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RIOT IN FLORIDA.
Bad Colored Men linn Things Their Own
Way on a Steamer.
A lot of negro gamblers took passage on
the steamer Throuateiska at Apalachicola,
Fla. When about twelve miles from the
city they became engaged in a quarrel
with a lot of negro raftsineD. Pistols
were drawn and a fusilade of shots be¬
gan. The captain of the steamer, assis¬
ted by his crew, attempted to quell the
disturbance. A negro drew a weapon
upon the officer and told him to vacate
the lowerdeck. The captain and his crew
being deck. unarmed, retreated to the upper
The steamer was then put about
and headed toward the city. Just before
she made the landing at the wharf
Capt. Randlette ordered' the ashore. police
to let no man come
The negroes then took a small boat,
when the officers began firing upon them.
The fire was returned, but with no effect-.
About two hundred other negroes had
congregated upon the wharf, armed
with sticks and weapons of various’ kinds,
and several of their number were urging
the blacks to pitch into the whites. Sev¬
eral arrests were made and some thirty
shots were fired. The militia were or¬
dered out, and it was only by the cool
nos and determination of the whites that
a serious riot was prevented.
FOOLHARDY MAN.
Charles Alexander Percy, of Suspen¬
sion Bridge, N. Y., 27 years of a go, and
by trade a wagon maker, made a safe trip
through the whirlpool rapids, Niagara
Falls, in a lifebo.t built by himself and
upon the construction of which he has
been engaged during the past summer.
The strangest part of it i-s tnat Percy has
no practical knowledge of boat building.
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A COLORED SAVIOR.
Georgia Ccior.d People .4re Stopped From
Producing a Play.
In 1033 the villagers of Ober Ammar
gau, in the Bavarian Highlands, on the
cessation of a plague which desolated the
surrounding country, had vowed to per¬
form every tenth year the Passion of our
Savior, out of gratitude and as a means
of religious instruction, a vow which has
ever since been regularly observed. It
was afterwards somewhat remodelled,
and is perhaps the only mystery or mira¬
cle play which has survived to the pres¬
ent day. The last performance in Bava¬
ria took place ia 1880. The persecutor
of Christ oonBiders his part an act of re¬
ligious worship, and he and the other
performers are said to be selected for
their holy life. There are usually about
five hundred players, Some seven or
eight years ago, Salmi Morse, who had
visited Ober Ammergau, formed a com¬
pany of about one hundred players in
San Franeisoo,-Cal., with James O’Neill,
who impersonated the Savior, and gave
one performance in the Grand Opera
House. The building was packed to
suffocation, play but immediately after the.
the principal characters were ar¬
rested and fined, and were not allowed
to give another performance. Morse
then went to New York and made prep¬
arations to present it on a grand scale.
Hundreds but the authorities of performers there were prevented engaged, its
presentation. Morse then gave -it up,
having ing lost his fortnne it, and in attempt¬ shortly
to present
after committed suicide. The ne¬
groes of Summerville, Augusta’s the
Ga., pretty suburb, were to produce
far-famed passion play, and at the hour
of 8 o’clock a large audience, congregated composed
of both white and colored,
at the hall to witness the play. However
just before the performance was to have
commenced, the marshal of Summerville
mounted the stage and informed the ac¬
tors that if they attempted would to imperson¬ As
ate the Savior he arrest them.
to the other portion of the performance
they were at liberty to produce it, but he
had been instructed by the commissioners
of the village to stop the show immediate¬
ly if any one tried to impersonate disconcerted Christ.
The action of the authorities
had the colored people considerably, as they
handsome gone to the expense for of the getting occasion. up
costumes
Most of those who were to take part were
bright mulattoes, but the person who
was to impersonate the Savior was as
black as the ace of spades.
“BETTY AND THE BABY.’
Frankfort, Ky., was crowded with
people from all parts of the state, and aU
was a bustle of excitement, the occasion
being the inauguration of Gen. S. B.
