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Three Days of Floods and
High Winds.
HEAVY DAMAGE AT NEW ORLEANS.
Great Lo»« to the Utce and Sugar Cane
Interest*—Mobl*e Water Itound for
Two l>ayft —Injury to Cotton
lu the Mernpbb District.
•pcaarr turn motioned lor the train to pro
ceed.) Do you see this man? lie is making at*
motions, not for me to go ahead, (laughter) J. WO VjCrill&nS
but for the train to go ahead, so I will have
to tuank you for this manifestation of your
regard aud bid you good by**.” [Applause.]
At Prospect several hundred people
crowded up about the train and called for a
tpeech, but before the Jndge had got well
started the train pulled off. The oneers of
the crowd gave evidence of the good*will
that followed the trtin. All small stations
along the way were interested in the jour
ney, and men, women and children waved a
greeting t» the traiu sped by. The engineer
was bound to keep on time, and kept at the
heels of the regular train. The Marion band
tried to give a welcome at the capital of
Marion c uu y, but the cheers of the crowd
drowned them out.
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4-„vr
Milledge-
ville Come tolBlows.
SCRAPE (IN A CAR.
Marriage of Mr. Jnmea J, Griltin null Bliss
Abilin McKan at Kastman — Mndlson
anil Gortlon Receive ITielr
First Rain.
Nervous Mimicry.
From the New York Tribune.
* curious incident is reported from
Wilkesbarre, Penn. One of the young
women employed in a silk mill at that
place was seized wiili an epileptic fit. The no means infrequently.
Milledoeville, August 21.—[Special.]
—The tailoring establishment of Mr. G.
E. Hinkley was this morning a scene of
bloodshed.
Two German employes 'n the shop have
been at ou's some time and violent epi
thets have been applied and returned by
other girls crowded round her, alarmed and I Xo-dsy the quarrel was renewed and thh
ss!!?i vjstJm ‘sa 1 —a -** >■ «• f-*•
over in violent hysterics. T he excitement of August Myers did valiant service in
increased, and in a minute or so another 1 mutilating the countenance of Mr. Ga-
young woman was seized with hysteria.! l)riel _ xhe latter, whilo presenting a
were seized with hvs eric convulsions." ; wounded as was at first supposed, and the
Eighteen of them were affected in this result will probably be merely a temporary
strange way, and ih y all had to be sent j dipflguring .
home after medical aid had been sum-1 Jlvers concluded, it seems, that he had
rnoned. 1 lie case belongs to a by no means j,is adversary and straightway took
POLITICAL sorts.
New Orleans, August 20.—An easterly
gale has prevailed since 6 p. m. on Saturday,
with fearful gusts of velocity forty-eight
to sixty mi.es per hour. Great damage has
been done in the city and along the river
front. Several buildings were unroofed,
fences blown down, trees were uprooted and
the coal fleets of Pittsbnrg and the Southern
Combines suffered severely. Fifty boats are
known to have been lost. They are valued
at $3,000 each. The Louisville and Nash
ville and the Illinois Central trains were
delayed by washouts. Great damage has
been done to rice and sugarcane crops. The ’’The girls were now almost wild with ner-l * „
telegraph wires are prostrated in every on*— n»i.W*ni«nt. and one after another rather orrt e pic ,
direction. There has been no communica
tion with outside points since 8 p. m. Sunday.
The city was in darkness last night. The
electric light plant was shut down on ac
count of tne contact of the e ectric light
wires with telephone and telegraph wires.
MOBILE WATERBOUND.
Mobile, August 20.—The flood is receding
rapidly from the Louisville and Nashville
tracks to-nigbt, os the wind has died down
and the tide is running out. The officers of
the road state that the washouts above the
c tyand between here and New Orleans are
small nnd that reptirscan be made to mor
row. The last passenger train from the north
arrived Sunday afternoon, bnt as the train
coaid not go through, the passengers were
sent back by the 8 o’clock train, the laat
northbound train leaving the city, and were
sent around by way of Meridian.
Thirteen wires are down and the-e is
no telegraphic comniuni ation over the New
York quadruple*. No communication can
be had with New Orleans, but as the storm
is cen ered in Alabama, and as the wind
must have blown at least sixty miles an
hour and straight up into Luke P-tnehar-
train, there is good reason to believe the
whole back portion of that city is flooded to
an exceptional degree. Tho tide in the gulf
was very high and back water was as heavy
as in the famous flood of 186 , when New
Orleans was badly inundated.
The southeast gale inareosed to a velicity
of fiftv-seven miles an hour early this morn
ing. The water, of the Giilf have been
driven over the lowlands both east and west
of here, and the Louisville and Nashville
railroad track is badly flooded south. There
have been no trains to-day either way. The
routes via Meridan and Selma remain open.
