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j ESTABLISHED 1830.
; J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor.
GEORGIA ANT) FLORIDA.
IHE NEWS OP THE TWO STATES
TOLDIX PARAGRAPHS.
% Remarkable Faith Cure in Gwinnett
Cunty—9me of the In title Facts in
the limp xylo Case-History of the
Extensive Claim of the Huertas
Family in Florida.
GEORGIA.
W t AB<ierson. of Macon, owns a colt
vi aioh :s a tcdf brother to Maud 8.
p av i,l R;r ising, of Macon, is charged l>v a
vrhtte servant girl recently in his employ
with attempting to outrage her.
There will be a colt show at the court house,
in Ainrricus, on the third Tin -day in August.
Several premiums will be offered.
Uichmond couutj 's tax returns for last year
amounted to s'!* and tie- year they
foot up lt‘, s',l''. -.'lowing an increase of
f
A few davs ago a negro, 1> years of age,
committed a brutal assault upon a little white
t,,i. and the child is now m a precarious eon -
ilition. The culprit has been arrested and
pi:g.-d a> iail at Jefferson. There is great in.
donation among the cit acn-.
on <!;•• afternoon of Aug. 2, during the
tf.rm.tuning -track one of the houses back
, f i a He 1'- place, on College Hill, Ameri
... It went down the chimny under the house,
x , g a number of chickens and setting Are
l„ the liousc. The lire was soon put out. The
f ; . wras occupied by negro#*. a few of the
occupants Being considerably stunned.
Americas Rec-mltr: Aug. 2 a negro was in
tmvu and took h me with lam a 20-cent bottle
of whisky. Monday morning he opened the
tr iik in which ttie whisky was to get out
*, u* tobacco, at the same time warning the
1.-v to keep out. When he came back an hour
• two la erthe child was dead drunk, and
, rUy after went into spasms, from which it
f. r recovered. About half the whisky was
gone.
Athens Banner- Watchman : The prosjH'ct
h i an aiiundanl harvest was never more
i.r .un-iug than to-day. Not only inthissee
t i .f Georgia, but throughout the Fnitcd
,v Hes. au nuprecedented yield of grain is
ti. dieted. Much of the corn overflowed by
tin-late floods and thought to be killed out
hi- recovered, and even on bottom lands an
average crop will be made. Cotton is small
,ii backward, but you ean never tell what
,! - crop w ill lx* until gathered. Farmers are
hopeful.
The total valuation of the taxable property
it M county is I'J.Hj'.l.ail, an increase
..{ * - !u ", in 12 months. The miinler of
h iii :s employed in the countv, field hands
pr i pally, i 1,020. a decrease of I!*7 as com
pared w list last year; amount of tax on pro
fes-ioi s, <eso. and the amount of taxon |kili#
tj T.a deerea-e of |2.3!t a-compare.! wdh last
vear The increase in the city over last year
, Il.iar. The number of white |x>Us in the
nfy >s I.it- and colored 965, making a total
•*. Colored people pay taxes on HT7,-
414.
1 -a nle eville Hfrtihl: Mrs. Wimpey, wife
of < John A. Witnpev.of Xorcross. has been
a-Vi-t. *1 for twenty years. A greater portion
~f tin- time -in* lias been couliued to her lied
a I unable to walk a step. Keen in her bet
t’ r moment- -hi- was only able to walk across
I , r , , u -iqqsirted by some assistant, she is
in estimable woman, ami Is.re her a 111 ict ions
mi i rare < hri-tian fortitude, hardly hoping
that -lie Would over Is* well again ’ She has
lived in Hahlonega, Atlanta, aud for several
x i . rose, and hi- tried ail the reme
il (" know'll to medical science for relief in
i on. Neither a change of atmosphere, or the
n.-aiing water- of mineral springs, nor the
•earning and experience of the professors
-:il i bring any relief, and she was regarded
tv.il her acquaintances as incurable. I>ur
. recent district meeting at Noreross
there was a remrakable revival in progress.
Tin- good woman felt a deep interest in the
work, but was debarred the privilege of
an active participation in it by her afflictions,
one morning she was assisted into the parior
bv her I u-bat.d, and the family, leaving her
a'vie. repaired to church. Left aloue to her
: rivu '- devotions, she suddenly felt her
-long’ll returning, aud, without doubting
that her prayers had at last been answered,
. got up aud walked across the room.
Filled with rejoicing at her sudden
ure. she hastily dres-ed for church, and
taking her Bible in her hand, hurried on to
the House of God. where the congregation
was s—i milled. Before she arrived at the
ti .r -he was recognized and the news spread
raj■: Sly through tin* congregation. Tin* ser
vice-wore m-|ended and her husband and
some of her friends hurried out to meet her,
while others sat-till in blank astonishment.
<>n -he came, refusing all as istance to mount
he steps, '■lie entered the church and walked
up to tne altar, where she exhorted the peo
ple with great power and eloquence. Such a
-ceiio ba- hardly i*een w itnessed in this gen
eration. How tin- wonderful cure was effect
ed reman -a m stery to the people and proli
at, v to her. Her cure i- permanent. She now
attend- to her househo and affairs, visits her
neighbor- wait- upon the sick, and is a regu
lar attendant at church and Sunday school.
Atlanta Constitution: Thel amp-Mylercase
i- -nming a somewhat complicated shape,
and the end of it is not in sight. It will be
remet.>l.ered that when tlie case was called
f.r trii l before < orami—loners Smith aud
I'erkle, on Saturday last, the ease was c u
tlimed. District Attorney Speer insisted that
Glenn, the defendants' counsel, swear his
clients and make a regular showing of the
continuance. Camp was sworn and testified
-i b-iantiallv that he had authority to u-e the
v nut accounted for, namely, the funds
r ,.,v, and from the sale of waste paper,
ami that Hatton, the First Assistant
Po-imaster General, had given him that
am •r tv He testified that the slll was all
expended for o.Xcc supplies under that au
then tv. He statin' that the authority was not
m writing but was \° r al. Mr. Speer cross
examined Imn and he s*.*d that soon after lie
P-.g the office, and while on his first trip
North, winch was in Septenu'er of last year,
i -aw Mr. Hatton who gave liim th.v author
ity on which lie relic*!. V c terday the t on
jt o< learned, from undoubted authority,
tiiai Mr. Ilatton had forwarded a letter to
Atlanta which distinctly denies that he gave
a y such authority as that claimed by Mr.
Camp, and that he did not authorize him to
use the waste caper turn! in the manner indi
cated. It is saiu that if it appears upon in
vestigation that Mes-rs. t amp and Myler
|. ;l -c bontetly maleexpeudilures for the lx-n
--. ill o.' the service the erimmal indictment
-must them would lie unwarrantable, and
twou <d n*d be prosecuted. if they
h ve the regulations of the depart
ment in making the expenditures, that
IS a question of official discip
line. with winch the court here will have
loihine to ilo. No it ii Miu, will
i<t* taken of anr mere technicality. In other
Won-, they will not be prosecuted unless they
appropriated the money to their own u-e. The
ut—ligation will take place Saturday, and
-*nii extremely interesting developments are
t.iki *1 for. Mr. Camp particularly feels very
keenly the humiliating circumstances that
serr.-iinil him. He is Assistant Postmaster of
Nb.-tor, on a salary of $3,000 a year, and has
iiivzavs had the full confidence of the post
. I’m authorities at Washington. He began
hi ihe service in a very bumble position when
a Tonne man. and lias risen steadily. He is
worth i.lKvut FVi.oint. it is sai*l. The Boston pa
per- -peak in the highest terms of him, and
ti. H.r iU savs it d< es not take much stock
in tin* charge against him. He is charged
*.tli taking in all not as much as IbiO. and if
In io,.k anything at all it i- probable tliat be
could not have taken as much as half that
mi..lint. It I--aid that even If the cases are
..-mi—, and tt eresult will not lx* change.!, and
probably Messrs. Camp aud Myler will be
disuii-.-cd from the service.
FLORIDA.
St. Augustine is to have a street railway.
A meeting to perfect a county fair organi
zation will neheld at Lake Butler Oct. 10.
Tiie book and ladder truck purchased by the
citizens of Ocala left New York last Friday.
Air. Locke, the Republican candidate for
- vi. gress, has 30,000 cocoanuts planted on the
k?ys.
Ihe question of “Saloon or no Saloon" is
agitating: the people of Port Orange at this
time.
r. x. Ins port based a tract of land
in Marion eouncV from Mrs. Avery for wbicli
he paid SIO,IOO cash.
There is said to L>e more sickness now in
Jackson county than ever known before. It
is of a bilious nature.
A convention of the Democratic party of
lack-on county will meet al Hie court house
a Marianna on Aug. 30.
Dr. Parker killed a crocodile in a lake about
four miles south of New Troy that lueas
.ired eleven feet in length.
A t umberlend Presbyterian Presbytery is
to lx* formed at leak- Urvant. Monroe e unty,
on Saturday before the first Sabbath in Oc
tober.
It is a settled fart that the proposed
bridge between Tocoi and West Toeoj, over
the st. John's river, will i e built in the near
future.
