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, KSTABI.ISHKD 1850. I ] J.II. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. j GEN BRINK Ell HOFF’S VISIT WHAT lIK SAW OX HIS TOUR THIIOUOH THE SOUTH. CliaritaOle and Reformatory Institution* Admirably Managed—The State Insane Asylum at Tuscaloosa, Ala., Worthy o f 1 abounded l’ralse—Congenial Employ, juent for the Insane tile Key to Suc cessfu' Treatment.' Washington, Juue 7. —Gen. 11. Brin kerhoff, of Ohio, who was a delegate to the late Commercial Convention at Atlanta, and is now in Washington as a delegate to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, spent tho time between the convention and the conference in making a leisurely journey through the States of Georgia, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina. He has been for years a memlier of tho State Board of Charities of his State, and as a student of charitable and reformatory problems has visited, for purposes of inspection, all the typical asylums, prisons and reformatory insti tutions of the North and West. “>lv journey in the South,” he said to a;i Associated Press reporter, “was pri marily to see what they were doing down there for their penitentiary criminal class. 1 had heard nothing ol their institutions, ami I think very lew of our Northern peo ple ever took the pains to enquire what they were like. 1 hardly expected to find anything to admire iu comparison with our establishments of the North, and especially of the West, where we are a little ahead of the East in this regard. In fact, leading Southern people themselves expressed the belief, as a matter of course, that 1 should find nothing remarkable in the way of public charitable institutions. 1 was, however, very agreeably surprised bv what 1 saw.” Gen. Brinkerhoff found that everywhere, except in Georgia, the vicious system of leasing convicts was rapidly falling into disfavor and disuse, lie visited many jails and found them no worse than those of the North, which for these “schools of vice" was the best lie could conscien tiously say. He visited social industrial schools, both charitable and reformatory, and found them admirably managed. The several State insane asylums were tinder the control of humane,’ intelligent and cultured officials, and that at, Tusca loosa, Aiu.. was worthy ot unbounded praise. “This institution,” Gen. Brin k-rind) said, “would stand in comparison fully abreast ol the half dozen lending in stitutions of the North. its head was a close student of all problems of manage ment of the insane, and had brought his institution up to the highest point of efficiency. Not a straight jacket, crib, muff, strap or like instrument for restraint, or more properly perhaps, for the torture, of tho insane, was to lie found, nor would such things be tolerated. The doors were wide open, and no inmate was conscious of any restraint, although always under the eye of experienced keepers. The secret of success in the management of the insane by this method was in finding congenial em ployment for each patient. Many insti tutions iu the North had entered upon tins course of practice, hut not more than k ill a dozen of the larger oues had made greater progress than the Alabama asylum, while in a great majority resort as still had to ancient instruments of restrai.nt lor violeut cases.” In the matter of finding congenial, sometimes profitable, employment for in tone Icmalcs, the Alabama’ institution, ben. Brinkerhoff’ thinks, has distanced all ethers. Among the novelties he saw *tre a half dozeu old-fashioned spinning "heels in full operation, this employment laving been iouud best, suited to the mental condition of some of the inmates. THAT IDAHO POSTMASTER. The Government 1 nterceptlng Itts Mail In thin Country unit Caiimln. Washington, June 7.—The Sunday Capital says that the losses of the govern ment from tin' dishonest operations oi the Postmaster at Lewiston, Idaho, will not t* 'try large; that the Post Office De lulttient lias got on tho track of sad in ter<pted fourteen of the thirty letters, acti of which contain S(KKI worth of money orders, which were sent M Bibbs, the defaulting Postmaster, to Links iu the West for collection, and the < •uuiilian Post Office Department bas mapped all mail intended for Hibbs at Victoria, and any registered package *h!cb may come to him containing money fruilulenily obtained will be returned to file United Stales Government. ' OUR MEXICAN MINISTER. A Reception and llanquet to Gen. Jack son lu the City of Mexico. * try of Mexico, June 7.—At n meet. liiz of Americans last night a committee "a* appointed to go up the Central llail -1 ad on Monduy morning to welcome the r ' l "' Minister, Gen. Jackson, who is '■■mingonii special car. A speech of " •'•oiiio will 1,,' made by Superintendent i l ( ' kenzte, or (he Central Road. 1 parations am being made for a ban- V" fto the new Minister, to which the Le-ideiit ami Cabinet aud foreign 1 1’,‘“mats xv; 1 j lie invited. ""Unions were passed at last night's D'-eiitig 11mplimonlary to the retiring -tU'imier, Mi. .Morgan, itudConsul General Strother. FLORIDA'S CONVENTION. V I sue, tj,, Probable President—The 1 Gy Filling with Visitors. Jau aiiasskk, Fla., June 7.—Many mt'KAtes have arrived here and the indi. C “G e x point to the selection ol 8. Pasco, ' •l"!!'i sou, as the President of the cou- PWtion. iJ, I '' io numerous visitors in the city " hotels present a lively appear -I,l' V I ' , ri vis detained in Pensacola by * mess of his daughter. * "-ponded liy a Trace Chain. . N. Y., June 7. John H '"q a wealthy farmer of the town of find reason to suspect his wife of ! 