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2 LAMAR AND THE SUPREME BENCH. Red Tape In the Departments—A Story of Ben: Perley Poore. Washington, Juno 35. —The impression grows stronger that Secretary Lamar will be offered the vacant place on the Supreme bench. It is stated, that while the President has not yet formally tendered the position to him. there is every reason to suppose that he will. Everything is drifting tnat way, nrt this situation has come about very natu raJlv but rather by accident than design. It seems Senator Hampton, of South Caro lina. was the first to suggest the appoint ment of Lamar, and the suggestion first made by him has frequently been repeated by others, who have seen the President, apparently without any knowledge in each case that any one else had made the same recommendation. Mr. Lamar himself had before this been asked by the President as to the character "and general fitness for the place of prominent persons who had been named. It in time came to his knowledge, however, that ne himself had been urged for the appointment, and as soon as advised of this fact the secretary recognized the im propriety of giving Ins opinion thereafter' about other candidates. The fact that ho declined to do this is believed to have con veyed to the president the very pertinent information that Mr. Lamar would be glad of appointment himself. Some of Lamar's friends say that the appointment to this po sition is regarded by him-as desirable rather ■ because the gratification it would afford his wife, requiring less publicity in a social way than is necessary in'the case of the -wife of a Cabinet' officer. While doubtless entirely true that no formal tender of the office has been made to Lamar his friends infer from the marked anxiety he has shown during the past few weeks to hurry up the prepara tion of data for his annual report that ho contemplates retiring from the Interior De partment. No one professes to have had the slightest information from him that he is going to leave the department, but many tlungs he has recently said entirely coincide with such an intention. TOO MUCH RED TAPE. . While them is no better paymaster to its employes who are employed in the city of Washington than'the government of the United States, there is none so bad in the world as this same government, when its servants are engaged in their labars away from the shadow of the capital. This is especially tnie of officials and emploves con nected with the Department of Justice. While the clerks in the Attorney General’s office here received their salaries for the first half of the current month on Wednesday, the assistants to the Dis trict Attorneys in cities outside of Washington, as well as marshals, court officers, witnesses and others needed to aid in maintaining the dignity of the United States courts, have not been paid for work done during the month of April. Every account against the government contracted outside or Washington seems to have a faculty of winding up in red tape, and no platter if the public servant is provided Tor by law, he cannot get his salary until his account has passed through a hundred hands. Those interested have been trying for years to get ftomo system of payments adopted which would insure more prompt payment, but up to the present time they uave been unable to get any satisfaction. A STORY OK MAJ. POORE. As the Morning News has already pub lished that the place made vacant by the death of Ben: Perley Poore has been filled by Sen ator Manderson, the chairman of the com mittee which controls the place, some days days ago I asked the Senator to tell me the circumstances attending Maj. Poore’s re tention by him. in the clerkship of this im portant committee when he became its chairman.' as I had heard the Major refer to it with grateful recognition of'his courtesy. He replied that the facts were very simple, merely that when he was assigned to the chairmanship he was.much surprised, be cause being so‘new a Senator he was not strictly entitled to any chairmanship, es pgpecially of a prominent committee, and wondered that Gen. Hawley, who was entitled ‘to it, had declined in his favor. Gen. Hawley ex plained to him by saying that he had a pri vate secretary whom he should be loth to displace, ana should wish to carry him into the clerkship of any committee over whiuh he might preside; hut that Maj. Poorqp long service on the work of that committee under Senator Anthony had given him a feeling of proprietorship in the place, and be could not put himself in a position to re quest his - resignation, especially as he was an honored Republican citizen of a neigh boring New England State. The Nebraska Senator, having no private secretary to tarry with him into that committee, was quite unembarrassed, and accepted the posi tion. Within a few hours Maj. Poore came to him, and in a manner which which touched him very much, tendered his congratulations on Ills recession, with the ceremonious politen>* of an old-school gen tleman, but in a voice which had a tremor Df anxiety in it. The Senator, reaching out bis hand, said: “Thank you, Maj. Poore. One of the pleasantest 'features in this mat far to me is, that It enables me to associate you with me in the same position you so .dbg and honorably fill*# to the lamented Senator Anthony.” The old Major’s heart was too full lor words, but two tears slowly trickled down from his full blue eyes, one of which had for years been sightless from tataract, and coursed their way over his fat cheeks. “I believe,” said {Senator Mander ton, “it would' bavo broken the old man’s heart if I had displaced ’him, npd the cor dial feeling inaugurated in that hour re tnained unbroken to his death.” A CABINET RUMOR. The rumor that Secretary Endicott is to withdraw from the Cabinet • attracts some attention. As told, the story is tliht Mr. Endicott feels very much humiliated and insulted by the manner in which the papers have referred to .him in connection with the battle-flag sensation. Some of the New York jiapers especially liave denounced him in very emphatic terms, and tho' Secretary is represented as believing their denuncia tions to have had'home inspiration at least at the White House- It is uot at ail unlikely that Secretary Endicott regards him self as very badly