The lower portion of the city was inundated
this morning and many stores flooded, but
the damage is small. The wires bei ig down
everywhere, no details of damage outside of
the city can be obtained to-night.
THE MEMPHIS DISTB1CT.
Memphis, August 20.—Heavy rains have
fallen ail over this section of country during
the past three days, and still continue. All
email streams, especially to the south, are
bashful and in many in aSilic. have over
flowed and flooded valuable farming lands.
The telegraph wires between Memphis and
New Orleans have been prostrated and only
very meagre news can be obtained.
A local storm of unusual severity swept
over Coffeeville, Miss., to-day, doing consid
erable damage, and if the present spell of
weather continues much longer, very
serious damage will be sustained
by the cotton crop. Reports co uing
in show tliut the rains have been general and
disastrous in tbeir nature. Last week a
drought!) was threatened in mauy localities,
but now floods are feared nnd more serious
injury will follow. The Western Union Tel
egraph Company to-night reports nil wires
.'...uu leading to*New Orleans, which city ts
the cut off from any telegraphic communica
tion with Memphis, n the vicinity of Vicks
burg and the Yazoo Valley the rain fall has
been unprecedented and serious injury to
cotton mid coru has resulted.
TheOlil Itotunu Btnrts on Ills Journey—The ;
Cnmpnlgn lu Virginia-Rnrrlson.
Toledo, O., August 20.—Judge Thurman
aud party left Columbus at 4 o’clock this
afternoon for this city and Port Huron,
Mirli., where the campaign will be opened
Wednesday, rain and the uneertalnty of the
hour of departure seeming to keep the crowd
at home. However, the train attracted quite
a good deal of attention us ft pulled out with
bandanas hanging in all the windows. Those
in the depot waved farewell, and the trip
was begun.
Judge Thurman said he had not been
feeling well, but he walked - reel ami firmly,
and, to all appearances, was in good shape.
At Kim wood the train stopped for a mo
ment, but the first crowd wus cncountr ed
at Powell, nnd in response to ni merous
calls, Judge Thurman spoke brirfly. The
train pulled out as they chrered their can
didate. A sign on a high pole next to the
car read, “Free Muslin,” aud above the
words was a tame coon. An enthusiastic
crowd was at the depot at Delaware, and the
air was red with b.ndanuas as the crowd
waved them and cheered. The crowd
filled up. the platform, and stretched
•ut across ths track. A band
added to the enthusiasm. Hon. E. B. Puple-
ton and a committee boarded the train aud
brought the Judge to the platform, when, as
soon ns the cheering had subsides!, he spoke
as follows, having been introduced by
Popleton: “If Mr. Popleton had the making
of the next vice-president of the United
Slates, I have no doubt but that t would be
the mau [laughter and applause]. But there
are a great many other peools that have a
word to say upon that subject. I can tell
you this, my filends, that if you want this
old fellow to be your next vice-president,
you must go to work. [Appltuse aud cries of
“We’ll do It!”].
Now, you know I hare no time to make
a speech aud it’s only owing to the polite
ness of the conductor of the train that I am
permitted to say a few words, for two or
three or four minutes Is as long ts the train
will remain, and a* I have «o Hill. *t— = ;
cannot do better than to confine mvself to a
single ides. Yon hare heard s great deal
about the tariff. That ia the great subject
upon which speeches are now made, 1 hare
heard, in a long political experience,
a great many attempts to humbug
the people, but of all the attempts that I
have ever aetn or heard, the prelentiou that
a high protective tariff ia for the benefit of
laboring men ia the greatest humbug. [Ap-
{ danse, j Whit ia a tariff? It is a tax, a tax
evied by the general government upon com
modities that laboring men as well as other
men use. It is a tax that takes hold of ev
erything from the crowns of your heads to
the soles of your feet, that taxes your hat,
your coat, your vest, your breeches, your
boots, your shoes; that taxes every imple-
uncommon but very interesting class of
nervous affection-. Neuro-mimesis, or ner
vous mimicry bas been at the base of a
great number of puzzling outbreaks, many
of which were at the time of their occur
rence ascrined to supernatural causes. In
the fifteenth century a mm in a German
convent suddenly began to mew like a cat.
In a short time the lnfectioo had spread
until all the other nuns were mewing in
rivalry with her. The mewing epidemic
was carried to other convents, and for a
time the religious authorities were in con
sternation.
