
Decatur, 111., a machinist. Lucas crawled
out of the wreck and started around the
curve to flag the approaching passenger
train, taking off his coat and waving it as
he ran. When he saw that he was rec
ognized by the engineer of the passenger
train, he dropped to the ground from ex
haustion. His injuries are serious.
Mitchell had his nose and a leg broken.
Fireman O’Brien is bruised and injured
internally. He and Mitchell are uncon
scious, and it is feared they will die. The
engine remained upon the track and the
engineer escaped injury.
The Life Preserver Inspecter.
Washington, July 16.—Supervising
Inspector General of Steam Vessels Du
mont goes to New York in a day or two
instructions to the recently ap
plied incumbent of the newly created
office of National Inspector of Life Pre
servers. Hitherto the government In
spectors have examined the half million
life preservers in use on the vessels of the
country annually, but only in an inci
dental way in the course of the general
inspection of the vessels. The new In
spector is to visit the factories, most of
which are in Philadelphia and New York.
Fifteen Year for Rape.
New York. July 10.—John Burns was
convicted to-dav of committing rape on
Mrs. Mary Crowley when she was visit
ing her father’s grave in Calvary ceme
tery. He was sentenced to fifteen years
and ten months in State’s prison at hard
labor. Burns was one of a gang of seven
who committed the outrage.
Ghoulish Work at a Grave.
Conshohocken, Pa., July 16.—The
grave of John May, who murdered his
daughter and committed suicide, was
robbed last night. The body was cut open
and carried away, the internal parts hav
ing been thrown back into the grave.
The murderer was buried in pottersfield
last Sunday.
An Indian Brings a Civil Suit.
Bismarck, D.T., July 16.—A novel case
in law was instituted here yesterday. An
Indian named Bald-beaded Eagle replev
ined ponies which bad been stolen from
him at Fort Berthold. It is the first case
brought into this court by an Indian. The
point of law arises as to an Indian’s right
in the ownership of property.
Herring Admitted to Bail.
Wayckoss. July 16.—Henry Herring,
who was arrested in June last,' and com
mitted to Chatham county jail for the
murder of Homer Seers two years ago, at
Homerville, in Clinch county, was to-day,
after a hearing before Judge M. L. Mer
sbon, admitted to bail in the sum of
$2,000.
A Duel with Short Swords.
New Orleans. July 16.— A duel with
short swords took place to-day near
Gretna between Capt. J. E. Bron and
Evariste Poche, a brother of Justice
Poche, of the Supreme Court. Poche re
ceived a flesh wound in the thigh and the
affair was settled. i
WEST INDIAN TROUBLES.
The Situation at Several Places Simi
lar to That at Havana.
Havana, July 16.—A letter from San
tiago de Cuba describes the situation
there as being no better than at Havana.
Failures, extra-judicial arrangements
and liquidation of commercial houses
follow each other. Accounts from Trini
dad, Ceinfuegos and other places on the
southern and northern coast are
just as desperate. Private persons
are in receipt of news that
there has been an attempt at mutiny
among the troops at Santa Clara on ac
count of the scarcity and badness of the
food they are receiving, and on account of
the tailure of the government to pav
them several months’ salary which is due
them. Various bands of rebels continue
to commit depredations in various parts
of the island and the troops make no
effort to suppress them.
The news trom the elections in San Do
mingo is that Beilina has been trium
phantly elected to the Presidency of that
Republic. The result in the province of
Monte Cristo is still unknown.
PLANNING FOR A DECISIVE BATTLE.
New Orleans, July 16.—News. has
reached here that the Captain General of
Cuba has called a meeting of officers to
concert a plan for successfully encoun
tering the enemv in the field. Large num
bers of troops are lost or demoralized by
the guerilla style of warfare adopted bv
the insurgents, who, familiar with every
foot of land ol the island, divide into
small bands, scatter over a large expanse
of territory and demoralize the regu
lar troops with false alarms aud forced
marches through unhealthy swamps to
find no enemy.