treated, and be may possibly feel that the President is somewhat to blame in that he has not taken any pains to contradict the insulting refer ences of which the newspapers havo in dulged. While this is possibly true it is none the less a fact that the President is exceed ingly careful, in all he has said to visitors who have talked to him about the flag mat ter, not to say anything directly oondemna tory of either Secretary Endicott or Adit, lien. Drum. It is naturtU he should do kTupulously careful in this respect, but |t is very likely none the loss that no would rather weloome than regret tho resig nation of Mr. Endicott. It is an open mcret that Secretary Endicott has been the* most marked failure •in President Cleve land's Cabinet. He is an eminently res] >00ta- ble but, a prominently useless officer. He has doue nothing very bail, but he has cer tainly done nothing mom than let his de partment run itself, not always succeeding tven in doing that much. This is so goner - illy admitted by everybody in Washington that no one would expect the President to Interpose any objection if Mr. Endicott iliowed any inclination to withdraw. MIKE JOHNSON THE BURGLAR. the Way He Escaped the Clutches of . an Officer. New York, June 35.—“ Yes, criminals Ire very clever at times," said Doctective Kelly, of the Broklyn police, “so clever that they pull the wool over the eyes of tho most sxperienced officers. I don’t mind telling bow Mike Johnson, tho burglar, once played Us all for all we were worth and secured his yat the some time. I was batlolling one night in Williamsburg near Bedford avenue, when I heard someone lert'am 'Police! Thieves 1’ I ran toward the sound and saw a man coming toward me at full speed, carrying a bundle. He saw mo Inoat as noon as I did him and turned down a aid* street. 1 followed, but finding that lie was a faster runner than I was, drew my pistol and fired three or four times, more to raise an alarm than to injure the fellow. He didn't frighten at all, but the shots were suc cessful, as they brought mv neighbor to the scene, and we had no trouble in capturing the man. He refused to answer any ques tions on our way to the station house, and on his arrival preserved his policy of silence before the desk. So far as any of us knew we had never seen him before, and so put him down for a New York thief. He and the bundle were examined and a lot of jewelry, silverware and other stuff found iu his possession. He was locked up in a' cell and a man sent to find out wno had been robbed. “Johnson hadn’t been in the cell five min utes tefore he said he would like to speak with the Captain. The latter was on duty at the desk and told me to bring him in. He came in looking nervous like and down in the mouth and stood at the rail without say ing anything. “The Captain wAitod a minute and then said: “ ‘lf you want to say anything, speak up. I can’t wait all night.’ “ ‘Tlie fellow screwed his mouth into a grin and answered: “ ‘Much obliged, Cap. If I confess to you and show you where the rest of the stolen stuff is will you and Judge Moore make it ed-sy for me? Of course you’ve got me dead to rights and I want to get out of it as easy as possible.’ “Tho Captain said: “ ‘l'll do all I can and I can answer for Judge Moore. Ho always lets up on a crook w ith a light sentence who squeals and gives the authorities no treble.’ “ ‘All right,’said the thief, ‘send two officers with me and I’ll take them to a room where I’ve got the stuff pnt away.’ ‘ ‘The Captain assigned me and my partner to go with him. I was a little suspicious at first, and to prevent any possiblo escape handcuffed him to myself. He didn’t mind it a bit, but walked along with us and talked about how long he’d servo in the penitenti ary and of his family, and got so soft alto gether that we took pity upon him and treated him to a couple of drinks on the way. Wo finally rerched the place, which was a high four-story tenement in a very tough neighborhood. It was very late or rather very early in the morning and there was no one stirring. We wont into the dark hfill and climbed the steep stairs. It was rather ticklish, I tell you, and I had my hand on my pistol all the way up. He stop ped us at a door on the third floor. We opeuec it, went in and found ourselves in a room that was half a lumber room and half a bedroom. It was beastly dirty; hadn’t been cleaned, 1 suppose, in ten years. He said the stuff was in some filthy boxes under a broken down bod in the further corner of room. We two officers didn't like the idea of getting our clothes ruined. So I unfast ened thenracelects and told him to get the property out. He grumbled a little and then began to move away the trunks, bar rels and boxes that were piled together. He worked fast and in two minutes had cleared a passage way, under the bed into which he crawled. All of a sudden he stopped work ing and I supposed he was getting his wind back. I waited a minute and asked him what the matter w r as and got no answer. We were puzzled and began to be afraid he had fainted, After another minute or two. we began to clear away the heavy rubbish ourselves and finally succeeded in moving the bed out from the wall. There was no one there, but there was a small trap door through the floor into the room below, bv which he had escaped after filling his pockets with the contents of an empty valise we found beneath the lied. We never laid hands upon him again, but got the story back in side of a week from some New York officer who heard it from one of Johnson’s pals.” W. E. S. Fales. NEW YORK FIRMS SCANTILY IN SURED. Heavy Losses by Fire Predicted in The Wholesale District of That City. New York, June 25. —A peculiar circum stance about the recent great fire in the Havemeyer sugar refineries was the com paratively small proportion of insurance. According to the published statements the loss was nearly a million, whereas the in surance was only $850,000. As fire insur ance rates are not heavy and the risk of fire is great, it would seem at first thought that the Havemeyer Company had been careless in not taking out a heavier insur ance. The fact is that not one-quarter of the big maufacturing firms and wholesale busi nesshouses in New York and Brooklyn can escure within 50 per cent, of the fire insur ance that they