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all stunned by lightning.
TLs BroatUyn Young- Mon's Christian
Association Startled by a Bolt.
Front the New York WcrUi.
At 8:30 o’clock last night thunder and
lijhtping began to whoop things up in the
clouds over Brooklyn, and fifteen minutes
later tho immense flagstaff on the roof of
the Young Men’s Christian Association
building nt Fulton and Bond streets, Brook
lyn, was struck. The lightning cut a ser
pentine furrow from tho top to the bottom
of the staff and then scattered,
route of the oleetric fluid falling in a shower
of fire to the street and more of it
running through all i>arts of the building.
Thero were about soventy-fivo persons in
tho building at the time, and although no
one was injured, all were stunned for the
moment, and none of them care to experi
ence a similar sensation again. There were
lifteon young men bathing in the swimming
lank at the time, and they received the
shock more severely than uny ethers. For
tunately none was in dec-p water at the
time. George F. Haynes describes his ex
perience in the water as follows:
“There was a fat man about to enter the
water,” he says, “and he was vory timid.
He did not seem to want to get wet. We
were all gathered at the end of tho tank
where the water is only about four feet
deep, and we were waiting to give the timid
fat* man a wet reception. Just as he was
about to step into tho water, my attention
was attracted by a bright light, aud,
looking through a window, I saw two
balls of fire drop to the sidewalk on
llanovor placo. At the same time I heard
a great snapping, and then the water ap
peared to be charged with electricity. I
was so affected by the shock that I could
not move, and I did not hear the loud peal
<jf thunder that I have Since been told fol
lowed tho lightning. When I recovered I
saw that some of tho men were hastening
■lit of the water, and tlmt others were still
unable to move. My first impulse was to
rush out of the water, and I did so. By the
time I got out all had recovered and were
hurrying after me. What was the sensa
tion'' Well, X felt as I would if I should be
told of a great calamity having happened
to my dearest friend.”
C. A. Freeburn, of the Reception Com
mittee, was sitting in tho office at the time.
He declares that he tasted the lightning.
He says:
“I heard two loud reports: not thunder,
but the snapping of tho lightning. It ap
peared to come down tho telephone wires in
the corner of tho room. Tho air appeared
to be filled with the fluid and 1 could taste
it. It tasted like sulphur. There were
about fifty men in the reading room, and
they all got out in about two seconds. The
sound was like the firing of two immense
cannon occurring just under my ears. Yes,
I realized that the building had been struck
by lightning as soon as I heard aud tasted
the lightning.”
Robert Jameson was sitting in tho read
ing-room. He suddenly noticed that tho air
was blue, aud at the same time his body
was druwn up. His left foot, ho says was
drawn up to the sealvof the chair, lie be
lieved he had been stricken with paralysis
and he attempted to ask for help, but he
was speechless. Then he heard and felt the
crash, and he knew it was lightning. He
saw the man who sat opposite him drop his
book and rise from his chair. His face w r as
pale and he trembled from head to foot.
Then everyone ran from the room, and
Jameson followed. He savs he was not
frightened, but that if he liad had time to
think he believes ho would have been
scared.
Those who were in front of tho building
saw the lightning twisting itself around the
pole as it ran down. Just before it reached
the roof it flow from the pole (bid foil in a
shower to the street. Mr. McMahon; who
was in charge of For kin's wine store, directly
opposite tho association building, was sitting
at the door of the store when the lightning
struck, and ho saw the shower of electric
fluid. He says:
“It was like the greatest, flying boom you
could imagine. There were hundreds of
balls of lire, some of them as largo as my
head, raining down from the roof of the
building, and when they struck the street
they scattered in all directions like molten
iron would. Everything was brilliantly
illuminated, and the brightness cannot be
described. With this was the crashing of
the flagstaff, and hundreds of large splin
ters fell to tho street. I picked up three of
these pieces. In live minutes they had all
been pioKed up and some of them were sold
at 35c. each. For a while I was unable to
move from the fascinating sight and then I
ran. terror-stricken and hid behind a pile of
boxes. Ido not know why 1 was fright
eiiod, in l'ai 11 did not think at all. The
sight was so awfully grand that all thought
in me was suspended.
An electrician who is connected with the
telephone company entered the building
just after it wus struck, and made a thor
ough examination to see if there was any
fire smouldering He found that no damage
bail been done except to the flag staff. He
said he could not see where tho lightning
hud left the building. A devout member of
the Young Men’s Christian Association said
t believed God had turned the electric
fluid out of its course and saved tho build
ing.
