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FELTONS FIERY TIRADE.
THE MAN FROM SUMTER GIVEN A
TERRIBLE SCATHING.
Bartow’s Representative Classes Him
as on a Par With the Worst of the
Negroes—Marital Relations Touched.
Upon With Considerable Bitterness
—Fears of a Personal Meeting.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10. —In the Senate
to-day the minority report eanio from the
Finance Committee against the Dean bill to
sell the State road. It was signed by
Messrs. James. Wofford, Robins, Daniel,
McLeod, Ix.'Wis, Dilworth, Jackson, and
Turnipseed. They gave the following rea
sons;
1. In our opinion the sale of the Western
snd Atlantic railroad would l* premature,
injurious, and the results flowing therefrom
would seriously affect and greatly impair
the credit, of the State, and w ould be dctri
mental to the interests of the citizens
thereof.
8. The sale of this magnificent pieeo of
property of the State of Georgia will con
siderably decrease and hazard the educa
tional fund of the State, and will deprive
thousands of our children of the advan
tage of a common free school education in
tho elementary branches of au English
education, and will to a fearful extent
cripple the educational system of the whole
State, which is contrary to the spirit, and
reason of the constitution of the State of
Georgia on that, subject.
3. The bill anticipates the payment of
betterments by the State to the present
lessees, thereby forestalling an unbiased in
vest,gatiou and fair settlement of this
imixirtant question.
4. The proposed sale is against t he best
interests and expressed wishes of a largo
majority of the people of this State.
■ r ). \\ e further believe tliut the sale of the
Western and Atlantic railroad at the mini
mum price fixed in the bill would bo bail
busiin ss policy.
A motiou was made to reconsider the bill
limiting elections to change county seats to
once in live years but it failed.
Mr. Jackson, of the Thirty-seventh dis
trict, offered a resolution reciting the illit
eracy existing in this and other States, due
largely to the class lately in slavery, and
almost wholly destitute of property; assort
ing that the best disposition that can be
made of tho surplus in the national Treas
ury is to distribute it to the different States
on the basis of illiteracy for educational
purposes, and requesting Georgia’s Senators
and Representatives in Congress to earnestly
advocate such a measure.
In the House.
In the House to-day u motion introduced
by Mr. Wilson, of Camden, to reconsider
the terrapin bill was tabled.
The special order was the reformatory bill.
Mr. Rray, of Fulton, concluded his argu
ment for the bill begun last Thursday.
Mr. Harre.l, of Decatur, opposed tho bill.
He said he had two objections to it. Per
sons guilty of heinous crimes ought to be
punished adequately, instead of having
their punishment mitigated and being con
fined with trivial offenders. Another objec
tion was that the bill aggregated in one sec
tion of the State convicts from all the
counties of the Stab-. This would be a sort;
upon the public policy of the State, in com
parison with which the evils of the present
lease system amounts to nothing. His sub
stitute' was intended to meet these
objections. In the counties of his
section juvenile offenders were generally
bound out, and this was better than an
aggregation of them in one section. His
substitute authorizes any city in tho
State to establish a reformatory school for
its own juvenile < r misdemeanor offenders.
He regretted the [ersonal turn that had
been given to the discussion, particularly
the flings aimed at the gentleman from Bar
tow.
Mr. Ha-rison, of Quitman, opjiosed the
bill and defended the present system. He
criticised the details of the bill and urged
ita impracticability.
FELTON TO THE RESCUE.
Mr. Felton, of Bartow, took tho floor in
support of Ins Hill, and addressed a crowded
floor and packed galleries, lie said people
were daily sending a message bidding him
God sp-ed in his support of the bill. Dozens
bad been received by himself, and he knew
of some received by others. He had no
doubt but if the question were submitted to
the people at the ballot-box it would receive
an overwhelming majority. The people of
Georgia were intelligent, an [Christian people
and tueir disp. tuition was always to do right.
He was proud of his State anil hurled back
imputations on her humanity. Such a sys
tem as we have reflects upon
the good name of the State.
Rut he rejected and hurled back such reso
lutions as had been adopted in Boston. Let
us do right, and then we may lie indifferent
to the opinions of people elsewhere. Popu
lar sentiment on this question was changing.
He referred to two gentlemen of the House
who had changed their positions on this
question. His friends from Webster
and Coweta, who had come forward with a
substitute for his bill. Who would have
supposed, after listening to the gentleman
from Dougherty two years ago, that he,
too. would at this session have come for
wani with a substitute, the principal fea
ture of which was reform for juvenile
offenders.
MONEY AS A POWER.
He believed that the system was intended
to be humane and reformatory, but ’’uh,
•* power of money!’’ There is, as said by
the gentleman from Fulton, "money in it,”
and that is tire secret of its perversion from
its original purpose. Its savage cruelty fir st
attracted attention to its evils. He referred
to the reports of former investigating com
mittees showing the bad condition of the
camps. The object was to wring the last
dollar from the toil and blood
of the convicts or consign
them to the grave. He did not know that
it was any better uow, and lie referred to
the reports in circulation of the pivsent bud
condition < if the camps. Ho was not sur
prised to hear of murder and gambling on
Sunday, when it was shown that the lessees
worked the convicts on .Sunday. He said
one of the lessees was lately sick and deliri
ous, and in his delirious muttering* such
words as theso were heard to esoajs- him;
“Convicts, my God." The- system seemed
to press heavily uiioii his conscience, but lie
imagined some' of the lessees never had a
ripplo upon tho surface of their conscience.
SIMMONS ARRAIGNED.
The speocli was too lengthy even for a
full synopsis, but his reply lo the attack
marie on him last Thursday by Mr. .Sim
mons wqs a fearful invective and is pro
noiuiccd the most remarkable and terrific
denunciation ever heard on the fliror of the
Georgia Legislature. Ho combatted Mr.
