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4 VOL. XXVIII—NO. loll COLUMBIA, GEORGIA: TUESDAY MORNING, .ILLY ii, 1886. ’RICE FIVE CENTS m urvrn 11 nPI'lf'irW’V HIM I trouble occurred on a barge while it was Ilf- \ I* K \ l \ K ] opposite the workhouse Tm- excursion UDIJLHaL ULllULnll III bln I waa under the auspice? t .e telegraphers „ I of the city and on Boaro a gang who j made themselves particularly offensive to It is Discussed by the House in Committee I all. They began to quarrel of the Whole. General tiiriendN better Fxplainlna the turrets* is Expenditnres—The Bouse Inserting Names After the Bill t’snie Kroin the Henste—The House Adjourns Without Action on the Bill. wood drew a revolver and threatened to shoot them. SINGULAR CONFESSION OF MURDER. A Crime that Search Is Heins Xsde for by the Authorities. this country from Belfast, is held as a pris oner at the'Desplaines street police station his own confession that he murdered This .. „ qu I among themselves'and it Is believed Hny- woodlnterfered. He was Instantly attacked by eight men, one of whom used a knife, while the others seized a revolver and beat him with it. He fainted on the boat from the loss of blood, and when the steamer landed at the foot of Locust street, he pointed out a man named John Heck as the party who did the stabbing. Heck, : Robert O’Brien and Tony Neederweis, Jr., Washington, D. C., July 5, 1886.- were arrested as accessories. They say After unimportant preliminary business | they only defended themselves, as Hay- , ... ... cl ! wnnrt Hmw ti revolver nnn ThreAtenen to the house went into a committee of the whole (Hammond in the chair) on the general deficiency bill. In speaking to the clause relating to the pay of witnesses Springer caused to be read a letter from Attorney General Gar land to Senator Allison explaining that the increase of expenditures for these fees in 1886 was caused by the fact that there was a deficiency in 1885, and consequently a large amount of the business of that year was carried over to 1886. Also, owing to the prosecution of polygamous Mormons under the Edmunds act, and on account of the prosecution of offences arising under the general land laws, these were necessa ry and unforseen expenses and we ought not to take exception to an increase of ex penses on this account. While there has been a trifling increase of expenditures iu the matters indicated, yet there has been a large decrease of expenditures during the fiscal year just closed, as compared with the previous fiscal year. This de crease in all the deportments of the gov ernment amounted, according to the state ments of treasury officials, to $22,500,1)00. The new broom of this administration is sweeping clean and much better results may be anticipated for the ensuing year. A long, and at times ACRIMONIOUS DISCUSSION arose over an amendment offered by Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, appropriating $22,000 to refund taxes illegally collected from certain railroad eompanias, on account of a lien bond and stockholders, the amend ment was adopted. The clause ratifying and confirming the adjustment of salaries of postmasters heretofore made by the postmaster general persuant to the act of March 3, 1883, was ruled out on a point oi order. An amendment offered by Burns, of Missouri, striking out the entire appro priation for the readjustment $382,394 was adopted. Gibson, of West Virginia, caused some thing of a sensation by charging that Towushend and Cannon, members of the appropriations committee, had gone to How the Principal Cities Celebrated In dependence Day. N*i» Turk !n tlmUUi Atttr*—Vance and Tucker Speak ia Fercir nf free Trade and Caioe tireat Knthinlmnn—Kandall UuraH't Allude to the Tariff— Futilities Elaewhere. New York, July 5.—The 4th was cele brated here to-day with the usual noisy demonstrations, beginning at an early hour of the morning. The weather was fine, though warm. The display of flags ana bunting in the city was universal. Ex changes, courts, federal buildings, custom house and wholesale stores were all closed. A very large and enthusiastic assemblage attended the celebration at Tammany hall to-day. The chief speakers were Senator Vance, of North Carolina, ly hurt. John T. O’Malley, of the hook and ladder company, was severely cut In I the shoulder by plate glass. The origin of tile fire is a mystery, us all | the fire in the house was out. It is probably attributable to the 1th of July celebration. Locking The loss to the restaurant owner Is about | $6000, fully insured. The loss on the ; buildings about $10,000 partially insuled. i Down From the Heights. Kaaterskill The VirttiniH nanism. Fredericksburg, Va., July 5.—The ! annual regatta of the Virginia oarsmen I took place to-day. Thero was a large at- I tendance, but not the rush of last year j here. Racing filled in the morning, mostly between local animals. The regatta took ■ place in the afternoon. The first race, for four oared shells, be- [ tween the Patomacs and the Analostons, i mile and a half, the former won by two I lengths. i Second race, state single, mile and a half, | Thomas Armett, of Fredericksburg, beat , R. J. Toperty, of Norfolk, by three | lengths. | Third rnce, outside singles: S. A. Kenr- [ nay, of Washington, beat Litrell, of Fred- j Chicago, ILL., July 5.