'v. On Saturday night he started , , 1 1 I's. taking in* son, aged 12 rears, j, "■ Returning home about 9 o'clock 1 'etilng Its round Charles Whit “ 1 .inner of Cicero, in company with •etidersoti’s) wife. Henderson as- Whiting, but tiie latter escaped th road. Ahum midnight ,' ' "ah found dead tit Ills burn, sus -11 the i ~;t ra by ii trace chain. 7 "'M °n the Eve of Departure), k •■\i'<>N, .lune 7.—Mr. Lowell left L0n ..1 .. "liwnoon for Kuton Hall, the . Ih'ko of Westminster, where id remain until YVedncsdny. when ho J y*''Mkon the Scythia at Liverpool ruosion. Minister Phelps accompanied the ball i,lwl 01 IjMS way on hi* Journey BOG AX AT THE CAPITAL. The Invincible Club to Fire Their Salute In Virginia. Washington, June 7.—Gen. and Mrs. Logan, surrounded by a bevy ot pretty young ladies, sat on the veranda of the Logan mansion on lowa circle to-night. The General chewed his cigar meditative ly, while the pretty girls congratulated Mrs. Logan upon the General's Senatorial victory. The General looked tired and his garments were travel stained. “We didn’t give him time to change his clothes,” said one of the young ladies. “We were too anxious to run iu and tell him how glad we were to have him with up again for six years.” The General said he had no plans for the immediate future. “1 have work enough to keep me busy tor a couple ot months at least,” he said. “At the end of that time Airs. Logan and 1 will return to Chicago, where we wilt probably remain until Con gress convenes.” “Why did you decline the reception ten dered to you by yonr friends?” “Many of them are in the government service and 1 was afraid their participa tion in such au event might injure them with the administration. I appreciated the compliment, but I could not’attord to accept it. feeling that it might cause some sacrifice.” Notwithstanding the General’s objec tions, the Invincible Club of this city will fire a salute ot 103 guns in bis honor to-morrow. The District authorities re fused them this permission. They thereupon telegraphed to Gov. Cameron, of Virginia, who gave the desired consent. The salute will be tired on the Virginia side of the Potomac, almost directly opposite the White House. DEMOCRATS IN THK DEPARTMENTS. The liat of Democratic appointments In the executive departments here form but a very small part of the Federal patron age of the nation. There are 12,717 civilian employes ot the general govern ment in Washington attached to the vari ous executive departments, to the Gov ernment Printing Office and to the severul commissions, etc., not directly responsi ble to any one department'. Ot this number 5,4*0 are clerkships drawing salaries ranging from SOOO to SI,BOO. which are included in the classified service, ap pointments to which can only he made from among loose who pass a civil service examination. The remainder includes officers appointed by the President, cbiet clerks and otiiers, whose salaries exceed SI,BOO per annum; persons receiving sal aries ranging from SOOO to SI,BOO, but whoso employment is of a special charac ter and is excepted from examination; copyists, messengers, laborers aud others whose salaries are below SOOO, and em ployes who do not receive annual salaries, but are paid by the hour, day or month. ll is this contingent who are the most nervous and who show the greatest ap prehension that they are to lose their official heads. Those wiio are in the classified service are, as a rule, confident that they wilt not be removed, except for cause, which, ot course, is a fate as likely to come under a Republican as a Demo cratic administration. Every member of the Cabinet bas given assurance that their actions toward the removal of office holders coming under the classified ser vice will t*e solely for cause, and so far t here is do good reason to believe hut that they mean what they say. A DEMOCRAT OF THE DEMOCRATS. Third Auditor Williams prides him self on being “a Democrat of the Demo crats.” The clerks in his bureau have been in a constant state of terror ever since his appointment. It left to himself there is not much doubt but that Wil liams would turn every Republican under him out of office, and fill their places with Democrats the next morning. He is held iu check, however, and is not especially dangerous, although he is making it lively for the Re publican clerks iu the bureau. A day or two ago Mr. Williams sat in his office wondering how he could “turu'ttie rascals out.” Hin eve rested on the portraits of Grant and Wilson, which have adorned the walla for many years. Ringing his hell energetically he ordered the messen ger to take them down and store them away. Mr. Williams is an Indiana pa triot. HOW THE PRESIDENT SPENT SUNDAY. President Cleveland attended a meet ing of the delegates to the Convention of Charities and Corrections at Dr. Sunder land's church this evening, aud was an attentive listener to tho speeches on prison reform management delivered by Secretary Rounds, of the Prison Associa tion of New Y'ork; Capt. G. H. Brock way. Superintendent oi the Elmira (N. Y\) Reformatory: ex-Gov. Anderson, of Ken tucky, und Dr. Byers, of Ohio. The President did not drive out Uwiay, but in the afternoon took a walk down the avenue as far as Ninth street, where lie got on oue of the open street cars and