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ESTABLISHED 1850. {
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fcls IN Til It EE STATES
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GEORGIA.
u.-.-w lo <teethe in August*
• r,ji< ml 10.
bl1 '* >t tin pair of twin*
. n-.l i-onni-leralilv the
=•• •;’L .V : M Intoeh county.
; :■> ir < -.Tington one day
* r ' t r*, who was the mother
, . : :,t Ixiwn’le* county will
j... rli . r.q> (crown in year*. Cot-
'onth Rome arc organ iz
1. ,".V. • .ii.ipanr. of which they will
'tJ B i Ii inpltin't aptam.
• ' •• - Ilorsc Guard, of Atlanta.
■ -,r> l.'i-iag a tract of land near
. •, ; . i.- a park and drill ground,
r " vr-f it ’* lj t struck the mines up
f v t considerable damage,
t everything righted and
x: Algo.cl, of Carroll county, is
-rest • rged with rheatii.g and
..ir, .-to obtain a loin on land
. r . .|. he falsely represented as
1 xt a reward of*SM for the
. l delivery in Wnghtsville of
< ■’ s n. gro, vrlio is wanted at the
t tens ■ ' •••din'-on superior Court for
• 11* r \• \ mder. who has t>cen Presi-
J . " ‘ College for the past
. f; : r his funner home in Ifome
I He will probably
. , i rnp n jiorts are more en
- :,c of utir farmers say their
I enoagh. The grass
( IP , r-w r> httay, and the town has
T , ii llnrris county promises to
• • Yr_' • .Town in the county and cotton
tr >• i It is too early to gin--*
nul no reason exists now
** !..■! uc a* good relatively as the
~ i ,r-. .. ... H.irt county, brrmght
• I m Elbert
will iit distilling. The cases
tr ri Is t'.r- • ominisstouer Culp and all
-. -I, as there >• no evidence
list the city of Koine for
‘ r ir l at iln- fall term of
, . ’,* , r i -t. Mr. Cockrell, who was
,-c. -lies for $2J,000, and
L . f< r overflow of property,
Ti.- .j.,.-. nc an-l mail route between
t : * ... . and Ta-lahass e has been diseon
i t very great hardship on the
. nradfordnilc anil
~ ,r- li-- : are entirely cut off from
tt tv. 1 l.<.nipsoD,of Smithv ille. has shi|qx‘d
lad nl i are from 130 trees,
~ .. ar >-M. Forty bushels of the |<ears
j ,-n ,-vnoff bv a storm—these he did
r i<- Vi "f the I M tree* grew on oue and
•ae-eighib acres of umd.
Tt ,- t • I’.ains I'armers* Club. Harris
ann. l.i, i • meeting last .Saturday and
| 3 .;ic! i.|-n lidding a fair in Oetotier.
•
... in elect officers and |>er
fn t no -sary arrangements.
The well-known Macon firm of J. P. Ste
a i ... changed hands Saturday, L O.
:ctci.-i. fi.rni- r!y of J. P. Steven* ,t Cos., At
■u rest "f .i. P. Stevens
| x Hants, iii the Macon branch of the
I new ilrin will lie Williams &
pteven-. Isith former partners.
At Columbus Saturday morning, as a col
nred Imv a- walking through the park, he
wa given a Imt by a colored woman, and re
■lardcd to ii liver it to A If. W vnn, thecol
•ixsl cemetery keeper. Wvnn could not be
found, ad the box proved, upon examination,
to i.inlain the remains of an infant. The
tffmr will lie investigated further.
gli. i.l. ir .tv ir i S,j„ tt: In the latter
part > <-Itinr .loe Uougla** colored) started
on a raft of trailer belonging to ,lohn Jordan,
• ii!. the intention of carry iogil to Burnt Port,
(in Jn y I he reached Prentiss’ mill, and sh ee
lb*t time nothing has been heard from him,
Vsr: - minor- are afloat as to what has iie
eoaicof hiui. tome fear be has met w ith an
accident, or po**ihly Is-en drowned, as Prince
Kic rt- was several year* ago.
Har■ H k r.'dutit: ; As Mr. Callier. who is
ranva-Mt g tin-county in the interest of the
•Tnmaicd Alia-of the World” was cros-ing
Uwtwo-mile branch ..nc- day tins we. k. his
atlCßiioii was called to a singular coincident.
that a hawk bad at the
branch for water, and while it was drinking,
*c in-tanllv encircled by a large snake
which linked the haw k several times and at
lilt s'. led in drowning his hawkship.
Mr. i idler, limlmg ut that the itatvk had
been dnot iicU. tli.cighl that what was ‘-fair
I the| ..icier." >o be
killed the snake.
Quitman /', /’*.■.: Late returns rt-ceive<l
by Mr. l-tac Jorlan fur one ear load of Kolb
beta melon - -hipped to Ito-ton, ami which
netted lulu 1 .arccreating great excitement
BBiong nur melon men. Mr. .lord.au has three
s lier ur 1.-a t- m Itoktou, and L'hamberline
' they art selii ig at thirty
liner.i-. After ait. it may lie the Kolb Gem
winrii n to lift u- from the slough of despair
r-i [i'.o i ur feet upon rock. I nlcss we cau
hii far rate- ami - |itare dealing w shall
advi-e the growers of this section to plant no
B-r - melon*. But if we do get reasonable
rail- there . in I* no doubt that the Kolb
T‘ -•" -no r ire-lie mi the Buena Vista Rail
r -ad. not f.,r fr on I.:il ro-*c, was raised about
ten >,ay - ... -me pianks nailed along on the
' J - ot tin- l ei . ta - to hold them temporarily
f . tteir | a-. .'ml the stringers were lata
Jl-"| t o t ... rile tre-h dirt that had keen
>" -I* at e.i.-h end. in settling, pushed the
'in!., and it was last >un
i.a. ri. ■ • alnut nigtit when the |ias*tug
ovrraisiut i ca-e-l.: 1.,11 17a feet of the struc
ture fell, i, iku _ a noi-e that was heard three
or f .urn. - around, leaving only about 27>
mrtstand ig. the tre-t e was about 30 feet
- • 1 :i-ei|uetne of its height and
tr. a. ai.t ti. it wa-oii it, manyot the timbers
token. To repair the dam
*S<“ it will Cost slw or more.
“•’T" •' \->n: In a conversation
' 1 • " • •’-Hi- several ilava since that
• i; ■-•rn. .1 ih of one of the strangest
r t?.' V ' 1u r *'• ■ r.I. Mr. Isaac Tant,
' 1 ' rti-* 1 1 in -tnet of Dooly county,
'**" ' " ‘lking through his fields
r, f !■> !•*(: hy a grass-snake.
• * ! > • hurried to the house, ami
L“' r ’ :!t '• diced at once. The swelling
‘ 1 " !l ' leg for several Jays, at the
"'l'. 1 “ ' rrinoveJ the poultice,
- verv jre.it surprse, four small
-anu- genus as the one by which
'!■ u <■ tin, t | le wonn'j. The
- , r , course, very small, Wing
■' ri id, ■ , of s |.m tas large as a common
";' rm - The |tie-tion with us now is
" '■ ! 'i 'uht the truth of the story ',
t in the wound? Were
i r 1,1 l ** er '' *y some cause to make it
• . „ ‘ tor a little whiter or has the
1. j.V ■'l H, wer to generate other
: ‘ - 1 ■'!.,/ Jfssssager: .Saturday
r>•• I ' ,,n ' m;,n name l Parker was
tr..m the cemetery with Mrs. Mul
lady living near the reser
c, . ~ v' "alking on the East Ten
w.“t' r - 1 •'"' l Georgia KailroaJ. and
the centre of the long trestle dis
u' train Tor Atlanta coming
tn-o They could not get off the
,kW* i ' rv, ‘ lrn ' n * t or going forward, and
■ ■** ong left for them to do hut to
*> • ' “ Ul '‘ of 20 tett - Thcv had
trim ." "'"' s the situation, as the
p’ r p 1 |'s *t a high rate of speed. Mr.
Mr- 11, ,Tr| 'T 1 adly, spraining Ins ankle.
not jump, hut. dropping
10 onc the
H t.a-irain passed over. The intense
| r „ . “ ,J‘ waill ‘ iter strong, and she held on
ti*.„ , '“tts-les relaxed as the train
pj l>w ‘ r. and then she fell to the ground
Pirt,V , w >thont any injury. Mr.
.V. *k, aup tow n in a hack and his
* 1 sttk-e attended to.
T.pi—,, T ... .
■lmti i.,” • ‘ , r ten years the TVmci lias
njc ‘ ’ u ‘‘ tllat there was money in the
’’ 1,1 '" ut, t Georgia, and it is
u l*. hut it must be done.
Pr r • • ' ‘ ur l’vople made some money.