-Wm Harrison ^~ h sma ’Samuel J. Randal!: i Mbuig by leve^ lengths. ’ 9f Pennsylvania, J. Randolph Tucker, of * Virginia, and Congressman McAdoo, of New Jersey. Senator Vance took occasion to score civil Last race, heavy weights of Rappahan nock beat the light weights of Rappahan nock by eight lengths. self to Lieutenant Penzen yesterday is the story he told: “I was born in Belfast, Ireland, and am | now 27 years of age. Seven months ago I emigrated with ray wife to this country in j the steamship State of Nebraska. Weiaiul- : ed at pier 3S in New York city. Remain ing there five or six weeks we removed to Orleans, in the northern part of the state, | where 1 obtained employment at my trade as a machinist. HIS ACCOUNT OF THE CRIME. “One Saturday night about three months ?*?>' when I had revived my week’s wages, supremacy and aroused the wildest en- 1 drank a good deal and was in an ntoxi- i th £ giagm „ ettinK tlie band tc , p l ny both ' . ’ * “Parrv KsioV t/v Old Virplnnv” and The IVinorumn Which Hnde an Editorial Earnr- Mon Party Hold It* llronth and («aae With Awe—Bowlin? Merrily Along the Flat* of New Jersey—Mountains of All Sort* and Degree*. Hotel Kaaterskill, July 3.—When the polished villain In “Adonis” said, “Meet me on your mountain’s forehead in half an hour,” he did not refer to the brow of this hill. Six hours’ journey is required to reach this spot. One starts out in the heat of a broiling July morning from the redolent neighborhood of West Forty- second street,’ unless he prefers to go down town and begin at Jay street, from under the shndow of the black old gas works, so full of perfumed memories of Hunter’s Point. He glides out into the current of the Hudson on a modern ferry boat t rim med up with furnishings a la Mikado or Eastlake or some other authority on higii art. He is wafted gently across to the hts- ‘ Weehaw- llne rail- time to | his farm and which was so rapidly nearing completion. How to overcome the insur mountable difficulties which seemed to present themselves was the one question hi his mind. At length he had a happy inspiration. He would buy her. When he broached the subject to Mrs. Statterlee she received the proposition with fewer scrapples than he had expected. She appreciated his soli tude, and if she could not return hiB affec tions her gratitude would go a long way toward it. The question now arose as to whether the husband would make a rea sonable bargain. Mr. Thompson went to the house and broached the subject. Satterlee thought at first it was a joke, but when he saw Thompson waa in earn est he became serious and finally offered to sell his wife and children for $600. Mr. Thompson put down the cash at once. That night Satterlee left for New York and the woman and children aro now living with Thompson in comfort and happiness. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. v V three months 1 w score civil service reform as undemo-1 A foot race of five eighths mile in the . : hut, ‘ unbeautiftil shores of Wei ” u t^ril V ■ Villivererotic and unconstitutional, his remarks' mot.dug between W. <5. Hazard, of Fred-I l?" 0 --here he finds him^H in a fin A k°.- Hanison\oluntar > d , ; being enthusiastically received. He also re-! erieksburg, and professor Eagon, ot Wash-I ’ ’ t tj whir-ii he has not ti ferred briefly to the tariff, asserting that , ington, resulted In a victory for the former station, w men ne nas not it with free trade. New York would soon be I by three feet. the greatest city in the world. Randall | — ■ — spoke very briefly and made no reference to the tariff He’said that the prediction made in the campaign of“1884, that dem ocratic supremacy meant disaster, had been proved false.sinee the govern’ ’ent was now managed with greater eco..„niy than formerly. He spoke iu favor of home rule in Ireland, as did all the other speakers. Tucker made an outspoken free trade speech, prophesied eternal democratic ! stop and admire. | What is the stranger doing in this sta- j tion, and why does he start for the moun- 1 tain’s forehead at all ? Because he is on i this occasion one of what the announce ment describes as “A select editorial ex cursion of the New York press.” The Bra li if mi Kell! - r. Baltimore, July 5.—Geo. U. Porter, aged 02. editor and publisher of the Balti more “journal of Commerce,” and seere- __ tary of the board of trade, died suddenly [ stranger is happy. He knows'that there is cated condition when I reached home wife began to scold and abuse me in the presence of James Dolan, a fellow work-j man. She said Dolan was the cause of my drinking, and ordered him out of the i house. Dolan went and then my wife con tinued tho quarrel with me. Becoming I excited she suddenly picked up a wash basin and hurled it at my head. In my i drunken frenzy I then pulled out my re volver and shot her dead on the spot. Re- i alizing my awful deed I hastily fled from the house and town. For weeks I tvav- j eled from one state to another filled with remorse, and finally arrived here June 29. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” and Yankee Doodle.” Letters of regret were read from President Cleveland. Governor Hill, Mr. Tilden and many other promi- j uent democrats. Tiir Kunrth in Uicbnieml. Richmond. Va,, July 5.—The fourth was celebrated here to-day ntOTe generally than ! for many years. A great many business | houses closed; also many public offices, j Excursions and. picnics were numerous, j The colored military of Richmond, rein-1 forced bv companies from Norfolk, Ports- to-day at his residence in this city. Por ter had been connected with the eqtmner- ^ „„ „ cial interests of Baltimore since his early i business departments of the various manhood, and for many years and up to - - - ‘ to the time of his death, was the proprie tor of the exchange reading rooms. He tilled several important positions iu the city government with much credit, and for me, and I want you to notify him that the senate after the action of the house, I I have given myself up.” Mv remorse of conscience here became mouth, Petersburg, Fredericksburg.Lynch- burg anil \\ ushington. with two bands oi chief of police at Id bear. Captain Wiley, “““ I , ; “ ' “ V ii. Orleans, has been looking : music, paraded the streets land then pro- wa* universally respected. DETERMINED SUICIDE. Hemal-liable Letter Left by tlie Uieeiaed for Ilia Nearest Friend. Chicago, 111., July 5.—Richard Jones, an Englishman, forty years of age, who was considered in railway circles one of the most expert accountants in America, was found dead in his room at the Austin hotel this morning. On the bureau in his room was found a letter addressed to his friend, Charles E. Shaw. It ran as follows : Dear Charlie:—Goodwin promised to A Very Mr Snip I'Hy. •1) Fourth in the Metropolis Tlie ICiir- of Fireworks Frer Known in New York inserting the names of certain house em ployes upon the legislative appropriation bill, and had procured the reinsertion of the names by the senate committee. Cannon admitted that he had requested the senate committee to reinsert in the bill the names of two pages who had After the adjournment of Justice Scul ly’s court at Desplaines street, to-day, become al- ! arrested. from long experience most indispensable. He knew his privileges and richts as I a member and had nothing to apologize j for. Neither of the employes had been | employed on his solicitation. When tlie I legislative bill came back to the house he J had no doubt that it would accept the j amendment he had suggested to the seuat I committee. Townshend said the nanus of | the employes ItAD BEEN STRICKEN OUT oi the bill on a point of order made by one member contrary, us ie believed, to the wish of the vast majority of the member? of the house. Alexander .Stephens. 1 on his deathbed, had requested I him Townshend (to cause John dancer's I mime to be retained on the pay roll of i'h HIS APPEARANCE IN COURT. i. ‘; , Harrison was led into the dock. He said to the justice: “I am a murderer. I shot and killed ray wife in New York state, and I want to be ceeded to the state fair grounds, where a sham battle was fought in the presence of i --~i~ ,1.7, ui the Hudson sprei a very large crowd. Late in the afternoon | l«ve *3 th fa he borrow.e^from meat Urn ^ under th « e Sun , Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, escorted by his staff' in full uniform and mounted, went to the - grounds and reviewed the troops. The- ,,as going to be an excursion ; he is sure that it will be select, and he has hopes that the s papers have not calmly appropriated all the ■ tickets, and that hence it will be more or I leas editorial. He boards a train which an urbane breakman assures him is the right one, only to have another breakman come | along in'a few minutes and tell him it is , the wrong one. He tucks his wife under ■ one arm and his bundles under another, ] jumps out, and this time catches the right ! train. Then he settles down to read, glances around the car, and finds that just j seven-eighths of those who are reading j any papers arc reading the same one that | he is. Then he knows beyond all doubt ! that tlie excursion is select. The train bowls merrily along the peace- I ful flats of New Jersey, soon crosses the 1 state line, rumbles along until it reaches a | big hill, dives under it, and comes up like a refreshed swimmer above the brick kilns 'of Haverstraw and in full view of one of the noblest panoramas on earth. The Hudson spreads her broad, fair bosom and the stately brick hotel, but did not do so. Wa- * schooners go on to the ovens under the Harrison was led back down stairs and locked up pending inquiries. Captain Ward refused to allow reporters to interview the prisoner. Chief of Police Ebersold was notified of the man’s strange confession, and at once telegraphed to Orleans, N. Y., to learn particulars as to the truth or falsity of the story. No an swer has yc-t bttn received. governor made a speech in which he spoke | J?. 1 ?! - i’n complimentary and congratulatory mHS terms of the colored military of the state. At the Confederate Soldiers’ Home an artillery salute was tired and there was ; quite a pleasant jollification. The Phil Kearby post, G. A. R., by spe cial invitation from the R. E. Lee camp of nay Hallowed, between Sta sh. forty cents and Neufelt twenty-five ,-hii That, I think, covers my whisky . 