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i ESTABLISHED 1850. |
, j. H. EBTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, j
M \VS<>r THE TWO STATES TOLD
IX PARAGRAPHS.
\ History of Columbus* Cotton Bales fur I
the Past Dekde —Two Thousand Peo-
I, pay a I.ast Tribute to Senator Guy
ton . Worth—Bread Brought to Savan
nah iu Coffins In 1854.
GEORGIA..
M- ueorge symms.of Augusta, died Tuea
iemy fr malea is to be established
ng (air is the absorbing topic in
\ .v . . a Ji'trict has been formed in
t; r .*. -first bale reached Augusta
t,a. Gray raised it.
i ,ri is purchased 41 acres of
;i n: : :t to the pauper farm.
• ,*iout the rust m cotton in
ji _ , rty . ouuty are getting worse and
1 , 1; rt K. Jnnkin. of cadet company
1; . . -ai' -.chile walking in the yard at
l'. , m Walker county.
-thorpe veterans are preparing to
nor reunion at Sandy Cross on
tv. . •-lat week, and have a fine barliccue.
\t in A. Janes, oldest son of the late I>r.
It. Janes, of Dawson, died Monday, lie
w - k !•. -iH-roua and |K>pular young druggist,
t . old homestead, in Green county, the
reunion of the Moore family ’took
. tug. 7. Fifty-three of the relatives
Mr-. Dr. M. I). Blanchard, of Columbus.has
: ntelligenee of the death of her broth
ki . 'lr. XVUitbj . who was killed by lightning
.: Colorado on Friday.
- i:unlay morning the residence of C. A.
Mi* une, in For-viii. was destroyed by fire.
- lit- of the furniture wa> saved.’ There was
: ■ insurance on the building.
Augusta's first bale of new cotton was re
ived Tuesday by Garrett & I.attinier from
■I. W. Dunbar, ECenton, S. • . It classed as
good middling and weighed tsi pounds.
Augusta is excited by rumors that the two
ink robbers are about to give bail and then
, *rfeit their bond. Bo h are said to lie well
:! and prefer to pay 44,000 to serving seien
years in stripes.
l ax Receiver AV. C. < lianee. of Emanuel,
- . npleted his returns. There is a de
■i-e in the taxable property of Emanuel
, iuilly for the pre-ent year of 44,502, and an
increase of 147 voters.
The two Pruitts, who killed several men in
ii .t springs last winter, have licen cleared by
rt-. after spending $30,000. They are
w- ..f s.,in Pruitt, of Bauks county, and
have relatives in Athens.
\ white woman from the country entered
A•!.<■:i- recently with the dead body of her
. wrapped in a sheet, to have it fitted to
a vo. -he did not know that the measure
i the eorjuse could betaken at home just as
Ii hattahooi'hee’s new steamer \V. !.
i ■■ft Ni w Orleans M unlay, and is ex
> reach i olumbus on -iiuday. Maj.
t. \. -hmgleur. who is coining around on her.
... licit -lie is a beautiful aud substantial
- . ■ rintendent M. J. Hatcher says that the
_• -tale Fair is hound to lie a great suo
. . r tforts were made to secure Maud s/s
1: -. ice. but her sale to Bonner makes her
. improbable. Efforts to secure Jav
tn -it are now being made.
T .■ i olumbus bicyclist who made the trip
llauiiitoii in 4 hours and 2o minutes has
- • eded in reaching We-i Point from that
... a instance of 22's miles, over a fearful
i .in 5 lours and 2o minutes. He weut
'V.Point to i.afayettc, 15 miles, in 2
I . irsaud u minutes.
I : "f acres of eoni have been de
s i■! mi the Oconee river and Sandy creek
-. One gentleman says that on 700
. - .i his neighborhood. 100 barrels of corn
u ■be made. Upland corn is just as fine
i- ■ :111.1 can grow, while cotton is well
Ir.uted.but backward.
A : a meeting of the Rome Council Monday
t . b the Finance Committee reoorted the
t . i mated receipts of the city for 18*4
. ■ v; . and the total estimated expendi
t : - it f.Vk.nait. o tilts amount $5,000 will go
t iniMie schools, which will also receive
a : *!..>) from the -State.
- ur lay afternoon as the train on the
'V. jt-.u Branch railroad neared Bnr
„ I-rank B. Armstrong, a bright,
. the eldest son of Mr. John F. Arm
stpc 2, nt Xugnsta. died in the pas-enger
r lie bad been in bat health, and was
r i u.g ft* .me wuen he breathed his last.
1 the 1 idiotlon Railroad ease Judge Willis
r i.- red judgment on Saturday sustaining
t ■ wurranio in the case of Thornton vs.
lt.iriw. ’U and l-sueil a judgment of ouster
... -t H.irdwell. In the case of Gibson ami
tv. - iclalor, vs. Bard well and Martin, the
rt ren.-ed a judgment of ouster agaiustthe
respondents.
Mr-. John N’ewliery, who lives near Jay
j ; bi -■>•. Lumpkin county, is said to he in
- li e-o.ee the birth of her babe, ami is not
expected to live. Tne infant died a few days
ag ■■ .-mile of the neighbors happened in just
after the death of the cnild and found
li - mother making preparations to boil it,
-aying it would bring it to.
I. i-t week. Green Porter, colored, of Talia
ferro county, borrowed George Puncher's
-e to drive to church. Green returned too
it- to carry the horse home and so kept him
• oer night. Next morning it was discovered
that -.me fiend hail gouged out the poor
brute's eyes, from the effects of which he died
tii it day.’ Porter will pay for the hor-e.
v i. orgia mad-stone, an heirloom in the
\ red family of Pickens county, is to be ex
•i lat the New Orleans Exposition. The
ln-P>ry of the stone is to be written and placed
si the cabinet along with it at the exjiosition.
a I accompanying it alao will lie the certifi
cates of physicians who have applied it with
s; i ■ e-s in cases of snake poisoumg and mad
nog bites.
The Forty-third Regimeut of Georgia Xol
nleershad their reunion at Gainesville Tues
:ay. One hundred and thirty-eight men were
present, officers and privates. The reunion
was a success and heartily enjoyed by all
present, composed of ladies and gentlemen.
The ladies prepared a superb ilinuer. The
urvivors formed a permanent association,
flic Thirteenth's reunion at Grlllin ou the
same day was also a pleasant affair.
<',irroll Count!/ limes: Mr. E. Helton
i\v.-ed this year 9.200 ponnds of German mil
let on one acre. It was weighed after it had
1 ecu cut and dried six days. The total cost
uf fertilizers,cultivation and harvesting was
\t s2oa ton. the lowest price for hay,
t - would give tso profit on one acre, lie is
now sowing the same acre in turni|is. thus
r.... ug two crops in one season. Mr. Helton
Uves near old Carrollton, in a neighborhood
ticked for good farmers.
'1 . ii Telegraph and Messenger: In a eon
\ :-ation with Mr. James A. knight, the vet
■!■.. ■ master ear|enler at the Central ltail
yesterday, lie accidentally nien
t v I bis working in tlie present union pas
r depot in the years 1851-54. In
t he was compelled to slop the large force
e:: be stricture and put them to making
• which were filled with bread and
-i ped to savannah. That was the year in
m i,.< li so many died of yellow fever.
Just before the late war a slave owner near
At! i- sent a negro man to the woods to cut
a hickory with which he intended to punish
l • The boy. instead of doing as directed,
J>r. red a plow line and bung himself to a
2wood tree that is now standing on the
-do. (hiring the war a horse tliief was
I y; :.ed within aew feet of the same spot.
I’m -lave was w rth $1.20.*. and he remarked
-.me of bis people, just before committing
ie. that Ic-master would be worse pun
btul than himself.
Tue-day. t bief Wiley, of Macon, received a
■t er from A.-. Mattuck,of Sorrento, Fla.,
b-kiiig after Webster Mills, the old gentleman
who died suddenly at .Mrs. Fletcher's h ard
jng house in Macon a short time ago. The
. t er-tates that Mr. Mills left Sorrento on
•Lily 14 fur Cumberland, M 1., with the inten
tin of stopping over in Macon: that he left
' rrento w ith money enough to reach his des-
Ima .on; that he has two daughters at Sor
r*'nto and a homestead worth about $3,000.
lb- leper asks for his effects and particulars
ofdeath, etc.
The reunion of the survivors of the Fifth
Georgia Reg ment at Masonic Hail, Macon,
t . day will be one of more than usual inter
<-t. 'the flag under which they fought so
Dianv battles, and which was eaptnred by the
enemy near Savannah, will be returned to
them after twenty years by Capt. L. C.
5 .>ting, of the Fifty sixth New York, who
was among lUe captors. Another feature wili
s'the proliable visit of a detachment from the
1 tty-sixth New York, who will meet the men
they fought against many years ago.
Augusta Erming Xra*: A well posted rail
road agent, who travels all over Georgia anil
is very solid with farmers and merchants, iias
jU-t returned from a trip to Monroe aud
i uta along the Gainesville, Jefferson and
'• lahertt, the new road recently completed
and run as a branch of the old Georgia Raii
r " i. He iulorms the Ertning .Finn that the
! • lie in that direction will send very nearly
al* their cotton to Augusta, and, in fact, from
a crop runring up trom 5 000 to 8,0.8) ba’es,
ev> ri nag will come to Augusta with the ex
> In of about 500 bales bookciFfor Atlauta.
t ‘.lowing is a rest inspect of Augusta's cot
ipis and range of prices for the past
*V, >var-: I'M, receipts 20,017, middling,
; >75, receipts 17-,:{S5, middling. KP4®
;■ l-7. receipts 172.582, middling. 10*-c;
'■' r i-eipu ls.2tt3, middling, 10*7c; U7B, re
<• .' s itd.757, middling. l'? 4 c; 1-70, receipts
middling, ll?se; 1-80, receipts 100,0 hi,
mid'Uing, 11 1 ,. ; 1831, receipts 211,215, mid
' 2. l" r gc; l-k-2, receipts 102.3-7, middling.