In the same century a strange biting ma
nia developed in a convent, and soon all
the nuns were biting one another and all
who approached them. This outbreak was
cured by terrorism. A regiment of sul-
d ers was drawn np in tbecourtof the con
vent, and the-biting nuns were informed
that if they nid not come to their senses
they would be (lugged with rods by the
troups. The fear ol this punisment had
the de ired eflect. With other epidemics
of the same general character, however, all
remedies failed. Of these was ihe so-
called dancing mania, when tens of tkoti-
s aids of people went leaping, dancing and
singing ttirough the streets, in processiun,
ubnuduniug business, domestic Unties, ev
erything, to indulge in tbissingular c<ren-
tnciiy. The history of the Flagellants,
who walked hi procession, each rank flog
ging the one in front and being flogged by
the one behind, is of tko same order. This
epidemic spread until it had covered all
Germany nnd Italy, and had invaded
France. Both the dancing and the Flagel
lant manias affected children as well as
grown people. Numbers of the victims
perished miserably, tor processions were
arranged to traverse the country, and this
they did, wandering about without any
commissariat, trusting to charity, anti! the
nuisance grew bo formidable that cities
closed their gates against the pilgrims and
drove them into the waste, where thousands
died of exposure and privation.
Hecker, the historian of the epidemics
of the middle ages, had n curious theory
to account for them They occurred in
the period pi the Bl«ck Death, when pesti
lence stalked over Europe and Bwept away
millions, flecker held that the plague
was caused by certain changes in the
earth’s m gnetiam, and to support this ho
cited many reports of strange atmospheric
phenomena, foul odors arising from the
ocean and saturating whole continents, and
other indical ous of abnormality in ti c tel
luric conditions, lfcckc ’a hypothesis bas
not been mceptcil by modern seiencr, bu
I is fuels are trustworthy. The extern ive
epidemics of nervous mimicry which ho
chronicles have certainly not been paral
leled sine* th« mirtd|a «ge*, *nd perhaps
we should look for the explanation of this
to the magnitude of thu advance in the
standards of living and in the average of
health. The most striking recent instance
of nervous mimicry is the case of the Con-
vuisionaircs ol St. Mcdard, many of whom
were unquestionably cataleptic*. With
the sprtad of education and n better regi
men ol diet tlie tendency to nervous epi-
d mica has plainly diminish'd, Itds,how
ever, by no means outgrown, as the Wilkes
barre episode ciud at the beginning of this
nnicle shows, and jin was proved by the
occurrence of a similar outbreak among
the girls in a Brooklyn fuctory not long
ago. To-day tbesi strange directions are
recognized as neurotic, but the ptecise
mode of their dissemination ia still an un-
so.ved problem.
ocuigia auiuiauu*
Griffin News: W.W. Walcott has nearly
completed his chair for the immigration
car. It will have the following kinds of
SpaiJiug county timber: Osage orange,
walnut, oak, maple, ash, hickory, sweet-
gum, curly pine and poplar. These are
just such as Mr. Walcott could find around
the shop; with more time he could have
added several varieties.
THE SIXTH CAVALRY.
to his heels. Ho was easily caught and
landed in jail, when he was soon relea cd
on bail.
There were no witnesses to the encounter
and there is nothing more substantial
than speculation as to the direct cause and
the responsibility for the fracas Both
participants have been vcjy well thought
of.
COLUMBUS.
Four of the Seven Eocnped Convict* Recap
tured— Wanted In Alabama.
Columbus, August 21.—[Special.]—One
by one Capt. English is getting his seven
escaped convicts back. On yesterday
another, making the fourth who has been
overtaken, was captured near Albany and
was brought to this city this morning by
Mr. F. G. Edwards, _ sheriff of Dougherty
county. The convict was turned over to
one of Capt. English’s guards and Sheriff
Edwards reo ived a reward of $50.
At 2 o’clock this afternoon officer Mc-
Michael arrested a man named Miles Stew
art, who is wanted in Russell county, Ala.,
for grand larceny. He will be held until
the arrival of requisition papers.
CARVED WITH A RAZOR.
nation in a Passenger Car.
Two Negro Train Unmls Create Conster-
WaYcross, August 21.—[Special.]—This
evening on train No. 11 from Savannah a
serious cutting scrape occurred between
two negro employes.
Parish Norton came near cutting Albert
McCalvin’s throat with a razor. The fight
came about by McCalvin accusing Norton
of stealing a silk handkerchief from him.
Norton gave the lie, when McCalvin struck
the first mow, whereupon Norton iut him.
There was also quite a lively scene
among the passengers in the car. Norton
has been arrested nnd lodged in jail. The
wounded man will not die
Meeting of Survivors at Old Sardis Church.
One of the Boys In Summerville Gazette.
According to appointment a goodly
number of the surviving members of the
Gth Georgia Cavalry Regiment met at Sar
dis church, in Floyd county, August 8th.
