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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TT7ESDA Y.-AEGUST H. 18s?.—TWELVE PAGES.
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5E0RGIA NEWS.
egro
flO
Enters the House of
•adies. !
lug tlie Misses Edmondson, returned to
Iter home in Elberton 1 hursduy, much to
the regret of her many friends.
Miss Fannie Kellogg, a lovely young
lady of Canton, is visiting friends in town.
I lU*v. II. A. Fakes and wife and their
■ little boys are spending a month with
I their children in Heard county.
1 Mrs. Dave Buice, accompanied by her
neice, Miss Katie Buice, are viciting the
j family of Judge Clement.
Tlie Morgan Primary. .
Madison, August 8.—In the primary
election tor this county on Saturday for j
State Senator, Twenty-eighth district, Dr.
T. T. Gibbs received *379 and Col. J. G. \
w rros, August 8.—At rieasant Bill j bail no opposition for the lower House and
countyi l aB t Saturday night, a ne- i received fcll votes. This county lias for
ell.
cki
Defenceless I
tNCE BY CUMMINC BAND
primary—Senator Mnmieville
r ** J Eot.r the Race-Prlmm-y i
ported in Mitch
r ipidly in the county, some tw
bales having been marketed.
Mr. W. W. Wilson, with Butie:
nor, Camilla, is taking a vacation
die Georgia. Mr. H. E. Twitty
his place in iiis absence.
& Tur
in Mid-
suppiies
1 VHCIIT1UN 111 I'll! \TES.
A Terribe Scourging, Followed by a Bloody
Decapitation.
The execution of the Maha Rajah pi
rates, which took place at Tongkah on
the Penang Gazette, a very gruesome ftf-
JAY GOULD-
i present hold on tel-
An Interesting Sketch
Little Wizzard
of tin
Dr. J. A Wood of Camilla hu added I fair< The sentence was read'in a space til |
the delights of home, sweet hi,me, by I tn,nt of the palace. About 200 V f *>•« I FACT SfRANCER THAN FIC
piano
his
ordered In Jmper-Ilot Poll,
tlc.ln yaltman County.
* the name of Ben Bethel attempted j several years had Independents, and more visiting ML
' the house of Mrs. Sarah I ‘ban once elected them, but as we have a ; place,
reairizv , , , , registration law now I do not think one j
Mrs. Brewster and her daugh- w(| , rno MeslrF . Gibba and Muslin, I
think, are for tariff reform.
Primary Ordered in Jasper.
Monticello, August 8.—The Demo
cratic party of Jasper county met iu con
vention yesterday and ordered a primary
election for August 24 to nominate a can-
j didate for the Legislature.
the purchase of a new
daughter, Miss Fannie.
Mr. Cliu«. K. Boss, of Auburn, Ala., an
honor graduate of the A. AM College,
will go to Baltimore to take a course in
the J oil ns Hopkins University.
Mbs Cane, of Louisville, is visiting
Miss Lizzie Singleton at Sylvania. Miss
Susie Gaillard, of Charleston, S. C., is
Rosa Douglas, at the saint}
, e alone. As the clock was sounding
oar of midnight, Mias Annie Brewster
, and saw a man in lier roora > stand *
at her trunk. As she made a noise,
ro rushed to the bed, and with a
,-ous-looking knife raised over her,
* (hat if she made a noise lie would
r her right there. Not intimidated ...
1 she uttered a piercing ] dependent U in the field. I sadly misjudge
* lDre , , the people of Jasper county if they do not
iktha* awoke her » t promptly and solidly set down ou all in-
A Talbot county correspondent think:
j the vote of the people on
principal inhabitants, Siamese and Chi
nese, had assembled, and a large number
of polite—perhaps fifty siklis and a hun
dred {Siamese—sunounded the palace.
There were nine pri-oners, two of whom
were arrayed in white coats, which is the
sign of condemnation of death, while the
others were clothed only iti sarongs. Ali
of them were in heavy chains. The
ientence, which wiht other documents, took
about twenty minutes to read, was that
two of the prisoners should be beheaded ;
nonuent tmnKS 1 ,he ot, ! ( ' r fie . v, ‘, n " r, ' ri> cach to receiv0 nine -
the amendment O ? lro 1 koR " f ti,e
to increase tlie number of Supreme < ourt
justices will relieve the anxiety of tlie
many candidates under the amendment by
refusing to create the new offices.