" • here and there, real
rkar , ' r ‘ ' profits. Losses then were
ra- ' .. 1 ! 'lent transportation and
thm 7i - '“ mi s-ion men. Wo all thought
x- . lu> could be remedied.and so far
leen ‘ I . ran 'l M rtatiou is conccmeil it has
e,..' *' I' ssuitude to which the httsi
hjo-u of late has attracted
sf n,v', inliohtcned a number
Thy to increase their freights.
cm V a t ore announced, the crop
isa. u ,i • the unfavorable sea-
Ihc • **t. mails and com mission men
ueU. |j, ,er , leaving our growers in
amt. “tere, it is true, where ship
ißfn-a^.!T ira ' : ‘ over roads that had not
fr’* into . , ,r | tr > ‘g>!i.-. and wiien the melons
Bea.;. ,V: oainl- of reliable commission
sfcU'.-- t fail ' "’ re made, hut they do not
T'ni.'.rr, r l * , 1o overbalance losses.
*• " -ii mi.r *taud more than two vears
. the result is the l>usi
rtj , r . r . i ' a ndoßeil. M e have advised
ana—to !o embark in tbe busi
est ! t* e rTperiamat Haw
Itsted.' Vh r ment has tgen fully
mat. . ~ r ' ,nire no further advice to
Itir, aiiai.oon it. There was hope in
k< cc jl. ' . J- ,ere is a wav yet to make it
P’anU". ti lLe l K)wtr does not lie in the
l.r* : ‘ ’’ Kre helpless Wc have be
•hfpt-'i , r “„ i- f or a car load of melons
U: (7 i,', 10 , j ‘-sta to Tole 10, O. Here it
••ill || ‘ “cionsmildal2oc., It 20t 249 melons
tit i- .'*; is* melons sold at 25c.,
l>r.-iv. 'is.' ~,!; car load brought *124 40;
vomnm f. 1 .* 131 cartage. MOO;
due ' ' i:! U; ,oUl ’ * ur * io - balance
Wtil C'Hum:..i,, Q honse, fti 20. It
’h** the gross sales
Ihr . u .'* n the freigut. This was one of
tn ? a *cs we have heard of. Many
it! J* v * r or the freight, some
Is*
the l al 'c , vc. Upon an aver
i*,r V , 1 their manure and their
n*l„n, at , ’Jz l f e ral! tMads would haul the
dun ; ' ‘ k! >a ** r*tes on flour or other mcr
*-Übrch u not “>“• h over half the
hmiun ml . for meions; and, if tbe com-
Ptr r,Si WO ° ' handle them for 5 instead
ha then, even with the
Hsltt* ye * r i the growers would
|ht **? they would continue
penmetu longer. The only salvation
JTlic Sanimmh 311 oruing 31 w.*.
for them is in this direction. In the begin
ning of this season the Tint* warned the rail
roads not to kill the goose that laid the golden
egg, but they hare seen flt to do it.
If this immense amount of freight
given them in a dull season of the year is en
tirely cut off for the future they must charge
the lo*3 up to their own short-sightedness.
The melon growers here, where the bulk of
the crop in Georgia ha* been raised tor some
[ year*, are making arrangements to plant cot
ton next season. Many a-serf, let come what
| will, they will never plant melons again, but
it is in the power of tbe railroads to partially
I set this enterprise upon its feet again if they
[ will dj it. If they adhere to the present
| schedule of rates no more melons will be
j planted in South Georgia. The crop is made
in L/iwndes and Brooks counties, and we
! know that we speak for the melon men of
Brjoks.as well as I-owndes. when we say that
the struggle is practically over, unless there
is a great reduction in freights.
FLORIDA.
Three trains a day arrive and depart Irom
Tampa.
Over 1,000.000 cigars are shipped weekly
from Key West.
Fire limits have been fixed by the Madison
municipal officers.
A. G. Stringer, one of the oldest citizens of
Hernando countv, died last week.
The Scottish residents of Tampa have taken
steps to organize a Caledonian society.
I-ake City is advised that railroad shops
may soon be located within her limits.
John Carter, of Cove Bend. Hernando
county, has recently become insane and is to
go to the usyium.
The catlle shipping season lias opened, at
Tampa. Three cargoes have recently been
carrieil over to Cuba.
The Tampa barbers have become so piously
inciined they will neither shave or cut hair
any more on the Sabbath dav.
A white man giving his name as Dawson
has been swindling tbe people of Key West.
He obtained 1150 from one gentleman uiion a
forged note. He is still at large.
Tlie Baptist Church Association of Brooks
ville have let tbe contract to build their new
church to C. C. Kcithley. He agrees to have
it finished and ready for occupancy by Oct. 5.
Key West claims a population that numliers
11.0 0. and that between $30,000 and SIO,OOO
'change* hands every Saturday night, the re
sult of one week's work in the cigar industry.
The East is -Vete Yorker says that a company
of Bostonians, with SIOO,OOO capital, have pur
chased 4,000 acres of land near Ocala, and
propose reproducing “baked beans and cul
ture."
The Board of County Commissioners have
requested Judge Mitchell to hold an exlra
term of court for Hillsborough county to di
posc of the large number of prisoners now in
jail at Tampa.
Brooksville r ret rent, 12th: Saturday was
a lively day among the negroes employed
on the railroad between Fort Dade and Pem
-1 rtin. K Try. at Morgan's camp, near Mc-
Leod’s store. ( ne negro shot another through
the head, killing him instantly. At Hat's
camp a broad-ax was used, splitting the vic
tim’s bead open. He is still alive. Both as
sailants made their escape and have not been
arrested.
T.ilahassec Economist: Last week there
arrived all the way from Adrian (Mich.) three
boxes of I>ooks, the donation of Dr. John Host,
embracing some 300 volumes. Among them
are 23 volumes of Applet ons Encyclopedia. 18
volumes of the transactions of the Royal Pho
tographical Society of London from 1620 to 1800,
lie.-idesa number of valuable works on science,
theology, etc. Gradually the shelves in the
Library are filling up, there being already
about 1,0 0 volumes.
Green Cove Spring: The wharf at the foot
of Clay street has been completed, with the
exception of the warehouse and office, and is
probably the largest structure of the kind on
the St. John’s. The runway and wharf, to
gether, extend 1,000 feet into the river, the
wharf pro)>cr being 80 feet in depth by 150
feet in length. The street railway will be
extended to the head of the wharf with
ample space along the runway to admit of the
passage of vehicles and foot pas-engers. Every
facility for tlie accommodation of steamers
and sailing vessels has been provided, and two
or more steamers, with several schooners, can
lie at the wharf at the same time. The depth
of water at low tide is sufficient to admit
any vessel which can come over the bar to lie
without touching bottom.
SOUTH CAROLIN A.
The public roads in Orangeburg county are
in a dreadful condition.
An alligator three feet long was captured
near Camden last week.
Charlotte Gant, a colored ajuiman, said to be
108 years old, died in Barn won last w’eek.
The sixty- first annual meeting of the Abbe
ville District Bible Society will be held on
July 30.
Essie Hill, colored, tvaa drowned while
swimming in Little river, Abbeville county,
on Sunday last,
A New England syndicate has signed the
contract for building the road from Gaffney’s
to Kutherfordton.
Maj. John I). Adams, of Cokeslmry, Abbe
ville county, is ai*mt 90 years of age. He is
hale and hearty, without a pain or an ache.
Mrs. Drue ilia Aiken, of Abbeville, who has
lived to see five generations, is now over SO
years of age, with mental faculties unimpaired
and her physical condition excellent.
A petition has been sent to the Post Office
Department asking that Beaver Pond office,
in Lexington county, be reopened at the old
Harmon Hutto place, with Mr. Columbus
Hutto as Postmaster.
A colored boy called Sorely, 15 years of age,
preferring death to work, committed suicide
at Allendale, Barnwell county, on Tuesday
by shooting himself in the stomach because
his mother had apprenticed him to P. B. Mc-
Knight, a carpenter.
On July 5 Mr. John Gregory, of Edgefield,
through mistake, gavo ins 'little daughter,
aged 14 t ears, a dose of morphiue for quinine.
She died shortly afterwards from tlie effects.
He had purchased it for quinine from a coun
try store, and. without noticing the label on
the bottle, administered it freely.
Newberry Herald: About a month ago a
17 year old w hite girl in No. 10 township gave
birih to a child of mixed Mood, and last
Saturday a party of forty white men visited
the house of Jim Kinard, colored, the reputed
father of the child, gave him two hundred
lashes and told him to leave the county, which
pro|>-ition he acceded to.
lii-hop Turner, of the A. M. E. Church,
spent last Sunday in Abbeville. In tbe morn
ing he attended preaching in the Methodist
Church where, over forty years ago, lie was
baptized and received iqio tlie church. At
night he preached in lm> colored Methodist
Church. Several of the white citizens went
to hear him, and they all spoke highly of his
sermon.
The following figures show the earnings of
the railroads running into Spartanburg, for
the month of May. as compared with Mav of
last year: Asheville and Spartanlinrg, 1843,
$2.422 17; INSt. $2.'6117: decrease S6O. Aslic
t ille and Charlotte, ISB3. $71,992 38; 1384.
$74,318 (VI; increase $1,826. Spartanburg. Union
and Columbia, 1883, $4,945 57; 1384, $4,617 29;
decrease $428 20,
Millie Miller, colored, was drowned in
Sugar Creek, in Indian Land township, in
Lancaster county, on Saturday last. Millie
was on a visit to some relatives in that
county, and on Saturday afternoon started to
return to her home in York county. The
creek was very high, and it is supposed that
she fell from or tvas washed off the log on
which she attempted to cross.
