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> ESTABLISHED 1850
j. H ESTILL, Editor nd Proprietor, j
ITEMS in three states.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
M*<li*ou ExerHsed Over a Bad Mans
Scandalous Manner of Visitine a Young
Children Burned to Death
Near Mllledgeville—An Array of Frogs
Near Carneavllle.
GEORGIA.
\notluT • otton warehouse will soon be in
operation in Butler.
In Taylor county Mr. L>. A. Jones’ early
C r p ofeotton has been partially destroyed by
rats.
Ti e little girl of Milton Hudson, of surater
(■••uutv, met with a fatal accident on Wednes
,t ,v last, 'he accidentally stumbled and fell
into a is.t of boiling -nap. which scalded her
- > severely a- to cau-c her death in a few
l ours. The child was about 3 .tears od.
Monday last was the day appointed for an
election to decide w hether county
w aill approprial ■ a few hundred dollars for
I ; urn -< f holding a railroad survey be
tween Darien and the Savannah, Florida and
w. -'em Kailway. “survey” carried the day
bt a unanimous v de
M. le'lgeville t'hronicU: Penny Clay, a
r . ~r. 1 wnni tn living on what is known as
t„ Natii in Hawkins place, in Baldwin county,
weid to church Wednesday night last, leaving
live *d her children in her house, one of whom
v i-studying her lesson. The house caught
lire during her absence and the result was
three of the children made their eseaite and
two were burned. Tliey doubtless all fell
asleep, for it is stated that as the elder chil
dren got to the door dragging one of the
■.-.. linger one* with them thereof fell in.knock
ing it hack into the house, and it, with one
other, perished in the flames.
Carnrsville Rnjixtrr: Dr. T. J. Crow rc
pori* a school of frogs on the road leading
fr ui here to Athens, near Gholston’e mill.
ll,at •> Ip-es our former frog story. He says
went to Athens about two months ago and
r .ud the whole face of the earth, from the
nulla to Mrs. Hardeman's, a distance of about
t > miles, almost literally covered with
ill toad frog-. He passed the same road a
.' w days since and the frogs were still to be
n, and in as large numbers as before.
" sen seen ls.th times they were in a short
•t -taneeof the same place, and all apparently
going in the same direction. The last tune
he-aw them they were much larger than at
i-t. I hi-is the story as told by Dr. crow
and is true in toto.
Americn* R'jmbli, in : We learn that Mr.
!-;o 11. w ggtns, living 8 or 10 miles from
. tv, bad a severe headache Thursday af
ternoon. and took several remedies, such as
ne bad al>ut the house, but found ti > relief,
that night he sent a negro to lr. Tin-lev for
- n.•• morphine, and took it, going to sleep
• diaieiy afterwards. His wife liecoming
i. armed at ins breathing, sent for Dr. Tm--
,ii’i he used every effort to awaken the
II in. Friday morning Dr. M. I>. Saunders
, . and to attend a patient, and both together
. r. trying ban! to keep Mr. Wiggins alive.
He had been whipped ami walked euougli to
it. ar any man out, but had not said a word
fi'-ui Ho time he went to sleep. The mor
: : '■ he took, it is staled, was not enough to
i: ii; bun. unless he had taken laudanum or
sme other M>|*rific before.
I; ickshear correspondence of the Morning
Nls. Atig.tf: Intelligence of the death of
Mr. K. D. Byars, editor of the Hlack-hear
■ 1 ' . “it. whb'li occurred at tne home
*■! I- father, at 8 o’clock this morning, in
Cuthbcrt.. was received here with
-I'lTovv bv his many friends. The
flier of the y.im </./ Signal is draped in
arning for him. He die*t of consumption,
Hindi h* has had, in a mild form, for years.
Mr. 15 trs’ whole life had been devoted to
. i rnali.-m, and while he may have commit -
ted errors, no doubt he endeavored to wie and
i.i- pen lor good, lie was about 3u years of
_i Mr. B. I. Brantley, Jr., of the'lirm of
1!. I*. Brantler V Sons, is yisitiug North
..e' lgia. Mrs. W. G. Brantley also.—Capt.
T. .1. Fuller, accompanied by his \ounge-t
i _ iter, will leave for North Georgia and
\ , in,a to-night. They will tarry at these
t.. places till sept. I.
Wr.glitsv lie Recorder ; Avery singular
u -foriiih liefell Mr. .1. F. Thompson, of this
• !ai v. - In- was going on a visit last Sunday
t.. v- si k father who resides in Wilkinson
c.uintv. He went to what is known as Thomp
- ferry, a private crossing on the Oconee,
a: I h :t if s horse, a gentle and very valuable
animal, standing on this side hitched to the
hi.-igv. with the lines tied to the dashboard,
hue In- went across the river in a ba can to
.> t the flat. Just as lie reached the opposite
auk, he looked back amt saw his horse enter
ing the water; be made Ins wav back to him
- jitickly aspo-silile. and met the horse just
as he struck the current. He caught him by
the bridle, and as he did so, the buggy turned
over: the capsizing of the buggy turned the
hor-e over on hi- back. The bridle then broke
and the buggy and horse bo h sank from his
vn . Mr. Ihonipson saw nolhiug more of
'.'-■on uni I eight hours later, when they were
- un i a few hundred yards below the ferry;
me hrse was dead, and the buggy somewhat
damaged.
% -.'ii Matli*onian : W. A. Burney, a
farmer About 24 years of age. weut to
the residence oi W. F. Si at thews, a respected
:tam ~i this place, Thursday night, in an
-wer to a note said to have been written by
Mi— .Mnllie IlnlhTt, a niece of the latter's
wife, w ho was at the time visiting the family,
m l liter stripping himself of outer clothing,
which be laid under some shrubbery near the
icu-e. climbed into the young lady's room
thro, gh an open window. Before hot ntered.
•never, seeing that he was detected by a
icgro woman living on the lot, lie asked her
! could come mtoher house. She told him
Ui t he could, as there was no one in her
. ■ i;-c. and lit a lamp to receive him. While
s!ie was anding this. Burney climbed into
the window of tlie young lady’s room,
when Mr. Matthews, who had’ retired,
caring some unusual noise, called the negro
woman, >usan, and asked who it was that was
going around the house. The woman told
him • that it was Will Burney, and he had
imbed into Miss Mollie’s room.” Mr. Mat
thews then seized a shot-gun to go around to
the w indow just as Burney, who had become
frightened, was egressing, whereupon he
l< died the trigger, and seeing that he had
mr-sed his mark struck him a blow in the
head with the stock of the gun. The twoeame
together, and a life and death fight followed.
Burney was unarmed, hut fought like a tiger,
aud was about to get the best of the youug
.nil’s protector, when John Wynn and
IVnlte Fitzpatrick ran up and separated
litem. Miss Mollie Hubert, the unfortunate
_ r , sa I tout 18 years of age. and the daughter
•it John Hubert, an industrious farmer of this
* luntv. She is well connected, and no more
- reel lady lives in our city than Mrs. Mat
thews, her aunt, with whom she is stopping.
Her own family occupies an honorable so
cial i*>sition. The young lady denies having
any knowledge of Burney’s visit, avows her
innocence, and says she would not marry
him. Burney, tin the other baud, holds a let
ter which he claims was sent to him through
a young man whose name it is not necessary
to fmulsh the public, urging him to “come a't
o n c itud ilo something for her,” and written
i the most affectionate strain. Burney says
that he went into her room for the
reason that Ue had been prohibited by
the family seeing her, and wan ted to
care an interview before their marriage,
w i ich uas to occur in alioul a week; that he
I u U and off his clothes before entering, because
c couldn't get through the window with
them on. Bnrnev bears a very bad name for
truth and morality, and this statement Car
rie- little weight. ’ It seems that he had been
I rolubited from coming to sec the young lady
on a, count of Ins bad character. He is the
son of John vv . Burney, who has occupied
i-o.ts.-iis of trust in our county, and who is
to-day one of our most respected citizens.
We Aropathize deeply with him and lus
vrife in tl.is matter. Burney says that
i.e h ii intended to marry the young lady, and
vr.i. do so yet if permitted. He went to bis
dome, about 10 miles from town, to aw ait the
dei-i- ~f jH,. unfortunate girl's parents,
-Mr. Matthew- no! being willing to assume
responsibility. Mr. Matthews acted
n morab'.v in protecting the young lady, and
and family have the sympathy of our
People.
FLORIDA.
Her West claims 11,000 population, ami has
n none beggar.
Set* corn—crop of 18H —is selling at 30 cents
a aashel in Tsliahassee.
Two hundred and fifty immigrants landed
at Kt \ West last month.
A man in Walton county has a seven dollar
: lit which was made in 1700.
Ki y West’s Marshal collected S3O 30 from
coats and wharfage last month.
It costs the Postmaster at Key West 40 cents
a u ght for lights to see how to distribute his
l ucre were 810 bale* of leaf tobacco im
prted at Key West Irout Havana hist
month.
Irish potatoes weighing one sound and one
atid a half ounces are the kind they grow at
Live Oak.
The colored men of Palatka have organized
a military company with a roll of members
numbering 60.
