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ITEMS IS THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FIjOBIDA VXD SOUTH
CAKOIAXA PUT IX TYPE.
A Frail Maid who Once Lived near Sa
vannah Attempt* Suicide at Atlanta—
An ludaatriou* German .Mysteriously
Murdered in Orange County—Sister
Angela’* Cur# by Prayer.
GEORGIA.
,i .1. "fitto,ol Sanderoville, is perfecting a
patent ■ "ttoa picker.
' expected that the attendance at Home’s
j-'hools will nomtier 700.
I -hop Gross, of the Catholic Church,
*■ hed at Columbus yesterday.
•* grad nates of the Boys’ High ■school at
mta will organise an Alumni Society to
i gfct.
The Hill t ity Cadets, of Itorac, projiose
v ne a grand fair and bazaar during the
-t week in December.
After a service of eighteen consecutive
* J. G. Kyat* has resigned his care of the
v! it Chvirrh at Ac worth.
i mi* CLiritm : Mr. W. P. Wingo handed
u* week two well-matured June apples.
.re of the thus! crop. The fonrth crop
sif matured, the fifth crop shedding
-and will m-.tun with a late frost. This
only a wonderful tree.
1 . are twenty- two candidates for the
•and offices la Rockdale county, and more
<•. There are five candidates for the
t reasurer, vi*.: A Presbvter an. a
-'.a Primitive Baptist, a Missionary
od an undenominational or a niein
, - nm kureh.
1 i# m I- s milh died neart herrv l.ake
.-tar night of last.week. Mr. Smith
■ red to the North Georgia < un
. owing to had health was traits
o Honda Conference and stationed
'! -on emsnty. lie first studied for the
t aldo-ta, and afterwards went to
\ .rtl • o-orgia.
n Jordan, ct Clinch county, near the
nu.s river, was out with Fus brother
■u. * . when he stepped on a verv large
Af Atilt was bitten on the leg. IDs
rrn-il with hiui to the house, but
- .rv applnsl in vain—or too late at
Mr he died next morning.
- - ft Angela, of Maron, whost' remarkable
, t o ns has already mentioneil, con
- . m prove, and is now almost com
, cured. Bishop Gross has ap|>ointed a
tti* l , consisting of Fathers Bazin,
s- and i oilicrt, to make a report on the
I ascertain if the cure was really
, 1 by iwayer.
smg t* the Greenback-Labor party’s
i kit i* Georgia: State at‘large:
-K X\ right, Henry X.Cramer. First
D. smith; second district, C. H.
- 1 bird di triet, .1. 1.. Goodwin;
-met. John Murphy; Fifth district.
- v -iru t. A. W. Mon*
n-nth district. S. V. Goswick: Eighth
, J. T. Hamilton; Ninth di-trict, D. .1.
■ *•*: Tenth di-rict, A. 1. Winn,
keon. the Atlanta man who compelled
vife tn write letters to J. M. McDonald,
mg him !•> call, and then shot McDonald
>’ong seems to be an erratic genius.
Jack-on eonducteil his children to his
r s home, and leaving them with his
M the CUT. saving that he would go np
\ rth Georgia and make a home ami send
m. The announcement of this induced
.e- to believe that the affair was ended,
:• ■■■ -atunlay, without a word o*
Jackson, hawk like, dropped down
. „ - til Iren and, gathering them to
k his departure hurriedly and mvs-
Before leaving, however, he staled
i institut- a suit for divorce dur-
I r,--. ut term of the court,
r* -ville tiwritr: This is perhaps the
irk iMe drought that has ever oc
- section of Georgia. Many of
■v ,i- ti l all the small streams have dried
, : thi Great t tboopie is now reduced to
■i- rtionof a small branch. Xone of
, r m its in this section are grinding,
-with great difficulty that meal for
-.a l-e obtained. In some localities the
- ; water has stopped the steam gins
r vg, and the people are greatly re
i reparing tbeir cotton for market,
r.in some places are barren of aTI
.and many trees, large and small
v actually living. Cattle are roaming
thi woods in their almost fruitless
: >r water, and if the drought conttn
h longer we fear that many will die.
ville (’krßinch: Our city police has
ie l to look out for a gray mare that
n -toien in South Carolina, and a few
e arrested a man who was in posscs
.* horse that they felt convinced was
They notified the owner of the stolen
m -south Carolina, who came here, got
■s, I tiuef and took him back to that
r identification. The mare, however,
re 1 the description of an animal that
• a stolen m Brunswick and the owner
■ tied of the fact, came here, got his
- ..n 1 returned home. The Sooth Caro
aan promised to return the arrested
to thi* place should he prove to be the
_ man and so the matter now stands, in
-intone the .-sheriff of Glynn county is
ig to hear of the return of the hone
• to this place and when notified of his
z lore, will come for him and carry him
Brunswick to he dealt with as the law may
\ .i.ia Belle Blackwell,
zhteen. whose place of abode is on
naan street, near the terracotta works,
•el i bottle of laudanum yesterday
_• aUrat 4 o’clock, with suicidal intent.
T .rl has not been a resident of Atlanta a
kite. Her home is near Savannah.
. aer striking beauty, pleasant manners
ful carriage support tier story of a
me and g.iod social posillon lost. - nee
s lo Atlanta bar dowaward career has
i remarkably *wift one, until now she
- U . ist reached the bottom. Friday night
_ tnan called to sec her. To him the
* ... is attached, and during the night
•v had a quarrel. She threatened to iiil
-f. and aftter everybody in the bouse,
. it ti r-c-if. had gone to sleep, she drank
sure bottle of landaoum. About 4 o’clock
■ ic lu the house accidentally discovered
• w. aan in a dead stupor with the empty
- i. ilium phtal in her hand. The alarm was
. and Dr. Curtis was called in. He found
‘ r ins ist beyond help, but by the aid of
*i u- succeeded in reviving her. The
t - t->r remained with her until late in the
i nz. whea she api*eared much better, but
r re. ..very was by no means certain at a
isle hour last night.
\rs. nous JEsoomfer: Some timo ago tapt.
\ Bell *ent to l*rof. White, state Chemist,
Bis! jug of water from the artesian well
i the southeast eorner of the square, for
* s. and this week he received the follovv
mt the Professor: Carbonate of *oda, per
i ' r U., 5.322 grains; chloride of soiiiiun,
r gal., l.ixsigrains; erdorideof jiotas
r r.s, gal.. 0.114 grains; sulph ite of
.. | rC. S. gal., 0.-'SJ grains: sulphate of
• rI.S, cal.. I.oli grains; sulphate of
-a. |s-r 1 . >. gal.. I.lid grains; silica,
l . ,*l.. 1.104 grains' organic matter
cuml. ned water, per 1". >. gal., 1.110
. Total solids ut -olved—grains per
■n. 10.7.V*; sulphurctet hydrogen,
cubic inches per gallon. this
r has the general oomposi
of art’s, an waters of considerable
. with the addition of an unusually large
of sulphurated hydrogen gas iu
-’.■■non. The quantity of mi leral matter
I m solution is not large, but it is sufficient
trt mild medicinal qualities to >he
• r The sulphurrcfed hydrogen is also a
'a.n medicinal agent. 1 should class this
ka . sulphur water. Itprob
nould act medicinally as an aperient and
-
> rta BnlUtin: On Thursday last a man by
• moot M. F. Gorham presented his ere
' aud took chrge of thy port office at
> ■ : ice. Tbisnffi c for the past three years
ha*been elaltiMared by A. M. Uußow, I- , .
. Lis moat pains-taking an I efficient
* Pru’iblv mvit, uacc the anst fslablish
ni .>f an office ben', has the community
general'.-. >vn more satisfied with its conduct.
' ' lv we were startled by a rumor that a
: ' -hawgw was about to' be inaugurated
-and -.Uior minor post offices throughout
- itb. A lank, consumptive-looking
■ ■•!<- r was noticed on our streets, who
in., i to be the Napoleon of the situation.
\ nvcT.tigat .on he turned out to be one M.
’> ■ ‘ >rUam. who claims to be a Georgian by
’ and a renegade by faith. For some time
•i "e baa been circulating among the dark
i- " -of the town, and even among our
E - r>-.actable white citizens, representing
i . . .'■titical change in our port office was
■ •*. and that unless the community
- - I petition a negro would certainly be
*■{!. Kor our part we had rather take
* rt ,i table home nigger every time in
WrtiTvwvg to an im (sorted white Radical of
.wanna we know nothing and care less.
(Rp* ‘t hi* appointment every effort has
j#®** made bv the most influential citizens of
M>r eoentr. and rwoaitrueM of our Kepre-
PJW! tl vein 1 .•tigress,Uie Hon. B*abom Keese.
fckrd senators Brown and Colquitt. In spite.
—waver of taw Wishes of our entire (wople
lr -Hinted authorities have placed this
it -e of the most responsible and deli
* cm, ut reiatuuia to ua; but it remaius at last
* die white portion of our community to
• d-rwi Tie tin- agree* Meneas of his stay among
•' tow n-'h his pecuniary harvest from
umccts of tne office into which he
•** ingratiated himself.
FLORIDA.
'■ -i nCircuit Court convenes to-dar.
| Hels at Orlando are all full of guest*.
-d-in l’s new-tore will soon begin busi
-1 c*k oas are again in full blast at Gaines
'!■ t ha’s saltation Army lias been storm-
T'uv -no let up to the building boom in
twang* .-unty.
K- r \\, n voter* will turn out 700 strong at
• 'thing election.
T -re are H liquor saloons in Key West—
a i-g a rushing business.
It. ttu Huval count]- registration the blacks
‘ : • -er th* whites more than 3 to 1.
-' ! undant cron of cucuml>ers i* expected
r ’ Ac Conway about Christmas time,
f- i.ad ix>at race at Key West on Friday
1 m au-dher victory for the Glance.
.will he held at I'aiatka on Oct. 14 for
•> r >' 6t ot the Gem City iioofc and Ladder
t-mpany.