Notwithstanding the dull sea-on the .Ta-k
---ot.ville. Tamps and Key West Railroad did
several hundred dollars more business in July
than t .lid in June.
The merchants and business nieu of Bronson
offer a premium of i:52 *>o to the farmer who
-oils or ships the first bale of cotton, of Insovvn
raising, from .Bronson this year.
A tusk four feet long, and three teeth weigh
ing two pounds t'lO'li have been dug up in
Payne'.- Prairie. 'They are supposed to Ik* the
rema,'*>* <*( a Gainesville mosquito.
G. I. , inzant A Son will erect a door, sash
an*, blind manufactory in Palatka pretty soon.
The fifty horse power engine and boilz r to Le
used in running the machinery 1u.6 already
arrived there.
The artesian well at Lees-burg ha been sunk
io a depth of 170 feet and the work of boring
is being carried on lively. At 91 feet solid
rock was reached, making the piping below
that point unnecessary.
On Tuesday morning. July 26. at Tem
ple's Mills, as John Hall and Win. Lake were
standing on the wharf together talking, a bolt
•*f lightning struck the latter, completely
paratyzing him. Mr. Mall escaped uninjured.
lehr Key corresjiondence Bronson A'sfer
vrut- The turtle fishing has turned out poorly
for some time past on account ot poor weath
er, but better fortune again attends suineof
the parties. T W. McCreary came in o.i
Monday bringing, after a week of absence, 18
head, weighing 2,<ro pounds; JesseTooke, 12
email turtle, weighing swi pounds, and a large
one of nearly 500 pounds. Mr. Bunting bought
the lot.
The Astatala correspondent of the Tavares
// tr'ild writes that a somewhat seri'-u# oc
currence took place there on last Tuesday
morning at the saw-mill of Wells A Cos. Tne
engineer by some inans allowed the engine
to run away, which caused the bursting of the
Idler. One of the pic es struck, and for some
time rendered insensible, a colored man
named Philip White. During the day his life
was despaired of, but on the arrival of Dr.
Bedding he was pronounced out of danger.
Ute Utmtittg
Palatku Aeirr: The following paragraph ap
peared in yesterday morning s Jeir: “The
I resident has issued a patent for a private
laud claim in Florida, known as the Huertas
graut. Antonio Huertas, confirmee, compris
ing 4.i*00 acres of land in Orange county.” A
reporter of the Fevt, in conversation with
Col. A. W. Rovsdon. of this city, one of the
attorneys for the Huertas heirs, learned
something of the history of this grant. Mrs.
Huerta-, it seems, during the life of her hus
oand lived in the most affluent circumstances,
hut at his death, which occurred several years
si nee. the estate became involved to such an ex
tent that she was reduced to comparative
poverty and it was only by practicing the
strictest economy and industry that she was
enabled to live and rear her six children, the
eldest of whom is now engaged in the land
..fh.ai at Gainesville, the home of the family.
In I*U, u le Spanish Government granted to
Antonio Iluertas. theu a resident of this
province. 15,Cu0 acres of land on Alexander
spring creek, in Orange countv, and soon
after lluErta.** sold to Moses Levy 10,400 acres
of thr- grant. Tlic other 4,000 acres getting
into di-pute, was carried to the courts, and in
1832 the case was,ou appeal, taken to the Fnited
States supreme Court, where the decision of
the lower court was reversed and the case
-ent back for further proceedings. In JSHi,
Messrs. Drummond and Bradford, attorneys
at W a-Uicgton. D. C-. \V. W. McCall, of
Gainesville, ami A. W. Koysdon, then of
Gainesville, now of Paiatka, were employed
by the Huertas heirs to look after their inter
ests. The;, commenced proceedings in tlie
1 nitcd States District Court in Jacksonville
in January last, and on June 4 a decree was
had confirming the rights of the said heirs
to the 4.t00 acres in question. The letters
patent were received by Col. A. \V. Roys
d°u in tliis city on Monday,
July 4, just one month after the decree was
granted. This grant comprises some of the
l*e-t hummock ami high pine lands in Florida,
amt the titles are perfect. The possession of
this laud i- in the nature of a “windfall” to
the Huertas family. There are three other
grunts, situated in Putnam and St. John’s
counties, comprising some 30,000 acres, on
which these heirs have claims, and for the
po -c— ion of which the above named attorneys
will commence proceedings.
CAST OFF BY HIS FAMILY.
The Nephew of a British Nobleman Dies
in Obscurity in Massachusetts.
Taunton, Mass., Aug. s.— [New York
World special. —ln IS7O there came to
this city u man who called himself Frank
Charteris Brown, and who has since lived
here. lie had great intellectual ability,
but ill-fortune seemed to follow him, and
when he died this morning the people were
not surprised. The mystery which al
ways seemed to surround him has been
penetrated at last through the papers
which were left intrusted to Deputy Sher
iff Thomas <>. Falvey. lie was the young
est son of the late George Itobertson, of
Edinburgh, Keeper of the Records of Scot
land, aid nephew of the late Sir George
Brown, G. C. B.
Although educated at Rugby for the
ministry he entered the army as a com
missioned officer in the Thirteenth Light
Dragoons in I*4s. After serving two
years and a half, he was transferred to
the Life Guards, where he remained till
1 *■>.">. In 1554 he was married privately to
an English actress, for which his allow
ance was taken from him, but it was af
terwards returned to him on condition of
bis selling out and coming to America.
*ince that time (September, 18.73) lie nev
er saw any ot his people to speak to. In
18G3 his wife and daughter died in Paris
after having traveled nearly all over the
world. He then drifted back to England,
and was sent by the Liberal partv to
Taunton. England, to run a small paper
during tbe general election, and he says:
“1 was the direct means of Henry James,
Esq., (J. C. ( now the larnous Sir Henry
James, Gladstone’s Attorney General)
getting into Parliament—a service which
he has more than once substantially ac
knowledged.” He came to this country
again in August. 1860, worked a while in
Lowell, and atterwards accompanied Jay
Cooke’s party at the o|>ening of the Lake
Superior and Mississippi Railroad as
the representative of a New Y ork paper.
He finally drifted to Boston, destitute, and
walked from there to this city, where he
married again.
The story of his wanderings closes thus:
“If it was a disgrace that I married a
good, virtuous lady when I might have
done otherwise, then lam guilty. If pov
erty is a disgrace then 1 am doubly dis
graced, and if loving and cherishing my
second wife, poor, innocent, kind-hearted,
loving girl as she is, is another disgrace,
once more l plead guilty.” He had been
allowed $2 3 a week for some time past.
WANT! I> TO SEE VANDERBILT.
The Owner of Jay-Eya-See Visit* Sara
toga and Talk* About His Challenge
Saratoga, Aug. .3. New York World
special.,—The owner of Jay-Eye-See ar
rived here last night en route for Buffalo,
where Jay-Eye-See and Phallas give an
exhibition trot later in the week. Mr. Case
came here to see Mr. Vanderbilt, but the
millionaire left for New Y'ork early this
forenoon. -Mr. Vanderbilt’s departure,
just at this juncture, was doubtless with
out significance so far as Mr. Case is con
cerned, but it has been naturally enough
made the subject of many jocular infer
ences among brokers, politicians, rail
road men, and even among brieht girls
on the piazzas of the hotels and on the
craud stand at the race track. Among
the anti-Vanderbilt party here, and curi
ously enough there is a strong one, it is
insinuated that Mr. Vanderbilt did not
care to 6ec Mr. Case after sayingso many
unkind and unjust things’ about him.
This insinuation is always coupled with
an expression ot profound ltelief in Jay-
Eye-See’s superiority.
“I wanted to see Mr. Vanderbilt,” said
Mr. Case, “because he is laboring under
a misapprehension. When I said that 1
would match my horse against any trotter
in the world for SIO,OOO, and said I would
consent to make trot heats against time,
that was not intended as a direct refer
ence to Maud S. Certainly there was no
offense intended, and 1 am extremely
sorry it was 60 taken. Mr. Bonner hail
as much cause for offense as Mr. Vander
bilt. The newspapers put the construc
tion on my challenge which is objection
able to Mr. Vanderbilt, aud I disclaim all
responsibility for it.”
Mr. Case thinks that if Maud S. ever
lowers the present trotting record it will
be this year. The mare is now 11 years
oid. Jay-Eye-See Is 6.
THE CLEARING HOUSE.
Silver a* a Medium of Settlement.
New York, Aug3.—The Tribune says:
“Bankers here are showing some anxiety
over the UCt that tbe amount of outstand
ing gold certificates is constantly increas
ing. The increase in July, according to
the Treasury statement, was $20,000,000.
Banners say when the issue of gold cer
tificates gets to that point where it cannot
be increased silver certificates or silver
coin must surely come to the front as a
means of setting clearing-house balances.
