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l ESTABLISHED 1850. j
I J. B. KSTILL, Editor and Proprietor. }
ITEMS IN' THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FIX)RIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLIN A PUT IN TYPE.
An America* Miller Dying Betide the
Old Mill** Wheel — A Frenchman'* Os
tentation* Greeting to a Black “Gen
•ral” at Darien—Di*a*trou* Effect* of
Cuba'* Duties on Key West ■ Fish
Trade.
GEORGL*.
M QScogee county fa Tor* Hon. H. R. Ham*
as Ucjre-entative in Congress from the Fourth
Georgia mstrtet.
The first seminary in Georgia was located
fire mi e north of Washington on the place
now owned by W. W. Huguley.
James P. Sartwell, who has sold thcCuth
bert to the proprietors of tin- /. ster
r-.*#. has purchased a half interest in the
_ hattanooga Ixiily <f Weekly Democrat.
Mr. llarn-on. Tax Kerriver of Forsyth
counts, say* that the for this year are
onlr i"77, iixiv-six U- than last year, and
that the aggregate Talue of the property is
>,4.000 It-**.
Capt. McGarruh bas on exhibition at the
Grauee warehouse, A meric ua. a water
melon root that measures IB feet in length,
ft ;* - il l that watermelon roots extend as far
nut as the Tires.
Mr*. E. 8. G (fner, of Troup county, i* 32
rear*old and ha* neter taated coffee. Mhc
ha* a pair of scissors that she cut her doll
fires-*— itb 47 years ago. and baa never used
st.v Other. Her daughter is still doing all her
rutting with them.
A twelve or fourteen year old boy, named
o*. ar tfyron. wholive*! near Silas Palraour’s
m Dawson eounly, accidentally shot himself
,11 the side, from the effects of Whirli he died
aim. s! instantly. He toot the muzzle of the
gnu in in* hand and undertook to pull a limb
,i..;vn -• that he could get the pltiiu*. when
. i ldenlj the hammer was pulled back aud
the content* of the gun emptied into him.
Join ( . Eads. City Treasurer of Rome, who
t >7. ‘" of the city money deposited in Har
grove'- Bank. Saturday sold hi* stock of good*
and applied the proceeds to the payineotof
Hi. amount due to the city. Tlii*, with the
ateral turned over bv the hank, will
liquidate the amount due the city. Mr. Eads
In* sacrifieeii all he has in the world to save
to* t oiid-no n, and has done so promptly and
without litigation.
At a meeting of the Brooks county melon
grower* at Quitman a few davsago, on motion
~! I. P. Brooks, li wa* ordered that the chair
appoint a committee of three to prepare a
written <• >. tract for signatures, not to grow
in. .m* tor shipment at the present rates of
fr* -lit. and to invite the co-operation of the
i , i.,ii growers atone the line of the Savan
nah. F.onda aud Western Railway, and to
notify the railroad* of the action in the prern-
Americas Republican: Friday afternoon,
u :\i.-en 5 and t! o'clock, the bicycle race took
place in the old fair grounds. There were
fair entries: Tenntaoa, of Savannah; Craw
fopl Wheatley and Will Jones. of Americas,
and John Polhill, of Macon. The race was an
interesting one, and the audience seemed to
be pleased with the performance. The first
|r/. was won by Polhill. of Macon, the sec
i.i Iby Jones, of Americus. The distauce
wa* two miles.
Wa-tungton Gautte: K. P. Ueese was ap
pointed by the lucago Convention as one of
the committee to notifr Gov. Cleveland of
hi* nomination for the Presidency, and will
leave for New York to-day to meet the other
members of the committee, consisting of one
from each State, for the purpose of visiting
Gov. Cleveland in person, and discharging
the duty imposed by the convention. Tills is
a compliment to Mr. Reese which his friends
w ill .appreciate? and we are pleased to make
it public.
An infant child of Mr. Allies, in Wilkes
county, 10 months old. fell from lied last Fri
day morningi nd received injuries from which
it uied in a short while. The fall occurred
about daylight aßd caused the child to cry,
w hen 'la mother picked it np and let it nurse
till it became quiet. She thought nothing of
the fall, and got up at the usual time to see
about breakfast, leaving the child in lied. In
an hour or two she came back to find the child
a corpse. The cause of the death was con
cussion of the rear part of the head. There
was a large spot tnat was perfectly black
with coagulated blood.
Morgan c unty tax returns arc as follows:
Land, tit. B 7 acres, value 1993,592: city real
estate. >373,109; national stock.>l9o; merchan
dise, >124..'.it; notes and accounts, >313.351;
stock* ami bond*. >40.300: other assets not
enumerated, 500; machinery, farm imple
ment*. etc.. >23.020: furniture. >83.281; jew
elry, >11,029: live stock. >173,598; plantalion
tools, >31.0*0; cotton <-n hmd, >l3 124. Grand
total, >2,235,171. Of thi* amount the negroes
ow n > 9.902. There are 29 profession* re
turned and 2,107 polls. Morgan is advancing
in prosperity, both in property and popula
tion. *he returns nearly >IB,OOO more prop
erty this year than last.
Oglethorpe Echo: On Thursday of last
wee- the memorial sent by the Massachusetts
Company to Mr. Benjamin H. itcher, of
this county, show ing their appreciation of the
return of the sword taken from Capt. Tidd at
the Weldon Railroad fight, arrived and was
hung in Martin Bros.' new store at Crawford.
It i a masterpiece of art work with a jten,
giving a sketch of the battle in the centre,
wuh a palm tree and a Southern soldier on
one side, and a pine tree and a Northern sol
dier on the other, and at the bottom is repre
sented the reception of the sword bv its owner
—all done in a splendid style with common
p< n and ink. Many have been to MO the pic
ture-me it arrived, and it is highly prized
by Mr. Witcher.
Meriwether Vindicator: On Monday of
la*t week Mr. T. A. Andrews wa* threshing
wheat at Mrs. Blount's, near Greenville. The
machinery I icing clogged with straw, steam
wa- -t ut off in order to remove the straw and
wheat. While the drum or cylinder was stilt
rev ving very slowly, a terrific explosion vyas
hear*l and the threshing apparatus was rent
into fragment*. The hands near the machine
were prostrated, amt Mr. Woodruff, who was
en* *< and in removing the straw from around
the axles of the drum, was severely injured
a!ut the head. A fragment of flying iron
stria k him on the chin, cutting a large hole
through to the inside.of his pioutn. Mr.
" Irnff was fora time unconscious, but
after ins wounds were dressed by Dr. £. B.
Terrell, he rallied and is now getting well.
,V. ue -cents to have any well defined con
i'* ture respecting the cause of the explosion.
It i- a wonder that several of the hands stand
ing near were not killed.
Americus Recorder: A sudden death and
one that was attended liy sad circumstances,
o vurred in thiscouuty Wednesday. Mr. Rea
gan, eotistn to Mr. Green Reagan, of this
city, had in*t taken charge of Mr. Salter's
m l. am! had not yet moved his family from
Khaville. where be had been residing. Wed
nesday morning he was at his post, busily
grtndiug, but complained of feeling badly.
At noon Mr 'alter ie rneel that he wa* sick
and hurried to the mill to see him. Mr. Rea
gan's condition was such a* to forbid his re
tnoval and Mr. Sailer had ala and snd bed
*tea.| carried to the mill and had everything
I • s,-ihle done for him during the r. malning
nic hours of his dfe. He died at 6 p. m.
II - ho use was said to have been congestive
Mr. Reagan leaves a wife and three
eh Idrcn in very destitute circumstances.
Mr* Reagan's father, a minister of the gos
pel. resides in Alabama, aud she wishes t* go
there wtth her children.
Darien Timber Gaeette: Unsophisticated
Europeans look upon our brothers iu black
with a good deal of respi-ct. and one of our
lil boj - aware of this fact, felt cal lei 1 u;>on
to create a little fun the other dav. A little
lively French shipmaster, on seeing the col
on I military, t>ecame somewhat dazzled by
tlu ir imposing appearance, and intimated to
V bad (*>y that he would like to be intro
duced to the block “Bheneral.” The bad boy
’’*■ koned one of the sable corporals to his
si le. ceremoniously introducing him as the
"shcncral." and the little Frenchman, with
native politeness, uncovered hi* head, bowed
profoundly and, with respectful timidity,
grasped his hand. A giggling fit seemed to
seuc the surrounding spectators, but the un
uevdmgCaptain, flushed with the honor just
< inferred oa him, said to the bad boy: “Me
come France; me speak, me shake hand
grand black Shenera). America people give
we plenty honneur. France!”
FLORIDA.
I rink Pope, the Independent candidate for
* n.vernor. will address the people of Ocala
on Wednesday, Aug. and.
As evidence of the advance in the value of
Tallahassee real estate It may be mentioned
Hurt an unimproved lot located on the east
* : d>‘ of Monroe street, which in September,
I'*', was sold for *2OO, was by the purchaser
disposed of la-t week for *6OO. Both transac
tions were private sales.
