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, ESTABLISHED 1850. I
) J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. j
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
the sews of the two states
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
An Eartmnn Burglar Makes a Good
Haul—More Figures from the Tax
Oigeats—Fine Crops of Corn Assured
In North Georgia—All Quiet at Ca
milla.
GEORGIA.
Another bank is again being talked up in
Borne.
Dawson and Jackson county courts meet
neat week.
\ ,i >nble-headed chicken has been hatched
t Polksrille.
A Hull county colored farmer made over 2CK^
bushels of wheat.
South Georgia melons sell by the car load in
Borne at 13 cents apiece.
The fruit crop around liawson has been
better this season thau for many years.
In Towns county there are seven persons
livmy within a mile of each other whose ages
aggregate 639 years.
In Forsvth county there are sixty-six less
polls this year than last and <14,000 less in the
valuation of property.
Augusta will soon commence boring au ar
te-.an well, private capitalists forming a com
pany and furnishing the money.
A 16-year-old boy in Gainesville only bal
ances the scales at 24 pounds, and a 27-yerr
uld married female at 32 pounds.
There have been only seventeen common
law writs and three bills in equity returned
to the August term of Hall Superior Court.
A man’s crop in the upper edge of Hall
county has become so grassy that he killed
two rattlesnakes and found two partridge
nests m it.
The taxable property of Dodge county is
assessed at $1,219,130, an increase since last
year f $43,250. The total polls are 1,966, an
increase of 9.
A man by the name of Sheets while in a
■ Irunken passion, a few miles east of Franklin,
shot Robert Merrill, .lr., but the wound is not
very serious. The cause of the shooting was
an old feud.
Work on Hawkinsville's new artesian well
i. progressing finely, and it is thought that a
a **l flow of w ater will be secured within the
next few days. Up to Wednesday evening it
had reached a depth of 405 feet.
Jonn Fool, a colored desperado under
twenty years’ sentence from Fulton county
jail, escaped from the Dade eoal mines last
Sunday. The company has offered a reward
of 1(m for his recapture. So far he lias eluded
the officers.
William Eldridge. a highly respected citi
zen of Dooly county, died at his home, near
A rain, on Thursday last, July 24. after a few
weeks' illness of dropsy. Mr. Kldridge was
perhaps the oldest citizen of his count., hav
ing attained the advanced age of S3 years.
About Dee. 1 the report reached Macon that
( baric* Experience, of that citv, was found
di alon a railroad in Florida. Ed. Bullard,
who has just returned from that State, says
that Mr. Experience is at Urlando in perfect
health, and was seen by him a few days ago.
E tierton X*te South: A Mr. Slater, from
Banks county, was a delegate to the district
meeting last week. He walked from his
home here, forty miles, and when the business ]
of the conference was over, he struck out on I
f...t to vi-it some relatives in South Carolina.
"1c live about fltty miles beyond tne Sa
vannah river.
Mr. Granherry, the accomplished cityedi
tor of the Columbus Fn>/tiin r-Sun, wrote up
the mcm -at the bulletin board at Columbus
during the star-Athletic ball games at At
lanta ill such a lively and in'eresling style as
to make the column one of the most readable
m Georgia. Mr. Gran berry is as genial a
gentleman as he is ’alert tel a writer.
At Eastman last Friday night the residences
of Dr. t T. Latimer and W. W. Harrell
wer- burglarized, and a gold watch, valued
at <!'', a gold breast-pin, and a small amount
of money tak n from the former, and a heavy
case silver watch valued at S4O from the lat
ter. Ed Coney, a young colored Ik>v, with a
somewhat tarnished reputation, who has for
some time past been in the employ of Mr. j
Harrell, was suspieioned as lieing a party to
the crime, and Saturday morning 'he was
pared under arrest, but was sub-equently
released for want of evidence. The perpe- j
trator of ihe crimes left no clue as to his or
her identity.
Rome Courier: Some of Floyd countv’s col
ored citizens can lake the cake when it comes
to names, tine of them is known as Charlie
Fancv ; another sails under the paralyzing
adverb ‘ Furthermore”—David Furthermore.
A third oueof the colored brothers, surnamed
Higgins, prefixes the suspicious adjective
"Anonymous” to his lir-t name, and llin.s
Ins ballot as Anonymous Higgins. The White
family ad s two more oddities to the list.
There is January While and Weary White,
audit i- asserted by those who k, ow that
Weary has lieen tired ever since he was born.
January must have been the first child and
Weary the last.
Irwin county’s tax digest makes the follow
ing s(lowing: White polls 525. colored polls
IT-*, improved lands 3U!.359 acres, wild lands
!4i.65 acres. \ alue of improved lands $286,-
-"*• value of wild lauds $69,861, city or town
property sll-9, money, notes, accounts, etc..
merchandise *10.380, household and
kitchen furniture. *11,641. jewelry $767, stock
, f every kind $193,217, plantation and tin*,
rhanii'al too s J516,7U1, cotton, etc., held for
sale April 1 $317, value of all other property
not before enumerated $9,524, grand aggre
gate $7i'.212, against $679,269 of last year—a
gain of *29,943 in the taxable property of the
county since that return.
Camilla correspondence Morning News.
July 31: Napoleon used to say that ideas ruled
Ihe world. But a special correspondent is not
expected to furnish ideas, but bare facts. This
is well, for the weather is so warm that we are
in the midst of what Herliert Spencer calls
the gospel of relaxation. Everything is quiet
here—no walking matches, nor even water
melon eating matches, as in Artesian Albany,
to relieve the tedium.—The cotton crop is now
very promising, though rust is appearing.
The rams have been too continuous for cot
ton. —Growers are through shipping melons.
Uur kind railroad friends put upon the grow
ers such a high tariff (for ihcir protection)
tnat the "no: kingmen” who labored
in the melon patch are minus their reward.
The Macon Telet/rapk says the Railroad Com
mission fixed the rales. Not at all. The
growers trusted to the fairness of the roads
and never appealed to the commission.—The
fruit crop has lieen very ahuiohisit. and house
wives have improved their opportunity.
Lincoln corres(H>ndence Atlanta Constitu
tion: The mineral wealth of Lincoln county
is equal lo that of any county in Georgia, anil
it lias been asserted by experienced miners
that the Sale gold mine, which is the richest
mining property yet discovered here, cannot
be excelled by the Black Hills. This mine was
first operated somewhere between 1940 and
!>52 by Lamar & Cos., who "panned out” $7,500
without the use of any tools or machinery,
save a pick-ax and an ordinary frying pan.
In 1953 sale A Lamar operated it mo're exten
sively and took out $40,000, while in 1974 Ste
venson A Lane extracted $25,000 of the pre
cious metal. There was also $9 000 taken from
thi' mine this year by Cade A Laue. When
it is considered that over $90,000 has been ob
tained from this mine without any inmroved
mining machinery, and at a nominal expense,
we think it clearly proves that if the modern
nnnitg appliances and skilled labor were
ii'Cd. it would provea genuine bonanza, some
Cincinnati c pitalisls are negotiating for this
property, and we learn from a gcutlcmar. di
rectly interested that the trade will be closed
this week.
Borne Courier: In conversation yesterday
with e apt. J. F. Dailev. of Cross Plains, Ala.,
we learn that one of the best corn crops for
ninny years, is now well assured in Calhoun
and Cherokee counties, and the cotton has
rarely promised better, except that it isalxmt
ten days late. The sweet potato crop is unpre
cedented. and garden vegetables were never
more prolific. The same is true of the other
counties of North Alabama as a general thing,
though there are some small local exceptions.
The corn crop on the uplands in
Floyd, Polk, Chattooga, Walker and
the other counties composing the Sev
enth Congressional district is now so
near maturity that very large crops are cer
tain. On the river and creek bottoms it is
late, and will need some more rain. The cot
ton in this section has a smoother growth of
weed than would promise a very large crop,
but it is fruiting splendidly, and at present it
indicates more than an average yield, but of
course the time of the first frost’ will materi
ally affect the crop. On the whole, the out
look for agricultural products in North Geor
gia and Alabama is cheerful and full of hojie.
Atlanta Constitution: Late yesterday after
noon a negro man made a dcsperate’assault
upon an s-year-old daughter of Patrolman
Hoyle. The patrolman resides on Spencer
street, mar the western limits of the city.
Yesterday afternoon his wife sent her two
daughters, aged sand fi years, to Lambert’s
garden for some vegetables. The children
had performed their mission and had nearly
reached their home wh n a negro tnan ap
proaehed them anti spoke. The children were
afraid of the negro, and instead of stopping
when spoken to started off on a brisk walk.
The negro then started towards them, but
they quickly broke into a run. The fiend
commanded them to stop, and at the
same time drew a revolver, from
which be sent three bullets in quick suc
cession after the children. The ball passed
so near the larger child that she heard it
whistle. After firing the three shots the
n*gro turned and Bed. The discharge of the
pistol was heard by Mrs. lloyle. who stepped
to her front door and saw her children fleeing
from the negro, of whom she made a good
observation. Last night, when Patrolman
'''Vie returned to his home he was informed
what had occurred, and given by his wife a
description of the negro, which will probably
result in his arrest. Patrolman Hoyle say’s
that the negroes living in the suburbs always
go armed aud that shooting pistol is an every
day occurrence. He thinks the negro only
wanted to frighten hisdaughters.