Simmons’ proposition rep uted from Maud
sley that criminals could not lie reformed.
Maudslev was the advanced materialist of
the age. Uptakes tho position first that
there is no God and second that there is no
soul. We can only supp.se that the gentle
man from Sumter worships such a God.
The chairman to suppress applause in the
galleries read the rule forbidding It.
Dr. Felton continued: This is the day for
a fierce fight. He wanted it under food
from what atheistical source such an argu
ment emanates. Ho was willing to rust
such an argument with this House of Chris
tian legislators. He thought that these
uphold and love the Christian State of
Georgia. Mr. Simmons bad said that the
negroes who knew him would, if they could,
elect him President of the United ' States,
and yet lie ha 1 sail tliut the negro.* had
neither water nor soap, and wore indifferent
to the marnage relation yet he said that
such negroes would elect him President.
A SEVERE COM I'A 111 SOS.
Mr. Speaker, did you ever see two dew
dro)Wineotf How imperceptibly they nisli
into each other’s bosom, mid the identity of
each is lost. He illustrated in this way the
congeniality of such negroes and the go"
' tleman from Sumter. Mythology tells us
| that when two -- ails meet in the other wcrld,
though they had never seen each other be
| fore, they at once roeognizo their affinity.
! Thus the unwashed negroes of Sumter nnd
| the gentleman from that county
' would mutually recognize their
affinity. He also ‘‘referred to
n little dog strutting nnd twisting his
tail when among larger curs and always in
such a manner as more plainly to oxjiose
his hinder ports. Might his hand forget its
cunning when he availod himself of bis
privileges on this floor to rudely and wan
tonly attack his fellow members. Ho had
none but tha w armest feelings for the gen
tleman from Dougherty, whose noble heart
would not permit him to attack another
member in a ruffianly manner. Dr. Felton
said that many persons had told him they
were anxious to see what reply lie
would make to tho ruffian who had
dragged his homo and family into
this debate. He respected the mun who
said the horse was 17 feet high and stood by
it, hut not the man win > attempted to sneak
out by saying he meant 17 hands.
COMPARES HIMSELF WITH HOWARD.
He instituted a comparison between him
self nnd John Howard to show their dissim
ilarity. Howard had mnrried his servant
girl. He (Dr. Felton) had married no one
but oue of the noblest and most intellectual
of <fomen, a noble and true wife —a noble
and patriotic daughter of Georgia. He
would say to the man from Sumter, in the
language of Macaulay: “Slave, coward,
hireling, the oue small service you can
do for her is to hate her.” When ho inti
mates that bis only son was a prospective
inmate of a penitentiary, he would reply
that, he would rather that than that lie
should imitate the manners of the man from
Sumter. To-day and for the future when
ho should pray that his hoy should lie duti
ful and honorable he should wish that, he
might be tho very opposite of the man from
Sumter. He would repel slanders on his
home as long ns God gave him strength. It
was true that his term was bent,
his hair was white and liis
nerves shattered, but as long as
God gives him intellect and heart it would
lie devotod to the defense of his home and
the welfare arc i prosperity of Georgia. Why
this rude intrusion on his bent form? He
had had controversies with the gentlemen
from Dougherty and Webster and others,
hut none hut tho best and kindliest feelings
existed between them, hut such feelings t >-
ward him by’ the gentleman from Sumter
would lie the worst fate that could befall
him. He would leave him with the un
washed negroes, the negroes who hate soap,
tho negroes of Sumter who disregard the
marriage vows, among whom he was a big
shote in a peach orchard, During the
speech Mr. Simmons tried to interrupt
several times, in some excitement, but Mr.
Felton would not lie interrupted.
It is anticipated that Mr. Simmons will
get the floor to-morrow to reply.
CANCELLED BONDS.
Judge Harrell Before the Marietta and
North Georgia Committee.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10. —Tho investiga
tion into the history and influences used in
passing the resolution providing for the can
cellation of the Marietta and North Georgia
railroad bonds promisos to pan out rieb.
The committee had a meeting this after
noon and examined Judge Harrell, who is
tho author of the resolution calling for tho
investigation. He said ho had no
further interest in tho matter than
any other member, but believed
the Legislative action was unconstitutional
nnd illegal and ought to bo set aside, He
said lie was a member of tho Finance Com
mittee of the House in 1881, and of its sub
committee, to whom was referred the reso
lution allowing the road abatement of inter
est on the 1 kmk!k it tho road was finished by
January, IHkk, two years after the original
date fixed. They reported favorably on the
agreement made if the friends of the road
would bo satisfied. The resolution passed
the House without opposition, but the Sen
ate amended it by obliterating the whole
debt.
RUSHED THROUGH THE HOUBE.
The amendment was brought up in the
House during the closing days of th session
nnd pushed through without more than a
dozen momlicrs knowing what it meant, and,
as he was satisfied, without a constitutional
majority. He has made nu investigation,
mi'l is satisfied on that jsiint
George R. Eager secured the passage of
the resolution, representing that it was for
the benefit of the road. Tt now transpires
that it will only benefit Mr. Eager and A.
D. Kinsey, wheat that time had given tho
railroad company an indemnified bond
securing them against tho future
payiuent of the bonds. In
this Mr. Eager practiced n fraud on tho
Legislature. Mr. Hari’ell personally knew
<>f no improper iiifluonee brought to War on
the Legislature to secure tho passage of the
resolution, hut gave the names of the fol
lowing witnesses, who knew all about tho
secret history of the legislation: Judge
Welhom of Rlnirsville, ,1. M. Russell of
Columbus, It. F. Maddox of Atlanta, \V. R.
Rowers and A. D. Kinsey of Marietta.
They will lie subpomaed for the next meet
ing of the committee.
FRANK THOMAS DEAD.
