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ESTABLISBKD 1880.
j. B. ESTILL, Editor tad Proprietor. |
GEORGIA AN O FLORIDA.
tof. news of the two states
told in paragraphs.
Drill of the Colored Military at Colom
bo*—U*t < ’ r P , i ,ar * In the Cotton In
Metrart County—Pen* ••eoln’* Military
Company Challenged for a Prize Drill
—Brutal Chi and Beating at Pensacola.
GEORGIA.
f k*ton had a grand ball on Friday night
A Mg.; school is teing discussed by Way-
Tx •• Jfnnitor want* a Good Templars’ lodge
established at Danielsville.
Lumpkin Indtptndenf. The watermelon
tr p u nerer finer in thi* section. The
in. f -n* average considerably larger than 11*0*
j Mr. John G. singer made an extraordi
,rv crop on a email piece of ground. He
* he can deliver ISO in lons eveiy morning
f,.r week tnai will average twenty-five
V -tioan correspondence News, July 26: A
entered the dwelling t>ott*e Of Dr. C.
v“ I t ~. r lt night and stole Mrs. I.ati
i wat< h and breaatpia. He also cn
ifv 1 Mr. W. IV. Harrell's residence ad stole
. '... Suspicion rest* upou a negro boy
A ' - for Mr. Harrell. The burglar was
, .?/■". il acquainted with the premises.
I sin. a Indrprn'imt: One of our friends
: ■ ndr> tells us lhat the caterpillar
. havo among his cotton. It is
<.[ !;..vfar. the caterpillar of the eotton
s"' : rj. ,’,i-oo , but a ravenous brown
cutworm, which has destroyed fully half the
L-.. a . punj places, and where the cotton
. ’ n to*i large to be cut down by its
hxriV; *‘h. it bark* the *Dlk around and
up the stalk and eats the buds away.
Co* bran - • rrespondeat News, July *7: At
... night an alarm of fire was given !
It wa- -on discovered to be a small building
. i . gris-s situated in the eastern
nurion f town. As it was some distance I
fr*ir„ .m. other building, it was not necessary j
l or tiie ;r. ngme to be brought out. It was j
r ; . . n,i med in a few moments.— Be
ta . ;s .imzht and day the sleeping apart- i
m ... f Jte,-r-. Stokes and Thomas were en
trr. i unknown parties, who searched the
-is, ‘taking a -mall lot of money, watches,
j- • k .- r lv* etc., making good their I
\. 11 0 rof the men awoke while the |
f, .|V wa.- in progn-se.—The crop- arc look
, ■ a, ami the farmer* are
B*cli encouraged.”
m: A woman in a
lenu-int .\i. ale*l condition, accompanied by ]
an ,. i, a- "l-artly *lrunk," were seen
ri t.i.i .round the street* in a buggy yeater
itav \ lew weeks t>a< k one of these women
wasthe re ipieulof He-charity anil kindness
of tin- i brirtian people of our community
H ( ronii-* to lea*i a lietterlife. Christian
la ; lnrun* I herself an*l children w ith the
t c- . f life and many of Ite comforts,
a: I mt--re‘’e<l themselves in her behalf. She
now r* ar*N their kindnesses by returning to
ji, r <• . h ; : "Tit* sad enough for a man to
thus ; .no h himself, but doubly so for a
woman whom it w a.- thought bad escaped
from ilie n- ruble fale that awaits her if she
*ti:l pur-In r present course.
A an* -V.irs and Ade*rii**rl The watcr
nn l i eating mateli i-.ime off on Washington
,r r .. . r tin ild Kawson corner, .Saturday,
and 1 1 a large crowd. For some time Mr.
> cm.id not hud t man who would eat
again,t It * darkey, but finally a black, heavv
s! frl.iiw. Who said he belonged in Macon
county, stepped up and said he’d “eat will
■m. ’ A melon weighing aliont twenty pounds
:i- eut into four equal parts, and two pieces
were g;ven to eaeu darkey. At the word
*•s*>'' ihey went to work, and in about one
minute inch one had swallowed his two slices,
it w. -a very amusing contest, and was
grij . * ujoyed by- the crowd. The contest
was * 1,-*-1* led a “draw,” and the purse that
hao " *-n made up for the winner was equally
divided between the tw-o.
Atb* : - /limner- W.ifeAnuM: Charlie Camn
bell, sliest son of Itev. C. I>. Campbell, while
out play mg with some companions on Friday
near the fair ground, was bitte** on the foot
it a Moccasin, and but for the presence of
mnelf one of nis companions and Mrs. Hr.
Hampton the bite might have proved fatal.
Iharh* was carried as soon as bitten to the
r*- ileuee of Hr. Hampton near by, and Mrs.
Hampton, as soon as i eing made acquainted
wi h ti e facts, bound the boy’s limb above the
wuiiaii. and tried to indnee Charlie to take
tome brandy, w hich he refused to do. as he
had mu'le his father a promise never to drink.
Mr,. Hampton immediately telephoned for
her hu- ind. and Hampton and Hogan re
sponded at once. Under the circumstances
the lather's objection to liquor was overcome,
and i liar lie was put under its influence, and
at U,t accounts was doing well and in a fair
way f r an early recovery.
Rome C trirr: A HeSoto father was
caught m a most embarrassing predicament
the other day when his wife presented him
with tw.ns. One of the little new comers had
been expected and arrangements made for
Li-re * i iimi. but neilhertbe father or mother
hml . ltd the intentions of the other
little line, and hence had made no prepara
tion- fot tier reception. Clothes had only been
pro> led b>r one—the little lioy. Therefore,
the amazed embarrassment of the pater
familias when the little girl put in her ap
pearasce immediately alter the arrival of the
j young man. can Is* lielter imagined than
ilescrjlie ■. lb * .Hi ring from hi*astonishment
I the father ami his friends went promptly to
work b. extend the young lady the courtesies
due her sex. of course, she must have the
hot. amt - soon cosily attired iu the
i-lotto - prepared for the first arrival. This
left yum f Mr. entirely deshabille, and
hl little term was snugly wrapped up in an
Ann-r an liaz. which had been used for de
; eorative jarp..-es during the encampment.
And the. Be remained nnt I proper apparel
Multi W provided. He should certainly make
a palmier man as he took his first earthly nap
beneath the folds of our proud national
I colors
Columbus Ftijuirtr-Sam The military
prize drill, under the auspices of the Colum-
I lu. Volunteers, colored, will take place at
't tr Park Monday afternoon, beginning at
l .'o o'i ■ i. Five companies have entered,
ami it will tie an important event with the
tin i. ,rc.i military of the Mate. The first
prze ;.i be }l‘o, the second 1100. and the
third - ga - m 1 be Messrs. L. W.
K n hr.i _-!i. K. Ir.uik t olzev and Ed Burrus.
f the t oimiibus Guards. 'I he companies will
birma battalion on upper Broad street at 1:30
o • dll ; : n afternoou and marcli to Star
Prk i ; er . ..uimand of Col. Woodbouae, of
S*vannjh. Each company will be allowed
I •- ia which to go through
the manual oi arms and evolutions. The
Govertor’, Volunteers. J. McUendrick
Ctpisic, a detai hment of the Fulton Guards
u.lcr ci tmuand of Andrew Hill, and the
Rrae Mar Guards, commanded by Lieut,
auger,, reached llte city >aturday night on
> \ ir u train from Atlanta. They were
i * rompau, and by several hundred exetirsion
ift- 1 Ik- \ ii ta Light infantry and there-
I p’ r ,r e Fulton Guards arrived Sun
“*f- 1 . l -„in Guards of Macon and a
H e i olquitt Guanis of At
i;*t, armed Sunday and were met at the
oepot by ihe V olunteers.
FLORIDA.
M. tiiv,,>f I’m mini county, has killed
-:iu>r> withiu the |>a>t week.
■ it.'.ijuitoes are more troublesome this
rammer m Folk county than for several vears
I’M.
K-t. Mr. \\ ■■ Nov. who for the past year has
Tii V r ’ : **• ,1:lrn;ll >as Kpiscopjl Church
® DeLiU! i. has resigned.