A jolly good day we had." The lorenoon
was spent in lyind-eliaking. Twenty-five
years ago we were mostly beardless bovs;
now many heads are white. Twenty-five
years ago we were boys, unmarried; now
staid old men with large families. Some
of them with grown-up children with
them; but on this day we felt like boys
again. All formalities were thrown
off; no “mister” there; it was
Bob, Tom, Jack and George, as of
old. Mr. Editor, I wish I was able to tell
you the pleasure we felt at seeing ench
other once more. About 11 o’clock the
ladies (bless them I for they were always
the soldiers’ friends) spread one of the best
dinners I ever saw; and, strange as it may
appear, the Sixth Georgia attacked it as
vigorously as they ever did the Yankees;
but it was too much for us; we could not
get away with it all. The table was
cleared, and a wagon load of watermelons
formed a line of battle thereon. The old
Sixth, always ready for duty, rallied and
charged again, and many a melon was
rulliitssly butchered.
After we had done feasting we fell into
line and marched into the church, the
rpll was called, after which Capt. Dean,
our president, made a touching address.
Then G. W. It. Bell was called on and
made us a talk that moistened many of hiB
old comrades eyes. He brought vividly to
our minds the trials of a quarter of a cen
tury ago. He exhibited a silver dollar
that he received at the surrender for his
three vears service in th« Confederate ar
my. Dan Bell made us a splendid talk;
he was then voted a member of our organ
ization in consideration of many services
rendered the regiment by bringing mail
and clothing from home to the hoys when
they could get them in no other way.
Capt. Dean was re-elected president; Robt.
McArver and Abe Glover re-elected secre
taries. The next meeting will be at Mob-
lev’s Spring, near Rome, on the first
Wednesday in August next. Let every
Sixth Georgia Regiment man begin now
to make his arrangements to attend.
WARRIOR AND CRAWFORD.
To Wreck Passenger Trains on tlie E. T.,
V. unit O. Railroad.
The passengers on the train coming
South Monday night and on the train
going north early yesterday morning on
Arrangements for n .
eat ttaCV' ■»**.
From the New York Herald
Washington, August r
coming campaign seems tit e iL , *' -
ble for its joint debates ; b ^ i
tin* K:i>t lonmsMi*, \ ir-mu an i have alren.lv U vn m .„i Ur 1
railroad will probably never know unless tween the candidates torn
thev n a. 1 tlii- article Iw.w narrowly they ,liana, Colonel M-,. ’ ’ ■ 1
mi-'-ed two iifcid.-nts that night wb.eti Hovev, and plans are mt ^ 1 '■
would have resulted in loss of life. | a verbal duel between i* i .
From what can be learned, lteeems that J ridge and Major McffUi 1
the switch at Holton, nine miles from J among the most effective !!!!' Mi
Mreon, was opened by -body with ms- respect;-,, parties on tn- I
Ihcioiib intent, and the down passenger id c .i i s t0 ] lave t j ie r "i, a ,jl
i_.!_ .... In nn tlio ci.llinrr Pop tomfl 1 1 • C^Cil '(hi
robabl,
train rau in on the sidling,
reason
HarUlen’s Arnica Salve.
The Best salvo In the word lor cuts, braises,
sores, til., r.x, salt rheum, lever sores, tetter,
cbspue.l hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satis-
fai-tloi) or money refunded. Price Z5 cents per
box. For sale by H. J. lamer A 6on.
Cotton nnd Wool.
From the Minneapolis Farm, Stock and Ilome.
In the manufacture of cotton the United
States is the second nation in the world,
led only by Great Britain, which uses 50
per cent, more than this country. We
consume two and one-half times as much
raw cotton as Germany, and three times as
much as France. In the manufacture of
wool the Untied States holds the fourth
place, England, France and Germany lead,
ing us largely, while several of the
minor European countries are
close up to us. Our cotton
manufacturers are not blessed with
protected raw cotton, in fact, tlie whole
cotton industry is much less handicapped
by the tarifi than is its twin industry,
wool. The latter is and has been so enor
mously “protected” that it is and has
been for years one of the ‘‘struggling in-
Ju.iiiea" tiie country. An increased
wool tariff has always increased our im
portations ef manufactured woolens,closed
home manufactories, and thrown labor
out of employment, with the inevitable
result of depressing the price of our raw
wool. Take the muzzle of excessive taxa
tion from the woolen industry and it will
soon rise to the place now occupied by cot
ton ; in fact, in both of these industries
this nation should occupy the first place,
and it will when statesmanship instead of
partisanship shapes our destinies.
Marriage at EaMtntan.
Eastman, August 21.—[Special. j-j-Quite
nn enjoyable Eocial affair took place in our
quiet little city to day in the happy mar
riage of Mr. James J. Gridin, ol Oxford,
to bliss Abbie McRae, of Cbaunccy. The
ceremony was performed in a very impres
sive manner by Dr. I. Hopkin*, of Oxford.
They were married at the residence of Mr.
M. Byrne, brother-in-law of the bride. A
short while after the ceremony,which took
place at 11 o’clock, the ct-nipiVo' Mere in
vited to partake of n most bounteous
repast. Among those present wc noted Mr.