Toe stables of J. 11. Wolfe, located in me
£*' -a ru ot Pensacola, were destroyed b] fire
> ciday night.
The new organ at St. Paul's Church at Key
“ e-c cost tx.aoo, and that amount has been
a ready collected.
Tsmpa is to he made a tonebi&g point of the
J~***au Ime of steamers between hew Or
h:Ms > ney West and Havana,
There are rumors afloat that a narrow
sttg* road will be constructed from Lake
jrwwp to Altamonte, and possibly to Apopka.
Wat Saraiutah Corning Msm.
il’aul Schm.tt, a German living near I-ake
L nde.rwood, in Orange county, wag found
murdered in his own yard a few days ago.
His skull was crushed in at the back of the
head as if frrtu a heavy blow from an ax. His
straw hat was lying near, and the indications
were that he had his hat on his bpad, as
there was a broken hole in the braid just cor
responding with the fracture in the skull. An
old ax was lying near, upon the poll of which
was blood and human hair. One side of the
ax was also bloody, and an examination
showed ihat the right terntde was
crashed from a heavy blow made with
a smooth instrument which crushed
the Ume without breaking the skin. It is
believed that he had from |5OO to shoo in his
possession at the time of his murder. The
object evidently was plunder, as everything
in the house had been ransacked and sear ’li
ed. A package containing about 270 was
found in his bed, which the thief or thieves
had overlooked. Tracks were found leading
away from the house, which leads to thecon
clnsion that two or more persons were en
gaged in the murder. ,t is lielieved that they
were acquaintances, and that while making
what Schmitt sup|K>sed a friendly visit,
one engaged his attention in front
While another dealt him a cowardly
How from liehind with the ax.
The Orlando Repnrttr, in connection with this
murder, eavs: The advantage which would
follow the keeping of a pair of official blood
hounds was never more apparent than in the
murder case of Paul Schmitt. Ilad there
]>een a pair of thoroughbred hounds in Or
lando on Saturday morning last, the speedy
an*! certain tetcctin of the murderer would
have >ecn accomplished. Tracks were found
leading away from the ltnuse, and were trailed
through the voods by the men on the ground
for a distance of half a mile. IT this could
have been done by men how much easier
would it have been for heunds. Men lost the
trail when the character of the ground was
such that tracks were no longer visible. The
dogs would never have lost it or left it until
the murderer whs brought to bay. Every
county in the State onght to have at least one
go.nl pair of bloodhound*. For burglars and
a—.Matns they are the best detectives in the
world.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
'partauburg will have a cattle ehow to
morrow.
Dr. Kilwin Parker, of Abbeville, died re
cently. aged years.
Sam Kennedy, colored, of Society Hill town
ship, Darlington county, weighs 428 pounds.
V. M . Jones, of Abbeville, says that he will
make eight bales of cotton to the mule on his
farm.
The public schools in Greenville county
wi re attended last year by 9,679 pupils—white
6.X81, colored 3,843.
s itli Carolina tea, cured in a fruit evap
orator. has been pronounced iiy experts to be
equal to imported teas.
Thomas Bush killed with a gig in a pond
near F.llenton a three-year-old German carp
that weighed ls’ 2 (Kiuuds.
flic aiqieal of the Democratic Campaign
( ommittce for fund* has lieen very siicce**-
tul, the response being general and liberal.
The ease of the Wool folk heirs against the
Granitcville Manufacturing Company, which
was tried in Inc Court of General Sessions, in
Aiken, and which has just lieen concluded ly
a verdict fur defendants, lias attracted con
siderable attention. The issue involved the
title to about half the real estate now pos
*, *s. and by the Granitevillc Manufacturing
(. ompany. The defendant* regard the verdict
as a virtual t< rminalion of the suit, and con
sider the matter irrevocably settled j n favor of
the company. On tlieother hand, the heirs will
appeal ttie ease to the Supreme Court. They
-ay that the court ruled out a certain deed on
a legal technicality which constituted an im
portant link in the plaintiff's chain of titles,
and that by their own motion they thereupon
directed a verdict to lie taken against them,
wjh the right of appeal to the Supreme Court.
On thi* and upon other (mints made during
the progress of the trial objection was made.
I lie error complained of in this imimrtant
link consisted, they allege, in the ruling upon
the )ioint that a deed was probated by a Jus
tieeof the Peace in Georgia, the defendants
claiming that it should have been probated
by an officer in South Carolina. The Judge
ruled against the plaintiffs on this point, and
the case goes to the Supreme Court.
THOSE MULLIGAN LETTERS.
Warren Fisher Goes into Details Re
garding Their Purchase by Blaine.
In reference to Mr. Blaine's denial of
the assertion of Warren Fisher that he
(Blaine) had offered a sum of money for
the Mulligan letters, says a Boston special
of Oct 10, Air. Fisher, in an interview,
says that at the request of Mr. Elisha At
kins, and at the special request oi Mr.
Blaine, he went to New' York in the spring
of 18S0 and met Air. Blame at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel; that then and there Air.
Blaine made his request.
“Definitely stated, Air. F’isher, what
was Air. Blaine’s request?”
“To obtain, for money or otherwise,
from Jim Alulligan all letters, copies of
letters, all the letter books, copies irom
letter books and memoranda of every
name and nature in which Mr, Blaine
was mentioned or had any interest.”
•‘What was the amount to be paid for
the delivery of these?’’
“The amount to be paid was not limited.
It was to pay SIO,OOO if I could not obtain
them lor less. Air. Blaine further stated
that Air. John Cummings, the partner of
Elisha Atkins A Cos., could furnish all the
money for the purchase of the letters, and
he authorized tne to confer with Air. Cum
mings about the money to be paid to Air.
Mulligan if the letters could be pur
chased.”
“Did Air. Elisha Atkins know of this
proposition ?”
‘•Certainly. lie knew of my progress
from time to time about the purchase of
the letters, and stated that his partner had
all the funds required if the purchase was
made, as his partner (Mr. Cummings)
had recently sold all of Blaine’s Little
itocK and Fort Smith Railroad stock at
about S3O per share, which Air. Atkins
thought at the time was a foolish sale, as
the stock afterwards advanced, reaching
about SOO.
A NARROW ESCAPE KOI l STORKS
The Silver-Tongued Orator of Illinois
Very Nearly Taken in by a Sharper.
A nattily ilrcsseil young man,'wearing
the latrst style ot brown Derby hat,
pointed shoes and a Melton coat of the
latest Broadway cut, says a Cleveland
(O.) special of Oct. 10, approached Emory
Storrs, the Republican orator, in the cor
ridor of the Kennard House, this morn
ing, and said: "I’m delighted to see you.”
Mr. Storrs did not recognize the young
man until the latter introduced himseil
as a son of President Nickerson, of ons of
the Chicago national banks. Storrs was
delighted to see young Nickerson, and
when the latter said that he was on his
wedding tour the orator congratulated
him.
”1 had the misfortune to lose my pocket
book in the sleeping car last nigut,” said
the young man. Mr. Storrs procured S2O
of the hotel clerk and handed it to the
young man. Landlord McClaskey, who
hail been a spectator ol the scene, called
Storrs aside anti asked him if he knew the
stranger. Storrs was offended at first,
but on being told that it was ‘'Hungry
Joe” Mr. Storrs asked the banker’s son
his name.” Joe said - “My name, sir, is
Nickerson.” Well,” said Mr. Storrs,
“you had better return that money until 1
tiiid out it that is your name.” Joe re
turned the money and fled. Mr. Storrs,
deeply chagrined, tried to hU3h the mat
ter up and said: ‘‘l suppose il the young
man with a brass watch, on the old plea
of a dead mother and no ready money, had
approached, I would have been taken In.”
Three Heats for 83,000.
San Francisco, Oct. 12.—1n the trot
ting match, for $3,000, between Guy
Wilkes and Adair, the respective strains
of George Wilkes and Electioneer, yes
terday, the former won in three straight
heats', in 2:20’.,, 2:2o** and 2:19^.
An Overseer Shot Dead.
New Orleans, Oct. 12.—A special
from Shreveport says: “News has been
received here that James Boynton, a plan
ter living 18 miles below this city, on the
Red river, to-day shot and killed John
Dibbler, his overseer.”
I)r. Hire Succeed* Col. Marsh.
Boston, Oct. 12.—The State Committee
of the People’s party yesterday nominated
for Lieutenant Governor Dr. A. R. Rice,
of Springfield, in place of Col. John F.
Marsh, of that city, who had declined.
A Limited Marriage Contract.
Aia Francitea Bulletin.
The 12-year-old mother, Aggie Hilton,
was married to Frank J. Strange, her se
ducer. Wednesday evening, according to
civil contract, the form of which was
drawn up by Attorney Hassett. The con
tract embraces a clause by which Aggie
has the Dower to annul it at the end of
two years if she so desires. Her mother
was one of the witnesses, and stipulated
with Strange that he should not live with
Aggie until the expiration of the two
years.
The Internal Machinery.
Even when we go to sleep, the compli
cated apparatus of the inner man is con
tinually at work. Heart, lungs, liver,
kidneys and all, keep at work from birth
until death. How important it is that all
tbes£ should be in perfect order! Let any
of them run down, or let the blood become
impoverished, and the result is disease and
decay. But Brown’s Iron Bitters is the
Bure restorative. Witness, for instance,
the case of Mrs. Gillespie, of San Anto
nip, Texas, who was for a long time a
great sufferer. She says, “I have used
Brown's Iron Bitters for dyspepsia and
general debility with great benefit.”
ALL IN DOUBT IN OHIO.
EACH PARTY CLAIMING THE
STATE BY 8.000 MAJORITY.
A Majority of til* Congressmen Algo
Claimed by Each—Blaine and Hen
dricks Bring the Canvassing to a
Virtual Close—Other Incidents of the
Campaign.
Columbus, 0., Oct. 12.—The State
campaign was practically closed last
night, with both parties claiming the
State, the Republicans by 8,000 majority
and the Democrats by 8,000 majority.
