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CONSTITUTION.
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TUESDAY MORjSQXG, APRIL 4, 1882.
PRICE 5 CENTS
THE WEEK EPITOMIZED.
NARRATING THE HISTORY OF SEV
EN DAYS.
Proceeding, at Home and Abroad—The Politic! and
Perversities oftho Old World-The Ways of
tbe People at Uome. and the Crimea and
Amusement* in which They Indulge.
TJIK AH VENT OF THE BOUDEN.
Danville, Va., April 1.—Information just
received here that Hnerift William Estes, of
Stokes county, N. C., was shot on the 150th
ult,, while robbing his own office. He left
home to he absent some days, and directed
his wife not to allow any one to stay all
night, and at the same time gave her the safe
key. About dark one of the neighbors-came
to his house, and Mrs. Estes having raised no
objection he went off to the room to spend,
the night.
After he had retired two men came to the
house and asked leave to stay, and Mrs. Estes
objected. They, however, went in and de
manded the safe key, threatening to kill her
if she refused it. She rail up stairs, informed
ber guest and was told by him to go down,
deliver the key and say nothing of his pres
ence. The men then proceeded to rob the
safe, and while thus engaged Mrs. Estes's
friend came down and killed both of the men.
Upon examination it was found that one of
the men was the sheriff, who had disguised
himself, and the other was one of his neigh
bors.
A VIRGINIA EXECUTION.
Chatham, Pittsylvania County,'March 31.—
hoc Wright, colored, was liiinghereatll
o’clock this morning for the murder of Cole
man Arthur, white, on February 5th, 1881.
He walked to the gallows, situated about one
hundred and lifty yards from the jail. The
Danville Grays acted as guards. Whilestand
ing on the platform, jus', before the trap door
was sprung, a rejiorter asked him if he com
mitted the murder. He answered, “I did
not," which were the only words spoken by
him after leaving the jail. The drop was four
feet, and his neck was broken by the full. He
died with scarcely a struggle. But a small
crowd was in attendance. The affair was con
ducted in a decent, quiet and orderly man
ner. The hanging was private, only the offi
cers of the court and the representatives of
the press being present.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Detroit, March .'50.—A terrible tragedy oc
curred at Crawford settlement, eight miles
south of Farwell yesterday, in which a man
named Jacob Smith, aged about G-'j, was killed
by a man named Joseph Bucher. It appear
thnt Smith, who is a resident of Harrison,
went to Bucher’s with Mrs. Buclier, who lias
been divorced from her husband, to get her
children. Buclier refused to give up the chil
dren and Smith turned to leave, whereupon
Bucher struck him with h?s fist and followed
it up by a blow from a wooden mallet, crush
ing liis victim’s skull and killing him on the
spot. He was afterwards arrested. Bucher is
about 45, and one of the earliest settlers of
Clare county. He was a man of violent tem
per, it is said, while Smith was quiet and
peaceable.
GARFIELD’S PEACE MEDAL.
Under every president there is struck off at
the mint, for disiribution among the friendly
Indians, what is known as a m«iai >>
"peace medal.
The peace medal for the Garfield administra
tion lias just befn received at the treasury de
partment. It is of silver. On the obverse
side is the lettering, “Janies A. Garfield,
President of the United Siates/’ and running
in cirunlw fojm arpi'itd the medal. In (the
center of the lettering is a raised head of
Garfield, with the date 1881 below. On the
reverse side is a border scene; its figures are a
farmer and an Indian engaged in agricultural
pursuits together. It is considered one of the
handsomest peace medals that has ever been
struck oil'.
THE NIHILIST CONSPIRATORS.
The latest number of the “Will of the Peo
ple,” the nihilist organ, published at St. Pe
tersburg, dated February, urges a continua
tion of the organization of conspiracy, not
withstanding the reprisals of the government.
“The Will of the People” mentions that a
brother of the woman Tesentieva, one of the
nihilists recently arrested at St. Petersburg,
has been urrested, also an escaping convict,
on whom were found lists of names, leading
to numerous arrests at Enaterinburg, Trunen,
Tomsu, and Kuzune. The “Will of the Peo
ple" declares that the reactionary holy league
has decided even to use assassination'in com
batting the nihilists.
A DESPERATE AFFRAY.
A desperate affray has occurred at Cloglinn,
in Kings county, Ireland, between the sol
diers and some “emergency men.” The latter
discharged their revolvers. There were several
arrests.* An attempt was made to blow up a
house belonging to Mr. Mahon, agent of Lord
Clonbrock’s estate. A quantity of dynamite
was placed in the window and exploded. The
inmates, live in number, were uninjured, but
the house was partly demolished. No arrest.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
An explosive shell was thrown into a house
near Letter Kenny, county Donegal, Jo day
Tied Mollis WeM cohlplsteiy destroyed. j
required to dismiss all their Christian ser
vants.
FIVE MEN LYNCHED.
Denver. April 1.—A special from Pueblo
says that word reached there last night that
after the lynching of the two cattle thieves
here night before last, the mob, which had
been increased from 12 to 25 men, rode about
10 miles out of town to where the two Chas
tain brothers and Frank Orsley were stopping,
and capturing the three men marched them
into the grove and hanged them, thus mak
ing five men lynched for cattle stealing yes
terday within a distauce of ten miles.
REMOVING A STENOGRAPHER.