-‘t 11 \c; 1—:1, receipts 181,565, middling,
• "4. .estimated) receipts 131,500, mid
dling. 10X 4 C.
•>.'.:un AVtr*: On the morning of Aug. 16
- ilanit Nelms visited a friend living in
the .-utskirtsof the ‘‘ily. and as usual fastened
her horse to-the hitching post. Watching the
07; ..rtuuity, a little negro who was anxious
f" r a ride took the horse and baggy, and in
viting a cumber of his friends had a good
fu-*e showing them the sights of the city, and
tiring of this, tied the horse to a post in’ front
of the New York -tore, where it was found
by Hie police and delivered to the owner, who.
ny the wav, had to foot it back to her home.
Tne boys being <juile small, it was deferuiincd
that a good whipping by their parents would
nave the best effect.
The returns of the tax receiver of Marion
county make the following exhibit: Number
°f polls 1.441; number of professions 21; number
®* hands between 12 and 65 years of age, 1.402;
total number of acres of lands returned, in
cluding wild lands, 241.908 1 ,; total value of land
'ooludmg wild lands, $5*51,088; town property
420,730; money, notes and accounts $127,079;
merchandise of every kind $32,6-5; household
&n<l kitchen furniture $41,497 i watches, silver
plate and jewelry $3,640: horses, mules, hogs,
sheep and cat le $162,283; plantation and me
chanical tools and books and pictures $6.627;
corn and cotton for sale April 1. $407; aU other
property not before enumerated $28,143; ag
gregate value of whole property $89*5,919; polls
and professions $1,641.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger: The fu
neral services of Col. C. S. Guyton were held
at his late residence in Laurens county on
Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The attend
ance of people was said to have been the
largest ever witnessed In that section of the
State on a similar occasion, the gathering
numberine at least 2.000 people, who, on only
one day’s announcement of his death, had as
sembled from twenty-five miles around, em
bracing citizens from Laurens, Johnson,
Emanuel, Washington and other counties,
composed of both white and colored persons,
who had come, testifying to the unbounded
love, esteem and respect in which he was held
by all. Everyone seemed to mourn his
demise as the death of a brother or
dearest friend, and particularly remark
able was the deep sorrow of the colored peo
ple. who wept in true anguish of heart as they
thought of “MarsCinci” as dead. The family
burial ground from the late home of the de
ceased is a mile distant, and the funeral pro
cession of veh cles extended in ODe unbroken
Une over this entire distance, aud when the
head of the procession had reached the grave
the last mourners at the house hail not yet
driven into tlie line of procession, while along
the roadside hundreds of persons walked to
the cemetery. Col. Guyton was buried by
the service or the Methodist Church, in which
faith he had been reared anil had publicly
professed and zealously followed. He was a
memtter of the Wrightsville Lodge of John
son county, the members of which attended
the burial and performed the solemn and
impressive ceremony of the Masonic fra
ternity. it is universally admitted that Col.
Guyton was the most honored, useful and
dearly tieloveil citizen of Laurens county, ami
as another evidence of the esteem in which he
was held, it may be stated that when the an
nouncement of bis death was made in Dublin
on la-t -aturdav afternoon the stores were
quickly closed and all business suspended, not
by any concert of action, but by tne prompt
ings of deep sorrow each one felt at Col. Guy
ton's death. Many of the stores were also
draped in crape. A useful man, an honored
citizen and a pure Christian has gone to his
bright and blessed reward beyond the sun
set’s radiant glow.
Columbus Times: The first new cotton was
received Monday—three bales—and it all came
from down the river. The first bale last year
was received Aug. 8. ten days earlier than
this. The new hales were received by the fol
lowing parties: Flournoy & Eppiug, from J.
L. Allen, Steam Mill, Ga.; classed low mid
dling. and weighed 4!15 pounds. Slade A Etli
cre-lge. from U. It. Pender, Greenwood, Ha.;
classed middling, and weighed 540 pounds.
George P. Swift A-on. from J. P. Best, E'ort
Gaines, Ga.; classed middling, and weighed
565 pounds. Below we give the date of recep
tion of the first hale of cotton every year since
1-*-’■. from what State it came, the buyer and
price paid: In 1866 the first bale came from
Georgia, received on Aug. 15, and purchased
by L. S. Wright, at 30 eents a pound. 1867,
Vlahauis, Aug. 15,I 5 , sold at 27 cents; 18*58, Ala
bama, Aug. 19, I*. A. Clayton, at S3 1 cents;
18150, Alabama, Aug. 13, 11. S. Park, at 35
cents; Is7o, Alabama, Aug. 1C W. F. Snider,
at 20 cents; another bale from Mr. Abe Gam
mers plantation, was shipped direct to New
York: 1871. Georgia, Aug. 17, John Munn, at
17 eents; 1872, Alabama. Aug. 12, J. 11. Harri
son. at 40 cents; 1873, Alabama. Aug. 11, F. G.
Wilkins, at 21 cents; 1874. Florida, Aug. 8, C.
I. Holmes, at 21‘j cents; 1575, Florida, Aug.
10. W. F. Snider, at 13% cent-.; 1876.
Georgia. Aug. 9, J. W. Barden, at 10
cents; 1877. Alabama, Aug. 12, Taliaferro
A Sou, at ll'j cents; 1878. Alabama, Aug. 7,
C. F. Taliaferro, at 12 eents; 1879, Alabama,
Aug. 14, W. F. Snider, at 11 eents; 1880,
Georgia. Aug. 2, O. B. Taliaferro, at 13 cents;
ls-1, Aug. 15, live new bales were received, of
which tne following disposition was made:
The Georgia warehouse received lfrom Henry
Dun woody, colored, Haywood's Landing,
Fla : c’aesed middling, weight 440 pounds,
sold to E. li. Dixon, Wilmington, X. C . for
I % cents. Another from A. Merritt, of Mari
uiiin, Fla., was consigned to the Georgia
warehouse, it was classed strict middling,
weight 500 pounds; sold to E. B. Dixon for
II ccntft the Fontaine warehouse received 1
from W. C. Koonce, of Columbia, Ala.;
classed strict middling, weight 454 pounds,
soldtoE;. B Dixon at 1037 cents. The Ala
bama warehoifke received one from J. Bush
& Cos., Neal’s Landing, Fla.; classed sirict
good ordinary, weight 485 pounds, sold to
E. B. Dixon for 10 cents. The Lowell ware
house received one from It. W. Sheffield,
Cedar .Springs, Ga.; classed strict middling,
weight 590 pound*, sold to Mr. Weber, of J. B.
Holst A Cos., for li cents. 18-2, Florida, Aug.
7, from ( apt. John Melton, of Jackson count y,
Fa , consigned to t apt. J. W. Woolfolk;
sohf at auction by < 01. F. G. Wilkins, and
pure iii-cij, by Col*. W. M. Griggs at 12 :, s cents.
Is-,::. Alabama, Aug. 8, from William iVnod,
Henry countv, Ala ,to Cap*. J. XV. Woolfolk;
classed raid'ding, weight 4 0 pounds: ii was
sold at auction by T. if. Foley at 10' s eents to
Thomas Thomason.
FLORIDA.
A Tampa man is negotiating for the ma
chinery, and will soon start a bottling estab
lishment.
Archer was visited by a severe electrical
storm a few davs ago, during which a ware
house was unroofed.
A young lady while recently visiting Her
nando county, treed a fox, and with the as
sistance of her escort succeeded in bringing
the creature to the ground.
A convention of independent voters of St.
John’s county will he held Saturday to nomi
nate one Senator and two Representatives
to represent the county in the next Legisla
ture.
The election at Tampa resulted as follows:
Mayor, Dull' Post, Marshal, I). B. Givens;
Uouncilmen, >. A. Jones. G. 1! Sparkman;
Assessor, J. It. swingley: Collector, J. 11.
Leonardv; Clerk, Joseph" Ferris; Treasurer,
Joseph Ferris.
< olored laborer* for the work on the Palatka
and Indian River Railroad arrive at Palatka
almost daily. The work is progressing finely,
and shippers hope to have the iron horse at
their doors by the time the oraiiee crop is
ready for market.
The sentence of death passed upon Edward
Smith, alias Cox, at Tallahassee, tor the mur
der of Marcus Clay, has been commuted to
imprisonment at hard labor for iife. He left
Thursday in charge of a guard for the State
prison camps at Live Oak.
Mr. Canova. who is going to erect the iec
manufactory in Palatka, has ali his machin
ery packed up and will ship it direct to Pa
latka from the North in a few days. XX'ork
on the buildings w ill doubtless be commenced
immediately.
Robort .Xfunro. of Tallahassee, has had an
orange grove of 600 trees set out. on his land
adjoining that of Judge James T. Maghee on
Florida avenue, Tampa. XX'hen Mr. Munro
completes the improvements intended, this
will be one of the finest places near Tampa.