Buckner. The graud stand in the state
house yard was beautifully decorated
with flags, festoons and flowers. Seats
were provided for the people in front of
it, and back of the state house were 150
tents spread for the use of the soldiers.
A procession composed of the state mili¬
tia, officials, judges of court of appeals
and superior courts, and the city fire de¬
partment and police, escorted Gen. Buck¬
ner to the state house, where the oath of
office was administered to him by Chief
Justice Price. The retiring governor, J.
P. Proctor Knott, will make his home in
Louisville and resume the practice of the
law. It is said one of the first acta of
Gov. Buckner will be to stamp on the
lawlessness now prevailing in Rowan
county.
ATLANTA’S MISFORTUNE.
For some time the citizens of the Gat'
Oity have looked forward to the complc
lion of a clear water reservoir which
would be used in connection with the
filtering of the water supply. Recently,
the water was turned on and the basin
filled ; while Chief Engineer Travis wns
watching the incoming water,' the walls
gave way, and all the water ran out.
The damage is considerable and the
filtering process will be delayed lor two
months.
INSULT TO THE FLAG.
United States Consul Brigham, of Paso
del Norte, Mexico, went with Col. Cow¬
art of the Mescaleras agency, New Mex¬
ico, to the house of Judge Zubria, with
reference to some horses stolen from the
agency. After talking pleasantly with
the judge awhile, the two Americans
departed and had not gone twenty feet,
before the jndge came out of bis rc'-i
d.encc and creeping up behind the consul,
struck him a stinging blow on the head.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
BUDGET OF NEWS GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Many Railroad Aoeldcnts-What Is Trans¬
piring in Temperance Matters—Social
And Religious Gossip.
The mayor of Savannah, Ga., has or¬
dered the police to arrest every person
displaying swinging signs or signs erect¬
ed on top of posts.
The Memphis & Little Bock Railroad
was sold under mortgage to R. K. Dow,
of New York, the price paid being $2,
800,000. The road will be extende 1 to
Dallas, Tex.
Warren Frazier, a colored brakeman on
the Georgia Railroad, fell between two
box cars as the train was passing Grove
town, and was instantly killed by the
wheels passing over his body.
The extensive works of the St. Louis,
Mo., Car Wheel Company, situated iD
the western suburbs of the city, estimated were
destroyed by fire. The loss is
at about $100,000; fully insured.
At Jackson, Miss., Chief Justice
Cooper refused to issue a writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Hamilton and
others, charged with the murder of Gam
brell, the editor of a prohibition paper.
The Board of Aldermen, of Albany,
Ga,, refused permission to the Salvation
Army to parade the streets or make any
demonstrations, on the ground that the
army was a nuisance, and the majority
of the people opposed them.
Unprecedented rains have fallen
throughout North Texas. All the rivers
are over their banks, and many washouts
are reported. Trains are all delayed.
Eleven persons have been drowned at
Cleburne, seven of whom belonged to a
family named Schmidt.
Hon. C. G. Memminger, of Charles¬
ton, S. C., who was secretary of the Con¬
federate States treasury and one of Pres¬
ident Davis’s most trusted friends and
confidential advisers, is seriously ill at
his summer residence at Flat Rock, and
not expected to recover.
Fully 65 per cent, of the cotton in
Rolling. Fork, Deer Creek and Lake
Washington sections in Mississippi has
been stripped of its leaves as though fire
had swept over the broad fields, which,
three days ago, had looked so promising.
Worms caused the trouble.
An accident occurred on the East Ten¬
nessee railroad, Rome division, at Long’s,
fifty-five miles from Atlanta, Ga. Freight
train No. 30 ran into the second section
of No. 30. Both engines were damaged
considerably and a delay of three or four
hours caused. No lives were lost.