CRACKLING FLAMES.
A Tobacco Steinmery Laid in Ruins at
Petersburg.
Petersburg, Va., July 10.—This after
noon fire broke out in the tobacco stem
mery owned by D. W. Bragg. A large
quantity of fine tobacco was stored in the
building, which, with its machinery and
contents, were destroyed, as were also
two frame dwellings adjoining. The loss
is about SIO,OOO.
A $200,000 FIRE AT MARSEILLES.
Marseilles, July 16.—The navigation
company’s depot at Tonache has been
burned. The loss is 1,000,000 francs.
C. P. HUNTINGTON MARRIED.
One of the Arch Millionaires Takes His
Acquaintances by Surprise.
Early yesterday morning, says the New
lork Sun of July 14, a half dozen carri
ages rolled up in front of Mrs. A. D. Wor
sham’s house at 4 West Fifty-fourth
street. Two or three young girls and as
many elderly couples got out and walked
up the broad brown stone steps and into
the large front parlor. Two gentlemen
came alone. The first was Mr. Collis P.
Huntington, who was going to be married,
and the last was Henry Ward Beecher,
who had come from Brooklyn to marry
him to Mrs. Worsham. Her son, a lad of
17 or 18, was one of the witnesses of the
ceremony, which was performed at 10
o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Huntington leftfor
the country early in the afternoon. This
advertisement, printed in the evening
papers, was the first notice many of Mr.
Huntington’s acquaintance had of his
marriage:
HUNTINGTON—WORSHAM—On Satur
day, July 12, by the Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er, Collis P. Huntington to Mrs. A. D. Wor
sham, all of New York.
Mr. Huntington is nearly 63 years old.
He is a native of Connecticut, settled in
Oneonta, N. Y., as a merchant, and in
September, 1844, was married to his first
wife, who died last year. He went to
California in ’49 as a merchant, settled in
Sacramento city, went into partnership
with Mark Hopkins, and made his for
tune. He was one of the projectors of the
Central Pacific Railroad, and now man
ages the Central Pacific and Southern
Pacific, as well as the Chesapeake and
Ohio. He has made New York his home
these twenty years. His fortune was at
one time estimated at $30,000,000.
Germany’s Insulted Flag.
Bkrlin, July 16. — The comments of the
German press on the affair at the Hotel
Continental, at Paris, Monday, in which
a German flag was torn down and burned,
have been moderate.
Tbe Official Journal says that Minister
Ferry has received a satisfactory reply
from Prince Bismarck to his communica
tion in explanation of the Hotel Conti
nental incident. Prince Bismarck in
formed M. Ferry that he was aware that
before the German fljg was torn down a
French flag had beeu insulted bv Ger
mans.
The charge against the Commissary of
Police, who is alleged to have thrown the
Prussian flag to the mob during the dis
turbance Monday, has been dismissed.
A Minister and Two Boys Browned*
Henry, 111., July 16.—Ilev. L. O.
Thompson, his son Sidnev, and Freddie
Biship, of Medina, N. Y., lads
about 12 years old, were out boat
ing and fishing ou the Illinois river this
afternoon, when their skiff wa9 drawn
into the eddies of a dam and capsized,
and all three were drowned. Rev. Mr.
Thompson was pastor of the Presbyte
rian Church here and a popular preacher
and a well known author. None of the
bodies have yet been recovered.
A Franco-Clii nese War Almost Certain.
London, July 16. — A correspondent at
Shanghai says: “The French Minister at
Tien Tsin demanded the withdrawal of
Chinese troops from the frontiers of Ton
quin and the payment of the indemnity
asked by France. The demand was de
livered to Tsung Li Amen whc, after con
sidering it, rejected it. The time allowed
to China by France for compliance with
the terms she offered expires on July 19.
War is apparently inevitable.
Muldowney Doomed to Hang.