M. U. McRae (the bride’s father), of liazlo-
hurat; M. W. McRae, of Atlanta; Mi««
Lula McRae and John McRae, Miss' Mary
Wilcox, of J tksonville, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs.
V. A. Cherry, of Walden, and others.
The happy couple leave tbia evening for
their future home in Oxford ar.d from
there on nn extended trip through North
ern Alabama anil Tennessee.
Met n Horrible Dentil.
Augusta, August 21.—[Special.]—Mr-
Ceter McAlder, nn employe of tlie Geor.
ia Chemical Works, met* with a horrible
eath by strangulation this afternoon. He
was walking on a high beam brushing
phosphate dust through & bin, when he ac
cidentally slipped into the bin and before
assistance could reach him he had pas ed
through the bin, which is ten feet high,
and hta feet projected through a hole,
which allows the lust to pass to a recepta
cle. He was soon afterwards extracted,
hut too late for restoratives to be applied.
The doctors say his lungs and throat were
filled with the stilling smelling powder.
Madison Central Association.
Madison, August 21.—[Special].—Scv
cral of our citizens left to attend the Cen
tral Association, which ntteta to-day at
Bethel, in Jasper county. The following
are the messengers from churches in this
county: Rev. 8. A. Burney, P. G. Wal
ker and H. W. Baldwin, Madison; Rev
W. B. Crawford, Bctbany; James E,
Chiles, L. A. Mercer and Thomas Kims,
Jr., Brownwood.
Madison’s First Rate.
Madison, August 21.—[Special].—The
first bale of new cotton was received here
to-day. It was brought in by J. P. Cham
bers, weighed 497 pounds, classed tnid
dling, and was Bold to the live firm ol
Turnell Bros., at 10) cents per pound.
Suit Against tlie TV. anil A,
Atlanta, August 21.—Ed Williams to
day tiled a suit against the Western and
meat which you use in your mechsnical snd Atlantic Railroad Company for $0,000
agricultural operations. And now to tell me | for personal injuries. The pe.t-
f hat In talra *1. — I _ l. ! Is LI ! t IflTlPP IVDPW that srs Amelia* •elillasISaMi.t.
that
from
to take the laboring man nnd tax him • | ,on ^ n?en» that in August, while attempt*
i the too of his head to the sole of his ‘ | n S to crow the defendant’s track, he was
feet, to tax nini on everything that he nses 1 knocked down by a switch engine and
in his trade and to tax him heavily ia a his left arm was badly bruised, besides
benefit to him, seems to me to be nothing which he was injured internally.
Heavy Rnlna at Auguata.
AuotsrA, August 21.—[Special.]—A
heavy rain storm, accompanied by high
vrisd;, fell *; uouu io-tiay. ihe prospects
are good for another storm to night.
Gordon’s First Hale.
Gordon, August 21.—[Special.]—'Ihe
first bale of cotton of this iear’s erop was
brought in by Ira 8. King to-day. It
weighed 456 pounds.
OVER TIIK STATE.
Yesterdnj** Look Through the Ttltgreph , f
Correspondence nnd Exchange*.
Mr. G. P. Burn/, of Stephensvillc, will
soon move his fsmtly to Dublin.
Cotton picking is the daily occupation
with farmers about Ktepliensville.
Mrs. Fannie Ogburn and Mr. William
Cillins, were married at Ktephcnsville
Thursday morning, 16th inst. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. John Dupree.
Griffin News: The Georgia Midland
Railroad Company will send a force of
carpenters to Williamson to erect a new
depot building. Williamson is the point
A Hatch of Item. UrouRlit In bjr Uncle Ira
Jennings, the Mall Carrier.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Russell, of Macon,
were riding out at Echeconnco Monday.
Mr. Jack McCrary, of Knoxville, has
been returned to the asylum at Milledge-
villo.
Miss Watie Holloman, of the Warrior,is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jones, in Monroe
county.
The dedication of the Bethel Missionary
church takes place on Sunday. Everybody
invited.
A revival at the Baptist Missionary
church in the Warrior has just ended with
the addition ol twelve new members to the
church.
Mr. Wm. Eubanks, of Crawford county,
lias been sick for the post two ^eeks with
typhoid fever and his condition is now con
sidered low.
Mr. Benjamin Jones of the Warior
buried an infant on the 15th, nnd on last
Sunday his wife was buried. Both were
inferred in the old Tidwell burial ground.
A day or so ago, as Mr. J. W. Drawhon
of.Warrior was coming into Macon with a
load of wood, the couplingpole was broken
and he was caught under the wood and
stunned. He is now getting over it.
The Alliance ia ornwing In number,
large meeting was held in Knoxvi Ic on
Monday, ana on Saturday next at Midway
church in the Warrior *a large meeting
will be held and at which thirty applica
tions for membership will be acted upon
Mr. Rusktn*. Mnasnm at Bhcfttelit.
