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GEORGIA AVP FLORIDA.
- \FAVS OF THE TWO BTATE9
11 ”toi>d in paragraphs.
.ritnl Senfction at l*onrl ville—
* lI T Attempt of a \rjro to Oat
®’*’ white L>df at Dawson—l he
of Thomutillt't Artfiian Well
AD-lOfd.
GEORGIA.
(> rec colored schools In Decatur.
„ t . jiiwMtee next Monday at Wat
*' , . sr r Mer company has been or
* not tn a tasty new dress.
Th V \er - rvedly successful.
'1 ' -rt i/’is i* ha s (mi pwcbtsed
r .- or- of the Enteriirist.
... .f Martin’t Institute, at Jefler-
I tir 2 anew building.
, r ‘ • vers I new firms will open
. * . ,11.4-1. i.-ville within the next few
~ t a good rain is badly needed
, , rs ,. liriu ii> in order to make a good
1 : present prospect isnot brtl
...j,iiire and eccentric man in
.. , . ..f the let informed men in
■ ' . |j., knowleige is confined to books
, • t '.sr the taxable projicrtv of
ere I ftaMM. This
•• .at s taxable property up to
s rof Angosta chris
-7 , r i ~#' .marters am! apparatns
j. T.’i- new engine is called
.. .e pa-senster trains every day
, i imx going out. When her
deled next fall she
i\.* t- rt-cn ja*r day.
~, inivor-remain of the old Twelfth
.. . nt. Fifteen of tlmra were at
5 f r a !.• romville a few data ago. j
j .... ... I otlo-r i>eop!e were also pres
s'.,,, . ly of a negro who was shot
w ‘ . - esca|. from the jail at
, ... has i.een found in a
;. beside the river near that j
II i I lunlnp. Uiiited States Com
j, :i. f-t die. sent to the Judge of
J - ,,, i . : • ourt on last Monday his
f,. _ t: • office, to take effect iiiiine
. .r-of age waar
n■, . - riff Hooter, at the tnstauccof his
•mi .n- vr .■•. t m ace warrant. The matter
wi’.. ii*. i ter. a listed, and the old man was
,t . r Suit > of Kcd Oak, has brought
....... • . ; 1 superior Court against the
\v. -i i‘ >,i It •ilro.nl for damages for refusing
t., Uu- tr.iin at Ited Oak to let him off
„ id a ih ket l t’.at point.
•y.... | •• ,f TV hit Held, in Pulaski coun-
j T , i..,. . ..idinueil on account of the
j,..... of Mr. Jacob Lewis, the Po-t
--re being no candidate for the
u d. l i ll further notice, all mnil intendeil
f.r tbai ufli' l -liouid U* addressed Hawkins
l; - I. fr.'ii drowning was arcom
- i . iran lust week in the ease of
I as, a ! about If years old.
ipt. J. M Williams, who, in company
guiiiiir.e other lots, went swimming in a
ii ,r ill.- cemetery, was attacked by
canu nearly drowning.
11, u : , .v, ,r- The Ordinary decided, on
il .ii.ilmi there were not sufficient legal
p ■ mti st :n the I roan Keys election,
T i* >i., i-ion leaves the sp-ek law party the
Ti.ti.r-. The contest was based, not upon
grounds i.f illegal v tes, but upon the general
nii-manageiuent and closing the polls too
early.
At Atlanta Thursday the trouble in court
srerPe Th mas B. seal case against John
H Jai loth rs, vm Anally ended. Col.
Hr -. • repri'senting the creditors' eompro
*i- . m.n. and to revoke the order making Bell
and others parties, on lie ground that they
.-re res of the State. The e.mrt
1 he tm eting to have been held at Forsyth to
ds,. I.y ilie ( ~nfe . rate siddiers of Monroe
county, has been posi | ,iir<l to Monday, July 28, I
on .. ... at of the reunion of the Butts county I
riuupanie- at Indn.n spring, which comes off
on tli i! day. > rvivr> ~f Company K, Fust
Regiment Georgia Volunteers, will also meet
on the Mli, to mate arrangements to attend
the r. Hiii. ii of the regiment at Charleston ou
Kibertou Xev dA: We are informed that
the m. st terr.Cc hail storm ever passed
thnuigh that . tt.> , swept through the lower
part of Fils rt la-t Fridav night. It was very
1. ar> ii Uu plantalions of Mi -o>. W. F. and
7. t.T.ite. <>n l apt. I>. 11. Cade's place it
swept away several bouses and moved some
.1 stance a large barn—one of the largest
ho, - - m the rounty; it blew down several
nul -of fencing, a large orchard and left bare
a whole cotlou Held.
The mvsterv of and the motive for the as
fas-iiiation of .Mr . loin Mitchell, n Walton
muatv.i* stiil impenetrated unit unexplained.
The Anger f a-p . ion. however, at this time
is.nroeied toward voting Toni Mitchell, her
ttep-sin. vvho has been arrested, though he
pa -he was at the peaeh orchard at the ime.
ah.t fni:. .if. It i- -aid she had two living
one i- believed to
have piurned from an alwcnce of iiftecn
yarn* anil committed tin-dark deed.
-c; At the
new Ihursdar morning a man named
> ~r i . urge ..f hi- brother and a
b ■ way from Tnmwin to Rm
i!i sen art kilh >i ain uin 1-sSI in Florida
awlafici v. ir.i-!-t his mind. He was con fined
in mi 0.-.-ui .;-> turn 101 l managed to escape,
v-.'iigto Tenne--ee where he killed a man
tvaui. I \ lynching party caught him,
I.eg hii i m>ane turn, and him over to the
wee tried. Be vm mp>
t,: . .-ti.-e of his insanity, and yestervlay
v i-eii hack home.
A-: i t’tr 0.. V: Thursday evening,
. a negro woman by the name of
S on Greene street, near
t 1 r. she is employed in the ca
l' -errant, was the io‘r(ietrator of au
a-t u:.;i. ..n|f u. this city—throwing vitriol
in ii. f • of -other colored woman. It
h- it -1 it Anna had l>een at enmity with the
- me time, and yesterdav
*'• -■ , c her pa— mg by Anna's place of
- t. - k :olvantage of the op|N>rtunity
J ai ' m i ! the contents of a botfe in her
f . ■'•ir img her sight and ntherwi-e ter
r.: ii-iiir -g r. Tin- is the first occurrence
ef the In l ever noted in Augusta.
1 ' ' ,-r A little sensation was
tr.g. ; l>-i g.asviPe by the <|tt>etly con-
Misst b in'v strukland
ii Bowen, of salt Springs. Mr.
l> , i. ~ c.ii .luring ilie day. and late that
*’* '> '■ " "inckla'd iiuietly walked from
1 '• Mr. Itowm at the depot.
: etc- afterward the 7 o'clock train
! ''' -and, hoarviing It, they were soon
‘‘ n •' - ■ springs. Here they procured
- if- .. \ . |*. Hendrick* and pro-
Methisiisi Church, where they
*' r " ' raarriase. Madam Humor
li :-.t II ej lave In-on lovers for atmut
?' r '- parentaloijections have kept
>-• oart. until thev decided to break loose
moi i ..e n-traint and be united. We learn
in.*t s ..re it i-over all parties have become
.‘’ v :i ’ Little Gland Carver, while
1-.-' eg on n-.e .-reek near town on la-t >a:ur
was severely bitten by what
, '' -t" be a water moccasin, a snake
*- v l-'i-on. The little fellow in
;. r " I* ." uinpe.l upon a log and in an
.• ‘ ' ' -‘ke bad sent its fangs deep into
, ' 1 ee pain was more than the little
ll '', ' ' '1 l*ar and he fell to the
j, • -reaming with great anguish.
r. ught to the residence
ii. • -ra- uiii.ther. Mrs. Carver, and
, h r , r -. at for in great haste. When
v ' r •' r v< 1 lie found that the side of
’ ; i ee i pierced in two places, as
■ a_ and that the foot and leg
,l ’k *nd bp e and swollen very
„ J } l evident that it was snake bite".
-i us one. The doctor
i -i.r-eof heroic treatment by admin
; li -v> and amm.mia and at'the same
••••<•- arif.m. the foot with a laueet. llv
-and spplicatioos the doe*
i ! v ' ' - l b defeat the t*>iM.>n and little
kiaud is i.„w domg well.
w r ! fro ™ the Thomasville artesian
b e'.ti of f-d feet has been analyzed
, .... owing result: “The water'vvas
ln-'t, " 1!n -liution iT.ItV grains of solid
r !' ' l tuted states gallon, as follows:
■ chloride of siwlium.