A flagstaff on the roof of M. Schulz’s
building, next door, hud a coat of white
point on it before the lightning struck; but
immediately after it was jet black, not a
spwk of white being visible. Tho staff and
building escaped further injury.
taylor really buried.
A Rumor That tho Mormon Hisrh Priest
Was not Dead Refuted..
A. dispatch from Salt Lake City to the
Hew York Herald says: The report that
•Iclui Taylor, the lVeoden; of the Mormon
fburch, was not dead, but that another
bdy had lieen substituted for his in order
jpaid in a supposed miraculous resurree
bun, created a little stir for the moment
iPre. Close investigation of the pinched
w.il wrinkled features of the deceased prol
*"s ms the body lay in state at the Taber
t-miCj however, sot all doubts at rest and
Justifies a more detailed report of the funeral
, l,| e chief apostle than has hitherto been
J tutu* heel.
lie Tabernacle was heavily draped in
*“’b and white, with a large picture of
‘ lyior above the speaker’s stiiud. bordered
*j‘u lost. Killed with crape. The floral em-
Wcuis were rather deficient and (inartistic,
'it' principal olio wM * beehive with cross
W crown on one side and anchor on the
u 1.1. TANARUS, Taylor’s mourning families were a
■ ‘licit feature, occupying three or four
,|i! s benches in fruit of the auditorium,
j ln ” conspicuous among them was his latest
us alleged, but as often denied—tho
, i'hlkw Barrett," who came over from
‘“g.aud some twelve years ugo, u wealthy
"oman.
Ab” eolliu and fittings, ns well.os tho dress
~ 1 lie corpse, wen- literally carrying out
'‘‘i; wishes of the decomed, os expressed to
"rigbam Young some fourteen years ago in
; u tter read at the services. Brigham (it
'■u time sent to a number of prominent
• "nnons a request that they should write to
. 11 t.ieir will about their funeral arrauge
, ii'iits in ease of death. Tuylor wrote thut
J'mitad his body washed perfectly clean
, f * '-reused in spotless white; his coffin inado
v r or "ativo pine, highly polished,
II . ,Ki wide and deep, so thut ho would
. , Polity of room, a soft, large pillow
,' , [’is head and a mattress on the bottom
subs, of the CO 11 In, so there would be' no
f 'l'-g; Ills shoes on, ascension rolss, sn
li! ~" ,it H'bes and headdress, something
bmt of a rnitml abbot, white necktie,
All was so done.
A UNIQUE SCENE.
im . " ‘”?' nr 4,1 tllP tabernacle was n uiiiquo
. 1 - ? 8 'be building was filled with waiting
LiT.“, ' v4l ° went in at an early hour, and
l i ~"'‘'i , ig for the services to begin. They
t!“•}{■ ‘Unohua with them and ate them
lj‘ I’’ 1 ’’ Mothers were suckling liahes and
innli-' ii ot c hildron and bustle of n picnic
*j, the passage of the hours, but on the
v, 'll''' t’ o '* 4 order wan preserved oiul there
' ■ e no wHou# uccidouU.
TIRESOME MINERAL SERVICES.
The funeral sorvices began about noon,
uud the speaking lasted until nearly 8
o cloca. Apostle Franklin D. Richards and
Lorenzo Snow, Presidents Smoot and Angus
51. Cannon and Daniel H. Wells were the
principal speakers, tho latter making his
first public uppeu ranee here since he loft
hurriedly ana secretly for England some
three years ago. They all alleged that Tay
lor s death was due to the persecutions no
hud suffeml and which madeliimn martvr.
The remarks throughout were dreary,
tiresome aud commonplace. No spark of
emotion or feeling was shown by the
speakers.
Angus M. Cannon said he saw Brother
laylor recently and asked lum if ho had
any message to his wives uud family. He
replied, “Tell them I love them all still, and
will continue to do so until the end.”
A FUTILE INTERRUPTION.
In one of the pause*, iu the speaking a son
of John Taylor, who lives at Ogden, rose in
the body of tho house and clamored to be
heard. Attempts were made to ignore him
without success. Finallv President Angus
M. Cannon came forward on the platform
and said that the programme was all made
up and largo numbers of sjleakers provided;
he, therefore, could not suffer the proceed
ings to bo broken iu upon. Still the sou of
the dead man wanted to he heard, and
started to say that he misunderstood some
thing about the constitutional convention
and the supposed lack of knowledge on the
part of Taylor of the adoption of tho anti
polvgamy clause led to his persecution.