Key West .Veits: The live fi*h trade be
tween Key West and Havana is almost a
thing of the past. It has come to a point
W .ere cur smaekmen engaged in fishing ean
r.o! pay their expenses. This deplorable con
dition has beeu brought aoout by the foolish
act ~f Key Westers selling their smacks—
* .i c ten or twelve in number—to the Span
ur who put them under the Spanish flag
a " and are engaged ia fis ing on the Mexican
co i.-t for the Havana markets, where the fish
■■ admitted ftee of duly, while our fish, taken
tin re in oer American'smacks, is sueject to a
outy of eents per pound. The City of
Havana returned Saturday from Havana,
" here she had taken a cargo of fish. She re
ceived onlv five cents a pound for her fish, out
of which the duty was paid, and returned
hire with *22'.. Out of this sum a debt of *IOO
mr provisions had to be paid, leaving only
*" to be shared equally between the owners
the vessel and her crew. The men were
cut live weeks and shared only about llOeach.
come of the-e men hare families to support
* house 1 rent to pay. Thus it will be seen
that unless the uuty on our fish is repealed in
Havana, our trade in live fish is dead.
Lake City Fia. correspondence Mokxiso
xtrs. Juij ij : New goods are beginning to
come i n ; drummers are thick and busy;
D* ni.Krrats are sanguine, and good times are
Ahead.—Beef cattle are not bringing as good
as la,: season—down about *1 per bead in
cvms queoee of troubles in Cuba.—Mr. David
H-Wilson, ot Wiuon, has oeen appointed a
•Jm-ticeof the Peace for the Twelfth district.
—There are fewer mortgages on the farmer
this season than last, and the farmer owes
hi—he is lesrning that it pays to carry his
own -kitlet. Rev. i>. H. Dorman is engaged in
placing mile ports on the public roads in
auwannee county.—About the hardest thing
to do now u to scare np something bail
ot > Gen. Perry. our Candidate for
Governor. He was Massachusetts born, and
when the tocsin of war was sounded
he buckled on his armor and discharged
his duty as a soldier. Since then he has been
* quiet, peaceful citixen, a*ked for nothing
and never growled because honors and offices
Wcreooi showered upon him. The man from
the North or the South can well afford to vote
for the man whose so e aim is to di-charge the
duties that devolve upon him—that is charac-
MriiUc pi trim. Perry.—l**4 week while Mr.
Iflic jjlomittf
Henry Fleming and wife were attending
church near Wilson. 6ome thief entered his
I dwelling and stole all of his clothing, a little
i money, and helped himself to about nine
i bushes of corn from his crib. There is no
clue as to the thief.—The approval of Messrs.
Pope and Greely’s nomination by the Repub.
I licans don't seein to create any alarm iu the
Democratic ranks; it was expected.—The
thermometer is along in the nineties, hut we
feel a little cool wuen we think that we are
! to have an ice factory soon in Lake City, by
Prof. Moody,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
j ft. K. Carlton, of Beaufort, is dead.
■ The anti-liquor sentiment is rapidly gaio
i ing ground in Walterboro’.
Gen. John Bratton has been nominated for
the Legislature from Fairfield county.
An Associate Reformed Presbvterian
Church was organized at Lancaster oh Mon
day.
The agents of the North Carolina nurseries
are selling large quantities of fruit trees iu
Barnwell county.
At the Chester Convention Congressman
Ilcmphiil and Solicitor Gaston were strongly
indorsed for re-election.
There will be a meeting of the farmers of
Edgefield county on Aug. 4 to organize a
County Agricu tural Society.
Major Marion Moise was strongly recom
mended by the Democracy of Sumter as the
successor of Solicitor Dargan.
The survivors of Companv B. Sixth South
Carolina Cavalry, will hoid'their third annual
reunion at Edgefield Court House on Satur
day, Aug. 25.
Charles Volkcning, the baker in Abbeville,
was fooling with a 59-cent pistol the other
1 iy, which “went off,” shooting away a part
of three of his fin gars.
Gov. Ha good has gone to his Saluda stock
farm where he will stay for several week*.
By a late fre*het, the highest known in 30
years, his crop was entirely ruined.
Katim. Mark* A Cos. and the Palmetto State
Lumber Company of Georgetown are loser*
bv the failure of James M#Pidgeon, the New
I ork lumber dealer. The lumber company
will probably lose >15,000.
The tracks at Charleston, Columbia. Green
ville and Augusta will probablv lie leased to
Mr. Mclntyre, of Baltimore, and under his
direction horse racing in the State will be re
stored to it* old time prestige.
The body of a dead man was found on
Wednesday in Reed’s creek, opjiosite the old
fort at Port Royal. It was fearfully disfig
ured, and could not be identified. On the feet
and legs were a pair of India rubber boots.
David McNeill and Isaac Doctor, two Beau
tort negroes, quarreled the other day over a
game of cards. McNeill fired a pistol at Doc
tor. who knocked McNeill down with a pole,
inflicting so heavy a blow that McNeill will
probably die.
The survivors of the Sixth Regiment pro
pose to celebrate the reunion of the regiment
in August, I*Bs. by an excursion to Richmond,
aud a visit to some of the historic battlefields
which illustrated the valor of the men ot this
gallant old regiment.
Phillip Singleton, of Colleton county, shot
hi* wife on the night of July it, inflicting so
serious a wound that she will die. He claims
that he was firing his pistol to frighten stock
from his fields, but the couple had frequently
quarreled, and this story is not accepted as
true.
B. M. Lanford’s storehouse and stock of
goods at Woodruff's, Spartanburg county,
were destroyed by an incendiary fire on Tues
day morning last. The goods were insured
f>r $3.0 and. The house was worth 81,000, and
was not insured. There is no clue to ttie in
cendiaries.
A committee, representing the owners of
real property in the town of Laurens, ap
peared before the County Board or Equaliza
tion the other day, aud presented a substi
tute for the valuations made by the board.
These valuations increase the aggregate
about It 0 per cent.
Henry Lowry, who clerked for Thomas
T* mon*. was tried by the Town Council of
Orangeburg last Thursday, charged with
selling whisky in violation of the citv or
dinance. Lowry was found guilty, and was
sentenced to pay a line of >SO or be imprisoned
for 30 days in the county jail. He chose the
latter, and i now serving out the sentence.
■ Quite a lively row occurred at Yeiuassee
some time ago between two negro men and a
negro woman. In the fight one of the men
bit the woman’s ear off, and a doctor had to
be called in to sew it on again. Both parties
went into eourt with the case. Tiie Trial Jus
tice fined the woman >l2 for starting the row
and then fined the man >l9 for biting the wom
an’s ear off.
Camden Jonmal: On July 15 Mr. Edward
Barnes, of the Antioch section, celebrated his
eighty-second birthday, and upon that occa
sion there wasa retni'on at bis house of nearly
all of his immediate descendants. There
were present 5 children. 38 grandchildren and
21 great-grandchildren—*4 in all. There
were absent 1 chid and 7 grandchildren, mak
ing a grand total of 72 of his immediate de
scendants still living.
On last Thursday, while the freight train on
the Georgetown n Railroad was standing on
the side track at Bryan’s, waiting for the
passenger train from Lanes, a young colored
boy crept tinder the locomotive and went io
sleep with his head and arm lying on the rail.
When tlic engine began to "move back the
truck wheels struck the boy's forearm and
tore the flesh open from the wrist to the elbow.
He will probably recover.
Gov. Thompson, Lieut.-Gov. Sheppard, aud
other distinguished gentlemen, have been in
vited to address the Blackville, Spur Branch.
Double Pond. Millhonsc Mill and George's
Creek Democratic Clubs at Blackville, on
Aug. 2. the meetings ap|>ointcd by the
Countv Democratic Executive Committee
precedent to the primary election were in
tended to offer to the county candidates op
portunities to address tlic people upon the is
sip *of the day, and to present their rlaims
for support aud preferment.
At Walterboro. a few days ago. Dr. XY. If.
Miller, somewhat under the influence of
liquor, became displeased with what was set
before him for dinner, and grew very irrita
ble. Finally he got up from the table, went
to his room apparently, got his pistol, a Colt’s
navy revolver, loaded with powder and ball,
ami started out of the house. Mrs. Miller got
up and went to the door to coax him back to
the table, saying to him, according to her ac
count and that of Col. Miller, the young man's
father. “William, come in to your dinner, it
mightn’t suit you exactly, but come and eat it
anyhow.” Tlic rcplv was the report of the
nisto', whereupon Mrs. Miller went back
through the dining-room to her bed room, un
loosed lier dress, and upon her husband com
ing in pointed to the location of ihe wound
and said, “William has shot me here.” She
subsequently died. The murderer is still un
der arrest.
Conductor H. M. Brunson, of the Wilming
ton. Columbia and Augusta Railroad, made
a very narrow escape on Tuesday night last.
Aliout 10 o’clock, when three miles from
Flemington. N. C., lie went to light one of
the signal lamps on the rear of his train,
• hioh had gone out. lie was standing on
the platform, and after he had lit it he en
deavored to enter the car, but missed his
footing, and was thrown to the ground while
the train was in motion, and fell upon a pile
of iron. The fall knocked him insensible,
and he was cut in two places on the liip and
side, and al* had a cut on his head, besides
sustaining s veral severe bruises and scratches
all over his face and laxly. He was not missed
front his train until it reached the next sta
tion, when it returned to find what had be
come of him. In the meantime, Mr. Brunson
recovered consciousness, struck a match and
looked at his watch and schedule to see the
time and w hen the next train would be due.