. r: 'e <>f pot as. inm. .212; sulphate of
’ ' ; s'ophate of lime. 2.G42; sulphate of
, ‘ ; silica, .ssb-.organie matter and
J; ■' water, l tits;—total, U. 115. Xo
• •! .ill'U uinoid ammonia could be de
n •'. *' ‘s a very excellent drinking
I “V' : g the composition ontinarily
... t .r aru-ian waters taken from great
...' ‘ V ' cn, ‘rely pure and wholesome. Il
' 1 v-r._ aj -. not properly be said to have
. . . ' . .’. tiv-. although the large pro
{,■' - trl-.u.ite of soda renders it alka
„ ' V ! b e ,e. u,t ingredients give it some*
i .trader of an alterative and pur
“ : , r . 1 have no doubt that the tan
- -e . . ihi- water would be healthful in
n . ?? *.wonltl be eti>ecially beneficial
. • kidney troubles. In aiiy event.it
• ---nor to ontmary pure water—as that of
r. "i“ 'l’ rln .- —>n eases of general lor
t .4 of natural actions. li.C. White. State
I'a.—.'u .v.ur, if: On last Monday, while
„ ' ~ “ -*™ Jennings, of the town "district,
ram.' TANARUS, Ironi home, a negro boy bv the
j,,. “‘V* 01 ** *- 'sfk. whom Mr. Jennings
a laborer upon Ins farm,
fie house from the field under the
sr-.r. a splinter in his foot. He
, Mr * Jennings, the wife of the
ve-r.of I*' 1 *' gentleman, a lady some tlfty
wii'h" i a ‘ t : ani * erne red into conversation
a ky. akmg if she knew that
slac*5 lac* h ? , lllc uegro hov on the
e-. r . 1 b e° n , Stealing sugar. Mrs.
Wi *“f w ered that she dm not. but
bet r 'i*’' a ? ?**■“ a,H)nt it. He followed along
the ,1, 's’ 11 * .r^f n •' ,rs ‘ J e “nings had entered
•M i,K r lle sprang upon her.
ta *t hr.o effort tried to commit the
In ■ , ,K. "tdrage upon her |H?rson known
thougi, 0i The lady.
Tfilafn •yS7.n^ lc * te ’ rFI - ,e,t e frutal
the t Ah all her strength ands. reame.l at
•tteriLn V# volce until she attracted the
once 01,1 colored woman, who at
to rescue. Mr. Jennings came
riu.i ", “onday afternoon very much ex
drei beared a warrant for the scoun
wlw was placed in jail.
FLORIDA.
kbeVale bg; , k , iEs t^ oiCe "* tobe * B PP lied with
joadXp —t one negro “didn’t know it was
Mother ‘“‘he dangerous shooting of
puviher at i vttsscola a lew days ago.
% 't- vrr , ■' V ' , ' > *.
J||oriim| Jgm’s.
I Au ? u =tine Prw. The onderstgned,
I Chairman and Secretary of the Democratic
I F-xecutive Committee of St. John’s county,
having been grossly insulted in the county
convention held in "this city on June 14 last,
by the most prominent and leading members,
! without any just cause, as being neglectful of
; our duties and incompetent to discharge the
| duties of said committee, beg to withdrew
; from said committee from this date. Wm. J.
' Reyes. Chairman; J. S. Relf. Secretary. St.
Awgn*tiu*. July 16, ISSt.
| Daytona Journal: There has been until
Ilatelv living in this town probably the oldest
locomotive engineer in the United States—
John l. Ecktnan. He commenced work as an
apprentice on the Philadelphia. Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad Oct. i. 1*37. On Sept.
11, Dto, he took charge of his first engine
on the -ame road. In all be had charge of 110
locomotives on seventeen different railroad
lines in the Middle and Southern At
lantic States. He was born in Phila
delphia, July 20, 1821. One of the
most remarkable features of his
many years experience in rnnning locomo
tives is that he never bad a bone broken or a
joint dislocated, and never ran off the track
I l,u ‘ three tirne=—the flr-t at Twenty-four
I Mile Turnout, on_ the Petersburg and Roan
! "ke i:ai.'roa<n l't.',; the second near Atlanta,
i June ri. lsjj. when he was dugout from under
| his locomotive with shovels, braised considcr
• -V but not seriously, and the last time near
olimey, Oct. 4.185 H. In addition to locomo
tives he has run saw mill engines and steam
lioats, for which he at the present time holds
a chief engineer’s license.
FACTS ABOUT SUICIDES. '
XVnine* Afraid of Pistols, Used to Dls
uppoiutments, and Not Anxious to
Shuffle Off.
‘•The proportion of female to male sui
cides Is about one to six,” said Coroner
Merkle to a New ork Mail and Express
reporter.
“W onion are free from business cares
and do not drift into intoxicating habits.
They also take disappointments in love
more philosophically than men. They
regard a disappointment as a natural se
quence; in fact, are disappointed if they
are not so disappointed. A great many
men do not expect it, and not being pre
pared, are so upset that they generally
resort to extreme dissipation or suicide.
The greatest majority of women select
poison as the easiest method of crossing
the Styx. They are naturally afraid of a
pistol, and would naturally scream and
run il they saw one while seeking a
destructive method. Next to poison they
select hanging, and they almost invari
ably make a bungling job of that, just as
they do in attempting to cut their throats.
\ cry often they jump from a window, and
invariably scream; no doubt they shut
their eyes when they take the fatal leap.
The proportion of married suicides is
scarcely large enough to admit the argu
guinent that marital unhappiness was the
main cause. On the other hand, it is ar
gued that family ties tend to check suici
dal intent, or rather execution. Being of
a more refined nature than man, and less
inclined to the tragic or heroic, woman
naturally selects the easiest and less bar
baric methods of death. Shooting or cut
ting disfigures the hotly, and a woman
wants to be beautiful even in death; and,
besides, when she takes poison she has au
opportunity to say a last word which she
may have forgotten. It is argued by some
that woman, being less courageous than
man, selects the easier means of poison;
but it is a question whether suicide is not
more a matter of cowardice than of brave
ry. Many hold that it requires no heroism
to commit suicide, and no doubt the great
majority ol self-killings are done in mo
rn nts of intense frenzy and without de
liberation.
“The absence of deliberation accounts
for so many failures, which are 30 or 40
per cent., and this is the strangest part of
it. While attempts to commit other
crimes may be resisted or disturbed the
would-be suicide is rarely disturbed. The
suicide almost invariably seeks retire
ment, where he is free from prevention;
yet he often fails. Of course, this is owing
to natural nervousness, want of method
and fright. It seems a paradox, but they
are frightened at their own desperation".
The extreme poor class furnish the largest
percentage of suicides, owing probably to
the trials and disappointments of their
checkered lives. The middle class furnish
the remainder; excepting tu a few In
stances, and very few, there are no sui
cides among people of wealth. Not hav
ing to combat with the world, pride or
position and a greedy desire to revel in t >e
luxuries that wealth can purchase even
for the miserable, is no doubt the cause of
the scarcity of suicides among the wealthy
class.”
STOPPING A CATTLE STAMPEDE.
Tli© Shrewd Trick of a Cowboy.
“One of the smartest things I ever saw
in my travels,” said a passenger from the
West to a newspaper reporter, “was a
cowboy stopping a cattle stampede. A
herd or about six or eight hundred had
got frightened at something, and broke
away pell-mell with their tails in the air
and the bulls at tbe bead of the proces
sion. But Mr. cowboy didn’t get excited
at all when he saw the herd was going for
a straight bluff, where they would cer
tainly tumble down into the canyon and
be killed. You know that when a herd
like that gets going, they can’t stop, no
matter whether they rush to death or not.
Those in tbe rear crowd those ahead, and
away they go. I wouldn’t have given $1
a head for the herd; but the cowboy
spurred up his mustang, made a little de
tour, came right in front of the herd, cut
across their path at a risht angle, and
them galloped leisurely on to the edge of
that bluff; halted, and looked arouud at
that wild mass of beef coming toward
hint. He was cool as a cucumber, though
I expected to see him killed, and I was so
excited l could not speak. Well, when
tbe leader had got within a quarter of a
mile of him, 1 saw them trv to slack up,
though they could not do it very quick.
But the whole herd seemed to w ant to
stop, and when the cows and steers in the
rear got about where the cowboy had cut
across their path I was surprised to see
them stop and commence to nibble at the
grass. Then the whole herd stopped,
wheeled, straggled back, and went to
fighting for a chance to eat where the
rear guard was. You see, that cowboy
had o|>ened a big bag of salt he hall
brought out from the ranch to give the
cattle, galloped across tbe herd’s course,
and emptied the bag. Every critter snif
fed that line of salt, and, of course, that
broke up the stampede. But l tell you it
was a queer sight to see that man out
there on the ledge of that bluff quietly
rolling a cigarette, when it seemed as
though he'd been lying under two hun
dred tons of beef in about a minute and a
half.”
ONE BAPTISM ENOUGH.
A Curious Question Which Excites
Chester Methodists.
Chester Methodists are somewhat exer
cised, says the Philadelphia Record , over
anew phase of the question of baptism as
presented ny a somewhat singular local
church trouble.
Several members of Trinity M. E.