returned to the White House. HE SAW WASHINGTON’S FACE. It hardly seems possible that there should lie a man yet living, who would even profess pi remember having seen vv ashingtou’s face, but there is, and what is still more curious, he professes to have seen it only about fifty years ago. It is W. 11. Burgess, of Alexandria. He says that he was employed in 1836 as a laborer to assist in building tne tomb at Mount Vernon, and in removing the bodies of George ami Martha Washington from the old to the tew tomb. “1 waa but a lad.” he said, “and remember this was atiout my first piece of work. When the vault was completed I assisted In removing the bodies from the old tomb to their pres ent resting place. It wus decided to open Washington’* coffin, and when it had been conveyed to the new tomb the lid was raised. A number of people were present and stood in breathless silence while the workmen extracted rusty aorews. When the top of the coffin had been lifted I looked in. The body was apparently per fectly preserved. The features of the lace were complete, and there was nothing to Indicate the length of time Washington had been (lend. The exposure to the air, however, bad its immediate effect. In a minute <>r two the body suddenly col lapsed and shrank into an almost unrec ognizable form. Giber than this my re collections are very indistinct. Ido not remember how tho body was dressed, or anything further about it. The features, as I remember them, were like pictures 1 have seen.” Mr. Burgess is now a wtiite himed man 71) years Of age. Pension Agent uf Knoxville. Washington, June7.—Tiu Post says: “Robert Taylor will to-morrow bo ap tminted Pension Agent at Knoxville, Tenn., vice K. li. Gibson, suspended.” A Tern* Hunch Isiticd On. Galveston, Tkx.,Jiiii* 7.—A dispatch from ban Angelo says: “The Knicker bocker ’ranch, near here, owned by Urwel, Tweedy A Reynolds, was evlod upon yes terday by N. A. Morgan, of New York, to satisfy a claim of $65,000. The mortgage under which possession was taken em braced 22,000 acres of land and 28,000 sheep.” SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1885. HIVINGTu SEIZE A BANK. HOW AN ASSIGNEE'S ATTORNEY FAKED IX DAKOTA. He Is Unceremoniously “Fired” Oat by the Depositors of the White Lake Bank for Interfering With the Cashier —The Depositors Paid In Full and the Key of the Hank In the Cashier's Pocket. Mitchell, Dak., June 7. —A lew days ago the Bank of Mitchell closed its doors, and the assignee is ready to report, but the depositors are figuring with the Presi dent for a settlement without the routine of the court. Air. Huyson, cashier of the White Lake branch, when ordered to close his bank, refused, and said he had no funds belonging to the Mitchell Bank, but, on the contrary, the Mitchell Bank owed the White Lake Bank $11,690. He further said that money belonging to his White Lake depositors would not and should not be swallowed up in tho Mitchell Bank failure. On Saturday Judge Wulfing, attorney for the assignee, went to White Lake to take possession, and was informed that he could not enter the batik. He posted a notice that the bank was closed, but Cashier Huyson and Assistant Cashier Ryan were present with their depositors and tore off the notice and proceeded to open the bank. They posted guards at the entrances and began paying off their depositors, whereupon Judge Wulfing leaped over the counter and ordered a halt. Ryan then informed the crowd that a trespasser was inside the gate. No sooner were the words uttered than the attorney was pitched over the counter and out into the street. Huyson continued to settle with the depositors until the last one was paid in full. He then locked the bank and is now carrying the key in his pocket. A FIGHT WITH BIG BEAR. Capt. Steele Man Three Wounded au the KuuHKnieut at Two Lakes. Fort Pitt, June 7.—Capt. Bteele, with seventy mounted scouts and police, had an engagement with Big Bear at Two Lakes, fifty miles southeast ol here, yes terday. The report says iie eame upon the Indians in the morning, as they were striking camp, and he immediately at tacked them. Finding their front too strong he executed a flank move ment, killing the Indians in the rear, and driving them in disorder across a small creek, where he was unable to follow on account of his small force. The Indians numbered fully 250. He saw no signs of any prisoners. During the fight Capt. Steele sent Inter preter McKee with a flag of truce, hut as he advanced he was tired on. He got near enough to lie heard, and called out to Big Bear in the Indian tongue, but the chief replied indistinctly. McKee then said: “If yon will deliver up our people we will cease firing.” The Indian re plied: “We intend to clean you out.” Steele’s lobs was three wounded. VIRGINIA VIG Hi ANTES. Threatening Letter* to Prevent an In vestigation Into Terry’s Lynching. Lynchburg, Va., June 7.—Several prominent lawyers and a newspaper here have received letters purporting to be written bv the secretaries of the vigilante associations of one hundred in Amherst, Bedford and Rockbridge counties, warn ing them against defending criminals or publishing am thing about the late lynch ing in Bedford under penalty of alike fate. The members ot these associations profess to be upholder* Of law ill the place of in efficient courts and jurors, but are be lieved to be members ot the mob that lynched young Terry, who are trying by threats to prevent ah investigation. BASK BALL. Some Changes in the Kales of the Americau Association. Philadelphia, June 7.