Speaker Kiefer, contrary to custom, re
moved Stenographer Hayes in order to make
room for a favorite. Mr. Stephens brought
the matter to the attention of the bouse, by a
resolution referring the question to the judi
ciary committee. Quite a scene was raised
by tin's practical impeachmentof the speaker.
Mr. Stephens declares his intention of push
ing the question to the utmost.
CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS.
The committee on contested elections in
congress exhibits a disposition to report
against every democrat whose seat is contest
ed. The latest case is thnt of Mackey against
Dibble, from South Carolina. The democratic
members of the house, however, have con
cluded that this policy has gone far enough,
and in the future intend to fight all such re
ports.
THE TARIFF COMMISSION BILL.
For several weeks congress lias been deba
ting the tariff commission bill. The senate
has already passed tjie measure, but it is still
pending in the house of representatives,
which body it is confidenMy expected to
pass. •JL’he bill provides for a commission of
nine members, to be appointed by the presi
dent and confirmed by the senate who are to
revise the tariff and report within two years
THE RICHMOND FIRE.
On Sunday, March' 26, Richmond was vis
ited by a disastrous fire, in which the bridge
over the James river and a large number of
manufacturing establishments were burned.
The loss is estimated at $<500,000 Several
lives were lost.
THE MASON SENTENCE.
Judge Advocate-General Swaim has made
his report to the secretary of war on the find
ings of the court martial in the case of Ser
geant Mason. He holds that the sentence of
the court martial is invalid by reason of cer
tain irregularities and informalities in the
proceedings of the court.
PHOEBE’S AMBITION.
Miss riitebe Cousins, the well-known wo
man suffrage advocate, of St. Louis, has ap
plied to President Arthur to be appointed
one of the five commissioners to reorganize
Utah under the recent act of congress. A
dpinerous!y%igncd petition for her appoint
ment will be sept to the president in a few
days. .
SWISS EMIGRATION,
Four hundred and fifty peasants from the
Bernese Oberland have left Fhur for the
United States. These emigrants are de
scribed as the flower of the population.
They are mostly possessed of fair means, but
are compelled to emigrate by the depression
of agriculture.
FIRES IN HUNGARY.
A dispatch from Pesth, Hungary, reports
that sixty houses and fifty outbuildings at
Boescerfa, and 248 houses at Parks, have been
burned, and several hundred families are in a
destitute condition.
GEORGIA’S GALE.
MORE FACTS ABOUT THE G:
STATE STORM.
Furthsr Details of the Ravages of the Elements on
Monday sad Tuesday—Houses Wrecked In San.
dersvlUe—In Chatham aid Quitman
Counties—Bullock and Effingham.
CAUSED BY A LAWSUIT.
St. Louis. March 30.—G. Bookhoul, a repu
table, citizen of Archer county, Texas, was
called out of his house a night or two ago by
W. W. Parker, his son Theodore, and a man
named Bowles, and riddled with bullets. The
affair grew out of a lawsuit in which Parker
got worsted.
A BANK TELLER’S SUICIDE.
Washington, March 30.—Jacob W. Kerr,
until recently paying teller of the Bank of
the Republic, killed liimself to-day. He left
a note saying: “Realizing that I have expend
ed money belonging to others to an extent I
can never repay, I have sought this relief from
dishonor, sorrow and disgrace.”
SENATOR HILL’S HEALTH.
Senator Hill's many friends in Washington
are delighted to read the good news that Mrs.
Hill writes from Philadelphia. Telegrams to
day say he is more comfortable than he lias
been in several weeks. The wound shows
signs of fast healing.
A N OLD MAN’S SUICIDE.
Louisville, March 30.—Allen Fox, eighty-
one years old, cut his throat to-night, mor
tally wounding himself. He was an old and
wealthy citizen, and the father-in-law of John
Finzer, tobacco manufacturer.
cutting off his nose.
Dispatches from Ireland report a case in
which a band of disguised men cut off the
nose of a man because in a poor law guardian
contest he canvassed in opposition to the can
didate of the lnnd leaguers.
DAKOTA’S ADMISSION.
The senate committee on territories by a
party vote of four republicans against three
democrats decided to report back the bill for
the admission of Dakota with a recommenda
tion for its passage,
THE CLOTl’RF. IN ENGLAND. j
The government is desirous of adopting a j Foretsfi Siw*.
new ride of procedure, called cloture, being j There are .15,000 French troops in Tunis,
eqiii valent t» culling the previous question in The czar of lUissia will be crowned in September.
American assemblies. This measure is de
manded for the purpose of suppressing the
obstructive targes c f the Irish mem
bers. A \ote on a prelimina
ry’ • .P,.* bf the question, taken on
t nuav showed the government to have a
majority of nearly one hundred. The condi-
*>op. of affairs in Ireland is very unsa’isfacto-
jty. The coercion laws expire in September,
Dnt will be renewed. Warrants have been is
sued for the arrest of six more Irish members
of parliament.
LAWLESSNESS IN IRELAN4.
Dunns, April 1.—Arthur Herbert, the jus
tice of the peace who was shot dead on Thurs
day, while returning from Castle Island petty
sessions, was the person whose expression of
regret that the poFce had not tired upon the
riotous mob, was sometime ago, the subject
of discussion in the house of commons. Since
his murdereleven lambs that belonged to him
have been maliciously stabbed.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Cleveland. O,, April I.—Early this morn
ing Henry ltenlioff, forty-five years an em
ploye of the Bee Line, was found in an out
building lying unconscious in a large pool of
blood, with an ugly gash on his nedt. He
was taken into his dwelling and cared for.