Sligo, July 16.—Michael Muldowney,
an ex-constable, has been sentenced to
death for assisting in tbe murder of Doh
erty in 1881, while the latter was guard
ing the residence of T. 11. Burke, Under
Secretary for Ireland, and for having
joined a secret society. Muldowney
pleaded his innocence.
Twenty-Five Killed and Forty Injured.
London, July 16.—A serious railroad
accident occurred to-day. Twenty-five
persons were killed and forty seriously
injured. The axle of an engine attached
to a passenger train on the Manchester
and Sheffield Railway broke near Pennis
ton and the train jumped the track and
fell from a bridge, which it was on at the
time.
■ Fifteen Victims of a Rocket.
Paris, July 16. — A dispatch from Pon
dicherry, the capital of the French pos
sessions in India, states that a rocket ex
ploded during the celebration of the fall
of the Bastile. The building in which the
rocket exploded contained a large quan
tity of fireworks, and a fearful explosion
resulted. Fifteen persons were killed
and many others injured.
Eno Watched Like a Mouse.
Quebec, July 10.— Although the courts
here have refused to extradite John C.
Eno and ordered his liberation from cus
tody, Detective Cornish and other Ameri
can officers still remain in town to watch
his movements. The ex-President of the
Second National Bank can hardly take a
step in the streets without being shadowed
by one ot them.
Anstria Going for the Mormon Mission
aries.
Yienna, July 16.—The police here have
been ordered to arrest all Mormon mis
sionaries detected in the act of endeavor
ing to secure converts to their faith.
Warrants have been issued for the arrest
of a missionary named Paul Hammer, of
Nevada.
Krapotkine Charges Ferry with Spit
falness.
Paris, July 16.—Prince Krapotkine has
written a letter from Clairvaux prison,
where he is confined, in which he
accuses Prime Minister Ferry of prevent
ing his liberation, and claims that Presi
dent Grevy is willing that he should be
released.
The Anti-Magyar Rioters.
Pesth, July 16.— The trial ot 420 peas
ants for complicity in the anti-Magyar
escutcheon riots, in September last, re
sulted yesterday in tbe conviction of 296
of them, the remainder being acquitted.
Those convicted were sentenced to im
prisonment for terms ranging trom three
days to ten years.
From the Baltic to the North Sea.
Berlin, July 16.— The Pott states that
Prince Bismarck has ordered the engi
neers to hasten the preparation of tne
plans for a canal from the Baltic to the
North Sea. The paper says also that the
necessary credits for the construction of
the canal will be asked of the Reichstag
at its next session.
FIGHTING MONEY KINGS.
IMPORTED ITALIANS QUIT THE
HOCKING VALLEY MINES.
Of Two Strikes t Philadelphia One
Ends iu the Workingmen Carrying
Their Point and the Other in a Com
promise Dunley Cotton Operatives
Conceded an Advance of 5 Per Cent.
Columbu9, Ohio, July 16.—A special
from Nelsonvillesavs: “Halfof the num
ber of Italians imported left work this
morning and it is rumored that the rest
will come out. Great excitement prevails
in the valley.”
A Nelsonvllle special says that a
citizens meeting was held there last
night at which a committee was appoint
ed, with Mayor Buckley as Chairman, to
determine what right armed police have
to invade the county and obstruct the
highways. The local authorities have
sworn in a number of coustables who will
meet them to-morrow. Although no
trouble has occurred yet, there are fears
that at any time there- may be an out
break.
SWO STRIKES AT AN END.
Philadelphia, July 16.—The strikes
of journeymen plasterers and of the
bands employed at Knapp & Co’s, shoe
factory ended yesterday and work was
resumed to-day. The journeymen plas
terers will now receive $3 50 instead of $3
per day. The strikers in the shoe trade
made a compromise with their employers.
A STRIKE ENDS IN VICTORY".