Tbe rails for Green Cove's street railway
nave been shipped and will doubtless reach
there next week.
Y!te .Jacksonville. Tampa and Key West
Kailri.ad.lt is said, has the largest freight
noue at Palatka) in the Stave.
•L H. Hibbard has bought Mr. Brom
w-i s interact in tlie Palatka Transfer Com
pany, anil is now sole proprietor.
TLo engagement of a charming young b.dy
' * Tallahassee to a gentleman of Savannah is
sinnonneed among intimate friends.
Ti e fi-u business on Payne's I.ake prove* to
oe a lucrative business, and large quantities
are shipped from Gainesville daily.
The truck of the Ocala Hook and Ladder
company No. 1 arrived Tuesday morning
■rum New York by the Transit Koad.
A poil of red iiepper five inches in length
arm three in circumference was plucked lust
week from a garden in Hernando county.
A. ?. Lewis, who came to Florida to fight
Indians in 1836. has recently come back to
t orula and purchased a home on Indian
Hunting in Brevard county is very good this
summer. One man recently killed four deer
•n three hours, one of them’a buck, weighing
•wi pounds.
Capt. C. E. lijke. of Tallahassee, lias Le
'-oute pear trees that were put out live years
“S°. from which he last week picked pears
Weighing 10 ounces.
The young ladies of Green Cove Springs
nave taken anew departure, and now dispute
hon.irs with their gentlemen friends in bag-
K'tg the most quail.
The jail at Enterprise has been completed,
nut cannot be used until after the grand jury
iL* county shall have accepted it. The
grand Jury will not be in session until Sept. 8.
*• M. Lee has leased the Leon Hotel. With
‘lPt* jjmtannali |l
the Leon at Tallahassee, the Everett at Jack
sonville, and the Sanford House at Sanford,
Mr. Lee will have hts hands full next winter.
Tampa was maligned at Orlando a few days
ago. Someone reported that cholera had
made its appearance there. The rumor was
too foolish to lie credited, and was promptly
proven untrue.
The senior editor of the Sanford Journal has
been placed in possession of a special cadet
ship to the Georgia Military Academy, with
authority to present it to some worthy youug
man of his section.
Anew and flourishing town in Marion coun
ty is christened Withlacoochee, after the fa
mous stream upon whose banks it is located.
Tne town is said to have quite advantageous
surroundings and to be backed by capital and
enterprise.
Hedgepeth, confined in Leon county jail
under two charges for stealing horses, is a
much wanted man. He is wanted in Georgia
for stealing a mule. Capt. Moseley has been
noti lied that he is wanted at three different
places iu Alabama on similar charges.
Louis Kolb, an old citizen of Ucala and
Cedar Key, died in the former place last Fri
day night of consumption. Mr. Kolb was a
native of Germany, aud resided in this State
for several years. He was a contractor and
built the new court house in Ocala last
spring.
The graders of the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West Itailrosd are at work just west of
Orange City finishing the grading between
Bcre-ford and Thrasher’s ferry. This will be
completed within a few weeks, then all grad
ing will be completed for the road, except
from Thrasher’s ferry to Sanford.
The Democratic voters of the precinct will
assemble in Green Cove on next Saturday
for the purpose of electing delegates to the
nominating convention, which w ill assemble
in Middlebnrg on Wednesday, Ang. 20, to
nominate a candidate to represent Clay
county jn the State Legislature during the
ensuing two years.
Kockiedge Sun: Clay Springs, 12 miles
from Orlando a> and 3 miles from Apopka, is
one of the largest mineral springs m the
United States. The springs are situated at
the foot of a high bluff or hill. The pool
where the water comes tin is 73 to 100 feet
across, in the centre of which the water con
stantly lioils aud bubbles. Enough water
come.-out of the ground to form a river, and
steamboats have run up from the St. John’s
and tied up directly over the opening where
the water comes from the bowels of the earth.
The water is strongly impregnated with sul
phur. and possibly with other minerals. The
spot is a favorite resort for camping parties,
who go there to bathe and drink the water,
some day a fashionable hotel will lie located
there, which will destroy much of the ro
mance of the s|iot.
Lake City corresnondence of the Morning
News Aug. 8: The pending decision in the
Supreme Court in relation to the railroad
debt again-t Suwannee county has been ren
dered against Suwannee.—The Lake City
Democratic Club attended cn masse the
-peaking at Live Oak by Gen. Perry
and Gov. Itloxliam last evening. Lake City-
Cornet Band accompanied the club and
added much to the occasion by its soul-stir
ring strains. All returned highly pleased.
Gov. liloxham adverted to the Disston sale,
etc., harped on so heavily by Mr. Pope, anil
aiiiy defended himself, lie passed in review
the administrative misfortunes and fortunes
of Florida from the ending of the war up to
the present time. His arguments were to the
point and conclusive. Those who hail never
heard Gen. Pern speak were perfectly satis
fled. There is no doubt but that the inde
pendent feeling in this section is dying out.—
Lake City is preparing for a stupendous bar
lieeue. Everybody in the adjoining
counties who ’ can attend will be ex
pected. It will be the biggest thing
Lake City ever saw. The Agricultural
College will be opened for students Oct.
4 next. There will be a preparatory de
partment. which is, at least at this time, a
desideratum, ltev. Mr. Snowden, of the St.
James Female Academy, has labored hard
and long iu tiiis community to establish a first
class female academy; he has succeeded and
hi- school will open the Sept. 1 next,
under the most favorable auspices.—Cater
pillar- have made their appearance on the
farm of .-heriff l’erry, at Ellisville.—Hon. Win.
Duke-, former member of tne Legislature,
has established a goat rauclie on the Santa Fe
river. Mr. Dukes is an amateur in this busi
ness. On the first shower of rain the goals
rtiwKtfd iht runche and scattered out to seek
-belter among the hospitable neighbors. Mr.
I>. spent much time in angling for fish and
turtle in the beautiful i-anta Fe. A short
time ago he had comfortably adjusted himself
in his l oat. preparatory to having a good
time with the finny tribe, and just as he had
pushed off into the stream he discovered that
in front of him was a powerful moccasin
snake, preparing to contest the ownership of
the craft, when our honorable friend, with a
spasmodic effort, went backwards headlong
into the stream and swam to the opposite
shore.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
An educational joint stock company lias
been organized at Johnston. Edgefield county.
The Order of Knights of Wise M n, a colored
charitable organization of this State, has 5(0
members.
The swamps and ranges in Orangeburg
county are said to be crowded w ith deer and
other game.
The wife of Philip Singleton, of Colleton
county, who was accidentally shot by her
husband some time ago, has since died.
Typhoid fever has been prevailing for some
time at Lancaster, but it is now abating, and
there have been no new cases within the last
month.
During a revival in the A. M. E. Church at
Lancaster, which has been going on for tiiree
weeks, there have been lojacceosions to the
church.
Mrs. Watt, who lives near Pine Grove
Church, in Orangeburg county, had her barn
and stable blown down by a storm on last
Monday week.
Ninety-eight hands are now at work on the
Savannah \ alley Railroad in Magnolia town
ship. Abbeville county. The force is about
six miles above Mount Carmel.
At a recent meeting of the Newberry Agri
cultural and Mechanical Society Monday, the
directors were instructed to increase the cap
ital stock SI,OOO, making it $4,000.
The Sixth Regiment reunion will be held at
Winnsboro on Thursday. Aug. 21. The an
nual oration will be delivered by Maj. E. U.
McClure. Subject, "The Old Sixth in Vir
ginia.”
There was a two hours’ walking match at
Graham’s, Barnwell county, last week. Six
competitors entered the race, which was won
by Claiborne Morris, who made 15 miles and
2' 3 laps.
A meeting was held at Edgefield on Mon
day last to take steps towards the organiza
tion of a county agricultural association.
Over lilty farmers joined the association,
which will be permanently organized on
Sept. 1.
The saloon of Mcs-rs. Johnson * Cos., of
Brunson, was entering by Frank Purcell, col
ored, on Sunday night,' Aug. 8, and $6 in
money, a pistol and several g dlons of whisky
and wmo stolen. Purcell has been lodged iu
jail at Hampton for trial.
The Spartanburg County Scientific Associ
ation will hold its second annual convention
at Gaffney City on Aug. 2S, 29 and 30. An in
teresting programme has been prepared, and
a number of eminent scholars will be pre-ent
and participate in the discussion of the sev
eral topics which will come up for considera
tion.
In Antioch township, Darlington countv. on
Aug. I. while Mr. Joan t. Mclntosh and hit
family were at church his dwelling and all its
contents were destroyed by lire. The barn
and outhouses were not destroyed. The lire
is supposed to have been accidental. The
family saved nothing but the clothes they
were weai iug. The loss was over $2,000.
Marlboro Pemocrit: There is a strong talk
of building a railroad from Gibson’s store to
Clio, thence to Little Rock, Marion Court
House and Conway to some point on the
coa-t. This road would open up the finest
section of the three counties and give them
the choice of competing lines. It is the best
route North and South yet proposed, and we
would like to see the road built.
