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2 LEGISLATION'S HOl TINE. THE DAY COMPARATIVELY DULL IN BOTH HOUSES. Senator Davis Makes a Futile Effort to Have the Wine Room Tax Bill Go Before the People of the Various Counties Before Becoming Operative Therein—Many Bills Pass the House. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 12.—The Senate ■pent nearly tno hours to-day on the wine room bill. It was reconsidered on motion of Mr. Pringle to correct a clerical error. Mr. Davis, of the '1 hirty-first district, then proposed an amendment submitting the act to a vote of the people before it Ix>- comes operative in any county. There was some deflate over this amendment. It whs defeated by 15 yeas to 20 nays. Mr. James, of the Thirty-sixth district, offered an amentment to section 4, reliev ing the defendant of the burden of proof when charged with violation. This was op posed by the friends of the bill and with drawn by Mr. James, who then offered an amendment making the defendant a com petent witness in iiis own behalf. The friends of the bill accepted this and it was adopted without opposition. The bill passed by .a vote of 24 to 11. The following bills were passed: Ceiling jurisdiction to the United States over lands in Augusta purchased for the erection of a public building. To confirm an ordinance of the City Council of Augusta prescribing the time and conditions on which the water power of the canal should lie let. Authorizing the Judges of the Superior Courts to call special terms of the courts for the purpose of granting charters in such cases as the law gives them tin' authority. Amending the act fixing the fi rm of office of members of the City Council of Augusta. To authorize manufacturing and mining companies to become incorporated us sav ings (tanks. To amend the charter of the Americus, Preston ami Lumpkin railroad so as to au thorize the said railroad to extend its line in an easterly direction to Darien, Savannah, or to any point on Sapello Island. Amending mi act incorporating Salt Springs. The following new bills were introduced: By Mr. McCamy, of the Forty third—For the relief of the sureties on the forfeited bond of C. C. Riggins, of Pickens county. Also, for the relief of the sureties of the same in Murray county. By Mr. Pringle, of the Twentieth —To promote the health of the people by prevent ing the sale of unwholesome toed. Mr. Davidson submitted a memorial signed by several hundred colored citizens of the Eighteenth district, protesting against the passage of the Glenn hill. They assert that they are loyal, law-nbidingcitizens, de sirous of advancing the welfare of the State; that the bill is unnecessary, and has not been required by any unlawful act of thoira; that it is class legislation, contrary to the spirit of our institutions, and the effect will Is' to disturh the present harmonious rola tions between the races ami affect the pres ent condition of affairs, which is repre sented by strict adherence to the law by the whites, which has lieen closely followed by the colored people. They say the bill is without constitutional authority ami can only result in jeopardizing the present peaceful and judicious educational regula tions. The Senate adjourned to Monday. In tho House. In the House today the resolution ap proving and confirming the settlement made by the Governor of tin Asheville and S|iur tonburg Binds and conveying the same into the Treasury, passed. The resoluiion for the relief of the Hart ford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Com|>any. passed. The hill of Mr. Lamar, of Richmond, to prevent officers or agents of banks from using the money of said banks or companies came up. A substitute report bv the Committee on Banks prohibits any officer of a bank to use or borrow money from a bank without the consent of the directors. The substitute was adopti and and passed. Tee resolution of Mr. Black, of Gordon, to authorize the sale or lease of certain property of the State (to the Planters’ Warehouse Company, of Calhoun, )irt of the right of wav of the Western and At lantic road) passed. The hill of Mr. Bray, of Fulton, to in corporate the Atlanta chemical Company. Lai,l on the table. The bill to allow fees to Justices of the Peace and ex-officio Justices in cases where none are now allowed by luw. Passed. Mr. Du Bose, ot Wilkes, offered a resolu tion prohibiting the introduction of new bills alter Aug. 20. The resolution was laid on the table. Tho bill to amend section 534 of the Code (allowing disabled Mexican a-s well as other soldiers to peddle without a license.) Passed. The bill to prevent foreign corporations doing business in this State from removing cases to