Cbureh, of which Rev. Thomas E. Kelley
is pastor, became converts to the plan of
baptism by immersion, after the Baptist
fashion, atid proposed to satisfy their con
victions by a rebaptism. The pastor of
Trinity Church had given his permission,
and Rev. M. McClelland, pastor of a Bap
tist church, had tendered the use of the
pool in his church for the ceremony. All
arrangements had been made, and in an
ticipation of the event a large crowd of
curious people had gathered about the
Baptist church building, at Second and
Penn streets. It was therefore a general
disappointment when it was announced
that the baptism had beeu postponed on
account of the serious opposition of two
of the high officials of Trinity church,
who declared that if the attempt were
persisted in by the consent of the Method
ist pastor, the church members would be
turned out and the preacher presented
for trial for consenting to an unlawful
act.
The Methodist discipline recognizes and
permits baptism either by immersion,
sprinkling or injuring, and it was under
this provision that the pastor and the
members who desired rebaptism were aet
iug. 1 appears, however, that there is a
subsequent provision in the discipline, as
follows:
“The rebaptism of persons known to
have been previously baptized is incon
sistent with the nature and design of bap
tism as SPt forth in the New Testament.”
Tbe question at issue is whether this is
an absolute prohibition. The members
who desired to be baptized by immersion
now threaten to join tbe Baptist Church.
The affair has createdAnnsiderable feel
ing in Chester MethodiWcircles.
The other day a woman fell into that pel
lucid stream, the Irwell, near Manchester,
she was rescued alive, but subsequently died.
An inquest revealed the interesting fact that
the cause of her death was not drowning, as
had naturally been supposed, but poisoning
by swallowing the waters of the river. This
is a pleasant idea.
There are two ways to become rich now-A
days, and these ways are directly opposite:
One is to be honest and industrious, and the
other dishonest and lazy. The combinations
cannot be churned, -
POP-GiLVS IN POLITICS
THE COUNTRY ENJOYING THE
lulu befohe the storm.
A Few Congressional Conventions the
Only Skirmishes of Yesterdav —Flori-
da's Republicans Hopelessly Split—
The Tags at the Purses of the Clerks
In the Government Departments Be
ginning to Tell.
Washington, July 25.—Mahone is
straining every nerve to prevent the ex
tra session of the Virginia Legislature,
which a constitutional majority of its
members has asked the Governor to call
for the purpose of passing a constitutional
redistricting bill for the fall election, llis
emissaries have labored in vain with sev
eral of the men who signed the request for
an extra session, seeking to induce them
to withetraw their names. Failing in this
attempt, Virginia Democrats now say,
that they fear that Mahone will
influence Gov. Cameron to postpone issu
ing the call for the Atra session
ot the Legislature until so late in the fall
that no change in the Congressional dis
tricting can be made before the election,
and so the Headjusters will make their
point. On the other hand, the Readjust
ers say that Gov. Cameron will issue the
call tor an extra session of the Legisla
ture within a few weeks. W. E. Bims
still considers himself a bigger man than
old Mahone and refuses to be reconciled.
Chairman Barbour now says that there
can be no doubt that Cleveland will carry
' irginia by tin old-fashioned Democratic
majority.
EXTRACTING THE SOAP.
Government Clerks Already Contribu
ting to the Republican Corruption
Fund.
NN a.shington, July 23.—The reasoning
which concludes that a government clerk
will be helped rather than hurt by with
holding contributions from the Republi
can campaign fund, does not seem en
entirely satisfactory to the average gov
ernment clerk. Although father Clapp’s
squeezing committee has not established
Us headquarters yet, contributions, more
or less voluntary, are beginning to flow
in. this revives the drooping spirits ot
the squeezing committee. One of its
members said to-day that the committee
expected to receive SOO,OOO lront the clerks
this year. This is less by *40,000 or
foO.OOO than the estimated receipts
lrom the Jay Hubbell assessment of
1880. This member of the committee vol
untarily contributed the information that
the scrub women and laborers, in fact all
employes receiving less than SI,OOO a year
salary, would not be expected to contri
bute this year. Of course they could if
they would, but it would not he exacted
of them.
Florida Republicans Split.
Jacksonville, Flw, July 23.—As an
ticipated the Republican party of Florida
was swallowed last night bv the Indepen
dent snake. Pope and Greeley were in
dorsed by the negro element. The con
vention was very disorderly and in con
stant uproar. Dennis, of Alachua, kicked
strongly against the fusion. Much dis
gust is expressed among leading white
Republicans, many swearing that they
will never support the ticket. Cheney
refused to serve as Chairman of the ex
ecutive Committee. Bisbee has lost
ground by favoring the coalition. The
Democrats are well pleased with the
action taken at Tallahassee. Some lead
ing Republicans predict the disintegra
tion of the party in Florida on State Is
sues.
Claims of the Prohibitionist*.
Pittsburg, July 25.—Gov. St. John has
accepted ttie Prohibition nomination for
the Presidency. After the adjournment
ol the convention last night the California
delegation, on behalf of Dr. McDonald,
gave a banquet to the delegates. The
leaders of the convention, in an interview
to-day, claim that they will poll 1,000, 00
A'otes, and probably carry Kansas tad
Maryland, and so throw "the election of
President into Congress.
West Virginia’s Democracy.
Wheeling, tV. Ya., July 25.—The
Democratic State Convention yesterday
nominated E. Wilson for Governor, Pat
rick M. Duffy for Auditor, and Alfred
Coldwell for Attorney General. The reso
lutions indorse Cleveland and Hendricks
and the national platform.
308 Ballots for Congressman.
Sedalia, Mo., July 25. — The Democratic
Convention of the Sixth District last
night nominated John L. Heard for Con
gress on the three hundred and ninety
eighth ballot.
An Ex-Speaker Put Up,
Chattanooga, July 25.—The Demo
crats to-day nominated lor Congress on
the thirty-fourth ballot John R. Neal, ex-
Speaker of the State Senate.
A Kentucky Congressman.
Louisville, July 25.—J. E. Halsoll
was nominated tor Congress by the Dem
ocrats of the Third District yesterday.
An Honor for Greely.
Washington, July 25.—The Army and
Navy Register to-morrow will say: “That
some high honor should be awarded to
Lieut. Greely for his able services in the
Arctic regions, and his wonderful per
sonal pluck in managing to survive until
relief reached him, seems to be univer
sally expected. The idea we have heard
most favorably commented on is that he
should be given the rank of Colonel in the
Signal corps of the army. The creation
of anew office for him would
not be too great an honor in
view of his distinguished services, and as
the present official organization of the
corps is plainly fragmentary and incom
plete, next winter would be a good time
to pertect it and to give Lieut. Greely the
highest rank in the corps, next to that of
the chief officer.
The Labor Statistics Commissionership.
Washington, July 23.—The President
to-day definitely determined not to ap
point Mr. Jarrett to be Commissioner of
Labor Statistics. The man who is to have
the place is said to have been determined
upon, although his name is not to be an
nounced for the present. A private tele
gram sent from this city to-night stated
that William Holbrook, "of Illinois, was
the man selected. The acting Secretary
of the Interior said to-night tiiat he was
not aware that Mr. Holbrook had been
selected for the place. If Mr. Holbrook
is not the man, it is thought to be either
Fehrenbateh, of Cincinnati, Humphrey,
of Pittsburg, or Powderly, of Scranton.
Randall and the Ordnance.
Washington. July 23. —Representative
Randall has calle.-; his special Committee
on Ordnance to meet in this city on Wed
nesday next. Tht> members of the com
mittee are Messrs. Crisp, of Georgia,
Burns, of Missouri, Reed, of Maine,
Hiscock, of New York, and Phelps, of
New Jersey. Mr. Randall shows a dispo
sition to make himself thoroughly familiar
with this subject. A room has "been pro
vided for the committee at the War De
partment, and all possible assistance will
be rendered to the committee by the Sec
retary and Gen. Beuet.
The Alabama Claim*.
Washington, July 25.— The Ceurt of
Commissioners of Alabama claims
to-day transmitted to the Secretary of
State"for his certification a list of awards
numbering 606 cases decided in favor ol
claimants, and 266 cases in which judg
ments have been rendered for the United
States. The aggregate of awards to
claimants is $2,719,193. The judgments
were promptly certified by Secretary Fre
linghuyse . to the Treasury Department,
where the awards will now be paid.
The Naval Hospital*.
Washington, July 25.— Surgeon Gen
eral Gunnell, of the United States Navy,
has not decioed to make a tour of inspec
tion along the Atlautic coast. Indeed it
is probable, in view of the limited appro
priation, that the regular annual Inspec
tion of the naval hospitals will not be
made by the Surgeon. General this year.
Lynching Probable.
Albany, Ga., July 25.—Aaron Coach
man, a negro, who attempted rape upon
Mrs. Wilson near Blakely on Saturday,
was caught eight miles from Gordon,
Ala., and lodged in Blakely jail last night.
The other searching parties have been
sent lor, and he will probably be lynched
upon their return.
Two Swung at New Orleans.