Both claim a majority of the twenty-one
Congressmen. The organization of both
parties is 50 per cent, better in complete
ness and efficiency than ever before.
Alore work has been done than in
any other campaign, and the
claims' of each party are based some
what on a knowledge oi the perfec
tion of their respective organizations
and favorable reports from their co-la
borers. Each party claims that they will
have the State unless the other cheats
them out of it by fraud or purchase. The
Republican State Committee has offered a
reward of SIOO for the detection of illegal
voters. The indications point to trouble
on Tuesday in the leading cities, a full
vote and such a close result that the ma
jority will be less than 10,000 either w T ay,
and that the apparently balanced scale
may be turned either way by tho inde
pendent, labor, prohibition, liquor or
some other element. The Republicans have
made the canvass on local State issues
which are favorable to their interests and
in opposition to the National Republican
ticket.
HENDRICK’S LAST RALLY.
Cleveland, 0.. Oct. 12.—Ex-Gov.
Hendricks arrived here yesterday after
noon. He was received at the depot and
escorted to a hotel by the Aoung Alen’s
Central Democratic Club and a large
reception committee. Last night there
occurred one ot the greatest poliitcal dem
onstrations ever known in Ohio. The
mass meeting was held in Monumental
Park, anil there was speaking from two
stands by Gov. Hendricks, Senator Bay
ard. Gov. Hubbard, of Texas; Hon. Howe
Call, of New Hampshire; Col. John It.
Fellows, of New York; Hon. H. B.
Paine. Senator Pendleton, Hon. W. U.
Hcnsel, of Pennsylvania; Hou. Tracy
Titus, of Buffalo, and others. Gen. W.
S. Kosecrans presided at one stand and
Congressman Foran at the other. Fol
lowing the speeches was the largest pro
cession of torch-bearers ever seen in this
section. It is estimated that from 10,000
to 15.000 men were in the line on horse
back and on foot, including the Demo
cratic legion of Buffalo, 800 strong. The
park was gorgeously illuminated. The
demonstration closed with a magnificent
display of fireworks. Excursions came
in over every railway line leading to the
city. Gov. Hendricks was serenaded by
the Buffalo legion.
BLAINE ON 1118 COAL LANDS.
Lancaster, 0., Oct. 12.—At Nelson
last night, the centre of the mining dis
trict iu the Hocking Valley, Blaine made
a speech, saying that he had been an
owner of coal lands nearly all bis life, and
that the greater part of what little prop
erty he now owns is in coal lands, and
that in twenty-seven years’ experience m
the coal industry neither himself nor his
company had ever had a strike or quarrel
or dispute with any man. He spoke of
the high wages paid by his company. He
said that he owned coal lands in Pennsyl
vania and West Virginia, but emphati
cally denied owning coal land* in the
Hocking Valley, or having any connec
tion therewith, as charged by a number
of Democrats.
BLAINE'S QUIET SUNDAY.
Mr. Blaine spent a quiet Sunday as the
guest of his cousin, Hon. P. B. Ewing. In
the forenoon he attended the Presbyterian
Church, and the afternoon he devoted to
visiting, in company with Judge Ewing,
his relatives and old friends, of whom he
has a large number in this vicinity.
MR. NEWMAN’S EXPECTATIONS.
W ashington, Oct. 15.— Air. Newman,
the Democratic candidate lor Secretary
of State in Ohio, telegraphed yesterday
privately to a friend in this city that out
side of Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties
his estimate was that he would have
from 7,000 to* 8,000 majority. Hamilton
and Cuyahoga counties, he hoped, would
offset each other, the former giving 3.000
Democratic and the latter 3,000 Republi
can majority.
MINISTER MORTON’S WORK.
Rumors that Four Cabinet Officers will
Take the Stump for Blaine.
Washington, Oct. 12.—Levi I’. Mor
ton’s presence here creates much gossip.
Mr. Morton himself says that he is here
merely to call on his official chief at the
State Department, as in courtesy he is
bound to do before returning to France.
But another theory Is that he is here to
stir up th@ members of the Cabinet, who
•ire, with the exception of Secretary
Chandler and possibly Secretary Teller,
indifferent as to the election of Mr. Blaine,
on account of their contempt for him. Mr.
Morton's efforts to get them to take the
field for the Republican ticket, it
not for Blaine, have resulted
in a semi-official announcement
to-night that Secretaries Chandler,
Teller, Gresham and Lincoln will take the
stump in support of the nominees of the
Republican party.
The official who gave this bit of informa
tion out was exceedingly anxious that it
should be telegraphed to’-mght to Ohio for
effect there to-morrow. It is safe to say that
the sjieeches made by Secretaries Gres
ham a:.d Lincoln will strongly resemble
the speech of Senator Edmunds at Bur
lington this fall.
The understanding now is that Secre
tary Gresham will remain in the Treasury
Department. *
Should the Democrats succeed next
month Justice Bradley will
probably think best to re
tire from the Supreme Court, and in
that ease Secretary Gresham will suc
ceed him. This is the place which Secre
tary Gresham desires, anil the place
which he particularly does not desire is
the seat on the circuit bench, just vacated
by Judge Drummond.
Congressional Conventions,
Washington, Oct. 12.—A lull meet
ing ot tbe Republican Committee of
the Fifth district of Louisiana was held
at Delta, La., yesterday. The following
resolution was adopted:
Whereas, It is inexpedient to bold a dis
trict convention; therefore,
Re*ofeed. That the Republican Congres
sional Committee of the Fifth district hereby
nominate and recommend to the Republicans
for their support. Gen. Frauk Morey as our
own candidate for Congress, and we pledge
him the hearty support of the Republican
party.
The Democratic Committee of the
Second Massachusetts Congressional dis
trict to-day agreed to support Dr. AV m.
Everett, the Independent -nominee. Tbe
Democrats at their convention nominated
John Quincy Adams, whose declination
has been reported.
Conklins; To Leave the Country.
W ash ington, Oct. 12.—1 t is understood
by the News correspondent that Mr. Ros
coe Conkling intends, in a week or two,
to leave for Europe and that he will be
out of the country on election day, conse
quently he will not vote for or against Mr.
Blaine.
The Kansas Prohibition Leader.
St. Loris, Oct. 12.—The Prohibition
State Central Committee of Kansas bas
put H. L. Phillips at the head of their
State ticket in place ot A. B. Jettmore,
who declined the nomination for Gover
nor.
The Hendershot* at Kochport.
Evansville, Ind., Oct. 12. The
steamer Henry Logan, having on board
Hendershot and his son, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Hendershot at Troy, ar
rived at Rockport yesterday afternoon.
The prisoners were conveyed to the jail
by the officers, who succeeded in getting
them quietly away from the jail at Cau
nelton, and they are now guarded by a
strong posse of officers. Up to 7 o’clock
last evening no excitement had been man
ifested at Rockport, and it wts hoped that
none would occur, as the jail is not a
strong one.
Two Brakeinen Fatally Injured.
Evansville, Ind., Oct. 12.—A serious
accident happened to a Louisville and
Nashville Railroad transfer train at Hen
derson, Ky., yesterday. The train was
being hauled up an incline after coming
off a barge, when five cars jumped the
track and were plied up in a mass, break
ing them and scattering their contents in
all directions. Two brakemen were fa
tally injured.
Why suffer with Malaria? Emory’s
Standard Cure Pills are infallible, never
fail to cure the most obstinate eases;
purely vegetable; contain no quinine,
mercury, or poisons of any kind; pleas
ant to take, sugar-coated. All druggists
—25 and 50 cents.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1884.
THE STATE ASSOCIATIONS.
Their Present Activity Never Equaled
In Any Previous Campulgn.
Washington, Oct. 12.—Three hundred
of the 393 members of the Ohio Republican
Association, made up of department
clerks, have gone to Ohio to vote. In or
der to evade the civil service law they
sent the bulk of their political contribu
tions directly to the State Central Com
mittee in Ohio, and depended on the lat
ter for transportation in the case of indi
gent voters. Last night the Ohio State
Central Committee telegraphed that it
could # not spare another cent for this pur
pose. M. D. Alontis, a Treasury clerk,
claims credit for getting up the scare in
the departments w hich has frightened so
many Ohio men home.
The West Virginia Republican Asso
ciation only embraces about thirty men.
Most of them will be at the polls on Tues
day. There are 700 members in the New’
York Republican Association. Every
one, its President says, will go home to
vote. They evade the civil service laws
by having non-officeholders for Financial
Secretary and Treasurer who have col
lected large sums. The 375 members of
the Indiana Republican Association have
been most active in evading the law by
means of a so-called benevolent society
composed of members of the association.
It will be remembered that one of their
airents was detected leaving assessment
circulars on clerks’ desks in the Post Of
fice Depaitment early in the campaign.
There are 700 men iu the Pennsylvania
Association. Six hundred at least will
go home to vote, Alan vof the members of
their association have ignored Clapp’s
Committee, sending tfceir contributions
directly to their State’s Committees. The
activity of the State Associations this
year is almost unprecedented.
THE WAR IN EGYPT.
Gen. Wolseley Attributes HJs Tardy
Advnee to lucoinpeteucy in Two De
partment*.
London, Oct. 12.—1 t is reported that
Gen. Lord Wolseley sends to the War
Office dispatches in which he bitterly
complains that his advance has been par
alyzed by the failure ot tne Commissariat
and transport service. He says that the
railway to tho first cataract has broken
down, that the stores at Wady Haifa are
inadequate, that the camel corps is with
out camels, and that the equipments of
the corps have been found to be in rotten
condition.
KERRY’S KEELING TOWARD ENGLAND.
Paris, Oct. 12.—Premier Ferry, in the
course of a frank conversation with triends
in his own political circle, said that he
expected that the coming session of the
Chambers would be a brisk one, and that
there wouid be much defensive work for
the ministers who were needing severe
party discipline. He denied that France
was on bad terms with England, but said
that France was prepared to make arrows
of every sort of wood to fire at England,
unless she gave France satisfaction in
Egypt. He declared that he had no exact
understanding with Prince Bismarck,
but that if he could turn an enemy into
an ally, even at the cost of a heavy sacri
fice of amour proper, be would do so.