Popular at Athens and Savannah—A
Negro's Fall.
Athens, Ga., Aug. 10 — Frank Thomas,
a young man about 18 yeai-s old, the only
son of Maj. John J. Thomas, died at his
father’s residence, on Price avenue, this
morning at 10 o’clock. Mr. Thomas had
been in feeble health for some time. A few
months ago he took a trip to Savannah,
where, for awhile, his health was greatly
benefited, lint just hefore his return home
he was taken with a rolnpse and has not
been )N’i’fectlv well since. With the young
men of the city Mr. Thomas was a universal
favorite, and his sad death has cast a gloom
over the community. He loaves
a futlier, mother nnd sister.
Mr. Thomas was a brother of Mrs. Henry
McAlpin, of Savannah. His funeral will
lake place to-morrow morning from the
First Presbyterian church.
This morning aimut 9 o’clock a negro mail
was riding down town with great speed in
search of Dr. Carlton. His horse stumbled
nnd fell, throwing the man several yards
and landing him on his head. A gentleman
ran to the rescue and found that the skin
had been fearfully cut from the hack of the
negro’s head, causing a verv painful wound.
He is reeling quietly to-night under tho in
fiuence of morphine.
Farmers Lose In Meriwether
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 10.—Some of the
farmers in Meriwether county suffered
great damage to their crops hy' the redout
heavy ruins. Among them was John Al
ford whose plantation is situated in what is
known as the “Cove." Ho loses his entire
crop and had to move his family to a place
of safety on a spur of the mountains where
lie built, a shanty to protect them from the
went her.
Twentv-flve young men formed a pool
here, bought twenty-live tickets in the
Ixiuisiann lottery nnd drow $2,000 iu the
drawing lust Tuesday.
Georgia Agriculturists.
Canton, Ga.. Aug. 10.—The State Agri
cultural Convention adjourned to-day after
a two -lavs’ harmonious meeting. The
Brady bill was nearly unanimously con
demned by the convention. It was a large
convention and much interest was mani
tested in its meeting About .‘lOO <ju!egates
were present. Mr. Northern, of Hancock,
wus elected prraident and Mr. Waddell, at
Polk county, vice president. Wnvoross was
selected as the next place of meeting.
Receding at Augusta.
Augusta, Aug. 10.—Tho river reached 38
feet 10H inches this morning by daybreak,
and is'gitn rece ling. It is now falling rap
idly. A portion of the city was hadly
' ! . b '*■ no erioiD dsnic-r was done.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1887.
A THRILLING STORY.
Kow an El Paso Man Came Near to
Death.
from the / / Paso Jnter-RepuhHei.
“A man gets some queer ideas in his head
when he’s out all alone in the mountains,"
said John Sanderson, an old prospector who
has his headquarters at El Paso, but who
makes several incursions into the mining
districts every year. “Half of them believe
in ghosts, nine out of ten in signs, and about
all of them in luck. My own exix'rieneo
lias changed my views fii a grasl many par
ticulars, and, for one thing, it has made me
’ a firm, believer in special providences. It
didn’t come about gradually, hut through
as marvelous escape from a:i awful death
as. I believe, e ver falls to men.
“It happened up in the Mimbres Moun
tains four years ago this summer. The
Mimbres lie in New Mexico,down below old
Fort Tule Rosa, and they must lie full of
gold somewhere, because the beds of the
creeks that find their way down the sides are
so rich in placer diggings that you can’t pull
up a sage brush around there without see
ing bright specks among the roots. I had a
jet theory then that if you followed the
creeks up high enough and looked elose
enough you would find a tremendous deposit
of gold in decomposed quartz. I thought,
you see, that a little of it had washed off the
surface in the course of time and formed
those placers. What I wanted to find was
the mother m iqe.
“I talked the thing up to Charley Burke,
another prospector and friend of mine, until
lie agreed to put up half the outfit and join
me in the search. Wo got a couple of bur
ros, the necessary tools, and started earlv in
the spring. The country about the Mim
bres is about ns wild and desolate as any on
earth, mid it was a trip that nothing but
faith and enthusiasm would prompt a innn
to attempt. It was one succession of gorges,
gulches ajid acclivities, all strewn with
grunite tumblers from the size of n man’s
hand to a four-story block, and often we
were obliged to leave the water-course we
were following and make detours that took
days at a time.
“The creek we followed was almost dry
and we stopped frequently looking for
placers. Wc found no very rich ones, luit
everywhere there was gold. Sometimes
there would bo lots of it in the bottom of
the tin cup after we had taken a drink, and
sometimes—hereisn curious thing—it would
lie floating oil the surface. I will let some
one who is bettor posted in science than I
tell why gold now and then floats, but I only
know that little flakes of it do, and n lot of
it is lost ia sluice mining that way. As long
as wo found placers we knew that the main
deposit was ahead, so we pushed along, tired
enough hut confident. At last we came to a
spot where the sand was barren for several
uays’ journey, and then we began to pros
pect the country all around. To make a
long story short we struck a ledge one
morning with outcroppings that crumbled
under ray pick and showed quartz all streak
ed with yellow threads. ‘Charlie,’ I yelled
out, idl afire at once, ‘we have struck it!’
“But before we sunk a shaft we found
something else that sent our hearts
to our mouths. It was an old shaft,
hack a little ways and in a claim, properly
staked out, that covered that very ledge.
There was a notification according to law
on one of the posts, that Peter Sumner and
Joseph Klautzv hud taken possession of the
‘Big Six’ and done the logal assessment work.
I sat right down collapsed, hut Charley
went over to the shaft and came back to
toll me that it didn’t cover half the amount
necessary, under the law, to hold the prop
erty for a year. We measured it aud, sure
enough, it was only down ntiout half the
required distance, so we took jiossossion of
the property, changed its name to ‘Tho
Treasury,” and went to work.