_ - >otti. a white man who stole a
in Tallahassee in ISS2. was
vieck by sheriff Moseley in Lib
'- > lay ~ift week while John Stinson was
,y n s' '"t 1 at Kustu the heavy lever <>f
accidentally fell upon his head
fa’tiiV * uuu Se,en -‘B* but it is hoped not
■ J’- T- lft r, Ca-hier of the Florida
coyacrri Railway, has invented anew rotary
1 : -e peculiarity of this engine is
i nJ*. , E ‘ l ; “F abutment, which nas been
> in all rotaries heretofore built. It
'A’ther in true circles, and there are
er springs about it to get out of
r-o Llnt ~’ • J >y A large number of
; '-'iutded at the Grove House yester
yff'f*’*®••■ discuss the matter of supply
z** biwn with water. After much iw>
,|o, '*''cd to organize a Joint
vs C“npanv un<ler the 6tatule laws of
, y . - n l I ‘* i>-ue 80 shares of stock at f 100
cumr' “‘dore the meeting adjourned
„ f were appointed to perfect or-
ST. * 4r *1 solicit subscriptions, and 17
of stock were subscribed for.
tsk r ”'’ "‘i'.'! fat luring Company has
Beam'. *' *“ rr, ' | ose its niorigane on the
"J Honda Steam Fire Cum-
IVnsacola, and lias r.ad the
I®,. Jtl Attachment on the engine. The
h ti indebtedness is onlv 12.900.
t* J 1 * i " Il! to N; recovered at prese-t
I, _ ax Codectr has now in his
Mom J m * *.*®° of Bee tax money, and a rom
p 4. T r 'j* r made with the Ahrens con.-
tiaiis' w ? “ Sl ® casb *or a clear release of its
Pen-ac. .r . ,
to crc.if: A colored man came
corte.) •- r il office yesterday and re
bpr, , ‘ w.raan. living near Bowyer’s
•kichni ,V' ; rtl * 'o a child last Tuesday
hr there in 1 , ln an * K,ur . amt that the body
hetr.s , ’’, 3 '•‘fouiposiug state, the mother
ti, ,7T }° *t* ve . it buried. The man
tie. ■' ~ ul applied to the city autbori
to tt, c told him to report the matter
of . ,’j * 1 : Health and then to the Board
Pro* ' Mr. B. B. Pitt,
gave.!- ‘•'■ard County Commissioners,
sarv ( . lp ,:' r the burial and paid the neces-
Pr sv „.7*,'
t ..4 , ereitil: Pensacola Bar. July
tr ; certify that Mr. T. S.
the~\, Pttot, has taken my vessel,
iaejs..,. : £•'• sifely over the bar, draw*
f rwsr ) i £ U ‘ r a{t and 81 feet 6 inches
den*-,; ,V rt *‘ r : Master. This .is the
•tve'L v,- ‘ lSt that has crossed the bar for
hr* i. ; ,“ e o! d marks were 30 feet 6
it\ to i 1 . n fu! ' tide a vessel drawing
r Can D,JW **Wt cross the bar.
hewn t ml ‘ srried out 85.t59ti cubic feet
ee lir tho i • l<A ’ fee * lumber and SlVt feet
Soothers Ci *fgo ever taken out of a
Pe ' J u > lr ‘ hy a sailing vessel.
at i ..werciof: Two negroes, Frank
**r * a ’‘ henzo, got into a ffght at Skin
a**.f i . - yesterday, when Kenzo
•tabbing Krn ” llh fearful effect, cutting and
kiiinn ' - a l}i *o severely that he died the
tarci ;t) * Hne of the wounds **punc
*** darker aa lhe say (an
J*ktrm„re^V hlt ‘R I ' l de goozle”), while
th* nr,.. . les- serious were inflicted on
kbit be r “ neck - The combatants were
‘ a T- io ' l • quaiVel had
Tlu.r the aiJH for • <, me time between them.
*cz o a ,“f‘V nd before the death of Kemp,
lhe r W hU eKa P and U still at large.
PWnTia * Light Guards, of Green
HHw s\ cns.
ville, Ala., have challenged the Escambia
Rifles, of Persacola, to drill teams of * or 8
men from each company against each other
for *3OO a *ide. The matter was laid before
the Rifle*, when they authorized Capt. Brent
to notify the Light Guards that while they did
cot choose to drill for money, they would drill
sixteen men. two guides and three offleera.
against a like number of the Guards, for gold
badge* for each member of the company—the
badges to cost s3oo— the drill to take place at
Pensacola Fridav, Aug. 82. What action the
| Greenville company has taken is not yet an
nounced.
1 Sants Rosa -Vine*: The balloon ascension
[ Saturday came near ending in disaster. The
wind drove th* balloon swiftly to the south
ward before it had suiflcientelevation to clear
the telegraph wires. After dangling a mo
ment on the wires the monster plunged into a
China tree and things began to get decidedly
1 rely for the man on the trapeze, who went
cra-hmg through the branches like a sky
rocket. Two hundred yards farther on it col
lided with an oak and the daring aeronaut
and his balloon parted company, he descend
ing to the ground, and the balloon, taking a
fcc*h lease of life, rose to a considerable
height and finally took up in the bayou across
the river.
Another brutal ease of child heating has
been developed at Pensacola, the victim being
a little colored girl named Martha Mallory,
and aged about 10 years, who had been beaten
by her uncle, Jordan Armstrong. The child
was a pitiful sight, her back and shoulders
being literally covered with welts an inch
and a half wide and four or five inches long,
the skin being whipped entirely oil in many
places. Her wrists and ankles had the skin
rubbed off bv the ropes with which she was
tied, while her uncle whipped her with a
broad leather bridle rein. There was also an
ugly cut oyer her right eye, where he struck
her. The child's father, Solomon Mallory,
swore out a warrart against Armstrong, who
was arrested and taken before Judge Shack
elford and committed to jail to await trial.
LIVE LASSO ROUND HER HORNS.
How a Black Snake Drove a Cow in Fran
tic Fright Until She Died.
On Tuesday last, says the Carson (Nev.)
Appeal, at Fore st’s ranch, near Genoa,
one of the hands noticed a cow charging
furiously at a thicket. An investigation
showed that the animal was fighting a big
black snake and trying to stamp it to death
with her fore feet. The thicket was an
isolated chimp of sagebrush and the snake
did not seem disposed to leave it and trust
its life iu the open country. Finally the
cow lowered her head and attempted to
impale the snake on her horns. In an In
stant the snake sprang os to the cow’s
head and rapidly coiled itself about her
horns. The cow stood dazed for an instant
and then set off on a run, occasionally
kneeling to rub her head against the
ground, but she was unable to rid herself
of her enemy. She again sought the sage
brush and tried to brush the incubus off.
but the snake only coiled itself the tighter
and refused to be dislodged
The cow seemed finally to realize that
all her efforts were useless and, uttering
a terrible bellow, set oft' at full gallop.
The hands made an effort to follow her
and turn her back, but in her frantic
flight she outstripped the horses,and, when
cornered, would charge everything in
sight. Occasionally the snake would
half untwist itself and its head would
play before the cow’s eyes. On these oc
casions the poor animal would bellow with
terror and sometimes go fifty yards back
wards to escape.
For three hours she ran wildly about the
fields, with the loam and blood flying from
her lips and sweat streaming from her
sides. The rest of the hired help tried to
throw a lasso over her horns, but could
not get near enough, and finally the poor
brute dropped from sheer exhaustion and
panted out her life. The snake was im
mediately dispatched and was a black
snake live feet long.
A RAG PICK EIUS LUCK.
He Find* an Old Letter with a Canceled
itrattleboro Stamp, for which He Gets
•300.
Tue day morning, while John Harkins,
a ragpicker, was sorting over a pile of
waste paper, says the New York World ,
he picked up an old letter directed to
“Henry Rawdon, Boston, Mass.” It was
one of the old-fashioned kind, folded and
turned in, without envelope, but had been
sealed. In the upper lett-hand corner was
a dark brown rectanirular stamp, finely
engraved, reading, “Brattleboro, Vt., P.
0., 5 cents,” with the initials “F. M. P.”
in the centre. It was canceled and had
the postmark ‘'Brattleboro, Vt.,” to its
right. Thinking the stamp was of some
value, he took it Wednesday to Henry
Collin, of 7!) Nassau street, and asked
what it was worth. “I’ll give you S3OO
for it,’’ was the reply. Harkins was jios
itive that Mr. Collin was a lunatic, and
was confirmed iu his belief when the
money was placed in his hand. He did
not wait to count it, but bolted.
Air. Collin has won the philatelic blue
ribbon by securing the rarest stamp on
the American catalogue, and that means
in the whole world. It is the only can
celed Brattleboro’ stamp known to be in
existence. Fight uncancel?d stamps,
“left-over stock,” are in collections and
are classed as “gems.” At the last sale
where one was put up at auction “it was
given away for $275;” but a stamp collec
tor in this city, who lias one of the eight,
values it at SI,OOO. This canceled stamp
found by Harkins is almost priceless, and
the bidding for it among the philatelnma
ntacs of the world will be spirited. Even
the sixty-thousand-dollar collection of
Baron Ed ward Rothschild and the score
of almost equally valuable collections in
England and this country will lose one
half their interest without this “eye of
the peaeoek throne.”
THE PHAIHIE DOG.
Eastward His Star of Empire Takes
Bis Way.