A lire originated in the stables of Ale tander
Coulter, at Gruelle, Friday nigtit, 1 lie stables
and fodder shed, with about *SOO bundles of
fodder, a lot of harness, and 22 bearing orange
trees were consumed. Loss about sl,ooo no
insurance. The fire is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
Vnthonv correspondence Ocala Banner: Mr.
The*. J. Pasteur is 83 years old and in fine
health, and he told us on Tuesday last, that
he moved here 31 years ago, and that he has
never hail a spell of fever nor chills during
the period that he has been living here, lie
is very active for a man of his age.
Tlie American Bar Association.
Saratoga, X. Y„ Aug. 20.—The
seventh ami al meeting of the American
Bar A B sociation convened here this morn
ing for a three days session. .The at
tendance was quite large, and a number
of ladies were in the audience. The meet
ing was called to order by Luke
P. Poland, at 10:35 o’clock, who
introduced President Cortland Park
er, ot Newark, N. J., who delivered
his annual address. “To help make the
nation one in law is the object sought to
be attained by the association,” was his
opening remark. All the States were re
presented except California, Colorado and
Nevada. The President announced as the
Publication Committee, Alexander R.
Lawton ot Georgia, Francis Uawle of
Philadelphia, Andrew Allison of Tennes
see, Charles A. Peabody of New Y’ork,
and G. D. Vroom of New Jersey.
Virginia’s Legislature.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 20.—1n the
House to-day a bill xvas passed to pro
vide for an interchange of the coupon
bonds and registered deeds issued under
the Riddleberger bill.
The bill appropriating $20,000 for the
Central Luuutic Asylum for colored
people was passed to engrossment and
third reading.
In the Senate the bill providing the
manner in which Presidential electors
shall be elected was passed.
The bill will now go to the Governor.
The Trip of the Cadets.
Charleston. S. C., Aug. 20.—The Ca
dets arrived here at 1:35 o’clock this
morning and were received by Capt. S. Y.
Tupper, Jr., and a committee from the
Carolina Rifles and citizens. A drill will
take place at 4:30 o’clock to-morrow after
noon. The Cadets wilbvisit the city dur
ing the morning. A delay was occasioned
by a break in the boiler at Ashepoo Station.
The company xvill arrive at the island at
2
A Liberal Victory.
London, Aug. 20.—An election took
place in Ross and Cromwell to-day to fill
a vacancy in the House of Commons. The
result was as follows: Munro Ferguson
(Liberal), 717 votes; M. Mackenzie (Con
servative), 337; Mr. McDonald (Land Re
former), 248. The former member, Sir
Alexander Mathieson, was a Liberal.
The Rosadalls Reiued^l
Rosadalis is a sovereign for al
diseases of the blood. It has ndWiual for
the cure of nervous disorders. Read this:
l would like to bear testimony to the
merits of Rosadalis, by saying that some
eight years ago I was’ totally prostrated
and could get no relief from our family
physician, but after taking one bottle of
Rosadalis 1 became entirely restored to
health. I now weigh 175 pounds, but
when 1 first took your medicine I weighed
only 130. 1 cheerfully recommend it to
all. and especially to those atHicted with
nervous debility.
Mrs. A. A, Mabon, Baltimore, Md.
MR. HENDRICKS’ LETTER.
LIKE CLEVELAND, THE INDIAN
IAN WASTES NO WORDS.
Gov. Ireland Renominated by Acclama
tion in Texas—The Connecticut Re
publican Ticket Put In the Field—
Greenbackers Busy for Ben—A Novel
Scheme to Deliver the Irish Vote.
Indianapolis, Aug. 20.—The following
is a copy of ex-Gov. Hendricks’ letter of
acceptance of the Democratic nomination
for the Vice Presidency:
Indianapolis, Aug. 20, 1884.
Gentlemen—l have the honor to acknow
ledge the receipt of your communication
notifying me of my nomination liy the Demo
cratic Convention at Chicago as a candidate
for the office of Vici President of the United
States. May I repeat what I said on another
occasion, that it is a nomination which I had
neither expected nor desired, and yet I re
cognize and appreciate the high honor done
me by the conventionV The choice of such a
body, pronounced with such unusual
unanimity and accompanied witti so
generous an expression of esteem
and confidence, ought to outweigh
all merely personal desires and preferenees of
my own. ft is with this feeling, and I trust
also from a deep sense of public duty, that I
now r accept the nomination, and shall abide
by the judgment of my countrymen. I have
examined with care the declaration of prin
ciples adopted bv the convention, a copy of
which you submitted to me. and in their sum
and substance J heartily indorse and approve
the same. I am, gentlemen, your obedient
servant, Thomas a. Hendricks.
To the //on. Wm. F. TiUts, Chairman, and oth
ers of the Committee of the National Demo
cratic Convention.
RADICALISM in CONNECTICUT.
Henry B. Harrison Nominated for Gov
ernor on the Second Ballot.
New Haven, Conn., Aug. 20.—The
Republican State Convention was called
to order this morning by Charles J. Colo,
Cha rman of the State Committee. Judge
W. T. Elmer, of Middletown, was elected
Temporary Chairman. He, in his speech,
said that Janies G. Blaine w as the peer of
any man in the world to-day for integrity.
He said that the tidal wave two years
ago took in Connecticut, but the people
want no more political accidents for either
President or Governors. He predicted
that the Republicans this year would
elect their candidates high and dry above
all Democratic tidal waves.
John A. Tibbets, Collector of the port
ot New London, was elected Permanent
President, and on assuming the duties of
of the ehair, said the principles upon
which the Republican party was founded
were its principles to-day. He arraigned
the Democratic party 'for its position
during the war, and said that its policy
on the tariff would reduce the honest
laborer of the United States to the condi
tion of the pauper labor of Europe. He
eulogized Blaine as the most illustrious
man of his time.
EULOGIZING LOGAN.
Among the volunteer soldiers of the
Union there was not a braver than John
A. Logan. Three cheers were here given for
Logan. “There is no brighter name ou
the roll of Union veterans than John A.
Logan, through whose veins flow the
warm blood of the Emerald Isle.” He in
dorsed the Republican platform, and said
that w ith such a platform and such can
didates the result was not in doubt. A
committee on resolutions, consist
ing of one member from each
district, was then appointed. The
convention then voted to take an infor
mal ballot for Governor. The names of
Gen. W. H. Buckley, Phineas C. Louns
bury and Henry B. Harrison were pre
sented. The informal ballot was then
taken with the following result: Louns
bury 184, Harrison 184, Buckley 114.
On the first formal ballot there was no
choice. The second formal ballot re
sulted as follows: Whole number of
votes cast, 449; necessary for a choice,
225. Harrison 252, Lounsbury 187, Buck
ley I*. The nomination of Harrison wa9
made unanimous, and at 3:30 o’clock a
recess was taken for an hour.
The following im the electoral ticket:
First district, J. Oither Spencer, of Suf
field; Second district, J. B. Sullivan, of
Chester: Third district, J. S. Atwood, of
Plainfield; Fourth district, Frederick
Miles, of Salisbury; electors-at-large,
President Theodore Woolsey, of Yale Col
lege, andChas. Williams, oi New London.
The following platform was adopted:
The Republicans of Connecticut in conven
tion assembled declare that they heartily rat
ify the nominations of James G. Blaine and
John A. Logan; that thev indorse the declar
ation of principles contained in the platform
of the Republican party adopted at the recent
convention in Chicago and in the letters of
acceptance of its candidates, and they are
especially gratis ‘d with the sound doctrines
upon the tariff therein set forth and the spirit
of genuine patriotism that will hold this
country in its deserved position among the
nations of the world, and protect Us citizens
at home and abroad, and thev present lo the
electors of Connecticut in the persons of Hen
ry 15. Harrison and his associates upon the
state and electoral tickets candidates worthy
of their cordial support.
Lounsbury was offered the nomination
for Lieutenant-Governor aud promptly
refused it, the greater part of the Fair
field county delegates leaving without
further appearance in the convention.
The ticket was completed as follows;
Loren A. Cook, of Barkbampton, Lieu
tenant Gox'ernor; Charles A. Russell, of
Fittingly, Secretary of State; Batentine
B. Chamberlin, of New Britain, Treas
urer, and L. J. Mennson, of Waterbury,
Comptroller.
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATS.
Speeches Made, Resolutions Adopted
and Presidential Electors Chosen.
Trenton, N. J., Aug. 20.—1 t was 12:30
o’clock before the 038 delegates to the
State Democratic Convention took then
places in the Opera House to-day. Gov.
Abbett’s appearance on the stage elicited
louu applause. State Chairman Blodgett
called the conx'ention to order, Gen. Mc-
Clellan was made Temporary Chairman.
He was greeted wi’h cheers, and spoke
for some time. He insisted that the Dem
ocratic party deserved success, and must
have it, as time brought its rex-enges. At
the conclusion ot Gen. McClellan’s speech
a list of Vice Presidents and Secretaries
was read and approved. The convention
then took a short recess.
After the recess a long list of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries was read.
Telegrams were read from S. J. Randall,
announcing his inability to be present,
and from Senator McPherson, stating
that he was suffering from hay fever and
that he could not come.
Nominations were then made for elect
ors. There was some opposition in the
First and Sixth districts. The following
Electors were chosen by acclamation:
First district, John Russell, of Cumber
land; Second district, Ephraim Emi>-
son, of Ocean; Tliird district,
Joseph S. Vosseler, of Union;
Fourth district, Philip Hand, of Warren;
Fifth district, James D. Ingles, Jr., of
Passaic; Sixth district, Samuel Lord, Jr.,
of Essex; Sexenth district, Edward J.