“We built ourselves n rough shanty,
rigged up a windlass and began to sink. In
a few days we were into a formation rich
enough to make a man’s head swim and
getting better as we went down. Wo were
both so excited that we begrudged the time
to sleep and eat, and we neither of us medi
tate! for an instant giving the claim up to
anybody, assessment work or no assessment
work. What had become of the two men
was a mystery. They hed left no trace ex
cept the notification lionrd and shaft, und it
gave mo the creeps now and t hen to think
that they might be dead. But we were not
in a frame of mind to let sentiment interfere
with business.
“I suppose we had been then* for a couple
of weeks when provisions hogan to run
short. We didn’t want to both leave the
claim at once, so it was finally arranged
that Charley go down to tho creek to a
camp about fifty miles away and bring a
supply. He took both burros anil started
off. I calculated itasould take him a week
to make the trip, and time hung heavy on
my hands. I tried to work a little on the
shaft. The formation was very hard, and
wo had rigged up a sort of cross-bar ladder.
I would go down this, fill the bucket, climb
to tho surface and pull it up.
“At alxwt noon of the second day after
he left I was startled at what I thought was
a man crossing a little gulch half a mile
away. I only had a view of it between two
rocks mid whatever it was passed so quickly
that I was not sure. However, I wuitedfor
a couple of hours and than, seeing nothing
further, concluded I was mistaken aud I
went down into the shaft. 1 filled the
bucket with very heavy ore, elinilied up and
hud it about half raised when a man came
walking up the creek bed toward me. Then
I knew that I was right before.
"He was an uglydooking customer, big
aud brawny, with a flat, Scandinavian face,
and carried a Winchester on his arm I had
u little stick that T slipped into the windlass
handle near tho axle to keep it from turning
backward, and, leaving the bucket just,
where it was, suspended half way up, I
started towai-d the cabin to get my arms.
He covered me with his repeating rifle and
ordered me to halt.’’
“ What are you doing on tny claim?” he
said.
“I reckon you can see,” I replied, putting
as good a face oil it, as 1 possibly could.
“You mean you've jumped it, you cursed
thief?”
"No, l don’t. There wasn’t enough work
on it to hold it, and it was as much mine as
unyhoily's.’’
"You lie!”
“He looked at me over the sights with his
wicked greenish eyes for full u minute.
Then ho said:" ,
"Did you ever pray t" '
“Yes, I faltered.
“Then pray now. I’ll give you two min
utes to do it.
“By that time my mind was clear enough
to take in the whole situation and I had no
doubt hul he intended to murder me then
and I here. With me out of tee ivay there
would Ini iio one to testify to the insufficient
work and I would simply he regarded, if the
story of my death was ever told, ns a claim
jumper w ho had been justly dealt with. I
felt my knees U'gin to tremble und tried an
other rook.”
“If you kill me,” 1 said, "my partner
will In' hack and sec that you hang for it.”
"I’ll fix your partner the same way, you
ctaiin-jumping cur.”
“True enough. Nothing would be eas’er
than to assassinate Burke on liis return, and
we bad so jealously guarded the secret of
our trip that no oue would know where to
solreh for us. We would simply disappear,
as hundred* of prospectors do, never to bo
seen by men again, and siswiily to lie for
gotten. 1 hod no hope of mercy from the
instant I looked into tliat man’s cruel face.
I felt with a sickening qualm and a wiki
drumming in my.ears that my time had
come. ’’
“’Oh, for heaven’s sake, don’t murder
me!' 1 cried, ‘1 will go.’”
"The man made no reply. For a moment
my head swain, and then, with a sudden re
turn of vision that was excruciating iu its
clearness, l saw- him stoop slightly, rest tho
gun-barrel over the windlass handle, and
marked even that slight contraction of tho
eye-lid that always just, precedes a shot.
The next instant there was a crash, nu ex
plosion and a cry all nunghsl into one, I
saw the man turning head over heels down
the embankment, the Winchester firing
through a cloud of smoke up into the air,
H" 1 I!' 1 1 ' ’ ’ ' 1 ' 'e-H .acre' ,
whirring noise that was like some gigantic
clock running down.
“I did not realize it at the time, but this
| is what had happened: Vi hen he rested his
j gun across the windlass he dropped the,
twirrel right against the little stick 1 had
thrust in to prevent it turning, and knocked
it out. I suppose the bucket of ore weighed
150 pounds, and the great iron handle,
swinging clpar around, gained such terrific
momentum that when it struck him square
in the face, which it did, it lif tew 1 him off his
feet like a cannon ball. The gun was dis
charged by the shock, but the bullet went
nowhere near me. Before I regained my
senses I heard the bucket striko the bottom
with a smash.
“When I picked up the man he was un
conscious, but moaning a little and the
blood trickling out of ids cars. His gun
was broken. Ho lav at the cabin fora week
or two, and after Charlie got back we man
aged to get him to Silver City. There the
doctors put his face in a sort of plaster of
l-aris cast, but, although the wound healed,
lie was out of his head and eventually tiled.
The night before he passed away he mo
tioned for a little slate he used to write on,
for he couldn’t speak. He ivas very weak
and it took him a long time, but at last he
scrawled:
“ ‘Who hit me?
“Before they could tell him he fainted away.
The mine? Oh, the mine pinched out after
awhile and disappointed us. I sold my in
terest to Burke, and 1 think after working
it for a year ho gave up iu disgust and
moved away.
FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS.
The Sub-Tropical Executive Commit
tee Holds Its First Meeting.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 10.—The Ex
ecuth-o Committee of the Sub-Tropical Ex
port tion held its first meeting to-day, but
nothing definite was done Aid the timo was
spent in examining the places and specifica
tions of the exposition buildings. Secretary
Forbes was deputized to represent the Sub-
Tropical at the Southern passenger agents’
meeting at Montgomery on Aug. 17.