FLORIDA.
The Mayor of Daytona weighs 23$ pounds.
thickens sell at from 80 cents to $1 apiece
*n Key West.
Anew town is building up in the McLeod
neighborhood.
The English residentsof Putnam eonnty are
about to establish a St. George's society.
Dr. J. Kost, Dean of the Medical Facul.y,
has purchased a SSOO microscope for Florida
c niversity.
A corncob, the exact shape of the hand, was
discovered last week in D. Sutley’s field, Mad
ison county.
Orange growers are pleased with their
prospects. They report that trees and buds
ars doing well.
The Madison Cotton Ginning Company is
going to add to its machinery two more en
f mes and boilers.
Ibe Democratic ratification meetir get Key
'Cite jlauatmalt 3D owing Jjjem
West Thursday evening was a grand success.
A Cleveland and Hendricks club was organ
ized.
A meeting was held at Brooksville Satur
day to organize a stock company to build an
academy in that place.
Sa Pjord is the most citified city in South
Honda. It has water works, gas, a fire de
partment and now a city market.
The number of Aldermen for the town of
Tampa will be increased at the election on
Aug. 11 from five, the present number, to
nine.
A beautiful new steamer, brought in sec
tions bag just arrived at Waldo, and will be
fitted up and arranged for business on the
Santa Fe canal at an early day.
M bile the I’alatka Marshal was arresting
some gamblers Saturday night trie negroes
opened fire on the posse. The fire was re
turned and two negroes wo\nded.
The sweet potato crops in the vicinity of St.
Augustine are looking well. The season so
far has been very favorable, and there is
every promise of abundance this year.
Tallahassee Florxdian : The cotton prospect
has materially improved wtihin the past ten
days. If the caterpillar does not attack cot
ton in August, good top and fair middle crops
will be made in Leon county.
The Fort Dade Agricultural and Horticul
tural Society will hold its next meeting at
rurt Dade, Wednesday. Aug. 6. They will
have dinner on the ground. Speakers from a
distance are invited, and a good time is
anticipated.
The rains have been very heavy through
the central portion of Bradford countv dur
ingthe past fortnight, and it Is feared that the
cotton crop has been seriously injured. As
yet the caterpillar has not made it appear
ance in that section.
The colored men of l’aiatka have organized
a military company with a roll of members
numbering sixty. They have sent to the
government for their commission, and are
now waiting. The Captain lias to give a
bond of $990 before anything can be done.
Lake City correspondence of the Morning
News, July 30: Weather warm, with occa
sional showers.—Hon. Frank Pope, Independ
ent candidate for Governor, addressed about
three buudred persons, little, big, old and
young, of liolh sexes, to-day from the court
house stoop. It is estimated that there were
present not exceeding 250 Radical and Inde
pendent voters. The turn-out was rather
thinner than expected. Mr. l’ope is a very
g'Mid speaker, ido not think his address was
calculated to give the move he is making a
brilliant send off. The colored man don’t
seem to adjust himself readily to Mr. Pope’s
situation; ins independence doesn't seem to
affect his Democratic principles, and Demo
cratic principles are just what the Republi
cans don’t want. It is a plain fact that our
state has gradually prospered since
the inauguration of the Demo
cratic administration, and had the
Republican rule continued, the State
would have beeu deserted by the thousands.
Many did leave the State. In many instances
our taxes amounted to more than the prop
erty assessed would sell for. Iu the event that
Mr. Pope is elected the Independents onlv get
a half loaf, the Republicans the other half.
It is now believed that Perry will carry the
State by 10,000 votes. The Republican party
has stooped to lose.—William W. Anderson, of
Wilson, commenceu picking sea island cotton
yesterday. Willis Perry, Sheriff, says he lias
500 pounds sea island cotton open. Marshall
Tolbert exhibited to me to-day as fine staple
as I ever saw, produced from his present crop.
The crop of cotton does not promise to be a
large one. I think it will be a good average.
A SAN FRANCISCO SENSATION.
Improbable Newspaper Charges Afl'ect
• lug the Family of a Banker.
San Francisco, Juiy 30.—The Hill-
Sltaron trial promises to come to an end
in about two weeks, but numerous diffi
culties have sprung from it that are likely
to keep the courts busy for many months.
Papers are being prepared by Thomas
Bell forcriminal action against the Argus,
and James A. Johnson and Walter Turn
bull, publishers of the Alta, and also a
damage suit for $50,000 against each of
the latter. The offense charged is the
publication of an atrocious and highly
improbable story last Thursday in rela
tion to Bell’s w ife, the substance of which
is briefly as follows:
Thomas Bell is a capitalist, one of the
Directors of the California Bank, and
about 70 years old. He married about 12
years ago a woman scarcely halt bis own
age. Thomas Bell desired progeny, and
agreed to set aside a sum, conceded to he
$50,000 for each heir born, and soon merry
childish laughter ran through the Beil
mansion, until after scarcely twelve years
of married life seven flue children bear
the name of the millionaire. Bell and
Sharon were friends, and the latter, well
versed in the ways of the world, finally
ventured to whisker to the friend that the
heirs were not bona tide. Bell rejected
the suggestion, and a coolness sprang up
between them.
The Alta also alleges that Housekeeper
Mammy Plaisance in Bell’s house came
to the aid of Mrs. Bell, with the found
ling hospital as her backer. Sharon’s ex
pressed doubts made Mrs. Bell and Mam
my Plaisance bis sworn enemies.kind the
latter figured considerably as a friend in
Sarah Althea Hill’s suit against Sharon.
The paper goes on to tell ot the arrival
in the Bell household of twins—a boy and
girl—last year, to one of which it says
another woman lays claim. In an inter
view with ihe colored nurse she is alleged
to have said that no two of the seven chil
dren resemble each other, and that they
have red, black, brown and blonde hair,
all kinds of eyes, some resembling the
Irish, some the Germans, some being
Frencby in appearance.
The Alta concludes: “Another evi
dence is that there is a law requiring all
physicians to tile records of birth, and a
search of the records fails to disclose a
single entry of birth in the Bell family.”
BRAINED BY A MANIAC.
An Insane Man Says He Was Ordered
by Jesus Christ to Murder Ilis Com
panion.
Thomas Louth, an old man, and one of
the inmates of the Berks County Alms
house, says a Reading, Pa., special of
July 30 to the New York World, was
beaten to death by an insane fellow pris
oner at an early hour this morning. The
room was occupied by three men, James
Flowers, David Roth, and the murdered
man. About 4 o’clock this morning Flow
ers rose from his couch, seized a bench
about two and a half feet long, and
brought it down on the head of Louth as
he lay peacefully sleeping. Other blows
billowed until the maniac had crushed
his victim's skull into an unrecognizable
mass of flesh and bones. lie then sat
quietly down, attempting no violence to
wards the other occupant of the room,
who had not been awakened. Flowers
came to breakfast at the usual hour, and
when he had finished eating said to one
of the keepers: “l want you up in the
room.”
The keeper followed him and found the
corpse of Louth on the couch. AVheu
asked why he had killed the man Flowers
said: “Jesus Christ told me to do it,” and
again remarked, “I killed the man be
cause he killed his daughter.” Flowers
was at once placed in an iron cell, where
he will be retained until his removal to an
insane asylum.
It had been observed for some days that
Flowers was bordering on insanity, but
be was thought to be hai mless. On Mon
day evening he disappeared and was
found in the woods drenched with the rain.
He objected to returning with the officers,
saying he was waiting in the woods for a
basket to come down and carry him up to
heaven.
An inquest was held on the murdered
man, and the Board of Charities was cen
sured for having failed to remove Flowers
to the insane department.
Murder anti Suicide with Bat and Knife.
St. Louis, Aug. I.—A dispatch from
Quincy. 111., says: ‘‘A man named Zilli
beher murderously assaulted his wife
with a base ball bat this morning, break
ing her skull in a horrible manner. He
then went out to a stable and cut his
own throat. They are both still living,
hut their injuries are fatal. Zillibeber
was overcome by heat sometime since,
and it is thought'that he was insane. He
tried to commit suicide last Wednesday.”
The Steamer Britannia Sunk.
London, Aug. I.—The British steamer
Britannia, which left New York July 16
for London, was in collision Wednesday
night with the steamer Bell Cairn, from
Hartlepool for Cadiz, and sunk. The
crew were rescued by the Bell Cairn and
landed at Southampton. The Britannia’s
cargo was very heavy. She was of 2,000
tons.
Camp Under Arrest.
Atlanta. Aug. I.—Assistant Postmas
ter Camp, of Boston, who was summoned
to participate In the trial of Chief Post
Office Inspector Myier, who has been ar
rested charged with embezzlement while
in charge of the Atlanta post office, was
arrested himself, on his arrival to-day, oq
the same charge.
A Post Office Thief.
Poughkeepsie. N.