WATEItYBURY’S NAKED MAN.
A Many Years Mystery Solved by the
Capture of a Well-Known Mills right.
AVaterbury, Conn., Oct. 12.—The
“naked man,” a famous mysterious indi
vidual of this city, who has frightened
women and children by his occasional
sudden appearance to them while travel
ing the road along tho Naugatuck river,
south of this city, was captured yesterday
and thus was ended a mystery of
many years. All previous efforts to
capture tho man or to discover his
identity had failed, although the com
munity was thoroughly aroused. He
proved to be Edward Cbatfield, a well
known mill vrisht. He was never sus
pected, and his actions are considered
unaccountable. His wife and family are
highly respected, liis capture does away
with a long standing nuisance and terror.
The Redfstrlbutioii Scheme.
London, Oct. 12.—The Alarquis of
Hartington, Secretary of State for War,
in a speech delivered at Chatswoith park
yesterday, admitted that he had seen a
draft of the government redistribution
bill before it was published in the London
Standard. It had been submitted to a
committee which was to endeavor to put
the proposals of Gladstone into practical
shape. He censured the method by which
the Standard obtained a copy of the
scheme.
Consultations among the Conservative
leaders have resulted in a decision on
their part to reject the redistribution
scheme, to maintain their opposition to
the franchise, and to try to force a disso
lution of Parliament. If the Queen’s
speech omits mention of the proposal to
increase the strength of the navy, Lord
Henry Lennox (Liberal Conservative)
will move an amendment to the address
on the state of the navy. The Irish party
will move amendments censuring the
•government for refusing to inquire into
tho Maamtrasna confessions, and attack
ing the manner in which the trial of the
Dublin scandal cases was conducted.
Germany’s Election Agitation.
Berlin, Oct. 12. — The election agita
tion is increasing. A meeting, which
was to have been addressed to-day by
Prof. Virchow, was dissolved by the au
thorities on account of a lormal error in
the notice of tho meeting sent to
the police. Influential Conservative
groups are agitating against Herren
Stoecker and Wagner, the anti-Jewisb
leaders. There have been Socialist riots
at Brandenburg. A mob there tore up the
street pavement and attacked the police
with stones. The military was called out
and several persons were wounded on
both sides. Numerous arrests were made.
Quebec’s Explosion*.
Quebec, Oct. 12.—At a meeting of the
Cabinet last night it was decided to issue
a proclamation offering a reward of SI,OOO
for information as to the Guy Fawkes out
rage or its authors. A guard has been
plaeed on all of the powder magazines con
nected with the citadel and military stores
and cartridge factory. One hundred men
of a battery guarded the Parliament
buildings last night. It is said that the
government was warned some time ago
to look for dynamite.
Received Permission to Return to Lima.
Lima, Oct. 12.—Alexander Garland,
who has been in banishment at Iquique,
has received permission from President
Iglesias to return to Lima. He is ex
pected to arrive here next Wednesday.
The latest news from Oerrode Pasco states
that the government troops, under com
mand of Gen. Diaz, had not arrived there.
The Caeerists were preparing to resist
them.
A Duel With Rapiers.
Paris, Oct. 12.—The expected duel
between M. Lavier, editor of La National
Beige, of Brussels, and M. Gautier, of La
National, ot Paris, was fought to-day,
the weapons being rapiers. M. Lavier
received a serious wound in the breast.
M. Lavier had challenged M. Gautier for
making unfavorable comments in his
paper upon tbe Belgian Liberals.
England and the Hutch.
Paris, Oct. 12.—The Memorial Diplo
matique says that Earl Granville, the
British Foreign Secretary, is negotiating
a treaty with the Dutch Government,
pledging England to maintain the inde
pendence of Holland.
F. Marlon Crawford Married.
Constantinople, Oct. 12.—F. Marion
Crawtord, the novelist, was married Sat
urday to Miss Berdan. The whole of the
diplomatic body and the elite of society
were present.
The Ravages of the Cholera.
Rome, Oct. 12.—There have been re
ported to-day in the cholera-infected dis
tricts of Italy 230 fresh cases and 137
deaths, including 115 fresh cases and 51
deaths at Naples.
Fatally Poisoned by Mushroom*.
Paris, Oct. 12.—Eleven pupils of the
School of Agriculture at Bordeaux have
died from the effects of eating mushrooms
gathered in the woods near the school.
The Massacre* at Mandalay.
Rangoon, Oct. 12.—An influential
meeting has been held here attended by
8,000 persons, at which the recant massa
cres at Mandalay was the subject of con
sideration.
Flower Manufacturers Assign.
New York, Oct. 12.—Schrier Bros.,
manufacturers of artificial flowers, made
an assignment Saturday, giving prefer
ences for $13,651.
122,000,000 Menhaden.
New York, Oct. 12. — During the quar
ter ending Sept. 30, 122,000,000 menhaden
have been taken at Greenpoint, L. I. This
catch is unprecedented.
ST. JOM BOUND TO RUN.
HE DECLINES TO ACCEDE TO A
REQUEST TO WITHDRAW.
The Dodging Policy or the Republican
Party not Such a* to Entitle it to the
Respect or Confidence of Temperance
Men — Prohibition a Growing I.sue.
New York, Oct. 12.—The following let
ter has been addressed to the gentlemen
named bv Gov. St. John, the Prohibition
candidate for President:
Philapelphia, Oct. il, ISB4.
Prof. Theodor? P. Wooleley. ' .Yew Haven.
Conn., lion. Thomas Talbot, North Bellrica,
linns., lion. Noah Davis. New York city.
Grant Goodrich, Chicago, Ills., John V. Par
well, Chicago, Ills., Rev. R. M. IT at field t Chi
cago, Ills., Crington Luntand William Peer
ing, Evanston. Tils., John Ernns. Denver,
Col., Ira Buckmanand John Mitchell, Brook
lyn, N. r.:
Gentlemen—ln the New York Tribune
of this date I find your name* appended to a
request that l withdraw from the canvass as
the Prohibition nominee for the Presidency,
together with an elaborate statement of rea
sons why, in your judgment, I should take
this course. Permit mo to reply that! have
f iven your statement and request such care
iil and candid consideration as coming from
men of your high character they merit; and
that I can neither agree with the one nor
comply with the other. In justice to mvself
and courtesy to you, I must refer sp •cilicallv
to some of the leading reasons which you
urge. Bear with me while Ido this in 'the
briefest possible way.
HIS REASONS.
First. You desire prohibition submitted to
the people “separate front other issues
and distinct from party politics.” I desired
the Republican party at its National Conven
tion to favo such submission. The srinc
desire was expressed through petitions by
hundreds of thousands of others, and our very
modest wish was there denied. Believing
prohibition a national need to blot out u na
tional curse, we could not ask, and the Re
publican party could not with fairness grant
any loss. Refusing that slightest possible re
cognition, the party could not longer have the
least possible claim upon my vote, because—
Second. The policy of the national prohibition
party has already been clearly defined and
approved by the “great body of the friends of
the cause in the United States”—more clearly
defined and generally approved by these than
was the national policy concerning slavery
when that had common recognition as a na
tional issue and arrayed the parties in open
contest. This national policy may be summed
up in one phrase: National sovereignty over
the liquor traffic to suppress it, instead of to
legalize, protect and perpetuate it.
SIGNIFICANCE OK THEIR CONVENTION.
Third. Out of the widespread approval
which this policy had attained, and because
ot it, came the Pittsburg Convention, with its
more than 600 delegates, representing 81
States and, as I believe, more representative
of “the great body of Prohibitionists through
out the country” than any other body ever
assembled. It was a convention regularly
called. Its delegates were citizens of repre
sentative character, many of whom had re
cently been active workers in, or sympathi
zers with, one or the other of the old parties.
They went there, under a plain call, to
nominate a Pres iJ ’ ticket and for no
ottn-r purpose, • assertion that “a
largo part of tk -fiae lilion opposed placing
a ticket in the field” lino never before been
made to my knowledge, is not justified by t';e
detailed reports of the proceedings printed in
the leading journals at the time, and is em
phatically contradicted by reliable witnesses,
delegates and spectators 'who sat in the con
vention and arc familiar with all that was
there done and said. On vonr third point,
therefore, you surely have been misinformed
as to the fact*.
NOT AT ALL CONFUSING.
Fourth. I see nothing more "confusing” in
the prohibition movement than in any other,
unless you mean that it is confusing politi
cians. Had prohibition alone been referred
to in the platform, you might have objected
to it as the “one idea” party. Woman's suf
frage it relegates to the States,and condemning
the policy oi both the old parties with regard
to the Chinese, ii. but speaks, iu the old Re
publican spirit, the old Republican doctrine
whicli that party, in its greed to catch
the vote of the Pacific States,
now repudiates. As to implications
upon the Republican candidates.
I find only such as appeal to the facts, and
that appeal you can make as well. They
should serve every occasion of truth.
Fifth. I believe that the questions consid
ered in the prohibition platform were as
carefully considered and as authoritatively
adopted'as any that have this year been pre
sented to the American people, and I am
satisfied that they embody, in a higher de
gree and far more comprehensively, the well
eiug and prosperity of our country than do
those which have recognition in both the
Democratic and Republican platforms.
WHAT WAS ASKED.
Sixth. “It is true,” you say, “that the Re
publican party declined to make prohibition
an issue in its platform.” The party was not
asked to make prohibition an issue. For the
princip’e it was not requested to dcelare; it
was merely asked to favor submitting the
question to the people. If for it to have done
tliis. as you assert, wouhl have been political
HUicide, then I see no hope or possibility of
the Republican party ever granting even so
slight a concession to temperance men, and I
am amazed that you should urge my longer
loyalty to that party.