He soon revived and finding himself still
alive, the razor not yet having been removed
from his clenched hand, he made efforts to
cut his throat aguin, and was restrained with
great difficulty. He will probably recover.
Despondency is the supposed cause.
THE STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Pittsburg, March 27. — A special from
Evnnsburg, Crawford county, Pa., says that
during a severe gale yesterday afternoon, a
three story brick house in course of construc
tion was blown down, and William Hunt and
Frank McDonald were killed; John Houser
and William Sliarle fatally and five others
slightly injured. A similar accident occurred
here to-dav, the wind blowing down a frame
li0U96 and fatally injuring John Atkinson
and Patrick Gavin, two workmen.
THE JEWISH PERSECUTION*.
A dispatch to the Sl Petersburg Herald
from Kicff says that the authorities of that
city have ordered the Jews to abandon their
residences in the “poval” or commercial
quarter, and remove to the suburbs on the
oilier side of the canal. They have also or
dered all Jewish domestics.<unless authorized
Serious labor disturbances are reported from
Spain.
Archbishop McCabe, of Dublin, has been created
a cardinal.
The anniversary of the Sicilian vespers passed off
quietly iu Italy.
A magistrate has been assassinated in Ireland,
and all of his livestock mutilated.
The marriage of Prince Leopold, of England, will
be t>oslponcd on account of the prince’s sickness.
The ecclesiastical bill, for the benefit of the Cath
olic church.has been adopted by the Prussian land-
lag.
The czar of Russia and the emperor of Germany
have exchanged congratulations. This is said to
mean peace.
In deference to a request from the United States
government, the British government has respited
the sentence of Dr. Lamson fur two weeks.
Domestic Dots.
An Indian murderer has been hanged in Alaska.
Three men were burned to death by the Rich
mond fire.
In a powder explosion near San Francisco eleven
men were killed.
Counterfeiters have been arrested in Detroit and
Little Rock duiiug the past week.
It is not believed that Dakota will be admitted
into the union of states by the present congress.
Eleanora Springs hotel, at Maysville, twelve
miles from Pittsburg, wss totally destroyed by fire
Saturday morning: loss. $138,000.
The American government has appealed to the
British government for clemency toward Dr. Lam-
son, recently convicted rf the murder of his broth
er-in-law.
|f,The Galveston News’ Trinity special says the first
spike of the Trinity and Sabine railroad was driven
Saturday. The constructiou is to be actively ad
vanced.
The county conventions for the appointment of
delegates to the coming constitutional convention
i f U tab are being held, only monogamists are being
selected. The convention meets on April 10, just as
the spring conference closes.
In Philadelphia. Judge Pierce, on Saturday,
over ruled John W. Keeley’s demurrer and order
ed him te> make known bis process in the way indi
cated in bill filed by the Keeley motor company.
This is to compel him to divulge his secret ol the
motor.
At a meeting of the board of directors of the
Memphis and Charleston railroad, held Saturday
afternoon iu Memphis, the plan for a consolidation
with the Last Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad was favored, and the stockholders have
been called to meet on the 221 of June to confirm
the proposed consolidation.
New York, April 1.—The receipts of cotton at all
interior towns aie 31,589: receipts from plantations,
33,599; crop in sight, 4,986,752. The total visible
I supply of cotton for the world is 5.953,836. of which
to reside in Kieff, to relinquish their situa- j j,i35.9U is American against 3,018,778'and 2,491,448
lions and leave the town. The Jews are respectively last year.
From the Sandersville Herald.
The equinoctial storm, as it may properly
be called, began on Sunday afternoon as a
rainstorm, continuing with but little inter
mission until Tuesday evening. The rain
fall was at times very heavy, attended with
frequent thundering and lightnings, and
about J1 o’clock on Monday a violent tor
nado extending not more than 200 or 300
yards in width, made a destructive sweep
through portions of the county. The rapid
ly flying clouds with frequent muttering
thunder, and the brief but oft recurring
flashes of lightning, heralded the near advent
of the dread storm king. The ominous roar,
the immediate precursor of the desolating
monarch, was heard in the city, but the dark,
frightful masses of clouds with a sullen roar
seemed to rift, sending a large volume on
each side of this immediate locality’. A
driving rain at once came on. and though its
descent served to allay the fears to some ex
tent of the dreaded cyclone, as the destruc
tive blast usually precedes the falling rain,
yet the awful force of the storm was seen in
tlie violence with which the sheets of de
scending rain were driven.
The storm had blown over, and though a
cloudy livery yet overcast the heavens, "all
had become calm when tidings were brought
in that considerable damage was done in the
south end of the town to trees and fencing,
and that a serious disaster liad occurred at
the plantation of Hon. J. T. Youngblood,
some four miles southwest of SandersvHle. So
far as we have learned at this writing this is
the first place in the county struck by the
storm. Two large shelters were blown down,
one of which fell on seven mules. One mule
got. himself out. One only was killed out
right, his neck being broken. Three others
have broken legs or are otherwise bruised and
injured, while three others do not seem seri
ously hurt. The account we have from Judge
Youngblood, who visited the wreck soon,after
the storm. A large wagon shelter wAFalso
blown down, three wagons broken and syrup
kettle upset. He also states that the beauti
ful mulberry grove in the yard was almost
entirely destroyed. His loss he estimates at
$800 or $1,000. This was about the extent of
the damage in that vicinity, nor did he see
any evidences of the storm at any other place
between the city and his plantation,
in san'dersville.