Another of Taylor’s sons, J. E. Taylor,
manager of the Deseret News, then seized
the speaker by the coat tail and forcibly
pulled hkn into his seat. No further inter
ruptions occurred.
It is the general judgment hero that, com
pared with Brigham Young’s funeral, thut
of Taylor was very poorly attended. Not
half as many people were present at tho
Taliernaele, and in the funeral procession it
was even worse—less than 100 vehicles, all
told, followed the corpse to the grave, and
they were made up of all sdrts of convey
ances, from carriages to farm wagons.
Many persons left before tho conclusion of
tho Tabernacle exercises, worn out by tho
length of time and spiritless nature of the
addresses.
The services at tho grave consisted of
singing and praying. The grave is a tem
porary one beside his wife who died last
winter.
The vacancy caused by his death will not
bo filled for some time yet.
A Frenchman of Mobile.
/•Voiu Harper's Magazine for August.
The Major beckoned to a greasy mous
tached old Frenchman with a wooden leg,
wearing a coat and high hat a world too
big for uitn. “What is your name, my good
fellow f’
“Mosheer Declare. 1 drive all ze stran
gers who come to Mobile. Carr’ge, zare,”
waving liis whip toward a shabby open ba
rouche. “Var sheap.”
Lola nodded approval, and they all
crowded into it. No sooner had th- y stai txl
than “Mosheer turned sideways, abandon
ing his horses to Providence, tue most eager
ciceroni.
“1 know Mobile, zare. Mobile knows De
l-hire. I trow in my lot here tirfcy year ago.
V’la Government street, inn-.lame. Zo most
grand boulevard in ze Souf, zey tell me.
Ve zall not drive zere now. To-night you
Kill see z' shell road. Ah-h! E-f yould
zee ilat shell road in do old times! (in zis
side de beautiful houses on ze pleasure
grounds; on zat, ze bay; and going to an’
fro, to an’ fro, ze line carriages fill’ viv
lovely ladies an’ les messieurs on horseback.
And all! ze horses! Mobile have horses zeu
zat nli ze world know by name.”
He stopped for them to see n famous grove
of huge live oaks draped with the trailing
Spanish moss. They saw here, ton, lor the
first time, tho great green knobs of mistle
toe. white with waxen berries, high on the
yet leafless tree.
The sun was warm, tho salt wind bracing;
on their left hand the waters of the bay
stretched, rippling and glitt* ring, until they
were lost in low silvery mists; on the right
lay plantations and dwellings, many of
wiii eh bore traces of old magnificence.
Mosheer scrambled zealously up un i down,
bringing the ladles bunches of moss, of scar
let hemes, of the brown seed-vessels of tho
burr-tree. He overheard Mrs. Ely’s re
mark that u little care would make comfort
able dwellings ol’ some neglected houses.
“Ah, madamo,” lie cried, “you zall see
no such grand mansions iu ze Norf! Mobile
vas a gay, rich, happy city, but. ze var took
her by ze treat. She b jgitis but to breathe
again. She have many rich men who push
■ her on an’ on. Zo young man zoy vill make
great barb >r, great railroads; zoy vaut to
hoar no more of ze var”—shrugging his
shoulders
“Did you tako any part in tho war!”
asked Mrs. Ely.
“Oui, madutne. A little. Yonder” —point-
ipg with his whip—“jus’ under zat speck of
cloud, 1 vork forty days nt ze eartvorks at
Fort Rowell. I leave my shop. Madame
Deehire, and ze leetlo children zey buvo
small portion to eat zoso ditys, I vas shoe
maker by trade, Mais quo voulez-vousf I
vas mad, aussi. Ah! every day vo vork,
vork, and ve say: ‘Notting can take zis
fort!’ He had stopped the horses by this
time, and was gesticulating toward the buy
from his high seat, his flabby faeo distorted
with excitement. “You see, zare? you see,
madamo? zat black line in zo mist is ze is
land, Dauphin. Jus’ vhere I iiiit my fin
ger is Fort Morgan, von great fort, many
guns. At zat side, is Fort Gaines. Up zo
bay—ah, it vas von day in August, ver’ hot
—up ze bay como ze Yankee fleet, two by
two, lashed togezzer like von ]>uck of
hounds. Close to ze shore vas ze great
Monitors, ze Tecumseh in front.”
“The Tecumseh!” exclaimed Mr Ely.
“Mv dear, was not George on the Tecum
soh! A lad of whom wo were very fond,”
ho exclaimed to the Major—“ail orphan, tho
son of a dear friend. But go oil, my good
man; go on.”