desire. H. B. Clallin, Mills & Gibb, Lord & Tay lor and hosts of other large business houses are continually on the lookout for chances to insure. Their stock is so very valuable that none of the New York companies will take the risk of insuring more than a small share of it. By the terms of a law passed in 188-1 insurance companies not duly repre sented in the State cannot bid for insurance in the State, and the restriction applies also to tl)e parties who insure. No insurance company will take a very great risk in one house, but each spreads its risks as much as possible. Consequently, the many millions of dollars invested in the wholesale districts cannot be covered by the fifty or sixty insurance companies in the State. Proprietor of some of the largest business houses iu this city have assured me that millions of dollar would absolutely be lost by them in case of fire, as they are all insufllciently insured. Some of them have agents abroad trying to secure sufficient in surance, although it is against the New York law. Many have themselves constructed at great cost such appliances as will make a large fire almost impossible. I happened into one of flie business houses thus protected the other (lay. The building is made of iron, seven stories high. Small pipes run along the ceilings and walls inside, and are connected with a number of enor mous tanks on the roof. These are kept constantly filled with water, and by an electrical arrangement connected with tho pipes it is only necessary to touch a button on any of the floor to send the water flying in every direction throughout the building. The water comes down through little holes in the pipes, each of which is made like a hose with a groat many nozzles. All tho appliances that human ingenuity is capable of devising for summoning assist ance and aiding in smothering Are are placed on every floor. Of course the damage to tho stock would be very great if the water was turned on, and it would only be done as a last resort when ordinary preventives had proved futile. In talking over the matter with the man ager of the liouse he said that with all their care a large fire would prove very disastrous to them. Much of their stock they had stored in different warehouses so as to lessen the risk. Wero a Are once to gain head way in thd wholesale district, in which bis house is, the. damage to tho business interests of the city would l>e tremendous. He ridi culed the law which had l>een passed in the interests of the insurance companies and which declares it to be*a misdemeanor for a merchant to attempt to secure his property by insuring outside of the State. In no other State is this the case, and it gives outside merchants great advantages over New York merchants. “Some stormv, windy night,” he conclud ed, “wh<*n the firemen will be busy in an other part of the city, there will lie a great lire in the wholesale districts down town. The result will be a panic in business circles and a severo blow will te dealt the business interests of the country. Ask any large merchant and he will tell you that suqh a present iment exists in the minds of nearly all our leudiug merchants. We feel sure it will come.” Charles J. Rosbbault. Tin: theatres will soon be closed. Will the ladies continue to wear the high hats that have of late been the style* No; they will wear low crowned sailor hats until the amusement sea son opens. Then they will pile Ossa on Pelion again In arranging their head-gear.— Boston Courier. The United States Senate for the ensuing twelve months will cost $380,000 for salaries of members, and tEVKX) for their mileage fees, with nearly os much more <#:M4,4M BSi for Sena torial officers, clerks, mcu smgers, etc. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JUNE 27, 1887. GOOD TIMES COMING, Comptroller Trenholm Predicts an Un usual Era of Prosperity. Washington .Special to New York Herald. Mr. Trenholm, Comptroller of the Cur rency, referring to tho recent financial flurry in the West, said to-day: “The busi ness "of the country is, I should say, in good condition generally. A safe and satisfac tory business is being done, and in the main it is conservative. There seems to me to be nothing to cause apprehension or to antici pate any great financial disarrangement.” “Is there not a somewhat dangerous ten dency to speculation in real estate, Mr. Comptroller?” “In a measure yes, although I do not want to be understood as saying that the banks are not properly protecting them selves or to cause any feeling of alarm. While in some respects real estate is the best security possible, on the other hand it is not a security that a bank should deal iu. This is a fact that I have for some time continu ally tried to impress upon the banks. A bank should not lock up its money in real estate, because of the uncertainty of the market for such property. The 1 unctions of a bank are to constantly have its assets in a fluid state to be able to turn them over and over readily. This cannot be done if they are locked up in real estate.” “Do you think then, that the banks are tying themselves up in real estate loans?” “No, not at the present time, but I have pointed out the possible dangers and the need of caution.” REAL ESTATE SPECULATION. “Just now there is a great movement in real estate throughout tho entire country. Is this speculative or legitimate?” “it partly comes from the improved con dition of trade and the natural growth of the country. It is partly due to speculation. Whenever land is valued at more than it will produce it is speculative; whenever its price is fixed at what it is believed it will. be worth, say ten years hence, its price is speculative, ixst me cite you an extreme case. In Northern Alabama are two towns, eighty miles apart. The owners of the property along tho line of the railroad between these two places already see the time when these two towns will be so densely populated that tho interven ing property will be of almost inestimable value. Consequently, to-day they base the value of their holdings on that future and of course this is pure speculation. This case is an extreme one, yet in a lesser degree it can frequently be found elsewhere. There has been a tremendous development during the last year in the great iron States of the South, and also in many of the Western States. The starting of new enterprises has created a ‘boom’ and speculation has to some extent followed. But while there has undoubtedly been some over capitalization and inflation, on the whole the prosperity is solid and substantial.” THE RECENT COLLAPSED CORNERS. “Have the recent panics in the New York coffee market, and the Chicago grain market any real significance?” “None at all. Now that the cliques have broken, it is a good thing, because the money that has been locked up will again go into active circulation, and business which is injuriously affected by manipula tion will resume its normal condition.” “Do you not regard it as dangerous that Kershaw, Wiltshire and their partners conld get money enough from the banks to carry 16,000,000 bushels of wheat? Does it not show recklessness on the part of the banks, or that they must have more money than they know what to do with?’ “One of the proper functions of a bank, one of its duties to the community, is to advance money on proper security. Whether these 16,000,000 bushels were held by one man or by sixteen men, or sixteen hundred men, makes no difference, provided the bank’s security is all right. It is legiti ‘ mate business for it to advance money on grain. If, however, this money has been got without security; if A indorsed B’s note and got it discounted, and B indorsed A’s, no collateral being deposited, but tho in dorsement alone being regarded as sufficient, that is another matter. Of course, lam giving no opinion in advance, and have no facts on which to base an opinion. I have no doubt the banks have been prudent, but you will recognize that anything I might say on this subject is apt to lie misconstrued. I have no doubt that had 1 been in Cincin nati or Chicago last week, in the ordinary course of business, my mere presence might have given rise to rumors and caused em barrassment.” MONEY PLENTY. “Do you notice any tightness in the money market f” “There appears to be ample money in the country. Tne surrender of liank circulation consequent upon the extinguishment of the 3 per cent, loan at the end of the present month will not be felt because the Treasury will make some very large payments in July. The return to low price of breadstuffs, con sequent upon the failure of the bull specula tion, will cause a resumption of exports and place this country in a position to draw from abroad any supplies of gold necessary to bring the volume of the currency up to the requirements of the autumn. I can close os I commenced, by saying that I re gard the business of the country in good shape, and with reasonable caution and prudence we may look ahead and see good times before us.” COL. MONDRAGON ON TRIAL. The Mexican Officer Who Kidnaped and Shot Naturalized Americana. A dispatch from El Paso (Tex.) to the New York World says: The peremptory action of tho Mexican authorities in order ing Col. Avisu and several Mexican army officers to be shot who came across the bor der into Texas and attempted by force of arms to rescue a prisoner from a Texas Deputy Sheriff, gives particular in terest to a criminal proceeding in a similar case now being heard before the courts in the Mexican town opposite Eagle Pass. In July last a body of Mexican soldiers,, commanded by Col. Mondragon, a]>plied to the extradition agent at Eagle Pass, Tex., for the surrender of a former Mexican named Arresures, but who, it is claimed, had been naturalized here, on a charge of horse stealing. Tho agent surrendered Arresures, whereupon he was taken across tlie river and shot. E. D. Linn, American Consul at Piedras Negros, made the follow ing report upon the matter: “Francisco Arresures was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Diaz at Eagle Pass by order of Sheriff Oglesby, on the night of the 36th. Ho was handcuffed, and in fifteen minutes was delivered to Mexican officers across the Rio Grande. Oglesby claimed he acted on the warrant of County Judge Hofstetter, who says Oglesby persuaded him to sign this order for arrest and delivery. There were no papers from Mexico for his arrest except ft letter from Mondragon, a Captain of the State Rangers in Coahuila, which made a general charge of horse stealing against Arresures, Protest against being delivered to Mexican officers was strongly made by Arresures, who insisted that he would be killed by Mondragon, his persona! enemy. He appealed to mo for V refection on the morning of the 37th, and at once demanded his return to Texas, on the grounds of his being kidnaped. I also had Oglesby to demand the prisoner’s re turn on the same grounds. Both demands were refused by Mondragon, and at 1 o’clock in the night Arresures was taken from jail and brutally murdered by three of Mon dragon’s troops. “11l IK?3 Arresures made a declaration of citizenship in Maverick county. He lived with his family in Eagle at the time of his arrest, being an otnnilni rtiriver. The best citizens in Eagle Pass and Ticdras Negras testify to his good character. Oglesby says be had a privute understanding with Mon dragon by which an escaped murderer from Texas, for whom a large reward had been offered, was to be delivered to Oglesby in exchange for Arresures. Public indigna tion is very great on both sides of the river over the affair.” Gov. Ireland at once revoked the eommis sion of the Extradition Agent and made a report to Secretary Bayard, in which he said: “This man, Francisco AiTesures, has been most foully murdered by the Mexican au thorities, and it is but a repetition of insults and outrages committed on American citi zens by the people and authorities on the right hand of the Rio Grande. While no possiblo excuse can be given for the iart taken by Texas officials for the illegal arrest and delivery to Mexican authorities, still no palliation of the foul murder has been or can be offered by the Mexican authorities. The persons, whoever they are, engaged in the illegal arrest will be prosecuted, and I de mand in the name of the State and its peo ple that this wrong by Mexico bo atoned for and punished. If this State and her people must depend upon themselves for protection the necessary redress can and will be ob tained." It appears, from the proceedings in the case now on trial, that the relatives of Arresures put in a claim for SIOO,OOO, and