the Federal courts. Passed. The bill to authorize the transfer of tax fi. fls. to collect interest on tho same. Pass'd. The bill to repeal section 44401 (a) of the Code. Passed. The bill to appropriate $12,000 for the purpose of completing, repairing and fur nishing the buildings of the institution for thf deaf and dumb came up. After a brief consideration of this bill in committee of the whole, the committee reported progress and obtained leave to sit again. The bill to amend section 288 of the Code passed. Tho bill to amend section 4,000 of tho Code passed. The bill to nmend the charter of the Me tropolitan Street railroad, authorizing it with the consent of the city government to uso steam [lower, passe 1, The bill to prohibit drunkenness and inde cent conduct in Southview Cemetery Passed. The bill to amend section 1632 of tho Code. Pas-s si. The bill to create a Board of Police Com missioners for the city of Macon. Passed. The bill to provide for the appointment of a County Solicitor for Macon county. Passe. I. Tho bill to provido for the payment of in solvent criminal costs in Hancock county. Passed. .j WILD CAT INSURANCE. Several Companies Writing Policies in Violation of the Law. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 12.—Complaint is being made by insurance tnen whose com panies have fully complied with tho insur ance laws that a number of companies are issuing policies through ngents in Atlunta without license, without making a deposit with the Treasurer or in any other way com plying with the law. It is snid the agents operating for those companies stand high in Atlanta, but they will ho presented t" the next grand jury. Among the companies named aro the Merchants Insurance Com giny of Decatur, Ala.; the People’s Insurance impany of New Orleans, ami the <' mnril Bluffs Insurance Company of loan. The Louisiana Insurance Company of New Or leans was another of the wild cot concerns in this business, but it has failed, and there is no $25,000 deposit with the Tieisurerto secure Georgia poiiej’-bolders. The total increase in <4eorgia‘s wealth for the yeur, with fourteen tax digest* not iu, is $3,3i5,(J00. This includes $1.500,080 increase in railroad property with three railroads to hem- from, The Comptroller thinks the total increase will exceed $12,000,000. The Capitol Commissioners huve lmd on interview with W. li Miles, t'm surviving partner of Miles A Horn, tho capitol con tractors, to ascertain how the death of Mr. Horn would affect the work on the con tract. It will not in the least nffet it. Full provision was mode in the contract be tween Mites &. Horn for the death of either. TALLAHASSEE TOPICS. i The Temporary Quarters Provided for tho Railroad Commission. Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 12. —Tho Ad- J jutant General has had the south chamber lin the*capitol fitted up for tho uso of the i Railroad Commissioners until other quar | ters cun lie provided for thorn. The secre ■ tary elected by the Commissioners has ar | rived, and the board has entered with oar ' nestnoss u;>on the difficult task before it. Under tbenew constitution three Criminal ('ourts of Record have Ixx-ii established in the counties of Duval, Orange and Escam bia, nad Gov. Perry lias appointed all the officers for them, as has appeared in the specials to the News. It is stated here on reliable authority that parlies will lie liens next week to begin at once work in the construction of the rail road from this city to Carnbelle. Laborers are being employed and arrangements are being made to push the work of construc tion forward ns rapidly as possible. Miss Maggie Brown, one of Florida's noblest daughters, died in this city a few days since after a long illness. She was the youngest daughter of the late Gov. Thomas Brown, and during and since the late war proved the true friend of the soldier. SANDERSON SAYINGS. The Weather and What the Outlook is for the Crops of tho Field. Sanderson, Fla., Aug. 12. —The weather at present is quite boisterous and cloudy. The past few weeks have been an intermit tent rainy season, the intermission allowing the sun to shine, precludes all ideas of in jury from wet season to farm products. Cotton looks promising for a su|ierior aver age yield, or a harvest of 70 per cent. Corn will not give the yield of last season, which was above the average. The planting area for nil grain and cotton is increased yearly. This county is fast developing its fruit and vegetable resources. Our sobriquet in the [l ist was banner peach county for this State owing to our peaches formally being devoid of defects. The past season developed the borer, which very nearly destroyed fruit and trees upon some