“Here,” continued Mosheer, “vas Admiral
Buchanan and our fleet. Under zo vater
jus’ in ze path of ze Monitors vas zo torpe
does.”
“Just iu the path of the Monitors,” whis
pered the old clergyman, nervously, fum
ing his saco away quieklr from them toward
the bay. reddening now in tho low peaceful
Yos, zare,” eagerly responded Mosheer.
•‘Ah-lt, it is vory clean vater now, you tlnkf
Netting in it but zo fish? I*ook, zare; look,
madamo. Jus’ vhore I point, your Teeura
,,h struck a torpodonn’ vent, down—down!
1 see zo water boil an’ choke; zat is all.
Presently it rush over an’ lie smooth again.
Ze great’Monitor gone, like u pebble sunk!”
Tlio old clergyman did not answer; hit;
eves were fixed on the rippling, smiling
water His wife, who was less excitable,
slid her hand under her shawl, unseen, into
his and pressed it. ....
“And that,” she whispered, “is poor
George’s grave."
The Major raised his hat. “Ihere were
brave men buried thero that day, ’ ho said,
gently. .. .
Mosher broke tho silence. “Yonder our
admiral attacked Farragut. Zo bay vas
black viz ze smoko an' zo roar of zo cannon.
An’ in ze middle of it zo Yankee creep in
in on Dauphin Island. Veil”—with a shrug
ltathoritig up hi* will* —* ‘e 6QQ uau coiuu.
In four days Fort Powoll vas blown away.
An’ our eatvorks—all gouo. Mon Dieul
how my back did ache building zoso eart
vorks! All gone!” ,
“Then. I supposs,* 1 said I/olft, in<l*crnai)t!/,
“you gave up the <*au*o and went back to
your winemaking?” ... .
“No,” with a sheepish grin. “I vos in
hospital. I lose my life for dem eartvorks.
Madam Deehire ft les petites zey vor hun
gry many days. Mais one voulez ▼ou/.?
Every man hail his trouble. Ino vorsc zau
zeixiers.” Rebecca Harm no Davis.
A Small Leak
Will sink a great, ship;and what at first np
pVrs to lie n trifling cough is apt to culmi
nate In consumption if not properly at
tended to in time. For consumption which
is scrofula of the lungs, ami (or and Wiwd
mid skin diarem-s. Dr Fierce s Golden
Medical Discovery” bus no equal. By drug
gist*
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1887.
MARY ANDERSON’S GHOST STORY.
Confronted by an Apparition in tho
Palace of Lord Lyttou.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph..
One of the best authenticated of modern
ghost stories that I have ever heard was
told me lately by an English lady, who had
it from the lips of the heroine of the adven
ture, the fail’ and famous American actress
Mary Anderson. At one time during a
former visit to England, Miss Anderson
was invited to pay a visit to Lord and Lady
Lytton (the former best known as Owen
Meredith.) who were then nt the ancestral
seatref the Bulwers. the well known manor
of Knebworth. The fair actress wus a greut
favorite with the host and hostess, and had
more than once before been their guest at
their historical country home, a certain
apartment called the white aud gold room
having always lieen placed at her disposul.
On her arrival on this last occasion another
apartment was ullotted to her, her usual
quarters having been taken by an early
comer. Her new room was equally
spacious and handsome, though some
what gloomy on account of the mas
sive antique furniture, while a large
picture of Queen Elizabeth, evidently a con
temporary likeness, hung upon the wall,
aud by its faded hues and imperious aspect
lent an impression of weird mystery to the
surroundings. But these ideas only occurred
to Miss Anderson after the incident lam
about to relate. Bho fouud her room on
first entering it very pleasant, and every ar
rangement had been made for her comfort,
her maid having been installed in a small
room just outside her own, and communi
cating- with it by a door.
Miss Anderson arrived iu the afternoon.
Dinner was served at t‘> o’clock, and the
evening passed off in a very agreeable man
ner. No ghost stories were told, tho con
versation taking an animated and merry
tone, and the party did not separate till
near 1 o’clock, “so you see,” remarked Miss
Anderson parenthetically, when she first
narrated the history, “it is not at all likely
that I could have been suffering from indi
gestion.” Sho retired to rest, the door be
tween her bedroom aud that of her maid
being wide open, aud that leading to the
corridor having been securely bolted. No
sooner had Miss Anderson blown out the
light and laid her head on the pillow than
she became conscious of a singular and un
pleasant change in tho atmosphere of the
room, which became at once intensely cold
and dump and overwhelmingly oppressive,
so as to be scarcely respirable. “I could
compare it,” she afterward said, “to nothing
except a blanket saturated with iced water
and pressing upon my mouth and nostrils
so us almost to stop my breath.” She tried
to cry out, but strength and power of
speech seemed to have alike forsaken her.