The present gold reserve is about sllß,-
000,000, and, under the law, only about
$78,000,000 more in gold certificates can
be issued unless the store of gold coin in
the Treasury should increase. The
demand for gold certificates is con
stantly swelling and banks in every sec
tion of the country are continually sending
for fresh supplies. Coin, as a medium of
settling accounts, has almost passed out
of use in this city. If the supply of gold
should run short certificates would, it is
feared, in time command a premium and
thereby compel the sub-Treasury m this
city to pay silver coin and silver certifi
cates over the counter, A Treasury offi
cer said to-day that it was only s. ques
tion of time—and not u very long liine
either—when the sub-Treasury would
have to pav its clearing house balances
in sliver. It is believed that the subject
of using silver certificates in the settling
of dailv balances will soon be brought
before "the Clearing House Association
for discussion.
Cleveland on a Vacation.
Albany, Aug. 7.—Gov. Cleveland left
here for the North Woods this evening for
a vacation. He will stop over night at
Plattsburg and proceed to his destination,
the Prospect llou .e, at Upper Saranac,
BloomingdaLe, Essex county, to-morrow.
There was no unusual crowd at the depot.
The length of his stay in the woods is not
known, but it is thought to be two weeks.
His letter of acceptance will probably not
be issued till his return.
A Lawyer’s Attempts at Suicide.
Troy, N. Y\, Aug. 7.—William J. Lan
sing. a lawyer of Cohoes, wfes arraigned
in the Police Court of t A city to-day
charged with drunken tried to
kili himself in the court room with a
large stone paper weight, cutting his
head badly. When he was returned to
the station he seized an oil can and
drank a quantity of oil. Lansing was
once a brilliant lawyer. It is said that
he is insane.
A Fapal Bull.
ST. Louis, Aug. 7.— The bull of transla
tion arrived here to-day from Rome for
Archbishop P. J. Ryan, who goes to Phil
adelphia. The local clergy will meet on
Mouday next.
FRAUD IN A DOST OFFICE.
THIEVERY ANI) INEFFICIENCY
RULE AT NEW ORLEANS.
Letters for the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany Alleged to Have Been Pocketed
by the Postmaster’s Son—Government
Mall Bags Appropriated by Wholesale
aud Devoted to Various L’ses.
Washington, Aug. 7.—The special
committee which has been investigating
the condition and management of the New
Orleans post office made its report to the
Postmaster General to-day. The com
missioners, Messrs. Burt, Dice and Abels,
say in the report that they found the fa
cilities of the office ample, but the force
employed inefficient through lack of pro
per training. Organization or discipline,
they say, does not oxist in the office, nor
does any system of promotion based on in
dividual merit, and they add that they
found everything arranged apparently
more for the personal convenience of the
clerks than for tbe necessities of the busi
ness. They say that the Postmaster pos
sesses but little or no knowledge of the
actual work of the office, and he makes
little or no effort tzo inform himself of the
necessities of the service, rarely visiting
the working floor and seldom consulting
with his subordinates.
AN INEFFICIENT ASSISTANT.
Also that while too much ought not to
lie expected of the Assistant Postmaster
in view of his comparatively recent ap
pointment, yet they feel constrained to
say that his selection for the place was
unwise because of his “inferior judgment,
lack of discretion and inability to main
tain discipline.” Further, they found no
organization, mail matter, especially
newspapers, being badly handled and de'-
layed. They found that no account had
been kept of mail sacks, which latter in
many cases were being unlawfully used
by persons other than employes, the com
missioners having found 140 of them in
junk shops, and others used as cotton
packages or made into hammocks.
They express the opinion that want of
energy on the part of the chief of this
division is in part owing to the failure of
his superiors to support him. They say
also that the office of the collection clerk,
with a salary of SOOO, has been held for
some time past by George W. merchant,
a son of the Postmaster, who has render
ed very little service, his work having
been done by the cashier, and they add
that this office is entirely unnecessary
and should lie abolished.
ANOTHER SINECURE.
They report having found an employe
carried on the rolls as “a norter detailed
as a detective,” who rendered no service
himself, but who had hired an old colored
man at $8 per month to do a little sweep
ing, that tieing all the service done. The
commissioners recommend the abolition
of this office. They also recommend that
the title of the official now known as “sec
retary and auditor” be changed to “of
ficial secretary,” and the salary of the
office be reduced from $1,500 to $1,200
4>er annum. They recommend in
creases in the salaries ot cer
tain clerks aggregating $l,lOO per annum,
and reductions aggregating $2,450.
They also report having made inquiries
relating to depredations on the mails at
this office and the failure of the Postmas
ter to report thpm, and say with respect
to this branch that it was found that just
before their visit fifteen letters addressed
to M. A. Dauphin had been abstracted
from tbe office; that instances point al
most conclusively to the son of the Post
master as the person who stole them; that
when the facts were reported to the Post
master he obtained possession of and
burned certain fragments of the missing
letters, thereby destroying important evi
dence against the guilty person, but he
afterwards promised to exclude his son
permanently from the office. The Post
master General has taken no action as yet.
VIRGINIA’S REPRESENTATIVES.
IVise’s Figlit Over the lie-apportionment
Ends in His Defeat.
W YKTHEVILLE, Va., Aug. 7.—The
Court of Appeals to-day decided the case
of Wise vs. Bigger et al. It involved the
validity of the recent act of the Legisla
ture to apportion the Representatives of
the State in Congress, and has excited
great interest. Mr. Wtse is at present the
Representative-at-large in Congress, and
applied for a writ f mandamus to com
mand the respondent, who is keeper of
the rolls, to strike the act from his rolls
on the ground that it had uot been passed
oyer the Governor’s veto l>v the requisite
majority in the Senate. The bill was re
turned by the Governor, with his objec
tions, to the Senate, where it originated,
and the Senate journal shows that
of the Senators voting two-thirds
voted to pass the bill over
the veto. The constitution of the State
provides in such cases that if two-thirds
of those present shall vote in the affirma
tive the bill shall be sent to the other
house for its action. The petitioner al
leges that when the vote was taken in
the Senate Senators Wickham and two
other Senators were present, who re
frained from voting, and thus that the
bill was not passed over the Governor’s
veto by the votes ot two-thirds of the Sen
ators present. This fact the petitioner
offered to establish by parol proof, but the
court unanimously held, in ail elaborate
opinion by Judge Fauntleroy, that the
Senate journal was conclusive upon the
subject, anti refused to hear evidence to
impeach. The writ was accordingly de-
Lied.
A FOUR-SIDED FIGHT.
One of tlie Combatants Killeil aud the
Other Three Mortally Wounded.
St. Louis, Aug. 7. —A dispatch from
Fredonia, Texas, says: “A desperate fight
occurred 10 miles north of this place Mon
day evening, in which one man was killed
and three mortally wounded. Samuel
Faulkner and Henry Allen met two broth
ers named Woodall, on the road, and at
tacked them with rifles. The party dis
mounted and fought from behind their
horses. Nearly 20 shots were exchanged.
Allen was shot through the heart at about
the fifth round. One of the Wood
alls was shot in the shoulder
and neck and disabled. The
other Woodall and Faulkner then closed
with bowie knives and a fearful combat
ensued, in which Woodall was stabbed
just below the heart. Faulkner then
turned to look after his dead companion,
Allen, and as he did so he received a
bullet in the breast trom the pistol of the
elder Woodall, who was lying on the
ground with his neck and shoulder split
open. Faulkner may possibly recover,
but both Woodalls will die. Thefightwas
the result of an old feud which originated
in Arkansas, where all the meu once lived.
Both parties were going to camp meeting
when they met.
BRAWN’S TOIL FOR BREAD.
Pennsylvania Miners Trying: to Organize
Another Extensive Strike.
Elizabeth, Pa., Aug. 7.—A mass
meeting ot the miners of the first, second
and third pools was held here this even
ing, and was attended by over 1,000 men.
Resolutions were adopted to continue tbe
strike for 3}£ cents per bushel until the
operators concede the advance. A com
mittee was appointed to visit the fourth
pool, and endqavor to persuade the
miners to come out for the district prices.
SUSPENDED WITHOUT W ARNING.
Reading, Pa., Aug. 7.- About 80 men
employed in the freight and passenger
department of the Philadelphia and Read
ing car shops in this city, were suspended
indefinitely this evening. The order was
not received until a late hour, and when
ii was announced it caused considerable
excitement. Twenty-five of the men we!?
employed in the passenger car depart
ment principally on new work. The others
were taken Irom various freight gangs.
It is also said that a slight reduction of
wages in several departments has been
ordered.
Royal I’helps’ Will.
New Y'ork, Aug. 7.—The will of the
late Royal Phelps, of this city, was filed
in the" Surrogate’s ofljee to-day. It is
dated Feb. 13, 1884. He bequeaths SIOO,-
000 to Hon. John Lee Carroll, of Mary
land, his son-in-law. After small be
quests to his servants and employes he
leaves the whole of his estate, both real
and personal, to his nephews and grand
children, and sets apart sums tor their
educatiou aud support. He directs his
executors to invest all other trust moneys
coming into their hands in railroad bonds.
United States obligations and in miscel
laneous securities.
Sponges Confiscated.
Montreal, Aug. 7.—Tbe Montreal
custom authorities made an extensive
seizure of sponges which had been im
ported from New York and entered at
undervaluation.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1884.