farms, occasion ing comments, and it now becomes a neces sity to give fruit trees the attention re quired, which they did not receive in the past. Fabulous prices have been realized from our earliest varieties of peaches the past season, and our heaviest and native crop found a ready market at home. The development of vegetables for mar ket lias been slow, owing to mismanagement and rascally handlers of this crop, giving dishonest returns and discouraging the growers. Our State is fast devising modes for the safe handling of this crop. Bradford's County Site. Staiike, Fla., Aug. 11. —Judge Baker, in chambers at Jacksonville, has refused to grant the injunction prayed for by the op ponents of Starke in the approaching court house election, and the election will come off as ordered by the Board of County Com missioners, on Aug. 17. The location of the county site of Branford county has been a vexed question for many years, and this will tie tho thirdoleetion held in the county for locating the site, In 1875, in the first elec tion, Lake Butler gained ls>' one vote, In 1885 the election was declared illegal, and new election is now ordered, with the pros peets decidedly in favor of Starke. Florida's Metropolis. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 12.—T0-day the Florida Fruit Exchange received two boxes of Florida grown lemons. They are the first of tho season. They came from Winter Park. The crop promises to lie an average one this season. Sheriff Holland left to-day for Jasper to bring to Jacksonville Wash Simmons, the negro murderer who on Feb. 11 killed John Alexander, a negro, two miles from Jack sonville. Six New Cases at Key West. Key West, Fla . Aug. 12. —The Board of Health reports six new eases of fever since yesterday, mostly unacrlfniated people who have been here during the entire season of sickness without being affected until now The probability is that these attacks are in very modified form. There have been no deaths. Columbus Chapters. Columbus, Ga., Aug 12.—William Stafford, of Russell county, Ala., who made an attempt to suicide, Monday, by cutting his throat, will bo tried for lunacy. His friends say ho is a raving maniac. The Columbus Dramatic Association played “Ban Bolt” at Springer’s Opera House to-night to an immense audience. Tho proceeds will go to the public library. The first bale of new cotton comes one day earlier this year. It was received by Hlanchard.Humner&Co. fromJ. tt. Mercer &Cos, of Dawson, Ga. It will be raffled to-morrow. Tho Weekly Press Convention. Conyers, Ga., Aug. 12.—8 y order of Editor Irwin the Weekly Press Convention, which was to have met in Milledgoville Tuesday, is jHistponed until Aug. 150. to give more time for preparation and to secure railroad transportation it is impossible to get, owing to the high waters. CHATTANOOGA EXCITED. Natural Gas Said to Have Been Struck While Boring a Well. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 12.—Much excitement prevails here over the discovery of natural gas at Logan well, near this city. Work at the well has been suspended [lend ing alterations and repairs to the machinery and the closing of negotiations for addi tional gas and oil privileges. The owners of the well give unsatisfactory and conflict ing accounts of the progress of the work and the character of their find. The well is How at. a dop’ti of 1.00(1 bet After pene trating alxjut. 500 feet of hard, close, fine sandrock the character of the rack changed mid liecame softer, and within thirty loot of this stratum a quantity of gas wits reached and a formation indicating Trenton rack. At this stage work was suspended. The imoressiou prevails that the owners of tho well are withholding the extent of their cas find from the public and deceiving them in order to enable parties to secure options on real estate! which, it is expected will he given a big txxim by the discovery of gas ia the city ’ with tho vast and varied manufacturing interests of Chattanooga. Work at the well is to be resumed Monday and the public have been invited to lie present. The ex citement aroused by the indications of a supply of natural gas has interfered with business. Chattanooga is now enjoying phenomenal prosperity and natural gas is lielieved to tie all that is necessary to in crease its population to 100,000 inhabitants. ROS3’ SEAT BROKE. The Englishman Wins tho Three-Mile Boat Race at Saratoga. Saratoga, Aug. 12. —A throe-mile, with a turn, I mat race on Saratoga Lake bet wet n Wallace Ross and Gorge llulie.ir, the cham pion of England, took place to-dav, ami wns won by the Englishman, who made the dis tance in twenty minutes. Ross took the lead on the start and was not headed till on the last quarter of a mile, when his sent broke and he was compelled to stop. Buboar rowed home. When the accident occurred Boss led by about a length, and Bubear was rapidly dosing the gap. It was the general opiuinn that the Englishman would have won even if the accident had not happened. South Carolina’s First Bale. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 12. The first bnle of new cotton was received hero to-day fi o n Barnwell county. The first bole last year wu* received at ibesame date from the • ' "OllllfV. THE MOItNLNG NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1887. UTES IN WAR PAINT. They Defy a Sheriff and a Pitched Battle Momentarily Expected. Denver, Col., Aug. 12.—Wild rumors reached here this afternoon that the Will to river Utcs had again taken tho warpath with Colorow at the head of the war path and were slaughtering settlei's. An Associated Press special from Glen wood Springs, the nearest telegraph poi nt to the White River Agency, says: “The last grand jury indicted two of Colorow's bucks lor horse stealing. Three or four days ago Sheriff Kendall, with a small posse of men, started for tile White river country to ar rest two bucks, who, with a number of this hand of renegade Indians, were camped in the vicinity of Meeker, closi to the scene of the Meeker massacre. This morning a courier from there arrived in town with a requisition from the Mayor of Meeker on tho Mayor of Glen wood .Springs for arms and ammunition. Several men with about forty Winchester rifles started at once. DEFIED BY THE CHIEF. “Tho courier reports that the Sheriff and his posse went to the Indian camp and de manded two bucks from Chief Colorow. The old renegade refused to sur render them to the Sheriff or al low them to be arrested, swearing by his forefathers, that “Me heap big Injun, own whole country: and Sheriff, and law. 1) white man no arrest Injun.” They liegon firing on the Sheriff's men and the fire was returned, killing one Indian. The Indians retired to the brush and kept up the tiring, shooting nt every' one in sight. They are now gather ing their whole band together, which con sists of fifty’ or sixty warriors. They have sent to the agency' for more of the rene gades, who will join them if they are not prevented. Trouble of a serious nature is feared, as Colorow is threatening destruction and to goon the warpath. Sheriff Kendall is now camped in the vicinity, awaiting reinforce ment'. A FESTIVE rand. “It is safe to say’ that unless they shake tho dust of Garfield county from their moccasins and get back to the agency the two bucks will be arrested. Sheriff Ken dall is a brave and fearless man ami an Indian fighter since 1859. He has with him Phil Foote and other choice spirits who don’t fear even his Satanic maj'-sty, and is lieing joined also by the White river cowboys, who have no love for the Indians. Colorow himself is liable to lie made a “good Indian" if he is not care ful. There are some White River Utes who belong to the Uintah Agency in Utah, hut have persistently refused to stay on their reservation. For years they have lieen running over the western part of the State stealing cattle and hoises, killing game and annoying the settlers. Repented appeals have been made to keep these renegades on their reserva tion, but they have been in vain. Colorow has bid defiance to the agency ami every one else. The settlers aro justly indignant, and but little will arouse their slumbering wrath. They’are determined that the In dians shall lie arrested and made to obey the laws.” A FIRE EATING UP MILLIONS. Four of the Finest Buildings in Pitts burg Enveloped in Flames. Pittsburg, Aug. 13, 12:30 a. m. Tie most disastrous fire known hero for many years is now raging in the heart of the city’ and the damage, which cannot now bo esti mated, will certainly reach up in the mil lions. Shortly before 10 o’clock to-night smoke was seen issuing from the rear of Masonic Hall, on Fifth avenue. The fire seemed to lie in tho second story, which was occupied by Campbell & Dick as a carpet wareroom. An alarm was quietly sounded and the fire department responded promptly, but before they- arrived the rear portion or tho building was burn ing. In a short time the flames spread to Hamilton’s magnificent nine story building adjoining and by 11 o'clock had reached such proportions that the entire lire depart nient of the city was calk'd out. At 11:45 o’clock Schmidt &,Friday’s building, an other fine structure, nine stories high, caught fire from the intense heat and in ten minutes more the Dispatch building adjoining was in flames These buildings arc now burning fiercely and there are no indications of the firo being controlled. It is feared that half the block on the north side of Fifth avenue, between Smithfleld and Wood streets, is doomed. This prop erty is tho most valuahle in the city. Grave fears nro also entertained from sparks, which are (lying in every direction. UNDER CONTROL. Pittsburg, Aug. 13, 2:30 a. m.