Seventh and Eighth. If that party which
you call the party of fair play and of ma
jority rule, cannot now nationally declare in
favor of both without political suicide, what
hope have we that in any State it will long
favor cither, or that as a national body it will
ever support the national policy for which I
stand, and in behalf of which the National
Prohibition party has declared? Uncompro
mising hostility to that policy cannot so surely
anil fatally delay its success as can covert
enmity cloaked m unfriendly disguise.
HIS PATRIOTISM.
Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh. Toil are not
Republicans, I may assume, simply because
you expect to elect your ticket. Wc cannot
forego being Prohibitionists merely because
we have no sure promise of at once electing
ours, and while it may he as you insist to
favor a change from bad to worse, simply for
a change, it is always reasonable and best to
favor the right and to stand by principle, re
gardless of what change may be
brought about as the result. I have
loved my country well enough to
carry the musket in its defense, and to risk
my life in its service. I hold its obligation to
every brave defender, or to those now repre
senting such, as forever sacred. The national
credit and the material resources of the na
tion, I wou’d not see impaired, and all that
was gained for God and humanity by years of
war I would see preserved through years of
peace. Hut 175,000 legalized dram shops im
peril the national credit and impair our na
tional resources to an extent more alarming
than any other danger which now
threatens us. A protective tariff on
liquor traffic loses to labor flO for every dollar
winch labor gains by a protective tariff on im
ports. The education and elevation of an en
tire people, white and black, are more de
pendent upon the prohibition of the saloon
than upon the perpetuity of any party in
power; and, as a patriot and humble defender
of my country in its former need. I cannot
now let old party attachments hold me silent
while a more deadly enemy than rebellion
bids us wait and work his will.
Ticelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth. As to
parties and candidates, if “it is wrong,” as
you affirm, “to elect a party to power that
ignores its principles amt evades discussing
tlie policy it intends to pursue,” it must be
radically wrong for cither of us to help elect
the Republican party, since, if it have any
temperance principles it ignores them, and
if it has any temperam-c policy it evades
discussing it. Indeed, that party’s chief aim
now is to hold both the liquor and temper
ance vote, which purpose utterly forbids any
positive temperance principle and encourages
only a practical liquor policy.
A BREWER’S PLEA FOR BLAINE.
In the very same issueof the Tribune, which
contains your appeal to the Republican Pro
hibitionists and your request to me. 1 find the
letter of a Republican brewer, telling “win
brewers should suppoit Blaine,” a protest
against au attempt to use their association for
Cleveland, and in which occurs this frank
avowal: “Our national organization is 24
years old. During alt those years Republi
cans have been in power in national affairs
and I submit to every candid brewer, be he
Democratic or be he Republican, if the brew
ing interests of our country have not grown
to immense proportions, if our rights and
our interests have not been protected
and encouraged by our government.” In the
same letter I read also the following: “■ r
Blaine was correct when he said that probibi
tion was not a national question or is ne.
This being the case let us not do anything to
antagonize the party that has always treated
the browing interests fairly, whose policy is to
foster, protect and encourage home industries,
and which should not be held responsible for
the opinions and acts of a few men who claim
membership in the party.”
DIVERSITY OF INDUSTRIES.
And in proof that thi3 “Republican brew
er” has full authority for his statement of
what tho Republican party’s policy is. let me
remind you tnat said party has declared for
the largest diversity of industries, which
clearly includes the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors, and that Mr. Illaiue has
recently enunciated as third doctrine in the
Republican party’sereed “theencouragement
of every form of American industry,” which
declaration, together with his revenue letter
to the Philadelphia Pre* proposing to make
the tax on spirituous and malt liquors a per
manent resource to all States, fully justifies
the expectations of further. encour
agement and protection which thi* Republi
can brewer proclaims to his friends,
with regard to the candidates, intel
lectually and morally I have not a word
to say . I prefer to leavej|tersonal abuse and
vindications to those who have nothing better
to uphold their cause. But when you speak of
Mr. Cleveland's “gross blunder wfiile tfodgine
ttle tariff question,” common fairness ehoulti
forbid your excusing Mr. Blaine for his
equally gross neglect of duty in dodging a
vote on the prohibition amendment in his
own State, for the slightest analysis of the
situation would show you that it was only as
to the submission of 6uch an amend
ment that bis party’s national con
vention had laid any “authority”
upon him, while the long time policy of the
party in his State, submission being granted
should have Cutnmanded him to vote on and
for principle.
NO NEED FOR BLAINE TO DODGE.
If prohibition were not, as Mr. Blaine said,
a national issue, he surely was not justified
because of any action or failure to act on the
part of his national convention, in dodging
it when presented as a State issue purely. I
five been many years an bumble worker in
the temperance cause, am familiar with the
several temperance organizations of New
fork, and until three davs ago
had never heard of the New York State Tem
perance Assembly, from which your request
purports to emanate, and as I 'observe that
only three of your number reside in New Y ork
State I am compelled to believe that its organ
ization is only for campaign purposes, and
its membership so small that those who cot
trol it were forced to go outside the State for
co-operation.
PARTNERSHIP IN THE LIQUOR BUSINESS.
In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to say
that so long as the government is an open
partner of the liquor business to the extent of
'.)O rents for every gallon of whisky made and
. lon K s' 1 men 'may and
do illicitly sell liquor in violation of the State
law under the United States tax receipt,
which make the government particeps crira
iirs in such illicit sale: so long as in the Dis
trict of Columbia and in the Territories Con
gress may and docs permit that which it
should forbid—just so long this issue of the
liquor traffic will remain a national issue, and
just so long the Prohibition party will be a
national necessity. In view of the fact that
said party presents the only Presidential
nominee standing on a temperance
platform, would it not be more
coij/Ltent for steadfast temperance men
nt once to demand the immediate withdrawal
of your own candidate and thus avoid all the
possible calamities to which you refer, in
cluding. as you term ir. a thing'of such doul.t-
P. r °? r riet -v to put Gov. Cleveland into the
w lute House? For \ou may rest assured that
so far as I am concerned I shall neither with
drew from the canvass nor assume a neutral
position, but with God’s help shall continue
this warfare on the liquor traffic as long as I
live, and the llag of our coun
try waves its protecting folds over
legalized dram shops; and while a vote for any
candidate simply a* such, may be lost, a vote
for principle is never thrown away. I there
fore appeal to all lovers of God, and country
and home to burst asunder the party shackles
that have bound them, and rising above mere
partisan consideration, cast their ballots for
principle, leaving to God the results.
John P. St. John.
EVIDENCE OF BLAINE FRAUDS.
Specific Charges of Colonizing Made by
the Deinocrtic Mauagerg.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 10.—Through their lo
cal organ the Blaine managers have issued
an address to the public in the nature of
a warning agaiust what is termed the
Democratic tactics which will be resorted
to on Tuesday next. It speaks in shock
ingly general terms of the repeaters that
are to be impressed into service, of the
boarding houses that have been opened to
accommodate those who have been im
ported into the State to vote the Demo
cratic ticket, ot how the employes on some
of the railroads are to be induced to vote
for Newman or to take free excursions out
of the State on election day. It alleges
that William Dickson, once foreman of a
notorious YYasbington jury, left Washing
ton Tuesday night with 30 accomplices,
bound for Cincinnati, as if the Cincinnati
Democrats could not manage their own
affairs without the assistance of outsiders.
The one specific charge that provokes
mirth over the whole ot this solemn warn
ing is couched in these words: “The Dem
ocratic managers have called in the prom
inent county managers to Columbus,
Toledo aud other points to apportion the
free trade gold of the Cobden Free Trade
Club and of the monopolists to attempt
the prostitution of the vote of Ohio.” Had
this clause been omitted, and had other
allegations equally as loose and absurd
been specific, the warning might have
had the effect of diverting to the Demo
crats that attention which is now being
riveted upon PensL.n Commissioner Dud-
ley and the horde of government employes
who are traveling tin and down the State
in the interest of the Blaine cause. Both
Mr, Filley and Mr. Dudley, the leading
Blaine managers, appear to be very soli
citous about repeaters. If they would
visit the Democratic headquarters and
notify Col. [larger that they are sincerely
desirous of preventing election frauds,
and ask for proofs of frauds that are con
templated, they would receive facts which
mignt not tie new to them perhaps, but
which would be found, on investigation,
to be facts nevertheless. Thev would see
evidence of colonization that has been at
tempted by the Blaine managers and that
will be fully disclosed if the further at
tempt to vote these colonists is made on
election day. Madison and Greene are
Republican counties, with large
colored populations. The colonization of
colored people in such counties is not so
easily detected as to prevent the attempt
on a considerable scale. Both ot these
counties contain several hundred colored
men more than they did five weeks ago.
In Nelsonville, Athens county, the names,
feces and residences of between 80 and
100 colored gentlemen, new to the neigh
borhood, have beeu uoted for use on elec
tion day. In this city the claim is made
that 100 colored men will illegally vote in
the Ninth ward. Chiliicothe, l’omeroy,
Galiipolis, Ironton and Bellaire are points
which offer special inducements to those
engaged in political colonization, and a
careful watch by hiied detectives has been
placed over them all by the Demo ratic
State Committee. The States from which
this class of Blaine voters are recruited
are Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and
North Carolina.
. The Democrats descend to details in
making charges ol crookedness against
the Blaine managers. The latter iguore
details and make the general charged
rascality on the part of Democrats, If
they would produce the evidence of the
charge on which they ask the hanging of
their opponents, they would find a fair
jury ready to hear and decide the case
upon its merits. In the absence of it, it
seems fair to conclude that there are no
such frauds as those of which they com
plain, or that the cry has been raised as a
cover to their own crooked schemes.
MRS. LOCKWOOD’S COLLEAGUE.
The Eventful Biography of Marietta L.
Stow, of California.
Mrs. Marietta L. Stow, Vice Presidential
candidate 02 the Belva Lockwood ticket,
sayß a New York special of Oct. 9, has
had an eventful life. She was born of
farming parents in Webster, Monroe
county, N. Y., nearly a half century ago.