the United States forwarded the claim to the Mexican government. Mondragon claimed that Arresures was a Mexican citi-. zen. The murdered man’s friends deny this, but add in their plea that if it was true, the fact of his non-citizenship offered, no extenuation for the act of Mondragon in kidnaping him. They have offered proof that Arresures had given Mondragon a sound thrashing shortly before the k d naping, and the inference is drawn that Mondragon had his conqueror killed for re venge. After a long delay Mondragon was brought to trial by tlie Mexican authorities, and the result is eagerly anticipated by resi dents along the border. The prompt action of the Mexican authorities in the case of the recent outrage at Nogales would promise full reparation in tho case of Mondragon were it not that the promptness of action by the Mexican authorities in the Nogales affair is understood to have been due to the instructions of Gov. Torres, who is very friendly to American interests, while most of the Mexican Governors are just the re verse. | DEPOSING A KINO OF THE TURF. Long Bill Selden’s Race at Arabaca Against the Horse “Oats.” From the New York Sun. Calabasas, N. M., June 34.—The turf season in this locality has come to an abrupt end, and no one knows when there will be any more sport of that sort. Long Bill Selden,a sharper, long familiar with set tlers on the border, who went to Mexico a year or two ago, returned in May with a horse which he declared was the fastest in the Southw r est. The beast was not particu larly handsome, but he was a stepper, and one after another of the crack horses of the territory was ignominously beaten by him. Long Bill had more money than he was ever known to possess before, and, as he grew in solent, he began to talk about taking his horse East and entering him on the grand circuit. At first it was proposed here to collect enough money to buy a good horse and clean out Bill’s steed, but this idea has been given up, for Bill, as a sport, is now no more. Last week Bill went over to Arabaca for the purpose of racing his horse against a local favorite known as “Oats,” and owned by ar firm of saloonkeepers, who were will ing to back him heavily. Bill’s horse was so homely that most of the natives bet heavily against him, and when the race was started “Oats” was the favorite at odds of two to one. Arabaca never hadabigger crowd than that which assembled to wit ness this race. Everybody was there, and everybody was against Bill. Probably if Bill had not teen spoiled by bis success at other places he would have seen that he was in danger, and would have hedged out of trouble in some way. As it was he went in for all he could get," won three straight heats, and, after he had got most of the money in that section in his own pockets, got drunk and liegan to brag on his horse. This made some of the people excited, and just at daybreak on the following day a man in the crowd began to yell that Bill’s horse was his, and then he fully identified Bill as a horse thief who had stolen several animals from him before. It was useless for the enterprising “King of the Turf,” as he called himself, to expos tulate. The evidence was too convincing. Half a dozen men were willing to swear that Bill had stolen horses from them, and, after a short session by an extemporized court, it was decided that Bill should be hanged that forenoon. Things began to look serious for the old sport, and when the men came with the rope he wanted to make terms. Singularly enough, his proposition received the closest attention, and, after a long parley, it was agreed that if he gave, up allhis money and his horse, and would’ agree not to show his face in Arabaca for ten years, he would be permitted to go. This he did, and a lug delegation escorted him out of town and then chased him out of sight. The money obtained was divided between the principal losers, and then a big party of Arabaoa people took Bill’s horse and set out for Mexico with the intention of lacking him against local favorites. Rumor has it that they will take in Cala hasas on their way home, and some of Bill's friends are talking about getting up a big posse to corral the entire crowd. _ A BOLD TIMBER THIEF SINGED. Discovered on His Way to Brunswick with Over SIOO Worth. From the Darien ( Ga.) Timber Gazette. Henry Zeigler, alias Frank Jones, a bushy bearded mulatto, with features of a typical sneak thief, lias proved himself to be one prominently connected with timber stealing around Darien. About five weeks ago thirty pieces of hewn timber was missed from one of the booms, and the deliberate cutting of the ropes with which the timber was secured showed plainly it had been stolen. A search was made at the time but unsuc cessfully. A few days after a long and valuable line was cut and stolon from an other boom. On Monday it was rumored in the city that about fifteen pieces of hew% timber had been seen the day previous at the mouth of McCoy river. Acting under this information the Mischief was chartered for the puriioso of recovering the timber, and if possible, to capture the thief or thieves. This river is seldom traversed by drifters or steamboats, and the chances of success were good. About 3 o’clock something dark floating in the water was observed ahead. On ap proaching it was found to be tho timber which was the object of tho search. 011 the timber was stretched a magnificent awning, and under this in the peaceful slumbers of imagined security laid Henry Zeigler. Henry was told to come along and to all appearanees he seemed prepared to submit, when all of a sudden he leaped into a small lxtat and made for the marsh. Before the Mischief could turn round and pursue him ho was about twenty or twenty five yards ahead of his pursuers. Zeigler was warned to stop and several bullets wore sent whizzing uncomfortably near his ears, but he evidently had not tlie slightest regard in the world for these. On reach ing the marsh HeDry started off in race horse style, and six other negroes started off in pursuit. After chasing him hotly for about half amile Zeigler made a determined stand, and, drawing a revolver from his pocket, invited ail his pursuers “who wanted to get hurt” to come along. The re sult was a general retreat, and thus the scoundrel escaped. The names of several parties who acted in concert with Zeigler have l teen jotted down for future reference. The question: “Wh> are the people in Brunswick, who, knowing the character of these scoundrels, persist in buying their stolen Koods,” has also been solved, and the announcement of their names would prove a surprise to a good many people around here. Dan Lane, who made a name for himself in the mprebunt marine service through his re markable coolness and braver„• In 18W, when the crew of the Borah Parker - , of which he was a member, rescued tin- .191) paasengei-s from the burning ship Caleb (Irimshsw. has turned up at Bay City, Mich., as an applicant for a job before tbo mast on a lake schooner. A PLAGUE OP ROSE BUGS. The Peach Crop, Which Promised Well, Nearly All Destroyed. From the New York Sun. Wilmington', Del., June 34.