Dunley, Eng., July 16.—The strike of
the operatives in the cotton mills here has
ended. The employes will resume work
at an advance of 6 per cent, on the wages
they formerly received.
A SHUT DOWN DECIDED UPON.
Lawrence, Mass., Julv 16.—The man
agers of the Atlantic Cotton Mills have
decided to shut down July 26. NVork will
not be resumed till Aug. 11.
A SOCIETY BELLE’S DOWNFALL.
The Opium Habit Prompts Her to Fly
Her Home and Consort with Negroes.
There is now pending in a court of
equity in this city, says a Baltimore
special to the New York World, a divorce
suit which has brought to light particu
lars of a most revolting character, illus
trating in a startling and distressing
manner the blighting effects of the opium
habit. Owing to (he high social standing
of the parties involved the greatest secre
sy has been observed and the names are
withheld from publication. It is known,
however, that the unfortunate victim of
the deadly drug was until her marriage
in 1869 a noted society be le, living on the
Eastern Shore. She graduated with
high honors, and upon enter
ing society was recognized as the
belle of the county, which boasted
many beautiful women. She had scores
of admirers, but gave her hand to a gen
tleman living in the same county, of equal
social rank and wealth. The wedding
was solemnized with great eclat, and was
one of the most prominent social events
of the Eastern Shore. For several years
the married life of the couple was one of
great happiness. Three
the union. Soon after the birth of the
last child it was observed that the lady
became subject to fits of melancholy, at
times taking no interest in anything
around her, and again being buoyant and
cheerful. An old and trusted servant
finally discovered that the wife was aeon
firmed opium-eater. Every effort was
made by the distracted husband to break
her of the habit, but without success.
Two years ago, she disappeared—still
young and pretty—and though detectives
were employed, no trace of her could be
found. Recently a policeman of this
city observed among the names of
persons sent to the House of Correction
that of the missing woman, whom he had
known in youth. Upon her discharge he
traced her to one of the vilest dens in this
city, kept by a colored woman. The offi
cer notified the husband, and a few days
ago they went together to the place, and
the husband found his long-lost wife—his
beautiful bride of a few years before—in
the company of a coarse, brutal-looking
negro. The wretched man sprang for
ward to destroy her, but was restrained
by the policeman.. All traces of the wo
man’s former beauty had disappeared
and she was almost unrecognizable even
to her husband. Evidence for the divorce
suit was obtained and the opium victim
left to her fate. In conversation she ap
peared to be wholly depraved and did not
manifest the slightest regret for what she
had done. She was unmoved, except
when allusion was made to her children,
when she betrayed some little emotion.
flow CHOLERA PATIENTS FEEL.
Symptoms which Accompany the Dread
Disease.
The patient feels well up to within a
few hours of the attack, or, it may be,
goes to bed and sleeps soundly through
the night, says Twain’s Dictionary of
Medicine, and immediately on rising in
tbe morning is seized with violent purg
ing and vomiting. If judiciously treated
many patients recover from this, the first
stage of cholera, but if neglected the ten
dency of the disease is to grow rapidly
worse. The patient complains of intense
thirst and a burning heat at the pit of his
stomach; he suffers also excruciating
pain from cramps in the muscles of the
extremities; he is terribly restless, and
his urgent cry is for water to quench his
thirst, and that someone might rub
his limbs, and thus relieve the
muscular spasm. The pulse is rapid
and very weak, the respirations are
hurried, and the patient’s voice
becomes husky. His countenance is
pinched, and the integument of his body
feels inelastic and doughy, while the skin
of his hands and feet becomes wrinkled
and purplish in color. The duration of
this, the second stage of cholera, is very
uncertain—it may last for two or three
hours only, or may continue for 12 or 15
hours, but so long as the pulse can be felt
at the wrist there are still good hopes oi
the sick person’s recovery. The weaker
the pulse becomes the nearer the patient
is to the third or collapse stage of cholera,
from which probably not more tfian 35
per cent, recover. In the third stige of
the disease the vomiting and purging
continue, although in a mitigated form,
and the skin is covered with a
clammy perspiration, especially if the
cramps are still severe. The patient re
mains terribly restless, longing only for
sleep, and that he may be supplied with
water. His intellect is clear, but he sel
dom expresses any anxiety regarding
worldly affairs, although fully conscious
of the dangerous condition he is in. Sleep
and a plentiful supply ol drinking water
are the sole desires of a person passing
through the collapse stage or cholera.