Sell ram. a trusted of the post
office, was detected this evening purloin
ing letters and lodged in jail. He was de
tected with a decoy letter containing
marked money. He' confesses to taking
about seventy-five during July.
In E*-t or West, or North or South,
They to themselves an outrage do,
Who cannot boast a fresh sweet mouth,
With teeth like pearls begemmed with dew,
When Sozodont all this supplies,
And works the charm before our eyes.
DRIFT OF THE CAMPAIGN.
LEADING POLITICIANS PREDICT
ING VICTORY.
Reed of Course Claims Maine for Blaine
—lndiana and New York Considered
Surely Democratic—Republican Howl
ers in North Carolina Less Confident.
Washington, Aug. I.—The wheels
are beginning to move at both
the headquarters. Speakers Carlisle,
Messrs. Ileed, ot Maine, Morrison, Voor
hes, and other prominent politicians are
seen around the hotels. The crop of po
litical interviews continues to be large.
Reed says of Maine that the Dutch may
be expected to<capture Holland by an old
fashioned majority. Voorhees says that
he goes to Indiana to make the Irishmen
in every county understand Blaine’s
treatment of Irishmen as a comment upon
his hypocritical pretensions of friendship
for them. He says that Indiana may be
counted upon as certainly Democratic.
New York, he is informed, is in the same
category.
Speaker Carlisle, who has been at home
ever since the Chicago Convention, and
not in Saratoga, Albany, Norfolk or any
other Eastern town, despite the numer
ous announcements to that effect, reports
the same defections among German Re
publicans which are noted bv every one
who comes here from the West.
CLEVELAND A BIG GUN.
Ex-Senator Hereford, of West Virginia,
who was a member of the
committee which notified Cleveland and
Hendricks of their nomination arrived in
Washington this morning from New York.
“What do you think of Cleveland?”
a reporter asked.
“He is decidedly a bigger man than any
of us gave him credit tor. He made that
impression upon all wto saw him for the
first time. His speech was in splendid
taste, and was delivered with the air and
manner of a man who knows himself.
He had no notes at all. I saw
Frank Burr, thq well known newspaper
correspondent there, and asked him how
the affair compared with Blaine’s notifica
tion. Burr was at Augusta, and is a
Republican. He replied that the Augusta
meeting was very tame in comparison
with that at Albany. The better Cleve
land is known the more popular he will
become.”
“The Republicans say that they are
going to carry your State?”
WEST VIRGINIA SAFE.
“Pshaw, that’s all bluster. The man
they have nominated for Governor can
never be elected by votes In West Vir
ginia. Their candidate, Maxwell, was a
Republican Supreme Court Judge, and
he sustained the odious test oath law iu
its most virulent and vindictive con
struction. His decisions were always
partisan, and the people of West Vir
ginia will never indorse at the polls a
man who used his judicial powers to op
press them in the darkest days of their
history. Certainly no Democrai will vote
lor him.”
“But,” suggested the reporter, “it is
said that the Democrats are divided ?”
“That is not true. 1 will explain the
origin of that statement. At the recent
State Convention iu which Gen. Hereford
was a delegate a committee of one from
each Senatorial district was appointed to
select a permanent Chairman. Thought
lessly, and some of them, as they subse
quently admitted, through ignorance, se
lected George 11. Moff. tt for that place.
Some years ago Moffat published a letter
declaring that he had left the Democracy
forever.
MOFFATT’S CAREER.
He came to Washington, held a confer
ence with the Republicans, aiul, upon re
turning to West Virginia, proclaimed his
purpose to vote for Grant. He denounced
our party and its leaders in violent terms,
and when his name was proposed to the
convention many Democrats rose up and
swore that he should not preside over
them. He had to withdraw. He is a
writer for the Wheeling llegister, and has
made a little noise about it. Our candi
date for Governor is a strongman with the
jteople, while his opponent is weak.
The men of the party are in earnest, and
in a short time we will have the best or
ganization we ever had. Ido not think
the fusion of the Republicans and
Greenbackers at all dangerous, for
there are men of both these parties who
are opposed to fusion, and will not sus
tain it. We will get the solid Demo
cratic vote of West Virginia, and that is
sufficient to bury the Republicans and
their tusion friends.”
The reporter called Gen. Herford’s at
tention to the oft-repeated statement that
ex-Senator Davis, of West Virginia, will
support Blaine.
“That is a lie,” said the ex-Senator
with some warmth. “1 have talked with
Mr. Davis, and 1 know that he is with us,
heart and soul. Why at the very time
a Wheeling paper published an item In
timating that Davis would support
Blaine the editor had a check in his pocket,
voluntarily sent by Mr. Davis,
to prepare for the convention.
Mr. Davis wrote that the party would
require some funds to get properly or
ganized and he sent a check to help
cover the cost.”
Senator Plumb, the friend of Jay
Gould, who is just back from the North
Carolina Republican Convention, is not so
hopeful as lie was. He was asked whether
the Republicans would carry North Caro
lina, as many of them claim.
RATlftUt EVASIVE.
“Oh its hard to tell,” he replied. “I
talked with Republicans down there and
all of them speak hopefully,
but I think it is doubtlul
because the. counting machinery is
against us an’d tbe Democrats would not
let the Republicans have the State if they
won. Still our friends seem to feel quite
confident.”
With regard to the national outlook
Senator Plumb said: “I think our pros
pects look better than they did four years
ago or eight years ago, or even twelve years
ago. Of course it is a question whether
we hold on at the good pace we
have started or fall back. A good
many things may happen in three
months. I believe myselt that we
are going to win. This defection among
the Irish and the laboring men, and their
dissatisfaction with the Democratic ticket
will, I think, give us New York. It will
more than counterbalance any loss by
Republican Independents, and then these
stories told about Cleveland are going to
hurt him with some people.”
“But,” suggested the reporter, “it is
said in Democratic circles that similar
stories about Blaine are soon to be pub
lished.”
HOW THIS WILL WORK.
“Well,” then said the Senator, “it will
simply resolve itself into each side voting
for its own man. Toe Democrats will
vote for Cleveland and the Republicans
for Blaine. But everything considered I
thiuk that if nothing happens to change
the popular current we will win. It is
absurd for any man to say, though, that
the election is already settled. Nobody
can tell what the next three months may
bring forth.”
Representative Brewer, of New Jer
sey, Keiter’s dearest friend, who
has just come irom home,
says that the State is goiug
lor Blaine beyond a doubt. He saya that
the Irish in the State, who have
heretofore been Democrats, are shouting
for the plumed knight spontaneously,
without any work being done at all. Air.
Brewer says: “They come right out for
Jimmy Blaine, by Gorry.” The Demo
crats,'he says, carried the" State four years
ago by only 1,800 majority, and can be
easily overcome this year.
“Is there any disaffection in the Repub
lican party in the State?”
“Oh, very little,” was the reply. “The
Democrats’will lose ten Irish votes where
we lose one Independent.”
Brewer is the man who published
Blaine’s tariff chapter as a speech in the
Congressional Record , although he had
never delivered it on the floor of the
House.
MAHONE’S SPLIT WITH SIMS.
The Breach Beyond Healing and War
to the Death Inevitable.
Washington, Aug. I.—Senator Ala
hone, finding that he could neither tease
or tempt his rebellious lieutenant, Col.
William E. Sims, to return to his allegi
ance, had him removed to-day from the
position in the office ol the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House, to which he originally
had him appointed. There was no other
ground for his removal than Mahone’s
wish. Mahone considers this position his
personal perquisite, and the Republican
Sergeant-at-Arms, Candy, of North Caro
lina, takes the same view. Mahone has a
dangerous enemy in Sims, who
is backed by the men in the Republican
party in Virginia who are dissatisfied
with the tyrannical rule of the little boss.
As almost every one of Mahone’s lieuten
ants, Riddleberger-included, are in this
category, it will be seen that Sims is not
an entirely insignificant factor. Mafioue
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1884,
has treated Sims with his usual ingrati
tude. Sims suffered severe financial
losses by his devotion to Mahone. It was at
the suggestion of the latter that he came
to Washington last winter to direct the
Danville investigation on the part of the
Readjusters. This he did, relieving
Mahone entirely. Mahone promised him
a position here commensurate with his
abilities and achievements, and asked
him to accept temporarily the position in
the office of the Sergeant-At-Arms.
KNOWS HE WAS BETRAYED.
This, Sims says noiv, he sees was a mis
take. Mahone also urged him to go as a
delegate to Chicago. When, however,
Mahone discovered that Sims was
not for Arthur, he tried
to prevent him from going, but Sims was
stronger than Mahone in his own district,
and he elected himself and his colleague
Wingfield Scott, as Logan and Blaine
men. Mahone told Sims personally, and
through his henchmen, that he was dig
ging his political grave, and that Mahone
would never condone such open rebellion.
Then came Mahone’s public excommuni
cation in Chicago of the four Blaine dele
gates in the Virginia delegation, where
in he formallv read them out
of the Republican partv. Sims told him
to his face that he was a tyrant, and that
no party could over hope for perma
nent success which was led by bosses,
such as Mahone, who allowed no liberty
of either thought, speech or action on the
part of their followers. Hence the rup
ture.