Col. William W. Corbett, of Worth, is a
candidate for the lower house. He stands
ai( 5Jte lor the Legislature. on the national platform, of course; op-
No candidates have yd been announced J , be , ale V ol the 6tata road, and is
to run m the.primary but.oneavowed in- ‘,: riSt lhe preMnt eonv!ct | ea ,« ’stem.
rescue. The ne-
window and made
Ini to her daughter’s \
lamped out ot tUe —
^morning Ben Bethel was captur
'd evidence sutliaient was gathered to
' cr i m e on him. Once before an at-
■ lariMrs. Brewster’s house
made. The citizens became very in-
... ,1 the way these defenseless ladies
being treated, and assembled at
isant Hiii Sunday evcateL dctemhwd
,och the prisoner, but- cooler counsel
railed and h„ was sent to jail in lal-
be people are indignant to think that
nawfe for ladies to live *lon», ud the
imiscrant that enters the dweling of
enseless ladies in that part of the Conn
or the purpose of committing a burglary
be hanged without judge or jury.
gorriiAN politics.
lot Contest for the Legislature tu Pros.
pect—County Convention.
iokoetown, Augusts.—Quitmancoun-
politics are red hot and still a-licating.
i electors who were elected by primary
week ago met in the court house yes-
di, and cast their votes. Mr. W. K.
r having received a majority of the
t'ti, was declared the nominee.
In the afternoon some friends went to
■,M. L. Albritton and asked him if he
Id not be a candidate._ After thinking
a the propositi™ 1 11 while he consented
make the race, anil s-o there are two can
dies in the field.
Several weeks ago the executive com-
itee ordered a mass meeting in the var-
is districts to elect electors who were to
suable in a general convention and cast
i: v't'f r :< candidate for the L a gUla-
At that time there were three canui-
tes in the field—J. E. Harris, \V. E.
ay and J. C. Guilford. Desiring peace
harmony, and believing it best to
tre on one man, ik>l. Harrison asked
three candidates M mwt«tllb hvnwecu
given day and decide the matter
elves. They agreed to the
rrsngemeui and ou the u»y
let at his house, each candidate bringing
ro friends. Three or four other gcntle-
en were also present Before the three
i*didales met to consult together they
ita* an agreement to support the man
S&QlQ agree on* It whm late in the
Iternoon before an agreement was reach-
i Mr. J.'C. Guilford, having received
nee voted, Va* declared the candidate.
P he mating adjttprned and it was thought
nt thereVrtiila be further trouble. A
jwfyVf afterjvknls Mr. Gay announced
iasell a candidate.
On khe 3Ht of last month the people as-
•emble'd in their various districts and by
went of the candidates, cast their votes
7 primary for electors. Mr. Gay re
tired a majority of the electors, but the
Warns showed that Mr. Guilford received
tiirty more votes in the country than his
opponent. The dissatisfaction growing
oat of Mr. Guilford’s defeat, after getting
imajority of the votes of the county, is
because of hia friends bringing out Mr.
Albritton. The candidates are both good
strong men and we look for the hotest
that we have had in a long time,
nirsuant to a call of the Executive
jjjunittee the citizens met yesterday and
•’ected the following delegates to the Con-
P*»ional convention, which will meet in
Albany on the 15th inst: W. M. Dozier,
j* W. He, B* D. Gay, and W. F. Rutlier-
The? were instructed to vote for
rjj* H. G. Turner. Senator Colquitt was
'oaorsed. The convention reccommended
ttitthe voters of this county vote against
“* ratification of the constitutional
amendment increasing the nnniber of Su
preme Cjurt judges.
the STEUGgTk’iN TROUP.
0ai T One Offlce Uncrnitested-Uriiui**' Ma
jority ~Youug«*»t Ordinary.
LaGranoe, August 7.—[Special.]—The
Democratic executive committee met here
May and consolidated the returns of the
flection for Congressman. The official re
ams give Grimes a majority over Traylor
‘U62. Gorman did not receive a a ngle
T *Je. The executive committee also ap
pointed Thursday, the 16th, as the day for
office* UC,a * l ,nmar y election lor cuunly
There is but one officer in the county to
fjom there is no opposition. Our efficient
Sr popular clerk of the county, E. T.
inn, has no opposition, while all the
i have from two to six.
Aroup has the youngest ordinary in the
He u (B. M.) Young in name as
T e * ** 7 ear *» being only 24. Though so
t 0, }°6f he has had large experience, as he
j, Ul been clerk for several years before
J ^selected this spring to fuj the unex-
t lr r** lennipf Capt. W. Yancey, which
•■ •nadone with .great credit to himself
n w fiat hfaction to his friends.
*L. J, C, Forbes, who is a candidate for
t an* 151 *j 8 a Vi * r y gonial and popular
k ■ t him, Troup lias five candidates for
..j f^hlsture, one lawyer, one doctor
at Carrollton.
Carrollton, August 8.—Warren P.
Kelly, the nineteen-vear-old son of our
worthy clerk, J. M. B. Kelly,-ditd at )iis
father’s residence on last Saturday night.