1 will my carcass to some medical institute for them to try and find out why the mental and physical machinery of my system did not pull together. With kind regards to the boys, who tried so hard to I make a bad egg good, I am yours in death, as well a? in life. Dick Jones. TURF NEWS. . at Muintnuirli I'urk. Monmouth Park, N. J.. July 5.—There attendance at the races lunots ( _ point' First race, three-quarters of a mile; Pon- cause I tiao won, Little Minch 2d, Thackeray 3d; house as loug as he Townshend remained j to-dav, which was estimated to be larger in congress. And when Clancey's name than has ever visited the track. The track and that of Bacon, (a gallant Illinois , was fast and the starting very good soldier , had been stricken out on a of order, be had determined to them to be restored it it were in | time 1:55}. ... ,, his power. Gibson resented the I Se-otid race, for two-year-olds, three- idea of interference with the senate in a ! quarters of a mile: Lajuine won, Agnes _d. matter of this kind. He had no ill-will ; Bessie June 3d; time 1:15b against these employes, and if ail agreed j Th he would, to.morrow, introduce a resolu- ! aana — , tion oroviding that their names be placed . Fourth rac-e; for three-year-olds, one and upon the roll of tile house employes. After | a j la -f miles; Inspector B. won, Quito _d. concluding the consideration of id) but ten ! Winfred 3d; time 2:40. pages of tbe bill the committee rose, and ! Filth race, one and one-quarter miles, the house, at 5 o’clock, adjourned. confederate veterans, were present, and participated in the festivities. The (I'loliratiiin in I’liilailrltihiii. Phtladelrhia. July 5 —Incfependenct. day was entirely given up to enjoyment by Philadelphians! All business houses and factories were closed. The streets in tin- business portion of the city were almost entire'.v deserted. Great crowds of people spent the day in the park, and steamboats and railroad trains were crowded with ex cursionists to neighboring towns in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. A notable feature of the day was the great number of private picnic parties in the E ark, an independence day- custom which as been rapidly Beside the latter lay an open phial which had contained one-eighth of an ounce of the sulphate of morphia, and it told the story of the man’s death. He had made •wo' previous attempts to take his life—one in Montreal and the other in this city last Christmas. At various times he was con nected with the Canadian Pacific, the Chi cago. Burlington and Quincy and the Mich igan Central railway company. He was in the employ of the Central Traffic Associa- . tion at the time of his death. He was a hard drinker and had been on a spree for the last week. Tlie tin) in Wiishiiiutun. Washington. July 5.—Independence day was celebrated here very quietly. The departments were all closed and all the business houses gave their clerks holiday. The association of the oldest inhabitants met in accordance with their usual cus tom, and after listening to the reading of ctcd growing here for several years. The' mayor’s proclamation forbid ding the firing of pistols and crackers was strictly observed, and the nuntbtr of pow der accidents reported to the police were . , .. . >,| i- u , very few. and not one alarm of fire was 2d, Joe Cotton 3d;’ time 1 A3. ’ G sent to the fire department during the day. Tlie Kvnit in Fhiirliistiiii. Charleston, July 5.—The fourth of July was celebrated here to-day by a parade of the colored state troops, a civic procession by the colored societies and a target prac tice by the white military. There was a general suspension of business. All public buildings were decorated with national flags and fully 10,000 people attended two base ball games between the Augusta and Charleston clubs. Ultimatum 2d, Politico 3d; Favor won, time 2:13. Sixtli race, seven-eights of a mile, Miss Daly won by a length, Witch 2d. Musk 3d; time 1:31. Seventh rnce, sseeple chase, full course, Abraham won, Pickett 2d, Pat Dennis 3d, time 5:11. epet: iiigthe “Star Spangled Banner.’ officers for the ensuing year. This eve ning there was a display of fireworks on the monument grounds, witnessed bv fullv 10,000 people. NEWS FROM SAVANNAH. Hon the Fourth of .'ill; mis Celi'tiratH—Full for ii Bellioenitlr Musi,Meeting. Special to Enocikkh-.Si n. Savannah, Ga., July 5.