To-day while a Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West freight train was leaving Jack
sonville, bound for Hanford, while not yet
100 yards from the depot,, a misplaced
switch threw seven care off the track, dump
ing two in McCoy’s creek, completely’ ruin
ing the freight. No one was injured. The
loss is estimated at 81,000.
This morning two miles from Jacksonville
the residence of Aaron I,’acosta was de
stroyed by Are from a defoctive ilue. The
property was valued at $O,OOO.
The Governor today notified the Florida
militia that the State Encampment is to
take place at Pablo Aug. 27.
AN ILL-FATED BARK.
Yollow Jack Seems to Have Her on
His Little List.
Pensacola, Fla., Aug-10.—The Belgian
bark Drie Emmas arrived at the quarantine
station several (lays ago from Aspinwall on
her way out. She lord two of her crew by
sickness. The Board of Health has ordered
her to Ship Island station. This vessel seems
to be unfortunate in resjiect to sickness. In
November, 1885, she sailed from Colon
hound to Pensacola. After being out sev
eral days the entire crew was stricken with
the fever, except the mate, two men and a
hoy. The vessel put into Carthagena,
United States of Columbia, and remained
their several months before she could pro
ceed on her voyage owing to the sickness of
the crew.
Forward Superseded.
Palatka, Aug. 10.—William C. Har
grove took charge to-day of tin' office of the
Circuit Court Clerk and Registrar of Deeds,
vice William F. Forward, removed upon
the charge of failing to make proper re
turns.
Racing at Saratoga.
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 10. —The weather
was fine to day, the track excellent and the
attendance fair. The events were us fol
lows:
Fikst Rack— Mile and seventy yards. Alarie
won. with Gallatin second and Miss Motley
third. Time 1:49.
Second Race— One mile. Romp won, with
Lewis Clark second and Percy third. Time
1:47m.
Third Race— Mile and a quarter. Ten Strike
won, with Binnette second and Harry Russell
third. Tim'2:l3W
Foprth Race— Three-quarters of a mile.
Fred B. won, with Broughton second and Unique
third. Time 1:17.
Fifth Race— Five furlongs. Mattie Louratne
won, with Quotation second and Irma 11. third.
Time 1:U3)4.
Death’s Lieutenants.
London, Aug. 10. —Twelve new cases of
cholera and twelve deaths were reported at
Malta during the past twenty-four hours.
KEY WEST’S RECORD.
Key IXiEST, Fla., Aug. 10.—No new
cases of fevt r have been reported since yes
terday and hut one death has occurred, that
of Mrs. DelPaio.
Alabama’s Knights.
Mobile, Aug. 10. — The third day’s session
of the Knights of Labor was devoted to the an
nual address of the Chief of the Grand Pre
ceptress and the reinstallment of Sir Knight
J. W. Wheeler. There was much rejoicing
over the settlement of the rebellion against
the order, which was started by Wheeler.
WITH TIN FOIL BULLETS.
Viscount Daignaut and Journalist Boi
vln Meet in a Romantic Spot.
A dispatch from Montreal to the New
York World says: The cause of the duel on
Mount Royal on Friday, and reported in to
day's papers, is said to be that the Viscount
Daignan hail called M. Boivin, a newspaper
man, a prevaricator—to put it mildly.
Then there was a challenge, seeonds were
named ami the spot agreed on. The seconds
selected a very romantic spot on the South
side of Mount Royal. The last duel fought
in Montreal was thirty years ago, when
Dunum and Hir George Curhler sent bullets
at each other. The occasion was happily
bloodless.
Two cabs drove up to the foot, of the
mountain Friday, each containing one
principal and second. A third contained an
embryo physician. Th seconds had agreed
that, five-shot revolvers should he need, that
tin' distance should lie twenty paces and that
shots should lie exchanged until somelxxiy
was hurt. When the principals wore placed
things looked serious to everybody except
the second .
"Ready, gentlemen 1”
“Yiw.’’
“Fire!”
Two reports rang out simultaneously.
Both men still stood up and said to them
sel vos’t.hat they were very bad shot*. The
Viscount thought his honor wus satisfied,
hut the news}iaper man did not want to
quit. Both were so nervous that they could
hit nothing hut atmosphere anyhow.
The shades of Mount Royal inode every
thing look gloomy as the principals faisd
each other for the second shot, but the sec
onds did not seem to mind it. - The word
was given and two shots rung out. Nolssly
was hurt this time. The principals were
getting more nervous. The nobleman still
minted to quit; his honor wus satisfied, aud
lie seemed to think he might get hurt. But
the newspaper man’s second would not hear
of it.
The principals took their places again and
the word was given. One pistol went off;
the other missed fire. The seconds agreed
that the honor of tioth men was satisfied.
Tlie belligerent* had chosen experienced
men us seconds, and the latter knew letter
than to load the pistols with ball cartridges.
Bullets were imitated with tinfoil, which !
served the pinqsisr harmlessly, or someliody
might have been hurt. A gentlemanly, but
very nsil, salute finished matters so lur as
the principals ore concerned, hut. the sec
onds and the whole town ore enjoying the
joke, and the Houlaiiger-Ferry affair is no
wh ■ ■ *.
FIRE PLAYS GHOSTLY TRICKS.
A Family Terrified by Articles in the
House Bursting- into Flames.
A Woodstock (N. B.) dispatch to the New
York World says: The people of this town
are greatly excited over the strange and in
explicable scenes which for the past twenty
four hours have been enacted in a little two
story frame house on Victoria street, occu
pied by Regnnld C. Hoyt, a picture-frame
dealer. flis family, consisting of five
children and two nieces, aro in a state of
great mental fear and anxiety, and will
probably vacate the house to-night. Since
11 o’clock yesterday morning no loss than
forty fires have broken out in various parts
of the house, and bedding, furniture, win
dow shades, clothing and various household
articles have been partially destroyed. < inly
untiring vigilance has prevented the house
and its contents from burning to the ground,
and this would have caused the destruction
of other buildings in the vicinity.