An indignation meeting of the citizens of
Four-Mile and adjoining townships in Barn
well county was held on July 26. to denounce
the recent murder of Rev. John G. Ses
sions as “the most atrocious ever committed
in a civilized community.” and to resolve that
“the citizens of this community will exhaust
every legitimate means in their power in
bringing to justice the perpetrators of this
foul crime.”
On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 3, while riding
in his buggy, J. \V. Kimball, of Johuson
ville, Williams urg county, was seized with
an epileptic attack. He was in the buggy
alone, and fell across the seat so that his head
extended beyond the arm of the seat and
came in contact with the wheel of the buggy.
Mr. Kimball was unable to help himself. His
horse took fright and ran away. Before help
■could reach him Mr. Kimball'sskull was frac
tured, and he died from the effects of his in
juries.
On Tuesday night. July 20, the house of Mr.
Josiah Foster, near Pacolet, In Union county,
was entered by burglars. They took Air.
Foster’s keye from his pocket, entered lus
disk, and stole $75 in money and $15,000 in
notes. Two other men. named Garner, of
Union county, have also been robbed—one of
$35, another of sl2. In addition to the*-
crimes a lady's house in tha town of Union
was broken open and robbed last week. Bur
glary seems to be pursued systematically in
Union.
State Politics.
Hon. N. A. Hammond addressed the citi
zens of Campbell county in the court house
last Monday.
There will be only one more political con
vention held in Campbell county this year—
to nominate candidates for Representative.
All three of the candidates for Senator venti
lated their views in the court house Wednes
day.
At a meeting of the Schley county Demo
cratic Executive Committee last Thursday, it
w as organized with E. S. Baldwin. Chairniau,
and G. T. Walker, Secretary. The commit
tee decided that it was best to nominate a
candidate for Senator and on© for the House
of Representatives at 10 o'clock a. m.. en
masse at the court house at EllaviUw on Sat
urday. Aug. 23.
The nominating convention of
seventh Senatorial district met at Monroe
Fr.day, and bid fair to hold a long and heated
session, three counties claiming the nomina
tion under the rotation system. Forty ballots
were had, resulting as follows: H. If. Carl
ton. of Clarke, 6; A. C. McCalla. of Rorkdale.
4: J. R. Lyle, of Oconee, 2. After the fortieth
ballot the following resolution was passed:
That wo recommend the rotation system to
govern all future conventions, and'lhat the
counties name the Senator in the following
order: Clarke, Rockdale, Oconee, Waltoi*
Newton. After this resolution was passed
Clarke county presented the name of H. H.
Carlton, andhe received the unanimous vote
of the convention.
EARTHQUAKE AND PANIC.
THE MIDDLE AND NEW ENGLAND
STATES SHAKEN UP.
Two O’clock In the Afternoon the Time
of the Shock and Ten Seconds its
Duration—Many Buildings Rocked and
a Few Chimneys Overtoppled, but No
Great Damage Done—People Badly
Frightened, However.
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 10.—A distinct
shock of earthquake was lelt in this city
shortly after 2 o’clock this afternoon.
Buildings were slightly shaken, but there
was no particular alarm. In Columbia
five distinct shocks were felt.
IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY.
Easton, Pa., Aug. 10.—A shock re
sembling that of an earthquake was felt
throughout the Lehigh Valiev this after
noon. In this city houses were shaken
and three chimneys were overturned.
Many people were frightened and ran
screaming into the street.
READING QUAKING.
Reading, Pa., Aug. 10.—At 2:12 o’clock
this afternoon two distinct shocks of earth
quake were felt throughout this city and
county, sbnking bouses, moving furniture
and droj ping blinds. Considerable ex
citement prevailed among the people,
many running into the streets. Reports
from immediate points between Allen
town, Lebanon, Pottsville, Phoenixville
and Pottstown say that the sbeck was
lelt there.
DELAWARE ALSO SHAKEN.
Wilmington, Del, Aug. 10—An
earthquake shock was (elt here at 1:57
o’clock this afternoon, w hich shook build
ings sensibly all over the city. The direc
tion of the movement was about 10 de
grees north of east.
NEW YORK NOT PASSED BY.
New York. Aug. 10.—At about 2:05
o’clock this afternoon the residents of this
vicinity were startled by a severe shock
of earthquake, lasting about ten seconds.
Up to 0 o’clock to-night particulars have
I>‘ en received at the Western Union Tele
graph office here showing that the shock
was widespread. The first reports were
received from the following points: At
lantic Highlands, near Sandy Hook, Long
Branch, Philadelphia, New Haven, Bos
ton, Elizabeth, Plainfield, Spring Lake,
Cottage City, Martha’s Vineyard and
Portland, Me. At the last point it was
slight. Reports were also received from
many of the sub-offices about New York.
OK TEN SECONDS DURATION.
The reports as to its duration are di
verse, but the average seems to be about
ten seconds. An operator at Providence
was vaguely questioned as to whether be
had heard or seen anything unusual,tid
he promptly replied that he had had his
hand on a steam pipe and that it had
trembled violently. He had been looking
up and down the street to discover a
heavy team which up to the time of in
quiry was missing. The question made
his suspicions of an earthquake. This
suspicion was promptly confirmed by
various people rushing’ into the streets
and office asking for an explanation.
A SECOND SHOCK.
At 2:15 o’clock Atlantic Highlands ex
perienced a second shock, but it was less
violent than the first.
At Philadelphia the scaffolding on some
new buildings going up on the corner of
Sixth and Reed streets was shaken vio
lently, and some bricks on the boards
were shaken off and fell to the street be
low.
The severest shock was reported from
Seahright, N. J., where the depot was
shifted to one side, shaking up its con
tents and alarming the sole inmate.
THE LONG BRANCH BATTERY OVER
TURNED.
At 2:30 o’clock an ineffectual effort
was made to raise the Long Branch office
which had been in communication with
the local office up to the time of the
shock. The operator just had time to re
port a 6hoek, together with the fact that
the jars of his battery had been over
turned, when the wire gave out.
At Hartford, Conn., a bareheaded man
rushed frantically to the telegraph office,
holding in bis hand a newspaper which
he had been reading. He said that he
had been rocked violently, and that the
plastering on the ceiling above him had
been cracked, and in some places had
dropped to the floor.
EFFECT ON NEW YORKERS.
In the main local telegraph office at No.
193 Broadway, a hundred people present
felt a serious movement of their floor, the
seventh story, but there was no electrical
phenomenon connected with it and no
electrical disturbance. The first impres
sion which seemed to take possession of
the inmates ot the houses in this city was
that the buildings were about to fall, and
people ran into the streets terror-stricken
and with blanched faces. As there were
no evidences of a catastrophe to be seen
anywhere, many quickly realized that the
occurrence which had so startled every
one was an earthquake.
RECOVERING COMPOSURE.
Asa rule people remained in front ot
their houses for minutes apparently try
ing to get at some solution of their fears,
atul watching the faces and manner of
others. Women and children as they re
gained some degree of confidence returned
to their houses. The men assembled in
groups in the streets discussing the oc
currence which bad so startled them. The
faces of men and women wore a troubled
expression, and bespose dread that per
haps the danger was not yet over. An
earthquake is something so" unlooked for
in this part of the world that its cause
and the history of the most terrible ones
became topics ot paramount interest.
THE GREAT DREAD.
Above all people were concerned in
trying to find out from those they talked
with whether a second and perhaps sub
sequent shocks were likely to follow. At
the observatory of the United States Sig
nal service the time of the earthquake
and its duration were noted. Assistant
Observers It. E. Henman and Mervtne
were at the time in the office, which is on
the roof, about 200 feet above the level of
the street. The first intimations of the
earthquake were low rumbling sounds.
These were immediately followed by a
shock as that of a violent explosion,
which caused the building to quiver, al
though it did not shake perceptibly.
CONTINUANCE OF THE RATTLING.
The rattling continued for eight sec
onds, and was accompanied by a rum
bling sound, which gradually died away.
The first shock was felt at about 2:11
o’clock. The effect of the jar was much
more perceptible in houses of light struc
ture, in many eases it being reported that
a clearly defined rocking movement was
telt, and dishes in pantries were shaken
front the shelves. Thus far, however, no
damage of any kind has been reported.
NOT FELT ON TIIE “L” ROADS.
While the shock was felt strongly in
dwelling houses, it is singular that "per
sons traveling on the elevated roads did
not know of the occurrence until they
were told of it by people getting in at the
stations. As far as can be ascertained
the shock was entirely imperceptible on
the water, and no wave such as usually
accompanies the phenomena in adjacent
waters was here observed.
HOW THE POLICE TOOK IT.
Immediately after the shock had been
felt at the police central office, consider
able confusion was occasioned and the
Impression at first prevailed that a violent
explosion had occurred in the neigbbor
nood. A little investigation led Acting-
Superintendent Sanders to the conclusion
that the cause ot the disturbance was a
real earthquake. He at once sent out a
general dispatch to all precincts asking
for information in regard to the shock in
various localities in the city. Answers
soon began to conte in and the operators
were kept busy for three hours writing
out reports from the different Captains.
ALARM AMONG THE TENEMENTS.