McDonald, of Hudson; at large, Edward
Balbach, of Newark, and Thomas Kays,
of Sussex. After the electors were
chosen, speeches were delivered by Gov.
Abbett, W. U. Hense, of Pennsylvania,
and Congressman McAadoo. Mr.’liense’e
speech was the principal one, occupying
an hour. He reviewed Blaine’s record at
length, especially his connection with the
Union Pacific Railroad. The convention
adjourned late in the afternoon. It xxas
the largest Democratic electoral conven
tion ex'er held in New Jersey. The fol
lowing are the resolutions:
Re&olted, That the Democratic partv.in con
vention assembled, atlirm their devotion to the
principles ot the party as enumerated in the
platform adopted by the State Convention of
May 4, bv the National Convention at Chi
cago in July, and deelared by the letter of ac
ceptance of Gov. Cleveland.
Resolved, That in Grover Cleveland and
Thomas A. Hendricks we recognize repre
sentative Democrats pledged to honest gov
ernment and administrative reform, and we
pledge to them the united support of the De
mocracy of New Jersey.
IRELAND RENOMINATED.
No Opposition Met With—Barrett Gibbs
for Lieutenant Governor.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 20.—The Demo
cratic State Covention re-assembled at 10
o’clock this afternoon. Col. William
Upton was chosen Permanent Chairman.
The report of the Committee on Platform
was unanimously adopted. The platform
indorses the National Democratic plat
form, declares in favor of com
mon free schools for both whites
and blacks, opposes the enactment ot the
herd law, recommends that the Legisla
ture of the State should limit the amount
of real estate owned by corporations, de
clares that school lands are a
sacred trust in custody of the
Legislature, and advocates the leasing
ot such lands until actual settlers desire
to purchase. A majority of the Commit
tee on Resolutions introduced a motion,
that the two-thirds rule be sustained. A
debate and a call of the roll by counties
followed. The two-thirds rule was sus
taihed by a vote of 306 yeas to 187 nays.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1884.
Several motions to adjourn were voted
down. The only name presented for
nomination for Governor was Ireland’s.
The rules were suspended and John Ire
land was renominated for Gox'ernor by
acclamation amid great enthusiasm.
State Senator Barrett Gibbs, of Dallas,
was nominated for Lieutenant Governor
by acclamation. Mr. Gibbs is the young
est man ever nominated for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas. Both Ireland and
Gibbs addressed the convention, which
adjourned to 6 o’clock.
The convention reassembled at 3 o’clock,
when the following nominations were
made: For State Comptroller, W. J.
Swain | lor Treasurer, F. R. Lubbeck: for
Commissioner of the Land Office, W. E.
Wal6h; for Attorney General, John D.
Templeton. A recess was then taken.
THEY WANT THEIR AVHISKY.
Kansas Democrats and Republicans
Trying to Restore the Flowing Bowl.
Topeka. Ks., Aug. 20.—The Democratic
State Convention met here at 4 o’clock
to-day w r ith 319 delegates present. A. A.
Harris, of Fort Scott, was elected Tempo
rary Chairman. Mr. Harris made a speech
censuring prohibition and demanding the
resubmission of the prohibitory amend
ment to the people. The usual commit
tees were then appointed and instructed
to report at 10 o’clock to-morroxv morning,
until which time the conx'eution ad
journed.
REPUBLICANS WUO WANT WHISKY.
A conx'eution of Republicans favorable
to the resubmission of the prohibitory
amendment met here to-day, their ap
parent purpose being to join with the
Democrats in making a State ticket that
xvill be acceptable to both Democratic
and Republican resubmissionists. The
plan most freely suggested is a division
of the State ticket about equally between
the two elements, with G. \\\ Click, the
present incumbent, for their candidate for
Governor. The two branches are not
unanimous on this proposition, many
Democrats insisting upon a straight
Democratic ticket throughout. The
resubmissionists met at the
skating rink and organized with
J. J. Wehler as Chairman. The
attendance was only fair. The proceed
ings so iar haxe not developed the strict
purpose of the meeting. After the ap
pointment of the usual committees tne
convention adjourned until 8 o’clock to
night.
RUTLER’S LINE IN ILLINOIS.
The Greenbackers and Anti-Monopo
lists Badly Divided.
Bloomington, 111., Aug. 20.—Forty
four delegates assembled yesterday after
noon pursuant to a call for a Greenback,
Anti-Monopoly, Labor Convention of the
State. A. J. Streeter was made Chair
man. The object was to nominate a State
ticket and Presidential electors for But
ler and West. The strife between the
Greenback and anti-Monopolist factions
and the straight out Greenbackers began
at once and continued until the final ad
journment, revealing quite a wide and
deep chasm.
On one side were the regulars who met
pursuant to the call of Dr. Waters, of
this city, and on the other xvere those who
xvill obey McKeighan’scall, and assemble
here on Aug. 27. A motion to ad
journ to the 27t.1i caused a hot discus
sion and xvas lost. The candidacy of
Gen. Butler was indorsed. A motion to
nominate a State ticket and appoint a
committee to harmonize the differences
with the convention of the 27th was lost.
At the evening session a motion to
choose Presidential electors was lost, and
several straightout Greenbackers retired.
The convention finally adjourned until the
27th, the MeKeighan delegates being in
vited to take part in its deliberations.
BUTLER AND BROYLES.
The Michigan Greenbackers Go Through
tlie Formalities of a Convention.
Detroit, Aug. 20.—The Greenback
State Convention met this morning. Af
ter a heated discussion a resolution fa
x'oring fusion was adopted. The platform
adopted reaffirms the national platform,
commends Gen. Butler’s letter as worthy
of hearty indorsement at the polls; de
plores the condition ol the manufactur
ing, mechanical, producing and laboring
classes which is attributed to the con
traction of the volume of money and to
excessive taxation. It fax'ors the immi
gration of industrious foreigners;
demands of the Legislature the
enactment .of a mechanics lien
law giving to labor a first lien for wages
due or to become due; denounces the
system of contract labor; asks for the
establishment of a bureau of labor statis
tics; demands protection of the lives and
health of employes in industrial institu
tions; objects to the consignment of bod
ies of poor to the “pickling vat” at Ann
Harbor; believes that minority stock
holders should be represented in the man
agement of incorporated companies; de
mands the enactment of a just system of
taxation and heartily commends Gov.
Begole’s administration. Gov. Begole
was then renominated by acclamation,
and the convention took a recess.
IOWA’S REPUBLICANS.
Minor State Officers Nominated and the
Ticket Ratified.
Dus Moines, loxva, Aug. 20.—A great
crowd gathered here to the Republican
State Convention to-day. All of the 900
delegates were ou hand last night, to
gether with all the candidates and recog
nized leaders.
Frank D. Johnson was nominated for
Secretary of State on the third
ballot The other nominations were
as follows: V. P. Twombly, lor Treasurer,
J. L. Brown for Auditor, A. J. Baker lor
Attorney General, Judge J. 11. Kathrock
(renominated) for Justice of the Supreme
Court. The convention then chose a list
of Presidential electors. The platform
on national issues indorses the last Re
publican national platform. On State
issues it reallirms the State platform of
1883, and closes with an indorsemen tof
the declarations contained in the letters
of acceptance of Blaine and Logan. The
contention then adjourned.
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Frank H. Hurd Among tlie Lucky Ones
in the Race for Place.
Washington, Aug. 20.—The following
reports from Congressional conventions
have been received:
The Democrats of the Seventh Virginia
Congressional district to-day renominated
Thomas O’Farrall by acclamation.
The adjourned convention of the Demo
crats of the Fifth Missouri district to-day
nominated Alex. Graves by acclamation.
The Republicans of the Eleventh Illi
nis Congressional District yesterday nom
inated A. P. Petrie by acclamation.
The Democrats of Dauphin countv, Pa.,
have nominated Major L. S. Bent, of Stel
ton. for Congress.
The Democrats of the Fourteenth Ohio
district nominated Col. J. C. Vance for
Congress.
The Democrats of the Tenth Ohio dis
trict renominated to-day Frank Hurd for
Congress.
The Republican Convention of the
Seventh Mississippi district to-day nomi
nated J. B. Yellowly, of Madison, for
Congress by acclamation.
The Democrats of the Third Minnesota
district to-day nominated Ignatius Don
nelly for Congress. Immediately after
wards the people’s party met and nomi
nated Donnelly, who wa9 yesterday
named by the farmers’ convention ol the
district.
Butler’s Rockets Hanging Fire.
Meriden, Conn., Aug.2o.—The Butler
demonstration In this city was expected
to assume State proportions and be an
immense affair generally, but not more
than 2,000 people attended, and of these
all but about 200 were from this city. It
xvas given under the allspices of the local
Independent Industrial Club, composed
mainly of Greenbackers.
H. C. Baldwin, a Greenback lawyer of
Naugatuck, was the first speaker, and he
occupied about an hour in setting forth
the worthlessness of the old parties, and
the need of anew one. The afternoon
and evening were devoted to speeches, in
terspersed with dancing, but aside from
Gen. Butler there were no speakers of anv
note.
Michigan's Democrats.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 20.—Ed
win Uhl was Temporary and Permanent
Chairman of the Democratic State Con
vention here to-day. The convention in
dorsed six Greenback electors and nomi
nated seven of its own. The following is
the S’ate ticket assigned by the joint con
ference committee: For Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Matthew Maynard; for Secretary
of State, William H. Shakespeare; for
Treasurer, Jatnes Blair tor: Auditor Gen
eral, Col. George P. Sanford; for member
of the State Board of Education, Rev.