This condition seldom lasts for more than
twenty-four hours, and reaction either
commences within that period or the pa
tient dies in collapse or passes on into the
tepid stave, which in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred ends speedily in death.
On the other band, the sick person, hav
ing been in the collapse stage of cholera
some twenty-four hours (it may be a
longer or shorter period), the temperature
of his body may begin to rise, gradually
creeping up into the normal standard;
the functions of animal life are slowly
restored, and the sick person recovers his
health.
A NEW CUXARD STEAMER.
Description or the Umbria, Recently
Launched on the Clyde.
The new Cunard steamship Umbria,
says the New York limes, was launched
at the yard of John Elder & Cos., Fairfield
on-the-Clyde, on June 25. The Hon. Mrs.
Hope, of Belmont, Edinburgh, christened
the vessel, and a number of distinguished
persons were present at the launch. The
Umbria will measure 8,000 tons, and will
be the largest vessel yet launched at Fair
field. She promises to become a remark
ably swift as well as a safe vessel, and no
expense has been spared to give her these
qualifications. The dimensions of the
hull are: Length over„ all, 520
feet; breadth of beam, 97 feet, and depth
of hold, 40 feet. Her engines, which
are also by Elder & Cos., will indi
cate 12,500 horse-power. The hull is di
vided into ten water-tight compartments,
with bulkheads which have water-tight
and fire-proof doors. This will insxire
almost absolute safety at sea. There are
five decks in all. the promenade deck
extends the entire width of the vessel,
and is 300 feet long. On this deck a saloon
will be fitted up for lady passengers. All
the saloons will be spacious, and will be
fitted up in the most elegant manner. The
accommodations for passengers will be of
the very finest description. The Umbria
will be placed on the admiralty list as a
transport of the highest class. She will
probably be ready for service in a few
months. Another vessel, to resemble her
in every respect, is now being built for
the Cunard Line by Elder & Cos. She will
be named the Etruria,
BROKER WIGGINS' EYE.
It Mesmerizes Forty Cotton Men, But
Not tbe Georgia Wonder.
Mr. William H. Wiggins, of Brooklyn,
says the New York Times of Tuesday, is
one ol the handsomest of the solid mem
bers of the New York Cotton Exchange,
and he is noted in the lower part of the
city for the grace and dignity of his bear
ing. Within the last few weeks Mr. Wig
gins has developed mesmeric power, or at
least his fellow-brokers have made him
believe he has, and the dull season
has been enlivened by a great deal of fun
with the mysterious influence thus ex
erted. It has not been an uncommon
thing in the Cotton Ex
change for Mr. Wiggins to mesmer
ize a dozen members at once, and cause
them to follow him about at will, though
it was always noticed that the spell lasted
only until Mr. Wiggins approached a bar,
when all the mesmerized gentlemen would
insist upon his relaxing his features—i.e.
smiling—to repair them for the necessity
he hud subjected them to of following
him.
Yesterday, at a secret meeting of the
Cotton Exchange, it was decided to dele
gate Mr. Wiggins to visit Wallack's The
atre and mesmerize Lulu Hurst, and
about forty members of the Excnange
were present last night to see him do it.
Mr. Wiggius went upon the stage with
the second delegation of twelve experi
menters that were called for bv Mr. Paul
Atkinson, the perpetual snuler, to do the
chair act. He sat in statuesque grandeur
while the wonder throw a few dudes over
the footlights and knocked a brace of ex
perimenting scientists through the wings,
and then there was a concerted shout
from the forty members ol the Cotton Ex
change of “Wiggins!” “Wiggins!” Mr.