From the Magazine of Art for September. *
Half a dozen years have passed since
Mr. Raskin oflered to Sheffield all his art
treasures, providing the town would find a
suitable building for their preservation.
He even went further in his spirit of
munificent liberality bv undertaking to
personally superintend the arrangement of
the objects in the mu-euin, and be respon
sible for its management during his life
time. It Was proposed that the new build
ing should be built at Kndcliffe, one of the
most beautiful spots within the boundaries
of the old town. Money was not want
ing; £10,000 were subscribed; plans
were prepared and the de-.ign was admitted
by slu ill,-Id ex | orta to excel anything they
had thought possible. Then an irritating
obstacle occurred. Matter.of-fact muni
cipal magnates intervened. ’1 hey did not
understand the nature and purpoeea of the
St. George’s Guild, and ilii-trnsting its con
tinuance, made it a condition of subscrip
tion that the museum should be satisfac
torily gutrantced to Sheffield forever.
Technical difficulties arose as to tlie title
and the nature of the guarantee that the
museum should remain the inviolable nnd
permanent possession of the town. Mr.
Ruskin has a scornful contempt for su|ier-
ficialities, and lit cannot bring bis mind
down to legal hair splitting. He declined
to read any further lawyer’s
quibbles, and nis indisposition * left
the matter itt abeyance. It Is satisfac
tory, however, to know that the settle
ment of the whole question will no longer
he delayed, and that soou the new building
will rise in all its fair proportions. Mr.
Ruskin has deputed tne trustees to cut
ihe Gotdutu knot by tetiing the lawyers to
draw up a conveyance between the mayor
and corporation of Sheffield and the St.
George’s Guild. The pictures and ob
jects, as well as the building, are to re
main the properly of the public forever.
The new mustum will be. a splendid me
morial to its founder, a permanent em
bodiment of his ideas. May he long be
spared to advise in all ita counsels and to
direct ita resources.
rau in on tne stating. For sumo Ke vcral impo. tant noims
the speed of the train had been d .ubtful States of *Nm^’ U
greatly lessened, and a stop was very easily Jersey. Major McKinlev 1
made when the engineer found that hew.is n j g |, t t0 makp , h V*»»«8tt
off the main line. Had the train been mon t Chautauqu in Gcowl ,lle
running at the accustomed speed, the An evening paper here sfvJ’ti
train would have run into some camp cant j osition is under considerathn t ,*>
on which twelve men were sleeping As it; ocratic • ampaign manaeers'i ^
wa«, the train backed on the main line and a joint discussion of the tariff 0 * n
their sleeping laborers knew nothing of o—■ • “ nn ««
their fortunate escape.
The 6ame person or persons, for it was
evidently the work of one party, went to
the rock quarry, about a mile beyond, and
rolled two flat cars that had been placed
on the sidling to bo loaded with rock from
the quarry, down on to the. main lino
where they stopped. The switch at this
point is known as a split switch, and_ the
cars were rolled over it with but little
trouble.
The rascals had made a miscalculation.
It was, no doubt, their intention to wreck
the passenger train which goes north about
3 o’clock, aud they did not think of the
freight train which oomes down about 2
o’clock. This latter train plunged intu
the flat cars, and the result was the engine
was badly stove up and injured, but
fortunately no one was hurt. The track
was cleared in time to allow the passenger
train to pass without delay.
It is supposed that these two dastardly
attempts at wrecking werejnadeb- negroes
ior the purpose of robbery. Two suspicious
negroes were seen at Holton Monday even
ing, and they are now missing.
Mrs. Clevelnncl’s Social Duties.
From the Cosmopolitan.
Mrs. Cleveland’s social duties are greater
than is generally supposed. She assists
the l’resid-nt at his state receptions, and
sits opposite him at state dinners. She is
considered the social head of the admin
istration, and she is, indeed, the mistress
of the White House. Tlie gorgeous floral
decorations of the state reception rooms are
subject to her approval; and she stands
with the President whenever be receives
his guests in a social way.
The state dinners of the President are
perhaps the grandest social affairs of the
American court, and to be invited to tlie
White House to one of these is the social
event of a lifetime. The White House
blazes with light. The Marine band plays
in the vestibule. The great East room be
comes a tropical flower garden, and its
white and silver pillars are wreathed with
garlands and hung with flower
shields, upon which have been woven
American eagles of pinks and roses. It is
here that Mrs. Cleveland stands with -he
President and receives tuirty or fifty
guests who have been .invited to the din
ner, and it is from here that she is escorted
to the state dining room by the most hon
ored of the party. The dining room
sparkles with cut gloss and silver, and the
dinner of many courses ia gotten up by
French cooks. The daintiest of viand's
arc washed down with rare old wines, nnd
a number of glasses stand by each plate
save that of Mrs. Cleveland The Presi
dent’s wife has, as far as her own cxnntpln
goes, espoused the cause of temperance.