He had but a little while to wait when the fast
mad train came along, and with remarkable
presence of mind, especially in his dazed con
dition, he struck a match and lighted his
schedule while lying by the side of the track
and waved it in "signal for the train to stop,
which it did, and picked him up, taking him
to Florence, where he received medical at
tendance-
A MARINE MYSTERY.
The People of Chester Excited Over an
Italian Bark.
An Italian bark, well built with long,
sharp lines, and the best of rigging, says
the l’hildelphia Press of July 25, has for
ten days been lying in the riyer opposite
Chester. So one of her crew can speak
English, and a certain amount of mys
tery, which attached to her from the first,
has grown almost into a current belief in
Chester that she is a pirate or a smuggler.
The revenue cutter Hamilton steamed
around her the other day, and sent a boat
to examine her papers. These, it is said,
were found to be all right, and the next
dav the Hamilton ran down the river,
leaving the bark to her own devices. It
has been reported that she is loading at
night with ammunition for Cuba, that she
flies the black flag when at sea, and that
she is receiving Atlas powder from the
Du Pont works, four miles above whet;e
she lies. These varioxs reports have been
encouraged bv the appearance of her crew,
who are black bearded and swarthy, wear
red shirts, bright colored neckerchiefs,
and carry sheaih knives.'—
A visit to the vessel failed to disclose
any signs of dynamite or pirates. The
Captain, Filippo Bertolotto, was in Phila
delphia. where the mate, a harmless-look
ing Italian, 6aid be had gone to hire nine
men for the crew and to receive sailing
orders, for which he has been waitiug.
The mate understood little English, but
he explained that the cargo was coal oil,
and that the delay in sailing was chiefly
due to the difficulty of hiring seamen
under the operations of the Dingley ship
ping bill.
The Ignorantinian General Dead.
Paris, July 27.—Frere Irlide, General
of the Order of lgnorantines Friars,
died here to-day from cancer of the
stomach. The Archbishops of Paris and
Rheims and the Bishops of Versailles and
Orleans were his last
hours. The the order
throughout the country will be sum
moned to assemble m Paris and elect a
successor to the deceased.
Peace wttWChlna Certain.
Paris, July 27.—After the council of
Ministers at the Elysee Saturday, Prime
Minister Ferry held an Interview with
Li Fong Pan, the Chinese Ambassador.
At the meeting it was arranged that
China should pay France an indemnity of
20,000,000 trancs. A pacific solution of
the troubles Is sow certain.
LOG OFTHELOCHGARKY.
THE STORY OF THE TRIP IN THE
ICE TOLD IN DETAIL.
Blasting and Cutting a Passage
Through Fields Which were Almost
Impenetrable—Joined by the Whalers
—Learning of Lieut. Greely’s Rescue
—The Trip Back Home.
New York, July 27.—The following de
tails from the log of the steamship Loch
Garry, of the Greely relief expedition,
were furnished to-day by Ensign W. K.
Chambers, of the United States navy, who
was in command of the vessel during its
cruise in the I’oiar regions: On our first
day out from St. John a heavy fog set in
around us, and we encountered a large
iceberg. In steering out of the wav of
the latter we lost sight of the Thetis and
and could only resume our position by the
sound of her whistles. On" May 18, when
we were off Cape Farewell, we met the
first great quantity of ice, and were
obliged to go ahead slowly. On May 22
we sighted Disco, but had much difficulty
in fiudiDg the harbor. The island was
covered with ice and snow, and the land
marks were invisible. We left God
bavn May 24, and steamed through
along the coast to a point about ten miles
below Hare Island. Here we found
the ice so thick that we were
compelled to Jay to. Lieut. Schley sig
naled for me to go back to Godhavn
and wait for a lavorable opportunity with
an east wind to proceed to Upernavik.
We left Godhavn the second time May
27, and encountered more ice, through
which we pushed our way, and found the
Thetis lying to at Hare* Island, having
been unable to blast her passage through.
Next morning the whalers Arctic and
Wolf joined us, and we started ahead.
SLOW WORK OF THE FLEET.
The ice was heavy and very hummocky,
and we experienced great difficulty in
making progress, and several times nar
rowly escaped colision with the Woif.
We finally succeeded iu jamming ahead,
and the Wolf followed in the opening
we made. The Thetis was now out of
eiaht, and we set our course for Oomer
rack fiord. Here we sighted the Thetis
ten miles ahead. We overhauled the The
tis on May 28. Capt. Schley hailed us
and said: “Goto Upernavik, calling at
Proven. If you meet the Bear coal her
with dispatch.” During a fog which
came on we got into a"false lead, and
while returning to open water to try
anothei we met the Thetis and pro
ceeded together in the midst of a blinding
snow storm, which lasted all night, to
Upernavik. On our arrival there, May
29, we found the Bear and coaled her.
The vessels remained in the vicinity for
nearly a week, when the Thetis and Bear
proceeded northward, while we waited
for the Alert, which arrived June 14. The
Governor of Upernavik told us that there
was no hope of getting through Melvillo
Bay as the season was unusually close.
We left with the Alert July 21 and reached
Berry Island June 23.
NIPPED IN THE ICE.
We went ahead, pushing through ice
all the way, and on June 25 reached
Horse’s Head. Here the Alert got nipped
m the ice, and in trying to get her out we
lost so much time that the pack had be
come impenetrable. We lav jammed in
the ice off Duck Island till June 29. We
worked all night on the 28th, blasting and
sawing ice, and finally got away into open
water. On June 30 we were off Wilcox
Head, where we had more bard pushing
to get to the open water bevond
Devil’s Thumb. While busy 'here
we sighted the Thetis and Bear coming
toward us, aud knew at once from the
signaling I bat the Greely explorers had
been traced and that the survivors, if
any. were on board, for Capt. Schley
would never have come back without
having accomplished his work. We re
turned to open water and a thick fog set
in, so that it was some time before 1 could
go on board the Tnetis and learn the
news ol the rescue.
HASTENING HOMEW ARD.
We theu pushed south with all haste
possible and arrived at Upernavik July 2.
Capt. Schley then dispatched the Alert
and Lock Garry to Godhavn, while the
Thetis and Bear put into Upernavik, the
former to shift her broken rudder and
the latter to get coal. At Godhavn the
Alert’s machinery was repaired and we
buried the one Esquimaux of Lieut.
Greely’s party. Wo left Godhavn with
the Alert iu tow. Off the coast oi New
foundland we encountered a gale and the
steel hawser parted three times. The
Alert was finally cast adrift July 15. We
dropped anchor at St. John at 9 o’clock in
the morning on July 17.
PORTSMOUTH'S PLANS.
Portsmouth, N. H., July 27.—The fol
lowing general plan for the ceremonies
here upon the return of the Greely relief
expedition has been determined upon.
Upon the arrival of the vessels on the
morning of Saturday, Aug. 2, a naval re
ception will be held iu the outer harbor in
which the ships of war now lying here
will participate, including the training
squadron and practice ships from An
napolis and the North Atlantic squadron.
On Monday, Aug. 4, a reception will be
given on shore to the officers and men of
tne relief expedition by the city
of Portsmouth and the State
authorities of New Hampshire,
the officers and men of all the naval
vessels taking part in a parade. In the
afternoon a public meeting will be held,
at which addresses of welcome will be de
livered. No special invitations to the
ceremonies will be sent outside the State,
but all who desire to come will be made
welcome. Lieut. Greely, having by the
advice of his surgeon declined any public
reception on account of his physical
weakness, will be taken to Newburyport
at such a time and in such
a way as he may prefer,
or the Secretary of War may direct. The
remains of the deceased will be retained
on board the vessels and landed at Gov
ernor’s Island, N. Y"., if so directed by
Secretary Lincoln; In which case the
relief shfps will leave Portsmouth Mon
day night for New York, where they may
be "expected to arrive on the morning ol
Thursday, Aug. 7.
WASHINGTON DESERTED.
Nearly Every Member of the Cabinet
Out of the City.
Washington, July 27.—The adminis
tration has never been more completely
dissolved for the time being than now. I
doubt if there is another Cabinet meeting
for two months. The Secretary of State
will spend the month of August at his
New Jersey home on the Raritan. Secre
tary Folger is at his home in Central New
York. Secretary Lincoln has gone to the
sea shore for several days, and would be
off for a month or two, but for the
sickness of his wife’s mother. Secretary
Chandler is in New Hampshire getting
ready to receive the Greely party. Secre
tary’ Teller and Postmaster General
Gresham have gone to their Western
homes. Attorney General Brewster is
keeping cool at Long Branch. The gov
ernment does not suffer the least disad
vantage from their absence. Routine
business goes on as usual, and any ques
tion of sufficient importance can "be for
warded to them lor their action.
A CHANGE FOR JOHN L.
Bliss Lulu Hurst is Anxious to Meet
the Champion.