The subscribers to the telephone in George
town having refused to contribute to pay the
expense of renting an office ami the salary of
a person to manage the central station, the
telephones now in use will prohablv be taken
down and our merchants deprived of the URe
of this valuable adjunct to their business.
There are seven telephones rented here, and
they yield an annual revenue of |2SO to the
Telephone Company.
On last Wednesday the assignee of Mrs. B.
Michalowski. of Georgetown, declared a final
dividend of 5 22-100 per cent., which, added
to the previous dividend of 2." per cent., makes
a total percentage of 30 22-100 paid to the
creditors of the estate. The total amount of
liabilities was $9,637 85; assets $3,749 52. The
expenses of the assignment, including Com
missions. were $836 17, leaving, as the net as
sets, the sum of $2,913 35 for division among
the creditors.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Georgetown Rice Milling Company was
held on Moudav afternoon. The following
officers were elected to serve the ensuing
vear: President. K. ff. Ilazzanl; Directors,
11. Kaminski. G. R. Congdon. W. M. Hsz
zarvl, B. A. Munnerlin. R. E. Fraser and R.
I'on Lowndes. Mr. Geo. R. Congdon was
elected superintendent at a salary of $2,000.
No dividend was declared. It is expected
that this year the toll on all rice pounded at
the mill will be fixed at ten cents pier bushel,
instead of 8 per cent, on the turnout of the
rice.
After a suspension of nliout a year, work
has leen again resumed on the Summerville
tea farm. An appropriation for this purpose
was made at the last gession of Congress, the
exact amount of which is not. however, defin
itely known. but in the opinion of Maj.Var
ilell. the superintendent of the farm, it will
b • sufficient to meet the present pressing ne
cessities. The area under cultivation is about
six acres, and notwithstanding the difficul
ties under which the enterprise has labored,
the plants have attained an average height of
about three feet. At present the crop is al
most choked with gra-s and weeds, to the re
moval of which the wick is now being direct
ed. It is understood that Senator Butler and
Congressman Aiken have expressed them
selves favorably in regard to the support of
the enterprise.
Charleston .Vet e* and Courier: For several
months the people of Greenwood, South Caro
lina, have been considerably exercised about
the office of Postmaster at that place and who
should fill it. Lewis Waller, an officious and
impudent negro, was appointed Postmaster
some time ago, but could not give the requisite
l>ond. The question has been settled at last,
however, by the removal of Dr. F. G. Parks
and the appointment of R. R. Tolbert. Tol
bert is not a resident of Greenwood, is about
twenty-two ve&rsot age, and is a Republican.
I>r. Parks was appointed Postmaster at Green
wood in lssl. At the beginninuif the war he
resigned. After its close the was again
tendered to him, provided he m>uld take the
iron-clad oath, which he positively refused to
do. There was a man who did take it bv per
juring himself, and in a short time he was
defaulter to the amount of $1,900. The de
partment again offered Dr. Parks the office
through a special agent, to whom he replied:
"I will take the office, but not the oath.”
Having implicit confidence in his honesty and
ability he received the appointment anyhow,
and has held it up to the pr. sent time. Not
withstanding he has grown grav in the service,
and is now too old an t afflicted to practice his
profession, aud is possessed of only limited
means, yet he will not accept a position as
assistant nor clerk under Tolbert, both of
l which he has refused.
WOE WHICH WAS WASTED
NONE KILLED WHERE DOZEN'S
WERE GIVEN UP AS DEAD.
A Pennsylvania Railroad Wreck in
which Twenty-five Excursionists were
Injured Reported as a Wholesole
Massacre and Hundreds of People
Thrown Into Hysterical Anguish In
Consequence.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 20.—A special
from Canton, Ohio, says a point on
the Con noton Valley Railroad two miles
east of here was last night the scene of a
horrible wreck. The employes of Ault
man <fc Co’s, machine works held their
annual picnic at Cuyahoga Falls, and
over 2,000 persons went on the ex
cursion. There were two trains
of fifteen cars each. The first section
arrived at Canton on its return at 7:20
o’clock in the evening, and while hun
dreds of fathers, brothers and sisters were
at the station waiting for friends and rela
tives on the second section, a hatless mes
senger came running down the track, cry
ing that the train had been wrecked and
many of the excursionists killed and
injured.
terrible anguish.
The scene which followed was of tbe
wildest description, and when the wreck
was reached men, women and children
ran around, wringing their hands and
looking for their loved ones. Nine cars
were off the track and in water 4 feet
deep. The cries of the injured were
heartrending. Hundreds of willing hands
immediately set to work, and it was found
that not more than 25 persons were in
jured, but it was impossible to sav how
many were killed or who they were. A
dozen or more passengers are missing,
and may he under the cars, but nothing
definite can he known until a wrecking
train, which is now on its way to the
scene, arrives.
A telegraph office has been opened near
the wreck and everything is being done to
alleviate the suffering of the injured.
THE CAUSE OF THE WRECK.
The engineer says that the wreck was
caused by the track spreading. Tlie en
gine went over all right, but the first car
jumped the track and eight others fol
lowed. They were dragged a distance of
200 feet, throwing the occupants trom one
side to the other, and finally jumped a
small embankment, landing in four feet of
water. The doors' of the cars were then
cut open and the people got out. Three
doctors are on the ground attending the
wounded, several of whom, thev say,
will probably die.
NO LIVES LOST.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 20, 11:45 p.m.—
A special from Canton, 0., says: “The
track at the scene of last night’s wreck
was cleared to-day, but three cars thrown
into mud have not yet been removed.
Twenty-two persons were injured, hut no
deaths have been reported, and the
wounded are doing better than could be
expected. No one was killed, and those
missing and supposed to be under the
wreck have turned up all right.
ARTHUR’S SUMMER OUTING.
The Kan tor-kill Region His First Point,
and Other Resorts to Come in Later.
Washington, July 20.—The President’s
departure is now fixed for next Wednes
day and his destination is the Kaaters
kill region, with some good fishing in
prospect and visions of Newport and
other pleasure resorts in view for the lat
ter part of the season.
The President of San Salvador, who is
on his way here from Europe, will, it is
hoped, arrive before President Arthur
goes, as it would not be proper tor our
government to let the President of another
American Republic, though a very minute
one, find our chief magistrate away front
bis post. The President this week
received a handsome fishing rod, a present
from a friend in Oregon. He has added it
to his collection, which is already a good
one. He may take it with him to New
York. The President will not give up his
proposed trip on the United States steamer
Dispatch along the shore on account of
any fear of seasickness, lor he is rarely
troubled with that malady.
MAHONE’S LAST RESORT.
Virginia’* New Election Laxv to be
Fought by the Little Boss.
Washington, July 20.—T0-morrow the
legal representatives of Senator Mahone
will ask the Virginia Court of Appeals
for an injunction to prevent the de
livery of the poll books to the county
officials for the purpose of carryiug out
the redistricting scheme passed over the
Governor’s veto by the Legislature at its
last session. The ground of the applica
tion will be that the bill was not passed
bv the requisite two-thirds majority of
the Legislature, the claim being that it
was passed by two-thirds of
what remained after some of
the Mahone men had been
purged out. The point will therefore lie
made that the bill is not a law. Of course
Mahone’s object is to have the Congres
sional election held in the old districts,
wherein he thinks he can maintain his
present position.
Gordon Safe With S.OOO Men at His
Back.
Cairo, July 20.—The Mudlr of Dongola
telegraphs that he has received a dis
patch from Gen. Gordon, dated June 22,
saying that Khartoum and Senaar were
safe; that Gen. Gordon had 8,000 men un
der his command, and asked that rein
forcements be sent to him.
Advices from Assouan say that a re
connoissance was made to-day for a dis
tance of fifty miles, but no trace of the
enemy was seen. Several of El Mahdi’s
emissaries have been arrested at Korosko.
Traders arriving there report that the
roads to Dongola and Wady Haifa are
safe.
The Mudir’s telegram is believed to
have been sent with the purpose of hood
winking the authorities, and the increas
ing belief here is that Gen. Gordon is in
the power of El Mahdi, and that Khar
toum has fallen.
Another Comet Diacoyered.
Rochester, N. Y., July 20. —Dr. Lewis
Swift, Director of the Warner Observa
tory, has received intelligence of the dis
covery of a comet by Prof. E. E. Barnard,
of Nashville, on the night of July 16, and
the discovery was verified by the motion
of the comet to-night. It is in the head of
the Wolf, right ascension 15 hours,
50 minutes and 30 seconds, declination
south 17 degrees and 10 minutes, and
moving slowly in an easterly direction.
It seems to be growing brighter and is
probably coming toward the earth. This
is tbe first comet discovered in the North
ern Hemisphere this year.
Bold Turkish Brigands.