War en#v&s no ordfnary boy. He was a
young man of fine ability, ami was deter
mined on acquiring a fine education, being
a close and diligent student, quick to mas
ter a stubborn proposition. The family
have the sympatny of a host of friends.
They Surprised the Folks.
Camilla, August 8.—Oa last Sabbath a
young man of East Mitchell drove up to
the Methodist Episcopal Church Sundav-
school, a young lady walked out of I lie
church, took a seat with the happy driver,
and ou they put in search of a preacher to
make the two one. There was
some excitement and surprise.
The parties, Adams and Cannon,
Cochran's First Dale.
Cochran, Aug. 8.—The first bale of Pu-
lanki county cotton was brought in this
morning by William J. Mullis and stored
at the Alliance warehouse. It weighed
517 poandi,cla*sed as middling and was
Eold to Mayer A. Watts at 12} cents per
pound. Mr. Mullis brought in the first
hale last season on August 16, and is there
fore about eight days earlier this season.
A Ituud Content.
Ccmming, August 8.—The Gumming
Ccrr.ct L«v<» rhallpnged n hand com
posed of Milton county musicians for one
hundred dollars a side, the band winning
the content to receive the two hundred dol
lars and the one losing to pay all expense?,
the award to be made by five practical
musicians, two to he chosen by each band
and the fifth one by the four*
Two Delegate* for Trajlor.
CARROLLTON, August 8.—The Congress
ional convention nominated J. W. Brooks
and J. I >. Morgan as delegates to the ' on-
nt-Or lWMihe v TStf
will vote for Travlor, of Troup.
Hon. F. N. Cofib made a rousing speech
avnr ef C , "''i ll,,n it sn't Thurman.
IJralh of Mr.. W. II. Ian,.
Mili.kdoeviixe, August 8.—Mrs. W.
H. Lane, who has been long a sufferer
Irom consumption diet! nboitl 2 o’clock to
day. Ifer funeral wjll take place "at the
Methodist Church to-morrow morning at
10 a. m. The sympathy ol the commu
ntty goes out for her only son, Johnnie.
Urging Senator Mamt.TiU. to Kan.
Carrollton, August 8.—This being
Carroli’s time to name the Senator for this
district, several names have been suggested
and the friends of e*-Senator L. P. Mande-
ville are endeavoring to get him to enter
the race. Mr. Mamleville will certainly
be elected if he consents to make the race
Senator from tho Klghtti.
Camilla, August 8.—The Eighth dis
trict Senatorial convention holds forth at
Bainbridgc some time in tho near future.
According to the rotation plan, Miller
county will name the next Senator.
OVElt TIIK STATE.
W L ._
J !•"jkin, J. N. Carlton and J. D. Ham-
-■‘ti. I he candidates for the other offices
, 1 *' numerous to mention, and all^ are
-7 nib y at work, and so “there is no
(,,r the wickerl."
daker, I)r. B. C. Cook and Messrs. J.
Damning; FrrnottalR.
' AugustT. Mr. J. H. Ben -
Holly Springs, • *ud ML'
^ L-nnett, uf Canton, vinite<i their s L-
•Hh. E. Sinih. ia*t wevk.
tirogun, who ha* vinit-
against the present
This is his first vehture in politics.
The editor of the Leary Courier, it
seems, has opened a matrimonial bureatr
but it does not seem to be flourishing as i . - .
yet, for in his last issue he says: Applica- j ° luo {
tions for the hand and heart of Colonel
Primus W. Jones are coming in very slow.
We haven’t received a single application
yet. However, since last week we have
added the names'of John Henry Sinque-
field, of Baker county, and Doc Melton
and Guard Sasser, of Randolph. Our
matrimonial bureau is intended to fill a
long felt want, and its list of subjects is
increasing. We think we know wliat the
ladies need and our aim shall be to supply
their wants. In a few weeks we expect to
be able to guarantee fits. Postal cards
will not be noticed, unless they come in
large packages.
sixfy <>n the spot
ii’nd thirty at } angkok—and to he im
prisoned for life. On the reading of the
sentence it was discovered that the white
boat had been put on one of the wrong
men, and one of the seven, on hearing
himself thus condemned to die, came out
from tlie rest and prayed for his life, at
tho same time saving that one of
the ethers deserved death more than he.
. , , credulity prior to the era in the financial ,• ce f/! ... „ ., .. 4
It was in vnih. and the whitecoat was , , ' , impossible, said Norvin Green, m
transfer.nl t. the nnfonunate supplicant, development of this country which pro- dll d K o 0 n. wl.ea the insidious inten-
' 1 duccd some of the leading characters tions of Mr. Gould were broached to him a
which Wall street has brought to the j lew months before the settlement took
front, as stern realities of every ,tav life, j {’!““• “ Il . wou, . d ^anknipl Gould and all
^ j nis connections to parallel our lines, and
THE BASIS OF SUCCESS.