She learned the alphabet after her ninth
birthday. She could cook, keep house,
sew, kni f , wash, iron, spin and weave be
fore she could read. At 15 she was a
school teacher. At 19 she was married to
E. F. Bell, a merchant of Cleveland, 0.,
and at the age of 23 was a widow and
childless. She took up her residence in
New York city, where she became identi
fied with humanitarian work. She was
an officer with Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Beattie.
Judge Edmonds, Rev. Dr. Bellows and
other distinguished women and men in an
association for the protection of shop
girls.
During the war she gave material aid
to destitute disabled s Pliers and the in
digent orphan daughters of our counfry’s
defenders from the proceeds o! her public
entertainments and lectures. In ISCiishe
was married to J. W. Stow, a hardware
merchant of San Francisco, who died in
IST4. Four years ago she was nominated
on both Greenback tickets for school di
rector of San Francisco and called the
lir3t political mass meeting ever held by
women in the world. Mrs. Stow was an
independent candidate for Governor of
California in 1882. She organized, with
the assistance of Mrs. J." H. Smith, of
Oakland; Miss Isabella G. Prince, Mrs.
David Busb and Mrs. J. T. Moulton, of
San Francisco, the California Woman’s
Social Science Association, of which she
was made President, and continues such.
Silk culture is only apart of her social
science work and accomplishment. She
is a practical and uncompromising advo
cate of political reform, dress reform and
food reform.
Wrecked in take Michigan.
Point Water, Mich., Oct.. 12.— The
schooner Kitty Grant left here "Tuesday
morning for Chicago. On Friday evening
the Muskegon tug had a wrecked vessel
iu tow twenty miles south of here, which
was supposed to be the Kittv Grant, but
the tug’s line parted and she lelt the ves
sel bottom up. The crew of the
schooner consisted of the captain and
three men of this place. The cargo was
valued at |16,000 and the vessel at $20,000.
There was no insurance.
The Pennsylvania Company Taking It
Coolly.
Baltimore, Oct. 12.—The' order of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company cutting
oil the trains of the Baltimore and Ohio
Road between this city and New York,
which was to have taken etfect on and
after Oct. 12. was not enforced to-day and
Baltimore and Ohio trains were taken as
usual. The impression here is that the
Pennsylvania Road will await thedecision
of the courts in the injunction cases before
taking further action.
On the Handkerchief.
The best English aud French extracts
may be equal in quality, but far superior
to these in fragrance and durability is
Murray and Lanman Florida Water, com
bining as it does the rich aroma of these
perfumes with a freshness and permanen
cy all its own. To that numerous class
of delicate persons whose sensitive nerves
are oppressed by the heavy odors of the
European extracts, the genuine Florida
, Water comes as a special boon.
DR.TALMAGEON POLITICS
THE TABERNACLE CROWDED
AGAIN YESTERDAY.
“ThiDgs that Threaten the Destruction
of American Institutions,” the Title of
His Text—The Great Divine to Devote
Mis Discourses to Politics until After
the Election.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 12.—Dr. Tal
mage began a very interesting series of
political sermons to-day. The Brooklyn
Tabernacle was crowded. Indeed, if the
church were twice as large now it would
no more than accommodate the people
that come. The hymn sung to-day was:
“My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty.”
The subject of the sermon was: “Things
that Threaten the Dest ruction of American
Institutions.” The text was Revelations
xviii., 10 to 13: “Alas, alas, that great
city Babylon, that mighty city I for in one
hour is thy judgment come. And the
merchants of the earth shall weep and
mourn over her; for no man buyeth their
merchandise any more; the merchandise
of gold, and silver, and precious stones,
and of pearls, and tine linen, and purple,
and silk, and scarlet, and all thyme wood,
and all manner vessels of ivory, and ail
manner vessels of most precious wood,
and of brass, and iron, and marble, and
cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and
frankincense, and wine, and oil, and tine
flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep,
and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and
souls of men.” Dr. Taimage said:
On cis-Atlantic shores is a group of Ameri
cans now landing on their way lo find the
tomb of a dead empire holding In its arms a
dead city, mother and child of the same name—
Babylon. They wid Hud here and there a
mound inviting their spade and pick, while
groups of natives, unwashed, look ou. Our
friends will turn up some yellow bricks, most
of them stamped with the name of Nebuchad
nezzar, and will go down into the sepulchre
of a monarchy buried more than two thousand
years ago. May the explorations of Rawlin
son and Ghevallier and Loftus and Layard
and Oppert and Ghesney be eclipsed by the
present archaeological uncovering!
Is this all that is left of Babylon? Once
five times larger than London, and twelve
times larger than New York. With wails 373
feet high aud 93 feet thick. Twenty-five bur
nished gates on each side, with streets run
ning clear through to the corresponding gates
on the other side. Six hundred and twenty
five squares. Holding more than the com
bined wealths, luxury, splendor an I sin of
New York, Loudon and Paris, inside the
walls an artificial hill 400 feet high and ter
raced on all sides, built lo please Amyitis, the
King’s wife, lest she become home
sick for Die mountain region of her girlhood.
Waters spouted up from the Euphrates to
irrigate that altitude into flowers aud fruits
aud arborescence unimaginable, a great river
running through this city from nortli to
south, bridges over it, tunnels under it, gon
dolas upon it. A city of bazars and market
places, which had no parallel-for the aro
matics and unguents, for high-mettled horses
their grooms beside them, for thyme wood, an
African evergreen, for upholstered equipage,
for Egyptian linen and all costly textile
fabrics for rare purples extracted from the
shell fish on {he Mediterranean coast, and
scarlets taken from bridiaut insects in Spain,
and ivories from the most successful elephant
hunts of India, aud lapis lazuli aud diamonds
whose flash was a repar ec to the sun. Gom
merce from all lands. Picture* from all gal
leries. statues from all studios. Architec
ture pillared aud architraved and balusiraded
and turreted and domed. Fortresses within
fortresses. Embatllemeiits risiug above cin
battlements. Great capital of the ages!
But one night while the honest people of the
city were asleep, tut the saloon3of Saturnalia
were in full blaze ami at the King's castle
they were filling the tankards for the tenth
time and around the state dining table there
reeled and guffawed and hiccoughed the
rulers of the land. Gen. Gyrus set his army
to work with their spades and turned the
rivers, whicli ran a main artery through the
city, into another direction anil left the for
saken river bed for the path oi entrance to
tlie besieging host. Morning saw the con
querors inside the outside trenches and Baby
lon is fallen, never to rise, and hence the
threnode of the text: “Alas, alas, that great
city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one
hour is tlij-judgment come.”
What! Gan a nation die? Y’es; there has
been great mortality among monarchies and
republics. Like individu ils, they are born,
have a middle life aud a decea-e, a cradle and
a grave. Sometimes they are assassinated
and sometimes they suicide. Gall the roll and
let someone answer for iliem. Egyptian civ
ilization, stand up! Deait, answer the ruins
of Garnac and Luxor. Dead, respond in
chorus the seventy pyramids ou the east side
of the Nile. Assyrian empire, stand no!
Dead, answer the charred ruins of Nineveh.
After six hundred years of opportunity, dead.
Israelitish kingdom, stand up! After two
hundred and fifty years of miraculous vicissi
tude and divine intervention, and heroic
achievement and appalling depravity, dead.
I’honicia, stand up! After inventing the al
phabet and giving it to the world, and send
ing out her merchant caravans to Central
A-iu in one direction, and her navigators into
the Atlantic ocean iu another direction, and
five hundred years of prosperity, dead.
Dead, answer the “pillars of Hercules” and
the rocks on which the Tyrian fishermen
spread their nets. Athens, after Phidias,
after Demosthenes, after Miltiades, alter
Marathon—dead. Sparta, after Leonidas,
after Eurpides. after Salamis, after Ther-
mopylae-dead.
Roman empire, stand up and answer to the
roll call! Once bounded ou the north by the
British channel and on the south by the
■Sahara desert of Africa, on the east by the
Euphrates and on the west bv the Atlantic
ocean. Home of three civilizations. Owning
all the then discovered world that was worth
owning. Gibbon m his “Rise aud Fall of the
Roman Empire,” answers “Dead.” And the
vacated seats of tho ruined coloseum and the
skeleton of the aqueduct and the miasma of
the campagna ami tho fragments of the mar
ble bath3, and the useless piers of the bridge
Triumphales, and the silenced forum, and the
masmatic dungeon holding no more Apos
tolic prisoners and arch of Titus and Basi
lica of Constantine, and the Pantheou lift
up a mighty chorus of “Dead! Dead! Dead!”
after Horace and Virgil and Tacitus ad
Livy and Cicero; after Horatius of the bridge;
and Cincinnati!*, the farmer oligarch; after
Scipio and Cassius and Constantine and Caisar.
Her war-eagle, blinded by Hying too near the
sun, came reeling down through the heavens
and the owl of desolation and darkness made
the nest in the forsaken eyrie. Mexican em
pire, dead! French empire, dead! Y'ou see it is
no unusual thing for a government to perish.
And in the same necrology of nations ami in
the same, cemetery of expired governments
will go the United States of America, unless
some potent voice shall call a halt and
through Divine interposition by a purified
ballot box aud an all-pervading moral Chris
tian sentiment the present evil tendency be
stopped.