Miss Lulu Hurst appeared last even
ing, says the Boston Globe of July 24,
clad in pure white, and took her seat at
the back of the stage, while Mr. Atkinson
maae an address. Among other things
the gentleman said that the father ot Miss
Hurst is fearful lest the wonderful power
possessed by his daughter will leave her,
and he is determined to turn every penny
possible while it lasts. He then intro
duced the Georgia wonder, who performed
her accustomed feats.
“What do you think of it?” asked the
reporter of a boy of 10 years who sat near
him.
‘•Oh, I guess she’s got a battery hid in
her dress,” responded the young scientist.
The following note will explain itself:
To the Polo Editor oj the Globe: It
has been claimed by numerous people in
Boston that Miss Lulu Hurst accom
plishes all the feats she performs by
simple muscular strength. Knowing
that this is not the case, and desiring to
refute this idea, I, on behalf of Miss
Hurst, wish to publish a challenge to
John L. Sullivan, the champion of the
world, to meet Miss Lulu Hurst and set
tle the question of muscular strength
upon the stage of the Globe Theatre to
morrow or Saturday night.
Paul Atkinson.
Gave It Cp After 447 Ballots.
St. Louis, July 27. —The Democratic
Congressional Convention of the Four
teenth district of this State, which has
been in session at Poplar Bluff since Tues
day morning, adjourned sine die last night
after taking 447 ballots without nominat
ing a candidate, an event unparalleled in
Missouri.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1884,
ANOTHER CUBAN SCHEME.
Leading American TooaccenUt* Report
ed to Contemplate the Island’s Pur
chase.
Washington, July 27. a story 19
published here by George H. Butler to the
effect that ex-Gov. Warmoth, of Louis
iana, and the Lorillards, of New York,
have formed a syndicate to purchase
Cuba for $100,000,000, to use as a sugar
and tobacco plantation, the Rothschilds
to guarantee the purchase money, which
is to be paid $20,000,000 down* and the
rest in installments of $5,000,000
yearly. Ex-Gov. Warmoth, Au
gust Belmont, L. L. M. Barlow,
Pierre Loriiiard, Leland Stanford,
James Gordon Bennett and Jno.
W. Mackey are named as members of the
syndicate. It is to conduct its affairs like
the old East India Company. The Uni
ted States will be asked to moditv the
Chinese immigration law so as to admit
Chinese laborers to Cuba, and to keep out
other immigrants with a patrol of gun
boats. It will be asked to keep small garri
sons in the principal towns. The company
will maintain an armed constabulary
1,500 strong, made up of ex-Confederates
enlisted for five years, at the end of which
time the island is to be so peaceful and
prosperous that they will be superfluous.
In return lor its moral and material sup
port at the end of ten years Cub* is to be
turned over to the United States, which is
to pay the remaining $30,000,000, the syn
dicate retaining enough ot the best sugar
ami tobacco lands to reimburse
them with profit. John Russell
Young has been offered $25,000 a year to
act as general factor for the syndicate,
George C. Gorham to take his place if he
cannot serve, and Pinchback, of Louisi
ana, to act as Governor of the negro pop
ulation. Warmoth is said to have planned
and worked up the scheme. He is 6aid to
have secured the approval ot the Presi
dent and Secretary Chandler, but to find
Secretary Frelinghuysen less willing to
see that it would reflect glory on the ad
ministration. Gov. Warmoth is 6aid to
have this scheme in view in going abroad.
He is coining back in October, when
work is to begin.
PEST-RIDDEN EUROPE.
The Marseilles Authorities Again Re
fuse to Allow a Procession.
Marseilles, July 27.—The Catholics of
this city have again petitioned the Mayor
to authorize a procession and public
prayers for the abatement of the cholera,
but their request was refused.
Only five of the twenty-seven members
of the Municipal Council of Arles re
main in that city.
THE SIBERIAN PEST.
St. Petersburg, July 27.—The Siberian
pest has appeared at Gatsehina. A com
mittee has been formed with Prince
Shakoflsky at its bead to enlorce vigor
ous sanitary measures to check the spread
of the disease.
THE DEATHS AT MARSEILLES.
Marseilles, July 27, 9 p. m.—There
have been 30 deaths here irom cholera
during the past 24 hours.
TOULON’S BLACK LIST.
Toulon, July 27, 6 p. m.—Eleven
deaths from cholera have occurred here
during the past 24 hours.
Paris, July 27.—There were 12 deaths
from cholera at Arles to-day and 0 at Aix.
A panic prevails at the latter place.
An outbreak of typhoid fev°r has oc
curred in the Vosges. Forty persons
have been attacked and ten of them died.
RUSSIA’S IMPERILLED CZAR.
Local Government in Finland to be Sup
pressed ou Account of Plots.
Sr. Petersburg, July 27.—The Czar
has appointed a commission to revise the
laws relating to Finland in the direction
of the complete suppression of local gov
ernment. The diet of Finland will be
limited to a consulting vote. The initiate
of all laws will be delegated to a Gover
nor Genera). The reasons for this are
that Nihilists are making Finland the
basis of plots against the Czar and his
government, and that the plots are con
nived at by the Finland authorities and
people.
In consequence of the inquiry into the
conspiracy at Warsaw it has been ar
ranged tbat the Czar will arrive at Fort
ress Moddiin, outside of Warsaw.
EXPULSIONS FROM GERMANY.
Berlin, July 27.—Tne police have ex
pelled a great number of Russians, Per
mits will be granted the remainder allow
ing them to stay from three to twelve
mouths, according to the urgency of their
business.
CARS RUN BY ELECTRICITY.
The First Road f tbe Kind in America
in Operation at Cleveland.
Cleveland, 0., July 27.—The first
electric railroad for public use in America
went into operation in this city yesterday
in connection with the East Cleveland
Street Railroad Company, which has just
completed a mile of road. The experiment
was so successful that the company expect
to change their entire system, comprising
over twenty miles,into an electric road. The
system used was a combination ol the
Brush and Knight and Bently systems,
and the current was carried on under
ground conductors laid in conduits like
those of cable roads. The ears were start
ed, stopped and reversed with the greatest
ease. Any number of cars, up to fifteen,
can be run at one time on a single circuit
and from one machine, which is a result
not attained by any of the European sys
tems now in operation.
MISS OWENS MARRIED.
Rumors of Vengeance Against the Negro
Husband.
Jesse Plater, the colored man, and Helen
Owens, the white woman, both from Anne
Arundel county, Md., who procured a mar
riage license in this city last Tuesday,
says the Washington Post of July 26,
were married at 5 o’clock the same after
noon by Rev. Temple S. Robinson, the
colored pastorof the Mount Jezreel Baptist
Church, who lives at 324 E street south
west, and departed for the house of Mrs.
Brent a sister of Plater, about five miles
lrom Bepning’s statiom on the Baltimore
and Potomac road, where they were at
last accounts. On Wednesday Dr. Henry
Richardson, a brother-in-law of the pres
ent Mrs. Plater, obtained a warrant lor
the arrest of Plater for abducting and
marrying an iusane white woman, which
warrant was sent to Maj. Dye, with a re
quest that he arrest and hold Plater. Maj,
Dye has taken no action in the matter, as
the laws relating to miscegenation in the
District of Columbia are virtually a dead
letter.
Rumors reached the police authorities
here last night that Plater would proba
bly not be allowed to remain in peace at
his sister’s house, but that a party from
Anne Arundel county was expected to
create trouble. Sergeant McCathran, in
• large of the Untontown sub-station,
was at once directed by Lieut. Kelly to
send mounted officers to Benning’s to
prevent any law-breaking- within tbe
District line. The officers returned at an
early hour this morning, and reported
everything quiet.
PROTECT!! >N DECLINING.
Significant Straws from Ohio Showing
a Growing Feeling la Favor of Rev
enue Reform.
Mr. Converse, of Ohio, says a Wash
ington special to the Boston Globe, who
has just returned from a visit to that
State, announces that he will not be a
candidate for the nomination for Congress
in his district. -Mr. Hurd, of Ohio, who
is also at present in the city, has advices
from his district which indicate that be
will receive the nomination of his party
for Congress. Mr. Converse in the last
session intioduced in the House, and
under the suspension of the rules, en
deavored to have passed, a bill to re
store the old tariff rates on wool.
It was he, also, who moved to strike
out the enacting clause of the Morrison
tariff bill. In conversation with the
Globe correspondent a day or two before
his wool bill was defeated in the House,
speaking ot Frank Hurd’s opposition to
the measure, Mr. Converse said: “Mr.
Hurd will not be so foolish as to oppose
this measure. He may not vote for it, but
he will not oppose it. If he does, his po
litical fate is sealed. The wool growers
of Ohio will knife any man who antagon
izes their interests, no matter how bril
liant he may be. If Mr. Hurd opposes
this bill he will not get the nomination
for Congress in his district next fall.”
Mr. Hurd, in spite of this warning, did
oppose the wool bill, and now is almost
certain of renomination, while Mr. Con
verse, the champion of the Ohio wool
growers, has concluded to retire to pri
vate life,
GOV. CLEVELAND IX CAMP.