Kite drinks nothing at these dinners hut
Apollinaris water, nnd, though she docs
not, as did Mrs. Hayes, endeavor to regu
late the tastes of others, she does not
touch wine herself.
At her state receptions she shakes hands
with from three to five thousand persona
on every such night during the season. It
is said that she has shaken hands with
more tlmn one hundred thousand people
uring the past winter. She is a goo-1
hanil-shakcr, nnd each caller receives a
warm graBp and a decided pressure. In
most esses this fa acccmpar.LJ by a cor
dial smile, and those who liavc the pleas
ure of chatting with Mrs. Cleveland for a
short time become her friends.
Tliotianmla of Yenra Saved.
From Chambers' Journal.
One may get some idea of what railways
mean in the saving of time and money to
passengers by taking the case of London.
It is estimated that about 500,000 persons,
or nboul one-tenth of the population ol tlie
entire area of the metropolis, require to
travel to und from tbeir business every day
all the year round. If we remember tho
prop- sed to challenge mT bu':- 0 '' 1
altern ,te sree >hes in twelve priSl
of the Union, six to be nimlStl
Blaine and six by the Bp^l
opinion of a number of promioj n 1
er tic Congres.-min as to the
of such a course has been askid , h
is a very general concurrence of’
These joint debates, though ! ,
common at the North, ar, a recn 1
paign feature at the South. 8 *' tl
8t. Elmo Fire,
Editor Telf-graph: The ph™
which occurred in Buena Vina ’
day which the Patriot says fumi-i
subject for meteorologists to discs, ji
happen*. They were knosn andol*L.
by the ancients long before clec-tridrTl
Slimed its place among the K -Jl|
Cm-ar gives an account of the iihe-oitJ
which says about the middle wial
spears of the twelfth legion teeandtal
on fire. 1
It has often appeared on the muni
Bhipsitmi is called by sailors -LEI*
fire. When they appearin twoflam nl e
are called Castor and Pollux; wh-eii
gle flame, Helen. The latter is r-np
as an evil omen, the former as a f»T„ ri l
one. Although accounts are gi„ a T
which the branches of trees emitted th
light, and the blades of straw on a I
wagon stood • n end and seemed oi,
and a vivid flame issued from the whip!
the driver. This lasted about ten rain®]
Son e French officers were wslkin. J
the terrace of Bab Azun at Algiers t]
sunset with their heads uncovered. 1
ing at_ each other, the* observed ihe L,
of their companions stood on ends uH I
tie jets of flame issued from them. W|
they raised their hands similar jet*iw
from their fingers. Similar phenow
arc seen to issue from the pointed extn
itiesof steeples and other elevated nn.
ures. We were looking for this <l|
noticing the Baptist steeple and sav tl
stroke of lightning that struck the rod x
followed the lame to the earth. A i
sight.
The causes which produce these
many other phenomena, to u«e the bettJ
fill words of Pliny, "are still bid len in
majesty of nature.” B. D. Lumsclv.|
Butts Filed.
Atlanta, August 21.—Mr. Georgell
tin, through his attorney to-day, 6I«!|
suit for $151.25 against Col. Ado'.;
Brandt and Mr. Jacob Haas, in the Ss;
rior Court, which he claims is dnehimtj
the anti-prohibitionists. Mr. Minis i
the editor ami prop ietorof the Aval
-.lieanti-prohibition weekly, and i
panits hiB petition to the c -urt with t
bills against the gentlemen whom he s>
The lir-t bill i- I"r $M.7U fur |> p!i 1 •
in the Avalanche the ami speeches oidel
one meeting in the List cm.| • I
Messrs. Colville, Kent, E. M. Huck|
:itill Kill Pledger. Flu- next bill i- f
for publishing the speeches oi Cxp
Evan Howell nnd Colonel J- lin B.t>
win and others. The third bill ix ^ ' 1
for lulverti-Tng the''monster ineefingl
nt tlie opera house the night before t
election. Colonel Brandt says Martin *
not collrct a nickel of tiro money ainti
er he or Mr. Haas ever ordered t
speeches published in the Avalanche,
says none of the publications were anti
ized.