—At this hour the flames are under control, lint the fire is not extinguished. The Hamilton building, Masonic Hall and a number of tenement houses on Virgin alley are totally destroyed. The three upper stories of Schmidt & Friday’s nine-story building nre now in flames. The lower stories are so damaged with water that tho loss could not be much greater if they had burned. The Dispatch building wns on fire a score of times, but prompt work pre vented its destruction. Tho entire struc ture is water soaked and no paper will lie issued Saturday morning. It is difficult to estimate the loss at this time, as it is all confusion. A safe estimate, however, will put the figures iu the neighborhood of $1,000,000. VINCENT’S TRIAL. The Jury Unable to Agree All for Con viction but One. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 12.—The jury n tho first of the thirty-nine oasis against ex-Ti’oosurer Vincent, for embezzlement, is still out. They took the ease at dark yjs terday. To-day at noon they eame in and announced that they could not agree. Tho Judge sent them hack to try it over again. It is almost certainly known that they stand eleven for conviction mid one for acquittal. The ease was mqst relied on by the State, the charge against Vincent being that he paid a check made payable to Ids order as treasurer and endorsed by him as treasurer to Frederick Wolffo, to cover margins on cotton futures. The chock was for $20,000, and it was in evidence there was no dispute that Vincent paid over the cheek and the bookkoe|>or credited it to Ids account. The theory of the defense was that Vincent made the deposits of the State in Wolffe’s bank; that his check was depos ited, and that if it was put to his account on cotton it was so diverted without his knowledge or consent. A vast amount of testimony was adduced to discredit the story of Vincent about tho dcjKisit, including evi dence of all his shortage, amounting to over $200,000. The whole cast' turned on Vin cent's intention at the time of |>aying the check over to Wolffe, whether it was a de posit or payment on cotton futures. RUNNING RACERS. Two of the Horses Run a Dead Hoat for Third Place at Saratoga. Saratoga, Aug. 12.—T0 day’s racing events here were as follows: First Race On* mile. Woodcraft won. with Bail burg second. Harry Kussell and Osceola ran n dead beat for third place. Time 1:41.ty Second Rack—Three-quarters of a mile. King Craft won. with Rapine second, aud Owners Music third. Time): ITU) Third Hack -One and one-eighth miles. Ala rie won. with Himalaya second, and Foehns third. Time l:68to Foi’rtii Rack Frankie It. won, with rnique second, and George 1.. third. Time l:l4*y. Fifth Rack Steeplechase, aliont n mile and a half. Hindu won, with George McCullough second, and King Troubler third Time’.’LUO. Danville’s Fair Association. Danville, Vx .Aug. 12.—The citizens of Danville to-day organised an agricultural fair association, and it is proposed to hold the first exhibition this fall DUN & CO. FULL OF FEAR. FARMERS SAID TO HAVE LOST $30,000,000 BY DROUGHT. An Intimation that a Year of Depres sion is In Store for the Country—ln flation of Prices by the Real Estate Boom and the Magnitude of New In debtedness bad Factors. New York, Aug. 12.—1d. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for the week says; Short crops in 1881 proved the turning point of business for seven years, and the drought this year, though resulting in less injury to crops, comes at a time when real estate values at the West, liuve been unusually in flated. Heavy rains have broken the long drought during the past week, but only after ,the official bureau report hail shown how serious was the Injury sustained and the relief came too late to do good in the extensive districts of the Northwest. The bureau reports losse. which cannot be repaired to a considerable part of the hay crop, and to oats, tobacco, potatoes and fruit, a little injury to cotton and wheat, and a decline of 17 per cent, in the condi tion of com. $30,000,000 LOST BY FARMERS. The work of destruction continued ten days after the bureau reports were made be fore rain came, amt the aggregate loss of the farmers must exceed $:so,()00.000. A difference is inevitable in purchases of manufactured and imported goods by the Northwest.. If prices had not been inflated by the real estate boom and if new indebt edness of enormous volume had not been created