THE TROOPS AT PEEKSKILL
GREET HIM WITH 21 GUNS.
A Regiment 560 Strong Goes Through
Review and Dress Parade with Ma
cblne-Uke Precision for the Next Pres
ident'* Edification Beecher also
Shown Honor by the Guard.
Gov. Cleveland went to the State camp
at Peekskill with Adjt. Gen. Farnsworth
this morning, says an Albany, N. Y„
special, and returned on a late train this
evening. The decision of the Democratic
National Committee to be in Albany on
Tuesday next, to join with the National
Committee of Notification iu waiting on
Gov. Cleveland, has led to preparations
by the local managers for a mon
ster ratification meeting on Tuesday
evening. Both opera houses have
been secured, and outside meetings will
also be held. At Peekskill the first visi
tors of the day were 32 cadets from West
Point, who, as representatives of the last
half of the senior class, came charging
into camp in true cavalry style, under
command of Capt. Aucrur. They were
accompanied by several West Poiut offi
cers. Thev monopolized the attention of
the camp until 1 o’clock, when word went
round that Gov. Cleveland and 6taff had
crossed the creek m safety, and were at
that moment climbing the’bluff. A deco
rous stampede toward the entrance to the
camp immediately occuhed; the guard
was turned out, and the Governor was re
ceived with 21 guns aud full military
honors. The excitement had almost sub
sided, when an entirely new commotion
arose on the side of the camp facing the
open country.
“Turn out the guard!”
The order went down the line in amaze-.
ment, eaeli man asking breathlessly:
“Wno is it?” Is it Arthur or Gen. Sher
idan?” It was neither. It was Henry
Ward Beecher, who, with a small party
of friends, drove over modestly in
a carria from his farm, a mile
and a half distant. People stared
in surprise when they saw the
guard turned out, but the* officer who
gave the order explained his action on the
ground that Beecher was a chaplain, and
that he “had a reverence for clergymen,
any way J”
Mr. Beecher acknowledged the honor
gravely, and soon afterward was shaking
hands in a hearty, old-fashioned way with
Gov. Cleveland. The regiment was so
elated by the presence of Cleveland—and
Beecher—to say nothing of the array of
distinguished officers and gentlemen who
came in unheralded—that every man be
came a veteran at once, and shone with
added splendor for the rest oi the
day. The result was. in the highest
degree satisfactory. When the regi
ment turned out for review by the Gov
ernor at 5 o’clock every man was like
an enimated machine. There were 560
well-drilled, able-bodied men in line. Im
mediately after passiug in review the
men reassembled for dress parade. At
the conclusion of the mamruvres it was
declared by disinterested judges that the
parade was the finest piece of work done
by the regiment during iho week. Par
ticularly noteworthy was the echelon
movement, which the companies executed
on returning to their quarters. Gov.
Cleveland made a brief address to the
soldiers, complimenting them upon their
fine appearance and the excellent manner
in which the camp was maintained.
THE OUTLOOK IN INDIANA.
Gov. Hendricks Fully Satisfied—Proba
ble Effect of tbe Prohibition Ticket.
Gov. Hendricks, says au Indianapolis
special to the New York World, is fully
'satisfied with the present status of the
campaign in Indiana. Tbe Democracy
are organizing all along the line, from the
lake to the Ohio. There is not a break
anywhere. The Republicans of this city
seem to have lo9t all the backbone they
ever had. Heretofore they have always
been impudent and aggressive. The Gov
ernor said if the Republicans could truly
say: “There is no need of a change; let
well enough alone,” they might possess
an argument powerful enough to force
people to vote for Blaine; but the well
defined uneasiness in business circles
and the recent bank failures here have
swelled the current of those clamoring for
a change.
Senator Yoorhees was here the day of
the great Fletcher bank failure, with its
2,500 depositors, and witnessed the crowd
of patrons surging up against the doors of
the hank clamorous aud angry.
“That,” said Yoorhees, “is the biggest
and most emphatic Cleveland ratification
meeting I have seen so far iu the cam
paign.” The Governor think3 that the
great pocket nerve of the masses has been
at last touched.
The action of the State Prohibition
ists has probably settled the ques
tion so far as Indiana is concerned. Their
full State nominations will defeat Mr.
Calkins heavily, and the electoral ticket
will effectually settle Blaine’s aspirations
so far as the State is concerned.
YYYTH TWO PISTOLS AND A GUN.
The Ingenious Contrivance tbat J alius
Holweg Rigged to Kill Himself.
Julius Holweg, janitor of a tenement
house in Norfolk street, a tall, stout Prus
sian, says a New Y'ork special of July 25,
came to this city seven years ago. He
was well-to-do in the old country, but
became poor, and this made him at tiefles
despondent. He was a famous hunter in
his own land and an expert sharpshooter
of an East Side sebuetzen corps of this
city. He had been acting strangely for
some days, but his wife, who is a cook in
a down town restaurant, thought little of
this. She left him apparently cheerful
and well wheu she went down to work
this morning. After she had gone he
smoked a pipe, then got on a chair and
stretched a piece of new telephone wire
with a spool strung on it across the room
and nailed it taut to the wall. Then he
loaded his gun with a heavy charge. The
children of the other tenants watched him
from the bacji yard. lie tied the gun
down to the table and pushed the table
against the wall under a mirror. He
put a screw-eye in the wall over the mir
ror, tied a cord to the trigger of the gun,
ran it through the key-eye and over the
spool on the wire and let the end dangle
over his chair. He then capped anil
cocked the gun, loaded his two revolv
ers, blocked a rocking chair under the
dangling card, so tnat it would not rock,
poured out a 'glass of beer, lit his pipe,
sat clown in the chair and surveyed him
self in the mirror. The muzzle of the
gun was a foot and a half from bis breast
and pointed straight at his heart. He
drank the beer, put the lighted pipe in
his tied the loose end of the dang
lin<r4Hl to his right hand and,-seizing a
revolwr with each hand, fired two 32-
calibre bullets into bis head. His pistols
fell into his lap, his right hand dropped
and pulled the twine, but not enough to
fire tbe gun. His pipe fell into his lap and
wa9 still smoking when the startled ten
ants rushed into the room. Holweg was
quite dead.
A SWINDLING SWEDE.
Capture of a Count who Played Ten
Pins With Bottles of Champagne.
An eccentric person called “the Count,”
known in certain circles in all the larger
cities of the country, says a Milwaukee
special to the Cincinnati Times-Star, is
under arrest at Waukesha. The charge
against him is swindling a bank in Stock
holm. Sweden, outot a large sum of money.
Hi 9 life for five years past has been one
continuous round of dissipation. No one
has ever discovered the history of
“the Count,” but it is believed that bis
family name is Eckbart. His first nota
ble appearance in this country was in
Kansas City, where his associations and
lavish expenditures attracted the atten
tion of the people. Inquiries were made
and the Swedish Consul at St. Louis said
he was all right as far as known. He had
a habit ot spending SI,OUO or more for
wine in a single week.
He was arrested in St. Louis when dis
covered using bottles of champagne for
tenpins in playing that game. They could
not convict him, and he was released. He
drifted back to Kansas City, and was ar
rested on some trivial charge, and when
fined pulled out a wallet containing $lO,-
000 and squared up with the court. Next
he appeared in Milwaukee, and created a
sensation by throwing several thousand
dollars around the street. One day he dis
appeared mysteriously, and several days
afterward it was learned he had swindled
a Stockholm bank out of about $.100,000,
and he had not been arrested, as his rela
tives promised to settle. They failed to
“square” his account, and he was ar
rested. He is a small man, bis weight
being probably about 126 pounds, and he
has a pale, melancholy countenance,
which, in his rare sober ‘moments, would
lead the observer to believe he might be a
theological student in disguise. He will
be taken back to Stockholm,
CANDIDATE ST. JOHN.
A Sketch of the Leader of the Prohibi
tionists.
John P. St. John, whom the Prohibi
tionists have nominated for the Presi
dency, says the Chicago Times, was born
at Brockville, Franklin county, Ind., Feb.
25, 1833. His early education embraced
only the meagre advantages afforded by a
country school in a log school house in a
new settlement, but a natural thirst for
knowledge led him to employ his spare
time so usefully that h£ repaired, in a large
measure, his early deficiencies.
While still quite a lad he found em
ployment In a 6tore, where he received
$6 a mouth for his services. Before he
had reached his twentieth year he caught
the “gold fever,” and started for Califor
nia. Fortune, however, did not taxor
him in the land ot gold, and he was
obliged to turn his hand at almost any
thing to make a living. He chopped
wood, cleaned decks, served in stores,
and did whatever else he could find to do.
During his stay on the Pacific coast he
made voyages to South America. Mexico,
Central America and the Sandwich
Islands, and in 1852 and 1853 he was en -
gaged in the Indian wars in Northern
California aud Southern Oregon. He en
countered many dangers, and was twice
wounded. .In the meantime he kept in
mind tl.e determination formed in early
life to sometime study law. While vet a
miner he used to study law books in his
cabin.