Yesterday’* Look Throu|li the Telegraph’
Correspondence and Exchanges.
Sylvania reports cotton as shedding
badly.
Mrs. IVm. H. Bibb, of Thomasville, is
visiting Camilla.
A sub-Alliance of eleven members was
formed at Perry Tuesday.
Several protracted meetings are in pro
gress in Mitchell county.
Mrs. Laura Thompson, of Camilla, haB
gone to Hawkinsville on a visit.
In Lee county, Ala., three-fourths of the
negroes voted the Democratic ticket.
A protracted meeting was begun Sunday
night in the Methodist church at Sylvania.
The colored people in Lowndes returned
$15,000 mo e in taxable property this year
than last.
The Baptists at Camilla have purchased
a building for a parsonage and are en
larging it.
Miss Bertie McBride, 0/ Stewart county,
it.iiin. her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Owen, Camilla.
Editor Triplett, of tho Thomasville
Times, :s visiting his old home in East
Tennessee.
’• The Valdosta Times says it still has
hopes of the building of the Florida Mid-
land and Georgia road.
Mi*» Kittle Smith, of Sparta, who has
been visiting in Auburn, Ala., for a month
past has returned home.
Mr. U. K. Cobb, of Americus, is at Ca
milla'looking after the building of Mitch
ell's new court house.
The city court of Carrollton is in session
and among other business before it is a case
of riot against a dozen parties.
The increase of taxable properly in Mor.
gan this vear is $■">',410. I he polls re
turned are 95:1 white and 1,439 negro.
Carrollton now has two trains daily over
the CL, B- iV C road, which is in excellent
condition, the trains on it making 35 miles
an hour.
Editor A. It. Fitts, of Carrollton, also
edits a hotel, the Commercial at that
place, and is a success in both printing and
hotel keeping. , , ,, .
A Sunday school picnic was helii at
Hopeful Baptist church in southwest
Mitchell last week, it was a very success
ful atlair.
Some few caterpilliri in cotton are re-
A Few Words of Advice ami Encourage
ment to Boys.
From the Perr7 Horae Journal.
Every structure must have a foundation,
and in order that the best results may be
reached, the foundation must be wisely ar
ranged.
In youth the foundation for the man is
arranged, and in the man we are enabled
to discover ihe character of the youth, as
surely as the ch iracter of the youth will
termine the cnaracter of the man. Hab
its of industry in a youth will surely tend
to make a good and successful man. An
idle, shiftless boy is not likely to grow into
business avocation. Of course it is to be
associated with intelligence, honesty, Iruth-
fulness sobriety and a genial temper. Com
bine these and success is certain A boy
possessed of these traits is sure to win the
esteem of the business wen with whom he
Conies in contact, and they will lie ever
ready to n*4st him in any laudable under
taking. He will not desire to do anything
that is not right, and in all he attempts his
full and best efforts will be employed.
Such ahoy is sure to glow into honored,
useful, successful man.
The idle boy will never w’in the respect
of the good men around him, and through
hand will be withheld when it is most
needed. The idle boy is certain to he
lacking in other good quaBtfef, aod in
sure he is not helpful to the community,
nor to himself. The idle boy who shirts
duty is apt to lie a bad boy, and surely
becomes a nuisance while in youth, and
when grown to manhood he is more than
apt tn he entirely worthless in business,
and hurtful in point of morality.
Boys, enjoy yourselves projierly in play
time, but always remember that when a
duty is to be performed, it should be done
promptly, with energy and in accordance
with instructions.
Be energetic, always willing to work
when there is w r ork to do, res|»ectfiil to
your elders, kind ioyonr playmates, truth
ful and honest in all things, and you will
win the confidence of all who know you
now, and you will be successful in business
hereafter.
BY THE AID OF A SAW
A Sick Prisoner Cuts His Way out of tlio
Jasper County Jail.
A telegram was received yesterday by
Chief Wilcv from Sheriff W. H. Phillips
at Monticeilo, saying that J. Otis Pone
had broken out of jail on Tuesday night
and asking his arrest should he come this
way. Pope is known to the police here,
having been in some trouble a few months
ago with Officer Baughn and others.
The following account of the escape was
sent from Monticello last night:
Our quiet town was enlivened this morn
ing by the ne*B of a jail delivery last
night.
The jail cell is fnll of negroes and a
white man, J. O. Pope, confined under a
charge of a*>sault with iutent to commit
murder, was confined upstairs. The
sheriff notified the commissioners several
days ago that he considered the upstairs
unsafe and Pope was ordered to the Macon
jail. He was taken quite sick at once and
claimed that he was unable vo be moved.