Then she became aware of something
clutching at the bed clothes; a strong grasp
fastened at intervals on the coverlids aud
blankets she had drawn over her. In the
extremity of her alarm, she contrived by
putting forth all her strength to raise her
self in a .silting posture, supported by her
hands, and she Mas instantly dashed buck
against the headboard of the bed by a fierce
grasp fastened on her back and shoulders.
X hiring tins mute and terrible struggle
Mis i Anderson could see a light in her
maid's room flashing up and going out,
tuis process being repeated several
tunes. Mho tried in vain to reach her own
match liox. which was placed beside lim
bed, but failing in that attempt she finally
broke loose from tho hold ot her invisible
persecutor and sprang from tho bed, utter
ing a piercing shriek. Her maid instantly
rushed into tue room, exclaiming in terror:
“O, Miss Mary, did you see it?” “Sec
what?” asked Miss Anderson, in renewed
alarm. “Something—l cannot tell what—
that caught me by the throat and
tried to choke mo as soon as
I got into bed.” On compar
ing their experiences, the mistress and the
maid found that they had suffered in pre
cisely the same manner, but the latter lia.l
contrived to get Itold of the match box.
“But every time that I struck a match,
Miss Mary,” added the frightened girl,
“something would blow it out.” The two
terrified girls lighted their lamps and wit
down together on Miss Anderson’s tied,
wrapped in blankets, to await the down of
the day, having lirst investigated the fasten
ings of the outer doors of their rooms uiul
having found them secure aud in good or
der.
As soon as it was light they dressed them
selves and went down stairs, exciting a great
deal of attention and comment on the part
of the early risers among the servants by
their extreme paleness ana evident agitation.
Finally the housekeeper came to ask Miss
Anderson if anything was the matter, and
the first exclamation of that functionary on
bearing her story Mas, “What—again?”
This remark she tried to explain away, as
suring Miss Anderson that sho must have
been suffering from nightmare, though she
failed to account for the fact that this dread
ful form of nightmare had attacked both
the mistress and the maid at the same mo
ment.
WHERE THEFT WAS UNKNOWN.
Remark ble Condition of California
When Gold was Discovered.
A remarkable state of affairs existed in
California fur the first year after the dis
covery of gold, says H. H. Bancroft in
“Popular Tribunals.” The first miners were
made up in a great measure of men already
living hero, they were honest men, and had
deserted the tow-s to dig gold, and not to de
fraud their neighbors. Many were knowu
to each other and few were wholly unknown.
Peaceable and in a primitive M-uy each for
himself picked the precious metal from tho
river beds and crevices, washed it from
the sands that lined the streams, or
sought a place of his own to dig for it,
witli no desire to encroach on ground
chosen by another. Rights were respected;
theft M-ns unknown. A pick or shovel
thrown upon the grouud, sticks driven into
the earth, or a written or posted notice that
a certain s]>ot was claimed was sufficient to
loeuro it aguinst all oornors. Miners lived
much in tho open air, iu cloth tenements or
rude huts, leaving their gold dust in bags or
bottles unguarded in tent or cabin. Tho
merchandise of the trader waj secured only
by walls of eloth which could he easily cut
through with a pocket-knife. Goods
stocked up by tho roadside, miles from
any camp, remained undisturhel for
weeks and months. Horses uud cat
tle were safe to roam at large.
After the winter rains hail ceased and water
for washing gold had disappeared, iu cer
tain localities piles of rieli dirt were thrown
up to Imi washed out when rain should come
again. And though these heaps were often
the result of great labor uud contained
much wealth, they remained undisturbed
(luring the summer, uud when autumn
came fell to their rightful owners. Differ
ences of opinion were settled by “leaving it
to tho crowd.” And so it wus the first
conici-s found less discord existing here than
anywhere else in Christendom.
Vessels arrived so last iu Ban Francisco
that they could And uo accommodations for
tlioir cargoes on shore. Great quautftias of
merchandise of all kind* wore discharged
ami piled up along tho lieach. All of it was
wholly excised, although much of it was
valuable. Rut all this time there wo*
scureely a ltx-k on the door of any dwelling,
store, or warehouse in Bun Francisco.