The march o! the prairie dog, says the
Albany (Texas) yetrs, is a standing threat
against the future prosperity of the graz
ing districts of the State. Draw a line
from Red river south to the Colorado, so
as to run about the western lines of
Throckmorton, Shackelford, Callahan and
Coleman counties, and you mark the front
of the greatest immigration army ever
dreamed of by man. From this line we9t
260 miles every square mile is infested
with these devouriug pests. They thickly
Inhabit a section of country 200 miles long
and 250 miles wide. The advent of the
white man into this country has but in
creased their numbers, as man has de
stroyed the wolves, badgers, rattlesnakes,
panthers and other animals which prey
upon the prairie dogs. They eat the grass
in the summer and the grass roots in the
winter, and the consequence is that what
was but a few years ago the finest grazing
region in America is tast becoming a ver
dureless desert. Unlike all other animals
In America, the prairie dog is migrating,
not west, but east. Only a year or two
ago his eastern line was about the west
ern line ot this county. In a short time
he has advanced his frontier east about
five miles, into Shackelford, Throckmor
ton and theother counties lying north and
south of Shaekeliord. Unless checked he
will soon ravage all mesqulte-grass land
in the State, and will then descend in
countless hosts upon the black, waxy
farming land of Tarrant, Dallas, Collins
and the other counties east ot us. It is
no exaggeration to say that $10,000,000
does not exceed the value ot the grass an
nually consumed by the prairie dogs of
Northwest Texas.
JACKSON’S BIRTHPLACE.
‘•Old Hickory” a Native of South Caro
lina.
The discussion as to the birthplace of
Andrew Jackson has recently been re
newed, says the Charleston Netr and
Courier. It is claimed by many that he
was a native of North Carolina, and by
some that he was born in Tennessee; but
it is definitely known that he was a na
tive of South Carolina. It has been con
clusively established that “Old Hickory”
was born in the Waxhaws in what is
now known as Lancaster county. An
autograph letter of Jackson’s is now in
possession ot ex-Judge MackeV. late of
this State, in which he refers to'his birth
place in the Waxhaws. If any additional
proof were needed as to the nativity of
Jackson, it is contained in an account
of “the celebration of the fifty
fifth anniversary of American inde
pendence by the Union and State Right’s
party” in Charleston on July 4, 1831. The
account of this celebration'is published
in an old pamphlet in connection with
••an oration” which was delivered on the
occasion by the Hon. William Drayton.
The committee ot
consisted of John Stoney, F. T. I®- her,
James Adger, John Wagner and others,
whose names are yet familiar to the
Charleston public, invited Gen. Jackson,
who was at that time President of the
United States, to visit Charleston and
participate in the celebrations ol the dav.
ln his courteous response to the invita
tion the President said: “A necessary
attention to the duties of my office must
deprive roe of the gratification I should
have had in paying, under such circum
stances, a visit to the State of which I
feel a pride in calling myself a citizen by
birth.”
PREDICTIONS OF VICTORY.
THE TWO BIG COMMITTEES TO
GO HAND IN HAND.
Repre*entativ Morphy Confident of
New York, Bat Positive that Cleve
land Can be Elected Without that State
—Tammany to be in Line—Cleveland
to be Formally Notified of Hl* Nomi
nation To-day.
Washington, July as.—Representa
tive Murphy, of lowa, a member of the
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee, who was present at the re
cent meeting of the National Democratic
Committee, in New York, ran over to
Washington Saturday. To a reporter he
said that the report sent out that the Na
tional and Congressional Committees had
determined to confine themselves to their
respective fields of labor in
the campaign is erroneous, and
and that, on the contrary, the two will
work together, though maintaining sep
arate organizations. It was the universal
opinion of both committees, he
said, that more efficient work
could be done by co-operating
with each other. Judge Murphy says
that the Democrats will actively open
their campaign immediately after the
committee of notification wait upon Gov.
Cleveland, which takes place to-morrow
in Albany.
“Wbatissaid In New York about the
ticket?” asked the reporter.
“It gives general satisfaction,” was the
reply; “and grows stronger everyday.
There are undercurrents in favor of the
Democracy that will be felt at the elec
tion.”
“How about Tammany?”
TAMMANY TO FALL IN.
“Tammany will come round in good
time.” answered the Judge, “but we can
elect Cleveland without Tammany, and
even without New York.”
“You must expect to capture some Re
publican States?”
“We will. We will carry some of the
Western States. Why, the Germans
everywhere are for Cleveland. In lowa
they are enthusiastic for him. At our rat
ification meeting in Davenport the night
after the nomination over 3,000 Germans
who had formerly been Republicans took
part and shouted for Cleveland. It was
a revelation to the Democrats as well as
the Republicans. But,” continued Judge
Murphy, ‘’there need be no fear about
Tammany. It is a Democratic organiza
tion and will support the ticket.”
Judge Murphy spoke in tfie highest
terms of Senator Gorman and his political
work. “He is,” said the Judge, “one of
the ablest managers I ever saw. and he
has already done most efficient work.”
Col. 11. D. McHenry, member of
the National Democratic Committee,
from Kentucky, came over to Wash
ington lrom New York last night. In con
versation with a Star reporter to-day. he
said: “The Cleveland Democrats in New
York are working like beavers, and the
Bayard men are helping them all thev
can.
NEW YORK SAFE.
“I talked with the Belmonts,
and with Travers and other promi
nent Bayard men, and they
said that there was no fear about Cleve
land not carrying New York. The prin
cipal Tammany men have come out for
the ticket and the others will follow. If a
vote were taken to-day I thick ninety
nine out of a hundred of the Tammariv
men would vote for Cleveland. They
think he is g ing to be elected and are not
going to be held back. Some of them out
of deference for Kelly are holding back,
but it will all come out right. The Ger
mans are coming to us all over
the country,” continued Col. Mc-
Henry, “an! they will stay
with us.” He added also that
the party organization for campaign
work was very efficient. Ex-Senator
Barnum, he says, was the choice ot Cleve
land for the Chairmanship of the National
Committee, and hence there was no oppo
sition to him. “Barnum is heart and soul
in the wor-,” said the Colonel, “and he
is ajily assisted by some of the best men
in New York. The feeling among our
people over there is exceedingly hopeful.”
DELUDED IRISHMEN.
Blaine and Logan Shooters Hold a Mass
Meeting at Chickerlng Hall,
Nkw York, July 28. — A mass meeting
of irishmen who favor the election of
Blaine and Logan was held to-night at
Cbickering Hall. The ball was taxed to
its utmost capacity to accommodate those
who desired to attend. Among those upon
the platform were Gov. Davas F. Burke,
Capt. Michael Foley, Patrick Ford, of the
Irish World, Capt. O'Meagher Condon, of
Washington. Edward J. Rowe, John
Roach and Col. J. P. O’Flynn,
Austin E. Ford was made Chairman.
He said that it was a strange thing to see
30,000 lrish-Americans assembled in
New York city to indorse the nominees of
the Republiia'n party. The first speaker
was Rev. George W. Pepper, of Ohio.
He said that they had come together to
defeat the candidate supported by the
London Times. The Republican party
had always been oppressed by the English
government, whose sympathies were with
the Democrats. It was the party of per
sonal liberty and protection of labor.
FREE TRADE DENOUNCED.
Free trade crippled every country in
which it had been introduced. He pre
dicted that in November next Cleveland
would be buried so deep that the sound of
Gabriel’s trumpet would never reach him.
Not one in twenty Irishman in Ohio would
vote for Cleveland. The Catholics there
were all opposed to him.
Henry Cary Baird, the next speaker,
saicLthat the only way to do with Eng
land was to cripple her industries, and
this could be done by keeping the Repub
lican party in power.
Judge Brennan, of lowa, said
that he had come fourteen
hundred miles to be present at the
meeting. Democrats had said for forty
years that because they were Irish they
must vote the Democratic ticket. It was
now time to say that they would vote the
Republican ticket. The other speakers
were P. T. Barry, of Illinois, and Capt.
O’Meagher Condon, of Washington. A
circular was distributed giving reasons
why Cleveland be supported
by the laboring classes.
CLEVELAND’S NOTIFICATION.
The Committee to Carry the News to
the Governor To-day.
New York, July 28.—The Democratic
National Committee’s headquarters have
been engaged in a building adjoining the
Hoffman House. The State Committee’s
headquarters will be in the Hoffman
House.
The committee appointed by the Demo
cratic National Convention at Chicago to
notify Grover Cleveland and Thomas A.
Hendricks of their nominations assembled
at noon to-day at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Nearly all the members of the committee
were present. Before calling the meeting
to order Chairman Vilas announced that
it would be necessary for each member
present to sign the platform adopted by
the Chicago Convention. This was done
and the committee weDt into executive
session to conduct their business.
The sub-committee appointed at Chi
cago to prepare an address to the candi
dates, submitted their report, which was
adopted alter brief discussion. The com
mittee decided to leave the city for Al
bany to-night by the steamer Drew. To
morrow morning the committee will re
assemble at 10 o’clock at the Dejavau
House. At 3 o’clock they will wait upon
Gov. Cleveland and formally notify him
of his nomination. On Wednesday the
committee will proceed to Saratoga and
notify Mr. Hendricks,
PHIL ADELPHIA INDEPENDENTS.
Morality the Real Issue of the Present
Presidential Campaign.