ATLANTA AT THE ALTAR.
Joseph Thompson, Jr., aud Miss Emma
Mims Wedded Under Brilliant Aus
pices.
Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 7.—The most fash
ionable wedding that has occurred in At
lanta in seven years took place at 8
o’clock this evening at St. Philip's
Church. The contracting parties were
Joseph Thompson, Jr., of the firm of Cox,
Hill A Thompson, of Atlanta, and Miss
Emma Mims, daughter of Livingstone
Mims. Dr. Armstrong, pastor of St.
Philip's Church, officiated, assisted by
Bishop Beckwith. The attendants were
William P. Curtis of New Orleans,Charles
S. Northern,Charles W. Crankshaw, Alex
ander W. Smith, Daniel B. Parrish,
Frank Gordon, Harry Hill, George M.
Traylor, Thomas Paine, Charles E. Har
mon of Atlanta, Miss Daisy Be
raux of New Orleans, Miss ’ Mary
Willie of Austin. Miss DeMorel of Nash
ville; Miss Lizzie Colquitt. Miss Mary
Couper, Miss Belle Greene, Miss Fannie
Clarke, Miss Ella Forencre and Miss Ella
Brockenborough, of Atlanta. The church
was handsomely dressed, aud nothing left
undone that was calculated to give ele
gance and taste to the event. At the con
clusion of the ceremony the bridal couple,
with their attendants weret driven to the
handsome residence of Maj. Mims, on
Peachtree street, where a' sumptuous
supper was served. The residence and
grounds surrounding it, were brilliantly
illuminated and the lawn in front
was carpeted to prevent injury
to the rich and costlv dresses worn
by all present. At 11:40 o'clock the bridal
couple took leave ot their friends here
for ti trip to California. The groom is a
widower of much popularity here and
well known all over the State! The bride
was at one time a resident of Savannah,
her father being a resident member of the
firm of Joseph E. Johnston & Cos., when
that firm had its headquarters in Savan
nah.
THE POST OFFICE CASE.
This afternoon, before United States
Commissioner Smith, B. A. Camp and
Theodore Myler, arrested a few days
since, charged with embezzlement from
the Atlanta post office, appeared in opeti
court, waived a preliminary investigation,
and gave bond for their appearance at the
October term of the United States District
Court. Auditor Clark, P. H. Snook and
William Daly became the bondsmen of
the accused.
FIRMS ON THE ROCKS.
Several Crashes Heard on Both Sides
of the Atlantic.
New York, Aug. 7.—Schedules in as
signment of 1). C. Newell & Sons, lumber
merchants, to Joseph Hilton were filed in
court to-day. They show liabilities of
$105,007, nominal assets of $130,298 and
actual assets of $03,584. Among the lia
bilities are preferred claims to the extent
of $12,657, non-preferred $102,471, and
secured $11,313.
CRIMINALITIES BROUGHT OUT.
Petersburg, Va., Aug. 7.—The grand
jury which has been investigating the
case which led to the failure of the Plant
ers and Mechanics’ Bank, with a view to
ascertaining whether or not any crimi
nality is attached to its officers, to-day
found presentments of felon v against Thos.
Whyte, cashier; W. W. Whyte, teller;
John Becker, bookkeeper, and for misde
meanor against J. T. Y'oung, President;
11. B. Park, Vice President, and John C.
Drake, a director. Bench warrants were
issued at once for the arrest of those in
dieted for felony. Those indicted for mis
demeanor will be tried at the October
term of the Hustings Court.
THE PETERSBURG CRASH.
Asa result of the investigations of the
grand jury into the affairs of the Plan
ters and Mechanics’ Bank Thos. Whyte,
W.W. Whyte aud John Beckwith were
brought before Mayor Jarnett this even
ing on bench warrants issued by Judge
E. M. Mann, of the Hustings Court,for ex
amination, which the counsel for the de
fense waived. The accused were sent for
trial to the October term ot the Hustings
Court, and each was released on bail of
$2,500 for their appearance. The result
of the grand jury’s investigation is the
general theme of conversation.
SUGAR MERCHANTS FAIL.
Liverpool. Aug. 7.—W. B. Duinbell
& Cos., and C. 11. Probst *fe Cos., both in the
sugar trade in this city, have failed.
Their total liabilities will reach £170,000.
Probst has lied to America.
A FAILURE IN LONDON.
London, Aug. 7.—C. G. Meir & Cos.,
dealers in quinine and Peruvian bark,
London, have tailed.
PAYNE’S COMING ROUT.
Settlers of Long Residence Even Not to
!>e Spared.
AV ashington, Aug. 7. —The intruders in
Indian Territory are said at the AVar De
partment to be in those portions of the
territory known as Oklahoma Land,
Cherokee Strip and Pan Handle. Several
companies of troops are expected to enter
tlie Territory to-day or to-morrow. All
persons found in the above portions of
the territory, estimated at 2,000, will be
removed. The men will be turned
over to the United States Marshal
in whose district the intruders
are found. The women and children will
be taken to Kansas or Arkansas and al
lowed to go. All improvements are to be
destroyed, bouses, outbuildings and fences
to be razed to the ground, and cattle,
horses and farming implements are to be
turned over to the Interior Department
and to be disposed of as that department
may decide. It is asserted that some of
the settlers are bona fide. The authorities
assert differently, and say that no one is
entitled to settle in either of the three dis
puted tracts of land. A number of men
are reported to have lived in Oklahoma
and Pan Handle for several years and to
have made extensive improvements. The
order to remove applies to them as well
as to those who have just settled therein.
The military forces w'ili not be ordered to
those portions of the Territory more
thickly inhabited by Indians.
WRECK OF THE AMSTERDAM.
Atmospheric luUuence on the Com
passes Probably the Cause.
New Y’ork, Aug. 7.— Disi>atches were
received at the office of the wrecked
steamer Amsterdam in this city to-day
giving the names of the lost. They were
Henry Schelleuberg and William Dicks,
steerage passengers, and Tremmer Bram
mel, a coal passer. Capt. Gore, of
the steamer Brooklyn City, plying be
tween New Y'ork and Bristol,
who arrived here Sunday, called
at the office ol the Amsterdam, and said
that his steamer and the Amsterdam were
together from the morning of July 29 to
the morning of the 30th, and that they
parted company about noon on that dav,
120 miles from the scene of the wreck,
near Sable Island. On both these days
Capf. Gore says he found himself eighteen
miles away from where he ought to be,
and the steering compass was practically
useless on account of weather disturb
ances. lie suggests that the case must
have been the same with the compasses
of the Amsterdam, and thus caused her to
go ashore.
The Amsterdam cost between £50,000
and £OO,OOO. Her cargo is chiefly tele
graph wire. The agent says that nearly
all of the cargo was thrown overboard,
and that the steamer will not he a total
wreck.
A Profitable Investment.
Washington, Aug. 7.~Tbe Unitet}
States Treasurer has sold lands in which
$30,130 of funds retained from district con
tractors was invested, realizing therelor
$3t>,97, a protit of $9,857, due to the appre
ciation of the bonds. Contractors will be
paid the amount retained from them, and
the money realized on the investment will
be converted into the Treasury, subject to
future action. It is probable that Con
gress will be called upon to decide who is
entitled to the profits of the investment.
Cleansing Washington.
W ashington, Aug. 7.—The Health
Officer of this city has been at work for
several weeks w ith a large force cleaning
the streets and alleys, flushing the sewers
and disposing of ail garbage wherever
found. The best approved disinfectants
have been Ireely used, and the sanitary
condition of the whole city is now in a
most satisfactory condition. The utmost
care will continue to be taken during the
entire warm season.
The G. A. B. Encampment.
Old Orchard, Me., Aug. 7.—lt is es
timated that 25,000 persons, including
5,000 old soldiers, are here to-day to attend
the encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic. Most of the visitors attended
Blaine’s public reception in the parlors of
the Old Orchard House during the fore
noon.
BRUSSELS RIPE FOR RIOT.
TROOPS CALLED OUT TO PRO
TECT THE DEPUTIES.
Stream* of Water Turned on the Mob by
the Fire Department—Police Eventu
ally Take the Place of the Military-
Further Trouble Expected on Sunday.
Brussels, Aug. 7. —Owing to fears
that a further demonstration would be
made to-day against the Deputies, troops
were stationed near the Chamber to pre
serve order. The communal administra
tion at once protested agfiinst the employ
ment of troops for this piirpose, and as it
undertook to preserve srder its protest
was heeded by the government, and after
the soldiers had been ou duty for only a
short time they were withdrawn. Access to
the street leading toj the Chamber
is now blocked $ by police.
Notice was taken of thii matter in the
Chamber of Deputies. M. Jacobs, Minis
ter of the Interior, stated that in conse
quence of tbe recent agitation the military
had been requested to guard the peace in
the vicinity of the Chamber, but that in
asmuch as the communal administration
promised to prevent disorder the mllitaiy
had been withdrawn.
A motion censuring the Cabinet for call
ing out the military was proposed in the
Chamber of Deputies, but it was defeated
by a vote ol 81 to 51. Troops are confined
to their barracks so as to je ready for au
emergency, and the civic guard has been
called out.