Yeste day an effort was made to get his
bond m de, MU failed, and the *beriff was
ordered to take him to Macon tnmorn
ing, but when morning came the bird had
flown. A small saw ana blankets tied to
gether told the story.
The flogging lien commenced. Stands had
been erected where four men could be
Hogged at one* —curious erections, consist-
placed about aigliteen
feet apart, v. i h two para lei bamboos run
ning from the foot of the one to the top of
the other, the culprits’ heads being fas
tened between them by two bars across. On
sitting down, a rope was fastened around
cach prisoner’s waist, and tied to the post
behind him; his arms and legs were then
pulled out straight in front of him, his
hands tied to the bamboos and his feet to
the ether ^ost the ro n e^ nulled
so tight that his back was stretched like a
drum. Fir-H four men were flogged. The
rattans used in the operation were about
four feet long, and as each stroke fell the
men shrieked with agony, and their backs
gradually rose into a gory, swollen, shape
less mass. After administering thirty
strokes li e fioggers stopped for a rest of
about a minute and then gave the remain
ing thirty; the three other men who had
still to be Hogged nnd the two who were to
be beheaded looking on all the time.
When the four had been flogged the other
three were treated to the same dreadful
punishment, after which they were allowed
to crawl in among the crowd. As they
were all heavily ironed there was no
chance of their escaping.
On the flogging being over the police
closed up and marched with the two con
demned prisyners to the place of execu
tion ; a field picturesquely situated at the
foot of a sugar-loaf shaped hill, where a
ircumfercncehad
How lie Started in Life-The Hooks i
OrOOKB \py Witit ii He Hih 3i(MiH|{ed
to Wldp the Majestic World -
Fersomt? Ca u.ieterlstics.
when • ’<{ l l
1 egraph facilities.
The metho !s of acquiring the control
and the possession of other people’s prop-
, ert.y hav^ beer, raised to the dignity of fine
. art by Mr. Gould. This art haw }*»on
j prosecuted, too, through ‘‘legitimate”
'means. He Iris had the law at his Lick
J every time, and been supported in his n ;r-
| vellous acquisitions by the highest c trt
j authority.
j The manner in which lie man aged to
j get Western l iuon into l.is hand? afhn'dH
! a very striking illustration of IiIh methods
and the great secret of his success.
I When first laying his schemes to obtain
| the control of the telegraph property he
T » . ,, L ,. ... , ! got up a construction company to build a
Femmore Cooper, Sir Walter Scott, r c lejrra,.,i line . This was a company of
( harles Dickens or Dumas, in the height I exceedingly modest pretensions. It had a
of the popularity of any of these great capital of only $-5,000. It built the linen
writers of fiction, Lad evolved from his ! (,f . t , he N 1 V . e ® te , r r n I'nion Teh-graph aimpany,
. . , ,, , . with which Mr. uould paralleled most of
inner consciousness a Jay Gould as a hero ' the i m , )(irt:lllt )in ,, H „f the Wes-
of a novel, its readers would have found : tern Union, and cut the rates
serious fault with the author for attempt- ! until the older and larger corporation
in* to transcend the rational probability ! fo >»> dt hat its profits were bcin« reduced
,, l . .1 i i * .. . " ; toward the vanishing point. 1 hen it was
allowed to the latitude ot fiction, hew j K |.,,i t „ make terms with its competitor; a
novel readers, in fact, would have pa- union of interests was the result, and Mr.
tiently submitted to such a strain on tiieir ; Gould obtained control of the united con-
From the Ne
If
York Commercial Advertiser
since my advent iu the great arena ol j t() ta jg 0 f h nrm ony between him and uh is
speculation. | die wildest kind of speculation.” The
Among these Jay Gould is conspicuous ; genial doctor was then mauler of the situa-
and of all the self-made men of Wall U*on in Western Union, or imagined him-
street lie had probably the most difficulty sel so at tJ,al t5rm *> nrul regarded with
in making the first thousand dollars of the contempt the efforts of Gould and his
amazing pile which he now controls. colleagues to bring the company to terms.
Jay Gould was born at Stratton Falls, M n a few months afterward the doctor
Delaware county, New York, about the , tamely submitted to play second fiddle to
vpitr IftSfl. He wa* the son of John B. I the little man whom he had formerly den-
Gould, a farmer, who kept a grocery store* i plj®d#
At the age of sixteen young Gould be- The arrangement in reference to the
came a clerk in a variety store belonging | cable companies followed the capture of
to Squire Burnham, about two miles from Western Union. The struggle is still
the Falls. Here, in his leisure hours, he
assiduously improved the little learning
lie had received at the village school, l y
applying himself to the study of book
keeping in the evenings.