Philadelphia, July 28.—A meeting of
Independent Republicans was held here
to-day. A permanent organization was
effected under the name of “The Associa
tion of Republicans and Independents of
the city of Philadelphia,” and the follow
ing officers were elected: President, Hen
ry C. Lew; First Tice President, Stewart
Wood; Second Vice President, Joseph
Parrish; Secretary, Lincoln L. Eyere,and
Treasurer, Samuel Wagner, Jr. The
President was authorized to appoint an
executive committee of ten. The follow
ing resolution was adopted and ordered toi
be printed for distribution and signatures:
We, the undersigned. Independent Republi
cans and Independents of Philadelphia, be
lieving, as stated in the address issued by the
conference held in New York on July 22,'that
the paramount issue of the Presidential elec
tion of this year is moral, rather than political,
do commend the use of all honorable means to
accomplish the defeat of Blaiae and Logan.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1884.
Waiting for the Letters.
New York, July 23.—At a meeting of
the National Executive Committee of the
National Labor party, held at No. 3 Pine
street in this city to-day, the following
resolution was adopted:
Whereas, owing to the fact that letters of
acceptance of Gen. Butler and Grover Cleve
land have not yet appeared, and that pending
their appearance intelligent action can not
lie taken by the convention called by this or
ganization to be held in the city of Chicago.
July 30, lsß4, at Her**hey Hall: therefore
Rtiolvtd, That said convention be, and is
hereby, portioned until Monday. Sept. 1. last
to meet at the same hall in the citvof Chicago.
f'lgnedi John Rooney, Chairman.
•John w. Keogh, Secretary.
Morrison Hopeful,
. Washington, July 23.—Representa
tive William R. Morrison, of Illinois. i9
very hopeful of Cleveland’s election. He
thinks it early to make predictions, but
reports great accessions from among the
Germans in the West.
Representative Morrison savs that this
will not be a hurrah campaign, but one
of active, steady work. He believes from
w hat he has beard that Tammany will
fall in line, and that Cleveland will carry
New Y’ork.
Gen. Jackson Speaks for Harry.
Atlanta, July 28.—Gen. Jackson spoke
at the opera house to-night in advocacy of
his son, Harry Jackson, for Congress from
this district.
MURDER AT MACON.
Two Railroad Hands Engage In a
Fatal Scuttle—A Republican Split.
Macon, July 28.—T0-day Judge Sim
mons bound Robert to the
next term of the Superior Court In the
sum of SI,OOO for killing Henry M. Fryer.
Flournoy is the yardraaster of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road, and Fryer ran a shifting engine.
Sometime ago these men had a quarrel
about shifting cars, and had not been on
good terms since. Last Friday afternoon
Flournoy ordered Fryer to shift some
ears, whereupon Fryer became angry,
got off the engine, approached Flournoy
in a threatening manner, and cursing
him. Flournoy was much larger than
Fryer. Flournoy caught Fryer by the
coat collar and said: “Don’t vou know that
1 could kill you if I wished?” Fryer
drew a knife and stabbed Flournoy in the
shoulder. Blood freely flowed.' Flour
noy picked up a piece of coal and knocked
the knile out of Fryer’s hand. Fryer then
ran. Flournoy threw a piece of iron at
Fryer when distant fifteen feet, striking
hint in the back of the head, knocking
him senseless. Fryer arose and com
menced walking about mechanically, and
mounted an old worn-out engine, thinking
that it was his regular engine. It was
soon seen that Fryer was badly hurt,
but it was not thought that he was seri
ously injured. “He was carried
home. Saturday night he became
worse, and Sunday morning at 6 o’clock
died. The Coroner’s jury declared that
Fryer came to his death from concussion
of the brain, caused by a blow on the head
inflicted by Flournoy. Fryer was taken
to Barne9ville for burial. He left a widow
and one child. Flournoy came forward
to-day and gave himself up to the au
thorities, claiming that the killing was
done in 6€lf defense.
A REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
Ex-Congressman Jeff Long and a nura
ber of other influential Bibb county negro
politicians held an enthusiastic meeting
•to-night and indorsed the Longstreet-
Blaine-Logan electoral ticket, nominated
Saturday in Atlanta. Long and his party
is bitterly against the present Geor
gia Republican ring. The meeting
strongly denounced the appointment of
Bryant to the Georgia Marshalship.
The Bibb Republicans are seriously split
and the meeting to-night evidenced a
breach.
A number of delegates arrived to
to-night to attend the annual meeting of
the Georgia Horticultural Society which
begins to-morrow. The session continues
three davs.
A WRITER GOING IT ALONE.
Singular Efforts Made to "Work up a
Boom for Halderman.
Washington, July 28.—Within the
past few days efforts have been made by
volunteer correspondents to make it ap
pear that the President had selected M.
F. Halderman, of Illinois, for Commis
sioner of the newly-created Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Telegrams signed “W.
11. Cook” were sent from here to several
prominent newspapers on Saturday,
at the sender’s expense, stating
that the President had made such a
selection, and to-day other dispatches
making a similar announcement, in con
nection with the statement that the con
vention of the lederatiou or trade and
labor unions of the United States and
Canada would be held at Chicago on Oct.
7, were sent from this city to various
newspapers signed George W. Smith.
Postal cards conveying the same
information were also delivered at the
offices of the special correspondents of
prominent journals. In these dispatches
and cards M. V. Haiderman is set down
as the Washington representative of the
American News Exchange. Many in
quiries have been received by the press
associations and correspondents here as
to who Halderman is and what sort of
a concernthe American News Exchange
is, but no one knows anything of either.
Halderman’s name does not appear in the
list of accredited representatives of the
press in the Congressional directory, and
at the White House it is not only denied
that the President has selected a person
of that name for the vacant commission
ership, but it is said that nothing what
ever is known there of such a person.
If Halderman ever had a chance of an ap
pointment as Commissioner of Labor Sta
tistics it appears to have been destroyed
by his blunder in to various
papers last Friday that he would be ap
pointed to that position. C. S. Hill, of the
State Department, who is actively sup
ported by Secretary Frelinghuysen, will,
it is now* thought, probably get the place.
TEXAS’ COTTON CROP.
The Drought Working Disastrous In
jury to the Staple.
Galveston, July 28.—Concerning the
present drought and condition of crops in
Texas the News says: “The accounts
from the growing crops that continue to
reach the yews are anything but encour
aging. Ir some districts a full crop of
corn is assured, but in many portions of
the State, even the corn crop* is not satis
factory. The yield ot wheat and small
grain- has been abundant W’herever
planted. Cotton in all sections is in a
precarious condition from the continued
drought. The heavy rains of the spring
and early summer retarded planting
operations, and the crop, such as it is, is
very late. The drought of the past six or
eight weeks has stunted the growth and
everywhere comes up for rain. Should
the drought continue for two weeks longer
incalculable injury will be done, and the
cotton crop will be cut short disastrously.
On the other hand, with general rains
within a week or two a fair cotton vield
may yet be made. The condition of the
cotton crop to-day is critical.”
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Chiropodist Edwards Booked for Rich
mond— Myler Arrested.
Atlanta, July 28.—Edwards, the mi
gratory corn doctor from Richmond, who,
a few days ago, was taken in by the po
lice of this city and jailed upon various
charges preferred by citizens of Rich
mond, has been carried back for trial.
This morning legal papers authorizing his
arrest reached Atlanta, and upon them
Gov. McDaniel issued a warrant for his
arrest and delivery to the officials from
Richmond. Edwards lett in bad spirits.
tYhile in confinement here he expressed
great fear as to what would become of
him il carried back.
MTLEB U NDER ARREST.
Theodore Myler, Chief Post Office Ir
spector here, was arrested to-night on
warrants issued by Inspector Crawford,
charging him with embezzlement while
Assistant Postmaster in Atlanta.
Contracts for Government Buildings.
Washington, July 28.—^Contracts for
the approaches to the new building at
Montgomery, Ala., have been awarded as
follows: Curbing, paving, etc., to Figh &
Williams, of Montgomery; the iron fence,
etc., to the Champion Fence Company, of
Kenton, Ohio; the gate posts, etc., to Mc-
Donald & Fitcbett, of Montgomery. The
contract for the stone work of the super
structure for the new public building at
Pen-aeola, Fla., has been awarded to Bel
knap & Dumesnil at $64,100.
In East or West, or North or South,
They to themselves an outrage do.
Who cannot boast a fresh street mouth,
With teeth like pearls begemmed with dew.
When Sozodont all this supplies,
And works the charm before our eyes,
COST OF THE CRUISE.
$700,000 EXPENDED IN SAVING
GREELY AND HIS MEN.
The Item* Which Went to Make Up
the Amount Given in Detail—Ports
mouth's Reception to the Survivor* to
be a Mott Enthusiastic Affair—Com
mander Schley’* Report.