During this truly goldun-ago of integrity it
never seemed to occur, to those honest folk
that there were any persons in the world
who would wrongfully take their property
from them. It is suid that there was but
ouo ruso of theft in Sou Francisco prior to
October, 1849, and this was a Mexican who
stole some blankets, for which he was pub
liclv whipped on the plaza.
During the autumn of i:>18 tlicre were no
such things along the stapes of the Sb-rrun
as government, judges, sheriffs, tux collec
tor* or other officers of t!ie law. All w*rc
absolutely free and were thrown upon thedr
good behavior. But in fond time it seemed
to dawn upon the criminals of the world
that a good yielding winter.on* without jail
or gallows must be tho vory paradise for
UiXovsa
OVER THREE OCEANS.
Two Tea Stoamers Race Each Other
From China to New York.
Front the New York Herald.
Racing half around tho earth—all the
way from Chinn, in fact —through storms
and calms and with heavy cargoes of tea on
board!
That is exactly what the rival steamers
Monmouthshire and Glenshiol undertook to
do two months ago, and yesterday tho Glun
shicl steamed into New’ Yeuk the winner of
the long race. Her presence at Sandy Hook
M-as unuoimuedover the wire at 7:87 o’clock,
and at 9 o’clock sho was steaming up the
liay.
The steamer was in splendid order after
her long voyage. The decks had been
washed down aiul scrubbed until there was
not a speck of dirt on them, and tho. sails
were all furled and the spare ropes neatly
coiled. The huge yelliov masts shone iu the
sun and tho brass ornaments of the steamer
reflected his rays in a thousand points.
HER LONG TRIP ENDED.
Ruddy faced and jolly captain C. A.
Roualdson, the veteran commander of the
line and commodore of tho fleet, was stand
ing on the bridge looking as serene as
though ho lmd not come a mutter of 13,000
miles, if the course wore in u straight line.
At 10 o’clock sharp the Glensliiel's prow
entered her dock at pier 45 North River,
her screw made n few hackwunl revolutions
and tiio long race was ended. The Glenshiol
had won. On tho deck forward swarmed
over a score of half nuked Chinamen Mho
had acted as firemen on the trip, and very
good til-emeu they made, too. The officers
of the steamer, genuine Anglo-Saxons most
of them, wore their Sunday uniforms.
The vessel was packed with lea from hold
to main deck. Even the saloon, fitted up
for first-class passengers, was half filled with
boxes of ten, and the staterooms ou each
side were filled with tea.
THE START.
Tho Glenshiel, which is 3,455 gross tons
and 3,3X0 not tonnage, with triple expansion
engines, left Yokohama, on the Island of
Niphon, on June 4, with 1,050 tons of tea.
She touched at Hiogo, theu went on to Na
gasaki. Slid then laid her course for Amoy,
where 3,031 tons more of tea M-as shipped.
There was also received 861 tons from
Shanghai aud 01 tons from Foo Chow. The
steamer arrived at Amoy on June 14 at
13:80 o'clock p. in., and at 0 o’clock a. iu. ou
tho 17th her prow pointed out into the
stormy waters of the China Sen.
The Monmouthshire had left Yokohama
on May 81 nt 10 o’clock in the morning, and,
after leaving Nazaski. she went to Shang
hai, while the Glenshiel proceeded direct to
Amoy. But tho Monmouthshire got into
Amoy on the 13th and the Glenshiel on the
11th, dearly gaining two days on thotripof
the Monmouthshire to Shanghai.
SQUALL AFTER SQUALL.
The ponderous engines drove the Glenshiol
through the M-aters of the China Sea at
tremendous six-ed. There was a succession
of squalls that beat upon her steel form, but
the waves liad little effect upon tho staunch
steel frame of the steamer.
The wind came up from the southwest in
whirling gusts that would have capsized any
ordinary craft, and tho squalls were so
sudden that tho steersman hardly had orders
to shape his course after one storm had
iiassed before another came ou, and the
1 ilenshiel’s wheel brought her up to face it.
She steamed into Singapore at 11 o'clock
on the morning of June 33 and there found
the Monmouthshire, which had arrived two
days before. Two hours after the Glenshiel
arrives) at Singapire. her rival stunned out
and only waiting to take on 7u:i tons of coal,
which occupied two and a half hours, she
followed.
THE STRUGGLE.
Now came the tug of war. The half naked
Chinese firemen piled in the coal and the
steam gauze marked a higher pressure than
it ever liad before. The engines worked
noiselessly mid tho huge screw spun around,
displacing tons upon tons of water, while it
spurted from I(pi- bows in two big streams
that beat any fountain that ever was in
vented. At 1 o’clock on thu 26th the Mon
mouthshire was seen steaming ut full speed.