New Orleans, July 25. —Victor Elay,
for wife murder, and Kendrick Holland,
colored, for killing his mistress, were
hanged here to-day.
A Foul-Mouthed Woman
Is even worse than a foul-mouthed man.
No one need be foul-mouthed if they will
use Sozodont and rub it in well. Don’t
spare the brush and spoil the mouth, as
some parents do with their children when
they withhold the rod.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1884.
ATLANTA’S LAST FOOT RACE.
Rome Charge* a Put-Cp Job and With
draws from the Contest.
Atlanta, July 25.—The much talked
of twelve hours go-as-you-please foot race,
open to the State, occurred here to-day at
the Walking Rink. The entrance from
Rome, consisting of Aycock, Piper,Ebling,
White, Whitmore and Birmingham,
refused to start, giving as the
reason for their refusal that
among Atlanta’s entries was a man
by the name of Orr, who they complained
was a professional, and whose real name
was Cox. The complaint was heard by
the judges, who decided that Orr, or Cox,
could not be barred. The Rome men then
donned their citizen clothes and left the
track. The following walkers then faced
the score ready to receive the word go:
Sheridan, Miee, Prater, Seel, Orr, Mur
phy, Fain and Wilson, of Atlanta, and
rord, Harris, Haskins, Jacobus and
Farmer, of Maeon. The start was made
at a good pace, which was kept up all
day, and was in many re
spects an interesting contest, as
all the men put their legs to their best
speed. At 8 o’clock the only men remain
ing on the track treading the sawdust
with determination were Sheridan, Pra
ter, Orr, Seel, Ford, Harris, Haskins and
Farmer. Nine o’clock found Seel out of
the race lor good, and when the contest
ended at 10 o’clock the score read as fol
lows :
„ Miles. Lavs.
O" 66
* or<l .-: 63 9
Sheridan
Prater. 58 9
Hams , .57 8
Murphy 54 5
Hoskins -j 1
fed 53 9
farmer . r t 2
Mize ... * r t i
£•“ 30
•Jacobus t)
Wilson . u
The prizes offered were S3OO for the first,
S2OO for the second, and SIOO for the third.
The attendance was large during the
entire day, and the closing hours of the
match found the warehouse densely
packed. The door money is estimated at
$2,000. This in all probability is the last
foot, race in Atlanta.
the Athletic Base Ball Club, of Atlanta,
plays its second game with the Browns,
ot Augusta, here to-morrow afternoon.
STEEL RAILS BELOW PAR.
The Official Organ of the Manufacturers
Thinks that ltoek Bottom has been
Touched.
Philadelphia, July 25.—Referring to
the recent break in the price of steel rails,
the official organ of the American Iron
and Steel Association to-day says:
“There is a rock bottom for the steel rail
price somewhere, and it is probable that
the Pittsburg company reached it. One
thiug is certain, there are mills that
cannot run with profit at the Pittsburg
price and must stop making rails
if they can’t get a better price.
\\ o seem to have reached a crisis in
steel rails, the outcome of which must be
an advance in prices if all previous ex
perience is of any value. It is worthy of
remembrance that tne condition of our
steel rail trade is not a fair indication of
the general condition ot our iron and steel
industries. It is wholly exceptional. No
other branch is as much depressed, be
cause in no other branch has
there been manifested tbe same ten
dency to overproduction as in this.
If we could have been contented to make
Bessemer steel in this country by the
slow methods that prevail in Europe, tbe
output per converter and per turn in roll
ing mill, we would not have glutted the
market as we have done, but we had to
beat all creation, and now we must check
up and go slow like the English steel
makers. There are various wavs of going
slow. One way is to run single.”
THE GEORGIA EDITORS.
Arrival or the Party at, Baltimore and
a Flood of Invitations.
Baltimore, July 25.—The Georgia
Press Association arrived in this city at
6 o’clock this afternoon. The trip front
Atlanta was a most enjoyable one, Mr.
S. H. Hardricks, representing the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road, doing everything possible to make
the guests of the company comfortable.
At Hagerstown a committee from the
Pennsylvania Press Association boarded
the train and extended an invitation to
the Georgians to visit Gettysburg and
other places in that State. The invitation
was referred to the President. lie ac
cepted it, and the association will leave
Baltimore on Monday to partake
of the hospitalities "of the Penn
sylvanians. The members of the
association and ladies have also accepted
au invitation from the Baltimore Press As
sociation, the Chemical and Fertilizer Ex
change and the Merchants and Manufac
turers’ Association to make an excursion
to-morrow on the steamer Westmoreland.
Invitations are coming in from all direc
tions inviting the members to visit differ
ent places of interest on the line of the
railroads. At a session this afternoon, held
at the Carrollton, Mr. S. H. Hardricks,
the gentleman who has had charge of the
party, was presented with a gold-headed
cane by the association.
A WOMAN AMONG DEMONS.
Half a Hundred Laborers Set Upon a
Half-witted Girl wlio Wanders into
tlieir Midst.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 25.—The details
of the robbery and outrage of Lizzie
Bradley, a demented young woman, in a
camp on the bank of the Mononsafaga on
Tuesday evening, are horrible anffliave
created great excitement here. After be
ing decoyed from home on Sunday by a
man named Kennedy, who deserted her
in the woods, she wandered aimlessly
about till she came to a laborers’
camp, composed of Hungarians, Irish,
French and negroes, located near West
Elizabeth. Her experience was so ter
rible as to be almost without a parallel.
When found on Tuesday she was uncon
scious. Her clothes had been torn from
ner body, which was covered with cuts
and bruises. Her jewelry, valued at
SSOO, was missing. The men fled at the ap
proach of her friends, but detectives have
been working hard on the case, and this
afternoon five men were arrested for com
plicity in the outrage. Twenty armed
policemen in two four-horse wagons left
for the camp at 10 o’clock to-night to ar
rest the others, fifty men in all. The feel
ing against them is intense. The young
woman is still living but is in a critical
condition.
AX EXPLOSION ON THE RAILS.
Four Lives Lost as tbe Result of the
Bursting of an Engine's Boiler.
Allentown, Pa., July 25.—The rear
part of the boiler of an engine drawing
a freight train on the Lehigh Valley Rail
road, near Whitehaven to-day, blew out
and killed four persons who were riding
on the engine. The victims are J. H.
Hassel, the engineer, brakeman Hassel,
a son of the engineer, fireman V. Arm
bruster, and E. Smith, telegraph operator.
Smith was night telegraph operator at
Mescopec, and was riding on the engine
to his hotel at Whitehaven when the ex
plosion occurred. The bodies of the en
gineer and firemen were found torn to
pieces in the woods, one hundred yards
from the wreck. The remains of Smith
were found under the tank of the locomo
tive, horribly mangled. The explosion
occurred in a lonely place, and nobody
was left to notify trains in either direc
tion. Shortly after the accident a long train
of coal, ran iuto the exploded engine.
The locomotive of tbe coal train was
badly wrecked aid covered with broken
cars. Twenty cars were scattered in dif
ferent directions and broken iuto kind
ling wood. Michael Green, engineer of
the coal train, was seriously and perhaps
fatally injured. The rest of the crew
escaped by leaping lrom the train.
A Dismal Future Before Edwards.
Atlanta, July 25.—Dr. J. J. Edwards,
the chiropodist, who is wanted in Rich
mond, Va.,for bigamy and attempting to
kill one of his wives, was taken before
Judge Dorsey fcere to-day on a habeas cor
pus writ, and although a strong effort to
secure his discharge was made he was re
manded to the custody of an officer.
The finest Vanilla comes from Mexico.
The production is Email and they are con
sequently held at a very high price. This
high price induces the makers of flavor
ing extracts to substitute the rank, bitter
tonqua. It is by the use of the finest
Mexican Vaniila Bean that Dr. Price’s
Special Flavoring Extract of Vanilla ob
tains its rare excellence.
TiXES IN THE INTERIOR.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS
FALL OFF $22,963,306.
Figures Which Tell to What the Re
duction Is Attributable and How it
Is Divided Among the States—Post
Office Returns 5 7-10 Per Cent, off
During the Last Quarter.
Washington, July 25.—The Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue furnishes to
day statements relating to the transac
tions of his bureau for the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1884, and comparisons with
those of the preceding fiscal year. From
these it appears that the aggregate re
ceipts for the fiscal year were $121,590,039,
a net decrease, as compared with
the preceding year, of $22,963,305.
These sums are made up as follows: Re
ceipts from spirits, fruit, grain, and other
materials, including also special taxes,
$76,905,385, an increase of $2,536,610; to
bacco, in all f0rm5,526,062,399. a decrease
of $16,041,849; fermented liquors of $lB,-
084,954, an increase of $1,184,338;
taxes under laws now re
pealed, $248,156, a decrease of $10,626,744;
penalties of $289,144, a decrease of $16,659.