Washington, July 28.—The total ex
pense of the Greelv relief expedition is
about $780,000. The original estimate was
$500,000. Of the amount expended $137,-
553 wa6 for the purchase and repair of the
steamer Bear, $171,165 for the purchase
and repair of the Thetis, $250,000 for sup
plies, $25,000 for bringing the vessels
to New York, $25,000 for instru
ments to be used in making
observations, $15,165 for repairs made to
the Alert, $21,000 for the transport Loch
Garry and $15,000 for coal. It is believed
that in disposing of the vessels the gov
ernment will secure an amount about
equal to the sum paid for them. A large
quantity of the provisions left is suitable
for navy use and will be turned over to
the. service. The contract ibr the Loch
Garry now m port in New York wlncfe was
obtained iroin English parties, expires on
Aug. 5. Capt. SeUley has informed the
department that the Board of Survey ex
amined her at St. John and found hei un
injured. There was no representative of
the owners of the vessel on board, however,
and anew board will make an examina
tion at New York.
PORTSMOUTH’S RECEPTION.
It is learned to-night that Secretary
Chandler to-dav telegraphed from Ports
mouth, N. H., that there will be a naval
reception to the Arctic relief ships at that
place on Saturday next. There will also
be a city and State reception Monday.
The Secretary directed that the fact be
communicated to all the Cabinet Minis
ters. the Admiral and Vice-Admiral of
the navy and the Lieutenant General of
the army, and asked that they be request
ed to be present on one or both days.
COMMANDER SCHLEY’S REPORT.
Rear Admiral Nichols, acting Secretary
of the Navy, to-day received a report from
Commander Schley, dated St. John, July
21, in which he says that in prosecuting
the search for Lieut. Greely’s partv, it
was often necessary in order to gain open
ice, so as to advance with as little delay
as possible, to take greater risks than are
ordinarily justifiable, as the waters
were mainly unknown, imperfectly
surveyed, and their dangers un
charted, and to a great extent
covered by ice. He says that while great
prudence was exercised, both the Thetis
and Bear grounded two or three tunes,
but without serious injury. lie says that
he purposely avoided reference to these
accidents in his telegraphic reports for
fear of causing uneasiness, but that in his
final report he will give minute details of
the circumstances of each grounding and
of the injuries sustained. The rapidity
and success of the voyage, he says, shows
that the injury to the ships was not seri
ous.
RUINED RY A FRAUD.
DeWolf & Swan, of Nexv York. Com
pelled to Suspend Business. *
New York, July 23.— DeWolf & Swan
have announced their suspension at the
Stok Exchange, and small purchases of
various stocks under the rule were made
for their account. They say that the fail
ure was caused by a customer who gave
them securities as a margin which were
obtained Dy fraud. The house has been
bearish.
After the suspension was announced
to-day at the-Stock Exchange of the firm
of DeWolf & Swan, a rumor was current
that the failure was due to a fraud which
had been perpetrated upon the firm owing
to the false power of attorney in
connection with certain securities
which had been placed in their hands to
realize upon. A member of the firm,
when called upon, said that a customer
with whom the firm had been dealing for
four years had deposited with them $150,-
000 worth of securities. The securities
were the property of an estate, of which
the customer was the trustee. The se
curities were hypothecated and the pro
ceeds paid over to him, when it was
found that the power of attorney
which, when presented, was detached
was a fraud, and the firm was responsi
ble to the estate lor the securities.
The customer, whose name is not dis
closed, is said to be a Brooklyn man, and
well known in business. Whether he is
responsible or not the firm have not yet
ascertained. It was further said that the
liabilities, of those securities,
would not exceed $30,000. The securities
comprise stock of the Central Trust Com
pany, New York Elevated Railroad, and
the Municipal Gas Light Company.
A MOB AT MINNEAPOLIS JAIL.
After Carrying the Corridor by Storm
the Lynchers Become Faint Hearted.
Minneapolis, Minn., July 28.—Late
Saturday night a great crowd gathered
around the jail in which are confined the
three men, Cantiney, Gorman and Parker,
who shot officer Laughlin Saturday morn
ing while he was endeavoring to arrest
them for riotous proceedings. The mob
expressed a determination to lynch the
prisoners, and about midnight made an
attack on the jail and effected an en
trance Into the outei corridors, but a
strong force of police guarding the jail
prevented the crowd from getting at the
cells. Alter a while the excitement sub
sided, and about 3:30 o’clock in the morn
ing, In response to appeals from the offi
cers to respect the laws, the crowd began
to separate, going away. Some stood
idly around waiting, and” as no further
act of violence was attempted, they, too,
went away.
The miiitia have been allowed to go
home, all danger of another attempt at
lynching the three ruffians being now
thoueht to be over.
Officer Laughlin, who was shot by
rogues Saturday, died this evening. J
Catiney, one ot the men who is believed to
have done the shooting, and whom the
mob tried to take from jail, was removed
from the jail by officers this evening to
prevent a reiteration of the scenes of Sat
urday night. His present whereabouts
are kept secret.
WOMEN AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.
Andrew Gorman Enters Edward Hal
stead’s House and Kills Him.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 28.—Andrew
Gorman, of Village, was shot and
instantly kilkjMt his house in that town,
early morning, by Edward
Halstead. The latter went to Gorman’s
house and asked to be admitted. Gorman
and his wife were in bed at the
time, but Halstead gained admittance,
when a scuffle ensued and Halstead
drawing a revolver fired three shots at
Gorman which took effect, one through
the heart, one in the arm, breaking a bone,
and the third through the body. During
the scuffle Halstead fired another ball
which entered his own leg. Halstead
then went to the bouse of
Hon. David Brewster, Selectman
of the village, and gave himself
up. He said, “I have shot Gorman three
times and killed him.” His face and
hands were covered with blood and he
presented a frightful sight. The parties
bear a hard reputation in town, and their
quarrels has been occasioned by women.
TWO HUNDRED HOUSES BURNED
Marasb, Asia Minor, Swept by Devasta
ting Flames.
London, July 28.—A disastrous fire oc
curred to-day at Marash, Asia Minor.
About 1,000 shops. 200 houses, 4 hotels, 3
mosques and the Municipal Palace were
destroyed.
BLAZING FOR 15 HOURS.
Havana, July 28.—AtMatanzas Satur
day arternoOn fire totally destroyed the
lumber yard of Senor Zobala.* The loss
is about SIOO,OOO, and is uninsured. The
fire continued to burn for 15 hours.
fire going as it pleased.
Minneapolis, July 28.—A special from
Fargo brings news of a large fire at
Devil’s Lake City which destrovei fortv
buildings, including banks, hotels, stores,
saloons, etc. The fire swept everything
before it, there being no fire department
in the place.
Inexpensive and effective is the great
substitute for sulphur baths, Glen’s Sul
phur Soap.
Hill’s Hair Dye, black or brown. Fifty
cents.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
For Chills, Fevei\ Ague and Weakness
Coldkn’s Liquid Beef Tonic. Colden’s,
take no otter. Of druggists, ’
WARS WAGED BY LABOR.
The Second Week of the New York
Strike Inaugurated.
New 1 ork, July 28.—T0-day begins the
second week of the bricklayers and
laborers’ strike for 9 hours per day instead
of 10. Reports as to the number of men
on the strike are conflicting. The em
ployes say that there are about 3,000
altogether, and the employers claim that
the number Is very small. The strikers
drew no money last week, but, beginning
with to-day, they will be paid a certain
amount each week until the strike is de
clared at an end. This monev comes
from the treasury of the Bricklayers and
Laborers’ Union, and from sums
donated by other trade and labor
organizations in order to aid the strikers
in gaining the fight, Nearlv all the plas
terers in the city engas-ed bn jobs where
the employers refused to accede to tbe
9-hour demand quit work to-day, and will
remain out until the strike is over. There
is also a number of hod hoisting engineers
who have refused to work until the diffi
culty is settled. The strikers met to-dav
and assigned committees to various parts
of the city, with instructions
to report to headquarters immediately
any job on which non-union meu had
taken the place of strikers. A large num
ber of framers also stopped work this
morning, and will only return when nine
hours is conceded to the masoDS. The
Builders Association will meet to-night.
The strikers say that a large majority
will vote to yield the nine-hour demand.
This is denied by many of the employers.
They say that they can stand the strike
as long as any ot their employes.
Four more firms gave in to-dav to the
bricklayers. The framers who struck for
nine hours were all successful, the boss
builders all yielding.
THE BETHLEHEM IRON COMPANY TO CUT
DOWN.
Bethlehem, Pa„ July 28.—A reduc
tion of 20 per cent, in the salaries of the
officers and employes of the Bethlehem
Iron Company is announced to take effect
on Aug. 1. The reduction is made, it
is said, to enable the company to sell its
steel rails at market prices.
ENGLISH MINERS IN SESSION.
London, July 28.—A large miners’
demonstration was held at Barnsley to
day. Thousands of persons were present.
Resolutions were proposed and adopted
demanding additional inspectors iu the
mines, also the abolition of the House of
Lords, and legislation beueficial to Ire
land.
WAGES TO BE CUT.