Tlio Taylor mul Talbot Line#
Atlanta, August 21.—Recentlv ll«
ha* Inen considerable complaint sbootlt
eating the line of Taylor and Talbot eon
ties. Talbot has a stock law and Tatar
has not, and as the boundary b»s net
been accurately defined, a great deal old
fusion has ensued. The grand jurin^i
both counties some time ago advised r
the line be surveyed, and Governor C
distances, it is not toomueh to assume that don norrointerl Mr. R K. Keneau to do
ib« :11 — 1 * « . ■ * * * *
the railway will economize for each at
least two hours in the week—or, sav, five
days per annum each. This for 500,000 of
people means 2,600,000 day*—or an econo
my of 8,300 years of 300 working days
work. Mr. ILneau has been surveying j»
Western nnd Atlantic railroad and
rnapa of certain tiacu of Und owned VI
the State, having been employed to do t ’
by the commission to appraise the r"
each. Suppose the average earnings of Ho has just completed this survey, htvti
these 600,000 people to be £100 per annum been sick some time with the fever, *h' cl
each—not two high an aver ige wheu we I explains why the comity line hss notb-«|
remember the number of millionaires in- located. He will el
eluded in the total—we shall see a total
money saving—in tlie sense of time being
money—of equal to £830,000 per annum.
And this in London atone.
Tho Military AtlvWovy Hoard.
Atlanta, August 21.—The first meeting
unty lie
st3» to
work lot
the line in a few days.
Slnrrlngn at ItKStttr. _
Atlanta, ' ugust 21.—Last eventnf,-I
the residence of the bride's mother, to w*|
catnr, Mr. Charles T. Hopkins and >M|
...a^a., -...— j „„ urov uirvuiiK Lizzie N. Morga-t, were united in the h°7l
of the State military advisory board, ap- bonds of wedlock, I)r. H. C. Morrison^ .■
pointed last year, was held in the Kenste li iMing. Col. ilopkins is a rnemw^|
chamber Ut'
Adjutant-!
members ot the board there were present an able lawyer, me nrme - -^
Colonel Ol instead and Colonel William rare accomplishments, and has a now
Garrard, of Savannah; Col. W. F. Jones, of lriends, both in Decatur and Atlanta
Elberton; Captain John Milledge, of At- happy pair left l ist night tor
ltitita; Captain S. Price Gilbert, of Colum- Springs, where they will spend their no ;
bus, and Captain A. C. Knead, of Atlanta, moon.
The board received and heard a number of gull for wto.ooo. <
applications from diflerent pent tns desiring Atlanta, August 21.—A suit w«
to organize companies. i„ t | le Superior Court this morning .
A commtjtee was appointed consisting Messrs. Wright & ' ulberson for th*
.^'-Wm. Garrard, Capt. A. C. Snead, boy Publish,ng Company, of East
Col. W. F. Jones and Adjutant-General sgaint M. E. Maher, for $10,000
Kell i« rasre hncinc-Li, ...J the board ihe declaration *1 lege* that
anjourned to 10 o clock.to-morrow. | bad a mortgage fi fa. .sgatnst
A number of Georgia’s old companies ’ Conley foreclosed by levying on *”•
are virtually dead, and the board will issue and type of the paper, although Mr.
a call to them to come together in ninety ley had no connection at all "
day* for insertion, and if they fail to re- paper,
To Detain All Refugees.
Washington, August 21.—I)r. Hutton, at
Wavcross, Ga., say* the time has arrived for
tlie detention of all refugee* from Jackson
ville.
The fumigation station there U now in
good order.
Dr. Hutton also telegraphed that certain
parties on their way from Kuwanee, Fla., to
Savannah refused to give up tbeir checks nt
the Waycross fumigating station and he
ordered the train to he held until Instruc
tion* were received from W*.-.Vt 0 gton. The
baggage was finally pulled off.
spond, they will be ordered to disband.
A Railroad Twist.
From tho Lexington Echo.
Judge Lumpkin will he»r on wfr’or-
inst., an injunction esse betweeujh* ^
Harrison and the Working Men.
From the Chicago Herald.
The very positive and circumstantial -• —j .
testimony of Mr. Sayre, of Indiana, settles gi» »nd the Covington and
beyond all controversy the truth about roads. It i» claimed by the torn* tkl
Harrison’s insult to the organized labor f pany that it donated certain tana ^
his State in 1877, say* the Watkins (N. Y.) city of Athens for a street, and « . ,
Herald. He did use the strong expressions city has now granted to the n * lrirT to
that have been attributed to him, and lit* tight of way over the street con / ^
demeanor snd conduct were evr-n more the contract. The Georgia «*«“
offensive to the workmen than words. I strain the city and the m>*>“8
„ .— ; — Macon from using the street tor .mj
Examination for Scholarship. | ,, nr|)0BeB> J UI ( ge Hutchins u
Atlanta. August 21.—County School; and so the matter has been , is
Commissioner lain will hold an exam-‘ Judge Lumpkin. Owing to the coil ^
ination next Thursday at the courthouse hi* own circuit, he could not t&» . jj,
of applicant, for the Peabody scholarship' day than the 25U. for hearing and
in Vanderbilt University. 'i.l ii.i.imiw,Fiinimiilcr. /
ing this important matter,