There were withdrawn for Consumption
during the year 1,137,056 gallons of spirits
distilled from fruit, a decrease of 116,222
gallons as compared with the preceding
fiscal year; 78,479,845 gallons of spirits
were distilled from grain, molasses and
other materials, an increase of 2,971,06 e
gallons; 3,455,619,017 cigars. an
increase of 227,730,023; 908,123,-
640 cigarettes, an increase of
268,101,987: 5,602,645 pounds of snuff,
an increase of .318,273; 168,593.419 pounds
of tobacco, an increase of 3,516,233; and
18,998.619 barrels of fermented liquor, an
increase of 1,240,727 barrels.
The following statement shows the ag
gregate receipts from internal revenue bv
States and Territories during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1884:
Alabama, $85,398; Arizona, $2,714: Ar
kansas, $91,009: California, $3,384,765;
t’oiorado, $195,999; Connecticut. $428,370;
Dakota. $9,664; Delaware, $210,327; Flor
ida, $178,562; Georgia, $379,741; Idaho.
$2,634; Illinois, $23,520,484: Indiana, $5,-
618, lowa, $2,757,416; Kansas, $167,-
351; Kentucky, $18,583,172: Louisiana,
.$560,184; Maine, $56,599; Maryland,
$3,146,491; Massachusetts, $2,396,590;
Michigan, $1,419,380; Minnesota, $193,482;
Mississippi, $50,449; Missouri, $6,473,806;
Montana, $125,369; Nebraska, $1,515,816;
Nevada,s3,B27; New Hampshire, $390,136;
New Jersey, $3,477,222; New Mexico,
$69,139; New York, $13,760,381; North
Carolina, $1,760,966; Ohio, $13,520,264;
Oregon, $128,275; Pennsylvania, $7,888,-
700; Rhode Island, $130,468; South Caro
lina, $93,896; Tennessee, $1,249,975; Texas,
$210,149; Utah, $4,560; Vermont, $30,904;
Virginia, $3,232,726; Washington Terri
tory, $6,938; West Virginia, $560,328;
Wi5c0n5in,52,993,755; Wyoming,sl,2o2.
POST OFFICE RETURNS.
Returns received at the Post Office De
partment from 159 letter carrier post
offices, which produce nearly one-half of
the postal revenues, show that the gross
receipts for the quarter ended June 30,
1884, were $5,169,052 or $350,316, 5 7-10 per
cent, less than the receipts from the same
offices during the corresponding quarter
of the preceding year. Upon this
basis the receipts from all post
offices during the quarter would
aggregate $10,000,000, and the receipts for
the year would be about $2,000,000 less
than the receipts for the previous fiscal
year. Sixteen offices show increased re
ceipts. The diminution is attributed to
the reduction of the letter rate from 3 to
2 cents, and the result of the year's busi
ness, which is better than was expected,
is highly gratifying to the financial officer
of the Post Olliee Department.
FINANCIAL CRASHES.
Suspicious Fact* Developed in tho Har
rison Rank Failure.
Indianapolis, July 25.—There are
some astonishing developments being
made concerning the failure of the Har
rison Bank. The bills receivable in the
hands of Judee Lamb, receiver of the
suspended bank, are estimated at less
than $3,009 in value, while the cash assets
amount tosll9. In April the bank’s state
ment for taxation showed assets of $566,-
959, and the firm was credited with real
estate to the amount of $71,000. The de
posits' shown by the same report were
$598,729. During the run on the bank
$132,000 was paid out, which reduced the
liabilities to about $466,000.
DUN A CO.’S REPORT.
New York, July 25. — The business
failures throughout the country in the
last week, as reported to It. G. Dun &
Cos., number for the United States 204,
and for Canada 30, a total of 234 against
215 last week, showing an increase of 19
failures. The increase is pretty evenly
distributed in different parts of the coun
try.
TO PAY 47 PER CENT.
Providence, R. 1., July 25.—The
creditors of the suspended banking firm
of Clinton R. Weedon & Cos. met yester
day. The statement showed gross liabili
ties nominally of $654,47?; gross assets
nominally of $596,964; unsecured liabili
ties, $270,659; estimated available assets,
$128,960. It was estimated that the estate
would realize 47 iter cent.
BUILDING MATERIAL A DEAD LOAD.
New York, July 25.—Rowe & Denman,
dealers in building material, of this city,
made an assignment this morning to
Thomas Miller, Jr. The preferences
amount to $67,861.
FRANCE AND CHINA.
But Eight Days Remaining in which the
Celestials can Secure Peace.
London, July 25.—A Paris dispatch
states that orders have been telegraphed
to tbe French officers in command in
China not to grant China any further
delay, but to occupy Foo Chow at once if
the demands of France are not satisfied.
A DIFFERENT story.
Paris, July 25.—The Shanghai corre
spondent of Le Temps says that France
has allowed China until July 31 to reply
to the demand of France for an indemnity.
Negotiations between Prime Minister
Ferry and Tong Pao, the Chinese Minis
ter, in regard to the indemnity demanded
by France, have been suspended, the Chi
nese representatives adhering to the last
offer of 20.000,000 francs. M. Ferry has
conceded China eight days’ delay. If, in
the meantime, an agreement is not
reached, the French squadron will seize
Foo Chow.
A FRENCH REVERSE.
London, July 26, 2 a.m.— The Standard
dispatch, deted the Malagassy
June 27, saying that 1.200 French
tr<HPl attacked the Hovas at 6 o’clock on
the morning of that date. The French
force had mounted gendarmerie, infantry
and artillery. The latter consisted of six
field pieces and three mitrailleuses. The
attack lasted three hours, when the
French retired. The Malagassys behaved
admirably, acting with perfect coolness
and firing steadily. The attack was not
renewed.
The Labor Wars.
New York, July 25.—There is nothing
new to-day in the affairs of the striking
bricklayers, and no additional employers
have been reported as having yielded to
the demands of the men. The strikers say
that not more than 800 are out.
NON-UNION MEN ASSAULTED.
Cincinnati, July 25.— A petition was
presented to the Mayor to-day by the pro
prietors of the stove foundries and by
cigar manufacturers praying for protec
tion for the non-union men in their em
ploy. They say that their men are as
saulted and beat daily, and receive no
protection from the police. If they can’t
be protected they will move the factories
to other cities.
A MILL TO SHUT DOWN
Lawrence, Mass., July 25.—Everett's
Mill will shut down Aug 18.
A Negro Lynched.
Galveston, July 25.— A special from
Cameron says that this morning a negro
was found suspended to a tree close to a
bridge across Little river. An investiga
tion showed thax tbe negro was the same
who recently robbed the residence of Rev.
Mr. Lightfoot and attempted to outrage
Mrs. Lightfoot. He was captured this
morning about 2 o’clock by a reconnoi
tering party and hung. He confessed his
crime, and gave his name as AVilliam
Smith, from Dallas.
Inexpensive and effective is the great
substitute for sulphur baths, Glen’s Sul
phur Soap.
Hill’s Hair Dye, black or brown. Fifty
cents.
Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
For Chills, Fever, Ague and Weakness
Coldkn’s Liquid Beef Tonic. Coiden’s,
, take no other, Ot druggists.
ERIN'S STURDY SONS.
Cleveland, Blaine and Butler Invited to
the Boston Demonstration.
Boston, July 25.—At a meeting of the
Executive Committee this afternoon the
programme for an Irish demonstration at
the Institute building on Thursday even
ing. Aug. 14, was completed. Accommo-
will be provided for 25,000
people and seats will be fur
nished on the platform to 1,000
invited guests. There will be a grand
chorus of 1.500 voices, assisted by consoli
dated bands aggregating 100 instruments.
The_ newly elected President of the
National League will preside. There will
be sonic twelve addresses delivered, oc
cupying ten or fifteen minutes each.
Messrs. Blaine, Cleveland and Butler
have been invited to be present.
PARNELL OPPOSING A CONVENTION.
Dublin, July 25.—Mr. Parnell has
written to the Secretaries of the various
branches of the national leagues in Ul
ster, declaring that the convention to be
held in Belfast on Tuesday next was
called against his advice.
DAVITT ON THE FRANCHISE.
Michael Davitt, the Nationalist, was at
Tralee yesterday, wh°re he was made the
recipient of an address by his admirers.
In reply to these he spoke in support of
the franchise biil, and implored Irishmen
ever) where to assist in the movement
against the House of Lords.
DXTBLIN TO BE PUT ON GUARD.
Right Hon. Geo. O. Trevelyan, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, has given the Dub
lin corporation instructions to prepare for
an outbreak of cholera, and empowers the
officers to raise u loan to meet the ex
penses incurred in coping with the dis
ease.
IRELAND'S POOR GUARDIANS.
London, July 25.— Public opinion in
Ireland has been oftended by the action of
the House of Lords in rejecting tbe bill
reforming the system of electing Poor
Guardians in Ireland. This bill passed
the House of Commons. Apropos of this,
the chief Conservative editors met the
Marquis of Salisbury and Sir Stafford
Nortbcote at the Carlton Ciub and had a
long conference with them.
The same matter was made the subject
of an inquiry to-day in the House of Com
mons by Mr. Parnell.