a loss of even u tenth of tho value of the farm products would make little difference, but the wild speculation iu lands and town lots, the expenditure of many hundreds of millions in new buildings, and the perma nent investment of largo sums in new rail rimds and manufacturing works rendered partial loss of the crops more important. Happily the chief Southern crop shows little injury as yet, though cotton declined three points in condition in July and later reports toll of damage by drought in Texas. THE IRON OUTPUT. The iron production increased 15,543 tons weekly in July, lit coke furnaces resuming, while nine antracite stopped. The weekly output was nevertheless lit per cent, less than May 1. according to the Iron Age's figures. Prices appear stronger, except for steel rails, but very large imports continue. Cotton manufacture is generally prosper ous, though a labor contest threatens at Fall River. The woolen manufacture shows no change for the better, and statistics show a decrease of about 30.000,000 pounds in the consumption of wool for the past year us compared with the preceding year. A smaller consumption of raw silk and India rubber also appears, but the consumption of tea, sugar, liquors and tobacco has in creased. The late tea sail* aro disappoint ing and coffee dealers show dissatisfaction, while the sugar trade is at, a standstill. Interior reports are less favorable as to crop prospects, but uniformly good as to tb“ volume of business. The business failures occurring through out the country during las 1 : week number, for the United States, 151, and for Canada 29, a total of 180, against 183 last week and 1.84 tho week previous. CLEVELAND’S COMING. The Unique Invitation of the Piedmont Association Presented. Washington. Aug. 12.—Senator Colquitt and Henry W. Grady, of Atlanta, Ga., had an interview with the President at Oak view this afternoon in regard to his proposed visit to Atlanta in October next. Mr. Grady bore to the President the for mal invitation of the Piedmont Exposition Company. It is a unique and striking piece of work, made of Georgia gold about the size of a I'.’tno. book, bound with a clasp of Georgia silver and each clasp set with a Georgia diamond. The invitation is enclosed in box inlaid with sixty-eight samples of Georgia wood, polish's! and joined with ex ceeding skill. The box is imliedded in a block of Georgia marble of every shade, from black to white On the cover leaf of the invitation are engraved portraits of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, the mono gram of the Pie imont Exposition and a pic ture of the club house of the Piedmont Driv ing Club. On the second leaf is the invitation cut into gold. On the third page is the in vitation of the driving club. On the fourth, or last cover page, is engraved a picture of the main building of the Piedmont Exposi tion. In presenting the invitation Mr. Grady made no formal address, but stated that it was designed to make it in some s.'nso significant of the resources of Georgia in whose capital city the first exposition of the famous Piedmont country will be held. As the President hail accepts'd Atlanta’s invitation before any' others were made, he lmd deferred making dates with other cities until the exact date of his visit to Atlanta and other details were settled. It is understood that the Atlanta dates were fixed to-'lav and that the dates for the entire trip will bo speedily an nounced. The Piedmont exposition opens Oet. 10 and closes Oct. 82. Henator Colquitt and Mr. Grady also pro sented to the President the invitation of the Georgia Stab' Agricultural Society to at tend the State Fair to tie held at Macon sub sequently to the Piedmont Exposition. The President wll be in Atlanta on Oct. 17 or IS. He vvill probably remain there two days, returning directly here. If lie carries out his present plan lie will uot Is- able to visit Macon or Savannah because hi' wants to be liack in Was lington on Oct. 21 or 22. Mr. Grady took the Atlanta invitation back with him to-night in order to put it in the ease of Georgia wood they are having made for it. Breaking the Drought. Chicago. Aug. 12. — Dispatches from many points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michi gan, Indiana, lowa and Minnesota indicab' that refreshing rains fell generally in the Northwest Wednesday night and Thursday, giving fresh life to crops and aiding the people in checking the prairie and forest fires which have been raging. The rain, however, it is said, was in most places not heavy enough to do permanent good. Riddleberger Jailed. Baltimore, Mil, Aug. 12.