—When the convention of the peach growers and dealers was held at Dover, May 13, the whole talk was based upon a yield of possibly 10,000,- 000 baskets, and surely not less than 6,000,- 000 baskets, and it was confidently expected that the “phenomenal peach year” of 1875 would be far distanced. There' was talk that if free baskets were given with the peaches the manufacturers could not turn out enough to supply the demand. Preparations to pre vent gluts in the market were made, and a plan of distribution and a bureau of informa tion was suggested and adopted. But the situation is 3l changed now, and, instead of a “phenomenal” year, it begins to look as though the crop would be only a one fourth one. The growers are disheartened, for not only are the peach prospects very gloomy, but toe crops of grapes, pears, plums, apples, currants, gooseberries, cher ries. and, in fact, every growing thing, in cluding vegetables, are blighted by an un precedented plague of rose bugs. They nave attacked forest trees, the ivy, and al most everything else they can get hold of, while the growing wheat is being ravaged by a worm varying in length from half an inch to an inch. It has a pair of claws working like the arms of scissors, and with them it cuts off the wheat heads, but makes no attempt to feed upon them. This wheat pest is said to be tjtie larvae of the saw-fly, but not known to damage wheat crops m this country until within two years. There are many kinds of bugs at work, but it is the rose bug that has spread the most devastation. The bugs gathered in clusters on growing fruit and reduced it to a dry pulp. They collected on the leaves and riddled them full of holes. They ate the roses before they were in bloom and flourished on the green blackberry. Nothing except smashing effected a cure, and they increased and multiplied like office-seekers after a change of administration. The male bugs are of a dirty yellow color and the females a shade darker. They have wings and are about throe-eighths of an inch m length. Out of 3,000 peach trees in three, orchards near Felton, Del., there will not be picked enough fruit to pay for the plow ing. In one of the orchards there was not a peach to be found, a day or two ago, that had not been ruined. For over two weeks rain has fallen every day, creating a favorable condition for the propagation of the bugs. On Thursday, however the sun came out hot and strong, and there was a notable decrease in the number of theipests. They do not seem to like the sun. The reports received yester day and to-day are encouraging, although the peach crop, as nearly all the growers on the peD insula agree, will be only about one fourth of what It promised in May. The rose bug, unlike many other beetles, does its work when in the completed state. They come in swarms, and disappear as sud denly as they come. They remain from thirty to forty days. The males perish and the femaleg enter the earth, deposit about thirty eggs, come to the surface, and die in a few days. The eggs hatch in twenty-fourdays, and the larvae feed on the tender roots within their reach. In the fall they are full size, three-quarters of an inch long qnd one-eighth of an inch in diameter. In Octo ber they go into the ground to appear in June a full grown beetle, seven-twentieths of an inch in length, and ready to begin the work of destruction. When the roso bugs attack the fruit they gather upon it in clus ters, as many as twenty-five having'been found upon one green peach the size of a hickory nut. In most cases the whole side of a peach, apple or pear is eaten off to the stone or core, although in many instances the fruit is so eaten away as to be almost in distinguishable. • HER OLD LOVE. A Bride Who Cannot Make Up Her Mind. From the Columbus (0.) State Journal. Among the marriage licenses daily pub lished few awaken anything more than usual interest except with personal friends. But often with these names are linked se crets which would stir the common heart were they but known. Buch cases might be few, but now and then one comes to the sur face with a veritable flood of romance. To one perusing the pages of the records in Judge Saffin’s office Tuesday, the usual form declaring that George W. Hoglan and Leo nora Calhoun Grate wore licensed to wed, might carry with it no strange significance. But attached to these names is a peculiar romance, -which bears with it something mysterious, and yet of a positive nature. About two weeks ago the society circles of Memphis, Tenn., were surprised with in vitations issued by Mrs. U. Calhoun, of that city, for the marriage of her daugh ter, Miss Leonora, to Dr. George W. Hog lan, of Columbus, 0., at the Central Baptist church, of Memphis. The reception was announced to occur at the residence, 57 Mosly street, at 8:30 p. m. Elaborate prep arations for the event were made, a line trousseau being provided. The wedding was to boa brilliant affair, and all the ar rangements had been completed, the brides maids, ushers and attendants being selected. But a few days before the wedding was to occur a paragraph published in one of the Memphis papers states 1 that on account of the illness of Miss Calhoun the ceremony had been indefinitely postponed. But behind all this was something with a meaning. A few nights previous the bride, accompanied by her brotner,fhad departed with profound secrecy to an unknown desti nation. The reason for this sudden de parture reveals a story of love. When