CAMPAIGN COLLECTIONS.
The Republican Corruption Bank at
Washington Under Full Stray.
Washington, Aug. I.—The Republi
can Campaign Collection Committee
opened its office in a big store on New
York avenue, near the Treasury Depart
ment, to-day. It got a few scattering
contributions last night and quite a num
ber to-day, but probably less than
SI,OOO in all. The office of the committee
is fitted up like a bank and decorated
with flags and pictures of the Republican
candidates. A water cooler stands
on the counter to refresh the
weary clerks. All the arrangements of
the committee have been madein the most
expensive fashion. It will cost 2per cent,
of the prospective receipts to defray the
expenses* To-night the place was as
brilliantly lighted as the ice cream saloon
next door. A few clerks straved iD. The
committee state that there is great compe
tition for places near the head of the list.
On the other hand you hear clerks at al
most every office asserting that they pro
pose to withhold their voluntary contribu
tions this year, trusting to the civil ser
vice reform laws for their security. It is
believed that the receipts of the committee
will be much less that they expect.
Tbe Democratic National Committee.
New York, Aug. I. —The Executive
Committee of the Democratic National
Committee was in session again to-day at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Chairman Bar
num was present, and also Senators Jonas,
Gorman and Ransom, ex-Congressman
Miles Ross of New Jersey, Congressman
Barbour of Virginia, Commissioner Hu
bert O. Thompson and Treasurer A. J.
Cauda. The selection ot headquarters is
the most important business of the meet
ing. This was established at No. 11 West
Twenty-fourth street, nearly opposite the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and in the rear of
the Hoffman House. The following ad
visory campaign committee to the Execu
tive Committee was appointed: Senators
Gorman, Ransom and Jonas, J. S. Bar
bour, Hubert O. Thompson, A. 'H.
Browne of Indiana, and Miles Ross of
New Jersey.
Pope Howling on the Stamp.
Jacksonville, Fla,, Aug. I.—A
large procession of negroes with torch
lights mot Frank Pope, the Independ
ent candidate for Governor, at the
depot last night. Not a single white
man walked in the procession. In a
speech Pope arraigned the Democrats on
numerous charges, and was very severe
in his remarks." He made no allusion to
Republican misgovernment. none to
Blaine and Logan or Bisbee. The address
was that of a demagogue, and would
have no effect on intelligent hearers. Ills
theme was the Independent platform.
The speech occupied two hours. He
made no converts in this city. The Inde
pendents have issued a call for subscrip
tions to meet expenses.
A Nomination on the Eighty-eighth
Ballot.
St. Louis, Aug. I.—The Democrats of
the Thirteenth District ot this State, who
have been in convention at Pierce City
since yesterday morning, to-day nomi
nated A. L. Thomas for Congress on the
eighty-eighth ballot.
Johnston for Congress.
IlALEion, N. C., Aug. I.—The Demo
cratic Convention of the Ninth Congres
sional District was held at Asheville yes
terday and to-day and nominated Thomas
D. Johnston on the sixty-seventh ballot.
N. H. Justice w*as chosen elector,
133 Ballots Taken.
New Orleans, Aug. I.—The Demo
crats of the Fourth Mississippi district
nominated Fred G. Barry for Congress on
the 133d ballot.
A FEUI) ENDED WITH BLOOD.
Two Brothers Shot in Their Sister's
Presence by Her Husband.
Louisville, Aug. I.—A special dis
patch from Breckinridge says: “A shoot
ing affray occurred near Burns, in this
county, resulting in the instant death of
Elisha Alexander, the serious wounding
of his brother John, and the severe wound
ing of Airs. Charlie Toole, a sister of the
Alexander boys, and wife of one of the
shooting party. Charlie Poole had ruu
away with Miss Alexander, and there was
bad feeling between the families. The Al
exanders threatened I’oolo’s life. On Sat
urday young Poole and his wife, accom
panied by his brother John, attended a
picnic. When returning home, in order
to cut off some distance, he turned into a
field on Alexander’s place, and they
were riding across it when two
of the Alexanders, young men, saw
them from the house and ran down to in
tercept them. The Poole party saw them
Cuming, and having no doubt but that
they were about to put their threats
against Charlie’s lite into execution drew
revolvers, and when tn Alexanders came
up ami began abusing them for coming
on the place they opened ti re . Elisha
Alexander received three bu'.iets in his
neck, which killed him. John was ge _
riously wounded In the hip and lower
part of the body, and Airs. Poole v-uq
struck by a wild bullet and badly hurt.
Poole has" not been arrested yet.
COTTON IN TEXAS.
The Crop In Good Condition, and a Good
Yield Probable.
Houston. Tkx., Aug. I.—The Houston
Post publishes special crop reports from
196 points in Texas. The reports from
counties in Northern Texas show the cot
ton crop to be in fine condition, plenty of
rain having fallen in this section. The
crop will exceed the average. In Central
and Eastern Texas upland cotton Is suf
fering from drought. and rain is greatly
needed, but in the river bottoms and low
lands planters claim to have had sufficient
rain, and the cotton crop will exceed
that of last year. In Southern and West
ern Texas rain is also needed, though
not as badly as in other sections. Taken
as a whole the reports indicate that with
out any rain the crop of cotton is equal
to, if not in excess ot last year, and with
general rains within the n’ext two weeks
the crop will equal that of 1882. No re
ports of worms are received, though at
this time last season worms had ap
peared in large numbers. Reports of
rains in Cherokee and Lampasas counties
are received with indications of rain in
other sections. The corn crop is reported
as much above the average in nearly all
sections except in a few counties where
it was planted late, and is now suffering
with drought. In many counties corn
will yield sixty bushels to the acre and
will average thirty bushels to the acre
throughout the State.
A Fatal Storm in South Georgia.
Macon, Aug. I.—Heavy rains visited
Alacon and this section to-day. This
morning lightning struck the house of
Sam Ward, in Jones county, damaging
the house considerably, knocking several
members of the family insensible and
killing a negro.
The nutritive properties of Colden’s
Liquid Beef Tonic sustain the body
without solid food. Colden’s; no other.
Complexions beautified by Glenn’s
Sulphur Soap.
Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye, 60
cents.
Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
HANGINGS MADE HIDEOUS
BLACK CAPS SLIP OFF IN TWO
INSTANCES.
Spectators Sickened by the Horrible
Agony Depicted In the Faces of the
Dying Malefactors One of Them
Struggles Desperately While Swing
ing-Three White Men Hanged for
Arson In Alabama.
New York, Aug. I.— Alexander Jeffer
son, a negro, who In a jealous rage killed
Hy Hids and Emma Jackson, all colored,
and nearly killed Anna Jackson and
slightly wounded his brother, Celestial
Jefferson, at Mrs. Jackson’s residence on
Buffalo avenue, Brooklyn, was hanged
this morning in the presence of about 400
spectators. Jefferson has claimed all
along that at the time of the commission
of the crime he was insane, and was there
fore quite willing that surgeons should
examine his brain. Should thev find that
he was insane, he said, it would not
benefit him any, but it would vindicate
his lawyer in the fight he had made for
him. Shortly after the rope was cut
and Jefferson’s body shot into
the air. The knot slipped round his chin
and his neck was not broken. For a
moment he was motionless, and then he
kicked, struggled and groaned as he
slowly strangled. By a desperate effort
he got his right hand up to the rope and
tore the black cap from bis face, expos
ing its contortions and his staring eyes.
After he tore the black away his
hand fell down by his side. The contor
tions and convulsions of his body con
tinued tor about five minutes. Lite was
pronounced extinct in eight minutes after.
The body was sent to the morgue.
THREE STRUNG UP FOR ARSON.
Scottsboro, Ala., Aug. I.—George
Smith, Ashberry and George Hughes, all
white, and under 25 years old, were
hanged here at 1 o’clock to-day. They
were convicted of burning the house ol
Henry Porter. It was the first instance
of the death penalty being enforced for
arson iu this State. They were all bap
tized before they left the jail. George
Hughes tried to inflame the crowd by a
speech from the jail window, and suc
ceeded in creating considerable feeling.
Smith and Ashberry made addresses
from a jail window, both denying their
guilt, but the former confessing other
crimes. They mounted the scaffold with
a firm step. At 12 o’clock the drop fell,
and they died with hut few struggles.
ALSO HUNG WITH HIS FACE UNCOVERED.
Cambridge, Mb., Aug. l.—Fredic, alias
“Bug” Cephas (colored) was hanged iu
private at noon to-day for the murder of
Mrs. Celia Bush Murphy on April 7 last.
He spent a quiet night, sleeping soundly
from 9 o’clock to 5 o’clock this morning.
He made a few remarks, confessing the
crime. Prayer being offered, the black
cap was adjusted. Ho bade good-bye to
his attendants, and professed his readi
ness to die. When the Sheriff cut the
rope, the cap, not having been securely
fastened on, flew off, exposing his dis
torted features. The scene was sickening.
Death resulted in a few minutes from
strangulation.
WIFE MURDER EXPIATED.
