Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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 | FRICE 110 A YEAR i { 5 GENTS A COPY j 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. gatttnQ potoper. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel purity, strength and wholesoroeneas. Mors economical than the ordinary kin La, cannot be sold In competition with the multitudes ci low test, short weight, aloi.. • t pbosphatie powders. Sold only in cans, uy all grocers. At wholesale in Savannah by HENRY SOLOMON A SON. S. GUCKSNHEIMEK A SOM* *. WEST ft QO, k? 1