These fires can ho traced to no human
agency, and even the most skeptical are
staggered. Without premonition and with
no Ia mils lighted or stoves in use, various
articles would burst into flames. Now it
would be a curtain high up out of reach,
then a bed quilt in another room would lie
gin to smoke and smolder, and, if to still
further nonpluss the theorists, a carpet-cov
ered lounge was found to be all afire under
neath, among the jute stretched above the
springs. A Basket of clothes on the shed
burst into flames and the basket itself was
partially consumed. A child’s dress hang
ing on a hook, a feather bed, a straw mat
tress were ignited and would have been
consumed but for water poured on them.
Tho villagers here believe the house haunted.
A GAY OLD INDIAN MASHER.
Strange Infatuation of a Racine Belle
for a Humbaclced Kicliapoo.
A Milwaukee (Wis.l dispatch to the New
York Herald says: The bright little city
of Racine, a few miles from here, the home
of Jay-Eye-See, Phallas and other notables,
is all agog over a strange case of infatuation.
The sensation was caused by tho an
nouncement that Miss Ivittie Newmanu, the
pretty and accomplished daughter of John
Newmanu, had married Utowaum, a full
blooded Indian chief of a small band of
Kickapoos that has been wandering about
the State for several months vending medi
cines. The Indians visile*! Racine about
three months ago. Utowaum is fully 50
years old, has a hump back and only ono
arm, wearing his coarse black hair hanging
on liis shoulders. He is as 'unattractive
looking as a human being can well
be. Miss Newmann is a handsome
girl, and is well known in musical
circles. Bhe was a lender in her own social
circle, and sang in the choir of the Holy
Name Catholic church, of which she was a
member. When Utowaum was here tho
girl apparently lost her head, as her strong
infatuation for tho Indian can be accounted
for in no other way. When the tribe left
this city the young woman disappeared,
and it has l>een since learned that she fol
lowed her dusky lover to Lake Geneva and
other places. On Tuesday they were mar
ried at Janesville. The girl’s father was in
formed of the fact to-day and he is beside
himself. He threatens to shoot tho Indian
“masher” on sight, and will endeavor to get
his infatuated child to return home.
Weather Indications.
Special indications for Georgia:
FAIR Fail- weather, stationary tempera-
Itiire. variable winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah. Aug. 10. 1387, ami the mean of samo day for
fifteen years.
mure T< tai
Mean re ■ from the Departure
j Mean Since
for 15 years'Aug. 10 S’? -j- or | Jan. 1,1887.
81 (t j 76.3 I— 4.7 | 440 0
Comparative rainfall statement:
ss?|HE
-16 Years. .Aug. 10 >B7.j jjan^T.
.26 ! .00 | .26 i- 2 72A
Maximum temperature 83 2. minimum tem
perature 69 8.
Tho height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta tima)
was 33 0 feet—a rife of 3.3 during tho past
twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing tip. m., Aug. 10 18S7. 75th Meridian
time.
Distiucts. | Average.
Name ?? Max.! Min. Rain
tiX. Tem P Tem P
1. Wilmington 10 88 02 .00
2. i'harleston 8 86 tHi .00
8. Augusta 12 80 66 .00
4. Savannah 10 8S <0 .18
6. Atlanta H 80 00 CO
0. Moittgomery 8 88 TO 05
7. Mobile ; 9 !>2 70 .07
8. New Orleans 14 W 72 .28
ft. Galveston 21 )0 74 .10
10. Vicksburg ! 4 t-8 72 .25
11. Uttle Rook I 15 % 70 .00
12. Memphis 17 04 | 70 00
Averajr- ... I
Observatioua taken at the sums moment
of time at ail stations.
Savannah, Aug. 10. 9:36 p. M.. city time.
! Temperature.
I Direction. I p
| Velocity. J c
| Rain fail.
Name
or
Stations.
Portland 6S| 8 1..!... Fair.
Boston 70 SIV .. Clear.
Block Island .. 68 SW Clear.
New York city ... 74 S .i ... Cloudy.
Philadelphia .... 74 SW Cloudy.
Detroit 78 \V ' . .'Clear.
Fort Buford i 72 N i Cloudy.
St. Vincent j fit SW- Fair
Washington city.. 70 8 Cloudy.
Norfolk j 70S E tij .... ‘Clear.
Charlotte 70SAV | ...j clear.
Hotter** 68 E ... Clear.
Titusville j 18 N E 1 02 Clear.
Wilmington ; 72 ..j Clear.
Charleston j 70 S E Clear
Augusta 7i W ' . j Clear.
SAVANNAti 71.8 E .. Clear.
Jacksonville lON Ei . 1... . jelear.
Cedar Keys
Key Wesi 82 F. Clear.-
Atlanta. 70 S E 'Clear.
Pensacola 80 S W ... Clear.
Mobile 78 S W Clear.
Montgomery 78. K Clear.
Vicksburg 78|SW Clear.
New Orleans j 70 ...!,. 28 ('lear.
Shreveport 81 s Clear.
Fort Smith J 80 S\V Clear.
Galveston. I S4i S | Hi.... (dear.
Corpus Chrlsti 1 81 S K ' l air.
Palestine 74 S Cloudy.
Brownes- die E Clear.
RioGrando j SI I R j Clear.
Knoxville I 78 AV Clear.
Memphis j 82S E j... Clear
Nashville 84 s W clear.
liidiauaitolis 84 SAY i Clear.
Cmeinnati 888 W .j ... Clear.
Pittalmrg 81 K Clear.