Wiggins rose, thrust one hand into
his bosom, placed the other upon his
diaphragm, and bowed impressively,
while the spectators applauded franti
cally. Mr. Wiggins thou bowed inquir
ingly to Mr. Atkinson aud overpowering*
ly to Miss Hurst, who giggled admiringly.
Then he advanced with a graceful inclina
tion of his body from the middle binge
that threw the audience into convulsions.
“I would like,” he said to Taul, “to test
the power of the young lady in my own
way, by takiug her hand aud inducting
her with mesmeric power.”
Paul cave him permission and Mr. Wig
gins took Lulu’s hand and gazed steadily
in her lace. “Look mo straight in the
eye,” he said, and the phenomenon of tho
nineteenth century start'd fascinated.
The audience screamed with merri
ment, but Mr. Wiggins heeded them not,
though Lulu almost chuckled herself into
hysterics. He continued to gaze steadily
into tho translucent depths of her suit
brown eyes, and the spectators cried:
“Oh, you wicked man!” “Stop that,
Grandpa!” “Aren’t you ashamedun
til Paul suggested to Mr. Wiggins that he
give somebody else a chance. Then the
spectators howled for a speech,
and “Bob” Frazer led Mr. Wiggins
up to the foot-lights, where he made
another graceful bow, waved his
arm in dignified refusal, and strutted
back to his seat to watch the wonder
hold a chair while four men attempted to
put it down to the floor. But the spec
tators would not rest while Mr. Wiggins
was in repose, and led by the fortv wick
ed members of the Cotton Exchange, they
continually shouted his name, and he was
again and again forced to rise and bow,
each time with deeper courtesy and more
elaborate gesticulations, while the throng
almost wept with laughter.
Mr. Wiggins decided to allow Lulu to
lift him in a chair, but he insisted upon
being allowed to straddle it, and sit facing
the back so that he might use bis mesmeric
power upon her. lie therefore seated
himself carefully, folded his arms, and
gazed steadily in her face again. “Tip the
chair!” shouted the audience with concert
ed deviltry. The Georgia wonder, with
malice prepense, gave the chair
a twist, and Mr. Wiggins turned
a double back somersault over it,
made two complete revolutions, and
brought up on his back, with his feet
pointing toward the flies, while the vast
audience got right up on its hind logs aud
went frantic with delight, and cheered
and screamed and howled with overpow
ering mirth, and it really seemed as if the
forty wicked members of the Cotton Ex
change would expire with laughter. Mr.
Wiggins arose sadly, his raiment dusty
and disheveled. He gave Lulu one glance
of dignified and gentle reproach, aud de
scended haughtily from the stage.
A VERY BAI) BREAK.
An Intended Presidential Felicity that
was Not at All Complimentary to Ar
thur.
A couple of prominent Republican poli
ticians, says a Washington special, called
on the President on Saturday, and after
concluding their business fell to discuss
ing politics. “What a pity, Mr. Presi
dent,” said one of the gentlemen, in a
complimentary mood, “that we did not
take our leader from New York, too; how
very interesting you would have made it
for Mr. Cleveland.”
“Yes,” chimed in the other caller, anx
ious to be agreeable, “I, too, wish that
were the fight. The Democrats are more
easily pleased than we are,” he added,
innocently.
The light in the faces of both the Presi
dent and the visitor, who had first spoken,
faded, and in a moment more the two vis
itors withdrew. When the two gentle
men were safely out of the house, the one
who had first addressed the President
about the political race, said to the other,
“That was a of a remark you made
to the President about the Cleveland bus
iness.”
“Why,” replied the other, trying to re
call what he had eaid, “Wasn’t that all
right?”
“Well, say, you think about it a mo
ment and then answer for yourself.”