Leonora Walcott w*as quite a child she was adopted by Mr. N. Calnoun, her mother be ing a niece of that gentleyian. Leonora was tenderly cared for, and received a thorough education, graduating from a seminary last year. Before leaving for school the young lady had promised her hand to an ardent admirer. But among her acquaintances became numbered the young physician, and after a long absence and marked attention from her new ad mirer she returned, believing that Dr. Hog lan was the object of love, and that the old had given place to the new. To her Mem phis lover she imparted her convictions, and the matter-bet ween them was settled. With these relations the two parted, and afterward seldom saw each other. Prepa rations for the marriage followed, and then it was she began to think seriously over the step she was taking, and the more she thought over the matter the more firmly she seemed to become convinced that she could not fulflUjer promise. Mrs. Calhoun was informe<yflner of the state of affairs, and, entreaGßrXdviee, the doctor was writ ten a lettcr^^Brlation. Mrs. O. jflLn <'ott, of this city, the real motherofTrl, arrived to attend the wedding who, learning of his sister’s olunteered to assist her. Dr. Hoglan also arrived in Memphis and the situation was freely discussed, the mat ter ending by his return home. Last Saturday Miss Leonora arrived here and went to the home of her step-father, Mr. O. F. Walcott, and arrangements were made for what promised to lie a settlement of the estrangement between the lovers. Arrangements were again made for the wedding, and the date fixed for last even ing. The minister who was engaged to per form the ceremony arrived, and the con tracting parties prepared for the event. But the spell was broken, and the minister was dismissed with tho knot still untied. Mr. Walcott stated Tuesday night that he had made his last attempt to reconcile the lovers and secure their marriage. Last Wednesday he got tho parties together at, Cincinnati, but to noavuil. They could ar rive at no agreement. What liad been the cause of the postponement of the affair Tuesday he did not know, and he could not say when they would be married. The whole matter stands a mystery between the two persons concerned, and what the result will be no shadow of it has been forecast. Time, perhaps a day or wo, may settle the matter, and find the young couple joined happily in the bonds of matrimony. DEATHS. TUNNO,—DMB, at Marietta, Ga., on the 23d of June. 1887, in the eighty-fifth year of her age, Mrs. Elizabeth Miles Tunno, relict of J. Champneys Tunno, of Charleston, S. C. Charleston News and Courier please copy. MEETINGS. DeKALB LODGE NO. 9, I. 6. O. F. A regular meeting will lie held THIS (Monday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. Election of officers for ensuing term. There will also be an initiation. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers are cordially invited to attend. By order of J. S. COLI.INS, N. G. John Riley, Secretary. CALA.VTHE LODGE NO. *H, K. OF P. June 27, 1887. A regular meeting of this Lodge will F at A be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, at Kfjfcjq 8 o’clock. Members of other Lodges and visiting Knights invited to atteud. Conferring of ranks and election of officers. G. H. MILLER, C. C. W. Falconer, K. of R. and S. GEORGIA TENT NO. 131, I. O. R. Attend a regular session of your Tent THIS (Monday) EVENING, 8 o’clock. Election of officers. Every member expected. By order C. O. GODFREY, C. R. Thomas Hoynes. ~1 SPECIAL NOTICE. All those who desire to become members of the Cricket and Athletic Club are cordially in vited to attend a meeting for an election of officers at the office of Mr. W. Robertson, Eng lish Pro-Consul, 89)4 Bay street, at 8:30 THIS EVENING. SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB. There will be a meeting of the Club at Ford’s Opera House on MONDAY, 27th inst.,totake into consideration the altering of Rule XIII of the Sailing Regulations and for other business. A full attendance is requested. WM. HONE, Commodore. SPECIAL NOTICES. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES FROM JULY Bth TO JULY 13th, INCLUSIVE. JAMES COBB, Secretary. > DR. HENRY S COLDLNG, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. ELECTION NOTICE. CITY OF SAVANNAH, 1 Office Clerk of Council, V Savannah, Ga., June 16th, 1887. ) Under and by virtue of a resolution adopted by Council at meeting of June 15th, 1887, Coun cil will elect at its next regular meeting, that is to say on WEDNESDAY, June 29th, 1887, a Cor poration Attorney to fill vacancy occasioned by the resignation of H. C. Cunningham. Salary $1,500 per annum. Applicants must hand in their applications to the Clerk of Council at or before 2 o'clock p. m., AVEDNESDAY, June 29th, 1887. By order of Council. FRANK E. REBARER, Clerk of Council. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. , B. F. ULMER, M. D„ Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. SPECIAL NOTICE. From this date and until further notice the STEAMER KATIE will be withdrawn from the Savannah river, for the purpose of general over hauling. Due notice will be given of the re sumption of her route. JOHN LAAVTON, Manager. EXCURSIONS. Charleston & Savanuahßy. In! fiirlle his! Through Pullman Service. CIOMMENCINO June 12th a through Pullman 1 Buffet service will be rendered daily be tween Savannah and Hot Springs, N. C., via Spartanburg and Ashville. Leave Savannah 12:26 pm Leave Charleston 4:55 p m ■ Leave Columbia 10:20 p m Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 a m Arrive Asheville 7:ooam Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 a m EXCURSION RATES. To SPARTANBURG.. #l3 30 To ASHEVILLE.. 