The greatest damage sustained Was in the
southern part of the city. The shade and
fruit trees on the lot occupied ’by Mr. J. R.
Wieker were generally blown down, also on
the lot of Mrs. Z. Roughton they were badly
broken or blown down, while "the fencing on
these and other lots adjacent was leveled in
many places. The telegraph poles were also
thrown down and the wires prostrated.
Some other trees on Harris street weye blown
down, and some fencing demolished east of
Eureka mills. Passing from town the cy
clone arose and again descended near the'
E lacc of Mr. T. J. Jackson, occupied by Mr.
evin Lord, on the Dnvisboro road. This
house was completely wrecked, and its
timbers scattered in every direction. Hr.
Lord,an aged man,had !nntt badly hur*. iu ’■
we learn it is not broken, as at first it was sup
posed to be. His wife and grand daughter
were also hurt by the falling timbers, the lat
ter quite seriously. His grand-son we learn
was n*t seriously hurt. Judge Newman, the
thoughtful ordinary, learning of their home
less and suffering condition, kindly sent con
veyances and had them brought to the Dug
gan house in this city, where, they will be
comfortably provided for. Mr. Jonas Hart
ley’s place near by next suffered from the
ravages of the relentless destroyer. Here
every house was prostrated except the dwel
ling, which was unroofed and lifted up and
borne several feet from its former site; fortu
nately no one seriously hurt. The next evi
dences of the devastating march of the cy
clone are to be seen in the destruction of the
beautiful oak forest grove at Sisters church.
So great is the wreck of timber here that a
circuitous road far to the rear is now used by
travelers along this highway. The trees are
generally wrenched off, leaving a broken
stump of several feet while the trunks and
laps lie in the wildest confusion with their
tops pointing in various directions. A stately
oak, standing in front of the church, that has
for over a half century afforded shelter to
those seeking its friendly shade, and that had
doubtless breasted the storms of centuries,
bowed to the blast and lies prostrate on the
ground. We are glad to state that notwith
standing tlie awful destruction of the
timber, ihe cliurcli is unharmed. Sweep
ing on to the northeast, several out
buildings on Mr. Thomas Salter’s place were
unrooted, fencing destroyed, and fodder
stocks swept away. The dwelling of Mr. D.
G. (Doc) Watkins comparatively new, as tb.a
former one was burned some three years
since, was leveled -, T ith the ground, the
front sill vy«S carried at least 100 yards. Mr.
WatUitls with his wife and four children were
In the building when it- was struck-, but mar
velous to tell, Mrs. Watkins was the only one
hurt. She was struck by a Window post and
is quite seriously injured. The large and
strongly built gin house of Mr. Bryant Wat
kins next was hurled to the ground as a toy
in a giant’s hand.
We learn that the plantation of Mrs. Hooks,
beyond Warthen, was visited by a cyclone on
Monday, we presume a parallel current of the
one detailed above. Several outbuildings
were destroyed, we learn, and negro houses
blown down, but no destruction of life so far
as ascertained. On the Warthen homestead,
this side of the village, a new framed build
ing was blown down level with the floor, but
its occupants, a colored man and his wife and
three children, were unhurt. The track of
each of these cyclones on Monday is said to
be identically * tbe same as that marked by
each In the year 1874. The breadth of the
cyclone on Monday varied at different points
from 100 to 400 yards. These losses will bear
heavily upon the unfortunate sufferers, who
ia common with the people of this section
generally, are already oppressed by the great
stringency caused by the sad failure of the
crop of las; year.
CHATHAM COUNTY.
From the Savannah News.
The rain, which commenced on Monday
afternoon, developed into a fearful shower
about eight o’clock, which lasted nearly half
an hour. It then ceased until about twelve
o’clock, when, accompanied by a strong wind,
the rain commenced, and gradually increased
in violence from three o'clock until nearly
five yesterday morning, when it came down
in perfect torrents, and the wind increased in
velocity. The streets were literally flooded,
and great pools of water were seen in various
parts of the city. There was, fortunately, no
damage done in the city or immediate vicini
ty, if we except the destruction of one of the
large pines on the eastern side of the fountain
in Forsyth park. This tree was snapped in
twain about twenty feet from the ground.
We learn from Conductor Blanchard, of the
Charleston and Savannah railway, who arrived
here yesteiday morning, that a number of
trees along the line of the road were blown
down between this city and Graliamville, and
several of the telegraph poles were prostrated.
At Ferrebeeville, three miles this side of Gra-
hamville, the storm was very severe. The
residence of Mr. Henry Mew, near the station,
was*' vnroofed. the piazzas blown entirely
away, and the store adjoining was toppled
comp etely over, and presented the appear
ance of being wrecked. So far as we heard
there .vas no loss of life.
r . BURKE COUNTY.
From the Waynesboro Herald.
Broke county was visited by a terrible rain
and v ind storm on Monday about 12 o’clock,
whit ' carried destruction in its path. From
whit we can learn it was a regular cyclone,
extending but a few hundred yards in width.