As the nation is about to exercise the right
of suffrage I propose for two or three Sabbath
mornings to speak of the evils that threaten
the destruction of our American institutions,
aud how each and all of you may do some
thing to avert such catastrophe, and I pro
pose, as God may help me, to plow up the
whole field. Among the mightest of the na
tional perils Is the fact that political bribery
has ceased to be called a vice, anil is by many
looked upon as a commendable virtue. The
$500,(09 this autumn sent by one party into
Ohio, aud as much by the other party, ir they
can raise it. V\ hat Tor? It is legitimate and
right to spend mone for political tracts and
for hall rent and for campaign oratory, hut is
there here any homunculus who supposes
that ttiese great sums of money arc ail
to be thus expended? Evtrvlmdy
knows that most of it is to buy votes. Hun
dreds of people will have put before them so
much for the Republican vote and so much for
the Democratic vote, and the superior finan
cial inducement will decide the election. Next
Tuesday Ohio, the pivotal State, will speak
I can tell which party will carry the day"
The party that spends the most monev. Mv
sympathies are for Ohio from Lake 'Erie to
Kentucky’s border, its 39. am square mi'es
swept by the scourge of political bribery. The
peddlers with gold from Wall street and gold
from State street and gold from Third street
are now in the hotels of Cincinnati.ami Cleve
land and Columbus and in ail the political
headquarters of the State, dealing out
the infamous inducements. In addition
to the bribery of voters in that
State the success of this election will
be used as a bribe to the whole nation in
ducing the men who sit on the fence to get off
and go with the triumphant party for some
one of the hundred thousand offices at dis
posal. The election in Ohio, no matter which
way it will go, will not be any indication of
whom that State wants for President, but
only an indication as to which party has the
fullest exchequer. At the close of the last
Presidential election, at a banquet in New
York celebrative of the result and in the pres
ence of one ex- President and in the presence
of one who afterwards became President, it
was stated without rebuke that Indiana had
been carried by bribery, although that word
was not used, but a more proverbial word—
namely, soap.
In other days bribery existed but was a sin
that held down its head in shame. Utmost
secrecy was enjoined, as when, manv years
ago, the Legislature and other oflicialsbf "Wis
consin were bought up by a railroad company.
The Governor received $50,000 for IPs signa
ture. His private secretary, received $5,000.
Thirteen members of the Senate received
*175 000 among them in bonds. Sixty mem
bers of the other Hone received from $5 000 to
SIO,OOO each. The Lieutenant Governor re
ceived SIO,OOO. the elerks of the House from
$5,000 to SIO,OOO each. The Bank Comptroller
received SIO,OOO. $250,000 were distributed
among the lobbyists. So you see that the rail
road company was very liberal. But nothing
except the severest scrutiny and ex
ploration of a legislative commit
tee exposed it. Bribery is to-day fearless of
arrest ami arrogant and defiant, and will de
cide the election on the first Tuesday of next
November If this diabolism go on. Bar
tholdi's statue of Liberty on Bedloe’s Island,
with uplifted torch to light nations into our
harbor, had better be changed so that the
torch shall be drooped as a symbol of na
tional incendiarism. If there lie no power to
stop this purchase and sale of suffrages, our
government will perish: not by foreign hand,
but by its own perfidy; and yon had better
get ready the monument for another dead
nation and let my text chi#el on it the epi
t iph; ‘*Alas, alas, that great city Babylon,
that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judg
ment corns.”.
Another thing that threatens the destruc
tion of American institutions is the solidify
ing 0 f the sections against each other—a solid
a South. Unless this is
West sn : \ w il ,l e wo sh: * u haver-a solid
icuiSS v^’h 1 K “ t ’ 9011,1 Middle States
vears Sine. her " M , ate9 ' 11 19 nineteen
years since the war ended and vet every
I residential election somehow revives the old
antagonism W hen Garfield died and all The
htates of the Union gathered around hi*
casket in sympathy and in tear*, I did hope
that sectionalism was done. But.no’ What
js needed is to split erery State in the Union
mto two or three great parties
Tne nation, if it is to live
must liecome one great body; the national
capital the heart sending through all the ar
teries of communication warmth and light to
the utmost extremities. Y'ou might as well
have a solid head against a solid foot, solid
eyes against solid ears, and a solid nose
against a solid cheek. Y’ea, we are one fam
ily, and you might as well have brothers solid
against their sisters, and the bread tray solid
against the cradle, ami the dining room solid
against tlie parlor. That which is the interest
of Georgia is the interest of Massachusetts,
and that which i* best for New York is best
for South Carolina. The Ohio river <looß not
change its politics after it goes below Louis
ville, vet every four years on Mason and Dix
on’s line both sections hang out their jioliti
cal washing. Have you any idea that these
great sectional antagonisms ean exist without
permanent compound fracture?
Another thing threatening the destruction
of our American institutions is tho low state
of public morals. What killed Babylon?
W hat killed Phoenicia? What k lied Rome?
What killed all the nationalities now lying
stark and ghastly in the graveyards
of the past? Fraud, and drunken
ness, aud lechery, which slew other nations,
will slay ours unless God prevents it. To
prove that there is a low state of morals I call
you to consider the character of candidates
often put p for office. W’e have now in nom
ination for President and Vice President eight
men and two women. Both the women are
good. But among tho eight men for these two
offices there are three candidates at least no
more fit for either of these important offices
than a wolf is to lie professor of pas
toral theology over a lloek of
sheep, or a blind mole to lecture a close of
eagles on the science of optics or the vulture
to chaperon the clove. Tho mention of some
of their names demands in Hie room carbolic
acid and fumigations. Yet Christian men will
vote for them because they carry the party
standards. American politics lias sunk until
there is no lower depth It can fathom. But
this corresponds with what is seen in all direc
tions. The peculation and knavery hurled to
the surface by the explosion of banks ami
business firms are only specimens of great
Cotopaxis and fctrombolis of wickedness that
boil aud burn beneath, but have not regurgi
tated to the surface. The heaven-descended
Democratic party eclipsed everything Gy the
Tweed rascality until the heaven-descended
Republican party outwitted pandemonium by
the star route infamy.
Then there are thousands of men who scoff
at the marriage relation aud say there is no
such thing as chastity, aud walking in polite
parlors are men not good enough lor scaven
ger# in Sodom. When I visited San Francis
co. that beautiful city, the Queen of the Pa
cific, the Mayor of the city and the Health
Officer called on me ami wanted to show me
the Ghitie.-e quarters, so that, getting hack to
the Atlantic coast, f might tt II what awful
people the Chinese were. But the last niglu
l was in that beautiful city, standing before
many thousands in their great opera house, J
said: “Will you let mo frankly express my
full opinion?” And they cried: “Yes, yes!”
Then I said: “The great curse of San Fran
cisco is not the C hinese quarters, but the great
curse of your city is tho millionaire liber
tines,” and some of them sat before me at that
time, Felix and Druscilla. So it is in all our
citid*. I never swear, but when I
see going about unwhipped of justice men
who laugh over tlietr shame and call
their damnable deeds gallantry and pecca
dillo, 1 am tempted to hurl red hot anathema,
and to conclude that if, according to some
people’s theology, there is no h< 11. there ou*bi
to be. There is to-day an out-and-uut licen
tiousness in our American cities to invoke the
wrath of heaven that .on Aug. 24, 79, covered
Herculaneum and Pompeii so deep in ashes
that the subsequent I,SUS years have not com
pleted their exhumation.
There are wnole blocks of houses in some of
our American cities known to the police of
tho-o cities as infamous, and which, by pay
ing the officers or the law a certain amount of
hush money, get as much protection from the
city government as do public libraries and
asylums ot mercy. These great ulcers on the
body politic bleed and gaugrene away the life
of the nation, and the civil authority looks
on their way and expects Christian
philanthropists to look the oilier way.
But I will not look the other
way. Y'ou can’t cure such wounds by silken
bandages. We must put iu deep the lancet
of moral surgery anil burn with caustic of
indy wrath, and by immediate and all-decisive
amputation cutoff these scabrous and putrefied
abominations. As the Homans were after the
Celts and the Normans alter the Breions, so
our nation is being chased by perils that will
attend the obsequies of the American govern
ment unless we first attend theirs. Supersti
tion says that a marine monster, the ccphal
optera, enfolded and crushed a ship of war;
yet it is no superstition, hut a fact declared
by the history of many fnllcn nations, that our
ship of State is iu danger of being crushed by
the all-encircling cephaloptera of national
depravity. Where is the Hercules strong
enough to strangle this hydra? Is it not
time to *pcak by tougue, by pen,
hv ballot-box, by the roll of prison door, by
hangman's halter, by prayer, by Sinaitic de
tonation? I have read that Hie son of Grmsus
was dumb and had never spoken a word, but
when his father was about to he put to death
lie. broke the shackles of silence and cried out,
“Kill not my father, King Grmsus!” So at the
spectacle of the eheatery and the wantonness
and the manifold crimes that are attempting
the parricide, yea, the matricide, of our in
stitutions, it is time even for the lips that
have been for a long year dumb on these sub
jects to utter in canerous tones fierce protest.
There are other evils threatening the life
of the nation, and I wilt in other Sabbath
morning discourses, if God continue my life
and health, discuss then, as also the modes in
which they are to he baulked. lam goivig to
put before you this whole subject, so that you
will all know how to vote and pray. Thiß
nation is not going to perish. When Alexan
der heard of the wealth of the Indies, he
divided all of Macedon amongst his soldiers.
They asked him what he had kept for him
self. He replied, “Hope.” And that treasure
I keep bright and shining whatever else I
surrender. Hope thou in God, and He will
setback these oceanic tides of devastation.
Do you realize that the prize now being con
tested for is the American continent?
Never since the day when, according to John
Milton, Satan was
“Hurl’d headlong, llaming from the etherial
sky
With liideous ruin and combustion, down,”
has he been so busy as he is now in trying to
take possession of this continent. But he shall
not have it.
What a prize it is! A jewel carved in relief,
the cameo of Ibis planet. Tim Atlantic ocean
parting us from over-crowded Europe on onc
side and the Pacific dividing us from super
stitious Asia on tlie other side, and the A ret c
ocean a gymnasium in which our navigators
find explorers develop their courage. A con
tinent 10,500 miles long. An area of 17,coo,c(;o
square miles, four times larger than all of
Europe, and alt but about one-seventh capable
of rich cultivation. About 100,<4)0,090 inhabi
tants. All flora and fauna. All fruitage and
all grains. All precious woods and all metals
Appalachian range the backbone and
ganglia of rivers reaching in all
directions. The Isthmus of Darien, only the
narrow waist of a giant continent, all yet to
be made one government, and that free and
Christian, and, I trust, the scene of Christ’s
personal reign on earth, if, according to the
expectation of many good people, he does set
u|> a throne in this world. Magnificent prize!