Chris. Yanderver.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
Eaton Advises Clerks to Use Their Own
Judgement in Answering Circulars.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Dorman B.
Eaton, of the United States Civil Service
Commission, has written for publication
a letter in reply to various communica
tions received by him from government
employes, asking for adx'ice as to the pay
ment by them of assessments for political
purposes. In this letter he says:
There could be no more decisive evidence
than these letters [those received by him]
present, nut only of the despotic and oppres
sive traction, but of the debasing consequen
ces of political assessments as thev have long
been enforced by both parties under the old
spoils system.
He then points to the civil service law
of 1883, enacted, he says, by the co-opera
tion of both parties, and which, he says,
was intended to secure, and if enforced,
as he says he believes it will be, will se
cure as absolute freedom and safety to
every person in the public service in con
tributing or in not contributing for politi
cal purposes as attaches to any private
citizen. Continuing, be says:
The party in power, by the President truly
interpreting botli the spirit and ietU ivof that
law, after a conference with the heads of the
departments, have declared informal rulqs
for executive action, that no person will be
removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing
to contribute to any political fund, and he
asks why it is that clerks and employes in the
public service have not some faith’ in these
solemn pledges that thev have that their
salaries will be paid according to law and the
rules of the departments.
A ALAIN ANSWER.
The answer to this question, is plain
aud. this want of faith arises because
political assessments have been long enforced
against the humble servants of the nation
and states iu flagrant violation of tlie spirit
of our institutions aud laws, through in ore i
lcsß and dishonest prostitution of official au
thority by great officers and politicians.
He adds that it was inevitable that such
a practice should destroy all sens# of
safety, and all confidence in parties and
the government. He says further:
The situation at present lends no light sanc
tion to the theory of some that, assessments
can never he suppressed short of a law which,
like the one passed by the New York Legis
lature, shall forbid all public officers paying
them.
He gives specific answers to several
questions asked him by persons who have
written him, as follows:
First. That no person, because lie has en
tered tlie public service, is relieved of the
mere obligation resting on all citizens to make
reasonable sacrifices in aid of sound principles
and good administration, although the obliga
tion is neither to pay as much as the mana
gers choose to demand, nor contribute any
thing to funds to be used to buy votes, to bribe
journals, to control demagogues and factions,
or for any corrupt or unworthy object what
ever.
AN INDEFENSIBLE THEORY.
Second, That the theory that a person should
make a contribution because he has got an
office is utterly indefensible, except in the
theory of the spoilsman and corruptionist.
Third, The theory that a poor clerk should
nay assessments because his salary may be so
large that he can afford t > do so is false.
I have no hesitation in declaring the opinion
that any form of request for contributions
bv whatever party of officers made which isad
dressed to public servants as a class,which as
sumes that they are under greater obligations
to pay than other citizens of the same means,
which is accompanied by any form of menac
ing suggestion, or which is not in such lan
guage as woald be addressed to a private
citizen, should notonly be rejected but should
be treated as an affront and promptly ex
posed. Those in the public service must
themselves aid in suppressing that
robber spirit and piratical practice which
turn to the weakest among them for money
because they are supposed to be most easily
intimidated, audtuatclass which yields w ith
out a manly protest and without resistance, if
need be, to demands which are both an insult
and violation of the law and common right,
and has no just claim to public respect.
I cannot undertake to say whether the dan
gers of removal will be greater from one
party for paying or from the other for not
paying. It is both safe and wise, and
a duty as well, to stand for justice, jaw
and your own self-respect. l’ay, or
refuse to pay, as you would feel it a duty
if you were a private citizen with the same
means and needs. Resist and expose any at
tempt to induce you to pay because vou hold
office, or to pay under the least menace or
Hint of removal.
You owe that much to your country as well
as to your class and to yourselves, lie sure
there is a public sentiment, which xvill both
approve your conduct and overcome any
officer, politician or party which may be will
ing to make you the object of its vengeance.
If I am not greatly mistaken, the days of
such barbarism as making removals for re
sisting robbery in this country are passed. It
befits only such countries as Turkey aud
Mexico.
TO BARTER IRISH VOTES.
Parnell Trying to Carry Out a Unique
Proposition.
Boston, Aug. 20.—At the Barker House
yesterday Mrs. Parnell, mother of Charles
Stewart Parnell, the Irish agitator, held
a conference with a number of Catholic
Bishops and leaders of the Irish
National League concerning means
by which the coming political
contest in this country could be turned to
the advancement of Ireland’s cause. It
was understood that Mrs. Parnell repre
sented her son at the conference. Mrs.
Parnell submitted the details of a scheme
for the benefit of Irish home industry,
which she said was conceived by her son
and was being put in practical execution
in the old country. Mr. Parnell, she said,
formed an association in England and
Ireland composed of capitalists and manu
facturers whose aim was to encourage
home industry.
This association nroposed to establish
factories for the exclusive manufacture of
Irish goods, such as could not be manu
factured in England or other countries,
including such articles as laces, lin
ens, friezes, woolens and tweeds, and
preparations are already in progress for
the establishment of such factories in dif
ferent parts of Ireland.
THE SCHEME IN POLITICS.
Mrs. Parnell made a suggestion, coming
as from her son, that the proposition be
submitted to the Republican and Demo
cratic parties, the acceptance of
which by either would decide
for which party the organized
Irish vote would be cast. Mrs. Parnell
said that as these Irish goods could not
be made in this country, their importa
tion would not in any sense conflict w'ith
American home industry, inasmuch as
the association in England proposed to
exclusively control the production. Mr.
Parnell’s proposition, therefore, w r as that
a direct offer be submitted to the political
parties of the United States as follows:
“If in accordance with the friendly feel
ing expressed towards Ireland in the
United States by Americans one
of the political parties will
incorporate a plank in its platform in
favor of goods of Irish manu
facture IrQjHj uty (specifying such goods
as cannot JjWlnufaetured elsewhere than
in IrelandfflMß the importation of which
w T ill not cWCipete w r ith American produc
tions), then such party will receive the
organized support of the Irish-American
vote. Even if a direct organization is
not made yet, the Irish vote will be di
rectly or indirectly influenced in favor of
the party which shall champion the cause
of Irish industry as indicated.”
Mrs. Parnell will leave for New York
to-day to take the preliminary steps to
wards the organization of Irish interests.
WHY SULLIVAN STANDS ALOOF.
During the progress of the conference
it was stated that the leason why Alex.
Sullivan so persistently refused re-elec
tion to the Presidency of the Irish Nation
al League was that he proposed to enter
the canvass in support of Blaine, and did
not wish to compromise the Irish Ameri
can vote by becoming a public speaker in
support of the Republican candidate.
Mrs. Parnell explains that she is not
organizing a political party, and has not
expressed the slightest preference for
either existing party. She believes, how
ever, that many articles produced in
Ireland might be admitted free, or almost
free of duty, as they are not competitive
with American or English goods, or while
as models they would be eminently use
ful. Her only purpose is to direct atten
tion to this industrial field which would
be highly beneficial to both Ireland and
the L T nited States.
THE LEAGUE IN IRELAND.
Dublin, Aug. 20. —At a meeting here
to-day of the Irish Land League, Mr.
Harrington read a cable message from
Patrick Egan expressing the support of
the American League in the cause of Ire
land. Mr. Sullivan expressed the pride
and pleasure of Ireland at the electian of
Mr. Egan to the Presidency of the league
in the United States.
Gresham on the War Path.
Washington, Aug. 20. Postmaster
General Gresham returned to-night from
his investigations into the methods of the
contractors who supply his department
with stationery. He proposes to make
examples of the men w-ho were responsi
ble for the irregularities, now known to
have been considerable.
The rose bud opening to the morn.
White yet the dew hangs on the thorn,
Exhales less sweetness than is wont
To breathe from lips that Sozodont
Has touched with a soft crimson glow
That shows the dazzling teeth off so.
DEATH AMONG THE HERDS
PLEUBO-PNEUMONTA DISCOV
ERED IN ILLINOIS.
Government Veterinarians Taking Steps
to Crush Out the Contagion and a
General Order Issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture—The Disease
Spread by a Herd Sold at Auction—
Jersoyk the Only Sufferers.
Chicago, Aue. 20.—The Breeders' Ga
zette will publish the following to-morrow:
At last the unwelcome truth is forced upon
us that contagious pleuro-pneumonia has
found lodgment in the prairies of Illinois.
The evidence of its hateful presence in not
less than five Jersey herds m this State is
overwhelming, and g’rave fears exist that the
extent of the infection has only dawned on
us. Investigations, which were set upon foot
two weeks ago, leave no longer any room to
doubt the unwelcome fact. The nature of the
trouble was first suspected by Dr. Trumbower,
of Sterling, who was in the Department
of Agriculture. A Jersev cow belonging to
Mr. Keifer, of Sterling, recently purchased by
him, sickened and died under'such circum
stances as to lead to suspicion. Her lungs
were taken out aud sent to Dr. Salmon, Chief
of the Bureau at Washington. An examina
tion satisfied him that a thorough investiga
tion of the case was warranted, and he in
structed his subordinates to fully inquire into
its history. It was Boon learned that the cow
came .from tlie herd of M. M. Clark, of
Geneva, 111., and that there had been other
and serious trouble there.
COURTING A SPREAD.