Constantinople, July 20.—Public se
curity in the suburbs of this city has
never been in a worse condition. A band
of brigands to-day entered a mosque lour
miles from the city, and, after firing sev
eral volleys into the ceiling, rifled every
person present, securing money and val
uables. Brigands also attacked and
plundered the village of Boskhalia, a few
miles outside of the city.
1,300 People in Jeopardy.
Boston. July 20.—The excursion steam
er Empire State, with 1,300 excursionists
on hoard, ran on a reef of rocks near
Thatcher’s Island to-day and knocked a
hole in her bottom. She was beached
near Gloucester before she sank, and the
passengers escaped. In less than an hour
her cabin floors were submerged, and a
great disaster was narrowly escaped.
A Negro Mashed to Pulp.
Waycp.Oss, July 20.—Pierce Jones, col
ored, was killed in an accident on Rep
pard & Walter's tram road here last night.
Jones was riding in front of the engine
when it collided with a log truck loaded
with logs. On 6 of the logs jammed him
through the front of the engine, mashing
him to a pulp and killing him instantly.
A Newspeper Man Honored.
Washington. July 20.—The President
has appointed Wm. E. Curtis, Washing
ton correspondent of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, to be Secretary of the commission
which is to visit Central and South
America, for the purpose of investigating
and extending the commercial relations
of the United States with those countries-
Liquor Dealers Ignore Licenses.
Cincinnati, July 20 Over 2,000 sa
loon keepers of this county have failed to
take out licenses under the Scott law.
The time expired yesterday and suits
will be instituted before all the Justices
of the Peace here. The license fees are
SIOO and S2OO per annum, according to
the kind of intoxicants sold.
Portugal’s Revenge in Senegambla.
Lisbon, July 20.—Reinforcements are
on their way to Senegambia to chastise
tbe natives, who recently ambuscaded and
killed a detachment of Portuguese troops.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1884.
CLEVELAND’S STRENGTH.
Gov. Hoadly’s Law Partner Says He
Will Carry Ohio.
Edgar M. Johnson, the distinguished
Cincinnati lawyer and the partner of Got.
Hoadly, says a Long Branch special of
the 18th instant to the New York Times,
created a 6tir among the fashionable com
pany at the West End Hotel to-day by
laying a wager of SSOO to S3OO that Cleve
land would carry Ohio. He had just come
from Chicago, where he went as a dele
gate for his personal friend and business
associate. Gov. Hoadly. After it had
become clearly evident, however, that his
first choice could not win he turned in for
New York’s son with a vim, and has come
back full of ardor for the reform candi
date. He is a tall, handsome man, with
a bluff and unpretentious manner. He
has an extremely intellectual looking face
and bright brown eyes.
“This bet shows’ just what I think of
the political situation,” he said laughing
ly to a correspondent. “There is no more
doubt in my mind that Cleveland will
carry Ohio than there is that he will win
in Kentucky. More than that, tbe Demo
crats will carry the State in October also,
and thus give the ticket a boost with the
rest of the country. On what do I base
my assertions? On what I know. Gov.
Hoadly got the largest Democratic vote
ever cast in Ohio, and Cleveland will get
substantially the same ballots. He is
immensely strong out there.”
“Are there many independents there?”
“There are some who are business men.
But the Ohio Republicans are more se
riously divided than the existence of a
body of what are called Independents
would indicate. The temperance ques
tion has come in to divide the Blaine
forces, just as it divided the Republicans
before in the Guliernatorial fight. The
Scott law, that is offensive to so many of
our citizens, particularly to the Ger
mans, is still in existence, and
the Republicans are running their
most rigorous Scott law man for
Justice of the Supreme Court. He
will lie defeated, and the Blaine Electoral
ticket will suffer with him. The Germans
are nearly all against Blame because of
the temperance question, and because
they don’t like the notion ot his ‘spirited
foreign policy.’ The Germans are thrifty,
energetic, business people. They have
enough of soldiering and the brass band
business in Germany. In this country
they have peace, and they don’t take
kindly tothe idea of official theatricals thuß
may get them aud the rest of the country
into trouble at any mom nt without ne
cessity.”
“How does Gov. Hoadly like the nomi
nation ?”
“It delighted him. The whole Ohio
delegation, after it saw that Iloadly him
self. for whom they would naturally vote,
could not be nominated, went for Cleve
land. The campaign in Ohio will be
fought out on personal grounds. It will
lie Cleveland against Blaine—the repre
sentative of reform against the figure-head
of a corrupt system. The tariff' issue,
which will form the chief string to the
Blaine bow, will have no power with us.
The Democratic convention’s deliverance
ou the tariff question suits us to a nicety.
It was almost exactly Ohio’s own plat
form. C leveland will carry not only Ohio
but also Connecticut, New Jersey, Mas
sachusetts and New York.”
“What of Tammany?”
“Tammany will be for Cleveland and
will help to give him a big majority in
New York. Just after the convention I
met Ned Kearney, John Kelly’s right
bower. He was not for Cleveland, but
after the nomination he said, ‘I am for
him.’ And he is for him, too. now, heart
and soul. And so will all of Tammany
be. The nomination of Cleveland seemed
at first to be weak. It evoked no hurrah.
That is because it was made by the tliink
men of the party. But it is a nomination
that will grow stronger every day, and at
the end the people will see that it was the
strongest that could be suggested. Hen
dricks strengthens the ticket, too, with
us, as he does, it seems to me, all over the
West.”
BRYANT TO THE FRONT.
It is Thought He Is About to be Paid for
Ills Chicago Work.
At last, says the Constitution of Sunday,
Col. John E. Bryant is about to secure a
snug berth. A report was circulated yes
terday, and is sustained by the statements
of prominent Republicans, that on to
morrow, or very soon thereafter, Col.
Bryant will be appointed United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Geor
gia, in place of Gen. James Longstreet,
who will be removed.
This change has been talked of for a
long time, and its culmination has been
looked for during the past week, but did
not occur, it is stated now in the most
positive terms that Bryant’s appointment
is a question of only a brief time, and also
that in December the President will ap
point Col. Henry P. Farrow to succeed
Hon. John Erskine as Judge of the South
ern District of Georgia. It is expected
that Col. Bryant will make up his bond,
which is for $20,000, and be ready to take
chargb of tbe Marshal’s office by the mid
dle of August.
During the early part of the year a num
ber of statements were published to the
effect that Bryant had been promised the
Marshalship il he would secure a solid
Georgia delegation for Arthur. The re
ports were of course, denied, but at any
rate a solid Georgia delegation went to
Chicago and voted first, last and forever
for Chester A. Arthur. It is claimed that
the President has intended all along to
give the place to Bryant, but he consider
ed it best not to make the appointment
until after tbe convention, as otherwise it
would be looked upon as a political sell
out.
It is said that Gen. Longstreet has
always had a strong backing from Gen.
Grant. As Grant is now apolitical naught
and as the convention is over the coast
seems clear for Bryant.
Turkey’s Postal Service.
London, July 20. —The Porte has sent
a circular note to the powers notifying
them of its assumption of postal service.
The note says that the existence of
foreign post offices in Turkey is an in
fringement of the sovereign rights of the
Sultan. The Porte insists upon the pre
payment ot letters with Ottoman stamps,
and the powers are invited to close their
respective offices. It is rumored that the
Porte on Aug. 1 will surround
the foreign offices in Constantinople with
gendarmes to prevent the posting of let
ters. The various Ambassadors to Turkey
have asked their respective governments
for orders in view of such a contingenev.
The loreign Ambassadors here have held
an informal conference and have agreed
to act collectively in resisting the postal
change proposed by the Porte.
The Fight Over the Franchise.
London, July 20.—The Tories are or
ganizing counter demonstrations to the
movement favoring the frahehise bill to
be held in this city, and at Liverpool and
Manchester. Lord Rcdesdale proposes to
settle the existing difficulties by adjourn
ing instead of proroguing Parliament.
The government will bring up the ques
tion of the redistribution of the Parlia
mentary seats at the autumn session,
while the House ot Lords will discuss the
franchise question. This proposition the
Liberals will refuse.
Nearly twenty mass meetings were held
yesterday in various towns throughout
England to denounce the action ol the
House of Lords in regard to the franchise
bill.
A Romance of Nihilism.
W arsaw, July 20.—Tbe circumstances
which led to the discovery of the plot to
blow up the palace of the Czar during his
stay here have just been made public. It
appears that Nihilists had ordered a stu
dent to poison a high police official, who
was the father of the student’s affiance.
The student refused to commit the act
and poisoned himself. Two letters which
he left to his betrothed led to the discovery
of the conspiracy.
England's Indian Railways.
London. July 20.—The government’s
proposed advance lor the extension of the
Indian railway system will exceed £30,-
OOOjOOO, an amount equal to the sum
which is expected to be expended under
private enterprise. Besides the extinc
tion of famine, this extension movement
is also directed towards stimulating the
export of Indiau grain to England to
supplant the supplies received from Amer
ica.
An Anarchist Confesses Three Murders.
London, July 20.—Anarchist Kommer,
in prison at Vienna, has confessed to the
murders of Banker Lienbandt and Sentinel
Adels at Strasbourg and of Banker Einst
at Stuttgart. He declares that Stell
macher and other Anarchists assisted
him in the execution of his crimes.