—There was a special meeting of the American Associ ation base ball clubs held in this city this afternoon. President McKuigbt pre sided, uud every club of the association was represented. Rule No. 23 ol the playing rules was altered, removing ail restrictions from the pitcher in the manner ot delivering the ball. The foul bound was abolished to make a put out. The ball must lie caught on the fly. The home club, instead of the umpire, will decide whether or not the ground is fit to play upon. These changes take effect at once. Is Nho a Democrat or a .Mugwump? Cleveland, June 7.—A middle-aged motherly-looking woman, Mrs. Mary Cul len. was taken into custody to-day for in sanity of a peculiar type. She imagines that she was elected M ayor of the city lor four years at a salary oi $12,000 a year, hut her husband wants to draw the salary and compel her to make all the appoint ments. Hlie objected to this, she says, and her husband had her arrested. Now stie wants to resign the important office. The woman also imagines that she is wealthy and has four trunks full of silver in one bank. She believes that a numiier of men are digging beneath her house for a place to manufacture money. Drowned in the Delaware. Trenton, N. J., June 7.—This after noon a man named Nicholas Cook and u boy named l’hlillp Wise were drowned in tbs Delaware river near this city. They were iu a sail Hunt when the mast broke, striking the boy and knocking him over board. The man jumped Into the water to save his companion, but the latter wound his arm about the neck ot his would-be rescuer and both sank. A Desperado Killed, Chattanooga, Tenn., Juno 7.- A special front Tracy City, Tenn., says that John Manning was shot and killed to-day by a desperado named Frauk Taylor, while playing cards. Taylor then fled, but was pursued by the Bheriff and a posse. He rest,.ted arrest and was shot dead In a running fight. WUmlngG.ii'* Municipal Election. Wilmington, Dei,., June 7. Complete roturns from the municipal election show that Rhoades, Dcm.. was elected Mayor tiy 425 majority, and Foray, i>ein„ President of the Council by 514 majority. B alking Match in Haltitnoce. Baltimore, June? — A six-day go-as. you-pleiise walking match began at mid night. Among the contestant* are Hart, Noremac, Vint and Panobot, Tiie Divisions to lie Bottled IxHfDOW, June 7.—The SUimiard states that tho divisions In tbs Cabinet over the crime* act are In a fair wav of settlement. Ucn. Grant’s Condition. New Y'ork, June 7.—Gen. Grant suf fered tn#D pain to-day, but bis condition is otherwise unchanged. COLORED SUPERSTITION. Details of the Outrage on a Supposed Witch In Alabama. Gadsden, June 7.—l>. M. Gilbreath, a Justice ol the Peace for precinct No. 11, of Etowah county and Big Wills valley, eame in last Monday evening with nine negro men and three negro women, charged with the burning oi Saruh Mur phy’s house, beating her and dragging her titty yards from the house and leaving her tor dead. Sarah Murphy is a had, disreputable, indeed lewd woman, and is regarded as a witch by the superstitious negroes. Her testimony and that of her daughter, a 12 year-old girl, squarely proves that two ol the negro men knocked her down in the bouse, dragged her about fifty yards front the house aud left her for dead. Her bouse and all that she possessed was burned. Everything was found next morning charred and in ash“s. it seems that there was a very sick woman living near her house, aud some 20 or 25 of the neighboring negroes ruet there ostensibly for prayer and singing by request of the sick woman, and there tiie diabolical act was concocted. The evidence developes tho tact that ono l>r. (?) Slaughter, a negro faith doctor —a man of immense size and great, muscular strength—claimed that the woman, Sarah Murphy, had used her witchcraft upon this old sick woman, and that she could not recover until Sarah Murphy was put out of the way, and by suoli means in cited the poor, Ignorant, superstitious ne groes to aid him in committing tips foul deed. The case has been undergoing trial since Monday before Mr. Gilbreath and W. 11. Standifer as associate. The de fense is represented by Cols. J. 11. Dlsque, W. 11. Denson, J.L.Connitigbaiu, and the prosecution by Hon. W. L. Whitlock A Son. Tho case was decided this evening and all were bound over. A VALUABLE FIND. Unearthing *IB,OOO Worth of Dlatitumls Hurled by a Thief. Chicago, June 7.—According to a story made public here this morning, lawyer Frank C. Smith has at last been success ful iu discovering and digging up dia monds to the value of s*,ooo that were buried in Lincoln Park by a client, An drew J. Auderson, who in November was sent to the penitentiary. Anderson’s mo tive for hiding the jewels was the tear that they would betray him should he fall into the hands of officers. He described to his lawyer the spot where the package was buried, and m spileof lour failures on the part of the latter to find it, per sisted in declaring that the gems were there. A tew days ago Mr. Smith was at tho park, and from force of habit wandered down to the spot. There were a number of lumps of earth just as be had left them on a chilly December nmning. He care lessly kicked two or three of thrtlumps. They crumbled to pieces, ami from one of them rolled a small piece of brown paper. His hands trembled with excitement as he hastily unwrapped the paper and ex posed to view four large diamonds and a magnificent emerald. The jewels were still in their settings. The lawyer wrote at once to Mr. Walker, ol Milwaukee, to whose wife some of the gems are sup posed to belong. Mr. Walker has come on to Chicago to identity and claim his property. Anderson is said to be a mem tier of a wealthy familv in New York. CRYING FOB A HUsBAND. How an Tlonest Farmer Was Moved by His Daughter’s Copious Tears. Milwaukee, June 7.