It was when lie was at tliis store, ac
cording to the most reliable accounts, that
lie manifested his natural aptitude for
making sharp and profitable bargains. His
employer, the squire, had hii eye on a
piece of land in Albany, which lie expect
ed to obtain cheap and so make a profit.
He whispered his intention to some Iriend
in the store, and his young assistant over
heard him When he went to put his de
sign of purchasing the land in execution
he found that young Mr. Gould had been
tiiere before him, aiid had secured the title
This natural inclination to buy out
every concern with which lie has been con
nected has been the ruling passion of his
Woo Fortune Before Too I at#*,
At >>ewurieauB, i-a., ou iutNm« a...«
second Tuesday monthly). July luifi. In
•J18th Grand Monthly Drawing • f The Loi
btaie Lottery took place under the soie m
menL as usual, of Gens O. T. Kcsnreg
Louisana, and Jubal A. Early of Vir^initi
prises varied in amount from S.wj.uxjmu
The public like to hear of the
rd of
1'lT
35,56. drew the Flist Capital l’rlze of $!00,000. It
wna sold in fractional twentieths at $1. sent to
M. a. Dauphin, New Orleans, La. Two-twen-
ti. th* ut rr paid to WYldon Van SteiuhurKh.aiid
Chaa Emmerich.GS Columbia street. New York;
one to Sydney Potter. 1,345 Kim street, DmUhn,
Tex; one to HB8trarure» Dalian. Tex.: two to
The AnglOrCalitornU Bank, limited, San Krau-
cihco,Cal.; one to Josiah C Mitchell. Hohton,
Mass.; on**to Andrew Gallagher, 11 Hampshire
street, Boston, Ma>“.; the remaining parts were
held elsewhere. No. 55.46'J drew the Second
Capital Prize of« uo.imi; mImi i-old in like man
in twentieth*. One to a depositor, through
Batik. New Orient)*. I.n.; one to <' B
on A Co., New York city: one to J J
Berefle.and FrankMobile. Ala., rats
to Ku>i National Bauk of Mobile, Ala., one to
Barnet Hodges, New York city, etc. No. 47,843
drew the third Capital Prize of SiO.OuO, also sold
fa fraetlonal part' of twentieths, two paid to
Norfolk National Bank, Virginia:
two to a depositor through Wells
Fargo X. Co.. FanfraueihCo. Cal.; two to
Ja* M Jenkenv Rome, Ua.: one to Mom** DUelet*
mid one to J W Patterson, both «»f Haverhill,
one to Southm-ttera Nai’l Bank of Phil
adelphia. Pa. No. drew Fourth
of t&jO
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hither and
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A Dutigpin, :
relative Jther
w hit h you e*
before it m loo late.
pace about 250 yaril
b con ropcfl off. round which n ere at crowd
of people, principally Siamese and Chinese, life, aud still tenaciously adlu rca to him
had assembled. Inside this inclosure Prior to his negotiation* with the firm in
surveyors, lie had invented a mouse trap
in his intervals of leisure in the store, and
with the proceeds of this anil the bargai
in the land, out of which he had outwitted
his employer, he was enabled tomnkehim
self master of the situation with the sur
veyors. Shortly niter this a m#n named
Loup, who owned a tannery in Pennsylva
nia, who was looking out for a partner
with a little money, and who was
also a good “drummer.” Mr. Gould
made an arrangement with him
became a member of the firm, cut off the
middle men, came to New York and ob-
tsineri customers direct from the wh desale
leather men, and in three years bought out
his partner and ran the business himself.
Loup, the frozen out partner, took his busi
ness reverses so much to heart that he
committed suicide.
On his visits to Xew York Mr, Gould
was attracted by the greater advantages
which the Empire City afforded for ex
tending his business, acid came here to re
side. lie had ingratiated himself in the
favorable esteem of one of the leather
merchants with whom he had done busi-
n. ss. The merchant took him to his house
to board and Mr. Gould fell in love with
his handsome daughter. It was a mutual
affair of the heart, like that of his son
George and Miss Edith Kingdom and a
speedy marriage was the result. The re
sults of the hapnv union seem to have
been all that could be desired, and the do
mestic felicity of Mr. and Mrs. Gould, so
far as the public have been able to ascer
tain, has never suffered the slightest jar of
interruption.
On Ins entrance to Wall street he began
business alone. Afterward he formed a
partnership with Henry N. Smith and —
Martin, the firm taking the name of
Smith, Gould & Martin. Martinis nowin
a lunatic asylum, and Henry IL Smith,
who was the chief cause of the failure of
William Heath A Co. for $1,000,000, is now
a poor peusiuner on the bounty of hiswife.