Base Ball.
Washington, July 20.—Games of ball
were played to-day as lollows:
At St. Louis—Louisville 8, St. Lonis 6.
At Indianapolis—Cincinnati 17, Indianapo-
IN PRISON FOR POISONING.
SEXUAL SINFULNESS FLOORS
AN ATLANTA PHYSICIAN.
The Woman whom He Married at the
Point of Her Brother’* Shot-gun* and
Then Deserted Charges Him with Giv
ing Hera Deadly Dram—The Prisoner
Confident that His Friend, Gov. Mc-
Daniel, will Not Extradite Him.
Atlanta, Ga., July 20.—T0-day the
police authorities arrested a physician
calling himself James Joseph Augustus
Edwards, who is wanted at Richmond to
answer a charge of poisoning a woman to
whom he was married several months
ago. Edwards, in conversation with the
News correspondent, saiji: “I married
the woman who wants me brought back
to Richmond several years ago at the
muzzle of a shotgun filled with buckshot
and pointed at me by her b: other. Tbe
woman when I met her was employed at
the St. Charles Hotel at Ri hmond and
was in charge of the linenro. m. We be
came quite intimate, too i uch so to
please her three brothers, who have the
reputation of being dangeroxs men. one
of them having already killed 'is man. I
did this in face of the -act that I
had a wife in Georgia. I knew that
it was either marry and that quick or be
filled with lead, and I elected to take the
former. I lived with her a short time and
then shook her, coming to Georgia. So
far as poisoniug her is concerned I plead
not guilty. While I was at Portsmouth,
V a., on a trip she attempted suicide by
takiug laudanum. Upon returning to
Richmond l found her ill from the effects
of the drug. I at once secured the ser-
two prominent physicians, who
remained with her until she had entirely
recovered. Since then, I imagine, from the
nature of the information upon which 1
was arrested, that 6he has taken
poison again. The truth of the whole
matter is that she is stuck on me and
wants me brought back to Richmond so
that she can get me to live with her. I
have SIO,OOO at home and will spend every
cent of it before I will give up. I don’t
wiuit to go back. I am not as afraid of
the woman as lam of her brothers’ shot
guns. I am W!1 acquainted with Gov.
McDaniel, and when I lav the whole mat
ter before him, which 1 hope to get an
opportunity to ao, I think that he will re
fuse to grant the requisition. My wife,
that is the one that 1* claim
and intend living with, was reared in
Griffin and is a relative of Gov. Boynton.
I have a wealthy uncle in North Carolina,
where I am from, and he will see me
through when my SIO,OOO gives out. 1
propose fighting this thing to the bitter
end.”
DR. RAINES DEAD.
Dr. Thomas L. Raines, a son of the late
Dr. Thomas Raines, of the penitentiary,
(lied at his home in this city at 8 o’clock
this morning of gastric fever. The de
ceased was a fine physician and a most
admirable young man. Since the death of
his father he has been the support of the
family. Hecontraeted his sickness about
a month ago wh le attending Grant’s
convict camp near the city, and for the
past three weeks has not been conscious
of what was going on about him.
LETTER CARRIERS’ VACATIONS.
The Postmaster General’s Order on the
Subject.
The following circular letter concern
ing letter carriers’ leaves of absence has
been sent to Postmasters by Postmaster
General Gresham: “Sir—A recent act of
Congress provides that all letter carriers
at free delivery offices shall be entitled to
a leave of absence not to exceed fifteen
days in each year without loss of pay,
and authorizes the Postmaster General to
.employ, when necessary, during such ab
sence substitute letter carriers to fill
their places, with pay at the rate of S6OO
per annum.
“You are hereby authorized to grant
the letter carriers at your office a leave of
absence not to exceed fifteen days in each
year, with pay, and to fill their places
during such absence with substitute car
riers. whom you will pay at the rate of
S6OO per annum. You will grant leave of
absence to such numbers of carriers
at the time and at such times du?ing the
year as will work the least inconvenience
to the public, a strict account of which
must lie kept with each carrier and certi
fied to the auditor of this department
quarterly, with your carrier pay roll
on a separate sheet. If you
have not a sufficient number ’of
substitute carriers to fill the places of
carriers absent on leave you should at
once select as many additional ones as
may be required for this purpose and
nominate them to the First Assistant
Postmaster General for appointment. The
authority to employ substitute carriers
under this act is granted only when ne
cessary to enable the Postmaster to allow
the carriers the leave authorized above.
If, therefore, you can so arrange your
service as to grant the leave herein au
thorized without the employment of sub
stitutes you will not be justified in em
ploying substitutes under these instruc
tions.”
SMUGGLED CHINAMEN
Cannot be Kept Out of the Country.
We speak from positive knowledge,
says the Modesto, AV. TANARUS., Strawbuck, when
we say that the business of running
Chinese, both male and female, from Vic
toria, British Columbia, into the United
States is a well organized business, as
much so as any legitimate branch of
trade. Chinese merchants in Portland,
Oregon, in Seattle and other Sound ports
iu. AVashington Territory, and Victoria,
►British Columbia, furnish the cash, and
white men transact the business. It is a
matter of almost nightly occurrence,
the weather being very favorable,
for one or more small sailing crafts
to run past Port Townsend freighted with
Chinese taken on board at Victoria, Brit
ish Columbia. Since the restriction act
went into force, it is sale to say that thou
sands of Chinese have been smuggled into
this country from the port of A’ictoria
alone, not to speak of small parties that
have stolen across the line from the
Canadian Pacific Railway. AVe are
amazed at the amount of ignorance dis
played by the press in regard to this
matter. That the Collector of Customs at
Port Townsend is aware that a few Chi
namen have been smuggled in we believe
he admits, but he has no Idea of the vast
extent of the traffic, and if he did know
he is powerless to prevent it. as he has
but lewMen at his disposal. He no doubt
does with the limited means at
his coimnand. It would require a force
of at least 500 men to effectually guard
our northern frontier line against those
Mongolian hordes. AY r e could enter into
the details of the way this business is
carried on if space would permit. AVe
have no idea that it w ould do any good if
we did, so we will desist.
JOHN JAItRETT’S COM .MISSION
UNSIGNED.
Fresident Arthur Scotches a Secret
Enemy.
John Jarrett returned from AVashington
to-day, says a Pittsburg special of the
18th inst., very much flurried on account
of President Arthur’s refusal to sign his
commission as Chief of the Bureau of La
bor Statistics until certain statements he
is alleged to have made reflecting on the
President are explained. “The whole
trouble,” said Mr. Jarrett, il is that some
person is lying about me and misrepre
senting my language. I never said that
Arthur was fit only for a scullion in a
kitchen. AV’hat I did sav was that we
needed more statesmenship in the AA’hite
House, which sentiment was uttered by
me at a Lafayette Hall meeting. I did
not descend to personal abuse of the
President, but my accusers have stirred
up this luss to injure me. I don’t believe
the opposition to me comes from Mr.
Powderly or his friends. A know one ot
mv accusers and understand that the
whole difficulty originated in Pittsburg.
I had a talk with tbe President and left
with the understanding that he is to in
vestigate the charges. If it is proved
that I used the language accredited to me
I will not get the commission.”
A Great Triumph.
As the result of long years of patient
and careful application, aided by all the
discoveries and improvements in modern
chemical appliances, the process by which
the fragrance of tropical flow
ers is extracted and concentrated in Mur
ray and Lanman Florida AA'ater has
reached a state of perfection which leaves
nothing to be desired. To distinguish the
genuine article from its numerous imita
tions look out for the “Trade Mark”
which consists ol a narrow white strip
label bearing the fac simile signature ot
Lanman & Kemp, sole proprietors. *
THE GRANT & WARD CONTRACTS
Ex-Senator Chaffee Telling How He
was Swindled by the Firm.
Ex-Senator Jerome B. Chaffee was be
fore Referee Hamilton Cole to-day, savs a
New York special of the 18th, to prove
his claim to some United States registered
bonds, valued at $375,000, and some West
Virginia bonds, valued at $125,000, which
he had loaned to the firm of Grant &
Ward. To questions by Col. George
Bliss he said that his son-in-law, U. S.
Grant. Jr., wrote to him in April of last
year saying that Grant & Ward had need
for more money in their business, and
that they did not want to take any out
siders in the business. The ex-
Senator pledged SIOO,OOO in registered
4 i>er cent 9. with tbe “Fourth
National Bank and loaned the money to the
firm. For this he received no return, the
Urm merely paying the interest on the
loan. In October young Grant induced
him to go in further. The bonds were re
deemed and then $300,000 in United States
registered bonds, worth on the market
$375,000, and $125,000 in West Virginia
bonds were transferred to the firm. Young
Grant said the money was to be used in
very profitable contracts and the ex-Sena
tor was to receive one-half of the profits.
When cross-examined by C. W. Bangs he
said that he did not know how much he >
had drawn in the way of profits. The
firm notified him from time to time that
certain profits had accrued and had been
placed to his credit.
“About how much did vou draw ?”
“Between $35,000 and $40,000.”