We first hear of it as visiting the plantation
of ' •. L. D. Jonnson, near the Jefferson
line. Mr. William Lawson’s house was
bio' 1 down, a chilld was killed and a woman
fatr. »- injured; several houses on the Rocky
creei bridge belonging to the Miller estate
were blown down and tenants slightly injur
ed; considerable damage was done on what
js known as the Saxon place, belong
ing to Dr. Steiner; Colonel J. J. Jones and
Mr. E. ■ A. Carter, near town, also suffered
from tlie fury of tlie wind. At the residence
of.Ji r. J. M.Ward the saddest occurrence took
place. His kitchen was blown down and his
little boy Gilbert was crushed to death be
neath the falling timbers. Miss Dunlap, a
.sister of Mrs.Ward, was also seriously injured
by a tailing tree. All along this route, which
is near twenty miles in length, fences are
blown down and the roads are blockaded with
fallen trees. It was the fiercest and most de
structive storm that lias visited this section
in years.
QUITMAN COUNTY.
From the Cuthbert Appeal.
Many startling reports have been heard con
cerning the storm that swept over a portion
of this and adjoining counties last Monday
night. Of course we cannot credit them all,
and it is difficult to ascertain fully’ the extent
of t’r i damages. We learn that every house
on tjie Magruder place, just in the edge of
Clay ■ ounty, was blown down, also the dwell
ing ail’d carriage house of Dr. Dobbins, and
the fcin house on Mr. Gay’s, Mr. Shaw's and
Mr. Holloway’s places, besides all the fencing
and out houses were blown to the ground.
Two negroes, we hear, were badly’ injured,
but no one killed outright so far as heard.
The iiouse on Mr. Sam Stubbs’s place was also
blow n down, and many others suffered more
or It v- from the storm that we fail to remem
ber.
BULLOCH COUNTY.
Fror, he Savannah News.
D' . loch County, Ga., March 28.—A terrific
torrj Jo passed over a portion of our county’
last plight about 2 o’clock, sweeping nearly
ovei thing in itspath. A large oak was blown
dovJ. and crushed in the house of Mr. W. S.
He. . i, killing his wife aad infant baby in-
stnJ 1/and injuring liitn badly. There was
but;one small building left in the place. A
larg t oak standing in the yard that had stood
tlie • torms of many years was torn up by the
root -.
t.Al'RENS AN’D MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.
Fror.'. the Eastman Times.
Mi -Iae, Ga., March 28,18S2.—It has been
raini. g most of the time for the last 48 hours.
Creeks are getting up very high. A tornado
pass..!'over the southern edge of Laurens and
Mon tgomery counties last night—extending
a bo At a mile in its course—buildings, fences,
and/trees were blown in every’ direction. Mr.
S. I: Clark had every’ house on his place de
stre ;d except one, and it was so shattered
tha: J will doubtless fall.
EFFINGHAM COUNTY.
Fro. theSavannati News.
Si tingfield, March 28.—Last night we had
rail and a heavy wind. A hurricane passed
ju.-*Above this place, blowing down the out-
h . jsof J. J. Usher and D. B. Anulorff,
kid', ’g some ..stock and prostrating all the
/«£%.&, The wind passed from the west to
in yfxk The track of the cyclone was about
half a mile wide. No lives were lost so far as
learned up to this time. 1
TROUP COUNTY.
From the West Point Kuterorise.
It began to rain early Sunday afternoon and
continued almost incessantly until Monday
night. About, dawn on Monday morning
there fell the heaviest rain for years. Very
many bridges in the city were washed away,
and considerable damage was done to small
lots and gardens.
MCDUFFIE COUNTY.
From me McDuffie Journal.
On Sunday night and Monday we had some
very hard rain, and as a consequence the
creeks are very high. We hear that tlie bridge
at Wrightsboro is washed away. With this
exception we have heard of no damage.
THIRTY-FIVE LIVES LOST
ON A BURNING MISSISSIPPI STEAM
ER. NEAR MEMPHIS.
Frightful Calamity on the Flooded Biver—The
Steamer Qslden City Floats Sown the
Mississippi a Mass of Flames—The
Frantic Efforts to Save Life.
Old Isom.
From the Little Rock Gazette.
“Is de Newnited States jedge at de present
in de quarters ’signed him by the gineral
gobernment,” asked old Isom yesterday, en
tering the chambers of the United States
judge.
“Yes,” replied the judge, “what do you
want?”
“I has a little business to fetch before de
’bunals ob de country. I wants a pension
sail.”
“What for?”
“A wound in de-leg.”
“When were you wounded?”
“About two months ago.”
“Were you in the service of the United
States'?*
“No. sal).”
“Well yen can’t, get a pension.”
’'Blit I was shot wid a guberment gun, sah.
shot myself an’ ain’t all right yet, so I
thought I’d come roun’ an hab my name put
... de pension pot. Don’t see why I ain’t
titled ter pay when I was shot wid a guber-
ment gun.”
You see,” said tlie judge, “that it is the
men who were shot with rebel guns that are
entitled to pensions. That is the way with
all governments. One government pays for
the injuries of another. That is why we have
ministers to other countries.” '
"Ah, yas, I see now. But say, jedge, as I
sorter has de hang ob the thing, can’t yer get
me a situation as one ob dem ministers? I
can discharge the duties ob a minister, case
I’se already preached iu de outskirts ob Little
Rock.”