St. Louis, Aug. I.—Frank Williams,
colored, who shot and killed his wife in a
cotton field last October, and seriously
wounded her daughter, was hanged to
day at Pine Bluff', Ark., in the presence of
a great crowd. The drop fell at 12:15
o’clock. Death ensued in about fifteen
minutes.
A MULATTO BOY IN THE NOOSE.
Trenton, S. C., Aug. 1.-Wilson
Stephens, a mulatto bov, was hung to
day shortly after noon at Edgefield Court
House for the murder of W, H. Stiefer,
an old German peddler, near here last
December. Stephens behaved cooiy.
He recognized the sentence as a just oue,
and said that God had forgiven him.
Stephens fell five feet and his neck was
broken. He died in eleven minutes, and
was cut down after hanging eighteen
minutes.
A TRIPARTITE REUNION.
Chaplains of Both Armies and the Sani
tary and Christian Commissions Meet.
Ocean Grove, N. J., Aug. I.—A re
union of army chaplains, Federal and
Confederate, together with members of
the Sanitary and Christian Commissions,
was begun to-day, At the morning ses
sion G. 11. Stuart, President ol the Chris
tian Commission, presided. In the after
noon, led by a band of music, the vet
erans, 300 strong, marched to the audi
torium, where 0,000 persons greeted
them with the waving of hats and cheers.
The exercises were opened by the singing
of “America” by the whole audience.
Mrs. W. S. Watrouse, of Chicago, sang
“A Thousand Years.”
Maj. Gen. John C. Patterson was elected
Chairman.
Rev. Dr. Proudfoot, of Hackettstown,
N. J., made an address of welcome.
Gen. Patterson made an address in be
half of the Grand Army.
After the relation of army reminis
cences, the services were ended by the
singing of “The Star Spangled Banner.”
A dispatch from Gen. Grant said that
he would be present to-morrow, if possi
ble. Gen. Logan is also expected. The
name of each was received with cheers.
THE NATION’S FINANCES.
July Receipts Much Less This Year
Than They Were in July Last Year.
Washington, Aug. I.—The receipts of
the government for July were in round
numbers $29,000,000 against $32,000,000 for
July of last year. The miscellaneous
receipts were nearly $1,000,000 larger, but
the custom receipts were less by nearly
$4,000,000 than they were during July of
last year. The amount of internal reve
nue was very nearly the same. The ex
penditures were $4,000,000 less than for
July of last year. This decrease oc
curred entirely in pension payments.
The expenditures during the first
month ol every fiscal year are always
heavy. The expenditures last month
were over $4,000,000 in excess of the re
ceipts, but this excess in July of last
year was over $5,000,000. The reduction
of the public debt for July last year was
over $8,000,000, but for July of this year
it was less than $4,000,000. The public
debt statement issued to-day shows that
the indebtedness of the Pacific Railroad
Company to the government now amounts
to about $109,000,000. The available cash
balance in the Treasury to-day is nearly
$140,000,000. It is expected that another
bond call will be issued in a few days.
MUTINY ON THE SEA.
A c A| n Hilled and the Crew Selling
fiV' e at West Indies.
ITiwadelphia, * U g i. — a startling
story that the crew of schooner Julia
Baker from New York for Point a Pitre
had mutinied, killed Car>t. John Lewis
and have been selling tie cargo in the
West Indies, led the ownei? of the vessel
Alessrs. Warner and Alerrit. to institute
inquiry by telegraph, as th. result of
which the Collector of Customs at Key
West now holds in cusocly 0 cly the
Captain and lour men of U e crew
of the Julia Baker, the vessel bs n „- now
at the latter port. The man arrtqed as
Capt. Lewis don’t answer the descr„ti o n
ol Capt. Lewis who took the sche, ner
from New York. The original tnanV es t
is lost. The owners of the vessel expi S9
the opinion that mutiny occurred c,
board the schooner, that a light took place,
in which Capt. Lewis was killed, and
that the crew, seeing they were in for it,
determined to sell the cargo and escape.
DANGERS OF BAD WATER.
California Workmen Attacked hy a
Strange and Horrible Disease.
San Francisco, Aug. l.—A dispatch
from Tehachapl, Cal., says that a myste
rious malady has suddenly manifested it
self among workmen on the new bridge at
Needles, Cal. The victims are seized
with dizziness and then fall in a fit. Two
died in intense agony within two
hours. Fourteen others were taken to
a hospital in an unconscious condition.
A general panic resulted. One of the sick
men, when questioned on his recovery as
to how he lelt when attacked, said that
he remembered nothing. The disease is
attributed to bad water and intense heat.
No later deaths are reported.
The lemon which yields the finest flavor
is grown In Messina, and it is from the
flavoring principle abstracted from the
rind of this f r uit that Dr. Price prepares
his Special Flavoring Extract of Lemon.
While other Lemon Extracts in the mar
ket have the taste and odor of turpentine.
Dr. Price’s Extract has its intense lemony
, taste and smell.
ARCH OR3IE DEAD.
The Removal of Part of the Bullet Falls
to Save His Life.
Atlanta, Aug. 1. —Arch Orme, who
for several years filled acceptably the po
sition of ticket agent at the union pas
senger depot in this city, and wheon the
morning of May 31 last shot himself in
the head with a pistol with suicidal in-
tent, died at his home in this city to-night
at 9 o’clock. When he sent the pistol
bullet into his brain his accounts with the
railroads were short about $13,000, which
amount was due the Atlanta and Char
lotte Air-Line, the Georgia Pacific Rail
way, the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad, the Central Railroad of Georgia,
and the Pullman Palace Car Company.
The shortage was first made public by
the officials of the Atlanta and Charlotte
Air Line. Since shooting .himself, Orme
has paid up all of his shortages, as soon
as notified what was due each company,
and now owes nothing to the railroads
doing business through the union ticket
office. For some time after shooting him
self he seemed to get along well, remain
ing perfectly conscious. A few days ago
physicians noticed that the wound was dis
charging a considerable quantity of pus,
and after holding a consultation, de
termined to probe for the ball. Their con
clusions were that as long as the ball re
mained in the skull pus would continue
to discharge, and that death would ensue
if the ball was not taken out. The wound.
was probed 3 inches and a portion of the
bullet found, which was taken out. Since
the operation Orme’s condition has been
on the decline, and continued so until to
night, when death released him of his
troubles. Orme, while suffering with the
wound, has refrained from telling
any one the cause of his action, but has
left a letter with a confidential friend
containing the secret, which has never
been opened, and probably never will be,
38 it is in the hands of relatives. The
deceased is nephew of A. J.Orme,General
Superintendent of the Atlanta and West
Point Railroad. He was much liked and
generally admired by all who knew him.
GBEELY AT PORTSMOUTH.
Vessels in the Harbor and People on
Shore Welcome Him.
Portsmouth, N. U., Aug. I.—Com
mander Schley’s vessels, the Bear and
Thetis, of the Greeley relief expedition,
arrived here this morning, one day earlier
than they were expected. Secretary
Chandler ordered the plan of reception and
naval review arranged for to-morrow to
be carried out to-day, which was done.
Lieut. Greely’s wife and mother are here,
and a great number of distinguished per
sons have gathered to do him honor. The
Tennessee, Tallapoosa, Alliance, and a
number of other naval vessels and
whalers and the Bear and Thetis took
part in the review, and the harbor was
crowded with private cralt.
A numerous company of invited guests,
including many distinguished persons and
the families of naval officers, were carried
by naval steam launches to the flagship
Tennessee, on the quarter deck ol which
the chief ceremonies were held. Here
Secretary Chandler received the com
manders of the Thetis, Bear and Alert.
Lieut. Greely did not leave his ship, but
after an affecting meeting with his wife
and mother, who came on board, he was
visited by Secretary Chandler and Com
modore Luce. After half an hour spent
in conversation and general handshaking
the commanding officers of the relief ships
returned to their vessels. Many were the
appeals made by all classes of people
to Secretary Chandler to permit them to
go on board the Thetis to catch a glimpse
of the Arctic hero, Greely, but these re
quests were invariably'refused. Just
before dark Lieut. Greely, his wife,
mother and brothers-in-law were taken
ashore in the Acting Admiral’s barge
and were driven to the residence of that
officer, where they will remain until they •
go to Xewburyport. The other survivors
remain on board the Thetis for the pres
ent. Gen. Hazen accompanied Secretary
Chandler on his visits to the relief squad
ron and notified the survivors* that they
would be promoted as soon as they were
well enough to occupy tbe positions that
would be opened for them.
SCHLEY’S HONORS.
His Appointment as Chief of the Bureau
of Equipment and Recruiting Improb
able.
Washington, Aug. I.—The idea of
appointing Commander Schley Chief of
the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting
originated outside of the department.
This gallant officer doubtless feels amply
compensated by the distinction he has
already achieved. It is hardly to be ex
pected that he will be appointed chief
ot a bureau when such officers
as Capt. Harmony and Capt. Belknap
in the next higher grade are available lor
this duty. It is true that Capt. Sicord
was made Chief ol Ordnance while yet on
the Commander’s list, but that appoint
ment was made because special knowl
edge and study was required to fill that
place, and Commander Sicord was
thought to be the best equipped as an
Ordnance Officer. Secretary Chandler has
not yet intimated what liis preferences
are in regard to filling the next bureau
vacancy.