“Did you inquire about the contracts?”
“Yes, I talked‘about the contracts to
Grant and to Ward. I asked about the
security, and whether they were sure to
be profitable. I was assured they were
perfectly safe, and I was told not to wor
ry about them.”
“What was the nature of the con
tracts ?”
“I was told that the money was loaned
to railroad contractors, but 1 did not get
a very definite idea of the business. I was
put off more easily then than I should be
now.”
COUNTERFEIT SSO BILLS.
Cheap German Labor Competing with
American Counterfeiters.
Four years ago, says the New York
Times of July 19, the National Broadway
Bank, at Park Place, was very much
annoyed by several counterfeits of their
SSO bills, which were so good that they
were received by several banks before
the fraud was discovered. A thorough
search revealed the fact that the bills
were manufactured in Germany, but the
counterfeiters were not discovered,
though their traffic in the biils was
discontinued. No more was heard of
the counterfeiters until July 5,
when the managers of the steamer St.
John's, of the Southern Railroad of New
Jersey, which runs to Long Branch, made
a deposit in one of the down-town banks
of two SSO bills on the National Broad wav
Bank, which had been passed upon the
boat. The Teller of the Broadway Bank
at once discovered that these bills were
counterfeit, and that they were struck
from the same dies from which the Ger
man counterfeits were printed four years
ago. The Treasurer of the St. John’s was
unable to furnish a description of the
men who passed the bills.
\ esterday morning a merchant made a
deposit of two of the same counterfeit SSO
bills at the First National Bank. Teller
J.C. Shepherd discovered the frauds at
once, and, after stamping them “counter
feit,” he returned them to the depositor
who presented them. They were also
from the German dies manufactured four
years ago. The teller of the Broadway
National Bank says that they are very
good counterfeits, although an experi
enced eye can readily detect the inferior
workmanship.
A WOMAN’S WORK.
A Missionary Maiden and Her Temper
ance Targ.
“Who are the best total abstainers?”
The blue-jackets in Iler Majesty’s service
are second to none, says Miss Weston,
who, on July 1, gave an account of her
work among the sailors afloat and ashore
in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House,
London. It is now nearly twenty years
since Miss Weston, single-handed, began
her labors. Her work has
she speaks with cheertul, not to say en
thusiastic, optimism about what is now a
world-encircling work. There are
twelve thousand sailors in Her Majesty’s
service who belong to the temper
ance society, and there is not a
single ship in which there are not some
workers among the sailors themselves.
High naval officers, such as those who
supported Miss Weston on the platform
yesterday, speak in terms of eulogy of
the results among the men taught and
trained by her. This lady is not content
with teaching and preaching, but gives
“Jack” material assistance in the form
of “sailors’ rests”—homes where he can
put up when ashore. Five of these are
at present in existence in England. One
at Portsmouth, for which funds are
is being enlarged, and in every
part of the world similar institutions are
being established for sailors. These
“rests” once established are • self
supporting, and, as Miss Weston
says, “they ought to be self-support
ing, for the sailor can pay and is willing
to pay.” Besides this ‘ “the sailor’s
friend” has many ways of reminding her
“boys” when abroad that she still cares
for them; they receive a monthly “blue
baok,” a small monthly letter, in which
Miss Weston holds friendly converse with
them; 240,000 copies of these were dis
tributed during the last year. The sailors’
wives and friends also benefit by the
work. They are visited and befriended
while their sailors are afloat, and fisher
men also have a word to say of the kind
ness received from Miss Weston or a lady
of her staff, for the work has long out
grown the capacity of a single woman and
has become an organized society.
A GOOD BISHOP.
His Advice to Young Men.
Burdette relates that the first time he
ever saw 7 the late Bishop Simpson was
years ago, when he (Burdette) was a re
porter for the Peoria Review, and was as
signed to chronicle the doings of the Cen
tral Illinois Conference, over which Bish
op Simpson presided. He and the other
reporters went early, seized a big table
belonging to the conference Secretaries,
took possession of their stationery, etc.,
and waited for the services to begin.
“First thing after the opening exercises,”
says Mr. Burdette, “a good brother arose
and called attention to the presence of the
reporters ‘within the bar,’ and suggested
that they be assigned a place without the
sacred precincts. We felt very badly
about it, as the suggestion was
warmly seconded, but while we were
wondering if we could carry the big table
with us, the Bishop looked down upon us
kindly and said, in a soothing way: ‘Oh,
well, brethren, never mind. If the re
porters can stand it 1 guess the brethren
can.’ We stood it. I remember one
thing he said, near the close of the con
ference, in his talk to the class of young
men who stood up to receive his charge.
‘And,’ he said, in the course of bis re
marks, ‘I have heard young men, in the
depth or their humility, say, “I am
willing to be a poor, despised Methodist
preacher.” Now, brethren, if you are
poor, it’s your own fault; and if you are
despised, it is because your are despica
ble.’ And then he talked more common
sense to those young men in five minutes
than some men are privileged to hear in
as many years.”
Much Sickness at Panama.
Panama, July 19.—There is much sick
ness in this city. In one hospital there
are over a dozen cases of yellow fever and
100 cases of dysentery.
France and China Not to Fight.
London. July 20.—A dispatch to Reu
ter’s says that the situation at Shanghai
is improved, and that there will be no
fighting.
Indians at Church.
Several ferocious looking and fantasti
cally dressed Indians, belonging to the
“Wild West” exhibition, savs the Phila
delphia Record of July 19,'attended the
First Baptist Church last night. One of
them, in his native tongue, gave his ex
perience. He said:
•‘There are two roads, a high and a low
one. and the high road is traveled by the
white men, and that is whv they are suc
cessful. The low road is’ the Indian’s,
and that is why that race is not success
ful.”
He was on the white man’s road now,
he said. He worked and got pay for his
work just like a white man, and he was
glad there were men who would hire In
dians and pay them for their work and
who got up schools among white men to
educate Indian children.
CHOLERA’S DEATH ROLL.
THE WORK OF DEPOPULATION
STILL IN PROGRESS.
Women of Toulon Refused the Privilege
of Marching Through the Streets in
Parade Offering Prayers for Relief
from the Plague—Portugal Includes
all Europe in Her Quarantine Edict.
Paris, July 20.—Two fresh sporadic
cases of cholera have been reported. A
noticeable fall In the temperature to-day
is regarded as the best safeguard against
the disease becoming epidemic.
$6,000 FOR RELIEF.
The Pope has given 20,000 francs and
President Grevy 10,000 francs for the re
lief of the cholera sufferers.
THE DEATHS AT MARSEILLES.
Marseilles, July 20.—1n the twenty
four hours, ending at 8 o’cloek to-night,
there were fifty-seven deaths from chole
ra. The Chamber of Commerce has voted
an appropriation of 100,000 francs for tbe
relief of the sufferers. Three deaths oc
curred at Brignoles to-day.
THE SCOURGE AT TOULON.
Toulon, July 20.—1n the 24 hours
ending at 6 o’clock this evening, 46
cholera deaths have been reported. In
the same time 171 cases have been re
ceived at tbe hospital. The refusal of the
municipal authorities to allow a proces
sion of womeu in the streets offering
prayers for the cessation of the scourge
has created a bad impression among the
population.
PORTUGAL QUARANTINING ALL EUROPE.
Lisbon, July 20.—Portugal has ex
tended her quarantine to all European
shipping.
A SUBSCRIPTION OPENED IN NEW YORK.
New York, July 20.—The Courier des
Hats l nis, of this city, has opened a
subscription m aid of the cholera suffer
ers in France.
THE PARROT IN POLITICS.
Taught to Shout the Names of Candi
dates—His Place in Political Clubs.
“The parrot is the coming bird,” said
a bird fancier to a reporter of
the Philadelphia Times, “and I feel cer
tain that in placo'of the eagle the parrot
will be adopted as our national emblem.
What can the eagle do, anyhow? Why
screech, and that’s nothing. An intelli
gent bird that oan represent a progressive
people with credit to itself and them is
something which has been a long felt
want.
“Why the parrot?”
“The parrot is a clever bird and has
more sense than a great many people that
go howling through lifelike Texan steers,”
said the bird fancier. “A good, intelli
gent parrot learns to speak in less than
no time, though I guarantee that any of
those Cuban birds will master any lan
gnage, not barring Russian, inside of
ninety days. Russian-speaking parrots
are scarce and high. To hear a parrot
wrestle with a healthy, vigorous, muscu
lar Russian name is a" treat that should
not be missed in one’s life. French
speaking parrots are ‘no good.’ They
have to be fed on frogs and claret, and
that’s expensive. Pretzels and beer are
good enough for the German-trained
birds, and they are the most robust aftd
hearty. Just about this time thoroughly
Americanized birds have a very good
sale., You see, they tako naturally to
politics.”
And, as if in verification of this prepos
terous statement, a prominent member of
the Americus Club entered the store at
this juncture, w 7 hen three gaily-colored
parrots in the rear of the room veiled:
“Cleveland and victory!”