Buffalo 70 S Clear.
Cleveland 80S K’ | Clear.
Marquette 68 E .Cloudy.
Chicago 70) H I.J .01 Cloudy.
Duluth 72 . |..i .02 Cloudy.
St. Paul TV .... |.. Cloudy.
Davenport 88 g ! . Cloudy.
Cairo 80 S Clear.
St. Louis j 90; S clenr.
Leavenworth... . 80' s .1,. Clear.
Omaha ! H2;NW,.. clear.
Yankton 76 N 01 Clear.
Bismarck : 04 N E C.ear.
Duodwond ! GU S W Clear
('heyenne j 0* s W 1 . Fair.
North Platte ...| 70 N Clear.
lhslgt- City * 80 s ( dear
banla F 72 S E Fair.
U. N. Sausbchy Sign il Corps, U.S. ArtuyT
A oNK LKGGEn ukogar of St Lou s became on
urgent in bis ixsiuests for aid that he win ar
rested the other day. When the police searched
him they found fidUam tobacco bags in ins pw. K
ft* “'"1 s -wed to his ragged clothes, and each
hag contained some money. The total amount
was sil 41
For K<t value in Ti-as and < 'oilers go to
fitl'euss Bi -V ' O „.|
DEATHS.
JUDGE.—Died, in this city August 10. Lilian
Jcdgk, daughter of the late John Judge, Will
be taken to Wilmington for burial.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
MELL.—The friends and acquaintance of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Mel! are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral of their youngest son, Rob
krt I Tusk. THIS MORNING at 9 o’clock at Lau
rel Grove Cemetery.
MEETINGS.
XEHUBBABEL LODGE .\<>. 15, LA A. M.
A regular communication of this Lodge A
will L‘ held THIS (Thursday) EVEN-'tc3f r
INO at 8 o'clock. /NF\
Members of sister Lodges and transient breth
ren are fraternally invited to meet with us. By
order of A. C. HARMON, W. M.
Frank W. Dasher, Sec'y.
CALANTIiE LODGE NO. 38, K. OF P.
A special meeting of this Lmige will
be held at their Castle Hall TO-NIGHT /t'S'A
at 8 o'clock. The Esquires rank will be aJjs]
conferred, and matters pertainiug to EgXiri
the new hall will lx- considered. yjfeSt
Brethren of sister Lodges fraternally
invited. By order of J. GARDINER, C. C.
Wm. Falooxkr, K. of R. and S.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
BASE BALL TO-DAY
AMATEURS
—vs.—
WARRENS.
—AT—
BABE BALL PARK.
AT 4:30 p. m.
Admission 25c. Ladies free.
MELONS, MELONS.
•
Will receive this morning One Carload of
Fresh Melons, and for sale in lots to suit at
Central Railroad Yard. Very cheap.
J. S. COLLINS & CO.
.BLEB AND GRAY
Cassimere Pants for Brick Masons, Plasterers
and Lime Workers for sale very low at
JAU DON'S,
l5O St. Julian street.
ALLGEMEINES DEUTSCHES VOLKS
FEST.
Given under the auspices of the GERMAN
VOLUNTEERS on Wednesday and Thursday
August 10 and 11, at SCHEUTZEN PARK. Prize
Shooting and other outdoor amusements. Tick
ets for sale by the Committee and at the Coast
Line Railroad Depot. The following schedule
will be strictly observed: Leave Junction 10:35
a.m., 1,2, 3,1, 5, 7:20 p. M. Leave Park, 6:15,
7:45. 9, 10:30 p. m.
THE COMMITTEE.
NOTICE
Cextral Railroad Bank, 1
Savannah, Ga., August 8, 1837. (
I am instructed by the Board of Directors to
notify the public that this bank is prepared to
do a general banking business and solicits ac
counts. T. M. CUNNINGHAM.
Cashier.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
City of Savannah, I
Office Clerk of Council, Aug. ti, 1887. f
All persons are hereby cautioned against
placing obstructions of any kind around or
about the public hydrants or fire plugs in this
city. Nothing that will obstruct or hinder the
Fire Department from having free access to
said hydrants or plugs should lie placed within
fifteen feet thereof in either direction.
The ordinance regulating this matter will be
rigidly enforced.
By order of the Mayor.
FRANK E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
Dlt. HENRY COLDING,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone ahd strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot bo
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.
THE MORNING NEWS
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE,
3 Whitaker Street.
The Job Department of the Morning News,
embracing
JOB AND BOOK PRINTING,
LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING,
BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK
MANUFACTURING,
is the most complete in the South.’ It is thorough
ly equipped with the most improved machinery,
employs a large force of couqmtent workmen,
and carries a full stock of papers of ail
descriptions.
These facilities enable the establishment to
execute orders for anything in the above lines
at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con
sistent with good work. Corporations, mer
chants, manufacturers, mechanics and business
men generally, societies and committees, are
requested to get estimates from the MORNING
NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send
ing t heir orders abroad. .1, H. ESTILL.
COAL AND WOOD.
COAL AND WOOD.
ALL KINDS AND SIZES, PROMPTLY
DELIVERED BY
D. R. THOMAS,
11 1 Bay st root rind West Broa 1 struct wharves.
WOOD.
Bacon, Johnson & Cos.
Have a fine stock of
Oak, Pine, Liphtwood and Kindlinp,
t’orner Liberty and List Broad strorts.
Telephone 117.
CHANDELIERS.
FOR BALK
1 18 BURNER CHANDELIER, suitable for
church or hull.
2 BURNER CHANDELIER.
8 4 BURNER < TIANDKUER
8 2 BURNER CHANDELIER.
Apply to JNO, MUQLSON or F. M. HULL.