He had sold two cows that went into the
herd of Mr. Boyd, of Elmhurst, aud which
soon thereafter had sickened, and one of them
had died. Other and more serious results
followed, and Dr. Salmon came on in person
some ten days ago to investigate the case. In
company with Mr. Sanders, of the Gazette, he
visited Mr. Boyd’s herd, where the remain
ing living cow which was purchased from
Mr. dark, .was found to be suffering
from what appeared tobe pleuro-pneu
monia of a chronic form, aud an
other, of Mr. Boyd’s own raising, presented
an acute case of the same disease of only
about ten days duration. Dr. Salmon was
slow, however, to declare the contagious na
ture of tlie disease, but subsequent inquiry
and the further fact that two more auimals
in the same herd, were attacked with symp
toms soon confirmed him iu his diagnosis.
He determined to kill the two cows which
were first attacked ou Mr. Boyd’s place. Tlie
post mortem examination which was made
last week confirmed his worst fears and he at
once set to work to learn tlie source of infec
tion. Mr. Clark, of Geneva, admitted six
deaths in his small herd since April last,
though lie claimed that two of these died of
old age.
A TOTAL OF NINE DEATHS.
These, with the cows sold to Keifer and the
two taken to Elmhurst, made nine fatal cases
from this herd uioue. In the meantime word
came of troub ein two Jersey herds in an
other part of the State, aud Drs. Salmon, Pa
ron and Ranch made a post mortem examina
tion, revealing a perfectly typical case of gen
uine lung plague. The disease appeared to
have run its course in tlie heard of Mr. Clark,
but, in the meantime, sales had been made to
various persons, one lot going to Cynthiana.
Ky., from which nothing has been heard.
The article claims that the investigation
shows that an auction sale of Jersey cattle
at Virginia, ( ass county, 111., in February
last, was the distributing point of tlie infec
tion iu this State, Animals from this sale
were taken lo Nebraska, Missouri, lowa and
Kentucky, aud to various other herds in tins
State.
All the available resources of the Depart
ment of Agriculture are being encrge'ically
employed to trace up, determine am? isolate
tlie infected herds. Mr. Boyd aud others
whose names arc not mentioned have made
no sales for months, and there is no danger
of the disease spreading further from their
herds.
CONFINED TO JERSEYS.
So far as known the infection is confined to
Jersey herds. In view of these developments
the following order has been issued:
Dei-aktmixt of Agriculture, *
XVASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20, 184. i
To the Cattle Owners of the United States:
Owing to tlie existenceof a disease supposed
to be contagious pleuro-pneumonia in several
herds of Jersey cattle in the State of Illinois,
1 hereby request the owners of all herds of all
Jersey cattle in the United States, in which
new animals have been introduced since Jan.
1, to stop the shipment of cattle until after
Oct. 1. The disease seems lo have been in
troduced by animals sold at X irgiuia, 111.,
February, 1884, and these animals were wide
ly distributed throughout theXX’estern States.
It is hoped, therefore, that persons owning
cattle tracing to this sale, and all others hav
ing cattle affected with a disease of the lungs,
will at ouco communicate with Dr. Salmon,
Chief of die Bureau of Animal Industry, in
care of the Breeders' Gazette , at Chicago, and
clearly state the condition of their herds and
the symptoms of the disease.
PENALTIES OF THE LAXV.
The attention of cattle owners and railroad
and other transportation companies is called
to section 7 of tlie act, establishing a Bureau
of Animal Industry, which makes it a dis
meanor punishable by a line of not less than
SIOO, or more than SSOO, or by imprisonment
for not more than 1 year, or both, to ship cat
tie affected with any contagious or commu
nicable disease, and especially with the dis
ease known as pleuro pneumonia, from one
State into another.
The cordial co-operation of the State au
thorities and all persons interested in the wel
fare of our cattle industries is earnestly de
sired in order to avert this danger which now
menaces the herds of the country.
[Signed] G. B. Loring,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
REPEATEDLY IN COLLISION.
The Steamer Twilight Has Three Nar
row Escapes in Boston Harbor.
Boston, Aug. 20.—The steamer Twi
light while on her 5 o’clock
trip from Boston to Nahant col
lided with the steamer John Brooks,
of the Portland line, demolishing the
former’s wheel house and smashing her
cabin. The Brooks’ stern is slightly dam
aged, but she is ready to proceed. Alter
the collision the Twilight xvas proceeding
carefully, blowing signals and keeping a
careful lookout when within fifteen
minutes after the first ‘acci
dent she collided with a pilot
boat and the steamer Rose Standish, doing
and receiving but slight injury. Ten
minutes later she was struck by the
steamer Stamford and had her wheelhouse
smashed. The Stamford was also dam
aged. The harbor xvas full of craft of all
kinds. There were few women aboard
the Twilight, but much excitement pre
vailed, which was allayed by the officers.
The boat xvas at once headed for Hull,
xvhere, without assistance, a landing was
safely effected. The officers ot the Twi
light claim to have used all possible care,
and the blame is thrown by each crew on
the other. The Twilight remains at Hull,
while the Stamford ha 9 been towed here.
MEN AND MONEY NEEDED.
Mexico’s Conspiracy Lacking in the Es
sentials ot .Success.
St. Louis, Aug. 20.—Late special ad
vices from the City of Mexico say that
the authorities deny that any conspira
tors have been shot. Gen. Chavarria is
to be sent to Y’ucatan. Extreme
secrecy is maintained by the
authorities regarding the trial
and disposition of the prisoners. The
Diario Official published a full revolution
ary proclamation seized at Jardon’s house.
There are many strong points in it against
the existing administration. The con
spiracy had not sufficient backing to war
rant sn insurrection, and could not have
succeeded an any event for lack of men
and money. The business situation is
duller than was ever before known here.
THE JEANNETTE DRIFT.
Seaman Noros Unable to Tell Whether
the Articles are Genuine.
Nexx-burytokt, Mass., Aug. 20.
Louis Noros, in regard to the reported
finding of clothing and other articles sup
posed to have belonged to the Jennnette
expedition, says:
I know that none of our party were left
behind in the tent. I know that all the tents
taken away in our boats were taken from the
ship and carried off. I know that there was
but one bearskin in tlie party, and that was
left in a cache on the Siberian coast. 1 cannot
tell whether or not the articles found are
genuine without seeing them, and my theory
is that the articles which have been found
were taken from this cache and by some
means, how I cannot conceive, have gradua ly
worked their way to civilization.
STAND AND DELIVER.
Four Masked Men Rob Nine Hungaiian
Laborers oi STOO.
Morristown, Pa., Aug. 20.—A daring
robbery was perpetrated at Mill Lane, a
station on the Chester Valley Railway,
last evening, the victims being nine Hun
garian laborers employed in a quarry.
The quarrymen had saved their earnings,
amounting to S7OO, and kept the money
hidden in a rude hut in which they live.
While they were at supper last evening
four masked and well armed men appear
ed and producing revolvers and pistols,
demanded their money. The foreigners
handed over the mouey and the masked
men carried it away.
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I. O. O. F. CONVENTION.
Officers Elected—A Propitious Outlook
for the Future.
Brcnsxvick, Aug. 20.—The Grand
Lodge of Georgia, of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, met in annual session
here to-day, and was welcomed on the
part of the Odd Fellows of Seaport Lodge
No. 68 by P. G. Ward, ot this city, and on
the part of the city of Brunswick by Hon.
J. E. Dart. There is a xery large attend
ance from all parts of the State. Three
new lodges hax T e been chartered and one
reorganized during the past year, and all
the reports go to show that the order is
progressing, and that the prosiiects for
the immediate future are encouraging.
The business of the session is being
done with harmonious dispatch, so that
the session xvill probably close to-morrow.
Tbe electiou of officers was held to-day,
and resulted in the choice of George H.
Stone, of Savannah, as Grand Master; E.
A. Heard, of Griffin, as Deputy Grand
Master; J.E. Lambright, of Brunswick,
as Grand Warden; John G. Deitz, oi Ma
con, Grand Secretary; J. S. Tyson, of Sa
vannah, as Grand Treasurer, and John
B. Goodwin, of Atlanta, as Grand Repre
sentative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
The session of 1885 will be held at New
nan.
FLORIDA ON THE WIRE.
A Voyage of 80 Days—Death in a Mill
—Madison Scorched.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 20.—News
has been received here of the safe arrival
of Messrs. Holmes and Delacy, of this
city, at Buenos Ayres after a voyage of
eighty days. It xvas feared that they
were lost,
George Brown was killed at Mandarin,
in this county, by being caught in the belt
of a mill.
A. A. Howlett, of Syracuse, N. Y., has
been ax\ r arded the contract for continuing
the work on the jetties at the mouth of the
St. John’s river.
Several changes xvere made this morn
ing in the State Republican Executive
Committee. Bennett became Chairman
vice Ledwith.
The North Carolinians in this city or
ganized a mutual benex'olent association.
The base ball game this afternoon be
tween the Pensacola Gophers and the
JacHsonville-Floridas was xvon by the
Gophers by a score of 8 to 1 in nine in
nings.
MADISON, FLA.
A special from Madison says: “Fire last
night destroyed six buildings here occu
pied as stores. The loss is about $10,000.”
THREE IMPORTANT MEETINGS.
Congressional Delegates Cliosen and a
Senator Nominated at Albany.
Albany, Ga., Aug. 20. —Three impor
tant meetings were held in this city to
day. The County Democratic Conven
tion elected J. W. Walters, H. M. Mcln
tosh, S. R. Weston and J. W. Hanlon,
delegates to the Congressional Conx’en
tion which meets here on Sept. 3.