I haven’t anything to do with the appoint
ment of ministers,” said the judge.
Yer hain’t? Wall, can’t yer gin me one
ob dem hams what de gov’ment is ’strivitin’
ter de overflowed suffers? No? Wall, good
day, sah; don’t believe that yer’s got no
’commodation ’bout yer. nohow.”
Heap of Babies.
From the Sandersville Herald.
Aaron Walker, colored, when on a visit at
Tennille a short time since was asked how his
folks were, in reply he said tolerably well,
but there is a heap of babies at my house.
Well how many, was asked. My wife has
three, says Aaron. And such we learn is the
case. Hanuah Walker has triplets bom on the
8th instant, all doing well at last accounts,
and all, as Artemus Ward said in his lecture
of his own twins, “are of the female persua
sion, all being girls.” Aaron lives on the
plantation of our well known fellow-citizen,
Mr. Isaac L. Smith, below Tennille.
Governor Lumpkin’s Grave.
From the Athens Banner-Watchman.
We are told that the grave of Governor
Wilson Lumpkin, who gave to the city the
ground for Oconee cemetery, is unmarked—
simply a bank of red clay designating the
spot where sleeps one of Georgia’s purest and
ablest statesmen. This is a reflection upon
not only the state, but the gratitude of
Athens.' Our people should see that a shaft
is reared over the grave of this great and good
man.
. Memphis, March 30.—The steamer Golden
City, of the Southern transportation contpa
uy’s line, when approaching the wharf this
morning at 4:30, was discovered on fire. The
discovery was made by the second engineer,
Albert Kelly, who immediately notified the
captairr: Bryce Purcell was the senior pilot
the watch. The boat’s bow was at once
headed for the shore, and in four minutes af
terwards she touched the wharf at the foot of
Beale street, where a coal fleet was moored. A
line was hastily thrown and made fast to one
of the coal barges, but the current being swift
it soon parted and tlie burning steamer
FLOATED ON DOWN THE RIVER,
a mass of flames, with many of lier passen
gers and crew on hoard who' were unable to
reach shore and were lost. The Golden City
left New Orleans last Saturday, en route to
Cincinnati. She carried a crew'of aboutsixty.
She had on board about forty cabin passengers,
fifteen of whom were ladies, and there were
nine children. Her cargo consisted of 300
tons, amung which was a lot of jute. The tire
is said to have originated in this combustible
material.
A HERO AT His POST.
All the officers of the steamer except the
second engineer, Robert Kelly, escaped.
After lie gave the alarm of fire he remained at
his post of duty until cut off, the flames hav
ing spread with lightning rapidity, and thus
lie sacrificed his life to save others.
A CIRCUS GROUP LOST.
Stowe’s circus was taken aboard at Vildalia,
La., and six cages of animals and bird$, to
gether with the ticket and band wagons, tent
and horses were lost, Marion Purcell, one of
the pilots, was in tlie clerk’s office when the
alarm was first sounded, and he rushed
through the cabin, bursting in the stateroom
doors and awakening the passengers. So
rapidly did the flames spread that within five
minutes after the discovery of the fire, which
broke out amidship.thc aft part of tlie steamer
was all ablaze. Those who were saved had to
flee in their night clothes. When the burn
ing steamer touched the wharf, the fire com
municated to the coal barges and the tug
Oriole, was also burned.
THE MISSING PASSENGERS.
As nearly as can be ascertained there were
twenty-three ladies «n board tlie ill-fated
steamer, but two of whom, so far as known,
were saved. J. H. Crank, connected with
Stowe’s circus, is missing, supposed to be lost
John DeVouse, his wife and three children
were saved, and are at the city hospital; also,
Simon Black. Mr. DeVouse is slightlv burned
on his hand. The Golden City was five years
old, and cost $54,000. She was owned by'Cap-
tain J. D. Hyler, W. F. McIntyre, and S. C.
McIntyre. She lies sunk about three miles
below here in a chute near the Tennessee
shore. When she floated off from tlie wharf
twenty of the passengers jumped aboard a
barge which floated down the stream, but
they were rescued by one of the harbor boats,
which towed the barge to the shore one mile
below the city.'
THIRTY-FIVE LIVES LOST.
It is estimated that thirty-five lives
have been lost by the disaster,
but at present no additional news
can be learned. Robert Kelly, second engi
neer, and three roustabouts' are the only
members of tbe boat’s crew who are known
to be lost. John Dreffer, the steward; Peter
Dreffer, the cook; John Lamb, the second
cook; Billy Lnxford, the pastry cook; Mart
Whalen, the mess roomtender; John Hill, tlie
second mate; Charles Harvey, the second
watchman, and a p#senger named Bloom
field, were saved.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
The fire was caused by a watchman acci
dently setting fire to a lot of jute which was
stored amidships. The steamer had just
whistled to land, and the Vatcliman went
among the deck passengers to notify them
that they were approaching Memphis, and
that those destined for that city must get
ashore, when the bottom of his lamp dropped
in some jute, and before the flames could be
extinguished they had spread all over the
deck of the vessel. Bryce Purcell, the
pilot, made his escape by climbing over
the front part of the pilot house,
the fire then being in the rear. When the
steamer touched the wharf, the tug Oriole
did not burn, as at first reported, but was sunk
by the burning steamer in making a landing.