SEEDS.
liuists Reliable Cabbage anil Turnip
SEEDS,
JUST RECEIVED FRESH AT
OSCK( >LA JUTTIuKirsI
OFFICERS. Books and Blanks
I required by county officers for the nee of
the court*, or ror office use, supplied to oroerby
the MORNING NKoS I’lubTISU HOUSE, 3 I
'• • i-’tcr ti"- • ‘ic, iunlit.
State
or
Weather.
SUMMER RESORTS.
Ocean House
TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA.
SEA BATHING unsurpassed on the Atlantic
Coast. Comfortable rooms, neatly fur
nished. Fare the best the market affords.
Bathing suits supplied. Terms moderate.
OEO. I>. H()DOES, Proprietor.
S. G. HEALY & CO.’
PROPRIETORS,
SALT SPRING, NEAR AUSTELL, GEORGIA
\\T ATER almost a specific for Dyspepsia, Kid
’ , nev Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases.
< )riers for water and all iufonnation addressed
to the firm at Austell. Ga.
THE COLUMBIAN
SARATOGA SPRINGS.
THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF S A VANN AHIAN9
Opens ,Tune 35tlx.
J AMES M. CASE, Proprietor.
CENTRAL HOTEL?
ROME, GEORGIA.
r< ATTAIN J. JI. KINDRED, late of Calhoun,
v' Georgia, and C. 11. LEFTWICH, of Knox
vllle. Tenn.. Proprietors. Both commercial
travelers for years, and fully posted us to the
wants of (he public. Come and see ns.
NEW YOKE HOARD. ’
I 71 i \ AND 1,707 Broadway, comer 54th.
‘•I House kept by a Southern lady: inoo
tion desirable. Refers by permission to Col.
John Screven, Savannah.
r pHE WHITLOCK HOUSE, in Marietta, Ga.,
L eombiues privileges and conveniences of a
first-class hotel, aud the comforts and pleasure*
of a home. Capacity, about one hundred and
fifty guests, large, handsome, well furnished
rooms; best of Is as: table good; large shaded
grounds, covered with blue grass; lawn Tennis,
Croquet, Billiards and Bowling Alley, all free
for guests. Prices more moderate than any
other house in Georgia for the accommodations.
M. G. WHITLOCK. Owner aud Proprietor.
r pHOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel,
I Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. V.—
"Unquestionably the finest location iu the
Thousand Islands."— Harper's Magazine, Sept.,
1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. 11. F.
INGLEHART, Proprietor.
EXCURSIONS.
International Steamslii|i Cos. Line
OF—
“Palace Steamers’'
BETWEEN
Boston, Portland, East
port and St. John, N. 8.,
With Connections to all Parts of tho
Provinces.
PORTLAND DAY LINE.
Steamers leave Commercial Wharf, Boston,
8:30 a. M., every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day for Portland, making the trip in 7 hours,
affording excellent coast scenery.
EABTPORT AND ST. JOHN LINE.
Steamers leave Boston 8:30 a. m., and Portland
sp. m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
for Eastport and St. John.
ST. JOHN DIRECT LINE.
A steamer will leave Boston every Thursday
at 8 A M. for St. John direct.
ANNAPOLIS LINE.
A steamer will leave Boston every Monday and
Thursday at Ba. m. for Annapolis N. S., con
necting for Yarmouth, Digby. Halifax, etc.
J. B. COYLE, Jr., E. A. WALDRON,
Manager. Portland, Me. Gen. Pass. Agt.
HOTELS.
NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark’s.)
Newnan Street, near Cay, Jacksonville, Fla.
WINTER AND SUMMER.
r rMIE MOST central House in the city. Near
1 Dost. Ollice, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella,
Baths, Etc. $2 50 to Si per day.
JOHN r;. TOGNI, Proprietor
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
rpHJS POPULAR Hotel Is now provided with
Ia Passenger Elevator (the only one in the
city) and has been remodeled and newly fur
nished. The proprietor, who bv recent purchase
is also the owner of the establishment, spares
neither pains nor expense in the entertainment
of liis guests. The patronage of Florida visit
ors is earnestly iuvited. The table of the
Screven House is supplied with every luxury
that the markets at home or abroad caii aiTord.
MARSHALL 11 OUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GA
f' EO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of
\ T the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the
(trand 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 fo: dusiness or pto&suro.
THE MORRISON HOUSE?
One of the Largest Boarding Houses in tha
South.
VFFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board
with p'iro Artesian Water, at prices to suit
those wishing table, regular or transient accom
modations. Northeast corner Broughton and
Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House.
XIARDWARK, ETC.
Spear’s Fire Place Heaters
And Hot Air Furnaces.
\\T L have placed these goods in a number of
7> dwellings, to the satisfaction of all con
cerned, and cm highly recommend them to our
friends. Confer with um and get our
LOVELL & LATTIMORE.
HARDWARE AND STOVES,
SAVANNAH, - - GA.
GRAIN VXD PROVISIONS.
-A-. 13. HULL,
Wholesale Grocer,
Flour, Hay, Graia and Provision Dealer.
fYRESH MEAL and GRITS in white sacks.
I Mil) stuffs of all kinds alwava on band.
Georgia raised SPANISH PEANUTS, also
PICAS; every variety.
: lieciai prices car Usui lots lIAY and GRAI '
Fivaufri attention given all orders and sate*
faction guaranteed.
OFFICE, 83 BAY.
WAREHOUSE, No. 4 WADLEY STREET, on
into Control Railroad.
lIABDWARL
EDWARD LOYEL & SONS,
HARDWARE,
Iron and Turpentiue Took
Office: Cor. fitnfe and Whitaker t roots.
Warehouse: I.ld and 140 .State street.
r.MH.!.: • K EH.
\v. I>. DIXON,
UNDERTAKER
DEALER 15 ALL KIND* or
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
43 Bull street. Residence ,0 Liberty *•*•■►
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