Chester, 8. C., is very much excited
over the reported indications of a gold
mine there. An expert from Colorado
reports that from specimens of ore found
there, he has faith enough in it to pay a
large amount of money for a plantation
where the specimens were found.
In the Rowan circuit court, at More
head, Ky., Pigman and Perry, charged
with the murder of the notorious Craig
Tolliver, were cleared after two hours
deliberation of the jury. Everything at
Moorehead is quiet and no danger is ap¬
prehended from an outbreak.
The total vote cast on the liquor ques¬
tion in Meriwether county, Ga., was
2,850. Of this, 1,014 were cast for pro¬
hibition, and 1,836 votes were cast
against prohibition. hundreds The prohibitionists of
make the claim that negroes
who voted wtre disqualified because of
non-payment of taxes.
The rate committee of the Southern
Tariff Association, which is composed of
ail the freight agents in the Southern
States, met at Atlanta, Ga. Tlie matters
connected with rates and classifications
were discussed. A new rate was made
on the goods manufactured in cotton fac¬
tories, and the classification was changed
from the fifth to the sixth class.
A peculiar accident happened on the
Augusta & Knoxville Iiailrond, about
four miles above Augusta, Ga. Two
negro boys lying asleep on the track were
stiuck by the locomotive of the wood
train. One had his leg cut off, wh-le the
other was thrown off the embankment by
the cowcatcher and only slightly injured
in the head.
A fire occurred at Branchviile, S. C.,
and destroyed nine bui dings, as follows:
Hamilton’s general store and residence,
Black’s general store, A. F. H. Dake’s
general store and residence, J. Karrish’s
millinery store, Pearlstine, Karish & Co.’s
general store, J. R. Mayes’ general store
and D. D. Myers’ general store and dwell¬
ing. Loss $40,000; insurance $6,000.
A fire broke out in Riggs's livery stable
at Richmond, Ky., destroyed it, and
then spread to the business portion of
the city. Arnold’s grocery, Gentry &
Co.’s hardware, then the new opera
house, Neff s produce store, Douglas's
butcher shop, Green’s opera house, the
Adam Express Company’s office, Dinnell
& Co.’s restaurant, and Smith & Belton’s
ihop were destroyed. Loss about $60,
L00; insurance $20,000.
The Salvation Army was egged and
rocked in Griffin, Ga. The-e are three
members of the army there. They have
conducted themselves in the most or¬
derly manner while there, and were on
their knees praying when the eggs and
roeks were thrown. After the rocking, the
some one approached a member of
army and slapped his face. The others
were cursed and otherwise maltreated.
Policemen and aldermen w r ere standing
by, and made no effort to stop the dis¬
turbance, to protect the army or to arrest
the parties throwing the rocks or eggs.
At the Mercer county, Mo. fair, Ran
dall Blakslee, a half-breed Indian, made
a balloon ascension banging torn trapeze
bar. The balloon shot up suddenly,
[ giving Blakslee a wrench, and he was
NO. 28.
unable to pull liimself on the bar, but
managed to hold himself up by a loop
which he had drawn around his wiist.
After traveling about a mile and a half,
reaching an altitude of 2,000 feet, the
balloon began to descend, but the poor
fellow’s strength gave out, and when
within 500 feet of the earth his grip feet re¬
laxed and he fell, alighting on his in
a corn-field, his thighs being broken and
Iriven into the trunk of his bod}'.
SEVERE FLOOD.
The Heavy Losses of Texas Farmers and
Shop Keepers.