17 15 To HOT SPRINGS 17 15 Sleeping ear reservations and tickets good until Oct. Slst, 1887, can be had at BREN’S TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at depot, E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass. Agt. Charleston and Savannah Ry. Reduction in Rates -TO NEW YORK. THIS company has now on sale tickets at sls to New York via Atlantic Coast Line and the magnificent steamships of the Old Dominion 8. S. Company, sailing from Norfolk, Va., every Monday, Tuesday, Wednes day. Thursday and Saturday, arriving at New lork on following evenings. Passengers should take train 78 leaving Savan nah at 8:23 p. m. on days previous to those men tioned above. This route affords a delightful sea trip, avoid ing Cape Hatteras. Pullman accommodations and elegant state rooms secured on application to Win. Bren T. A., 22 Bull street, or J. B. Oliveros, T. A Depot. E. P. McSAVINEY, Gen. Pass Agent. BRICK. Wm.P. Bailey &Co^ BRICK MANUFACTURERS, KEEP CONSTANTLY on HAND, in large quantities, at their yard on the SPRING FIELD PLANTATION, and will deliver the same In any part of tho city upon the shortest notice The best Well Brick, Pressed Brick, Hard Brown Brick, Gray Brick, Soft Brown Brick. Officr-Corner Bull and Broughton, at SI MON GAZAN'S CIGAR STORE, where all or ders will receive prompt attention. I AWYERB, doctors, ministers, mereliunts, ■Lj mechanics and others having books, maga lines, and other printed work to be bound or re bound can liave such work done in the best style at the MORNING NEWS BINDERY, J AA hi taker street. AMUSEMENTS. SAVANNAH ’THEATRE' Tuesday and Wednesday, JUNE 28 A.7ST 13 29. GRAND FAMILY MATINEE Wednesday Afternoon at 3 O'clock, THE EVENT OF THE SEASON The First and Only Double Bill. THE FORDS! In DRAMA AND FARCE. The Beautiful Pastoral Drama DORA.! Founded on Tennyson’s Poem. To be followed by the Roaring Farce THE YOUTH WHO NEVER SAW A WOMAN. Prices 75c., 50c., and 25c. Seats on sale at DAVIS BROS.’ without extra charge. Matinee Prices 50c., and 26c. Box Sheet opens Monday at 8:00 o'clock. The Glorious Fourth AT THUNDERBOLT. Trotting Race for a Purse of SIOO, Open to all Savannah Raised Colts. FOUR OR MORE to enter; same to start; three in five in harness. SSO to first horse, SBO to second, S2O to third. Entrance fee ten per cent, of purse. Entries to close Thursday, June 30th, at 6 o'clock, with M. J. DOYLE, Market Square. ■J-'l "■ •••—-■ ' '3 SUMMER RESORTS. IlVMlPll Blount County, - Tennessee. THIS Health Resort will be open May Ist, 1887. The most celebrated Dyspeptic Water known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. ExceUent Table. Telephone connection with Knoxville. Rates: $1 per day; $25 per month for May and June; $2 per day, $lO and sl2 per week, $35 and S4O per month for July and August. Half rates for children. J. C. ENGEL, Prop. MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Cornwall Heights, New York, ON slope of Storm King Mountain; elevation 1,900 feet. Now open for reception of guests. Climate positive cure for malaria. Healthiest summer resort in United Stated: 1)4 hours from New York by AVest Shore railroad, 2)4 by Mary Powell. Dancing in grand pavilion every night. Electric bells, new bowling alley, billiard parlor, tennis court, horseback riding. Refers to Austin R. Myres, of editorial staff Savannah Morning News. Address J. W. MEAGHER, BIEMANN’S HOTEL, Walhalla, S. C. SITUATED at foot of the Blue Ridge Moub tains. Delightful summer resort. Good climate. Excellent water. AJso, a direct hack line to Highlands, N. C. Terms reasonable. D. BIEMANN & SON, Proprietors. DAGGERS WHITE SCLPHUrIpRING^ BOTETOURT COUNTY, VA., WILL open JUNE 20. Circulars to be had at this office. BEAN & TAYLOR, Managers. THE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rock N. C. In the mountains of North Carolina, 4,000 feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Medi cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the season. For information address WATAUGA HOTEL CO., Blowing Rock, N. C. THOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.— “Unquestionably the finest location in the Thousand Islands.”— Harper's Magazine , Sept., 1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F. INGLEHART, Proprietor. HOTELS. Fifth Avenue Hotel, MADISON SQUARE, N. V. r J , HE largest, best appointed, and most libei> ally managed hotel in the city, with the moot central and delightful location. HITCHCOCK. DARLING & CO. A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle House, Mobile. HIRAM HITCHCOCK, formerly of the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. WASHINGTON HOTEL 7th and Chestnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR. RATES, #2 50 PER DAY. Centrally located, only a short walk from Penr.'a and Reading Depots. New Passenger Elevator, Electric Bells, New Dining Room and all modern improvements. Polite attendance and unsurpassed table. NEW HOTEL TOGNI, (Formerly St. Mark's.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTER AND SUMMER. THE MOST central House In the city. Near Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries. New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella, Baths, Etc. $2 50 to $8 per day. JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor. DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE. THIS POPULAR Hotel is now provided with a Passenger Elevator (the only one in the city) and has been remodeled and newly fur nished. • The proprietor, who by recent purchase is also the owner of the establishment, spares neither pains nor expense in the entertainment of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit ore is earnestly invited. The table of the Screven House is supplied with every luxury that the markets at home or abroad can afford. MARSHALL HOUSE, SAVANNAH, - - GA. YIEO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of VJ the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, ana the Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen tral. All parts of the city and places of inter est accessible by street cars constantly passing the doors. Special inducements to those visit ing the city for business or pleasure. THE MORRISON HOUSE. One of the Largest Boarding Houses in the Bouth. A FFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board rt with pure Artesian Water, at prices to suit those wishing table, regular or transient accom modations. Northeast corner Broughton ana Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House. FOIt < H ARTER. FOR EXCURSIONS! BARGE WARSAW. Towed by Steam Tug WINPENNY. Church and Sunday School Picnics solicited, being provided with Awnings, Benehes, Stools and roller requirements for t he safety and comfort of passengers. Tybee Bel! Buoy, Warsaw, Potter’s Grove and other points selected by committees. Apply to ULO. F. BYRNES, office No. 6 Drayton street.