The gentleman thus addressed began
turning the matter over in bis mind, and
as he did so, betrayed the fact in his face
that anew light was breaking in on him.
“Why, do you know,” he said. “That
remark seemed all .right to mo when I
made it. I swear 1 intended it for a com
pliment. “Do you think the President
took it as you did?”
The expression on the other gentleman’s
face was one of mingled disgust and friend
ly commiseration, “The President is a for
giving gentleman, but if I were in your
place I would transact all business with
him for a while by proxy. You owe
something to yourself.”
VICTIMS OF WITCHCRAFT.
How Two Superstitions Patieuts Were
Cured of Fancied Maladies.
That the superstition of witchcraft still
has possession of some people In this
enlightened age, says the Philadelphia
Record. , is affirmed by Dr. Richardson, of
the Board of Health, who recently minis
tered to two victims of that unholy weak
ness. They are both young women. One
was suffering from a contraction and
paralysis of the left leg of several weeks’
standing. Her family came from one of
the northern English shires, and are con
fident that she was .bewitched. After
vain attempts to assure the patient and
her people that the limb would perform
its functions under the direction of a little
will power Dr. Richardson stupefied the
girl with chloroform. The contracted
muscles relaxed with the rest of the
system, and the next morning the patient
was able to walk.
Dr. Richardson’s other case was a
young lady who was bent almost double,
and remained in bed almost constantly
for eleven months. Whenever the
“witch,” to whom she attributed her
misfortune, approached her she evinced
the most frightful paroxysms of excite
ment. The Doctor sent her to the Penff
sylyania Hospital, gave her a harmless
potion to take at certain intervals, and
just as soon as she became homesick the
cure of the fancied malady and the belief
in witchcraft was speedy and complete.
Absconder Cushman Brought Back.
Providence, R. 1., July 16.—Detective
Parker, of this city, arrived here from
France this evening, bringing Frank H.
Cushman, the defaulting second teller ot
the Merchants National Bank. Cushman
took $4,500 in currency and $5,000 in gold.
Of this amount $3,757 is recovered.
* __
Jockeys Ruled Out.
Chicago, July 16.—The judges who
presided at Washington Park Saturday.
July 5, after consideration have ruled off
forever W . Dedderick (colored), who rode
Ohio Boy, and have suspended W. W.
W alker (white), who rode Guy, for one
year.
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Marseilles, July J6.-There were at)
deaths from cholera in this city last night.
Eight deaths from cholera occurred h“re
between 9 o’clock this morning and noon.
Marseilles, J*i> 16, 9:3o‘ p. m—The
number of deaths here from cholera dur
ing the tweuty-four hours ended at 9*30
o’clock to-night were fifty-three. The to
tal number of deaths since the appear
ance of the plague is 578.
Paris, July 16.—The Duke of Charters
hfm f ° r , r ° u,on - ‘ook with
!\ un £ A OOO as a donation for the relief of
the sufferers from cholora.
Iho Academy of Medicine has referred
to a (-omission the measures to be taken
to promote the public health and prevent
the introduction ot cholera into Pans.
TERRIBLY QUICK WOR* AT TOULON.
~7 < ,k UI . ON ' /' ulv l’ l -—The number of
deaths here from cholera last night was
who died was the wife
of Admiral Fisquet. Municipal Counsel,
lor Alezard was attacked bv the disease
w i ll fV, 1,0,1 this morning. M
M aldrek Roseau, Minister of
erior, and M. Henisson, Minister of Com
merce, have arrived here. They have vis
ited the St. Maudrier Hbspital.'
Eleven deaths from cholera have oc
curred here sineo last night, including
the Commissary of Police and Chief
Prison Warder.
CHOLERA HKrORTRD AT ALEXANDRIA.
• (■OfSTA-’mwoi’LK.July 16. The Turk
ish Government has ordered a quaran
tine of five days against all vessels arriv
ing atT urkish ports from Egypt i n con
sequence of the report that cholera exist*
at Alexandria.