In 1860 he returned to Illinois, and went
into the law office of Starkweather Jfc Mc-
Lean, in Charleston. A vear or two later
he became a member of the firm. At the
opening of the war he enlisted as a pri
vate iu the Sixty-eighth Illinois Volun
teers, and at the election of officers was
unanimously chosen Captain of company
C. At Alexandria he was detached from
his command, and assigned to duty as
Assistant Ad'utant General. He "was
afterward placed in command of the troops
at Camp Mattoon, 111. Upon the organi
zation of the One Hundred and Forty
third Regiment he was elected its Lieuten
ant Colonel. The services of the regiment
were confined mainly to the Missis
sippi valley. After Lee’s surrender he
returned to the practice of law at Charles
ton. His next move was to Independence,
Mo., where he practiced law with much
success for eight years. There, too, he
won his first reputation as a temperance
orator. In May, 1869, he removed to
Olathe, Kan. Three years afterward he
was elected to the State Senate of Kansas,
w here he distinguished himself as a de-
man of marked general ability.
In 1878 he received the Republican nomi
nation for Governor, and was elected by a
very complimentary majority.
In 1879 the temperance agitation was at
its height. The blue ribbon excitement
swept all over the State. In the Legisla
ture a large number of bills were intro
duced for the restriction of the liquor
traffic. They crystallized finally into a
constitutional amendment which the next
year was adopted by nearly 8,000 ma
jority. St. John became a candidate for
re-election, supported by Republicans
and Prohibitiouists, and after an exciting
campaign that attracted general at
tention he was elected for a
second term. Two years later he
was again a candidate. The prohibition
craze had then diminished, the liquor in
terests made a remorseless fight against
him, jealous politicians who "thought he
ought to retire and give them a chance
united with them, and St. John was
beaten by over 8,000 votes. lie has since
taken an active part in the general prohi
bition movement, being especially active
at State conventions and delivering tem
perance speeches everywhere.
ESQUIMAUX DOGS.
Sixty Miles a Day on a Doc Sled Oyer
Ice and Snow and Throußh the Brush.
When at Fort Albany, says a correspon
dent of the Toronto Globe, we saw
several Esquimaux dogs, a species of
canine unknown iu civilized communi
ties. These dogs are very large—larger
than our Newfoundland and much stron
ger when in condition. Their strength,
however, varies. In the winter, when
they are well fed for driving, they are
much stouter and stronger than in sum
mer, when they are poorly fed, without
exercise and languid from the heat,
which is very telling upon them, as their
native climate tar to the North is very
severe. Their colors are white ana
yellow—while impure breeds are white
and black—the hair thick and bushv;
and the tail long, busby and curling up
at the end. At times they are very quiet,
at others very savage. They are driven
ordinarily live in number, but often more,
before sleds, one, invariably a female,
leading, for the others will follow her
more readily. Each dog ha . a separate
rein, which is held by the driver, who
has also a great long whip made of seal
skin. plaited as ordinary whips, but with
the heavy part of the lash about the thick
ness of a man’s wrist. The lash is from
six to nine fathoms long, and the handle,
made of wood, from a foot to a foot and
a half in length. When a dog is not
drawing properly or misbehaving in any
way, he or she is drawn by his or her sep
arate rein out from the rest of the pack
to receive chastisement with the whip,
and so well do they know what is com
ing that just as soon as the rein
is" pulled the victim begins yelping
and struggling to correct his or her ways
before the whip comes thundering along.
Great skill is required in the use of these
whips, for if not properly handled the
great heavy lash cracks around the ma
nipulator’s body and legs, inflicting very
painful and sometimes severe wounds,
but in the hands of a person skilled in the
use of them these whips can be used with
great precision and effect, sometimes com.
pletely cutting a dog’s ear off. They are
quite unmanageable when they get on the
track of a deer, and no person can check
them in tbeir wild career as they gallop
“up hill and down dale,” over ice and
snow and through bush, with the sled
behind them, in pursuit of the prey. Ordi
narily they make about 60 miles a day,
and very pleasantly and comfortably does
a man "travel in these northern regions,
wrapped up in blankets and furs, upon a
dog sled.
DR. BLAND IN TROUBLE.
Ejected from an Indian Agency for
Causing Dissension Among Indians.
Some few weeks ago, says the Washing
ton Post, Dr. T. A. Bland, of this city,
editor of the Council Fire, a paper pro
fessedly devoted to the Indians, armed
with a letter of introduction to Indian
Agent MoGillicuddy, of the Pine Ridge
agency, Dakota, presented himself on that
reservation. He did not visit the agent,
but circulated among the Indians, and
created the impression that he was a gov
ernment agent sent to hear complaints
and remedy wrongs. His presence caused
much commotion on the reservation and
he was at all times surrounded by large
crowds of Indians, who were becoming
rebe lious.
The agent requested the doctor to leave,
but the latter protested that he had Secre
tary Teller’s permission to visit Red
Cloud, and would not go. Finally the
agent had the police remove the unwel
come visitor. Dr. Bland resisted the po
lice, and force was necessarily used in
ejecting him. Agent McGillicuddy’s
course has been practically approved by
Secretary Teller. The facts stated above
are embraced in reports made by liim to
the Indian Commissioner.
Dr. Bland, who has just returned to the
city, was seen last night by a reporter.
He"brings with him a huge bundle ol doc
uments and statements to present to the
Indian Bureau in answer to JlcGillicud
dy’s charges. He stated that in answer
to a letter from Red Cloud and his sub
chiefs requesting his presence and advice,
he went to Rose Bud and Pine Ridge In
dian agencies. At Randall’s ranch, he
was met by Red Cloud and hi 6 party, but
refused to hold council with them in re
gard to their land and other troubles until
he had seen the agent at Pine Ridge. At
that place he was arrested by
order of the agent and conveyed
by an armed guard across the
line to Nebraska, and landed at Ganow’s.
Thither these Indians came armed with
breech-loading rifles and promised, if he
wished it, to bring Red Cloud and bis
braves, carry the doctor back to the
reservation and protect him. The doctor,
however, he says, counselled peace and
6ent two of them to Red Cloud, telling
him not to make any demonstration and
to be patient. Red Cloud and 138 sub
chiefs and henchmen then came to
Canow’s and held a council regarding the
Dawes bill. Dr. Bland says that the
Indians are dissatisfied with agent Mc-
Gillicuddy, and will consider no question
but bis removal, nor sign any paper until
it is effected.
Twenty Drowned In Russia.
St. Petersburg, July 27,—A passen
ger steamer on the Volga river capsized
to-day and twenty persons were
drowned,
IRISH TACTICS IN CUBA.
SIMULTANEOUS DYNAMITE EX
PLOSIONS PLYNNED.
November to Witness the Inauguration
of the Warfare—Both the Spanish and
American Authorities ou the Alert
to Frustrate the Designs If Possible.
It is rumored that Cuban dynamiters
are actively engaged in hatching plots
tending to the destruction of the princi
ple cities of Cuba, says a Key West spe
cial of July 25 to the New York
Herald. A general order, promulgated
by the dynamite centre at Cardenas, has
been received by a branch society here,
urging the completion of their labors so
that simultaneous explosions may be
made throughout the island, commencing
in November next. This threat,
originally made a year ago. is now
reiterated as a final warning for the
inhabitants to seek protection. It seems
that it is no idle boast, as is evident from
th* alarm of the Spanish and American
officials, who claim to possess informa
tion confirming the reports, which prove
that a combined action by the societies
throughout the United States is tending
toward the commencement of explosions
similar to those which occurred in. Ha
vana. Stringent measures have been in
stituted to prevent the shipment from this
coast ot dynamite, which, it is said, is to
be smuggled into Cuba. The suspected
dynamiters are closely watched.
The transfer to this'sectiou of Mr. Far
rierOj the present Spanish Consul at Bos
ton, is the principal subject of discussion
among Cubans hero, who evidently intend
that an unfavorable impression shall pre
cede his arrival, claiming that his pres
ence here must necessarily he antagonis
tic to them. It is openly threatened, in
the event of his coming, to publish a cer
tain secret history connected with his
acts while Consul at Hayti several years
ago, which, they allege, implicates Air.
Farriero in an attempted bodily injury to
Gen. Maceo. While rejoicing over the
expected departure of the present incum
bent, it is apparent that au organized op
position will be instituted against the new
comer.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
A Two-Hours’ Battle Between Fifteen
Connecticut Woujon.
In the building, 26 Artisan street, says
the New Haven MetjisUr, is William
Witte’s paper-box factory. In the room
on the second floor of this factory are em
ployed fifteen females, ranging in age
from 16 to 22 years. Most of these girls
stay at the factory during the noon hour
and eat their meals at their benches.
Last Saturday noon, after finishing
their noon-day meal, several of them
went to the window and observed the
passers-by. Suddenly there was seen
to pass a girl against whom some of
the gazers had a grudge. Thev began
to call to the passing one. She "looked,
and, in answer to their gestures, came
up the stairs. She was immediately sur
rounded and roundly denounced by the
box girls. She did not take kindly to this
reception. One of the shop girls struck
at the stranger; she pulled the hair of
the pugilistically inclined. The crowd
sprang on her, and in a trice her hair
was pulled down over her shoulder. She
yehed with agony, anti fought desperately
as she backed into the corner. The other
girls, who had as yet taken no hand in
the allray, ran to the spot, some siding
with the assailants and others with the
strange girl. Then the fun commenced
in earnest. Every girl in the fight, and
thirteen of.the fifteen were in it, had her
hair pulled down and her dress clawed.