The Tenth Senatorial District Conven
tion nominated H. L. Long, of Lee, by ac
clamation.
The stockholders of the Southwest Geor
gia Association came together tor the pur
pose of making some disposition of the
association grounds and buildings. No
final action xvas taken, hoxvex'er, and
after appointing a committee to take into
consideration the different propositions
and report at the next meeting, they ad
journed to meet again on Aug. 29. An
effort is being made to have the city pur
chase the property aud conx'ert it into a
park.
OLD-TIME TELEGKA t%TS.
The Association Meets at St. Louis to
Revive the Days that are Gone.
St. Louis, Aug. 20.—The old-time Tele
graph Association met here at 11:30
o’clock this morning. George M. Dugan,
President, and 8.15. Fairchild, Secretary
and Treasurer, were both present. Ox er
50 delegates are here from all over the
country, the large cities represented
being New York, Baltimore, Chicago, New
Orleans, Memphis, Louisville, Omaha,
Denver and Kansas City. The President
made a brief address, and some new
members were elected.
Edward Uosewalter, Vice President of
the association, delivered an interesting
address.
Letters of regret from many prominent
telegraphers xx'ere read.
Resolutions of regret were adopted re
garding the death since the last meeting
of O. JI. Booth, of Mansfield, Ohio, and
George W. Tralure and L. M. Painter.
A committee, consisting of Messrs.
Plum, Bunnell and Taylor, xvas appointed
to solicit papers to. supply matter in re
gard to the days of old telegrajihy, etc.
The Treasurer’s report'was read and
adopted, and a recess taken for an excur
sion on the river.
ASSISTED EMIGRANTS.
Judge Brown Sets Kearney at Liberty on
a Technicality.
New York, Aug. 20.—1n the steamer
Amerique, from Havre, there came six
Jews who are believed to be assisted emi
grants. Unless they can show that they
have friends here or means of support
they will be sent back. The case of
Patrick Kearney, an assisted emi
grant who came from Ireland
with his wife and seven children,
came up to-day before Judge Brown in
the United States District Court on a
writ of habeas corpus. In his affidavit
Kearney says that he is being illegally
deprived of his liberty by the Commis
sioners of Emigration, and that he is
able and willing to care for himself.
Judge Brown allowed the writ and dis
charged Kearney from detention, holding
that under the statute the commissioners
had no authority to hold immigrants for
examination after they had been allowed
to land.
EL MAHDI’S BOLD BANDS.
El Hoda Defeats at Merawe Several
Tribes Friendly to the English.
London, Aug 20.—1 tis believed in mil
itary circles that it will ultimately be
necessary to transfer the base of the ex
pedition for the relief of Khartoum from
Wady Haifa to Suakin unless the Nile
rises rapidly at once. The War Office has
not yet finally ordered the relief expedi
tion to advance. Prolonged correspond
ence is ensuing between Gen. Stevenson
and the War Office concerning English
made boats on the Nile. Gen. Stevenson
prefers to utilize local craft, which he
considers more adapted to the exigencies
of the case.
If the base of operations is removed to
the Red Sea, troops will march from Keuh
to Kossier and then embark lor Suakin.
Two Highland regiments have been or
dered to proceed to Egypt and join the re
lief expedition.
A DASHING REBEL LEADER.
Col. Kitchener telegraphs that El
Mabdi’s lieutenant, El Hoda, has attacked
and defeated friendly tribes at Merawe,
and that the corpses of those killed by the
enemy, with their hands tied behind their
backs, have been floating down the Nile
past Debbeh, and that El Hoda is advanc
ing to Ambukol to effect a junction with
other rebels. The dispatch also says that
El Hoda is only three days journey from
Debbeh.
The Nile is falling steadily several
inches each day, and the passage of the
cataracts is utterly impossible.
Herr Derenthal has started from Berlin
for Egypt to resume his duties as German
Consul at Cairo.
A letter received from Col. Colville, who
left. Wady Haifa for Dongola with a body
of Bedouins some days ago, says that the
Bedouins refuse to proceed and threaten
violence. Col. Colville’s position is crit
ical, and he will return to Wady Haifa.
Le Journal El Ahran , of Cairo, has
been suppressed and the office where it
was printed closed and placed under seal.
Archbishop Ryan’s Installation.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.—Archbishop
Ryan was duly installed this morning as
the head of the Roman Catholic See of
Philadelphia. The services were held in
the cathedral ol St. Peter and St. Paul,
and its spacious accommodations were
severely taxed by the large number of
those anxious to participate in the jovful
ceremonies.
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Liquid Beef Tonic sustain the body
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Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye, 30
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Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one
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IOWA’S STRANGE DISEASE.
Two More Towns Invaded—No Let Up
in France.
Des Moines, la., Aug. 20.—Cantrell, a
village of 250 inhabitants in Van Buren
county, is being scourged by a very fatal
disease, which is believed to be a violent
type of grey or bloody flux, though some
of the physicians pronounce it cholera.
The disease comes on with cramps, suc
ceeded by bloody discharges and spasms.
The deaths are one in every four attacked.
Thirty-two persons were sick Monday.
Ten deaths bax r e occurred. Three died
Monday night—two children and one old
lady. The disease has been increasing
for the past two weeks. At Wilton, five
miles west, one death had occurred which
the physicians ascribe to cholera. The
neighborhood is not in the usual line of
travel.
Parts, Aug. 20.—There were 4 deaths
from cholera at Marseilles last night
and 1 at Toulon, Th 9 public health of
the latter city is improved.
The report that cholera had appeared
at Dunkerque, in the department Du
uard, is denied. •
During the 24 hours ending to-night the
deaths from cholera in the following de
partments of Southern France xvere: He
rault2s; Gard 4; Autle 7; Eastern Pyr
ennees 15.
The report of the progress of cholera in
Italy for the last 24 hours is as follows:
At Bergamo 9 fresh cases have appeared,
At Castelnueovo there xvere 4 deaths and
3 fresh cases. At Monteuotta there
was 1 death. The public health of the
southern provinces of Italy is better.
During the twenty-four hours ending at
9 o’clock to-night there were 12 deaths
from cholera at Marseilles.
Two deaths from cholera occurred at
Toulon to-day. The record of the cholera
in the Toulou hospitals for to-day is as
follows: Admitted 7, cured 3, dead 1, un
der treatment 61. The decomposed corpse
of a rag picker was found to-day in Rue
Magnoque, Toulon. The case of death is
unknown. There xvere several deaths
from cholera to-day at Sallisville, 4 at
Oliioules aud 1 at Sixfours.
The inhabitants of Messina, Sicily, hax'e
refused to allow a vessel to enter port,
although she underxvent the usual quar
antine.
AUSTRIA DEBARS RAGS.
Austria has forbidden the importation
of rags trom Italy and the passing of such
rags through the country.
DR.MARKHAM ON CANNIBALISM
Ho Frowns on American Neirsiiaperi and
Corrects Some Mistakes.
London, Aug. 20.—Clements R. Mark
ham, Sectary oi the Royal Geographical
Society, who served in the Arctic expedi
tion ot 1850 in search of Sir John Franklin,
has written a letter apropos of the re
cent charges made against the Greely
party. In this he says:
The accusation of murder and cannibalism
made against the Greely partv is a disgrace
to American journals. Decen’ev would have
suggested silence until Lieut.' Greely had
submitted his report to the government.
There may be a remnant of truth in the
charge. It is possible, but unlikely, that the
brave men iu large extremity should have
succumbed.
Mr. Markham draws attention to the
fact that similar accusations were made
against Sir John Franklin’s expedition,
and quotes the noble words ot Admiral
Sherod Osborne, who commanded one of
the search expeditions:
Why attempt to lift the veil with which
the All Merciful God has been pleased to put
out from mortal ken the last sad hours of
men battling with famine and disease.
DUTY OF THE NAVY.
lie also says:
The American Navy Department should
have controlled and been responsible for the
expedition. The party should never have
been left without a depot ship wintering
within an accessible distance of them. The
difficulty of navigating the channels north of
Smith’s Sound was dangerous. Precautions
were neglected, hence tlie catastrophe, for
which there is no excuse. Lieut. Grecly’t
observatory work will form a valuable sup
plement to the series of observations which
were taken by the ship Discovery in
1875. Tlie Greely expedition will bear the
test of a thorough scrutiny. Its members arc
mistaken in stating that Beanmont’s Cape
Britannia was visible from Lincoln Bay on
the west side of Robeson chann -1. The real
( ape Britannia is invisible from Lincoln Bay.
The most distant visible land is Cape May
and Mt. Hooker. The point which Messrs.
Lockwood and Brainera reached was Cape
May, not Cape Britannia. The next land
reaehel was Beaumont Island.
Mr. Markham thinks that the highest
latitude reached by the party was 82 de
grees and 55 seconds, and says:
Ignorance will use the disaster which over
took the Greely party to discourage future
research, but education will defeat ignorance
and Polar research will continue.
GOME/ CLOSE PRESSED.
A Probable Return to New York to be
Awaited by Detectives.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.—Warner &
Merritt have received the following dis
patch from the District Attorney at Key
West, relative to Gomez, the fugitive
steward of the schooner Julia Baker. The
dispatch is a copy of one sent Aug. K>by
the United States Consul at Nassau to the
Chief of Police at Key West. Detectives
have been put on the alert and expect to
capture Gomez when the Cieniuegos
lands at quarantine in New York harbor.