MR. MERRITT’S ACTION.
London, July ia.-Mr. Merritt, the
American consul General, has appointed
a physician to examine vessels leaving
London for the United States, for the nur
tion ° aßCCrtaining their Bal 'itary eondi-
KAgAh SK A FRIGHT AT BOSTON.
Boston, July 16.—Some excitement
was caused- yesterday by a report that
the steamer Marathon had been allowed
to land n quantity of rags which came
from southern ports of France where
cholera exists. It was found, however,
that they came from northern France.
rags through Canada.
Washington, July 10.—The Treasury
Department has been Informed by one of
its agents ou the Canadian border that
paper rags, supposed to have been col
lected in the cholera-infected districts of
Egypt, Turkey and the South of France,
are being imported into the United States
through Canadian ports. Thev are de
scribed as of a low grade aud likely to
contain germs of the disease. A large
lot was recently shipped to this country
from Liverpool.
UNPARALLELED HAIL STORMS.
A Piece of Territory In lowa Four Mile.
Wide Oovered One Foot Deep Willi
Hail Stones,
Nows has been received here, says a
Brooklyn, la., special, that a cyclone and
hall storm visited Jeft'erson township,
Poweshiek county, Friday night, de
molishing grain and orchards, tearing up
houses and barns and carrying awav
roofs and chimneys. The storm came
from the northwest at 10 o’clock and was
attended with much lightning. It was
followed by a severe hail storm. The
stones laid one foot deep. Nine barns
and five residences and a school house
were destroyed. Mr. Dixon and hi*
family were seriously hurt when their
house was wrecked, but It Is thought they
will recover. One woman was badly
injured by lightning. The small grain is
demolished in Tama and lowa counties.
The country is in a bad condition, and the
people are nearly destitute. The storm
was about four miles wide. One man lost
thirty hogs by the hail stones.
High way men Hob a Stage Coach.
San Saba, Texas, July 16.— Tbe San
Saba and Lampas stage was robbed last
evening, three miles and a half from Si'ti
ter tit t, by a band of highwaymen. The
passengers were ordered to get out and
hold up their hands while the robbers
went through them and relieved them of
their valuables. The mail sacks werelTtrfr-~
and the registered packages were taken.
The highwaymen were armed with rifles
and wore black half-musks.
Pillar’. History.
Dublin, July 16.—Pillar, who is mixed
up in the Cornwall abominations, isa wino
merchant on Ratbmine road. He is 60
years old and the lather of a grown-up
family. He belongs to the Society of
Friends. He was remanded for trial.
Texas Increased Value*.
Galveston, July 10.— A special from
Austin says: “According to tbe assess
ment roils returned by tbe State Comp
troller the taxable value of the State this
year shows an increase over last year of
$60,000,000.”
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
Some Little Items of Interest and Som.
Items of Little Interest.
Natchez, Miss., July 16.—Albert Miles,
colored, was banged here to-day for wife
murder in September, 1882. lie was 28 years
old. Hundreds of persons viewed tbe execu
tion.
New Yoke, July 10.— Advices from New
Orleans report that the Vicksburg, Shreve
port aud Pacific Railroad will be completed
in two or three days aud tbe trains will run
regularly in connection with tbe Texas
Pacific, making the time between Shreveport
and Vicksburg in six hours. The connection
will certainly be made by Saturday noon.
Lima, Jujy 16.— A telegram received by
the government says that (cabas been reoccu
pied by the government forces without resist
ance.
Sw anton, Vt., July 16.—The post office
here was entered by burglars last night. The
safe was blown open. The burglars secured
MuO in cash aud stamps and $7,0V0 in notes.
Cincinnati, July 16.— The Sun, successor to
the News-Journal, will appear to-morrow
morning with J. L Kecke. as proprietor and
managing editor. Mr. Kccke Is a Republican.
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