—A special from Wood took, Va.,says; “United Stabs Senator Riddloberger was this day commit ted to jail and fln.si $25 by Judge Newman for contempt of court. A maoard was paraded on the streets reflecting on the Judge in a ease in which Senator Riddle herger was interested. Partisan feeling runs high and there may be trouble later. The Knights at Mobile. Mobile. Aug. 12.—The triennial session of the Knights of Labor and Daughters of the Tabernacle adjourned to-day, subject to call. The public installation of o(Heel's elected vesteruny took place this afternoon in Lincoln Dark. George W. Bryant, of Knoxville, Tenu., delivered the' annual oration. Died from Poison. Staunton, Va., Auk;. 12.—George W. Swools', a prominent citizen of this county, dicsl to-day from the effects of poison. A prescription prepared for external use was used internally, death resulting in a few hours. Nineteen Killed by a Shell. Stockholm, Aug. IL—A shell exploded to-day at vVaxholm Fort, which commands the approach to the city. Nineteen men wejo killed on the spot, and many others, including three officers, were wounded. Bi.i VA Lockwood has returned to her law of fiee si Washington it r ’ ■ <i short vacation. HANGED WHILE IN A FAINT. Puryear Tries to Bribe His Guards and Then Attempts Suicide. Petersburg, Va., Aug. 12.—Holmes R. Puryear, convicted of murdering his wife by poison, in Dinwiddio county about two years ago, was hanged at Prince George Court House at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon. Puryear was handcuffed because he had manifested a decided inclination to effect an escape. He had not slept a minute, and about midnight he proposed to Williams, the death watch, that lie should become a party to his es cape. He said to Williams: "I could have killed you Saturday night, for there were two as good pistols convenient to me as any man could want, hut I like you and did not attempt it. Now if you will just make an arrangement with the other guard to leave tlw outer door so fixed that I can get out I will lock you in this room and make my escape, and in two hours 1 shall be be yond the reach of recapture. ” THE PROPOSITION P.IDICULED. Williams ridiculed the proposition and handcuffed Puryear. The Sheriff of Prince George county had arranged to start for that county with his prisoner at 7 o’clock, hut shortly before that houp Pur year attempted suicide by cutting his throat and arm with a steel shoe shank which he had sharpened. He made a bad gash in his throat, but. physicians attended him, and he only delayed the start for the gallows until 10 o’clock. The party reached Prince George Court House at noon, when it was found that Puryear hail lost so much blood that a surgoou suggested that if the sheriff did not wish the prisoner to die before hanging he had tiettel - proceed promptly. The prisoner was carried upon the scaffold in a chair. He made a rambling statement but no confession. He was sup ported by three men to have the rope ad justed. His death was by strangulation. It is believed he fainted at the last moment. A HANGING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Augusta, Aug. 12. —Sol Conyers was hanged at Hampton. S. C., to-day for the murder of Jordan Robinson. He waylaid ids victim and shot him down in cold blood. He said his sentence was just. HE ASKED TO BE HANGED. An Exasperated Crowd Granted the Black Fiend’s Request. New Orleans, Aug. 12.—A special to the Times-Vcniocrnl from Franklin, La., says: “A special Coroner’s inquest held on the bodj’ of the colored girl, Jane Collins, found dead Wednesday in the thickets four miles above Franklin, developed the fact that her throat had been cut, and that she had received several stabs on her body. Her stepfather Daniel Pleasants, was suspected He hail taken to the bushes, but was hunted out by white and colored people. He confessed to the murder and asked to bo hanged at once, which request the exasperated crowd granted and hanged him to the rafters of a cane shed.” THE TRAITOR OF LIBBY PRISON. He Came Near Boing Hanged by His Fellow Prisoners 24 Y oars Ago. From the Xeiv York Sun. Richmond, Aug. U.