Providence, July 28.—Tbe American
Worsted Company, of Woousocket, has
given notice of a 10 per cent, reduction in
wages, to go into effect Aug. 1. The com
pany employs 250 hands.
A CUT ACCEPTED.
Binghamton, N. Y., July 28.—Shipley
& Wells, owners of the largest boiler shop
and iron foundry in this section, to-day
notified the men of a cut of 10 per cent,
m wages. The men accepted the cut.
A CONSERVATIVE BALLY.
The Professions or the Liberals Charac
terized as Pretenses and Shams.
London, July 28.—A meeting of the
Presidents, Secretaries and leading mem
bers of the London Conservative Associ
ations was held this evening. The Lord
Mayor of London presided. The Marquis
of Salisbury made an address, in which
he said that he was unable to understand
why obvious truths seemed to make no
impression upon the government, or why
the subject of reform was introduced
in so eccentric and abnormal a
manner. The government ascribed it
to the unusual block of business in
the House of Commons, but as the con
troversy developed candor increased, and
he hoped that before the discussion was
concluded all false and hollow pretenses
would be exposed. Had the franchise bill
passed Premier Gladstone would have
shown his opponents little mercy. In the
redistribution bill Premier Gladstone was
anxious to increase representation from
remote districts. The heart of the
country was turning more conservative,
and the circumference was growing lib
eral. While the House of Lords had no
right to lorce a dissolution of Parliament,
they were entitled to approve of anv
measure presente* to them. If the gov
ernment objected it could appeal to the
country. Mr. John Bright wishes to
dispose of the House of Lords. He (the
Marquis of Salisbury) was prepared to
discuss the question. If the Lords shirk
ed their duty because of Radical objec
tions they had been guilty of craven cow
ardice.
Sir .Stafford Northcote made a speech
in which he urged the Conservatives to
spread truth among the people, dissipate
fallacies, and prepare for the not distant
elections. The caucus attack on the
House of Lords, if successful, would en
danger the freedom of the House of Com
mons.
130 LOST BY THE COLLISION.
Survivors Toll the Story of the Terri
ble Disaster Off Spain.
London. July 29. —The survivors of the
British steamship Laxham, which col
lided last Monday night with the Spanish
steamer Gijon, not far from Coru ana. re
port that on the morning of the collision
there was a thick fog. The Laxham w r as
going slowly and both steamers were
sounding their whistles. The Gijon struck
the Laxham amidships and the latter was
nearly cut asunder. The funnel fell and
the steampipe burst. The chief engineer
in reversing the engine was horribly
scalded. Most of the Laxham’s crew
boarded the Gijon. Capt. Lothian
tied his wife and child to
himself, and all three were thus
hauled aboard the Gijon by a rope. The
Laxham sunk twenty minutes after the
collision occurred. If was not long be
fore the Gijon began to settle. Terrible
confusion prevailed on board. The Cap
tain stood with revolver in hand, but he
was unable to keep order. The passen
gers and crew were fighting for their
lives. The boats were lowered and filled
to their gunwales, but they could not, ac
commodate half the people. Those who
were so fortunate as to secure places in
them were obliged to keep off others with
knives. The Gijon sunk bow first. The
quarter deck was crowded with men and
women, the Captain and officers standing
on the bridge. It is estimated that 130
persons perished.
STANLEY" RETURNS HOME.
He Expresses Himself as Satisfied with
His Accomplishments on the Congo.
London, July 28.—Henry M. Stanley,
the African explorer, arrived at Plymouth
this evening. In an interview with an
Associated Press representative, Mr.
Stanley said that he had returned to Eng
land, considering that he had completed
the work of establishing satisfactory
trading stations along the Congo river
from its mouth to Stanley Pool, a distance
of 1,400 miles by the river. When he left
the Congo country he was suffering
badly from bronchitis, but was
much benefited by the sea voyage.
He eulogized the trading prospects of ibe
country in the vicinity of the Congo river.
Mr. Stanley considered that Gen. Gordon
commands perfectly practicable routes of
escape from Khartoum, whether by the
way of Zanzibar or down the Congo to the
west coast if the Nile is blocked.
ENGLAND'S LUNACY LAWS.
Mr*. Weldon Gain* a Verdict Against a
Doctor Who Declared Her Insane.
London, July 28.— Tbe trial of the ac
tion for damages brought by Mrs. Weldon
against Mr. Semple, a medical man, who
had signed a certificate for her seclusion
as a person of unsound mind and a fit sub
ject for care and treatment, under which
an attempt was made to take her to a
lunatic asylum, was concluded to-day.
A verdict in favor of Mrs. Weldon
for £I,OOO was rendered. , The trial
took place before Justice Hawkins,
of the Court of Queen’s Bench and
a common jury. The defendant was
represented by able counsel, but Mrs.
Weldon conducted her own case. The
trial attracted much attention, and the
court was thronged with people during its
progress.
Arne* Resigns the Receivership.
Philadelphia, July 28.—1n the United
States Circuit Court to-day application
was received from Oliver Ames, receiver
of the Credit Mobilier of America, asking
to be relieved of the receivership of that
corporation. No reason is assigned for
this action on the part of Receiver Ames
but it was privately stated by his counsel
that the cause was a pressure of the offi
cial duties of Mi, Ames, who is Lieuten
ant Governor of Massachusetts, and finds
it impossible to attend court. Samuel R.
Shipley, President of the Providence Life
Insurance Company, of this city, was
thereupon appointed as his successor.
CHOLERA ON THE WANE.
THE DEATH RATE ON THE DE
CLINE IN FRANCE.
No Reports Indicate a Probable Spread
of tbe Dlieane-The Call for the Con
ference at Washington Formally Is
sued—Louisiana and the Mississippi
Free rrom Contagion of Any Sort.
Paris, July 28.—There were 13 deaths
from cholera at Marseilles last night. At
Toulon there were 14 and at La Valette, a
village near Toulon, 1. The mistral, a
strong wind from the northwest, is pre
vailing, and the weather is cooler. The
rate of mortality is decreasing in the
cities, but increasing in the country
among the peasants.
There is a mild case of cholera in one
of the hospitals of this citv. Three deaths
from that disease occurred at Toulou to
day. In that city there are 31 cases at
the Repontre Hospital. Three of the lat
ter are serious. Two Toulon emigrants
died at La Seyne of cholera.
The government has organized posts of
sanitary supervision on the Lvous Rail
way, and other lines.
During the twenty-four hours euded at
9 o’clock to-night 24 deaths from cholera
had occurred at and 6 at Arles.
Rear Admiral Krantz. in command of
tae fleet at Toulon, telegraphs that he is
sanguine of a daily diminution of the
number of deaths from .cholera in that
city. Advices from the frontier are very
unfavorable. The sanitary condition of
the hospital at Vintimigli'a is dreadful,
and it is feared that the place may become
a centre of infection. Ten cases have al
ready occurred there.
Seven days’ quarantine has been im
posed at Moban. On leaving the tunnel
soldiers surround trains and conduct pas
sengers to the lazaret, where they are reg
istered and numbered, and given a litter of
straw for a bed.
Toulon, July 28.—Fugitives are now
prevented from returning to the city. One
who had returned died yesterday.
Marseilles, July 28, Noon.—There
have been five deaths from cholera here
since 9 o’clock this morning.
Marseilles, July 28, 7 p. m. There
were five deaths here from cholera be
tween noon and 7 o’clock to-night.
DISINFECTION OF BAGS.
Ever since the national quarantine act
was passed in 1878, the Treasury Depart
ment has had power to restrict or pro
hibit the importation of rags whenever
the Secretary of the Treasury thought
such restriction or prohibition requisite
to the good health of the country. The
Secretary of the Treasury has exercised
this power in every epidemic vear, so as
to prohibit the importation of'rags ship
ped from infected districts. This year
the terms of his order are broad enough
to shut out all rags suspected on
good ground to be infected. This prohibi
tion excludes a large class of rags, and
therefore embarrasses the paper trade to
a very considerable extent. Every year
the more influential paper stock importers
and paper manufacturers using rags have
endeavored to secure a modification or
abrogation of the order of exclusion.
Every year the Secretary ot the Treasury
has refused to modify the order until it
was perfectly safe to do so. He will
have to pass upon the same question
and he will pass upon it in the same way.
Last year it was suggested by one of the
most prominent paper manufacturing
firms that it would be willing to establish
a depot in Egypt for disinfecting its rags
if that wpuld ensure their admission on
this side. This proposition was satis
factory to the Treasury Department,
which stipulated that the disin
fecting process should be approved
by our Consul General in Egypt.
The paper firm at once put up
buildings and expensive apparatus at
Cairo for disinfecting its rags. This year
it hoped to utilize this process, but Con
gress abolished the oflice of Consul Gen
eral to Egypt, and so the State Depart
ment has no representative there to certify
that the disinfection has been properly
made, and therefore the rags of this firm
are excluded with the rest. It is entirely
possible that if the paper manufacturers
and importers would offer to disinfect the
rags at quarantine in this country that
the Treasury Department would consider
their proposition favorably.