—Less than six months ago Charles Hamilton engaged to Farmer Caulson, in Winnebago county, as a farm band. Farmer Caulson has three hur.dKome daughters, a large ami well improved farm aud a good bank ac count. The younger daughter, Miss Nellie, lfi years old, learned to love the strong armed Hamilton, but. their fond glances across the dinner table were observed by Farmer Caulson, and Hamilton was was cast out front the fold. Miss Caulson followed him and they went to Jamesvtlle, 150 miles from their starting point. Here they passed several days, but were discovered, and Hamilton was placed under arrest upon a charge of abduction, iie was taken to Oshkosh, but yesterday the iron doors ol bis ceil were thrown open and there stissl before him Miss Nellie, her father and a minis ter. The tears and pleadings of Nellie had finally moved Iter father’s heart, uud Hamilton, instead of going to trial, went to the altar, lie now possesses a ehurming wile and a prospective interest iu an es tate worth not less than $200,000. ANEW CATHOLIC CHURCH. Dedicated in Hsmlsm te Yesterday with Imposing Cneioonte*. Randeksvillk. Ga., June -The and >d ication of the new Catholi"enuren, ;n t l’s place, occurred this morning witu imp >s ing and Holetnn oeremoute- The eci-vl. es were conducted by, and unib r '• dll c tiou of, Rev. H. P. Northrop, I. shot of Charleston, assisted by IP vs >■'. ( if erty, of Savannah; W. '■ of Augustu; A Me tally, of Savannah; I*. Wilson,of AlLm *. .; J. J. Mouogban, oi (Iro i .h Clifford Dalton, A. Semmes. (.:• . on, e well and W. A. McCarty, Macnuf .mi T. A. MoCowille, ol Milled’gev >li. Tne church, which Is aha dsooietmr lc structure, was built and p <d h r thtoi ;h the efforts of Father McCa. to j v, i • i is been In charge ol the Sumh .vi .i enn ; , li gation about two years, am is ••■it A) the town. Many people were preset ' • n nab, Macon, Augusta a is towns. THE CENTRAL A Marring* Causes a Plut <t II- Istt Leave for An is Macon, June 7.—Con <•]•,■> bo c n ment was caused here to- ir rlage of Mis* Minnie Her l " > • C J. Julian. Doth are well- j' (*■ c!< ty people. Mr. Ernost I’oschke, Hie * ,'ei. whose demise was reoorded ;.j> lav, v. s burled this afternoon. The Macon Ba.se Ball'Cl 1 t to-nl ht for Augusta, where they Wi play lfi e straight games. Killed by the A ia lies. Tombstone, Akl, JiO 7. < . I'. Nightingale, just arrived f ro ' Mn< •• I, honors, Mexloo, reports u < Am- m u miners—Fred Huntington I hr Met'ur tio nnd I’eter Palmer—uml l- tl. • kilted by the Apaches on . ay Hi- An Unprovoked 7 < d*r. Nw York, June 7.—1 > t sui t fireman in a Worth sti Ty s bouse, shot and killed tw .—*auiu to day. The murder was unprovoked. THK DOCTRiNK_t>F CHANCE A SINGULAR RESULT OF AN IN TERESTING G AME OF I'OKKIt. New Yorkers Leaving for Their Out-of- Towu Homes—The Composition of the Society of Manhattan—Au Old but Gueer Story About Kditor Uurlburt and n Fair of Trousers. New York, June s.—The death of Mrs. Charles Tracy, on Monday, calls atten tion to tho regularity with which tlioso New Yorkers who possess them seek their summer houses on the first day of summer. Mrs. Tracy was struck with apoplexy just as she boarded the steam boat which was to have taken her to he r country house in tha highlands of the Hudson. She died almost before she could be conveyed back to the house In Seven teenth street, which sho hud quitted in apparently good health not inuoh more than an hour before. Had Hie “insatiate archer,” Death, aimed his fatal shaft at all the New Yorkers who were going to their country houses oa Monday, there would lie mourning in scores, if not hun dreds, of wealthy homes to-day. Ami Monday was but the beginning of the end. Every daj ibis month will see those who can afford it quit, the hot, city for the cool country, an 1 by July 1 “every body”, will tie outed town. That is,every body that is anybody. The number, how ever, who will go away, even including those who go no further than Staten island and other resorts within a few miles ot the city hall, will Ire considerably less than 100,Ohio, while more than ten times that number will bo left behind, the larger part in unhealthy tone iuents, to await, it may be, the coming of cholera in discomfort and heat. Of the UK),000 who quit the city, the large proportion of the men are obliged to spend the day in their hot offices and places of business In town, and only spend the night, In the country. Few rich men even can shake the dust ol their feet on the hot city when summer begins, and pass the entire season of hot weather in cool places. Consequently Now York is very ueurly as lull of people when “everybody is out of town” as it is when the social season is at its height in winter. MRS. TRACY AND HICK HUSBAND, A LAW YER OF SOME REFUTE, who preceded her to the grave less than two months ago, illustrated how New York society is composed of contribut ions from all pails of the country. They originally lived in Utica, and so many other Utica people liesidrs them have settled in New York that one