But Mr. Gould still towers aloft, in the full
enjoyment and the continued progress of
his speculative prosj>erity ( without l>cmg
dismayed by any competitor, however pow
erful, and overcoming all obstacles, no
matter how gigantic.
The modus operandi of Mr^ Gould in
the purchase and sale of railroads has
been to buy up two or more bad roads, put
them together, give the united roads a
new name, callit a good, prosperous line,
with immense prospects in the immediate
future, get a great number of people to
believe all this, then make larg- issues of
bonds and sell them at a good price, for
the purpose of further improving -and en
hancing the value of the property. After
these preliminaries have been gone through,
if profitable purchasers came along, they
could have the road at a price thnt would
inoaip Mr. Gould for all liis
iaimr” and* acute management, li these
purchasers should be unable to run the
road profitably and were obliged
logo into liquidation after a year or two,
as frequently happens, then Mr. Gould or
his agents would very likely be found on
hand at the sale to take back the road at a
greatlv reduced price. Mr. Gould would
then get a fresh opportunity of slewing
the superiority of his management. He
would be able to demonstrate that the road
had left ill's possession in excellent and
progressive condition, but through loose
management had been run down. He
would then set about the work of reorgani
zation again and go through the same role
substantially, with slight variations, as be
fore, realizing a hand-ome profit on each
successive reorganizatior.
Jt wa* as the managing jxiwer of the
Erie railroad that Mr. Gould laid the
broad foundation of his fortune. The
money and influence which he
in connection with the* Erie cor-
jioratinn mal led him textend hi- oper
ations in the acquisition of railroad prop
erty until, through the Union Pacific and
iU various connections, Wabash and a
OU tu tier of Southwestern road**, it M-cimd
pr baMe atone time that he was in i fair
w av of grasping the entire control <>f the
trans-continental biiiuur»r in riilroad
matter*. And this wa* prior to the time
police were Rationed all round at intervals
of about three paces. At one part of it a
shed had been erected for the com
missioner and others. At another
there was a email platform, on which
were placed food and water for the pris-
mm; and iiicu*. aftcFboingsprinkled
water, large dishes of curry and rice were
p ac* d before them, of which they partook
Ikartily. 'J hey then washed tiieir feet,
em'ered their heads and prayed toward the
setting hud. When they had finished the
executioners, after sprinkling themselves
w’ith water proceeded to ask forgivenesw of
the. prisoner:; for the deed about to be
done, and on this being granted pre
sented eaoh prisoner with a flower. The
executianers then partook of food. In the
center of the field two short stakes had
been driven into the ground, nnd to these,
when the executioners had finished their
meal, the prisoners walked slowly out,
without anyone to guard them. On arriv
ing at the stakes they again prayed; they
sat down with their backs toward the
stakes, to which their arms were tied, after
which an official walked out, blindfolded
them with strips of linen, filled their ears
with clay, and then retired with his as
sistants, leaving the condemned men alone
in the middle of the field.
About two minutes after the execution
ers walked out armed with Japanese
swords, and sat down some thirty paces be
yond the prisoners. They sat thus for
perhaps a minute; then they rose and ad
vanced toward the doomed men. executing
fautastic dancelike figures, almost as if
cautiously approaching an enemy, till
they came within striking distance, when
they raised their swords as if to strike;
but instead of doing so turned round and
round and retired to where they started
from. After a short pause they advanced
again in the same manner, but on coming
close, stooped down and looked fixedly for
about ten seconds into the faces of the pris
oners, who sat perfectly motionless, and
then again retired.
Wells* College Burned
Aurora. N. Y., August 9.—The main
building of Wells’ College waa burned this
morning with its entire contents. Morgan
Hall and the laundry were saved by hard
work of citizens. The fire is thought to
have started in the kitchen- It is said that
there is insurance of $100,000, which will
not cover half the loss. The foundation for
an extension of the main building was near
ly done They expected to have part of it
ready for use when the fall term opene *
Thu Plumbers' Strike.
Toronto, August 9.—The plumbers’
strike I** spinning a serious phase. The
steam titters h ive now joined tne strikers,
Imodpl gd
strike „ g
appear on any job where members of their
*'» ol tenrlr \ aneoifll of
is has been called for next
the advisability of taking
other luh
week to
similar a
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Chapped han-ls, chilblains, corns and all skin
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Weddeu.
Some quick and hitter words we said,
Anti then we parted. How the sun
Swam throUKh the hiillen mBt of Kray!
A chill fell on the summer 'lay,
' ' ‘ s best and happiol hours were done,
whin »nm-
••per
V.Urit
How proud w
And spake :
She braided »
'1 tint I had ai
AllhotiKh hi
My word of prai*e.
And I! ! matched her M orn with c
: hated her w ith all iny heart.