It appears that the shock was felt with
about the same intensity all over the city,
although it produced more alarm in the
thickly settled tenement districts on the
east siiie. A telegram from the Yonkers
police said that the shock had been felt
there also. The greatest excitement pre
vailed in the Jewish and Bohemian quar
ters on the east side. The houses which
are mostly high and lightly constructed
tenements, were violently shaken, and the
terrified inmates rushed out into the
street.
THE PANIC AT ITS HEIGHT.
In Ludlow street, between Hester and
Canal, the panic was at its height. The
streets were swarmed with people, evi
dently thinking that their last hour had
arrived and expecting every moment to
see the walls of their dwellings fall on
them. Women were shrieking and chil
dren bawling, and men either swearing
or praying. This was kept up for nearly
thirty minutes, when the commotion
finally subsided and the police persuaded
the people to return home. Similar scenes
were witnessed in Mulberry,* Jersey and
Mott streets, where the Italians have their
colonies. The fright, however, was not
so intense, and after a Little their loud
shouts ceased.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1884.
A FALSE ALARM.
A few minutes after the shook a gray
haired man rushed into the Madison
street police station and shouted out that
several houses in Monroe street had tum
bled down. Ambulances were called,
and the reserve force sent out by the Ser
geant. On arriving at the place indicated
it was found that the street in front of a
large dwelling house was crowded
with an excited throng of people, but that
there was no indication of any accident.
The panic was caused by an excited man
who rushed out into the street shouting,
‘'The house is falling.” Many other in
stances of a similar character were re
ported in the tenement house districts,
but as far as can be ascertained no dam
age was done.
IGNORANT PEOPLE NON-PLUSBED.
In many houses doorbells were set
jingling by the shock. Its cause was a
matter ot much speculation, especially
among the more ignorant classes and it
was a long time before they understood
the real nature of the occurrence. In
Central Park the shock was more severe,
it is said, than in the surrounding region.
There were large crowds iu the mall, who
were at once thrown into a state of violent
excitement by the shaking and strange
rumbling in the ground, which was heard.
The auimals in the menagerie were evi
dently frightened by the shock, and many
of them were seen to tremble as if in tear,
while they remained perfectly still for
6ome time after it occurred.
A STREET CAR LIFTED FROM THE TRACK.
Operator Hodman, of the Arsenal, was
thrown from his chair. The globes of the
lamps in his office were cracked. The
ceiling of the Tenth precinct station house
was badly cracked and a frame house at
No. 137 Lewis street was cracked in sev
eral places and one woman who lived in
the house became unconscious from
fright. A street car in Avenue B was
lifted from the track several times and
several horses are reported to have been
thrown down. AtTomlinson’s drug store,
at Ninety-ninth street and Tenth avenue,
several bottles were thrown from the
shelves and broken.
ON THE BIG BRIDGE.
The policemen on the Brooklyn bridge
report that the shock was distinctly felt
there and the great towers oscillated visi
bly, while the bridge itself rocked as if
struck by a hurricane. The shock of the
earthquake was felt along the river
fronts, and tne pitffs were shaken
as if by heavily loaded trucks
passing over them. At the iron steam
boat pier, which is built of solid masonry,
the motion was so violent that the ticket
takers rushed from their offices to ascer
tain the cause.
MORE VIOLENT AT CONEY ISLAND.
The later afternoon boats brought back
crowds from Coney Island, where it was
said that the shock was much more viol
ent than in this city.
The piazzas and dining rooms at Man
hattan and Brighton Beaches were tilled
when the rumbling noise was heard, fol
lowed by a rocking which made window
panes ratlle and shook dishes from the
tables. There was a general
rush for the open air and great excite
ment prevailed, Chairs were rattled about
upon the floors. There was a rush toward
the main entrance, people being under the
impression that the structure was giving
away. As the shocks did not recur their
apprehensions on this score were soon
allayed.
GENERAL IN BROOKLYN.
In Brooklyn the earthquake was felt
very generally throughout the city along
tiie river front, and iu the eastern district
the shock appears to have been heavier
and of longer duration. Everywhere peo
ple ran from their houses in terror.
People iu Green Point started on a run
for the immense oil works, which are lo
cated on the shore of Newton creek,
thinking that an explosion had occurred
there, while all the fire companies got
ready to respond to an alarm of fire,
which they thought would soon follow.
THE SENSATION ABOARD A SHIP.
The sensation experienced on board the
receiving ship Vermont, lying in the
Brooklyn navy yard, was similar to that
felt when a broadside is discharged
lrom a ship at some distance,
acco: ding to the story of one of the sail
ors. There was a distinctly perceptible
jar felt aud it was noticed by all on
board.
The bell of the Presbyterian Church in
Greenpoint swayed back and lorth and
rang several times loud enough to be
heard by all the people in the neighbor
hood.
CLOCKS STOPPED.
Among other evidences of the violence
of the agitation in Brooklyn may be men
tioned the stopping of clocks, the throw
ing down of a high pile of bricks, the
swinging of lamps, pictures and
the like. Many of the Sunday
schools were in session at the time,
and the teachers had, in some cases, great
difficulty in allaying the terror of the
children and preventing a panic. From
reports which have been received from
Long Island it appears that the earth
quake visited that region with greater
severity than in this city.
SEVERE ON LONG ISLAND.
Along the Atlantic coast on Long
Island the shock was very violent, and
the vibrations seemed to increase iu pow er
as they traveled eastward. In Jamaica
the vibrations lasted for ten sec
onds, and the chimneys on seve
ral houses were toppled over.
No serious damagejhas been reported from
any place. In Long Island City, Flush
ing, Wliitestone and College Point the
rumbling of the ground was distinctly
felt and the shaking of houses was per
ceptible. Two hundred and tifty guests
at the Long Beach Hotel ran from the
dining room to the beach and refused to
return to the building for some time, fear
ing a recurrence of tne shock.
HOLDING A WATCH ON THE SHOCK.
In Brooklyn the streets were alive with
people who had come out to ascertain the
cause of the rocking, and to gossip about
it. One cool-hoaded scientist upon the
first perceptible motion took out his stop
watch and tinted the vibrations. He re
ported that the shock began as nearly as
could be determined at 2 o’clock 6 min
utes and 50 seconds; that the first shock
lasted just 10 seconds, and that ‘‘the quiet
ing down,’’ as he described it, took nearly
50 seconds more. Off hand guesses as to
the duration varied from 5 seconds to 2
minutes, according to the amount of the
observer’s fright and his judgment of the
flight of time.
SOME EXAGGERATED STORIES.
At Menlo Park and Trenton the shock
was timed at 2:05 o’clock, while at the
more southerly points of its orbit it was
felt at 2:10 o’clock p. m.
Exaggerated reports came in from vari
ous points. From Trenton it was re
ported that the water in the river was
lashed into a foam. A passenger arriv
ing from Trenton soon after, however,
said that the story was absurd, and that
the water was as" placid and muddy as
usual.
The telegraph manager at Corey Island,
promptly asked for particulars of the ex
plosion, supposing that some oil refinery,
powder mill or dynamite factory had
blown up. A few minutes later, however,
the fact became known there that the
whole island had been thoroughly sJkpken
by vibrations, and that guests and visitdfs
were very greatly alarmed, the fright in
some cases amounting to a panic.
At Cleveland the shock was plainly but
slightly telt.
THOROUGHLY AROUSED.
Long Island and Connecticut were
shaken completely out of their Sunday
naps by to-day's earthquake. Reports
from those sections are generally of the
same tenor as those from other places,
but in Connecticut and on Long Island
several instances are reported of persons
being injured by falling bricks, pictures
from walls, and articles Irom shelves,
though no loss of life is >et reported.
A CONGREGATION STAMPEDHD.
Philadelphia, Aug. 10.—A special
from Macungie, Pa., says: “A shock ot
earthquake was felt there this afternoon.
The German Reformed church building,
in which services were going on", was
shaken and rocked. A panic ensued, and
the congregation fled from the building.
Alter the shock services were resumed,
although people were much Irightened.”
PHILADELPHIA’S FIRST SINCE 1817.
To-day was the first time since Jan. 8,
1817, that a very perceptible shock of
earthquake has been felt in Philadelphia.
The rumbling came at 2:09 o’clock this
alternoon, was ot about 10 seconds
duration, and the undulation apparently
extended trom northeast to southwest,
increasing in intensity with each succeed
ing second and subsiding gradually. The
strongest buildings in the city were
shaken. Rickety chimneys toppled over
on roofs, and bricks tumbled down upon
pavements in all parts of the city. Plaster
fell from the ceilings of houses, chinaware
rattled in closets, doorbells began ringing
and glasses clinked a lively tune upon tffe
sideboards, and clocks were set to running
down. In some instances people were
prostrated upon the floors of
their dwellings. Nervous people
were frightened to such an
extent that many thought the destruction
of the world was near. Everywhere the
populace became excited. Everv house
in the city was agitated, more or less,
their occupants running breathlessly into
the streets, thinking that a terrible ex
plosion had taken place.
EVERYBODY OUT OF DOORS.
A few moments later three-fourths of
the entire population were in the streets.