—Twenty-four years ago yesterday one of the most remarkable trials in all history took place in this city. It was held in Libby prison. Under the leadership of Col. Strait, who is now a bookseller in a little Indiana town, a plot was formed among the Union prisoners in Libby prison to effect a general escape. The plot not only involved the liberation of the mass of prisoners, but the capture of the guard and a Littery at the prison and the release of the Union prisoners at Belle Isle, across the James river. The burning of Richmond and capture of the Confed erate Cabinet was also a part of the plan. Nine officers were in the undertaking, and it promised to be a success. The day before the start was to be made one of the officers betrayed the plot. A court-martial was at once held and he was found guilty. As the vote was being taken on the question of guilt Strait was seen to be twisting a rope out of pieces of calico. When the verdict was announced he said: “There can he but one sentence, gentlemen, and I am ready to execute it.” He advanced with the rope. The prisoner turned pale. At this a cavalry officer of the name of Louis Thompson stopped in front of the prisoner and said: “This court is not a legal one and you dare not hang this man.” Strait insisted that the culprit be hanged. “Ho has had every chance for his lifeand tiie verdict is a just ono He shall be hanged down this hatchway." Other men joined Thompson, and the moderate view prevailed. “Preserve the record of this court,” said he, “and when we get out take it to Secre tary Stanton, and if this man has done wrong we all know the old man w ill punish him.” The next day the traitor was removed fmm the prison. The record was kept, and when Strait did escaiie a few months later he took it with him. In due time it was placed in Stanton's hands and when tho betrayer was exchange and the War Secretary had him dismissed from the army. Andy Johnson .restored him. and be is still in the service. Those who know the affair will not reveal his name. Thompson was killed with Custer. .Strait and an officer named Hamilton, now out on the frontier, are the only ones living of the nine officers, except the man who betrayed them and came so near being hanged that sultry August day with tha pieces of an old calico bed quilt. A Startling Prediction. From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette . Two hundred years ago in China there was just such a craze n taint natural gas as we have in this country to-day. Gas wells were sunk with as much vim and vigor as the celestiats were capable of, but owing to a gas explosion that killed several millions of people and tore up and destroyed a large district of country, leaving a large inland sea, known on the maps as Lake Foo Chang, the boring of any more gas wells was then and there prohibited by law. It secerns, accord ing to the Chinese history, that many large and heavy pressure gas wells were struck, and in some districts wells were sunk quite near to each other. Gas was lighted as soon as struck, as is done in this country. It is stated that one well, with its unusual pres sure, by induction or back draught, pulled down into the faith the burning gas of a smaller well, resulting in a dreadful explo sion of a large district, destroying the in habitants thereof. Lake Foo Chang lasts on this district. The same catastrophe is immi nent in this country, unless the laws restrict farther developments in boring so many wells. Should a similar explosion occur there will be such an upheaval as will dwarf the most terrible earthquakes ever known. The country along the gas belt from Toledo, through Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky will bo ripped up to the depth of 1,1200 Pi' 1,.100 feet and flopped over like a pancake, leav ing a chasm through which the waters of Lake Erie will come howling down, tilling the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and blot ting them out forever. A Heroic Young Man. From the Chicago Journal ' Stroller. “The funniest thing I ever ran across in the ten years 1 have hold this jiositinii hap pened yesterday," said my friend, t he ticket agent. “A young man came to the window and bought a ten-ride family suburtian ticket. After paying for it he asked me to punch out seven rides. 1 didn’t exactly un derstand what he wanted, ami told him the conductor would attend to that all right enough. He then explained to me that nix wife hail given hint a ticket that morning containing four rides; lie had used one coin ing in anil lost the ticket during the day, and rather than admit having lost it ho bought the new ticket and had the same unmber of rides punch si out." SPECIAL NOTICES. BASE BALL TO-DAY. AMATEURS —vs.— P H CE N I X, —AT BASE BALL PARK. at 4:80 p. m. Admission 2.V. Ladies free. EXCURSION TO AUGUSTA Will positively leave TO-NIGHT at 8:20 o'clock, Standard time, via THE CENTRAL RAILROAD. Round trip tickets $2 50. Good to return on any train until Aug. 17. NOTICE. All stockholders in the Jasper Mutual Loan Association holding uncanceled stock are di rected to present their scrip to me at the office of J. S. Wood & Bro., 74 Bay street, for regis tration. By order of the Board of Directors. CHAS. S. WOOD, Treasurer. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 13, 1887. 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