—The Fourth ot' July was quiet here. Tlie annual regatta of the Savannah Yacht Club took place at Montgomery. The attendance was large. Irene won the first class, Gertrude the fourth and L'neas the fifth. The democratic executive committee met to-night and called a mass meeting of the Chatham county democracy to be held at the theatre on Monday I2tli, to nomi nate delegates to the gubernatorial congres sional and senatorial convention. The Chatham artillery celebrated the Dnurth at Rose D’hu. The rifle contest, 200 yards, was won by W. Y. Miller, ami the cannon contest, iooo yards, by A. t. Harmon. Till' Knees at ( tlieilao. Chicago, July 5.—Tlie weather was tine, but quite hot. The racing was first-class, the time very fast and the attendance larger than ever seen on a race track in this country. Everything passed off with out accident until tlie steeplechase, in which M. Daly was slightly injured. it was regretted that several horses fell, as it would otherwise have been a fine race. First race, three-fourths of a mile,Mango won, Ira F„ Bride 2d. Truant 3d: time, 1.17. Second race, U miles; Voiante won, Buchanan 2d, Myrtle 3d; Time 2:381. Third race, 11 miles; Ed Corrigan won, Pure Rye, 2d, Silver Cloud 3d. Time 2:09. Fourth race. 1 mile: Yirgie Harue won. Helianthus 2d. Handv Andy 3d. Time 1:42b Extra race, 1 mile: Rozier won, Jim Nave 2d, Boot Black 3d. Time 1:41b Fifth race, i mile heats, best three in five, 1st heat; Gleaner won, Ailee 2d, Sovereign Pat 3d. Time 1:15. Second heat, Gleaner won. Ailee 2d, Sovereign Pat 3d. No time. Third beat, Gleaner won. Ailee 2d, Sovereign Pat 3d. Time 1:1; Extra We t icier 3d. Nothin A Fatal Fourth. Indianapolis, Ind., July 5.—This lias been a fatal fourth, although the casualties have not been even remotely caused by the celebration of the day. Edward L. Palnn-i. a young man afflicted with epilepsy, fell from a freight train in a fit and received fatal injuries. Fred Kellisli, a farmer, drove in a river to wash his wagon and was swept off by the current and drowtn d. J. D. Connor, stepped out of the way of a moving train on the union tracks only to be knocked under the wheels of om ap proaching in an opposite direction and p roach killed. A DISASTROUS FIRE. tra race', steeple chase, full course; ington won, P.ory O’More 2d, Chnu- A Chiotiro Hotel (.ulti'it In the Fiiinws mul I . Lilt's Lust. Chicago, July 5.—Fire was discover' in the rear of'.he basement of the vesta rant .if Burkley A Milan. 102 and 104 Soul Clark street, by the watchman of K, M.l '.Il'.o. i dime museum, about 4 of RUDELY BROKEN UP. A Squall of t’otirriiii'ii Stop a Fork Vie lit .mil Mato* a \ uni her of Arrests. i Philadelphia, Fa., July 5.—While a cock fight was in progress in a field in tlie extreme southern portion of the city to day, forty policemen with officers of the i society for the preveutatiou of cruelty to animals, rushed upon the scene and ca]e tured twenty seven men, thirteen game cocks and a quantity of other parapher nalia. There was lively scampering across the field when the officers made their ap pearance, but very few escaped. One ' chicken lay dead in the pit. The prisoners ! were taken before a magistrate who fined three of them, the principals. $20 each and costs, and the rest $10 each with costs. ; Eight of the men could not raise the amount required and were sent to prison. Fiml'iii'l. result of the parliamentary elec tions. London. July 5.- The following parlia mentary candidates have been returned without opposition: W. .1. Lane, Parnell- itt. Cork; J. Finnegan, Pnrnelliti'. Lime rick: D. Reiley, Parnellite, Mayo; John O’Uonuor, Parnellite, Tipperary; John Hooper, Parnellite, Cork; T. jSexton, Pur- ellite, Sligo: John E. Redmond, Parnell ite. Wexford: E. Harringston, Parnellite, Lorry; -M. Harris, Parnellite, Gal way: — ('ex. Fnrnellite, Claim; D. ' C. Turner, Parnellite, Cork. In Northampton, Labouchcre and Brad- laugh, (iladstonian 0 ,were elected over Tu: - nor. unionist, and Lee. conservative. Thus far Braillaugh is tin. only candidate who has polled more votes than at tlie last election. Up to 10 o’clock to-night the to tals of the members elected are 156 lott- servatives, 80tmioi i'-ts. 60 Gladstoniuns and 20 Parnellib-. fne eonrervatives have hi A- liwk giimei: :. the (,laib its, t!i. this morn ahm i: tn r idclili' Murili'r mul A:ti-ni|it> <1 sui.'i.h-. Chicago, July 5.—A special from Monti- cello, Ills., says: A farmer named Wild- man, residing in Unity township, of this county, yesterday murdered his wife and then tried to commit suicide. He made several gashes in his throat, narrowly missing the arteries, and rinding himself still alive he forced the knife upwards into his mouth, splitting his tongue. Some time since Mrs. Wildman. by the death of a relative, fell heir to $12,000. She did not regard her husband as the proper cus todian and so willed it to their children. The murder grew out of these facts. After the murder he sent one of his small children to a neighbor with a message that his mother was dead, and that he 'the murderer) could be found at the barn. Then he began butchering himself in the manner above stated. At last accounts he was suffering intensely, and his wounds will probably prove fatal. He had previously borne a fair reputation. An I ii fur Badly Fscil. St. Louis, JulyB.