Everywhere men, women and children
congregated upon the sidewalks and
street corners, and eagerly dis
cussed the affair. This was more notice
able in the thickly populated districts
of Kensington and Southwark. Grad
ually the impression that an earthquake
had occurred grew on the citizens and
each inquired of his neighbor if he had
felt the shock. Many tiraicl people were
so alarmed that they hesitated to re-enter
their houses, and did not do so until they
were assured by stronger minded neigh
bors that a repetition of the remarkable
event was unlikely.
EAGER FOR NEWS.
In a short time after the occurrence
people flocked from all parts of the city
to Chestnut street, and there gathered
around the different newspaper and tele
graph offices to ascertain the news from
other parts of the city and surrounding
places. Shipping was likewise affected
by the shock. Large ships loading with
petroleum in the Schuylkill river snapped
their hawsers, and re re only prevented
from going ashore b rf the united efforts of
their crews. Several large steamers were
thrown strongly against, the wharves in
the lower section of the city and the
crews thrown out of their bunks.
A TIDAL WAVE.
Huge waves, backed up by a rising
tide, overflowed many of the wharves and
considerable property was flooded there
by. In several instances where persons
were watching the river from docks,
they found themselves suddenly overtak
en by huge waves and were thoroughly
soaked with water. Deeply laden steam
ers, lying in the Delaware, trembled with
out apparent injury during the existence
of the shock.
TUB EXPERIENCE OF THE HUB.
Boston, Aug. 10.—No less than six
d'stinct shocks of earthquake were felt
in this section this afternoon. Prof.
Pickering, of Harvard Observatory, says
that he first noticed a tremulous move
ment of the earth, followed bv the sway
ing of the building and the creaking of
timbers. The shock was first noticed
about 2 o’clock 7 minutes and 15 seconds,
and continued about ten seconds.
He has no record of previous
shocks, their duration being so short as to
make it impossible to compute accurately
their extent or duration. Shocks were
plainly felt throughout the city, the jar
being very clearly defined in the" outlying
districts. The occupants of second story
tenements felt the shock more plainly
than those on the ground floor.
COLORED PEOPLE RATTLED.
At the West End considerable excite
ment was occasioned among the colored
people, who are naturally superstitious,
and as windows and bells began to rattle
they ran into the streets, and for a long
time could not be persuaded to return in
doors.
At the Parker House chandeliers were
rattled, beds were moved, and
the inmates of the hotel were thoroughly
frightened. Many ol the guests rushed
down stairs naif clothed. No damage
was done here. A big chimney on School
street rocked to and fro and the mortar
rattled from between the bricks, but the
chimney did not fall in. In hundreds of
places in the city pictures were swung
against the walls, gas fixtures shaken
and small articles thrown from mantels,
but in no instance is any serious damage
known to have been done.
A BOY THROWN DOWN STAIRS.
In the Charlestown district a small boy
is reported to have been thrown down
stairs oy the violence of the shock. In
Newton, Watertown and Waltham three
shocks were noticed, the first of which
rattled dishes and swayed window cur
tains. This was followed by a heavier
shock 30 seconds later, and this by a third
one, lighter than either of the others.
The whole movement of the earthejuake
lasted perhaps 1 minute. The direction
of the shock seemed to be directly East
and West. Persons who have had some
experience with earthquakes in southern
countries assert that these shocks are
among the severest they have ever expe
rienced.
COMMANDER SAMPSON’S EXPERIENCE.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Further in
vestigation developed the fact that the
earthquake was noticed by few persons in
Washington. The most definite and clear
headed of these was Commander Samp
son, Assistant Superintendent of the Na
val Observatory, who was in the second
story of his residence at the time. The
vibrations lasted about 10 seconds, and
occurred about 2 o’clock. No disturbance
was noticed in the lower floors of the
building.
POKER PLAYERS DISMAYED.
Allentown, I’a., Aug. 10.—Two dis
tinct shocks of earthquake were felt here
shortly after 2 o’clock this afternoon.
There was a general rocking of houses,
and in some cases the motion was very
great and threw some persons who were
asleep in their beds on to the floor. A
party of gentlemen who were playing
poker in a club room,rushed into the street
hatless and eoatless, under the impres
sion that an attempt had been made to
wreck the building. A brick chimney
also fell to the ground under the influence
of the shocks.
CHESTER BADLY' SHAKEN.
Chester, Pa., Aug. 10.—This city was
badly shaken about 2:10 o’clock to-day by
what is believed to have been an earth
quake. Several chimneys were thrown
down. Plaster was torn from the walls
and earthenware broken.
IN BALTIMORE'S SUBURBS.
Baltimore, Aug. 10.—The residents on
the hills and- highland surrounding the
city report that a slight shock of earth
quake was felt shortly after 2 o’clock to
day. In the city it was not perceptible.
Telegrams from Rockville, in Montgomery
county, and Mechanicstown,in Frederick
county, report that a slight shock was
felt.
FRIGHT AT HOTEL TABLES.
Atlantic City', N. J., Aug. 10.—Three
distinct shocks of earthquake were felt
here to-day, commencing at 2:09 o’clock.
No noise accompanied them, but the
effect was very marked, without being
damaging. Water pitchers were over
turned in hotels, and in several instances
furniture was thrown down and globes
shaken from chandeliers. Dishes were
rattled and much consternation was oc
casioned in a few hotels where guests
were assembled at their meals. Some of
the people were very scared.
# HARRISBURG.
, Pa., Aug. 10.—A slight
piake was felt here this
edfcd by a low rumbling
noise. No damage of any kind has been
reported, but houses were shaken and
small articles rolled from the shelves.
SHOCKS FAR APART.
Burlington, Vt., Aug 10.—Two slight
but very distinct earthquake shocks were
felt herevthis afternoon, tbe first at 2:30
o’clock second ay^SO.
Fatally Injured in a Runaway.
Ridge, Pa., Aug. 10.—Mr. E. J.
Wade, Sr., bis wife arqj two sons, ot Blue
Itidge, and Mrs. of Philadelphia,
started for Gettysburg this morning.
When buba short distance from here the
horses were frightened by dogs, became
unmanageable and rJu away. The wa
gon wd% overturned „and all injured.
Frank Wade - received injuries from
which he died about three hours later.
Mr. Wade, Sr., was badly cut and bruised
about the head and limbs. Edward
Wade, Jr., received internal injuries
which may prove fatal. Mrs, Wade and
Mrs. McCrea escaped with a few slight
injuries.
Tlie Congo’s Ownership.
London, Aug. 10.—Earl Granville, Sec
retary of State for Foreign Affairs, has
given his assent to the Portuguese scheme
tor an international conference to discuss
the qu -stion of the Congo country. Senor
Pinto, the Portuguese Envoy has pre
sented to the various governments a mem
orandum drawn up by the Lisbon Geo
graphical Society affording proof of Portu
gal’s historic rights to the African coast
lrom Kabinda to the lower Congo.
Banishments In Europe.
Berlix, Aug. 10.—Hundreds of Rus
sians, who were recently expelled from
Germany, have returned. The National
Gazette estimates that 2,000 Russians
were expelled.
The St." Petersburg Herald , the organ of
the German colony in that city, complains
that 12,000 Germans iu St. Petersburg are
exposed to similar expulsion if the Rus
sian Government is inclined to make re
prisals.
Murder at IJarlen.
Darien. Aug. 10.—Last night between
10 and 11 o’clock Lazarus Harris, colored,
cut Dick Wylly, colored, with a knife five
or six times, killing him almost instantly.
Harris is still at large. Both of the ne
groes were hard cases.
HOUSE THIEVES LAID LOW
COWBOYS KILL OVER FIFTY IX
A MONTH IN MONTANA.
Nine Dispatched as the Result of the
Last Revengeful Raid— Fourteen Be
ing Attacked In a Long Cabin Only Five
Succeed in Escaping with Their Lives.
Helena, Mont. Ty., Aug. 10.— Meagre
particulars have been received of another
slaughter of horse thieves in the Mussel
Shell region, 150 miles northeast of here,
last week, by cowboys. While in pursuit
of stolen horses a log house was discov
ered in the timber on a mountain side. It
was secretly watched for a day or two,
during which time several small parties of
men came and went, some by day and
others by night, having in their possession
horses which were evidently stolen. It
becoming evident that it was the horse
thieves' rendzevous, the cowboys congre
gated, aud last Monday night crowded up
close to the house and attacked fourteen
horse thieves, who were about the prem
ises at the time. Nine were killed and
five escaped. The cabin was set on fire
and burned. Fully fifty thieves have been
hanged or shot in the past month.
ENGLAND’S HEIR APPARENT.
Hi* Idas* on Constitutional Question*
Made Public.