Premier Gladstone, in reply, said that
ho would be unable to introduce the meas
ure in the House of Commons again this
autumn in order to force it through the
House of Lords.
Mr. Parnell thereupon gave notice that
he should ask Premier Gladstone to re
consider this decision in view of the dif
ficulty constantly experienced of obtain
ing from the House of Lords legislation
beneficial to Ireland.
Lord Rossmore has written a letter to
the Orangemen of couuty Monaghan, Ire
land, in which he enjoins them to remain
indoors upon the occasion of tbe national
meeting at Monaghan Aug. 15, leavi-.g to
the governmen t the responsibility of deal
ing with the bitterest enemies of the em
pire, with whom it has entered into an
infamous compact.
EGYPT’S FALSE PROPHET.
Suakin Bom barded—England Trying to
Bulldoze the Conference.
London, July 25.— 1 u the House of
Commons to-day the Marquis of Harting
ton, Secretary of State for War, stated
that unless some unforeseen necessity
should arise no supplemental estimate of
funds for the defense of Egypt would be
submitted.
HARD ON THE CULTIVATORS.
Cairo, July 25.— The Minister of Fi
nance, under orders from England, has
issued a circular insisting on the payment
of the tax arrears now outstanding. This
will compel cultivators of the soil to sell
their crops standing. In the case of the
cotton crop it will have to be sold three
months before harvest, and at a sacrifice
of 40 per cent, its nominal value.
It is believed that the object of the circu
lar is to prove the Egyptian conference an
ineffective way out of the existence of
widespread misery in Egvpt, and thus
lead it to acknowledge the necessity of an
important reduction of the rate of taxa
tion.
A TRIBE AGAINST EL MAHDI.
The Kabba-Bish tube has declared
against El Mahdi.
SUAKIN BOMBARDED.
Suakin, July 25. —The rebels maintain
ed a heavy fire upon the city last uight.
Two Egyptian soldiers were wounded.
The French Constitution.
Paris, July 25.—1n the Senate to-day
Prime Minister Ferry denied that revision
of the constitution was an e^ectora. de
vice. He said that 330 constituencies de
manded the adoption of the measure, and
its passage was required now. It would
be declared to be impolitic to leave such a
politic weapon to the extreme Left, from
whom the government was ever-increas
ingly separated. M. Ferry said that the
vote of the Chamber of Deputies on the
bill was a sufficient guarantee that it
would be kept within the prescribed lim
its. The Cabinet, he asserted, would not
consider any departure from the ministe
rial programme in relation to the bill.
The Czar’s Visit to Warsatv.
Warsaw, July 25. — 1 tis officially an
nounced that the Czar’s visit to the
palace here has not been renounced. Ex
traordinary precautions will be taken
during the visit to prevent any violence.
So Russian will be allowed to enter the
city without a permit.
The railways w ill be lined with soldiers
while the train is on its way. Arrests of
persons suspected of conspiracy in the
plotto blow up the palace continue.
Another magistrate has been arrested
for complicity in the plot against the life
of the Czar.
How Cincinnati Bays Her Police.
Cincinnati. July 25.—The police of
this city an paid from a fund raised by a
tax on the liquor dealers, under the Scott
law, but as the liquor dealers are con
testing the law, tne police have not been
paid for nearly a month. City Secretary
Dawson has given an opinion that, if the
Mayor retains the force after August 1,
he will be obliged to pay the salaries out
of his own pocket. iii case the City Coun
cil does not. appropriate money for them,
the lorce, if not disbanded, will be re
duced.
Conley Takes First Place.
Calais, Me., July. 25.— The final
heat in the regatta for professional
oarsmen ended to-day in a manner that
was a surprise. Long odds were up in
favor of Teemer for first place against the
field, and Gaudauer was the favorite for
the second place, Conley, Ten Eyck and
Hamm being about even for the third
place. Conley took first plaee, Teemer
second and Gaudauer third.
A Train Falls Through a Bridge.
New' Orleans, July 25.—A special
trom Vicksburg says: “A construction
train on the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Texas Pacific Railroad fell through a
bridge over Alligator bayou to-day, killing
the engineer and fireman. The accident
was caused by the rails having been torn
up for the purpose of wrecking a train.”
War with Gould.
Baltimore, July 25.—The Baltimore
and Ohio Telegraph Company have re
duced the tolls for messages between St.
Louis and Washington, Baltimore, Phila
delphia and New’ Vork to 25 cents, and
night messages to 15 cents for 15 words,
to go into effect on Monday, making the
rate to St. Louis the same as to Chicago.
A Tannery Burned.
Louisville, July 25. —Charles F. Sauer
& Co.’s tannery was burned to-day. The
company was the largest tanners of
leather in the city, and had a large stock
on hand. The loss is SOO,OOO. Capt. Wil
liam Herman, of the fire department, fell
from the burning building and was seri
ously if not fatally injured.
Caceres Assumes the Presidency.
Lima, July 25.—0n the return of the
Commissioners to Tarroa, Gen. Caceres
declared himself provisional President of
the republic, and expressed his willing
ness to hold the power until he could re
sign it to Gen. Lapuerta in order that the
latter should call an election.
Hied from Drinking Seltzer Water.
Toulon, July 25.—Two foolish youths
made a bet as to which could drink more
Seltzer water. One drank 9 syphons and
the other S. Both died shortly afterwards.
Don’t Spill the Milk.
“There is no use crying over spilled
milk,” says the old saw. If vou are not
only bald, but have no life in the roots of
your hair, there is no use crying over that,
either. Take both time and yourself by
the forelock, while there is a forelock left.
Apply Parker’s Hair Balsam to your hair
before matters get worse. It will arrest
the tailing off of your hair and restore its
original color, gloss and softness. It is a
perfect dressing withal—clean, richly per
fumed, cools and heals the scalp.
PATHOS IN THE PESTS.
PEOPLE BEGINNING TO BE
FOUND DEAD IN HOUSES.
Cases of Cholera Constantly Cropping
Out In tbe \ illageg of France—A Cor
vette from Marseilles Finds no Haven
of Refnge—A Discredited Allegation
That a Cholera Death Has Occurred
on the Mississippi.
Pari£, July 25.—Isolated cases of
cholera continue to be reported in various
parts of France. A woman living at
t ourbevoie, a village only a few miles
from Paris, was seized with sporadic
cholera Thursday. She was at once con
veyed to a hospital and her lodging was
thoroughly disinfected. No apprehension
of further cases is believed to exist in the
community. Two cases of cholera have
occurred at Narbonne and St. Nazaire, a
village not far from Toulon. Two deaths
from the disease have occurred there.
One of these deaths was ot an especially
pathetic character. An unknown woman
was seized with the dread disease while
passing along the street. She fell prostrate
to the ground and expired immediately.
A _ pitiable case is reported from Mar
seilles. An old woman of over 70 vears
was missing for several davs. The police
at la6t forced an entrance iuto her lodging
and found her hotly upon the floor in
such condition that she must have been
dead for some days. An examination
proved that she was a victim of cholera.
She had lived almost exclusively on fruit.
The corvette Argantina, which was re
cently at Marseilles, desired to take on
coal at Gibraltar. The English authori
ties there forbade this and threatened to
fire unless the vessel at once departed.
The Argantina thereupon proceeded to a
port in Portugal and began coaling, but
the inhabitants of tbe port became panic
stricken and compelled tbe authorities to
rdcr the immediate departure of the un
fortunate vessel. Where the Argantina is
to find fuel enough to enable her to return
to La Plata appears to be an insoluble
problem.
The condition of affairs at Arles is de
plorable in the extreme. The water sup
ply has been entirely cut off owing to an
accident in the hydraulic apparatus and
numerous funerals of cholera victims
have been conducted by men who were
generally drunk. These funerals have,
moreover, beeu greatly retarded by the
fact that carpenters refuse to make coffins
tor those who die of cholera. Nearly all
the bakers and butchers have left the city.
The supply of food is consequently scarce
and difficult to obtain. The panic through
out the city is simply indescribable. The
epidemic appears to be extending. One
death has occurred at Saintes Maries de
la Mer. Tbe inhabitants of that town
want to expel all refugees from Aries. In
six different villages of the department of
Bouches du Phone from one to two deaths
have occurred.
In Vint Miglia, Italy, there have been
10 deaths. In the debato in the Chamber
of Deputies yesterday, in regard to the
French law in regard to cholera,
Paul Bert described France as after
Spain and Turkey the most backward
country in Europe, so far as sanitation is
concerned.
There were fifteen deaths at Toulon last
night. Five occurred in the hospital. It
is feared that the stormy weather will in
crease the epidemic. Six thousand peo
ple have left Toulon In the last two days.
The number of ueathßat Marseilles last
evening was sixteen deaths. .Between 9
o’clock and noon to-day there was only
one death from cholera at Marseilles.
There is a large falling off in the number
of cases.