can g> hardly anywhere without meeting some body who lias something to do with Utica in some way or another. Of course, what is true ol Utica must be true of other places. The New England Society is proof that there are a good many descendants of Puritans hi re. The Tracy's, of whom there are two families, are reputable representatives of Utica. They claim to be descended from the De Tracy who wus one of the four murderers of Thomas a Beoket. Their social position is excellent. A daughter of Charles Tracy ts the wife of I’ierre pout Morgan, and it granddaughter of his brother, the late William Tracy, is the wife of Mr. Becket-Dennison, n wealthy Englishman. Considering lier sell descended trout one ol the murderers of Becket, Mias Lee must have noted the coincidence when bho took the name ot Becket-Dennison. An aunt of Mrs. Dennison, by the way, is the wife ot the brilliant Willlatn Henry Uurlburt, formerly editoi of the World. In England Mr. llurlburt hobnobs with lords and ladies, but in this country he is seldom mentioned in the newspapers, ex cept in connection with a mysterious pair of trousers which scandal says he stole from somebody. AN OLDER HARVARD MAN THAN MYHBLF who was proportionately nearer to Hurl, tiurt’s Cambridge career, told me lately that the scandal was as old as Huilburt’s college days. When at Harvard he was said to have stolen his chum’s trousers, and the story hits clung to him ever since. Mr. Dennison, when in this country, was quite horrified to discover in wlial bad repute tils brilliant relative by mar riage was held in his native bind. Speaking of scandal in connection w ith New Yorkers from Utica, I once met at a reception, at whieh some of the best fami lies in New York—such, for instance, as the Montgomery*,(who have an ancestor in the continental general who was killed at (Quebec ir. the Revolution, and wlm also claim descent from the Count de Mont gomery, who, by accident, killed Henry 11. ol France, in a mock tourney were rep resented, and was presented to a young woman, who announced that she had of ten visited Utica. 81ie also told tne who was her host on these occasions, but, as I did not recognize the name, 1 asked her if she knew Mias Doolittle. This w as just before that lady’s marriage to Judge Coxe, nephew of Mr. Conkling. Mv fair friend was net acquainted with Miss Doolittle, nor did she know Miss Seymour, niece of Horatio Seymour, uud half a dozen othe.' Utica ladies of less dis tinguished names. Now not to know these persons in a small town like Utica, where everybody knows everybody else, is to argue one-elf unknown, und ttds made me try to recall the name of my fair friend’s I'ti’ca host. I FINALLY RKCOLLKCTKD THAT lIK WAS AN IGNORANT MAN, whose wile’s father was a butcher who probably supplied tho Doolittles with meat. Could there be a better Illustra tion of the sham society in New York? Here was a woman at ono of the best houses in this city, who, when in Utica, sojourned with the butcher, the tinker and the candlestick maker. Mrs. Coxe may meet gome day at a New York re caption tie guest of her butotMr’l daughter. I wonder how many butchers’ daughters, as well as their guests, go Into New York society. Tfeou UMBO must be legion, I fancy. Apropos to real or al leged descendant* of historical js-rsonagea of centuries ago a local psjicrnr last Bundur said that one of the members ol the Yale graduating class is a de scendant of u son of iletirv IV., ai.il Mine, de Main tenon I In other words, that he is descended from the son ol a woman who never had a child by a man who died about half a century before the childless woman was born, fcven If Henry IV. was named by mistake for Ixtuls XIV., Mme. de' Maintenon's childlessness would render the Yale's senior’s claims somewhat apocryphal. IT IS WONDERFUL HOW. WHEN IT WILL RESULT In something disagreeable, the doctrine of chances is violated. A story is told here of a Nsw Y'orker, when playing poker on an Atlantic steamer, becoming re duced to a rare coin which was worth SSO), as there were but two others ot the same kind in the wide, wide world. He staked it as $5, reserving the right to redeem it, if lost. He raked la the next pot, but whan he value to count bis winnings the coin was not to be found. Tbs other flavors, with | one exception, consented to be searched, and as the coin did not come to light, the man who rofused to he searched was natu turally considered guilty of pocketing it. He was consequently sent to Coventry the rest ot the voyage, and tho American colony in Londou, when the story reached it. turned tho cold shoulder to him. After liis return to this city the loser of the coin called on him with an apology. He had mechanically put the coin in a little used pocket on tiist getting it back at tho card table, and forgetting all about it had not found it lur a lung time. Hisexplanntiou was accompanied with tho addition that it the other had been a little less huffy, and .had consented to be searched, the disagreeable consequences wliieli resulted from his refusal would have been avoided. “On the contrary,” was the reply, “they would have been more disagreeable than they wore. lam the possessoru>f one of the other two coins like yours, and hud it with mo at the time!” When one considers the many millions of millions of chances there were against the owuor’s of two out ot three coins in existence meeting on the same steamer in such a way that disagreeable results followed, one is tempted