London, Aug. 10.—An inspired article
has appeared in Lloyd's Weekly , the chief
organ of the working classes, on the poli
tics of the Prince of Wales. The writer
says that the Prince of Wales has no be
lief in the policy of the effacement of the
empire, aud will not shrink when
necessary from the assertion or ex
tension of imperial responsibilities
though opposed to aggression. He is
therefore, drawn to the radicals, who had
broken from the traditions of the Man
chester peace party. The article further
recites that the heir apparent to the
throne of England is a free trader on
principle, aud regrets the existence of the
protection policy in other countries,
on the ground that hostile tarift’s
beget other forms of international hos
tility. Ho considers that many of the
ideas and plans now identified with so
cialism are thoroughly practical, Chris
tian and constitutional. Respecting the
forms of government, he accepts the Pope's
dictum that what is the best adminis
tered is the best constitutional monarchy
and is the most economical form of gov
ernment, because it keeps a check upon
individual ambition, extravagance and
jobbery. The republican idea in the ab
stract is very fascinating. In practice it
is delusive, costly through waste and un
stable, especially in its foreign policy,
which should be permeated by the
fixed principle common to all
parties ot state. The Prince believes that
the English monarchy will endure, be
cause it is the nucleus of a real republic,
and having what other republics need—a
centre ot gravity apart from all, yet al
lied to all.
IN THE CHOLERA BELT.
Deaths Few at Toulon, But Rather Nu
merous at Marseilles.
Paris, Aug. 10. — Four deaths from
cholera had occurred at Toulon since
last night up to 10 o’clock this morning.
There had been no deaths since that
hour. The record for to-day of
the hospitals here is as follows:
Admitted 7, cured 13, deaths 1, under
treatment 80. There was one death to
day at Lebeausseut, that of a prisoner
from Toulon.
At 8:40o’clock to-night there had been
14 deaths at Marseilles from cholera with
in the 24 hours.
One death front cholera occurred to-day
at each of the following place in Italy:
Vignarolo, Sevignano, Carignano.
Twelve deaths from cholera occurred
at Gigeau Saturday, at Arles 2, and at
Montpelier 1. The number of cases un
der treatment in the hospital has decreas
ed to 43.
CHOLERA IN QUARANTINE AT HAVANA.
Havana, Aug. 10.—The steamer Broca
daile, from Calcutta, arrived recently at
St. Lucia with emigrants from that city.
After the steamer left Calcutta 31 cases
of cholera appeared and 20 of the patients
died. No fresh cases have occurred on
the vessel for twenty-nine days. She was
placed in quarantine here.
MCDONALD'S PLANS,
He will not Ilun for Congress—Protec
tion Weak in Indiana.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Ex-Senator
McDonald, who has been in town several
days, leaves for Deer Park in the morn
ing. After a brief stay there he will re
turn home and expects to take an active
part in the Democratic campaign. His
name having been repeatedly mentioned
in connection with the Congressional
nomination in the Indianapolis district
he was asked to-day if there was any
authority for it.
“None whatever,” he replied. “I have
no thought of running for Congress. Mr.
English can be renominated if he desires
to return.”
“The Democratic platform is satisfac
tory in Indiana, is it not, Senator?”
“Certainly. This talk that protection
is strong in Indiana is the merest bun
comb. We are w'aruily in accord with
the principle of tariff reform, and our
verdict in November w ill show it.”
FATAL WORK BY FIRE.
Four Killed and Two Fatally Injured
at Catlettsburg, Ky.
Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 10.— A special
says: “The fire which originated in Pat
ton Bros’, warehouse at Catlettsburg,Ky.,
this morning spread to five brick build
ings which were entirely destroyed. The
walls of Andrews’ store fell in during the
conflagration, burying N. P. Andrews,
Charles Sherrett and James Mac-
Kenzie. The two first mentioned
were rescued, but the last named was
killed. While the rescuing party were at
work other walls fell and burled David
Kinner, Jr., and John Graham. Their
bodies were recovered this afternoon
burned to a crisp. Robert Miller and
Samuel Kelley (colored) were fatally in
jured. The loss is $75,000.”
Boston’s “Herald” Sued for #125,000.
Boston, Aug. 10. — Suit has been begun
in an action of libel against the proprietor
of the Boston Herald in the sum of
$125,000 lor damages. The suit was
brought by Jno. C. Coombs of the counsel
for the committee appointed by
the first mortgage bondholders of
the Iron Railroad Company
to purchase the railroad at the recent sale
made by order ot the court. The action
is on account of the publication of a cir
cular letter in the Herald signed by mem
bers of the committee of the income bond
holders of the road wherein Messrs. Bott,
and others of the committee, were charged
with fraud, collusion, conspiracy, etc.
Suffering Among Idle Working People,
Petersburg, Va., Aug. 10.—The suf
fering among the residents of Mecbanics
ville, a village of Chesterfield county,
near this place, where reside the opera
tives of the Swift Creek cotton factory,
which closed operations several weeks
ago, has.become so great that an appeal
for relief hes been made to the County
Court. This court meets to-morrow, when
it is probable that some steps will be
taken to alleviate their distress.
Bismarck and Kalnoky.
Berlin, Aug. 10.—The meeting of Prince
Bismarck and Count Kalnoky, the Austro-
Hungarian Prime Minister at Salzburg,
is fixed for the first week in September.
The two Premiers will discuss the re
vision of the terms of the alliance between
Germany and Austro-Hungary. It is re
ported that Prince Bismarck is urging an
Austro-German confederation under
treaties to be ratified by the Parliaments
ol the two countries.
Killed Mis Wife’s Paramour,
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 10.—Olive?
L. Patch, a painter, separated from his
wale several months ago, and Henry S.
Davids, a scenic artist has been keeping
her company. Last night Patch went into
a restaurant and found his w ife and Da
vids together. Patch then killed Davids.
Patch was arrested.
A CoilGion Near Atlanta,
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10.—A collision
occurred between two passenger trains
on the West Point Railroad, at a points
miles from this citvat 3 o’clock this after
noon. The engine's of both tiains were
demolished, and several train hands were
injured, though no one was killed.
Kansas Prohibitionists,
Leavenworth, Aug. 10.—A call will
be issued for a Prohibition State conven
tion to meet at Lawrence Sept. 22. to
nominate electors and a full State ticket.
The qualification of membership will be a
pledge not to vote for Blaine and Logan.
KELUNG S OCCUPATION.
The Garrison and Populace Retreat on
the Entry of the French.
London, Aug. 10.—Later details of the
capture of Kelung by the French, say
that the town was given up without a
blow. Directly the cannon from Admiral
Lesper’s flagship fired the signal, men
were landed from the various ships, and
the town was taken possession of in the
name ot France. The authorities of the
town and the majority of the populace
fled.
Four thousand Chinese troops recently
arrived from Shanghai retired into the in
terior. The British Vice Consul went on
board an English gunboat, having previ
ously sent a protest to Admiral Lespes
against its French occupation, and point
ing out that Kelung was protected under
treaty with England. The French, upon
landing, seized • many junks and
embargoed several steamers hail
ing from Shanghai, on the
ground that their papers were irregular.
Admiral Lespes has issued a proclamation
to the inhabitants declaring that their
lives and property will be safe under the
French flag. Admiral Courbet will attack
Foo Cbow on Tuesday next unless the
French indemnity proposals are accepted.
A dispatch from Foo’Chow, dated Aug.
9. says: “France has given China the
whole, of to-day in which to agree to the
settlement proposed by France, tailing
in which France seizes Atnoy and Pesca
dores. No shins are stationed at Amoy,
but there are eleven here. The panic has
been revived. Double patrols have been
sent out. The streets are occupied each
night with troops. The English Admiral
lias landed another party, armed with
Gatling guns.”
WHAT BUTLER WILL DO.
Expect* to Ruin Both Democrats and
Republicans With Bitter Sarcasm.
Democrats and Republicans, says a
Washington special to the Philadelphia
Times, are just waking up to a realiza
tion that if Butler’s candidacy does not
affect either of the great parties seriously
it will make lots of fun and add anew ele
ment of uncertainty as to how the labor
vote will jump. The ordinary partisan
observer decides the matter readily ac
cording to his party sympathies.
Republicans affect to believe ‘that
Butler will do great injury to
the Democrats, while the Demo
crats generally assert that he will not af
fect them more than he will the Republi
cans. Some Democrats frankly admit a.
possibility that Butler’s candidacy will
give New York to the Republicans, hut
offset this with a conviction that it will
also give Pennsylvania, which has so
numerous a htbor vote, to tße Democrats.
Both sides agree that it is Butler’s wish
to injure Cleveland in everv possible way,
hut Democrats think that, ‘his animus be
ing clear, he will defeat his own aim.
Butler has some near friends here with
whom he always visits and confers when
in the city, and they say that Butler in
tends in hi 9 letter of acceptance to lauiieh
pertect thunderbolts of sarcasm at the
records and platforms of the two parties
in regard to their treatment of the-labor
question. He will make his severest at
tack on the Democrats, however, whose
representatives refused at Chicago to
adopt any of his suggestions on that topic.
These friends assert that Butler will give
both the old parties a thorough shaking
up, and that he is running only in his own
interest and that of the elements he repre
sents. Col. Lee Crandall, editor of tho
National View, a Labor, Greenback and
Anti-Monopoly newspaper, is now one of
these iriends, though he was opposed to
Butler’s nomination. He says Butler’s
candidacy will result in throwing the
election into the House. Ex-Senator Mc-
Donald, who is in the city to-night, says
he does not think Butler’s candidacy will
affect one party more than the other.