Who shall have it. Christ or Satan?—the com
merce of our rivers, the shores of our inland
s:as, the silver of our Nevadas, the gold of our
Coiorados, the wheat of our prairies, the rice
of our savannas, the telescopes of our observ
atories, the brain of our universities, the two
ocean beaches-the one from Baffin’s Bay to
Tierra del Fuego and the other from Behr
ing’s Straits to Cape Horn, the temporal,
spiritual and everlasting destiny of a popula
tion, which cannot be prophesied, save by
Him with whom a thousand years are as one
day.
Who shall have this prize of the hemi
spheres? Yon and I will help answer the
question by conscientious vote, bv earnest
prayer, by upright life, by inducting our famil
ies into the dut.es of good citizenship, by sup
port of beneiieeut institutions, by mainten
ance of chnrchfs, by putting all o r energies
of mind and sou! on the right side of every
religious, social and national movement. A
little further on and it will make no differ
ence >o us personally what becomes of this
country so far as our earthly comfort is con
cerned. The hugest of us will require no
more of this land than the space of seven feel
by three, and that will be room enough and
to spare. But we cannot now be indifferent
to the happiness and welfare of the genera
tions that shall come after, and when we rise
at the trumpet call of the last day it will be
well if we find that our sepulchre, like that
which Joseph of Arimathea provided for
Christ, is in the midst of a garden. By that
time this continent from sea to sea and from
Arctic to Antarctic will be all paradise or all
Dry Tortugas. Eternal God! to Thee with
inexpressible longing, wc commit the destiny
of this people! }
Blaine and the Hocking Valley.
The following is the report of Brad
street’s Mercantile Agency Aug. 7, 1882
on the Standard Goal and Iron Company:
_ .. Boston, Mass., )
p *om Sears Blildxno.l
Standard Coal and Iron Company, .Samuel
Thomas, I resident; George Chapman, W. I>
iAie, \\ llliam Henry Brooks, Vice Presidents;
Oliver Ames, Treasurer; William Henrv
Brooks, Secretary; Directors of same, with 8
B. Elkins, Joseph Vilen. Matthew Eddy,
.James A. Hall, George W. W. Dove, Walter
F. Warren, James G. Blaine, John C. Larwiil
and Charles foster. Incorporated about one
year ago under the laws of the State ol Ohio.
Capital $23,000,00-'', in 250,000 shares of SIOO
each. Ihe Secretary states: The capital is all
paid 111, but, owing to many difficulties in the
way of arranging the details of their business
and acquiring their property in the Hocking
valley, the company are not in a position to
give a detailed statement, nor will they be
able to do so for some weeks, nor have we yet
located our general office. Wo learn the offi
cers and stockholders are men of capital,
standing high as to credit and business repu
tation, and no fear is expressed as to the suc
cess of the company.
Close of the Electrical Exhibition.
Philadelphia, Oct. 12.—The electrical
exhibition, which has been open here
since Sept. 20, was closed last night. Its
success has exceeded all expectations,
the net profits being estimated at $50,000.
The attendance during the exhibition was
800,000. The authorities say that in prac
tical results it has run far ahead of the
Faria electrical exhibition.
j PRIOR RIO A TEAR, 1
J 8 OKNTS A COPT. j
FIRE’S DIVERSIFIED PREY
2,<>00 BARRELS OP WHISKY LICK
ED UP AT UIHOXTOWN.
The Total Loan #175.000-200 Rales
of Cotton Burned on a Lighter tu
Boiton Harbor—3l Homes Destroyed
at the Town of Liberty—A Tugboat
Burned.
Evansville, I nil,yet. 12.—A message
from Unlontown, Ky., says that a disas
trous lire occurred there about noon yes-
by which the bonded warehouse of
.1.15. Roach & Cos. was destroyed, with
about 2,000 barrels of whisky, B year* old,
valued at $150,000. The total loss will
reach $1.5,000. r lhe amount of insurance
is unknown.
TWO FIRES AT ATLANTA.
Ailanta, Oct. 12. — T0-night Atlanta’s
small tire department struggled with two
tires at the same time In two different
portions of the city About It o’clock an
alarm called the department to Pratt
street, near the csrner of Decatur street.
It was discovered that the residence ot
Mrs. Lula Ilarvell was on lire. Tho oc
cupants were away at church. Quick
worK put out the liames before much
damage was doue. An investigation
showed that burglars had entered and
robbed the house, and then set it on lire
A large quantity of clothing, silverware
and jewelry were stolen. No due is pub
licly known as to who perpetrated the
crime. The amount of the valuables
stolen foots up about SI,OOO.
Among the etlects stolen are two
mocking birds with their cages. While
the tire apparatus were contending with
tins tire box tu called for help on
r razier street, fully one and a half miles
away. Before a response could be given
the flames had totally destroyed a small
cottage occupied by colored people. The
contents of the house were also consumed.
Ihe total loss is which is partially
covered by insurance.
MINKS ON FIRE.
COLUMBUS, 0., Oat. 12.— A special
from Nebonville, Ohio, says: “All tho
Syndicate mines, with the exception of
Nos. 3 and 7, are on Are, and special ef
torts are being made to extinguish them.
"• A. Shoemaker & Co.’s, hoppers were
burned last night. Two mines of the
Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron
Company at Straitsville were set on fire
last night and have been burning all day.
The tires cannot be extinguished, as it is
impossible to get to where they are. No
disturbance oi any character has been
reported.”
COTTON AFLAMK ON A LIGHTKR.
Boston, Oct. 12. — One-third of a cargo
of 581 bales of cotton on the lighter Mer
chant, of tlic Boston and Norfolk Steam
ship Company’s fleet, was badly damaged
t>y tire last night. The cotton is the prop
erty of Halli Brothers, of New York, and
was being loaded lor Liverpool. The loss
is SB,OOO.
TWKNTY-ONK lIOUSKS BURNED.
Lynchburg, Va., Oct. 12.—The town
of Liberty, 25 miles west of this point,
suffered partial destruction by an incen
ceiuliary fire to-day. Twentv-one busi
ness houses were consumed. There was
no lire apparatus at hand, and the liames
were not arrested until the arrivat of as
sistance.
A SNUFF FACTORY BURNED.
Petersburg, Va., Oct. 12.—A. J.
Campbell & Co.’s large snuff factory, a
short distance west of this city, was
burned this morning. Tho loss is $15,000.
a tugboat burned.
Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct. 12.—Tho
tugboat A. F. Grant, of Jersey City, was
burned to-day. The loss is $40,000. She
was insured.
YOUNG, BUT THEY MAHIUED.
A Recent Wedding Which Interests a
Brooklyn Grammar School.
There is much gossip in Brooklyn social
circles, says the New York World ot Oct.
0, over the recent marriage of Miss Mabel
Until, of No. 127 Garfield place, a school
girl of sweet lti, and Fred Cook, or Filth
avenue, South Brooklyn, who, though
more advanced in years is not yet self
supporting. The ceremony took place
two weeks ago Sunday, but was in tho
nature oi an elopement, the young couple
carefully veiling their action irom tho
sight of relatives or friends. A notice of
the marriage appeared in one or
the Brooklyn papers, but es
caped the eye of the bride’s stern
parent. A younger brother saw it,
however, and told his ‘‘pa,” and a scene
ensued. It seems that Fred Cook had
been attentive to .Miss Ruth for some
time, but his suit was discouraged by her
father because Cook was doing nothing.
The girl was so badly affected bv the dis
missal of her suitor that the father made
a last desperate effort and got Cook a
good position, but he held it for only a few
days. The match was then broken off
peremptorily. The lovers met again, how
ever, and planned a secret marriage,
which they carried out. When summon
ed beiore her father Miss Ruth was asked
why she had taken such an unwise step.
Her explanation was unsatisfactory, and
on the following day she was put aboard
a train for Washington and sent to the
protecting care ot an aunt in that city.
It is said that she will be put in school
there and will be obliged to remain until
the three years’ course is completed.
The strictest surveillance is to bo ob
served and not a letter is to pass between
young Mrs. Cook, of Washington, and Mr.
Look, of Brooklyn, until it has beon read
by the guardian aunt. Additional interest
is lent the case from the fact that Mrs.
Cook (nee Ruth) was an attendant at
Grammar School No, ft, on Wilson street,
where the Higbie girl and young Vaughn
attouiled, whose marriage "is now in the
higher court awaiting a decision regard
ing its legality. Miss Ruth had scarcely
flown from the educational nest on Wil
son street when the celebrated Mrs.
Vaughn, or Miss Higbie, applied to her
former teacher to lie taken back as a
scholar. It is said that when asked whv
she didn’t come back before, the child re
plied: “I would have, dear teacher, but I
was afraid you wouldn’t take a married
woman.”
The two cases of secret marriage have
completely upset the grammar school.
Prize Fighters Flee from the Police.
New York, Oct. 12.—Jimmy Frazier,
of Green point, L. 1., anil Watehie Brady
of Williamsburgh, fought eight rounds
under the London prize ring rules, at an
early hour ibis morning, at Blissville, L.
1., when they were interrupted by the po
lice of Long Island City. The principals
and on-lookers made a rush for Newton
Creek, and crossed it in boats. The police
emptied their revolvers at the retreating
party, but nobody was hurt and all es
caped.
Bowing to Time’s Inroads,
New llavkn, Conn., Oct. Ls.— From
authoritative sources it is learned that
ex-l’resident Theodore D. Woolsey has
resigned from the Yale College Corpora
tion, the reason assigned being his ad
vanced age. He will be 83 years old this
month. Rev. Amos Cbeesebrough, of
Durham, also resigns from the same ixdy.
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