Several coal barges and an ice boat belonging
to Bold, Huse & Co., caught on fire and were
burned. Billy Hodge, the pilot on the Dean
Adams, saved the cook, who jumped over
board as the boat floated down the stream.
All the passengers and crew were kindly
cared for. Mr. C. B. Galloway, of the Pea
body hotel; provided them with breakfast
INCIDENTS OP THE PLIGHT.
Those who were saved had to flee for tlielr
lives without taking time to save their effects.
Abel Butler^ of Donaldsville, La., with his
wife and child, escaped from the burning
steamer in tlieir night clothes. A. B. Veatch,
formerly river reporter on the Evansville,
Ind., Tribune, was on board. He remained
long enough to dress himself before
leaving his state room. J. H. Crank, the
owner of one of tlie side shows of the circus,
is supposed to.be lost. His room mate, H. N
Ackerman, says he dragged him out of bed to
the foot of the stairs through the smoke, and
is satisfied that lie never arose from where
he left him. J. G. Glenroy, one of
the saved, resides in Philadelphia. He
has for two years been keeper of the
animals in Stowe’s menagerie. He states
that he was asleep under one of the animal
cages on the forward part of the lower deck,
when the cry of fire was given. He leaped
forth, looked about, but saw no fire. Then he
looked again, and saw the entire centre of
the boat one mass of flames. As soon as the
boat touched the coal fleet he jumped
ashare. He saw the officers of the steamer at
work making the hawsers fast.
THE LOSS OF THE ANIMALS.
Then he saw the lines give way, and the
steamer swing out and drift down. The cage
containing the lion sank down in the middle
as the flames enveloped it. He heard no cry
from any of the animals, as they were being
burned alive. Tbe six cages contained a
lion, a tiger, two leopards, an Albino deer,
monkeys and birds. Of the four horses be
longing to the circus aboard the steamer
three were saved, but one, the celebrated
trick hors “Selim,” was lost.
him, “Don’t shoot, Charlie.” The witness
also testified that he heard no dispute before
the shooting.
On cross-examination counsel for the pris
oner said: “Have you ever killed a man?”
Witness—“Yes.”
Counsel—“Two?”
Witness—“Yes, three. But I don’t see
wliat that has to do with this case, as I was
tried and acquitted in every instance.”
Counsel—“That is all I have to ask you.”
The announcement of the colonel’s numer
ous killings created a decided sensation in
court, the spectators in the rear of the room
craning their necks to get a good view of the
little fellow who so coolly admitted that he
had “taken in” three men. He appeared in
no way disconcerted at these attentions>-and
seemed perfectly at ease. When asked by
Assistant District Attorney O’Byrne to ex
plain his numerous killings, he proceeded
with deliberation, but with an entire absence
of bravado, to detail the circumstances. At
the outbreak of the war of the rebellion, lie
said, he went to Pensacola, Fla., with an
Alabama regiment A man named
Brown, who belonged to the same
regiment, insulted his wife. When he went
to obtain satisfaction, Brown drew a pistol
and shot him in tlie lip, whereupon witness
drew a knife and killed him. In that case he
was acquitted. His next difficulty was at
West Point, on the Chattahoochee river, Ga.,
where lie killed a man who had shot him in
tlie arm in a barroom dispute. In this case a
jury acquitted him after five minutes’ delib
eration. The third little escapade was in Al
bany, Dougherty county, Ga., during the horse
races m 1867. A man armed with a revolver
and a club tried to kill him on the steps of
the hotel. Witness did not believe in getting
killed so easily, and, drawing liis revolver,
shot' the man dead. The jury in this case ac
quitted him after eight minutes’ deliberation.
‘ s the coionel quietly withdrew from tlie
itness stand, every eye in the court-room was
:urned upon him, but lie bore the scrutiny
with supreme indifference.
A COOL COLONL
Scares i
Japanese Widows. , _ - , .
A widow in Japan who is walling to thiDk of mat- Come, and 111 treat you.
nmony wears her hair tied and twisted around a 1 — 1 : J 1 — ’■* ' p ~
long shell hair pin placed horizontally across the
back of the head. Bat when a widow firmly re
solves never to ohaage her name again she eats ofi,
her hsir short on her neck and combs it back with
out any part.
From the New York Times.
The next witness called was Colonel W. H.
Betts, a typical southerner, of low stature,
with dark complexion, thin visage, and gray
hair and beard. His version of the shooting
corroborated that of the other witnesses ex
cept in one particular, and that a very im
portant one. He testified that when Tracy
entered Darling’s saloon he said as he passed
through the crowd in which Miller stood.
“I’ve come to kill you.” The other wit
nesses all swore that wbat Tracy said on en
tering was, “I’ve come to treat you,” or
“Come, and I’ll treat you.” After the shoot
ing he said he caught Tracy and held him
while Richard Moore took the pistol from
him. He saw Miller after the shooting hold
ing his pistol across liis left arm trying to
Folly’s Monument.
From the Montezuma Weekly.