The countenance of the disciple of Jef
ferson was illumined with pleasure and,
pointing to one of the birds who had a
predilection for Cleveland, sententiouslv
said:
“That’s me!” And the speaker placed
anew five-dollar note in the fancier’s
hand and departed. That bird is now
hanging in an up-town Democratic club
room.
“If things keep on in this style long
enough,” resumed the bird fancier, “every
politician who has any love for bis party
will wane a parrot to shout his warerv.
Parrots at political meetings would be’a
novel and attractive feature. After the
speakers w 7 ere done shouting themselves
hoarse a chorus of parrot political songs
would be much more pleasant than a
braying brass band.”
QUEER CONSUMPTION REMEDY.
How the Dread Disease Ig Treated with
Dog Fat.
There is a great variety of medicines
for a great variety of diseases* but it seems
as though J. 8. Bischoff, a cigar dealer at
214 Pearl street, says the Cincinnati En
quirer, is taking the strangest remedy of
all. For a long time he has been suffer
ing from consumption and has of late had
frequent hemorrhages. He is a German
and as a last resource determined to try
the following remedy, which was at
one time popular, in the mother
country. Someone told him that
the fat ol a dog rendered and taken
daily was a cure for this disease. lie be
gan at once to look for a suitable dog, and
found one in the possession of Sol. Baker,
the well-known ticket seller at the Little
Miami depot. It was a large mongrel,
pretty old and very fat. Jt weighed in
the neighborhood of 70 pounds. The dog
was killed on July 5 and Mr. Bischoff has
been taking his medicine like a man since
the following day. Mr. Bischofl' has taken
the medicine regularly three times a day
and professes to b 6 much improved in
health for it. It may be in tbe nature of
a faith *:ure.
An Enquirer reporter called at his home
last evening, but the sick man had re
tired. Mrs. Bischoff, however, was there
and kindly told the reporter something of
the treatment her husband was undergo
ing. The dog was killed in a cellar at
Newport by some man whom she did not
know, and who is said to be the only one
in this city who is able to do it properly,
as tne animal has to be killed in a particu
lar way to insure the good effects of its
fat. When rendered tbe carcass gave two
small crocks of lard, about twelve pounds,
which was as clear and pure as pork lard.
It has a slight, but not unpleasant odor,
and is not hard to take. Her husband
takes it before each meal. A tablespoon
ful is put in heated milk and mixed with
a little honey. He will continue to take
it, she says, until it causes purging.
THE SCALP OF A CHIEF.
How a Famous Indian wag Slain for a
Reward.
A relic which attracts general attention
has been placed in the Minnesota His
torical Society collection at St. Paul. It is
the scalp of the famous Sioux chieftain
Little Crow. It was taken in 1863, at the
time when the State was paying a pre
mium of $75 for Sioux scalps. A man
named Lamson killed Little in that
year and brought his scalp to St. Paul,
and State Auditor Mcllrath paid him the
reward, and was. about to throw away
the scalp, when it was suggested to keep
it. It was accordingly tanned. Little
Crow was at the time of his death the
most eminent of the Indian chieftains
in the Northwest. He was a very
smart man, and saw the futility of any
conflict with the whites, but was forced
into the outbreak in 1862. In 1863, in the
summer time, near Hutchinson, he was
picking berries with a companion. Lam
son was engaged with his son near by, at
the same occupation. The son was the
first to discover the presence of the In
dians, and spoke of it to his father, who
shot at Little Crow, but missed him. Lit
tle Crow returned fire and wounded the
elder Lamson severely in the breast. The
son then fired and shot Little Crow through
the heart. It was not known at first who
it was that had been killed, but the body
was afterward identified by marks on tbo
left arm. The skeleton was preserved,
and is now in possession of Dr. Powell, of
Lacrosse, Wis. Before it came into his
possession the State of Minnesota offered
a considerable sum of money for it.
Cooking a Trout while on the Hook.
Manhattan for Augutt.
In the woods, near the mountai&'fcrest,
is a warm lake, a hundred feet across:
and three miles from it, down below all
the terraces, near the Gardiner river, a
river of scalding water rushes like a mill
race from beneath a ledge of rocks, and
flowing a few hundred yards, tails into
the Gardiner. Hero it is that one may
catch a trout in the cold stream, aDd,
without moving a step, swing him, still
wriggling on the hook, into the hot river
and boil him. I have seen it done many
times. I have done it myself, and have
i tasted the fish so cooked; but as epicures
| say that “a trout boiled is a trout spoiled,”
i and as these were cooked in boiling sul
j phur-water, 1 cannot avoid admitting that
l the morsel was not very palatable.
CLEVELAND’S EARLY* LIFE.
He W Not an Object of Charity, But
Earned What He Was Paid.
The Hon. Lewis F. Allen, the venerable
Republican uncle of Gov. Cleveland, has
written a letter to the Buffalo Courier
correcting some inaccuracies in an ac
count of Grover Cleveland's first visit to
Buffalo. Mr. Allen says:
“He had on several occasions from his
early boyhood been a visitor in mv family
for weeks together, and Ingratiated him
self in our kind feelings. In the spring
of the year 1854, after diligent employ
ment in sundry occupations in the citv of
New York and elsewhere, not altogether
congenial to bis future purposes in life,
he came to my house, in this citv, on a
brief call, while on his way to Cleveland,
0., where, without a single friend or ac
quaintance, he intended to find his way
into a law office to acquire a knowf.
edge of that profession. On disclos
ing his intention I endeavored ts dis
suade him from so precarious an attempt,
and advised him to remain five months in
my employment, where he could he use
fui. for which I would compensate him,
and meantime assist, if possible, to a
situation with some eminent law firm in
this city to prosecute his studies for a
profession which he had selected for his
future hopes and industry. Ending his
summer labors with me, on application to
the distinguished law firm or Messrs. H.
W. Rogers & Dennis Bowen by both of us
he was kindly introduced to a table in
their office where not ‘a number of young
men were in the place already.’ as the
account states, but only an assistant
copyist and an established student of the
profession were employed. There young
Grover took his place and applied himself
diligently to the rudiments ot' his fu
ture profession, without any ‘nominal pay
of $3 or $4 a week to pay for bis board and
washing,’ again erroneously stated, for
young law clerks seldom receive any
compensation for their first year’s labor
in a law office. Nor was there any ‘titter
in the circle of law clerks’ at his presence
or awkwardness. He boarded with mv
family for perhaps a year, well clothed,
lacking neither an ‘overcoat,’ or ‘boots,’
in place of "broken shoe* in sleet and
snow,’ as the slander continues, but suffi
cient in all bodily requirements for health
and comfort by his earnings with me,
honestly and faithfully rendered. Ho as
sisted me for some years afterward at in
tervals spared from bis studious
employment, iu the compilation of
my succeeding volumes of a valua
ble work, with due compensation for his
labor. He was no mendicant for employ
ment lu whatever he.rendered services,
but earned bis wages, whatever they
might be, as any other bright and diligent
voting man has done, until he established
himself in his profession xvith success
and honor. I know no reason why, in
writing up the history oi one who has so
rapidly risen to public estimation in any
phase of life, he.should needlessly be
placed in an early destitute condition of
charity or necessity, in contrast with the
eminent position to which his ability or
good fortune had subsequently elevated
him.”
s
BOLD, BAD BEN.
A Man Who w as Anxious that the Devil
Shouldn’t Make a Mistake.
Bold Ben Butler has been here, says a
Washington letter, and has talked on two
successive days to the President. I envy
the President, for the wicked old dema
gogue is a very interesting talker, and hiR
story of the Chicago convention would be
highly entertaining. But the candidate of
three parties lor the Presidency has not
been willing to talk to tbo newspaper
men, infernal or supernal, and the hotel
lobbies have reveled in the luxury of in
numerable contradictory reports' about
what was said by the President and what
was said bv fbo Bad Ben in their conver
sations. This speculation is all by the
by. Isn’t it enough that Butler and the
President are old personal Iriends? Must
they be talking politics every time they
meet? I should say not. Asa matter of
fact Butler Is here to see after his personal
interests and those of one of his clients. He
has an office here, you know—a dingy lit
tle one-story affair, back of his big Cape
Ann granite bouse, oppisite the capitol,
which was originally built for a stable.
Here, In a carpetless room, scantily fur
nished, he ceases to be tlie trick mule of
politics, and becomes again the great law
yer that be is. He has a very good law
practice nere for a non-resident. He
likes AVashington because he is less
bothered by politicians here than any
where else, and so he wears a pleasant
smile as he bobs along in a hired hansom
looking at the red rosebud in his button
hole with his tired eye. while he looks ax
you with the other. He is certainly ndP
beautiful, but he is brainy aiul bril
liant, and gets a great deal of enjoy
ment out of lile. He looks upon poli
tics as one huge joke, and so is able
to laugh when the game goes against him
quite as much as when it goes his way.
1 heard a good story about Butler the
other day which can just slip right in
here. There is in Boston a well known
Republican whose face somewhat resem
bles Butler’s. Not long ago be was stand
ing in the pbst office when a gentleman
approached with “Good-morning, Gene
ral.” The Republican, who bad never
been in the army, and who did not know
the man, remarked, with surprise: “1
think you have the advantage of me.”