—G. M. Haywood, an ex-striker and knight of labor, but now conneited with the Furlong detective agency in the capacity of informer, be came ’ involved in a row on the steamer Mary M. Michael late last night and teas out seven times and kicked until imeon- fli-ir... ") much as if t!„- at- uui.... pien.vmLded. The A Suim New York, July 5.—Li Ilau, a despon dent Chinaman, about 30 years old, com mitted suicide yesterday in a peculiarly tragic manner. Tie had formerly run a laundry oil Sixth avenue, but tlie establish ment did not pay, and he sold it out and went out of business. Yesterday, at 9:30 o'clock in the morning, lie called at the laundry of Ah Hung, his cousin, on the ground flour of the tenement No. 628 Sec ond avenue, and there met Ah Hung and Alt Posey, ltis assistant. He was in a very despondent frame of mind, as he had no money, and had been unable to obtain work! While there he went into an out building in the back yard, Ashe did not return search was made for him. He was found lying in ten inches of water in the vault of the outbuilding with a gash across his throat. A very sharp butcher’s clea ver was found on the bottom of the vault. It was evident that Li Hau had cut ltis throat with this weapon and then jumped into the vault. t Spl'l n me fill m Til Raleigh, N. (’., July 5.—To-day in South C'atolina, two miles from the North Caro lina line, a white man named Quick, while quarreling with Wliecler and Allison Jacobs, was killed by the latter two. They immediately surrendered themselves to the authorities, claiming that tlie killing was done in self-defense. A white man named Dobbin, a deaf unite, was run over and killed by a train niar Alpine this morning. is miuiiMi;- The fire rapidly com be elevator,and by means the floors of tin buildnii short time. The sii.ok" ii from the rear to . :u- front, and wore pouring out of a!! the windows by the time the ilep.r 1 - ment arrived oh the ground. The seem .!, third, fourth and fifth floors of the Imii.'- ing are occupied by the Benton hob 8 which was fitted up as a cheap lodging house. The upper floors were form, r'" used ns store rooms and were converted into hotel apartments by frame partition-, making a veritable fire trap in which over thirty-five people wire sleeping. A man named Charles Speech, of Evangeline county, rushed up stairs and aroused as many as he could by shouting anil pounding on the doors. Me was very soon driven out of the hotel by the smoke and flames. His efforts were 'rewarded by seeing ten nr fif teen persons leaving the him-e. One cut off from the stairway forced a skylight and came out on the roof. Another tried the front fire escape from the fourth floor, hut was driven to the roof. He was slightly burned. Another man rushed up from the rear tire escape and came dim n through another building. It was at first thought that ten or fifteen persons i 1 been burned to death, Ind subsequent, search by the firm: •• n revealed two dead bodies. Tiny wen both men of middle age, who hud been sleeping in a bunk. They were both found in ti. - middle of the room on the fifth floor, an I one was burned beyond recognition. T he other one was identified this .n.lining. Li lighting tin flames four firemen wit- fI- ion lets one its. The ti Mouth I itn •n onnditu-.b ed to quality it and ,-s inl ine station wild'. ;ae (• to smith n ill; During a fi St. Stephens Messrs. Ihiiif! Heitors anil a didate, were 1 >udgeon will sue the sheriff fi Gladstone writes a letter i says: " Ii is impns-ihle fin British i islation to proceed until the Irish questi is settled.' Green Division of Dublin nt, James and Sullivan, so •nts of the conservative cun -d b\ tin sheriff's unit r ul'. iell h A hhitlilt'i) V i-oi-l. JacKHDNVIU E. Fla., July 5. —TheTin.es- Union' special from Ctilur Keys says tin ting John Brightmau, Captain Hanson, of Full River, from Pensacola to Philadelphia, was water logged, dismasted anil blown ashore twelve miles south of Cedar Keys on the night of the 30lh ult. sin- Install her rigging, boalsanddeck load. A marine survey will be held to-morrow. The brig lies it! a dangerous position. Ill-III It ml in a I II ion Wniris. Pittsburg, July 5.- The puddlt rs em ployed at Everson's rolling mill at Stock- daie, Pn., have refused to return to work to- morrow unless the firm grant the amal gamated seiile. The puimlers are non union n H A i from i bn .•on paid. md union waa ill Flllnl. . July 5.