POISONED BY TILES.
A Party of Servant Girls Unknowingly
Swallow Strychnine.
Philadelphia, Aug. I.— While Mrs.
Bridget Boyle, aged 30 years, Mrs. Mary
Kelley, 38, Daniel Gallagher, 18, Thomas
Corran, 22, and Annie Carrol, 13, servants
girls, were seated at supper at No. 417
North Ninth street, in this city, this even
ing, Mrs. Boyle produced a box contain
ing 100 pills, and after taking one herself,
olfered them to the others, wno took some.
When the box was handed back to Mrs.
Boyle she took all that remained. Shortly
alter all were taken ill and upon investiga
tion it was learned that the pills they had
taken were strychnine, and contained
one-twentieth of a grain each. Annie
Carrol died this evening, and all the oth
ers are in a critical condition. It is not
known for what purpose the pills were
obtained, but it is probable that all were
unaware of their nature and swallowed
them in a bantering spirit.
FINANCIAL DISASTERS.
351 Failures Deported for the Week by
K. G. I)un & Cos.
Nkw York, Aug. I.—The business fail
ures of last week throughout the country,
as reported to R. G. Duu & Cos., number
for the United States 233, and for Canada
18, a total of 251, against 234 last week,
showing an increase of 17 failures. The
whole increase appears to rise in the Pa
cific States and Territories, where the
casualties are more numerous than re
ported in any week for years.
11ALSTED, IIAINES * CO.’S ASSETS.
New' York. Aug. I. —Lewis May, the
assignee of Halsted, Haines & Cos., has
just concluded his statement after paying
off the preferred creditors in full. The
unsecured creditors will get about 40 per
cent. A larger dividend is expected by
Oct. 1. The gist of the statement is
as follows: entire nominal assets, $1,416,-
908; actual assets, $705,550; total liabili
ties, $1,099,809; preferred creditors, $417,-
302; unsecured debts, $682,587; balance
after paying preferred creditors, $288,000.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE LEPERS.
O'Donnell Leaves Them without the
City and Their Exhibition Improbable.
New Y'okk, Aug. I.—Rev. C. C. O’Don-
Ml, of Sau Francisco, an anti-Chinese
immigration agitator, has arrived here,
a s*d:j staying at the Grand Union Hotel,
lie b, ; brought with him from San Fran
cisco h, Chinese lepers, Wo Sin, aged 31,
and Ai Sin, af r e( j the former a ser
latter a tailor, whom he de
sires to extjjit to the people of the East
as . !in dlusti tion of what Chinese im
migration ipes for California.
He was refußeu )erm j 86 j on b y tbe jiayor
and I ark Combh w ,j oner 9 t 0 gpg-jjf ‘j n
tond°fl n tn b h^ a hoard U ' Ba l ß that he in
tends to be heard. 11 doeß not want to
make money, he clam. bu , = h
speak for the sake of\umanRv
two lepers have not been thl
city, hut are said to be hidSY^omewhere
in the suburbs. Dr. O’Donn,?that
he is alraid the Chinese £® 1 and
Chinamen of the city would taw bosses
elou of his charges if they k*ew J! pr e to
find them.
BURNETT'S COIOAINK
Will Save the Hair
And keep it in a strong anc healthy condu
tion. because it will st inmate the roots of
the hair, and restore the latural action
upon which its growth deftnds.
luWlj puw * lavorintl £x^ cla are abso-
SWAIM’S COURT MARTIAL
TEXT OF THE CHARGES AGAINST
HIM AND COL. MORROW.
Thievery and Neglect of Duty the Ac
cusations iu the First Case—Morrow's
Offenses Not Less Grave—Names of the
Witnesses Who Will be Called.
Washington, Aug. I.—Major Scott,
Judge Advocate of the court martial
appointed to try Gen. Swaim on Sept. 10,
has prepared the charges upon which
that officer will be called to account.
The charges are: First, conduct un
becoming an officer and a gentleman in
violation of the 61st article of war; and
second, neglect of duty in violation of the
62d article of war. The specifications
under the first charge, after reviewing the
trausuctions between Gen. Swaim and
banker A. E. Bateman, allege, first,
that the former accepted from Bateman
&®o. an acknowledgment of depositor
$5,000, which was a simple memorandum,
and that after withdrawing all but $33 89
of that sum, he assigned and transjerred
a written acknowledgment to tbe firm of
Bright, Humphreys & Cos., and “did
thereupon knowingly and fraudulently
seek through said named firm” to com
pel Bateman & Cos. to cash the $5,000 ac
knowledgment, thus attempting to com
mit fraud upon said Bateman & Cos.
SEEKING CONCEALMENT.
The second specification alleges that
Gen, Swaim improperly sought, in a per
sonal interview with A. E. Bateman, to
avoid and prevent an investigation, and
to obtain from him a letter retracting the
charges preferred. The third specifica
tion alleges that when the grave and seri
ous charges were referred to Gen. Swaim,
and had been publicly circulated, he
failed to demand or request an investiga
tion by a court of inquiry, but addressed
a letter of explanation and denial to the
Secretary of W ar, which was “evasive,
uncandid and false, and calculated and
intended to deceive the Secretary of War”
in several particulars regarding his trans
actions with Mr. Bateman.
The fourth specification alleges that
Gen. Swaim, upon learning that certain
bankers had entered into a coiubination
to secure a reimbursement of sundry
sums of money advanced by them to
Lieut. Col. A. I\ Morrow, of the Sixth
Cavalry, on fraudulent pay accounts,
and that the value of said combination
depended on Col. Morrow’s immunity
from trial for the utterance of fraudulent
pay acoounts,did threaten to use his official
position and his knowledge so as to cause
the dismissal of Col. Morrow from the ar
my,or to otherwise impair the value of the
securities given by Col. Morrow to the
bankers unless they provided tor the pay
nient of a claim of slls held bv him
(Swaim) against Col. Morrow.
THE NEGLECT OF DUTY.
The second charge, that of neglect of
duty, is based upon Gen. Swaim’s failure
to report the facts in the case charging
Col. Morrow with duplicating his pay
accounts when evidence of the
offense came to his knowledge
through information received from Mr.
Bateman. The witnesses named to sup
port the above charges and specifications
are A. E. Bateman, John E. Beall, J,
Stanley Brown, Robert T. Humphrey,
David B. McKibbin, A. P. Morrow, M. M.
Parker and Jay Stone.
The charges against Col. Morrow,
which will be Investigated by the same
courtmartial, are: First, signing false
certificates in violation of the thirteenth
article ot war; and, second, conduct un
becoming an officer and a gentle
man. The first charge is
based upon the issue of duplicate
pay vouchers for March, April, May,
June and July, 1883, to Norton & Cos., of
Wheeling, and Squier & Cos., of Washing
ton. Under the charge of conduct unbe
coming an officer and gentleman, Col.
Morrow is accused of disposing of pay
accounts to Bateman it Cos., which were
triplicates of those already issued to Nor
ton & Cos. and Squier & Cos., and thereby
imposing upon said Bateman & Cos.”
The witnesses named are Thomas H.
Norton, of Wheeling; J. H. Squier, J. D.
Wilson, A. E. Bateman, A. K. Paris, and
M, M. Parker, of Washington. It is said
that further investigation is being made
with a view to bringing additional
charges against Gen. Swaitn.
SWAY OF THE EPIDEMIC.
The Number of Deaths and Spread of
the Cholera in Europe.
Marseilles, Aug. I.—There were
eleven deaths from cholera here last
night and two at Toulon. Fugitives are
returning to their homes in increased
numbers. The city is becoming more an
imated, and shops that had been closed
arc reopening.
Between 9 o’clock and noon to-day 5
deaths from cholera occurred here.
Six deaths [from cholera occurred
to-day between noon and 7 o’clock.
There are 78 cholera patients under
treatment in Pharo Hospital. Of 10 suf
ferers who were admitted into the hospi
tal to-day, 3 died and 2 were cured.
During the 24 hours ending at 9 o’clock
to-night there were 20 deaths from cholera
here. There were 8 deaths from that
disease at Arles to-day and 0 at Aix.
THE SITUATION AT TOULON.
Toulon, Aug. I.— Only 2 deaths from
cholera have occurred here to-day. Thirty
three cases are now being treated in Bon
Recentre Hospital and .93 in St. Mandrier
Hospital. The Legion of Honor gave a
festival and display of fireworks in honor
of the Mayor, and the neople are indig
nant over the matter. They consider it
an unbecoming display at this time of
misery. Another death from cholera oc
curred at Montfort to-day.
CHOLERA ON A STEAMER.
London, Aug. I.—lt is reported from
Cardiff that a man has died of cholera on
board the French steamer Graviile, from
Marseilles, which is lying at anchor in
Penarth roads. The body was thrown
overboard. Another man aboard is very
ill.
ITALY INVADED.