“Henry Gomez, steward of the schoon
er Julia Baker, has taken pass
age by the steamer Cienfuegos, to
Kate here on Aug. 18 for New York,
lie has assumed the name of John Wil
liams. Telegraph to New York and have
him arrested upon arrival. I have not
seen the man, as he keeps hidden, and can
give no description whereby he can be
identified, but no doubt the Captain of
the steamer, who will get instructions
from me, w ill be able to point him out.
From w’hat I can learn, there seems good
reason to believe that the original master
of the schooner was got away with, and the
mate and Gomez went to share the spoils.
Considerable of the cargo was sold in the
Bahamas at various points. Gomez, alias
Williams, appears to have considerable
money. I have just been told that the
Cienfuegos will be quarantined in New
York. If so, Gomez may attempt to es
cape from her at that point. It is likely
that the ship will arrive at quarantine
Friday morning at 5 o’clock. If the man
is really wanted, the ship ought to be
met at that point by detectives.”
M ERCANTILE COM PLICATIONS.
Cashier Dickinson’s Property Attached
by the Wall Street Rank.
New York, Aug. 20.— Judge Bartlett
to-day granted an attachment against the
property of John P. Dickinson, the de
faulting cashier of the Wall Street Bank,
in the suit brought by the bank for the re
covery of $150,000.
FRUIT IMPORTERS FAIL.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.— The failure
of Warner & Merritt, fruit importers, is
announced. The firm made an assign
ment to W. H. Knowles, of Knowles &
Ar.dei son, a large canning firm of Cam
den, N.J. The liabilities will probably
reach $500,000. It is learned that the firm
has large quantities of paper out, and
that for some time they have been bor
rowing at high rates.
There has been issued from the Common
Pleas Court four executions against the
firm for over $200,000.
FAILURE IN WHITE GOODS.
Graham, Loder & Cos., wholesale white
goods dealers, failed to-day. There are
judgments against the firm for SB7 000.
The total liabilities are unknown.
E. L. Mintzer, Jr., a wholesale dealer
in canned goods, is embarrassed bv the
failure of Warner & Merritt, and judg-
Snfim ave been entered against him for
f IvyUWt
A TANNER ASSIGNS.
Chicago, Aug. 20.—Paul Populorum, a
tanner of this city, made an assignment
to-day. His liabilities are $200,000, with
contingent liabilities of SIOO,OOO. His
assets are $175,000.
Atlanta Notes.
Atlanta, (la., Aug. 20.—The creditors
of the James Bank have pulled out SBO,OOO
of the SIOO,OOO in cash subject to their or
der.
This morning the heavy counter in
Baers’ stores on Peters street toppled over
aud fell on Baers’ 6-year-old son. The
counter was anew one just being put in
and was not fastened to the floor. The
child had several ribs broken, and is to
night in a very critical condition.
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VICTORS AND VANQUISHED
ATLANTA AGAIN SUCCUMBS TO
THE STABS.
Fitzgerald Doing Deadly Work Behind
the Bat, and Covering Himself with
Glory—How the League Games Re
sulted—Results of the Race* at Sara*
toga and Brighton Beach.
Atlania, Ga., Aug. 20.—Another vie
tory crowned the efforts of the Stars in
their game with the Atlantas this after
noon, the score being 10 td 12 in favor of
the visiting nine. The Atlantas appeared
in the diamond with three new men, Hun
ter, Cox and Smith. Hunter and Cox
constituted the battery of tbo Atlantas,
Hunter going behind the bat with Cox in
the box. The new men did not come up
to expectation. Hunter, while he caught
well, could not throw, and in conse
quence running from first to sec
ond was an easy matter. Cox’s
pitching was only passable, and
he was struck heavily, the Stars hitting
him seventeen times. The Atlantas got
even hits on Ruhl and Johnson, who
swapped places in the box at the ending
of the third inning. Fitzgerald caught a
good game for the Stars putting i some
fine work and passing, only one ball to
two for Hunter of the Atlantas. He
made one two-base hit and several
singles. Friend umpired the game, which
lasted two hours.. The Atlantas got two
new men to-night, and received an invoice
for two more for to-morrow. One of these
is Miller, of tne Mallorys of Pousaeola,
who is billed to pitch to-morrow. Mana
ger Bussey, of the Stars, is feeling so
happy over his success that he is having
made a gold badge for each member of the
nine. When the club returns to Colum
bus it will be banqueted.
GAMES ELSEtV lIEUK.
Washington, Aug. 20.— Games of base
ball were played to-day as follows:
At New York-New York 14, Buffalo 6;
Metropolitan 4, Brooklyn 3.
At York, Pa.—lronside 10. York 2.
At Boston—Boston 7, Chicago 4: Boston
(Unions) 5; Baltimore (Unions) 1.
At Baltimore—Baltimore 9. Virginia 1.
At Philadelphia—Philadelphia 9, Cleve
land 9. Game called after ten innings.
At Newark Annestic 12, Trenton 2.
At (Unions) 19, Chi
cago (UnMßffo.
At St. Louis—St. Louis (Unions) i, Kansas
City (Unions) 2.
Black Base Bullists Under a Cloud.
Baltimore, Aug 20. -The Mutual Base
Ball Club of Philadelphia, a colored nine,
played the Atlantic Club, also colored, of
this city, to-day. Yesterday the Balti
more club failed to divide the receipts,
and to-day the Philadelphia knights or
the bat called at the Mayor's office and
asked to be sent home. There was no
fund for such a purpose, and present in
dications are that they will have to walk
to Philadelphia.
SPEEDY RUNS FOR MONEY.
Flyers Still Kicking Up the Dust at Sar
atoga and Brighton Beach.
Saratoga, Aug. 20.—The attendance
at the races to-day was moderate. Tha
weather was close and threatening. The
events were as follows:
fiRST Hack— Purse $350; one mile and
half a furlong. Vinton won, with Hidalgo
second ami Mary Stuart third. Time 1
Second Race —Purse $100; one mile and
five hundred yards. I.ucky IS. had a walk
over, there being no other starter.
Ihikd Race—Purse $300; live furlongs.
Fail-mount won. with Leonidas second, a
length in front or Fidel, th-rd. Time l:04'-£.
t'OURTn Race—Purse $330; one mile. Black
Jack won easily by a length, with Norena
second and Musk third. Time 1:44.
Fifth Race—Purse $300; on owners’ han
dicap; one mile. Ada Glenn held the lead
from the start hut lost at the furlong pole,
Haidai winning, with Ada Glenn second and
Mammonist third. Time 1:41] j.
AT BRIGHTON BEACH.
New York, Aug. 20.—At Brighton
Beach to-day the weather was very hot
and the track fast. The events were as
follows:
First Race—Two-year-old maidens; five
eighths of a mile. Jack Cade won, with
Doyieeu second and Janet’s Pride third.
Time 1:06.
Second Race —Selling allowance; one mile.
Plunger won. with Lutestring second and
Lillie third. Time l:4:i :l 4 .
Third Race—August cup; all ages; two
and a half miles. The starters were Levant
and Henry B. Levant won by six lengths.
Time 4:3ily 4 .
Fourth Race—All ages; one mile and a
quarter. Ten Strike won, with Little Butter
cup second, and Bouncer third. Time 2:ios4.
Fifth Race—All ages; seven furlongs.
Montauk won, with Woodflower second, and
Burton third. Time 1:30]4.
Sixth Race—Steeplechase over the short
course. Odette was never headed, and won
in a canter bv 20 lengths, with Rebok second.
The others did not finish. Time 2:5014.
FRANCE SUING FOR PEACE.
Ferry Otter* to Modify the Amount of
the Indemnity Demanded.
London, Aug. 20.— A dispatch from
Pekin says: “France has reduced the in
demnity demanded of China to 200,000,000
francs. The French Minister has been
ordered to withdraw if payment is re
fused.”
A FINAL INTERVIEW.
Paris, Aug. 20. — La I’aris announces
that Minister Ferry will have a final in
terview with Li Fong I’ao, the Chinese
Minister, to-morrow.
Tne National states that Li Fong I’ao
will be allowed two days to obtain a final
report from Pekin regarding the indem
nity demanded by France. The corvette
Champlain and cruiser Naiade will pro
ceed shortly to reinforce the French
squadron in Chinese waters.
Another iron-clad for the Chinese navy
was launched at Stettin yesterday. It is
furnished with electric lights.
French newspapers are very bellicose
in their editorial columns. La Jiepublique
Francaise says: “Admiral Courbet has
up to the present time been hampered by
negotiations that have constantly
been pending. Once war is de
clared and a few hours bombardment,
and some red hot shot' will
suffice for France to get possession of
Tormosa and lay Foo Chow in ashes.”
Fhe writer ot the foregoing is fresh from
a two hours’ interview with Prime Minis
ter Ferry.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin states that
negotiations for a settlement of the Chi
ne6e-Franco difficulties still continue, and
that nothing has been settled owing to
the refusal of China to pay the indemnity
demanded by France.
PEACE PLEADED FOR.
M ystic, Conn., Aug. 20.—The Connec
ticut Peace Society is in annual conven
tion hero to-day. It sent tho following
cable to the President ot France and the
Chinese Government:
Peace Convention. )
Mystic, Conn., Aug. 20, istM. (
President Grecy and Marquis Teeny, Paris,
France:
May we implore you to arbitrate your dif
ference? 15. (Jkoucii, President.
A Town Marshal Shot.
Louisville, Aug. 20.—A Franklin
S.) dispatch says: “Town Marshal
o Offutt was fatally shot yesterday by
Henry Taylor. Taylor had been arpested
for drunkenness by Offutt.”
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