“That’s so,” said the other. “I thought
you were Gen. Butler.” “Well,” said
the Republican, as he turned away, “I
only hope the devil won’t make the same
mistake.”
OATHS AND IMPRECATIONS.
The Origin and Meaning of Popular
“Cuss” Word*.
Damn has a meaning precise and well
defined, says the GenUeman’e Magazine,
but the unmeaning oaths in common use
almost defy calculation by their number,
and comment by their silliness. The
Italians often swear by Bacchus—“ Per
Bacco.” The English people or our day
are still found to imprecate by “Jove,” or
by “Jupiter,” or by “Jingo.” Few know
what the last word really signifies, and
what is its derivation. They also swear
by the Holy Poker, by My Lord Harry, by
Gosb, by Jabers, by Blazes, and speak of
the “Deuce” as if the word were synony
mous with the devil. “Jingo” is an old
British or Keltic oath, of great
force of meaning originally,
and is derived from “Dian”
—pronounced jian, vengeance, and gaoth
pronounced “go,” or “gu,” blast or
breath, and really means the blast of
vengeance, an oath that survives in an
other and less emphatic form—“ Blast
you!” which seems to lie a particular fa
vorite by the constant use that is made of
it. The exclamations of “Oh, dear!” and
“Ob, dear me!” are tbe Anglicized ren
derings of the Keltic Dm mi ( Deo a me),
my God; and oh, Dia mi, oh my God—ex
pressions that might not perhaps be em
ployed so often if their origin and true
meaning were generally known to the
fair ladies to whom they are so familiar.
Many attempts are made by swearers
to avoid taking God’s name in vain—by
using “od” as an abbreviation of God, as
in tbe still current “zounds!”—“od’s
lile,” and the once popular “od’s bodi
kins” and “odspiiikins,” found in Shakes
peare and his contemporaries. Tbe last
two forms of swearing are more than pro
fane, inasmuch as they are obscene and
disgusting, as all who know the meaning
of the old Keltic monosyllables “bod” and
“pit” will admit-meanings with which
no writer of the present dav would
dare to sully his page. The' French
imitate the English in their desire
not to desecrate God’s name by
their imprecations, and resort to
grotesque evasions and clumsy substi
tutes to get round the difficulty— which
they scarcely admit to be insurmounta
ble, substituting for the very profane oath,
“Sacre uom de Dieu,” the words first in
troduced and made popular by military
men, “Sacre nom d’une nipe,” “Sacre
nom d’un chien!” and still'more common
“Sacre bleu!” The Germans havesaper
lotte as a form of the same senseless Im
precation. Dash is often used by the
mealy-mouthed as a synonym for the
more emphatic damn—as in tbe silly ex
clamations, “Dash my wig!” and “Dash
my buttons!”
A French Comedy Company Massacred.
London, July 20.-1 1 is reported from-
Tangiers that a French comedy troupe
traveling through Algiers has been mas
sacred by Arabs near the Morocco fron
tier.
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TOE CONSCIENCE FUND.
HOW TREASURER SPINNER SET
THE BALL ROLLING.
About 8350,000 Turnoff Into the Treas
ury Since the Flr*t Contribution was
Received—Some of tbe Peculiar Meth
ods Employed In Biding Identity—
The Smallest and Largest Sum* Re
ceived.
Every now and then, says a AVashington
letter, you see an announcement in the
papers to tbe effect that some anonymous
person has forwarded to the Treasurer of
the United States at Washington a con
tribution to tbe Conscience Fund. You
suppose from this that there is some
where in the Treasury 8 fund made up of
such contributions, w hich, by this time,
must be of very considerable size. Now
the (act is thatLhere is no such thing as
a separate fund for the contributions of
the conscience stricken. Such contribu
tions have always been covered into the
Treasury under the head of miscellaneous
receipts. The term “Conscience Fund”
was the invention of old Treasurer Spin
ner, the man with an autograph which
was autographies!. Twenty vears
- VUltra iltfo,
during the war, a letter was one
day received at the Treasurv De
partment from a man who, inclos
ing a check for $1,500, said that that rep
resented a little misappropriation of gov
ernment funds of which he had been
guilty when acting ns a quartermaster in
the army of the United States. Then came
the happy idea into Spinner’s handsome
iieatl. “\\ cll call that a contribution to
the Conscience Fund,” he said, “and have
it announced in the newspapers, and per
haps we’ll get some more.” I’he contri
bution to the Conscience Fund was dulv
announced all over the country The
Treasury Department promptly got “some
more.’ From that time on for ten vears
the contributions were very numerous.
During tbe past ten years they have been
constantly growing more infrequent It
is a problem whether the conscience of
the country is growing more callous
or more tender. The nomination of Blaine
and the nomination of Cleveland In
the same year do not help you to a solu
tion. Ihe cMfributions to the Conscience
Hind been verv large in
i'i’Tw Tll °, ever'made was
$4,000, forwarded by a former internal
revenue gauger in Chicago as the amount
of the bribe he took from distillers who
desired to defraud the government It
will be seen that none of tbe big thieves
w ho have fattened on public plunder have
ever availed themselves of this easy way
or making partial reparation. The'smnll
est contribution ever received was nine
cents, forwarded by a Massachusetts
dude-mugwump Pharisee perfectionist,
whose sensitive conscience had been bur
dened for years with the canceled three
cent stamp which, as a small boy
ho had carefully washed and used
?. n .u to bis sweetheart.
He thought tbe 9 cents wxnild ade
quately cover the principal arffi interest
involved in the steal. Most of the contri
butions have been small in nmount. Most
of them have been made on account of
successful evasions of the customs laws.
Most of them have been made by women,
who owned up in their letters to having
smuggled through some feminine luxury
in spite of the hundred-eyed custom
house. A recent case is typical. It was
that of a lady residing in Canada, who,
years ago, smuggled into this country a
silk dress pattern worth SIOO. Her con
science tormented her ever after, and re.
......... -..i.icnini m i ever uuer, anu re
cently she wrote to an American Consul
in a neighboring town telling him tbe
tacts and asking him to calculate for lier
the duty which she ought to have paid
on her dross pattern and interest
om., the duty Irom the time it
ought to have leen paid until
the day upon which her letter was writ
ten. The Consul sent her the little calcu
lation and received in return her cheek,
which he has just forwarded, w ith all the
correspondence, to the Treasury Depart
ment. Of course, her letters, like all
those which the department has received
from the contributors, were signed with
a nom do, plume, or a single initial. Now
and then the department gets a contribu
tion Irom some offender through a clergy
man who received a deathbed confession.
But ordinarily they come directly from
the anonymous offenders themselves.
Next to the smugglers in point of num
bers come the breakers of the internal
revenue laws. The total amount of the
contributions to the Conscience Fund is
unknown, since the Conscience Fund has
not been kept separate in the Treasury
Departineut, but it is estimated by Treas
ury officials that it would be found to be
about $3!w,000.
The Accumulation of Silver Dollar*—
Arrears of l’etmiun* ami Other Mat
ter*.
Washington, July 18.—The Treasury
officials have solved, at least for a period,
the vexatious problem of what to do with
the accumulated and accumulating silver
dollars by the construction of an immense
vault in the basement of tho Treasury
building. The cry comes from all the Sub-
Treasuries that their vaults will hold no
more, but the monster receptacle in tbe
Treasury, which will be ready for use
very soon, can cry “Give” for a long time
to come. According to the estimates it
will hold $45,000,000. AVhen it is filled
perhaps Congress can lxPinduced to sus
pend for a while the monthly coinage ot
$2,000,000.
LARGE ARREARS OF PENSIONS.
Gen. Robt. C. Bchenck for some time
enjoyed the distinguished honor of having
drawn the largest sum total under the
existing arrears of pensions act, about
$7,000. Several others, however, subse
quently received lis large, if not larger,
amounts. A few days since the represen
tatives of a New York soldier, made
insane in consequence ot his wounds,
were paid $10,231 arrears, which is the
largest sum paid up to this time. It
is said there are a number of other
cases before the Pension Office not
yet disposed of w'hicb, if allowed, will
require sums greater than this. Even
at this late day there seems to bo
no data accessible upon which a reason
ably correct estimate can be made of the
final cost ot the arrears of pensions act.
Had the proposition which lately was un
der discussion in the Senate become a
law there would have been hundreds of
cases where the arrears claimed would
have run not only up to SIO,OOO, but very
much in excess of those figures. Not
only with such a law in operation could
all surplus have been speedily wiped out,
but additional burdens would have been
laid upon the ]ieople in the shape of in
creased taxes as absolutely necessary to
prevent alarming deficiencies.
Republican Bolter* in Brooklyn.
The machine Republicans of Brooklyn,
says a special of the 18th inst., are en
raged at the fact that the Freie Freeze,
the only German paper published in that
city, is opposing Blaine. An effort was
made to expel Coi. Itoehr, the proprietor,
from the Twenty-first Ward Republican
Association, but it was not successful.
Of the seventy-live applicants for mem
bership in the Twentieth Ward Cleveland
and Hendricks Campaign Club thirteen
have hitherto acted with the Republican
party.
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