CHOLERA CASES AFLOAT.
Athens, July 28.—The steamer Tiger,
belonging to the Messazaries Maritimes,
from Marseilles, arrived off the Piraus
yesterday with two cases of cholera on
board. Admittance to the port was re
fused and the steamer departed for
Smyrna.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC TO BE RESTRICTED.
Berlin, July 28.—1 t is stated that the
running of through coaches on railways
between Germany and France will be
stopped for fear of cholera.
A LOWER DEATH RATE.
Washington, July 28.—Secretary Fre
linghuyseu has received a telegram from
Consul 3lason, at Marseilles, as follows:
“There is marked improvement at Mar
seilles and Tcrulon in the cholera. The
deaths therefrom daily, once averaging
60, fell to 43 Wednesday, 48 Thursday, 38
Friday, 58 Saturday, 36 Sunday, and last
night lo in twelve hours. The mortality
from all causes is also declining." At Tou
lon the average has fallen from 40 to 15.
Isolated cases are reported from various
parts of the district. The epidemic is de
clared severe at Arles and Aix.” •
the Mississippi scare.
The Surgeon General of the Marine Hos
pital Service received to-dav the follow
ing telegram from Joseph H'. Holt, Presi
dent of the Louisiana State Board of
Health: “An exhaustive investigation
tails to establish even a remote suspicion
of Asiastic cholera as the cause of the
death of the infant.”
CALL FOR THE CONFERENCE.
New York, July 28.—The following
notice has been issued:
New Yoke, July 28, 1884.
By request of the members of the State
Boards of Health of Illinois, Tennessee, Ken
tucky, New York, and other States, a confer
ence will be held in Washington, on Aug. 7,
to consult with the government officials as to
the best methods of meeting and mastering
cholera, in the event of its appearance in the
United States. The marine and quarantine
hospital officers are respectfully requested to
part in the conference.
Ekastus Brooks, of New York,
Chairman of the State Boards of Health Con
ence.
J. McCormick, of Kentucky, Secretary.
The Georgia Editors.
Carlisle, Pa., July 28.—The Georgia
Press Association returned from Wash
ington to Baltimore this morning, and
immediately left on the Western Mary
land Railway to visit Gettysburg and
Carlisle under the auspices of the Com
mittee of the Pennsylvania Editorial As
sociation. The members visited the fa
mous battlefield. Re-embarking, they con
tinued their trip, and on their arrival here
the members and ladies under the escort
of the committee visited the Indian School.
The trip has been charming. The party
will stay here to-night, leaving at day
light to-morrow for the mountain resorts
of Maryland, where they will be the
guests of the railroad company.
Collecting the Tax on Whisky.
Washington, July 28.—Some time ago
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
issued an order providing that on and af
ter Sept. 1, 1884, the collection of the tax
on whisky by assessment 6hall be discon
tinued. Strong efforts have been made
since to have him rescind this order, but
without avail, and to-day he notified the
petitioners that the original order will be
enforced. Under this ruling the tax will
be collected on the day it becomes due,
and if not paid the property will be dis
trained.
A Bridge Gives Way Beneath a Train.
Indianapolis, July 28.—A special from
Worthington, Ind., reports that the west
span of the narrow gauge railway bridge
across the White river gave way to-day
under a passing train, precipitating
coaches and passengers into the river.
Mm. Hibbetts, of Switz City, was in
stantly killed and Dr. Coles seriously
hurt. A brakeman had a leg and jaw
broken. James East was badly hurt and
a number of other passengers received
minor injuries.
Civil Service Examinations.
Washington, July 28.—The Civil Ser
vice Commission has examined about 500
candidates for fifteen places as special
examiners lor the Pension Office and the
papers are now being marked by the
special Board of Examiners. No further
examinations for this branch of the ser
vice will be held at this time, except that
of about twenty persons from Southern
States whose applications have just been
received.
A Citizen of Mobile Shot Down.
Mobile. July 28.—C01. J. S. Murphy, a
prominent citizen and President of the
Mobile Life Inturance Company, was shot
dead last night by Reuben Tripp, near
his residence in the lower part of this
county. The trouble grew out of a ques
tion of trespassing on land. Tripp gave
himself up. He claims that ths killing
was dons In self defence. 8
THE EGYPTIAN SETTLEMENT.
A Quest lon Which the Conference Re
ferred to the Various Governments.
London, July 28.—The Egyptian con
ference met to-day at the Foreign Office at
10 o’cloek, and remained in session three
hours and a half. It then adjourned to
reassemble for a short meeting to-morrow.
Premier Gladstone stated this evening in
the House of Commons that an important
question arose in the conference to-day
which the delegates thought it necessary
to refer to their home governments. They
would ask for an immediate reply, and
they expected to receive this to-morrow,
when a conclusion would be speedily ar
rived at. All the delegates were anxious
to press matters to a settlement.
At the Egyptian conference the Aus
trian, German and Russian delegates in
timated their approval of the leading
points of the French proposals in relation
to the government of Egypt. M. Wad
dington, the French Ambassador, offered
for the acceptance of the conference a
year’s provisional arrangement based
on a tax on foreigners In Egypt,
ouspeusiou of the sinking fund and
an economical administration. He also
abandoned his proposal to reduce the tax
on Suez canal shares held in England.
Earl Granville, the British Foreign
Secretary, asked for au extension of tue
provisional arrangement to two years.
A dispatch from Snakin says: “Friend
ly tribes on the mainland near Aglg have
been massacred. Seventeen thousand
rebels are around Suakin, and make
nightly attacks upon the town, coming
within short range of the garrison. Sail
ors and marines landed, but the rebels
fearlessly danced and waved their spears
in broad daylight within two miles of the
fort.”
It is reported that 500 persous w’ore
massacred at Agig. A letter from Gen.
Gordon emphasizes the necessity of his
remaining to protect Kassala.
ORDERED TO ASSOUAN.
Cairo, July 28.—The Fifty-sixth Regi
ment has been ordered to proceed to As
souan.
The government ia seizing the farming
implements and cattle of the Fellaheen,
where their crops arp insufficient to pay
arrears of taxes.
UNDER WHIP AND SPUR.
Result* of tbe Day'* Race* at Saratoga
and Brighton Beach.
Saratoga, July 23.—T0-day’s racing
events were as follows:
First Rack—l’urse $350; for tliree-year
ohls; one mile ami a furlong. W. It. \Vood
wartt took tho lead at the start and was never
headed. Chanticleer was second and Albia
third. Time S.oo'j.
Second Race—Purse *300; for all ages; one
mile. Fondu Lac was first. Lady Loud sec
ond. three-quarters of a length in front of
liaron Faverot, third. Time l:l4Af.
Third Rack—Purse $300; for'three-year
olds and upwards; three-fourths of a mile.
IV easel, Lizzie S. and Greystone were in iront
throughout. Weasel w*inning a good race by
nearly a length. Greystone was s cona and
Lizzie S. third. Time 1:17^.
Fourth Kack— Purses4oo;steeplechaseover
the short course; welter weights, with allow
ances; one mile and a hair. Ricnza won a
good race by a longth, with Maj. Pickett sec
ond and Abraham third. Time 2:54)^.
AT BRIGHTON BEACH.
New York, July 28.—At Brighton
Beach to-rlay the weather was rainy and
uncomfortable, and the track deep and
heavy. The events were as follows:
First Race—Maiden two-year-olds; three
quarters of a mile. Petersburg won by two
lengths, with Florence second and Duvlee
third. Time 1:21?*.
Second It ace—Selling allowances; one mile
anil a furlong. Regret won, with Blue String
second and Tony Foster third. Time 2:03.
Third Race—Brighton Beach Railroad
stakes; one mile and three furlongs. Carles B.
won, with Blue Peter second and Lord ‘Ed
ward third. Time 2:32.
Fourth Race—All ages; one mile and a
quarter. Levant won, with Wave o’ Light
second and King Fan third. Time 2:18!^.
Fifth Race—For non-winners; one mile.
Bouncer won, with Teletnachus second and
Ben Wooley third. Time 1:4!).
The Panama Canal.
Panama, July 28.—The Panama Na
tional Government has cancelled its orders
for the enforcement of quarantine regula
tions. The canal compauy is opposed to
any quarantine. Dr. Lopez, the compa
ny’s physician, died from .dysentery Sat
urday. The hospitals are filled. The
canal company has advertised for tenders
lor anew hospital for Colon. Heavy rains
are seriously delaying work on the canal.
Panama and the Isthmus generally is in
most enviable sanitary condition. Yellow
fever has had many victims, although it
can not be said to be epidemic, and has
maintained about the same ground for the
last three years. There are now about
fifteen cases in the Panama hospitals.
Farmers Show Fight.
Ottawa, Ont., July 28.—News comes
from Aylemer that serious trouble is ap
prehended about six miles northwest of
that place, where the farmers have turn
ed out on a farm owned by a man named
lagan to stop the construction of the
Pontiac and Pacific Junction Railway.