I nlii we chain * d to meet one day;
She turned her pretty head away:
pretty tear drops start;
I.o! 1
pending for the entire monopoly in the
cable business, and it now seeniH only a
question of time when the Bennett-Maokay
party will have no succumb, leaving Gould
in the supreme control of the news of the
world. If this should happen he would
become an immense power for either good
or evil both in speculation and politic**.
In fact, it would be too great a monopoly
to be entrusted to the will of one man.
Although it might be judiciously managed,
as the cup of his ambition would then he
urely full, yet the experiment would be
extremely hazardous.
The controlling interest in the elevated
railroads of this city, recently achieved by
Mr. Gould through his husineHH nnd Hp* < -
ulative relations with Mr. Cyrus W. Field,
are of too recent date to require any spec
ial notice of comment he<e. Suffice it to
say, that I fear my friend Mr. Field has
not burnt*out ul ihe big end of the horn,
c )H f ormity with the most approved bust"
ness principles, ami in strict adherence to
the most honorable methods of dealing in
railroad securities. It is significant, how
ever, that Mr. Field has preserved a pru
dent reticence on the subject.
The Grow::-. **t l.omuni
From the Nineteenth Century.
When the population of England in 1801
was under 9,(MX),0(H) that of London wan
958,803. The capital and kingdom have
grown together, but the former haa always
grow'n faster; so that while England (in
cluding London) mounted from nearly 0,-
000 000 in 1801 to near!*-20 000 000 in
I6M, London grew from 956,863 to 3,816,-
483 in 1881. London more than quad
rupled its people, while England (includ
ing London) did not qtiale triple it:
England (excluding London) advanced
in a still smaller proportion, ami
it will be seen that England, excluding all
its big towns, exhibits a still feebler ad
vance. But note this point about London:
Its limits increase. If we had a aeries ot
maps shaded so as to show the population,
we should see the black central spot of
London getting bigger and bigger—the
wen which Oobboth detested and de
nounced—growing more and more portent
ous in size, but though the black spot grew
bigger, yet its center grew lighter and
lighter; and by the center is not mvant
that strictly limited area called the city,
but something more like what London was
when the century began. Take, in fact,
the area occupied by the mass of
those 958,863 who constituted the popu
lation of Loudon in 1801, and fewer per
sons will be found living u|>on it, while
around it lies a widening ring, growing
blacker as the center whitens. While,
however, London has grown so enormous
ly in population and in so great a propor
tion compared with the rest of the king
dom, its rate of increase has not been at
all commensurate with that of many pro
vincial towns, nor ban it been equal to
that of the towns of England as a whole
Speaking-of these towns, as a whole it
seems a lair estimate to say that of the 9,-
000,000 living in England and Wales in
1801,3,000,000 lived in towns. This errs, if
at all, in making the town population too
large a proportion of the whole. Of the
26,000,000 of 1881, nearly 15,500,000 lived
in towns: or, if we follow the Register
General in ranking as townsmen all who
live in urban sanitary districts, more than
17,500,000 were townsmen. The inhabi
tants of towns have increased at least five
fold; the inhabitants o: the country at the
most by 75 per cent. The town popula
tion was one-third of the whole; tne Reg
ister General’* calculation would make it
two-tliirds. Diverging for a moment from
the proper order of inquiry, it may be
remarked that this phenomenon of
tne tCisiiVv iuv.vh5v xji llie tvi?#4 pcpnL
lion is not confined to England. It may
not have reached the same proportion of
the whole in any other country, but it has
grown at an even greater rate elsewhere.
-Two examples may suffice: In Norway
the town population was 9 per cent, in
1801; this had grown to 18.1 per cent, in
1875, and it is now 22 per cent. In the
United States the proportion was only 3.9
per cent, of the whole in 1H00; it was 22 5
per cent, in 18.>0.
A l’«rke«t Tribunal.
Dublin, August 9.—United Ireland pub
lishes a rampant article on the Parnell com-
min.-ion bill adopted by the House of Com
mons. It says the hill is the greatest fraud
iu.! 'Dm Purnellitei ilid uni re.
ever fashioned. The Parnelhtee did not i
ject it because their action wouiu have been
lnterpretea and did not accept it because its
fraudulent tribunal will be packed. The
Parnelliies, however, will pass the ordeal
earnestly and in Kood faith, and though the
dice are loaded, they feel that the game is
theirs. „
lYloIncr Admitted to 11*11.
Savannah, August 9.—[Special.]—A cor
oner’s jury held an inquest to-day over the
body of Ed. Burke, who was -hot Tueeday
night by <„>. A. W eidner, and brought in a
verdict of voluntary man-laughter. Wienner
wav admitted to bail, and to-night warrant*
were issued charging him with morder.