There stands in this county, on the road
leading from this place to Reynolds, a large
three-story building, which tells of a north
ern man’s folly, and is all that remains of his
once large fortune. Directly after the war he
came to this county, purchased a large plan
tation, erected this mammoth building, and
filled it with an immense stock of goods,
such as has not been seen in this country
since, and was never seen before. His stock
consisted of ,the finest silks, satins, laces,
broadcloths and everything in the dry
goods line on the second floor. His gro
cery department on the first floor con
tained everything that man could want. The
third floor was filled to the utmost with the
most costly furniture and finest metallic burial
cases. It is said that people wonid flock to his
store by the hundreds but only to look, as very
little of his immense stock was ever sold, at
least in this country. The people were crude
and liad no use for such finery. After a few
months of business this man was forced to
suspend and went back to the north, where,
it is hoped, he met. with better luck. This
large building is still standing, and serves no
mrpose but to remind the passers by of its
brmer greatness.
An Unpleasant Surprise.
From the Savannah News.
Yesterday afternoon, about 3 o’clock, a
rather amusing accident occurred at the inter
section of Whitaker and St. Julien streets^
which fortunately was attended with no seri
ous results. Mr. Baer was driving a wagon on
which were a number of kegs of oysters,
brought from Thunderbolt for Messrs Savarcse
& Bro., and on crossing Whitaker street on
his way to their establishment the king-bolt
of his vehicle gave way and his hor-e calmly
walked off with the front wheels. Mr. Baer
held on to the reins, and being pulled from
his seat dropped suddenly and in the most
emphatic manner plump on the ground. He
was considerably jarred and slightly bruised,
but otherwise escaped injury. The dropping
of the front part of the wagon, however,
caused the oysters to bounce out of the kegs
and they went on a regular circus, as it were,
along the bottom of the vehicle.
A Wife's Right.
From the Buffalo Express.
The court of appeals in the case of H Melissa
Whiton, of Troy, administratrix, against J. Harmon
Snyder, of Pittstown. has decided that married wo
men are the rightful owners ot articles of personal
adornment and convenience coming from their
husbands, and can bequeath them to their, heirs.
The court holds that the separate and personal pos
session by the wife of articles specially fitted for
and adapted to her personal use, and differing in
that respect from household goods kept for the com
mon use of husbana and wife, would have drawn
after it a presumption of an executed gift if the
property came from tbe husband and of the wife's
ownership but for disabilities of the marital rela
tion. Now that these disabilities are removed, the
several existence and separate property of the wife
is recognized, and her capacity to take and hold as
her own gift in good faith and fairly made to her by
her husband established, it seems to the court time
to clothe her right with the natural and proper
attributes, and apply to a gif t to her, although made
by her husband, the general rules of the law un
modified and unimpaired by old disabilities of the
marriage relation. The decision is new and impor
tant.
Canes that Young Men Carry.
From the Boston Advertiser.
The acknowledged cane of excellence is the
straight bamboo with a coin silver top of hammer
ed pattern. Native or foreign slicks with natural
handles are not in style until '.he excursion season
begins. The country boys amt men. for ten cents,
can be supported during their off days. Among
the fancy canes of excellence and money-worth is a
double-knotted orange with silver top, braided or
hammered; a black thorn, with silver ball and sil
ver serpent entwined aboutit; a shepherd’s crook
in English hazel and silver-upped. Ansber balls
may be applied to canes or umbrellas. Five, ten,
fifteen or twenty-five dollars will buy a very hand
some and serviceable cane. This is the season for
them, and many do appear for promenade on
pleasant days ana on streets.
A Literary Fancy in Napkins.
From the Boston Transcript.
Sliakspearean table napkins are the latest union
of trade and sentiment. After the fashion of Ger
man housewives of the sixteenth century, who not
only wrought their initials and family badge on the
table linen, but surrounded it with texts, maxims
and mottoes in cross-stitch, a manufacturer sends
out large damask napkius with sentences from
Shakspeare, woven iu red letters an inch long, fill
ing the four sides. One may read on his unfolded
napkin that “small cheer and great welcome makes
a merry feast,” which sounds more like the ex
hortation of a niggard housewife who excuses her
spare table with fine words than like the courtesy
which which would fain need no apology for its
good will or its providing
Boston and New York.
From the New York Hotel MaiL
“Opposite me at the Filth Avenue hotel, the
other evening, sat a prim and precise looking fe
male. Presently she took up and read the bul of
fare, then putting it down, she called the waiter
and said: ’The printed schedule of edibles for the
day does not reveil to me the fact that baked beans
are prepared for this meal, therefore you may serve
me with stale bread and black tea.’ ’Boston,’
whispered a friend at my elbow, and I nodded.”
Of course thev knew she was from Boston. A New
York girl would have said: “cay, you waiter, just
you bring me something to eat, awful quick. I’m
just dying, I’m so st<rved. I’m—hurry up, cully 1”
A Louisville Match.
From the Detroit Free Press.
A Louisville widow, while visiting her husband’s
grave last fall, was introduced to a gentleman who
followed up the acquaintance until a few days
since, when he asked her to go to the cemetery
agaiu, to which she consented. By the side of her
husband’s grave he offered to fill the dead man's
place—above the ground, not beneath it—to which
she also consented. They were married this last
week.
Their Latest Fashions.
From the Springfield Republican.
The English colony up at Vancouver’s island arc
laid to be wearing hoops and rolled-back hair in
the style ol the Empress Eugenie, under the im
pression that they are following the latest fashions:
and the stray officer or missionary who finds him-
_ _ sell among them feels as if he had been set back
teady the weapon to take aim, and said to about twenty years.
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