The hardest rain that ever f§U in this
country began without the cessation. other night, The and d has
continued m
age to farmers in low valley lands in
every portion of the county is estimated
at thousands of dollars. The Texas Cen¬
tral & Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe rail¬
road are badly damaged, and it will bo
many days before either of them can
move trains. Tue following business
houses with all goods went down Bosque
river: Messrs. Sellers & Hamilton’s dry
goods store, Sam Frank’s grocery store,
M. McHail, groceries; J. II. Justice,
saddle shop; Anderson’s furniture store
and three cotton gins. Nine residences
were washed away, besides throe houses
which are entirely gone. Every house in
town is damaged. Life is all that many
of the citizens have left. At Whitney,
twenty-two miles east, in Hill county, a
number of houses were washed away. At
Meridian, a man, whose name could not
be learned, was swimming to his house
to try and save some of the contents,
when the water became too swift for his
strength, forcing him into the current
and drowning him. Between Morgan
and Cleburne, a distance of thirty miles,
there are eight washouts on the Santa Fe
road. Three of the number are large
iron bridges, which span the North river
at different points. On the Texas Central
between Morgan and Whitney, two large
iron bridges which have stood in storms
for years are completely destroyed. Central Be¬
tween Morgan and Hico, on the
road, thirty-one miles distant, there are
eleven bridges washed away.
ATTEMPTED RAILROAD ROBBERY.
A bold attempt was made to wreck
at Leslie Station, Ill., the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western east bound pas¬
senger train that left Pekin. The east
and west-bound passenger trains, arrive
and pass at this point. The west-bound
passenger passed Leslie all right. Some
persons carried a large stone, twenty-five weighing
a couple of hundred pounds, the rails of
feet, and placed it between
the main track. The east-bound pas¬
senger train very fortunately had a pas¬
senger for Leslie station. The engineer when
was notified and had slowed up,
his engine struck a stone, throwing over
the stone, and the forward trucks left
the track. The train was delayed nearly
an hour. Had it not been for the one pas¬
senger, there wouhl have been a sraash
up.^as the obstruction train would at have full speed. dashed into
bis rock
IRISH DEFIANCE.
In the English House of Commons,
Mr. Dillon, nationalist, moved to adjourn.
He did so in order to direct attention to
the proclamation of a meeting announced
to be held in County Clare. “The pro¬
posed meeting," he said, “was would perfectly
legitimate and one the people disorder in¬
sist upon holding. Any the or
bloodshed that resulted would be on
head of the government, The rack
renting, exterminating, ruffianly land¬
lords, who feared public opinion wanted
bloodshed.” He would toil them the
meeting would be hold whether or not
there was bloodshed.
COOL WEATHER.
Prof. Foster, of Iowa, and other repu¬
table weather prophets, predict cool
weather until about December 1st, after
which date, the winter will be rather
warmer than usual. The first part of
September will be unusually cool, it is
said, and about the 13 th a very
heavy storm may be expected will to cross he
the continent. This storm
accompanied by high winds, rain, hail and
thunder. Its most destructive force will
be expended in the Atlantic States. The
middle ten days of the month will prob¬
ably be warm, and the last ten days will
by cool.
COLORED BAPTISTS;
The American National Baptist Mobile, Con¬
vention (colored) assembled in
Ala., in annual session. Florida, Delegates Georgia, were
present from Alabama, Louisiana, North
Illinois, Kentucky, Carolina, Tennessee,
Carolina, South
Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio.
Rev. M. J. Simmons, of Louisville, Ky.,
the president, made the opening address
showing the progress of the work of the
colored Baptists. An address of wel¬
come was then made by thc Rev. W. F.
Owens, pastor of the Third Baptist
Church, in which the convention is
meeting. Dr. Simmons was re-elected
president, and the Rev. Mr. Owens vicc
presiden t.___
gray and blue.
Elaborate preparations have been made
for the reunion of the 23d Georgia in¬
fantry, at Adairsville. A colonel in a
Pennsylvania regiment, who was for a
time a prisoner of the 23d, has had made
a large diamond cross of unique design,
valued at $2,500, which he will present his
to Lj 3 former captors as a mark of
esteem. The cross will be presented by
g dele ® „ ation of ten Pennsylvania Georgia young
ladi ^ come 10 in a
g - ftl car At thc state line they are to
b V me t ^ by a delegation “ of Georgia young
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