Many scratches were visible on
the sweating faces. After about
five minutes of this wild fight, a truce
was declared. But in the endeavor to
settle matters, recriminations were so
fierce that one girl with a wild oath
grabbed her neighbor’s hair, and began
to yank her around the room. Both
fighters were set upon again, and the fight
soon beggared description. The girls
were frenzied. They swore and veiled
and cried and fought like very demons.
A young man, who is a kind of assistant
foreman in tbe shop, tried to stop trie
fight. He was thrown down aud jumped
on without the least ceremony, and the
fight continued. The bands from other
factories gathered on the stairway and
anplauded. The Superintendent did not
appear until tbe fight was all over. It
lasted in spasms front shortly after 12:30
o’clock until nearly 2.
THE PRESIDENT’S MAIL.
A Few of tlio Many Cranks Who Want
to Make Fortunes from tho Govern
ment.
The government receives no end of ad
vice from all parts of the country and
even from foreign countries respecting
the prevention and cure of cholera, yel
low fever and other contagious diseases,
says a Washington special of July 25 to
the Philadelphia Times. Most of these
beneficent communications are accom
panied by a demand for money. One has
an invention lor the immediate produc
tion of chlorine gas, and excellent dis
infectant, for which he demands SIOO,OOO.
John B. Wolff, of Washington, has a
cholera specific worth a similar sum, and
ho wants the Cabinet, instead
of a board of prejudiced physicians,
to examine his cure. "Thomas
Mather, of Atlantic City, offers a certain
cure for small-pox for a large sum. He
has written several letters to the Presi
dent, one of which was responded to by
Surgeon General Hamilton in a way that
touched Mr. Mather’s vanity, and he
answered with an anathema of Dr. Hamil
ton and doctors in general. He also
makes a threat that if his cure be not
soon purchased by the United States or
some other nation he will withdraw it
from the market and allow the responsi
bility of the millions of widows and
orphans, caused by bis failure to nego
tiate, to rest upon the government and
Dr. Hamilton. Mr. Mather states that he
was for seven years a Justice of the Peace,
for seven years a Notary Public and
for several years a constable. He stamps
his letter with an old seal, showing that
he was a Notary Public at Fall River,
Massachusetts.
Another philanthropist is J. A. Schrop
pel, of Wurzberg-on-the-Main, who has an
invention which will fully free pork and
all kinds of American pork products from
trichina and hog cholera. He guarantees
a cure, and, if successful, he wants $200,-
000, payable in ten years, $20,000 per
annum.
These are specimens from among scores
of letters that are received by the Presi
dent and of State everv week.
A PROPHETIC SYMPATHY.
The Premonition Which the Mother of
Sergt. Gardner Had of His Death.
In connection with the sad death of
Sergt. Hampden Sidney Gardner of the
United States Signal Corps, one of the
Greely explorers, by starvation in the
Arctic regions, says a Baltimore special,
a peculiar story is told by an intimate
friend of Sergt. Gardner’s parents, who
reside in Philadelphia. May 14, while on
a visit 10 Philadelphia, the friend met
Col. Gardner, the father of the Sergeant,
who is in tbe employ of the Post Office
Secret Service Division. The latter
stated that he was extremely anxious
about tbe health of his wife, who
seemed slowly failing. For a long
time something had been preying
on her mind. That morning she
was too unwell to eat, and then confessed
that her trouble was caused by an uncon
trollable impression that her son was
starving. She had reasoned with herself,
without avail, that the expedition had
stores which would last them years, but
she had suddenly been seized with the
premonition that her boy was starving,
and that it was killing her. That day
especially she was quite overcome. Col.
Gardner said that he was much worried
about her. Strange to relate, it was on
that day, May 14, that tbe last rations
were issued to his starving men by Gree
ly, and June 12 young Gardner died, the
last of those who perished before the res
cue. His mother seemed to be prepared
for the news of his death when the sad
tidings were received.
Joslyn’* Jars With Chandler.
Washington, July 27.-The decisions
of Acting Secretary of the Interior Joslvn,
that in pension cases the applicant for a
pension, and not the government, is to
have the benefit of the doubt, is criticised
as executive legislation, which upsets the
uniform practice of the pension office and
opens the door ta fraud. Several bills are
pending in Congress having for an object
the engrafting upon the law of just such
a principle as Judge Joslvn has now
established by a decision. Possibly
Secretary Teller may reverse Judge
Joslyn’s decision when he returns, as he
did last summer after he got back and
discovered- that Joslyn had changed the
practice of the department.
JOY FOR THE DEAF.
A St. Louisan Invents Something that
will Enable the Deal to Hear.
Mr. Leo Ehrlich, former Secretary ot the
Humane Society, says the St. Louis He
publican, has invented a device which
will cause all the deal people In the
land to rise up and call him blessed. It
consists of a contrivance which can be
located in the handle of a cane, umbrella,
parasol or fan, and which when placed to
the ear of a deaf person will cause him
or her to hear any sound audible to the
ear of a person who is not afflicted with
deafness. Mr. Ehrlich yesterday exhibited
to a Bepublican reporter a cane with a
silver head representing the head of a
bird. The bill was placed in the reportorial
ear and a sound similar to the roaring of
a sea shell was heard, while when the re
porter spoke his voice appeared to be a
deep bass. The device which produced
these effects was a tube about six inches
long placed in tbo hollow of a Malacca
cane. In the tube was a oone-sbaped
electric coil beginning at a small battery
at the lower end ot the tube and ternilnaC
ing in the bird’s bill. The vibration of
this coll caused a multiplication of auy
sound or noise passing into the tube
through several slits in the side of the
cane. The cane and tube together weighed
about six ounces, and the whole outfit
looked like au ordinary Malacca walking
stick with a silver head.
“How did I happen to invent it ?” said
Air. Ehrlich, in reply to a question.
‘'Well, it was tho necessity of mv own
case. I was so deaf that" it interfered
with my social and business duties. 1
bad been treated for my ailment iu Paris,
Vienna and in this country, and still 1
grew worse, so I set about to invent some
thing that would cure me and the results
surprised me. I can now hear as well as
you can and withouUhe use of the cane. It
is very simple; it is simply a multiplica
tion of sound by electricity and the pro
jection of a steady current of electricity
against the weakened or paralyzed nerves
and tissues of theear. There is no degree
of deafness in which a man cannot bear
with this; even if the ear drum is de
stroyed; of course it won’t make anew
ear-drum, but it will make him hear. It
is simply a multiplication table in the
shape of sound. Here is one of the
features of it: When a man is near
sighted he can get a pair of glasses and
no one takes any notice of it; but when a
man is deaf he must either lug an ear
trumpet around with him. much to the
amusement of everybody, or hear nothing.
This thing he carries in a cane or um
brella, and not only uses it without any
one suspecting what it is, but hears well
and is cured of his deafness. It accom
plishes what nothing else has ever done.
E. C. Witherspoon or tbe Cotton Ex
change, who has not heard a dog bark lor
the past twenty-three years, can hear as
well as anybody now. He was made deaf
by the accidental discharge of a piece of
artillery. His friends @n ’Change are as
tonished at the readiness with which he
hears now. 1 have been at work at this
over a year, and when I began everybody
had to yell close to my ear; now I can
hear the slightest whisper at a talkingdis
tanee. When Senator vest .was here he
advised me to send one to Air. Bayard,
who is quite deaf, aud I shall do so. I
will also send one to Mr. Edison, who is
deaf.”
Mr. Ehrlich received notice yesterday
that his application for a patent had been
allowed.
. A LIFE-SAVING PILOT.
A Humane Invention by a Connecticut
Man.
One of the wonders of the age, anew
invention, says the New Haven liegister,
is about to be patented by a Bridgeport
man. It is called “the life-saving engine
pilot.” it is certainly a remarkable ma
chine. By its application to locomotives
the danger of run-over accidents is for
ever ended. The appliance is exceedingly
simple, and that no man has ever thought
of its practical application belore, in this
age of Yankee invention, is remarkable.
The track-walker, man, woman, or child,
is now comparatively safe as far as an ex
press train is concerned, for by no possi
ble chance can a locomotive under full
career harm a hair of their heads.
Air. Rosenfelt, the inventor, says that
the idea of such an appliance first occur
red to him by seeing the mail agents on the
postal cars grab the mail bags with the
appliance attached to the side of tbe car.
He thought that if a mail bag could be
caught by an iron fork aud spring without
damage, why could not a man be handled
by making the cushions so soft tbat his
person could not be injured ? He has ex
perimented for some time, catcbingchick
eus and dogs to begin with. He finally
perfected his invention sufficiently to pick
up his children without harm, and lastly,
in testing his invention, it has been at
tached to a locomotive, and, while run
ning at the rate of 45 miles an hour, it has
picked up Mr. Rosenfelt himself, aud laud
ed him upon the spring mattress without
harm.