The larmers in question are not satisfied
with the arbitrary award for the right of
way. A company of the Ottawa and
Carleton Rifles has been ordered to the
spot.
New Guinea to be Annexed.
London, July 28. —1n the House of
Commons to-day, lion. A. E. Ashley, Un
der Secretary for the Colonial Depart
ment, stated that the government was
ready to confirm the Queensland scheme
lor the confederation of the Austra
lian colonies and the annexation of
New Guinea and other Pacific islands, as
soon as-the colonists shall have finally
determined upon the necessary steps to
accomplish this.
Germany Preferred to England.
P aris, July 28 .—La Figaro has a bitter
article against England. It declares that
England has never helped, but always
thwarted France. Her friendship is false
and an alliance with her hollow. La
Figaro advises France to abandon rela
tions with England and give up her prej
udices and hatred and make an allianee
with Germany. “Germany was an honest
enemy; she would be an honest ally.”
Run Down and sunk at a Wharf.
Panama, July 28. — The steamer Avon,
which arrived at Aspinwail yesterday,
brought part of the crew of the British
steamer Mediator, The Mediator was
sunk in the harbor of Curacoa by a collis
ion with the Hamburg Company’s steamer
Thuringia, which ran into her, striking
her amidships as she was lying alongside
of the whar.. The Mediator sank in 16
fathoms of water. No lives were lost.
Mexico Releases the Americans*
City of Mexico, July 28.—The Ameri
can prisoners have been released. Secre
tary Frelinghuysen cabled to the Mexican
Government a request for their release.
They say that they were confined for five
days in separate cells. When informed
of their sentence for defaming the govern
ment they asserted that they were en
tirely innocent of the charge.
Heirs to France’s Throne.
Paris, July 28.—At a meeting in Paris
to-day of 150 Legitimists, Count Andigne
presiding, the Count of Paris and the Or
leans branches were denounced as unfit
to represent the principles of a hereditary
monarchy. The meeting also declared
Prince .Juan de Bourbon successor to
the Count of Chambord.
Anti-Jewish Rioters Sentenced.
ienna, July 28.—0f the persons con
cerned in the anti-Jewish outbreak at
Zaleszczyky, the birth-place of Esther
Solomossy, the girl who was alleged to
have been killed by Jews in connection
with certain religious rites, two have
been condemned to five and one to four
years in prison.
A Riot at Klernoff.
St. Petersburg, July 28.--A riot oc
curred at Klernoff yesterday. Work
men attacked the shops of the Old Believ
ers, whom they denounced as worse than
Jews. The contents of tha. shops were
earned off. One person was killed, and
two were wounded.
Protecting the Czar.
Warsaw, July 28.—Three thousand
troops of the Warsaw district have been
echeloned along the railroad between
Stainwice and Warsaw, the route to be
taken by the Czar.
Foreign Pori Offices at Constantinople.
Constantinople, July 28.—The lega
tions at Constantinople have been in
structed to resist strongly the abolition of
foreign post offices.
Stellmacher Doomed to Die.
Vienna, July 28.—The Supreme Court
has confirmed the sentence of death upon
Stellmacher, the anarchist, recently con
victed of murder.
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Uo * IM ’ rMe Bandit.
New York, July 28._From a 00 rre.-
pondent writing at Havana under date of
July 24 says the following has been
received:
“The regular troops quartered at Puerto
I rincipe, not having been paid for a lone
time ami credit being refused them, went
to stores and forcibly supplied them
selves with provisions. The fact having
been telegraphed to the Captain General
he sent for the Director General of the
Treasury, who declared that the only
motley at the disposal of the government
on the island was $30,000 at Villa
Clara, which was at once ordered
by telegraph to Havana, and
thence remitted to Puerto Principe. The
Spanish war steamer Conception received
on July 1 from Madrid its sailing orders,
but there being no funds to pay the crew
she could not leave. Meanwhile the crew
is dying of yellow fever. Up to t<Mlay 16
men have fallen victims, among them 2
midshipmen, one of whom was a nephew
of 6(*n. Beauaeiit, the “Segundn Capo.”
The Director General of the Treasury
asked a well-known banker, T. M. Borires
lor a loan ol SIOO,OOO, and was refused ’
BANDITS ESCAPE.
“Three bandits who were recently cap.
tured at Havana and imprisoned at Pinar
del Rio \ uelta do Abajo escaped last Fri
day through a hole made in the roof of the
orison, and took to the woods. These
bandits, all of whom are colored, formerly
infested V uelta de Abajo, and much trou
ble from them is apprehended.
“On July 16 the only foreign vessel
lying at the port of Matanaas
was the American schooner Samuel
B. Yrooman, cleared with sugar for New
tork. Dimng the first six months of this
year 204 vessels entered the port of Car
denas. The Spanish coasting mail
steamer Manuelo, which was to sail on
July 20 for Sanlburn do Cuba was de
tained by order Captain Generalin
order that she mlJlTtake 800 troops from
Matanzas to Santiago de Cuba.”
Spain’s West Indian Commerce.
Madrid, July 28.—John W. Foster, the
American Minister, had another im
portant interview on Saturday with Senor
Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish Pre
mier. It is a difficult task for the Spanish
Government to reconcile the conflicting
commercial interests of the peninsular
and Cuba.
Cuba Not to boa Private Plantation.
Washington, July 28.— Secretary Fre
linghuysen said to-day that he had never
heard of the scheme attributed to ex-Gov.
IV armoth and the Lorillards to buy
Cuba, and that he regards the story us
utterly untrue.
Jealousy Ends in Double Murder.
Denver, Col., July 28.—A dispatch
from Greeley, Col. says: “John Shea, a
miner from Leadville, spent Sunday with
his wife near this place. Early this
morning, while his wife was sleeping.
Shea cut her throat, and stabbed her seven
tunes. He then stabbed himself eight
tunes and fell dead. Mrs. Shea cannot
live. Jealousy caused the crime.”
Outraged by Tramps.
Detroit,
old daughter of Stephen Kimball, a
wealthy farmer residing near Lyons
while strolling near her house yesterday!
was seized and outraged by two tramps.
Kimball has offered a reward of $5,000 for
the arrest of the villains. A hundred
men arc in pursuit of them*
A True Bill Against Daly;
London, July 28.-The case of John
Daly, the lonian who was arrested at
Birkenhead last April on suspicion of be
ing a dynamiter, was before the grand
jury at Chester to-day. A true bill was
found against the suspected dynamiter
“for having explosives unlawfully in his
possession.”
One Life Lost In Trying to Save
Another.
Chicago, July 28.—0n Sunday after
noon, wbil a party was yachting on the
Lake, Miss Mamie Lavis fell overboard.
Otto Mullhart, the owner of the yacht,
though unable to swim, plunged in to res
cue her. Both were drowned.
Arson Confessed.
Minneapolis, Minn., July 28.—A
special irom Stillwater in this State says:
“.Mrs. Alice Walker and C. H. St. Clair
have been arrested for arson. The woman
confesses that she burned the Judd resi
dence at the instignation of St. Clair, who
had the first grievance.”
A Steamer’s Boiler Bursts.
St. John, N. F., July 28—Yesterday
in St. I ierre Harbor a steamboat owned
by the Cabissol Company, while lying at
her wharf, burst her boiler, killing a fire
man and shattering the steamer to pieces.
Portions of the wreck were projected 600
yards.
Powers of the French Senate.
Paris, July 28—The government has a
decided majority or the Chamber of Depu
ties concurring Uwabandon revising the
powers of the Senate in relation to the
budget. This will enable the Senate to
pass the remainder of the revision hill.
Attacks on the Lords.
London, July 28—The Pall Hall Ga
zette censures the Marquis of Bartlngton
for depreciating, in bis speech at Man
chester Saturday, the attacks upon the
House of Lords. The Gazelle demand#
its total abolition.
Danger of a Famine In Kgyps.
Cairo, July 28.—The cotton worm is
ravaging the.cotton crop in lower Egypt.
The prospect is very poor. The Nile
is now much lower than at any time since
1878, when 40,000 people nerished from
famine.
Three Inches of Rain in 8 Honrs.
New Orleans, July 28— A special
from Columbus, Miss., says: “Three
inches or rain fell here between 4 o’clock
this morning and noon. The Tombigbee
river has risen 10 feet.”
The Virginia Legislature Convened.
Washington, July 28. — Gov. Cameron
has convened the General Assembly of
\ irginia, upon the request of two-third#
of the members of each house, to meet in
the capitol in Richmond Wednesday,
Aug. 13._
Commissioner Patten Qualifies.
Washington, July 28.— Jarvis Patten,
the new Commissioner of Navigation,
qualified at the Treasury Department to
day and at once entered upon the dis
charge or the duties of his office.
Covent Garden Theatre to Go.
.. July 28—It is reported that
the Duke of Bedford is going to pull down
Covent Garden Theatre, in order to widen
the approaches te the Garden market.
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