Firemen played with their hose upon a
shouting mob which gathered outside the
chamber. Several arrests were made.
Gendarmes escorted the members from
tlie Chamber. The mob was finally dis
persed.
La Joural rtn lirusselles appeals to all
Catholics to join in a counter demonstra
tion Sunday against the Liberals. Dis
orders are feared.
CHOLERA'S RETREAT.
The Grim Kpidemic Bound to Bow to
Medical Science.
Paris, Aug. 7. -There were 11 deaths
from cholera at Marseilles during the 24
hours ended at 8 o’clock this morning.
There were 4 deaths from cholera at
Toulon last night, one of them a person
who returned to the city yesterday morn
ing. There has been a slight increase .in
the number of cases owing to the great
number of returning lugitives.
During the 24 hours ending at 9 o’clock
to-night there were 5 deaths at Marseilles
from cholera and 0 at Toulon. The record
ol the hospitals at Toulon to-day is as
follows: Admission 7, discharged 10,
deaths 1, under treatment 07. The sani
tary condition of La Seyne caused anxiety,
but the condition of the remainder of the
departments is satisfactory.
A fresh case of cholera is reported at
I’anicleer, Italy.
One death occurred at Varignano, Italy,
to-day.
An analysis of the water in common
use has been made at Marseilles, and at
Aix and Arles. This showed that the
water was full of microbes.
The municipal authorities at Marseilles
have decided to commence the construc
tion of important public works. This
will give occupation to many unemployed
workmen.
The Belgian Government has decided to
establish quarantine against all Medit
erranean ports.
An Italian died of cholera in the suburbs
of St. Louis, and his family abandoned
him after stripping the corpse of its
clothing. The Bureau of Assistance took
no action toward having the bodv burled.
The next morning a vicar came to per
form the religious rites. He was com
pelled to place the body in a coffin un
aided. He succeeded in carrying tbe
coffin down stairs with the help of several
women . The vicar afterwards washed his
hands in the gutter and wiped them c*u
his surplice. The Republican Committee
considered the matter and unanimously
passed a vote of thanks to the vicar for
his conduct.
Cholera is ravaging the department
of Herault, especially tlie commune of
Gigeon, where there are 2,000 inhabitants.
Seven persons died there of cholera dur
ing the past 24 hours, and is cases are
now under treatment. A woman has died
of cholera at Montfavet, and her husband
has been attacked with the disease. The
population are flying from the place.
ENGLISH CHOLERA SPREADING.
London, Aug. 7. —English cholera is
spreading in Clayton, Le Moors and llisli
ton hamlets, not far from Blackburn.
PEACE OK WAR STILL IN DOUBT.
Both France ami China Apparently Not
Over Eager for War.
London, Aug. 7.—A dispatch from
FooChow of this date says: “High au
thority here asserts that peace is certain.
The American Minister is to arbitrate. A
settlement will probably be reached which
will bo acceptable to both parties, but it
is believed that the settlement w’ill be
temporary only on Ihe French side.
Advices of Aui. li from Canton state
that the Viceroy of that district was su
perintending the laying of torpedoes and
tbe preparation of a barrier to obstruct
the passage of the river. He has also
given orders for twelve tons of dynamite.
Insults to foreigners have been forbidden,
and the town is quiet, although a strong
war feeling prevails. A steamer is held
in readiness to remove foreigners from the
city if it shall be necessary.
In the House of Commons to-day Lord
Fitzinaurice, Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, said that he believed that
negotiations between France and China
were still going on. He hoped that they
would result in a friendly settlement of
the points at issue.
The Pall Mall (razelte publishes the
following news concerning the French in
China: “Admiral Courbet has not occu
pied the harbor or mines at Kelung. The
French war vessels in the port will make
no hostile movement at Jtelung nor else
where i® China.”
Florida’s Metropolis.
Jacksonville, Aug. 7.—Nothing has
vet been heard of Messrs. Holmes and
DeLacy, citizens of Jacksonville, who left
Fernandina three and a half months ago in
the bark Albert M. for Buenos Ayres.
Much apprehension is expressed.
The Colored Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows closed its session with a street
parade.
Under the new schedule the mails of
Jacksonville reach Tampa in twenty-one
hours.
It is rumored that work will shortly be
commenced on the Enterprise and Titus
ville Kqgfcad.
The County Convention to
and four Assembly
men moWs Saturday. There are dozens
of sable aspirants.
Two Killed by Foul Air.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 7.—Solomon,
David and Frauk Slusher, of Nescopeck,
wfio had been engaged for some days in
sinking a well, prepared a blast this
morning at the bottom and fired it off. A
few moments later Solomon descended into
tbe opening. When half way down be
cried for help. The two others went to
his relief, and all were overcome by foul
air. Several men near by ran to their as
sistance. When brought to the surface
Solomon and David were dead, and Frank
Slusher was unconscious, but finally re
vived.
The Ex-Confederate Reunion.
Galveston, Aug. 7.—A special from
Dallas says: The second day of the ex-
Confederate reunion was occupied with
speech making and parades. Many old
and tattered battle flags were shown in
the line. Gen. Sullivan Ross and others
addressed the veterans. MissS. S. Thomp
son, of South Carolina, read an original
poem dedicated to Jefferson Davis. A
grand parade of the State militia con
cluded the programme. There were IS,OOO
visitors in the camp grounds.
No Lepers with O'Donnell.
San Francisco, Aug. 7.—Nineteen
lepers were 6ent baek to China to-day on
the steamer Oceanic. One of them escaped
before the sailing of the vessel, but was
recaptured. The city paid the full pass
age money of the lepers and gave each
one $5. Special dispatches received here
from the East about Dr. O’Donnell and
his two lepers have caused much amuse
ment here, as it is known that he has no
lepers with him.
Two Years for Burglary,
New York, Aug. 7.—Jesse G. Carter
and Frauk W. Hyde, a cowboy and a
rancheman respectively, the former being
from San Francisco and the latter from
Wyoming, were to-day sentenced to State
prison for two years each, having been
convicted of burglary on a liquor store.
Butler to Stand by His Xomiuation.
Boston, Aug. 7.—Beniamin F. But
ler has written a letter to Mr. Dana,
editor of the New York Nun. announcing
his intention to stand by the nomination
■ of the Greenbackers andAnti-Honopolists,
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Several of tbe Old Leaders Put Back in
the Traces.
Columbus, Ga.. Aug. 7.—The Fourth
Congressional District Democratic Con
vention to-day nominated Henry R. Har
ris, of Greenville, for Congress on the first
ballot.
Washington, Aug. 7.—The following
reports from Congressional conventions
have been received:
The dead-lock in the Eighth Illinois dis
trict Republican Congressional Conven
tion continues. It is thought that the
convention will adjourn to meet at some
other place.
A Shelbyville, Illinois, special savs:
“The Greenbackers at Tower Hill yester
day nominated E. J. M. Corgan lor Con
gress.”
Maj. John O. Cravens was nominated
for Congress from the Fourth Indiana dis
trict by the Republican Convention at
Greensburg to-day.
The Democratic Convention of the new
Tenth Virginia district met at Staunton
to-day and nominated J. Randolph Tucker
lor Congress.
The Democrats of the Fourth Ohio dis
trict to-day nominated C. M. Auderson ior
Congress.
John Little was to-day nominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Eighth
(>liio district on the seven hundred and
forty-ninth ballot.
The First Ohio district Republican Con
vention to-day nominated Hon. Benjamin
Butterworth for Congress on tbe first bal
lot.
The Republicans of tlie Second Ohio
district have nominated for Congress
Geu. Chas. E. Brown.
The Democratic Convention of the
Twenty-first Pennsylvania Congressional
district met at Pittsburg this morning,
and unanimously nominated Hon. C. E.
Boyle, the present Representative.
The Republicans of the Third lowa
district to-day renominated Congressman
I). B. Henderson.
Kerr Craig was nominated by the Demo
crats ot the Seventh North Carolina dis
trict at Salisbury to-day. The Republi
cans ol tlie Fifth Congressional district,
at AVinston to-day, nominated AV. H.
Wheeler for Congress and A. H. Joyce
for Presidential elector.
The following Democratic candidates
to Congress were renominated in South
Carolina without opposition: First dis
trict, Samuel Dibble; Fifth district, John
J. Hemphill; Sixth district, George AV.
Dargan. In the Fourth district AV. H.
Perry, of Greenville, was nominated on
the one hundred aud second ballot to suc
ceed John H. Evins, who declined renom
ination. No nomination is yet reported
in the Second district, where balloting
was begun yesterday.
The Democratic Convention of the Sec
ond Maryland district, which met at Eik
ton yesterday, after taking 1,353 ballots,
adjourned this evening, without making
a nomination, to meet in Baltimore Thurs
day next. The district, at present repre
sented by Hon. J, Fred. C. Talbot, a
prominent member of the Committee on
Naval Affairs, is composed of Baltimore,
Carroll, Cecil and Harford counties. Of
the delegates composing the convention,
Talbot has received the ten votes of
Baltimore and Cecil counties from the
first ballot, 1 short of nomination. Car
roll county cast its 5 votes for Dr. Shaw
and Harford 5 ior J. Thomas C. Hopkins.