Tne life-saving pilot resembles an enor
mous open-work tunnel. The mouth opens
wide enough to cover the rails. Light
steel strips converge toward the entrance
of a canvas shoot. The slats are deli
cately balanced and backed up with a
number of buoyant springs. The person
to be picked up will be 6cooped, so to
speak, into this airy funnel with such a
delicate, easy motion as to prevent any
concussion. The momentum of the en
gine will carry the man, woman, or child
up over the engine through the canvas
shoot and pass him or her into a spring
mattress in the first passenger car. The
conductor, it is to be supposed, will col
lect fare, and as people will be picked up
in this way between stations, they will be
expected to be provided with mileage
tickets. A colored porter will always be
found waiting at the opening of the shoot
with a whisk broom and a pitcher of ice
water.
The cow-catcher will have to go. They
are of no further use. This new invention
will not catch cows, as they are, as a rule,
too bulky, and would clog up the shoot. It
is only intended for absent-minded pedes
trians.
A SHREWD YOUNG MAN.
A Few Point* Respecting Cleveland’*
Private Secretary.
His private secretary, says a letter, is
Daniel S. Lamont, and if Cleveland is
elected President, he will, without doubt,
be his confidential adviser and private
secretary at the White House. Lamont
is a wonder. He i6 a small blonde young
man of 36, with sandy hair and moustache.
He has a modest personal appearance,
dresses very neatly, and there is no man
in New York State, not excepting Samuel
J. Tilden, who has a larger acquaintance
with the Democrats of that State—and I
might say with the prominent Demo
crats of the nation. He is perfectly
honest, knows a man at a glance
and the moment any one comes
into Cleveland’s office he can tell
what his business is. He signifies to
Cleveland bv a nod of his bead what he
thinks of the request about to be made.
He never loses his head, has been with
politicians all bis life, and he has the most
exemplary habits. He never smokes and
never swears. He is inferior in size, and
does not at first command the attention
to which his abilities are entitled. He is
courteous and quick, is very friendly with
the newspaper men, and gives them all
the news freely, with a fair estimate of
that which should not be reported. It
was Lamont and Apgar who presented
Cleveland to Manning as a candidate for
Governor to knock out Slocum and
flower.
SHE SWALLOWED THE DOLL.
A Child’s Narrow Escape from Death.
A remarkable story comes from Wood
land, says the San Francisco Alta. A lit
tle child of that town, aged about 2
years, has been ailing for some time, and
as the local physicians could not discover
the cause, the parents took tbe child to
San Francisco, where it was examined by
the leading physicians, who were equally
as unsuccessful in their search for the
ailment. It seemed that the infant must
slowly die, and the parents resigned all
hopes of saving its life. But while the
little one was receiving the customary
morning bath a short time since, a knot
about the size of an egg was discovered in
its side, which had formed very suddenly
and seemed to contain some bard sub
stanee. A physician waj called and de
cided to cut open the knot. Upon doing
so, it was found to contain a china doll
about two inches long, which tbe child had
swallowed about a year since. The little
one rapidly improved after the operation,
and is now us well and lively as ev'fer.
Gov. CtzviLAND’s mother, it i said
Mrongly disapproved of hiA entering political
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A CHILD’S HYDROPHOBIA.
DYWO IN AGONY WITH NO SIGN
OF HAVING BEEN BITTEN.
Frantic Effort* Made bjr the Little Buf.
ferer to Bite Alt who Approach Her-
Physicians Enable to Enplaln the
Ca*e—DrauKhta of Air Aggravate Her
buffering*.
A little girl, not yet 10 year* of age
named Annie Bennett, residing with her
grandparents in this city, says a Burling,
ion, N. J.. special to the Philadelphia
Press, is at present suffering with all the
symptoms oY hydrophobia, and yet the
family have no knowledge of her ever
having been bitten by a dog dr other ani
mal. The attending physicians are sorely
puzzled, and have stated their inability to
successiully control the malady.
No mark of a wound or bite of any kind
can be fouud on the child's body, and yet
all who haw seen persons suffering with
hydrophobia declare that her symptoms
arc identical. For the past two or three
weeks she has been subject to spells of
twitching and writhing while asleep, and
occasionally during her waking hours.
Those spasmodic spells, however, were of
short duration, and at lirst were attrib
uted to other causes, and were considered
harmless. The physician in attendance
gave the opinion that she wouki soon out
grow them, but last evening she was
seized with a violent spasm and seemed
to lose consciousness. Her writhing*
were fearful to witness, and, as they In
creased in intensity, it required the united
efforts of four men to keep her in bed.
The attendants were warned by Dr.
liall to be cartful, and not permit the pa
tient to bite or scratch them in any way, ,
and also to avoid getting any of the froth I
from her mouth on their persons, as it
might possibly be attended with the same
result.
This morning the patient was nearly
exhausted from the violence of her strug
gles. but still kept clutching and tearing
at the bed clothing and occasionally
knocking her head against the headboard
of the lied. Then she would coax her at
tendants to come near her, and when they
did so would make frantic efforts to bite
them. Her screams are frightful to hear,
and it is evident thatshe cannot last much
longer.
It has hiM noticed that her symptoms
are fireat*pggravated whenever she is
exposed to the slightest draft of air, al
though she has swallowed several glasses
ol water without auy bad effects. The
case is being watched with interest, and
has created great excitement here.
NAI KAUN.
A Victim of Siamese Tyranny A bout to be
Kestored Xo His Country.
Nai Kaun, the young .Siamesenoblemajj
who has been afraid to go home for four
years past, because be was in danger of
being beheaded, says the New York 2’rt
bune, is now passing his summer vacation
at the home of the Rev. 1). Samuel House,
in A\ ateriord, N. Y. lie was recently
graduated with high honors at the Willis
ton Seminary, Fast Hampton, Mass. Just
belore the Siameso. Embassy sailed for
home from New York on July 5, Dr. llouso
went to the metropolis, where lie saw the
brother o! the King of Siam, who was at
the head of the embassy, and received as
surances from the Priilce that Nai Kajn
would now be safe in returning to his na
live land. Tile former regent of the king
dom, the implucubie enemy of Nai Kaun’s
family, recently died, and the present
King is liberal in his views and inclined
to foster education and the sciences. It
is hinted that Nai Kaun will take tcouriie
in engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute and then return to Siam, where
he will superintend the opening of a sys
tem of railroads and thus restore the for
tunes of his once brilliant family.
Tho story of Nai Kami Is like a page
from an Ori<pital romance. His father, a
member or the King’s private council, fsll
In love with a daughter of the English
Consul four years ago and run away with
her in a steam yacht. For this he was
arrested and lirst flogged by order of his
implacable enemy, the Regent, who was
the Prime Minister at the time. The
English Consul thought punishment had
gone tar enough and threatened Bang
Kok with u gunboat from Singapore. A
Siamese envoy was sent to England to
protest against the threat of the Consul.
He was gone eight months, and in the
meantime the imprisoned nobleman was
beheaded and every member ot Ills family
who could be reached either suffered the
same fate or was imprisoned. The prop
erty of all his relatives was confiscated
and his chief wife, the mother of Nai
Kaun, was put to work in a rice factory.
Now, in consequence of royal favor, sbd
enjoys an honorable position as an attend
ant upon the Queen. Nai Kaun, at tho
time, was studying in the United States,
but the Prime Minister made an effort to
compel the American Government to give
up the boy so that be could do with him
as he chose. Nai Kaun’s grandfather be
came insane on account of the brutal
treatment received. The English
Consul was recalled by bis government
and was knighted in order to heal his
wounded feelings. His daughter made a
narrow escape from the country.
The new order ot things which permits
Nai Kaun’s return home is described as
solely owing to the enl'ghtenment of the
present King, who, among other changes,
has abolished the rule compelling every
inferior of whatever rank, when in the
Eresence of a superior, to get down on his
ands and knees ana crawl.
THE SIX TICKETS.
The Big and Little Parties Entering
the Lists.
However opinions may vary upon the
quality of the Presidential candidates this
year there can be no complaint as regards
tbe quantity. Following is a list oi the
nominations thus far announced:
DEMOCRATIC.
President—Grover Cleveland, New
York.
Vice President—Thomas A. Hendricks,
Indiana. •
REPUBLICAN.
President—James G. Blaine, Maine.
Vice President—John A. Logan, Illinois.
AMERICAN PROHIBITION.
President— S C. Pomeroy, Kansas.
' Vice President—J. A. Conant, Connec
ticut.
PROHIBITION HOME PROTECTION.
President—John P. St. John. Kansas.
Vice President—Wm. Daniel, Maryland.
GREENBACK-LABOR.
President—Benjamin F. Butler, Massa
chusetts.
Vice President—A. M. West, Missis
sippi.
ANTI-MONOPOLY.
President—Benjamin F. Butler, Massa
chusetts.
Vice President—No nominee.
The Labor Statistic* Cointnlsslonershlp.
Washington, July 27.— Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Joslyn, who
ought to know, says that so far neither
Holbrook nor Ilolderroan, of Illinois, nor
anybody else, has been agreed upon for
Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
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