to think that some mischievous sprite sometimes has a hand iu the government of the universe. so hiink, at least, the members of the Joseph Jefferson Company, which played in Brooklyn a week or two ago. Tiger, a dog belonging to the manager of the Brooklyn Theatre, bad a grudge against them for some dogmatic reason, and he made a raid on their street clothes, which they lelt in the green room when they went on tho stage. Be chewed up all their hats and tore their clothing more or less to tatters. As they slunk to their lodgings in their tattered garments they looked like tramps tlmt had tackled the wrong customer. Tiger hiul reason to re pent of his exploits, as be devoured much ol the tobacco which he found in the poun ds of some of the coats, und it mudu him correspondingly sick. Have you heard the advertising trick of the actor Curtis, of “Sum’l of Boson” fame. He gots the local newspapers to announce him as a purchaser ot property in ttie towns where he plays, if ail these announce ments are true, ho must be the largest real estate owner in the country. D. A MAN'S LEG ON EIRE. A lircatllolu lliirnoil lu it Without 111 m li IIOWlFlIlfl). Cincinnati, Juno 5.— A peculiarly ludicrous accident befel Sol Martin us he was driving out to tho l.atouin race course yesterday. He, in company with an Interesting companion, was prooeed - leisurely to the course, enjoying the inw •it'lll weather and flue scenery on the way. I 'consciously Mr. Martin dropped a cigar w l *ioh he had been smoking on the lap robe, and was not apprised ol the fact until a very plain smell of smoke ami limning cloth was distinguishable In the atmosphere. Both occupants of the fiuggy noticed the smell, hut did not in vestigate closely until blue wreaths of smoke were discovered rising from the lied of the buggy. A hurried examination then discovered the fact that the lighted cigar had set fire to the lap-robe and Mr. Martin’s trousers, ind that a big bole was fust being burned in Mr. Martin’s leg. The two at once or ganized themselves into au amateur firo department, nnd very quickly extin guished the smouldering fire. But the flames that were consuming his leg were not so easily subdued. The contents of a bottle were poured out Hi no purpose, and then the horse, which was becoming frightened, was stopped, and the useful member was dipped several times in a watering trough which was conveniently at hand. Mr. Martin wears a cork leg. The wet ting did not. impair its usefulness, and be was able, notwithstanding the scorching it had received, to walk from the grand stand to the pool shed several times. WHY blip? KILLED HER LOVER. Petitioning Governor to Commute a Girl’s Death Heutence. From the Now York World. Newport, It. 1., June s.—Annlo E. Cutler, the young woman who lies in tho Philadelphia jail under sentence of death for the murder of her lover, William H. Knight, belongs in this city, where her mother resides and hold* a respectable position In the community. Mrs. Cutler ami her daughter came here from Lynn, the former now residing on Fllntore place. Hite is a member of the School street Bap tist Church, and has the confidence and esteem of all her friends nnd neighbors in and oukof the church. She brought up bur fatherless daughter with scrupulous cure and educated her well. About three years ago Knight cainu here for the summer. A party of young people took a moonlight drive around the Ocean Drive oue evening, and Annie met young Knight. From that time during the sum mer the young oouple mot frequently, and bolorc Knight left for Philadelphia they had bocomo engaged. Nut long after tho parting Knight lie gun to wrlto to his fiancee, urging tmr to go to I'hiludelpliia and prepare fur their wedding. His appeals were so earnest and so persistent tfiat at last Annie con sented, but on her arrival there she dis covered tlmt they were not In n position to marry, and accordingly sho look a posi tion in a family, who became much at tached to her. There she remained for nearly three years, giving Knight the hulk <>f her salary, no promising that he would add to it and prepare a home tor her. In March last Annie discovered that Knight, having Udtuyed another woman, had been compelled to marry her. She then shot Knight In broad daylight and upon the public streets. Affidavits are now being prepared setting forth the alsive laets and stating that the girl, who in now only 22 year* of age, has always licen of a good moral character and of a most amiable disposition. A petition to the Board of Pardon* j* Is.dng signed. Mr. J. Murray Ht-eor, formerly editor of tho Primneri’ rfietid, is ber coMtaotlitg the arrangement* for tho lot-warding of a pe tition to the Governor of Psnnsyivauln, asking that the sentence of death he com muted. Mina Cutler ia most highly spoken of here. Chtircß Corner-Stone Laid. VK'khiii kg, Miss., June 7- The cor ner-stone of St. Mary’s Episcopal church, colored, was laid this uiternoon with Masonic ceremonies. Notwithstanding the Intense heat a large crowd was present. Confbrence Adjournod. Rome, Juno 7.—The International San itary Conference lias adjourned line die. The delegate* will take a three days’ trip to Nap K-sat the expense of tire Italian Government. Italy’* Proposal Accepted. London, June B.