It was evident that her officers saw tbeir
rival, and the excitement on both ves
sels was at fever heat.
“Hurra! We’re gaining on her, we’ll pass
her,” shouted a sailor ou tho GlenshitTs
deck.
VICTORY FOR THE GLENSHIEL.
He was right, for the steamer that had
up to this time been in the wako of her ri
val, aud had left tho last port two hours bo
hiiul her, was slowly but surely overliuuling
her, and at 3 o’clock the Glenshiel passed
the Monmouthshire and steamed out of tho
K/raits of Malacca into the Indian Ocean
ahead. The crew of the victorious steamer
could not repress a olioer. It wus not in
any wav noticed by the Monmouthshire
crew. The Glenshiel forged ahead on her
way, and her jealous rival was soon lost to
sight astern, uud thut was the last soon of
her on the passage.
The strong southwest monsoons of the
Indian Ocean raised high head sens, but the
steamer ploughed on, and on July 7, at 1:80
o’clock in the afternoon tho port of Porim,
at the entrance to tho Htraits of Babel
Maftdeli, the door of tho Red Hea was en
tered.
The Glenshiel here took on 150 tons of coal,
nud at 5 o’clock in the afternoon was
steaming up tho Red Sea toward Suez. The
weather was fair, and thut port m-iu;
reached ut 7 o'clix-k p. m. ou the lltli. At
7:80 o’clock the next afternoon the G lenshiel
left Suez, and at 8:80 o'clock the same even
ing was at Port Said. Hero 500 tons of
coal wore shipped to feed the yawning fur
naces that were consuming fuel at an enor
mous rate. The deck forward was piled
with on>;u. Four hours after entering Fort
Euid the Glenshiol was steaming over the
black waters of the Mediterranean toward
the Btraits of Git rallar.
The straits were reached on July 19, at 6
o’clock in tin* morning. The suu was shin
in ' very brightly ou the rugged wails of tho
old fort.
ON THE ATLANTIC.
The steamer passed out into the broad At
lantic at 4:30 o’clock of the 19th, and then
commenced in earnest her tusk of covering
tho expanse between that point and Now
York. There were several shard gales on
the way over from tho Northeast, and once
the wind swung around to the Northwest,
und rent a small hurricane down on the ves
sel. Bho made tin* passage, however, from
Gibraltar iu ten days and lifteon hours and
from Amoy in forty-two days, not ullowing
the difference in time.
On Thursday at 3 o’clock a. ni. signals
wore exchanged M-ith asteumur of the Great
Western line. At noon the steadier Joshua
Nicholson was passed. These were the only
two steamers sighted after leaving tho Mon
mouthshire behind. On the 89th the weather
wits foggy and the vessel proceeded slowly.
The sight of Fire Island light was u wel
come one to tlie mariners, uud the vessel
slowly made her nay in tho colly morning
up to Bundy Hook.
THE RIVAL STEAMERS.
The Glenshiel is consigned to Henderson
Brothers, of tho Anchor hue. Bin- is fitted
with electric lights and every modern con
venience for passengers. Bho will curry a
number of suloou passengers to ixmtlon.
for which port she sails iu about two weeks.
Tho Monmouthshire is one of Carter,
Hawley & Co.’s steamers. Bile was built
in 1868, and is considerably smaller than the
Glenshiol, registering 1,163 tons. Bho had
not Ix-cn sighted at a late hour last night,
and it is thought sho wiii come in at least
two davs liehiud her successful rival. Capt.
Dnnalifeon, of the Glenshiel, says it is one
of tho most successful voyages ho ever
made.
Wnsw scents get on the trad of the Indians it
U an indication that there is goltiK <o )s- war.
It is about the some thine when a young nmu
gets on the of a young lady.— Yutders
Statesman.
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evte tvii.n-u. Ills dUTiing from all other co
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' JOHN S. SCHLEY.
NOTICE-FOR RENT, from Oct. Ist, tho
lurge and eominodioiis house lately occu
pied by Judge Emory Speer, fronting Pulaski
Monument, corner Bull and Taylor; tho
choicest location in town. Also, uu eight room
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I7H >R RENT, from Oct. let, that delightfully
I located residence, Drayton street, facing
the Park Extension, nd new occupied by David
Weisbeln, Esq., having all modern improve
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Only responsiblo purlieu not'd apply to n.
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lAOlt KENT, three-story brick house on Mllcon,
between Habersham and Price streets. E. J.
KENNEDY, corner Hull and York streets.