- ys thatth ! ructions • of $400 A telegram hill. The tug scents the barge afar off and ! snorts its jov.The preen slopesrise in silent | beauty on either side of the placid waters, ’ and the sky is full of the soft haze of a hot July day. Away rushes the train. The j cars riiie easily, and if it was not for the dust, which must be expected after so i much dry weather, people would say ! that the' West Shore road was abso- i lute perfection. Then comes West ! Point, and the Hudson's most lovely charms are laid bare to admiring eyes. Old Crow Nest, filled full of bomb shells from the 13-iuch mortar and 450 pound shot from the IB-iueh guns down at the seacoast battery, looms up anil smiles peacefully at Breakneck. The excursion people smile peacefully also, except those who have neglected to bring their dusters along. Cornwall, meeting at the foot of ! the tall hills; Newburgh, busy with its miniature commerce; Poughkeepsie, sug gesting all kinds of memories of young la dies charged with electricity and satin, are passed. Three hours after leaving Weekawken the train slides into the union station at Kingston, anil a welcome voice informs the. excursion-goer that this is a place where he may eat. He eats and then boards a new train, this time on the Ulster and Delaware road. Such a time as that train has doing the first half dozen miles of iis run no one can describe. It is uphill work, and the engine puffs and groans like the fabled Sisyphus trying to roll the stone up the hill in Hades. One hour’s ride over a good road brings tlie traveler to Phoenicia, where he can see mountains of nil sorts and degrees all around him. Once more he changes cars. This time he gets into a train that has a familiar look. He expects to hear some one call out, “This train does not stop at Sheepshcnil Bay," but no one does. It is not a Coney Island train, though the ojien ears anil small engine look lik- it. Th is train is on tlie Stony Clove ami Catskill Mountain road. It is well named. The train climbs steeu grades, rushes along the brink of precipitous hills, spins across stony bottomed, foaming streams, twisis around the liases of towering, green, wooded slopes, and has an aerobatic time of it generally. Some of the deep ravines through which it passes, with the great, silent mountains standing in kingly dignity on either side, are filled with a lovltness and solemn liemit,; that would have de lighted the heart of Shelley. Finally, as Ine sun is sinking behind the western slopes, gilding the olive summits to burn ing gold and softening the deep brown shadows to a royal and marvelous purple, tlie train, booming along one side of a deep anil wide hollow, on the other side of which rises a majestic peak, rolls into Kaaterskill station and all hands change ears for the last time. This change is into big carriages, which slowly, and painfully toll up the brow of the mountain with their loads. The stranger is carried gradually around through the woods, iv e. - a good mountain road. lie sees nothing but the mountain opposite, for trees and shrubbery are in Ids way. until a little bend and rise in the road bring into his view the wonderful pan orama below. Me holds his breath, he turlis faint; I'ora moment he cannot look at it. He feels as if he were suspended in midair, and all that sea of golden grain and erdant foliage cut by a silver thread, that is the Hudson, weru calling for him to fail down ami bury liimsi If in the glorious beauty. It is indescribable; it is sublime, and tin.I is wlmt the stranger looks at with awe from his airy perch in the lintel Kaati rskill.t hat seems lifted up toward the heavtiis and out of the great silent world that lies so far below. The editorial excursion has reached its destination. It is not all here. Fragments of it will come later this evening. That portion of it which is here is not saying much, but is doing a heap of thinking! Ituytnir n Family. Ellis Thompson, a wealthy farmer living about a mile ironi here, nas purchased a wife anil two children, and is now living with them in a new house handsomely fur nished. Kate l.’arson, a Red Rank girl, was 5 years ago -ought after by Thompson, then 40 yniis old, and a young man named Hiram Satterlee. Hatterlie won the girl and mar ried her. They lived, until a week ago. in a litth house along the railroad, near Dell laki . Satterlee was employed on the New York and Lung Brumh ror.il, but intem perance has ruined hint and lie has given Imt scanty support to his family. I..it"l;, Thompson saw how poor the finely w e al'd how tin woman he loved was being iil- N. Y.'Times. It is a very unpatriotic man who doe» not rememlier that the extent of his in dulgence in fireworks on tho fourth of July in his youth varied largely with the flourishing or depressed condition of the “old gentleman’s” business, aud if the amount of fireworks already purchased this year is any sign of commercial pros perity then the biggest kind of a business boom has struck this country. At any rate it is high time for nervous maiden ladies and irascible bachelors to put cotton in their ears and seek some far secluded spots. Wholesale and retail dealers are too happy aud too busy to speak; the old apple woman has left the fruit trade to the Italians, and has taken a flyer in firecrack ers and torpedoes, and peddlers are block ing Greenwich, Fulton and Nassau streets with noisy novelties declared to be per fectly safe for any child over three years of age, while the improvident newsboy iB having a whole celebration slightly in ad vance of the