Rome, Aug. I.—Cholera is reported in
from 10 to 12 communes in Italy, but the
epidemic is not spreading. La Direito in
sists that the government should publish
trustworthy information to prevent un
founded alarm or exaggerated confidence.
PORTO RICO’S GOVERNOR GENERAL DEAD.
Havana, Aug. I.—The Marquis Vega
Ynica, Governor General of Porto Rico,
died yesterday of yellow fever.
The “L” Roadfl Merger.
New York, Aug. I.—The following
persons resigned to-day as directors of the
New York Elevated Railroad Company:
Jay Gould, Sidney Dillon, Cyrus W.
Field, Samuel Sloan, Russell Sage, R. M.
Galloway, E. M. Field, George J.
Gould, J. H. Hall, W. E. Con
ner, Joseph E. F. Navarro and
H. F. Dimick, and the following
were elected to fill the vacancies: F. T.
Thompson, T. W. Pearsall, J. A. Cowing,
Simon Wormser, A. C. Barnes. J. J.
Slocum, C. W. Chapin, Jr., Cyrus W.
Field, Jr., J. V. Cockroft, F. K. Dav, R.
W.Leonard, and Mark Hopkinp, Jr. 'The
stockholders of the Manhattan Elevated
Company met at noon to-day and ratified
the merger agreement by a vote of 100.648
shares to 200.
The Debt Statement.
Washington, Aug. I.— The debt state
ment issued to-day shows the decrease of
the public debt during July to be $3,993,-
289; the decrease of the debt since June
30, 1884, $3,993,289; the cash in the Treas
ury, $405,910,004; the gold certificates out
standing, $118,017,320; the silver certifi
cates outstanding, $120,404,341; the certi
ficates of deposit outstanding, $13,230,000,
the refunding certificates outstanding,
$274,350; the legal tenders outstanding,
$346,681,016; the fractional currency out
standing, not including the amount esti
mated as lost or destroyed, $6,978,491.
Culbertson Out of Danger.
, WASHiNGTON, Aug. I.—Representative
Culbertson, of Kentucky, who made an at
tempt to commit suicide at the National
Hotel on July 30 and was taken to the
Providence Hospital, is much better to
day and, unless some unforeseen compli
cation should occur, is regarded as out of
danger.
Congressman Culbertson is quite him
self again to-day. He expressed to his
wife, who arrived last evening, his regret
at what had occurred. Mrs. Culbertson
will take him to their home in Kentucky
in a short time, probably text week.
Don’t Spill the Milk.
“There is no use crying over spilled
milk,” says the old saw. If you are not
only bald, but have no life in the roots of
your hair, there is no use Crying over that,
either. Take both time and yourself by
the forelock, while there is a forelock left.
Apply Parker’s Hair Balsam to your hair
before matters get worse. It will arrest
the tailing off of your hair and restore its
original color, gloss and softness. It is a
perfect dressing withal —clean, richly per
fumed, cools and heals the scalp.
SWEEP OF THE FLAMES.
Wanamaker’. Furniture Manufactory
and Other Buildings Burned at Phila
delphia.
Philadelphia, Aug. I. —Fire broke out
this morning In the old rink building at
Twenty-third and Chestnut streets, occu
pied by John Wanamaker as a furniture
manufactory. The building and its con
tents were very nearly destroyed. The
fire spread rapidly and four saloons, the
yard of R. Hall’s planing mill, a cigar
store, Phelan’s lumber yard and a hotel,
known as the Howard House, were all
burned. The total loss on the rink build
ing and the other property is about $175,-
The paper mill of Morehead A Bros., at
Brideshurg, was burned this morning.
The loss is $50,000, and the insurance
about $35,000.
FATAL FLAMES IN A TENEMENT.
New York, Aug. I.—The six-story
building, No. 89 Water street, the upper
stories of which are occupied by two fam
ilies, while the rest is devoted to business
purposes caught fire this morning. Five
persons were in the building at the time.
Bartholomew O’Keete, aged 47, caught
in the building, was fatally burned.
Ann Gibbons, aged 29, married, and her
children George, aged 6, and John,
aged 2, were all terribly burned, and are
now in a hospital.
James Gibbons, aged 4, and another
child whom the mother was unable to res
cue, were burned to death.
Y. Martinez Ybor & Cos., tobacco mer
chants. occupy the ground floor and
basement of No. 89 Water street, and H.
A. \ atable A Sous, general merchandise,
the second, third and fourth stories. In
the fifth John Gibbons lived with his
wile, Ann, and their thi’ee children. In
the top story were the rooms of janitor
Bartholomew O’Keefe and his wife, who
lived alone. The janitor was bedridden
with rheumatism, and his wife was below
attending to bis duties. The origin of
the lire is a mystery. It broke into
Gjbbons’ rooms with great force. Mrs.
Gibbons escaped to the roof badly burned
and hall suffocated, with only two of her
children. The flames made a clean sweep
in the upper two stories and burned
through to the fourth. Below that the
water had done the chief damage, Mar
tinez Ybor A Cos. had 600,000 Key West
and Havana cigars stored, chiefly in the
basement, which was entirely filled with
water’, and is valued at $40,000, w hich the
firm counts as a total loss. It Is covered
by insurance In six English companies
and two Newark companies, amounting
to $47,000. The loss ot H. A. Vatable &
Sons, who owned the building, but had no
stock there, is about SIOO,OOO.
Bartholomew O’Keefe, the janitor of
the building, died in Bellevue hospital to
night from the effects of his injuries.
George Gibbons, the 16-year old boy who
was burned, also died to-night. Mrs.
Gibbons and her baby are expected to re
cover.
A DRUG STORE BURNED.
Omaha, Aug. I.— Leighton A Clark’s
wholesale drug store was burned to-day.
The loss is SIOO,OOO.
CHINA INVITES WAR.
Payment of the Indemnity Demanded
an<l Peace Not Probable.
London, Aug. I.—A dispatch from
Foo Chow, dated July 31, says that China
has refused to pay the indemnity demand
ed by France. The time granted China
by France to decide upon the matter has
been prolonged beyond Aug. 1. A secret
edict has been issued ordering the Chi
nese not to molest foreigners. French
civilians and mandarins, however, assert
that the lives of loreigners are not safe.
The English flagship is landing sailors to
act in defense of foreigners in Foo Chow.
China’s merchant fleet has been sold to
an American linn for 5,250,000 taels, near
ly $7,300,000. W ar, to all appearance, is
imminent.
A dispatch from Foo Chow of this date
states that a great panic prevails there.
Foreigners are arming for defense, ladies
are leaving the city, and the French Con
sul is preparing to go aboard a gunboat.
WAR THOUGHT CERTAIN.
A dispatch of to-day lrom Foo Chow as
serts that the general impression in that
city is that war between France and
China is inevitable. Marines, landed from
the British corvette Champion, assisted
by the gunboat 31erlin, are guarding the
foreign settlement.
NEGOTIATIONS NOT LIKELY TO BE BRO
KEN.
Paris, Aug. I.—Prime Minister Ferry
gave an audience to-day to LlFongPao,
the Chinese Minister. La Liberte says:
“France is not likely to break negotia
tions with China, or to push matters to an
extremity.”
FATE OF THE DYNAMITERS.
Daley Sentenced for Life, Eagan for 20
Years, and McDonnell Bailed.
London. Aug. I.—The trial of the
dynamiters at Warwick was concluded
to-day. McDonnell, who pleaded guilty
to a charge of treason felony, was re
leased on bail, James Eagan was sen
tenced to penal servitude for twenty
years, and John Daley for life. Daley’s
defense of himself was very able. He 1
argued that nothing had been proved
against him, except that he had borne
an assumed name, but the Queen moved
about under assumed names. Why
had he not as good a right?
He asked for justice, not mercy. He was
gratified that he was on trial before Eng
lishmen. There was no clap-trap as in
Ireland. The prosecution, he said, had
failed to show that he had joined in a plot
to coerce the government. Dalv de
nounced the detectives and officials of
Dublin Castle. The latter, he%aid, had
reduced Dublin to the condition of Sodom
and Gomorrah. He admitted having
buried nitro-glycerine in his garden and
that he had explosives in his possession,
but he contended that this fact did not con
stitute treason felony.
The Parnellites in Parliament will not
attend the autumn session unless special
ly summoned to do so by Mr. Parnell.
Messrs. Sexton and Redmond, Repre
sentatives to the Irish-American National
League Convention, sail lor New York
to-morrow.
BOLTON’S LIBEL SUIT BEGUN.
Dublin, Aug. I.—The trial of the ac
tion for libel brought by Mr. Bolton, the
Crown Solicitor in Ireland, against Par
nell and other proprietors of United Ire
land for £30,000 damages, was begun to
day.
EUROPE AND THE NILE LAND.
No Important Change in the Situation
at the Seat of War.
London, Aug. I.— At a meeting of the
Egyptian conference yesterday Count
Von Munster, the German Ambassador
to England, repeated his proposal regard
ing the discussion of a reform of the
Egyptian sanitary system. The proposi
tion as before was declined. Asa result
of Count Von Munster’s proposal Earl
Granville has given orders to increase
and maintain rigorous surveillance over
Egypt, and to extend sanitary measures
throughout that country.