Iwi Ilf KENT, HG Hull, on northwest corner of
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street.
FOR SALE.
Delightful home for sale, in the
town of l'ruflrld. Greene county, Ga . a
well finished, eight-room dwelling, double iron
veramla, ample outhouses, a large garden
stocked with fruits, fish pond, and a farm of
about forty acres in good cultivation. Penlleld
is four miles from railroad, has churches,
schools, daily mail, good water, and a fine
health record. A iare opportunity to those
who desire au elegant homo, with small farm,
and on very reasonable terms. Apply lo
CHARLES M. SANDERS, Fenfield, Ga.
DOR SALE, three Hue Milch Cows two for
r wurd springers will calve soon. Can bo
seen New Houston street, three doors from
Price street.
FtREHH MILK FOR BALE at 183 State street
MRS. GIBBS.
17 OH SALE, Iron Side-Wheel Steamer, 3GO feet
long, built by Harlan A Hollingsworth;
beam engine 13x12; good for freight andnassen
gers; draft 5 feet. Address JNO. 11. DIA
LOGUE, Camden, N. J.
17’OU SALE, twelve-horse power Engine and
Boiler, English Gin and Uplan Cotton Gin,
with self-feeder and condenser; Cotton Press,
Grist Mill, Shafting, Helling, etc.; above ma
chinery are nearly new. Inquire at FISCHER
BROS.', Market square.
Fvf >R SALE, one Tubular Boiler and one Steam
Cylinder; suitable for a dye bouse; will
sell ou reasonable terms. Address GEO. R.
m >DGE, 189 New Houston street.
I you SALE. -ROBEDEW Lota, 00 feet on
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deep, at $135, payable 835 cash and 313 50 every
six mouths,with interest. FIVE-ACRE laits in tho
TOWN OF ROSEDEW, with river privileges, at
#IOO. payable 330 cash ami #5 every three mouths,
villi interest. Apply to Dk. FaLLIGANT, 131
South Broad street, u to 10 a. m. daily.
lAOli ’ALE, Laths, Shingles, Flooring, Celling,
J 1 Weatherboivrding and Framing Lumber.
Office and yard Taylor and East Broad streets.
Telephone No. 811. REPPAKD A CO.
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per dozen, and larger work in the name pro
portion.
J. N. WILSON,
21 Hull street.
RKMK.MHKH. I.AI'NCV & OOEBKL make
life-size crayons. handsomely framed, fur
315: other sixes and kinds for a *ohg, and if you
can't sing they sing for you. HI Broughton
street, Savannah.
Si is< ■ klLa n i:< > i 8,
TAVFRY MOTHER knows the advantage in
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IJEBFUIIEIY, Toilet Soap, Comb* and
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| AWN TENNIS SHOES, a full (took at (i- M.
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Knights of Labor
——AND
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RIAL ESTATE
OFFERINGS.
SOME GOOD CORNERS.
At private sale I am offering some very,
good corner places, suitable for business oj
for residences.
One on W est Broad and Hull, near the
oflicos of tbo lioorgia Central Railroad-
J
This is an excellent location for a boarding
house. and unsurpassed for retail business.
* i
The house is roomy and the lot large,
00x90, ivitn much of tho space unoccupied;
A spla unci for business in the im-t
mediate vicinity of the S., F. &W. Ry, jus<
on the thoroughfare leading into the ware
house uud offices. This consists of a large
dwelling, with store attached, well built and
convenient. Its proximity to tho Depot)
gives special value to this property for em-l
ployes, or for persons desiring the patrouagd
of employes.
A West Broad aud Jones stroet comor is
tho last on tho list. This Is among the bert
of West Brood corners. Particular! can bo
had at my offloo.
I { I- * • *
A Few Residences
A double liouso iu tho eastern portion <*t
the city, near the Bay. This is an exceed
ingly pleasant location, fading u square. It/
will lie an admirable home for persons doing
business in that section.
A two-story dwelling on Bryan street;
near Form. In this locality homes alwuyd
rent well. TMft If particularly recoin-<
mended to persons desiring a small, snug
investment, aud those drawn in Loan Awo
ciations.
A neat and comfortable cottage in the
southwestern portion of the city. This Id
i
just the place in which to commence house
keeping life.
ON SALT WATER.
I have for talo tho most comploto prop
erty of this description in this vicinity.
Good water and air, cool breezes, fertile
land, plenty of shade, abundance of fruit,
iish in abundance, ull within an hour’s ride
of the city.
C. H. Dorsett,
BEIL XSHU! BEAtm.
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