JONES’ RECORD.
How tlie Republican Chairman Treated
His Iron Mill Employes.
A prominent labor advocate, says a
Pittsburg special to the Detroit Free
Press, has just brought to light the fact
that B. F. Jones, Chairman of the Repub
lican National Committee, was the first
man to suggest the importation of con
tract foreign labor to Western Pennsyl
vania. The extensive works of Jones,
Laughlin & Cos. in the early part of 1887
were closed on account of a strike of the
boilers and puddlers. The firm in Decem
ber, 1806, cut down the puddlers and boil
ers $1 per ton, notwithstanding the high
price of iron and the great cost of living.
This work was the hardest and least
remunerative in the iron mills at
the time, as the present labor
saving appliances were not then
in use. The men grumbled, but kept
at work. In February, 1867, this firm,
with four others, ordered another cut
down of $1 per ton. The men said they
could not live at the reduced wages, the
reduction amounting to 25 per cent., aud
a strike was organized. Jones, Laughlin
& Cos. sent Joseph Schonlan, their agent,
to Europe, and he brought back a number
of iron workers from Belgium aud put
them in the places of the strikers. Some
500 or 600 men with families were brought
over by Jones, and three or four other
firms, and put in the mills. The foreign
ers were under contract at wages so low
that they found, after a time, they could
not live on them, and they, too, left. In
the end the strikers prevailed in the or
ganization of the iron workers’ scale.
The indignation at the time was very
deep against Jones, who was regarded as
the prime mover in the matter. Several
meetings were held at the time, at which
Miles Humphrey, now at the head of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of Pennsylva
nia, presided. The Republicans here fear
the knowledge of these facts will mate
rially lessen Jones’ influence among the
laboring classes of Pennsylvania.
A $‘2,000,000 JOB.
Jake Sharpe’s Crowning Triumph.
Our City Fathers, says a New York let
ter, have decided to allow the construc
tion of a surface road on Broadway, to
run from the Battery and connect with
what is known as the Broadway and
South Avenue Railway at Union Square.
This is a crowning triumph for Jake
Sharpe, the veteran lobbyist. It is said
that Sharpe raised a purse of $600,000 to
get this plan through the Board of Aider
men, and that some ol the City Fathers
received as high as $30,000 for their vote
and influence, and in one case $50,000.
It is one of the queer things about the
late reform Legislature that, after having
stripped the Aldermen of political
power, it gave back into their hands the
power of granting railway franchises
which had been taken from them years
ago on account of alleged corruption.
Got. Cleveland’s attention was called to
this fact, and he was asked to refuse to
sign the bill unless it contained provision
for publicly auctioning the franchise to
the highest bidder, but for some reason he
did not do so, although a prominent Wall
street lawyer, a Democrat, told him that
one of his clients was prepared to bid
$2,000,000 for the privilege of building a
railroad on Broadway. Instead of $2,000,-
000 the city gets nothing for this valuable
franchise. However, “the boys” are well
fixed.
How Hancock Got Away.
John Hancock is a Democratic Con
gressman from Texas, says a Washington
letter, a man of great ehitellctual force,
of thorough culture, of wide influence,
and universally respected. Granville H.
Gury is a Democratic delegate in Con
gress from Arizona. He is a Virginian by
birth, went to California among the forty*
niners, and afterwards drifted down into
Arizona, where he raised a regiment of
frontiersmen for the Confederate army at
the outbreak of the war. In 1862 he was
Provost Marshal along the Rio Grande.
Hancock was a Union man; one of the
few in Texas, and was outspoken in his
sentiments, as he always is. He was an
anti-slavery Democrat, and after the war
was fairly in progress attempted to raise
a regiment in Texas for the Union army.
Then the Confederates thought 1t was
about time for him to leave the State. He
disregarded their warnings, and refused
to-go. Oury got |after him with a squad
of cavalry and a coil of rope, and proposed
to have a lynching party for Hancock’s
benefit.
George W. Haswell, who is now a clerk
in the pension office, rode seventy miles
one night to warn Hancock of his peril,
and the latter escaped on • horseback
through Northern Texas and Indian Ter
ritory, with Oury’s party gal'oping close
behind him till he reached the Union lines.
They talk it over now, and agree that the
latter’s ride was well taken.
The Labor Question at St. Croix.
St. Croix, July 21.—The labor ques
tion is causing planters much anxiety of
mind. An agricultural association has
been iormed to discuss the labor question
and the present crisis in the sugar mar
ket.
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE.
V$ hat an Accidental Eavesdropper Says
He Heard in Gen. Butler’s Parlor.
During Ben Butler’s recent visit to
this city, says a Washington special to
the Baltimore Sim, several unsuccessful
efforts were made to ascertain the nature
of the business that called him to the
capital, and also get an expression from
him as to the political situation. He re
mained here nearly a week, and although
his movements were shadowed and his
personal Iriends were questioned, when
the cralty Ben left his stone house od
Capitol Hill and returned to New York,
the object of his trip to Washington was
still a mystery except to a select lew.
A large land owner in Virginia and
West Virginia, while in this city a few
days ago, spins the following yarn about
Butle". Said he: “Ben Butler is invest
ing extensively in land in our section of
the country. He purchases in his own
name and also in the name of other part
ies, generally English capitalists. A
short time ago 1 received a letter from
Gen. Butler stating that he would he in
Washington at a certain time, and re
questing me to call at his house on Capi
tol Hill to consult about some land he is
to purchase from me. When I arrived at
the house the servant informed me that
the General was not at home, but she said
it in such a manner that 1 knew better. I
told the girl 1 was there at the request
of the General, and assured her that
1 was not a newspaper man. She finally
admitted that the General was at the time
engaged with another gentleman in the
library. I was then invited to take a scat
in the parlor. I could not help hearing
portions ol the conversation that was go
ing on in the next room. 1 do not know
who was with the Geeral, but whoever
he was he was trying to drive some kind
of a political bargain. I distinctly heard
the stranger promise that the General
should have the Governorship of Massa
chusetts If he would come out openly and
support—(l could not hear whether he
said Blaine or Cleveland). The General
positively declined this proposition. It
was next proposed that the General
should have a Cabinet position.
“At this point I became ashamed of my
self for playing the eavesdropper so long
and cleared my throat. This instantly
attracted the attention of the General,
who rushed into the room where I was
sitting and accused me in severe terms
with being a reporter who had stolen into
his private residence to pry into his per
sonal affairs. I was so indignant that 1
could scarcely refrain from knocking him
down. Finally he permitted me to make
an explanation of my presence there,
which I did frankly. When he discov
ered who I was and tne nature of my bu
siness he apologized for his rudeness, aiuE
said he had been greatly annoyed by*
newspaper men wherever went; Our
business was soon settled, and be went
back to his friend in the library.” Whether
Butler decided West Virginia
better investment than pol Weal honors,
or whether this is o§e of the landowner’s
little romances does not appear, and it
would be of very little moment it it did.
SHERMAN PLATT’S MALADY.
A Man who Took Naps Sir*Month* in
Duration—He Kill* Himself.
For several years a strange case has at
tracted much interest, says a Bridgeport
(Conn.) special, Aug. 6, among the physi
cians of-the county. In the southwest
part of the town of Newtown,in a locality
known in' the neighboring places as
Dodgintown, live a family by the name
of Platt. One of the sons', Sherman W.
Platt, had for some time besn afflicted
with a curious jnalady. He would re
main asleep for several months at a time,
and while the comatose fit lasted it was
impossible to rouse him from his lethargy.
Several medical men examined Mr. Platt,
but were unable to decide the exact na-
of his disease. About a year he was
taken to the Middletown asylum, where he
remained until July 28, when he returned
home. He remained at his father’s house
tor only a short time, and then disap
peared without giving any clew to his
destination. On Sunday search was in
stituted by Platt’s relatives, and as
George Sherman was passing Sanford’s
pond he discovered Piatt’s body, devoid
of clothing, standing up in the water.
Dr. Wakeman, Deputy Coroner, was noti
fied, and, as no marks of violence were
found upon his person, he came to the
conclusion that the deceased lost his life
while bathing. Asa strange person was
seen near the pond on Tuesday it
is supposed that Platt’s body was in
the water from that day till the time
ot its discovery on Saturday. It is gen
erally regarded as a case of suicide, as no
motive can be assigned for any one’s mur
dering him. Whenever the somnolent fit
came upon Platt he took to his bed and
sometimes did not come out of his slum
bers for six months. At times he would
rise, move about for a few minutes and
then return to his bed, but his action then
were those of a man governed entirely by
instinct. He would go to the larder, help
himself to whatever eatables came in his
w r ay and then go back to his slum
bers. During these intervals he vouch
safed no word to any one, and
would answer no questions. Va
rious experiments were made, but
no decisive results were reached. Drugs
and electric processes seemed alike use
less. At first the family freely admitted
visitors, but of late had refused to allow
curious persons to examine the strangely
afflicted man. Platt’s bodily health con
tinued to be fair in spite of bis prolonged
slumbers. The circumstances ot his
death are very strange, and no sufficient
explanation has been offered for the nu
dity of the body as found and the total
disappearance of the clothes he wore when
he left his home on Monday last. An in
vestigation will probably be made by the
Newtown authorities.