A steamer with cholera aboard arrived
oft Huolya,in Spain. The populace was.
panic stricken and fled into Portugal.
Reports from Marseilles and Toulon up
to 5:30 o'clock this afternoon showed that
the condition of affairs in those cities
was steadily improving. The Councillors
of Arles who fled from the city at the ap
proach of the cholera are to be prose
cuted.
In Marseilles at 6:50 o’clock to-night
seventeen deaths from cholera bad oc
curred since 11 o’clock this morning.
The weather was cooler.
At Toulon thirteen deaths from cholera
had occurred during the day up to 6
o’clock to-night. There were three deaths
from that disease at La Sicone to-day, one
at Draguignar and one at La Roquebru
sanee. Complaints are being made at
Marseilles that measures of precaution
against the spread ot the cholera have
been slackened and that the work of dis
infection is not sufficiently thorough.
TROUBLESOME INCIDENTS.
A number of undertakers were arrested
who were selling clothing and bedding
which belonged to victims of the epidemic.
Only 300 persons are at work in the
arsenal at Toulon. Seven thousand work
men are usually employed there. At the
lazaret in Luganscaty the attendants
secreted the keys to the wine cellar.
Wednesday, at 12 o’clock, after having
got at the spirits and indulged freely,
they assaulted the Sisters of Charity atid
ministers, but a tierce resistance was
offered. Soldiers were called, and suc
ceeded in suppressing the outbreak.
Several travelers who were there in
accordance with the quarantine regula
tions were wounded during the disturb
ance. An order has been published at
Metz that all persons wriving from
France at ports in Alsace and Lorraine,
without having certificates of health, will
be expelled from the country.
At Marseilles 38 deaths occurred during
the 2 4hours ending at 9 o’clock to-night.
At a meeting of the Extreme Left to
night, it was unanimously decided to send
a deputation of nine members of the
Chamber of Deputies, headed by M.
Clemenee, to Toulon and Marseilles to in
quire into the cholera epidemic. The del
egation invite the aid of others similarly
interested.
At Arles two doctors, who had arrived
from Marseilles to-day, entered the prin
cipal hotel. The proprietor, who was
about to leave, said to them; “Here is the
key. lam going to leave. Do the best
you can.”
THE DEATHS.
The total number of deaths since the
outbreak appeared will reach 1,000.
Five hundred persons who were attacked
with the disease have been cured. The
proportion of cures would be greater if
those rendering assistance were better or
ganized. Much prejudice exists among
the lower classes against the doctors.
Many are convinced that they have been
ordered to spread tbe epidemic by admin
istering poisonous remedies. Some force
physicians to taste their medicines before
they can be prevailed upon to take them.
The doctors are often afraid to enter
houses owing to the hostility of the occu
pants.
The Spanish lazarettos are overcrowd
ed. and misery thereby results.
Spain has notified France that the
quarantine regulations will not be raised
until cholera has entirely vanished from
France. Ail patients, with one excep
tion, in the Paris hospitals afflicted with
cholera disorders are doing well.
At Maurillon, near Toulon, fifty cases
of cholera were reported yesterday.
While the disease is decreasing in Toulon
and Marseilles, it is increasing in the
surrounding villages.
THE FEELING AT PARIS.
London, July 25 — The Paris corre
spondent of the Standard says that a large
number of those who recovered from
cholera show that the disease is not of
the same deadly character which some
previous outbreaks have displayed.
There is a considerable exodus of people
from Paris who are apprehensive that the
epidemic will reach the capital, but noth
ing of the nature ot a panic has yet ap
peared. The correspondent has never seen
Paris so deserted as at present. English
and American tourists, he asserts,love
Paris a wide berth. Such a scare be con
tends is altogether unjustified, as the
capital is better cleaned, more abundantly
watered and healthier than any other city
in Europe.
The government win send Drs. Klien
and Gibbes to co-operate with the Cholera
Commission in India.
SOUTH AMERICA’S QUARANTINE.
Buenos Ayres, J uly 25.—The Sanita
ry Commissions of Uruguay and those of
the Argentina Republic have declared
their ports closed to vessels from Mediter
ranean ports.
A SUSPICIOUS CASE AT LIVERPOOL.
_ erpooL’ July 25.—A man named
O Bnen, one of the crew of the steamer
St. Dunstan, which arrived at Liverpool
from Marseilles last week having had
two cases of cholera on board, took lodging
in a densely populated quarter of Liver
pool. To-day he was seized with choleraic
symptoms and was forthwith isolated.
CHOLERA REPORTED ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
Washington, July 25.—Surgeon Gen.
Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, has been notified by Sergeant Ames,
of that service, that a child died on the
steamer Annie A. Silver at Port Ander
son, Miss., of what was supposed to be
Asiatic cholera. The steamer was bound
from New Orleans to St. Louis. The dead
child belonged to a family which
recently arrived in New Orleans
direct from Toulon. Dr. Hamilton
immediately telegraphed to New Orleans
to have a thorough examination of the
statement that the parties were recent
ly front Toulon, and also to the Marine
Hospital Surgeons in St. Louis and at in
termediate points on the river to investi
gate as to the facts of death, and to en
force proper precautions. The doctor
says that he don’t believe that death was
caused by cholera, but he couldn’t afford
to take any chances.
In answer to the dispatch sent Surgeon
Ames, at Evansville, Dr. Hamilton has
been informed by that officer that his dis
patch of this evening was based on a
telegram received by him (Arnes) from
the officer in charge at Nashville, which
stated that a case of cholera had been put
off the Annie P. Silver at Port Anderson,
and that the vessel was then on her way
up the river.
Secretary of State Frelinghuysen has
just received from Consul Carroll, at Pa
lermo, a telegram stating that vessels
front the United States not touching at
Italian or infected ports are now allowed
to enter Sicily.
A SCARE SUBSIDES.
Galveston, July 25. Quarantine
against New Orfeans steamers has been
removed, the yellow fever scare having
subsided.
CURED BY PRAYER.
A Norristown Lady's Recovery from
Consumption Excites Much Comment.
Miss Justitia Ashton, of Norristown,
says the Philadelphia Record, has been
flooded with communications and letters,
or inquiry ever since tho publication of
her alleged recovery from consumption by
means of prayer. These have come from
all parts of the country, asking how the
cure was efl'ected. Miss Ashton is cer
tainly far better than she was, but it is
claimed that she has not wholly recovered
from her affliction. There are "many theo
ries indulged in by those of her neighbors
who scout the idea of Divine inter
vention. Some say that her disease
could have been nothing more serious
than a throat affection. They assert that
the attending physician’s diagnosis was
incorrect, and that the disease could not
certainly have been consumption, while
there are many who believe that the doc
tor’s treatment and medicine adminis
tered were the cause of the speedy relief.
However, a large number of Mi'ss Ash
ton’s friends believe that her recovery is
auother illustration of faith cure, and
frequently refer to the affair to in
duce less pious people to nay
more attention to their religious wants.
One lady in New York, in writing to
Miss Ashton, states that she Is also af
flicted with consumption, and wants to
know how much time must he spent in
praying and the manner of going about it.
There are many congratulatory notes
among the communications. AU urge
Miss Ashton to keep on praying fervently,
so that she may be entirely relieved from
the disease. The lady herself attributes
her relief to prayer.
This is rhe second faith cure case that
has occurred in Montgomery county
within a short time. A few weeks ago
Miss Tillie Hollowed, who lives with her
parents on Seventh street, above Main,
Norristown, invited some church friends
to visit her bedside and pray with her. In
a few days she recovered sufficiently to go
down stairs, after being confined to her
room fer a period of five mouths. Her re
covery since has been rapid.
HIBERNATION OF REPTILES.
Some Facts Not Generally Known.
Charles C. Abbott, writing in Science,
asserts that tlio hibernation of reptiles
varies much according to the severity of
the winter. Many turtles take refuge in
the deep holes of ponds, and Dr. Abbott
asserts that, in the severest cold weather,
he has caught snapping turtles, the musk
turtle and the box mud turtle in deep
holes and about largo springs that dis
charge their waters on level ground. As
fish have been found partly eaten when
taken In nets in mid-winter, Dr. Abbott
concludes that the snapper takes an occa
sional meal. At the same time he does
not deny that the species found active
in winter hibernate under certain condi
tions. and that the other species of turtles
hibernate. Snakes which live in water do
not sleep so deep a winter sleep as do the
black snake and others which frequent
the uplands. The true water snake ( Tropi
donotus sipedoti) may often be found in
winter a foot or two beneath the sand of
any spring-hole, and is not slow to swim
oft when thus disturbed. This species
and the common garter snake are the first
to appear in the spring. The upland
snakes may be literally broken into pieces
without giving evidence of life, so
thoroughly torpid are they. Toads and
tree frogs, terrestrial and arboreal ani
mals, are more sensitive to cold than the
water-living frogs and salamanders.
Frogs at the commencement of winter re
treat to the bottoms of ponds and deep
ditches; salamanders to the mud at the
bottom of springs. All the kinds of frogs
and three species of salamanders have
been found in a hogshead sunk in the
ground to collect the waters of a spring.