YVKST VIRGINIA’S VOTERS.
The Republicans Laying Theii* Flans to
Flood the State with Money.
Deer Park, Md., Aug. 7.—Another
conference was held here to-day between
Stephen B. Elkins and several leading Re
publicans and Greenbackers of AVest
Virginia. The number of those present
was not as large as at last week’s confer
ence, it being understood that only those
who were to have part In the manage
ment of the canvass in AVest Virginia
should attend. The closest secrecy was
observed, none of the gentlemen register
ing at tiie hotel, all being entertained at
Mr. Elkins’ cottage, and the meeting was
held within its doors. Elkins and ex-Sen
ator Davis returned last night from the
mines adjacent to the AVest Virginia Cen
tral, which section Senator Don Cameron
and several Pennsylvania Republicans re
cently reached via AVhite Sulphur Springs.
Some of those in conference with Mr.
Elkins here to-day arrived yesterday and
awaited his coming. He assumed per
sonal charge of the canvass of Maxwell,
the Fusion candidate for Governor.
Funds, it is said, have been liberally pro
mised by the Republican National Com
mittee, aud the campaign will be inaugu
rated at an early day by a big meeting in
AVheeling. Arrangements were concluded
at the conference to-day for the services
of R. P. S. Stub, of Baltimore, and a list
of speaking appointments will at once be
made for him throughout the State. Stub,
wlio is a lawyer, has hitherto been a Dem
ocrat, and was in the Confederate army,
and this circumstance is expected to
strengthen his influence.
Gun. Herbert g Funeral.
Baltimore, Aug.7.—The funeral of the
late Gen. James R. Herbert, one of the
Police Commissioners of Baltimore, took
place this afternoon. The services were
at the Emanuel Episcopal Church, after
which the remains were buried at Loudon
Park Cemetery. The Fifth Maryland
Regiment, of which Gen. Herbert was
formerly commander, 250 strong, acted as
an escort, and the line was flanked by
seven platoons of police, each twenty
four strong, under command oi the Mar
shal and Deputy Marshal of Police. There
were also present surviving members and
ex-members of the Board of Commission
ers, a delegation from the Corn and Flour
Exchange, the Society of the Army and
Navy of the Confederate States, ex-Gov.
John Lee Carroll, Hon. John V. L. Find
lay, and many of the most prominent
merchants and business men of Baltimore.
Tlie Total Abstinence Convention.
Chicago. Aug. 7.—The Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of America at its
session this forenoon reconsidered the re
solution to hold its next convention at
Notre Dame, lud., and it was decided to
hold the next convention at New Haven,
Conn., on the first Wednesday in August,
18.85. A number of amendments to the
constitution were acted on, after which
addresses were made by Bishops Spauld
ing and Ireland. The convention ad
journed at 3 o’clock.
The union elected the following officers t
President, Rev. J. M. Cleary, of Keno
sha, AVis.; Vice President, Rev, James F.
Nula, ol Brooklyn, N. Y.; Treasurer, Rev.
J. I). Banks, of Ohio; Secretary, Phillip
A. Nolan, of Philadelphia.
The convention theu adjourned.
Able Bodied Immigrants.
New York, Aug. 7. —The steamships
America and P. Caland landed 797 immi
grants at this port this morning, and but
two of the whole number were detained
as paupers. Fifty-one out of 53 alleged
paupers,landed from the Hamburg steam
er Rugia, a few days ago, have proved
their ability to care for themselves.
Counterfeit Bank Notes.
New York, Aug. 7.—A dispatch re
ceived to-day in Wall street, from Boston,
says that two or three counterfeit Bank
of England notes for £SO each have been
passed on au exchange dealing firm in
that city by a man who bought Canadian
money and is supposed to have gone to
Nova Scotia.
Three Drowned in a Regalia.
St. John, N. F., Aug. 7.—The annual
regatta yesterday at Quidive Lake had a
disastrous effect. The race boat Terra Nova
was swauiped and three of her crew, Goss,
Martin and Power, were drowned. Cox
swain Ryan, w ho was taken from the w a
ter alive, died this morning,
Buffalo's War on Retting.
Buffalo, Aug. 7.— The stoppage of
pool selling at the Buffalo Trotting Park
was accomplished by means of w arrants
sworn out by the Law Association against
the track auttorities. It created excite
ment among the fraternity, but is gener
ally approved by the people.
Surplus Deputies Dismissed.
New Yoke, Aug. 7.—United States
Marshal Euhardt received instructions
from Washington a lew days ago to dis
miss six of his deputies, and they were
notilied of their removal to-day. This is
said to be a step in the interest of
economy.
Fratricide,
St. Louis, Aug. 7.—Two brothers
named William and Thomas Jennings,
aged respectively 10 and 12 years, ouar.
reled yesterday near Piketoc,’ Mo., when
the younger plunged a knife into the neck
of the other, severing the jugular vein and
causing death.
Madagascar’s Spirit.
Lon don, Aug. 7.—A letter has been re
ceived from Tananarive, dated July 0,
which says: “The Hovas are showing
great spirit, and are determined to resist
the French. The Queen proclaimed that
negotiations are at an end, and has order
ed her subjects to prepare ior war,”
SPOILS OF THE NILE LAND.
ENGLAND AND EUROPE STILL
AT ODDS OVER EGYPT.
German Papers Charge the Britishers
With Trying to Create Trouble Be
tween the Gauls and Teutons—Much
Depending on Lord Northbrook's Ob
servations at the Seat of War.
London. Aug. 7. —At to-day's session of
the House of Commons,Premier Gladstone
said that the government had no intention
of offering any counsel to the Egyptian
Government, or of proposing any financial
scheme till Lord Northbrook shall have
visited Egypt and made his report. If, in
the meanwhile, necessity for giving coun
sel or taking action shall arise, the gov
erument will observe the privileges of
Parliament.
In the House of Lords to-day. Earl
Granville stated that he had communi
cated with the Sultan respecting the Earl
ol Northbrook’s mission.
Tbe Earl of Northbrook, First Lord of
the Admiralty, who has been appointed
to go as high commissioner to Egypt, is
at present indisposed. He was obliged
yesterday to leave the Cabinet council.
He will start for Egypt by way of Brin
disi ou Aug. 31.
The Nile is rising slowly and much
anxiety is felt for the safety of the crojis.
Earl Granville, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, has instructed the British
Minister to Italy to thank Italy
for the support which she gave
to the British proposals in the
recent Egyptian conference. England, he
says, highly appreciates the attitude
maintained by Italy* in tlie conference. It
indicates friendship for England, and en
lightened solicitude for the prosperity of
Egypt.
M. AVaddington, the French Ambassa
dor to England, says that he intends to
remain in England, and has taken a house
at Hastings until the autumn, lie says
that no differences exist between him and
M. Ferry or his colleagues, and the Cabi
net approves his action in the conterence.
Ibe debate in the House of Commons
criticizing the government’s action in the
Egyptian conference will he concluded
Monday. Many members, swearing that
no division on the question would be
taken, have left London. Thursday next
has been fixed as the date of the proroga
tion of Parliament.
GERMAN INTERESTS IN EGYPT.
Berlin, Aug. 7. —Prince Bismarck has
instructed Count Von Munster, the Ger
man Ambassador to England, to ask Earl
Granville what measures England intends
to take for the payment of the Alexandria
indemnities. The German press continues
to attack the English policy in the Egyp
tian Conference, and Prime Minister Fer
ry’s overtures to the European powers for
joint representation with England on the
payment ot indemnities.
The North German Gazette reproaches
the English press for its persistent efforts
to excite France against Germany. The
paper says: “Recent events have sharp
ened public opinion in Germany to the
drilt of the English policy, and are
dissolving belief in the friendly sen
timents of the English for their
German cousins. Their efforts to cre
ate hatred between France and Germany
are now happily seen through, both in
Paris and Berlin. Henceforth, if Eng
land’s interests are opposed to France,
she must uot look to Germany, but must
act alone.
THE RITE OF THE RATTLESNAKE
Strange Facts which Cannot Be Ac
counted For by the Doctors.
Mount Morris, N. A'., Aug. s.—[New
York Times special.)—The statement
which has been given wide publicity in
the newspapers that a daughter of the
Hon. A. C. Ramage, of Bellaire, Ohio,
who was bitten on the right hand nine
years ago this summer by* a copperhead
snake, has suffered intensely on each an
niversary of the day on w hich she was
bitten, the arm and hand becoming swol
len, aud the origiual symptoms of paraly
sis appearing, has atoitsed much interest
in the medical profession as being some
thing unprecedented in toxicological
phenomena. The incident, however,
has recalled the circumstances at
tending a similar case which oocurred
in this county. Col. George Smith, who
was Livingston county’s first As
semblyman, in 1822, married a girl who
was bitten by a rattlesnake in 1803. Her
life was saved, but regularly every year
thereafter, on the day of the month on
which the bite was inflicted, the symp
toms of the poisoning violently returned.