CLAIMS ON STEWART’S ESTATE.
Judge Hilton's Answer to the Suit
Brought by Whelan.
Ex-Judge Henry Hilton’s answer to the
complaint in the equity suit brought by
Benjamin F. Whelan as guardian for
Alexander Stewart, an alleged lunatic,
who is said to want a large fraction of the
estate of the late Alexander T. Stewart,
says a New York special of Aug. 4 to the
Philadelphia Times, was filed in the
United States Circuit Court to-day. Suit
was begun in 1878 in the name of
Alexander Stewart and James Barclay,
averred to be heirs-at-law, for a partition
of the estate. There was subsequently
paid to someone $24,500 on behalf of the
estate and a release of Alexander
Stewart’s claim was signed. In the
present suit B. F. Whelan charges
that Alexander Stewart was in
firm in mind when the re
lease was signed and that be received too
small a consideration. The answer says
that on Jan. 8, 1881, Alexander Stewart
executed a release of any supposed claim
against Hilton, as the executor of A. T.
Stewart’s estate, and received $2,000, and
that on Dec. 10,1881, the further sum of
$2,250 was paid to Matthew Stewart, son
of the plaintiff, who had on March 15.
1880, by virtue of a power of attorney
from his father, begun a suit against Hil
ton for $200,000 for breach of contract. In
asmuch as the payments did not effect the
object desired, the defendant, Mr. Hilton,
ofl'ers to cancel and annual the releases of
the claims to the Stewart estate, executed
on Jan. 8 and Dec. 10, 1881, provided the
$24,500 is paid into court in accordance
with the offer of the detendant.
A MODEST MAN
Who Will Come In For His Reward
After Awhile.
Should Gov. Cleveland be elected to the
Presidency, says the Graphic, there is one
man in Buffalo be will have good reason
to remember. He is William J. Mclntosh,
managing of the Xews of that city!
Mr. Mclntosh is still a young man, but
has made rapid progress in journal
many years ago he came from
the Shawangunk Mountains, a farmer’s
boy who had read much and knew more
of philosophy than politics. Through
the kind offices of a friend he secured
a position on the Evening Express, then
under the editorial charge of Erastus
Brooks, where he learned the rudiments
of journalism, and from there migrated
to the Star. Mr. Butler, proprietor of the
Buffalo JVecs, was in want of a smart
man and offered a position on his paper
to young Mclntosh, The latter accepted
and soon became managing editor. He
was the first one to suggest Cleveland’s
nomination for Governor and hammered
at it in and out of the columns of the
Xeics. W hen Mr. Cleveland was elected
he neither sought for nor obtained office,
and thus far has shown himself to be that
remarkable rara avis — a man* who confers
favors without expecting a return.
Trinidad,
Trinidad, Aug. &—Tfa o gathering of
the sugar crap, ms said, exceeds JcwJvl
hogsheads. At Tortola’PresffieS
gowned While on a sailing oxeur*
fever prS, Wa9 eapßi2ed ‘ Malignant
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SHIPWRECK AND PILLAGE
THE" AMSTERDAM’S” PEOPLE
OL TRAGEDjON SABLE ISLAND.
Some of the Islanders Steal Tbelr Food
and Threaten Them with Death for
Complaining to the Governor-Many of
the Crew Add to the
Scenes bv Getting Drunk.
The improper treatment by Canadian
Government officials of the unfortunate
passengers cast on Sable Island last week
by the wreck of the steamer Amsterdam
bound for New Vork, which was alluded
to in the previous report of the disaster
savs a Herald (Halifax) special of Aug’
8, is described by some of them now
here to be of the most outrageous char
acter. Instead of being received with
open arms by those stationed on the lone
ly isle of the Atlantic, thev were rather
looked upon as intruders' and almost
wholly neglected. Only three men of the
island officials took any trouble to cheer
the shipwrecked people, and the others
on one occasion went so far as the utter
ance of threats. When the government
steamer Newfield arrived with relief she
was hailed with cheers, so great was the
joy ol the unhappy foreigners.
AN INKFPICUfItT SERVICE.
In conversation with one of the cabin
passengers he stated that it had been ad
mitted by the lighthouse people that the
Amsterdam’s signals of distress had been
observed from the shore about noon ou the
day following the stranding. It was then
necessary to send a messenger from the
lighthouse to the lifeboat station, with the
news ol the disaster, whieh would occupy
five hours, and it would take twice that
time before any boat could lie launched
for assistance. There being no telegraphic
or telephonic connection between the
lighthouse and the life-saving station
there was but one way to notify the
*“ tter - . Besides this inafllcient state
ot attairs, the number of men on
the_ island, said the passenger, is too
limited. Had any kind of stem been
raging when the steamer struck, he did
not believe that one of all the passengers
iind crew on board would have been saved.
A certain number of men are absolutely
necessary to handle a lifeboat, and there
is not a singlejktra soul on the island for
service in of emergency, so that
should of the regular crew be
come sick or disabled it would be impos
sible to launch her. Then, if it took such
a length of time to get the lifeboat on the
water, how inttch worse, the passenger
said, would it be in a gale for people in
distress than during the comparatively
calm weather prevailing when the Am
sterdam struck.
iat the mercy of a drunken crew.
“When we landed,” continued the gen
tleman interviewed, “the acting Governor,
assisted by two others, Mr. Desbrissy aud
Mr. Allan, did all he could for us. But
the addition of 250 men, women and chil
dren to the population soon created a
great scarcity of provisions at the various
stations. There was plenty ot food at the
main station, but the passengers billeted
at the minor stations were in want. When
we realized the situation and after the
Captain and the remainder of the crew
were brought ashore, arrangement# were
made for landing provisions from feship
on the island. A lifeboat an# one
of the ship’s boats went off
to the wreck for provisions. The crew
ot the lifeboat came back drunk. The
ship’s boat had not returned before we
left. The crew of that lifeboat were still
drunk vvhen we were taken off the island
by the Newfield. While Capt. Lucas was
off to the ship attempting to save some of
the small luggage we prepared supper lor
him. A party of island officials, led by
one Neil McKinnon came and stole the
lood—all of the food we had. Complaint
was made of this to the Governor next
day. Two days afterward two young
men—members of the island lifeboat crew
—came to me and asked if I had com
plained, and threatened that they would
dll the man who had made complaint.
They swore that he would never leave the
island alive and were perfectly sober
w hen they said it.”
provisions, liquor and jewelry
STOLEN.
A portion of the Amsterdam’s crew
united with the island officials iu stealing
the provisions and liquor landed. The
rascality of some of the steerage passen
gers was made know n for the first time
here in the interview with this gentleman,
who stated that when some of the last to
leave the steamer reached the shore they
were found possessed of jewelry and
clothing left in the trunks of cabin pas
sengers. They and some of the crew
acted very ugly, but it was geen that to
complain or demand stolen property
would create trouble, and probably
precipitate *a riot or mutinv, so
everything had to bo given up for lost.
The Captain performed his duty to the
utmost, but he was only one against 250.
Under these circumstances it can be im
agined how heartily the arrival of the
Newfield was cheered. Capt. Lucas
and some of his men are still on the
island, but how they will faro among the
liquor-crazed islanders God only knows.
Lighthouse Inspector Hutchins has left
Halilax for Sable Island and will inquire
into the disgraceful reports that are being
circulated. The immigrants brought up
by the Newfield are still here, but it is
expected that they will leave for New
York by steamer to-morrow.
LIVING ON HUMAN FLESH.
A California Miner’s Life Save,} by the
Flesh of a Dead Companion.
W. B. Mcßride, of Chicago, who has ar
rived here from a trip to the Rocky
Mountains, says a Winnepeg, Man.,
special to the Chicago Tribune, brings
word that a man named William Owens,
a California miner, was found by some
railway navvies near Kicking Horse
river, a few days ago, in a famished and
partially demented condition. Owens said
he started June 13, with Joseph William
son, from Kamloops on a prospecting trip,
expecting to strike the Columbia river, but
their supply of provisions gave out before
reaching there. They traveled for six days
and a half without food, when William
son laid down and died. Owens then cut
strips of flesh lroin his dead companion’s
legs, which Ue ate sparingly, and proceed
ed on his tramp. He had been living six
days on human flesh when found and
still had a quantity of the dried flesh in
an old handkerchief. He was weak and
emaciated, and told his story with diffi
culty. He repeated the horrible details
on several occasions, and all who heard
him are convinced that the story is true.
He bad a large roll of bills with him. The
police have taken the matter in hand and
will investigate it.
Yellow Fever In the West Indies.
Havana, Aug. 10.—A steamer has ar
rived from San Thomas bringing advices
up to Aug. 5. On Aug. 1, owing to the
prevalence of yellow fever at Porto Rico,
a quarantine of three days was ordered
against all vessels arriving at San Thomas
from that port.
San Domingo’s President.
Santo Domingo, July 22.—Gen. Fran
cesco Bellino has been proclaimed Presi
dent of the Dominion Republic.
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