appointed day with himself and a few friends on every accessible cor ner. The fire-works trade is said to be the big gest in the city. Many manufacturers arc inclined to grieve that they did not better anticipate the wants of the season. Some dealers reported themselves completely sold out. The trade is particularlv large iu the sale of the more expensive displays and set pieces. Private gentlemen in large numbers have ordered lots costing from $200 to $1000, which is something hereto fore unknown, and charitably disposed persons have purchased extensive exhibi tions to be sent to the various public and private institutions of the city. It is a sin- i guiar fact that lunatics are especially de lighted with fireworks, and the insane on ! Blackwell’s island, the Bloomingdale in sane asylum, aud many others are to be elaborately treated on Monday. Staten I island and Manhattan beach promise to carry off'the palm for explosive patriotism. To judge by the overtaxed efforts of the 1 express companies it would seem that Staten island is to be a pandemonium of noise by day and an island of tire by night under a sky ot golden rain, colored stars, revolving comets, and all the other wonderful names that belong to the no menclature of the trade. Every village- down there will be about as combustible as a powder magazine for the next few ; (lavs. The wholesale men say that tlie middle and eastern states are the most patriotic judged from their standard, that The west comes next, and the south last. Luckily for the trade this year the hotels i at all the summer resorts are engaging In a generous rivalry to eclipse or rather out shine the displays of their neighbors, aud the amounts disposed of in this way are enormous. Albany, Newburg, and New port, which last is to have a great celebra tion on Tuesday night in honor of the Twenty - third regiment of i Brooklyn, are quoted as among the ' most brilliant places for Monday. American fireworks are sent to ! all parts of t he world. The Indian depart ment has ordered large quantities this year Je society lias shipped whole ingo or the Niger, " that old reliable aud the Bible eases to India and the C' so that the daily trip o fireball, the sun. will be greeted all the way around. The Chinese m this ciVG how ever, scorn the use of American ttTC-QCTRfe* ers. and so they had imported a large quantity for their own use. They also dis dain shooting them i ff "tie at a time, but their big crimson cylinders come in pack- ages containing froth seventy to one thou sand. A long string is attached to each package, which is suspended, and then a fuse iirnitcs them all. Mutt and Pell streets will be very lively on Monday. Since the first anniversary of the fourth of July yankee ingenuity has made more improvement in the art of pyrotechnics than the Chinese in all the 4000 years since their alleged discovery of gunpowder, and this year is particularly prolific in popular novelties. Water fireworks are entirely new. There are flying fish and “diving devils,” which skip and dive and finally explode most beautifully. Flying pigeons on wire ‘200 feet long scoot through the air discharging stars forward and backward and at the same time having a rotary' motion. But the most amusing of all are balloons of aminal figures. These are very large and are made of strong tissue paper- in the shape of elephants, fishes and pigs. These are easily heated and are warranted to ascend a mile. The sky is expected to be full of these laughable shapes. Great ingenuity is expended on those cheap toys which the peddlers sell. There are three of these which contest the youthful favor this year -the bomb dart, the cup and ball, and the dynamite fiend. The bomb dart is a slender piece of wood with arrow wings at one end. Tire other end is loaded and covered with a movable sheet iron disk,which receives a mammoth cap. Tiie dart can then be accurately hurled at short range. The cap explodes with a loud report. The cup and bull con sists of an iron cup with a wooden handle. The cti!) lias a slight orifice at the bottom which receives a blank cartridge, and then the hill! is pushed home. The end of tlie cartridge is then struck on a convenient stone and the ball is sent flying 40 feet in the air. The dynamite fiend fi the invention of a genius. A hollow sec tional figure is held together by an elastic spring, a firecracker is placed inside and then a movable head with the most wildly contorted features fits tightly on the fuse of the cracker, coming through the mouth. When the cracker explodes the head is shot toward the sky, and tlie figure under goes a series of frightly spasms. All these attractions sell for the uniform price of 5 cents, and they disappear by the gross. The children of to-day are the most fortu nate imps sinct the world began. |S Winulriiie. Ciiiiith. The board of alder l received from the tax eport of the valuation of real 1 estate in this city. The re- t‘fixes tin total valuation of real estate e .-a -1 2n: .VII .bti.5. an i New Y mi n met board tli IKK, July Tin II' is