The part bitten, her ankle, became black
and swollen, ami the entire leg was affec
ted by it. The paroxysm of pain that
followed the original injection of the
poison reappeared, and the victim suffered
terribly. The symptoms gradually grew
less violent during the day, aud on the
day following entirely disappeared. These
visitations became more violent every
year, and on the thirty-second appearance
the paroxysms were so violent that Airs.
Smith was unable to wear through them,
and she died in the most intense agony.
Miss Ramage’s return symptoms are
chaiacterized by a similar increase in
violence, and it is (eared that the visita
tion this year will prove fatal. She was
bitten on zYug. 19, 1875.
The Cornwall Trial.
Dublin, Aug. 7. —Tbe grand jury yes
terday, in presenting an indictment
against Cornwall and his companions in
iniquity, urged the Judge to prohibit
the publication of the evidence. The
Judge said that he would do what he
legally could do.
UNITED IRELAND’S COMMENTS.
Dublin, Aug. 7. United Ireland to
day devotes an article to consideration ol
the verdicts just gained in Belfast by
Crown Solicitor Bolton iu tbe action
brought by him against the proprietors
and editor of Untied Ireland. It says:
“The end is not yet. Lord Spencer and
Mr. Trevelyan would have shared in the
triumphs of Cornwall and Bolton if they
had triumphed. They must share also in
their dismissal or find deadlier weapons
to silence United Ireland.”
Tli© Iron Trade'i* l>ei>rcgsiou.
Pittsburg, Aug. 7.—The depression in
the iron business of this city is said to be
greater than for a number of years. Many
mills that coutiuued in operation through
the panic of 1873 are now closed, while
others that had plenty of orders are run
ning slack. Fully 7,000 men less are now
required to perform the amount of work
required than a vear ago.
The I’esce Conference.
Berne, Aug. 7. —The Peace Conference
to-day approved of the resolution in favor
of general disarmament and the establish
ment oi an international tribunal of ar
bitration. The conference expressed the
hope that the projected congress of the
Latin Slates of America would soon meet
and arrange a systemof arbitration.
Worth of a Newspaper's Name.
Paris, zYug. 7. —Le Matin has commenc
ed action for 50,000 francs damages agaiust
Al. Edwards, formerly an editor of Le
Matin because he started a paper entitled
Le Matin Fttmcaise. The owners of Le
Matin claim that Edwards usurped a title
over which they had expended 1,000,000
francs. The case was adjourned for a
week.
No Word of Sheldon.
London, Aug. 7. Nothing further has
been heard about Sheldon, the English
citizen who, it was said, had been cap
tured and held for ransom in Kansas.
The English Government is satisiied that
the American authorities have done all
that they could to tind him. It is feared
that he has been killed by his captors.
England’s Treaty with Mexico.
London. Aug. 7.-ln the House of
Lords Earl Granville said that negotia
tions with Mexico for anew treaty of
commerce would soon be resumed.
Six Cardinals to be Created.
Rome, Aug. 7.—Capuchin Father Mas
saga, Archbishop of Vienne and Seville,
and six other Italian prelates will he cre
ated Cardinals at the Consistory in Sep
tember,
France’s Hank Statement.
Paris, Aug. 7,-The weekly statement
of the Bank of France shows an increase
of 5,790,000 francs in gold and 3,845,000 in
silver.
A Failure In Cotton.
Liverpool, Aug. 7.—The failure ot a
small cotton firm was reported on the Cot
ton Exchange this morning.
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strength to the nerves, and calmness to
the mind-
WAITING FOR BEN.
The General’s Attitude the Chief Fac
tor Jn the Massachusetts Campaign.
Boston, Mass., Aug. s.—[New York
Herald special.]—Things political in Mas
sachusetts, comprise, first, Butler; sec
ond, the probable Democratic candidate
for Governor, and third, the Independent
vote. At first sight one might suppose
that Gen. Butler had fallen entirely into
the background, but if one were to repre
sent the political situation in Massachu
setts on canvas his chief duty would be
to put low down in the skv masses of
black thunder clouds. Those clouds
would represent Butler. No one ever
knows exactly what such elouds will
do, but every one does know that
they are controlled entirely bv the
forces that are in them,' and
that they depend not at all on air currents
that would cause other clouds to take
such course as these currents should
please or be entirely diffused. Gen. But
ler has formed a plan of action, that is
sure; but what it is no one knows. He
may retire from the political arena alto
gether, or he may support Mr. Cleveland,
or he may run a more or less vigorous
campaign on his own hook. If he does
decide to do the latter, and it is not at all
improbable, it will lie much more vigorous
than less. No one ever imagined that
Gen. Butler is afraid of work, and if he
decides to become a Presidential candi
date he will make as many speeches dur
ing September and October as auv other
man on the stump.
DONE WITH BUTLER,
Aii anti-Butler Democrat said to your
correspondent a few days ago: “Butler
is just waiting, with his ear to the ground,
lor the people to shout for him. if the
lrislimcu and laboring men show plainly
that they mean to bolt Cleveland, lie will
step to the front and make his bow. He
wants both parties to think that he holds
the balance cf power. The Democrats
are well rid of him, and can get along
very well without all who will follow him
if he runs as tbe labor-Irish candidate.
He served us well here iu Massachusetts
as a tool. We are done with him.”
THE IRISH VOTE.
An Irish Democrat, always a strong
supporter of Butler, voiced a difierent
sentiment: “Tlie Democratic party in
Massachusetts has gone to the devil
again. Butler was the only thing that
could hold it together. 1 don’t think
many Irishmen will vote for Blaine. The
Democratic vote in Massachusetts is
going to be light. The poor class of Irish
men won’t pay the $2 poll tax for the
privilege of voting just for the sake of
supporting the Democratic ticket.”
A COLDNESS TOWARD BLAINE.
The Chairman of a Republican Town
Committee, conversing with your corres
pondent yesterday, said: “The country
is cold as ice toward Blaine, and if we
want to poll a full vote we have got to
work harder than wo over did before.
Still, you can’t tell what the next two
months will do.
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
A New River Formed by the Great
Overflow of Water.
New Orleans, Aug. s.— [New York
Times special.]—The water in the Missis
sippi river has fallen about 12 feet below
the highest point attained last spring, aud
is practically within its banks at all
points save Davis crevasse, in St. Charles
parish, right bank. The break occurred
March 8, and all efforts to close it proved
futile, aud toe crevasse had its own way,
flooding thousands ol square miles of cul
tivated lands, wrecking buildings, and
doiug damage estimated at millions of
dollars. The water still goes through
the broken levee in a stream 1,200 feet
wide, but the deeper channels are on
the sides, while the centre of
the crevasse shows shallow water,
through which many mud lumps are visi
ble. The up-river chaunel is 400 feet
wide, and ou the line of the old levee the
water is very deep. Back of that line
some 200 feet the channel is shallower,
but is still as much as 18 feet deep, a line
of soundings at the shallowest point show
ing 15, 10 aud 18 feet all the way across.
The channel on the down-river side of the
crevasse is shallow on the line last re
ferred to, but the up-river channel will
require an 18-foot fall in the level of tbe
river before its flow of water will cease,
and this is impossible, since the river at
that point cannot fall much more than 0
feet below the present figure, and a total
decline of more than 18 feet below its
high water line. This would leave still
flowing the up-river channel oi the
crevasse, a permanent stream several
hundred l'cet wide and from 10 to 18 feet
deep.
At the line of tbe shallowest sounding
and beyond the line of the submerged rail
roads where the two channels of the cre
vasse come together a depth of 40 to 42
feet was found all the way across a wide
area through which a powerful current is
rushing, a large and navigable stream, in
fact, on to the Gulf of Mexico. Realizing
the fact that nature has asserted herself
in this grand cut-off or outlet in a manner
to defy the engineers the officers of the
Morgan Line and Texas Pacific have built
permanent bridges on tfllstles over the
stream, which promises to carry off a
much greater body of water than either
Bayou Lafourche or Bayou l’laquemiue. ■
In short, anew river has formed as an
outlet of the Mississippi more important
in size and depth than any stream south
of Red river.
A STRANGE EPIDEMIC.
Millions of Pei tli am) other Fish Dying
in Lake Mendotu.
Madison, AVis., Aug. s.— [New York
Times special.]—The mortality of perch
and other fish in Lake Mendotacontinues,
and scientific men from various parts of
tbe country have been called to investi
gate the matter. Thus far 200 tons ol dead
fish have been hauled away from the
shores of the lake by the city authorities.
The smell in hot weather is simply horri
ble. The worst mortality prevails when
the lake is very still or gently stirred by
a south wind. On a rough estimate,
3,000,000 fish have died in the lake, and
their bodies have drifted to the shore.
Perch are the only fish dying whose
death cannot bo accounted for. White
fish are going to a certain extent, but
they die every year on account ol
being driven from the cold water near the
mouth of the springs, which supply the
lake where they congregate, into the
warm water which prevails everywhere
else. A few pickerel also are seen dead,
hut not enough to cause the idea ofau
epidemic. It is the perch which gets the
best of fishermen now by their death.