They were slugeish, but not actually hi
bernating.
The Fatalist’s Terrible Test.
The world is full of fatalists, says the
San Francisco A 'ews Letter. It is an easy
and comfortable belief. I have been told
a peculiar anecdote on the subject. At a
frontier post the officers mess was engaged
in an ardent discussion. Wine had been
freely partaken of, and, with one of my
strange caprices of intoxication, there was
philosophy at the bottom of the glasses.
The Mahominedan religion was the sub
ject of argument. Mussulmans believe in
fate. Forthem a man’adestiny is written
above, the time of his death is set, and
nothing can advance it. Every one had
something to advance or relate in pro or
con argument. In answer to one of the
officers who demanded to know of what
use and to what purpose was rea
son and its controlling power if
we were born with the tag of
our destiny attached, another—a new
comer—arose and said: “Gentlemen,
what is the use of discussion? Jlake a
practical test of the question. Take me
as the subject. Can a man wilfully dis
pose of his life, or is the fatal moment
chosen by a higher power? Try the ques
tion tor me. Who will conduct the ex
periment?” No one answered. Then some
one proposed a wager. “Done,” was the
answer. The subject drew a pistol,
showed that it was loaded, and held it to
his temple. “Twenty dollars. I believe?
Who will pay if I lose.” He pulled the
trigger, and the pistol missed fire. “A
joke,” cried tne crowd. The fatalist
smiled. He recocked the pistol, and with
a steady hand aimed at a clock on the
wall. He fired, and the bullet went right
through the centre of the dial. “Apologize
now,” said he; “1 have won the bet. 1
alwaysdid believe in late.”
15 Snrvlvors of the Gijon Landed.
Madrid. July 25.—An English
schooner has landed at Muro, a small
port in Western Spain, 15of the survivors
of the Spanish steamer Gijon, which
foundered after colliding with the British
steamer Laxham.
MORE SURVIVORS.
Corunna, July 25.—Another schooner
has landed eight additional members of
the crew and seven of the passengers of
the steamer Gijon.
Killed by a Falling Wall.
Lexington, Ky., July 25.-a portion
of the wall of the Lexington Bollin" Mill
fell this evening, burying Samuel Grover
and James Hester in the street below
Hester was instantly killed and Grover
probably fatally injured.
Lincoln's Summer Prospects
Washing-son, July 25—Tbe Secretary
of *> ar does not expect to be able to leave
town this summer for more than a few
days at a time. He has been detained by
the serious illness of Mrs. Harlan, Mrs.
Lincoln’s mother.
Paris’ American Paper Fined.
Paris, .July 25.—The Morning New* has
been bned 50 francs for refusing to insert
a telegram from M. Clenienceau, the well
known Radical, denying an alleged inter
view with himselt, which the -iYeice had
published.
Heath of a Minister’. Son
Hephzibaii, Ga., July 25.-Wickliffe,
the son of Rev. W. L. Kilpatrick, aied at
5 o’clock yesterday afternoon of malig
nant typhoid fever. He was sick ten days.
Youths Drowned While Fishing.
Fred. Jones and John Oreiffiorc’ youths
while' fiehmg ’ Were drowned tCHIa - v
A King Traveling Incognito.
London, July 25.— King Oscar of Swe
den is visiting London incognito.
The Horsford Almanac and Cook Book
Mailed free on application to the Rumford
Chemical Works, Providence, B. I.
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A CRY FOR ROAST BEEF.
WYOMING TRYING TO PRY OPEN
ENGLAND'S DOORS.
Britisher* whose Mouths Water for
Yankee Land'* Juky Slice* Lend Their
Voice to the -Movement-Tbe Absence
of Disease in the Territory Pointed
London, July 25-A large and influen.
Hal deputation waited upon Baron
larhngfortl, the Lord Privy Seal, to-day
and urged the immediate removal of the
restriction placed by the Privv Council
on the importation of cattle from Wvora
ing. Earl of Wharneliffe, Baron Weu
lock and Lord Edward Cavendish, Mr.
Cyril Flower, Sir George Balfour, Mr
Albert Grey and Mr. Charles Palmer’
members of the House ot Commons
getber with More-ton Frewin, the delegate
of the Wyoming stock growers, were
present. The speakers urged that
cheap, healthy cattle were obtainable
through Canada and from the country
nest of the Missouri river. Thev de
clared that no cattle disease existed in
those regions, aud that the strictest pre
cautlons were taken during the transit of
cattle to the interior and at the seaboard.
"! ero nou, is hed trom the second to
the third year in Wyoming at one-fourth
vvliat the cost would lie in England. Thev
could be exported with very great advan
tage to both the British farmer and con
sumers. The business of fattening them
tor market would prove a great source of
profit to farmers, aud the consumer would
pay loss for his beef.
THE EFFECT IN DOUBT.
Baron Carlingford replied for himself
and for Bight Hon. Ueo. Dodson, Chan
ceJlor of ho Duchy of Lancaster. He
said that they realized the extreme inter
est and importance of the statements
which had been made and the plea
which had been urged, and they would
bestow carefttl consideration on them.
■ refrumetl from saying, however,
whether tho importation of cattle Into
Great Britain from Wyoming would be
consistent with the law. lie thought that
it would be necessary to consult Canada
before any slops could be taken.
OTHERS whose mouths water.
Cord jflkirv Neville, and Messrs. Ar
thur John Pender, W. B. Beau
• llon ’ James Lowther, members of l*ar
llament were aJso in the deputation.
Lord \\ liarncllfte asked that, the third
clause of the cattle act should be applied,
and that cattle should in consequence he
admitted trom \\ yomiug. He argued that
Wyoming had done everything in her
power to prevent infection. There
was no possihlo reason why cat
tle tYom that Territory brought
by vvay of the great lakes should not bo
admitted in Great Britain. All purties
would be benefited if this was done.
Mr. Dodson said that ho was ready to
welcome cheap meat, dead or alive, if
only it was proved to be perfectly safe.
J. W. Barclay, member of Parliament,
stated that at public meetings in For
farshire his constituency had declared in
favor of the admission of American cattle.
Lord IV enlock, Albert Grey, member of
Parliament, and Arthur Arnold, member
of Parliament, spoke in support of the
deputation. Baron Carliugford gave
it as his opinion that tho conditions un
der which the Privy Council might admit
these cattle formed a question, the con
sideration of which was beset with
numerous difficulties.
UNDER WHIP AND BPDB.
How the Daj'i Events Under Whip and
•Saddle ltesuUiHl.
Saratoga, July 25.—T0-day's racing
events resulted as follows:
Must Rack —Pun-3 7390; non-winning and
maiden allowances; five-eighths of a mile.
After a long delay at the cost Churchill won,
-itli Burch socond, and ltichard h. third.
Time 1:03.
BjceoNO Hack—Purse |100; winning penal
ties, with non-winning ami maiden allow
ance; one and one-<|iiarier miles. Itlast won,
with Sovereign Pat second und Vera third.
Tune 2:15.
TnfHt> Hack —Purse 7350; non-winning and
maiden allowance; three-quarters of a mile.
I.adv Loud won, with Hothsohiid second and
Musk third. Time 1:17.
I'otfKTii Hack—Purse 7300; selling allow
ances; one and one-eighth miles. Bonnie
Bird won. withJlin Nelson second and Mani
toba third. Tima 1:59. .
AT BRIGHTON BEACH.*
New York, July 25.—The weather at
Brighton Beach to-day was unpleasant
and showery. Theevents were as follows:
Kikst Back—For non-winners; three-quar
ters of a mile. Überto won, with Kitty H.
second and Paronella third. Time 1:22 I ,;."'">
Second Hack—For non-winners and second
place horses; three-quarters of a mile. Tal
bot won, with Cummins second ami Blue
Kebcl third. Time 1:25.
Third Hack—Selling allowance; one mile.
Lmm won, witli Bader second und Pilferer
third. Time 1:49%.
Focrtii Rack—All ages; one mile and a
quarter. Miss Brewster won, with Barney
second, and Aaron third. Time 2:161£.
Fifth Hack—For three year olds und up
wards; seven furlomts. Quixote won by a
length, with Florence J. second, and Magnum
third. Time 1:88V$.
Sixth Rack—tor tlie same; seven furlongs.
Regret won by twelve lengths, with Will Da
vis second, and Billy O'Neill third. Time
1:86*4.
RPI.ED OFF THE TRACK.
Chicago, July 25.—A. London, of To
ronto, Out., late manager of the Alexan
der stables, was ruled oil do-day by the
officers of the Chicago Driving Park As
sociation for fraud, it being proven that
he attempted to have the horse Scalp
pulled in the July stakes over that track
on July 1" last, and that he also entered
and run the horse Gilt,Edge undet the
wrong ownership, knowing that the real
owners of said horse were expelled, and
for other conduct contrary to the rules.
The horse Gilt Edge is also ruled off.
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