THE BIBHARINKS SHEIKS.
Cairo, Aug. I.—The Bisharines Sheiks
will assemble Sunday near Esnet to de
termine whether they will adhere to the
Khedive or Ei Mahdi. The Mudir of Don
gola ordered the Christians in that city
to become Mussulmans, but rescinded the
order after El Mahdi’s emissaries had
departed.
col. kitchener’s trip.
Col. Kitchener will arrive at Dongola
on Monday next. He has been ordered to
telegraph if the reported letter from Gen.
Gordon to the Mudir is authentic.
All of One Mind.
Dr. R. Wilson Carr, of Baltimore, says
he has used Rosadalisin cases of Scrofula
and other diseases with much satisfac
tion.
Dr. T. C. Pugh, of Baltimore, recom
mends Rosadalis to all persons suffering
with diseased blood, saying it Is superior
to any preparation he has ever used.
Rev. Dabney Ball, of the Baltimore M.
E. Conference, South, says he has been so
much benefited by the use of Rosadalis
that be cheerfully recommends it to all
his friends and acquaintances.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
snouid always be used when children are
cutting teeth. It relieves the little suf
ferer at once: it produces natural. Quiet
hH? rel i evi “* the chi ‘d from pain%nd
e . rub awakes as “bright as a
-T? l7 P leaß a n t to taste. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, relieves wind, regulates
f^rf? >We K 9 ’ and . ia *&* best known remedy
lor diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
log or other causes, 26 oente a bottle.
f R RTCE 910 A Trip i
I B CENTS A OOplt** j
A MILE DONE IN TWO-TEN.
JAY eyf, see lowers the
TROTTING RECORD.
T"? ° f tl,e ,>ay ’ 8 Ronn "S Race,
“"if Tracks at Saratoga, Brighton
Beach ana Goodwood —The Victors
and Vanquished in the Arena of Pro
fessional Base BallUts.
Providence. R. 1., Aug. I.—Jajr-Eye
®ee > on the Narragansett Park track to
day surpassed all previous performances
by making a mile in 2:10.
AT SARATOGA.
Saratoga, Aug. 1.-The weather was
cool and the track heavy. The events
were as follows:
First Rale—Purse s3su; for tbree-vaar
olds; one mile. Savanna won, with Flvawav
second, and Quickstep tlllvthird. Time l-51
Second Race— Purse *400; heats; three
quarters of a mile._ Boulevard won two
straight heats. Ida K. was second in the first
and* l-M Kl '° la the Becon,i boat. Time 1:2
Thiki* Rack—Purse s,ioo; for two-vear
olds, fitc furlongs. Harrigan won, with" Ki
homa second and Karncst third. Time 1 00',
loiktii Race—Purse $350; selling rare-'
one mne and seven hundred yards. After
lirtecn false starts the flag fell to a very in
different send-off. Bonn,, RirVwon verV
Uevirly b> a length, with Glcngnrino second
and Becchenbrook third. Time l:iO'-£.
AT BRIGHTON BEACH.
New York, Aug. I.—At Brighton
h,w?ho t °' d Y, the we^ Uev "as pleasant
but the track liea\ y. Ihe events resulted
as follows:
r. o!, KST i> 1£ m laR, ‘ 6; three quarters of a
mile. Rothschild won, with Tallevrand sec
ond and Blizzard third! Time 1:33.
S” Rack—All ages; three-quarters of
it l }) l Wiii ß n merabel won b - v tllri '° lengths,
Jhird. Time notll 150011 ' 1 “ U ' l 1!lllv ’
Thiki Hack—Selling allowance; one mile.
Inconstant won, with Uecret tjoeoml ami
King Tom third. Timol:Sl.
J. u '' r th Race—All ages, one mile and a
w.n? c'hB 1 ? "m I( ' ,or } von lllr lengths,
Time SPMV' J *’ BCCOnti > alul Pare well third.
1 itTii Ra( e All ages; seven furlongs
WOI J by . Qyee lengths, with Wall
Houi. l secondhand King Fan third. Time l;3f>.
Si a Tii Back A handicap hurdle race; one
mile anil a quarter over live hurdles. Voltaire
Udn! Time 2: r 2h' 4 B,KICr SoCon,, ’ a “" ‘‘ a ' vm -
TnK GOODWOOD RACKS.
London,Aug. I.—The race for the Mole
comb stakesiur two-year olds at Goodwood
to-day, miiAii b;. Luminary, with Peter
sliam sec., Crosspateli third. Thor#
were four starters.
Base Bail.
Washington, July 31.—Games of base
hall were played to-day as follows:
„. At . . Washington—National 8, Keystones.
Washington 5, Metropolitan 4.
AJ •'if'" ork—New York 3, Providence 7.
At Chicago—Chicago 5. Uetr. it 2. Chicago
(Unions) 4, Cincinnati (l uions) 3.
At Trenton, N.J.—Trenton 8, Virginia 4.
.I 1 Brooklyn—Bal t imore f>, Brooklyn 1.
At 1 ittsburg— Alleghany 4, Athletic 3.
Twelve inniugs.
(Un kins) 1 j UIOI —Ball imore (Unions) 3, Boston
At Newark, N J.—Domestic 5, York 3.
Louis—St. Louis (Unions) 4, Kansas
City tl nions) 1.
At Louisville—Louisville 5, St. Louis 2.
At Indianapolis—Columbus 7, Indianapolis
Killed by a Doctress.
Boston, Aug. I.—Mrs. William Hill, of
Rockland, Mass., who lias been stopping
with friends at South Boston, died sud
denly this morning, her death being
caused, Mrs. Hill’s friends assert, by the
carelessness of a woman doctor. Her
death was one of great suffering in forty
fa ve minutes after taking the mulicine.
A lady friend of the dead woman is
reported to be seriously iil after having
tasted of Mrs. Hill’s medicine front
curiosity.
Desperate Prisoner# Escape.
Easton, Pa., Aug. I.—Jacob Kislerund
Henderson Green escaped from jail at
Belvidere, N. J., last night. When'Sheriff
Bowers came to lock them in their cells
they knocked him down and beat him,
and when his wife and son came to his
aid they were also knocked down and
beaten. The prisoners then fled indiffer
ent directions. Etch one stole a horse
and both crossed over the river to Penn
sylvania during the night.
Sailing Umler False Colors.
Troy, N. Y., Aug. I.—William B. A.
Carpenter, of Amsterdam, N. Y., was
arrested yesterday, charged with nretend
ing to represent the Secret ‘ Service
Agncy, and offering for $2 to send badges
and outfits to persons desirous of becom
ing officers. In rare instances badges
were sent. Tt is said that Carpenter’s re
ceipts were SSO a day.
Underground Telegraphy.
Chicago, Aug. I,—Five suits each
against the Baltimore and Ohio and AVes
tern Union Telegraph Companies, for vio
lation of the city ordinance in maintain
ing their wires above ground, were insti
tuted by the city of Chicago to-dav. The
penalty in each of these suits is SI,OOO. It
is understood that these are to be test
cases.
Florida ly Wire.
Jacksonville, Aug. I.—The Trustees
oi the State Agricultural College to-day
elected Col. Ualladay Professor of Eng
lish Literature, and Mr. Pickel to the Chair
of Chemistry.
A negro was fatally injured bv a fall
from a train last night.
A Policeman Kills a Saloon Keeper.
Galveston, Texas, Aug. I.— A Fort
Worth special says: “In a quarrel last
between John Galloway, a saloon
ist, and Police Officer William Rushing,
Galloway was shot and instantly killed.
Rushing was arrested.”
Jealousy Ends in Murder.
Galveston, Aug. I.—A Tilden, Texas,
special says: “At a ‘dance last night
David Martin was called out. shot aDd
killed by Engineer Murphy. Murphy was
jealous of Martin. The murderer is at
large.
A Manufactory,of Explosives.
Parts, Aug. I.—An establishment for
the manufacture of explosive sand bombs
has been discovered in Rue St. Jaques. A
workman named Rozieres, together with
his mother and brother, has been arrested.
Three Children Burled by Earth.
Watertown, N. Y., Aug. I.—Three
children of James Burgess, of Grindstone
Island, in the St. Lawrence river, were
buried to-day while playing under the
bank. They "were dead when found.
Atlanta Mills Running on Half Time. *
Atlanta, Aug. I.—The Exposition
Mills are now running on half time.
HOBS FORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE.
Beware of Imitations.
Imitations and counterfeits have again
appeared. Be sure that the word “Hors
pord’b” is on the wrapper. None genuine
without it.
„ gafaiiifl potuDfr.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel
purity, strength and wholefiomer.es?. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, cannot
be sold In competition with the multitudes oi
low test, short weight, a'.uL . phesphatie
powders. Sold only in cans, hy all grocers.
At wholesale in Savannah by
HENRY SOLOMON A SON.
S. tUICKENHEIMKR A SON-
M * on.
(Toilet Jloju&rr.
BOBACINfE.
TOILET POWDER; keeps the skin soft find
smooth; prevents and cures chafes. Sold
by all druggists at 26c. a package.