The dead perch rauge in size from one
half pound to two pounds. They have
strewn the shore for nearly four weeks.
Cart loads are taken away and buried,
hut still the shore is covered with their
carcases. Every gale, every breeze that
blows strews them over the waves.
Theories are numerous regarding this
disease. One attributes it to as insect
that gets into their windpipo and chokes;
another notices a black spot near the gill
and attributes to its presence the cause
of which death is the effect. The State
Commissioners ure greatly mystified and
perplexed over the matter. Experts from
the Smithsonian and other institutes are
investigating the strange epidemic.
Parting of the Emperors.
I hit el, Aug. 7. —Emperor Frances
Joseph gave an audience to-day to Herr
Tiszor, Prime Minister for Hungary and
then visited Emperor William of’Ger
many for hall an hour. Later Emperor
William cave an audience to Herr Tiszor
The Emperors then diued together Herr
Tiszor and Count Bedokovlcb, Minister
for Crotia and Slavonia, were also present
at the dinner. The Emperors drove to
the station together, and Emperor Wil.
ham left at 4 o’clock. They embraced
and kissed each other repeatedly before
parting. 1 hey were received everywhere
with ovations,
Hailstones in Kuropo.
\ ienxa, Aug. 7.—A violent hailstorm
occurred to-day in Linz Green and Kircb
lag districts. Many persons w>ere injured.
A large number of buildings were w’ashed
away.
twelve persons killed.
Sebastopol, Aug. 7.—A severe hurri
cane and rainstorm visited this section
-to-day. Twelve persons were killed. An
immense amount of damage was done to
property.
Drowned at Kockaway.
New York, Aug. 7—William Arcb
mond, ot Galveston, was drowned at Rock
away Beach yesterday.
Consul General Williams,
~ Havana, Aug. 7.—Raymond O. Wil
liams, the newl v-appointed United States
Consul General at Havana, arrived to
day.
The Arctic Squadron.
New York, Aug. 7.—' The Greely relief
steamers Alert, Bear and Thetis arrived
oft Fire Island at 602 tpclock to-night.
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BASE BALL IN THE MUD.
THE BROWNS BEAT THE DIXIES
O TO 2 IN SEVEN INNINGS.
Error* Plentiful on Both Side*—The
Contest Called an “Exhibition Game”
—The Stars Defeat the Atlanta*—Other
Games of Ball and Sporting Matters.
Atlanta, Aug. 7.—Nearly the whole ot
last night and the greater portion of this
morning rain poured down with unrelent
ing fury, making it exceedingly doubtful
if the game of ball could be played in the
afternoon between the Browns of Augusta
and the Dixies of Savannah. Both clubs,
however, appeared at the park at the
appointed hour to find the grounds in hor
rible condition. In many places large
pools of water had collected, and the
remaining area was thickly coated with
red mud. A little exercise showed that
the grounds were slippery under
foot and in no condition for a
match game. Capts. Foster and Lewis
at first declined to play, but
were finally induced to give au exhibition
came of seven innings at the instance of
Henry Grady, who in a few remarks to
the audience stated that although the
park was in no condition for a game of
ball, the clubs had consented to play a
tew' innings at the request of himself and
others present. Several buckets of dry
earth were thrown into the pool of water
behind the home plate and the game was
called. The playing of both nines was
poor. Almost every movement made bv
tuo uh?u \\ as followed with slippii)**"
and sliding, several of the players
falling down. Iho guiao onded after seven
innings in favor of the Browns by a score
of ( to •>. The Browns made 10 errors
and the Dixies !*. Should the weather
Prove favorable these clubs will meet
again to-morrow and Saturday afternoon.
The Dixies seem to be the favorites in
betting circles to-night. Fitzgerald’s in
jured hand is much better, and his catch
ing behind the but this afternoon elicited
much applause.
While to-day’s game was called only an
“exhibition” game in ease each club win
one of the remaining games to be played,
it will be universally conceded that the
Browns won ibc best two games out
ot three. belief is, however,
that the will win both to-morrow’s
and Saturday’s games. They showed up
in line form to-day, but were of course
somewhat outplayed. Kilroy, it is be
lieved, will be badly batted. ’
Craig ol the Atlantas umpired the
game. The Dixies plav one new man.
The news of the defeat of the Atlantas by
the Stars ol Columbus this afternoon w T as
received both with surprise and regret.
GEORGIA’S FINEST GAME.
Tlio Columbus Stars Defeat the At
. lanta-’s by a Score or -1 to 4.
Columbus, Aug. 7.—The base ball
game here to-day between the Stars of this
city and the Atlantas was witnessed by
au immense crowd and was the lines! and
most exciting ever played in the State.
The Stars scored 4 runsontbo first inning
and the Atlantas 2 on the second, after
which no runs were scored by either side.
They will play again to-day. The earned
runs were: Stars 3, passed balls none;
double plays, Atlantas 1; left on bases.
Stars 4, Atlantas 0; struck out. Stars 0,
Atlautas :1; first base on errors, Stars 3,
Atlantas 0; bases on clean hits, Stars 9,
Atlantas 4.
TtIK EASTERN LEAGUE.
Philadelphia. Aug. 7. —At a meeting
ol the board ol directors ot the Eastern
league base ball clubs this afternoon
officers were elected, and the Active Club
of Reading and the Virginias of Richmond
were expelled for non-payment of dues.
(ijiiMPH Elsewhere.
Washington, Aug. 7.—Games of base
ball were played to-day as follows:
At New York— Providence 4, New Tork 2.
At Chicago—Cleveland 3, Chicago 2.
At Boston—Philadelphia (i, Boston 2.
At Philadelphia—Athletics 7, Alleghany 1.
Keystone 5, Boston 8.
At Lancaster—Allentown 4, Lancaster 0.
At York—Y'orkS, Domestic 5.
At Columbus—Columbus3, Toledo 2.
At Richmond, Va.—Virginia 10, Brooklyn 2.
At Detroit —Buffalo 9, Detroit 0.
At St. Louis—Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 4. St.
Louis 0, Cincinnati 3.
At Kansas City—Kansas 8, Chicago 9.
FOLLOWING THU JOCKEYS.
How the Crack Runners Stood Yester
day on Two Tracks.
Saratoga, Aug. 7.—The weather was
warm and the track fair to-day. The
events were as follows:
First Race—Purse SSOO and entrance
money di vi Jed between second and third; non
winning and maiden allowances; one mile.
.Jim lien wick won, with Richard L. second
ana Nettie third. Time 1:45.
IS econo Race—Virginia stakes for two
year-olds; #25 entrance, play or pay, with
1700 added; nou-winning and maiden allow
ances; five furlongs. Lizzie Dwyer won, with
Volante second; Paragon third. Tim 6 1:04
Third Race—Purse *IOO for maiden three
year-olds; SSOO non-winning allowances,
three-quarters of a mile. Trollope led at the
ladling stand, and won. with Simoom second,
and Bob May third. Time 1:18^4.
Foirth Race—Trouble stakes, handicap
steeple chase, SSO entrance, half forfeit, with
S;,COO added if three or more horses, the prop
erly of different owners, start, or half that
sum if a less number, second horse to receive
4200, and the third SSO out of the stakes; alamt,
two miles and a quarter. Kenzie took the
lead after going over the water jump the llrst
time round, was never headed, and won by
two lengths, with lleverwick second, and An
nette third. Time 4:29.
AT MONMOUTH PAHK.
Long Branch, N. J., Atig. 7.—At
Monmouth Park to-day there was a steady
tall of rain and the trfiek was deep with
slush. The races evented as follows:
First Race—Fur all ages; seven furlongs.
Frankie 11, won, with Equipoise second and
Chickadee third. Time I :3i]4.
Second Race—Optional stakes for two
year olds; the winner to be sold; three-quar
ters of a mile. Error won by three lengths,
with Unreft second and Cricket third. Time
1:20.
Third Race—Trenton stakes for three
year-olds; selling allowances; one and one
eighth miles. Chanticleer won. with Marma
iluko second and Barton third. Time 2:05>4.
Fourth Race—Ealontown stakes for two
vrar-olds and upwards; one mile. Miss Wood
ford won, with Duchess second and Little
Mcrch third. Time 1:47.
Fifth Race—Belling race; one mile and
one-half furlong. Dank won by three lengths,
with Pericles second and Regret third. Time
1:58.
Sixth Race—A handicap -hurdle race; one
mile and a quarter; over five hurdles. Trom
bone won by a length, with Bally second and
Major MeClarty third, Time 2:34.
Hair u Million in Gold.
New York, Aug. 7.—The steamship
America to-day brought from Europe
$500,000 in gold bars, consigned to agents
ol the British Bank of North America.
Earthquakes in Italy.
Rome. Aug, 7.—Four earthquake
shocks were felt early this morning at
Frascatti, Albano and Castelli Itomanie,
a few miles southeast of Rome.
Teceehlo Resigns.
Home, Aug. 7.—King Humbert has ac
cepted the resignation of Siguor Teccehio,
President of the Senate.
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