—lt H rumored that Engl >nd aud France have accept*d the Italian modified proposal regarding the supervision of the Hue/ canal. j PRICK *• A VBA. I Ia CENTS A COPT. 1 HORRORS J.V CASHMERE. CONTINUOUS SHOCKS OF THREE HOURS’ DURATION. Whole Villages Engulfed ant! Boh terra nean Noises Driving *be People Fran tic w ith Fear-Thousands of Bushels of Drain Swallowed Up In theC'hasm* and Famine Added to Other Disaster*. London, June 7. —The earthquake shocks at Herinagur and other points in the Vale of Cashmere continue at Inter vals, averaging three hours in length. Whole villages have been engulfed, and terrible subterranean noises ate heard, driving the people frantic with fear. The horrors of approaching famine are added to the other results of the disaster, as thousands ot bushels of grain in store have been swallowed up in the chasms, which are constantly opening. THK NEWFOUNDLAND DISPUTE, Renewing; an Old Offer to Exchange One uf the Leeward Islands. Loudon, June 7.—Mr. Ford, late Eng. lislt Minister at Athens, has been sent on a mission to Paris in connection with the Newfoundland shore dispute. Prior to the fall of the Ferry Ministry tin agreement was nearly concluded with M.Ferry in ac cordance with which one of (be Leeward Islands was to lie ceded to France in ex change for the complete surrender by France ot her claims in Newfoundland, but the negotiations wer6 suspended on M. Ferry insisting upon retaining tho Bt. Pierre Miquelon group. Mr.Ford will renew tho offer of agreement. ENGLAND AND THE PORTE. The Former Wants • l’srmaunnt Gar rison at Alexandria. London, June 7.—Mr. White, the Eng isb Minister ad interim at Constantinople, is negotiating for theoonseutot theHultun to tiie establishment of a permanent British garrison at Alexandria. IT tho Porto assents tho evacuation of Egypt will bequl ikened. The aim of the English policy is to obtain security against the possibility ot occupation by any other power alter the English leave, and Pi maintain English dominion over Egypt and Uie Suez Canal. THE GERMAN ARMY. Drafting an Increase on tli I'omii.ff General Census. Mkui.in, Juue 7.—-The Imperial War Minister is drafting a plan for a large In. urease of the army, based upon calculated results of tiie coming general census. Tiie peace effective will tie raised from 118,000 to 4*0,000. Besides this two new butteries will iie added to* each corps d’arniee and two guns to each lmltery not mobilized, practically uugmeiiUng the artillery6o percent. Theoavuiryincrease has not yet been decided upon. Cholera in Mutlrid. Madrid, June 7.—lt is persistently re. ported Unit there have been some cases of cholera iu this city wtiich have been con cealed by the authorities. The death rate Irom cholera In Valencia hits doubled. People are alarmed aud are fleeing from the infected districts. Notwithstanding reports to the contrary, it is now absolutely asserted that there is no genuine cholera in Madrid. The Mayor of Madrid has issued a pro clamation ordering sanitary mua , ures in stables atul houses, and oflurlug gratui tous analysis of suspicious loud. Inspecting the Milltury Districts. St. PRTKKBBURffi, June 7.—The Grand Duke Vladimir lias started on a tour of inspection of the military districts of Russia. A scheme for the navigation of tho Aral beu and the River Oxus has been completed. The government gives a company the whole Aral flotilla, and the company un dertakes to provide transportation for U.OOO passengers and 100,000 pounds of cargo monthly. T lie Auicer Not \Ksiisslmiicd. London, June B.—The Iktily Leh-graph, states that there is absolut- iy no tounila-' tion for the report of the assassination ot the Ameer, and that the report wus tele graphed to the Bt. Petersburg A oeamt from Vienna and not from the Caucasus, as alleged. A Consul Recalled. Bkklin, June 7.—lt Is rumored that England has recalled Consul Kirk on the complaint of Germany. He wus engaged iu inciting the Sultan ol Zanzibar against Germany. Peace has been restored in the C&m roons. Protesting Against the Liquor Tax. London, June 7.—A mass meeting at tended by 4JKHI persons was held this evening to denounce the action of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in increas ing the duties on later amt spirits. Destruellvfl Hrc in Coimtaiillnof<lo, Constantinople, June 7.—Three bun dled houses, til ty shops aud three mosques in the Ktamboul quarter of this city were destroyed by lire to-day. One person waa killed and many wounded. A list rlii and flic Gougo. Berlin, June 7.—An Austrian exnedi. tlou to the Congo, commanded by Prof. Oscar l.unz, will nhII from Hamburg on June 30. The Austrian Geographical Society pay* tin- expenses. RiiNHtu Declines the Offer. Paris, June 7. --The <iunluU says Rus sla decline* all offers of AnuTicaus and Irishmen sent through the Russian .Minis, ter at Washington to equip a privateer licet against. England. Turkish Troop* to Halonica. Constantinople, Juno 7.—The Turk, ish Dovernm.'Ul lias sent 17,000 troeps to so ntca <m account of tho thrcateuing latitude of Russia on tho Bulgarian Iron Her. Condemning the Government. Madrid, June 7.—A large meeting of free trailers to-day condemned the guv crnmcul !<>r breaking off the negotiations with England lor a commercial treaty. 'ilie Reticle Retiring Buakin, June 7.—(t is report* 1 that tha rebels Iu the vicinity of Kassalu u Her. her nre now retiring owing to the lkuinii and small-pox. A French Mim-of-Wur L-<st. . I-ONHON. June The Free uMj-of. war Ucnard, with a crew of 9 ur?). la believed to have been founder jU i t ,<i Red Sea. / Miners' Bodies itecovm * I okDhn, June 7.-Thu bodie VH men entombed in Uie Durham m havg l M:eii recovered.